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The story of Conduit 2 picks up where the last game left off, with lead character Michael Ford chasing the villainous John Adams through a portal-like "conduit." The single-player game, which lasts about five to six hours, not counting a few bonus levels, focuses mostly on this pursuit. Adams wants more power, and seeks to exploit an alien race's abilities to get it. Ford must stop him. The concept isn't exactly complicated by any means, despite a couple twists, and both Ford and Adams never evolve beyond a very generic hero/villain dynamic. In other words, you're here for the action.
Sarcastic in-game banter between Ford and his mentor Prometheus does give the game a bit of humor that is missing from some FPS games. The developers' also frequently insert nerdy, insider jokes about gaming design and even pop culture in general, reminding you not to take a game about presidential conspiracies and alien invasions too seriously. That won't stop you from groaning at some awkward dialogue, dull plot developments, and a truly "WTF" ending, but it helps.
The art direction in Conduit 2 is truly excellent, and the chase between Ford and Adams will take you from the stunning caverns of China to snowy Siberian hills. The game's brevity is the only thing holding back more diversity, it would seem, which is unfortunate since one of the most thrilling parts about Conduit 2 is seeing what the artists think of next. Creature design is generally well done, though you'll start to feel like you're fighting the same guys even though they look slightly different.
Particularly annoying is High Voltage Software's obsession with small, ankle-biter enemies that swarm you and more or less require a physical beating to defeat. If you're playing with a Wii Remote, you're going to get annoyed because doing melee attacks isn't all that convenient. Though a slight push forward with the remote will cause Ford to swing his rifle, it's tough to do so without causing your aiming reticule to move. Those of you used to running, gunning and hitting might be a bit disappointed.
While the locales you're fighting in feel fresh and creative, the actual game progression isn't quite so fortunate. The designers deserve an immense amount of credit for keeping things moving and allowing you to find your way through levels reasonably fast. Barring searches for various bonus items that can earn you unlockable items or cash for the in-game store, you'll always either know exactly where to go or find your way reasonably fast. But the vast majority of your time in this game is spent doing the same thing. Hit the switch, blow something up, get to the cutscene. This is a complaint that could be leveled at many FPS games, so it's not as though Conduit 2 is alone in this regard, but the lack of variety does make things feel generic at times.
What's most disappointing is that the game does feature a cool, on-rails shooting sequence towards the very end that made me wonder why we didn't see more like it -- and earlier. You will also certainly remember the boss fights -- particularly the game's first one, which is thrown at you earlier than you might expect. They're big, they're epic, and they're a lot of fun. More, please.
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Rats, roaches, dark passages and the occasional corpse -- no, we're not talking about a day in the life of Indiana Jones. In a much less glamorous role, the sewer worker deals with all of this stuff and more while braving the depths of the hundreds of miles of sewers beneath our cities.
After we've done our business in the bathroom, all we have to do is flush our waste goodbye, and we'll never have to see it again. But this isn't the case for the people who take care of our sewer systems. Their job entails walking and sometimes crawling through sewer tunnels to inspect for cracks, clogs and other problems. As if wading through human excrement didn't sound bad enough, some workers are also sewage divers. As you probably guessed, they have to go all out to swim through sewage to clean out clogs. In addition to the excrement, smell, and creepy crawly bugs and rats, sewer workers sometimes come across dead bodies, both animal and human.
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It's our first Thanksgiving in our new home! I wanted to make something sweet with the kids, but the problem is, well, I'm a HORRIBLE baker. So I reached out to some of my favorite bloggers, and was thrilled to discover this adorable, no-bake recipe for "Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies" from one of my all-time favorite bloggers, Tarynn Playle, of the awesome blog Mama By Fire. (If you're not familiar with Mama By Fire, please check it out! The creativity you see here is just a sample of the awesome ideas on her site!) So, without further ado, here is the recipe for cookies your family is sure to gobble up.
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To make these adorable little Turkey Cookies, you will need:
Striped Shortbread Cookies
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Melted White Chocolate Chips* dyed red or orange (This will act as your binder, or glue, so to speak. So if you don't have chocolate chips, frosting works just fine!)
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1. Place one cookie face down, with the chocolate side facing up. Take a second cookie and cut across it slicing along the bottom of the center circle.
2. Use the chocolate and spread it on the chocolate side of the smaller cut piece. Place it, face up, on top of its other half, making the cut sides as even as possible. These will be the feathers.
3. Spread chocolate on the cut sides of the cookie, then place it in the middle of the whole cookie with the chocolate side up.
4. Take a Milk Dud and "glue" two eyes on the top, then make a triangle for the beak and a little squiggle for the wattle.
5. "Glue" the Turkey head in the center of the "feathers."
These little guys were super easy to make and they were a huge hit with the kids.
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Benefiting Niswonger Children's Hospital, Event Adopting Children's Miracle Network's "Play Yellow" Campaign, with Donations Tied to Driving Distance
Event Precedes Season-Culminating World Long Drive Championship, Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 3-4, Live in Primetime Under the Lights on GOLF Channel
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (Aug. 12, 2019) – World Long Drive stages its fifth tour event of the season with the Tennessee Big Shots benefiting Niswonger Children's Hospital, airing live at 6 p.m. ET this evening on GOLF Channel and on Sky Sports Golf. Featuring eight men and four women, the competition will present the final opportunity for the longest hitters in the world of golf to earn momentum leading into the season-culminating World Long Drive Championship in three weeks.
The Open (men's) Division quarterfinalists will include six of the top-10 ranked hitters in the world: No. 1 Kyle Berkshire (Orlando, Fla.), No. 4 Justin James (Jacksonville, Fla.), No. 5 Tim Burke (Orlando, Fla.), No. 7 Justin Moose (Columbia, S.C.), No. 8 Martin Borgmeier (Munich, Germany) and No. 10 Jeff Gavin (Hamilton, Ont., Canada). The Women's Division is led by defending (and three-time) world champion Phillis Meti (Auckland, New Zealand), the current No. 1 hitter in the women's rankings and winner of three of the first four tour events in 2019. Meti will be joined by No. 3 Chloe Garner (Somerset West, South Africa), No. 4 Alexis Belton (Ruston, La.) and No. 6 Heather Lynne Manfredda (St. Augustine, Fla.) during tonight's live telecast.
(1) Phillis Meti (Auckland, New Zealand) vs. (3) Chloe Garner (Somerset West, South Africa)
(4) Alexis Belton (Ruston, La.) vs. (6) Heather Lynn Manfredda (St. Augustine, Fla.)
(1) Kyle Berkshire (Orlando, Fla.) vs. (7) Justin Moose (Columbia, S.C.)
(4) Justin James (Jacksonville, Fla.) vs. (17) James Tait (London, England)
(8) Martin Borgmeier (Munich, Germany) vs. (13) Ryan Reisbeck (Layton, Utah)
(5) Tim Burke (Orlando, Fla.) vs. (10) Jeff Gavin (Hamilton, Ont., Canada)
EVENT TO INCORPORATE "PLAY YELLOW" CAMPAIGN: In support of Niswonger Children's Hospital – which is the only children's hospital in the Appalachian Highlands region – the Tennessee Big Shots will adopt the "Play Yellow" campaign, with unique integrations being incorporated into the live telecast. First introduced by World Golf Hall of Fame member Jack Nicklaus in March, "Play Yellow" was established as a way for the golf community to provide support and fundraising efforts for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals®, of which Niswonger Children's Hospital is a member.
A "Play Yellow Zone" will feature designated areas in the competition grid that will be painted yellow (380-400 yards: Open Division; 300-320 yards: Women's Division), with a cumulative donation being presented to Niswonger Children's Hospital for each drive coming to rest within those zones (ex: a 386-yard drive would equate to a $386 donation) in the name of the campaign. Other planned activations include Niswonger patient interaction on the hitting platform, along with yellow "thunder sticks" for those in attendance at the event.
The Tennessee Big Shots benefiting Niswonger Children's Hospital concludes the summer stretch of the World Long Drive season, which will lead into the 44th World Long Drive Championship, airing Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 3-4 in primetime under the lights live on GOLF Channel. The season-culminating event (WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville, Okla.) will feature the coveted world championship title belt, which will be on the line for the winner of the Open, Women's and Masters (age 45+) Divisions. Presenting golf at its farthest, loudest, most-athletic and adrenaline-filled extreme, World Long Drive dates back to 1976, and brings together golf's longest hitters from around the world.
COVERAGE & BROADCAST TEAM: World Long Drive events airing on GOLF Channel utilize six dedicated cameras, capturing all angles from the hitting platform and the landing grid, including a SuperMo camera as well as two crane cameras that track the ball in flight once it leaves the hitter's clubface. Telecasts also feature a custom graphics package suited to the exorbitant swing data typically generated by hitters, tracking club speed, ball speed and apex in real-time via Trackman. Trackman technology also provides viewers with a sense of ball flight, tracing the arc of each drive from the moment of impact.
Veteran sports broadcaster Jonathan Coachman will call play-by-play and be joined by Art Sellinger – World Long Drive pioneer and two-time world champion (1986. '91), who will provide analysis. GOLF Channel's Jerry Foltz will serve as a reporter, offering insight from the teeing platform and conducting interviews with hitters taking part in the competition.
DIGITAL & SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE: Fans can stay connected to the action surrounding World Long Drive by following @WorldLongDrive and @GOLFChannel on social media. GOLF Channel social media host Alexandra O'Laughlin also will be on-site contributing to the social conversation, and the live telecast will integrate social media-generated content via the hashtag, #WorldLongDrive. In addition to the latest video and highlights from on-site, WorldLongDrive.com will feature expanded editorial coverage and real-time scoring for the duration of the event. GOLF Channel Digital also will feature content leading up to and immediately following the event telecast.
April 13-16 Ak-Chin Smash in the Sun Maricopa, Ariz. Phillis Meti, Tim Burke
May 5-7 Exchange Celebrating Service: Fort Jackson Fort Jackson, S.C. Chloe Garner, Ryan Steenberg, Mikael Dubois
June 3-5 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bash Atlantic City, N.J. Phillis Meti, Tim Burke
July 20-24 ROC City Rumble Rochester, N.Y. Phillis Meti, Kyle Berkshire
Aug. 10-12 Tennessee Big Shots benefitting Niswonger Children's Hospital Kingsport, Tenn. TBD
Aug. 30-Sept 4 44th World Long Drive Championship Texas/Oklahoma Border TBD
Originating in 1976, the World Long Drive Association is golf at its farthest, loudest, most athletic and adrenaline-filled extreme. World Long Drive was named a finalist at the 2018 Cynopsis Sports Media Awards in the League of the Year for a Breakthrough Sport and Live Coverage of a Breakthrough Sport categories. The broader sports industry also has taken notice, including ESPN proclaiming that long drive has "recently started to enter the mainstream of golf;" Men's Journal noting "with the sport's ascendant profile and ever-growing prestige," fans should "buckle up for more high-octane action;" Golf Digest saying the World Long Drive is "on the upswing, gaining traction;" and Golf.com claiming it as "an eye-opening experience". Sanctioned WLD events are open to amateur and professional golfers. The 2019 WLDA season consists of events across the United States and around the world, culminating with the World Long Drive Championship, Aug. 30-Sept. 4, on the Texas / Oklahoma border, where competitors will convene under the lights for the world title live on GOLF Channel. World Long Drive events can be seen on television in more than 60 countries, including GOLF Channel, NBC Sports Network and NBC in the United States, and Sky Sports Golf in Europe. In 2018, 8.3 million unique viewers watched at least some portion of World Long Drive events (live and replay) across NBC Sports Group, +23% year-over-year, and the most-viewed season of World Long Drive on-record according to data released by The Nielsen Company.
Located in Johnson City, Tenn., Niswonger Children's Hospital is the Appalachian Highlands region's only children's hospital. It serves more than 200,000 children in a 29-county radius in Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. Niswonger Children's Hospital provides the region's only pediatric oncology and hematology program, serving more than 300 children with cancer and blood disorders, and is home to one of only eight St. Jude Affiliate Clinics in the nation. The children's hospital also offers more than 20 pediatric subspecialties, including pediatric cardiology, pediatric surgery, pediatric endocrinology and pediatric gastroenterology. Learn more about Niswonger Children's Hospital at http://www.balladhealth.org/children.


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- Worthless vulgar masses, Disgusting stinking parasites All we need is a new state religion - Direct, rude and vice Through constitution of hateful domination, We'll regain the legitimate might Executing the one and only right, A total and complete genocide When we establish our regime of terror You will die under our reign of fear We shall fix this loathsome human error But you can't see that your end is so near When we establish our regime of terror The crown of tyranny we shall wear We shall fix this filthy human error Humanity's last breath we can hear We don't want to ensure your children's future We want for them to live in dread and fear Totalitarian evil order we bring Realize, this nightmare is real Transgress! Oppress! Depopulate! Restrain! Suppress! Exterminate! Hail the regime of terror! Your painful demise we adore Hail the regime of terror! Hateful progress until you're no more
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Flint promotes Spaceb*****ds.com, the new comic anthology by friend of the show, Eric Peterson, featuring 'The Boys' artist Darick Robertson. And an A-List roster of the best 2000ad artists. John has seen 'Luke Cage' season 2. Flint and Mr. Ross talk about 'Ant Man and the Wasp'. Everyone talks about the non- Rebellion 'Rogue Trooper' announcement.
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With FIFA 14, EA brings us a simple yet fun soccer sim that even those who don't have a working knowledge of the sport can pick up and enjoy. The streamlined controls and the entertaining gameplay should satisfy both the casual fan and the die hards. FIFA 14 also boasts impressive visuals, showcasing smooth animations and HD graphics (we're talkin' Sports Center quality here) as you kick your blazing goals down the field. GOOOOAAAALLL!
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The Madden franchise can undoubtedly be seen as a fine wine in the gaming cellar, as this series only gets better with age. Madden 25 takes everything that is awesome about this football legend and ups the ante on both the current and next-gen. With a myriad of team options, ridiculously lifelike visuals and hairpin controls, this may be as close as you'll ever get to playing with a real pig skin without going outside.
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YOU MAY HEAR THAT POPE FRANCIS is not scientifically qualified to write an Encyclical on Climate Change. Pope Francis makes it clear that he has consulted with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The Academy includes 80 of the world's top scientists, who hail from 36 countries. The Academy's members have won 48 Nobel Prizes to date.
REUNION: All Congregation of Notre Dame Sisters who served in 1965 at Stamford Catholic High School or who graduated around that time from SCH are invited as honored guests to a reunion celebration on October 16, 2015. Mass will be celebrated at 4:00 pm at Trinity Catholic High School followed by a tour of the school. From 6:00 to 10:00 pm there will be a reception at the Italian Center in Stamford.
If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission (by Jo Piazza, Open Road Media, 2014, 258 p.), tells the stories, briefly, of ten remarkable women, movers and shakers motivated by faith and conviction in their calling to do something! The author has confidence that if nuns ruled the world, things would get done! Jo describes herself as an agnostic. She is a reporter, an accomplished journalist, a fine story-teller and has been a commentator on CNN and FOX News, among other programs. She spent quality time learning from these women. She says Simone Campbell, of Nuns-on-the-bus, refers to the Pope as Frank(!) and she concludes this book with a lengthy quote from Joan Chittister's 2012 address to the graduating class at Stanford University. It's about being a leader and what that means. Inspirational read!


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The Maui Arts and Cultural Center will present the MAMO Wearable Art Show this Saturday. Featuring designs by local artists like Maile Andrade, Koa Johnson, Manuheali'i, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Keali'i Reichel, Taupouri Tangaro and Wahine Toa. The art will range from traditional to contemporary. Inspired by the Hawaiian culture practices and values, the art is all unique to our island home. Premium reserved seating ticket holders will have the opportunity to shop at a trunk show featuring select designers. $35-$60.7:30pm. Maui Arts and Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-244-7469, Mauiarts.org
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Regarding the difference between "religious" and "spiritual", Trumwill writes:
Being an atheist is undemanding but also unpopular and for a lot of people unfulfilling. Being a member of an organized religious provides you with a packaged set of beliefs but comes with a bunch of rules you have to follow. Call yourself "spiritual" and not "religious" and you can do whatever the heck you want with less in the way of social consequences and you can find meaning in whatever the heck you want to find meaning in. So if it feels good you can make it not about feeling good but about connectedness and all that jazz. The rules are typically more generous when you make them up as you go along. You get gratification from all ends.
This brings to mind how liberals attempt to define hypocrisy in a way that only conservatives can be guilty of it. Different from its true definition – pretending to be something that you are not – they define it as a failure to live up to your publicly stated moral standards. The liberals deftly avoid this charge by . . . not having any standards!
Somehow, Democrat politicians are never called hypocrites when they, for instance, oppose school choice while sending their own children to Sidwell Friends, or espouse environmentalism while running up utility bills greater than the median income.
And somehow Bill Bennett can be guilty of hypocrisy for gambling, even though he never spoke against gambling, but he identifies as a SoCon, and other SoCons have spoken out against gambling, so . . . ?
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Hey... don't forget Devon ave. It's been so long that I don't remember the names of any of the places, but I used to love to go up there for Indian food. -- Mark 17:02, 19 June 2007 (EDT)
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Is the area actually known popularly as West Ridge? If it's usually called West Rogers Park, I have no compunctions about changing that on all relevant maps. --Peter Talk 23:32, 14 November 2007 (EST)
Read that a new restaurant will open there, but I don't know anything else about it. Gorilla Jones 12:38, 5 January 2008 (EST)
Yeeargh...this one is painful to type. Gorilla Jones 20:37, 9 December 2008 (EST)
Bears watching to see if this re-opens in some form, as it was one of the oldest theaters in the city still showing movies. Gorilla Jones 11:59, 22 February 2009 (EST)
Moving to Skokie. Gorilla Jones 19:19, 12 September 2010 (EDT)
Closed way back in 2009. Eco84 14:56, 12 April 2012 (EDT)
Closed. Ethiopian Diamond opened a second location in their place (their original location is already listed in this article). Eco84 06:47, 13 April 2012 (EDT)
Closed. Replaced by a gastropub by the name of Hop Haus. Eco84 09:46, 13 April 2012 (EDT)


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It is estimated that in twenty-five years time two-thirds of the world's population will live in areas of significant water stress and shortage. This will be one of the factors – along with climate change, rising sea level and the loss of arable land – that will drive major population migration and feed into global insecurity.
A year ago there were reports that East African nations were struggling to contain an escalating crisis over control of the waters of the river Nile. According to the Guardian:
"The nine countries through which the world's longest river flows have long been at loggerheads over access to the vital waters, which the British colonial powers effectively handed wholesale to Egypt in a 1929 agreement.
Egypt has always insisted on jealously guarding its historic rights to the 55.5bn cubic metres of water that it takes from the river each year and has vetoed neighbouring countries' rights to build dams or irrigation projects upstream which might affect the river's flow."
Now, India has been accused of "water terrorism" against Pakistan:
"India is rapidly moving towards its target of making Pakistan totally barren by building dams on three major rivers including Chenab, Jhelum and Indus flowing into Pakistan from the Indian side of the border. These dams are being built in blatant violation of international laws and Indus Water Treaty singed between the two countries to ensure equitable distribution of water resources. Pakistan has, long been challenging these moves of the Indian authorities and the issue had been referred to international arbitration on various occasions. Both Islamabad and New Delhi have held several rounds of talks to resolve the matter but no tangible results could be achieved. Realising the nefarious designs of the Indian leadership, political parties in Pakistan term New Delhi actions as 'water terrorism'. Recent talks on Baglihar Dam between the two sides remained unfruitful and Pakistan is understood to have decided to seek international arbitration once again to secure its share of the water.
Yesterday, a report published in all national newspapers has raised alarm bell when an Indian engineer, Jee Parbharkar, speaking at a seminar organised by The Federation of Association of South and Central Asian Countries (FIESCA) in Nepal, said if all on-going dam projects on rivers originating from Kashmir were completed in time, India would be in a position to stop water flow to Pakistan completely by 2020. He further claimed that by 2020, India would be producing such a quantity of hydel power that it would be able to export it to neighbouring countries including Pakistan. Pakistani delegate to the seminar, Sultan Mahmood said that India has already started producing electricity from four big and 16 small dams while the work on third dam is in full swing near Kargal Valley. In this dam, 45 per cent of Indus water would be diverted to its reservoir through a tunnel.
Such a situation is not acceptable under any circumstances and it is about time that our leadership takes the matter seriously and move all international forums available to raise this sensitive issue. Indifference of concerned authorities had already damaged Pakistan's cause and if nothing is done fast, Pakistan soon would be a barren state."


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A whole lot of handsome was going on during Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscar spoof.
The late-night host's "Handsome Men's Club" video featured cameos by Patrick Dempsey, Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke and a shirtless Gilles Marini, among others.
Kimmel: Leno's the sucker-puncher, not me
Kimmel — get this, the club's president — conducts the meeting. But the members stage a coup, as Kimmel's "cute" and loyal sidekick, John Krasinski, remains by his side. Even Kimmel's go-to guy, Ben Affleck, votes to have him ousted.


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Phew! ROUGH CITY lately. Allow me to preface to these I haven't somehow bitched to in some manner-we are moving. SHOOT ME.
MOVING BLOWS. Actually, allow me to rephrase that-SELLING your house BLOWS.
Again, for anyone who knows me-I LOATHE moving. I've moved TWENTY TIMES since I was 18. No, not with my parents. 1000% self inflicted. Sort of. I will spare you the details.
HELL. My poor kids are looking at me like I have 827262 heads & at this point, I may. Don't get me wrong. We LOVE our home. We LOVE our lives. Simply stated-all things point to this direction.
Crazy enough, it's essentially me coming full circle. CRAZY! When I was 15, my parents decided to announce we would be moving in 3 months to GA. I grew up in PA. We vacationed in GA my entire life but this was just fucking CRAZY!
The very place we made the most magical memories had instantly become my hell. I was 15! Who wants to move 1000 miles away at 15?!
Yes! I am fully bitching about this & I FULLY realize that people have MUCH bigger problems than this but I remind you to please reacquaint yourself with your 15 yo self & then we can chat. MOVING IS HARD!
As much as I loathed my parents (that's another story for another time) for ripping me from my friends…nearly TWENTY YEARS LATER, this Mama is finding solace in something I once viewed as hell on earth.
It's so funny how life can come full circle. I am yearning for something to feel familiar, safe, known, yet challenging, different, exciting & where I can TRUST to raise my little beings.
Pretty crazy how shit changes.
With the exception of our dream home turning into a fucking museum in order to "show" our "home" to a bunch of strangers in the hopes of someone "picking me" is revolting. This is our home. This is where my babies play! This is where we LIVE! We have raised babies, puppies, piglets & goats! We have made more memories here than we can count or possibly recall!This home of ours has been the root of our worst, our best, our ugliest & our most astounding of all experiences.
It's hard to NOT take it personally. Some stranger waltzing through your home you've made a showcase of sheer perfection for their 15 min of attention whom suddenly has the "right"to judge your existence? Nauseating. That couldn't be less "Me".
I am who I am. What you see is DEFINITELY what you get! I am not here to get others approval nor do I ever care…
This is SO hard! I am at another persons mercy! I am begging for another souls approval! I MUST win this popularity contest! Ahhhh!
I thought this shit ended in high school! Apparently, I was very wrong. When all of this is said and done, I can only pray someone else who "picks us" is as in love with these walls of this home where they make the vast memories (both incredible & not so incredible) as we have over these last 6 years. I like to think "Birds of a Feather will Flock Together!" & maybe that will prove itself in whomever decides to fall as madly in love as we have.


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Perhaps I was wrong to state in a previous post that there is no such thing as normal weather, because it seems that right now we are actually experiencing normal weather. It is cool enough at night to sleep comfortably in a sleeping bag, and mild enough by day with coastal breezes to cut the humidity and not feel gritty with salt residue and road grime at the end of the day. Nowhere was this truer than as we rode along the Gulf Islands National Seashore. The beaches, sand dunes, and crystal-clear water made for a beautiful ride.
We were so mesmerized by the beauty that we failed to consider the significance of our location along the Emerald Coast. Anyone who knows us well, knows that we have struggled with pest problems at this time of year every year since living in Albuquerque. We thought by leaving Seattle and not having a fixed residence that we would finally be able to shake these vermin once and for all. When we mapped out our journey we did not even consider there were other hot spots in the country, assuming the Emerald City was their headquarters and Albuquerque was a fluke. Alas, we were wrong. Apparently, any place with a name that implies treasure, is likely an unwitting host to legions of leprechauns. Additionally, the remnants of all the Mardi Gras celebrations have left the Gulf Coast sparkling. When you put those two things together, you are guaranteed to draw those diminutive creatures with gold on their brains.
We pulled into Pensacola and went straight to a bike shop for some repairs on Frank. As the kids and I waited outside the shop they happened to look up and see the trees draped in Mardi Gras beads. Immediately, they went about collecting any intact necklaces for themselves. Tango and Lil' Mo could barely hold their heads up under the weight of the bounty adorning their necks. Lil Mo's collection of beads from the Fourth of July parade in Minnesota had long since disintegrated, so her delight at being resupplied was considerable. Fully bejeweled, we went to the Pensacola MESS Hall while Frank was repaired. The MESS Hall offers exclusively hands-on math, science, and engineering activities and experiments to do at your leisure. Every single one of us was contentedly occupied for the duration.
After we picked up fully-functioning Frank, we headed to the First United Methodist Church in Pensacola for that night's lodging. One of their ministries is outreach to touring cyclists. They offered us use of their Youth Ministries Building, fully equipped with a kitchen and bathroom. Additionally, the member that let us in and showed us around drove Old Man to the grocery store to pick up the few things we needed. It was such a treat to be greeted by a friendly face happy to help us, have so much room to spread out, check out their wall dedicated to bike tourists, and have the convenience of a modern kitchen at our disposal.
At no point up to now on this adventure had we ever considered the risk of leprechauns, despite all our years of struggling with them. Oblivious to the hazards ahead of us, we exited the Emerald Coast flaunting our leftover parade plunder as leprechaun networks chattered about our movements. Shortly after crossing the state line into Alabama, we saw a sign informing us of the protected status of the Alabama beach mouse. Not far beyond that we boarded a ferry to cross Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island. We saw more dolphins and watched the pelicans dive-bomb their lunches.
We made camp and then headed to the beach. The kids joyfully dug to their hearts' content. During which time, Tango absent-mindedly took off his surplus of beads. He remembered this at bedtime, at which time they were nowhere to be found on the beach. Did the tide take them out? Or did it tip off the resident leprechauns that the treasure-laden family they heard about was in their neighborhood? It seems the latter was the case. The following morning, the kids woke up to find their tent partially unzipped and some of Lil' Mo's beads stuck in the opening. Having memorized her inventory of jewels, she quickly realized that the gold beads were missing. While searching for her missing beads, we discovered more beads hanging from the trees above our campsite. Had we unwittingly camped directly on their turf??? Puzzled by these revelations, we sat down to breakfast to find our yogurt tampered with and GREEN! A sealed box of Pop-Tarts had also been mysteriously removed from our trailer. An act perpetrated by the protected beach mouse, a leprechaun, or an alliance between the two? The kids suspected the alliance due to the protected status of the beach mouse and the fact that leprechauns are opportunists! Tango, who has started to doubt the tooth fairy, said in complete seriousness and with a bit of alarm while sitting at the picnic table for breakfast, "Leprechauns are real." (tangent: to be fair, he has a pretty crappy tooth fairy—she is always late, and always has a list of convenient [and suspicious] excuses and technicalities for her tardiness. The leprechauns, on the other hand, reliably dish out their nonsense every year.)
We camped in Shepard State Park our first night in Mississippi. We were the only campers in the tent area, but were greeted by some RV campers upon our arrival. They asked to take our picture, welcomed us to Mississippi, and went back to their modern campground. The husband returned as we were eating dinner to deliver us a batch of firewood, commenting that he doubted we were able to carry any with us. Pyromaniac Otter was delighted and we read our bedtime book by the fire that night. Overnight, leprechauns struck again. The kids woke up with green glitter in their hair (an aside: who knew glitter on hair will ultimately settle on the scalp rather than just shake out?).
Upon further investigation, the kids discovered a fort built at the edge of the fire pit, with a leaf bed and incriminating glitter leading up to and inside it. Clearly, the leprechaun was keen on warmth and comfort, not to mention shelter from the looming rainstorm. It was a drencher and its resulting puddles interfered with the investigation! It rained steadily from about 4:00 a.m. until noon. Since we had a short ride ahead of us, we had the luxury of waiting out the rain under the campground's pavilion while watching for any leprechauns lurking in the shadows as we did homeschooling.
Our short ride took us to Keesler Air Force Base, where we took two days off at their TLF (the military loves acronyms! TLF = Temporary Lodging Facility). We expected that a place with armed guards at its gates would be secure—that we could finally relax and process the intentions behind all the leprechaun mischief we experienced. What could they want with us? We are not Irish. We are technically homeless, so not of any wealth. Had fake news been circulated about our status or the value of our possessions? How could this be happening to us yet again?! We could not have unknowingly transported a Seattle leprechaun across the country in one of our trailers—our inventory is a 3-D game of Tetris every day with no extra capacity, and any stowaways would have been detected. We concluded there must be more cells of leprechauns throughout the country, and we must have stumbled onto the radar of one of them while on the Emerald Coast. Those tiny, myopic gold hunters wrongly surmised us as one-percenters worth pursuing. Perhaps our ability to subsist this long without obvious income or employment gave them this perception?
On our first morning at Keesler, we celebrated our fleeting domesticity with a pancake breakfast only to discover that leprechauns had meddled with our eggs! Fortunately, the contents of the eggs remained unharmed.
Historically, all of the tomfoolery had taken place under the cover of darkness at night, but one of them was bold enough to contaminate our pancake batter that morning, in daylight, while we were distracted with other breakfast preparations and outside searching for clues of the scoundrels' whereabouts. The lack of evidence outside cemented Otter's conviction that the rodents were in cahoots with the leprechauns. The leprechauns were likely riding them like horses and utilizing their tunnel networks.
The following morning, we awoke and breathed a sigh of relief. No evidence of a leprechaun breach and our food supply was untouched. Then we looked outside…. All of the sidewalks surrounding us for blocks were marked with green arrows leading to our unit. At our doorstep was a rainbow and a large arrow pointing at our door. What could this possibly portend?!
We stood at our doorstep and looked around in a state of disbelief (and with a bit of trepidation) not knowing how many miniature sets of eyes were watching us at that very moment. I suggested we consider yielding. We only had one more night there, and we could just accept whatever they dealt our final night and flee in the morning. Sissy looked at me incredulously and said, "Mom, [our family] always chooses the harder road no matter what. We can't give up." Lil' Mo lightened the mood by pointing out that the arrows could actually be useful in preventing any of us from getting lost. Her rational ability to see the silver lining and Sissy's call to arms broke the spell we were under and spurred us into action. We were NOT going to fall victim to leprechauns AGAIN this year. We have ridden our bikes over 7,000 miles—we have seen a lot, learned a lot, and are a lot stronger than we were in years past. We were not going to take this lying down anymore! If we could trap just one of them, they would never consider messing with us again!
Tango quickly adopted a strategy of reverse psychology, loudly praising the leprechauns and announcing his intention to build them a very comfortable house. Behind closed doors and in whispered voices we concocted a plan. Our resources were limited, but we had ample heart, brainpower, and adrenaline pumping to help us. Every year the leprechauns have bested us and defeated our traps while we slept. What if we did an overnight watch, where there is always someone awake to ensure their ensnarement? It was genius, and undoubtedly a game-changer. This would be our year. The kids brainstormed trap designs, submitted and presented them individually to the family, and then decided on how to combine everyone's brilliance into one trap. This is what they created:
Take note of the details: a pot of treasure in the back to lure in the single-minded villains, a sticky tape floor to trip them into the trap door that lays in front of the desired treasure. The entire contraption is rigged to a pulley that will raise the trap to the ceiling to prevent their escape once contained or risk death from such a foolhardy jump. Should the caught leprechaun be extra wily, the boys placed spikes on the roof surrounding the fishing line to prevent any unwanted tampering with the line while suspended in the air. It was foolproof.
As the discussion about overnight shifts was underway, enthusiasm for the plan began to wane. Sissy admitted that she really likes a full night of sleep and was not committed to staying awake at random hours. The boys were incensed that she reneged on the arrangement and immediately renegotiated her shares of gold upon their success.
Bedtime came. Tango continued his loud reverse psychology strategy as we set up the trap. The boys were on the pull-out sofa by the front door and the girls were tucked away in the bedroom. Otter volunteered for the first watch shift. Everyone agreed that dark and quiet was best, so the leprechauns would not suspect anything was amiss. Old Man and I retreated to our room to watch a movie while our brave boys kept watch. At about 9:30 p.m. we went out to check on them to find this:
Since there was no inkling of leprechaun mischief we did not interrupt their sleep. That was a mistake. We woke up in the morning to a ransacked suite. All cupboards were open. Green footprints were everywhere. Our pannier bags had been dumped out. The trap was defeated—two of the gold pieces (chocolate) were missing with the wrappers discarded on the floor, the beads were found outside, and the fishing line had been cut near Otter's handle. How could this have happened? Again?!
In hindsight, we should have thought to wash off all the green arrows on the sidewalks to reduce the lawbreakers' ease of targeting us. We licked our wounds, ate the remaining chocolates, cleaned up the suite, and hastily abandoned our compromised residence. We headed to Buccaneer State Park. We were warmly greeted by our RV neighbors. In an act of neighborliness, they gave us a bag of candy and some snacks for the kids. We shared stories of our camping adventures and forgot about our humiliating defeat that had taken place not even twelve hours prior. Thinking we had put this year's chapter of leprechaun antics behind us, we slept soundly. However, when we awoke in the morning we discovered these cryptic ads written all around the bath house that suggested the presence of yet another band of leprechauns.
Perhaps they live there to carry on the thieving works of French Pirate Jean Lafitte? Fortunately, these ruses posed no direct threat to us. We did our best to stay off their radar and quietly left the campsite, finding some comfort in knowing that this pest problem is not uniquely our own. With this knowledge, we know we must remain vigilant until the dreaded St. Patrick's Day passes.


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text: To be successful in life, get rid of your ego identity as much as possible. After all, it's not even real! To do this, turn over your personal will to God's Will daily—and mean it! Also, meditate daily on God's Presence within you, because that connects you to your real identity, which is one with God and unlimited in its scope, bringing you peace of mind and clarity of mind.


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9 Stock Orchard Street
Working for Koya Project Management, we were very pleased to have been involved in the construction of 'The Straw Bale' House at no.9 Stock Orchard Street. The Straw House at Stock Orchard Street featured in Channel 4's first series of Grand Designs and is also lauded as a great example of innovation in Kevin McClouds book.
A model of sustainable living in an urban environment, The 'Straw House' in Islington, North London, is a highly innovative, environmentally friendly construction, and the first of its kind in the UK. The architects were faced with a number of challenges. One such challenge was to source an energy efficient heating system suited to the structure of the straw house. Osma underfloor heating had the solution.
The Straw House is designed, owned and occupied by architects Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth, and was constructed utilising materials chosen for their low embodied energy, such as sand bags and strawbales. The building was highly experimental and based on extensive research of new materials and construction techniques.
Sarah Wigglesworth describes the house as: "providing a model of sustainable living in an urban environment, whilst promoting a spatial and relaxing environment within which to live and work." Sarah continues: "The Straw House is just as much an office space as it is a home and all the components of the house from the steel structure to the interior aspects were chosen to reflect this."
An underfloor heating system was the obvious solution, providing benefits over radiators, with a much more evenand comfortable heating effect whilst being completely unobtrusive. It was, in fact, Sarah Wigglesworth who made the initial contact with Osma underfloor heating in her quest to find an energy efficient and safe heating solution for the straw house.
Underfloor heating systems operate through the transfer of heat by natural radiation from a surface which needs to be only slightly warmer than the room temperature. The floor is normally warmed to 26-29° which is about the same temperature as the palm of your hand.
The architecture and design of the straw house provides an innovative twist to the Islington landscape. Internally the building is equally planned and thought out, utilising space for the utmost effect. Each room has been carefully planned with the office located close to the street, fronting onto the railway line with the house at the back. In order to reduce noise levels, the office is protected externally with sandbag cladding. By means of a bespoke service, each of the rooms is fitted with an Osma underfloor heating system to complement the interior by way of shape and structure of the property.
The award winning Straw House development is a perfect example of how innovation and design go hand in hand and how the simpler aspects of a development can prove to be instrumental in the overall look and feel of a building.
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- ● Timber frame and steel frame high insulation buildings
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- ● Green oak frames traditional as opposed to engineered timber frames
- ● Volumetric solutions
- ● Rammed earth – reuse of materials from site into the new building
- ● Cladding – galvanised tin, clay tiles, lime renders
- ● Original gabion rubble in wire baskets we were the first to use this technique


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Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (movie 1)
Alternative title:
Bola de Drac Z: Garlick Junior Immortal
Dead Zone Vortex
Dragon Ball Z (Japanese)
Dragon Ball Z - A la poursuite de Garlic (French)
Dragon Ball Z - Devolvam meu Gohan (Portuguese)
Dragon Ball Z - O Resgate de Gohan (Portuguese)
Dragon Ball Z Movie 1 - In Pursuit of Garlic
Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: Dead Zone
Dragon Ball Z Movie N.1 - La vendetta divina (Italian)
Dragon Ball Z: Devolvedme a mi Gohan (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: Devuelvanme a Mi Gohan (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: El secuestro de Gohan (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: Garlick Junior Inmortal (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: La vendetta divina (Italian)
Dragon Ball Z: Martwa Strefa (Polish)
Dragon Ball Z: Ora no Gohan o Kaese!! (Japanese)
Dragon Ball Z: Return My Gohan!!
Dragon Ball Z: Son Goku Super Star
Dragonball Z: Die Todeszone des Garlic.Jr (German)
ドラゴンボールZ オラの悟飯をかえせッ!! (Japanese)
Genres: action, science fiction
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Kami-sama's old nemesis's son has come to exact revenge on Kami-sama for winning the title of Earth's Guardian. After kidnapping Son Gohan and using the dragon balls to gain immortality, he has a final showdown with Goku.
User Ratings: 1458 ratings have been given [details]
Running time: 41 minutes
Vintage: 1989-07-15
Premiere date:
1989-07-15 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Cha-La Head Cha-La" by Hironobu Kageyama
Ending Theme:
"Dete Koi Tobikiri ZENKAI Power" by MANNA
Insert song:
"Tenkaichi Gohan" (天下一ゴハン) by Masako Nozawa
Official website:
Japanese Toei Animation Homepage (Japanese)
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Director: Daisuke Nishio
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Original author: Akira Toriyama
Original story: Akira Toriyama
Character Design: Minoru Maeda
Art Director: Yūji Ikeda
Animation Director: Minoru Maeda
Director of Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
Producer: Kozo Morishita
Art Coordinator: Minoru Nakamura
Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
Background Art:
Hideaki Kudo
Hitoshi Nagasaki
Mutsumi Matsui
Noriyoshi Doi
Shigenori Takada
Shinobu Takahashi
Shoji Tokiwa
Tomoko Yoshida
Yukiko Iijima
Yuko Iida
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Seki
Akihiko Nomura
Akiko Matsumoto
Chikako Uesugi
Hidehiko Kadota
Hiroaki Yoshikawa
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Hitoshi Ehara
Ichiro Izuki
Kiyomi Masuda
Kuniko Iwagami
Masahiro Takano
Mayumi Nakamura
Minako Ito
Miyuki Nakamura
Naoki Mishiba
Noriko Ichihashi
Sai Yamane
Takayuki Gorai
Ink & Paint:
Ikuyo Uemura
Isako Mori
Keiko Azuma
Michiko Masui
Misae Suzuki
Riyoko Watanabe
Yaeko Kanai
Yoko Obori
Yumiko Kosaku
Ink & Paint Check: Michiaki Nakano
Ink & Paint Coordination: Tomoko Ueki
Key Animation:
Hiromi Matsushita
Hiroshi Koujina
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Hisashi Eguchi
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
Kazuya Hisada
Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Masahiro Shimanuki
Masaki Sato
Masami Suda
Noriko Shibata
Satoshi Nishimura
Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Takeo Ide
Toshiyuki Fujisawa
Yoshito Miki
Yukiko Michishita
Yukio Ebisawa
Negative Editing: Mari Kishi
Hiroshi Itō
Hiroshi Noguchi
Katsuji Suzuki
Katsunori Maehara
Kazumi Iketani
Mitsuko Namba
Mitsuko Nanba
Noriko Suzuki
Shinji Ikegami
Tetsuo Oofuji
Yoichi Kuroda
Production Coordination: Yuichi Suenaga
Production manager: Matsuji Kishimoto
Production Supervision: Chiaki Imada
Record Keeping: Yoshiko Hara
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Recording Assistant: Hiroyuki Shibue
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai
Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
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Lladro's Childhood Fantasy is a 2018 Annual Figurine perfectly capturing the sense of wonder and adventure associated with childhood. The piece features a young fairy, wearing a green dress and holding a ladybird on her hand. This stunning piece is sure to make an impression on any guests.
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Mr. Abd Ur Rehman has done M.Sc. (Hons.) in Animal Nutrition from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.
- Use of Non-conventional Feed Resources in Poultry and Ruminant Diet
- Use of Growth Promoters Alternative to Antibiotics
- Production and Health in Relation to Nutrition
- Impact of Dietary Humic Acid Supplementation on Performance, Some Blood Metabolites and Carcass Traits of Broiler Chicks, Indian J. Anim. Sci, (2016)
- Effect of Different Processing Methods of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus Cajan) on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Blood Biochemical and Hematological Parameters of Broiler Chickens, Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci, (2016).
- Extrusion of Feed/feed Ingredients and Its Effect on Digestibility and Performance of Poultry: A Review, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, (2015).
- Chemical Composition and Digestion Kinetics of Urea-molasses Treated Wheat Straw Ensiled with Fibrolytic Enzyme in Ruminally Cannulated Buffalo Bulls., J. Anim. Plant Sci, (2014).


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Business Aircraft Ops in Greece during Peak Season – Part 1: Airports & Parking
This is a post by author Dimitra Kiriakopoulou. Dimitra is the operations and customer care director for Universal Aviation Greece – Athens, which has an aircraft ground-handling facility in Athens. Dimitra is an expert on business aircraft operations in Greece and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This business aviation blog post is the first of a two-part blog on traveling to Greece during the peak season.
Strategically located between Europe, Africa and Asia, Greece attracts general aviation (GA) movements for business, tourism, and tech stops. While primary business destinations are Athens and Thessaloniki, dozens of popular island locations provide a constant magnet for GA traffic during the April – September high season. However, access and parking challenges must always be at top of mind awareness during busy summer seasons, so advanced notice is always recommended.
The following is an overview of what you need to know:
1. Popular destinations
Popular destinations in Greece include Athens (LGAV), Santorini (LGSR), Mikonos (LGMK), Corfu (LGKR), Rhodes (LGRP), Chania (LGSA), Iraklion (LGIR), Kefallinia (LGKF), Preveza (LGPZ) and Thessaloniki (LGTS). Note that LGPZ is a military airport that's now accepting commercial and GA traffic and requires, as published by NOTAM, a lead time of four working days and a minimum 48 hours prior notice to process prior permission required (PPR). In general, a PPR for any joint military/civil airport requires a minimum lead time of four working days.
2. Aircraft parking challenges
Many popular destinations in Greece cannot provide overnight GA parking due to limited parking stands. Some locations have issued NOTAMs requiring 48 hours' notice for any GA operating request. For example, LGMK has only three-four parking spots to accommodate both scheduled commercial and GA aircraft, and there is a NOTAM that limits GA parking to just one hour on the ground June through September. While drop and goes are always an option at LGMK, you'll need to carefully juggle the schedule based on available PPRs and airport slots. Zakynthos (LGZA) has just three GA parking spots, and these are usually reserved weeks in advance. Be mindful that operating flexibility is restricted by night curfews at many airports while slot availability is very limited at others. Best option in Greece for overnight and longer term parking is LGAV, a 24-hour airport of entry (AOE) with no slot requirements and plenty of parking space.
3. Airport overtime – a thing of the past
While airport overtime had been possible in the past, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has implemented a regulation prohibiting overtime, other than for air ambulance and approved diplomatic flights. Note that your ground handler will always request overtime for your schedule, on an as needed basis. However, authorities are very strict on this regulation and will only approve it for specific cases.
4. Support services
When requesting ground handling, it's important to provide full schedule, operator name, aircraft type and registry, maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and – if known – passenger and crew names. While smaller airports have certain limitations in terms of GA support services and infrastructure, adequate handling and credit can be set up with sufficient pre-planning. We recommend notifying ground handlers of arrivals at least 48 hours prior to the estimated time of arrival (ETA).
5. Fuel uplifts
While most airports in Greece have Jet A-1 available, there are limited options in terms of fuel providers. Be aware that GA uplift delays are relatively common during peak travel days as scheduled commercial operations always take priority. As peak operating hours vary airport to airport it's best to confirm these periods in advance. For example, Mondays and Fridays are often peak arrival/departure periods. In the case of LGMK, Saturday is one of the slowest days of the week as most GA arrivals occur before this and stay over the weekend.
6. Tech stops
The best place for an international tech stop is LGAV as no airport slots are required, traffic congestion is manageable, fuel services are 24/7, and quick turns are efficient. Other tech stops to consider include LGTS and LGIR, both 24-hour airports of entry AOE with sufficient infrastructure and services to facilitate quick turn fuel uplifts.
7. Hotels and local transport
Crew accommodation can be extremely limited, and enormously expensive, at certain island locations during high season. For example, if you're able to find crew accommodations at LGSR you may need to split up at different hotels and room prices could be several hundred Euros/night. The going rate for high season 4-star crew accommodations at most popular island destinations is about 350 Euros/night.
In terms of local travel, prepaid transport (car with driver) options are often scarce and may not be available on particular days. Vehicle selection is limited and rather than limos or SUVs you'll likely end up in mini buses. For those planning to use public taxis, it's best to arrange this via your ground handler or hotel, to ensure prices are fixed. We do not recommend rental vehicles for crews not familiar with the region as traffic can be chaotic, road signage is limited and parking can be difficult.
When operating to popular destinations in Greece between April and September it's important to consider access and parking limitations along with airport curfews. Short notice requests may be a challenge to operate on your planned schedule and to park overnight at preferred destinations. However, providing advanced notice for operations to these popular destinations will allow your 3rd-party provider and ground handler to provide you with additional options. Hotels can be a concern for certain high traffic destinations, especially at short notice.
Stay tuned for Part 2, which covers permits, PPRs, airport slots, customs, and immigration when traveling to Greece during the summer months.
If you have any questions about this article or would like assistance planning your next trip to Greece, contact me at email@example.com.


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Atkins supplied Mackman Research with a potential set of questions for the mystery telephone shop. Based on this remit, a call summary checklist was put together by Mackman Research to measure the four elements of customer service stated by Atkins, to help monitor and improve overall services. The checklist questions covered areas such as the speed of response, courtesy of response, length of telephone call and the overall satisfaction level of the call, based on Atkins training criteria. An individual checklist was completed by a Mackman senior researcher for each telephone call.
For the mystery shopping to be relevant and credible, Atkins supplied Mackman Research with a list of 32 straight forward scenarios based on previous calls to the call-centre and the researchers made secret calls posing as a genuine caller. Calls were scheduled against staff rotas, to ensure the maximum likelihood of speaking to all call operatives over the calling period.
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First, Shell's Pour Your Heart Out Wednesday:
Here are the Rules:
Write a post from the heart.
Something that has been weighing on you.
Something you feel passionately about.
Something you've been wanting to talk about.
A cause, a memory, a belief, a world view.
Pour your heart out, and then link up!
This might be a bit of a cop out, but it's definitely been on my mind lately. We're taking Baby for her 4-month check-up this week (new doctor!), and I'm fairly terrified about her weight check. Society today places a ton of guilt on moms who can't/don't breastfeed. We all know that I failed miserably at that particular task of motherhood. What's worse is all of the trouble that Baby has had with formula. We've tried regular. We've tried one for gas and fussiness. We've tried soy. And, now we're on advanced rice, the one for babies who spit up a lot. Husband seems to think this one is working better, but I'm not convinced. And, I won't be until we get that weight check (honestly, that probably won't even satisfy me). I'm hoping that Baby gains enough weight to indicate that she's getting enough nourishment from her formula. It's terrible to feel so responsible for all of these troubles, but it's even worse to watch her struggle with finding something that she can tolerate. I've got my fingers crossed that all goes well this week.
That said, we should move along to meme # 2 – Wine Wednesdays! Now, I didn't think of this one. I CAN'TCAN'TCAN'T believe I didn't think of this one!! But, I do think it's appropriate to follow a little heart pouring with a little wine pouring … what do y'all think?
One of my favorite wines is Kim Crawford's Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. I don't have time to search for a picture, but, trust me … it's delicious! I pulled the following info from their website:
Wild at Heart
Deriving from the French word sauvage ("wild") and blanc ("white") ours is a crisp and powerful, well balanced wine with intense aromas of gooseberry, passion fruit and citrus flavours. This light to medium bodied aromatic wine to match with salads, seafood and vegetarian dishes and a perfectly acceptable quaffer!
Tasting Notes
Colour: Pale green.
Aroma: Lifted aromatics of tropical fruits combined with the traditional nettle and herbaceous aromas of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.
Palate: Firm acidity is surrounded by tropical fruits and herbaceous notes with hints of citrus sneaking in. A whopping mouthful of Marlborough.
Cellar: Ready to drink now, however this wine will continue to develop for 2-3 years.
Food Match: Good to drink with anyone at anytime. Ideally suited to asparagus, oysters and summer salads.


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Arriving at the airport: one part excitement, one part did-I-remember-everything jitters, and five parts how-do-I-get-to-my-final-destination hassle (if you travel frequently, we accept your argument for an exponentially higher "hassle" percentage). Airport transportation always feels like choosing between the lesser of evils (the lesser of which is not always apparent). Waiting for your ride, waiting in the taxi line, looking for a shuttle—how to choose between such terrible options? But from the moment Uber and its ilk hit the scene, people were anxiously awaiting the moment they could Uber to the airport—a way home at the tip of our fingers, personalized, cash-free, and almost always less expensive than traditional cabs (and no waiting for your flakey roommate). Though rideshare services at the airport seems almost like kismet, they haven't slid into the territory easily at all. In fact, airports seem to be putting up some of the biggest resistance to Uber et al. out there. So we tried to share one of our ridesharing hacks: how to Uber at the Airport.
But First: Why All the Red Tape?
Taxi companies have the airport market cornered. But Uber, not one to be deterred by such small-time hassles as laws and regulations, has been working tirelessly to get their foot in the proverbial airport door.
But airports present a particular set of difficulties for ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft. First, there is the matter of insurance. As the New York Times reports, "Since many airports own the roads that lead to and from the terminals, they are legally responsible for accidents that might occur. The more taxis and Uber cars, the more they pay for insurance."
The second big reason many airports are (or were) so anti-Uber is money: in particular, fees. You see, airports charge taxi companies a fee for the privilege of picking up passengers. The NYT says those fees are usually between $1.50 and $4 per ride, which really adds up—at Hartsfield-Jackson, Atlanta's international airport, there were more than 784,000 taxi trips last year alone. For those keeping score at home, that means the airport received between $1,176,000 and $3,136,000 dollars just in taxi fees. Look at these numbers and you can begin to see why airports are so hot to work out similar fees for ride-share companies before they'll allow them on their turf.
A final reason many airports are resisting ride sharing is logistical: many airports have designated taxi lanes, and lines, and signage, but the introduction of another transportation service would require reordering the existing layout. The NYT lists as possible options separate parking lots for Uber etc., along with curb space re-ordering. Nashville International, for their part, is a ride-share early adopter, with a designated ride-hailing lane already in place.
From Which Airports Can a Gal (or a Guy) Get an Uber Home?
Some airports have loosened rideshare bans, while others have out-right embraced the trend—many just in time for the high-traffic holiday season. Many airports allow Uber's more expensive options—like UberBLACK, UberLUX and Uber SUV—as these comply with their regulations. But the real consumer demand is for UberX. As of November, 2015, the following airports allow UberX (add to our non-exhaustive list in the comments!) and many also allow Lyft, Sidecar, and others:
- Austin-Bergstrom International airport, in Austin, TX
- Bob Hope airport, in Burbank, CA
- Dallas Fort Worth airport, in Dallas, TX
- Jackson Municipal airport, in Jackson, MS
- John F Kennedy (JFK) airport in New York City
- John Wayne airport, in Orange County, CA
- KCI Airport, in Kansas City, MO
- LaGuardia airport, in New York City
- Monterey airport, in Monterey, CA
- Oakland airport, in Oakland, CA
- O'Hare and Midway, in Chicago, IL
- Portland International Airport (PDX), in Portland, OR
- Reagan National and Dulles International airports, in the DC area
- Sacramento International airport, in Sacramento CA
- Salt Lake City International airport, in Salt Lake City, UT
- Sarasota-Bradenton International airport, in Sarasota, FL
And these airports seem to be considering UberX and other rideshare options:
- Charleston International airport, in Charleston SC
- Harrisburg International, in Pennsylvania
- Las Vegas airport, in Las Vegas NV
- Los Angeles International airport (LAX), in Los Angeles CA
- Sea-Tac Airport, in Seattle
- Sky Harbor, in Phoenix, AZ
Ridesharing Hacks: Surviving the Airport
Uber drop-offs are obviously nearly impossible to regulate, and are therefore allowed (note that in some places Uber sets an airport flat-rate, so do a fare estimate ahead of time to avoid surprises). But while some airports have adjusted to what feels like the inevitable rideshare assimilation, many have not. At airports not yet on the ride-share train, there are still simple ways around the ban, and many people are using these hacks to convince their local airport to allow ride sharing companies airport access:
I took the Hertz bus out of LAX so I could take Uber Pool. This is silly, @flyLAXairport.
— Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) November 18, 2015
Some serious UberX aficionados have been known to take an approved UberBLACK to a gas station just outside airport bounds and then hail the less expensive UberX.
Another way around UberX airport bans is to move the dropped pin to just outside the airport bounds. Then, when your ride is scheduled, call the driver and let them know you're actually at the airport. Some might refuse the pickup, but it's free to cancel the ride in the first five minutes anyway.
Some rideshare drivers encourage stealth pick-up behavior at unapproved airports, like sitting in the front seat and loading your own luggage, to avoid catching the attention of airport security. But don't worry about your Uber driver: if they get ticketed or towed from an airport, Uber itself pays tickets and towing fees.


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As its name indicates, the Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog is a versatile hunting dog from Italy, where it is known as Spinone Italiano. This is one of the oldest breeds of hunting dogs. Scientists cannot reach consensus on the origin of the Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog. Some believe that this breed was derived from an ancient Italian breed - Segudgio, while others insist that the ancestor of the breed was the Griffon from Brescia imported from France and crossed with other hunting dogs. It was particularly popular among the royal families between the 13th and 16th century. Translated from Italian Spinone means "thorny, prickly," which may be due to the structure of the hair or the fact that these dogs are very efficient in tracking in prickly overgrown areas.
In the past this breed was an excellent hunter of foxes, rabbits and wild boars. Today these dogs perform very well in agility, flaybol, as well as rescuing people.
The Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog is very popular in Italy, but is little known elsewhere andpuppies for sale are hard to find outside the Apenini peninsula.
Physical characteristics
The Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog is large and muscular with dense bones. The coat is sharp, barbed, the coloration can be white or white with ginger or brown splashes. The nose is large, like a sponge, the eyes are round, expressive, and their color can be dark yellow to brown. His ears are small, triangular and almost always hang down. This dog has a pronounced beard, mustache and eyebrows.
His head is like a roof with two sloping sides. The neck is muscular, the back is straight, the chest is deep. The tail is usually between 15 and 25 cm without fringe that stands horizontally or let down.
This pointing dog can hunt on any terrain - from ice water to swamps inaccessible and densely overgrown areas. By nature, it is very skillful in bringing the prey.
Males representatives weigh between 34 and 39 kg, females – 29 - 34 kg.
Character and behavior
The Italian Pointer is a gentle, loyal and friendly dog. It's temperamental, brave and very durable,sociable and smart. This breed is affectionate and gentle. It loves to play, but takes very seriously its mission to hunt.
Training and education
The Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog is patient and responsible. It easily learns any new exercise. Sometimes in the process of education, the pup could show independent and stubborn character, so you should be very persistent in training. However, it is clever and amenable to training.
In recent years, the Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog is grown more as a pet and companion than as a hunting dog.
This breed loves to bounce, so if you raise it in a house, make sure you have a fenced yard.
When these dogs live in a loving family, that give them enough attention and care, they literally bloom.
Health problems
Overall the Italian Wire-haired Pointer is a healthy dog. There have been rare cases of dysplasia of the hip bones. With care and good food this hunter can live between 12 and 14 years.
Grooming and care
The Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog drinks plenty of water, so the bowl should never be dry. You should clean the beard and mustache every day because they keep dirt, especially after eating.Trimming can be done three or four times a year, brushing – once or twice per week. Clean the nails, ears and teeth regularly.
These dogs need to run freely in larger spaces.
Children and other pets
The Italian Wire-haired Pointing Dog is good and gentle with children. Does not show aggression towards other dogs and is friendly with strangers. Can behave calmly, even with cats if they grew up together.
This pointer loves its owner and all family members unconditionally.
Interesting facts
This breed is recognized by almost every single canine organization: FCI, KCGB, AKC,CKC,NZKC, NKC, APRI, SCA, NAPR, ACR, DRA,CKC.


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Blog: Mitsubishi's not-so-happy history
Dave Leggett | 20 April 2016
Mitsubishi is in the news today and it reminded me of a bit of history. Some of you may recall the auto industry and Japanese public were stunned when it emerged in the summer of 2000 that Mitsubishi had systematically hid auto defects to avoid recalls for more than 20 years. Police, acting for the Japanese Transportation Ministry following a tip-off, found the evidence of defects and customer complaints in an employee locker room instead of filed away properly.
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