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=Captain Morgan - Spiced Rum=
I don't normally buy Rum, as when I was a lot younger, I had one too many, and wasn't well, I blame it on the blackcurrant juice, as the drink then was Rum and Black.
It was only the last couple of years that I rediscovered Rum, in the form of Golden Rum, with coke, it was lush.
=How I got the Spiced Rum=
On the duty free on the plane, they had offers of 2 bottle for £22, mix of Brandy, Vodka, Spiced Rum and Gin, I wanted 2 bottle of Brandy, they only had one (£12 for one), but as there was 2 for £22, the steward recommended the Spiced Rum, so I brought it.
=From the Bottle=
Information from the bottle, it explains that the Spiced Rum is a spirit drink, and it is based on a secret blend of premium Caribbean rums, mellow spices and other natural flavours.
The distinct richness and amber colour is from the aging process of the rum in charred white oak barrels.
Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum is the perfect mix with cola,
The apr is 35%
=My Experience=
Wow, as soon as I opened the bottle, I was immediately whisked away to the Caribbean, golden sands, sunsets, beaches of fine powder sand, I poured some into the glass, the rum was a beautiful golden colour, I added some ice, and then Coke, I added a wedge of lemon, although lime would have been equally as good if not better,
Even when the drink had the coke in it, I could smell the spices, I couldn't tell you what they were sorry, but imagine a rich Christmas Cake, cooking and you get the aromas from the spices that is another way I can think of describing it.
=The Verdict=
The bottle lasted two weekends, as it was lovely, and was a nice drink, a good taste, and it went down very well.
I will be buying this bottle again, I would prefer duty free prices, but hey I can't have everything, so see what the prices are like at the supermarkets.
=Star Rating=
A 5/5 and one that I am drooling over already just writing about it..
=Absolut - Mango=
Absolut Vodka is a Swedish Vodka, and comes in the unflavoured Vodka, which is Absolut Blue, and flavours including, Citron, Mandarin, Mango, Vanilla among other flavours, which I haven't got round to trying.
=No Added Sugar=
Absolut do not have any added sugar in their flavoured Vodka, so you get the true taste of the flavour, in this case is the Mango flavour.
=The Aroma=
As soon as you open the bottle, the aroma of mango's immediately sets my taste buds ringing, it is a distinct rich and juicy fruit. If you don't like Mango then this Vodka is not for you, but if you like Mango and Vodka this is the one for you.
This Vodka can be drunk neat, over ice or with a mix of drinks, I like lemonade and coke (separate times), and both are lovely, a couple of my friends have drunk this with Grapefruit, orange and cranberry juices, but I haven't tried them yet.
This can be equally mixed with cocktails, as the mango gives the cocktail a twist, I tend to mix mine with peach Schnapps and lemonade.
Absolut is at the dearer end of the vodkas, and can retail at around £20 for a bottle, I brought my last one duty free, I paid about £12 for a litre, which is a lot better than normal shop prices.
=For me=
This is a treat, as I begrudge the prices in the supermarkets.
=Star Rating=
This is a 5/5 from me, as I love the exotic Mango flavour.
= Asda High Strength Effervescent Vitamin C Raspberry Tablets=
I came back from holidays and just seem to lack energy, whether it was post holiday blues, or what I wasn't sure, so I thought I would try a course of Vitamin Tablets, but I was originally going to buy the chewy tablets, but when I saw these for £1, and they were the ones that dissolve, I took a chance.
The packet contained 20 tablets.
The tablets come in a tall slim plastic tube. The main colouring in purple and white. The ADSA logo is at the top on the front and underneath this the information continues to tell us this is a high strength and Effervescent Vitamin C. That this is for your immune system, and there are 20 tablets in the packet. They are raspberry flavoured and are suitable for vegetarians.
On the reverse of the packet, it gives the ingredients, the dose, which is one per day, as well as the warning information.
=To Open=
You need to break the seal which is a ring of plastic around the rim of the lid, then push the lid up with your thumb and hey presto you are in, tablet ready, now where was that water?
=Vitamin C=
Vitamin C is used to help in reducing fatigue and tiredness, and also helps the immune system.
=To Take=
You take 1 tablet daily, dissolved in a glass of water, these are suitable for adults and children over the age of 12 years old.
=The Tablets=
The tablets are a very pale purple, I would have expected them to be pink or red due to the raspberry, but seeing them they reminded me more of a blackcurrant, but after reading the ingredients and seeing beetroot juice, then to me it made more sense to the colour. They are about 1in in diameter and 1/4in thick, which I am glad that they are the dissolvable tablets
Citric Acid , Ascorbic Acid , Acidity Regulator (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate) , Bulking Agent (Sorbitol) , Polyethylene Glycol , Maltodextrin , Sweetener (Acesulfame K) , Colour (Beetroot Juice from Concentrate) , Glyceryl Triacetate , Flavouring .
Each tablet provides 1000mg/1250% of Vitamin C.
=My Thoughts=
Once I figured that I did not need a degree to get into the vitamins, ok it was a one off having to pull the ring, but the lid, it took about 4 or 5 attempts each time, if you had arthritis in your hands you would have no chance at getting them open.
=The Drink=
It was very easy to dissolve the tablet, and the water was a light purple. The taste was bearable, it was not sweet not sour, but like you had some squash and said hello water, goodbye water, but with a fizzy feel.
=How did I get on=
After taking a week's worth of tablets, I am sorry but these were not for me, I just could not get on with them, it was not the fault of the tablet, but getting use to drinking it, as it reminded of paracetamol.
I did feel a bit better towards the end of the week, I noticed a notch of improvement, maybe long term these would work, but for me I'm going back to the jelly vitamins.
I have given this a 4/5, it was not ASDAs fault that I didn't like them, the 1 star reduction is due to the difficulty I had trying to get into the tablets. But they are great value for money.
=Baileys Irish Cream Hazelnut Flavour=
I always think as the old saying goes, you get what you pay for and with Baileys there is never a truer word, there are alternative cream liqueurs, but they are never as good as the Original.
=Baileys Flavours=
Over the years Baileys have introduced different flavours and these include
-Hint of Mint Chocolate
-Hint of Coffee
-Orange Truffle
=Back to the Baileys Hazelnut=
This has the traditional element of the Baileys brand that we have come to love, from the velvet smooth texture to the rich taste, but with the added aroma and taste of hazelnut.
=No lumps!!=
Ok I know that may sound daft, but my mother asked has it got lumps of nuts in it, the answer no it hasn't!!
=The Drink=
Once you open the bottle you get a beautiful smell of hazelnuts, and when you taste it, it is like heaven, the taste reminds me of a praline chocolate, not over powering but a lovely smooth taste, with the hazelnut not being over powering, as with some flavoured drinks you get all the added flavour, but none of the original taste, but with this it is Baileys with added hazelnuts, they blend perfectly and complement each other.
=To Drink=
This can be served on its own or over ice, which personally I prefer.
=Cold or Hot=
-Cold - It can be mixed into a milkshake, poured over ice cream.
-Hot- It can be added to a coffee, (instead of milk) added to a hot chocolate, then add whipped cream and marshmallows.
=Price and availability=
The bottles are available in 70cl and 1 litre bottles, the prices do vary, although come Christmas time you can buy a 1 litre bottle for around £9, compared to a 70cl bottle with a normal retail price of £15+
=Star Rating=
The drink itself is a 5/5. but for the price as the alcohol content is about 20%, the price is expensive for what is charged, so I tend to buy at Christmas and then when there drunk that is it until they come on offer again. Unfortunately the price reduces it by one star.
=Dr. Oetker White Baking Cases=
My daughter had a friend up for a sleepover, and we always try to do something different, so this time they both asked if they could make some butterfly cakes and flavoured buns.
When I checked my supply area, the case for baking cases was empty, so I sent Mr Thrifty to the supermarket, and he came back with the Dr Oetker cases.
=Dr. Oetker=
Dr Oetker, is a well known brand for many items related to cookery from cake mixes, frosting, through to baking cases, and the company is over 100 years old, they were founded in 1893.
We paid 83p for 100 cases - these are enclosed in a plastic outer case.
=The Cases=
The baking cases are white and pleated and they fit easily into any bun tray, if you put them in a muffin tray they get a bit lost, but that is because muffins are bigger than fairy cakes.
The paper used is not thick paper but it holds its shape well during the cooking and when they are cooked, I find that the food does not stick to the case.
The cases come in a plastic pot, where all the cases are stacked tightly, and they do come apart easily, I think out of the 100 there was only one of two that we had to pull apart.
=Good Value=
They are good value cases, they do what they say, they hold the cake mixture in and don't go out of shape.
=Would I recommend=
I would highly recommend these, there a bit more expensive than the supermarket own brands, but they were good quality.
=Star Rating=
I give these a 5/5
=What did we cook!=
A lot of buns!! We used the 100 cases in 1 go...
=Basic Mixture=
We used the basic mixture for a Victoria Sponge - 2 eggs, 4 oz flour, 4 oz sugar, 4 oz butter. From one batch of mixture we got between 18 and 20 buns.
-Butterfly cakes- Slice off the top to look like wings and pup some butter cream into the gaps and pop the wings back on
-Strawberry Swirls- Add 2 tablespoons of strawberry jam to the mixture stir in so it looks like ripple effect, and then when cooked you get the mixed look.
-Choc Chip - added a 4oz / 100g packet choc chips
-coconut and Orange - Added 2 oz of desiccated coconut and 3 tablespoons of orange juice
=Asda Smartprice Plastic Sports Bottle=
No do not adjust your eyes, it may read Sports, but for me I did not buy this for the sports benefit!! I brought it for the dog.....(and one for me)
=The Bottles=
They are available in pink and blue colours, I brought mine last year, we were away popped into Asda and saw these. I ended up buying four, one for both the cars one for keeping with us when we take the dog out, and the 4th for my handbag, as I have to take regular medication, and always end up having to carry some with me.
The bottles are plastic, but this is a strong plastic, and has a strong stopper which you pop down, the only point you need to make sure it is fully pushed down as the first few uses the stopper is still.
The bottle holds 200ml, which for me is adequate for my needs,
-Dog - We always take water with us in the car, he has his own dish, bottles and a little cooler bag in each of the cars, and a fold up bowl which slips in one of our bags for when we are out and about, this 200ml size, he gets 2 drinks from it, and it is easy to top up when we go to a cafe.
-Myself- I put some squash in mine, as this may sound really odd but I can't take tablets with water, I had to have a juice based drink, (although my daughter is 10), but before I was pregnant with her I use to be able to tablets without anything, this is just a perfect size as I can take tablets and still have a small amount left, for a drink if I need one, and with the size they fit perfectly in my handbag.
She has used the bottle sometimes to take a drink into school on a normal day she finds this big enough, but in a hot day she says she has finished it by dinnertime, but has to ask for help in getting the bottle refilled.
I personally don't feel that this would be big enough for a sports drink, as two or three gulps, the contents would be gone.
=My thoughts=
For the uses I need it for, I think the bottle is perfectly adequate, but as a sports bottle I feel that this is not big enough and as such it loses 1 star for that.
=Star Rating=
This is a 4/5
=Superdrug Oval Cotton Wool Pads=
I will be honest and say that I am not brand loyal to cotton wool, whether it is balls, wrap or pads, I will use any.
=The Dog=
Our dog is prone to wax build up in his ears, and from advice of the vets was to wipe his ears out with warm water and cotton wool, that was where we incurred problems, as with cotton balls, we couldn't get a good grip on them, wrap, we pulled off and there seemed to be bits falling off, no good for his ears, when a friend recommended that I try these pads from Superdrug.
They are more expensive than other cotton wool as they are 50 for £1.69
=The Bag=
The cotton wool pads come in a polythene bag and this has a drawstring to the top which keeps the pads clean and sealed when they packet has been opened.
=Using the Pads=
As the main reason for buying them was for the dog, then how we found them with him, was important.
As soon as picked up the first wipe, I noticed they were oval in shape and this seemed to give them a bigger surface area, and also they were thicker than a normal pad, so far so good.
=In Use=
We had some warm water on the pad and the first point I immediately noticed was the pad did not leak, nor did it shrink in size, and when we were cleaning around his ear, there was no loose flecks of cotton coming away, the pads with being larger, meant it took less time to clean his ears, as we were able to get a wider sweep around. Even when they had been used, they kept their shape.
=Overall score from using with the Dog=
I wish there was a 10/10 as on all aspects, they were amazing.
=Sneaked a couple of pads to try myself=
Being as it was me and not the dog doing the write up, I needed to test them on makeup removal and cleansing, while I can say on every aspect I was really impressed, they held the shape, both before and after, they were so gentle on my skin and I seemed to use less of these compared to normal balls or wipes.
=Would I buy again=
I have already been and brought another bag, which is for exclusive use of the dog, and this is the only ones we will be using with him, for myself, I have some other brands to use up, but I will be buying these again.
=As the saying goes=
As the saying goes, "you get what you pay for" and with this, there is never a truer word said, they may be dearer, but the value from them absolutely exceeds the other brands, and the most important thing they are 100% cotton.
=Star Rating=
For me these are a 5/5.
Avon Paddle Brush
I find that like keys I lose brushes, and as such I do not like paying full price for them, and last year, in the Avon catalogue the brushes were reduced and the paddle brush was £2.50 instead of the £7 recommended retail price.
=The brush=
The brush is red and it has a long plastic handle, the only downside to the handle is there is no grip, you have to grip the handle tightly yourself, the brush element has a good sized bristles and a wide paddle area so you get to brush quite a large area in one go.
=My Hair=
I have short curly hair, and the brush I can brush my hair in 20 seconds flat.
=My Daughters Hair=
Now this is where the fun and games start, as she has long hair, and this is prone to being pluggy, it is thick as well, although we have a tangle teezer, which I would not be without, but this brush gives me a 2nd option, as it is strong, it gets to a large section of the hair, especially the underneath of her hair, as this gives it a really good comprehensive brush through.
My daughter likes the brush as well, as it does help with reducing the tangling, but for her (she is 10) she does find the brush a bit difficult to grip hold of the handle, unless she grips it for England.
=A year old=
We've had the brush nearly a year, and it is still in really good condition, it gets used well, we liked the brush that much that the next time it was on offer I brought a 2nd one.
=Would I recommend=
I would highly recommend this brush, even at £7 it is a good price, as compared to named brushes you could pay £10+ for, but even better when it is reduced.
=My Niggle=
My only niggle is the grip on the brush, and because of this I am knocking 1 star off, (sorry).
=Boots No7 Stay Perfect Nail Varnish=
Boots have three own brands within their makeup ranges, they are
-Natural collection - these are the basic range and are priced very competitively at £2 per item and generally have offers such as 3 for £5.00
-Boots No 17 - This is the mid priced collection items, and these vary in prices.
-Boots No 7 - This is the top of the range priced items and the nail polish comes from this range and is priced at £6.00
=Product Claims=
The nail varnish claims to give a pigment rich colour and has a ultra gloss finish. The product also claims to be quick drying.
The bottle for No 7 nail polish is a slender bottle, it has "Stay Perfect" in gold lettering on the front of the bottle, and gold "no 7" on the lid. The lid is black, and this has the brush built in. The nail polish is 10 ml.
There is information on the back of the bottle regarding safe use and the manufacturer contact details.
I brought a metallic silver shade, which was called "disco nights". I did put a clear coat on my nails first, with it bring a darker shade, and applying the nail polish I needed to use 2 coats to get a good definition of colour.
I noticed the brush had a larger bristles than previous brushes, but when I looked on the bottle there was a blue sticker that said "new and improved brush", so mystery solved, this brush also seemed improved on the cut of the bristles, and they were flat and more compact, and on most of my nails, I could get one sweep of the brush and they had painted the nail.
This was quick to dry, and by the time I had painted the first coat, the nails were perfectly dry and ready to do the 2nd layer of polish,
=Staying Power=
I was really impressed as this did last 5 days before it chipped, it was 7 days and it still had not chipped, so the staying power on this polish was really good and I could not fault it, I have used this bottle so far on about 4 different occasions and each time, it has been a week and there has been no chips on them.
=Would I recommend=
I would highly recommend these nail polishes, although they are £6 each, they do last, they come in a wide range of colours to suit all occasions, and it is worth keeping an eye out for when Boots do the till split coupon, offering £3 off the makeup range.
=Baileys Irish Cream with Orange Truffle=
I have found the flavours of Baileys to be hit and miss, but that it is a personal taste, and I received a miniature of the Baileys Irish Cream with Orange Truffle to try.
Mine was a 5cl bottle, but they are also available in 70cl bottle and 1 litre bottle, the price does vary, you can pay around £16 for a 70cl bottle, although at Christmas time they seem to become a price war item and there are generally some good offers around.
=The Flavour=
To sum up the flavour, it is lush, but to break it down, you get the creamy element that we have come to expect from baileys, once you open the bottle the aroma of orange is lovely, it is not over powering, but enough so that you know you have the orange flavour. The truffle side, I noticed this more when I was drinking it, as the drink was more chocolate in colour, with the orange aroma, it was as though someone had got a normal bottle of Baileys and grated a Terry's Chocolate Orange in there.
I served the contents of my bottle over ice, as I wanted to appreciate the flavour, and I find that the ice gives the sweetness of the Baileys a cooler edge to it.
I loved the bottle that I went and brought myself a normal bottle, and that lasted just over a month, it was beautiful.
I really liked this Baileys in a hot chocolate, as the orange truffle just added a beautiful flavour to the hot chocolate, normally I add Baileys to a coffee, but when I tried this one, I found that although it mixed well, the taste just did not mix for me, I found that the coffee was fighting with the orange trying to see which one was the strongest, but hey you learn by your mistakes.
=This worked=
I find that when you get a successful product, when you add flavours to it, it does not always work, and for Baileys I think that the Orange Truffle is a successful flavour, where as for me I found the Biscotti to sweet, it was like drinking a nutty milk, yet this Orange truffle is lovely and I will be buying a bottle or two for Christmas.
=My Niggle=
I have to say that my niggle with Baileys is the price, as it seems better to wait till Christmas when the prices reduce and buy a couple of bottles to last a year, I feel that around £16 is expensive.
=Star Rating=
I give this a 5/5, I was going to knock one star off for the price, but the taste is so lovely that it earns that star back.
=George Basic Flip Flops=
Not that I am tight wad, but I brought these for myself and my daughter for our recent holiday so we could use them for going down to breakfast, swimming pool and the beach, as it was too hot to walk on the sand.
These are George brand from Asda, and the flip-flops are there basic range, the plain ones are priced at £2 per pair, or if you want a nice patterned pair they are £3, but for us, I brought the £2 ones as I leave them in the hotel.
These come in 3 sizes they are adult sizes, and I found are pretty much true to size.
-Small = 3/4
-Medium = 5/6
-Large = 7-8
The plain colours included, pink, silver gold, white, blue and purple. I brought White for my daughter she is nearly a size 5, so I got her the medium which fitted perfectly, and me I'm a 6, but found that the Large fitted me better, I had a pink pair.
=The Flip Flops=
The soles were not the thick soles, they are about 1/2 in thick, but a constant level throughout the flip flops. The rubber straps and the toe post are comfortable, although personally I prefer the old fashioned flip flops that you just use to slide your feet into, what I do with the toe piece, is put some plaster around it, as I find they rub between my toes. They are well fixed into the soles.
=The Grip=
They have a good grip on both the soles in relation to the grip on the floor, you're not slip sliding everywhere and also they have a textured grip to the base of your sole, so this holds your foot in place.
They were perfectly comfortable, with mine I put a plaster on the t-bit, but with my daughter they didn't need that. We lived in the for the day time, and for my daughter the night time, she literally lived in them.
We left them at the hotel at the end of the fortnight, they were still as good as new, but for £2 they did the purpose, they would have lasted us a lot longer, but with shopping every inch saved was filled with something.
=Since we got back=
I have brought my daughter some more flip flops ready for the summer holidays, she has one pair now which she wears as slippers and another 2 pairs ready for UK holidays.
=Would I recommend=
I would highly recommend these flip flops, for £2 you just cannot go wrong.
=Argos Natural Pine Linen Bin=
I have had a couple of these over the years, as I like the fact that they are a fold up style, and they are less intrusive than the traditional plastic Linen Bin.
This is a simple design, it has a wooden frame, and onto this you attach the linen bin, the linen is a pale cream colour, and it has a flip over lid with Velcro on the top, so if you do have a full bin of washing you can put the lid across and no-one needs to see the dirty washing.
Our first one lasted about 10 years, before it broke, and we paid around £7 for it, the second we brought 2 years and again that was under £10.
=Folds Flat=
When the bin is not in use, you just fold the linen bin up, although in our house if the bin is empty that is for about a couple of hours, but the thought is there.
=Additional uses=
I brought a 2nd one and have put it in an inside a built in wardrobe and have stored some spare quilt covers and curtains in there.
The first one is about 15 years old now, but no longer has the stand, whereas the newer one is maybe about 9 or 10 years old. We learned the lesson from my first stand that the wood is ok and strong enough as long as you don't overfill the bin and then decide to move about with it. Then it will very quickly ping apart and not join back together
=Wash the Bag=
What has really impressed me with this bin is the fact that you can take the bag off and wash it, which we tended to wash every couple of weeks, just to keep it fresh, it has never shrunk or been difficult to hook back on to the frame.
I haven't got the measurements to hand, but if we strip a double bed, sheet, duvet, 4 pillowcases, and the under blanket, and a couple of towels and couple of items of nightwear, then that is the bin full, so it does hold quite a big, for clothes, I find that it holds about 2 washing machine loads of clothes..
=My Niggle=
My only niggle, which I feel that I am being picky, but I also think I am being honest, if the frame, I feel that this could be stronger, as it is pine and lightweight, there have been times when we have had to readjust the screw as they worked lose.
These are available from online as well as in store, and they are really good value for money, and are great as a starter for a teenager to use in their own room or for storage.
=Bacardi Breezer=
Alco pops, I feel like I am showing my age, as I remember the introduction of Alco pops, and over the years have seen them come, go and some stay, and one of the "stairs" is the Bacardi Breezer.
=What is Bacardi Breezer=
This is an alcopop and the base alcohol in the bottle is Bacardi Rum, the ABV is 4%, which may seem low, but as the drinks are quite sweet, and taste more like a flavoured drink than an alcohol based drink, it is easy to drink them, without noticing any of the effects, till you hit the fresh air.
The Breezer comes in many flavours, some have been limited flavours, others here to stay, a selection include
 Lime
 Pineapple
 Watermelon
 Cranberry
 Raspberry
 Orange
 Mang0
=How does it come=
The drink comes in 2 different size bottles, the first is the single serve bottle, which is 275ml, this has a metal lid, which you use a bottle opener to open, the other is a 70cl bottle, this again is glass, the only difference is this has a screw top lid.
This has a sweet flavour to the drink and I have tried a few of the flavours, you have to taste them for the quality control and I found that they were true to the fruit flavour that I was drinking at the time, and they have a background of the rum, for me the best way that I can describe it is like a Rum with a lot of soft drink, some of the flavours such as peach tend to be a bit more sweeter than the cranberry, but again they are true to flavour.
=Diet Range=
I don't know what flavours they did, but there has been a diet range in the drinks.
To be honest I very rarely drink Alco-pops in pubs unless it's a Wetherspoons pub, as I feel the price charged is too expensive, compared to the fact that you can get a 70cl bottle from the supermarket, for the price of a 275ml in a pub.
=Flavour for everyone=
As long as you like Rum, then you are bound to find a drink that suits you
=My Thoughts=
This is a drink that I stay to about 4 bottles as I find that it can be a bit gassy for me after four bottles, and the nice tasting it goes down to quick,
=Overall Score=
This is a 5/5, a great drink that has held its own in a very competitive market.
=Quest Steam Mop Cleaner=
About two years ago we had the bathroom renovated or should I say gutted, swopped around and ending up as a wet room, and although we regularly wash the floor with a mop with disinfectant in the water, I felt that it needed a little extra.
=Steam Mops=
Over the last couple of years steam mops are coming more popular and as such the price has reduced, although there are still more expensive items the affordable now seems to have good write ups, which is how just before Christmas I came to ordering this Steam Mop Cleaner.
I was really surprised to find that the steam cleaner does not use any detergents, and uses the steam to sanitize the floor.
=Amazon to the rescue=
After shopping around on Amazon, I settled for this Quest Steam Mop as it was just under £30, the mop came with two replaceable heads, and you could also purchase additional mop heads, which I did at the time, I got a pack of three for about £7.
There are instructions with the mop, although they were adequate enough, I feel they could be improved on, it was enough to get it set up, but it was a case of work the rest by trial and error.
=The Steam Mop=
The steam mop is a yellow colour, when the parcel arrives you have to set the steamer up as it is in parts, but it took about 5 minutes, for us to set up.
=Little Jug=
The steamer comes with a jug that you use to pour the water into the cylinder.
=First Time=
Before you get let loose with the actual cleaning, you need to seal the water tank, this is less complicated than it sounds, basically you fill it with water turn it on, let it heat up, then empty the water, this seals the tank, so the next time you can use it for the purpose.
=Close Position=
On the mop there is an open and close on the dial, the close you need to use when your heating the water, which I find on average takes about 30 seconds to heat up, then when you're ready to use, pop to open and your ready to use.
=Up and Running=
As soon as you press open the steam starts to work and you lift the mop off the floor, following the instructions, you need to hold the mop over the area for 5 seconds to sanitize the area.
I found it a bit weird holding for 5 seconds, so I tend to work slowly around, and if there is a mark on the floor, then I will pop the steamer on and hold for a few more seconds.
From a full tank, I find that I get about 20 minutes, cleaning, which as first seemed to be a really short time, but after using a few times, I find that the 20 minutes, I can get the bathroom (vinyl floor) and the kitchen (tiled) both cleaned.
=Mop heads=
I was really surprised at how dirty the mop head got, there is part of me thinking are we that dirty we've used the shower, but then when you look at the other side of the coin, is that it is picking up what I would class as invisible dirt, and the difference is unbelievable, we use the mop about three times a week in the bathroom, as we use to run over with a mop daily and give it a deep clean weekly by scrubbing the floor, we have now elimated this and do the job in 5 minutes flat.
=Washing the Mop Heads=
You just take the mop head off and pop into the washing machine, and it comes up as good as new, were still using 2 of the original mop heads, as I think of one to wash one to wear.
=If you have bits over the floor=
This does not pick up like a Hoover, so if you have bits on the floor you still need to Hoover.
=Value for Money=
I think this is excellent value for money, I know the old saying you get what you pay for, so to be honest I wasn't expecting too much from the product, as I would have expected to pay around £100 to get a good steam cleaner, but the budget did not allow, but for £30 this really is the Rolls Royce of steam cleaners in that price bracket.
=My Niggles=
I don't have niggles as such, just points that I feel could be improved on, the main one being the markings on the water tank, as they are not 100% clear and you need to be on top of it to see the markings, but when you have used it a few times, you soon get the hang of it, and it becomes 2nd nature on where to fill.
=Mr Thrifty=
Even Mr Thrifty offers to clean the floor, and he doesn't moan, so this has to be a plus point.
I rate this as a 5/5 and I would highly recommend it to all.
=Tia Maria=
Tia Maria is a rum based drink with a strong coffee taste as well to the product, it is a drink that is quite heavy based, and not one that I can drink regulary or a lot of it, but as an occasional treat then it is nice.
Tia Maria originated in Jamicia, and the design of the bottle has never really changed in design, with the attractive red, black and gold colour scheme, and this gives it a stylish feel to the drink.
For anyone who has not drunk Tia Maria, the best way I could describe it is a very strong sweet black coffee, this can be served in many ways.
I find that if I use this with ice cubes, the sharpness of the ice, cuts through the drink, even though this is not a harsh drink, if anything it is very sweet drink and the ice makes it melt longer.
I find that coke is lovely with the Tia Maria, as it adds a new dimension to the Tia Maria, it melts the strong element of the coffee and the cola . I have tried this with the lime coke and this also tastes nice, as the lime further adds a new dimension to the drink.
This turns this into a longer drink.
This is where Tia Maria also adds a further dimension to drinks as it can be served with other spirits as a cocktail.
-Black Russia-
Equal measures - Tia Maria, Vodka topped up with Coke.
This doesn't really change the flavour of the drink for me, but the added Vodka does give it a kick in terms of alcohol as adding a new spirit, with Vodka generally being 37.5% a easy way to get a headache
-White Russia-
Equal measures of Tia Maria, Vodka and topped up with Cream.
Ignore the calories, this is beautiful, although it goes down to well but this is a drink you only want one or two as the cream can be heavy, but this is like drinking a cold liquer coffee.
=Hot Drinks=
I find the best way to perk up a fresh ground coffee is add a good measure of Tia Maria, as this gives the coffee a more indepth flavour.
=Hot Chocolate=
I was introduced to this method of Tia Maria in a drink with Hot Chocolate by a friend, although I was not 100% sure, and am still sitting on the fence, it gives the Hot Chocolate a Mocha taste, it is a like it or hate it drink like this.
The ABV of the Tia Maria is 20%, which is a ball part figure for liquer drinks.
=Price and Availability=
This can be purchased in most retailers, and is around £15 for a 70cl bottle, which in my opinion is more expensive than traditional spirits such as Whisky, although at Christmas time you can get Tia Maria on offer.
=Would I recommend=
I would highly recommend Tia Maria, it is a great flavour drink, a good mixer, and one that is lovely on a summers day as much as it is on a winters evening.
=My Niggle=
My only niggle is the price, as I feel that the price does put me off from buying this more than I wish to.


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"Your secrets keep you sick"
I don't know how people keep them clean (i.e. not stinky) ... maybe her problem was just that she was already a stinky teenager at the time?
They're pretty though.
And if you are in the business enviornment.....not.going.to.work.
People just don't take you seriously.
JMO. But I don't like to have my food server/retail clerk/office workerer looking like they have snakes in their hair.
OMG, I think I'm turning into someone's grandmother!! Pretty soon, I'll be telling kids to get off my lawn!
ETA: You do what brings out your inner goddess. You will be awesome either way.
[This message edited by Williesmom at 11:16 AM, March 27th (Wednesday)]
You do what brings out your inner goddess. You will be awesome either way.
nobody looks good in dreadlocks.
And if you are in the business enviornment.....not.going.to.work.
And if you are in the business enviornment.....not.going.to.work.
I actually disagree with this. There are several people (men and women) in my office with dreadlocks, and there's nothing unprofessional about it. It's hair.
ETA: Oh, and one of my classmates is an incredibly attractive gay man with waist length dreadlocks. He works in the US Attorney General's office, and comes to class in a 3 piece suit every day. He's one of the most attractive and professional men I know, dreads and all.
[This message edited by Amazonia at 12:11 PM, March 27th (Wednesday)]
Do not back up. Severe tire damage.
[This message edited by broevil at 1:26 PM, March 27th (Wednesday)]
There is a Jamacian man that I see at the grocery store every so often, and his dreads are literally down to his butt. And they really look pretty cool and completely natural on him.
Do what makes you happy.
*i really don't think he'll end up flipping burgers*
[This message edited by veritas at 2:27 PM, March 27th (Wednesday)]
What is involved in keeping them up, anyway?
Predator is awesome.
PS I dig the dreads
[This message edited by Chicho at 3:25 PM, March 27th (Wednesday)]
Since the two most important people on this topic are in favor of them, not much else to add.
I guess it is Dreads FTW*.
*Sometimes FTW means "for the win", and sometimes "fuck the world". Take your pick.

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We've just learned that Monique Mosley has filed for divorce from her husband Timbaland. She wants a lot of money (he's worth about $80 mill) as well as child support for their daughter, but also the kid he didn't even father! She says in her divorce docs that she and Timbaland have been married for only five years, but they were a couple long before that and, for that, she justifies her quest to seek as much moolah as she can.
TMZ reports: "Monique says Timbaland is the daddy by default, since he's "publicly and privately proclaimed this child as his own. But that's not all. Monique wants alimony, life insurance, private school, vacations, summer camp and other expenses. She says she's so strapped for cash, she had to borrow money from a friend to pay her lawyer. She wants Timbaland — who's worth around $80 mil — to foot the lawyer's bill."
It sounds like she's trying to chop him down for all he's worth . . . . Do you think she's going to get all she's asking for? Or do you think she's being a little greedy?
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text: finally got a drive in the DSG model at Alexander Audi today - they have a cancelled order 3-door sport model 2.0 TDI DSG (it was either black or lava grey - too rainy and windy to stand outside admiring the car - the idea of the visit was to get behind the wheel ) First few hundred yards i had to get the brain to adjust to being in an automatic, which was all very good and fine - even in normal "D" auto mode the car is a great drive, and seems to change gear at the same time that i would have done with a manual TDI, when i put the car in S mode i found it hanging onto the gears a bit longer, which is as designed, trying to ensure that the car is at just the right point to change gear, but i think with a diesel engine, trying to hold a gear until 4000 rpm doesn't really give you much real world advantage in normal driving conditions over changing at 2500 rpm and using the grunt of the engine. When the open road permitted the auto-box was prodded into life, first of all by flooring it in "D" mode, and the kickdown worked great, the car accellerated brilliantly, changed gear and really flew - doing the same in "S" auto only seemed to make that little bit quicker, and more noisy. So in auto mode i've got reservations about the usefulness of "S" mode.....especially when you can nudge the gearstick left and into the +/- zone for manual operation. in the manual mode i found the car was just like a manual to drive - the brain quickly adjusts to using your fingers on the levers to do the gears, but the brain still sends signals to you left foot, and i was finding myself operating the foot rest as clutch. Its a strange sensation - when you realise the car is in full auto mode, your left leg goes to sleep and you let the car get on with things, but when you are involved in the gear changes yourself, whether on the steering wheel or gearstick, you feel as if your left leg should be invited to the party too. - all quite weird! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif upshifting with the paddles was great - you can time the upshifts to suit the road - where the auto mode would grab the next gear, you can read the road ahead and realise that keeping in third would be better than racing up to fourth and having to come back down. The great bit is keepign your foot planted on the gas, then mouse click your way through the box (i say mouse click, becasuse the paddles sounded just like mouse clicks - there is no travel on the paddle, its just like pressing the lock/unlock button on the door card - a click and it changes gear - fast! - there is no reason to complain at all about the speed of this system, but what i needed to get used to was downshifting - zooming along in 5th and braking for a corner that needs third - i found myself double clicking and wanting the box to downshift twice, but went into the corner in 4th - sales guy said you need to give a moment or two between the down shifts - somthing i didn't get chance to perfect. coming to a T-junction in 4th was strange too - sales guy instructing me to leave the paddles alone, and let the car sort itself out, which it does - it drops back into 1st all on its own - great! - but what about if you slow down for a roundabout - leaving the car in 4th 5th - expecting to stop as the traffic is heavy, then all of a sudden you find the traffic has gone and there is a gap - but you're doing 15mph and the car hasn't dropped into 1st yet - you plant your foot and you're still in 4th or 5th ? - again the chance to test didn't arise, but it sort of concludes my opionion on the manual side of the DSG system..... ...you have to be very alert to what mode you are in, this really is two cars pretending to be one. I found myself having to look at the dash to see whether it said D-P-R-N, or 1-2-3-4-5-6 to give me an idea of what i should be doing as we approach a bend/obstacle - in auto mode the car does the work, in manual mode you still have to tell the car you need 2nd gear for the next corner. so i found myself in too higher a gear for the bends - which is okay in the diesel - it will still pull out of the bend in too high a gear, but you kick yourself for not realising it was your turn to do the gears ! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I suppose this switching of modes will become second nature after a couple of days, and hopefully the DSG drivers will comment on thier own first day experiences in this thread. overall i was very impressed with the car, nice and solid, handled great - even in the slippery wet conditions. There was only 2 occasions where i got the traction control to kick in, and i really was being silly with the gas, but in the same conditions in the golf the ASR system would have been engaged far more often than the audo system. so whilst i would love to try the same roads with quattro - i'm more than happy to say the ESP on the A3 sport is enough of an improvement to keep me happy with having the DSG and 2-wheel drive /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


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...remarkable as the best mediator yet of a clear consciousness of the divine being. Schleiermacher continued this apologetic theme in his comprehensive account of Christian doctrine, The Christian Faith (1821–22; 1831). In his wake, Protestant systematic theology in the 19th and 20th centuries generally sought to operate within the "plausibility...
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...theologian, preacher, and classical philologist, generally recognized as the founder of modern Protestant theology. His major work, Der christliche Glaube (1821–22; 2nd ed. 1831; The Christian Faith), is a systematic interpretation of Christian dogmatics.


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Pain & Gain Flexes Red-Band Trailer
Michael Bay's next film isn't another entry in some huge franchise, but instead a tale of real-life bodybuilders who decided to make a nicer life for themselves by force. Based on a true story, Pain & Gain follows Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg), Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson) and Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) as they alleviate Victor Kirshaw (Tony Shaloub) of his immense yet dubiously gained fortune.
Here's the red-band trailer for the Paramount Pictures release, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies:
Here's the official synopsis:
From acclaimed director Michael Bay comes Pain & Gain, a new action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie, based on the unbelievable true story of three personal trainers in 1990s Miami, who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson and Bar Paly also star. Produced by Donald De Line, Michael Bay and Ian Bryce. Based on the Magazine Articles by Pete Collins. Screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. Directed by Michael Bay. Pain & Gain opens in theaters everywhere April 26.
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Friday, July 3, 1998 Published at 14:03 GMT 15:03 UK
Business: The Economy
IMF backs Russian tax drive
Boris Yeltsin tells Gazprom boss Rem Vyakhirev to pay up
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed the Russian government's latest crackdown on tax dodgers. But the IMF's director general, Michel Camdessus, said although the Kremlin's actions were an encouraging sign, they were not enough.
Russia is hoping for a new IMF loan of $10-15bn, on top of a $9.2bn loan already granted.
Gas tax deal
On Thursday, the Russian Government and the gas monopoly Gazprom had struck a deal on repayment of their huge debts to each other - but only after Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko had threatened to confiscate Gazprom's assets. The company had fallen behind with its tax payments.
Under the deal, Gazprom will have to pay 4bn roubles (about $600m) a month from July 1, four times what it paid in June. The government for its part has undertaken to reduce the debts of government bodies to Gazprom.
However, the head of the Russian Tax Service, Boris Fyodorov, insisted that the order to seize Gazprom assets had not been cancelled, but merely suspended until August 1.
On Wednesday, the Russian government had frozen the assets of Severonikel, a unit of Russia's big metals producer Norilsk Nickel, in a bid to force payment of 250m roubles of tax.
Tax package
The crackdown on tax dodgers is part of an attempt to get a grip on Russia's public finances. The government is facing a liquidity crisis, which lead to fears that it might resort to printing money. This would have caused renewed inflation, and in panic investors fled the rouble, nearly causing the collapse of Russia's financial markets during May and June.
To counter the rumours, the Russian government has vigorously defended the rouble, and has agreed on a stabilisation package. Tax reforms and better tax collection are seen as central to sorting out the budget problems.
On Friday, Russia's parliament, the Duma, passed a key section of the new tax code, and Duma speaker Gennady Seleznyov said the final reading of the new tax bill would be on July 15, just before parliament's summer recess.
Social tensions
The miners had suspended a two-week long blockade in May, after the government had promised to pay them.
Touching the untouchables
Until now, Gazprom had been considered untouchable. Like many big Russian companies, it enjoys huge political influence in Moscow.
Gazprom's bosses argue that the company is itself owed millions of dollars by gas consumers and can hardly be blamed for its tax problems.
But the government is now taking a far tougher line, insisting that Gazprom and other Soviet-era giants like it must be restructured or face the consequences.
Moscow is cracking down on debtors as part of a government austerity package aimed at avoiding financial collapse.
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Efficacy of the Aspen Spinous Process System in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
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|Degenerative Disc Disease
|Device: Aspen Spinous Process System Device: Pedicle Screw Fixation
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multi-Center Prospective Randomized Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of the Aspen Spinous Process System for Use in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
- Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Aspen Spinous Process System
Subjects randomized to the Aspen study arm will have the Aspen device implanted as supplemental posterior fixation only and according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
Device: Aspen Spinous Process System
Aspen Spinous Process System is an interspinous process fixation device
Active Comparator: Pedicle Screw Fixation
Subjects randomized to the pedicle screw group will have the pedicle screws implanted according to the standard procedures and practices at that institution. The procedure may be performed according to surgeon preference, including a traditional open, minimally invasive or percutaneous approach. Only pedicle screws cleared by FDA for this indication will be used in this study.
Device: Pedicle Screw Fixation
Pedicle Screws are used for the fixation of the spine
Detailed Description:
This is a multi-center, prospective randomized clinical study to evaluate the clinical outcome of subjects with DDD who are treated with ALIF and supplemental posterior fixation using Aspen compared to pedicle screw instrumentation. The study will involve up to approximately 25 investigational sites and enroll up to 156 67 subjects. The randomization ratio of two Aspen subjects to one pedicle screw subject (2:1) will be utilized.
Subjects with lumbar DDD who are candidates for ALIF at a single level will be screened for inclusion in the study. If the subject meets all of the eligibility criteria, they will be enrolled and randomized to either the Aspen or pedicle screw group. Subjects will continue to be followed by the guidelines set forth in this clinical protocol, which include: a postoperative discharge exam; six week, three month, six month, and one year post-op visits; and, concludes with a two year post-op visit. The follow-up is counted from the day of surgery. The enrollment period is expected to be approximately 12 months and subjects will be followed for 2 years post-op for the duration of the clinical investigation. The anticipated duration of the study is approximated to be 3 years.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 18 and 75 years
- Scheduled for an elective single level ALIF with posterior fixation
- Diagnosis of primary symptomatic DDD confirmed with appropriate imaging studies and/or positive lumbar discography
- Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) v 2.1 score >30%
- Failed at least 6 weeks of conservative care (non-surgical)/clinical signs of neurological deterioration
- No contraindications for ASPEN spinous process system (at the discretion of the investigator)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior lumbar fusion surgery at any level (prior discectomy and/or laminectomy allowed)
- Spondylolisthesis grade 3 or more
- Lytic spondylolisthesis
- Incompetent or missing posterior arch at the affected level (e.g. laminectomy, pars defect)
- Currently requires laminectomy at level of surgery
- Facet joints at implant level are absent or fractured
- Post-traumatic vertebral body compromise or acute fracture at implant level
- Body mass Index (BMI) > 40
- Known allergy to titanium
- Osteoporosis: SCORE (Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation) will be used to screen subjects who require DEXA. Subjects with T-score < -2.5 will be excluded
- Paget's disease, osteomalacia, or any other metabolic bone disease
- Use of medications or any drug known to potentially interfere with bone/soft tissue healing (e.g. chronic systemic steroids)
- Planned use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)
- Unlikely to comply with the follow-up evaluation schedule
- Subject has recent history (less than 3 years) of chemical substance dependency or significant psychosocial disturbance that may impact the outcome or study participation
- Participation in a clinical trial of another investigational drug or device within the past 30 days
- Systemic infection such as AIDS, HIV, and active hepatitis
- Active malignancy defined as history of invasive malignancy, except if the subject has received treatment and displayed no clinical signs and symptoms for at least five years
- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the length of study participation
- Involvement in active litigation related to back problems at the time of screening
- Direct involvement in the execution of this protocol
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01016314
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01016314
|United States, California
|Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
|Pomona, California, United States, 91767
|University of California, Davis
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
|United States, Kansas
|Kansas University Medical Center
|Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
|United States, New York
|New York University School of Medicine
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|United States, Texas
|South Texas Spine
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
|Principal Investigator:
|Kee Kim, MD
|University of California, Davis
|Responsible Party:
|Zimmer Biomet
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01016314 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|November 18, 2009
|First Posted:
|November 19, 2009
|Last Update Posted:
|February 29, 2016
|Last Verified:
|February 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Spinal Diseases
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases


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The 5-star Sofitel Marrakech Lounge & Spa hotel opens the door to modern Morocco. This luxury hotel in Marrakesh combines contemporary art and sculpture in the Hivernage district, where local hospitality and gastronomy blend with the cosmopolitan elegance of French culture. Awaken your senses in this 5-star hotel in Marrakesh with the aromas of fresh mint, massages, clean lines, soft colors and spices from the garden. A real delight. Just like the view from your elegant room: palm trees, bougainvillieas, snow-capped Atlas mountains. It offers comfortable guestrooms in a 4-storey property and boasts three restaurants, two bars and a piano bar, and an outdoor heated pool. For your comfort, it provides a fitness centre with indoor pool and hammam.
The Luxury Deluxe Room is comfortable 323 sq. ft. room with Moroccan decor, balcony overlooking the gardens and pools, marble bathroom with inviting tub, Lanvin complimentary items, hairdryer, WIFI, satellite/cable TV, minibar, safe, Bose radio/CD player and air conditioning.
The Superior room is stylish and elegant 323 sq. ft. The room including balcony overlooking the town, marble bathroom with tub, luxurious complimentary items, signature bedding, hairdryer, WIFI, cable/satellite TV, minibar, safe, Bose radio/CD player and air conditioning.
The spacious Junior Suite open to balconies with city, garden or pool views and feature signature bedding, marble bathroom with bath tub, WIFI, hairdryer, wireless Internet access, cable/satellite television, minibar, safe and air conditioning.
Enjoy delicious organic cuisine based around olive oil at l'Oasis restaurant. If you want to travel the world, visit the "Le Jardin" restaurant for its international and local cuisine. For a cocktail or a glass of champagne, music and get-togethers, head to the Lawrence Bar's panoramic terrace, a place not to be missed to start or end your evening in Marrakech. Dominique Oudin, the chef at the Orangerie, welcomes you to his terrace opposite the Atlas Mountains. The bar Darkum tea lounge present local and international teas between the pool and the Spa. This magical place welcomes you with a warm and friendly atmosphere.
The Spa blends ancient treatments with French cosmetology by Cinq Mondes: a luxurious space with jacuzzi and pool exclusively for spa guests. Indulge in a sur mesure massage in Marrakech, or Berber facial with huile d'argan. The hotel is gym equipped with Techno- gym cardio machines, Kinesis stretching wall and pilates mats.
Whether you're a beginner golfer or a seasoned pro, relish the natural beauty of Marrakech's five exceptional courses. Golf with sweeping views of the Atlas Mountains, and take advantage of private lessons and equipment rentals.


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McLean, Va. - October 16, 2012 — AddThis today announced it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of its OnHollywood 100 winners. The OnHollywood 100 list identifies companies that are leaders among their peers, developing game-changing technologies that are likely to disrupt existing Hollywood entertainment. AddThis was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts from across the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value and media buzz.
"This year's OnHollywood 100 represents an explosive drive toward device-independent consumer-focused entertainment," says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "The digital entertainment pioneers of the 1990s have paved the way for a sophisticated group of entertainment producers who are harnessing the power of social, mobile and the Internet to give consumers exactly what they want, when they want it."
The OnHollywood 100 winners were selected from thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and entertainment industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2012 list.
"It's an honor to be recognized for our work with movie studios and entertainment companies," says AddThis CEO Ramsey McGrory. "We are thrilled to be a key partner driving awareness, tune in and ticket sales with our powerful social tools and targeting capabilities."
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Datevalue in Switch statement gives Error for certain columns
Busy making a report (in Reportdesigner 3.0 using a Report Model as source) that in one column should show a datediff. This is a switch statement, I have 3 statuses and 2 date columns. Status 10 should return nothing as both datetime columns are NULL for these rows. Status 20 has 1 column filled in with a date, then I need the datediff between it and today, and status 40 has both columns filled in and then I need datediff today and the 2nd column. This worked, but then it was found that I needed to use DateValue, as everything of yesterday should give 1 day difference when the report is run today, and not only after 24hours have passed. Since I added DateValue to this switch statement I get weird errors ?! Hope you guys can help as I'm afraid it's a bug ??
Anyway full statement I had in the end is this:
=Switch(Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="10", " ",
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="20", DateDiff("d", Iif(IsDate(Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value), DateValue(Today()), DateValue(Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value)), DateValue(Today())),
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="40", DateDiff("d", Iif(IsDate(Fields!Disc_Move_Date_Time.Value), DateValue(Today()), DateValue(Fields!Disc_Move_Date_Time.Value)), DateValue(Today())) )
But after seeing the IsDate() even didn't solve the bug, I started to experiment with simpler statements to get the error and understand it:
=Switch(Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="10", " ",
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="20", Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value,
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="40", Fields!Disc_Move_Date_Time.Value)
This statement works. Status 10 returns an empty value, others return correct date columns (which are all filled in correctly)
=Switch(Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="10", " ",
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="20", DateValue(Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value),
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="40", DateValue(Fields!Disc_Move_Date_Time.Value))
This is where it starts to go wrong. I added DateValue(), and now I only get valid dates for status 40 ?! All rows with status 10 or 20 give me #Error ?
The weird thing is when I do DateValue() for only one column, the error shifts:
=Switch(Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="10", " ",
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="20", CStr(DateValue(Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value)),
Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="40", "aa")
This will return correct values for status 20 (date) and 40 (aa) and only status 10 rows will show #Error ??
Moving the order of the switch statement (so first 40, then 20 and 10) does not change anything ?
I get the impression that when I add DateValue() for one column, reportserver will try to generate this value for all rows, even those where the switch statement does not apply to and where that row is NULL. So a datevalue for the datetime column that is only filled in with status 40 results in #Error for all other rows where this value is Null, even when the switch statement doesn't want to show these but another value) ?? in the example with only datevalue for status 20, status 40 works as for those rows the date column is filled in, and only fails for status 10 as there Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value is NULL ?
Looks like a bug to me ? Any ideas how to make a workaround ? I've tried to rewrite the switch statement but I'm always stuck when I do this DateValue() function.. also can't leave datevalue out and just add 1 day as entries of today should correctly show 0 days difference..
Found a workaround using the DateSerial function, as this doesn't seem to have a problem handling NULL values in dates..
=Switch(Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="40", datediff("d", DateSerial(DatePart("yyyy", Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value), DatePart("m", Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value), DatePart("d", Fields!Disc_Move_Date_Time.Value)), Today()), Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="20", datediff("d", DateSerial(DatePart("yyyy", Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value), DatePart("m", Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value), DatePart("d", Fields!Mvin_Move_Date_Time.Value)), Today()), Fields!Ship_Stock_Status.Value="10", " ")
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Xavier and UC rivals come together for Crosstown Helpout
Presidents of both universities to kick off event with crowd of 900 volunteers | January 9, 2004
Approximately 900 volunteers, including students, alumni and friends of both universities, are expected. From the arena, volunteers are splitting up into teams and heading to 37 schools and agencies in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas to work on various projects. The projects include painting and plastering walls, waxing floors, cleaning windows, picking up trash, weatherproofing buildings and building bookshelves. The teams are working from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Among the sites the teams are visiting are Corryville Catholic School, Bond Hill Academy, Our Daily Bread, East End Community Heritage School and the Welcome House of Northern Kentucky.
"Xavier is pleased to support the Crosstown Helpout. As defined as our allegiances become on Feb. 3, the Crosstown Helpout shows how fans can unite to support our city," says Thad Matta, Xavier head men's basketball coach.
Again this year a prize patrol is visiting all the sites, and volunteers are eligible to win an assortment of prizes, including tickets to the Crosstown Shootout on Feb. 3 at the Cintas Center.
"The Crosstown Helpout is a wonderful event that carries the spirit of the Crosstown Shootout into the community, providing needed assistance to many area schools and agencies. It's a great opportunity for Bearcat and Musketeer fans to come together for a worthwhile cause," says Bob Huggins, UC head men's basketball coach.
This year's event is sponsored by Xavier's national alumni association, UC's alumni association, The Home Depot, Glidden Paint, Cincinnati Bell Wireless, Aramark, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera, Chiquita, LaRosa's, Home City Ice and Skyline Chili.
For more information, contact Mary Ann Schomaker at Xavier at 513 745-3081 or Phillip Lanham at UC at 513 556-4405, or visit www.crosstownhelpout.com.


text: Alabama Graphite Contracts Airborne Geophysical Surveys for its Alabama and Ontario Projects February 27, 2014 - VANCOUVER, Canada - Alabama Graphite Corp. (the "Company") (CSE: ALP) (OTC: ABGPF) (FRANKFURT: A1G.F WKN: A1J35M) (ISIN# CA0102931080) is pleased to announce that it has contracted with Prospectair Geosurveys, Inc., to conduct airborne geophysical surveys of both its Coosa Graphite Project in Alabama and the Hearst Graphite Project in Ontario. The Company has contracted to have airborne Time-Domain Electromagnetic (TDEM), Magnetic (MAG), and Radiometric (SPEC) surveys conducted on its extensive Coosa Project in east-central Alabama. Electromagnetic surveys have long been recognized as the most effective geophysical tool for identifying areas with graphitic mineralization. Magnetic surveys performed in conjunction with the electromagnetic surveys allow for the differentiation of possible sulfide mineral conductors. Finally, the reported correlation between uranium and vanadium minerals with graphite in the Alabama graphitic schist belt suggests that radiometric surveys may also be a valuable tool. Prospectair will also conduct TDEM and MAG of the Hearst Graphite Property in Ontario, which is located 35 km east of Zenyatta Venture's Albany Hydrothermal Graphite Deposit. "Surveys of both properties are expected to be completed by mid-March," said Ron S. Roda, President of the Company. The results from the airborne surveys will be used in conjunction with existing data to guide future exploration and metallurgical work at both projects. About Prospectair: Prospectair Geosurveys, Inc. is a company specialized in airborne geophysical surveys. Based in Gatineau, Quebec, it has provided exploration services to the mineral exploration sector since 2002. Prospectair has been the surveyor of choice for a number of projects in the graphite sector. About Alabama Graphite: Alabama Graphite Corp., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alabama Graphite Company, Inc., is a graphite exploration and development company whose flagship project "The Coosa Graphite Project" in Coosa County, Alabama is located in an area with significant historical production of crystalline flake graphite. The Company published an inaugural NI 43-101 in September of 2013. With the recent closing of a CAD$2,100,000 financing, the Company is focusing efforts on continuing to define the footprint of "The Coosa Graphite Project" and to start work on the 100% owned "Hearst Graphite Property" in Northern Ontario. For further information and updates on the Company, please visit www.alabamagraphite.com. ALABAMA GRAPHITE CORP. Ron S. Roda, President (609) 785-1581 [email protected] www.alabamagraphite.com THE CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE CONTENT OF THIS NEWS RELEASE. Forward looking information This release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's business, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate" or "belief" or describes a "goal" or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information is based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, the result of drilling and exploration activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services are available and perform as contracted. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of graphite; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in the company's publicly filed documents. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NEWS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME.


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With Blake Lapthorn, Morgan Cole and Boyes Turner looking to pulloff a three-way merger, Joanne Harris looks at the numbers behind the deal.
In the history of the legal market, tripartite mergers are rare. While the June 2011 merger between legacy Norton Rose, Deneys Reitz and Ogilvy Renault has largely been seen as a success, the jury is still out on the April 2013 tie-up between Fraser Milner Casgrain, Salans and SNR Denton.
While the dust is still settling on that particular 'polycentric' monster, along comes news of another three-way merger talk. This time, the firms concerned might be smaller, but the challenges of integrating practices across several offices remain if Blake Lapthorn, Boyes Turner and Morgan Cole come to an agreement in their current discussions.
The most obvious synergy between the UK trio is geography. All three are in the south of the UK. Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole both have offices in London and Oxford; Morgan Cole and Boyes Turner are both in Reading. If the merger goes ahead, the question marks will hang over Blake Lapthorn's South Coast offices and Morgan Cole's Cardiff and Swansea bases.
Financially, the trio are not too dissimilar. Although Boyes Turner is the smallest firm by turnover at £14.7m in 2012/13, it is the most profitable with net profit of £3.1m – a margin of 21.3 per cent. In comparison, Morgan Cole's profit margin was just 13 per cent last year and Blake Lapthorn's 17.3 per cent, on turnovers of £33.7m and £45.6m respectively. Morgan Cole's low margin, which managing partner Elizabeth Carr attributed to "an issue in our premises portfolio", brings the average profit margin of the three down to 16.4 per cent.
Boyes Turner boasted the highest average profit per equity partner (PEP) of the three last year, at £205,000. Again, Morgan Cole's PEP was the lowest, at £162,000, with Blake Lapthorn's in the middle at £180,000.
Boyes Turner also has the highest proportion of equity partners – 15 out of its total partnership of 22 – and the lowest leverage of the three firms, employing 3.5 lawyers for every equity partner. Morgan Cole's leverage is the highest, at one equity partner for every 5.3 associates, and its equity represents just over 50 per cent of its 51-strong partnership.
Blake Lapthorn holds its equity most tightly. Only 49 per cent of its partners are in the equity. But the firm has a lower leverage than Morgan Cole, with 4.6 associates for every equity partner.
Commentators often point to the cost of premises as an issue for law firms, and certainly building costs were a factor in several recent mergers and law firms running into financial difficulties. Last year Boyes Turner invested heavily in expanded space, increasing its square footage by 40 per cent. Rent rose by 7 per cent, but nevertheless the firm is paying around £5 more per square foot than its putative merger partners.
Sources suggest that should the merger go ahead, Morgan Cole – which has fewer people in Reading than Boyes Turner – ought to shift into the smaller firm's office there.
Debt has been another issue for firms in the past, and has caused the end of a number of merger discussions. Here Morgan Cole has the best position, with only £1.1m of net debt reported for the UK 200 this year.
Blake Lapthorn reported £8.3m of debt, while Boyes Turner's first-ever set of LLP accounts showed bank loans and overdrafts of £6.2m for the 18 months to 31 March 2013. Pro rata, that equates to about £4.1m for a 12-month period – roughly equal to the amount paid out to all partners in remuneration for the year.
The discrepancies in model, culture and geographical location are among the obstacles which the three firms must sort if they proceed to a merger. In November Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole both said the talks were in early stages, and they could still go the way of Kennedys and Simpson & Marwick and fall through. In the increasingly volatile legal market, nothing is certain.


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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 208912, 10 pages
Modification of a Rodent Hindlimb Model of Secondary Lymphedema: Surgical Radicality versus Radiotherapeutic Ablation
1Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Republic of Korea
2Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-707, Republic of Korea
3Department of Surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul 156-707, Republic of Korea
4Department of Surgery, Chosun University Hospital, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju 501-717, Republic of Korea
Received 11 July 2013; Revised 7 September 2013; Accepted 9 September 2013
Academic Editor: Monica Fedele
Copyright © 2013 Hyung Sub Park et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Secondary lymphedema is an intractable disease mainly caused by damage of the lymphatic system during surgery, yet studies are limited by the lack of suitable animal models. The purpose of this study was to create an improved model of secondary lymphedema in the hindlimbs of rodents with sustained effects and able to mimic human lymphedema. This was achieved by combining previously reported surgical methods and radiation to induce chronic lymphedema. Despite more radical surgical destruction of superficial and deep lymphatic vessels, surgery alone was not enough to sustain increased hindlimb volume. Radiotherapy was necessary to prolong these effects, with decreased lymphatic flow on lymphoscintigraphy, but hindlimb necrosis occurred after 4 weeks due to radiation toxicity. The applicability of this model for studies of therapeutic lymphangiogenesis was subsequently tested by injecting muscle-derived stem cells previously cocultured with the supernatant of human lymphatic endothelial cells in vitro. There was a tendency for increased lymphatic flow which significantly increased lymphatic vessel formation after cell injection, but attenuation of hindlimb volume was not observed. These results suggest that further refinement of the rodent hindlimb model is needed by titration of adequate radiation dosage, while stem cell lymphangiogenesis seems to be a promising approach.


text: We had dinner at Coriander in Sharon last week and it fills a void in the area. Great decor, white tablecloths and homemade food. Braised short ribs and flank cooked in beer was amazing as was the wolf fish. Real care is taken here.All the desserts are home made and the menu decidedly French. Any one else tried it?


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ESSAY; Impossible Author Dies at 70
By Henry Alford
Published: October 15, 2006
[Impossible Author], who has died aged 70, was a talented television journalist, writer and photographer; he was also a nightmare drunk.1 He died of a heart attack in an airliner over the Atlantic after an argument concerning what he insisted was his right to have his seat ''upgraded.'' 2 His body was discovered attired in a frogman's outfit.3
''I Am an Alcoholic'' (1959) recounted how his political life had been ruined by the demon drink.4 Meanwhile [Impossible] had developed a curious technique for writing novels, whereby he would cut several pages into quarters and then join them up willy-nilly, in the hope that chance would produce some new and poetic effect.5 A publisher to whom he submitted his most outrageously nauseating book, ''I Was Dora Suarez'' (1984), claimed to have vomited when he read the manuscript.6
[Impossible] was a very good talker, but limited by deafness. He used to detach his hearing aid at luncheon not, he said, to banish bores but because the ancient contraption made horrible noises when wine was being poured into his glass.7 To encounter [Impossible] at 9 in the evening in the Colony Room Club, for example, was to witness a transformation that any film actor in ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' would have thought strained credibility. Within minutes, fueled by a rapid series of large gins scarcely diluted by tonic, his polite talks about his great-uncle Bram Stoker or his interlocutor's latest book would turn into a rant of increasing volume and decreasing intelligibility: ''I loathe you, I can't stand you,'' he would roar, gargling in his podgy throat.8
[Impossible] himself began writing in the 1940's, locking himself in a stall in the men's room in the subway. Making his base of operations the Angle bar at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue, he sold drugs at times and himself at others, not always with notable success.9 [Impossible] looked like Truman Capote and sounded like Bette Davis.10
But there were bad memories, too.11 It was his habit, for example, to howl at the moon. In 1984 he was in a bar in California when other drinkers took exception to his howling. Matters came to a head when he decided to exorcise a neighboring drinker, who hit him over the head with a shovel, shouting: ''I'll knock the Devil out of you!''12 He also kept explosives, to blow the legs off pool tables or to pack in a barrel for target practice.13 He held several exhibitions of paintings on wood riddled with bullet holes (''shotgun art'' he called it; he was also a member of the National Rifle Association).14 He was barred from several hotels for trivial offenses such as being found with his trousers round his ankles in the corridor.15 ''Mainly I sleep with cats and the female,'' he once said, describing his domestic situation. ''I love female.''16 The most promising time for conversation was between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. -- after two double vodkas, but before the sixth.17
[Impossible] was given his first shotgun at the age of 10.18 An empty bottle didn't stand any more of a chance outside than a full one would have had within.
Difficult Writer Found Dead in Spain
[Difficult Writer], a dramatist and novelist, died in Malaga, Spain, on May 4.20 Cyril Connolly visited her there shortly before his death, and spent an afternoon rummaging through her papers. ''You certainly were a sexpot in your day,'' he concluded.21
[Difficult] was a little woman with a dollish face and basset-hound eyes, in whose mouth butter hardly ever melted.22 [Difficult] enjoyed love affairs with King Farouk of Egypt, the painters Felix Topolski and Michael Wishart. The cast also included a metropolitan policeman -- ''sex is a great leveler,'' she reflected.23 Young [Difficult] was educated at the Girls' High School in Brooklyn and Cornell University, where she fell in love with Louis Gottschalk, an assistant teacher in ancient history, whom she married in 1920.24 Country neighbors of the [Difficults] used to complain of Mrs. [Difficult's] erratic behavior, especially of her distressing tendency to ''lash out with her walking stick at those who got in her way.''25 Visits to other people's houses were invariably disastrous. ''Do come back when you're less cross,'' suggested one hostess.26
In 1924 Robert Graves came across [Difficult's] poem ''The Quids'' in an obscure American literary magazine. Graves wrote to express his appreciation. Some trans-Atlantic correspondence ensued; and at the end of 1925 [Difficult] was invited to accompany him to Egypt, where he had taken a chair in English literature. From the moment of her arrival the newcomer dominated the poet's household. For a while even his relations with his wife improved. ''It is extremely unlikely that Nancy, [Difficult] and I will ever disband,'' Graves told Siegfried Sassoon in March 1925. Yet by May 1927 he and [Difficult] had moved to a flat at St. Peter's Square, Hammersmith, while Nancy and the children were installed nearby on a barge on the Thames. In 1929 she declared that ''three-life'' had become ''four-life'' -- her way of indicating that an Irish poet called Geoffrey Phibbs, who had been discriminating enough to praise her poetry, had been summoned to the m?ge in Hammersmith. Yet Phibbs still showed some disposition toward matrimonial loyalty.27 [Difficult], entirely without expert help, perforce relied on trial and error to learn the arcane arts of animal husbandry -- castration, dehorning, branding, calving and rearing.28
In 1938 [Difficult's] ''Collected Poems'' were published, to a stunning display of critical indifference. In January 1939, however, a poetaster called Schuyler Jackson reviewed the poems in Time. Jackson's opinion that the work was ''the book of books of the mid-20th century'' seemed to [Difficult] to betray an uncommon insight. Plans were now laid for an American visit. It was unfortunate that Jackson was married, but after [Difficult] had subjected Katherine Jackson to a series of ''talks,'' this difficulty was removed. Mrs. Jackson, who had initially professed a high regard for her interrogator, now cracked up, became violent and was removed to an asylum.29
During the honeymoon she chanted ''Until Death Us Do Part'' at her husband through clenched teeth. 30
Source Obituaries
1. Daniel Farson; The Daily Telegraph, Nov. 28, 1997.
2. Albert Goldman; Daily Telegraph, March 31, 1994.
3. James Rusbridger; Daily Telegraph, Feb. 8, 1994.
4. Raymond Blackburn; Daily Telegraph, Nov. 5, 1991.
5. William Burroughs; Daily Telegraph, Aug. 4, 1997.
6. Robin Cook; Daily Telegraph, Aug. 1, 1994.
7. R. G. G. Price; Daily Telegraph, Sept. 20, 1989.
8. Daniel Farson; Daily Telegraph, Nov. 28, 1997.
9. Herbert Huncke; The New York Times, Aug. 9, 1996.
10. Albert Goldman; Daily Telegraph, March 31, 1994.
11. William Burroughs; The Economist, Aug. 9, 1997.
12. R. D. Laing; Daily Telegraph, Aug. 25, 1989.
13. Hunter S. Thompson; The Economist, Feb. 26, 2005.
14. William Burroughs; The Guardian, Aug. 4, 1997.
15. Daniel Farson; Daily Telegraph, Nov. 28, 1997.
16. Gregory Corso; The Guardian, Jan. 20, 2001.
17. Jeffrey Bernard; Daily Telegraph, Sept. 8, 1997.
18. Ernest Hemingway; The New York Times, July 3, 1961.
19. Hunter S. Thompson; Slate, Feb. 22, 2005.
20. Jane Bowles; The New York Times, May 31, 1973.
21. Barbara Skelton; Daily Telegraph, Jan. 29, 1996.
22. Dorothy Parker; The New York Times, June 8, 1967.
23. Barbara Skelton; Daily Telegraph, Jan. 29, 1996.
24. Laura Riding; Daily Telegraph, Sept. 5, 1991.
25. Fanny Cradock; Daily Telegraph, Dec. 29, 1994.
26. Barbara Skelton; Daily Telegraph, Jan. 29, 1996.
27. Laura Riding; Daily Telegraph, Sept. 5, 1991.
28. Pamela Scott; Daily Telegraph, Feb. 10, 1992.
29. Laura Riding; Daily Telegraph, Sept. 5, 1991.
30. Barbara Skelton; Daily Telegraph, Jan. 29, 1996.
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Problems recompiling WindowMaker from original slackbuild
I was trying to recompile WindowMaker to apply the single click patch, and found out that using the slackbuild provided on the Slack source disks (Disk 5), I couldn't even compile an unmodified WindowMaker properly. Specifically the WPrefs.app utility fails to compile.
Any suggestions as to why this might be, or how to fix it? I'm using GCC 3.4.6, which AFAIK is the default for Slackware. I'm also sure I've got the fontconfig package installed.
relevant error log below:
Making all in WPrefs.app
Do you have fontconfig installed ? Try reinstalling that.
This is the critical error here:
FontSimple.c:26:35: fontconfig/fontconfig.h: No such file or directory
Are you running Dropline? Dropline puts fontconfig here:
bash-3.1$ slocate fontconfig.h
Fontconfig is installed, I tried reinstalling it but no change.
No dropline (or any Gnome) on the system.
For the moment I've just copied the old WPrefs.app into the new package, and edited the windowmaker preferences by hand to enable single-click. Which works fine. Still, I'm quite curious as to what's causing the error.
Thanks for the suggestions so far.
OK, looking at the WindowMaker Makefile, I see the line "includedir = ${prefix}/include", where ${prefix} is /usr. So I symlinked /usr/X11/include/fontconfig to /usr/include, and everything compiled.
So now my question is, is this a bug, or is my system somehow misconfigured? Is anyone else able to compile WindowMaker using the provided slackbuild?
Have a look in my WindowMaker area. I have a large collection of patches and accessories there. I use a patched version which provides a history list to the run-box among other fixes. I added the single-click patch to the list and recompiled. (See the wmaker-0.92.0 dir) there's also a src2pkg build script which you can use to compile from source if you have src2pkg installed. Or just have a good look at what the script does and use those command as suggestions.
The main problem you are having is probably from not running autogen.sh.
Try doing that before running configure.
If that doesn't do it try running 'autoreconf -if' -the best kept secret in ages...
There on my site you can also find the wdm display manager(with xpenguins!), the sound server for WindowMaker and over 50 DockApps which are upgraded to work best with the new WindowMaker.
As a sidenote, though, I don't see an autogen.sh anywhere in the Windowmaker sources. The SlackBuild certainly doesn't make any mention of one.
Okay you are using the Slackware tarball, right? Note that the Slackware current binary package is from Jul 21 2005, which means it's a Slackware-10.1 package compiled against xorg-6.8.2.
If you don#t know how to pick your way throught the code of the script, you can still update the source config files.
Just unpack the original archive, cd into the sources and run 'autoreconf -if' and then repack the sources and run the script.
Building and packaging WindowMaker is not usually as straightforward as most programs.
A lot of the patches and config stuff that I use come from the ALT/Sysiphus Linux distribution which is maintained by a long-time collaborator/contributor to WindowMaker project.
The package I uploaded has the history list and single-click already activated(the single-click option is in the Prefs Expert section).
The history list is activated simply changing this:
%a(Run,Type command to run:)
to this:
%A(Run,Type command to run:)
in the Prefs options for the 'Run...' desktop menu item.
But I install default menus and config files that set all that up by default.
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K. Sparks - Feelings
Booth favorite K. Sparks has never been shy about asserting his on-the-mic supremacy, but he's also more willing than most to speak on the self-doubt that comes with chasing a big dream. On this unreleased track, the Queens native gives us both sides of the story, explaining his complex, sometimes conflicted Feelings on the artistic grind. Backed by producer Marvel's mellow, piano-led sample, Sparks delivers characteristically nuanced verses, expressing his frustration but leaving no doubt about his will to succeed: "I'm feelin' less determined, feelin' more discouraged, but even in that word alone you find the word 'courage.'" This reflective cut isn't set for inclusion on any forthcoming project, but fans can hear more on Sparks and Pajozo's new Soul Food mixtape, available now for purchase on iTunes. Also, be sure to check back with us on Wednesday, when we unveil your picks for 2009's Best of the Booth Awards; K. Sparks is in the running for a whopping five categories.


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President Signs Specialty Crop Bill
President Bush recently signed into law the "Specialty Crop Competitiveness Act," legislation, which is important to the future of the nation's specialty crop industry. The American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) actively advocated for the bill's passage. As reported in the December 20 issue of GPN Weekly, the issue was passed by the House and then the Senate in mid-December, making the next step the president.
The cornerstone provision of the legislation is a block grant program. Administered by the state departments of agriculture, the block grant component is authorized annually at $44.5 million with each state authorized to receive a minimum grant of $100,000. Block grants are to be spent on state priority projects to benefit specialty crop producers – including nurseries and greenhouses.
"The signing of this bill is a significant victory for growers and consumers alike," said Western Growers Association President Tom Nassif. As a model for federal agricultural funding, none of the millions of dollars earmarked for the produce industry will come in the form of direct subsidies. Instead, the funding will seek to improve profitability and markets through technical assistance, specialized research programs, conservation, education, promotion and similar initiatives. Western Growers, a California-based produce industry trade group, led the coalition working to secure the bill's passage.
The bill had been passed by the House of Representatives in October 2004. It cleared the Senate during the post-election "lame duck" session of Congress, after several Senators agreed to release holds on the bill. Leveraging good working relationships built around the immigration reform effort, ANLA played an instrumental role in persuading at least one leading Senate Democrat to allow the bill to move to enactment.
Due to budget limitations and political concerns among some Congressional leaders, the bill was scaled back from its original version. It authorizes a total of $54 million annually for five years to enhance the competitiveness of fresh produce crops, the nursery and greenhouse industry, and other specialty crops. However, it does not automatically ensure that Congress will fund the provisions. State agriculture commissioners and secretaries, as well as industry, will work to secure at least partial funding in the year ahead.
Looking toward the future, passage of the bill represents a milepost along the way to more comprehensive specialty crop agricultural policy now being advocated by Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). They are expected to introduce legislation in the Senate early in 2005.


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Justin Bieber Bizarrely Hopes Anne Frank Would've Been a Fan if She'd Survived the Holocaust
In news we have no idea how to justify, Justin Bieber says he wishes Anne Frank would have been a fan of his.
No, seriously. He wrote that in the guestbook of her museum.
If you're facepalming and/or making the same utterances you do when you stub your toe or step on a Lego, all are valid.
Bieber spent over an hour in the Anne Frank House, the name given the late Holocaust victim and diary keeper's museum, in Amsterdam.
Staff from the museum posted Bieber's message on their Facebook page: "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."
Right. Not "Hopefully she wouldn't have been killed by Nazis or be forced to camp out in an attic to hide from a hate mongering, anti-Semitic dictator." Because let's be real, that wouldn't affect his ticket sales.
When asked for comment, people with any grasp on history replied, "Baby, baby, baby, no."