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Our green screen studio can be set up anywhere. We have set up in stores, festivals and exhibitions and can fit into any promotional space you have. Whatever the event we can provide our services.
As well as operating indoors, we can provide green screen hire services outside too. Made possible with our branded marquees.
Custom made graphics can be added to our blank canvassed marquees. Whatever your budget we can supply a suitable package for you. From single poster sizes and full width marketing materials, to full panels and roof design. Our marquees are 4mx4m and are black in colour.
Customers have their photo taken in a green screen photo studio. Our portable set-up is made up of a chrome pole system. It measures around 3.5m wide but we can adjust this to suit the available space we have. Our green screen hire set-up can be flexible in this way.
Built in to our set-up is custom made LED lighting used to illuminate our green screen. Integrated into the custom build frame is a print and computer terminal where all the magic happens.
Images from our green screen are digitally inserted into a branded photo design, pre-made for your event. Our creative team can design one for you or you can supply one yourself. We can include any branding or social media required.
We then print it on the spot. The guests at the event take these photos away with them on the day. Each photo is 6 by 4 inches mounted on an A5 branded flyer or inserted into a photo folder. Participants can then upload their photo to Facebook via our touch screen tablet.


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Study: Lack Of Insurance May Have Caused 17,000 Child Deaths Over 20 Years
"An estimated 17,000 children in the United States might have died unnecessarily over nearly two decades because they didn't have health insurance, according to a report from researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore," reports U.S. News and World Report. "David C. Chang, co-director of the pediatric surgery outcomes research group at Hopkins and a study co-author, said he could not think of a medical treatment that has such a dramatic impact on health outcomes as health insurance seemingly does." The study, which was published in the Journal of Public Health, looks "at the relationship between insurance status and kids' mortality to better inform the CHIP debate." The researchers found that "[u]ninsured kids were 1.6 times more likely to die than children who had insurance" (Pallarito, 10/29).
The Baltimore Sun, on the same study: "The uninsured rate for children has been rising steadily for two decades causing some lawmakers to fight for expansion of the public insurance to low-income kids through the Children's Health Insurance Program, which President Obama signed into law earlier this year. Last year, the rate and the number of uninsured children dipped to their lowest since 1987. Still, advocates are quick to point out, some 7.3 million children lack insurance nationwide" (Brewington, 10/29).
The Los Angeles Times: "The study did not count children who died outside the hospital or after leaving the hospital, which means that deaths among uninsured children are probably even higher" (Roan, 10/29).

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Careers Service
The TU Dublin - Tallaght Campus Careers Service is available to you throughout your full-time studies. During this time you will be able to seek information and advice on issues relating to career choice, further studies and/or employment opportunities.
Select the links on the right hand side for more info.
We will be of particular benefit to final year students and the service includes:
- Career Advice - Individual / Group
- Job Search Techniques
- Interview Skills
- How best to prepare your Curriculum Vitae
- Top tips on completing Application Forms
- Further Study - Transfer opportunities / Post-Graduate Study
- Graduate Employment opportunities / Graduate Recruitment Scholarships
Information about job opportunities, transfer opportunities and postgraduate courses will be posted on the TU Dublin - Tallaght Campus Careers & Opportuniites Facebook page, the Careers & Appointments notice-board (now located at the top of the Yellow stairs on the 1st floor, right-hand side) and also circulated to academic colleagues. The Careers Service will support you as much as possible but it is important that you you know it is your responsibility to be active in the process of planning your career and utilising the Careers Service to help you make informed decisions.
Marie has been working as a Careers Advisor in TU Dublin - Tallaght Campus for over 15 years and brings a wealth of experience from previous roles in Careers Advisory work, HR and Training. She will assist any registered full-time student with any aspect of the Job Search process and preparing students for the transition from college into employment or into postgraduate study.
Marie Kielty - Careers Officer
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Appointments are available for one to one sessions Monday – Thursday inclusive . You can book an appointment online by clicking on the following button
Careers Advisor- Carmel Morrissey
Carmel comes to the role of Career Advisor in TU Dublin - Tallaght Campus with a background in Career Coaching and Training, this combined with experience working for one of the largest Recruitment agencies in the world makes her someone who can help students get their career on the right track. She specializes in CV preparation; Interview coaching and Job search strategies. Carmel has contributed articles for regional newspapers on these topics and is currently the Interview Expert for Recruit Ireland. She has presented at several high profile events on these topics and participated in various Career Clinics. She is passionate about helping people make the correct decisions within their career.
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"This is a great album of Eddie's country hits, but it doesn't begin to cover the man's amazing volume of great work. However, this cd is a good way to get started. His Top 40 hits are included here, along with his own version of The Wanderer, which in my opinion is just as good as Dion's. Eddie Rabbitt will definitely be missed by both country and pop fans. Another major talent gone too soon. Thanks for all the beautiful music, Eddie!"


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Climatic Hazards, Health Risk and Response in Developing Countries
DEV Key Contact: Roger Few
Project Dates: 2004-2007
Project Status: Completed 2007
The aim of this ESRC Research Fellowship programme was to advance a social science of hazards and health, geared to enhancing understanding of how people and institutions in developing countries respond to the health risks posed by extreme climatic events. Weather extremes leading to hazard events such as floods, windstorms and drought affect much of the globe, and in many regions their intensity has been predicted to increase as a result of climate change. When such hazards strike, threats to human health are commonly among the most immediate and urgent concerns, especially in many low-income countries where individual and collective poverty may exacerbate human vulnerability (both exposure and susceptibility) to health impacts through a complex set of epidemiological and behavioural pathways. This research examined how people and institutions perceive, cope with and adapt to the health risks, and the conditions, processes and differential capacities that shape responses to them.
The research programme clarified the social components of vulnerability in this field and the dynamics of health-related response, and developed a framework for analysis of vulnerability and response termed the 'health impact pathway'. This conceptual work was followed and further informed by four collaborative empirical research projects in Vietnam and Mexico. Within each country, primarily qualitative case studies were carried out in communities of two regions prone to tropical cyclones, flooding and/or drought. Among the diverse findings of the studies were indications that public awareness and understanding of health risks related to climatic hazards were in many cases poorly translated into preventive/protective actions because of factors such as income-poverty, access to resources and socio-cultural norms. Yet, although health risk was seldom prioritized, its importance to households was widely expressed. In some cases it was recognized in an indirect sense, in terms of its effects on or the consequences of wider livelihood impacts.
The research also underlined that constraints on ability to take action were also strongly shaped by perceptions and attitudes, including social and cultural representations of risk. Health promotion in relation to hazards is likely to be of continuing importance as an institutional intervention, but it must take on board all the points made above if it is to be meaningful, accessible and effectively applied. Fostering a preventive as opposed to reactive approach is likely to be a major challenge, but one increasingly important in the context of climate change. It requires an emphasis on building local-level capacities in tandem with strategic actions at higher levels. Given its dependence on support services, the health sector may also need to take a more central role in cross-sectoral coordination for hazard management, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
DEV Researchers: Roger Few
Partner Organisations:
Centre for Research on Social Development & Poverty Reduction (CRSDPR), University of Social Sciences & Humanities, HCMC, Vietnam.
Viet Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC), Hanoi, Vietnam
El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Matamoros, Mexico
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
Selected Outputs:
Few, R. and Matthies, F. (eds) (2006) 'Flood Hazards and Health: Responding to Present and Future Risks' Earthscan, London.
Few, R. (2007) 'Health and climatic hazards: framing social research on vulnerability, response and adaptation', Global Environmental Change, 17, 281-295.
Few, R. and Pham Gia Tran (2010) 'Climatic hazards, health risk and response in Vietnam: case studies on social dimensions of vulnerability', Global Environmental Change 20, 529-538.
Graizbord, B., Mercado, A. and Few, R. (eds). (2011). Cambio Climatico, Amenazas Naturales y Salud en México [Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Health in Mexico], El Colegio de México, México D.F. (ISBN 978-607-462-278-2)
Cueva-Luna, T.E., Few, R. and Mercado, A. (2011) 'Afrontando el cambio climático y los riesgos contra la salud: respuestas en la Sierra Tarahumara' ['Coping with climate change and health risks: responses in the Sierra Tarahumara'], Estudios Demograficos y Urbanos, 26 (3): 671-708.


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Ollie the Octopus
$55.00 / Sold Out
I am Ollie the octopus and I love crafts. I am particularly fond of knitting and on any given day you can find me making multiple pairs of socks with the convenience of my 8 limbs. I also secretly know how to play the harp, but I have horrible stage fright!
I am super soft, cuddly, crocheted entirely by hand, and ready to be cherished for years to come.
approximately 15 inches from top of head to the tip of a limb
100% cotton
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"He succeeds both as a composer and musical storyteller, but foremost as a leader." JazzTimes
"Harnessing his formidable technique to a musical conception instead of just blowing off fireworks. Drummond showed why he's one of jazz' busiest and most respected bassists." Gene Santoro, Daily News
"Apart from his exceptional intonation, dark melodies and witty rhythmical sensibility, what separates Drummond from other bassists is his abilities as bandleader and composer. Robert Hicks, The Villager
"The show proved live jazz can take off no matter the venue. It also illustrated Drummond's Law: Live performance is the most direct form of communication." Carlo Wolff, Goldmine
"Drummond soloed melodically, throughout each with amazing technical ability, his fast fingers traveling up and down his instrument with great precision, producing an incredible variation of notes." Terry Duckett, The Easton (PA) Express Times
"…Drummond shows that he is a no-nonsense accompanist who lays down deep, strong bass lines that articulate the groove and inspire his band mates." Eugene Holley, Jr., Amazon.com
"His deep, rich tone, and in-your-face bass attack is as sturdy as the proverbial oak tree, and as reliably swinging as they come." Willard Jenkins, JazzTimes
"That dark voice, ponderous yet strangely articulate, tells stories with a dignity and poignancy no horn can touch." Thomas Conrad, Stereophile
"For bassist extraordinaire Drummond, the blues is the continuum that links the worldwide sounds he draws inspiration from. Hence this CD, which features Drummond originals, standards by Ellington and Strayhorn, pieces by bass greats Oscar Pettiford and Scott LaFaro, and a Japanese folktune. Thanks to offbeat arrangements and heads-up players - including pianist Kenny Barron, flutist Thomas Chapin, trumpeter Randy Brecker and guitarist John Scofield - these blues are never predictable." Gene Santoro, Daily News
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Many people would like to create a blog which helps them to get their message across to the world. Creating a large following can have a tremendous impact on your success. Running A Blog is a great way to get your opinions out there; this article can help you to get those opinions heard.
Don't go overboard with SEO keywords, extra plugins, advertising, or pictures. If you do, your blog could get removed from the major search engines, negating all the hard work you've done so far. Your want to ensure that your style of writing is easy to follow and comes across as natural.
Your blog should be unique, so it stands out in the crowd. Unique and interesting content will help you gain more readers. Information that is hard to find will also attract people. Write about a unique hobby or experience. Give details of how widgets are made. This way, you give readers reasons to read your blog if they need certain information.
Regularly post new content to your blog. To encourage readers to return and draw in new readers, you must post fresh content on a regular basis. If you do not update your blog very often, internet users will not have any reason to revisit it. A general rule of thumb is to post new content no less than once, daily.
It is important to appear authentic. Come off as a regular person and not as an unapproachable expert. Try to be open, honest and transparent. Always do this. Blogs are as unique as the individuals who create them. Attempting to ascertain perfection is most often futile; you should devote your energies to improvement instead. Everyone makes mistakes! Ultimately, people will want to read your content because of the unique spin you put on it.
Try to utilize images as much as possible. Pictures are attention grabbing and are an easy way to convey your ideas without words. This is extremely true in blogging. Images can also quickly convey aspects about your blog, such as subject matter or tone of your writing, without using a lot of words to describe those features of your blog. So, make certain that you include images as much as possible.
Ask the owners of popular blogs to contribute a guest post to your site. You will increase the interest in your blog by adding quality content. You will also experience a boost in readership thanks to fans of the guest blogger stopping by to take a look at your blog. Extend invitations to several bloggers to help you boost your readership and the richness of your blog's content.
Consider occasionally inviting guests to post content on your site. This helps you develop relationships with other blog owners and can come in helpful. Don't ever underestimate the power of networking. It may be that you will require some assistance in the future, and bloggers who have commented on postings in the past may be the best ones to help.
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Allow readers to post and respond to comments. This allows the reader to become an active part of your site and provides you the opportunity to develop a relationship with your readers. If you respond to your readers often, they are more likely to make a return visit. People like to feel engaged.
Allowing guests to make posts within your blog is extremely helpful. Guest posting helps you network with other bloggers, and doing this can pay dividends in the future. Strong relationships are important and shouldn't be underestimated. There may come a time when you need a favor, and that blogger that you let post on your site will be more than willing to help you out.
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Focusing on your content ensures that you gain traffic through well written blog posts. Readers who enjoy your work will come back for more. Your content should be well-written, personal and authentic.
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General Assistant
Bridge House Hotel, Grasmere, Cumbria (United Kingdom)
•Reception duties
•Serving breakfast and evening meals
•Serving drinks in bar.
To be successful in the hospitality industry, you must be committed to ensuring customer satisfaction. You must do whatever it takes to keep customers happy and also create repeat business.
Energetic and dedicated professional, I am enthusiastic about my job and I strive to do the best work possible. I am capable of working on my own initiative and as part of a team. One of the most important task is to give customers the best experience available. I'm hoping to gain employment in your company and I will be willing to undertake any further training.
I will be available to start work anytime after December 7th 2015.
•Reception duties
•Serving breakfast and evening meals
•Serving drinks in bar.
•Motivated business professional bringing a 2 year career in small business ownership. Business development and social media expert who quickly masters new concepts and technologies to drive successful businesses.
•Creative and detail-orientated, I was also in charge with providing different themed scenery for certain events.
• Developing a creative aproach, delivering layouts for clients upon their strict demands.
•Keeping updates with the trends.
•Making proposals for sketches.
•Dealing with clients from U.K and Holland.
Housekeeper(Work and Travel), Lutsen(Minnesota)(United States)
•Service-orientated Housekeeper experienced in hotel room detailing and upkeep.
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Clothes designer.
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|Apr 17, 2013
Nano scaffolds to regenerate bone structure
|(Nanowerk News) Appropriate scaffold was synthesized by researchers from Tehran University of Medical Sciences to regenerate bone matrix ("In vitro and in vivo investigations on bone regeneration potential of laminated hydroxyapatite/gelatin nanocomposite scaffold along with DBM").
|The scaffold produced by nano hydroxyapatite gelatin can be used in the places that bones have been removed due to cancer or infection.
|The mechanical properties of the scaffold are similar to the sponge tissue of the bone, and it has a very good biocompatibility. In addition, since the scaffold is produced through layer-by-layer method, it can be designed in form of any fracture or trauma. In vitro and in vivo studies were carried out by using USSC cells. The results of bone regeneration showed 86% regeneration while it was 6.5% in the control sample. The interesting point is that the amount of regeneration caused by this scaffold is extremely higher than that of caused by demineralized bone matrix.
|According to Tavakol, one of the researchers of the plan, the product can be used where the bone has been removed due to cancer or infection, or where there is no weight on the bone. In addition, the scaffold releases or decomposes to calcium, phosphorus, and gelatin, and therefore, it can be consumed by the body or it can leave the body without any harm. It has also advantages over other allograft and xenograft materials such as sea sponges.
|The structure of the scaffold, optimization of pore size, mechanical properties, and layer-to-layer method are the advantages which allow the scaffold to be designed according to the place of the malfunction.
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text: "As I continue to reflect on this mission trip, I am in awe of the work that is happening to build up the Orthodox Church. I pray that God continues to bless the work of the faithful there. And I also pray that we here in the U.S. witness the work happening there and continue to support their efforts." – Nicholas Manuel, '17 Team memberConsider joining an OCMC Orthodox Mission Team in 2018. Help build up the Church around the world: Alaska (Jul 10-19, Jul 20-31); Albania (Jun 12-30, Sep 17-24); Ghana (Aug 6-21); Guatemala (Jun 18-30, Aug 1-8); Kenya (Aug 8-20, Nov 28-Dec 8); Indonesia (Jun 26-Jul 9, Jul 3-16); Jamaica (Aug 2-11); Mexico (Aug 11-18).If you desire to serve in His vineyard, contact OCMC to experience your faith in a new and meaningful way. Team applications and details are available at www.ocmc.org or call the OCMC at 1.877.463.6787 (ext 142) for more information.


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This spidery set is a recreation of something I made with beads and wire. The original is blue, although I plan to make a red version if I ever find good beads for it.
Again, inquire directly for different permissions, separate pieces, other colour versions.
Both the set, and the matching tiara, are available in stores (La Reina, Area 51, and Le Cadre') and OnRez.
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Employees play an important role in any business. Here is where we get a chance to tell you a little about ourselves.
We may talk about our families, but here at the Northside, it's all about family.
Alex Elson
Roberta Elson
Wade Dyson
Sandra Dyson
Hilda Clark
If you have any questions or concerns just feel free and anyone of us can help.
We are a part of one family not only at the Northside.
Come and join our happy family.
Our Company
History of the Northside Enterprises
The Northside Motel officially opened in September of 2003.
We have 6 motel rooms, of which 2 are for smokers and 1 is wheelchair accessible.
We also have indvidual air conditioned and heated rooms. Also, each room has wireless internet access.
Guests can also go to a local restaurant just a few feet away and enjoy great homestyle meals.
Below the Northside Motel you can find the lovely Northside Pub, where everyone is friendly and everyone is welcomed.
The Northside Pub was opened in June of 2004, it has a very relaxed and cozy atmosphere.


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Icepack Jackson
Tali "Icepack" Jackson is an accomplished musician, composer, recording artist and producer, having most recently engineered and produced the CD 'bk2sq1' (back to square one) at Icepack Studios. Players on the CD include Grammy winner Charles Neville, sax legend Arno Hecht (The Stones, James Brown, Dion and J. Geils), ex-Hot Tuna drummer Bob Steeler, double Grammy nominee guitarist Will Bernard, and David B. Cohen (former keyboardist for Country Joe & The Fish).
When Atlantic Records co-founder and President Herb Abramson was building his second A-1 Sound Studio in NYC, Icepack and his friends traded studio time and recording experience for helping get it built. Then Ned Albright and Stephen Soles, who were a song writing team for Jeff Barry, came in one day and asked him to come down to No Soap Radio, an advertising agency located in the West Village. Their first recording was a song for the MONKEES called "All Alone in the Dark" on one of their last albums, "Changes".
"This studio was tiny and we all pitched in and since we were doing tv and radio commercials, we held ourselves accountable for what the sound would be like coming out of tv speakers and radio speakers." Icepack explains. "So we would spend days at times making sure the bass drum sounded right by different microphone placements, along with the other instruments and vocals and placed celebrity singers or instrumentalists to fit the certain advertisement. The four of us were once literally locked in a Columbia Records recording studio for three days 24/7 until we completed one CBS sports commercial. CBS staffers were on hand to go purchase whatever we needed to finish the commercial on time, which we did."
Icepack was a member of the TIDBITS, which was the original house band at Max's Kansas City in NYC. Opening 7 days a week for every top name act in the business, the TIDBITS also opened for the pioneering blues legends from the '30s and '40s, including Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, Sunnyland Slim and many others.
Icepack's musical background can be found on www.ICEPACKRECORDS.com.


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On my journey of learning crochet, pattern writing and the world of wool I came across spinning your own. It looked relaxing and something that would be fun to do on the nights where I had some spare time to relax and watch some tv.
My hands don't like to stop moving so spinning and tv watching looked perfect. Plus I would have something productive at the end.
As with most new skills I have learnt, they have come through trial, error, and a shed load of youtube how to videos. So spindle in hand I set forth into the world of spinning.
The glossary of terms can seem daunting at first, with roving and fibres and which way round the long and short hairs go.
My first attempt I sat down and got to it, excited to be doing something new. My wool broke, I reattached it. I spun too tight and I spun too loose. I made it two ply and again I over spun, underspun went clockwise instead of anti clockwise and then I then set the wool in water without using a soaping agent.
When dry I used some turmeric and white vinegar mixed with water to dye this wool and again set it to dry.
The end result? Well it is wool. It stayed in one piece and it gave me hope for what practice would result in! plus with the amount I had, I made a fancy new coat for my cat!
All this taught me that although you can learn a hell of a lot from youtube and the internet, there is no substitute for hands on practice from experienced people.
That's what lead me to find http://www.esgwsd.org.uk/ – East Sussex Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. I arrived as a guest with my three month old strapped to my chest to a community hall and on very first impressions I admit I texted my husband to come back as I would not be staying long.
How wrong could I have been? Instantly I had offers of help and friendly conversation. I was introduced around and left in the hands of a lovely lady called Sandy – Part of me thinks she might be a bit of a rebel in the group, she was impressed I was so happy to breastfeed in public and wished people would have been so accepting when she were younger, we got told off for chatting too loudly during a show and tell section and best of all, she taught us how to ply wool, how to use a spinning wheel and offered to have me and another lady round to hers to learn for another day. Nothing was too much for her offering help. Even to borrow a spinning wheel for half a year. It is rare that you find such a group of genuine people who share a love of a craft and want to share that love, not covet it and keep it as a "Just us" group.
Another lady was more than happy to sit with my son and hold him whilst I tried out the wheel which was a massive help! What turned into expecting to stay for ten mins turned into staying until the end of the day.
I returned home with a renewed confidence knowing that the fourth attempt I had taken with me to show, was spun nicely and was a huge improvement. If I can improve that much in only three attempts, I am excited for what I can produce going forward!
And my wool that I took to show? This is how it turned out. I think it is due to make a nice basket to hold projects on the go in.
So don't be afraid to look into local groups or knitting groups, if they aren't a welcoming bunch then I don't think they can call themselves wool lovers!


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Well, it's not really a dinner for the Wandering Palate, but it is my birthday on November 16th, and I will most happily fly to England if you want to shout me dinner. And who knows we might well get a group of us together as a grand finale to my Golden Jubilee year.
Meanwhile, details are below for what is surely the best way to travel–by train.
All aboard, see you there!
This November, Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc, will host a dinner for 100 guests on board the luxury UK day train Northern Belle. This event is part of a series of 'pop-up' dinners throughout 2013 and 2014, on board Orient-Express' sister trains Northern Belle and the British Pullman, hosted by some of the UK's most celebrated chefs.
On November 2nd, 2013 after a champagne reception on the platform, the Northern Belle will depart from Manchester's Victoria Station. The train, with its décor evoking the opulent 'Belle' trains of the 1930s, will travel through beautiful countryside, while guests are served a specially created seven course menu, accompanied by the sommelier's choice of fine wines. For the special 'Dinner with Raymond Blanc' on board Northern Belle, costing £335 per person (approx. US$523), Raymond Blanc will be joined in the kitchen by his onetime apprentice Robbie Gleeson, Executive Head Chef for the UK Day Trains, as well as the Northern Belle's Head Chef, Alex Dobson.
The train will journey a round-trip and stop briefly at Carnforth Station, the location of the 'Brief Encounter' movie, before returning to Manchester's Victoria Station later that evening. Raymond will spend time with guests, sharing the story behind his food and love of cooking, plus magicians and musicians will provide entertainment. A special firework display has also been arranged for guests' enjoyment, part way through this unique journey.
Raymond Blanc comments: "The Northern Belle is a train known for its British traditions and style, taking passengers back to the days of the golden age of travel. I am delighted to be cooking on board, alongside Robbie and the team of chefs, and meeting guests who will be joining us on our journey – I hope to make their trip on board a memorable experience".
Departing from 60 different stations around the UK, the Northern Belle truly personifies a time when travelling was as much about the journey as the destination. The Northern Belle epitomises 1930s British glamour, with decadent carriages named after British castles and stately homes. The luxuriously furnished interiors with ornate veneered marquetry lining the walls, friendly stewards and delectable food ensure a journey on the Northern Belle is an unforgettable experience.
Raymond will also host a dinner on board Orient-Express' British Pullman train, departing from London on 16 November 2013.
Further 'Dinner Dates with' will be announced shortly. Raymond is Chef Patron of Orient Express Hotels Ltd. property, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Great Milton, Oxfordshire.
Click here for Raymond Blanc dinner


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
When Everything Seems to be Falling Apart…
There's just something odd about getting really sick just before a birthday…
I was out of commission for a while with severe pneumonia. If you've never had it, consider yourself lucky because it just downright "sucks."
From the loads of medications they put me on, to the weird feeling of pins in my chest while breathing, to waking up at 3:00AM completely awake and seeing (and sometimes looking forward to watching) "Saved by the Bell: The College Year's" for an entire week -- it was just all enough to outright freak me out.
The entire experience was all a bit ironic as one long time friend was just diagnosed with leukemia last November, but is thankfully on the mend, and another had pneumonia nearly a year ago and was even hospitalized for it.
I remember thinking on those occasions – "Wow! When did we get so old that stuff like this can just happen seemingly out of nowhere?" I'm not even 40 yet! What's going to happen then? Hair loss and maybe my colon falls out when enjoying a KFC Sunday bucket?
God, I hope not. I just want to enjoy my chicken in peace.
Now I'm wondering when we're all at the point when we're comparing war stories with each other of how many meds we're on, how many days we've been hospitalized in just the past 6 months, and who can shoot lasers out of their eyes with all of the robotic pieces inside of them.
Come to think of it, I really wouldn't mind laser-shooting eyes. That would actually be kind of cool.
So tell me folks, what ails have you had and lived to tell about? But most importantly did Zack and Kelly ever get married?
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- Scott said...
Pneumonia's rough--I feel for you!
I've just had it once, when I was a junior in high school. I'd had a cold for two weeks, but felt better, so I went deer hunting with my Dad. All of us hunters were going in the same direction, and we had to cross a stream, via a log. Since this was in January, the water was cold--everybody crossed the stream successfully, except me. I fell in--got my lower legs wet. My dad suggested I return to the club house and sit out the hunt. But I insisted I'd be fine. Big mistake--sitting at my stand in the cold morning hours, I got chilled, of course. I don't recall any of us bagging a deer that day. But I bagged pneumonia (or it bagged me)! So I had it for another two weeks--and it was hell! Yet my mom one night said she'd pray for a "sleep of healing" for me. And surely enough, the next day my symptoms just disappeared--and I returned to school, after a month's absence. Was it a miracle or a coincidence--or something in between? Whatever your take--it was certainly uncanny!
Sorry to hear you were sick. That must have been horrible!
- Amrita said...
Hi Tony, sorry to hear you were sick. Take stuff that 's good fer yer chest.
I know a man ( early 40s. strong healthy, living in the West, eating very nutritious food- getting TB. But thanking he was cured in 3 months.
I am close to hitting half a century - plenty has hapened to me - wonder whart 's next!!!
- Scott said...
It just occurred to me--though you don't indicate it in this post, the title seems to imply that your birthday is approaching--is that the case? If so, Happy Birthday! And keep in mind that "40 is the new 30"!
- April said...
I have been sick for a month now and it SUCKS. I can't shake this cough. And I just watched Finding Neverland over the weekend so now I am convinced I have what Kate Winslet had in that movie and now I am going to die. Wow. Guess I should have mentioned a spoiler alert, huh? But I haven't had the pleasure of watching Saved by the Bell, I'm stuck with Who's the Boss. Do you know if Tony and Angela ever got married??
- Kelly said...
DUDE! What?!?! pneumonia?! ugh. :(
I had double pneumonia in 6th grade and was hospitalized for a week. No bueno. You know part of my colon fell out, and now I can't eat KFC unless the skin is off! Life is funny, we can't be those people talking about our meds and Dr.'s and all that hurts...I feel a tantrum coming on...
- James (SeattleDad) said...
Ouch! Hope you are feeling better soon.
I had strep twice last winter for the first time ever. It was terrible.c
- ArtistUnplugged said...
Ack!!! Pnuemonia??? Seems like I've heard of many cases of it this year. Glad you are on the way to recovery. Let's just say, I thought 40 was when things started going downhill. Ha! I laugh in the face of 40 now that I'm quickly approaching 52! I just went through almost 6 weeks of constant eye watering, constant drip down the face if I didn't dab my eyes. Couldn't even get a check written without dripping. Six weeks I kept a tissue in my hand, purse or pocket (not the same one...) My eyes were puffy, the skin around them became dry from all the watering and dabbing and my eyes were red like I was on a crying binge. It is a chronic condition I must deal with but am over the flare up after 3 trips to the eye doctor 2 different drops and 2 different oral medications. Just as I was dropping the tissues, my dermatologist appt. arrived that had been made months ahead to check some spots on my face because they were interfering with my "beauty". BOOM...you've hit 50, he says, sun damage shows up, precancerous cells. Any important events in the next month? Chemo cream on my face....now I have some freaking sores on my face. Thank goodness they should be cleared by next month and especially May since I have to emcee an event. Tomorrow I have to have my mams grammed....just never ends! At least you're not doing that but I don't bend over and cough either....well, not for a Dr. Centenarians: perplexing, unbelievable, aliens...can't imagine it! Be well!
- mama speak said...
Glad to hear you're on the mend.
I too have had double pneumonia (as a kid & w/extenuating circumstances,) so I used to get regular old pneumonia every other year or so. (I wish I was exaggerating.) It SUCKS!!! I feel your pain. Take it easy. Even though you're "over it," it seems like a good bout of something like that takes your body a good 6-12 months to really recover from. Not JUST bc you're getting old. (Don't worry, I'll always be older.)
- Missie said...
I just came across your blog thanks to your Lionel Richie chest hair picture. Hilarious!
I hear you. Being in my mid thirties I am amazed at the crap that is happening to my body. Last year I had the freaking swine flu, which I believe is very much like pneumonia. I couldn't even walk up my stairs the pain in my chest was so horrible. Then a few months later I was told that my cholesterol was very high. Who knew a vegetarian could have high cholesterol! So I am working out every day and eating rabbit food during the week. At least every Saturday I splurge a little and enjoy a Mocha Frappuccino. Getting older really sucks!!! Hope you feel better soon!


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although in theory it sounds like a fun idea
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You're north of the Tropic of Capricorn and east of the continent of Australia, with the Coral Sea on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other. Nearby places have names like Maewo and Nguna and Mount Tabwemasana.
It's summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and you're here for some R & R after 30 days at sea. But it's December, and it seems like it should be winter, not warm. Still, what can you do? Your country is at war, in conflicts that stretch across the world. You're a patriot and a sailor in the United States Navy, or maybe a Marine, and orders are orders, even in the New Hebrides islands, even aboard the USS North Carolina.
Even on Christmas Eve 1943.
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But — wha? Nobody mentioned a movie. There's that familiar flapping, as a dropped filmstrip flitters around before catching, the brief burning smell as the projector light heats. If it's a training or recon film, somebody sure got their timing wrong. Talk about your Christmas anticlimax.
The movie starts, and — wait, isn't that Frank's wife? Hold on. That's Nancy, all right, with their son Tommy, and he's opening a present … a cap pistol — and that's Badger's boy Mark, now, unwrapping what looks like a board game — Parcheesi? And there's … that's — oh God, that's your Janie. With Ben. The kids. Your Laurie.
Ship chaplain E. P. Wuebbens had done more than orchestrate Christmas entertainment. Months earlier, in August, he'd collected $5 from the crew dads, for a grand total of $2,404.25, and had written to Macy's department store, enclosing the funds and requesting that Christmas presents — Wuebbens suggested a $3 limit for each gift — be purchased and mailed to the 729 sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters of those men on the ship. Whether a football, a Raggedy Ann, a stuffed panda, or a baseball bat, the attached gift card was to say, simply, that the gift was from a loved one and his shipmates on the USS North Carolina. Wuebbens goes on to type, "We realize that we are asking a great deal, but … you will be adding greatly to the happiness of our children and to our own Christmas joy out here in one of the war zones. Incidentally we hope that a bit of that joy will reflect on you and your staff of workers."
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The number of living World War II veterans gets smaller every year. Today, few of the sailors aboard the ship that memorable night are still alive. Lloyd Glick refers to its events in a letter: "On Christmas morning a small group of the band played Christmas carols over the P.A. system. At 1000 the ship got underway. We had a big Christmas dinner at sea." Wrote Bill Taylor: "I don't believe there were many dry eyes that night."
Duty called, because the enemy never sleeps, and the warship that would earn 15 battle stars headed forward to places unknown by its crew. But, thanks to Macy's, for fathers, husbands, and brothers aboard the USS North Carolina, the sights and sounds of Christmas had been closer, sweeter, and merrier than they could have ever imagined.
The battleship arrived in Wilmington in October 1961, and was dedicated as a memorial in April 1962. Shortly after, the USS North Carolina Battleship Association was formed. By 1968, 7,243 servicemen's names had been located. Every year, the battleship association holds an annual reunion, and although fewer and fewer crew members are able to attend, the surviving families come in their stead, to share stories, to visit — and make — friends, and to preserve memories and the bonds made aboard a beloved ship. For these folks, who've recorded oral histories, donated funds, and given thousands of artifacts, we are grateful.
And for those rugged souls who were there in December '43, who watched and wept at the images on a screen, who waited for war's end, and survived to return to their families, we salute you. And we thank you with full, rejoicing hearts.
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Many amateur astronomers noticed a strange glowing plume ejected from the space shuttle Discovery a week and a half ago (8:40 PM CST, Wednesday, 9/9/09). "What could it be?" one asked. "Something venting? An OMS burn? RCS thrusters? A massive, record breaking urine dump?"
As it turns out, it was the last: a dump of urine . . . and other waste water.
But/and, from that page, I bumped into a video that describes, in detail, how NASA has designed a water recycling unit for use on extended space flights. --Not just interesting. Pretty attention-grabbing. Especially as the interviewer notes that there is a definite "ick factor" related to drinking recycled urine, sweat, bathwater, food vapors, and so forth.
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Most powder form of roach killer is boric acid. The pro forms you buy in Home Depot or such are premixed with something sweet the roaches will find attractive, eat it, and die. It's not poisonous to humans though.
Boric acid kills roaches by two way. As dry powder, it is abrasive, and thus worn away the waxy coating on the insect's exoskeleton, causing the internal liquid to evaporate more easily, thus dehydrate the bug. When ingested, it acts as a metabolic poison on the bugs.
Deploy boric acid powder as a barrier under the sink along the walls, as well as places you think have gaps they can crawl in and out of. As long as the dust remains dry, it will last 6 months or longer. If you have heavy infestation, open up the wall switches and sockets and put some in the back. You also want them in cracks of floor boards, behind counter tops, and anywhere you see cracks, seams, and whatnot.
An alternative form of powder control is called diatomaceus Earth, which is a super-fine natural abrasive made of dead diatoms, also kills roaches and pests without chemicals. They are abrasive, and they also absorb lipids (fat and liquids) from insects that crawl over it, thus dehydrating the insect. However, diatomaceus earth should not be breathed, as inhalation may cause lung problems. If you handle diatomaceus earth, wear a dust mask at all times.
Roach Motels / Roach Traps
Now that you have effectively sealed off the house, and don't need to worry too much about external infestation, it is time to deal with the population WITHIN your residence.
Start by deploying some roach motels (i.e. roach traps). Either the sticky kind or the bait kind will work fine for the back of cabinets or behind the fridge. Those are stationary traps. Put one next to the trash bin too. One for each room should be sufficient unless you have a heavy infestation.
Professional Strength Bait Gels
You CAN buy professional strength Dupont Advion bait gels for home use (except in Connecticut) by ordering them online. Advion has a special ingredient called Indoxacarb that not only kills roaches dead, it also kills whatever eat the dead bodies... AND whatever eats THOSE dead bodies. Really. You only need a tiny dot of Advion in each cabinet every 30 days. Buy a box (about $30 online) and share with friends and neighbors. One syringe lasts a long time.
Not all roaches respond to Advion. If you don't see any results, try MaxxForce Bait Gel, which is based on a different insecticide formula.
If you can't wait, or don't want to spend big bucks, try the "home sized" bait gels from Combat and similar products.
Insect growth regulators
IGR (insect growth regulators) basically interfere with insect's growth hormones, rendering them infertile, so they cannot make more baby roaches. This basically gives you more time to kill the living roaches, with OTHER methods. IGR by itself does NOT kill roaches. It must be used with all the other pest control tactics discussed above. IGR is available in either spray form or as a "bait station".
Deploy IGR in an area that roaches go through, almost like a "persistent" bug spray. Around trash cans, for example.
IGR is especially important in areas where bug spray cannot be used.
Bug Spray
Bug spray is weapon of last resort when it comes to roach infestation. To put it plainly, bug spray is nerve gas, albeit very weak ones, that is designed to kill pests. You don't want to do bug spray anywhere near food. However, it wouldn't hurt to keep one can around.
Bug spray actually comes in two types: contact (spray on the bug and it dies in seconds), and persistent (spray this area and it kills for weeks). Some are both.
Contact form of bug spray are usually aerosol and comes in a can.
The persistent form may come as spray bottle.
You should always wear a glove when applying bug spray. A mask wouldn't hurt either, esp. when you're using the aerosol version.
Use bug spray only sparingly, and NEVER near a bait station, IGR station, or roach trap. Roaches can sense bug spray residue and avoid the general area, thus avoiding those traps and rendering them ineffective. Instead, once you have deployed all the rest of the barriers and whatnot, save the bug spray for local outbreaks.
You can purchase kits that includes most of the items above online for under $100. All you need is some vinyl gloves and some patience. The material in such a kit should be enough to eliminate the infestation and shrink the roach population to a very manageable level for several months. And the costs are much lower than hiring a professional exterminator.
Just keep in mind that the results are NOT instantaneous. It will take several weeks to see effects.
Now go kill some roaches!
I just moved into a new place today and I was told by my landlord that the place had been sprayed, well I have seen a few roaches here and there, none in clusters but I am TERRIFIED as I have a 10 1/2 month old baby and I have NEVER had to deal with cockroaches before. I need to know a quick and preferably inexpensive way to get rid of them and KEEP THEM AWAY FOR GOOD. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!
i have done all of these things prior to reading the article, including two types of the 'motels' about a week or two apart. the population has been down, but it went down after the first type then began to rise again, and it seems to be rising again now. my next guess was to try at least two types at once, to deter resistence, but ive been needing to find a new roommate and i cant like this
Okay , im 13 years old & my father cant hear , &' seeing this myself drives me INSANE ! The roaches are EVERYWHERE ! And everytime i go into the kitchen at night , i'm scared to step ona cockroach , turn on the light &' there are millions of them , but you see , my dad's girlfriend left plates &' food out . But it's been like this since we've moved in , i cant do this anymore , i feel like its best if me and my dad &' my 2 sisters move out . But i'm scared they're gonna be inside my clothing , shoes , etc . I don't know what to do anymore . The roaches , crawl on the floor , laundry baskets , we don't have cabinets because of the roaches we took em down because we thought that would help . Then today i went in the kitchen , one was even dragging a dead cockroach away in its mouth . Then i tried to kill it &' it ran &' i hit a grocery bag , &' i heard rustling underneath the bag . I placed mothballs around the house , &' it didn't help . I don't know what to do ANYMORE
@kschang Thank you for your reply. I was thinking along the same lines, but hoping for something more! With the current forecast outlook where the house is located, you are dead on regarding the outdoor moisture prognostication! I understand - -- sometimes there is not an easy (and inexpensive) answer! An honest answer is better than being misled. Keep up the good work!
How do I prevent infestation from invading the neighbors as I eliminate my infestation? (I will be eliminating roaches from an empty house and do not want to pass roaches on to the neighbors)?
Every time we get them down they come back even. More cause we have company they throw candy paper etc down. An we don't see it because its stuff in furniture and corners. We do have trash. Cans
I live in a duble wide trailer and there evere were i see them at night during the day there really bad how do i get rid of them


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I am very excited by the idea of a pirate-based story, and have looked forward to this release. Before reviewing this installment, I feel I should disclose that I am not a fan of a book released in serial form, (short, multi-parts). The biggest problem I have with this delivery system is the tendency to use part one as an information dump, to provide readers with a lot of background information in as few pages as possible.
During the first few pages of Part One, Storm carries a bit of that curse. Though some of the information is out of context, there are still a lot of facts about Lexi's circumstance that are dropped in just the first few pages. As soon as Storm enters the picture, nothing of that information is relatable… except her concern for her brother.
However, Storm's entrance into her life heralds a turning point in the flow of the story. The connection Lexi has with Storm, as well as the magic surrounding him and his people, create an enchantment that draws me in. I am looking forward to the remaining installments, so I can see how their story resolves itself. I truly wish that the entire book was released as a duology, rather than a serial. I feel that the story would have had a better flow, as the beginning might have been less rushed. 3 1/4 stars


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|MURDEROUS MAIDS (Blessures assassines, Les) (director/writer: Jean-Pierre Denis; screenwriters: Michèle Pétin/from the novel "L'affaire Papin" by Paulette Houdyer; cinematographer: Jean-Marc Fabre; editor: Marie-Hélène Dozo; cast: Sylvie Testud (Christine Papin), Julie-Marie Parmentier (Léa Papin), Isabelle Renauld (Clémence), François Levanthal (the Veteran), Dominique Labourier (Mme. Lancelin), Jean-Gabriel Nordmann (M. Lancelin), Marie Donnio (Geneviève Lancelin); Runtime: 94; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Michèle Pétin/Laurent Pétin; Home Vision Entertainment; 2000-France-in French with English subtitles)
is convincingly macabre, with Sylvie Testud
giving an absolutely superb
delirious performance."
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
It's based on the same infamous murders in Le Mans, France, in 1933, that inspired Jean Genet's 1947 play The Maids, giving rise to Nico Papatakis's film Les Abysses (1963), the 1974 Christopher Miles film The Maids, the 1986 A Judgment in Stone starring Rita Tushingham, the 1994 film Sister, My Sister directed by Nancy Meckler and Claude Chabrol's 1995 Le Ceremonie. French director-writer Jean-Pierre Denis ("Field of Honor"/"Adrien's Story"/"Hideout") returns to filmmaking after spending the last 12 years as a customs inspector and along with cowriter Michèle Pétin takes another whack at trying to explain the Papin sisters--the more deranged, hostile, dominant older 21-year-old sister Christine (Sylvie Testud) and the innocent looking more submissive 14-year-old Lea (Julie-Marie Parmentier). They were convent girls turned into domestic servants by their self-absorbed impoverished mother, Clémence (Isabelle Renauld), and began an incestuous affair when living together in their employer's attic room and then bludgeoned their vics to death (gouged out their eyeballs and repeatedly stabbed their wealthy employers, the Lancelin women, to death even though they were treated well in the seven years they were employed there (at least, better than how their previous employers treated them). Though it avoids sensationalism and tries to piece together an historical and psychological perspective for their actions, like the other films it can't come up with a motive for their horrific crime (probably because their crime is inexplicable, except to be explained as an act of insanity). What it does well is paint the unbalanced girls in a sympathetic light without excusing their brutal act.
It's based on the minutes of the sensational trial and Paulette Houdyer's conclusive book L'Affaire Papin. The film touches on the following spicy subjects: incest, psychosis, class warfare, familial discord, a sexually abusive and drunken absentee father, a selfish single mom who wouldn't let Christine become a nun and follow the career path of her older sister Emilia who was allowed to become a nun after raped by her father, gender oppression, and the brutal butchery of both Madame Lancelin (Dominique Labourier) and her daughter Genevieve (Marie Donnio).
The acting is convincingly macabre, with Sylvie
giving an
absolutely superb delirious performance. But it's
more a film to ponder
things afterwards than to enjoy during its
presentation. The subject
is so disturbingly unpleasant and there doesn't seem
to be a revelation
revealed about the girls' motives except for their
alienation and
of their psychological fragility they had no
business being maids for
bourgeoisie, work forced upon them by their
unfeeling maid mother. The
frightened, not all there, girls bonded together
because there was no
else there for them and that they led miserable
lives of drudgery under
such a dysfunctional mom and a depraved dad we never
see onscreen, and
that their mental health was so shaken that what
they really needed was
some TLC and help from responsible authority
Dennis Schwartz: "Ozus' World Movie Reviews"