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7 Creative High Privacy Bathroom Window Ideas (so you won't be putting on a show for the neighbors)
Updated March 24, 2019
Bathroom and shower windows are a blessing and a curse.
They're a blessing because they make your bathroom safer, light-filled and when opened give fresh air to keep moisture and mold away.
They're a curse because they 'open you up' (ready or not) to the world (or your neighbors in this case). If you don't find a way to make your bath windows private, you'll give neighbors an unwanted 'show' in your 'birthday suit.' As someone who won't be mistaken for Matthew McConoughey without a shirt – I'm not sure my neighbors would be looking forward to my 'show' anyway!
Because of the desire for privacy I've seen homeowners completely cover up windows in the middle of their shower with shower panels. This not only eliminates natural light – creating a closed in feeling, it looks 'butt-ugly' from the outside. You'll see a wall behind a window. How dumb is that? Doing this should be a bathroom remodeling crime punishable by 1 years in solitary bathroom confinement in a dark, moldy shower with a rusty shower head.
The challenge is this. How do you find a high privacy shower or bathroom window which adds style?
In this article I'm going to give you 7 practical and creative ideas, so you can maintain your dignity (and privacy) without sacrificing light (and to get fresh air as well). At the end let me know which idea(s) makes the most sense to you, or others you've used with success.


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Seeking for holiday homes in Spain, certainly you must have scroll down, lots of options to pick from.
To begin your search, opt for a precise location to pick your holiday rental in Spain. You can also choose a location which appeals to you the most.
Holiday rentals Spain are easily obtainable and they are pretty economical. You can even pick for vocational rentals as per the furnished styles.
The first and the foremost point that you need to keep in mind is advance booking.
Checkout for all the details in advance, since Spain is a worldly renowned tourist place and its climate remains almost same for the entire year.
Tourists do advance bookings in hotels, resorts, lodge, apartments, villas and even rentals as per their affordability, months back.
So read this article till the end to fetch more ideas and be the first one to book the best rental before anyone else, book it.
While booking the rental, do bear certain points in mind. First point is already mentioned above and that is about location. Costa Rica Blanca is an astounding place to visit in Spain.
Spain is not just about its scenic beauty, it is way more larger than life. It has historical heritage to explore, it brags all of the treasures to fascinate global holiday makers.
For example, Mosaic nature, rich in flora and fauna, games and sports, dazzling city life, country sides with aboriginal cultures, flamboyant festivals of song, dance and food are few of the inducements of the Spanish tourism.
It is a place where people visit to relax and enjoy the nature, culture, historical heritage and take away some really memorable experiences for lifetime with them.
To make your search wider, do go through some of the useful resources available online.
No wonder, holiday home rentals in Spain have placed the faultless platform to discover the rich offerings of this progressive country.
Hope you do not want to ruin your vacations, so get your accommodation booked and then plan to visit different tourist attractions in this country.

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IK had a promotion about six months ago with a special price for a year of the magazine, so I said sure and sent them a check. Months later, I wasn't even certain I had actually sent the money, because no issues of the magazine had showed up. Saturday, though, at long last–several weeks after the issue hit the shelves–my spring Interweave Knits finally arrived. So here we go!
The only article I found memorable is the one on picking colors for Fair Isles-type colorwork. It seemed like a pretty good overview for easing people in to the process without being intimidating. And it dispensed with all the color wheels and split complimentaries and rigamarole that your average color-basics source has; this is a mixed blessing, because it makes things simpler while also leaving all sorts of room for color schemes that just don't go. Still, worth having.
On to projects.
Echo by Kristin Omdahl: Three cables, with dropped-stitch ladders between them, in a really really bulky yarn. It's reversible, which is nice, and has buttons rather than being fastened in the möbius configuration. A nifty piece, and probably fun to knit, but not even kinda my style. You'd have to be way more boho than me to get away with it.
En Pointe Pullover by Alice Tang: This is close to being a nice sweater. It's a fuzzy laceweight, which means it's great for warmth without adding lots of bulk, and almost anyone looks good in coral so the color choice was good too. It even makes some stabs at a flattering shape. But there's a huge drapey thing right over the center of the torso that ruins the whole effect unless you're really skinny. And the drapey part is not optional; it's knitted into the sweater and as it's a pullover you can't even unbutton or whatever. I think the designer decided to go for "interesting to knit" over "useful finished product". Plus it's cuff-to-cuff, which is just asking for all sorts of stretching out of shape in loose stockinette–though the fuzziness of the yarn might help avoid that.
V-Yoke Cardigan by Amy Cristoffers: In both the shots of this one, the transition between the front hem and the back is hidden by the model's arm. I have to wonder if that's deliberate, because the back is rather longer, like shirttail length, and it might look funny at the sides. That said, it's got a nice deep V-neck that's flattering for those of us of the ample persuasion, and the yoke construction looks neat from what I can glean out of the picture and schematic. Having points on the sleeves is a nice touch, too. I'd go with a color other than ashes-of-roses, myself, but I'm weird like that.
Gathered Front Tank by Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark: No one will look good in this. The construction is very clever, so that all the stitches radiate from a central half-length button band; that means that it's all nice and baggy in the front, just where no one needs it. Nice green, though.
Heliotropic Pullover by Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark: I'm not sure how many people look really good in a very wide boat-neck with a broad yoke; the model's doing an OK job but you get the feeling she's reluctant to move her arms lest a shoulder make a break for it–SCAdians, think "really extreme cotehardie neckline" and you'll have the idea. It looks as if that neckline might be impressively wide on me, and I've got shoulders like a three-quarter scale linebacker. I imagine it'd be salvagable with a little tinkering to add a few rounds at the beginning. Nice flattering orange, too, for those who can wear orange.
Swirl Crop Jacket by Andrea Babb: OK, again, coral is a good color, and a short jacket for transitional seasons is not a bad idea. I happen to hate big floofy necklines, however, and this thing really has one. If you don't hate floofy necklines, it's worth looking at.
Garden Plot Dress by Victoria Myers: A very cute dress for a little girl. Sleeveless, and I think I might carry the cream from the lace panels in the skirt up into the bodice a little more, but very cute. The shirt they have her wearing under it does not match in a really epic way, but she's about 7; who cares? In the summer, it'd be wearable without a shirt under, but for spring the extra warmth is handy.
Cranberry Island Throw by Amanda Scheuzger: There's no actual intarsia going on in this, despite all appearances; you knit a central circle, then knit fairly short rows (but not, you know, short rows) around the edge of it, then do actual short rows to fill in the corners to make squares. Very fun construction. I might consider it, though I'd have to do something about the colors, which are painfully dull. (Also, as an aside: I possess a fairly epic last name, so I feel for the designer here. After a while you get to feel like your last name is "Scheuzger, that's ess-cee-aitch…")
Hourglass Pillows by Daniela Nii: These are actual intarsia. Nifty mod effect; I don't like them, because I don't like mod. Others' tastes may vary.
Rain on the Prairie Scarf by Maureen Hefti: I admit I don't see the point of scarves that are so short they're always in danger of slipping off. However, this one is a simple, pretty openwork pattern that I'm sure could be expanded if you liked it that much. The yarn's very pretty, too, in shades of gold and brown.
Leaf and Picot Cardigan by Laura Grutzeck: There are no good shots of this, but the overall impression is reasonable. It's hard to go wrong with a basic cardigan in an attractive lace pattern. The only thing I don't like is the color; it's yellow, which is hard for many people to wear. But color is probably the easiest thing to change in a sweater.
Rose Lace Stole by Susanna Ic: Pretty lace, though the motif is nothing particularly rosy; I think she went with the color rather than the look of the lace. Knitters wear shawls; it's a thing I don't get, but that doesn't make it unworthy.
Tatiana's Sweater by Raye Schwartz: There is something just off about this sweater, and I can't tell you what. Maybe it's just the way the model is standing, which, as the Samurai Knitter would say, demonstrates that she knows how to work it. I mean, the texture pattern is very interesting, and it really ought to look nice, but it's just…off. Maybe I don't like the neckline? Too open to be a V-neck, too deep for a boat neck, I dunno.
Drop Mesh Tee by Cathy Carron: If there's a total loser in this issue, it's this. The body's a mesh, created with deliberate dropped stitches; the sleeves are solid. The combination makes the raglan decreases look sloppy and the sweater as a whole seem unfinished, plus what good is a light, summery garment you have to wear over something to avoid indecent exposure? And the color is a really unattractive yellowy green.
Curvy Squares by Bonnie Paul: I'm torn. Entrelac is fun, and seems to be used to good effect here; on the other hand, it makes the model look like she has no waist. And it has cap sleeves, despite being knitted in a fairly heavy yarn. All in all I'm gonna have to go with a thumbs-down.
Hexagon Petal Tee by Maria Leigh: I want to love this one, because the fuchsia yarn makes me so very happy, but it has many of the same problems the entrelac one does. The yarn, at least, is cotton, so having no sleeves is less of an issue, but despite the model's efforts to the contrary it's clear the hexagons it's constructed of left no way to make a waist. Still, the rail-thin could wear it and look good in it. And hey, now I know Cascade Ultra Pima comes in fuchsia.
Diminishing Gore Skirt by Gwen Bortner: Nifty and neato, with the increases for a full skirt hidden in the entrelac construction. Assuming one can avoid the pitfalls of knitted skirts, it's worth a look.
Pinkerton Shawl by Susan Dittrich: This would probably be all sorts of fun to knit, with funky direction changes and stuff…but then you have a smallish scarf in an awkward shape, and what do you do with it? I'd expect this kind of thing in Vogue Knitting, where no one cares if it's practical.
Lara Bubble Top by Faina Goberstein: OK, for one thing the Samurai Knitter would call this "big butt length", and to make it more fun there's a nice tight band at the bottom. Sleeveless boatnecks are not flattering on anyone, and to top it off the body drapes in the perfect way to make the wearer look pregnant. Heck, even the schematic looks like a 30s cartoon of a really curvy woman. It's not the unmitigated disaster of the mesh thing, but all the same no thanks.
Draped Vest by Carol Feller: A racerback vest, that doesn't meet in the middle? We can tell the model's hands are the only thing holding it closed, thanks. And I dunno what's up with the yarn, but it looks like it's only half-spun. Bleh.
Ruched Yoke Tee by Annelena Mattison: Comes in sizes suitable for a little girl as well as an adult, there's some waist shaping, and the yoke is neat. I wish it had sleeves, it might be worth knitting.
Gossamer Smocked Tunic by Shelley Gerber: I don't quite like this one, but it's not actually ugly; just not to my tastes. Sleeveless–sigh–but the color's pretty and there's some semblance of a waist even without the model bending. It's transparent, though, so it'd have to be worn over something.


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Don't Forsake Knowledge
I have a proposal to make. Perhaps some will see it as a radical proposal, a proposal that may shake the roots of a tradition sustained for centuries but I think it is a simple, easy, low cost and effective one to help all future generations. Sounds a bit grandiose of me I'm sure but I think it is important to put it out there. It is not even a novel proposition.
This proposal is about education. What prompted this idea was a series of recent incidents. The first was the fact that we are seeking to hire some staff for our facility and are looking for a true professional sensitive to the needs of our patients and understanding of cultural diversity. The second event was a BBC piece shown on Public Broadcasting television about the survival of Israel. Wait don't dismiss this because you think the BBC is anti-Semitic. I am not writing about the politics of the show or the BBC. I am thinking about a thirty second section of the video shot in the Bait Midrash of a large yeshiva.
More and more we have found that fewer and fewer applicants for jobs have basic writing skills. Their applications have spelling errors and grammatically incorrect phrasing. While this situation applies increasingly to all groups in Gen-Y it seems to be worse among our own. At first I thought it was my sensitivity to the group that I belong to, but no, they have less skill at sentence construction and even comprehension. In discussion with the applicants I have found that they tend to choose words that are less complex and not coincidentally convey less meaning. On writing samples they make numerous errors and are not even aware of them even after they have been pointed out. I tell you it is most frustrating.
The government of Israel appears to be mandating a secular education of at least the basics and while many in the Hareidi world publicly oppose the idea there seems to be a movement afoot to introduce a modicum of courses in math and language at the high school level. But that, to my mind is simply insufficient; which brings us to the BBC video called "Israel: Facing the Future". I am not interested in the accuracy of the overall video and I take exception with certain claims made by defenders of Israel that the video did not show destruction is Israel by Hamas rockets, it did. I will leave all that for a different time. I am more concerned about a simple, specific, very small part of the show.
The video was a very current combination of news and magazine format information about Israel and the stress of being surrounded by enemies. For the BBC, it was not filled with hatred and maybe even by their standard, balanced. One segment looked at the conflict that the Hareidi world has with the secular society within Israel. Within that segment was a brief piece in which the reporter spent a few minutes speaking and walking through Meah Shearim with a rabbi of a large yeshiva. The reporter asked the rosh yeshiva if his students, ranging in age from 16 to 22 learned any subjects other then Talmud or Torah. The response was, as we all know, "no". I found that troubling. I learned in such a setting and understand what the goal is – still the abruptness of his response was unsettling to me. It seemed completely and totally dismissive. This rosh yeshiva was not a member of the aida charidit, not even wearing all black. He was dressed in a modern suit and tie. He was articulate and friendly and conversant in English. Still it sounded like he was trivializing the entire concept of knowledge beyond Talmud despite the fact that he himself likely had a broader education.
It's clear why he does not want to let his students learn other topics, it gives him a sense of control both directly and directly. I have a better way to offer him more control. He doesn't even have to send his students to YU or even Touro. All he needs to do is expand their educational horizons by allowing some inter-disciplinary educational work. It can even, and maybe should even, be combined with Talmud studies. There is much discussion in the Talmud about economics and finance. A course on math could easily be offered with these topics. Students can be asked to write essays about the topics they are learning and their writing corrected so that they may be learn how to construct an essay that is clear, cohesive and correct. The students can and should even be taught the proper use of computers; the world is becoming digitized, it is important to keep up with it. These skills are not just relevant for chilonim (non- religious) they are relevant for everyone, even the next generation of rabbis and religious leaders. It would be a mistake to release young, bright, highly educated Talmud scholars who cannot communicate properly in the world that they are entering.


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Most men and women get extremely excited right away following reading about the huge possible of starting an online retailer & commence it with out organizing meticulously. Here's the excellent news: Even if you happen to be not presently in a robust position to start off you business, it really is constantly attainable to get there. The Produce A Lucrative Online Store" course materials are divided into 10 primary modules, each of which are composed of several lessons. Opening a shop, even an on the internet shop, generally demands inventory, but most of us do not have the capital to place up a massive inventory.
If you were to start an online store today, I would say that you should be willing to devote at least five hours a week if you are severe about starting your own organization. Uncover a way to participate in on-line conversations related to the item you are selling. These days, opening up your own online business is simpler than ever thanks to the numerous services and free computer software accessible on the web. Open on-line store with a belief that you can shine in the field of ecommerce with us. If you haven't carried out so, then you will want to start pondering much more about your product mix.
Most logistics businesses can shop your stock and ship it out automatically as soon as a sale is produced. Even so, the drawback, as talked about, is that they do not offer the most complete set of tools, which is okay if you plan on producing a easier shop. If you are sourcing your products from middlemen, your profits will have a tendency to be decrease. Peterson also recommends producing Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube accounts representing your on the web store. Going on the internet allows you to forget the expenses connected with a brick and mortar storefront. Due to the fact big retailers like e-bay and Amazon have tons of sellers who are selling goods.
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- Morning Kindergarten begins at 8:55 and ends at 11:50.
- Afternoon Kindergarten begins at 12:40 and ends at 3:30.
- Children should not arrive more than 10 minutes before the start of the school day.
- For the safety of our students, parents are required to check in at the office when visiting school. You will be given a visitor badge to be worn while at school.
- If your child will not be attending school for the day, please call the office to report his/her absence.
- Please sign all students out and back in at the office when leaving in the middle of the day.
- Please drop off and pick students up on 14th Street.
- Parents are welcome to join their child for breakfast or lunch. Please let the office know ahead of time, if possible, so we are sure to have enough food prepared.
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Similar to the electronics and semiconductor industry, the optics industry requires the same environment with stringent control on the amount of particulate present in the air. Contamination from even the minute particles can cause adverse effects on the quality and even cause irreparable damage to high-performance optics. Temperature, humidity and static discharges are also considered when setting up a cleanroom for optics manufacturing/assembly.
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As huge advocates of holiday lets, Vanessa and I were delighted to come across PromoteMyPlace.com a few months ago.
As holiday let owners, thanks to the social web, we have access to a global market place, so it's important to have a website for your holiday let to drive traffic back to.
PromoteMyPlace.com allows you to create a website for your holiday cottage quickly and at minimal expense.
I caught up with Paul O'Rourke of PromoteMyPlace.com to find out more:
What is PromoteMyPlace?
PromoteMyPlace is a website builder for holiday property owners and managers. It makes creating your own dedicated website to promote your holiday rentals simple, quick and affordable. You no longer need to waste time and money on website designers, developers and hosting companies. The easy-to-use content management system means you have complete control over your website at all times – so you can change and update it whenever you like. We also offer free on-going support, so you'll never get stuck again.


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As early as ninth grade students are educated to integrate a number of abilities, wellness concepts, and behaviors to plan for their personal well-being goals. The importance of getting your own fitness plan is so great that they're given an all-inclusive health education in the place where they learn basic health concepts and also the many factors with an impact on their health.
Now, if this information is deemed important enough to teach our youngsters in their teens, shouldn't we, as the responsible adults that we are designed to be, consider it significant? The unhappy truth is the fact that life, lots of times gets in the manner of us making intelligent health choices. Hectic work schedules, multiple after-school activities with all the kids and trying to make it on time to the PTA meeting all conspire to redirect our good intentions when it comes to our private fitness.
Developing a realistic and effective fitness strategy needs a process of delicately intertwining varied but equally significant components. Muscular strength, cardiovascular fitness, and flexibility and suitable diet all combine to produce a well-balanced, healthful lifestyle. Don't let the last statement scare you. Of all of the choices which you make on any certain day, the one that directs you in the guidance of an individual fitness strategy is, certainly, among the very important decisions that you could make; if not the most important. You'll find numerous strategies which will supply you with a road map to a healthy life.
Referencing back to the life that is exceptionally busy that we lead, a side benefit that a lot of people miss is the reality that being healthy and having a body that performs at its optimum amount can lessen anxiety. As for those people who instantly think "I'm overly active to work " out, you can simply stop that right now because the vast majority of those who start a brand new routine due to their personal fitness find they actually have significantly more time. I think a number of the reason behind this is that, to be able to work out, they feel as though they will have more time because their bodies are working to a much higher degree and are getting out of bed before.
There really are several things that I would really like to leave you with as this post closes:
1. As you are creating the plan that you will follow to get physically healthy, it is extremely very important to remember that, at times everybody needs to truly have a support system. Coworkers, family or buddies can be a good place to find that support.
2. Stay from the areas that are particularly tempting. Nothing good can come from fighting yourself.
3. Eventually, among the best bits of advice, I could give you would be to recruit someone to be your workout partner. Having someone that you're liable to besides yourself will offer you a better chance of success in the long term.


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Year round availability in The Hub Guesthouse
We have accommodation available throughout the year in comfortable four and five star campus-rated guest rooms, for short stays of up to 14 nights.
These rooms offer you the choice of single rooms, doubles, executive doubles and an adapted room. Accommodation is provided over 5 floors, with lift access up to the third floor.
All rooms have en-suite bathrooms with towels provided. Bedrooms are equipped with free wifi, televisions and tea and coffee making facilities.
Hot and cold drinks as well as sandwiches and snacks can be purchased from either The Boilerhouse Café, open from 8.30am every week day, or from Café on the Square daily from 7am.
Please do enquire about availability well in advance of your event, occasion or holiday to avoid disappointment. A member of our team will be happy to help you with your booking; alternatively, you can make your booking via our online bookings system.
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Modelling the Cardiovascular System
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Cardiovascular disease claims more lives than any other disease in westernised countries, affecting millions. Pin-pointing CVS dysfunction is often difficult because the clinical signs, or the availability and interpretation of physiological measurements are unreliable. Often patient specific information is incomplete and/or confusing as it comes from a diverse range of sources such as invasive and non-invasive pressure measurements, flow rates and ECG signals. Health professionals therefore rely on intuition and experience to make a 'clinical' diagnosis and treatment decisions. Sometimes this approach results in multiple therapies being applied until a suitable treatment is found. Poor outcomes result from failure to quickly and correctly diagnose and treat the underlying condition. This monograph introduces the concept of using full circulatory and cardiovascular models to aggregate the large number of diverse signals facing clinicians into a clear physiological picture of haemodynamic status. A brief review of the field, still in its infancy, of such models is presented focusing primarily on the basic approaches taken in the literature. Finally, one of the more advanced and best validated models is presented including initial animal validation study results. The overall approach is shown to have significant potential to provide clear, measured insight to replace often misled intuition in the monitoring, diagnosis and treatment of circulatory dysfunction in critical care. In the future models and modern sensors will increasingly 'invade' the critical care environment and will provide the opportunity for better, more consistent care at the bedside, and in real time.


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BB Bakery Afternoon Tea Bus Tour allows you to climb on board a retro London bus and enjoy afternoon tea whilst an amusing guide gives you a tour of famous London Landmarks. Throw in three friends and a much needed catch up and you are sure to get a whole lot of happiness out of this two hour ride. It is so much fun and a very unique experience.
This is the other end of the spectrum to a traditional tea, so perhaps not one for your Grandparents or fans of The Ritz. Nevertheless, the tea princess deep inside me accepted the lack of tea cups, channeled my "inner cool" and embraced the cute little branded flask (which you get to keep).
The food was good, but not plentiful, and we all craved a few more savoury bites. The scones come out later, so cream tea lovers should make sure they save some room.
I'd absolutely recommend the Afternoon Tea Bus for all its creative little quirks and for my love of London, but sadly not for my love of tea.


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Nowadays, it's getting harder and harder to hear the Oak Cliff "Oh" — that pause you used to get when you mentioned you lived in Oak Cliff, or wanted to go to Oak Cliff. In the year 2019, Oak Cliff is a highly sought after spot, and while living near Bishop Arts, Kessler Park, and other neighborhoods might be out of your price range, Cedar Crest is a great neighborhood full of charming homes.
We've told you about Cedar Crest before — a well-established neighborhood close to downtown, with a busy neighborhood association and the historic Cedar Crest Golf Course. It's also home to a more affordable pocket of Oak Cliff, as this home at 2207 Alabama Avenue confirms.


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Four plaques each containing a variety of numbers are displayed on a small stand. The plaques have different numbers on each side. By rearranging the plaques over 300 different combinations of numbers can be achieved.
A spectator is now asked to rearrange the plaques in any order he or she wishes and then to add up all of the resulting four digit numbers.
The performer without even viewing the numbers the spectator selected can instantly announce the answer! \
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Weight Management At YO1
Maintaining a healthy weight is crucial to living a life of optimal health and wellness. Dealing with excess weight can lead to serious health conditions and become a burden on vital organs and joints in the body. While many turn to a variety of medications and surgeries to manage their weight, the reality is that there is no safe medicine or surgical method to effectively lose weight. In order to avoid many of the diseases and conditions that result from being overweight, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, impotency and infertility, it's important to approach weight loss and weight management with holistic, lasting methods.
If you're committed to living a more balanced and fulfilling life, then maintaining a healthy lifestyle that nourishes and invigorates your body is fundamental. Guests can expect to receive natural therapies and nutritional guidance that will help them safely reduce their weight gradually and maintain it long after their stay.
Upon arrival, you will meet with a Wellness Counselor who will conduct a pulse assessment to determine your mind/body type. The Wellness Counselor will use this analysis along with your health goals to create a customized weight management plan for you to follow during your stay.
Steps to Weight Management
How it Works
Ayurveda considers detoxification to be integral to weight management, which is why guests will receive targeted Ayurvedic therapies such as Udhwarthanam and Podikizhi, which aim to not only remove these toxins from the body, but also shrink fat cells and increase metabolism.
Naturopathy encourages raw food therapy and gentle hydrotherapies like steam saunas, swimming, and colon hydrotherapy to help guests safely and naturally lose excess weight during their stay.
Yoga therapies at YO1 focus on reducing fatigue and energizing the body. Guests will partake in yogic techniques including Surya Namaskar, Trataka, Bhastrika and Dhanurasana, which will tone and rejuvenate the body, leaving them feeling lighter and more exhilarated.
Acupuncture at YO1 is delivered by highly trained practitioners offering therapies that increase the production of serotonin and endorphin in the brain, leading to an improved digestive system and a boost in metabolism. As a result, guests can expect to burn fat more efficiently and experience a more controlled appetite.
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We welcome the opportunity to assist you. If you would like to learn more about the wellness pathways or therapies offered at YO1, please contact us to speak directly with a YO1 Wellness Center representative.


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The kids thought it was so good that the extra I made to keep at church for future corn dog nights disappeared before the 5:30 pm departure time. GONE baby gone! They loved them. Makes me smile to see them love something so passionately.
1 Package Hebrew National Beef Franks (cut in half)
3/4 Cup Gluten Free Flour Blend (or Pamela's Pancake/Baking Mix Gluten Free)
1/2 Cup Gluten Free Millet Flour
White Rice Flour (for coating)
1 Egg
1/2 Cup cold water
- In a medium bowl mix together flour blend or Pamela's Baking Mix, millet, egg, and water.
- Set bit of white rice flour in a dish for dusting dogs with.
- Remove the franks from the package and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Take a Shish Kabob Skewer and insert it into the frank about 1/2 – 3/4 of the way, set aside and continue with the remaining franks.
- Dip franks in white rice flour to coat completely (the batter will stick better this way).
- In a medium sauce pan or deep fryer heat oil to 350° (about 1 – 1/2 inches for sauce pan).
- Dip franks in the batter – it is not a perfect dip, you may need to move the frank around a little bit in a twist swirl pattern to get it all covered. Sometimes I even recruit a fork to help me. (careful, not too too thick) You want it to cook on the inside as well as the outside. Tho this is only an issue with the oil. The machine I linked below bakes them perfectly because you can only use as much batter that will fit in the slot.
- Add a batter dipped corn dog to each slot or appliance (minus the skewer you used to dip for the machine). Alternatively, add three-four franks to the oil, turn often to brown all sides evenly. I take my deep fryer basket out for this job.
- Cook each frank for a full minute or until machine light clicks as done.
- Remove corn dogs and place on a plate lined with paper towels.
- Repeat this process until all the corn dogs have been cooked.
I do have a deep fryer which works nicely but what I use is a Corn Dog maker similar to the one below. My kids prefer it baked this way instead of frying.
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The best recipes bring more than just a tasty bite, if we're lucky they'll remind us people we love and wonderful times. This Pumpkin Walnut Bread takes me back nearly nineteen years when my sorority sisters and I would gather together over great food and reminisce while our young children played. I loved those days, those women, our children, and all the incredible food. This recipe was handed down to me from my sorority sister Molly, who was then and to this day one of the most amazing cooks I've ever known. I was grateful she shared this recipe with me and I have loved it ever since. Enjoy.
Pumpkin Walnut Bread
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 8
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 ⅔ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup cooked mashed pumpkin
- ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix all dry ingredients. Add egg, oil, water, pumpkin and beat until well blended. Add the walnuts. Pour batter into two butter and floured 7 inch loaf pans.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for ten minutes in the pan, then remove bread to a rack. Enjoy!


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Valley Lighting Founding Owner to Retire
On December 31, 2014, Valley Lighting experienced the end of an era, as Executive Vice President and founding owner Tom Jones retired.
Since 1965, Tom has diligently worked to provide top-quality lighting fixtures, Lamps and accessories in what began as retail showroom business and has become a national leader in the commercial lighting industry. Starting out, Tom and then-partner Jerry Portnoy found themselves working six, seven days a week, 18 hours a day, and would have to go out, foot to the pavement, to overcome the challenge of finding and retaining customers.
Early commercial work included a national account with Merry-Go-Round retail stores and Rouse Company National Mall work. Valley Lighting has grown well beyond that to include large retail and entertainment complexes, multi-use residential/retail facilities, convention centers, casinos, stadiums, law firms, office buildings, churches, schools, and any other project that our customers are bidding. But more than that has changed over the last 50 years; the main headquarters on York Road in Towson moved to Linthicum, MD. And our overall business model has dramatically evolved. Despite that, Tom says several things have stayed steadfast: clients have remained loyal over the years because they know they can expect and receive fantastic service and a relationship based on trust.
"While we may be in the business of lighting, we're ultimately bound by the business of relationships. Valley Lighting prides itself on providing professional, excellent service and competitive pricing and products," Tom states." "That's something I'm proud of establishing and continuing, and I know the company will continue to grow for years to come because of that."
Tom and his wife will be heading to Florida for the New Year, where he hopes to indulge in his love of deep sea fishing. He anticipates wintering every year in Florida with his boat and perhaps enjoying life as a "snowbird." He still plans on checking back every once in a while, and, though retired, will continue to actively serve on the board for the next five years.
Tom, we congratulate you on 50 years of service with Valley Lighting and thank you for your hard work over the years. You will be missed!


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NOTE: This purchase is for a SECONDS vase. Due to the nature of working with resin, imperfections occur regularly. Many people like the minor imperfections - given that the vases are handmade - and believe they add a unique touch. Imperfections will be chosen at random and may include: bubbles in the resin, flecks of dust, dimples/waves in the resin surface or small marks on the vase. From a distance, these imperfections are barely (if at all) noticeable and the vase remains completely functional.
Our beautiful vases are made from Tasmanian Oak and feature a component from a vintage painting. These babies can either freestand or be wall-mounted; they look amazing on the wall. With a glass test-tube through the middle, and a small handful of your most favourite stems these vases are simply whimsical.
To mount to the wall, we recommend using adhesive velcro wall stickers (readily available in supermarkets and hardware stores); meaning that your walls and the vases are left undamaged.
Size: 13cm high x 10cm wide.
They are packaged in a protective gift box.


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WonderCon 2013 Set For Anaheim?
Comic-Con International VP of Marketing and Public Relations David Glanzer revealed that WonderCon 2013 will likely take place in Anaheim next year during Easter weekend at the end of March.
CCI: David Glanzer Preps For A Packed Comic-Con International
Days away from Comic-Con International's 2012 run, CCI Marketing Director David Glanzer talks with CBR about side events, the Hollywood shuffle in Hall H, the future of WonderCon and more.
WC12: David Glanzer Previews Anaheim's WonderCon
With a new venue and a new weekend, Comic-Con International's WonderCon show works to maintain momentum as one of the premier shows in the country, CCI's David Glanzer tells CBR.
Assessing CCI's Ticket Sales Trial Run
Comic-Con International's David Glanzer stops by CBR to unpack today's successful trial sale of 1,000 tickets to the event in San Diego and assure would-be attendees that all the available tickets will be released in the new year.
Comic-Con Again Closes Registration
Computer issues are again at the heart of an indefinite delay in ticket sales for the 2011 edition of Comic-Con International in San Diego as David Glanzer explains to CBR News.
Alternative Press Expo's Big Spotlight on Small Press
Creators and fans met to share their passion for comics at the 2010 Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco. CBR News was in attendance and has a full report from the convention's floor.
CCI: Comic-Con 2010: The Final Word
CCI's David Glanzer offers CBR his wrap up on the 41st Comic-Con International in Sand Diego, speaking on attendance and programming growth to fan trends and the big question of where the show lands in 2013.
CCI: Glanzer On Comic-Con To Date
CCI's Director of Marketing and Public Relations David Glanzer checked in with CBR News about what's made this show different than years past and what those differences mean for this weekend and the future.
David Glanzer Narrows Down CCI's Options
With the aggressive battle for Comic-Con International growing to a fever pitch amongst the candidate cities, the convention's Marketing and PR Director David Glanzer updates CBR on the potential future of CCI.
David Glanzer: CCI Sell Outs & WonderCon Prep
The Comic-Con International Marketing and PR Director explains what's the complete sell out of San Diego passes means for 2010, addresses the hotel booking concerns and looks to setting up WonderCon this holiday weekend.
Discussing Comic-Con International's Future
With talk swirling over whether it will remain in San Diego, Comic-Con International's David Glanzer discussed which cities are in the running, the issues at stake and why no decision has been made yet.
Glanzer on Comic-Con's Early Sell Outs
CCI spokesman David Glanzer talked about the conventions' plans to accommodate fans in the wake of a shrinking ticket pool, possibly expanding off-site programming and making WonderCon work on a holiday weekend.
CCI Post-Game with David Glanzer
The Comic-Con marketing and PR chief gives CBR News the rundown on how the San Diego show dealt with ticket sell outs to "Twilight" fandemonium to the future of the show.
Comic-Con Gives Away Tickets to Spike TV Scream Awards
Do you want to attend the Spike TV Scream Awards, the only televised awards show honoring comic books and genre fiction? Comic-Con International is giving you the chance.
CCI: The Post-Game Show with David Glanzer
Comic-Con's Director of Marketing and Public Relations David Glanzer looks back on the 2008 show, its successes and failures, and whether a move or a price increase are in the cards soon.


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Honister Slate Mine
Let me ask you firstly if you have ever visited a slate mine before, if the answer is yes, then what makes Honister Slate Mine special I here you asking.
Did you Know ?
Honister slate formed from 450 million year old metamorphosed volcanic ash, is the hardest slate in the world. Honister is the ONLY working slate mine in England.
Should you have watched the recent royal wedding, did you notice the Honister Roofing Slate at Buckingham Palace, whilst you will also find Honister roofing slate at St Pauls Cathedral, Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
It is believed that the first slate was probably mined from the Honister area in the Roman era, although it is quite possible that it began even earlier. Slate roofing was a feature of many thirteenth century monastic buildings and it has been used as a building material in the region for many centuries.
Honister Slate Mine
The first confirmed records of slate mining in Honister do not appear until the early 1700's, whilst quarrying on a significant scale was taking place in the 1750's and from 1833, under the managerial eye of entrepreneur Sam Wright, the business expanded with the creation of underground mines as well as open quarries.
It is hard to imagine in this day and age, as the slate workers lived at Honister (often inside the mines) during the week, returning home at the weekends. In the twentieth century, some stayed in barracks at The Hause and the company built some houses for the workers in Borrowdale.
The slate was originally extracted in large blocks or 'clogs' which were first 'docked' or reduced in size with a chisel and mallet, whilst cutting across the grain. After 1856, this process was replaced by sawing. The docked or sawn block was then 'rived', or split down the grain, with the resulting thin slates dressed to shape on a 'slate anvil' using a slate knife or 'whittle'.
This process was also mechanised in the 1890's, whilst slates where finished in stone built huts on the mountain side near the quarries, or in the mines, until the construction of a factory at The Hause in the 1920's.
Honister Slate Mine
Honister slate was used extensively in local buildings, but the best quality roofing slate was exported far afield.
Honister Slate Mine is situated near the summit of Honister pass which starts at Gatesgarth Farm, at the southern end of Buttermere. The pass connects the Buttermere valley with the eastern end of Borrowdale valley. Rising some 1167 feet in height at the summit, whilst being one of Cumbria's highest passes, with a gradient of 1 in 4.
There are several great walks from the summit of Honister pass, where the slate mine is situated, as the start of walks footpaths lead up to Great Gable, Dale Head (2473 ft) to the north, Fleetwith Pike to the west, Grey Knotts to the south.
There is also the Lake District Hostels of the Hause.
If you would like to explore this area by car the Honister pass forms part of a beautiful circular scenic drive from Keswick that includes Newlands Pass, Buttermere and Crummock Water, areas that are not as dominated by visitors compared with other parts of the Lake District such as Bowness on Windermere.
For more information on visiting Honister Slate Mine and tours please visit www.honister-slate-mine.co.uk and enjoy a day out at Honister.


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Local administration of sarizotan into the subthalamic nucleus attenuates levodopa-induced dyskinesias in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats
C. Marín (1, 3, 5), E. Aguilar (1), M. C. Rodríguez-Oroz (2, 3), G. D. Bartoszyk (4) and J. A. Obeso (2, 3)
(1) Laboratori de Neurologia Experimental, Institut d?Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
(2) Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Center, Clínica Universitaria and Medical School, University of Navarra and CIMA, Pamplona, Spain
(3) Centro de Investigación en Redes sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain
(4) Preclinical Research, Merck Serono, Darmstadt, Germany
(5) Laboratori de Neurología, Servei de Neurologia, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Data: 1/Jun/2009Neurologia [ES]
Dyskinesia affects the majority of levodopa-treated parkinsonian patients within 5-10 years of treatment with levodopa. Clinical and preclinical observations suggest that an increase in serotoninergic transmission can contribute to the appearance of dyskinesias. It is thus conceivable that a modulation of synaptic dopamine (DA) levels induced by the inhibition of serotonin (5-HT) release, as a consequence of 5-HT(1A) agonists administration, might alleviate dyskinesias.
Since 5-HT(1A) receptors are expressed in the subthalamic nucleus (STN), the aim of the present study was to assess the effect of the intrasubthalamic administration of sarizotan, a compound with full 5-HT(1A) agonist properties, on levodopa-induced dyskinesias in the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) model of parkinsonism.
Male Sprague-Dawley rats received a unilateral 6-OHDA administration in the nigrostriatal pathway. A test of apomorphine was performed to evaluate dopamine depletion. One week later, a cannula was implanted in the STN. Animals were treated with levodopa (6 mg/kg, i.p., twice at day) for 22 consecutive days. On day 23, several doses (1 ng, 10 ng, or 1 microg) of sarizotan were administered through the cannula to the STN. The higher doses of sarizotan effectively attenuated all levodopa-induced dyskinesias including axial, limb, and orolingual subtypes.
These results suggest that the STN is a target structure for the antidyskinetic action of sarizotan and indicate that drug-mediated modulation of STN activity may be an alternative option for the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease.
CITAÇÃO DO ARTIGO Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2009 Jun;204(2):241-50
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A Clínica é o hospital privado com maiores recursos tecnológicos de Espanha, tudo num único centro.
Os profissionais da Clínica realizam um trabalho contínuo de investigação e formação, sempre em benefício do paciente.
Conheça porque é que somos diferentes em relação a outros centros sanitários. Qualidade, rapidez, comodidade e resultados.


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Before you go and start investing huge amounts of money to make that new home of yours the best on the block and the envy of all the neighbors including the Jones's think about your renovation and whether or not you might be able to recoup the costs of that reno, and whether it will be good for the re sale value of your home. We all know the best time to think about selling is when you are buying.
Here is a list of my personal over the top renos that just don't make any sense.
1. Pool – in most cases families with smaller children will shy away from a house with a pool. They are largely regarded as expensive to keep up, expensive to heat during our
2.Replacing a popular feature – it may be great to turn your garage into a games room, or a man cave for the boys to hang out on Saturday night. But if you are the only house on the block without a 2 car garage, you might want to think twice. Most people like the relative safety and security of locking their car in the garage at night.
3. Daring design – most home Buyers these days like the neutral color palette. It is easier for them to place their own furniture into the space, as it is probably what they have on their own walls. If you have a great need to showcase your design know how with odd primary paint colors, outdated floral wall paper and loud shag carpeting, you might be shooting yourself in the foot.
4. Over the top improvements – while you do want your home to stick out in the eyes of the Buyer, you don't want to over do the renovations to the point where it will take you 70 years to make back the money. Stick with the finishing's that are in line with the genre of the home you just bought and your buyer who will be making that purchase.
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ADRC SW – Green County is always looking for volunteers to help with various tasks from assisting with programs to delivering meals. Click on the tabs below to learn more about our available volunteer opportunities.
Volunteers assist in transporting older people and people with disabilities who are unable to drive themselves to various appointments or activities.
What we need:
Individuals who can commit to driving older people and people with disabilities to:
+Medical appointments including dialysis or radiation treatments
+Shopping or recreational activities
Who we're looking for:
Anyone age 18 and older with a valid driver's license, good driving record, and proof of insurance.
How it works:
Rides are scheduled at the ADRC office and volunteers are called in advance to pick upriders at their homes, drop them off at their destinations, and return them home again.
+Volunteers use their own vehicles
+Mileage is reimbursed
Help is needed to ensure that older people get the education and support they need to live healthy and independently.
What we need:
Wellness and Prevention Ambassadors and Volunteer Leaders.
- Wellness and Prevention Ambassadors: Volunteers to help to spread the word around local communities about upcoming programs. Help us get connected to those who want to stay healthy and strong.
- Volunteer Leaders: Individuals who are willing to be trained to lead Wellness and Prevention programs like Living Well and Stepping On to small groups around Green County at least once a year.
Who we're looking for:
Volunteers who are committed to helping others to make changes in their health behaviors to stay strong and live healthy.
How it works:
Programs are scheduled in advance through the ADRC. Ambassadors then work with staff to promote and recruit program participants. Leaders, once trained, will be paired with another leader to facilitate their program.
Help is needed to ensure that older people get the nourishment they need to stay well.
What we need:
- Home-Delivered Meals: Volunteer drivers use their own vehicles to deliver healthy noon meals to older people in their homes.
- Senior Dining Center: Volunteers help with packaging home-delivered meals, serving, and clean-up of the noon meal at one of the senior dining centers in the area.
Who we're looking for:
Volunteers who enjoy being with and helping older people. Home-delivered meal drivers also must have a valid driver's license, good driving record, and proof of insurance.
How it works:
Staff set up volunteer schedules in advance based on your availability. Volunteer drivers will be given a route and meals to distribute. Mileage can be reimbursed.
Our adult day center provides a safe environment for older people who are unable to stay home alone but need some assistance during the day while others in their household are working or need a break from care giving.
What we need:
Volunteers to help with or lead activities, assist with meal time and, in general, provide companionship to those attending the center during the day.
Who we're looking for:
Anyone with an interest in brightening the day of an older person.
How it works:
Staff set up volunteer schedules in advance based on your availability.
Sometimes an older person or someone with a disability may be unable to understand important issues regarding their health care and/or finances. When no family or friend is available to help and act in the best interests of the individual, a guardian is needed.
Who we're looking for:
Individuals age 18 years of age or older who have a compassion for helping others and would like to support and advocate for the health care and/or financial affairs of another person.
How it works:
As a volunteer guardian, you will be supplied with all the information, education, and support to fulfill that role.
If you feel that you or someone you know would like to affect someone's life in a meaningful way, or to get more information about volunteer guardianship, please contact the ADRC.
Volunteer Today
Contact ADRC today to apply for a volunteer position. Use our Volunteer form and tell us which opportunities you are interested in helping with!


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We're a little late to the game on this piece of news, but thanks to a number of readers it didn't completely slip through our fingers. If you have the chance, set your TiVos to record today's episode of Oprah. The show is the second in a two-part series on hoarding.
Thursday's episode, "Inside the Lives of Hoarders, Part I," introduced viewers to Sharyn and Marvin's 3,000 square foot home filled to capacity with clutter. In addition to Peter Walsh helping the family discover their home from under the mess, Oprah brought in Dr. David Tolin to help with the psychological issues of hoarding. Oprah's site provides additional resources on the subject of hoarding, which can be found here.
Today's episode follows the family as they continue to work on cleaning and repairing the home. This project, initially scheduled to be a two-week process, ended up taking eight weeks and required more than 100 people to staff its undertaking.
Check your local listings for today's show times.


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|The Tempest
Lear deBessonet is the founder and artistic director of Stillpoint Productions. Her many New York directing/devising credits include Lucy Thurber's Monstrosity (13P), Brecht's Saint Joan of the Stockyards (PS122), transFigures (a site-specific work at Calvary Church in 2003, produced Off-Broadway by Women's Project in 2007), Bone Portraits (Walkerspace), Death Might Be Your Santa Claus (a site-specific work performed at an abandoned bank next to the NY Stock Exchange), Flying on the Wing (NY Fringe, Outstanding Solo Show), The Eliots (Center Stage), The Female Terrorist Project (HERE Arts Center). Regional: When I Was a Ghost (Guthrie Dowling Studio), A Year with Frog and Toad (Dorset Theatre Festival), Equus (Hangar Theatre), Naomi Iizuka's adaptation of The Scarlet Letter (Intiman). For NYU: Fefu and Her Friends, L'Histoire du Canard, Bite Your Tongue. Internationally, Lear directed In the Dark Ages, a new tri-lingual musical for the National Opera Theatre of Kazakhstan. Lear directed On the Levee, produced by Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3. She has assisted Martha Clarke, Anne Bogart, and Marianne Weems, and has trained with DAH Theater of Yugoslavia. She is an alumnus of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Women's Project Directors Lab, a Drama League Directing Fellow, and a Jefferson Scholar. Lear is the recipient of the LMCC's Presidential Award for Artistic Excellence and was featured in Time Out New York's "25 People to Watch 2006."
Lear deBessonet conceived and directed On the Levee, a Yale Rep commission.


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Back in 2010 I wrote a short article on the logistic ('S') curve in which I described its theoretical justification, mathematical properties and relationship to the Wilson score interval. This observed two key points.
- We can map any set of independent probabilities p ∈ [0, 1] to a flat Cartesian space using the inverse logistic ('logit') function, defined as
- logit(p) ≡ log(p / 1 – p) = log(p) – log(1 – p),
- where 'log' is the natural logarithm and logit(p) ∈ [-∞, ∞].
- By performing this transformation
- the logistic curve in probability space becomes a straight line in logit space, and
- Wilson score intervals for p ∈ (0, 1) are symmetrical in logit space, i.e. logit(p) – logit(w⁻) = logit(w⁺) – logit(p).
The logit function is entirely reversible, so we can translate any linear function, y = mx + c, on the logit scale back to the probability scale using the logistic function:
- logistic(x) = 1 / (1 + e–(mx + c)).
Since m is the gradient of the line in logit space, and c is a fitting constant, it is possible to conceive of m as equivalent to a size of effect measure: the steeper the gradient, the more dramatic the effect. The coefficient of fit, r², is the inverse of a significance test for the fit, so a high r² means a close fit.
This is the rationale used by the method most conventionally referred to as 'logistic regression', more accurately logistic linear regression for multiple independent variables. This is the conventional 'black box' approach to logistic regression. This relies on a number of mathematical assumptions, including:
- IVs are on a Real or Integer scale, like time (or can be meaningfully approximated by an Integer, such as 'word length' or 'complexity'); and
- logit relationships are linear, i.e. the dependent variable can be fit to a model, or function, consisting of a series of weighted factors and exponents of some or all of the supplied independent variables (a straight line in n-dimensional logit space). Consider extending the second graph above in a third dimension so the line declines into the page to see what I mean.
However, properly conceived, logistic regression can do more than that. As we shall see, there are good reasons for believing that relationships may not be linear on a logit scale.
Performing regression
One of the ideas I had at that time is that it would be possible to perform regression in logit space by minimising least square errors over variance, where 'variance' is approximated by the square of the Wilson interval width. Any function in logit space can then be converted back to a function in p space by the logistic function.
- As anyone who paid attention in maths class knows, linear regression is a method for finding the best line through a set of data points and operates by minimising the total error e between each point and the proposed line. So if all your data neatly lines up, then a line might pass through them all and we have a regression score, r², of 1. Usually, however, we have a bit of a scatter. A cloud, in which any line would be as good as any other, will score 0.
- The error is computed by the square of the difference between each point and the line, and then totalled up, so, for a series of probabilities, px, and a function, P(x), representing the ideal population value:
- error e = ∑(P(x) – px)².
- A variation of this method takes account of a situation where different data points are considered to be of greater certainty than others. In this case we divide the squared errors by the square of the standard deviation for each point, Sx² (also called the variance):
- standard deviation Sx ≡ √P(x)(1 – P(x))/N(x).
- error e = ∑(P(x) – px)² / Sx².
My proposal was to swap the standard deviation on P(x) for the Wilson width on px (in logit space). The Wilson interval width is an adjusted error for sample probability values. It contains a constant factor, zα/2, but this cancels out. This method is both efficient and highly generalisable.
- The method is very efficient.
- The Wilson width only needs to be calculated once for all px values, whereas the standard deviation must be calculated on P(x), which changes all the time during fitting. (Computing standard deviations using the Gaussian approximation to the Binomial on observations px obtains the mathematically incorrect 'Wald' interval.)
- Regression is guaranteed to converge, as we don't have a moving target.
- It is also generalisable to other functions. Here we fit a straight line, P(x) = m(x – k), but a polynomial or other function could readily be employed.
An example
The following examples draw on data from Bowie and Wallis (forthcoming), in which we used this approach to regress time series data.
Here is some test data from that paper which illustrates the method. (If you are interested, it is the probability of selecting OUGHT to-infinitive perfect, 'to HAVE Ved', out of the 'modality' verbs OUGHT, HAVE and BE over 20 decades from COHA — not exactly an alternation pattern!)
The dashed straight line represents the line selected by the algorithm. Upper and lower lines track the upper and lower bounds of the 95% Wilson interval.
One problem is that if p = 0 or 1, logit(p) is infinite. However, if you think about it, the interval width is also infinite, so the point may safely be ignored. This is the data for 'BE to HAVE Ved'.
Finally, here is the same data and regression lines plotted on a probability scale and presented with Wilson score intervals.
This example bears out the earlier observation that we could conceivably apply functions other than straight lines to this data. The second logit graph (lower line in the graph above) may better approximate to a non-linear function.
From my perspective, I prefer not to over-fit data to regression lines. I tend to think that it is better that researchers visualise their data appropriately.
Data may converge to a non-linear function on a logit scale (i.e. not logistic on a probability scale) for at least two reasons.
- There are multiple ecological pressures on the linguistic item (in this case, proportions of lemmas out of a set of to-infinitive perfects in COHA) or it may be because the item is not free to vary from 0 to 1, which is sometimes the case. We have already noted that these forms are not true alternates.
- The forms may be subject to multinomial competition. In this case, we have three competing forms, a 3-body situation which would not be expected to obtain a logit-linear (logistic) outcome. For simplicity, I plotted two curves, but it is wise to bear in mind that the logistic is a model of a simple change along one degree of freedom, and a three-way variable has two degrees.
It is sometimes worth comparing regression scores, r², numerically (all fitting algorithms try to maximise r²). If we simply wish to establish a direction of change, the threshold for a fit can be low, with scores above 0.75 being citable. On the other hand if we have an r² of 0.95 or higher we can meaningfully cite the gradient m.
Generally, however, conventional thresholds for fitting tend to be more relaxed than those applied to confidence intervals and significance tests because the underlying logic of the task is quite distinct. Several functions may have a close fit to the given data, and we cannot say that one is significantly more likely than another merely by comparing r² scores.
Bowie, J. and Wallis, S.A. (forthcoming). The to-infinitival perfect: a study of decline.


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Deep Impact Takes Stunning Pitures of Hartley 2
NASA's Deep Impact probe has been sending of comet called Hartley 2 Hours after the space probe flew within about 435 miles of its small and curvy body. The images show that Hartley 2 is shaped like a dumbbell with two bulbous, roughened edges and a smooth band in between. It is 2km long and 400m across at the narrow point of the neck. Five years ago, the Deep Impact spacecraft, operated by engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in southern California, shot an 820-pound copper impactor into the comet Tempel 1 to determine its composition. After that mission, NASA officials decided to send the spacecraft to another comet. Hartley 2 was chosen because of its small size -- its total volume is about 100 times smaller than that of Tempel 1.
Earth-like Planet Discovered
Researchers of the Harvard and Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered a new exoplanet - a planet outside of our solar system - which shows signs of the presence of large amounts of water. The planet called GJ 1214b has six times the mass of Earth. The planet's density suggests that water comprises three-fourths of the planet's surface and that some of the water is in crystalline form. Located about 40 light-years from Earth, the exoplanet orbits a dim red star about one-fifth the size of the Sun.
Water on Moon
The NASA LCROSS ission has identified significant amounts of water on the Moon. The water was ejected together with the debris caused by the impact of a rocket booster which was slammed into the Moons surface. The sources of the water is most likely ice as the impact happened at the Cabeus crater which is permanently shadowed.
Caves on Mars
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) of NASA's Odyssey spacecraft has found evidence of what look like caves on the slopes of a Martian volcano. The spacecraft has sent back images of very dark, nearly circular features that appear to be openings to underground spaces. The features have been dubbed the seven sisters --Dena, Chloe, Wendy, Annie, Abbey, Nikki and Jeanne--after loved ones of the researchers who found them. The potential caves were spotted near a massive Martian volcano, Arisa Mons. Their openings range from about 330 to 820 feet (100 to 250 meters) wide, and one of them, Dena, is thought to extend nearly 430 feet (130 meters) beneath the planet's surface.
"They are cooler than the surrounding surface in the day and warmer at night," said Glen Cushing of the U.S. Geological Survey's Astrogeology Team and Northern Arizona University. "Their thermal behavior is not as steady as large caves on Earth that often maintain a fairly constant temperature, but it is consistent with these being deep holes in the ground."
"Whether these are just deep vertical shafts or openings into spacious caverns, they are entries to the subsurface of Mars," said USGS researcher Tim Titus. "Somewhere on Mars, caves might provide a protected niche for past or current life, or shelter for humans in the future."
More evidence for water on Mars
New images from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show astonishing details of tectonic fractures within the Candor Chasma region of Valles Marineris. The picture on the right was taken by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on Dec. 2, 2006. The image is approximately 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) across. Illumination from the upper left (Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Univ. of Arizona). It shows a series of linear fractures, called joints, that are surrounded by "halos" of light-toned bedrock. In a paper entiteled "Fracture-Controlled Paleo-Fluid Flow in Candor Chasma, Mars" and published in the journal Science, Chris H. Okubo, the principal author of the paper and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and his co-worker Alfred McEwen argue that the "halos" offer clear evidence of past fluid flow through the bedrock. These new images suggest that subsurface fluids -- probably water, liquid carbon dioxide or a combination of the two - once flowed abundantly in the western Candor Chasma region of Mars.
images Pathfinder
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment "Hiise" of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has sent back very detailed images of the 1997 landing site of NASA's Mars Pathfinder. The pictures reveal details of hardware on the surface and the geology of the region. Detailed images can be found at NASA Pages and at on the website of Hirise.
Liquid Lakes
Scientists report definitive evidence of the presence of lakes filled with liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan in this week's journal Nature cover story. Radar imaging data from a July 22, 2006, flyby provide convincing evidence for large bodies of liquid on Titan. Based on the lake characteristics, Cassini scientists think they are observing liquid-filled lakes on Titan today. Another possibility is that these depressions and channels formed in the past and have now been filled by a low-density deposit that is darker than any observed elsewhere on Titan. However, the absence of wind-blown features in this area makes the low-density hypothesis unlikely. More ...
Storm on Saturn
NASA'a Cassini spacecraft has observed what looks like a very large hurricane above the south pole of Saturn. The Storm on Saturn shows one of the characteristic features of hurricanes, a wall of tall clouds around the center. Interestingly, the mechanism which leads to the formation of these "eye wall clouds" on Eartch involves water: They form where moist air flows inward across the ocean's surface, rising vertically and releasing a heavy rain around an interior circle of descending air that is the eye of the storm itself. Since Saturn is a gas planet, a different mechanism involving strong convection must be involved in the formation of the hurricanle-like storm on Saturn. The observed system is much larger than any hurricane on Earth: It is approximately 5,000 miles across, or two thirds the diameter of Earth. The eye wall clouds tower 20 to 45 miles above those in the center of the storm and are two to five times taller than the clouds of thunderstorms and hurricanes on Earth. Wind speeds reach 350 miles/hour. The storm is locked above the South Pole (hurricanes on Eartch move). "The clear skies over the eye appear to extend down to a level about twice as deep as the usual cloud level observed on Saturn," said Kevin H. Baines, of Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "This gives us the deepest view yet into Saturn over a wide range of wavelengths, and reveals a mysterious set of dark clouds at the bottom of the eye." The measurements revealed that the center of the storm appears dark in a wavelength which is absorbed by methane. More ...
Image: A swirling hurricane-like vortex at Saturn's south pole, where the vertical structure of the clouds is highlighted by shadows. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
NASA is exploring Victoria crater on Mars from land and "air". While Mars rover Opportunity is beginning to explore layered rocks in cliffs ringing the massive Victoria crater, NASA's newest eye in the Martian sky, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, photographed the rover and its surroundings from above. The level of detail in the photo from the high-resolution camera will help guide the rover's exploration of Victoria. "This is a tremendous example of how our Mars missions in orbit and on the surface are designed to reinforce each other and expand our ability to explore and discover," said Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program in Washington. "You can only achieve this compelling level of exploration capability with the sustained exploration approach we are conducting at Mars through integrated orbiters and landers."
combination of the ground-level and aerial view is much more powerful than
either alone," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Squyres is principal investigator for Opportunity and its twin, Spirit. "If
you were a geologist driving up to the edge of a crater in your jeep, the
first thing you would do would be to pick up the aerial photo you brought
with you
and use it to understand what you're seeing from ground level. That's exactly
what we're doing here." More ...
Image Credit: NASA
Liquid Water on Enceladus
NASA's Cassini mission has revealed that Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may have subsurface reservoirs of liquid water. In vol 311, issue 5766 of the journal Science, scientists describe geysers erupting from the moon's surface. Modeling indicates that these geysers are most likely tied to liquid water below the moons surface. The heating source that supports the liquid water and powers the geysers is unclear: tidal heating, which creates the liquid water oceans thought to exist below the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, is insufficient to work on Enceladus. More ...
"Stardust" on
Final Approach for Landing
NASA's Stardust mission return capsule will land Sunday, Jan. 15, at approximately 2:12 a.m. Pacific time (3:12 a.m. Mountain time) on the Utah Test and Training Range. Stardust is completing a 2.88 billion mile round-trip odyssey to capture and return cometary and interstellar dust particles to Earth. More ...
University of California, Berkeley is inviting Internet users to help them search for a few dozen submicroscopic grains of interstellar dust captured by NASA's Stardust spacecraft: http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu
for "New Horizons" Launch to Pluto
Five days are left before the the first mission to the last planet nad its moon will take off from Kennedy Space Center. The National Academy of Sciences has ranked the exploration of Pluto-Charon and the Kuiper Belt among the highest priorities for space exploration, citing the fundamental scientic importance of these bodies to advancing understanding of our solar system. Different than the inner, rocky planets (like Earth) or the outer gas giants, Pluto is a different type of planet known as an "ice dwarf," commonly found in the Kuiper Belt region billions of miles from the sun. More ...
Opportunity Celebrates
One Mars Year
A mission planned for 90 days has turned into an adventure that's lasted nearly two Earth years! With over four miles on her odometer, Opportunity has returned over 58,000 images. The ground covered and the science transported back across the void of space has helped to see into our planetary neighbor's alluringly watery past. More ...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
Discovery of Subsurface Ice on Mars
On 11/30/05, ESA announces that tor the first time in the history of planetary exploration, the MARSIS radar on board ESA's Mars Express has provided direct information about the deep subsurface of Mars. First data include buried impact craters, probing of layered deposits at the north pole and hints of the presence of deep underground water-ice. More ...
Spirit Starts
to Climb down from Husband Hill
The first explorer ever to scale a summit on another planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has begun a long trek downward from the top of "Husband Hill" to new destinations. More ...
Image Credit: NASA
Shenzhou Lands Safely
China's second manned space flight has returned to earth safely.
The Shenzhou 6 spacecraft landed in Inner Mongolia early Monday morning after orbiting the earth for five days. More ...
Expedition 12:
Third Tourist in Space
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome late Friday, boosting a fresh two-man crew - and history's third space tourist - into orbit for an Oct. 3 rendezvous and docking with the international space station. More ...
Cassini flys by Saturn moons
Cassini performed back-to-back flybys of Saturn moons Tethys and Hyperion last weekend, coming closer than ever before to each of them. Tethys has a scarred, ancient surface, while Hyperion is a strange, spongy-looking body with dark-floored craters that speckle its surface. More ...
Deep Impact Touches Comet Temple 1
After 172 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles) of deep space stalking, Deep Impact successfully reached out and touched comet Tempel 1. The collision between the coffee table-sized impactor and city-sized comet occurred at 1:52 a.m. EDT. More ...
SpaceShipOne Makes History with First Manned Private Spaceflight
The first non-governmental rocket ship flew to the edge of space today and was piloted to a safe landing on an airport runway in the Mojave Desert. Civilian test pilot Mike Melvill brought SpaceShipOne down to the Mojave Airport tarmac after flying to 100 kilometers (62 miles) in altitude, leaving the Earths atmosphere during his history-making sub-orbital space ride. More ...


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An Easy Way To Center Your Blogger Menu8:56 AM
If you use Blogger like I do and utilize their menu widget, you know how frustrating it is to not have it centered. In this post, I'm going to show you how I did it and you won't believe how easy really is!
The first thing to do is to add the code you need to create your drop down menu. There are two steps to do so and some experience in HTML and CSS coding is needed for this. After deciding what will be in the menu and subcategories, use this tutorial from xomisse.com. It's the one I used and it's so easy to follow.
I've tried many different tutorials that show how to center the Blogger menu, but I ended up figuring it out for myself and thought I'd share it with you!
After adding the codes you need and you have everything the way you want it, track back to the CSS code you added to your template and search for the section circled below.
Where it says 'Padding:", add the number you want to create enough space between each tab. I chose 40px, but if you have more tabs than I do, you may want to use a lower number. If you're unsure of exactly where to edit, count down to the third instance 'Padding' is mentioned. :)
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I always appreciate fellow bloggers who share handy little tips like this. It's such a nice way to reach out and encourage the blogging community as a whole. Little tricks such as this one can really change the feel of a blog's design. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Merry Monday! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Christine. Happy to party with you! :)ReplyDelete
This was so helpful. I've been searching for something like this for years, and haven't had any luck until now. I can't wait to incorporate it to the new blog layout I'm planning. Thanks for sharing, Kate Lynn!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Castelia City Trade Gifts
In the Castelia City Pokťmon Centre, you will find a man who will give you gifts based on the amount of trades you have done. These can be trades on the GTS, over the Wireless Union room, over WiFi with people on your friend list and even the in-game trades. He counts the amount of Pokťmon with IDs different to you and from that, determines a gift for you.
He only gives the gift once, but most of the items aren't perishable. However, once you reach the final gift, he will no longer give you any more items. Below is a list of the items you can obtain from this gentleman


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Kenmore : 'Clean Look of Fashion' for your Home
Freshome has always brought you innovative, smart and cutting edge technology for your home. Whether it is cool architecture, sleek interiors, to latest in technology gadgets and appliances, we love bringing you new conveniences to use in your home. Kenmore® has introduced the Kenmore Elite Top-Load High Efficiency Washer and Steam Dryer to their already great line of home appliances. If you are looking for a washer and dryer that looks like it should be in a museum and performs even better, this pair will get you there. See how Kenmore's' – 'Clean Look of Fashion' washer and dryer can take care of your most commanding dirt from your kids playground to your 'hand wash only' special occasion designer wear.
Who knew appliances could be gorgeous?Sure, that car you've been eyeing in the magazine is gorgeous and so is that flat screen television that you can't keep your eyes off of in the electronic store. Although, what if I told you that turquoise blue LED display lighting controls, turn dial selectors, and shimmery ginger metallic paint color describes a washer and dryer and not a car, would you be amazed?! These Kenmore Elite matching washer and dryer look gorgeous standing alone in an empty room, and will look even better in your laundry room. In today's home interiors we look at our laundry room with the same emphasis as our living room and kitchens. We want to feel great using the appliances, but they better look good when they aren't being used too!
- Fashion meets function: The idea of a world renowned fashion designer trusting the Kenmore Elite washer and dryer with his fashions would make you rethink them for your home, yes? Thakoon Panichgul, loves how the pair look, but uses them in his personal home and for his runway fashions everyday. The Smart Motion Technology on the high efficiency washer features 6 wash motions to meet the needs of each fabric type that you can throw in it. Since the washer doesn't have an agitator the customized motions can scrub, soak, and even penetrate your clothes, while still keeping the finest of clothes looking runway ready for you or your kids! Without the agitator you have space to fit a king size comforter without a thought, or only toss in a few workout clothes. If you want to personalize a cycle, use the 'My Cycle' feature and every time you use the washer or dryer, your settings will be instantly programmed in.
- Dry cleaning results at home: One of the many things I love about this washer and dryer pair is how easy it is to get dry cleaning results from your home! I personally don't have time to take clothes to the dry cleaners and wait for them for a few days. The convenience of washing and drying clothes for work, my gardening and work clothes, and turn around and wash and dry all the area rugs in the house, without leaving my home is short of brilliant! With the Kenmore Elite Steam Dryer the Steam Refresh function reduces wrinkles and odors in my clothes. This function coupled with the Static Shield setting means no more static shock, and my husband doesn't have to spend a long time ironing his dress shirts. We both love how we don't have to go to the dry cleaners anymore. Lastly, one of my favorite functions of the dryer, the 'Sanitize cycle'. If you have kids that go to daycare and are around germs daily, I should have to say no more! This dryer will dry at an extra dry level to kill bacteria in your family's clothes. This means a healthier and happier family.
- Energy efficiency rules! I'm sure you have seen home appliances that have plenty of functionality but when it comes to receiving your energy bill, you wonder why you bought the appliances in the first place. The beauty of the Kenmore Elite Top-Load High Efficiency Washer and Steam Dryer is their incredible water and energy savings. The washer uses less water, which in turn means less diluted laundry detergent. This can help you save money on detergent and you can save your household up to $134.00 US Dollars per year. These savings coupled with the high efficiency and cold water settings will help you remember monthly, why you bought them.
- Innovative Kenmore Connect System: One of the concerns when buying innovative appliances is what to do when they need to be serviced or if you have a troubleshooting question. Kenmore has revolutionized this worry with the Kenmore Connect System. With the push of a button and a telephone in hand, these washer and dryers can send data to a Kenmore service technician and they can diagnose what is wrong with your machine! This saves you time without the hassle of worrying about a service person coming to your home. It's just one more way Kenmore Elite Top-Load High Efficiency Washer and Steam Dryer are changing the way we love washing and drying our clothes.
From their cool and innovative design that is trusted by designer, Thakoon Panichgul, to their energy savings and innovative service ability, Kenmore has produced a winning combination of appliances. The peace of mind in having technology to bring your clothes a personalized touch will keep them lasting longer and will keep you and your family happy that you used them. Discover today how the Kenmore Elite Top-Load High Efficiency Washer and Steam Dryer can change how you spend time in the laundry room!
Disclosure: A free review sample of this product was provided by Sears Kenmore via Glam Media.


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Thursday, April 3, 2008
Roy Pope Grocery Store
The Roy Pope GS is Just north of Camp Bowie on Merrick Street. The website says its gourmet and its not just a gimmick.
Based on the recommendations of numerous people, and my discovery that Edmondson's Fried Chicken appears to be closed (maybe Edmondson is hunting the famed Yucatan Chicken with Richard), I went to lunch at the Grocery Store. I know, I know "Fort Worth Hole in The Wall guy, you can get lunch at any grocery store." That's true. But none of those places fall into the charter of this blog.
The grocery store is very small and very crowded in a pleasing way. There are lots of gourmet items everywhere and a deli/butcher/lunch food counter. By counter I don't mean that you can eat there so don't go here expecting to sit around and munch. This is a place you get your food to go - it is a grocery store after all...
The neat thing is, that while you're deciding what to eat from the hot food section, you can peruse the fruit/veggie section and pick up a little freshness for your lunch. You can actually make your lunch healthy, for a reasonable price. Now, of course, nobody opts to do this on purpose, so skip the fresh stuff and head straight to the lunch line.
The day I was there, they had Fried chicken, chopped BBQ, meatloaf, some sort of steak, and lots of other entrees. They also had scalloped potatoes, green beans, turnip greens, mashed potatoes and some other stuff. I went with fried chicken, scalloped potatoes, green beans, wheat bread, and a complimentary tasting of the chopped beef.
The fried chicken wasn't your normal fried chicken with the tight fried batter. The batter was loose and crusty and airy and flaky and delicious. I think I got three pieces of white meat and it was a teensy bit dry but still had wonderful flavor. The green beans were just as you would hope - flavorful, warm, juicy. The scalloped potatoes were much better than I expected. They had a little bit of texture to them but were soft, creamy, and cheesy.
Seriously, if that description didn't make you hungry, either you're reading this as you finish your eighth trip trough the line at Golden Corral or you hate food.
I think this place has a lot of promise if you are working in the yard one day and need a break for lunch but don't really want to sit down somewhere, or if you just need a bite and you have to be somewhere. The service was quick and friendly. The food was fresh and delicious. And you didn't support a chain.
If I lived in the area near Roy Pope, (his Grocery Store, not his house) I would probably go here a lot. The store seems to have a wide variety of items (though maybe not a wide variety of options for each item), sells beer and wine, and has easy access.
I'm a fan now. My work allows me to take lunch breaks, but sometimes a quick lunch is all I need/want. This will fit the bill. I know its just a grocery store lunch, but it gets extra points for being a small local grocery store. Plus, it was good.
The BBBBQ was also very nice but chopped beef isn't part of the contest. They'll get mentioned though. By very nice I mean that I would order a chopped beef sandwich without regret. I just thought of a brilliant plan for a saturday lunch - chopped beef sandwiches, some side, and beer. Brilliant. I should open a restaurant.
The BBBBQ Review period is wrapping up so if you have any last minute recommendations please get them in. I think we'll make the final trip next week so send them in soon.
6 comments:
- cdees39 said...
I think they have seats outside?
I believe they also have charge accounts.
- April 3, 2008 at 11:12 PM
- Transplante de Cabelo said...
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- April 4, 2008 at 3:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, that sounds like spam, yet the page linked to by trans is in some other language and isn't obviously spam. Odd.
- April 4, 2008 at 8:47 AM
- FortWorthHoleInTheWall said...
I'm so confused.
Cdees, I don't know how I missed the seats outside. Are they on the parking side or the Merrick side?
The charge accounts thing is cool. How do you set that up?
A hug to you too.
- April 4, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- simeon said...
we just went here yesterday for the groceries...a little disappointed. it's no whole foods or central market. veggies don't look all that fresh and theres a really small selection. the rest of the goods in the store kind of remind me of the food section at a walgreens or CVS. the one thing great about it is that it's local and you're pumping money back into the local economy.
- April 4, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
told you so (again).
they also deliver groceries. in boxes. the concrete tables are on the side by the park.
simeon-it isn't supposed to be a cmkt. it has been here for quite a while as a neighborhood grocery store.
- April 4, 2008 at 11:52 PM