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"Daily Deal" websites are a great source of discounted merchandise. Two of the most popular are Woot.com and Dailysteals.com. These offer heavily discounted items for one day only, and quantities are limited. These sites sometimes offer items for free and you only pay shipping. The Walmart and Target websites also offer daily deals.
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This property has been removed by the agent.
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Harold Park
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Tenure: Freehold
We know you will be impressed with the accommodation provided within this six bedroom detached house which is situated in a residential area approximately 1 mile radius of Harold Wood Station and Junction 28 of the M25. There is an en-suite shower room and family bathroom to the first floor whilst the ground floor provides three reception rooms, an L' shaped modern style kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, ground floor wc, majority double glazing and gas central heating. The independent driveway leads to a detached garage which is set in the approximately 81' rear garden which is pleasantly laid to lawn with screening conifers.Accommodation Comprises:
Door to porch, multi paned window to flank, quarry tiled floor, door to:
Storage cupboards, radiator, stairs to first floor.
Ground Floor Cloakroom
Double glazed opaque window to flank, low flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin, part wood clad walls.
Reception One 3.45m (11'4) x 3.23m (10'7)
Double glazed windows to front, plate rail, radiator, storage cupboard under stairs.
Lounge 6.22m (20'5) x 3.61m (11'10) <9'7
Double glazed windows to front, gas fire in cast iron and wood fireplace, access to dining room.
Dining Room 3.73m (12'3) x 3.53m (11'7)
Double glazed sliding patio doors to rear, plate rail, radiator.
Breakfast Area 3.53m (11'7) x 2.67m (8'9)
Storage cupboard, shelving radiator, Open to:
Kitchen Area and access to utility room
Utility Room 1.73m (5'8) x 1.52m (5')
Double glazed window to flank, single drainer sink unit with mixer tap and cupboard below, wall mounted units, space for washing machine and tumble dryer, boiler.
Kitchen 5.05m (16'7) x 2.39m (7'10)
Double glazed windows to rear and flank, double glazed door to rear, single drainer sink unit with mixer tap and cupboards below, range of modern style wall and base mounted units with working surfaces, hob, oven and fan, part tiled walls.
First Floor Landing
Access to loft, airing cupboard with lagged tank.
Bedroom One 4.19m (13'9) <11'3 x 3.71m (12'2) Plus Recess
Double glazed windows to front, radiator.
En-Suite Shower Room
Double glazed window to flank, shielded shower cubicle, low flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin, radiator, tiled walls, tiled flooring.
Bedroom Two 3.99m (13'1) x 3.48m (11'5)
Double glazed windows to flank and rear, radiator.
Bedroom Three 3.45m (11'4) <5'8 x 3.28m (10'9)
Double glazed windows to rear and flank, radiator.
Bedroom Four 3.43m (11'3) x 2.21m (7'3)
Double glazed windows to front, radiator.
Bedroom Five 2.64m (8'8) x 2.24m (7'4) plus 2'4 Wardrobes
Double glazed windows to flank, mirror fronted wardrobes, radiator.
Bedroom Six/Study 2.54m (8'4) x 2.26m (7'5)
Double glazed opaque window to flank, radiator.
Family Bathroom/WC
Double glazed opaque window to flank, panelled bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, enclosed wash hand basin with cupboard below, bidet, low flush wc, radiator, tiled walls.
Front Garden
Providing off street parking, approximately 9' width driveway leading to:
Detached Garage
Up and over door and door and window to garden
Rear Garden
Approximately 81' rear garden. Commencing with a paved patio area, lawn, flower borders, shed, screening conifers.
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I love spring. I love the weather, I love the Resse's eggs and I love the fashion. White once again makes an appearance in my wardrobe, as well as pearls, open toed shoes and light, airy, romantic tops. As each season brings new colors and trends, my list of must-haves gets longer (and more expensive!). From new fashion innovations to classic staples, these are the styles that I vow to have by the time summer rolls around. And then the list starts all over again…
Kardashians for Bebe Dress
7 For All Mankind Skinny Jeans
Alice + Oliva Boyfriend Blazer
Bebe Scarf Sandal
David Yurman Point Ring
Coach Wristlet
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Abortion Abortion Sara is driving down 7th avenue in her red pickup truck, in a hurry and traveling well over the speed limit. Becky, who is 3 months pregnant, is waiting to cross the street on the corner of 7th avenue and Bell. The street light changes and Becky is signaled by the crosswalk sign to proceed across the street. Sara is putting in a new CD and not paying attention to the fact that she has a red light, without enough time to stop Sara runs the red light and hits Becky who has just started to cross the street. Now Becky is rushed to the hospital, she is hurt but will live but her baby dies.
Should Sara be charged with the death of the unborn baby? On the other hand, Jessica, who is a 16-year-old girl, decides to sleep with an 18-year-old boy. She gets pregnant and has an abortion because she is not ready to be a mother. Should Jessica be charged with the death of an unborn baby? The answer to both of the questions is, yes. Abortion is wrong, cruel and most of all, it goes against the word of GOD. When a woman decides to have sex she is taking the chance of getting pregnant, even if she uses protection.
If she doesn't want to get pregnant she shouldn't have sex, and she should be responsible enough to suffer the consequences. For example, Carrie is very promiscuous and finds out that she is pregnant, so she goes and has an abortion. Next time Carrie finds out that she has HIV, well she can't pay someone to get rid of her problem so she has to deal with it. Why shouldn't she have to deal with the fact of being pregnant? There are many other options to killing an innocent human: adoption or raising the child with the help of parents. However, some girls are forced to have an abortion.
No matter the reason someone has for an abortion, it is still cruel. Some women are forced to have an abortion either by their parents or their spouse. This circumstance is very hard to argue because the woman who is pregnant is not making the choice and should not be held accountable for it. And that is the only reason anyone might consider having an abortion. Look at it like this, Jeff and Bonnie are building a house, what's the first thing they do? They design the house, creating it the way they want. The next thing they do is locating a place to build.
Then they lay the foundation and begin to build. The building process takes anywhere from 3 months to a year, depending on where you live. When the house is completely finished is when you begin to use it. You move in, decorate it the way you want and make many memories there. It's the same way with babies, God designs the baby the way He wants, and then He decides on whom the baby will live with.
He locates a place that is safe and warm for the baby to begin its foundation. This is conception, after that the baby begins to grow (build) into the design God has created and is not completely finished until birth. That is when the baby's mother starts to dress it and decorate it and start memories with it. Abortion is wrong, cruel and most of all goes against the word of GOD. God brought life into this world and He decides on when life is over.
A woman does not get pregnant on accident, God had a specific plan for that child and mother and when a woman kills that unborn child, not only is she breaking the Ten Commandments but she is breaking Gods heart.
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As HisRoc noted to me over email – this has got to be the worst campaign event for a Congressman any sitting President has ever done. In case you missed it, the President was in Fairfax on Monday, holding an event in the backyard of some residents of Gerry Connolly's neighborhood of Mantua.
Connolly was at the event, and even got a few shout outs from the President according to the Post, which I'm sure wowed the 30 or so invite-only folks gathered to hear him speak.
I will have to give Gerry credit: he was polite enough not to contradict the President in front of such a massive crowd. Instead he waited until after the President had left to push for the extension of all of the Bush tax cuts, contrary to the White House's position, but fully in line with Connolly's tried-and-true election-year strategy of claiming he's some kind of fiscal conservative despite carrying more water for Nancy Pelosi and her out-of-control spending than Gunga Din.
You know it's going to be an interesting year when a sitting Congressman hides the President of the United States in his neighbor's backyard less than two months before an election.


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double r0 = 0.0 ; // Temperature does not change in a BZ reaction
and comment it out with a // at the beginning of the line. Insert a new definition for r0 after r1 and r2 are defined: double r0 = sqrt(r1*r2);.
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Drop the serviettes, push aside the poutine, remove the toque, switch off The Farce, and jump from the chesterfield. We have an announcement.
JUNO award-winning singer-songwriter LIGHTS has, just a few hours ago, been awarded with her second consecutive GOLD certification. Her brilliant album, Siberia, a masterpiece of music, which the Canadian Music Blog chose as album of the year 2011, has been certified GOLD in Canada. Her debut album The Listening received the same distinction in 2010.
We can assert with absolute confidence that LIGHTS is one of the most talented musicians in the country, nay the world, whether from the standpoint of singing, composing, or performing.
One of the hardest working recording artists in the industry, LIGHTS has been touring non-stop since the release of Siberia in October 2011. Her Canadian success has catapulted her into the international arena drawing the attention of a host of countries. She has just landed new record deals in Australia, France, Germany, and The Netherlands and will be touring Europe and Australia in the coming months. At the beginning of the month, she performed in a collaboration with the ever popular Deadmau5 at the annual JUNO Awards gala hosted by William Shatner.
We could never exhaust ourselves in writing about this exceptionally talented artist. We send along our congratulations and best wishes for her continued success.
Give the title-track a listen HERE.
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I know all too well the problems faced in New Hampshire when those willing to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites are too often discouraged from doing so because of the uncertainties they face. There are literally hundreds of these sites in New Hampshire -- Milford, Nashua, Durham, Concord, and on and on . Our brownfields legislation, S. 350, removes the obstacles of uncertainty and will encourage cleaning up brownfields sites by codifying and streamlining the current EPA program, nearly doubling funding, and providing commonsense and balanced liability protections to those who cleanup the environment. This bill will promote conservation through REDEVELOPMENT as opposed to NEW greenfield development; and will help to revitalize our city centers and create new jobs in the inner-cities. This legislation is a win for the environment, a win for the economy, and a win for New Hampshire and the nation.
There are numerous interests who support S. 350, many of them represented on panels today. I'd like to mention the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Realtors, the Trust for Public Land, American Insurance Association, Smart Growth America, Environmental Business Action Coalition, and many, many more. With that said, I am proud that S. 350 has such broad, bipartisan support - something that, unfortunately, is not typical for issues that pertain to CERCLA. I hope the bipartisan success of this bill will translate into other areas of Superfund reform that are desperately needed. We all want a clean environment, Republicans and Democrats, and by working together, this bill will help to set the stage for future, common sense, legislative reforms.
Just two years ago, when Senator John Chafee, my predecessor as Chairman, sat at the helm of this committee, we held a hearing on a comprehensive Superfund reform bill, which had a brownfields title. That bill had no bipartisan support. There was a comparable bill put forth by my Democratic colleagues and it, too, lacked bipartisan support. Today, we have done what just two years ago seemed impossible. We reached a compromise both parties can and should support. Is this everyone's ideal bill? Absolutely not. But continuing to delay enactment of this bill - in search of the perfect bill that will never pass - is not the way to address the issues faced at an estimated 450,000 brownfield sites nationwide. We have this chance now to move forward on a piece of legislation that, while not 100% of what everyone wants, gets as close as all our divergent interests are going to get. If we delay, the losers are people living near the sites that eventually become full fledged Superfund sites, the greenspace that is lost to new development, the urban centers that remain blighted, and the local communities that will miss out on revitalization opportunities. I ask our witnesses to keep this in mind when speaking to the contents of our bill.
How is S. 350 better than current law? Simply stated, our bill provides an element of finality that does not exist today, while allowing for federal involvement under a specific universe of conditions. Current law allows EPA to act whenever there is a release or threatened release; this bill ups the ante by requiring:
1) EPA to find that "the release or threatened release may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health, welfare or the environment" and after taking into consideration response activities already taken, "additional response actions are likely to be necessary to address, prevent, limit or mitigate the release or threatened release";
2) the action to come at the request of the state;
3) contamination to have migrated across state lines; or,
4) new information to emerge after the cleanup that results in the site presenting a threat.
That's not all our bill does to improve the current situation. S. 350 authorizes $150 million in critically needed funds to assess and clean up brownfield sites, as well as $50 million to assist state cleanup programs. This is more than double the current level of funding expended toward the EPA Brownfield program.
This is a balanced bill -- and we are determined to move quickly through the legislative process. Senator Reid and I have committed to marking up this bill in early March, and we hope to have floor time soon afterwards.
I look forward to hearing from today's witnesses.


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Like I have any clue what exactly that means , but I can understand that it is , well, not a good thing. People are scared, people are confused and for GOOD reason. If ever we have needed real leadership it is today. I'm sure the damn thing will close above 7000 at days end, but to see the stock market of the United States cut in half , in about a week, is like I said, scary.
What is also scary is the fact that McCain Palin are doing NOTHING at all except screaming Bill Ayers, Bill Ayers, Bill Ayers. Are these two people - and this entire party - SO morally bankrupt that all they can do , in this time of real crisis,( not some made up Carl Rove, LEVEL ORANGE crisis), are they so out of touch with the American Peoples needs, so blinded by gross ambition that all they can do is fling poo? These next 25 days can not go by fast enough.
Not morally bankrupt but the real thing: The entire country of Iceland went bankrupt yesterday. What on Earth does that even mean? Did people there get up, eat their ice and seal meat breakfast and go off to work and school? How does a country go bankrupt?
From the I've-got-friends-in-high-places file. (This one is a real head scratcher.) So, the basis of all this panic we are dealing with is the fact that there is this credit crunch, due to the entire country thinking they had to have a bathroom as big as what used to be a family of four house, and then could not pay their mortgage. No credit to be had any more ever. Double secret probation for you all... UNLESS you are the Republican Party!
Bankrupt Wachovia lends Republicans $8 million
"The National Republican Congressional Committee, trailing its Democratic counterpart considerably in cash on hand, has secured an $8 million loan to spend on House races during the last few weeks of the campaign, according to sources. The NRCC reported $14.4 million in cash on hand as of Aug. 31, compared to $54 million in the bank for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. As it did last cycle, the NRCC is procuring its loan from Wachovia Bank, sources confirmed." It's good to be the King.


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One&Only Palmilla: Blissful Harmony on the Sea of Cortez
One&Only Palmilla has been nominated for a Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice Award for Best International Spa.
The property, which is part of the One&Only luxury resorts brand owned and operated by Kerzner International, has long been a favorite retreat for Hollywood celebrities and savvy travelers alike since it originally opened in 1956. One&Only Palmilla is located in Los Cabos, Mexico and offers dramatic views of the Sea of Cortéz. It recently completed an extensive, $120 million expansion and renovation project.
The resort's One&Only Spa is a luxurious indoor/outdoor 22,000 square foot facility inspired by the artistic and architectural themes of Mexico with stunning natural vistas of the Baja landscape. The spa is comprised of six buildings surrounded by lush landscaping and features 13 private treatment villas, accommodating either one or two people – allowing guests to enjoy their spa regime in complete sanctuary, whether for a few hours or a half-day.
Each villa offers a beautifully appointed private air-conditioned massage pavilion and open-air garden. There are also six deluxe villas designed for guests to share their spa experience with a friend or a loved one and include outdoor rain showers, whirlpool baths and palapa-covered Mexican day beds, perfect for relaxing in between or after treatments. A separate deluxe One&Only spa villa is reserved for the most indulgent day of rejuvenation, featuring a Sensory Float Bed for wraps and treatments.
The Moon & Stars Garden serves as a relaxing space for guests to enjoy after their treatments. The space is especially enchanting in the evening, with the stars, glowing lights, natural sounds and aroma from flowers, helping individuals truly unwind.
Guests can choose from a variety of comprehensive menu of ESPA treatments representing a blend of Mexican, Asian and global accents with many of the therapies based on the ancient beauty, healing and rejuvenation secrets of several Asian cultures. Treatments include massages, facials, body scrubs, wraps, and aromatherapy treatments as well as several combination packages.
Each One&Only Spa Signature experience begins with a foot ritual in the tranquil garden of the treatment villa and include a full body Aromatherapy massage. Some end with relaxation in an outdoor bath or on a Mexican daybed while savoring tea and fresh fruit. These ancient traditions focus on both the inner and outer self, with the skin nourished, muscles soothed and the mind calmed. Every detail is an important part of the experience and every sense indulged, from the rituals that accompany each treatment to the exclusive products using the finest indigenous ingredients. Every detail is an important part of the experience and every sense is indulged, from the rituals that accompany each treatment to the exclusive products using the finest indigenous ingredients, from Mexican spices to lime to flowers.
The One&Only Spa also offers a unique family spa experience in which a guest and their child (minimum age is 12) can have private side-by-side treatments in their own room or Palapa Brisa del Mar. One family package, for example, offers the parent a "Soothing Wellness Massage" while the child simultaneously receives a head, hand and foot massage.
The One&Only Spa offers a fully-equipped, 2,000 square foot fitness center with the latest cardiovascular equipment, free weights, an aerobic studio, kinesis wall and an outdoor garden where yoga classes are held. Classes such as Spinning, Yoga, Pilates, and Tai Chi are offered daily, as well as personal trainers to assist and help incorporate well-being in the guest's vacation. Other highlights include two pools, the hotel's original pool just off the lobby and a second, infinity-edge pool on a bluff overlooking the sea, with a dedicated children's swimming and recreation area – which makes the resort a perfect destination for families. These features, combined with Palmilla Beach, one of the very few swimmable beaches in Los Cabos, put One&Only Palmilla in a category by itself for water sports and relaxation.
Service at One&Only Palmilla is unparalleled yet completely unobtrusive. Butler service is provided around-the-clock to all rooms, with dedicated butlers assigned to each of the suites, offering a host of services to make the guest's stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible.
The resort's accommodations feature 61 guestrooms, 91 junior suites, 20 one-bedroom suites (many with adjoining private infinity edge pools) and the four-bedroom Villa Cortez (a four-bedroom villa complete with 12-person theater and live-in butler quarters). The resort also offers several fine dining options, including a restaurant by Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
Other activities offered by the resort include its 27-hole Palmilla Golf Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus, which has been rated among the top 100 in the world by Great Golf Resorts of the World. There's also tennis, sailing, kayaking, diving, snorkeling and deep-sea fishing.
During the winter months, the region is also noted for its whale migrations from the Arctic, and given One&Only Palmilla's unique location, it offers unparalleled views of the giant mammals as they arrive in the Sea of Cortéz.
Cast your vote for your favorite spa until March 31st. Winners will be announced on April 1.


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Modern science and classic spiritual traditions agree: regulating the breath leads to radiance and wellness of body, mind, and spirit. With the simple teachings and cutting-edge research offered in The Tibetan Yoga of Breath, you can start thriving just by integrating breathwork into your daily practice. Basic Yantra Yoga techniques—also called wind energy training—are the key to achieving this kind of vitality, down to the cellular level. Anyen… Read More
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Here is the first historically accurate graphic-novel version of a legendary event in Japanese history. In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenged the death of their master in a plot involving over two years of secrecy. After succeeding in their mission, the masterless samurai all committed ritual suicide. The story, which is a national legend, remains a most potent example of Japan's deeply rooted cultural imperatives of honor, persistence, loyalty,… Read More
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How can I be the person I want to be when I'm stuck in a job I hate? How is it possible to stay present in an era of nearly constant distractions? Can I pick someone up at a bar or club and still call myself spiritual? This nitty-gritty guide to life for the spiritual-but-not-necessarily-religious uses Buddhist teachings to answer those burning questions and a host of others… Read More
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We live in difficult times. Life sometimes seems like a turbulent river threatening to drown us and destroy the world. Why, then, shouldn't we cling to the certainty of the shore—to our familiar patterns and habits? Because, Pema Chödrön teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging keeps us from the infinitely more satisfying experience of being fully alive. The teachings she presents here—known as the "Three Commitments"—provide a wealth of wisdom… Read More
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Spiritual teachings in the form of songs—spontaneous expressions of deep wisdom and understanding that reveal the nature of reality—have been treasured since the dawn of Buddhism in India. In Opening the Treasure of the Profound, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen translates nine such songs, by Milarepa and Jigten Sumgön, and then explains them in contemporary terms. His insights take the Buddha's ancient wisdom out of the realm of the intellectual and directly… Read More
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Issue 159
October 2011
The United States of Design
- What Can Steve Jobs Still Teach Us?
- For Every iPod, There Is A Pair Of Hammer Pants
- Modern Americana
- The New Masters
- The Nine Passions Of 3M's Mauro Porcini
- How Do You Solve A Problem Like GM, Mary?
- Mister Moggridge Has Mad Ambition
- Phillip Lim: "We Live By The Dress, We Die By The Dress"
- Slideshow: The New Masters
- Slideshow: Modern Americana
- The New Masters
- Straight Talk On American Design
- Straight Talk On American Design | Part 2
- Straight Talk On American Design | Part 3
- Mister Moggridge Has Mad Ambition
- The Spirit of '76
- Fast Company's United States of Design Cover Art Challenge
- E-Scrap Conference Talks Responsible Recycling
- 125th Anniversary Of The Statue of Liberty
- Financial Blogger Conference
- WorldSkills London
- Global E-Health Forum
- "The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs"
- Legoland
- National Boss's Day
- National Preservation Conference
- Transgenic Technology Meeting
- 10th Anniversary Of The Patriot Act
- PlanetTran, Uber, And RelayRides Want To Take You On A Fantastic (And Green) Voyage
- Sharing Data Makes For Truly Public Transit
- Philippe Cousteau Jr. Is In It For Love And Money
- Content Vs. Advertising: Which One Leads The Gaming Industry?
- Could Zynga Game On Without Facebook?
- Female Geeks Flex Their Skills At Ladies-Only Hackathon
- "I Sometimes Feel Like A Mom" : What It's Like To Be A Woman In The Tech Industry
- Fifty Bucks For A Lightbulb? Say Hello To LED Bulbs
- Why Education Without Creativity Isn't Enough
- How The Echo Nest Is Powering The Internet's Musical Brain
- Reboot Nation
- A New, Fortified Brim Coffee Makes A Comeback
- Are These New Logos An Upgrade Or A Downgrade?
- What Do Studebaker And Geocities Have In Common? No One Remembers Them
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I am still traveling in Asia, and I find it so interesting that almost every Chinese man I know carries some sort of man bag. I saw a show about luxury-buying behavior in China on the plane the other day (it's really the only time I watch TV) and it stated that 50% of luxury-bag buyers in China are men! The problem is, most of them are carrying similarly boring bags (I mean there is only so much you can do with a man bag).
That's why I love Santiago Gonzalez's luxurious line of crocodile bags for men. If you've been living under a rock, Santiago is the son of crocodile queen Nancy Gonzalez and the president of her company. His are pieces that every man, snob or not, needs in their wardrobe: A magnetic money clip ($145) in a bright color, so you never misplace it again. Or perhaps a credit card holder ($220), simple and streamlined (I love to use these in my small clutches!). The chocolaty briefcase ($4,100) is a no-brainer, while the inky hold-all bag ($6,100) is a fierce weekender for a man of fierce confidence. And the luxuriant watch-holder ($935) makes a perfect gift for the man who has literally everything.
I can assure you the collection is meticulously made. I've seen Santiago with his custom-made briefcase and carryalls for years; it's so exciting that he's decided to put them in production under his own brand.
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The Japanese and Chinese foreign ministers will hold talks in New York on the sidelines of the UN general assembly, reports said, as the two nations remain embroiled in a bitter territorial row.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, pictured here on September 5, will hold a bilateral meeting in New York late Tuesday with his Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemba, Jiji Press and Kyodo News agencies reported.
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi are to hold a bilateral meeting in New York late Tuesday, Jiji Press and Kyodo News agencies said, quoting anonymous diplomatic sources.
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A court finally decided to release Sevil Sevimli, a student who was arrested after she arrived in the northwestern province of Eskişehir from France as part of the Erasmus student exchange program. There are still 2824 more students serving time in jail, however.
A court decided to release Sevil Sevimli, a 21 year old French citizen and a student who was arrested on May 10 for her alleged involvement in the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) after she arrived in the northwestern province of Eskişehir from France as part of the Erasmus student exchange program.
The court issued its verdict to release Sevimli on Monday within the scope of the Third Judicial Reform Package.
Kezban Yıldırım, Burcu Akın, Ceren Cevahir, Seren Özçelik and Mustafa Erdal Harman were also released from the Eskişehir H-Type Prison alongside with Sevimli.
The next hearing of Sevimli's trial is scheduled for Sept. 26 in the Bursa High Criminal Court in northwestern Turkey.
The Initiative for Solidarity with Arrested Students (TÖDİ) had also staged demonstrations in Paris to show their support for Sevimli whose arrest had also attracted the attention of the French media as well.
A total of 2824 students are still serving time in Turkey's jails as of Jan. 31, 2012, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said in response to a Parliamentary question posed by Özgür Özel, a deputy of the main opposition People's Republican Party (CHP.)
Minister Ergin also provided further details with respect to the situation of arrested students in Turkey in his response:
*There are 1046 convicted and 1778 arrested students in jails across Turkey.
*609 arrested students are facing charges of "membership in an armed terrorist organization."
*Courts have convicted 178 students on the charge of "membership in a terrorist organization. (ÇT)
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You apparently did not notice the article reported MPD Command in fact terminated Ned Aufdenkamp and in a rare action was upheld on an appeal decision at the Civil Service Commission. Then, Aufdenkamp sued in Chancery Court where Chancellor Arnold Goldin gave Aufdenkamp his job and 14 months of back pay.
So if you want to do something, about this particular NUT patrolling my community with a gun... please don't VOTE for Republican Arnold Goldin to return as a Chancellor in 2014!!!
Reading comprehension is fundamental in any intelligent debate. Penny was fired, Aufdenkamp has never been fired.
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Yes, it is a big call but I hereby throw down the gauntlet and challenge everyone to match your favourite home-grown veg against this stunner.
Its aroma and taste is delicious. Its incredibly versatile and now a staple of many countries around the world. I've always found the plants easy to grow and producing masses of vegies. Better still, eating them has some great health benefits.
However, there is one winning factor for me that makes them stand above the rest of my vegie patch (also literally) and it is this; I can think of no other vegetable which, when home-grown, demonstrates such a *huge* difference in taste from the supermarket variety.
I'm talking of course about the tomato.
If you've never had a tomato straight from the vine, still warm from the sun's rays, full of fragrance and flavour … well, you've never lived. Its also reminiscent of Easter as a child – you catch a glimpse of colour, hidden deep in the foliage and feel that rush of excitement!
Now before people complain at the accuracy of my title, I had better point out that botanically speaking tomatoes are really berries. They have the seeds and pulp grown from a single ovary that drops them into the true fruit category. Nonetheless, I wouldn't eat them on Weet-Bix in the morning so I'm going with the gastronomic majority and bumping it to the vegetable category. Nutritionally, its far more closely related to the vegies and it complicates what I currently refer to as my "vegie" patch if I have to be strictly accurate.
While the Italian's are possibly the most appreciative of the tomato today, honouring their tomato-centric pizza by naming it after their Queen Margherita of Savoy, its origins are actually in Peru and it was popularised in New Mexico around 400 AD. The Spanish acquired the tomato from the Aztecs and it debuted in Europe in the 16th Century at the same time as maize, eggplant (aubergine) and its close relation, the humble spud.
I have a wonderful book by Carol Klein – an unpretentious British gardener whom I quite like – called "Grow Your Own Veg" and I reread her pages on tomatoes today. The only problem is that it is very UK-climate oriented – some of the advice just doesn't apply in Aus where its significantly hotter and drier. Here's what I've found for my patch:
Tomatoes like
- full sun and heat, so wait a bit to let the soil warm up before mulching in Spring
- being in raised garden beds – helps with the soil temp, quality and drainage.
- rain water. Its amazing what a difference this makes over the treated water we get out of our taps.
- regular watering otherwise fruit splits and you can get blossom end rot.
- lots of organic matter in the soil (aids water retention)
- good support. I've gone with a stake each and then tying a trailer net between them, raising it a little as they grow. Then all the branches rest on the netting and the fruit doesn't break the stems.
- food, esp. liquid fertiliser.
Tomatoes don't like
- too much sunlight directly on their fruits, as they can burn in the Australian sun and it ruins the flavour. The best fruit is shaded a little by the leaves.
- wet leaves, which just harbours mildew and diseases.
- my cat climbing between them and digging up the soil for a toilet. I'm not really a big fan of that either.
As you can see from the photo, mine haven't minded too much being crammed in. In fact, most of the fruit I've harvested so far has come from the shaded parts in the middle of the bed. I don't tend to use many chemicals in the garden and no inorganic pesticides, so the natural environmental balance has kept my tomatoes largely pest and disease free.
I do not like tomato dust at all. The only thing it has succeeded at in my garden is stopping the growth of my tomatoes while they cope with being coated in it. Same goes for rose dust.
Using Tomatoes
The best thing of course is cooking them! We have a fabulous Donna Hay cookbook called "No time to cook" that has a great recipe for "Oven-Roasted Tomato and Mint Soup". This is a fresh, delicious recipe with takes minimal effort and tastes of summer.
Oven Roasted Tomato and Mint Soup (Donna Hay, "No Time To Cook")
2.5kgs (4 1/2 lbs) tomatoes
1/3 cup oregano leaves
sea salt & cracked black pepper
olive oil for drizzling
2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
2 tbsps balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup chopped mint
1. Halve tomatoes. Sprinkle with oregano, salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil and roast in a moderate oven (180°C/350°F) for 30 mins or until soft and slightly browned.
2. Blend tomatoes, place in a saucepan and simmer with the stock, vinegar and sugar for 4mins.
3. Stir the mint through and serve or freeze for up to 3 months.
There are a myriad of other great uses for your fresh tomatoes, from home-made sundried tomatoes stored in olive oil and tomato sauce to lasagne and baking with fish, onions and herbs. There are some good ones here: Taste.com.au Tomato Recipes
If you grow nothing else in your garden at all, grow a tomato. They give so much back to the gardener and are my favourite vegetable.
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There is little information available about the legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson, and the information that is available is as much rumor as fact. What is undisputable, however, is Johnson's impact on the world of rock and roll. Some consider Johnson the father of modern rock; his influence extends to artists from Muddy Waters to Led Zeppelin, from the Rolling Stones to the Allman Brothers Band. Eric Clapton, arguably the greatest living rock guitarist, has said that "Robert Johnson to me is the most important blues musician who ever lived. [ . . . ] I have never found anything more deeply soulful than Robert Johnson." While the impact of Johnson's music is evident, the genesis of his remarkable talent remains shrouded in mystery.
For Johnson, born in 1911 in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, music was a means of escape from working in the cotton fields. As a boy he worked on the farm that belonged to Noel Johnson—the man rumored to be his father. He married young, at age 17, and lost his wife a year later in childbirth. That's when Johnson began traveling and playing the blues.
Initially Johnson played the harmonica. Later, he began playing the guitar, but apparently he was not very good. He wanted to learn, however, so he spent his time in blues bars watching the local blues legends Son House and Willie Brown. During their breaks, Johnson would go up on stage and play. House reportedly thought Johnson was so bad that he repeatedly told Johnson to get lost. Finally, one day, he did. For six months, Johnson mysteriously disappeared. No one knew what happened to him.
When Johnson returned half a year later, he was suddenly a first-rate guitarist. He began drawing crowds everywhere he played. Johnson never revealed where he had been and what he had done in those six months that he was gone. People had difficulty understanding how he had become so good in such a short time. Was it genius? Magic? Soon, rumors began circulating that he had made a deal with the devil. Legend has it that Johnson met the devil at midnight at a crossroads and sold his soul to the devil so he could play guitar.
Johnson recorded only 29 songs before his death in 1938, purportedly at the hands of a jealous husband. He was only 27 years old, yet he left an indelible mark on the music world. There are countless versions of "Walkin' Blues," and his song "Cross Road Blues" (later retitled "Crossroads") has been recorded by dozens of artists, with Cream's 1969 version of "Crossroads" being perhaps the best-known Johnson remake. Again and again, contemporary artists return to Johnson, whose songs capture the very essence of the blues, transforming our pain and suffering with the healing magic of his guitar.
Passage 2
There are more than fifty types of blues music, from the famous Chicago and Memphis Blues to the less familiar Juke Joint and Acoustic Country Blues. This rich variety comes as no surprise to those who recognize the blues as a fundamental American art form. Indeed, in its resolution to name 2003 the Year of the Blues, the 107th Congress has declared that the blues is "the most influential form of American roots music." In fact, the two most popular American musical forms—rock and roll and jazz—owe their genesis in large part (some would argue entirely) to the blues.
The blues— neologism attributed to the American writer Washington Irving (author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow") in 1807— evolved from black American folk music. Its beginnings can be traced to songs sung in the fields and around slave quarters on southern plantations, songs of pain and suffering, of injustice, of longing for a better life. A fundamental principle of the blues, however, is that the music be cathartic. Listening to the blues will drive the blues away; it is music that has the power to overcome sadness. Thus "the blues" is something of a misnomer, for the music is moving but not melancholy; it is, in fact, music born of hope, not despair.
The blues began to take shape as a musical movement in the years after emancipation, around the turn of the century when blacks were technically free but still suffered from social and economic discrimination. Its poetic and musical forms were popularized by W. C. Handy just after the turn of the century. Handy, a classical guitarist who reportedly heard the blues for the first time in a Mississippi train station, was the first to officially compose and distribute "blues" music throughout the United States, although its popularity was chiefly among blacks in the South. The movement coalesced in the late 1920s and indeed became a national craze with records by blues singers such as Bessie Smith selling in the millions.
The 1930s and 1940s saw a continued growth in the popularity of the blues as many blacks migrated north and the blues and jazz forms continued to develop, diversify, and influence each other. It was at this time that Son House, Willie Brown, and Robert Johnson played, while the next decade saw the emergence of the blues greats Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Johnny Lee Hooker.
After rock and roll exploded on the music scene in the 1950s, many rock artists began covering blues songs, thus bringing the blues to a young white audience and giving it true national and international exposure. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Cream, and others remade blues songs such as Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" and Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go" to wide popularity. People all across America—black and white, young and old, listened to songs with lyrics that were intensely honest and personal, songs that told about any number of things that give us the blues: loneliness, betrayal, unrequited love, a run of bad luck, being out of work or away from home or broke or broken hearted. It was a music perfectly suited for a nation on the brink of the Civil Rights movement—a kind of music that had the power to cross boundaries, to heal wounds, and to offer hope to a new generation of Americans.
- In Passage 1, the author's main goal is to
- solve the mystery of the genesis of Johnson's talent.
- provide a detailed description of Johnson's music and style.
- provide a brief overview of Johnson's life and influence.
- prove that Johnson should be recognized as the greatest blues musician who ever lived.
- explain how Johnson's music impacted the world of rock and roll.
- The information provided in the passage suggests that Johnson
- really did make a deal with the devil.
- was determined to become a great guitarist, whatever the cost.
- wasn't as talented as we have been led to believe.
- disappeared because he had a breakdown.
- owes his success to Son House and Willie Brown.
- The word neologism in Passage 2, line 10 means
- a new word or use of a word.
- a grassroots musical form.
- a fictional character or fictitious setting.
- the origin or source of something.
- the evolution of a person, place, or thing.
- In Passage 2, the sentence People all across America—black and white, young and old, listened to songs with lyrics that were intensely honest and personal, songs that told about any number of things that give us the blues: loneliness, betrayal, unrequited love, a run of bad luck, being out of work or away from home or broke or broken hearted (lines 43–47), the author is
- defining blues music.
- identifying the origin of the blues.
- describing the lyrics of a famous blues song.
- explaining why blues remakes were so popular.
- making a connection between the blues and the Civil Rights movement.
- In the last paragraph of Passage 2 (lines 37–50), the author suggests that
- the blues should be recognized as more important and complex musical form than rock and roll.
- the golden age of rock and roll owes much to the popularity of blues cover songs.
- music has always been a means for people to deal with intense emotions and difficulties.
- a shared interest in the blues may have helped blacks and whites better understand each other and ease racial tensions.
- the rock and roll versions of blues songs were better than the originals.
- Both authors would agree on all of the following points EXCEPT
- listening to the blues is cathartic.
- Robert Johnson is the best blues guitarist from the 1930s and 1940s.
- the blues are an important part of American history.
- "Crossroads" is one of the most well-known blues songs.
- blues music is deeply emotional.
- The passages differ in tone and style in that
- Passage 1 is intended for a general audience while Passage 2 is intended for readers with a musical background.
- Passage 1 is far more argumentative than Passage 2.
- Passage 1 is often speculative while Passage 2 is factual and assertive.
- Passage 1 is more formal than Passage 2, which is quite casual.
- Passage 1 is straight-forward while Passage 2 often digresses from the main point.
- Which of the following best describes the relationship between these two passages?
- specific : general
- argument : support
- fiction : nonfiction
- first : second
- cause : effect
- Which of the following sentences from Passage 2 could most effectively be added to Passage 1?
- In fact, the two most popular American musical forms—rock and roll and jazz—owe their genesis in large part (some would argue entirely) to the blues. (lines 7–9)
- A fundamental principle of the blues, however, is that the music be cathartic. (line 15–16)
- Thus "the blues" is something of a misnomer, for the music is moving but not melancholy; it is, in fact, music born of hope, not despair. (lines 17–19)
- It was at this time that Son House, Willie Brown, and Robert Johnson played, while the next decade saw the emergence of the blues greats Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Johnny Lee Hooker. (lines 33–36)
- After rock and roll exploded on the music scene in the 1950s, many rock artists began covering blues songs, thus bringing the blues to a young white audience and giving it true national and international exposure. (lines 37–40)
Questions 17–26 are based on the following passage.
This passage describes the formative experiences of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's remarkable musical talent was apparent even before most children can sing a simple nursery rhyme. Wolfgang's older sister Maria Anna, who the family called Nannerl, was learning the clavier, an early keyboard instrument, when her three-year-old brother took an interest in playing. As Nannerl later recalled, Wolfgang "often spent much time at the clavier, picking out thirds, which he was always striking, and his pleasure showed that it sounded good." Their father Leopold, an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg Court, recognized his children's unique gifts and soon devoted himself to their musical education.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, Wolfgang was five when he learned his first musical composition—in less than half an hour. He quickly learned other pieces, and by age five composed his first original work. Leopold settled on a plan to take Nannerl and Wolfgang on tour to play before the European courts. Their first venture was to nearby Munich where the children played for Maximillian III Joseph, elector of Bavaria. Leopold soon set his sights on the capital of the Hapsburg Empire, Vienna. On their way to Vienna, the family stopped in Linz, where Wolfgang gave his first public concert. By this time, Wolfgang was not only a virtuoso harpsichord player but he had also mastered the violin. The audience at Linz was stunned by the six-year-old, and word of his genius soon traveled to Vienna. In a much-anticipated concert, the children appeared at the Schönbrunn Palace on October 13, 1762. They utterly charmed the emperor and empress.
Following this success, Leopold was inundated with invitations for the children to play, for a fee. Leopold seized the opportunity and booked as many concerts as possible at courts throughout Europe. After the children performed at the major court in a region, other nobles competed to have the "miracle children of Salzburg" play a private concert in their homes. A concert could last three hours, and the children played at least two a day. Today, Leopold might be considered the worst kind of stage parent, but at the time it was not uncommon for prodigies to make extensive concert tours. Even so, it was an exhausting schedule for a child who was just past the age of needing an afternoon nap.
Wolfgang fell ill on tour, and when the family returned to Salzburg on January 5, 1763, Wolfgang spent his first week at home in bed with acute rheumatoid arthritis. In June, Leopold accepted an invitation for the children to play at Versailles, the lavish palace built by Loius XIV, king of France. Wolfgang did not see his home in Salzburg for another three years. When they weren't performing, the Mozart children were likely to be found bumping along the rutted roads in an unheated carriage. Wolfgang passed the long uncomfortable hours in the imaginary Kingdom of Back, of which he was king. He became so engrossed in the intricacies of his make-believe court that he persuaded a family servant to make a map showing all the cities, villages, and towns over which he reigned.
The king of Back was also busy composing. Wolfgang completed his first symphony at age nine and published his first sonatas that same year. Before the family returned to Salzburg, Wolfgang had played for, and amazed, the heads of the French and British royal families. He had also been plagued with numerous illnesses. Despite Wolfgang and Nannerl's arduous schedule and international renown, the family's finances were often strained. The pattern established in his childhood would be the template for the rest of his short life. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart toiled constantly, was lauded for his genius, suffered from illness, and struggled financially, until he died at age 35. The remarkable child prodigy who more than fulfilled his potential was buried in an unmarked grave, as was the custom at the time, in a Vienna suburb.
- The primary purpose of the passage is to
- illustrate the early career and formative experiences of a musical prodigy.
- describe the classical music scene in the eighteenth century.
- uncover the source of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's musical genius.
- prove the importance of starting a musical instrument at an early age.
- denounce Leopold Mozart for exploiting his children's talent.
- According to the passage, Wolfgang became interested in music because
- his father thought it would be profitable.
- he had a natural talent.
- he saw his sister learning to play.
- he came from a musical family.
- he wanted to go on tour.
- What was the consequence of Wolfgang's first public appearance?
- He charmed the emperor and empress of Hapsburg.
- Leopold set his sights on Vienna.
- Word of Wolfgang's genius spread to the capital.
- He mastered the violin.
- Invitations for the "miracle children" to play poured in.
- The author's attitude toward Leopold Mozart can best be characterized as
- vehement condemnation.
- mild disapproval.
- glowing admiration.
- incredulity.
- veiled disgust.
- In line 40, the word lavish most nearly means
- wasteful.
- clean.
- extravagant.
- beautiful.
- glorious.
- The author uses the anecdote about Mozart's Kingdom of Back to illustrate
- Mozart's admiration for the composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
- the role imagination plays in musical composition.
- that Mozart was mentally unstable.
- that Mozart was an imaginative child.
- that Mozart's only friends were imaginary people and family servants.
- The author suggests that Mozart's adult life
- was ruined by repeated illness.
- was a disappointment after his brilliant childhood.
- was nothing but misery.
- ended in poverty and anonymity.
- followed the pattern of his childhood.
- In line 57, the word lauded most nearly means
- derided.
- praised.
- punished.
- compensated.
- coveted.
- Each of the following statements about Wolfgang Mozart is directly supported by the passage EXCEPT
- Mozart's father, Leopold, was instrumental in shaping his career.
- Wolfgang had a vivid imagination.
- Wolfgang's childhood was devoted to his musical career.
- Wolfgang's illnesses were the result of exhaustion.
- Maria Anna was a talented musician in her own right.
- Based on information found in the passage, Mozart can best be described as
- a workaholic.
- a child prodigy.
- a sickly child.
- a victim of his father's ambition.
- the greatest composer of the eighteenth century.
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Subject: | Re: lynx-dev Re: LYNX IS ELITIST |
Date: | Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:13:18 -0500 (EST) |
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Eldridge Currie wrote: > Subir Grewal wrote: > > > We're sorry you feel the distribution was not as well done as it could > > have been. It would be helpful to us if you could let us know what > > platform you were trying to run Lynx on (Mac, PC with Windows, some sort > > of Unix, VMS, etc.) > > Thank you for your informative response, Subir, but I will > not be interested at all in LYNX until it self installing like > Neetscape and Internet Explorer. And if it ever *is* too much like Netscape and IE, I and many others will no longer be interested. "It takes all kinds to make a world." -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer address@hidden I'd rather be designing and coding.
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- Talking! I actually really like to do it, despite what it seems at times. I can talk an awful lot about nothing much in particular (usually fandom related things.) It's really hard to get me to shut up if you get me talking about something I'm passionate about (theatre, pottermore wands, World of Warcraft lore.)
But when it comes to talking about my personal life, things about me, my home life, my ~feelings~… That's usually where I get quiet. I'll talk a lot about myself, but I won't usually say anything. Secretly, I'd probably wouldn't mind it. But it's a very difficult subject for me to get on, as I'm naturally a very private person, and I see myself as pretty boring and uninteresting. I'm a fairly normal person!
- Writing! Oh man I absolutely LOVE to write. It's been one of my biggest passions for years. I write a lot of both fanfiction and original stories- though usually, the fanfiction is the only thing people will ever see. I'm painfully self conscious of any of my original work, so I tend to just hide that away on my harddrive and vaguely reference it. The fanfiction, however, is absolutely fair game, even if I don't tend to finish any of it. I mostly tend to write things for Kingdom Hearts, but I have been known to dabble in Jak and Daxter and Naruto (no judging) as well. I try to be really picky about the quality of my fanfics, and I try to stick to canon unless I have a reasonable headcanon. But I've also kind of resigned myself to the fact that most people are just going to know my fanfics by the weird shit on my ff.net account.
- Cosplay! I have adored costumes for as long as I've lived, so it really isn't surprising that cosplaying is extremely attractive to me. I have a long list of future costumes, but I lack almost all of the skills require to make them, so it's very slow going. Right now I cosplay Kingdom Hearts, Naruto, and Homestuck. But in the near future I'll probably be adding Legend of Korra to that list!
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I tend to filter out most of it before it hits a text post, because I know not many people are interested in hearing about my largely boring life. But that's why I'll post old pictures from theatre, or briefly talk about my vacation to the beach. It's something that was special to me or I greatly enjoyed, so even if I was totally alone at the time, I want to talk about it and include people in it.
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