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Water Supply and Wastewater Services in Bombay
Projects' Framework
1. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the Bank's interventions in the provision of urban water supply and wastewater services in Bombay. The study covers the First, Second, and Third Bombay Water Supply and Sewerage Projects (BWSSP-I, Cr. 390; BWSSP- II, Cr. 842; and BWSSP-III, Ln. 2769/Cr. 1750). These projects supported the sector development program of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay (MCGB) which began in 1973. Elements of other Bank-financed infrastructure projects in the Bombay area are considered in this evaluation to the extent that they had an impact on the program.
The Setting
2. Water Supply. At the onset of the MCGB program, about 80 percent of Bombay's 6.5 million people received public water service, but many relied upon unsatisfactory public standpipes. Water was chlorinated but only six percent was fully treated. Because of excessive leakage and wasteful practices the gross supply of more than 200 liters per person was only adequate to provide the average resident less than six hours of service a day.
3. Sewerage and Sanitation. In 1972, sewer service was limited to central Bombay and a small portion of the suburbs, with septic tanks and privies used elsewhere. Sewer systems were overloaded and during heavy rains sewage and stormwater flooded streets. Septic tanks overflowed and nightsoil was tipped into local watercourses. Industrial wastes were discharged directly into drains and creeks.
4. Institutions. A Water Supply and Sewerage Department (WSSD) was created in 1971, prior to which responsibilities for Bombay's water and sewerage planning, development and operations were divided among several government entities. Responsibilities for other sanitation services such as garbage collection and storm drainage fell to other governmental units. Water resources management and development in Maharashtra was shared by several government agencies and poorly coordinated.
The Projects
5. Objectives. The objectives of MCGB's program were to improve living conditions of Bombay's population by alleviating water shortages, doubling the hours of supply and mitigating dangerous and offensive sanitary conditions. The program was divided into phases, with BWSSP-I (1973) financing the first phase which was primarily for water supply system improvements. Subsequent phases covered sewerage as well as water supply.
6. The physical objectives of BWSSP-I were to fully utilize available water sources, improve the quality of supply and the efficiency of the distribution system and, to a lesser degree, rehabilitate and expand the sewerage system. The institutional objectives were to develop WSSD's capacity to carry out the development program and operate its systems; to ensure WSSD's financial viability; and to consolidate the management of State-wide water resources.
7. BWSSP-II (1978) continued WSSD's institutional development and assumed the same physical objectives because BWSSP-I, due to cost overruns, did not achieve them. BWSSP-III (1986, now nearing completion) provided institutional support for WSSD and sought to expand water supply and wastewater facilities to keep pace with the increasing demands. BWSSP-III also planned to expand earlier efforts to provide sanitation and water services to the poor.
8. The Bank's Performance Audit Reports (PAR) for BWSSP-I (1985) and BWSSP-II (1990)1/ credited WSSD with a sound financial position but cited areas for improvement, including reducing reliance on the water/sewer benefit tax, reducing accounts receivable, and giving meaningful attention to revenue losses through unaccounted-for water. The outcome of BWSSP-I was rated as satisfactory, and that of BWSSP-II as unsatisfactory.
Economic and Social Impacts
9. This study reviews the technical results of the MCGB program and their impacts on economic, social, institutional, health, and environmental conditions. The evaluation covers the 22-year period, 1972 to 1994, when a social survey was carried out as part of the study.
10. Technical Results. MCGB's original water supply objectives have not been fully achieved. While there has been a 65 percent increase in the gross supply of water, the population increased by about the same level, leaving the per capita availability unchanged. Connections increased by 84 percent, standpipes by 800 percent, and 75 percent of the connections are metered but many meters do not work. Water service is still discontinuous at two to eight hours a day in most areas. The quality of water meets international standards when it enters the distribution system but is subjected to recontamination at the consumer level because of low and negative pressures.
11. Wastewater objectives have not been met primarily because of implementation delays, population growth and sewage quantity increases. Achievements include a 20 percent increase in the number of dwellings connected to the sewerage system, a 20 percent expansion of the area served by the sewer system, and the completion of collection, treatment and disposal works for the harbor area. Important shortfalls include the failure to complete the two wastewater treatment plants and the two marine outfalls partially constructed under BWSSP II. At 170 persons per latrine, the slum population is grossly underserved with sanitation. One third of the 35,000 latrines are out of service and consumers complain of poor designs and maintenance.
12. Economic Impacts. The benefits of the program clearly exceeded the costs. Seasonal water shortages, interrupted service and a polluted urban environment, which cause serious economic disruption and personal hardship, would be far worse in the absence of the program. Gross water supply per person would be 60 percent of the present level and uncollected sewage would flow in the streets.
13. But was this indispensable program the least cost solution? The answer is a qualified yes. The technical solutions and their sequencing generally appear to be least cost. However, true costs were higher than anticipated and benefits were postponed, in part because of severe delays in procurement and construction. Unsatisfactorily designed facilities, such as the underutilized public latrines and the partially completed submarine outfalls, posed substantial and unexpected costs without commensurate benefits.
14. Although the projects included components for system rehabilitation there was a clear bias for major construction and, as a consequence, important benefits which could have accrued from relatively low cost rehabilitation were not achieved. Possibly the least cost initial intervention would better have been a system rehabilitation effort of modest cost.
15. The level and structure of water supply and sewerage tariffs are matters of economic and social importance, for they impact upon economic viability, equity among consumer groups, and the ability to manage demand. For most consumers water and sewerage prices, however, fall far short of meeting either the full financial cost of water or the incremental economic costs. Consequently, consumers are not signaled true costs, waste is encouraged and a false message is given that large capacity expansions are required.
16. The tariff structure favors domestic over commercial and industrial consumers. This policy of subsidizing domestic consumption encourages waste of water which could be put to economic use by others. It also prompts industrial consumers to resort to costly recycling and other measures to avoid the high tariff of WSSD water.
17. Social Impacts. A survey carried out as part of this study compared conditions at the time of the survey with those of IO years earlier. The results indicate that for water supply, coverage with house connections increased significantly; standpipe use remained constant; access to 24-hour supply decreased; and. more households now rely on partial-day service than in 1984. Respondents complained that water often reaches them in the early morning hours causing familial hardships, and some 80 percent do not trust the safety of the supply. It is the poor, who cannot afford booster pumps and mostlv water storage facilities, and women, the principal water haulers, who bear the greater burdens in terms of access and convenience. T@e survey data indicates that other than an increase in house connections, little progress has been made in key indicators for consumer satisfaction.
18. In non-slum areas almost all the households are served by toilet facilities, in large part because of the program. But many slum dwellers complain of inappropriate designs, numerical inadequacy and poor maintenance of latrines. In the poorer wards, more than half of the children use open field defecation.
Institutional and Financial Impacts
19. The audits' views on institutional performance are consistent with the findings of the PARS. Staffing for the water supply function at 96 per thousand connections is grossly excessive. Unaccounted-for water is 40 percent to 60 percent on a 24-hour supply basis against the BWSSP-I target of 25 percent. Metering is only 15 percent effective. Accounts receivable are excessive and more than 30 percent of the customers claim to pay nothing for water. Improvements in these areas are essential if sound economic and financial policies are to be pursued. Contracting is often beset by delays and monitoring indicators called for under BWSSP-III were not prepared. Monitoring indicators are now being prepared for BSDP, however, there is a need to reexamine them as they do not provide a full spectrum of management data.
20. Daily service interruptions are a key impediment to a rational use of water in several y ways. First, much water is wasted through pipe flushing and households discarding "old" stored water when "fresh" water is supplied; second, pressure interruptions make metering unreliable; and@third, poor service quality makes tariff adjustments less acceptable to the public. Finally, long interruptions make it indispensable for customers to invest in individual storage tanks; a solution which cost millions of dollars more than the recourse to large scale storage by the MCGB.
21. Since the start of the program the Bank has urged officials of Maharashtra State to develop and manage water resources in a comprehensive, multi-sectoral way. As an important step in this direction, a State-level water resources authority with membership from water-using sectors was created in 1995.
22. Water and sewerage taxes and tariffs at the onset of the program were inadequate in level and structure. As the program progressed, the revenue targets were generally met. WSSD's contribution to capital expenditures, in part due to rate hikes and in part due to postponed works, exceeded 40 percent.
23. The financial strength of the WSSD is one of the brightest results of the program. However, WSSD's finances are heavily reliant on a narrow and shrinking revenue base provided by industrial and commercial consumers, on taxes and on the fact that the growing foreign exchange losses associated with its borrowing are borne by the Government of India. It appears that the level of the subsidy is not essential to ensure that domestic consumers can afford water. The poorest nine percent of households earning less than Rs 900 a month in 1995 are estimated to spend less than one percent of income on their water and sewerage bill and water which is purchased privately from tanker trucks costs up to 50 times the price charged to them by WSSD.
Health and Environmental Impacts
24. The intervention model held that the incidence of water-related diseases would decline if supply hours and standpipes were increased in the slums through distribution of fully treated water. Although full treatment was implemented and the number of standpipes expanded by 800 percent, a health, survey in 1992 failed to detect significant reductions in water-related diseases. This may be due in part to the intermittent water service and the poor quality of sanitation services. Changes in health status are also affected by interventions in health care and education, and are often linked to incomes-factors external to the program and beyond the scope of this impact evaluation.
25. The sewerage components were to provide the primary environmental benefits of the program. Some sewerage systems have been expanded and two marine outfalls are in use, thereby relieving street-level and near shore pollution in the areas served. However, about 75 percent of all sewage is untreated and discharged to local waterways and coastal waters, causing extensive environmental hazards.
Recommendations for Sustainability
26. The present institution and cost recovery policies are not sufficiently strong to ensure that the present level of service can be sustained, let alone improve in the future. Costs are unnecessarily high, procurement procedures are cumbersome, construction lead-times are long and unaccounted-for water is high. Metering, billing, and collection performance is poor. In the past, capacity expansions and tariff increases were used to cover operating shortcomings but fresh approaches are now required to expand the revenue base, rationalize the use of services and improve service levels.
27. WSSD should next undertake a major rehabilitation effort with the objective of providing consumers with 24-hour, uninterrupted water service. With distribution system improvements, the present gross supply of 240 liters per capita per day (lcd) is adequate to provide an average of 135 lcd over 24 hours, equivalent to WSSD's estimate of consumption by apartment dwellers. This effort would help to (i) ensure that the water remains potable; (ii) improve consumer convenience; (iii) eliminate expenditures for private water storage; and (iv) lower WSSD's management and labor costs. Issues remain on how to go about this (because, for example, there is insufficient storage capacity), therefore a pilot project would be appropriate to uncover the constraints and work out the details. The effort should be holistic, and include reducing leakage, improving metering, billing, and collection, and raising domestic tariffs while providing a life-line tariff block for the poor.
28. There is a parallel need to provide improved sanitation services for the disadvantaged, both in terms of quality and number of facilities. The BSDP contains a slum sanitation component. It has a better chance of success because it actively involves the community in design and maintenance of new facilities.
29. Water supply and sewerage planning, construction and operations in Bombay posed daunting challenges to those who planned and implemented the investment program. At the outset, there was a huge backlog of unmet demand because of underinvestment. Population and economic growth accelerated in the following decades and the proportion of the poor increased as did the slums which they occupied.
30. The intended impacts of the program have not been realized. Shortcomings include that water is not safe to drink; water service, especially to the poor, is difficult to access and is provided at inconvenient hours of the day; industrial water needs are not fully met; sanitary facilities are too few in number and often unusable; and urban drains, creeks and coastal waters are polluted with sanitary and industrial wastes.
31. This study confirms the PAR ratings for BWSSP - I and II (para. 8). For BWSSP - III, current findings support assessments shown in the latest supervision reports. In particular, the sustainability of program benefits is rated as uncertain due to weaknesses in WSSD's cost recovery policies and its performance in the operation and rehabilitation of the water system.
32. The findings were discussed at the workshop and a near-term action plan was developed. These actions, endorsed by MCGB in a letter to OED, dated May 17, 1996 (See Attachment), are:
- water supply activities would be focused on rehabilitation, with emphasis on leak reduction and effective metering;
- a pilot program would be undertaken to test the issues which confront the provision of 24- hour supply;
- latrines would be built and restored to provide better sanitary service to the poor; and
- water and sewerage tariffs would be restructured to reflect the full cost of service, while providing a life-line block for the poor.
1/ Performance Audit Reports on Bombay Water Supply and sewerage Project I, Report No. 5875, dated October 1, 1985 and Bombay Water Supply and Sewerage Project II, Report No. 9265, dated December 31, 1990.
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"Eccles, you is right," he said. "Go ye forth into the waste lands of the world, where the word of God is never heard, and bring em spiritaul nuorishment."
A place for prayer and relfection.
"Not Croydon again!" I remonstarted. "Even Jesus didn't spend forty days locked in a shed wiv a deacon."
"Nope," said +Thingummy, "I have something even worse for you. Do the words 'custard', 'hair salon' and 'Gladys Mills' suggest somefink to you?"
"You want me to visit Damain Thopmson's blogg?" I gasped. "You know, Croydon isn't so bad, reely. Even deacons in sheds is almost human."
A nightmarish vision, caused by playing the "2048" game too long.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I registered on Diqsus as "ecclesiis" (for it is Eccles, I is), and went along to the holy smoking wastelands.
Is David Cameron a saved pusson?
That was the title of Thopmson's blost, in which the author gave an in-depth analsyis of the spiritaul state of our Prime Minister, concluding with the mysterious comment: "Personally I don't care if Dave is a Chinese frog-worshipper..." (I spose he means Chinese-frog worshipper,as it don't seem very likely that Dave is reely Chinese).
David Cameron communicates with his deity.
As usual, Damain didn't have enough material to last him to the end of the piece, so he includded some stuff about Charles Hawtrey, Monty Python, and Vaughan Willaims clibming up his wall.
So I rolled up my trouser legs - sorry, I meant sleeves, I was thinking of ACTA for a moment - and took a look at the comments section. It seemed to be populated mostly by the resident troll, one "Phil", posting anti-Cathlic sentiments under half a dozen different usernames. There was one or two other trolls around, mostly based in South America, so clearly there was a crying need for the contributoins of a saved pusson.
The new avatar of Ecclesiis.
I challenged a few of the nastier comments of "Phil", offered a cup of tea to anuvver pusson who was gettin a bit incoherent, and basically shone the light of my widsom on the poor desolate blogg, wot had seen better days.
In less than one hour, all my posts had been deleted, and I had been banned.
Well, we knew that the muddlerators on the blogg were creul unsaved pussons, and that even the bloggs editor had no control over em. But this was quick work. Apparently, Phil is a pusson wiv a mark on his head like Cain, wot says he is under specail protectoin.
So I has given up on the wilderness of Damain, and has decided to convert pagans instead. Phew, at least it's nearly the end of Lent.
A pagan dances round a stone circle.

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GUESS CELEBRATION: Guess Inc. chairman Maurice Marciano had plenty to celebrate Wednesday night, when the company threw a cocktail party to fete the worldwide launch of Seductive, its first women's scent produced under a new license with Coty Inc., at the Hollywood club The Colony hosted by Vanessa Hudgens and DJ'd by Solange Knowles. He reported sales of Seductive, which was available in stores across the globe in September, are "way ahead of our plan, so I'm a very happy." "Our core customer really is 18 to 23, and I think it has reached women all the way up to 35 because it is so voluptuous and it is so easy to wear," said Marciano.
Guess is already working on follow-ups to Seductive, including Guess by Marciano and male fragrances. Alyssa Miller, the California-born model photographed by Vincent Peters for the Seductive ad campaign, gave her stamp of approval for a Guess cologne. "I'm sure they are going to hit the nail right on the head," she said, before adding, "It's a turn-on when your guy smells good."
MURPHY DEPARTS: Mayor Bloomberg's point man for all things fashion — Patrick Murphy has exited NYCEDC and will join Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Reiser Group wealth management team. He will partner with David Reiser in new business development.
Murphy, NYCEDC's former director of the fashion/retail team, said he was leaving on a high note, following Mercedes Benz Fashion Week's move to Lincoln Center, the CFDA Fashion Incubator's launch and Fashion.NYC.2020, a yet-to-be-released yearlong study of the fashion industry's future. NYCEDC will maintain the fashion/retail team.
DRIVE, HE SAID: They say "Never work with children or animals," but at the Théâtre du Merveilleux in Paris on Wednesday evening, French fashion designer Franck Sorbier threw caution to the wind. At an event sponsored by Chevrolet, models dressed in evening gowns took pedigree pooches for walk down the runway or were chauffeur driven in vintage cars, children in tow.


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Top Goalscorers
15 Goals
Shane Clarke (Janesboro)
Olly O'Driscoll (Regional United)
14 Goals
Keith Mawdsley (Aisling Annacotty)
12 Goals
Barry Sheedy (Kilmallock United)
11 Goals
Mark McGrath (Carew Park)
George Daffy (Fairview Rangers)
Arron Nunan (Pike Rovers, 4 for Janesboro)
10 Goals
Adrian Power (Janesboro, 5 for Moyross United)
9 Goals
David Hannon (Fairview Rangers)
Ryan Gilmartin (Nenagh AFC)
Barry Quinn (Moyross United)
Cian O'Donoghue (Fairview Rangers)
8 Goals
Jason Lipper (Aisling Annacotty)
Jamie Daly (Ballynanty Rovers)
John Connery (Pike Rovers)
7 Goals
Dermot Fitzgerald (Ballynanty Rovers)
Eoin Hanrahan (Pike Rovers)
6 Goals
Eddie Lee (Geraldines)
Ger Myles (Moyross United)
Cian Collins (Pike Rovers)
5 Goals
Derek Daly (Ballynanty Rovers)
Tony Fahy (Ballynanty Rovers)
Darragh Rainsford (Fairview Rangers)
John Tierney (Janesboro)
Tommy Heffernan (Kilmallock United)
Killian Hayes (Kilmallock United)
Barry Coffey (Nenagh AFC)
4 Goals
Gary O'Neill (Ballynanty Rovers)
Declan Cusack (Regional United)
Paudie Quinn (Fairview Rangers)
Craig Madigan (Fairview Rangers)
Christy Doyle (Fairview Rangers)
Niall Burchill (Kilmallock United)
Eoin Burchill (Kilmallock United)
Thomas Sheppard (Nenagh AFC)
Daniel Butler (Nenagh AFC)
James McGrath (Nenagh AFC)
Colin Daly (Pike Rovers)
Dave Ryan (Pike Rovers, 2 for Ballynanty Rovers)
Stephen Keeley (Regional United)
Mike Ryan (Janesboro)
3 Goals
Kevin Nolan (Ballynanty Rovers)
Keegan Park (Carew Park)
Kieran Hanlon (Carew Park)
Brian Murphy (Fairview Rangers)
Paudie Sheedy (Kilmallock United)
Jack Barry (Kilmallock United)
Mark McKenna (Nenagh AFC)
Bryan McGee (Nenagh AFC)
Dean Kirwan (Moyross United)
Shane Walsh (Pike Rovers)
Brian O'Callaghan (Regional United)
Kevin Barry (Janesboro, 2 for Pike Rovers)
Kieran O'Connell (Regional United)
Mikey Lyons (Regional United)
Did You Know?
- Only three players were ever-present for their respective sides: Eddie O'Donovan (Pike Rovers); James McGrath (Nenagh AFC); and Ger Myles (Moyross United).
- While Olly O'Driscoll (Regional United) is the only player to manage a six-game goalscoring streak, Dermot Fitzgerald (Ballynanty Rovers) managed five on-the-trot, George Daffy (Fairview Rangers) hit four-in-a-row, and the following players scored in three consecutive league games: John Connery (twice) and Eoin Hanrahan (Pike Rovers), Barry Sheedy and Killian Hayes (both Kilmallock United), Arron Nunan, John Tierney and Shane Clarke (all Janesboro), Darragh Rainsford and Cian O'Donoghue (both Fairview Rangers), Mark McGrath (Carew Park), Keith Mawdsley (Aisling Annacotty), Barry Coffey (Nenagh AFC) and Ger Myles (Moyross United).
- Fairview Rangers possessed the greatest goals-per-game ratio, with 2.76. Meanwhile, Geraldines only scored at a rate of 0.89 goals per match.
- Janesboro had the meanest defence, with 1.00 goals conceded per game. Geraldines sported the leakiest, conceding at a rate of 3.58 goals per game.
- Twenty nine players scored after coming off the bench, with Kevin Barry (then Pike Rovers, now Janesboro) the only player to manage that feat three times.
- Ten players registered hat-tricks: Arron Nunan (Pike Rovers) away to Ballynanty Rovers; Barry Sheedy (Kilmallock United) away to Carew Park; Jason Lipper (Aisling Annacotty) hit three against Moyross United; Shane Clarke (Janesboro), Adrian Power (then Moyross United, now Janesboro), Keith Mawdsley (Aisling Annacotty), and Barry Quinn (Moyross United) all bagged three against Kilmallock United; both Niall Burchill (Kilmallock United) and Ger Myles (Moyross United) hit a treble against Geraldines, while Mark McGrath (Carew Park) became the first player to score four in one game, when his side defeated Geraldines in Garryowen.
- In terms of getting goals from all around the team, Janesboro and Nenagh AFC jointly topped the charts with 16 unique goalscorers. Geraldines brought up the rear with only nine unique goalscorers.
- Kilmallock United had the most settled starting eleven, with just 20 unique starters. Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Geraldines fielded a staggering 35 unique starters.


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Saturday, July 17, 2010
'Hats On' to the lovely Dunlin...
Mr Monkton may not have had Dunlin in mind BUT the two at Halfway House today were very hat-worthy! Damn blustery WSW blowing through today, though quite mild and bright. The resultant heat haze, however, combined with the wind AND a low tide made for somewhat more challenging conditions compared to yesterday! Nonetheless, if there were any waders lurking, I wanted them. If I've learnt anything patching, it's perseverence!
SO, after and hour wedged in my fezzie chair, scope braced against the wind and continually scanning every square inch of mud, Halfway House today offered up less than yesterday, but still from a patch perspective, a nutritious nugget of passage pleasure in the form of...
2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Redshank, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 22 Lapwing and 2 Dunlin.
Happy days :)
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- adj. Relating to the myocardium or thick muscular wall of the heart.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Of or pertaining to the myocardium.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the myocardium.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. of or relating to the myocardium
Sorry, no etymologies found.
The place is dark and, even in the decreed absence of cigarettes and cigars, still feels smoky; the walls are festooned with somebody's dim idea of celebrity caricature unrecognizable; the potatoes look like they could be called the myocardial infarction facilitation kit—pancakes fried in diesel grease, possibly?
It is also known as myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan, radionuclide stress test, and nuclear stress test.
According to the complaint, over the course of a year, Ms Larosa was hospitalized 3 times for heart problems, classified as myocardial ischemic events, before she had a fatal stroke.
Government Estimates 83,000 Excess Heart Attacks Caused By Avandia
He has a condition known as myocardial ischemia, in which clogged arteries reduce the flow of oxygen to the heart.
Heart attack, which medical practitioners call myocardial infarction MI, coronary thrombosis, or coronary occlusion, can happen if a blood clot completely blocks blood flow through a coronary artery.
Angina pectoris (a symptom of a condition called myocardial ischemia) is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort usually due to coronary artery disease.
To do that, the GSK officials focused not on heart-attack data but on a broader, less well defined category of heart problems called myocardial ischemia.
Roanoke-based Carilion wants to operate its existing mobile PET / CT scanner unit less than a mile from Lewis-Gale in Salem in order to perform a very specific test for coronary artery disease known as myocardial imaging with N13-ammonia.
Obstruction leads to angina pain or death of heart muscles (also called myocardial infarction) and causes a 'heart attack'.
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...Can be hard to pin down.
Especially when it's warm and cozy underneath the covers of my soft bed. It's also cold and rainy and miserable outside. Seems the deck is stacked against this day being productive. At least, that's what I want to say and go back to bed.
We both know that didn't happen.
I like to think that motivation and inspiration can overlap in certain cases, but it's still hard to grasp onto either. Sometimes, it's like trying to grasp and hold onto water, only for it to slip through your fingers.
Fickle beasties.
That's why I've started keeping a tracker for my days. As much as I hate organization in certain aspects, we all can agree that I certainly need a little more of that in my life. Otherwise my attention span is torn to shreds by all of the different things I think about and could do. That's probably why I have so many unfinished projects/ideas sitting around. I have ADD.
It's more like my ADD has ADHD.
Totally self-diagnosed, of course.
I've started blocking out times during the day for different tasks, and if I happen to come across an idea or thought, I write it down instead and come back to it later. I can already see my studio being inundated with sticky notes everywhere.
I've also started incorporating a little time each day for "practice time". As much as I will probably hate it and not want to do it, I need to do it. I won't improve my skills or gain new ones otherwise. Plus, I want to put myself in a position where I have so many pieces, that I can curate my listings to only reflect my best work.
When I was browsing the internet this morning looking for inspiration, I came across this quote by Pancho Segura that I thought was fitting:
"An hour of practice is worth five hours of foot-dragging."
Even though I'm sure he was referring to his love of tennis, I think this could be adapted for anyone because it's true in many cases.
And sweet baby unicorns I so foot-drag. It's ridiculous, really.
I think that my New Years resolution is going to be somewhere along the lines of "be more focused".
Have you thought about yours?
In any case, have a fun and safe New Years!


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AN EVENING AT NORWELL FARMS, OUR 3RD ANNUAL FARM TO FORK DINNER. (the event is sold out.)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The Farm to Fork Dinner is our signature fundraising event each year, showcasing celebrated chefs from both Boston and the South Shore, as well as the bounty and the beauty of Norwell Farms.
$150 per person. All proceeds from the event support our non-profit mission including providing FREE field trips to the farm for all Norwell Public School Grades K-12, providing local produce to the Norwell Food Pantry and Blue Barn Farm, providing produce, fresh eggs and seedlings for our community garden at a local homeless shelter, and staffing our summer programs, field trips and volunteer days.
Purchase tickets
An Evening At Norwell Farms is sold out. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets this year for supporting our non-profit programs!
Information for ticket holders:
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Born May 23, 1933, she is a star who has lived full life, with a successful acting career spanning over 60 years on stage, television (she is best known for her role as Alexis Colby in Dynasty) and film, numerous awards and several books to her name.
She starred in two films based on the novels written by her sister, Jackie Collins.
And yet, in her very latter years, her face and figure have stayed stunningly beautiful, using only proper exercise, diet and skin care. In fact, she's a spokesperson for a new anti-aging cream.
Joan especially believes in the beauty of older women. In an article she wrote for the Daily Mail, Joan said, "Why should people be so surprised that women in their 50s, 60s and 70s look sexy and absolutely wonderful? I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning."
She added, "The fact that there are scores of women looking stunning and far younger than their biological age seems to be overlooked, or, if recognized, then met with wonderment."
Still, not everyone is impressed. At her age many other actresses would have already had celebrity plastic surgery to fight the signs of aging. And to many people plastic surgery is not such a big deal.
Joan Collins Stands Firm Against Cosmetic SurgeryBut she has made a firm stand against it, and has never admitted using it. In an article from thebosh.com, she even said that Botox is poison.
Granted, there may be other stars that are with her in her stance against plastic surgery, but her harshness on the subject that has drawn the ire of its readers. Or perhaps it was not the vehemence of her statements that they don't like, but the perceived dishonesty in them.
Other actresses almost half her age were at least more forthright about their procedures—see Goldie Hawn.
Because it would take a lot of careful work to stay that fabulous, after all, quoting a news article from makemeheal.com, Miami plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer said, "Joan Collins appears (emphasis added) to have stayed so 'fresh- faced' looking through multiple cosmetic procedures such as a facelift, browlift and eyelid surgeries."
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My second card uses an image from All Dressed Up called Cool Dudes. Again I coloured it using Promarkers. I cut it out using a Spellbinders circle die and while it was still in the die I coloured the background using distress inks. I then matted and layered it onto grey core'dinations cardstock and white card. I finished the card by attaching a grey card candi to each of the corners of the card.
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Diabetes mellitus is a common disease in the United States. It is estimated that over 16 million Americans are already caught with diabetes, and 5.4 million diabetics are not aware of the existing disease. Diabetes prevalence has increased steadily in the last half of this century and will continue rising among U.S. population. It is believed to be one of the main criterions for deaths in United States, every year. This diabetes information hub projects on the necessary steps and precautions to control and eradicate diabetes, completely.
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CGS Has Record Year at Print 13
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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Minneapolis, MN – Whispers of a smaller, quiet show were circulating at the beginning of PRINT 13, but the reality was quite the opposite on the CGS booth. This year CGS featured an unprecedented number of innovative technologies for the printing, packaging, and brand communications industries. Booth 2644 buzzed with two products receiving the coveted PIA InterTech Technology Award, plus a Must See 'Ems winner, and the entire ORIS color management family of software, media, and extended gamut inks.
"The excitement was palpable," said CEO Trevor Haworth. "We have received industry recognition multiple times in the past, but this year's show was a record for us, with three acknowledgements of our commitment to innovation. Just as CGS transformed industry understanding of contract color proofing with ORIS Color Tuner, so now we are doing the same for packaging ideation, collaborative workflow, and cloud-based color management.
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Upper Bann TUV Chairman Roy Ferguson says the system used to award nursery school places is "clearly broken."
He said he was aware of "numerous cases" in the local area of "disappointed and angry parents whose children have been unable to obtain a place at their local nursery school."
Mr Ferguson pointed the finger at the financial priorities of Education Minister John O'Dowd.
"Funding is urgently required to enable more parents and their children to avail of this vital service," he said.
"I realise that when budget cuts are happening that certain services may suffer, but when you consider the funds being pumped in to Irish language schools it is clear that the Sinn Fein Education Minister has clearly got his priorities wrong.
"It seems he would rather waste funds on a select few than serve the needs of the whole population.
"Many hard working families feel aggrieved that the system awarding nursery school places is stacked against them in favour of others. The system is clearly broken. "


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Simplicity Rules in Copy Writing
The adage"Simplicity is Beauty" does not only apply to individuals but it will also benefit you if you're into copy writing. The simplicity rule should also apply on your copy. You can be a learned writer from your school but the style can be that which is impersonal, rigidly structured and formal.
To attract visitors to your site, being simple is good. Since readers are primarily interested on what you have to say, you may entice them to read on or discourage them and give up. Creating a simple yet concise and clear copy that is easy to read and comprehend is the best way to inform your clients of your point. Here are some easy tips to simplify your website and make it a winner:
1. Create simple and clean designs with a clear navigation system. You can repeat the images, colors, formatting and text throughout the site since guests will not wonder if they have unintentionally left your site.
2. For your background, use contrasting colors and avoid using light texts on light backgrounds. Dark texts are easier to read on a light background. Be careful with your background patterns since they can obscure the site's content instead of flattering it. Avoid underlined or blinking texts. These texts may annoy and distract visitors. Your hyperlinks must be the only documents underlined on your site.
3. Make your copy easy to read, understand and use. Try your best to be lucid. Use simple words; those that are used for everyday speech. Use terms that are not to vague and very understandable. Don't be too stuffy; remove pompous words and replace it with plain words. Minimize complicated gimmicks and constructions. If you can't give the information directly and briefly, you must consider writing the copy again.
There are multi-syllable words that can be replaced by simple terms. For example, information can be replaced by a simpler word "facts", demonstrate can be replaced with "show", gratis with "free", regarding with "about", etc. Check each word and ask yourself if there are words that can still be simplified to lessen the syllable length. By this method, the words can easily roll off the readers' tongue and they can easily remember them as they read.
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Writing a simple copy is vital since your goal is let your visitors understand what you're trying to inform them with less effort on their part. The visitors wouldn't want to spend long hours just figuring out what your site is all about.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
If I Could Turn Back Time...
One of the classes I am taking is Engineering a Sustainable World. It is taught by four different professors, each discussing a various aspect of engineering and how it applies to sustainability. By far, my favorite as been sustainable product design. We had a sneak peak at this class last summer, but have now gotten a much larger perspective. I wish I could go back in time and tell my 17 year old self that engineering is actually interesting and that there are a ton of cool things you can do with it. Of course, my dad (the engineer) was telling me this constantly, but he needed a much better marketing strategy! If I had known all the cool/sustainable products I could have helped develop, I would have been a lot more interested.
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|Carla Hendra
Not too shabby, coming from a group of 11-year-olds. But after working with the Mahalia Jackson Elementary School for the past eight years, it's what I've come to expect.
My involvement with the school is the result of a strategic partnership through the nonprofit Pencil. The organization provides unique and strategic opportunities for the private sector to actively participate in transforming public education, with programs in New York; Rochester, N.Y.; and Baltimore. Through Pencil's Partnership Program, business leaders across industries are collaborating with more than 350 principals in New York on projects that are customized to their schools' needs. Business leaders can work with their principal partners either individually or on teams, like I do, to develop creative projects that leverage their expertise, talents and skills to have a meaningful impact on schools and on the lives of their students.
At the very beginning of our Pencil Partnership with principal Beverly Lewis of the Mahalia Jackson School -- a 600-student elementary school in West Harlem -- we recognized that students needed more opportunities to improve their academic success, college and career preparedness, and self-confidence. So the Future Marketers Program was born.
Eight years later, it has become an annual event that brings together students and agencies to collaborate on an innovative marketing curriculum. Through the program, sixth-grade students have the chance to create a comprehensive marketing campaign for one of our clients that resonates with a tween audience. Nearly 40 staff members, including account planners, media planners, creatives and technical staff, along with 15 mentors from various disciplines, meet with 15 students biweekly throughout the year to teach them about the various facets of the advertising industry. At the end of the year, students pitch their final campaign in our boardroom, using all forms of media, including TV, radio, print, online, interactive and out-of-home placements.
On Friday, this year's class of 15 students took their first major step toward a final product by presenting two initial concepts to me. Along with my agency colleagues and the group of 15 mentors, I gave them my feedback and ideas for improvements in their pitch. I then turned the campaigns back to them by asking that they conduct a research study of their peers. This spring, we'll reconvene to see their final 360-degree campaign.
There are many reasons that we remain so committed to the Partnership, not the least of which are the results. By developing students' presentation and writing skills, our program is credited with helping the school meet New York state learning standards. Principal Lewis and her faculty have told us that students show increased self-confidence and teamwork abilities as a result of their participation. And (as we are always proud to brag) for the past two years, the school's valedictorian has come from the Future Marketers Program. Principal Lewis says their involvement in the program helped motivate them to apply themselves academically.
Then there are the personal reasons. As the mother of three children who went through New York's public schools, I'm committed to doing all I can to provide a quality education for all of our young people. Ogilvy & Mather is proud to be part of Pencil's growing movement of businesses leading the effort to transform public education. Ogilvy's involvement provides my colleagues and me an opportunity to make a long-term investment that leverages our skills. It also helps us feel better about the work we do every day.
Through our Partnership, we've been able to come together across departments and levels and work together as a team on a project where the ROI comes, not from the amount of product sold, but from the skills and knowledge these students achieve. Participating in this program helps students achieve more, aim higher and ultimately become more valuable to society through their ability to succeed in the workplace. On a personal level, seeing the excitement of our students helps remind me of why I went into advertising in the first place.
And, as I just experienced Friday, it is a time to learn from the best marketers out there: our kids.
Carla Hendra is chairman, Global Strategy & Innovation Practice, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide.


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Mario Balotelli is a man who has had well-documented trouble with putting on a training bib in the past.
But video evidence captured by the ECHO tonight suggests he is over his issues.
The footage above was taken at Anfield this evening as Liverpool FC held open training ahead of their Champions League clash against Real Madrid tomorrow.
However, it now appears there is another member of the squad who may have a problem.
Alongside Balotelli stands Fabio Borini, who proceeds to begin the session by putting on his bib - backwards.
We've got plenty more build up coverage to Liverpool v Real Madrid.
Click here to hear from Steven Gerrard, on how the Reds will approach the match and why he has never signed for the Spanish giants.
There's more from Gerrard on how he doesn't want to see any passengers among the LFC team.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Who's killing Russia's human rights heroes?
It should have been a brief trip. Last Wednesday, Natalia Estemirova, known to her friends as Natasha, left her flat in the Chechen capital, Grozny, and set off towards the bus stop. Usually, it took her 15-20 minutes to get to work – a bumpy ride in a shared No 55 mini-van, down an avenue of green tower blocks, past giant posters of Chechnya's warlord president Ramzan Kadyrov, and several of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin.
On this occasion, she didn't make it. A hundred metres beyond the entrance of her 10th-floor flat – which overlooks a patch of grassy wasteland and a grove of shabby walnut trees – four gunmen were waiting. They grabbed Estemirova, bundled her into a white Russian-made Zhiguli car and drove off. A woman passer-by saw the abduction and heard her cry out.
It was 8.30am. Her kidnappers headed in the direction of Ingushetia, Chechnya's neighbouring republic. Probably, they took the M-29 highway, though there is also a grassy back-route looping along a hillside. The road is a scenic one: it cuts though a dark tunnel of poplar trees; on the roadside women sell melons from the backs of trucks. The kidnappers breezed through several checkpoints.
Two hours later, Estemirova was dead. The men stopped their vehicle soon after crossing into Ingushetia. Up ahead, a group of Islamist militants had ambushed a government car, opening fire. Estemirova's kidnappers may at this point have panicked. They marched her, hands tied, off the road. And then they shot her five times in the head and chest – leaving behind her money, passport and ID card.
This was no robbery. Instead, her friends believe it was something else: a vile, cowardly, meticulous, state-sponsored execution, apparently designed to send a chilling warning to the small, dwindling number of activists still working in Chechnya, Russia's rogue republic. Last week, Estemirova's colleague Oleg Orlov certainly felt in no doubt as to who killed her.
--> part of a great piece today in The Guardian, by journalist Luke Harding (a great guy whom I once met, many moons ago)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
There's a great story up on the website of US magazine, 'Details'.
Private Dwyer's Last Breath details the tragic tale of a US veteran who turned, like many others, to a chemical propellant widely-available on US bases. Why? To deal with the traumas and stress of war.
It's a powerful piece, well told. I urge you to read it.
Worth reading Farhad Manjoo's column on Slate's website, concerning Amazon remotely deleting books held on its electronic book readers.
i.e. they can delete books you've already paid for, possibly leading to a future where all copies of a work could be permanently destroyed.
i.e. they can delete books you've already paid for, possibly leading to a future where all copies of a work could be permanently destroyed.
Monday, July 20, 2009
New stories
There are two new stories by me now available online.
1. Good Heart in Africa -- a profile of the amazing Belfast priest, Father Kieran Creagh, working tirelessly out in South Africa for the dying
2. Play Mates -- my revelations about the use of online games to bring families and loved ones together.
Trial of the century?
One to watch:
The trial of the dozens of suspected members of a shadowy ultranationalist network in Turkey, accused of plotting to bring down the regime.
All sounds rather familiar ... makes for a good film too?
Read more about the Ergenekon case.
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WTF!! (What the Future!)
A philosophy book based on the future, rooted in Aristotle, Plato's Republic and Socratic thoughts.
The Original Sin is revealed at the end … and I'm not telling you what it is.
A brilliant and chilling dystopia for a new generation in the tradition of Brave New World.
"'Explain to us why you wish to enter The Academy.'"
Anaximander, a young Academy candidate, is put through a gruelling exam. Her special subject: the life of Adam Forde, her long-dead hero.
It's late in the 21st century and the island Republic has emerged from a ruined, plague-ridden world, its citizens safe, but not free, and living in complete isolation from outside contact. Approaching planes are gunned down, refugees shot on sight.
Until a man named Adam Forde rescued a girl from the sea.
"Anaximander, we have asked you to consider why it is you would like to join the Academy. Is your answer ready?"
To answer that question, Anaximander must struggle with everything she has ever known about herself and her beloved Republic's history, the nature of being human, of being conscious, and even what it means to have a soul.
And when everything has been laid bare, she must confront the Republic's last great secret, her own surprising link to Adam Forde, and the horrifying truth about her world.
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This book had so many wonderful thought-idea-provoking passages that it surely going on my physical bookshelf at home. I got a copy from the library for this read, but this is one book I know I will go back to many times.
THIS IS A MUST READ, and Re-READ FOR EVERYONE!
(How can I go back to fluff reads after reading a novel of this magnitude?…)
A small novel, but very powerful; it left my jaw dropping at the end of the story; I didn't see the ending coming in this one.
This book had so many wonderful thought-idea-provoking passages. Worth the read, just for the surprise. Lots of food-for-thought, philosophy-style. Very short, interesting book, with an intriguing format.
Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea. ~Genesis
In the end, living is defined by dying ~Genesis
Help us all on this path of evolution.


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Entangled multimode spin coherent states of trapped ions
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Spectral evolution of pulses with N = 8, zc = 1 cm in a liner taper having a 1 cm down-tapering section and a 4 cm up-tapering section. See Lægsgaard, pp. 1433-1441.


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Coding with students teaches them important skills in a subtle way. While creating in the app, students are trying to get their characters to appear, disappear, rotate and perform other actions. They learned academic and math vocabulary through project creation, no vocabulary list! If they wanted to make a character disappear, grow or move, then they figured out what the term meant. This type of learning will stick with them because it was learned on their own and applied to the work they were doing. Coding is a highly motivating activity for students that teaches them math skills and perseverance. During our project, students were engaged in all of the 4C's: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration and Communication.
|Students drag programming code from the left
to the workspace on the right
Link to CurriculumExamples of vocabulary terms acquired while coding: opacity, rotation, millisecond, x axis, y axis, scale, speed, width, percentage, angles
Examples of programming commands used while coding: rotate degrees, move distance, repeat loops, change x by, change y by, set position, set speed, wait in milliseconds, set opacity percent
Common Core State Standards Math Practices Addressed: CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. CCSS.Math.Practice.MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Student Project Examples
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Peyton explains his game: Rockets
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BURBANK — Nobody could seem to hit a shot from the field for the Renaissance Academy boys' basketball team in the first quarter of Tuesday's Burbank High Summer League game against Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies.
By the end of the game, the virtual opposite was true, as nearly everyone on the Wildcats' roster chipped in some points to help the team pull away in the second half for a 59-36 win.
Nick Troplent led all scorers with 16 points and was one of three Wildcats to score in double-digits, as Jessy Cantinol contributed 15 and freshman Kevin Dinges came off the bench to add 10.


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Todays rainbow activity was created to go with this weeks virtual book club story, 'A Rainbow of my Own' by Don Freeman. Scroll down for more activity ideas to accompany this book. Here is a affiliate link to buy the book (UK link/ US link) or you can watch the youtube video of the story below.
Take a look at our list of must have rainbow items.
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- Spaghetti
- Ziplock bags
- Food colouring (UK link/ US link)
- Water
- Container/ tub for the rainbow spaghtetti
How to make rainbow spaghetti
Drain and rinse the spaghetti and put it into ziplock bags. You will need one bag per colour. Add food colouring and a few drops of water to each bag. We used wilton colour gel (UK link/ US link).
Zip the bags up and mix the spaghetti and food colouring together. Daisy (aged 2) helped me with this part. Squash it, squeeze it, throw it in the air, just keep moving the colour around the bag until all of the spaghetti is totally covered. Repeat with each colour.
Rainbow spaghetti sensory play
Daisy loved mixing the different coloured spaghetti together.
As the spaghetti and colouring used to make rainbow spaghetti is edible you don't need to worry about young children putting it into their mouths.
You could enhance this sensory play idea by hiding plastic minibeasts, figures or numbers in the spaghetti for little ones to hunt for, you could even give them some giant tweezers to use to pick up the items they find. The addition of small pots and pans would enable children to mix the spaghetti up or separate it into different pots as they cook up dinner or a magic potion. It would also be really fun to do this on a huge scale so that the children are able to sit in the rainbow spaghetti to explore it.
You might be interested in these links:
'A Rainbow of my Own' by Don Freeman
Take a look at the rainbow activities linked below.
- 5 Math Games using Painted Rainbow Counters - The Educators' Spin On It
- Rainbow Alphabet Activity- Growing Book by Book
- Easy rainbow name game - Toddler approved
- Find the Unicorn Rainbow Sensory Bin - Inspiration Laboratories
- Taste Safe Rainbow Sensory Play - Adventures and Play
- Preschool Color Activities - Roll and Cover Rainbow
- Awesome Rainbow Experiments for Kids- Teach Beside Me
- Construction Paper Rainbow Craft from The Moments at Home
- Mixing Colors to Make a Rainbow - Mama Smiles
- CVC Word Family Rainbow Puzzles - Sea of KnowledgeRainbow Words - Rainy Day Mum
- Rainbow Preschool Music Craft & Song - Preschool Powol Packets


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They didn't get to keep the nickname, but surfing still rules in Santa Cruz, which has 29 miles of sun-soaked shoreline and 11 spots to get amped for the perfect wave—among them Cowells Beach for beginners. A Santa Cruz vacation rental in June is perfect for enjoying the annual Woodies on the Wharf, a parade of pre-1952 wood-sided autos, and the Capitola Rod and Custom Classic Car show. Labor Day is the time for the Capitola Begonia Festival. Special events draw crowds for the Fourth of July, Christmas, and other holidays.
It doesn't take a culture-vulture to dig the Surfing Museum at the Mark Abbott Lighthouse and the century of surfing history it chronicles. More studious types can explore a variety of art and history and marine museums, plus the gardens of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum. There's shopping, galleries, and nightlife in the downtown area. Stroll along the half-mile-long wharf for a closer look at Monterey Bay's fauna and explore the Beach Boardwalk, whose extensive amusement park offers family-friendly thrill rides and games.
There's nothing gnarly about the climate in Santa Cruz. Summers are dry and predictably sunny for beachgoers for 260 days a year, with temperatures no higher than the 70s. Winters get cooler—in the 40s to 60s—with occasional rain, but not enough put a damper on surfing or hiking. Snow? Never. Oh, there's a bit of fog at night and on summer mornings. Just blame that pesky Monterey Bay. Weather is lovely year-round, but a Santa Cruz vacation rental in winter offers the best wildlife viewing.
California gray whales put on a show on their winter migration from the Arctic to warm Baja waters, and Monterey cruise boats will take you to see them. Landlubbers head to Natural Bridges State Park to see monarch butterflies taking a breather on their winter travels. Up the coastal highway, elephant seals are busy breeding at Ano Nuevo State Park—they don't mind visitors. Hikers will see birds and other wildlife along Santa Cruz beaches and nearby parks. And a patch of giant sequoias stand at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, just north of the University of California campus.


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2009 C6 Chevrolet Corvette vs 2009 Mustang GT500: Engine, Handling, and Pricing
The 2009 Chevrolet Corvette C6 and the 2009 Ford Mustang GT500, two of America's most iconic muscle cars, return better than ever. The 2009 C6 Corvette convertible prices in the $53,000 range and the 2009 Mustang GT500 in the $48,000 range, also as a sports convertible. The Vette is a 2-door, 2-person coupe with a manual convertible roof and glass rear window. The GT500 is also a 2-doors, but can seat 4 and uses a power convertible roof. Both models offer a 3-year/36,000 mile warranty and drivetrain, roadside and rust warranties. The Chevy is offered in 7 interior and 9 exterior color chips, the Ford in 1 interior and 7 exterior color chips.
Engine and Transmission
The 2009 Corvette is a bit more expensive than the GT500 and offers a
powerful 6.2L V8 engine, 16-valve, overhead cam with 430 HP capacity
and 434 pound-feet of torque.The 2009 Mustang GT500 is offered in a
5.4L, V8 engine, 32-valve, double overhead cam and 500 HP capacity and
480 pound-feet of torque. The Corvette is offered with a 6-speed manual
and an optional 6-speed shiftable automatic tranmission, and the GT500
comes standard with a 6-speed manual transmission.
Comfort and Fuel Economy
The 2009 Corvette offers premium leather interior with bucket seating,
while the GT500 sports standard leather interior with sport seating.
Both models are equipped with front cup holders, power outside mirror
adjustments for driver and passengers, cruise control and
tilt-adjustable steering adjustment. Both models offer stimulated alloy
or optional leather interior trim.
The 2009 Mustang GT500 is larger and heavier than the 2009 Corvette but
with comparable interior space and front leg and head leg room.
However, the Corvette sports 11 cubic feet of luggage capacity while
the GT500 offers 9.7 cubic feet of luggage capacity due to the fact
that it is a 4-person vehicle. Both convertible sports cars are
equipped with a long list of comfort and ergonomic features.
The 2009 Corvette fuel economy is 16 miles per gallon in the city and
26 on the highway. The 2009 Mustang GT500 gets 14 miles per gallon in
the city and only 20 on the highway.
The Corvette and the Mustang sport rear-wheel drive. The Corvette
offers four-wheel independent suspension, providing better traction for
inclement weather conditions. The GT500 offers front-wheel drive and
performance tires. The run-flat tires on the Corvette give it more
stable dry traction. The 2009 Corvette has painted alloy wheels as
standard equipment and the 2009 Mustang GT500 has standard alloy wheels.
The Corvette, known as America's only real sports car, is touted for
its comparatively reasonable price, its exotic car performance, driver
functionality and its fuel economy. The 2009 Mustang GT500 is known for
it's supercharged V8 performance, reasonable price, model familiarity
and Mustang's reputation.


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CARDOSO JR., Hélio Rebello. Friendship as conceptual landscape and friend as conceptual character, according to Deleuze e Guattari.Translated byHélio Rebello. Kriterion [online]. 2007, vol.3Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0100-512X.
This essay begins with the proposal of the "pedagogy of the concept" according to Deleuze and Guattari. On this basis, I emphasize and explore the assertion that every Philosophy demands, as its internal condition, "relationary traces". Among the relationary traces defined by this pedagogy of the concept, I choose the "friend" as a feature who characterizes a given philosophical thought. I attempt, after that, to define, in a general way, the friend and the landscape of friendship in the Plato's, Nietzsche's, Heidegger's and Foucault's philosophies.
Keywords : Deleuze; Guattari; Philosophy; Concept; Friendship.


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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Sonesta Hotels Travel Pass Elite Status Match
Sonesta Hotels has over 30 hotels in the U.S., 4 in the Caribbean, over 15 in South America and several Egyptian properties. The small chain also has their own FGP called Travel Pass. The program is points based and of course has elite tiers (otherwise this post wouldn't be here). The Preferred level requires 6 nights in a year while the Elite level requires 12 nights. But if you hold status in another program, and we know many of our readers do, they will match that status!
Seems pretty simple! I am going to join and see what they match me to. Trying to decide however which status to use. SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Club Carlson Gold, Accor Platinum, Fairmont Platinum or Best Western Diamond.... I think I'll go with one of the last three since they are technically the highest level in those programs.
You can find out more about the status match and Sonesta Travel Pass program here.


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I felt like sharing something truly South African the good old Afrikaans Milk Tart. Searching for a yummie picture I found this one and the recipe, neither of which are actually typical but I thought it looked good and the recipe sounds good too. But the real recipe and tart are a little different.
The proper recipe for this can be found here.Photo
Easy recipe for Koeksisters.


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- Smmg
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- Wedding: May 2015
Hi bees,
I wanted to share a few pictures from my sister's wedding last night. She was absolutely stunning. During his speech my dad said he was losing one of his lungs, and that he would loose the other one in six months (when I get married) I couldn't stop crying. Enjoy a few pics!
And one with my mom:


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Barkhad Abdi is the Captain Now on Oscars 2014 Red Carpet
Barkhad Abdi is all smiles while hitting the red carpet at the 2014 Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday (March 2) in Hollywood.
The 28-year-old actor is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Captain Phillips, which just so happens to be his first movie ever.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Barkhad Abdi
Barkhad is going up against Dallas Buyers Club's Jared Leto, The Wolf of Wall Street's Jonah Hill, 12 Years a Slave's Michael Fassbender, and American Hustle's Bradley Cooper.
This weekend, a story surfaced that Barkhad is having financial troubles after not having an acting job since Captain Phillips.
FYI: Barkhad is wearing Calvin Klein Collection.


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Maren Morris
…͞Can I get a hallelujah, can I get an amen? sings Texas-born, Nashville-dwelling Maren Morris on My Church, the lead single from her self-titled LP. Though sing, however, might not be the most appropriate verbiage –she belts, more like it, in her dynamic range that can growl soulfully one moment and twangily howl the next. It's an honest performance from an artist and writer who stands out for the singular point of view, sheer creativity and fearless approach to music she's developed since she began performing and writing as a young child. Using the boldest colors from across many genres as her palate and country as her canvas, Morris' stories are vivid paintings that can be gleefully fun, tearfully heartbreaking and a perfect balance of modern and timeless.
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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- According to or by means of etymology; as regards etymology.
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All these meanings have been associated with the notion of trance, a word etymologically rooted to the Middle English traunce, the Old French transe, and the Latin transpire, which refer to a passage or means of going over or across.
But it was just the Armenian word, without any history of angry usage, just a word etymologically-based on the root negro/black.
Will sensitivity about racism turn racism into a taboo subject?
Both words derive etymologically from the Latin verb uti, to use or to receive benefit from.
Mount Orontes is to be recognized in the modern Elwend or Erwend -- a word etymologically identical with _Oront-es_ -- which is a long and lofty mountains standing out like a buttress from the Zagros range, with which it is connected towards the north-west, while on every other side it stands isolated, sweeping boldly down upon the flat country at its base.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
This may be etymologically equivalent to the English word funny, a kind of small boat.
Savagery, etymologically derived from the Latin word for "forest", was associated with wildness and stood in opposition to civilization.
The name is etymologically Lenape, but the Esopus Creek, which flows out of the Catskills and meets the Hudson at Saugerties, is the tributary of inspiration to the title -- if not the whole curatorial force -- of the Manhattan-based Esopus Foundation.
Alexandra Marvar: Esopus Survives 17 Issues (and Counting) with Due Fanfare
Al – Battál: the word etymologically means The Bad; but see infra.
Al-Battál ": the word etymologically means The Bad; but see infra.
[Footnote 29: A _schoppen_ is about a pint; it is the same word etymologically as "scoop."] [Footnote 30: William George, seventeenth Earl of Erroll, married a sister of the first Earl of Munster.] [Pageheading: THE ROYAL CHILDREN] _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians.
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The Company of the Whiskey Drinking Bear
King Bard
Bard was descended from Lord Girion of Dale, whose wife and child had escaped to Laketown when Smaug ruined Dale and took the Lonely Mountain in TA 2770.
In TA 2941, when Smaug emerged from the Lonely Mountain and attacked Laketown, Bard, as captain of a company of town archers, was encouraging the archers and urging the town Master to order them to fight to the last arrow. Bard himself fired many arrows with his great yew bow. He was down to his last arrow when a thrush came and perched on his shoulder. Because Bard was of the race of Dale, he was able to understand the thrush's words. The bird told him of the weak spot in Smaug's armor that Bilbo Baggins had discovered. Bard fired his Black Arrow and struck the hollow by Smaug's left breast and the dragon fell from the sky, landing on Laketown and destroying it.2
Bard escaped into the lake and swam ashore. The people wanted him to be their King, but he said he would continue to serve the Master of Laketown for the time being. Bard took charge of organizing shelter and aid for the refugees and sent messages to the Elvenking of Mirkwood asking for help. Then, Bard and the Elvenking led their armies to the Lonely Mountain, seeking a share of the treasure.3
When they arrived at the Lonely Mountain, they were surprised to find Thorin Oakenshield and his company of Dwarves still alive. Bard sought reparations from Thorin on the grounds that it was he who had slain Smaug, that part of the Dragon's treasure had once belonged to Dale, and that the people of Laketown were suffering and needed aid. Thorin said that the destruction of Laketown was not his responsibility and he refused to parley with armies camped outside the mountain. Bard sent a messenger several hours later asking for one-twelfth of the treasure, but again Thorin refused.3
Ted Nasmith – The Arkenstone
Bilbo Baggins delivers the Arkenstone to Thranduil and Bard, by Ted Nasmith
Bilbo Baggins thought that Bard's claims were reasonable, so one night he went secretly to the camp of the Lakemen and Elves. The Hobbit had found the Arkenstone – the treasure that Thorin most desired – and he offered it to Bard and Thranduil to use to negotiate. He also told them that an army of 500 Dwarves led by Dain II Ironfoot was coming from the Iron Hills.4
The next day, Bard asked Thorin for a portion of the treasure in exchange for the Arkenstone. Thorin was enraged, but he reluctantly agreed to give up Bilbo's one-fourteenth share. Dain's army arrived the next day, and Bard tried to prevent them from entering the Lonely Mountain until the exchange for the Arkenstone had been made. A battle seemed imminent, but then Gandalf told them that an army of Goblins and Wargs were approaching. Bard, Thranduil, and Dain took council together and they joined forces to fight their common enemy in the Battle of the Five Armies. During the battle, Thorin had emerged from mountain and had rallied Dwarves, Elves, and Men to the attack, but he was mortally wounded. Bard laid the Arkenstone upon Thorin's breast when he was buried under the mountain, and Dain agreed to pay the one-fourteenth share of the treasure as promised. Bard gave the emeralds of Girion to Thranduil and Bilbo agreed to take a small chest of gold and one of silver. Bard also contributed gold for the aid of Laketown, and although the Master of Laketown absconded with much of it, Laketown was rebuilt and its people became prosperous.5
Bard went to his ancestral home of Dale at the foot of the Lonely Mountain. He rebuilt the ruined town and in TA 2944, he became King of Dale. Bard maintained good relations with the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and trade flowed freely up and down the River Running. People came to settle in Dale from miles around and the land that had been withered by Smaug became bountiful once more.1
Bard became smitten with the Dorwinion princess Una. In 2950 they announced their engagement. Also that year, at Dragontide, Lockmand poisoned his troops, leaving Dale vulnerable to an attack from an attack by the Shadow's forces, led by the Gibbet King. He sent the Company of the Whiskey Drinking Bear to guard the crossings of Celduin to buy him time to assemble an army.


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Men's Wearhouse Inc. (The) (MW) Jumps 6.23% on January 26Equities Staff Follow |
Men's Wearhouse Inc. (The) (MW) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Tuesday January 26 as the stock popped 6.23% to $12.61, representing a gain of $0.74 per share. Some 1.69 million shares traded hands on 10,478 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 2.06 million shares out of a total float of 48.38 million. The stock opened at $11.96 and traded with an intraday range of $13.04 to $11.85.
After today's gains, Men's Wearhouse Inc. (The) reached a market cap of $610.07 million. Men's Wearhouse Inc. (The) has had a trading range between $66.18 and $9.95 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $15.94 and a 200-day SMA of $43.72.
Men's Wearhouse is a retailer of men's suits and a provider of tuxedo rental product in the United States and Canada.
Men's Wearhouse Inc. (The) is based out of Houston, TX and has some 26,100 employees. Its CEO is Douglas S. Ewert.
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