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Europe has always been the destination of choice for those seeking a connection with the history of western culture. Beyond the capital cities and museums hides another Europe vacation opportunity, studded with incredible scenery, quaint villages, quiet coastlines, friendly people and adventurous activities. Europe travel options include some of the world?s greatest treks, walks, bike rides and leisurely sightseeing excursions, which run through landscapes as grand as the Alps, yet as subtle as Tuscany. How about a winter experience in Scandinavia? Or an epic 80+ day tour through a dozen countries? From the turquoise coast of Turkey and medieval capitals of Eastern Europe to Spanish Andalucia, discover the real Europe with the Great Adventure People!
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We're all a little bit Irish come March 17th, but if you're in the market for something more meaningful than a pint of green beer, hop aboard this delightful 9-day adventure to the Emerald Isle. Yeats' grave, Cork, Blarney Castle, the karsts of the Burren, traditional music in a local pub... seriously, it doesn't get much more quintessentially Irish than this. We mix the essential sites and time in the villages and country to really round out the experience. Even if Ireland isn't the Old Country for you, this trip will make you feel as though you're back home.
Highlights: Drink a pint and listen to traditional music in a local pub, visit the famous sites of Newgrange and Drumcliffe, learn how to bake traditional goodies, sail to the Aran Islands, kiss the Blarney Stone for the gift of gab
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Transylvania. The name itself is enough to send an icy chill down the spine of even the most fearless adventurer. Now imagine being there, in person, when the clock clangs midnight… on Halloween! At odds with its creeptacular reputation, Romania ranks as one of Europe's most charming and underexplored regions, beguiling visitors with its stunning Gothic architecture, enveloping forests and friendly people. But as idyllic as it is by day, the real fun happens at night—particularly Halloween, when we'll treat you to a costume party in an authentic castle. Think you're not afraid of the dark? You will be.
Highlights: Attend a special Halloween costume party in an authentic Gothic castle, take a peek into the ruins of Dracula's castle, explore medieval towns including the Old World cities of Brasov and Bucharest, learn the true story of the infamous 'Vlad the Impaler'
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Decades after the fall of communism, the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia remain a mystery to most travellers. We're not complaining, though; more mystery means fewer crowds and an easier time getting to know these fantastic countries. Beginning in charming cobblestoned Vilnius and ending in St Petersburg, Russia's cultural capital, this two-week trip gets to the very heart of the region. Get an up-close glimpse of Riga's castles and art district, experience rural life in Estonia, and venture into the fortresses and medieval architecture of Tallinn before crossing into Russia by land. Make the Baltics your special travel secret.
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A St Catherine woman was the victim of theft while attending a church service in Spanish Town.
The Star was informed that the woman was part of the congregation on Thursday.
She placed her purse containing money and a Samsung cellular phone on a bench in the church.
During the fiery midday church service, which had members singing and worshiping, the woman realised that something was wrong, as she did not see her belongings.
It is said that she started to search for it and was told by a church member that a man was seen leaving with the items.
The church member is said to have explained to the disgruntled woman that she had asked the man "How you a leave so quickly" while he descended the stairs of the church.
According to the shocked church sister, she had always felt that the church was the safest place to be.
She said that the money in her purse was to pay bills which she will now have to find again.
Meanwhile, the disappointed woman made no report to the police as she says that she is leaving everything to the Lord.
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Note 1: I am a frequent contributor to SE sites, my account is obviously a throwaway account, for obvious reason.
Note 2: I'm not too sure whether such a question is allowed here, I would like to make it into a community wiki if I could. But I think this kind of question should be interesting to entrepreneurs and wannabe entrepreneurs. So please ooh please my dear moderators, don't close it!
Here it goes.
I started to work on my startup since last year January. At that time I had a girlfriend. She was very supportive of me when I first started. I told her upfront that the startup would be a very consuming job by itself, and on top of that I had another full time job because I needed the income to support my living expenses. She said she could cope with it; and she could find other form of entertainment and won't do anything to jeopardize the relationship. Note that at that point of time I didn't even ask her to support me, either financially, emotionally, and I didn't ask her to share my stress, work load and troubles.
All I asked from her, was to not cheat on me.
Fast forward to six months later, just as my startup was showing signs of life , I found out that .... she cheated on me. I was heart broken and promptly broke up with her. She was sad and pleading for second chance; she wanted to salvage the relationship.
I said no.
I would need full energy and concentration to deal with two demanding programming jobs day and night; I didn't want to remain in a relationship with no trust; I didn't want to check on her everyday. That was just painful.
Then I met another girl two months after the broke-up. We showed some affection towards each other. But the hurt was still lingering in my mind. I afraid that if I launched a full-fledged relationship with her, the same thing would happen to me again, for the same reason. So I was very cautious, refraining from taking the relationship into deeper water. We were dating like twice a month-- going to movies, having dinner together, just very casual and friend-type of meeting and nothing sexual ( we were less opened to sex than most western countries). But we did SMS daily. I got this strong feeling that if I openly pursued her, I could easily won her over.
But I didn't; the cost of pursuing a girl might not be very high but the cost of maintaining a relationship is. I wasn't sure I wanted to make that kind of commitment. And of course, the memories from previous relationship didn't help.
I told her that I would be concentrated on my startup, which by the time, was showing very good sign-- so good that it was generating at least twice of my full time income ( and my full time income is already very high by my country standard), and I was prepared to go full time. I also told her, frankly, about my past relationship failures and I didn't really know whom to trust/ not to trust. She laughed, assured me that most girls weren't like my ex, and they would be willing to sacrifice for the boys.
Still, I was unsure of that, so I didn't make move.
And then, yesterday.
She SMSed me, telling me that she got a boyfriend.I was stunt. I was sad. I couldn't help by feel that I actually miss the opportunity for a fruitful relationship because I was too absorbed in my work.
A no small part in me started to question what I believed: is it worthwhile to do a startup, embark on a journey full of risks, and break all the relationship?
Usually I was very motivated. But as I woke up in the morning today, for the first time in many many years, tears streamed down from my eyes; a sense of emptiness engulfed me. What's the point of earning all the money in the world, and having no life?
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With a new book comes new ideas. Salad For Supper. Patricia Wells, inspirational cooking teacher and author, tantalizes with her new cookbook Salad As A Meal, a concept that speaks of ease, freshness, light meals, casual concoctions. Don't approach this with notions of a messy hodgepodge thrown into a salad bowl. No no no. Here we have lovely, gentle tossings of elegantly simple elements that work together to build a sum greater than its parts.
Then, there are the things that go with salad for supper, some gentle soups, homemade crackers, the wines we may like to enjoy. Salad As A Meal takes us by the hand and invites us inside Patricia Wells' charmed life in the south of France, enabling our participation in the creation of sun-drenched foods and easy living. Cookbooks like this promote the fullfillment of a fantasy, a portal to a kinder, gentler world where people sip wine and eat canapes under the canopy of an oak tree. While some elements of our own lives may differ, we can adapt the themes and menus to our own circumstances and get one step closer to creating our own happy retreats within our own homes.
So, which salad should I tell you about? Thai Beef? Potato Salad With Capers, Spring Onions and Mint? Pear, Blue Cheese, Fennnel, Endive and Salted Almond? Vietnamese Chicken and Green Papaya? Marinated Shrimp? You may have noticed that some of these creations are not particularly French, as are many of Patricia Wells' notable recpes. No matter. They are inspired and fresh, trademarks of Wells' casual, elegant style. The more I browse Salad As A Meal, the more enthralled I am with this book. Here is a salad that calls out to me:
Crab, Avocado and Quinoa Salad With Technicolour Tomatoes
3 cups water or stock; 1/2 tsp. kosher salt; 1 cup quinoa, well rinsed and drained; 2 bay leaves; 1 pound (2 cups) lump crabmeat, cooked; 1/4 cup minced fresh tarragon or Italian parsley; 1/2 cup minced fresh mint leaves; 1 large rip avocado, halved, pitted, peeled and cubed; 2 cups mixed red, yellow and green cherry or pear tomatoes, halved.
In a large saucepan, bring water or stock to a boil. Add salt, quinoa and bay leaves. Bring back to a boil and then reduce heat to low, cover the pan and simmer until the quinoa is tender and translucent, about 15 minutes. Drain and return quinoa to pan. Cover with a clean dish towel, replace the lid and let it sit for 10 minutes. Discard bay leaves and let quinoa cool.
Place cooled quinoa in a large, shallow bowl. Add crabmeat, tarragon, mint and avocado. Toss with a dressing of your choice. Patricia likes this Yogurt and Lemon Dressing:
Combine 1 tbsp. lemon zest and 1 tbsp. fine sea salt in a spice grinder and grind to a fine powder. Take 1/4 tsp. of this lemon salt and combine it with 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt and 2 tbsp. of fresh lemon juice. Shake well to blend. Adjust seasoning and add pepper if you like. Serve with quinoa salad.
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I have run into approx 97 videos that are not downloadable...
Downloading returns a "400 error"
Here is the list so far of undownloadable videos.
Please fix or refund.... thank you.
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This is something that you need to send an email out to firstname.lastname@example.com
Are you using some sort of Download Manager for these specific downloads?
I did send it to them already.
No just a straight download...... Does it work for you?
Those links won't work because they're direct links associated with a cookie that expires after a period of time.
However, when attempting to go to each of these shoots individually, and attempting to get a new link from the Content Delivery Network, I was able to get to the site and the shoot properly.
Much appreciated.
Any tips on setting up a download manager so I don't have to bog down the browser?
Anything special/out of the ordinary i have to configure?
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Webradio by BMW and MINI Connected
Saturday, December 25th, 2010I've posted before on MINI Connected in general. The app does a lot of fun things in-car if you have a new MINI with the correct extras attached. However, what if you don't have such a car or the right extras in your MINI?
As the app is designed to complement the setup in the car with further web- and location-based services, the iPhone-only interface is by design not as comprehensive as the functionality when connected in the car. However, my favourite update in this latest version 1.3.3 is that the webradio function now receives an iPhone UI (it used to work only on the display in the MINI), so that you can use the app to listen to webradio anywhere - jogging in the park, at the gym, or driving your car - regardless of which manufacturer.
I use webradio all the time when driving. I simply plug a normal 3.5mm audio cable from the iPhone's earphone port into the Aux-In in my BMW. I don't need any other extras in the car to support the app.
You can do this too! Anyone can download the apps, for free - you don't need to be a BMW or MINI owner. And webradio now works in any car with audio in, or even without a car! Obviously, when running the app in a non-supporting car, you need to operate it via the iPhone UI - nothing comes up on the display in the car. So only use it when safe to do so.
But in-car support is coming to BMW too in March 2011. You can even download the BMW version of the app already. It has a similar interface to that of MINI Connected, with a BMW skin. And you can start listening to webradio today regardless of the manufacturer of your car.
Personally, I am a big fan of this webradio app versus others available in the AppStore today. It's not just because I worked on the development team =) The advantages are obvious:
- Variety built in: one app for all stations, instead of downloading various apps per station. Take advantage of radiotime.com's massive webradio database from within one app
- Quality: in my experience, the mass of webradio apps I have collected from various stations has had widely varying levels of quality. Some apps crash all the time, or keep losing connection, some others have bad interfaces. Many stations get an app developed by an external company, and over time it develops bugs which don't get fixed. MINI Connected and BMW Connected have a development team concentrated on the stability of one single app
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Still trying to smash the glass ceiling in Irish politics - six male candidates for every female
Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 at 05:18 AM
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While Irish women continue to make long overdue and steady, if slow, advances toward equality in an overarching sense, an examination of their progress in the political arena is far less heartening. This may surprise casual observers of Irish politics who can point to Ireland's two trailblazing and outstanding female presidents, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese, or to capable and powerful TDs (members of the lower house of Irish parliament), like former Tánaiste, (deputy Irish prime minister) Mary Harney, and former Minister for Justice, Nora Owen. The numbers do not lie, however.
In last year's general election, just 85 of 566 candidates for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann (lower house of Irish parliament) were women. There were six male candidates for every female candidate. There are just 25 female TDs; 85% of TDs are men. This puts Ireland in 76th place on the international league table when it comes to the representation of women in national legislatures. It comes just ahead of Zimbabwe.
By way of comparison, in Britain, more than 20% of the membership of the Westminster parliament is female. In Sweden, women constitute nearly 50% of elected members of parliament.
In-depth research conducted recently by academics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth adds another layer to the easily diagnosed lack of gender parity in Irish politics. Women account for 34% of the overall membership of Fianna Fáil, but just 15% of its candidates in the 2011 general election. The discrepancy is still worse within the largest parliamentary party, Fine Gael. 42% of its membership is female, and only 15% of its candidates were women last year.
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The discrepancy is less pronounced in the left of center Labour Party – 37% of the membership, 27% of the candidates – and in leftist Sinn Féin – 24% of the membership, 20% of the candidates. Across the board, the parties clearly have a lot of work to do on increasing the numbers of female members and office seekers.
Two questions naturally follow the revelation of the numerical realities. First, is the lack of female political candidates and office holders a problem? The answer to this would seem axiomatic. In a society comprised of men and women in roughly equal numbers, it seems fair and logical that they should be represented in the same roughly equal numbers in the law and policy making process. That is not to say that male elected officials cannot be effective champions for women or vice versa. Yet it is to say that men and women should have seats at the table and it is to acknowledge that there are differences between the sexes. Both must have a genuine say in the formation of law and policy if equality is to be anything other than notional.
The second question is how does Ireland solve the problem? To arrive at a potential solution, it is necessary to first consider the problem's causes. Researchers have pinpointed what they call the "4 Cs." First and foremost is care. Women spend far more time caring for children and for the home than men do. Second is the cultural bias that persists about gender roles. Third is cash, given that women's income lags behind their male counterparts. Fourth is confidence, or lack thereof. Many women profess that they are intimidated by the "old boys' network" that still exists in politics.
The decision of one highly regarded and very talented TD not to seek re-election last year reflects how at least one of the "4 Cs" operates. Olwyn Enright, a strong electoral performer in her Laois-Offaly constituency and a rising star within the Fine Gael parliamentary party, declined to seek a third term after the birth of her second child. As she said, "my personal circumstances have changed greatly since I was first elected and in the longer term, with a young family, I will not be in the position to give the enormous commitment the position requires, and my constituents deserve."
Although a majority of mothers now work outside the home, few of them have as demanding a job as a TD. Reflecting on Olwyn Enright's departure from politics, another former TD who left politics to raise a family, Mildred Fox, noted the grim reality of leaving "children for days on end to fulfil a gruelling schedule, which requires long hours at meetings, functions, funerals, endless car journeys, all the while keeping up to date with a variety of issues."
In order to solve the problem, advocates in Ireland have identified a fifth "C" – candidate selection – and have turned to international best practices for increasing the number of female candidates for political office. And here is where things get controversial. Lawmakers in other countries have used the bluntest of blunt instruments, quotas, to ensure that political parties select women as candidates. At the moment, draft legislation has been proposed that would require Irish political parties to select 30% women candidates in the 2016 general election and 40% by the mid 2020s. Parties that fail to comply would have their state funding cut.
Quotas, or "positive discrimination measures," do not carry the same stigma in Europe as they do in the United States. In the US, racial, gender, ethnic and other quotas trigger constitutional concerns and lie comfortably on the political third rail. The use of a quota system to increase the almost equally dismal participation rate of women in American politics – women comprise just 17% of the membership of the US Congress – would never pass muster, even in the extremely unlikely event that American political parties were to abandon open primaries and select candidates as they do in Ireland. Quotas have come to be regarded as downright "un-American." Europeans are not as instinctively opposed. But the proposed quotas have provoked robust debate here and a number of Irish female office holders themselves are against something they fear could lead to "tokenism."
I'm not sure if my inescapably American mindset will ever allow me to support a quota system, yet it is manifest that women are grossly underrepresented in Irish politics. Drastic action of some kind is indeed necessary to change the longstanding, unequal state of play. Advocates for greater female participation in Irish politics only wish their elected representatives to more accurately mirror the people whom they are lucky enough to represent. Their wish and their work to that end accord with democracy's highest ideals. As such, I hope they succeed.
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eiriamach | Mar 05, 2012, 04:54 PM EST
Someone should say that this article relates a deplorable inequality that does have consequences. But as an American, I must admit that we have not resolved our similar under-representation of women either. I would very much like to hear what elected officials think the parties can do about it.
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- Dates: 28 November 2013 to 4 January 2014 (please note that the trail is not open every day, get full details)
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"From a construction perspective, things are going very well," said Alan Shubert, the city engineer overseeing the project. "It may look like not much is happening yet, but there has been a lot of progress and once the foundation is completed, you'll begin to see a lot of the vertical work start to come up."
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5:20pm Tuesday 26th June 2012 in News By Hermione Wright
Tottenham is set to become a "clone town" after a £65million development has been waived through by Haringey Council, according to a councillor.
Councillor David Schmitz has condemned last night's decision at a council planning meeting to permit a development at Wards Corner above Seven Sisters Tube station.
The Liberal Democrat politician said: "A landmark condemned, a clone-town building approved, a conservation area disfigured, family businesses displaced, families made homeless, and all of it rushed through to pre-empt a an impartial enquiry set to look at the issues properly and come to a reasoned decision."
Councillors debated the future of the site for four hours last night in a meeting in Wood Green Civic Centre in High Road, which lasted until 1am.
However, Councillor Alan Strickland, cabinet member for economic development and social inclusion, applauded the decision to transform Wards Corner into a hub of restaurants, shops and 196 new homes.
He said: "It is great news that we are finally in a position to move forward with these plans for Seven Sisters.
"Business as usual is not an option for Seven Sisters. We need significant change to bring the area into the 21st century and give it the improvements it deserves."
He said it is the responsibility of the council to act in the "best interests" of all the people in Tottenham and to deliver their ambitions while breathing new life into Seven Sisters.
He added: "It will also play a leading role in our long-term vision for the wider transformation of Tottenham which will see increased investment and vitality to create a place people feel proud to belong to.
"I'm grateful to all of the residents and traders who took the time to share their views at last night's planning committee.
"We are committed to supporting affected traders and I look forward to working with them and with the local community as we move forward."
Work on the site, which includes Tottenham High Road, West Green Road, Suffield Road and the Wards Corner building, is expected to start by developers Grainger within the next five years.
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Seven Sisters/South Tottenham is an area of social and economic deprivation, and building apartments that the locals cannot afford will not assist, building shops that the local do not visit, will not help.
Seven Sisters needs a community-led regeneration scheme, which couples investment in the area with social housing and community projects. Not a clone of Watford, Reading, Wigan, Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Coventry ... the list goes on.
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11:37 AM EST Tue. Oct. 09, 2012AMD is hoping to nab a share of the lucrative tablet market with its new low-power Z-60 APUs.
Unveiled Tuesday by the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip maker, the new Z-60 is AMD's most energy-efficient APU to date, drawing 4.5 watts of power and able to fuel mobile devices as thin as 0.4 inches. According to AMD, the new processor is optimized specifically for tablets and other small-form-factor PCs running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS.
The new Z-60 APU will go head to head with Intel's new Atom Clover Trail processor, which already has claimed its stake in a number of upcoming tablets and convertible PCs including Hewlett-Packard's ElitePad 900, Dell's Latitude 10 and Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet 2. AMD did not specify how many design wins are under its belt for the new Z-60, but said tablets running the new chip will launch this month alongside Windows 8.
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AMD, along with x86-based rival Intel, will face steep competition from U.K.-based chip licensor ARM, whose ultra-low-power processor architectures already dominate the tablet market with 98 percent share, according to recent data from ABI Research. Samsung, Nvidia and Qualcomm all base their processors on ARM architectures.
AMD said it will be able to gain an edge over other chip makers in the tablet space because systems running its new Z-60 APU will be priced more competitively.
"Tablet users seeking an uncompromised experience for both creating and consuming content on the Microsoft Windows 8 platform now have a performance-driven, affordable option with the AMD Z-60 APU," said Steve Belt, corporate vice president of ultra-low-power products at AMD, in a statement. "We see a large gap between the lower-performance and high-price competitive offerings that allow AMD to be in tablet designs that will please our customers and end users alike."
Much of AMD's future growth will rely on its success in the mobile market. The chip maker has taken a hit financially over the past several quarters, as sluggish demand for notebook and desktop PCs persists. Intel has also been dealt a blow as consumers flock more toward smartphones and tablets in lieu of traditional PCs.
AMD's previous APU for tablets, the Z-01, struggled to compete against ARM, making its way into only a small group of tablets, including MSI's WindPad 110W.
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Here's how some films stack up against The Wolf of Wall Street's almost three-hour runtime and some activities that put their lengths into perspective.
Titanic: 3 hours, 4 minutes (5 minutes longer than The Wolf of Wall Street)
How bad are your teeth? Because this is the time it takes to get four root canals.Cloud Atlas: 2 hours, 52 minutes (7 minutes shorter than The Wolf of Wall Street)
You could watch four episodes of Breaking Bad on Netflix and still have four minutes in between to pause and grab snacks.Gangs of New York: 2 hours, 47 minutes (12 minutes shorter than The Wolf of Wall Street)
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Logging in twiceFor some reason, I sometimes need to log in twice to actually get logged in. When I log in the first time, it goes back to the normal page when you are not logged in, with the log-in fields at the left. It does do the "Logged in successfully" screen. It does it in both Firefox and Chrome. I haven't tried it in any other browsers. Linux FTW #2 2010-02-08 05:53:28
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These Thank-You notes are the perfect addition to thank all our guests for attending the perfect Woodland Gnome themed party ever!!! We all had a BLAST!! The party was for my grandson's 4th birthday. Highly recommend all the Woodland Gnome accessories!! Extremely pleased with quality and product!
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