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Question about Whirlpool Duet GHW9150P Front Load Washer
I have an estimate from whirlpool authorized repair co. to repair this machine for $650.00. I have already replaced door gasket for $200.00, should I repair this thing or get a different machine it is almost 4 years old. Thanks Jeff
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I have the FDL code showing - the machine won't lock. I have a service repair person coming this week. The machine is not even 4 years old and is having this issue - very disappointing. Consumer Reports gave this machine its best review in its category back in 2005. The repair person said that the FDL code can be difficult to diagnose and repair - he also said that he hopes it is just being caused by loose wires that have happened due to the spin cycle. I'm crossing my fingers. We may be buying a new machine, but probably not another Duet.
Having the same problem (F11 and now FDL). From reading the problems others are having I can see this is not a cheap fix. If anyone has it fixed please let us know what it cost. Had it for 4 or 5 years.
I have had the same problem. F11, then FDL.
I myself ordered and replaced the door lock part. (Part number 8181700 from Sears Parts $69.00 w/shipping)
This worked for one load, then continued to have the FDL error.
Can anyone help? Suggestions of what wires I can check to see if they came loose?
Thank you for your help "jonpseaborg"
I tried the machine after it sat all night, and it worked for the first load -- the door locked. But only for that one load, now back to FDL.
So this leads me to believe it is in fact a loose connection.
I am going to check for loose connections, actually have my father help me since I am intimidated by taking the top off.
Can you help me by telling me what to specifically look for and general area I might find a loose connection??
Try taking the top off and making sure all of the electrical connections are solid. I had the same problems with mine and discovered that all of the vibrating the machine does has a tendency to loosen connections. I end up doing this about once a month and it always fixes the problems.
Posted on Jan 21, 2009
I had the same Issue on a separate washer and dryer combination. On the washer the problem is wires that come loose due to vibration. Solution is to remove top of washer and push the wires into back into the terminal block in the back of the washer. This solves the problem for about a month and then it has to be doen again. Same solution as jonpseaborg
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The hoofprints of Lucifer are everywhere. And since this is America, eternally at war with the darker forces, the foremost Enemy Within is sex, no quarter given. Here are some bulletins from the battlefront, drawn from a smart essay on "Sex & Empire" in the March issue of The Guide (www.guidemag.com), a Boston-based monthly travel magazine that has "about the best gay sex politics around," according to Bill Dobbs of Queerwatch, whom I take as my adviser in these matters.
In February 2000, Matthew Limon, an 18-year-old, had oral sex with a 14-year-old schoolmate. A Kansas court sentenced him to seventeen years in prison, a sentence duly upheld by a federal court in February. Last July, an Ohio court sentenced 22-year-old Brian Dalton to seven years in prison because of sex fantasies he wrote in his diary. A woman teacher in Arizona faces 100 years in prison for having an affair with a 17-year-old boy. Frankly, I'd have risked two centuries in prison to have sex with Miss Hollister when I was in school.
Apropos the triumph of identity politics across the past thirty years, Bill Andriette, the author of "Sex & Empire," remarks that "the same PR machinery that produces all these feel-good identities naturally segues into manufacturing demonic ones–indeed, creates a demand for them. The ascription of demonic sexual identities onto people helps drive repression, from attacks on Internet freedom to sex-predator laws. Identity politics works gear-in-gear with a fetishization of children, because the young represent one class of persons free of identity, the last stand of unbranded humanity, precious and rare as virgin prairie."
This brings us into an Olympian quadruple axel of evil: sexually violent predators (familiarly known as SVPs), preying on minors of the same sex. There's no quarreling between prosecutor and judge, jury and governor, Supreme Court and shrinks. Lock 'em up and throw away the key.
The other day I listened to Marita Mayer, an attorney in the public defender's office in California's Contra Costa County, describe the desolate business of trying to save her clients, SVPs, from indeterminate confinement in Atascadero, the state's prime mental bin.
Among Mayer's clients are men who pleaded guilty to sex crimes in the mid-1980s, mostly rape of an adult woman, getting a fixed term of anywhere from ten to fifteen years. In the old days, if you worked and behaved yourself, you'd be up for parole after serving half the sentence.
In California, as in many other states, SVP laws kicked in in the mid-1990s, crest of the repressive wave provoked by hysteria over child sex abuse and crime generally: mandatory minimum sentences, erosion of the right to confront witnesses, community notification of released sex offenders, surgical and chemical castration, prohibition of mere possession of certain printed materials, this last an indignity previously only accorded atomic energy secrets.

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Despite all the predictions, Ed Needham, who has been lured from FHM to Rolling Stone, insists that he does not intend to turn the pioneer music magazine into another lads' mag. "People assume that because I come from FHM I am going to turn Rolling Stone into FHM. That's ludicrous," the 37-year-old Cambridge-born journalist told the San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco is where Rolling Stone had its start back in the Sixties when it not only chronicled the rise of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, but also covered politics and even such news stories as the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst. Needham's mission, it's said, will be to update – even reinvent – the magazine. Its most pressing competitor these days is seen as Blender, which after just eight issues claims a circulation of 350,000 and is going soon from bimonthly to 10 issues a year.
Although repairs to the headquarters of The Wall Street Journal, badly damaged in the attack on the World Trade Center, have been completed, many of the paper's staff are reluctant to return to their old downtown offices. A poll of the staff showed that of 175 reporters and newsroom staff, 72 per cent want the paper to find quarters elsewhere. Many are still traumatized by the disaster, others fear for their health. The murder of colleague Daniel Pearl in Karachi has added to their anxiety. One writer said: "This is where I ran for my life on September 11, I don't want to go back there every day." A spokesman for the paper said: "If some of the staff need counselling we will provide it." But he added: "We were founded downtown in 1888 and we are going to remain downtown."
Hoping to emulate the success of MORE, the spin-off from the Ladies' Home Journal aimed at women over 40, Fairchild Publications is contemplating launching a magazine for older women. Its editor is expected to be Jane Pratt, editor at the moment of Jane, the magazine named after her, who has herself just turned 40 and is expecting her first baby. She is one of the rising stars of the women's magazine world here, having reinvented the teen magazine Sassy, and then taken on the 20-plus age group with Jane. Pratt was only 24 when she was appointed editor of Sassy, which soon became a favourite of hippy teenagers, before it was folded in 1996. This year Adweek named her Editor of the Year.


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Years Writing
Started when I was 13. Still working on mastering the art. (Probably always will be.)
Paranormal Romance, Horror Romance, Gothic Romance, Dark Fantasy Romance, Urban Fantasy (strong romantic elements), New Adult Romance, and that's about it for now.
Heat Level
Sensual to Erotic Romance, Light to Heavy BDSM — depends on the characters and their individual preferences
MF and MM (so far — I plan on writing a few FF someday)
First Place in YA Romance NEORWA's 2011 Cleveland Rocks Contest
Writing Influences
I study everything I read. Here is a condensed version of the largest influences : Sensei (Joey W. Hill), the Pixie (Jennifer Blackstream), Fusanosuke Inariya, JD Salinger, Anne Rice (not her vampires — her witches), Marquis de Sade, Marie Hall, Terry Pratchett, Linda Winstead Jones, Lewis Black, Sylvia Plath, and Kim Dare. (These are all fabulous authors. If you have not read them, I advise you to run, not walk, to the nearest e-reader/bookstore.)
Writing Roots
I began with classic literature and Anime fan-fiction. I did that for a long time. Eventually, I moved onto original stories but I still retain my love of blending several different worlds and themes to create one unified universe.
What was the first book you ever retold?
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton in sixth grade. It circulated my entire school. I even had some teachers ask to read it. Of course, I said 'no.' I really didn't need my Lit teacher to know that I spent most of her class fantasizing about Ponyboy and Dallas engaged in a poly relationship/menage with Johnny.
What was the first book you wrote?
My first original story was some sprawling piece of crap about a dragon dynasty. I actually met my critique partner that way. She was the first person to read it and say, 'Wow, it's not crap. I mean, it's crap. But it's not crappy crap.' That book is tucked away on a disk somewhere. I'll get the courage to revisit it one day.
What was your first published book?
I was published by a small Canadian press at the age of 19. My short story should probably be classified as military fiction.
What is New Gotham?
New Gotham is my fictional city and the root of my debut series, a world where storybook characters come to life (or back from the dead.) New Gotham predominately caters to fairy tale villains. They live among us in a single haven city, located on the eastern seaboard of the United States of America.
What are the characters like?
Expect unique characters who have their good days and their bad days….just like the rest of us mere mortals.
What are the heroes like?
Villains. I write the bad boys who grew up into ruthless men.
What are the heroines like?
I tend to enjoy reading and writing about strong, independent women. That doesn't mean that ingenues aren't welcome in Sophie's crypt. I've simply noticed that there's always (at least) one woman holding a whip in the room and I'm usually more interested in telling her story. She'll have insecurities and bad hair days just like everyone else.
What about New Gotham's fairy godmothers?
Fairy godmothers are called storymavens in my world. New Gotham's storymavens are collectively known as "The Witches-Who-Knit." They're very old and they're very powerful. They like to think themselves exempt from the bad hair days that seem to plague everyone else in New Gotham.
What are the monsters like?
I strive to write monsters as they were originally depicted in mythology. I give them my own twist, but they usually retain a good deal of their original traits. (This makes them "Horror grade" monsters in a paranormal romance world. Beware.) As far as what kinds of monsters, that depends on what research I'm doing at the time. I like to keep things varied, so I rarely explore the same creature twice. A monster has to be the equivalent of a mythical Moby Dick for me to even consider a repeat. That doesn't mean I haven't written more than one werewolf, but no werewolf species in New Gotham is exactly the same.
What's the ending like?
Most of the time, I end on a happy note.
What's your overall goal as an author?
Tell a good story.
What about reader feedback? Does it help at all?
Immensely. I'm not sure a reader will ever know how thankful I am when they leave me a review.


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For Educating Black Children We Must Look to The Ancestors
ABS Exalts Black History: Part III
For Educating Black Children We Must Look to The Ancestors
By Akilah S. Richards
"History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that people use to find themselves on the map of human geography. History tells a people where they have been and what they have been, where they are and what they are. Most important, history tells a people where they still must go, what they still must be. The relationship of history to the people is the same as the relationship of a mother to her child."
– John Henrik Clarke
Clearly, most writers of American public school textbooks agree with Dr. Clarke, otherwise they would not have gone to such great lengths to separate Black and brown children from their histories. Many American public schools today mirror the troubled relationship between Black people and education in America. Truths are suppressed in favor of a false reality that sees white people as heroes and Black people as the resilient, but never triumphant, nation of former slaves.
In 2015, many Black children (and their parents) remain unaware of the stolen and suppressed legacies of the well-documented brilliance of Kemet (the original name for Egypt) and other African epicenters of learning and development. We are still battling modern versions of the laws and cultural norms that found free Blacks in Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia physically targeted (as we still are today) and economically oppressed (as we fight to continue rising from this today). Through omission of historical facts and the general white-washing of world history, we are still dealing with a version of the persistent efforts to keep Black people under-educated that enslaved Africans faced in the 1800s.
If we are to follow Dr. Clarke's logic and place high value on knowing our history, Black parents must stop putting their child's school in the parent role, begin to reclaim learning for ourselves and teach our children to do the same.
Unschooling: A Personal Reclamation
Our 11-year-old daughter spent nearly four years in the American public school system before my husband and I decided to unschool both our daughters. While in school, our 11-year-old was educated on a variety of topics, but she learned very little. She tested well, plus she was personable and eager to learn, so she did well academically and socially. The problem though, is that she was not learning from a Whole Child perspective. Somehow, prior to becoming a parent, I had grown to believe that schools today would teach children how to learn, not just what to remember. I was wrong.
School is a culture of its own, and the children and adults inside that school create the culture. And the culture is largely centered on a Eurocentric perspective that leaves out vital cultural and socioeconomic truths about history and today. Additionally, since public school systems must comply with county and state regulations, which are based on performance tests that determine school funding, the focus is on giving children information that shows up on tests and not necessarily in relevant, everyday life. Learning has been replaced with memorization, and the importance of each child's learning needs and cultural narratives are, by design, irrelevant.
That may well be a necessary approach in order to serve the large numbers of students who sit in classrooms, but it is not enough for Black children. If we look back at American history and world history, we will see that it has always been Blacks ourselves who kept our history and culture as important parts of our lives. Historically, children were not sent away to learn, they learned among the adults around them until they transitioned into formal learning.
Ancient Kemet offers an example of this unschooling system out of which came many significant contributions to modern society. The contributions of these Africans include the first forms of organized writing, along with diverse and detailed studies of law, science, mathematics, engineering, philosophy and medicine, all occurring more than 5,000 years ago, before there was civilization in Europe.
The Nile Valley Civilization
The people of Kemet lived, worked and educated themselves and the world for 3,000 years. Anthropologists and Egyptologists tell of how children were largely unschooled in Kemet. They learned through the gradual acquisition of practical life skills and cultural knowledge through their elders. Young children helped with daily tasks such as feeding animals, harvesting food and assisting with pottery making. They also baked bread, brought food to workers and helped watch younger children in the community. During that time, rich cultural history and beliefs were shared organically through daily interaction with people of various ages and experiences.
Many young boys served as apprentices to learn the duties of important social and political positions like a bureaucrat or a priest. As they got older, some boys studied to become scribes to serve in temples. Girls were often trained as musicians, dancers and craftswomen. Older boys and girls both learned about property and business from a legal perspective, as inheritance was an important part of life in Kemet. No matter the end goal, school came only after knowledge of self and exploration of self through environment, culture and personal exchange.
Europeans, particularly Greek scholars, benefited from the thriving civilization's approach to learning, but hid their sources of information, claiming the knowledge as their own. Fast-forward to the 1800s in the American South, and we'll find that Black people were still being cut out of narratives related to learning. This time though, we were not the creators of the information, we were the ones from whom it was being kept.
The Mississippi Delta Region
Notably, all Black people did not arrive in Mississippi as a result of slavery. As far back as the early 1700s, there was a class of Blacks of whom the vast majority were the offspring of enslaved African or African-American women and white plantation owners. These white men often made arrangements for freedom of their biracial children and their mothers. Some of these descendants inherited land, and others were granted apprenticeships that would help them secure professions. As land owners, many Blacks thrived in states like Louisiana and Mississippi.
In the early 1800s, slave societies emerged throughout Mississippi with the increased demand for cotton, tobacco and sugar. Americans pushed out Native Americans who occupied the land, freeing up space for thousands of wealthy white families to migrate to Mississippi, bringing along with them enslaved Africans. By the mid-1800s, a wealthy slave-owner class had emerged, and the majority of the Black population was now enslaved Blacks who lived on plantations with usually between 15 to 20 other enslaved Blacks.
The independent farmer was King, and his slaves were his currency. As the state continued to thrive economically, most white Mississippians attributed this to the expansion of slavery and saw it as America's primary resource for continued economic growth. American Northerners disagreed, and resulting economic panic and disagreements among politicians caused the Southern states' secession from the United States, prompting the Civil War.
The years following the Civil War saw freed Blacks working as laborers in various skills, and some became land owners. By the late 1860s, Blacks were participating in politics through voting, and some even held office. By 1880, due to the mass migration of Blacks to the fertile Mississippi Delta region to buy and work land, two-thirds of independent farmers in the Delta were Black. Rising resentment of the increase in Black economic freedom gave way to exorbitant voting taxes and the Jim Crow era. The brutalization and ongoing civil rights violations of free Blacks became an even more deeply embedded part of the culture of the American South.
Eventually, many Blacks had to occupy the outskirts of the Delta region, dealing with the hardest land to work and clear. Segregation was the norm, and state legislation cut down on school funding shortly after the Reconstruction Era. Schools built for African-Americans saw some that thrived for a time. Help from the North created funding and human resource opportunities for rural schools in the South. However, by the 1960s, the effects of white state legislators consistently underfunded segregated schools and public services for Blacks took its toll on the region. Even though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally saw to the upholding of the Brown v. Board decision, efforts slowed then stopped in 1989, and resegregation began. That stoppage effectively erased the previously steady increase of academic achievement among African-American students following desegregation.
Sixty-one years after the Brown decision, that resegregation continues today. The racial and economic duality of the area's school system is reminiscent of the region's past. As nonprofit financial service provider CEO Bill Bynum said of the region, "Our region still suffers from a legacy of plantation agriculture, which relied on keeping people uninformed and dependent. The vestiges of this system persist today, leaving significant gaps, opportunity gaps."
Allowing the (Real) Past to Influence the Future
If we agree that today's Black child, schooled or unschooled, needs to be made aware of the truth about their history in part so that they can know that their history did not begin with the transatlantic slave trade, nor was it suppressed when we landed in Jamestown, Virginia, or on the shores of a Caribbean island. When this information is omitted, our children lose sight of the legacy they came from, and the responsibility they share as the beneficiaries of those who came before us. They also lose examples of their people's brilliance, and risk seeing themselves as less than, in comparison to the white heroes they are introduced to in their textbooks and on their TVs.
The brilliant people of Kemet knew to give their children space to explore, to question and to learn through real-life experiences relevant to their people. We must offer our children that same opportunity to self-actualize and to thrive. We do that by offering them the full truth about our history, not the one from the narrowed lens reflected in schools today. As a people, we continue to evolve and understand the layers of our past, but we must pay much more attention to the future. We, along with our children, are creating this future, but our children are the ones who will need to be prepared to thrive in whatever they are learning and creating.


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Spring is a magical time in Tokyo. The sakura bloom in late march and everyone wants to be outside enjoying the good weather.
These are the best festivals Tokyo's Spring has to offer.
1. Sanja Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri (third Saturday in May) is Tokyo's biggest and wildest festival. The yakuza plays a prominent role in this festival (they sponsor many of the festival's mikoshi).
The festival attracts up to 2 million party goers.
2. Kanda Matsuri
The Kanda Matsuri (closest weekend to May 15) is one of Tokyo's big 3 festivals. Around 100 mikoshi are paraded through the streets. The festival also features dance performances.
3. Tokyo International Anime Fair
The Tokyo International Anime Fair (end of March) is otaku paradise. It's the largest anime trade show in the world featuring 100s of booths and the Tokyo Anime Awards.
The event is four days. The first 2 days is open to industry insiders and press only. The last 2 days is open to the public.
4. Yushima Tenmangu Matsuri
The Yushima Tenmangu festival (end of May on even years). A large mikoshi festival at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine that features 25 mikoshi teams in different festive attire.
5. Sanno Festival (Hie Shrine)
The Sanno Matsuri (mid June) dates back to the Edo-era. It's origins are related to the construction of Edo Castle. The festival was originally intended to please the gods before the Spring construction season (construction of Edo Castle lasted 43 years).
Today, it's a quiet festival (as compared with rowdy festivals such as Sanja Matsuri). Around 500 people dressed in Edo-era imperial court attire embark on a incredibly long 25 kilometer parade through central Tokyo (it takes 9 hours). Needless to say, the festival isn't popular with local taxi drivers.
6. Hanazono Shrine Festival (花園神社例大祭)
A large festival (end of May) at Hanazono Shrine in Shinjuku.
7. Ueno Sakura Matsuri
One of Tokyo's many sakura matsuri that take place at the end of March or beginning of April (when the sakura bloom). There are dozens of good spots to enjoy sakura in Tokyo.
8. Kurayami Matsuri (府中くらやみ祭り)
The Kurayami Matsuri (early May) has been held for almost 2000 years in Tokyo. Its name means "dark night" festival. Traditionally, houses in the neighborhood dim their lights on the evenings of the festival. The Kurayami Matsuri features mikoshi parades and music, horse riding and lantern hanging competitions.
The festival draws 300,000 to Okunitama Shrine each Spring.
10. Kanamara Matsuri
The Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus) is a fertility festival held in early April at Kanayama shrine in Kawasaki.
The event raises money for HIV research.


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Taste different wines at your favorite downtown businesses! Tickets will be available in advance online. They will also be for sale the day of the event at the starting locations, where you can get your wristband, commemorative glass, and location map. Wine sipping locations and starting locations will be announced as the event approaches.
Cost: TBA (Free Parking)
Location: Downtown Janesville - 108 S Jackson St - Janesville, WI 53545
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Date(s): 9/22/18 1:00 PM-5:00 PM


text: Fall is upon us, and what better time is there to take a leisurely walk about Homes by Vanderbuilt in Sanford, North Carolina? Stroll through approximately 30 homes here on property, and view various one and two-story homes. Compare countertop options, floor covering choices, wood cabinetry, vinyl siding colors, and so many options! We look forward to your visit. (The Maple and The Chestnut are shown below and can be seen on location.)


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I've used up 2 pencils in the last few weeks. One was a Palomino Blackwing, the other a Musgrave Test Scoring pencil. Together about $2.20 worth of pencils, or about $50/yr. Really, it's more than that – they were just the first two to get too short to hold – because I've been using about 7-8 pencils and they are all getting shorter as they get used, so I'd guess it's really about $2 a week, or maybe $100 a year. If I stuck with Sam's Club Mirado Classics, or even just the Musgrave Test Scoring Pencils, It would be more like $25/yr. Go with the Mitsubishi Hi-Uni's from JetPens at $28/dozen and it's quite bit more.
I don't know how long it would take me to use a bottle of fountain pen ink, but I think not less than 3-4 months. $100 would buy probably 6 or 7 bottles of Noodler's, depending on where I buy it. Pen wear is pretty much ignorable, so that makes pencils pretty expensive…assuming one already owns the pen. A really nice fountain pen could take a long time to amortize.
A pencil's advantages:
- Erasing mistakes – which I like far more than I thought I would.
- Low investment at risk. The pencil in my pocket didn't cost much regardless. If someone borrows it and breaks the point or steals it, I'm not out much.
- Invisible. Some folks will make some hay out of a fancy pen, no one says much about a pencil.
- Sharpening.
- That not so formal feeling.
- Hard to carry without a point protector or a pencil case.
Neither a pencil nor a pen takes the place of the other, but pencils would seem to be the premium choice based on the traditional American yardstick of cost.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a few pens to fill 😉


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What photography is to mountains, what cooking is to collard greens and what movies are to acting, is what typography is to writing.
They perpetuate greatness.
Typography is the style and appearance of printed matter; the art of arranging type. It comes after the writing is written, but not after the craft is completed.
Before you trivialize typography as the needless dressing up of a finished product, think about your favorite actor. Think about the characters he's played and stories she's told. Now ask yourself how much of that did he write himself? You will see that actors are typography in the flesh – through elaborate dress up they bring words to life, and in turn become a living testimony to typography. And the pattern progresses; film becomes the typography of acting, as it transforms performances into cinema… genius is a means, not an end.
What do writers think of typography? I don't know, but I can tell you what this writer thinks about reality. Carrots are good, but they're better dipped in ranch. Al Pacino's cool, but it took Oliver Stone to make him a legend. Greatness comes from collaboration and possibility improves on the present.
Never forget,
Reality is not a finished product.
Typography by Renee Alvarado
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Web 2.0: 2.0 of What?
So we've covered a few of the many terms used in web 2.0. We're also continually working our way through the huge web 2.0 directory to find those websites best suitable for college students. While I was surfing yesterday, I found a great video from Michael Wesch that depicts how the Internet has indeed changed. I thought I'd share it with you all today. Wow, I can hardly wait for Web 3.0.


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There are so few true Miami natives, it would seem when you find one, they would rhapsodize about the good ol' days.
Albert Quentel, born in Miami on Nov. 27, 1934, was raised on what sounds idyllic property — a swath of land that stretched from one block to the other that his grandfather owned near the Miami airport. He had at least four acres to play in a backyard that, for a little kid, seemed to stretch for an eternity. Behind a 1,200-square-foot house sat a giant avocado grove.
Cue a chorus of "those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end...?"
Hit pause.
Quentel, a fifth-name partner with the international GreenbergTraurig firm, had another view.
"They weren't all that good," he opined in a 1985 Miami Herald story. "I remember Miami as basically a small town, living off out-of-town money. In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, the Northerners brought the money down, along with winter activities. In summer, the city rolled up and went to sleep."
Think of it this way: Quentel, who died Aug. 6 at age 80 at his South Miami home, was more about making things happen for the future of South Florida.
As a real estate attorney representing The Graham Companies in the early 1960s, Quentel worked with the Graham family on the development of 3,000 acres of the family's land that, in 1962, would become the town of Miami Lakes. Quentel, a 1957 graduate from the University of Florida's law school, provided the legal groundwork for the region's planning and created the rules that govern how homes must be maintained in Miami Lakes.
"Anyone who lives in what is now Miami Lakes owes a great deal to Al's legal genius," said Matt Gorson, GreenbergTraurig's co-chairman.
Not everyone championed the changing face of South Florida that Quentel had a hand in molding. Unbowed, change, he said in the 1985 Herald column, is good. "Many people are unwilling to adjust to change."
"The best way to describe him is he was a man of few words, but when he spoke, they were quite meaningful and impactful. He was a continuous role model to six boys," said son Paul Quentel.
One of Quentel's life lessons impressed his son. As a boy, Paul once visited his father at GreenbergTraurig's Miami office around the time he joined the firm in 1971.
"We were going up an elevator — he was already a successful attorney at that point — and he was greeting everyone who came on, including a mechanic. I was young, impressionable, and he said, 'Always be nice to everybody because God made us all the same way, and you never know when you may need that person or who they will become.'
"That's one of those moments that stuck with me forever," Paul Quentel said.
Quentel was known as "the dean of condominium lawyers" for his role in writing Florida's first condominium statute in 1963 as part of a team of three law firms hired by Arvida Corporation.
Later, he helped Neiman Marcus build its open four-story atrium and glass elevators at Bal Harbour Shops by helping skeptical designers satisfy the South Florida building code by envisioning an enclosure that used closely spaced fire sprinklers to create a wall of water. The creative design met the requirements.
Richard Rosenbaum, GreenbergTraurig's chief executive officer, said, "When I joined the law firm … in 1985, Al was already a legend in the Florida real estate world. But what I remember most was how much of a gentle soul he was, and what an approachable gentleman he could be, even to me as a third-year associate."
Quentel is survived by sons Albert Jr., Stephen, Lee, Paul, Peter and Michael; five grandchildren and two great-grandsons, one born Friday. "The circle of life," Paul Quentel said.
A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Stanfill Funeral Home, 10545 S. Dixie Hwy., Miami. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Plymouth Congregational Church, 3400 Devon Rd., Coconut Grove. Donations in Quentel's name can be made to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or the National Parkinson Foundation.
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Remembering Albert Quentel
Cesar Alvarez, GreenbergTraurig's co-chairman: "I will always remember the tall southern gentleman, with his signature Panama hat, who loved all of humanity and would always welcome everyone with a gentle smile and a sweet disposition."
Lee Quentel, son: "[He] took great pride in the lifelong friendships he had established throughout the state of Florida and beyond during his distinguished career."
Larry Hoffman, founding chair of GreenbergTraurig: "We lost a great friend, a great lawyer and a great visionary. We were very fortunate that he was part of the GreenbergTraurig family for more than 40 years. His memory will live on in the legacy he created of award-winning and caring real estate practitioners, not just at this firm, but throughout the state."


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To master the fretboard, you need to trace out a map of what's in it: the guitar fretboard map.
Many a guitar student thinks, mistakenly, that learning the names of all the notes on the fretboard is enough. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
What you actually need to understand is all the relationships between those notes. It's not the notes, it's what you can do with them.
Many a guitar student makes the mistake of looking for shortcuts that don't lead to an understanding of the big picture: they go straight to learning scale and chord fingering patterns, without understanding how they can be broken down. Without understanding their components and inter-relationships...
Is that you? Have you tried that, only to find yourself in a rut?
To go back to the fretboard map analogy, only learning fingering patterns is the equivalent of learning fixed routes to move around a city, without a bird's eye view of all the surrounding terrain. If that's you, you're missing out on all the alternate routes you could take in different situations...
To get a full bird's eye view of the terrain the guitar fretboard, download Fretboard Essentials today.
If you've ever felt like you're trapped playing "the same old thing", and can't get to the sounds in your head, you're not alone! I've been through that, and most guitar players I talk to tell the same thing...
Actually, it's pretty much like being lost in an unknown city, without a map. You know where you want to go, you just don't know how.
So let's take the fretboard map analogy one step further. Just for the hell of it. Let's imagine you have only just moved towns. You get there by train, and you have directions to get to your new house. So you walk there, moving slowly, trying to take in every detail of every building along the way.
(This is you, clumsily doddering over the fretboard, trying to learn your first pentatonic scale).
You take a mental note of easy-to-remember buildings, monuments, and streets. With these reference points, you find it's not so hard getting back to the train station when you have to go there the next day...
(Hey, you're getting good!)
By now, you know the way to the train station and back to your new home. You next follow a similar procedure to learn the way to the grocery store. So you get really good at going from your house to the grocery store and back. And you're also great at getting to the train station and back. You think you really know your way around, and you've only been here for two days! Wow!!! Time to pat yourself on the back, innit?!
(At this stage, you know a couple of pentatonic scales and play them up and down, top speed, whenever your friends are around. The uninitiated are impressed).
Then, one day, you're at you are at the grocery store. You get an urgent call: you have to go to the trains station, and catch the first train to solve some urgent matter in another town. At first, you feel confident. After all, you already know your way around town. So you pay and rush out, only to realize you don't know which way to turn. If you go all the way back home, so you can find your way to the station, you'll be late. So you bravely decide to try to find your way to the station from the grocery store...
You walk in what what you assume to be the right direction. But the winding streets soon confuse you. You walk around for two hours, and then finally, as if by mere chance, you spot the train station in the distance. You get there, exhausted, only to find your train has left....
(This is when your more experienced friends invite you over to jam with them, and all you know is your two pentatonic patterns. The initiated are very un-impressed).
Ok... that is a long winded way of putting it, but it's clear enough: in order to really master the fretboard, you need to be able to get to any point from any point. Just knowing a couple of scales and chord patterns is very much like knowing the way to the grocery store and back, but little else.
You might even be at the point where you know a million different specific "routes" that get you to all your favorite places (a.k.a. fingering patterns). But what the hero of our story (You???!) hasn't found out is that the grocery store and the train station are only a block away(!!!).
What you need is a map, a fretboard map with which to get a view of the complete terrain -the guitar fretboard.
If, on the other hand you had a good map, with coordinates and all, you'd find out that moving around the fretboard is not so hard. You could now have accurate reference points to help you remember where all your favorite spots are, and the shortest possible routes between them all. And you could then start exploring alternate routes. Maybe you discover an awesome scenic route with an amazing landscape. A lick or riff you never even thought you could have come up with before... Or you might discover an amazingly quick route for when you are right in the middle of a traffic jam (jam session with your pro friends) and need a practical solution to an unforeseen situation (someone plays something and you didn't see it coming).
Time to go get a fretboard map, right?! But, hey, why not a GPS, while you're at it?
Find out how to internalize the fretboard to the point you never have to think about it again: download Fretboard Essentials today to find out how.
If you think of these essential building blocks of music as fingering patterns, you won't understand the relationships between them. You'll end up learning each individually. If you take into account all the possible permutations of these 5 things, on the fretboard, it's a huge task!!! Moreover, this is the equivalent of the map confusion we've just described...
The seldom revealed secret is that these 5 elements of music are all part of the same tone-matrix. They are all interconnected. They have a lot more in common than you may suspect.
This means that the best way to learn the guitar fretboard is by cross-relation: a fully cross-related fretboard map. With that map, you can navigate the tone-matrix that is the fretboard with complete freedom, freedom to play what you want, instead of "the same old thing". And enjoy yourself while you're at it!
Fretboard Essentials gives you the knowledge you need in order to integrate these 5 key elements of music. More importantly, it gives you the tools to internalize that knowledge, so you can go from no-can-play to fretboard map to GPS.
Download "Fretboard Essentials"
Fretboard Essentials gives you the knowledge you need in order to integrate these 5 key elements of music. More importantly, it gives you the tools to internalize that knowledge, so you can go from no-can-play to fretboard map to GPS.
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sau·da·de /souˈdädə/
nounA deep emotional state of profound longing for someone absent from the one that loves them.
SaudadeThe Living Years (M. Rutherford)
Overjoyed (S. Wonder)
I Believe When I Fall In Love (S. Wonder)
I Can't Make You Love Me (M. Reid / A. Shamblin)
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (E. John / B. Taupin)
Misty Blue (B. Montgomery)
Without You (P. Ham / T. Evans)
I Can't Let You Go Now ( M. McDonald)
Hard To Say I'm Sorry (P. Cetera / D. Foster)
What Happened To Me (N. Donell)
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Neil Donell
Originally hailing from Montreal, Neil has gone on to establish himself as the premier session vocalist in Canada. A veteran of more than ten thousand recording sessions, this multiple Juno Award nominee is often referred to in the media as "the most recorded voice in the country," and is introduced as "the man of a thousand voices" at the dozens of pop symphony concerts he performs annually across North America.
Possessed of an uncanny ability for mimicry, and with better than four octaves at his disposal, he has, over the years, been called upon to reproduce the voices of literally hundreds of other artists — his repertoire spanning Bolton to Bennett to Bocelli and everyone in between — all the while moving effortlessly between virtually every musical genre. An accomplished songwriter, producer, vocal coach and arranger, Neil makes his home in Toronto, Canada.


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Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
II Corinthians 9:10-12
As you gather with your family and friends this Thanksgiving, take a moment to give thanks to the One who has provided our every need. While so many are without anything this day, our God has provided us with food, clothing and shelter. He has supplied us with these things so that we can turn around and bless others. I pray that you and your family will celebrate in good health and good company.
Love and Blessings!


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Our Service Call 0ut Cost at At Call Locks for during normal business hours between, 8 am – 5.00 pm is $75. This covers our cost to dispatch a fully qualified locksmith to your location. This special price is for customers who book the service call in advance. It does not include any parts or work charges to complete the job. Sometimes we advertise some specials. Specials may be for a particular brand and model of a product and will normally include the service call out and installation unless other wise stated. We may also have a "locked out special". Please do not confuse those specials with OUR service call out fee. Please do not make an assumption of your own interpretation in the calculation of the whole job in advance. We will inform you, and always let you know to the best of our ability when possible, the total cost of the job before we dispatch a mobile locksmith to your location.
During the day we are available in 2 different time slots for our service call out special. Lock outs are different and already have a service call out base included in the price quoted. Sometimes when you call we may be able to attend to your needs even faster. It depends where we are located at the time of your call. We have over 6 mobile vans at various locations during normal business hours in Sydney.
Our two main time slots for service calls operate from 8.00am till 12.30pm and the afternoon hours are 1.15pm till 5.30pm. We also run an early evening shift for customers who are not available during normal working hours. Early evening service call rates are not covered under our service call out during normal business hours special. We are also on call 24 hours, 7 days per week should you find yourself in an emergency locked out situation.
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Question: Can we ring at 9am and book a job in for 10am on the same day at the $55 service call out cost.
Answer: The next time slot during the day would be between 1.15pm – 5.30pm ( $55 service call out cost). Sometimes we are able to give you a priority service call out within the hour but the cost would be $75 service call out.
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NetMotion Wireless, provider of mobile VPN solutions, has promoted Matthew Scott to VP of technical scales and support and Rob Mattson to VP of business development. Scott will be charged with leading all customer-facing technical scales teams, while Mattson will be tasked with developing strategic relationships and market strategies.
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Choosing the right law firm is an important decision you will make for yourself, your family or business. We have over 30 years experience helping our clients to win multi-million dollar awards. For a free personal injury consultation contact us at (201) 254-0596 or Schedule a Personal Injury Free Consultation
"George Baxter, Esq. is the real deal.
There is no one – that fights the way George Baxter fights. PERIOD. Hands – down the best personal injury/medmal trial attorney, the state of New Jersey has ever had! Some people may go an extra mile, he goes an extra thousand miles. It's refreshing to find an attorney who genuinely cares about his clients and takes on theor cases as if it were his own personal cause. With George, there's no such thing as an "off" switch, it's always "ON" and his easygoing down -to- earth attitude makes him more approachable. If you're lucky enough to have him take your case, George is the very difinition of a "dream team" and a GAME-CHANGER everyone should have on their side!" Elizabeth Zea, Client.
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You might think you like a soft bed, nonetheless potentially your back requires even more help via a stronger bed with much less resistance when your resting on your back. You may think that you like a firm bed, nevertheless you might actually need a bed that delicately mixes itself to your hips when you rest on your side. Everyone's body is various, and everyone selects a various resting placement. When you understand just what resting setting you such as, you could start to restrict just what type of cushions are most likely to provide your top body the benefit it requires throughout rest.
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Cloister Yourself: Retreat To A Colorado Monastery
Looking for a respite from the hustle and bustle? Retreat to one of these five Colorado monasteries (religious affiliation not required).|
Going on a retreat can sometimes be an expensive and over-scheduled adventure. If you're looking to find solace and solitude on a budget this spring, try an unexpected destination: a monastery. At these five Colorado retreat centers, you'll find the space, simple meals, and peace and quiet you need to reflect and renew. Religious affiliation is not required, but reservations are. All fees are suggested contributions and most facilities will work within your financial needs or offer volunteer opportunities in exchange for your stay.
Abbey of St. Walburga
Coined the "Nuns on the Ranch" by NPR, this community of Benedictine contemplative nuns live, pray, and farm on their land 35 miles north of Fort Collins. (Llamas act as security for their grass-fed cattle, water buffalo, chickens, and bees.) Join in during any of their seven daily prayer services or hike rugged terrain—keep an eye out for wildlife—as you reflect on your life.
Cost: $65 per night, includes three meals a day. Day use with lunch is also available for $20. Single rooms only, with private bathrooms.
Keep in Mind: Dress comfy. Jeans, tees, and hiking shoes are appropriate. It's not unusual to see the nuns in Carhartt gear. (But please no shorts, skirts above the knees, or tank tops.)
Visit: 1029 Benedictine Way, Virginia Dale, 970-472-0612, walburga.org
Benet Hill Monastery
Twenty-some sisters of this Benedictine ministry live on Benet Hill's 44-acre Black Forest property. With 10 designated meditation spots, including a built-into-the-forest labyrinth, a Zen garden, and a Ute prayer tree, guests have plenty of opportunities for contemplation.
Cost: $90 per night, includes three meals a day; $62.50 without meals; $25 day pass, no meals. Single occupancy only, with private bathrooms.
Keep in Mind: The library here is stocked from floor to ceiling. Plan to spend some time perusing the titles and snuggled up reading.
Visit: 3190 Benet Lane, Colorado Springs, 719-633-0655, benethillmonastery.org
Nada Hermitage
Run by the mixed-gender Spiritual Life Institute with roots in the Carmelite contemplative tradition, Nada Hermitage is tucked at 8,000 feet at the base of the Sangre de Christo mountains near Crestone. A monk host will meet with you upon arrival, and you can participate in mass or prayers, but the real appeal here is reflection while hiking amid stunning surroundings.
Cost: Single occupancy: $60 for the first night, $55 for additional nights; double occupancy: $70 for the first night, $65 for additional nights. Wood stove, basic cooking facilities, toilet, linens, and food (fresh vegetables, fruit, bread, cheese, and canned goods) provided.
Keep in Mind: Many spiritual communities call the town of Crestone home, and there are opportunities nearby for bodywork and alternative health treatments.
Visit: 1 Carmelite Way, Crestone, 719-256-4778, spirituallifeinstitute.org/Nada.html
Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House
The Jesuit Sacred Heart institution follows Ignatian tradition, meaning all retreats are silent on their 280-acre property. A Eucharist celebration occurs once a day if you're so inclined to participate (it's not silent), but otherwise plan to focus inward—think, meditate, pray, walk, read, and relax.
Cost: $90 per night, includes three meals a day. Snacks and beverages always available. Linens provided. Shared bathroom and shower facilities. Prayer days are also available for a $50 contribution.
Keep in Mind: The grounds are simple and lovely; seek out and spend some time at the lily pond.
Visit: 4801 N. Highway 67, Sedalia, 303-688-4198, sacredheartretreat.org
St. Benedict's Retreat House
The Cistercian Trappist monastic order that runs St. Benedict's Retreat House consists of about 15 monks. Their community might be small, but their property, with its working ranch and views of Mt. Sopris, is majestic—especially the soaring ceiling of the prayer hall. Attend the 4:30 a.m., 7 a.m., or 7 p.m. open-to-the-public services, or keep to yourself (in silence or not). The choice is yours.
Cost: Single occupancy: $60 per night; double occupancy: $80 per night. Guests are responsible for bringing and preparing their own food. Each space has a fully equipped kitchen and private bath. Linens, towels, soap, coffee, and basic spices are provided.
Keep in Mind: Cookies. (Yes, really.) The monks run a bakery, and we hear their products are quite delicious.
Visit: 1012 Monastery Rd., Snowmass, 970-927-1162, stbenedictsretreat.com
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The human brain might be one of the most complex organs ever. Some people are mature when they are young, while others might have to wait until their 20s for their frontal cortex to develop. It also doesn't help that many problems can't be identified until an autopsy. Neurocore has posted some facts about depression.
One is that depression doesn't always have physical symptoms. The person could be perfectly happy and not have a varying personality. However the biological and psychological problems will still happen. Visit indeed.com to know more about Neurocore.
Suicide besides drug use, is one of the biggest killers in young people. Depression is a major factor in suicide. Young people are going to school and have a lot of pressure on them. This forces them to study hard and not have as much time to sleep which will take a toll on them.
The disease of depression can take a physical toll. There is a misconception that depression is only mental and psychological, but that is not the case. You can receive headaches, stomachaches and your brain will look different.
Depression causes many disabilities between the ages of 15-44. In the United States the government spends an estimated $80,000,000,000 in health care.
Neurocore is an organization dedicated to promoting the health of your brain. The brainwave mapping technology uses your frequencies and analyzes them to see what is optimal. On their website you can schedule appointments and by phone. They have locations in Michigan as well as Florida to start with.
Read: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Neurocore-EI_IE799435.11,20.htm
Neurocore gives their customers a great experience. You can get Brain Diagnostics that will give breathing data and show you your heart rate. This can used to tell you what is going on in your brain. They offer Customized Programs through positive reinforcement and continuous reps. It helps condition the brain.
The program will provide you with lasting results. You can take this program to a doctor years from now and you will be able to use it with a future doctor. Having data allows for easier prescriptions and make sure that the aliments slowly but surely fall out.
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Ravi Rampaul has stated constantly being overlooked for a catalog of reasons by a succession of selectors in the Caribbean across the various formats is why he decided to become a Kolpak player with Surrey.
Rampaul's most recent appearance for the West Indies was in limited overs colours during last September's Sri Lanka tour. But on return from that series, he never played for Trinidad domestically and thus missed out on being present in the victorious ICC World T20 2016 winning squad that he usually is part of.
He has started the English county season with a bang clinching two five-wicket hauls and spoke to Cricbuzz about his career decision which will makes him ineligible for West Indies selection.
Since taking 5-51 versus India during the 2011 World Cup group match, Rampaul's bowling stepped up to another level. Alongside Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach, he became recognized as part of the senior trio of West Indies quicks. Strangely though, the 31-year-old Rampaul hasn't played Tests since 2012 for aforementioned unknown reasons and rumours over his fitness.
Last August, before the domestic season began, he declared his aim to get back into the Test team, but things changed very quickly according to Rampaul.
"At that time (August 2015), I was very interested in playing Test cricket. However, after West Indies aborted the tour in India in 2014, my retainer contract was taken away and I was left out of the 30-man squad for the 50-over World Cup", Rampaul explained.
"I was being less and less selected by the West Indies. In fact, I was not selected for that entire year. All of that played a big part of my decision to go Kolpak with Surrey. Cricket is my profession and I had to take the opportunities that came along."
Perceptions among West Indies fans, and likely even the current Clive Lloyd and past Clyde Butts-led selection panels, was that his body appearance clearly played a big role in how often he was picked for the West Indies.
Rampaul highlighted that even noted Caribbean strength and conditioning coach and physio such as Ronald Rogers, Oba Gulston (part of the West Indies Men's and Women world cup winning squad backroom staff) could vouch for his fitness (he regularly worked with them while in Trinidad). Rampaul was always deemed to be "fat" but 31-year-old did his best to stay mentally strong and ignore.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have heard that (he is too fat) a lot throughout my career", said Rampaul.
He continued: "I train and practice as much as I can because, as I said before, cricket is all that I have. Every time I played for West Indies and any other team, I always give 100%. I was told once by a selector that it's not how I bowl but how I look on television - (that) was the reason I was not selected.
"People always look at your faults and say little about your strengths. I rarely hear them talk about my performance on the field but they always have lots to say about my appearance. All I can do is continue to give my best on the field, wherever I am and push forward."
'Was told by a WI selector that it's not how I bowl, but how I look on TV'
Ravi Rampaul has stated constantly being overlooked for a catalog of reasons by a succession of selectors in the Caribbean across the various formats is why he decided to become a Kolpak player with Surrey.
While Rampaul does have his regrets of not accomplishing and playing more for West Indies, he is fully focused now on doing his best for Surrey.
"I would have liked to play more Test matches and of course take more wickets, but my injuries restricted me from not achieving more and not being a permanent fixture in the team. Now, I want to use my experience and my skill to help Surrey win games and championships. They saw something in me and I am grateful for the opportunity to continue playing cricket.
"I love playing cricket in England so hopefully, I can take lots of wickets and also contribute with the bat. As far as my career goes, this is what is in front of me and I plan to make full use of it."
Considering the well-publicized criticism by the players since Twenty20 World Cup win, over how the TTCB (Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board) and WICB (West Indies Cricket Board) operate, and calls for administrative change in the Caribbean - Rampaul noted even if new leaders are installed in Caribbean cricket, he won't relinquish his Kolpak status and come back.
"No, I won't give it up (Kolpak status)", he stated. "My family and I, we are well taken care of in England, and it's good knowing that I have a two-year contract rather than guessing when next I would be selected for the West Indies. It's comforting and secure and its already showing in my game."


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Opting for a B&B over a hotel can be a great way to save money - which you can then spend on exploring London! But it's also very often a much friendlier way to travel. Many B&Bs are smaller properties, and often the staff you deal with will also be the owners or managers - and local folk for whom your good time is a prerogative! The B&B market is as difficult to navigate as the hotels market, but our Gurus are here to help, with their list of the best London B&Bs.
Our selection of the best B&Bs includes properties from all over London - from character property Victoria Inn, Peckham to hipster High Road House or The Boundary Rooms in the uber trendy Shoreditch. We've found that most of the best London B&Bs are well positioned for public transport, so wherever you stay, London will be your oyster.
Best London B&Bs for something different
- Boundary Rooms is the creation of style and design guru, Terrance Conran. It's part restaurant, part bakery, part retro bar and part one of London's best B&Bs. Each individually styled room is based around the work of a well known designer. Tres chic.
- The Zetter Townhouse makes the list for the best London B&Bs with a certain something unique for its wonderfully haphazard collection of boutique rooms where wonderful antiques meet vintage treasures. There are just 13 rooms and a small bar, and the whole thing is designed as if by an eclectic aunt, who has incredible taste.
- Another of our deliciously different collection of London's best B&Bs is The Victoria Inn, a budget gastro inn in Packham. The pub is great and the 18 rooms are bright and simple, but tasteful.
- High Road House is a different stay not for its decor, which is classic 'Soho House Style' - this is the House Group's Chiswick outpost - but for its location in leafy, suburban west London. There are just 13 rooms, neat, all white and probably some of London's best B&B rooms.
For great value
- B+B Belgravia and Studios@82 is one of the best London B&Bs priced at under £100 per night. This time you're closer to the centre of town, in stylish Belgravia, but this kind of address means the rooms are small - but neat and cleverly compact.
London's Best B&B Hotels
- Some of London's best B&Bs are more like pared down hotels, without restaurants or room service. The New Linden Hotel in Bayswater is a fine example. It's a row of converted townhouses with smart, simple rooms, a great location and good business facilities.
- The Mayflower Hotel in Earls Court is another, with 48 rooms decorated with Indian influences and a great breakfast included.
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The Victoria Inn 15 rooms from £93London
Set above a traditional Victorian Inn - a gastro pub located in Peckham, for a different kind of stay. Great pub food, a lively and popular bar and simple, stylish bedrooms. Located in this vibrant borough, there are many trendy bars, restaurants and clubs nearby.Foodies - For those after a modern British East End experience the gastropub downstairs offers just thatLocal exploring - Affordable accomodation just 5 miles from Central LondonSights nearby - Visit Dulwich Park or the free Horniman Museum and GardensGreat walks - Peckham Rye Park
B+B Belgravia and Studios@82 9 rooms from £139London (South West)
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Twenty Nevern Square 20 rooms from £115London (South West)
Chic tranquility meets a West London colonial-style townhouse. Good value. Fantastically well connected by tube, train and bus. A wide range of different rooms and a breakfast worth getting out of bed for.Local markets - Food markets are taking off in the city, so be sure to explore the local ones on the weekends.Full of characterFour poster beds - For romantics.Romantic - Good for couples.Recommended by - Good Hotel Guide, Johansens
Mayflower Hotel 48 rooms from £113London (South West)
Nestled in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, just next to Earls Court, this Indian infused 4* boutique is a mix of home comforts and style. Great base for restaurants, tourist attractions and the parks of London. Enjoy breakfast in the courtyard, and then hop on the tube for a day of exploring.Local exploring - The borough of Kensington and Chelsea offers a multitude of designer shopping, culture and dining.City Style - Vibrant Eastern design meets chic Western style- in an unbeatable location.Lively - Hip and happening.Lively area - In the thick of the action.Recommended by - Johansens
New Linden Hotel 50 rooms from £125West London
Charming Victorian townhouse turned luxury boutique, in the heart of Notting Hill. Stylish rooms with floor to ceiling windows, Oriental influence and access to a rooftop terrace. Fantastic value for money in a desirable part of town, just minutes from the famed Portobello Road Market.Value chic - Fantastic location, luxurious Egyptian cotton sheets and a rooftop terrace overlooking the London skyline- a steal!Local exploring - Perfectly placed for exploring London's cosmopolitan Notting Hill neighbourhood, on foot or by bicycle.Local markets - Notting Hill is home to many boutique shops. Head to Portabello Road on the weekend for a trinkets market.Great walks - Just north of Hyde Park, where you can walk around the Serpantine Lake or along the miles of pathways.Recommended by - Johansens
High Road House 14 rooms from £140London
Soho House's Chiswick outpost brings the contemporary-chic of their other properties to this leafy residential area in West London. Crisp white and wood make up the guest rooms, add a splash of vibrant colour, a buzzy bar and restaurant and you have the perfect stay.City Style - Oozing city style with a private members club, effortlessly chic interiors, lively bar and a wonderful location.Local markets - Chiswick is its own town within the city of London and there is a market on the common every weekend.Great walks - Enjoy a stroll along south-side of the Thames Embankment for some of London's most notable views.Designer - Ilse Crawford was the original designer.Recommended by - Mr & Mrs Smith, I Escape, Kiwi Collection
The Boundary Project 17 rooms from £196London (Shoreditch)
Late Victorian warehouse meets a style guru and restaurateur and becomes a hotspot in Shoreditch. Known for its rooftop garden, local bakery and individually designed rooms this is a perfect London base. Refined and modern A la carte menu with fantastic wine menu to match.Foodies - From mouthwatering bakery, to plush Franco-British fare and finally the uber cool rooftop with bites and cocktails.City Style - Achingly cool, each room is individually designed to pay homage a particular designer.Local markets - Spitalfields Market is an indoor market by Liverpool Station offering food stalls, arts and crafts.Sights nearby - Head to the Heron Tower to the top floor to the well known, and locally popular, Duck and Waffle.Recommended by - Tablet, Kiwi Collection
The Zetter Townhouse 13 rooms from £246London
Intimate boutique townhouse offshoot of the modernist Zetter, with quirky and eclectic vintage decor and just 13 rooms.Lively area - In the thick of the action.Four poster beds - For romantics.Romantic - Good for couples.Quirky - An experience!Recommended by - Tablet, Good Hotel Guide, Kiwi Collection


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Report Says Science Can Estimate Influence of Climate Change on Some Extreme Events
By Stephanie Doster, Institute of the Environment
A National Academies of Sciences committee that includes a University of Arizona professor has produced a report tackling the commonly asked question: Did human-induced climate change cause a specific flood, drought or other extreme-weather event?
"While a definitive answer to whether climate change caused a particular event cannot usually be provided because natural variability almost always plays a role, it is now possible to assess whether human-caused climate change has influenced the intensity or frequency of some types of extreme weather events," said Kathy Jacobs, director of the UA's Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions at the Institute of the Environment.
"So a better way to ask this question is, to what extent was the event intensified or weakened because of climate change?" she said. Jacobs, who led the third National Climate Assessment, is also a professor in the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science.
The National Academies Committee released the report, Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change, on Friday. The report evaluates the rapidly growing science of event attribution, examining the degree to which extreme events such as heat waves, droughts, cyclones and extreme precipitation can be linked to human-caused climate change.
Recently developed scientific methods allow for estimation of how the intensity, duration or frequency of an event has been altered by climate change and provide information that can be used to assess and manage risk, guide climate adaptation strategies, and determine greenhouse gas emissions targets, according to the report.
The most dependable attribution findings are for those events related to an aspect of temperature, for which there is little doubt that human activity has caused an observed change in the long-term trend.
"We are more confident that extreme events related to temperature are influenced by climate change than other types of extremes," Jacobs said. "This has implications for the Southwest because temperature has a direct relationship to impacts on river flows and soil moisture. The relationship between anthropogenic climate change and some extreme droughts is an important conclusion for this region and the people who live here."
Because increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are affecting the entire planet's climate system, scientists cannot rule out some influence of climate change on any individual extreme event, Jacobs said. But each event has a variety of possible natural and human-related causes.
Attributing extreme events in the context of climate change can be approached from different scientific perspectives, Jacobs said. One approach is a statistical analysis of the likelihood of such events occurring in the absence of climate change, based on our understanding of the frequency and intensity of such events in the past. Another way to evaluate the human footprint on extreme events is to use models to study the physics of individual events and compare them to previous analogous events.
"We have the greatest confidence in attributions that are based on sound physical principles, a good long-term observation record, and when computer models can accurately re-produce the extreme event," said committee chair Admiral David W. Titley, a professor of practice in meteorology at Pennsylvania State University. Titley also works with the UA in a project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to identify climate-related impacts on and adaptation options for military installations.
Until recently, scientists were reluctant to link climate change to any single weather event. But their understanding of climate and the forces that drive extreme events has improved and methods used in event attribution have advanced, Jacobs said. Still, the committee wrote, more research is required to increase the reliability of event attribution, ensure that results are presented clearly, and better understand smaller scale and shorter duration weather extremes such as hurricanes and thunderstorms.
Concerns about the increasing costs of extreme events has spurred strong public interest in understanding the underlying causes of the events.
"Event attribution is important because of its relationship to managing risk," Jacobs said. "Human behavior can either exacerbate or mitigate the impacts of extreme events and that is why understanding the social and ethical issues, as well as the science, of extreme events is such an important research need."
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The failure of Japan's much-touted "fifth generation" computer project, finally acknowledged June 1 at a Tokyo seminar, should give hope to American competitors that it's hardly time for them to throw in the towel.
Japan announced the fifth generation a decade ago, another in a line of programs to teach its manufacturers how to compete in world markets. Earlier programs taught Japan's electronic giants how to make peripherals, such as disk drives and printers, well enough to take markets away from the American computer companies that opened them. Integrated manufacturers like Fujitsu and Hitachi outran the industrial boutiques of Silicon Valley in developing bigger and better memory chips. Thus, Stanford University researcher Edward Feigenbaum's 1983 book, "The Fifth Generation," burst like a bombshell. Would IBM go the way of Detroit? Could Cray Research be outrun?
A better question would have been why Detroit should give up the race. Heads-up competition was never supposed to be easy. Diligence in listening to customers' needs and excellence in manufacturing what they want were never qualities owned exclusively by any nationality.


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