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is there a way to off thumbnail preview for folder and on for picture files like .jpg,.png,.bmp....
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|16 May 2011
Hello Aerrow,
Turning off thumbnail previews as in the tutorial is a all or none setting.
For a folder, you could workaround this by changing the icon of that folder. It would then display that icon instead of the thumbnail preview.
For specific image files, you might be able to workaround this by setting some image viewing program that doesn't support Windows thumbnail previews as the default program with Open With to open those file extensions with instead of Windows Photo Viewer.
Hope this helps,
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|17 May 2011
lol. i know tht
but changing icon everytime i creat a newfolder is a pain..
anyways.. thanks..
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|18 May 2011
its ok.. i changed imageres.dll and tht kinda statisfied me .. i guess
thanks anyway ^^
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|18 May 2011
I'm glad to hear that you found a workaround that will work for you. :)
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|19 May 2011
Hello Brink.
Turning off thumbnail previews as in the tutorial is a all or none setting.
So there is no way to get closer to the XP behaviour (a hack or 3rd party app to display thumbnails on the fly, only when I select "View > Thumbnails\Large icons")?
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|19 May 2011
Hello Daisensou, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Not by default in Windows 7. I'm sure that there may be some 3rd party image viewing apps out there that you can view the images like that in it instead. I don't use them, so I don't know of any off hand. You might post a new thread on what features you would like one to have in the Software forum area to see if someone may know of a program that may do it. :)
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|19 May 2011
SQUEEEEE! I think I did it!
It's not a "seamless" integration to the Explorer shell, but it's good enough!
Turns out IrfanView has a nice thumbnail mode (its icons are a relic from Windows 95, but the application sure is awesome, I guess ResHack can be used to "fix" the icons).
So... time to patch it up on Explorer, while there may be other ways to do it, I settled in using Classic Shell, this way I can add some custom buttons on top of the other goodies CS delivers.
The button uses this simple command: "PathToIrfanViewFolder\i_view32.exe" "%1 /thumbs"
*Well, if the command above doesn't work (aka nothing happens), change the %1 to %2, that'll probably fix it.
Clicking on it will launch IV in thumbnail mode pointing to the current folder, from there you can open the images with an external application (right click), but it seems to lack the ability to drag-n-drop to other applications :\
Anyway, I'm quite happy with the result, save for the drag-n-drop situation.
Thank you Brink for the tutorial in disabling Win7 native thumbnail support, hope this info end up being useful to other people.
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Prince Harry shovels and pushes a wheelbarrow as he helps rebuild a school in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old prince and 26 soldiers from the Household Cavalry are in Lesotho for three weeks, working to rebuild a school for children with chronic physical and mental disabilities.
The Prince first visited Lesotho in his GAP year in 2004 on the invitation of Prince Seeiso, the brother of the King of Lesotho. The pair subsequently set up the charity Sentebale meaning 'Forget Me Not' to help Lesotho's hundreds of thousands of orphans and vulnerable children.
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This is no joke. I just made about $1.50 running from Zombies – and more is on the way (both cash and zombies).
Ok, the zombies are not real, but the money is. Thanks to three simple mobile apps, every time I go for a 30 minute jog, I get chased by simulated zombies, and then earn my way toward a weekly reward. The app trifecta in question contains the following:
- RunKeeper: The Granddaddy of running apps
- GymPact: Get rewarded to excersice, and penalized when you don't
- Zombies, Run!: Immerse yourself in undead while you work out
The setup is simple, all you need is an iPhone or and Android device with GPS, and an internet connection. Then get signed up for three apps, and their accompanying web services, and start your engines.
Step 1: Get RunKeeper
First, get RunKeeper – an app that tracks your outdoor workouts using the GPS built into most smartphones. Go to Runkeeper.com and sign up for an account. It's free. Then go to the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store and download the RunKeeper app (also free). Open up RunKeeper on your phone and sign in to the app with the account you created online.
There are tons of options and lots of interesting features and services in RunKeeper, but I won't get into those here. For now, all that is needed is a free account.
Step 2: Create A Gym-Pact
Next, download GymPact from the App Store or Google Play. GymPact is a pretty amazing service that will penalize you for not working out. You set a goal of a certain number of workouts per week, and post a dollar amount that you are willing to risk if you do not meet that goal. Miss the goal, pay the money. Complete the goal, and split the penalty funds collected from the non-achievers with all the other winners. It works, and I've been using it off and on for a year now. Sign up for an account through the app itself or on GymPact.com.
Once the GymPact app is installed, you need to link it with your RunKeeper account. In the app, tap the Settings icon (the little gear) and scroll down to the RunKeeper menu entry under My Account. Tap the button to connect your accounts. Check the GymPact website for more information.
Don't forget to set up a pact! The minimum pact is one workout per week, with a $5 penalty per workout. I've got mine set up for 2 workouts per week, with a $10 penalty. It earns my about $1.50 (give or take $.25) per week. Increasing the number of workouts will increase the payout. Be sure to set the penalty high enough that it stings pretty hard when you miss a workout and get fined.
Step 3: Run! From Zombies!
Finally, head over to the Zombies, Run! website and register for a ZombieLink account (free). Zombies, Run! is a game for iOS and Android that you play while jogging. It's basically an interactive story that plays through your headphones while you run. Every so often, your character in the story will be chased by zombies, and you'll need to pick up the pace OR DIE!!! It's good.
Once you've logged in to ZombieLink and poked around a bit, click your user name (upper right corner) and go to Settings. Click the Sharing to other networks tab on the right, and connect your RunKeeper account. Then set Auto post new runs to RunKeeper to true and remember to hit Save (it's easy to miss this part).
Finally, go back to the App Store / Google Play and download Zombies, Run! ($3.99). There is also a 5K training version for $1.99, but I have not tested that app yet. So far, this is the only app that will cost you money up front, and if you meet your goals set in Gympact, you will earn the cost of the app back in a couple weeks.
That's it for the setup. most of these apps will ask you if they can access your location and send you notifications. It's important to say 'yes' to all of these. That way your runs/walks/jogs can be tracked properly, and you will get notified when your workouts are posted to RunKeeper, and then sync'd to GymPact.
All that's left is to put on some running shoes, start up the Zombies, Run! app and do the first mission. Remember, in order for the workout to count, it needs to last 30 minutes or more. If you finish your Zombie mission early, just keep running until the timer reaches 30:00 or later, then stop the mission. Once the mission is complete, it should automatically post the data to RunKeeper. After a few hours, it should then sync from RunKeeper to GymPact. You do not need to have the RunKeeper or GymPact apps open while using Zombies, Run!. Or, if you prefer a zombieless run, open RunKeeper and start a workout through the app and go from there. Keep it up, and watch the river of pennies fill your GymPact account, all while saving the world from flesh eating corpses.


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I follow and learn a great deal about Empire Avenue from http://www.empireavenue.com/CHRISRECORD – if you have not invested in Chris yet, please do so, he is a great team player.
I recently received a share holder email from Chris where he explained a conversation he had with @dups http://www.empireavenue.com/DUPS regarding the selling of Empire Avenue shares. I learned a great deal from this conversation so I asked Chris if I could repeat it here and of course he granted me his permission to do so… Thanks Chris.
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Today I want to have a Discussion with you about Selling Strategies. If you are seasoned here at EAv, PLEASE comment to clarify any misunderstandings or bad math I may have in this email! With that being said, here we go…
Most players are in the dark about how Empire Avenue calculates your share price. It's actually quite easy to understand. So I am going to clarify some things that I learned about today.
First, let me start with the biggest breakthrough I had today!
If you have stocks in the RED in your portfolio, they DO NOT affect your own share price at all!
I always thought that the best strategy to get out of the red yourself was to dump all the poor performing stocks in the red that you own, and use those eaves to buy stocks in the green.
Unfortunately I was wrong about this one according to @dups
Sure, it does make sense to sell stocks in the red BUT you need to realise that you might be earning more from their dividends than you lost in their overall value decline for the day! PLUS when you sell it costs you 5% commission!
For example, if you own 200 shares in a stock that drops 1 point for the day. You have lost a couple hundred eaves in value. But if you look at the last dividend of that stock, it might have paid 180 eaves. So in reality you might have only lost 20 eaves in value (which is very small when you think about it).
And the next day that stock might go back up in value, not only paying you more dividends but also appreciation.
Now, let's say that same stock is at 50e/share. If you SOLD all 200 shares of that stock then you will have lost an additional 500 eaves (5% commission) on top of the 20 eaves you lost for the day.
You need to ask yourself if it's really worth it? Which is a better loss for the day? 20 eaves or 520 eaves? And in many cases you might actually be earning MORE from their dividends than you are losing from their share price dip!
So WHEN should you sell?
Basically the ONLY reason you would want to sell is to free up more eaves to invest in others with.
If you already get plenty of eaves daily from dividends, then technically you may not need to sell. But if you want/need more eaves to invest in more people, then you need to find stocks to sell to help boost your bank account.
But when you do look for stocks to sell, be sure to use your best judgement as to whether or not the stock has a chance to rebound from it's dip or not. If the person is very active and engaged, perhaps even reach out to them, or look at their weekly activities.
The WORST thing you could do is sell a great stock because they took the weekend off or went on Holiday. YOU would lose more than they would, and you would be part of a group of people sending that great stock in a downward spiral. Would you want that to happen to you? Plus, they might rebound significantly on Monday, and would have a better chance to do so if you didn't sell them.
I must admit I use to think these stocks were hurting my value and I would sell them, sometimes even on the weekend, not realizing how much eaves I was actually losing by doing so.
But of course, selling is part of the game strategy. So you should develop a system for how you will effectively sell. For example, today I sold numerous stocks that were in the red and tanking, because I bought them purely on speculation. They were new accounts with very low divs. I gambled on them and it didn't pay off so I sold and cut my losses.
So let's look at a few types of stocks you might want to sell daily:
1) Speculative stocks that don't rise quick, or have peaked and are sliding with low divs.
2) Accounts that still have the baby face and are declining (if they are not engaged enough to add a profile picture, why bother?)
3) Sliding stocks with extremely low divs, where you are clearly losing eaves everyday by holding them.
4) Stocks that are tanking (-2, -3, -4, -5 daily, etc). You need to make a judgement call quick on these whether you think they will rebound or keep tanking. If you are going to get out, get out early!
PLEASE COMMENT below if you can add to the leaqrning experience for us all and to continue the discussion.
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It's a well-known fact that I don't buy into the whole global warming thing but it's a scientific fact that there have been periods over the last two decades where the frozen poles of our planet have periodically heated up beyond their usual temperature range.
This has nothing to do with global warming or climate change if you prefer that term. The earth is dynamic, it goes through cycles of heating and cooling, drought and flood. Sometimes this happens all over the planet at the same time, sometimes it happens unequally in the two hemispheres and sometimes just a couple of geographic locations are affected. This heating at the poles is just part of business as usual for Mother Earth. The planet has behaved like this throughout its existence and there is no logical reason to think that's going to change.
There is something we should consider though. When there is a melt at the poles the permafrost is affected, and whatever is in the permafrost can, frozen for sometimes thousands of years, resurface.
In Early August this year an outbreak of anthrax sickened 72 people in the Yamal area of northern Russia. One child died and one adult died in the outbreak. Last seen in the area in 1941 the latest outbreak also killed over 2000 reindeer, affecting the livelihood of dozens of nomadic herding families that travel the area.
Anthrax spores are hardy…very hardy. They can lie dormant for centuries and then, when exposed to air, they awaken to wreak havoc on anyone coming into contact with them. This is what scientists believe happened in Yamal.
Dead animals and the bodies of herders that have died over the years are all likely to be exposed if the permafrost melts where they are buried. If those people had a disease, such as anthrax, plague or even smallpox this could be transmitted to those coming into contact with the body. A far back as 2008 this was a concern for doctors and scientists alike, when a headless body was recovered from the tundra.
Other bodies have also given rise to such scares:
Archaeologists halted work in the London crypt Spitalfields in the mid-1980s after finding smallpox scars on a corpse, and a librarian from Santa Fe, N.M., was vaccinated after finding a smallpox scab in a Civil War medical book. In these cases, the virus was no longer viable.
But a construction worker in the United Kingdom did contract the disease while demolishing a building that had housed smallpox victims, and researchers in Holland found a live virus in a 13-year-old scab. (source)
Smallpox is the disease that most people dread making a comeback. Boris Kershengolts is the deputy director for research at the Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone in Yakutsk. He is in no doubt that infected bodies in the permafrost could, if they were thawed out, infect the living. He said:
"Can these processes repeat themselves? Of course they can. Back in the 1890s, a major epidemic of smallpox occurred – there was a town where up to 40 per cent of the population died. Naturally, the bodies were buried under the upper layer of permafrost soil, on the bank of the Kolyma River". (source)
Kolyma's floodwaters have started eroding the banks of the river and is speeding the thaw of the permafrost. Some graves, which aren't deep due to the impossible digging conditions, have already been exposed. Some of the bodies bore signs of sores that fit with smallpox. No active virus has yet been found but DNA of the disease has been isolated.
The other problem with permafrost thaw is methane. Plant matter rotted hundreds sometimes thousands of years ago is present in huge amounts in the tundra regions. Once it starts to thaw methane is released in massive amounts. Methane can and does sometimes explode underground. The thought of it doing so near shallow buried bodies that may (or may not) carry a deadly cargo of disease is a disturbing one. Spores travel easily on the breeze and God only knows what havoc would be caused if infected spores made it to a more populated area.
Methane is a gas that has a 'greenhouse effect' far stronger than the carbon dioxide we usually hear about. Methane traps up to 84 times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide…although it hangs around for just a decade or so. If methane is released in large amounts warming over the poles will melt more permafrost which will release more methane and so on. Again this freezing and melting of the permafrost is a natural cycle, the difference is that on geological timescales humans are a mere very late addition to the planet and have not been exposed to some of these cycles before…even though we know they have happened.
The population of the planet is now significantly large enough, and technology can move us around fast enough to make an epidemic of smallpox the biggest disaster that the human race has ever faced.
There are two forms of smallpox, variola minor and variola major. Variola major is responsible for the majority of deaths from smallpox, unfortunately it is also the most common form of smallpox.
Smallpox takes a while to incubate, 7 to 17 days with a mean of 12. People are not contagious until the fever associated with the disease develops, usually at about 12 days after infection, though as stated it can be as soon as 7 days or as long as 17. From this point the sufferer is infectious. They will have flu like symptoms and will have no outward signs that they are spreading a deadly disease to everyone they come into contact with. A rash of flat reddened areas starts three days after the fever and spreads across the body, it's a further two days before the rash becomes raised and fluid and pus filled blisters form.
On average infected people were in contact with others for a full five days, from the onset of the fever to the start of scab formation, and even then it was sometimes mistaken for cow-pox or chickenpox by those inexperienced in the disease.
If the person survives they will start losing the scabs after a month…the scabs themselves are infectious and a person is not clear of the disease until every last scab has gone from their body.
We have to ask what precautions are being taken to ensure that past smallpox sufferers do not send us a living history lesson. We need to hope that those in charge of areas where the permafrost is disgorging bodies take every preventative measure they can to ensure our safety.
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People often look to make comparisons to make a point and often choose the most ludicrous examples, the classic amongst which is comparing the Palestinian treatment by Israel to the holocaust or apartheid, when a quick examination proves that they are no such thing which is not to minimise the issues, but simply make the point that exaggeration does nothing for your cause except make you look silly to an outside observer.
Church leaders renewed their stand-off with the Coalition over hunger in Britain using Easter sermons to speak of poverty and destitution, as one bishop claimed Government cuts were having "sinful consequences".
The Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Justin Welby singled out the experiences of people turning to food banks in the UK as an example of suffering in the world, alongside the crises in Syria and Ukraine.
He also said those who quietly man food banks were making a more powerful statement of the Christian message than figures such as himself who "shout" about religion on a national stage.
In his sermon, he spoke about sorrow and listed examples of people around the world shedding tears including bereaved mothers in Syria and people in Ukraine and Rwanda. He added: "In this country, even as the economy improves there is weeping in broken families, in people ashamed to seek help from food banks, or frightened by debt.
"Asylum seekers weep with loneliness and missing far away families."
I'm sorry, but telling us the tears of families seeking help from foodbanks pale into comparison with what happened in Rwanda and what's happening in Syria. I'm also pretty sure that what's going on in the Ukraine doesn't really compare either.
The real trick about using comparison for effect is that you do not try and make yourself sound utterly ridiculous when you do it. The end result is to water down your point in a similar way the left watered down the terms fascist and racist to accuse anyone who didn't think like they did. By shutting down debate, they ensured that the problems got worse and people started to think about more extreme solutions.
Not that I think the Arch-Druid will shut down debate, just that he minimises the impact of his sermon by comparing chalk with cheese, I rather doubt anyone whose hobbyhorse isn't opposing benefits reform will take what he has to say seriously… assuming they even notice what he says anyway.
Telling us that those who shed tears of pride for using foodbanks in comparison to those who are losing or have lost their lives in Syria and Rwanda does himself and his cause no favours whatsoever…


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Chris Cornell's wife is breaking her silence about her husband's tragic death.
A day after the coroner ruled the Soundgarden frontman passed away from suicide by hanging, Vicky Cornell and family attorney Kirk Pasich issued a statement saying they are "disturbed at inferences that Chris knowingly and intentionally took his life." In the letter, they suggested the 52-year-old musician may have accidentally overdosed of anxiety medications.
"Chris's death is a loss that escapes words and has created an emptiness in my heart that will never be filled," Cornell's widow said. "As everyone who knew him commented, Chris was a devoted father and husband. He was my best friend. His world revolved around his family first and of course, his music, second."
According to her, the grunge music icon spent Mother's Day with his children before flying to Detroit on mid-Wednesday for what would be his final performance.
"When we spoke before the show, we discussed plans for a vacation over Memorial Day and other things we wanted to do," she recalled. "When we spoke after the show, I noticed he was slurring his words; he was different. When he told me he may have taken an extra Ativan or two, I contacted security and asked that they check on him."
As previously reported, a family friend discovered an unresponsive Cornell on his bathroom floor at the MGM Grand hotel late Wednesday night. The singer was pronounced dead at the scene when medics arrived shortly after midnight. At the time, sources claimed he was found with a band around his neck.
"Without the results of toxicology tests, we do not know what was going on with Chris—or if any substances contributed to his demise," Pasich said. "Chris, a recovering addict, had a prescription for Ativan and may have taken more Ativan than recommended dosages. The family believes that if Chris took his life, he did not know what he was doing, and that drugs or other substances may have affected his actions."


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A 90 year old man charged with prostitution solicitation should have been given a warning due to his age. There will be no benefit to society by putting him on trial, particularly if it results in jail time. He is not a danger, and a warning should be sufficient to end the matter.
The police should have just issued a warning to the 90-year-old man hit with a prostitution solicitation charge. If a 90-year-old is soliciting a prostitute, its kind of like you can't teach an old dog new tricks. In other words, if someone that old is set in their ways, they probably can't really be changed by charging them with a crime. The elderly man should have just been issued a warning.
If we're going to have these laws, they should apply to all adults, regardless of age. This man should be punished for breaking the law. Having said that, prostitution should be legalized and regulated. There's no reason why it should be illegal. Plus, if it is legal and regulated by the government, it will be much safer for everyone involved.
It is only fair that all U.S. citizens are treated equally according to law. Additionally, the man could be affiliated with other individuals - of various demographics - that may be solicit the same or other prostitution rings, heightening activity. While incarcerating persons of this age is not sensible, not punishing the man with at least a stiff fine does not help a problem that is widespread in most large cities and even some towns.


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The root of this herb is commonly used in the food and cosmetic industry as a nontoxic coloring agent.
Almond Oil:
Light and nearly odorless. Great for softening and conditioning skin. Contains glucosides, vitamins and minerals. Great for eczema, itchy, dry and inflamed skin.
Aloe Vera:
Relieves sunburn and adverse skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema. Moisturizer and softener.
Avocado Oil:
Rich in vitamins a, B1, B2, Panthothenic acid, Vitamin E, protein, lecithin and fatty acids. Very good for dry skin and eczema. Healing and regenerating qualities.
Baking Soda:
Cleans and deodorizes while providing alkalinity.
Used to emulsify creams and thicken salves.
Borax (Sodium Borate):
Naturally occurring mineral composed of sodium, boron, oxygen and water. Water softener and cleansing agent.
Carrot Oil:
High in vitamins, minerals and beta carotene. Good for dry itchy, maturing skin and scar treatment. Good for the face.
Castor Oil:
Provides protective barrier between skin and harsh environmental conditions. Rich in fatty acids. Acts as a humectant.
Citric Acid:
Used in cosmetics to adjust the pH level and prevent cosmetics from becoming too alkaline.
Cocoa Butter:
Solid fat from cacao plant. 40-50% solid butterfat. A great emollient for dry skin. It has been traditionally used to heal and moisturize skin that has been exposed to the elements. Cocoa Butter helps reduce the formation of stretch marks during pregnancy by keeping the skin supple.
Coconut Oil:
Cooling properties therefore good for sun products and burn remedies. Will not clog pores.
Evening Primrose Oil:
Contains 9% gamma-linolenic acid (an essential fatty acid). Good for skin cell regeneration.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil:
Rich in Vitamin E (a natural antioxidant), Vitamin K, and Fatty Acids. Primary Fatty Acids are Oleic and Linoleic Acid. Oleic Acid is monosaturated and makes up 55-85% of olive oil. Linoleic is polyunsaturated and makes up about 9%. Linolenic, which is polyunsaturated, makes up 0-1.5%. There are as many as 5 mg of antioxidant Polyphenols in every 10 grams of olive oil. For body use, it's very emollient soothes and reduces itching of eczema and encourages healing and moisturized dry skin, hair and scalp.
Flaxseed Oil:
High concentration of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) an omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA). Used externally, Flax Seed Oil allows the body to absorb some of the EFA and helps soften and heal skin abrasions.
Vegetable Glycerin:
Grapefruit Seed Extract:
Used as a preservative, Grapefruit Seed Extract is a bioflavonoid-rich, active phytochemical that exhibits broad spectrum, antibacterial and antifungal properties.
Grapeseed Oil:
Rich in vitamins, minerals and linoleic acid. Light and penetrating.
Illipe Butter:
Illipe Butter is obtained from the nuts of the Shorea stenoptera, a tropical tree. Illipe Butter closely resembles cocoa butter but with a higher melting point. It moisturizes the skin and restores elasticity.
Jojoba Oil:
Jojoba oil is actually a liquid wax that is highly penetrating and closely resembles human sebum. Readily absorbed by all skin types. It controls excess sebum production thereby helping with oily skin and acne.
Jojoba oil is well tolerated by people with skin problems and does not aggravate acne, and also helps to break down sebum in plugged-up pores.
Lecithin is a naturally occurring group of phospholipids (containing mostly fatty acids). This soy based lecithin is very rich in the B complex vitamins and is highly nutritive for the skin and hair. It also possess softening and soothing effects.
Sea Salt:
Drying, Cleansing, abrasive and drawing. Unprocessed salt contains more of the minerals from the ocean and fewer of the chemicals.
Shea Butter:
High contents of fatty acids give it the ability to moisturize and retain the elasticity of the skin. Helps heal cracked, aged skin while repairing cellular degeneration. Contains some ultraviolet protection (approx SPF6).
Stearic Acid:
Naturally derived from soybeans, stearic acid helps to bind and thicken creams.
Sunflower Seed Oil:
Rich in linoleic acid (anti-inflammatory, acne reductive, and moisture retentive properties when applied topically), oleic acid and the antioxidant vitamin E.
Astringent, deodorizing and antifungal properties. Organic, non-filtered apple cider vinegar is enzyme rich.
Vitamin E:
Natural antioxidant. Helps eradicate free radicals from the skin. Helps to slow down aging.
Wheat Germ Oil:
High in protein and vitamins A, B, D and E. Prevents moisture loss from the skin and soothes irritated, sunburned or burned skin.
Witch Hazel:
Astringent, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and styptic properties. Good for bruises, cuts, oily skin and broken capillaries.
Note: These are broad general descriptions of the beneficial properties commonly known for these ingredients that are listed for informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace medical advice.


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Hyve Buzz is the flagship device
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Based on Android 5.1 Lollipop, this Hyve phone can be upgraded to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The dual SIM smartphone features a 13 MP main snapper with dual-tone LED flash and Sony Exmor RS sensor. There is also a 5 MP front-facer on board the Buzz.
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It has connectivity features such as 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth, GPS, USB Type-C, and NFC. It draws power from a 2,500 mAh battery that lies under its hood.
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L.A.'s top moment of the 2012-13 season was really a series of moments with something in common: Kobe Bryant, and clutch shots.
On March 8 against the Toronto Raptors, the Lakers – in the midst of an intense push to try and get into the playoffs – had trailed throughout the entire game, frustrating themselves and the fans as they desperately tried to get over .500 for the first time all season.
Trailing by as many as 15 in the first half and nine heading into the fourth quarter, L.A. turned to Bryant, who started doing everything. He drained six of six free throws early in the fourth quarter and found Steve Nash for a triple that was his 12th assist, cutting Toronto's lead to 103-99 with 3:01 to play.
Then Bryant really got going:
1:40.0 - Drills a contested, pull-up, fading three-pointer from the wing with Raptors wing Alan Anderson draped to him to make it 105-103 Toronto.
0:29.0 - Swishes a fadeaway baseline three off the inbounds pass to cut Toronto's lead to one at 107-106.
0:05.0 - After two Kyle Lowry free throws put the Raptors up three, Bryant somehow, again, got himself free to drain his third straight three-pointer in 1:35 of game play, this one tying the game at 109 in the final seconds. To get some air space, Bryant had pumped-faked his way out of a double team by first shaking Amir Johnson, then rising over Rudy Gay's outstretched finger tips. When Gay missed a jumper on the other end, the game headed to overtime.
The dramatics weren't done, as Toronto worked its lead up to three in the final two minutes once again until it was Nash's turn to loft a game-tying triple, with the Raptors' D focused on Bryant, with 45 seconds left (115-115).
Dwight Howard then cleared his 13th rebound after a defensive stop, and Bryant gathered the ball at the top of the floor. Toronto sent an early double team from slow-footed Aaron Gray, and as soon as Gray was close enough out on the perimeter, Bryant turned the corner, suddenly looking at an open path to the bucket.
With 10.6 seconds on the OT clock, Bryant rose as he has so many times before and threw down a hammer dunk, giving the Lakers a 118-116 lead they'd protect to push their record to 32-31, at last above .500, building some momentum into the final playoff push.
Bryant finished with 41 points and 12 assists in the contest, with the three consecutive triples plus the OT dunk taking their place in his personal arsenal of greatest regular season games.


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|19th February 2008, 03:53 AM
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It's a good to know how the warranty is interpreted when you're thinking of buying something.
However in the UK at least 'fit for purpose for what it's sold' is overriding and a small claims procedure doesn't need a lawyer, and can be done over the net
I recently got a free replacement for a non WS item out of guarantee just by threating this action.
But sure brand reputation counts for most, and NP formula masts are known to be for the 'bleeding edge' buyer only.
|19th February 2008, 06:56 PM
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 35
Hey there WK,,,,,,
Hi wk,,,,
A lot has been written on this thread. And i'm sure none of it makes you feel any better.
So when you get finished burning all your NP sails, call your local North Sails agent and order yourself some new gear!
I'm not attacking whoever sold you the mast, as i don't know if you were represented well by them. Maybe they went to bat for you and got refused by NP? I don't know?
However, as other posters on this thread have stated, having a rep/dealer/retailer who will give you personal service and go the extra mile for you is priceless and is part of the criteria I use for choosing a brand.
Your local North Sails agent is totally committed to her customers. The main reason i've become such a loyal and satisfied North customer is in fact due to her after sales support. I myself, and a number of others, continue to be loyal to her and the brand even though we are not living or sailing in your country.
So relax, buy an 08 warp, and go faster.
|19th February 2008, 11:20 PM
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Dallas, Texas USA
Posts: 799
I support what JJay has to say. I also believe that having a good local dealer is a huge benefit when it comes to problems related to service and warrantee issues.
A good local dealer knows (through experience) which manufactures and distributors stand behind their gear, as well as shipping orders in a timely way.
No question that the dealer network has been strained for many years, but supporting those that remain in business is good for all of us. You may save a few $ purchasing over the internet, but if something breaks or doesn't work right, good luck.
|20th February 2008, 05:13 AM
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|18th May 2008, 06:07 AM
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Just been checking out old threads.
To be fair to NPUSA I had a 530 X9 of the newer type break on me. It was 9 - 10 months old but used maybe 5 - 7 times. I had rigged the RSS sail and walked to get the board. I heard a big bang and felt my heart sink!
Anyway to make a long story short I wrote Kevin at NP Maui just for reassurance and asked what he would do and he said they would most likely cover it. So the claim was sent to Adventure sports and within a month I had a new mast sent!
I have to say I was very relieved and it restored my confidence in the service. I have always liked their sails, I hope the breakage was a one off!
|18th May 2008, 04:01 PM
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What should be a standard basic service looks like a miracle...
|18th May 2008, 09:45 PM
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Actually to me it looks like standard service if they never deny X9 claims.....
This is whay Kevin told me:
"NP accepts or denies warranty claims on X9 masts on a "case by case" basis. In my experience they have not denied any claims on X9 Ultra masts as a customer service. So, I would expect your claim to be honored. I've had very good luck with the new X9 Ultra masts - they seem to be holding up well, but there are always exceptions and NP has honored every claim I've made in those instances. They acknowledge the manufacturer has made some masts incorrectly, so they are being pro-active in honoring warranties as a customer service."
"I think the guys at ASI will be on your side. They'll do what they can to help keep you happy and using the products they sell.
I hope it works out for you...
Thanks, Kevin"
|19th May 2008, 02:47 AM
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the uk sale of good act does not stipulate a time frame- rather that the goods must be reasonably durable. 18 hours is not reasonably durable. If a uk seller was taken to court over this i would bet my bottom dollar that they would lose and the consumer would win. Reasonably durable would probably be at least 1 year- as a minimum. The wording of neil prydes warranty is irrelevant as the contract is between the consumer and the seller, or the shop. The warranty is between the shop/importer and the manufacturer.
secondly Neil pryde is wrong to say that if the mast had a fault it would fail in the first few hours of use. This is bullshit. Fatigue is a major composites failure mode that coud lead to failure over time, use cycles. It seems they are ignoring fatigue - which has got to make you laugh-what a load of shifty shisters!
|19th May 2008, 06:16 PM
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 329
I am astonished at seeing how people can ever keep choosing, among products with similar characteristics and performances, the one that will or could give them troubles.
There are a few makes that produce sails in the same league (at least) as NP ones: Gaastra, Maui Sails, North Sails (strictly in alphabetic order), maybe others. None of them have had the same problems with masts (in recent times at least) as Neil Pryde, none of them provide or try or threat to provide reduced or limited warranties on masts. Why should one still buy Neil Pryde race sails then?
More: having a mast replaced is not a solution, unless one has a back up and/or replacement is fast enough to avoid the new sail sitting unused for weeks while the conditions call.
|19th May 2008, 06:22 PM
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I was just about to express my same astonishment. Just unbelievable, must be marketing blindness and how confident would you be going sailing with a new mast with the exact same spec, produced by the same "qualified" people same processes etc than the one that let you down not that long ago...
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I am pleased to announce that the new version of nScale, 0.16, has been released today! This new release includes several new features and improvements, including: AWS Auto Scaling groups support, deployment of multiple versions of the same microservice, and a clean start/stop cycle. Update it with:
npm install nscale -g
How nScale Auto Scaling support works
Auto Scaling is one of the most powerful, but complex, features in AWS. Thanks to Auto Scaling, AWS can automatically adjust the number of instances depending on the traffic your application is facing. However, setting up and configuring these new instances is tricky, and different solutions have been developed along the years. The problem is that AWS spins up a freshly-minted instance based on an AWS Machine Image (AMI) you specify. In order to deploy a new version of your application, one has to create a new AMI, and change it in the Auto Scaling group. nScale and Docker simplifies all that flow, thanks to a clever usage of the AWS SDK for Node.js.
nScale creates a few things for you: an Auto Scaling group, a launch configuration, a Simple Notification Service (SNS) topic, and a Simple Queue Service (SQS) queue. These new entities are added to one already supported: Elastic Load Balancers, Security Groups, and bare instances.
The diagram above shows the message flow that allows us to support Auto Scaling: nScale sets up the Auto Scaling group to publish new Auto Scaling events into the SNS topic, and connect the SQS queue to receive the notification from the SNS topic. Then, it starts listening for new messages on the SQS queue. When a new Auto Scaling event occurs, nScale performs a fix cycle: it redeploys the current version. Thanks to the homeostasis property, nScale detects that the instances run no containers, and it deploys the containers you have specified.
nScale is becoming more intelligent, and in fact it is now similar to a robot. My background is on the Internet of Things, and I studied the basics of automation control: the system works as a loop, where some events happen in the real (or virtual!) world, then nScale detects these events, and finally acts on them. So, nScale will soon be part of Skynet. :-)
Setting up an Auto Scaling group with nScale
You can start using Auto Scaling groups right now inside your nScale system, you just need to add some definitions (if you are not familiar with nScale, check out the docs):
exports.webAutoscaling = { type: 'aws-autoscaling', specific: { ImageId: 'ami-xxxxxxxx', // AMI with Docker installed MinSize: 2, MaxSize: 5 } }; exports.autoMachine = { type: 'blank-container' };
And then use them in your system.js:
exports.name = 'sudc-system'; exports.namespace = 'sudc'; exports.id = '62999e58-66a0-4e50-a870-f2673acf6c79'; exports.topology = { autoscaling: { awsWebElb: [{ awsWebSg: [{ webAutoscaling: { autoMachine: ['web', 'doc', 'hist', 'real'] } }] }] } };
You can use as many Auto Scaling groups you want, and nScale will manage them accordingly.
nScale leaves you in charge, so it does not enable any scaling policies for you. However, you can enable them very easily from the AWS console. In order to enable an Auto Scaling policy, you need to associate it with an alarm, associated with Auto Scaling metrics, ELB metrics, or SQS metrics. For Auto Scaling metrics, you can do this editing the scaling policy in the AWS console, by clicking action and then edit. If you want to use ELB metrics of SQS metrics, you will have to first create an alarm from the Cloudwatch interface and then set the Auto Scaling policy to react on it.
Then, you need to click on the create new alarm and fill in the relevant details.
You should repeat these settings for both the nscale-scaling-down and nscale-scaling-up policies.
The development of this feature was lead by me (Matteo Collina), with a great help from Luca Lanziani, without which this would not be possible. If you want to help contributing, check out this guide.
New startup process
One of the major culprits of nScale was the messy start/stop commands, which might leave some processes running even in case of stop, if you tried out the development workflow.
The start/stop commands were entirely rewritten by Darragh Hayes, and he also added a fantastic logo on startup. You can now start nScale via an 'nscale start' and stop it with 'nscale stop'. Finally, he added an nscale status command.
Running two versions of the same service
nScale now fully supports running two versions of the same service, one alongside the other. The only catch is that you need to specify two different names in the definitions, and add the 'checkoutDir: "path-in-workspace"' inside the specific block, like so:
exports.doc = { type: 'docker', override: { process: { type: 'process' } }, specific: { repositoryold_url: 'https://github.com/nearform/sudc-doc.git#v1', processBuild: 'npm install', checkoutDir: 'doc-v1', execute: { args: '-p 9002:9002 -d', process: 'srv/doc-srv.js' } } }
This feature was ideated by Richard Rodger and Peter Elger.
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The development workflow using bare operating system processes has been drastically improved, and we added support for rolling back and forward, as well as analysis, and some more clarity in the codebase. Peter Elger championed this work in the last few days at an impressive pace!
Breaking changes
Unfortunately, I have to announce that we introduced a breaking change in 0.16. Due to the way we define containers, e.g. web-abc1234, we assumed that on AWS these names will not clash with each other, so you could deploy more than one environment per region. Unfortunately, this is not true for the Elastic Load Balancer. Thus, we had to change the algorithm for generating that hash so that it includes the environment too. In practice, this means on AWS nScale will recreate the security groups, ELB and instances that you previously created.
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"Hey all!!Wow, the past 6 weeks REALLY flew, I can't believe we just had transfers again. Sorry for the quick email last week, but it's probably gonna happen again this week haha!! There's just a lot that's going to have to wait til after I can tell y'all in person :)
The following is from the email that she wrote to me:)
"So, we have had a bit of downtime.. Saturday was SO bad pretty much all the missionaries had to just stay inside. We went outside for a little bit though...HAHAHAHA man I have never seen so much snow in my LIFE. Seriously, this storm was SO much worse than last year! And HA now on the roads (we just barely are allowed to use our cars again today, but just during the day not at night..) there is only like one lane open on 3 lane roads cuz there is just SO much snow, like MOUNDS and no where to put it!! Next week we're supposed to be in like the 50s though so it will probably all melt.. ha but LUCKY we didn't have to dig our car out :) Our complex here where I am (yeah, can't believe I got transferred still!! I'll tell you more about that in a sec) has an underground parking garage so #lucky #blessed #spoiled :)
We helped push some people out though that were stuck in the roads and we trucked it through the snow walking.. we live outside our area cuz they just recently moved since where they lived before was kinda sketch and getting a little dangerous. So to walk to the closest place in our area would have been like 8 miles.. which would NOT have worked, we would not even have been able to make it! So we got permission to proselyte around here, and we actually do have an investigator that lives semi-close so we were able to walk to him and his family's house and talk with people/help people on the way!! :)"
We sent Riah a copy of the two pictures above that a member in DC posted to the DC missionary mom's Facebook account. Here was her response to those pics..and she included the following picture of a car on the side of the road. Wow!!
"HAHA yeah that nieve looks about right.. "
Riah said that the area she is in needs a lot of missionary work. She said that she is up to the task and is excited to help get this area up and running. Hopefully they will be able to find more investigators. She said there are very few right now. Please pray for her and her comp to be able to find prepared people:)
Here is a picture of all the Hermanas (except 2) on transfer day.
Here is a picture of all the Hermanas (except 2) on transfer day.


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My husband Chuck and I just returned from our visit to Red Mountain Resort where I conducted several workshops. To be honest, when I first accepted the invitation, I was nervous. And my husband was even more-so. Neither of us in the best shape and my husband a super picky eater, he was certain that he was going to starve to death. We both had visions of ultra fit people looking at us like "Who are you to be here?" Isn't funny how we often psych ourselves out by preconceived notions? And as much as I almost cancelled several times over, taking some minor drama at home as a possible sign, we went. And those five days at the Red Mountain Resort was magical, and life changing. No – really.
I've never been the one to instantly jump into new ventures without thinking things through, checking in with my intuition, God/Angels, my guides and my family. And when something presents itself to me, I often ask for a sign that cannot be ignored. If it isn't there, I pass it by and let it go without regrets. I don't hover over it, but I contemplate it thoroughly.
I have several 'these are my signs' already set up so that there isn't any ethereal miscommunication. They come in the forms of a code word (believe), an animal (an owl) and different number combinations. Sounds a bit like a James Bond movie, but it has worked for me for years. One of my number combinations is the 4's. And years ago when my phone carrier handed me my cell phone with my last three digits being 444, I knew it was meant to be.
We checked into Red Mountain Resort and were immediately met by friendly employees who explained the classes, the food and the spa and handed us a map and our key to our room. We were so awed by the views of the mountains and the black lava rock that surrounded the property and our room with a plush bed, a desk and a comfortable chair and ottoman. Although the pool was closed for the season, the hot tub was just steps from our patio door – however, the bathroom tub with jets was just as relaxing!
A pretty place is one thing for my husband, but the food was going to be the deal sealer. We were exhausted when we went to dinner (you have to make reservations for your time so that they can stagger and give you the best service). When we were handed our menu, my husband was pleasantly surprised that there were several choices that he would choose, but promptly chose the turkey Bolognese, a favorite dish of his. My choice was the striploin, which was melt in your mouth delicious. With each dinner you help yourself to a salad and soup, are brought a bread basket, and then have a choice of several desserts – a hard choice since each one is so fabulous. They have a bar and the first night we decided to splurge on a mixed frozen drink.
With several choices each night for dinner, there was only one night that my husband wasn't thrilled with the menu and the Chef asked him what he wanted and told him that he wanted him happy. And he was. Very. Breakfasts were filling, with many choices, and lunch was the same. A constant flow of iced tea, lemonade and sometimes hot chocolate, we filled up our water bottles and after two days stopped all cravings for pop/soda. The spa, a beautiful structure, with a wonderful and kind hearted staff, helped us relax and even helped my husband when he got sick with the flu.
During our time there, although I was doing readings, workshops and lectures (and trying to baby my husband who was dealing with H1N1), I spent time journaling and creating a manifesto of sorts for 2014 and beyond, declaring what I wanted, how I wanted to feel and ways that I might be able to do it. In the meantime, I was doubting myself. So as I often do, I asked if I was on the right course to show me my signs. One night I felt especially frustrated and stuck so I went for a night-time walk (with a flashlight). The night was especially quiet. The stars brighter than I had ever seen in my entire life. And just as I rounded the corner of our building I heard it. An owl. Thinking I must be mistaken (hey, I am a city girl), I stopped and listened hard and sure enough, heard it again, this time louder and clearer. An owl. And the path became brighter even in the darkness. And I let all of my insecurities go.
It works for me and will more than likely for you as well. If you feel as if you are stuck, here are some suggestions:
- Create your signs. Something that you know you cannot ignore and that will make sense to you.
- Oracle cards. I know a great set! Higher Intuitions Oracle.
- Pendulum or Crystals (a favorite blog from my MaJicKal friend can help!)
- Meditation/a Walk/Yoga/Pilates or anything that can help you tune out to tune in.
The most important thing, though, is to just pay attention to your heart and trust yourself. And sometimes you just have to let it all go in order to see the new paths in front of you. And when life knocks you over, roll over and look at the stars! You've got this!
Kristy Robinett


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This creates the occasional challenge when traveling with my wife because she is a coffee fiend. She loves visiting different coffee shops and comparing the different blends of beans and the way it's poured and she actually has experience working in a coffee shop. While she's checking out the various brews at the counter, I stand there like a clueless idiot and play on my phone or pretend to know what's happening. But sometimes, I'm smart enough to remember that I can order something other than coffee.
When we visited Gregory's Coffee in New York City, I passed on having coffee but I did order some hot chocolate. I'm usually not impressed with hot chocolate because I guess I'm looking for the wrong thing - a cup of hot chocolate should taste like a delicious candy bar. Is this too much to ask?!
Well, it's not too much at Gregory's. My cup of hot chocolate was excellent. The chocolate was rich and creamy and didn't taste watered down at all. And I don't know for sure, but I think they topped it with fresh whipped cream.
Gregory's Coffee ended up being the perfect spot to stop in and warm up on a cold day in Manhattan. We tried to brave the cold and tour the city but couldn't resist the quaint atmosphere in this little coffee shop and spent some time enjoying delicious drinks and talking about our day. We went from being tourists to feeling like local hipsters.
And for this non-coffee drinker, I was able to fit right in with my tasty hot chocolate.
As a side note, Gregory's Coffee has one of the coolest websites I've ever seen for a coffee shop. Check out their site and pay them a visit if you're ever in Manhattan.
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I've had this blog post just sitting in my drafts folder for a few weeks now, I'm truly terrible at posting anything I write. This is especially true with travel posts - it took me 11 months to post about my trip to Dublin! And now it's taken me 11 months to post about my trip to Cornwall. You can all expect my posts about New York, Washington & Boston some time in February... Oops.
So, last September I spent a week in Cornwall with my family. This was my first time visiting Cornwall and as I'd expected I instantly fell in love with it! I was very excited to visit the birth place of my ancestors (Penrose is indeed a Cornish name!) - my Great-Grandpa, Reginald Penrose, was born in Truro & grew up in Penzance. I am a Penzance Penrose! :-)
|The view from Barn Owl Cottage, Looe, Cornwall.
For the week we rented a beautiful little cottage in Looe called Barn Owl Cottage. The location was so lovely and quiet, with only a few other cottages near-by and as you can see from the picture above, the view was incredible! Moving from the countryside to a city like London, you really miss how wonderful life in the country is, with the fresh air and vast amounts of green. I'm definitely a country girl at heart (but London can be pretty great too!).
|A signpost for No Man's Land in Looe, Cornwall.
|Looe, Cornwall.
Looe is a beautiful town and somewhere I would love to live one day. It is a small coastal town and fishing port, split in two by the River Looe, with East & West Looe being connected by a bridge. I'm planning to do a separate blog post on Looe because I have so many pictures I want to share!
|Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Bodmin, Cornwall.
|My Mum & Dad :-)
On our first day in Cornwall we went on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, in fact we went up & down on it twice. We are a family of train lovers! Especially my Dad, who, as you can see from the above picture, really loves trains! They were very accommodating with his wheelchair & it was a lovely way to spend a day, the views are fantastic!
I would also recommend grabbing some lunch at Bodmin General Station as there is an old train carriage that you can sit in with your Cornish Pasty, pretty exciting eh!?
I would also recommend grabbing some lunch at Bodmin General Station as there is an old train carriage that you can sit in with your Cornish Pasty, pretty exciting eh!?
|The view from the train.
|Penrose, Cornwall.
After our hours spent enjoying the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, we went on a drive around the Cornish countryside with one real aim in sight - to visit a small hamlet called Penrose! Now, because Penrose was so tiny all that was really there was a sign or two with the name on, but for a car full of Penroses (Penrosi?) that was exciting enough.
|Port Isaac, Cornwall.
Before heading back to Looe we continued on to Port Isaac as this was somewhere Mum was interested to visit. Port Isaac is where they filmed Doc Martin and the Young's Seafood advert with the singing fishermen. Unfortunately Port Isaac is not very wheelchair friendly so we just drove down then back up again, not the easiest thing to do in a small fishing village.
|Scallop shells & Sea urchins for sale in Charlestown, Cornwall.
|Tall ships in Charlestown, Cornwall.
The following day we went to St. Austell & Charlestown. Charlestown is a beautiful little village and port. The harbour is home to a company that owns a small fleet of tall ships so there's always one or two anchored in the harbour. Charlestown was so wonderfully nautical, something that I love! The sea was lovely and calm on the day we visited too, the whole place felt so relaxed - it was perfect!
Charlestown is a lovely village & as it is relatively wheelchair friendly (the harbour was anyway) it suited us even better! We also found a great little place called Wreckers to have tea & scones, huge scones to be precise (see above picture). And obviously, we ate our scones the right way (the Cornish way) - jam then cream, thank you very much! Except Andrew who is under the impression that you put cream on first...he's so very nearly perfect.
I'm going to carry this on with a Part 2 because there are so many more pictures I want to include! So, to be continued...
|Charlestown, Cornwall.
|Tea & Scones in Charlestown, Cornwall.
I'm going to carry this on with a Part 2 because there are so many more pictures I want to include! So, to be continued...


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A year ago, there was no Kyle Busch Motorsports, and Germain Racing didn't have any sponsorship.
Yet somehow the two teams — two very different organizations — put themselves in position to be champions. Todd Bodine, pilot of the No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota Tundra, already has clinched his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship as a driver.
And tonight at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Bodine and KBM owner/driver Kyle Busch will settle the NCWTS owners' championship in the season-ending Ford 200. SPEED will televise the race live, starting with qualifying at 5 p.m. ET, then the "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup" at 6:30 p.m. and the race at 8 p.m.
Although Bodine has sewn up the drivers' title, Busch's No. 18 Toyota has a solid lead on the owners' side. Heading into tonight's race, the No. 18 KBM Toyota has a 120-point lead on the No. 30 Germain entry. Even if Bodine wins and leads the most laps, Busch will take the owners' championship by finishing 29th or better, or finishing 31st and leading at least one lap.
If Busch can seal the championship — and all signs indicate that he will — his squad will be the first rookie team to take the title since Richard Childress Racing won the inaugural series championship with Mike Skinner in 1995.
Busch himself has won seven Truck Series races this year, while he and fellow co-drivers Brian Ickler, Kasey Kahne and Johnny Benson have combined to post 15 top-five and 19 top-10 finishes in 24 races with the No. 18. Not too shabby, to say the least.
"The cool thing about it is, it's our first year and we're in the running for the owners' championship," said Busch. "I think we have to finish something like 29th at Homestead and we can win this deal. It's good to have that little bit of cushion going, granted nothing happens. We'll be looking at the banquet on Monday. But we'll be careful in what we do and make sure the preparation is there."
Busch said he was impressed by what his team members were able to accomplish.
"For our first year, to come out here and be so strong and have the guys I have pulling every single week for us, working as hard as we work and having the partners that we have, they're pumped about it," he said. "They love every minute of it. It's been fun. We're still looking for more next year and securing some bigger sponsors for some more races. But, hopefully, we can get some of that done during the offseason and go to Daytona and look forward to the full year."
Bodine has had a stellar season as well, winning four races and another drivers' championship to go with the one he captured in 2006. And considering how uncertain the team's situation was a year ago, that's impressive.
"We didn't have a sponsor, but the Germain brothers decided last winter that we were going to race this 30 truck no matter what," Bodine said. "They were going to come out of their pockets to make this happen knowing that we have a team that can go out and win races, run up front and win championships. They knew that they had that kind of team.
"They put that commitment, that trust in Jr. (Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief) and Sr. (Mike Hillman, general manager) and myself and all these guys that we can go out and get it done. ... We've got an incredible race team. It's a shame we don't have a sponsor on here. We have something going into the winter with and a little momentum here."
Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen is the author of "Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of Speed," and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.