text: Rachel Evers 0 Posted March 5, 2013 Hi all. Currently on day 35 of accutane and into my second month. So far I am pleased with the results as my skin is already looking tonnes better than it did. I have had very few side effects up till now, excluding the obvious very dry skin and a couple of nasty headaches during my first week. However, a couple of days ago I started noticing tiny little bumps appearing on the backs of my hands in sort of clustered formation. They didn't itch, in fact I barely noticed them until yesterday when one hand started stinging a whole lot. (possibly because I'd done a lot of cleaning in the house and maybe come into contact with some of the cleaning product idk) Either way it was stinging a whole lot (not in an itchy way, I'd compare it to being stung by a nettle but less painful) and looking a lot redder and more pronounced than it had done. So I slapped on some thin moisturiser, which did very little so I then tried aloe vera gel, which did help relieve the stinging, followed by sudocrem, which eventually stopped it. Got up this morning and the lumps were still there and still stinging every so often, but nothing like they had done last night. Still, I'm wondering if anything can be done and whether or not this is a common side effect? I've done some googling and I've seen it mentioned a few times, but still concerned. I doubt it's something like an allergic reaction this far into the treatment but I don't know. Anyone had this? I'd hate it to be told I need to stop treatment and be back to square one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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goofygirl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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I want my logo to withstand the test of time. Words I want it to reflect are: whimsical; classy; simple; honest; current, but not trendy. I need my logo designed to help start the branding of my company. I have had my photography company for 3 years part time and will be launching it into fulltime over the next year and a half. I want my logo to be associated with my name when seen on it's own. I will use this logo for all stationary items, website, marketing info. etc. I photograph kids, families, HS seniors and league sports(and action sports)- so the logo needs appeal to a fairly broad spectrum. Our tagline is, "We catch what you can't hold onto". I sometimes use CMiYC! for an abbreviation. can view website for portrait styles http://www.catchmeifyoucanphotos.com. Keep in mind that the site itself doesn't necessarily represent my style- it's just all I knew how to do!
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WASHINGTON - The crowd that jammed the National Mall on Monday for President Barack Obama's second inaugural may have been smaller and less ebullient than the 1.8 million people who attended his historical first swearing-in, but by no means was it somber.
The euphoria of the frozen 2009 ceremony was replaced Monday with what several attendees described as an enthusiasm tempered by the political battles of the last four years, and supplanted by a satisfaction that Obama survived a bruising election to confound foes who vowed to make him a one-term president.
"Last time it was so emotional. You were shoulder to shoulder with strangers who were feeling the same emotion," said Cathy Mayers, 60, of Pittsburgh. "This time it's satisfaction, hope, and still pride."
Sitting in a wheelchair catty-corner to the stage where Obama took the oath of office, 91-year-old Roy Battle called Monday's event "the fulfillment of a dream we never expected to be filled."
Battle was of several Tuskegee Airmen - the legendary African-American World War II aviators who helped pave the way for an integrated U.S. military - to witness the nation's first black president sworn in for the second time.
"We've made progress, but I know there's more progress to be made," he said. "And Obama stands for excellence. He's overcome adversity."
Battle and Mayers were among countless onlookers who returned to the National Mall to watch history unfold a second time with Obama's second inauguration.
But for Juliann Hess of Westin, Fla., and others, Monday's ceremony was a chance to catch what they missed in 2009.
"The first time I was in Florida and my girlfriend was here and she was razzing me for not being here," said Hess, 52. "Now that I'm here, I understand. It's beautiful here and the hope continues."
Dexter Johnson of Centralia, Ill., didn't attend 2009's inaugural because his birthday came five days after Election Day in 2008.
"It is my first inauguration, so I do not know what is going to happen, but I am sure it will be hectic," Johnson said.
Not as hectic as Obama's first inaugural, when Washington's hotels were packed, space on the National Mall was jammed, and demand for inauguration tickets was high. Despite bone-numbingly cold temperatures, an estimated 1.8 million people flocked to the Mall that day.
District of Columbia officials were expecting between 600,000 and 800,000 to attend this year's ceremony, smaller than 2009's swearing-in but larger than most second-term inaugurations. A precise crowd estimate wasn't available Monday, but Washington's Metro transit system told The Washington Post that more than 308,000 riders had used its rail system by 11 a.m.
From a platform on the west front of the Capitol, Obama looked out onto a flag-waving sea of people, a diverse but predominantly black crowd that stretched as far as the Washington Monument. One moment caught by the television cameras seemed to capture the awe of the freshly-sworn-in president of the United States witnessing the massive throng that had gathered to celebrate him.
The formalities over, Obama, his family and others were retreating into the Capitol for the traditional lunch when, just inside the doorway, he turned back and paused, staring out toward the Mall as if really seeing it for the first time that day, his attention undistracted by words streaming across a teleprompter.
Vice President Joe Biden and other luminaries continued on into the Capitol. But for several seconds, the president just gazed out at the crowds, his expression one of wonder.
"I want to take a look one more time," Obama said, his words captured by a nearby microphone. "I'm not going to see this again. It's beautiful."
Out on the Mall, Kennis Wilkins, a Williamson, N.C., resident and Obama campaign volunteer who attended the 2009 inaugural, said he returned because "I feel like the second term for Barack Obama is the one that's really going to count."


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Common sense and good driving habits will afford maximum tire life. Fast starts, sudden stops and hard cornering are hard on tires and will shorten their useful life span. Make sure that you don't overload the vehicle or run with incorrect pressure in the tires. Both of these practices will increase tread wear.
Inspect your tires frequently. Be especially careful to watch for bubbles in the tread or sidewall, deep cuts or underinflation. Replace any tires with bubbles in the sidewall. If cuts are so deep that they penetrate to the cords, discard the tire. Any cut in the sidewall of a radial tire renders it unsafe. Also look for uneven tread wear patterns that may indicate the front end is out of alignment or that the tires are out of balance.
Tires must be rotated periodically to equalize wear patterns that vary with a tire's position on the vehicle. Tires will also wear in an uneven way as the front steering/suspension system wears to the point where the alignment should be reset.
Rotating the tires will ensure maximum life for the tires as a set, so you will not have to discard a tire early due to wear on only part of the tread. Regular rotation is required to equalize wear.
When rotating "unidirectional tires," make sure that they always roll in the same direction. This means that a tire used on the left side of the vehicle must not be switched to the right side and vice-versa. Such tires should only be rotated front-to-rear or rear-to-front, while always remaining on the same side of the vehicle. These tires are marked on the sidewall as to the direction of rotation; observe the marks when reinstalling the tire(s).
Some styled or "mag" wheels may have different offsets front to rear. In these cases, the rear wheels must not be used up front and vice-versa. Furthermore, if these wheels are equipped with unidirectional tires, they cannot be rotated unless the tire is remounted for the proper direction of rotation.
For maximum satisfaction, tires should be used in sets of four. Mixing of different types (radial, bias-belted, fiberglass belted) must be avoided. In most cases, the vehicle manufacturer has designated a type of tire on which the vehicle will perform best. Your first choice when replacing tires should be to use the same type of tire that the manufacturer recommends.
When radial tires are used, tire sizes and wheel diameters should be selected to maintain ground clearance and tire load capacity equivalent to the original specified tire. Radial tires should always be used in sets of four.
When selecting tires, pay attention to the original size as marked on the tire. Most tires are described using an industry size code sometimes referred to as P-Metric. This allows the exact identification of the tire specifications, regardless of the manufacturer. If selecting a different tire size or brand, remember to check the installed tire for any sign of interference with the body or suspension while the vehicle is stopping, turning sharply or heavily loaded.Snow Tires
Good radial tires can produce a big advantage in slippery weather, but in snow, a street radial tire does not have sufficient tread to provide traction and control. The small grooves of a street tire quickly pack with snow and the tire behaves like a billiard ball on a marble floor. The more open, chunky tread of a snow tire will self-clean as the tire turns, providing much better grip on snowy surfaces.
To satisfy municipalities requiring snow tires during weather emergencies, most snow tires carry either an M + S designation after the tire size stamped on the sidewall, or the designation "all-season." In general, no change in tire size is necessary when buying snow tires.
Most manufacturers strongly recommend the use of 4 snow tires on their vehicles for reasons of stability. If snow tires are fitted only to the drive wheels, the opposite end of the vehicle may become very unstable when braking or turning on slippery surfaces. This instability can lead to unpleasant endings if the driver can't counteract the slide in time.
Note that snow tires, whether 2 or 4, will affect vehicle handling in all non-snow situations. The stiffer, heavier snow tires will noticeably change the turning and braking characteristics of the vehicle. Once the snow tires are installed, you must re-learn the behavior of the vehicle and drive accordingly.
If they are mounted on wheels, store the tires at proper inflation pressure. All tires should be kept in a cool, dry place. If they are stored in the garage or basement, do not let them stand on a concrete floor; set them on strips of wood, a mat or a large stack of newspaper. Keeping them away from direct moisture is of paramount importance. Tires should not be stored upright, but in a flat position.
The importance of proper tire inflation cannot be overemphasized. A tire employs air as part of its structure. It is designed around the supporting strength of the air at a specified pressure. For this reason, improper inflation drastically reduces the tire's ability to perform as intended. A tire will lose some air in day-to-day use; having to add a few pounds of air periodically is not necessarily a sign of a leaking tire.
Two items should be a permanent fixture in every glove compartment: an accurate tire pressure gauge and a tread depth gauge. Check the tire pressure (including the spare) regularly with a pocket type gauge. Too often, the gauge on the end of the air hose at your corner garage is not accurate because it suffers too much abuse. Always check tire pressure when the tires are cold, as pressure increases with temperature. If you must move the vehicle to check the tire inflation, do not drive more than a mile before checking. A cold tire is generally one that has not been driven for more than three hours.
A plate or sticker is normally provided somewhere in the vehicle (door post, hood, tailgate or trunk lid) which shows the proper pressure for the tires. Never counteract excessive pressure build-up by bleeding off air pressure (letting some air out). This will cause the tire to run hotter and wear quicker.
Once you've maintained the correct tire pressures for several weeks, you'll be familiar with the vehicle's braking and handling personality. Slight adjustments in tire pressures can fine-tune these characteristics, but never change the cold pressure specification by more than 2 psi. A slightly softer tire pressure will give a softer ride but also yield lower fuel mileage. A slightly harder tire will give crisper dry road handling but can cause skidding on wet surfaces. Unless you're fully attuned to the vehicle, stick to the recommended inflation pressures.
All tires made since 1968 have built-in tread wear indicator bars that show up as 1 / 2 in. (13mm) wide smooth bands across the tire when 1 / 16 in. (1.5mm) of tread remains. The appearance of tread wear indicators means that the tires should be replaced. In fact, many states have laws prohibiting the use of tires with less than this amount of tread.
You can check your own tread depth with an inexpensive gauge or by using a Lincoln head penny. Slip the Lincoln penny (with Lincoln's head upside-down) into several tread grooves. If you can see the top of Lincoln's head in 2 adjacent grooves, the tire has less than 1 / 16 in. (1.5mm) tread left and should be replaced. You can measure snow tires in the same manner by using the "tails" side of the Lincoln penny. If you can see the top of the Lincoln memorial, it's time to replace the snow tire(s).
If you have invested money in magnesium, aluminum alloy or sport wheels, special precautions should be taken to make sure your investment is not wasted and that your special wheels look good for the life of the vehicle.
Special wheels are easily damaged and/or scratched. Occasionally check the rims for cracking, impact damage or air leaks. If any of these are found, replace the wheel. But in order to prevent this type of damage and the costly replacement of a special wheel, observe the following precautions:


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The dueling futures of hotel food service collided in Manhattan one recent Tuesday.
On the very day that the New York Hilton Midtown did away with room service, the Affinia Dumont began a partnership with grocery-delivery service FreshDirect to bring ready-to-make-meals for guests to prepare in their rooms. They can be ordered any time: when booking the room, leaving a business meeting or taking a cab on the way back from the Statue of Liberty.
Think curried chicken salad. Lemon dill salmon. Plus fruits, vegetables, nuts, yogurt and snacks that "reflect the vibe and location of each hotel," the Affinia Dumont said.
The timing might have been coincidental between the introduction of the grocery delivery and the demise of room service, but the message wasn't: The concept of hotel dining has changed. A generation ago, luxury's name was a cart rolled into your hotel room bearing a white tablecloth and gleaming white china. Though it seems unlikely that room service in its traditional form will disappear completely, the transformation is undeniable.
Room service revenue has declined markedly in the last five years, according to PKF Hospitality Research in Atlanta. Among 700 reporting hotels, the average occupied hotel room produced $4.33 of room service revenue in 2007. In 2012 that figure was down 25 percent, to $3.25.
Much of the drop in room service sales can be tied to the recession that began in late 2007. But even as hotel occupancy has picked up, calls for room service have not, said Robert Mandelbaum, PKF research director.
"Guests are spending fewer dollars," Mandelbaum said. "There's been a total change in guest perception about food and beverage."
Steven Carvell, associate dean for academic affairs at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, said there's a reason for that: Neither hotels nor their guests much care for room service.
For hotels, he said, supplying room service is expensive (mostly because of labor costs), and it presents challenges with getting food to a room at a reasonable temperature and cleaning up quickly enough to avoid a hallway littered with trays.
Customers aren't much more enthusiastic, "especially on a price-value relationship," Carvell said.
"If you look at the equation of being not very profitable and not very satisfying to the customer, it doesn't add up to a lot," he said. "Most hotels that have room service feel it's an amenity that is expected, but they would be just as happy without it."
Instead, hotels have become more creative with food service in recent years, increasingly adding coffee shops, cafes and what the industry calls the "grab 'n' go" — restaurants offering fresh, (sometimes) hot food that can be eaten in lobby common spaces, taken back to a room or carried out.
In fact, a grab 'n' go has replaced room service at the Hilton Midtown; the hotel says its new Herb N' Kitchen "features seasonal salads, artisanal sandwiches and brick-oven pizzas" as well as "a barista zone (that) prepares specialty coffees."
Proving that room service isn't exactly disappearing, Herb N' Kitchen offers delivery to rooms between 6:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
But some hotels, such as the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich., have gone a step further: The 684-room Grand Plaza created an in-house pizzeria.
Andrew Bowen, associate director of food and beverage at the hotel, said the Grand Plaza saw a decrease in room service orders along with a rise in pizza delivery to the hotel lobby. In a bid to capture that business, the Grand Plaza invented Piezelli's, which it advertises in its rooms but avoids branding it as a hotel product, precisely to avoid associations with "room service."
"We wanted to be clear that this is not your grandfather's room service," Bowen said. "It just came down to getting guests a better product at a better price while avoiding the association people have with high prices for room service."
Yet, Piezelli's offers room service convenience that customers still seem to want, such as delivery to the rooms and the ability to charge cost to the final bill. The project has been enough of a success to eye expansion to submarine sandwiches, lasagna and cheese bread, Bowen said.
Industry observers say room service still has its niche: breakfast for business travelers and, say, late in-room dining after the clubs have closed. But short of that, the culture seems to be drifting away from the idea of eating alone in a hotel room.
Able to work wirelessly, business travelers are more interested in life outside their hotel rooms. Local-food movements have bred a new generation of food tourism that runs counter to eating a hotel hamburger in Miami that tastes like a hotel hamburger in Seattle.
Though luxury hotels are likely to maintain room service, much as they still hang cushy robes in the bathroom and deliver a newspaper to your door every morning, the Hilton Midtown's move could reverberate through the industry.
"It's like the airline baggage fee; once one airline showed it could be done, everybody followed suit," Carvell said. "If Hilton is able to maintain occupancy, and I would expect that they will, you'll see other hotels willing to take that leap."


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SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Past desks covered with extreme sports magazines and refrigerators stocked with energy drinks, a small isolation booth has been erected smack dab in the middle of Red Bull's airy offices in Santa Monica, Calif. It's not for hosting meetings or employee breaks. It's for playing video games - very competitive video games.
The beverage company's North American headquarters played host recently to the chummy Red Bull Training Grounds ahead of this weekend's Major League Gaming Spring Championship in Anaheim, Calif. Red Bull is betting this new take on training for competitive gaming - or e-sports, as it's known - will give its players, to borrow Red Bull's slogan, wings.
The company, which is probably better known for sponsoring action sports stars and race cars than gamers, has previously hosted other e-sporting events, but Training Grounds marked the first time it focused on schooling players.
Despite being stationed amid cubicles, the inaugural Training Grounds event had most trappings of a typical mammoth e-sports event: lights, cameras, competitors, commentators and prize money. However, there was no live audience to cheer on the eight international e-athletes, and the gamers were only competing in one title, the real-time strategy game "StarCraft II."
"The idea behind Training Grounds is to find that happy medium between competition and training," said Rob Simpson, Red Bull's e-sports program manager. "While we do have a prize pool on the line ... focus is really on analysis and growing as players. I think it's a positive thing that people want to consume this kind of information."
Simpson isn't just referring to the eight "StarCraft II" players who were gearing up for the MLG championship but also the 200,000 spectators who watched more than 20 hours of matches broadcast online by Red Bull. The inaugural event was as much of a promotional affair as it was preparation for players who will be battling in this weekend's MLG contest.
Since the e-sports genre first pressed start with arcade face-offs in the 1980s and LAN parties in the 1990s, there are more competitors than ever before, with a growing gap between seasoned pros and newbs. Those involved agree the more time gamers play in championship settings, the better they fare against the ruthless Zerg alien race in "StarCraft."
"I think the biggest issue for players is that no matter how much they practice at home, once they get up on a stage and have those lights and cameras in their faces, they get distracted," said Sean "Day(9)" Plott, a former competitor who now serves as an e-sports commentator. "They choke and start playing at a level far below what they usually do at home."
Besides providing a mock-up of a big-time competition, Red Bull applied the science it uses on other athletes to the gamers participating in Training Grounds.
"We're not just sponsoring them," said Lukas Cudrigh, Red Bull's head of digital media. "We're actually trying to make them better athletes by providing an environment where they can do things like increase their physical strength and learn about how better nutrition can impact their performance. No one is really treating these guys in that same way."
While e-sports has been around for more than 15 years, the genre is still considered niche in North America, though it's practically a national pastime in places like South Korea. That's been changing over the past few years, as technology has evolved, online spectating has skyrocketed and studies have shown professional gamers have sharper senses.
"It's not something you can necessarily practice for and measuring it tends to be gimmicky," said Michael Sepso, MLG's president and co-founder. "At the end of the day, I don't need to know Peyton Manning's visual acuity score to know he's better at seeing his receivers downfield. It's the same for pro-gamers. They see and respond to things quicker."
Sepso said he expects this weekend's MLG Spring Championship to top last year's contest, which drew more than 4.7 million online viewers and 20,000 spectators at the Anaheim Convention Center. During this year's competition, players will compete for more than $100,000 in "StarCraft II," "League of Legends" and "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" matches.


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National house price index rises again in August
The national HPI has grown at a below-inflation rate of 0.6% over the last 12 months. However, the weakness is not regionally broad-based. The national HPI has been depressed by 12 consecutive months without a rise in Vancouvers index, which dropped a cumulative 6.6%. Other Western metropolitan areas (Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg) also contributed to slow the national HPI. At the opposite, annual growth has been decent in most of the regions located in the central and eastern part of the country. That being said, home sales in August were up 55% from March in Vancouver, where market conditions went from favorable to buyers to balanced. Over that period, home sales rose 19% in Calgary and 12% in Edmonton. These improvements, if sustained, will sooner or later help limit home-price deflation in this region. The TeranetNational Bank Composite National House Price IndexTM increased 0.4% in August, a fourth gain in a row after an eight-month string without a rise. On a monthly basis, the index rose in 8 of the 11 markets covered: Victoria (+0.2%), Calgary (+0.6%), Hamilton (0.7%), Winnipeg (0.7%), Toronto (+0.8%), Montreal (1.1%), Ottawa-Gatineau (1.7%) and Halifax (1.8%). The index was down in Vancouver (-0.8%), Quebec City (-0.4%) and Edmonton (-0.1%). From August 2018 to August 2019, the Composite index rose 0.6%. Over the period, the HPI declined in Vancouver (-6.6%), Edmonton (-3.1%), Calgary (-2.3%). It was marginally up in Quebec City (0.1%), Victoria (0.7%) and Winnipeg (1.1%). It grew more convincingly in Toronto (+3.8%), Hamilton (+4.4%), Halifax (5.5%), Montreal (+5.7%) and Ottawa-Gatineau (+6.4%). Source: National Bank, Marc Pinsonneault
CREA Updates Resale Housing Market Forecast
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) Systems of Canadian real estate boards and associations for the rest of 2019 and looking ahead to 2020. Economic fundamentals underpinning housing activity remain strong outside of the Prairies and Newfoundland and Labrador. Population and employment growth have both remained supportive and the unemployment rate remains low. At the same time, expectations have become widespread that the Bank of Canada is unlikely to raise interest rates over the rest of the year and into next. More importantly for home buyers and housing markets, longer-term mortgage rates have been declining. Among those that have declined is the Bank of Canadas benchmark five-year rate used by banks to qualify mortgage applicants. Additionally, the Federal Government has recently launched its First-Time Home Buyer Incentive, a shared equity program in which the federal government finances a portion of a home purchase in exchange for an equity share of the homes value. Of these factors supporting Canadian housing activity, the decline in mortgage rates is arguably the most important development since the release in June of CREAs most recent forecast. The decline in the benchmark five-year mortgage rate has marginally relaxed the B-20 mortgage stress-test, which has dampened housing activity more than other policy changes made in recent years. Home sales have improved by more than expected in recent months and there are early signs that home price declines in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and across the Prairies may be abating. Meanwhile, home prices are re-accelerating across Ontarios Greater Golden Horseshoe region. Strong economic fundamentals, previously unexpected declines in mortgage interest rates and stronger than previously expected housing market trends in British Columbia and Ontario have resulted in CREA upwardly revising forecast home sales in 2019 and 2020. Nonetheless, the overall level of national sales activity this year and next is anticipated to remain below levels recorded prior to the implementation of the B-20 stress test. National home sales are now projected to recover to 482,000 units in 2019, representing a 5% increase from the five-year low recorded in 2018. While this is an upward revision of 19,000 transactions compared to CREAs previous forecast (85% of which is due to upgraded British Columbia and Ontario forecasts), it represents a return of activity to its 10-year annual average. It also remains well below the annual record set in 2016, when almost 540,000 homes traded hands. Notwithstanding the upward revision, the forecast for 2019 on a per capita basis remains the second weakest since 2001.


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The Windmill in Parbold has recently been revamped and it seems they have read the aforesaid how to. The dining room and snug are replete with old, mismatched furniture and a fire roars away in the main dining room. Conveniently for The Windmill they are actually located next to an interiors shop - which is good, as their walls are definitely Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath. And yes there is a gourmet burger on the menu.
The Windmill Interior - with thank to The Windmill Parbold
The daytime menu (for it was daytime when we were there) is quite long, encompassing usual pub fare such as fish and chips, calves liver and steak and ale pie. For those who want something smaller/are on a budget, there's also the light bites menu. The menu promotes local food and suppliers, though unlike places such as The Clogg and Billycock, there is no mention of them in the menu, other that 'Scotts the Butchers.'
Fish and Chips
Food is well presented, but there seems to be something lacking in the execution. The venison and chorizo burger was small, very, very salty and dry; yummy mummy's risotto was soggy and badly seasoned, however there was no fault with the boy's fish and chips (could you get that wrong) and my duo of sausages on cheesy mash was well cooked. The mash was surprisingly light with just the right amount of cheese taste shining through.
Venison and chorizo burger
Puddings were also hit and miss. The brownie tasted fab; dark and bitter tempered by a hint of cheeky sweetness with a tangy berry compote that sent little electroshocks of sharp pleasure across the tongue. The dish was marred by the terrible consistency; the brownie was very gritty, almost as if it had been rewarmed in the microwave and the chocolate had split.
Sticky toffee pudding
The sticky toffee pudding was large and soaked with syrup, a little too cakey in texture for me; but I only tasted a mouthful as it was wolfed by the boy in record time (no matter that it was almost a million degrees either - maybe I should take advantage of this talent and make money from his speed eating?).
Service was friendly, if a bit slow and forgetful - but as we were there to enjoy a lazy Saturday lunch it's not something that we cared about too much. The staff didn't seem that knowledgeable about ingredients, but they were more than happy to go and find out from the kitchen.
The Windmill is a great pub if you live in Parbold or the surrounding villages. They've good ales on tap and have a snug that's brilliant for reading your book and watching the comings and goings of the villages. Whether you'd bother travelling far for another country village gastropub clone with only quite alright food is another matter.
Ps - if you go in winter wear your coat to the toilets, they are sub-zero freezing!
Cost for four mains, four puddings and drinks: £59.60
Food: 6/10
Service: 6/10
Atmosphere: 7/10
Value for money: 6/10
Total - 25/40
The Windmill, 3 Mill Lane, Parbold, Wigan WN8 7NU - 01257 462935
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A station plot displays the current hourly conditions. A preliminary chart is produced at approximately 15 minutes past the hour; a final chart is produced at approximately 48 minutes after the hour. The colors of each station indicate the current flight rule for that station. Black = VFR, Blue = MVFR, Red = IFR, Magenta = LIFR


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Brett Keisel of the Steelers will be de-bearded for charity on Thursday, Feb. 24 at the Diesel Club Lounge in Pittsburgh. The $25 tickets will benefit the Children's Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh's Medical Center, and if anyone feels the need to truly commemorate the occasion, there will be "before-and-after" Keisel photos for sale — "with or without a priceless lock of the beard!"
For the good of the sick children, I hope those follicles aren't insured.
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As the NBA Players Association enters another round of negotiations today with owners in hopes of ending the four-month lockout, two Celtics participated in a conference call last week to discuss decertification of the union.
Ray Allen told the Globe last night that teammate Paul Pierce organized the call of dozens of players to discuss the possibility of breaking up the union if a deal is not reached soon. According to Allen, there were in fact two conference calls, the other on Thursday, in which Allen did not participate.
There has been speculation that the calls were a sign that many players are dissatisfied with the union, including executive director Billy Hunter. But Allen said that was not the case.
"I don't know what kind of feedback or backlash came from it, but I didn't think there was a need for anybody to panic whatsoever, either on our side as a players' union or as owners,'' he said. "I thought the call was strictly [to explore options].''
Hunter has been asked several times over the last few months about the possibility of decertification, which would allow the players to file individual class-action lawsuits against the NBA, claiming they are not being allowed to work. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was among the lead plaintiffs in a similar suit against the NFL during its lockout. The drawback is a ruling could take months, and NBA owners may not be interested in negotiating during any period of decertification.
According to union bylaws, 30 percent of the players would need to be in favor of a decertification vote to begin the process. The National Labor Relations Board then could take up to 45 days to decide whether to organize a vote.
"We talked about where we were and what guys thought about the situation that we're in,'' said Allen. "We talked about decertification because where we stood at that moment, we didn't know when the next meeting was. That was one option, decertification. I don't think anybody on the call assumed that's what we were going to do.''
The sides appeared close to striking a deal last week, but the sticking point remains basketball-related income, with the owners seeking at least a 50-50 split, while the players want 52-48. One percentage point equates to about $40 million per season, and now there is word that smaller-market owners may be pushing commissioner David Stern to rescind the 50-50 offer today.
"We have complete faith in our union to get the job done,'' Allen said. "I don't know what was said [Thursday] on the call, but I do know from the guys that were on the call [last week], nobody was anxious to pull the trigger, like we've got to decertify now. Most of the guys [asked], 'What exactly would we be doing if we decertified?' I don't think anybody was panicking.''
Pierce has participated in negotiations, and was one of the more vocal players on the earlier conference call, but Allen said his teammate was not trying to overthrow the union.
"I don't think he was frustrated,'' Allen said. "I don't think he had any malicious intent when he got everybody together. Paul's ready to play and I just saw his sense of urgency in trying to move this thing forward and really just try to inform everybody.''
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Discovering Report Class / Service Class Correspondences
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If you're running a workload with WLM Percentile Response Time goals take a look at the RMF Service Class Period Response Time Goal Attainment instrumentation. It's in the Workload Activity Report but this post is about using the raw data to tell the story better than a single snapshot (or long-term "munging") can. (An example of a percentile response time goal is "90% of transactions must end... [More]
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Body Count by PD Martin
Body Count
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Pan Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 1405036567, large format paperback
Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing, bumping and creasing to edges, un-creased spine, no inscriptions, crease to back cover (see photographs)
"When a girl is found brutally murdered in DC, Australian FBI profiler Sophie Anderson suspects that the killing spree has just begun. With her fellow agents she delves into the mind of the killer, trying to predict his next move. Then another victim turns up. Sophie knows that she's 'seen' the girl before, raped and murdered - in her dreams. Struggling to separate fact from fiction, reality from nightmare, Sophie becomes more and more ensnared in the killer's mind as the body count rises. Suddenly the murders become personal and Sophie is caught up in a cat-and-mouse game that may cost her everything - even her life."


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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 – April 6, 1528) was a Renaissance painter, printmaker and self-declared Second Coming of Christ. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, he made it his mission, throughout his career, to convince the German people of his divine superiority through his chosen medium, the pictorial arts. Unfortunately, noone has actually heard of him aside from the most ardent of arts' aficionados, but they assured us of this, just as they assure us that his mastery of draughtsmanship is "beyond perfection, my dear" and say his contributions to the naturalistic style - employing a "quite exquisite" earthy pallette - are second
only to Leonardo da Vinci to none.
When asked specifically about his works, academic types generally maintain that he is best known for his series of self-portraits - both engraved and painted - in which he bears an uncanny (but quite deliberate) resemblance to Jesus Christ ("but far more handsome..."), a series of naturalistic sketches made while travelling in the Netherlands and a number of later religious devotional works ("devoted to himself, of course.").
I will now recount the artist's life, with assistance on technical and aesthetic matters coming from the esteemed Professor Stefan Knapp from Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Supposedly born of a virgin birth in his native Germany, the young Dürer was massively obsessed with his greatness from day one. While on vacation in Flanders in 1479, his father - a successful goldsmith with strong links to Flemish arts circles - took him to see the works of the Flemish master Jan van Eyck. It was upon viewing of a particularly ground-breaking "Madonna and Child", that Young Albrecht decided he knew what he wanted to do with his life. He was captivated and awe-inspired by the majestic work, he had seen something in the picture that no art aficionado before him had seen - how much the baby looked like him!
As soon as he returned to Nuremberg, he embarked on a series of promising sketched studies and potato prints in an attempt to realise his dream. His parents, noting his interest in art and deciding he needed guidance, sent him to work with his godfather, a renowned printer. He worked as his godfather's understudy for a number of years, which naturally frustrated the great artist. It is fortunate, but not at all unexpected, that Dürer left many autobiographical writings that document this phase in his life:
Albrecht Dürer's Diary - TUESDAY JUNE 17th 1489
- Again, dear diary, I come to thee in quite the disagreeable mood. Yet another desparate day I have spent suffering in the shadow of my talentless oaf of a teacher. The arrogant fool belittles my contributions to the workshop on a daily basis, even though the obnoxious Walloon can't even paint a donkey without the aid of a picture book. My father has forsaken me for so many moons that I have even gone so far as to question whether he is worthy of such prestigious a title. The good news is that the landlady's daughter, Beatrice (who is the very personification of exquisite beauty and not at all like the other repugnant sour Krauts), has - I believe - taken a fancy to me. I have been slipping some of my studies under her door at night - majestic eagles, noble visages, some anatomical studies, ethereal landscapes - in the confidence that she will recognise my genius and we can elope at once to Salzburg. She smiles back at me as I pass her window every morning, I think that on Friday I will ask her to model for me - I am in love.
The contents of this diary, when cross-referenced with that of Beatrice's, make for interesting reading:
Beatrice von Schnitzelsteiger - WEDNESDAY JUNE 25th 1489
- Dear diary, allow me to be frank for once, away with the polite demeanor through which I feel inclined to address the world on a daily basis. My prudence is being tested by...
First Call to Prophethood[edit]
Dürer's breakthrough evenutally came during his Wanderjahren (wander years). Following the end of his spell with his godfather, Dürer embarked on a trip to The Netherlands - home of the Northern Renaissance - and Italy - home of the actual Renaissance. Here he painted the first known natural landscape studies in European art, because he could, before travelling to do further studies in Venice. It was here in this busy Mediterranean trading centre that Dürer first experienced and expressed his true calling.
Upon his return from Italy, Dürer painted another couple of self-portraits before marrying Agnes and opening up his first workshop (marriage, interestingly, was a prerequisite for this). According to his wife's diary, Albrecht spent most of his days with "his bunnies", sketching them over and over again. Showing concern that he was spending the majority of his time with the tiny mammals, grooming, posing and sketching them, Agnes suggested he turn his attention elsewhere. So he did, and the world was graced by a further four self-portraits, a series of charcoal studies dedicated to the perfection of the artist's nose, and an (ultimately rejected) altarpiece for Aachen Cathedral in which the similarity of appearance between Albrecht and the subject was no longer subtle by any stretch of the imagination.
Unsurprisingly dejected and in a state of despair at this oversight on the part of the Church elders, Dürer immediately sought a scapegoat for his misfortune. Since the Jews were, at the time, pretty unpopular with the same people with whom Albrecht had himself been the subject of rejection, he - after a brief period flirting with Kabbalah, which soon ended when he realised he could no longer eat pork - decided to exact revenge on the woman whose tactless demands had brought him to such a sorry state. Fortunately for him, he chose the right time to do it, since Adam and Eve paintings had become all the rage among the affluent arts connoisseurs and Albrecht could both vent misogynist spleen and earn enough bucks for another amble to the other side of the Alps for more inspiration. His diary entry for 7 July 1499 can shed further light:
Second Call to Prophethood[edit]
Dürer's second brush with Greatness (and no, I don't mean that laudanum fiend Hieronymus Bosch), came just before his 30th birthday. By this time, Dürer's reputation as an animal portrait artist had grown to the point that royalty from throughout Europe were commissioning him portraits of their kittens, rhinos and stick insects, and the artist's living had become reasonably comfortable. His most consistent patron was the then Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, who funded numerous projects for Dürer and provided him with lodgings in a building large enough that he could avoid all contact with Agnes, sometimes for weeks on end. Here Dürer painted Maximilian, Maximilian's horse, Maximilian beside Maximilian's horse, Maximilian riding Maximilian's horse, and Maximilian riding Maximilian's horse. Though the veracity of the latter cannot be determined, Maximilian was a Hapsburg after all, so it's really not too far fetched.
Dürer's reputation not just in regal circles, but also amongst the intellectual elite, had begun to grow and during this time he sketched, engraved, painted, oiled and tattooed such luminary figures as the Dutch humanist Erasmus, the German painter Michael Wolgemut, the French noble Henri le Trescontraire, and the Spanish Belgian Waffle entrepreneur, Manuel Quinda-Bueno. It was also in this time that Dürer first made contact with the Reformation Movement and its pioneers, notably Martin Luther, about whom more later, before travelling south again. Once again, in Italy, where such things were encouraged rather than frowned upon, Dürer's fascination with himself could once again blossom. Dürer's second prophetic vision called him to meet the challenge of his Italian Renaissance contemporaries.
Rivalry with Da Vinci[edit]
Dürer's sight being set on wrestling the reputation of the era away from his effeminate contemporaries, he immediately locked himself away in his studio to devote his time solely to this most precious of tasks.
Unlike other Northern European artists of the period, who were quite content just painting triptychs for altarpieces or getting stoned out of their mind and painting triptychs for altarpieces, Dürer choose to demonstrate his genius by mastering every type of artistic endeavour know to man. Dürer painted anything and everything. Just to prove he could.
Dürer worked in a pet store to support his artistic pursuits. Watch Dürer sell bunnies! *Sigh*
A rhinoceros! How exotic! Leo never painted one of these did he? HA! Amateur!
Painted around the time of his first visions, Dürer made sketch-after-sketch of this grass, usually gawping in awe and wonder.
Dürer's flattering depiction of his beloved mother (possibly proof the virgin claims were true).
Dürer was a keen supporter of the Lutheran movement until he realised the focus of worship was still the same boring Jesus.


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The simple effect I'm ultimately after is this:
- load an image in the centre of a web page
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I don't mind how many separate web pages are required to do this, or how many separate images, but I'd like to know what my options are. I am more programmer than graphic designer, so maybe I'm searching using the wrong technical terms. Maybe "animation" is too grand a term for so simple an effect, but "slide" has other connotations in this context, and between those two things, I'm struggling to find a clear way to a clear answer. I would ultimately like to understand things like:
- Can the above task be achieved with one image on one page, in HTML, without scripting?
- Does HTML only support "static" elements that appear on screen, and never change their position? If that is the case, does all animation therefore rely on either having (static) elements with dynamic content, or repeatedly loaded/rendered static elements which give an appearance of movement?
- How widespread is browser support for the various animation options?
So as the original question suggests, maybe a tutorial would be good. I haven't found a decent one of those yet either!


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We thank the editor for the opportunity to respond to the letter by Pressman et al.1 This is a critique of the article by Cartwright and Guilleminault2 recently published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. We address the salient points their letter raised:
This was clearly stated in the abstract: "To test whether laboratory-based research differentiating sleepwalkers (SW) from controls (C) can be applied in an uncontrolled forensic case as evidence the alleged crime was committed during an arousal from sleep in which the mind is not fully conscious due to a SW disorder." This aim was restated in more specific terms: "The objective of this study is to test the SWA in a forensic case to determine if it was significantly low in the first NREM cycle and if that indicated the presence of a predisposing condition and possibly a sleep problem which could be treated."2 (p.723). Thus the aim was to test if this lab-based finding could be replicated in an uncontrolled setting and not to use "spectral analysis… to support a defense of sleep walking in criminal cases" in general.
Pressman et al. quote a cautionary statement from Gaudreau et al.3 that a significantly low slow wave activity (SWA) in the first NREM cycle "does not conclusively establish or refute a tendency toward sleepwalking." We agree that this is not in itself sufficient evidence to support a SW diagnosis nor would it establish that it was the cause of an event which took place at an earlier date. However the Pressman et al. letter did not include the two sentences prior to the one quoted which puts the Gaudreau et al. admonition in a significantly different light. "Our results suggest that spectral analysis of SWA across NREM cycles can contribute to our understanding of the disorders of arousal. Delineating patterns of SWA associated with various parasomnias could help clarify their underlying pathophysiology." Our article aimed to encourage just this–enhancing the understanding of the pathophysiology of NREM sleep arousal disorders.
We based the method for our study on the hypotheses proposed by Espa et al.4 as the conditions necessary to precipitate an occurrence of a SWS parasomnia. "The occurrence of SWS parasomnia requires not only a SWS pressure increase but also SWS arousal enhancement." This is the push/pull model that Pressman argued was a theory that only Cartwright held in the debate he refers the reader to review.5–8 He argued forcefully and repeatedly that SW only occurred with an increase of SWS and that this was the accepted wisdom. In fact the two variable model was stated earlier by Broughton et al.9 in describing the Ken Parks case. "These typical polysomnographic features of sleepwalkers suggest the coexistence of both pressure for deep sleep (SWS) and of heightened arousal causing inability to sustain such sleep." This opposite pressure model was used in the Pilon et al.10 study which succeeded in eliciting sleepwalking events in the laboratory by combining increasing pressure for SWS by a prior period of sleep deprivation and increasing arousals from sleep by delivering auditory tones during the recovery sleep. Neither of these manipulations was successful when applied singly. It was this opposite pressure model that we tested in the case study reported in our recent paper.
The evidence presented in court supported both pressures were present in the defendant on the night of the event (he had a period of prior sleep deprivation and excessive caffeine intake during the day before the event). Thus the conditions for a SW event were present. Furthermore we pointed out that "the additional history of snoring and a mild breathing disorder validated in the PSG may be a contributing cause of his low SWA, high CAP rate and arousal into non-conscious acts when sleep deprived and over-caffeinated."
Pressman et al.1 raise the question whether a low SWA in the first NREM cycle, measured after the fact (not months or years) but specifically in this case eight months after the incident, can be a reliable marker of a predisposition to SW. The authors of the critique point out that the studies showing high reliability within subjects of the profile of the spectral analysis sleep EEG wave forms, were not conducted on SW subjects and have not been shown to be stable over the extended period that usually occurs between an event that results in a criminal charge and a subsequent sleep study. However the several studies showing night-to-night reliability of delta power within normal individuals11–14 even under sleep deprivation conditions, along with the several studies showing the significantly lower SWA in SW groups than in C even when no SW events occurred,3,4,15 makes a low SWA a strong candidate to be a manifestation of the genetic vulnerability to abnormal delta arousals16–19 and therefore likely to be a stable characteristic of sleep. Our article was one small step to encourage research needed to test stability of this within SW subjects over time.
Pressman et al. deny that Mahowald et al.20 discourage sleep experts from acting in forensic cases or from conducting research. The reference cited for this statement includes these quotes: "the expert witness can inform all parties there is absolutely no after-the-fact polysomnographic evidence that could possibly have any relevance as to whether the accused was sleepwalking at the time of the event." And later "attempts to 'stimulate' sleepwalking in the sleep laboratory (by sleep deprivation, medication administration, or alcohol ingestion) are completely worthless and totally inappropriate." However these authors add "there may be a future role for utilizing PSG evaluations in forensic sleepwalking cases for ruling out, or greatly minimizing the probability, that the accused is in fact a sleepwalker." Sleep science should inform both sides in an adversarial trial.
The data presented in support of this case did not rely on the visual scoring of SWS% and made no mention hypersynchronous delta (HSDWA) which Pressman et al.1 note have not contributed to diagnosis of SW.
Another mistaken implication is that a sleep study conducted after a defendant has spent many months in prison would not reflect their prior sleep. Our case did not serve any time before his sleep study was run. This was carried out while awaiting his trial, during which time he lived at home.
Finally, we disagree with the last sentence of the Pressman et al. letter1: "Tests of any sort performed months or years after the index crime can tell us nothing about whether or not the criminal defendant was sleepwalking during commission of the crime act." For someone who puts such emphasis on science, the first author sells short the promise of new technology to advance our ability to do appropriate testing; for example the use of home video monitoring. Mweng et al.19 conducted a long term study of a SW comparing two nights of lab based video-polysomnography to thirty-six nights of home video monitoring over three months in three different locations. They found no significant difference in the frequency or duration of the SW events captured in the lab and at home. The one difference that was highly significant was that under home video monitoring conditions the events were significantly more complex than those in the laboratory. If home polysomnography were added to the video monitoring, we would be able to test whether low SWA was stable over extended time.
Having reviewed this critique carefully we remain in support of our concluding statement: "There is, for example, a strong need for research involving larger samples to clarify disparate findings between studies with small samples."
Properly credentialed sleep medicine professionals who are approached to serve as experts in forensic cases need to view this as an opportunity for a "field study" to collect new observations and evaluate these against whether or not they are supported by the state-of-the-art sleep research and whether further sleep testing would be useful in clarifying the question of guilt. That is the role of the expert. It also requires judgment as is reflected in the wording of the oath concerning "reasonable doubt." Science is our method to test beliefs. It is constantly evolving and on occasion enough evidence accumulates to require a "paradigm shift." We may be at that point where dogma about the type of study needed in forensic cases and role of the sleep expert must give way to a new approach.
The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
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- Camping merit badge is on the Eagle Scout required list (requirement 3.k.).
Requirement resources
- 1: First Aid
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First-aid skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid merit badge pamphlet • First-aid kit • Emergency kit • Guide to Safe Scouting • Annual Health and Medical Record
- 2-7: Camping Basics
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See Outdoor skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: Camping Merit Badge pamphlet - Hiking Skills - Hydration - Outdoor Gear - Tents - Water Purification - Weather Skills
- 2. Leave No Trace - Outdoor Code
- 5d. Camping Essentials
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- 6d. Internal Frame vs External Frame
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With Freestyle changing their LF & ULF films and Photo Warehouse saying they will be shortly as well (due apparently Ilford no longer selling big rolls to custom cutters/resalers) we will be losing my favorite 125 speed film in formats larger than 8x10.
I like to shoot the same film from 4x5 to 12x20 and if I have to change the bigger film it will carry over to the smaller.
What is available out there in these ULF formats that is closest in performance to FP4+? I like how it works & if I can't get it I want something as close as possible. Not something like Bergger that can't really be expanded. With any luck not some that have emulsions so sensitive they scratch if you blink in the darkroom.
Anyone with experience here is welcome and especially so if you have tried, tested & had good experience in a replacement that works well. It will be 6 months to a year before I will have to get more but when I do if I can't get what I am used to I will have to change. Might as well start getting info so I can check out the likely candidates.


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Livin' Lite Recreational Vehicles recently introduced an all-new line of Coleman "automotive" camping trailers designed to leverage the tenting community's allegiance to the iconic brand while tapping into a growing demographic base seeking an RV capable of being towed by the family vehicle.
"We are targeting the 44 million-plus people that go tent camping," said Scott Tuttle, president of the Wakarusa, Ind.-based Thor Industries Inc. divison, citing current figures compiled by the America Outdoors Association. "The Coleman automotive tent camper allows them 'to get off the ground' when the family goes camping. It's for those people that have no interest in buying a pickup truck or large SUV. They want an RV they can tow with smaller fuel-efficient cars, like a Prius or even a Smart Car."
Tuttle emphasized that the Coleman name would spark instant brand awareness among RV consumers, many of whom remember the legendary folding camping trailers built for years by the Coleman Camping Trailer Division of The Coleman Co. Inc. and, subsequently, by Fleetwood Folding Trailers Inc., both based in Somerset, Pa. The popup line was later resurrected by Pennsylvania-based FTCA Inc., which closed up shop in 2010.
"Thor's Dutchmen division had a contract with Coleman to build travel trailers," explained Tuttle. "We were able to work out an exclusive licensing agreement with Coleman to build ultra-light automotive camping trailers."
The line includes four models offered in 6-foot, 8-foot and 10-foot lengths with most retailing for under $10,000. Built entirely of lightweight aluminum and composites, the Coleman camper is designed for longevity. Exteriors are available in a wide selection of colors, allowing the camper to be color-matched to a family's car or minivan.
"The 8- and 10-footers can sleep six people," Tuttle told RVBUSINESS.com. "The 6-footer can sleep four and be towed by a trike motorcycle."
Tuttle reported that Livin' Lite introduced the Coleman camper around 30 days ago. Currently, the series is sold exclusively in Camping World Inc. locations, which Tuttle said offers another tie-in to the camping community.
"First off, Coleman is the No. 1 brand in tent camping," he said. "And Camping World stores are a favorite destination for campers, where they can buy all their gear and accessories. It's a perfect fit."
Tuttle noted that the Coleman line also represents an extension of the original business plan for Livin' Lite, which entered the market 11 years ago with its ultra-light Quicksilver automotive camper.
"We proved there was an untapped audience out there with our Quicksilver line," he said. "It's a demographic that, quite frankly, was overlooked. The popup segment has been dwindling for a number of years because units kept getting bigger, heavier and more expensive.
"Builders got away from what was considered a bridge product – bringing campers into the RV industry. The Coleman camping trailer is a true entry-level product. There's definitely a market, now we just have to build our dealer network."


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This visit to the Crawley Edge Boatshed was a total opposite to my last visit a few days earlier, When the waterline was above the jetty leading to the boatshed due to a storm surge which resulted in a unusually high tide, Which is the opposite to the unusually low tides we have had over the last few days.
I decided to walk into the river to get a unusual perspective of the boatshed since I thought the water wasn't to deep, But in the end, I found myself knee deep in the water shooting the boatshed, And once again, Going home soaking wet. LOL
The boatshed was built in the 1930's and was restored by it's current owner in the early 2000's after being in a dilapidated and run down state for many years.
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