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Developer Updates Hilton Hotel Site Plan for The Grove, Pagano Plans Townhomes
Published on Friday, 13 December 2013 12:26
Written by Alex Ihnen
{once marked for a pocket park, a new 3-story retail/office building may sit at Chouteau & Taylor}
The developer of an extended stay Hilton Hotel is offereing a much needed revision to the site plan for the corner of Chouteau and Taylor Avenues in the city's
Forest Park Southeast
(AKA The Grove) neighborhood. Initially proposed last month, this site advocated for a plan that offered a corner presence either now or in the future. Where a pocket park was once labled, is a 3-story, 11,000sf retail/office building. The addition will make a significant contribution to the urban form at this corner. The initial plan can be
found here
on nextSTL. The plan leaves a surface parking lot facing Chouteau to the east and a better plan would have the building, even a lower building, extend to the east, presenting a physical streetwall.
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Gateway at Kirkwood, Evolving Suburban Development Patterns and Walkable Communities
Published on Thursday, 12 December 2013 08:33
Written by Alex Ihnen
{Novus Properties' "Gateway at Kirkwood" proposal site outlined in blue}
The intersection of Manchester and Kirkwood Roads isn't pretty, unless you love cars. On each of the four corners at the intersection of these main thoroughfares sits a car dealership. The city asked for and has now been presented a plan called "Gateway at Kirkwood" by Novus Properties that the company believes will spruce up the most trafficked northern entry to Kirkwood. Tenants could be open for business as early as October 2015.
Initial chatter months ago speculated that a walkable development, a "second downtown" might be on the table. What's being presented in a little more pedestrian (unfortunately not
pedestrians). At this location it's no surprise to see traditional suburban setbacks and strip malls, we mean "boutique shopping centers". The good news is the reported $73M plan would also add senior living and other apartment options as well as a couple dozen townhomes.
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St. Louis Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow in 9 Buildings
Published on Wednesday, 11 December 2013 07:14
Written by Alex Ihnen
It's nearly impossible to keep with the demolitions in the City of St. Louis. There may be a couple hundred in a year. And there will be hundreds more in the coming years. It's also tough to follow all the rehab activity. From Carondelet to Baden, Downtown to Demun, buildings are being remade into homes, small businesses, and even high tech innovation incubators. And there's infill, a lot of it now, concentrated roughly along the city's Central Corridor, but extending from
Benton Park
Botanical Heights
to the
Central West End
Each of these will be part of the St. Louis story in the coming decades, but in a small corner of the city, one can see all of it today. Within just a few blocks where the Central West End and Vandeventer neighborhoods meet, there are three signature rehabs underway, three looming demolitions, and three new infill projects
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Some Design Advice for IKEA
Published on Monday, 09 December 2013 07:14
Written by Alex Ihnen
{Atlanta IKEA with ~1,500 apartments overlayed at IKEA CORTEX site (yellow) - blue = future mixed use}
Nothing like telling IKEA they can't design. As much thought as goes into a five dollar table lamp, the company's 380K sf stores lack contextual design almost completely. A second thought tells us this isn't surprising. You make money by producing a highly replicable standardized item at the lowest cost possible. It just so happens that when you do this with a big box store itself, it doesn't always work for its surroundings. It's like trying to use a SKOJIG lamp for reading while lounging in your EKTORP chair, if you know what I mean.
While the Swedish retailer proudly notes their stores stock 10,000 or more unique items, their US stores seem to have just two designs: the suburban model, and the only-if-you-make-us-squeeze-into-a-smaller-footprint model. For ease of reading, we'll call them the WestChester and Atlanta, respectively. Unfortunately the City of St. Louis appears destined to suffer the first.
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IKEA Details Plans for City of St. Louis Store
Published on Wednesday, 04 December 2013 12:28
Written by Alex Ihnen
{rendering of St. Louis IKEA looking southwest from Vandeventer and Forest Park Avenues}
It's officially officially official. IKEA announced today that they will build a 380K sf store within the CORTEX district at Vandeventer and Forest Park Avenues. The desire to build at this location has been
known for some time
late last week came confirmation
that the mega-retailer was finally ready to put a stake in the ground.
There were few surprises today as IKEA representatives and city officials thanked the multitude of people involved in making the deal come together. The store will be located against Interstate 64 just west of Vandeventer Avenue and have 1,250 parking spaces, approximately 500 spaces will be at surface level beneath the store's second level.
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2008-07-03 01:34:15 GMT 2008-07-03 09:34:15 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CHENGDU, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 120,000 students in China's quake-hit areas started their three-day national college entrance exam on Thursday morning, which was delayed about a month after the May 12 earthquake.
Among them, 96,000 students come from 45 counties in Sichuan Province, and 24,000 from 17 counties in Gansu Province. In a whole, they make up 1.1 percent of all senior high school graduates attending the college entrance exam this year.
About 78 percent of them will attend the most important exam in their lives in makeshift houses.
The earth-quake zones have been granted an enrollment rate of 2 percent more than the previous plan. The Ministry of Education has asked the country's 1,000-plus institutions of higher learning to increase their enrollment quota for the quake-hit areas.
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The annual national college entrance examination for the 62 quake-ravaged counties and districts in Sichuan and Gansu provinces was postponed until July 3 to 5, the Ministry of Education said on Monday.
The national college exam took place over the weekend. A record10.38 million students participated in the exam, the largest of its kind in the world. Full story
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- About 10 million graduating high school students are sitting in the world's largest state-organized tests for college entrance while a small portion who were most affected by the massive earthquake in Sichuan get a grace period.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) said a record number of 10.5 million students have registered for attending the national College Entrance Examination (CEE), which is scheduled from June 7-9 in most parts of China.

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I am an inveterate, unapologetic smoker. Yeah, yeah, I know they'll kill me, but what the heck? I have to die of something anyway, and I don't want it to be old age. I have options as far as smoking in public places is concerned. I can go on a safari for a restaurant that allows smoking, or gut up and patronize one that doesn't. On the rare occasions I choose to go to a bar, honky-tonk, etc., I want to be able to enjoy a smoke with my beer. I have to dragged kicking and screaming into a movie theater, a major point of contention with my better half, who also smokes. My point being: If you don't like the smoke, stay the heck away from it. Don't force any more sanctimonious, puritanical pseudo-laws down my throat. This is the land of the free and home of the brave, right? Be brave. Allow people their freedoms.
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Lost/Found Cat Flyers
Springtime in the cities, and people seem to be losing and finding cats left and right. These flyers were seen a couple of blocks apart from each other in Robbinsdale. (doesn't appear to be a match though)
Keep an eye on your kitties, folks!
Depending on where you live in the Twin Cities, snow totals varied but stayed somewhat low, and because of the rain that was mixed in, most people saw a heavy, wet, sloppy mess this morning.
I don't claim for this to be a great picture at all. But as a Minnesotan in this digital age, it is my God-given right to take crappy pictures after a snowfall, and post them on the internet.
This is what we do.
Sorry to hear that.
Just got home from work and I gotta shovel in the dark.
You think I'm scared Minnesota?
Let's do this.
Pump N Munch - Robbinsdale
Two blocks from my house and it is the pride of the neighborhood. I even did you guys a solid and posted the user reviews from Yelp Minneapolis just to prove it.
This has to be the ghetto-est gas station around the immediate area. The service is friendly, and the guy who owns the place's wife is a bit of eyecandy for your shopping convenience, haha. All in all it looks like a spiffed up bodega, but its one of the only places besides the neighboring Hometown Market that always has my Black n Mild Woodtips in stock at all times… Quite often though they are out of gasoline, which leaves me to ask…. How does a C-store run out of gas… hmm… All in all I'd give this place 2 stars but they are always in stock with black n milds and the name is just epic. Not to mention the lil generic mario guy they have on their store sign. Awesome.
Dirty, ghetto, frequently out of gas. Don't go here unless you have to.
Hands down, the greatest gas station name EVER. I never even got gas here.
I always though you were supposed to Munch before you Pump?? I giggle every time I drive by.
Keep an eye out for Baily the Beagle folks. Last seen by Cub Foods near Hwy 100 and 36th Ave N in Crystal/Robbinsdale.
October in Minnesota
This is what I saw when I got in my car this morning. I had to get the ice scraper out of the trunk and chip it off just so I could drive to work.
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Toucher & Rich debuted a brand new game Friday morning called "The Townie Test."
Adolfo roamed the streets of Dorchester, and found a man who calls himself Sensational White Chocolate from Charlestown. He told Adolfo the best parts about growing up in Charlestown and that he and his friends hang around freestyling.
Unfortunately for us he won't give up the freestyling for free. All you have to do is guess whether Sensational White Chocolate answers these questions correctly.
Hilarity ensues….
Toucher & Rich's Townie Test: Sensational White Chocolate


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Una Questione Di Cuore
Two men with virtually nothing in common strike up the closest of friendships but must deal with the impending shadow of mortality, in this gentle comedy-drama from cause-célèbre Italian director Francesca Archibugi. Successful screenwriter Alberto (Antonio Albanese) checks himself into the hospital complaining of chest pains; meanwhile, affluent garage owner Angelo (Kim Rossi Stuart suffers from a massive heart attack and winds up in the same room next to Alberto, where he makes a series of courageous but unsuccessful attempts to rebound and feels his condition deteriorating. In-between Alberto's visitations from various movie industry friends (established via a series of cameos) and Angelo's chats with pregnant wife Rossana (Micaela Ramazzotti), the patients become acquainted, and before long they mutually regress to goofy, teenage behavior and begin swapping confidences. Angelo develops a deep-seated level of respect and admiration for Alberto - enough that he begins to perceive the writer as someone who can provide for Rosanna and the kids after his own death - and Alberto, who has seldom been close to anyone, develops a real sense of what friendship means for the first time in his life. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Milan's Teatro Alla Scala mounted this production of Gaetano Donizetti's Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali in October 2009, with a cast that includes Jessica Pratt as Daria, Simon Bailey as Procolo, Christian Senn as Biscroma Strappaviscere, Vincenzo Tadrmina as Agata, Aurora Tirotta as Luigia, Leonardo Cortellazzi{ as Guglielmo and Asude Karayavuz as Pippetto. The Orchestra, Solisti e Coro dell'Accademia del Teatro alla Scala lends musical accompaniment under the baton of Marco Guidarini, with Alfonso Caiani serving as chorus master. Antonio Albanese directs for the stage; Leila Fteita created the sets, and Elisabetta Gabbioneta designed the costumes. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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In Bread and Tulips, director Silvio Soldini detailed the journey of a discontented housewife who threw caution to the wind to find true happiness in Venice; in Days and Clouds, the same filmmaker explores the opposite side of the coin by telling the tale of a middle-class homemaker from Genoa who suddenly finds her life turned upside down. Elsa (Margherita Buy) is the picture of middle-class contentment: she's happily married, well adjusted, and spends most of her spare time developing her skills as an amateur historian specializing in restoration. Recently, Elsa even decided to return to school in order to earn her degree. One day, after gently scraping the ceiling of a local chapel to reveal hidden angels that hadn't seen the light of day in decades, Elsa is informed by her husband, Michele (Antonio Albanese), that the couple will have to give up their posh apartment. Michele was formerly a partner in a successful shipping firm, but now that his partner has forced him out of the business, the happy husband and wife won't be able to maintain their current lifestyle. In the aftermath of that disheartening revelation, Elsa and Michele both try to find work while dealing with the predicament in directly opposing ways. Later, after moving into a much smaller apartment, the cracks in Elsa and Michele's now fragile marriage gradually begin to widen. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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La Lingua Del Santo
A pair of would-be criminals get more than they bargained for during a robbery of a Catholic church in this satiric comedy from Italy. Willy (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is a salesman who has been fired from his job, while his friend Antonio (Antonio Albanese) is a football player whose career has hit the skids. Short on money and with no immediate prospects, Willy and Antonio decide to steal the donation box at a church in a prosperous neighborhood. The burglary turns disastrous, but as they flee, Antonio grabs a jeweled curio, which turns out to be a holy relic containing the tongue of Saint Antonio, the patron saint of the humble and needy. Thinking he may have found a gold mine, Antonio demands a ransom from the Vatican in exchange for the safe return of the tongue. When the church refuses to pay, the novice thieves pry some of the rubies from the relic and try to sell them to a pack of gypsies. But the gypsies turn out to be big fans of Saint Antonio, and are horrified when they discover the source of the jewels. Krondano (Toni Bertorelli), the gypsy leader, takes the story of the stolen relic to the media, who have a field day with it, and Maritan (Giulio Brogi), a successful businessman who believes he owes his good fortune to Saint Antonio, steps forward to offer a bounty for the safe recovery of the saint's tongue. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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La Fame e la Sete
Comedian Antonio Albanese directed this comedy about the strained relationship between three brothers -- and also played all three of the siblings himself. A funeral in Sicily reunites three brothers who have not seen each other in years -- Alex, an arrogant photographer; Salvatore, a businessman who has forsaken his Sicilian heritage and become a chauvinist of Northern Italy; and Pacifico, a teacher who is so mild-mannered his family didn't even remember he existed until he showed up for the memorial service. Albanese also co-wrote the screenplay for La Fame e la Sete with Vincenzo Cerami, who received notice for his script for Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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La Gabbianella e il Gatto
This animated feature, based on a best-selling Chilean children's book, was the most expensive Italian cartoon ever at the time of its release, produced at a cost of $6 million. Zorba, a cat, one day finds a dying seagull in his yard, a victim of a recent oil spill. Zorba promises the gull that he'll look after the egg she's nesting, and before long Lucky is hatched. Zorba watches over the baby bird and teaches it to fly with the help of his friends, but when Lucky runs afoul of a gang of criminal sewer rats, Zorba must come to the rescue. A planned English-language version is expected to feature voices and songs from British pop musicians Peter Hammill and Midge Ure. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Novellas by Luigi Pirandello provided the source for this Italian anthology of two tales written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. "Felice," set in Rome of the '30s, focuses on former opera baritone Felice (Antonio Albanese), now an accountant at the Teatro dell'Opera. Felice roars with laughter during his sleep, prompting his suspicious Russian wife (Elena Ghiaurov) to leave him. Abrasive opera director Migliori (Luca Zingaretti) has a daily ritual of tormenting crippled Rambaldi (Giuseppe Cederna). Since Felice has dreamed of joining Migliori in this humiliation, he is overcome with guilt when Rambaldi commits suicide. Felice makes plans to drown himself, but his future brightens after he finds romance with former chorus girl Nora (Sabrina Ferilli). "Two Kidnappings" begins in contemporary Sicily with a mobster holding a youth (Steve Spedicato) hostage to prevent his Mafia turncoat father from naming names but then segues to a kidnapping of 100 years earlier at the same location. Originally a three-parter, the third tale was filmed and edited but later deleted from the final release version. Nicola Piovani's orchestral score includes selections from Rossini. The Taviani brothers previously adapted Pirandello in their 1984 Kaos. Shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival , the 1998 Toronto Film Festival, and the 1998 New York Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Uomo d'acqua Dolce
A loving young husband (popular Italian comedian Antonio Albanese) goes out one night to get his pregnant wife Beatrice (Valeria Milillo) the jar of mushrooms she craves and does not return for five years. Unbeknownst to either of them, Antonio was about to buy the mushrooms when a large package fell and conked him on the head. He regained consciousness with no memory whatsoever and simply wandered away. Five years later, he returns home with his wife's mushrooms with no idea that he had lost his memory. Unfortunately, by this time Beatrice has taken up with Gotffredo (Antonio Petrocelli), an experimental musician. He is the only father, her daughter Tonina (Sara Anticoli) knows. Undeterred, Antonio launches a determined, comical campaign to win back the naturally reticent Beatrice. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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A 20-year-old Eastern European girl impetuously ditches the rest of her tour group to embark upon a new life in Italy. Though she writes friends and family glowing accounts of her fabulous and successful adventures in her adopted home, the truth is much more tragic. Intelligently and poignantly drawn, this drama offers a portrait of Vesna's life. Shortly after leaving the tour, Vesna finds herself broke and without a plan so she hangs out in a local coffee bar where she meets a businessman who takes her home. Needing cash, she asks him to pay her for the sexual services he desires. He agrees, but struck by moral confusion, Vesna refuses the money then changes her mind again. So begins her descent into prostitution. Later she ends up in Rimni, a glittering tourist resort where she numbly pursues her new profession in earnest. She does not like turning tricks, but her irresistible craving for money drives her. A former runner, she still finds herself on the fast track to nowhere until she meets the kindly Antonio, a construction worker and kindred spirit who becomes a client and one day saves her life after the still innocent girl inadvertently involves herself with organized criminals. She encounters more tragedy when her passport is stolen. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Ever did something that sounded total cool and hard to do to but turn out that everything worked out in the end?
Everyone who orders from Overall Beauty knows that we ship BB Couture nail polish just about everywhere in the world! WELL in November 2009 we were asked if we would be willing to ship 200- 300 of BB Couture nail polish to a sweet company called Nailmail.
Karin the owner had asked even earlier in the year if we would mind being the nail polish brand for Dec. Wow awesome I had NO IDEA it would turn out to be 322 bottles of nail polish size order!! 70 customers, 322 bottles of BB Couture polish and I send along 71 little gifts to all her customers just for ordering.
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Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 24, 2012
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"You apply Idol Lash just like you would any kind of eyeliner. It brushes easily on to your top lid and your bottom lid and you don't need to be too careful about using it because there is no color to it." said Angi Taylor with HeresToLIfe.net, "A lot of women also choose to use this on their eyebrows to help the hairs grow thicker there, too."
"The product works because it is full of natural ingredients that have been proven to help with hair follicle growth and to create thicker, darker, and longer lashes. Included in the list of ingredients are a variety of ingredients, including honey extract, chamomile extract, keratin, vitamins, protein, and moisturizing agents."
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Family Consultant Program
Unique Resource
The Family Consultant component is a unique resource to the Allen Creek community, available at no other preschool in the area, and is provided at no additional cost. Parents, teachers, family consultants and children form a circle of community. The collaboration of each classroom's teachers, family consultants and parents, is part of what makes Allen Creek exceptional among preschools.
"The Parent Group Wednesday night meetings have been invaluable to our family. They have helped
me become a better parent and a better listener, as well as more patient with everyone. I have
received guidance from the Family Consultants that I wouldn't have sought out otherwise. Maybe
even more importantly, the support between parents during the meetings inspires me and reminds
me that my 4 year old isn't the only one going through a certain stage. We draw strength from each
other and learn from each other's experiences. I am so thankful for this program!" |
Family Consultants are volunteers with professions and specialization in child development – psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers – who act as resources to Allen Creek families. Through weekly observations in the classroom, discussions with teachers, in-service meetings, conferences, and twice monthly Parent Group meetings, your family consultants support both teachers and parents in understanding your child's growth.
What Makes Up the Family Consultant Program?
PARENT GROUP MEETINGS - These meetings take place with all the parents of a particular classroom and their Family Consultants on the first and third Wednesdays of the month (when school is in session) from 8:00-9:15pm.
The Parent Group meetings are an integral part of the Allen Creek program, and at least one parent is expected to participate. In these twice-monthly discussions, parents can talk about all issues concerning parenting and child development and they become a support network for each other.
Allen Creek Family Consultants don't tell parents the "right way" to do things; rather, they work in Parent Groups to create a space for parents to discover their own values and goals in raising their children. The Family Consultants offer support and expertise in the wide range of normally expected development of the child within the context of his or her family.
Sharing with other parents and drawing on the expertise of Family Consultants, Allen Creek parents develop confidence in their parenting. They learn skills of relating to teachers and advocating for their children that are applicable throughout their children's school years.
CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS - Family Consultants observe in their assigned classroom at a regular time weekly. These observations help theConsultants to know the children and social dynamics of a class.With this familiarity, the Consultants are able to be active resources for the teachers in making the best use of classroom dynamics and curriculum offerings for social and academic learning.
CLASSROOM WEEKLY TEAM MEETINGS - Family Consultants and teachers meet weekly to discuss topical early childhood development issues relevant to their specific classroom
"My teaching experience at Allen Creek has been greatly enhanced by the valuable information the family consultants share about the inner world of children. Their refreshing and informed perspective has improved my understanding of, and my interactions with children and their parents. As an added bonus their insights have helped me become a better parent to my two teen aged sons." – Michelle Graves, Allen Creek Teacher since 2002. "The family consultants have enriched my teaching life immeasurably. Their years of experience in child development have informed every aspect of my role. I am inspired, affirmed, guided and encouraged as a teacher and as a human being deeply involved in the creative process. Feedback is generous, immediate and compelling. The in-services both intrigue and educate. Our Friday meetings provide an open forum where the needs of the children and their families take a place of prominence and our voices are all heard and acknowledged. The unique environment at Allen Creek is all that I could wish for as a teacher." – Lesley Criscenti, Allen Creek Creative Arts Teacher since 2007. |
WEEKLY STAFF MEETINGS - All the Family Consultants and Teachers meet weekly as a full staff to discuss together how the classroom offerings are meeting the needs of each group. Focusing on a different group each week, the staff gains perspective on the developmental pathways of change as the children grow and how to make the curriculum responsive to these changes.
WEEKLY IN-SERVICE MEETINGS - Various Family Consultants provide the teachers with a weekly in-service meeting to discuss specific topics of early
childhood development. Allen Creek teachers identify these weekly meetings as a unique learning tool which enables them to bring more sophisticated understandings into the classroom.
FAMILY CONSULTANT DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS - Twice a month, following Parent Group meetings, and three other times throughout the year, the Family Consultants meet as a team. During these meetings, they discuss a range of topics from the latest research on child development to a theme (such as separation) that they follow through the ages of each classroom to engage with feedback from teachers and parents. Family Consultants draw upon the ideas generated in these discussions to helpparents and teachers bring increased insight and understanding to their interactions with children.
PARENT CONFERENCES - Family consultants partner with teachers to prepare feedback for parents during parent conferences twice a year; in addition, at least one Consultant attends the conferences. Additional team meetings with teachers and family consultants can be arranged if parents have any concerns or questions.
CONSULTATIONS - Family consultants are available to parents in their child's classroom for three or four individual consultations at no cost as needed. They are also available for email or telephone exchanges if parents have specific questions.
Quotes About the Family Consultant Program
"The parent meetings at Allen Creek were an unexpected treasure of our family's experience at
Allen Creek. They offered us the opportunity to step back and reflect on how our children were
developing, and to share the joys and struggles of each new phase of their development with other
parents. Collectively, the four years we spent at Allen Creek parent meetings helped us to approach
our parenting with an intentionality that continues to influence our parenting today. We are grateful
to the family consultants who provided the structure and appropriate insight at these
meetings. Their presence and comments continually strengthened our understanding of our children
both as individuals and as members of a school and the greater community."
– Karen and Mike
"We have certainly benefitted from the family consultant program. In addition to the Parent Groups, which offer a wonderful opportunity to connect to other parents and learn from them, the one-on-one time with our family consultant has been really helpful for us. We received invaluable support during a significant transition in our family, and it helped us to insure that we were offering our daughter everything we could to help her with the transition as well." – Andrea Hill
"It seems like we are always going through some sort of change in our family, whether it be sibling
dynamics, kids learning new skills, growth spurts (mental, physical, or emotional), changing jobs, a
new baby brother on the way, holidays & extended family visits--just to name a few. I'm so glad
I've had the opportunity to bring my issues to the meetings and really feel heard. I find it
important not only to be able to bounce ideas off other parents with kids at similar stages, but also
to receive feedback from the psychoanalytic perspective of the family consultants. One meeting
that stands out was when someone brought up the topic of "helping my kids move towards
independence in self-care (toileting, showering/bathing, dressing, etc.)." All of the parents had been
dealing with this on some level, and the discussion was lively. I gained useful tips from other
parents, and I was able to share some of the things that had been working for us, like buying our
daughter an alarm clock so she could be in charge of waking up in the mornings. The family
consultants went a bit deeper into the subject, saying that the more self-care responsibility the
child takes on, the more willing and motivated they are to take care of their surroundings, such as
cleaning up toys and their room. This has certainly been true with our daughter, and it was very
interesting to understand the correlation since it's not something I would have put together on my
own. These meetings provide me with a sense of empowerment and a renewed excitement for trying
fresh parenting approaches. And it's a great way to build a deeper connection with the parents of
my child's classmates!"
– Amy McKenna
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This Sunday, youth choir (aka R.A.W.) sings this Sunday morning in worship. Donuts will be in the choir room at 8:00. Be in the Sanctuary, ready to sing at 8:15. We will sing in the Awaken service only. See you Sunday morning! We will NOT have rehearsal on Sunday afternoon.


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Marianne Williamsonfrom her book "A Return To Love"
Here my little rant and praise place, where the daily experiences of my programming work are expressed. I publish them with the idea that others might find it useful and benefit from it.
I was disappointed about KDE-4.1 half backed unfinished frontend programming where graphical artifacts were quite common, yet, after 2-3 weeks the MacBook Pro with MacOSX 10.5.6 with recent fixes shows OpenGL articifacts as well. Here a screenshot showing the black artifacts (the blurred out infos and red marker is done by me):
Today I opened the MacBook Pro, after having put the machine into sleep . . . and it stopped to wake up. I had to forcefully shutdown the machine by pressing the "ON/OFF" (|) button for 5 seconds, then it shut down, waiting a few seconds and press the button again, and the machine was booting freshly.
I'm surprised that Apple has the same problems as PC makers to put machines to sleep and wake up instantly.
I found this link HowTo: Make Ubuntu A Perfect Mac File Server And Time Machine which was most informative, and surprising one has to compile the 'netatalk' by hand in order to include settings required to make AFP work with recent MacOSX clients - but after 40 minutes the AFP server was up and running, even announced through the network as it were an original Apple File Server.
The only problem I faced later, when you create files and folders on the console of the server itself (Linux), those become unreadable or unaccessible for the MacOSX access and vice-versa. This becomes a problems when you work on a web-site, and save files on it, and have Linux webserver access those files internally.
As one notices quickly, Apple redefined the Backspace key to be "Delete", and the Delete key to be "Backspace", Microsoft behaviour, and this is meant as an insult.
Here the remedy:
Installing a .dmg is a bit non-intuitive, as you donwload a .dmg and open it, and you see a few files, sometimes you see two icons, one of the application, and one of the folder "Application", you are supposed to drag it over, why this is so, no clue. When I click on an installer, I want to install it, and not be taught how to drag one icon over another, stupid.
So, starting an application doesn't mean that it is installed, not so, you require to drag the application into the folder "Application" to ensure it is in the system, after then you disconnect the .dmg disk image by . . . moving it into the Trash. I thought the Trash is where you put things when you want to delete things? E.g. to eject a CD or DVD, throw it into the Trash . . . . very strange.
Expose/Spaces, multiple screens work fine, fast switching, key shortcuts definable.
As next I installed Firefox 3, and Opera 9.63 and GIMP 2.6, and Inkscape 0.46, each application I downloaded from the respective homepages.
Then I installed MacPorts, there the first fiddling around was required, the /opt/local folder was populated, but the xterm/bash didn't find it, so you had to edit .profile or .cshrc in case you ran tcsh. As next installing screen using sudo port install screen which worked perfectly. Unforunately, the default behaviour of screen wasn't acceptable, still calling bash at startup instead tcsh as defined in the xterm/Terminal.app. Anyway, Google has all the answers, the .screenrc edit to do what I want, and I'm almost done.
termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@ shell /bin/tcsh
Update: you can change the login shell in "System Preferences" -> "Account", select your own login, make sure you can make changes, and click with right button or with CTRL pushed, "Advanced Options" appears . . . one of the few inconsistancies I found, to hide this important menu.
I start to install various perl modules, and I realize there are two perls now in the system, one in /opt/local and another in /usr/bin/, not good. I sym link /usr/bin/perl to use /opt/local/bin/perl, and then install perl modules using
perl -MCPAN -e "install Digest::SHA"
I also compile my own old text editor, and it compiles without problems (the source code is over 20 years old).
That what I was hoping for, flash and quicktime seem to work, not perfectly, but ok. E.g. the video stream at zdf.de doesn't work seamless, the wifi connection quicktime has problens, audio fails and I have to restart the player again a few times . . . not really mature the quicktime streaming, surprising.
I installed VBox on Kubuntu 8.1 as host a few days ago, and ran Windows XP SP2 as guest, and it installed without problems, under MacOS-X 10.5.6 and VBox 2.1.2 the very same CD failed to install (report of a "I386\asms: Error Message: the parameter is incorrect") . . . not very convincing, whoever is the culprit. I even burnt another CD from the iso file I had with the Mac, same error message, finally I mounted the .iso file and fed that as CD, and that worked. This means, likely the Mac/VBox/WindowsXP CD Driver chain is somewhere broken, likely the Windows XP CD driver based on findings on the net, that people with real machines, not VirtualBox, encountering the same error.
I installed Kubuntu 8.1 (only at 800x600, higher resolution wasn't possible, bad) and FreeBSD 7.0 ("boot only" did not work as ftp access to Internet failed, but "disk 1" did work) as guests, but it seems VirtualBox on Mac is a bit behind compared to the Linux host variant, surprising.
At the right upper corner you have a magnifying glas, no it doesn't magnify the screen buffer, it does . . . searching. It's much faster to type the name of the application you like to start instead to search through the directories via Finder, in particular when you installed the iPhone SDK which is . . . somewhere deep in filesystem installed . . .
So, the full text index is great via Spotlight, I hoped KDE/Kubuntu invest more time to provide a seamless working desktop search of that quality.
When switching spaces, the window order is reset, e.g. when I clicked on a window to get in the front, and I switch the space, and get back, the window I had on top is hidden and another window is top, a slight annoyance.
Asked me to quit all "active browsers" (without offer to start them up later again), which I did, and still can't install it . . . wow, Google makes software which doesn't work, first time for me.
I don't like the keyboard, too small RETURN/ENTER key, bright screen, good battery, warms your hands while working on the computer (is heating a bit too much I think).
Software wise, a bit dimmed expectation, but mostly I'm very pleased with the entire setup, most stuff is intuitive, very few options are missing, most functionality is sufficient. I like the fast graphics, no delays, I can compile, watch movies, hear streamed radio, all at the same time (just for test purpose) and don't sense a slow down in GUI interaction.
It took quite a while to
% sudo port install inkscape
it really took 2 hours on my MacBookPro 15" Duo Core. I thought, to install Kubuntu 8.1, with the famous unfinished KDE-4.1, on a VirtualBox.org , and mount nfs there, and share the directories where those rendering of SVG to PNG is required.
This turned out to be a very fast solution . . . as I was able to install a "server" installation quite fast:
% sudo apt-get install tcsh openssh-server screen wget inkscape
is about what I need on a server without X11 . . . and installed within a 1-2 minutes.
So, even I installed MacPorts.org on MacOSX 10.5.6, the virtual machine with Kubuntu (or Ubuntu) seems another suitable alternative to have special apps which aren't ported (yet) to MacOSX. The X11 support under MacOSX is sufficient for me.
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7:00 PM ET, March 30, 2004
PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
J. Thornton (Bruins - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 1
S. Samsonov (Bruins - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
R. Brind'Amour (Hurricanes - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 1
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There's a plug in that is built into Photoshop CS3 called zoomify and what it allows you to do is to give your website viewers the ability to see your artwork at full power at full screen size and let's them zoom in and out and move around your document at will. Let me go ahead and demonstrate this to you. First of all you'll notice that on this file its only at 25 percent and it's a DVD cover and it's pretty big. For me to show people this on the website would take a lot of space so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go to file and I'm gonna choose to go to my export options here and I'm gonna choose zoomify. A zoomify export dialog box appears and I can choose a template so that the viewer itself will have a black background or whatever background I need. I'm gonna go ahead and choose the black background and then I can choose an output location and in this case I'm gonna simply create a new folder on my desktop. Although in reality I would create this folder in my web folder and upload, upload it to my server, so I'm gonna call it zero zoom. I'll create that folder and then I'll choose it. Let me make sure I created that folder, I think I actually cancelled by mistake, and there we go zero zoom and now what I'm gonna do as well is I can choose the base names. So I'm gonna leave it at the default which is the zero dvd cover two. Then I can choose an image tile option and what happens is when you export this file zoomify will really cut your image up into tiny chunks called tiles so that you will be able to zoom in on them. So what I'm gonna do is leave everything as it is and then I'm going to make sure I have open in web browser, open as well, so that when we're done my web browser will open for me. I can also choose to enter my own dimensions here as far as browser options, so I'm going to make this 600 pixels by 600 pixels. And now I'll click OK. And zoomify works it's magic and then in a moment my web browser which is safari will open up and let me go ahead and show you this is the window, 600 by 600 and if I scroll down you'll see that I have some controls here so I can move my mouse left and right and zoom in all the way and then because their tiled it gives me this nice crisp clean image. Look at that, how cool is that? So people can really zoom in and look at your artwork and I can use these controls as well to navigate. I can use this to move to the left, I can hold my mouse down or I can click, I can go up, hold the mouse down, move down, move to the right and I can resize or reset by clicking this button here and this takes me back to the original size here. So as you see what zoomify allows you to do is really uh use a high quality image so that your web visitors can really explore your artwork, Now I'm also gonna go to my finder and show what the folder looks like. So I'm gonna go to my desktop and here's my zero zoom folder and in reality by the way I would have an underscore there or a hyphen so that I don't have a space. The web doesn't like spaces. And here is the HTML code that Photoshop wrote for me which contains zoom, zoomify code. And here are the tiles, so let me go ahead in this folder and show you. These are all the tiles that make up the zoomify magic behind the scenes so people can zoom in on your artwork. How cool is that? So once again zoomify is really good for people who want to show products, show Photos that have a lot of detail and also show files that would normally take up too much space to really enjoy it full size and they, the viewer will be able to use the control to navigate and explore your artwork.
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I began ice skating when I was four years old in Dover, and for more than half of my life I've been pursuing my dream of ice dancing in the Olympics. On the ice, I have learned valuable lessons about the importance of hard work and dedication, lessons that I regularly apply to my online learning and career goals. I've given up a lot to chase my dreams, but there's one thing that I knew I could not sacrifice: my education. As I strive to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics, I'm also earning my Associate of Science in Business Administration from the New England College of Business and Finance (NECB), a fully online college.
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Covent Garden
- Budget
Rob Greig
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Venue details
Scoop 40 Shorts Gardens
- Venue phone:
020 7240 7086
- Venue website:
- Opening hours:
Open noon-10.30pm Mon-Thur; noon-11pm Fri-Sun
- Transport:
Tube: Covent Garden tube
- 40 Shorts Gardens
- www.scoopgelato.com
- 51.514561,-0.125212
- 40 Shorts Gardens
Reviews & ratings
I was a little disappointed by Scoop. I went to its Soho branch and there was not much choice of flavours. Its ice cream tastes pretty much like any good ice cream you can find in Italy but it is not really innovative. However it stands out for its amazing choice of cones (I am so glad I got the chocolate and coconut one!) and it's nice that you can get ice cream with crepes, waffles and brownies. I haven't tried the cakes but they look very good. Nevertheless I prefer Gelupo not only texture wise but also because of its more innovative choice of flavours.
Maria G. Mon Nov 11Rated as: 4/5 -
Hi Tony,
We do apologise for your bad experience at Scoop. We take every piece of feedback personally and will do all we can to resolve the problem. Please email your concerns to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kindest Regards,
The Scoop TeamScoop Thu Sep 12Rated as: 5/5 -
I sent a complaint via Scoop's main website BUT have not heard anything back all week. Looks like their customer service/ head office don't give a damn about customers either (something reflected in their Covent Garden branch).
Can't comment on the Soho branch since I've never been theretony Tue Sep 10Rated as: 1/5 -
Just visited this branch of Sccoops due to the good reviews on Google BUT to my dismay, the experience was so so bad. I will NEVER return and advise anyone thinking of going to save your money and go elsewhere.
There are plenty of better places within the same area for Gelato or pastries etc
As for the gelato itself, it wasn't bad nor was it great. Just tasted like any other gelato I've had. Nothing spectacular. And the service? That is the sole reason why I will never return. They seemed extremely lazy and uninterested. It's like a fast food joint, hurry up with your order. Don't ask us too many questions and here's your gelato. Good day. Staff were rude too. No one replies when u say hello, nor do they acknowledge u when you leave
Please be aware there are NO toilet facilities either and I am disabled. Plus we had 2 kids with us.
tony Thu Aug 29Rated as: 1/5 -
We had Churros with chocolate dip. It was totally fatty and the service was very slow and disorganised. We did not have gelato but there were many cups with half left gelato on the uncleaned tables so we did not want to order them. We definitely would not go back there. Very unsatisfying.
Rayblossom Sun May 12Rated as: 1/5 -
Completely below my expectations: the ice cream aspect is to unnatural and too firm, and the flavours' taste too standard.
Deinitely Gelupo and La Gelatiera are by far better.John Tue Jun 5 2012Rated as: 2/5 -
Better Gelatorino,not too far from there and really good!!
Asterix Mon Apr 30 2012 -
A very cozy place to date or just relax. It is in a small lane so very quite and peaceful, especially in the evening. And about the ice cream, there is no other word to say except for "wonderful". I really love the true taste of them.
Virgo Sun Mar 25 2012Rated as: 5/5 -
Best ice cream shop in London! Their pistachio ice-cream is incredible! Hazelnut and bacio flavours are also excellent.
Olga Fri Aug 12 2011Rated as: 5/5 -
If only they were friendly... Seems they don't give a shit about their customers.
John Thu Aug 11 2011Rated as: 3/5
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This Syrah comes from a small appellation in Cornas, which is located in the southern most part of the Northern Rhône. It is where Syrah was born and where it strives to express its greatness amongst the steep sloped landscape of junipers and oak trees. Colombo, known as "the winemaking wizard" of the Rhône, achieves international recognition for making wines with appealing personality but is also known for being somewhat of a Rhône outcast since he relies on modern techniques in a traditional wine region. Dedicated to the Syrah grape, he was certain that the northern Rhône of Cornas offered immense potential for producing stellar quality Syrah, and the 2009 vintage proves just that. Ripe and chewy, it is a superb Syrah with a good dose of plum and blackberry notes, leading to a long, enticing tobacco and pepper finish. It will be at its prime in a year or so, cellaring gracefully for another ten years.
Syrah has a personality that makes it relatively easy to pair with bold flavored meats—anything from lamb to barbeque. Find something uniquely bold to complement the peppery and ripe characteristics of this wine and you'll have a magnificent match.
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Archive for July, 2011
Should You Take Someone Else with You If You Are Meeting a Swinger You've Not Met Before
In : New Sexual Partner Safety, Posted by admin on Jul.07, 2011
Meeting a swinger for the first time can be a little frightening. When you meet people online you don't really know much about them until after you meet in person. Meeting someone with the intention of potential sexual activity just makes this even more nerve wracking. Many people want to take someone with them on a first time meeting. If this is what you want to do, here's how to handle it.
Let Them Know
Taking someone with you to meet anyone you've met online, swinger or not, is a good idea. It allows you to stay safe and someone who can help with the connection. But it's not a good idea to just show up with someone else with you. Instead, let them know you plan in bringing a friend. If you are part of a swinging couple, let them know that your partner will be joining you for the meeting. Also allow them to bring someone with them. That way they are more comfortable as well.
Where to Meet
Try to keep the first meeting in a public place. If you get along, you can move on to somewhere more private for sex. This way you can meet in a safe place, enjoy conversation, and get to know each other better. Try to pick a place where you will be able to enjoy intimate conversations without offending others. Quiet restaurants, coffee houses, and even bakeries and pastry shops can make an excellent backdrop for a first time meeting.
Being Safe Isn't Sexy but It's Important Whilst Dogging
In : General, New Sexual Partner Safety, Posted by admin on Jul.07, 2011
Safety should be a priority when you're dogging. Even though you will be with other people who practice the same thing, there are still many hidden dangers involved. Part of the excitement stems from the potential dangers. Here are ways you can keep yourself safe while having fun.
Know the Area
In case something bad was to go down, you need to know how to get out of the area on foot. Plenty of things can happen that would result in you needing to leave your car and just go. Don't go dogging in areas that you are unfamiliar with.
Let Someone Else Know
Even though dogging is largely an underground activity, you should tell a trusted friend where you will be. They don't need to know all the details unless you want to share them. This way you know that someone is aware that you are going out. If you are meeting with a specific person, let the friend know who you plan on meeting as well.
What to Take
Other than the normal dogging materials such as condoms, you should have a small emergency pack in case things get out of hand. A flashlight is essential. You can find lights that don't require batteries. This way you don't have to worry about it not working when you need it. Also make sure you have a cell phone with a fully charged battery. This will allow you to call for help should you need it. Pepper spray isn't a bad idea either if you are comfortable handling it.


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With five months of 2011 in the books, the year has already been quite memorable in the extreme weather department, both in the U.S. and abroad. Strong snowstorms in the early part of the year soon gave way to massive flooding across the Mississippi River area, before heavy storms caused tornadoes to break out across much of the Midwest and left widespread devastation in Missouri and Alabama. Estimates for damage already top $15 billion so far this year, a total that exceeds several recent annual totals.
Against this backdrop, many investors are nervously eying the beginning of another season that has a history of causing extreme weather conditions. For many, June 1 marked the unofficial start of the summer driving season, and the beginning of a summer slowdown. It also marks the start of hurricane season, which begins with June and runs through the end of November. Hurricane forecasts are notoriously inaccurate, so it might not be a good idea to put a lot of stock in early prognostications. But the initial forecasts are somewhat disconcerting; many are expecting a rough hurricane season. Changing currents and warm water in the ocean are just two of the factors that are pushing many analysts to predict that a very active stretch of hurricanes is ahead. The NOAA recently released a report that predicted that the number of named storms could reach between 12 and 18 in total, with a strong chance of at least five of these becoming major hurricanes. Forecasters at Colorado State University are giving East Coast residents a 48% chance of seeing a major hurricane make landfall this year,vs. 31% in a typical year.
As we have seen in the case of Japan, Mother Nature can throw a wrench into any business plan or investment portfolio, introducing risk factors that are difficult to predict in advance with any amount of accuracy. While betting on the impact of natural disasters on various asset classes is similar to gambling on a football game, there are opportunities for investors concerned about adverse developments to protect themselves. Though the impact of natural disasters is often felt throughout an economy, some sectors and assets are impacted more than others. Below, we profile a handful of ETFs that could be impacted by the severity of the upcoming hurricane season.
United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)
Although a great deal of natural gas is produced in wells in the central part of the country, much of the nation's natural gas production and pipeline paths lie in the heart of many hurricane paths in the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of rigs that develop gas fields have to be shut down whenever a storm breaks out in the region, cutting supplies of the popular fuel and simultaneously boosting prices of natural gas - and natural gas ETFs - in the process. In fact, close to 10% of the nation's natural gas supply comes from this region, while another third comes from onshore states that are along the Gulf Coast. As such, if a hurricane hit the right spot it could cripple production of natural gas in the country for at least a few days. If this happens, UNG would likely surge in the process. However, the fuel is likely to be extremely volatile, and any changes in landfall predictions or intensity are likely to have a huge impact on this product heading into this crucial season. Moreover, UNG is designed to appeal primarily to those making a short-term play; contango in natural gas markets can create a drag in a fund that rolls holdings on a monthly basis.
PowerShares KBW Property and Casualty Insurance Portfolio (KBWP)
Insurers, and especially those with international operations heavy in exposure to the Pacific Rim, have been hard hit this year and are already on the hook for billions in payments. Unfortunately for many of these firms, hurricane season is always an active period that potentially brings billions in additional claims, since the more destructive types of storms tend to cover a wide area and pack a powerful punch. KBWP offers exposure to a sub-sector of the financial market, but this fund is essentially a way to bet on hurricane season. The component companies include many of the firms that would be on the hook for hefty bills if hurricane season is particularly violent - or could post huge profits if property damage is minimal. KBWP consists of about 24 individual stocks, including The Travelers Companies (TRV), Chubb Corp. (CB) and Allstate (ALL). This fund doesn't have a huge asset base or average daily volume, so investors considering a position should utilize limit orders to ensure smooth execution.
Homebuilders SPDR (XHB)
If a major storm does make landfall, investors in XHB could see a moderate boost - not unlike what we saw for the building and construction industry directly after the quake in Japan in mid-March. This is because demand for new homes, businesses, and equipment is likely to surge immediately following a disaster, forcing communities in the impacted region to devote large amounts of resources to these companies in order to restore buildings and infrastructure. XHB is one of several ETFs offering exposure to the building industry, and is somewhat unique because it seeks to replicate an equal-weighted index. As such, XHB avoids concentrations in any one stock, and avoids some of the potential pitfalls that may plague other ETFs in the Building and Construction ETFdb Category.
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Boy's tragic death serves as warning to others
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Cyclone unlikely to make landfall, as wet weather continues
Marissa Calligeros There's little chance a cyclone set to form off the north Queensland coast will make landfall.
'We're nervous': Gympie braces for flood
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Mutant cane toads invade Gladstone
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Counting the cost as the floods recede
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Flood crisis claims fourth victim
Marissa Calligeros A three-year-old boy became the fourth and youngest victim of Queensland's flood crisis, as the remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Oswald advanced across the state's border leaving rising rivers in its...
Brisbane expected to flood
Marissa Calligeros One man is dead and three people are feared drowned in Queensland's unfolding weather crisis, as Brisbane and Ipswich residents brace for flooding for the second time in as many years.
Thongs melt on the ground as Birdsville withers in the heat
Marissa Calligeros It's a brave soul who dares complain of the heat in Birdsville.
Brisbane temperature set to soar
Marissa Calligeros Spring may have just begun, but the mercury is set to soar today and tomorrow.
Boatie dives in to free trapped whale
Marissa Calligeros A boatie has leapt into the sea off Brisbane to free a whale trapped in a shark net.
Why saving a species is a mathematical matter
Marissa Calligeros Pioneering framework developed by Queensland ecologists could save many species from the effects of climate change.
Tourist town despairs as 'hungry' ocean swallows beach
Marissa Calligeros Residents of Kingscliff have compared the ocean to a "ravenous beast" slowly devouring their coastal town.
Volunteer boat hits whale off Stradbroke Island
Marissa Calligeros Volunteer Marine Rescue boat collided with a whale off Stradbroke Island last night.
Sailing in on solar winds
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Coal seam gas leak contained
Marissa Calligeros It could take three days to stem a major gas leak from a coal seam gas well west of Brisbane, authorities say.
CityCats interrupted as fog cloaks Brisbane
Marissa Calligeros Brisbane's early risers awoke to a city cloaked in fog this morning, with visibility reduced to 100 metres across much of southeast Queensland.
Dingoes destroyed after Fraser attack
Marissa Calligeros Two dingoes that attacked a toddler on Fraser Island yesterday have been captured and destroyed, the Department of Environment and Resource Management has confirmed.
Police union defends triple-0 operator
Marissa Calligeros Only eight emergency call centre operators were on hand to receive 1000 calls for help in one hour on the day a torrent of water swept through Toowoomba, killing Donna Rice and her son Jordan.
Three rescued as flood threatens town
Marissa Calligeros Three people have been rescued from a house isolated by floodwaters in Roma as the creek continues to rise in the southern inland town.


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The B&B is located at Oakpark on the Listowel Road (N69, Tarbert Car Ferry Road) just outside Tralee.
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Denton's B&B is an Irish Tourist Board Approved accommodation offering a friendly home from home in 'The Kingdom of Kerry'. Each of the bedrooms is tastefully decorated and comes complete with en-suite facilities. In room amenities include TV and tea/coffee making facilities. Get your day off to a great start with one of the delicious breakfast options. There is large off-street car parking on site as well as a bicycle shed and wireless Internet access.
While staying in Tralee why not hop in the car and tour the picturesque Dingle Peninsula and the Ring of Kerry. The B&B is only a half hour drive from the renowned Ballybunion Golf Course – perfect for visiting golfers. For other outdoor activities, Killarney National Park is less than a half hour away by car and Crag Caves is not too far either. Tralee has a great selection of pubs and restaurants to suit all tastes as well as great range of shops – you will not be disappointed


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Fumiki Yukawa was on his way to stock up food for his restaurant on Friday when the massive earthquake struck Tokyo. Anticipating that thousands of people wouldn't be able to go home that night, he hurried back to his restaurant and posted on Twitter that it would stay open.
That day, his restaurant offered 25 people a warm place and a free drink. Four days after the earthquake, he has few customers. "They are staying home because of the service cuts, and people don't stay out late because they are afraid of being stranded again," said the 34-year-old Mr. Yukawa, who opened his restaurant Hengenjizai in 2009 after leaving Sony Corp. Not surprisingly, the restaurant business is severely hit by the earthquake. Japanese restaurant chain Skylark announced Wednesday that it will only be able to serve a quarter of what's on its menu because its factory, suffering from a power shortage, can't keep up with production. Among the hardest hit are the small-restaurant owners, who are trying to come up with ways to stay in business and attract customers, but with little luck so far.
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Japan Real Time is a newsy, concise guide to what works, what doesn't and why in the one-time poster child for Asian development, as it struggles to keep pace with faster-growing neighbors while competing with Europe for Michelin-rated restaurants. Drawing on the expertise of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, the site provides an inside track on business, politics and lifestyle in Japan as it comes to terms with being overtaken by China as the world's second-biggest economy. You can contact the editors at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Fossils of the Whitby Coast: A Photographic Guide
The small coastal town of Whitby is located in North Yorkshire, England. It has been associated with fossils for hundreds of years. From the common ammonites to the spectacular marine reptiles, a variety of fossils is waiting to be discovered. This book will help you to identify, understand and learn about the fossils encountered while fossil hunting along this stretch of coastline, bringing prehistoric Whitby back to life. It is illustrated in colour throughout with many photographs of fossil specimens held in museum and private collections, in addition to detailed reconstructions of what some of the extinct organisms may have looked like in life.
As well as the more common species, there are also sections on remarkable finds, such as giant plesiosaurs, marine crocodiles and even pterosaurs. The book provides information on access to the sites, how to identify true fossils from pseudo fossils and even explains the best way of extracting and preparing fossils that may be encountered. This guide will be of use to both the experienced fossil collector and the absolute beginner. Take a step back in time at Whitby and see what animals once thrived here during the Jurassic Period.
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