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Universidad Iberoamericana
Universidad Iberoamericana
Tijuana, Baja California
Project Description
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Amorphica Design Research Office took on a collaborative project with the Universidad Iberoamericana.
This is the existing building that is over 30 years old as of 2013.
This intervention's intentions were to transform a space in decay of life and materiality into a more livable, socially provoking space for work.
The very first ideas began emerging through various brainstorming sessions with some faculty, staff and the director of the university. It was determined at one point in the first few months of the project, that the main space to be remodeled would be for the students. A lounge café scenario where everyone in the student body would be welcome to get information, connect with faculty or just go there to relax. The project was about to start design development when a quick redirection was ordered by the University: We were now to focus on designing the administrative offices and the offices of the faculty directors and coordinators.
This was a quick and abrupt executive decision from the University in order to be able to bring the existing administrative offices from the basement up to a better place, a place where the students, faculty, staff and guests would be able to interact and have all their administrative needs taken care of in only one level. The decision of accommodating dozens of people in the open plan was taken again by the directors of the university. The overall intention to have a good amount of people working together in an open scenario is always one of more interaction, participation and transparency. The only complication was that we have very little space to accommodate many many people and to make a better (less people) arrangement was out of the question.
Thus began the incredibly fast track design project that took the whole office less than a summer to design and build. Here are some images of the process.
The fast track pace of this project literally asked to design days before the cement truck arrived, the margin of error and experimentation were high, the challenge was to be taken as the school was in terrible decay, a fragile campus with the possibility of closure. The tour-de-force of practical slave work from all of us began quickly, this all for the love of the profession, the commitment from many people from Amorphica that were once students at this university, and the next to zero budget for labor, that took us into the job site to work.
We were designing while we were teaching and instructing…
while we were fabricating and sanding and painting… while we were designing and building it ourselves.
This Master Plan for The Centro Cultural Mirador was commissioned by an agent for the the Cultural Event Entijuanarte
Universidad Iberoamericana Main Lecture Hall [ Aula Magna ]
The Escalinata Altamira is an Urban Regeneration of Historical Public Space
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In physics, actions cause equal and opposite reactions, but interactions are less predictable with humans. People seldom realize their full impact on others.
One of those people was Frostburg State University professor emeritus Dr. Stephen Luzader, who lost his eight-year battle with cancer on June 12, 2016.
To preserve his legacy at FSU and support the physics program he loved so much, his widow, Dr. Hang Deng-Luzader, and former student and colleague Dr. Eric Moore, both faculty in the Department of Physics and Engineering, recently established the Dr. Stephen Luzader Physics Scholarship.
The Luzader Scholarship supports physics majors with a GPA of at least 3.0, with preference for juniors or seniors pursuing graduate school or teacher certifications as demonstrated through an essay.
Though she still grieves, establishing the scholarship has helped Deng-Luzader cope.
"There were things I did after he passed away to make me feel better, like physical exercise and going out with friends, but I think this scholarship was really the best thing I did," Deng-Luzader said.
She writes personal thank-you letters to each contributor, some of whom knew Luzader well. Some had never met him.
"I write everybody with tears," she said. "I cry because it warms my heart, and it's very comforting, very soothing to know that people appreciate his work and his life."
Luzader's impact transcended physics. He led stargazing parties, served as secretary and treasurer for the Cumberland Astronomy Club and played French horn with the Potomac Concert Band and the Allegany County Symphony Orchestra.
Within the teaching of physics, Luzader's impact continues to resound.
He actively contributed to the American Association of Physics Teachers, serving as Appalachian Section leader and on multiple national committees. His physics demonstrations were legendary within AAPT. The Appalachian Section awarded him a Distinguished Service Citation. "Steve's love of physics exuded all around him, unpretentious, unmistakable and inspiring," AAPT wrote in a memorial statement.
At FSU, Luzader and Deng-Luzader established a "Summer Center for the Physics of Solar and Wind Power" for gifted middle school students. Luzader also collaborated on the Maryland Higher Education Commission's "Improving Teaching Quality Through Training Opportunities in Physics and Physical Science" workshops for middle and high school teachers.
Moore, who now occupies Luzader's former office on campus and chairs the department, was an undergraduate physics major at FSU when he first met Luzader.
Moore wouldn't realize his professional calling until graduate school at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. As a grad assistant, Moore began to enjoy teaching, and he often contemplated Luzader's hands-on lessons and the thought that had gone into them.
"At UMBC, they actually started trying to incorporate more computer- and sensor-based lessons using the same Vernier software and sensors that we used when I was a student here at Frostburg!" Moore said. "They started using it at UMBC at least my second or maybe even the third year."
As a professor at FSU, Moore frequently finds himself relying on techniques and strategies Luzader used on him as an undergraduate.
"It's weird for me to say that at the time he was impacting me, but looking back, he definitely impacted my philosophy and approach to teaching now, that's for sure," Moore said.
Luzader's impact on physics continues through professors like Moore and still others who never met him.
"After he passed away, one Arundel Mills professor told me even though she never met Steve, she's using his lab instructions with his name," Deng-Luzader said. "So that's really nice."
In those ways, students are still learning from Luzader. Now, students can look to him for financial help as well.
"He would really be happy that physics students get this scholarship in his name, and I think his former students are happy to hear that," said Deng-Luzader.
To support the Dr. Stephen Luzader Physics Scholarship, visit www.frostburg.edu/waystogive. For more information about the Department of Physics and Engineering at Frostburg, visit www.frostburg.edu/dept/engn.

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The budget priced Horizon EX-59 elliptical trainer is the most affordable trainer available from Horizon, and that includes the patented SixStar Certified™ technology. At under $700 on sale, it offers great value and everything you need for a good cardio workout.
On the console's 4.5" yellow/green LCD display, you get readouts for time, speed, distance, calories, heart rate, level and watts.
The Horizon EX-59 elliptical machine offers 10 programs options including targets (Time, Distance, Calories) and workouts (Hills, Weight Loss, Reverse Train, and Custom). On-the-fly changes lets you select different programs and resistance at any time.
Let's look at some of the best features...
As the upgraded replacement for the EX-58, the Horizon EX-59 elliptical trainer has a heavy 145-pound frame based on the new SixStar Certified™ technology for optimum body posture and ergonomic comfort.
This includes several key points including Q-Factor ZEROgap™ overlapping pedal motion, foot path which mimics a natural walking gait, pivoting pedals, an 18" stride length, and a low step-on height. All of these unique technologies combined put you in the ideal position to ensure maximum results with minimal impact.
Other features include the Sonic Surround™ speakers with MP3 compatibility, a cooling fan in the center of the console, tablet rack and hand grip monitors for heart rate readouts.
Reviewers are very pleased with the entry level EX-59, just as they were with its predecessor, the EX-58 elliptical trainer, which was a significant improvement over the EX-57 model of years past.
As long as you keep in mind that the Horizon EX-59 is a budget machine that doesn't have the bells and whistles of a $2000 machine, you will definitely like it a lot. It packs a lot of value for such a low price.
However, it is strictly for light use, although it does seem to hold up well for larger users. The 275-lb weight capacity seems accurate without being overstated.
If you want something a little more durable you can bump up to the Evolve 3 or the Evolve 5 models, which give you folding capability, Passport TV, ViaFit tracking and other enhanced features.
All this for just under $700: articulating foot pedals, 18" stride, 14 pound flywheel, a 145-pound steel frame, and easy assembly.
The Horizon EX-59 is a good-looking elliptical trainer with an attractive console that offers many of the same components as the higher priced Evolve and Elite models.
As for competitor models, the Horizon EX-59 elliptical compares favorably to other cross trainers in the under-$700 range, and even offers a better labor warranty: one year compared to just 90-day coverage on many units.
The EX-59 easily beats what Proform and Nordictrack can offer, and time will tell if the EX-59 will enjoy the fan following that the Schwinn 430 has.
Overall, this is a quiet trainer that feels great. If you can get the Horizon EX-59 elliptical trainer at around $650, it rates a Very Good Buy.
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UserNamePasswordClientCredential Class
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Represents a client credential based on user name and password.
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Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)
Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)
This class enables the user to configure the user name and password for a WCFChannelFactory credential when using user name/password authentication. If the channel factory's binding is not configured to use user name/password-based authentication, the user name and password are not used. If the channel factory's binding is configured to use federated security that requires getting an issued token from a security token service, the user name and password are also presented to the security token service if it requires user name/password authentication.
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Available since 3.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.


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My search for more traffic
As a adult webmaster i am always looking for new ways to get some traffic. I found out that adult blogs are a great way to get search engine traffic. Because adult blogs mostly contain text that is relevant to the subject of the blog search engines like google love these blogs.
Another reason why search engines like blogs is because adult blogs are regular updated. Sometimes it's ones a day, sometimes once a week. Because blogs are frequently updated they contain new content almost every day.
Not only search engines like daily new content, but also visitors who are searching for spicy pictures or galleries are also willing to visit a adult blog on daily basis. There must of course be interested content on the adult blog, otherwise no visitor is going to revisit the blog.


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This morning I solicited feedback on Jack Jezreel and his JustFaith program, as he will be conducting a three-hour workshop at my parish later this month. A friend from another diocese with extensive experience in adult faith formation participated in one of Mr. Jezreel's workshops and has allowed me to share some of his observations and concerns:
1) The apparent total rejection of personal salvation and sin — which seriously distorts Church teaching, undermines evangelization, and could actually endanger people's salvation. This often accompanies "Reign of God" theology in my experience.
2) Collapsing Revelation, authentic interpretation and the interpretation of an individual theologian so that average Catholics going through would not know that there was a difference and that one obliges and the other is just an opinion. The distinction between revelation and the application in a specific situation is not maintained. Much that is really prudential is dealt with as though it is obligatory.
3) Reducing everything in relationship to God, conversion, and discipleship, to a very narrow set of economic and political concerns. … I can't imagine anyone who buys into the JustFaith world view ever voting for a Republican, for instance, because everything is to judged by a very specific economic agenda.
4) A serious misreading and dismissal of the meaning and impact of the ordained role of Teaching, Governing, Sanctifying. Jack actually didn't say so, but I can't help but wonder if he believes that only the lay/baptismal office really exists or matters and the ordained office is just a power-play.
5) A focus so narrowly political that the work and vocations of lay Catholics are not relevant
Vatican I and II are described as in opposition. …
Salvation "is not individual but collective."
The "old" (pre-Vat II) understanding of sin talked of 1) grave matter/full knowledge/full consent — and "individual act of malice." This is to be contrasted with "prophetic" understanding of sin — which is always social and never individual. The issue is not individual malice but social "blindness" that an entire community can participate in.
My friend's bottom-line assessment: "Based upon my experience, I couldn't recommend it as a intro to Catholic Social Teaching or any other aspect of lay formation. I was disappointed because I keep hoping to find something I can recommend."


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A 5% Resort Tax (Tourist Development Tax or TDT) is levied against owners or operators of transient accommodations in a hotel, motel, apartment motel, rooming house, condominium, mobile home, single family dwelling beach house, cottages, or other sleeping facility, if rentals are for six (6) months or less (Fla. St. 12A-1.061). The TDT is an add-on tax, like the state sales tax, and is collected from the tenant at the time rent or accommodation charge is collected.
The tax is charged to the renter; the owner or agent is responsible for collecting the tax and remitting it to the Clay County Tax Collector. Tax returns and payments are due on the first of the month following collection and are considered delinquent if not postmarked by the 20th of that month.
The Tourist Development Tax strengthens the local economy by creating jobs, enhancing the environment, and supporting cultural events.
Failure to remit TDT payments in a proper or timely manner can result in costly penalties.
For applications and further information, contact the Clay County Tax Collector Tourist Tax Department, 904-284-6329, PO Box 218, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043.


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Luxury 4* Apartment - Edinburgh City Centre
Size60 m²
Floor No.
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Indoor fireplace
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Annandale Street, EH7 4AZ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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This luxury apartment has one bedroom with super kingsize bed. Sofa in the lounge folds into a bed, sleeps 2. Travel cot and highchair is also provided for the younger guest if required. Bright and spacious lounge, wide screened TV. DVD provided with a large selection of movies. Wi-Fi provided. Kitchen / Dining room is fully fitted and equipped with everything you will require during your stay. Luxury new bathroom completed March 2012.
Walking distance into the City Centre takes only ten minutes. Shops, restaurants, supermarkets, local transport, take-away etc. all on your doorstep. Many attractions, theatre, cinema, museums all within minutes walk.
Car parking is private and secure, parking permit is provided on arrival. Parking is free of charge.
House rulesCheck in time is 4pm - check out time is 10am. However, if you require an earlier or later time, luggage may be stored for a limited time. Every effort possible will be made to accommodate this.
Once booking is confirmed, I will email you with arrival details etc. I will meet you at the apartment on arrival, however if your arrival time is after 8pm, keys can be collected from the key lock box provided close to the apartment.
|Weekly rate for up to 4 guests
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Reviews of this property
Sehr schönes Apartment mit guter Ausstattung und guter Lage in Altstadtnähe.
Sehr freundliche Gastgeberin! Wir waren alle sehr zufrieden.
Appartement tout confort, très propre et très bien situé. L'hôtesse est très gentille, donné de précieux conseils et fait tout pour rendre le séjour de ses locataires agréable. Je recommande chaleureusement cet appartement !
We enjoyed in all time that we had in Edinburgh and Liz's apartment. The apartment had all amenities that we can need. Many thanks to Liz and Wimdu family….
Uitstekend gelegen appartement, in een rustige buurt en in goede loopafstand van het Centrum. Restaurants en Pubs in grote getale aanwezig en ook supermarkten voor het geval dat zelf boodschappen wilt doen en wilt koken in de goed uitgeruste keuken. Appartement zelf was erg schoon, van alle gemakken voorzien , goede bedden (ook het bedbank in de woonkamer was van goede kwaliteit). En een absoluut vriendelijke gastvrouw. We gaan nog een keer terug naar Edinburgh en keren dan graag terug naar het zelfde appartement.
We have spent 3 days in Edimburgh. Everything was perfect with Liz.
She gave us all the eases. We arrived late and she gave us the keys, and everything was perfect in the appartment. You have everything that you need and it is near to the city center.
If we go to Edimburgh again, we will repeat.
Thanks for everything Liz.
We spent lovely holidays in Edinburgh. Liz is a very kind host and her apartment is very pleasant and comfortable and not far from the city centre.
The apartment is very comfortable, tidy and quiet. As we went inside, we were absolutely delighted. Liz is a very friendly host, who will welcome you in her warm way.
It is only a 10-minute walk to the city centre, but bus stops are also close if you are too lazy. There´s a supermarket around the corner, which we found very useful, as we didn´t want to eat out every evening.
I´ll make it short: don´t hesitate, this is the place you want to stay in Edinburgh.
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I've become obsessed with my kindergarten graduation. Initially, the video was painful to watch: I am stimming, I am ticcing, I am moving — in ways that visibly differ from my peers.
But lately, I am resisting passing. When I teach, I talk through and about my stims. I fire my rubber bands across the room, trip over classroom furniture, flap and wrench my fingers, rock back and forth as my elbows grate against the whiteboard. This is me, I say. My body is narrating.
When I first read about The Loud Hands Project, I flashbacked to kindergarten and flashforwarded to my future as a teacher. I imagine a world where my hands roam free, where stimming is simply a part of being — and I created the video below as part of that imagining. I hesitate to call this video a poem (because a poet I ain't). So, I'll simply call it a stimfest. A captioned stimfest.
From the Loud Hands website:
The Loud Hands Project is a transmedia publishing and creative effort by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, spearheaded by Julia Bascom. Currently, we are raising money towards the creation of our first and foundational anthology (Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking) and accompanying website.
Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking features submissions by Autistic authors speaking about neurodiversity, Autistic pride and culture, disability rights and resistance, and resilience (known collectively by the community as having loud hands)
I'm excited about this project, to say the least, and encourage you to read through the project's website [preferably while hand-flapping]! Stim hard, people. Let your bodies be lively.


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Georgia Boycotts CIS Parliamentary Summit Over Visa Dispute
(RFE/RL) 16 November 2005 -- Georgian Parliament Speaker Nino Burjanadze today said she has decided to boycott a CIS parliamentary assembly in St. Petersburg on Thursday after Russian authorities reportedly denied a member of her delegation an entry visa.
Burjanadze announced her decision at a press briefing in Tbilisi. She said the Russian embassy in Tbilisi had refused to grant Georgian parliamentarian Givi Targamadze a visa to attend the two-day summit.
Targamadze, who chairs the Georgian parliament's defense and security committee, today claimed Russian authorities had blacklisted him.
There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Burjanadze was due to tell the CIS parliamentary assembly about Georgia's new proposals to settle its dispute with South Ossetia.
The plans calls for a greater involvement of the international community in the peace talks. Russia and South Ossetia protest against the Georgian proposals, arguing they are an attempt at sidelining Moscow.
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A few days ago we talked about hotline for parents with troubled teenagers, which hotlines are good and where to find them, and the most important thing, why are they important and essential. Now we are going to discuss hotlines for teens, the same deal, why they are important and what are the best recourses. Like parents, teenagers sometimes need help from the outside of their every day circle. Although a parent or a friend might help, there are certain delicate issues that a teenager can only talk about with a professional, most of all, an anonymous professional. Sometimes, not rare at all, the person on the other side of the phone might also be a teenager with some experience, which makes teenagers feel more comfortable.
The two most common reasons why teenagers call and why they should call a hotline for teens are immediate danger or a critical situation and a need for advice. The first one may include everything from drug overdose to domestic violence, it refers and is most commonly related to a hard to deal situation that is happening at the moment, which takes around 30% of all calls made by teenagers to a hotline for teens.
The other, even more used, reason is advice, which counts for more than 50% of all calls made to a hotline for teens, which is normal. Most teenagers are confused and prefer to keep their problems to themselves or share them with a stranger. Here are a few websites that offer all of the needed hotlines for teen numbers and several educational sites that might help teens to deal with some issues, the most important thing for every teenager to realize is knowing that he or she is not the first person to go through that situation and that there is a way out of it.
The first website a recommend is EHealth4Teens, the website offers all of the needed numbers of hotlines for teens and plenty of useful information for teen health, from nutrition to drug and alcohol abuse.
The other website is CheckYourself, the website offers every needed hotline and crisis satiation number and offers a few links to websites that provide detailed information about certain teen issues and ways to solve them.
The third and the last website I will recommend is called PAMF, which is short for Palo Alto Medical Foundation. They have the largest database of hotline numbers and websites that deal with certain issues, the website itself offers plenty of information and a means for education.
The need for hotlines is here and hotlines for teens are very important. Statistically speaking, only one out of 20 teenagers that calls a hotline will try to harm himself or end up in a bad state due to some other issue. What you need to realize that only 10% of teenagers that are known to have issues are calling crisis hotlines, and those that don't call have about 50-50 chance to end up hurt or in a bad state.


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By Chris Chaney
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A trio of Milford High School student athletes has made a commitment to continue their education and athletic careers at the next level, the school announced last week.
Baseball players Ty Helton and Andrew Minton signed National Letters of Intent while soccer player Logan Bartsch verbally committed to Cincinnati State and will make it official when the soccer signing period opens on Feb. 5, 2014.
Helton, a senior designated hitter and first baseman, inked his commitment to Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill. to play for head coach Todd Reid. Helton was the fourth 2015 signee for the Tiger baseball team.
Over his first two years on varsity, Helton has compiled quite a list of accolades that include First Team All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference, All-Academic Team, Perfect Game USA Underclass All-American Honorable Mention as well as being voted Milford's Offensive Player of the Year following his junior season.
During the year, Helton batted .375 with 12 doubles, two home runs and 19 runs batted in.
The Eagles finished the 2013 season as the ECC champions and advanced to the district final before falling to Mason.
Another member of the Eagles' district runner-up team, Minton has signed to continue playing hardball at Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio under head coach Joe Wilkins.
Minton, a four-year varsity player for Tom Kilgore's Eagles, has been a Second Team All-ECC selection each of the last two seasons.
Minton will enter his senior season with a career batting average of .303 coming off of a junior campaign that saw him bat .330 and get on base nearly 40 percent of the time.
Minton led the Eagles with 34 hits, scored 22 runs and knocked in 14 more.
Minton and Helton represent the second and third members of the Eagles' 2014 squad to have sewn up college recruitment prior to the season beginning.
Finally, Bartsch, a senior forward and defensive back, gave his verbal commitment to Cincinnati State before the holiday break to play for head coach Mike Combs.
Bartsch led the Eagles in goals scored during his senior season as well as points and was named to a member of the First Team All-ECC as a result.
Bartsch led Milford to a 13-6-0 record during his senior campaign and a second-place finish in the league with a 4-2-0 mark. The Eagles would advance to the sectional final, but lose to eventual state champions Mason.
The three-year varsity player also plays club soccer for Cincinnati United Black and has played for the CSA and SCSA Fusion.
The senior is the first player from the 2013 squad to announce his plans to continue his career at the next level. He will make his commitment official in February when the national signing period opens for fall sports.


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Upon my first visit to any new Asian city, I am most excited to try the local food. Perhaps the second-most interesting feature unique to each new destination is the creative ways that people are transported across the city. Below are some of my favorite modes of transportation across Southeast Asian cities:
A bajaj, named after the Indian Bajaj motor company, is a motorized rickshaw. There are an estimated 20,000 of these in Indonesia's "Big Durian" capital of Jakarta. They will seat two comfortably and even accommodate five or six with a little motivation. The drivers are generally upbeat and fairly honest, though a little negotiation is necessary. Just ask a young local what you should pay to your destination before getting in.
The ride can be fun. These guys will fearlessly make a U-turn in any scenario. There is little protection from the city's dust and pollution. Make sure you've got your camera handy to capture the exhilarating view of one of the biggest, baddest cities in the world.
The ubiquitous 'Tuk Tuk" is so named due to the sputtering sound of its determined engine. They can often travel faster than taxis due to their ability to maneuver through traffic. Unfortunately, as taxis are also cheap in Bangkok, tuk tuks are often not a particularly cheaper option for "farang". Also, tuk-tuk drivers are some of the worst people in the world. Keep this in mind.
As always, bargain hard before getting in and feel free to ask a nearby local what a good price to pay is. Hold out for that price, or just take a damn taxi.
In most Philippine environments, the trike the is most common means of motorized transportation. Powered by a motorcycle, with a cab frequently covering the motorcycle itself, as opposed to a tuk tuk, in which the cab is detached from the bike. Trikes are generally safe and cheap, with rides starting around 20 pesos ($0.50) depending on your bargaining skills. Like jeepneys, the local minibuses made from former army jeeps, trikes are often painted in a fun, colorful manner.
A trishaw is simply a motorless bicycle with a seat affixed to the side of it (in Burma), or behind the peddler (Vietnam, Philippines for example). Dhaka, Bangladesh is perhaps the trishaw capital of the world, featuring more than 400,000 vehicles in the street. A ride in a trishaw is environmentally friendly. In China, rickshaws are a former icon. However, most cities have banned them outright and they exist solely as tourist attractions.
I differentiate "cyclos" from "trishaws" for the simple reason that the seat is in the front, which is unusual outside of Vietnam. Personally, if we can find a driver we trust, these are our favorite modes of transportation for urban distances. Being ushered around in the front and paraded along like the pope, for all passersby to view is a bit embarrassing for some, but we love it. Plus, cyclos offer an unobstructed view of the hustle and bustle surrounding you. Be sure that your peddler and you have a solid understanding of the fare agreed before you set out.
The jeepney is the most common mode of transportation in the Philippines. Resembling something out of The Road Warrior, no two jeepneys are alike. Spray painted images of Jesus and Mickey Mouse make art out of transportation, as spray painted images of Jesus and Mickey Mouse start and stop their way across Philippine cities. Complimenting their haphazard paint jobs, their routes are nearly impossible to figure out if you are just arriving in a city. But just ask a friendly local and they can explain which one to grab, as each jeepney does have a number and the major destinations also spray painted on the side.


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I don't know about you but I like all selection boxes. From chocolate to fragrance, I'll take the lot. I am in no way advocating that fragrance selection boxes should replace chocolate ones, but rather that they should be avidly encouraged in addition to chocolate selection boxes.
Right then, now we've cleared that up, let's begin.
It's a common refrain. People want perfume, after shave and toiletries for Christmas. You ask them what sort and they may say "I don't mind" or "anything."
The sheer volume of unwanted fragrances on eBay the day after Christmas tells me that this system of vague politeness doesn't work for anyone. So what's the solution? Fragrance selection boxes.
These will offer a variety of fragrances that your intended recipient can then choose from. If you can add a full bottle gift voucher, even better.
I've scouted around and made a list of my absolute favourites, none of which I would turn down (are you reading this in the North Pole Mr S.Claus?)
The Marks and Spencer Ferris Wheel
I salivated when I saw this. Not just miniatures, but generous 12ml bottles of 12 fragrances.
It's currently reduced to the bargain price of £22. The box is beautiful and your recipient (or you, if you're weak willed like me and end up keeping it) may find a new favourite. If I was a betting woman I would say this will sell out.
Whilst you're in there, check out the mini Fragonard sets. I had one a few years ago and the longevity was incredible. You honestly can't go wrong with Fragonard. Trust me, I'm a perfume blogger. I know this stuff.
The Perfume Society Discovery Boxes
These smart white boxes from The Perfume Society are my guilty pleasure throughout the year. I don't think there's a single one I've missed since they began. They're beautifully wrapped so you can give them as they are, and inside there are between eight and ten perfume samples, often with generous beauty treats too such as shower gel or hand cream and I've even had a tiny perfume bottle keyring and a nail polish.
Each box contains postcards with notes about the perfumes within, so it's a great way to learn what you like and discover new brands.
I'm not on the pay roll, but as a grown up, they are my absolute favourite toy and I love to sit there playing. They also do them for men too- try the Men's Edit or For Him and there's a sharing box for couples, which, teamed with a bottle of champagne, makes a fine wedding/anniversary/Christmas gift.
Buy British and Smell Good with 4160 Tuesdays
4160 Tuesdays is one of my favourite perfume houses. Probably in the top three but don't make me choose, okay? Too hard. With delightfully named sets of samples such as "Frocks and Hats" (my favourite), "Love & Life Stories" and "Best of British", you get seven spray samples and then you add your gift voucher so your recipient can fall in love with his or her favourite and buy up a big bottle with their voucher. Here's the link.
The samples will be wrapped up like little Quality Street in brightly coloured tissue so this is a very user-friendly Christmas gift. There's no extra charge for the wrapping, it's all part of the normal service. with 4160 Tuesdays. My favourites are Raw Silk and Red Roses, Killer Rose, Doe in The Snow, Tarts Knicker Drawer and Fruits of The Tree of Knowledge.
Pell Wall: Nine Beautiful Bottles from A Shropshire Lad
Over in beautiful Shropshire, Chris Bartlett of Pell Wall perfumes makes and sells beautiful fragrances made with his own hands. If you haven't heard of Pell Wall, you're in for a treat. I have tried several from the range and thoroughly recommend them. Best of all, you can buy a Pell Wall Discovery Set containing NINE generous 10ml spray bottles, for only £70. They come in a box ( see above) and these nine bottles should see you through at least a whole year. My personal favourites are Pretty in Pink, Deep Purple and Anjin.
Jo Malone
My local Jo Malone shop (nearest is Cardiff) is always very busy, no matter what time of year you go there. Fans are die hard and devoted. At Christmas, there is a wide choice of mini sets and selection boxes from which to choose your gift.
You can buy the London Cologne Collection from Jo Malone or John Lewis, and there's also the Intense Cologne Collection, and a scented candle selection box too.
Jo Loves
Jo Loves is a smaller company, also founded by Jo Malone MBE, long after Jo Malone the company was sold to Estee Lauder in 1999. Jo Loves is a smaller, more personal fragrance house, but no less addictive. Try the "Can't Go Wrong" Discovery Set which involves ten sample sprays and a voucher for either a 50ml or a 100ml bottle of scent. Check out the site here.
This Year's No Shows
Sadly, this year there is an absence of the Perfume Shop Viva Boxes, and also of the similar set at Boots, which is also no longer available. Both shops do little mini sets of branded scents (i.e Estee Lauder, Lancôme) but the little mixed sets with a gift voucher are no longer there. Also, the Fragrance Shop no longer does the Discovery Club, but they do have a new subscription service where you can "date" a fragrance before buying it. You can find details here, but I do miss my little quarterly box of surprises. Sniff. I'll have to cheer myself with some more chocolate.
PS Try TK Maxx. The stock is always changing, but you sometimes get wonderful variety sets around Christmas time. Last year I saw a Juicy Couture Rollerball set for around £12. This year they have Chloe mini sets, Modern Muse and Marc Jacobs. Quick!
How about you?
Have you discovered any variety boxes that i've missed? Share your tips and insider knowledge!


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I was thinkig about buying one was at Lowes and seen a Dewalt for $249.00 a Porter cable for $199.00 and a freud for $99.00 the difference with the freud it didn't have a angel fence on it. Does one need a tool like this? or can you get by with out one. BTY theshop is coming along slowly here is a flick
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Hey there.. I have the freud without the adjustable angle fence. It does give you the option of flipping the fence around and having 45 degree cuts as well as the straight cuts. In the 2 years i have been using it, it has suited me just fine from joining boards to making picture frames mostly.. For the extra $150 dollars, in my mind it is not worth it. I havent yet come across a need for angles other than the flat or 45 degree cuts.
If the DeWalt is listed at $249 and the PC is $199, go shopping elsewhere. The Dewalt normally goes for about $159 and the PC about $179-$189. I consider the PC to be the best and won't consider the DeWalt because of lack of features for the $$, but for the price the Freud is a good deal. Think about projects that you'll be making. Will you be doing any dresser bottoms or picture frames? Any joint that comes in at a miter could use a jointer with angled fence.
All that said, when I went shopping, I bought the PC. The things I liked were the fence, two blades, the sandpaper on the fence and the fact that the handle is on the fence so you get more control. The dust/chip collection has also been top notch.
Hey Thanks for the answers it is great to know information before I buy something I do not need. The Dewalt was priced from a company called Marco Supply they Quote Unquote say " We specialize in the lowest cost on dewalt tools" Yeah Right.........
The PC looks pretty good as I have a PC Orbital sander the one that you can adjust the speed. The Freud has a case, blade and a few more perks in it and for $99.00 I thought it was a good deal. Thanks again for all your help
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[Does one need a tool like this? or can you get by with out one. ]
You can easily get by without one. A biscuit jointer is not the "best" tool for many joints. However, I often use it anyway because it is so quick and because you can align it accurately with very little setup. The joints are strong enough for nearly all applications even if they aren't the strongest option. It has become one of my favorite tool purchases. I probably use it more than any of my other tools except a sander. For a weekend hacker, I would say it is not a necessity but a luxury. However, it is the first luxury I would want because it saves so much time (hours!).
The prices you listed are VERY HIGH! I got my Dewalt for around $160 at HD without shopping around. The PC was a little more than I could spend. The Dewalt is a great tool. I set the fence to angles other than 45 from time to time. This is why I wouldn't get the Freud because you only need the feature once to wish you had it. I like the Dewalt very much and would definitely recommend it.
The PC is also nice. The extra sizes of biscuits would be nice but you do have to change the blade back and forth to use them and I don't know how much of a pain that is. I use dowels for smaller applications when I which I had the smaller size biscuits. They work fine. Either choice is good and you will be happy with your purchase. For me personally, the Dewalt has the minimum features I would look for.
I've got the PC, and it's a geat tool! Changing the blade is a minor pain, but having the small face-frame slots is real nice and so worth the time.
Edge jointing boards has never been this easy, if setup is done carefully alignment is perfect, and after clamping there is no drifting of the boards.
I've started using biscuits liberally wherever I need alignments, as they are invisible. Just make sure you don't intend to cut where you've placed a biscuit.
Now that I have one, I often wonder how I would do some of my glue-ups otherwise.
I bought the Freud JS102.
1. I (and your use may be different) use it 95% of the time for flat 90° slots. You don't need a fancy fence for those.
2. I have never found a need for FF biscuits and if I did I'm not sure I would want to futch around changing the blades back and forth. Besides, I can buy the little (used to be Ryobi) Craftsman and have a dedicated mini-biscuit joiner.
3. Some say that the DeWalt and the PC will do 135°, implying that the Freud won't. You don't use a biscuit in just one side of a joint, if I need to biscuit a mitered corner, I can place the two mitered pieces face to face, with both long sides in the center coming to a point. I then have a 90° reference angle with which to place a slot in each matching miter face.
4. I bought mine for $110 on sale ($125 regular). If I ever buy the Craftsman mini joiner, I will have spent less than the cost of the PC and just a tad more than the cost of the DeWalt (and have a dedicated mini joiner).
As exciting as it may seem, you don't need to buy a Ferrari to drive to and from work when a Ford will get you there and back.


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A resolution asking the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename part of U.S. 24 the "Phyllis J. Pond Memorial Highway" passed the Indiana House unanimously Thursday.
The section of U.S. 24 in question extends from U.S. 30 east of New Haven to State Line Road in Allen County.
Pond, a state lawmaker who spent decades representing part of Allen County -including New Haven- in the Indiana General Assembly, died in September.
The author of the resolution -Pond's replacement, Casey Cox- said the honor would be an appropriate tribute to her legacy.
"Rep. Pond was a true public servant," said Rep. Cox. "As a legislator and an educator, she was always dedicated to the betterment and well-being of our community and state."
"[Pond] left enormous shoes to fill," said Rep. Cox. "She led by example and stood firmly on her principles throughout her tenure, and I strive to do the same. Her commitment to public service left an imprint on our community and the Statehouse. I hope that in some small way, the renaming of the highway will remind folks of Phyllis and her always caring spirit."
Final approval will be up to INDOT.


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a. Stem leaf, abaxial view. b. Flowering branch. c. Base of a distal umbel with a pair of stipules and a pair of inflorescence leaves. d. Lateral petal. e. Posterior petal, the "flag." f. Distal portions of posterior-lateral staminode (left, in abaxial view) and anterior staminode (right, in adaxial view). g. Distal portion of anterior style. Drawn by Amanda Humphrey.
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a, 4 cm; b, 1.3 cm; c–e, 6.7 mm; f, 4 mm; g, 2.7 mm. Based on Zardini & Godoy 50346, MICH. Drawn by Amanda Humphrey. First published by C. Anderson in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 23: 50. 2001.
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text: Hi...Hope this question is in the right place...apologies to the moderator if it is'nt. I am building a second computer solely for gaming and I was wondering if any of you fellow gaming guys could tell me which is the best processor for gaming?...pentium? athlon? Would be very interested in other people's specs and how they are finding their performance with them. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks from Colin