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General Manager
WoodSpring Suites
Columbus North I-270
Cameron was born in Dallas, Texas, however he moved to various states for his father's career. He and his family settled in West Des Moines, Iowa. Later, he pursued an Associates degree in Early Childhood Education from Columbus State Community College while also having completed coursework from Graceland University studying Psychology. His dream of becoming a Casino Resort & Hotel owner remains alive today.
Cameron began his career with Sandpiper Hospitality back in September 2015 as a Guest Services Ambassador. He quickly rose through the ranks to Asst. General Manager and is now a General Manager at our WS Columbus North site.
Cameron's hospitality career began before joining Sandpiper Hospitality. In fact, his story begins with spending time with other major brands as well as in the Education discipline. Who knew?
In his own words…"Before my Sandpiper career began I worked as a Night Auditor at the Residence Inn Columbus Downtown location. I also worked at The Courtyard by Marriot Columbus Airport location as a Supervisor, Bistro Supervisor, Shuttle Driver and Front office agent. Concord Hospitality was the company that owned and operated those hotels during my six years as an employee with them. Before working in hotels, I worked as a pre-school teacher for children and families at North Broadway Children's Center."
Cameron contributes his success to: "…I lead with my heart and I lead by example and I put relationships and people first before making tough decisions. I want my associates to believe and trust in me and our vision for the property and for all our growth as individuals. There is always room to get better and be more prepared as a team."
We are delighted to have Cameron as one of our successful members of the Sandpiper Hospitality team. Way to Go Cameron!
General Manager
WoodSpring Suites
Fredericksburg, VA
Johnathon is from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Before the hospitality business, he worked in retail as a Customer Service Representative and later became a Customer Service Manager. He took on the duties of hiring and training. Johnathon started in hospitality in Colorado working on the front desk of an extended stay hotel where he developed his hospitality skills.
Johnathan relocated to Virginia and was determined to find his place in hospitality and that was when Brandon received his resume and on December 12, 2016, hired him as a Guest Service Ambassador at the Manassas location. "My duty as a Guest Services Ambassador was to ensure the guest was completely satisfied when it came to anything regarding their stay. I would do things like take them an ironing board and iron if needed, give them fresh pillows, wake up calls, literally anything that was going to make the guest comfortable in their home away from home."
Johnathan pitched in where needed. "I feel that working any job, there will eventually come a time where you may become short staffed. I've covered shifts when an employee was unable to make it due to an emergency and have completed maintenance duties due when maintenance person was unavailable. Even though your work place may be short staffed, business must go on and I am I'm going to do whatever I can to help our each and every guest."
Due to his attitude, perseverance and ability to please guests, Johnathon was promoted to the Assistant General Manager at Manassas in September of 2017. Guest satisfaction is his priority. He interviews, hires and trains Guest Service Ambassadors ensuring guests are greeted and taken care of in the best possible way. "If there's something that the employees feel that they cannot handle, I must be available 24/7 to assist them…"
In June of 2018, Johnathon was promoted to General Manager of his very own hotel, the Wood Spring Suites in Fredericksburg, VA. This is an outstanding accomplishment and one that we are sure will be a win/win/win for Johnathon, the hotel and its many loyal guests.
Johnathon, we are very proud of your success and cannot wait to watch your career soar to even greater heights.
Way to Go Johnathon!
Assistant General Manager
WoodSpring Suites
Airline Highway, Baton Rouge, LA
Melissa is from Berwick, Louisiana and graduated from Berwick High School. Before Melissa joined Sandpiper, she worked in an assisted living facility as a lead care giver. Her ultimate dream is to become a business owner. Melissa aspires to be a positive role model for her children, "I want my kids to know that if you work hard and stay focused that any and everything is possible."
Melissa started with Sandpiper as a Guest Services Ambassador on June 14, 2016. She greeted everyone that came through the door and treated them with respect. She respects her co-workers and they return that respect, stating, "We get along great and we help each other out no matter what our job title is." Melissa supports her team by working double shifts to make sure there is always someone covering the front desk. She helped out with housekeeping when it was short-staffed or if there are just a lot of rooms to clean.
On September 23, 2017, Melissa was promoted to Assistant General Manager, declaring, "It was one of the best days in my life!" She maintains and operates the hotel, including customer payment management. She ensures employees come to work and "get the job done so we can ensure that the guests have a pleasant stay."
We are delighted to have Melissa as one of our successful members of the Sandpiper Hospitality team. Way to Go Melissa!


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Parents/carers are assured that we all at "Little Diamonds Ltd" provide a high quality service through ensuring that our staff are experienced and that they possess high qualifications as well as they feel valued. The staff are chosen for their passion and their commitment, this enables us to offer a safe, fun, stimulating, environment where each child can learn and develop to their utmost potential. Parents/carers can do what they need to do to make their lives for themselves and for their babies, toddlers or children enhance and improve.
We are located within London Borough of Newham. A partnership has been formed with Early Years with whom we work closely with to ensure all the EYFS Curriculum and Safeguarding childcare requirements are met.
We are striving for 'Excellence' and we are continuously increasing our clientele through accessibility to our business to become a market leader in this field. Full day childcare with an 'Early Education Approach' offering 'Fun' 'Care' and 'Education.'
Be assured:
- To know that they are happy and safe
- To give every child a good start in life
- We organize and structure the time
- Children are stimulated with activities through Learning and Development
Little Diamonds Ltd provides a safe and secure, intimate and homely environment. We offer warmth for both the child, the parent/carer and the staff team. When recruiting new staff we look for people who take a real interest in each child's learning. We promote challenging activities as the development of the whole child is carefully nurtured through fun as staff will encourage their learning through play.
The environment promotes healthy eating, self independance. The surroundings are well resourced as well as regularly monitored.
We employ highly qualified staff who are professional in their approach who wish to develop and grow in their careers. We seek reassurance from our whole staff team to endeavor to support our local families within the community where we live and work through developing strong partnerships.
Little Diamonds Ltd operates and promotes diversity and high equality opportunities – challenging and addressing inequalities faced by children, therefore strengthening them and their families.
Little Diamonds Ltd's approach in 'Learning through Play' is based on the National Strategy for Early Education (EYFS). We look for trustworthy and reliable practitioners who will be committed to the development of the business. Practitioners must also be committed to continuous improvement through their own learning and development in order to work with 'best practice' in mind.
Our objective is for all practitioners to communicate effectively and work with our children to thrive in their unique self learning through a holistic approach.
On the whole we understand that parents are the first main educator in a child's life and we respect and value this. Our nursery facilities provide children with a homely environment.

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A 50-year Sand Replenishment Project, Encinitas and Solana Beaches, CA
Coastal erosion, Encinitas, California. Photo source: ©© Tim Buss
In recent years, the 50-year replenishment plan has been hit with setbacks. Because the revised plan called for less sand on beaches, it ran the risk of losing federal funding. Specifically, Corps officials two years ago said they would be reluctant to back a smaller-scale project, because it wouldn't be as economically beneficial under a cost-benefit ratio model.
For the price of the plan, the cities could have looked at buying bluff-top properties to allow for "managed retreat." That way, the bluffs could naturally erode, putting sand back on the beaches…
Read Full Article, Encinitas Advocate
Is Beach Renourishment Worth The Money? WWAY News (02-16-2015)
Endless Erosion Battle a Matter of Money, The St Petersburg Tribune (07-21-2014)
Waikiki Beach Eroding Less Than A Year After $2.2M Sand Restoration, Pacific Business News (01-24-2013)
A section of Hawaii's famed Waikiki Beach is starting to erode, less than a year after the completion of a $2.2 million project to replenish the sand on about 1,730 feet of shoreline that had been suffering from chronic erosion.
Palm Beach Sea Turtles Killed During Beach Renourishment Project, Broward Palm Beach New Times (04-28-2015)
Palm Beach Mid-Town Dredge Project, A Youtube Video (02-04-2015)
"Beach nourishment projects like this have become commonplace along the US East and Gulf Coasts. These projects have immediate environmental impacts through burial of nearshore habitat and increased turbidity during project placement.The cumulative environmental impacts of doing this repeatedly on the same beach while conducting projects from Maine to Texas is unknown. But, we should be concerned. " —Robert S. Young, PhD, Director, Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Professor, Coastal Geology, Western Carolina University
Reuters' Water's Edge Report – Part I And Part II (09-19-2014)
"North Carolina: The Beaches Are Moving," A Video featuring Orrin Pilkey, PhD
World famous coastal geologist Orrin H. Pilkey takes us to the beach and explains why erosion has become a problem…
We Need to Retreat From the Beach, An Op Ed by Orrin H. Pilkey


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Sams Club – Subtle Christmas Creep 2011
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Simple quick post. Sams Club in my area of San Antonio TX has started the Christmas Creep season subtly. For those of you who don't know, Christmas Creep is the process in which stores start putting their Christmas decorations/items for sale up months in advance of Christmas.
Here is Sams Club's subtle entry into the market:
As I go to Sams Club quite often, I can assure you those types of Gift Cards were not there a few weeks ago.
The real kicker is I'm in Texas. It's going to be over 100 degrees outside ALL WEEK..and has been the past 2-3 weeks. 100 degree heat, drought, and Christmas Gift cards. Go Texas?


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Android is going to Go! - Android and Golang< 1 min to read.
I recently talked in Droidcon about building using Go with Android We talked about what is Go? And why it's so awesome? And how can we use it with Android? On this session we've learnt a little bit about Go, and how can we use it with Android- about the use cases, and the secret tricks to use it with mobile applications. Here are the slides of my lecture: Android...Read More


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Take in the highlights of the Caucasus and Central Asia on this 49-day overland group adventure from Tbilisi to Bishkek. Camp on the shore of shimmering Lake Sevan, admire the incredible Vardzia cave complex and stay in a traditional Silk Road caravanserai in Azerbaijan. Explore the bizarre capital of Turkmenistan, stay in a traditional felt yurt and take in the beautiful ancient cities of Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand before overlanding through the lush scenery of Kyrgyzstan.
Trip Highlights
Not Included
Welcome to Georgia!
Welcome to Tbilisi! Make your way to our hotel and join a pre-departure Welcome Meeting at 6pm so you can meet your tour group and crew. The evening is then free to explore Georgia's vibrant capital as you please.
Overnight: Tbilisi
Tbilisi sightseeing
Today we discover everything that Tbilisi's charming Old Town has to offer. Take in highlights including the fascinating National Museum, Sioni Cathedral and the pretty Metekhi Temple, then spend the afternoon at leisure. History buffs can visit the Museum of Soviet Occupation or you can hike up to ancient Narikala Fortress to admire the fantastic views of the city below.
Overnight: Tbilisi | Breakfast
Dilijan National Park & Lake Sevan
Tbilisi - Lake Sevan (Armenia). Say goodbye to Tbilisi as we board our overland truck for the first time and set off for the border with neighbouring Armenia. Once we've crossed you can enjoy wonderful views as we journey through Dilijan National Park.
Tonight, we'll either camp in the park or continue to the shore of Lake Sevan, home to the only beaches in landlocked Armenia. A popular getaway for the locals, Lake Sevan is the perfect place to relax after a day of overlanding.
Overnight: Dilijan NP / Lake Sevan | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Ancient Yerevan
Lake Sevan - Yerevan. On day 4 we drive to Yerevan - the capital of Armenia and also one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on the globe. On the way to Yerevan we have an included stop at the UNESCO-listed Geghard Monastery, which was carved into the rock face of the Azat River Gorge. There's also a visit to the beautiful Graeco-Roman Garni Temple before we finally arrive in Yerevan.
Day 5 is free to explore the city, or you can opt for a tipple with a visit to the Ararat Brandy Museum.
Overnight: Yerevan
Armenian Highlands
Yerevan - Armenian Highlands. Say goodbye to Yerevan as we head out of the city. We stop at the Khor Virap Monastery, which is perched in the shadow of mighty Mt Ararat, not far from the border with Turkey. The monastery is an important pilgrimage site and if it's a clear day then the views of the snow-capped mountain will be incredible. After our visit we head into the lush Armenian Highlands and find a suitable spot for our first night of wild camping.
Overnight: Armenian Highlands | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Vardzia Caves
Armenian Highlands - Vardzia (Georgia). Today we cross back into Georgia and head to the incredible Vardzia Caves. This subterranean city was first inhabited in the Bronze Age but was mostly abandoned in the 16th century. A handful of dedicated monks still reside in the Vardzia Monastery and you can hear the bells ringing at 7:00am every morning. If there's not time to explore the site today, then our included visit will take place tomorrow instead. Tonight, we wild camp close to the caves.
Overnight: Vardzia | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Borjomi National Park & Mtskheta
Vardzia - Mtskheta. We'll visit Vardzia this morning if we didn't have time yesterday. We then drive to Borjomi National Park and enjoy a short hike in the ancient forest. There's an optional cable car ride up the mountain before we climb back aboard the truck and journey to Mtskheta, the ancient capital of Georgia. We visit the charming Svetitskhoveli Cathedral on arrival.
Overnight: Mtskheta | Breakfast, Dinner
Mtskheta - Stepantsminda. Today we drive through picturesque countryside to Stepantsminda. Either today or tomorrow morning we'll enjoy a hike up to the tiny Tsminda Sameba Church, which is nestled in the rugged Caucasus Mountains. The scenery en route is simply spectacular. Returning to Stepantsminda, there's free time to relax or you may wish to join an optional cooking lesson to create delicious Georgian kinkhalis (meatballs).
Overnight: Stepantsminda | Breakfast, Dinner
Telavi & wine tasting
Stepantsminda - Telavi. On day 10 we drive through the Alazani Valley to reach Telavi, an area famous for its wine. Over the next two days we'll get to explore some vineyards and wineries to see local traditions including grape harvesting and wine making in action. On day 11 we're treated to lunch and wine tasting at a local winery, where you'll get to experience some famous Georgian hospitality.
Overnight: Telavi | Breakfast x 2, Dinner x 2
Lagodekhi National Park
Telavi - Lagodekhi National Park. We leave Telavi behind today and head towards the border with Azerbaijan. There's a stop at the impressive Gremi Citadel before we head into Lagodekhi National Park. Our final night in Georgia is spent wild camping in the park, close to the border.
Overnight: Lagodekhi NP | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Sheki & caravanserai stay
Lagodekhi National Park - Sheki (Azerbaijan). Today we cross into Azerbaijan and drive to the ancient city of Sheki. Visit the exquisite Khan's Palace before we arrive at our accommodation for the night, which is a hotel built inside an old Silk Road caravanserai. You'll experience what it was like for weary Silk Road travellers who would stop at caravanserais to rest and resupply their caravans.
Overnight: Sheki (caravanserai)
Sheki - Lahij. Today we drive to the mountain village of Lahij, which is known for its copper and arms production. There's time to explore the settlement and we spend the night camping with facilities close by.
Overnight: Lahij | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Gobustan & Baku
Lahij - Baku. Today we drive to Gobustan where we can see the ancient carved petroglyphs and the bubbling mud volcanoes that this area is famous for. We then continue to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. The city is a fascinating contrast of the old and new, with the ancient Maiden Tower set against the backdrop of glistening modern skyscrapers. There's free time to explore the city as you please.
Overnight: Baku
There's a group meeting at 10am today to discuss the next few days in Turkmenistan. At some point in the next couple of days we'll take the ferry across the Caspian Sea to Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan. However, the ferry timetable is notoriously unpredictable so our itinerary will have to be extremely flexible over the next few days. Please see the trip notes for more details. In the meantime, relax in vibrant Baku and explore as you please. We may be joined by new travellers for the next leg of our journey.
Overnight: Baku
Caspian Sea ferry
Baku - Turkmenbashi (Turkmenistan). Today we will hopefully be able to board the Caspian Sea ferry bound for Turkmenbashi. The ferry is a fantastic and authentic experience but please don't expect any luxury! There will generally only be seats available for the overnight crossing.
Overnight: Caspian Sea ferry
Today we dock at Turkmenbashi and disembark the ferry. We will either stay in a hotel in Turkmenbashi or begin our drive towards Ashagbat, finding a suitable spot to wild camp en route.
Please note: Due to the unpredictability of the ferry, please get your Turkmenistan visa issued with at least two 'flexible' days before the entry date given on the tour. Please see the trip notes for more details.
Overnight: Turkmenbashi
Amazing Ashgabat
Turkmenbashi - Ashgabat. Day 19 sees us complete our overland drive to Ashgabat, the bizarre and modern capital of Turkmenistan. The city has a plethora of white marble buildings, a favourite of the eccentric President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. On day 20 we enjoy a minibus tour of this off the beaten track capital city to see some of these and other quirky architecture including the world's largest indoor Ferris wheel.
Overnight: Ashgabat | Breakfast x 2
Darvaza Gas Crater
Ashgabat - Darvaza. Say goodbye to Ashgabat as we head into the remote Karakum Desert. There's an included stop at the flaming Darvaza Gas Crater, which was created accidentally in 1971 when Soviet oil drillers caused gas to escape from underground. This created the crater and the Soviets, in an effort to burn off the gas, set fire to it. There turned out to be a lot more gas than they anticipated, and it's been burning away ever since. After our visit to the crater we find a suitable spot to wild camp nearby.
Overnight: Darvaza | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Kunye Urgench
Darvaza - Kunye Urgench. We continue overlanding through the Karakum Desert this morning. There's an included stop at the ruins of Kunye Urgench, once an important settlement on the Silk Road. The invading Genghis Khan opted not to destroy the city and structures including the 60m high Kutlug-Timur Minaret survive today for us to admire. Tonight, we wild camp near to Kunye Urgench.
Overnight: Kunye Urgench | Breakfast, Lunch
Kunye Urgench - Khiva (Uzbekistan). On day 23 we browse the markets in the border town of Dashoguz before crossing into Uzbekistan. Continuing overland, we reach Khiva later in the day.
There's a guided tour of the ancient Silk Road city the next day during which you can see highlights including the turquoise Kalta Minor Minaret, the blue palace of Tash Khovli and the Juma Mosque. There's also plenty of time to explore the city independently in the afternoon.
Overnight: Khiva | Breakfast x 2
Exploring Bukhara
Khiva - Bukhara. Day 25 is a travel day as we journey to Bukhara. There's a guided tour of the city on day 26, taking in highlights including the Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Ark Fortress and Kalon Mosque. You'll also get to see the giant Kalyan Minaret, which earned its nickname of "Death Tower" due to its historic use as a place of execution, where prisoners were thrown from the top.
There's free time on day 27 and you may wish to join an optional visit to the gruesome Zindon Prison. A barbaric method of internment used here historically was the Bug Pit. Prisoners would be thrown into the pit and all manner of creatures including rats and scorpions would be emptied onto their heads.
Overnight: Bukhara
Nurata, Kyzylkhum Desert & yurt camping
Bukhara - Nurata (Kyzylkhum Desert). Today we board our truck and say goodbye to beautiful Bukhara. We head into the Kyzylkhum Desert and enjoy an optional camel ride over the rolling sand dunes. Tonight, we'll be camping near the town of Nurata in comfortable felt yurts - yurts are the traditional accommodation for nomads who roam across Central Asia.
Overnight: Nurata | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Stunning Samarkand
Nurata (Kyzylkhum Desert) - Samarkand. On the morning of day 29 we have some time to explore the picturesque Nurata Hills and you can opt for a refreshing dip in Lake Ajdar Kul. We then continue overland to the incredible jewel in Uzbekistan's crown - Samarkand.
Day 30 sees us embark on a guided tour of the city. We visit sights including the incredible Registan plaza, which is an iconic emblem of Central Asia. You'll also see the Ulug Beg Observatory and Bibi-Khanym mosque. Day 31 is free to explore the city further at your own pace or you can opt for a visit to the nearby city of Shakhrisabz.
Overnight: Samarkand | Breakfast x 3
Samarkand - Tashkent. The morning of day 32 is free to further relax in Samarkand. In the afternoon we make our way to Uzbekistan's clean and modern capital, Tashkent. A Soviet-style city, Tashkent contrasts spectacularly with the Silk Road cities of Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand. There are two free days to explore the city. Optional activities in Tashkent include a visit to Hast Imam Square to see the world's oldest surviving copy of the Koran.
We may be joined by new travellers for the next leg of our journey and there's a pre-departure meeting at 10am on day 34 to discuss the next few days in Kyrgyzstan.
Please note: The next leg of our journey is subject to change dependent on the weather conditions in Kyrgyzstan. Refer to the trip notes for more details.
Overnight: Tashkent | Breakfast x 3
Tashkent - Fergana. Today we cross over the mountainous Kamchik Pass in local transport, as our overland truck must journey over the pass without passengers. Arriving in Kokand we visit the Khudayar Khan's Palace and the nearby Margilan Silk Factory before completing our journey to Fergana. We'll be reunited with our truck this evening.
Overnight: Fergana | Breakfast
Fergana - Arslanbob (Kyrgyzstan). This morning we cross the border into Kyrgyzstan and make our way to Arslanbob in the lush Fergana Valley. If we're delayed at the border then we may stay at the closer town of Jalalabad instead.
Overnight: Arslanbob | Breakfast
Kyrgyz Fergana Valley
Arslanbob - Kyrgyz Fergana Valley. The next three days will be spent overlanding through the incredible scenery of the Kyrgyz Fergana Valley. We stop often to hike and enjoy the amazing views. We plan to wild camp en route but if the weather is too cold then we'll stay in local guesthouses instead.
Please note: If preferred by the group then we can spend an extra night in Arslanbob and spend just two days overlanding in the Kyrgyz Valley.
Overnight: Kyrgyz Fergana Valley | Breakfast x 3, Lunch x 3, Dinner x 3
Song Kol Lake
Kyrgyz Fergana Valley - Song Kol Lake. On day 40 we arrive at the shore of Song Kol Lake. During our two days here there's time for hiking, horse-riding and you get to experience the life of rural Kyrgyz mountain shepherds. We'll stay in comfortable traditional yurts on the shore of the lake. In the low season, Song Kol Lake is inaccessible and we'll stay on the southern shore of Lake Issyk Kol instead. Please see the trip notes for details.
Overnight: Song Kol Lake | Breakfast x 2, Dinner x 2
Song Kol Lake - Kochkor. We drive to the small village of Kochkor today where we will be staying in small family-run guesthouses and experiencing some traditional Kyrgyz hospitality. There's an included visit to the local museum and we visit a traditional women's felt making cooperative. The cooperative produces 'shyrdaks', the traditional felt carpets for which Kyrgyzstan is known. Optional activities in Kochkor include a folk demonstration and you can learn how to erect a yurt.
Overnight: Kochkor | Breakfast, Dinner
Jeti Oguz Valley
Kochkor - Jeti Oguz Valley. On day 43 we pass Lake Issyk Kol and journey up into the mountains to reach the alpine trekking region of Jeti Oguz. On the way we stop to watch a demonstration from an eagle hunter, who uses his well trained birds to catch animals for their meat and pelts. The next day is free to hike in the valley and admire the incredible red sandstone rock formations. There is also optional horse-riding available. In Jeti Oguz we camp without facilities.
Please note: In the low season the low temperatures may prevent us from camping in Jeti Oguz and we have an alternate itinerary. Please see the trip notes for details.
Overnight: Jeti Oguz | Breakfast x 2, Lunch x 2, Dinner x 2
Russian-style Karakol
Jeti Oguz Valley - Karakol. Today we drive overland to the Russian-style town of Karakol. The afternoon is free to explore the town as you wish - perhaps head out to admire the striking Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Overnight: Karakol | Breakfast
Cholpon Ata & the Chong Kemin Valley
Karakol - Chong Kemin Valley. We drive to the northern shore of Lake Issyk Kol today and visit the ancient petroglyphs at Cholpon Ata. Afterwards, we continue to the Chong Kemin Valley where the next day is free to explore. Hike in the stunning valley, opt for a horse-riding experience or join an optional white water rafting excursion. We wild camp in the valley.
Overnight: Chong Kemin | Breakfast x 2, Lunch x 2, Dinner x 2
Chong Kemin Valley - Bishkek. We complete our overland adventure today as we drive to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, stopping en route to admire the Burana Tower. There's time to relax or explore the hospitable city as you please.
Overnight: Bishkek | Breakfast
Today our Central Asian adventure comes to an end. Please contact the sales team if you wish to book some extra nights accommodation in Bishkek.
Is Overlanding Right For Me?
Overlanding is not a style of travel that will suit everyone so please carefully read the Trip Notes before selecting this tour and be realistic about your ability and desire to join such a trip. If you're the adventurous type who'd rather spend a night wild camping in the wilderness than luxuriating in a boutique hotel, then overlanding is for you. You just need the right attitude, an open mind, and a desire to participate fully in the trip.
Overland travelling can be demanding and challenging. On your trip you'll travel in a purpose-built expedition vehicle on an off-the-beaten-track adventure along rugged roads, sometimes across vast distances and at high altitude. You will find the drive times noted on the Trip Notes.
On an overland journey you are more than just a passenger, these are full participation trips and everyone gets involved and pitches in! You will also be expected to erect your own tent and help with camp chores including cooking meals for the group on a rota basis. Like all great adventures, the more you put in the more you'll get out!
The type, variety and standard of accommodation can vary greatly from very basic rooms without electricity or running water to comfortable hotels with good facilities. Generally in hotels most rooms will be twin-share, but some may be triple/quad-share. Hostels and yurts are nearly always multi-share and may be mixed sex.
The campsites we use range from basic to those with excellent facilities, including swimming pools, restaurants and a bar. On occasions we wild camp with no facilities, which means there are no toilets - just the vast expanse of the great outdoors and a shovel!
Our overland journeys are designed to offer freedom, and many of our routes have a large degree of flexibility rather than a strict hour-by-hour or even day-by-day itinerary. We intend to follow the planned route but exact night stops and inclusions cannot be guaranteed and it sometimes happens that we decide to make a change to our planned itinerary.
Prices & Dates
Departure dates noted with a 'G' are guaranteed to operate. All other departure dates are guaranteed with a minimum of 4 persons. Prices shown are per person travelling.Read More
Local payment - $1880pp, paid in USD
Please note that this is payable locally on day 1 of your trip in the currency specified.


text: Jimmy Garoppolo is the 49ers' franchise quarterback. Now the focus is to surround him with enough talent to win a Super Bowl.It's been said that the NFL is a quarterback-driven league. If your team has a franchise quarterback, a player who can potentially win a Super Bowl, you are one of the haves. If your team doesn't have such a player, you are simply existing, spinning your wheels in the land of irrelevance.Last Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago the 49ers officially made the successful transition from irrelevant to relevant when their new starting quarterback, 26-year-old Jimmy Garoppolo demonstrated that he can be a player of significance going forward. In one afternoon, Garoppolo showed that he can play the position at a high level. He was accurate and moved the football all afternoon against a solid NFL defense on the road, completing 70% of his passes. He was excellent on 3rd Downs, converting 10 of 18 into first downs, including 7 of 9 in the second half.Garoppolo saved his best work for the fourth quarter. Trailing 14-12 with 5:27 remaining, he led the team from the 8-yard-line on a 14-Play drive, clock killing drive. The biggest play was the 33-yard completion to rookie slot receiver Trent Taylor on 3rd and 9 from midfield. Garoppolo calmly burned the whole clock and Robbie Gould kicked a game winning 24-yard field goal with only 4 seconds left. It was outstanding situational football, efficient and methodical. A guy who watched Tom Brady for 3 and a half years, looked very Brady-like.The John Lynch/Kyle Shanahan regime's greatest year one accomplishment has been addressing the quarterback position with Garoppolo and CJ Beathard. Garoppolo looks like the answer at the position and Beathard, at his worst, is a top level backup.With the quarterback position solidified, the 49ers can now turn their attention to rebuilding the rest of their depleted roster. Their needs are clear. The interior offensive line, wide receiver, tight end, and a receiving running back are their offensive holes. On defense the primary needs are a number one outside pass rusher and a number one cornerback in addition to a couple of stack linebackers.The draft will provide answers and Lynch is likely to field attractive trade offers for his top five first round pick with teams looking to trade up for quarterbacks Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, Josh Allen, and possibly even Baker Mayfield.The 49ers will be armed with the salary cap room to be major players in free agency next March. I can't envision them using their cap room to sign a group of older players. Their targets in free agency need to be young, ascending players with speed and explosiveness. Here are a few of their likely targets.The 49ers will attempt to resign Carlos Hyde and Matt Breida is a keeper but Tampa Bay's running back Charles Sims would be a nice fit. Sims is an excellent receiver out of the backfield and is only 27-years-old. He'd give Shanahan a similar player to Tevin Coleman, a player he had in Atlanta.The draft is loaded at wide receiver with Calvin Ridley, James Washington, Christian Kirk, Courtland Sutton, and Anthony Miller just to name a few, but the 49ers may look to free agency for help. Arizona's John Brown and Los Angeles' Sammy Watkins are both fast, big play wide receivers who would complement Pierre Garçon, Marquise Goodwin and Trent Taylor perfectly.Watkins is currently in a similar offensive system to Shanahan's, and could easily transition. Brown has had health issues, and has been under utilized in Arizona, but he's an difference maker on the outside.There are some interesting free agent tight ends as well, a group that includes Jimmy Graham, Tyler Eifert, and Ed Dickson. The guy who's ready to bust out is the Jets' Austin Seferian-Jenkins. He's had off the field issues in the past, dating back to his days at Washington, but he's only 25-years-old and has a world of talent. George Kittle is a dependable receiver, but Seferian-Jenkins would give Shanahan another dynamic player to pair with Kittle in two tight end sets.It's been a rough year for Jack Mewhort in Indianapolis, but the former Buckeye offensive tackle is still only 26-years-old and would fit in well on the 49ers' line. Mewhort is tough, smart, and versatile and could really help their interior.The positions the 49ers should devote their most resources to are outside pass rusher and cornerback. DeForest Buckner, Earl Mitchell, DJ Jones, Sheldon Day, Ronald Blair, and Arik Armstead give the 49ers a strong interior, but they could mount a better outside rush. Solomon Thomas has a non-stop motor and is still developing, but Detroit's Ziggy Ansah and the Chargers' Jeremiah Attaochu would make this group the best in the league. Ansah is big, fast, and dominant off the edge at 280-pounds. Attaochu is a freaky athletic speed rusher who's best football is ahead of him.At cornerback the Rams' Trumaine Johnson and the Patriots' Malcolm Butler will be the top two players on the market, but the Bears' Kyle Fuller would be the best option for the 49ers. Fuller showed last Sunday what he can do. He was all over the field, making plays versus the run and pass. He has the size that Robert Saleh covets in his corners, and he would give the 49ers secondary a truly exceptional shutdown cornerback.The 49ers will likely need to fill their inside linebackers needs in the draft but one sleeper to consider is Kansas City's Kevin Pierre-Louis. He began his career in Seattle. He's fast, versatile, and smart. Pierre-Louis is only 26-years-old, and is a top tier athlete. He could become a defensive stalwart for the 49ers.


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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor
As her Oct. 24 letter indicates, Sandra F. Thomas, president of an advocacy group for children with attention-deficit disorders, is quite disturbed by the National School Boards Association's challenge of her efforts to include add in the definition of disabilty in federal education law.
We contend that the change is unnecessary and would dilute resources for all handicapped children, increase overrepresentation of minorities in special education, and make program costs prohibitive.
But Ms. Thomas regards raising these policy views as alternately shocking, insensitive, ludicrous, frightening, insulting, arrogant, unconscionable, and bullying. She and the members of her organization should realize that these sorts of characterizations fail to make their case more convincing or credible.
Ms. Thomas's letter also fails to acknowldege that 18 major education organizations and agencies, representing not only school-board members and administators but also special educators and other advocates for the handicapped, such as the Council for Exceptional Children, as well as major civil-rights groups, such as the naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund, shared our concerns.
The Congress also listened well to the debate. As a result, when it passed the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1990 last month, it dropped House provisions including add as a disability. Instead, it determined that the definition should not be altered until the U.S. Education Department has conducted an inquiry in which "no perspective on the issue of add should be excluded."
Is the Congress now also guilty of "unconscionable ... bullying"?
The fact is, Ms. Thomas's fervent convictions notwithstanding, the scientific and policy questions about add are far from settled. The information currently available does not justify creation of a new disability category for children under federal law.
Until proven otherwise, the needs of children with attention-deficit disorders can and should be met through adaptations and interventions in general education programs and through well-designed individualized educational plans in special-education programs under current law.
We welcome further discussion of these issues, but would prefer to do so without overheated rhetoric.
Edward R. Kealy
Director of Federal Programs
National School Boards Association
Alexandria, Va.
To the Editor:
Your article reporting that the National Science Foundation has awarded $3.7 million to a Chicago-area consortium (Across the Nation, Nov. 7, 1990) failed to mention the name of the Latino community organization that is part of the consortium.
That organization is aspira of Illinois, which has worked to improve educational achievement and leadership development among young Latinos in Chicago for the past 20 years. Aspira of Illinois is part of aspira Association Inc., the only national community-based organization devoted solely to serving Puerto Rican and other Latino young people.
Aspira has been in existence for 30 years and each year serves over 13,000 young people through offices in five states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. We are excited to undertake this new collaborative project in Chicago to improve minority representation in the science and engineering fields.
Elizabeth Weiser Ramirez
Coordinator of Policy and Publications
Aspira Association
National Office
Washington, D.C.
To the Editor
I want to express my profound disappointment with the discussion of issues surrounding the academic motivation of students ("Educators Focus Attention on Ways To Boost Student Motivation," Nov. 7, 1990).
Have we distanced ourselves so far from our basic humanity that we have lost a sense of the key ingredients of motivation? As educators, surely we will never solve the problem of lack of motivation if we overlook intrinsic forces leading to improved motivation. These include at best the following:
Presenting a student with a worthy challenge, an opportunity for adventure--physical, mental, spiritual; offering a student the sense of embarking on a personal quest;
The imperative of being needed by others, the act of having to be prepared to help somebody else.
Adolescents in particular--but teachers and administrators as well--are crying out for experiences that involve personal quest and the experience of being needed, truly needed, by others. Both of these forces are much more powerful than any array of economic incentives that might be devised.
Stephen S. Kaagan
Hurricane Island
Outward Bound School
Rockland, Me.
Editor's Note: Mr. Kaagan was formerly commissioner of education in Vermont and deputy commissioner of education in Massachusetts.
To the Editor
Two articles on Asian-American students converged in your Oct. 17 issue. The first explained that the Harvard College office of undergraduate admissions is not guilty of discrimination against such students, even though, with equal or better academic records, they are admitted at a lower rate than their white counterparts ("Harvard Is Cleared in Asian-American Bias Inquiry, Oct. 17, 1990).
The reason for the differential admission rate, according to the U.S. Education Department's office for civil rights, which investigated the college, is explained by the admission committee's preference for recruited athletes and children of alumni, known in admissions circles as "legacies."
The second article, a Commentary by Daniel B. Taylor, provides evidence on the extent to which Asian-American students, 43 percent of whom are not native English-speakers, excel on both the verbal and the mathematics portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Discounting bias in the test that might favor non-English-speaking immigrants from Southeast Asia, the author urges researchers to ferret out the reason for these students' performance.
These articles followed by about a week a finding of the same office for civil rights that the graduate mathematics department at the University of California at Los Angeles does discriminate in admissions against Asian-Americans. Following a 30-month study, the office cleared 75 other departments at ucla of such charges.
Perhaps Asian-Americans who study anthropology or linguistics are more likely to play football than those who pursue graduate degrees in mathematics. Or, per4haps, they are more likely to be admitted on purely academic criteria.
The juxtaposition of these articles leads to several conclusions. The first is that non-Asian Harvard aspirants should beware of hockey- or lacrosse-playing Asian-American competitors, who should be shoo-ins for admission. After all, won't Asian-Americans be admitted at least in proportion to their application rate when they excel at sports as well as on the sat?
And, when the current students are old enough to send their children to college, the latter should be able to count Harvard as a "safety.'' (The office for civil rights might want to make a note of this and check in 20 years or so.)
It is also clear that athletes must have been, in the past, a class subject to appalling discrimination because there seems to be a widely accepted affirmative-action program on their behalf in college admissions. As the parent of both a double bassist and a violist, however, I challenge this preferential treatment. The bassist has successfully run the selective-school gauntlet. The violist is in the throes of applying.
Why are they not recruited by symphony-orchestra conductors or chamber-music directors as their friends who run or jump are recruited by coaches? Why do admissions committees listen to the recommendations of coaches, who are encouraged to seek out talented shotputters, and ignore those that musicians might make if only they had similar resources for recruiting flautists?
Why do we provide incentives for our ablest and most ambitious students to spend their time playing tennis rather than a concerto?
The colleges have several responses. Sports develop teamwork. This is undoubtedly true for foot8ball players, but it is less true for lonely long-distance runners than for the first chair of the second violin section. High-performing athletes develop discipline and concentration. So do string players mastering a run of trills and double stops. My daughter-the-double-bassist claims that intense concentration is required simply to count the measures in which she does not play in order to come in at the right time.
The colleges insist that they seek not only a smart but also a diverse student body. I support diversity. I suggest that the professional association of college and university symphony conductors demand equal time around the admissions table. I do not argue that academic performance be the sole determinant in college admissions. On the contrary, colleges over-seek the scholar-athlete, and, although they welcome applications from musicians/artists/journalists, they fail to recruit them actively.
The Yale Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 25th year this season; the college has sported a football team, however, since the 19th century. Many years of favoritism need to be redressed. Perhaps if our colleges sought and graduated people who appreciate a good concert as much as a good football game, our concert halls would be as full as our stadiums, and our box-office receipts would multiply. Above all, our young musicians would feel as valued as our athletes.
Perhaps if the U.S. Education Department questioned its acceptance of bias in favor of athletes, it would recapture its mission of advocating education.
Cynthia Y. Levinson
Long-Range Planner
Texas Education Agency
Austin, Tex.
Vol. 10, Issue 13
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Updated: 27. January 2020.
Sometimes 'urban bee hive', asphalt, heavy traffic cause a strong desire to go on a day trip. Northwest of Zagreb (1 hour drive from Zagreb) are many hideaways, including small towns, castles, farms, rolling hills… So, let's visit two fairy tale castles and enjoy local food & wine!
There is still a child inside us. Castles in Croatia offer simple 'back to childhood dreams' journey. We dreamed to be princess, knight, medieval hunter with crossbow. Only 1 hour drive from Zagreb, two masterpiece of castle architecture will take you back in time, when life was cheap and short, and there was no iPhone to call for help…
Join me and make a 'total escape' from Zagreb…
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Don't you just love when you think you know exactly the way your life is gonna go and then something unexpectedly wonderful happens that changes everything? Well, that's the theme of today's post. As promised, here's the beautiful unfolding tale I mentioned in a recent gratitude list.
So which "L" word were you thinking about? Love? Life? Learning? This is an autism blog after all. And all of those "L" words are appropriate. But I actually meant to reference the Showtime series here, it wasn't an accident that I picked this title. It was intentional because I've fallen in love with the most amazing person I've ever met– and her name is Aubrey.
For so much of my life I had a vision of how things were supposed to be. Many of my challenges have revolved around staying still long enough to allow the inside of me– my ideas and passions– to coordinate with the outside of me– my goals and projects. It's not that I wasn't always open to allowing other people to be who they are, or that I thought everyone should fit inside some sort of "box" or category. It's not even that I felt like I myself should fit into one particular character or role. It's just that it has always been difficult for me to believe that anything is possible, to give my genuine attention to my deepest desires and most sincere wishes. I tend to limit my possibilities by letting my logical, rational brain try to determine the "how" of things, instead of letting my heart be happy entertaining the bigger dreams.
One of my favorite quotes comes from the movie "The Secret" which is about the Law of Attraction:
"Grass doesn't struggle to grow. It's effortless, it's just perfectly designed that way."
Every time I get to a point where I can let go of my preconceived notions about my life, where I can acknowledge there are greater forces at work in the universe and that I may be limiting myself by thinking that I actually *know* something about my future, miraculous things occur. Enter Aubrey.
I graduated college, got married, bought a house, gave birth to a son. I journeyed through autism diagnosis, early intervention, inclusion, special education with him. I gave birth to a daughter and journeyed through the land of the typical and other health issues with her. I survived, my marriage was steady for a long time. Then the storms came, our home shook, the pressures were too much and it all seemed to collapse.
Everything I thought I had, everything I thought I wanted, lay in a crumbled heap. Kind of like the way the living room used to look after a long, crazy day– a jumble of toys and couch cushions and snacks and socks and leftover dinner plates and unfinished projects. Only instead of all that stuff, there were unrealized dreams and changed expectations, puddles of tears shed for reasons I couldn't quite put my finger on… Sure, I knew I was grieving the loss of visions and hopes of what family life would be like for me and my husband, I was grieving for what I would never experience with Alex. I was fine in Holland, just fine I told myself. But somewhere in the back of my mind, Italy still called to me and I had to redirect my thoughts and translate its words into the language of autism mom.
My marriage finally broke under the weight of that crumbled heap of emotions and anxieties and misunderstandings and betrayals. And I got divorced. On the road to separation, I had to come to terms with the fact that it was a distinct possibility that I would never find love again, that I might indeed remain a single parent for a long time. I took a deep breath, accepted this possibility, and began work on recovering my family life.
I created a safe space for myself and my children. I moved some beloved pieces of my mother's furniture into a new home. And for the first time in a long time, I set my sights on intentionally creating *my* life and considering the key elements that help me feel calm and happy. I opened my mind just to the possibility that my life could include a healthy, loving, cooperative relationship.
My best friend teases me that I have a "magic journal," that whenever I write from my heart a vision of how I want my life to be, that vision becomes reality. Such power, right? Well believe me, if I knew how this magic journal thing actually works, I'd wield that power to do a lot more good in the world. For now I'm content with marveling at the good luck I'm afforded when I get clarity through my written words.
At the suggestion of a relationship book author, I wrote down my ideal day. Pictures in my head of what happens, what my partner says to me, how the day looks, feels and sounds. I made it vivid and fun, I wrote words that made me smile, I included basketball for some odd reason (which I don't play except when it's baskesoccaling with my son). Then I read it over and gave myself permission to sink into it and believe for just a moment that it was real. I felt the joy of that day and I was thankful.
A couple weeks later, I met Aubrey. I've now lived my ideal day many times over. She is beautiful (my favorite word!), intelligent, accomplished in her profession, compassionate and warm. She was captain of her high school basketball team (thanks, magic journal). And I am so grateful for this new chance at true love.
Do you have an extraordinary, out-of-the-box or just plain special autism-family love story?
Please share it with me via comment or email at firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Secret Place Church endures to focus on intimacy, presence, and personal revival! Our main purpose is to provide a place for community and fellowship while allowing the manifest presence to change people's lives.
Our Mission
Teach the Word of God in power.
Equip the believer with the presence and power of God.
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Okay, well I officiallly twatted my first tweet over a year ago, but I've made it pretty clear that I'm not fond of the phenomenon. While I have warmed up to it as a means of syndicating information–we are integrating the Twitter API into the news controller in Architeck–it still seems shallow as social networking goes. (But then, "Shallow is the new two-oh," so I've been told.) Twitter's biggest users? Celebrities who like to hear themselves speak, old media news networks who aren't even listening, and technophiles who–lets face it–are members on EVERY social networking site, and practically every free service on the Internet.
So, while @thomshouse has been around for a while, I've never had any desire to be an active user on Twitter. Until now. And it's all Facebook's fault.
See… I don't want to walk down the street holding hands with Twitter, but I do want to maintain a presence. Why? I dunno. I suppose I too like to hear myself speak. Or perhaps I would like to have some content there, on the off chance that Twitter might become a major avenue of communication for me–say, because of a side project or freelance work. I'm definitely a technophile, so that weird obsessive craving to tinker with everything is there, too. But most of all I want to maintain a presence on Twitter because it should be effortless. With social APIs left and right, I should be able to post my status on Facebook and see it updated on Twitter, FriendFeed, MySpace–everywhere.
And that's what I've been doing. I update my status in Facebook, and through a roundabout process provided by a Facebook app called "Twitter Updater", I've been able to see my status updates in Twitter, usually with less than a minute's delay.
Until today. Today I updated my FB status on my iPod, jumped into Tweetie to make sure it took, and… nothing. Checked again a few minutes later, and still no update. Numerous posts have since appeared from the people I follow, and meanwhile, crickets chirp over my lack of an update. I grew suspicious. Logged into FB to investigate, and sure enough, the powers that be disabled Twitter Updater's ability to function.
A little background: Facebook doesn't make it easy to share your status with other services. As I understand it, Facebook's APIs expose the ability to update your status, but not to read it. It would seem that applications used to have this ability, but it has since been disabled. Twitter Updater got around this "shortcoming" (or crippleware?) by having you add a bogus friend–in my case, a Mister "Twitter Updater II"–to your friends list. The application couldn't read your status, but your friend T.U. sure could, and voila! Twitter updates via Facebook. At least, that's how it did work. Now, Facebook has disabled the friend accounts, supposedly on the basis that they "do not represent real people". They have also completely obfuscated access to your private "mini-feed", an RSS file that can provide another means of export.
I believe, however, that this–and all other means to cut off access to Facebook status updates–is a result of (Facebook founder) Mark Zuckerberg's love/hate relationship with Twitter. Those that follow tech news probably know that Zuck was infatuated with Twitter as of last fall, that Facebook attempted to acquire Twitter with a $500 million stock deal, and that Twitter turned it down. And Facebook users are all-too-aware of the much-maligned changes made to the home page recently, changes that seem designed to suspiciously resemble a Twitter-like functionality.
It seems to me that this crackdown on API status access and on services like Twitter Updater are just another piece of the puzzle. There is no justifiable reason for Facebook to lock down status access. Applications can already be granted access to your name, friends list, birthday, and who knows what else from your profile. And if there's anything Facebook's done spectacularly, it is the detail and granularity of privacy controls to block or allow applications access to this information. So it can't possibly be a privacy concern. No, it's got to be a business model. Facebook is blocking access to the status to prevent an exodus, or perhaps just to spite the competing service. Mark Zuckerberg is the jealous, possessive lover: if he can't have Twitter, no one can have Twitter.
I would love to be proven wrong.
I would love for someone to answer these two questions:
- What legitimate reason is there to cut off access to status updates?
- Won't this move actually hurt Facebook?
I like Facebook. I'm a UI snob, and I prefer its aesthetic. I would much prefer to use Facebook and be able to ignore Twitter altogether. Is it really better for Facebook that I am now forced to "reverse the flow", to update Twitter and spend less time directly on Facebook? Because that's what I'm doing now. I am updating from Twitter, and using Facebook less often than I used to. Good business model, FB.
Anyone who feels my pain or likes this article can follow me @thomshouse. I'll be on there a lot now, it seems!


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Referrer Detector WordPress Plugin
Many bloggers and website owners like to greet visitors coming from specific websites with a tailored message. There are many plugins that will make this for you on WordPress, but a cool one that I came across recently is called Referrer Detector.
- 9 rules
- Del.icio.us and Delicious.com
- Digg
- Gizmodo
- Google Search
- Lifehacker
- Live Search
- StumbleUpon
- TechCrunch
- Technograti
- TechRadar
- Yahoo Search
The plugin also comes with many customization options, including the ability to select if you want the message to be displayed before or after the posts (which is something I found problematic on related plugins).
Finally, there are many things that you could accomplish with this piece of code. For example, you could display an advertising box with AdSense just for the visitors coming via Google search, which would increase your CTR and remove the annoyance for loyal visitors at the same time.
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Thaya Kareeson
WP Greet Box version 4.3 now has the feature @Shrihari commented about (detecting search terms and using those to perform site search). The search text is not customizable yet, but it will be in due time. Check it out!
Peter van Veen
Now I have to decide which plugin to choose: either Referrer Detector or WP Greet Box…
Thats great 🙂 It saves me work..
Thaya Kareeson
I guess I snoozed on that one :). Anyhow this post is actually getting me some more WP Greet Box users so I can't really complain too much :).
Thaya Kareeson
The feature you are talking about was actually already suggested to me by Andrew Rickmann (from WP Fun). I'm planning to release WP Greet Box with that feature in the upcoming versions.
Daniel Scocco
@Thaya, all you had to do was to send me an email about your plugin 🙂 . I had not heard about it before so.
Prettey smart tip. Will think about adding it.
This is an incredibly useful plugin. Not only can you show adsense ads to to Googlers, you can show CPM ads to loyal visitors. This opens a whole lot of opportunities and I can't wait to start testing it.
Miguel Wickert
not bad, downloaded! Thanks for sharing… I'm never surprised with the various types of plugins for WordPress I stumble upon these days. 🙂 Cheers
I was going to mention that this was a fork of WP Greet Box, but @LGR beat me to it. I reviewed WP Greet Box awhile back on my blog.
It'll be interested to see how the two plugins improve.
Nick's Internet Marketing News
Thanks so much for the great plugin recommendation.
I run several blogs and it will be nice to be able to tailor messages depending on the referrer.
Great idea for displaying AdSense code too.
Daniel Anderson
Just installed this, and it is GOLD !!!! I can now personalize Google Searches from Australia. Go Aussies !!!!
Thaya Kareeson
Honestly, I am quite disappointed that my plugin hasn't done better in the WordPress community. I am also even more shocked[upset] that Referrer Detector got the word out much quicker than WP Greet Box. I guess it really does matter "who" you knows in the blogging community.
I don't want to sound biased, but as of right now (Referrer Detector version 2.1) I believe that WP Greet Box is hands-down better than Referrer Detector:
1. Referrer Detector has a security flaw in its administrative AJAX interface. I won't say more, so hopefully people with Referrer Detector installed won't get hacked.
2. WP Greet Box works with WPMU.
3. WP Greet Box has the ability to keep track of visitors, so the visitor referred from google will not keep getting the same greeting message if they have visited within the last X hours.
4. Exclusion rules have regular expressions support.
5. More solid default CSS.
The only pros referrer detector has on WP Greet Box are:
1. More default greeting messages
2. The ability to include WordPress attributes like url, title, author, category etc. into the greetings
Given the security flaw Referrer Detector, I wouldn't even try it out on a production site until the fix comes.
Tom – StandOutBlogger Underground
That is a very cool plugin. I think I will have to use it.
This looks like a great plugin. Its got most of the sites covered. I can't wait to get it running on my blog.
Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
Ruchir Chawdhry
"Finally, there are many things that you could accomplish with this piece of code. For example, you could display an advertising box with AdSense just for the visitors coming via Google search, which would increase your CTR and remove the annoyance for loyal visitors at the same time."
I don't think you can do that with Referrer Detector. It's great for displaying custom messages, but I don't think it can display php or anything in script tags…
For displaying ads only to a specific audience, I use Who Sees Ads.
Mike Panic
Update: I promote a lot of my articles on MySpace in bulletin posts and with the MySpace Crossposter plugin which automatically makes a blog post linking to your WP article post. It took merely a minute to add a custom entry to this plugin to reflect incoming MySpace links. Please note, if you do this, you need to use the URL msplinks.com, not myspace.com since MySpace re-routes all their external links through that first URL. Additionally, I wanted a 48×48 icon of the MySpace logo to put in there and found this page of CC icons, already sized and match perfectly! There are a few dozen icons here if you want / need to add a few more to your site:
Mike Panic
Installed, configured and working! I went in and edited all the fields that had RSS to include my feedburner URL instead, even though I have the plugin that would convert them anyway, it only took a minute.
For everyone else, don't forget you HAVE to edit the Twitter page to input your Twitter name, no way this plugin would know that.
Really kinda stoked on this one, since I get a lot of traffic from SU, hopefully it will help get the thumbs up even more. I will also be playing closer attention to my stats pages to see if I need to create anymore custom entries. Great plugin!
Matt Caldwell – 15 Minutes to Riches!
Wow, this is pretty cool. Should definitely help increase my CTR, thanks!
Just noticed that LGR said he same thing as I did in my comment above
It is the same as Greet Box by Thaya Kareseen of
Actually, i thought of creating a plugin along the lines of this one.
But, what i actually wanted was, for visitors from Google, it will display a message in the following format :
"Welcome Googler.. You can here searching for _______. This blog is about _____. Click here to search this blog for _____."
That would be more welcoming for a searcher.
If such a plugin is already available, please let me know. Or i'll be creating one 🙂
Rajaie AlKorani
Awesome plugin, bookmarked! Great way to increase the CTR as you suggested!
Great plugin Really.
Installed and added one entry for DBT Readers 🙂
Wow this sounds really promising… thanks for the heads-up! I have downloaded and will experiment with it a bit later!
Just as usual. Great pluigns. Thank you, Daniel! I'm gonna install it in a few moments. 🙂
Jackie Jackson
This can be an absolutely great plugin for traffic generation, we can request digg readers for a 'digg' and stumble upon traffic for a thumbs up..etc, not only it will make more sense, it will also be more effective. This is blogging segmentation at its best. Cool find!
Rich Hill
I'm going to install it. Thanks for the heads-up.
I think it is just what is needed to get their attention.
SATISH — Technotip.org
Thats nice plugin.
I had also seen many plugins to welcome the visitors, but this one is cool, as we get the option to show ads to some selected traffic and keeping minimum ads for our loyal readers.
I also have an installed plugin which welcome new visitors and detect where does the visitor came from.
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Geography covers a variety of topics that examine the natural, social, economical and political factors that influence our rapidly changing world.
Our accredited BSc will help you understand ways of managing our environment sustainably and deal with social and environmental conflicts that affect the world we live in. As the course covers both human and physical geography, you can tailor the course to your interests by choosing appropriate units from year two.
In addition to gaining a sophisticated education, you'll also graduate with the practical skills needed to work in a range of industries, through multiple field trips including opportunities along the nearby Jurassic Coast, the Isle of Wight and the New Forest. What's more, in year two there's an opportunity to complete field experience abroad. In the past themes have included conservation practice in China, and preparation for climate change in farming communities in Nepal, but you'll receive more information on this at the end of year one.
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The course also develops transferable skills such as team working, research and analysis. All students complete work placements to gain valuable employment skills, contacts and real-world experience with a wide range of local and international opportunities, making contacts for the future - you must undertake two five-week placements or one of these short placements and an optional long placement of at least 30 weeks. We have dedicated Placement Coordinators to help you make the most of these opportunities and support you while on placement.
Our students in the Life and Environmental Sciences Department work in partnership with our staff to co-create featured projects, collaborating with professional practitioners and also assisting with individual placement opportunities. Take a look at our Co-creating Science web page to find out about the exciting projects and placements our students get involved in, including visits to New Zealand, Yellowstone and also Plankton Diversity in Southampton Water to name just a few. You can even have a look at students' class projects and dissertations.
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We often hear stories about women who are shamed for breastfeeding in public, but one family may have inadvertently captured the two women they believe to be "haters" in the act. In a Facebook post gone viral, Brittni Medina recounts the alleged public shaming that she received for nursing her child at Disneyland.
"So we are APs (annual passholders) and go to Disney often. Well my little man is 10 months and BF (breastfeeding)!" Medina begins her post. "So we're pretty comfortable feeding anywhere, anyway. Well these ladies were so angry by it, my husband just had to take a picture. Peep the haters."
The picture shows Medina breastfeeding, smiling into the camera, as two women stare at her in the background.
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"Characters of the day. Just had to get a picture!" Medina wrote, before being flooded with comments.
"You're a good mama. Your smile and care for your baby is so beautiful compared to those women," one mom commented.
"Feed wherever and whenever you need to mama! I had to feed my kiddo while walking around Times Square this summer because there was nowhere to sit!"Another mom wrote. "I walked probably four blocks like this and surprisingly I even got a few 'air' high fives in support. LOL."
Others questioned Medina as to why she felt the need to breastfeed in such a public place filled with children.
"I'm all for breastfeeding. I breastfed three of my four kids, and for an extended amount, and I'll nurse in public, but this is too far!" wrote one mom.
"You don't need to take off your whole shirt to nurse! I'm sure that's why you've got people talking! There's nothing but kids around, they don't need to see all your boobs flopping around everywhere!"
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Medina updated her post after the horde of questions.
"Because people want to act all bent out of shape, no I was not walking around feeding him in this moment," she said, but noted that she "has done it before" and would do it again.
"I was standing in a very long line to get our picture taken, my son got hungry and I wasn't going to wait in another line again. So I took off my first top and nursed. These women were making snarky comments so I moved from my spot to catch a picture with these characters. Not for attention for me, but attention to the fact NO WOMEN SHOULD BE SHAMED FOR FEEDING THEIR BABY UNCOVERED."
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Graffex is a series of illustrated literary classics retold for young readers, using a graphic novel format which is particularly popular with reluctant readers. Shakespeare's retelling of Julius Caesar's assassination and the turmoil that followed focuses on the conspirators, their initial reasoning and their ultimate guilt. Specially commissioned, full-colour, dramatic artwork faithfully respresents set-pieces from Shakepeare's tragedy, and brings excitement and atmosphere to this stirring tale. Speech bubbles work with the main text to emphasise and enhance the retelling. A running glossary at the foot of each page helps young readers with any challenging vocabulary without disrupting their reading experience. End matter provides information about the author, the historical background to the period in which the author lived and a timeline of world events that places the work in its historical context.
Title: Julius Caesar # Graffex
Illustrator: Li Sidong
Categories: CH Comic Strip and Graphic Novels, Graffex, Classic Graphic,
Publisher: UK, Book House: 2009
ISBN Number: 1906370125
ISBN Number 13: 9781906370121
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: New
Type: Book
Size: 25.4 x 16.6 x 0.6 cm
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Daily visual inspiration for your home can be easily be found by following these ten accounts on Instagram.
While interior design inspiration can be found on every social network, Instagram is becoming one of the top sources with its simple and visual newsfeed. Many interior designers show off their own work while other accounts curate beautiful imagery from around the internet and the world.
Here's a list of the top interior design accounts to follow on social media that will help take your home's style to the next level and give you a little home envy along the way.
Bringing in inspiration from all over the world, Home Adore brings it's compelling visuals from its website to its Instagram account at @homeadore. This site even takes submissions in case you would like to see your own work posted for all to see.
Drink up Design Milk's feed of modern design for home, fashion and technology. Fresh inspiration for art, architecture and interior design are uploaded multiple times a day at @designmilk.
This account brings the best home design imagery of Instagram right to your own feed. Curating photos from around the web, @the_real_houses_of_ig has 1.6 million followers for a reason.
If luxury and beauty are what you would like to see on your Instagram feed, @wonderfulrooms is one to follow. Mansions, pools and beautiful rooms are the focus of the images published by this account.
Real imagery of real homes of all shapes and sizes is the name of @apartmenttheerapy's game. With images from their readers, you can get inspired by those who have improved their own space themselves to help you improve yours.
This well-known interior designer shows off his work, his own home's style and his design advice throughout his feed on Instagram. Follow @nateberkus for a bit of life and style.
Love the Bohemian style? Are plants your thing? Then you need to follow this blog's Instagram account for the freshest inspiration. Justina Blakeney's wild style is for the tropical trend enthusiast that likes to decorate wild.
Stylist and TV personality Emily Henderson runs her LA-based design and style company and provides numerous updates to inspire your home's design from her work daily.
This minimalist style trend has become very popular in recent years, which is why The Scandinavian Home's blog is one to follow.
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Our school administrative staff can answer inquiries or direct you to the appropriate staff member for help.
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Come visit with Maisy at her house A colorful story leads to a pop-up play scene including pop-out pieces featuring Maisy and her friends.
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Beneath a canopy of mighty oaks, towering cypress trees and colorful bamboo, set off for adventure through natural habitats to discover over 500 extraordinary animals representing more than 160 species from all over the world.
Alexandria Zoo has been an Accredited member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums since 1986, and is the area's #1 year-round family attraction.
Come explore a natural world filled with hoots, howls, and roars right in the heart of Central Louisiana.
Since 1922, Alexandria Zoological Park has shared the wonders of the natural world with generations of zoo-goers.
Through recreational, educational and cultural opportunities, the Zoo strives to inspire and connect people of all ages with wildlife and wild places.
As part of our mission, Alexandria Zoo supports conservation programs both locally and globally and is home to more than 35 threatened and endangered species.
The City of Alexandria has owned and operated the Alexandria Zoo since 1922. The Zoo operates under the Public Works Division of the City.
FOTAZ was formed in 1971 by a group of concerned citizens. Proceeds collected from memberships and special events promoted by FOTAZ go toward zoo improvements and other zoo projects.
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), founded in 1924, is the world's largest professional organization representing zoological parks, aquariums, wildlife parks, and their staff members.
Alexandria Zoo has been honored with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) Quarter Century Award for over 25 years of continuous accreditation. The award recognizes Alexandria Zoo's commitment to maintaining the highest standards in animal care, welfare, management, veterinary care, conservation, education, staffing, facilities, safety, guest services, and more. Alexandria Zoo has been accredited since 1986.


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The power to transform into or have a physical body made up of paper. Technique of Paper Manipulation. Variation of Media Mimicry and Organic Mimicry.
Also Called
- Paper Physiology
The user is made up of or can transform their body completely into paper. A user's transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of paper, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately the user can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.
User can scatter their body into individual papers or control them in one shape, they can shape their form to create additional appendages or tools/weapons.
- Contaminant Immunity
- Dermal Armor
- Disease Immunity
- Enhanced Durability/Invulnerability
- Enhanced Endurance
- Enhanced Lung Capacity or Oxygen Independence
- Enhanced Strength
- Flat Body
- Gliding
- Make the paper durable enough to stop bullets or sharp enough to cut like razor.
- Paper Projection
- Restrict a person's movement by wrapping them in paper.
- Scattering into individual papers.
- Self-Sustenance
- Book Physiology
- Origami Physiology
- Golem Creation
- Literary Manipulation
- Malleable Anatomy
- Media Mimicry
- Organic Mimicry
- Paper Manipulation
- Papyrokinetic Cloning
- Regenerative Healing Factor by drawing paper to fill the wounds.
- Thermal Resistance
- Wood Mimicry
- May not be able to return to their original body.
- The user is subject to all damage and effects that would affect normal paper, but remember that the user is able to affect their own durability as well.
Known Users
- Pagelings (Adventure Time)
- Wilson Bilson (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- The Human Text (Codename: Kids Next Door)
- Dollar Bill Shikabane (Corpse Princess)
- Newsmon (Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters)
- Mei-Ling (Darkstalkers)
- The Notebook/Paige (Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)
- Kamika (Fairy Tail)
- Paper Doll Man (The Impossibles)
- Celia (Infamous: Second Son)
- Kuniko Kasahara/Origami (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Piper Dali/Paper Doll (Marvel Comics)
- God (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
- Konan (Naruto)
- Simon (One Piece)
- Paper People (Oswald)
- Mario (Paper Mario)
- Papyrons (Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero)
- Kartana/UB-04 Blade (Pokémon)
- Origami Animals (Rupert)
- Secret Swapper Monster (Powerpuff Girls 2016)
- Shikigami (Shin Megami Tensei)
- Snipperclips Characters (Snipperclips)
- SCP-368 - Paper Crane (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1762-2 - Where The Dragons Went (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2417 - Gods, the Universes, and Origami (SCP Foundation)
- Malchior (Teen Titans)
Known Objects
- Pasa Pasa no Mi (One Piece)
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Lovely apartment with sea view. This nice apartment with a garden is located in Poreč, first row to the sea, distant only 300 meters from the beach. It has a 119 m² floor area and a garden of cca 200 m² and has 5 parking places. It is on the the ground floor and is made up of 3 bedrooms with their own bathrooms, an apartment (living room, kitchen and dining room, a bedroom and a bathroom), and a tavern where the guest are served breakfast. Each room and the apartment have access to the garden which has a sea view. The garden is nicely arranged and full of greenery all year round, and it provides an unobstructed sea panorama and a relaxing atmosphere. The apartment is registered for rental and there is a possibility of handing over the well established renting business which ensures a quick return of investment. Each apartment is equipped with an air conditioning and rents as a 3 star apartment and rooms. The location of the apartment is exceptional because of its proximity to the beach, the sea, a promenade, a cycle track, a restaurant and all the facilities necessary for a comfortable living and enjoyment all throughout the year. This is a unique opportunity and an excellent location which will offer its future owner an uttermost experience of Poreč and Istria. A property worthy of your attention and one of its kind on the market.
Apartment in poreČ 300m from the beach
- Total area119 m²
- Bathrooms4
- Total rooms: 6
- 2-floor building
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- Sea at 300 m
- Garden
- Sea view
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Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. Luke 8:30
The disciples and Jesus had landed at a certain place. A man came up to Jesus shouting. This man had been possessed by many demons. When Jesus asked the man his name, the man said it was Legion. This name means a large number of something.
Every person on the earth has at least one name that they go by. Most people have multiple names, more than just a first, middle and last name, although many do not think of them as other names. Some of these other names are: a nickname, son/daughter, mother/father, aunt/uncle, brother/sister, co-worker, boss, teacher, and the list goes on.
Some of the additional names that people like are: friend, spouse, faithful, loyal, and many others.
However, at the same time that there are many names people like, there are also not-so-good names that people carry. These can be liar, thief, sinner, gossip, lazy, ugly, stupid, and the list also goes on.
These types of names cut a person down. They look at the negative side of the person. In these names there does not seem to be any hope or love being shown.
When a person has chosen to give his life to Jesus, he gets a name change. He is no longer a child of the devil, but a child of the King. His name is changed to Child of God, saved, loved, forgiven, and many others.
The world will remember the person as to who he was, but God sees the person as who he is becoming and can be. As a believer, he is becoming like Jesus.
If you have given your life to Jesus, your name has been changed. You are a new person, a new creation in Christ Jesus your Lord.
There will be times that you may not do the right thing. The devil will try to accuse you and change your name back to an old name. You have to resist the devil and trust in what Jesus did for you. Stay with the name He has given you.
Each day you need to strive to live up to the name God has given you and remember that name. Do not allow this world to bring up the past, that was who you were, but are no longer.
What is your name?
I pray today that you will know Jesus as your Savior; that you will know the names God has given you; that you will not believe the lies of this world or the devil; and that you will be a witness of Jesus to this world.


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(As posted in the comments of Graham Webber's "Tales from the front line" in Taxation magazine )
"Below is the text of a (now open) letter sent to the Assistant Director of HMRC's AP Review teams some 2 months ago. It raises many of the issues highlighted above. And I have not received so much as an acknowledgement.
Perhaps HMRC might care to respond publicly?
Dear Sir
Representations regarding the accelerated payment notice ("APN")
I am a Chartered Tax Advisor representing over 2,000 taxpayers who have received APNs, many of whom have made written representations to your office. I wish to address, directly, concerns over the way in which those representations are dealt not only by your office but by all AP teams. My concerns are not with individual officers but with the policies to which they are forced to adhere. I believe they are both unfair and ultra vires.
My concern arises from the following scenario, which has arisen for many taxpayers involved in contractor loan arrangements.
HMRC issues an APN using "estimated figures". The, unnamed, 'designated officer' multiplies the individuals salary by a multiple of 4 or 5. The reasons for the choice of the actual multiple are unclear. What is unquestionable is that HMRC knows the figures to be incorrect.
In these circumstances it is highly questionable that the APN is valid at all. In order for an APN to be valid its content must accord with s220 FA 2014. S220(3) provides that the notice must specify the 'understated tax'. S220(4)(b) defines the "understated tax" as being (in the case of a notice given by virtue of section 219(4)(b) (cases where the DOTAS requirements are met)), such adjustments were made as are required to counteract what the designated HMRC officer determines, to the best of that officer's information and belief, as the denied advantage.
APNs issued using salary multiples do not use the "best of that officers information". To arrive at the understated tax the designated officer should refer to the form P11D submitted by the employer. It is that which is "best of the officers information". The P60, and applying a random multiplier, cannot be said to be the "best of the officers information" when HMRC are already in possession of the correct figures. But the reviewing officers dismiss those arguments.
Furthermore, and it is this with which I take greatest issue, is what those officers do upon receipt of written representations from taxpayers who provide the correct loan figure, but no supporting evidence. In short those representations are rejected out of hand, most commonly after the expiration of the 90-day representation period, thus meaning that further evidence cannot then be provided. If it is, it is routinely rejected as being received outside the 90-day window. And this is done despite the knowledge that HMRC's own figures are an estimate calculated using a random multiple of the wrong information (salary).
I believe that in dismissing these representations HMRC is exercising its powers unfairly and unlawfully.
The law places the onus upon the 'designated officer' to issue an APN using "the best of that officers information or belief". It is highly questionable, in the circumstances above, that that duty is being carried out properly. However, in making representations upon receipt of an APN, the law (s222(2) FA 2014) requires only that those representations be made in writing, within 90 days of the notice being given, "objecting to the amount specified in the notice". Nowhere does the law require the taxpayer to provide evidence to support their assertion. Moreover nor does the HMRC Guidance, last updated on 23 July 2015, suggest that supporting evidence must be provided.
Yet perfectly valid representations are routinely rejected stating that HMRC cannot simply accept the taxpayers (written) word on the correct figure. This despite the taxpayer having complied fully with their statutory requirements and the reviewing officer knowing that HMRC's figure is itself an estimate. In doing so HMRC is acting inconsistently with its own Charter, which states unequivocally at 1.1 "We'll presume that you're telling us the truth, unless we have good reason to think otherwise". What good reason does HMRC have for believing that taxpayers making written representations against their APN are not telling the truth when providing the correct loan figures? Upon what legal basis are valid representations being rejected?
In circumstances where HMRC issue APNs knowingly using incorrect figures, reject valid representations as to the correct figure and then pursue payment vigorously with threats of bailiff visits I am often drawn to the peculiar case of Rex v Puddle in AP Herbert's Uncommon Law, 1935. Perhaps individual 'designated officers' and those reviewing valid representations, might bear that in mind when exercising the powers given to them by Parliament in apparent contravention of the law and HMRC's own charter?
In light of my concerns I would be grateful if you would respond, in writing, setting out:
· The legal basis for HMRC exercising its powers in rejecting valid representations in circumstances outlined above,
· Why HMRC is not complying with a fundamental tenant of its own Charter, and
· Why HMRC believes that it is discharging its duties fairly and in accordance with the law.
I look forward to receiving your response.
Yours faithfully"


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On Ruta 5 North at kilometer 389, take the second road toward Fray Jorge. From here, it's 25 kilometers to the park, which lies down a long dirt road. The dirt road will bring you to the Visitor Control Center, which has information on entry to the park. Follow the same route to leave the park and return to Ruta 5 for access to southern and northern destinations.
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