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A federal appeals court has turned down an early appeal request by retailers objecting to the settlement offer by Visa and MasterCard in an antitrust suit that has dragged on for seven years.
In November, U.S. Court Judge John Gleeson gave preliminary approval to the settlement, which, at $7.25 billion, would be the largest antitrust settlement in history if it goes through. Many retailers balked at the offer, saying that the settlement didn't go far enough in solving the problems raised by the suit, and would prevent further legal action on the part of the plaintiffs down the road.
The suit is over interchange fees, also called swipe fees. These are credit card processing fees that retailers must pay every time a customer uses a credit card. They amount to approximately 2% of the total purchase price costing merchants billions of dollars each year. Smaller retailers claim that the fees hurt their business's bottom line, and some want to pass the fees on to customers. The settlement would allow them to do that.
Early appeal requested and denied
Home Depot was one of several retailers trying to appeal the preliminary offer before it becomes final. Many major retailers are unhappy with the deal, including Walmart, Starbucks, and the National Retail Federation (NRF).
A court filing on November 29 by retailers who protest the settlement, including Home Depot, asked for the early appeal because they say an injunction granted by Judge Gleeson prevents them from opting out of the settlement or bringing future lawsuits.
However, a federal appeals court in New York turned down that request on Monday, deferring the case until after the final approval and judgment is handed down. The final approval hearing in the case is scheduled for September 2013.

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text: Launch of Canadian Aviation Historical Society Newsletter! Welcome to the Inaugural CAHS National E-Newsletter! The past months have brought many changes at the National level. There are new faces (including mine) on the executive and board, a new Journal team, and now a newly-designed website and newsletter to help us connect with members, chapters, and aviation enthusiasts across the globe. Change is good, so the old adage goes, but rest assured we are trying to balance innovation with tradition. The things that first attracted me to the CAHS - a sense of community and a passion for preserving aviation history - will be front and centre as we move forward. The other thing change inevitably brings are a few delays. Fresh people, energy, and ideas are wonderful but learning curves take time to ascend, and projects time to implement by new (volunteer) hands. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and hope you will find in the coming weeks and months that the results were worth some bumps along the way. Please take some time to explore the new site and feel free to contact me or the other members of the exec with your questions and concerns. You can also send me photos, events, requests for research help, and other materials for the newsletter. Looking forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, CAHS National President National News Website Redesign! If you've been to www.cahs.ca in the last few days you may have noticed we have completely redesigned the site. Since the summer we've been busy working with a web development firm and we'll continue to tweak the site and add more features - so check back often and don't forget to register for full member benefits! 48th Annual Convention The 2011 CAHS Convention and AGM will take place in Edmonton, Alberta from June 22-26th. The committee (chaired by yours truly) is working busily on accommodations, partnerships with other aviation organizations and companies, and a stellar schedule of events. The theme is Edmonton: Gateway to the North, and talks will explore the rich aviation history of my new home town, the province of Alberta, and Canada's North. If you'd like to be on the speakers' roster we're doing an open call for submissions. Simply send a 200-word proposal and 50-word biographical note to email@example.com by January 15, 2011. Stay tuned for more details on registration, room bookings, and programming! Journal Updates The new Journal team has been hard at work and hopes you enjoyed your Spring issue. The Summer one will be hitting your mailboxes by the end of November and the elves are working hard to get you your Fall one by the holiday season. Don't forget to check out the Journal sections of the website for a full index of back issues (and to purchase ones you may have missed), as well as for writing guidelines and to submit letters to the editor. Chapter News Just a few of the upcoming topics at chapters around the country: Calgary: Darrell Knight, author of "Buffalo Airways: the Story of an Airline" Thursday, November 18th. Toronto: Saturday, November 20th "The history of 436 Transport Squadron" by Canadian Forces Captain Tim Brodie. Ottawa: Thursday, November 25th J. Allan Snowie will share details from his recently published Collishaw and Company: Canadians in the Royal Naval Air Service, 1914-1918 And one we just missed! Vancouver: Professor Stanley Copp (at left) spoke about aviation archaeology Tuesday, November 9th. If you're a chapter feel free to email me photos, news, and events listings for publication in this space at firstname.lastname@example.com Member News For those of you who haven't yet heard, our very own Bill Wheeler has been selected for induction into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame next year. This is a richly deserved honour and we'll be updating you on when and where the induction ceremony will take place and how to obtain tickets. Congrats, Bill! 2011 CAHF inductee Bill Wheeler flanked by other CAHS notables at the May 9, 2009 meeting of the Toronto Chapter. From L-R: TorChp President George Topple; TorChp Treasurer-Secretary Sheldon Benner; Larry Milberry; and Fred Hotson. (Photo by Ken Swartz) Upcoming Events Vintage Wings of Canada is hosting a celebratory gala Saturday, November 13, 2010 at its hangar in Gatineau, Quebec. There are still tickets available through their website or by emailing email@example.com (but tickets will not be sold at the door). 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One recent northern event that hasn't hit the news much is the hangar fire on Thursday, November 4th at Aklak Air (affiliated with Ken Borek Air) in Inuvik, NWT where three aircraft were lost. From the available sources the aircraft in question are: - DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 s/n 671, C-GZVH - King Air A100 s/n B-194, C-GHOC - Beech 99 s/n U-149, C-GKKB For more information, please see the CBC-North story. (Photos in this section by Christopher Lennie) Researcher-to-Researcher "North Vancouver Ferry Dock - 1916," an example of one of Croft's historic paintings. Artist Brian Croft is creating a historically-accurate painting of the original pre-1931 Vancouver Air Port and would appreciate your help. You can check out his website, www.briancroft.com, or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com In Memoriam Ottawa member Sidney Van Dyck passed away peacefully Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the age of 83 years. 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Brave New World Part 01 | UG – ABU DHABI
"You sure you still want to come?". My cousin's message stared up at me from the cellphone I'd placed next to my suitcase.
As I continued my last minute packing, an angel and devil on shoulder exchange was in full swing. "Dude, you paid twice for a visa. Do you really want to back out now? Oh and let's not forget the ticket" "Yeah, but is money really more important than life… than family?"
Right on cue, my 22-month old waddled into the room, climbed on to the bed and asked, "Daddy, where are you going?". There's no greater pride, I think, than hearing your offspring spew coherent chains of text forming meaningful sentences.
There's also nothing quite like having these chains of text intricately wrap themselves around your conscience. I swallowed hard as I reached for the phone and told my cousin I would stay the course.
In the living room, the man on the television was announcing the latest results; Donald Trump was in the lead.
The ride to the airport was nothing out of the ordinary. The occasional start-stop-swerve-the-pothole routine because of Entebbe's traffic did nothing to sway the anxiety and the noisy presenter on the radio wasn't helpful either. "This year has been the year of the under-dog" he began, "people who had no chance, have emerged victorious…". Sure, tell that to the leader of Uganda's opposition party.
The airport was undergoing some 'maintenance' work which essentially means one could not just waltz into the departure lounge without having to endure some sort of theatrics. If I sound less than enthusiastic, it's because I am. . . .and I'm not the only one. The sniffer dogs looked like they'd have preferred to be running through fields and into the paws of their significant others.
My daughter was a trooper. Her eyes welled up for a few seconds before she snapped back to her chirpy mode and waved goodbye, triggering my own set of waterworks. In hindsight, I should have recorded the moment so that the next time I'm asked whether I have ties to Uganda I can just play that scene back for the gentleman interviewing me instead of stumbling through my life history and lugging about an envelope with DNA test results, land titles and pictures showcasing moments of intimacy.
The lady at the ticketing desk smiled sweetly as I approached her, no doubt because everyone just digs a man that is not afraid to get in touch with his soft side.
I was wrong.
"You know, you can get an upgrade if you pay a little more money…". I've watched a shit load of movies and series where people just get bumped up a class, so that's always been my "upgrade strategy"- generally hang in there and things will align. At least that was my thinking. My ego on the other hand figured to kick in to hyper-drive to do damage control. If they had seen my eyes sweating, then to remedy the situation, I would have to flash some dollars about. Before I knew what was happening, my mouth had inquired as to what sort of upgrades were available and, in concert with my hand and wallet, had bought me extra leg room. Fantastic.
In case you are more inclined to moving about by land, and why not, extra legroom on a plane comes in two forms; either you sit at the front of the plane (essentially within the pilot's earshot) or you sit at the emergency exit. And you will know you are sitting at the emergency exit because the pilot will tell you, the stewardess will also tell you and the BIG RED LETTERS right next to you will practically scream, "EMERGENCY".
The flight to Abu Dhabi gave me this hallowed seat, but on the plus side, I got to look outside the window like one of those thoughtful people you see on the covers of cheap tacky novels… or success cards. The game of, "Which country are we flying over" got tiring really fast, and I had to make do with the in-flight entertainment.
Abu Dhabi by night looks really nice from up above and I still feel like shit for switching off my phone to 'conserve' the battery. I'm pretty sure I could have got some pretty cool pictures, but hey, at least I was able to call back home and let the family know I had arrived safely.
Then I promptly run out of phone credit.
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You write with great 'feeling,' sir (tears? eh!). I also caught feelings reading this. And chuckled a lot too.
I agree with Esther. Very well written.
captivating as always
Awww, kinda felt like i was reading mills and boon
….I got to look outside the window like one of those thoughtful people you see on the covers of cheap tacky novels… or success cards…
Or like you in your website photo.


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Russia has been playing a high-stakes political game in North East Asia using talks over a pipeline deal with South Korea and Seoul's long-term enemy, North Korea, to enhance its bargaining position in talks with China. Moscow's ambition is to move into the Chinese energy market and it hoped the Korea negotiations would coerce China into agreeing higher prices for Russian gas. However, it seems Russia has lost out as pipeline talks stall and China looks to other suppliers.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Italian Grilled Cheese
12 spears of grilled fresh asparagus (see my recipe for it http://tonya-justcooking.blogspot.com/2011/03/grilled-asparagus.html)
1 roasted red bell pepper cut into thin strips (see my recipe for it http://tonya-justcooking.blogspot.com/2011/02/roasting-sweet-peppers.html)
8 thick slices of provolone cheese
8 slices of Italian white bread
real butter
-Heat a large skillet (I use a double burner griddle) over medium heat. Assemble four sandwiches each with a slice of cheese, followed by 3 spears of grilled asparagus, a few slices of roasted peppers and lastly another slice of cheese on top. Butter both the outside of the top and the bottom piece of bread well, making sure to get all the way to the edges. Toss your sandwiches onto your hot skillet and cook just a few minutes on each side (watching carefully not to burn them, but to give them a nice dark golden browning). Once they are done, plate them and slice them in half. Serves 4. Enjoy!
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Blackjack is a game that intrigues a lot of people. It is one of the few casino games out there that lets you take control of the result, unlike other games where all you need is luck. With that said however, you really have to know how to properly play the game in order to stand a better chance against the house.
One of the first things that you should know is the mechanics of the game. The game is pretty simple, although there are a number of variations that makes it even more interesting. You can simply choose to go and search for the rules about the game and learn the mechanics from there. You really would not want to click on random buttons as hope for the best.


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Where does metastatic kidney cancer spread?
Kidney cancer usually spreads to the lungs, liver, lymph nodes, brain, or bones. But it can spread anywhere in your body.
How do I know where my kidney cancer has spread?
We can see where your kidney cancer has spread with one of our sophisticated imaging exams, such as:
Depending on your specific situation, we may need to perform multiple tests to get an accurate picture of where your cancer has spread.
What are my treatment options for metastatic kidney cancer?
We can use several medicines to help shrink kidney cancer tumors. You can take some of these medications in pill form. Others are injectable immunotherapy treatments.
In some cases, we may need to surgically remove the kidney where the cancer started.
Should I have my kidney removed if the cancer has already spread?
Patients with advanced kidney cancer that has spread may have some survival benefits if they have a cancerous kidney removed. But there is no definitive answer.
In many cases, it's possible for us to remove your kidney with minimally invasive robotic kidney surgery. However, these cases may be complicated, since metastatic kidney cancer is more advanced.
The benefits of kidney removal in cases of metastatic kidney cancer depend on the particular case and how involved the surgery will be. Your doctor will discuss this and other options with you.
Are there any other treatment options available for metastatic kidney cancer?
We continue to investigate new treatments for metastatic kidney cancer. In 2015, interventional radiologist Scott Schwartz, M.D. was the first doctor in the world to perform a new procedure.
This procedure involved suctioning a kidney cancer tumor from a patient's vena cava (a vein that carries blood into the heart). The patient then underwent minimally invasive kidney removal surgery and participated in a clinical trial. This clinical trial used genetic material from the patient's tumor to produce a vaccine to fight the metastatic kidney cancer.
You can meet with medical oncologist Clara Hwang, M.D. to discuss additional options to treat your metastatic kidney cancer. These options may include clinical trials, advanced chemotherapy treatments, and more.


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Does your idea of feeding your pet snake consist of tossing some food in the tank every couple of days, closing the lid and walking away? Continue reading and you'll find that there is a lot more involved, and you may just pick up some useful tips to make your snake a lot happier.
It is best to start using the right techniques as early as you can with your snake, hopefully when they are still a baby. Although it may be tougher to instill the correct habits as the snake gets older it is not impossible. These methods will help keep you and your snake healthy and happy while avoiding any unnecessary accidents.
The first tip is to always use a separate container in which to feed your snake instead of its primary habitat. This will condition your snake to know that it doesn't get fed while in the main tank. Why do we do this? This method will help prevent accidental biting when you put your hand in the tank to pickup your pet snake. After years of dropping in its food, there is a chance that your snake may one day mistake your fingers for a frozen mouse when you reach in to pick him up and give you a nasty bite. If you train them to know they only feed after they have been removed from the cage and placed in the feeding enclosure, you limit this risk.
You can use a variety of things to use for the feeding area; it doesn't need to be a separate tank. You can use a cardboard box, a plastic storage, container, or any number of similar items. As long as it is large enough and tall enough walls, it should suffice for your needs.
The second tip is to always use a pair of snake feeding tongs. These are usually a long set of metal tongs and you can get them at most pet stores. These keep your fingers out of reach of your snake's mouth. You simply grab the frozen rodent by its hind quarters and lower it in front of your snake. You never want to offer your snake the back side of frozen mice first. The legs can splay out and cause difficulty in swallowing and even injury. When your snake eats the feeder head first, the legs fold back naturally, and this is the way they eat in the wild.
Those two tips should get you well on your way to creating good feeding habits for your pet snake. Creating these habits early will save you time and trouble in the long run.
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Grand Final weekend hosts cross-city sporting irony
In a curious twist, this weekend's sporting grand finals see a Sydney team trying to win the AFL in Melbourne and a Melbourne team trying to win the NRL in Sydney, with more stories underlying the occasion.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: If you're a sports fan, you won't get much done this weekend. Both football codes are having their grand finals and both are pitting teams from Melbourne and Sydney against each other.
The question is: will this be the year that Melbourne is crowned the king of rugby league while Sydney conquers Aussie Rules?
Guy Stayner reports on the grand finals' intriguing subplots.
GUY STAYNER, REPORTER: Two different codes. Four different teams. All chasing one goal, a premiership.
SYDNEY SWANS PLAYER: Keep trynna chase because there's no way in hell you're not gonna catch me. Big game, I gotta kick this goal.
GUY STAYNER: It's a tale of two cities with teams from the wrong side of the tracks trying to simultaneously grab the other city's biggest sporting prize.
Twice under coach Craig Bellamy Melbourne Storm has conquered NRL heartland to win the grand final. But the salary cap scandal provided a bitter postscript and the Storm was stripped off those premierships.
CRAIG BELLAMY, STORM COACH: This is a different group. This is the 2012 Melbourne Storm team. That was two years ago and what's happened in the past is history, whether it's been good, bad or indifferent.
DALLY MESSENGER III, RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORIAN: Craig can say what he likes, but for me and so many other Melbournites, we feel hard done by, and put it this way: if we win on Sunday it'll be very sweet vindication.
GUY STAYNER: For the Storm to be vindicated it must overcome Canterbury, where fullback Ben Barba is top dog. In a sport dominated by big men, it's the fleet of foot little men at either end of the field that many believe hold the key to the NRL Premiership and the Storm know all too well the havoc Barba can wreak.
BILLY SLATER, STORM FULLBACK: Yeah, Bennie's been in great form. He's such an electrical player. He can do something for his side in any spot on the field. And you give him a bitta room in his own in goal and he'll turn you around and make you walk about 100 metres and stand there for a bit.
GUY STAYNER: Ben Barba's opposite number is Storm fullback Billy Slater.
BEN BARBA, BULLDOGS FULLBACK: Some days you're caught standing there just gazing, watching Billy. He's such a great player and an unbelievable talent and he's someone that I enjoy watching, week in and week out. So, yeah, sometimes you tend to switch off and just stand still and watch what he does. But, yeah, obviously I can't do that this week or I'm sure he'll be scoring a few tries.
GUY STAYNER: Rugby league historian Dally Messenger III says Barba will have his work cut out in the battle of the fullbacks. Despite Barba winning the best and fairest Dally M trophy, named after Dally Messenger's grandfather.
DALLY MESSENGER III: Billy Slater's certainly the best I've ever seen. And I've seen Clive Churchill and Johnny Raper and the greats. Ben Barba's new. He's - you know, suddenly he won the Dally M this year and I didn't even know his name last year. So, Billy Slater's been around now for quite a few years, thrilling the crowds. He thrilled a (inaudible) last Friday night. Ben Barba, brilliant new, young player, but he's gotta keep that up for five or six years. It's like a 72-hole golf tournament. You know, you just - you can't judge people in the first nine holes.
GUY STAYNER: Mike Pyke is one of the few men to score a World Cup try against the All Blacks. He's also made a late run into the grand final.
The rugby international will be wearing Canada's red and white this weekend, but he'll be assisting Sydney's AFL title bid at the MCG.
MIKE PYKE, SYDNEY SWANS RUCKMAN: For me, it is a dream come true. I mean, the dream started two or three years ago, but it still is a dream come true.
GUY STAYNER: He's the only Canadian to ever play in the AFL and the only foreign athlete outside Ireland to successfully make the switch.
MIKE PYKE: People back in Canada definitely know about AFL. They really think of it as the game with no rules I probably due to the '80s, the way the game was played in the '80s when guys were just belting each other. But I really didn't become aware of what the game was like until arrived here.
GUY STAYNER: Mike Pyke was playing rugby in France when he decided to try out for the Swans just four years ago.
MIKE PYKE: I looked up a few things on YouTube before I arrived here. And then we actually had the opportunity to watch the Swans versus Collingwood the first week that I was there. So, I think that was a great exposure for me to go to NZ and sit in front of some Collingwood fans actually, which was an experience in itself, to learn a little bit about what the game was like, how it was played and also the passion and the culture surrounding it.
GUY STAYNER: Despite the baptism of fire, he made his debut a year later.
MIKE PYKE: It's a extremely hard game on your body. It's very hard to run and the amount of running you have to do is incredible. And then the skill aspect as well, I think handballing and marking and kicking at speed. I mean, I came from a rugby union background, so I could kick the ball decently standing still off two steps, but kicking it on the run's a whole 'nother story.
GUY STAYNER: Mike Pyke has grabbed his opportunity with both hands and is now on the cusp of being an AFL premiership player.
LEWIS ROBERTS-THOMSON, SYDNEY SWANS FORWAD: It's a wonderful achievement that he's done. It was roughly four years ago he came across to Australia and took up the game of AFL. And for him, initially the skills of the game were foreign to him, let alone understanding the game. And for him to adapt so quickly and I think it's the hard work and determination that he showed that really helped him out there.
JOHN LONGMIRE, SYDNEY SWANS FORWARD: We think that it's a great thing for the game itself. We've got Lewis Roberts-Thomson, who was a rugby union player; we got Kieran Jack, who was a rugby league player, and Mike Pyke, a Canadian rugby union player as well. It's a great thing for the game that those blokes can come through and develop and play AFL footy.
GUY STAYNER: For Sydney and Pyke to triumph they must defeat odds-on favourite Hawthorn, with its home-grown stars Cyril Rioli and Lance Franklin.
LANCE FRANKLIN, HAWTHORN HAWKS FORWARD: I think anyone that plays finals football absolutely loves being out there at the G with the brown and gold cheer squad and the fans that come along.
MIKE PYKE: No doubt though it's gonna be the greatest sporting experience in my life, there's no doubt in my mind.
LEIGH SALES: Guy Stayner reporting.
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The leafleting of "Congress" was a success
On a very windy day, Concerned Roman Catholics of America and their friends for hours and hours gave out stack after stack of leaflets that warned thousands of attendees, including priests and sisters, about the REC's many problematic speakers.
Many attendees thanked and congratulated CRCOA volunteers and friends for being there, and many gave thumbs-up signs of approval.
We all owe a debt of gratitude to hard-working, devoted Kenneth Fisher and his fellow CRCOAns, and their friends, for manning the front lines to promote Catholic truth.


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So this is my first of 2 official posts for the Bella Solids Parade of 2012! I am featuring 4 brand new shades of Bella Solids today, and then am going to show you some fantastic complimentary fabrics for these beautiful new colors.
The shades I am going to share with you are:
Bella Solid # 211 : Citrine
Bella Solid # 218 : Indigo
Bella Solid # 216 : Peacock
Bella Solid # 203 : Orchid
First up, we have CITRINE! This fabric looks freaking fantastic with Tula Pink's Prince Charming line. It's like Moda matched the color spot on with Tula's assistance.
Next there's INDIGO! I love this shade with Tula Pink's Parisville line. It matches her girls so perfectly!
Next up.... PEACOCK! This shade goes so perfectly with Tula Pink's Plume line. Not so much with the first fabric on my layer cake (of course - and I couldn't bear to take it apart just for 1 picture) but take my word for it! I promise you! Now on Fat quarter shop, I think the color on my screen looks a bit more blue-ish aqua but it definitely leans more green.
***(And seriously I JUST REALIZED as I was typing this post that I ended up matching 3 of my 4 shades with various Tula Pink lines! Geeze. Well I am a total Tula troop through and through - but I swear I didn't do that on purpose!)***
Finally, we have ORCHID! (i.e. the only shade I didn't match with a Tula Pink line) I loved this shade with my set of pink/purple oakshot cottons. I love the feeling of the Bella solids alongside the feeling of the oakshots. They are both so soft, and the colors are so sweet. And since oakshots can be so expensive this shade of Bella will be a perfect match to make something with them both.
Also, I realized right off the bat when I opened my package from Fat Quarter Shop that all 4 of these lovely shades would be amazing with Lotta Jansporter's Echo line! I only pulled a few prints but honestly they look great with all the colors of that line, even the chocolate brown. Plus toss in a bit of Kona Ash (which I had in my stash) or some Bella Zen Gray and it's even more fantastic.
So yeah, Moda has made some fantastic new shades for their Bella Solids line and they are lovely! And hope you will join me tomorrow for a tutorial on how to make a super cute little buttoned up pouch perfect for pens, pencils, crochet hooks, knitting needles, and whatever else you can think of!


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Storing your cushions for the winter
Summer is over and the cooler weather is moving in. Once you've decided your outdoor furniture season is over, we suggest some tips for storing your Sunbrella cushions for the winter.
- Clean your cushions according to the instructions found on the Sunbrella Website. Make sure cushions are completely dry before you store them.
- Be sure to store in a clean, dry environment.
- Cover or bag cushions to prevent dust and dirt from settling on cushions while they're in storage. Also, rodents do not consider acrylic fiber a source of food, but would gladly use it to nest if allowed to do so. Covering/bagging your cushions will help to keep them away.
- Be sure not to store heavy items on top of any cushions. Although it may not damage the fabric, it could compress the filling so that it doesn't recover, leaving permanent or long-lasting indentations.
Before we know it, the summer months will be here again, and it will be time to bring your Sunbrella cushions back out from their winter hibernation!
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I have a new favorite vlog, actually it's the first vlog I've ever liked...but it is awesome and has so many fabulous ideas that I just had to share.
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We wake up in the morning pull the socks out and spritz with a little bit of hairspray and she's on her way.
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California wildfires are raging this summer, breaking records as summer fire season continues. The fires have destroyed thousands of structures and continue to cause evacuations and closures, including in several of California's National Parks.
Google Maps continues to update its 2018 California fire map on the various blazes, as well as a Google Crisis Map with information about specific California wildfires, including the Delta Fire, the Mendocino Complex Fire, and the Carr Fire. The California fire map also includes info about air quality, evacuation orders, shelters, fire containment statistics, road closures, and more.
New wildfires in Northern California, including the Delta Fire and Hirz Fire, also continue to force mandatory evacuations and road closures, as of Friday, September 7. California has also already surpassed its annual fire budget for 2018, just two months into the fiscal year.
Google's 2018 Statewide Fire Map for California lists all the active fires in the state for which California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is responding.
The Mendocino Complex Fire, which includes the Ranch Fire and River Fire, is now the largest wildfire in California history at over 410,000 acres, outpacing the Carr Fire, which has destroyed more than 229,000 acres and continues to rage. California fires, many of which ignited before the August 1 start of the state's annual wildfire season, have caused the deaths of at least 10 people so far this summer.
In addition to maps of California fires currently burning, here are some statistics and information on major current Golden State wildfires.
Delta Fire
The Delta Fire, which is picking up speed along the Interstate 5 stretch through the Shasta-Trinity National Forest between the city of Redding and the town of Dunsmuir, began Wednesday, September 5. As of Friday, September 7, it has consumed more than 25,000 acres. There is no containment yet, which refers to how much of a control line has been constructed around a fire to keep it from jumping major roadways and igniting new areas of land. A control line is also referred to as a fire trail, an actual line dug in soil to prevent a fire from burning more brush.
#DeltaFire Evening UPDATE – September 6, 2018
22,000 Acres
0% Contained
1,224 Personnel
Evacuations and Road Closures remain in effect. Visit Inciweb for more Details – https://t.co/BauKLHKuKn#ShastaTrinityNF @ShastaSheriff @SiskiyouSheriff pic.twitter.com/uHLJACfzyo
— Shasta-Trinity NF (@ShastaTrinityNF) September 7, 2018
Mendocino Complex Fire (River and Ranch Fires)
Burning across Mendocino and Lake Counties, these two Northern California wildfires started on Friday, July 27, located within 14 miles of one another. As of Friday, September 7, the Ranch Fire, aka the Mendocino Complex Fire, has burned more than 410,000 acres. It was 93% contained as of Friday.
The River Fire, which burned more than 48,000 acres as part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, has been 100% contained since August.
#RanchFire #MendocinoComplex [update] NE of Ukiah (Mendocino/Lake/Colusa/Glenn Counties) remains 410,182 acres and 93% contained. The fire has transitioned to the USFS Mendocino National Forest. For future updates on this fire please visit Inciweb at: https://t.co/YJMKMhI2mu pic.twitter.com/qlzgxiJpBh
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 30, 2018
Carr Fire
The Carr Fire is one of the worst fires in California's history. The Carr Fire has so far torched over 229,000 acres near the Northern California city of Redding, destroying more than 1,000 homes, and claiming the lives of at least eight people, including three firefighters. It continues to rage but is now 100% contained.
The rapidly spreading wildfire began Thursday, July 26, in the foothills of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and spread down toward Redding and surrounding neighborhoods and roadways including Interstate 5.
#CarrFire [Final] northwest of Anderson (Shasta County) is 100% contained at 229,651 acres. Unified Command: CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit, US Forest Service, and Whiskeytown National Park. https://t.co/QmhauhZj9m pic.twitter.com/0fkrbJvxjX
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 31, 2018
The Carr Fire has stayed in the news not just because of its ferocity and "wall of flame," as Cal Fire Deputy Chief Scott McLean called it when speaking with NBC News. Video of a so-called firenado from the Carr Fire has gone viral, showing a frightening tornado-like fire vortex that results from a massive wind updraft combined with the heat of a major blaze.
This insane footage shows the deadly 'firenado' in action pic.twitter.com/UX7ODLeZ8C
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 17, 2018
Ferguson Fire
The Ferguson Fire, located in the foothills west of Yosemite National Park and Sierra National Forest, is now 100% contained.
Good morning – we've made a significant milestone in the #FergusonFire! We're now at 100% containment, with a final acreage of 96,901. @Stanislaus_NF @YosemiteNPS @YosemiteFire @MariposaSheriff @R5_Fire_News @forestservice @CaltransDist10 @CALFIREMMU pic.twitter.com/7owheHSd0q
— Sierra Ntl. Forest (@Sierra_NF) August 19, 2018
The devastating wildfire consumed over 96,000 acres and claimed the lives of two firefighters. Another nine firefighters have been injured battling the Ferguson Fire, including two firefighters whose injuries were reported by ABC30.
With summer winds fanning the flames of the California fires, causing some blazes to grow and others to merge, these two dynamic maps are worth bookmarking, so you can stay up to date with the latest updates from affected areas in Northern California as well as Southern California.
Fortune will continue to update this post as California's 2018 summer fires continue to rage.


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Happy New Year!! We hope you're all well and winterized, and looking forward to the next 12 months of restoration and steaming up.
In the long winter months ahead, won't you take pen in hand and drop us a line? We look forward to your letters and inquiries, as do your fellow readers. And who knows? You just might be able to get in touch through 'Soot in the Flues' with someone who can help you solve your stickiest problem, or who just turns out to be a fascinating person to correspond with. Many 'pen pals' have found each other through this column!
You'll notice at left, on the magazine's masthead, a few name changes. Linda Sharron is now Linda Weidman; she's been married for quite some time, but just never changed her name in print. She was inspired to finally make the change when Gail Knauer changed her name to Gail Anderson, having been married on October 21, 1995. Gail's new husband, Kelly, is machine shop foreman at the Strasburg Rail Road, where he gets to tear steam locomotives apart and rebuild them all day long, and they pay him for it!! Nice work if you can get, huh fell as? Anyway, even though the names have changed, we're still the same Linda and Gail you've talked with or written to in the past.
We received several nice letters this month let's move on to them now, shall we?
ADRIENNE McCOMBIE, W9572 City Highway I, Willard, Wisconsin 54493, writes: 'I have in my possession what I think may be an antique farm machine. It's a McCormick Dee ring International ensilage cutter, metal wheels, wooden slots on the conveyor, has an engine.
'Number on the machine is as follows: 1060L-Side, 1052L-Top, 1034L. Any information on its status will be appreciated.'
'Greetings from Kansas! We are very proud that our son, Aaron, has taken over the quarter scale Case 65 model business. He is a talented craftsman and builds beautiful engines. We know you will continue to send customers his way, as you have to us the past 20 years. We need to keep the young people involved to keep the steam hobby alive and well. Sincerely, TOM AND LOIS TERNING, 7701 N. Hoover Road, Valley Center, Kansas 67147-8473.'
From KEN BUTTERWORTH, 2821 Wilmington Road, Lebanon, Ohio 45036-9748: 'I have been attending the Clinton County Corn Festival since 1981. I have enjoyed the sawing of wood and threshing of wheat with steam power for many years. This Convention always occurs the second weekend of September each year at the Fairgrounds in Clinton County, Wilmington, Ohio.
'I have included a picture of a 1920 Russell steam engine at the 1995 show. This engine was in preparation to line up with the belt on a threshing machine. The people involved with the threshing had at least three wagon loads of wheat in bundles that they had harvested in early July. You might also enjoy the two pictures of a Frick engine at the same show.
'My dad and I have been subscribers to the Iron Men Album for about three years, but I have been interested in antique tractors, engines and steam engines all my life.'
MARK CORSON, 9374 Roosevelt Street, Crown Point, Indiana 46307, sent us this clipping from a copy of the Spokesman Review, Spokane, Washington, October 6, 1908, on the Interstate Fair:
To See All Fair Requires Time
'Whole Street of Temporary Buildings Occupied by Displays. Concessions Also Numerous. Manufacturers Exhibit Their Machinery in Operation Agricultural Districts Compete.
'Were a visitor to undertake to visit all the displays and concessions on the Interstate fairgrounds and obtain a comprehensive idea of all of them it would require at least two or three days' time to take them all in. As the visitor enters the grounds at the main gate he sees to his left a whole street of temporary buildings, tents and open-air exhibits and displays of machinery, manufactured articles and products of the farm, field, mine and forest collected from many different localities and displayed in entertaining and attractive order.
'The first booth as one enters the gate is that of the Christian Communism Association, which is conducting a religious and political colonization propaganda. Next to it comes the booth of the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company, where the conveniences of gas for domestic use are illustrated. Next to that is the booth of the Spokane Trunk factory, built in the form of an immense trunk.
'Machinery and Farm Products'
'Beyond the booth of the Spokane Trunk Factory is that of the Syphers Machinery Company, displaying grain separators, scourers, fanning mills, incubators and brooders. Next in order comes the display of the Meadow Lake district, consisting of farm, garden and orchard products, with illustrated advertising matter, and next to that the booth of the Union Fuel Company.
'Next in order after the Union Fuel Company comes three very attractive agricultural and horticultural displays, those of the Hayden Lake irrigated tracts, made by Malloy Brothers, the western Canada grain and vegetable display and the grain exhibit of the Canadian Pacific Colonization Company. Both the Canadian exhibits are of surpassing excellence, especially for their showing of threshed and bundle grains and grasses.
'Passing on down Machinery Row one comes in turn to the exhibits of the White rope-making machines, the Dul---- Auto Company, the Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Company, and the Deemster Mill Manufacturing Company, with an elaborate display of pumps and pumping machinery in active operation. Then comes the harvester exhibits. These are three in number, each having combined harvesters on exhibition. The first is the Spokane Harvester Company, the second the Best Manufacturing Company and the third the Holt Brothers Manufacturing Company. A novelty in the harvester line is the 10-foot 'baby harvester' displayed by the Spokane Harvester Company and for use on small farms. One of the Holt machines is raised from the ground and the machinery is kept in operation by means of a chain attachment to the gasoline engine.
'Big Field Devoted to Threshers'
'Further west there is a whole field devoted to the display of threshing machines, many of which are shown in operation, as are also a number of traction engines, including the big engine made by the Holt Brothers Company for transporting products on wagon roads by means of wide-wheeled cars, each of which is capable of carrying a load of 10 tons.
'Following down Machinery Street from the Holt Brothers' exhibit one sees the big exhibit of the Excelsior fence manufacturers, the booth of the Columbia garage, the display of engines and machinery of the John Deere Plow Company and the Igorrote village.
'Returning on the opposite side of the street, the visitor passes in turn the United Wireless Telegraph station, the Van Brunt Manufacturing Company's display of grain drills, the Buckeye gate, the C.L. Jones exhibit of farm machinery, the booth of the Jensen-King-Byrd Company, that of the Spokane Pump Company and Stone's vetch separator.
'The Igorrote village at the lower end of the street, while in an out-of-the-way location, attracts a great deal of attention and excites much curiosity. All day Monday and Tuesday the inhabitants of the village worked like beavers getting their miniature village in order and the village was thrown open to visitors last evening. It will be open each day and evening for the remaining days of the fair.
'The wireless telegraph station, after having been installed, was found not to be capable of transmitting messages to the other station fitted up at the Hotel Spokane, so another set of instruments was procured and a second station has been installed in a tent in another portion of the grounds about a mile distant. The men in charge of the exhibit expected last night to have the system in working order today.'
The photograph Shown above, which shows Austin Monk sitting on his 1914 50 Case, came from DOUG McDOUGALL, 2245 Highway 2 W, Kalispell, Montana 59901, who writes, 'This picture was taken at the 1995 Northwest Antique Power Association's Spring Show held at Gary Yaeger's place in Whitefish, Montana, Gary's house is in the background, and the peaks of the mountains in Glacier National Park are visible just over the top of the engine's bunkers. The Baker fan belongs to yours truly.'
HOWARD H. MURCHIE, P.O. Box 476, Jamestown, North Dakota 58402, writes: 'One time there was a steam thresher at Hansboro. He died in the late '20s. The threshing machine was near his house. Don't remember anything of the machine except that it was the cleanest steamer I ever saw.
'In a lean-to on his barn was a Buick car. Apparently there was little wrong with it. It had a good coat of dust. The body looked good. I have not talked to anyone who knows of such a car. It was two cylinder, cross mounted, and chain driven. I didn't know who I would see about it. Also I thought they would want too much for me.
'The belongings of Mr. Philips were sold the following summer. I was told that Clarence Thomas bought the car for seven or nine dollars. The leather upholstery was what he was interested in. The rest went to the junk pile. I would like to hear from anyone who knows anything about such a car.'
MIKE CURTIS, PO Box 53, Eaton, New York 13334, following up on his letter of last issue, sent us some local history booklets and writes: 'I thought that you might enjoy some of the history of Eaton, where Wood, Taber & Morse Steam Engine Works was founded.
'I live across from Allen Wood's house here in Eaton. I'm also a friend of Ken Morse who submitted an article to you about Wood, Taber & Morse's Engine Works.
'We are a non-profit club trying to locate as many engines as possible that were made here. There will be a New York Historical Educational marker struck for this famous company and be put on the foundry site here in Eaton.
'Could you please help us locate as many as possible Wood, Taber and Morse steam engines? We would like to open up a museum here someday. It would be nice if we could get one on loan for everyone to see. Please help. Thanks!'
MORRIS BLOMGREN, 10139 Blomgren Road, Siren, Wisconsin 54872 sends this: 'I don't see any steamers on this old photo of three couples standing in front of a sod house they had built in South Dakota, but I think it's still an interesting picture. The photo was apparently taken by Jas. D. McFarlane of Sheyenne, North Dakota.
'The plow shown in the second picture is a horse drawn plow for plowing sod for sod houses. I thought the two pictures would go well together.'
BOB SORENSEN, JR., 255 West Laurel Road, Bellingham, Washington, 98225 says: 'What I am sending was originally started shortly before the death of Anna Mae. Needless to say it was pushed aside. I enjoyed her column and the articles from the individual writers very much, and I enjoy it still. You are doing a good job , Linda and Gail, I wish you both well in the continuing of Soot in the Flues.' [Thanks, Bob! We're sure trying!]
'I have been exposed to the steam traction engine my entire life. I have also lived all of it in northwest Washington. Over this time I have seen many 'donkey engines' and had a love for them. This would be referring to a steam hoisting engine. Years ago, it would be in reference to an engine used for logging, pile driving and land clearing wherever a hoist could be used. It was just called a donkey and taken for granted it was steam.
'There were many builders of these engines; however, the three main builders in Washington and Oregon were Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland, Oregon; Puget Sound Iron and Steel Works, Tacoma, Washington; and Washington Iron Works, Seattle, Washington. These three companies were building primarily for the logging industry for many different applications and in many different sizes.
'In 1982 I obtained an American Hoist and Derrick. It is a three drum 8 x 10 industrial hoist. The donkey had been purchased new in 1935 and used in bridge construction until the late '60s.
'When I obtained it the engines and hoist were in excellent condition; however, the boiler needed to be retubed. This was finished by August of 1983 and everything then was in good running condition.
'In 1986 I acquired the hoist only of an 11 x 14 Washington Iron Works three drum standard yarding engine, number 3467. The original machine was tested October 16, 1922; sold and shipped shortly after that date. In June of 1944 the boiler and engines were removed and the hoist repowered with a Cummins Diesel. It was then used into the early 70s.
'Having only the hoist until 1991, and unable to find original engines, I decided to rebuild with a pair of Willamette Iron and Steel 11 x 13 engines. With much measuring, drilling many holes and much good help, we were able to adapt the Willamette engines to the Washington hoist.
'In June of 1990 I acquired a 66' x 120' round vertical fire tube boiler which was of the same dimension as the original Washington boiler. The replacement boiler was built in 1966 to ASME code, fusion welded with 308 6' x 4' x 2' tubes, with a 48' firebox. The working pressure of the boiler was 200 lbs. with a heating surface of 1080 square feet.
'After mounting the boiler to the engines and hoist, all valves and fittings had to be added. Following code rules and regulations, all pipes and fittings required minimum SWP rating of 250 lbs. I was very fortunate in having a number of old valves rated 250 and 300 SWP. The boiler required two pop valves; I used one 1' Kunkel set at 160 lbs. with a capacity of 5,624 lbs. per hr., with 6 lbs. of blow down. The second pop used is a 2' Consolidated set at 175 lbs. with 7 lbs. of blow down. Both pop valves required ASME with a 1/ stamp.
'The main boiler stop valve is a 3' flange mounted Lunkheimer Globe valve. There is a 3' expansion joint in the line then a 3' throttle with 3' pipe into each engine. There are two Penberthy injectors, one 1' and one 1', and a 1' blow down valve.
After building a canopy, painting the boiler and stack, the hoist and engines, the engine was ready to move. Moving the donkey was finished by the last Saturday of July 1991. We moved in time and able to run at the Puget Sound Antique Machinery grounds for our August 1st to 4th show at Berthuson Park, Lynden, Washington, thus making all the work worthwhile. All my good friends that helped and made this possible felt we were paid in full.
'The photographs are as follows.
'No. 1 Washington Iron Works Standard 3 Drum Hoist, as I received it in 1986.
'No. 2 Starting to mount Willamette engines on the Washington hoist.
'No. 3 Start of canopy (roof), also showing boiler stop valve expansion joint throttle valve and injectors.
'No. 4 More work finished, plus some painting.
'No. 5 Moved and sitting at Puget Sound Antique grounds. Water tank, some firewood, one feather of steam from the only leak we had.
'No. 6 Steamed up, running slowly with nothing to do. The hat just showing at left is on my good helper and operator, John Tucker. This is the finished 'donkey' that we worked so hard to accomplish. It really is a hybrid, the hoist being Washington Iron Works, the engine and crankshaft Willamette Iron and Steel, and the boiler by Seattle Boiler Works. After all this we call it a 'Willawa' donkey.
No. 7 Bob Sorensen operating the American Hoist and Derrick 3 drum 8 x 10.
'No. 8 The current Washington boiler inspection.'
Thanks to Bob, and all our other letter writers, for a nice variety of correspondence. We look forward to hearing from more of you next time. Meanwhile, throughout the season ahead, remember this gem of wisdom from Anne Bradstreet's Meditations Divine and Moral, written in 1664: 'If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.'
Steamcerely, Linda & Gail


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After I announced two new titles last Thursday to be published in 2013, I can reveal the news that I've added another two chapbooks to the list, thus completing that year's publication schedule. Simon Bestwick's Cold Havens and Terry Grimwood's Soul Masque have both been moved to later in the year (to become Spectral Volumes X & XI respectively) so that Paul Kane's Creakers (provisional title) can act as a taster for a short story collection of his which will appear later in the year (but which is not being published by Spectral, I should add) in which the Spectral story will make an appearance. Paul's chapbook, Spectral Volume IX, will be published in March of that year.
Rounding out 2013, in December, is an as yet untitled chapbook (Spectral Volume XII) from Thana Niveau, an up-and-coming writer whose work has made appearances in well-known genre magazines and anthologies, including last year's Never Again collection edited by Allyson Bird and Joel Lane.
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Scrap can be recovered from structures, industrial machines and equipment, and consumer goods. Some structural materials (construction steels, bridges, rails, etc.) can recovered easily to provide consistent scrap qualities.
End of life vehicle scrap
One major source of steel scrap is from end-of-life vehicles. In 2010 the global fleet of vehicles exceeded 1 billion and is projected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050. New vehicle production will exceed 60 million for the first time. Assuming that each vehicle produces about one tonne of steel scrap, this gives an indication of the size of this market.
Car scrapping
The current method for processing vehicles is predominantly partial dismantling and shredding. Vehicle designers have not always taken end-of-life management into account. For example, the use of mercury tilt switches for alarm systems in the past resulted in increased levels in mercury in EAF dust. Moreover the increased use of small electric motors in vehicles (for windows, mirrors, seats, etc) has made it more difficult to produce scrap with low copper contents.
Smaller items and consumer goods are often collected as part of mixed waste streams and must be processed to recover the steel content. This material will often be galvanised, and/or coated with paints systems or plastics. The inclusion of significant volumes of galvanised steel scrap in steel melts will result in elevated levels of zinc in the dust collected in the furnace off-gas system.


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model) to look at, a big swap meet, vendor displays with new products, Ford
Motor Company on hand with historical and new cars, Mustang celebrities, and
track events featuring Mustangs of all years! No less than 20 members from our
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J.M. Field Marketing Continues to Assist Startups Integrate with Patented Ecommerce Software and Project Growth in 2014
With Ecommerce sales forecasted to surge in the year 2014, J.M. Field Marketing establishes itself as a powerhouse in Ecommerce Fulfillment and Services.
April 25, 2014 – Recent research conducted online by various Ecommerce trend reports has predicted an increase in Ecommerce sales across the board by 20%. This yearly increase will top Ecommerce sales a little over 1.5 trillion within the world market. With such figures and emerging B2C online purchasing trends, the time poses a large opportunity for many entrepreneurs with a startup Ecommerce company idea.
Though, alarming rates of startup failure in the first three years of business operation, a combined 95%, has turned away many with a new idea or innovation from the market. On a better note, the research findings allow for a positive impact on success within the Ecommerce industry, leveling off the competition. The prime reason for startup failure, with a staggering 46% from the startups polled in the year 2013, contributed their lack of success to incompetence. The most notable issues related to incompetence were the lack of knowledge on product pricing, financing and experience in record-keeping.
These startup failures, in examination, were made without the proper planning and tools. From the words of J.M. Field Marketing's New Business Development Manager, Michael Sandweiss, "They were missing some of the tools to make themselves successful."
Many startup Ecommerce companies are new to the business world. They have the ideas but often do not possess the same business acumen. When starting up, it is important for entrepreneurs to keep in mind their skill sets and understand that they cannot do it all.
"There might be one great at sales, one great at math and the other is a programmer," Michael Sandweiss goes on to say. Each does not necessarily possess the same skill set as the other. There needs to be unity among the bunch and a standardized approach that would assist each member on the team with their best qualities to bring to the table in making the startup succeed. This allows for a balance of management and responsibility among the key business players.
Our location in the Southwest region within the United States has been an advantage to international and domestic startups. Ecommerce industries, first and foremost, need to have a location to store their main product inventory. For many international clients looking to expand into the Latin American markets, Miami and the South Florida region allows for Ecommerce shipping and fulfillment in the domestic, South American and Caribbean markets. After deciding a location, an Ecommerce startup's most important priority is business operation.
An Ecommerce startup should consider the type of software platform they will utilize to implement and carry out a large portion of their online business operations. We have experienced clients from all different types of industries set foot in their office. Client ideas have ranged from scrapbooking Ecommerce to composite hoses. "We have seen it all," says Director of Fulfillment Services Ryan Schoeneck. In developing these types of startups and any company for that matter, we utilize our proprietary Ecommerce software platform. It is important that software is adaptable and can customize the reports and information given to what is most valuable to that company. The Ecommerce software platform should sync directly into the product inventory and be available across sources, whether clients want to access these reports and tools from a mobile device or a computer. Work can be done anywhere. This feature comes with the territory in the Ecommerce industry, since sales can occur anywhere at any time and may not be during normal business hours.
The Ecommerce startup should also consider and notice important reports essential to business that are provided by the Ecommerce software platforms. Decreasing hours of work, a simple report could be the make or break for that company. The Ecommerce software should do most of the analysis. It is left to the hands of the business partners to interpret and implement the data.
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Andaz Wall Street
Experience Lower Manhattan's renaissance at Andaz Wall Street from Hyatt. Like every Andaz hotel, Andaz Wall Street provides a kaleidoscope of local culture that offers you a Lower Manhattan hotel stay unlike any other. Every detail and every moment, from our cutting-edge guestrooms to our authentic farm-to-table cuisine, are designed to give you a genuine and intimate New York experience. From the moment you arrive with our refined and relaxed check-in process, everything is unexpected but completely intuitive. Walk through the doors of the only hotel on Wall Street, and you're immediately greeted by an Andaz Host. Have a seat in the Andaz Lounge-an open, communal setting that's equal parts living room and lobby-where your Host will offer you a complimentary glass of wine or a bottle of water and check you in with a handheld PC. With no uniforms or counters, checking in is less like a procedure and more like a conversation. Of course, if you'd rather, you can head straight to your room and your Host can check you in en route. However, the Lounge will remain the heart of your Andaz stay as a place to grab coffee before an appointment or impromptu drinks in the evening with friends. The stunning guestrooms at this exclusive Downtown New York City hotel offer room to breathe with high ceilings and 345+ spacious square feet of residential-style space. Andaz guestrooms, lounges and studios feature clean lines, ample light and innovative design in natural materials. Veined stone, end-grain bamboo and cerused oak finish elegant rooms decorated with local artwork and offering unique features like bay window seats for reading and relaxation as well as rotating wardrobe valets with full-length mirrors to give you extra space. Personalized amenities like our Sleep Menu and mini-bar with complimentary non-alcoholic beverages and snack s exemplify the hospitality that makes a stay at Andaz unique.
Location & Map
Hotel Address:Neighborhood(s):
- Andaz Wall Street
- 75 Wall Street
- New York, NY 10005
- United States
- Financial District: The Financial District, also commonly referred to as FiDi, is a neighborhood located at the southern tip of the borough of Manhattan in New York City and is anchored by Wall Street. The heart of the Financial District is often considered to be the corner of Wall Street and Broad Street.
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Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government. defined most commonly as the area delineated on the north by 14th Street, on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by the East River, and on the south by New York Harbor (also known as Upper New York Bay). Neighborhoods include Battery Park City, Tribeca, the Financial District, and more.
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Location Summary
Stay near Lower Manhattan's financial and historical sites at the only hotel on Wall Street. Set on the corner of Wall and Water streets, Andaz Wall Street is the first Manhattan Financial District hotel that is truly at the heart of the action. The hotel is within walking distance from local attractions like the New York Stock Exchange, South Street Seaport, Federal Hall and many prominent historical sites, museums and other Lower Manhattan attractions-making downtown exploration that much easier.
Directions to Hotel
Directions from JFK: Head southeast on Terminal 1 toward JFK Int'l Airport. Take the ramp onto JFK Expy N/John F Kennedy Expy N. Take the exit onto I-678 N/Van Wyck Expy N. Take exit 12B for L I Expy/I-495 W, Merge onto I-495 W. Take the exit onto I-278 W toward Brooklyn. Take exit 29 to merge onto Tillary St toward Manhattan Bridge. Turn right at Adams St/Brooklyn Bridge Blvd & Continue to follow Brooklyn Bridge Blvd. Take the ramp onto Park Row. Turn left to stay on Park Row. Slight right at Frankfort St. Turn right at Pearl St. Continue on Water St. The Hotel entrance is on water Street (at the corner of wall Street). Directions from LGA: Head west on Terminal B toward La Guardia Rd. Follow signs for Grand Central Pkwy W and merge onto Grand Central Pkwy W. Take exit 4 for Bklyn Qns Expy toward I-278 W/Staten Island. Merge onto E Brooklyn Queens Expy S. Take exit 29 to merge onto Tillary St toward Manhattan Bridge. Turn right at Adams St/Brooklyn Bridge Blvd. Continue to follow Brooklyn Bridge Blvd. Take the Pearl St/FDR Dr exit. Turn right at Pearl St, Continue on Water St. The Hotel entrance is on Water Street close to the corner of Wall Street. Directions from Newark: Head northeast on Terminal Access Rd. Merge onto US-1 N/US-9 N via the ramp to State Hwy 21. Continue on RT-139. Continue on I-78 E Toll road. Entering New York, take exit 1 toward West St/State Hwy 9A. Merge onto Laight St. Turn left at RT-9A/West St. Continue on FDR Dr N. Take exit 1 to merge onto South St. Turn left at Old Slip. Turn right at Water St. The Hotel entrance is on Water Street (corner of Wall Street & Water Street). From Grand Central Station: Head southeast on E 42nd St/Grand Central Terminal toward 3rd Ave. Continue to follow E 42nd St go 0.4 mi. Take the ramp onto FDR Dr S/Franklin Delano Roosevelt Dr S go 3.9 mi. Take exit 1 to merge onto South St. Turn right at Broad St. Turn right at S William St, Turn right at Wall St. Turn right on Water Street. The Hotel entrance is on Water Street (corner of Wall Street & Water Street)
Highlights & Reviews
Banquets & Meetings
5 Studios as part of a total of 5,920 sf of residential style meetings and events.
Disabled Access
Hotel is ADA accessable in all public areas and has 6 ADA compliant rooms.
Fine Dining On Site
Wall & Water restaurant + Bar Seven Five onsite.
Fine Dining Nearby
Various NYC Restaurants & Bars including Delmonicos, Cipriani Wall Street, SHO, Harrys etc.
Fitness Center
Well equipped Gym with cardio, elliptical, weights and yoga equipment.
High Speed Internet
Wireless available throughout the Hotel.
Pets Allowed
Cats & Dogs only per policy.
Spa Facility
A SPA with 2 treatment rooms offering custom results driven treatments from 15 minutes to 90 minutes.
Jogging Running
Running Maps available suggesting Historic and Brooklyn Bridge routes.
Recommended Rooms
Designed by the Rockwell Group, this 450-square-foot/41-square-meter the Andaz Deluxe Room features a plush king bed and deluxe bath with walk-in rain shower and separate deep soaking tub. You'll find it the perfect place to unwind after a long day in the city. Simple, modern décor includes textured walls, bleached wood accents and brushed metal artwork produced at a Queens, NY, workshop. A unique rotating wardrobe valet incorporates a safe, closet, full-length mirror and other storage elements into one unit that can open into the bathroom or bedroom.
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Westport Café and Bar
In the not-so-distant past, eating and drinking in the heart of Westport was not intended for adults. It may have had its culinary heyday in the '80s, but since then, it's been a 20-somethings zone of self-destruction. It seems only yesterday—two decades, actually, since my college days—that we would end up in Westport, overindulge in everything, only to exercise our amazing youthful recuperative abilities the following day. The quality of our indulgence wasn't necessarily as important as the quantity. There was definitely a great meal or two to be had (I'm thinking of the original Classic Cup on Pennsylvania). And 10 years ago the Garrelts' Bluestem opened on the western edge of the district. But finally the heart of the area is maturing thanks to a few brave souls like Aaron Confessori and his French bistro-inspired Westport Café and Bar.
Owner Aaron Confessori was greatly influenced by the bistros and brasseries from his time in New York City, working at Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Spice Market and studying at the French Culinary Institute. Since opening in 2010,WCB has firmly established itself in the fabric of Westport, and this is evident by the number of people from the neighborhood dropping by during happy hour. Of the many great happy hours in Kansas City, I would rank it in my top tier, right there with Extra Virgin, Bluestem, and Voltaire. The honest yet modern home-style French cooking and the dazzling cocktails make WCB the perfect way to erase a bad day at work.
Our first visit was on a chilly Wednesday afternoon. I had glanced over the menu online, so I had an idea of what to expect. But it wasn't until we were sitting there, transported to another time and place, that I could truly appreciate the experience. We began with the elegantly balanced Parkdale Orchard, composed of Laird's applejack (an American apple brandy), Clear Creek pear brandy, ginger syrup, lime and cardamom bitters. Not too sweet, beautiful fruit notes, with acidity providing a backbone, and complexity added by the bitters. Actually, those descriptors apply to each of the cocktails we sampled. The Little Red Rooster (Broker's gin, Aperol, cinnamon syrup, grapefruit, lemon, old-fashioned bitters) with its Negroni-esqe flavors was similarly balanced. To my surprise, I fell in love with the Charlie Sour. It reads a little like a trendy cocktail crafted by a "mixologist:" Earl Grey infused Four Roses bourbon, St. Germain liqueur, lemon and orange oleo-saccharum. (I had to look up the last ingredient. Oleo-saccharum, although it sounds like a spell that Harry Potter might use, was a staple in 19th-century bartending, a way to provide an elegant citrusy flavor and aroma to alcoholic beverages. The zest of a few lemons, or in this case oranges, is muddled violently with sugar until the oils are released from the peel. It is then allowed to sit for about an hour until you have peels resting in a bowl in a pool of sweet citrus oil. The applications could only be limited by one's imagination.) I found the cocktail cast a spell of its own, transporting me to a warm and sunny Southern France.
We began our late afternoon binge with a generous dish of warm baked ricotta, goat cheese and truffled honey, accompanied by crunchy toasts. Although the encounter between truffle and honey was perhaps too brief for me to appreciate, this dish would make a not-too-sweet, almost cheesecake-like dessert.
Any respectable bistro should have mussels, and Westport Café and Bar has three different versions. We sampled the mussels with shaved fennel and roasted tomatoes. The mussels were fresh (always a good start), the flavors enhanced by the tang of the tomato and clean notes of fennel. The zesty broth required the repeated dunkings of a baguette. It was good enough to make me want to try their other versions on another visit. Fortunately, we did. The mussels with sweet corn, cilantro and coconut curry were out of this world. After devouring the mussels, I looked for the server to get more bread for dunking. When I looked back, my greedy dining companion was actually drinking the broth from the bowl.
Meat- and potato-loving Midwesterners should be thrilled with the steak frites. The light char of the grilled beef, served with voluptuously silky Béarnaise sauce—a match made in heaven if ever there was one—and crisp little shoestring fries, housemade mayonnaise and ketchup, fits into one of my fantasies. (In my fantasy, I work a normal, 9 to 5 job, escaping afterwards to a relaxing happy hour with my brilliant and entertaining friends. I drink a delicious specialty house cocktail while I unwind, then enjoy steak frites with a nice glass of red wine—there are plenty to choose from on theWCB list—providing my perfect early supper. Since I had gone to my imaginary gym before going to my imaginary job, there would be no guilt.)
The choices outside of happy hour can be even more enticing. One night we began with what must have been an eight-ounce burger-sized tartare of Angus beef. Best to share, although their tartare could easily make a light meal for one with a few slices of charred toast and a glass of wine.
My experiences with pasta in French restaurants have been generally underwhelming, as it was with the spring-pea ravioli with lemon brown butter. However, the pasta au poivre was one of my favorites of all the dishes I sampled. In fact, I "sampled" it on two different occasions, although the second tasting wasn't quite as stunning as the first. I suggest splitting it as a pasta course, although I can understand not wanting to share any of the silky, yet resilient noodles, dressed in the biting black pepper and sage, topped with a fried egg that when penetrated, glazed the pasta in unctuous gold. When we split the dish on my one visit, the kitchen was gracious enough to give each of us an egg, so no one would miss out on the experience.
If you're incapable of a good grilled cheese sandwich at home, Westport Café and Bar might be the place to have it. They serve a classic croque-monsieur, a fancy warm ham and Gruyere cheese sandwich with spicy mustard, and creamy béchamel (that's the part you would never do at home), topped with more cheese and broiled until golden, bubbly and crisp. Perfect on a cold snowy evening like ours. Another too-involved-for-most-people-at-home dish is the crispy chicken confit over celery root puree. Only the most serious, hands-on foodie cooks confit anything at home, and the chicken at WCB, while not a confitted duck, was nonetheless moist and dressed with a tasty sauce Meurette (a classic of French Burgundian country cooking composed of concentrated red wine with onions, carrots, celery, prosciutto and herbs).
At the suggestion of our server, we sampled two of their desserts. A fan of rice desserts, I was intrigued by their Gateau de Riz. Any culture that grows rice and has an animal to milk has some form of this home-style sweet. Normally creamy but with a bite, scented by spices like cinnamon, cloves or vanilla, this is a dessert that should hug you from the inside. Ours tried to, but it was served cold, which destroys the texture, and with out of season strawberries. The most popular dessert at WCB, the profiteroles, made up for the rice cake. Honestly, only one in a thousand profiteroles served in restaurants is fresh, and I generally avoid them. Glad I followed our friendly server's suggestion on this item. It was perfectly crisp, filled with vanilla ice cream, and served with more than enough chocolate sauce in a pitcher on the side. After finishing the profiteroles, we finished the chocolate sauce, pouring it into our empty spoons.
I have not had the chance to experience brunch at Westport Café and Bar (again, my real life and fantasy life clashing), but I have heard great reviews from informed foodie friends. A peek at their brunch menu—items like crisp apple fritters, lemon-ricotta pancakes, brioche French toast, confit chicken hash—should be enough to convince anyone. I just need the opportunity. You, too, should find your own opportunity to revisit a more sophisticated Westport. The charm and flavors of this piece of the 19th Century, a little bit Paris and a little bit Kansas City, will be your reward.


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First foal of the year born
Born on Easter Sunday (31st March 2013)
"Having bred several foals for many years - the outcome is not always what you expect.
Of course you are excited to see the new arrivals and plan carefully for their entry to the world and watch in wonder as to how it will be in 5, 10 years time.
In the last couple of days of pregnancy - you become aware of the mares behavior - and you know it will be soon. When the behavior changes and all does not seem right - then you start to panic! This was our reaction for our first due foal of the year - the mare was not right.
Easter Sunday and the foal was born, it was hard work and the mare was exhausted - the foal not well either.
After a lot of initial treatment and many long hours - we now have an orphaned foal. Day 4 and he is finding his feet and strength - and there is no kidding to the hours you have to put in to keep the foal fed and warm and try your best to not treat them like pets - if he survives - he will be a horse and not a dog!
The outcome is still unknown, but the foal has a fighting chance.
Sadly we lost the mare just a few days later.
Breeding horses has often been described to me as an expensive hobby - it is - and a tough one too!"
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