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7 Tips For Making Your House More Attractive To Buyers
While the reasons people want to sell their home are as varied as a cafe's specialty coffee choices, there is one thing they all have in common. They want the best offer for their house in the fastest and easiest way possible. Here are seven tips to help you optimize your house's attractiveness.
Sales Tip #1: Make Sure the Price is Right!
It is critical to understand the housing market in your area. If you don't, not only do you have a house that sits on the market indefinitely, but you help sell the other homes in the neighborhood that have listed for less. A buyer will come to see your house and after viewing your home, will view the neighbor's home. The properly priced home suddenly become a better value to buyers and they end up buying that one. Your home then sits on the market longer and longer and can become "stale."
To find the right listing price, you need to answer some critical questions. Are you in a seller's market or a buyer's market? What are the homes in your area selling for currently? To answer these questions you can look at sales data to gain an unbiased viewpoint of what your home should sell for based on other comparable home sales in the area. Aim for a middle number in the price range of homes similar to yours. If you need the home to move faster, drop to the bottom 25% of comparable homes. If your buyers are savvy, they will be looking at similar data and will quickly spot an overpriced home. Setting the price too high is the best thing you can do to sell your neighbor's home, and the worst thing you can do to sell yours.
Sales Tip #2: No Offers/Contracts? Cut the price!
Avoid the trap of accumulating the cobwebs of inactivity and having your home listed for months on the market.
Many people develop an emotional attachment to their homes. It's only natural, as the house often holds many memories. However, sometimes that means people believe their home is worth more than the market will pay or are reluctant to drop the price. If you aren't getting buyer action, you need to cut the price. While many sellers are reluctant to take this step, it is much worse to have your home sit on the market for long periods of time. If your home has been seen by 10 buyers and you haven't received an offer, it is time to lower the price.
Homes that don't sell quickly cause buyers and their agents to question your property and ask why it isn't selling. They may decide your property isn't worth a visit because they're worried something is wrong with it. This skepticism continues to compound the longer a house sits on the market. Instead, when you aren't getting any interest, drop your price to a level that does attract attention.
Sales Tip #3: If it's broken, fix it!
Selling your home may take a bit of elbow grease and coin, but it's necessary when selling to today's discriminating buyers.
Many buyers are only interested in homes that are in move-in condition. They don't want to have to deal with a misaligned closet door, leaky sink, or cracked window when they're trying to move and get settled in their new home. Also, if people see something broken, they may question how well the home was cared for and worry about the integrity of the less obvious things they can't see. If something in your home needs repair, you need to fix it before listing it on the market. Leaving something broken passes the problem on the new owners. If they have a lot of choices, your home will be pushed to the bottom of the pile of prospects. Fixing these issues yourself or hiring a handyman to bring everything back to working order will go a long way to getting top dollar for your home.
Sales Tip #4: Be Flexible!
Sometimes selling your house has less to do with your physical property and more with how you interact with potential buyers.
When a buyer is interested in your property, be as accommodating as possible. For example, if you want to close in three months, but the buyers want you to move out immediately, figure out a way to make it happen.
It's also a good idea to remove sentimental items from your home prior to showing so that the buyer won't request that they stay when you move out. When there are multiple real estate choices, buyers can afford to be picky. If you seem difficult to work with and there's another home on their list with a more motivated seller, you will lose out. Remember, even though you may not see them, you are in a tough competition with other sellers. Be polite, flexible, and likable, and you will become a buyer's top choice.
Sales Tip #5: Two Words – Home Staging
Seek an outside opinion on how your home appeals to an unbiased observer.
How do the pros sell houses? They pay a professional to stage their house and put it at the best aesthetic advantage to court buyers. The house may get a fresh coat of neutral paint, have furniture removed or replaced, and have all decor arranged to help the home show better. Showcasing tasteful furnishings, fresh paint, and new carpeting can help buyers see themselves in your home living the luxurious life.
But, do you really get your money's worth when you pay someone to stage your home? One company's statistics show that staged homes sell for an average of 17% more than non-staged homes. Also, the staged homes are on the market an average of 11 days, while non-staged homes linger for 90 days or more. With that kind of return on investment, it's worth getting a professional opinion.
Sales Tip #6: Make their five senses sing!
Stimulate all of the senses to create an atmosphere that makes buyers feel like they're already home.
When buyers set foot in your home, make sure you woo every one of their senses. Visually, the home should be de-cluttered and clean. To literally make music in their ears, you can have soft classical music going on as background ambiance. Turn TVs or other annoying noises off. Make sure your home smells clean. Get rid of any offending odors such as kitty litter boxes, dirty laundry, or cigarettes. You can light scented candles or even bake cookies. Coincidentally, the cookies help the buyers leave with a great taste in their mouth if you time your baking to share their gooey goodness straight out of the oven. And, make sure they won't step in anything sticky or crunchy, or put their hand on a dusty ledge. The home needs to entice on all sensory levels. If your home is pleasing, your buyers will remember the amazing experience and be more open to seeing themselves as the new homeowners.
Sales Tip #7: Curb Appeal is Appealing
Like it or not, the way your house shows from the street is important.
While you've always been taught not to judge a book by its cover, homebuyers don't seem to make the same connection with real estate. Many buyers won't even set foot in your home unless they like the outside package. They'll simply drive right past. Buyers make a judgment on whether they want to view the inside of the home based on how the home looks from their car window or from the pictures. So walk through your neighborhood like a buyer with a critical eye. Does your home stand out? If not, it's time to get to work and improve that first impression.
Clean the yard and make sure to edge the beds and remove lawn clippings. Plant colorful flowers throughout the front yard and/or place flower pots on the front porch. Remove any peeling paint and fix broken glass. Make sure all kids toys are properly put away.
Implementing these seven tips will certainly help you improve the chances of selling your house quickly, but like many things in life, there are no guarantees. The good news is, if all this cleaning and fixing, staging and waiting sounds like too much work, there is an even faster – and easier – way to sell your house.
Let Express Homebuyers buy your house!
We'll give you a fair offer in 7 minutes and close in as few as 7 days.
When working with Express Homebuyers, you will:
- Avoid the stress of the waiting game altogether because we'll buy your house on YOUR time frame, even if it's as few as 7 days.
- Skip spending money or time on cleaning or fixing anything. In fact, you can even leave all your junk behind. We'll buy your house as-is.
- Save money because you won't pay any Realtor commissions and we cover closing costs.
- Enjoy peace of mind by working with an ethical, honest and reputable company. We are Better Business Bureau accredited and have been featured in The Washington Times, Time.com, and U.S. News & World Report.
- Rest assured title problems won't derail the sale. We have an entire legal team at your disposal – for FREE – to take care of such issues.
- Leave the closing table happy. We are an experienced company that's been in business since 2003 and bought more than 2,000 homes in the DC and Baltimore metro areas.
Can it really be this easy? You bet!
Here's our simple three-step process.
- Call (877) 804-5252 and get an offer.
- Allow us one easy home visit to finalize the sale.
- Sign the papers, sell your house and walk away with cash in hand in as few as 7 days! If you need it, we'll even give you an advance payment prior to closing.
We really do want to find the best possible, individualized solution for you!
One of the best parts about what we do is that we get to make a difference in the lives of people just like you by offering fast solutions to financial problems. Take a look at what others are saying about their experiences.
"I would just like to thank Express Homebuyer for keeping their promise of buying my home in seven days. The settlement process was quick and not paying real estate fees/commission is a plus. The staff was very helpful to me and answered all my questions from the beginning to the end of the process. I would recommend this company to anyone who would like to sell their home quick and stress free." ~ T.B., Silver Spring, MD
"I was impressed with Mr. Tom Parmentier from my first contact with him. Tom was very professional, knowledgeable, and personable. When I explained my personal situation and the urgency of it, he expressed his concern for my situation and acted accordingly. Prior to calling Express Homebuyers, we spent lots of time and money getting the house ready for sale and hauling away unwanted items. Tom explained that had we called Express Homebuyers, they would have taken care of the costs of that. On the very same day we called, he scheduled an appointment for me to meet with a contractor to do an assessment of the home. That very afternoon, he contacted me via telephone with an offer. Later that evening he sent me an email regarding certain information that was needed and offered to request the information for me in order to expedite it for me. The very next day he met me and my husband at our home to ratify the contract. He also explained that he would try to close the purchase "by the end of next week" (which would be 7 days). I asked if he could do it sooner it would be appreciated. Four days later I received a call from Tom to schedule a settlement date. We settled and the money was in our bank account the very next day. Tom not only met but exceeded our expectations. He is definitely an asset to your company. I will recommend Tom Parmentier and Express Homebuyers to everyone I know who wants or needs to sell their home." ~ V.A. Wellington, Fort Washington, MD
"Dear Express Homebuyers: I want to sincerely thank you for making the process of selling my home a pleasant one. I had talked and met with several other investors and companies about selling my home before I spoke with you. You were the first company that I truly felt comfortable with and that I could trust. You did everything you said you would do and you patiently explained the entire process to me several times. I appreciate your honesty and professionalism. I would recommend you to anyone selling their home!" ~ Jacqui M., Reston, Virginia
"I didn't want the property just sitting for months waiting for the right buyer to come along. I wanted to sell as quickly as possible. Express Homebuyers were the people that I called. It was through a billboard advertisement. I must say it was quick and easy. They worked expeditiously to get me to settlement, and that's what I wanted. I can't say enough about the customer service, purely professional, courteous and nice. Everyone I dealt with had a great attitude. Thanks Express Homebuyers. Job well done." ~ James Tates, Arlington, VA
If you're ready to sell your house quickly without having to clean it, fix it, stage it and then wait for a qualified buyer to make an offer, call Express Homebuyers today at (877) 804-5252.


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This page is an '''informative''' section of the [[rel-tag|reltag specification]].
The following sites have published [[rel-tag|rel-tag]], and thus are a great place to start for anyone looking for examples "in the wild" for inspiration, or try parsing and indexing.
The following sites have published [[rel-tag|rel-tag]], and thus are a great place to start for anyone looking for examples "in the wild" for inspiration, or try parsing and indexing.
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This page is an informative section of the rel-tag specification.
The following sites have published rel="tag", and thus are a great place to start for anyone looking for examples "in the wild" for inspiration, or try parsing and indexing.
new and uncategorized examples
- Amazon.com now uses rel-tag on individual product pages allowing users to tag products with tags to help other users find products easier, e.g. Febreze Fabric Refresher, Antimicrobial, 27-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6)
- Trust a Friend uses rel-tag for reviewed businesses in a city. For example: Le Gigot has the tags: French and Restaurant.
- Newsgrail uses rel-tag for an implementation of structured sematic tagging by OpenCalais.
- Actor David Swain uses rel-tag on all "tag" links on his site each pointing to its own tag-space.
- beeets is a tag-based event search engine that uses rel-tag on all "tag" links, each pointing to its own tag-space.
- Begin Running uses rel-tag on pages containing tagged content.
- Sun Factory uses rel-tag on some of its product pages. For example : Trophy Soccer Player.
- Snow World uses rel-tag on all "tag" links. As is built in b2evolution.
- gameshogun™ uses rel-tag on all "tag" links. A b2evolution implementation.
- ClothesOnline uses rel-tag for categorizing shops and brands, for example: Canada Goose.
- Huffduffer uses rel-tag on every page, pointing to its own tag space e.g. http://huffduffer.com/tags/microformats
- Pantry Moth Traps implements the rel-tag in articles where an authoritative source is known. (for example in the article Moth Trap Picks the tag Moth Trap)
- HighTechCville uses rel-tag on all the pages listing tagged content for people, organizations and events related to high tech in Charlottesville, VA.
- skateboardspot.info uses rel-tag in spotguide entries which are added to the site and categorized by the users (for example: "El Toro High School" spotguide entry).
- Idoneos.com uses rel-tag for conceptual links to its own tag space, a collection of 'concepts' (mostly spanish).
- Professional On The Web uses rel-tag for user entered tags which categorize web professionals and freelancers.
- CloudCuckoo (secure site but open to all) an EPiServer module distributed free by Interakting, generates tag clouds with rel-tag links.
- Lifetime.com uses rel- and rev-tags in all content pages.
- the my-Warehouse shopsystem implements rel-tags in box headings and categories links.
- Joseph Bergantine uses tags to categorize wallpapers and blog posts
- Codesignville uses rel-tag to indicate content categories.
- BossaLive uses rel-tag for tagging music. Publishes rel-tags for album, artist and genre.
- Also uses hCard on user profile pages.
- qmpeople Uses rel-tag for translated tags into english, french and italian to meet new friends in different countries.
- Keevu.com uses rel-tag to indicate content categories on most pages, like venues
- Amazing Incredible uses rel-tag on content pages
- AuctionLink uses rel-tag on Auction Sales Listings tags.
- Could also use hCard, e.g. on [1] Andy Mabbett
- Christian Hess uses rel-tag on his homepage blog and several other pages of his site.
- Spacedust uses rel-tag to mark up gallery pages.
- My Opera uses rel-tag for tags on all user's blog entries.
- Dev Opera uses rel-tag on all article tags.
- UNT International uses rel-tag to indicate content categories on most pages
- Yedda - Yedda publishes rel-tags for all of the tags the people entered on themselves as well as on all tags entered on questions asked on Yedda.
- Lingr publishes rel-tags for all user entered tags.
- ODEO publishes rel-tags for user entered tags.
- Eventful publishes rel-tags for user entered tags.
- Spinn3r implements rel-tag as well as RSS and Atom subject and categories.
- Web of Fate publishes rel-tags for future predictions.

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In which our Diva should have known it couldn't possibly be that simple
I should have sent off my entry to the Pre-Raphaelite Society's poetry contest
well before today, since I'm now crossing my fingers that it will
arrive by the October 31 deadline, but, well, no room in the brain for
non-Macbeth things. (I still keep wanting to say that name WITH GREAT DRAMA, Geoffrey Tennant style, but I could never possibly give it quite the flair Paul Gross does.)
Regardless, I expected to make a
quick stop at the post office to buy an international money order for
the £1.50 entry fee ($2.40 at today's exchange rate) and a 95-cent
stamp, drop the letter in the mailbox, and be done with it.
Instead, I discovered that, although I am absolutely positive
I remember buying at least one UK-bound money order from the USPS
and/or Western Union some 10-12 years ago (before online transactions
became the norm for such things), the lady at the post office looked
over the available list on her computer several times (and looked under
UK, Great Britain and England), then called her supervisor over to
confirm that no, they couldn't sell me a money order that could be
cashed in the UK. Practically anywhere else (including the British
Virgin Islands!), but not jolly old England.
At the Meijer
customer service counter (which includes both USPS and Western Union
services) the girl couldn't even figure out what I was talking about,
and her supervisor (with what I'm fairly certain was a Swedish accent) regretfully confirmed that no, they couldn't help me.
bank, as is to be expected in this age of electronic everything, was
deserted but for half a dozen employees who gathered around trying to
think of a way to solve the problem that wouldn't involve a $40 fee for
an international draft. They didn't manage it, but I got the feeling it
was the most excitement they had all day.
In the end, I pulled
£1.50 in coins from the leftovers of last year's trip (having exchanged
my remaining paper money at the airport but forgotten the change), taped
them to a card, and put everything into a small padded envelope to make
it less obvious. Halfway to the (different) post office, I realized
that this meant it was now a package and would require a customs
declaration. The very sympathetic postal clerk shook her head at my
account of the afternoon up to that point, then asked if I had tried a currency exchange. *headdesk* D'oh! Of course not. And it was a little late to think of it now. But it'll definitely be what I try next time.
I were feeling cleverer, and didn't need to render my house something
resembling hygienic ahead of my parents' arrival tomorrow, I would have
attempted to render this tale in the style of Lizzie's letter from Nice. It would only be appropriate, after all. Plus ça change...


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1408 star Samuel L. Jackson tells MTV that he is developing a sequel to The Long Kiss Goodnight with director Renny Harlin, who helmed the first pic. The actor says they are currently talking to writers.
Don't expect Geena Davis back in the role of Samantha Caine, however, as the sequel will focus on her daughter. "Actually, we're thinking, you know, the little girl [Samantha's daughter, Caitlin] is grown up now and possibly got some skills passed onto her by her mom," Jackson said. "Her mom gets killed and we want to find out who did it."
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Take a look at a small sample of our fit-out projects that we have recently completed for some of our clients!
irds Nest – Bringing the Yakitori concept from it's native country of Japan to Australia for the very first time, the Bird's Nest Restaurant has created a modern and vibrant setting in which to welcome local diners and introduce them to the authentic Yakitori experience.
The Birds Nest was designed by a Japanese designer, and it was our first exciting experience with producing the Fit Out for an authentic Yakitori Restaurant. It is a very clean, sleek design that also had many challenges to do with the restaurant's space. The restaurant has seating for 50 people including a large group dining table and exclusive counter dining where you can watch the chef's at work. As you can see, the entire Fit Out turned out to be a beautiful finish and we at S & S Shopfitting Concept are very proud of our work.
Bird's Nest Yakitori & Bar was recently the grand prize winner of the popular TV series "The Hot Plate" where the fit out was dubbed to be the best on the show over 5 different states and 6 unique restaurants. Over the course of the show, we at S & S Shopfitting Concepts were asked back to the Birds Nest Restaurant to add an additional outdoor dining component to the restaurant that tied in with the current interior fit-out and that brightened and opened up the entire front of the restaurant.
We at S & S Shopfitting Concepts had great pleasure in conducting the fit-out for this amazing Japanese Yakitori restaurant and sincerely congratulate the owners, Emi and Marie, on their recent success with the Tv show 'The Hotplate', and wish them the best of luck for all of their endeavours. We look forward to hopefully working with Emi and Marie and additional Bird's Nest's restaurants in the future.
quitaine – Inspired by the beauty of South West France, Aquitaine Brasserie is a contemporary river side restaurant and bar situated within the fine dining precinct of River Quay, South Bank in Queensland. This French restaurant brings together an adventurous journey from the rustic French farm houses, all the way up to the beautiful Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
Taking place in a captivating water front restaurant and bar setting, this fit out project was required to present as an accessible high end and elegant dining restaurant and bar. The team at S & S Shopfitting Concepts delivered a stylish, delicate and decorous design to this fit-out, including features such as but not limited to, large sophisticated chairs and classic french contemporary lighting that brings the whole fit out to a new level of class.
The beauty and grace that gravitates off the fittings and joinery installed in this establishment really just speaks for themselves. We at S & S Shopfitting concepts feel that the overall result from this fit out of the restaurant enveloped perfectly the owners 'French inspired' vision and designs.
It was a absolute pleasure to work with the owners of Aquitaine to help their vision come to life and we at S & S Shopfitting Concepts wish them the best of luck with their future endeavours. We hope to be working with the owners again if they choose to expand their vision to additional restaurants, where ever they may be situated.
Beijing Palace, located within the very large shopping centre, Robina Town Centre on the Gold Coast, is an Asian inspired restaurant and bar that solely focuses on Chinese style inspired dishes. You and your dining party will be treated to a whole stack of traditional dishes, featuring Sizzling Mongolian Lamb, Salt & Pepper Squid, Honey Tiger Prawns and so much more. There's also a great selection of rice and noodle dishes plus a yummy dessert menu to boot. Whether you're visiting with friends, family or loved ones, there's a table to suit your dining needs at Beijing Palace
With beautiful and extravagant views that can be seen from the restaurants lovely deck that overlooks the river, Beijing Palace's fit-out encompasses and reflects elegance and tranquility. Black and white table-clothed furniture, with the addition of a modernly shaped ceiling structure and joinery, really draws the eye to the gorgeousness of the restaurant. This elegance is highlighted with the use of bright, white contemporary lighting that is situated all the way through the restaurant and bar, as well as the use of natural light cascading in through the open plan outdoor seating area on the balcony.
When the sun goes down and the moon comes out, the natural bright lighting is replaced with a starry and mystique look, brought upon by the arrangement of bright fairy lights that outline the joinery. In addition to the fairy lights, the warmth of a fire heater and elegant ceiling lighting bring and extra elegant touch to the the restaurant and bar.
The team at S & S Shopfitting Concepts had a wonderful time producing this elegant and stunning fit-out for the Beijing Palace Chinese Restaurant and Bar and we sincerely wish them the very best of luck in all of their future endeavours.
Hombre Mexican Street Food are the latest in fast casual dining combining Mexican street food, art and music, the Hombre way. Their Fresh Mexican and American Street Food offers an experience like no other and will keep you coming back for more. This franchise is leading the way in urban design and Mexican street style experience. Hombre Mexican Street Food combines traditional Mexican foods such as burritos, tacos, nachos, enchiladas, ensaladas and quesadillas, with tex burgers, American street style hot dogs, and loaded fries that will tantalise anyone's taste buds.
The fit-out design planned for this renovation project had to have had a rustic, yet vibrant Mexican feel to it. This was achieved with the accompaniment of key components including but not limited to style, layout, colour and a few extra special touches in its authentic design. The use of these key components aids in the travel experience and helps to make you feel like you have just traveled to a real Mexican street food market.
Some unique features included in this fit out design are, but not limited to quirky tin can lighting that can be found hanging in front of a lively wallpapered character, in addition to corrugated iron cladding, chain fencing on the walls and colourful mismatched seating. All of these additions really gives the authentic Mexican feel to this restaurant/take away franchise.
It was an absolute pleasure to construct the fit-out for the Hombre Mexican Street Food store at Mango Hill and we sincerely wish the owners the best of luck in their future endeavours with this company and hope to work with more Hombre franchises in the future!
King of Cakes – Using authentic German and Bavarian recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation and his own secret blend of spices, the aromas and tastes of Wolfgang's (King of Cake) treats will invigorate your soul.
Cakes are their passion, from the famous Black Forest Torte with layers of chocolate sponge, kirsch flavoured cream chocolate mousse and sour cherries to the Pischinger Torte, where the lightest of chocolate sponge is layered between a smooth hazelnut buttercream and hazelnut meringue. With a texture that's soft yet slightly crunchy, a hint of Baileys liqueur and a covering of a light chocolate glaze, it's easy to see why this is a fan favourite.
This German inspired bakery's fit-out design is all about a splash of bright colours and practicality. The shelves in this bakery are well located and highly visible, so as to gain the most views from potential customers, and are closely situated with the glass cabinetry to showcase the wonderful products King of Cakes has to offer. The shop also had to encompass Wolfgang's vision of a German inspired bakery and a small setting. A stylised approach was taken, with the use of contemporary features and white space to give the bakery more light within the purchasing area and to make the shopfront look bigger and more spread out.
We at S & S Shopfitting Concepts would like to sincerely thank the owners of King of Cakes German Bakery for choosing us as their shopfitters for the Clayfield store, and we look forward to hopefully working with you again in the creation of more 'King of Cakes' stores all around Brisbane or where ever they may be located. We would also like to wish the owners the very best of luck for your future endeavours.
Malt Dining offers the rare beauty of fine dining with a homely feel. Think modern Australian cuisine that is created with the finesse of a formal dining venue but also the heart of a compassionate team of chefs.
The restaurant and bar is separated into 3 different sections; the attic, the bar, and the cellar. Up the timber staircase, The Attic is a hidden treasure exuding charm in every way. Our luxurious sunken dining room overlooks the city streets as Brisbane's best kept secret. The Attic has a soaring ceiling and an entire wall of windows to let natural light flood the dining area.
As you step inside Wenley House, Malt Bar awaits you, on the ground level, framed by timber arches and a glowing wall of whiskies and spirits.The original timber floorboards look up to a bar top which boasts ten metres of beautiful solid Tasmanian oak. Exposed timber trusses line the ceiling and local contemporary artwork hangs from the walls. The Malt Bar is a contrast of old and new which sets a distinguished backdrop for afternoon drinks or work lunches. The space is framed by original 19th century red brick and timber. The Attic's exposed bricks and beams, and original reinforced archways, create ambience for every diner.
Downstairs, The Cellar is a romantic and charming below-ground space for an intimate setting. Walls of vintage wine and champagne surround an impressive timber table stretching the entire length of the room. A beautiful candlelit setting awaits diners as they step into this cosy space.The Cellar is a truly elegant place for small cherished wedding dinners, rehearsal dinners or pre-wedding drinks for the groom and his entourage.This intimate space is perfect for a family dinner, intimate corporate celebration, or wine degustation meal. Audio-visual equipment is available on request, making it a perfect venue for exclusive corporate presentations during the week.
It was an absolute pleasure to work with the team from Malt Dining. We at S & S Shopfitting Concepts, would like to give our very best of luck to the owners Malt Dining in the pursuit of their dream and very best wishes in your future endeavours.
Nandos is an Australian, New Zealand and Fijian wide restaurant that serves legendary chicken, burgers, pitas, wraps and more, the most famous of which being their Peri Peri chicken.
Each one of the Nandos restaurants has its own special design, but they all have earthy textures and colours that remind us of the sunny Afro-Portuguese roots. Many of the Nandos Franchises throughout Australia also feature original South African art and unique design touches to their store. Cool Afro-Luso beats and friendly service add to the chilled vibe, and then there's the piece-de- resistance – their flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken that's served on beautiful crockery.
We took this into account when Nandos approached us to fit-out their Calamvale restaurant. This exciting and colourful fit out produced by us at S & S Shopfitting Concepts is all full of subtle surprise's, including but not limited to curved bench seating, a wonderful Aztec counter front, fantastic wall paper design and edgy lighting to top it all off.
Since completing this Calamvale store's fit out and exceeding expectations, Nando's has ask us back multiple times to be the main shopfitter for their ever expanding franchise. The most recent store to be renovated by us at S & S Shopfitting Concepts is the Nandos Kelvin Grove restaurant.
This, and every fit-out project that we have completed for Nandos Australisa were a pleasure to work on, and we at S & S Shopfitting Concepts aspire to work with Nando's once more to assist in expanding their ever growing brand. We would like to wish the team at Nandos our sincerely very best of wishes in their future endeavours, and we would like to also say that it was a pleasure to work with yourself and your company.
Stellarossa Espresso Bars – The Stellarossa brand was born out of a passion for coffee and service excellence. These Espresso Bars are based on one mission: – to provide coffee drinkers with a premium quality coffee experience, each and every time they visit. All Stellarossa sites are set up to provide a warm, modern slant to the traditional Espresso Bar. Most sites have a variety of dining areas which includes indoors tables, benches, lounges and outdoor dining.
This upbeat, modern cafe's fit-out design has a shopfront that completely opens up onto a fantastic wooden deck area. It features banqueted seats and crafted table tops within that look out to the hand crafted big red star on the decking.
The design of Stellarossa Mango Hill utilises a diverse range of materials, textures and furniture features that create a modern, Italian look and feel. In producing the espresso bar's features, the S & S Shopfitting Concepts team showed exemplary skills and craftsmanship is assisting in delivering the traditional Italian craftsmanship the client required whilst still maintaining an edgy, modern feel that we see in modern life.
We at S & S Shopfitting Concepts absolutely loved and enjoyed constructing this fit out for the Stellarossa contemporary Espresso Bar and would like to wish the owners the best of wishes in their future endeavours. We hope to be contacted by Stellarossa again as the go-to shopfitters for their ever expanding coffee franchise.
Tutti Frutti is a fun and interactive self-serve Fro-yo bar where customers have the freedom to create their own sweet treat! By combining our many flavours and expansive selection of toppings, customers will be designing a taste that is unique and delicious in every cup. Currently with over 80 flavours, Tutti Frutti continues its innovation by constantly creating new and unique flavour.
Various owners of this self serve frozen yoghurt bar franchise have approached us at S & S Shopfitting Concepts numerous times to construct their fit-out kiosk projects for a variety of their stores throughout Australia and we happily oblige every time.
Each fit out in these stores/kiosks uses yellow ply wall cladding and narrative picture illustrations that were custom-designed for the frozen yoghurt chain, ensuring the brand is both evolving on trend and instantly recognisable. The bright panelling, emotive graphics and trademark coloured fluoro lights combine to make fun, eye-catching kiosks and stores that are sure to be a great success before anyone even tries the yoghurt! The fit out design of these kiosks are made so that you will not be able to not notice them as you walk by with your shopping.
The franchise designers love yellow and multi colours, making sure their stores are always bustling with happy and summer-loving energies so we made sure to incorporate this into the fit out construction. The entire kiosks are fully constructed onsite by our team of tradesman and contractors and then proceeded to be transported by our S & S truck to their new destination in the shopping centre.
We at S & S Shopfitting Concepts have built many of these Tutti Frutti kiosks throughout Australia and look forward to hopefully working once again with the Tutti Frutti Franchise throughout Australia. We loved working with the Tutti Frutti team and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavours.
Motto Motto, meaning 'more, more' is a new Japanese casual dining experience blending traditional tastes and innovative spaces at Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast. It's also the latest offering from the people behind Sono Restaurant. Motto Motto is all about choice. Your favourite dishes and combinations, your way. They take the best fresh, local ingredients and serve up traditional Japanese cuisine- in a unique way. It is Bento boxes but not as you know it.
This Japanese inspired restaurant fit-out project included many wonderful design elements that are extremely bright and eye-catching, illustrated through its simplistic approach. Much like its Japanese cuisine, every detail of the fit out has been carefully considered. Origami patterns carry through from the menus to the upholstery, and even the restaurant's facade juts out like the folds of the Japanese paper craft. The use of a specific green colour gives an edge to the restaurant's branding in the sense that that colour now becomes specific to them and instantly recognisable.
The shopfront was the key element which tied the concept. From the outside, the fractured shapes of the shopfront structure are reflective of an unfolded origami form, promoting ideas of intrigue and discovery. Once inside the restaurant, the shopfront provides a calm, soothing atmosphere also typical of traditional Japanese dining interiors – but not typical of a shopping centre environment.
We at S & S Shopfitting Concepts have risen to the occasion and brought a stunning design to life, riddled with wonderful Japanese inspired textures and lines within its creative and unique design. We sincerely wish the owners of Motto Motto the very best of luck in their future endeavours, it was a pleasure to work with yourself and your vision. We look forward to hopefully working with the Motto Motto team again in producing the fit out for future stores around Australia.
Thai Wirat is a restaurant located in the Fortitude Valley China Town, that offers authentic Thai and Asian style dishes.
With its Thai inspired interior, this restaurant really pops with exciting colours and a bona fide feel. A additional touch of simple elegance tops the cake of this restaurant with the added value of excellent craftsmanship delivered by our qualified tradesman and sub-contractors.
It was a pleasure for us at S&S Shopfitting Concepts to work with the owners of Thai Wirat and we wish them the very best of luck with their future endeavours.
Zambrero is Mexican with a mission:
A healthy quick-service restaurant franchise and humanitarian enterprise committed to tackling world hunger through its Plate 4 Plate program.
We here at S & S Shopfitting Concepts, have had the pleasure of building for multiple Zambrero's all over Australia, all with fantastic results. They have had a variety of unique finishes within their individual kiosk/shops that of which we have always perfected.
Some of the Zambrero restaurants that we have completed include, but are not limited to, Ashmore, Nerang, Toowong, Mater, Toowoomba, Bundamba, Heathwood, Northlakes, Tugan, Boondall, and Garden City.
Look out for more upcoming Zambrero's stores fitted by S & S Shopfitting Concepts soon.
Transporting diners back to a time when alcohol was banned, The Loose Moose Tap & Grill House is the latest from Patrick Gennari and offers a taste of 'Dirty Food Made Clean' from the continent of North America.
It's the little details that we at S & S Shopfitting Concepts decided to focus on for this fit-out, as they make all the difference for the aesthetics. Walls adorned with copper pipe lighting, vintage photos, dark leather banquette booths, brick walls, custom-made steam punk wall art and clocks, candles stuffed into discarded ammunition shells and rusty steel drum down lights overhead are just a few of the details put into this fit out design. However, don't forget the real star of the show, the giant taxidermy trophy moose head located behind the bar.
With the addition of adjustable chairs and tables, and a cabinet filled with year old whisky, the fit out for The Loose Moose is really quite, in a sense, awesome.
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Almost a decade ago, Bill Pope found himself in the wilderness, both literally and figuratively. After 23 years as a pastor at churches in Alabama and Georgia, he wanted a new challenge for his life and his career. There was only one problem: he had no idea what he was going to do.
So, he did what many men of faith have done throughout history: He took to the woods. "When I left the pastorate, I took about a three week sabbatical, and I went to a cabin that my brother-in-law owns up in the Tennessee Mountains," Pope says. "I took a stack of books with me, and my job, every day, was to get up, go for a long walk early in the morning as exercise, and then come back and read a book a day. That was my job."
In those rugged Smoky Mountains, Pope had no distractions. The reading gave structure to his days. And, it just so happened, one of the books he'd brought along was an introduction to financial planning. Pope says there was a great passion the author had in describing the clients he met. "Those relationships and how he helped people, that really resonated with me."
Pope says it isn't the leap of faith you might think, making the move from the church to financial services. In the pastorate, he worked with members of his congregation, counseling them on spiritual matters as well as financial issues. Sometimes their marriages would be suffering due to financial concerns. Other times, the problems dealt with ailing parents or children who had gone astray morally or financially.
"I felt that as a pastor I already had a lot of experience talking to people about their finances," Pope says. "I just needed to get more training in knowing what I was talking about. So it was a comfortable transition to me rather than a drastic shift."
At the end of the day, Pope adds, "I found that the conversation has remained the same (between his congregation and clients). It's only the starting point that this changed."
As a pastor, his parishioners would come in and talk to him about family or marriage, or issues of faith, but eventually they would get around to all facets of their life, including finances. Now, he says, the entry point of the conversation begins with finances, but they end up talking about their faith and family. "It's just a different starting point but we get to the same place."
After that sojourn to the wilderness, Pope had the epiphany that he would make financial services his career. A contact from the church put him in touch with people at Northwestern Mutual, where he worked for two years before striking out on his own as an independent advisor.
But from the start of his financial career, Pope saw a niche that fit his unique skill set, something that would set him apart from other advisors. He saw that many of the advisors he spoke to were not comfortable talking about long-term care. He found that people were a little intimidated or uncomfortable with the topic because eventually the conversation led to nursing homes.
"Because of my experience as a pastor, of being in nursing homes on a regular basis and visiting them, I didn't have that resistance." Soon, Pope became the go-to guy when a long-term care case surfaced. Other agents would call him into an existing account and have Pope come in to close the health aspect of the deal and they would split the commissions.
Things were taking shape quickly in his new career, until he had a health scare of his own when he developed prostate cancer. "That sort of set me down for a little bit," he says, but he used the time to get all of his licenses completed. The time also gave him a bigger picture view to figure out what type of advisor he wanted to be long-term.
The period of reflection evolved into Pope's idea of being a planner, someone who really studies his client's overall financial plan and maps that against their retirement goals to find something sustainable. Going back to his days in the pulpit, Pope always recognized in himself an ability to study and present a message in clear language.
"When I was preparing sermons, I didn't just want to get up there and talk off the cuff. I studied and I prepared so that what I had to say was organized and people could sit there and listen and follow along to a logical presentation."
Now, he's taken those same skills and applied them to his presentations, particularly when he's faced with "trying to unravel the complexities of communicating some of the features of life insurance or disability, or long-term care. There are so many moving parts to some of these products that people just get confused."
Pope was determined that he would find a clear message for his clients. "I was not going to use financial words or terms that people didn't know about; I was going to talk in plain English when I was discussing these products with the clients."
For practice management tips from other top advisors, see SMA's 2012 Advisor of the Year Finalists.


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Piercings can be funky, creative ways to adorn your body, using a wide variety of decorative options including nose studs and rings. Curved nose studs, with a corkscrew-like fastener, are becoming more popular, partly, perhaps, because the stud is better held in place due to the curved shape of the jewelry fastener. While the scariest part of nose piercing may be the actual hole made in the cartilage, some problems can arise due to the choice of piercing or jewelry. Newcomers to nose piercing or veterans looking to switch to a curved nose stud can remove these studs quickly and safely in a few simple steps.
Pull the nose stud down until it is flat against your nose.
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Makers of records – of albums – agonize over track sequence as over a Supreme Court appointment or, at the very least, the buying of a new mattress. A certain weight of posterity and determinism, of roads diverging into obscure yellow woods, hangs over the decision. To people on the outside of your skull, the fuss may seem disproportionate to the actual stakes, but the people inside your skull know that it is not.
You might sequence your record for your ideal listener, privileging the flow, the segues and the progressions of a beginning-to-end, album-as-journey experience of the kind that sucked you into this fool's pursuit in the first place. Your ideal listener is going to sit and listen to the whole thing multiple times, eyes closed, ears wide open; she is going to attend its movements and note its themes as they blossom; she is going to begin listening to your record with the same willing credulity, patience and positive assumption that she brings to her label-authenticated and famous favorites when they release new music. She isn't real, but you can't have everything.
Or you might heed what your Bandcamp stats are telling you: Most people don't make it past the ten-percent mark of your first track. Getting someone safely in the door – grabbing them by the virtual lapels and yelling, "Chill the f*ck out and let me work, you skittish, overstimulated, millennial bumblebee!" – is the only priority; what happens after that is up to your tunes.
You consult your trusted advisors and industry connections and gain a consensus on which among your tracks are the grabbers. Often, they're not your favorites; often, in fact, they are the outliers, the least-representative songs and the ones that you thought of as playacting or throwaways. Your personal picks and secret-heart gems fall down the track list, their pleasures the reward for anyone who gets that far. Ten percent. Jesus H. Christ. Every listener is his own market these days.
It all seems to ride on Track One, Word One, Sound One. It is too much weight for any song to bear. Why even make a peep? There is no one best track, no best foot forward. Some of us just can't make the call; why, I began one of my band's recent records with a stupid skit, the next with 60 seconds of on-hold music just to put off the question. The New Paltz-based, five-piece original bluegrass and folk ensemble In the Kitchen begins their debut full-length Almost Almost There with about five seconds of a dude giggling. Take that, Mr. Radio Man.
It's a mad, unstable giggle, and dangerous: not all that far off from Jigglypuff's signature vocalization in Super Smash Bros. I, for one, think it has hit potential.
When the giggle settles, the propulsive snare groove and chugging acoustic drive of Ryan Reutershan's "Song in My Head" emerges. That snare pattern – some of us call it the "train groove" – is In the Kitchen's default feel, from which they often stray and to which they always return. This train is conducted with both locomotion and great, song-sensitive handling and restraint by the ace New Paltz poly-roots rhythm section of Roger LaRochelle (drums) and Pete Newman (double bass), the duo that makes the engine go in Sekanjabin (belly dancing ethno-fusion), the Jonny Monster Band (doctrinal blues and blues/rock), Dr. Awesome (indie-pop), the Dreambats (post-rock) and many other New Paltz-centered outfits of the last decade. Kinda nice to begin your story with a rhythm section that is locked in like twins.
Reutershan's songs aim for and routinely achieve a kind of timeless, oracular quality that makes them traditional but not retro. He sings with an eccentric authority somewhere between outlaw and Biblical, supported in the very thoughtful diction of his lyrics, which mostly concern his own regrets and yearnings and the ambivalence of fortune. His songs are full of roads and bridges that aren't actually roads and bridges; they are time and decisions. Tightly crafted, evocative winners abound: My favorite among favorites might be the alternately waltzy and swinging "Nocturnal Hearts," a secret-heart gem buried down amongst the album tracks for those who got that far.
As the name suggests, this is a true acoustic band arranged in a semicircle, a gather-around-one-microphone-for-the-folks-at-home joint. In the role of second songwriter and second shredder is mandolinist Benjy Bruno, whose simple-and-sweet songs are less intricately personal than Reutershan's, but just as metaphorical. The chief shredder, in a genre that requires a good one, is the lyrical and ready-to-roll violinist Evan Shultis, whose willing fluidity ties everything to everything else in Reutershan's bluegrass spiritual travelogues.
Almost Almost There is an unassuming winner: unfailingly sturdy and openhearted songs, rock-energized bluegrass propulsion in a no-fuss setting, sweet licks and a gang-chant communal approach to singing by some dudes who maybe didn't pass the choir audition in high school. The music belongs to the modern/traditional model of roots music, which is to say that it sounds timeless but involves no stylized costumes or period ruses, preferring to emphasize the evergreen values of folk rather than its historical otherness.
See for yourself on Friday, November 18, when In the Kitchen celebrates the release of Almost Almost There at the San Severia Spiegeltent in the back room at BSP, located at 323 Wall Street in Kingston. Kindred spirits will be joining In the Kitchen for the festivities: first, Joe McNulty, then New Paltz's great folk eccentrists Yard Sale. The music begins at 8 p.m. For more information, visit www.bspkingston.com.
In the Kitchen record release show, Yard Sale/Joe McNulty, Friday, November 18, 8 p.m., BSP, 323 Wall Street, Kingston.


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Path to Nirvana is a great futurospective activity for goal alignment and for visualizing smaller steps towards a big achievement.
Running the activity:
1. Write the word Nirvana on the top right corner of the canvas, with a short sentence describing it (either defined by one person, or as a result of the defining nirvana activity)
2. Draw a timeline on the canvas, having the word today on the left most side.
3. Write down major events or time periods on the timeline (e.g. Christmas holidays, summer school vacation, July, month one, month six…)
4. Ask the participants to add notes for smaller steps towards the path to Nirvana.
5. Group conversation on the path to nirvana, with action items (use a different post it color)
Below is a sample Path to Nirvana photo by José Pedro de Santana Neto. He have used this activity on a major software conference for discussing Agile adoption for a very large institution.


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If you've ever attempted to read a geological map, you've probably noticed how difficult they are to understand. The traditional way of displaying the topographic base on a geological map involves a lot of detail, color, and clutter.
In recent years, cartographers have attempted to improve the readability of geological maps. It has been found that having a large number of point symbols can greatly hinder the reader's ability to quickly perform common map-reading tasks. Having a lot of line symbols can also cause problems, but these are not as severe a hindrance.
The importance of color is also difficult to deny. Symbols that are coded by color, or by color and texture, are easier to find than symbols coded by texture alone. For long term recall, texture coding appears to be slightly more effective, but the difficulty in picking up textures on a map outweighs this benefit.
Typography is also important. Bigger text, lower-case lettering, and a sans-serif typeface all contribute to the readability of place names. These design elements are commonly found in illustrated maps, and are now becoming the design elements of choice in street maps and geological maps too.
Geological maps need to be accurate, so the abstraction offered by many illustrated maps would not be helpful. However, geological maps are highly specialist tools, and not something that the average tourist would ever need to make use of, unless they were going hiking, climbing, or orienteering.
Simplifying geological maps so that they serve the purpose of the reader (for example, highlighting only major landmarks and attractions or facilities that the reader would be looking for) is a good idea. In this, cartographers can learn from the designers of illustrated maps. However, going to the next level of abstraction and removing elevation lines and other important information would be a bad idea.
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Visual Clutter and Maps:: Posted by admin on 01-04-2013
If you've ever attempted to read a geological map, you've probably noticed how difficult they are to understand. The traditional way of displaying the topographic base on a geological map involves a lot of detail, color, and clutter.
Satire in Illustrated maps:: Posted by admin on 12-01-2012
Many illustrated maps are serious in nature. Some are designed as artistic items, some historic illustrated maps have a religious significance, and some modern ones are simply playful, clear illustrations that are designed to make it easy for visitors to navigate the city they are visiting, or the festival that's currently happening.
Some maps, however, have a more interesting purpose. Satire artist Fred W. Rose put together an interesting satirical cartoon map which laid out the status of Europe in 1877. That year was an incredibly volatile one for European politics. Rose's map takes a traditional geographical map of Europe, and uses that as a framework for his satire.
At first glance, it looks like a normal map. Individual countries are colored in Red, green, orange, and yellow, and it's easy enough to identify the countries by sight. The names of the countries are also provided.
What makes this map a satire is the way that he has merged anthropomorphic and zoomorphic maps. The countries are drawn vaguely in their own shape, but altered slightly so that they represent political figures and mythical animals.
An octopus is used to represent Russia, with tentacles reaching out to grab other countries. Turkey is depicted in national dress, aiming a pistol at the Octopus. Hungary is shown as being ready for a fight, but Austria is attempting to hold it back. Germany's Emperor Wilhelm I is looking away from the conflict, but has a stockpile of ammunition ready, just in case. French general Patrice de MacMahon is depicted with a canon pointed at Germany, ready and waiting for the opportunity to avenge its defeat in the recent war.
The illustrations in this map are amazingly powerful. So powerful, in fact, that Japan made use of this particular illustration more than 20 years later as a propaganda image to win the support of Europe in their war.
Illustrated Festival Maps – Sanam Luang:: Posted by admin on 09-02-2012
Sanam Luang in Bangkok, Thailand, is home to the Thailand Kite Festival. Vasuphon Sanpanich has created a gorgeous illustrated map of the festival. The map shows local landmarks, and gives an overview of the area where the festival is held.
Information about the festival is written in the area around the main park on the map, highlighting that it's the Traditional Sport of Thailand, and that the celebration involves song, prayer, and the Royal Ploughing ceremony.
The map shows quite clearly what happens at the festival. Participants can be seen flying kites, taking part in prayers, playing games, and enjoying other festivities. The map has a hand-drawn appearance, with bright colours and cartoonish people that are somewhat reminiscent of characters from The Simpsons.
As an example of how an illustrated map could work as an advertisement, Sanpanich's work is outsanding. The message presented is that the festival is fun for all the family, with plenty of things for people of all ages to enjoy.
The water areas are represented by the familiar two-tone waves that are commonly used in modern illustrated maps. The Royal Garden is lined with bushes, and the vehicles on the road are abstracted just like children's toys.
Abstraction is an important part of all illustrated campus maps. When a map is made too detailed, it becomes difficult to look at, and if you're trying to get across a general point, such as "The Royal Garden will be home to a festival, where many activities will take place", then that point is lost in the details. It takes an incredibly skilled artist to be able to find the perfect balance between abstraction, aesthetics, and clarity.
The only thing that could be considered to be missing from this particular map is a smaller traditional map that explains how a visitor could get to the Royal Garden.


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Michelle Gadd—who heads global conservation for Walters Conservation, created and funded by philanthropists Mark and Kimbra Walter, and owner of White Oak Conservation, a 17,000-acre spread in northeastern Florida, which houses and cares for endangered and threatened species, among other animals—recounts how, at 19, she embarked on a three-month study abroad program in Africa…and ended up staying about 13 years. Read more…
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text: Thus overcoming the common position defining peasant armed demonstrations by what they say political leaders. It thus comes at a propitious point to assess how the story has certain contemporary conflicts. This taking into account the obstacles that arose, such as shortage of financial resources, with which it had when starting the investigation, as though no one touched several doors refused to commit to funding. Hence, this work has developed practically as we say colloquially, "with nails." Other obstacles that were seen as almost insurmountable obstacles were, that on one hand, the documents were more limited than expected, because when you analyze the documents found, it was necessary to discard the majority since it would distinguish the true from the false, because the interests of those involved contaminated or distorted information of events, or was necessary to discover the hidden part of every speech, on the other, the inhabitants of the populations studied were elusive in the sense that the old preferred not to speak with depth of the subject, while the younger ones were not interested . Anyway, this research was a good challenge, which clashed with the information and documents to which they had access. 14 1. GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORY CHARACTERIZATION OF CHAPARRAL AND Rioblanco The implementation and further development of guerrilla warfare and banditry in the municipalities of Chaparral and Rioblanco was in favor of the geographical features of southern Tolima region, located on the central mountain range, in where there is lush tropical vegetation that is needed for guerrilla fighting. .


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Wine Tasting 11/19/13
Viva La France
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
6-9 Pm No charge for Tastings
2011 Beau Rivage Bordeaux Blanc 70% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Semillon
Bordeaux, France
Creamy and forward, with pretty verbena, tarragon and chamomile notes weaving around straw and light gooseberry fruit flavors. Gentle finish.
BTG $5.75 Retail $11.99
2011 Tortoise Creek Viognier
Minervois, France
Completely unoaked and therefore bright with lovely aromas of peaches, pears and honeysuckle that lead to a palate that is fresh and crisp but packed with fruit.
BTG $5.75 Retail $11.99
2012 St Cosme Cotes du Rhone 50% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, 10% Cinsault and 10% Syrah.
Southern Rhone, Rhone, France
A mouthfilling core of plum sauce and blackberry paste is backed by charcoal and anise on the finish. Solid, direct, pure and driven.
90 pts Wine Spectator
BTG $6.50 Retail $14.99
2010 Ch. Le Conseiller
Bordeaux, France
Dominated by lots of Merlot, given its mocha, espresso, sweet black cherry and plum notes. It has gorgeous texture, terrific purity, and a full-bodied, hedonistic, fleshy appeal. This is a sleeper of the vintage and a great value. 91 Pts Robert Parker
BTG $9.00 Retail $22.99
2010 Paul Autard Chateauneuf du Pape Grenache and Syrah
Chateauneuf du Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone, France
Its inky/purple color is accompanied by a beautiful perfume of camphor, sweet blackberry and black raspberry fruit, lavender, forest floor and acacia flowers. Full-bodied and rich with good acidity, ripe tannin and a long finish, it should drink nicely for 15 or more years.
93 Pts Robert Parker
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GetGlue Now Seeing 12 Million Checkins and Ratings Per Month
Entertainment checkin service GetGlue is releasing its latest batch of numbers Thursday, shedding insight into how the AdaptiveBlue product is performing on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web.
Most notable, perhaps, is that GetGlue closed 11 new partnerships, including its first major video game partnership with Xbox. In total, the startup now has partnerships with 30 networks and eight movie studios.
The financial terms of the deals — which typically reward users with stickers and content-related memorabilia in exchange for checkins — are never disclosed, but the name brand status of the partner networks do show that GetGlue may be able to monetize nicely against its respectable 900,000 user base.
In terms of user activity, GetGlue is showing healthy year-over-year growth. In January 2010, the service reported 1.3 million checkins and ratings for the month. January 2011, however, saw the service accumulating nearly 10 times that figure with 12.1 million checkins and ratings.
The GetGlue applications encourage users to share their checkins with friends on Twitter and Facebook by default, a move that appears to be paying off handsomely for the company. "Collectively, check-in and sticker shares reach tens of millions of friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter," says the company of its social reach.
More specifically, that boils down to an average of 25,000 tweets and 25,000 Facebook shares per day.
With $6 million in Series C funding recently deposited in the bank, GetGlue seems well positioned to continue growing in the year ahead. If there was one area where the service could see improvement, however, it would be in user acquisition. While 900,000 users is nothing to scoff at, the number is a bit too small for us to declare the service a bonafide consumer hit. Plus, it now faces competition from a variety of startups, including the new anti-checkin application — television listening app IntoNow.


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Council Takes No Action To Appeal Athletic Center Suit
Friday, July 25, 2008
Category: News > City > City Council
After listening to nearly one hundred residents voice their opinions on whether to appeal a superior court judge's ruling in the lawsuit over a proposed athletic center at UC Berkeley, Berkeley City Council members reached an impasse in their deliberations Thursday, unable to muster up the votes necessary to make an official decision.
During a special meeting called by Mayor Tom Bates, council members and residents convened in city hall to discuss whether to appeal Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara J. Miller's ruling made on Tuesday that said the university could proceed with construction of the athletic center.
Miller ruled that the university has brought its construction proposal for a new athletic center near Memorial Stadium into compliance with earthquake safety and environmental quality laws.
The meeting began with a public comment session, opening the floor for residents, students and protesters who expressed their opinions on the case.
The California Oak Foundation and the Panoramic Hill Association have both announced their decisions to file an appeal.
The council still has over 50 days to decide whether or not to appeal the court ruling.
Contact Alex Gong at [email protected]
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
The Experiment
So, today I'm bummed again that we live in a tiny 800 square foot house, and I'm longing for a bigger place. A 3 bedroom, perhaps. I don't want to keep them separated forever, but during this stage in their lives, it sure would be nice. Today I saw L.A. on the news as one of the top 10 worst housing markets in the country. The average home price in Torrance is around 600k. Everywhere else in the world? Around 200k - something we might actually be able to afford. Arrrgghhh!!!
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I feel your pain! My girls share a room and wake each other up too. our room is ok with a pack and play--so they do nap separately in the afternoons. Hang in there mama!!ReplyDelete
I hear you! My girls are smooshed into one room - thankfully we got three bedrooms when we moved! Sophia is the only napper in that room but bedtime in the evenings goes on and on. She keeps everyone up!ReplyDelete
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We welcome you to meet us at the Subcontracting Trade Fair which will take place on 15-17 September 2015 at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre.
The Subcontracting Trade Fair is an excellent forum for getting to know new possibilities and exchanging views with other professionals. You are welcomed to meet us at our stand C 1019 and learn about our services and latest success stories.
You will also have a chance to view our latest video, which in just two minutes showcases our business operations. In addition, you will get our latest customer magazine: For Surface Protection.
This year the themes of the international trade fair will be sales and marketing as well as new materials and techniques. Finland's leading industrial trade fair will have approximately 1,000 exhibitors from some twenty countries. Every year there are over 2,000 new innovations.
The three-day event is an ideal forum for FSP and other leading companies to meet their current and future customers. We are looking forward to seeing you at our stand!
Please remember to register in advance and without entry fee at: www.subcontractingtradefair.com
Best regards
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|Flayer Jungle
|Act III
|Blade of the Old Religion
|Flayer, Flayer Shaman, Soul Killer, Soul Killer Shaman, Slime Prince, River Stalker, Winged Nightmare
|Adjacent Zones
|Spider Forest, Great Marsh, Lower Kurast
|Area Level Normal
|Area Level Nightmare
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The Flayer Jungle is another jungle zone in Act III. The zone can sometimes be accessed from the Spider Forest, or more often from the Great Marsh. As its name suggests, the zone is infested by Flayers, Soul Killers and their shamans.
Somewhere in a random location, the player can find The Gidbinn guarded by a random unique Flayer. This item is necessary to complete the Blade of the Old Religion quest. The Gidbinn may or may not be found near the entrance to the Flayer Dungeon. The Flayer Jungle houses another optional dungeon, the Swampy Pit.
Usually the Gidbinn can be found near or inside a Flayer village. The village consists of several huts made out of wood. A cooking pot with several humanoid corpses inside can be found there as well.
Somewhere in the Flayer Jungle lies the entrance into the Flayer Dungeon. Players need to explore the maze-like dungeon in order to obtain Khalim's Brain. The golden chest containing the Brain is guarded by the Witch Doctor Endugu.
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KIXS (107.9 FM, "KIXS 108") is a radio station serving the Victoria, Texas, area with a country music format. It under ownership of Townsquare Media.
Radioline gives to users access to more than 60.000 News, Sports, Talk, Music radio stations and podcasts worldwide. The user can easily find and listen to his favorite radio stations, and discover new ones according to his mood, location, musical taste and more!


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Debate settled: The plural of emoji is...
It's been a big week for emoji 😎
After Monday kicked things off with the fourth annual World Emoji Day 🙌 Apple announced a new set of emojis coming to the iPhone later this year, including Woman With Headscarf and Zombie. 😮Also, Google announced its traditional "blob" emoji, which are getting overhauled later this year, will still be available to Allo users as a sticker pack 👍
Later this month will see the debut of the Emoji Movie. 🎬 It hits theaters on July 28, and Sony Pictures hosted a ceremony at the Empire State Building to both promote the movie and commemorate World Emoji Day, with the movie's cast — including Patrick Stewart 🚀 and Maya Rudolph 😂 — hosting an event where the iconic skyscraper was lit up in "emoji yellow" 👊
Also in attendance: Jeremy Burge, the founder and Chief Emoji Officer of Emojipedia. 👨💻 Chances are if you've ever gone to the internet looking for a particular emoji, found it, then copied-and-pasted it into whatever app you're using, you did that on Emojipedia, a comprehensive site for information about the rapidly evolving — and increasingly relevant — world of emoji 📘
Burge joins MashTalk in a wide-ranging conversation about emoji, its growing role in our discourse, and how the Unicode Consortium 💁 — the body that's in charge of emoji and includes Burge on its board — decides which emoji get made and which don't. He also settles the debate: Is the plural emoji or emojis? 👀
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Arizona Gas Prices Soaring, But Still Lower Than Last Year
Arizona gas prices are soaring, according to AAA. Spokeswoman Michelle Donati says the statewide average was up more than 4.5 cents this week to $3.32 a gallon, while the national average price was up more than a nickel to $3.44 a gallon.
But Donati says the price is still a bargain compared to what Arizona drivers were paying a year ago.
"Seems like prices have climbed so much," Donati said. "They've increased by almost a dime over the last month, however, if you can remember back to this time last year, we were experiencing a lot more pain at the pump in 2013 than we are in 2014."
She says the current average price is 41 cents less than what Arizonans were paying at the pump at this time last year.
Tucson continues to have the state's lowest prices at $3.24 a gallon, while Flagstaff drivers are paying the most at $3.46.


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I'm feeling all popular and stuff because I'm actually guest posting twice this week. If we were in high school, I'd be sitting at the cool table right now. I'm glad we're not, though, because I'm wearing sweats and slippers and no make-up, which would definitely get me kicked off the cool table.
So today, my glass of orange soda is my only friend.
You heard me right. For today only, I have traded my beloved Diet Dr. Pepper for sweet and simple orange soda. Because it's that kind of day. And because last night, I made cookies with orange soda in them. You've probably seen them on Pinterest. Today, I'm seeing them live in my own kitchen.
My new blogging bud, Randee, asked me to tell her readers all about the easiest stinkin' whoopie pie of all time. I, of course, said yes. So you can see these beauties live too, with one little click, at Randee's Organized Chaos.


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|On Monday, November 16th, join fellow UBC students and award-winning humanitarian, bestselling author and acclaimed public speaker, Dr. Samantha Nutt, LLD'10, in a moderated conversation about the impact of war – the truth, the lies, and the reality on the ground – and the major events currently shaping our world.
Master Mind Master Class is a new alumni UBC event series, offering both alumni and students an unprecedented look into the minds of modern masters making a unique impact on the world, and the lessons they've learned.
Event Details
Monday, November 16, 2015
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
This event is free of charge.
Dr. Nutt is a medical doctor and a founder of the renowned international humanitarian organization War Child, Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world's major crises – from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan. A leading authority on current affairs, war, international aid and foreign policy, Dr. Nutt is one of the most intrepid and recognized voices in the humanitarian arena and is amongst the most sought-after public speakers in North America. With a career that has spanned more than two decades and dozens of conflict zones, her international work has benefited hundreds of thousands of war-affected children globally.
Moderator – Professor Kathryn Gretsinger, UBC School of Journalism


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Movies and madness
For 20 years, Toronto's Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival (running Nov. 9-17) has been exploiting one of the deeper and more fascinating characteristics of the movies: As a medium, it not only can replicate the experience of mental instability with suggestive precision, it provides audiences with a forum in which to confront and consider issues of mental health and addiction that, at least until very recently, have rarely been a matter of public discussion or debate.
At least since Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) marshalled the formidable visual lexicon of German Expressionism to tell the story of high horror and delirium, movies have brought us as close to the threshold of madness as any mass medium can. Indeed, so many classic movies – Vertigo, Psycho, Persona, Repulsion, Taxi Driver, Blue Velvet, Dead Ringers and The Shining, to name a very few – trade in visions of damaged subjectivity. You wonder if this isn't the thing that movies were made for: to tap into the collective madness that crouches in us all.
This year, Rendezvous presents an eclectic mixture of documentaries and fiction features, with an emphasis on providing opportunities for public discussion and feedback throughout the event. (I am moderating one of these, a day-long symposium called The Changing World of Documenting Madness.) Of the films I've had an opportunity to preview , there are at least three that are particularly impressive: Beer is Cheaper than Therapy (Nov. 12) is a powerful feature documentary about American soldiers dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder near the massive military base in Fort Hood, Texas; The Maze, a gorgeously updated and expanded version of a 1969 documentary on the late Canadian painter and mental illness sufferer William Kurelek (Nov. 13); and Moving Up (Nov. 13), a sensitive but painful portrait of an Iranian garbage collector who becomes increasingly consumed by his impossible dream of becoming a famous novelist.
Movies and melodrama
A different kind of madness attends the work of the late German director Werner Schroeter (1945-2010), whose films are the subject of a comprehensive retrospective launched by TIFF Cinematheque at Bell Lightbox beginning this week, called Magnificent Obsession: The Films of Werner Schroeter.
Schroeter's was the madness of an artist unbridled but fully in control, the creator channeling the most outrageous of visions and ideas into the most elegantly strange and beautiful of forms.
Probably the least famous of the German filmmakers who collectively comprised what in the 1970s was called the New German Cinema – whose ranks included Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlondorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders – Schroeter was nevertheless a key member of the cohort. He was a gay, opera-fixated filmmaker, theatrical director and actor whose insistence on arch artificiality was less a matter of camp irony than a declaration of his politics. Like many of his postwar filmmaking contemporaries, he saw the development of radical new filmmaking forms as necessary not just for their break with the bleakness of the immediate past, but as a way to create "a new reality." Since the real world had utterly fallen, it behooved the true artist to make his own – which Schroeter did, consistently and often spectacularly, in a career that spanned nearly 40 years and included more than 30 features and documentaries, and several opera and photography projects. He moved from avant-garde expressionism to experimental dramatic features that suggested what fellow director Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows, Magnificent Obsession) might have made if he'd been born a generation or two later.
Despite his idiosyncrasy, Schroeter maintained certain definite artistic, temperamental and thematic affinities. He loved opera for the bold assurance of its own reality (one of his very first films was a tribute to his lifelong beloved, Maria Callas); he loved women's melodrama for its accommodation of lavish visual tropes and emotional extremes; and he loved pushing himself and his audience to new frontiers of experience. Oh yes, and he loved the colour red. If you attend this retrospective, you will see red like you never have before.
Editor's note: An earlier online version and the print version of this story contained incorrect information. This version has been corrected.


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The Duke of Deception comes into his full power as a mass sacrifice charges the baetylus. Can Wonder Woman save her friends without revealing her secret identity?
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Shopping for furniture can be a bit confusing as there are different kinds of leather, different levels of quality and, of course, different price points. And buying the most expensive furniture doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get the best and longest lasting piece. By being a knowledgeable shopper you can get the best deal possible and find a quality piece of furniture that will always look good, feel comfortable and last forever.
Unfortunately many furniture stores hire people who don't know that much about the furniture or they're working on commission and will throw a lot of jargon your way to confuse you. The best way to combat this is by educating yourself and learning something about the terms used when referring to these types furniture.
Top Grain
Leather is not simply the hide of an animal, hides are actually split in two pieces with the outer layer, the part you'd consider the skin, is called top grain leather. Top grain is the best quality and most supple and durable. Look for top grain if it falls within your price range as it's the better quality product.
Split is the counterpart to top grain as it is the underside of the skin which is on the inside of the animal's hide. Split is usually pieced together and less durable and more stiff than top grain leather. Split is also usually dyed more heavily which makes it stiffer but its generally the only choice you have if you want an unusual colored piece of furniture.
Aniline Finish
Is a one dye process and little or no buffing and work is done to repair imperfections. Analine finishes are applied to the best pieces of top grain leather as these pieces look the best naturally and in this case it's the real natural beauty of the hide that you want to shine through.
Semi-Aniline Finish
A semi-aniline finish means the hide has gone through a series of dying and surface treatments. These processes come with benefits and pitfalls. The benefits with a semi-aniline finish are that you can get some great colors and there is more protection from staining and wear so its great if you have children or pets. But semi-aniline is stiffer, less comfortable and won't develop the great patina that aniline finishes will over time.
Nubuck is a top grain leather that has had the outside surface sanded or buffed to create a nap and a velvet type feeling. Some may confuse nubuck with suede but suede comes from the inside of a leather hide, nubuck is the outside meaning its stronger and more durable. Nubuck is typically expensive but it is one of the most durable types of leather available.
Pull-up is coated with a heavy wax or oil on the surface which gives the furniture piece a distressed look over time. These pieces are generally very attractive, especially over time but they do tend to have a slippery feel and are susceptible to scratches and faded butt marks.
Be wary of salespeople who toss around the phrase match without fully explaining to you that it means there are actual pieces in the most notable places, but the other spots (backs and underside of cushions) are made of vinyl that is dyed to match. Match is good if you're on a limited budget and not planning on keeping the piece forever. But if you want a quality piece of furniture that will last a lifetime and will fade and age evenly, match is not for you.
If you know these terms and understand what you're looking for it will make the leather furniture shopping process much easier and you're more likely to get the performance out of your leather furniture that you were hoping for. Don't let the store you're shopping at try to confuse you with terms, if you're feeling a bit overwhelmed or think something shady is going on, leave the store. You can either go home and research the jargon that you heard so you know what you're getting or go to a different store where you feel more comfortable. Furniture is expensive and meant to be a long term purchase so don't feel pressured and rushed and don't let someone confuse you into purchasing an inferior product.


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Flagstone Development Lots
Costa Baja Resort & Spa Condominiums
Home and personal property sold in this estate/downsizing auction.
Home sold for an elderly woman who was relocating and downsizing.
Home and contents were sold for an estate where the executor lived in Florida
Local Doctor and family were downsizing. We sold all contents that were not being relocated.
We were hired by the estate and appointed by the probate court to sell all of the contents of Custom Cycle.
Sold all equipment and contents of OMG Corp for the owner who was downsizing his business holdings for retirement. Over 500 bidders in this simulcast event.
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Nutmeg and derivatives-FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Executive Summary of FOA
Questions Addressed
The feasibility of extracting individual components from nutmeg and marketing these components is reported in this document. Within this context, an analysis was conducted of the trend in nutmeg production and trade in Grenada along with the importance of this crop as a source of income to the populace. A thorough scientific investigation of the individual compounds found in nutmeg and the viability of extracting these compounds was also covered. Finally, an economic evaluation is discussed in terms of cost of production, marketing and revenue outlook of extracting these components, and recommendations are made based on the findings.
Summary of Findings
Nutmeg production continues to play a pivotal role as a source of income, employment and revenue for Grenada. However, the recent decline in the nutmeg trading price on the international market has seriously affected the economy of the country.
Upon examination of diversifying the uses of nutmeg, one of its components, trimyristin, was seen as a potential marketable product. Trimyristin is a fat, and it comprises approximately 40% by weight of the nutmeg seed. A by-product of trimyristin is myristic acid, and this carboxylic acid is used commercially in the soap and cosmetic industry.
Another possible marketable product is nutmeg oil. Nutmeg oil, which is the essential or volatile oil of nutmeg, is approximately 12% by weight of the nutmeg seed. A steam distillation plant is under construction in Grenada to obtain the nutmeg oil. However, once the nutmeg oil is removed by the steam distillation, if nothing is done with the remaining components of the nutmeg, then 88% of the nutmeg seed is discarded. Most importantly, the trimyristin which is a potentially marketable product, will be lost. Trimyristin can be sold as any other fat or oil to be used as a source for making fatty acids, fatty alcohols, or glycerol which are used for the soap, cosmetic and oleochemical industries. Moreover, the equipment used to extract trimyristin from nutmeg can also be used to extract other products such as coconut oil from copra. Thus, the marketing potential of trimyristin demands that a pilot study be conducted on its extraction from nutmeg to evaluate the possible commercial production of this fat.


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BGV is currently operating as an outreach organization, helping to build best business practices by sharing simple and replicable business principles learnt throughout the founder's career around the globe.
With more than half her life dedicated to thriving in entrepreneurial environments across diverse industries and economies, ranging from cutting edge high-tech start-ups in the US to infrastructure projects in emerging markets to international non-profits, Maheen specializes in finding the top three issues for a given topic as entrepreneurs work to build their enterprise.
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