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As vampires Bella and Edward take their last bites on the big screen, Hollywood studios are on the hunt for the next "Twilight," a movie that plays on teenage angst and, more importantly, lights up the movie box office.
The first four "Twilight" movies earned $2.5 billion at theaters worldwide, propelled by passionate fans of a book series about a vampire-and-werewolf teen love triangle. Box office watchers project "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" will haul in $150 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, one of the year's biggest film debuts.
Eager to replicate that performance, studios executives have been trolling through young adult novels with the dream of uncovering the next big blockbuster franchise, paying as much as $1 million to secure the film rights to the hottest books.
At least four films based on books for teenagers will reach theaters next year, with young love forced to overcome alien parasites, evil zombies and other supernatural bad guys.
Executives hope they can uncover a story that excites tech-savvy teens, who supercharged the buzz mill for "The Hunger Games" and other hits by spreading the word to friends through social media posts.
"It's a very enthusiastic and deep passion that young people feel for a book they love," said Nina Jacobson, executive producer of "The Hunger Games," which spawned a blockbuster film franchise with $687 million in worldwide ticket sales this spring.
"When they love something, they share it," Jacobson said.
The four-year "Twilight" movie saga lifted tiny studio Summit Entertainment into Hollywood's big leagues and paved the way for its $412 million acquisition in January by Lions Gate Entertainment, the studio behind "The Hunger Games."
The coming young adult films incorporate paranormal themes like those in the "Twilight" movies or dark dystopian futures and battles for survival reminiscent of "The Hunger Games," and do it through the drama of young love.
Summit is aiming to get "Twilight" fans buzzing about next February's zombie romance "Warm Bodies" with a trailer before "Breaking Dawn - Part 2." "Warm Bodies" star Teresa Palmer chatted about the movie - a love story between a zombie and human - while she strolled the red carpet at a "Breaking Dawn" premiere.
A couple of weeks after "Warm Bodies," Warner Brothers will trot out fantasy movie "Beautiful Creatures," about a teen girl with magical powers and a boy who is drawn to her, with a debut on Valentine's Day.
The movie "shares as much in common with 'Twilight' as it does with 'Harry Potter,'" said Andrew Kosove, co-president of production studio Alcon Entertainment, referring to the boy-wizard series that grossed $7.7 billion in worldwide ticket sales and woke up Hollywood to the power of adaptations of children's and young adult books.
In March, Open Road Films releases "The Host," a science fiction tale about alien parasites from "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer. Sony Corp's "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones," about a teen girl who tries to protect the world from demons, comes out in August. Summit's drama "Ender's Game," the story of a boy who leads the charge against an alien invasion, is scheduled for November 2013.
They will battle the latest installments of existing young adult franchises such as the "Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire" that comes out November 2013. Warner Brothers will release "Hobbit" movies in December 2012 and December 2013.
The fever for young adult movies is so hot among Hollywood executives that studios snap up the rights to some books before they hit store shelves to keep them out of the hands of their competitors. Screen Gems, a unit of Sony, announced Oct. 9 it had bought rights to "Black City" a month before the book went on sale.
The studio moved quickly based on a "high level of anticipation for the property in the online community and other young adult circles," it said in a statement.
Lions Gate's Summit studio scooped up the rights before publication for "Divergent," a novel set in a futuristic Chicago where people are divided into factions based on personality traits. The studio is producing a movie for 2014 that features young Hollywood star Shailene Woodley, who played George Clooney's troubled daughter in the movie "The Descendants" last year.
The "Divergent" book series has sold more than 2 million copies, pacing ahead of both "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" at the same point in their histories, Lions Gate CEO Jon Feltheimer told industry analysts on a Nov. 9 conference call.
"We are putting out to our fans right now we think that this is the next big franchise," Feltheimer said.
The web is producing hot properties, too. Media Rights Capital plans to develop three movies based on writer Amanda Hocking's "Trylle Trilogy" about a young girl with special powers.
Hocking gained fame by selling more than 1 million copies of self-published books on the Internet, an unusual feat that demonstrated fans' rabid support for the stories, said Media Rights Capital Co-CEO Modi Wiczyk.
"There is clearly a pre-existing audience," Wiczyk said. "It makes life easier."
Still, there is no guarantee book lovers will flock to a movie version of their favorite read, said Keith Simanton, managing editor of movie website IMDB.com. Film adaptations of "The Seeker" and "The Spiderwick Chronicles" failed to give birth to the kind of big movie franchises that have become the lifeblood of Hollywood's movie studios, he said.
"It is going to continue to be a trend, until one of them fails in a big way," Simanton said.


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JOHN BARRICELLI is the owner and chef of the SoNo Baking Company in South Norwalk, Connecticut, which opened in 2005, and a new location in nearby Westport. For many years he worked at Martha Stewart's magazines and television and radio shows. He was also the host of the PBS show Everyday Baking. A third-generation baker with thirty years of experience, he worked at River Café, Le Bernardin, and Four Seasons before opening his own bakeries. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and author of The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook.

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As keeper of Sports Illustrated's indispensable Vault, Andy Gray spends a lot of his time sifting through the sports photography of another time, when athletes wore short shorts and facial hair, and everyone looked vaguely uncomfortable. Here is one such photo.
Cassius Clay had two goals going into his 1966 fight with Henry Cooper. The first was to beat the Brit and retain his Heavyweight title. Second was to do so without opening a gash on Cooper's eyebrow, which had a tendency to drip blood like water coming from a faucet. After all, Clay was revolted by the sight of blood – his or anyone else's. Clay batted .500 on the night, beating Cooper by TKO in six rounds, but leaving his opponent a bloody mess. Edwin "Bud" Shrake describes the action:
In the sixth it happened. After Cooper connected with two lefts, Clay followed him into a corner, missed with a left hook, then slipped, lunged forward and clubbed a short, chopping right hand onto Cooper's left brow. The blood shot out at once. Cooper did not merely bleed, he gushed. The cut opened above and slightly to the side of the brow, near the small artery at the temple, and both fighters were immediately splashed with blood.
Clay looked stricken. Assuming the fight would be stopped, he began to retreat. But Smith had been warned not to intervene too quickly. Realizing he had very little time left in the ring, Cooper chased Clay frantically, swinging wild hooks, with the blood pouring into his eyes. At ringside Jarvis Astaire was yelling, "Stop the fight!" a shout that was rapidly taken up. To defend himself against the charging Cooper, Clay fired a few more punches, and the blood splattered onto ringside, but Clay had no stomach for what he was doing. Smith finally stopped the fight at 1:38 of the sixth round. Cooper had proved his courage and had fought very well. Predictably, however, his brows had done him in.


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APEX 5 - New features that may or may not be included
Development Team Status Report from David Peake during OGh APEX WorldUPDATE: Screenshots of the new APEX 5 Page Builder Interface
Yesterday (April 9th, 2013) David Peake opened the Dutch OGh APEX World conference with a keynote presentation. As expected, he talked about the future release of Oracle Application Express, version 5. Another very interesting part of David's presentation focused on the architectural aspects of APEX running on the upcoming 12 c release of the database. Here's my summary. But before you start basing any business critical decisions on this blog post, I have to mention that
- everything I'm writing in this article, may or may not be included in future releases of Oracle products
- is my personnel view or opinion and that I'm not related in any kind to Oracle Corporation
- …
The APEX development team is currently in the process of investigating functionality and possible solutions to include into APEX 5, and it seems that some of the features David was talking about were more idea's and general directions. There was no live demo, understandably, just a few screenshots and a very interesting mock-up of the builder interface.
APEX on Oracle DB 12cAPEX version 4.2 will be preinstalled in the 12c root database. All pluggable databases (PDB) of this root instance will be running the same APEX version, but are isolated instances. The first thing after installing a 12c DB, probably, is upgrading the APEX to the latest release, currently 4.2.1 (there will be a 4.2.2, David told us). Upgrading APEX in 12c, when installed in the root database will be very easy, as all PDB's get upgraded at the same time. For upgrading an 11g APEX installation to 12c, there will be scripts provided to convert the it into a root installation.
If you want to run different version of APEX in different PDB's on the same 12c root instance: you can. Oracle will provide scripts to remove the root installation of APEX, so you can install independent repositories and versions of APEX in each PDB. It is more administration, but as a developer, I'm glad to get this possibility.
There are some new 12c DB features, that will be supported by APEX 4.2.something:
- VARCHAR2 32k support. As HTML text fields didn't care much about field length anyway, this is manly an enhancement on collections.
- Identity Columns. This means, you won't need to specify a sequence or function to populate a PK, because this will happen automagically.
- Invisible Columns: will not be displayed by default.No values will be inserted when basing forms on this type of columns. You can manually add code to your page to show the value of an invisible column.
- Data Redaction. This is a feature that does not need much of a change in APEX itself, as data is masked in the database, depending on policies. But there will be a change in the SQL workshop to support administration of these policies.
APEX 5We all know the Oracle Application Express Statement of Direction, so I don't have to list features already mentioned there. David pointed out, that the development of APEX 5 has to main focuses:
- Improve Developer Productivity
- Quality
- we will be able to declarative define Modal Dialogs in APEX 5. We even can stack multiple modal dialogs.
- the APEX dev team is thinking of enhancing the Builder interface and the concept seems to be inspired by interfaces we know from SQL Developer, JDeveloper and other similar IDE's.
- a tree navigation on the left hand side to access page components
- possibility to switch to a component view instead of tree view
- a large layout editor (welcome back) in the middle of the page with predefined components to (drag & drop) place into your page layout
- a property editor showing the properties for the selected page region/item.
- a new tabular form component based on jQGrid with inline editing ability:
- PDF Printing, using APEX Listener 2.0's FOP support. Integration will be more declarative, and the possibility to specify formatting options through templates, break control and master/detail layouts.
- further extension of WebService capabilities, like publishing and SOA integration. Allowing to connect with remote Oracle DB's through WS, as an (better) alternative to database links.
- the rest pretty much was known from the SOD …
Wrapping it upAll together, I think version 5 will be a release to look forward to, from a developer perspective. It looks like, some of the current shortcomings, like master-detail-detail and multiple interactive reports on one page, will be tackled by the APEX development team. Especially the revamped builder interface is a very interesting idea, but, when keeping the current Tree View AND Component View, there will be a lot more pages/code to maintain by the dev team.
Oracle currently is working on enhancing version 4.2 (12c DB integration) as well as version 5. With 12c expected for somewhere in 2013, we can easily guess the priorities. APEX version 5 will not be as spectacular as 4.2 with respect to end-user functionality (jQM and RWD), but consolidate the development of the past years and enhance existing functionality (mobile: table support, IA Reports: multiple on one page, Master/Detail/Detail, …)


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Friday, May 14, 2010
Road Ripping is Coming to a Forest Near You
As the Recreation HQ waits for the Six Rivers complaint to be delivered to federal district court in San Francisco, The General wanted to give riders new to this blog a quick history lesson on the topic of travel management rule-related road-ripping (the politically correct or sanitized term is decommissioning).
Some of you may ask just how did this all get started and what groups are behind it? Well, it started out in the Clinton-Gore administration as a well orchestrated (I dont use the term conspiracy I just say darn good planning) effort between federal agents and anti-OHV groups such as the Center of the Prevention of Roads, Trout Unlimited, The Wilderness Society, and many others including the California Wilderness Coalition who got their head anti-OHV guy (Paul Spitler) appointed to the CA OHV Commission in 2000.
It is interesting to note that several driving forces in the Clinton administration are now king pins in the groups pushing subpart A of TMR and use of federal funds via the Legacy Roads Initiative to aggressively rip thousands of miles of good roads and jeep trails throughout the country.
Info on Legacy Roads (and Trails!!!) Remediation Initiative
Wildlands Center for the Prevention of Roads (note FS anti-roads guy Jim Furnish as one of the board members)
Trout Unlimited (my good friend Chris Wood a FS lieutenant in the 90s and master strategist (he is a good fisherman by the way) of the Clinton Roadless Rule and other plans). Chris Woods 2010 TU Letter to the FS on Road Decommissioning
The Wilderness Society and Road Ripping
The Aforementioned Paul Spitler (fmr. OHV Commissioner) at The Wilderness Society
History of the CA Route Inventory Process (RID) and how Spitler/enviros used the CA program to lay the groundwork for the 2005 TMR and the landscape level trail closures we are seeing on the Shasta Trinity NF and the illegal road ripping that is being challenged in court on the Six Rivers NF.
Enviros continue to bully Region 5 and threaten lawsuits if the FS does not follow their template on issues such as mixed-use, non-designation of unauthorized trails, and road decommissioning. As you are beginning to see (many pro-access FS staffers and The General saw this in 2001 as the CA RID process was promoted by enviros, the FS, State Parks, and even some OHV groups), TMR is being used by enviros and some in the agency to implement the closure agenda that was started in the mid 1990s.
Just how road-ripping impacts OHV Wars has yet to be seen. Be assured The General has planned for the fight and asks you to join him.
Thanks for your service!
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Camden Yards beefed up security for the Orioles' return to the playoffs, as is customary. In Baltimore's case, they've retained the services of Maryland State Police, who line the field, sit in the dugouts, that sort of thing. But two troopers, stationed in the Yankees' dugout, make the rookie mistake of asking for autographs—and even worse, asking for them while the game was going on.
According to the New York Post,
In the top of the ninth inning of the Yankees' 7-2 win in Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Orioles at Camden Yards, the troopers asked Nick Swisher and Derek Jeter for autographs in the dugout.
"Swish was livid,'' said a person who witnessed the stupid request.
Asked if that ever happened before, Jeter said, "What do you think?"
Flabbergasting, and not just because there are probably 10 Yankees whose autographs you'd rather get than Swisher's. Meh, file this whole thing under "act like you've been there before."
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Welcome to the Elementary STEM Program.
Science will be addressed on a spectrum of direct instruction, helping to build foundational knowledge, to open inquiry, promoting our students' natural sense of wonder. Science will be a part of everyday learning occurring both in and outside the classroom. Topics of study will include circuits and magnets, electricity and energy, balance and motion, levers and pulleys, plants and animals, states of matter, natural and built systems, weather and seasons, and phenology,
Technology will be used as a tool and medium in which to consume and produce information. Multiple forms including hardware (computers, laptops, iPads, iPods, cameras, etc.), software (web-based programs, apps, etc.) and programming (Legos, Scratch, etc.) will be used as often as possible in as many ways as possible throughout the students' day.
Engineering will be promoted as both design and invention. We will be using engineering as a verb where action is required. The Engineering Design Model will be utilized to engage students in cross-curricular investigations promoting creativity, thoughtful planning, critical conversations, mistakes, and 'almost final' products.
Math, like science, will be delivered on a spectrum of direct instruction, helping to build foundational knowledge, to open inquiry, allowing for practical, authentic application of mathematical concepts. Students will come to realize that math is the language spoken when conducting science, technology, engineering or art investigations.
Arts (an integral part of the STEAM philosophy at the School of Engineering and Arts at Olson Elementary) will be embedded in all aspects of the students' day. Whether through the design process, observation, offering and receiving critiques, or just plain creating, our students' work will be reflective of multiple forms of art. These forms include digital media art, drawing, architecture, sculpting, graphic design, and visual art.


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Shiva(redirected from Mahesha)
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Siva(shē`və), one of the greatest gods of HinduismHinduism
, Western term for the religious beliefs and practices of the vast majority of the people of India. One of the oldest living religions in the world, Hinduism is unique among the world religions in that it had no single founder but grew over a period of 4,000 years in
..... Click the link for more information. , also called Mahadeva. The "horned god" and phallic worship of the Indus valley civilizationIndus valley civilization,
ancient civilization that arose about 3300 B.C. in the valley of the Indus River and its tributaries, in the northwestern portion of the Indian subcontinent, i.e., present-day Pakistan, and was at its height from about 2600 B.C. to about 1900 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. may have been a prototype of Shiva worship or Shaivism. Shaivism is mentioned as early as the Upanishads and the Mahabharata (500–200 B.C.). Shiva is identified with the fierce Vedic god Rudra and, in his terrible aspect, is the god of destruction and cosmic dissolution. He is commonly worshiped in the form of the lingam, or symbolic phallus. His other main forms are the great yogi, or ascetic, and Nataraja, Lord of the Cosmic Dance. As a yogi he is depicted as seated deep in meditation in the Himalayas, holding a trident, a snake coiled around his neck, his body smeared with ashes, and his hair long and matted. As Nataraja, he is shown four-armed, bearing various emblems, and dancing on one foot on a prostrate demon. Shiva's mount is the bull Nandi, and his consort is the goddess Uma, Parvati, Durga, or KaliKali
[Hindi,=the Black One], important goddess in popular Hinduism and Tantra. Known also as Durga [the Inaccessible] and as Chandi [the Fierce], Kali is associated with disease, death, and destruction. As Parvati she is the consort of Shiva.
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Lord of creation; danced to begin life. [Hinduism: Binder, 23]
See: Creation
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Hinduism the destroyer, one of the three chief divinities of the later Hindu pantheon, the other two being Brahma and Vishnu. Siva is also the god presiding over personal destinies


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I'm Not So Sure I Like Your Mental Activity
The latest federal judge to declare ObamaCare constitutional claimed that Congress can regulate "mental activity," like the mental activity of choosing not to purchase health insurance. Or shoes and ships and sealing wax. Or my book.
National Review editor Rich Lowry has an excellent column explaining why this latest, ahem, legal victory for ObamaCare "delivered a more telling blow against the law in the course of ruling it constitutional than critics have in assailing it as a travesty…It's the most self‐undermining defense of the constitutionality of a dubious statute since then–solicitor general Elena Kagan told the Supreme Court that under campaign‐finance reform, the government could ban certain pamphlets."


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Jurists announce "Princeton Principles"
Leading jurists and legal experts today announced principles to guide the prosecution of war crimes and other serious crimes under international law when there are no traditional jurisdictional links to the victims or perpetrators. If adopted by governments around the world, the principles would go far to bring war criminals to justice.
The Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction aim to clarify an increasingly important area of international criminal law - one that played a prominent role in the legal proceedings against former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet in London and in the recent convictions of two Rwandan nuns in Belgium. The principles are being distributed to government officials, judges and legislators around the world as a resource for those seeking to extend international justice.
"The principle of universal jurisdiction is based on the notion that certain crimes are so harmful to international interests that states are entitled - and even obliged - to bring proceedings against the perpetrator, regardless of the location of the crime or the nationality of the perpetrator or victim," said Mary Robinson, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, in her forward to the Princeton Principles.
Crimes covered by these 14 principles include piracy, slavery, war crimes, crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, genocide and torture.
The principles are intended to legitimize the controversial idea that ordinary national courts should be able to hear charges against anyone found within their jurisdiction who is alleged to have committed a serious crime under international law. "Universal jurisdiction is a potent weapon," said Princeton University professor Stephen Macedo, chairman of the project that developed the guidelines. "It would cast all the world's courts as a net to catch alleged perpetrators of serious crimes under international law."
There are now no adequate means to ensure that those charged with international crimes will be held accountable, Macedo said. Ad hoc international tribunals have limited mandates. The International Criminal Court may not open for years, and its resources and capacities will be limited. Enlisting national courts in the quest for international justice is therefore crucial, he said.
The Princeton Principles aim to fill the gap. Among them:
7 Once out of office, government officials - including heads of state - should not be immune from prosecution based on the defense that they were acting in an official capacity.
7 There should be no statute of limitations on the prosecution of these crimes.
7 A state should refuse to extradite an alleged perpetrator when that person is likely to face the death penalty or any cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment, or would face sham proceedings with no assurance of due process.
7 Blanket amnesties generally are inconsistent with a nation's obligation to hold individuals accountable for these crimes.
The principles "are the most serious attempt ever made to guide national courts in meeting the challenge of crimes of state," said Richard Falk, a Princeton emeritus professor and renowned legal expert. "They give judges around the world a mandate to enforce global law in the face of crimes against humanity."
The principles are the result of the year-long Princeton Project on Universal Jurisdiction and mark the first systematic effort to bring order to this significant and growing area of international law. Participants believe the principles can promote greater accountability for those accused of heinous crimes while reducing the risk of uneven justice.
Participants in the project included Lloyd Axworthy, former foreign minister of Canada and director of the Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues at the University of British Columbia; M. Cherif Bassiouni, president of the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul College and chairman of the drafting committee for the diplomatic conference establishing the International Criminal Court; William J. Butler, president of the American Association for the International Commission of Jurists; Hans Corell, undersecretary general for legal affairs at the United Nations; Diane F. Orentlicher, director of the War Crimes Research Office at American University; and Stephen M. Schwebel, former president of the International Court of Justice.
The Princeton Project on Universal Jurisdiction is sponsored by the Program in Law and Public Affairs and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; the International Commission of Jurists; the American Association for the International Commission of Jurists; the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights and the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights.
"I welcome the initiative of the Princeton Project," said Robinson, the U.N. high commissioner, "and trust that the wide dissemination of these principles will play a positive role in developing and clarifying the principle of universal jurisdiction."
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THE RESIDENTS OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, typically take pride in what their town has to of fer—gorgeous mountain scenery, numerous swimming and fishing spots, a rich and vibrant array of wildlife—but when fall cankerworms began devouring the town's local trees in record numbers several years ago, that pride began to wane. City arborists were calling it the worst cankerworm epidemic the town had ever seen.
Things got so bad that the city decided to crop-dust the pest-infested areas. The problems with crop-dusting, though, are the environmental concerns behind it. Because chemicals are involved, there are dangers to over-spraying.
"It had gotten to the point where the city was cropdusting an unreal amount of acreage," says Robbie Gibson, maintenance and treatment supervisor at Corrective Landscape Services in Charlotte. "We decided to explore other options."
Gibson's company decided not to treat the dying trees with a pesticide, but with glue instead. Implementing a process called banding, Gibson's crews would wrap the trees in Tanglefoot, a sticky substance that traps the female cankerworms as they climb up the trees to lay eggs. "The females don't have wings, so they're forced to climb the trees," says Gibson. "Using Tanglefoot, we'd trap them there and prevent them from mating with the males."
This method was extremely effective in controlling the cankerworm epidemic, and it worked without the use of chemical pesticides. As contractors, residents and city officials continue to look for greener ways to deal with pests, such preventative measures are being used more and more frequently.
This kind of approach has a name in the landscape industry: integrated pest management, or IPM. Tackling pervasive weeds, insects and turf diseases through a wide variety of methods, integrated pest management takes a more prudent, "pick-and-choose" approach to pest control. "It's a system in which we incorporate all the different strategies we have to control pests," says Randall Prostak, extension specialist and IPM expert at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. "It starts with identifying the pest, determining its life cycle and what plants it affects, and then looking at different cultural practices to manage those pests, such as fertilization and irrigation."
IPM not only takes a greener approach to pest control, it's also a great way to bring in a little extra revenue. Chemical sprays aren't cheap, and they can really add up after a while. But if you find an approach, you can carve an indelible impression into your clients' minds—especially when they see just how effective your IPM methods are.
There are many different strategies one can take that can be considered IPM. Sometimes the problem starts with the soil itself. Perhaps it's not providing the plants with the nutrients they need. In these circumstances, you might try experimenting with different kinds of organic fertilizer, such as worm casting. Or you might try preparing a brand new landscape altogether—one that is conducive to the plant life your clients want.
Other times, IPM can be as simple as spraying the bugs out of a bush with a water hose. It all depends on the site, and since each site is different, there's no one sound IPM strategy. But with a little bit of know-how, you'll have the ability to perform effective integrated pest management in any given situation, wowing your clients along the way.
Sizing it up
When implementing IPM, there are several key points you should address. Each of these points is designed to manage pests effectively while causing the least possible damage to people, property and the environment:
•Scout and monitor the site: Inspecting the property is one of the most important things you can do. Before you do anything else—soil tests, fertilization, spraying—you should always take a look around the site. Keep an eye out for pests such as invasive bugs or weeds, and try to determine why they're there in the first place.
You might want to consider developing profiles for each pest you encounter. These profiles would include everything you know about the pest—its name, life cycle, the areas in which you spotted the pest, etc. By creating pest profiles, you can consult them in the future for easy reference.
•Soil testing: You can perform soil tests to determine what nutrients are in the soil. This is important because it tells you what's feeding the turf. Perhaps the soil is lacking in certain nutrients or beneficial microbial organisms. Having this knowledge is a great way to help establish a well balanced diet for your client's turf.
•Determine water thresholds: Depending on what type of grass you have growing and the soil you're using, there are different levels of water you are recommended to use. Once you know what kind of grass you're working with, find out how much water it needs in order to look vibrant and healthy (aka pest-free). Always water the turf proportionately, making sure there are no dry spots or areas that receive too much water.
•Know when to use herbicides: Just because over-applying herbicides can be harmful to the environment doesn't mean you should avoid using them altogether. When you decide that you've exhausted all other options, herbicides can be a great tool. They can be quite effective on perennial weeds, especially when you risk spreading their seeds by physically removing them. Should you decide to go with herbicides, always read the label carefully to make sure that you're using the right product on the right plant.
If you're following a strict IPM regimen, you'll only be using herbicides after the pests become a problem and you've no other options. Otherwise, it's best to look into controlling pests as early on in the game as possible, before they're even present.
Upon inspection, if you see any pests, selective spraying is another option. Here, instead of spraying the entire area with chemicals, only spray the infested areas. Selective spraying is IPM at its finest. "Pests are not the problem," claims Steve Zien, president of Living Resources Company in Sacramento, California. "They're a symptom of the problem. Those pests are there because there's something going on that allowed them to move in. Our job is to find what that something is and correct it."
Once you've taken a look at the site and taken the facts into consideration, you will want to think about how to address any problems you might have encountered. Consult the pest profiles you've cataloged, the results of your soil tests and the site's water thresholds, and from there, develop a plan.
All organic
Some words of advice on what should go into your plan: Make everything as all-organic as possible. Beneficial fungi or bacteria can act as an all-natural slow release fertilizer.
Take worm casting as an example. This is essentially worm manure which contains a high amount of organic matter. It releases nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (NPK) into the soil to help strengthen the roots, color and lifespan of the plants.
Another popular organic fertilizer is mycorrhizae fungi, which helps expand the part of the roots that absorb nutrients and water. By enhancing this part of the roots, they will be able to absorb a wide range of beneficial nutrients from a very large area, allowing the plant to stay well-fed.
Fish fertilizer and seaweed fertilizer can be mixed with compost and made into a liquid. This liquid fertilizer can then be sprayed onto the leaves of the plants to provide them with foliar feeding, creating a nice balance of nutrients within the plants.
What many fail to realize is that these beneficial organisms are as effective a pesticide as you'll ever need. By providing plants with the proper diet to make them stronger and healthier, these microbial organisms help them compete with weeds and other pests. Turf-grass tends to prefer an even balance of fungi and bacteria, while shrubs and trees prefer a more fungal diet.
Learning to manage water
Pests usually develop because of watering issues. In places where the soil is being over-watered, there won't be enough air in the soil. This will cause any beneficial organisms to get choked out and replaced by pests. "These microbial organisms need oxygen," says Prostak. "And when you're watering every day, they won't get enough oxygen and you won't have those organisms. But you will have all sorts of pesky little critters."
Rather than watering the soil gradually over a stretch of several hours, many sites will irrigate their turf for very short periods of time. Consequently, the water doesn't permeate very far down into the soil. This will create a very shallow root system and result in the plant's roots having an extremely difficult time coming into contact with beneficial nutrients that can help build their resistance to pests. In other words, if you don't water the soil properly, you're more likely to have pests.
One IPM strategy you can take is to increase the depth of the plant's root system by water cycl ing. Water cycling is a method in which you get more water further down in the soil by running your stations in cycles, one at a time. Start by watering one station until you start to notice the formation of water runoff. Then, turn it off, move onto the next station and do the same thing. Once you've run through all of your stations, start over again. Repeat this cycle until you're confident you've gotten the water depth you want.
"Most landscapers expect water to go down maybe three or four inches," explains Zien. "With the water cycling program that we use, we expect our root systems to go down eight or more inches."
Practice prevention: Try taking a good, hard look at the soil at each site you go to and ask yourself if there's any way you can improve it to prevent weeds and insects from invading. More than likely, you'll find that there's something you can do. If your company practices a lot of tilling, particularly on sites that contain perennial weeds, you might want to try cleaning your equipment more often. Perennial weeds, when torn out of the ground, have a tendency to spread their seed beds all around and cause more weeds to grow.
I f you don' t clean them between jobs, tillers will carry these seed beds to other sites and cause weeds to grow there as well. Thoroughly cleaning your equipment after every use is a good way to prevent these weeds from being transferred to other sites.
Know the life cycles of the pests you encounter. For example, if the site is being overrun by winter weeds but you don't notice them until March, that's probably a bad time to begin treating them. "If the weeds have already flowered and they're going to die in a few weeks, it's pointless to try to control them," says Gibson. "It makes more sense to know that they're a problem and then plan accordingly." The best strategy is to treat those pest hotspots early, before they become a problem. In the case of pests such as winter weeds, you can try simply laying down a mulch to block them from breaking through the soil's surface. You can take a similar approach to insects.
If you see that there's damage to the site's vegetation, and you can attribute that damage to insects, then you know that that insect is going to be back the same time next season. Try to create a healthy food web within the soil to prevent those insects from coming back. Or, if that doesn't work, you can try using residual chemicals.
These chemicals will stay in effect for about 45 days after they've been applied, destroying all harmful insects during that time. "We use a product called Forbid to take care of spider mites, which can be quite a pesky little bug," says Gibson. "It's really great because it will kill all of them without harming any beneficial organisms."
Establishing a sound IPM system can do wonders for sites with a long history of pest problems. It will also impress your customers and keep them coming back for more, as it's a great way to separate your company from your competitors and prove to them that you know the best ways to deal with pests.
As the landscape industry continues to go green, practices such as IPM only build in popularity. It's a strategy that's profitable and practical, and if you do it right, your clients will feel good about going organic while maintaining their landscapes.


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Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by captcalhoun, Dec 22, 2011.
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
I miss writing those ALIAS books. That was a fun gig while it lasted.
It has put me on the mood to watch the series again
I'm currently reading two books at the moment!
1. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda by Raymond Benson (Alias-David Michaels).
2. DS9: The Search by Diane Carey.
No disrespect to Carey, but here metaphors in that novel are laughable. ("The Defiant didn't exactly have the water-lily elegance of starships that had come before her, but then again, she wasn't meant for a casual swim.") Still not a bad read, though
over the holidays finished
the dervish house by ian mcdobnald.. it was a slow read but very interesting near future.]
ian banks the bridge.
sieze the fire
storm front the first of the dresden books.
started on the second dresden book and also reading conrad heart of darkness.
I got through The Castle of Otranto over yesterday and today. It's nice and short, which is good because it's also really not all that great. I mean I know it's the first Gothic novel, but still. Next up on the 100 Great Novels list is Pride And Prejudice.
I also want to read some Dickens, seeing as how it's the bicentennial of his birth this year, and since I got the latest biography by Claire Tomalin. I'm thinking of Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey And Son, and Our Mutual Friend (this isn't counting all the ones I've already read).
I decided I was in the mood for something different, so I decided to through a CSI novel, Snake Eyes, into my reading mix.
Finished William Shatner's The Return. Review here! Now I'm reading Una McCormack's Deep Space Nine novel, The Never-Ending Sacrifice.
Currently reading:
*Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes
I've read:
*Indiana Jones Omnibus, Vol 2(It was okay)...
*Star Trek: Indistinguishable from Magic (Not as good as it could have been)
I started a CSI novel as well today: Greg Cox's Headhunter.
Finished up Rise Like Lions last night, absolutely LOVED it. Starting Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact by Karen Traviss today. On deck is Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History (edited by Gardner Dozois and Stanley Schmidt) which I got for Christmas.
I'm also in the middle of Blankets, a graphic novel by Craig Thompson. It was also a Christmas present from a friend of mine who loves comics. I've never read any of Craig Thompson's work before, but I'm really loving it.
Thanks! Hope you like it. I had never written a murder mystery before.
I thought they got a new author who was going to be continuing the series either this year or next?
Currently reading:
Feedback from a friend on my manuscript for my eBook talking about Asian-Americans in Star Trek (which was going to be an article).
I'm looking forward to reading:
*Star Trek: Cast No Shadow
*Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead
*Star Wars: Allegiance
My advice, skip Army of the Dead. It was absolutely terrible
Rise Like Lions
I may take your advice.
I haven't heard many good things about it.
I hadnt heard that, if its true I hope its someone that swings by and picks up her notebook because Im sure she had it all outlined. She is a terrific author who created an amazing culture in the Mandalorians.
Ironically when Clone Wars killed her book series she started writing books about the Clone Wars characters lol.
If you cant beat them join them I guess.
Star Wars Allegiance is awesome and do yourself a favor and have a copy of Zahn's "Choices of One" handy to jump right into after Allegiance.
I'm rereading DS9's "Fearful Symmetry".
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Have you ever wondered how cavities are created? It begins with the bad bacteria in your mouth. Everyone has bacteria in their mouth to some degree – some good, some bad. But if your mouth is not regularly cleaned, those bad bacteria make plaque.
Then the plaque works with sugars and starches that you eat, and together they create acid. If this acid isn't cleaned away, it begins to erode your tooth enamel. The enamel is your teeth's body guard against tooth decay. If that protection is destroyed, your teeth are defenseless against the acid that causes decay.
People of any age, from an infant to the elderly, are vulnerable to tooth decay if their teeth aren't cleaned and cared for properly. And an embarrassing smile or a mouth full of fillings is not the only the problem you could have because poor oral hygiene.
If bacteria are allowed to accumulate in your mouth like garbage in a dumpster, it can find its way to other vital organs like lungs, heart, and even your brain – making those areas candidates for infection and ailments like heart disease, or irreversible harm like brain damage. Yes, and in some rare cases, even death.
When your body experiences an infection it ramps up inflammation to fight it. If that infection is allowed to live on, the inflammation and the chemicals it produces will gnaw away at your gums and bone. Inflammation can also cause your blood vessels to inflame. The inflammation in your blood vessels restricts blood flow - to your heart, your brain – which could lead to a heart attack or stroke, and even dementia.
Many studies have shown that illnesses like heart disease, endocarditis, and Alzheimer's are linked to poor oral health, if not caused by it. And not only can it make you susceptible to other ailments, it can also affect current health conditions. Sicknesses such as diabetes or autoimmune diseases lower your body's ability to fight other infections. With your immune system already stressed, it's not as strong as it needs to be to fight bacteria in your mouth.
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- Brush and floss twice a day: The most important part of keeping your teeth strong against decay is twice-daily brushing and flossing.
- Brush for at least two minutes each time: Don't do a quick sweep, do a thorough two minute scouring. The flossing, as well, needs to be between every crook and crevice. The hardest places to reach for you are the easiest for decay.
- Rinse your toothbrush thoroughly: Bacteria can linger on your tooth brush and hop back in the next time you brush, so rinse your brush thoroughly.
- Never share toothbrushes (even with your spouse): As mentioned above, a poorly rinsed brush can carry bacteria. Sharing a toothbrush means sharing bacteria.
- Keep sugary drinks and desserts to a minimum: Foods high in starch and sugar are bacteria's dream. No matter how diligent you are about scrubbing and flossing, sugary and starchy foods are catalysts for decay between brushings. You should avoid these foods or eat them in moderation, at the very least.
- Drink sugary liquids through a straw: Drinking through a straw allows teeth and gums to have less contact with the sugary liquid.
- Drink water after eating a meal: Swishing water around your mouth helps to wash away food and sugar.
- Get cavities treated immediately: Untreated cavities will only get worse and that will lead to infection, a root canal, or worse. And you may not always know you have a cavity so regular visits are a must.
- See a dentist every six months: Regular dental visits are another essential ingredient of good oral hygiene. No one likes to go to the dentist. But if you don't make that little sacrifice every six months, you might find yourself in "the chair" more often than that. Your dentist can do a thorough cleaning and get into cracks and crevices that you haven't reached.


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President Obama knows this. That's why he rushed Joe Biden's gun-law task force to finish its work inside a month.
That's why he's putting maximal pressure on Congress to act now, while we still remember.
And that's why Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says that the Senate will take up gun control in, oh, about six months.
What an ultimately cynical tactic.
Anne, Lauren, Chase, Charlotte ...
Opponents of gun regulation think we'll forget about special education teacher Anne Marie McGowan Murphy, who died with her arms protectively cradling her student, 6-year-old Dylan Hockley at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
About teacher Lauren Gabrielle Rousseau, who was in "the best year of her life" after finally winning a full-time teaching job.
About 7-year-old Chase Kowalski, who wanted his two front teeth back for Christmas.
About Charlotte Bacon, 6, who was wearing a brand-new outfit -- pink dress and white boots -- on that Friday just a month ago.
About Josephine Gay, who had celebrated her seventh birthday six days before, and was totally in love with the color purple.
And about the 20 other children and educators who died in Adam Lanza's horrific Dec. 14 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary.
We haven't forgotten them yet, and we need to remember long enough to get something done about guns in the wrong hands in America.
But the NRA's betting that we'll forget, long before any of the politicians they've been paying are put to the test.
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Just a few snaps from when I was in London, I was going to post my New Look A/W press day and Style Nation launch party photos but decided just to post these miscellaneous photos from my trip! Me and Greg went to Yo! Sushi, I had hairy prawns, chicken tsukune and spicy chicken salad. We also went to the V&A for a bit. If you follow me on Twitter you would know I bought a Louis Vuitton Speedy 30, I feel like a proud parent. I FINALLY got one of the bags I've always lusted after.
I've been saying for a while I wanted to spend my rainy day money on a designer bag, I went through a period of wanting a Mullberry Alexa but decided to get a Louis because despite what most people think of them, personally I think they are really classic and it goes with practically everything. I always knew deep down I was a Louis girl, and Im so happy I got him!


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Hall(s) available for private hire, functions and events
Kitchen available
Private Functions & Parties
The following DJs and discos all cover the Edenbridge area and are recommended by needadisco.com for events at The Eden Centre.
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A Night In The Present Or A Flashback To Your PastInfo Free Quote
Reliable DJ, Music/Video/Karaoke & PhotoBoothInfo Free Quote
30 Years Experience & Knowledge Of The ProfessionInfo Free Quote
Mobile Disco / Wedding DiscoInfo Free Quote
Boogie The Night Away In Style!Info Free Quote
Hot Music for All Occasions!Info Free Quote
Discos Of DistinctionInfo Free Quote
Weddings, Birthdays, Kids Parties, Photo BoothsInfo Free Quote
Professional Disco / DJ ServicesInfo Free Quote
Mobile Disco, KaraokeInfo Free Quote
Professional Mobile Disco For Every OccasionInfo Free Quote
To give you some idea about suitability, the following events have been or are planned to be held at The Eden Centre.
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|Number of Guests
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|Birthday 70th
|Aug 2019
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Details last updated: 29/05/2020


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Gearing up for the General Assembly to get down to business, Gaston�s state lawmakers head to Raleigh as an all-GOP delegation in a GOP-controlled Legislature with a GOP governor.
Gearing up for the General Assembly to get down to business, Gaston�s state lawmakers head to Raleigh as an all-GOP delegation in a GOP-controlled Legislature with a GOP governor.
It�s an historic time with Republicans controlling both houses of the Legislature and holding the Governor�s Mansion for the first time since 1870.
North Carolinians could see historic changes if lawmakers and the governor tackle topics Republicans have been talking about to create jobs and boost the economy:
- Tax overhaul � cut personal and corporate income taxes, but beware of a services tax.
- Natural gas exploration � open the way for fracking.
- Regulation reduction � a sure boost for the economy.
Also on the table:
- How to handle Obamacare
- Voter ID
- Education reform
- Infrastructure upgrade and repair
- Repaying nearly $3 million borrowed from the feds to pay unemployment benefits.
One place Gaston�s influence could be greatest is on transportation issues. Each of the county�s representatives sits on the House Transportation Committee and Rep. John Torbett will chair the subcommittee on transportation appropriations. Sen. Kathy Harrington holds the same position in the Senate.
With Harrington and Gaston�s newest House member, Rep. Dana Bumgardner, elected in large measure for their opposition to the Garden Parkway, don�t look for that local economic driver to become a part of the governor�s �Carolina Comeback.�
Whatever debate takes place in Raleigh during the upcoming session, we urge Gaston residents to communicate with members of their delegation. Ask anyone who is serving or who has served in Raleigh and you will find that voices from home � the voices of voters � ring loudest in the ears of politicians.
The Gazette routinely publishes on this page a list of our elected officials in Raleigh and Washington and how to get in touch with them. The contact information is also available on GastonGazette.com.
Good communication gives lawmakers first-hand knowledge of how legislation impacts people and can help them avoid unintended consequences.
Likewise, we urge lawmakers to be diligent about communicating with the folks back home, not simply supplying a litany of activities and votes, but seeking to understand how government intersects with the lives of citizens and how that intersection can both help and harm individuals.


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SEAT's Ateca looks a strong proposition in the family Crossover segment. It's well priced, sharply-styled and offers the sporty feel the sector seems to want. In fact, you wonder why it took the Spanish brand so long to bring us a car like this.
Not before time, the Volkswagen Group is properly getting on board with the current market preference for Qashqai-style Crossover models. We'll see a whole series of cars like this from the conglomerate over the next few years: here's SEAT's take on the concept, the Ateca. Named after a traditional Spanish town, the Ateca shares much with its Volkswagen Tiguan cousin but, says SEAT, offers a sportier, more lifestyle-orientated approach to this kind of car. And a more affordable one too. Sounds promising.
Driving Experience
The Ateca delivers a line-up of petrol and diesel engines ranging in power from 115 to 190PS, with the initial range built around three petrol units and three diesels. Things kick off with a 1.0-litre TSI 115PS Ecomotive petrol variant that sits just below a 150PS 1.4-litre TSI EcoTSI option, plus there's a 2.0 TSI 190PS powerplant. Diesel models start with the 1.6-litre TDI 115PS derivative, plus there are also 150 and 190PS versions of the Volkswagen Group's familiar 2.0-litre TDI diesel. 2.0 TDI 150PS buyers get the option of DSG auto transmission and '4Drive' 4WD, but if you go for the top 190PS variant, you have to have both. We expect the 2.0 TDI diesel engine to be the one many buyers will target and it's a strong engine that pulls willingly from low speeds, though isn't the most refined powerplant of its kind. The Ateca rides firmly - in line with SEAT's preference to make it 'sporty': that's something potential buyers will need to like. The lofty driving position will please them, as will the way that all the major controls are clustered around you. Not so good are the thick, angled C-pillars that block rear three-quarter vision. An optional park assist system and birds-eye camera help with tight spaces.
Design and Build
Under skin, the Ateca sits on the same MQB platform as its more conventional Leon stablemate and uses most of the same mechanicals found in Volkswagen's very similar Tiguan model. Inside, it's also very similar to the Leon - which is no bad thing. The fit and finish is of high quality, though the plastics get scratchier the farther down you go. In the front, there's decent room for two adults on supportive seats. It's the same in the back, though it's disappointing to find that the rear seats don't slide or recline like they do in the Volkswagen Tiguan. The boot's a bit smaller than that pricier Volkswagen rival model too, though will easily swallow a couple of big cases and a pushchair. You access it via a tailgate offering the option of power operation: it's one of those you can activate by waving your foot beneath the bumper.
Market and Model
Ateca's pricing starts from around £18,000 and there's a choice of four trim levels - 'S', 'SE', 'FR' and range-topping 'XCELLENCE' where variants sit in the £24,000 to £30,000 bracket. Standard equipment across the range includes air conditioning, a 'Media System Touch' five-inch touchscreen with USB and SD connectivity, a leather steering wheel and gearknob, plus split-folding rear seats with reclining function. On the outside, there are 16-inch 'Design' alloy wheels and LED daytime running lights. The mid-range 'SE' version features upgraded infotainment and an eight-speaker stereo and larger 17-inch wheels. And 'XCELLENCE' models include a Connectivity Hub with a wireless 'phone charger, plus the 'SEAT Drive Profile' system that allows you to tweak steering feel, throttle response and gearchange timings to suit the way you want to drive. The extensive array of technology options extends from full-LED headlights to a broad portfolio of assistance systems, like an innovative Traffic Jam Assist set-up and an Emergency Assist feature, to a package of latest-generation infotainment systems with eight-inch touchscreens and Full Link connectivity. The infotainment screen functions with MirrorLink and Apple CarPlay connectivity and the system will also read out new text, Twitter and Facebook messages and let you dictate a reply. It's even got the capability to let you set up your own screen gestures to shortcut to your most popular commands.
Cost of Ownership
Typical Ateca owners will go for the economical diesel models but even the petrol variants should be relatively frugal thanks to advanced TSI technology. The 1.0 TSI Ecomotive variant puts out a very reasonable 123g/km of CO2, while the 1.4-litre EcoTSI powerplant delivers a 125g/km CO2 reading. Switch to diesel and the 1.6 TDI Ecomotive derivative manages 112g/km. Expect the volume 2.0 TDI diesel 150PS model to deliver nearly 60mpg on the combined cycle and a CO2 return of 114g/km in 2WD manual form. There's no real penalty for choosing the super-smooth DSG automatic gearbox either. Go for the 190PS 2.0 TDI version that has auto and '4Drive'' as standard and you're looking at 131g/km and a fuel return very little affected. What else? Well there's SEAT's usual three year/60,000 mile warranty. That's unexceptional when rivals like Toyota and Hyundai offer five years of cover as standard and Kia offers up to seven years. However, the SEAT deal is extendable, so you might be able to negotiate on that. And it includes two years of Europe-wide roadside assistance.
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Key Standard Features*
- Metallic - Reflex silver
- Metallic - Black magic
- Metallic - Velvet Red
- Metallic - Reflex silver
- Metallic - Nevada white
- Metallic - Magnetic brown
- Metallic - Lava blue
- Metallic - Rodium grey
- Solid - Energy blue
- Metallic paint
- Solid paint
- Special solid paint
- Storage compartment in roof console for sunglass
- Special Solid - Bila white
- Towbar preparation with hook
- Cloth - Nora blue with front comfort seats
- Tyre repair kit
|Body Glass
|Tinted windows
|Rear wash/wipe
|Front and rear electric windows
|Electronic parking brake
|Auto hold function
|Front assist including city emergency braking
|Traction control
|Electronic stability control
|Hill hold control
|Automatic Post collision braking
|Electronic parking brake with auto hold
|Comfort suspension
|Voice control system
|Bluetooth audio streaming with handsfree system
|Apple car play/Android Auto
|Driver Aids
|SEAT Drive profile
|Park assist system with steering assist
|Rear parking sensor
|RPM counter
|Self parking functionality (includes front and rear parking sensors)
|3.5" driver's display
|Cruise control
|Electric speed sensitive power steering
|Driver alert system
|Front assist city emergency braking and pedestrian protection
|SEAT drive profile with driving experience button
|Driver Convenience
|Remote fuel flap release
|SEAT logo boot release
|Driver Information
|8.0" colour touchscreen with proximity sensor
|Digital clock
|Full Link Smartphone Integration with Mirror Link, Apple Car Play, Google Android Auto
|Outside temperature gauge
|Trip computer
|Low fuel warning light
|'Lights On' Remainder warning buzzer
|Multi Function Display
|6.5" colour touchscreen with proximity sensor
|Driving Mirrors
|Electric folding door mirrors
|Electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors
|Body colour door mirrors
|Electric adjustable/heated/folding door mirrors
|Embellishment Trims
|Chrome effect dashboard facia
|Chrome interior detailing
|Steering wheel mounted audio/phone controls
|2 USB sockets in rear
|8 speakers
|AM/FM radio
|Aux input
|SD card slot
|SEAT USB media cable
|Radio/CD player + 8 speakers
|Mirror link app interface
|Exterior Body Features
|Chromed centre radiator grille surround
|Rear spoiler
|Black wheel arch extensions
|Hidden exhaust pipe
|Black roof rails
|Body colour door handles
|Body colour bumpers
|Matt black radiator grille
|Armrest with air outlet in rear
|Chrome front grille frame
|Exterior Lights
|LED tail lights
|Twin halogen headlamps
|Rear fog lights
|Cornering front fog lights
|LED daytime running lights
|Rear central air outlet
|Dual zone climate control
|Interior Features
|Cloth upholstery
|Rear armrest
|12V power point front
|Cargo hooks
|Gear shift indicator
|Front cupholders
|Illuminated glovebox
|Front cupholders x 2
|Leather steering wheel and gear knob
|4 Lashing eyes in boot
|Card holder
|Adjustable front armrest with storage compartment
|Storage box under drivers seat
|12v socket in front
|Cloth upholstery with front comfort seats
|Interior Lights
|Footwell illumination
|Ambient Lighting
|Front courtesy lights
|Rear reading lights
|Illuminated boot
|Front reading lights
|Instrument lighting with brightness control
|Ambient spot lighting and front footwell illumination
|Media system colour pack - Ateca
|Predictive pedestrian protection
|Active front headrests
|Twin Curtain Airbags
|Front side airbags
|Curtain airbags
|Tyre pressure monitoring system
|Driver/Front Passenger airbags
|Drivers knee airbag
|Front passenger airbag deactivation
|3x3 point rear seatbelts
|Front and rear seatbelt reminder
|Tiredness recognition system
|Height adjustable driver's seat
|3 height adjustable rear headrests
|Height adjustable front headrests
|Isofix child seat preparation
|Driver/passenger lumbar adjustment
|Height adjustable passenger seat
|Comfort front seats
|Active head restraints
|60/40 split folding rear seat
|Front seat back storage pockets
|Rear armrest and easy back seat release mechanism from boot
|Driver and passenger seats, height-adjustable, with lumbar adjustment and height-adjustable headrests
|Rear head restraints
|Remote central locking
|Locking wheel bolts
|Volumetric alarm with back up horn
|2 folding remote keys with window open/close function
|XDS electronic differential lock
|Vanity Mirrors
|Driver sunvisor with covered mirror + card holder
|Driver/passenger sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors
|Driver and passenger sun visor, covered and illuminated mirror, driver sun visor with card holder
|Wheels - Alloy
|17" Dynamic alloy wheels
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|Engine Power - KW
|Engine Power - PS
|Engine Power - RPM
|Engine Torque - LBS.FT
|Engine Torque - MKG
|Engine Torque - NM
|Engine Torque - RPM
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What better place than Manchester Athletic Club for your next Birthday Party! Manchester Athletic Club will do all the work for you! MAC staff will work with you to make sure that your party runs as smoothly as possible and are more than willing to help with any special requests.
Choose from fun MAC themed parties such as:
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Themed Birthday Parties includes a dedicated party coordinator, plates, cups, napkins, candles, cutlery, invitations, table cover, decorations, 1 ice cream cup and drink per child, etc. MAC makes it so easy they can even provide pizza, balloons, and party favors for you! They can event assist with the cake!
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Children's birthday parties at MAC are designed to give your child a memorable birthday and parents a hassle-free party!
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Phone booth
The Telefonzelle is the heraldic figure for the Metalab - a iconic symbol of open infrastructure. A phone booth had several important functions in literature and movies: sometimes bigger on the inside like in Dr. Who, letting Trinity exit The Matrix or e.g. is used by Superman as a changing room and giving shelter in Hitchcock's The Birds.
The sign was created by c3o during an early logo brain storming. Having the Berlin c-base as a role model in mind the founding members thought that sort of a story behind could help to tighten the community spirit.
We tried to get an outdated, original telephone booth from Telekom Austria (successor of the former state-owned, monopolized telco) but TA declined our inquiry at this time. We were told that they had bad experience with selling the old boxes. Competitors bought it and installed it on the streets again. When the alternative telco services made problems their angry customers called the wrongly addressed TA despite the new color and labels. So TA decided to scrap all retired boxes.
Some month later Enki got in contact with TA company spokesman Martin Bredl who kindly made it possible that the Metalab could pick up a donated, quite well-preserved booth that has been used also as a movie prop.
The booth is currently installed at the Metalab main room. Although quite heavy we took it to the LeiwandVille at the Chaos Computer Camp 2007 at Finowfurt near Berlin and to the HAR 2009 camp in the Netherlands.
Inside the ruggedized, coin-operated phone a normal analog telephone set is hidden. It uses only the orignal handset and numeric keypad. A SIP ATA connects it with the VoiP account of the lab that can be reached under +43 720 00 23 23. It can be used to call out as well (thanks to telgo.cc).


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So Long Fellows, Together We Say It Out Loud With Conviction,
The master bedroom, usually designed by the homeowner. Color, accent, and feel that there is in it an expression of the personality of the owner. The bedroom is not just a place to rest. In this place, the owner could be himself. To create the feel of a very private, precise detail is needed in order not to lose the character of the bedroom and looked into Special Bedroom .
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Here are some details that can bring in your Special Master Bedroom privileges.
1. First, display a memorable photo or artwork that you admire. Find unique ways to display photos. Make a narrow surface on the wall to put the photographs. This method is unique rather than displaying photographs by conventional means such as hung or placed on the surface "nightstand". You can build this surface with gypsum board or use a ready-made wooden shelves are available at hardware stores.
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2. The second way is to create a "headboard" or boards in bed with a thicker foam content. "Headboard" is the same kind as in luxury hotel rooms. You can buy your own, or create your own.
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3. Combine modern items with antiques. You can use old crates for storage as well as a seat or a coffee table. You can also use an old bed metal framed, glass antique, classic sofa, and combine them with Lego collection or "standing lamp" latest innovations. A mix of antiques and modern, will create the Special Master Bedroom Decoration, eclectic, unique and portray your character.
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4. If you are more interested in using simple furniture with a little ornament, you can also provide details of a permanent accent. Try making your exposure on the bedroom ceiling. Exposed ceiling wood frame can display easel or exposed concrete roof that makes you able to see the line "sprinkler". The last way to display the industrial impression on Your Special Master Bedroom.Read more »