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Global Champions Tour - Antwerp
May 09, 16:35
The Global Champions Tour 2014 kicked off in Antwerp. Shane took Farao van't Vennehof and Balloon. The competition started on the Thursday with Farao van't Vennehof putting a in a great performanc...
CSI3*/CSI1*/CSYH1* Lummen Week 2
April 21, 21:18
Even more organisation was required for Lummen Week 2 as Shane drove Shahenaz, Serpico, Zoffany and Duco back to Hickstead to make room for ESI Hanoi, Skyfall and Doonaveeragh Emma who came out wit...
CSI3*/CSI1*/CSYH1* Lummen Week 1
April 21, 20:44
The organisational feat involved in getting eighteen horses, four riders and two grooms to Lummen would be a challenge for the most experienced of generals. Nattie & Leo took Confident of Victo...
CSI3*/CSI1* Hardelot
April 08, 14:35
Ten horses arrived in Hardelot for the CSI3* and CSI1* on Wednesday morning. Shane took Fragile d'Or, Farao van't Vennehof and the van Amerongen's Confident of Victory for the 3* and Titania du Heq...
CHI Al-Shaqab - Doha
March 18, 17:30
The globe-trotting continued as Balloon, the van Amerongen's Confident of Victory and Nattie set off for Qatar for the CHI Al-Shaqab in Doha. The facilities at Al-Shaqab are absolutely fabulous and...
Atlantic Tour - CSI2* Vilamoura
March 16, 20:33
Michael Duffy and Darragh McCarthy took ten horses: Widny, Sarah Knight's Zarnita, Linda Buchanan's Touch of Chilli, Old Lodge's Shahenaz, Quirke Sporthorses' Ikantook van Bost Z, the Boardman's An...
CSI4* Braunschweig
March 16, 20:04
Farao van't Vennehof, Golden Hawk and For Cento travelled to Braunschweig near Hanover. For Cento for the Young Horse classes and Farao and Golden Hawk for the 4*.
Competition started on Thursday...
Longines Hong Kong Masters
March 02, 15:30
Months of meticulous organisation came to fruition as Balloon and Farao van't Vennehof arrived at AsiaWorld-Expo on the island of Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong. The Longines Hong Kong Masters is the on...
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So, yep this is a mental game. We were supposed to launch on Tuesday and if on Monday I had had two hours out at non Kickstarter or day job meetings I would have been very stressed. So we are launching tomorrow and today I was unavailable for 2 hours on non work activities. Don't feel the same stress at all. Laptop is in its death throes. Have to rewrite all the opening paragraphs on my emails as the references don't make sense now that we are launching after Guy Fawkes day instead of before. And a week ago I would have been a wreck.
This week I have worked on my mental game. Lots of good coaching from friends who are coaches as well as Kat my Kickstarter coach. I seem to have kickstarted my enthusiasm back into gear and the stress seems to have melted away. Having that healing session - yes, I am a true woo woo person - has also done a marvellous job. So poised and ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow will come, it is just another day. Yes, an incredibly important one, but I do need to put it into perspective and let the flow happen. So, mental game on track - check, emotions happy - check, flow happening - check, ready to launch - check!

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The Straits Times strikes again!
In a recent post on Facebook on the article about the Korean assassination of Kim Jong Nam, a commenter pointed out that 'LOL' is not a word.
ST swiftly replied with a simple link, completely shutting down this Grammar Nazi. This just goes to show that before you behave like a pedantic prick online, at least do some basic Googling, before you yourself get burnt instead.
Then in true internet fashion, the rest of the reply thread got derailed pretty much immediately.
Some spammed the 'trash pigeon' meme, and one other concerned citizen began commenting on how ST quoting an informal word written on a shirt is irresponsible reporting.
Apparently, in lieu of a short and sweet introduction to the article on a Facebook post, this man expected a lengthy explanation of how 'LOL' is an informal word not to be used in formal settings.
But all these ridiculous discussions pales in comparison to the epic burn by ST, of course.
Apply cold water to burn, indeed. LOL.
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All of my clients get Pinterest boards where we toss around ideas. Makeup and hair, lingerie, poses that we like and above all it serves a bit as a visual preparation. Our original ideas for her shoot was big hair, smokey eyes... very Playboy-esque styling.
I had picked up this corsolette (bet you had no idea this is a SHAPER) from ASOS and it had just been waiting for the right client. She loved it the second she saw it, from there new ideas started to flow. She was curious about a brighter lip, maybe a deep wave and a cat eye!
Some plans have to be tossed out of the window! All of the sudden she was this stunning vixen standing in the middle of my studio. I was in absolute awe! Commit to the experience and amazing things can happen!


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Everyday, exposure to many chemicals take place undetected. For example, chemical leaks in homes, industry, and transportation such as pipelines, escalate to the point of irreversible damage before detected. Imagine a world where a tiny sensor can see in more than just color, namely, readily identifying material compositions and chemicals of what it sees.
You can think of our technology as a "super digital camera." Conventional digital cameras are sensitive to only three spectral bands of red, green, and blue (RGB). However, hyperspectral imaging systems, such as ours, is essentially a digital camera that can see hundreds of bands. This spectral hypervision allows us to detect the amount of energy present in each spectral band, and thus, determine what materials are present in the field of view. This makes chemical sensing as easy as taking a picture.
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In the Punahele neighborhood, you will find large luxury vacation rentals in Kauai with pools. No Princeville rental condos here—just estates. They feature Bali Hai sunset views, ocean views, and mountain views. This location is about 10-minute walk from Makai Golf Course and driving range; it's also just 10 minutes down to the Saint Regis for an unforgettable dinner. Also, nearby you will find Hideaways Pizza Pub, surfing at Hideaways Beach, and the grocery store just 20 minutes away on foot.
Princeville Vacation Rentals Cares for Our Guests
Here at Princeville Vacation Rentals, we care about our guests' safety, so it's very important that we mention this: Be extremely careful if you venture down to the ocean and play around near Queen's Bath. The currents are swift and unpredictable, and there are people every year that get injured and swept away, never to be found again. The last thing we want is for someone to get hurt on vacation, so please be cognizant of the power of the ocean, regardless of where you are on the Garden Island of Kauai, but especially here on the North Shore.
If your family is looking for unbeatable views, room to spread out, and luxury vacation rentals on Kauai here in Princeville, this is a great place to book. Contact us today for more information about our rental homes, the area, or with any other questions you may have!


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- For the Campaign version of this location, see Forever Fall.
Forever Fall is a playable location in Horde Mode of RWBY: Grimm Eclipse.
This map has 3 control centers, and 8 waves to survive.
The Lien boxes are found around each control center.
This map can be used for Grimm Gauntlet.
Description Edit
Forever Fall is a beautiful forest located deep outside Vale's walls. It's named as such because the forest, through some natural phenomenon, is always in the season of fall/autumn.
In this location you'll find large trees, old stone buildings from a time long gone, interesting rock formations, and plenty of Grimm to fight.
Control Center Locations Edit
You spawn right in front of control center 1 - CC1 - and the Grimm spawn locations are all around the node. This has to be protected through all 8 waves.
The next control center - CC2 - is to the path on the right, leading up, and appears in wave 2. This is one of the harder nodes to defend, as you have to cover a large area, and the Grimm spawns are decently far apart at opposite ends of the area. You have to defend CC2 from wave 2 until the end.
The last control center - CC3 - appears in wave 3, and like the rest, has to be defended until the end. The Grimm spawns are all around the node.
Tactics Edit
For solo, a Blake is recommended. For two player, 2 Blakes is recommended. For three player, 2 Blakes and a Weiss is recommended. For four player, 2 Blakes, a Weiss and a Jaune is recommended.
If you're playing Blake, using and spamming her ranged with the stun blade upgrade is strongly recommended. This attack has massive crowd control potential, and goes through walls and objects. If you're playing Weiss, using one of her upgraded ranged attacks is suggested, as she is basically a walking talking turret. If you're playing Jaune, having his Ultimate be the 100% damage boost, failing that, the 50% damage boost, is recommended.
If multiple players are present, the Medic skill is also recommended.
Dodging and re-positioning will be your friend all throughout Horde Mode, as you need to think quick, and act quicker.
While all characters can hold their own in Horde Mode, especially in the hands of a good player, these are the characters that just make it easier to get through, as Horde Mode is significantly harder than Campaign.
Do not fight near the CCs, as there is a chance of the Grimm also hitting the CC as well as you.
Instead, using ranged, pull the Grimm away from their spawn locations to you, and then annihilate them. This is the primary tactic for every Horde Mode match. Don't be afraid to buy turrets, even just the standard machine gun turrets, as all will be helpful.
CC1 is best defended by staying on the path, near the lone turret. You get a decent line of sight on CC1, and can easily grab the aggro of whatever spawns.
CC2 is best defended by staying near one of the entrances to the arena, and keeping an eye along the entire length of the arena, including CC2. Grabbing the aggro of whatever spawns quickly is necessary, so a Blake or multiple characters on this point is heavily recommended.
CC3 is in a smaller area, and like CC1, it's best to stay near the path, near the lone turret. From here, you can get a scope of the entire area, and pull the aggro of most Grimm that spawn.


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Fortnite, one of the most popular video games currently available, counts many celebrities amongst it's fanbase. From rappers like Drake and Travis Scott, to professional athletes like JuJu Smith-Schuster and Trevor May, the popular "battle royale" mode of the game drops 100 players onto an isolated island filled with weapons and traps, with the last person standing claiming victory (duos and squads are also options).
Even the Russo brothers, Joe and Anthony, while working on Avengers: Infinity War (the fastest movie to $1 billion ever), would take some time to climb on the battle bus for a trip to tilted towers. "Over the past few months, while we were editing Infinity War, we'd take breaks to hop on and get in a few games," Joe shared with EW. "And then we started thinking, how cool would it be to have some kind of Avengers-Fortnite mashup? So we stalked Donald."
"Out of the blue, I get this call from Joe. And after a bit of geeking out over each other's work, we start brainstorming these crazy ideas," Donald Mustard, world wide creative director for EPIC games, said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, "It was really important that whatever we did, it had to be super authentic to both Fortnite and the Avengers: Infinity War, and something that fans of both would be excited about. About an hour later, we had the bones of this awesome idea for a limited time gameplay mode, and almost immediately our team got started."
Starting tomorrow (May 8th) for a limited time, when players enter a battle royale on Fortnite, the game will look like any other. That is, until the Infinity Gauntlet, the ultimate reality warping/ending weapon, spawns somewhere on the map. One player will be granted the powers on the infinity stones, while the other players will simply wallow in despair as the Mad Titan descends upon them.
The "Infinity Gauntlet" mode will be available for free across all Battle Royale-friendly platforms.


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Цена в App Store: Бесплатно
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Цена в Play Market: Бесплатно
Using the car sharing, you can use the car in the permitted territory, which is called the "car's use area", here you can start the car sharing. You can complete the car sharing only in the "drop off zone ".
There are 2 main zones in the car sharing:
"Zone of use" of the car
This zone is the largest, it is always larger than the "drop off zone".
"Zone of use of the car" - the area in which you can travel by car.
You see the "zone of use" in the mobile application as a line that circles the zone (the entire zone does not have a color). There are "drop off areas" inside this zone or part of it.
The "usage zone" can be seen as in the form of a line, or in the form of a colored zone, larger in size on the PC.
The "drop off area" is always smaller and included into the "car use area".
Features of the "zone of use":
Why there is a "zone of use" of the car
This zone limits the territory of our service. Outside this zone, we will not be able to provide technical support, assistance and other services.
What will happen if the car goes beyond the zone of use or drop off zone?
When the car leaves the area of use, the user will receive a notification to his phone as an SMS message and / or message in the application. Sending a message in any format is not mandatory on the part of the Car sharing Company, therefore not receiving a notice can not indicate that you have not left the area of use of the car. All the zones you see in the smartphone while traveling, and see the point of the car you are driving on the map.
If you leave the "drop off zone" or "use zone" of the car, you will not be able to complete the car sharing, but only put the car in the "waiting" mode. When leaving the zone of use, other services can also be blocked, including the "waiting" mode.
When you leave the zone, our operators will contact you and ask you to return to the zone of use of the car.
Leaving the zone of use of the car sharing we receive a message as a car hijacking, as indicated in the Public Rental Car Rental Agreement (car sharing).
Intentional actions aimed at leaving the car use zone are punishable by a fine.
I need to go a little outside the car use zone, how can I do this?
You can rent a car in the classic format, renting a car in our office, the car will be equipped with a spare wheel and everything necessary for longer trips.
"Drop off zone" of the car sharing
This zone is always less than the "zone of use" of the car. You see it as a drawn plane in the application (another widget is possible, depending on the device). In this zone you can:
"Drop off zone" can be represented as one solid array, and islands, on which you can complete the sharing.
Zones are displayed in different colors depending on the firmware and the type of your device, but the cup is a pink color.
Features of the "drop off zone" of the car sharing:
Why there is a "drop off zone" of the car sharing
This zone exists for the possibility of "end of the car sharing". The "drop off" zones are located in places where other users will be comfortable to start trips, popular and convenient places.
Still have questions? Write to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Call +38 (097) 444-5-222
Tariffs, what they mean and for which situations very tariff is the most suitable
The car service has two zones: the service start/end zone and the car use area...
Dear GetmanCar users and residents of Kyiv, we will conduct a survey and accept your wishes by the end of February 2018 regarding the start/finish areas of carsharing.


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Fragola Construction Inc. is a company that is committed to the development and growth of the Dallas Metroplex Area and bases its business on the vision that "business efficiency within a social context is the primary value of the painting industry". These values and vision generate value when applied to the planning, development and execution of painting projects in the Dallas Metroplex Area.
Fragola Construction is a continual leader in financing and managing projects operated by both Private and Public sectors. Fragola Construction is a NCTRCA minority certified business since the year 2009.
Fragola Construction has focused on Exterior and Interior painting. The evolution of Fragola Construction is in accordance of the different lines of business in which it is divided into Commercial, Multi-Family and Residential.


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Have you ever wondered what it is like behind the scenes of a family that lives together, works together, and socializes together?
Jimmy Han has never been happy running the restaurant made famous by his late father; he's decided to close it down and purchase a fancier restaurant in downtown Washington D.C. with a view of the Potomac River. To raise the cash for this venture, he's hired a sexy real estate agent to sell the family mansion.
Working at the restaurant are family members and long time Duck House employees alike.
Hovering over all of them is Uncle Pang, a mysterious, nine-fingered godfather who might hold the key to their futures.
Number One Chinese Restaurant emphasizes family loyalty between two generations. Even though they all face drastic changes in their lives, they love, hate, and make sacrifices that keep their families together.
In Awaiting Identification, there are five unidentified bodies that are lying in the Wayne County morgue on Halloween night, 1999. Although each character was on a separate journey, fate leads each of the five victims to cross paths on the streets of Detroit en route to their tragic demise.
The story is set against the backdrop of a Devil's Night party at legendary Detroit concert venue and nightclub, Saint Andrew's Hall. Awaiting Identification details the final night on earth for five people, and each character's story shows a different side of the Motor City.
It was fun to read a book where the setting took place in a city I am familiar with. There is tragedy, mystery, and suspense.
We are looking forward to having R.J. Fox visit the bookstore on Saturday, July 7th from 11:30am - 1:30pm.
Janie Van Duyvil has always felt like a wallflower, even among her own family. Her brother, Bayard, and her cousin Anne were best friends, leaving her out. Her mother clearly favored Bay while expecting Janie to follow all her orders.
When Bay takes a trip to London and comes home with a mysterious new wife, Annabelle, things get interesting. No one knows much about Annabelle's past, especially not Janie. During a lavish party at Bay's house, he is found with a knife stuck in his chest. Annabelle is nowhere to be found, and Janie is the only one who hears Bay's final word: "George".
People gossip and the papers invent stories about Bay and Annabelle. Janie wants to find out the truth behind his murder. Together with a reporter names Burke, Janie begins to secretly investigate Bay's life and the circumstances behind his death. As she learns more, she starts to wonder whom she can trust. Is her own family hiding things from her?
Old world New York City and London are brought to life with a dark and scintillating tale of betrayal, secrets and a marriage gone wrong that will have you on the edge of your seat until the final breathtaking twist.
The English Wife is a tale of smoke and mirrors. It is a fable of wealth and power set in the Gilded Age of the 1890s. It is a mystery, a romance, a coming of age story and easily one of the best books you'll read this year.
Karen and Tom Krupp are a happy couple that live in a lovely home in upstate New York. They are practically newlyweds and have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life.
One day, Tom returns home from work to find Karen missing. Her car is gone and she has left in a hurry. Her purse, phone and ID have been left behind which is very unusual for her.
Tom begins calling neighbors and friends to ask if anyone has seen Karen or knows where she is when there is a knock at the door. The police have come to take Tom to the hospital where his wife has been admitted. Karen was speeding and lost control of her car in the worst part of town, a part of town she would never be caught in. The accident has left her with a concussion and a few scrapes. She is okay except that she cannot remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed.
Karen returns home with Tom once she is released from the hospital and soon realizes that things have been moved in her house. Something's not quite right. Someone has been in her house. The police are asking questions and soon realize that there is more to the story. A dead body has been found in the place she was fleeing from…
I am certain you will enjoy the plot twists in this psychological thriller.
If you want to read a book that has it all, this is it. People, places that shape a life, secrets that create ripples for generations, drama, humor, love lost, love found, friendship, history, and a touch of mystery. The High Tide Club is an interesting mix of all of these.
When 99-year-old millionaire Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her island home, Brooke has no idea why. Once there, Josephine reveals the mission: to help her make amends with the heirs of her long-lost friends, four women who shared everything . . . maybe even a murder. To fulfill a dying woman's wishes, Brooke must find Josephine's friends' descendants and bring them together for a reunion of women who have never actually met. In doing so, Brooke unleashes the makings of a scandal that could make someone rich beyond their wildest dreams or cause them to be in the middle of a murder.
This is an irresistible story of love, friendship, and skinny-dipping.
This is a story about passion, betrayal, and suspense which builds with every page.
Doug and Natalie Larson embark on their honeymoon, a canoe trip through the Adirondacks' six million acres of wilderness. Everything is going along just fine until Doug loses his GPS unit, causing the couple to lose not only their way but also their supplies. When Doug and Natalie fail to return to New York City the following week, Natalie's 13-year-old niece, Mia, sounds the alarm, but what she and the search party don't know is that a lonely psychopath has already found the Larsons and has his own plans for them. He will do everything in his power to make sure they never walk out of the wilderness again. Six million acres makes it easy for the wicked to hide, and even easier for someone to go missing for good.
The characters jumped off the page and drew me in. I could not put the book down.
Wicked River is a whirlwind of action and there is a little something for everyone. Adventure, mystery, and even romance. Enjoy!
Be ready to be entertained. This is a delightful novel and the cast will charm you in a heartbeat. Fans and new readers alike will have a great time with Sylvie and Dan as they navigate the ups and downs of married life. Sylvie attempts to spice up her marriage and in the process, uncovers some secrets.
Sylvie has always thought she and Dan had a blissfully perfect marriage. They've been together for 10 years, have twin girls, and know each other so well that they can complete each other's sentences. Other than the small fact that Dan resents her recently deceased but beloved father, they're happy. But then, on the 10th anniversary of the day they met, a doctor tells them that they're in such good health, they could live to be married for another 68 years. This good news throws Sylvie and Dan into a panic, and they start to worry that the next 68 years could be filled with nothing but crossword puzzles, TV, and tedium. Because of this, Sylvie starts Project Surprise Me—she and Dan will arrange little surprises for each other in hopes of keeping the next 68 years "sparky." But as her neighbor Tilda warns her, "Surprises have a bad habit of going wrong." Although their surprises just seem laughably bad at first, soon things start to go so awry that Sylvie must ask herself some questions. Who is Dan texting all the time? Why is he so irritable? Why, exactly, does he resent her father? And then there's her biggest question: Dan couldn't possibly be having an affair…could he? Sylvie is a warm and lovably quirky heroine, and reading about her escapades is great fun.
This is a fast-moving and entertaining story with well-rounded and endearing characters. It is a hilarious look at marriage and the power of mixing things up.
The Royal Rabbits of London is perfect for 8-10 year olds and blends a contemporary setting with old-fashioned charms.
Our rabbit saga begins in rural England, where Shylo Tawny-Tail, the eye-patch-wearing runt of the litter overhears three rats hatching a plan. The rats intend to sneak into the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, photograph her in her nightie, and sell the pictures online. Shylo heads out to warn the Royal Rabbits who live below the palace and protect the royals. Shylo makes his way to London and, conquering fears and self-doubt, leads the delightfully eccentric Royal Rabbits on a search for a secret tunnel to foil the rats' paparazzi-style scheme.
This fast-paced adventure has a humorous, engaging, and inspiring hero who discovers that anything in the world is possible, even for the smallest of rabbits.
Based on a true story, Love and Ruin is a story of war, love, persistence, and complex relationships in the times leading up to WWII.
This is Martha Gellhorn's journey through struggles and adventure and the heroism that set her apart. She was one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century and she told the stories that needed telling. During her journey, she finds herself unexpectedly and uncontrollably falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man already on his way to being a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the tumultuous backdrops of Madrid, Finland, China, and especially Cuba, where Martha and Hemingway made their home, their relationship and professional careers ignite.
Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn's love story became history.
The characters came to life in this novel and the story kept pulling me in further and further.
This fast-moving, insightful, and heart wrenching novel is truly an inspiration.
I hope you enjoy Love and Ruin as much as I did.
The Russian Five was fascinating and entertaining. It was fun to read about something that happened during my own life that was so memorable. In the 1990's, I was living in the Detroit area. I vividly remember these five hockey players coming to Detroit to play for the Red Wings. Their story and the events that happened around the winning of the Stanley Cup in 1997 are etched into my memory forever.
When the Detroit Red Wings were trying to reboot their franchise, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could help turn things around would be found behind the iron curtain. All they had to do was make history by drafting them, then figure out how to get them out. That's when the Wings turned to Keith Gave. Keith was the newsman who would be able to go to Helsinki, Finland to see these Russian players play. This was the first phase of a years-long series of secret meetings from posh hotel rooms to remote forests around Europe to orchestrate their unlawful departures from the Soviet Union.
The book includes details from the day Detroit drafted its first two Soviets in 1989 until they raised the Stanley Cup in 1997, then took it to Moscow for a victory lap around Red Square and the Kremlin.
You do not have to be a hockey fan to enjoy this book, however, if you are a hockey fan, love the Detroit Red Wings and like reading about Detroit History, I highly recommend reading The Russian Five. It was a joy to read.


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Coffs gets nbn local to understand our telecom needs
THE ANNOUNCEMENT of an 'nbn local' team by the service provider has drawn criticism for missing the point.
Nbn local, introduced this week in Coffs Harbour, is a team "dedicated to improving customer experience on the nbn access network across Australia", the company said in a statement.
The team will be "on-the-ground" to gain an understanding of local telecommunication needs.
Labor Bellinger River branch president Andrew Woodward slammed the announcement, calling it an "insult" from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the Nationals party and nbn.
"With (Tuesday's) 'nbn local' announcement they've proven they've gone down the lazy route of PR and selfies instead of fibre to where it needs to go," Mr Woodward said.
"We don't need spin from the government - we need fibre to our homes. They are totally out of touch. We need a sensible long-term investment and rollout as originally envisaged by Labor and reaffirmed at the 2016 election.
"So instead of investing millions in fibre to outside of our homes, the government is investing millions in PR spin to make us think they're doing a good job."
Speaking at the roundtable launch on Tuesday, nbn local general manager Peter Gurney said the intention of the launch was to "improve the customer experience of local residents and businesses on the nbn access network".
"By having a greater presence in Coffs Harbour, we'll be able to work more collaboratively with the community in order to understand the complexities of the build and local telecommunications needs," Mr Gurney said.
There are more than 6031 homes and businesses connected to the nbn access network in the Coffs region.
Connection to the remaining 8310 premises will start soon and continue through 2018.


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This book is the biggest and the best of the series. It is big enough so that you can read for a while never get bored, I recommend this book 10-12 year olds
Published: 1st September 2014
Number Of Pages: 816
For Ages: 12+ years old
Earn 36 Qantas Points
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Harry Potter is furious that he is stuck at the Dursleys' house for the summer, when he suspects that Voldemort is gathering an army, and the wizarding authorities seem unwilling to do anything. Harry's so-called friends are trying to keep him in the dark. But he knows that Voldemort's forces can find him wherever he is; he could be attacked at any moment. Harry is finally rescued from Privet Drive by members of the Order of the Phoenix - a secret society first formed years ago to fight Voldemort - and discovers that maybe he is not alone in this battle after all.
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I've yet to meet a ten-year-old who hasn't been entranced by its witty, complex plot and the character of the eponymous Harry * Independent *
Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff * Mirror *
Teachers say a chapter can silence the most rowdy of classes * Guardian *
One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times * Sunday Telegraph *
The Harry Potter stories will join that small group of children's books which are read and reread into adulthood * TLS *
This book is the biggest and the best of the series. It is big enough so that you can read for a while never get bored, I recommend this book 10-12 year olds
IT IS APPARENT that this, the fifth book in the greatest series of YA books ever written, has a much darker tale to tell than the rest of the series combined. The book starts out angry and doesn't - quite literally - let up - apart from an all too brief period of euphoria for Ron as he celebrates a personal milestone on the Quidditch field. But even that is well past the book's seventy five percent mark. And even at book's end, after the reader is granted access to what has to be the single greatest action sequence ever penned involving witches, and wizards, and good guys, and bad guys, and heroes, and martyrs, and sacrifices, and kids growing up before your very eyes to fight to the death for things they barely understand, there ain't no sunshine to break through the metaphorical storm clouds that comprise the heart breaking tale that is HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Harry is angry, because he feels that everyone he has grown to know, grown to love and grown to trust from the last four years have turned their communicative backs on him. All the way down from Professor Dumbledore, to Godfather Sirius, and even to Ron and Hermoine - all previously loved avenues of dialogue - both physical and metaphorical - have all dried up. But even despite promises of a big reveal to Harry from the fore mentioned characters, Harry (and of course, the reader) is made aware of very little even as the story progresses. When Harry is finally rescued from the relentless boredom of life at Privett Drive after a near death experience with a couple of Dementors, he finds himself located at the heart of the gorgeous sounding ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. But even then, he is rewarded with more presumed lies and secret keeping from his loved ones. Dumbledore won't talk to him, he won't even look at Harry, even as the famous story delights the world by returning us to Hogwarts. And in year five at this extraordinary castle, when things are starting to get serious (no pun intended), Harry feels even more let down than ever by not having access to the world's most loved Professor. But looks can be deceiving. Life at Hogwarts is not just about learning magic and passing exams. Well, it is for most kids lucky enough to be invited to study there. But as the world knows after four incredible books, and four incredible years, Harry Potter is not your ordinary child. There are events transpiring, prophecies declaring, and events being put into motion that he knows nothing about. And that is a good thing. If our hero knew what was in store for him as time progressed, it is a fair chance he would run screaming in terror to the end of the world, never to be seen again. This book is essentially about a prophecy. Learn the prophecy and everything changes. Even at book's end, when it was finally safe for open communication to occur between two of the book's great heroes, the explanation from Dumbledore to Harry brought the great old wizard to tears. PHOENIX started off slowly. There was no obvious point to the story. A new character was introduced that was soon detested both within the HP universe and outside of it. The world took great umbrage at this brilliantly drawn extension of the legend but its definitely fair to say that she got her comeuppance at the end. This book may well shock its fans. Major events transpire. Much loved characters of the story are given the chop in more ways than one. But as i have already mentioned, book five is essentially about a prophecy. Learn the prophecy, and everything changes. An awesome, breath taking five stars for an awesome, breath taking book. More please.
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Audience: BCH
For Ages: 12+ years old
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 816
Published: 1st September 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.6 x 12.9 x 5.5
Weight (kg): 0.65
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Seattle : beyond Starbucks
The city that saw the birth of Starbucks in 1971 has come a long way in the coffee & food industry since the opening of the very first counter in the - now ubiquitous - fast gourmet coffee chain. Seattle is, without a doubt, and now more than ever, a city of coffee and great taste.
In Seattle, Starbucks' Green Mermaid has quickly become a symbol of avant-gardism and a strong taste of the city for caffeine. Out of curiosity, a stop at the recent Reserve Roastry concept of the popular chain is needed. Even the most skeptical will be confused: in the gigantic premises of nearly 17,000 square feet, there is a coffee bar, a coffee library, tastings, workshops, a shop and a roasting plant. Whether you like Starbucks or not, it's something to see once in your life, especially if you're in Seattle.
A coffee city beyond Starbucks
Ironically, there are a multitude of small independent cafes, each one more interesting than the other in the city of Starbucks. The face of gourmet coffee has evolved so much in recent years, that the city, without saying that it has followed the movement, has, on the contrary, outright taken it by storm.
The popular Italian brand La Marzocco has chosen (what a surprise!) Seattle to open its one and only "head office" on the other side of the Atlantic. It is therefore interesting to go to La Marzocco Coffee, since the place, a bit like Starbucks Reserve Roastry, is a hybrid concept between the coffee shop, the boutique, factory and training academy open to all.
Anchorhead Coffee , well known in Seattle for providing quality coffee to many coffee shops, has recently opened its very first location. We can now taste the popular house mix "Anchorage", in a "rock and roll" atmosphere. Since the opening of their first address, we are already talking about a "4th wave" coffee place where coffee is put forward, from the cup to the space.
Read this : Is Ancorhead our next wave of coffee?
If one dreams of the small typical counter which sells its espresso directly on the street for connoisseurs since decades, it is to the Monorail Espresso that one goes. The location, opened in 1980 at the entrance of Seattle's late monorail, only accepts cash payments. That does not stop espresso lovers from lining up every day for the past 30 years. If you go "Googling" Monorail Espresso, you'll see that one of the most prominent questions about the search engine is: "How to get from SEA-Tac Airport to Monorail Espresso"? That says everything.
Where to eat in Seattle
Seattle is the epitome of cool : they like to be different, in every way. You can find plenty of good and interesting restaurant options in Seattle, but here's my selection:
Thompson Seattle's day-to-night restaurant Scout highlights locally-sourced items such as shellfish from the Puget Sound, wild mushrooms foraged from the Cascade
Mountains, and grass-fed beef from the eastern farmlands. The Nest, Seattle's highest and most stunning rooftop bar and lounge, is set to be a nightlife destination offering handcrafted cocktails and small shareable plates.
Bar Mélusine is a cute and feminine restaurant that focuses on seafood, oysters, and small plates. Melusine's casual, bustling atmosphere, bathed in a sea of greens, provides the perfect back drop for the maritime flavors by chef-owner Renee Erickson.
Bateau, the sister-restaurant located next door to Melusine, is a contemporary yet casual steak house where you can enjoy delicious food in a nice and friendly atmosphere.


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Aventures in D.C.
So, it seems I was a little overambitious with my list of "things to see" while here in Washington, D.C. with the kids. Our first full day started a little slow, not surprising considering the drive. I let the younger two sleep-in, resisting the urge to shake them into consciousness – I had a list, ya know. We headed to the U.S. Capitol for our afternoon tour (thanks again, Marco Rubio) and it was exciting, at least for me. The tour begins with an emotionally charged video titled E Pluribus Unum. I was already overwhelmed with patriotism in the first minute, however the oldest had to interrupt my moment of awe with, "How long is the video going to last?" Really? I came to realize the highlights for them were the headphones we wore to listen to our tour guide (who was amazing, by the way), the potential for getting grub at the restaurant, and spending their very last dime in the gift shop. I'm sure you can guess their response to my wanting to take the tunnel to the Library of Congress…brats.
The rest of our afternoon was spent walking, walking and more walking. My list of must see museums went from three to one, the Air and Space Museum – and only because I knew they wouldn't let me pick American History. I'll save my few readers from the pain of hearing about the walk to the monument and my insistence on trekking further to the Lincoln Memorial. I must admit that even the walk up those stairs to see Lincoln sitting comfortably in his chair left me more than exhausted. It was when my daughter asked why my face was so red that I knew my own personal limitations had been reached.
Elephant Exhibit Restrooms
We kept it light today and visited the National Zoo for just a few morning hours. I didn't mind so much that the kids wanted to peruse the merchandise in the air conditioned gift shops. After leaving I got lost trying to get a close drive-by view of the Pentagon, which I did find eventually - but not because it's the 12th largest building in the world. It was totally by accident, but consequently, we got to see Arlington National Cemetery and the Reagan National Airport. So, I got to scratch those off my list.
Well, tomorrow we check-out of the apartment we rented, which is unfortunate considering I have so much more we (perhaps just I) want to see. Maybe planning more than two weeks out next time will lend itself to obtaining more budget friendly accommodations. I intend to fit one more museum in tomorrow to fill time while The Husband concludes his business, but I can't promise which one yet. Let's see if we can find parking first. I'll keep you posted.
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Texas Hippie Coalition at El Corazon
with Julia, Thirtythree, One Gun Shy, Fallen Kings on 04/25/2019
Upon first glance of the Texas Hippie Coalition, one may come to the conclusion that they are an intimidating group that lives up to the cliché of their nickname "band of outlaws." However, looking a little closer at lead vocalist Big Dad Ritch, bassist John Exall, guitarists Randy Cooper and Crawfish, and drummer Ryan Bennett; it's hard to ignore that they are indeed much more than meets the eye. They are a loyal and talented "band of brothers" who consider themselves just as much family as they are band mates. Read more on Last.fm
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Nutrition for strength and energy
The 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) report on aging and health defines the ultimate goal of healthy aging as fostering functional ability.1 Strength and energy play key roles in functional ability, and these factors can be improved with good nutrition and regular physical activity.
Food as fuel
Proper nutrition and physical activity work together to support strength and energy levels in older adults. While regular physical activity--such as resistance training--helps maintain muscle mass and strength in older adults, this physical activity needs to be fueled by the right kinds of food! A healthy diet is needed to provide older adults with sufficient energy, and important nutrients like protein that help build muscle and maintain strength.
Super heroes and their super powers are on the screen and in the news. For older adults, there is "super power" in food! Share the following "How Nutrition Impacts Strength and Energy: The Super Power of Food" to help older adults learn more about how they can improve their strength and energy.
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Resources to use with this presentation
MyPlate for older adults
What is MyPlate for Older Adults
Combating frailty with proper nutrition
Frailty is an increasingly prevalent condition in the older adult population. It has been classified as a public health priority because it can increase an individual's risk of poor health outcomes.2 Maintaining strength and energy in older adults through a healthy diet and physical activity is critical to aging more healthfully and combating frailty. Share the following "Frailty: A Concern for the Older Adult Population" to help older adults better understand frailty and the important role of nutrition.
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Screening tool used with this presentation:
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Interactive learning
Additional Resources
Physical activity guide from the National Institute on Aging
Reimbursement coverage for oral nutrition supplements
- World report on ageing and health. World Health Organization web site. Published 2015. Accessed July 24, 2018.
- Cesari M, Prince M, Thiyagarajan JA, et al. Frailty: An Emerging Public Health Priority. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016;17(3):188-192.
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Even if you've been to a lot of WordCamps, there are two special ones that are nothing like the others - WordCamp Europe and WordCamp US. This year, WordCamp US will be held in an iconic place - Nashville, TN, on December 1-3. The city alone deserves its own get-around guide but I will try to focus more on the WordPress part of it and use words like "barbeque" and "blues" as little as possible. Here is my list of things to help you get the most out of this massive event.
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Hello mano,
use syphon out from the instance where you handle the content and one instance for each projector.
1. Duplicate "Millumin.app" (CMD+D), so you could run 4 instances
2. Open Millumin "Content" and toggle this output to Syphon
3. Open Millumin Copie1 "Projector 1" and put the Syphon Out into a column; Open Millumin Copie 2"Projector 2" ... etc.
Now you can manipulate each output.
If you don´t have right now the projectors use just 3 Monitors to test it.
It´s working very nice.
best wishes larsJune 2014
Hello Phillippe,I have the Black Magic mini recorder and it works very well with an incoming signal from a Mac, but not with PC. I have also asked BM, but i don't get a answer. I will try it with vnc and syphon.best wisheslarsMarch 2013
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Sridevi dies at 54 of cardiac arrest: India, Bollywood in shock - February 25, 2018
Khalistani: Justin Trudeau's India trip makes Canadian media focus on Sikh separatism - February 24, 2018
Parenting: MIND YOUR MIND - February 24, 2018
This Week In Punjab Was All About Justin Trudeau Visit - February 24, 2018
BC Hits Back At Alberta Over Wine Ban Saying It's Unconstitutional Under Trade Rules - February 24, 2018
Walmart In Talks To Buy Large Stake In Flipkart At $20-23 Billion Valuation - February 24, 2018
Banking Shares Fall As PNB Fraud Impact Deepens - February 24, 2018
Indo-Canadian Man Kehar Garry Sangha Charged With Imprisoning And Beating Woman Trial Begins - February 24, 2018
Private Indian Hospitals Made 200-2000% Profits On The Backs Of Patients: Report - February 24, 2018
Indian Media's Preoccupation With Khalistan Has Derailed Focus Of Justin Trudeau's Visit : Former MP Dhaliwal - February 24, 2018
Karnataka Assembly Adjourns Sine Die
Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah on Thursday adjourned the House sine die after conducting the floor test for the second time in a week in which the BJP government won the trust vote by a majority of six votes.
The motion moved by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa secured the support of 106 MLAs and was opposed by 100 MLAs.
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Our blog is mostly Komondor Rescue, with a few fun links tucked in between. Here we list where we have rescue emergencies and success stories of Komondors who have found new forever homes!
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Clown Gym is an affordable weekly lab to study theatrical clown and games. Every Tuesday night from 7pm-9pm at The Artist Co-op, 500 W 52nd Street 3W. Drop-in or come every week, whatever works for you!
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Collie Donnelly's Chairman's Address at tonights convention
4th December 2018
Antrim County Convention
Ladies ,Gentlemen
Looking back over the past year , I am pleased to report positive progress throughout our County in various fields
Antrim are definitely out of decline and I believe we are now in a stable position with a solid foundation
For the years ahead.
We are committed to developing a new 3 year strategic plan ,chaired by Pol O Brien for the period 2019 to 2021, due to be circulated to the clubs in the early part of January.
As our various committee reports have been circulated, I think we would all agree,We have a vibrant County with volunteers committed to developing our games in all codes in conjunction with our culture.
Our Coaching and games development team has had the timely boost of our Gaelfast programme and this can surely give us much needed additional resourse to promote gaelic games throughout the County. Much debate with Liam and his colleagues on development squads has happened over this last year and perhaps a re think on this current model is required. Our Cul Camps once again were as popular as ever and our coaching staff deserve great credit for delivering this ever growing programme on n annual basis.
Paul in his report has informed us of the progress our clubs are making with various infrastructure improvements,and great credit must be given to Portglenone,Davitts and Sarsfields but to name a few.
Scor in Antrim Celebrated 50 years this year and once again Bronagh as throughout my tenure has delivered a very vibrant report on her years work. Special Acknowledgement to our ULSTER Champions and All Ireland contestants Aghagallon (drama act)
Safe Guarding (child protection) is increasingly a bigger challenge and I would like to thank Barney for his professional and private approach he takes in this role. I would encourage and advise all our club officers to spend time on this area as social media in the modern world can catch us off guard at anytime.
Our CCC committee got through a tremendous amount of work in 2018 ,with numerous challenges along the way and work has already begun to look at our fixture schedule.
We must change, the current format that perhaps served us well in times past is not working ,we need to be brave in this area, I believe an all county board would go in someway to helping that,with representation from all parts of our county. Once we solve the dual club issue , we would be a fair bit along the road to a better model. I would like to thank Owen and his team for their work in the year past.
Discipline nationally in our games last year I believed reached an all time low and as one reporter wrote
THE GAA DONT HAVE THE STOMACH TO DOUSE THE FLAMES OF TRIBAL FIRE, a pretty damning statement.
I would implore all club officers to stand up and make the hard calls before one of these blows results in a fatality. Circling the wagons when a club needs leadership is not the answer and really only serves to damn the clubs credibility.
Our relationship with the press I believed has greatly improved,and that,s sometimes not easy,We have been courteous and fair in our dealings , especially with our players, giving them a platform that their efforts deserve and Sean in that area has carried out his work in a professional manner.
Thank you Sean.,
We have also managed to keep in our thoughts those less fortunate than ourselves with our Saffron aid appeal and the successful run for Anto, an Antrim man who demonstrates resolve and character ,we could only aspire to.
Congratulations to all our County Winners in particular Cushendall who went on to win the Ulster hurling title and to Cargin our football winners who came up a little short against the eventual winners Gaoith Doire.
At Intermediate level St .Endas made history on Saturday night past when defeating Mullahoran from Cavan to win the Ulster Intermediate football title and considering the road the Hightown road men have travelled ,it was a wonderful occasion to witness.
I was in the same class in St.Marys CBS with Gerry Devlin and my thoughts turned to Gerry on the final whistle. He lost his life along with other members from the club in those dangerous times of the late 70,s erly 80,s, because he was a member of the Gaelic Atheltic association,He would have been so proud of all the St .Endas people who kept the club going through those dark days. Rest in peace Gerry.
Our Senior county teams had mixed seasons, Lenny in his first year took a while to get to grips with life as a county manager and like the rest of us would have been disappointed with our Saturday night in Newry against Down. I wish him every success in the year ahead. Our hurlers give us some great moments,running Galway to a couple of points in Pearse Stadium,losing to the Dubs in Corrigan by a point and defeating Carlow the eventual winners of the Joe Mc Donagh cup, a season that could have been so much different. I would like to thank Sambo and Woody for their efforts over the past 2.5 years,Antrim men to the core.
To all our sponsors and particulary Creagh, once again ,thank you for your support.
Our business forum under Tonys leadership has once again delivered crucial funding to support our games and youth.To see over 500 people gathered and Henry Shefflin as our special guest was another example of the goodwill that we have as a county from a broad base business sector.
I read an article from the journalist Paddy Heaney Tue 14 apr 2015 with the headline
VISION REQUIRED TO SAVE SAFFRONS, In the article it made reference to the great Dublin manager Kevin Heffernon, In his opening Salvo he stated that all management must begin with a vision,the vision is everything,without a vision there is no shape purpose or direction and the project is doomed.
The article went on to conclude,while Antrim are lying in the gutter,It seems that no one wants to reach for the stars, Well I believe that is not the case in Antrim.
I think Collectively as a team this last 3 years we have managed to put better governance in place, attracted the right skill set to our sub Committees and most importantly we have improved the Antrim brand.
It was a team effort from all those who served on management over that period, of course we always didn't agree,thats normal but for the most part we made our decisions in the interest of improving our County, We are only a bit up the mountain going in the right direction, it s now the job of our incoming officers to thake the batten and push on in a collective way. We have brilliant volunteers throughout our County, I have seen it at first hand in every club I was in contact with, It is our duty as Gaels to leave our Clubs and Our County in a better place than we found it , I hope we have Suceeded in that.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Frankie, Paul and Terry for supporting me throughout my time in office, with their experience,time and integrity.
It has been a year tinged with sadness, my Father passing away a few weeks back, I would like on behalf of our family to thank the GAA Community for all your support at that time.
He was a GAA man who loved his club and County St.Johns and Antrim and always taught me to respect people in all walks of life,that advice has served me well.
I always accepted this role as County Chairman as a great Honour that was entrusted to me .
I,d like to thank Roisin and our 4 children Danielle,Andrew,Mollie and Callumfor supporting me every step of the way.
Collie Donnelly
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Clubs, clubs and more clubs
6th Grade Lunch Clubs
Tuesday: All teachers available in their classrooms
Wednesday and Thursday: Tutoring with Ms. Riley – Room 8
7th / 8th Grade Lunch Clubs
EVERY DAY: Tutoring with Riley+Boutrosin – Room 16B
Tuesday: Student Council – Cafeteria
Wednesday: GSA with Ms. Jimenez – Room 8
Wednesday: Genius club with Ms. Lehman – Room 26
Wednesday: Music club with Mr. Brown
Before School for all grades (7:40-8:20)
0 Period: Jazz
After school for all grades
Monday: Math club with Ms. Boutros
Thursdays: Magic the Gathering club with Mr. Watson – Room 17
Thursday: Board games with Ms. Youts
Club Descriptions:
6th Grade Lunch Clubs
6th grade school support in each of our classrooms
What: Teacher support for Math (Zelie) English (Lozito) Science (Youts) and History (Fortaleza) including help on homework, make-up missed work, tutoring
When: Tuesdays during lunch
Where: In that teacher's classroom
The Science Club (AKA THe GeNIUS TeAm)
What: We do science experiments, engineering design challenges and neighborhood field trips! The team members halve already made ice cream, have done dry ice experiments, as well as "Iron stomach" food challenges and science equipment challenges. We have adopted the responsibilities of last year's Civic Action Club to continue to clean the storm drains of litter and leaves on Miles and Birch in Oakland's Public Works "Drains to Bay" Program. We have also gone on walking field trips in Rockridge's businesses and parks. We plan to organize Claremont's STEAM Knight on Pi Day in March as well as participate in OUSD's Science Fair in May. All 7th and 8th graders are welcome!
When: Wednesdays during 2nd Lunch
Where: Room 26
Board Games with Ms. Youts
Objective: Boost development of logical, spatial, deductive/additive reasoning, critical thinking, risk-taking, and interpersonal skills through board gaming in small groups. But mostly to have good clean fun with a little community of game lovers.
Set-up: Weekly meetings in classroom #1. For each three week cycle:
- Week 1- learn and trial play with whole group
- Weeks 2 and 3: play for real and close with a brain break game (such as Happy Salmon) and a reflection: Thank a mistake, lessons learned and positive take-always.
What kinds of games? 2+ players. Can be explained within 6 minutes. Few pieces. Can be completed in ~45 minutes. Losing turns are only random. Balance of strategy and luck. Social deduction is a plus… being able to track data is a plus… Preference for games that build skills in prediction (Othello/Reversi) (Pente) (Connect 4), calculation (Hive) (Jaipur) (King of Tokyo), teamwork (Codenames), dexterity (Suspend) (Pick-Up Stix), pattern identification (Set) (Sequence) (Coda), and simple deductive and additive reasoning (Mastermind). Also go-with-the-flow games for low risk (Mancala) are good for just getting into a game.


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Find out about Stef – the creator of wellness of health and why he started a mental health blog
Welcome to my mental health blog! This is like no other mental health blog as I will be talking about my own story, others stories, how you can build yourself a lifestyle of positive living, and how you can deal with challenges presented by anxiety, depression, fears of the future and regrets of the past. Never miss a post by Subscribing to the blog – just fill in your email address into the form on this page and you will stay up to date each time I upload a post to improve our mental health!
About Wellness of Health
Wellness of health is the way I will get out to as many people as possible – spreading the word of positive living and helping people understand that you are not alone in your journey towards beating your mental health challenges.
A healthy state of mind and mental health is becoming increasingly challenging to manage in the world we live in – and unfortunately there are not enough real life stories that people can relate to and draw inspiration from. Wellness of health is a mental health blog with a positive mindset – to help you understand the ways you can change and develop your mind, and ultimately use your mind to live a more positive lifestyle.
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the Palinode, one year ago
1. The Palinode continues to tolerate some of my behaviour incredibly well.
2. A failing project, rather than get me down, surprised me with its other possibilities.
3. Advil Cold & Sinus ate my cold.
4. The white china cup with a blue, hand-painted pattern on it somehow makes everything I put in it taste good.
5. The crazy, plastic eyes I found at a craft store are continually inspiring.
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CEO & Founder of Merge Media, I am passionate about communicating to Fortune 500 companies the need for more relevant, creative communications directed at the $780 billion gay demographic.
A former commercial director and photographer, Dawn has worked with celebrities like Jeff Bridges, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Piven and Julia Roberts. She has shot for American Airlines, Disney, Esquire, GQ, Keebler, People, and Pepsi.
Working with these Fortune 500 clients, Dawn recognized the need for more relevant, creative communications directed to the LGBT market – and so Merge was born.
Dawn's gay market insights led to groundbreaking ad campaign "Straight Talk from Coors." Dawn also created GLAAD's most successful PSA, "Promote Freedom, Embrace Equality" with Oscar nominated actress Julianne Moore.
Dawn serves on the National Board of GLAAD and speaks around the country to Fortune 500 companies about the $780 billion gay demographic. She is also an active member of the Human Rights Campaign and National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.


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Chinthurst School
Chinthurst School is an IAPS co-educational day school in Tadworth, Surrey. The school accepts boys and girls from age 3 to 11 years.
Chinthurst School is a vibrant co-educational school for children aged 3 to 11 years, set in a beautiful campus in Tadworth, Surrey. Our partnership with Reigate Grammar School (RGS) ensures we are a key member of the RGS family whilst retaining and developing our own unique set of values.
Our aim is to stretch and inspire pupils, through a challenging and diverse curriculum and the provision of top quality sport, drama and music. A love of learning is instilled in the children within a warm and nurturing environment, setting them on the path to a happy and fulfilled adulthood.
Chinthurst has a history of strong relationships with many top independent schools and so we are well placed to expertly advise you on where your child will flourish when they move on. Our partnership with RGS enables the children in Year 5 to benefit from early offer arrangements to RGS should this be their chosen path, without having to sit the RGS entrance exam in Year 6.
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Headteacher: Miss Cathy Trundle
Tadworth Street, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5QZ
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Let's Start at the Very Beginning - Resources for your First Sketchnote
Lately, I've had a number of conversations with people interested in learning more about making sketchnotes and I thought it would be useful to share some resources that have I've found helpful.
My own journey to sketchnoting started long before I knew there was a word to describe my little doodles and the visual way I noted ideas during meetings. After taking formal training in graphic facilitation, I knew that I would have to practice regularly to keep up my skills. Since it was rarely possible to hang a 4' by 8' sheet of paper on the wall during a meeting for me to do graphic recording, I decided to make 'little graphic recordings' on letter-sized paper.
I made a visual recording of every learning event, workshop and seminar I attended – sometimes working in a sketchbook with art pens but, more often, on lined foolscap with whatever pencil or pen was handy. It wasn't until I read Mike Rohde's Sketchnote Handbook that I even realized that what I was doing was called 'sketchnoting'.
Over the past few years, I've read a number of books in an attempt to improve my skills. The ones I've learned the most from are:
Mike Rohde's Sketchnote Handbook: Video Edition
This book not only gave me loads of tips, hints and ideas, it was the resource that helped me to understand that my 'little graphic recordings' were actually 'sketchnotes'. He opened my eyes to a whole world. I recommend splurging for the video edition because Mike brings the content to life in helpful, clear segments. [Full disclosure: Mike's new book, Sketchnote Workbook, comes out in August 2014 and I'm delighted to be one of the 'featured sketchnoters'.]
Coordinates: His website is http://rohdesign.com. He is also the founder of the Sketchnote Army. It is dedicated to showcasing sketchnotes and sketchnoters from around the world. http://sketchnotearmy.com.
Eva-Lotta Lamm's Sketchnotes
Eva-Lotta Lamm is a sketchnoter based in the UK and each of her books, simply calledSketchnotes 2010, 2011, 2012, are a compilation of her drawings from the previous year. She also includes work by other sketchnoters she admires. I LOVE her style and I find myself going back to her books again and again for inspiration and ideas. From time to time she gives workshops on sketchnoting.
Coordinates: Her website is http://www.sketchnotesbook.com
Sunni Brown's Doodle Revolution
Sunni Brown gave a very popular Ted talk on the power of doodling and her recent book, Doodle Revolution: Unlock the Power to Think Differently, offers a clear method for 'moving doodles from the margins to the middle of the page'.
Coordinates: The Ted talk is at www.ted.com/talks/sunni_brown and her website ishttp://sunnibrown.com
Doug Neill's Verbal to Visual Website
I had the chance to meet Doug recently and he is a charming and helpful in person as he is on his website. His background is in education and he is passionate about helping people learn the skills of visual note taking. In his blog, he has created a great set of resources for sketchnoters and I love his informative podcast.
Coordinates: His website is http://www.verbaltovisual.com
What books and resources have you found helpful?


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Harley Riding Superman 3D Illustration Sculpture - 5x7x3 Shadowbox Framed
Harley Riding Superman 3D Illustration Sculpture - 5x7x3 Shadowbox Framed
This 3D Illustration sculpture is created by using the original illustrations and layered in such a way that gives it a 3D effect. All pieces are cut by hand and placed by hand.
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This sculpture is 10+ layers deep (just shy of 3" deep).
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TERPSTRA: Don't forget the cranberry sauce
By Kelly Terpstra, email@example.com
The turkey wasn't dry, the ham was delicious and my frozen pumpkin pie seemed to meet some sort of approval from a small legion of admirers.
Thank you, Marie Callender's.
That was my Thanksgiving, cranberry sauce and all. I felt fortunate enough to spend it with the ones that I love.
Now the tossing around of the football at the end of the cul de sac after the turkey/ham dinner was safely in the fridge was quite a different story.
Let's just say I've lost a few steps since my "glory days" in high school. Apparently my hands have either turned to stone or I've developed "butter fingers."
That pretty much encapsulated my Thanksgiving holiday.
I don't shop or even attempt to go out in public if I don't have to on Black Friday.
Deal-hunting shoppers on a deadline scare me. The ones with little to no sleep — all jacked up on iced coffee and Red Bull — are in league of their own.
But, to each their own.
I can tell you what part of My Black Friday consisted of — trying to keep a panic attack at bay after witnessing yet another roll of the dice by the Iowa football coaching staff.
I'm not going to classify the longest tenured college football coach in the nation, Captain Kirk Ferentz, as a riverboat gambler. But Iowa has kept fans on the edge of their seats this season with a vast array of what ole' Hayden Fry used to call "exotics." You know, trick plays.
A lot of them worked this season, but some didn't.
It was a regular season of "what-ifs" for Hawkeye fans – too many close games squandered for the team from Iowa City to actually crack a New Year's Six bowl.
But at least we beat Iowa State.
Sunny San Diego and the Holiday Bowl will suit me just fine after an 8-4 regular season.
Also, props should be given to another fine season for Matt Campbell and his Cyclones.
A storm is a brewin'.
I think we've reached next level, Cyclone fans. There needs to be another tagline or theme/motto to signify where this program currently stands.
I'm drawing blanks on that one but "Show Me the Money" is what Campbell should be saying after another year of productive football. ISU Athletic Director extended his contract last season and there may be another raise in Campbell's future.
Also, can't forget Mark Farley down there in Cedar Falls with his Northern Iowa Panthers. UNI topped Lamar in the first round of the FCS football playoffs and will make a trip out west to take on UC Davis this Saturday to keep its dream of a national title alive.
Drake, good luck Saturday versus those Cyclones.
There aren't a lot of sportsbooks that list point spreads when FBS teams play FCS squads, but I did see one that listed Iowa State as a 42-point favorite. Drake is non-scholarship FCS, but did go 7-3 overall in the regular season and 6-2 in the Pioneer League.
But what a cool matchup. I'm looking forward to it. The Bulldogs and Cyclones haven't met since 1985, when Drake pulled off a stunner and upset Iowa State, 20-17. They'll continue their renewed rivalry for the 70th time – Iowa State leading the all-time series, 48-17-4.
Now, back to those "blue-light special," door-busting savings or whatever phrase retailers are using to get people out and about and spending some cold, hard cash.
Like I said, I did not participate in what is generally considered the start to the holiday shopping season on Friday.
But I did get reeled in by Cyber Monday, hook, line and sinker.
A bargain basement price led me to a year's subscription of Sports Illustrated for — here's the kicker — just $10.
I was floored.
I didn't get any windbreakers with my favorite sports team's logo splashed all over it or an SI coffee mug to go along with my subscription, but I still thought it was a heck of a deal.
You mean for just $10, I'm going to get SI delivered to my mailbox every week, just like when I was a kid? The anticipation will be palpable.
Then I started to peruse around a little more on the website where I purchased the subscription. My shopping buzz or "retail high" quickly morphed into the realization that what I was receiving wasn't as cool as I had first thought.
I found out that the price was slashed in half from what a normal subscription costs for SI now in 2018 – just $20.
And I realized that starting at the beginning of this year, SI became a bi-weekly magazine.
They advertised I'd be getting 39 issues, but that came with 12 double issues. Which brought the total down to 27 weeks of delivery.
I realized that my incredible relationship over the years with SI was changing. It wasn't the magazine that I knew as a child growing up.
It had changed and so has life.
In order to survive, one must adapt to its surroundings and current climate.
It's a cold, hard reality – this magazine world. But I was still taken aback somewhat. The once mighty SI – a bi-weekly???
I won't go down a long, laundry list of once mighty titans of industry that have gone by the wayside or are slowly closing up shop.
I saw where General Motors is shutting the doors on five plants in North America and cutting its salaried workforce by 15 percent.
My how the mighty have fallen.
Sears – we hardly knew ya.
It's a sad state of affairs for those two companies – stalwarts of Americana.
But hey, I've still got my SI.
My first issue should arrive in two to five weeks.
And the SI swimsuit edition better not be considered a double issue.


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How to crochet easy Buttercup flower
Posted by Ann Petrov on
Crochet buttercup flowers are very delicate small flowers and very easy and quick to make. Probably one of the first flowers I ever made were buttercups. They are also very great flowers to be thought to kids. They are very simple but effective flower to make for any designs, from headbands to decorate cushions.
Buttercup more official name is Ranunculus and comes in 600 different species. Buttercup usually flowers during the spring but can be also be still flower during the summer. Buttercup is considered weed type of flower.
- 4ply wool, you could use two different colours: one for hearst and second for petals
- 3mm crochet hook
Make: 4 chain (ch), join with slip stitch (ss) into a ring
1st round: 1ch, 5 single crochets (sc) into ring, ss to ch space.
2nd round: 1ch, 2 half double crochets (hdbl) into first sc, 3 hdbl into each of next 4 sc, ss into ch space
3rd round: *2 ch, 2 double (dbl) decreasing (dec) crochet to next 2 hdbl, 2 ch and ss to next hdbl*, repeat from the * another 4 times, ending with ss to bottom row ss. Fasten off invisibly.
I always recommend to get few books for yourself as stables. Yes, as internet has gone more popular with easy access to patterns and blogs, but it also can get very overwhelming. I use lot of this book and I also say that it has been best money spent.
If method was bit confusing, then check out the video tutorial from below:


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Professor Manuel Serrano
Manuel Serrano, Ph.D., is ICREA Research Professor, Coordinator of the Ageing and Metabolism Programme, and Group Leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease Group, at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) of Barcelona, Spain. ICREA is the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, a foundation supported by the Catalan Government.
Manuel is internationally recognized in the field of tumor suppression. In addition to the discovery of p16, one of his main discoveries has been the identification of cellular senescence as the main anti-oncogenic response. Recently, his laboratory has also shown that cellular senescence participates in several tissue remodeling processes during embryo development. His team was a pioneer in the generation of genetically-modified mice resistant to cancer and found a link between tumor suppressor genes and aging.
In recent years, his research interests have extended to metabolism and cellular reprogramming in relation to aging. His laboratory was first in demonstrating that cellular reprogramming into pluripotency is possible within an organism, and this discovery was considered Advance of the Year 2013 by Nature Medicine. More recently, Manuel has reported in Science that in vivo reprogramming is enhanced by the coexistence of tissue injury thanks to the production of interleukin IL-6.
The focus of his laboratory is now to apply their knowledge on senescence and reprogramming to degenerative diseases such as lung, kidney, and heart fibrosis.
Manuel is the chair of The Aging and Metabolism unit. The programme focuses on deciphering the mechanisms underlying the aging process and associated disruptions in metabolic pathways. Research efforts into these fields seek to develop precision therapies for aging-related diseases, putting an emphasis on multi-morbidities, with the purpose to ensure healthy aging.
He is also the leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease group where they are working on unifying the research on tumor suppressor genes that protect from many types of damage regardless of the particular detrimental consequences of the damage. In other words, tumor suppressors protect from damage even if that damage is not going to produce cancer, but a degenerative disease. According to this view, cancer protection is just one of the outcomes of tumor suppressors, with other outcomes being protection from chronic diseases, from nutritional overload, from tissue injuries, or from aging.
Manuel earned his Ph.D. in 1991 for his research at Centro de Biologia Molecular (CBM) under the supervision of M. Salas and J.M. Hermoso. From 1992 to 1996 he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of D. Beach at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA. In 1997, he returned to Spain to start his own research group at the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología. He moved to the CNIO in 2003 to lead the Tumour Suppression Group. In May 2017 he relocated to IRB Barcelona to establish the Cellular Plasticity and Disease Group within the Molecular Medicine Research Programme.
In January 2018, Manuel received the Severo Ochoa Prize for Biomedical Research award.
He has accomplished important scientific contributions to the understanding of Ageing from different perspectives: Cancer & Ageing, Metabolism & Ageing, and Regeneration & Ageing. Among his discoveries, the following ones have had special impact:
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- The discovery, cloning, and characterization of the tumor suppressor p16, which defined a new class of cell cycle regulators and was soon acknowledged as one of the key tumor suppressor genes. Together with p53, PTEN and Rb, the tumor suppressor p16 constitutes one of the four most important cancer protecting genes known to date. In addition, the discovery of p16 paved the way to the discovery of p19Arf, another paramount tumor suppressor. The tumor suppressor p16 is also involved in the establishment of cellular senescence and it is today the most widely used gene marker of ageing.
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- Establishment for the first time of the concept of "oncogene-induced senescence" as a tumor suppression mechanism, thus opening a new frontier in Molecular Oncology. The former concept speedily became an intense research topic in many laboratories; it is a widely-accepted concept upon which a great deal of expectations for future advances have been deposited.
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- Description for the first time of the identification of senescent tumor cells in vivo. His original discovery of oncogene-induced senescence triggered a cascade of in vitro studies in numerous laboratories. Nevertheless, the question of whether senescence could take place in vivo remained a hotly debated issue.
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- Identification of the function of p19Arf as an oncogenic sensor. This is a seminal work, which characterised p19Arf as the main sensor of the oncogenic signalling for the activation of p53. This initial observation has been the basis of subsequent research that has solidly established p19Arf as the main pathway for p53 activation.
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- Identification of a DNA regulatory element that controls the expression of the tumor suppressor p16/p19Arf locus, which under normal conditions is silent and activates upon the presence of oncogenes. This identification constituted the first step towards the understanding of which ones are the switches activating these important tumor suppressor genes.
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- Pioneering the generation of cancer-resistant mice with the so-called "super-mice". These works have positively demonstrated the possibility of increasing cancer resistance in the absence of deleterious secondary effects. He also demonstrated that tumor suppressor genes also protect against ageing, thanks to the capacity of these genes to eliminate cellular damage in general.
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- Study of the role of SIRT1 in longevity, cancer, and metabolic protection from high-fat diets.
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- Identification that inhibition of PI3K extends longevity in mice and protects from obesity in mice and monkeys.
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- Identification of the tumor suppressor locus Ink4/Arf as one of the main barriers for nuclear reprogramming of adult cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which has also helped in the understanding the cellular mechanisms of defence. Artificial iPS generation by addition of a defined set of transcription factors is an inefficient process and the motives of the resistance to iPS conversion were unknown. Manuel reasoned that since the tumor suppressor genes prevent normal cells from converting into cancer ones, they could also be preventing this other type of cellular "conversion". Subsequently, he reported similar findings regarding the tumor suppressor p27.
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- Demonstration for the first time ever that reprogramming into pluripotency is feasible "inside" a living organism, bypassing thus the necessity to in vitro manipulate cells. This research was considered by the journal Nature Medicine the "Achievement of the Year 2013" in the stem cell field.
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- Demonstration for the first time ever that during embryo development cellular senescence is a process that promotes tissue remodeling.
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- Discovery that tissue damage promotes pluripotency through the secretion of cytokine IL6 by the damaged/senescent cells.
Manuel's group is currently focused on the following research:
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- Tissue regeneration in reprogrammable mice.
They are actively studying tissue regeneration in their reprogrammable mice (where they can induce the four Yamanaka factors in vivo) and how this is affected by tissue injury, senescence, and inflammation.
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- Therapeutic effects of elimination of pathological senescent cells.
They have a very original project on the use of silica nanoparticles to deliver drugs selectively into senescent cells. They are focused on their therapeutic potential in pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Manipulating and understanding pluripotency.
With several projects aimed to manipulate and stabilize pluripotency with chemical compounds, both in mouse and in human cells. For example, they can hyperactivate the Mediator complex with a chemical compound and in this manner they can stabilize the naïve state of pluripotency in mouse and human cells. They are attempting to deliver reprogramming chemicals in vivo to enhance tissue regeneration.
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- Targeting pluripotency in cancer.
With a strong line of research on cancer and in this regard they have identified new chemical compounds that selectively target cancer stem cells.
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- Understanding aging.
With several projects aimed to understand the connection between metabolic pathways, tumor suppressors, and aging.
Watch his "Killing zombie cells" video. Read Manuel's lecture summary at the Karolinska Research Institute. Read his article about Role of the INK4a Locus in Tumor Suppression and Cell Mortality. View his publication list and visit his homepage.


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Key Information
- 5 Bedrooms
- 5 Bathrooms
- 5 Reception Rooms
The property is designed to reflect the Arts and Crafts style of architecture yet incorporating many twenty first century technologies. The vast accommodation is arranged over three floors around a distinctive central reception hall. All reception rooms are gracious and include a dining/music/entertaining room with a gallery above and an eye-catching floor to ceiling oriel bay window. The kitchen is by Pedini and has high gloss cabinetry with Gaggenau appliances. All flooring and doors across the property are solid oak, other than the kitchen and bathroom flooring which are Italian stone. The wallpapers used are all a high specification.
Across the first and second floor there are a total of five double bedroom suites. The master bedroom is particularly well proportioned and boasts a fireplace, dressing room and luxuriously appointed bathroom with leather decor. The bathroom suites are by Milldue with bespoke Corian shower trays, marble tiled walls and surfaces.
The house is of traditional brick construction with concrete floors, solid block partitioning, hand-made clay roof tiles and hardwood, double glazed windows with stone mullion surrounds. There is a highly effective wet underfloor heating system with twin Mega Flo boilers. There are solar panels and individual room thermostats.
There is a Futronix intelligent lighting system, comprehensive security system with cameras and electric gates with remote controls and video entry phone systems. The kitchen, master bedroom and garden all have the benefit of the Sonos system.
Outside in addition to the ample off-street parking on the driveway there is a detached double garage which can be accessed from the house via a covered walkway. The rear garden is approximately 0.7 acres and affords a good deal of privacy and is predominantly laid to lawn. There is a wide Ravenna Stone paved terrace spanning the width of the property and an underground rainwater tank with a capacity to hold 2,500 litres provides for garden irrigation.
Situated within the heart of the village, along a sought after, private road, the house is well positioned to take full advantage of this charming locality. Woldingham Village is highly popular given its beautiful surrounding countryside and elevated position on the North Downs. There is a small selection of local shops, primary school and two golf courses. Woldingham Rail Station is within a mile and has fast connections to London Victoria (36 mins) and London Bridge (34 mins), whilst the national motorway network can be accessed at the M25 Junction 6.
Under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 we endeavour to make our sales details accurate and reliable but they should not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact and they do not constitute any part of an offer of contract. The seller does not make any representations to give any warranty in relation to the property and we have no authority to do so on behalf of the seller. Services, fittings and equipment referred to in the sales details have not been tested (unless otherwise stated) and no warranty can be given as to their condition. We strongly recommend that all the information which we provide about the property is verified by yourself or your advisers.
Under the Estate Agency Act 1991 you will be required to give us financial information in order to verify your financial position before we can recommend any offer to the vendor.
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