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Scrap Car Stockport, SK1, Scrap your car for free
We offer a reliable service for the collection of scrap vehicles in Stockport (SK1), Cheshire. A lot of car owners are unaware that if they have a scrap car it will still need to be taxed even if the vehicle is not in use. Do not pay to have your old scrap car towed away. We will take away your old car at no fee to you in Stockport!
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As well as offering a completely free collection, we are also currently able to offer cash for scrap cars in Stockport depending upon the weight of the vehicle!
If you'd like us to make you an offer just ask when calling or add 'CASH QUOTE PLEASE' in the 'Additional Info' box when submitting our online form.
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Why not simply fill out the form to the right or ring a member of the team 0800 043 5100!
Choose Scrap Car Stockport
We've got a large number of happy customers around Stockport having traded there for many years now. We are proud to offer a fast response we can do this as we know the area so well. We will collect your car at the agreed time slot, you can rest assured. We will collect vehicles, seven days a week, 365 days of the year, and are able to work around your commitments.
We always ensure that your vehicle is scrapped in the best possible way. Unreliable scrap car collection companies might sell on your car and try to make more money than if they recycled it, sometimes they will not even inform the DVLA of any change of ownership. This will leave you very vulnerable legally, you will be expected to pay any fines that may occur over the following months. When we take away your scrap car we will notify the DVLA that your vehicle has been declared off of the road, giving you one less thing to worry about. We always make sure that whatever can be recycled is and whatever can be reused is, we like to do our bit for the environment.
Ensuring that your car is disposed of correctly will in time make a difference to Cheshire in terms of keeping it clean and tidy. If your area looks unsightly due to abandoned cars, we can help, call Scrap Car Stockport, we will help keep our streets clean and tidy. MOT failure, we can dispose of your car for free, call an expert today!
Reasons to scrap your car
There will be many reasons for you to scrap your car. In our experience the car might have been written off and it is now down to you to get the car scrapped. If you have a car that is unusable you need to either declare it off road or scrap it, otherwise your will continue to need to pay road tax on the vehicle.
The car scrappage scheme
The vehicle scrappage scheme may seem like a brilliant idea. But you can not get any car, you are infarct restricted as to what car you can buy. You can't just go out and purchase any vehicle you want This can also be a very frustrating issue for the people looking to get a new car as they have to be dictated to as to what car they can buy.
How to scrap your car
You won't believe how easy it is to scrap your old car in Stockport. We have many lines into our offices and always answer the phone so call today. Otherwise please feel free to browse our website and find as much information as you can before you call.
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Electrify America, the organization created out of the Volkswagen diesel scandal to promote the use of electric vehicles, plans to invest $200 million in Zero Emission Vehicle infrastructure primarily in California.
The investment, which will start next summer and take 30 months to complete, will follow a plan outlined originally by the California Air Resources Board to raise awareness of electric-charging capacity.
Electrify America was established to implement the $2 billion ZEV Investment Commitment outlined in Volkswagen's court-approved settlement involving 2.0-liter TDI diesel vehicles.
The investment will build on Electrify America's initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or most likely to be used regularly.
(Nissan, EVgo complete 500-mile charging network. Click Here for the story.)
"In developing our plan, we conducted a robust outreach process to solicit input and met with leaders in California communities, government and business to inform our decisions," said Giovanni Palazzo, president and chief executive officer of Electrify America.
"Our goal to establish one of the largest, most technologically advanced and customer-friendly charging networks in the U.S. remains. We want to demystify what it means to own and drive electric vehicles by making chargers more visible, more convenient, and more a part of the everyday lives of Californians across the state," he added.
"While barriers are disappearing, we still have more than 50% of Californians who are unaware — or practically unaware — that there are electric cars that are actually available," Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, said on a conference call with reporters this week.
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"We've also planned to further support ZEV adoption through services that are used by Californians every day – buses, shuttles, ride hail services – by providing more access to charging for those vehicles," said Brendan Jones, chief operating officer, Electrify America.
The central focus of electric vehicle charging infrastructure investment will shift to more DC Fast Charging stations within metro areas, where electric vehicle drivers are expected to charge most often. Nine metropolitan areas across California will be involved in the program, among them Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose-Sunnyvale.
Metro areas are expected to account for 89% of expected battery electric vehicles in operation through 2022, according to a 2017 Navigant report.
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The DC Fast Charging stations will be placed in retail locations but also consider the needs of adjacent multi-unit dwellings where Level 2 residential charging deployment is oftentimes challenging. Electrify America also will invest in DCFC stations specifically targeting shared mobility drivers — car share, taxis and transportation networking company drivers.


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I'm back from my travels. Great to be home, great to have caught up with friends and good to put the suitcase away for some time. Having not been on the road for awhile, I'd forgotten what it was like to catch a plane here and ride the rails and have a meeting there all while trying to have some semblance of rest and peace. Needless to say, I feel for many of my fellow Americans for whom this is the norm.
One of the main things I saw during my travels was the effect of burnout—long-term exhaustion and diminished interest—in the workplace and in the Christian life in general. Many of the people I saw and even new folks I met in passing told me of their busy lives and how that lifestyle does not help them to rest or connect well with God. James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful God talks about how the number one enemy for Christian spiritual formation is exhaustion and that we live beyond our means not only financially but physically as well.
Oftentimes we believe that if we just try harder in the spiritual life, things will get better. Yet this belief is false. If we're to have any long-lasting impact in how we counter burnout, we need to slow down, which is quite a paradox from the "try harder" mentality we might usually think would work. Theologian Klaus Issler says that "willpower alone was never meant to carry the weight of right living. It is too limited to defeat the various temptations we face and to change the sinful habits and compulsions we have developed over a lifetime. Will power is also too weak to bring about positive change—we cannot will joy, peace, kindness. We can will certain actions, but not character traits. Rather, as Jesus taught, our mode of life is primarily directed by our inner life or heart."
May each of us this week examine our lives and see where we are nearing burnout. Let's also take Smith's suggestion of sleeping more so that we can be more alert to others, our selves, and to God.
Try this with me this week (quoting Smith): "At least one day this week sleep until you cannot sleep any more. If you need to, find a day when you can sleep in. Your aim is to sleep, or stay in bed, until you can finally say, 'I am completely rested. I do not need to sleep or stay in bed a minute longer.'" As you practice this discipline this week, what, if anything, did you learn about God or yourself in the process? Keep me posted on how you progress in this easy way to fight burnout in your life.


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Welcome to Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region that consists of four-parts Australia and New Zealand, the Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. Oceania is essentially a large group of South Pacific islands both large and small, around 10,000 to be precise. Oceania excludes Indonesia, Taiwan and the Philippines because the culture and people of those islands is historically very connected to the Asian mainland.
There's no place on earth like Oceania! Oceania is full of exotic tropical islands, volcanos, jungles, Cosmopolitan cities, vast deserts, unique cultures, the best beaches in the world and isolated communities cut off from the world. Oceania is home to some of the friendliest and most hospitable people on Earth. In this part of the world Australia and New Zealand are the largest nations.
Earth's largest ocean the Pacific Ocean is full of many treasures and places to discover. You have the legendary islands of Polynesia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu which are all magical places full of unmatched beauty. Polynesia is known for having the most beautiful lagoons in the world, incredible coral reefs, volcanic peaks covered in dense forest. Here paradise is home to the most incredible cultures and the friendliest people you will ever meet who are the custodians of ancestral traditions.
Further South you have Australia a country that is known for its unique and beautiful landscapes. The coastlines are endless, legendary and filled with the greatest beaches in the entire world. Australia is abundant with natural beauty from its vast desert, numerous national parts, UNESCO Daintree Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef. It also has several cosmopolitan cities like Sydney or Melbourne.
Australia is also home to the oldest living culture in the world the Australian Aboriginals who have occupied this land for 60,000 years and still today live in perfect harmony with the environment. To the east you have its neighbour New Zealand which many people known as Lord of the Rings. It is a place filled with volcanoes, glaciers, mountains and snowfields.
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President Barack Obama met behind closed doors with labor union bosses from the AFL-CIO on Tuesday morning.
It's unclear what happened in the closed-door meeting, which Obama fit into his schedule before the debt-ceiling smoke began settling. Spokespersons for the Obama administration have not responded to The Daily Caller's requests for comment on what specifically the president discussed with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and other union bosses.
AFL-CIO spokesperson Alison Omens said the meeting was about fixing the nation's economic issues and job creation, but she didn't provide specifics. "This morning's meeting with the general board of the AFL-CIO was a conversation about the urgent need to focus on job-creating policies that will propel working people and our economy forward," Omens said, according to an Agence France-Presse story. "Working people are desperate to hear how we're going to focus on the real economy and the jobs crisis, and President Obama conveyed his own feeling of urgency around dealing with the jobs crisis."
That response doesn't satisfy critics, especially since no specific details about the secret meeting have made it into the public sphere. Crossroads GPS spokesman Jonathan Collegio told The Daily Caller that Obama's latest discussion with AFL-CIO bosses appears to be a sign that more political favors for Big Labor are on the horizon. Collegio thinks this is Trumka's and other union bosses' way to plan how they'll work together heading in 2012.
"Big Labor spent $400 million helping elect Barack Obama in 2008, and Obama paid them back by handing over control of the National Labor Relations Board," Collegio said in an email. "The unions and Obama are planning out phase two of their symbiotic relationship ahead of the 2012 elections."
Trumka and other union bosses are likely using these behind-closed-doors meetings to make political demands from the administration, the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) adds in a blog post. WFI says Obama and Big Labor publicly state that they're trying to fix the economy and create jobs. "But behind closed doors, what will these union bosses demand next from the President? And what bailouts will the President grant them to help address Big Labor's increasing irrelevance? After making nearly a half-billion dollar investment in President Obama in 2008, there is no doubt they want 'payback' for it." (RELATED: Obama shifts focus to jobs and taxes, away from debt talks)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce labor policy specialist Glenn Spencer told TheDC that meetings like this indicate unions want more from Obama, even though several administrative agencies already rule in their favor more often than not. "Despite the fact that at least three government agencies are already tilting the scales in favor of organized labor," Spencer said in an email, "the unions apparently feel that they are owed more."


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1. First play the bass line. Then add the top voice.
2. Think about voicing.
3. Sequences.
4. Find circles of fifths and enjoy them!
5. Gestures on slurs—the Baroque bow is heavier at the frog and lighter at the tip and sometimes it's beautiful to show the tapering of sound towards the tip.
6. Show where codas happen.
7. Interrupted cadence?
8. Sigh figures.
9. Be aware of the underlying harmony.
10. Echo effects (not too much!).
11. Vary bow pressure—Baroque bow is heavier on the down bow, lighter on the up bow. This can shape a passage of descending eight notes for example. They are not all equal in length and strength.
12. Gigue—breathe more. Feel like you are about to skip before the start.
13. When playing triplets—when two notes are slurred, the third note is still part of the group.
14. Gigue or Giga? French, Italian or a mix of both? Italian Gigue is brilliant, bright and simpler harmonically than the French, which has dotted rhythms and is contrapuntal.
15. Play with figuration. In other words, notice repetitive patterns and show that they repeat; change their expression as you repeat them.
16. Different registers have different colors.
17. Gut strings take a while to speak, especially thick C strings. Even if you play on modern strings — give them time. Also, when playing large intervals, take some extra time.


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The Fat Flush Plan -Liver Cleanse Diet Introduction
The best liver cleanse diet I have seen so far is the fat flush diet plan, created by Ann Louise Gittleman Ph.D., C.N.S. It was designed to cleanse out the liver in order to help the body burn fat and calories more efficently.
The fat flush plan is not just a weight loss diet it also shows you how to improve your health while losing weight. It is a healthy liver diet and weight loss program all in one.
It is a three phase diet plan that is made up of:
Phase 1. A two week fat flush (based on 1100-1200 calories per day)
Phase 2. An ongoing fat flush (based on 1200-1500 calories per day)
Phase 3. A lifestyle eating plan (based on 1800 calories plus per day)
This diet plan allows you to also customize your diet based on you're own tastes by choosing from a list of fat flushing foods.
Read my fat flush diet review to help you decide if this is the right diet for you.
Phase 1 A two week fat flush liver cleanse diet
This starting phase for this liver cleansing diet is based on ridding the body of toxins and poisons in order to allow the liver to be able to perform it's fat-burning duties more effectively.
It makes use of flax seed oil combined with diet and exercise to flush out the toxic liver. The oil can attract oil-soluble toxins that have been stuck in fatty tissue in the body and flush them out more easily.
This phase of the liver cleanse diet /fat flush plan is based on getting 1100-1200 calories a day.
You stay on this detox diet phase for two weeks. If you have more then 25 pounds to lose then you could stay on this phase for up to one month.
Phase 2 – The ongoing fat flush liver cleanse diet
This phase is the next step for anybody who has more weight to lose but wants to keep going on a more moderate cleansing and weight lose program.
It includes the fat flushing foods from phase 1 with up to two carbohydrate choices put back in the menu one at a time each week.
You may notice a slow down in weight lose because of the additional carboydrates that have been added back to the diet, however losing weight slowly is always a good thing.
It is based on getting 1200-1500 calories a day.
The goal here is to stay on this phase until you have reached your weight loss goals before moving on to the "lifestyle eating plan" phase.
It requires that you keep a journal so in case you add on a pound or two you will be able to track the foods that seem to disagree with you and cause bloating, sleepiness, gas etc.
This way you will learn which foods to cut out or minimize from your diet all together.
Phase 3 The lifestyle eating plan to stay clean and keep weight off
This phase is basically the life-time maintenance program for lifetime weight loss. It offers over 1800 calories a day and is designed to increase your vitality and well being for life.
Phase 3 is more appropriate for both pregnant and breast feeding women because of the higher calorie and calcium content. In this phase you will be adding back up to two dairy products as well as two more carbs.
As in phase two you will add these foods one at a time to make sure you can tolerate them without any allergic reactions.
Also, just in case you gain back some weight, you don't want this weight to be in the form of toxic fat, such as cellulite for example. So, on this phase a supplement called CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) is introduced.
In a clinical trial in which one of eighty overweight people who dieted had regained weight, it was found that those who took CLA put the weight back on in a ratio of half fat to half muscle.
In summary
All three phases of this diet and exercise program include powerful nutrients that cleanse and support the liver help with fat and carbohydrate metabolism. These include
dandelion root, Oregon grape root, methionine, inositol, choline, lipase, chromium, milk thistle and the nutrient L-carnitine, an amino acid shown to raise the body's fat burning ability eleven times.
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We are working to improve the food security, nutrition and resilience of vulnerable small-scale agriculture producers, particularly women. The programme focuses on: enhancing the capacity of national and local government and small-scale farmers to play a policy-influencing role; working with the private sector; increasing food production by supporting farmers' access to agriculture inputs and technologies; and enhancing the purchasing power of poor farmers through integrating financial services into agriculture production. The programme also promotes secure and equitable land
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|Extensions to the stopped-flow analyzer have been developed that demonstrate capabilities which offer the stopped-flow method as an attractive alternative for dedicated chemical analysis. The instrumentation has been designed to expand the versatility of the stopped-flow method, exploiting its desirable characteristics while employing relatively simple and inexpensive equipment. The extensions include the addition of a microcomputer to perform control and data manipulation functions, the introduction of the storage loop to improve throughput speed and as a medium for further solution manipulations, and the inclusion of an additional reagent channel to simplify analytical methodologies. The stopped-flow analyzers are evaluated against a background relating to parameters which are important when considering dedicated automatic chemical analysis.
Microcomputer control enables the analyzers to be operated in several modes by incorporating various software packages. Investigative software eases the development stage of analytical methodology while a software package for dedicated analysis provides for virtually unattended analysis of large numbers of samples, with sample concentrations printed after being calculated from a calibration curve. The stopped-flow instrumentation and hardware has been designed throughout to maintain simplicity and to keep the total system cost relatively inexpensive.
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A method for the analysis of chloride is used to show the simple adaptation of a continuous-flow method. The adaptation results in a greatly increased sample throughput with only a slightly larger reagent consumption. In addition to these advantages, the precision of the measurements is significantly improved.
A solution-storage technique is introduced to improve the sample throughput of the stopped-flow analyzer. The stopped-flow/ unsegmented storage analyzer is shown to be a valuable, yet simple, addition to stopped-flow instrumentation that improves the throughput of automated methods while retaining the measurement advantages of the regular stopped-flow analyzer. This system can accommodate equilibrium, single-point reaction-rate methods, and multi-point reaction-rate methods.
The versatility of the regular stopped-flow analyzer is increased with the addition of another reagent channel to the analyzer. An additional syringe and valve system clamped to the original system provides for the automatic addition of a third reagent, eliminating a manual step for many methods. The reaction-rate method for the determination of phosphorus is used to demonstrate the performance of this system.
The determination of nitrate using a stopped-flow analyzer equipped with a reduction column is also demonstrated. This augmentation of the stopped-flow technique shows the ability to expand the technique into manipulations previously the domain of continuous- flow analyzers. The reduction column is incorporated into an automated system for the determination of nitrate.
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At the beginning of this month's issue we started a conversation about simple ideas that are helping thousands of young people get into farming. Farming models that provide an alternative perspective on food production and consumption based on a deep commitment to caring for the land and bringing a diverse range of responsibly raised food products to their community.
Over the last two weeks we've been discovering how one of these alternative models works. Stream Farm is built on the share farming model – an idea in response to the overwhelming evidence that the "bigger is better" model is causing more damage than they are worth. A farming approach that shows us how the countryside is better-served by having large numbers of small farmers all helping each other, instead of the increasingly large mechanised farms who only deal with supermarkets.
Last week we met Sam and discussed how produce from your local farm (or, at least, Stream Farm!) is not only cheaper but a much better alternative, we continued to learn how the share farming model works, and we found out about his Natural Spring Water and Organic Apple Juice production on the farm.
This week we meet an organic chicken farmer who also happens to be named Sam. We find out how Sam and his wife George got into farming, what difference the share farming approach at Stream Farm has made to their lives, and how their organic Devonshire Gold chickens – a slow growing strain of the Hubbard breed – are unlike the commercial supermarket birds.
Tell us how you got into farming?
We met James, who set up Stream Farm, at the Sustainability Fair in Taunton. We got chatting and were really excited about what they were doing. The more we thought about it, the more we loved the idea of farming. A few months later we were chicken farmers!!
What were you doing before?
I was working as a delivery driver, delivering organic produce funnily enough. Before that I was qualified as a plumber. So there is quite a big contrast to farming! But all those skills I had acquired are now proving to be very useful.
With over 50 local customers you must get to know lots of people who live locally – do you feel a part of the community?
Yes definitely. We deliver every week ourselves and love meeting local people, and talking about what we are doing. People are actually really interested in the way we farm and I think they really like to meet us. We are always looking out for new customers as well in the Taunton and Bridgwater area. And we also have a really good group of people who buy from us in Bristol. So do get in touch if you want to be part of our delivery round. If we can get more customers then we are a step closer to building a sustainable farming business.
As we build relationships with them we often find that naturally they begin to buy other produce from Stream Farm – many of them buy Vernon's rainbow trout. There are so many other great farmers that work alongside us that is nice to be able to promote them as well. We feel pretty proud that the land we farm is also farmed to rear or grow other amazing produce. For example James' organic pedigree Dexter cows are often grazing around our chicken sheds, as are Matt's organic pedigree Hampshire Down lambs. In the field next door is the organic orchard and natural spring. And I am sure our honey bees fly over our sheds!
What do you customers say about your chickens and your approach to farming?
All of our customers are delighted with the quality of our chickens – some of them have been loyal customers now for 5 or 6 years. So many people say that our chicken tastes like the chicken they used to eat when they were growing up – it's chicken as chicken should taste. Proper chicken we call it! Which is a great compliment to us. They like to know that the chickens have lived in good conditions, with plenty of space to roam around outside and with the best feed.
Do you think you could have ever farmed outside of a share farming context?
Never! Neither my family or George's were farmers, and we didn't have the money to buy our own land or equipment so it's hard to see that we would have ever had a realistic chance to farm chickens for ourselves.
So what difference has the share farming approach at Stream Farm made to you and George?
Well, it has opened a way into farming for us – we have had the chance to put all of our skills from before into building a farming business. And it also opened up a gateway into farming ourselves once we feel it's time to move on. We now have the skills, the contacts and some capital that could allow us to start out own farming venture.
What have you learned since you turned your hand to farming?
We've obviously learned a lot about chickens – and the way to look after them. We have also learned a lot about what it means to run an agricultural business. Neither of us had ever run our own business before we arrived but we were very keen to give it a shot. I think we have also learned that farming is hard work and that you learn by experience! I think we've seen that when farmers work together and cooperate then small scale farming becomes a lot more viable. On Sunday evenings I catch chickens to go to slaughter and usually one of the farmers gives me a hand – that makes life so much easier. Just small things like that, it makes the world of difference.
Tell us about your chickens, what breed are they?
They are Devonshire Gold – they are a slow growing strain of the Hubbard breed. Because they grow up to size slowly, in around 80 days, they have a really good quality meat – with proper legs and breast. This is unlike the commercial supermarket birds that are up to size in 30-40 days.
So what makes an organic chicken different?
Organic chickens are a step up from free range. They get organic feed – so you know that they are not eating processed or chemically altered foodstuffs. That obviously filters through into the meat that you end up eating. They get plenty of space inside and out to move around – giving them a much more natural body composition. They aren't vaccinated proactively, instead we only using medication where absolutely necessary; where the welfare of the birds dictates we do so. We don't pump them with hormones, or with water to make them appear bigger than they really are. We think you can really taste the difference.


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This gluten-free quick bread features a harmonious blend of bananas and walnuts wrapped in the sweetness of pure maple syrup. It makes an easy breakfast treat or an after-school snack.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 350°.
Weigh or lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, xanthan gum, and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk.
Place banana and next 6 ingredients (through eggs) in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, beating at low speed until smooth.
Pour batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with walnuts. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
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As I look around the El Morocco lounge, the words of Joe Farcus, the man behind the wacky – many say tasteless – designs on Carnival Cruises' ships ring in my ears.
"This is less kitsch than Las Vegas," he had stated, straight-faced, as he explained his thought processes in creating this mismatch of colours that is Carnival's new ship, the 3,006-passenger Carnival Splendor.
The vessel was named in Dover a couple of weeks ago by British musician and television presenter Myleene Klaas, aided by a Royal Navy diver, who, on cue, emerged from the water, shinned up a rope in flippers and wetsuit, and smashed a bottle of Nyetimber English sparkling wine against the side of the ship.
"They were too mean to even afford Champagne," one fellow cruiser whispered, but actually this oh-so-British ceremony was designed to celebrate Carnival's UK debut on Splendor this summer. The fact that wine bottles smash easier than Champagne bottles - thereby guaranteeing the ship luck after too many recent launches when the bottle didn't break – probably had nothing to do with it.
Back in the El Morocco, my eyes are being accosted by black-and-white zebra-look leather on the sofas, plush red chairs, a red carpet, gold palm trees bulging out of the walls and coloured mosaics in the ceiling.
I admit that I've never been to Vegas, but if I had to guess what it would be like, I reckon this outlandish room, so typical of the public areas on all of Carnival's ships, would be pretty close.
Likewise the pink circles and swirls that adorn the atrium and then follow you all the way up through the ship, exploding in the lift areas like a nasty rash, and the queue of mannequins outside the nightclub, supposedly representing the "beautiful" people. At the nightclub entrance, lights flash. The paparazzi's cameras, Farcus explained.
"Why are they naked?" is my 14-year-old daughter's only observation as we walk by.
I realise there is a danger that I am sounding like a grumpy old woman, hating all that is "not kitsch" in the weird world of Joe Farcus, but actually that is not the case.
There are plenty of people who definitely don't like his stuff, and I certainly would not want it in my home, but I have to admit I think his outlandish ideas are amazing; likewise his incredible attention to detail.
Carnival made its name in the Caribbean, where the Americans either lap up or don't notice its bold and brassy ships, and has brought it to the Med on Costa Cruises' ships, which are also designed by Joe Farcus, but this year it is out to win over the British to cruising kitsch, sailing for the first time from the UK, on 12-night Baltic cruises from Dover.
Will they like it? Most of the British cruisers I know who have been on Carnival ships are not impressed, so, on what I admit is a very limited poll, I guess not. On the other hand, the ship is almost sold out this summer, which can't be because it's cheap (it's not) or because it is an alternative to cruising from Dover with Fred Olsen.
I would not recommend Splendor to Olsen's 60-year-old-plus passengers. This is a young person's ship – great for 40-somethings and families with kids and teens – although if you dig beneath the Las Vegas look, you discover that Carnival is actually a very ordinary cruiseline.
Carnival likes to call its vessels Fun Ships – casual and spontaneous. But dinner is a traditional two-sitting fixed affair, where you are allocated a dining room, table and time to dine, which I find hard to square with casual (they are trialling a dine-when-you-like option, but it's early days). At dinner, at a nod from the maître d', the waiting staff don colourful costumes, climb on their allocated podiums and perform a well-rehearsed dance routine. Different, but definitely not spontaneous.
Food in the main dining room was fine but not wonderful, and the same goes for the service, which was a bit shoddy and a little too hasty.
At dinner one evening on the inaugural mini-cruise to Amsterdam, all our main course plates were cleared away while one person was still eating, which I found very rude. That lunchtime in the self-service restaurant, I ordered a drink and was told that the bar was shut. I pointed out that it was very unlikely to be shut at lunchtime, and on a day at sea to boot, when there's a captive audience to spend, spend, spend, so finally, but grudgingly, the waitress took my order. The food was good, though, especially the hot-wok station where you pile raw ingredients into a bowl and they are cooked as you wait.
And things get better at the Pinnacle Grill steakhouse, although cynics might say this is because you pay an extra $30 (£15) per person for the experience.
There are great facilities for children and teens on the ship – the water slide will keep kids of all ages occupied – and I was impressed with the spa, which is a remarkably tasteful Asian-themed area, with sea-view sauna and steam room (although Farcus couldn't resist putting in some garish long-clawed creatures above the thalassotherapy pool).
Looking out on a rather grey North Sea is not quite the same as the sunny skies and sparkling blue seas in the Caribbean, but the dull day proved a great talking point for us steaming Brits.


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Just some photos from the last few days
^^^The Lyle Lovett collection, well loved
^^^This one was in absolute tatters
^^^Pablocito actually was taking a bath in the tub, but he wouldn't do it after I got the camera.
^^^Theo doesn't like the camera either, which is a damned shame since he's so handsome.
^^^Anybody want some big chunks of beautiful maple?
^^^Proof that I wasn't a total humbug this Christmas


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Overfishing is still a threat to many European fishery species. (Photo: Oceana)
Overfishing threatens 7.5 per cent of marine fish in the EU
A report issued by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the European Commission (EC) warns that 7.5 per cent of the fish that inhabit the seas of the European Union (EU) are in danger of extinction due to overfishing.
The document, in whose drafting also the NGO Oceana participated, emphasizes that despite improvements in EU fisheries management, 58 of the 59 species identified as endangered are in that situation as a result of fishing, bycatch and impacts of this activity on their habitat.
The most threatened group is formed by chondrichthyans or cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays: this group includes 15 resources assessed as critically endangered and other 15 species out of the 22 deemed as endangered.
The Maltese ray and the angel shark, both critically endangered and threatened primarily due to incidental bottom trawling catches, are among those resources, EFE agency reported.
Some commercial depth species are also threatened: grenadier, redfish, dusky grouper and grouper haddock, Atlantic halibut and turbot.
Oceana believes this situation shows "the absolute necessity of establishing fishing opportunities based on scientific criteria," so that the stocks can reach healthy levels and fishing regulations provided by the EU executive can be met.
The executive director of the organization in Europe, Lasse Gustavsson, argues that strict compliance with the Community rules "is the only way to ensure healthy stocks and long-term survival of marine fish."
The reassessment of the European Red List of Marine Fish by UICN recognizes 59 species threatened with extinction (7.5 per cent), out of the total of 1,220 that inhabit European seas. And it warns that this percentage could rise to 27 per cent, "as some [species] have not been assessed due to lack of data."
Ricardo Aguilar, research director of Oceana in Europe, considers that that list "provides a solid base to offer priority in the EU to the adoption of immediate measures intended to reduce catches of endangered species, ensuring that catch levels are based on the scientific information available and to better gather biological and fishery information on species for which data are lacking."
Related article:
- Green groups unite in call to end EU overfishing
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Google's April Fools' Day prank is a Dragon Warrior NES map
Breaking with tradition by posting one day early, Google has put out a video about a new product it has been working on: a video game that you plug into your Japanese Super Famicom (NES) that brings up a map of the world in the style of Dragon Quest. They call it Google Maps, 8-bit Version. It isn't real, of course, but what is real is the fact that you can pull up that map on the official google maps site. Watch the video below to see the NES game you can never own.
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Dance Show
The RSA annual dance show feature performances from Y10, Y11 and the RSA Dance Company. A fantastic evening showcasing the students' outstanding talent!!
Every year the RSA dance students are given the opportunity to perform in the annual dance show. This allows the year 11 students to perform their exam work in front of a live audience before their moderation. The year 10 perform their own choreographic work and develop their performance skills whilst the RSA Dance Company present their new dance works.


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GMC Uses ESPY Awards To Market 2014 Sierra 1500
Sponsored Links
This past Wednesday was the 2013 ESPY Awards, and GMC returned as the ceremony's official vehicle, airing a pair of new television ads for the all-new 2014 GMC Sierra. The high-profile event, awarding the most spectacular athletes of the past year, provided a marketing platform for the 2014 Sierra advertising campaign.
GMC was also a sponsor of this year's Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2013 ESPY Awards, which aired from Los Angeles. The award went to ABC News "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts. The award is given to those who best reflect the spirit of Arthur Ashe, who used his fame to advocate human rights. Watch the ESPY ad spots just below.


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Great food!!! Friendly service.
Windy River Restaurant & Lounge can be found at E 3rd St 215. The following is offered: Restaurants. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 12, 2013. In The Dalles there are 17 other Restaurants. An overview can be found here.
Stop in Windy River And Lounge for a place that focuses on an American cuisine where people frequently get seafood. Expect the average entrée to cost $8 to $12, and you should generally dress casual.