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DALLAS (AP) - Hundreds of residents near the overflowing Wichita and Brazos rivers remain displaced from their homes in North Texas today --- uncertain of when they could return.
Although some of the flooding was easing out of North and Central Texas, officials remained cautious because rain was still possible in both regions.
At least 200 people were still displaced from their homes near the Brazos River in Parker County. Some houses sustained minimal damage while up to 4 feet of water had seeped into others.
Weather offcials say the Brazos River is expected to crest early Monday before falling below flood stage during the day.
About 100 miles north in Wichita Falls, officials are concerned about contaminants in the water. Those exposed to floodwater were being urged to get tetanus vaccinations.
Waters in Wichita Falls rose overnight by 4 feet in one neighborhood where 175 people had evacuated.
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The Main Event opening video kicks off the show after the usual WWE signature. Sin Cara and Jinder Mahal, from the RAW Brand, make their entrances as Tom Philips and David Otunga check in on commentary.
Sin Cara hits a hip toss on Mahal in the early moments of the match. Mahal kicks Sin Cara before locking in a headlock. Sin Cara pushes Mahal to the ropes, Mahal returns with a shoulder block on him. Sin Cara eventually kicks Mahal prior to chopping him twice and hitting a modified springboard arm drag. Sin Cara throws Mahal into the corner. Mahal reverses an attack attempt, putting Sin Cara onto the top turnbuckle. Sin Cara hits a boot to the face of Mahal. Mahal pulls Sin Cara off the turnbuckle and into a clothesline. Mahal knees Sin Cara on the mat. Mahal goes to the second rope and nails a chop on Sin Cara prior to pinning him for a one count. Mahal hits a dropkick to the back of Sin Cara. Mahal locks in a headlock. Sin Cara fights out of it and kicks Mahal before Mahal hits a running kick of his own. Mahal goes to the second rope again. As he jumps off, Sin Cara dropkicks him. Sin Cara chops Mahal before hitting a springboard cross body. Sin Cara hits a springboard elbow as well. Sin Cara runs at Mahal in the corner, but Mahal sends him over the top rope onto the ring apron. Mahal runs at his opponent, but Sin Cara is able to pull the rope down, sending him to the outside. Sin Cara hits a suicide dive to the outside onto Mahal before rolling him back into the ring and hitting a springboard moonsault. Mahal hits a jawbreaker before being slammed to the mat by Sin Cara. Sin Cara hits the Senton from the top turnbuckle before pinning Mahal for the win.
Winner: Sin Cara
A recap of the wedding celebration segment with United States Champion Rusev and Lana from RAW is shown featuring Roman Reigns interrupting the celebration and continuing the build for their SummerSlam Match for the United States Championship.
A recap of the confrontation between RAW General Manager Mick Foley and SMACKDOWN Live General Manager Daniel Bryan from RAW is shown featuring the setup of the United States Championship Match between Champion Rusev and Cesaro.
Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Mojo Rawley) and The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley) make their entrances.
Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) vs. The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley)
Ryder and Fandango lock up to start the match. Fandango locks in a headlock on Ryder. Ryder pushes Fandango to the ropes. Fandango comes back with a shoulder block. Ryder hits a flapjack on Fandango shortly after. Rawley gets tagged in. Rawley throws Ryder into Fandango, before Ryder throws Fandango towards Rawley, with Rawley attacking Fandango's knee. Fandango eventually backs Rawley into the heel corner of the ring, and Breeze is tagged in. Breeze goes for a cross body on Rawley, but Rawley catches him and hits a scoop slam. Rawley hits a cross body of his own on Breeze. Rawley shouts "He ain't hype!" several times before tagging in Ryder. Rawley hits another scoop slam on Breeze before Ryder hits a splash over the top rope into the ring on Breeze. Ryder pins Breeze for a two count. Ryder throws Breeze to the ropes, Breeze returns with a kick to Ryder though. Ryder hits a dropkick on Breeze. Breeze rolls out of the ring. Ryder hits a running forearm on Fandango, sending him off the ring apron to the outside. Ryder goes for a splash to the outside, but his opponent moves out of the way as we head into a commercial break.
Fandango elbows Ryder in the face as we return from the commercial break. Breeze gets tagged in. Breeze kicks Ryder several times in the corner. Fandango gets tagged back in. Fandango locks in a headlock on Ryder. Breeze gets tagged back in. Fandango and Breeze hit a double elbow on Ryder, followed up by another double elbow to Ryder on the mat. Breeze pins Ryder for a two count. Ryder reverses a suplex attempt into a neck breaker on Breeze. Breeze tags in Fandango as Ryder tags in Rawley. Rawley hits several shoulder blocks on Fandango before splashing him in the corner twice. Fandango rolls out of the ring after another shoulder block. Rawley rolls out of the ring as well. Before Breeze can attack Rawley from behind, Ryder nails a baseball slide to Breeze. Rawley rolls Fandango back into the ring. Rawley runs at Fandango in the corner, Fandango elbows him in the face. Fandango goes for a DDT, but Rawley tosses him onto the mat. Rawley tags in Ryder as they attempt the Hype Ryder. Fandango fights out of it and throws Rawley towards Ryder on the second rope. Ryder jumps over Rawley and hits a missile dropkick on Fandango though prior to attempting to hit the Broski Boot. Breeze pulls Fandango out of the way. Breeze gets tagged back in and hits the supermodel kick on Ryder in the corner before pinning him only for the fall to be broken by Rawley. Fandango is sent to the outside of the ring by Rawley before he and Ryder hit the Hype Ryder. Ryder pins Breeze for the win.
Winners: The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley)
A recap of the United States Championship Match between Rusev and Cesaro from RAW is shown featuring Rusev retaining after an interference from Sheamus (and an attack by Roman Reigns after the match) to close the show.
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Undertoad Monday Apr 14 01:57 PM
April 14, 2014: Glow-in-the-dark highway lines
glatt Monday Apr 14 02:17 PM
I'm torn on this. It's clearly a benefit on dark lonely highways, but I find that driving at night around the city can be even more of a chore because there are so many things competing for attention, and all are lit up or reflective. They are even making the posts of signs highly reflective now too.
Griff Monday Apr 14 04:26 PM
First I'd like a reasonable road surface, then a berm, and then we can talk about lines.
xoxoxoBruce Monday Apr 14 10:49 PM
I wonder if they're visible in the fog that seaside countries seem to suffer.
The grinding of little mini-rumble strips along the edge and centerline has worked well around here. You can not ignore it... can not.
The advantage of these lines is you can plan your path at higher speed than just being warned you're close to blowing it.
smillie Tuesday Apr 15 01:03 PM
I wonder how much good they will do when it snows.
footfootfoot Tuesday Apr 15 01:18 PM
Well, they've finally found a use for all that Tritium they stockpiled during WWII (the big one)
Sheldonrs Wednesday Apr 16 04:47 PM
footfootfoot Wednesday Apr 16 07:34 PM
busterb Wednesday Apr 16 08:27 PM
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Apr 16 09:43 PM
Yes, I've seen the machine work, it's amazing how fast it moves along the road. Um, not fast like doesn't fuck up traffic, it does, but fast like miles of road per day.
Clodfobble Thursday Apr 17 09:59 AM
We have them on the sides, but not down the middle. Seems to me it would be just as necessary there, if not more so.
SPUCK Friday Apr 18 07:13 AM
Someone figured out how to place rumble grooves so they make music.
Gravdigr Friday Apr 18 12:04 PM
The grooves they use around here on the newer strips are, umm, aggressive. They will not be ignored. They'll vibrate the fillings outta your teeth.


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A Turkish university has conducted research to explain why men like big butts in women, concluding that a 45-degree curve in the spine is the key, not the derriere itself.
Researchers in the Psychology Department of Bilkent University in Ankara presented pictures of women's silhouettes with different degrees of spine curvature to 300 men, who were asked to pick which of the women they found most and least attractive. Most men preferred the women with to a spine curvature of 45.5 degrees, which makes the woman's butt look bigger.
In the second part of the experiment, researchers showed the men three pictures of women with butts that were equally large but for different reasons. The men picked the woman with the curved spine over the others who also have big butts due to excess fat or excess muscle.
"Men who think they like big bottoms may actually be more into spines," the Daily Mail quoted Dr. David Lewis, an assistant professor of psychology at Bilkent, as saying about the research.
Curved spines would have allowed women to forage longer into pregnancy.
"Men may be directing their attention to the butt and obtaining information about women's spines, even if they are unaware that is what their minds are doing," Lewis added.
Source: Turkish university explains why men like big butts – LOCAL
Survival of our species and reproduction.
1.1. Pregnancy and lumbar curvature
The combination of bipedalism and increased abdominal mass during pregnancy uniquely posed ancestral hominin females with the adaptive challenge of a forward-shifted center of mass (COM) during pregnancy. If this COM were not moved back over the hips, ancestral women would have been subjected to a nearly 800% increase in hip torque during pregnancy (Whitcome, Shapiro, & Lieberman, 2007). The muscular fatigue and lower back pain resulting from this hip torque would have impaired foraging efficiency (Whitcome et al., 2007). This would have left women and their families—including fetus, offspring, and mate—at risk of nutritional stress (Marlowe, 2003 and Whitcome et al., 2007). Selection would therefore have favored morphological adaptation in women that enabled them to shift the gravid COM back over the hips.
The female hominin spine1—but not the male hominin spine—possesses evolved morphology to deal with this adaptive challenge: women possess wedging in the third-to-last lumbar vertebra (Whitcome et al., 2007). This wedging helps pregnant women shift their COM back over their hips, thereby reducing hip torque by over 90% (Whitcome et al., 2007). The inability to shift the COM back over the hip joints, on the other hand, results in sustained contraction of the lower back muscles, which increases risk of fatigue and injury (White & Punjabi, 1990).
Indeed, insufficient lumbar curvature (hypolordosis) is associated with lower back pain (Rath & Rath, 1997), but so is excessive lumbar curvature (hyperlordosis; Christie et al., 1995 and Magnora, 1975). These countervailing forces would have resulted in stabilizing selection on ancestral women's spines. Selection would have favored vertebrae in women that were (1) sufficiently wedged to center the gravid COM back over the hips, but nonetheless (2) provided sufficient skeletal reinforcement to prevent hyperlordosis, fatigue, and spinal injury (White and Punjabi, 1990 and Whitcome et al., 2007).
Lordosis refers to the inward curve of the lumbar spine (just above the buttocks)
Lordosis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
1.2. Women's lumbar curvature and male mating psychology
The fitness benefits experienced by ancestral women with a beneficial intermediate degree of lumbar wedging between hypolordosis and hyperlordosis would have created the background selective conditions for the evolution of a male mate preference for such women. Men who preferred and selected these women as mates would have gained several key fitness benefits, including having a mate who was less vulnerable to spinal injuries, better at foraging during pregnancy, and better able to sustain multiple pregnancies without debilitating injury. On this basis, we advance the hypothesis that selection fashioned psychological adaptations in men to detect cues to lumbar vertebral wedging in women and regulate mating attraction accordingly.
Ancestral men could not have directly observed potential mates' vertebrae, so their detection of vertebral wedging had to be based on observable cues. One cue to lumbar vertebral wedging is the curvature of the lower back (George, Hicks, Nevitt, Cauley, & Vogt, 2003). Wedging in the lumbar vertebrae extends the tailbone relative to the rest of the spine, resulting in a more acute angle between the thoracic back and buttocks (see Fig. 1).2
We therefore advanced the hypothesis that men possess evolved mate preferences for lumbar curvature in women. Because the theoretically optimal degree of vertebral wedging for women is one that minimizes the net fitness threats posed by hypolordosis and hyperlordosis, we hypothesized that men should possess an evolved preference for women with an angle of lumbar curvature maximally distant from these countervailing threats, which orthopedic medical literature indicates is approximately 45.5° (see Fernand & Fox, 1985).
3. Study 2: a preference for cues to vertebral wedging or buttock mass?
In Study 2, participants viewed photographic arrays depicting multiple morphs of individual female targets. Within each array, all morphs exhibited identical buttock protrusion, but this resulted from (a) vertebral wedging in one morph, and (b) buttock mass in the others.
Participants selected the most attractive morph within each array. This forced-choice procedure enabled a direct test of whether men's preference for female lumbar curvature is driven by a preference for cues to vertebral wedging or by a preference for buttock mass (e.g., Brown & Konner, 1987).
For more scientific details on this subject go to http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000185
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This course will focus on the history and theory of translation and will include practical work on literary and non-literary texts. The course will examine theoretical approaches to translation and the practical techniques applied by translators.
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Course Aims: * To provide an overview and understanding of salient aspects of both the theory and practice of translation * To foster an analysis of and critical reflection upon selected examples of translated literary and non-literary texts, including texts translated by the students themselves. * To familiarise students with some of the important publications relating to the topic. * To facilitate, beyond the analysis of individual translations, a panoramic view of the topic and an understanding of the salient aspects relating to the theory and practice of translation. Main Learning Outcomes: Students will gain knowledge and understanding of important aspects relating to literary and non-literary translation. Students will gain an appreciation of the range of techniques employed in translation as well as the terminology required to describe them. Students will develop critical analytical approaches to a variety of translated texts. Students will conduct their own translation of texts from German into English and will develop thereby the abiklity to reflect in detail on the mechanisms they themselves employ when translating. Students will gain an awareness of salient aspects of the theory of translation. Students will assemble a coherent argument for presentation in oral or written form. In addition, students will develop more general intellectual, and practical skills, including the ability to engage with the process of learning in a constructive and self-motivated fashion, to read, order and analyze a body of material, to articulate arguments and present the findings of independent research, and to work to deadlines, either on their own or as part of a team. Content: This course will focus on the history and theory of translation and will include practical work on literary and non-literary texts. The course will examine theoretical approaches to translation and the practical techniques applied by translators.
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Electronic signatures are frequently used by businesses and organizations to efficiently execute and exchange documents. The increasingly ubiquitous nature of electronic signatures makes them open to abuse, if not carefully monitored and policed. Recently, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered this issue in R. v. Pusey[1], where evidence on the use of an electronic signature was central to the Court's decision to convict the accused on charges of fraud.
The accused, Mr. Pusey, was a former staff director at the Fred Victor Centre (the "Centre"), a charitable organization in Toronto. He was also the principal of two companies (the "Companies") that billed the Centre for thousands of dollars of work that was in fact performed by other staff members or subcontractors of the Centre, in violation of the Centre's Code of Conduct relating to conflicts of interest.
The scheme was discovered when the Centre's staff questioned a number of invoices for payments made to the Companies, pursuant to cheque requisitions signed by the accused. As a result, various payments totaling over $115,000 were paid out from the Centre to the Companies over a 16-month period.
The accused testified that the arrangement had the approval of the Centre's Executive Director. The purported scheme saw the Companies bill the Centre for work done by subcontractors, who were then paid cash by Mr. Pusey in order to obtain savings and tax advantages for the Centre. The only documentary evidence advanced by the accused were contracts purportedly signed by both Mr. Pusey (on behalf of the Companies) and the Centre's Executive Director.
Use of Electronic Signature
The Centre's Executive Director testified that the contracts were fake, and denied signing them. The Court considered evidence that the accused's computer and thumb drive contained electronic versions of the Executive Director's signature, and also found that the accused would have had access to the signature.
Rather clumsily, versions of the electronic signatures on the accused's hard drive were created and modified on the same date, which happened to correspond with the first date that one of the Companies invoiced the Centre.
A report from the Centre of Forensic Sciences determined that the e-signature and the "contract" signature "originated from the same source signature within the limits of practical certainty."[2] Justice Goldstein went further, finding that "the signature on the so-called contract and the electronic signature found on Mr. Pusey's computer…are identical."[3] The Court rejected Mr. Pusey's explanations and alternative theories in convicting him of fraud.
Key Takeaways
This case highlights some of the evidentiary issues and security concerns associated with electronic documents and signatures on negotiable instruments. Most common law jurisdictions, including Ontario, have for many years had legislation removing barriers for the use of electronic signatures in legal documents. As a result, with some exceptions (such as wills and trusts), electronic signatures are permitted to be used, even where such documents are otherwise required by law to be executed in writing.[4]
However, most statutes governing the use of electronic signatures do not impose any specific standard for reliability or security. As a result, it remains up to the person relying or adjudicating upon an electronic signature to determine its reliability or effectiveness.
Efforts to fraudulently misrepresent or forge an electronic signature may be easily uncovered where, as in this case, there is competing objective evidence to reveal the fraud. Absent specific statutory procedural or security requirements for electronic signatures[5], this case demonstrates that organizations should consider whether their document management and security systems are sophisticated enough to track the use (and potential misuse) of electronic signatures for day-to-day transactions and documents.


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So this one was probably a repeat of something I've done before but this time I did it much better, so I am posting it this time so I do it this way again. ;) It was just the right thickness and the bacon gave the perfect amount of flavor, and it was just really good. So here we go. Sorry, no picture this time, I didn't think about it ahead of time. It's been awhile since I posted on here... Makes a lot, probably enough for 10 or 12, or you can freeze it and use it again later for a night you are too tired to cook.
Bacon Potato Corn Chowder
1 lb thick cut bacon, chopped small
2 onions, diced small
1 head of celery, chopped
5 or 6 carrots, peeled and chopped
3-4 tbsp flour
4 c chicken broth
2 c milk (I used whole, but anything will do)
6-7 medium potatoes, diced
1 bag frozen corn (about 4 cups)
1/2 tsp thyme
pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
black pepper (bacon is usually salty enough, so I didn't add salt)
In a large stock pot, cook the bacon until it starts to brown and the fat is rendered. Add onion and keep cooking until the onions are tender, then add celery and carrots, and cook for about 5 minutes until the celery is tender and somewhat translucent. Sprinkle flour in, and stir until it coats the veggies and bacon and continue to cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes, then add broth. Add chopped potatoes and corn, and simmer for 10 minutes. Lastly, add your milk and herbs or spices. Stir it all together and simmer for at least half an hour...but if you want just let it simmer all afternoon on low heat, covered, until you are ready to eat.
I served it with sharp cheddar cheese on top, and homemade rolls on the side. It's good enough on it's own of course, but the bread was nice to round out the meal. :)
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I've always suspected that Mayor Bloomberg's handlers keep him in a giant plastic bubble cut off from world events, but last night confirmed my suspicions when the mayor delivered one of the strangest, tone-deaf performances of his political career. While Occupy chapters in nearly two dozen cities participated in direct actions to reclaim foreclosed homes on behalf of needy families, Bloomberg invited an exclusive media pool to dine at Gracie Mansion for his annual holiday press party, and in order to make light of his recent bad publicity.
Bloomberg has been widely criticized for his handling of Occupy Wall Street's eviction from Zuccotti Park last month in which reporters were denied access to the park, roughly treated by police, and in some cases, threatened by officers. Rosie Gray, a writer for the Village Voice tried to beg her way into gaining access to the plaza. "I'm press!" Gray reportedly exclaimed, to which a female officer replied, "not tonight."
Josh Harkinson from Mother Jones had a more intimidating encounter with police. When an officer physically dragged him away from the park, Harkinson demanded to know why he couldn't observe NYPD actions. "Because this is a frozen zone. It's a police action going on. You could be injured," the officer replied.
"What's your name?" asked Harkinson, to which the officer replied:
"Watch your back."
In a statement released from Bloomberg's office on November 17, spokesperson Stu Loesner casually admitted that accredited journalists have been arrested by the city's police force. Loesner clumsily tried to silence criticism of the mayor by pointing out "only five of the 26 arrested reporters actually have valid NYPD-issued press credentials." In this statement, Loesner incorrectly assumed the twenty-six arrests all occurred in New York City, thereby accidentally admitting the city had knowingly arrested credentialed press.
The harassment of press opened up new discussion about the city's procedures to accredit reporters. New York City is famously stingy with handing out press passes, especially to nontraditional outlets such as blogs. I personally had to fight tooth and nail to get mine, and the application process borders on insane. A reporter must present articles, commentaries, books, photographs, videos, films or audio published or broadcast within the twenty-four months preceding the press card application, sufficient to show that applicant covered in person six or more events occurring on separate days. Additionally, applicants must prove they cover events where police lines have been established by the City of New York.


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Two Societies at War. Causes and Consequences. "Recognition" by Constant Mayer. The artwork on the previous slide was painted in May of 1865, one month after the Civil War ended.
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VERTU Joins Smile Train, Shining on the World with the Light of Charity
Jul 09, 2012, 09:00 ET
BEIJING, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On July 6, VERTU, a world luxury mobile phone brand, and globally renowned photographer Mary MaCarty jointly held a special photo exhibition in Pacific Place, Hong Kong. This exhibition presented the photos taken by Mary MaCarty in 2012 about candid smiles. These smiles belong to 4 children born with unformed cleft palates from China and Russia who have received help from Smile Train, the world's largest charitable organization dedicated to providing free cleft palate surgery to those in need. The exhibition aimed to increase awareness in society of care for children with cleft lips and palates and to show how children bloom with the light of life when they receive help.
Every year, in developing countries, more than 165,000 children are born with clefts and most of them can't afford the corrective surgery. America's Smile Train has formed partnerships with 1,200 hospitals in 76 countries. They can perform the life changing surgery in only 45 minutes, leaving children born with cleft palates blooming with smiles because of the help of Smile Train. In the last fiscal year, Smile Train treated and cured nearly 122,000 people with cleft palates worldwide.
That is why this steadfast and dedicated global charity attracted the attention of VERTU. Sharing the same wish with Smile Train, that is, to help children with cleft lip and palate change their lives with effort, VERTU launched VERTU Constellation Smile, a luxury smartphone about love and creating better communication. For each handset sold, VERTU will donate the cost of a life changing operation performed by Smile Train.
Only with the participation of the whole of society can the charity work be a success and shine with the bright light of warmth. We hope that more children with clefts can benefit from the charity and that this small change can influence their whole lives.
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COLUMBUS, Neb. – A strong push on Giving Tuesday allowed the Columbus-Area United Way to announce a big number to cap their general campaign.
The United Way displayed the donation number of $834,578 on a campaign that began in September of this year.
The money was collected through a variety of pushes, with over $500,000 raised in the pacesetter campaign, and other drives such as the Duck Races assisting in the effort.
The final push on Giving Tuesday, which included hundreds of area companies donating generously, pushed the number even further.
All the money collected will stay 99 percent local, going to such programs as the Columbus Y, Big Pals-Little Pals, Teammates and many more non-profit organizations.
"When I look at giving back, and doing different donations, I really appreciate that the money stays local," says drive chair Joe Steffensmeier.
Assistant drive chair Dann Smith "won" the online contest, where voters could choose between him and Steffensmeier on who gets a pie in the face. Smith, who will be drive chairman next year, started with the Columbus UW around 20 years ago as a volunteer.
"As a volunteer, taking donations, taking some of the pamphlets and stuff to different donors in the community," says Smith.
The Columbus Women's Club was collectively given the Volunteer of the Year award as well.


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Ibuprofin and acetaminophen can treat the pain and fever of chickenpox in adults, and oral antihistamines are helpful in easing the itching, according to WebMD. If the skin blisters caused by the virus become infected, a doctor prescribes antibiotics.
Oatmeal baths and cool compresses are useful to control the itching, states WebMD. Because scratching the rash transfers bacteria from the fingers to the chickenpox blister, infections can occur, and infected blisters often leave scars. The same virus that causes shingles, the varicella-zoster virus, causes the chickenpox infection. Because teens and adults who contract the highly contagious virus usually experience more severe symptoms than children, it is important to seek medical attention immediately. A doctor is likely to administer the chickenpox vaccine to an adult who has been exposed to the virus, preferably within the three-to-five day window in which the vaccine helps prevent the illness from progressing.
A doctor may administer a chickenpox immunoglobulin injection immediately after exposure to the virus to individuals with compromised immune systems, pregnant women or newborns, explains WebMD. The immunoglobulin acts as a catalyst to the individual's immune system, causing it to destroy the virus invading the body and stave off the infection. If chickenpox symptoms have already begun, antiviral medications can treat adults. Chickenpox is typically no longer contagious approximately 10 days after the onset of symptoms or by the time that the blisters have healed.


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Answering a lawyer about laws, Almustafa observes that people delight in laying down laws and more so in breaking them, like children building sandcastles and then smashing them with glee. The ocean, however, brings in more sand and laughs with the innocent. To those who view life as a rock, the law is a chisel for carving their own likenesses. Consider cripples who hate dancers and oxen that love the yoke and consider wild animals vagrants. Consider the old serpent that cannot shed its skin and condemns others' nakedness and shamelessness and the person who comes early to the wedding feast, overeats and goes away condemning feasts as illegal. These stand in the sun with their backs turned, so they see only their shadows, the laws. They bend over to trace these. When one faces the sun, images drawn...
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Ok people, it's that time of year, if I want to admit it or not!
I am seeing pictures of peeps in Colo with SNCA! (Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale) but I don't have any!
I have been building a verticals of this stuff for years and will be quite willing to share that experience with you if I can get my paws on a few (cases) of these hugely anticipated brews!
The hoppy golden elixir awaited, I just need to find it and make it mine!
Update, 3:00 p.m.
Success! Thanks to the fine people at Total Bev in Westminster I have 24 bottles of celebration goodness!


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House at the Golden Ring
from 13. 12. 2016
daily except Mondays 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
As part of the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the birth of Charles IV, the City of Prague Museum opens a new permanent exhibition which focuses on Prague urbanism and its changes in the 14th century.
The House at the Golden Ring, which is the exhibition venue, keeps even the youngest visitors amused. The children's playroom on the ground floor is designed as a medieval city. The modern space of the playroom is made of small boxes and little houses in which the children can try out some activities of medieval everyday life. The interactive concept of the playroom will help children learn and practice their skills. They will have a chance to touch various fabrics and objects, and also take a rest when browsing through the new educational book In the Footsteps of Charles IV.
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Dan Brewster, president-CEO of Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing and exiting chairman of the Magazine Publishers of America, spoke of journeying to Bentonville, Ark., this summer to discuss broad issues about magazines with the retailer. Mr. Brewster did not mention his traveling companions, but accompanying him on a chartered jet to Bentonville were Nina Link, MPA's president-CEO, and Tom Ryder, chairman-CEO of Reader's Digest Association and incoming MPA chairman.
At the Wal-Mart headquarters, which Mr. Brewster likened to "Marines' barracks," Mr. Brewster said he was told by Don Harris, exec VP-general merchandise, Wal-Mart , that decisions to pull key titles off their racks-such as Dennis Publishing's Maxim and Stuff and Emap's FHM-was not made according to specific regional concerns. Instead, Mr. Brewster said, Mr. Harris told them the company made "common-sense" evaluations of what may be appropriate for all of its stores. Mr. Brewster said the process was "very centralized." A Wal-Mart spokesman did not return calls.
"They have a point-of-view about the customer," said Cathleen Black, president of Hearst Magazines, whose Cosmopolitan, Redbook and Marie Claire now have their coverlines obscured at Wal-Mart owing to concerns over racy content. "Some might say `censorship.' They say `customer-driven.' "


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After very successful demo events around the country the interest in Micro and Mini Max has grown in leaps and bounds! At the iDube National no fewer than 25 drivers drove Mini and Micro Max karts. A number have already invested or are renting so when are we racing? How do we qualify for the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals? When will more engines be available? What does it cost to downgrade a Junior Max? Can one rent a kart or motor? Where to from here?
The extremely busy Regional and very compressed National Series leaves most competitors little breathing space so we have decided to offer the following:
Micro and Mini Max GP - Sunday 18th July 2016 – Vereeniging Kart Circuit 08:30
This is the day after the National final – the big stress is over and done with. Many competitors from around the country will be there and this will be the ideal opportunity to take off your 60cc engine, fit a Rotax and come racing in either Micro or Mini Max.
This special event will be only for Micro and Mini Max with time for several practice sessions, qualifying (3 laps), 2 heats and one final. The winner of the final race will be the winner of the day. Points scored in the final will be carried forward to the Africa Open.
The event will finish at 14:30 and special prizes will be there for the day's racing – including an air ticket to Italy!
Rotax Africa Open Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August 2016 – Zwartkops
The format for this event will be similar to the other Max classes – practice, qualifying, two pre finals and two finals.
Invitation to compete in the 2016 Rotax Max Grand Finals in Italy in October 2016
The best two out of three final scores obtained at the Micro and Mini Max GP in Vereeniging and Rotax Africa Open at Zwartkops will be added together to determine the winner in both Micro and Mini Max. Each winner will receive an invitation to the RMCGF which provides free entry to the RMCGF, free use of identical new chassis, new engine, tyres (wet and dry), fuel, oil, tools, trolley etc. at the most prestigious karting event on the planet.
Technical rules
- Chassis are the 95cm chassis used in the 60cc classes in South Africa
- Tyres Mojo C2 (same as 60cc)
- Engines must conform to the International Technical regulations (Junior Max) as well as the Technical Bulletin on Kart.co.za - Micro and Mini Max which deals with down grading. All engines must be sealed by an EMR authorised Service Centre.
- Weight: at this time we aiming to use 105 kg for Micro Max and 120kg for Mini Max (the Rotax package adds approximately 7kg to a 60cc outfit)
While we will allow the ages specified in the 2016 MSA karting regulations to participate competitors need to note that the ages for the RMCGF are as follows:
Age limits for 2016 RMCGF*:
- 125 Micro MAX: 8th birthday before October 16, 2016 and may not have his/her 11th birthday before December 31, 2016
- 125 Mini MAX: 10th birthday before October 16, 2016 and may not have his/her 13th birthday before December 31, 2016
*This will be confirmed shortly – we would prefer to have an older top age for Mini Max!


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When Laura Roeder was 22, she quit her job to become a full-time freelancer.
She earned $30,000 in her first year as a freelancer; $60,000 in her second year.
Ten years later — (Laura is now 32) — her company earns $4 million in annual revenue.
(Can I repeat that? Did I bury the lede? *Laura went from making $30,000 per year to owning 100% of a company that earns $4 million per year.* And she did this within a decade. Oh, and she also had a baby.)
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The objective of this project is to contribute to the development of materials technology for use in advanced ultra supercritical (AUSC) steam turbines. AUSC power plants will operate with steam temperatures up to 1,400°F and pressures of 5,000 psi resulting in a highly efficient power generation process. Estimated plant efficiency increases are as much as 30% compared to sub critical power plants. Research and development on advanced materials is needed to lead to full-scale demonstration and eventual commercialization for AUSC power plants. A three-year preliminary evaluation under Phase 1 identified a wide spectrum of potential alloys and coatings. Preliminary evaluations of a subset of these promising materials included research on mechanical properties, oxidation resistance, weldability, and suitability of alloys and coatings. This follow-on effort will support in-depth, longer term testing that provides material characterization data that is necessary for the design of a steam turbine that is operable in AUSC conditions.
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I've been writing about the attempt to craft a Unitary Patent in Europe for some years. The idea in itself is not bad: a patent that is valid across all of Europe. That would simplify filings and save costs, both of which are to be welcomed. But the devil is in the details, and it looks like those details are increasingly devilish.
There are two main issues for this column. The first is that the Unitary Patent could make it easier to obtain software patents in Europe. That's because German courts are already much friendlier to the idea, and if they approve such patents, they would then be valid even in software patent sceptical countries.
The second is related to the first, and concerns which court would ultimately rule on the validity of Unitary Patents. The two options are the EU's own European Court of Justice, or else an independent court populated by patent lawyers. The latter would not be an EU institution, and therefore would not need to take cognisance of things like the European Parliament's rejection of software patents a few years back. It could and almost certainly would do whatever it liked in this sphere, which would lead to a massive expansion in Europe of patents that concern software.
There are lots of deep issues about the overall legality of the Unitary Patent, but here I'd like to concentrate on the more pragmatic issues, which are probably easier to discuss with MEPs who are not necessarily lawyers, and don't really have time to get into the minutiae of this stuff.
First of all, there is the question of the timetable. Here's a summary:
Monday, Dec 10th (afternoon): discussion and vote by the Competitiveness Council on the Patent Package
Tuesday, Dec 11th: expected opinion of the Advocate General on the legality of the enhanced cooperation
Tuesday, Dec 11th (morning): debate in Plenary about the package
Tuesday, Dec 11th (morning): vote in Plenary on the patent package
Clearly, this thing is being rammed through as quickly and brutally as possible, which is disgraceful, given the impact it is likely to have on businesses throughout Europe. You do not pass major legislation like this in such a hurry, you take time to get it right. This means the vote on Tuesday really ought to be postponed.
If it isn't, then two crucial amendments are needed to correct massive flaws the Unitary Patent. The French site www.unitary-patent.eu, probably the best resource on this area, spells out what is needed:
To prevent such a disaster for European innovation and growth, we have proposed, among others, two compromise amendments which have been tabled by Greens/EFA group:
The first one (n° 76) renders explicit that the unitary patent is enshrined in EU law, under the competence of its legislator, and in particular of the European Parliament, along with the CJEU.
The second one (n° 74) restates the exclusion of software from patentability, as already expressed by the European Parliament in 2003 and 2005.
I'd therefore like to urge you to write to your MEPs today (I know, I know), pointing out the problems with the proposed Unitary Patent and its timetable, and asking them to postpone a final decision until things have been discussed properly or to vote for the two amendments mentioned above if that is not possible.
Here's what I've sent:
I am writing to you to express my concern about the Unitary Patent, which I believe you will be voting on soon.
As you know, this has been the subject of much discussion and political wrangling. Although the idea of single, Europe-wide patent is an excellent one, I fear that the text as it stands will actually make things worse than what we have now. Here, for example, is what will happen in practice, as discussed by the respected legal blog "The IPKat" (http://ipkitten.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/latest-europatent-rumour-is-it-bye-bye.html):
"- Where a UK company is the defendant: Britco is sued for infringement in Greece by a US patentee who is the proud owner of an English-language unitary patent. The language of the proceedings would be Greek. The text of the patent is in English. The applicable national law is German (as applied by the Greek national division).
- Where a UK company is the plaintiff: this time Britco sues for infringement in Greece on an English-language unitary patent. The language of proceedings would be Greek. The text of the patent is in English. The applicable national law is English.
The final element mentioned in each of these hypothetical situations — the applicable national law — provides the new twist in each case and the potential for divergent jurisprudence in the UPC seems enormous. So why is it that hardly anyone seems to be aware of this potential new complication? Why has no-one appreciated the risk of fragmentation which prima facie seems monstrous?"
The only people who will benefit from this impossibly complicated set of rules will be the lawyers in large companies. Indeed, these will probably be the lawyers in US companies' legal departments, who will thrive in this atmosphere of extreme confusion. The big losers will equally clearly be the European SMEs, who will not have the in-house legal resources to navigate this astonishing labyrinth, and will find the cost of engaging external advice punitive.
I suggest that if the Unitary Patent is brought in with the current text, small and medium European companies will find themselves increasingly at the mercy of large US enterprises that will use the Unitary Patent to extend the kind of patent insanity that is now common in America. Here's what The New York Times wrote recently on the subject:
"In the smartphone industry alone, according to a Stanford University analysis, as much as $20 billion was spent on patent litigation and patent purchases in the last two years — an amount equal to eight Mars rover missions. Last year, for the first time, spending by Apple and Google on patent lawsuits and unusually big-dollar patent purchases exceeded spending on research and development of new products, according to public filings."
Is this really something that we want to come to Europe?
In the event that the vote is not postponed, I would like to urge you to vote for two amendments, tabled by the Greens/EFA group, that would go some way to reducing the damage that the Unitary Patents would inflict on European companies.
The first one, number 76, makes explicit the fact that the unitary patent is enshrined in EU law, under the competence of its legislator, and in particular of the European Parliament, along with the European Court of Justice. The second one, number 74, restates the exclusion of software from patentability, as already expressed by the European Parliament in 2003 and 2005.
Getting the Unitary Patent right is too important to simply wave through a messy compromise that makes things worse than they are today. I therefore hope you will use your vote to produce something better than the current proposals, and worthy of the people you represent in the European Parliament.
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I cannot explain it. I cannot figure out why almost everyone in Harmony has lost their minds. There is a resident witch, Tabitha, who used to be evil but is suddenly on the side of good. A very wealthy resident, Alistair, when he was alive, used to torture his family simply for pure pleasure. A young girl, Theresa, who is not so young anymore, sets out to destroy a couple simply because she finds the man attractive. Her obsession with said man has cost her a lifetime of happiness. And finally, there is a woman, Juanita, who finds it fascinating to kill an entire family out of revenge.
Tabitha was once an evil witch, who would have done anything to spread evil. After she gave birth to her daughter, Endora, it was difficult to maintain her evil side because Endora did not inherit Tabitha's evil genes. It was a constant tug of war. Each time Tabitha did something evil, Endora sabotaged her plans. Tabitha felt helpless because her plans were always ruined by her daughter. A stronger force threatened to destroy Harmony, so Tabitha decided to pack it in. Tabitha was unable to do anything to prevent the disaster, so the best course of action for Tabitha was to leave Harmony. Unfortunately for Tabitha, she lost her powers doing something good, no less.
Alistair is no longer alive, but the pain that he has inflicted on his family lives on. Vincent, Alistair's grandson, is a victim of Alistair's taunting. Alistair abused Vincent psychologically and physically. Consequently, Vincent turns out to be a murderer. Instead of blaming Alistair for his unfulfilled life, Vincent takes it on himself to blame his parents. Grant you, Eve and Julian, his parents, had no idea that Alistair tortured Vincent. They suspected that Alistair had something to do with his kidnapping however. Vincent thinks that killing everyone in Harmony, including his parents, will make him feel better about himself. Vincent has been lonely all his life, so I do not see how he can be happy with his parents gone. Luckily for Vincent, Tabitha intervenes and prevents the death of everyone.
Will Theresa be happy in the long run? She has been blindly chasing Ethan for nine years, and it has gotten her nothing but grief. Theresa is presumed dead, but she is not really dead. She has to pretend as if she is dead to save her own and her family's life. Theresa foolishly puts her life on hold to chase a man that disrespects her. While pretending to be dead, Theresa is emotionally torturing herself by being too close with the man she presumes to love. She has to fake her identity for her own safety. Is that any way to live, and will Theresa gets her happy ending?
Is it not time for Juanita to kiss and make up with Pilar? They were childhood friends. Juanita's family died because her husband was a mobster. It had nothing to do with Pilar. Juanita is in denial. She cannot face the truth, and the truth is that her family was in danger the minute her late husband decided to become a mobster. Juanita is similar to Vincent in many ways. Juanita blames Pilar for her family's plight when it was her husband who put them in danger. Vincent blames his parents for his unhappiness when it was Alistair who caused him pain. I guess it's easier to escape to an alternate universe and pretend as if someone owes one something. It's much more difficult to face the pain. Neither Vincent nor Juanita received psychological counseling, so it's no wonder they are projecting their pain on someone else. In the end, they will both be unhappy because finally, they still have to face the pain that they are avoiding. It will be that much more difficult to deal with their anguish once they eliminate what they feel is the cause of their pain. In reality, the cause of their unhappiness is inwards. They have to face the fact that the people they are targeting have nothing to do with the pain and anguish they are feeling.


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People seem to understand that OPEC must save for the day its oil runs out. But when Canada's oil-rich Alberta Province does it, that, apparently, is another matter.
The largest private nest egg of its kind in any capitalistic country, including Switzerland, the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund holds and invests about 30 percent of the royalties earned from Alberta's booming oil and gas industries.
It began in August 1976 with $1.5 billion in the kitty. This had grown to $5 .8 billion by the end of 1979 and could reach an estimated $30 billion by the year 2000, if its present growth rate persists.
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A big, white bow bobbed up and down from the top row of the risers.
Sweet, petite Ysabel could barely be seen over the kids standing in front of her. But occassionally, I'd catch a glimpse of her grin, delighted wave, her hands cupped over her mouth and her always-present hair accessory bouncing above the heads of her classmates.
The kindergarten graduate could hardly contain her excitement.
In the crowd was a proud big cousin who had no hope of withholding the tears.
It was instantaneous. The second I stepped foot into the cafetorium at Paradise Elementary, I was awash in a sea of emotions. Then just as I looked up to see a slideshow of photos of the kindergarteners in miniature caps and gowns, my 6-year-old cousin's little face bobbed across the screen.
That was it. I was done. The tears streamed uncontrollably down my cheeks.
It kind of caught me off guard, this surge in emotion. I'm a fairly sentimental person, but I typically express those feelings through the written word, hugs and the occassional teary eye. I wasn't sure what exactly set off this full-on, ugly cry.
I'm sure Ysabel's mom – obviously proud but much better collected – wondered what my deal was.
Sure, there was much to be proud of in our Ysabel's conquering of phonics, sight words, counting by 5s and 10s, seasons and months, landforms and pledges to the U.S. and Texas flags. Did it warrant the waterworks spectacle I displayed? Probably not.
But then as I watched her and her classmates recite each word to three lengthy tunes as part of the music program, it dawned on me. My emotional breakdown was caused by Ysabel's representation of life – not just the stages of development, but the amount that's been lived.
You see, Ysabel is the youngest of 15 grandchildren on her dad's – and my mom's – side. She is also the only one my late grandmother wasn't able to meet.
In fact, Ysabel's parents learned they were expecting their second child, and only daughter, just a few months after my Lita's passing.
She was the sign of new life – and hope – to our grief-stricken family.
It baffles me that in the time that our Lita's been gone, we've welcomed and fallen in love with the youngest member of our family. We've witnessed the evolution of a calm baby to an energetic tot and now a smart and spunky almost-first-grader.
Her heart-melting pronunciation of words – "rubber-be-and!" for "rubberband" – has become a strong bank of well-spoken vocabulary. And instead of being read to, she's become the reader, sometimes ditching the book to better entertain us with one of her own stories, retrieved from the depths of her fascinating imagination.
She's not so much for cuddling and being held anymore. Instead, she challenges us to jumping contests on the trampoline and rides on the four-wheeler.
But one thing remains, unwavering – she still charms us with a brutally honest demeanor that is eerily reminiscent of our grandmother.
"You know, if you put barrettes in your hair, it won't be so crazy," she informed me recently.
"Are you trying to tell me my hair is crazy?" I ask.
"Well … " her voice trails off. "But I like your earrings! You always have the best earrings!"
That was just like our Lita – holding nothing back in telling us how it was, yet softenining the blow with a compliment as an ending remark.
Ysabel will never know the love of our Lita, but the rest of our family is reminded through Ysabel.
For that, I couldn't be more proud.
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January 15, 2010 - I strongly support today's ruling by the BC Court of Appeal. The decision to support the continuation of InSite bolsters our efforts to improve the lives of people with addictions.
With this second consecutive decision in favour of InSite, I hope the Federal Government will drop its legal efforts so that we can go back to focusing on InSite for what it is – a harm reduction facility that saves lives and improves health outcomes for those living with addictions.
As a key component of our City's Four Pillars Drug Strategy, research confirms that Insite connects people to treatment services, counselling and medical help, at the same time as it reduces crime. The science in favour of InSite is clear, and as long as we have people suffering from addiction on our streets we need harm reduction options in place.
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Development of Marple
Bridges, Highways and Turnpikes
An examination of the main land transport routes in the Marple area.
Author: Anthony W Jones.
Published: Marple Local History Society, 2004.
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- Bridges
- Highways
- Turnpikes
- Chapel-en-le-Frith - Marple Turnpike
- Stockport - Marple Turnpike
- Glossop - Marple Turnpike
- Demise of the turnpikes
We travel daily along the roads of Marple without giving a thought to their origins, to the history that we pass by, unnoticed.
We never give a thought for the travellers of bygone days, when the road was little more than a track, or to the people who toiled to build and maintain the parish highways.
Mesolithic flints, originating from the other side of the Pennine hills, found at the Mellor Archeological dig show that man has been making tracks between here and there for thousands of years and would have found ways of crossing rivers by way of bridges, from fallen trees to the modern structures of today.
Paths or tracks would have been made where there was a need for people or goods to go from place to place. Most of the traffic would be very local, probably only between farms and villages. Hand loom weavers and farmers would take their goods to Stockport market to sell them. In later years the creation of mills increased the trade with people from other areas. This can be seen from some of the Turnpike Acts that claim the poor state of the roads caused problems with such trade.
Places have changed greatly in the last 200 - 300 years. Mellor was a large area consisting of hamlets and farms with a moor but no village centre. Moor End was built mainly about 1780 when mills began to appear. The centre of what is now Marple was Norbury Smithy, at the junction of Stockport Road, Station Road and Church lane.
The roads today do not always follow the course of the old road. The original route may have gone from farm to farm, or to other important places such as river crossings, but over the years new routes have been created. A person on foot or horseback can manage a steep hill but when people began to use carts and waggons new, less steep routes had to be found.
With the introduction of Turnpikes around 1800 toll bars were set up and the location of these can indicate where the new Turnpike road met an existing road.
Some are obvious such as Rose Brow (by the Windsor Castle public house) and Dan Bank, whilst those at Hague Bar on Strines Road and 'Old Slurry' at the junction of Knowle Road and Longhurst Lane are less so.
Over the last two hundred years the roads in the area have changed considerably. No longer are the main highways little more than a dirt track full of pot holes. Today Marple has roads leading to all the neighbouring towns and the road surface is well maintained and generally free of pot holes !


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Hotel Boutique Sazagua
Pereira Coffee Region, Colombia
Hotel Boutique Sazagua, situated in the heart of Colombia's coffee region in the Central Andes is wonderfully decorated with an eclectic mix of furniture, bright colors and art collected throughout Colombia's history.
At a Glance
Personalized service and home from home ambience
One of the largest and most beautiful haciendas in the coffee region
Situated at the heart of the coffee triangle in between Pereira and Chinchina
The traditional hacienda is full of charming colonial decor, period furniture and family mementos
Open veranda running the length of the building where breakfast and meals can be served
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Colombia is the world's second largest coffee producer after BrazilSarah Lowe
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Delicious food, so creative! Some of the best food of my whole time in Colombia was served here.Scott Dunn team
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Upgrade in this hotel and try to get one of the rooms with a traditional hammock - the perfect place to swing slowly in and watch the hummingbirds gather with a cup of fresh coffee in hand - you unconsciously just slip into the world of Gabriel Garcia Maquez...and it is very hard to return from.Sonia Bungaroo
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Hotel Boutique Sazagua has a wonderful location on the outskirts of Pereira, half way between the Cocora Valley and the main coffee plantations around Chinchina. The name Sazagua pays homage to the indigenous people who once inhabited the area.
Explore the nearby coffee plantations and learn about the whole coffee making process. Colombia really does know a thing or two about coffee!! There are also other activities available in the area, such as rafting, horse riding, visiting the botanical gardens, and the Los Nevados National Park, which is home to the majestic Nevado del Ruiz volcano.
The hacienda is set in lush gardens full of tropical plants and exotic birds and has an inviting outdoor pool. For relaxation guests can also indulge in a pampering spa treatment or take a dip in the Jacuzzi.
There are just 10 suites at Sazagua, including a slightly larger junior suite, and 5 villas. All the rooms are individual in style and decked out with local furniture and art work, dark woods and colorful textiles. Villas come with a small private garden and Jacuzzi.
The service is very attentive, the staff are personable and all keen to share the knowledge of the area to ensure you get the most out of your stay. The cuisine is inspired by traditional recipes with a creative twist.
Sazagua has 15 rooms; 10 suites and 5 Villas.
Children are welcome at the hotel, and babysitting can be arranged upon request, but there are no specific facilities or interconnecting rooms.
Swimming pool, Jacuzzi, gardens and restaurant.
Riding, hiking, bird watching and visits to the coffee region and local plantations.
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Pereira Coffee Region, Colombia
Hotel Boutique Sazagua is 13 kilometers outside the town of Pereira in Colombia's central coffee region.
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Recently, you may have noticed the beautiful sculpture outside the Youth Services event room. This lovely moving sculpture was donated by the late Florence Patrick, a long-time supporter of the Fremont Public Library. Florence was a former library trustee and past President of the Friends of the Library. She wanted to give the library something that would be enjoyed by all and, as a former teacher with a special affinity for children, something that would be easily viewed from the Youth Services Department. Flo personally picked out the piece of artwork that was recently installed in front of the building, just to the east of the bike racks. The piece is by a Utah based artist named Lyman Whitaker. It is designed to move gracefully with the wind and to be out in the elements year-round.
Library Director Scott Davis reflects on the piece, saying "I know I will always think about Flo when I see it turning in the breeze and think about how much of a positive impact she had on the library and how much we, not just an institution but as a collection of people and personalities, have impacted her life."