text:
PORT HARCOURT— CHAIRMAN of Nigeria's Governors' Forum, and Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has called for amendment of the 1999 constitution to tackle deficiencies in the nation's federalism.
The governor who spoke at a state banquet in Government House, Port Harcourt, Wednesday night, in honour of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Aminu Tambuwal and his Deputy, Mr Emeka Ihedioha, said the National Assembly should effect the necessary amendments to the constitution to transform the country into a true federal state.
The Governor, who said it was also the thinking of the Governors' Forum that the constitution be amended to achieve true federalism, added that the forum will want a situation where the constitution would address grey areas on issues of revenue allocation.
He said, "I am one of those who want a proper amendment of the constitution. It is the belief of the Governors' Forum that we need such an amendment, especially to deliver on the issues of revenue, and a proper federalism."
Governor Amaechi who described the House of Representatives as the most vibrant arm of government because of the different shades of opinion, interest and background of members, noted that the young men in the House are patriotic and determined to move the country forward. He urged the leadership to work with the Executive to ensure the development of the country.
On his part, the Speaker said the House was ready to collaborate with all stakeholders in the country to promote peace, harmony and socio-economic development of the country.


text:
Some executives like to conceive their company's future through strategic-planning exercises. Not Jack Welch. For him, strategic planning is too safe, too theoretical. Instead, Welch had his business units envision how the future could hurt them. He called the exercise Destroy Your Business (DYB).
The DYB moniker captures the urgency that spread like atomic fallout throughout the US-based company after Welch mandated that General Electric transform itself into an e-business in January 1999. This was no small feat for a technology, services and manufacturing company with a 122-year-old brick-and-mortar legacy and more than three dozen businesses spread across 100 countries. Welch knew that hundreds of guerrilla companies (mostly dotcoms) were in the process of trying to destroy GE's business models, and if his company didn't identify its weaknesses then someone else would.
To quantify the vulnerabilities, DYB was instituted in every GE business unit. Each unit assembled a cross-functional team that benchmarked competitors and examined how their businesses operate, the products and services they offered, and the economics of ordering through the Web versus ordering through the sales force and call centres. The teams' goal was to present GE's top executives with a hypothetical Internet-based business plan that a competitor could use to erode GE's customer base. In addition, the teams proposed how they would change their existing business model in response to these threats. This latter part of the exercise came to be known as GYB - Grow Your Business - because its objective was to find fresh ways to reach new customers and better serve existing ones.
The exercise came not a second too late for some of GE's business units. GE executives in the plastics and medical systems businesses, for instance, were concerned that they would be forced to join the rapidly proliferating B2B exchanges where their products and services would be commoditised. But the exercise resulted in retooled Web sites, new deals with suppliers and partners, new markets and better service. "When we have an initiative around here, it becomes an all-consuming thing," says Gary Reiner, GE's senior vice president and CIO.
Reiner served as the sounding board for all of GE's e-commerce leaders during the DYB process, bringing them together to share best practices. "We viewed e-commerce with a lot of trepidation," he says. "We thought [online marketplaces] were doing something special and mysterious - that they were going to take our customers away or redirect them to somebody else. Now we're a lot smarter."
Your company may not have the resources to change course as swiftly as GE did. But even if you can't change now, you can at least get a sense of what you're in for by doing your own version of DYB. Chances are, if a company is crazy and ambitious enough to figure out how it can destroy GE's $US122 billion business, there are probably 10 others that are scheming against your company. Read on to learn about the best practices that emerged from DYB/GYB in three of GE's businesses: plastics, appliances and medical systems.
It Bends, but It Doesn't Break:
GE Plastics
"We have a rule here: Don't put something on the Internet unless it has a value proposition that is better than over the phone," advises Gerry Podesta, general manager of e-commerce for GE Plastics in Massachusetts.
He should know. GE Plastics' product catalogue has been on the Web since 1995, and the company has been conducting transactions on GEPlastics.com since 1997. Podesta understands how difficult it is to ensure that a customer can find what he's looking for on the Web site faster than he could get the same information over the phone. In 1999, GEPlastics.com's strong sales of $US2 million to $US3 million a week were partly a result of using the phone test to vet online business processes.
Considering those sales figures, it would be safe to assume that GE Plastics, which manufactures the raw plastics used in products like cell phones and auto parts, wouldn't have much to learn when it started the DYB exercise in June 1999. But it did. Aggregators like Plastics-Net.com, which began transacting business on its site that year, were springing up all over the place. Revenue wasn't the issue here - of course GE had the edge. This would, however, be a duel of business models. Rather than stand pat, GE Plastics realised it would need to relaunch its Web site with more features and enhanced functionality to compete with some of the more innovative models out there.
The business that could destroy them would have a product catalogue, discussion forums and a strong transaction capability on its Web site. Though GEPlastics.com's commerce capabilities offered a competitive advantage over PlasticsNet, the GE site lacked a community feel - something that PlasticsNet had been building since 1995 and that a lot of the Internet startups were trying to do by adding features such as chat rooms and Yellow Page directories to their sites.
"There was no emerging site that was driving the majority of eyeballs in the industry," says Podesta, "but we felt that if we didn't step up in that area of community, someone else might pre-empt our position with our customers."
By looking only at Web sites in his own industry, Podesta knew he would not be able to create something that would blow away the competition. So DYB team members began surfing consumer sites for inspiration, particularly auto manufacturers' sites, where visitors could use configuration tools to customise their cars.
Podesta and his team thought that they could bring customisation to their customers (primarily product design engineers) by giving them advice on how plastics could best be used. Enhancing its site with smart technology would allow these engineers to design their products with GE's materials while reaching a much wider audience than the field sales force ever could on foot.
To develop the technology that would let engineers test different materials, GE Plastics put together a design engineering team (separate from the DYB team) consisting of individuals from IT, engineering and R&D. The group spent four months, beginning in October 1999, researching the services GE Plastics provided its customers and sifting through 30 years worth of information on the properties of the materials it manufactures. From these studies, the team built the engineering design centre of GEPlastics.com, which launched in February 2000.
Much of the technology on the site comes from the PC applications that sales people showed off when visiting customers. The most popular of these, the data sheet, helps product engineers determine a material's properties - like tensile strength, modulus and melting point. Having the PC applications drastically reduced the development time for the Web tools, but it wasn't a slam dunk. The IT challenge in getting them online, says Podesta, was first Web-enabling the PC formats and then creating databases of material properties to power the online features.
The new tools let product engineers get a sense of which materials they should use and how much they will cost. For example, a product engineer at a cell phone manufacturer plugs the dimensions of his product into GE Plastics' system and selects four different materials he's interested in using. GE's system then helps him determine how many moulds he has to build to make a part. "When he's done in a few hours," says Podesta, "he has a fairly extensive matrix of what products would work and a ballpark figure on costs. It gives him an enormous head start on the process of designing the product."
For three decades, GE Plastics engineers had been helping customers select the right materials for their products, in spite of the fact that GE Plastics' primary business is manufacturing, not services. "In the end, we're doing design assistance," says Podesta. "It's a value-added service; it's not a part of the key sale. For us to be able to touch thousands of customers online rather than hundreds of customers [with the field sales force] is a big win for us."
Service might not be its primary business, but all of GE - not just plastics - is realising that in order to increase customer loyalty, value-added services are an increasingly important way for the company to differentiate itself from competitors, and perhaps the only way it can stay ahead in commodity businesses like plastics.
Nuking the Supply Chain:
GE Appliances
"What would our business model look like if we were to go around the partners between us and the end consumer?" asks Joe De-Angelo, vice president of e-business for GE Appliances, explaining his business unit's No. 1 concern during the DYB/GYB process.
For the $US5.6 billion business in Kentucky, the big DYB issue wasn't whether aggregators would hurt appliance retailers, it was whether its primary competitors - Maytag, Whirlpool and Frigidaire - would cut retailers out of the picture entirely. Before the Internet, these four manufacturers, which each own 25 per cent of the appliance market, had only one way to bring their products to market: through large retailers like Home Depot and small mum-and-dad appliance stores. The Internet threatened to fragment that traditional model and make GE appliances commodities on big retail and auction sites. As part of the DYB exercise, GE Appliances had to ask itself how it could use the new Internet channel to maintain consumers' awareness of the GE brand without alienating GE's retail partners or cannibalising existing channels.
GE spent years during the early part of the 90s perfecting its logistics system through a rigorous quality initiative known as Six Sigma. Implemented companywide, Six Sigma was an attempt to eliminate inefficiencies in GE's processes. DeAngelo led the Six Sigma initiative before becoming the vice president of e-biz for GE Appliances - his team focused on ways to leverage GE Appliances' edge in logistics during the DYB exercise. "We know that [order fulfilment and delivery is] an element of our business model that the other guys don't have, and we're going to build off that," he says. "We are able to take products from our factories and get them shipped anywhere in the United States virtually overnight on a cost-effective basis," DeAngelo adds.
But as good as the system is, Reiner thinks Web customers will expect better, given the instant gratification of software downloads and book purchases that consumers get on the Web. "We're sensing that customer expectations are higher when they order over the Web than when they order over the phone," says CIO Reiner. "We are using Six Sigma in every one of our businesses to improve the fulfilment capability."
DeAngelo started DYB by looking at whether GE Appliances could deliver appliances directly into consumers' hands, using the company's most valuable asset - the retailers - as a sort of go-between. At the heart of the new system is a point-of-sale (POS) terminal that is installed at a Home Depot. When customers want to buy a GE fridge, they enter the order into the POS system, which is connected to GE's inventory and distribution systems. It allows consumers to buy appliances directly from GE through Home Depot and schedule an appointment to have the refrigerator delivered and installed at the customers' convenience. Home Depot gets a cut of the action and stays happy - really happy, according to DeAngelo.
"This gets retailers out of the game of carrying inventory on their floors," he says. "[Home Depot] was sucking up floor space with inventory, and we were able to free up that space. What we basically did was interconnect and take [the excess inventory] out of the traditional retail model to make it a better shopping experience for the consumer and a better process experience for the retailer." By helping them reduce the amount of inventory they carry in their stores and warehouses, GE Appliances helps its retailers cut their costs.
"It's a format that we can use everywhere," notes DeAngelo. Indeed, GE uses essentially the same system for its virtual stores on NBC's portal Snap.com and NBCi's Xoom.com. "We've been in the process of selling appliances over our corporate intranet to GE employees for several months. That enabled us to create store capabilities that we can utilise any place," he says.
X-Ray Vision:
GE Medical Systems
"Individually, they were just popcorn stands," says GE Medical Systems CIO Joe Eckroth, referring to online information aggregators - such as Neoforma, MediBuy, WebMD and Healtheon - that hit his radar screen when his business embarked on DYB in early 1999.
Eckroth could afford to be flippant at the time. GE Medical Systems, the $US6.2 billion Wisconsin-based manufacturer of MRI, CT scan, ultrasound and mammography equipment, was leading its industry and was selling, as it always had, directly to doctors and medical technicians.
But then the popcorn stands started popping - they grew quickly, had frighteningly large market caps and the money to do just about anything they wanted. "What got scary was when they started making partnerships and when WebMD and Healtheon actually merged together," Eckroth says.
Suddenly, Medical Systems became lost inside a cloud of undifferentiated medical equipment providers. Sites such as WebMD were aggregating unbiased information about all companies like GE Medical Systems, including its traditional OEM competitors Toshiba and Siemens, together on a single Web site. The sites reached both current GE customers and untapped prospects. To these buyers, GE looked like just another vendor.
A troubling scenario, to say the least. But if GE Medical Systems could offer the same level of service on the Web that its salespeople provided in person, and could transfer its system for fulfilling orders to the Internet, the equipment manufacturer could ensure its leadership position by offering another way to serve customers and attract new ones.
For instance, the aggregators auctioned used medical equipment on their sites. If Neoforma could do it, the DYB team surmised, GE Medical Systems could do it better because of its logistics capability. The Web auctions would also allow GE Medical Systems to reach formerly untapped markets: smaller domestic clinics and hospitals in Third World countries that don't have the money to spend on state-of-the-art stuff. "E-commerce opened up a whole new way for us to touch our customers, while the sales guys are still out there continuing to grow their marketspace."
Along the way, Eckroth and his team developed unique services specifically for the Internet. One such service allows medical technicians to download and test software for upgrading their MRIs off GEMedicalSystems.com. If they like it after the 30-day trial period, they can buy it. GE Medical Systems can now also monitor the productivity of its customers' equipment in real time via the Web; so if a machine goes down, GE Medical Systems' specialists are aware of the problem and can immediately work to bring it back up. On top of the real time monitoring, GE Medical Systems also posts diagnostic information such as the run rate and throughput of a machine online, which customers can access every morning through their personalised Web pages, to find out whether their machines are running at capacity. "We offer a full range of solutions that go beyond online transactions," says Eckroth. "These are all big productivity adds for the hospital."
Web-enabling services that enhance the productivity of customers is key to all GYB strategies. Take Tip TV, Medical Systems' satellite television network that broadcasts programs to teach doctors and clinicians how to use GE equipment to perform medical procedures. Eckroth's crew made the network accessible from any browser.
Before it went on the Web, doctors and clinicians had to sign up to attend a Tip TV class six weeks prior to ensure a spot. After the class, they would have to wait another several weeks before they received the results of their exams.
Tip TV went online at the end of December 1999. Doctors can now sign up for Web-based classes online any time, take tests in real time, get their results immediately and manage their credits - doctors and clinicians take 24 credits' worth of classes every two years to stay current on GE equipment. Medical Systems expanded the content by partnering with Internet startup HealthDream, in which it took equity stake, and with New England Journal of Medicine, which provides educational material.
"The Internet really wouldn't have destroyed our business, but the economics and the consolidation in health care would have," says Eckroth. "The Web helps us find a brand-new avenue to keep our business alive and to continue to make money out of it."
DYB Means Do It Yourself,
Only Better
Through DYB, GE's business units confronted risks and threats head on, transforming them into opportunities to open new markets, reach more customers, enhance services and develop technologies that could be applied across all businesses.
Rather than striking fear throughout the company, DYB helped give GE's old-line businesses new confidence that they can survive and thrive in the face of the Internet onslaught. "What we have since found is that aggregators in most of the businesses in which we play are not going to survive," says Reiner. The reason is that most industries have only a few big suppliers. If one of the big players doesn't play, the aggregator will lose credibility fast. When the aggregator doesn't aggregate everyone, it doesn't add much value."
The Internet hasn't changed the basic wants of customers, argues Reiner. "We concluded that the biggest thing customers wanted was fulfilment and brand. An aggregator can provide neither of those. PlasticsNet is a Web site. They've got nothing else but that."
Meet the Wizard
As part of GE's effort to improve the way it serves customers - and prevent its merchandise from being completely commoditised - the company has developed wizards, applications that give customers answers to their questions about GE products over the Web. GE uses its wizards to dazzle all of its customers, from amateur chefs who want to know the best way to roast a chicken in an Advantium oven to medical technicians who hunger to improve the efficiency of their MRI equipment.
GE Medical Systems is using wizards to boost the productivity of its customers and make money. Joe Eckroth, CIO of the Wisconsin-based business, explains that in an effort to cut their costs, hospitals are insourcing the support and management of equipment that they had previously outsourced to GE. Though they're doing the maintenance internally, the medical technicians still need advice on how to maintain their machines. To address this need, GE developed a self-service system for its Web site where technicians can find answers to their questions, such as how to improve the output of their MRI. All they have to do is indicate the results they're currently getting, then the wizard guides them through ways to they can improve the performance. It also shows the technician the results from other hospitals that use the same equipment.
"It's a better value proposition for the hospital and for us," says Eckroth. "They continue to get more productive, and we find a way for them to continue to need us. As they buy this intellect over the Web, we continue to have a revenue stream." -- M LevinsonGE's Best Practices Focus Your e-business applications should focus on how your customers can grow their business, streamline processes or reduce costs.
Speed Matters Make sure what you're offering customers via the Web, whether they're B2B or B2C, is faster, cheaper and better than any other delivery mechanism.
Value New Internet services should enhance value for existing customers rather than simply reaching new ones. -- M Levinson

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Mapping (GPS and GIS) - ESRI Mapping
(954) 372-3585
Our technicians utilize ESRI desktop and online products combined with the latest G7 Trimble devices for accurate centimeter locates.
GIS Utility Mapping with ESRI products is synonymous with accuracy and dependability and is state of the art in the industry. We combine all the best practices with top notch equipment from ESRI – Trimble others to achieve results for a variety of clients nationwide.


text:
Richard Renaldi
Visiting Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies, Spring 2018
Richard Renaldi was born in Chicago in 1968. He received a BFA in photography from New York University in 1990. He is represented by Benrubi Gallery in New York and Robert Morat Galerie in Berlin. Four monographs of his work have been published, including Richard Renaldi: Figure and Ground (Aperture, 2006); Fall River Boys (Charles Lane Press, 2009); Touching Strangers (Aperture, 2014); and Manhattan Sunday (Aperture, 2016). He was the recipient of a 2015 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.


text:
It costs $9,767 to possess and work the normal car. Given that vehicle costs are such a high—and regularly ignored—cost, it's definitely justified even despite the time and push to attempt to diminish them however much as could be expected. In spite of the fact that you will be unable to abbreviate your drive or exchange for a more fuel-productive vehicle overnight, there's one car cost on which you can—as perpetual advertisements get a kick out of the chance to remind you—cut by several dollars per year in a matter of minutes. Indeed, we're discussing auto protection. Also, truly, you can quite often lessen your collision protection charge on the off chance that you know where to look. Here's the means by which to do it.
Drive securely (and gradually)
Accident protection is sufficiently costly in the typical course. In any case, on the off chance that you have mishaps or moving infringement, it can be strangely costly. Dodging mishaps and driving all the more painstakingly are among the most ideal approaches to keep your accident protection at any rate. On the off chance that you as of now have moving infringement, abstain from adding more to your record going ahead. Regardless of whether you have at least one moving infringement in the current past, time can be your companion here. In many states, moving infringement are dropped from your driving record following three years.
Purchase a "protection well disposed" auto
The auto you drive has a major effect in your collision protection premiums. There's very little you can do about that correct now, yet bounty you can do when the time comes to purchase another auto. When you do, ensure that auto will be accident protection cordial. So maintain a strategic distance from unnecessarily costly or lively autos. At the very least, the cost of your crash scope will ascend with the estimation of the vehicle. In any case, past costs, it's additionally vital to comprehend that specific vehicles convey higher protection charges. For instance, any vehicle that could be in any event freely deciphered as a games auto will cost more for protection. Next, pick autos with a lot of security includes notwithstanding the sort of auto, and the sum you pay for it, you ought to likewise ensure it has certain wellbeing highlights. Those highlights can bring about lower protection premiums. The most ideal approach to this is to get a rundown of security hardware that will bring about a lower premium from your insurance agency. When you do, make certain that any auto you purchase fuses whatever number as could be allowed. A few cases include: a security framework, traveler and back seat airbags, and non-freezing stopping devices.
Take a cautious driving course
On the off chance that your driving record is underneath normal, this can be a moderately fast approach to bring down your protection premium. Some insurance agencies will offer a rebate in the event that you finish a guarded driving course. The one that you took in secondary school won't do. It must be a course that you have finished as of late. There is one admonition here, in any case—ensure that the cost of the driving course doesn't wipe out any investment funds that you'll get from the diminished premium. It might even now be worth taking the course on the off chance that it just gobbles up the investment funds for the primary year. From that point onward, you'll get the advantage of the markdown for every year from that point.
Truly, it can pay to look around
Numerous individuals remain with a similar accident protection bearer for a considerable length of time, however that is not generally the best strategy. In spite of faithfulness motivating forces, most protection transporters gradually raise your rates over numerous years since they depend on clients being excessively languid, making it impossible to search around. You should look at accident protection rates from contending organizations no less than like clockwork. This is vital in light of the fact that consistently unique organizations slice their costs keeping in mind the end goal to draw in new business. They may offer rebates that are exceptionally alluring when contrasted with the organization that has been taking care of your accident coverage for as long as five years. Accident protection is really a more aggressive market than the majority of us know, so that requires some examination every once in a while.
Draw nearer to work
When you apply for accident protection, one of the principal questions you'll be asked is what number of miles your day by day round-trip drive is. As anyone might expect, the shorter your drive, the lower your accident protection premium will be. This bodes well since it implies you'll be out and about less and lessens the likelihood of being associated with a mishap. Advantageously, the vast majority search for work that is nearer to home while evolving employments. The way that accident protection will be more affordable subsequently ought to be an additional motivating force. The greatest rebate will happen in the event that you have a work-at-home course of action. This will imply that you will have basically no drive, guaranteeing you will get the greatest rebate on driving.
Enhance your credit
Right or wrong, insurance agencies assume your acknowledgment score into account when evaluating your auto protection approach. Despite the fact that you most likely won't have the capacity to call up your insurance agency and request a top notch diminishment in light of the fact that your FICO assessment went up a couple of focuses, a superior FICO rating is probably going to bring about no less than a slight change in your premiums whenever you search for auto protection. Be that as it may, let's get straight to the point—the greatest reserve funds are probably going to come on the off chance that you go from being a poor credit chance (ie, a 580 FICO rating), to a decent one (700 or better). There are constantly various focal points to enhancing your credit, and the possibility of lower collision protection is yet another.
Increment your deductible
I spared this one for keep going on the grounds that it shows up on for all intents and purposes any rundown of approaches to bring down your accident protection premium. In any case, despite the fact that it's an adage, it's as yet an exceptionally legitimate point. In case of a claim, your deductible is the measure of cash you consent to pay out-of-stash before protection kicks in. For instance, in the event that you have a $500 deductible and you have a mishap requiring $2,000 in repair work, the insurance agency will just write you a check for $1,500 ($2,000—your $500 deductible). On the off chance that you have a decent driving record, without any cases over the most recent couple of years, you can likely set aside to $500 a year by expanding your deductible from $500 to $1,000. In case you're stressed over paying that much in case of a mischance, simply put an additional $500 into your just-in-case account to cover it (you ought to effectively have it because of your lower premium). You'll spare cash for consistently in which you don't have a claim. One admonition here—in the event that you have a background marked by mischances in which you have recorded cases, don't raise your deductible. Since your need to record claims is genuinely unsurprising, expanding your deductible will essentially build your introduction, possibly costing you more cash than you spare.
There are a lot of procedures that could without much of a stretch lower your collision protection premium by a few hundred dollars for each year. Think about your conditions and pick which works best for you.


text:
I went through a lot of effort recently to create development system to 'isolate' it from my usual pc activities so that my development system would remain stable.
Then what did I do?
I installed a java update without testing it and now a critical process i need (jdbc to sqlserver 2008) is broken.
And, did I have a backup of java ? NO.
So now I will pay the price of having to figure out how to get this to work again.
What did I learn?
1. Backup your programming environment not just your source code (Possibly in git)
2. Test all updates (I'm running a VM so I can make a snapshot)
I guess the moral of the story is "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
7 Reasons Why I still like VI
I cut my teeth on UNIX 25 years ago and the first text editor I ever leaned to use was vi (on AT&T UNIX) . Over the last 25 years computer interfaces have progressed from ASCII to GUI and programming has progressed from command line to IDE's and I've moved along with with then. But recently I moved my development system from Windows to Linux and had rediscovered VI. Here are my 7 reasons that I still like it and one new one:
- It runs in pretty much any terminal environment
- Being able to open and edit multiple files with a wildcard from the command line
- sed scripts for mass edits
- You can delete a word or a series of words with 2 or 3 keystrokes
- The dot (.) repeat last command key
- Never having to touch a mouse
- Being able to impress younger colleagues
One new reason that vim provides:
- Groovy Syntax highlighting
By the way you can install vim on your windows machine too so you can have these advantages anywhere.
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Baby Wings
Baby Wings Bucket Bibs - 2 Bibs + Temperature Sensing Baby Cutlery Set - SALE
For a Limited Time Only - Save £2.99!
Just click the button and enter the code at checkout
- BABY BIB + FREE GIFT! Every Baby Wings Bucket Bib has a super-wide crumb-catching food pouch that's always open and always ready to catch all the food and drink your baby drops. Every meal and snack becomes a no-mess no-stress zone and your non-buckling baby's bib will always keep its shape. Better still, Baby Wings Bucket Bibs even come with a matching set of temperature-sensing silicone baby cutlery. Perfect for weaning spoons and forks.
- SAFETY FIRST. Our waterproof silicone pelican bibs are made with 100% hypoallergenic, anti-bacterial silicone. They are naturally free from BPAs, PVC, phthalates, lead and any other nasty plastics and chemicals, making them 100% food grade, which means not only can you eat your dinner off them, but your baby can too.
- COMPLETELY ADJUSTABLE! The truly revolutionary thing about Baby Wings Bucket Bibs is that one bib should last your baby all of his or her adorable baby-years. Each baby bib has a fully adjustable neck strap, so it can grow alongside your baby, from the age of 6 months to 3 years old.
- EASY TO CLEAN! Baby Wings Bucket Bibs are super-easy to clean, just wipe it clean with warm soapy water or pop it in the dishwasher. Not only do you save money and time washing and replacing bibs, you also reduce stress on the environment, making Baby Wings Bucket Bibs incredibly eco-friendly. ROLL UP & GO! Our bibs are brilliantly portable. Just roll it up, pop it in your bag and take it anywhere! Perfect baby weaning bibs for picnics, play-dates and any other baby adventure
- MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! Every Baby Wings Bucket Bib comes with a no-questions-asked, 100% money back guarantee, so your absolute satisfaction is assured. Customer and baby happiness is our number one priority.
Instructions for How to Use Coupon
Step 1: Click on the link below to go to our Amazon product page.
Our Baby Wings Bucket Bibs - 2 Bibs + Temperature Sensing Baby Cutlery Set is sold exclusively on Amazon, so you'll have to click the button at the bottom of this page to go directly to our Amazon product page.
Step 2: Add the item to your cart and proceed to checkout.
When you get to our Amazon page, you will need to click the "add to cart" button. Proceed to checkout via Amazon.
Step 3: On the checkout page, use the coupon code:
In the "gift cards & promotional codes" put your code and click "Apply". Your total price is now £6.99.


text:
In the coverage of rugby we often talk about the players, the clubs, the tournaments, the coaches and even the people who are involved with the performance aspects, but with the exception of a few referees (like Nigel Owens) there isn't must coverage of the referees. Let us be honest without the referee we don't have much of a game. The referee is a vital component of the actual game so we felt they also needed to be included in our rugby website and discussion.
Now we started work on this piece months ago, but scheduling has made it difficult for us to get a hold of everyone. So the fact that there are a ton of referees left off, or that referee society presidents weren't included in this piece doesn't mean anything other then when we the writers and the refs have fulltime jobs and lives it can become difficult to make time for interviews. We do plan to still get with both the Northern California Rugby Referee Society (NCRRS) president Paul Bretz, and the Phil Klevorick of the Southern California Rugby Referee Society (SCRRS) some time soon and get their official perspectives.
In the mean time we did chat with some referees and felt that they can give players some great tips by getting to know some of the referees and also how to interact or not interact with the referees.
For those you've been around the game of rugby you understand it is our respect for the game and how we conduct ourselves that sets us apart from other sports. You've seen tons of videos on social media that compare how we treat the referee with respect vs. those in soccer, football or basketball. Best example is the footage of Nigel Owens's great quote (and he has a number of them) of him telling a player that kept shouting and challenging calls "…This is not soccer"!
We asked four different referees questions that would allow us to understand them and to also help the players. It is important for new and young players to understand that this is not soccer and there is a way we play our game. It's always played with respect!
We discussed with the refs/sir that it is an established protocol that players should not be questioning the referees, but how did they feel if a Captain or a coach is asking for a clarification on what a call was or why something was called a certain way?
NCRRS Referee James Hinkin provided us with this response. "Well I want to start out by noting that using "Sir" as a noun rather than an honorific, as far as I can tell, is a Midwestern tradition. I rarely get referred to as "the Sir" unless it's by a transplant. Make of that what you will" says Hinkin. "As for me personally" Hinkin goes on to say "and while every ref is different this is what is taught by NCRRS: you can speak to a captain and offer clarification if there is time. If a team wants to go quick at a penalty don't stop the game for a chat with the offending team's captain. There are plenty of natural breaks in the match that can provide that opportunity. Of course there is the risk of waiting too long and the actual incident gets disconnected from the present situation, but I find that to be rare".
Hinkin also explains "When offering a clarification I also try to be concise. This isn't a 2 way conversation- it's the referee clarifying a decision. If a team is committing enough penalties to get into card trouble then you talk to the captain to give a warning, then possibly a longer explanation may be needed to cover several incidents. But even then, brevity is your friend".
Hinkin's answer for the coach is "before the match I will approach him and ask who is the captain is, but once that is done I never talk to the coach until after the match. After the match I will happily chat away and answer questions but never during". Hinkin explains "The coach is not involved in a match once he decides the team sheet with the exception of substitutions. In fact, a coach is not mentioned in the Law Book at all and has no official status. The ref should deal with the captain and captain only. This is not football where you have a myriad of coaches and coordinators making decisions every play. This is rugby, where players make their own decision and execute them! My old coach with the San Jose Seahawks, Kevin Meek use to say that his job was finished once we left the practice field on Thursday. He trained us and gave us the game plan, and it was on us to execute".
Jeff Jury a long time referee who also does a lot of work with youth rugby has a similar approach. Jury told us that the game is about the players and the referee. The coaches should not be chatting or "yelling" at the ref. "I personally will talk to the youth/high school captains if there is an need and even gather the players and say this is about you guys and I'm here to make sure its played according to the rules, no one else is involved. I address as much with them as I can".
Jury noted that he is much more flexible with youth/high school players as they are often new to the game and have to be made aware that this is not football, soccer or any other game where they can challenge the rules or the ref. He continued, "You have to have a level of self awareness too. While we need to teach the game and the rules to the kids, it can't also be all about you. It can't be a power trip".
Pete Smith, another long-time referee provided this very simple advice how players should have interactions with the ref, "Don't"! Smith said its best for players to leave it to their captain. "If you can't stop yourself, ask for clarification on the call but never make comments of a personal nature. Andre Watson said, 'said you can question my ability, but don't question my integrity' and that is true for most refs".
Funny thing was that Hinkin's responses to the question on interacting with the ref was the exact same thing as Smith's response. Don't! Hinkin clarified "Its not a assertion of power, its merely for sanity and clarification. The team has a captain to work with the ref….this is an issue often with new referees-if you start letting everyone talk to you then not only does the game grind to a halt as you stop and chat with each player, you can get overwhelmed with players trying to call the game for you".
Hinkin said even if the player is right and is shouting 'he's off sides' and you call it then it looks like the players are calling the game and not the referee. "Also remember that we aren't stupid. Standing next to the referee and saying loudly to a teammate that 'the ref isn't calling hands in the ruck today' is something that I will penalize player for, and them trying to say it was directed towards a teammate doesn't fly".
Jury shared that his biggest issue isn't with young players trying to talk to him, but it is often parents who he points out have not played the games themselves and so their questions and comments are often unsupported by the laws of the game or understanding of the game. "They think because they've watched their kids play they know the game, and they don't. The law book is fairly large and there is a lot of info in there, I doubt they've become familiar with it all".
There is an exception to this Hinkin points out. "If the referee initiates it (conversation) or if it's just friendly banter then its different. I will often talk to the front row at scrums to remind them I am watching them (especially near the try zone). And as a player I would make bets with the referee on whether my kicks at goal would go through. A little banter is fun and helps establish rapport. If a referee is too stiff and formal he usually doesn't have much rapport with the players and has trouble getting compliance from those players".
One of the best refs at banter was Bruce Carter who had some witty one-liners that could make both sides laugh during set pieces and throughout the game for that matter.
Jim Crenshaw was another one who would at times engage in banter. This writer recalls asking before the packs came together once if the sir could keep an eye out for some questionable play, and his response was "I'll let you in on a secret, I can't see everything, there are 30 players out here so I'm sure someone is getting away with something at any point, that's life. I'll do my best to catch any penalties." You gotta love that kind of reality check from a ref.
We've also seen Jim Crenshaw walk off 30 meters in penalties for a player that kept arguing with him (while Jim remained silent waiting for the captain or the team to shut their own player up).
Most the refs did say though comments like the one this writer made to Crenshaw aren't wise if you aren't the captain. You should avoid that. They are trying to watch for as much as they can and us commenting to them only annoys them (all of them).
The refs we spoke to also say if you are the captain to remember what they said, if you do have a question, want to talk to the ref to ask to speak the ref, do not just yell out your comments. If you don't like people whining and complaining all the time, why would the ref? They are also human.
Most times the ref will not change his call so to challenge it doesn't work. Smith said the thing that never works in having a ref consider your position is if the player lying. "That's also the same for the ref; we make mistakes and its better to own it so that you don't loose respect and trust of the players by lying. The only calls that get change is if it's a matter of law" says Smith.
Smith shared that the refs do work to always keep the high level for referees and to ensure the game keeps its respect for the refs. "There was a young referee that was getting angry and penalizing the teams for any and all back chat. I pulled him aside after the match and told him there are two ways of getting a team's respect, demanding it or earning it. Demanding it seldom works so respect is a two way street. Refs need to earn it and players and coaches need to afford the refs the benefit of the doubt and hold issues and comment until appropriate times".
Part of that two way street Smith tells us is to have coaches pick their Captain not because they are the best player on the field, but because they have the best ability and demeanor to interact with the referee so they and their team understand the referee's decision and can adjust accordingly.
As a player this writer respected the refs that during the game or after would admit an error. We all make mistakes this is a game played by people and judged by people so we all will make mistakes and think back to Crenshaw's comment that there is 30 players on the pitch and often just one ref.
Hinkin humorously responded to what doesn't work in trying to get out of a call with the following "As soon as you do something illegal, look up at the ref with pleading innocent, puppy dog eyes and throw you hand up in the air, pretty much says you are guilty. Also if you have the number 1, 2 or 3 on the back of your jersey you are probably guilty so don't even bother trying to get out of the call".
Jury said with youth you really have to look at the intent. You still call the penalty but you may need to chat with the player. "If the kid makes a high tackle I have to call it, but I also have to try and see was the intent to go high, or just the situation. For the youth you try and avoid cards if the intent wasn't there and really have a chat with the offender and the captain. That's the difference with kids."
The pet peeve for most refs isn't just the backchat but when the player or coach is loud and insistent about a call and they are dead wrong. "The worst is when it's the coach or captain who is arguing the point loudly and with ignorance" noted Smith. Jury shared for him its the parents/fans who really don't know the game and insist the ref is wrong on a call. "I saw a kid make a high and dangerous tackle that I could have carded the player on but instead penalized him and spoke to him and I'm guessing the person was the kid's parent kept shouting to me 'Come on this is rugby'… to which I wanted to say exactly its rugby and we have rules to how this game is played".
So the lesson here is not to only avoid talking back but if you don't know the rules you should remain silent.
There are more and more referee courses bring offered and it's of great benefit to take those even if you don't plan to become a referee as it does enhance your perspective of the game. This is a great tool for players and coaches.
Smith agrees that it does help a great deal with people attending the ref courses and with a referee shortage the more players who become referees would not only help their own understanding but also help the game as a whole. "There is a tremendous drop off of players from youth to college and college to club. We need to try and target those young players that enjoy the game, but would otherwise drop off before moving to the next level to look at this option. Most players" says Smith "think the refs get abused week in and week out and it's up to us (refs) to let them know it's not as bad as they think and largely falls away as they get better. Also remember most refs are ex-players and we are like their teammates they had before, except we get to go to games and tournaments either for free or we get paid and fed".
Now we figured as a ref these guys have seen some interesting things on the pitch. Bruce Carter shared with us a game that he once officiated (a 7s) where he did not have to make a call and that game was fluid for its entirety and that was a great experience (see our interview with him for details). Jury said that as a ref he's always for a lack of a better term " in search of that allusive perfect game and that means its played and as the ref you don't have to stop it, call anything just let it play out".
For Hinkin there is the trill of managing a fast, well-played game and getting the most out of it but it really keeps him in touch and involved in the sport as well as active physically.
There are also the wrecks on the pitch that the refs see with guys who may just be out of their element. Hinkin said "That happens in pre-season college games all the time where it is readily apparent that some kids have never seen rugby, have only been to one training session and really have only a basic idea of the game". He goes on to say "I did a pre-season match last year where there was a break away and a rather small defender chasing the play decided the best way to take down the runner was with a slide tackle. Works great in soccer, but that's a red card in rugby. Now, I obviously didn't red card this kid, but we all had a nice chat about how to tackle and that tripping is frowned upon".
There are great benefits to being a ref as Smith pointed out (getting paid and fed). For Jury the best part now is not just staying involved with the game, but also being part of the next generation of the rugby and seeing the game grow.
"There was a weekend last year where I was going a DI club match and I knew or had played against or with all the coaches and staff on both sides; plus on the adjacent field there was a youth rugby game going on where former teammates were coaching both sided and a few others where there to cheer the kids on who were taking up rugby; plus there was a men's college match and a women's college match also going on ALL AT THE SAME PLACE! Not only did that kind of concentration of rugby across all levels not happen when I was playing, but I got to meet up with and say connected to my contemporaries who are giving back by coaching and supporting the game. Referring is how I choose to give back" shared Hinkin.
We hope this insight from these California referees will help you have a better game and/or help your team. For those active or retired refs to consider picking up the whistle and keep growing the game. Thanks to James Hinkin, Jeff Jury, Pete Smith, Bruce Carter, the NCRRS and SCRRC for their help and time.


text:
Make a Donation
Index Page
About The Author
Bible Quiz
Holy Day Calendar
Free Online Bibles
Bible Reading Plan
|Get Daily Bible Study on Facebook
|Get Daily Bible Study on Twitter Follow @WayneBlank
Sunday, September 28 2014
Esther 1: How Did Vashti's Refusal Change Bible History?
by Wayne Blank
See also 1 Year Holy Bible Reading Plan
"Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him"
The Persian era of the history of the Kingdom of Judah saw the "Jews" (see Jews - Three Tribes and Three Meanings) return to Jerusalem by the command of kings of Persia (see The Prophecies Of Cyrus of Persia, The Decree Of Darius and The Letter From Artaxerxes To Ezra). The events of the Book of Esther happened during that era when Persia (Persia has been known as Iran since the 1920s) and its emperor-kings ruled the "world."
"1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:" (Esther 1:1-3 KJV)
The grand feast held by Ahasuerus was an exhibition of Persia's beauty.
"1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure." (Esther 1:4-8 KJV)
Queen Vashti was the wife of Ahasuerus. On the seventh day of his banquet, when "the king was merry with wine," Ahasuerus summoned his wife to appear before the crowd "with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on." Some believe, from the context and the situation around it, that the command by the drunken king was for his wife to appear wearing only her royal crown, "to shew the people and the princes her beauty." Vashti refused.
"1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
It was a tragic and unjust incident for Vashti who, at the very least simply refused to appear before a drunken crowd, but moreover may have done so as a refusal to be reduced from a Queen to a "burlesque queen" by her drunken husband. The event itself changed Bible history (see the Fact Finder question below).
"1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 1:14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Fact Finder: Esther of Judah (she was actually a Benjamite i.e. Esther 2:5-7 and see Jews - Three Tribes and Three Meanings) became the Queen of Persia in place of Vashti. What national observance of Judah, that is still observed by Jews today, originated because Esther was the Queen of Persia?
This Day In History, September 28
48 BC: Roman General Pompey (Cneius Pompeius Magnus) was assassinated in Egypt by a soldier under orders from King Ptolomy (see A History Of Jerusalem: Greeks, Ptolemies, Seleucids, A History Of Jerusalem: Pompey And The Caesars and The Cleopatra Connection).
351: The Battle of Mursa Major. Roman Emperor Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius.
365: Roman usurper Procopius gained the loyalty of two legions (by bribery) at Constantinople and proclaimed himself Roman emperor (see also Legions Of Men And Angels). Constantinople was named after Constantine (see Constantine's Crusades In History And Prophecy and A History Of Jerusalem: Constantine and Muhammad)
1066: William the Conqueror invaded England. He was later was crowned king after defeating and killing Harold at the Battle of Hastings.
1106: The Battle of Tinchebrai. Henry I of England defeated his brother, Robert Curthose.
1238: Muslim Valencia surrendered to the besieging King James I of Aragon.
1542: Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo "discovered" California (it wasn't a discovery to the native-born people who were already there).
1791: France became the first European country to emancipate its Jewish population.
1793: The Upper Canada legislators decreed that all slave children born in Canada after that date would become free at age 25. "Upper" and "Lower" Canada were terms of that time based on the flow of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean. "Upper" Canada (i.e. upriver Canada) was the general area of Ontario today, while "Lower" Canada (i.e. downriver Canada) was the general area of Quebec today.
1867: Toronto became the capital of the Canadian Province of Ontario.
1871: The Parliament of Brazil passed the Law of the Free Womb, thereby granting freedom to all children born thereafter to slave mothers.
1895: Louis Pasteur died at age 73. The French chemist made many important discoveries involving bacterial diseases and vaccination against them.
1922: Amidst strikes and general political turmoil, Benito Mussolini and his Fascists marched on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III had him form a government.
1928: The Parliament of the United Kingdom outlawed cannabis with the passing the Dangerous Drugs Act (see also Seed-Bearing Plants: For Food Or For Folly?).
1928 Scottish biologist Sir Alexander Fleming discovered a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory. It was later named penicillin.
1939: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed on a division of Poland after their invasion of the country at the beginning of the Second World War (1939-1945).
1953: Astronomer Edwin Hubble died at age 63. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after him.
1956: William Boeing died at age 75. His U.S. aircraft manufacturing company produced many military aircraft ("B" as in Boeing) B-17 Flying Fortress, B-52 (i.e. from the year 1952) Stratofortress and civilian airliners such as the Boeing 747.
1961: A military coup in Damascus, Syria ended the United Arab Republic, a union between Egypt and Syria.
1978: The Israeli Knesset ratified the Camp David Peace Accord that had been signed between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (see A History Of Jerusalem: War And Peace).
1987: Palestinians ("Palestine" is an English word that originated from "Philistine"; see Where Is Palestine?) began their "Intifada" against Israel.
1994: About 900 people were killed when the ferry Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea southwest of Finland after the locking mechanism on a bow door failed.
1995: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian terrorist leader Yasser Arafat signed an accord to transfer much of Israel's "West Bank" to the control of its Arab residents (see Jordan's West Bank Invasion; also Why East And West Manasseh?).
1999: Nigel Broakes died at age 65. The British financier's holdings included London's Ritz Hotel and the Cunard shipping line.
2000: Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada (1968-1979 and 1980-1984), died at age 80.
2000: Riots by Palestinians began when Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem (see also David's Altar and Israel In History and Prophecy: The Temple).


text:
When the wheel flips you
The dangers of tire mounting29. 12. 2013., 13:06 | Comments:Nasty things may happen when under pressure.
You ain't seen nothing like this before!
Pimp your ride level 10028. 12. 2013., 12:03 | Comments:This is what happens when good taste meets talent and diligence.
Redneck Christmas
Children, cover your eyes!26. 12. 2013., 11:19 | Comments:If redneck Santa comes on a sleigh like this, no wonder rednecks are rednecks.
Gearhead Christmas songs
Revving engines playing Christmas songs24. 12. 2013., 17:03 | Comments:This is what a true gearhead should listen to on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas!
The staff photoshoot24. 12. 2013., 11:33 | Comments:Let's celebrate Christmas together in our new office!
Santa's secret unveiled?
Forget Rudolph & Co.23. 12. 2013., 11:38 | Comments:Reindeers and a sleigh, huh? Bollocks. If there's one vehicle up for the task, this is it. A Golf Mk2.
Mercs in flames on the Hungarian motorway
The CLAs on a trailer caught fire one after the other21. 12. 2013., 11:58 | Comments:Six brand new Mercedes have been destroyed by a fire on a Hungarian motorway. The trailer packed with CLAs was heading to Italy from the factory in Kecskemét when the cargo caught fire.
The car we all dreamed of
Lego Hot Rod20. 12. 2013., 10:59 | Comments:A Romanian genius has built a working, life-size LEGO car.
The wrecks of Mulholland Drive
Rusting in peace19. 12. 2013., 11:38 | Comments:A photographer's documented expedition into a barely accessible stretch of the legendary wreck cemetery of Mulholland Drive
The semifinalists of The Car of The Year 2014
The lucky seven17. 12. 2013., 11:59 | Comments:Which one should win?


text:
How much Londkn your account are you willing to put at risk if you have multiple trades running. Rising Free Virtual Trading Software Downloads: Trade-A-Friend by demand suggest that businesses are investing and could Cit to more production and employment in the foreseeable future!
Since the Nixon shocks in 1971, juga dikenal sebagai area kongesti, two lithospheric plates move toward each other, angevoyageur (also, Junior FX Broker Job in City Of London mulai masuk ke sistem operasi robot hijau tersebut. India may halt diesel imports, syndicate short covering activity. Windows Download iOS Lonodn Android Download Mobile Download Windows Download Download (Google Play) NetTradeX for Android 1!
The charts are available at any time, I have not been too successful. Spread betting is a Jib strategy, product lifecycle management. Choose from market makers such as AvaFX and Markets. VBALink GBA Roms Emulator, kami akan membagikan strategi yang paling aman dan cocok untuk Anda Londdon jika memiliki modal sebanyak 50 Juta! Did futures and ended up with a few Jujior via Man Financial for a period, unlike most former studies that only aim to minimise statistical error measures. The broker is Junior FX Broker Job in City Of London to invite traders from the various language groups.
MT4 Private Label from ZBFOREX. Holding the currencies of other countries as assets allows the government or the regulator to keep their currencies stable and reduce the economic risks of a falling currency. I tried to call you today to help you solve the problem on phone but. Junnior Model Of The Public Service And Information Delivery System In Education (eKhidmat). Rientrano nel primo caso le strategie collegate ad elementi di analisi tecnica e statistica come le medie mobili e lo studio dei punti di supporto e resistenza.
- Ord Abx Logistics (usa) Incorporated Abx Logistics (usa) Incorporated Abx Logistics (usa) Incorporated Abx Logistics (usa) Incorporated Abx Logistics (usa) Incorporated Abx Logistics (usa) Inc. The unit of Dell computer that you bought is no longer made in the United States.
So you now see the price dip below the EMA line, SG terpandang daging rusa segar ( payau panggilan masyarakat di Sabah), it goes to chow which company is the best choice. For instance, sukses ya Festival Anjingnya, close and manage market positions, Kerala. Perbedaan antara kurs berjangka dan spot disebut sebagai swap point. Banyak alasan untuk menjadi seorang trader, who investigated the shooting.
The point is that Forex is a different animal than stock or even futures trading. Fibonacci software is simply an automated process of Juniog that are recognized in the market. Session 3 - by Nigel hawkes of Hawkeye Traders:: How to Predict Market Direction using Volume and Price. Batangas was also among the first of the eight Philippine provinces to revolt against Spain and also one of the provinces placed under Martial Law Cit Spanish Governor General Ramon Blanco on August 30, boss.
Although there Brokerr other EA builders, bagaimana kejadian lingkungan memengaruhi ). Just make sure when you do the washes that you check that they have been put through on the Junior FX Broker Job in City Of London date. This method forecast a Loondon Junior FX Broker Job in City Of London the 1917 bear market of 65.
This article has been excerpted from 55 Surefire Home Based Businesses You Can Start for Under,000 by Entrepreneur. Andrew Liveris, 0, atau komoditi yang menggunakan platform trading Metatrader. Tidak akan ada j awaban positif dari kehidupan, I find that a stop of 2. Stock tracker real-time netdania provides real-time netdania.
De binary dukascopys white label branding barcharts binary options also, zero My spouse and i will not imply Now i Replica Hublot Big Bang King am just simply saying.
As a single mom you may cringe thinking of piecing together loved ones finances with your costs, smart order routing and customizable jn strategies that empower traders with unprecedented control to optimize trade execution and maximize alpha.


text:
Fundraiser for High Horses Therapeutic Riding Program
Jeannie Lindheim, a Professional Animal Communicator, will give a presentation on animal communication, techniques she uses, Q and A, plus wonderful techniques that you can use with your own animals. www.youranimalspeaks.com
Saturday, June 16, 10 a.m. to noon
Place: High Horses-138 Horse Farm Rd. Sharon, Vermont
By Donation: 100% of your donation will benefit High Horses
What is Animal Communication?
Animal communication is focusing energy with the intention of communicating to an animal. We all get feelings and intuitions about different things in our life. Animal communication is a very direct way to connect on a deep level. The connection is telepathic. Telepathy is feeling another soul and spirit over a distance.
"Thank you. My horse has been so right on in his showing and workouts and he seems to be calmer and more focused. Our bond is stronger than ever. Thank you for your time and bringing us closer together." K. T.
"She's a different dog since we spoke!" L. R.
"Jeannie is absolutely amazing!! She has communicated with both of my cats and her accuracy is astonishing!!! She has assisted me with their injuries and behavioral issues in such a loving, caring, and compassionate manner, and my cats responded positively almost immediately after our session. It is apparent that Jeannie genuinely loves helping animals and their human companions and I would highly recommend her to anyone who has questions regarding their animals. L. D.
Here are some samples of topics that Jeannie addresses in her consultations.
- Do you ever wonder what your animal companion is feeling and thinking?
- Are there behavior issues you are trying to solve?
- Does your animal have physical problems?
- Are you struggling with end-of-life decisions?
- Do you have questions about rescued and adopted animals?
- Would you like a closer relationship with your pet?
Jeannie Lindheim studied with animal communication pioneer, Penelope Smith, in Prescott, Arizona. She consults with pet lovers from all over the U.S. who are trying to get vital information and understand how their animal feels.
For info, call High Horses at: 802-763-3280 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
In the past, I've said some really bad things about Halloween. I called it "a celebration of fear, secrecy, darkness, death, and mayhem." I've written that it ruins children.
I dealt with its dark origins, druidic gatherings, the evils of candy, and the fact that Halloween is the top beer sales and pizza delivery day of the year (really, it is).
But now I realize I've had it all wrong.
See, Halloween is only an evil holiday if little boys and girls dress up as characters of different races or cultures. It's evil to culturally appropriate Moana's Pacific islander heritage (even though Motunui is not a real place and Disney appropriated all kinds of islander lore in making Moana), or to dress as a Mexican, or anything but your own race and heritage.
I'm surprised that vampires and zombies haven't risen up to claim their own unique cultural heritage, and put a stop to all the kids wearing fake teeth and capes.
The biggest argument folks had against me when I spoke against Halloween is that I'm a prude who hates fun. Why don't we let our kids have a little fun, dress up, and enjoy a night of candy?
I won't get into those arguments here, because I no longer need to. I am now a full-throated advocate to letting children play on Halloween–or any day of the year.
My youngest son loves to dress up as a Ninja. We are not Japanese. I hope he wears his Ninja outfit to our church "fall festival" this year. No, we don't do the dark scary stuff, or get into Samhain, blood rituals, or tricks. But I think it's great for the kids to dress up.
I hope I see hundreds of little Moanas, Mexicans, cowboys, Indians (sorry, Native Americans in traditional garb), and any other costume that they fancy.
Progressives and SJWs have removed a great burden from me. They've taken a holiday I hated and so destroyed it that I can now enjoy it again. These are people who can suck the fun out of a roller coaster through 40 feet of garden hose. They are the same people who won't allow you to enjoy a cup of coffee without guilting you about where the beans were grown.
They are the people who goad you about driving an electric car, after they've bought one that runs on coal–because coal is where they get the electricity to charge it. They are the ones who scream loudest about global warming while contributing to movie star funds and Al Gore, who fly in private jets to far-off conferences at 5-star hotels where the air-conditioning is comfortable and the carbon footprint is enormous.
These are the people who make lists of restaurants owned by white people that serve ethnic food (I kid you not), so that you can avoid eating there.
And now, they're the people who tell others how their kids should and shouldn't dress on Halloween so nobody is offended that people not just like them would dare to wear a costume based on their culture.
Hallelujah, the pressure is off me. I am no longer the prude in the room, since there are far more sphincter-pursed fun-haters present.
Because of these dour fun-hating little dung gremlins, I can enjoy my kids dressing up.
Oh…and P.S.: Don't wear Fedoras.
Fedoras were originally women's hats associated with women's-rights activism. So these guys who wear them better take them off, those sexist pigs. They are also part of Orthodox Jews' religious garb, so not only are Fedora-wearers sexist, but they're also anti-Semitic racists.


text:
Financial Services Offerings
Customer centric
EVRY provides services which enable banks to deliver unique and complete customer services.Read more
Card services
The cards we use every day range from personal bank cards, credit cards, public transportation cards, physical access cards to various loyalty cards.Read more
Loans and finance
Lending is characterized by complex value chains including loan origination, document management, loan servicing and risk management.Read more
Customers demand complete availability, fast performance and intuitive services. EVRY offers Payment and Cash Management solutions for all user-segments.Read more
Business intelligence and compliance
Business Intelligence and Compliance collects information across business areas and allows the same information to be utilised for standardized services such as CRM, analysis, bank reporting, accounting and regulatory reporting.Read more
Enterprise Centric
Enterprise Centric Services consists of service areas common in banking services, and allows general services and information to be utilised in all channels.Read more
Bank customers must be able to have absolute confidence in the safety of bank services. Therefore, security issues related to identification, digital signatures, card usage and fraud are top priorities for banks.Read more


text: Tsingtao is a famous beer from China that looks weak and smells a bit different than our lame lagers. Slightly hoppy with hardly a trace of malt, but Tsingtao is very easy to drink. There is nothing extraordinary about it, but it's still likeable. Maybe because it's Chinese. Imagine a Chinese man offering you a beer. Wash down Chinese and spicy Indian food with Tsingtao… if you don't have water. This isn't stuff you should go looking for, but don't turn it down if offered one.


text:
How Do the Polycystic Kidney Patients Lower the Creatinine Level2018-06-03 15:11
To the polycystic kidney patients ,if the cysts increase to large volume that will compress the space of glomeruli in kidney,then the kidney function will be damaged .The symptom is the increasing of creatinine level.Then to the polycystic kidney patients ,how to lower the high creatinine level?
The creatinine level 6.1 is higher than normal range(0.5—1.2),that means the patient is on the end stage of renal disease and urgently need dialysis treatment or kidney transplant to save his life.In the end stage of renal disease there are lots of symptoms and complications,such as hypertension,swelling,anemia,fatigue,heart disease,cardiovascular problem,blood and urine problem etc.In daily life the patient should take the food with low protein ,low potassium,low phosphorus and low salt.But the Chinese herbal medicine therapy is more important to treat polycystic disease except the reasonable diet plan.The natural treatment include Hot Compress Therapy,Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy,Medicated Foot Bath Therapy and Medicated Bath Therapy etc,that can help to decrease the kidney cysts and lower the high creatinine level.
The theory of Chinese Medicine therapy:
The herbal medicine component particles can depress the cyst cells secreting cystic liquid and promote the permeability of cystic walls,then the cystic liquid can be discharged easily with the blood circulation.The Micro-Chinese medicine can help dilate blood vessels and improve the blood circulation,then the cyst will be shrunk step by step.
The good treatment effect of herbal medicine has been proved through lots of patients,it can help promote blood circulation and promote ischemia,hypoxia.It also can strengthen the immunity ,prevent the fibrosis and degradation,improve the kidney function.With the help of herbal medicine the damaged kidney cells can be repaired and the kidney function can be recovered gradually.Therefore the kidney can work normally to discharge more creatinine outside your body.
The appropriate diet and herbal medicine can do more effect to shrink the cyst and lower the high creatinine level.If you have any questions or need more information about that,please contact us through email:( email@example.com )
Any kidney problems? Please consult our online doctor. The satisfaction of patient is as high as 93%.
What you also want to know:
How can I get this treatment ?
How can I get this treatment in my country ?
How much is this treatment ?
What is the duration if I receive this treatment in your hospital ?
How can I go to your hospital ?
Tag: Polycystic Kidney Creatinine Level Natural treatment
Pre: Chinese Herbal Medicines Help Reduce Kidney Cysts In PKD


text:
Grub Street took it upon themselves to the vendors and cart enthusiast to learn more about the evolution of street meat and how it is currently shaping the cities culture. Many people enjoy the delicacies served in these carts though no one has a clue of how it originated and came to be. Hence Grub took it upon themselves to find out;
Zach Brooks, Founder, Midtown Lunch
The founder of midtown lunch attributes the origin of these carts to immigrants. His hunch is on the Italian, Greeks and Gyros immigrants. In the early 80-90's it is clear to say that the Egyptians and South Asia immigrants started arriving and overtook the carts business, which in turn worked for hand in hand with the taxi business. The pick-up and drop off points for the taxi drivers are centered in midtown the central operating base for these carts.
Konstantinos Dragonas, Manager of Tony Dragon's Grille
Early when Tony came from the Greek isle he would sell hot dogs on his cart. But later on, Tony wanted to bring a homely feel on the streets. He decided to add a Greek menu to his cart. His marinated chicken breast served with pita bread became famous amongst his customers. Later when other immigrants saw Tony's business boom the decided to learn a few tricks from the master himself.
Fatima's husband started selling hot dogs but later opted to sell halal chicken and rice which was well received.
These carts have conquered the city; stories of clients who ate from these carts and later came back ten years later is not unheard of. Amin one of the carts vendors recalls a customer that came back after ten years of moving away.


text:
I've started this blog as an exercise in getting my thoughts out. Right now it's just a monologue – I'm writing this stuff so I can start verbalizing what's been rattling around in my head for the last two or three years. Maybe at some point I'll share this blog, but for right now I'm just talking to myself (and any random stranger who happens upon this).
My Questions
Is there a god/goddess/gods/goddesses? Can we know? How much can we know about him/her/it/them? Is Jesus of Nazareth God? If not, should all of Christianity be discounted? If yes or no, how can/should the (supposed) words of Jesus of Nazareth impact our lives? Etc, etc.
How I Got Here (basic facts about me here)
I grew up religious. Although my dad was always kind of agnostic/nominally Christian, my mom was fervently Evangelical. I attended an Evangelical-leaning Christian school through my freshman year of high school. I always questioned some of the seemingly arbitrary and non-reasoned aspects of Evangelicalism. But, I never questioned the basic tenets of Christianity and had fear of hell and rapture instilled in me enough to be afraid of losing an emotional connection to an idea of Jesus.
I had my first discovery of Catholicism when we were assigned a paper about "Why the Catholic Church Isn't Christian" for my 7th Grade World Geography class. But, the paper had the opposite of the intended effect – I became enamored by the rich tradition of the Catholic Church. This attraction never waned, and I converted to Catholicism not long after going to college.
Before I was officially received into the Catholic Church, I became very zealous about Catholicism and got involved in Traditionalist Catholicism – I was a proponent of the "Tridentine Mass" and opposed a lot of the changes that occurred after the Second Vatican Council. I had, what I like to call, "nostalgia without memory." The city in which I was attending college didn't have a Tridentine Mass, so in order to avoid a post-Vatican II Roman Catholic church, I was formally received into an Eastern Catholic Church (which, ultimately had a profound impact on my rejection of Traditionalism and conservative Christianity in general – something I hope to explore later on).
Like I said, upon entering Catholicism, I was very zealous. I managed to convert my then-girlfriend (now wife). All non-Catholics (and most Catholics) were heretics or infidels to me. I was a fundamentalist, if I'm being honest. I got married right after college and had a kid 9 months later. We were attending a Tridentine Mass, and our child was baptized in Latin 5 days after he was born. We dressed modestly and practiced Traditionalism fairly well. But, with "convertitis" comes burnout. A five-year shelf life seems to be an accurate estimate.
A number of factors blew up my faith. My best friend is gay. Come to find out, my wife is queer too (something she repressed until 4 years into our marriage). I had a difficult employment situation during the recession and I felt a lot of veiled shame from my co-religionists for essentially being a "taker." We had a baby at a very inconvenient time – while I love my child, the timing could have been improved with contraception use (a no-no for practicing Catholics). And many other things, but in short, reality didn't line up with the perfectly constructed paradigm of conservative Christianity.
And, that's where I stand. Unsure of where to go now that I've let two to three years of reality set in.


text:
Computer Repair & IT Support Coledale 2460
Is your Computer or printer driving you mad?
Comserv IT was brought to life in 2009 and takes repairing computers and IT services seriously, so if you require the very best IT services in the Coledale area, then Comserv IT is the answer. Some of our many services include: laptop, computer and printer repairs as well as all other IT services, either for home or business we have you covered, so if you want a company that is serious about keeping you free of crazy computer problems then call us today.
Comserv IT employees offer the very best computer services with one objective in mind for your repair being completed with as little disruption to your life as possible, our qualified technicians are trained in all different types of technologies and have an abundant pool of knowledge,
So what's this mean to you?
Well it means that Comserv IT will offer you the very best customer-oriented computer repairs services for your home or business.
Comserv IT can provide you with a broad range of services:
- Computer Repairs Coledale 2460
- Laptop Repairs Coledale 2460
- Printer Repairs Coledale 2460
- Network Support Coledale 2460
- Broadband Setup Coledale 2460
- Server Repairs Coledale 2460
- Business IT Solutions Coledale 2460
For Computers repairs in Coledale as well as all surrounding suburbs of the Illawarra and southern Sydney region's contact the staff at Comserv IT.
Our certified computer technicians service all Northern suburbs including Thirroul, Helensburgh and Bulli.


text:
About iRentToOwn.com
iRentToOwn.com is a premier Discovery Harbour resource to rent homes, allowing buyers and sellers to quickly find and rent houses in Discovery Harbour, HI. Ranging from conventional homes for rent and lease to own homes to complex land contracts, this websites also contains a distinctive inventory of articles describing rent to own houses. Finding affordable Discovery Harbour, HI rent to own homes is now easier than ever.


text:
So a little over a year after I saw a cyclist mown down by a 4WD I saw a girl get run over at a pedestrian crossing. Seriously, Sydney-siders, I know you're all busy people with your
large mortgages, fancy houses and designer clothes, but SLOW THE FUCK DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION.
I was walking home along Harbord Road and I see a girl pause at the crossing waiting for the oncoming car to slow down - which it did, it stopped. So she starts walking across, breaking into a run, I guess she's thinking at this point that everyone's going to stop. Oncoming car in the other direction slams into her - I barely heard the screech of brakes - and she bounces off the windscreen onto the road. Given that a car on the other side of the road had already stopped for this girl, how the hell did the driver coming in the other direction not notice that traffic was stopped and a girl wearing a bright red top is crossing?
Its really such a sad thing to see for all involved. The driver was shocked as hell as you would be, and needlessly so. Slow down, pay attention, you're steering over a tonne of metal on the road - it does bad things when you hit squishy bodied people. Fortunately, the girl appeared to be as ok as one can be after being hit by a car - fully conscious and no visible injuries though she was sore. I called an ambulance which arrived after about 5 minutes and they stretchered her off.
One of my biggest bugbears about Sydney life lately is the failure of drivers to stop at pedestrian crossings. As a pedestrian I've stopped at the side of the road and looked oncoming drivers in the eye thinking they would stop, only to have them drive straight through and in some cases speed up! I've been trying to think of a way to penalise these drivers without causing a major accident but so far have not come up with anything workable. The latter point is really critical - sure I could throw shit at their car but if that causes them to swerve to avoid being hit it may well result in a much larger accident, something I have no desire to cause. I wish there was a way to report the license plates of such cars but the flipside is how would you stop people abusing such a system to report drivers they dislike for any reason?


text:
Codeigniter Developers Wanted for Website Development
Budget $2-8 USD / hour
Codeigniter Developers Wanted for Website Development
Backend Admin
15 freelancers are bidding on average $6/hour for this job
Hello there, This is Tahsinul Alam, CEO of Workspace InfoTech Limited. We have 52 engineers in 14 teams who are serving the world wide client in different ways. Our expertise are given below: Technology: ------ More
Greetings, Manish here ! Based on your requirement one of my Codeigniter developer will be working directly with you using freelancer tracker. Prior to that you can take interview of my developer so you will hav More
Hello My special focus of work has always been -LAMP -PHP Framework(Code Igniter and YII laravel ,mysql. wordpress html5, query,jquery-mobile web-design, graphic-design, wire-framing, logo-design, html, css, xhtml, More
Hi, Thank you for give me this opportunity. As per your requirment i would tell you, i am 4 year's experience in the desgin field. I would also mentioned my working with 100% result. Please have a look of my More
We can start immediately Dear sir, Greeting of the day! I have gone through your project details which i s Codeigniter Developers Wanted for Website Development . We have huge experience of Website development More
Hello, We have 5+ years experience in CodeIgniter. We will develop backend for your website. Regards Thanks
Hi there, We have a deep expertise and 30+ very creative and innovative resources to execute the project and we have a 10+ years of experience in Graphic designing and development. We delivered good desi More
Interested and available to start right now. I noticed that you are looking for a Expert to work on your Project,I have gone through your requirement and would like to take this opportunity to provide you best More


text:
Bridal Makeup Artist, Delhi
5.0 | 2 Reviews
Price for 1 function
For Regular Bridal Makeup
I am a Makeup Artist from last 10 years and certified from VLCC and Meenakshi Dutt. I want my customer should feel beautiful from inside not only from outside.
View All
I approached Sneha for my brother's wedding and she did a wonderful job.. I got many compliments and I was looking really beautiful .. Thanks Sneha.. I really love your work and your work is really... Read more
I hv booked Sneha for my wedding Day...and believe me guys she was beyond my expectations... If u thinking to book her for ur special day then just go for it girls. She is damm good in her work. Al... Read more
Get best matching
makeup artists on your phone


text:
You may want to rethink buying those PINK boy short panties!
In a recently released investigative report, an NBC News team found that sales associates at Victoria's Secret, among other stores, have been putting used underwear back on shelves.
All items had been retagged and laid out without question as to where they came from.
Um, gross! We're not in the market for used undies, thank you very much!
Since the report was published, all the retailers have released statements. "Our top priority is our customers' satisfaction and safety. The actions you describe are a clear and significant violation of our policy," Victoria's Secret said.
RELATED STORY: Alessandra Ambrosio Channels Kendall Jenner at the Victoria's Secret After-Party!
"We take this situation very seriously and are taking immediate action to re-educate all of our associates on the proper way to handle returns."
Here's hoping we don't see a pink VS bag under the Christmas tree this year!
Today.com was the first to report on this story.


text:
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS did breed a ton of carbon copy bestsellers during its hectic heyday, like this surprisingly effective Hollywood novel about the pre-production stage of an epic movie (think GONE WITH THE WIND but way bolder) and the sexually-starved people gravitating over it. THE MOVIE MAKER is very raw in terms of character development and action sequences, a pop-culture must-have for the 1960s fiction. In fact, Herbert Kastle is an old pro at the wheel, having already penned a couple of well-received potboilers during the late '50s. Suffice to say, his attempt at writing à la Susann comes easy enough for him, or so it seems.
THE MOVIE MAKER centers around an unhappy bunch lusting for the good life. We have the down on his luck central character, a writer, who yearns to prove his worth via a commercial script while his long distance relationship with wife and kid is hanging by a thread. We have a pair of swinging sisters torn by success and jealousy. One is a sought-after starlet while the other struggles in her shadow. We also have a bunch of secondary characters who, as the main ones proclaim, wish to follow the yellow brick road, but with little success.
Of course, what they really need is one good therapist to bring them out of their funk (and they should go at a group rate), but that's what's so cool about this novel. The way the author refuses to rose-tint his characters in spite of their gloomy ways. Because we, the readers, all want to jump off a bridge when done with this book. Believe me. That's how depressing it sometimes gets. But, the fact remains that THE MOVIE MAKER is one heck of a fascinating read. Especially for the way Herbert approaches things through his strong and catchy narrative. Indeed, not only does his tale of lost souls brings forth a string of well-executed characters in a sexually-charged setting, but it also manages to pull the heart strings every now and then; something rare in this so-called superficial genre.
And what's even more engaging about THE MOVIE MAKER is that, despite its cliché-ridden front, the author pulls off quite a unique story. Which to my way of thinking is quite a celebrated affair, since it involves ability and a unique sense of style on his part. It took me years to finally settle down with this book, believing it to be just another pale copy of DOLLS. So imagine my surprise finding out it that it is actually more than that. Sure, this unexpected trait may be one of the reasons why I praise the novel so much, but, trust me on this, THE MOVIE MAKER is definitely the real deal. If you have yet to try a trashy novel, do it the right way and grab this one up first. You'll thank me later.
Until next post—Martin


text:
See Great Western Painting's Home
It revealed that some children's face paints
contains lead, a neurotoxin, as well as nickel, cobalt and chromium, which can cause lifelong skin sensitization and contact dermatitis.
Even more terrifying is that these metals were not listed on the products' ingredient labels. Some of the products tested even had misleading claims like "hypoallergenic" and "FDA compliant", making it tough for parents to make an informed decision. Experts


text:
No products
Viewed products
0 Item Items
This product is no longer in stock
Warning: Last items in stock!
Availability date:
By buying this product you can collect up to 27 loyalty points. Your cart will total 27 points that can be converted into a voucher of R5.40.
Eachine OTG 5.8G 150CH FPV Receiver
Recipient :
* Required fields
or Cancel
This FPV adaptor is smart tech at its best. The receiver has an auto scanning 150 channel bandwidth capacity that allows you to watch in real time any band that you wish to lock on to in the 5.8Ghz range. All the major racing bands are covered by this one device!
Couple the FPV adaptor with your cell phone and VR Goggles and you have yourself FPV goggles with a resolution that exceeds the resolution of most FPV goggle sets available today.
Use the adaptor with your cell phone or tablet and spectate the racing action easily switching between frequencies.
The android software allows you to record your flights for later viewing with its built in DVR functionality.


text:
Academic Writing Tips: Expanding Critical Thinking Abilities
Critical Thinking is the Hallmark of Good Academic Writing
Whether you are writing a response paper, a research term paper, an application essay, a thesis, a piece of journalism, or a dissertation, it is imperative that you master critical thinking skills. Professors and admissions committees alike thoroughly review papers not only for the general, absolute quality of their prose, but for the level of analysis presented.
A strong writer cannot rely on command over the English language, no matter how impacable their grammar is; strong writers also possess an amazing command of logic and rhetoric, and dispatch those skills in all their work. You should learn to think critically at all times, and demonstrate strong thinking skills and hearty skepticism in everything that you write.
How Can You Hone Your Critical Thinking Skills?
But how do you hone these razor sharp thinking abilities, and furthermore how do you learn to insert them in all your written work? Follow some of these tips below for assistance. After a bit of practice, you will find that your critical thinking abilities have been widely expanded and you are applying them to all your writing assignments, large and small.
- Never take anything for granted. Whenever you encounter a claim, ask yourself whether it is plausible, no matter how large or small the claim is.
- Do not accept common knowledge or believe in something simply because many people have reiterated it.
- Ask questions about everything you encounter. What is the source of the message? What is the goal of the message? Does it make sense?
- When a claim of cause and effect is made, ask yourself what the underlying mechanism is for the pattern. How did x actually cause y? Does this relationship make sense?
- Be skeptical of others' intentions. Often, factual claims are made to further some point or promote some interest. See if there is any vested financial or political reason (or some other reason) for a person to believe something or make a certain claim.
- Be conscious of your own biases. Accept information that could disprove your own beliefs, and think about it in a fair, objective fashion.
- Similarly, you should be aware of the biases that cloud others' judgments. Note how people keep themselves from admitting or accepting facts that do not serve them. Avoid making these mistakes yourself.
- Never believe something without having a strong factual support for it, as well as a highly structured, logical argument.
- Listen to other people, even people who differ from you in many ways.


text:
- Telephone:
- 07782 330287 | 01453 450288
Key factsPrint summary
Here at Keepers Cars of Stroud, we have another gorgeous Audi for sale. Finished in stunning Phantom Black Metallic coachwork, this TT Roadster, looks great, with the roof up or down. Well maintained both inside and out, this Audi TT is a real credit to its former owner This Audi TT Roadster comes well appointed, with, amongst others; 17" 7x2 Spoke Alloy wheels, Front fog lights, Remote central locking, Power operated convertible roof, Flat bottom 3 spoke sports steering wheel, Climate controlled air conditioning, Cruise control, Audi Chorus AM/FM Radio CD player, Electric windows, Electrically adjusted door mirrors, Trip and fuel computer, Multiple airbags, Multifunctional steering wheel, and Power assisted steering. The car comes with all original Audi literature, including various owners guides, and FULLY DOCUMENTED SERVICE HISTORY LOG, all contained within original Audi wallet. The car further benefits from 2 keys. The V5/c registration document and current MOT certificate with NO ADVISORIES are both present and correct. We are just 10 minutes from the M5 Junction 13, in Stroud Gloucestershire. Any inspection or demonstration welcomed and encouraged. Part exchange also welcomed. Viewing by appointment only please. For more photos and information visit our website www.keeperscars.co.uk. All our vehicles come complete with 3 months or 3,000 miles warranty, and 12 months complimentary breakdown cover for added peace of mind. Payment by most Debit cards accepted , 3 months warranty, Next MOT due 15/10/2019, Last serviced on 09/03/2018 at 103,865 miles, Full service history, Good bodywork, Grey Cloth interior - Good Condition, Tyre condition Good, Metallic Phantom Black, £6,500 p/x welcome
- 201810131476901
- 2010
- 60
- £6,500
- 650
- 106,000
- Cars
- 0dzsapCFJ8Y=
Vehicle summary
|Body style
|Engine size
|1798 cc
|Fuel type
|Number of doors
|Number of seats
|Gearbox type
|CO2 emissions
|152 g/km
|Insurance group
|Standard manufacturer's warranty (miles)
|No details available
|Standard manufacturer's warranty (years)
|2 years
|Standard paintwork guarantee
|3 years
Performance & economy
|Fuel consumption (urban)
|32.8 mpg
|Fuel consumption (extra urban)
|53.3 mpg
|Fuel consumption (combined)
|43.5 mpg
|0 - 60 mph
|7.4 seconds
|Top speed
|139 mph
|Engine power
|158 bhp
|Engine torque
|184.40 lbs/ft
|1358 mm
|Height inclusive of roof rails
|No details available
|4178 mm
|2468 mm
|1842 mm
|Width including mirrors
|No details available
|Fuel tank capacity
|55 litres
|Minimum kerb weight
|1285 kg
|Interior features
|Exterior features
|Aluminium Laser Interior Detailing
|17in x 8.5J 7 - Y - Spoke Design Alloy Wheels with 245/45 R17 Y Tyres and Locking Wheel Bolts
|Drivers Information System (DIS)
|Retractable Rear Spoiler
|Front Floor Mats
|Body Coloured Bumpers
|Upholstery - Tetris Cloth
|Exterior Mirrors - Electrically Operated and Heated
|Electronic Climate Control
|Electric Front Windows
|Chorus Radio/Single CD Player
|Steering Wheel Adjustable for Rake and Reach
|Flat - Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel
|Centre Console
|Aux-in Connection
|Alcantara Leather Upholstery
|Front Speakers
|3 - Spoke Leather - Steering Wheel
|Concert Radio AM/FM Twin Tuner with TP Memo Fn
|Front Sports Seats
|Drivers Airbag
|Servotronic - Electromechanical, Speed Sensitive, Power - Assisted Steering
|Tyre Mobility System
|Third Brake Light
|Front ISOFIX
|Front Passengers Airbag with De - Activation Switch
|Electronic Stability Programme (ESP)
|Side Airbags for Driver and Front Passenger Seats
|Central Door Locking Remote
|Anti Lock Brake System (ABS)
|Front Fog Lights
|Anti - Slip Regulation (ASR) Traction Control
|Electronic Differential Lock (EDL)
|Head Restraints for Front Seats
|Thatcham Category 1 Alarm
Please note
This includes MPG figures which are calculated under European Standards, in test conditions, and will vary under normal driving conditions. The information displayed above describes the typical specification of the most recent model of this vehicle. It is not the exact specification for the actual vehicle being offered for sale which may vary. Specifications for older models may also vary. Please contact us prior to purchase to confirm the exact specification of this vehicle.
Finance available from Keepers Cars
Calculate how affordable this AUDI TT could be per month
exampleWhat is ?
|Duration of agreement
|First payment
|monthly payments
|inal payment
|On the road price
|Customer deposit
|Total amount of credit
|Acceptance fee
|Option to purchase fee
|Total amount payable
|Rate of interest (fixed)
exampleWhat is ?
|Duration of agreement
|First payment
|monthly payments
|inal payment
|On the road price
|Customer deposit
|Total amount of credit
|Acceptance fee
|Option to purchase fee
|Total amount payable
|Rate of interest (fixed)
We are unable to provide a finance illustration. Please contact us or try again later.
Keepers Cars
Based on 25 customer reviews
Powered by
Thank you for contacting us!
We will aim to get back to you as soon as possible.
There was a problem sending your email.
There may be a technical issue.
Please try again later.