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Cable Thieves Target Wind Farms
Friday, 18 November 2011
Wind farm owners and managers across the country are being urged to be extra vigilant with attempted break-ins on the rise as thieves target copper cabling.
Copper has soared in value over the past year and security specialist Netwatch is warning that wind farm sites could be next on thieves' lists.
Niall Kelly, Founder and Technical Director of Netwatch, said: "The value of copper has risen sharply in the past year, from around £1000 to £9000 a tonne.
"With this rise in value we are now seeing an emerging trend of thieves attempting to remove cables from sites up and down the country.
"Wind farms are particularly vulnerable due to the high volume of valuable materials kept on the site and we are seeing a significant demand from wind farm operators across the country for us to provide 24 hour remote and responsive security at their respective developments."
Netwatch has thwarted a number of would-be-thieves as they attempt to enter sites containing valuable copper cabling.
Intervention specialists within the security provider's remote communications hub detect intruders on the perimeter site security system and issue a personalised audio warning to them, alerting them that the police are on their way.
Cabling thefts are estimated to cost the UK more than £770 million each year.
Mr Kelly added: "Quite often the break-ins are carried out by organised gangs equipped with power tools to remove sections of material. Other premises like telephone exchanges, electricity substations and railway lines are also regularly being disabled by having cabling stripped out.
"Not only is this a very bad thing for the industry, it is also extremely dangerous for those attempting to break in - they are risking life and limb - these sites are not safe for people who are not properly trained or equipped to be there."
Established in the Republic of Ireland in 2003 by David Walsh, Group CEO, and Niall Kelly, Director of Technology, Netwatch currently employs 90 staff. The company's team of leading security experts has developed a bespoke 'next generation' asset protection solution. Netwatch currently monitors security for more than 1,500 blue-chip businesses worldwide as well as a significant proportion of the world's premium residential properties.


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A national survey, conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University, found that an overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources when researching their stories. Among the journalists surveyed, 89% said they turn to blogs for story research, 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% to microblogging services such as Twitter. The survey also found that 61% use Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia…
More Here: Where Do Stories Come From
Well here on the Big Island, I'd say a lot of our newspaper stories are just re-written press releases and AP Generated stuff.
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The current Twitter outage may have started an hour before most reports began, according to stats on the Down Right Now website.
Down Right Now monitors outages of major sites in real time and a graph of the Twitter website's usage stats shows that the problem may have begun an hour before the first widespread reports.
The figures seem to show that an initial plunge in usage is brought back to normal status quite quickly, before the overall usage plummets once more.
The micro-blogging website was unavailable to users in America and Europe.
Twitter's usual front page was replaced with a plain white screen displaying the message: "Twitter is currently down for <%= reason %>. We expect to be back in <%= deadline %>."
A message on the official Twitter status page read: "Users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. Our engineers are currently working to resolve the issue."
Twitter's last major outage was a crash that lasted two hours on 21 June, 2012. That is believed to have been the longest the service has ever been offline and this outage will have been very close to that figure.
Twitter blamed the June 2012 outage on "a cascaded bug in one of our infrastructure components" and had stabilised the service two hours later.
A hacker with the UGNazi group claimed responsibility for a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack on that occasion but a Twitter spokesman denied that the service had been forced offline.
This latest Twitter outage happened on the same day that a problem with Google Talk left users unable to log on to the instant messaging service. Google confirmed that its IM client crashed for "a majority of users" across the globe.


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Thingss Fall Apart is a rubric of a fresh written by the great writer, Libert Chinua Achebe. He was born in November 16th, 1930 in Ogidi, a big small town in Nigeria. He learned English at an early age and raised multiculturaly, graduated from a university college called Ibadan in 1953, studied history and divinity. His involvement concentrated on the autochthonal Nigerian civilizations. Achebe had tonss of parts in literary motion that discussed the Nigerian tradition and civilization of its autochthonal people. " He wrote the Novel, Things Fall Apart as a response to novels, such as Joseph Conrad 's Heart of Darkness, that dainty Africa as backward civilizations in comparing to Europe. Achebe wants to present a good apprehension of the African civilization " ( Sparknotes Editors, 2002 ) . Things Fall Apart is set in the 1890 's and characterizes the clang between Nigeria 's White Colonial authorities and the traditional civilization of the autochthonal Ibo people. Achebe 's instruction in English and exposure to European imposts has allowed him to capture both the European and the African positions on colonial enlargement, faith, race, and civilization. " His determination to compose Things Fall Apart in English is an of import 1. Achebe wanted this novel to react to earlier colonial histories of Africa ; his pick of linguistic communication was therefore political " ( Sparknotes Editors, 2002 ) . Achebe wanted to accomplish cultural revival within and through English. However, he manages to capture the beat of the Ibo linguistic communication and he integrates Ibo vocabulary into the narrative. Achebe has become renowed throughout the universe as a male parent of modern African literature. " He worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company for over a decennary and subsequently became an English professor at the University of Nigeria. He has besides been rather influential in the publication of new Nigerian authors " ( Sparknotes Editors, 2002 ) . And he has been active in Nigerian political relations since the 1960 's and many of his novels address the post-colonial societal and political jobs that Nigeria still faces.
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Furthermore, I would wish to discourse briefly the events and the secret plan sing the novel, Things Fall Apart. The narrative chiefly mentions the Umuofia kin, which is a lower Nigerian folk that is portion of a pool of nine connected small towns and the chief character, Okonkwo the wealthy and respected warrior of the Umuofia kin. His male parent, Unoka died in discredit, go forthing many small town debts unsettled. Okonkwo became a clanswoman, warrior, male parent, and household supplier extraordinaire. Okonkwo has a boy called Nwoye, which he thinks that he will stop up a failure like Unoka. Okonkwo takes charge of Ikemefuna, which Umuofia won in a colony with a neighbouring folk.
During the hebdomad of peace, Okonkwo breaks the regulations and accuses his youngest married woman Ojiugo because of her carelessness that she went out of her hut without stating Okonkwo that she would make so. He beats her up, and tried to unclutter his error to demo his penitence, but everyone started speaking about the accident between Okonkwo and his married woman because it is a shame amongst the community to interrupt the peace of the sacred hebdomad. One twenty-four hours, the locusts came to Umuofia and destroyed the Fieldss of yams, but the small town excitedly collects them because they are considered as nutrient.
Subsequently, Ogbuefi Ezuedu who is to them a well-thought-of small town senior, tells Okonkwo that the Oracle has said that Ikemefuna must be killed. Okonkwo told Ikemefuna that they must return him to his place small town, but it was a prevarication because he can non state the truth. While Ikemefuna walks with the work forces of Umuofia, he thought that he is traveling to see his female parent, but after a long walk the work forces attacked Ikemefuna and killed him, but after this event Okonkwo sinks into a depression and he neither able to kip nor eat. He visited his friend Obeirika and felt much better than earlier. Afterward, his girl Enzima falls ailment, nevertheless, Okonkwo collected some medical specialty for her and she recovered. The decease of Ogbuefi Ezeudu was announced by musical instruments. Oknowko feels guilty because the last clip Ezeudu visited him was to warn him against taking portion in Ikemefuna 's decease. At Ogbuefi Ezuedu 's big funeral, guns are fired and membranophones are beaten. A calamity merely happened that when Okonkwo 's gun explodes and putting to deaths Ogbuefi Ezeudu 's sixteen-year-old boy. Okonkwo decides to take his household into expatriate for seven old ages in order to expiate because killing a clanswoman is a offense against the Earth goddess. He moved to his female parent 's natal small town, Mbanta. Oknokwo 's kinsmen receive him wamly and helped him construct a new topographic point to populate in and lent him yam seeds to get down a farm. During the 2nd twelvemonth of Okonkwo 's expatriate, Obeirika brings several bags of cowries that he has made by selling Okonkwo 's yams and programs to go on to make so until Oknokwo returns to the small town. Besides, brings bad intelligence Abame, which is another small town that has been destroyed by the White work forces. Subsequently, six missionaries travel to Mbanta through the counsel called Mr. Kiaga. The missionaries ' leader called Mr. Brown spoke to the villagers and told them that they should merely idolize one God and non many. His purpose is to distribute Christianity, but the villagers do non understand him really good. Mr. Brown falls badly but Mr. John Smith takes his topographic point who insists to change over every bit many as he could to Christianity. Enoch 's daring to uncloak an egwugwu during the one-year ceremonial to honour the Earth divinity, which is an act equivalent to killing hereditary spirit ; the egwugwu burn Enoch 's compound and Reverend Smith 's Church to the land as a response to. The District Commissioner is upset by the combustion of the church and petitions that the leaders of Umuofia meet with him. And one time they gathered, nevertheless, the leaders are handcuffed and thrown in gaol, where they suffer abuses and physical maltreatment. Okonkwo kills the caput courier with his matchet. When the crowd allows the other couriers to get away, Okonkwo realizes that his kin is non willing to travel to war when the District Commissioner arrives at Okonkwo 's compound ; he finds that Okonkwo has hanged himself. The Commissioner, who is composing a book about Africa, believes that the narrative of Okonkwo 's rebellion and decease will do for an interesting paragraph or two. He has already chosen The Book 's rubric: " The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger " ( pg. 85 )
The old paragraphs briefly demonstrate the facts of the novel. Consequently, I would wish to show the major characters of the fresh get downing with the chief character, Okonkwo, who is the boy of Unoka who has been a failure and ne'er succeeded, lazy, borrowed many debts and paid back a small or sometimes ne'er. As a consequence, he was idle, hapless, cowardly, soft, and interested in music and conversation. Okonkwo chiefly got positive features, he is productive, affluent, thrifty, weather, violent, and adamantly opposed to music and anything else that he perceives to be " soft " , such as conversation and emotion. He achieves great societal and fiscal success, marries three adult females and adopts several kids. He is so valuable to the community around him. He is an influential kin leader in Umuofia. As the narrative semen to stop, Okonkwo behaves headlong, conveying a great trade of problem and grieve upon himself and his household. The 2nd character I would wish to depict is Nwoye. He is Okonkwo 's oldest boy. His involvements resembles his gramps, Unoka. When Okonkwo sponsored Ikemefuna he becomes like an older brother to Nwoye and teaches him a soft signifier of successful maleness. After the slaying of Ikemefuna, Nwoye finds himself changed because he was used to Ikemefuna and all of a sudden that character has disappeared from Nwoye 's life. Nwoye joins the missionaries and converts into Christianity. Okonkwo criticizes him as " effeminate " and believes that Nwoye is afflicted with the same weaknesses as Unoka.
Harmonizing to the assorted subjects in the novel, Things Fall Apart we may happen a battle between alteration and tradition. For case, the Ibo are making their best to protect and maintain regard to their cultural values and they refuse any other cultural intervention. For illustration, the commissionaires tried to change over many of the Nigerian folk to Christianity, but the Ibo community has rejected this type of alteration to their tradition and fought in order to demo rejection of the thought to alter. Although, those that converted to Christianity bask a more elevated position. Many villagers are excited about the new chances and techniques that the missionaries bring. The Ibo civilization is threatened by the European influence particularly in traditional methods of agriculture, harvest home, edifice, and cookery. However, these new techniques have an consequence on the Ibo civilization and linguistic communication.
In add-on, changing readings of maleness is another subject I would wish to show in my research. Okonkwo appears to be violent and ambitious, which is the opposite personality which his male parent Unoka used to keep. He associates maleness with aggression and feels anger the lone emotion that he should expose. For this ground, he often beats his married womans even endangering to kill them from clip to clip. Obierika unlike Okonkwo " was a adult male who thought about things " . Whereas, Obierika refuses to attach to the work forces in the trip to kill Ikemefuna, Oknonkwo non merely voluntaries to fall in the party that will put to death his alternate boy, but besides violently stabs him with his matchet merely because he is afraid of looking weak.
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Furthermore, linguistic communication is an of import subject in Things Fall Apart on several degrees. Achebe shows that the Ibo linguistic communication is excessively complex for direct interlingual rendition into English. Similarly, Ibo civilization can non be understood within the model of European colonialist values. Achebe besides points out that Africa has many different linguistic communications. His end was to review and emend the portrayal of Africa that was painted by so many authors of the colonial period. Achebe managed to capture and convey the beat, constructions, meters, and beauty of the Ibo linguistic communication.
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In add-on, the Novel, Things Fall Apart describes the household life and populating agreements in Oknokwo 's place. For illustration, most households are composed of parents and their kids. Normally, the parents raise their kids and are in charge in taking attention of them. In peculiar, Okonkwo and his married womans co-operate and resemble a good integrity of a household, although everyone in the household is expected to make an sum of work. Harmonizing to chapter two:
" Okonkwo ruled his family with a heavy manus, his married womans particularly the youngest lived in ageless fright of his fiery pique and so did his small kids. Possibly down in his bosom Okonkwo was non a cruel adult male, but his whole life was dominated by fright of failure and of failing. Besides, Okonkwo had his ain topographic point to remain called 'obi ' . His married womans each of one them has her ain hut and their kids stayed with them " ( pg. 7 )
Okonkwo 's married womans are: Ekwefi, Ogijdu and Nowye 's female parent. Okonkwo owns a farm, works difficult to guarantee populating for his household and that is what he believes is a adult male occupation. His married womans and kids are non every bit strong as him. His oldest boy called Nwoye who is twelve-year-old, but was already doing his male parent anxiousness because of his indolence. At any rate, that was how it looked to his male parent. He sought to rectify him by changeless nagging and whipping and so Nwoye was developing into a sad-faced young person.
Harmonizing to Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo had a big compound enclosed by thick walls of ruddy Earth. The barn was built against one terminal of the ruddy walls, and long tonss of yam stood out prosperously in it. At the opposite terminal of the compound was a shad for the caprine animals, and each married woman built a little fond regard to her hut for the biddies. Near the medical specialty house of shrine where Okonkwo kept the wooden symbols of his personal God and of his hereditary liquors, Okonkwo normally treats his married womans with choler because he believes that a true adult male should hold a tough control on his adult females and his words should overturn anybody else 's words. Achebe shows in chapter three that:
" Okonkwo did non hold the start in his life which many immature work forces normally had. He did non inherit a barn from his male parent. There was no barn to inherit. Nwakibie helps Okonkwo construct up the beginnings of his personal wealth, position, and independency. Okonkwo relies on seting and reaping yams which are a beginning of nutrient and life, He treated Ikemefuna as he treated everybody else with a heavy manus " ( pg.8 )
Besides, Okonkwo had a great choler on his 2nd youngest married woman, Ojiugo because she went to braid her hair at her friend 's house and did non return early plenty to cook the afternoon repast, but he beats her truly difficult when she came back. And he had forgotten it was the Week of Peace.
After the Week of Peace, Okonkwo prepared his seed yams with aid from his eldest boy, Nwoye and Ikemefuna by bringing the yams in long baskets from the barn, but Okonkwo ever found mistake with their attempt. As Okonkwo thought that " yam stood for manfulness and wanted his boy to be a great husbandman as him, and he ne'er liked indolence for work forces " ( pg. 15 ) As indicated in chapter four, Okonkwo and his household work together to works yams. Ikemefuna feels as being a member of the household. Okonkwo 's married womans take an of import function in populating agreements. For illustration, chapter five discusses how his married womans contributed in fixing for festival by cleaning the huts and giving it a good expression, had nice drawings and forms. At the same twenty-four hours, Okonkwo got angry when he knew that person killed the banana tree. His 2nd married woman " had simply cut a few leaves off it to wrap some nutrient. " ( pg.17 ) As he was fixing to his gun to travel out for runing he heard his married woman murmur " something about guns that ne'er shot. " So he pointed the gun on her and hit a slug, but fortuitously it did non hit Ekewfi which was near to be killed. Okonkwo did non make it on intent. Enzima has a good relationship with her ma, Ekwefi, they tell each other narratives and assist each other in cooking. Enzima was a good girl, loves to function and assist others particularly when she helped Nwoye 's female parent to illume the fire.
Furthermore, Enzima normally takes attention of her male parent, Okonkwo, brings him nutrient and obeys his orders. Therefore, Okonkwo wished that Enzima was a male child because she had the right spirit. Besides, " Okonkwo was really lucky in his girls. He ne'er stopped repenting that Enzima was a miss. Of all his kids she entirely understood his every temper. A bond of understanding had grown between them as the old ages had passed. " ( pg. 71 )
Taping plam trees was one of the occupations in Okonkwo 's household in order to absorb palm-wine. Okonkwo ever used to state narratives about tribal wars or violent folks to his boies Nwoye and Ikemefuna. Nwoye " knew that it was right to be masculine, but someway, " he still preferred the narratives that his female parent used to state " ( pg. 23 ) . After the violent death of Ikemefuna, Okonkwo got sad and depressed ; he drank palm-wine all dark. This shows that Okonkwo has two characters: one, maleness ; two, emotional. Enzima brought nutrient to. He did non accept the status he is being through and inquire himself: " when did you go a shaky old adult female? " ( pg. 28 )
To clear up, when Enzima got ill, Ekwefi informed Okonkwo about it and he went in a haste to roll up foliages, grasses, and barks of trees that went into doing the medical specialty for iba. As pointed about in the novel, sing Okonkwo 's felicity one time Ekwefi borne Enzima that he had slaughtered a caprine animal for her, as was the usage excessively.
Furthermore, the last chapters of the novel discuse the relationship between Nwoye and his male parent Okonkwo becomes weak particularly when the missionaries came in the Umuofia. For illustration, as Achebe wrote that:
" Nwoye resembled his gramps, Unoka aa'¬A¦ He Okonkwo, was called a fire fire. How could he hold begotten a adult female for a boy? At Nwoye 's age Okonkwo had already become celebrated throughout Umuofia for his wrestle and his bravery. " ( pg. 65 )
This shows that Okonkwo is shocked that his boy Nwoye is wholly different than his male parent and says that he is debauched and effeminate.
Harmonizing to Things Fall Apart, the Ibo society demonstrates different functions and maps amongst work forces and adult females. For case, the Ibo civilization which consists of nine small towns, each small town has its ain leader and kin, believes, traditions, and functions. The functions of work forces in the Ibo society: they works and reap their farms which rely on yams. Men reassign intelligence to each other and even to different parts in small towns ; they contribute in wars if any and unite to protect their small towns. After all, the Ibo society gives no regard and self-respect to their adult females and believes that adult females should make what they are ordered to make. Therefore, adult females are chiefly responsible to take attention and function nutrient to their kids.
To sum up, Okonkwo is a successful adult male ; he grew strong and able to make a difficult work such as planting and contending in wars. He is a true adult male and ever respected amongst the kins. He has a good control sing his household. For illustration, he handles his married womans and kids in a tough manner which he believes what makes him a true adult male. Though, he does non demo emotions, but got depressed for the decease of Ikemefuna. He treated his married womans in an anger attitude, which was non accepted by his married womans. He was happy one time Ekwefi gave birth to Enzima and he slaughtered a caprine animal for her. Okonkwo has a good relationship with his girl Enzima and he ever wished that she were a male child because she has the right spirit. When she got sick, he went to roll up foliages and certain points as medical specialty in order to retrieve her unwellness. On the manus, Okonkwo ever upraise Nwoye 's behaviours as a consequence of his indolence and he ever felt that he is emasculate particularly when the missionaries came to distribute out Christianity. Nwoye has converted to Christianity and ne'er called Okonkwo as his male parent. Okonkwo was rather aghast sing to who is being go oning and refused to see his boy Nwoye any longer.
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In decision, the novel, Things Fall Apart written by the writer Chinua Achebe demonstrates several points sing the Ibo society which sets in Nigeria and which the writer wanted to give a positive attitude about the Ibo society and civilization. Therefore he presented household life and life agreements, which show that work forces have different functions and maps that adult females, every bit good as the kids. A good illustration about the household life in the Ibo society is Okonkwo 's household who grew as a great and brave adult male better than his male parent Unoka. Okonkwo was good known amongst the Ibo society. He has three married womans, each one stayed in her ain hut, he has a farm which was planted with yams. The author 's concern in this novel is to show the traditions, civilization, linguistic communication, and the history of the Ibo society, in peculiar, the White work forces who brought missionaries and settled in Nigeria in order to distribute Christianity amongst the society. Finally, the fresh discuses many facts about the Ibo society which readers might hold non known from the yesteryear to the present, but served as a good background of cognition.


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Reviews of Lake Manze Adventure Camp
They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
Warm welcome and expert guides at Lake Manze
I have to say that both the guide and the driver were superb and had excellent knowledge. They were dedicated to searching for different game, and could pretty much deliver on request which was amazing! They asked what we wanted to see and clearly used their 'insider knowledge' to find the animal.
All the staff at the camp base were exceptional and extremely gratious. I was stunned at the variety and high quality of food on offer - we certainly didn't go hungry and the cook came up with something new and exciting very day. Very impressive, especially given the lack of access to regular fresh produce.
Richard was facinating and was clearly very passionate about his surroundings. He was happy to provide, at any point, additional information on the wildlife and the park which truely added to the overall experience. He was terribly organised in arranging our daily activities and clearly had the place running very smoothly.
Tents were exceptional, very comfy and I was stunned to find out we all had our own bathrooms - great. The birds and wildlife ingeneral made such a fantistic racket at night which we loved! You could only be in Africa.
Particularly good location for the boat trips - hippo, elephant, buffalo. As always in Eastern Africa, amazing dunsets.
An edgy, exciting camp
Having stayed at both Kampala [Ed: I think this traveller means 'Impala' Camp] and Lake Manze, the latter is more rustic and therefore more edgy. In some ways this was a good thing as we felt closer to the animals and we all found it (especially the 3 children) more exciting. The guides were great, very thoughtful about the children's safety and Nahumu, one of the guides was brilliant with them - maintaining their interest when there was nothing to see or it was 'just another giraffe'.
Richard was informative and interesting to talk to.The Masai were incredible, pointing out animals in the dark that we would never have seen..and making us feel totally comfortable that we and the children would be safe with only canvas between us and the wildlife! The river safari was tremendous and the team were flexible around our needs.
Still a few rough things to iron out, not sure the management team had fully jelled and the food was poor. The playing cards had lost their spots..so we decided to try Monopoly ..only for our daughter to reel back when opening the box, releasing an ants nest inside!
Lake Manze tented Camp Review
This was a great place to start our Tanzanian safari.
Paulo and Daja were great hosts and we loved the way the elephants wondered through the camp and began eating their way around our tent. For us the water safaris were the highlight ( as they were at Impala) with the birdlife, the hippos and the crocodiles together providing non-stop entertainment.
The tents were a little hot at night ( it was apparently unusually hot even for Tanzania and the Selous) and a fan - perhaps driven by solar panels - might have made things a little more comfortable.
Lake Manze Tented Camp review
Very friendly and well run camp. The communal dining was very well planned to mix people but also to ensure that there was plenty of good conversation.
The area around the camp had relatively few tourists and a great mix of wildlife and the guides and drivers were superb at getting us really close to this wildlife. Talking later to tourists from other camps it was obvious that we had picked a winner and we would be happy to recommend Lake Manze to anyone.
Fantastic safari at Lake Manze Tented Camp
Staying at Lake Manze Tented Camp was a wonderful experience. We felt truly in the wild as there are no barriers around the camp at all. You are however protected by Masai warriors who shadow you wherever you go to make sure you are safe.
We felt the facilities were very good. Our tent was relatively spacious consisting of two separate areas. The area at the back was the bathroom area with a washing area, a toilet and a shower- Taking a shower in the open air especially at night was a great experience. The front of the tent was the sleeping area which contained two single beds. There were some nice touches e.g a torch and candles were provided as it is pitch black at night and a jug of water was provided every day. The tents were cleaned every day and fresh towels left when necessary. We also found the laundry service was very good.
There is a main restaurant/bar area where breakfast/lunch and dinner are taken. The camp is run by an italian couple so there is a definite italian slant to the food. We found the food to be excellent and really tasty. Breakfast consisted of fresh fruit and eggs/bacon/sausage. Lunch was usually pasta/pizza/lasagane with salad and dinner was always a 3 course meal. The food is plentiful but sometimes we found we needed the odd snack to keep us going as the days are long and dinner isn't until approx 8pm in the evening. I would suggest that a covered bowl of fruit or snacks could be left out for guests during the day that they could help themselves to as and when needed.
The choice of activities was also very good. You could go on game drives, bush walks and river trips every day and it was very rare that you couldn't do what you wanted to do. One of the best experiences not to be missed was to get up and go on a drive very early in the morning i.e 6.30am. On these occasions the guides took breakfast with them and you could eat your breakfast out in the bush.
We found the staff especially the guides, were excellent. They were always friendly and made a great effort on the various game drives to try and make sure we saw all the Big 5. This was our first safari so didn't know what to expect but we thought the guides were very informative. They are also learning so some guides are more experienced and confident than others. However for us this wasn't a problem. After all they not only have to have a detailed knowledge of the wildlife and birds in the area, they also have to learn to say it in english!
The staff who run the camp were also very good. The camp is run by two italians, Paolo and his partner and also a british guy called Richard. Between them they strike a nice balance in the camp between the italian guests and the other nationalities. Whilst it is clear that this is a popular camp for italians we found there were a good mix of nationalities when we were there.
The main disadvantage of the camp was the lack of any electric fans or air conditioning in the tents. We found that the tents were unbearably hot throughout the day and most of the night which meant that it was difficult to get any respite from the heat. We tended to take lots of showers to cool off. Consequently whilst we had a fantastic time we were very very tired by the end of the four days and looking forward to our beach break.
In saying that I would say the main advantage of the camp was the fact it offered a genuine safari experience in the wild. The local elephant, Rafiki visited us twice during the night on separate occasions and proceed to eat around the tent we were in. We were literally 2 metres away with only the tent between us and them. It was truly a magical moment. Talking to other guests who had been on other safaris, I got the impression this type of experience would not occur at other more luxurious camps as they are usually fenced in. So what you sacrifice in luxury you gain in the experience.
Overall I think this is a fantastically priced camp for the experience you receive in return.
Lake Manze Tented Camp review
Staff all very helpful and provided a lot of information on the animals, surroundings etc.
The bird life is especially lovely by the lake and our guide was excellent. We were lucky to see the wild dogs, a large pack with puppies which was great and as we hadnt seen lions our guide went out of his way to ensure we saw a pride!
The choice of activities was excellent and the staff couldnt be more accommodating in ensuring we were able to do what we wanted.
We enjoyed the trip to the hot springs and it was refreshing having a swim in the pool.
Lake Manze Tented Camp review
Arrival and welcome
The pick-up from the air strip included a short game drive on return to the camp. This was great for me as it immediately allowed me to relax, feel the stress of work fall away and to get back into bush mode. At camp, I was greeted with a fruit juice and was given essential information about camp life and activities.
The tented accommodation was comfortable and spacious. The bed was comfortable and the shower effective. As advertised, there is no electricity in the tents, which makes it very dark when getting ready for dinner. Either a couple more candles or another storm lantern would be good. Also, the lack of electricity meant that there could be no fan which meant that it was extremely hot, which made sleeping difficult at night. The shaded platform outside the tent is very pleasant for sitting outside in the heat of the day.
The camp
The bar and restaurant area was very attractive with comfortable seating. I very much enjoyed the fact that we ate communally, giving the chance to chat over our daily activities; this was particularly important to me as a single traveller. It was also lovely that Paulo, Diana and Richard ate with us each meal. It was really great to be able to eat outside, in front of the bar area, at night under the stars. The food was excellent, hearty and plentiful.
The camp is certainly in the bush. The camp is frequently visited by a young elephant, Rafiki, who looks as if he wants to join everybody in the bar. Also, I was woken on a number of occasions by elephants eating foliage directly outside my tent, and seeing impala stroll past during the day. You don't get much closer to nature than this.
The organisation of activities was really great, with the choice of a game drive, walk or boat trip morning and afternoon. I also did a full day drive with lunch set out by a lake and a trip to the hot springs for a swim. This was a long day but really worthwhile as it gave the opportunity to go farther from the camp and thus see more wildlife. The walk was also worthwhile, to learn about animal spoor and the flora and fauna of the bush. I would recommend an early game drive with breakfast in the bush. I was particularly impressed by the fact that, as a single traveller, I did not have to fit in with anybody else but was free to choose exactly what activities I wanted to do.
Most of the guides were excellent with a very good knowledge. I would particularly like to single out for praise Samuel and Emmanuel, who were both knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The only difference between the guides here and previous safaris was that I felt that the information given was very book learnt rather than learnt from experience and was, therefore, somewhat lacking in anecdote. I am sure this is simply that the guides are young and many are new to the job and that this will develop with time. The only poor guiding experience I had was on my first boat trip when the guide (I don't remember his name) was both lacked confidence and has a very strong accent, making it difficult to understand him. Carlson, my guide on the second boat trip, was also excellent, very chatty and full of information.
High Point
The high point of the trip was most definitely my experience with the hunting dogs. I had been really keen to see them when I planned the trip but was aware how elusive they can be. I first saw a pack of about 20 dogs, including 8 pups, on my full day drive, which was great, although they were hidden away in long grass and a bit difficult to see. We saw them again fairly near camp at the end of a morning drive. I was lucky enough to be the only person on the afternoon drive and so we went straight out to where they had been in the morning.
We watched them sleeping and moving around in the shade. They then woke up, started barking and making a commotion apparently for no reason. We finally saw a hyena walk past in the distance. They settled down again but gradually started to wake up and the pups started to play. They then moved out of their shady spot and started to line out to prepare to hunt. Eventually we watched them chase an impala. We missed the kill, but not the approach of three male lions who chased them off. The pups got away with some food but the dogs stood back barking at the lions but powerless to do anything about it, as their meal was stolen. Game viewing does not get much better than this and I feel extremely lucky and privileged to have had this experience.
Overall the camp was a true bush experience, the atmosphere was friendly and relaxed, the activities well organised and executed. I would highly recommend it.
Lake Manze Tented Camp review
Richard and the staff created a good atmosphere among the guests and my wishes were fully met by Richard.
The quality of the roads around Lake Manze could be better as fx. the roads around Impala Camp, but the camp is not to blame for that.
Lake Manze Tented Camp review
As first timers we may have been spoilt! We found out later a sighting of 4 wild dogs on our journey from the airstrip to the camp is not a normal occurance - in our innocence we didn't realise how privilaged we were. And on the retrn trip the airstrip some days later we wintnessed a large pack of these dogs feeding on thier prey - the guide was so infomative on thier habits as we watched the young ones being led to thier dinner!
Food and accomodation couldn't be faulted. I t was such a friendly place when I decieded against a full day game drive, it was no problem when Jmy partner did want to go off on it - I was quite comfortable to stay behind and join in the walking safair - and then read my book for the afternoon. Richard was concerned when I expressed my feeling of claustrophobia about not being able to wander down to the lake - he even offered to send a Maisi down to accompany me if I wanted to put a chair there to read my book! personal service eh? nothing was too much trouble.
Lake Manze Tented Camp review
Located in a large patch of doum palms the tents are large, very well spaced and nicely appointed. The management make an effort to seat compatible groups together and there was a nice communal atmosphere. Lake Manze itself is not spectacular but its a nice place to be.
The camp has a couple of resident male elephants which makes for excellent entertainment and adds a frison to the longish walks to the tents. The masai do an excellent escort job.
Again the manager makes a big effort to get the right trips sorted out & they are very flexible on timeing. Very good walks. Boat trips not as good as Rufigi but more game close to the camp. We caught the start of the short rains and the lads did well to get us back. Friendly green snake in the bar.


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Social Studies
When we learn about the past, we gather strength for the future.
-Hank Smith
-Hank Smith
Social Studies provides students an opportunity to learn about themselves, their community and the world. As students engage in social studies, they learn about civic competence in addition to various cultures, history, geography, and economics. Fifth grade students will:


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Extreme Programming & Outsourcing
February 26, 2004
Who would have thought that they would see the word 'extreme programming' in an article in Business Week? I know I didn't, but it appears in a great commentary entitled 'Now More Than Ever, Innovation Is The Answer'. The commentary is about how innovation is taking away technology jobs in the US and how jobs will arise from the creation of new products, processes, and markets.
I know I will always think of Dilbert when I think of Extreme Programming.
dilbert, XP, Extreme+Programming, pair+programming
Extreme Programming & Outsourcing
February 26, 2004
Who would have thought that they would see the word 'extreme programming' in an article in Business Week? I know I didn't, but it appears in a great commentary entitled 'Now More Than Ever, Innovation Is The Answer'. The commentary is about how innovation is taking away technology jobs in the US and how jobs will arise from the creation of new products, processes, and markets.
I know I will always think of Dilbert when I think of Extreme Programming.
dilbert, XP, Extreme+Programming, pair+programming
Valentine's Day present from IntelliJ
February 14, 2004
The fine folks at IntelliJ has finally released the latest and much anticipated version of the IDEA IDE � v4.0. Just download the latest version and am playing with it to figure out what�s new, what's cool and what's different.
J2EE Web Services
February 12, 2004
J2EE Web Services by Richard Monson-Haefel is the current de-facto standard bible for Web Services development on Java. I had pre-ordered this book on Amazon and have read through this book several times in the last few months and I absolutely love this book. Richard has created a great resource for the J2EE developer that's looking to build interoperable Web Services.
J2EE Web Services
by Richard Monson-Haefel
Paperback: 960 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (October 17, 2003)
Most EJB developers are already familiar with Richard Monson-Haefel's work in his OReilly EJB's book. He brings that expertise into the realm of J2EE and Web Services. In fact, this is the first book to talk about Web Services Interoperability Organization's (WS-I) Basic Profile 1.0.
WS-I is an open, industry organization chartered to promote Web services interoperability across platforms, operating systems, and programming languages. WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 is set of recommendations on how to use web services specifications to maximize interoperability. This book delves into the details of J2EE 1.4 and how we as Java developer can build and consume Web Services in a standard way.
The book starts off with an introduction to XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI before jumping into the meat, Java API for XML-Based RPC (JAX-RPC). If you don't have any experience with those technologies, the book offers a great tutorial on those items. I was particularly impressed with the treatment on XML Schemas in the 3rd chapter.
Once the basic groundwork is laid with a solid introduction to XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI, the book jumps right in the JAX-RPC platform. In fact, the middle half of the book is dedicated to JAX-RPC. JAX-RPC is a specification for making remote procedure calls via XML and SOAP over HTTP. JAX-RPC provides an easy to develop programming model for development of SOAP based Web services. You can use the RPC programming model to develop Web service clients and endpoints (server).
Once you get an overview of JAX-RPC, you jump right into building Web Services. The section on JAX-RPC is really detailed and offers a very in-depth tutorial on building Web Services. From JAX-RPC, you jump into Java API for XML Registries or JAXR. The Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) provides a uniform and standard Java API for accessing different kinds of XML Registries. An XML registry is an enabling infrastructure for building, deploying, and discovering Web services. I read through most of this section but I didn't really spend as much time on it as I should have.
The final section of the book deals with deployment. J2EE deployment is a total pain in the ass and anyone that's spent hours fighting classpath issues in ear files will agree with me. The section on deployment is very detailed and very well written. I found it extremely helpful in setting up JAX-RPC mapping files along with other deployment descriptor. I have to agree with Richard's comment at the end of Chapter 24 – Deployment descriptors sucks and have gotten overly complicated. Items like Cedric's ejbc and XDoclet have done a great job in simplified the creation of ejb and web deployment descriptors and J2EE 1.5 should really address this issue.
My only complaint about this book is the lack of downloadable source code. I did email Richard and he very graciously replied saying the book is really more of a reference than a tutorial. Hopefully he'll change his mind and put together a source code distribution for this book.
If you are going to be building Web Services in Java, want to learn more about the alphabet soup of Web Services or just want to learn more about WS-I and BP1 and how to build interoperable Web Services, this is the book for you. I found this book to be very helpful and plan to use it for my Web Services class. This book is a must for any J2EE Web Services developer.
"No Fluff, Just Stuff" Java Symposium is back
February 10, 2004
The "No Fluff, Just Stuff" Java Symposium is back in Milwaukee on April 16-18th at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel (can you say free Wi-Fi). I attended the symposium last year and had a blast – I had several friends at JavaOne and I think I got more out of the 3-day session than they did at JavaOne.
If you've never heard about "No Fluff, Just Stuff" Java Symposium, this is a must-attend event. The symposium is very technically focused, without any marketing fluff and the attendance is capped at 200. You get the meet some of the thought leaders and book authors in the Java/J2EE/development space and really engage in meaningful conversation. At last year's event, I had the pleasure of meeting people like Dave Thomas, Robert Martin, Stuart Halloway, Mike Clark, Ted Neward, Jason Hunter, James Duncan Davidson, Glenn Vanderburg and many others. The sessions typically start on Friday and go through Sunday and so you are not really missing much work. This is really smart as companies can send their entire development team down for the symposium. In fact, I met tons of people at the symposium last year that were there with their whole development team.
The sessions are very technical and interactive and I really got a lot out of the sessions. I would recommend this symposium to anyone and I plan on attending this year's sessions as well. In addition to the other speakers, you can also check out local Java geeks like Cobbie Behrend who is presenting on Struts. Sign up if the "No Fluff, Just Stuff" Java Symposium comes to your town. Jay Zimmerman and crew did a great job organizing the event and I'm sure this year will be better than the last.
My Dream application finally arrives
February 6, 2004
It will be here soon and I can't wait. For the longest time, I've looked for this one killer application that did the 3 simple things I wanted it to do – email, news (usenet) and RSS aggregation. I use MS Outlook and Mailblocks.com for email, Mozilla for reading UseNet news and FeedDemon for my RSS feeds. I also have a Wiki that I run locally to store all of the tutorials, documents, articles, tips & tricks, snippets of code, etc that I have collected over the years.
And now the fine folks at IntelliJ are working on an application called OmniaMea that is supposed to do all of that and more, in one standalone application. Well, life can't get any better than that. Maybe I can run IDEA from inside OmniaMea and I would be in heaven. I know IntelliJ was working on something like this as I've followed the development of Eugene Belyaev's Beggregator. In October, Eugene alluded to the fact that they were working on a PIM type application.
I've been reading Dmitry's blog and I really like what I see so far. It's interesting to note that they decided to use C# instead of Java for this application. Dmitry is the project lead for OmniaMea. I can't wait for the beta period to start. I know CleverCactus is another similar product that's been in development for a while. I've tried out the early betas and things look promising there as well and the advantage of CleverCactus is that is runs on OS X and Linux along with Windows as it is written in Java.
The new and improved MS-Frontpage :)
February 6, 2004
A friend just passed this along and I had to chuckle. MS FrontPage, the HTML editor from Microsoft had been notorious about mucking up content and coming up with non-standard HTML. Well, they have a new ad saying they've improved things, but apparently they haven't really fixed all their bugs.
Check out the ad and see if you can spot the extra </p> in the wrong place
New Java books from O'Reilly
February 5, 2004
My Amazon habit strikes again. My wife thinks I'm addicted to amazon.com as we usually get 2-3 packages delivered from Amazon every week. Usually, I don't even know what's shipping as I preorder books, music and DVD's. This week, my UPS guy will be bringing me new books from O'Reilly.
Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
by David Flanagan
Paperback: 720 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates; 3rd edition (January 1, 2004)
In this new edition, author David Flanagan has updated the book with coverage of Java 1.4. New items covered in this book include assertions, logging, preferences, SSL, regular expressions and extensive coverage of the new Java GUI features.
The third edition contains 193 complete, practical examples–more than 21,900 lines of Java code covering 20 distinct client-side and server-side APIs. It includes all-new coverage of the New I/O and Java Sound APIs and completely rewritten chapters on XML and servlets to incorporate the latest versions of the specifications and to demonstrate best practices for Java 1.4.
New and updated working examples with succinct and accessible explanations covering Core APIs, including I/O, New I/O, threads, networking, security, serialization, and reflection -Desktop APIs, highlighting Swing GUIs, Java 2D graphics, preferences, printing, drag-and-drop, JavaBeans, applets, and sound -Enterprise APIs, including JDBC, JAXP (XML parsing and transformation), Servlets 2.4, JSP 2.0, and RMI.
Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook
by Bruce W. Perry
Paperback: 704 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates; 1st Edition edition (December 1, 2003)
The Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook is a new book from O'Reilly that provides practical solutions to real-world problems faced by web developers. The initial recipes are basic and will instruct new Java web developers in the mechanics of servlets and JSPs including packaging servlets and JSPs, writing the deployment descriptor, deploying servlets and JSPs, using Apache Ant, and precompiling JSPs. The book includes coverage for Tomcat and WebLogic and solutions for working with sessions, filters, custom tags, the JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL), authentication, database, cookies, file upload and many other items.
Exploiting Software: How to Break Code
February 4, 2004
Addison-Wesley has just released a new book entitled 'Exploiting Software: How to Break Code'. This book is going to be released on Feb 20th and looks like a really very interesting book. Here's more info on the book from the Addison-Wesley release I got.
Exploiting Software: How to Break Code
Greg Hoglund, Gary McGraw
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Pearson Higher Education; (February 20, 2004)
How does software break? How do attackers make software break on purpose? Why are firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and antivirus software not keeping out the bad guys? What tools can be used to break software? This book provides the answers.
Programs have a preponderance of guts, where the real fun happens. These guts can be very complex. Exploiting software usually requires some level of understanding of software guts. DOWNLOAD a PDF of chapter 3, "Reverse Engineering and Program Understanding", to find out about the tools, concepts and assumptions behind reverse engineering, including how to write your own cracking tools.
This must-have book may shock you–and it will certainly educate you.Getting beyond the script kiddie treatment found in many hacking books, you will learn about
- Why software exploit will continue to be a serious problem
- When network security mechanisms do not work
- Attack patterns
- Reverse engineering
- Classic attacks against server software
- Surprising attacks against client software
- Techniques for crafting malicious input
- The technical details of buffer overflows
- Rootkits
Check out the Book page for sample chapter at Addison-Wesley
dev2dev gets a new look
February 2, 2004
BEA's Developer Portal dev2dev just got a new look. I'm sure this is part of the move to the 8.1 platform for dev2dev, but I haven't seen any release about it. Looks like http://edocs.bea.com is also sporting the new look. Very slick new look.
IDEA 4.0 and WebLogic
February 1, 2004
I'm one of the many people downloading every EAP release of IDEA 4.0 to check out what new features, refactorings, etc. they put in the upcoming release. One of the ones that I've been playing with a lot is the new WebLogic integration. IDEA 4.0, when it ships will support complete integration with WebLogic.
Some of the features of the WebLogic integration include support for creation and management of Weblogic specific deployment descriptors, connect to running WebLogic server instances, start/stop the server and deploy war, ejbs and ear files directly from IDEA. Neat features, but I've been doing that with WebLogic and IDEA for years — Not sure what's really new here. Yeah, the deployment descriptor editor is nice and the built-in support for start/stopping server is nice but I am still trying to figure out why someone should upgrade if this is the only new thing they want to try out. Don't get me wrong – I am a total IDEA bigot and will continue to pay my maintanance fee to get the 4.0 upgrade. I guess I need to continue playing with the latest EAP builds to discover and document new features that make the upgrade worth the cost and hassle.
Before JPDA (Java Platform Debugger Architecture), I had a simple Java class that would load WebLogic from inside the IDE. It's not really rocket science – Here's the simple class:
public class WebLogicDebugger {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.getProperties().put("bea.home", "c:/bea");
System.getProperties().put("weblogic.Domain", "vinny");
System.getProperties().put("weblogic.Name", "myserver");
try {
System.out.println("finished weblogic.Server.main");
} catch (Throwable t) {
System.err.println(new java.util.Date() + "####**** ERROR ***###");
Once WebLogic server is up and running inside IDEA or your IDE of choice, you can use the Ant integration to build and deploy the end result (war, ejb jar or ear) to the deploy directory of the running instance of WebLogic.
The integration offered by IDEA is pretty neat and I must give kudos to the developers. Here's a simple walkthrough of setting up WebLogic Integration inside IDEA. The first setup allows you to start the WebLogic integration configuration:
Once the WebLogic Server Integration option is selected, IDEA will automatically sniff out the version of WebLogic installed and find the bea.home directory. You can then setup one of more WebLogic servers by setting the Admin user/password and the domain path. Any additional program parameters (-D parameters) or VM attributes can be specified here.
Once the server is configured, you provide the location of the web.xml and weblogic.xml files.
Once the web.xml is setup, specify the Web resource directory , which typically holds your jsps, tag libs, etc.
And voila!! You're all set – IDEA is now ready to start WebLogic and you can start deploying applications.
Once the server is up and running, you can deploy/re-deploy applications. I am still having issue with build 1120 and can't seem to get the deployment piece working correctly. I can use my Ant task to deploy, but cannot seem to use the built-in deployer. Need to follow up with the EAP forums.


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Perched 45 feet off the ground for nine days in the wind and rain without food or water, a cat in Fresno, CA was finally rescued by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. linemen.
The black and white cat named Fat Boy probably will need a new name for a while although he looked healthy after his ordeal.
Fourteen-year-old Andrew Perez, the cat's owner, and his family had asked the fire department and other agencies and tree services for help, but no one came.
According to PG&E spokesman 99 percent of the time cats come down on their own but sometimes after a length of time they make the decision to bring them down.
Power to 250 homes in the area was shut off for a few hours while two men climbed the pole to put the cat in a carrier and lower him to the ground. According to the spokesman:
It's not a simple thing to climb a power pole and get a cat down. The first thing we have to do is de-energize the line – it's a 12,000-volt line. The safety of the two guys who went up on the pole, and the crew member on the ground, has to be our first priority every time.
The PG&E workers installed plastic around the base of the pole to keep Fat Boy and other animals from climbing it again.


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Fishermen Who Fished For Men
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Fishermen Who Fished For Menseries: Preach It, Teach It Pastor Sermons
Jesus' goal is for us to follow Him and to do in the lives of others what someone has already done in our own. To follow Christ means to fish for men. In following Him, we are transformed.


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The Knowing Midi Dress
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or 4 payments of $44.75 $22.38 with Info
All dresses listed are in Australian sizes. Model is wearing a size 8.
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UNDERGARMENTS: Consider nude undergarments to minimise lines.
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GREAT FOR: Straight, Athletic, Tall body types.
Since sizing and cut varies between dresses and brands, please use this chart as a general guide. The sizing in this chart applies to this dress ONLY. If you need assistance selecting the proper size, please contact our friendly customer service team.
Flirty and elegant, we love this style by Talulah. The beautiful maxi length and long sleeves stay playful with drapes and frill detailing. Featuring a stunning pale blue and pink floral print on sheer, flowy fabric, this feminine style is sure to turn heads when you rent for your next garden party or wedding.
Keep styling effortless by hiring a simple clutch. Pair with loose waves and pumps, and you'll be set to go. Read our blog post on Dressing for a Wedding for extra styling tips!
The fastest shipping method is automatically applied at checkout to ensure your order is with you by 8pm on your requested date. Our shipping fee ranges between $10.95 - $15. This fee includes the delivery to you, and the return back to us (in a pre-paid satchel). The delivery fee only applies to full bookings. Standard Try On orders are free of shipping costs, however there is an additional fee of $15 if you wish to receive your Try On order on the same day.
Returning your rental item is very simple and free. Simply place your item in the pre-paid return bag provided by GC, and drop it at your nearest Post Office or the yellow Express Postal Box.If your rental period ends on a Sunday or a public holiday, just drop your item in the nearest yellow Express Postal Box on the return date. It will be shipped back to us in the next business day.We take care of dry-cleaning too so you don't have to worry about it.
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In the unlikely event that you returned your rental item back late, you will incur late fees.Please see FAQs for more details.
You can book up to two dresses to try on within the convenience of your home for $30. For more information on our Try On service, please visit this link.
Try On service is only available for dresses. Please note that we are unable to hold dresses for your actual event date until a booking order is placed.


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Since I launched the Natural Juice Junkie website in September 2013 with my 7 day budget juice reboot plan, the site has grown to have regular visitors from over 130 countries! To show my gratitude for all the support I decided it was time for a new juice detox plan, so here it is, a 5 day reboot with lots of new recipes.
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Agrolot Project is the decentralized platform on the B2B market for trading agricultural crops, food products, and is running as a crowdfunding project built on Blockchain technology with the idea of Smart Contracts.
Agrolot.com is an international trade and information platform on the B2B market for trading in products of agriculture and food stuffs. The innovation of these projects includes the following: 1. A simple conclusion of transactions by the use of smart-contracts and an ultimate execution; 2. Efficient and economic benefits to all trading participants within the trading transactions; 3. Secured and transparent transactions on the basis of blockchain and all its members. The making this project was as a result of our experience in the market of international trade in products of agriculture and food stuffs. We have made all our businesses processes rational such as finance, logistics, storage, insurance. After testing all similar platforms, we have concluded that the majority of them offer services of the local nature and are not meant for real trading and getting real results, instead they are only informative. We give a critical solution in the global trade. It will allow both small and medium sized manufactures and buyers to reach mutually beneficial deals from all over the world. In addition to that we guarantee payment security by the use of smart contracts; delivering all goods to their destinations safely.
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Preparative Chromatography - Recycling Development > Page 41
The separation of a simple binary mixture of chiral isomers is an excellent example of the type of separation for which the recycling technique is particularly useful. The chromatogram shows the results obtained from three complete elution cycles. In the first cycle, although separation has begun, there is little or no visible resolution. It should also be noted that the peak is distinctly asymmetrical. On the second cycle, the two enantiomers are beginning to separate and the asymmetry is at least as bad if not worse. In the third cycle, the separation is improved still further, and is sufficient to allow the collection of significant quantities of the individual isomers at a high purity despite the asymmetry. It is also seen that the process is fairly rapid as three cycles are completed in less than 12 minutes.
An additional example of the technique of recycling, which includes another collection procedure called peak shaving, is shown in figure 21 which depicts the preparative separation of the enantiomers of 5-methyl-5-phenylhydantoin. The recycling and peak shaving procedure is included in figure 21.
Courtesy of ASTEC Inc.
Figure 21. The Preparative Separation of the Enantiomers of 3-Methyl-5-Phenylhdantoin


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Why Digital Property & Ownership Rights Should Matter to YouSeptember 5, 2018 |
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The 20-Minute Interview: Meet our Project Manager, Becke Cressler
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Find out exactly what an SSL certificate is, and why it's so important to apply and install this certificate to your business' website ASAP.
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"You can do anything you want. You're on vacation." You hear this plenty of times, from the cruise director, from the friendly steward. It seems you really can with Avalon Waterways. A couple who had just finished their jaunt aboard the Avalon Poetry just hopped right on the Creativity's maiden voyage. Flexibility is a running theme here, and it works to everyone's advantage.
Avalon's commitment to this ease in river cruising—coupled with its affordability and dedication to agents—has made the brand come out on top despite trying times. The Creativity and others in its family are enjoying increased demand this year, a sure sign clients are enjoying their experience as well as the river cruise's soft hit on their wallets.
"Our North America operations will finish 2009 with more passengers than 2008, a remarkable feat in this environment. It says a lot about the popularity of the travel style," says Patrick Clark, managing director, Avalon Waterways. Another plus for agents? The different segments of the "all-inclusive" type of Avalon cruising are commissionable.
Creativity is one of Avalon's new ships for 2009, with those floor-to-ceiling windows you instantly can't live without. Indeed, it cannot be easy going back to big-ship cruising once you've had that close connection to your surroundings, in and out of the ship. This is where big-ship graduates move on in order to have a more personal experience, where wine flows and those pretty European landscapes are close enough so you can forget your camera's zoom. It's a more adult experience as well, with no kids under 8 allowed.
The ship itself is a beauty, with floor-to-ceiling windows on two decks, a Club Lounge and spacious (really!) staterooms with Egyptian cotton linens, flat-screen satellite TVs, mini-bars, safes, modern bathrooms and large closets. The sky deck has a "fun pool" and, when weather permits, is the site of a very popular Grill Lunch for up to 40 people—a sign-up sheet for this outdoor treat fills up fast each day. "Casual elegant" is the best way to describe the decor and the mood throughout the voyage.
Another plus is that basic excursions of port towns or cities are included, usually as walking tours. In the case of the Romantic Rhine itinerary, these include an exploration of Heidelberg—the former center of the world—which enjoys an uninterrupted history of more than 10,000 years; a traipse and shopping time in Strasbourg, the capital of the Alsace region; and a walk through Cologne and its imposing gothic cathedral. There are also paid optional excursions—though not many—priced very reasonably and offering an added glimpse but they really are "extras," not really a necessary part of clients' essential river cruise experience.
Avalon is introducing two new ships in Europe in 2010, the Felicity and Luminary, bringing the European fleet total to 10. But rather than just grow its fleet or itineraries, Avalon is providing choices of all tastes and travel levels for a diverse group of travelers. Responding to growing interest in cruising Western Europe, in 2010 Avalon will offer almost 100 departure dates from the English Channel to the Mediterranean, as well as two additional ships for France. The company is also now cruising Normandy and Côte d'Azur. Other popular small-ship cruise destinations include Austria, Belgium, China, Egypt, the Galapagos, Germany, Holland, Hungary, and Switzerland.
"And in 2010, we're developing shorter itineraries to reach first-time river cruisers, time-starved travelers and those wanting a more value-centered small-ship cruise vacation," Clark explains. "We just unveiled 4- and 5-day itineraries on the Danube River (for 2010)." Starting at less than $1,000, the Taste of the Danube sails between Vienna and Budapest. "Our Taste of the Danube vacation is phenomenally priced and well-balanced, offering travelers the perfect introduction to river cruising, the fastest-growing style of travel."
Old pros or clients who want to spend more time in a destination also have a wealth of options. Next year will also see a continuation of Avalon's popular food-, wine- and music-themed vacations (including new music-focused getaways), plus almost 20 opportunities for cruisers to add a 3- or 4-day extension to their cruise to visit Oberammergau and enjoy the Passion Play.
There are also lots of pre- and post-cruise packages available. Monograms—Globus' independent travel arm—is catering to first-time travelers with more options in length of stay, pricing and destinations, not just loads of alternatives in Europe, but also Asia and North and South America. The company has also increased the number of cities where its "Local Host" services are available, because the assistance of a local expert is not only a big plus for all travelers, but especially for first-timers who get hands-on advice on sightseeing, arrangements for excursions and answering questions. The entire experience—before, during and after the cruise—is headache-free, a big plus for so many types of travelers.


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Although unmanned, wheeled rovers have explored the surfaces of the moon and Mars for decades, these vehicles have limits — they can't crawl inside craters, scale cliffs or travel long distances.
For more than two years, a team of students led by Professor of the Practice of Astronautics and former NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been collaborating with engineers from the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to design and build a prototype for a new type of robotic explorer that would hop over, rather than traverse, a planetary surface. Hopping, they believe, would make it easier for an explorer to access tricky sites and travel greater distances, and thus collect more data during a mission.
Known as the Terrestrial Artificial Lunar and Reduced Gravity Simulator, or Talaris, the three-foot-wide vehicle is a prototype of a larger hopper that would be used in space. The team that built it wants to use Talaris on Earth to test guidance, navigation and control (GNC) software developed by Draper that would then be used to navigate the space-based hopper autonomously. Several graduate students involved with the project will present the latest details about the prototype later this month at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2010 conference in California.
The prototype is an outgrowth of MIT's effort to win the Google Lunar X Prize, a $20 million competition to become the first team to send a privately funded spacecraft to the moon, travel 500 meters across its surface, and transmit video and images back to Earth. Both MIT and Draper are members of Next Giant Leap, one of about 20 teams registered in the competition.
Building Talaris to test the hopper waters
Talaris uses two propulsion systems. The main system consists of four downward-pointing electric ducted fans that provide lift to counter the vehicle's weight and simulate the gravity environments of different planetary bodies. The second system uses compressed nitrogen gas to maneuver the vehicle as it operates in the simulated gravity conditions. With this setup, the researchers can repeatedly test different navigation algorithms on Earth to perfect the control software.
What distinguishes Talaris from other explorer prototypes is its ability to test how a hopper functions in different gravity scenarios before sending one into space, according to Seamus Tuohy, director of space systems at Draper, which is funding Talaris. "Other organizations had developed little lander prototypes, but the drawback was that they were essentially Earth landers," Tuohy says. "MIT and Draper wanted to do better — to be able to say that we have the GNC expertise to do hopping in other environments, and that we have demonstrated it with Talaris."
Although Talaris began with the goal of hopping across the moon, the Talaris team is pushing for hoppers to be used to explore any body in the solar system that has enough gravity to make hopping feasible, including asteroids. "There are limits to the terrain you can access on wheels, and with a hopper, you simply hop in, collect data and hop out," Hoffman says, noting that hoppers can be used to explore deep craters on the moon that are thought to contain water, measure the magnetism of steep cliffs or set up a network of seismometers by placing sensors at multiple locations.
The ability of hoppers to travel long distances and visit multiple sites is also valuable. Whereas the rovers that have been used to explore Mars since the late 1990s traveled several kilometers over several years, hoppers could travel hundreds of kilometers per hop, depending on their size.
Hopper technology could even enable a human mission to Mars where astronauts orbiting the planet could use a high-bandwidth signal to tele-operate hoppers on the Martian surface, according to Phillip Cunio, an AeroAstro doctorate student who is working with Hoffman to lead the student group working on Talaris. "This would enable direct human oversight of exploration — with all the decision-making capability and flexibility that implies — without the risks of sending human bodies to the surface of Mars," he says.
Filling the toolkit of planetary exploration
But hoppers do have one drawback: their engines require fuel. Electric rovers, in contrast, only need to recharge their batteries to run their wheels. Given that a hopper is limited to a certain number of hops, the Talaris researchers stress that hoppers should be thought of as an additional tool to complement rovers. Even so, Cunio says, engineers could design hoppers that could be useful even after their fuel runs out. For instance, they might act as solar array-powered rovers, or make fuel from local materials.
For now, the Talaris team is focused on finalizing the construction of Talaris. Although each component has been built and tested individually, the group has yet to test the entire system, which Cunio estimates will weigh about 110 pounds. The team hopes to complete a test hop — Talaris will hop about 20 meters by hovering, moving horizontally and descending — by the end of the calendar year. The researchers predict that if Next Giant Leap is able to secure funding, a large-scale planetary surface hopper explorer could take flight by the end of 2014, the deadline for contestants in the Google Lunar X Prize competition to complete a trip to the moon.
brian goldsworthy
August 19, 2010
I like the hopper idea, but fuel needn't be a problem. For a smaller platform, you could use electrically-driven hopper legs, like a flea. Collect electricity until you have enough charge to trigger some solenoids, then flick!
Jason Wallace
August 24, 2010
The fuel would be less of an issue on a body with a significant atmosphere, since electric ducted fans (perminant o nes, not the test gravity sims) could be used either after the standard fuel runs out or as a supplement for the standard fuel burn.
Mark Schreiber
September 21, 2010
More significant than the need for fuel, which you can control, is the need for a planetary atmosphere of sufficient density, which you cannot control. Fans require something to work with. They can burn their custom-made fuel and spin all they want, but if there is no gas to push, there is no thrust, no lift. Doubtful that such a device would work on the Moon, any asteroids, or possibly even Mars. Also, the power required to drive a fan is a direct function of gas density. How can you design a fan and its associated motor without any information regarding the gas it will be moving? Any mechanical engineers working on the concept development team?


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Love In The Jet Age [1973]
Taken in Boston MA at Constitution Beach by Michael Manheim, for the Documerica Project.
Finding Cool through the Old School
Taken in Boston MA at Constitution Beach by Michael Manheim, for the Documerica Project.
There is no end to the gems which unearth themselves from the Florida archives!
As it always seems to be, this 1974 fashion shot from Roy Erickson caught my eye as I was searching for something else. That is one happy Sailfish, with small waves below it to soften its massive leap across her skirt. The material in her dress appears to be identical to some of the shirts I wore during Junior High – slick, shiny and snaggy. I'm sure there's a name for it, but the word escapes me right now.
We can just call it "Disco Denim."
Wouldn't you rather be at a warm beach for the Holidays?
Meriam De Shazo and Kenna Morris sure did in this Florida promo from 1962! Here they decorate a Christmas Tree on a Pensacola beach in Florida in this photo by Jim Stokes.
It has been called "one of the worst films ever."
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians tells the story of Martian children who have been watching "Earth TV" and are now pining for Santa Claus to visit their planet with toys and happiness. The tale is told through the magic of hardware-store sets and Halloween-quality makeup. I first saw this film on a cold December Saturday in 197, when I was a mere ten years old – in glorious black and white. Even as a kid I remember thinking to myself, "What the hell am I watching?" It insulted my senses, and just seemed to be a horrible spectacle done in cardboard.
In the 1990s it was given the MST Treatment on Mystery Science Theater 3000, with the program's signature humor commentary added to the movie.
Of course Santa wins out with his kindness and the bad Martians are defeated for the betterment of the entire Red Planet. Goofy Dropo (Bill McCutcheon), the Jar Jar Binks character in the movie, becomes the new Martian Santa Claus after he takes a somewhat-awkward liking to the Big Man's red suit, trying it on in secret. Then all the kids sing "Hooray for Santee Claus" and the world spins normally once more.
Now thanks to a recent rights release into the Public Domain, you can watch the movie in its entirety above for free, courtesy of Hulu! The film's makers did not renew the rights (wonder why), so it is ready for us all to…umm…enjoy.
What Martian would be legit without tubes coming out of their helmets?
Voldar (Vincent Beck, on left), has the best mustache in the movie. As one of the Martian children, the film also stars a very young Pia Zadora, who now entertains audiences from the stages of Las Vegas.
Hoo-Ray for Santee Claus!
From the camera lens of James Jowers, this photo captures a very urban neighborhood scene in New York City. The man in the beret is sitting on a `57 Chevrolet, while there is a `59 Chevy across the street. Jowers shot a series of NYC photos at an important time in US history – the 1960s. Check out a collection of his work here on Flickr.
Jowers' pictures and copyrights from this period were donated to The Eastman House in 2007.
Came across this awesome picture taken in Downtown Las Vegas in the early 1970s, as part of the Documerica Project. Charles O'Rear – retired longtime National Geographic photographer – took it during his travels around the American Southwest. In 1972, the Vegas Strip was new and the downtown core of original casinos still ruled the roost. After a long decline, the older part of Vegas began seeing a resurgence in activity that now gives visitors a taste of what the town was like in the days of the Rat Pack.
Below is a picture of the same corner – courtesy Google camera car – circa 2009. The 4 Queens Casino is still across the street. The overhead covering in the picture is part of Vegas' famous Fremont Street Light Show.
The Golden Nugget Casino – On Wiki
Charles O'Rear's view of The American Southwest – On Flickr
Bio for Charles O'Rear – On Wine Views
"Well it was about that time when ole Clem mosied on down to the air strip to take a gander at one of them New-Q-Ler Bommers…"
One of the cutest Fifties pictures I've ever seen. The little man has the stance, the hat and the weapons to remain part of popular culture well into the 21st Century. I wonder if – as an adult – he realizes that his picture is all over the InterTubes these days. And the object of his determined look?
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the YB60 strategic bomber.
The YB60 was a jet-powered prototype version of the Convair B-36 Peacemaker. Both planes – being integral to the defense of America during The Cold War – were designed to carry nuclear weapons. While the B-36 enjoyed a fairly long career (1946 to 1959), the YB60 never got past experimental stage.
The official statement that went with this picture says,
A young "cowboy", the son of a member of the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, looks over the Convair built YB-60 during its visit at Edwards from the Fort Worth, Texas, plant. 1953
Ride `em Clem!!
US Air Force Photo, 1953 (Public Domain)
Original Image URL: www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/040315-F-9999G-008…


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La Roche-en-Ardenne, where we were lost
our way to go to Durbuy. We had an exit missed!
Suddenly we were in La Roche. A busy touristic
town near the river Ourthe
La Roche-en-Ardenne is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg Province.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 147.52 km², had 4,348 inhabitants, giving a population density of 29.5 inhabitants per km².
La Roche is believed to have first been settled in the Neolithic era. The Romans built a fort there following their conquest of Gaul and the Ardennes.
The town's medieval castle was in use between the 9th and 18th centuries.
Lying beside a bend in the River Ourthe, the small town of La Roche-en-Ardenne is one of the more popular tourist destinations in the Ardennes. Walking, kayaking, and mountain biking are among the outdoor pursuits available here. The municipality's other main economic activity is agriculture.


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Foster local economy around recycling
About the Implementing organization
Name: Comuna Ancestral Las Tunas
Country: Ecuador
Year of establishment: 1998
Type of organization: Community-based association or organization
This initiative is innovative because children collect the plastic bottles and obtain 1 cent for each bottle they collected. Garbage collection leads thus to the empowerment of children allowing them to become the engines of change within families. A unique component of our initiative is that it is inclusive providing incentives for different groups of the community. Women use recycled plastic to produce handcraft products, thereby creating a local economy around the waste that the sea transports to the shores of the community. The clean environment increases tourism to the area, providing income to distinct community members. Unlike other recycling initiatives, we do not only reduce waste and improve the local economy. Our initiative is unique owing to its strong emphasis on environmental education and the direct conservation benefits that our solutions provide for at least seven globally threatened species. Environmental education stops the direct exploitation of two endangered sea turtles and leads to the protection of globally threatened Capuchin monkeys and birds.
Nature Element
Forests / Oceans / Coasts
Type of Action
Protection / Pollution prevention, clean up / Awareness and education
Sustainable Development Element
Jobs and livelihoods / Health
Environmental Impacts
The communal land is now free from the otherwise ubiquitous garbage that is littering Ecuadorian's coast. The eggs of two species of marine turtles nesting on the beaches were previously collected. Now their nests are surveyed by community members, protected against robbery, and eggs of nests vulnerable to being predated by dogs are hatched in a secure area. A total of 2000 ha of communal land covered by dry to semi-humid habitat is protected. This area is home to at least 5 globally threatened species. Three environmental festivals are held annually educating the public about the importance of conserving nature and ecological resources.
Sustainable Development Impacts
Recycling provides considerable income to the local community, thereby reducing the need to emigrate to the large cities. Clean beaches have increased the number of tourists by at least 15%. This is a sustainable development as tourists stay in small hostels owned by the community and not in large hotels owned by companies as elsewhere on Ecuadorian's coast. Tourism thus leads to more employment opportunities allowing indirect benefits of a reduction in pollution. The reduction in pollution has direct health benefits as the water of the Rio Ayampe which provides drinking water is no longer contaminated by plastic which disintegrates into micro-plastic that is eventually taken up by humans and wildlife alike. Increased environmental knowledge leads to a greater appreciation and care of the environment, thereby increasing the long-term sustainability of the ecological resources the community depends on.
This initiative could easily be extended to the Pacific coast in Ecuador and in other Latin American countries where sea-borne garbage is ubiquitous. Our initiative can serve as a global model to combat coastal and oceanic pollution. Given the immediate benefits of waste reduction and the low initial hurdles of our initiative, there is a high probability that our initiative is applicable across different cultural contexts. Moreover, there is an immediate and necessary link between waste reduction and improvement of tourism opportunities. These are particularly important in coastal areas across the globe. Finally, at times where indigenous knowledge on the environment is on the retreat, our initiative can reconnect inhabitants with their environment through the emphasis on the link between culture and nature.
The payment for the collected garbage alone provided more than $50,000 of income to the local community. Additional income streams are those obtained from the production of handicrafts from recycled material and from increased tourism. The inclusive nature of various additional income streams of this initiative to different segments of communities allows for the quick adoption of the program. The work is done easily, not requiring prior knowledge. Moreover, the benefits are instantaneous and striking as no garbage is littering the beaches, immediately enhancing the aesthetic value of the landscape. The combination of rapid aesthetic and economic benefits facilitates quick buy-in even in communities without prior interest and knowledge of the environment. Low initial hurdles and immediate benefits allow the quick replication of this initiative along with a wide range of communities.
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National Australia Bank's A$300 million certified climate bond is the first green bond from an Australian financial institution. It is also the world's first bank bond to be certified as a climate bond
Vietnam's first foray into the international markets since 2010 included a rare switch tender and the ICMA's new model collective action clause
Kazakhstan's sovereign bond has become the first to wholly adopt new model collective action and pari passu clauses
Bangkok Dusit Medical Service's convertible bond has marked a number of firsts in the Thai market
South Africa is poised to become the latest country to issue a sukuk, as Islamic and non-Islamic governments tap increasing demand for shariah-compliant instruments
The restructure of Suzlon Energy's foreign currency convertible bonds is the largest in India to date. It also demonstrates that offshore bondholders and onshore lenders can reach a solution together
Tata Steel's sale of $1.5 billion in unsecured bonds has underscored high-quality Indian issuers' covenant expectations
Tandem Health Partners's groundbreaking deal is also the first non-recourse private sector green bond
Frankfurt's first offshore renminbi bond by a Chinese issuer has signalled its ascent as a European renminbi hub
Real estate developer Greenland Hong Kong has sold the first bond under Safe's new onshore guarantee regulations. More deals are expected to follow
Chinese companies can now use onshore assets to guarantee bonds if proceeds are used offshore. But credit enhancement structures will develop as long as issuers plan to remit cash onshore
The country's regulator has limited structures available to Indian high-yield issuers, causing uncertainty among recent issuances
The biggest US city to declare insolvency will officially exit bankruptcy on December 8. Its use of Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code made the deal similar to both a sovereign and corporate restructure
The large number of passive bookrunners appearing on European bond offerings has been queried by market veterans
Indiabulls has become the first Indian real estate company to tap the high yield market. The deal included a rare parent company guarantee
Buyside frustrations with European corporate bond allocations will not be solved by regulators' suggestions to create a fairer and more structured process
The offering proved the depth of Asia's capital markets but its innovative structure has also set a precedent for the rest of the industry
Transparency and private placement may seem strange bedfellows. But reconciling the concepts could spur growth in the pan-European market
The treasurer of KfW has called on investors and intermediaries – including law firms – to accept lower yields and fees on green bonds
China now permits onshore guarantees for bonds intended to expand issuers' offshore operations. But uncertainty surrounds their subordination
The countries are expected to drive Asia's high-yield market, but local regulations may limit offerings to quality issuers
The past 12 months has seen ferocious covenant negotiation. And it's laid the groundwork for more issuer-investor tussles in 2015
The record number of European companies tapping the market for the first time are hitting hurdles in preparing prospectuses and finding secondary market liquidity
Market participants have queried whether portability provisions in high-yield actually provide the issuer any benefits
Jack Straw has called for a rethink of the EU's capital markets union to change City eurosceptics' antipathy towards the project
Despite continued guarantees that it will make payments on its sovereign bonds in October, experts say a Venezuela default or restructuring process is inevitable.
The International Capital Market Association has published updated collective action clauses and a new standard pari passu clause for sovereign debt securities
The lawyers, bankers and investors driving the asset class have spoken with IFLR about the asset class's pressure points. Here are their insights
The country's corporates are increasingly active in the US high-yield market because their home market has no equivalent
Why the government's pari passu litigation is no surprise
The possibility of Argentina restructuring its US and UK bonds under local law has been met with scepticism from the country's counsel
Asia high yield bonds' investor protections have diverged from a global trend of weakening covenant packages. And they're unlikely to change soon
Investors in European high yield are once again unhappy at the erosion of safeguards in the region's booming debt markets
Tender option bonds have been boosted by an innovative structure that takes advantage of securities law loopholes in the US
Asifma has released its suggested model form on disclosing rebates to private banks in bond offerings
The UK's trailblazing sukuk developed an innovative structure, setting a benchmark that is hoped will inspire the country's corporates to tap the lucrative shariah market
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We've all had unexpected turns in our paths where for one reason or another it was necessary to put life on hold. Illnesses, deaths, natural disasters and other accidents – no one likes any of these things but they are as much a part of life as the events that bring us joy.
In real life when calamity strikes, friends often pitch in. Farmers help their neighbors with crops and chores, town folk might take care of their neighbor's pets or mow their yard. Often times people will drop off food of for families experiencing a stressful event.
Strange as it may sound, the same thing happens in the virtual world of food blogging. Whey my friend Brandi from Aunt Bee's Recipes returned from the hospital after a serious illness, I asked if there was anything I could do for her and I threw out the suggestion of doing a guest post for her as it was just a month or so ago when I made some Lemon Bars for her site. Her reply was, "I'd love a guest post!" Well, Brandi, I'm not sure if a slice of lemonade pie will help to speed your recovery or not but I figured that it sure can't hurt.
Please head over to Aunt Bee's, and read this post and recipe in its entirety. This pie is super good!
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