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Cohabitation is a process. It requires patience, commitment, and lots upon lots of communication. If you're moving in with someone for the first time (or the fifth time, or the sixth…) there are a million pitfalls to avoid — we've covered some of them here. Knowing when to let something slide, knowing your boundaries, knowing your tastes (but being willing to accomodate someone else's, without resenting them) — all of these and more are required in order to smoothly navigate the process.
Want to know how to steer clear of massive fights and conflict? Enter the internet, with all answers. The staff at Moveline.com, a service that helps you organize and plan your move, have assembled a handy online guide to moving in together. Here are a few highlights.
Before you start cruising rental apartment ads on Craigslist, there are some steps that could save you some time, money and stress before the move.
Step 1: Take a good look at all of your stuff
So much about moving is about the stuff in our lives. Most likely you'll find things that are duplicates between your two apartments – two spatulas, two coffee tables – or things that you don't want anymore. Then there's the big stuff, like dressers and sofas that may not fit in the new place. Now's the time to look at the stuff in both of your apartments and figure out what you have, what you're keeping, and what you're selling, donating or tossing before the move.
If you're feeling tempted to put this off until after the move or skip it altogether – don't. That could be the most costly mistake you make. Why? Because everything you keep adds to the cost of the move – whether that's in dollars or in the time it'll take to move everything and the physical strain on your body (more on that later). Plus, all that stuff is going to need to fit into the new place. Imagine what it's going to be like when all the boxes are there. Will there be room to put them away until you can sort through it? Will keeping everything force you to rent a larger apartment than you can really afford?
David Schorr, a sales executive in Manhattan, says that when his girlfriend, now his fiancé, moved in with him fours years ago, neither one downsized their belongings beforehand, which led to their shared space feeling chaotic and cramped.
"It was essentially her stuff on top of my stuff," says David. "In reality, I should have done a massive purge before she moved in and she should have done the same. It's really important to make sure that the stuff you have combined is going to fit comfortably in the place you're going to move into."
So before you even begin looking at apartments, first get a realistic idea of how much space you need by figuring out how much stuff you'll have after you've decided what you'll keep and what you'll sell, toss or donate.
Pre-Move Checklist
– Take an inventory of both apartments
– Decide together what you'll keep, sell, toss or donate
– Measure everything that's left (furniture, etc.)
– Decide how much square footage you need
Tip: Resolving keep/toss conflicts with your partner
For some, the pre-move purge might seem like the perfect opportunity to get rid of their partner's ugly or seemingly useless stuff. The old VHS collection he's had since junior high? Out of here. The stacks of books she's been holding on to for years? Gone. But wait. Here's a tip: if you really want to get rid of this stuff, you'll have more success if you use gentle suggestions and open communication. Some things your partner might be more than willing to give up, but others not so much.
When Johanna and her boyfriend decided to lease their new apartment, Johanna's mother, an interior designer, drew up a floor plan to help the couple decide the best placement for their furniture. Unfortunately, the large metal shelf containing her boyfriend's boxes of electronic parts didn't fit the plan.
"When I confirmed that the measurements don't work out, he bristled a little bit," says Johanna. "I think he thinks I'm trying to get rid of all of his stuff, which is not the case. I just want to figure out a place where the boxes can be out of sight but still accessible. I probably haven't been communicating that part well."
Aaron says couples moving in together should try to be sensitive to the other person's emotional attachment to their stuff. The mountain of books Anna had accumulated as an English undergraduate and now a composition and rhetoric graduate student once covered the floor of their apartment, prompting Aaron to suggest she get rid of half of them. Anna balked at the suggestion.
"My thinking was that I they were all I own. The only things I actually really own are books and clothes," laughs Anna.
Aaron admits that his first approach was compulsive and didn't factor in Anna's feelings about her books. "It's easy to say, 'We don't need two of these. We can downsize that. I don't know what we need all this stuff for' – thinking of ways to get rid of things before you realize that they're meaningful objects to the other person."
Also adding to the space problem in their apartment was Aaron's framed art pieces. The couple solved the problem by renting a storage space. Since they live in a loft with high ceilings, they took advantage of the vertical space with shelves Aaron built to house the books and artwork. The result is an impressive, custom-built wall unit that shows off the height of the room and displays their books and artwork.
"It was a relief knowing there was an elegant solution to storing them. It looks pretty cool and I used a lot raw wood and industrial brackets that work with our loft space," says Aaron.


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My guess is that the 9th reverses its previous ruling. The 9th isn't the least bit afraid of being reversed by SCOTUS - it is the most frequently overruled appellate court in all the land, so that wouldn't be a consideration in its eventual action (or inaction).
But...the 9th is a circuit of ideologues, and the fact that it even took the case en banc implies to me a predisposition to reverse itself. Further, reversing itself then has the effect of eliminating an important motivation for the SCOTUS to rule upon incorporation, since there would then be no discrepancy between appeals court rulings in different circuits.
I'd be astonished if the 9th allowed Nordyke to stand.
It seems to me they have only decided to wait and see what SCOTUS does. That seems like a wise choice. No reason to spend a lot of time screwing around deciding something if SCOTUS is going to do so.
If SCOTUS refuses to take up the issue, the 9th wlll.
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Age 67, of Otsego, passed away on July 14, 2014 with family by his side. Preceded in death by wife, Claudia; parents, Richard and Edith. Survived by children, Tonja (Brian) Paulson, Dale (Jenny) Mahnke; grandchildren , Blake and Paige Paulson, Lauren, Ellie and Sophie Mahnke; sister, Kathy Jameson (Jim); brother, Larry (Robin) Nelson; many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Visitation 4-8 PM Monday, July 21, 2014 at Dares Funeral Home, 805 Main St. NW Elk River; family and friends sharing time at 7 PM. Memorials preferred in lieu of Flowers. Arr. Dares Funeral Home 763-441-1212 www.daresfuneralhome.com
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The 260-meter long, 100-meter wide, six-floor building was built by Hong Kong-listed Chinese online game developer NetDragon Websoft, whose founder Liu Dejian — a 43-year-old University of Kansas alumni — is a huge [Trekkie]...With a total investment of 600 million yuan ($97 million), the building was inspired by the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E, which appeared in three "Star Trek" movies in the late 1990s and early 2000s. — The Wall Street Journal
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King Abdullah of Jordan, who was once an extra in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, has given the green light to a $1.5 billion Star Trek-inspired theme park that will boldly take Jordan where no Gulf state has gone before. While the theme park will not be powered by dilithium crystals, it will utilize green technology in order to lower its carbon footprint. — Inhabitat
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The first thing customers notice when walking into the Market St. Cafe & French Bakery is the gleaming case full of authentic French pastries, cakes and tarts. The second is the aroma wafting off a huge simmering pot full of halibut bones, fennel, leeks and aromatics, a tantalizing broth for bouillabaisse.
Tucked into a corner of San Marcos' Old California Restaurant Row, the cafe offers an unusual combination of fast-casual breakfast and lunch service with full-service and fine dining at dinner.
The neighborhood bistro seats 30 on an outdoor patio where potted flowers spill out over stone walls and market umbrellas provide shade from a blazing summer sun. Ochre walls warm the room, and French doors open onto the patio, flooding the space with light. At night, candles transform the sparsely furnished bistro into a cozy, intimate setting.
Ric Libiran took over the breakfast and lunch spot in November 2004. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do with the restaurant, so he kept the name, along with the breakfast and lunch service. A couple of months later, he brought chef-partner Michael ZonFrilli on board. Formerly the chef de cuisine of J. Taylor at the L'Auberge Del Mar, ZonFrilli developed a full-service bistro menu and revamped the breakfast and lunch menus.
"Honestly, it was a lot more than I was looking for to start with," said Libiran, who opened a burger joint with a couple of buddies when he was 17 and has been in the restaurant business ever since. He became enamored with the small, quaint aspects of bistro dining while vice president of Champagne Bakery and Figaro Bistros.
"I like to offer people more than they expect," said ZonFrilli. "We're taking the techniques and cooking skill and putting it into each dish to add more value. We don't want to be known as a chef-driven restaurant, but there is that attention to detail going into the food and service."
At breakfast and lunch, customers place their order at the counter, seat themselves, and the food is brought out to the table. Breakfast is a selection of eggs and omelets ($5.95 to $6.95), favorites like eggs Benedict ($7.95) or French toast and Belgian waffles ($4.95).
Lunch offers a glimpse into the dinner menu with a classic French onion soup ($2.95 cup, $4.95 bowl) and a creamy mushroom and baby spinach orecchiette pasta ($7.95). Hot and cold sandwiches are served with a baby-greens salad. Try the roasted zucchini and portobello ($6.95); roasted turkey on foccacia ($6.95); or ham and three-cheese panini ($6.50). Cafe combos include a half sandwich, cup of soup and salad for $6.95. Garlic crostini accompany salads like the chopped California cobb ($7.50) and albacore tuna Nicoise ($7.95).
The diverse dinner menu features a selection of starters like caramelized onion tart ($7.50), pepper steak brochettes over baby greens ($8.50) or sauteed mushroom vol-au-vent ($7.50), a French puff pastry filled with exotic mushrooms.
Hanger steak doesn't show up often on West Coast restaurant menus, but ZonFrilli sears the difficult cut of meat and serves it medium-rare alongside mushrooms, mashed potatoes and mushroom-thyme jus ($17.50). He also includes American comfort food like a brown sugar-tomato-glazed meatloaf with scalloped potatoes ($13.50).
Bouillabaisse ($17.50) is filled with mussels, shrimp, scallops and seafood poached to order, and finished with orange zest and a splash of Pernod. The broth is poured tableside, a fine dining touch ZonFrilli carried over from J. Taylor.
The tangerine caramel lacquered duck breast with ginger, lemon grass and aromatics is accompanied by a confit of duck legs folded into potatoes, a traditional French dual preparation ($19.50).
All desserts are $5 and made fresh daily by French pastry chef Martine Alvarado. Choose from six different fruit tarts, warm bread pudding with caramel sauce, or a vanilla eclair with chocolate sauce.
In keeping with the moderate-priced menu, Market St. Cafe's wine list is well-priced with more than 50 wines offered by the glass ($6-$10). All wines are half-price on Tuesday nights, and from 4-6 p.m. daily, Market St. offers half-priced appetizers and wines by the glass.
- Cameron Leigh James is a freelance writer.
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WHERE: 1080 W. San Marcos Blvd., Suite 104, San Marcos
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Robert Kraft said the reason the Patriots have been able to go on a relative shopping spree this preseason is because they planned for this very scenerio before the lockout hit.
The Pats front office must have done a lion's share of planning because between re-signing Logan Mankins and signing newly acquired Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco, they've been quite busy.
Here's the contract breakdown on a few more notable Patriots:
Shaun Ellis got a 1-year 4 million dollar deal that's parceled up into a few pieces, according to ESPN. He got a 1.5 million base salary, a 750,000 signing bonus and a 1.75 million roster bonus.
Matt Light got a two-year deal that's worth 12 million, the Associated Press reported. He got a 6 million signing bonus, and 1 million in base salary for 2011. In 2012 he'll have a 3.4 million base salary and get a 100,000 workout bonus.
ESPN also reported that Andre Carter received a one-year deal with a base salary of 1.75 million and a 500,000 signing bonus.


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I've found thought the route of our disscussions that some may not understand the overall point of the modes.
I view the modes as a map to the neck of the guitar. a means to learning where notes repeat themselves and how to conect these points together.
When sitting down to use the modes you want to avoid thinking in terms of ionian or aolian and all that jazz. it's simply a means to playing the entire guitar instead of just a small area.
when someone approaches me with a new piece they want me to play on or help them rewrite my question isn't which possition in the scale do you want me to play, my standard question would be, what key are we in and where would you like the grace note.
from this point i take the key were in, knowing exacly where to find every note in that key (if i know my modes i know my notes) and fiddle around with various intervales intill i find something i like.
the modes should not be looked at as a guide, but rather a map.
this is my thoughts on the modes. it's more of an approach rather than an answer. use it as a tool not as a method


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Durban – Win the big moments and South Africa can go on to win Saturday's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against Mali at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.
It could be a tackle, an interception or cool control at a critical juncture that turns the game.
"If you win the big moments then it makes a difference in a knockout match," said former Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey.
"There are not any major glaring weaknesses between the sides. That's when the big moments make a difference, such as a great tackle or controlling the ball and finishing."
South Africa have already delivered several such moments. Defender Siyabonga Sangweni's strikes against Angola and Morocco fall into that category, along with two crucial saves by goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune which prevented Morocco from extending their lead in the last group game.
In Saturday's game (kick-off 8.30pm) more of the same will be expected to keep the Malians at bay, especially their influential midfielder Seydou Keita.
Tovey, the 1996 winning captain, pinpointed Keita as the one player that Bafana Bafana would need to shadow closely.
The 33-year-old left Spanish giants Barcelona to play in China this season, but is no less influential for the Eagles.
Since 2002 they have qualified for every Afcon tournament, and in the previous tournament they achieved their best finish of third place.
This tournament could be Keita's last chance at glory, so it is likely be a torrid evening for the likes of Dean Furman and Reneilwe Letsholonyane to mark him out of the contest.
Tovey said: "All their players are really dangerous but we have to look out for Seydou Keita. When he gets the ball their players are immediately looking for a pass. We have to make sure we take care of Keita, but we can't go lunging in because players like him can ride tackles."
Equally important will be for Bafana Bafana to stick to their game plan, play to their strengths, and tighten their defending.
"We have to play quick interpassing to get behind them, keep the ball on the ground and keep turning their defenders," added Tovey. "At set pieces we haven't defended well in the past. That's a big worry because we don't seem to attack the ball. We have to attack the ball and support each other to pick up man-to-man and zonal marking."
Defensively there will be one forced change, with Siboniso Gaxa expected to slot in at right back for the suspended Anele Ngcongca.
It will be the first appearance of the tournament for Gaxa. Like fellow defender Sangweni he is from Durban and should relish the opportunity of playing in front of friends and family.
At the opposite end of the park, coach Gordon Igesund's armoury is fully stocked after Lehlohonolo Majoro recovered from a gash on his leg. Majoro missed the previous game and is likely to start on the bench behind Katlego Mphela and Tokelo Rantie.
Not too many changes were necessary, cautioned Tovey. "Mphela is getting better and better, and he's experienced. Then there's the rawness of Rantie. He's starting to get more composure in every game and he's going to cause problems with his pace."
The key factor for South Africa is home support.
With a sell-out crowd and renewed confidence after they topped their group, home-ground advantage more than makes up for Bafana Bafana's smaller physiques, weaker ranking – 22nd as opposed to Mali's third in Africa – and past failures at the continental football jamboree.
The pressure of expectation has given way to a wave of confidence that this team believes they can ride all the way to the final.
No more do they feel overshadowed by the greatness of the all-conquering 1996 squad. Although still three games away from achieving the same feat on home soil, this group has shown resilience and developed self-belief to more easily shoulder the weight of the nation's hopes. – Independent on Saturday


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Layton, UT (February 9, 2010) — For Descente, the legend was born in 1979, with the explosive debut of the "Magic Suit". Never in the long history of skiing had a suit contributed to lowering race times, and such was its impact on World Cup Men's Downhill results that year, it became axiomatic in the ski racing world that victory without it was impossible. Thirty years later the legend lives on, in the exciting new sportswear concepts produced by Descente's never-ending quest for perfection.
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|Two medical workers carry an Ebola victim.
|Coverage of Ferguson wins a Pulitzer.
|Interactive poll...A year after Ferguson, have protests against police violence made a difference?
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Kia Cadenza 'Reunion' Commercial – What's the Song?
The tagline for the new Kia Cadenza ad is 'Impossible To Ignore,' and it's fitting that the music used in the commercial is that of an artist who has been impossible to ignore over the last four and a half decades. The unmistakable voice of David Bowie singing a line from 'Let's Dance' shimmers as we are introduced to the new auto.
The premise of the ad is the "girl you didn't notice in high school" going to her 20 year class reuinion. She pulls up in the Kia, steps out, and wows her former classmates. A remix of Bowie's 1983 classic 'Let's Dance' rings out as the Kia Cadenza, and the lovely lady, strut their stuff. The electronic remix, courtesy of DJ MooseBox, makes for the perfect soundtrack here. And while we're at it, let's pop in that new Bowie album for another spin as well!
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Michael Milligan's MERCY KILLERS Plays Stella Adler Studio of Acting, 11/16-19
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company is excited to announce the New York City premiere of Michael Milligan's Mercy Killers. Milligan's one-man play is inspired by horror stories of the uninsured, many of whom suffer financial tragedies on top of chronic illnesses.
Over 60% of all bankruptcies in the U.S. are the result of medical debt. "What most people don't realize is that in the majority of those bankruptcies, the person involved actually had insurance at the onset of their health crisis," says Milligan. "Mercy Killers is my attempt to translate those statistics into the actual human experience indicated by those numbers."
The play explores these themes through Joe, a man being interrogated by the police over the death of his terminally ill wife. A red blooded American man, Joe is sympathetic to the Tea Party and the libertarian convictions of self-reliance and the free market. However, when his cancer-stricken wife has her health insurance revoked and they become trapped in the labyrinth of the health care system, Joe's faith in the American Dream is put to the test when he is driven to make a fateful act.
Milligan has appeared on several Broadway shows including "August: Osage County" "La Bete," and "Jerusalem." While studying at Juilliard he won the John Houseman Prize for excellence in classical drama. A reading of his verse play, "Phaeton," featured Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce and Joanna Lumley. He also received Four Stars for his performance of Lanford Wilson's one-man show, 'Poster of the Cosmos,' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Riding on an ad valorem taxation structure, state governments have for the first time collected more revenue on petroleum products than the Centre. The states together collected Rs 112,889 crore petroleum revenue in FY12 (up 27 per cent from FY11) while the Centre collected Rs 83,723 crore, down 19 per cent from FY11 due to a reduction in diesel excise and elimination of customs duty on crude oil in June last year, according to data with the Petroleum Products Planning and Analysis Cell, a wing of the petroleum ministry.
The central government's customs duty on petroleum products declined 59 per cent in FY12 to Rs 10,013 crore. This was, as mentioned, mainly due to elimination of customs duty on crude oil and reduction in customs duty on petroleum products by five per cent in June last year. Similarly, the collection of excise duty on petroleum products declined from Rs 68,040 crore in FY11 to Rs 61,954 crore in FY12, mainly due to reduction in diesel excise duty in June last year, said a PPAC official.
State governments levy sales tax or value added tax on petrol, from 15 per cent in Puducherry to 33 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, making it a major source of income. By contrast, the excise duty imposed by the Union government is specific at Rs 14.35 a litre, exclusive of a three per cent cess. More, in June last year, the Centre removed the five per cent customs duty on crude oil, brought down the import duty on petrol and diesel from 7.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent and reduced the excise duty on diesel from Rs 4.60 to Rs 2.60 per litre. In the case of ATF, too, states charge ad valorem tax that comes to an average 24 per cent. A sharp increase in prices of both petrol and aviation turbine fuel meant more revenue for states. Among the latter, the highest petroleum tax levy last year was collected by Maharashtra at Rs 14,815 crore, followed by Gujarat (Rs 10,412 crore) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs 9,538 crore).
The decline in the central government's revenues from petroleum products came at a time when its subsidy outgo to its three oil marketing companies — Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum — stood at a record Rs 83,500 crore or 60.27 per cent of the gross under-recovery of Rs 138,541 crore during 2011-12. The three companies sell diesel, kerosene and domestic cooking gas at a government regulated price and a loss, compensated through a cash subsidy from the government and discounts on crude oil by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India.


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Model for Studying Commodity Bundling with a Focus on Consumer Preference
As various mobile contents can be delivered over mobile platform, mobile contents have been considered as new profit opportunities, Choices of mobile contents and mobile terminals are not independent but closely related. Accordingly, this paper analyses consumer preferences and correlations between the adoption of mobile phones and mobile contents. Based on survey data, multinomial logit and multivariate probit models with a Bayesian approach are used for understanding structures of consumer preferences. The results show not only consumer preferences for specific features of mobile phones and complementary relations between various types of mobile contents but also significant correlations between the adoption of phones and of contents. The results identify necessities of releasing phones with full web browsers in specific forms as well as providing product and services with an integrated view for both mobile phones and mobile contents. Also, the study presents information and new business opportunities for the telecommunication market.
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One-Way Rentals Compete with Airport Taxis
Those looking for a cheap New York airport connection just got another option: one-way car rentals.
Taking a cab to or from New York's more distant airports, JFK and Newark, will run you anywhere from $30-$45 plus tip. To get to JFK, budget-conscious New Yorkers have traditionally hopped on the subway. For Newark, there's New Jersey Transit. Also there are one-way shuttle buses leaving Port Authority or Grand Central Station.
Now, for roughly $20, you can drive yourself.
The newest option comes courtesy of Hertz, whose new Hertz on Demand service allows renters to pay for a vehicle by the hour and to pick-up or drop-off at parking garages all over the city.


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President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace was captured on camera trying unsuccessfully to stop a cameraman from filming her 90-year-old husband as the First Family arrived at the Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore.
Footage released by British public broadcaster Channel 4 on Tuesday shows Mugabe and his wife entering Gleneagles Hospital along with a single male bodyguard, and two unidentified women.
The video shows Mugabe strolling unaided into the hospital looking curiously at the camera while his wife Grace, acts as a bodyguard with the aid of the male bodyguard.
She then moves to stop the filming of the world's second oldest president.
"Why are you taking photo? You can't take photo. No, no, no you shouldn't take photo. Please don't take photo, ah nhai imi," Grace protests at the cameraperson while appearing to confront him.
Then another female voice is heard in Shona saying, aiwa, aiwaka. (no, no). The cameraperson or journalist accompanying him retorts: "It's a public place."
While Grace was engaged in the confrontation with the journalists, a bewildered Mugabe, with his hands behind his back remained stone quiet. He is also seen in the video appearing to take a few steps backwards while Grace was busy chasing away the journalists.
The video has put into question, Mugabe's security when he travels outside the country as there was only one bodyguard who appeared in the video that Grace had to move in to shield the journalists as if she was a bodyguard.
Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for the past 34 years, had a cataract operation in Singapore on the eve of his 90th birthday in February, officials said, and his visits to the south-eastern Asian State have become more frequent over the last couple of years, stoking speculation over his health.
His spokesperson George Charamba, said last week that the veteran leader had flown to Singapore for "another routine eye check-up" and said he was expected to be back in Zimbabwe in a week. Charamba described the visit as a "private visit."
The Gleneagles Hospital was named one of the world's top 10 hospitals for medical tourists in 2013.
Mugabe's health remains a mystery and earlier this month Didymus Mutasa, a close confidant of the guerrilla war leader, indicated that the ruling party could criminalise discussion of both the 90-year-old strongman's health and the presidential succession while threatening the Daily News against writing the stories.
Notwithstanding his old age, Mugabe has refused to name a successor, leaving hawks in Zanu PF to tear each other in order to gain advantage over rivals.
The standoff with journalists at the Gleneagles is not the first time Mugabe's wife has had run-ins with journalists.
In 2009, she beat up a cameraman in Hong Kong.
British photographer, Richard Jones, claimed that Grace, 48, ordered a bodyguard to hold him down and then attacked him in Hong Kong's Kowloon peninsula.
"She directed several punches into my face," Jones said. "She was wearing diamond-encrusted rings, which caused a lot of lacerations."
But this time the First Lady was civil amid reports that violence is strictly prohibited in Singapore.
Last year, in an interview, Grace admitted beating the cameraman.
"I ran after him and I caught him. I started beating him. He was pleading with me to get the camera, please, I didn't answer so I kept on punching him. I did not listen to him and continued beating him up."


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I confess, I find Jane Austen daunting. I do not fault Miss Austen for that: I have gotten too used to "quick reads" and the literary equivalent of the greasy spoon to easily consume the haute cuisine that are her novels. But listening to them, there's an idea! So a few months ago I downloaded Sense and Sensibility and listened to it in my car. For those of you unfamiliar with the story, Elinor and Marianne are two sisters in need of husbands and money. They fall in love with men who they think would make them comfortable financially as well as emotionally, but there are many twists and hairpin curves until they end up with the right men. Elinor is reserved almost to the point of being stunted and is always trying to grease the wheels of social interactions, never mind her feelings or the truth. Marianne is histrionic almost to the point of being mildly bipolar, and seems to have little regard for social conventions. And yet you care for them, almost as much as they care for each other.
Nadia May is one of the more prolific female audiobook readers working today, and it's not hard to see why. You always know which character is speaking. She doesn't thump the punchlines. While I am no expert, she seems to get the class and regional dialects spot-on as well. Ms. May conveys all the warmth and obvious affection Austen felt for her characters. As with any reader worth her salt, she always enunciates clearly, and if I missed a minute or two, it was probably because I was trying to merge onto I-94.


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Looking ahead on the international sustainable development calendar, the month of April will begin with a heavy focus on energy and climate change issues.
Next week, IISD Reporting Services will have teams at two key events. The fifth session of the Preparatory Committee for the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will take place on 3 April, followed immediately by the First Session of the Assembly of IRENA, from 4-5 April in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Our Earth Negotiations Bulletin team will cover this first meeting of IRENA's governing body, which will address issues related to the establishment of this new Agency, including: rules of procedure; transitional arrangements; designation of the permanent seat of the Agency; host country agreements; work programme and budget for 2011; appointment of the Director General; and organization of the second session of the Assembly.
At the same time, the first climate change conference of 2011 will convene in Bangkok, Thailand. The 16th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP), the 14th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA), and three presessional workshops, will take place from 3-8 April 2011. The AWG-LCA will address the issues of a global goal, the Adaptation Committee, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) for developed countries, MRV for developing countries, a registry, financing for actions in the forestry sector, a Standing Committee on long-term finance, new market-based mechanisms, the Technology Mechanism, capacity building, review, economies in transition and legal options. The AWG-KP will focus on Annex I emission reduction commitments for a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. And our Earth Negotiations Bulletin team will cover it all.
Continuing the April focus on energy, right after the IRENA meeting, delegates will convene in Abu Dhabi from 6-7 April, for the Second Clean Energy Ministerial. This event will discuss initiatives that were developed as a result of the first Clean Energy Ministerial, which met in July 2010 in Washington, DC, US. The energy focus will extend into May, when Abu Dhabi will host the 11th Session of IPCC Working Group III on the special report on renewable energy sources and climate change mitigation (SRREN) and the 33rd session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 33), which will consider the actions taken at the Working Group III session.
Our Earth Negotiations Bulletin teams will bring you the details of the negotiations that you have come to expect, and our knowledgebases will bring you the latest climate change activities, publications and outcomes that take place in between the big negotiations, along with activities related to biodiversity, small island developing States and sustainable development, as international sustainable development policy makers chart the course for the coming years.


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We'll be introcuding our new luxury Modern Shaker Furniture Collection in a few weeks but I wanted to let you have an insiders look at what's to come. This is one of the three lines of Vermont Made furniture we were photographing in Burlington last month. We have several pieces up on the website now, but we're still working on it and the entire collection is not yet available online (it is available by phone).
This is classic Shaker style furniture with a few modern twists, like arched aprons and curved corners. Actually customers have their choice of square or rounded corners and edges. It's amazing how different the pieces look just by changing that one feature– the corners and edges.
These luxury collections offer our customers a new finish choice too. It's a high end, hand-rubbed linseed oil and wax finish– something you don't see around much these days– and it's absolutely incredible to the touch. It's so finely sanded it feels almost like soft skin. Keep checking back at Vermont Woods Studios furniture to see additional pieces coming online, including beds, chests, dressers, armoires, night stands, dining tables, buffets, hutches, occasional tables and more. Check out the new photos on our homepage.
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JERUSALEM (Dec. 2)
–A bill severely restricting the right of doctors to perform autopsies was adopted by the Knesset early this morning by a vote of 57-53 with three abstentions. Its passage on final reading was victory for the Aguda bloc which had demanded the measure as the price of keeping its four-member Knesset faction in Premier Menachem Begin's coalition government.
The debate, which began yesterday afternoon became protected as opposition factions sought to add various modifying amendments to the final version worked out by the Knesset's legal committee. Representatives of the Medical Association continued well into the evening to lobby wavering coalition members in the hope of preventing its passage. While many MKs were known to be opposed in principle to the measure, Begin was determined to mollify his Orthodox constituency. Coalition MKs abroad, including Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir who was on a five day visit to Paris, were summoned home to be on hand for the voting.
The bill, as finally adopted, contained, two modifying elements. It allows autopsies to be performed in order to save or restore the eyesight or hearing of a living person; it nullifies the ban in time of war or of massive sabotage. It also allows organ transplants unless a close relative of the deceased objects. A person may will his or her body to medical science. According to David Glass of the National Religious Party, chairman of the Knesset legal committee, the revised bill balances the needs of medicine with the need to take into account the feelings of the fortuity of a deceased person.


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The Turning Tide
Jason Taylor | AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND | 2016 | 10 MIN | SHORT DRAMA
Friday 21 October 2016 | 10:00 AM
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International Premiere
Screening as part of Taking Aim: Shorts Program
A stunning and heartfelt tale of two young boys who live a simple life, guided by the traditional stories of their ancestors. As they embark upon a fishing trip in their small coastal village in Aotearoa, they discover the resonance of their elders' words in this powerful testament to the fragility of the land and sea.
Jason Taylor (Ngati Maniapoto) has worked as an actor in both theatre and television. He is now pursuing a career in education and venturing into writing and directing.The Turning Tide is Jason's first role as writer/director.


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Bullet Collection
I have started a bullet collection and I am attempting to get many calibers.
If anyone is interested in helping out I would really appreciate it!The best way would be to mail seated bullets without primers or powder.
Some of the Calibers I need are:
480 Ruger, 458 Socom, 45 GAP, 357 Sig, 40 S&W, 204 Ruger, 357 Maximum, 475 Wildey Magnum,
38 Super, 44 S&W Special, 500 S&W Special, 6.8 SPC, 5.45x39, 45 Colt, 10mm Magnum, 220 Swift, 460 S&W, 17 Remington etc.
- 400 Grayne
Just hang out by a range or ask the range officer if you can poke through the brass after the range closes. If a round doesn't fire many just toss it and continue so you'll find lots of stuff if you look. Many of those calibers you're requesting are common.
Cartridge collection, correct. I'd like to have bullets to though. If anyone is interested in helping let me know.
After 45 plus years as a cartridge collecter I can tell you that a cartridge without primer or powder is no cartridge. The best advise I can give you is to try to encounter a collecter close to home and ask to rummage through his extra's. I have helped many get started over the years. Like most collecters we have plenty of extras.
Do you have any extra I could buy off of you? :D
400- send me a private message with a physical address for you, and what you are looking for. Shipping live ammo can get pricey (it has to go by UPS or FedEx GROUND) so will put a packet together. Most of my spares are older stuff- new stuff you can pick up from the range. I may have some extras that you can add to your collection. I will not sell them to you- but next Christmas, toss a few bucks in the Salvation Army kettle, and we'll be even.
And I still have to get a shipment sent to Highpower for the VERY generous gift he made to me- I am just gonna plead excessive travel and laziness on my part.
As c3shooter said, the freight charges are terrible. Here in the mountains the minimum is $14 for a small package. I do have quite a few extras of many different calibers. Most of my intrest is older rifle cartridges. If their is any particular older cartridges you are lacking I will look though my extras to see if I have any.
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Wednesday's weather
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Warmer and drier weather will return to Colorado for the end of the week.
We've been well below normal for the past few days, but temperatures will rebound a bit today. We're calling for highs in the upper 50s and low 60s this afternoon along the Front Range. It will remain a bit breezy today as our storm moves east. Look for gusts near 30 mph across the plains.
Today will be nice, but Friday will be even warmer. We'll see mostly sunny skies on Friday and highs near 70 degrees to end the week.
So far, the weekend is shaping up to be a nice one, with highs in the 70s both Saturday and Sunday. There is a slight chance that we could see some afternoon storms by next Monday and Tuesday, but the overall weather pattern is much drier.


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In May, we priced a follow-on offering of stock that facilitated an orderly distribution of shares and helped increase our public float. We also issued an additional 703,235 new shares, raising $8 million in additional capital for future investments. We've had a busy, exciting quarter, with summertime being the most critical season for the Angie's List business.I'll now turn the call over to Angie. Angela R. Hicks Bowman Thanks, Bill. Our marketing continued to perform really well in the second quarter. We sold more new members than ever before. And our CPA came in at $91, which is right in line with our expectations. Strong marginal CPAs allowed us to increase spend by 52%. And as you probably recall, our spend follows a bell curve, with Q2 and Q3 being the highest, as we capitalize on seasonality trends to continue to drive strong membership growth. During the second quarter, we had success testing sliding our spend. We slided by taking spend dollar out of the week leading into Memorial Day and redeployed them in other weeks. This allowed us to stretch our ad spend dollars and bring more efficiency to the buy. And now to Bob for a closer look at financials. Robert R. Millard Thank you, Bill and Angie, and good afternoon, everyone. A quick reminder, my comments on growth rates will refer to year-over-year changes, unless I indicate otherwise. We delivered a solid second quarter with strong revenue growth and consistent metrics. As you likely saw, we included a market cohort table in our press release today. We believe this table helps explain the growth and maturation of our markets. And therefore, we will be disclosing it on a quarterly basis. Read the rest of this transcript for free on seekingalpha.com
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Plans abound for Rogers Island
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FORT EDWARD -- The wish list of things to do on Rogers Island is pretty long.
For officials and residents in Fort Edward, the hope is to start improvements at the island's northern end and work toward the southern end.
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Aquastat Problems
What is an Aquastat?
An Aquastat is a device used in water heating systems. It is used to control water temperature. Aquastats usually have a high limit temperature and a lower limit temperature. If the boiler is heating it will do so until it has reached the high limit and then automatically shut off even if the thermostat is indicating more heat is required. The boiler will come on again if the water temperature falls below the high level range. Similarly when the boiler water temperature goes below the low level point, the boiler turns on to ensure the water temperature does not fall below a certain point and is maintained at one level.
Listed below are a few questions answered by the Experts on issues related to Aquastats.
I have set the high temperature at 170 and 140 low with a 20 differential on my Aquastat. How does the Aquastat work? What is considered short cycling?
First, a 20 degree differential signifies the difference between the high limit and the lower limit. The boiler will come on if the lower limit is reached or ceases if the higher limit is reached. Based on your setting of high temperature of 170 and a differential of 20, if your boiler temperature falls below 150 the Aquastat will initiate the boiler to turn on and heat until 170 and then turn off once this temperature is reached. By doing this if your home is heating properly it is considered normal operation of the Aquastat. Short cycling is when the Aquastat switches on and off in rapid succession for no apparent reason without much variance in water temperature.
My triple Aquastat relay is malfunctioning. I have purchased a triple relay burner circuit 120v. Can I use this to replace my old Aquastat?
The main difference between the two Aquastats you have mentioned is the mounting. The older one is a vertical mount whereas the new one is a horizontal mount. The specifications are identical with the two Aquastats. The new one should work with your burner unit unless the mounting affects the functioning in any manner. Another important detail for the new Aquastat you have purchased is it is meant for high efficiency boilers.
How do I troubleshoot my Honeywell triple Aquastat relay to check if it is working right or not?
First check if the solder connections on the back are loose. Dismantle and check by unhooking all the wires. The Aquastat is not a simple relay which goes on and off. The contacts could get sticky. On rare occasions the cover could be causing the issue, try running it without the cover. The contacts on the circulator relay usually do not corrode but burning is possible though the circulator does not require much of a load. You will need to buy the whole unit to repair this. The other common issue occurs with the soldered connections at the back. You can test for power going through the Aquastat. Test for power between C1-C2 and B1-B2. If there is no power, the problem could be within the Aquastat.
My Aquastat relay has no power being supplied to C1 and C2. Pump circulates if I disconnect it from the Aquastat and plug to the house electricity. Why?
Seems like there could be a problem with the operating control and may need replacement. If the thermostat is sending a signal to heat and if there is no power relayed at C1 and C2, the control could be faulty. Try jumping the thermostat terminals by running a wire across T and TV screw terminals on the control to be sure. If there is still no power at C1 and C2, you can conclude the problem lies with the control.
Aquastat is a delicate device which has its own components as well as is a part of a bigger heating system. It functions to keep a control check on the temperature. Other components too if affected can influence the functioning of the boiler. To determine the issue lies with the Aquastat can be tricky and complicated to an untrained eye. Common problems that may occur with it sometimes can be fixed by a layman with an idea of the mechanics behind it. There may be other major problems which should be tackled by professionals. To get a fair idea regarding the Aquastat issues faced by you, Expert answers, information and guidance will prove useful.


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Police in Montreal have discovered what is believed to be a human head in the city's Parc Angrignon.
The Canadian Press says a published report from the police is linking the find to alleged killer Luka Rocco Magnotta, and there is speculation it may be the head of murdered Chinese student, Jun Lin. However, tests are needed to confirm what exactly has been found.
More from GlobalPost: Teacher suspended for showing 'body parts' video in class
The Montreal Gazette quotes Constable Anie Lemieux of the Montreal police as saying: "It's too early to confirm if this finding has anything to do with the (Lin) homicide. We're waiting on lab results to determine whether what we found are human remains."
Police retrieved the object from a pond in a park in the west-end neighborhood of Angrignon, following an anonymous tip-off, according to the Globe and Mail. They are approaching the find with caution because, shortly after the killing, they fell for a hoax involving a fake foot, the newspaper says.
Last month, Magnotta pleaded not guilty to dismembering Lin, who was his lover, and mailing the body parts to political parties and schools, Associated Press explains. Lin's head is the only remaining body part unaccounted for.
More from GlobalPost: 'Canadian Psycho' Luka Rocco Magnotta pleads not guilty


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As many of you know, I left Feedster at the end of April to start Mashery. I really enjoyed my time at Feedster - there was so much going on in the wind tunnel world of RSS, content syndication, and search. I have a great deal of respect and affection for the company, its investors (several of whom are now Mashery's investors), its partners, and the colleagues I worked with. So I was pleased to hear about some recent progress being made there.
I heard recently that Tyler Goldman will be joining Feedster'as president, replacing Chris Redlitz, who has left the company. I don't know Tyler personally, but based on what I've heard about his background, it appears that board chairman and Selby Ventures partner Marco DeMiroz has managed to attract a top-tier talent to provide the leadership Feedster needs.
On the funding front, Feedster did bring in an additional round of financing led by existing investors, but with a few new names I don't remember participating before. One in particular stood out to me - former Google executive Aydin Senkut. Aydin was a big part of Google's Asia-Pacific strategy, and I've maintained for some time that Feedster's biggest opportunity lies in Asia. Feedster was designed from day one to handle double byte content, so deploying in Japan and China required straightforward changes to the UI, allowing the company to attract strong partners in both countries.
I have also heard about some behind-the-scenes progress being made on Feedster's technology by Brent Whitney's engineering team. Co-founder and search genius François Schiettecatte is still actively involved, and Brent's been building a solid development team in Australia that has added some important capabilities to the San Francisco based team. The company has progressed well beyond basic blog search and content syndication, and is taking an incredibly sophisticated approach to crawling and indexing RSS from around the world, making that content useful and valuable, and purging Feedster of spam.
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[manga] Has it Ruined the Anime for You?
For me it kind of has. For some reason I don't seem to like the anime as much as I used to before reading the manga. It may be that I feel the tone is different or that my interpertation of the manga was different than the anime creator's. Or maybe it just doesn't have that "new" feeling that it used to. But whatever it is my enjoyment has gone down. Its a little early but I hope I can get back into it like the old days.
Its like the Davinci Code. I had to read the book before I saw the movie. So I read the book in 2 days, saw the movie, and HATED it. While I don't hate Bleach (except for those 3 USELESS mod souls) its just not like it used to be.
Also, while I am still on my soap box.....Anyone else want to start a petition to have those other 3 mod souls die off? Maybe not so much die as Urahara say they had an "internal battery" and it finally ran out. The perfect line would be: "Well, they were made hasilty to find Bounto so they only had a certain amount of energy in them. They served their purpose and were only meant to be temporary anyway." We don't need anymore than Kon. He's funny and fills that role perfectly.
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Well I can see many reasons why you might not feel the same watching the anime after reading the manga.
1) Disliking changes because it affects what you believe to be canon.
2) Feeling like you've seen it before.
3) Disliking the presentation.
I can see 1) and 2), but if you look at the Soul Society arc along, I think the presentation was masterful. I read the manga of the SS arc after watching the anime, and I felt 2) and 3)--ie., after the great presentation (and my own experiences with fighting-type manga) I felt like the manga in Bleach had problems conveying combat scenes--oftentimes I felt like if I hadn't watched the anime, I wouldn't know what the heck was actually going on in the fights in the manga in several of the major combats.
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Actually no I deem Anime as an interpretation of the manga . And still Images and running images make a lot of diffrence when it comes to levels of excitement . Also without manga there is no anime .
I used interpretation earlier that means I refer anime and manga as diffrent , Anime is afterall director's interpretation of Bleach Manga . If reading manga does ruin your anime watching experience dont read it . Also anime is at times censored . In Bleach there was a hilarious scene with Kon in Ichi's body it was slightly ecchi so it was dropped in the anime .
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Most of the animes I watch, I have already the manga before. I take you are not a manga reader (I mean, you don't read many mangas, I am not talking specifically about Bleach). Otherwise, you would get used to know 2 versions of the same story.
Actually, the anime crew is doing a fine job with Bleach. I have no complaints about the anime (apart from the inclusion of the modsouls in the main story) as I take the fillers as inevitable (and yet, they were nowhere as bad as the Naruto ones).
The art is ok, animation is decent most of the time, the music is fine and the pace is good.
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if it ruined the anime for me, not really..
in fact im more excited on how they will put htings into animation from the manga than actually going on a hating spree, however some things that they put in the anime do get on my nerves, the fact that the 3 puppet like characters are still in it while they never appeared in the manga
|2007-01-19, 12:31
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I would like to belive the converse has it ruined manga for you ? . Lot many instances I did feel that way a voice in your head goes it was diffrent that isnt right but the key word here is interpretation .
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Location: New York, USA
I started watching the anime before reading the manga. It was when Rukia had just been taken away by her brother that I couldn't wait to find out what happened and started to read the manga. And the manga was (perhaps not surprisingly) in certain respects quite superior so I continued to read it.
For some shows I don't see any point to watching them after reading the manga, but not with Bleach. As excellent as the manga is, in some respects the anime didn't only hold its own--it exceeded the manga. Particularly the fights were better detailed and more intense. And the voices add a great deal to the personality of the show as well.
Both the manga and the anime excell in different ways so neither ruins the other for me.
|2007-01-22, 18:24
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NoSanninWa summed it up pretty much, for me the Manga and Anime compliment each other for me, as much as I love reading the manga, there are parts in the anime I really like, especially the fights and the voices really add something the manga doesn't have.
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His team's back is against the ropes and their legs are wobbly, so Dwight Howard pulled the only card he had left in the motivational playbook: He made a guarantee. Sort of. "You want me to get up here and say the season is going to be over tomorrow? That's not what anybody should do or anybody should think," Howard told reporters going into today's Game 5. "I believe that we're going to be going back to L.A." So it didn't exactly have the bravado of Jim Fassel's "We're GOING to the playoffs" poker speech, or even Mo Namath's "We're the best team in basketball" line from the Cavs/Magic series, but Dwight got the point across … Stan Van Gundy did his part (and aged himself) by telling the Magic the story of cyclist Greg LeMond's come-from-behind win in the 1989 Tour de France. "(LeMond) had come from behind and then taken the lead and then lost it on one of the late stages, and people started to write him off," Van Gundy said, relaying what he told his players. "And at the end of the stage he looked beaten, and he and his wife were talking when they left, and they asked his wife what he had said. And he said, 'It'll just make the story all that much better when I come back and win it all." … (Speaking of bikes, did you hear about UConn coach Jim Calhoun's ultimate badass bike ride yesterday? With 16 miles to do in a 50-mile charity event race in New England, the 67-year-old Calhoun hit a pothole, fell and broke five ribs — then FINISHED THE RACE. Current and future Huskies officially have no excuse ever to tell Calhoun they can't finish a drill.) … Throughout these playoffs, we've repeated that Kobe doesn't need to put up Hall of Fame numbers to get this legacy-defining championship, so long as his team is getting wins. And while it doesn't even seem like he's been dominant in the Finals, Kobe is averaging 33 points, 5.5 boards and eight assists in this series. Don't be surprised if Mamba comes out tonight (ABC, 8 p.m. EST) trying to really put the nail in the coffin like he did in Game 1, gunning for 40 and wanting to deliver the fatal blows himself … It's almost unfair that everybody in the world with a laptop or a microphone can raise hell about the poor officiating in the NBA, but guys like Phil Jackson — the ones actually being affected by the refs — still get fined $25,000 a pop for even the most tame referee criticisms. Jackson took a $25K hit for talking about the refs in Game 4, even though it's clear to even an Orlando fan there were some terrible calls in that game and that the whole series has been called comically inconsistent. Do you think the NBA should stop fining players and coaches for talking about the refs? … Silver lining for the Magic even if their season ends tonight: Team president Bob Vander Weide said ownership wouldn't be against stepping into luxury-tax territory in order to keep Hedo Turkoglu (if Hedo opts out this summer). "We've always avoided the tax, but winning has a crazy effect on people," Vander Weide said … NBA Draft updates/rumors: Jrue Holiday is signing with an agent and staying in the draft; South Carolina guard Devan Downey and Texas forward Damion James are going back to school; the Bobcats (#12) like DeJuan Blair, so much so that Larry Brown compared him to Larry Johnson; and the Celtics really like Tyreke Evans, so much so that they may dangle Ray Allen ($19.7M expiring contract in 2010) as trade bait to move up and get him … What is it these days with people whining about superstar athletes and post-game handshakes? Ever since Friday's Stanley Cup finals Game 7, there's been a growing non-story about Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby not shaking hands with the Detroit Red Wings on the ice. And it's not even that Crosby didn't shake hands at all — it's that he didn't shake in a timely manner. "That's ridiculous, especially as their captain," said Detroit's Kris Draper. "And make sure you write that I said that!" Who knew hockey players could be so sensitive? … We're out like Downey …
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By: Hey!!06.14.2009 @ 12:18 AM
After all the great series we've seen in this year's playoffs thus far, it'll be a shame if the Finals didn't go at least 6 games.
By: Josh Tha roc06.14.2009 @ 1:15 AM
prediction van gundy goes small big skinny and plays jame
Jameer and raf with the 1 big and 2 skinnys
By: smoove chips06.14.2009 @ 1:37 AM
Fines or no fines the crazy calls still stand.So hell yeah,fine they asses it keeps the bullshyt to a minimum and by "mininum" I mean the fans.
If kobe goes into videogame mode and them shyts ain't falling,there's gon be a game six.Alternatively he could try to write history in a whole different way.How about the most assists in playoff history and a trip dub.
10 rebs,10 points,and a staggering double-digit-call-your friends-and-em-assist number.we due for style points anyway.then he can text shaq and ask him how his ass tastes.
i'm out like guarantees…
By: Money Mike06.14.2009 @ 1:47 AM
I hope Orlando can get a W and at least make it entertaining.
By: BRUCE06.14.2009 @ 3:01 AM
D-Ho should have made the guaranteeD before the series.
By: AZ06.14.2009 @ 3:06 AM
IT should be all about JIM Calhoun today, thats a REAL MOTHER fUc**R.
By: QQ06.14.2009 @ 3:28 AM
Funny how, because of one boneheaded decision, Lebron's name went from being synonymous to 'the most dominant player in a sport' to the 'arrogant asshole who didn't shake hands'. LOL.
By: smoove chips06.14.2009 @ 3:51 AM
i would laugh my behind off if Allen got traded and ended up in cleveland AND THEN proceeds to bomb the living crap outta Boston next at next years ECF.KG would have a stroke.
On another note what else can Vander weide say to the city of Orlando and more importantly,Dwight Howard ?
"Well orlando,hmmph..Howard,seeing as how you were only a coupla mistakes from winning this whole thing and bringing a championship to this city we..ahem..cut Turkoglu…"
He'd be dead by sunrise(Eastern time!)
By: AB_4006.14.2009 @ 4:24 AM
haha dejuan blair and larry johnson ah hahahahahaha sorry man blair got what a 15 inch vert? him and sean may are gonna be two fat guys sitting on the bench all year.
there's no excitement in this series because van gundy let nelson play this series. that screwed up their rotation wich screwed up the mental mojo the team had with their roles. face it jameer nelson SUCKS this series which makes alston frustrated while he's looking of the bench knowing he can do a better job. Dwight howard hasn't had a single dominant game this series. To me Yao is still the best center in the leauge.
let's hope theres a fun game tonight and we'll go from there. This will probably the first summer in a long time I won't follow the free agent frenzy I'll check it out once a week. everybody writes so much junk now a days that well it starts to bore me.
By: biggeddy06.14.2009 @ 4:45 AM
Is it against basketball fandom to hope that the Lakers(my team since I first knew what basketball was)lose in game 5 so that they can win the title in game six? The main reason… I got tickets to the game and would love to be there for the ceremony. Any opinions?
BTW, I still want a good game and for Kobe to do his thing and continue getting everyone else involved, but still… I want to go the the big game.
By: 3D Scott06.14.2009 @ 6:38 AM
Put the house on a miracle, Magics in 7! Who is with me?!
By: YOUNGFED aka Black on black, wit dem d@mn 22's06.14.2009 @ 6:40 AM
I hope K-Hova finishes them boyz off today.
YOUNGFED'S BANGER OF THE DAY: BG & Juve
By: alf (from melmak)06.14.2009 @ 6:43 AM
just for the record. i ain't watching game 5. i will only watch if the championship reaches game 7.
who will the magic management bring in this time? penny and shaq? also, please, someone get a restraining order against nick anderson and his shadow from coming anywhere near 100 meters of the arena.
i am still rooting for the nice guys. hate the cockiness and arrogance of the laker team.
By: QQ06.14.2009 @ 7:37 AM
I hope we give it our all… I mean, I can say I am disappointed with our Game 4 outing. Stan experimenting with things deep into the Finals where you should rely on what got you there, Dwight missing the free throws, Shard missing an open jumpshot with 39 seconds left, Jameer looking lost on offense and doing a JJ Redick impression. Damn. I ADMIT (You know that word, Austin Burton?) it, we blew it.
I just hope we bounce back… GOOOOO MAGIC!!!!!! GOOOOOO!!!!
By: JuiceMode06.14.2009 @ 9:35 AM
Funny thing is, this series could easily have been 3-1 the other way… That's what makes it painful to any Magic fan…
By: dk06.14.2009 @ 9:59 AM
You Orlando people are some real pieces of shit. I cant believe how you homos are throwin g SVG under the bus. I was in the O and the front page of TheOrlano Sentinel had SVG on itcalling him goofy and trashing the guy that beat B Boston and Cleavland. Thats real dick.Befrore the series started allyou fucks were psyched to have Nelson roaring to go. Now its a bad move and your coach sucks. These arent experiaments SVG isperforming there called adjustments you losers. Fromthe loiith two OT losses to thest team in the NBA and the greaest finisher ever next to MJ.toks of it hes doing a good job of making them too. W
By: ponky_alolor06.14.2009 @ 10:22 AM
could dwight guarantee he'll make at least 1 free throw next time? lol.
@ smoove, yeah i would die laughing if jesus lands with the cavs and bombs the sh*t out of beantown.
seriously trading rayray is not the way to treat the guys who got the '08 chip.
By: flavur06.14.2009 @ 10:32 AM
Dejuan Blair is not even fat he is the toughest guy in this draft and will be a beast in the NBA.
By: that's whats up06.14.2009 @ 11:18 AM
you ever seen ANY New York newspapers?
All they do is throw EVERYONE under the bus, no matter who….
that's how you sell papers.
If you'd come up off Kobe's nutz you'd realize other things are going on…
By: ticktock606.14.2009 @ 11:57 AM
Like any of the fans on here wrote the paper!
By: RonNation06.14.2009 @ 12:22 PM
man the nhl game 7 was awesome
By: gigi06.14.2009 @ 12:50 PM
when coaches get fined doesnt that money go to charity and therefore it is tax exempt. if so, why would the coaches stop talking trash. anyways, sometimes things have to said with the way things are called. someone has to let the reffs kno they screwed up.
By: LAballer06.14.2009 @ 2:19 PM
i dont think dk was saying anyone of the fans on here wrote the paper..but..im gonna brace myself for a whole lotta shit here but screw it..i actually think he brought up a GREAT point..i dont recall any magic fan on here saying anything about screwing up the rotation, or it being a bad idea to play nelson before the finals started and news broke that he may play..in fact i do remember everyone being happy about it cause nelson tore our squad up this year..
i do agree that SVG is playing him wayyyy too many minutes and i think GEE said it a few days ago but i noticed it too..alston missed a couple defensive assignments..coach called time..and he argued with stan instead of listening to him..didnt see him enter the game after that again..nothing new here..skip's attitude is always whats held him from being a truly reliable and good pg..
also..AB's article was on the money..stan didnt miss those freethrows..he has made a few stupid mistakes..but he has also made some GREAT coaching moves that got your team to the finals..how about thinking about that before you kill the guy for playing the starting PG that ALL OF YOU WANTED HIM TO PLAY TO BEGIN WITH.
ey..la dime people..see y'all at the parade baby
By: Rafa2306.14.2009 @ 2:47 PM
if there will be a parade..
city of LA is broke and probably cant afford it. lmao
but i think jerry buss will have that 1 million. he just cant play that much poker in the near future. he was a big donator to the pros.
By: Heckler...formerly 'yallallreadyknow'06.14.2009 @ 3:57 PM
nuff respect to jimmy calhoun. if the story is true, he gotta earn everyones respect. nuff said on that.
what the hell do the celtics need with tyreke evans? tyreke can't shoot and they already have a point guard. tyreke is 6'6 (i think) so he has the size to play 2guard, but homey can't shoot for shit. so where the celtics gonna play him? they gonna dangle a HOF and the best pure shooter in the game for an unproven rook?
orlando should do a sign-n-trade with hedo. sign him then trade him to GS for stephen jackson. they'd get some perimeter defense. a playmaker. a shooter just like hedo. and some toughness. come to think of it….the Lakers could use stephen jackson too. them LA boys need some more toughness.
DeJuan Blair aint no Grandma'ma.
By: Bron42 aka Had Springs Before Slamball06.14.2009 @ 4:05 PM
@LAballer, actually a TON of orlando fans disagreed. And its not that people didn't want nelson to play, its we, or at least I (go back last week and check my post) didn't think he should be playin starters minutes. If they were gonna bring jameer back, he should of bein in the anthony johnson role. Resting rafer and keepin the offense flowing. Instead hes playing starter minutes and in the clutch after bein gone half the season. So if you call that an adjustment, you dont know shit. Thats experimenting…And adjustment would be "hey skip has been playing like shit and the lakers have been eatting up pgs, so lets switch it up and put jameer in" meanwhile skip was playing good until half time of game one and the coach decided to make jameer the focal point when he should just be the spark of the bench. So its not anything about throwing dude under the bus. If it aint broken dont fix it and skip was doin his thing. Even last game, skip was doin his thing and yet jameer played the whole 4th and overtime meanwhile he was having mad dumb turnovers, like one time he dribbled down the right side of the court and just tripped. And its not like hes hittin jumpers either, so if thats an adjustment, its a bad one. The fact jameer was even in during the last couple minutes says alot meanwhile skip and lee were the guys just a series ago. Jameer has been looking out of place the majority of the time but SVG keeps like tryin to force him to shine when its not needed. Go with whats workin and have jameer be the earl boykins off the bench.
Plain and simple, magic win this game if their aggressive THE WHOLE GAME!!..none of this, 3 minutes left, just give the ball to hedo shit. Let rashard get some shots, let the pgs attack the basket. Let kobe do his thing and choke out the other guys. Cuz slowin the game down and force feeding hedo isn't gonna work like that. the team works best off movement, their not a iso team. Shard/hedo both need to take about 12 shots this game.
By: Bron42 aka Had Springs Before Slamball06.14.2009 @ 4:08 PM
Hedo for captain jack would be a waste..Jackson is good but hes toooo much of a gunner even for the magic and he can't create his own shot..I'd rather try to get tmac back and even at 75% hes at least hedo level…and blair aint grand ma ma but those of us who have seen him at the combine can tell you hes him droppin 30 pounds has him lookin alot more athletic. Like young ben wallace type dunks as opposed to his college big baby davis dunks during the season.
By: bab06.14.2009 @ 4:32 PM
If Fisher hits another game-winning shot tonight, does the MVP still go to Kobe?
By: dk06.14.2009 @ 5:35 PM
@28 yeah einstein. because kobe will be doubled
By: K Dizzle (1 more then nuthin left to say)06.14.2009 @ 5:40 PM
yeah…it still does. 33, 8 and 6 seals it.
By: K Dizzle (1 more then nuthin left to say)06.14.2009 @ 5:48 PM
@ Bron
did you really say Stephen Jackson can't create his own shot? Dude plays with Crawford, Ellis and Maggette. He doin nothin but creatin his own shot cuz those 3 guys don't make plays for anybody.
If you were sayin play jameer only spot minutes during the finals, you were the only Magic supporter sayin that cuz i remember Magic fans talkin mess about Jameer killin durin the regular season so he was gonna come back after a 4 month layoff and pick it up right where he left off.
After watchin what the Penguins did to the Wings, i don't want this series goin back to LA. If we can finish em off in orlando, we need to. With Kobe and Fish runnin the show, I'm thinkin they gonna come after them and try to wrap it up.
Why is Cleveland tryin to get Shaq so bad? Yeah, Z sucked in the series but the backcourt was way worse. Nobody in the l can really match up with Dwight, but Delonte, boobie, Mo and Pavlovic could have at least shown up.
By: M Intellect06.14.2009 @ 6:41 PM
LOL – Derek Fisher for MVP.
By: M Intellect06.14.2009 @ 6:46 PM
Imagine – Hedo goes to a team with the Tyreke pick, Ray goes to Orlando and the Celtics get the Tyreke pick and Orlando's 1st Round pick.
By: K Dizzle06.14.2009 @ 10:08 PM
It's just about over…
By: K Dizzle06.14.2009 @ 10:41 PM
who's even gonna stop us for the next few years???
Lakers all day
By: yoda06.14.2009 @ 10:41 PM
go lakers :DDD
By: Oscarisalakerfan06.14.2009 @ 10:47 PM
By: ponky_alolor06.14.2009 @ 10:51 PM
Congratulations to the purple and gold. Phil Jackson got up there with Red. Damn is there even any doubt that he's an excellent coach with a winning system?
Team effort by the lakers to close this out.
By: Duke06.14.2009 @ 10:57 PM
Adam Morrison lol.
By: MoxWestCoastRep06.14.2009 @ 11:37 PM
Lakers!! I need me a 09 chip hat!!
By: A.R.06.14.2009 @ 11:40 PM
Wat can you say now? 09 champs!
Kobe got that ring! Shaq tell me how my ass taste.
He hasn't been outta the 1st round since that one in miami.
But thats all past tense. LA Lakers 2009 champions.
Congratulations Kobe and Fisher. Those are the OG's of the the team lol.
By: QQ06.15.2009 @ 6:06 PM
WOW, this shit is getting kind of outrageous!! this faggot imposter is pretending to be me by writing posts like I would, LOL… Everyone please, don't believe him. I mean, most of what he said does coincide with my beliefs, but that was still the imposter using my name. I might have to switch my name.
Bigups to my homie Smoove Chips!!
Didn't you say we were gonna get on these females?? what's da word brothaa?? just lemmie know and i'm on the first flight out there!
By: QQ06.15.2009 @ 6:12 PM
@16 – Fuck you DK!!! I oughta WHOOP yo ASS for talkin dat shit. You're a FAGGOT!
And FUCK dat IMPOSTER.
DK = DickKisser


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Bicyclists will be able to breathe a sigh of fresh air as the city focuses on more bike-friendly streets in collaboration with the new bike-share program starting December.
The city of Phoenix will spend $1.5 million to improve bicycling infrastructure and fuel the new bike-share program for this fiscal year, city officials said.
With $500,000 earmarked explicitly for the bike-share program, Phoenix gears up for a transformative project, said Colin Tetreault, city of Phoenix senior policy adviser for sustainability.
"Phoenix is trying to get to a place where when you think Phoenix, you think bicycles," said city of Phoenix Environmental Programs Manager Philip McNeely.
The Phoenix bike-share program will launch at the end of December through CycleHop, an organization that helps plan and organize bike-share programs.
The program will reduce the distance from a cyclist's residence to the transit stop and the distance from the transit stop to their destination, CycleHop's planning consultant Matthew Christensen said.
"Bike share is sold as the solution to the 'first and last mile issue' of transit," he said.
But only a few streets — such as Jefferson and Washington streets — have the bicycle lanes to support the program so far. However, these existing lanes do not span the full length of the streets.
Christensen said ideally, bicycle infrastructure would be in place to facilitate bike use before the program begins.
The city of Phoenix Master Plan, available March 31, 2014, will address the bike lane issue, according to McNeely.
Traffic engineering supervisor Scott Logan said that high-traffic streets need bike lanes to protect cyclists, while local streets with low traffic will not.
Phoenix's high-traffic streets such as First and Central avenues will likely receive bike lanes and the lanes on Jefferson and Washington will likely be extended, according to Logan.
"The bike share helps position Phoenix to be one of the top cities as an urban metropolis," Tetreault said. "It provides choice and opportunity for all our citizens so they're not encumbered to one form of transportation or another."
The bike share is meant to complement Phoenix's existing transit systems through policy including strategic placement of bike stops near light rail stops to extend the metro system's reach, McNeely said.
Light rail passengers can ride bike-share bikes to destinations too far to walk from the light rail stop itself, Christensen said. The system could encourage people to forgo cars.
"Downtown is a very unique living situation. With this resurgence of downtowns across U.S., we see that young professionals are finding everything they need in these dense urban areas," he said. "If you're able to cut out the need for a car by using a bike-share bike, it becomes a question of dollars and cents."
The community has supported the bike-share program and recognizes it as an amenity for the city, Christensen said.
Phoenix is neither the first city to adopt bike share nor the first to recognize its potential economic benefits.
A study from the Nice Ride bike-share system in Minnesota showed that out of a data set of 2,000 respondents, each trip via the bike share generated an average of $7 in economic activity for local businesses.
"Economic development is driven by improvement, and the bike program is a massive downtown improvement," Pedal Craft spokeswoman Dorina Bustamante said. "The whole bottom line is making Phoenix a destination location."
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Good ol' American customer service: It's Craptastic!
The Wrap by Ron Judd
Seattle Times staff columnist
The recent national kerfuffle over customer service, or lack thereof, by U.S. corporations — not to mention any names, such as COMCAST — is a blunt reminder of an indisputable fact: Corporate America has confused the art of talking about customer service with the practice of actually providing it.
To wit, a "customer-service" rep at an East Coast photo-equipment supplier made it clear to Mr. Wrap that he was really sorry, but ultimately prepared to do nothing to remedy that fact that a flawed gizmo sent in weeks before for repair had finally been returned to the customer — with no repairs whatsoever.
Par for the course. More telling was the way this giving soul signed off all his email messages about the subject: "Looking to be of service, Joey."
There you have it. Not actually providing customer service. But acknowledging that it's something to which one might aspire, somewhere down the road.
Baby steps, we suppose.
More wishful thinking:
Speaking of Customer Comes Last:A report by the National Transportation Safety Board, more than a year in the making, concludes that "multiple gaps in the system," including the state's unique self-dispensing oversized-load permit system — caused the accident that sank a portion of the Skagit River I-5 bridge last summer. Ya think?
Just Call Them the D'oh! Boys: The Washington State Department of Transportation says it will respond to the NTSB report with changes to its oversized-load permit system. Good, good. We can certainly see that it was in no way necessary to make those sorts of changes immediately.
Or to Cut to the Chase: Is Jorge "Precious Metals" Carrasco secretly running WSDOT?
Our Cup Runneth Under: Seattle lost about $6 million in productivity as workers whiled away time watching the World Cup instead of doing actual work, a New York finance firm estimates. Big whoop. The financial impact is sort of like Robinson Cano taking a weekend off from the Mariners.
Not Even We Can Make This Stuff Up: Former U-Dub boss Mark Emmert, currently El Presidente of the cartel known as the NCAA, saw his pay soar to $1.7 million last year as he trotted around the country explaining why college football players should continue to be paid nothing.
Um …: Further cementing its solid reputation as the Krazy Glue in the junk drawer of municipal government, the city of Seattle, via Mayor Ed Murray, proclaimed City Hall as "Kitty Hall" for a day. Seriously. Look it up.
Speaking of Shrimp: Does Gov. Jay Inslee's recent proposal to boost the official state estimate of how much seafood we all eat mean that we now have to eat more seafood, like, to get our tabs renewed?
Shell Games:U.S. Customs and Border protection inspectors at LAX intercepted a shipment of 67 live, giant African snails being smuggled from Africa. Inspectors reportedly then engaged in a heartfelt exchange with the only other living beings on the earth that move at the same pace as themselves.
And Finally, Over at Woodland Park: Another week goes by, your local zoo keeps elephants in chains and behind bars. Vote with your feet and just don't go there.
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One of my first OPIs. I got it in a mini set, and I've always intended on upgrading to a full. Why I haven't yet, beats me. The formula is perfect, only needing two coats. The color is a gorgeous turquoise. It lasts up to a week on me. I could go on.
Every time I've worn this, I've been complimented on my nails. There is just something elegant and grown up about it despite it being a blue polish. I feel classier wearing it, as silly as it sounds. Thankfully, it's made it into the permanent line so I highly recommend grabbing it. It was upgraded for a reason, trust me.
on 1/27/2014 2:51:00 AM
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This creme polish is gorgeous! Reminds me of the Robin egg candies or the San Jose sharks color. Looks fabulous against my neutral skintone of NC 25 and I sealed it with seche vite dry fast top coat without any shrinkage problems :) Yay for opi polishes
on 8/21/2013 9:25:00 PM
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I got so many compliments on this polish! It's a slightly dusty teal, not quite dull, but not particularly vibrant either, and with a cream finish. Like the other polishes from this collection, I found it streaky, but could do with two coats.
on 8/17/2013 2:05:00 AM
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Subdued aqua blue with a grey undertone. Those 2 member photos above got it right, the duller ones - its not as bright as the official swatches.The formula is thin and pools at the cuticles. Slightly sheer, and needs 2 - 3 coats as it pulls away in patches. Stains nails without a base coat. Long lasting, around 4- 5 days, resists chipping. The muted grey undertone looks dull and depressing on my very fair skin - maybe it looks better on darker skin?
on 7/5/2013 3:27:00 PM
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OPI's Can't Find My Czechbook is a gorgeous turquoise creme. Way more blue than green though. Opaque in 2 coats but I did find the application to be a little bit streaky with this one, surprising for OPI. On the nail it turned out to be much brighter and less dusty than how it appears in the bottle. So perfect for spring and summer, but I'd definitely wear this color year-round. Love it & I'd buy it again.
on 6/14/2013 7:59:00 PM
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This is a beautiful, unique, robin's-egg blue creme polish. I found it to apply streak free, and was opaque in two coats, like most OPI polishes. I do think $9 a bottle is expensive, but it applies very smoothly, dries quickly, and stays chip-free on me for 5 or 6 days. I have also found that OPI polishes stay good for a long time; they don't thicken up as quickly as other polishes.
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It's a very pretty blue color and all, it's just a tad sheer.
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The texture isn't as creamy as I'd like.
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Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Great color, a fun creamy shade of blue. Looks great on fingers and toes and really wears well!
on 5/22/2013 1:17:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This colour is gorgeous! the formula is really good and only takes 2 coats to reach full opacity. Another hit from the O.P.I Euro Centrale collection!
on 5/19/2013 4:55:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Goes on beautifully; almost a one-coater, but two coats is plenty. It's a medium green-blue (looks more blue than green). Looks great with gold flake polish (I put OPI's "Man With the Golden Gun" 18K gold flake).
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If you're travelling with a baby, it's a good idea to research the availability of baby products in your country of destination before travelling. Stock up on nappies and other essential products if necessary. Also consider how best to secure your belongings while travelling - you may be more vulnerable to thieves and pickpockets if you don't have a hand free.
If your child will need to take prescription or non-prescription medicine while you travel, make sure that you take enough to cover the length of your trip as you may find that the medication you need isn't available. Make sure that you check with the embassy or consulate of your destination country that the drugs you propose to bring into the country are legal.
As an extra safety measure, you should carry a letter from your doctor giving the generic name of any drugs you will be carrying, along with a statement that they are for personal use only - it is actually illegal to carry PBS medicines out of Australia if they are intended for use by anyone other than yourself.
If you're planning to use childcare facilities overseas, or use a babysitter or nanny, be sure that you satisfy yourself about that the standards of care there.
You should consider:
Children's passports:Under Australian law, any Australian citizen under 18 years of age who has never married is regarded as a child. Children can't be included on your passport, so every child, including a newborn, must have their own passport.
A passport application for a child must be lodged by a parent or guardian who has responsibility for your child, but the consent of both parents is usually required it will be issued.
For more information regarding the lodging of an application for a passport for your child, go to The Australian Govt's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Other documents you might need when travelling with children: To make travelling straightforward, always carry additional identification for both you and your child. Customs and immigration officers in most countries are always looking for missing children and you may need to prove that you are the lawful parent or guardian of your child.
Proper identification includes:
If you have any doubts about the particular circumstances relating to travelling with your child, seek legal advice before you leave the country.
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot. Sources include Australian Govt's Smart Traveller.
This article was created for Kidspot - Australia's parenting resource for kids and family travel