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America's capital city is fueled by power and political intrigue. Though "Washington" has become a synonym for government gridlock, the city itself is dynamic. Graced with stately monuments and glittering cultural treasures, it's also home to a diverse, international population, incredible cuisine and thriving nightlife.
Start at the National Mall, a.k.a. "the nation's backyard." Running from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, it's filled with attractions from the National Air and Space Museum to the Washington Monument and the National Zoo. Visit the United States Capitol or plan ahead for a tour of the White House. The National Gallery of Art has an astounding collection of classic and modern art. Reflect at the Lincoln Memorial – it's particularly beautiful at sunset.
DC's dining scene ranges from clubby politico restaurants to exceptional Ethiopian, Vietnamese and Salvadoran eateries. Near the White House, Old Ebbitt Grill opened in 1856 and still serves traditional American dishes. Live music is huge, from jazz (try Bohemian Caverns) to indie (9:30 club) and DC's homegrown bounce beat.
Home of American history
While Washington's governmental buildings should certainly be on any holiday itinerary they should not be the only items you visit. The National Mall, a two-mile stretch between the capital and the Lincoln Monument features more than a dozen museums and galleries including the National Gallery of Art and the National Museum of the American Indian.
The nearby National Museum of American History tells the story of a still relatively young nation, and its location could not be more appropriate; it was here that the words 'I have a Dream' were uttered by Martin Luther King, Jr. It was also here that thousands protested against the Vietnam and later the Iraq War, and Al Gore launched the Live Earth concerts to raise awareness of climate change.
From C to Z street
As Washington DC is laid out in a grid pattern of numbered and lettered streets split up into four quadrants (NE, SE, NW, and SW), it's easy to find your way around. Most sights are within walking distance from the Obelisk, which stands tall in the center of the city. However, if you want to see more, it's a good idea to get a metro ticket or a hop-on, hop-off sightseeing pass. If you really want to dedicate yourself to the sights, especially those that are a little off the beaten track, opt for a professionally guided two-day tour, or get a city pass, which includes sights such as the International Spy Museum.
A multi-cultured city
While many would argue that New York is the USA's capital of culture, Washington DC more than holds its own against the Big Apple. There are several cultural institutions of nationwide importance, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington National Opera.
Given the diverse make-up of the United States it's not surprising to learn that the cultural scene in the capital is the product of many nations. Migrants have come to live here since DC was founded in 1877, bringing suitcases filled with music, arts, and traditions. As a result, there is a diverse mixture of entertainment and restaurant options, from the music clubs and bars in the Adams Morgan and Shaw districts, Dupont Circle and the Penn Quarter, to the emerging nightlife precinct of the H Street Corridor. Hide


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Escape to the mountains? Who's still skiing?
I can't think of a better time to escape to the mountains. If you were about to put your ski boots away, reconsider a retreat to the snowy slopes for mid-winter ski conditions and the serenity that only the high alpine can provide. Lifts are still spinning in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with serious snow depths and some traditional spring ski festivities. Here is what's happening in the ski hills this week and weekend:
Sugarloaf still has 97% of their terrain open, although they will scale back some lift operation during the midweek. The Loaf will host the East Coast Pond Skim Championships this Saturday April 20, this was postponed from two weekends ago when it was just too cold and wintry. Saddleback is open weekends through April – still sporting base depths of up to 52″ of snow, and $29 lift tickets. Sunday River will wrap their season when they reopen this coming weekend, with $39 tickets Saturday April 20 and Free skiing on Sunday April 21 as their grand finale and thanks to their friends and fans.
In New Hampshire, Bretton Woods ended their ski season yesterday. Wildcat will reopen for skiing this Friday for the weekend, with pond skimming Saturday. As of last weekend, Wildcat still had 93% of their terrain ski-able, and they may offer skiing April 27-28 as well.
Vermont ski resorts still open include Killington, Sugarbush, and Jay Peak which is still at 100%. Stowe will ski through Sunday April 21. Mt Snow may reopen this weekend.
I never understand why so many skiers are so eager to ski one skinny snowmaking trail in November, but hang up their boards in sunny April when so many trails are still open with sweet soft snow. Well, it's up to you, but there is still great skiing, scenery, and goggle tanning up in the mountains.
Photos of Stowe and Sugarloaf by Greg Burke

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Miley Cyrus stars in So Undercover as a teen private detective recruited by the FBI to go under cover in an elite sorority in a Louisiana college. Basically, it's Miss Congeniality meets 21 Jump Street but not remotely as sharp or as funny as either. Cyrus wears her "Yeah, whatever . . ." face throughout, which makes her hard to like. And the plot is as nonsensical as it is shallow. Tom Vaughan, 12A, 94min


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West Seattle, Washington
The long-awaited West Seattle Trader Joe's at 4545 Fauntleroy Way SW opens at 8 am. Mark says he got there at 4:30 am to be the first person in line. As of about quarter till 7, when we photographed him in the golden glow of the rising sun, Mark was the only person in line. He tells us first thing he's buying is a case of the famous TJ's wine, known by its nickname "Two-Buck Chuck." More coverage to come – we'll be adding to this story through the day.
7:59 AM: By the time the doors were about to open, Mark had been joined by about two dozen others:
8:12 AM: Our crew tells us the store actually opened a few minutes early. Here's the ceremonial lei-cutting:
So, no traffic jam at this hour. We'll check back later.
10:14 AM UPDATE: Thanks for sharing first-hand reports in the comment section! We also got a mural photo, shared via Twitter by Jose:
@westseattleblog The neighborhood is now complete twitter.com/mandojana/stat…
— Jose Mandojana (@mandojana) April 13, 2012
11:07 AM UPDATE: Three hours into Day 1, we drove back by to check traffic/parking. In a word: Busy. Here's the view looking south down 39th SW – just west of the store (and on the left of our photo, you'll see the entrance/exit to TJ's roof parking) – this was taken before 11 am, so West Seattle Bowl wasn't even open yet:
4:53 PM UPDATE: Drove by within the past hour. Still busy. Remember that if it looks like there's no parking in the lot that faces Fauntleroy, turn right at "The Hole" and try the upstairs parking, entrance on the right (east) side of 39th SW.
11:41 PM NOTE: In the final hours of the store's first day, business was really booming. We walked through around 7:30 and noticed long checkout lines; after we tweeted a mention of that, @juyeda – also in the store – tweeted this photo. And we forgot to mention one thing – this store has just officially applied for its license to sell liquor when privatization takes full effect June 1st.
Might be a bit of a rubbernecker slowdown on Fauntleroy Way en route to the bridge around 8 am tomorrow, since that's when the West Seattle Trader Joe's finally opens, two years after the location first appeared on the city website, which was two months before the lease was signed and the official announcement made. One of the city-operated cameras on the WSB Traffic page, by the way, has long been pointed right at that building:
We also wanted to remind you it'll be Spokane Street Viaduct Traffic Switch Day 2 – check the comments on this morning's story for a review of day 1 – AND SDOT also wants to make sure you know the evening commute through Pioneer Square/SODO may be affected by the home opener for the Mariners, 7:10 pm vs. the Oakland A's.
Trader Joe's has finally officially "announced" the opening date of its West Seattle store – the same one reported last month, April 13th, now on their store-locator webpage.
Meantime, a few more views of the new store – starting with the murals, which Diane pointed out in the WSB Forums night before last, noting that they are easily visible from the street.
We have asked TJ's repeatedly, through both local management and corporate PR, for permission to go into the store and take pictures, and it's been repeatedly denied; they say there will be no media previews, period. But at least we can show you what is visible from the street since their windows are huge and uncovered. Above, one mural shows the Alki Lighthouse (and check out the Water Taxi on the left!); we've been trying to guess the next one, mostly out of sight behind the light fixtures and sign (Fauntleroy Schoolhouse?):
Meantime, we are getting recurring questions about the parking situation. What you might not realize is that the surface lot – which has an entrance at 38th/Fauntleroy south/east of, and separate from, the exit onto Fauntleroy – is only part of it.
There's also upstairs parking; J. Hughes Construction, Inc., is working on finishing touches this morning. This too has separate entrances and exits, both off 39th SW (south of West Seattle Bowl and across the street from "The Hole") – here's the entrance:
And just north is the exit:
Store hours, according to the TJ's website, will be 8 am-9 pm. And if somehow this is the first you are hearing of all this and you don't know where the store is – 4545 Fauntleroy Way SW. It's been 21 months since the company announced it had leased the former Huling Brothers Buick site, P.S. We've added two additional photos to our "West Seattle Trader Joe's" board on Pinterest.
(Photo by WSB editor Tracy Record)
Eight days ago, we showed you the first "signage sighting" at the soon-to-open West Seattle Trader Joe's, as banners appeared on the construction fence, including "Now Hiring." (Our February 29th story includes info on how to apply.) Driving past the site at 4545 Fauntleroy in The Triangle a few minutes ago, we spotted crews putting up the permanent signage. Projected opening date remains April 13th (no official corporate HQ announcement yet, so there's always a chance it might change.)
SATURDAY NOTE: We have since photographed the second and third signs – you'll find them on the WSB Facebook page.
First sighting of signage at the almost-ready West Seattle Trader Joe's (4545 Fauntleroy Way SW) – 'now accepting applications' and 'now hiring' banners. Though neither wants to be identified, two sources reiterate to WSB that April 13th continues to be the target opening date.
12:51 P.S. – The jobs are NOT yet listed on the TJ's website (though you can download a generic company job application) – driving by a second time, we noticed a small posting next to the banner, so we're going over to see what it says. (If anybody from TJ's sees this – the WSB Forums offer free listings for West Seattle jobs – available to any business, as long as the job is IN West Seattle – go here.)
2:40 PM UPDATE: The smaller sign says they're taking applications Mondays-Fridays, 7 am-5 pm, and a hand-lettered sign next to it adds that you should apply at the trailer in the parking lot by the future main entry. Phone number is also posted: 206-496-9884.
We got a note over the weekend saying that Trader Joe's has set April 13th – two months from today – as opening date for its long-awaited, long-under-construction West Seattle location (4545 Fauntleroy Way SW). The sender did not want to be identified, but we did some checking and have multiple reasons to believe they're reliable. Before mentioning this, we wanted to give the company a chance to confirm/deny, but as with other inquiries in recent months, no reply. (They tend to go into quiet mode at this phase of the game, we've heard from others covering under-construction stores, as they assemble the staff and go into the final work phase.) We reported back in December that another source gave us a guesstimate of early spring, and this is in line with that. Plus – most other regional openings have been on Fridays – and April 13th is, yes, Friday the 13th – so we're sharing this info with you with the caveat that, as with many things on projects like this, it may well change. (You'll recall that when work began at the site last year, the store was expected to open in late 2011; the last time we got a company reply to an inquiry was in September, when they confirmed it would not be open till 2012.) As for when a formal announcement of the opening date might come – hard to say – when TJ's opened in Ballard, for example, it simply appeared as a sign on the window one day.
If you're not among the Trader Joe's fan base … just skip right over this one. Nothing earthshaking, but it's a semi-goofy little Friday night tidbit:
Every so often – despite the ongoing construction (which we updated here the day after Christmas) – someone e-mails us to ask, with skepticism, "Well, how come Trader Joe's doesn't list West Seattle on its page of 'coming soon' stores?" We always reply by explaining that we have watched their website a LONG time while covering all this, and TJ's doesn't seem to add future stores to the list till they're almost ready to open. Having said that, we checked their website tonight for the first time in a week or so and noticed West Seattle is finally on the list:
So for anyone STILL skeptical, there you go. (If you missed our recent update, the opening is currently projected for early spring.)
That's the most-asked question of 2011. Corporate didn't answer recent inquiries, so…
… two things: First, compare how the site looks today, to the rendering made public when it was announced a year and a half ago:
Second, we do have a very unofficial source's recent guesstimate of an early-spring opening. It's been almost four months since Trader Joe's corporate HQ confirmed the West Seattle store wouldn't open till next year, seven months since the extensive remodeling began at 4545 Fauntleroy Way SW, and 18 months since the official announcement the lease had been signed. What's taking so long? you might wonder. The site has apparently posed some challenges – checking the online city files, for example, a permit revision was granted earlier this month for a "2nd-floor parking level modifications."
If you were looking forward to holiday food shopping at the new West Seattle Trader Joe's – sorry to report, that apparently isn't going to be possible. When construction at the 4545 Fauntleroy Way SW site started more than three months ago, the company told us it expected to open the store in the fourth quarter of this year. With that time frame approaching, some asked for an official update – including the WSB Forums member who started this thread, with one commenter subsequently posting that the opening had been delayed till first quarter of 2012. We renewed our inquiry to Trader Joe's, and after a bit of confusion, got the answer back today from corporate HQ: "We are set to open sometime in 2012. We have not confirmed a date."
Today is a semi-momentous anniversary for a certain devoted group of WSB'ers: Exactly one year ago today, Trader Joe's announced it's opening a West Seattle store. (Here's our original June 16, 2010, report with the news release and comments from property owner Steve Huling; we'd been watching the site since the previous April, when a city website mentioned the possible TJ's.) As noted here 3 weeks ago, construction is under way – inside before outside, though now that all the permits are finalized, there's exterior work too, and the banners with contractor information for J. Hughes Construction are brand-new today.
If you've missed our last few updates – though the company's plans on file with the city mention a six-month construction schedule, a TJ's spokesperson would say only that they're expecting to open "in the fourth quarter" of this year.
Across the Sound in Kitsap County, TJ's fans are counting the hours till 8 am tomorrow, when their first Trader Joe's opens in Silverdale; just like here, some people are saying, "What's the big deal?" so a Kitsap Sun food writer set out to break down that question.
All quick notes, all from the same area of West Seattle, all businesses, so here's the roundup:
'THE HOLE' SETTLEMENT: After breaking the news Friday that the longrunning legal fight over the stalled Fauntleroy Place project, alias 'The Hole,' had been settled, we had expected to discover the details by now. So far, no luck with any of various parties to the case. So we checked back today with the bailiff for King County Superior Court Judge Susan Craighead, who has been in charge of the case, to see what they'd heard. Jennie Cowan says the August 8th trial date technically is still on the books but, "It is likely the parties will file a notice indicating settlement and striking the trial date within the next week." We'll be watching for that.
The construction work is proceeding inside 4545 Fauntleroy Way, as the above photo (from Wednesday) would suggest, but never fear, outside work has now gotten the green light too (we reported the indoor permit back on May 21). The city has now granted ALL the requisite building/land-use permits listed on the official project page. And Trader Joe's has applied for its West Seattle liquor license, too (for beer/wine tasting as well as beer/wine grocery store) – the online records yield a tiny tidbit: West Seattle will be TJ's Store #157. (Its next new Northwest store, in the Kitsap County town of Silverdale, is scheduled to open one week from tomorrow.)
Thanks to Celeste for the tip that, after the fence went up May 28th (she was one of the tipsters then too), crews are in view outside the future Les Schwab Tires location at 38th and Alaska. We first reported the plans in late January; the company has yet to publicly discuss its West Seattle location-in-progress, but we have yet another inquiry out and hope to hear back.
Last Saturday, we reported the first construction permit granted for the long-awaited West Seattle Trader Joe's at 4545 Fauntleroy Way SW, meaning construction is imminent. And here's another sign – as of this afternoon, the fence is up. We have a message out to corporate PR to ask if they have any update from the six-month construction schedule listed in the plans we reviewed downtown earlier this year. (ADDED 4:37 PM: A TJ's spokesperson tells WSB they won't get any more specific than "4th quarter" for an expected opening date.)
SIDE NOTE: Seems West Seattle Trader Joe's fans have kindred spirits across the water in Kitsap County. They're finally getting one, in Silverdale, – and this Kitsap Sun story about its impending opening next month includes the same sort of saga we've gone through here over years of rumors/etc.
STILL skeptical about the West Seattle Trader Joe's that was first announced almost a year ago (after years of rumors, speculation, discussion, etc.)? If nothing will cure your skepticism but the sight of construction work at the site, get ready to see it.
On the heels of the land-use approvals first reported here earlier this month, the first construction permit was granted yesterday – for interior "soft demolition" work, and a source tells WSB that construction work is expected to start next week. The exterior construction permit is still pending (here's its page on the city website).
If you are just catching up on all this – Trader Joe's plans to open a store at 4545 Fauntleroy Way SW, the old Huling Brothers Buick showroom. They are not tearing down the showroom building, but instead, converting it, and adding a facade (the rendering above was distributed when the store plan was formally announced last June). So when will it be open, you ask? When we reviewed hard-copy plans at city offices downtown in February, we found a projection of a six-month construction schedule.
For those following this project step by step: The land-use decisions for the West Seattle Trader Joe's are indeed published today, as we reported the other day that they would be. Here's the one for the main part of the project; here's the one for additional parking spaces. Both include "determinations of non-significance" meaning no formal environmental review is needed. Both decisions (the docs with the fine print are linked from the notices our links point you to) have a 2-week window now for potential appeals; the construction permit also would have to be granted before work could begin, but permit-wise, they are two-thirds of the way there.
After another wave of "what's up with the West Seattle Trader Joe's and why hasn't work started already?" we checked around this morning, and uncovered big news: The city's decision on the project's Land Use Permit will be published in the city's next Land Use Information Bulletin, which comes out on Thursday, according to Bryan Stevens from the Department of Planning and Development. (That's also noted behind the "land use" tab of this DPD page.) And sources suggest to WSB the decision's a thumbs-up. That's a major step toward the start of construction, though Stevens cautions, "The related construction permit will need to be obtained before work can begin. Corrections are currently being addressed by the applicant." (If you are interested in all the minutiae, you can click through the tabs at the bottom of DPD project pages like this one for the TJ's building permit, particularly "reviews" – the department now puts more detailed information online than they used to.)
Of course, we know the main answer you want is – when will it be open? Project documents we perused at DPD HQ downtown for this February update project a six-month construction schedule, so there's still a chance it will at least be open in time for Christmas shopping. (And if you are completely new to this story – the location is 4545 Fauntleroy Way SW, the former longtime Huling Brothers Buick showroom; the building will get a new facade on its southeast-facing side, but the project overall for the 14,000-square-foot store boils down to remodeling, not rebuilding. It's now been almost eleven months since the original announcement.)
Two updates this afternoon on sites from the WSB watch list:
SHOREMONT APARTMENTS: Thanks to Patricia for sending the photo after spotting the land-use sign that went up in the past day or so outside the once-targeted-for-demolition Shoremont (2464 Alki SW). We reported back in December that a Mercer Island investor's deal to buy it had closed; that purchase followed a period of bank (and even federal) ownership, which in turn followed a proposal 3 years ago to demolish it and put up an ultramodern complex. The new proposal is described on the sign and on the DPD website as adding one unit to each of two three-unit buildings, for eight units total. To find out what exactly that entails, we'll likely have to check the files downtown (which we had done a few weeks ago, knowing a proposal was in the works, but nothing had been filed yet). The DPD website says a formal comment period will open with this Thursday's Land Use Information Bulletin.
TRADER JOE'S SITE: It's been three whole weeks since our last update, so if you're among those starved for incremental info, here's the latest bit of news: The DPD officially "accepted the application" last Thursday for the main part of the project to turn the old Huling Brothers Buick showroom site (4545 Fauntleroy Way) into a new Trader Joe's store (rendering at right). As we had written last month, there had been some back-and-forth about parking on the site and other details, but "application accepted" is one milestone toward the permit being granted. As we noted while reviewing the file last month, TJ's thinks construction will take about six months, so assuming a permit's granted before long, the current realistic timetable for opening is probably fall.
With six weeks having gone by since our last progress report on the West Seattle Trader Joe's, we weren't surprised to see questions come up in the comment thread on this past Monday's Triangle open house. Then, just as we got ready to start on an update, two people e-mailed to say the Burien Trader Joe's staff — long a source of West Seattle rumors, it seems – had told West Seattle shoppers that the project was allegedly having permit problems. Keep in mind, the formal permit application was made just two months ago, and these things seldom move swiftly through the city pipeline. But to get a better idea of where it's at, we did two things: 1. Went downtown to the Department of Planning and Development to look into the application file. 2. Talked to John Wunder, who represents properties (including this one at 4545 Fauntleroy Way) owned by Steve Huling and family (the site was the longtime Huling Brothers Buick showroom). Here's what we found out:
THE FILE: The documents we reviewed at DPD HQ at noontime yesterday appear relatively routine. The newest one-sheet, from the land-use review, was dated February 1st. Most of the back-and-forth has to do with parking for the store, some of which will be on the building's rooftop parking area, some of which will be on the ground-level lot. According to the documents, some of the parking was in conflict with a strip that's on the record as an alley, so the city asked that parking proposed for that "alley" area be removed. The city asked for a traffic study and more information on where the "loading berth" will be. A few data points of interest are also in the application – it's expected the project will generate 1,365 daily vehicle trips. The exterior modifications (architect rendering at right) will bring the height to 39'9″ in at least one spot, a few feet higher than it is now. It appears that only one comment was received during the recent open-comment period for the project's environmental review; a North Seattle woman wrote that she felt the project would have an environmental impact, and hoped that trees would be included. (The proposal does call for adding "landscaping islands" that are projected to reduce the amount of "impervious" surface on the site.)
THE PROPERTY REP: John Wunder says he's checked with key players on the project, and there's really nothing to say other than, it's proceeding. They hope to finish the permit process this spring.
The documents on file with the city project a 175-day construction schedule – that's just under six months – so you could certainly conclude the store is not likely to be open before late summer/early fall. (The original TJ's announcement last June promised only "2011.") According to the documents, Trader Joe's would seek to "commence construction immediately" once the permits are granted. The file also notes that "50 to 75 employees" are expected to work at the store.
As first reported here last Tuesday, the official city signage is up at the future West Seattle Trader Joe's site (map), announcing the formal application for city permits. They're not creating new buildings on the site, as noted in this followup after the original announcement in June, so no public hearing is planned at this point, but a public-comment period is now open. Today's city Land Use Information Bulletin includes the first two official notices published online, both with comment deadlines set for January 9th: One for 4545 Fauntleroy, including building modifications and part of the parking, and one for 4527 Fauntleroy for the rest of the parking. Both of those links go to city pages that include instructions on how you can comment on the project, which requires an environmental review taking into account an "environmentally critical area" on the site (a steep slope on the north side of the site; a "preliminary assessment" of the site is viewable online here).
(WSB photo by Katie Meyer)
If you remained skeptical even after our story last week about the official permit paperwork progressing for the future West Seattle Trader Joe's – here's new proof it's advancing. Property owner Steve Huling called WSB tonight to let us (and you!) know that the official city sign has gone up to tell all interested parties that the site is under environmental review for a land-use permit (as you can see here), and we just procured our own photographic proof. As noted in our earlier coverage, and in the permit applications, they are not demolishing any buildings, so this isn't expected to be a long construction process; most recent estimated opening date was sometime in the spring. (P.S. As discussed in comments on our previous story, the "environmentally critical area" on the site involves a steep slope. The sign posting opens a comment period for this review of the project; here's official city info on how to comment.)
(Rendering provided by Trader Joe's with the June West Seattle announcement)
Update for those who drive by the future West Seattle Trader Joe's location (4545 Fauntleroy Way SW) and wonder when you'll see signs of remodeling activity: There's finally a bit of motion in that direction. If you have been following the saga, you know that last time we talked to a spokesperson for the property owner, the company told him they were about to officially apply for permits. That didn't happen quite as immediately as expected, but the online Department of Planning and Development files are finally showing activity – and we know it's brand-new, not just because of the dates, but because we've checked the online files for the site every day since the June announcement, so we know when something has changed. Putting it all together from the outside is a bit like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but here goes: First, there's a new, separate land-use permit application file here, with the summary:
Land use application to allow 29 parking stalls for a total of 76 parking stalls in an environmentally critical area. Project includes change of use from automotive sales and service to general retail sales and service (Trader Joe's), modifications to front façade to create new entry and exit tower, elevator and stairwell.
The "fees and receipts" tab on the same DPD webpage indicates a variety of fees paid just yesterday, including one for the Land Use Information Bulletin, which means an official comment period is likely to open for this shortly, when you see a city informational sign go up at the site. And new contacts have been added, including a Redmond architecture firm, and a corporate contact at TJ's HQ in Southern California. In addition, that page points to another case number for an additional address on the site – 4527 Fauntleroy Way – with its own set of fees marked as paid today. Meantime, according to the "inspections" tab on this DPD page, a "pre-application site visit" happened last week. We've had a request out for corporate comment for a few days, no reply so far, so reading the paperwork tea leaves yields the most information at this point.
EX-REDLINE SITE: Just a month after Redline Music and Sports closed at 4439 35th SW, we got reports of work at the site, and we wondered if perhaps it was related to the development proposal that was reviewed last year. Nothing on the city docket – but perusing the liquor-license applications, we discovered we'd missed something last week: A new establishment seeking the license under the name The Bridge. We've got an inquiry out to one of the prospective owners in hopes of finding out more.
FUTURE TRADER JOE'S: At the end of September, we contacted site spokesperson John Wunder of Associates West Real Estate to ask why nothing had happened yet with the plan announced in June to remodel the old Huling Buick showroom at 4545 Fauntleroy Way into a new Trader Joe's. He in turn checked with Trader Joe's development department – which has been fairly impenetrable from the media front – and reported back that they expected to apply for a permit "within a month." Now that the month's come and gone, and because someone asked us about a rumor of trouble, we checked back with Wunder. He says Trader Joe's is expecting to file the official application next week: "It's taking a little longer than we thought, but it's still going to happen."
(Rendering provided by Trader Joe's with the June West Seattle announcement)
With three and a half months having elapsed since Trader Joe's announced it was finally, really, truly coming to West Seattle – but no sign of construction on the site yet – some local TJ's fans are starting to get nervous. We've received several notes in the past few weeks asking if we know why work hasn't begun. The official online project page on the city Department of Planning and Development site hasn't changed since shortly after the announcement, and DPD spokesperson Bryan Stevens says Trader Joe's has not yet turned in the formal application for the building permit – so we talked with the local point person for the project: John Wunder from Associates West, who represents Huling-owned properties around the area, like this one. He says the project is still progressing, and that his Trader Joe's contact told him today that they plan to file the official application within a month, to get permission for the remodeling work at the former Huling Buick showroom (as detailed in our post-announcement followup in June). According to Wunder, Trader Joe's currently expects to be open here in "late spring of next year."
SIDE NOTE: While talking with Wunder, we asked him about a rumor that Whole Foods – which as reported here in July has formally dropped out of the idled-and-court-knotted Fauntleroy Place project across the street – had reportedly signed a letter of intent for another Huling site. He says that is NOT true. He acknowledges they've spoken with Whole Foods, but suspects they're far from the only local landowners/property managers who have done so.
New information this morning on West Seattle's now-confirmed future Trader Joe's (here's our Wednesday story): We've just spoken with Associates West Real Estate's John Wunder, to whom property owner Steve Huling referred us for additional information following our conversation yesterday. One big question we asked him: While the preliminary city filing first noted here in April mentioned only "minor exterior improvements," some seeing the project rendering above thought it looked like much more than that. No, he says, it really is "minor exterior (work)" – once you see what part of the building is involved:
We just went over to take that photo after Wunder explained that the rendering depicts what's planned for the east/northeast corner of the building, where there's currently a service entry to the garage, next to the showroom. "If you look closely at the rendering, you'll see the same lines, so the entry is going to go right at the point of the building," Wunder explained. (A wider shot would show Fauntleroy off the left side. Note that this also is kitty-corner to the under-construction Link.) He also said that while, as DPD's Bryan Stevens confirmed to WSB yesterday morning, the formal permit application for the 14,000+-square-foot store has not been filed yet, that should happen shortly. Wunder said, "We don't anticipate problems; the preliminary meeting went well."


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In case we are calling FindItem for EWS Managed API then, it will provide much of the information that a client application needs. It basically returns a summary of an item. FindItem returns only the first 512 bytes of any streamable property. For Unicode, it returns the first 255 characters by using a null-terminated Unicode string.
FindItem does not return a message body, attachments, or recipient lists.
Use GetItemType to get the details of specific items. GetItem returns more properties than FindItem. If more information is required, a client application must perform a FindItem call and then use the item identifiers in a GetItem call to get the properties that are not available in the FindItem call.
IMP NOTE: Although the Sender property is returned in both FindItem and GetItem calls, only the DisplayName is returned in the FindItem call. DisplayName, EmailAddress, and RoutingType (EmailAddress) are returned by the GetItem call.
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NOTE: Following programming examples is for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This sample code assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. This sample code is provided for the purpose of illustration only and is not intended to be used in a production environment.
//We are making GetItem call using ManagedAPI here after getting the ItemId from FindItem call
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MessageBox.Show( message.From.Name + " " + message.From.Address );
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Islamabd, Nov 28: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that his country wants a meaningful dialogue with India on all issues, media reported.
Sharif said during an in-flight press briefing late night on his return from the 18th Saarc Summit in Nepal that Pakistan wants to discuss all issues including Kashmir with India through a proper dialogue, Dawn online reported.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands with his Pakistani counterpart Sharif, laughed and even patted him on the arm at the closing ceremony of the bloc's summit in Kathmandu Thursday.


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We, as much as all of you, are so excited for the next book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Lover Reborn.
Lover Reborn's hero is Tohrment, who lost his shellan (his mate) in earlier books, so you can bet Tohrment's journey to finding another HEA will be...tormented. On her Facebook page, J.R. Ward is offering snippets of the book leading up to the March 23rd release date. Here's today's:
"I know why you're here, Xcor."
"Do you. Mind reader?"
"You're going to get yourself killed."
"Indeed. Or mayhap it shall be the other way around."
Tohrment shook his head slowly. "Consider this a friendly warning. Go back where you came from before what you set in motion rolls you right into an early grave."
"I like where I am. The air is bracing on this side of the ocean. How's your shellan, by the way."
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Issue No. 06 - November (1980 vol. 6)
pp: 585-594
D.J. Taylor , Department of Computer Science and the Computer Communications Networks Group, University of Waterloo
The increasing cost of computer system failure has stimulated interest in improving software reliability. One way to do this is by adding redundant structural data to data structures. Such redundancy can be used to detect and correct (structural) errors in instances of a data structure. The intuitive approach of this paper, which makes heavy use of examples, is complemented by the more formal development of the companion paper, "Redundancy in Data Structures: Some Theoretical Results."
software reliability, Binary trees, error correction, error detection, linear lists, redundancy, robust data structures, software fault tolerance
J.P. Black, D.J. Taylor, D.E. Morgan, "Redundancy in Data Structures: Improving Software Fault Tolerance", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 6, no. , pp. 585-594, November 1980, doi:10.1109/TSE.1980.234507


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In his long march to the French presidency, Nicolas Sarkozy pitted himself against the moldy pieties of an obsolete status quo much as the leftist revolutionaries of May 1968 had done. Some 19 million voters followed him. In a terse speech on May 6 after his overwhelming victory, Sarkozy said France "has chosen to break with the ideas, habits and behaviors of the past." No more fealty to the notion that France's unique social model can insulate it from the ravages of globalization; no more reflexive opposition to the U.S., which enjoyed a rare expression of Gallic affection when Sarkozy...
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Sarah Stevenson fired by family tragedy
SARAH STEVENSON will be inspired by her parents' brave fight against illness when she bids for Olympic glory next year.
It's difficult but I'm lucky that I've got a great psychologist and we work really hard
The gold medal favourite in taekwondo has been left devastated after her father Roy passed away last month from a brain tumour.
But Roy's death at the age of 63 wasn't the only tragedy to befall the Stevenson family in 2011.
Stevenson's mother Diana was also diagnosed with terminal cancer in January to make it a desperate year, despite becoming world champion for the third time in May.
Understandably, she has been spending as much time as possible with her family in Doncaster.
Speaking before her father's death, Stevenson, 28, vowed to use their strength as her inspiration.
"It's difficult but I'm lucky that I've got a great psychologist and we work really hard," she said, explaining how she copes with the strain.
"I get a lot of support and skills to try to cope with it. I feel like I've got a switch in my head where one day I could be crying and wanting to go home, then I'm there to fight and win.
"I'm going to try my best and gold is what I want.
"Winning at the Worlds and beating the reigning Olympic champion has given me a great chance.
"It helped that my parents wanted me to go to the World Championships.
"That was the push that I needed so they made the decision for me.
"I haven't been picked for the Games yet but as long as I keep competing and keep winning, I don't see why I shouldn't be there in 2012. I'm going to make damn sure I am there."
The three-time world champion won bronze in the Beijing Olympics three years ago.
She has the British Open in October and the Europeans in Manchester next year to prepare for the Olympics here.
"I try not to put myself under pressure," she added.
"It will be hard but we have to be focused on what we are there to do – we are there to win medals."


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Everyone who is anyone in the lighting industry is at the Dallas Market Center this week introducing and previewing the best in lighting.
At Market in 1995, Quoizel introduced the Danbury Collection which offered porcelain with polished brass in floor and table lamps. The Collection also offered 3, 19 & 24-light chandeliers.
Today, Quoizel is introducing over 300+ new pieces, one of which is this beautiful table lamp by Carolyn Kinder. A classic design, the Saratoga table lamp is versatile in design suitable for a reading nook or accenting a piece of beloved furniture. The brown glaze on the base is speckled in green and is accented with aged brass finished metal. The rectangular white fabric shade completes the look.


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Changes in Disability-Free Life Expectancy in Canada between 1994 and 2007
Life expectancy at birth continues to increase in Canada, reaching 81.2 years in 2009. Knowing whether these older years are healthy or disabled is critical for policymakers. We examine changes in disability-free life expectancy for men and women in Canada in 1994 and 2007 using the Sullivan method. We find that increases in life expectancy for men were due to a moderate increase in healthy years and a larger increase in disabled years. The increases in life expectancy for women
were driven almost completely by increases in disabled years, suggesting an "expansion of morbidity" among women.
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Having finished last season as Premier League runners-up, United are due to face Carlo Ancelotti's double winners in the traditional curtain-raiser to the new campaign on Aug 8.
But after giving his World Cup players an extended break of four weeks following their exertions in South Africa, the United manager has admitted that the trip to Wembley will be regarded as little more than a warm-up game ahead of the club's opening league game against Newcastle on Aug 16.
Ferguson, currently in Chicago on the first leg of United's pre-season tour of North America, said: "Winning is part of what we have to do here [in the United States], but the main object is to get everyone game time and come back ready, fit to start the season.
"Even the Community Shield does not come into the agenda in terms of a 'need to win' game. It's always been used at this club as the final part of our preparation.
"It is on August 8 and then the players have internationals during that week. We then have our first game the following Monday against Newcastle."
Ferguson is already faced with the possibility of a shortage of personnel for the clash against promoted Newcastle at Old Trafford.
Injuries to Owen Hargreaves, Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville are likely to keep them out of the opening game, while doubts remain over whether those on World Cup duty, such as Rooney, Evra, Nemanja Vidic and Ji-Sung Park, will be considered for the big kick-off.
Ferguson said: "After we've surveyed the fitness of the ones who've been in the World Cup – they don't come back until July 28 – we'll really know whether any or all of them should play in the opening game.
"I have a feeling that we'll probably not play them all, but maybe one or two will play."
United are due to officially launch their £80m shirt sponsorship deal with Aon at the insurance giant's Chicago headquarters on Wednesday before flying to Toronto to face Celtic on Friday evening.
Ferguson's players then return to the US for fixtures against Philadelphia Union, Kansas City Wizards and the MLS All-Stars in Houston.
United midfielder Darren Fletcher has admitted he would be open to the prospect of playing in the MLS later in his career.
Fletcher said: "You can never rule anything out. I think everything about the MLS appeals to players and everything about America.
"You can see how the MLS has progressed and the league keeps getting bigger and bigger.
"You never know. There are some great teams that I know would be a big attraction to a lot of players and obviously having David Beckham go out there – it doesn't get any better than him.
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2010 World Water Week
Stockholm, Sweden, 5 - 11 September 2010
The World Water Week in Stockholm, the annual meeting place for the planet's most urgent water-related issues, will take place from the 5th to the 11th of September. The thematic scope frames the key issues and discussion points related to the 2010 theme "The Water Quality Challenge - Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement". The intention is to deepen the understanding of, stimulate ideas on, and engage the water community around the challenges related to water quality.
During the week, the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) will host a side event to present the working structure and themes of the next UN World Water Development Report, to be launched in March 2012, as well as any preliminary conclusions or findings. The side event on the WWDR4, titled "Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk: Towards the 2012 UN World Water Development Report" will be held on the 6th of September.
On the 8th of September, WWAP will co-host the seminar "Sick Water is threatening the MDGs. A stakeholder dialogue to address capacity development and communication needs", a dialogue session also organized by UN-Water and led by the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC), the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), as well as UN-HABITAT and UNEP.
WWAP Coordinator, Olcay Unver, together with WWAP Project Manager for World Water Scenarios Project, William Cosgrove, will provide a presentation on "Uncertainty, Risk and Possible Futures of the World Water System", during the World Water Week's Workshop 7 on Resilience, Uncertainty and Tipping Points.
Throughout the week, WWAP will hold a stand in the exhibition area where materials and information about the Programme and the UN World Water Development Report will be available and on display.
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There will be improvements in the European property market in 2014, says CBRE.
- 2014 will see signs of recovery in the property market in Europe
- This will come after improving economic performance this year
- Foreign investment in central London property will stay strong in 2013
There will be signs of recovery in the property market in Europe next year, according to CBRE.
This will follow a steady recovery in the continent's economic performance in 2013, which is good news after last year saw it experience a difficult financial period.
Neil Blake, Head of UK and Europe, the Middle East and Africa of CBRE, said: "If the trend of positive indicators persists, we expect to see improved economic growth and property market conditions, but we may have to wait until 2014 for signs of significant progress."
CBRE reported that occupier markets could remain static in 2013 and rental growth will be restricted to a few prime retail and office locations, while demand and rents for industrial space is likely to be flat this year. However, it believes new requirements that will support retail strategies could boost the market in the coming years.
This comes after CBRE revealed the central London property market saw positive growth in Q4 2012. More than £14 billion worth of investment was made in the capital during the three-month period, which is the third highest number of transactions in a quarter on record. International investors were said to have spurred on this growth, with 67% of turnover in 2012 coming from this group.
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After Yuvi saves her from the goons at the dandiya party he gives her a stern look and starts to leave when she says thanks, he jst makes a face at her comment and nodds with a smirk and starts to leave when she offers him the duty with shaky, he thanx her and leaves.
"dafford Thank you"
"hamesha itna attitude kyun dhikhaate ho?? Maana ehsaan kiya hai ehsaan chukka bhi dungi" she runs behind him coz he isn't stopping "Dr. shashank ke saath duty karni hai?" she says and he stops lol "ab ruka'"
"main kal duties changa kar dungi" he turns with a smirk "thanks" then leaves and she shouts out.
"tumne meri madat ki maine bhi tumhaari madat ki okaayyy" lol
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Yuvi tells sid to cool it then stares when sid gets irritated and asks why he stares so much then shanky comes, he shouts at them and says someone entered his cabin. Naina and yuvi look at eachother as they know who went there, naina is worried, yuvi just gives her stern looks and she starts to speak when he looks worried but she says she went in to get a pen and shanky shouts at her, yuvi jst smirks. Shanky says he wud take her out of the hospital if she didn't understand. Naina looks at yuvi worried. Yuvi calls him and says he wanted to talk and naina thinks he wants to confess but he says he wants to assist Dr. shashank in the surgery and naina looks annoyed, dr. shashank agrees, he smirks and naina is shocked lol.
"hey sid cool it man"
"darwaaza khula tha to main.. pen lene chaligayi"
"Kya main aapko surgery me assist karsakhta hoon?"
"accha hai na sir aapse kuch sikhne ko bhi milega"
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"iss bare me baadme baat karenge naina mujhe surgery me jaana hai"
"nahi jaa sakhte"
"aur tumhe lagta hai main tumhaari baat maanunga"
"meri baat nahi dafford, Dr. nikki ne kahaa hai, duties swap karma allowed nahi hai, issliye agle do din tak tum rectal exams doge aur main stool test, ab chalo"
"surgery ke baad"
"par dr. nikki??"
"Dr. nikki se kehdena ke message dene se pehle main surgery ke liye jaa chuka tha"
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Naina is doing stool test making faces, she take sout the gloves and start to go out when yuvi enters she stops but he ignores her and enters the lab, love the tune she goes back annoyed as usual and argues with him and says she wud tell shanky about him, he puts his hand in front of her and stops her, he tells her he respects Dr. shashank and wants to know all about him! He starts to get on her, why she is so interested in him lol she gets annoyed and tells him he isn't worth her and she wasn't following him bt he looks doubtful so she was checking what he is up to, he rolls eyes *aww* she says that he is always upto sumthing and always thinking he says he has a brain to think, she rolls her eyes. She tells him to do the rectals or else he will have to do it for two months instead of two days, he stops and He walks back to her slowly she gets worried and starts moving back' she stops at the table and he leans closer to her, he gets his file and shows it to her she looks at him annoyed while he smirks and winks at her lol then leaves her there shocked.
"oh, hello, excuse me, apne aapko hero samajhte ho kya?"
"bohot nahi thora bohot" lol
"abhi tumhaari poori herogiri nikaltihoon" lol naughty cute smile "aur Dr. shashank ko sab sach bataa ti hoon"
"Dr. shanky ki main izzat karta hoon, unke jaise banna chahta hoon, unke bare me sab janna chahta hoon, isliye unke kamre me gaya tha, is that clear??"
"That's it?"
"haan, tumhaara mujhe me kya interest hai??" lol "kyun har jaga mere peeche aajaati ho?? Koi mission to nahi hai tumhaara" lol
"pehle apna mun dho kar aao, itni acchi kismet nahi hai tumhaari, main tumhaara peecha nahi kar rahi thi, bas yeh check kar rahi thi tum kya kar rahe ho, tumhaari harkatein bohot hi shakki types hain lol"
"haan, tum bohot strange ho, I mean tumhaare dimagh me na kuch na kuch chalta rehta hai" lol
"dimagh hai isliye chalta hai" lmao "waise bhi tum nahi samjhogi" lol she gets annoyed again.
"TUM" he interrupts her.
"im late we'll talk later"
"jaana hai?? Abhi to aaye ho' Dr. nikkita ko pata chalaa na to do din ke badle do mahine rectals karwaayengi" he stops in his tracks and turns to her.
"isse to kissi ki parwa hi nahi hai" lol
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A lil nok jhok on Sid's mistakes lol, they taunt eachother then naina is laughing when he just looks annoyed.
"galtiyon se sikhna chahiye but unhe repeat karna unka kya?"
"hmmm sahi kahaa yahan aise bhi irresponsible log hain jo ghalatiyan to karte hain but maante nahi"
"responsibility bohot baraa word hai, bolne se pehle likhna sikho lmao"
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Naina comes to the locker room, gets her Indian outfit and goes to the changing room, when yuvi comes and gets his stuff from the locker room when he's files fall and he sits to pick them up, while picking them naina comes out and doesn't see him, he looks at her from bottom to top memerized' she is fixing her hair and earring etc while he just stares at her. He gets up and closes his locker with abang and she realises he's there and gets worried, they stare at eachother for a while naina realises she dropped her scarf when she got scared and bends down to pick it up, they still stare at eachother, her scarf is stuck on the bottom she tries to pull it but it wudnt cum so he bends down and looks at her with love, she tells hims he wud manage but he pulls it out and gives it to her she take sit and wears it. They stare at eachother, then she explains why she changed here as there was karwa chauth pooja and he says he didn't asks. Jp comes and explains how annoying night duty is. Yuvi looks annoyed, naina is leaving when jp says she cant go alone and yuvi should drop her as she is a girl and cant go alone, yuvi jst looks at them sternly, while naina looks at him then refuses and says she doesn't like to trouble anyone, jp says you have to go with yuvi and yuvi you should drop her hun. She says I'll go and he says I didn't offer any ways she is annoyed and he smirks lol
Some Dialogues:
"main leloongi"
"wo main uh' wo ghar me pooja hai na to late hogayi thi to maine socha yahin change karloon' karwa chauth ki pooja you know"
"maine poocha kya??"
"mujhe chorne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai" she says with attitude, he smirks.
"maine to ab tak offer hi nahi kiya" lol love that uv
Naina in locker room yuvi mesmerized
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On the evolution of the Italian bank branch distribution
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of institutional change on the evolution of the Italian bank branch distribution. As a consequence of the "liberalisation" of the late 1980s and early 1990s, banks were free to open new branches in their preferred locations, without the administrative control of the Bank of Italy operational until 1989. Another major consequence of the regime change has been a significant wave of consolidation events among banks. Our hypothesis is that these fundamental changes can account for the emergence of a power law tail as the outcome of self-organisation in a deregulated environment. From a methodological point of view, we follow a "systemic" approach with a focus on statistical properties of bank branch distribution identifying the banks' collective reaction to the changing institutional setting.
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Next Wednesday 4th February 2016 sees the start of another edition of the Rockin' Race Jamboree music festival in Torremolinos. This is the event's 22nd anniversary and will attract thousands of visitors from all over the world eager to enjoy a fun packed long weekend to the sounds of their favourite musical genre: music with American roots from the 50's.
This year's festival's features some of the world's top artists exclusively for the event! There are 28 artists and bands playing during the 4 day event, including:
- The Bellfuries
- Johnny Tedesco
- Bobby Brooks Wilson
- The Kaisers
- George Tomsco
- Ray Collins' Hot Club
- Nico Duportal ¬ His Rhythm Duddes
- The Beat From Palookaville
Please click here to see all the featured artists at this year's Rockin' Race Jamboree
This year the main venue for the festival has changed and will be held at the 'Auditorio Príncipe de Asturias' instead of the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Torremolinos. Other venues include the Sol Timor Apartments and La Barracuda Hotel. Previous editions of the festival have attracted more than 3000 people and event organisers are hoping that this year will attract even more rock n' roll fans.
Another new feature of the event is that the Rockin' Race Jamboree will also hold morning performances in the following venues:
- La Nogalera on Saturday 7th February featuring Los Vibrants and Nico Duportal & His Rhythm Dudes
- Plaza del Remo in La Carihuela on Sunday 8th February featuring Rik & The Dukes.
Tickets for the Festival
Tickets will be on sale during the festival at the ticket offices in the Auditorio Principe de Asturias, Sol Timor Apartments and Barracuda Hotel.
Prices are as follows_
4 Day Pass + CD: 70€
Tickets for individual days + CD: 35€
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9/10/2009 (2:20 pm) by Kimble
XP failed to boot so i went into recovery console and did a few commands and it worked. i remember these commands sorted the problem before but i dont know what they are as i dont have the paper anymore. it logged me in as the administrator and not my own name account which had admin rights. So i started to backup my stuff but then i tried to use outlook express 6 and my emails had gone. i had to redo the settings etc. i dont know too much about outlook i must admit. i cant seem to find the backup file but surely i have one as my own user account directory is still there? i just cant log in with the account and when i try it says it doesnt exist. i just really need the emails if possible so im hoping i can maybe save my account so i can login as normal then will do a fresh format. any ideas please?
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General congregations: Cardinals to vote on Conclave Friday PM
2013-03-08 Vatican Radio(Vatican Radio) The College of Cardinals could vote this evening to establish a date for the beginning of the Conclave. That was the news from Vatican Press Office Director, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, on Friday as he briefed journalists on the proceedings of the VIII General Congregation of the College this morning. He also explained that the earliest the Conclave could reasonably be expected to begin would be the start of the coming work week. One hundred fifty-three Cardinals were present for the Friday morning session, including all one hundred fifteen Cardinal Electors who will be participating in the Conclave. Listen to our report:
The first order of business in the Friday morning session was to give official acceptance to the reasons offered by the two Cardinals with a right to participate in the Conclave, who have declined to present themselves. They are: Archbishop emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia, Card. Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, SJ, who is too ill to attend; Card. Keith O'Brien, emeritus of St. Andrew's and Edinburgh, who cited well-known personal reasons for his decision. Eighteen were the official interventions of the participants, on a broad range of topics: Fr. Lombardi, SJ's English-language consultant, Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB, elaborated. "Among the themes that were addressed [Friday] morning – and this by no means is breaking the secret of what takes place, but is to help [illustrate] the scope of the discussions - [were]: inter-religious dialogue, bioethics, justice in the world, a positive proclamation of love and mercy, especially remembering [Bl. John Paul II] in his teaching on mercy, and collegiality," he explained.
Fr. Lombardi also had a special greeting for the women journalists participating in the briefing, on occasion of International Women's Day, celebrated in many countries around the world on March 8th. "Entering the briefing room with a several traditional women's day mimosa flowers in hand, Fr. Lombardi, SJ, said, "Before we do anything else, we must offer our best wishes to all the women of the world, and in particular to our colleagues who are women and who are following and covering things here with us in these days."


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Bucking pressure from the United States and the United Kingdom, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria will move ahead with a call for a fourth round of grant proposals despite budget shortfalls at the agency, The Boston Globe reports. U.S. and U.K. officials had urged the fund's board, meeting this week in Thailand, to postpone the fourth round of grants until the fund brings in more money. Fund officials also announced that about $623 million has been awarded to 71 programs in 50 countries through the agency's third round of grants. Because of a lack of money at the agency, $101 million of that amount was borrowed from anticipated future donations. Fund executive director Richard Feachem said the decision to borrow against future donations is not expected to become a regular practice at the agency.
AIDS activists praised the fund's board for its decision not to delay future grants. "We support any decision by the fund not to delay further rounds," said Mark Heywood of the South African group Treatment Action Campaign. "And we take that position from the standpoint of people who are seeing large numbers of members dying on a weekly basis, reflecting larger numbers of people in society who are dying on a weekly basis. There's no time for delay."


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Chic Interview: Jenny Fleiss, co-owner of Rent the Runway
Jenny Fleiss, co-owner of Rent the Runways tells us how she got her start!
What is your startup story? Where were you living what were you doing for work, etc?
I met Jenn (Co-founder, Jennifer Hyman) at Harvard Business School, where over frequent girls nights, we became friends. During a trip home to New York City, Jenn watched her sister Becky struggle with a 'closet full of clothes but nothing to wear' moment. Becky had an upcoming wedding and wanted something gorgeous but her modest salary meant that everything high-end was out of reach. What if, Jenn thought, the "Beckys" of this world could have access to their dream closet – a new dress for every occasion? It seems that Facebook has killed many wardrobes as you wear a fabulous outfit once and there are pictures of it up for all to see…meaning you can't wear it again to the next function.
Cut to: Cambridge, Massachusetts, several days later. Jenn told me about Becky's dilemma, and, this being business school, we started creating a company. Many business plans later along with formative meetings with top designers and retailers, Rent the Runway was born in New York City a few months after we graduated from business school.
Thinking back to your launch – was it what you expected?
It was so much bigger and greater than what we expected! We were featured on the front of the business section of the New York Times, which lead to 60,000 initial memberships. We had to start a waiting list until we were able to sign on enough brands so that we wouldn't constantly run out of product. It was a great problem to have.
Now that you've gotten your business off the ground, what do you wish you would've known before you got started?
What a success it would be – maybe would have bought more inventory too. I also wish I would have come to the table with more technical ability. Our web development is a huge part of our business and having had those skills myself would have been very useful!
What advice can you give to other Chic CEO's to help them on their entrepreneurial journey?
Go for it if you haven't made the jump! It's been a dream come true for us. I would also suggest that you network and meet with as many people as you can – you never know what will come from it. Listen to your customers; happy customers are the most important part!
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For the longest time, I've wanted to make pie in a jar. It feel pretty awesome to check this of the wish-list.
People always say to me "Wow, your roommates are so lucky. Do they always get to eat your food?" The truth is rarely do we get a chance to eat together—we're never on the same schedule! So this weekend, I was the one who was thrilled when they were both home and were willing to have some pie with me.
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