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At the end of summer I love to make a few changes that slowly transition us into fall. Nothing drastic, just enough to notice a chance and feel in a room. Thanks so much to Amber @ Follow The Yellow Brick Home for organizing this fun Autumn Transitions Home Tour. If you are stopping by from Laura's @ Decor To Adore, welcome. I am sure you were blown away by her tour. She always inspires me and I love to be able to say she is a precious personal friend that I admire so much.
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I love to change up the living/dining areas since that is what you see when you first walk in the door. A fresh new look for these spaces always lifts my spirits and helps me usher in the new season. I thought a little before (summer tour) and after (autumn tour) would show how just a few minor changes can give your room a whole new look and feeling. Autumn always makes me think of casual walks in the woods, nature and anything "down home". Straw, rattan and casual decor is calling my name.
BEFORE: For summer I was really loving cool all white with a little bit more sophisticated feel.
AFTER: Nothing changed with the pillows, I still love the color combination, but my accessories are a lot more casual and understated. Weathered wood candlesticks replace the white ceramic ones and a huge wicker basket replaces the white ceramic tray. The rest of the table top accessories w...
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This hive is all I have..just built it. I wish I new of someone about to split a TBH that needs a colony for a Lang hive. Our stories do sound similar Bakk! Anyway...should I go ahead and try a couple of drops of the lemongrass oil now?
This hive is all I have..just built it. I wish I new of someone about to split a TBH that needs a colony for a Lang hive. Our stories do sound similar Bakk! Anyway...should I go ahead and try a couple of drops of the lemongrass oil now?
> should I go ahead and try a couple of drops of the lemongrass oil now?
I'd give it a shot. It seems you don't really have much to lose ....
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I'm grabbing at straws here, but could you put them back in the box with some feed and some pollen patties, and turn your sprinklers on for a few days they will think it's raining and maybe stay inside. or you could just leave them in the box you caught them in for tonight and go to the lumber yard tommorow and buy some pine boards.
Are your Top Bars Cedar too? Maybe they don't like to build comb on the cedar but dont mind the box being cedar and that is why other people get away with it?
Thanks for the suggestions. Well, I just put 10,000 of my closest friends back in their home. I could have sworn I heard a small crowd say, "Not AGAIN!" Everything is cedar. Maybe I'm as hard headed as they are but I dont think its the cedar. It's dried out and I cant even smell it anymore, the ants didnt mind it, and even soaking cedar oil around my door to keep the skeeters away doesnt last very long, plus there are too many cedar hives out there working great. Now..maybe THIS colony doesnt like it but who knows. Anyway, I rubbed two drops of lemongrass oil on one of the back bars, filled the feeder jar, and closed the hive. I like the idea of the pollen patties and queen excluder on the entrance so I'll do those when I get them in the mail Wednesday. It wouldnt be a big deal to leave it open, but I dont want them ending up in one of my neighbors' attic or wall. Maybe thats it...too many neighbors. Once I know the queen can't leave I'll open the entrance and see how they do. If they just dont do well I'll make the pine hive or set them free. Thanks again for helping on this drama. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong!!??!!
Haha, awww RacerX... Bummed to hear they left again!
I've got a couple questions for ya:
Did you close the hive up completely?
How long does your feeder last? Or how long has it been lasting rather.
You mentioned there was comb left behind... Did you mean they built comb in the cedar hive you have, and THEN left to go hangout in the tree?!
And how did you transfer them from cardboard box to the hive this last time?
I want to hear this story become a success!
Don't peek in on them!
I had a new colony abscond on me last year after building some comb, I discovered it was because of 3 small shims of pressure treated lumber I was using in the hive, I could tell it was from the treated lumber because the bees would not go near it. I removed the shims, added untreated shims caught the swarm again and they have been satisfied with their new home.
There is definitely something about your hive that the bees do not like.
Bill...in Southeast Ohio Zone 6A, Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up
There is definitely something they don't like...hive, too many houses, neighbor's dog that sometimes barks...
The hive is completely closed now but not near air tight. Its now in full shade from about 2:00 till dark about 8:30. It has a tin top roof that should deflect alot of heat.
The feeder is a 1 pint jar and lasts about 3-4 days for about 2 lbs of bees. No clue if that's alot or a little.
They did build comb, nice and straight. Only about 30 sq inches. This was from last Tuesday till Sunday when the hive was closed trying to get them to make a home.
Most of them were still clumped on the limb so I put the limb in and gave it a quick shake. The ones still in the box I just poured in.
You said 2# of B's ? recommend reduce size, 3-4 TB's
"Nature does nothing uselessly." Aristotle
Racer, give me a call. I live 35 miles SW of you. I am sure we can get you started. I'm thinking of a NUC box to start. I have several available. Even have a swarm in a bait box I haven't brought home yet. Will PM you with contact info.
...We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are...
If its 2 3's # should be around 8,000 bees if none have died. Even if it is 10,000 that's not very many so fewer bars and the lemon grass. I have a swarm trap made for top bars to fit would only take about 20-30 minutes to build out of pine and you could try it and see if they stay. If they do once comb and brood are present just transfer the bars.
Thanks Lburou. I may need some help.
Maryland and rtoney: At first I had the hive down to 10 bars, they left, then to about 20 bars, they left, now back to 10. Should I disturb them to reduce it further?
If they are wanting to leave and not building comb you are not really disturbing anything. I would build a quick pine box that your bars will fit, put them in and see if they will build. A lot easier then catching them each time they leave. Then if they leave I would let them go and wait for the next swarm or cutout. You can't keep the love of your life if she don't love you.
There is Nothing Wrong with all cedar. An Oregon company for many years has sold ONLY ALL cedar top bar hives and warres and no one has absconding problems. It cannot be the cedar. If there was glue or paint or treated wood or metal in part of it,that's a whole different deal, but it is not the cedar. My husband made me a brand new all cedar top bar last winter that I've used this last 6 weeks. I'd put some lemongrass in it too. To me it stunk to high heaven of both fresh cut cedar and lemongrass, and my bees have been Totally happy since day one!
Good to know about the cedar. I did not know for sure myself, I just wondered. I have a fellow down the road here with a lumber mill that makes everything for outdoor use out of cedar... he claims it repels insects. So, I was wondering about the use of it for bee boxes. Thanks for setting me straight.
I've made my second hive out of cedar so I sure hope the bees like it (not in use yet). It just seems like the bees this person captured don't like something about the hive he has. A quick nuc made out of pine was just a suggestion to try to help him stop playing catch with the bees.
While I agree there is nothing wrong with cedar (I've built many boxes out of scraps of cedar), there is something they don't like about yours. Is there an open floor? Too much ventilation? Too much light? Something that got on the wood at some time that you are unaware of?
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
do your entrances face the wind or are they in the lee? Is the hive level or close to level?
caution on the lemongrass oil, if you use to much they will leave. My guess is there is probably too much aroma in the hive with the fresh cedar boards already and you need less aroma not more
UPDATE: Hi everyone...sorry...didnt get an email so didnt know I had responses!!??!! I have a closed floor, but I do have observation windows, but they are covered. Wood came from Home Depot and dried before I built the hive so I dont smell the cedar...not saying the bees can't. The hive is in my backyard against the "none used" side of the house. The wind does swirl if its windy but not bad. The hive is level to the eye. I used only two drops of lemongrass and rubbed it on the last bar. My guess is my neighborhood is a little too busy for them. Its quiet, so I'm hoping they decide its home.
The bee patties and the plastic queen excluder came in the mail last Thursday. I gave them the food that night, and let the sugar water run out...probably Saturday. I cut the excluder to fit over the entrance holes, installed it Friday morning, and let them out. I have limited my visits to twice looking in the window since Friday, and as of this morning, they are still clumped around what little comb they made a week ago. Not sure how much it has expanded. There is coming and going from the hive. I'm assuming the queen excluder is working since they stayed past the two day mark for the first time! Once I see good brood, I'll remove the excluder. If they leave then, I would have felt bad for making them stay. Please let me know if you see any red flags. Just noticed some of the names that have responded and I am humbled. Thanks again for taking time to help me out...
> I gave them the food that night, and let the sugar water run out.
If "food" refers to patties, most patties are a high percentage protein, and low percentage of carbohydrate. That mix is generally a substitute for pollen, but bees also need carbs, usually from nectar / honey. My point is that "pollen" patties are not a substitute for syrup. I'd keep offering syrup until they stop taking it.
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By Rev. Mark A. Borkowski
Today, Monday, April 23rd, is the feast of St. Wojciech/Adalbert, who is revered as one of Poland's oldest saints and in fact one of the great patron saints of the Polish nation. He is a saint also of great importance to us, Polish-Americans of the Archdiocese of Detroit, because the very first Polish parish in the city of Detroit was placed from its very beginning under the protections and patronage of St. Wojciech. Wojciech was born of a noble family in Bohemia in 956, ten ears before Poland became a Christian nation with the baptism of King Mieszko the first bishop of Magdeburg. It should also be noted that Adalbert and Wojciech are two different names, not the Latin and Polish equivalents of the same name! The name Wojciech in Slavonic means "Help of the army." The English name of Detroit's first Polish parish "Albertus" was the name mistakenly given to the church at the time of its dedication. Albertus is the Latin form of Abert. This mistake was never corrected in the 117 year history of the parish, which closed in 1989.
As a child, Wojciech was consecrated to the Blessed Virgin by his parents who feared losing him to sickness. They promised the Virgin that Wojciech would live under her patronage with the clergy. Wojciech received an excellent education at the cathedral school of Magdeburg. In 982 he was ordained a subdeacon by the bishop of Prague. Though only 27 years of age, he was elected bishop of Prague in 983, after the sudden death of the previous bishop. Wojciech entered the city of Prague barefoot as a symbol of his humility. He was received with enthusiasm by Boleslaus II, prince of Bohemia, and all the people of that city. He proceeded to reorganize the diocese but was saddened to learn of the religious state of his flock. Most were Christian in name only. He withdrew to Rome in 990 but returned to Prague in 994 at the insistence of Pope John XV. Again he encountered difficulties and a refusal to accept the true gospel in Prague, which caused him to withdraw from Prague to Rome. Once again the Pope, Gregory V at this time, ordered him back to Prague.
The people of Prague, however, refused to admit Wojciech to the diocese and so he turned his attention to the conversion of Poland (Pomerania) to Christianity as a missionary. He made converts at Gdansk but later met with scorn as he and his companions were accused of being spies.
On April 23rd, 997, he and his companions were martyred near Krolewiec by being beaten to death with oars. After severing his head and fixing it on a pole which was carried throughout the village, his body was thrown into the Nogat River, a tributary of the Wistula, and washed up on the Polish coast. The body was held for ransom by heathens who received a small fortune, the weight of the body in gold, from Boleslaus, Duke of Poland, for its return. Later in 998 his body was enshrined in Gniezno; some of his relics, however, were returned by force to Prague in 1039. Adalbert was canonized a saint in the year 1000.
When St. Albertus parish was organized by the St. Stanislaus Kostka Society (a group of Polish immigrants attending the nearby German St. Joseph Church) they chose the Bohemian born St. Adalbert/Wojciech as their patron. The date of the meeting of organization of the new parish was April 23rd, 1870, the feast of St. Wojciech. He was a fitting choice for patron as many of the early parishioners of the Church had come from that area of Poland known as Pomerania and Poznania where St. Wojciech had ministered. They were known as Kaszubs and spoke a dialect of Polish heavily influenced by the German language.
Wojciech was the first great adopted patron of the Christian Polish nation. He had been venerated for over eight centuries as Protector of the Poles when he was selected to be the patron of Detroit's first Polish parish which was primarily composed of Kaszubs.
When the first St. Albertus Church was dedicated on Sunday, July14th, 1872, the name of the patron was inadequately translated from the Latin Adalbertus to the English Albertus, thus forever identifying Detroit's first Polish parish by the misnomer Albertus. Such is life! For better or worse, the Mother Church of the Detroit Polonia is known, at least in English, as St. Albertus.
[Many thanks to Rev. Mark A. Borkowski, Associate Pastor, Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan, who was kind enough to allow me to share his article with you.]
I have several family ties to St Wojciech and his feast day.
- I am Polish and he was the first patron saint of Poland.
- My great grandparents, Szymon and Ludwika Lipa were members of St. Albertus parish in Detroit when they first immigrated to the U.S. Some of my grandaunts and uncles were baptized and buried from that parish as well.
- Although I was never a member of that parish myself, I created a website for the parish and served as webmaster for several years.
- I have numerous Granduncles and a couple grandfathers named for St Wojciech.
- My mother, who always held her Polish heritage near and dear to her heart, died on this day in 2007.
I had intended to write about St. Wojciech in honor of his feast day today but when I read the very nice article Fr. Borkowski had written I knew I could do no better.


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The election is over and the country should be settling down right?! Donald Trump has won proving that his values and ideas for the country are what the majority of Americans want and everyone else should just deal with it. I mean America had to deal with eight years of Obama and you didn't hear a bunch of complaining right?
So why are there protests? Why is your gay friend acting like this is the end of the world? Wellllllll let me revisit paragraph one.
OK,OK I know I'm supposed to write about what TV show I watched this week or what nerdy sewing project I just completed (which by the way IS fabulous), but when did I get all political? Well I'm not really trying to be– I'm just going to attempt to be a mediator for a second.
My Internet experience has been flooded the last day either with Republican friends posting abortion/defeat related memes about Hillary Clinton or posting about how the election is over and anyone complaining about the results just doesn't understand how the system works. I've also seen a few posts about how the protesters are just a bunch of spoiled white kids that aren't used to being told no (insert comments about participation trophies and safe zones).
My Democrat friends on the other hand have been posting what if's about Bernie, suicide prevention hotlines, tear filled posts about how they are scared at the direction this country is taking or rage filled posts about how another Democrat has won the popular vote yet still managed to lose the election.
So who's right? What's the deal?
Well to my Republican friends I have this to say: If you see a woman, LGBT, Mexican, Muslim, or straight white male post something about being scared for the future. Don't jump in with a comment/thought that they are a whiner that doesn't understand how this country works. They might be a woman that very clearly understands what it's like to live in a world that accepts the rightness of a man's ability to grab a woman by the pussy. Or they might be a legal citizen of the country that fears for the ability of a loved one to stay in the country because of their beliefs or nationality. They might be a LGBT person that is afraid that their rights as a person will be infringed upon.
Are they right to be afraid for these things? Well the women and LGBT community probably have read that Pence wants to do away with some women's access to birth control (making them unable to afford it is a pretty quick way to take away access) or that he wants to overturn Obama's bathroom policy. Or they might have seen all of the things Pence has said about the LGBT community over the years. Mexicans have probably heard Trump call them rapists, drug dealers and bad hombres. Muslims have heard him state that they are going to be banned from entering our country.
Are these things that America should support? My Christian friends that were pro-Trump I know can't believe that all Mexicans are drug dealers and rapists– I also know that they don't want women to not be able to afford birth control. I hope that no matter what way they stand on the Christian positions regarding homosexuality that they do not wish harm to come to the gay community. I also know that my Christian friends can't wish to see another religion discriminated against by our government. Protestants came to this country to be able to enjoy religious freedom and I want others to be able to practice their religion with that same openness.
"If the other side had won we wouldn't be protesting!" Ohhhh really? You're saying if Trump had won the popular vote, but Clinton had won the election that there wouldn't be people marching the streets and Trump wouldn't be shouting from the rooftops that the system was rigged? We wouldn't be seeing posts about how you needed to go buy as many guns as possible before Hillary Clinton personally came into your house to remove all firearms? So Republicans let the Democrats exercise their free speech for a while. That's part of how America works.
So as a Democrat I'm all good right? Well– I'd also like to remind my democrat friends that just because someone is a Republican they are not running around sexually assaulting women, kicking out Mexicans and making Muslim women remove their hijab. So don't verbally attack your Republican friends. Don't answer the hate with hate.
Those Republicans might have voted for Trump because of his pro-life stance– yes feel free to point out to those people (through calm and clear discourse) that his position has changed as it has become more politically advantageous to be pro-life instead of a supporter of partial birth abortion as he was in 1999.
They also might have voted for him because he promised to re-energize the coal industry. As someone who has lived in coal country and volunteered in West Virginia where there are huge communities impoverished from what coal has done to them– I understand that desire. Everything was better when coal was being mined. Well except for the environment. And the water quality. Oh and that's the reason why those areas flood so easily. Turns out mining for coal and destroying the very mountains you love allows water to run off in catastrophic ways. Seriously though I DO understand how enticing that sounds. However many experts doubt that even with regulations removed that coal can bounce back. So even though I too love the idea of increasing jobs in the Appalachia region I don't see how that could happen with coal (however I'm intrigued with the idea of hemp farming– think of all those empty tobacco fields filled with hemp).
"Well I voted for Trump because he tells it like it is!" OK, so this one I personally don't understand and am at a loss for. Yes he's brash and not politically correct which can be fun (even I wondered if I should say LGBTQ instead of LGBT– WHICH ONE IS BEST?!?!), but he's also stirring up racist undercurrents and treating women like objects instead of people of worth. So yes although I get frustrated at times at how caught up people get in political correctness I would prefer to be politically correct as opposed to having someone treat me like a sex object with no other purpose because they like to, "tell it like it is."
So my final thought is love one another. Republicans answer fear not with scorn, but with love. Tell that person you will stand up for their rights and you care about them. Understand that many women, African-Americans, Latinos, LGBT people feel like they have been told by this election that they are less than. Let them know that you don't feel that way and try to find ways to show it. Democrats turn that fear into a passion to make a change in the world. Instead of saying all Republicans are wrong listen to their point of views and educate them on your own. Lets find a way to work together to make this a better country for everyone. Yes this country is divided, but before either side spouts off that their side made their voice heard– realize that there is another voice speaking just as loudly right back at you. If we are all screaming at each other we will never see change.


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The legendary predecessor of Marilyn Monroe and Madonna, Clara Bow was America's sweetheart in the 1920's as the original flapper. She starred in over fifty films, including It, but ended her life as a recluse.
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Harford County Executive David Craig called on the Maryland General Assembly this week to repeal the so-called rain tax in the next legislative session.
Craig, a candidate for Maryland governor, raised red flags about the measure last fall, asking at what point Marylanders will have had enough of tax increases. Answering that question in a morning appearance on "the Sean and Frank Show" on WCBM Monday, Craig said that time is now.
"Stormwater-related costs necessary to comply with EPA mandates are projected to cost county taxpayers a staggering $6.3 billion through 2025," Craig said. "If you wanted to open a business with a parking lot, would you want to come to Maryland and figure out this new tax?"
The law, formally known as the Stormwater Management - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program, allows counties to diverge widely in what to charge businesses and homeowners. For example, Baltimore City charges homeowners $144 for a certain size residential property while Frederick County charges a penny regardless of size. Harford County will charge homeowners $12.50 in the first year of implementation, and it is capped at $125 when fully phased in. Taxes also vary widely for businesses and other organizations in the 10 counties affected under the law.
Craig said Maryland governors need to engage the EPA on mandates like the one on which the state "rain tax" law is premised.
"There is no reason the governor of Maryland should assume a subservient status when it comes to conforming with federal government wishes," Craig said. "Maryland is not leading, we're following, which is a shame because we have more at stake in protecting the Bay than any other state."
In an op-ed article that ran in The Gazette community newspapers in suburban Washington, D.C. last September, Craig said that economic considerations must provide a reality check on the need to protect the Bay in order to achieve balanced approach.
The EPA mandate, however, does not prescribe a tax as the sole method of reducing pollution loads into the Bay, and Maryland has adopted the most pervasive revenue collection regime of any state in the watershed.
"In the rush to comply with the EPA mandate, our elected officials over-compensated and defaulted to raising taxes," Craig said.


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METRO VANCOUVER -- Norman Carothers' voice cracked Monday as he described walking into Suite 1505 of the Balmoral Tower almost six years ago and finding six people dead inside.
The now-retired building manager told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge that he didn't like to enter tenants' apartments, but that he had a sinking feeling something bad had happened.
He had been searching for fireplace repairman Ed Schellenberg for more than 30 minutes on Oct. 19, 2007 and had found no sign of him anywhere in the 121-unit Surrey highrise.
So he went back to the penthouse floor where Schellenberg had last been working and he knocked on 1505. There was no answer, but he could hear music.
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"Something told me I just had to go in because this was an emergency," said Carothers, the first witness at the Surrey Six murder trial of Cody Haevischer, Matthew Johnston and Michael Le.
"I come across the scene and I see six people on the floor."
At first, he thought it was a gas leak and used Schellenberg's dolly to prop open the door and let air inside.
"I started hollering 'Ed, Ed, Ed,' " Carothers testified. "I ran in and I grabbed who I thought was Ed by the feet. … Then I looked around and I see the scene."
He backed out without touching anything and called his wife on a walkie-talkie.
"I told my wife to phone 911 and call everybody out — the fire department, the police, ambulance, everybody, because something has happened up here. Everybody is on the floor. There is blood. I don't know what happened to them."
Murdered execution-style that afternoon were Schellenberg and innocent neighbour Christopher Mohan, as well as a group of young drug dealers — Corey Lal, his older brother Michael, Ryan Bartolomeo and Eddie Narong.
Corey Lal was the target and the other five were killed so there would be no witnesses, lead prosecutor Mark Levitz said in his opening statement.
Charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder are Haevischer, Johnston and Le. All three pleaded not guilty to each charge as the trial began under tight security at the Vancouver Law Courts.
Levitz said the accused were members of the Red Scorpion gang, headed by Le and Jamie Bacon, who is also charged in the Surrey Six case but being tried later.
Levitz said that evidence he intends to introduce at trial will show that a short time before the murders, Bacon met victim Corey Lal to tell the young drug trafficker he had to pay a $100,000 tax to Bacon's gang because he was selling drugs on Scorpion turf.
When Lal refused, the Scorpions put in motion a plot to kill him, Levitz said.
Levitz said the Crown would prove that "there was obvious planning and deliberation before the fatal shots were fired."
Levitz said all six victims were shot in the backs of their heads while they were being forcibly confined in suite 1505.
He then showed grisly crime scene photos of all six lying in pools of blood on the living room floor as he described how they were killed in two different groups by two shooters. All six had their heads covered.
"On one side of the living room near the fireplace, in front of a love seat were Corey Lal, Edward Narong and Ed Schellenberg … They were lined up on the floor side by side. As you can see, they were lying face down on their stomachs," Levitz said.
"The forensic evidence will show that Corey Lal was shot three times in the back of the head — two bullets were found in his head and there was a graze wound on the top of the head. Edward Narong was shot twice in the back of the head or neck. One bullet was found in his head. Edward Schellenberg was shot twice in the back of the head. Two bullets were found in his head."
Levitz said the evidence " will establish that the heads of all three were covered when they were shot."
The other three were on the other side of the love seat.
"Michael Lal was shot in the back twice and also suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand. Christopher Mohan was shot twice on the side of his face and neck. Ryan Bartolomeo was shot four times in the back of the neck and head area," Levitz said.
He said a Glock and an Ultrastar handgun were found inside the suite.
"These two handguns were used to kill the six victims. Both the handguns had been emptied. Forensic evidence will show that 19 shots were fired, which corresponds to the magazine capacity of the two handguns."
Mohan's mother Eileen broke down at the lunch break when reporters asked her about the photos. She said she quickly turned away after seeing the one with her son.
"I want to remember Christopher the way he was," she said, thanking the police and Crown for working "diligently" on the case.
The actual plot was carried out over about 90 minutes on the afternoon of Oct. 19, Levitz said.
Between 1 and 1:30 p.m., Johnston left a Korean restaurant where he was meeting Le and someone who can only be identified as Person X due to a publication ban, Levitz said.
Johnston went to the Balmoral and met with a Red Scorpion associate who lived in the building. The associate handed over a fob that would allow the group to gain entry, Levitz said.
Johnston then returned to the Korean restaurant, where Person X was given a Glock handgun by another person who will be called to testify, Levitz said. The Glock handgun would later be used by the killers to murder Michael Lal, Christopher Mohan and Ryan Bartolomeo, he said.
At 1:48 p.m., Johnston and Person X "made their way to an apartment complex in Surrey named the Stanley" where Haevischer lived.
Coincidentally, police were doing an unrelated investigation and there was surveillance on the building, Levitz said.
"In Haevischer's apartment, two handguns were cleaned with Windex and bullets were wiped clean," he said. "You will hear that the accused Johnston and Haevischer, as well as Person X, then departed the Stanley together wearing hoodies and gloves."
At 2:23 p.m., "the trio entered the Balmoral Tower," Levitz said.
At about 2:40 p.m., the victims were executed in suite 1505.
Johnston, Haevischer and Person X were then seen driving back to the Stanley in Haevischer's black BMW, Levitz said.
Haevischer and Johnston went inside carrying a bag containing stolen cash and the cellphones of the victims.
"The cellphones in the plastic bag were boiled in the apartment and later destroyed," Levitz said.
Levitz said a combination of forensic evidence, witness statements, cellphone and fob records, and admissions to a police agent would prove first-degree murder and conspiracy charges against Le, Haevischer and Johnston.
The judge-alone trial is expected to last a year.
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A New Jersey man is suing television medical personality Dr. Mehmet Oz for a insomnia cure the doctor promoted on an episode of his daytime talk show "Doctor Oz."
Frank Dietl of Southhampton Township in New Jersey filed a lawsuit that claims the advice caused him to suffer third degree burns on his feet that left him bed ridden for three weeks.
In the episode Dr. Oz says wearing socks filled with rice that has been warned in the microwave can bring heat away from your body's core and to your feet. The cooling effect will help your body fall asleep.
Dietl said he has neuropathy and does not have much feeling in his feet. When he tried the remedy to help him sleep, he did not notice his feet were burning until the morning when he was unable to move.
His lawsuit claims Dr. Oz was negligent and did not warn viewers about the potential dangers.
In the April 17th episode cardiovascular surgeon and author reminds viewers not to let the rice get too hot and to only wear the "knap-sack heated rice footsie" for 20 minutes at a time.
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text: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 13 February 2019 — Etihad Airways will introduce the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its daily service from Abu Dhabi to Chengdu, effective 1 July 2019, replacing the Airbus A330-200 currently operating the route. Also from 1 July, the airlines' daily service from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai will be upgraded from the 787-9 to the larger 787-10 Dreamliner. Chengdu to be served daily with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from 1 July 2019Shanghai to be upgraded to larger 787-10 Dreamliner from 1 July 2019 Once the changes take effect, the airline will fly all 28 weekly services to China's four main gateways – Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Hong Kong – with the next generation Dreamliner aircraft. The 787-9 service to Chengdu will feature Etihad Airways' next-generation Business and Economy cabins, configured with 299 seats - 28 Business Studios and 271 Economy Smart Seats. The upgrade of aircraft will also see an increase in belly-hold cargo capacity of four tonnes. The 787-10 service to Shanghai will be configured with 336 seats - 32 Business Studios and 304 Economy Smart. Belly-hold cargo capacity will be increased by two and a half tonnes.Robin Kamark, Etihad Aviation Group Chief Commercial Officer, said: "We are delighted to include Chengdu to our growing list of Dreamliner destinations. The move marks a milestone for Etihad as all our Chinese gateways will now be served by these technologically advanced aircraft, ensuring our guests experience the latest in-flight product innovations. We are equally pleased to be upgrading our Shanghai flights to our 787-10 aircraft.""China is an incredibly important market for Etihad and we have significantly grown our presence there since launching services to Beijing in 2008. Abu Dhabi's non-oil trade shows that China is among the top-five countries with key trade relations with the emirate. We look forward to building on these strong foundations and for our guests to experience our 787 Dreamliner product on their flights to and from China."Etihad Airways recently celebrated 10 years of direct flights between Abu Dhabi and China, the capital-capital airlink was launched in 2008. Since 2008, the airline has carried over four and a half million passengers between Abu Dhabi and China.The airline has witnessed significant yearly growth in passenger numbers on its services to and from China, further boosted by codeshare agreements with partner airlines and the mutual visa-exemption policy between the UAE and China, implemented in January 2018.Timetables: Abu Dhabi – China schedulesFlightOriginDepartsDestiArrivesFreqAircraftEY 818Abu Dhabi08:15Chengdu19:40Daily*Boeing 787-9EY 811Chengdu21:00Abu Dhabi00:25Daily*Boeing 787-9Note: All departures and arrivals are listed in local time. *Daily operation during summer timetable, three weekly flights during winter timetable.FlightOriginDepartsDestiArrivesFreqAircraftEY 862Abu Dhabi21:45Shanghai10:35DailyBoeing 787-10EY 867Shanghai00:45Abu Dhabi05:55DailyBoeing 787-10Note: All departures and arrivals are listed in local time. Shanghai to be upgraded to 787-10 from 1 July 2019. Departure of 1st 787-10 from Shanghai will be on 3 July 2019.FlightOriginDepartsDestiArrivesFreqAircraftEY 888Abu Dhabi21:30Beijing08:50DailyBoeing 787-10EY 889Beijing01:25Abu Dhabi06:10DailyBoeing 787-10Note: All departures and arrivals are listed in local time. Beijing upgraded to 787-10 Dreamliner on 1 Jan 2019.FlightOriginDepartsDestiArrivesFreqAircraftEY 834Abu Dhabi22:05Hong Kong10:05DailyBoeing 787-9EY 833Hong Kong19:45Abu Dhabi00:05DailyBoeing 787-9Note: All departures and arrivals are listed in local time. Hong Kong to be served by 787-9 Dreamliner from 31 March 2019. Departure of 1st 787-9 from Hong Kong will be on 1 April 2019. Contactez-nous En tant que compagnie aérienne réellement internationale, nous sommes présents partout dans le monde. Découvrez comment contacter votre bureau Etihad le plus proche.Afficher les informations de contact Commentaires Si vous souhaitez nous envoyer un commentaire, un compliment ou une réclamation, ou bien simplement nous poser une question, veuillez cliquer ici Likez-nous Retrouvez notre page sur Facebook ! Regardez-nous Regardez notre chaîne sur YouTube ! Suivez-nous Etihad Airways | Offres Etihad | Assistance Etihad | Récompenses Etihad


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ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands — Like many Muslims, Ahmed Aboutaleb has been disturbed by the angry tenor of the Dutch election campaign. Far-right candidates have disparaged Islam, often depicting Muslims as outsiders unwilling to integrate into Dutch culture.
It is especially jarring for Mr. Aboutaleb, given that he is the mayor of Rotterdam, a fluent Dutch speaker and one of the country's most popular politicians. Nor is he alone: The speaker of the Dutch Parliament is Muslim. The Netherlands also has Muslim social workers, journalists, comedians, entrepreneurs and bankers.
"There's a feeling that if there are too many cultural influences from other parts of the world, then what does that mean for our Dutch traditions and culture?" said Mr. Aboutaleb, whose city, the Netherland's second largest, is 15 percent to 20 percent Muslim and home to immigrants from 174 countries.
Or, perhaps, there is is feeling that Dutch traditions and culture are centered upon the Judeo-Christian Enlightenment and, as such, are completely antagonistic to the aspirations, by definition, of pious Muslims. After all, one might think, and be terribly disappointed if having once entertained the thought, that an article in the Newspaper Of Record, would spend even a syllable upon that seemingly intractable problem.
Nope. Its all down to those damn deplorables.


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Glass shards prompt recall of Lean Cuisine ravioli
Three cases but no injuries reported
The Food and Drug Administration said Nestle Prepared Foods Co. has issued a recall of some Lean Cuisine mushroom ravioli packages after getting three consumer reports of glass shards being found in the product.
Officials said affected packages of Culinary Collection Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli have productions codes of 2311587812 and 2312587812. Both codes have a "best before" date of December 2013.
The products were distributed in November nationwide. Officials said no other production dates, sizes or varieties of Lean Cuisine products were affected.
Officials said there have been no reports of injuries or illnesses.
Those who think they may still have the product can call Nestle Consumer Services at 866-586-9424 or email email@example.com for further instructions. Nestle said it will provide a replacement coupon.


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Google just received their last Nexus One shipment and once this current stock sells out, it's officially goodbye to the Google Phone Store and sayanora Nexus One. Even though it wasn't the most successful Android phone, I still think it's the best option for people who want the authentic Android experience.
You'll still technically be able to get it from Vodafone UK or KT in Korea but it won't be an easy click, click and ship for us US'ers. Sort of sad to see it go. [Google via Android Central]


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If the best thing you can say about an annoying and medically dangerous device is that using it is a tradition, it's time to throw it out.
Someone should've told South African soccer authorities. Then we wouldn't have to listen to the incessant buzzing of vuvuzelas — which is making the World Cup a torturous event for viewers.
Instead of doing the right thing and banning the horns, FIFA and South Africa are saying it's a national tradition and must be allowed to continue so that we can fully appreciate this bit of local color.
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I can only assume these people take their lead from Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner who is the world leader in defending stupid traditions.
Tradition is never a good excuse to do anything. If something makes sense or is fun or touches some primal emotion or advances the cause of humanity, then it is worthwhile. If it makes no sense, is offensive to large numbers of people, is fun only to those who do it, and advances nothing except adult hearing loss, then it is not worth continuing.
Civilization is built on such reasoning. When traditions are exposed as harmful, we abandon them. Wife beating, slavery, public floggings, caste systems, human sacrifice, institutional bigotry and all other manner of evil stuck around because they were traditions. But common decency and justice prevailed in civilized societies.
A silly toy trumpet isn't the same in order of magnitude. But the idea is the same.
Vuvuzelas are stupid. They ruin the viewing experience for fans who paid to see a live World Cup match. They are so loud they can damage hearing. They serve no useful purpose other than fulfilling man's primal need to make loud noises. (Women are generally lacking in this regard.)
If the horns were rooted deep in African tradition, I might feel differently. And that's what I thought when I first heard the word "vuvuzela" and learned it was an African noisemaker and not an Italian swear word.
If the South Africans were so deeply attached to this toy that they couldn't watch a soccer match without it, I figured the vuvuzela must once have been something exotic and uniquely African, like a trumpet made out of an elephant tusk. What else could make a noise that suggests that a swarm of bees had gotten into Barry Bonds' medicine cabinet and set up housekeeping in a soccer stadium?
So I did what anybody else would do: I Googled it. And instead of an exotic African instrument I saw a plastic horn identical to one I bought more than 40 years ago in the interest of being a nuisance at high-school basketball games.
Back then I succeeded beyond my wildest ambitions. The horn was so loud and the noise so painful that I was banned from blowing it before the second quarter started. I felt that this was a major abridgement of my first amendment right to freely express myself. I was told I was mistaken, and not even the ACLU would disagree.
In other words, the vuvuzela is no more uniquely African than beer is uniquely German. Just as beer was being brewed in Mesopotamia thousands of years ago, vuvuzelas have been causing hearing loss for some time.
But they never caught on as something as essential to watching a sporting event until they made into South Africa and started infesting soccer stadiums in the '90s. For some reason, authorities there didn't ban them.
Maybe it's just because attendance at normal soccer matches is so marginal that the ticket sellers don't want to do anything to discourage the paying customers. Maybe it's because it started with a few horns and just kept growing, but nobody really noticed how loud it had gotten. Or maybe Bud Selig's running the South African soccer federation.
Whatever the reason, it's not even a real tradition, not after fewer than 20 years. The object is to make noise. That's what fans do, and soccer fans are famous for keeping up chants and songs and dancing for entire matches.
In South Africa, there are no chants, no songs, and little dancing. How can you do any of those things with all that racket from the vuvuzelas?
You can't, and what the authorities are saying by allowing these infernal aural torture devices is that they prefer mindless noise to actual cheering.
The idea is to get more people to watch, not fewer; it's to enhance everyone's experience, not ruin it. Why is that so hard to understand?


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One Woman's Legacy
In an age of birth control and zero population growth it is comforting to see that there are still heroic women who endow their people with a bounty of offspring.
Yitta Schwartz passed away recently in the Satmar community of Kiryat Yoel in New York at the age of 94, leaving behind five generations of descendants – at least 2,500 people!
A survivor of the Bergen Belsen concentration camp, she moved to Antwerp with her husband and their six children after the war before settling in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. She bore 11 more children after the war and had about 170 grandchildren, all of whose names she knew.


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14 Creative and Cool Bottle Openers.
Ring Thing Bottle Opener:
A ring that's a bottle-opener, costs $9.95.
Sandals Bottle Opener:
Sandals with a built in bottle opener, costs $45.95.
USB Drive And Bottle Opener:
It starts at 6.99 euros for the 1GB model and 49.99 euros for the 16GB one.
Bottle Opener Ball Cap:
Bottle opener costs $30.00.
Family Guy Talking Bottle Opener:
Family guy talking bottle opener costs £8.95.
Card Bottle Opener:
This one costs £6.95.
Fork Bottle Opener:
It's a bottle opener, and it's fork and costs $7.99.
Talking Bottle Opener:
Each time you use it, this bottle opener gives you one of the three phrases, costs £8.95
Cap Bottle Opener:
This special edition costs £5.95.
Key Bottle Opener:
With this one you'll always have a bottle opener ready, costs $9.95.
Universal Remote Control Bottle Opener:
This one costs € 10.00.
Fridge Magnet Bottle Opener:
You can attach the stainless steel bottle opener to your fridge securely, costs £14.95.
Rabbit Bottle Opener:
Costs $25.00.
Slipper Bottle Opener:
Costs $12.99.
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Istanbul, Up Close and Personal
The 30 kilometer-long, deep blue Bosphorus strait separates Europe from Asia and splits Istanbul in two. But the bustling waterway is also the city's great uniter, prettier than a central park and far more useful. A good number of Istanbulites commute via ferry between the continents daily, so urban life plays out on the water: If your stay in the city is brief, maximize your time near the water and really take in the trade hub's maritime culture. The best front-and-center view of this civic cinema comes from the waterfront suites of the newly-opened Shangri-La Bosphorus, an ultra-luxe 192-room hotel perched immediately in front of the Besiktas ferry terminal on the European side – a few miles removed from the dolled-up hotels of Sultanahmet.
Much of the day and night, ferries surrounded by seagulls quietly pull in and out a stone's throw from the Shangri-La's panoramic, floor-to-ceiling windows; if you've scored a waterfront room, you'll likely leave the TV off and watch the drama unfold under the dusty, shifting Turkish sky. The hotel was built from the bones of a 1939 tobacco factory and warehouse. Though it looks identical to the seven-story facade in old photographs from the water, it's actually all new construction; seven new floors created by digging underneath the original footprint.
The Shangri-La is flanked on one side by the Dolmabahçe Palace, where the Ottoman Empire ruled from 1856 to 1922. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved some of his offices there last year; as a result, the hotel's security is high. Armed gunmen are posted near the entrance, and before entering the lobby, you're sent through a metal detector. Once inside, you'll encounter an abundance of flowers, crystal, far-east artwork, and general old-school world-travel opulence, a signature of the Hong Kong-based hotelier. We walked in with an overstuffed backpack but felt like we should have instead been trailed by a few steamer trunks. The rooms are hushed, pastel blue spaces with giant, marble-clad bathrooms. Service is ever-present, almost to the point of being overbearing: each time the elevator doors open, for example, expect to see be welcomed by a staff member asking if they can assist you with anything. Tell them to open the curtains.
More information: Rooms at the Shangri-La run from around $450 a night. Turkish Airlines runs direct flights to Istanbul from New York.
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Fred Chirigotis plans to conclude a four-year run as town council president this month.
Fred Chirigotis plans to conclude a four-year run as town council president this month.
Asked his intentions at this week's pre-council-meeting press conference, Chirigotis said, "I doubt I will be nominated [for another term]. I expect new leadership."
Interviewed following a Marstons Mills Village Association meeting this week, council Vice President Jan Barton said, "I said when I ran for vice president that I never wanted to be president. It wasn't something I aspired to."
Barton is supporting Debra Dagwan. "Right now, she is the best person for the job. She's balanced. She knows her stuff. She has years of service to the town."
Pausing for a moment, Barton stressed that she wanted "to thank Fred for his service. I don't think anyone who hasn't been sitting next to him [on the council] can know how much he's done for this town in that role, serving with equanimity, grace and good humor, when possible."
Chirigotis was elected vice president at the council's Dec. 6, 2007 meeting, serving with President Janet Joakim in 2008. He moved up to president on Dec. 4, 2008; Harold Tobey was vice president.
On Dec. 17, 2009, the council re-elected Chirigotis and made Jim Crocker its VP. Chirigotis won an unprecedented third term as president on Dec. 17, 2010, by a vote of 7 to 6, and Jan Barton was elected VP. The two leaders were re-elected on Dec. 15, 2011.
Traditionally, nominations for leadership posts are made at the council's first December meeting and voted on at the subsequent meeting two weeks later. If there is only one candidate for each position, a vote can be taken the same night.
Asked last week by the Patriot, Dagwan confirmed that she was interested in becoming council president. In an e-mail exchange, Jessica Rapp Grassetti confirmed that she would serve as vice president if asked by the council.


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School of Architecture Dean, Raymond Yeh, will step down to return to teaching
Yeh's tenure saw momentous changes in the school's education programsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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W. H. Raymond Yeh, Dean of the UH Manoa School of Architecture for fourteen years, has informed Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan of his intention to step down from the Dean's position and return to teaching at the school.
"I was privileged to have come here following my predecessor, founding Dean Elmer Botsai," Yeh noted. "He built the school on a solid foundation, and I have been fortunate to have continued strong support from alumni and the professional community to help the school thrive.
"We have now completed a major program transition from a five-year Bachelor of Architecture program to a comprehensive seven year professional Architecture Doctorate," he added. "I believe this is an appropriate time for a leadership transition moving into the university's centennial year."
The new curriculum at the School of Architecture offers the only accredited professional architecture doctoral program in the nation, and serves as a new approach to internationalize architecture education. Among other tings, it incorporates a one year off-campus professional mentorship for students to work with international firms around the world.
Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan offered her congratulations to Yeh for his leadership at the school. "I respect the dean's wish to return to teaching," she said, "and I am pleased that our school will continue to benefit from his expertise and good counsel as we begin the search for a new dean. The school has added to our position of leadership in the Asia Pacific region, and we will seek to reaffirm and enhance that status in the years ahead."
Yeh will remain as dean until a successor has been named. A search advisory committee is expected to be appointed soon.


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Now why would anybody in their right mind sterilize a reflex hammer? Can you answer me that?!
Although, as I have learned previously, the central sterile supply processing people simply do not ask questions. If it shows up in their bin, they sterilize it.
Nice to have in case I have to do a sterile reflex exam.


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Maryland-based creative agency Blue Artists, LLC. has announced new Search Engine Optimization Solutions and enhanced experiences through the client DevLab system.
The mission of Blue Artists is to collaborate with clients to tell first-rate stories that can shape the future of their brand by inspiring their audiences and themselves. With new SEO Solutions, clients will reach their audience faster and more frequent through higher rankings. The SEO Solutions consist of a robust toolset including:
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The new Search Engine Optimization Solutions are available at three levels so clients may select the Solution that best suits their brand and budget.
Blue Artists has also made significant improvements to the client DevLab system.
The new account overview makes it easy for clients to view all of their membership accounts in one place to review credit balances and account details.
"We've enhanced DevLab to be a central hub for everything a client does related to their membership and branding experience," said Blue Artists producer Pierre Walters. "Clients can now access multiple membership accounts using a single login, and everything is conveniently in one place."
Blue Artists clients expressed interest in using DevLab as the starting point for accessing related third-party services that matter most to their brand and business. With the new safe, secure Credentials Hub, clients can access a variety of their extended brand services such as domain providers, email marketing services and social media accounts.
"Clients can add to or updates profiles at anytime and can even use Credentials as an easy and effective way to access their website content management systems and webmail," Walters said.
Blue Artists is also committed to ensuring their clients don't miss a beat when it comes to virtual assistance tasks and web support. All clients now receive one free hour of support each month with the assigned work completed within one week. Previously there had been a mandatory two-week turnaround time for free support.
"Now when a client places a VA or support ticket and elects to use their free hour, the work is done with a week standard unless otherwise noted, " Walters said.
Virtual assistance tasks include data entry, content posting to social media accounts, scheduling and coordinating meetings, internet research, registering copyrights for published assets, performing lead generation, creating small design projects and numerous other tasks that can be accomplished by a virtual assistant. The free hour can be used for web support as well.
The final update to the client DevLab systems changes the way Bonus Credits are applied to a client's account. All Blue Artists clients can earn $40 in Bonus Credit by referring new clients.
Under the new system, Bonus Credits are automatically applied directly to a client's outstanding balance. If a client does not have an outstanding balance, the Bonus Credit is applied to the client's credit line, extending it beyond the membership credit line limit. Previously, earned credit was stocked in the DevLab account until a client elected to apply it to their membership bill.
"Now client's can extend their membership credit line without upgrading their membership, but by simply referring new clients," Walters said.
All Blue Artists membership services are built to meet a client's ongoing creative service needs while providing access to top-tier project and asset development.
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We've been looking at the 4x4 - or SUVs, as they're now more commonly known - in many recent reviews. Although it's been knocking about for a couple of years, we didn't think it was fair to leave Kia's Sportage out of the round.
In many respects, Kia's a brand that has been playing catch-up. Always leading on value and its long warranty, it's only with the latest cars that Kia's really pulled level with, and in some cases overtaken, the established opposition such as Ford, Vauxhall, Renault et al. But there's one area in which it's always led – and that's 4x4s.
The Sportage nameplate's been around for longer than VW or BMW have been making SUVs, period. And you need only to speak for more than five minutes to someone who does a lot of towing for the name of the Sportage's bigger sister, Sorento, to come up.
So in a funny little automotive roll reversal, can established SUV-maker Kia fend off the truck-load of competition that there now is in this market?
Another Schreyer special
To badly paraphrase Roland Barthes, car designers are like the modern-day builders of cathedrals. The opposite of the modern celebrity, you've likely never heard of any, nor would you recognise one in the street if they passed you. But if you've heard of one, it might be Peter Schreyer, Kia's design chief. He designed the original TT while at Audi, the Mk4 Golf and as poached by Kia in 2006, since when he's put in train a design revolution that's clear to see from the latest Kia-badged cars that ply our roads.
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And we reckon the Sportage is one of his better efforts. Can you recall what the model that went before it looked like? No, neither can we. But we bet you'll recognise the car in these pictures, with its handsome distinctiveness from most angles. Those wraparound lamps with their little rows of jewel-like LEDs make the rear view mirror appearance distinctive to the point of menacing, and the rest of the body's got a slightly pumped-up, butch style that suits its SUV pretensions just right. Even at the rear, where most SUVs have – to quote our own Ian Morris, "a fat arse" - the Sportage manages a degree of pertness, with neat little tail lamps rounding off a fine piece of design.
Plastic fantastic
Get inside though, and it's not quite so rosy, looking like a shrine to plastic on the inside - even if most of that plastic is soft to the touch and of reasonable quality. No small part of this effect is due to our car's greyish-beige colour scheme. We've sat in a Sportage with a black interior and although it felt like more of a cave, it looked way nicer than this one. Even the leather seats are a kind of grey that made them look and feel a good deal cheaper than they actually are.
But get the colour scheme right in here and it's not too bad a place to be. You get a big and super-clear instrument cluster, complete with Kia's trademark digital screen in the middle of the speedo, which can fling various bits of trip-related data at you in its incessantly red hue.
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Some of the little touches we really liked. The fact that the centre bin has a slot to put the key fob in is handy, it stops it rattling round in the centre console - although you can just leave it in your pocket and pull open the door without touching it, so you might argue it's a superfluous feature. And we liked the back-up camera's guides with their red-yellow-green graduated zones to help you work out just how far away you are from clouting that bollard. It's just as well you have a camera and sensors front and rear, too, as the rising belt line, thick C-pillar and tight rear window make reversing the Sportage into tight spaces a bollard-avoidance challenge. And while there's the odd nice touch like the ones mentioned above, there's less of the really clever engineering stuff or things that help out when you've got a family, as there are in the Honda CR-V we reviewed last week.
Dripping with tech
We specifically asked Kia to send us this KX-4, the top-of-the-range model. The company has an interesting options policy in the UK, which means that pretty much the only thing you can add to a model at a given trim level is metallic paint and an automatic gearbox. Kia's argument is that, at a certain price level, it gives you more than the competition for the same money, and if you want extra toys you can upgrade to the next trim level for not a great deal extra. It's kind of the antithesis to the way the premium brands work, but scrutinise the spec sheets and you're likely to be won over. For most people, KX-3 or KX-3 Sat Nav will offer plenty of kit, but our KX4 adds a system which allows the car to parallel park itself, an engine stop/start button in combination with that keyless entry system and is the only model where you can option the higher power, 181 bhp 2.0 diesel engine.
Everything else you care to name - heated leather seats, a 7-inch touchscreen with navigation, a full length panoramic roof, cruise control and Bluetooth connectivity with audio streaming - is standard here, as it is on the KX-3 model. Given the generous spec, unless you're terrible at parking, our advice would be to drop down to the KX-3 Sat Nav model and save yourself the best part of two grand.
Does that self-parking system work? You bet. You still have to work the accelerator and brake but like the systems from other makers, it steers the car into a space for you – and it seems to need less margin than others we've used – it squeezed us into a space barely eight inches longer than the car at either end. It's only in getting it to activate in the first place that we'd quibble. We found that you had to drive along sufficiently slowly, having pressed the button where it'll hunt for a space, that on a busy shopping street we reckon you'd get beeped for holding up traffic – which kind of defeats the point a bit, doesn't it?
Punching above its weight
We were a bit surprised when we saw our Sportage had 181 bhp on the spec sheet when it arrived, because most models in this price bracket and of this size, typically come with 130-160 bhp, so it sounded like a lot. And if you're worried about moving into the world of the SUV and it feeling underpowered after your regular car, this is the engine to allay your fears. We won't bore you or waste the space on the official performance figures, but instead tell you that, even with four wheel drive, it wasn't hard to spin the wheels pulling away on a damp surface for the first half a second. But then the Sportage would hook up and frankly rocket you up the road.
Where it really scores is when you're, say, climbing a steep hill or needing to do a quick overtake, where a lot of the SUVs we've tested have either needed to be dropped down a gear to keep the pace up, or proven noisy and clattery as they huffed and puffed their way up inclines. Not the Sportage though, which has bags of grunt and makes easy progress even when you're loaded with family and kit. It means it stays refined and quiet most of the time too. And we'd bet it makes it a great towing vehicle.
Kia's not forgotten about the eco side of the bargain either, so the manual version, which we had, emits just 158 g/km and features a stop-start system which kept working even when the temperature hit zero degrees. Just watch out if you go for the auto gearbox, which bumps up the CO2 several tax brackets, at 189g/km.
Get over that grey interior - or better still, go for black, which is standard on the KX-3 model and with other exterior colours on the KX-4 - and the Sportage is really not a bad place to spend time. It's comfortable, fast and loaded with all the toys you're likely to need. And that's before we get to the fact that, even in this top-spec trim it's around two-grand cheaper than the opposition, better looking and comes with that world-beating seven-year warranty.
But design's not just about looks, and compared to cars such as the Mazda CX-5 and new Honda CR-V, the Sportage misses out on tricks like the one-pull folding rear seats, has a slightly less clever and intuitive Sat Nav and just feels a little less clever. It's not as roomy as the Honda either and, despite that warranty, it feels like less of a quality product.
So you pays your money and you takes your choice. The Mazda CX-5's the best to drive and likely to be most economical, the Honda CR-V feels like the best thought-out for families, is the most spacious and feels the best built, while the Kia offers more toys per pound, is faster with this engine and we think is the best looking from the outside. All three are solid four-star cars.


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