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Trip Coach: April 8, 2008
Kurt Repanshek, author of "National Parks With Kids," answered your questions about vacations in the National Parks with (and without) children.
Kurt Repanshek: Hi folks, Kurt Repanshek here, author of National Parks with Kids and the webmeister of nationalparkstraveler.com. Thanks for your interest in our national parks. They're fabulous places to visit. So let's get right to your questions to see if I can't help you out with your vacation plans.
Lansing, Mich.: We are planning a national parks trip this fall and have tentatively planned on flying into Las Vegas, renting a car and then heading to the north rim of the Grand Canyon for one night. Then on to as many of the parks in Utah as possible. We want to see as much as we can. Can we spend a day in each park and get a good sense of what they are all about?
Kurt Repanshek:
Lansing, without knowing how much time you're blocking out, my initial reaction would be that you're short-changing yourself by trying to see as many parks as is physically possible. I was just telling someone the other day that you need to experience the parks, not be a windshield tourist trying to notch as many overlook photos as possible. A big problem you're going to encounter is the enormity of this landscape. Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon is roughly 250 miles, or a good half-day's drive. Also, when in the fall are you planning your visit? The Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim closes for the season in mid-October. All that said, I much prefer the North Rim to the South Rim. It's less crowded, has some great views, great hikes, and great trees. Since you're planning to visit the North Rim, you can plan a route that will take you to Zion and Bryce Canyon and possibly Cedar Breaks. Whatever route you choose, be sure to plan enough time on the ground in each park!
Richmond, Va.: Our family of 4 (2 daughters 13, 16) have a Mon-Fri in Seattle the 2nd week of July. Which National Park should we visit for a couple days: Olympic, Mt. Rainier, Cascades, or San Juan Island, and why? We figure 2 days for Seattle, the other days for a park. Thanks for taking my question. Tom
Kurt Repanshek: Tom, you ask a tough question, as all the parks are great and have their own unique personalities. But in a pinch, I'd suggest visiting Olympic because, in truth, it's three parks in one. You've got the rugged coastline, which is simply gorgeous and nothing like your Virginia beaches. The sea stacks are awesome to see and the cobbled beaches great for beach-combing. And if you pay attention, you'll likely see some seals. Then there's the Hoh Rain Forest, an incredibly lush temperate rain forest with crystal clear streams, ferns, mosses, old-growth trees, banana slugs—something you just can't experience on the East Coast. And then if you head up to Hurricane Ridge you're at the alpine ceiling of the park with glaciers in view as well as the Strait of Juan de Fuca. You might even be able to play in snowfields. About the only downside is the park is roughly a 3-hour drive from Seattle. But you can get around that by taking a Washington State Ferry to Port Angeles.
Santa Clarita, Calif.: Are you going to address how unsafe our national forests are with all of the Mexican drug cartel activity?
Kurt Repanshek: Hi Santa Clarita. I'm not well-versed on national forests, but I can tell you that there are some drug problems on the national parks, ranging from marijuana "plantations" at Sequoia National Park to drug runners in some of the border park units, such as Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, and Big Bend National Park. Now, fortunately, most of these are isolated incidents in somewhat remote sections of these parks. That said, more and more the National Park Service is hard-pressed, financially, to deal with these problems as well as with the more traditional park problems, such as poaching, search-and-rescue missions, interpretive programs, and wilderness caretaking. We all need to lobby our congressional delegations about how important the parks are to us and that we want them to be adequately funded. For instance, did you know the National Park Service was tasked by the Homeland Security Department to handle border control? Not too many years ago this was costing the Park Service $40 million a year, a sum that Homeland Security did not reimburse.
Denver, Colo.: We'll be traveling up to Glacier National Park for a week at the end of July for a family reunion. Do you have any trails or sites you would suggest for children, or some ideas for my grandparents, who have some limited mobility?
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Lot 488: Royal Worcester Very Fine Pair Of Hand Painted Two
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Description: Royal Worcester Very Fine Pair Of Hand Painted Two Handle Lidded Vases. Still life's 'peaches and berries leaves' and pears and berries leaves. Signed John freeman. Date 1959, shape 2710-2. Printed factory mark to underside. Each vase stands 12.5 inches high. Each vase in excellent condition.


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Remember how the Gingerbread Boy is eaten by the fox? Well, not this Gingerbread Baby in a delicious twist to a favorite old tale.It all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Bay. He leads Matti's mother and father, the dog and the cat. And a whole colorful cast of characters on a rollicking chase through the village and into the forest, staying just out of reach, daring them to catch him along the way.
But Matti's not with them. He's at home in the borders making what turns out to be a gingerbread house into which the Gingerbread Baby runs. Only Matti knows he is safely inside. And readers will too when they look under the lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end of the story, and there he is!show more
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So begins the rollicking chase around Matti's kitchen and out into the countryside as Matti's mother, his father, the cat, and the dog run after the boisterous, bouncing Gingerbread Baby, only to be joined by a flock of goats, Martha and Madeline, a crowd of villagers and more. The Gingerbread Baby stays just out of reach, daring them to catch him all along the way!But Matti's not with them. He's at home, and we see him in the borders patting and rolling and putting something into the oven. What is he making? Will he ever see his Gingerbread Baby again?Yes! In a delicious twist at the end that surprises even that mischievous Gingerbread Baby.Jan Brett's lively and beautifully detailed paintings catch the spirit of a favorite old tale through her cheeky little Gingerbread Baby and the colorful cast of characters who pursue him through a tiny Swiss village surrounded by forest and mountain.show more
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Couple thoughts after Thursday's practice:
Jonathan Filewich made a good point about the lack of goal scorers on the roster right now. He said rookies like himself, Ryan Stone, Daniel Carcillo and Stephen Dixon put up big numbers in juniors, and now that we're getting to Christmastime, maybe they're about to start coming into their own as pros. I like that idea — the development of the next generation of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton scorers to replace the generation that has now graduated to Pittsburgh. It's really what minor league sports are all about.
I will explore the John Slaney debate in tomorrow's paper. Slaney is two points away from breaking the AHL's all-time scoring record for defensemen. If he gets those two points tomorrow night at the arena, should an announcement be made? Two of Slaney's former teammates came down on opposite sides of the issue.
Finally, the suggestions for what to do about my neighbor's lawn chair gave me a good laugh. Thanks. I like the Quikcrete and blow-up doll ideas because it's not that I really mind parking 100 yards further down the street, it's just that I'd like to teach the guy a lesson. I probably won't do anything other than move the chair onto the sidewalk — I'm really a chicken at heart — but the idea of him out there on his hands and knees trying to chisel the legs of the chair out of cement is pretty funny.


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Tropical Fish Keeping - Aquarium fish care and resources
- Livebearers
- - Stocking Question for a 10 gallon!
Stocking Question for a 10 gallon! I would like to set up a 10 gallon with Mollies, Guppies and Platys. Could I have three of each or would that be overcrowding? |
I have some more questions. (Sorry, it's been a while since I've raised live bearers.) 1. Is there a way to enduce a small amount of algae growth for my fish to nibble on? 2. Would they like a bubble wall to play in on the side of the tank? 3. Would it be okay to add a common pleco or some form of algae eater (NOT SNAILS) after the tank has been established for a while, just to keep it a bit cleaner. 4. Is a tropical flake food alright and the flake, crushed for any fry? 5. Around how much are plastic breeders? I have netted ones that provide much more room for the mother but it makes her fry much more vunerable and the fry get caught in crevaces. US terms, please. I don't know the conversion between pounds and dollars. 6. I also need stocking tips regarding to my first post. Thank you, Charlene A.K.A. Zombie |
for algae growth, you place a few rocks in a glass jar with some water and a little bit of fish food and sit it on your window sill or outside.........In a few days you will see algae growth on the rocks, once its enough for you, place rocks in the aquarium for a little snack The bubble wand is entirely up to you................one thing to consider, if you plan on having live plants, the bubbles will drive off much needed CO2 that your plants use flake food will be fine for a staple diet and crushing it for the fry will be fine, just make sure to supplement their diet with other foods from time to time (bloodworms, daphnia, spirulina.......) With the small tank size, a common pleco WILL NOT work in the tank, they get rather large and are a major waste producer................after the tank is established (3 or 4 months) you could try Oto Catfish, but you will need to supply them with an abundance of algae to suvive Sorry, never used the plastic breeders, so i wont comment on them Your stock list is tough to answer........Do you plan on getting males and females of the fore mentioned species?........If so, you will need a few more tanks for the fry to grow out in, these livebearers will NOT stop breeding if in the same tank together and you will have an overstocked tank in no time, thus leading to the degradation of your water parameters....... |
I will be breeding them for a Oscar I am planning on getting and I do have other tanks they can reside in as not to overstock. I think I've ruled platys off the list as stocking goes and I'd rather get a few more Mollies instead. I just can't find an Platys that catch my eye. I was thinking like a dalmation, lyretail and sailfin male and (4) as for females, a dalmation, lyretail, balloon and sailfin? I'm just nervous about not being able to tell if the female balloon is preggers.. I've never kept a balloon... And just a female and male fancy guppy. Maybe I should just stick with the Mollies for now since I've never kept Guppies either and it makes me a trifle nervous. I'm also worried about interbreeding with the Guppies and Mollies. I don't know if they'd even try and if they were sucessful produce mutated fry or something. I think I just want to stick with the Mollies mentioned before. I've had an upside-down catfish before (twice) but they die the next day. And if I got a divider and put it in, leaving a 4 inch portion, after the fry have been born and the mother removed, would that be adequate housing for a small amount before they could be released with the larger ones? I'll have another 10gal running for most of them but I just thought it would be cool to keeps some where they could interact with the parents. Maybe I won't get an Oscar and just use the 29gal for mollies. They were my first fish and I'm pretty attached. lol Sorry for being so indecisive. Any idea how many mollies I could get in a 29gal? Here are stocking plans so far if I only use the 10gal: 1x Dalmation MALE 1x Lyretail MALE 1x Sailfin MALE 1x Dalmation FEMALE 1x Lyretail FEMALE 1x Ballon FEMALE 1x Sailfin FEMALE If I go to the 29 gal instead, 1x Dalmation MALE 1x Lyretail MALE 1x Sailfin MALE 1x Balloon MALE 1x Dalmation FEMALE 1x Lyretail FEMALE 1x Ballon FEMALE 1x Sailfin FEMALE The list for the 29gal is just for starters. I need to think about everything first. I like the fact that there will be multiple strains of them in the tank to breed because I would love to have fry and not know what they'll look like. I think it would be a nice surprise. Any suggestions are wonderful. You can also contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com Sincerely, Charlene A.K.A. Zombie |
I read that when stocking you should have one inch of fish per gallon. After doing the math I've come to the conclution of 14 1/2 two inch fish in a 29 gal. Idk how the half would work out, so I'm rounding it to 14 as my max. I'm still not sure yet. I need to decide on colors and such. Again, feel free to email me with any concerns. This tanks will not be set up for at least a month but I'd like to have everything prepared ahead of time. |
It's advisable to have a 1:2 or 1:3 ratio of male to female. Males constantly pursue females for mating, so it causes the females stress. Having the same number or worse, more males, could eventually tire out the females, causing them to die a premature death. Instead of a female balloon (since you said it would be hard to see if it were pregnant, get a female silver or white molly instead. All the other strains are black, and the dalmatians black and white. It would be monotonous if all the fry turned out black or mostly black, right? Hehe.) Oh, and also, sailfins grow quite big. They usuealy reach 4 or 5 inches. If you're breeding them as feeders for your oscar, then 3 males and about 7 to 9 females would be producing stock loads of fry for you. Happy eating for your oscar! hehe |
Okay. I did a lot of thinking last night. Would the following stocking be alright? MALES: 1x Black 1x Dalmation Lyretail 1x White Sailfin 1x Dalmation Sailfin 1x Black Balloon 1x Dalmation Balloon FEMALES: 1x Dalmation 1x Black Lyretail 1x Orange Lyretail 1x White Lyretail 1x Black Sailfin 1x Dalmation Sailfin 1x White Balloon 1x Marble/Orange Balloon That would come to a total of 6 males and 8 females. Also, my step-brother is looking into getting Mollies as well. He is looking into a 10-gallon tank and after discussing what he wanted, we came to a conclusion of four fish for his tank as follows; 1x Dalmation 1x Sailfin 1x Balloon 1x Lyretail They would all be females as to keep away breeding other than the babies expected from storing the sperm and from any impregnations at the pet store. We will just let them be eaten. I told him not to get all males because I was afraid of possible aggression. Is that logical? Thanks again for everyones' help. |
And I have thrown out the Oscar idea completely. |
The 6 males and 8 females is a huge load for a 29 gallon tank, especially if you intend to retain any fry. The other down side I see to your stocking is that you will have no clue what to expect when the males each ignore colors and are breeding with all of the females. You need to choose what you like, in my opinion, and then set up a nice tank with one male and maybe 3 females of that color and finnage. It will let you have a clue what to expect with your breeding and the population will be light enough to raise a few, not many, fry. |
I intend to retain fry in a separate tank; a ten gallon and I'm fond of having a surprise batch of fry. What if I stocked the tank with nine-ten fish; 3 male, 6 female and as follows? 2 Balloon Molles (FEMALE/FEMALE) 2 Black Mollies (FEMALE/FEMALE) 2 Sailfin Mollies (MALE/MALE) 2 Lyretail Mollies (FEMALE/MALE) 1 Silver Mollie (FEMALE) Also, what about my step-brothers' tank? If he can wait, he'd like to have some of the fry my fish will produce. |
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When we were young my mum would sometimes call me a 'clever cookie'. Today I want to you tell you about a clever cookie. Ricki Heller is a fellow blogger who writes the wonderful Diet, Dessert and Dogs (which I have raved about before), and has recently produced a cookbook called Sweet Freedom. I have had my copy for a few weeks and already have made some of the wonderful sweet treats within.
I made a few substitutions – wheat and barley flour instead of spelt, brown sugar instead of sucanat, and less vanilla essence. My only quibble with the recipe is that it called for eggplant puree without giving an indication of how much eggplant was needed or how to make it. I've never seen eggplant puree for sale here so made my own. I did a few other things that would earn Ricki's disapproval. I was a bit lackadaisical with measurements - measuring sugar by weight and other ingredients by cups, and, as you will see in the photos, my cookies were too close together.
On the night I made them, E told me they were very nice and he went back for another. Then last night I said I forgot to tell him the secret ingredient and asked him to guess. First guess was eggplant. I think he had sought the most unlikely and unappealing ingredient. His jaw dropped when I said yes. But it didn't stop him eating them. They are very moreish and the ones in the biscuit tin didn't last long. I am very happy to report that there are still some in the freezer. Oh joy! Even Sylvia wanted a taste.
Adapted from Diet Dessert and Dogs
makes about 30 biscuits
- ½ cup natural crunchy peanut butter
- 120g (about ⅔ cup) brown sugar
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cider vinegar
- ⅓ cup pureed cooked eggplant*
- 1 cup plain flour
- ½ cup barley flour
- ⅓ cup dark cocoa powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
*I used 100g eggplant but next time would use a little more. I brought it to the boil, simmered it for 10 minutes, then drained it and sieved it. I pushed some of the water out through a sieve before I sieved it but ended up using some of this because I was a little under ⅓ a cup. Alternately you may substitute another moisture-rich vegetable, such as cooked zucchini, or use unsweetened applesauce.
Bake for about 12 minutes, rotating pans halfway, until cookies are puffed and cracked on top. Cool biscuits on the tray. They will firm up as they cool and may be frozen.
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Congratulations, everyone! If you're reading this, you did not die in the hurricane that swept much of the east coast this past weekend. While it proved to be a major snore-icane here in NYC, other parts of the country got absolutely hammered by Irene, who is such a moody bitch she must be on her period or something, amirite bros? The news media being what it is, a bunch of amazing images made it onto the Internet. Whether people were trying to survive or just being jackasses, each one of them made me go "whoa," "heh," "YOU, SIR, ARE AN IDIOT" or some mixture of the three.
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Dr. Moschetti received her Ph.D. and Master's degree at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at California State University, Chico. She began teaching at Cal State Northridge as a lecturer in 2008. In 2011, she joined the tenure-line faculty after completing a developmental psychology postdoctoral fellowship at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany.
Dr. Moschetti's research focuses on the development and well-being of underrepresented and understudied adolescents and young adults with a specific focus on the transition from high school into college. She is particularly interested in investigating the attitudes, experiences, social support systems, and knowledge among students who are first in their family to attend college, using the lens of social capital theory.
CADV 150—Foundations of Child and Adolescent Development
CADV 350—Applied Cognitive Development
CADV 352—Applied Social Development
CADV 380—Methods of Child and Adolescent Study
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Selected Publications & Presentations
Moschetti, R. V. & Hudley, C. A. (2010, March). Social capital and academic motivation among white, first-generation, community college students. Poster presented at Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
Hudley, C. A., Moschetti, R. V., Gonzalez, A. M., Cho, S., Barry, L., & Kelly, M. (2009).
College freshmen's perceptions of their high school experiences. Journal of Advanced Academics.
Moschetti, R. V. & Hudley, C. A. (2009, June). Understanding the experiences of white, working-class, first-generation community college students. Paper presented at Class Matters: Working Class Studies Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Moschetti, R. V. & Hudley, C. A. (2009, April). Social capital and academic motivation among first generation community college students. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.


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Larry Keel is joining the already stellar Kinfolk Celebration lineup alongside Greensky Bluegrass, Todd Snider, and Split Lip Rayfield. We're so honored to headline with special guest Andy Hall of the Infamous Stringdusters for two nights, August 24&25, at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch to share this weekend of friends, fun, and our unsurpassed Kinfolk family with these amazing musicians and all of you!
All three Mountain Sun Pubs (Mountain Sun and Southern Sun in Boulder, Vine Street Pub in Denver) are sweetening the deal with a free pint for every Kinfolk Celebration ticket purchase at their pubs. If you're local to the Front Range, stop on in starting today, get your tickets for the celebration, and enjoy a pint courtesy of the fine folks of the Mountain Sun. Remember: the pubs accept only cash or check, so come prepared or plan to use the onsite ATM.
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PARIS, Thursday—One morning last week the President of the General Assembly, Dr. Luis Padilla Nervo and other officials of the U.N. gathered in the lobby of the Palais de Chaillot to explain a UNESCO plan that is being launched in every country of the world.
Three nice young girls belonging to the French section of UNESCO had arranged books and stamps for us to look at and were prepared to sell us bonds of small denominations or stamps, each one of which represented a gift to UNESCO. In other words, it was a kind of international scrip, and while we paid for the stamps in French money it could be spent anywhere in the world for the cultural needs either of children or of older people.
This seems like an excellent undertaking. For instance, if children in schools of the United States participate they will be anxious to know what UNESCO does for schoolchildren in various parts of the world. They may not know just exactly where their contribution goes but they will know that their contribution, together with many others, made the work among schoolchildren possible. And grown-ups buying bonds or stamps will feel they have a stake in whatever kind of work is being carried on in the cultural or scientific areas by UNESCO throughout the world.
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In going over speeches made by some of our delegates the other day I came across an answer to the accusations leveled against the United States, which was made by Dr. Channing Tobias. I think what he said is worthy of repetition.
All the satellite countries, in every committee, try to paint for the rest of us a picture of perfection in their countries in the economic and social areas. Dr. Tobias, therefore, asked rather pointedly whether it was true that in the late months of 1951 in Poland that fish, butter, cheese, flour, sugar, and potatoes practically disappeared from the retail stores.
Then he asked whether it was true that a Polish worker would have to work a whole hour to be able to buy one kilogram of flour. In the U.S., he said, the average worker would have to work only nine minutes. To pay for a quart of milk in Poland the worker would have to work 45 minutes compared to six minutes in the U.S.
One egg would require 23 minutes of work in Poland and two minutes of work in the U.S. And sugar, which is scarce in Poland, would require two hours and 37 minutes of work to purchase one kilogram, as against nine minutes in the U.S. The same amount of beef requires three hours and 20 minutes of work in Poland and 33 minutes in the U.S. And a man's woolen suit requires 240 hours of work in Poland, compared to 25 hours in the U.S.
We often think prices are high at home, and that we don't get enough for the money we spend. But for a great number of reasons, not only the economic ones, I think it is fortunate for any of us to live in the U.S. rather than in Poland.


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At Bath the British can catch glimpses of their rebellious daughter country's history in an unusual museum
August 1974 | Volume 25, Issue 5
The museum is probably best known in England for its stunning collection of some sixty patchwork quilts that are on display, with many others in reserve storage. They are hung fulllength on swinging crossbars so that their overall design can be appreciated. Some hooked rugs are also shown, and the textiles are widely studied by serious students of needlework. Outside, the Mount Vernon garden reproduces George Washington's original one in Virginia, plant for plant, and the Southampton, Long Island, Garden Club has installed an authentic herb garden of native American plants, many of which are on sale in an herb shop at the front of the manor. Also on the grounds is a nineteenth-century milliner's shop displaying bonnets and vividly decorated travelling boxes and a first-rate gallery of American folk art housed in what was the manor stable.
On sunny days scores of school-children are scattered over the broad lawn gobbling down their picnic lunches, and there is no doubt that the museum offers them a rich visual picture of America's past. The founders' message to the English—that Americans are creative as well as pioneering in spirit—seems to get through pretty well, although one schoolgirl remains convinced, after inspecting samples of scrimshaw in the ship captain's cabin, that American whales were born with pictures of ships engraved on their teeth. The air of authenticity is maintained even in the country store, where souvenirs are sold, and in a tearoom serving cookies and cakes from real colonial recipes. But one item did rather shatter the careful illusion—a tray of little cakes with sugar frosting on top was bravely labelled "Original American Flapjacks."


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Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S): Wednesday, Goldman Sachs Group removed its rating and price target on Sprint Nextel Corporation in a report. Goldman Sachs wrote, "The Americas Investment Review Committee has determined that the ratings and price target for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) should be removed. Goldman Sachs is acting as a financial advisor in connection with a transaction that is fundamental to the reasonable analysis of the rating and price target for this stock. This 'Not Rated' status will continue until such time as sufficient information is available, and/or contingencies appear resolved, to allow such analysis. Earnings estimates during this period will be made without regard to the proposed transaction."
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has intentions to shut down its app store beginning in January, and the company will have all Verizon Apps application remotely removed from its devices by March 27, 2013. For the most part, the app store was a throwback to application portals and stores that showed dominance prior to Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone and App Store.
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MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS) agreed to merge with its more prominent rival, T-Mobile USA, in October, and the company renewed its previous attempt partner with its rival Leap Wireless International. Bloomberg reports that MetroPCS revealed that there were discussions regarding a potential merger with a third party in a regulatory filing that was dated 16 November, and a person close to the situation has now stated that htis party is Leap.
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The simple bow is clearly the new design icon of 2010. (Wait, is it even possible that owls have gone by the wayside?) I'm seeing it on accessories, on stationery, even kids clothes. A British stylist I worked with recently was obsessed with bows, so I wasn't too surprised to see them turn up in a shop that calls itself "American…with a touch of a British accent."
I love the tromp l'oeuil stitching on this sweet ribbon tee for girls
spotted at Amoretti Designs, an adorable label founded by Rebekah Merkle, Idaho
mom of five turned stone cottage-owning British expat.
long, slender length and the shirring in the sleeves make it the kind
of tee I love to buy for my girls – just a bit more feminine and styled
than your average generic t-shirt.
The other designs are fun too if a bit summery, from an apple blossom to a bluebird to a
pink longhorn.
You can also match them with two styles of truly lovely US-made
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the shop (sizes 4 and up), especially if you're in one of those
warm-all-the-time cities. Which Oxford, England most certainly isn't.
Good thing Rebekah has got the tea and those five children to chase after, to keep her warm. –Liz
Find adorablee tees for girls, kirts and accessories online at Amoretti Designs.


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The top graph is the L212 system summed. The bottom graphs are the B212 and L212 side panels separate.
The top graph is the L212 system summed. The bottom graphs are the B212 and L212 side panels separate.
Performance Series 5.1/1990s L1.L5.L7/L100A
1500 amps when not in use? I don't quite understand how that would be or if that's true of all amps including mine?
I keep my PS1400 on full time since the triggers don't perform very well IME, and I had read here about the value of staying continually "on"
Performance Series 5.1/1990s L1.L5.L7/L100A
1500 amps is about the full load of 10-15 average households.
1500 watts is more like it and that is under full output with the current draw reduced significantly at lower power. Many amps will have their idle power listed.
Living in the Land of the Sun
Performance Series 5.1/1990s L1.L5.L7/L100A
If you're really curious, get one of those meters for measuring watts.
With no input, most amps will use just the amount of power that gets converted to heat.
Performance Series 5.1/1990s L1.L5.L7/L100A
I decided to splurge and get one of the Killawatt meters. Kind of fun to play with. At idle, a PS1400 uses 29W. My Sunfire 400x5 amp uses about 40W when it's on with no input. It's also surprising how little juice is used in normal listening.
The meter also keeps a total tally of K-Watt hrs used over time, so you can calculate what you're spending on juice.
This model is 405WPC x5 into 8u 20-20K. 810 WPC into 4u at clipping. It has a 15 amp fuse. It's also rated to 1600 WPC into 2u with a "time limited" stipulation.
I did some more testing with the meter. Running the Sunfire and 2x PS1400 through the meter. Playing the 5.1 SACD of Brothers In Arms (Dire Straits) at 0db I saw around 250W total usage (bouncing from 150-300). At -10db it dropped to 150 and at normal listening level (-15db) it's real close to 100W. Of course that is not any reflection of peak power, just "RMS".
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About Other Australia
View a map of Other Australia wineriesWith a landmass the size of the US, Australia has just as many appellations. Many wines are simply labeled from their state of origin. Some of these are the most popular:
"Bright, lively and generous with its distinctively blueberry, plum and smoky aromas and flavors. Lingers with unexpected elegance and hints of sweet spice on the finish. Drink now through 2012."
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The bouquet is a complex blend of red berry fruits with plum and chocolate and a hint of spice. The palate has rich fruit flavors of dark berry with an excellent depth of intensity and an almost seamless structure. In the glass, it shows a deep vibrant red with purple tinges. The intense flavors are held together by well integrated fine grain tannins, providing a long rewarding finish. A stylish wine, which will age gracefully and improve with time in the bottle.
Viticulture: The fruit from this wine was sourced from premium vineyards within the Limestone Coast region, with the majority coming from the Connawarra and Wrattonbully regions. The Limestone Coast is one of Australia's leading wine producing areas, located half way between Melbourne and Adelaide. The region is famous for outcrops of red soil that sits above a hard layer of coastal limestone – hence the regions name. Careful crop management ensures low yields and intensely flavored fruit. The 1999 vintage was mild to warm during the ripening period, producing fruit with excellent color and flavor development.
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By Sarwant Singh with contributions from Julia Saini
Imagine this: you are driving your new R8 along the Californian coastline at sunset, through the panoramic roof you admire the passing clouds – you lean deeper back into the red leather contoured sport seat, the black dashboard matching the shiny black coated hood reflecting the last rays of sunlight. You feel a prickle of excitement as you steer effortlessly through bends along the coast. It feels good. You smoothly stop the car, and subsequently exit. All of a sudden you snap back – you are in Canary Wharf in London, the financial capital of Europe. It's lunchtime, in 20 minutes you need to be back at your desk for a conference call with Wall Street to start off the afternoon. You take one last look at the dream machine you were test driving on a simulator in your local dealership; all while the customer relationship manager smiles and tells you, "Rupert, I'll send you the QR code, so you can review the specs of your model at leisure. I know you are still undecided about the interior colour and trim. Just play around with the configurator. By the way, I have booked a real test drive for you on Saturday which will be held at your home. My sales guy will drop off the car." Rupert is pleased by the options offered, and crosses his fingers that his bonus comes in – and that the spin around the Cotswolds over the weekend will do the trick with Martina, his wife.
Although today Rupert would not be able to drive his digital dream machine through virtual landscapes, digitised flagship stores are already a reality. Forget your brick and mortar suburban dealerships, displaying 150 cars in the forecourt so often seen in US - flagship stores next to streets that also contain stores like and Tiffany, will transform the way we experience and buy cars. Dealerships are changing in format, size and concept - there is an increased emphasis on developing flagship or completely digital retail stores in heart of city centres, where the brand meets the customer in his own living and working environment - the city.
The car industry is finally waking up to the realisation that what happened to brick and mortar stores in the publishing and electronics industries is now on their door steps. In 2009, only 4 percent of all retail sales (across all product lines, except fuel stations) globally were online. A trend which accelerated to about 11 percent of all sales in 2011 and is expected to be around 13 - 15 percent when 2013 data is finalized. In certain industries, like publishing & entertainment, the leading retailers already collect over 50 percent of their revenues online, which has forcibly shutdown major brick and mortar stores (like Borders in the US) who have failed to follow the trend.
Absolutely! A recent Frost & Sullivan study suggests that about 5 percent of all cars will be sold online by 2020. Car companies are already starting to sell their cars online, such as Ford UK that makes deals through its website http://www.fordretailonline.co.uk/ and similarly Dacia (http://www.dacia.co.uk/) that has shown enormous growth in Europe by pushing its online sales channels with dealerships used as a backup. New car entrants like Tesla process online.
While some car companies are going down the route of online sales, others are opening flag ship stores in city centres (e.g. BMW and in London and Paris) or even experience stores, that create a buying experience similar to a coffee shop, like in case of 's store in Tokyo. However, the most interesting of them all is Audi with its new Audi City (http://audi-microsites.com/audi-city/en/).
Audi is one of the few car companies that has made this vision a reality, opening digital showrooms in London and Beijing. The London Audi City showroom in Green Park, for example, is the smallest Audi dealership in the UK, measuring a mere 420 square meters of display space, featuring around four vehicle models. It has, however, been a huge success, with over 50,000 visits in its first year of operation, selling an average of seven cars per week. Visitors are greeted by customer relationship managers, who consult on the brand and advise how to digitally create a car from several hundred million potential configurations that allow customers to see it come to life. This revolutionary approach has led to a 60 - 70 percent increase in new car sales, with 75 percent of orders placed by first time Audi buyers and customers buying cars at 120 percent of the price due to high uptake rate of optional features. But most interestingly and absolutely mind blowing, is that 50 percent of customers in first half of 2013 ordered vehicles at their London Audi City store without a physical test drive, having 'experienced' their future car in an entirely virtual environment. Could you imagine buying the second most important purchase of your life without a test drive? Obviously the young and Audi buyers don't care.
These urban stores will also be unique in their set up and use of technology. They will be "unlimited," "connected," "socially integrated" and will make the on-line and offline experience seamless. Although physically displaying only three to four cars (versus around 15 to 50 cars in a conventional dealership) these future dealerships will have a virtually unlimited retail space: aided by digital tools, such as interactive full-sized powerwall configurators, which will be possible to display an entire model line-up, past current and future - with an infinite number of optional configurations. Customers will be able to create virtual cars and transfer them to the full-sized powerwalls to experience them in a 1:1 scale, such as how it is done on the previously-mentioned Audi showroom. Furthermore, as with the virtual vehicle on-board experience (which is expected to be part of the digital showroom in the near future) comes the reality of driving these customized cars through virtual landscapes.
Featuring different degrees of digitisation (from 1:1 scale wall-sized digital screens as seen in Audi to personalised displays on tablets and iPads as used by Nissan), Frost & Sullivan estimates that around 100 city flagship stores will be opened by car makers globally by the end of the decade. This new breed of urban dealerships is expected to record an extraordinary high number of visits and become a one-stop-shop aimed at providing a unique brand experience. The digital flagship store will not only be a platform to experience or buy vehicles during your 'lunch break', but also to sell vehicles and to drive leads into conventional dealerships. The dealership network as we know it now will change dramatically within the next few years.
A challenge posed by this change for car companies is the migration of the so-called 'online/offline customer experience'. Nowadays the average number of showroom visits a customer makes before a new car purchase is on an average 1.4 - down from four visits. Customers walk into a dealership with their homework done. They will have browsed websites, read reviews, visited social networks and community forums – and at that point, the role of the dealer will no longer be that of an information source, but that of a product experience provider. In order to avoid an anticlimax, dealers and vehicle manufacturers need to collaborate and facilitate a seamless transition from the online to the offline (dealership) experience.
So, is it a matter of time before the likes of Rupert will create and order their virtual dream car over lunchtime to have it delivered via in a big cardbox or through an unmanned aerial vehicle? Or will we dispense of showrooms and dealerships altogether and shop for our next car online?
As for Rupert, his sassy R8 will remain a virtual reality. But that decision was due to Martina, not digitisation.
Sarwant Singh is a futurist and thought leader in the Automotive and Transport area. He is well known for his research on Mega Trends and has pioneered the "Macro to Micro" approach of identifying uncontested market space opportunities across industries.


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Brighton & Hove Albion (The Seagulls) Futbol Formaları
After 12 seasons without a home the Seagulls are now enjoying excellent support at the magnificent Amex stadium
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Brighton & Hove Albion için önerilen siteler
- Seagulls TV http://www.seagulls.tv The Brighton & Hove Albion retro website featuring a large archive of video, photos, player information and results from 1970 to 1997.
- The Goldstone Wrap http://www.thegoldstonewrap.com A daily retro Brighton & Hove Albion blog.
- North Stand Chat http://www.northstandchat.com/ The Seagulls message board, many years old and still going strong
- Bhalba http://bhalba.webnode.com/ Scottish Brighton fans site
- Brightonfans http://www.brightonfans.com
- Seagull Snaps http://www.freewebs.com/brightonaces/ A collection of pictures snapped around the grounds whilst watching Brighton & Hove Albion!
- www.seagulls.co.uk http://www.seagulls.co.uk/ This is the Official Brighton & Hove Albion website.
- Mid Sussex Seagulls http://www.midsussexseagulls.co.uk Mid Sussex Seagulls aim is promoting the Albion in the Mid Sussex Area and provide transport to the American Express Community Stadium


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Jim Cooper performs the final, disturbing, and emotionally-charged installment of Patrick D'Orazio's Dark Trilogy with a growl befitting the bleak, post-apocalyptic world in which Jeff Blaine and his few fellow survivors find themselves. In a time and place where everything that can go wrong has, nothing goes as planned, beginning with the supply run that reveals the group's hideout, provoking an onslaught of the undead. Caught between two gruesome fates, Blaine and the others face the zombie who wish to gnaw them from the outside while struggling with the hatred that threatens to consume them from within.
The dead have risen, and their hunger for the flesh of the living is insatiable.…
It has been six weeks since the virus engulfed the world. Everyone who was infected died, and then rose again. Governments collapsed, armies fell, and civilizations turned to dust as the human race tore itself to pieces. The living are in danger of becoming extinct.…
Jeff Blaine has witnessed the annihilation of his family and everything that mattered to him. When he steps outside his home for the first time since the world died, he meets Megan, George, and Jason, three other survivors who force him to accept that there may still be a reason to fight and live to see another day. It doesn't take long for the quartet to stumble into a trap set by a group led by the charismatic Michael. While he promises a safe haven from the undead behind the walls of his makeshift fortress, the loyalty he and his cronies demand may be too high a price for Jeff and the others to pay.
Daylight is fading for humanity.…
When a routine supply run to a nearby town turns deadly and the ghouls walking the street track the living back to their hideout, the mettle of the meager band of survivors will be tested as they are forced to face the onslaught of the undead. Even as they flee, and their world falls deeper into despair, Jeff and the others must find a way to defeat not only the undead, but the hatred that threatens to cripple their souls. Because the only way anyone will survive is if they can find their way beyond the dark.
©2012 Patrick D'Orazio and Permuted Press (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Avid Zombie fan who's starting to listen to more and more Fantasy and Sci-Fi stories. So, my description is apt to change. Dog lover who's known to have cats. LOL C# coder, part-time prepper, B movie fan, AMC watcher, recovering but successful day trader, perpetual student, overjoyed uncle, former adrenaline junkie with a flare for cooking, and lots more. LOL
"great ending to the series"
yes. the story is short, but full of hold onto your seat action. i couldn't stop listening. i wanted to see how the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks they got outta there!
book 3 picks up where book 2 ended- with the group of survivors fleeing the hoard of zombies in an rv. if you listened to book 2 and are hesitant to download book 3, DON'T BE!
book 3 is non-stop action from beginning to end. i won't give away what happens, but there was a satisfying ending for all of the characters, especially george.
so if you made it through book 2, book 3 is worth its price. it's full of fleeing, fighting, chilling scenes of characters dying, settling old scores, and re-uniting with loved ones. oh yeah! and lots of zombies. no character is safe! i like authors who have the gravitas to off a character.
my main caveat is i really wish the author had combined all 3 books into one 1 book, but that's my 2 cents. overall, it was a fun series to listen to.
"Not very good..."
CONTAINS SPOILERS: Don't read if you haven't read the book.
I listened to the first 2 books and enjoyed them, but this book was simply about crazy Michael and crazy Cindy hunted the main characters through town. There was no real plot unless you consider picking off minor characters one by one to be actual character/plot. I sure don't. Plus too many deaths of children, and descriptions of kid deaths. Yeah I get it. Zombies kill people. I don't need to hear about their bodies being mutilated and children being killed and eaten in gory detail. I know it happens but less detail please. No point in introducing those characters in the first place if you are just going to wax them and go back to the original cast.
Plus, nothing ever happens. They are trapped in town. At the ending they leave the town, nearly the same group that enters.. Part of the fun of a zombie book is getting out and seeing what happened to the world. Being trapped in one place while psycho badies stalk you is rather boring. And plus whats the point of introducing minor characters just to pick them off. You know the main character and his girlfriend won't die, so there really isn't a lot of suspense.
Hated the ending with George. He was a great character. Just never thought him as crazy or suicidal. What a waste of time reading that.
Overall, this series should've been a single book. Broken into 3 parts, the ending felt absurd and more like a bad slasher horror flick.
Not my favorite.
Zombies Books in order: 1. We're Alive 2. Day By Day Armageddon 3. Roads Less Traveled Series 4. Alaskan Undead Apocalypse 5. World War Z 6. The Walking Dead 7. Rise Again 8. As the World Dies 9. Zombie Fallout
"Much Better"
This was much better than the previous book, with a faster pace more action and just a better story. No where near as good as the first book though.
The RV they tried to get away in crashes and everybody separates for various reasons and horrible things happen as they try to survive the marauding zombies in the city. I'm not too keen in children in stories because they usually are just a burden and don't help out, and this story is no different. Of course they whimper and cry, attracting the hoard. Didn't mind how things turned out though.
The epilogue with George was just great, think I liked that part more than anything.
A satisfying conclusion, but I will miss Megan and Jeff and wish the author would continue with their story. Preferably minus the children unless they have helpful roles like Jason had in the first book.
"I wished and hoped they would all die."
This was not time well spent. By the time I got half way through I was only listening so I could be done with it.
Yes. The first two books in this series were pretty good.
By the end I wanted every character to die. This may spoil the book for anyone that wants to listen, so be warned. The book picks up at the very end of the second, and from there is just one long slog of being chased and characters trying to reconnect. They action in this book is so no stop that it goes beyond suspension of disbelief into bad action movie fight sequence. This overall made the listen very tedious. It was only stubbornness that made me hear it through to the very end. After I was done I listened to Day by Day Armageddon just so I would not have this book's disappointment stuck in my head.


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O.J. Simpson Bronco - In June, 1994 former football legend, actor and broadcaster O. J. Simpson was implicated as the primary suspect in the brutal murders of his former wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. In an attempt to escape prosecution, O. J. entered his 1993 white Ford Bronco and raced across Southern California freeways in hopes of eluding authorities. Simpson's friend A.C. Cowling drove the car.
The incident became part of a media frenzy as TV station coverage broadcast the event from the air to 95 million viewers who watched Mr. Simpson's Bronco lead the local police and the California Highway Patrol on a merry low-speed chase throughout the Southland. Under pressure to surrender, O. J. returned to his home where he was taken under custody. He was later found "not" guilty on October 3, 1995 in a controversial trial that made media celebrity's out of O.J.'s lawyer Johnny Cochran (died 2005) and opposing counsel Marcia Clark who prosecuted the case. Simpson was later found guilty in a "wrongful death civil suit" and ordered to pay nearly 40 million dollars in damages.
Later, A.C. Cowling made an offer with a Startifacts, a Minnesota-based corporation to "sell, assign, grant, transfer and convey" his rights to the Bronco for $75,000 (License 3DHY503). However, at the last minute Cowling backed out of the deal allegedly so he could get a better offer. Startifacts sued Cowling over the matter.
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Of course, not everybody was amused with Simpson's attempt at humor. Fred Goldman, the father of the Ron Goldman, called the program "morally reprehensible."
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In addition, because of Simpson's association with the Hertz rental car firm, his wife's murder trial spawned a number of Hertz related jokes, such as:
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Hanks, Jay Leno, Holly Robinson Peete, Loretta Devine and Stevie Wonder were among those who helped celebrate the life of Michael Clarke Duncan during a nearly four-hour memorial service Monday marked by heartfelt speeches, rousing gospel performances and photos of the always-smiling star.
Hanks and Leno shared stories about "The Green Mile" star. Peete talked about meeting Duncan while he was still a celebrity bodyguard. Devine spoke of how Duncan would do anything for a laugh.
Wonder appeared via video, solemnly playing piano and singing the opening verses of his life-affirming song "As" for the man he called "a gentle giant."
Duncan died Sept. 3 at 54, having never fully recovered from a heart attack in July. His physician was among the speakers at the service at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries in Los Angeles.
Former reality TV star the Rev. Omarosa O. Manigault, who was Duncan's fiancée, also attended along with Duncan's mother, sister and nephews.
Backed by a gospel choir, singers Angie Stone, Kelly Price, Kenny Lattimore and Abraham McDonald lent their voices to the private funeral. State Assemblyman Mike Davis and Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson also attended, with the council declaring Monday as "Michael Clarke Duncan Day."
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Iceland currency
Iceland's currency is called the Krona , (plural kronur). Iceland is a rich country. The Krona is at times abbreviated as ISK. The country's coins come in 1,10,50 and 100 denominations, while notes can be found in denominations of 5000kr,2000kr, 1000kr, and 500kr. Historical sources explain that Krona was subdivided into 100 aurar even though the division is no longer in use.
The word 'krona' means 'crown'. This currency is believed to have some relations with several other Nordic currencies like the currencies of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
It should be remembered that Iceland is not a member of EU (European Union) and therefore it doesn't use the euro. The currency is entirely managed by the central bank of Iceland and that is why its value in terms of other currencies is said to be volatile.
Tips on getting the best rates if you are new to Iceland
As a result of the fact that other currencies are not easily acceptable in Iceland, it is good to have some information about how to obtain acceptable currencies so that inconveniences can be evaded.
If you plan to visit Iceland, you should be aware that other currencies are rarely accepted for use in the country. It is at the Keflavik International airport where other currencies like the US dollar and Euro is accepted.
However, electronic ways of settling debts is widely accepted and that is why the use of debit and credit cards is encouraged here.
ATM's are one of the most reliable ways to get liquid cash at friendly rates. It is advisable to opt for the ATM exchange because it is common to find visitors spending a lot of time trying to obtain the Kronur on arrival. Basically, if you have taken a flight to Iceland, immediately you land at Keflavik International airport, locate a currency exchange desk and change.
Always avoid exchanging your money at hotels since the transaction fees may not be friendly.
ATM's are scattered all over the country. Most of the ATM's operate for twenty four hours, every traveler should bear in mind that the Icelandic ATM's accept credit and debit cards.
Facts about the use of credit and debit cards in Iceland
To begin with, credit cards are convenient and safe. It is our concern to ensure that our money is kept safely as we travel. All the safety services are available if only we use the ATM. Another thing that champions the use of ATM's is the fact that they offer fair exchange rates. As a traveler, it is obvious that you should be mindful about the value of your money because you would not love to get broke in a foreign country.
As a visitor, you will have plenty of things to do, plenty of activities to participate in and obviously, there are some beautiful things that you will need to purchase from Iceland. In order to obtains the ideal value of your money, you need to get the best exchange rate from your trusted provider – the ATM.
While in Iceland, the regulation requires that you have the PIN (personal identification number) in order for you to cash advances of a credit card. However, still a good number of credit card purchases do not demand PIN but that will change with new regulation late 2013 . So it is always good to have the PIN on the finger tips while making credit purchases because circumstances may arise where a buyer will be required to produce a PIN.
Why is the use of Debit and credit cards common in Iceland?
Iceland is one destination where you will find the use of debit cards and credit cards. This is because Iceland is a country which allows the use of the cards to make purchases at shops and other tourist establishments. Charging for a ride can even be made using a debit or credit card in Iceland.
Summary of acceptable cards in Iceland.
Accepted credit cards
Visa and master cards. The two cards are serviced by the major banks. Ideally, the master cards are the agents of the JCB and the Diners club
Accepted debit cards
They include the Electron cards and maestro cards.
Can you use Debit Cards and kredit in Iceland ? The short answer is YES


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How much you willing to pay?
As the title says i need one of the games <.< D: anyone wanna help here XD
Btw im in the UK so only Pal
How much you willing to pay?
>.> i was afraid u was gonna ask that unfortunately 25 is maxium offer from me
Paid that for it myself. take it you've tried renting it?
where in the uk are you?
renting, bidding, searching around stores
and London