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Comfort Studio with Balcony and Sea View
Accommodation, facilities, equipment
|Size 30 m2
|The studio offers a balcony with a beautiful view.
|Balcony with sea view
|Pool with Jacuzzi
|Free WI-FI
|Free covered parking
|Air conditioning
|Free BBQ
|Washer and dryer goods on request
|Bedroom and Living room
|Bedroom with queen bed (200x160)
|Table with chairs
|Satellite TV
|Hi-fi systems
|Coffee maker
|1 Bathroom
|WC with shower
|Distance from city
|1200 m
|Distance from beach
|300 m
|Nearest airport
|SPU (Aiport Split)
|7 km
|Nearest restaurant
|300 m
|Nearest shop
|300 m
|Nearest pharmacy
|1300 m
|25 km
Villa Fani - has many years experience in renting rooms and apartments in the city of Trogir. Villa Fani - apartments and rooms in Trogir, wish you a pleasant vacation on the Croatian coast. See our photo gallery and on-time rent accommodation in our apartments.
20.04.-15.05. - 49€
16.05.-16.06. - 49€
17.06.-12.07. - 69€
13.07.-23.08. - 74€
24.08.-13.09. - 69€
14.09.-30.09. - 49€
01.10.-31.10. - 49€
Prices are given for 2 persons.
Free of carged for children (0-3) in existing bed.
Extra 7 € is charged for children (0-12) in extra bed upon request.
Extra 12 € is charged for each additional person (13+ years) in extra bed upon request.
Tourist tax is included in the price.
Departure till 10:00 , Arrival after 14:00.
The price includes:
WiFi in the apartment,
Weekly change of bed linen,
Water and electricity,
Air Coditioning,
Kitchen equipment,
Cleaning the apartment on departure day,
Grill and parking on request
Tourist tax
The price does not include:
Baybe bad 10 € / day,
Washer and dryer 10 € / machine
Cheap prices
We assure you that there is no cheaper apartments in Trogir, this level of equipment (grill, satellite TV, air conditioning, balcony with view, covered parking, close to the center, internet, microwave,...).
House rules
We would like to acquaint you with our house rules so that your stay can be as pleasant as possible. For any kind of information please ask us directly. While confirming your reservation it is a matter of course that you have been familiarized and agreed with it and that you will observe it completely. Non-compliance of the house rules can result in a cancellation of the reservation and the encashment of the whole price of the stay, regardless of an earlier compulsory departure.
1. Upon arrival at the reception please hand over your personal documents to the host (passports or identity cards, voucher) of all guests for registration at the Tourist office and pay the rest of the amount for the accommodation. The documents shall be returned to you within 24h.
2. The guest is responsible for the key and for locking the door of the apartment as the hosts have no responsibility for any theft or indolence.
3. The costs for the rent of the accommodation shall be paid at the reception personally if the reservation had not been carried out by another agency. The payment shall be realised exclusively in cash in accordance with the price list for the running year which has been put up in your facility.
4. The price of the apartment includes: water supply, electrical supply, and supply for cooking, water heating and change of the bed linen/towels on weekly basis.
5. Should you decide to terminate your agreed stay earlier, you will be in dept to pay the whole reservation of the abode.
6. The guest is responsible for the cleanliness of the accommodation and they are in charge to maintain it. The host is not obliged to maintain the accommodation during the stay of the guest.
7. The host has no right to enter the rented flat without prior notice and approval, nor is he allowed to touch or use private property. The host may enter the object without the guest's presence only in the case of justified suspiciousness that the object or the guest's property is in danger, as well as if there is a justified suspiciousness that there have been violations against the house rules.
8. The host is on your service for any information and help you might need throughout your entire stay. The host is neither obliged nor responsible for the organisation of the guests' free time and animation.
9. The host is not responsible for the guest's property, but he will do everything in his power to protect it and to warn the guest against possible danger. When going out, it is essential to lock the doors and windows.
10. Pets are permitted only upon the consent of the host. Bringing in of pets without prior notice in the reservation is not allowed, the owner of the apartment and the agency has the full right to cancel the accommodation. The guest is obliged to make sure that the pet does not jump on furniture and does not cause any damage as well as to immediately clean its excrements in the apartment, yard, in the house and its proximity and on the beach.
11. It is advised not to smoke indoor but to smoke on the terraces of the apartments and the joint spaces outdoor. We kindly ask you to carry out garbage every day.
12. It is prohibited to bring into the apartment easily flammable and explosive material with strong or unpleasant odour. It is not allowed to bring in electric consumers for which you have no concordance given by the host. Electrical usage which is included in the price of the accommodation does not provide for untypical additional electrical devices. Every usage found in the apartment will be charged extra in accordance with the usage, regardless of the fact has it been used or not.
13. From 23:00 till 8:00 o'clock it is night time peace, from 14:00 till 17:00 o'clock afternoon relaxation, therefore it is prohibited to cause any noise or disturbance of peace for the other guests.
14. The guest is obliged to protect the apartment's equipment and general state, especially is it essential to take care of switching off all electrical appliances, air condition, closing all tabs and sunshades for the time being out of the apartment. Before using the air condition, it is necessary to close all windows and doors. It is not permitted to move any furniture between the rooms nor to take out inner equipment into another accommodation, out or to the beach (chairs from the kitchen to the terrace, cutlery or cooking equipment into other another accommodation, towels or blankets out of the apartment to the beach, loungers from the swimming pool to the beach etc.). Particularly do not leave unnecessarily the air condition on when you are not inside nor use it while windows and doors are open. It is prohibited to cool food or beverages with running water. Besides it is prohibited to throw away waste into the toilet bowl, sink and other places which are not provided or to the yard and the close proximity of the house.
15. It is strictly forbidden to bring in persons that are no guests of Villa Fani and who have not been listed on the reservation. In the event that non-registered persons are found, the host has the full right to cancel the accommodation to all guests without any consequences regarding the payment of cancellation costs.
16. A guest who purposeful or accidently causes a defect or damage on the property will have to indemnify the full amount of the caused damage to the host. On the day of departure the guest is obliged personally to call the host to survey in their presence all rooms and household appliances to prove that he has not caused any damage. Only then has the guest the right to leave the accommodation. All caused damage that has not been registered will be claimed of the guest in court subsequently.
17. On the day of departure you are obliged to leave your accommodation by 10:00 o'clock to make sure that it will be cleaned and prepared for other guests who are going to arrive after you and who have the right to enter at 16:00h. Staying in the apartment after 10:00 o'clock unconditionally will entail payment of another day without the possibility to stay longer in the facility.
18. The apartment you have rented shall be left in the state existing on the day of your arrival: clean, tidy and with no damage.
19. Guests who do not comply of the house rules and who disturb peace will get an unconditional cancellation of the accommodation.
20. In the case of a cancellation of the accommodation by the host due to infringement of the house rules, the guest will be charged the whole amount of the reserved period of time, regardless of the shorter stay.
21. The guests are obliged to take care of their own things and valuables. The proprietor is not responsible for any possible disappearance of things or valuables of the guests.
22. Guests can use the outdoor grill in consultation with the host during their stay. Coal shall be organised by the guest. After usage the grill must be cleaned out of consideration for other users. Besides we kindly ask to be careful while operating with the fireplace to avoid ember to spread and to cause a fire.
23. If on the day of arrival the guest arrives to the booked accommodation after 20:00h, they are obliged to call the owner of the object or the agency ahead and announce a late arrival to avoid the situation that the host, who believes that the guests will not arrive anymore, welcomes other guests into the accommodation.
24. You may offer your comments, suggestions and compliments to your host who is at your disposal during working hours from 8.00 to 20.00 o'clock. Any complaints are taken into consideration only if they have been registered during the stay. Later complaints will not be taken into consideration.
25. Upon using the accommodation it is connoted that the guest has been introduced to the house rules and that they accept their obligations and conditions stressed in the house rules. Assumingthat the guest does not accept these provisions, he is obliged to leave the accommodation. Any disputes that cannot be resolved with the host or the agency shall be resolved by police or court in Trogir.


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In the hot summer months, the idea of cranking out extra heat to cook a meal can seem less than appealing. Here are a few new recipes that require no cooking at all -- COOL!
PER SERVING (1/4th of recipe, about 1 1/2 cups): 165 calories, 3g fat, 440mg sodium, 14g carbs, 4g fiber, 7g sugars, 22g protein -- PointsPlus® value 4*
This dish is all stir and no fry! Just grab some precooked chicken from the market (or make use of those leftovers!), and you're on your way to delicious-ville...
1/4 cup low-fat Thai peanut salad dressing or sauce (like the kind by Litehouse)
2 tbsp. seasoned rice vinegar
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
One 12-oz. bag (about 4 cups) broccoli cole slaw
10 oz. cooked and chopped skinless lean chicken breast
2 cups sugar snap peas, halved
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
In a small bowl, combine salad dressing/sauce, rice vinegar, and red pepper flakes. Mix thoroughly and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine all remaining ingredients and mix well. Add dressing/sauce mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 15 minutes. If you just can't wait, go ahead and dig in!
PER SERVING (1/2 of recipe, 1 wrap): 301 calories, 6.5g fat, 1,120mg sodium, 32g carbs, 7g fiber, 5.5g sugars, 35g protein -- PointsPlus® value 8*
Dining solo? Save half of the salad and assemble the second wrap another day. Have a chewing companion? Your pal's in for a TREAT!
Two 5-oz. cans albacore tuna in water, drained and flaked
1/4 cup fat-free mayonnaise
2 tbsp. drained and chopped roasted red peppers (previously packed in water)
2 tbsp. sliced black olives
1/4 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. onion powder
2 medium-large high-fiber flour tortillas with 110 calories or less each (like the kinds by La Tortilla Factory)
1 cup chopped lettuce
4 large tomato slices
2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil
In a medium bowl, combine tuna, mayo, red peppers, olives, and dried seasonings. Stir thoroughly and set aside.
Lay tortillas side by side on a clean dry surface, and evenly distribute lettuce over the bottom halves of the tortillas. Evenly top lettuce with tomato slices, followed by tuna mixture and basil.
Carefully and tightly roll up each tortilla over the filling from the bottom to the top. Secure with toothpicks if needed. Slice in half, if you like, or just dig in! (But whatever you do, don't eat the toothpicks!)
HG Tip: Sodium counters can save around 300mg per serving by using low-sodium albacore tuna.
PER SERVING (1/2 of recipe, 1 tomato): 145 calories, 4g fat, 765mg sodium, 20g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 9g sugars, 9g protein -- PointsPlus® value 4* These adorable crab-packed items are almost too cute to eat. ALMOST. After a few minutes of cooing over them, we totally got over their cuteness and devoured 'em... Ingredients: 2 large round tomatoes, about 3 inches wide 2 tbsp. fat-free ranch dressing 1 oz. mashed avocado (about 2 tbsp. or 1/4th of an avocado) 1/2 tsp. lime juice 1/8 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. onion powder 4 oz. flaked or chopped imitation crab (about 3/4 cup) 1/2 cup chopped cucumber 1 tbsp. precooked real crumbled bacon (like the kind by Oscar Mayer) 1 tbsp. chopped scallions Directions: Carefully slice off about 1/2 inch from the top of each tomato. Gently scoop out and discard the insides. Set aside the hollow tomatoes. In a bowl, combine dressing, avocado, lime juice, salt, and onion powder. Mix thoroughly. Add the crab, cucumber, and bacon. Stir well. Evenly distribute crab mixture between the hollow tomatoes. Sprinkle mixture with scallions. If you like, cover and refrigerate until chilled. Enjoy! MAKES 2 SERVINGS
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Is Your Senator Using The Distraction Of The Debt Ceiling To Support The Feds Secret Interpretation Of Spying Laws?
from the sneaky-sneaky deptWe were just reporting on how Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was tap dancing around some specific questions about how much warrantless spying on Americans US federal intelligence agencies do. Much of that discussion revolved around the controversial FISA Amendments Act (recursively called the FAA) of 2008, which you may recall as the law that both made warrantless wiretapping officially legal (despite the fact that the federal government had been doing it for years under a very questionable legal theory) and granted telecom companies retroactive immunity for having helped the feds get such wiretaps despite the lack of warrants (and, in some cases, nothing more than a post-it note asking for it).
The FAA is set to expire in 2012, but, as we've seen with any law that grants the federal government more power to spy on Americans without oversight, there is no way the folks in power want to give up such things. Now come reports that, while most of Congress is focused on that whole debt ceiling thing, some have decided this is the perfect cover to quickly and secretly re-up the FAA. It's been reported that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is likely meeting behind closed doors today in an effort (by some) to re-up the FAA now, before anyone even realizes it's being debated. The last thing they want is pesky civil libertarians to re-start the discussion about the general constitutionality of spying on Americans without a warrant (believing in the 4th Amendment is sooooo old fashioned).
In trying to hunt down more details about what's going on, we found out that Senators Wyden and Udall -- who, as we've been discussing, have been trying to stop the federal government from secretly interpreting these laws in ways that seem contrary to what most believe the laws say -- are trying to add an amendment to this attempt to reauthorize the FAA. It's difficult to see how anyone can, in good conscience, vote against this. It includes such basic truths as:
In democratic societies, citizens rightly expect that their government will not arbitrarily keep information secret from the public but instead will act with secrecy only in certain limited circumstances.The amendment specifically says that the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence would need to explain "the problems posed by the reliance of government agencies and departments on interpretations of domestic surveillance authorities that are inconsistent with the understanding of such authorities by the public."
Who could possibly vote against that?
Well, tragically, since this supposed meeting is "closed" (though not classified), the Senators get to hide from view for a while. It's one of those arcane Senate rules that are all too often used to allow Senators to avoid public scrutiny for their actions. While no members of the public or press are allowed in the room, and those in the room cannot tell what anyone else says (or votes) in the room... since it's not classified the Senators who are in the room can absolutely say what they said or did in the room. The specific votes on this particular amendment will be made public three weeks after the markup occurs, buying anyone voting against it three weeks of cover (and when the votes come out, they can pretend this is "old news"). The amendment itself is not secret or classified. Senators cannot reasonably claim that they can't say how they voted for "national security" reasons (a popular cop out) because their votes are going to be made public. The only reason to not answer the question of how they voted is because they want to avoid scrutiny.
So... if your Senator happens to be on the Senate Intelligence Committee now would be the time to call, email, tweet, fax, carrier pigeon, etc. to ask them whether they voted to let Americans know how the government is secretly interpreting its own laws... or if they voted against your basic fundamental rights to know how the government interprets its own laws. The list of Senators on the Committee are as follows:
- Dianne Feinstein, California (chair)
- Saxby Chambliss, Georgia (vice chair)
- John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia
- Olympia J. Snowe, Maine
- Ron Wyden, Oregon
- Richard Burr, North Carolina
- Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland
- James Risch, Idaho
- Bill Nelson, Florida
- Daniel Coats, Indiana
- Kent Conrad, North Dakota
- Roy Blunt, Missouri
- Mark Udall, Colorado
- Marco Rubio, Florida
- Mark Warner, Virginia
Filed Under: fisa, geolocation, james clapper, mark udall, patriot act, privacy, ron wyden, secrecy, senate


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by Alfred W. Stuart
Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2006.
Reprinted with permission from The North Carolina Atlas Revisited: http://ncatlasrevisited.org/. Managing editor: Alfred W. Stuart.
Part 9: Future Outlook
American manufacturing is undergoing organizational and technological shifts that are intended to improve its competitive position in global markets and these will have an impact on its location. An emphasis on just-in-time deliveries of materials and products tends to favor places that have excellent inter-city accessibility. Automated production, robotics and various high-tech industries play more to the strength of the U.S. economy than do traditional labor-intensive industries. These companies require a well educated labor force and good accessibility to national and global markets, whether via Interstate highways or air service.
Another major change that is occurring is the emergence of flexible manufacturing systems that depend heavily on computer-integrated processes. Production runs are smaller and the uncertainties of volume associated with this are shifted to subcontractors and suppliers. These small, specialized producers do similar work for many different customers, to the advantage of all. Inevitably this arrangement leads to a clustering of related industries, especially in metropolitan areas. In contrast, the rapid changes associated with developing technologies and markets put any plant that specializes in the making a single product or product line at considerable risk. "Flexible" plants are better prepared to weather the turmoil of uncertainty. This favors smaller, flexible operations, including those that are affiliated with corporate headquarters and research and development functions. Labor forces that are amenable to cross-training for a number of tasks also are advantageous. This kind of manufacturing tends to favor small, innovative firms that are involved in denser supplier/producer networks and where cooperation among related businesses is possible. These operations and the related, skilled jobs in research and development, innovation, marketing and finance tend to be located in the dominant urban regions.
These factors may make the current era rank with other major historical turning points in the state's industrial history, comparable to the first and second cotton mill campaigns of the 1880s and 1920s and the boom of the post-World War II period. This new era promises a continuation of factory growth in and around larger metropolitan areas, especially in the more suburban parts where manufacturers can access central city advantages while avoiding their higher costs. Conversely, a progressively smaller share of industrial growth, especially in high growth, high wage industries, will be going to the more rural parts of the state, despite the use of state and local economic incentives to try and reverse this trend. Industrial employment in rural areas typically is associated with lower wages, fewer fringe benefits and less attractive working conditions than in urban areas. These workers have the skills needed only for routine, inflexible tasks. Mostly they work in branch plants where no decision-making or innovation takes place. All of these factors limit the plant's ability to respond to rapid changes in technology and markets.
The seemingly inexorable growth of more desirable industries in metropolitan areas will result in a further widening of earnings gaps between their counties and the rest of the state. This, in turn, will erode the general pattern of geographic dispersion that has so strongly characterized the state throughout much of its history.
Return to >> Manufacturing- Part 1: Overview
Jannise, Stephen. 2010. A plain English guide to modern manufacturing methods. Software Advice.
McGladrey. 2010. 2010 Manufacturing and wholesale distribution national survey, North Carolina report. RSM McGladrey, Inc. http://ncchamber.com/docs/publications/2010McGladreySurveyReport.pdf
Industrial Extension Service. n.d. Manufacturing matters: The importance of manufacturing to North Carolina. NCSU College of Engineering. https://www.ies.ncsu.edu/ncmanufacturing/
National Science Foundation. 2010. Science and engineering indicators: 2010. https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/
U.S. Dept. of Commerce. 2004. Manufacturing in America: A comprehensive strategy to address the challenges to U.S. manufacturers. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept of Commerce. https://www.manufacturing.gov/report/index.asp?dName=report
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Postcard of the Champion Paper and Fiber Company, Canton, N.C. Accession # P077-4-145. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil. https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/nc_post&CISOPTR=2176&CISOBOX=1&REC=7
Canton Paper Mill / 1. Image courtesy of flickr user alex_ford. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alex_ford/4255401947/. Some rights reserved.
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Mismatch: Pity the poor puppy mom
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. Recently I have noticed a lot of media attention given to artificially inseminated mixed-breed dogs. If a very small dog like a teacup poodle is inseminated with a large breed dog like a St. Bernard, would the mother (1) abort (2) have one live birth puppy (3) have her life endangered? –Pongo
A. Generally not 1 and 3, more likely 2 which may also include a litter of live births, says animal reproduction specialist Dr. Margaret V. Root Kustritz, University of Minnesota small animal theriogenologist (from the Greek therio = beast, gen = birth, ology = study of). "I get this question all the time. Dogs are plenty driven by urges to breed or be bred regardless of their mismatched sizes so artificial insemination might not even be necessary."
Once the female is pregnant, the puppies will grow to the size available to them, so even though it seems counterintuitive, a small female dog can carry pups from a giant breed male dog. Even where there is no size mismatch, says Kustritz, if a female dog has only one pup, it will grow to fill the space, thus becoming larger and more likely to cause dystocia (difficulty whelping) than would pups from a large litter.
Q. The besiegement can be direct or indirect, causing burns, heart attack, brain damage, loss of consciousness, paralysis. Loss of memory and concentration can follow, even personality changes. Aggression and outbursts can ensue, as well as depressed sex drive. Most of the victims' pains are evident within hours or days, though there may be delayed effects. Some 1,000 people per year are affected in the U.S. alone. Bizarrely and seemingly defying all odds, it happened to one hapless guy seven times over a 35-year span, a world record. Can you identify the shocking cause here? –G. Ehrlich
A. Lightning strikes, as detailed in New Scientist magazine. Very rare indeed are those people who gain from a "hit," like the woman who said she acquired an acute sense of smell, or the guy who claimed he became impervious to feeling winter cold ("Weird Harold" to the neighbors).
Q. Imagine (from Encounter with Tiber by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes): Astronomers detect a signal from Alpha Centauri, 4.3 light-years away, coming in a pattern of high tones (Beeps), low tones (Honks), and silences (probably spacings), in tone-groups of threes: BBB, BBH, BHB, BHH, HBB, HBH, HHB, HHH. Only these groupings occur, arranged in curious long sequences that will require deciphering. Are there any plausible guesses to be made about the aliens' mathematical system and anatomy? –D. Spock
A. Likely the message is in base 8 math, with 3 beep- or-honk choices yielding 8 different arrangements, probably standing for digits 0-7, says Clifford A. Pickover in Wonders of Numbers. "The string of digits in the message could represent pictures or text."
The most common numbering system on Planet Earth is base 10, digits 0-9. But there's no reason to assume aliens would use this. We use 10 because we have 10 fingers, as suggested by "digit" designating both a number and a finger. So might these aliens have a thumb and 3 fingers on each hand, or a thumb and finger on each of 4 arms, or maybe 8 tentacles? "Of course, it's possible their number system has nothing to do with their anatomy, just as the Babylonian base 60 system said nothing about their anatomy."
As for the novel, says Pickover, it turns out the eight groups of honks and beeps represent black-to-white image shadings of eight creatures waving as they board a spacecraft.
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Andy Samberg is having trouble keeping his toothy grin in check.
There's no studio audience. Or the pressure of performing live. So it's a bit of relief when the "Saturday Night Live" graduate breaks a scene — more than once — on the set of his headlining Fox cop comedy, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." The episode finds his character, the competent-yet-juvenile Det. Jake Peralta, plotting revenge at a local bar against an archrival with the aid of his co-workers.
Each outlandish scheme proposed during the fun-run take, in which the actors ad-lib, has Samberg wound up and playing with what they've doled out (e.g., the script's mention of Tonya Harding becomes a one-liner about the ice skater turned tabloid staple that would make for a charming hand-stitched pillow: "Crazy in life, crazy in bed.")
"It'd be amazing if Kevin Reilly showed up," Samberg joked between takes, referring to the networks' chairman of entertainment. "He'd shut this down immediately."
Careful, Andy.
The 35-year-old comedian is a year into the career seesaw that afflicts even the most promising alums of the comedy Ivy League. For six seasons, Samberg was "SNL's" go-to goober — elevating the anatomy-in-a-box industry, deep V-necks and Mark Wahlberg impressions to new heights — before announcing his departure.
Equilibrium was quickly tested. A movie career wobbled. In an atypical move, he starred as an American hippie in the BBC series "Cuckoo." With every teeter comes an upswing. Viral video superstars Lonely Island, the trio of "SNL" writer-rappers led by Samberg, has served as such; their January video, "Yolo," featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar, has notched more than 50 million views on YouTube, and their third album entered the Billboard charts at No. 10.
But "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," premiering Sept. 17, from "Parks and Recreation" vets Mike Schur and Dan Goor, has the industry eager to pin down Samberg's place, like the Amy Poehlers and Adam Sandlers before him.
Samberg's Jake Peralta plays up the employee-boss dynamic against straight-faced Andre Braugher, who plays Capt. Holt. The pilot episode has Samberg in his wheelhouse: His character imitates Donnie Brasco alongside a Teddy Bear, wears a necktie around his belly, and, in a later scene, dons a brightly colored Speedo.
"The character of Jake is like me if I was actually smart," Samberg joked. "We have the writers to fill in all the smart blanks, and then I get to be silly and stupid, which is how I am in real life. So it's like the perfect blend of my dumbness and their smartness."
Still, his peers can't help but rib him about the uncertain fate the quirky comedy faces in the crazy-quilt TV landscape. At Comedy Central's recent "Roast of James Franco," MC Seth Rogen kindly noted: "Andy plays a cop on his new Fox show. His first case will be investigating the disappearance of his new Fox show."
Samberg has heard it all. "People love tracking 'SNL' stuff," he said during an interview on the L.A.-based, Brooklyn-wannabe set. "I feel like 'SNL' is a sports franchise at this point. America is the city and 'SNL' is the team, and everyone feels ownership. Everyone is a coach: They all think they know what's best for it, they all think it used to be better than it is now, they all think its retired players should stay at home."
So, appropriately, Schur and Goor visited Samberg at his home — an L.A. rental where the Lonely Island gang had been working on their album — to keep the funnyman from obsessing over more analogies and get him back on TV.
The pair developed the half-hour cop comedy as a sort of antidote to the fast-paced, high-stakes cop dramas overrunning the prime-time grid, settling on Brooklyn as a backdrop because "right now it's such an interesting slice of the world, with its hipsters and its old-school population and its Hasidic population — you have all of these groups that are bumping up against each other, and the cops are right in the middle of it," Goor said.
Schur had been a writer on "SNL" but left before Samberg joined the lineup. When the duo heard Samberg was leaving the veteran sketch comedy show, they knew they had found their goofy cop.
"We spent, like, eight minutes describing the character and the back story — how Jake aspires to be the best detective, how he's not great with rules, he's a bit of a ... up," Goor said. "And he just looked at us and was, like, "Oh, so comedy McNulty [referring to the famed police detective of HBO's 'The Wire'] ,' We both just bowed down and begged him to do the show."
The comedian's first thought: "I was, like, 'You think people will believe that I'm a cop?'"
Samberg, naturally, sought Poehler's advice on what to expect in headlining a network comedy. The actress, who on occasion has popped over to the neighboring set during breaks from "Parks and Recreation," predicted "it won't be long before [Samberg] is hosting the Golden Globes." But an endorsement from Zooey Deschanel, star of the network's hit comedy "New Girl," is what sold Samberg.
"I'm interested in stability" Samberg said, but "wanted some reassurance that I wouldn't feel caged in terms of what the schedule … entails in doing a show like this. So if this ends up killing my mojo, I'm going to blame her."
Meanwhile, the star is hoping for some cop perks.
"When we shot the pilot, I was driving home at the end of a long day, and I was going a little fast. All of a sudden I saw a cop car, and I was, like, 'Oh, no, it's the cops!' Then I started daydreaming of using this role to get out of speeding tickets and to score free doughnuts."


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Monument and Tree, Toronto
A large column-shaped monument is depicted directly in front of the trunk of a large tree
An elderly man is walking along a foot path in a field and is approaching a pair of rubber boots
A group of military personnel are standing in front of an exterior wall on which are displayed photographic portraits
An elderly couple are at the entrance to a garden; the man is seated and smoking a pipe, the woman is standing and holding onto the high fence
An elderly man is standing in front of an oversized poster of Lenin
A figure walking away from the viewer under a large statue of two horses with riders which extends over the path
A father and child are walking in front of a female flower vendor; a shop window with buttons displayed is in the background
A man is seated on a box holding a bird, his crutch is leaning against a stack of wooden boxes
A large group of people are in front of a wall with a religious mural painted on it
A field with small haystacks in front of a treed area; a woman is raking in the distance at the right of the composition
A One Hour (Zero) Conversation with Allan B.
An assemblage of 30 individual black and white photos (5x6") depicting the artist in the duration of a conversation.
Siesta Key, Florida
A row of lounges and two wind damaged palm trees along a beach
Trans Canada At Winnipeg
A curved intersection on the Trans Canada highway in winter
A Thunderbird car is parked on a curved driveway by a large vacant area with a new development in the distance
M. Charbonneau, aveugle et sa cousine Rose, sourde, rue Hotel-de-Ville, Montreal, 1973
An elderly man and woman posed standing in front of the window in their crowded room.
Le Gramophone, Senneville, Quebec
An elderly man wearing tattered clothing is playing an old gramophone
A young girl is playing with toys behind the stairs of a curved building situated in a large building complex
Paris. Bois de Boulogne
Two men (twins) are seated on a park bench in the foreground and four people are seated in the right background in front of a wooded area
Paris - Forum des Halles
A dog is walking in front of a painted fence in the foreground; a man is walking in the distance across an empty concrete lot
A newspaper booth beside a McDonald's Restaurant sign
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A back view of a woman wearing a horizontal striped dress, crouched down and and looking through boxes of L.P.'s
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A female vendor seated beside a cart with stained glass objects displayed on it
Untitled #34
A clothing vendor in front of a van; a woman is inside a large cardboard box which is set up as a dressing room
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An elderly man is seated beside a display with dolls and pictures
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A young woman is seated in the front seat of an old car; an infant's garment is suspended on the open door
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The GCA (Greeting Card Association) has launched a new special week to highlight the emotional power of sending and receiving greeting cards- and it's happening soon!
National Thinking of You Week has the aim of spreading a little bit of love and happiness across the nation by getting everyone to send a card a day during the week of 22-28th of September 2014.
To get involved you just have to send seven cards during this week, and encourage friends, family and colleagues to do the same.
Cards don't have to be posted! You can give them in person or pop one through a neighbours letter box. The GCA points out that it has been scientifically proven that receiving a handwritten card makes people feel much more special than getting a text or email.
So, if you know someone who has just found out they are expecting a baby (looking at you, Your Majesty!) send them a lemon Baby Feed Wheel from Chiggs.
Maybe a friend or relative has just had a baby? A blue or pink Baby Feed Wheel would be a lovely card to congratulate them with (or both if it's twins!)
Or you may know someone who is a bit under the weather at the moment- maybe they have a cold coming on- give them a Get Well Wheel and you're not only letting them know you are thinking of them, but they can even use the card to keep a track of their Beechams!
Pop into one of our stockists, buy a Chiggs Wheel, write a little message on the back and spread a little happiness next week! Look out for photos and events posted on Facebook and Twitter with hashtags #ThinkingOfYou, and #KeepBritainHappy


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Toddler Ball (Ursula Smith) 18 mths-2 years
Class Descriptions
Spring It On: Works to promote coordination, endurance, confidence, and safety all while having fun on a trampoline circuit. Set to high energy kid friendly music.
It's All Sports: Children will master important physical skills as they gain balance, coordination and muscle control. Your child will use lots of physical and mental energy learning to throw, jump, climb, kick and run. A deeper understanding of the rules of each game will be reinforced in each class.
Dance and Play: Children will dance, play, and move to a variety of fun music, guided activities, and games. Little ones will enjoy learning new skills and achieving fun, easy motor challenges.
Cardio Blast: This class will consist of a variety of cardio exercises that will keep our heart rate up and our muscles moving! Class will include a warm up and cool down.
Dance Fit: Move to the beat and feel the rhythm of dynamic and exciting dance moves
ABC Yoga: Learn a new yoga pose for each letter of the alphabet
PiYo: Using both pilates and yoga poses to strength the way we move
Born to Move: Various stations kids will move around for strength, agility and fun
Play N Discover: Children will participate in various activities that will promote the use of their imagination and creativity.
Lil Soccer: Children will participate in various drills that will enhance each individual at their own skill level.
Boot Camp: Participants will strengthen muscular and cardiovascular endurance thru a series of workouts.
Childs Play: Children will participate in various games that will promote teamwork, body awareness, and strengthen cardio.
Cardio All Stars: Be prepared to move, move, and move some more! Participants will increase their cardio thru a series of aerobic activities such as games, exercises and team sports.
Move & Groove: This class will encourage children to move, dance, play and stretch.
Energy Blast: A variety of games and activities will be set up to allow children to release energy while incorporating fun and exercise.
Sports and Exercise: This class will consist of sports such as basketball, soccer, volleyball, etc… It will also consist of stretching and exercising.
Toddler Dash: Various obstacle courses to promote agility, stamina and overall fitness.
Kids CrossFit: Learning the general physical skills of CrossFit and providing fitness fun. Stamina, Strength, coordination and agility will be key.
Balls of Fun: Focusing on hand/eye coordination all while promoting healthy lifestyles. These kids will bounce, toss, and sort balls of all kinds.
Recess: Whether it's outside/inside, old school or new, we will make sure to play all the favorite recess games. They may just seem like games but it sure will break a sweat so come ready.
Fitness Center: Kids will work out in the Fitness Center *ATHLETIC ATTIRE & SHOES REQUIRED* to participate.
Mighty Movement: Age appropriate gross & fine motor skills plus game play.
Flex N' Fit: Cardio, exercise and gross motor skills incorporated in game play as well.
Zumba Kids: Be active and jam out to some favorite music.
Storytime Fitness: Coordinate stretches and exercises with a new story each week.


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Forgiveness Fills Hearts with Love
27 April 2012
"When our hearts are filled with the love of God, something good and pure happens to us," said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency. "The more we allow the love of God to govern our minds and emotions—the more we allow our love for our Heavenly Father to swell within our hearts—the easier it is to love others with the pure love of Christ."
- 27 April 2012
Take Heart and Follow the Savior
27 April 2012
Though we live in difficult times, graduates should look forward to a future filled with hope, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles counseled in commencement messages delivered at three different Church schools.
- 27 April 2012
Tithing Brings Blessings
20 April 2012
"Tithing is a commandment with a promise," says Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He says the Lord will bless, both temporally and spiritually, those who faithfully pay a full tithe. And, he says, the Lord will bless their nations as well.
- 20 April 2012
Repentance—Cause for Celebration
10 April 2012
"Only repentance leads to the sunlit uplands of a better life," Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said. "And, of course, only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ and salvation. Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it."
- 10 April 2012
Today's Family: Bring Happiness into Courtship and Marriage
10 April 2012
"There is no scene so sweet, no time so sacred as that very special day of your marriage. Then and there you glimpse celestial joy," says President Thomas S. Monson. "You … have an important responsibility in choosing not only whom you will date but also whom you will marry."
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One big choice Apple faces is whether to maintain its extraordinarily high profit margin by staying in the "premium" segment of the smartphone market...
...or to combat its loss of market share to Android-based phones by offering lower-priced iPhones.
It can't do both.
On its current trajectory, with only high-priced phones, Apple is getting its clock cleaned in emerging markets like China and India, where incomes are lower, there are fewer carrier subsidies, and cost is a major issue for consumers.
If smartphones were only about gadget sales, market share wouldn't be so important: Apple could just relax and enjoy its humongous profits and keep making high-end phones for its richer customers.
But smartphones are a platform market, meaning that third-party companies built products and services that run on top of them. (In smartphones' case, apps.) Platform markets tend to standardize around the platform with the most market share--at the expense of smaller platforms, which are often forced to become niche players.
This is what happened to Apple in the PC market in the 1990s: Despite its extraordinarily innovative Mac, it tried to maintain its "premium" positioning, lost the market-share war to Microsoft and nearly went bankrupt.
In the smartphone market, Apple was once again first and best. But competitors like Samsung have caught up on the product front, and they are now selling high-quality phones for much less than Apple sells the iPhone (~$600).* As a result, Apple is losing market share rapidly. So much so that, globally, Apple has now been rendered a niche player, with only ~15% share to Android's 75%. (See: " This Trend Is Very Worrisome For Apple.")
But it doesn't have to be this way.
Apple could easily opt for selling a lower-end phone at a much lower price.
To do so, it would merely have to be willing to sacrifice some of the massive profit it now makes on every phone that it sells.
Doing so would likely reduce the company's overall profit margin, but it would arguably strengthen its overall competitive position, by increasing its platform market share.
The right decision here, I think, is for Apple to sacrifice some profit margin for market share.
And one analyst, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, thinks that that's exactly what Apple is going do.
In 2014, Munster thinks, Apple will roll out a $200 iPhone (unsubsidized).
This iPhone, he thinks, will have a much lower profit margin than Apple's current iPhone, a margin that is more similar to the profit margin Apple makes on its iPads and Macs.
If Apple were to sell a lot of these phones, the average price point of its iPhone unit sales would drop, and its overall profit margin would fall. If it were to sell enough of the phones, however, it's overall profit might increase. And, importantly for its competitive positioning, its global market share would stop dropping and start growing.
So, Apple fans should hope Gene Munster is right about Apple releasing a $200 iPhone.
SEE ALSO: The Future Of Apple
* In the US market, and other markets in which wireless carriers subsidize handsets, Apple already offers a phone that is free for consumers. But this is only because of the carrier subsidy (the carrier buys the phone from Apple for full price, which, on average, across all iPhones, is about $600). In emerging markets like China and India, there are few carrier subsidies. So phone buyers have to pay the full price.
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At only 4" x 2" x 1/2", the 40g (1.4 oz) aluminum tin will protect up to 3 cu.ft. of space, ideal for a drawer, toolbox or tackle box. The 4" diameter by 6" high, 750g (26.5 oz) steel canister will dehumidify as much as 57 cu.ft. and is intended for large cabinets. Reusable indefinitely, these are convenient and reliable protection.
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Would it be fair to call Sony's Manhattan-based Feb. 20 shindig "P-day"? We might as well, what with that PlayStation logo headlining Sony's "Meeting 2013" event teaser site — a site that's now sporting a mini-history of most of the hardware that falls under the renowned moniker's umbrella.
My memories of the first PlayStation's earliest days are mixed. Maybe that's because I was playing the thing months in advance. The guy I worked for — the store manager of a Babbages — paid a shedload of cash for a Japanese import model. He liked to drop it in the store display window, then run the Ridge Racer start screen demo to see how many passerby would stop to gawk, or ask what the heck it was. Remember when video games still had that power over us?
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Don't worry, this isn't my PlayStation retrospective, which, like yours, could probably fill a book three people want to read. Let's talk instead about Sony's ballyhooed Wednesday evening event, 6:00pm ET, where we're expecting to see the company's next-gen game system. TIME Tech editor Doug Aamoth is kindly attending in my stead and should have all the details straightaway, and you'll be able to watch things unfold live courtesy the event site.
I've already scribbled down a few lessons I hope Sony's learned since the PS3's debut in November 2006, so here's another list — this one of things I'm not expecting from the event. Like…
…something that isn't the next PlayStation. We don't know what we don't know, to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, but the way this typically works is, a company announces it's holding a major media event, the press speculates irresponsibly, and if that speculation morphs into certainty (as it has in this case), the company typically follows up with some sort of off-the-record denial to recalibrate expectations. Sony's done nothing to quiet the rumor mill here. In fact you could say it's poured rocket fuel on the rumormongering with its PlayStation retrospective videos, all but guaranteeing that what we'll see tomorrow night is the next PlayStation. That said, whether Sony dubs it a "PlayStation 4," something awful like "PlayStation Orbis," or just goes with something catchall like "PlayStation," Apple iPad-style, is anyone's guess.
…a look at the new console and nothing else. Hardware, schmard-ware, we want software that's interesting, not just pretty. I don't expect Sony to go into elaborate detail about the next PlayStation's backend systems, but I'm predicting (okay, really more hoping) that we'll see event time given to whatever nifty new ecosystem this thing's going to live in, including some of its hypothetical features, like game streaming (recall that Sony picked up streaming company Gaikai for about $380 million last summer and may be planning to tap that technology in lieu of, say, hardware-based backward compatibility, or for cross-platform gaming). I know, I'm not a huge fan of game streaming either, but I'd rather hear about stuff like that than how many polygons this thing can shove around.
…much about motion-control. Motion-control's spotlight moment may have passed, but it's still pretty young technology. Microsoft's seemingly cool but too often clumsy Kinect did well enough off the block (driven, I suspect, mostly by hype), but sales slowed to a crawl by mid-2012. Sony's more precise PlayStation Move — better received overall by critics — started even slower and never quite caught on. (Sony blames this on a lack of compelling software; I concur.) That said, I'm betting Sony's going to redouble its motion control efforts, angling the experience more toward casual players, but that we won't see much (or anything) about this at the event. That'd be fine by me, and shouldn't be interpreted as the company jumping ship.
…much, if any, talk about pricing. The PlayStation 3 was, by all accounts, way too expensive at launch: $500 to $600, plus $60 a pop for games, plus whatever else you had to buy to get started, say an HDMI cable, which back then could go for upwards of $50. Whether you blame Sony for not taking a bigger margin hit (by selling for $300 to $400 at launch) or simply the hardware design team for overbuilding (some estimates put Sony's PS3 manufacturing costs at $800 per system), the sequel to the bestselling game console in history (Sony's own PS2) launched with negative momentum and, though it eventually made up for some of that lost time with price cuts, still lags behind the Xbox 360 in worldwide sales today. Early reports are that Sony's next PlayStation could debut for $400, but given how much time there is between now and a probable fall launch timeframe — a timeframe during which manufacturing costs could change — don't expect Sony to throw out specific numbers.
…a quiet, respectable, Apple-style briefing. This is Sony we're talking about after all. Like Microsoft, the company doesn't seem to know how to stage a presser that doesn't feel like a garish Lady Gaga, WWF, Cirque de Soleil mashup. Speaking of, hopefully the company won't be as pretentious as Microsoft was with its E3 2010 Project Natal (Kinect) launch, forcing everyone to don creepy cult-like ponchos and watch Cirque performers pull off crazy-cool gymnastics that had nothing to do with the actual technology…sort of like suggesting Taylor Swift is going to come play your house if you buy her new album.
…actual hands-on time. I'm thinking this event is meant to be a tease, a chance to highlight a handful of key system features while showing a few graphics-angled sizzle reels and maybe trotting out a few developers to demo stuff. My guess is Sony's going to keep its powder dry for E3 2013, where, having hyped the merciful you-know-what out of this thing for months, it'll pull the curtain all the way back and let us scribble to our heart's content about what it's like to actually use the thing. Expect to walk away with more questions than answers when the curtain drops, in other words.
What else might we see? In the "wishful thinking" column you could put a Sony designed and branded PlayStation phone (unlikely), a Sony designed and branded PlayStation tablet (surely not), a PlayStation Vita price cut (probable: Sony just dropped the Japan model's price) as well as news about new Vita games (or updates on previously announced ones) and maybe even a swan song PlayStation 3 price cut. The irony of Sony announcing a reasonably priced next-gen system while dropping the cost of its original wallet-burner would be sweet indeed.
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Coastal Beach Towel Folk Art Print, Summer Ocean Cottage Breeze
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Beach towels in a summer breeze. High quality archival coastal folk art print. Lake cottages and windswept trees, blue ocean seaside view. Available in 3 sizes. Colorful home or cottage decor, also makes a great gift.
Laundry Seaside Breeze - Art Print
SIZE(S): Available in 2 sizes:
Paper - 11" x 14", Image - 9 1/4" x 11 3/4"
Paper - 8 1/2" x 11", Image - 7" x 9 1/8"
Paper - 6" x 8", Image - 5.5" x 7"
(white border surrounds image for easy framing)
MEDIUM: Fine art reproduction print, professionally printed in Canada using archival inks. Printed on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag acid-free paper, which brings out deep blacks and vibrant colours. The velvet matt finish makes it ideal for viewing the incredibly crisp detail from any angle. Hahnemühle has been making beautiful paper for over four centuries.
STYLE: Abstract Folk Art Graphic Impressionism
DETAILS: Print is NOT matted or framed.
CERTIFICATE: Certificate of authenticity provided. (Please send me a quick if you would like your print signed)
PRINT: The listing you are viewing is for a high quality fine art reproduction print of one of my original paintings.
COPYRIGHT: This artwork is protected under copyright law and may not be reproduced in any manner without my express written permission.
COPYRIGHT- Cathy Horvath-Buchanan
NOTE: Colors may vary from monitor to monitor.
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A strat that I and an old mage guildie put together back in the days of The Burning Crusade, for Al'ar the phoenix boss of Tempest Keep. I stumbled across it in my photo album and wanted to share :)
They don't quite fit in the blog's width, so go ahead and click to view them fullsize.
I've been crazy-busy this past 4-5 days prepping for the camp; been helping sort paperwork, create props, design riddles, iron on the logos to 100 t-shirts, find foodstuffs in the giant Sam's Club, and even took a visit to the site on Saturday to mentally plan out tent arrangements and hike one of the trails to plot the night hike (btw, the blackberries were ripe and yummmm)... not to mention packing, including finding a chance around the rain to air out and check my tent. I've even taken a page out of my druids' book and did a tiny bit of leatherworking.
Around that, my guild picked up a few new achievements the past week, including Steelbreaker hardmode (with 3 strong healers and quick DPS, it IS easier than Molgeim). We put some work into Vezax hardmode, and were close to getting it done; we even killed the animus once. We were falling apart between the split-healing on the two tanks (and having the cooldowns up to shield through the surge) and the ranged dps loosing focus and getting slaughtered by crashes/leeches, but ohhh we were close... had we more time in the night we could've had it, luck be with us. We went ahead and killed him normally so we'd have time to quickly KO Yogg. We'd intended to try Yogg with only 3 watchers, but we just ran out of time since we put so much more into Vezax.
Next weekend, perhaps :) Right as I get back from camp!
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As I've mentioned a few times in this wildly popular blog (ha!), I'm a bit of Grant Petersen fan, starting from his days running Bridgestone during the company's heyday of the '90s. As proof, purchased three new Bridgestones in '91: RB-1, MB-Zip, and MB-3. The vibe, catalogs, and bikes from Bridgestone were something out of the ordinary for that era. Most things Bridgestone have now become eBay collector items to some extent, and the company is remembered fondly many years later.
As most bike nuts already know - after Bridgestone USA folded up - Grant went on to start Rivendell and himself becoming somewhat of an icon in certain bike culture circles. Rivendell carving its own little niche of real world bikes and accessories. There's no hype involved, the company just sells what it believes in and doesn't follow any fads or trends. Even if you don't agree with Grant/Rivendell you gotta enjoy someone who stays their course. I know I do and always enjoy reading his words and checking out the Rivendell site.
With that, I enjoyed reading his book - a guide for folks looking to ride without pretending to be a racer - the Unracer, as he calls it. If you're familiar with Grant Petersen, the book basically puts all his views in one convenient place: Handlebars should high enough to be comfortable, frames need enough room to handle fatter tires and fenders, baskets and bags are a good thing, steel frames rule, carbon fiber is unreliable, don't use clipless pedals, wear normal clothes to ride, etc - the list goes on and on...
And for the most part, for many riders, I agree with him - even though I don't subscribe to it all myself. I usually dress like the wannabe racer (and do race occasionally), I'd rather use a messenger bag then clutter my bike(s) up with bags or baskets. I own a carbon road bike (along with steel) and will never give up clipless pedals. My mountain bike does indeed sport a suspension fork. After riding as the (alleged) adult for 28 years, I've developed my own style/beliefs. Grant's book basically documents his bike related style/beliefs and there's nothing wrong with that - as well as being fun to read.
As mentioned, I do agree with Grant on many things. For most people just looking to ride, using racers as role models is stupid, and cuts down on "normal" folks from perhaps doing just that - ride. You really don't need to dress like a Euro Pro to cruise the bike trail for an hour or commute to work. Fatter tires are more comfortable. Fenders do work and keep the toxic road stripe off your back. A basket or large bags do allow you to actually carry something on a ride, besides a spare tube and CO2 cartridge. And horror of horrors, if you want a kickstand to hold your bike up - use one. All this stuff adds up to using the bike for more then a "training tool" or pretending to be a racer. And we need more of that, the more people riding bikes, the better.
if you're familiar with Grant, some of the chapter titles give you a clue to what they'll contain: Racing Ruins the Breed, The Shoes Ruse, Helmets Aren't All They're Cracked Up to Be, Most Bikes Don't Fit, No Ride Too Short. My favorite was Frame Arithmetic, spelling out insights to frame design. Cool stuff.
If you're not familiar with Grant and looking for tips and views that go beyond the usual bike marketing hype, this will also be a fun read. Give it a whirl, book available off the Rivendell site. Ride on, ride often...


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Mounting vinyl siding can be a really satisfying process that could significantly transform the appearance of your residence. Generally, if you intend your work well and stick to some straightforward guide lines, anyone can find out the best ways to mount house siding to there residence.
Basically with some usual woodworker tools, like a, hammer, degree, chalk line, screw vehicle driver collection, tin snips and a great round saw you can pretty much accomplish exactly what it is you need to do. If you prepare on making an occupation out of it, anticipate to pay in the thousands for a properly geared up truck.
After you have gathered your devices, you will certainly need to gather your materials to prepare the job. Below you will locate a checklist of some basic things had to begin your exterior siding job.
Vinyl siding need to be used over a sheathing that provides a smooth, level surface. Vinyl siding ought to never be applied directly to mounting studs without sheathing.
Climate Resistant Barrier
Vinyl siding should be mounted over a continuous weather condition resistant obstacle to stop the breach of incidental water. Weather condition immune barrier systems commonly consist of a combination of exterior cladding, blinked wall openings as well as infiltrations, weather immune obstacle product, and sheathing. Generally made use of is black woodworking really felt. When making use of felt make certain to inspect thickness requirements.
Code-compliant blinking must be incorporated with the climate immune barrier and applied around home windows, doors, as well as various other openings. Flashing should additionally be put on outdoors as well as inside edges, as well as the crossway of walls and also roofing to stop water infiltration with the joints.
Once your outside wall has been covered with sheathing to give a smooth flat surface area, and also your windows and doors have had blinking set up to carry any type of incidental water from gathering, you could now set up the starter strip. This strip is an accessory used directly to the surface of the structure at the most affordable part of the wall to be sided, and also is utilized to protect the first training course of home siding to the home. This training course will certainly should be looked for level as it is just what the remainder of the job relies upon for evenness.
With aluminum, galvanized steel, or various other corrosion-resistant nails, you could now begin setting up the vinyl siding. Cut the panels to length with a circular saw as well as trim with tin snips. As you fingernail the panels in area, be certain to leave regarding the thickness of as dollar in between the nail head and also wall surface to allow for moving.
The standard installment of vinyl siding is quite straightforward, but because there are codes controling just how particular facets are handled, you must ask with a professional for particular trimming tasks and also various other more challenging vinyl siding setup techniques.
Altogether, you will certainly find the task of re-siding your house workable with just a couple of aggravations to emulate. Yet the benefit will certainly be well worth it.
Vinyl siding must be used over a sheathing that provides a smooth, level surface. Vinyl siding need to never ever be used directly to framing studs without sheathing. As an alternative to backer board, there is a selection of specific kinds of contoured foam under lays offered for numerous styles of vinyl siding.
Vinyl siding should be installed over a continual weather condition immune obstacle to quit the intrusion of incidental water. With aluminum, galvanized steel, or various other corrosion-resistant nails, you may currently begin mounting the vinyl siding.


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Just wanted to let Packergeek readers know that I will be writing an NFL picks column and a fantasy football column for the website – dailycaller.com. It is website that covers a lot of topics, with a focus on politics, and I will write the 2 columns in their sports section.
The picks for Week 1 are up – go here to read.


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Dangerous Travel
I recently had the opportunity to fly out to HQ and while this was not my first opportunity to do air travel this year (refer to my blog about Alaska) I did make some observations about business travel, and trust me, they relate to Manufacturing. By the way, and I do this totally tongue in cheek, part of the trip was to record some new videos to give you all more reason to see me and make fun of me. So hang on! That's my plug to come back.
First, what is it with these body scanner machines? At one airport they insist you have "absolutely positively everything" out of your pockets. At the next they say, no you can leave your cash and Boarding Pass in your pocket. My first experience here, I had a cough drop in my pocket and had to go through the pat-down, even though I showed them the cough drop. So, in Milwaukee they want you to hold your cash and wallet and Boarding Pass over your head, but in San Jose they want the wallet in the briefcase and my cash could have been in my pocket, and they were most concerned about the bracelet I had on my left wrist. In Canada they didn't even care about taking my watch or shoes or belt off. How are we supposed to know from airport to airport? And each time I have to stand (with my feet on the symbol, for sure!) to wait for someone to "approve" me or ask something else.
Here's the tie to Manufacturing: OPEN STANDARDS make you profitable and speed your Operations. I am NOT arguing against security screening. I am NOT arguing about how to fix it. But for Manufacturing (and yes, Machine Builders too!) an OPEN STANDARD way of communicating is exactly that key. In the body scanner example there are several gateways: the person that blocks me from getting into the scan machine, the person that gets to scan me, the scan machine itself, and the person that has to stand there and talk through the walkie-talkie to find out what person 1 or 2 wants to see more of. And it varies from airport to airport! And the process can vary from 3 minutes to 5. While people are queuing behind me!
In Manufacturing we need to eliminate the gateways. Plug and play, just like my HDTV, BLU-RAY, sound and cable system work together. I can even get one remote that controls them all. Cisco and our technology partners like Rockwell Automation provide that interface in manufacturing, don't you want that same common operation in your plant?
Second, what is it with people with backpacks or wheeled computer bags that think they can run and cut in front of us? There should be a license with a backpack that says "Hey! Realize your body envelope just got bigger!" Or maybe we need a training guide that whacks the backpack wearer in the head every time they turn until they wise up and slow down. What I love is the guy that kinda sorta trots while pulling his bag behind him at a diagonal. "Oh, excuse me. I'm kinda sorta running, so I should take precedence over you. Never mind that I tripped you on my bag". Really? If they drove like that they would be dead. Why are they so self-centered just because they hurry? Maybe if the body scan was faster they could slow down, huh?
In Manufacturing we worry about safety. Worker safety. Machine safety. Productivity. The Plant and Factory are well organized, and it is that way for a purpose – to be efficient and safe. We need that efficiency to survive in this new global economy where banking challenges in Greece or Italy can disrupt operations in the US. Where a Board of Directors can be so totally disconnected with their operations that they don't know what their company (that we pay them to run) even produces. Peoples' lives are at stake every day!
Third, really? The airline industry goes to reduce cost so they let us carry food and drink (certainly purchased after that body scanner thing) so passengers juggle egg sum goo yung or roast meat bbq with their backpacks and papers while they drop their food on us? I say this because I had the window seat leaving San Jose recently, and the lady on the aisle was so excited, maybe the seat between us would be vacant because she had three papers to read and her full cup of coffee was there. (I just wanted to sleep). And guess what, she spilled her coffee all over the middle seat!
Now she did ask a Flight Attendant for napkins, and they were delivered (bear in mind I was already well en-route to sleep) but still, it was a 2 hour flight. Is that seat going to dry? Will the person boarding in Denver get a wet seat? What would a manufacturing company do?
They likely would have contained the spill once it happened, but this fits into the safety/security from above. Manufacturing companies are so particular about what can go into their factories (due to government and socio-political requirements) that they may NOT allow an extra cup of coffee into their facility. Plus they would likely frown on someone juggling food/drink while carrying tools or other equipment – many factories have strict regulations about food and drink in the manufacturing area. So elimination of the potential spill is paramount in the workflow.
This all feeds to knowing your environment, being responsible, being knowledgeable about your impact, and being a safe, secure Manufacturer.
Cisco knows how to help. Check out our Manufacturing Solutions today and let us know what you think. Thanks for listening!
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This is the second entry in a twenty part series discussing the wonderful time and priority management book Making It All Work by David Allen. New entries in this series will appear on Tuesday mornings and Friday mornings through December 10.
Last time, we talked about procrastination and why people avoid projects that have unclear parameters – "the purpose, the boundaries, the contents, and the rules."
As I've mentioned before, the real benefit of Making It All Work is that it takes the invaluable time management tactics of Getting Things Done and places them in a broader context, relating, on a deep level, the individual choices you make today to the broader directions and responsibilities of your life. To put it simply, Getting Things Done helped me to do more, while Making It All Work made me think more about what I was doing.
Allen starts all of this off by using GTD as a foundation, which makes sense. GTD focuses heavily on the "immediate" aspects of task and time management – what are you going to do right now? How will you make sure that the task you were given right now will be done in the immediate future? How do you maximize your focus right now? Allen (on page 14) identifies four key elements that explains why GTD has worked for so many (myself included):
First of all, the concepts work, in an understandable and logical way.
Second, they are easily implemented, by anyon, at any time, with common tools everyone has.
Third, the problems that GTD addresses, and the awareness of them, continue to grow steadily and globally.
Fourth, the model corresponds to something deeper and more intuitive that resonates in the human psyche at many levels.
I agree with all of these. The GTD system is simple and makes sense. The challenge of it – for me – is simply that my life is so stuffed with things that need doing that I often have a very hard time purely keeping up with all of the stuff I need to do. The system, when it's humming, does a better job of managing all of that than anything I've tried.
Why does it work? For me, it comes down to one thing: focus. The entire point of the system is to eliminate distractions from your work so you can focus on the immediate thing that you're doing. From page 33:
GTD is primarily about focus – eliminating the things that distract it and giving you tools that facilitate your ability to direct that focus toward what you need, in the way you need it, and on when you need to do it.
Why is focus so important? This is the factor I find most compelling about GTD – it advocates what I would describe as the opposite of multitasking. Instead of dealing with a bunch of things at once – answering the phone, remembering messages, writing a report – GTD is all about handling them one at a time. If you have something you need to focus on, write down the things you need to remember for later and put them in a trusted system, then eliminate as many distractions as you possibly can. This will allow you to get the task at hand done better and faster than you would have possibly thought.
Here's the thing, though: our modern world often pushes us to lower and lower sustained periods of concentration and more and more elements of distraction and interruption. On page 36:
New technologies like email, BlackBerrys, instant messaging, cell phones, and the like have brought to the fore the question of the potential costs of sub-clinical distractability, and study after study has attempted to document the business downside to the lack of focus such phenomena foster. Their real economic sots are hard to measure, but inferences can be drawn from documented statistics about the decrease in average concentration time and increase in interruptions. Companies have consequently tried to institute such polieice as "no email Fridays" and "quiet hours" not only to curb the inefficiences that result from the psychic noise, but also to give sufficient breathing room for the reflective, creative process that some are savvy enough to recognize as strategically important for their knowledge workers.
The ability to handle such distraction is beneficial in some ways and really harmful in others.
It benefits the person by enabling them to deal with a diverse set of small tasks quite well. If you're able to accept input from a lot of different sources and can deal with the individual pieces quickly, then effective distractibility and quick attention switching can pay dividends.
The problem appears when you start looking at jobs that reward creative thinking and sustained focus. In such jobs, being easily distractable is a big minus.
Not being easily distractible is also important when you're doing individual planning and long-term thinking. Focus is rewarded when you're setting goals and trying to work towards them.
This is why GTD pairs so well with the core ideas of Making It All Work – the ability to think creatively and focus on your life at a higher level than "what needs to be done today" or "what needs to be done this week" is essential for planning a very bright future.
There's another problem at work here: how do people manage to do this long-term thinking if they're living a life full of distractions? The simple answer is that they entrust it to their subconscious in a way. Their psyche grabs ahold of the important threads of their life and hangs on tight. From page 41:
The way most people seem to operate is by entrusting only their psyche to manage what's incomplete. But the mind then tries to keep all the agreements simultaneously, which is impossible. The result is the pardox that by contunially attempting to relieve the stress of unfinished work, more stress is created.
To put it simply, our brains don't really prioritize well unless we put active thought into prioritizing and get things straightened out externally (with a to-do list or a calendar, for example). Instead, when we have a bunch of unfinished stuff, our subconscious grabs on to all of it, and since it doesn't really have a sense of what comes first, we feel overwhelmed and stressed out.
Here's an example: I'm sitting in my office writing this article. Right now, my son is downstairs with a touch of the flu, and I have a desire to go check up on him (Sarah's down there, too). However, I also know that if I spend my time torn between two things I feel like I should be doing (checking on my son and writing the article), neither one will get done very well and I'll just feel stressed out. I'll sit here at my desk, thinking about my son off and on, and I won't be focused on getting this article done.
You can back off even further than that, in a way. I also know, on some level, all of the different responsibilities and things to do I have going on in my life right now. I have to schedule a couple of meetings. I have to get an agenda written and electronically distributed. I'm worried about my daughter's progress with potty training. I'm concerned as to whether I'm a good husband or a good parent.
All of that stuff – and a lot more – clogs my mind up if I let it. It makes it much more difficult for me to focus on the specific task at hand. With all of that floating around, I can't truly focus on the task of writing this article.
What's the solution? On page 42, Allen outlines it:
In order to relieve the pressure of broken self-agreements, you must know that:
+ You have captured, clarified, and organized your commitments, at all horizons, and
+ You will consciously engage with them as often as you need to.
The GTD system does a great job of handling the commitments at nearby horizons – "what do you need to be doing right now." Where Making It All Work succeeds is at the further horizons. How do I get the issue of being a good husband and a good parent out of my mind (which means that the task I'm working on is slower) and into some sort of thought-out context where I have time to think about what I need to do and have those tasks available in such a way that they're just a normal part of my trusted systems?
That's really what this book is all about, and it's incredibly empowering.


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A court has heard how a driver over twice the legal limit turned off his lights and carried on driving after police stopped him in an early hours incident in Lancashire.
Despite being spoken to by authorities, Zilvinas Vaigauskas, a window fitter, turned off his lights and carried on driving along on Rickard Road in Nelson at 1.30am on April 17th.
Vaigauskas - who blew 89 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath with the legal limit being 35 - did not get very far, however, as he was stopped by another officer further down the road, at which point he was cooperative from then on.
The 29-year-old defendant's address on the court list was Marsden Hall Road in Nelson, but he said - through a translator - he did not know whose address that was and gave one that court staff did not recognise.
He admitted driving with excess alcohol and was fined £200, with £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge and was banned for 18 months. He had no previous convictions, either in this country or in Poland, where he was born.
Mr Daniel Frazer, defending, said Vaigauskas could not give explanation as to why he had got behind the wheel, with the solicitor adding: "He can only apologise to the court. He has been resident in the UK for a little over 14 months now. He is employed in the window trade, fitting tinted windows."


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|Make a refrigerator deodorizer with a used coffee K-Cup
A trade off to saving time, however, is that the plastic K-Cups can be quite wasteful. Through our home-ware industry grapevine, we know the company that makes K-Cups is trying to come up with a recyclable and more environmentally-friendly solution. We look forward to the day that happens. But in the meantime, I tried to look for ways to find uses for used K-Cups when an idea popped into my head--Refrigerator deodorizer. Here is why, used coffee grounds are one of the most powerful natural deodorizers, and in my experience, they work better than baking soda. In the way these K-Cups are designed, it is almost like they were perfect to be used as a refrigerator deodorizer. The coffee grounds are packed solid so they don't spill easily. You can easily pop a few of them in a bowl and store them in the fridge-- and most importantly--they work very well. So, if you have used a Keurig, save a few used K-cups this week, add about 1/2 tsp spoon of vanilla extract to each k cup and pop it in the fridge- it will get rid of all the weird smells in the refrigerator and leave it odorless. If you have been using baking soda to deodorize your fridge, you can now try this method. Give your K-Cup one last use before you throw it away. :)
1. Make sure the K-Cup is cool enough to handle, and cut a slit on top of the foil wrapping with a knife to make removing the top of the foil easier.
2. Remove the foil completely. Place the K-Cup in a dish. Add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract to each K-Cup. (Use a measuring spoon or honey spoon for more precise measurements.)
3. Place the Vanilla scented K-Cup in the refrigerator to start using! You can make a few of these and use a cluster of K-Cups for larger sized refrigerators or if your fridge smells really bad. For best results, change the K-Cups once a week.
Having a clean smelling fridge is very important in cooking. One strong smelling ingredient in the fridge can ruin more delicate ingredients like butter or tofu. It is important to deodorize frequently to keep your fridge smelling fresh! This method makes it simple to do so and if you drink coffee everyday, you will have a steady supply of coffee pods to serve this purpose.
I hope you enjoyed this tip which is a Browncookie.com kitchen care original!
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