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Our Wineries
Wine Trails & Events
Calendar of Events
Things to Do
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Participating Wineries on the Vintage North Jersey Wine Trail, traveling north to south.
Ventimiglia Vineyard
101 Layton Road, Wantage, NJ 07461
973-875-4333 |
"Traditional European wine-making from the Old world… to our family farm winery in Sussex County."
The hand-crafted wine-making at Ventimiglia Vineyard continues a family tradition passed down for generations. Wines are made in small batches with carefully selected, hand-picked top quality grapes. Ventimiglia uses oak barrels and minimal chemical or mechanical intervention. Artful blending promotes optimal flavors, aroma, and finish. Gene and Anne Ventimiglia aim is to let their guests enjoy the delicious wine they share at their own table.
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Cava Winery & Vineyard
3619 New Jersey 94, Hamburg, NJ 07419
(973) 823-9463 |
At Cava Winery & Vineyard making wine is their passion along with the drive to connect with their Italian heritage. Cava is creating wines they proudly call their own. So in New Jersey, a place where Italian-American culture has had a strong presence for many years, owners Anthony and Deneah presents a winery with a vision to tie the old world to the new.
From the tasting room you will enjoy views of the vineyard and the beautiful Sussex Skylands. The tasting room is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-6. Tastings are done by flights with 4 samples of wines in each flight and priced at either $5 or $7. Cava's house chef is present to prepare you delicious, bistro style food from our menu of tapas, salads, pizzas and paninis.
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Brook Hollow Winery
594 State Hwy. 94, Columbia, NJ 07832
(908) 496-4577 |
Brook Hollow Winery, a family farm winery, is nestled in the heart of the scenic Delaware Water Gap area of NJ. Each handcrafted wine is fermented, aged and bottled by the family. Brook Hollow prides themselves in delivering dry complex varietals that can be enjoyed alone or easily paired with your favorite meal. When you visit, be sure to try a customer favorite, the Cranberry Wine made from 100% fresh NJ Cranberries!
Relax and let the stress of the day melt away as you enjoy a glass of wine on the 104 foot long covered porch overlooking the vineyard and the Delaware Water Gap.
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Four Sisters Winery
783 County Road 519, Belvidere, NJ 07823
(908) 475-3671 |
Four Sisters Winery sits nestled in a beautiful valley amidst the rolling fields and picturesque hills of Warren County, New Jersey. It is part of an agricultural tradition carried on by Matty Matarazzo on his 250-acre farm, which reflects his commitment to the land and its fruitfulness. Since 1981, Matty has been growing grapes and producing award-winning wines with ever increasing success. Since its 1984 opening, Four Sisters Winery continues to offer the public a variety of quality wines in a warm country setting. Educational tours and comprehensive wine tastings offer visitors a greater understanding of the processes involved in growing grapes and making wine.
Four Sisters Winery has won over 100 regional, national, and international awards for red, white, rose, and fruit wines. The winery also plays host to many events including corporate picnics, weddings and every form of family gathering imaginable. In addition to our private events, we offer dozens of opportunities throughout the year to enjoy Grape Stomping parties, Murder Mystery Dinners and Pig Roasts.
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Villa Milagro Vineyards
33 Riegelsville Warren Glen Road, Finesville, NJ 08865
(908) 995-2072 |
Situated on cliffs overlooking the Delaware and Musconetcong Rivers, Villa Milagro Vineyards' elevation offers you expansive, breathtaking views of 4 counties in 2 states. The vineyard, cascading down a south-facing slope, enjoys limestone soils, typical of the American Viticultural Area (AVA) in which it is located – Warren Hills Appellation.
Using organic and sustainable practices, the vineyard is a safe haven for many migratory and resident birds, including American Kestrels and Eagles along its Delaware River banks. Sections of the 104 acres Farmland Preserved property are dedicated to "conservation strips" and natural woodlands where native species of New Jersey wildflowers and plants provide food and shelter for birds, red fox, deer and other local critters. You are always welcome to walk this "place of miracles" (Spanish translation of "Villa Milagro") to explore and discover.
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Beneduce Vineyards
1 Jeremiah Lane, Pittstown, NJ 08867
(908) 996-3823 |
Wine has been made and enjoyed by people from all walks of life for over 5,000 years, and we're bringing it back to its roots. As one of NJ's newest wineries, we're working hard to provide you with a truly unique experience along with incredible wine. Our winemaker, Mike Beneduce, majored in Viticulture and Enology at Cornell University and combines his vast knowledge with his passion for wine. While Beneduce Vineyards' focus is high quality dry wines, they have a large selection to suit every palate.
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Old York Cellars Winery & Vineyard
80 Old York Road, Ringoes, NJ 08551
(908) 284-9463 |
Old York Cellars winery has created a winery that offers not only a variety of fine wines, but magnificent beauty both inside and outside their tasting room. The estate buildings are adorned in natural elements of wood and stone and framed with views of the vineyards and surrounding mountains. Old York Cellars plays host to various types of events including Master Chef, Summer Wine and Music, yoga, as well as a monthly Artist in Residence series showcasing local artists. With its stunning views, award winning wines, and gracious cordiality, Old York Cellars is the perfect place to relax and enjoy fine wine in an unhurried and tranquil atmosphere.
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Unionville Vineyards
9 Rocktown Road, Ringoes, New Jersey 08551
908-788-0400 |
Located on eighty-eight acres of preserved farmland in the heart of America's Colonial Crescent, Unionville Vineyards offers breathtaking natural beauty, historic significance, and award-winning artisanal wines. The land of Unionville is a rich patchwork of American history; George Washington led his troops over much of this area and camped on the grounds that now nourish some of our finest vines. Just south of Unionville, he led the Colonial Army across the icy Delaware River and changed the course of history. As the new nation grew, our land became a renowned region for agriculture, boasting vast fruit orchards followed by dairy farms. Our first vines were planted in 1988 and Unionville first bottled our wines in 1992.
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Hopewell Valley Vineyards
46 Yard Road, Pennington, NJ 08534
(609) 737-4465 |
Today, modern Italian & Greek winemakers are the heirs of old world wisdom and its secrets of good wine. However it's not the technicality of wine making that wins peoples hearts, but the reverence for wine making as an art.
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Terhune Orchards Vineyard & Winery
330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
609-924-2310 |
Terhune Orchards Vineyard & Winery is located in Central New Jersey on 200 acres of preserved farmland owned and operated by the Mount family since 1975. While the Mounts have been farming fruits and vegetables at Terhune Orchards, they expanded their farming to include grapes in 2005.
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All wineries:
Beneduce Vineyards
Brook Hollow Winery
Cava Winery & Vineyard
Four Sisters Winery
Hopewell Valley Vineyards
Old York Cellars
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Terhune Orchards Vineyard & Winery
Unionville Vineyards
Ventimiglia Vineyards
Villa Milagro Vineyards
Wineries In The News
Winery in the News – Governor's Cup
Vintage North Jersey is a collaboration of 10 northern New Jersey
wineries in Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon and Mercer Counties.
Supported in part by a grant from
New Jersey Department of State,
Division of Travel and Tourism.

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LAWL she needs smaller eyeballs
That's CRAZY! She's a plastic surgery addict!
She's crazy!!!! 47 times? That's disgusting.
I wonder how much prettier she really was before she started hacking away at herself.
Now that's just plain silly!
I agree! That is silly!
Wow, so she had her first plastic surgery operation when she was 21.... she is 36 right now.. She's had 42 surgeries. I'm thinking she had at least 2-3 a year!!
Not into her 'porno' nails. They make her look older than she is.
I just googled her name, and in the pics I found she's actually pretty attractive except for the boob job with the capsular contraction. Amazing someone had that many surgeries and doesn't look like Michael Jackson.
OMG SO many times!! That's just ridiculous
LOL that's one way to beat rising medical costs, marry the Dr who does your surgeries
47! Was 'she' originally a 'he'???
WOW! Just think of all the good she could do with all that money and time on her hands. GET A LIFE!!!


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Using Queue ReplicationIBM
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· Voraussetzungen
Having a working knowledge of WebSphere MQ and an understanding of the basic operation and creation of queues and related queue managers will provide a good foundation for this course.
Skills or experience in the following specific areas enable you to more easily navigate the course material and facilitate in the execution of the lab exercises:
- Relational databases
- Database system design
- DB2 Control Center
- DB2 platform knowledge
Gain knowledge on InfoSphere Replication Server and how it is used to perform both queue-based homogeneous data replication and heterogeneous data replication. Learn to distinguish the differences in functionality of the queue architecture's highly parallel, transaction-based, asynchronous message-based transmission capability with the SQL based architecture.
Use the Replication Center Graphical User Interface (GUI) to perform the Q Replication operations necessary to define, manage, and maintain queue-based data replication functions for DB2 for z/OS and DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Additionally, incorporate the use of the ASNCLP command line interpreter for definitional tasks, along with utilities such as ASNTDIFF and ASNTREP and the Q Replication Dashboard, in your replication environment.
Discover how InfoSphere Replication Server can be engaged to publish transactions in either an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format or in a character delimited format. Become versed in the use of the WebSphere MQ queues required by InfoSphere Replication Server.
Included are a number of intensive hands-on machine exercises demonstrating InfoSphere Replication Server's capabilities in unidirectional replication as well as multidirectional replication. Linux will serve as the control point for administering the InfoSphere Replication Server for Linux, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS.
Training Paths that reference this course are:
- Replication
- Replication
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- Use InfoSphere Replication Server to perform queue based data replication activities in a multiplatform environment
- Define WebSphere MQ queues required by Q Replication
- Differentiate between the architectures of Q Replication and SQL Replication
- Detail each of the four basic tasks performed during Q Replication (preparation, infrastructure, definitional, and operational)
- Define, manage, and maintain queue based data replication functions using the Replication Center GUI
- Describe the Q Capture Schemas, Q Subscriptions, and Q Apply Browser components
- Highlight Q Replication's transaction publishing capabilities
- Operate the various components of Q Replication
- Use DB2 Replication Center GUI to perform basic administration of sources and subscriptions
- Use ASNTDIFF and ASNTREP
- Discuss basic Q Replication performance considerations


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A teacher's perspective on Texas education "reform"
by Fil Barnes, science teacher.
I am not a perfect person. It is easy to say that, because none of us are.
I am, however, an excellent teacher.
I would not know this from the evaluations given to me by principals and "educational specialists," nor by my students' success in my class, on state tests, or in college and career. Yes, I do have all of that which I could point to – if any of it had anything to do with the whole point of being an effective teacher. I will argue, though, that while all of those things have affected my career, and occasionally do align with being a good teacher, they are not what makes a teacher excellent.
Ask any teacher who is serious about being a teacher, why they chose that path. Everyone who read that sentence knows the answer.
Not one will say, "I just thought I could help students to perform better on high-stakes standardized tests."
Nor will you hear, "I enjoy following mandated lesson plans which were developed by unnamed sources who are apparently far less qualified than I."
So, what is the answer?
A typical teacher would say,
"I love my subject, and I want to help students learn to appreciate it as much as I do."
I am an excellent teacher for one reason. Most of my students leave my classes with a different self-identification toward science than they had before they walked in the door. Many of those students arrived on the first day of class, flopped into a seat and said, "I don't have anything against you, I am just not a science person," have graduated knowing that, in some ways, they really are.
I have no idea what direction this is going to take. I just believe that it is time that all of this nonsense stops, and we let teachers start to teach again. We want our athletes, at every level, to play "for love of the game," and we pay them exorbitant amounts of money to do it. It is time to say to politicians and administrators, "you have not met a teacher who is in it for the money, so why not let us do it for the right reason? We love the game, let us play it at our best."
I assume this is going to be a collection of loosely connected pieces concerning the inane manner in which students and teachers have been treated for far too long. Along the way, I will discuss high-stakes testing, mandated lesson plans, the data fad, "educational specialists," rubrics, and whatever else comes to mind. Maybe nobody will ever read it – maybe everybody should.


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Confirmed: MSNBC is the Most Biased Network
Politico sums up a Pew survey.
From August 27 through October 21, 71 percent of MSNBC's coverage of Mitt Romney this year was negative, far outperforming Fox News's negative coverage of President Barack Obama, which came in at 46 percent, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. The negative-to-positive ratio on MSNBC was roughly 23-to-1; the negative-to-positive ratio on Fox News was 8-to-1.


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Here is a way for you to start saving for Christmas now! Christmas only comes around once per year!
Yes, I know you know that. But, for a lot of people it tends to sneak up! I don't really think it does. I just think you people are unprepared! Don't worry I'm not judging you. Just offering a solution of how you can change your Christmas this year, learn how to save and save yourself some stress!
Do you want to have an awesome Christmas this year? You know, where you can shop for stuff when they are on sale (I'm thinking Black Friday and most of November) and afford what you are buying – no credit cards. If you want a debt-free, stress-free holiday season, here is a good way to save!
Saving for Christmas doesn't have to be a burden, make it easy!
This is a 26 week Savings Plan that starts in May and will have you with $1,000 to spend by the second week in November! The best part is that the most you will have to save per week is $50 and that amount is only called for 2 times within the 26 week period.
Finding the Money
Skip eating out at least one time per week
Sell something on craigslist (check your closets, garage and attics to find stuff to sell)
Post your for sale items on a FB Yard Sale Group
Ditch cable
Download On The Go Survey app
Focusgroup.com — I made most of my Christmas money through this group.
BestMark- secret shopping (see my review by clicking the link)
Dog sit or start dog walking
Here's another post you can check out to help save.
Where to save
You can either save cash in a jar (promise yourself not to touch it!) OR you can save into a separate savings account.
Another thing you can try if you have direct deposit is to automatically allocate $39 into a savings account. If you do that for 26 weeks you'll have $1,014 in November.
Why to Save
If you don't normally spend $1,000 on Christmas (I sure don't!) you can use this saving plan to save for vacations, to be a blessing to others during the holiday season, to take advantage of the after Christmas sales and stock up for next year or to save for your Emergency fund. Really, you can do what you want with it! You saved!
Pin this in your Debt Free Board or whatever you have on Pinterest. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram or FB and we can start the savings challenge together!
Do you get the Resource Page?
Each week I'll send you the latest Resource Page. In it, you'll find
- Handy tips for focusing on positivity throughout your week.
- Tricks for getting your kids to listen to your every word (just kidding,Girl-- I'm still working on getting my kids to listen!) But I will send you fun activity ideas for you and your kids to do together.
- Useful tools that I come across, like meal planning ideas and such!


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by andy baillargeon & tommy kirchhoff
Y'all don't know who Children of the Wasatch are, but them's four kin we can all be proud of. Not long ago, the Kin flew on one of them jet airplanes to the White Mountains in New Hampshire to compete in Ford's fancy big Sport Trac Challenge. Sponsored only by Bad Ass Coffee of Park City, Dustin Sturges, Scott Wilson, Jaima Anderson and Tony Larson tore it up somethin' fierce skiing, kayaking, climbing, and mountain biking against real professional athletes who had sponsorships like K2, Outside and Ford.
The Kin landed in New Hampshire on a Friday. They were greeted by some Ford folks, and given a shiny new, Ford Sport Trac pickup truck. It was real perty, and the Ford folks were probly a tad concerned about just handin' the keys over to a group of 24-year olds like Team Wasatch.
Now we love a good truck, but the Kin said they got in this four-door spaceship and it had one of them global PMS navigation systems. Then the dang thing started talkin' to 'em! Team Wasatch checked in with the officials, barely made it through the orientation, then headed directly to a nearby tavern.
"I figure you should race the way you train; get loaded, go out and ski the next day," professed Team Captain Dustin Sturges. So the Wasatch Kin, sturdy with sea-level oxygen, trained well into the night. After a few dozen drinks, a carnage of hand-rolled cigarettes and a refreshing two hour sleep, the team awoke and fired up for Sturges' 7 a.m. start time in the backcountry ski event. Sturges competed hard and finished a respectable second place. With lungs that look like bags of Kingsford charcoal, he couldn't quite overcome professional Luke Miller.
Scott Wilson on the other hand weren't even dewey-eyed over the previous night's session. He came out and whooped some kayaking ass, taking first place by over a minute and a half (that's a long time in dog years). The Wasatch Kin were in second place at the end of the day-and it was prit-near obvious that these games were rigged. While Wilson's second place finisher was only behind him by 44 points, Sturges second place put him 140 points behind Luke Miller. The backcountry skiing would be the only event with such a spread, and dammit if itwernt more than the Kin could overcome.
The climbing and biking events wern't 'til Sunday, so another night of honky-tonkin' was in the cards. Good and pissed-off about Ford's dirty, stinkin', yella-bellied scoring system, Team Wasatch decided it was time for some real fun. The Kin found an open dirt parking lot, punched the gas and cranked out a few donuts. Sturges, a trained stunt driver, started feelin' like the Duke Boys. He spun some good ones, then dropped team members Tony Larson and Jaima Anderson off at the lodge. Then he thought he'd give'er another go.
"We were actually sober, we just decided to spin some donuts," Sturges said. "I decided to do one more; the front tire popped and the truck just flopped over on its side. It was those damn horrible Firestone tires." Our guess is that it was probly a bit more of the indian, and not so much the arrow.
Because of the accident, Sturges was denied any prizes for his second place finish and $2000 was deducted from the team's winnings for truck repair. The team took the misfortune in stride and just felt lucky for the comp'ed tickets and fancy hotel accommodations for the event. "At least they didn't kick us out of the competition," Sturges praised.
The final day started with the climbing competition and a knee-slappin' performance by Jaima Anderson. Again, it was obvious this thing was rigged. Anderson schooled all three of the boys, but was only given second place. Ed Crossland was awarded first place, even though everyone saw this bubba pull on every fricken piece of gear, including the cameraman's rope.
Tony Larson was the final Wasatch competitor in the mountain biking. He rode dang hard to third place behind a beastly competitor that the others affectionately called the android. Pete Swenson is ten foot tall if he's an inch, with legs of steel and eyes that can pierce your very soul. You may have seen him wandering the streets of Park City. Swenson took a nasty digger right out of the start gate, spent six-minutes fixing a flat tire, and still lapped all three of the other competitors on the three-mile course.
"I think we had one hell of a showing for doing 12oz curls and chain smoking cigarettes on the Colorado River two weeks before the competition," Sturges said.
So four Utah rednecks (sponsored by Bad Ass) go up against three other teams of professional athletes. The Utahns drink and smoke, roll a truck, and they still whipped all their asses. The stats for the competition can be found on that Internet that everybody's talkin' about. Go to www.sporttracchallenge.com, and click on the "White Mountains." There you can see that the Children of the Wasatch weren't too far off first place; and if the yella, milktoast-coward judges of the Sport Trac Challenge wouldna rigged it, the Wasatch Kin woulda won.
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To the editor: Oh, Magnum, how could you? ("Selleck settles dispute over water," July 10) All by yourself with just a few bad acts, you may have added a new verb to our lexicon: "to selleck."
To anyone else thinking of "sellecking," don't you dare steal my water in this drought.
It's bad enough that old pipes are breaking and flooding streets with the precious water I have been trying so hard to conserve, one toilet flush at a time.
Lee Gale Gruen, Beverly Hills


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To be Big B
Oh Big B….a billion rupee Bollywood industry has been rendered paralyzed and an entire nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Woo hoo hoo. What you eat, when you pee, what you see, what you don't see, the tweety bird flannel pajamas that you wear all make front page news in the main stream media. In homes across
What's all this fanfare about Amitabh, you wonder?
My buddies, Anshul and Karan may deny this vehemently with me and Pratibha may stop talking to me altogether for stating this, but in my opinion, the angry old man is clearly past his prime. In fact he's been past his prime for the past two decades now. Also his political alliances are really circumspect and the choice of ads and films that he acts in is questionable, at best.
After 1985, I cannot think of may notable movies from the superstar. By notable movies, I mean the Bachchanesque performance that we have come to know and love in the 70's and the 80's. Of late, maybe because of the vagaries in public taste and market demands, he tends to be loud, hammy and buffoonish in many of his recent movies. Buntu/Babli, Veer Zarra, Kaanta, Black, Kyun! Ho Gaya Na (Groan) are a few where Bachchan's performances are best forgotten. Agneepath, where he won the national award, was highly over-rated. Khakee and Sarkaar were the only exceptions, with semblance of semi-decent performances.
Whatever happened to the mellow, simmering, subdued and smouldring Bachchan from Zanjeer, Sholay and Anand? His last decent gig was 'Shakti', IMHO, where he was pitted against the superstar of the 50's, Dilip Kumar, who also was terrific, playing Bachchan's morally upright and emotionally distant father. A poignant scene in the movie was when father and son cry over the death of Rakhee, the common denominator in the lives of both men, with otherwise vastly different outlook on life.
Amitabhs earliest movies, were where he wasn't afraid to experiment defined him as the 'angry young man' that he came to be known and loved as. Movies like Parwana (one of the best and original murder mysteries ever), Bansi Birju and one of my personal favorites Saudagar.
In Saudagar, Bachchan stars opposite Nutan, as a jaggery selling vendor, where he secretely pines for Padma Khanna, but marries Nutan just to collect enough dowry money by making her slog to make jaggery, so that he can marry Padma Khanna. It was a mercenary kind of detached performance by Bachchan, the kinds of which, sadly, he didn't get many more to enact, because of the iconic stereotype that was branded into.
Deewar saw Bachchan was at the peak of his prowess as an artiste, where he plays Vijay, a smuggler, with a chip on his shoulder ('Main aaj bhi pheke hue paise nahi uthata'). Vijay, after establishing himself as a top-notch smuggler, in one scene, stares outside the window of a high rise at the footpath below when Parveen Babi, his lover, asks him 'Kya dekh rahe ho Vijay?'. Vijay replies, and I paraphrase from befuddled memory, 'Dekh raha hoon ek Ma, uske do chote chote bache, is foothpath pe thokrey khaa rahe hai….' and something along the lines of his childhood struggles. But the voice and the pathos, the hurt in that voice when he delivers that dialog is unforgettable. Besides the now famous 'Mere paas maa ki daal hai' scene, there is another scene in the movie where he laments the fact that he can't go visit his mother at the hospital. Vintage Big B.
In fact Yash Chopra has been one of the few directors who has exacted consistent performances from the Big B. Kaala Pathar (remember that 'Why don't you try to understand, doctor? line), Kabhie Kabhie, Deewar, Silsila, Trishul, all performances bordering on the subdued to the superlative.
And so did director Hrishikesh Mukherjee, exact memorable performabce i.e., with fantastic movies like Mili (give me an alcoholic, caustic Amitabh any day over Jaya's goody two shoes, irritating Mili) , Namak Haram, Abhimaan, Anand and the rip-roaring, evergreen 'Chupke Chupke'. Some of his best films, to-date.
Thankfully Manmohan Desai is dead, else I truly don't know how many more nonsensical movies we'd have to sit thru where asses, dogs or parakeets drum the "dhol" and light lamps/candles in temples, masjids, churchs or gurudwaaras while a blind, amnesic, constipated mother Nirupa Roy regains her senses to clasp her long lost son in an 'Oh, that doesn't quite look right kind of' embrace. Ewww, where's that enema, doc?
But seriously, Amar Akbar Anthony (AAA), Naseeb, Parvarish, and Coolie were cult classics in their own rights. After the release of AAA, I vividly remember hordes of youth roaming the bylanes of
Thanks to the long legged one, millions of middle aged, graying Bachchan devotees have their coif parted in the center. Some, to this day, still wear the colored banians!!!
And suit vests were in after 'Don', shiny, brazen, loud vests, with stars on them. As a teenager growing up, inspired by Bachchan bell-bottoms, I remember fighting with the tailor to sew the trouser bottoms at 42". His response "would you like to have your pants stiched or a ghagra?". Such was the Bachchan mania.
The death of the full-time comedienne side-kick can be attributed to the impeccable comedy timings of the Big B. Who can ever forget the famous mirror schitk from AAA, the one-liners in 'Sholay', the facial expressions in 'Chupke Chupke' and a host of movies where he's played the buffoon.
It will now be apt for Bachchan to ride off into the sunset, when there is still a shred of regard for his past performances, instead of overstaying his welcome and reducing his legacy to the two-bit parts that he now is reduced to playing and let the likes of non-actors like Shah Rukh Khan's or John Abraham's steal the spotlight from him. For Amitabh Bachchan, the audience is standing in awe, the applause is deafening, the accolades are raining, and the curtain is falling.
Please, take a bow Mr. Amitabh Bachchan , its time to exit the stage.


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Mentorship Application Development & Maintenance
Anggaran R200-400 ZAR / jam
We are looking for someone that has both Android & iOs development experience to help finish off a mentorship application that we have built for an Auditing firm. The application helps university candidates receive mentorship from employees within the Audit firm through chat, tasks, challenges and other engagement tools.
The new developer needs to clean up and debug the existing application then build in new podcast functionality and gamification functionality. Following this he/she will need to help maintain the app for a few hours per month depending on clients requirements as well as build out new features.
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June 9, 2016; Biloxi, Mississippi:
By Capt. Dave Lear
With turbo-chargers wound up, tanks full and gear rigged, the 81 boats competing in the 2016 Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic are churning through the Gulf right now. All are heading towards that sweet spot where the prize-winning blue marlin, yellowfin tuna and other game fish await. With a record $1.7 million up for grabs, the exact spot to fish is debated, discussed, pondered, studied and debated some more. The runs often exceed 100 miles, so the decision is not made lightly.
"There's a big loop current below Independence Hub that's been formed for about a month," says Tom Hilton, president of Hilton's Fishing Charts, an offshore forecasting service. "The center is about 160 miles southeast of Biloxi, but the best areas are going to be on the leading outer edges. Water color is another part of the equation and those areas with electric and cobalt blue water will be the prime places to fish. I'll bet it'll be a parking lot out there."
Hilton says the waters around Deepwater Proteus, an oil rig, have been attracting lots of big yellowfin tuna in the 150- to 180-pound class. So it should draw a fair share of boats this weekend as well.
"For those boats that want to get away from the crowd, another loop current is forming west of the Green Canyon," he adds. "But that's a 200-plus mile run, which is a limiting factor for many."
The location decision is an easy one for Capt. Joey Birbeck, skipper of You Never Know!, a 72-foot F&S owned by Thomas Turner of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For starters, he's going right back to the same area where he's seen 12 blue marlin over the last three weeks. The boat earned top release honors in the recent Cajun Canyons Classic with two blues and caught another and boated a 647-pound bluefin tuna in the Mobile Big Game Club's Memorial Weekend event.
"I'm going back to the boat and look at the forecast charts again, but unless something has drastically changed, we're going right back out there," Birbeck said after Wednesday's captains meeting. "It's always a team decision as to where we finally fish, though. And we have enough fuel and range to run to a second spot if the first one doesn't pan out. There's always a Plan B."
Birbeck predicted it would take at least a 700-pounder to win this weekend and that prognosis suits Tournament Director Bobby Carter just fine.
"We've got the largest number of boats since 2004 and the $1.7 million in prize money is a new record for the Classic," Carter says. "I'm happy to have all these boats join us on the Mississippi Gulf Coast this week. The weather is going to be great and we're going to have some really big fish brought to the scales, I'm certain of it."
The fleet could put lines in as soon as they cleared the Biloxi jetty Thursday afternoon. Nearly all will put some miles under the hulls, however, until they get closer to that special spot. It's called Location X, the place where grander blue marlin prowl and fame and glory await.


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Now, lets plunge into the recipe!
Palmier Recipe – Elephant Ears Recipe – Little Hearts Biscuits Recipe
Preparation Time : 45 mins
Baking Time : 15 mins
Serves : 2 dozen
Puff Pastry Sheet : 1 (defrosted )
Granulated Sugar : 1/3 cup
Cardamom : 3/4 tsp (crushed)
Optional – Almonds or Pecan, Walnut : 3 tbsp (coarsely ground)
Optional – Egg white : 1
How to make Palmier – Elephant Ears – Little Hearts Biscuits Recipe:
1. Thaw the puff pastry sheet according to package directions for 30-40 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven at 400 degree F /200 degree C.
3. Mix the sugar and cardamom; sprinkle half of the sugar evenly on a clean work surface.
4. Place the puff pastry sheet on top with the shorter edge facing towards you.
5. Mix the coarsely ground almonds or pecan into the remaining sugar cardamom mixture and sprinkle that on top of the pastry sheet.
7. Fold the sides of the rectangle towards the center so that they go halfway to the middle.
8. Fold them again so the two folds meet exactly at the middle of the dough. Leave a 1/4 inch space in the middle.Trim the outermost edges with a knife.
9. Wrap tightly in plastic and freeze until firm, about 15 minutes.
10. Cut the dough crosswise into that are between 1/4 -1/2 inches wide and place cut side facing upwards on a baking sheet on ungreased baking sheets, about 2 inches apart, and flatten firmly with with the palm of your hand.
11. Optional – Brush with egg white and sprinkle with additional sugar, if desired.
12. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or till both the sides turn a light brown.
- The sky is the limit for palmiers variations. You can use your imagination and put your own spin on it.You can make sweet palmiers or savory palmiers, according to your taste. Above is a cardamom flavor palmiers, since we like it this way. Some other optional are cinnamon, organe, lime zest, etc..The basic recipe just calls for sugar and pastry sheet.
- Although the puff pastries should be thawed before using, work with the pastry sheets while they are still cold. When the pastry becomes too warm, the butter inside the pastry will melt. In that case, chill it in the refrigerator for around 10 minutes.
- Increase or decrease sugar according to your taste.
- Palmiers can be stored in an airtight container up to 3 days.
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Masters 2015: Jordan Spieth steals the show on first day at Augusta
The crowds at Augusta had come to see big guns Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, but it was young gun Jordan Spieth and old hand Ernie Els who stole the show.
American Spieth, just 21 years of age, leads the Masters on eight under par after a superb 64.
South African Els, one of the games senior statesmen at 45, is in joint second after a five under 67, alongside American Charley Hoffman and England's Justin Rose.
Spieth said: "That was very special. Last year I was really tentative but this year I was more ready to fire at some pins.
"I thought I could maybe post a nine under 63 coming down the stretch - but I will take one less."
The much anticipated return of Woods was a kaleidoscope of colour and adventure.
A three-putt at the first for bogey was followed by a birdie at the par-five second, detonating a celebration that could be heard in neighbouring South Carolina.
Another shot went at the par-three fourth after finding sand off the tee.
He was out of position again at the seventh and fashioned a shot from memory out of the trees to rescue par. A birdie at the eighth was followed by a double-bogey at the ninth to leave him one over at the turn.
Up ahead, Els offered Woods hope that with patience and commitment the form of old might yet return.
An eagle at the 15th shot Els into the outright lead on six under par with two to play before Spieth birdied the 13th to take a one-shot lead.
Maybe the Open Championship Els won three years ago at the age of 42 is not to be the last major in his collection.
The number five floated beforehand related to Woods and the possibility of a fifth Green Jacket. That switched to Els' attempt to take his major tally to five.
It has been a while since Rose imposed his rhythmic presence on any tournament.
The 2013 US Open champion rode into Augusta on the back of three missed cuts in five events, but as he reminded us with a beautifully crafted 67 to take him into a share of the lead on five under par, class has a way of rising to the top at the big show.
"You've got to believe in yourself, you've got to believe that you're a champion," said Rose.
"I'm a major champion, won great tournaments.
"I didn't have a ton of form, didn't expect it, but it doesn't surprise me."
Of course, it's Bubba Watson who possesses what McIlroy wants and what Woods wants again.
And although a challenging finish to the defending champion's round brought him less reason than last year to linger at the 18th, the scene of his second triumph, it was clear that he has the mind to win.
The response to him when he reappeared at the first tee and launched his attempt to become only the third man to defend his title was subdued.
It suggested that Ulsterman McIlroy is not the only one who has been shielded from some of the searing scrutiny by the morbid fascination with Woods.
It was not an instant stamp of Augusta ownership from him: not the best first tee shot of the three and even Gunn Yang - the Korean amateur in that group, whose punishment by the Augusta National was painful to behold - was on the first green before him.
But there was to be no impediment to progress for a long time and nothing to cause him to flinch.
When McIlroy arrived at the first green, an hour or so later, the American's stealthy progress through the first four holes was visible on the scoreboard through the pine trees. A birdie and three pars was what he would have read.
Watson has talked often of how he wants to alter the parameters of the game.
"My game isn't based on hitting fairways and hitting greens," he observed recently. "It's not based on a mechanical thing. It's based on having fun, feeling a shot and pulling a shot off."
That philosophy has invited comparisons with Seve Ballesteros, which he has welcomed.
But the eighth was upon us before the first guttural roar to accompany Watson's 64ft, arcing putt, which so nearly delivered him an eagle. That was when the memories of last year were at their strongest. Back then, it was at the eighth that his five-iron into the green secured him a birdie four.
The putter deserted him at the 11th, sending him back to one under when something spectacular was needed. There was something more human at the par-five 13th this time than the 366-yard shot which brushed the trees on the left and cut out convention.
It was with the home straight in sight that the game which had looked so secure began to desert him. The best of his touch was required at the 17th for the chip in for par and then came a poor tee shot at the 18th which put him in trouble, followed by the wood approach shot which put his ball in the midst of spectators' seats.
The people's champion might have thought he had been saved by the people, as his ball would certainly have travelled beyond that spot had they not been there. But he could not rescue a par, finishing one under.
Belfast Telegraph


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It's that time of year for soup, hot chocolate, Shepherd's Pie, and cozy loungewear. And sitting by the fire. Oh, and Netflix. Did I mention I don't leave my house in the winter?
This soup is perfect for cozy, cold winter nights when you're craving something hearty and comforting yet healthy.
Bonus? It requires just 1 pot and around 45 minutes to make!
source: http://minimalistbaker.com/curried-potato-lentil-soup-1-pot/


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Introduction: Teardrop Trailer
Each step is one day.
Please visit my website: http://www.teardropdiy.com.
First of all, my day job is software programmer. This is my first build. I have basic knowledge of wood working and I have some tools. The build is going to take a while (a month? two?). I only have time to work on it from 8PM until I go to sleep (about 3 hours) and in weekends when we have nothing else planed.
My plan is to keep the price under $1500 $2000. You can buy already made teardrops for $4000-$11000.
My Hyundai Sonata can pull a trailer of 1000lb max. My plan is to make the teardrop be under 700lb with all the equipment inside.
The only size of plywood that I can bring home is 4'x8', so everything that's made of plywood should fit in that size.
Here is how the side wall of the trailer should look like.
A list of parts with links from where I got them:
- Trailer. I'm going to use the 4x8 Super Duty Utility Trailer from Harbor Freight Tools to built the teardrop on. On the time of creation of the website, the trailer was on sale for $350. I got in mail a %20 off coupon and that made the price $280. Note: If 4' wide is not wide enough for you, you can use this trailer . It's a little more expensive, but 1 foot wider.
- Doors. You can build your own door. I won't. I'm afraid that I'm not going to be able to make it water tight, so I'm going to use already-built doors. I was lucky enough to find two brand new doors for $230 both, from someone who builds teardrop as a business. Here is his business website, he sells anything you need for a teardrop, including kits and custom made teardrops ( http://www.dnmteardroptrailers.com/ ). Note: You can use only one door on one side, and a window on the other side. I got two doors because they were cheap and I won't have to step over my wife if I have to pee at night. You also can get them from eBay .
- Vent. I need a vent to put on the top of the trailer. I need one that's able to move lots of air (the door windows won't open on my doors). From my research the best vent is " Fan-Tastic Fan ". I already ordered one from eBay for $120.
- Hatch hindge. For the big door that lifts open at the back of the trailer. This should be water proof. I'm using a " Hurricane Hinge ". Already ordered from eBay for $71. You also can get it from here .
- Porch Lights. I need two porch lights to install above the doors. Ordered 3 from eBay for $63. 12V LED.
- Dome Light. I also need some dome light for the inside the teardrop. Already ordered from eBay for $17.99. 12V LED.
- Water pump. The best pump I found is the 12V Whale GP1352 submersible water pump. You can buy it from eBay for as low as $25.
- Hatch handles. Got those from eBay .
- Aluminum. I called around all the sheet metal places that I found in my area until I got the best price. I got mine from http://www.ircalum.com , they are from Portland Oregon.
- Aluminum Molding. Go here and click "Online parts catalog" then go to "Moldings"
- Sink/Stove combo. Got it from here .
Tools I use:
- Box cutter
- Pencil
- Framing square
- Wrenches. Big ones. You'll need for the trailer 16mm, 17mm, 18mm wrenches (I suppose this depends on what brand of trailer you are using)
- Wireless drill
- Jigsaw
- Chop saw
- Table saw
- Sander
- Belt sander
Cost so far:
|Vent (Fan-tastic Fan)
|Hatch hinge (5' hurricane hinge)
|12V LED Porch lights (3 pcs)
|12V LED Dome light (1 pcs)
|Black spray paint (2 bottles)
|1/2"x4'x8' Birch plywood x 3pcs (one for the floor and 2 for the side walls)
|5mm Utility plywood 4'x8' x 2pcs (for side walls interior)
|2x4x96 x 8pcs (for the frame, not sure if I'll use all 8 of them)
|Exterior screws (1box)
|Henry Asphalt Emulsion (1 gallon)
|Bolts & washers & lock washers & nuts to bolt the floor frame to the trailer (3/8" x 3" 20pcs)
|Bolts & washers & nuts for spare wheel (1/2" x 6" 2 pcs)
|Hard foam insulation 1/2" 4'/8' (one sheet)
|Hard foam insulation 3/4" 4'x8' (3 sheets)
|Sink-Stove combo
|12V Cigarette lighter socket (2 pieces)
|Automotive Fuse Holder Box Holds 6 Blade Fuses
|Electric Facet & Pump System
|1/8" birch plywood (3 pieces)
|Wood stain
|Aluminum sheets 4x8 (1 pcs) 4x12 (2 pcs)
|Aluminum molding, plastic insert for molding, External Drip Cap
|1 Gallon Contact Cement
Step 1: Day 1 - February 8th 2012
Feel free to click on the pictures to see them in full size for more details.
The trailer box opened. Looks small.
Lots of screws and parts.
Hmm. All the trailer parts look the same.
The trailer starting to get shape .
I had to go buy some more wranches, mine are too small. Enough for tonight.
I woke up in the morning with muscle pain everywhere. I discovered some muscle that I didn't know I had. Crawling on the floor trying to put a trailer together is not easy :-)
I'll have to paint the trailer frame black. Red with aluminum gray won't go nice.
Step 2: Day 2 - February 9th 2012
Step 3: Day 3 - February 10th 2012
Step 4: Day 4 - February 11th 2012
Step 5: Day 5 - February 12th 2012
Step 6: Day 6 - February 13th 2012
Step 7: Day 7 - February 15th 2012
- Put the wood frame on top of the trailer, clamped to stay in place
- Tap it with a hammer where the frame rests on top of bolt heads that keep the trailer together (this will mark where the trailer's bolts are and you'll need to carve some spaces so that the frame will lay flat on the trailer)
- Use a 1" spade bit to make space in the wood frame for the bolt heads.
Warning: do not try to cut both walls in the same time, stacked together. Doest't work. One by one, slowly, works the best ;-)
Step 8: Day 8 - February 16th 2012
- The exterior walls are going to be the 1/2 plywood
- Hard foam insulation
- The 5mm plywood on the interior.
Step 9: Day 9 - February 18th 2012
Step 10: Day 10 - February 20th 2012
Step 11: Day 11 - February 21st 2012
Step 12: Day 12 - February 22nd 2012
Step 13: Day 13 - February 23rd 2012
Step 14: Day 14 - February 25th 2012
Step 15: Day 15 - February 27th 2012
Step 16: Day 16 - February 28th 2012
Step 17: Day 17 - February 29th 2012
Step 18: Day 18 - March 1st 2012
Step 19: Day 19 - March 3rd 2012
Step 20: Day 20 - March 4th 2012
Step 21: Day 21 - March 5th 2012
- wires for the porch light
- wires for reading light
- wires for the speakers
Step 22: Day 22 - March 8th 2012
Step 23: Day 23 - March 13th 2012
Step 24: Day 24 - March 22nd 2012
Step 25: Day 25 - March 24th 2012
Step 26: Day 26 - March 29th 2012
To install the molding and be able to bend it around the curves of the teardrop, I'll need to soften the aluminum first (annealing). This is done by heating the aluminum to very high temperature and then letting it cool down slow. Aluminum doesn't turn orange when hot like steel, so you'll have to decide when is hot enough without melting it.
Done for today!
Step 27: Day 27 - April 7th 2012
Step 28: Day 28 - April 10th 2012
Step 29: Day 29 - April 18th 2012
Step 30: Day 30 - April 27th 2012
Step 31: Day 31 - April 29th 2012
Step 32: The Kitchen
The stove is connected to a propane cylinder.
I saw some comments proposing solutions on how to charge the battery. Here are two ways you can charge the battery with the towing vehicle while driving.
Who knew that there are Teardrop Gatherings and Teardrop-Friendly Events... here is a list I found:
My wife said that now I proved myself so I should start remodeling the kitchen. :-)
"Let no good deed go unpunished."
Thank you for reading my build log and ... go make some sawdust!
Post scriptum 2:
I added another page with pictures from our first trip to "TearJerkers Birthday Bash 2012, celebrating 15 years of TearJerkers" in Grants Pass, Oregon. It was lots of fun. Check it out.
Step 33: First Trip
great! I just bought me a small camper trailer, and intend to use it for my racetrack event. Good job!!
first off you did a incredible job, second thank you so much for taking the time to document and share in such detail. I for one really appreciate you sharing your story with us all.
do you have any idea of the final weight? I want to build one to pull behind my motorcycle so I'm looking for the lightest materials without compromising structural strength.
When I went to Harbor Freight's website I was only able to find 4x8 Folding Trailer. Is that the one you used?
Caution!! This trailer has a manufacture speed rating of 45 MPH!!! It was designed for short trips!!
An impressive build and workmanship. Your documentation is outstanding. It would be a bit clostrophobic for me; I think I'd like to do a hatch similar to your kitchen space with a nylon/screen adaptation for cooler sleeping. you have inspired me to CONSIDER building my own utility trailer.
Caution!! This trailer has a manufacture stated speed limit of 45 MPH!!! It was designed for short trips!!!
I was wondering, what dimensions are your spars and what are they made out of?
Thanks for posting your instructable and answering all the questions I had. I took your initial plan and went a little overboard but I am truly happy with the results. The only suggestion I would make to anyone would be to replace the axle with a beefier one and just buy the doors. Doors were a pain to build and really hard to make them not leak. Our first trip was 2400 miles and we had an awesome time. I am also going to post an instructable of my build since it was a little different from yours but I will give credit where credit is due. I would have never built this without your detailed instructable.
Not yet, I decided to make a few changes. When it is complete I will make the instructable.
I found your instructable around May or June of 2014 (along with a couple of other how to's) and used this instructable to convince my fiance (now wife) that we could build this and use it for our honeymoon! Thank you so much for posting this, this was definitely the most comprehensive build guide that we used for our trailer, and I don't think I would've gotten the green light to build it without this instructable! Thanks again!
What a great job building this trailer.
You did an even better job of documenting and presenting this build.
People would do well to learn from your work.
I have just 3 suggestion for you:
1 - a solar panel to help keep your battery charged.
2 - I would recommend some struts for your hatch
(the kind that minivans use for their hatches).
This way you don't have too lift the hatch up.
3 - I would have started the aluminum lower to cover the trailer.
It would just look nicer and prevent water from the sides getting
between the floor and trailer.
Great Job!
1 - I have in plan to get a 30 watt monocrystalline solar panel
2 - That was my original intention, but I decided to make it this way to have more control on how to do it and how it looks like
3 - the aluminum sheets I had were only 4' wide... there was no way to put them lower.
Hi, I have thought of building a tear drop for years. Not in my ability scope. If was to venture, your work in progress would make it possible. We over here Australia, don't have the same access to the parts that you mention so I am looking for a ready made one. Your $3000, even American, is way off our prices. As you said $4000/$15000 range. Ours are more $10000/$18000.
Great read and project.
I was also thinking of some sort of axle mount alternator on the trailer that would catch some of the energy while driving to your campsite to charge the deep cycle battery. Love the Solar panel idea very much, might do a suction mount vertical axis wind turbine as well...
You can connect the trailer battery in parallel with the car battery and that way the towing car will charge the both batteries in the same time while you drive. Just pull a wire from the positive from the car battery, put a 30A fuse on it and connect it to the trailer battery. The negative from the trailer battery goes to the ground of the car. This is how the trailer shops are doing it. Just don't forget to disconnect when the car is stopped (else you use the electricity from both batteries).
A second option is to use a continuous duty solenoid, this way you don't have to disconnect the two batteries when the car isn't running.
I'll make 2 schematics and post them on the last page on how to connect the trailer battery to be charged by the towing car.
What a wonderful thing you have done, and what a wonderful service you are providing your followers like me.
You may cover my questions in your addition on wiring so I will look at that. I would like the tailer to draw from the car only when the car ignition is on, or in fact only when the motor is running. Will the solinoid you suggest solve this problem? Can I just connect the wire to the cars 12volt plug on the dash, which on my car only works when the key is on?
Love to make this, I can't get all the pictures when I download the PDFs , am I missing something?
Looks like a nice trailer, the type I would like to build. You do nice work and write a very good and well illustrated article. However; it would be very helpful if you would show some pictures of the finished interior, cooking area, etc at the beginning so I could have decided if it suited me without having to scroll through the whole article, which I gave up on and never got to see completed unit. Just a suggestion. Thanks
Excellent job. You did prove yourself and are now a master homebuilder (except for concrete work).
really great build , starting to be back in vogue here in the Uk
Just picked up a great second hand teardrop but will use some of you great ideas
Thanks again
What did you use for the seal on the rear hatch, have you had any issues with leaking from there?
Good information, Nice job! I'm starting mine now and plan to have it complete by May 2017 and hit the road for a year. Sites like yours sure do help us. I am scanning the internet finding good information, materials lists, and videos. My plans are for a reverse teardrop style but extend it to 10 or 11 feet inside (I'm 6'5" tall) I have good DIY skills and am looking forward to the end result. Thanks for doing this for us. Very good looking Tdrop, have fun in yours
Very well done. You have answered lots of my build questions. I have 2 bathrooms to do first (for the wife) then I plan to make a simple light weight one for hauling gear and camping.
How much does your loaded trailer weigh?
As MarkH48 posted below, I also am not planning on building a teardrop camper (3 kids and wife wouldn't work). However, your approach and story were so compelling that I read the entire article. Congratulations on your build and I hope you have many years of enjoyment with it!
I don't plan on building a tear drop trailer but still couldn't stop reading about your build. Like a good book I wanted to see how it finished. Not only was the documentation good but the final product looks great! Keep up the good work and let us know how the kitchen turns out.
I don't remember exactly the model, but the brand is SMEV. If you search on google "smev stove" or "smev stove sink" you'll find it.
Can anyone clarify why 4x12 Al are nedded, rather than 4x8's? In Michigan, I am having problem getting 4x12's. ?? Thanks
Ioan, still interested in a cnc router? Thanks John - I am making one of these for a Prius...weight and wheel bearings have me concerned.
yet another reply to this. I have been looking at acme lead screws, and they are cheap. Nuts can be made by heating acetal plastic to thread. etc. It's a bit early, but I'm speculating it's possible to make a 4x8 cnc router for <1000$, excluding PC and router body itself. I have been studying eliminating the PC, via manually inputing the derivative of the circle (gives tangent and therefore stepper ratio.) Certainly a lot of savings may be had by creating a 4 foot Y axis lead screw which is manually positioned on a steel frame to do cuts on a 4x8. Just a few thoughts. The 4-8 k$ expense is something I'd like to avoid. A 4 foot cut range makes things much easier, but an 8 foot range certainly possible also. Here in Michigan, I can pick up a 1/2 inch x 3 foot lead screw for about 15$.
Perhaps diy the router? The kits look over-priced. (abt 8k) And if you want say 3 feet travel instead of 8 feet, that's a 8' table machine where you change the 'zero' manually. I bought a nema 34 plus driver board and had no trouble driving it with a Picaxe emitting pulses. I favor lead-screws and these can be diy'ed. Many ways to go, some low cost.
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FDI Determinants in Southeast European Countries with Special Reference to Tax Incentives
As Southeast European countries have become much more attractive for foreign investors since 2000, this paper analyses factors that have influenced FDI inflows in these economies. There is a broad consensus that, regardless of the type of FDI, the most important FDI determinants include market size, prospects for market growth, the degree of development of host countries and the progress made in the process of transition, especially progress in institutional development. Still, the specific FDI determinant in SEECs has been the privatization process, especially that of large-scale state assets. The assessment of the impact of tax incentives on FDI is evolving - showing increasing evidence that tax incentives in their broadest sense could have a significant impact on the pattern of regional FDI. The effects of incentives are likely to be particularly strong in the competition for FDI within regions, when the initial investment decision has been taken and the investor is choosing between alternative locations in a given region. In such circumstances, taxes will start to play an important role, especially corporate income tax. Its tax rate is of crucial importance and will play a major role in attracting investment. Accelerated depreciation and tax credits (allowances) for investment are even more cost efficient and could be seen as a good supplement to the former major factor. Tax holidays should be avoided. Countries should also consider lengthening loss carry forward and withholding taxes on direct dividends.
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- Pietro Garibaldi & Nada Mora & Ratna Sahay & Jeromin Zettelmeyer, 2001.
"What Moves Capital to Transition Economies?,"
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Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 48(4), pages 1-6.
- Nada Mora & Ratna Sahay & Jeronimo Zettelmeyer & Pietro Garibaldi, 2002. "What Moves Capital to Transition Economies?," IMF Working Papers 02/64, International Monetary Fund.
- Carstensen, Kai & Toubal, Farid, 2004. "Foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European countries: a dynamic panel analysis," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 3-22, March.
- Carstensen, Kai & Toubal, Farid, 2003. "Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: A Dynamic Panel Analysis," Kiel Working Papers 1143, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).
- Kai Carstensen & Farid Toubal, 2004. "Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: A Dynamic Panel Analysis," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-00311585, HAL.
- Carstensen, Kai & Toubal, Farid, 2004. "Foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European countries: A dynamic panel analysis," Munich Reprints in Economics 19965, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
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We will be using an old point-and-shoot Lumix camera and a Lenovo pad (Christmas present from the in-laws) for blogging on the road. Apps: Weebly, Pixlr & Snapseed (touching up some pictures), and ResizeMe. I think WiFi hotspots can be found easily nowadays throughout India and China. I hope access to Weebly will not be blocked in either countries...
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MARK TOBEY: Threading Light
Skira-Rizzoli, New York, and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
208 pages, 9 x 12 inches, 227 images
Graphic design
This book traces the evolution of Mark Tobey's groundbreaking style and his significant yet under-recognized contributions to abstraction and mid-century American modernism.
One of the foremost American artists to emerge from the 1940s, a decade that saw the rise of Abstract Expressionism, Tobey (1890–1976) is now recognized as a vanguard figure whose work anticipated the formal innovations of New York School artists such as Jackson Pollock. Tobey's small tempera paintings composed of intricate, pale webs of delicate lines, generated much interest for their daring "all-over" compositions.
Tobey's unique form of abstract painting was the synthesis of his living both in Seattle and New York, his extensive trips to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kyoto, and Europe, and his conversion to the Baha'i faith. His subtle calligraphic renderings are comprised of a lyrical integration of both Eastern and Western visual histories and philosophies, and pan-cultural references to abstract traditions that range from Chinese scroll painting to European cubism.
Surveying the artist's career with works ranging from the 1920s to 1970, this fully illustrated volume reveals the extraordinarily nuanced yet radical beauty of Tobey's painting, affirming his significant role in the development of abstraction.


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MIAMI – A Miami woman has been accused of swindling families out of $25,000 worth of Disney vacations.
Nancy Alvarez posted bond Thursday and was released after her arrest on grand theft charges this week. Her lawyer declined to issue an immediate comment.
The 20-year-old Alvarez is accused of stealing more than $25,000 from a dozen victims out of state.
Detectives say the victims include a retired New York police officer living in Canada and a Texas father who paid for his family to visit the park for his 25th wedding anniversary.
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The free-agent status of cornerback Aqib Talib will be closely monitored here in New England and it's interesting to gauge the perception of him locally compared to more of a national scope.
Talib's return is viewed as vital from this perspective and is the first place any free-agent Patriots discussion begins. But when comparing Talib to the rest of the free-agent cornerback crop, it also shows that he's one of several top players at the position scheduled to hit the market.
We were reminded of this after reading NFL.com's "Around the League" blog and its list of top 25 NFL free agents, followed by a similar list produced by USA Today's Nate Davis.
On both lists, Talib ranked No. 16. That's also where ESPN.com's Mike Sando had Talib on his "must-sign" list.
NFL.com has Talib as the fourth best corner behind Tennessee's Alterraun Verner (6), Miami's Brent Grimes (10) and Indianapolis' Vontae Davis (12). In USA Today, Nate Davis has Talib as the fifth-best corner, adding Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie ahead of him as well.
If not for Talib's injuries in each of the last two years, he would probably rank higher, although I'd still put him No. 1 from a Patriots perspective.
The big takeaway from here is that with several top cornerbacks set to hit the market in 2014, this doesn't look like a situation where the demand will outweigh the supply. That could create a similar dynamic as 2013 which was more of a buyer's market.


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Empirical Analysis of the Interconnection between Structural Changes and Labour Productivity
The paper discusses the change of the influence of certain branches and branch changes on the economic growth, particularly the labor productivity observed in the last few decades. As a result the processing industry is replaced by the service sector, which gradually becomes dominating since 1970s. For this purpose it is proved with the results of a long-lasting work of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (The Netherlands) concerning countries from European Union and USA in the second half of 20th century – mainly in 1980s and 1990s and until the middle of the first decade of 21st century. The achieved results give reasons for a change of the existing stylized facts formulated by N. Kaldor (1967), S. Kuznets (1971) and A. Maddison (1980).
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- D. W. Jorgenson & Z. Griliches, 1967. "The Explanation of Productivity Change," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 34(3), pages 249-283.
- Marcel P. Timmer & Mary O'Mahony & Bart van Ark, 2007. "EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 14, pages 71-85, Spring.
- John W. Kendrick, 1973. "Postwar Productivity Trends in the United States, 1948–1969," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number kend73-1.
- A. P. Thirlwall, 2002. "The Nature of Economic Growth," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2579.
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We here at Bluffton Today would love to have all the photos that our staff photographers take make it into our print edition. But there is no way that could happen. So for the past two nights I have been taking photos along with our photographers at the Bluffton Double-A all-star games. I have put all the photos that I have taken into the "We Spotted" gallery. Check out the photos and see if YOU WERE SPOTTED!!! Click here to view photos! See you at future sporting and news events! Shawn Pokorny Online Editor


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The 144.36ft /44m F45 Vantage motor yacht 'Megan' was built in 2011 by Feadship and last refitted in 2014. Previously named Helix her luxurious interior is designed by Sinot Yacht Design and her exterior styling is by Sinot Yacht Design.
Megan's interior layout sleeps up to 12 guests in 6 rooms, including a master suite, She is also capable of carrying up to 9 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience. Timeless styling, beautiful furnishings and sumptuous seating feature throughout to create an elegant and comfortable atmosphere.
Megan's impressive leisure and entertainment facilities make her the ideal charter yacht for socialising and entertaining with family and friends.
This semi custom F45 Vantage full displacement yacht also features 'at anchor stabilisers' which work at zero speed, increasing onboard comfort at anchor and on rough waters.
At anchor Stabilizers , Jacuzzi (on deck), Swimming Platform, Air Conditioning, Air Conditioning, Stabilizers at Anchor, WiFi connection on board, Deck Jacuzzi, Gym/exercise equipment
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Donald Trump accepts the Republican Party's presidential nomination at the national convention, in Cleveland, July 21, 2016.
Trump promised to bring sweeping political change, to create wealth, and to make America safe again in a speech that excited delegates on the fourth and final day of the convention. (A. Shaker/VOA)
A businesswoman and former model, Ivanka Trump's speech was peppered with stories from her childhood. She says Donald Trump has made wage equality a practice in his company throughout his entire career. (A. Shaker/VOA)
Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, introduces her father before he officially accepted the Republican presidential nomination. (A. Shaker/VOA)
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I have been both a presenter and attendee at conferences that Bobi and EQ have managed; the attention to detail, professionalism, quality, and the experiential environment have been wonderful. I would recommend EQ to plan any of your upcoming meetings or to provide the right speakers to meet your unique needs.– Vincent F. Orza, Chairman & CEO
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You've always come up with creative ideas for meetings and speakers that educate, entertain, and impact the future of our business.– Mark Hayden, Vice President, Sales & Marketing
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Having worked with bureaus in Europe, Australia, the US and Canada, I have had direct experience in this industry – I know what it takes to be great in this business. Bobi, Pam and the staff at EQ have it – in ample supply. Their ability to tune into what you want and to truly service your needs is second to none. But be warned, Bobi is not someone who as soon as the contract is signed you never hear from her again, she is there every step of the way to make sure your event is a smash success!– Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry


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HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – Police in Hobbs say they are investigating the death of a man found in a home.
They say officers were on patrol about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday when they were directed to a residence in reference to an unresponsive subject.
Upon arrival, police say they discovered 32-year-old Thomas May unresponsive.
Emergency responders attempted life-saving measures, but they were unsuccessful due to the extent of May's injuries.
Details of the man's injuries weren't immediately released.
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R is the set of Reals. if F:R-> R is defined by `f(x)=x^2` for every x element R then find `f^(-1)(x)` if it exists. Find the Inverse
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We are given that `f:RR->RR` where `f(x)=x^2` and we are asked to find the inverse `f^(-1)(x)` :
The inverse does not exist.
(1) The graph of `f(x)` fails the horizontal line test -- e.g. the line y=4 intersects the graph at x=2 and x=-2, therefore the inverse is not a function
(2) `f(x)` is not injective (1-1 or one-to-one) as f(2)=f(-2)=4
(3) If you try to solve for the inverse, you end up with domain restrictions:
The inverse relation is the parabola x=y^2, which is not a function (it's graph fails the vertical line test, etc...)
The graph of the function (black) and the inverse relation (red):


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Now some may refer to the headline related to this post as being an exercise in whimsical semantics as they would most likely point to the fact that being able to service clients is ultimately what drives the revenues that leads to Wall Street performance.
However, and as we have discovered over the past year, what happens on Wall Street or the investment markets as a whole often times does not correspond to the everyday world in which we all operate. (Note: tune in to our April 16th, 2010 on-demand broadcast "The Failings of Institutional Advisers and How You Can Grab The Bull by the Horns!" to get an idea as to what I am referring.)
For example, let's look at a recent e-mail I received from Craig Hallum Capital Group LLC, and in particular the following key points that they highlighted relative to Ariba's performance in Q4 2010.
· Revenues beat while EPS was at the high end of the range.
· Dec'10 guidance as well as FY'11 were strong on revenues, but modestly lower on EPS ($0.01 – $0.02 lower vs. consensus for the year on EPS).
· Bookings were up a very impressive 48% y/y this quarter and while this metric can be lumpy in any given quarter, it appears that the aggressive sales hiring is now starting to deliver results.
· The network vision is finally becoming a reality. The Discovery product, which is currently in Beta, will dramatically increase the volume of network participants and, once interlinked to the subscription software products, will greatly increase the value of both the software as well as the network.
· The changes on the network front are beginning to lay out a more open ended story for ARBA, which we believe will be more visible as we get into the early part of next year.
· We are maintaining our Buy rating and $21 price target.
Taking into account the usual disclaimers and disclosures which normally accompany analyst reports, the real question is simply what does the above mean from a practical, everyday standpoint?
Where for example do failed initiatives such as the one referenced in my September 1st, 2010 post "OECM Punts Ariba, Taking a $20 Million Dollar Hit In The Process?" come into play in the calculation of the company's performance and the $21 price target?
How is this present-day assessment different from the July 14th, 2000 headline in cnet news that excitedly announced that "Ariba earnings zoom past Street expectations?" After all, if we purely look at performance from an earnings perspective, the fact that Ariba went on to lose $3 billion on $1 billion dollars in sales between 2001 and 2005 should tell us something about the use of earnings as a barometer of future company success.
Even more telling is the fact that last year Ariba had to go through what was referred to as being a "corporate DNA transformation," which is something to which both the company's CMO Tim Minahan and CFO Ahmed Rubai referenced in interviews I did with them on the PI Window on Business Show. Is a company that had to go through a major overall as recent as last year, after bleeding significant sums of cash, one into which I would want to invest my hard earned money? Even more importantly, would I want to bet heavily on their technology to play a key role in automating my organization's procurement process?
As I searched for answers as to the relevance of the Craig Hallum report in terms of what it really means, I came across the following presentation that Ariba posted 8 months ago. Full of interesting information, the slides which caught my attention are 24 and 27. You can view the presentation in our SlideShare Viewer below:
Focusing on the points listed on slide 27 under the heading Future Prospects, the company's vision for the future reflects what I would call confident indecisiveness. You know the kind in which you make a date with one girl for a Saturday night, but leave your options open in case the head cheerleader finally finishes washing her hair and agrees to go out with you. Not that I ever experienced this type of scenario personally.
On the one hand the company talks about the "expansion" of their consulting services along with looking to make "more acquisitions." This is the confident part.
On the other hand, they highlight the fact that there is "strong competition from software firms such as SAP and Oracle," and then talk about being an "acquisition target for a larger technology firm."
A classic case of trying to steal second base while keeping your foot on first.
So if you take into account the most recent analyst report, consider the company's history and, look at their own assessment of their future prospects, one could be forgiven if they believed that the return gained from keeping their money under a mattress in their bedroom would produce better results from an investment standpoint.
In terms of end-user client considerations, throughout this tumultuous period Ariba has always had an aggressive sales strategy, despite mega losses and DNA transformations. I am not sure that this latest news would inspire me to consider Ariba as my vendor of choice.


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The Poetry of Diligence
"The heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
See also Proverbs 13:4 & Proverbs 22:29
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Can you really ever have too much of a good thing? I would vote no, but then again, I am a gluttonous only child with dreams to burn — so when it comes down to the question: Should there be a Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life Part 2? The answer, of course, would be yes. Lauren Graham and Alexis Bladel however, appear unsure.
Last year's return to Stars Hollow marked somewhat of a meltdown for #GilmoreGirls fans, who after waiting nine long years since the show's final season back in 2007, were given everything they wanted and more: a heartfelt goodbye to Richard Gilmore, a Lorelai and Luke still together, and some exquisite shade courtesy of Emily. Yes, there were multiple question marks and iffy moments, such as Rory banging a Wookiee and generally losing at life until Jess shows up and hands her an idea — but, overall, we were quite pleased. And so were #Netflix — the streaming giant gained seven million new subscribers because of it.
See also:
- Is 'Gilmore Girls' Returning For Another Season? Sure Looks Like It!
- Does 'Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life' Deserve Another Season? A Pro-And-Con List
- Did The 'Gilmore Girls' Revival Destroy Rory's Character Or Highlight Who She Always Was?
You'd think then, that Season 9 would certainly be on the cards. Not quite. Talking at Deadline's Contender's event, Lauren Graham — who stars as Lorelai — said that although she dearly loves the character, there would need to be a solid reason for another run:
"If it all existed in a vacuum, I would play that character until my dying day … Now it's become what could we do with this story that is satisfying, that is worth continuing. I don't know if there is a need to do more. I wouldn't want it to feel like we overstayed our welcome."
You cannot argue with her reasoning — to return again without a satisfying narrative would do the show's legacy a great disservice. And that sentiment is apparently felt by Alexis Bledel a.k.a. Rory, too, who added:
"I think for me it comes down to what story we're telling. I'm just interested in telling a story that is dynamic and that I sort of relate to and can hook into. And if that happens … I don't know. It's such an unknown, I don't think we anticipated that this would happen."
I mean, to be honest, I think watching the highly-strung Rory Gilmore giving birth and revealing who the father is would be enough to keep fans pumped for four hour-long episodes — after all, nothing else really happens in Stars Hollow and this is big, big gossip fodder. But it looks like we'll just have to wait and see.
Would you be down with another season of Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life?
(Source: Deadline)


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Beds: 4
Baths: 2 | 1
Sq. Ft.: 3,025
Type: Single Family Home
Listing #PW10081311
Build this New Kensington for 2018 Move In! 4 Bedrooms and 2.5 Baths with options for more including Main Level Guest Suite or 3rd Car Garage! Kitchen Upgraded with Hardwood Floors, Granite Counters & Island plus Stainless Steel Gourmet Appliances. Each Bedroom with own Walk in Closet! Closing Cost Assistance Available! Community is walking distance to shops!
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Location Information
County: PRINCE WILLIAM
Latitude: 38.727587717
Longitude: -77.555601328
Subdivision: AVENDALE
Interior Features
1/2 Baths: 1
Has Dining Room: yes
Dining/Kitchen Description: Breakfast Room, Fam Rm Off Kit, Sep Dining Rm, Eat-In Kitchen
Amenities: Attached Master Bathroom, Bathroom(s) - Ceramic Tile, Chair Railing, Vanities - Double, Countertop(s) - Granite, Home Warranty, Master Bathroom - Separate Shower, Master Bathroom - Separate Tub, Master Bedroom - Full Bathroom, Closet - Master Bedroom Walk-in, Bathro
Has Fireplace: yes
Number of Fireplaces: 1
Heating: Forced Air
Heating Fuel: Natural Gas
Cooling: Central Air Conditioning
Water Heater: Natural Gas
Disabled Features: None
All Units Have: Basketball Courts, Bike Trail, Jogging / Walking Path, Lake, Other, Picnic Area, Tot Lots / Playground
Appliances: Dishwasher, Freezer, Icemaker, Oven - Double, Oven - Wall, Range Hood, Refrigerator
Basement Description: Full
Has Basement: yes
Exterior Features
Style: Craftsman
Stories: 3
Is New Construction: yes
Exterior: Siding - Vinyl
Roof: Shingle - Asphalt
Possession: Settlement
Septic or Sewer: Public Septic, Public Sewer
Water: Public
Parking Description: Garage
Has Garage: yes
Garage Spaces: 2
Has a Pool: No
Lot Size in Acres: 0.177
Lot Size in Sq. Ft.: 7, 700
Has Waterfront: No
Jr. High School: NOKESVILLE
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ListDate: 2017-10-13 00:00:00.0
Property Type: SFR
Property SubType: Detached
Is Co-Op?: No
Year Built: 2017
Status: Active
Home Owners Association: Y
HOA Fee: 70
HOA Frequency: Monthly
$ per month
Year Fixed. % Interest Rate.
|Principal + Interest:
|Monthly Tax:
|Monthly Insurance:
Based on a fully amortized fixed rate loan. Ask your agent for the tax rates in your area. Insurance estimate is based on an average cost, your final premium cost will be determined by the type of coverage you select. This program only provides an estimate.
Listing Courtesy of: Brookfield Management Washington LLC
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