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Once upon a time I would enjoy doing all sorts of things but they will come a time when you want to derive deeper meaning from the things you have always done, the things you have always taken for granted. These could be attitude, beliefs or plain hobbies. You ask yourself why you have religiously followed the rituals. You tell yourself that you always wanted or liked it or you were just plainly hooked to it. Sometimes you cannot answer that. You are always changing and adapting to life changes and you wonder whether you are probably getting less normal. Everyone, though may see or regard you the way you were yesterday but now you are no longer the same. You are adapting to new challenges and some people may tend to doubt you when you say: I am no longer like that. Nothing to worry about though.
Once upon a time
02 Aug 2011 1 Comment
in Personal, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tags: My thoughts, personal, privacy, Time, timeless
Sending the wrong signals to a toddler
26 Apr 2011 2 Comments
in Family, parenting, Personal, Relationships, Uncategorized Tags: disorder, family, pain, parenting, parenting stress, toddler
I have always asked my two-year old daughter to do some errands for me and she always seemed enthusiastic to do them. She would do it to please me so I thought. Fetching a glass of water was her favourite. She would rush to get back to me sometimes spilling the water in the process. I would melt inside with happiness and satisfaction knowing that one day she will get it right. This loyalty was to turn into shattering experience. More
Should I tell him?
20 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Personal, Relationships, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tags: friendship, My thoughts, personal, secrets, stress
I have thought about it and I cannot come to a decision. What is he going to say if he finds out that all along I knew? I am his best friend and he expects me to at least let him know. But this one will definitely deflate his pride, compromise his integrity and my integrity too if I do not tell him. I have had sleepless nights but I cannot decide. If he knew that I knew then that's the end of our long deep and intimate friendship. Should I destroy that overnight? What about everything that we have cherished and upheld: honesty, loyalty, justice and the truth. The long nights spent discussing nothing but our common interests: astronomy, philosophy, commonsense, our private lives, and all the marks of good breeding.
Suddenly withholding this information would that make a good friend? I know things would never be the same again if he knows. I am caught between a hard rock and a hard surface. All my bodily fluids are being squashed out. My heart is racing and my breathing is slowing down. I have tried to show him that something is wrong and he does not read the danger. Many a time I have been close to telling him but I cannot bring myself to do it. I did not know I was a coward until now. Am I a good friend? So I have been lying to myself all along.
What has to be gained from letting him know. What has to be lost? Will I be able to face him again. He is my only friend, soul mate and rock. He thinks it is me who has a problem. He can sense something is wrong. He is concerned about me. He is trying his best to help me destroy him. I cannot do it. I cannot be the first but I cannot be the second or last either. I hope this thing will come to pass but I must pull the trigger first. What a heavy burden?
My conscience is in a turmoil. Everyone knows. They expect me to tell him. Why is he dump this time? A great problem solver who cannot see the obvious because it affects him. I wish he could just look beyond his long nose. Is it stupidity, faith or blind faith. Nothing adds up. I am in hell and the tongues of flames are leaping towards me in all directions.
I cannot tell you first what the problem is. It would be like I am stabbing him in the back.
I will alcohol-drink until I drop dead and try to-night. The day of deliverance is inevitable.
To hell with what is right and wrong.
The Inner World
19 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Personal, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tags: adrenalin rush, happiness, inner world, inner-self, My thoughts, personal, poem
You are feeling down and a friend comes from nowhere
He tells you let's go for a night drive.
To see the neon lights.
You are feeling down and forsaken
And you have lost much self-esteem
The drive that turns out into everything none undesirable
From the music you engage with the past and present
The guitar gently weeps
While you shed a tear of belonging to the world gone by
You become part of the flow uphill and downhill
Like a fish you have to swim up-flow to spawn
You get lost in the flood
But you do not give a damn
You enjoy every second
Every minute.
Old memories come back to haunt you
You get into your inner world
And hope you could cling to that forever
Your body and soul rock to the old rhythm
Time does not seem to exist;
Yesterday was better but insipid
And today is inspiring
Today gives you much to look for the future
Thanks Peter for the plugin.
Fading away like a shadow
10 Apr 2011 4 Comments
in Family, Personal, Relationships, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tags: broken chains, broken hearts, friendships, personal, relationships, shadows
I used to regard some friendships highly but to be disappointed along the way when the relationship becomes a one way street. You have to be there for them. You have to sacrifice for them in any form but when you really need them More
A letter from me to me
05 Apr 2011 2 Comments
in Personal, Uncategorized Tags: letter, personal
I have been waiting for your letter for the past week but More
Twinkle through the dark sky
22 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Personal, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tags: journey, My thoughts, rain, trip
At the beginning of the year I set myself targets. Now it is time for me to look into the view mirror and at my odometer to see how many miles I have covered and see More
What is a good game?
20 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Personal, Sport, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tags: adrenalin rush, batsman, cricket, FA, ICC, My thoughts, personal, soccer
With the International Cricket Council World Cup, [ICC] going on In India I have enjoyed some good Cricket games. I support any good side so you can see that I am not fanatical but a true "gentleman".
One can judge what a good game is? For different More
Yesterday I gave him my heart with intensity
16 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Personal, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tags: love, yesterday
A post by my guest blogger Exppressions1
I lived my life and maximized the moments.
I kissed his lips as two lovers longing for each other.
I took a deep breath and released it in front of his eyes.
I loved him as I deserve to receive love.
I made love to him as if it is for the first time.
Being with you yesterday I chose to forget the troubles of this world.
Your hugs made me realize that LOVE exists.
I opened my heart and I allowed myself to be vulnerable.
Yesterday, I loved to see myself reflecting Love.


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Now that the weather has started to cool down and the sun is setting earlier in the day, head over to Family Crest Etc for some family fun.
At Family Crest Etc you will find incredible deals on flags, Scottish Clan Badges, International Heritage Items, Coat of Arms and plaques and shields.
Have a bite to eat and wander over to Family Crest Etc and look up your family name history. Once you have discovered your Coat of Arms, talk to the professional team from Family Crest Etc who can have a custom made double coat of arms copper plaque made just in time to present to your better half for Christmas.
This gorgeous plaque features both you and your partner's families. The ancient tradition of this fabulous artistry from Family Crest Etc is a colorful representation that will be a treasured heirloom that will be passed down from generation to generation. Made to order your partner will love this beautiful gift and the thought that went behind it, only from Family Crest Etc.

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Creating Histograms using R
When exploring a dataset, you'll often want to get a quick understanding of the distribution of certain numerical variables within it. A common way of visualizing the distribution of a single numerical variable is by using a histogram. A histogram divides the values within a numerical variable into "bins", and counts the number of observations that fall into each bin. By visualizing these binned counts in a columnar fashion, we can obtain a very immediate and intuitive sense of the distribution of values within a variable.
This recipe will show you how to go about creating a histogram using R. Specifically, you'll be using R's hist() function and ggplot2.
In our example, you're going to be visualizing the distribution of session duration for a website. The steps in this recipe are divided into the following sections:
You can find implementations of all of the steps outlined below in this example Mode report. Let's get started.
Data Wrangling
You'll use SQL to wrangle the data you'll need for our analysis. For this example, you'll be using the
sessions dataset available in Mode's Public Data Warehouse. Using the schema browser within the editor, make sure your data source is set to the Mode Public Warehouse data source and run the following query to wrangle your data:
`select *
from modeanalytics.sessions`
Once the SQL query has completed running, rename your SQL query to
Sessions so that you can easily identify it within the R notebook.
Data Exploration & Preparation
Now that you have your data wrangled, you're ready to move over to the R notebook to prepare your data for visualization. Mode automatically pipes the results of your SQL queries into an R dataframe assigned to the variable
datasets. You can use the following line of R to access the results of your SQL query as a dataframe and assign them to a new variable:
`sessions <- datasets[['Sessions']]`
Data Visualization
To create a histogram, we will use R's
hist() function. Since you are only interested in visualizing the distribution of the
session_duration_seconds variable, you will pass in the column name to the
hist() function to limit the visualization output to the variable of interest:
`# Using hist() function in base graphics to make a histogram
histinfo=hist(sessions$session_duration_seconds, main="Histogram with Default Parameters")`
You can further customize the appearance of your histogram by supplying the
hist() function additional parameters:
`hist(sessions$session_duration_seconds, main="Adding grid lines and ticks", xlab="Session Duration (in seconds)", ylab= "Count", xlim=c(0,55), ylim=c(0, 49000), col="lightgrey")
axis(4, labels=FALSE, col = "lightgrey", lty=2, tck=1)`
You can also use ggplot2's native histogram creation functionality to create and style histograms in R with additional features like kernel density estimations:
`p <- ggplot(sessions, aes(x=session_duration_seconds)) +
geom_histogram(aes(y=..density..), # Histogram with density instead of count on y-axis
colour="black", fill="white") +
geom_density(alpha=.3, fill="#32CD32")
p + labs(x = "Session Duration (in seconds)", y = "Density", title = "Density Curve using ggplot2") + coord_fixed(ratio = 100)
width = 5,
height = 8,
dpi = 1200)`
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Personally, I would recommend that you consider investing in newly developed retail properties leased to investment grade tenants instead of developing new product. In this market, the development risk/reward ratio just doesn't make sense (too many deals are selling at below replacement cost and you could find yourself in the same situation). On the flip side, this has created incredible buy-side opportunities (e.g., brand new Walgreens at or near 8.0% cap rates - these are generally priced between $3.5 mm and $5.5 mm). Smaller price point opportunities include AutoZone ($1 mm to $2 mm, generally). With $500,000 in equity, an new 15 to 20-yr, NNN leased AutoZone may be perfect. Feel free to visit my website to learn more about these types of opportunities and my services (I specialize in representing investors looking for net leased properties nationwide).
The market anywhere in the USA is very tricky right now - Your most difficult issue right now is lack of (or willingness) of lenders to provide financing. I've been in the business for nearly 30 years (multi-states) and I have thousands of trasactions to back up what I'm saying = is get your financing to gether first! Ask for a lender commitment letter in writing on a "gereric commercial transaction" subject to what ever their willing to write business (loans) on - This is one of the most difficult times I've ever see to get deals done enven since the early 1980's when commercial interest rates were 19 -22%. Don't get me wrong - it's a great time to buy = but if you need much leverage (a new loan) you need to solve for that equation now; before you find a "deal".
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The Art Museum of Estonia is happy to announce that the research and conservation project of the Rode altarpiece at the Niguliste Museum has earned the 2017 Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage Award of the Creative Europe programme in the category of scientific research
Art Museum of Estonia
Niguliste Museum
Press release
The winners were announced today at 1 pm Estonian time.
The project Rode Altarpiece in Close-up is an extensive three-year research and conservation project (2013–2016) of the retable of the high altar of St. Nicholas' Church, which was completed in the workshop of the Lübeck master Hermen Rode. Rode's altar is one of the most impressive and best preserved examples of late medieval Hanseatic art in the whole of Europe.
The project stands out for its interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to research. In addition to the study and conservation of the winged altarpiece, another objective of the project was to bring together the specialised scientific resources of various technical fields of research. Within the framework of the Rode project, an interdisciplinary group of researchers from the sciences and the humanities worked closely together. The project was internationally praised for the promotion of study results and for attracting the general public's attention. Collaboration involved the Estonian Academy of Arts, Conservation Centre Kanut, Estonian Environmental Research Centre, Arheovisioon / University of Southampton, Chair of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Tartu, Testing Centre of the University of Tartu, and Tax and Customs Board of the Republic of Estonia.
The new knowledge which has emerged from this research forms the basis for further development in the heritage field in Estonia, Europe and beyond.
The Rode project also received the Nationally Recognised Promoter of Science award in 2015, as well as the Estonian Annual Museum Award in 2016 in the category of scientific events.
The Rode project was coordinated by Dr. Hilkka Hiiop, the working group consisted of Hedi Kard, Merike Kurisoo, Grete Nilp, Kaisa-Piia Pedajas, Villu Plink and Tarmo Saaret, and the expert group included Alar Läänelaid, Hembo Pagi, Riin Rebane, Andres Uueni and Signe Vahur.
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Administrative Project Coordinator
We are currently accepting resumes for this position.
Administrative Project Coordinator
Wight & Company, an award-winning integrated Architecture, Engineering, and Construction firm based in Darien, Illinois, has a tremendous opportunity for an experienced Administrative Project Coordinator. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated, and have 4+ years of experience to help support the team.
This position requires working very closely with Project Managers to assist them in all areas of Project Management. It requires administrative duties such writing, proofreading, and formatting proposals, presentations, and contract documents, as well as scheduling meetings, lunches, and travel for the architectural team, clients, and consultants.
Communication with the client, consultants, construction manager, and design team must be handled in a professional and timely manner. This can include verbally, electronically and in writing.
- Administrative file maintenance
- Administrative assistance to Directors and Project Managers
- Order lunches and provide assistance preparing and setting up for lunch meetings
- Track and replenish office supplies for team
- Package, ship, and track outgoing packages and deliverables
- Proofread, edit, and format client correspondence
- Make outreach phone calls regarding contract bids
- Assemble spreadsheets and sample booklets for interior design projects
- Basic graphic design support preparing presentation handouts, booklets, and reports utilizing PowerPoint and Excel
- Meeting planning and scheduling
- Maintain shop drawing and submittal logs as needed
- Backup switchboard coverage as needed
- Associates degree in Marketing, Communications, English, or Finance (or related area of study)
- Software proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat) is a plus
- Extremely organized with ability to prioritize a diversified workload
- Willingness to quickly change priorities and be open-minded to new opportunities
- Shows initiative, diplomacy, and confidentiality in daily actions
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24 Weeks
The day of the wedding
"You silly old cow! I didn't think you were supposed to be drinking anyway." Constance Helling looks down upon Valerie Pickering, covered head to toe in wedding cake.
"I'm going to die anyway!" Valerie yells, scraping the buttercream icing off her face. "I may as well enjoy my last days."
"Don't say that, Aunty Val." Joanne Evans reaches her arm out to help Valerie up from the floor. "You were doing so well on dialysis."
"That's just making me more sick!" Valerie cries out, struggling to pull herself up from the floor.
"Here, let me," Constance says, giving her hand to Valerie. "I would hate to see your dress get any more ruined, Joanne."
Constance pulls Valerie to her feet and the drunken woman continues to wipe herself down of icing and sponge cake.
"I'm sorry, Jo." Valerie suddenly realises she has embarrassed her niece. "I didn't mean for this to happen."
"I can't even look at you right now!" Joanne shouts, turning her back to her aunt. "Just leave."
"I'll take her home, Joanne. You don't need to worry anymore." Constance picks up her handbag and ushers Valerie to the back door. "Come on, Val. I'll take you home to get cleaned up."
"I'm sorry, Jo," Valerie says again, as she is guided away. "I never meant to burden you."
"Come on," Constance says, pulling Valerie.
"This is all your fault, you know," Valerie says to Constance. "I never used to drink until I met you."
"Oh, and you see me falling over into cakes making an embarrassment out of myself, do you?" Constance chastises. "You know; the sooner you ask him the better."
"I can't do it," Valerie starts to cry. "I can't burden anyone else with this."
Constance grabs a hold of Valerie's hand and pulls it forcefully. "He will understand."
"No, he won't understand," Valerie cries.
Constance pulls Valerie in close to her. "He will understand. He's your son!"
Three months earlier
Three months had passed since Cathy Gilmore had written her note to her husband saying that she was leaving him. Three months had passed since anyone had seen Cathy Gilmore alive.
"Are you sure she couldn't have gone anywhere else?" Sergeant Michael Anders asks Cathy's husband, Mark Gilmore.
"I can't see where else she would go." Mark Gilmore buries his head in his hands. "She wouldn't have left for this long without contacting anyone."
Sergeant Anders gets up from his desk. "I'll get you something to drink," he says, and heads towards the police station's small kitchen.
In the kitchen, Amber Harp looks on curiously out of view. "Do you think it's him?" she asks Sergeant Anders as he enters the kitchen.
"I've known Mark for a while," Sergeant Anders says. "I don't think he is The Poetry Predator."
"Do you have any idea where Cathy is?" Amber boils the kettle and grabs three mugs.
"If I knew, she would be home by now," Sergeant Anders replies.
"So you think she's still alive?"
"I don't know, Amber!" Sergeant Anders loses his temper briefly. He grabs hold of Amber's hand. "I'm sorry, it's just that everything is happening at the moment."
"I understand." Amber smiles at her lover.
"I wish we could spend more time together, but I have so much work to do."
"Any update on Kyle Cook?" Amber asks.
"I've been too busy to investigate him, Amber. I have a missing woman and a crazed lunatic on the loose sending poetry to people."
"Don't forget that Thomas Helling is still missing too."
"Thanks for the reminder." Sergeant Anders plants a kiss on Amber's lips.
Amber Harp, the reporter from The Holgate Times, knew that she needed to take matters into her own hands.
She knew that the attack, which had left her in hospital for four weeks, was no accident. Someone had tried to hush her. Someone had tried to kill her.
Amber knew that that someone was Senior Constable Kyle Cook.
She was getting closer. Closer to working out the truth about him. Closer to working out the truth about what happened on that night six months earlier when Richard Evans was killed, and Thomas Helling was left critically injured.
"You won't outrun me for long," Amber says from her parked car. She can see the police officer talking to Joanne Evans out the front of The Grand Hotel. She takes a few snaps of the couple with the camera on her mobile phone.
She can see the couple embrace, before Kyle bends down and gives Joanne's pregnant tummy a kiss.
She knew Joanne must have been traumatised shortly after everything had happened to her, including being attacked and losing her husband. Kyle Cook moved in quickly. Too quickly. To Amber, he was like a snake that wriggled his way into Joanne's life, and then into her pants. He wasn't Joanne's saviour; he was her captor. He had trapped Joanne. Now she was paying the biggest price of all.
Joanne was going to give birth to the devil.
Sergeant Michael Anders pushes himself through the bush. The heavy overgrowth in the national park was not easy to get through.
"Some bushwalkers came across it this morning," Senior Constable Kyle Cook says to his sergeant. "It's been here a while."
Sergeant Anders reaches the clearing in the forest and sees the vehicle in front of him.
"The car belongs to Cathy," Kyle continues. "There's a crew looking at it now."
Sergeant Anders looks on as he sees a crew of forensic police officers combing the car for evidence.
"This is a Holgate crew." Sergeant Anders looks at Kyle Cook, confused. "The car is in my jurisdiction. Who gave this order?"
Sergeant Anders can hear the crack of leaves and twigs behind him. He turns around to see Inspector Wesley Manning walking towards him.
"That was my order," Inspector Manning says, outstretching his arm to greet Sergeant Anders. "This car is now under my jurisdiction."
"Says who?" Sergeant Anders is beginning to lose his temper again.
"Says me. I'm taking over this investigation." Inspector Manning smiles at Sergeant Anders. "Cathy Gilmore has been missing for three months. What have you done about that Sergeant?"
"I've been doing everything I can…"
"Your everything hasn't been good enough!" Inspector Manning bellows. "You're off this case."
"You can't do this!" Sergeant Anders is furious.
"Watch me," Inspector Manning says as he pulls on a pair of latex gloves. "I'm afraid it's the end for you, Sergeant."
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm taking over. Peppercorn Patch Police Department is now under my control," Inspector Manning says. "Sergeant Anders, you are being stood down from your position as a police officer, pending an immediate investigation."
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Training, daily lesson plans and orientation are provided. If you would like to observe tutoring, this can easily be arranged.
Regular tutor openings are listed below by school. As indicated, all schools are in need of active substitute tutors. Substitute tutors have greater flexibility than being a regular weekly tutor.
Applications for new tutors are being accepted for the current school year. Ready to volunteer?
After school programming is provided in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club and the YMCA at nine elementary and two middle schools within the Appleton Area School District.
Every child needs to know there is someone they can count on. Your involvement in the after-school program will help the children of our community develop into healthy, successful adults.
Each school has a staff to coordinate and manage the after-school program, but volunteers are a tremendous help and very appreciated!
High school students are especially encouraged to get involved in this program as volunteer mentors after school.


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Lead is a heavy metal that is toxic to human health. Some dishes and cookware contain lead, as it is used to make the glaze and coloring for dishes and ceramic cookware. Lead is not considered safe for exposure at any level. As it can stay in the body for an extended period, levels build up over time, making even small levels of lead ingestion very dangerous. Dishes and cookware sold in the United States after the 1990s are considered safe, but watch out for older items, or ones that come from countries with less strict manufacturing laws.
Materials Used
The Food and Drug Administration states that a 1 microgram per milliliter leach for large cooking dishes, such as slow cookers, is considered acceptable. However, most manufacturers these days do not use lead in their color glazes. In the cases where some dishes or slow cookers contain minute traces of lead, the dishes are treated with lead-free glaze, so there is minimal chance of leaching. Tableware is not considered a major source of lead exposure.
Age and Origin
Older ceramic cookware and dishes have a greater chance of containing high levels of lead. These dishes were made before lead use in tableware was regulated. As well, in some cases, dishes may leach more lead as they age. Tableware that is manufactured overseas often does not need to meet the stringent lead safety requirements of the FDA, so there is a greater risk of lead poisoning. However, if you purchased the item in the United States, it must meet the government's strict requirements regarding lead for it to be legally sold in America.
Lead is used to create a strong, clear glaze for tableware, but it is also used in the production of bright colors for ceramic cookware. This means that you need to watch for both clear glazes — most often used to make rustic cookware — as well as bright colors. For example, terra-cotta pots either handmade in the U.S. or from Latin American countries are potentially hazardous sources of lead. Do not use for cooking, storing or serving food unless you are sure they are made with a lead-free glaze. Bright colors — such as red or yellow — on the inside of a dish are also a potential sign of lead use in ceramics.
Lead-Free Choices
Purchase tableware and slow cookers labeled lead-free rather than lead-safe to guarantee that your ceramics have no lead. Lead-free tableware may be especially important if you are cooking for children, as they are more susceptible to the dangers of even a trace amount of lead. White tableware, including slow cookers, rarely contains any lead-based glazing. You can also choose to use non-ceramic options, especially for slow cooker inserts. Stainless steel or glass inserts for slow cookers, and also for tableware, will not contain any lead and make for an attractive serving vessel.
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WalkInto restricts sharing and embedding of tours to external sites only when a tour is in 'Published' status. When you publish a tour, WalkInto keeps a safe copy of that tour in read only mode. All your further edits will not reflect on the 'Published' url till you again choose to 'Publish' it. This helps you safely edit a tour without corrupting the live version.
In this post we will show you how to create a public URL (published) for your tour and also have a copy of it in editor (Draft) for further edit.
Log into your dashboard and open an existing tour or create a new tour.
Here, we are going to create a new tour and explain how the publish feature works.
Dashboard View
In the above view you can notice that my previous tours are published and the new tour named "Publish/Unpublish" is not. The eye icon will show you the preview of the tour state that has a public URL. The icon to the right corner is the Unpublish button. You can unpublish a tour at any given time.
Once in the editor create your tour. By default this tour will always be unpublished, meaning this tour will not have a public URL.
To make it public and get a public URL, you need to Publish the tour.
Click on the Publish button on the top bar to publish the tour.
Clicking on the publish button will prompt a message for your approval.
Click on Green tick to approve or red to cancel the action.
Once you approve for the tour to get a public URL, a successful message will prompt and you will get the link to the tour as well.
You can click on the "here" to access your publicly available published tour.
You can see that this is the viewer mode and the tour is publicly available.
I will create a tourcard in the editor now to show the difference between the published and unpublished tours.
At this point the tour is in two states. One is the published state and the other is the unpublished state.
You can preview the tour to see the unpublished tour by clicking on the preview button on the editor.
You can see that it is mentioned that this is "Only for preview". The changes made in the tour will not reflect in the published tour until you hit the published button.
Let me show you the change by clicking on the publish button.
Previously published tour.
Latest published tour.
You can clearly see that the new viewport tourcard that we added is visible on the published tour.
Using this feature you can create a public URL for your tour, embed it, share it just like you did earlier. But now you can go back to the editor and make changes to the tour without affecting the published tour. Only when you are 100% sure about your tour being ready click on the publish button and update the changes onto the currently published tour.
You can simply click on the Unpublish button provided on the dashboard to take away the public URL.
In case someone already has the link to the tour, clicking it will prompt an error message.


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Supplies for Christmas Card Garland:
- Small wooden clothespins
- Acrylic paint & foam brush
- Coordinating buttons
- Hot glue gun
- Christmas ribbon (3- 5 yds. depending on where you hang your garland)
1. Paint your mini clothespins in a color that will coordinate with your ribbon with your acrylic paint and foam brush. Allow to dry.
2. Attach a button with hot glue to the top of each clothespin on the end where you pinch to open the pin.
3. Cut a 3 to 5 yard piece of ribbon for your garland. The length will depend on where you are going to hang it, so measure first and cut once.
4. Clip Christmas cards to ribbon with clothespins, hang somewhere you can see it, and enjoy the creative Christmas greetings!


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This paper reports an excellent characterization of different tarnsport and recombination parameters of organolead trihalide MAPbX3 (MA = CH3NH3+; X = Br– or I–) single crystals. One important result is the very low density of traps that is infered from space charge limited current measurements
Vol. 347 no. 6221 pp. 519-522
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa2725
Low trap-state density and long carrier diffusion in organolead trihalide perovskite single crystals
- Dong Shi1,*,
- Valerio Adinolfi2,*,
- Riccardo Comin2,
- Mingjian Yuan2,
- Erkki Alarousu1,
- Andrei Buin2,
- Yin Chen1,
- Sjoerd Hoogland2,
- Alexander Rothenberger1,
- Khabiboulakh Katsiev1,
- Yaroslav Losovyj3,
- Xin Zhang4,
- Peter A. Dowben4,
- Omar F. Mohammed1,
- Edward H. Sargent2,
- Osman M. Bakr1,†
The fundamental properties and ultimate performance limits of organolead trihalide MAPbX3 (MA = CH3NH3+; X = Br– or I–) perovskites remain obscured by extensive disorder in polycrystalline MAPbX3 films. We report an antisolvent vapor-assisted crystallization approach that enables us to create sizable crack-free MAPbX3single crystals with volumes exceeding 100 cubic millimeters. These large single crystals enabled a detailed characterization of their optical and charge transport characteristics. We observed exceptionally low trap-state densities on the order of 109 to 1010 per cubic centimeter in MAPbX3 single crystals (comparable to the best photovoltaic-quality silicon) and charge carrier diffusion lengths exceeding 10 micrometers. These results were validated with density functional theory calculations.
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Electron-hole diffusion lengths >175 μm in solution grown CH3NH3PbI3 single crystals
Science aaa5760Published online 29 January 2015
Long, balanced electron and hole diffusion lengths greater than 100 nanometers in polycrystalline CH3NH3PbI3 are critical for highly efficient perovskite solar cells. We report that the diffusion lengths in CH3NH3PbI3 single crystals grown by a solution-growth method can exceed 175 μm under 1 sun illumination and exceed 3 mm under weak light for both electrons and holes. The internal quantum efficiencies approach 100% in 3 mm-thick single crystal perovskite solar cells under weak light. These long diffusion lengths result from greater carrier mobility, lifetime and dramatically smaller trap densities in the single crystals than polycrystalline thin-films. The long carrier diffusion lengths enabled the use of CH3NH3PbI3 in radiation sensing and energy-harvesting through gammavoltaic effect with an efficiency of 3.9% measured with an intense cesium-137 source.
High-efficiency solution-processed perovskite solar cells with millimeter-scale grains


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|The Keys to Your Heart
You are attracted to those who have a split personality - cold as ice on the outside but hot as fire in the heart.
In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.
You'd like your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.
Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You're feeling self centered.
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Rudyard Kipling once said "What do they know of England, who only England know?", and what he meant was, not only do you not know much of other countries if you only know England, you don't know so much of England either without knowing other countries with which to make comparisons.
Lovers sometimes say that of beloveds too - they love them not just by knowing the beloved and all the qualities she has, but by knowing how the qualities and faults of others give further exhibition to what the beloved has to offer.
I feel this is also very true in debates too; it is important to understand the position of your opponent in order to understand your own position properly too. In the days of debating on forums a few years ago, if I could sense an opponent hadn't got a cognitive purchase on his (or her) argument I would try to persuade him to write a post as though he was arguing passionately and intelligently for the other side.
From what I recall, no one ever took me up on my advice, but I think they missed out. Because I think in terms of probability, two things hold most of the time. If someone can accurately and comprehensively explain a position with intelligent reasoning but continue to think that position is wrong, there is quite a high probability that it is wrong. And if someone can accurately and comprehensively explain a position with intelligent reasoning and agree with it, there is quite a high probability that it is right.
Now for that good idea I was talking about: I just discovered today that economist Bryan Caplan has combined notions similar to what I just said above with the Turing test, which for those that don't know, is a test whereby a machine is required to convince a neutral judge that it could pass as being indistinguishable from a human. He calls his version of this The Ideological Turing Test.
This test tries to determine whether someone with a particular view or belief adequately understands the arguments of his or her intellectual opponents. The test is that the individual is challenged to write an essay posing as his opposite number, and if neutral judges cannot tell the difference between the partisan's essay and the answers of the opposite number, the candidate is judged to correctly understand the opposing side.
Here's what I think would be an interesting social experiment; put five randomly chosen socialists/atheists/young earth creationists and one libertarian/Christian/evolutionist in a forum and let other socialists/atheists/young earth creationists ask them questions for an hour. At the end of the hour, the socialist/atheist/young earth creationist questioners have to vote on which one they think is a libertarian/Christian/evolutionist.
Then put five randomly chosen libertarians/Christians/evolutionists and one socialist/atheist/young earth creationist in a forum and let other libertarians/Christians/evolutionists ask them questions for an hour. At the end of the hour, the libertarian/Christian/evolutionist questioners have to vote on who they think is a socialist/atheist/young earth creationist.
After repeated experiments, that could give a good indication of who understands the psychology of the other group best. The same could be tried for any polarised group you like. It won't surprise you to know that in the above scenarios I think the libertarians, Christians and evolutionists would do far better than their opponents, as well as being able to write far more comprehensive essays on their opponents' positions than would be the case the other way round.


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Uncared For
Dear Karly,
I don't think my father cares about me. He's always in his room and almost never comes out. When he does come out he's always on his phone and looks angry all the time. I behave really nicely and do good things but he still won't talk to me. How can I get him to like me more? Do you think I did something wrong to make him not care about me and always be so angry?
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You people sure like arguing about New Dante
Earlier this week, we asked you to share your thoughts on the WORST new videogame characters of 2013. Here are the results!
Many of you took this opportunity to vent your frustrations (or at least upvote or downvote comments) regarding DmC's Dante, which is neat. Other than that obvious choice, there were quite a few other nominees for the wall of shame, and some that I certainly didn't expect!
Mine would be Dante from DmC: Devil May Cry.
When the DmC reboot was first revealed, and after trailers/previews/demos showed off the character most people were expecting/worried that he'd end up being a character, who would try too hard to look "edgy" and "cool" (due to the smoking and excessive swearing, two things that weren't associated to the character previously), but in all actuality in the final game he ended up being pretty close to the opposite. He's an extremely wooden and boring play-it-safe character that seems designed around appealing to the western masses as much as humanly possible.
His personality lacks any sort of charisma, his jokes come off flat, and his motivations during the story never change and flow organically and tend to abruptly change depending on what is necessary for the plot. And all of this is before you really start to compare him to the original version of the character.
There is no real defining look to Reboot Dante beyond originally looking like a self-insert for Tameem Antoniades (which they backed off from later on) and the only way most people tend to describe his look is by talking about what he doesn't look like.
Ninja Theory managed to take a character who was pretty much a glorified Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle known for eating pizza, surfing on rockets, and generally mocking things that are meant to be hellish and evil, and ended up making him boring and uninteresting. Reboot Dante was a completely different/new character who simply had a familiar name slapped onto him in order to sell more copies, a move that ended up backfiring pretty substantially.
It takes an especially awful character to hurt a brand the way that Donte did.
Kat from DmC was the worst character of the year. Just a walking plot device with a name tag that says "Door Mat". She exists to get kidnapped and has really no character of her own, just kind of latching on to Dante at the end of the game because the script said so.
The Aliens in Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Sam Fisher 2.0. He lost a lot of his personality, and he feels like your typical military gruff asshole. I get that he's in charge now, but for someone who usually has that snide, light side of him, it feels like a turnabout.
Darth Marsden:
To say [Sam Fisher's new voice actor] couldn't fill Michael Ironside's shoes is what understatements point and laugh at.
Benny Disco:
Willem Dafoe in Beyond: Two Souls, because he looked like this (left) when he could have looked like this (right).
From my limited experience with GTA V, Jimmy DeSanta.
Pretty much the whole supporting cast in GTA V. Which especially counts for Jimmy DeSanta. It's on thing to make a character terrible by design. But that the game prevents you from even punching him...that is unacceptable. Earlier entries would have had at least the decency to fail the mission when a NPC got harmed by the player.
The Defenestrator:
Carver from Dead Space 3. He was a walking, talking embodiment of EA and Visceral's douchebaggiest "mainstream" money-grubbing ambitions.
Joel from The Last Of Us. He is a terrible human being who does terrible, terrible things. Not sure if that makes him a bad or a great character, but what an asshole.
Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2. Poorly written, unintelligent, obnoxious, self-defeating, plot devicey to the extreme, and ultimately the same old boring boss battle as the first game. He was supposed to be a character that you "love to hate", but was just an annoying piece of shit trying to have your ear for the whole game but without having anything worth saying.
All the Sims in SimCity. Too stupid for their own good.
I thought I knew hatred, I thought I knew what it was to wish ill on my fellow man, I thought I knew the gut searing heat one feels when one is a step away from physical violence.
But I knew nothing.
I did not yet know Teepo.
Silver Waseskuk:
The Deadly Six from Sonic Lost Worlds were disappointing. Not all that deadly or really even threatening in comparison to the glorious Robotnik. Granted, kids game, but I can't imagine too many kids thinking of those clowns as true Monstars.
Rick Korpershoek:
My pick for the worst character(s) would be those dumb rivals from the new Pokemon. Forget Lysandre, that big kid with this stupid obsession with dancing instantly earned my ire. The other two guys (as I played a female MC) are lame as well, because they are lacking in personality and are just plain boring. Freaking May/Brendan were better, and they just gave up halfway through the game!
Only Shauna gets a free pass, because it seemed like she was hitting on my female MC sometimes. Which, y'know, makes everything better.
The tractor from Farming Simulator 2014. It's really slow and it doesn't go where I want it to.
Stealths long lost brother:
Mika from Killer is Dead. Pushing my feelings of that game aside, Mika has to be the worst character I have encountered this year and her character really puzzles me because I always had the impression Suda51 avoids creating characters that follow that typical "moe cliché" that is featured a lot in Japanese media. Suda always had an approach in his games to break common paradigms in Japanese (and Western) games as he has used the moe culture in a sense of dark satire or parody.
Frankly I just think she's annoying and I honestly can't stand characters like that.
Ravio from A Link Between Worlds. I hate that little shit. You can't tell that little bum to fuck off so he moves into your house and reconfigures it into a shop. And his idea of paying rent is letting you rent things from his shop like every other person in Hyrule probably can. Fuck that guy.
As much as I enjoyed the game, I really didn't like Walter, Jonathan, or Isabeau from Shin Megami Tensei IV. At the beginning of the game, they were inoffensive and were excellent meat shields, if a bit cliche, but as the game goes on, they just got really annoying, and I eventually stopped caring about what they said and did. Game was still fun, but man were they really shallow.
And that one is true for every year.
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Air Shocks For Trucks Review
Air suspension and air shocks are some of the newest toys for those who are interested in getting their vehicle to do more. Designed to create a smoother ride, and sometimes managed by high-tech air compressors or electronic levelers, this is the next stage up from basic Hot Rod design, and many companies have now bought out their own version of these devices, designed to fit on a number of different vehicles.
The basic principle behind air shocks for trucks is that they should provide good support whether that is on a bumpy road, or even leaving the track to go through the fields. Off-roading is no longer the remote sport that it once was, and more and more people are joining in with this activity. This is why a good airbag suspension system has gained in popularity, and there are more demands for air shocks than ever before. The new suspension parts replace old coil springs, and the airbags are fitted directly into their place. Other suspensions need a little bit more work, and both torsion and leaf-spring kits cannot use the air struts yet.
The reasons why air shocks have replaced the standard shocks for trucks is simple. They have a great deal more power, and can provide much better performance for the vehicle in question. Air pressure increases the comfort and smooth feel of the drive, but also gives a sensation of firmness which most drivers find enjoyable after the slack coil spring suspension and difficult shock absorbers. In addition, most types of air absorbers compress with movement, getting firm, and it is also possible to get adjustable air shocks in order to provide exactly the right amount of support for the vehicle. In a sense, these suspension parts allow more control and more choices for the driver, placing him back in a position of power within his vehicle.
The other important element for most air ride shocks is their ability to support a more substantial load. They were originally used for this purpose, installed into Heavy Goods Vehicles and other large trucks. They are no longer used solely for this purpose, but the intention behind them remains strong. In fact, the larger cars, such as SUVs, will have them installed as a factory fitting. As more people use the air shocks on a regular basis, so they have become more acceptable in daily life.
The other great reason for installing air suspension kits is that it allows the driver to rebuild or restore the shocks without having to put the car into the garage for several weeks. A good
air shock pump will make sure that the airbags are always full, and are an important tool after the first fitting to get the suspension exactly right. The amount of air in the shocks can affect the driving, as well as the balance of the car, but correct fitting, plus pumping, will ensure that these devices are fitting well, and working to provide a comfortable, high-performance ride.


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A WARNING has been issued after a parasite was discovered in the water supply near Preston.
United Utilities urged residents to boil their drinking water after traces of the bug cryptosporidium – a microscopic parasite which can cause stomach cramps and diarrhoea - was found at Franklaw water treatment plant in Catterall, near Preston, yesterday.
People in Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, Wyre and the Fylde are being warned not even to brush their teeth without boiling water first.
Martin Padley, chief scientific officer at United Utilities, said last night: "The advice is being given purely as a precautionary measure as we carry out additional tests today.
"We apologise for the inconvenience but the health of our customers is absolutely paramount."


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Hello and welcome to my page. My name is Jacqui and I am an experienced and qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a registered member of the National Hypnotherapy Society. I vow to work in your best interests in an ethical, respectful, confidential, non-judgemental and warm manner.
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You have found yourself at an excellent place to help you achieve your goals, overcome issues and obtain peace of mind. If you are ready, we can arrange the initial consultation for free and without obligation.
Do you want to take control of your life and get rid of some baggage you feel is dragging you down? This may include anxiety, addictions, trauma, smoking, weight loss, panic attacks, destructive habits, fears, phobias, eating disorders, illness & pain, separation & social anxiety, and rejection to name just a few. Through Hypnotherapy combined with commitment to therapy you can move in the direction you always wanted. Through hypnosis, suggestion and trance as well the therapeutic relationship, you can build on your life's dreams, removing the obstacles that can affect confidence, health, peace of mind and relationships.
I appreciate that visiting a therapist for the first time can be difficult and rest assured that at no point would I expect you to do or say anything that you are not comfortable doing. I believe in working towards a place of mutual respect and trust. From that place change is possible.
If this appeals , please contact me by e mail or telephone and I will answer any questions you have personally, and when you are ready, we can arrange the initial consultation for free and without obligation (Sessions are £50 thereafter). I am located in Alsager , Cheshire which is within easy reach of Crewe , Congleton , Stoke on Trent , Newcastle Under Lyme and only one mile from the M6 motorway.
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Addictions including Smoking and Food Addiction .
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The aim is firstly to improve focus and concentration , secondly to build confidence in your own ability to move forwards in your chosen sport. In recent years I have worked with swimmers , golfers and footballers.
Weight Management & Psychological relationship with food including Bingeing
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My therapeutic approach is non judgemental and integrative which means that I utilise a variety of therapeutic approaches and philosophies in order to assist my clients to achieve their goals.
I believe that looking at the solutions in the context of problems makes the therapeutic experience more positive for the client.
Rest assured, I only use approaches that have been proven to be effective. That proof is demonstrated in clinical and academic journals as well as through experiential practice.
I am a qualified clinical hypnotherapist, considered the highest standard in the field of clinical hypnosis and am a member of the National Society of Hypnotherapists
Dip Hyp CS Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills
Recent Specialist Certificate Training: (Continuing professional Development)
Weight Loss
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I worked in a NHS Mental Health Unit for 12 years as an Occupational Health Instructor dealing with adults and young adults on many issues such as depression , eating disorders , bereavement , habits , social isolation , phobias , and social skills. Therefore I feel I am well qualified to deal in a sympathetic manner with any problems you may have.
Introductory consultation is free without obligation.
It is important that you feel comfortable with your therapist and therefore prior to commitment, it would be beneficial to determine whether we can work together.
Subsequent sessions are £50
Exception is single session smoking cessation hypnotherapy at £100 ( approx 2 hours )
Weekday Sessions Day, Evening ~ All sessions are 50 minutes and no more than 1 hour long
Weekends by arrangement
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I work from home which is in a quiet leafy area of Alsager near to public transport - the railway station which connects to Crewe and Stoke and other nearby places is a 5 minute walk away. There is plenty of free parking outside the house.
How do I choose the right hypnotherapist?
The key to successful therapy is finding the right therapist for you. However good a therapist is, it is the relationship that determines whether you trust them enough, and they come to understand you enough, to help you explore and find solutions for your problem. I offer the introductory consultation free without obligation to help you decide.
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After the introductory consultation , subsequent one hour sessions are £50 regardless of the issue.
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For some issues you could see improvement within a few session while more complex matters may take longer to resolve. At the onset we can identify the method and work required so you can judge how long you need. We will review progress regularly, but it's up to you.
There are some specific issues, such as performance improvement, phobias and habits, that could be completed based on a 3-session plan. This is something we can discuss during our first session.
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It is a good idea to arrive a few minutes early, to make sure your appointment can start on time. There is plenty of car parking space outside the house.
Your first appointment will be a consultation meeting. It is a two way process. It will be an opportunity me to get to know you, your concerns and hopes about therapy. You can find out about what hypnotherapy . You can ask questions, if you want to, about the therapeutic service and process.
I understand how difficult it can be to ask for help and talk about your problems and express your feelings particularly to someone you have just met. At no point would I expect you to do or say anything that you are not comfortable doing. You are in control of the pace at which things happen. I believe in working towards a place of mutual respect and trust. From that place change is possible.
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Hi Jacqui,
I'd just thought I'd drop you an email to let you know how I got on.
I managed to take both the outbound and return flight, so it was a major achievement for me. I was extremely nervous on the outbound flight but with the help of the breathing exercises and thought blocking I managed to calm myself down. I was still very nervous on the return flight but I managed it.
I have taken your advice and have already booked my second flight for later this year. I can definitely only manage short haul at the moment but it's a massive step in the right direction.
Thank you for all your help, it's enabled me finally start getting over my fear and taking back some control.
Kind regards (name removed)
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It's nice to feel calm and content finally!
It's what I've wanted for a long time. It's through your support and teaching that this can now be a permanent change and a step towards being happier and getting rid of my excess anxiety.
I want to thank you for providing me with a way of rooting these techniques and positivity deeper into myself. And thank you for making it feel possible. You have helped me to a point from which I will be able to move forward and accept and deal with life in a less panicked , more excited way.
So thank you Jacqui for all your help and support. It is truly appreciated and will be for years to come .
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I was in a dark place when I contacted you. I now feel much happier about myself. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for all your help. It made a big difference!
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On the market for an iPhone? Here's a breakdown of all the currently shipping iPhones from Apple.
Apple Seeds First iOS 8.3 Beta to Developers With Wireless CarPlay, New Emoji Picker, Apple Pay for China
The beta, build number 12F5027d, also includes Xcode 6.3 beta with Swift 1.2. It is not clear at this time what the iOS 8.3 beta introduces, but it likely includes several bug fixes. As a .1 update, it may also introduce new features.
Xcode 6.3, included with the beta, introduces a new version of the Swift language. According to Apple's release notes, Swift 1.2 includes "a number of noteworthy changes" to the language. Xcode 6.3 also includes enhancements to ease interoperability between Swift and Objective-C code.
New Features in iOS 8.3:
Based on our testing, iOS 8.3 appears to remove the "beta" label from iCloud Photo Library and it offers new CarPlay features, in the form of wireless connectivity. The CarPlay setting in the image below is located in the General section of the Settings app, below Siri, Spotlight Search, and Handoff & Suggested Apps. Currently, iPhones are only able to connect to CarPlay via the Lightning port.
iOS 8.3 introduces a new emoji picker, much like OS X 10.10.3, released to developers last week. The new emoji picker organizes emoji into categories in a scrollable list, but it does not appear to include placeholders for new emoji or an option for selecting new skin tones.
There's also support for Google two-step verification when logging into and adding Google accounts on iOS, removing some of the need for app specific passwords.
According to the iOS 8.3 release notes, Apple Pay may be available in China in the near future. iOS 8.3 introduces support for the China UnionPay network as previously rumored.
Another minor iOS 8.3 change is in Passbook, which now divides Apple Pay credit/debit cards and other cards into sections labeled "Apple Pay" and "Passes."
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Interesting article on 8.3
Crap site/article!
iPad Pro/iPad Air Plus/13' iPad I believe.
A 13 foot iPad is way to big for me, unless it's wall mountable. Then I'd be more than interested.
Seems like focus is really shifting to china, before europe was second most of the time, especially germany... :(
:mad: Canada is right beside the US. How do you think we feel?
I guess all the people that are suprised by the release don't ever read macrumors.com. lmao!
I think the surprising part is that Apple is letting developers test 8.2 and 8.3 at the same time. I'm guessing most people expected it after 8.2's release.
Looks like their removing a lot from Darwin and replacing it with Swift language ?Darwin and Swift are two different things. Darwin is the base operating system and Swift is a programming language.
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Brussels is not the first city to come to mind when thinking about summer shows. When all the world is in Venice, it seems more likely to imagine oneself there, or at least, a little bit closer to sand and surf.
Yet, despite its propensity for slate streets and gray skies, I returned to this windless and landlocked city one weekend in August to visit a few of the shows opening up there.
At Jan Mot on Saturday August 6, an exhibition at curated by Heidi Ballet around a Levinas-inspired theme of 'the Encounter' served up warm-blooded philosophy. New works by Nina Beier, Karin Schneider and Francisco Camacho, joined existing works by Jiri Kovanda , Tino Sehgal and the surprising inclusion of Yoko Ono's 'Telephone' piece, (1964/2011), which was being revived in a back room.
Like Beier's shoe, which held the gallery door open, Sehgal's performance 'This is About,' was as unexpected as it was activating. After having each of the works in the room described by the exhibitions curator, visitors were asked what they thought the show was about in a precise zombie-like voice, working Sehgal's proposal for a guided tour, originally conceived of in 2003 for a museum setting, into the concept of the exhibition. It was chilling to hear it performed in such a minimal setting.
Though it was never quite clear exactly what kind of encounter this exhibition was aimed at, as in the end, it seemed to evoke several, the thoughtfulness with which each of the works was selected only benefited from this levity. There were no pious pieces here, only works that like Ono's had to be lived out in some way, in real time.
The evening before I'd been to see a curious three person show at dépendance gallery, where the title of the exhibition in an email announcement had somehow been miscommunicated to me as a participant, so I arrived expecting to see works by a new collective formed by three artists: Francois Curlet, Gerald Domenig, and Harald Thys called 'La Ricotta'. No such thing. But rather, a screening of the Pasolini film (1962) that accompanied watercolours by Curlet, black and white photographs by Domenig and an installation of tires filling the gallery which made for an interesting walk around as well as walk-thru of the space.
Earlier in the day 'Text Me Faster', by Shelly Nadashi and guests at Etablissement d'en Face projects was so crowded that about thirty or so people had to stand on the sidewalk watching what could be seen of the evenings performances through the storefront window from the street outside. As Giles Bailey, Cliff Laine and Nadashi performed three distinct original works, two of which either incorporated or worked directly with historic performance material, the storefront, and the performances unfolding inside it, provided an invigorating backdrop for several conversations. I peeked in once and saw a bucket of water being tossed from a ladder (Laine's re-enactment of George Brecht's, 'Drip Music').
The following day brought the weekends highlight: a presentation of work by the collective Jochen Schmith at the Brussels Mariott Hotel, featuring an intervention by the artist-run WCW gallery of Hamburg. This was one of several presentations WCW will host in Brussels in the coming months. On this particular occasion visitors were greeted by twice: once upon arriving in the hotel lobby by an actor that introduced himself as Johnny Rotten, and then again after exiting the elevator, by an actor who presented himself as Tino Sehgal. This minimal performance involved brief choreographed gestures as visitors were first given access to the lift with a room pass, and then met as the elevator doors opened on the correct floor to be guided to the room containing works by Jochen Schmith—the final gesture of which involved spelling out the letters of the gallery's name (W-C-W) on one hand.
Like the view from its windows, the suite was old world Brussels-elegant with a few modern updates, and looked out onto le Bourse, the city's old stock-exchange. A look around the room would reveal a small reproduction of William Morris-like design framed and hung over the hotel's existing wallpaper, from which it was not completely dissimilar. Beneath this, a small sculpture of cigars collected from various art fairs and cast in bronze on the night stand, a pair of paint splattered Ralph Lauren 'Painter Pants' on the bed, along with one of WCW's gallerists / artists who seemed to be doing everything he could not to recline there to the left of all this, a sound piece emanating from a flat-screen on a small piece of furniture, pieced together from several conversations with official advisors at the city of Hamburg's employment office (the Agency of Labour). The difficulty and confusion in offering advice to collective producers ('three artistic painters' as the agency describes them) was at times humorous and revealing to listen to as was the collective's assertion that they are not unemployed but self-employed.
As part of WCW's project involves the dissolution of a traditional gallery space and its operations into something virtual, it seemed fitting to stage this presentation of work in a temporary location of rest and retreat, a space well-suited to a collaboration that used as its tender the working relationship between galleries and artists.
Though it was not intentional, the weekend seemed marked by re-visited figures and works. The interchangeable figures of Rotten and Sehgal, along with this understated, 'from out of town' presentation evoked the image of exhibition as traveling theater with Brussels as the perfect host.
The weekend of openings ended with a sort of politically inspired, 'fight the tyranny that is European immigration' party thrown by Steinar Haga Kristiansen and myself at D.O.R gallery, where a version of Gordon Matta-Clark's bone soup was made. There had been an allusion to nationalism as a 'great big dinosaur' in there at one point, that got lost in the dancing, which was also the point. Though I doubt it would have happened if we were on Wooster street where Matta-Clark and Carol Goodden's restaurant 'Food' was, the music was repeatedly interrupted by calls coming in to Skype on the computer the playlist ran from.
As Kristiansen played Ono's 'Why?' for entranced but still dining attendees who were promised they could wear their bones home, (and some did) Nick Oberthaler, Zin Taylor and Sophie Nys danced with several former residents of the city who has recently relocated to Berlin, including Boy Vereecken of Slavs and Tartars and artist Jürgen Ots. Seeing that several like myself several émigré's like myelf had returned for these shows after a small exodus out of the city – I was reminded me of a sentiment that I'd had when I first moved here: having a city so gray and tense as a backdrop makes it that much easier to see and appreciate what is happening at the forefront.
(i) Jiri Kovanda, 'XXX I asked a woman artist to participate in a performance with me: I was seated with my back facing her camera so that I could not see her and she photographed me while she was naked. January 19th, 2011, Le Plateau, Paris'


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21 Dec Sam Spinner a real northern light
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A POTENTIALLY famous four-some, including the amazing Sam Spinner, could make a big impression in 2018…
DEFINITLY RED (Brian Ellison): His performance in winning the Many Clouds Chase at Aintree felt like a turning point in the career of this likeable chaser. It proved he is a genuine graded competitor. Talk afterwards was of Gold Cups and Bowls rather than handicaps. Saying that, Brian Ellison has mentioned the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster as the likely next target. As well as being one of the most commonly misspelt horses, he also goes down as one of the unluckiest Grand National runners.
Danny Cook was forced to pull him up in April when the tack slipped following a melee at Becher's Brook. The Grand National in 2018 has re-entered calculations although the Cheltenham Gold Cup might be more realistic. After all, the Gold Cup picture is somewhat muddled. The Bowl at Aintree could be the perfect race for this horse who does not like tacky ground (although he acts on heavy).
WAITING PATIENTLY (Malcolm Jefferson): This horse looked like a Rolls-Royce of a novice chaser last season. He won three races events on the bounce and the form of his victory over Politologue at Haydock now looks fantastic. He has recently had a few niggles that have kept him off the racecourse. But connections say he should be out before the end of January. He he is a horse who could really put the Jefferson yard on the map. The Ryanair Chase looks an obvious target but the Grade One Melling Chase at Aintree could suit even more.
Sam Spinner the bargain buy
LAKE VIEW LAD (Nick Alexander): I got it wrong with this horse. I thought he could make a very decent two-mile or two-and-a-half mile chaser when he was a young hurdler. But he showed he has reserves of stamina with a fluent success at Newcastle over 3m on Fighting Fifth day. That was only his fourth race over fences but he jumped like an old hand. It was a mature display. Lake View Lad was third in the Tommy Whittle but that may have come too soon after Newcastle. I think he is better than that.
SAM SPINNER (Jedd O Keeffe): The staying hurdling division is in a state of flux. The tragic death of Nichols Canyon and recent defeats for Unowhatimeanharry mean there is no real outstanding candidate. However, at Ascot in the Long Walk Hurdle on December 23, Sam Spinner emerged as a genuine candidate for the Stayers' Hurdle crown at the Cheltenham Festival. Based at Jedd O'Keeffe's yard on the outskirts of marvellous Middleham, Sam Spinner made all the running and shrugged off the fleetest of challenges by L'Ami Serge. There were shades of Night Nurse as he fended off challengers from the front, plus he is so tough. The fact his trainer and rider Joe Colliver have fought back from adversity only adds to the Sam Spinner fairytale. The dream lives on that this £12,000 bargain from a small northern yard can conquer the big boys at Cheltenham.


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January is all about getting more organized, and here's a great way to make mornings run a bit more smoothly. I spent a few days doing a little baking and have breakfasts for weeks. We made pumpkin spice waffles, raisin scones, and oatmeal chocolate chip muffins.
The muffins were easy. I made them with this recipe -shared here.
After they cooled I put them in ziplock bags and put them in the freezer. The night before I can pull them out, and enjoy them in the morning, or send them with my girls to school for one of their snacks.
My sweet husband made a double batch of pumpkin spice waffles -get our recipe here. After they're baked, just spread them out on a cookie sheet, so they're not touching and put them into the freezer for a couple hours to freeze.
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My girls love one of these for breakfast on a school morning and it's so easy.
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp cold butter -cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- 2. Cut in the butter, until the mixture resembles oatmeal texture.
- 3. Stir in the raisins.
- 4. Whisk together in a separate bowl the egg, and cream. Add to the dry and ingredients and stir into a dough.
- 5. Divide the dough in half, and flatten into a disk about 3/4 inch thick. Cut the round into 4 wedges. Repeat with the other half of the dough.
- 6. At this point you can freeze the dough to bake later.
- 7. To cook from frozen, pre-heat oven to 425 F and bake dough from frozen on a cookie sheet for 20-25 min. If cooking right away, and not from frozen dough, reduce the cooking time to 15-20 min. OPTIONAL -brush the scones with some cream or milk and sprinkle with sugar before baking.
I made the scones, but didn't bake them. I placed them on a cookie sheet and put them in the freezer for a few hours to freeze, then once they're frozen place in a ziplock bag. On a morning when you'd like one, place the frozen, raw scone on a cookie sheet and bake at about 425 F for about 20-25 mins. (which is about 5 min. more than the original recipe, when they're not frozen).
With breakfast this yummy, and easy, in your freezer, life really is a party!


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Following a falling out with another (more senior) practitioner, a young periodontist was unable to provide dental services from premises he occupied. Apart from being unable to earn income, he was also unable to fulfil his contractual obligations to a corporate aggregator.
Although the periodontist worked in Perth, a national dental practice management adviser recommended he speak to Jonathan Harris at Harris Freidman Lawyers in Sydney. The periodontist wanted to set up a new practice but in order to do so he needed to resolve his existing contractual obligations. He also needed to find a place to work as soon as possible to maintain his growing practice.
The dispute arose in the following way:
- The founder of a periodontic practice occupied premises and conducted a dental practice under licence from a dental aggregator
- Our client (who had been employed by the founder) entered into an agreement with the aggregator by which, in return for a fee, the aggregator provided him with facilities and services to enable him to carry on an "associate dental practice" at the same premises.
- The facilities and services at the premises were jointly managed by the aggregator.
- Our client was required to work at the premises for a defined term and restrained from working elsewhere within a specified radius of the premises.
- The founder was required to act reasonably in assigning patients to our client but would not otherwise interfere with his conduct of the associate dental practice.
- The founder and our client fell out, after which the founder packed up our client's personal belongings, delivered them to his home and demanded return of the keys to the premises.
Attempts to negotiate a way that our client could continue to provide dental services under his agreement with the aggregator without interference from the founder were unsuccessful. Our client then started setting up new premises.
The aggregator sued in the Supreme Court of Western Australia claiming the revenue it would have received if our client had worked out his contract and sought an injunction restraining him from soliciting clients of the former practice.
Jonathan involved his partner Scott Freidman, a commercial litigator who advised our client to make an application in the Federal Court of Australia under the Independent Contractors Act 2006 (Cth) seeking to vary the agreement with the aggregator because it was unfair and harsh. The application alleged that the aggregator had failed to provide facilities which were free from interference, bullying and harassment.
The aggregator argued that the Act couldn't apply because our client wasn't contracted to provide dental services to the aggregator. The aggregator claimed that our client provided dental services to his own patients (not patients of the aggregator) and therefore was not an independent contractor.
The aggregator asked the Federal Court to dismiss the application because it was misconceived but the Court refused to do so. The parties were then headed to a hearing estimated to take over a week.
Scott continued to advise our client on the options available to him including participation in mediation. Ultimately a satisfactory resolution was achieved prior to the hearing.
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Scott has integrity, honesty, a lot of legal experience, and had my and my family's interests at heart throughout. Despite my pigheadedness to litigate further, Scott counselled me about the risk/benefits and we settled out of court. This was a decision made ultimately by myself, that effectively lost Harris Freidman further revenue and yet he had no qualms advising me about settling. I knew he was behind me 100% should I wish to defend the matter further and was extremely confident in the barristers he recommended.
I consider myself lucky to have met this truly amazing person (despite the ugliness of the situation), and would like to count him as my friend. My practice continues to evolve and grow and I'm delighted to have a legal advisor of such calibre.
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When everything you have worked so hard for is on the line, you need a lawyer who is prepared to run difficult arguments for you. I can't guarantee a win but I do guarantee that I won't shy away just because it is hard. At Harris Freidman we are comfortable fighting above our weight.


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Spoor & Fisher notched the Diamond Arrow Award at the PMR Africa Awards in the "Specialist Legal Services Practices: Intellectual Property" category. PMR gave Spoor & Fisher the highest rating in this category earning a score of 4.26 of a potential 5.
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The major sightseeing spots in Hakodate are Mount Hakodate, Motomachi, the Bay Area and Goryokaku Park. These areas are relatively close to each other and are connected by the Hakodate City Tram, however it is always nice to stay somewhere that is in a great location! Also if you are planning to take advantage of the hot springs in Hakodate, a good area to stay at is Yunokawa Onsen. The following are popular, conveniently-located hotels with large bath areas, and which have amazingly luxurious breakfasts!
1. La Vista Hakodate Bay / Ranked in #1 in Hokkaido for "Hotel with Delicious Breakfast"
La Vista Hakodate Bay is located in the Bay Area, where the popular sightseeing spot Red Brick Warehouse is at. This area is a convenient location with great shopping and dining options. Also it is in walking distance of the Motomachi area, another popular sightseeing spot for its churches and Western-style buildings.
Since there aren't many particularly tall buildings in the area, the hotel provides a spectacular view of Hakodate Bay and of the city. Especially the natural hot spring located on the top floor "Kaikyo no Yu" has a great view of Mount Hakodate and Hakodate Bay. It also offers baths such as Hinokiburo (Japanese cypress bath), Toukiburo (ceramic bath) and taruburu (barrel bath), in all of which water flows directly from the source for an enjoyable experience.
One of the hotel's highlights is breakfast. The hotel has ranked in 1st place for seven years in a row in Hokkaido's "Top 20 Hotels with Delicious Breakfast" on a world-famous ranking website. The breakfast includes both Western and Japanese dishes that use plenty of seafood caught locally in Hakodate. A popular option is the kaisendon seafood rice bowl where you can add as much ikura (salmon roe) and shrimp as you want.
Hotel room interiors are designed in the Taisho era style and are equipped with Simmons beds. Single beds are semi double-sized and spacious. Also the double and twin beds are Japanese style ones which are closer to the ground. There are also rooms that combine Japanese and Western styles with beds and tatami matting.
La Vista Hakodate Bayラビスタ函館ベイ
- Address 〒040-0065 北海道函館市豊川町12-6/12-6, Toyokawa-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0065
Nearest Station
5-minute drive from JR Hakodate Station. About 8 minutes from JR Hakodate Station on the city loop bus "Motomachi Bay Area Shuyu-go" and a minute walk from La Vista Hakodate bus stop. About 8 minutes via the city tram from JR Hakodate Station and a 5-minute walk from Uoichibadori Station. About a 20-minute drive from Hakodate Station.
- Phone Number 0138-23-6111
Fee: 1 night with breakfast, single starting from 14,000 yen; twin starting from 14,000 yen
Number of rooms: 350
Check-in: From 3:00 PM, checkout 11:00 AM
Language Support: English
Reservation Method: Phone, hotel website, travel websites, travel agencies
2. Winning Hotel Hakodate / Superb View of Hakodate Bay and the Bay Area
A symbolic hotel sitting in front of Hakodate Bay and in a convenient location for shopping at places like Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (Youbutsukan) and Bay Hakodate. Also there are popular dining facilities in near the hotel.
We strongly recommend Restaurant Winning located on the 7th floor, which offers Hakodate cuisine for lunch and dinner made with local ingredients. The restaurant has a great view of Hakodate Bay and the Bay Area, and night view is very romantic. Below is a picture of the shoukatou bento.
The single guest rooms are spacious and offer a great view of Mount Hakodate and churches. Also the double and twin rooms offer an ocean view and the twin deluxe and suite rooms provide outstanding views of Hakodate Bay. With the hotel having comparatively few rooms they have established a reputation for offering excellent service. Also there is a memorial hall for famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima who was born in Shiriuchi, a town near Hakodate.
Winning Hotel HAKODATEウイニングホテル函館
- Address 〒040-0053 北海道函館市末広町22-11/22-11, Suehiro-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0053
Nearest Station
5-minute drive from JR Hakodate Station. 7 minutes by city tram from JR Hakodate Station to Suehiro Station and a 1-minute walk to the hotel. 20-minute drive from Hakodate Airport.
- Phone Number 0138-26-1111
Fee: Single rooms starting from 7,000 yen; twin rooms starting from 14,000 yen (service charge included, tax excluded, meals not included.)
Number of rooms: 29
Check in: 3:00 PM ~, checkout ~10:00 AM
Language Support: English. Website includes English
Reservation Method: Phone, hotel website, various reservation websites, and travel agencies
3. Four Points by Sheraton Hakodate / World-Famous Brand Hotel Located in front of Hakodate Station
The hotel opened in September 2016 as the first Four Points Sheraton in Japan. Conveniently located in front of JR Hakodate Station it is perfect for business and sightseeing. Also all rooms are non-smoking.
Guest rooms are simple yet have a luxurious atmosphere. The rooms come with a 102cm flat screen TV and a desk, also the Simmons bed guarantees a good night's sleep. From the room you can get a great view of Hakodate City, Mount Hakodate and Hakodate Bay. Also the deluxe twin rooms located on the top floor provide for the perfect panoramic night view. There are single, double, and twin rooms; bed and room sizes will change depending on the type.
The popular breakfast buffet (2,000 yen) has over 80 items available including seafood, meat dishes, freshly baked bread, salads and desert. The buffet offers a full Western and Japanese style breakfast.
The bar located on the top floor offers a great night view, perfect for your last night in Hakodate. Also they offer a welcome drink service from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM during check-in.
Four Points by Sheraton Hakodateフォーポイントバイシェラトン函館
- Address 〒040-0063 北海道函館市若松町14-10/14-10, Wakamatsu-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0063
Nearest Station
1-minute walk from JR Hakodate Station. 20-minute drive from Hakodate Airport
- Phone Number 0138-22-0111
Fee: Single rooms starting from 9,400 yen; twin rooms starting from 17,500 yen (room charge only)
Number of Rooms: 199
Check-in: 2:00 PM~, Check-out ~11:00 AM
Language Support; English. Website language support includes English, Korean, simplified Chinese
Reservation Method: Phone, hotel website, various reservation sites, travel agencies
4. Yunokawa Prince Hotel Nagisatei / Guest Rooms with Outdoor Hot Springs
An established Hakodate hotel located in Yunokawa Onsen, which is about a 5-minute drive from Hakodate Airport heading towards Hakodate City, and offers a great view of the Tsugaru Strait.
One of the main feature of the hotel is, out of the 186 rooms, 115 rooms have a private outdoor hot spring. These rooms have hinokiburo Japanese cypress wood baths or iwaburo stone baths in the room, so guests can enjoy a relaxing soak at any time. Also the majority of the rooms are facing the ocean, making for an excellent view. Guest rooms come in different concepts, such as Japanese style, and Japanese and Western mixed style rooms.
Another major feature is the dinner buffet. The buffet has around 50 different Japanese, Western and Chinese dishes made from fresh local ingredients. There is also a section where sushi chefs will make what you request. The breakfast is also a buffest style and their customizable kaisendon is popular.
The large gender-separated bath areas are filled with hot spring water directly from the source. The view of the ocean, Mount Hakodate and the lights used for squid fishing at night creates a majestic view.
Yunokawa Prince Hotel Nagisatei湯の川プリンスホテル渚亭
- Address 〒042-0932 北海道函館市湯川町1-2-25/1-2-25, Yunokawa-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 042-0932
Nearest Station
5-minute drive from Hakodate Airport. 15-minute drive from JR Hakodate Station
- Phone Number 0138-57-3911
Fee: Japanese style room, 1 night, 2 meals, starting from 10,000 yen per person; deluxe twin room starting from 14,300 yen; room with outdoor hot spring starting from 16,000 yen per person
Number of Rooms: 186
Check-in: 3:00 PM~, Check-out ~11:00 AM
Language Support; English. Website language support includes English, Korean, simplified Chinese
Reservation Method: Phone, hotel website, various reservation sites, travel agencies
5. Hotel Mystays Hakodate Goryokaku / Conveniently Located Near Goryokaku Park
The former Hotel Nets Hakodate was rebranded as Hotel Mystays Hakodate Goryokaku and became a stylish hotel. Located conveniently near Goryokaku Koen Mae Station, you can easily walk to Goryokaku Park and Goryokaku Tower. There are also various dining spots in the vicinity.
Available guest rooms are mainly doubles, with other categories being singles, twins and suites. Single rooms utilize double beds. Twin rooms have standard and comfort twin (see photo) categories. There are also three-person rooms such as the superior twin room and the deluxe twin that can fit 2 extra beds; these are recommended for families and groups. All rooms have a large window with good lighting, some rooms even have a great view of Goryokaku Tower. Also the rooms come with a convenient side table.
The buffet style breakfast (1,600 yen) has over 30 dishes. The buffet uses selected ingredients from Hokkaido and Hakodate for their local delicacies such as squid sashimi and grilled salmon. They also serve western dishes such as chicken curry, pasta and fresh baked bread, and you'll want to be sure to try the ice cream and other deserts that they offer.
HOTEL MYSTAYS Hakodate Goryokakuホテルマイステイズ函館五稜郭
- Address 〒040-0011 北海道函館市本町26-17/26-17 Honcho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0011
Nearest Station
10 minutes by car from JR Hakodate Station. 15 minutes by the city tram from JR Hakodate Station, and a 1-minute walk after getting off at Goryokaku Koen Mae Station. 15-minute drive from Hakodate Airport.
- Phone Number 0138-30-2111
Fee: Single room starting from 7,000 yen; twin room starting from 13,000 yen.
Number of Rooms: 208
Check-in: 3:00 PM~, Check-out ~11:00 AM
Language Support; English. Website language support includes English, Korean, simplified Chinese
Reservation Method: Phone, hotel website, various reservation sites, travel agencies
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*Unless stated otherwise, all prices include tax.
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