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- Project 40: Kaispeicher B | Koreastrasse 1/ International Maritime Museum Hamburg
- Project 41: Heinemannspeicher | Koreastraße 3
- Project 42: Koreastraße 5/ Shanghaiallee 4
- Project 43: HEIMAT.HAFEN.HAMBURG | Hongkongstraße 2-4 / Koreastraße 2
- Project 44b: ELBARKADEN DESIGNPORT | Hongkongstraße 8
- Project 45: ELBARKADEN GREEN OFFICE | Hongkongstraße 10-10a
- Project 46: Koreastraße 4
- Project 48: STADTHAUSHOTEL HAFENCITY| Hongkongstraße
- Project 49: NIDUS-LOFT| Shanghaiallee 6-10
- Project 49a: Ecumenical Forum Brücke (Bridge) | Shanghaiallee 12-14
- Project 50: Musicians House | Shanghaiallee 16-20
- Project 54: HAFENCITY UNIVERSITY | Überseeallee 16
- Project 44a: Elbarkaden | Hongkongstraße 6-6a
- Project 52 a+b: INTELLIGENT QUARTERS | Überseeallee 6-10
- Project 53: INTELLIGENT QUARTERS | Überseeallee 12
- Project 51: Überseeallee 7-11
Central, diverse and ground-breaking
East of Magdeburger Hafen, a very disparate quarter is coming to life, with many trailblazing buildings and uses
Around Magdeburger Hafen, an interesting knowledge quarter is growing with HafenCity University and the Elbe Arcades as well as other trend-setting projects such as the Ecumenial Forum and the Musicians' House (© ELBE&FLUT) Start slideshow
A lively and heterogeneous quarter is evolving between Magdeburger Hafen, Brooktorhafen and Am Lohsepark neighborhood whose very special atmosphere is not just due to the new HafenCity University (HCU) with its 2,500 students and various other pioneering undertakings. The urban planning concept for Elbtorquartier picks up on very different building typologies. While buildings of up to 70 m will be erected in the south, an elongated block structure approximately 170 m long to the east, which is also replicated in Magdeburger Hafen, ties into the existing built structure along Hongkongstrasse.
Distinctive bridge links west and east
From the Speicherstadt, a footway leads over León-Brücke bridge, designed by Austrian architects Dietmar Feichtinger and WTM Engineers of Hamburg, directly into the listed Kaispeicher B warehouse building (40). This is the oldest building in HafenCity, erected in 1879 to designs by Wilhelm Emil Meerwein and Bernhard Hanssen, and was thoroughly remodeled to plans by architects MRLV Markovic Ronai Voss. Since summer 2008 it has housed the International Maritime Museum Hamburg.
The passageway through the museum leads out onto a spacious forecourt on whose waterfront the first harbor launch landing stage in central HafenCity was opened in summer 2012. As of late summer 2014, the adjoining promenade on the pier in front of the Elbe Arcades along Magdeburger Hafen leads across Buenos Aires quay and on into Baakenhafen neighborhood. This means that walkers and cyclists enjoy an unobstructed, car-free route from the Elbe embankment at Baakenhafen through to Ericcuspitze.
In the process they pass over the renovated Busanbrücke bridge crossing Magdeburger Hafen basin, the most significant east-west link for pedestrians and cyclists in central Hafen-City. The historic crossing connects western and central neighborhoods with eastern HafenCity. Like the surrounding promenades, this open space designed by Beth Galí is also paved with natural stone in a stripe pattern with plenty of space for all users.
Unique Elbe arcades
In the northern part of the neighborhood, the customs head office for the City of Hamburg moved into its new location designed by Winking Froh Architekten (Hamburg/Berlin) in 2011 (46). Directly opposite, the newly built annex to expand the corporate headquarters of Gebr.Heinemann (42) will be occupied from summer 2016. The design, by Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp) of Hamburg, attaches a glass connecting building to the existing historic Heinemann warehouse that links it to the new extension with an underground garage, six floors of offices and two recessed upper stories. Construction matches up to the standards of the HafenCity gold Ecolabel.
South of Busanbrücke, the Elbe Arcades, opened at the end of 2013 and built to a design by Bob Gysin + Partner BGP Architekten (Zurich), line the whole eastern embankment of Magdeburger Hafen. It is one of the most innovative and ecological buildings in Europe. Rather than a straight promenade, the complex of buildings, which conforms to HafenCity gold Ecolabel criteria, features a 170 m-long flood-protected arcade, 8 m high and 10 m deep, which is integrated into the buildings, and fronted by a low public pier along Magdeburger Hafen basin. The roof of the ensemble provides a garden and play area for its residents.
The 130 apartments allow a wide variety of uses – from multigenerational homes through to residential and workspace lofts, as well as duplexes, and wheel-chair friendly units for seniors. Some of the apartments have attached ateliers, picking up on the Elbe Arcades' character as a center of design in Hamburg.
Several users, leading proponents of the industry, all of which have chosen to locate to the Elbe Arcades, are promoting this creative aspect: designxport, Hamburg's primary design scene network, iF International Forum Design GmbH, which organizes the annual iF design competition award, and world-famous designer Peter Schmidt and his agency Agentur PSBZ. Thus a showcase for the creative sector is gradually emerging on Magdeburger Hafen; just across the way in Hongkongstrasse an increasing number of agencies and start-ups are moving in.
The southern part of the new building (45), topped by conspicuous wind rotors, is the preserve of Greenpeace. The environmental organization clusters various local and nationwide activities under one roof. Publicly accessible exhibits in the foyer showcase Greenpeace working topics and campaigns. The highlight is a 6 m totem pole – a present from Nuxalk Indians as a thank-you for Greenpeace's work in their homeland.
This building, too, has an exemplary energy concept, combining high efficiency, low consumption and very high deployment of renewable energies, including geothermal and photovoltaic energy, as well as the wind rotors on the roof.
University with Elbe views
A key role in the Elbtorquartier knowledge quarter is played by HafenCity University, which opened in April 2014 and is injecting new life into the area. The esthetically outstanding newbuild (54) at the entrance to Baakenhafen designed by architects Code Unique (Dresden) opens out simultaneously to the plaza in front of it, to Baakenhafen and to Lohsepark. The overall ecological concept for the building was also pre-certified with the gold HafenCity Ecolabel.
Right next dorr between HCU and Magdeburger Hafen, ECE of Hamburg and Strabag Real Estate are building the Watermark, Freeport and Shipyard building ensemble, offering around 32,000 gross floor area (GFA) on a 9,100 sqm site. Designs by Störmer Murphy and Partners (Hamburg), provide for an iconic landmark office tower around 70 m high containing 18 stories (52). The project at the water's edge includes two further buildings (53) with space for some 46 apartments and ground-floor public amenities. The ensemble, combined with HCU, creates a public square. Completion is planned for mid-2018.
Ecumenical forum next to Musicians' House
Other excellent projects such as the Ecumenical Forum (49a) on Shanghaiallee, opened in summer 2012, lend the quarter social and spiritual character. Since summer 2012 a total of 20 Christian churches have been behind this joint religious project – unique in Germany – with its meeting place and café on the publicly accessible ground floor, and chapel as a haven of tranquility. The upper stories are occupied by the Laurentius convent and an ecumenical residential community.
Right next door, the Musicians' House (50) was successfully completed in fall 2014. Artistic and creative people can live out their dream of creative interaction and collectively making music within their own partly soundproofed and flexibly usable four walls.
Stadthaushotel (48) will be Europe's largest inclusive hotel. Forty of the 80 jobs will go to people with a disability. The 180 rooms and restaurant of the three-star hotel will be particularly attractive to people with reduced mobility. The Jugend hilft Jugend association is managing the project, with financial support from private sources and the City of Hamburg. The architectural competition for the building was won by Huke-Schubert Berge Architekten (Hamburg). Long completed, on the other hand, is the first residential building to be awarded the gold Ecolabel, the private joint building venture NIDUS on Shanghaiallee (49).
Elbtorquartier has very good public transport connections. Messberg U1 subway station is to the north, outside HafenCity, while to the south the new U4 subway line began regular services in August 2013 to HafenCity University station, which has won awards for its lighting concept.
Shanghaiallee, developed as a central artery between the Speicherstadt and Überseeallee, is becoming an urban business and residential street. In the interests of road safety, since its final completion in fall 2016, bicycle traffic on this metropolitan boulevard has been channeled along special cycle lanes beside the roadway, which dovetail into the surrounding cycle path network. Ancillary spaces have been adapted to urban demands: with generously proportioned sidewalks with opportunities for special uses, bicycle parking stands, delivery and handicapped parking bays, and several paid parking slots for clients of surrounding shops.
Neighborhood profile
- Area
9 hectares
Total GFA: 200,000 sqm
- Jobs
c. 3,700
- Commercial uses
Office, retail, catering, services, hotel, knowledge
- Homes
- Special institutions
Elbe Arcades, HafenCity University, International Maritime Museum Hamburg, Ecumenical Forum,
designxport hamburg
- Development timeframe
2007 till 2018
(plot 51 held back as logistics area for construction of Überseequartier)


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A recently published study has shown a link between a good night's rest and living a long and healthy life.
"Age and health conditions are the two most important factors associated with self-reported sleep quality and duration," said principal investigator and lead author of the study Danan Gu, PhD, faculty of the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University in Oregon.
The sleep study gathered data from 15,638 adults ages 65 and older. A portion of the data was gathered from China, a country that has the largest population of elderly in the world. Reports show China has nearly 40.5 million people over the age of 75, as estimated by The World Bank.
Of the sample size used for this study, 2,800 people were 100 years of age and older. Results showed that around 65 percent of people reported that they received about 7.5 hours of sleep daily. However, those over the age of 100 that reported they have a good night's rest were 70 percent higher than participants younger than 79 years of age.
Researchers took a closer look at the data and found those who reported poor sleep also expressed deteriorating health conditions. People who dealt with feelings of anxiousness, disease and other ailments were 46 percent less likely to sleep well.
"The majority of healthy elders could experience satisfactory sleep quality," said Gu. "Sleep problems at oldest-old ages likely arise from a variety of physiological and psychosocial factors rather than aging per se."
Studies also show a connection between access to healthcare and sleep. Those who had access to adequate medical care were 84 percent more likely to report good sleep and 56 percent more likely to sleep well if they were economically well off.
While nothing has been confirmed, researchers feel that there's enough data gathered to believe there is a direct connection between sleep quality and a person's length of life and quality.


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Two Figures (Due figure), 1950–52 Bronze, 140 x 80 x 60 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice Gift of the artist 88.3604
Both figures are women; the smaller, in the other's lap, is perhaps younger—with a pony tail, and a groove through the cranium comparable to similar devices in the sculpture of Henry Moore. Yet the subject matter of Two Figures, is surely secondary to its sculptural values. The emphatic volumes, the striations, the variety of surface in color and texture, the complex interplay of the limbs and torsos of the two figures, the voids that reshape themselves as the viewer moves around the work, all offer us the aesthetic satisfactions of vigorous sculptural form. The exposure of the armature on which the clay original was built tells us that this is an artefact of the sculptor's hand and craft. To identify here a rhetoric component, that the work may be expressive of the maiming of war victims and the survival of the emotion of love and tenderness between mother and child despite hideous disfigurement (including decapitation!), may be to press 'interpretation' too far. In a comparable headless and footless sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, the smaller figure is omitted, depriving the work of the implicit exchange of sentiments between the two women.


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Following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the East-West Programme promotes friendship and understanding between young people in Ireland and the UK. Priority is given to projects emphasising respect and accommodation of difference through increased knowledge and insight into each others' culture.
At a British Council contact seminar in Cardiff in 2008 funding was granted for the 'Coastal Connections' projects between Beara Community School, Castletownbere, Co Cork and Pilton Community College, Devon, England.
We hosted our visitors from Beara Community School in April 2010. Pupils enjoyed their visit to the Ards Peninsula and Exploris. In June 2010 pupils from Pilton Community College enjoyed a trip to Portrush and the Giants Causeway.
In June 2011 pupils at Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College visited Pilton Community College, Devon, England. We were well looked after and had an action packed two days. On the first day pupils visited the school and pupils in their lessons, treated themselves to tea and cream scones, had a lovely meal in the evening, followed by ten pin bowling. On the second day we travelled to Croyde beach and soaked up the sun and had a game of volleyball. A fantastic time, we could have loved to stay for a few more days!!


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WASHINGTON—Tamika Catchings and Candace Parker battled it out Thursday night in a WNBA matchup between two of the top teams in the league. Now they're wearing USA jerseys getting prepared to take on the world as teammates for the U.S. women's national team.
Such is the life of a WNBA superstar—opponents one night, teammates the next.
After a grueling, condensed first half of the WNBA season, the U.S. players had less than 48 hours to start getting ready for a run at a fifth straight gold medal. There's no time to rest mentally or physically as the Americans have two weeks to get ready for the London games.
"We've had a crazy first half of the year," Parker said. "It's like everyone is playing these crazy schedules. It takes a little out of you, but once you get that USA jersey on you get excited and ready to go."
In 2008, the U.S. team got together right before the Beijing Olympics and four of the players on that team, including Parker, were involved in a vicious brawl earlier in the week that led to many suspensions. While it could have potentially caused tension in practice and divided the team, no such problems occurred. As it took about 5 minutes for the Olympians to laugh about it.
This time around there was no outside drama—just some good-natured ribbing. Asjha Jones kidded with Angel McCoughtry that she had been taking an "extended vacation" missing the Atlanta Dream's last four games rehabbing her left knee sprain.
Catchings, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are all playing in their third Olympics and already are used to the quick turnaround switching from foes to friends.
"You really can't think about it and focus on it," said Catchings, who flew to Washington on Saturday. "Most of us have done this before and we're used to it. You just change your mindset and we all have one goal in mind—that's winning another gold.
'It's our job as the leaders to get everyone on the same page. We've been through it before as well as a few of the other veterans. It shouldn't be too hard to get everyone ready."
It definitely helps that half the team played for coach Geno Auriemma in college so they are already very familiar with his systems. So there isn't the added burden of trying to learn a new offensive scheme.
"It makes it a bit easier that a lot of us already know what he expects," said Maya Moore, who starred at UConn and is playing in her first Olympics.
The U.S. trained in Washington for two days before playing Brazil in an exhibition game Monday night. The Americans will then head to Manchester and Istanbul to train before going to London for the Olympics. Besides training, half the team took part in an emotional clinic for military families Saturday morning.
Auriemma can't wait to get overseas so that his team can just focus on basketball.
"These next few days are just really about us getting acclimated to each other again," he said. "Once we're done with the D.C. part of the trip and are a plane to Manchester then we can really start getting ready for the task at hand."
While other Olympic teams such as Australia and Russia have been training for months, the U.S. will have 14 days together before its first game. It's been that way ever since the 1996 Olympic team won the first of the four straight gold medals. That team was able to train together for a whole year before the Olympics since the WNBA didn't exist.
Now with the women's pro league going strong and players competing overseas in the winter, it's a lot tougher to find time to train. If you take away the world championship run in 2010, the Americans have spent about 40 days together over the past four years. Even that's a little misleading since it was mostly piecemeal training with this group of 12 only together for three days in May.
"It's the hand we're dealt," Auriemma said. "It's not like we are trying to add an extra handicap to the team."
What helps the U.S. players is its depth. While the 12 superstars usually have to carry their teams during the WNBA season, a lot less is needed out of them on the Olympic team.
"They may be asked to play 35 minutes a night in the WNBA whereas here we only need a good 15-20 minutes out of them a night," Auriemma said. "That makes it a lot easier on them."


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Martha's Vineyard Hospital's Windemere nursing home is about to receive a major facelift. Together, health care giants Partners Healthcare and Mass General Hospital (MGH) will contribute $3 million to their Island subsidiary, to fund a complete overhaul of the nursing home's deteriorating wooden facade and depleted rooms and furniture.
"It shows the strong commitment both of these prestigious medical organizations have to the Island's only nursing home," Tim Walsh, chief executive officer of Martha's Vineyard Hospital, told The Times in a telephone conversation Friday. "This will make a major difference, not just in the physical appearance of the building, but in the quality of life the residents of Windemere enjoy."
The wooden building that welcomed residents and a crowd of well-wishers in March 1994 has not held up well against the ravages of Island weather. Trim and window sills show obvious evidence of rot.
Mr. Walsh said MGH will contribute $2 million. Partners will kick in another $1 million. New windows have already been ordered.
"Now we can bring the facility up to a level where it will match the quality of the terrific care the staff provides," Mr. Walsh said.
About four years ago, an architect brought in to examine the building presented a series of recommendations that included replacing all the windows. Windemere applied to the state Department of Health for permission to proceed with $3.3 million in renovations.
"We've done some things on the inside," said Ken Chisholm, Windemere administrator. "We've renovated the cafeteria, conference room, and recreation room, painted the first floor and added carpeting. The expensive part is replacing all of the windows, siding, doors, decks, and railings on the porches."
Mr. Chisholm said work is expected to begin in April and be completed in about nine months. Columbia, contractors for the new hospital building, will oversee the project.
"It's pretty exciting," Mr. Chisholm said, "that for all of the good stuff that goes on inside, we will at least have something to match it on the outside."
Mr. Chisholm said it is very sad that the relatively new building is in such poor shape. He said the outside appears to be covered in cedar shingles but they are cedar shingle panels, which are quite thin. On occasions when the siding was power washed the building lost panels, he said.
"We've replaced the boilers, already, we've replaced the air conditioning," he said. "We're replacing the furniture. About half of it is done now."
Windemere has 74 beds and currently has 70 residents. The independent living unit is full, as are the Alzheimer's and dementia units. There are four empty beds in the skilled nursing unit, according to Mr. Chisholm.
Martha's Vineyard Hospital officials visited MGH last March to discuss Windemere's needs and its ranking as one of the state's top nursing homes, Mr. Chisholm said. "We showed them all of the things that we have done inside, and then we showed them the outside," he said. "And when you look at the outside, it is a very compelling case if you want to keep it going. It wasn't a hard sell, it just took them a while to move through their process."
The official news came in January. "We were ready to go," Mr. Chisholm said. "It will be a giant step forward."
The Windemere money is one of a series of investments Partners and MGH have made since March 1, 2007 when the Island's not-for-profit, privately owned hospital become one of a group of hospitals, health clinics, and physicians' organizations owned by Partners HealthCare System, a $6 billion nonprofit founded in 1994 by MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston.
"We said at the very beginning that we were very committed to the health care needs of the people of Martha's Vineyard when we entered into this affiliation," Dr. Peter Slavin, MGH president, told The Times in a telephone conversation Monday.
Dr. Slavin said that in light of that commitment and after learning of the need, MGH decided it would assist. He said nursing homes are critically important in our society, particularly on the Island.
"Nursing homes can provide a level of care somewhere between what is available at home and what is available in the hospital, and in some cases can help keep people out of the hospital and help them avoid much more expensive care in a more comfortable setting," he said. "The demand for nursing home services is only going to increase in future years. It is unclear what ability our Medicare, Medicaid programs, which are the principal support of the nursing homes, are going to have to be able to cover the costs of those services. That is the biggest question."
He added, "You could argue that maybe the Vineyard doesn't have the population to support a nursing home like that, on the other hand what are the alternatives? You want people close to their families. It would not make any sense for people in need of nursing home services to have to go to the mainland. I don't think the community has any choice but to support this institution."
High scores
Despite its physical appearance, Windemere has continued to finish in the top ranks when matched against mainland facilities.
In 2012, the state Department of Public Health's (DPH) Division of Health Care Quality gave high marks to the nursing home in a performance survey that evaluated five categories of performance over the previous three years.
"The facility's score is 130 after adjustment for scope and severity," DPH said in a report summary. "Ninety percent of all facilities had a score of 130 or lower. The statewide average facility score is 123."
Operating a nursing home anywhere in the state, but especially on the Island, is daunting.
In 1994, its first year of operation, Windemere lost $1.8 million and in 1996 filed for court protection under Chapter 7 of the federal bankruptcy code. Windemere emerged from bankruptcy two years later but continued to struggle financially. After a period of huge losses, hospital officials managed to staunch the flow of red ink to an acceptable level, and in 2004 Windemere ended the year with its first-ever profit.
Geographical isolation that affects hiring and residency, along with Medicaid reimbursements that fail to cover the complete cost of caring for residents, are some of the biggest challenges Windemere faces, according to hospital officials.
For the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2012, Windemere ended $1,000 in the black.


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... recently turned 65. He said He would be fined if he prescribed it for me. Also he said it is prohibited to me because of my age and regulations due to the affordable care act. I have many friends in the same boat with different medications and doctors, but they are getting the same information from their medical professional(s) upon turning 65. Why?
I asked my doctor for a new prescription for hydroxyzine and he said I could not have it as I?
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- 13 Jan 2014 by cmirab
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- 17 January 2014
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- hydroxyzine, doctor, prescription
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There is going to be confusion. I have no idea where he got the idea he can't prescribe hydroxyzine. Its an antihistamine for petes sake. Medicare is being a pain about pain meds because the gov thinks were the reason there are prescription meds on the street. I know of no regulation against hydroxyzine. Ask your pharmacist about it. They should know.
I have been searching online and can't find any evidence of the act restricting any meds or fining drs. Even if there was that it's for insurance. If you wanted to pay out of pocket there wouldn't be anything.
This has really got me crazy. I doubt this "free" country has gotten so communistic as to tell a dr he can't prescribe an antihistamine. When that happens, we are all in deep s#%$.
The "high risk" list isnt new actually. It started at least in 2012 that CMS and HEDIS started to get Drs to stop prescribing the list of "High Risk" drugs for those 65 and older.
You can look it up by googling Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
Medicare is just like any other plan even under Obamacare. There are formularies and only certain drugs are covered. This could be different State to State and plan to plan as to what is covered and what is not and how much you will pay for it. If it is not on the formulary, it wont be covered. I havent heard anything about fining Drs for prescribing certain meds but it doesnt surprise me. I think we are all going to get a lot with "Obamacare" that we didnt expect! And Yes, hydroxyzine is listed as a "high risk" drug for those 65 y/o or older. Here are the risks in those 65 and older taking hydroxyzine: Anticholinergic side effects: worsened cognition & behavioral problems (especially in dementia); urinary retention OR incontinence; confusion; enhanced sedation. People taking drugs like Ambein. Lunesta etc. are going to have trouble getting them at 65 and older as they are also on the "high risk" list.
These lists are comprised through data gathered by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set)
Yes the high risk drug, but no one has said tho shalt not prescribe hydroxyzine have they, and fining the doc for it? Like I said, if this is true we are in deep s#$%. Except for controlled drugs a dr should be able to order anything. The cms controls payment by insurance but in general?
yes, as I said above, I know it is on the Beers list of high risk drugs but I have never heard of anyone fining a Dr for prescribing it. I wonder "who" does the fining? Is it CMS, insurance company etc.?
From the FDA Guidance - Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride Tablets are a Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI1) effective drug for which there are no known or suspected bioequivalence problems, and as such is rated "AA" in the FDA/CDER's Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations ("Orange Book").
I see nothing in the 2010-2014 Drug Safety Communications database on this drug or anything in the Drug Alerts and Statements. It is also not listed in the Healthcare Professional Information sheet, Early Communication About an Ongoing Safety Review, or other important information.
A review of the 2014 Medicare drug website shows 33 companies that cover this drug in either or both the injectable or pill format. I believe that your doctor is confusing this drug with a different drug possibly an antihypertensive. If your doctor is not willing to disclose the document he is basing his decision on I would find another doctor. Also, does his practice accept Medicare?
Its a high risk drug according to cms, but that does not mean it can't be prescribed if they dr judges it appropriate or that he would be fined. My part d pays for it.
This is why people have to comment on the new proposed regulations that I linked to in a previous post. The fact that FDA has no issues or warnings but CMS has issues with 7,500 drugs that people over 65 should not be using is a real problem. Based on these 7,500 drugs and if a doctor does prescribe them or is perceived to over prescribe them, then under the proposed new regulation he could be suspended from writing prescriptions to Medicare and Medicaid patients. More government control over the doctor/patient relationship. What this will mean is that less and less doctors will take new Medicare or Medicaid patients and care for the patient, especially poor patients, will decline and medical costs will increase for everyone.
Welcome to the wonderful ACA that everyone thought would be so wonderful!
So is it a fine from CMS then?
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Unlike other specialties that focus on a single organ or bodily system (i.e. cardiology – study of the heart), rheumatology is a specialty devoted to the diagnosis and management of over 100 complex diseases. Rheumatology is the study of inflammation that occurs in the bones, muscles and joints and sometimes the internal organs (e.g. kidneys, lungs, blood vessels, brain) and is often autoimmune in nature.
The most common autoimmune disease is arthritis. Other complex diseases on the rheumatology spectrum include systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis and Sjogren's syndrome, just to name a few.
Clinicians who specialize in rheumatology are called rheumatologists. Rheumatologists care for a wide array of patients of all ages to help those with rheumatic diseases have the best possible quality of life.
At Providence, your rheumatologist and the rheumatology care team will work with you and your family, as well as related health care providers. The rheumatologist will give your family valuable health information and teach you how to live with a chronic (long-term) rheumatic disease. Solutions can include medications, coping mechanisms, techniques for preventing disability or regaining function, and ways to improve quality of life.
Clinically, your rheumatologist team will assess:
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The Nigerian government has issued details of cash and asset recoveries made between 29 May, 2015 and 29 May, 2016.
A summary report on the recoveries were made public via the government's official twitter handle.
SUMMARY: Interim Report on Cash & Asset Recoveries by Fed Govt of Nigeria —29 May 2015 to 29 May 2016 #FGNRecoveries pic.twitter.com/OXap3Bml92— Aso Rock (@AsoRock) June 4, 2016
The FG made cash recoveries totaling N78,325,354,631.82; $185,119,584.61;— Aso Rock (@AsoRock) June 4, 2016
£3,508,355.46 &
€11, 250 Euros
from 29 May 2015 to 25 May 2016
Cash recoveries amount to some N78 billion, $185 million, £3.5 million and €11,000.
the tweets also indicate that the government is awaiting the repatriation of funds from foreign jurisdictions totaling some $320 million, £6.9 million and €11,800.
Funds Awaiting Return From Foreign Jurisdictions:— Aso Rock (@AsoRock) June 4, 2016
€11,826.11 Euros#FGNRecoveries
President Buhari had promised during a speech on Nigeria's Democracy Day to provide details of all recovered stolen public funds as part of his war on corruption.


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This beach bag commission
Dumpling from Keyka Lou,
one of my machine mounted pincushions, both these for my bag swap partner,
and the bag!
and two T shirts for myself. These are both the same Burda pattern, though I messed with the neckline on the second one, and the sleeve- Love it! One of the best things is the quality of the fabric.. I blanched at the price, these were jerseys at £12.00 a metre, but they have sewn up a dream, and wash easily, and dry on the maiden, and best of all, do not appear to need ironing! And yes, a metre does make a T shirt... my children tell me that £12 for a T shirt is actually not expensive....
Watch out Goldhawk Road- I may be back!
Belatedly joining Fresh sewing day! one day I may get my act together, but then, I was out of the country on the correct day!


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One lucky winner will win the push-up swimsuit of their choice! WOOHOO!!
But first - let me tell you why you will want to buy one of these swimsuits even if you don't win the giveaway.
Ok, these push-up bikinis are AH-MAZING. I'm not even lying. So it looks just like a regular bikini - but it's far from it. It is a patent-pending design that enhances your bust line and cleavage by up to 2 full cup sizes. Yep, 2 FULL cup sizes. What's even more awesome than that, are that there no underwires. You hear that ladies: No underwires, y'all - none of those little uncomfortable pokes of the wire that make you want to scream! And, on top of all of that, the padded swimwear does not absorb a lot of water like other push-up tops. And - most importantly - the dang thing is so comfortable! The padding is not stiff and I can actually move around in it. Having 2 small active kids, a suit that moves with me is important!
These push-up swimsuits are designed to flatter a small chest.
I read all of this information on the Voda Swim website, but I was still skeptical. I mean, it can't really enhance the breasts that you don't have, right? I'm a card carrying member of the IBTC and I have tried all different kinds of swim suits to try to get some sort of cleavage or shape out of my mosquito bites. And I always end up disappointed.
Not this time. I'm still shocked that the push-up top actually did everything it promised.
See for yourself! (sorry for the blurry pictures, I was playing around with a tripod and a self timer. :/
On a different note - I have a hair appointment on Friday - should I cut it or not? My hair does not grow fast. It has taken it about a year to get to this length after my last decent cut to my shoulders)
|This is me in a regular suit
|This is me in a Voda Swim Push-Up Swimsuit
I am wearing the Envy Push-Up Halter (small) in Aqua with Scoop bottoms (medium) also in aqua.
Voda Swim has thought of everything. You don't want a push-up halter bikini? No problem!
|Push-Up String Bikini
|Push-Up Monokini
|Push-Up Bandeau with removal strap
The winner will be chosen at random. If the winner is not a blog follower and has not commented on this post- they will be disqualified and another winner will be chosen. Sorry, y'all. Thems the breaks.
Go to www.vodaswim.com and find your perfect suit. Comment with the style and color of the suit you would pick if you win! In order to enter the contest, you will have to use the Rafflecoptor widget that's posted in this blog. You can either log-in using facebook or your email.
And there's even a little something for everyone else that enters but does not win. VodaSwim has been gracious enough to offer my readers a 10% discount if they order a suit. Just enter the discount code: STILETTOS
Seriously, ladies. I have already bought another suit!! I am beyond thrilled and you will be, too!
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text: Madonna hype Published on October 04, 1996. Warner Bros. Records plans a heavy promotional push for "You Must Love Me," a single by Madonna from the soundtrack of the movie "Evita." Coinciding with the servicing of the song to radio stations Oct. 9, MTV will premiere the video for "You Must Love Me," calling Oct. 9 "MTeVita Day." On Oct. 10 the video will also be available at a Madonna Web site. The soundtrack album will be released Nov. 5, and the film debuts Dec. 25.Copyright October 1996 Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
"God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" Psalm 46:1-3 NLT
"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."" Isaiah 30:21
"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14


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- Speed up the loading time. Depending on the computer it takes anywhere between 30 seconds to over a minute to load. Do the fonts and keywords have to be loaded EVERYTIME?
- The option of minimizing/sending to the back the opening Cricut image. It blocks a large portion of the screen while it is loading. Yes you can move it over to the side, but it's still in the way if you want to do anything else while your waiting for DS to load. (See item 1).
- I would like the ability to turn on and off the gridlines in the mat. Sometimes they get in the way when you are checking to see if your welding has worked.
- For the same reason I would like to be able to turn off the box around the shape.
- This one is HUGE! I can't believe I forgot about it had to go back and add it now. Please give us the ability to weld inside a frame. At the moment if we weld something inside a frame, the inner part of the frame and some parts of the object that has been welded inside don't cut. Being the very clever people that we are, we have come up with a way to do it using 4 welded rectangles, but what happens if we want to use a different shaped frame eg. a circle/oval/heart...?
- Group/ungroup option. This is a biggy. Being able to group a range of objects to manipulate them would be fantastic to have.
- Select All/Select multiple. Another biggy! We should be able to select everything/multiple items on the mat and move them around. This would be very handy when welding multiple objects.
- While we're on the subject of selecting - make it easier to select an object. Clicking inside the object to select it would be great.
- Nudge buttons - It would be great to be able to click and hold the nudge button rather than having to click it repeatedly.
- Shadows - Wouldn't it be fantastic if there was an auto welded shadow function. Create a design, weld it, then click shadow. Oh joy!
- I'd like to see a mirror image option and a flip vertical option.
- There definitely should be an Auto Save option. Computers are unpredictable and love to freeze and the most inconvenient time. Having a point that you can go back to rather than recreating your whole project if you have forgotten to save would be great. Even this Blogger software has Auto Save and it's FREE!
- I'd like to be able to use the Shift/Caps Lock keys on my keyboard instead of having to click it on and off with my mouse. Not a big thing, but annoying just the same.
- Make it easier to move that pesky cursor. The double click speed seems to have something to do with it, but really - we should be able to just click somewhere on the mat to move the cursor to that position.
- Crop function. We need the ability to crop out parts of objects that we don't want to cut. Eg. if you just wanted the grapes from the Paper Dolls Dress up cartridge you could crop out the other fruits.
- I'd like another keyboard shortcut. Delete All. There is a delete all option in the menu, but I'd like a keyboard combo that I could do the same - say Shift Del or something.
The following are ideas/suggestions from members of the Cricut.com Design Studio Message board. Others may have suggested these ideas in posts that I haven't read (of forgotten) so if I've missed your name, my apologies. :)
- The ability to nudge up & down would be great. Idea from Mandy
- An erase option. Similar to a Crop feature, but could be used to erase smaller parts of designs (like the tails on the letters in Opposite Attract). Idea from Sarah (mommyto3bugs)
- Make the measurements on the CDS mat easier to see. Idea from Kissakoala and Glenda
- A percentage scaling option including Maintain Aspect Ratio that can be switched on/off. In other words, the ability to increase or decrease the size of a design (either individual pieces or with Select All, then "shrink" or "grow" it in one or both directions. Idea from JT
- The numbering on the virtual mat and the "real" mat are different. The top and left edges are the same, but the numbering on the bottom and right hand side of the virtual mat are reversed. I'd like to see them match up. Idea from JT
- The ability to change the speed of the cut. CDS seems to have taken over control of the cutting speed and sometimes it's too slow and is tearing the paper. Idea from Tammy
- The ability to see which cartridges have been used in a design without having to click on each shape. Eg. a menu item somewhere called "current design". Idea from Karen
Do you have any you would like to add to the list ?
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Wish list of future features
15 comments:
- mandy said...
Thank you so much for the wonderful information! I learned a ton from this blog! The one thing I would like to add to the wish list is the ability to "nudge" vertically as well as horizonally. I think that would be a great addition with the weld feature. THANKS AGAIN!
- 4 January 2008 at 03:15
- Carolina :o) said...
Can I please request that you add a tutorial on how to get a screen shot from a file so that you can share your cut with others.
Thanks a million.
- 4 January 2008 at 16:57
- Narelle said...
Thanks Mandy. Great idea. I'll add it to the list.
And Carolina - I've just finished the screen shot demo. Thanks for the reminder.
- 4 January 2008 at 20:33
- Tammy said...
I looked at the list twice, and hope I didn't miss this, but I'd love to be able to change the speed of the cut! I haven't figured this out yet. Maybe someone else has, and I missed the post? It is very frustrating because it is so slow, and I think it causes my cuts to not come out clean. It's dragging too much being so slow!
Thanks in advance, and thanks for the awesome blog!
- 5 January 2008 at 23:14
- karen mcgowan said...
i'd like to be able to see which cartridges were used in a .cut file without having to manually select each object and choosing "show cartridge" - maybe have them show up in the drop-down menu with "my cartridges", "favorites" - could be called "current design" or something.
thanks! karen
- 6 January 2008 at 00:52
- Narelle said...
Great ideas Tammy & Karen. I'll add them to the list.
- 6 January 2008 at 15:57
- Dany said...
I would really like to be able to have page tabs for the mats. I am currently having to switch b/w several files back and forth to make 30 invites and each time I want to do a different action (ie color instead of cut) I need different file, and having to go to file and open every time seems like a waste. I don't think that opening a saved design should close another.
also it would be nice if they fixed the small bug with defining and keeping custom colors for the preview, it's not a huge thing, but still it would be nice
- 10 January 2008 at 05:35
- jefimer said...
Go ahead and put numbers on the measurement lines on the virtual mat. As long as you're going to have the measurement lines you might as well use the numbers so we can match them up to the actual mats :o)
- 11 January 2008 at 02:12
- jefimer said...
Oh oh oh~ When ever I'm zoomed in at 200% trying to finesse a design .... If move or adjust any specific shape, as soon as I let go of my mouse button it takes me back to the "home" position. Ugh! it's frustrating having to scroll back out to my design work area, (especially if it's out at like 8across, 5 down as I'm trying to be paper saver savvy.
- 11 January 2008 at 02:39
- Cydne said...
I would like to be able to manually select line segments and set them to be cut or not cut - particularly on welded objects. (This would also enable us to cut welded objects within an aperture).
- 23 January 2008 at 05:38
- jfricker said...
I would like to have the choice to decide if I want 1, 1/2 or 1/4 or no inch lines on the screen. This would make it much easier to determine sizes and allignment.
- 8 February 2008 at 21:56
- bluediamondsky said...
Wonderful Blog! You are amazingly talented! If you don't mind, I'd like to add a link to your blog on my blog. Could you shoot me an email at email@example.com if that's OK?
Again, amazing talent. Thank you for sharing!
- 21 March 2008 at 05:15
- amanda138a said...
an alt lock function would be nice, as i find it awkward to keep my mouse on the arrows and then keep a finger on alt also, i am using a lap top so it may be easier on a traditional keyboard, but alt lock would be handy
- 5 June 2008 at 23:12
- V said...
Two additions for your list -
I'd like to be able to edit a word/phrase without having to delete everything after what I want to edit. There's nothing worse that spending time welding up a phrase only to realize you misspelled the first word and have to delete all your work just to fix it.
The option to cut, copy and paste within a text string would also be great.
Okay, I should have said three options. :) I like the "nudge" options that you have on your list. In addition to those, I'd like to have the "nudge" feature tied into the arrow keys, so I can nudge up and down and side to side with those rather than having to resort to mouse clicking.
- 19 July 2008 at 03:18
- frogqueen57 said...
I would like to see a percent zoom so you can zoom in where you want to sometimes the 100% is too big and you can't get the handles on your image and still keep the whole image in view.
- 20 January 2011 at 22:28


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Sunday, January 15, 2017
Truckload of wishes - CCC #4
Happy Sunday to you!!
Welcome to another challenge at Christmas Card Challenges! This week's challenge is (optional) photo challenge. I'll show you my card and then the photo inspiration...
I've got a truckload of gifts. The pic is a bundle of gifts...
My DP is Recollections Cozy Lodge. My image is Holiday Truck by Scribbles. It's colored with my Spectrum Noir markers. I used Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, Spellbinders Standard Circles, and a Sizzix Framelits banner. My sentiment is Momenta. A bit of twine and a few buttons finish it off.
We'd love to have you come over and play along! Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!
3 comments:
- Teresa Arsenault said...
I love the rustic feel of this card with those delightful patterned papers, the twine and brown buttons. hugs, Teresa
- January 15, 2017 at 1:51 PM
- Heidi Stamps said...
Really fun card, I like that truck to carry all the gifts! The paper is perfect, too.
- January 15, 2017 at 2:45 PM
- Stacey's Creative Corner said...
What a fun image! That truck is adorable!! Cute card!!
Stacey (DT Sister)
- January 15, 2017 at 2:56 PM
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National Centre for Early Music chosen as part of BBC Performing Arts Music Fellowship Scheme
The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) has become one of 19 organisations chosen by the BBC Performing Arts Fund to be part of its prestigious Music Fellowship Scheme.
This scheme will enable the young, York-born, soprano Bethany Seymour to receive a range of training, mentoring and performance opportunities within the York Early Music Festival and other concerts taking place at the NCEM as part of the year-long Scheme.
Delma Tomlin, Director of the NCEM is delighted to be working with the BBC Performing Arts Fund and to celebrate Bethany Seymour as a new Music Fellow of the Scheme. She added: "Bethany is an extraordinarily fine young singer who has considerable expertise in the field of early music and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to support her professional development as a performer. The scheme offers intensive voice coaching, language tuition and training in stagecraft. Bethany will also have the opportunity to develop her skills as a music leader with young people, through singing leadership training with Early Years children and choral conducting training. She will also work alongside the NCEM's teaching and learning team, helping to lead singing projects for children and young people. Bethany will perform in the 2013 York Early Music Festival and the Christmas Festival. We look forward to the coming year with great pleasure."
Bethany Seymour said: "I'm really excited about working with the NCEM over the next year and thrilled about the wonderful opportunities the BBC Performing Arts Fund provides through the Fellowship scheme. Growing up in York, I've come to know and admire the NCEM's work well. I'm particularly looking forward to working on the education projects and furthering my skills as a teacher through leading workshops and directing young singers. The scheme also offers me a fantastic opportunity to give back to the community I've been brought up in. As a young singer it is wonderful to have the support of the BBC and NCEM. I feel very privileged to build on my performance career with their guidance."
The 19 Fellowships range from a singer working with Urban Development in East London to an assistant conductor with the English Touring Opera; from folk to pop; from Belfast to Exeter and all across the UK.
Miriam O'Keeffe, Director of the BBC Performing Arts Fund, said: "We are delighted that the money raised through the phone voting on The Voice will be used to support the support the next generation of musical talent. Working with some of the most well respected arts & music organisations in the UK will not only nurture this talent, but will give the Fellows the experience and confidence to pursue their musical ambitions."
Press Contact:
Shona Galletly, on behalf of National Centre for Early Music
e: firstname.lastname@example.com
m: 07813 796 733
Web: www.ncem.co.uk
Editors Notes:
The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) is based in a restored medieval church in York www.ncem.co.uk Home of the internationally acclaimed York Early Music Festival, the NCEM promotes a year-round series of jazz, world, folk and early music concerts as well as a thriving education programme including the annual NCEM Composers Award run in association with BBC Radio 3.
BBC Performing Arts Fund 2013 - Successful organisations and Fellows:
Baby People - Derby
Fellow: Ben Dew [Musician/ Producer]
Musician/Producer Ben will work with Baby J to develop producing, programming and event management skills.
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Birmingham
Fellow: James Ham [Ballet Conductor]
James will receive the unique opportunity to be mentored and trained as a ballet conductor with BRB (the only UK ballet company with an orchestra).
Bristol Music Trust - Bristol
Fellow: Abi Ward [Programming]
Abi is a young events manager who will be based at Colston Hall in Bristol with the fantastic opportunity to programme one of the main spaces as well as work on festivals.
CC Creative Workshops - North Shields
Fellow: Jordan Riley [Producer/Songwriter]
Jordan will receive mentoring, recording opportunities as well as training as a workshop facilitator.
Cheltenham Music Festival - Cheltenham
Fellow: Alex Wilson [Creative & facilitator]
Alex and his sextet will work with Cheltenham Music Festival on a weekend of workshops and performances for new composers at the Festival.
Drake Music - Exeter
Fellow: Bram Harrison [DJ/Musician]
DJ Eye Tech (Aka Bram) has locked-in syndrome and will be working with Drake Music to develop technologies to assist him in producing his radio show.
English Folk Dance and Song Society - London
Fellow: Maz O'Connor [Singer]
Maz (Finalist in Radio 2's Horizon Awards 2013) will be supported by EFDSS over the year to develop her profile in the industry, have access to rehearsal and performance opportunities and be part of the EFDSS showcasing both in the UK and abroad.
English Touring Opera - London
Fellow: Carlos del Cueto [Opera Conductor]
Carlos will be assistant conductor, receiving mentoring and support from high profile conductors and the unique opportunity to develop as a professional conductor.
Feis Rois - Scotland
Fellow: Amy Henderson [Accordionist]
Amy will be working with Feis Rois to develop a sustainable career as a traditional musician in the remote area of Northern Scotland.
Grimsby Minster - Yorkshire & The Humber
Fellow: Ben Crick [Conductor]
Ben will be musician in residence at the Minster helping develop a programme of classical music in an area that has little provision.
Haddington Pipe Band - Scotland
Fellow: Ailie Robertson [Musician/composer]
Ailie (Composer of the Year, Scottish Trad Music Awards) will work with the band to compose a new piece for pipe and drum band, a new and exciting departure for her.
Irene Taylor Trust - London
Fellow: Adrian Harrison [Singer/Songwriter]
Adrian, (AkA Fudge) will work with the Irene Taylor Trust to develop his song writing and musicianship along with facilitation skills.
Making Music - Wales
Fellow: Amble Skuse [Composer]
Amble will work with various community music making organisations including choirs and schools across Wales to develop new work combining traditional, electronic and community elements.
Moving on Music Ltd - Northern Ireland
Fellow: Ryan Molloy [Composer]
Ryan will work with Moving On Music to create new works for performance by the Danish String Quartet as well as develop a new series of late evening recitals in Belfast.
National Centre for Early Music - York
Fellow: Bethany Seymour [Soprano (Early Music)]
Bethany will receive training, mentoring and performance opportunities through the Centre and the early music festivals that they run.
National Youth Choir of Scotland - Scotland
Fellow: Andrew Nunn [Choral Conductor]
Andrew (Choir leader of Les Sirenes, winner of Choir of the Year 2013) will work with Christopher Bell, Artistic Director, to conduct a number of different choirs and ensembles, gaining practical and artistic experience.
Performances Birmingham Limited - Birmingham
Fellow: Jonathan Silk [Jazz Percussionist]
Johnathan will develop his skills as a drummer, composer and big band leader under Jazzlines, travelling abroad to receive mentoring as well as working towards a tour at the end of the year.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Scotland
Fellow: Shiori Usui [Composer]
Shiori will develop her skills and experience in education and outreach projects working on the SCO Connect scheme.
Urban Development - London
Fellow: Holly Smith [Singer]
Holly will be supported in developing her career as a vocalist with recording, performance and mentoring.


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Ovulation Induction
Ovulation induction is indicated for women who do not ovulate regularly or for those who do not ovulate at all. It is routinely used for fertility treatment such as IUI (intrauterine insemination) and IVF (in vitro fertilisation). Normally a woman would produce one egg and very rarely, two eggs, each menstrual cycle.
The rationale of ovulation induction for assisted reproduction techniques is to make women produce follicles which contain eggs during each treatment cycle.
There are different protocols, medication and dosage of medications that can be used for ovulation induction, which have to be tailored to each individual woman. It is important to monitor ovulation induction with ultrasound scan and sometimes blood test, to check the number and size of follicles to allow adjustment of the dose of the medications.
The main risk of ovulation induction is Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS), which although rare, occurs when a woman over responds to the ovulation induction medications. This risk can however be minimised through careful monitoring with ultrasound scans


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Nate Robinson came through late in Game 1.
This one was a stunner -- with the Chicago Bulls getting the big performance from the star at game's end to upset the Miami Heat in Game 1. The Bulls wore the Heat down, frustrating LeBron James in particular in the early going to set the tone.
Let's run through the statistical highlights.
Historical context
The Heat lost for the third time in the past 44 games and had their franchise-record-tying eight-game postseason winning streak snapped. The Heat are 1-2 against the Bulls, 13-1 against everyone else in their past 17 games.
Key to the game: Nate great again
Nate Robinson had 27 points and nine assists and scored or assisted on 25 of the Bulls' 35 points in the fourth quarter. He scored seven of the Bulls' last 10 points, in the 10-0 run in the game's final two minutes.
Robinson became the fourth Bulls player in the past 25 seasons to have at least 25 points and nine assists in a playoff game. The other three are Michael Jordan (who did it 27 times), Derrick Rose (five), and Scottie Pippen (two).
The Bulls' 35 fourth-quarter points tied for the most allowed by the Heat in the fourth quarter of any game this season.
Robinson's 66 fourth-quarter points and 8.3 fourth-quarter points per game are the best marks for anyone this postseason.
Not LeBron's best day
LeBron James Lowest Playoff +/-
As Member of Heat
James finished a minus-15, his third-worst plus-minus in a game with the Heat. He did not have a game in last year's playoffs worse than minus-11.
The two points James scored in the first half were the fewest he has scored in the first half of any playoff game in his NBA career.
Unsung hero: Iron Man Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds, playing the full 48 minutes for the Bulls.
The Elias Sports Bureau notes that he is the fourth player since the NBA-ABA merger to play every minute of three straight playoff games.
He is the first since Allen Iverson did so for the 2005 Philadelphia 76ers.
Looking ahead
The Heat have lost Game 1 of a playoff series three times in the "Big 3" era. In the two previous instances -- last year's NBA Finals and the 2011 Eastern Conference finals versus the Bulls -- the Heat swept the next four games.


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Postal index Russia, Moscow, Budennogo, prospekt, 17A STROENIE 3
Zip code for Moscow, prospekt Budennogo, 17A STROENIE 3: 105118
You can found other buildings (adresses) that have postal (zip) code 105118 on page Post office 105118.
1. Information about the post office «105118». Address, phone, hours of operation and other information.
The post office is located at:
Moscow, prosp.Budennogo, d.30
Post office contact phone:
672-36-17; 672-36-80
Attention! These phone numbers are in russian national format. For calling not from Russia you must replace 8-49X-XXX-XX-XX to +7-49X-XXX-XX-XX
hours of operation:
From Monday to Friday: 08.00 – 20.00
Technical break: 13.00 – 14.00
Saturday, Sunday: Saturday: 09.00 – 18.00
Technical break: 13.00 – 14.00
Sunday: closed
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The post office «105118» on the map:
More information about the post office № 105118.
2. Information about the address «prospekt Budennogo, 17A STROENIE 3».
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- Women quickly notice they can attend CES dressed like 1. A show girl with next to nothing on (booth babe bimbo mode) or the other end of the sexy scale wearing 2. tacky khakis and an ugly polo shirt. Great. You can look like a whore or a male nerd.
- The idiots on your "team" actually expect you to go to clubs and enjoy watching naked women dance. They think you will find this fun or worse, funny. They think you will giggle like they do.
- There are so many men from other countries and so few women from those same countries – what gives with that? Just ride some of the buses from hotel to convention center and look at the crowds. Where are the other women?
- Las Vegas – people can say it's the next big thing, but come on, seriously?! Until it solves it's Sexism City problem – there's no there there.
- The stupid "boys will be boys" atmosphere is about as high tech as the PDP-11. (And you don't even know what that is, right?)
- The drinking. Every woman has a drinking problem in Vegas – some guy drinking too much and slobbering all over them.
- Female keynote speakers … are there any besides Marissa Mayer?
Saturday, January 4, 2014
All the Reasons Any Woman Needs To Hate CES
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I bought the Cicut Explore several weeks ago and I am experiencing a pretty steep learning curve with the Design Space software. I think part of the problem lies in the fact that I never used The Craft Room with my Expression 2 so before I can learn some of the features of the new machine I first have to feel comfortable with the concept of designing on line. Here is an easel card I made for our nephew. I have attempted to create a template for the card base, but I am still having some trouble the placement of the score line.
- Robot from Wrap-It-Up
- Cake from Stamping
- Rectangle a notecard from Cricut Craft Room Basics
- Cloud a notecard from Cricut Craft Room Basics
- "Cake" Impact font
Cuttle Bug:
- Darice Swirl Background
- Darice Diagonal Stripe Background
Additional Supplies:
- tape runner
- craft glue
- "Happy Birthday" stamp for inside of card
- small piece of foam core to place under "Cake ?"
Here are two screen shots from my Design Space to help with the sizing of the cuts. The one of the card base is still a work in progress.


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Fears that a proposed $900 million desalination plant in Huntington Beach will be an energy draining, financial white elephant that wrecks the environment prompted the California Coastal Commission last week to put a hold on the project six years after approving a similar plant 60 miles away in Carlsbad.
The Carlsbad plant is under construction now, but in the years since its approval real world experience with desalination has highlighted the technology's shortcomings. The escalating cost of energy to run the plant, millions of sea creatures being sucked into its saltwater intake valves and other environmental problems (like concentrated brine being returned to the ocean) have given the commission pause.
Poseidon Resources, the small-privately held company that is building the Carlsbad plant, wants to construct one in Huntington Beach that would take about 127 million gallons of saltwater a day out of the ocean to provide around 50 million gallons of fresh water. Unfortunately, the process also pulls in around 90 million sea creatures a year with it.
Environmentalists proposed using another technique that draws the water from the ocean floor, but Poseidon officials say it is too costly, will cause more damage to the seabed and won't work in Huntington Beach. Poseidon Vice President of Development Scott Maloni called it a "poison pill" that would kill the project.
The plant would be designed to suck in less saltwater by tapping water already used to cool a nearby power plant. But that water becomes heated in the plant-cooling process and causes major environmental damage when returned to the ocean. (It kills huge amounts of plankton, fish eggs and larvae.) In 2010, the state passed a law that phases out that process by 2020.
A commission staff report (pdf) said the project would "discharge effluent with salinity concentrations that are harmful to marine life, and cause adverse direct and indirect effects on wetlands on and near the project site. Additionally, the facility site is subject to a number of significant coastal and geologic hazards, including floods, tsunami, surface fault rupture, ground movement, liquefaction, lateral soil spread, and others."
It recommended that the commission approve the project if Poseidon switched to ocean floor water intake.
Huntington Beach, like many communities in the state, is facing the prospect of much higher water bills in the future as global warming exacerbates already pressing water shortage issues. But the bid to find stable sources of water conflicts with the prospect of much higher energy costs to run the plants.
Desalination plants are in operation around the world where the geography, economics and politics are more favorable, but they have yet to catch on in North America. There are about 250 plants in the U.S. that use desalination on a limited basis, with nearly half located in Florida and most of the rest in Texas and California. Around a dozen larger plants in the United States are currently under consideration, including several near San Francisco, Carmel and Monterey.
The country's largest operating desalination plant was built by Poseidon in Tampa, Florida, in 2003 but the company was never able to get it running properly and another operator eventually took over after the city bought them out. The plant was closed between 2005 and 2008, and operates on a limited bases now, which makes the actual cost of the fresh water produced more expensive.
The commission voted unanimously to send Poseidon back to the drawing board to come up with an alternate plan that considers drawing water from the sea floor among the options. PoseidonThat study should take at least six months. In the meantime, Poseidon withdrew its permit application.
-Ken Broder
To Learn More:
Poseidon Withdraws Huntington Beach Desalination Permit Application; Coastal Commission Tables Vote (by Ed Joyce, KPCC)
Coastal Panel Delays Action on Huntington Beach Desalination Plant (by Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times)
Desalination Plant on S. Calif. Coast Not Dead Yet (by Amy Taxin, Associated Press)
In California, What Price Water? (by Felicity Barringer, New York Times)
Is Desalination the Future of Water? (by Jessica Weiss, University of Denver Water Law Review)
Staff Report on Huntington Beach Desalination Project (California Coastal Commission) (pdf)


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So it is officially September!!! My favorite time of the year is right around the corner! I am so ready for FALL and everything that comes with it! Football, fairs, the beautiful changes in the weather and scenery, decorations, food and oh yeah... school and routines are back!! Jacob started back to public school about a month ago but Dylan and Sam just went back this past week! Dylan is in Pre-K 4 days a week and Sam is in Mother's Morning Out at the same school for 2 days a week! I would say what an awesome break for Mommy but those are my work days! I am doing all of the "office" stuff for our business which keeps me busy! Its been a little over three weeks since we opened and I am playing catch up! Once I get caught up and get into a routine with the kids and the house then the work will get easier! Its crazy to look back to last school year and to see how much our routine has changed since then! Now I just have to fit in the gym time that I used to get in everyday! Yikes! I am also trying to find balance! Trying to balance the work, kids, the house, the laundry, two sports for two different kids and church functions and volunteering... yikes! But I love every minute of it! I just have to get a routine going and it will all fall into place!
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June 9, 2010
Let's Talk Science visits Labrador
Students become crime scene investigators, learn about magnets and mining
Let's Talk Science outreach volunteers from Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in St. John's are visiting students in Labrador this week. Students are poised to explore hands-on science activities related to crime lab investigations, the properties of magnets and mining.
Volunteers are stopping at Eric G. Lambert School in Churchill Falls on Wednesday, June 9, and AP Low Primary in Labrador City on Thursday, June 10. A visit to J.R. Smallwood Middle School in Wabush took place on Tuesday, June 8.
Kindergarten to Grade 2 students will experiment with magnets to discover the unique properties of attraction, repulsion and polarity.
Grade 3 to 4 students will use toothpicks to "mine" the chocolate chunks out of chocolate chip cookies – not only learning how mining works, but getting to eat a delicious treat as well!
Grade 5 to 6 students will hone their investigative skills by working in teams, collecting data, identifying patterns and analyzing results to solve a mystery. Students will use ink chromatography to identify which pen was used to write a ransom note, chemical analysis to identify the "mystery powder" left at a "crime scene" and fingerprinting techniques to identify patterns in fingerprints to determine which "suspect" left their prints at the scene of the crime.
"Our volunteers have a passion for sharing their love of science with kids," says Tiffany Piercey, Let's Talk Science coordinator at MUN. "Hands-on activities, like the ones our volunteers will be doing with students in Labrador, show kids that science is fun and exciting."
Funding from Nalcor Energy has allowed Let's Talk Science to bring hands-on/minds-on science to rural schools across the province. "Nalcor Energy is proud to support the efforts of the Let's Talk Science Partnership Program to expand and reach more students in rural communities in Newfoundland and Labrador," said Ed Martin, President and CEO, Nalcor Energy. "Giving back to communities in this province is a priority for our company, and we are pleased to support a program that promotes and enhances young students' understanding of science and technology."
Krista Habermehl, Communications Officer, Let's Talk Science
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Back home & still thinking of Paris!
26 comments:
- la cabeza de maria antonieta said...
Wow!! My dreams home!!!!
- February 5, 2010 at 10:51 AM
- Ivy Lane said...
Fantastique! I am going to use the last image as my new screen saver!!! to die for!!! Glad you are back!
- February 5, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Kristopher K said...
Wonderful photos - How amazing is Versailles, I'm still dreaming of Paris too - months on - and my next trip ... and the French villa I'd love to buy ... lol :)
- February 5, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Alaine said...
Welcome home, Amanda and thank you for that tour of Petit Trianon! I think I would hide somewhere and wander the halls when everybody else had gone, being Marie Antoinette for a while!
- February 5, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Rie said...
Gorgeous images. I love all things french. I'd love to visit someday. One of my girl's names is Paris. :)
- February 5, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Debra Phillips said...
welcome back, we missed you!
i need my paris fix, has been a few years. look forward to your stories
- February 5, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Callie Grayson said...
such a lovely little place. I so dream to be there again walking through the gardens and finding this lovely little place Petit Trianon. I miss Paris and Versailles
- February 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Viera said...
Welcome home Amanda.
I always try to plan my European trips in spring/summer time but this has appeal all the time. So dreamy.Beautiful.
…any favorite inspirations from the show?
- February 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM
isn't it beautiful! we were there in October. They kitchen (or warming room) was my fave.
- February 5, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Porchlight Interiors said...
Happy, happy memories! Gorgeous pics! Trace xx
- February 5, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- mondo cherry said...
What a house! Not the sort of place you would wear old 'tracky dacks' and walk around with your hair unbrushed! Hope the jet lag ends soon.
Clare x
- February 5, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- Beadboard UpCountry said...
Hi Amanda!
You know I've never made the trip to Versailles, it's on my to do list,everytime I see pictures like I think Why didn't I go????? Just lovely I'm so glad you were there.
Maryanne xo
- February 6, 2010 at 12:31 AM
- Renae said...
So glad you are back, sounds like you had a fabulous time.
- February 6, 2010 at 12:52 AM
- annechovie said...
Paris is one place that lives up to all of the hype and never disappoints! Your photos are beautiful. Have a great weekend. xx
- February 6, 2010 at 2:58 AM
- Renee Finberg said...
you have been missed !
i am glad you are back!
beautiful post.
- February 6, 2010 at 4:36 AM
- High-Heeled Foot in the door said...
Welcome back from your trip!
Thanks for all of those amazing pics. Totally jealous of your trip!
- February 6, 2010 at 4:44 AM
- Marie said...
Sounds like an amazing trip, but then again, you ended the trip in my very fav city, so of course, it's amazing! You're so lucky to have seen Petit Trianon. When I was at Versailles Dec. 2007, it was being renovated so I did not get to see it.
Happy weekend!
- February 6, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Crystal said...
Glad you had a great trip and you made it home safe. I just shared a few of my photos from that same place. I have more to post later. How great to share some great memories of a fabulous place.
Hope you have a blessed weekend.
- February 6, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Millie said...
Welcome home dear Amanda, looking forward to more of your beautiful posts once you've come back down to earth!
Millie ^_^
- February 6, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- Jacqueline said...
Lovely to have you back, Amanda and with such wonderful photographs.
You only have to say Versailles and I'm off into fantasy land. I love visiting Versailles and Marie's Petit Trianon is something that any woman would love to be given. Such a gorgeous house in it's own right, let alone the magnificence that is Versaille itself.
I also love the towm of Versailles with the market, antique shops and meat and fish market.
Although it must have been a wonderful trip, I'm sure that you're glad to be home. XXXX
- February 8, 2010 at 5:00 AM
- red ticking said...
dear amanda.... glad to have you back and hoping for alot more posts like this one... so beautiful... xx pam
- February 8, 2010 at 6:06 AM
- Exquisite Accessories said...
What a great life for a teenager hee, shame they were badle adviced & being so young to end so tragic!.
- February 10, 2010 at 9:56 PM
- Dumbwit Tellher said...
Welcome back & thank you for sharing this gorgeous place. I have been to Versailles but was unable to venture past the palace (with a group). Such an enchanting spot & with so such romance & intrigue. xx deb
- February 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- {Bellamere Cottage} said...
Breathtaking pictures........**sighing ** Someday...
Warm blessings,
- February 19, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Kathy St. Clair said...
What a stunning place, so very grand. Thanks for sharing your lovely pictures.
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Brenda did this victorian card after seeing the sweet baby images on Ignacio's Nicecrane web site and thinking this particular one would go very well with some Graphic 45 Secret Garden DP's and some silk ribbon in my stash which I used to make the flower. So here it is along with several Spellbinders, Cheery Lynn and Memory Box dies.
Recipe : Papers from K and Co - Corners, Little Ornaments and Poinsettias : Dies From Marianne Design - Star and Berry Pick Garland from Calico Crafts (just bought them and had to play with them !!!) - Mistletoe Tickets from Vectoria Designs.
Paticia did this stunning Vintage Card working with my "Vintage cute Kids DSL IV". The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge has started and the twisted for this is "ANYTHING GOES WITH THE TWIST OF FALL". The sponsor for this month is Nicecrane designs. If you love Vintage this is the place to go. Here is the STORE and here is the BLOG. The image I used is from Vintage cute kids DSL IV Sheet. If you order the sheet you can get all 6 images and they also come in color.
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I haven't really been taking care of myself lately, and I could feel it in my head, my heart, my soul, my back, my everything. On Saturday I even got a migraine – I really hoped they were a thing of the past, but since I've gotten one at the same time of the month these past three months, it seems they're just a new post-pregnancy hormonal thing. Oh joy! But at least they only last one day instead of three.
By Sunday, I knew I needed to get out into the woods. It had been pissing down rain for days, but I didn't care – getting out there was a must. We bundled Nora up in 537 layers and hit the trails on Tiger Mountain, expecting a bone-chilling deluge.
Instead, we found sunshine. We found the scent of freshly washed (pressure-washed!) greenery. We found giant chanterelles popping up right next to the trail (see it?).
I ran ahead while Nora and JK dawdled and looked for more mushrooms, and in less than a mile, I felt like myself again. Smiling, laughing, positive, able to see beauty in a world that seems to have gone off the rails.
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There are many villages in Rajasthan which can be visited. Some of
these villages are located in the Shekhawati region, around
Jaisalmer, Udaipur and Bikaner. The villages of Rajasthan are a
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colour to the village lifestyle. Wrinkled tree thickets, beautifully
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kitchen of the household. Enjoy your meals with chunks of fresh
butter and 'lassi' (buttermilk) that adds a superb taste to the
rural meals.
a small village town is situated about 48 km north of Udaipur. It
houses the most sacred shrine of Vaishnavites build in the 18th
century. Inside the temple of faith there you can see a black stone
Vishnu image, that was brought here from Mathura in 1669 to protect
it from the Aurangzeb demolition. The devotes treat the image like a
dainty child, wake him up in the morning, washing it, putting his
cloths on, offering it special meals and prayers, and putting it
down to a sleep. Thousands of pilgrims visit this shrine during
Diwali, Holi and Janmashtami. Nathdawara is also famous for its
Pichwai Painting, which was practiced after the Vishu image was
brought here. These bright paintings, with their rather static
images were usually done with the hand-spun-fabrics. The village
peoples fabricate these paintings since generation and now the
Pichwai paintings have turned into a lucrative trade business.
Another attraction of the town is Shrinatji Temple. Hundreds of
devotes throng to seek the special blessings of Shrinathji (Lord
Vishnu). The special arrangements are made for pilgrims to catch the
glimpse of Shrinathji, for which the doors open eight times a day.
Rest of the day the temple seems to be crowd free. The interiors of
the temple are impressive enough to reflect the real Rajasthani
style. Some of the ornaments of Lord Vishnu belong to Mughal India.
The antique silver and gold jewellery is embellished over the statue
of Shrinathji. The temple door is decorated with drawings of
elephant, horses and beautiful maidens. Temple servants still wore
those old costumes that belong to bygone era, the pankhwalas still
run those big fans manually so as to keep the interior cool, the
formal prayers are offered with diya (lighted earthen pots), flowers and
fruits. From Nathdwara, you can also buy the crafted idols of gods
and goddess in terracotta, stone and metal, Enameled and silver
jewellery, wooden toys, cloth lanterns, colorful puppets, terracotta
crafts, handmade paper crafts.
Kumbhalgarh is known as one of the old village, where basically two
communities resided in its olden days. Kumbhalgarh is famous for its
colossal fort located 84 km north of Udaipur. The Kumbhalgarh Fort
is an important landmark of Mewar after Chittorgarh. The fort was
originally build by Maharana Khumbha in 15 century to protect Royal
Rajputana in the time of danger. The Kumbhalgarh remained
unconquered due to its 1100 m high location on the hill top of
Aravalli ranges. The fort has thick wall stretches of about 36 km
that made it a dream for its rivals to conquer this periphery. The
fort also houses an ancient temple, palaces, gardens, water storage
facilities and big courtyards that make it again a self-sufficient
dwelling. The mesmerizing beauty of fort depicts the influence of
Mughal, British and Rajasthani architecture. However as you forward
your foot to reach for the door ways, there you can see miniature
paintings of wildlife and carved motifs that displays the true
mughal learnings. Here the tourist can also explore the excellent
camel safaris on the sand dunes, rural lifestyle
of Rajasthani villages and the wild life sanctuaries in the walking
distance of the village.
is a village which is situated near Sadri town in Pali district of
Rajasthan, about 48 km from Kumbhalgarh and 90 km from Udaipur.
Ranakpur is known for most beautiful and biggest Jain Temples in
India. These ancient temples houses the statue of Mahavira and other
Jain saint. The main temple is Chaumukha Temple also known as Four
Faced Temple, build in 1439 with superbly crafted and well kept
marbles. This temple is dedicated to Adinath, the first Trithankar.
The 29 halls are supported by 1444 pillars inside the temple
premises. Within the complex there are two more Jain Temples of
Neminath and Parasnath. Sun Temple and Amba Mata Temple are also
located not far from the complex. The villages are well painted with
the sketches of peacocks, elephants, horses
and human figures. The tourists can walk through the village and can
experience the villagers lifestyle. The colourful lifestyles of the
people of Ranakpur is depicted by most of the Jain followers in the
Ghanerao is a small village that is situated in the district of
Pali in Rajasthan, about 18 km from Ranakpur. This royal village was
built in the 15th century. It is a major center of attraction for
tourists due to the Ghanerao Royal Castle. Beside this, the Ghanerao
also houses the castle of great worshipper Meera Bai, a poetess and
a great devotee of Lord Krishana. It is considered to be the
childhood town of Meera Bai, where she worshipped Lord Krishna
throughout her life. The Ghanerao Royal Castle is build up of
sandstone and is now converted into a heritage hotel. The highlight
of this castle is the pavilion in the central court. Near the castle
there are cenotaphs of former legends, Jain Temple and the Mahavir
Jaisamand Lake is one of the largest artificial lake in Asia,
covering an area of 36 square km. This lake was constructed by
Maharana Jai Singh in the 1685 A.D., fortunately created by damming
of Gomti River. This shallow lake is located nearly 48 km in the
southeast of Udaipur. Today it is considered to be 14 km long and 9
km wide. It is the most tourist populated spot during summers.
Beside this there are number of attractive marble chhatris
(cenotaphs) around the lakeside, each of them with an elephant in
the front. The summer palace of Maharani of Udaipur is located near
the Jaisamand Lake which provided refreshing moods to the women of
Royal Rajathan in its olden days. Around the lake, there is long
forest zone that was once the hunting grounds of Maharanas of Mewar.
It is now converted into a sanctuary which has wide verity of flora
and fauna. There are about seven islands on Jaisamand Lake. The
nearby area and the low
lake site are inhabited by the tribes of Bhils and Minas.
Jhalawar was the princely state of the Jhalas. Jhalawar was created
in 1838 A.D., after being separated from Kota by the British.
Jhalawar is sitauted in the south-eastern region of Rajasthan at the
edge of the Malwa plateau. Jhalawar has rocky and water-laden
verdant landscape. With some exquisite pre-historic cave paintings,
massive forts, thickly wooded forests and exotic wildlife variety,
Jhalawar boasts of rich historic as well as natural wealth. The main
attractions of this place are the Jhakawar Fort, Government museum,
Bhawani Natya Shala and the Buddhist caves. The ancient Buddhist
caves of Kolvi, Vinayaka and Hathyagod are situated in the
Bhawanimandi in Jhalawar in the form of a triangle at a distance of
about 6 to 8 kms. from each other. A colossal figure of Buddha and
the carved stupas are the most impressive structures in the caves.
Certain unique trees were found near the monasteries and caves in
the Buddhist times. The nearest railway station to reach the caves
is from Bhawanimandi.
Rural Rajasthan
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• Single and Dual coil latching types also available
• RoHS Compliant


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