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|March 15, 2012, 11:31 AM
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I think my urge to put a light on the gun is simply because it has a rail to put stuff on it, I succumb to what many military guys call "tacticool" addiction, just have to have every single little accessory and high speed do-hicky on their gun even if its not doing anything but looking cool.
I will stick with my plan of barricading the daughter's room and having an escape plan.
Zombies on the other hand...they might be attracted to a flashlight
|March 15, 2012, 02:27 PM
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Usually when this type of question pops up on a gun forum, 12 pages of arguing will follow...
I always advise my students not to attach flashlights, lasers or bayonetes () to their defensive handguns. That's just my .02...your mileage may vary..
and yes, I said bayonets.....
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|March 15, 2012, 10:39 PM
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yeah, bayonets are tacticool, not tactical, unless of course it is zombies.
I think a large part of my urges to buy crap is from my peers in the service. Many of these guys just buy stuff to 1-up their buddy and show off.
|March 16, 2012, 03:06 AM
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Oh how i've stayed at the gun range far to long talking about this subject.
I think it comes down to personal preference. For me i like the idea of both. But i actually have a TLR3 on my gun at home. and although it does show whatever you're aiming at it also will light up the whole room.
I like it But i do agree about the "bad guy" aiming at the light. But i also think he's going to be kind of stunned and eyes not adjusted.
also my TLR doesnt have the strobe on it. (because i'm always broke,haha)
And i think if you have that feature on the light thats even more time to identify the target. But on all of this i also don't have kids. and my feeling might be different on the whole thing then.
But as far as right now goes i could have 9mm or 00 buck and the only thing i could hurt is my walls.
|March 16, 2012, 09:04 AM
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This is one of my pet peeves.
1) A light on a gun is a target. It also removes independent mobility of the light. You cannot pan an area without moving your entire body. Learn to shoot one handed in the extended and tucked positions. Learn to shoot cross wrist and with your off hand held high. The light is also a weapon. Held in the had it is a strike weapon with a hammer blow. You can strike him with it if he jumps you at close range, then fire.
2) Use enough light! These cheap lights just don't get it. You want to blind him in a face on encounter. Also, it should be bright enough that if you pitch it to the ceiling it lights up the whole room. My Streamlight Stiron LED does that.
3) Screw house clearing!! That requires training. It also requires a partner to be done right. The only reason to cross that house is to protect your loved ones or get to the safe room. Your T.V. just isn't worth killing someone over, and especially putting yourself in the line of fire. (Besides, replacing floor because of a blood stain is likely more expensive) Leave house clearing to the pro's. Lets understand, he may fight you but when he sees those flashing lights outside the house and knows it some cops coming to get him he will likely give up.
|March 16, 2012, 09:15 AM
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Re - bad guy shooting at the light:
I don't care! I will not fire a gun without being very sure of my target.
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Shooting dark shapes just because they are in your home, seems like a bad idea.
I like two flashlights, on eon th epistol, and one in my hand. This way I have fewer worries about batteries, pointing a gun at something I do not wish to destroy, or Not having the flsahlight where I was sure i left it.. Also, if I need a free hand, I can still see.
|March 16, 2012, 09:31 AM
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I like that idea of keeping a supply of lightsticks in the bedroom.
Clearing my own house sure would be easier with flashbangs.
|March 16, 2012, 02:02 PM
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Reading again that having an extra light or one not on the weapon is a good idea is something I agree with now. Although I still will have a light on my primary and secondary weapons. All are capable of imtermittent or prolonged operation by my choice.
I did acquire a bit of the 'tacticwild' flu not long ago… it's OK I'm better now and bought one of those itty bitty one inch wide barrel and six inches long flashlights that put out enough light to embarrass the sun. 400 lumens reputedly, when on HIGH or STROBE. Two CR 123A batteries, and boy does it eat batteries, but then I do use it often outside of the house when I hear something that isn't normal or something that is out of place and suspicious enough for me to investigate it.. $70.
I'll not trust my life to it by thinking I can use it to disrupt, blind, or some even say, immobolize an assailant. It's sole purpose is to help me save my own life. By using it's reflective lighting, or by using it as a stabbing or hitting with weapon as a last resort. Actually if it comes to that I must be fighting a T5000 terminator, as he'll get ten 12ga 00 buck, and fifteen .45cal 185gr JHP. With any luck at all he'll slip on the wet floor where I've already voided as he approached and I can run away.
I'll not attempt to catch another's eyes and hope to blind them with some flashlight! That's ridiculous.
My circumstances are a bit different than all of you fathers and mothers, I'm a bachelor and have no inside pets routinely.
In my state there is a 'Stand your ground' statute.
I am in fact legally blind too.
I have an alarm system with redundancy set up as well as exterior motion controlled area lighting. Even if the BG pulls the meter out of its can on the power pole my alarm system operates and dispatches by it's built in battery back up and cell phone component.
I've also endured 3 violent attempts to enter my home these past months. 3 others while I was away briefly shopping or at church.
I do not wish to kill anyone. Ever. But with my visual impairment, IF I have the displeasure of a late night intruder, my plan is to disarm the sirens, asap, and await whatever comes to me.
If the sirens weren't enough to run him/her/them off, I'll likely not go towards what sounds I hear. They'll be defeated so I can hear.
I hear pretty well.and the house is not huge. Hopefully, all I should hear is them exiting given the sirens recent bursts.
I've thought about this a lot and figured to loudly direct the 'guest' to hit the deck or die! What if these folks aren't into taking orders? What then?
Then I came up with this plan… Wait. Listen. Stay calm. Prepare. And if the threat then approaches my position, I'll use my lights to acquire and shoot them till there is no more movement or sound coming from it/them.
I know full well what I've just said and wonder why some of the words Ive used weren't said by others. I'm not shooting to maim. Distract. Or ward them off. I'm playing for keeps. If I have to use my gun (s) ever, as I must presume they are willing to go to those lengths as well especially if they've violently or even covertly entered my home unannounced or without permission to do so.
AS a matter of fact…. One officer recently tried to by pass my civil rights and tried forceably to gain entry to my home!
Completely unannounced at that time, he simply walked up to my kitchen door and tried to force the door knob several times. No knock. No cell call informaing he was at my home or my door. Just tried to walk in like he owned the place.
I picked up my pistol I had at the table, and yelled out asking who it was with no immediate answer coming back to me…. I removed the safety and took more cover… and prepared for the worst.
Then a yell came, "POLICE!", and nothing more.
I stood up to unlock the door with my pistol at the ready for I've still a legitimate doubt, and replied, "You better be a cop!" and commenced to unlock the door.
That situation almost came to a dire end. All because some Hot Rod cop figured he could forego his training and my rights to fulfill his interests.
It gets even wackier after that tenuous moment but I'll refrain. The deputy was clearly in the wrong.
Not being able to see well enough as so many others posting here puts things into a different 'light' for me. After a couple shots I'll not hear too well either. Consequently, I'm forced into a real mess.
From past expeirnces I'll say this and shut up… IF a person is 'dispatched' let's say… it sure ain't like it is in the movies. They'll be laying there for a while. A WHILE! Pics have to be taken, your statement, yada yada… THEN 'they or them' will get removed… along with you too… maybe. Usually not though, if the above scenario is the case.
Then you have to deal with the aftermath of it all… and that stinks just as much as did the event persipitating the shooting… but it lasts longer.
There's been an immense amount of wisdom posted in just this thread. Enough to save lives. Or to not if one chooses to dismiss it.
I don't care terribly for the idea of shooting to disable. I adhere to the notion if a gun is used do it in such a way as to entirely, completely and utterly halt whatever wrongfully intrusive thing that is there to cause you & you'rs harm.
then I'll juse my little tactical light so I don't stumble over the bodies... or the crooks might if I'm not quite so successful with my plan.
Nice thread.
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.... for me, life becomes less and less shocking with every pull of the trigger.
|March 16, 2012, 09:46 PM
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|March 16, 2012, 11:02 PM
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My Streamlight Strion LED has a strobe mode. I had my wife blast me with it in the dark from 35 feet away. It is absolutely disorienting. I've used that function several times in the prison, works great.
|March 17, 2012, 02:06 PM
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I had to help clear an apartment complex parking lot of a really large Javalina a couple of nights ago, after full dark. More here:
The flashlight was critical in staying out of the critter's "personal space". I was able to herd it without scaring it into a charge. Decent backstops were few and far between. And with the light off the gun, I was able to leave the gun holstered, hand on it, flashlight in the other hand...didn't want to terrify any residents popping out who didn't yet know about the megapiggie.
I was by far the best equipped person present. I had the most potent gun (full-house 357) and a cheap dual-CR123-based flashlight with a "160 lumen" rating. Probably closer to 120 or 140 or so but it's good enough for my needs:
It's been tough over a year's daily carry, effective, oversize by a bit but a solid "thwacker" at either end if needed. Nice recessed tailcap switch. The downside: the "width" control is a joke, it's going to be a narrow-beam no matter what. And I do NOT want crap like strobes or multi-intensity-whatever switches - in an emergency I want straight-up on/off thank you!
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|March 17, 2012, 09:02 PM
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Well, there's that. Good point.
I often lose perspective as to how another with decent eyes can be influenced or distracted sheerly from the intensity of an immensely brillliant light. it does force one to turn away or hide their eyes somehow. Me too actually.
I've had the ability to fully use a very bright light as effectively as one probably could. So I have but a single train of thought as to the use of any light and that is to acquire and defeat an intruder with it.
My handheld is a Jetbeam... 400 lumens... lots of fill with an utterly intense beam on its highest setting. On it's lowest setting you could use it in a theater to look for your keys or something you dropped and not bother anyone else from it's spill. It has 4 levels. Tail button sw, with memory for the last used setting, or by using just the function sw a full on strobe which if held for a few seconds will then remain on until you switch it off. Aircraft aluminum and water proof. Got it from here
They don't show my model though. Guess lights are as quickly outdated as are i Pads.
Saw a review today saying many things about bulb replacements for Surefire and Streamlight, and dealextreme for the Ultrafire 501b and Hugsby flashlights.... at around $20 for 250 lumen you can mount or hold. I didn't save the link but it should be easy enough to Google for if 'Hugsby & review' are in the search terms.
Anyhow the fella at Longhorn Tac is very helpful and paitient... though some of thier offerings aren't too cheap. I'll vouch for the one I got is first quality though. its bounced off the floor more than a few times from a counter, table, bed, etc. and works flawlessly. usually you can wind up with 10 - 20% off and free shipping.
With loops, you can attach this light to a long gun... or shot gun too as you can with many of the Jetbeams.
Will Rogers said, "there's 3 sorts of people in this world, those who learn by books, those who learn by the experiences of others, and those who just have to pee on the electric fence every now and then."
.... for me, life becomes less and less shocking with every pull of the trigger.
|March 18, 2012, 05:12 PM
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Best advice I've heard here is to stay barricaded up, calling 911, with weapons at the ready.
If you MUST leave your barricade, I think it's a good idea to have low intensity nightlights throughout the house that come on when it gets dark. While these give you enough light to shoot by, they still might not provide enough to ID the target, which you must do before shooting. Once you've got the target covered, if necessary a quick flash from a bright flashlight held out by the weakside hand should take care of that problem. I agree that a weapon-mounted light makes you a brightly lit target.
A decent alarm system, like ADT, might obviate the need for any of these measures, and doesn't cost much more than some of the ultra-tactical lights now available. Defense in depth...
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|March 19, 2012, 01:03 PM
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Good stuff... really.
I live in one of the 17 states that have a "Stand your ground" law. So, inside or outside of your home, or off your property (with a CCL), one has but to feel they are being put in jepordy of injury or loss of life and deadly force can be used to dispel whatever perceived danger
I'd submit unless the intruder is a skilled professional criminal, and perhaps even then, anyone breaking into a house has their nerves on edge already, pulse pounding, blood pressure soaring, and definitely on edge. Surprising someone with a light but not firing at them immediately is taking a chance I'd as soon allow someone else to take.
Usually, they're there to take things outside of the home, tools, boats, or your car. Ordinarily, seeing a car tips 'em off someone might be inside. Seeing that someone very well is inside and still desiring to enter should be enough info to indicate perhaps, they're there for something considerably graver.
Too many things could happen and there's absolutely no way of knowing what some junkie, crack head, or plain ol' B&E fella will do once they know they are discovered!
Therefore I'd submit another perspective. IF you have instituted a monitored alarm system, or merely one which alarms you, or not. If you choose to figure you can just unveil a burglar with an off hand held light by flashing it briefly in the general direction of the invader and in that instance decidedly tell they are armed, or not with no further course of action in mind but to contain or hold for the police? Good luck with that.
Now that you've shone your light, well, now what?
But then, that's taking a really big chance, isn't it?
I'd say it is a dicey proposition at best to attempt to overcome or yikes! detain a threat that is now inside your home in the middle of the night.
If you can see a person without a light being cast into a suspect's direction, there's no need to display your light at all, except to acquire and dispatch them with it. No need to reveal your locale by yelling commands at them either.
If you do shine one even very briefly, it seems then too the opponent has an area or point of aim. Out of sheer surprise they could fire in your genral direction. Probably quite wildly and often! I'd as soon not be shot at generally or directly.
They may even shoot at your orders to drop to the ground…. Don't move! Freeze! You're covered! Or the sorts we've all heard one way or another.
Shine your light to discover only? Then, who's got who covered?
I'd submit using which ever tactic of displaying a bright light to 'identify' only, is sheer folly.
Be a light stuck onto my pistol and held away from my body entirely ready to fire, or one operated by my off hand makes no diff if you have no intention to fire in that moment.
I'd much rather have my light bearing weapon under control and when I light up the now aptly discovered 'position discovered' bad guy, pull the trigger almost immediately.
Nope. In a home or personal defense situation, lights or lasers are for acquiring and immediately disposing of your threat! I'm not Roy Rodgers, The Lone Ranger, or Batman.
No actions I or anyone should take with an intruder inside of their home should involve giving the 'bad guy' another chance… nope. They rolled the dice when they decided to enter your abode unlawfully, stealthily and perhaps violently.
As for me or someone else shooting a first responder, LEO, neighbor, or friend, doesn't it seem logical that any of these people will be avidly, vociferously, and very likely enthusiastically announcing themselves so as to both alarm you and identify themselves as no threat??
If your home is in jepordy from flood or on fire, it should be first responders duty to assume they are at risk in such a scenario…. And should do everything they can to both alarm the home owner and protect themselves. So demonstrably identifying themselves seems a no brainer!
Bad guys, last time I checked don't make a habit of doing that. The really really bad guys won't be announcing themselves. Only the good guys will.
In such cases, law enforcement is not always going to be the 'first responder', most likely you will be it.
Naturally, my comments depend on prior knowledge of the whereabouts of your family, room mate (s), or guests. Under conditions where you know full well the current spots of those listed above when a home invasion takes place, following the above prescribed actions appear as a matter of course for insuring one's safety and maintaining the integrity of your property.
True, there's a time and place for brandishing blinding lights into faces of people without taking measures including the use of deadly force… just not in admittedly desperate situations.
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.... for me, life becomes less and less shocking with every pull of the trigger.
|March 19, 2012, 01:36 PM
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Abrogation of one's duty to identify what / who they are shooting at, based on the target's loaction, is folly.
|March 19, 2012, 08:58 PM
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Hi Matt
PERHAPS READING A BIT FURTHER INTO MY POST WOULD HAVE PREVENTED YOU FROM MAKING SUCH A MISTAKEN ASSUMPTION OF MY statement and it's INTENT.
I don't expect any family member, fiance, friend etc, to be breaking into my house... things might be different for others or yourself.
Give your fiannce a key!
Knowing what is being said is important if an intelligent response is to be made.
Taking pot shots at something out of context is both 'pure folly' and says something about whomever breaks in unprepared and pops off a drive by posting.
every situation is different... I expressed my own circumstances.... AND my feelings about exposing yourself and how little one can actually find out about some burgalar in a split seconds burst of light... not only that but a strong light will affect your eyes too..
The mere presence of a stranger in ones home yields the pressence of a possible threat, and in the case of a home which is alarmed and monitored as well, as so many are and is my own, and they are still on the premises informs me the likelyhood of things going south fast is a viable assumption.
Lights flashing and sirens screaming, and some person hasn't headed for the highway yet?... sounds like someone wants more than money jewelry electronics, drugs or guns to me.
BTW.... any known persons would have contacted me by cell, phone, and or just tapping or beating on my bedroom window most likely. Close ones too. Family members would all have access keys... and I'd know where my loved ones are... I suppose some remote circumstances could change things but it's doubtful.
True too, those who know how I feel about such matters, and know me, also know I own weapons... and am not afraid to use them. trust me, they all either knock loudly or call me from the driveway on their cells... that is of course, if I'm not already outside awaiting them.
Perhaps knowledge is key... identification is knowledge... and as I said, the displayed light determines or supports your belief the intruder is indeed a stranger.... OK. Then what... and naturally, the "then what" only applies IF they don't shoot you.... or their partners don't shoot you.
There's no time for all the supposed rhetoric being jotted down here to be filtered thru!
Capturing is better left to the pros...
keeping myself and my loved ones breathing is my duty.
Here's one other scenario for ya... what if the interloper very closely resemgbles one of your friends and you make such a mistake?
NOpe. There's always someone which will interject some wierd ... just won't happen... situation to attempt to poke holes in someone else' notions.
But then, you've probably not experienced someone kicking in your door or busting in your window... and not responding to your cries for them to ID themselves... or to leave.
Once you have.. you may change your mind. I have. Recently. several times and its why I own guns again. Even though law enforcement says I can shoot thru the door I still want to hesitate... and that too is wrong in that case. I should have shot. there was established precidence.
I take no pleasure in this... for me it's all just too real and I aim to be standing in the aftermath. Let other's take chances of misidentifying someone, or identifying the person whose shooting first... not me. My gun's light will be the next to last one they'll see depending on their religious beliefs.
However ... anyone can proceed whcih way they choose. I've no problem there. I simply feel there's contingencies some folks here might have missed or overlooked and why I posted as I did.
Good luck...
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.... for me, life becomes less and less shocking with every pull of the trigger.
|March 19, 2012, 11:22 PM
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All the foregoing flummery aside, if one is considering shooting someone, he needs to identify his target. One might rationalize it however he wishes, and he might be sure that whoever he is going to shoot deserves it; but people have been wrong about such things before.
|March 20, 2012, 04:59 AM
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true enough... identification begins way before some incident takes place. it begins with planning, security, and having all on board actively participating in the plan.
Despite all of this .. despite everyone practicing together various scenarios... things can indeed turn out poorly.
We all have our very best efforts and ideas laid out in our minds, and prayerfully, all will turn out great and no one will encounter anything dramatic, but if so, the home owner, renter, etc, will prevail by sticking to his or her plans..
I have my own, and for me... its a good plan. I live alone, no pets, no kids, and some plants that won't make September.
the thing is this, RESULTS WILL ALWAYS VARY!! No matter what the plan likely is when stuff hits the fan.
Regardless, thinking ahead as is being done here by tossing around different perspectives and ideas is always a good thing to do in advance, no matter the path one winds up subscribing too.
Will Rogers said, "there's 3 sorts of people in this world, those who learn by books, those who learn by the experiences of others, and those who just have to pee on the electric fence every now and then."
.... for me, life becomes less and less shocking with every pull of the trigger.
|March 20, 2012, 06:55 AM
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Who knows? Maybe you will get lucky and your bad guy will suffer a photosensitive epileptic seizure.
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|March 20, 2012, 07:01 AM
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I don't have to worry about the dark too much, I have motion sensor light switches in my hallway.
|March 20, 2012, 07:48 AM
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I agree and disagree with both sides. One thing that someone pointed out is that it doesn't hurt to have two lights. one in your hand, and one on the gun. You don't HAVE to use the one on the gun but it's nice to have it just in case.
the way my house is laid out it's like a "V" my master bedroom is at the bottom of that "V" so anyone that might have come in through a bedroom window will need to come down the hallway from the right, and anyone from the living area will come from the left.
Sitting in the bedroom, behind the bed, on the phone with 911 will allow me a perfect view of the door to the master bedroom. I also keep at least one or two lights on in the house even at night. small lights, but enough that I can easily see at night. I have a revolver and a LED maglite in my nightstand. I also have the benefit of having hurricane windows. Ask anyone in Florida, the chances of someone breaking in through those is VERY slim. Fire departments don't like them because even they can't get into a house through them without some extreme measures.
In the living room I have a PX4 with a streamlight on it as the patio on the back of the house is off that room and the backyard is not very well lit. yet. We live on a lake so in case something comes up out there I have, again, both a handheld and a gun light. If I did identify someone, regardless of what light, I could easily flip on the gun light, drop the handheld and use that hand to then dial 911. Now if I've only got a handheld light, how am I supposed to dial 911 while holding the gun and the flashlight? Or do I drop the gun to dial? do I drop the hand held flashlight so I'm now in the dark again?
And before anyone says it, no, I'm not calling 911 on every sound I hear in the backyard just for them to come out because of a big bad raccoon or opossum that wants to eat one of my tomatoes. haha.
Basically though, it's like having the gun itself. Just because you have it, doesn't mean you have to use it. But in that one scenario that you do need it, it's damn nice to have.
|March 20, 2012, 08:30 AM
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I started quite the debate on this topic.
I have to thank many of you for helping me revamp my tactics and think of alternative ways to make my home safer!
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|March 20, 2012, 01:57 PM
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|March 20, 2012, 06:48 PM
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while I agree 10000%, I think I know what he was getting at.
could be things like, call your husband/wife before coming home at 2:00am.
having a plan that is a noise is heard everyone meets in a certain place in the house?
leaving certain lights on in the house to help easily ID the person making the sound. Or thing, it might be something that just fell over when an AC or heater vent blew on it...
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Be sure to book your room through the link below to receive our special discount rates. The Hilton was also helpful in waiving the resort fees for all of our wonderful guests
We'll take care of Saturday, but we realize you'll probably need to eat more than once while you're here. These are a few of our go-to spots for food around these parts
URBAN PLATES - 8707 Villa La Jolla Dr - Healthy, delicious food, made from scratch, at an affordable price.
PHIL'S BBQ - 3750 Sports Arena Blvd (Be sure and try the El Toro sandwich. You won't regret it!)
RUTH'S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE - 1355 N Harbor Dr
While we agree on many things, the definition of "good pizza" is not one of them. Here are our individual faves:
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Jay's Choice: NA'PIZZA - 1702 India street
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Elizabeth Bennet is the second eldest of the Bennet sisters. She is the most intelligent, level headed and self assured. Born plain in comparison to her beautiful sister Jane; her quick wit and ability to speak her mind would ultimately be her most charming attribute. As she finds her judgements incorrect in many accounts with Mr Darcy her prejudice towards him readily turns to devotion.
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Ms. N. O'Neil of East Weymouth, MA owned her timeshare for over 15 years when she decided she'd had enough of high maintenance fees and low availability. Her Inn on the Harbor timeshare was not delivering what she was promised, and the stress of trying to make it work for her wasn't worth the trouble.
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XV Forum of Hotel Professionals was held from November 23-25, 2018 in Grand Hotel Tornik Zlatibor, organized by "Turisticki Svet" magazine and supported by The Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and Singidunum University. Hotel industry professionals and their partners were presented for the 13th time, elite awards "Ambassador of Quality Service"-a sort of an "Oscar" of the hotel industry in Serbia and the region, at the gala ceremony.
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Two awards for A HOTELI chain - SEEbtm Awards 2018
Two hotels from A HOTELI chain won prestigious awards in congress industry at SEEbtm Awards 2018 ceremony.
Grand Hotel Tornik 5* Zlatibor won in the category Best Luxury Hotel - more than 50 rooms, while Hotel Izvor 5* Aranđelovac received the award for the Best Wellness and Spa Hotel.
HORES presented a plaquette for hotel industry development to Miroljub Aleksic, Alco Group CEO
Ceremonial Academy on August 20, 2018 in Grand Hotel Tornik marked a jubilee-125 years since the start of organized tourism in Zlatibor. People who contributed to developing of Zlatibor as one of the leading tourist centres, were presented recognitions.
"Zlatibor charter" presented to Miroljub Aleksić, Alco group president
"Zlatibor charter" for exceptional contribution to municipality development was presented to Miroljub Aleksić, president of the Alco group, who opened Grand Hotel Tornik-the largest hotel in Zlatibor and the only 5 star hotel in this area, earlier this year.
Grand Hotel Tornik greeted its first guests in Zlatibor
The largest hotel in Zlatibor-Grand Hotel Tornik, received its first guests on June 1. Ceremonial opening of this luxurious hotel operating within A HOTELS chain is planned in October 2018.
The Izvor Hotel wins the award "Ambassador of Good Service" in the category best SPA&Wellness hotel in 2017.
XIV Forum of hotel professionals
A HOTELS signed the Declaration on private sector support to global code of ethics for tourism
Hotel Master received the "Success Champions" award
A HOTELS at Practice and Employment Fair KORAK 2017
Conference held by Health Tourism Affiliation
Successful presentation of A hotels
Izvor Hotel is the winner of the 2016 SEEbtm award in the category of The best out of the city hotel with conference center
Chef of hotel "Izvor" becomes "Russian Cuisine Ambassador 2017"
The Hotel Izvor was declared the best hotel in the Mediterranean and Southeast Europe in 2015
Successful presentation of the "A Hotels" chain at the 38th International Fair of Tourism in Belgrade
Two employees of the "A Hotels" Group received prestigious awards at the XII Forum of hoteliers
A HOTELS at first "Wellness & Spa" Fest
"July 26" awards presented to winners
Hotel "Izvor" and "Pionir" among the best
"A Hotels" successful appearance at 37th International Tourism Fair in Belgrade
Hotel "Sloboda" Sabac officially opened
XI Forum of hotel managers and housekeeping
The Hotel "Izvor" has won the award for The best hotel in the Balkans 2014
Brand Leader Award 2014.
36th International Tourism Fair
10th Jubilee Forum of Hotel and Hotel Household Managers
Third Balkan SPA Summit
Hotel "Master" wins the award "Gate of Success"
Hotel "Izvor" awarded a press star
Hotel "Izvor" won the award for the best hotel in Serbia on the World Tourism Day
Hotel "Izvor" won the award "Ambassador of Good Service"
Hotel Izvor won The Best Wellness Hotel Award for 2011
The economic Summit 100 business leaders of Southeast Europe was held in hotel "Izvor"
Tourist Prism Award for 2011
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Game of Thrones: Second Sons (thoughts)/
I don't normally have enough of an opinion on each episode of Game of Thrones to write about it, but I've seen the latest one three times now, it being a convenient social activity for visiting friends. (I've had more visiting friends in the last two days than I think I've had before now this year.) As a result, I've had time to really examine much more of the episode than I generally have time for.
This episode was kind of quiet -- the biggest thing that happened was the wedding, and, as Leigh Alexander observed at Boing Boing, that came off more like a funeral, the emotion of the scene coming through less like excitement and more like the ebb and flow of nausea.
In Wired's recap of the episode, Laura Hudson wrote something that I want to share, about Cersei:
The roles that women are permitted to play in Westerosi society are painfully narrow, but the show's female characters respond to those limitations in very different ways: Some, like Sansa, accept what is expected of them because they see no other choice or can't imagine one; some, like Ygritte, Arya, Shae and Brienne, look at the expectations and say bullshit—a proposition that can prove very dangerous; others, like Cersei, do something a little more complicated where they internalize the ideas they're taught about what women should be, but still feel resentful and repressed by them. This attitude can lead to women actually perpetuating the power structures that made them miserable in the first place, competing viciously with other women for whatever limited power is available, or lashing out at women simply because they're the most vulnerable targets. Cersei–who says over and over in the books that she should have been born a man–does all of the above.
She also references Cersei being a cautionary tale for Sansa, which I had started to think while I was reading this paragraph.
Erik Henriksen, in the same Wired article, lists characters not appearing in this episode, including Bran. Which reminds me: I totally forgot about Bran. And, thinking about it, I don't see what I've gained from remembering him. Yeah, his legs are broken, he's getting magic powers, and he's still alive but on the run. None of that seems to actually matter -- I expect he becomes important later, and so needs to be accounted for now, like Theon (who I at least give a bit of a crap about) but if Bran dies before he affects anyone else's plots in any other way, I'm going to be pissed, because the showrunners will have wasted a lot of my time making me watch him get carried around the countryside.
And finally, let's talk about Samwell. Yes, I know he was scared. Yes, I know there were a hundred crows all over him. But you figure out that the dagger you're carrying around is a magic weapon that kills White Walkers in one hit, why the hell do you leave it on the ground when you run away?


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Pavo Pavo is an experimental pop band from Brooklyn, NY. Their debut record, Young Narrator in the Breakers, will be released in November 2016. The band started writing together while studying music at Yale, and since then its five members have worked closely with indie and classical heavyweights such as Here We Go Magic, Roomful of Teeth, Dave Longstreth, and San Fermin. Stereogum describes their music as "weightless pop that sounds like it was beamed down from a utopian future"
Young Narrator in the Breakers walks through its songs with symphonic elegance – guitar stabs, washed out harmonies, and rumbling synthesizers come and go like guests at a party. The record describes the magic and panic of adult life; a breaker is a wave whose potential energy is being transformed into turbulent kinetic energy. Co-produced by Danny Molad (Lucius) and Sam Cohen (Yellowbirds), it is a romantic record in the tradition of Elephant 6, and a cohesive record in the tradition of Grizzly Bear. It's our pleasure to introduce: Pavo Pavo.
Operator's sound is marked by warbling analogue synthesizers, driving motorik beats and waves of feedback noise.
What ultimately defines their sound is their aesthetic malleability, the weaving of influences from krautrock to art pop to electronic minimalism, all while never appearing too serious, or too silly.
Formed at the end of 2013 in Santiago, Chile, Christina Appel and Gonzalo Guerrero brought their hazed, dreamy sound to Brooklyn, NY. Since their move, Parrot Dream has performed at venues like Cameo Gallery, les poisson rouge, Pianos, Palisades, and The Knitting Factory, as well as made Festival appearances at Northside Festival, BK Wildlife Fest, and the CMJ Music Marathon.
Parrot Dream was named one of the "Best New Bands" by Argentina's Mute Magazine, listed amongst the "Best Indie Bands from NYC" by The Deli Magazine, and their singles "Sound & Light" and "Come Home" have been featured by Hype Machine blogs and other publications.
Their debut EP "Set Sail Someday" was released on the Chilean label Beast Discos. In late 2015, Parrot Dream released the Side A/Side B Single "Jungle", which was featured on Spotify's undercurrents playlist.. Currently, Parrot Dream is writing and recording their first full length record, set to release in 2017


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Holiday Mantra
My family tends to get along pretty well. We're just weird that way. But no family meal is without its little tensions and near the end of every holiday dinner, when I'm feeling like okay, it's been a long afternoon and evening, but I'm really doing pretty darned well, there comes a moment that I had forgotten I dread until it is upon me.
Dessert is served. Coffee and tea are served. No one takes coffee but my father. He is French, so he is able to withstand vast amounts of caffeine late into the evening and still sleep like a medicated baby.
Someone or other pours for him. I am on the opposite side of the table, always. I study him, because he is in front of me. He sits rigidly in his chair. Never have I seen a straighter spine. And here it comes, the moment I always forget and then, horrified, remember. He stays willfully upright in his chair, as though tied to a whipping post. He raises his cup. His lips, being French, seem to have a life of their own. You've all seen my lips, perhaps my terroir comes from the feeling that I'm gazing into my own future. The cup is there, over the table; the mouth is here, by the whipping post. The lips--oh my GOD I can't stand it--they reach out, pursed and terrible, at least 6 inches, and GRASP the edge of the coffee cup and "sscchhhhlluuurp" the hot liquid up, over and all the way down into the Frenchman's mouth.
I gently, tremblingly, put down my fork. I want to scream, cry and/or die. I want to let all my muscles go slack and face plant into my gluten free pumpkin pie. I want to drown my dismay in whipped cream. I want brandy in my eggnog. I want to stay face down until they all go home.
Oh wait. My father lives with me.
And that is when, if we are all very lucky, I turn to the Tea & Yoga Society's Holiday Mantra.
"If you want to find peace of mind don't find fault with others."
That's it. We are all so unique and interesting. Our differences are what make the world go 'round, but also what gets our knickers in a twist. If we can allow ourselves a quick and quiet moment, we might find that those very eccentricities that drive us up the wall are simply trademarks of individuality. Those individualities that will die with the bearer. And then they may begin to seem dear, and we may even miss them. Sigh. If you're feeling ambitious, you can even try to love those quirks, go for it.
It's not always easy for me to find common ground with my dad, let alone embrace all of his singularities. But what is the alternative? To stay face down in pie? No. I have to lift up my head and try to smile. For my own health I need to keep my peace no matter what is going on about me. I also need to do a lot of dishes. So I try always to choose that second option. At the very least, I try.
Happy Thanksgiving!


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Because of the dynamic growth of airline business, tickets for airplane are the cheapest in history. It is good news for businessmen, travelers, and families, living thousands of kilometers. In present, people from one part of Europe can meet family at the other part of it, comfortable, cheap and fast. For instance, journey from Rome to Krakow last 2,5 hours, an by bus it will be 2 day cruise. Here is a history of Grazyna, 45 years old, divorced women from Rzeszow, which daughter lives in Milan.


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Extending the Flexibility of an RFIC Transceiver Through Modifications to the External Circuit
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The work presented here is focused on investigating modifications to RF Microdevices' suggested external circuit for the RF29X5 family of low cost, half duplex, FM/AM/ASK/FSK RFIC transceivers originally intended for operation in the 433, 868, or 902-928 MHz industrial, scientific, and measurement (ISM) bands. Examinations of the operating principles of the transceiver components were performed which facilitated the identification of suitable modifications. Among the modifications identified were implementation of a phase locked detector, various methods for extending the FSK data rate limitations of the transmitter, improving the phase noise of the VCO, and the implementation of a fractional-N synthesizer using the RF2905 internal phase-locked loop (PLL) components and external inexpensive logic circuits. In addition to these modifications to the external circuit, the investigation of the oscillators of the RF2905 resulted in a potentially improved implementation of the VCO by modifying the internal active circuitry as well.
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When we think of the ideal summer wedding, three things come to mind; sun, sea and sand!
Kara's amazing Australian wedding had all three!
Kara married Mitchell on the 3rd of October on the lawn of
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We had a beautiful, outdoor garden wedding. It was a traditional, classic style with neutral tones.
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My husband proposed in April on a beautiful, chilly morning walk along the Yarra River. He has picked the perfect ring, beyond anything I'd expected! He strategically placed the ring box down his pants in case I put my hand in his pocket to keep warm!
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My brother's reading at our ceremony was hilarious and instantly made the mood feel more relaxed. He added his own musical touch to a traditional reading and had everyone laughing.
How did you feel walking down the aisle?
I took a big breath before walking down the aisle with my dad and as soon as I saw my husband all of my nerve disappeared. I was just so happy and could not stop smiling. Everything was perfect!
If you could do it all again what would you do differently?
The only thing I would do differently is to eat more of our amazing food at the reception! I was so overwhelmed that I actually forgot to eat a main meal.
What great piece of advice would you pass on to other brides who are planning their wedding? (#Wedding Hacks)
Don't get too carried away with it all. Don't blow your budget on things that people won't even notice or remember. Feed your guests well, everyone is still talking about how amazing our 'grand feast' was. Have your ceremony and reception venues close to each other so that your guests don't have to move around too much. Have good music that will have your guests dancing into the night!
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I thoroughly enjoyed planning our wedding, everything just seemed to fall into place! My family were an amazing support throughout the whole process. All of the contact people were great at communicating and made everything run smoothly. The biggest stress was probably that my husband didn't finalise his suit until the week before!
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We stayed at
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What will you do with your dress now?
My dress has been cleaned and stored in my wardrobe. I wish I could wear it again! I will certainly hold onto it, I am looking forward to wearing my beautiful Charlie Brear beaded top again over a dress or singlet!
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When Thao Dien Pearl apartment means that you will be living in areas of high population, predominantly resident foreigners and Vietnamese successful in society. Thao Dien Pearl apartment overlooking the Saigon river view and Saigon Bridge extremely cool, park landscaping, infinity pool.
Your life will be extremely comfortable with class amenities available on site: Gym room, sauna, pool overflowed, local parks, recreational centers for children, restaurants, cafes … Makes you do not need to go out.
All the apartments for rent in Thao Dien Pearl project with full new furniture, 100% pre-consumer such as sofa, dining table, wooden, decorative lighting, sleeping beds and mattresses, curtains, air conditioning, TV, kitchen, bar, refrigerator, washing machine … All to help you can enjoy a perfect life, complete with full interior equipment provides class experience for you and your family. You simply enter in a portable suitcase.
Inner areas available: Room Gym, sauna, swimming pool, internal green parks, entertainment centers, restaurants, cafes …
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It is because of what the investor equip such projects that the residents currently living here said. With its location right in the heart of District 2 – Ho Chi Minh City and the existing roads to help connect quickly to the downtown area to help my family go back a very favorable, new roads and expansion stuck in traffic, not submerged – Ms. Phan Loan, a resident living in Thao Dien Pearl project said.


text: About a quarter of Russia's gas exports to Western Europe go through Belarus [EPA] Mutual obligations Belarus confirmed it had sent a letter to the Russian energy company. In the letter signed off by Semashko, the government said it had offered to cover a May gas bill by Wednesday, while demanding that Russia "immediately" pay Belarus $217m in gas transit fees. Belarus would then pay Russia $187m by July 5 to cover January-April supplies, the government said in a statement, asking Moscow to refrain from further energy cuts "until mutual obligations are fully implemented". "Otherwise Gazprom will force the removal of gas from the gas transit system so that the needs of the Belarussian national economy and population can be satisfied," it said. Gazprom has said Belarus so far owes it $192m in arrears. Igor Sechin, Russia's deputy in charge of energy, said on Monday that Belarus would have to make a new payment, bringing the total amount to $270m, by Friday. Analysts warned of "a new gas war" after supplies were cut and said the Kremlin move was aimed at punishing the government of Alexander Lukashenko. The president of Belarus has recently irritated Moscow by dropping his normally dependable loyalty in favour of a quest for closer ties with the European Union. Alternative pipeline Russia supplies a quarter of Europe's gas needs and uses Belarus, which borders EU member Poland, as one of two key transit routes of oil and gas to the continent. Gazprom said the ban would not affect its European customers because it will channel alternative supplies via another pipeline through Ukraine from where most gas flows into Europe. Relations between Russia and Belarus have soured since they failed to agree unified customs rules and Belarus gave refuge to Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the ousted Kyrgyz president, despite Russia's support for the new Kyrgyz leadership. Previous pricing disputes with Belarus have led to oil supply cuts, with Poland and Germany being most affected. A similar standoff halted the much larger Russian gas supplies across Ukraine for almost two weeks in January 2009, leaving many Europeans without fuel during a cold snap. SOURCE: Agencies


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EEOC Office of Legal Counsel staff members wrote the following informal discussion letter in response to an inquiry from a member of the public. This letter is intended to provide an informal discussion of the noted issue and does not constitute an official opinion of the Commission.
Title VII: Religious Organizations/Hiring Co-religionists
November 14, 2006
Dear Sir or Madam:
We are in receipt of your undated letter [ ], requesting review of your draft policy providing a hiring preference for your co-religionists.
Although Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits covered employers from discriminating on the basis of religion in making employment decisions, including hiring, an exception allows religious organizations, including religious educational institutions, to prefer to employ members of their own religion. The exception applies only to those institutions whose "purpose and character are primarily religious." That determination must be based on "[a]ll significant religious and secular characteristics." EEOC v. Townley Eng'g and Mfg. Co., 859 F.2d 610, 618 (9th Cir. 1988) (manufacturer of mining equipment, whose owners asserted that they made a covenant with God that their business "would be a Christian, faith.operated business," is not a religious organization because it is for profit; it produces mining equipment, a secular product; it is not affiliated with or supported by a church, and its articles of incorporation do not mention any religious purpose); see also Hall v. Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., 215 F.3d 618, 624-25 (6th Cir. 2000) (college of health sciences qualified as a religious institution under Title VII because it was an affiliated institution of a church affiliated hospital, had direct relationship with the Baptist church, and the college atmosphere was permeated with religious overtones); EEOC v. Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 990 F.2d 458, 461 (9th Cir. 1993) (non-profit school not "religious" for Title VII purposes where ownership and affiliation, purpose, faculty, student body, student activities, and curriculum of the schools are either essentially secular, or neutral as far as religion is concerned). Although no one factor is dispositive, significant factors to consider that would indicate an entity is religious include:
This exception is not limited to religious activities of the organization. However, it only allows religious organizations to prefer to employ individuals who share their religion. See, e.g. Tirpanlis v. Unification Theological Seminary, 2001 WL 64739 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 24, 2001) (seminary operated by Unification Church cannot be sued for religious discrimination by Greek Orthodox employee who was allegedly terminated for refusing to accept the teachings of the Unification Church). It does not allow religious organizations otherwise to discriminate in employment on protected bases other than religion, such as race, national origin, sex, age, or disability. For example, a religious organization is not permitted to have a policy of only paying health insurance premiums for employees who are co-religionists or to engage in race discrimination in hiring by asserting that a tenet of its religious beliefs is not associating with people of other races.
There is no specific requirement in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that a religious organization have a written policy in order to prefer co-religionists for employment, although an employer is free to memorialize any of its policies in writing. Rather, the legal issue that typically arises in this type of case is whether the employer is in fact a "religious organization" permitted to exercise this preference.
This has been an informal discussion of the issues you raised and does not constitute an official opinion of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Further, our silence on other statements or analyses that may have been presented in your letter should not be construed as agreement with those matters.
I hope this information is helpful.
Dianna Johnston
Assistant Legal Counsel
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Brompton Advantage
Brompton folding bicycle was designed to increase people's sense of independence and freedom in urban spaces. Everything Brompton does should facilitate and celebrate moving in modern cities. Brompton bicycles are at their best in busy urban environments – tough, nimble and foldable so they never impede your journey.
BROMPTONS ARE MADE FOR CITIES, and for anyone who lives, works or plays in the city, moves from city to city or periodically wants to escape the city. The ultimate in versatility and flexibility, these compact folding bicycles let you combine biking with transit, taxi cabs, and give you access to storage and security options unavailable to standard bikes. And that's just for local riding. For the traveler with a folding bike, the world is your oyster.
Reasons to own a Brompton
1. It will change the way you experience the city. Let a Brompton take you anywhere - its flexibility allows you to get more out of the city, day and night. Free yourself from the confines of other forms of transport and take in the city around you. Need a change of scene? Just pop a Brompton on a plane, train or in the car to explore further afield.
2. It's easy to fold. You can transform your bike into a neatly folded, easily carried package within a few seconds. Its small size means that it is welcomed on most public transport (even during peak times) and inside buildings for safe storing. Its clever design ensures that mucky parts are kept neatly out of the way. The bike can be picked up using the grip on the saddle or towed along effortlessly using the handlebars.
4. It's built for your safety. The people at Brompton take quality seriously, that is why each bike is built by hand by highly qualified team at their London factory. The small wheels and responsive handling allow you to get a quick start from stationary position and swiftly guide you around potholes and other road obstacles. The upright riding position allows the rider to be fully aware of the traffic around them. For riding at night a range of lighting options can be selected on the bike, from battery powered to hub-dynamos to ensure you are seen.
5. Less chance of getting stolen. Bike theft is on the rise, however you can simply take your Brompton with you. At work, home or out and about due to its compact size, the Brompton is welcomed at most places and venues. You won't have the worry of leaving your bike locked up outside and the hassle of replacing a bike. If you purchase a Brompton make sure you register your bike on Brompton.com for an additional layer of security.
Even MORE reasons to love it:
"The wheels are so small!"
--That makes them fantastic for climbing, and quick and agile through busy roads.
"My commute involves a train."
-- Broptons are perfect for that. Fold it up and carry it on most urban & suburban trains with few restrictions.
"I want to go out after work, I might not want to bike afterwards."
-- Taxis happily take Brompton
"I want a break from the city."
-- Pop your Brompton in the trunk and go for a ride in the country.
"I want a real break from the city."
-- Pop your Brompton on a plane and go for a cycling tour.
"My hallway is cluttered enough already."
-- A Brompton folds down to the size of a large shopping bag.
"What if the weather turns lousy?"
--Fold your bike up and jump in a cab.
"Why are they SO EXPENSIVE?!"
-- A Brompton is fantastic value. If you use it for commuting, it will pay for itself in about two years.
"I need to carry a computer, a make-up bag, my sandwiches, a notebook, an inhaler, a change of clothes, something for dinner..."
-- Brompton luggage system makes it easy for you to carry everything you'll need. Elegantly.
"I want a bike that reflects my personality."
-- Design your own handmade custom Brompton.
... and a few MORE!
Unstoppable in the city
A Brompton is tough - it can be used day in and day
out. Where other bikes stop you from jumping on a train or into a taxi, a Brompton FOLDS giving you options.
Save money on commuting fares, taxis, car parking or bike share. A Brompton will always pay for itself.
Save time
In most modern cities travel by bicycle is faster than by car, taxi or bus.
Save space
FORTY-TWO Brompton bikes fit in one car parking space. They don't clutter narrow hallways or studio apartments. Where space is at a premium, a Brompton is perfect.
Burn calories not gasoline
Skip the gym and pocket the money. Cycling is fantastic cardiovascular exercise! (And a few less internal combustion engines in the world is a good thing.)
Never, ever lock your bike again. Bring it with you wherever you go!


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Blanch the peaches in a pan of hot water, and cool them immediately in iced water. Remove the skin, cut the peaches in half, and remove the core. Chop them finely.
Prepare the marinade by mixing the vinegar, olive oil and the lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
Finely chop the fish fillet. Lay the slices flat, one after the other in small spoonfuls of marinade. Coat with the rest of the marinade. Cover with thin peach slices. Sprinkle with crushed pink peppercorns and a little dill.
Cover with plastic film and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.


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A Sense of Place
Where am I now?
A comprehensive teaching idea for Year 1
The title of Gauguin's painting above Where have we come from, where are we now, where are we going? asks a marvelously complex question, one that a lifetime of art making can only begin to try to address. However, the middle part of the title, Where are we now? poses a rich topic for investigation and the source of multiple possibilities for visual exploration. A Sense of Place is a broad and open ended IB art assignment that is intended to teach a variety of visual skills as well as encourage independent and original thinking.
Open ended framework
Providing a structure for students to investigate their surroundings using many different visual approaches, this teaching idea is a way of opening to a new environment or exploring a familiar one through new eyes. It is also a way of generating ideas for meaningful, personal work that is grounded in direct experience, observation, and reflection. Although the lesson is teacher guided to an extent, it is intentionally open- ended and encourages a range of individual responses from the students.
This framework offers a structure and sets specific goals for students to work towards, while allowing each one to ask: what is interesting, what is important to me and what do I care about in the world around me?
Wide choice of media
The project encompasses a range of visual approaches: drawing, photography, mapping, collecting and assembling objects, but you can choose to focus only on one or two of these or expand to include film, animation, or 3D work, depending on the facilities you have available. This presents opportunities for teaching about different media and introducing artists as references.
Time frame for project
A Sense of Place could be done over a period of a month or expanded to cover a period of several months if studio work is developed from the investigation. There is enough material here for the entire first semester. Look at how it might fit into the context of your yearly Course Planning , and also generate other work including site specific work.
Visual Exploration
exploring the environment through a range of different visual approaches
Take a walk with your sketchbook and a pencil, looking around you with curiosity. Sit down and make a sketch, whatever captures your attention, a tree, a building, a face. You can focus on a tiny architectural detail or a sweeping view. Move around. After at least 5 sketches of different views or aspects of your environment, have a good look at your sketches and reflect on what you most enjoyed drawing and what is most visually interesting. Return to this spot to do a more sustained drawing, really developing the qualities of the drawing, bringing it beyond the "sketch".
Take your camera with you and look for interesting viewpoints. It may the physical qualities or material in your site- be it cityscape, landscape, or interior space. Try a combination of close- up, medium and long shots. Can you find some unusual way to frame your vision? Lying on your back, using a reflection, an opening? Take as many pictures as you like but at the end of the day you will edit your photos and select only 5 for your Journal. It is important to be able to edit and critique your work and be able select your best images. These 5 images should evocatively capture a "sense of place" and be varied rather than several shots of the same object or viewpoint.
Collecting Traces
Over the course of several days or more collect small objects, natural and manmade, scraps of paper, a bus ticket, a leaf, things that tell stories of the place. If it is a new place, this will have a quality of discovery, maybe writings in another language, a foreign coin. If the place is familiar, the objects you collect may tell a personal story, your own path through the landscape, traces of your footsteps. Assemble these objects into a kind of order, draw them, attach them on a support (like a collage) or arrange them in a container, string them on a string, make a mobile, sew them onto your clothes, anything really- just create a context for the objects to be together.
Think about the story objects tell when placed together in a certain way. Look at artists Joseph Cornell and Kurt Schwitters. Use this opportunity to introduce your students to the complexities of Collage.
Mapping your path
Make a map of your journey through this space that you have been exploring, it can be a simple journey from your house to the school or even from a tree to the bus stop. What do you encounter along the way? What are your landmarks? A landmark can be an actual bridge or street corner, but it can also be a memory of something that happened there. Make this map as real or as symbolic as you like. (An opportunity to introduce map making as an art form)
Stepping back, look at all the information you have gathered about your place. It might not be enough to guide a tourist but it is your own guide. What words come to mind when thinking about your observations? Write a list of these words. Is there a particular focus that comes through your work? Are you more interested in architecture and design or is it the soulful qualities of the place and it's inhabitants that interests you? Write a summary of your observations and what you think your individual focus within this environment might be. ( also see site page on Self-Reflection)
Developing Studio Work
Consider everything up to now merely an experiment. Now you are ready to think about making a more developed piece of artwork based on your explorations, your reflections and your understanding of what interests you about this place. Which of the visual exploration activities did you enjoy the most? Taking pictures? Assembling objects? In that case maybe you want to combine those media and create a photo essay of your objects placed in the environment. If you liked drawing buildings you could find out about the indigenous architecture and support your art work with more knowledge and information. Whatever you chose to explore in your Journal is the key to understanding what aspects you would like to develop in your studio work.
Your own interests will lead you to make your best work, no one else can decide what is exciting to you.
Download the guidelines for students Where are you now? A sense of place
or see a revised version of this for students in chapter 5, Culture and Place of my textbook Visual Arts for the IB Diploma


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My husband and I used LB photography for our wedding and we cannot share enough how wonderful Lisa was. She made everything so easy and stress free, from the meetings leading up to our wedding to the day of. I felt comfortable knowing she knew what she was doing and never had to ask her to do anything as she was always one step ahead. She captured our day better then we ever could have imagined, the quality of work she does is above and beyond what we had thought. Lisa is very personable and easy to talk to I would recommend her to anyone and will be using her for any future photos we will have done.
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Lisa was so great to work with on our special day! We had a small wedding and she captured every moment beautifully, and now we have great pictures to treasure forever!
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Lisa was a wonderful pleasure to work with on our wedding day. For a day that is completely filled with chaotic moments Lisa's straight forward directions and ability to control a group created amazing picture we will have for a lifetime. She was also very adaptable in our very ultra rustic ceremony location. We appreciated the extra effort she put in to make our wedding day photos happen.
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Lisa could not have done a more beautiful job at capturing our amazing day with her camera.
She truly created memories that will last us a lifetime.
Lisa is very easy to work with, communicates well from start to finish and created gorgeous portfolios for us to enjoy and share with friends and family for years to come.
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"Working with Lisa was a pleasure, she knew how to capture our personalities in the photos and had some great shot ideas. We had a lot of our guests comment on how much fun she was, and we couldn't have agreed more. The photos we received were perfect! Thanks Lisa for making our memories look like a fairy tale. "
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Desirae & Ben, September 2016
Lisa was our first choice to photograph our wedding because of the reviews we had received from friends and the amazing pictures in her portfolio. She was so helpful and knowledgeable about our venue and we trusted her to highlight our special day. She made the day go smoothly and really listened to what we wanted. Lisa is very easy going and flexible but is also extremely reliable and professional. We felt comfortable from the start and knew that she would take wonderful photos. She helped us to take some really special photos that we will treasure forever!
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"Lisa's style of photography is so easy to work with. Her photos captured the essence of our wedding in amazing posed shots and also of all the important moments throughout the ceremony & reception. We were absolutely blown away by the number of shots we loved. Lisa and I met before the ceremony to discuss what I wanted for my photography. She was creative and full of knowledge but she's also very respectful of my opinions. That really mattered to me. We get so many compliments on our photos. Lisa takes thoughtful and beautifully arranged photos as well as fun and inspired shots! We just loved your photos!"
Karen & Aaron, September 2016
Lisa was great to work with. She made us feel very comfortable during our sessions. She always replied right away when we had questions and was very prompt when receiving the photos back. Both of our photo sessions were out of town which was not an issue for her. We will keep her in mind for our next mile stone in our lives!
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"We hired Lisa to photograph our wedding in October 2015 after seeing her booth at the TRU bridal fair in the spring. She was absolutely fantastic! She made us feel very comfortable and she had so many fun, creative ideas that made our photos truly unique. The quality and number of the photos that we received after the wedding was astounding. She went above and beyond and truly captured every perfect moment of our day."
Courtney & Ryan, October 2015
LB Photography made our wedding day very special… We had a lot of fun with Lisa taking our friends and family pictures. Everyone had a blast during the day and we always have a smile on our face when showing our wedding pictures.
Liza & Harry, August 2015
Thank you for helping us make great memories, Lisa!' We loved having Lisa as our wedding photographer! Every step of the way was easily planned out, I think out of the whole wedding planning experience, the photography was the easiest & most stress free step. Lisa was super easy to work with on our wedding day, she is very relaxed & chill, she made the day go by smoothly, and we had a lot of fun! I couldn't imagine picking a different person to do our photography.
Amber & Dan, July 2015
Planning our wedding was one of the most stressful times we have been through together.. but one thing that was just so easy was being able to work with Lisa as our photographer. We already knew from our engagement shoot that Lisa was able to catch every important moment on camera, and show our true personalities. We couldn't think of anyone else we would rather have for our big day! Our family and bridal party had so much fun posing for pictures – she was proficient and quick to get the important group shots, and made everyone feel comfortable goofing off in front of the camera for the fun, candid shots! And when we had the insane request of getting a picture of us and our bridal party "running away" so she could later photoshop zombies into the picture, she was able to deliver that too!
Thanks for all of your hard work, Lisa. We look forward to working with you again!
Gary & Michele, May 2014
Our photo shoot with Lisa was one of the highlights of our wedding – so much fun! She brought out the best in all of us and managed capture the essence of our crazy family and friends! I can't say enough about the gorgeous photos. Thanks so much Lisa, it was an absolute pleasure to work with you.
Sally & Mark, August 2014
We feel great about choosing LB Photography as our wedding photographer. Ever step along the way including meetings, engagement photos, and of course our special day Lisa made us feel comfortable, excited, and that we could be ourselves. We are so happy with our photos and we definitely recommend LB Photography to capture anyone's special moments.
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Lisa thank you for being a part of our day, and capturing all the moments that go by in a flash. You managed to capture some amazing photos and I'm sure that was not easy with our goofy wedding party. Everyone is blown away by how beautiful they are.
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Thank you Lisa. You captured the day beautifully, and we will treasure the moments.We really could not have wished for a better memory of our day. Laughter, Tears, it all came back when thinking of the lovely day, and thanks to you we have all to keep and remind us for years to come. Our family and friends have enjoyed the photos, and we can not stop looking at them.
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We would like to say thank you for the beautiful photographs you took on our wedding day. You were professional, patient and relaxed which allowed us and our guests to enjoy our day while you captured all of the moments that made it so special. Every photo tells a story and will help us remember that day forever.
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Our wedding was amazing and everything we ever wanted. Lisa not only captured the most amazing photos through her lens but captured them with emotion, the joy, happiness, excitement and butterflies. We are so thankful for all the time and energy Lisa put in to our wedding day, the editing of pictures and the beautiful book that we can enjoy each and every day. Thank you Lisa, you truly are very talented and you bring joy to many people through your passion for photography."
Daniel & Ashley, April 2012
Lisa was very easy to work with. She was able to capture lots of great real smiles. Some of my favourite photos were ones that I did not even know were being taken. She was very flexible and took all of the "Pinterest" photo ideas I had. We are a very laid back couple and she was able to capture all the photos we wanted without it taking too long. We did both our engagement and wedding photos with her and are very happy with the results."
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Emilio & Cassy, November 2011
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Kristyne & Chris, August 2011


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Prime members take pleasure in FREE Two-Day Delivery and unique access to music, films, TV exhibits, original audio collection, and Kindle books. A delegation of Out of doors Recreation Industry Roundtable (ORIR) organization leaders delivered a blend of reward and challenges to the USDA's Appearing Under Secretary for Natural Assets and the Environment, Dan Jiron, and a key group of department officers on November 21. The ORIR group underscored the significance of nationwide forests to many leisure activities and the world-class experiences provided to anglers and skiers, hikers and campers, boaters and motorized trail lovers.
Washington, D.C. (November 7, 2017) – The U.S. Department of the Interior is devoting necessary new assets to outside recreation on America's public lands and waters. With over 320 days of sunshine a yr and a pure environment that features lush rainforests, prime-rated seashores and nearly unparalleled biodiversity, Maui is a haven for the outside lover and recreation fanatic. For others the freedom of being within the outdoor outweighs all disadvantages relating to homely comforts similar to showering and using the bathroom.
At Auburn Outdoor you will see that the sources to construct a better you through training, expertise, and exploration. There is an enduring dispute over the rights of those participating in water recreation on particular person rivers and lakes. Go Outside provides many overnight and day journeys to varied places across the East Coast.
OREC is one in all only two offices within the nation that gives a central point of contact, advocacy, assets and support at the state level for the varied constituents, businesses, communities and groups that rely on the continued well being of the outside recreation business.
For inspiration about commuting by bike and recommendations on getting started, we invite you to look at this brief video created by a UCLA Student for the UCLA Bicycle Coalition: Bikes for All One other film, Bike-U-mentary produced by BikeUCLA Films, follows two members of the UCLA Neighborhood as they trip to class and work on campus.


text: Current law prohibits the use of U.S. military medical facilities for abortion, except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of rape or incest. During consideration of the Fiscal Year 2006 Defense Authorization bill (H.R. 1815), Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-Ca.) offered an amendment to repeal this ban as applied to overseas facilities. NRLC opposed the amendment, and the amendment failed, 194 to 233. Roll Call No. 216, May 25, 2005.


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Learn to create your own hand built vessel, vase, planter, or semi-functional friend using pinch pot and slab techniques!
We will experiment with texture, learn to make slip, and apply under glazes to add matte color. You will be given a pamphlet of tips and techniques as well as a few starter tools,
*All materials and firing included.
To sign up email firstname.lastname@example.com
**Finished pieces can be picked up at Shop Summer Camp after they have been fired, or if it is not possible to come back, they can be shipped for $15.


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Sustainable plant growth and reliable yield production are important requirements to deal with many future challenges of mankind. Plants are able to acclimate to a rapidly changing environment and thereby maintain fitness and high yield. They activate programmes just in time in order to minimize resource investment. Research at the Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Chair focuses on molecular mechanisms of plant acclimation to a changing environment.
The redox regulatory signaling network of the plant cell senses metabolic disequilibria and modulates the fast responses at transcriptional and translational levels. To this end we deepen our knowledge by identifying the upstream sensors and downstream targets within the network, dissecting retrograde control of nuclear gene expression by organellar signals and achieving a quantitative model of the redox regulatory network of the chloroplast. We characterize involved transcription factors, their interacting partners and activating signalling pathways. We develop novel tools to manipulate and measure single cell responses to a varying environment using thermomicrocapillaries or functionalized nanoparticles.
Since 1997 the chair of Plant Biochemistry and Physiology is held by Prof. Karl-Josef Dietz, following Prof. Wolfgang Kowallik. The Dietz lab is a member of the Faculty of Biology and is integrated into the CeBiTec (Center for Biotechnology) at Bielefeld University as part of the Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology (IGS).