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Huron's coast in Rogers City is home to the largest limestone quarry in the world.
Port of Calcite has been open to the limestone industry for many years. But now local business leaders are opening their minds and the shorelines to other companies as well.
It takes some of the property we own here in the Calcite that we weren't using for any of our core business and allowing someone else who could come in here and develop that port and bring jobs to the community which we all want to see happen
,"Carmeuse Lime & Stone Operations Manager Ray LeClair said.
Friday, public and private business owners announced a partnership that will develop the Port of Calcite to bring in new kinds of work.
Lime and Stone provided the land. Moran Iron Works and Presque Isle County are developing it.
his upgrade will open the region up to larger projects and more jobs.
They couldn't count on the infrastructure being there but for now or at least the next decade or more industries in business can count on that and that will lead to a cascading effect
," Moran Iron Works Owner Tom Moran said.
his project will cost more than
$16 million to develop. Two million of that is coming from a statewide development grant and the rest is private investment.
he plan calls for dock improvements, a new
Moran Iron Works manufacturing facility, and a state-of-the-art crain that will be bought and leased by the county. Each group signed on for a decade in hopes of sparking new economic development in the northeast Michigan.
Over the next
ten years as will have $100 million impact for northeast Michigan because this is really a regional project not just a Presque Isle County project," PICEDC Executive Director Joe Libby explained.
he construction will begin in the spring and the entire project will likely be done at the end of 2015.


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Tulane launches mentoring award
New Orleans — L. Gabriel Navar was chosen by his colleagues for the inaugural Oliver Fund Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring at Tulane University.
A 25-year Tulane faculty member, he is professor and chair of the physiology department.
The award was established this year to honor the commitment of senior faculty members to the success of junior faculty members and Tulane as a whole through mentoring, said provost Michael Bernstein in a press release.
Navar will receive the award, including a $5,000 prize, at the School of Medicine Ivy Day on May 17 during Commencement Week. He also will be recognized during the school's diploma ceremony on May 18.
Nominated by five members of the physiology faculty and chosen by a selection committee, Navar also received multiple letters of support for the award.
He is principal investigator of a multiyear Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant to the Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence. Earlier phases of the national COBRE funding have provided support for the work of 16 junior faculty members as well as postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and medical students.
UNO names VP for business affairs
New Orleans — University of New Orleans President Peter J. Fos announced that Gregg Lassen has been appointed vice president for business affairs.
Lassen is currently vice president for finance and operations at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He will succeed Linda Robison who is retiring as vice president of business affairs after 39 years at the UNO. Lassen's appointment begins on July 1.
Prior to his position at Lamar, Lassen spent five years at The University of Texas at Tyler, first serving as vice president for business affairs and then executive vice president. He also spent three years as vice president of business and finance at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Tulane to offer skin screenings
New Orleans — Tulane University School of Medicine's dermatology department will offer free skin cancer screenings from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the Dermatology Clinic on the fifth floor of Tulane Medical Center, 1415 Tulane Ave.
The free screenings involve full- or upper-body skin assessments or spot skin checks by a Tulane dermatologist. If suspicious lesions are found, patients will be encouraged to contact their personal physicians, or they will be referred to a Tulane dermatologist.
No treatments or biopsies will be performed, and appointments are not necessary. Walk-in patients are welcomed.
Those who have experienced severe sunburn or have a history of sun exposure, those with fair skin who burn easily and anyone experiencing a recent change in the appearance of a mole should consider being screened.
Validated parking is available in Tulane's LaSalle Street Garage, located at Tulane and LaSalle streets.
For more information on Tulane's free skin cancer screenings, contact the Tulane Dermatology Clinic at (504) 988-1700.
Athletes participate in shoe giveaway
New Orleans — More than 25 Tulane student-athletes who are members of the Tulane Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) participated in a shoe giveaway at Martin Berhman Charter School last week, working alongside the Samaritan's Feet organization.
Tulane's SAAC raised money to purchase nearly 250 pairs of shoes to donate to children who have been wearing hand-me-down shoes.
The Tulane SAAC group has worked with Samaritan's Feet — a non-profit organization dedicated to providing 10 million pairs of shoes to 10 million children over the next ten years — during the last few years, This was the first time that the group actually hosted its own shoe giveaway.
Tulane's SAAC raised funds through donations at their web site, and they were also able to garner over $500 in donations at the March 26 Tulane baseball game against LSU.
Tulane names staff member winner
New Orleans — Cynthia Hayes received the 2013 Yvette Milner Jones Award, the highest award that Tulane University gives to a staff member.
The award, which goes to an outstanding Tulane staff member or administrator, is named in honor of Jones, executive vice president for university relations and development.
Through her work as director of medical alumni relations and constituency programs, Hayes acts as a liaison between the medical school alumni and the university.
Hayes lost her home in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but that didn't stop her from coming to the aid of the institution, according to a press release. She worked with medical students who were displaced by the storm and took on additional duties to aid in other areas. Members of the Tulane Medical Alumni Association credit her with resurrecting a successful and well-executed alumni group, post-storm.
In addition to her work with alumni, Hayes is an advocate for medical students. In 2010, students honored Hayes with a "mom" award for providing support to first- and second-year medical students.
Online education pioneer to give talk
New Orleans — Tulane University's NewDay Social Entrepreneurship Speaker Series will co-host an evening with online education pioneer Salman Khan, founder and executive director of Khan Academy, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 20 at the University of New Orleans.
"Reimagining Education: A Town Hall Meeting With Sal Khan" will take place in the Grand Ballroom on the second floor of UNO's University Center, located at 2000 Lakeshore Drive. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. To reserve seats, visit http://salkhaninnola.eventbrite.com.
Khan's lecture is sponsored by Tulane University, Benjamin Franklin High School, 4.0 Schools, Propeller: A Force for Social Innovation and UNO.
Described as Bill Gates' favorite teacher, Khan is on a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
He started Khan Academy to offer free online educational materials, including instructional videos, assessment exercises, dashboard analytics and teacher tools, that support personalized, mastery-based, interactive education for users of all ages.
The Academy, which grew out of a series of online YouTube videos Khan created to tutor nieces and nephews in New Orleans, now has more than 6 million users per month. It has delivered more than 250 million lessons in the last two years, covering subjects from basic math to college-level biology and art history.
After his presentation, Khan will answer questions from the audience and sign copies of his new book, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.
UNO names dean of College of Education
New Orleans — University ofNew Orleans Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs James E. Payne announced that Darrell P. Kruger has been appointed dean of the College of Education and Human Development.
Kruger will begin his new position July 1.
Kruger is currently the interim associate vice president for research and graduate studies and manager of the Center for Emerging Entrepreneurs at Illinois State University.
Kruger received his doctoral and master's degrees in geography from Louisiana State University and his bachelor's degree in geography from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.
Compiled by the New Orleans bureau

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The number of sex offenders staying in Rutherglen and Cambuslang has risen by 27 per cent in under 10 months.
We can reveal the shocking figures following a Freedom of Information request lodged with Police Scotland.
At the end of June, there were 25 registered sex offenders currently at liberty in Rutherglen, and a further 22 in Cambuslang. There are 173 living in the whole of South Lanarkshire.
In September 2013 there were 22 sex offenders resident in Rutherglen and 15 in Cambuslang, totalling 37.
Since that time there has been a rise by 10, or 27 per cent, from the 2013 figure to this year's total.
It also means that Rutherglen and Cambuslang are home to over a quarter of sex offenders in South Lanarkshire, despite only having 19 per cent of the county's population.
Council leader Eddie McAvoy admitted the figures seemed large for the two towns, but said the council had a responsibility to house those convicted of sex crimes: "The council face a very difficult situation under the law.
"When people are convicted of sex offences most of them go to prison quite correctly, however when they come out the, council, in consultation with police and social work, must house them.
"My understanding is they don't house them where they come from, they house them in an area where no one knows who they are.
"You hope that they are being watched an controlled by the police, but there's always that uncertainty."
Do you think Rutherglen and Cambuslang has become a dumping ground for sex offenders in South Lanarkshire?
MSP James Kelly said the rise in the number of sex offenders was a "matter of concern" and added: "There's no doubt this will cause uneasiness amongst local people.
"Local people and the police will need to continue to be vigilant to ensure that those who commit crimes of a sexual nature are tracked down and brought to justice."
Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham, lead for major crime and public protection, said that since the creation of Police Scotland there have been significant developments in respect of offender management.
He pointed to the creation of a National Offender Management Unit as well as the management of offenders in conjunction with their partners within the MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements) process.
He added: "It is accepted risk cannot be removed completely but thorough and auditable arrangements are in place to minimise risk to the public and to detect and arrest those who commit these most despicable of crimes.
"The Keeping Children Safe scheme also provides an important contribution to the protection of children in families and communities across Scotland and creates a real opportunity to ensure that children across Scotland are properly protected at the earliest stage by their parents and carers together with all the relevant agencies.
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When I went off to college everything changed. Like lots of guys, I had some same-sex experimentation when I was a younger. I also had my share of stashed porn when I was a teenager. One magazine I treasured for a while was a copy of Penthouse. In addition to lots of naked women, which was great, I remember the issue I managed to get my hands on also had pictures of a man and a women posing. There were no hard dicks but it was definitely a turn-on.
The other was a copy of Playgirl that I found in an apartment complex dumpster when I was dumpster diving for aluminum can. I was definitely turned on by it. Even though all the guys in it were naked, they were all soft. But I masturbated to it as much as I did to the naked women in the Penthouse I had stashed with it. This was the first real hint I had that I was attracted as much to guys as I was to girls. As a teenager growing up 70s that was a pretty terrifying thought.
What happened later in college wasn't accidental. There was a definite curiosity that I was aware of and afraid of at the same time. Something I wanted to explore.
I went to Berkeley in California far from small town Ennis, Texas and one day during my sophomore year when I was nineteen I had a conversation with Erick a friend that changed everything. I'd recently been dumped by my girlfriend, Cassondra so I was available. It's worth mentioning that while Cassondra and I had done a lot, we never had sex. I was still a virgin.
Anyway, Erick told me that he'd walked into one of the restrooms in the Department of the Arts building and stumbled upon two guys going at it. It's been so long that I can't really remember any more if he told me if they were at the urinals or in a stall or what act he had seen. I only remember that he walked out totally disgusted by what he'd see. He said there was all sorts of gay graffiti in the bathroom. Inwardly, I had a different reaction. If there was sex going on in there, I wanted to find out what that graffiti said.
It was a couple of weeks before I got up the courage go. One night in late January, I went to the restroom that Erick had mentioned. It was about six p.m., late enough so that there wouldn't be a lot of people in the building. The restroom had a row of urinals, which were unoccupied, and four stalls including a handicapped stall in the corner. The middle stall was occupied so I took the stall to its right.
The walls of the stall were covered with graffiti. As I read it, it was mostly along the lines of "suck here 2 p.m. Tuesdays" and pictures of cocks made with markers. But it also had something I had never seen before: A hole just next to the toilet paper dispenser that went all the way through to the occupied stall next to me. Now, I'm more than familiar with what that hole is and what it's for, but at the time I was very naïve and had no idea what it was for.
The guy in the next stall did though. From what I could hear he was jacking off and certainly giving me more than enough signals as to his intentions.
I made some grunting noises as though I was taking a crap in response. I wasn't at all sure what to do or what I even wanted to do.
But eventually my curiosity and probably my horniness got the better of me. For the first and possibly last time in a situation like this, I said something to the guy in the next stall. "I've never heard someone doing that in the stall next to me," I told him.
"Do you want to see it?"
"Yes," I stammered.
He stood up and quickly pushed his cock through the glory hole.
It was incredible. It still embedded in my memory as one of the biggest cocks I've ever seen and I always try to remember how it could have possibly fit through the opening. It was white, uncut and thick. His cockhead was a large, reddish/purple mushroom and I could see the huge veins running up and down its length.
To this day, it's the kind of cock I'm attracted to.
"Do you want to touch it?" he asked.
I told him the truth, "I don't know."
But after a little prodding, he knew the answer was yes when I started to stroke it.
By this time, my own six and a half inch cock was also rock hard and sticking up like a flag pole. He let me stroke him for a couple of minutes and then he asked me to put mine through the hole.
I'm a short guy so I remember having to stand on my tippy-toes to reach the hole. When I did he grasped it in his hand. When his fingers wrapped around it, it gave me one of the most glorious feelings I'd had.
He stroked and fondled it for a few minutes and then let it go. Before I could object, he said, "I'm going to put my cock back through again."
When it came back through I wrapped my fingers around it and started slowly stroking it. I stroked it a few times, marveling at how hard yet soft it was. Then he asked, "Do you want to suck on it?"
I'm not even sure if I said yes or not. I just remember felling to my knees against the wall with his cock hot in my hand. Leaning forward, I tentatively guided it into my mouth. As my lips wrapped around the shaft my mouth was suddenly full of my first man cock. I remember he made a comment about not using teeth, so I made an effort to cover my teeth with my lips and tried hard to use my tongue.
I sucked and moved my mouth on his thick shaft for what seemed like forever, he withdrew his cock and told me, "Put yours back through."
In the blink of an eye my cock was engulfed in his warm mouth and I received another unexpected wave of pleasure. I couldn't believe the way he was sucking my cock into his mouth. His tongue was licking the frenulum, that indentation on the underside of my cock where the head meets the shaft. My knees were getting weak, when he suddenly stopped and said, "It would be easier if we didn't have this wall between?"
But that was too much too fast for me. That meant he would see who I was and I couldn't handle that thought, so I told him, "I'm not ready for that yet."
He said, "Put your cock back in the hole then."
I felt my throbbing cock slipping back into his hot mouth as I stuck it back through the hole. I think he was anxious for me to cum because he picked up the pace, sucking me deeper and harder.
I thrust my hip against the wall as the first spasm hit and a gush of thick, steamy cum hit the back of his throat. He swallowed quickly but not fast enough, the second shot of cum filled his mouth.
With each spasm of my throbbing cock, I found myself enjoying cumming in his mouth more and more.
Finally, my cock stopped its flow of cum and just twitched in stranger's mouth every time he ran his tongue along the sensitive underside. He didn't want to let go. I had to pull forcibly pull it out of his mouth and back through the glory hole.
Suddenly conscious of what I'd just done, I hurriedly got my pants straightened out and without so much as a thank you I ran from the stall, out of the restroom and out of the building into the night, as I fled down the sidewalk my heart beating so hard that I thought it was going to explode in my chest.
At that moment, I thought I was lucky to have escaped. From what I don't know but I still felt lucky.
I felt guilty and horrible and yet at the same time I felt excited. I just done something secret and dirty but crazy exciting. I'd just had a random stranger's beautiful cock in my mouth.
Despite my solemn vow not to, I eventually went back…a lot.
And on these subsequent trips I found notes that led me to other restroom in other buildings throughout the campuses.
I started cruising the different restroom during the day between classes and at night after classes when the buildings were more or less deserted.
My 'success' ratio was pretty low. I'd been lucky and hit the jackpot that first time. There weren't always guys there or they weren't always the type guys I was looking for. Sometimes I'd sit in a stall for an hour and no one would show. Other times, things would be so busy I couldn't get in a stall.
The second time I scored was strange to say the least. It was the same stalls as before, but this time I was in the center stall and he was in the one to the right. Again it was after classes and the building was deserted. I was there first. He knew exactly what he wanted. He was already unzipping his pants as he entered the stall. One step and he was shoving his hard cock through the hole. I went to my knees and wrapped my lips around it but before I could start to suck it down the cock pulsated hard on my lips and a hot stream of cum squirted out and down my throat. It shot so hard and fast I didn't have any warning and I started to gag on it. I swallowed quickly, but some of the salty fluid came out the corner of my mouth.
As fast as it came through the hole, the cock slid out of my mouth and was out of the hole just as fast. .
I learned to pick up the signals, eye contact, a nod, a quick grab to the crotch, though I was also really good at pretending that I had no idea what was going on. I had a lot to lose so I didn't want anyone to know that's what I was there for, unless their cock was sticking through the hole and in my mouth, of course.
It was like an entire underground sub-culture of guys that no one knew about on campus.
Eventually, I saw patterns emerge that most people were oblivious to. It was all anonymous, but eventually those of us who frequented these restrooms knew each other by sight.
You'd sometimes run into a guy walking out of the restroom as you were walking in. After that happened two or three times, even though you never speak of it you both knew about the other. And sometimes, you'd turn right around and walk back in after him. You'd know who the other 'trolls' were and if you had specific tastes, like I did, you'd sometimes just wait a guy out who wasn't your type.
If the Internet had been in full swing like it is now, I'll bet I would have met a lot more guys back then. As it was, I counted myself lucky that I never once in two-plus years ran into anyone I knew on my rounds. Of course if they were already in the stall or entered after I did I didn't know who they were. So I could have been blowing my brother and not known it.
But I still think that the most exciting aspect of doing what I was doing was the secrecy. The dirty feeling. The knowing that I was sucking a cock or jacking off at school. It was the same feeling you'd get from having an illicit make out session with a girlfriend or getting a hand job from a girl while her parents were asleep upstairs. The idea that you could get caught added an element of danger and made it even more enticing.
There was no 'relationship,' no 'dating,' no 'drama," Just getting off. It wasn't about the guy, it was about his cock. And that experience still colors the way I feel about guys to this day.


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Name: Parasitic Strand Root
Ancestry: Gnarl Root -> Shore Root -> Strand Root -> Parasitic Strand Root
Creator: Jisaan
Genes Added: Parasitic Consumption x1, Spined Roots x1, Rapid Growth x1
Total Genes: Fungal Consumption x1, Water Retention x2, Spores x1, Fast Reproduction x3, Increased Lifespan x1, Increased Spore Dispersal x2, Parasitic Consumption x1, Spined Roots x1, Rapid Growth x1
Description: This adaptation of the Strand Root has turned on its ancestors, developing roots which grow at a relatively fast pace, developing spines all the while that will occasionally pierce the roots or cap of a neighboring fungus and begin feeding on it.
Well, that's the last of them... I apologize for any stupid creatures, in concept or belief that they'll actually be allowed, and I must simply plead exhaustion. Bodhi always has to start his wars RIGHT before the update, making me stay up all night to fight them. >.>
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And so we draw the curtain on Period 1. This will be the last period I warn you a disaster is on its way. Just remember that at least two updates must pass before a period shifts. Now for the closing information...
Period 1 will officiall be remembered as the...
Emersion Period
And for those interesting in what this periods disaster is, I'll give you a few hints in the form of a statement. Also, it's a double-whammy, in a way.
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Three suspected cases of SARS at the Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital in Taipei turned out to be a false alarm, the Department of Health's Center for Disease Control (CDC) announ-ced yesterday.
According to a CDC press release, three patients at the hospital complained of fever late Friday night. The patients had been sharing a room at the hospital.
The hospital's disease control group immediately reported the situation to the CDC for further investigation.
According to the CDC, Polymerase Chain Reaction tests were conducted on Friday to determine if the patients had indeed contracted the SARS virus.
Although initial test results were negative, the CDC yesterday tested the patients again. Test results confirmed that the patients did not have SARS.
The three have been quarantined at the Shin Kong Hospital, but the Department of Health reported that all three patients' fever had abated by yesterday. The CDC said that the patients' initial symptoms differed from that of SARS.
The CDC stressed that the Shin Kong Hospital had acted according to health department regulations.
The regulations stipulate that if two hospital employees or three patients develop a fever within a span of ten days, the hospital should immediately report the situation to the CDC for further tests. The CDC also requests that hospitals regularly take temperature readings of employees and that they keep records of the statistics.
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Firstly, there is evidence outside the bible for his existence. If you don't think he existed because of his stories, then look at Siddhartma Gautama, or as he is more commonly known as, the Buddha. He was undeniably real even though his stories were similar to Jesus'. Secondly, he created a religion that has influenced, both directly and indirectly, billions of people world wide, so how can he not?
I think he is if you take into account the impact he has had on life on earth. I take into consideration those who believe that he was just a preacher that got his money through milking people being a preacher. There is no doubt in the impact he made on people.
The teachings of the individual believed to be Jesus Christ have been influential for centuries. Whether one believes in the teachings of Jesus Christ or not, the fact is that there are few humans whose impact has transcended, time, demographics and culture. Jesus Christ is one of those individuals and as a result could very well be considered one of the greatest humans to have lived.
I myself am not religious and think there are some staggering exaggerations in the Bible, but I cannot prove that. What I can undeniably point at is the extensive following for millenia that Jesus has created, his influence regardless of what the truth is is far too impressive to ignore. He has to be on the short list.
The truth of the matter is that we do not even know of Jesus ever existed in the first place. To my knowledge there is not a single shred of evidence or historical record of him outside of the bible, which given that it references talking snakes and walking on water is not sufficient evidence. But even if he did exist, a lot of what he preached was either self-evidently true or really bad advice (e.g. Make no thought for tomorrow; love your enemies; sell all your belongings, etc.) And then there's the whole infinite torture for finite crimes thing... So no, there have been much better people since him.
Jesus was just a cultist preacher who struck it big by having his cult become one of the major religions. The fact is there were many like Jesus and we see many of his kind today preaching on the street corner. Most of the mythology surrounding him is rubbish and spun out of wholecloth.


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Real Political Courage: Nathan Fletcher Endorses Scott Peters
I've got some exciting news I wanted to share! Earlier today, we had a press conference to announce our latest endorsement, and I am so honored to tell you my friend, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, has endorsed me in my campaign to represent the 52nd Congressional District.
Earlier this year, Nathan captured the imagination and respect of people from all over the country when he broke from the Republican Party and made his bold move to independent. In that move, Nathan showed rare political courage and set a new course that will greatly influence politics in our region.
I'm proud of the campaign we've put together. We've focused on putting people – and personal relationships – first. That's why I have earned so much support from across the political spectrum – Democrats, Republicans and independents, alike. They know that only through working together can we solve the problems we face as a nation. Unfortunately, some in Congress seem determined to demonstrate day and night their unwillingness to compromise and to get things done.
This campaign came directly from my desire to push beyond partisan bickering to focus on rebuilding the middle class and get this economy back to full strength. Nathan's endorsement clearly shows that people of all political stripes share my desire to move this country forward and put people before politics.
Together, we can make that happen on November 6th.
Scott Peters


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Protecting Land
Protecting our land resources, including the food we eat and the water we drink, is the central purpose of the Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative and our members. It involves a complex and sometimes bewildering set of public and private processes that we can help landowners and our conservation partners navigate successfully negotiate.
This section organizes the most important of those processes into five basic areas of interest. Together, they summarize the thicket of regulations and best practices that, if followed, will help maintain our area as a model of environmental integrity—and a pleasure to live in.
Conservation Options describes some of the alternatives available to private landowners or associations that want to learn about the types and benefits of conservation transactions.
Priority Areas are the critical, shared resources that are the Collaborative's current focus of attention.
Conservation Finance briefly outlines our funding efforts.
Saving Land in the Development Process describes how conservation standards can apply to real estate development.
Caring for the Land details the basic planning, documentation and reporting needed to preserve high conservation values.


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I just got an e-mail announcing that M Missoni has opened its new exclusive boutique in Gate Mall. The new boutique designed by Milan-based Correa Granados Architects has an area of over 100 m2 divided into two room, which radiates a clean, natural feel with neutral warm finishes and timeless atmosphere, and stocks a vast selection of women's ready-to-wear and accessories.
I have a confession, I haven't been to Gate Mall yet!! Must add to my "to-do" list!


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1971 Hemi Cuda Convertible only 11 were made for that year.
1948 Tucker about 50 cars were built.
1954 Oldsmobile F-88 only one ever made.
1954 Packard Panther. Four cars produced.
1961 Ferrari 250 Spyder, 36 built. One recently sold for 10.9 million at auction.
1967 and the 1970 Dodge Coronet R-T. Only two built for each model year.
1979 Austin Martin Bulldog. Only 25 cars ever made.
1981-1982 DeLorean DMC-12. A Whopping 9,000 made with about 6,500 still in existence. National Automobile Museum in Reno, NV has one that is 24kt gold plated.
Aston Martin DB1. Only 15 made.
The Bugatti Royale, with only 6 cars ever made.
The Mercedes CLK-GTR. This badass beast had only 24 other siblings.
The Ferrari F50 GT1. Another commonly seen vehicle but only 3 of the GT1 were made.
1921 Helica de Layat. Only 30 cars were made, and yes that propeller is at the front of the car.
1957 Jaguar XKSS. Only 16 were ever made.
Lamborghini Miura. Only 764 were made. The engine and transmission were connected in a way that they shared the same fluid, and made for a costly repair due to the unreliable transmission.
Lancia Stratos HF1. Around 492 were built.
Lexus LFA. Only 500 were made and only 100 remain to be sold.
2005 Mayback Excelero. Only one car was made. It's owner rapper "Birdman†picked it up in 2012 for 8 million.
Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. About 1,400 made.
The MG SV-R. Around 82 were made. One owned by Mr. Bean. The car features the Shelby GT 4.6L Surpercharged V8.
Porsche 916. Only 11 cars were made.
Rolls Royce 15HP. Only 6 were made with only one still in existence.
Talbot Largo Grandsport. Only 12 were ever made.
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Do you remember the photo – provided courtesy of Colin McHenry – showing a variety of crocodilian skulls? I published it in an article on the CEE Functional Anatomy meeting, and here it is again. The challenge was to try and identify the largest skull. Suggestions included Saltwater croc Crocodylus porosus, outsized American croc C. acutus or Slender-snouted croc Mecistops cataphractus, but it's none of those (for the resurrection of the genus Mecistops Gray, 1844 for cataphractus see McAiley et al. 2006). The monster skull is in fact that of a False gharial Tomistoma schlegelii. Yes, a False gharial. Holy shit. Hai-Ren actually got it right: well done you! At 84 cm long this skull might cause you to revise whatever preconceptions you had about a species with the name 'False gharial' (having said that, gharials proper ain't necessarily unimpressive… read on).
Thanks to Markus B�hler of Bestiarium, I've just learnt of Rom and Nik Whitaker's excellent article on gigantic crocs here at Here be dragons, a blog that I'll definitely be adding to the Tet Zoo sidebar. They provide much discussion of giant Salties, going over the famous 1980 Fly River (New Guinea) croc, the alleged Australian giants seen by Krys and Ron Pawlowski (they claimed to have shot a croc 8.6 m in length), and the various alleged giants from India [for previous discussion of giant size in Saltwater crocs see the comments at Tet Zoo POTD # 14]. They also discuss a gigantic specimen killed in Cambodia in the 1800s: its skull is preserved and, with a dorsal head length of 76 cm (see their article to understand how there is more than one way to measure a croc skull!) and with a mandibular length of 98.3 cm, is the biggest Saltie skull in existence. Then there are giant American crocs (one specimen, in the AMNH [= American Museum of Natural History, New York], is a true monster with a skull 73.5 cm long) and Nile crocs C. niloticus. And then there are the False gharials.
The NHM (= Natural History Museum, London) skull included in Colin's photo (Colin's homeboy Pete Edwards provides a scale) is the largest known modern crocodilian skull in existence. Here it is again, this time posing with sea snake guru Colin McCarthy. It isn't the only gigantic skull from this species: Rom and Nik Whitaker mention one at Munich which is 81.5 cm long, and one at the AMNH which is 76.5 cm long. Unfortunately it isn't entirely clear what the total lengths of these animals were, and it isn't yet clear what the skull length : total length ratio of this species is. It's well known that a fairly consistent 1 : 7 ratio has been proposed for crocodiles, but this seems not to work when applied to particularly large individuals: for full discussion of this you'll have to read the Here be dragons article.
Based on these giant skulls, we can be fairly confident that Tomistoma exceeds 6 m in total length and is one of the largest extant crocodilians. Most popular books on crocodilians state its maximum length as 4-4.5 m (e.g., Guggisberg 1972, Alderton 1991), so these authors evidently weren't aware of these giant skulls (Steel (1989) specifically referred to the giant NHM skull however, noting as a result that Tomistoma might attain a length of 5.5 m). In keeping with its sometimes gigantic size, it is probably not limited to a diet of fish 'and other small vertebrates' as some of the books say, and it is known to eat macaques at least. Incidentally, there are some fragmentary Siwalik Hills fossils in the NHM collection that look pretty huge, and were provisionally identified by Dino Frey as possibly belonging to Tomistoma. I have no idea whether these remains actually belong to Rhamphosuchus crassidens, a large species from the Miocene of the Siwalik Hills, identified variously as a tomistomine (false gharial) or a gavialoid (true gharial) by different authors. Head (2001) identified Rhamphosuchus as a tomistomine and noted that its length ranged from 8-11 m: not quite the 15-18 m previously mentioned by some (although 8-11 m is still plenty big enough I think).
Finally, let us note that the Gharial itself, Gavialis gangeticus, is not necessarily a small animal [adjacent image, from wikipedia, shows a captive False gharial]. A Gharial skull at Munich is 77.3 cm long (making it the third longest modern crocodilian skull), but again its total length was not recorded. Of course, there are tales of giants that were measured whole: an alleged 7 m specimen was shot on the Kosi River in 1924, a 6.6 m long individual on the Gogra River in 1920, and a 6.4 m animal was killed in the Cheko River in 1934. I have no idea whether these lengths were ever verified. It is well known that gharials have occasionally been found with jewellery in their stomachs, but this has been attributed to their possibly feeding on the remains of funerals, or even on picking up such objects for use as gastroliths. However, big gharials are not limited to a diet of small prey as they are alleged to sometimes take goats and feral dogs. There are a couple of authenticated attacks on humans: 55 year old Sankara Behera was attacked by one in 1979 at the Satkoshia Gorge Sanctuary (Bustard & Singh 1981). It grabbed his arm and he fell into the river; his son rescued him and he later recovered. A few other people have been bitten (Steel 1989), but these attacks mostly seem to have been motivated by territoriality or nest-defence.
Note how I cleverly avoided even mentioning the phylogenetic affinities of Tomistoma and Gavialis, easily the most controversial areas in crocodilian evolutionary biology.
Refs – –
Alderton, D. 1991. Crocodiles & Alligators of the World. Blandford, London.
Bustard, H. R. & Singh, L. A. K. 1981. Gharial attacks on man. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 78, 610-611.
Guggisberg, C. A. W. 1972. Crocodiles: Their Natural History, Folklore and Conservation. David & Charles, Newton Abbot.
Head, J. J. 2001. Systematics and body size of the gigantic, enigmatic crocodyloid Rhamphosuchus crassidens, and the faunal history of Siwalik group (Miocene) crocodilians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (Supp. to No. 3), 59.
McAliley, L. R., Willis, R. E., Ray, D. A., White, P. S., Brochu, C. A. & Densmore, L. D. 2006. Are crocodiles really monophyletic? – Evidence for subdivisions from sequence and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39, 16-32.
Steel, R. 1989. Crocodiles. Christopher Helm, London.


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[Michael Hirtenstein, Tyson Beckford, Eugene Remm, Mark Birnbaum The new faces of Hoboken.]
Go HERE and HERE for photos from last night's opening. And TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS!
Did you happen to catch the fireworks on the West side of the island last night? They were coming from Hoboken and they were in honor of the W Hotel's opening of The Chandelier Room. Hospitality and nightlife impresarios Eugene Remm, Mark Birnbaum and Michael Hirtenstein of EMM Group threw a STAR-STUDDED celebration for the opening of their newest venue. Infamous boxing announcer Michael Buffer introduced actor/musician Jamie Foxx, who performed songs from his upcoming album "Intuition". Photos from inside the party below...
90210's AnnaLynne McCord & Shannen Doherty as well as Make Me A Supermodel's Tyson Beckford, The City's Erin Lucas, Rescue Me's Daniel Sunjata, Pepa of Salt-n-Pepa, The Sopranos' Robert Iler and New York Giants' Shaun O'Hara, among many others were treated to a spectacular fireworks display.
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As part of our homeschool history for kids unit on middle ages for kids we explored Medieval Art & Music by learning about famous artists Giotto, creating a medieval tapestry, creating our own psaltery, learning to draw a castle, and reading some excellent books.
First Goofy crushed up some chalk using a rock. The rock was very slow going so Mommy helped out with a rolling pin and that went super fast!
We used Draw and Write Through History to learn how to draw a castle, catapult, knight, princess, dragon, and a falcon.
Medieval Artist Giotto
Favorite Resources
We used Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Giotto to learn more about Giotto and Discovering Great Artists by Maryann Kohl to inspire our art project.
Learning about Famous Artist Giotto for KidsGiotto was an Italian painter in the 1300s. He is known for adding depth to pictures by adding the background and for making his people look more life-like by adding emotions. Giotto mainly painted frescos. A fresco is a painting done on wet plaster; the color really sinks in and give the color a glowing look to it.
Egg Based Paint for Medieval ArtworkGiotto used an egg based tempera paint. So we made our own egg based paint for our artwork.
First Goofy crushed up some chalk using a rock. The rock was very slow going so Mommy helped out with a rolling pin and that went super fast!
Giotto Medieval Times ArtworkNotice the yellow hallow around people's heads. Giotto painted scenes from the Bible and like others from his time used hallows to depict saints.
Additional Medieval Art & Music Activities
Drawing Castles
Medieval Tapestries for Toddlers and Preschoolers
In Medieval times people wove with wool, but we didn't have any around here. So we used paper to make a Medieval Woven Placemat. During the time period people also created amazing tapestries which created amazing woven pictures. These were hung on castle walls to make the cold stone rooms pretty and warmer
Medieval MusicWe made a psaltery. A psaltery was a medieval musical instrument that was played at banquets or for the royal court in the castle. You can see a video hearing our psaltery.
Medieval Family Read AloudsThe Knight at Dawn and the accompanying Fact Tracker Book Knights and Castles that explains more about the time period. These short and sweet books contain sketched illustrations every couple pages and are great read alouds for ages 5-9. Children in 2nd grade and beyond will be able to read them by themselves.
4 Week Homeschool Medieval Unit
Additional Resources
- Discovering Famous Artists: Seurat – Hands-on Homeschool Art Unit
- Discovering Famous Artists: Monet – Hands on Homeschool Art Unit
- Discovering Famous Artists: Picasso – Hands on Homeschool Art Unit
- Aztec Art – Making an Aztec clay pot to tie into Early Explorers Hands on History Unit
- Melted Crayon Artwork


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Myka ION HD Player – Features Hulu, Boxee, XBMC
Wow, I think we might have a winner here. The folks at Myka have created a hybrid HD media player / HTPC that's based on Ubuntu. The Myka ION provides a custom media dashboard that one boots straight into on top of a fully configured and optimized PC that supports Hulu, Boxee, XBMC, and other popular services. The Myka ION as the name suggest leverages the NVIDIA ION (9400M) graphic chipset with a power sipping Intel Atom N330 processor. In other words, it can handle full 1080p HD video with ease.
Obviously, the Myka ION HD Player is intend for people who aren't interested in building their own HTPC, but would rather buy a straight-forward, small form factor, HD media player to connect to their HDTV that "just works". However, being that it's based on Ubuntu, it will appeal to Linux enthusiasts as well who may choose to extend the device even further by installing additional FREE applications and making it perform other duties on top of its standard feature-set.
Base model MSRP: $379 [Full Specifications]
Included in the package:
- IR Remote Control
- Batteries
- HDMI Cable
- Myka ION Case
- Fanless design. NO noise.
- Can be mounted horizontally or vertically
- Two USB ports in the front for easy access.
- Front mounted audio jacks
- Available in black or white
- A range of hard disks 160 Gb to 1TB
- Wireless 802.11 N card – $40
- Blu-Ray Disk – $225
Want Boxee and Hulu to play in high-def on your TV? Meet Myka ION
LINCOLN, Mass., Nov. 5, 2009 — Myka, makers of the magic box that downloads and streams high-definition videos onto your TV, is introducing the Myka ION — the first consumer Web-to-TV product that can easily run Boxee, Hulu and other leading Internet video services.
Myka ION is powered by the Intel Atom Processor 330 and NVIDIA ION Graphics Processor, giving the Myka ION fast media-player performance at a low cost.
Myka ION lets you browse to any Web site and play video content directly onto your TV — bypassing your PC entirely. No messing with conversion software, no tinkering with anything. Plug it in and it starts working right away.
"Technology has finally caught up with what consumers want out of Internet video services," said Myka President Dan Lovy. "They want to be freed from their computers and watch the growing variety of Web video content on their large-screen, high-definition living room TVs. And they want to do it without a lot of hassle and without video quality suffering.
"We've heard them loud and clear and we're proud to present the Myka ION, the first product to take advantage of the latest processor technology and finally give Web video consumers what they want."
The Intel and NVIDIA processors do all the heavy lifting, such as video encoding/decoding during playback, resulting in seamless, high-quality content beamed directly to your TV. The Myka ION is actually a mini-PC in itself.
With the Myka ION, you don't need to do any work to figure out how to get a downloaded video to actually play on your TV. With a wide range of file formats supported, you don't need to think about it at all. Just plug it in and enjoy.
To see videos of Myka in action, to order a box or if you want to join Myka's open-source developer community, go to myka.tv. Also, you can follow Myka on Twitter at twitter.com/mykatv or on Myka President Dan Lovy's blog, therisingtides.blogspot.com
You can reach Myka at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 781-728-3036.
About Myka
Myka develops a state-of-the-art video player that downloads files from the Internet onto its hard drive to be played back directly, in high definition, on your television. It contains built-in downloading and streaming video capabilities. Myka also supports an open-source developer community and is pursuing partnerships with high-quality video content providers.
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1992 - 1st pick - Shaquille O'Neal
The first-ever top pick for the Magic played four seasons in Orlando before leaving via free agency to Los Angeles. Trails only Tracy McGrady on the all-time scoring average list for the Magic with 27.2 points per game during his time in Orlando. Helped lead the Magic to the 1995 NBA Finals. Along with the Lakers, also played for Miami, Phoenix, Cleveland and Boston. The 15-time NBA All-Star finished his career with four NBA titles, three NBA Finals MVP awards, one MVP and one Olympic Gold Medal.
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Main → Afghanistan → Velayat Paktika → Marghah
Map of Marghah Velayat Paktika, Afghanistan
Other Names: Marga,Margha,Marghah,Margheh,Maṟgha,Murgha, Marghah
Welcome to the Marghah google satellite map! This populated place is situated in Velayat Paktika, Afghanistan. Original name (with diacritics) of the place is Marghah. See Marghah photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Marghah area. This placemark was added 2010-08-09.
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- Province: Velayat Paktika
- Category: populated place
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- Population: 0
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- Local Time: 20:57
- Sunrise: 06:01
- Sunset: 17:12
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Author has written 30 stories for Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy I-VI, Dead or Alive, Final Fantasy X, and X-Men: The Movie.
Penname: Kime Tara (kee-may tar-rah)
Main Fandom: Final Fantasy VII (Tifa-centric)
Main Genre: Drama/Romance
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For the curious: The website link in my profile goes to my blog, and my e-mail address is functional. (My e-mail response time, however, needs some WD40.)
On Distribution: If anybody wishes to post/link to my work on another site, please let me know. I won't mind, I just like knowing where my things are going. It makes me feel good. Thank you.
Acknowledgments: There are far too many people who I've forgotten to give the thanks and praise they deserve. I'm currently gathering names; expect a section filled with gratitude on my blog in the coming months. Sorry for being so late, guys.
Alright! On with the show.
My pseudonym is Kime Tara; please call me Kime. I'm a student writer who's working on becoming a bestselling author. I came into writing via fanfiction, and most of my fics are Tifa-centric romances, no particular pairing preferred. I tended to write whatever pairing strikes my fancy. I still want to, but nowadays I resist the temptation and focus on my original stories instead.
I admit, I've almost completely left fandom for fantasy romance. I have only one task left to complete before moving on from fanfiction: finish JWT. Of course, there is a problem with this, or it would have been done already.
Problem: Trying to salvage my old work turned out to be a lot more painful than writing a new story.
Solution: Write a new story.
So here I am with my developing FFVII fanfic. It'll get done. I'll be making notes on its progress and writing in general on my blog. For now, I'll just say that it'll be ready to post in 2010. :)


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A dude that starts out strong and hard, but becomes limp before the business is done.
Girl, he was a fuckfizzle! He put 10 inches in me and 2 minutes later it was 3 inches of dead dick. He ain't even cum before it got all soft and shit.
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How do I claim my repeat customer discount?
Guests who have stayed at Hawkes Point before are entitled to a 10% discount on the full rate of their holiday. The discount is not available during July and August or in conjunction with any other offers.
To claim the discount:
Guests last stayed prior to 1st March 2015 – please call our office when booking and we will apply a 10% discount over the phone, in the future you will be able to book online and claim the discount.
Guests staying after 1st March 2015 – You will have been sent login details for your Hawkes Point My Account, if you use these login details when booking you will automatically receive your discount on all eligible breaks.
Is there mobile signal at Hawkes Point?
Being based in Cornwall, by the coast and on a hill we're not in prime mobile signal area unfortunately. The lower apartments suffer the most and certain networks are more favourable than others. We find Vodafone and connected networks to be the worst effected, O2 probably the best and EE somewhere in between. Most guests receive mobile signal on balconies or in the car park at the very least, but weather and season do have an effect. Each apartment has access to WiFi so if your network allows WiFi calling and texting we advise you turn this on.
Where is the nearest shop?
The nearest shop is CostCutters, it is walking distance from Hawkes Point, about 5 minutes away. It sells newspapers, basic groceries and the best local strawberries around! If you need more than the basics then we would recommend heading either into St Ives for local goodies or to Tesco which is a 20 minute walk or a 5 minute drive.
How far is the train station?
Carbis Bay train station is literally walking distance, 2-3 minutes down the hill from the apartments. It takes 5 minutes to get into St Ives on the train and it leaves about once an hour. Carbis Bay is a branch line and the nearest mainline station is St Erth, it is 10 minutes by car, train or taxi.
Is there any where to leave luggage before we check-in?
Unfortunately, due to the nature of our set-up and an already small store room we don't have space for guest's luggage. If you need to arrive early please request an early check-in which is detailed in our arrival pack that we send a week or two before arrival.
Can I have an early check in and/or later check out?
Our check in time is 4pm and check out is 10am.
We would love to get you into our apartments sooner and to have a later check out, unfortunately it takes a long time for our dedicated housekeepers to prepare our properties to the high standards you expect. If you are intending on arriving to Carbis Bay earlier than 4pm do let us know but please don't expect the property to be ready. Check out is strictly 10am unless agreed in writing with one of the team.
If you want to get a head start on your holiday or enjoy a lazy checkout of up to 2 hours (12pm latest) then we do have an option to add an early check in and/or check out to your booking. This is charged by the hour at £15.
If you would like to add a early check in or late check out or would like to see our other add ons then please head to our holiday extras page for more info.
Please note there are occasionally circumstances where we are unable to offer this service.
What do you include in the rental?
Orla Kiely toiletries, some goodies on arrival always including milk, tea, coffee and sugar, actual contents varies seasonally. Washing up liquid, dishwasher tablets, 2 x toilet rolls per bathroom, cling film and foil, reasonable usage of utilities and of course luxury linen, fluffy towels and robes.
We supply ice cream on arrival during July and August.
WiFi and car parking are also provided with every booking.
Is there any flexibility on arrival day?
We offer flexible arrival days at certain times of the year as displayed on our website but if you would like to discuss alternative dates please do contact one of the team. We will always do our best to accommodate your needs.
Is parking included?
Yes, each apartment has one allocated space in our electronically gated car park behind the building.
If you require additional spaces there is a public pay and display car park a short walk away and various on-street options within easy walking distance.
Is WiFi provided?
Yes, all apartments have their own WiFi access point and at Hawkes Point we are connected to Cornwall's superfast broadband network.
Do you provide bed linen and towels?
Yes each bedroom is finished in the finest Egyptian cotton, duck feather duvets and pillows with fine woollen throws. You will also find two pillows per person.
We provide fluffy white towels including a bath sheet, bath robe, hand towel and face cloth per person as well as a bath mat in each bathroom.
What deposit do your require?
A 25% non refundable deposit is required to secure a booking. If a booking is made within 4 weeks of arrival date then the full rate is required.
We do sometimes run offers with reduced deposits, so keep an eye out!
When is the balance due?
The 75% balance is due 4 weeks prior to arrival date.
What do I do if we need to cancel our holiday?
The first step should be to read our cancellation policy, then follow the instructions and speak to our team who will be able to help. Our cancellation policy can be found in clause 2 of our terms and conditions.
Do you accept pets? Are dogs welcome?
We do not allow pets at Hawkes Point under any circumstances. Assistance dogs are welcome but please let us know prior to booking so we can recommend the most suitable properties for both you and your dog.
If you require pet friendly accommodation we do know of some great properties in Cornwall that welcome animals so contact the team and they will be able to help.
Can you provide non-allergenic bedding?
Yes we can, we know how frustrating feathers can be for some. Please request non allergenic bedding at least 10 days in advance of your arrival and our housekeeping team will arrange.
Do you allow children in the properties?
Yes with open arms, we even encourage bouncing on the beds!
We can also provide travel cots, high chairs, baby monitors, a steriliser and bed guards if needed. Please request these items 10 days prior to arrival.
Can you provide cots and high chairs etc.?
Yes we can provide travel cots, high chairs, baby monitors, steriliser, waterproof mattress covers and bed guards if needed. Please request 10 days prior to arrival.
Please note we are unable to provide bedding or linen for travel cots and charges may apply if mattresses are spoiled or require cleaning.
What is there for children to do in the local area?
Oodles! Why not take a peak at our Insiders Knowledge and Carbis Bay sections?
How close to the beach is Hawkes Point?
We are a five minute stroll to the beautiful blue flag Carbis Bay beach which offers sailing, kayaking, SUPs and is a great beach for swimming and paddling.
Porthkidney Sands, a quiet stretch of sand to the East is a 10 minute walk away and Porthminster to the West is a 10-15 minute walk away.
Will my apartment have laundry facilities?
Each apartment has its own washer dryer for your laundry needs. You will need to bring your own washing powder.
When do you service the apartments?
We service the apartments on departure unless you are staying for 10 days or more, in which case we will offer a mid-stay linen change and 'spruce'.
If you would like your apartment to be serviced more regularly we can arrange this as an additional service, just ask one of the team.
Will my property have central heating?
All our properties have underfloor gas central heating.
Does it matter what time we arrive and how do we get the keys?
Check in is from 4pm so we ask guests not to arrive before this time but you may arrive anytime after as we use a key-safe system.
You will not be required to meet a member of staff on arrival, we will send out information on the key-safes and access codes a short while before your stay.
Saying that, we are always happy to pop in and say hi, just let of of the team know if you'd like to be met on site within office hours.
Will I need a car during my stay?
We are conveniently located a 2 minute walk from Carbis Bay train station and we find many guests prefer to travel by train than by car. You can walk (25 mins) or catch a train to St Ives (5 mins), Penzance or other destinations very easily.
To explore West Cornwall there is a bus service, which is especially good in the summer months when you can catch the open top bus.
With an abundance of beaches, restaurants and things to do in St Ives and Carbis Bay it is not unusual for our guests to not use a car during their stay.
One of my party suffers from allergies, what do I do?
Allergies come in all shapes and forms and we will do our utmost to assist where possible. The best thing to do is let us know when you book a property.
We can place hypo allergenic bedding in, replace the gluten and dairy products in our welcome gifts and change out your bottle of bubbly with a non-alcoholic drink if preferred.
This is just a start, so don't be afraid to talk to us.
Can I use my parking space prior to check-in?
We often need car parking spaces during changeover days for housekeepers and tradesmen so we ask you don't arrive prior to 4pm.
We are local to the area and know all the best parking spots, so should you be unable to avoid arriving early, we will be happy to point you in the right direction of somewhere to pop your car while you wait. Although we suggest using the extra time to grab fish and chips at Becks or a coffee at Carbis Bay beach café, both of which have parking for customers.
Why Carbis Bay?
Sat just outside of St Ives we can't think of anything better than Carbis Bay. Just far enough away from the hustle and bustle yet still within walking distance and a mere 5 minutes by train.
With spacious apartments, magnificent views and a Blue Flag beach just down the road, why not let Carbis Bay be your next holiday destination?


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Source: Rodney Ho / Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kevin Hart, at the Buckhead St. Regis Hotel earlier this month, was visibly tired. He had just spent the previous night partying at local hotspots the Gold Room and Velvet Room. "Premiere parties. Afterparties. Hosting special events," he said.
But he wasn't complaining. His career is on the rise, and he's excited about being such a central character in "Think Like a Man," a romantic comedy which hits theaters nationwide Friday and is based on Atlanta comedian Steve Harvey's best-selling advice book.
"This," Hart said, "could potentially be my breakout role."
Within an ensemble cast which includes Gabrielle Union, Taraji B. Henson and Michael Ealy, Hart brings a brash, Chris Tucker-like sensibility to his role as Cedric, a recently divorced man on the prowl.
To read this article in its entirety visit the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


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Why are some communities healthier than others? Communities across the North are facing challenges from increases in the rates of chronic diseases; most of these diseases are preventable. Increasing childhood asthma, for instance, is attributed to poor air quality from vehicle emissions and industrial activity. Diabetes and cardiac disease are related to obesity and lack of physical inactivity. Even more basic, the lack of safe, affordable housing severely impacts health. All of these health effects arise in part from our interaction with the built environment - the buildings, parks, schools, road systems and other infrastructure that we encounter in our daily lives.
Research from around the world now shows that we can improve health and reduce illness through different approaches to planning our communities. The way we choose to develop highways, shape land use policies, and ensure access to nutritious food are just a few examples of community planning decisions that can help or hinder health goals.
A healthy built environment is the foundation to healthy living. Our programs work to promote health by collaborating with Municipal Planners, community groups and other stakeholders to promote positive change in the environment, as well as empowering individuals to strengthen their skills to take control over their health and environment. In particular, Environmental Health is expanding their traditional roles to include broader public health issues that include:
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Dodgers righty Brandon McCarthy will undergo Tommy John surgery tomorrow, the pitcher told reporters, including Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register (Twitter link). McCarthy doesn't appear to have lost his well-known sense of humor, as he joked that he's "taking suggestions for hobbies," via the Register's Pedro Moura (on Twitter).
The loss of McCarthy will further thin out a Dodgers rotation that has also been without Hyun-jin Ryu for much of the season and is also relying heavily on the equally, if not more injury-prone Brett Anderson to hold down a slot as well. Injuries within the Dodger rotation have led some to speculatively connect Los Angeles to Phillies ace Cole Hamels. (L.A.'s deep pockets and well-regarded farm system certainly add to that speculation as well.)
Though Hamels is the top name in early-season trade rumors, there's also been speculation that both Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza could become available in the near future if the Brewers do not quickly correct their dismal start to the 2015 campaign. Significant trades at this stage of the season are rare, and the Dodgers are attempting to patch things together with Scott Baker and Carlos Frias in the near-term. Other internal options on the 40-man roster include right-handers Zach Lee and Joe Wieland, the latter of whom was acquired in this winter's Matt Kemp blockbuster with the Padres. Ultimately, however, it shouldn't come as a surprise if the Dodgers look outside the organization for rotation reinforcements.
McCarthy is just one month into a four-year, $48MM contract that was known to be a risk for the Dodgers, considering his injury history. However, McCarthy's track record is one of shoulder problems — not elbow ailments — making this particular injury more unexpected. He'll likely be sidelined through mid-2016, assuming that he has a normal recovery from the procedure. The Dodgers' rotation could look markedly different by the time McCarthy returns, as Anderson is set to become a free agent at season's end, and co-ace Zack Greinke can opt out of the remaining three years and $71MM on his contract as well.


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It's only a week away from the opening of my first solo exhibition with Gavlak Gallery that represents my work in Palm Beach, Florida. The water motif is in majority of the cut paper pieces in the show. That's why it is titled Water Has a Memory.
Bovey Lee: Water Has a Memory opens on Easter Friday, March 29 and the exhibition is thru May 11. I will be showing both recent and new works, including "Falling Water I–V (after Pat Steir)" that are in the image below. New works include "Palm Tree Snowflakes," "Painting Coral," "Sawing Waves," and "Trimming Feathers." Visit boveylee.com to see these and more images.


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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 04:08 PM
Sen. Orrin Hatch reached an agreement with Democrats on changes to a high-skilled visa program, clearing an impediment to Republican support for legislation revising U.S. immigration law.
"There were several things that he proposed that were absolutely unacceptable; we tried to find those things that were acceptable and to build upon them, and I think we've reached a reasonable compromise," said Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, the chamber's second-ranking Democrat and a co-author of the immigration proposal.
The Judiciary Committee, in its fifth day of considering amendments, is expected to finish work on the immigration bill late Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, told reporters.
The agreement with Hatch would change the formula for calculating the number of visas for foreign technology workers while keeping the bill's limit of 180,000 a year. It would lift a requirement that companies look for a U.S. worker before hiring a foreign visa holder for all companies except those whose workforce is more than 15 percent foreign.
"If a firm has more than 15 percent foreign employees, there are going to be more rigorous standards in terms of recruitment and making these jobs available to Americans," said Durbin. He pushed for protections for U.S. workers to be included in the original Senate plan.
Citizenship Path
The Senate bill seeks to balance a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, sought by Democrats, with enough border security improvements to satisfy Republicans. It was written by a group of four Republican and four Democratic senators.
Durbin, Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, and other authors of the Senate immigration bill have been courting Hatch's vote. The Utah Republican had said he would oppose the measure unless Democrats agree to his amendments favoring technology companies that seek to hire more high-skilled foreign workers.
The agreement reached today includes Hatch's proposal to require employers to show that a U.S. worker wasn't available only when they initially hire a foreign employee, not with each visa extension.
"I haven't seen the final version, but if it's done the way I want it to be done, yeah, then it would help me support the bill out of committee," Hatch said today.
Technology Companies
Unions led by the AFL-CIO labor federation said technology companies are trying to undermine job security and opportunities for U.S. workers.
"We do not expect their endorsement of this, but we at least have worked with them and respected their input and have tried to reach an agreement that is close to the values they bring to the table," Durbin said, referring to labor organizations.
The Judiciary Committee has adopted about 100 amendments. Reid has said he wants to bring the measure to the full Senate "as soon as it's ready," probably in early June.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told reporters today he was "hopeful" the Senate could pass immigration legislation, adding that Republican senators share "a view the status quo is not good."
McConnell said he would vote to bring the bill to the floor so it could be opened up for amendments.
H-1B Visa
The Senate bill would initially raise the annual H-1B visa limit for high-skilled foreign workers to 135,000 from 85,000. Caps in future years could increase to 180,000, depending on economic conditions.
The bill also would require companies to recruit U.S. workers before hiring foreign ones. Technology companies say that invites bureaucratic scrutiny by the government and lawsuits from U.S. workers.
While Hatch may support the bill in the Judiciary Committee, he has made clear it will take more than a deal on high-skilled visas to win his backing when the measure is considered by the full Senate.
For his vote, then, Hatch said lawmakers must agree to his proposed changes regarding the taxes immigrants must pay and social benefits they receive.
"They're going to have to resolve those conflicts for me, or I will have to vote against the bill on the floor," Hatch said.
Additional Taxes
Hatch said he wants to require immigrants who seek citizenship to pay additional taxes and to make clear that unauthorized employment can't count toward eligibility for Social Security benefits. He is proposing a five-year waiting period before those on the path to citizenship could receive subsidies under the 2010 healthcare law.
The proposals would improve the bill's prospects for gaining the 60 votes needed in the Senate and also for passing the Republican-controlled House, Hatch said.
"If they do some of the things I think ought to be done, then I think it's got a chance," he said.
Durbin said the agreement reached today doesn't include Hatch's additional requests, though he said talks would continue.
"He's bargaining for as many things as he can get," Durbin said, referring to Hatch.
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Postwar Drama
Two new videos tackle similar themes
By Noel Murray, Rob Nelson, and Jim Ridley
On the wall--recommended new releases
Capitaine Conan/The Long Way Home--In many ways, Bertrand Tavernier's World War I drama Capitaine Conan and the Academy Award-winning documentary The Long Way Home couldn't be more different, but they are alike in their surveillance of the postwar landscape. War doesn't stop on a dime, both films explain. There are occupying forces, refugees, and scars that don't heal overnight.
Tavernier's film follows (loosely and sometimes confusingly) a pack of ruthless French soldiers, who after Nov. 11, 1918, are reassigned to keep the peace in a small Romanian village. However, the men find it hard to adjust to state dinners and guard duty, and it's not long before their pent-up aggression explodes in a series of petty (and not-so-petty) crimes. The plot revolves around court-martial proceedings, but the debate is not one of law but one of appropriateness--how can you expect a war hero to become a paper pusher? How are you going to keep 'em down on the farm after they've razed Paris?
Similarly, The Long Way Home deals with displaced persons, as it meticulously details the years between the liberation of the German concentration camps (1944) and the foundation of the state of Israel (1948). "The Jewish Problem," as it had been called for centuries, threatened to choke a rebuilding Europe, as a decimated people wandered between villages and military installations, looking for the remnants of homes and family.
The Long Way Home begs for a sequel, to show how the Jews went from overcoming adversity and building a new homeland to degrading the Palestinians almost as shabbily as they themselves were degraded after the war; but even the incomplete story is fascinating and loaded with context. What lingers is the single-minded vision of a people determined to survive, if only to show their children that the world can be just. --Noel Murray
If that sounds dry, brace yourself for a shock: At less than an hour, the film is a whirling delight, a kinetic overload of motion, elation, and unrestrained optimism. Accompanied by a bustling new Alloy Orchestra score that owes more to Carl Stalling than to Prokofiev, Vertov's plucky cameraman (who appears throughout) dodges trains, prowls factories, leans out of moving cars, and attempts to represent sound visually with pumping pistons and whirring wheels. Lest we forget this is cinema, Vertov films the audience responding to the film. Some of his wiggiest effects would seem to violate the idea of verit. But that's the intoxicating power of making movies--you start out trying to record realism, and you end up animating a plate full of prawns.--Jim Ridley
Off the wall--alternatives to The Big Lebowski
The Big Fix--The Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski (one of the best and funniest films of the year, no matter what other critics say) is not the first film to cross a rickety counterculture with the work of a gumshoe. For example, there's this surprisingly deep California crime film from 1978. Richard Dreyfus stars as a cynical private dick who gets hired to track down a refugee revolutionary (F. Murray Abraham). The search for an icon ends up becoming a search for something that has been lost by many; and, as befits late-'70s malaise, what gets found is a betrayal of everything a generation once stood for. It's pretty heavy, man, but it's also pretty interesting both from a historical and from a cinematic perspective.--Noel Murray
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Jeremy Page
London Times
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
The Indian head of the UN climate change panel defended his position yesterday even as further errors were identified in the panel's assessment of Himalayan glaciers.
Dr Rajendra Pachauri dismissed calls for him to resign over the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change's retraction of a prediction that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035.
But he admitted that there may have been other errors in the same section of the report, and said that he was considering whether to take action against those responsible.
"I know a lot of climate sceptics are after my blood, but I'm in no mood to oblige them," he told The Times in an interview. "It was a collective failure by a number of people," he said. "I need to consider what action to take, but that will take several weeks. It's best to think with a cool head, rather than shoot from the hip."
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Welcome to St. Mary's Catholic Church!
Whether you are just visiting the area or are putting down roots, our parish family welcomes you with open arms & hearts. If you are a new member, we invite you to pick up a registration packet in the bookrack located in the gathering area of the church. Or you can download the registration form to complete and return to the parish office. We are blessed that you are here!


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I have so much love for this Beirut-based Lebanese designer for his eyes on fashion and women. In case you didn't know yet, he's famous among celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Fergie and Christina Aguilera. One of my friends who is also a fashion designer has considered him as one of his inspirations and it's not hard to see why. If there's one designer who knows how to be playful with lace and sequins, Zuhair Murad is one of them. This time I can't help but falling deeply in love with his Fall 2013 Couture collection. For this showcase, Zuhair is playing with sweet, subtle, bold and statement colors of ivory, grey, purple, green, blue, maroon and black. His meticulous style is portrayed in all dresses with series of dreamy feathers, crystals, and lace. Every woman will definitely feel the prettiest when they put on these amazing dresses.
1. Gorgeous Ivory Lace.
2. Elegant Purple Shine.
3. Glamorous Maroon Sparkles.
4. Mysterious and Enchanting Black.
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Ignou hall ticket 2018
Students can download Ignou hall ticket online at university official website.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University conducts term-end theory and entrance examination every year for the students evaluation and admission to its various programmes such as Graduate (BA, B.Sc., B.Ed., BSW, B.Com, BCA, BDP, BTS), Postgraduate(MBA, MA, MTM, MCA, M.Com, MSW,M.Sc.), Diploma, Certificate, Bachelor's Preparatory Programme and PhD.
For all the programmes mentioned above, the hall ticket or admit card is uploaded by university 10 days before the exams on its official website.
The candidates can download the theory and entrance exam hall ticket from the university official website at www.ignou.ac.in whenever it will be available. We will provide all the latest details about the admit card for all the courses.
The term end theory examinations are conducted by university twice in a year i.e in the months of June and December and also the practical examinations are conducted for the required courses after the theory exams are over.
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text: Ace enlists Nathan Israel (Patrick J. Adams), a cocky, young whiz kid, in his plans. Walter decides to enter his colt, Gettin'up Morning, in his first race, but loses Ronnie as his rider when the jockey takes a tumble. Burned by Mulligan (W. Earl Brown) at the claiming race, Marcus, Renzo and Lonnie send Jerry to buy the horse back - and then return him to Escalante (John Ortiz) to train.


text: Springsteen 'Born to Run' Manuscript Up for Auction Fans can expect to shell out 100K at Sotheby's By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Nov 27, 2013 5:03 PM CST 4 comments Comments Springsteen 'Born to Run' Manuscript Up for Auction The finished version. (YouTube) (Newser) – A handwritten working manuscript of Bruce Springsteen's 1975 hit "Born to Run" will be offered at auction on Dec. 5, with a presale estimate of $70,000 to $100,000, says Sotheby's. The seller wasn't revealed, but the document used to be in the collection of former Springsteen manager Mike Appel. Springsteen's thought process, written in blue ink on a sheet of ruled notepaper, looks like this: "This town'll rip the (out your) bones from yourback / it's a suicide trap (rap) (it's a trap to catchthe young) your dead unless / you get out (we gotto) while your young so (come on! / with) take myhand cause tramps / like us baby we were born to run." There are also some words in the margins: "Wild" and "Angels" and a word that looks like "velocity," with the letter "t" in Springsteen's curlicue cursive. "Although Springsteen is known to have an intensive drafting process, few manuscripts of 'Born to Run' are available, with the present example being one of only two identified that include the most famous lines in the song," says a Sotheby's description. View 2 images My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 7% Hilarious 37% Intriguing 7% Depressing 27% Brilliant 0% Scary 23% Ridiculous


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Quick Facts
About the Sonoma County Water Agency:
- The Sonoma County Water Agency was created as a special district in 1949 by the California Legislature to act as the local sponsor for federal flood protection and water supply projects known collectively as the Russian River Project.
- The Water Agency is a wholesale water supplier to nine cities and water districts that serve more than 600,000 residents in portions of Sonoma and Marin counties.
- The Water Agency manages and operates the Russian River water supply system conjunctively with the Army Corps of Engineers.
- The Water Agency also manages eight sanitation districts and zones in Sonoma County.
- The mission of the Water Agency is to effectively manage the resources in our care for the benefit of people and the environment in our service area.
- The Water Agency is a special district. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors acts as the Water Agency's Board of Directors.
Our Customers:
Serving over 600,000 residents in Sonoma and Marin counties, the Sonoma County Water Agency is the primary provider of drinking water. The Water Agency's direct customers are eight cities and water districts in Sonoma and Marin Counties to whom we sell water, each of which help make decisions about water supply issues that affect their customers by participating in the Water Advisory Committee. Our customers are:
- City of Cotati
- City of Petaluma
- City of Rohnert Park
- City of Santa Rosa
- City of Sonoma
- The Town of Windsor
- Marin Municipal Water District
- North Marin Water District
- Valley of the Moon Water District
Water Facts:
- In 2009, the Water Agency delivered approximately 46,000 acre-feet of water to its wholesale contractors – the lowest delivery in more than a decade.
- One acre-foot is the volume of water sufficient to cover an acre of land to a depth of 1 foot.
- A standard football field is just over one acre. That means Lake Sonoma 's water capacity is equivalent to 288,636 football fields.
- One-acre foot of water is the same as 326,000 gallons
- On average, a family in Santa Rosa uses approximately 99,000 gallons of water per year
- One acre-foot of water is enough to provide drinking water for three families of four people in Santa Rosa


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Aspiring artists may take interest in this automatic coloring software known as "Paints Chainer", which gives users the opportunity to automatically color their time-consuming sketches in a matter of minutes – perfect for those too lazy or inexperienced to do it themselves.
Utilizing the software's website, users can select what colors to implement and where they should be placed, ending up with a rather stunning end product of the more stylized variety.
Comparison images have already begun to surface on Twitter:
Those intrigued by the software can try it out themselves now.


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LLD Honoree: Janet E. Stewart, QC, OOnt.
Called to the Bar with honours in 1969, Janet Elizabeth Stewart, QC, OOnt., obtained her LLB from Osgoode Hall (1967) where she also won the Gurston Allen Prize in Conflict of Laws. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto (Trinity College; 1964) and was awarded the Governor-General's Bronze Medal. She will receive an Honorary LLD from the Law Society of Upper Canada in London, on June 18, 2015.
After articling at what was then Fraser & Beatty in Toronto, she applied to be Samuel Lerner's junior at Lerners LLP, joining the firm as an associate in 1969. She became a partner in 1972. In the ensuing years Stewart established herself as a prominent lawyer in commercial and estate law, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1985.
From 1991 to 2007, Stewart served as Lerners' managing partner and, through her leadership, grew the firm from 25 lawyers to more than 100. She has been a respected mentor to lawyers within the firm and in the legal community. Still with Lerners, Stewart recently completed 45 years with the firm.
Stewart has been recognized with numerous awards, including induction into the Order of Ontario (2009) for her work in advocating for the advancement of women in law and for her compassion and commitment to philanthropic activities. She is also the recipient of the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award (2013), the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) and the Law Society Medal (2001).
Stewart was also one of the founders of Big Sisters in London, in 1974, and served on its board for 25 years.