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Cariloha is famous for its innovative bamboo mattress that is cooler and cleaner than many other mattress varieties. With its innovative blends of foam that relieve pressure points and focus on airflow, there is a lot going for the bamboo mattress. Learn more about this sleep innovation and if it is right for you.
Keetsa is a San Francisco based brand of super affordable hybrid mattresses, made popular on Amazon and the Internet, though recently they have opened showrooms across the US. Their mattresses are made in the same facility that Zinus uses and feature interesting materials such as plant oil blend memory foam and biofoams. Most folks find them comfortable.
Based on our aggregated reviews and our scoring method, we recommend Cariloha in this match up!
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Overall Score:
Cariloha: 9/10
Keetsa: 8.5/10
Customer Satisfaction:
Cariloha: 9/10
Keetsa: 8.4/10
Price Value:
Cariloha: 8.9/10
Keetsa: 8.7/10
No Back Pain:
Cariloha: 8.9/10
Keetsa: 8.4/10
Cariloha: $700-$1900
Keetsa: $471-$2308
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Keeping customers happy isn't always easy, which is why finding a brand that does is an essential first step in finding the right product for you. Versus others, these mattresses have very high scores from sleepers. Take a look at the reviews and specifics of the mattress to learn if it will work for you specifically.
Supportive mattresses are very important for those of all body types. Even if you like a mattress that isn't super firm, a mattress that aligns the back and shoulders is really important. Most reviewers report that these mattresses help provide that kind of support.
Edge Support
Lots of folks are looking for mattresses with good edge support. Customers report that these mattresses do well with edge support, which means there is comfortable resistance on the sides of the mattress giving more sleeping area.
Bowling Ball & Density Tests
Measuring firmness with a bowling ball on the surface of the mattress is a good approach and it does well measuring even support. Customers and reviewers report that these mattresses offer good support across the mattress.
It is a hard thing to find great products that last over 10 years with constant use. Brands, by and large, hunt for short-term profits rather than building products that last. However, there are still great products to be found. These mattresses, for example, do a great job with quality and durability. They should do well up to a decade for most customers, though some folks who are larger may find they break down a short time before that.
Each of us want to see customer feedback before buying such an expensive product. That said, it can be a more difficult prospect when browsing countless brands and other sites. We did an examination of reviews and sentiment and discovered that sleepers rate these mattresses above average overall. However, some couldn't get as comfortable. Research more below to see if one of these mattresses will work for you.
Having a supportive mattress is a make or break for stomach and back sleepers. Also, having good support that aligns the spine is a must-have for side sleepers. For most sleepers, these mattresses offer a good amount of support. However, others had problems with the support so if you have a heavy build, make sure to dig into the specifications.
Edge Support
Most feel comfortable with the edge support of these mattresses. Some, however, had some complaints about the support.
Mattresses don't last as long as they used to in years past. A mattress that lasts 15 years is a hard thing for find. However, finding a mattress that really stays cozy that long can save you lots. Unfortunately, customers give these mattresses mixed reviews on durability. Many sleepers don't report issues, but others have complaints about durability over a shorter time frame than usual.
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We have contemplated this mattress for the past year and finally decided to give it a try. We had one of the resort brand mattresses and were happy with that but liked the advantages of the bamboo. Well, week one is complete and we are extremely happy with the change. Comfortable and cool feeling which is important for our South Florida climate. We also purchased the sheets and pillows which is the cream on top.View More Reviews
This mattress provides excellent support and was very easy to set up.
We love our new bed.
very comfortable
I've been eyeing this mattress as soon as it came out and I finally pulled the trigger and took a chance on such a big purchase and we love It! It cradles your body and we don't toss and turn all night long, still getting used to the memory foam vs a traditional mattress but we are not disappointed.
Best Mattress Ever
When I wake up I feel,very relaxed Only had it a week but so far so good arms still go to sleep
I absolutely love my new mattress!
I slept on the mattress the first night I got it. When I first laid down I was disappointed because the mattress felt stiff not soft but I just laid there and I melted into it. I am getting the best sleep I've gotten in years! I don't wake up every hour tossing and turning! It's amazing! This mattress sits higher then my old one and that's not an issue.
We have been looking at this bed for the past 3 years. Black Friday you had an Amazing deal at 35% off so we bought it, we also bought 2 pillows and the Luxury Sheets. So far we love it. It takes time to get use to it but it's so comfortable!!! I'm showing everyone I know this Bed. So glad we finally bought it. I absolutely love all your products. The blanket and comforter will be next.
We are so happy with our new Cariloha mattress! It was an especially good deal with the Black Friday sale price. I purchased a wood slat foundation for it from U.S. Box Spring, which works very well with the mattress.
Very comfortable
I usually sleepy very hot so I was worried that this mattress would be like other memory foam mattresses—but it stayed cool and provided great support.
Love our new mattress!
We just love our new Cariloha mattress. We have a lot of Cariloha and other bamboo in our house, including flooring, clothing, kitchen utensils and more. I love that it is clean and green. I love the durability and I love the easy upkeep. None of that would matter if we weren't sleeping well. But, we've been sleeping like babies... this mattress is dream inspiring if you like memory foam that is on the firmer side. Only downside is "made in China" but this mattress is really comfy, easy to set up and took less than 48 hrs. to come to full thickness. We got the King and put it on boxsprings that we had from our previous "sleep number" type bed.
We have slept for a week on the new mattress and are very pleased.
If you like the way a Tempurpedic is, you will love this bed.
The bed is fantastic....I've never slept through the night like i do now. However, we will need a new set of sheets already. Sage Green! The Fitted sheet is already snagging and shagged, coming apart in two corners.
I have been sleeping on my new mattress for a few months And I have to say it is the best mattress I have ever slept on. I am so glad I went with the Carahola mattress. It is everything they say it is.
Thanks Cariloha for the excellent customer service and the excellent cariloha mattress. We love our bed so far! you guys should really consider making crib mattresses too ;)
We needed a new mattress. Had been eyeing this one up for almost a year and finally went for it. King Mattress-Resort Sheets& 4 pillows. Best money I've ever spent! I haven't set an alarm in 10 years, I slept so good on this bed I was late for work-twice in 2 weeks! Its heavenly! We are sleeping so much better. Its only been 2 weeks I can't imagine how much better it will be when it's actually broken in. 3 of my sisters have already ordered them just after trying mine!
Love my new bed
Getting used to memory foam, still just a couple of weeks in, but great expansion from delivery box and comfort overnight: I already find myself sleeping better. Cloaked in a set of super soft bamboo sheets: Heaven.
Love it! Noticed a difference the first night I slept on it. My mom is going to purchase one soon! Just wish you offered black sheets and black towels.
I suffer from lower back problems. I have a black beauty rest high performance mattress so I went ahead and bought this new mattress from cariloha. I have many other products so I figured this is going to be a great product as well. I'm not saying this cured my back problem but my back problem has improved quite a bit. If I had to do all over again my money was well invested and I would do it all over again.
Mattress So far so good
We now have t-shirts, towels, bed sheets and a mattress. I love them all and wish all of my clothes were made from the same material!
Amazing sleep.
We are loving our new Mattress. I highly recommend anyone with a bad back or shoulder problems to buy one.!!!
amazing !!!!
We decided to upgrade from our old spring mattress to a Cariloha Mattress and we couldn't be happier. My wife had trouble sleeping on our old mattress, and ever since we started sleeping on the Cariloha Mattress she's slept like a baby all night. No more aches and pains in the morning. Delivery and setup were also very easy.
I am a stomach sleeper and was looking for a firmer mattress and this is the perfect fit. Soft yet firm and cool to sleep in unlike some foam mattresses. No more back pain for me.
So far love my mattress!!!
Ooooh this mattress feels so good. I didn't want to get out of bed. It's firm but yet you sink in. NICE!!
We love our bamboo memory foam mattress and bamboo sheets!
I LOVE my new mattress!!! So glad I purchased it. It came with sheets for ordering a mattress. They are wonderful.
Great mattress
I'm really loving my new Cariloha Bamboo Mattress. Unpacking and setup was easy. Most comfortable mattress I've ever slept on.
Pillow Plus is my second mattress purchased from Keetsa. I bought one for my king bed one year ago and I enjoyed it so much that I decided to have one for a guest bedroom. I love the fact that Keetsa is eco friendly. I also enjoy a better sleep every night. Thank you Keetsa!View More Reviews
This mattress is so incredibly comfortable...so happy I bought it!
I am loving my KEETSA mattress so far! It is the right amount of soft and firm and the delivery could not have been easier. Highly recommend!
This is the BEST mattress i have bought. Do yourself a favor and buy a Keetsa!
I am thrilled with my new Keetsa Pillow Plus. It arrived in a timely fashion and was easy to set up. Love it!
Gorgeous, wonderful mattress at a great price!
Love the bed. Love the materials used
The mattress arrived in a large box. Definitely need two people to unload the mattress. The mattress inflated quickly after we removed the plastic wrap. No odor at all. Most importantly, the mattress is VERY comfortable. It has just the right amount of softness for me.
My keetsa is everything i wanted it to be and more. I have chronic neck issues, so having this level of comfort at night has been life changing. And now all my friends want one too!
We are in love with our new King Keetsa mattress. Incredibly soft but supportive, we couldn't be happier and recommend to all. I bought our two kids mattresses a few years ago and finally bought ours and I regret waiting so long. Very happy family here.
The Keetsa Pillow Plus is great! We love that it's so eco-friendly and healthy to sleep plus it is really comfortable!
I love it! :-) Also, the staff was super responsive and helpful.
Fast delivery and super comfortable mattress.
Best. Mattress. Ever.
I picked this mattress for my 5 year old because it was a good combination of value, eco-friendliness, and it had springs (which I wanted for supporting his growing body) unlike other competitors. It's quite comfortable to lie down next to him as well!
Not going to lie, it's pretty hard/firm. I purchased the pillowtop mattress which was surprising. I do appreciate that it's less toxic than convential brands and does cost as much as a Prius.
Awesome!! We are So happy with our new bed!
Very comfy. Fast shipping.
Sturdy frame with under bed storage space and an incredibly comfortable mattress.
The mattress has been giv Me off a strong smell for a few weeks now. I'm hoping it goes away. This is my second mattress. Don't recall having the same from the other.
I received the mattress over a month ago, but wanted to give it a little time before reviewing it, just to make sure. I am very pleased with this mattress. I am a side sleeper, and was waking up several times a night with sore shoulders, and sometimes my arm would be asleep. I decided to get a new mattress, but wanted something environmentally friendly, affordable, and comfortable. I got all 3 with this mattress. I am sleeping more deeply, and longer than before, resulting in a less cranky me. I highly recommend this mattress!
I bought this, as well as the keetsa contour pillow with the hopes that I was doing better things for my back and neck . This product was a major mistake for me personally, I really wish I could take it back and get something else . When I decide to wake up now , it's because I'm too sore to lay on the bed any longer, not because I got a good nights rest. This goes for multiple positions including side sleeping , back sleeping, and stomach sleeping . I know this because I wake up multiple times in the middle of the night and have to switch positions . I am a healthy woman in my 20s and am not overweight. I also wake up every night with a stiff neck . If Keetsa is reading this, please contact me to help get this resolved : / I was really excited about the product (which is less than one year old) , but I really need to consider saving up for something else .


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Orientation Week
Arrival Details
When: Monday 4 February 2019 Where: Florey Building, 54 Mills Road, Acton Time: 8:00am
The 2019 Orientation Week activities will run from Monday 4 February – Friday 8 February. Attendance at Orientation Week is compulsory. Sessions on Thursday and Friday will include the beginning of your Year 1 Block 1 curriculum and it is imperative you attend as these sessions form the foundation blocks for the Medical Practical sessions to follow the following week.
Parking Information
There are many parking permit options available to you as an ANU student. Generally, students will apply for an on-campus annual parking permit. Full details can be found at ANU Parking Services. If you are living on campus, your accommodation provider may have other options available to you.
ANU Campus Map
The ANU Medical School is located at 54 Mills Road, Acton. You can use the interactive online map to assist you in finding this building, as well as a guide to the rest of the amazing ANU campus.
Screening and Vaccination Documentation
You would have received an email in December with instructions on how to upload your screening and vaccination documentation onto SONIA. SONIA is an online program that the ANU Medical School uses to monitor and record student's screening and vaccination information and it also manages student's clinical placements. All relevant documentation must be uploaded to SONIA prior to Monday 4 February. This will allow us to check your documentation before you arrive and notify you if you are missing anything. It is important to note that you will NOT be able to commence the academic year without completing the screening and vaccination requirements.
ANU Student Card
On your first day you will be issued with your ANU Medical School student card. You do not need to go to Student Central to obtain your card before this date as we will conduct this process as a group. If you have a current ANU student card you will be issued with a new 'Medical School' card and your previous ANU ID card will be deactivated.
Social Events
Current students of the Medical School have arranged a variety of social events throughout Orientation Week. These events are not compulsory, however do provide a great opportunity to meet and greet your fellow peers from across different years.
|8:00am – 8:45am
Arrival and Registration
Medical School Staff
Florey Building
|9:00am – 9:15am
Welcome Address
Prof Imogen Mitchell
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|9:15am – 10:00am
Student Welcome & AMSA Welcome
Medical School Student Society
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|10:00am – 10:45am
Welcome to Country: Indigenous Health
Dr Stewart Sutherland & Aunty Matilda House
Outside Florey Building
|10:45am – 11:00am
Student O-Week Team
Leonard Huxley Tea Room
|11:00am – 12:00pm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Dr Stewart Sutherland
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|12:00pm – 1:30pm
Introduction to the MChD Program
A/Prof David Kramer, A/Prof Krisztina Valter-Kocsi: Medical Science, Prof Tom Faunce: Professionalism & Leadership, Prof Kieran Fallon: Clinical Skills, A/Prof Christine Phillips: Social Foundations of Medicine, A/Prof Rafat Hussain: Population Health
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|1:30pm – 2:00pm
Student O-Week Team
Outside Leonard Huxley Building
|2:00pm – 5:00pm
Student Card Authorisation & NSW Health Check. You must bring the below original documents with you: Original National Police Check (+1 photocopy) NSW Health Code of Conduct Agreement
Medical School Staff & NSW Health
Florey Building
MedSoc Welcome BBQ
Student O-Week Team
Fellow's Oval
|9:00am – 9:30am
Conjoint MChD / PhD Program Information
Dr Diana Perriman & A/Prof Krisztina Valter-Kocsi
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|9:30am – 10:00am
Year 1 Coordinator Welcome
Dr Zan-Min Song
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|10:00am – 10:30am
Inclusion and Wellbeing
Ms Bernie Morris
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|10:30am – 10:45am
Student O-Week Team
Leonard Huxley Tea Room
|10:45am – 11:00am
ANUMSS Wellbeing Officer
Johanna Long
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|11:00am – 11:30am
Wattle & Class Note Book
A/Prof Alexandra Webb & Kat Esteves
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|11:30am – 12:00pm
Library Resources
Ms Rachel Karasick
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|12:00pm – 12:30pm
Rural Medical Society
ANU Rural Medical Society & MedRevue
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|12:30pm – 2:00pm
ANU Rural Medical Society (ARMS)
Outside Florey Building
|2:00pm – 3:00pm
The Rural Experience
A/Prof Malcolm Moore
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|3:00pm – 4:00pm
Student Presentations
ANU Medical Students
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|6:30pm – 10:00pm
Dinner and Trivia
Student O-Week Team
The RUC Turner Bowls Club
|9:00am – 10:30am
Self-Care for Doctors
A/Prof Katrina Anderson
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|10:30am – 11:00am
Student O-Week Team
Leonard Huxley Tea Room
|11:00am – 12:00pm
Medical Student Experience
Student O-Week Team & MedSoc
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|12:00pm – 12:30pm
Introduction to Block 1
A/Prof Krisztina Valter & Dr Karin Messerle
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|12:30pm – 1:00pm
Sponsor Presentation
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|1:00pm – 2:00pm
Outside Florey Building
|2:00pm – 4:00pm
PBL Games (Problem Based Learning)
Student O-Week Team
Florey Building
PARSA Family BBQ
Student O-Week Team
Fellow's Oval
|9:00am – 9:30am
Bullying and Harassment
Prof Imogen Mitchell
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|9:30am – 10:30am
The law, ethics & professional issues of working with cadavers
Prof Thomas Faunce, Dr Riccardo Natoli, A/Prof Christine Phillips
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|10:30am – 11:00am
Student O-Week Team
Leonard Huxley Tea Room
|11:00am – 12:00pm
Biomedicine as a Sociocultural System
A/Prof Christine Phillips
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|12:00pm – 1:00pm
Genetics – The Central Dogma
Dr Riccardo Natoli
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|1:00pm – 2:30pm
Outside Leonard Huxley Building
|2:30pm – 3:30pm
Introduction to Biochemistry
A/Prof Richard Callaghan
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|3:30pm – 4:30pm
Introduction to Anatomy
A/Prof Krisztina Valter
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|7:00pm – 8:30pm
AMA Welcome Drinks
Llewellyn Hall – Athenaeum Room
ANUMSS Mixer
Student O-Week Team
Mystery Location
|9:00am – 10:00am
Overview of Microbiology
Dr Karina Kennedy
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|10:00am – 11:00am
A/Prof Kevin Saliba
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|11:00am – 11:15am
Student O-Week Team
Leonard Huxley Tea Room
|11:15am – 12:45pm
Panel Discussion with Medical Professionals
Dr Carolyn Droste & Panel Members: Dr Michael Gillespie, Dr Jason Agostino and Dr Arnagretta Hunter
Leonard Huxley Lecture Theatre
|12:45pm – 2:00pm
Student O-Week Team
Outside Florey Building
|5:00pm – 6:30pm
Inter-year Mingle
Student O-Week Team
Mystery Location
|8:00pm – Late
End of O-Week Party
Student O-Week Team
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Paul Maple posted a topic in Polaris ATV ForumI have a 1999 Sportsman 500, it was running fine, than started to lose power in the winter, I adjusted the idle screw and away I went, than a few weeks ago it died, I have found that i am flooding the engine, compression was at 70PSI and due to the compression release mech. i assume i am good as it compared to the same PSI on a 2000 sportsman 500 i have. i cannot start the atv unless i go full throttle and it starts an runs for about 30 sec than dies, again it is flooded. i ordered a new carb off ebay as i could get one for around $40. put that in same issue, i have checked the timing, (good), valves out of adjustment i adjusted to .006 still same issue, i have found the exhaust lobe and rocker arm to have some wear, i have ordered new ones, but am looking for any other input in this area as well. would the exhaust cam and rocker arm cause the engine to flood? i have used a bore scope and the piston liner has good cross hatching still? any input would be great.


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Peter Anderson road tests and reviews the new Toyota Kluger GX 2WD, with specs, fuel consumption and verdict.
I've got a dirty secret. Well, it's not really dirty, and not that much of a secret, but I have never understood the appeal of the Toyota Kluger. Which is unfair, because until now I hadn't driven the third-generation version, which has been with us since 2014. But after a week kicking around town in the Kluger, it became crystal clear why they're so popular.
It can't be just because it's a Toyota - buyers aren't that lazy. The Kluger has just had a gentle refresh, with little to see on the outside but a worked-over powertrain with more grunt and gears.
|Toyota Kluger 2017: GX (4X2)
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Toyota's third go at the Kluger yielded a sharper design than its predecessor, with slimmer headlights, a bolder grille and some less fussy detailing. The side view is a by the numbers wagon profile, although the rear is recognisably Toyota, even without the badges. The back end looks high because it's meant to, the way the body bulges pushing the visual weight up.
Inside there is nothing startling (apart from the clever storage ideas) and most of the materials are pretty reasonable. The plastics are hard but not scratchy, although the polyurethane steering wheel felt and looked cheap. The controls don't have much weight to them but the doors closed with a good thunk.
The Kluger's voluminous interior is flexible and contains lots of storage. Between the front passenger seats is a gigantic lidded vessel that appears to be modelled on an Olympic swimming pool, with a handy sliding tray inside, about halfway down its three metre depth (okay, it's not that deep, but 24 litres is huge for console storage).
The dashboard is split horizontally by a handy shelf that is perfectly formed for loose items such as glasses, phones and other keys, receipts, papers... whatever. It's also lined in a soft, rubbery plastic so more precious items aren't scratched. It's extremely useful and is even a different colour to the rest of the dash so you can see it's there.
An abundance of lights means plenty of illumination at night or in dark garages.
All four doors will hold a decent-sized bottle and the rear of the front seats have old-school map pockets. The Kluger also boasts eight cupholders - two up front, two in the centre armrest and two each for the third row passengers, perhaps as consolation for the less than generous accommodation. Lucky for them they do have air conditioning vents and there's even a temperature setting for the rear of the cabin, via controls mounted on the back of the console.
Front and middle row passengers will be most comfortable, with plenty of head and legroom, especially with the back seats slid all the way back. The middle bench can also slide forward in two pieces (it's a 60/40 split) and is comfortable for three. As I've already mentioned, the third row isn't great. Padding on the flip up backrests is modest and there's no real footwell. Your passengers will need to be small.
Boot space starts at a fairly small 195 litres (a Yaris betters this figure by some margin), but with the third row folded, things improve to 529 litres, and with both rows down you've got 1117 litres. Fill it to the rafters and it's almost 1900 litres.
The Kluger GX 2WD is the first of a range of six. The line-up tops out at $69,906 but starts down at the GX for $43,550.
That wedge gets you 18-inch alloys, a 6.1-inch touchscreen powering a six speaker stereo, front and rear-zone air-conditioning, reversing camera, remote central locking, rear parking sensors, cruise control, fog lamps, auto headlights, cloth trim, power windows and mirrors, a full-size spare and rear privacy glass.
The six speaker stereo won't do much for an audiophile but does the job in a fairly perfunctory fashion. You can plug in your Pandora credentials and bridge to the internet via your mobile for streaming music, but that's as funky as it gets. You can plug in your phone via Bluetooth and USB but it's a limited interface. As always, a simple switch to Android Auto/Apple CarPlay would improve usability and allow people to use their phones as sat navs. You can't even option that in the GX.
In fact, the only factory option is premium paint for $550, but just one colour is no-cost, black. The other eight will cost ya.
Underneath the bonnet of each and every Kluger is Toyota's (2GR-FKS) 3.5-litre V6 petrol producing a generous 218kW/350Nm, both small but handy increases over the engine that arrived in 2014.
An eight-speed automatic (that's two more ratios than previously) delivers power to the front wheels only. Nerds might like to know the same engine is in a couple of Lexus models, and a relative of this unit can also be found in the Lotus Evora, a car that is arguably the exact opposite of the Kluger.
The Kluger is rated to tow 700kg unbraked and 2000kg braked.
Toyota claims 9.1L/100km on the combined cycle but we ended up at 13.1L/100km in a fairly gentle week's motoring around in flowing traffic.
On the upside, it doesn't demand the good stuff, happily swallowing standard unleaded in its 72 litre tank, giving a 550km range based on our figures. The consumption will undoubtedly improve on the open road.
Is the Kluger the handling benchmark in the class? Certainly not. The steering in the 2WD GX is light indeed, the wheel needing very little muscle to flick it back and forth between the lock stops. It certainly makes what could be a very unwieldy car feel very easy to move around and parking is a breeze although the low-res reversing camera doesn't help as much as it might.
Piling into corners is entertaining because the amount of body roll is unusual for the segment and the front tyres squeal hilariously. It's competent nonetheless, but moderation is the order of the day.
Does the V6 engine make it a sleeper dragster? Ah, no. Despite 218kW, shifting 1980kg plus people and things, it's tuned to be a lazy, helpful unit rather than turning the Kluger into an Audi SQ7 rival.
It's possibly the calmest car I've ever driven.
What about the ride? That must be pretty good. Yes. Yes it is. The Kluger's pillowy demeanour over lumps, bumps and tragic potholes is uncanny. A road I often use to test these things required a second pass. I got out to make sure I wasn't in a Bentley. While that might be slightly over-egging the praise (I'm able to recognise these things without melodramatic roadside inspections), this is where it twigged with me - it's a properly comfortable car, with a near-silent engine and just a faint whistle from the wing mirrors at speed (about which I was suspicious, actually... another drive in a Kluger next month will confirm if that's isolated).
It's possibly the calmest car I've ever driven. Riding on 18-inch wheels with 245/60 tyres, it's quiet, composed and almost regal. Except when you floor it and the tyres spin up and the traction control steps in to stop that ziiiiiiip noise. It's not so uncouth it chirps, though.
Basic Warranty
3 years / 100,000 km warranty
ANCAP Safety Rating
The Kluger arrives from its US factory with seven airbags, ABS, stability and traction controls and brake force distribution. There are three top-tether and two ISOFIX child seat points in the seatbacks of the middle row, and none for the third.
The Kluger scored five ANCAP stars, the highest available - in March 2014. At the time, ANCAP noted the Kluger doesn't have seatbelt reminders in the third row but the curtain airbags do reach all the way back. Additional safety features are available further up the range.
Like all Toyotas, the Kluger comes with a three year/100,000km warranty and a fixed price servicing plan will set you back $1080 for the six month/10,000km visits, which is pretty cheap. That service interval is shorter than its obvious main rivals, the Mazda CX-9, Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento.
Roadside assist is extra.
Between the Kluger and Prado, Toyota has a stranglehold over the large SUV market, the pair between them selling well over 20,000 units last year, just under half of them the cheaper Kluger.
I'd never really understood the Kluger's appeal, but a serene week at the wheel switched on the light bulb. While there are better-handling, roomier cars in the segment and there are certainly better-equipped and cheaper-to-run machines, none of them are as cruisy as the Kluger.
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Oh, cornmeal. In every corner of the world, cornmeal is used in abundance, from the Makki di roti in South Asia to kachamak in Bulgaria to the intriguing national dish of Barbados, Cou-cou and the Flying Fish.
In my kitchen it is mostly used as breading, cornbread and the occasional johnnycake craving. I love working with cornmeal because it is versatile and flavorful, but I haven't done much with polenta, or boiled cornmeal, despite its terrific heritage and various uses.
[Among my favorite, from the Wikipedia entry on polenta: "In southern Austria, polenta is also eaten for breakfast (sweet polenta); the polenta pieces are either dipped in café au lait or served in a bowl with the café au lait poured on top of it (this is a favourite of children)."]
Vegan Polenta Pizza Casserole!
For the crust:
– 2 cups water
– 1 1/2 cups coarse cornmeal
– 1 tsp salt
– 1 tsp dried basil
– 1 1/2 cups cold water
– A little olive oil (for brushing on the crust)
For the filling:
– 2 tbsp olive oil
– Small onion, thinly sliced
– One bell pepper, sliced
– 2 cups baby spinach
– 6-8 oz. mushrooms, sliced
– 3-4 cloves of garlic, sliced
– Roasted red pepper, sliced (I used jarred – yes, I know, but it was a last-minute change)
– Salt and pepper (to taste)
– 1 tsp cumin
– Oregano
– 3/4 cup tomato sauce
Pre-heat oven at 350 degrees.
For the crust: mix the polenta with the salt and cold water, then stir into the 2 cups boiling water. Cook at low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. The mixture should get really thick. Remove from heat and let cool.
Oil a casserole dish (for a thick crust, use 8X8, but you can use up to 13X9 – cooking times will vary) and spread the polenta in the dish, covering the entire bottom and sides. Brush with olive oil and bake for 50 – 60 minutes, until lightly browned.
Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil on the stove. Saute the onions until soft, add the bell pepper, then the spinach and mushrooms. Add seasonings, herbs, and garlic, and keep at low heat for another five minutes. Once cooked through, cover and set aside.
Once the crust is done, cover the bottom with the tomato sauce, then add the veggies. Cover with red pepper slices. Put the dish back into the oven and broil for 5 to 8 minutes.
The end result should be a mix between a deep-dish pizza and a hearty casserole. Like any pizza or pizza-esque concoction, the details are up to the maker. My partner is both a vegan and vehement cheese-hater (even the non-dairy stuff), but try adding some vegan mozzarella to this pie.
(Recipe adapted and veganized from the AWESOME Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen)


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Besides being a handy addition to your bedroom bag of tricks, massage also has many other benefits:
- It improves blood circulation, which aids in tissue repair and alleviates pain;
- It relaxes the muscles and makes you more limber;
- It has been shown to decrease stress levels;
- The above benefits also contribute to better, deeper sleep.
Most of us are never going to spend a few years and many thousands of dollars learning professional massage and make it a career. The good news is that if you just want to improve your sex life, there are some very basic techniques that any couple can learn that are much quicker and much cheaper.
A Conducive Environment
Perhaps just as important as the massage itself is the setting because massage is best performed as a holistic experience. The senses of sight, smell, hearing and even taste contribute to a pleasant massage just as much as the sense of touch.
Soft lighting, scented candles, soothing music in a neat and clean room work best. Remember to also switch off your phones or at least silence them for the duration of the massage.
Tools of the Trade
Massage oil is not a gimmick – the slick, smooth feel of a lubricant contributes to the pleasure of the touch and the feel of skin on skin. Most oils are infused with pleasant essences that help soothe the senses and relax both the person giving and the one receiving the massage.
Don't forget to have towels handy, especially if you are using a bed or carpet for the massage. It might be a good idea to place a plastic sheet over the area and lay the towels on it before you begin.
Do What Feels Good
Professional massage is very targeted to specific results. However, if you are just using it as a way to experiment in the bedroom, your partner's reactions are the best guide to what works best. Try everything and discover how each move elicits a particular response and proceed with that.


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At 8,000 feet in the air, Aspen, Colorado, is breathtaking. Literally. Though most famed for its glamorous ski season, Aspen has a secret: It is equally beautiful, if not more so, in its summer months. Warm, breezy days transform into crisp, chilly nights; an occasional bear sighting makes the heart feel alive again, and wildflower-covered trails crisscross this Rocky Mountain haven, making it the most ideal place to get in touch with nature. So, a word to the wise for the wandering soul: If "the earth laughs in flowers," as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, then Aspen is the place to get a good laugh.
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Given that Schooling is a national hero and the struggles, efforts and successes of Colin, May and Joseph will be co-opted into the official narrative, a constructive, nation-building graphic novel is in order? Better still a subversive version? Best both versions?
Who better for either version or both than the writer (Sonny Liew, M'sian born VJC boy) and publisher (Edmund Wee, a RI boy, is the owner of Epigram Books, the book's publisher) of the Art of Charlie Chan.which weaves together fictional and historical elements, with nods to events and personalities in the nation's history, such as Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, opposition politician Lim Chin Siong and Operation Spectrum, the so-called Marxist Conspiracy, in 1987.
ST called the book "a vivid and satirical retelling of Singapore's journey to nationhood through the eyes of its eponymous comic artist."
The National Arts Council (NAC) has withdrawn a publishing grant for the graphic novel The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye on the eve of its Singapore launch because of "sensitive content".
The council declined to elaborate on the reasons behind the decision to revoke the S$8,000 grant.
The experimental graphic novel by artist-illustrator Sonny Liew follows the story of comic-book artist Charlie Chan during the formative years of Singapore's modern history. It weaves together fictional and historical elements, with nods to events and personalities in the nation's history, such as Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, opposition politician Lim Chin Siong and Operation Spectrum, the so-called Marxist Conspiracy, in 1987.
In a statement, NAC's senior director of the literary arts sector Khor Kok Wah said: "We had to withdraw the grant when the book The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye came out because its sensitive content, depicted in visuals and text, did not meet our funding conditions. The Council will continue to support and work with Epigram, a leading publisher of Singapore literary works, on other projects."
Application guidelines for the grant state that NAC reserves the right to withdraw funding for reasons such as "illegal or negligent acts that occur during any point of the funded project, which will adversely affect the reputation of the National Arts Council, any government bodies, public institutions, national leaders or (the applicant's) organisation".
Lim Chin Siong in the book is often portrayed as a hero and gets to become PM in a parallel S'pore in another universe and his S'pore is a kinder, more compassionate version of Harry's, even if he implemented the policies LKY implemented in this wotld..
The withdrawal of a MDA grant helped sales a lot (it sold about 9,000 copies here: a best seller almost twice over by local standards) and the book also won this year's Singapore Literature Prize for English fiction. The win marks the first time that the prize has been awarded to a graphic novel.
The prize is organised by the National Book Development Council, with support from the National Arts Council.
In April 2015, Epigram Books announced the launch of the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize. With a prize of $20,000, it is the richest award of its kind in Singapore.
So in 2016, Ownself win ownself's prize.
The book has also gotten critical acclaim from international publications such as Slate and Economist and was is available overseas. Economist take on book: http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21694495-touching-thoughtful-meditation-singapores-relentless-progress-lion-city-march
A subvervise version of the Schoolings' saga can win the fiction prize while the constructive, nation-building version can win the non-fiction prize.
But Sonny should beware that one-party states do not like those who criticise the official version of the facts. "China Through the Ages", a magazine offering a mild critique of the official Communist version of history, has been taken over by the right people, the team running it having been locked out http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37097832.
Sonny should be particularly careful because as a new citizen (Got do NS or not? Or like junior minister Puthu?), his citizenship can be suks suka revoked.
As for Edmund, he's an RI boy, a member of the elite.
Epigram was originally a design shop and does, among other stuff, presentation or gift boxes. Epigram designed a very beautiful "box" made of teak and bronze. Edmund said this was done for the PAP when it honoured some people with a special copy of the PAP's 50th anniversary book. Even the PAP appreciates classy, beautiful stuff.


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Do you need quick, last minute Thanksgiving dinner food ideas? This bacon green bean side dish is sure to please your guests this Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you're all enjoying your day with family and friends, and most of all, good FOOD!
I needed to make a vegetable side dish, our broccoli cheese casserole was forgotten and burnt to a crisp. I scoured the cabinets to see what I could make, finding a can of green beans. Ok, that'll work, but plain old green beans wouldn't do it. I decided to adopt the idea I used in my corn and bacon saute… holy moly was it good!
Bacon Green Bean Side Dish
- 1 – 14 1/2 oz. can Del Monte whole green beans, drained
- 6 slices of bacon, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup diced onion
The purpose of this recipe is ease and taste, and I promise you this one is not lacking! All you have to do is saute the bacon, garlic and onions in a large sauce pan until the bacon is almost completely cooked. Add the green beans and stir for a minute until combined. Reduce heat to low and cover, simmer for about 20 minutes or until the green beans are tender. Stir every 5 minutes and re-cover.
I love that my kids were fans of this bacon green bean side dish. I am sure that it is because of the bacon, but i'm not complaining! This recipe makes about 6 servings, so i'd double it for larger families or left overs. Give this Thanksgiving side dish idea a try, it is definitely a crowd pleaser!
Enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner!
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Apr. 6, 2016 – The Georgia Straight
For $850 a month, renters can have a microsuite at a new Vancouver development in Strathcona
The six-storey building east of Chinatown will have 10 of these dwelling units, each measuring less than 300 square feet.
On Tuesday (April 5), city council approved the form of development for the project at 303 East Pender Street (formerly 450 Gore Avenue). That was the last administrative motion at council level before construction starts for the market-rental development that will have a total of 61 units.
Starting rents for studios will be $1,100. Two-bedroom units will go for $1,850. The building will have retail on the ground level.
Council considered the developer's rezoning application last year. Staff advised council that the 61 units will contribute to the "diversity of affordable housing" in the city.
Before council approved the rezoning, it received a letter from a director of a group that owns and operates a low-income-housing facility for Chinese seniors south of the site.
In his letter, Michael Tan of the Chau Luen Kon Sol Society of Vancouver raised doubts about how the development fits into the city's affordable-housing strategy.
The high-tech executive said in an interview last month that he remains worried about the all-market project in a traditionally low-income area. According to him, these developments cause property values to increase, bringing up taxes that chip away at the ability of low-income-housing providers like his group to maintain their services.
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Similar to July 4th in America, Bastille Day, or le 14 Juillet, is celebrated by nationwide festivities including fireworks, parades and parties. Join us in celebrating this holiday at the vineyard! There will be lawn games for all to enjoy including cornhole, yard chess, and the French classic, pétanque.
2 – 6 pm Live Music featuring The Kensingtones
Performing a mix of rock, blues, and Americana as well as some French classics! They'll keep you rockin' all afternoon!
3 pm Waiters Race
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Ogham Buiochas Gratitude Hand Painted Ancient Irish Writing
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The ogham alphabet is the earliest form of Irish writing. It was originally carved on the corners standing stones and it is read from the bottom upwards. Each letter is represented by strokes, for example, The letter A is a single central stroke.
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Lock-in Your Learning and start a summer focused on learning about communication and sharing wisdom!
- Topics Include - How to Start a Movement, Vulnerability, What We Have in Common and Telling Your Story
- Shared Learning - Discuss what you learned & share ideas
- Lunch & Live Music - Hear the Fusilli Brothers at noon, enjoy lunch sponsored by Housing & Residence Life and Dining
Come for all or part of the day:
9:45am Welcome & Introduction
10:00am How to Start a Movement
11:00am Vulnerability
12:00pm Lunch & Live Music
1:00pm What We Have in Common
2:10pm Telling Your Story
2:40pm Wrap-up Activities
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Drinkware Sizing Guide
Do you ever sit and look at the cup you are about to make and go "What size decal do I need to cut?" I know I have. So, I have made this little cheat sheet guide that may help answer that questions for you.
With cups (unlike the shirts) the height matters the most. You will not want to go larger or else it may go off the bottom or top!
However, the width can vary. You may want to wrap it around the cup! If you want to do this and do not have a fabric tape measurer, grab a piece of paper, wrap it around the cup, mark or cut it (the paper that is), then use a regular ruler to measure the paper to get circumference around the cup!
Out of all of these the wine glasses are the most tricky. You will want to make sure the design is fairly small. The curves will make it quite difficult to lay flat but the smaller it is the easier it will be.
I can't wait to see all the cups you create using this guide, tag me on instagram @kitaleigh.made or hashtag #kitaleigh, so I can see!
*note: This is only a guide, some cups and designs may need different sizing. measure twice, cut once. :)
Earring Sizing Guide
With making faux leather earrings being all the rage lately, I thought I would put together a little guide to help determine the size of earring you should cut.
For a common stud, I do about 1/2 an inch. This is the perfect size stud to add a post to and won't look super huge on the ear.
I look at an 1" dangle being a little more classic, perfect for a wedding or gala!
A 2" dangle will reach the jaw line or up or down a tad (really depends on the hardware and person's ear/head size).
3" and 4" really make a statement and are great for those added design styles within (like patterns)!
Remember this is only a guide and each person and earring may be a bit different. This guide is great for the laser cutter, silhouette, and cricut projects!
I have heard the question so many time... "What size do I cut a design for...?" So I decided to make a little cheat sheet sizing guide!
I have found the height of the design does not matter as much as the width, so that is what a focused on.
I hope you enjoy.
(Note: this is only a guide, some designs/shirts may look better with different sizing)
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The Student Life Center offers students, faculty, and staff a reflection room located in PCC B022, Prahl College Center. The Reflection Room is for individuals wishing to engage in structured or unstructured reflection which could include prayer or meditation. The room may be accessed during the hours of operation for the lower level of the Prahl College Center, which typically are Monday – Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm during fall and winter terms.
In the interest of respect and consideration, individuals who utilize the Reflection Room must observe the following guidelines:
- Reservations are for 20 minutes. Use is limited to 20 minutes if others have signed up for the next appointment time.
- During operating hours, the room is dedicated for individuals wishing to engage in structured or unstructured reflection.
- No organized services or scheduled reoccurring events are permitted.
- Sleeping or studying is not permitted in the Reflection Room.
- Users should try to utilize the space in a quiet manner.
- No organized events or services can be held in the Reflection Room.
- The utilization of electronic devices (e.g., computers, cell phone, tablets, etc.) are not permitted in the Reflection Room and should be turned off or silenced before entering.
- No food or beverages are allowed in the Reflection Room.
- Users should return the space to the original set up.
- Users should be considerate in limiting time in the space so other individuals may utilize the space as needed.
- Room furnishings placed in the room must remain in the room.
- The Student Life Center is not responsible for personal belongings left in the space.
- Users who do not comply with this policy will be asked to leave the room by faculty, staff, and/or Mott Public Safety.
Reservations for the Reflection room may be made in the Student Life Center located on the first level of the Prahl College Center in PCC 1240C, or by calling (810) 762-0293 or (810) 762-0417. To guarantee access to the room, reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Students, faculty and staff with College identification cards may utilize the room through drop in hours as long as there is availability by signing in at the Student Life Center.


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Warning: Not for Fox viewers or those who love to attend Trump rallies, as their closed eyes and plugged ears render them incapable of factual comprehension.
For those who prefer truth to lies, the following list was compiled by the NY Times, with truth included after every lie. The list only goes up to June 21, so there are many more Trump lies since then, made every time he opens his mouth.
JAN. 21 "I wasn't a fan of Iraq. I didn't want to go into Iraq." (He was for an invasion before he was against it.)JAN. 21 "A reporter for Time magazine — and I have been on their cover 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the history of Time magazine." (Trump was on the cover 11 times and Nixon appeared 55 times.)JAN. 23 "Between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused me to lose the popular vote." (There's no evidence of illegal voting.)JAN. 25 "Now, the audience was the biggest ever. But this crowd was massive. Look how far back it goes. This crowd was massive." (Official aerial photos show Obama's 2009 inauguration was much more heavily attended.)JAN. 25 "Take a look at the Pew reports (which show voter fraud.)" (The report never mentioned voter fraud.)JAN. 25 "You had millions of people that now aren't insured anymore." (The real number is less than 1 million, according to the Urban Institute.)JAN. 25 "So, look, when President Obama was there two weeks ago making a speech, very nice speech. Two people were shot and killed during his speech. You can't have that." (There were no gun homicide victims in Chicago that day.)JAN. 26 "We've taken in tens of thousands of people. We know nothing about them. They can say they vet them. They didn't vet them. They have no papers. How can you vet somebody when you don't know anything about them and you have no papers? How do you vet them? You can't." (Vetting lasts up to two years.)JAN. 26 "I cut off hundreds of millions of dollars off one particular plane, hundreds of millions of dollars in a short period of time. It wasn't like I spent, like, weeks, hours, less than hours, and many, many hundreds of millions of dollars. And the plane's going to be better." (Most of the cuts were already planned.)JAN. 28 "The coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost has been so false and angry that the Times actually apologized to its dwindling subscribers and readers." (It never apologized.)JAN. 29 "The Cuban-Americans, I got 84 percent of that vote." (There is no support for this.)JAN. 30 "Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning. Big problems at airports were caused by Delta computer outage." (At least 746 people were detained and processed, and the Delta outage happened two days later.)FEB. 3 "Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" (There is no evidence of paid protesters.)FEB. 4 "After being forced to apologize for its bad and inaccurate coverage of me after winning the election, the FAKE NEWS @nytimes is still lost!" (It never apologized.)FEB. 5 "We had 109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers and all we did was vet those people very, very carefully." (About 60,000 people were affected.)FEB. 6 "I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35." (Much of the price drop was projected before Trump took office.)FEB. 6 "It's gotten to a point where it is not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it." (Terrorism has been reported on, often in detail.)FEB. 6 "The failing @nytimes was forced to apologize to its subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win. Now they are worse!" (It didn't apologize.)FEB. 6 "And the previous administration allowed it to happen because we shouldn't have been in Iraq, but we shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out. It created a vacuum, ISIS was formed." (The group's origins date to 2004.)FEB. 7 "And yet the murder rate in our country is the highest it's been in 47 years, right? Did you know that? Forty-seven years." (It was higher in the 1980s and '90s.)FEB. 7 "I saved more than $600 million. I got involved in negotiation on a fighter jet, the F-35." (The Defense Department projected this price drop before Trump took office.)FEB. 9 "Chris Cuomo, in his interview with Sen. Blumenthal, never asked him about his long-term lie about his brave 'service' in Vietnam. FAKE NEWS!" (It was part of Cuomo's first question.)FEB. 9 Sen. Richard Blumenthal "now misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?" (The Gorsuch comments were later corroborated.)FEB. 10 "I don't know about it. I haven't seen it. What report is that?" (Trump knew about Flynn's actions for weeks.)FEB. 12 "Just leaving Florida. Big crowds of enthusiastic supporters lining the road that the FAKE NEWS media refuses to mention. Very dishonest!" (The media did cover it.)FEB. 16 "We got 306 because people came out and voted like they've never seen before so that's the way it goes. I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan." (George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all won bigger margins in the Electoral College.)FEB. 16 "That's the other thing that was wrong with the travel ban. You had Delta with a massive problem with their computer system at the airports." (Delta's problems happened two days later.)FEB. 16 "Walmart announced it will create 10,000 jobs in the United States just this year because of our various plans and initiatives." (The jobs are a result of its investment plans announced in October 2016.)FEB. 16 "When WikiLeaks, which I had nothing to do with, comes out and happens to give, they're not giving classified information." (Not always. They have released classified information in the past.)FEB. 16 "We had a very smooth rollout of the travel ban. But we had a bad court. Got a bad decision." (The rollout was chaotic.)FEB. 16 "They're giving stuff — what was said at an office about Hillary cheating on the debates. Which, by the way, nobody mentions. Nobody mentions that Hillary received the questions to the debates." (It was widely covered.)FEB. 18 "And there was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was no nothing." (Refugees receive multiple background checks, taking up to two years.)FEB. 18 "You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this?" (Trump implied there was a terror attack in Sweden, but there was no such attack.)FEB. 24 "By the way, you folks are in here — this place is packed, there are lines that go back six blocks." (There was no evidence of long lines.)FEB. 24 "ICE came and endorsed me."(Only its union did.)FEB. 24 "Obamacare covers very few people — and remember, deduct from the number all of the people that had great health care that they loved that was taken away from them — it was taken away from them." (Obamacare increased coverage by a net of about 20 million.)FEB. 27 "Since Obamacare went into effect, nearly half of the insurers are stopped and have stopped from participating in the Obamacare exchanges." (Many fewer pulled out.)FEB. 27 "On one plane, on a small order of one plane, I saved $725 million. And I would say I devoted about, if I added it up, all those calls, probably about an hour. So I think that might be my highest and best use." (Much of the price cut was already projected.)FEB. 28 "And now, based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that." (NATO countries agreed to meet defense spending requirements in 2014.)FEB. 28 "The E.P.A.'s regulators were putting people out of jobs by the hundreds of thousands." (There's no evidence that the Waters of the United States rule caused severe job losses.)FEB. 28 "We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a five-year ban on lobbying by executive branch officials." (They can't lobby their former agency but can still become lobbyists.)MARCH 3 "It is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet." (Paperwork for the last two candidates was still not submitted to the Senate.)MARCH 4 "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!" (There's no evidence of a wiretap.)MARCH 4 "How low has President Obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!"(There's no evidence of a wiretap.)MARCH 7 "122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!" (113 of them were released by President George W. Bush.)MARCH 13 "I saved a lot of money on those jets, didn't I? Did I do a good job? More than $725 million on them." (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.)MARCH 13 "First of all, it covers very few people." (About 20 million people gained insurance under Obamacare.)MARCH 15 "On the airplanes, I saved $725 million. Probably took me a half an hour if you added up all of the times." (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.)MARCH 17 "I was in Tennessee — I was just telling the folks — and half of the state has no insurance company, and the other half is going to lose the insurance company." (There's at least one insurer in every Tennessee county.)MARCH 20 "With just one negotiation on one set of airplanes, I saved the taxpayers of our country over $700 million." (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.)MARCH 21 "To save taxpayer dollars, I've already begun negotiating better contracts for the federal government — saving over $700 million on just one set of airplanes of which there are many sets." (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.)MARCH 22 "I make the statement, everyone goes crazy. The next day they have a massive riot, and death, and problems." (Riots in Sweden broke out two days later and there were no deaths.)MARCH 22 "NATO, obsolete, because it doesn't cover terrorism. They fixed that." (It has fought terrorism since the 1980s.)MARCH 22 "Well, now, if you take a look at the votes, when I say that, I mean mostly they register wrong — in other words, for the votes, they register incorrectly and/or illegally. And they then vote. You have tremendous numbers of people." (There's no evidence of widespread voter fraud.)MARCH 29 "Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now worse!" (It didn't apologize.)MARCH 31 "We have a lot of plants going up now in Michigan that were never going to be there if I — if I didn't win this election, those plants would never even think about going back. They were gone." (These investments were already planned.)APRIL 2 "And I was totally opposed to the war in the Middle East which I think finally has been proven, people tried very hard to say I wasn't but you've seen that it is now improving." (He was for an invasion before he was against it.)APRIL 2 "Now, my last tweet — you know, the one that you are talking about, perhaps — was the one about being, in quotes, wiretapped, meaning surveilled. Guess what, it is turning out to be true." (There is still no evidence.)APRIL 5 "You have many states coming up where they're going to have no insurance company. O.K.? It's already happened in Tennessee. It's happening in Kentucky. Tennessee only has half coverage. Half the state is gone. They left." (Every marketplace region in Tennessee had at least one insurer.)APRIL 6 "If you look at the kind of cost-cutting we've been able to achieve with the military and at the same time ordering vast amounts of equipment — saved hundreds of millions of dollars on airplanes, and really billions, because if you take that out over a period of years it's many billions of dollars — I think we've had a tremendous success." (Much of the price cuts were already projected.)APRIL 11 "I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late. I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn't know Steve." (He knew Steve Bannon since 2011.)APRIL 12 "You can't do it faster, because they're obstructing. They're obstructionists. So I have people — hundreds of people that we're trying to get through. I mean you have — you see the backlog. We can't get them through." (At this point, he had not nominated anyone for hundreds of positions.)APRIL 12 "The New York Times said the word wiretapped in the headline of the first edition. Then they took it out of there fast when they realized." (There were separate headlines for print and web, but neither were altered.)APRIL 12 "The secretary general and I had a productive discussion about what more NATO can do in the fight against terrorism. I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change, and now they do fight terrorism." (NATO has been engaged in counterterrorism efforts since the 1980s.)APRIL 12 "Mosul was supposed to last for a week and now they've been fighting it for many months and so many more people died." (The campaign was expected to take months.)APRIL 16 "Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over!" (There's no evidence of paid protesters.)APRIL 18 "The fake media goes, 'Donald Trump changed his stance on China.' I haven't changed my stance." (He did.)APRIL 21 "On 90 planes I saved $725 million. It's actually a little bit more than that, but it's $725 million." (Much of the price cuts were already projected.)APRIL 21 "When WikiLeaks came out … never heard of WikiLeaks, never heard of it." (He criticized it as early as 2010.)APRIL 27 "I want to help our miners while the Democrats are blocking their healthcare." (The bill to extend health benefits for certain coal miners was introduced by a Democrat and was co-sponsored by mostly Democrats.)APRIL 28 "The trade deficit with Mexico is close to $70 billion, even with Canada it's $17 billion trade deficit with Canada." (The U.S. had an $8.1 billion trade surplus, not deficit, with Canada in 2016.)APRIL 28 "She's running against someone who's going to raise your taxes to the sky, destroy your health care, and he's for open borders — lots of crime." (Those are not Jon Ossoff's positions.)APRIL 28 "The F-35 fighter jet program — it was way over budget. I've saved $725 million plus, just by getting involved in the negotiation." (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.)APRIL 29 "They're incompetent, dishonest people who after an election had to apologize because they covered it, us, me, but all of us, they covered it so badly that they felt they were forced to apologize because their predictions were so bad." (The Times did not apologize.)APRIL 29 "As you know, I've been a big critic of China, and I've been talking about currency manipulation for a long time. But I have to tell you that during the election, number one, they stopped." (China stopped years ago.)APRIL 29 "I've already saved more than $725 million on a simple order of F-35 planes. I got involved in the negotiation." (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.)APRIL 29 "We're also getting NATO countries to finally step up and contribute their fair share. They've begun to increase their contributions by billions of dollars, but we are not going to be satisfied until everyone pays what they owe." (The deal was struck in 2014.)APRIL 29 "When they talk about currency manipulation, and I did say I would call China, if they were, a currency manipulator, early in my tenure. And then I get there. Number one, they — as soon as I got elected, they stopped." (China stopped in 2014.)APRIL 29 "I was negotiating to reduce the price of the big fighter jet contract, the F-35, which was totally out of control. I will save billions and billions and billions of dollars." (Most of the cuts were planned before Trump.)APRIL 29 "I think our side's been proven very strongly. And everybody's talking about it." (There's still no evidence Trump's phones were tapped.)MAY 1 "Well, we are protecting pre-existing conditions. And it'll be every good — bit as good on pre-existing conditions as Obamacare." (The bill weakens protections for people with pre-existing conditions.)MAY 1 "The F-35 fighter jet — I saved — I got involved in the negotiation. It's 2,500 jets. I negotiated for 90 planes, lot 10. I got $725 million off the price." (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.)MAY 1 "First of all, since I started running, they haven't increased their — you know, they have not manipulated their currency. I think that was out of respect to me and the campaign." (China stopped years ago.)MAY 2 "I love buying those planes at a reduced price. I have been really — I have cut billions — I have to tell you this, and they can check, right, Martha? I have cut billions and billions of dollars off plane contracts sitting here." (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.)MAY 4 "Number two, they're actually not a currency [manipulator]. You know, since I've been talking about currency manipulation with respect to them and other countries, they stopped." (China stopped years ago.)MAY 4 "We're the highest-taxed nation in the world." (We're not.)MAY 4 "Nobody cares about my tax return except for the reporters." (Polls show most Americans do care.)MAY 8 "You know we've gotten billions of dollars more in NATO than we're getting. All because of me." (The deal was struck in 2014.)MAY 8 "But when I did his show, which by the way was very highly rated. It was high — highest rating. The highest rating he's ever had." (Colbert's "Late Show" debut had nearly two million more viewers.)MAY 8 "Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows — there is 'no evidence' of collusion w/ Russia and Trump." (Clapper only said he wasn't aware of an investigation.)MAY 12 "Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election." (The F.B.I. was investigating before the election.)MAY 12 "When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end?" (Clapper said he wouldn't have been told of an investigation into collusion.)MAY 13 "I'm cutting the price of airplanes with Lockheed." (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.)MAY 26 "Just arrived in Italy for the G7. Trip has been very successful. We made and saved the USA many billions of dollars and millions of jobs." (He's referencing an arms deal that's not enacted and other apparent deals that weren't announced on the trip.)JUNE 1 "China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So, we can't build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement. India will be allowed to double its coal production by 2020." (The agreement doesn't allow or disallow building coal plants.)JUNE 1 "I've just returned from a trip overseas where we concluded nearly $350 billion of military and economic development for the United States, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs." (Trump's figures are inflated and premature.)JUNE 4 "At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is 'no reason to be alarmed!'" (The mayor was specifically talking about the enlarged police presence on the streets.)JUNE 5 "The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C." (Trump signed this version of the travel ban, not the Justice Department.)JUNE 21 "They all say it's 'nonbinding.' Like hell it's nonbinding." (The Paris climate agreement is nonbinding — and Trump said so in his speech announcing the withdrawal.)JUNE 21 "Right now, we are one of the highest-taxed nations in the world." (We're not.)


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President: Denis HUBER
Co-President: Nathalie VERNEAU
Vice-President: Ellen FOURNIER
Treasurer: Catherine GUERRERO
Executive Secretary: Renée MORITZ
Elected Members: Keltoum BELAID, Alla HEITZ, Janis SYMONS
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President: Denis HUBER
Co-President: Nathalie VERNEAU
Vice-President: Ellen FOURNIER
Treasurer: Catherine GUERRERO
Executive Secretary: Renée MORITZ
Elected Members: Keltoum BELAID, Alla HEITZ, Janis SYMONS
The activity report and financial report of the Association for 2018 was presented at the Annual General Staff Meeting on 5 April 2019.
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The 20th century saw the powers of the Old Continent, inflamed by nationalisms and colonial greediness, plunge the world twice in the most monstrous wars. With the Shoah, which will forever remain painful and indelible in our memories, humanity reached the extreme limit of barbarity.
From Yalta, in February 1945, until the fall of the Berlin Wall, in November 1989, the world was caught in a Cold War between East and West that made humanity live under the constant threat of a nuclear catastrophy. In Cuba, in October 1962, exactly 50 years ago, the missiles were indeed armed and the countdown was launched.
This century that witnessed all the evil and the worst of threats, finally saw the light and managed to start a long journey towards peace. The Franco-German reconciliation was an essential step for this; it opened the way for European construction and thereby the strengthening of a peace process in the world. In this move, writers were among the first and the most committed. Some of them are among the signatories of this appeal; they were involved in these historic events that revived hope. We would like to particularly welcome them.
But the peace project involved only the West. We had forgotten about the rest of the world, the dozens of countries gathered at the periphery, which yet accounted for more than four-fifths of the world population, delivered to underdevelopment and dictatorships. Because peace was not for all, it could not be sustainable. And here we are again faced with immense dangers. Pollution and global warming may soon destroy as much as the nuclear storm threatened to do in the old terror scheme. Poverty, disease, endemic delinquency will take care of the rest. Terrorism, a shocking novelty at this scale, advances at an appalling speed; and the ideologies that feed it attain new ways, in particular through the instrumentalisation of religions to serve political purposes.
The developments in some countries make us fear the worst. Barbarian fundamentalism rooted in Taliban Afghanistan has continued to expand and cause backlash in states of quasi-war in the rest of the world. Spots of tension multiply, in particular in Africa, and the pockets of radical Islamism that develop in many Arab and Muslim countries, and even in democratic countries far from the epicentre, threat to spread all over the world. Already now, basic values such as freedom of religion and of conscience are in danger.
Faced with this, the international community remains incredibly inefficient. America and Europe dither, Russia and China practice blocking, thus paralysing any possible action from the United-Nations.
The "Arab Spring" has created hopes and opportunities, especially as regards democratisation, but has also unleashed enormous internal tensions in the Arab and Muslim countries, which keep worsening and pushing towards extremism. The emergence of very organized Islamist parties, with heavily armed militias, and their coming to power in these countries are a sign of the movement towards fundamentalism. In the looming chaos, Iran accelerates its nuclear programme to achieve its hegemonic pretensions on a political, military and religious level, and Arab countries in the region might be driven to follow a similar path.
In this context, Israel is more directly threatened than ever. Faced with a complex and dangerous situation, it might be tempted to act alone. The decision to strike Iran is on the table, even if by doing so Israel might find itself on the edge of existential danger. The already fragile situation in the Middle East will deteriorate. Once again, the peace-loving Palestinians and Israelis will pay for the pursuit of interests they are not a part of.
Israel maintains the Palestinians under occupation for more than 45 years, and this inhuman and immoral situation must stop. Both sides are putting unrealistic conditions to resume negotiations, and meanwhile the Israeli government is building more and more settlements, which prevent achieving sustainable peace. We urge both parties to enter immediately into sincere and serious negotiations. The present blockage endangers peace in the region and in the world.
It is urgent that the international community intervenes firmly to bring the Iranian nuclear programme under control and steadily commits to the resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict, pushing the parties to immediately establish a true direct dialogue, leading as soon as possible to the creation of a Palestinian state next to the State of Israel, both with secure borders, on the basis of painful compromises for both parts though necessary for peace, such as the abandonment of settlements or their exchange against land, the renouncement to the right of return of the 1948 refugees, the sharing of Jerusalem. This is still – but maybe not for long - a possible solution and there are men and women on both sides capable of achieving it. Let us help them do so.
In Syria, the Arab Spring has resulted in a crisis of exceptional severity, which threatens the country itself and its people's very existence. Al-Assad's regime is methodically killing his people. Sixteen months – and almost 30.000 deaths - after the start of the Syrian revolution, he continues his crimes in complete tranquillity, encouraged firstly by Iran, Russia and China, and secondly by the hesitations and procrastination of the international community. Human consciousness will long remember the aftermath of this tragedy.
Against this background, we writers are signing our commitment to peace and declaring the following :
Strasbourg, 11 October 2012


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Comparison of Biphasic Insulin Aspart 70/30, 50/50, and 30/70 in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00184574
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First Posted : September 16, 2005
Last Update Posted : January 5, 2017
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|Condition or disease
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|Drug: biphasic insulin aspart Drug: metformin
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|603 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|Official Title:
|Comparison of the Effect on Glycemic Control of Biphasic Insulin Aspart 70/30, Biphasic Insulin Aspart 50/50, and Biphasic Insulin Aspart 30/70 All in Combination With Metformin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes (the INTENSIMIX Trial).
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- Currently treated with Metformin
- HbA1c: 7.5-12.0%
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The Vision of S. M. Farnsworth - A Second Source
Nauvoo – 1844
I was engaged in working on the temple (at Nauvoo), and had gone home to dinner, and after dinner I started back to work, it then being about one o'clock. The day was a beautiful, clear and pleasant one, when suddenly the heavens became overcast and assumed the appearance of a drizzly day, like unto the approach of an equinoctial storm.
The Saints looked very much downcast and overcome with sorrow. The Twelve Apostles were counseling the Saints to prepare for a great journey to the west. The people were running to and fro in the streets of Nauvoo, preparing wagons, outfits, etc., for this journey. Many hundreds started, and their wagons extended to the west as far as the eye could reach. This journey appeared to be a great undertaking, but was accomplished much easier than was expected. I saw the Saints after they had arrived at the end of their journey, and they began to prosper and were cheerful again.
Suddenly, a dark cloud appeared in the east and was driven to the west like a great tornado that seemed as if it would destroy everything before it. It halted when it came to the mountains and one of the brethren remarked, "It is going to break away." And as we looked at it, it broke up and began to scatter and go around the mountains. Then the sky began to grow dark and misty and haze over from the four points of the compass, gathering up like the approach of a big storm, which continued until everything was enveloped in extreme darkness; and it continued to grow blacker and blacker, until it appeared to me that all our enemies were against us; the elements were against us; God and His Prophet had forsaken us, and there was no ray of hope, or light, to give us comfort, but it seemed as though we would all be utterly destroyed.
All at once, President Brigham Young unexpectedly came into the midst of the Saints, and said, "Brethren, stand still, and see the salvation of God", and tried to comfort and cheer the Saints, but his words had no effect on the people. He then turned around in haste, and had the Church in a body encircled by three strong bands,
(I saw no women or children in this circle) which he commenced driving with a Masonic mallet, followed by the Twelve Apostles. Each tap of the mallet drew the hoops tighter and tighter. This was the first time that I noticed the absence of Brothers Joseph and Hyrum, and I felt much troubled and weighed down in consequence of their absence.
Brother Brigham and the Twelve continued driving the hoops, their countenances being very resolute and determined, showing no signs of mercy. I thought to myself, the brethren could not stand it, when suddenly, the hoops burst asunder, and about two-thirds of the men scattered and ran away. I looked up and saw an opening in the clouds above, and also the heads of four or five heavenly personages above the clouds, looking down through their aperture upon us. I cast my eyes around and saw Brother Brigham smiling, and then knew that our troubles were over.
Those heavenly personages came down in the midst of those who remained, and blessed them with all that their hearts could desire and life was a pleasure. When the clouds burst asunder, they turned with a ten-fold vengeance upon the heads of our enemies, and I noticed that those of our brethren that ran away, were of that class that were complaining, rebellious and had not lived up to their privileges.
I felt in my heart, that the Lord ought not to put us to such a severe trial, when one of the angels came to me and said that "it was actually necessary to bring the Church through as close a place as that, in order to sift out those that were among you that were unworthy of the blessings you now enjoy." I also saw that Brother Brigham had a large table spread with all the luxuries of life, and as starvation seemed to stare us in the face, I thought this trial was a good scarecrow, as no person was hurt, being only frightened enough to make them run away. Language cannot describe how happy and contented we all were; being of one heart and one mind, we enjoyed every blessing we desired.
Soon Brother Brigham jumped up and clapped his hands and cried out, "Now boys, for
," and we were all on the move in a short time. The next scene I remember, I was within a short distance of Jackson County, arm in arm with one of the brethren walking directly south, being on the west side of the street or road. We saw an old mobocrat walking toward us, looking the very picture of despair. When he got opposite us, he raised his head and as our eyes caught his, he screeched aloud, withered and passed away, as a thing of naught. The vision closed, and I found myself standing in the street, where I was when it commenced. Jackson County
Ogden Kraut "Visions of the Latter Days" #85-87)


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Change a couple of words in slide # 2 and you have....
"Now please be quiet, PUMA, until 2012..."
Oh the irony!
Oh the audacity!!
Oh the "NO WE Effin WON"T."
H/T to PUMA for Life for the comic strip link.
"Just Tell Them...
I have worked 40 years to make the Women's Suffrage platform broad enough for Atheists and Agnostics to stand upon, and now if need be I will fight the next 40 to keep it Catholic enough to permit the straightest Orthodox religionist to speak or pray and count her beads upon."
Susan B. Anthony
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
PUMA vs. Bobot in "This Modern World?"
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Home-Built Coffee Roasting, Home Roasting,Roasted Coffee, Green beans, Vintage mills .
Saturday, September 25, 2010
DreamRoast, Driving with Bean Temp. RoR
The Dreamroast now has a bean temp. RoR(rate of rise) meter. The datalogger in the back left displays the ET (environmental temp.)in the roasting pot. And the BT (bean temp.). The DMM displays the rate of rise of the bean temp/min. A Homeroaster made the circuit board to connect between the thermocouple and the DMM.
The live numerical RoR works really well with manual control roasting.
***A new control system is arriving soon***
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Books: Scott Rao books on Espresso and Coffee Brewing
Scott Rao has many years of experience in the world of coffee. He has in the recent past written 2 books, the first being "
The Professional Barista's Handbook"
about espresso
and his newest
, "Everything But Espresso"
about brewing techniques.
These books are well written and helpful for professionals as well as anyone who wants to better understand the art, science and best techniques for coffee preparation.
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Prime Minister appointed a new President of Energy Regulatory Office
On 1 June 2011, Prime Minister Donald Tusk appointed Mr Marek Woszczyk as the President of ERO.
Mr Woszczyk's appointment to the position of the President of ERO was preceded by the selection procedure conducted by the Ministry of Economy, concluded on 15 April 2011.
Marek Woszczyk held a position of Vice-President of the ERO from 2007 overseeing the work of the Tariff Department, Department for Promotion of Competition and the Regional Branch Offices of the ERO. On 22 December 2010 Mr Woszczyk became the Acting President of ERO.
Marek Woszczyk has worked for ERO continuously since April 1998. Between 1998 and 2007 he was Deputy Director of the Central Branch in Warsaw as well as the ERO President's plenipotentiary in European Regulators' Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG) and Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA). From 2005 Mr Woszczyk was a member of Licensing Committee and from 2006 a member of ERRA General Assembly. On 18 May 2011 he became a member of the ERRA Presidium. Mr Woszczyk also represents ERO in the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) and since 1 February 2011, as the first representative of the Polish Regulator, he was elected Vice President of the CEER Board of Directors.
The President of ERO is a member of ACER Board of Regulators and takes part in the proceedings of Panel on Polish Nuclear Energy - advisory body to the Prime Minister.
Author of various publications on Energy Law. His work concerning regulation, tariffs and price-making mechanizms can be found in a collection "Prawo energetyczne. Komentarz" edited by M. Swora and Z. Muras (Wolters Kulwer, Warsaw 2010).
Marek Woszczyk was a researcher at a technical university; he graduated from Poland's National School of Public Administration. In 2011 he received a diploma of Executive Master of Business Administration.


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Rides at The H2O
Join us for an all-new park called The H2O
The H2O is super fun for the ENTIRE family. That's right moms, dads and grandparents, get ready to take part in the action or just lounge around and cool off in our new lazy river! Our rides include:
– A lazy river called Whale Watch Canal
_ Tipping buckets aqua area called the Shark Island Reef
– Lilypad pool and walks called the Lighthouse Cove
– 2 slides and a small pool for younger kids called the Little Lad Lagoon
– a private pool reserved exclusively for guests renting a cabana for the day
– 3 very large inflatable thrill slides called the Sky Slide, The Triple Lindy and the Double Tube!
Please note that all guests over 1 year of age must have a paid pass to enter The H2O. Children 13 years of age and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Our pricing for The H2O is as follows:
Daily rate per person:
$25 The H2O**
$15 Senior pass to The H2O (over 65 years)
$20 Toddler The H2O Park pass** (under 38 inches tall)
$40 for a 2 Park combo pass
$50 for a 3 Park combo pass
Season Pass rate:
$50 The H2O**
$130 Combo pass for the 3 parks
$60 Toddler 2 park combo pass (under 38 inches tall)
More photos coming…..