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1/2 teaspoon maple extract or 2 teaspoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons milk
Combine all ingredients and stir until smooth. Drizzle over warm cake and let harden.
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I dislike pink. I think it belongs in sunsets, sunrises, and on ice cream, but not in my closet. Pink is not a color I will embrace and books titled Think Pink and such cause a gut reaction in me. And yet, come Sunday, I shall be adorned in bright pink.
My coworker/friend asked if I would help with a fundraiser run on Sunday. I care about my friends interests, so I agreed. Seemingly, adorning this shirt is part of the deal. One of my favorite people would be doing this run if she were not completely pregnant, and I would like to see my friend have a team worth her spiffiness. So I will be wearing a pink shirt. In public. Sigh.
Brad Meltzer, in my book, is a pretty great writer. If he stopped writing books today, there is still a line of his that I would remember. It is probably the most insightful line of literature that I have come across, and I think about it often. For your consideration:
"Never underestimate what someone will do for the people they love." –Identity Crisis
I do not believe it comes any truer than that. Shoot, it is even biblical. I am sure you have heard it before; "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son" (John 3:16)
I could tell you of couples who move to different regions because one of them got a job or into school somewhere else. Parents spend around a million dollars just to raise a child. Loved ones sit at hospital beds for hours when a loved one takes ill.
Naturally there are the less pleasant examples. There are tales of boyfriends becoming jealous of their girlfriends' male acquaintances. People will rob and steal to put food on the table for their families. Wars have been waged for love of country, religion, or those back home. I wish caring for someone or some idea would make one's actions automatically pure, but that is not the case.
Caring for someone is a powerful thing. How else would a person put up with a messy roommate who snored and clipped their toenails in bed? Love lets you overlook some pretty obnoxious behavior.
And there it is. A friend I cared for asked for some help, so I will trot around a bit for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Hopefully that will help prevent folks I care about from getting cancer. Still, until I am proven wrong, I do not think I care enough for my friends to watch Pretty in Pink while wearing a pink shirt and drinking pink martinis. At least, I sure hope not.


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Little brother topples big brother; the franchise that has existed for only a few more years than the other has cups ended up coming out on top; the expansion team defeated the team with deepest history; the Nashville Predators eliminated the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 in round one with a 2-1 victory Friday night in Bridgestone Arena.
The Nashville Predators will advance to the second round for consecutive years, this time poignantly taking down the team that they have revered and simultaneously loathed for years.
Bridgestone Arena was rocking. The noise got up to over 100 decibels several times throughout the game. Nashville's fans have been patient through the years leading up to this season, trusting the front office would be able to put together a consistent winner to compete for the Stanley Cup when given enough time and resources. All of that waiting came through in an explosion.
Last year, the Predators made it out of the first round for the very first time. This year, the Predators defeated one of their biggest rivals and, in the process, look to be one of the toughest outs in hockey right now.
Game five was a battle; from the moment the puck dropped it was clear that Nashville wanted blood, and Detroit was in full-on desperation mode. The team that wanted it most would have to claw its way to victory.
Early in the first period, it seemed as though the referees were going to try to keep this game under their own control, calling a penalty on each team within the first seconds of the game. Fortunately, after each penalty had offset, this was no longer the case and the fans in Smashville got to enjoy a well-played hockey game.
In each game this series it has been the team who scored first that would eventually be the winner. That statistic was very good news after David Legwand scraped out a pass from behind the net, right out front to Alexander Radulov who got his first goal in the playoffs to give Nashville the early 1-0 advantage.
Nashville's lead would be sustained for the rest of the first period, as Pekka Rinne had yet another fantastic game for the Predators, and even the clean shots weren't even close with Rinne guarding the net.
Jiri Hudler would tie the game for Detroit at the 13:45 point of the second period with a goal that was assisted by Valtteri Filppula and Henrik Zetterberg. The second period was Detroit's period, as Nashville did not manage a goal, making the game tied 1-1 at the end of the second.
Just 13 seconds into the third period, David Legwand scored the go-ahead goal that would make the game 2-1 in favor of Nashville, the score that would be sustained in Nashville's victory. Gabriel Bourque drew the attention of several Red Wings, including Jimmy Howard, as he came around the side of the net and found Radulov, who then kicked the puck out front to Legwand, who was able to get the puck past Howard while Howard's vision was blocked by a Bourque screen.
Detroit had one last chance to tie the game with 4.2 seconds left when they won a faceoff in Nashville's end after an icing call that was inches away from being wiped off by Sergei Kostitsyn's hustle down ice. Ultimately, Shea Weber, public enemy No. one in Detroit during this first round, was able to seal the victory for Nashville by knocking the puck away as time rattled off.
Every single playoff series in Nashville Predators playoff history has ended in Nashville. This season marked the first season that Nashville has ever finished ahead of Detroit in the standings and was also the earliest playoff exit for the Red Wings since 2006.
The Predators will now play the waiting game to see who they will face in round two. Although the other series are all 3-1, it is still too early to speculate when Preds fans have a party to throw tonight.
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Cas has just returned from guiding a group in Nepal, celebrating the 60 Year Anniversary of Mt Everest being climbed. The trek began after a frightful twin otter flight into Lukla (which proudly boasts itself as " the worlds most dangerous airport"). The trek wandered its way up the Khumba Valley, past Namche and up to the monastery at Thambouche. Joining the Everest celebrations were Australian climbing legends: Greg Mortimer & Bridget Muir. The day before the celebrations began, Cas took a group of "under 30′s" up to Ama Dablam Base Camp (4600m) and on the way down to Thambouche, the pre-monsoon clouds parted and the tallest, proudest most stunning peak on earth revealed itself- Mt Everest. Wow.
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How to Keep Cats Off Counters
It's in a cat's nature to seek out high vantage points like kitchen countertops. Counters, tables and the tops of cabinets are an ideal place to survey territory, and they provide protection from enemies like roughhousing dogs and the vacuum cleaner. Felines might also be drawn to kitchen counters because they've learned that they're good places to find tasty crumbs.
If you want your kitty to keep her paws off the counter, here's what to do.
Provide another place to lounge
Because jumping and climbing are part of cats' normal behavior, you'll have to offer a suitable alternative or your feline friend will likely continue to leap onto countertops. Carpeted cat tree furniture or kitty shelves attached to windowsills are two options that can replace a favorite counter.
Make the counter unappealing
If your cat prowls the kitchen counter looking for a snack, be sure to clean counters thoroughly and don't leave food sitting out. If she enjoys staring out the window or napping in the sunshine, close the blinds or pull the shades down.
There are also many simple ways you can make the counter unappealing. Try placing baking sheets on the edge of the counter so that when your cat jumps up, she'll land on them. The sheets will move and possibly fall, making noise that the cat will learn to associate with the counter. Lining countertops with tinfoil, upside-down plastic rug protectors, or placemats covered in double-sided tape can also act as a deterrent. After a few weeks, when the cat has learned that the counter is no longer a comfortable place to lounge, you can remove the items.
The ASPCA also suggests using an "environmental punisher," such as The Snappy Trainer or the ScatMat. These devices deter cats from jumping on counters even when you're not home, so your pet won't learn to simply wait until you're not around.
What not to do
Don't shove, physically harm, shoo away or spray a cat with water. You could harm your pet, and often the cat will learn to be afraid of you — not the counter. Also, don't use an environmental punisher if your kitty is especially skittish. The cat may become reluctant to even enter the room and this could lead to anxiety issues.
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Surf Inn Hermosa FIT VACATIONS are designed to help one REVITALIZE, RESTORE, RECHARGE ….. and all while doing fun activities while on vacation in Costa Rica. Whether you are looking for a weekend get away, an all inclusive retreat, an outdoor adventure or a fit vacation spot, Surf Inn Hermosa has a trip for you! Whether it is Surfing, Stand Up Paddle boarding, Yoga, Crossfit, Adventure Activities, Scuba Diving or an all around fitness plan – we custom tailor our vacation packages to meet your need. FIT VACATIONS are a great way to enjoy an Active Lifestyle all while on vacation and at a great location on the Central Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
The following is a general outline of what to expect during a typical day. Every day is a new beginning filled with active healthy fitness activities. While you will have some time to be alone, most of the day – you will be with your host and local guides having fun outdoors in clean air, salt water and the incredible Costa Rican environment.
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The view through the eyes of one who has a passion for the landscape and all it entails, seen through the lens of its natural history and man-made heritage.
My friend teased me about my enraptured response..."Traveling with you is like taking your kid to the zoo."
Saturday, September 20, 1997
Inevitably, this time of year, my thoughts turn Southward. Many Canadians are fortunate to become "Snowbirds" when they retire, to escape our winters. I wish I could join their ranks this very November - I'm talking early retirement here, not hurry up and be a senior citizen. Only, it isn't the sun-drenched Florida beaches I hanker after, it's the Old South. You know - the South steeped in history, tradition, atmosphere - Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana and the like.
It's not like I've had much real exposure to what I'm feeling for. Until this last time, last spring, the most I'd seen of it was Florida's Gulf Coast via return flights with Air Canada. My travel partner and I arranged to meet down there and take a few extra days to drive home the long way - Appalachia, by way of Charleston and the Coast. Albeit, the impressions I am left with are those I took in from the environs of the Interstates, (I-95 and I-77), I can honestly say I have a great sense of place. I have a passion for the landscape and all it entails, seen through the lens of its natural history and man-made heritage. They're not just rocks and trees to me. They're not just old, crumbling edifices. They speak to me, metaphorically. It's a level of consciousness thing. How to describe? Akin to the way the Native American Indian interprets the natural world or a tourist experiences the ancient streets and art treasures of a city like Florence, Italy. Life is intrinsic in it; the past is not dead.
Of course, I loved the Lowcountry. I had no idea such enormous, magnificent pines existed in those climes. I still can recall with nostalgia how their refreshing powerful fragrance left me breathless and mildly intoxicated. Birds, unfamiliar, I'm not sure what species, flew among the treetops, adorned their branches and serenaded us from their great heights. It was the first time I saw giant cypress, majestic live oak, and real Spanish moss. More indelible impressions: mile after mile of coastal waterways; marsh grasses; reeds and rushes laid out like carpet runners; heron lifting off the water; blue water melding into blue sky; ghostly ruins among tangled overgrowth; beautiful black children gazing at me with soulful eyes.
We had been late leaving Florida, and stopped longer than planned in St. Augustine - surprise, surprise - so it was already dusk by the time we reached the vicinity of Beaufort, South Carolina. Much as I wished it, there had been no time to visit Savannah, so it, too, was bypassed, regretfully, for the time being. The Baby Boomer blockbuster, The Big Chill, was filmed on location in Beaufort and I wanted to see the place, being a leading edge Boomer, myself. We took what we thought was the right road, drove and drove, turned around, tried another, went on into pitch darkness, and somehow never did find the town. You know, I think that episode finally convinced me that you can't go sightseeing in the dark, to places you've never been. That visit, too, will be for another time....
Crammed in, next day, were the few fascinating hours we spent in Charleston, just enough to whet my appetite. I can't say I was impressed with the approach - Why does modern have to mean ugly as often as not? The vista from entry ramps and bridges includes tenement buildings, factories, warehouses, et cetera. I know - that's progress. Well, it's too bad, since the setting is potentially breathtaking.
Anyway, Old Charleston is a jewel, as everyone knows. A few hours - What a cheat! I could spend a few days exploring the nooks and crannies of that priceless preserve of American history, with its network of cobblestone streets, alleyways opening into glorious piazzas, and plethora of boutiques deceptively tucked in behind narrow storefronts. Along with obvious sites - Water Front Park, the Battery, Charleston Harbor, Fort Sumter, the Old Slave Market, numerous historic mansions and a wealth of intricate period architecture for visual stimulation - Old Charleston provides grist to the mill for this sightseeing aficionado and spiritual wanderer. I'll be back as soon as I can. In the meantime I took a piece of it home with me, in a manner of speaking. I purchased a charming needlework pattern, Rainbow Row, which, since, I attentively embroidered. It became an engaging creative project to assuage the winter doldrums and today hangs prominently in my main floor foyer.
From the perspective of recall, there is nothing to mention of the drive to the Appalachians. You do not really see the terrain or towns from the highway.
The mountains, now that's another story. How do I convey my feelings about them? There is no piece of geography I love more, specifically, old mountains. Not for me, especially - the Himalayas, the Alps, the snow-capped barren Rockies - still young, geologically. It's the Blue Ridge, the Smokies, the Green Mountains, and ranges of that ilk that mean so much to me.
They team with plant and animal life. They are beyond beautiful, and you can walk in them and on them. They are not fearsome, dangerous, or even life threatening in the way the other kind can be. There are people that live among and look at them every day. I've always said it is a dream of mine to some day step out of my front door or onto my back verandah (is it possible, both?) and have such a view. Fortunate, indeed, are those that do. I believe that had I been one of those early pioneers, never mind the call to go West to the wide open frontier, I would have stopped and put down roots right there. The settlers that stayed, however, for the most part, had a very hard life....
Which leads me to another thought. The most beautiful part of the entire country, and (still?) (among?) the poorest - Appalachia? Is it so, even now? I remember a feature in Life magazine over thirty years ago - I was a teenager in the Sixties - examining the plight of people in the region. Have their prospects improved yet? Have they capitalized on the region's natural beauty, their folk art, folkways, and authentic slice of Americana? Alvin Toffler, when is the world going to catch up with you and your Third Wave? An interesting aside: apparently, the television comedy, The Beverly Hillbillies, is one of the most popular TV series ever. That must say something about the country's state of consciousness....
Where was I? Ah, yes. The trip home.... As I remember, there is a section of road in the vicinity where I-77 connects with I-81 that absolutely took my breath away. The experience was truly spine tingling. I get goose bumps just thinking about it. The road climbed steeply. We seemed to hang suspended in air on the outward curve of the highway in the midst of an incredible panorama. There were warning signs posted to watch out for sudden wind gusts - what we would have done about it, had there been any, heaven only knows.
All at once, the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen. There were mountains all around - I can't be sure which ones were which - but these were high, relatively, and their silhouettes muted rainbow shades of all my favorite colors - blue, purple, pink, mauve, dove-gray. We did not travel in that direction, but away. Part of my heart went that way with them. I believe I will have to go back there, at some point, to retrieve it.
We continued on our way due north on I-77 into West Virginia, with an overnight, unscheduled stop in Wytheville, Virginia. We hadn't bothered with reservations for the return trip - It's much more adventuresome and spontaneous that way. One is never sure exactly where one will wind up and is as often pleasantly as unpleasantly surprised.
Wytheville is memorable to me for two reasons. First, my companion and driver, with typical machismo, refused to ask for directions for the longest time. Realize that this was night time in the remote mountains. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. I finally got my way; reason prevailed. Thank goodness or we'd have had to sleep somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the car.
The second reason: we loved to drive with the windows, including sunroof, open. Forget air-conditioning. I was so windblown from that road trip the reservation clerk at my preferred Best Western looked at me askance and informed me, quite unceremoniously, that the motel was completely booked. I could hardly blame her. I caught sight of my image in the lobby mirror; I looked pretty wild and woolly, even to me - a disheveled, bushy-haired creature. The next place we tried didn't seem to care so much or could it be because I stayed in the car when we registered?
Driving through West Virginia was like sitting at the tail end of a roller coaster - totally exhilarating. It beats anything the amusement park has to offer - all downhill, simultaneously curving, winding, descending. I timed it. At some point I checked my watch. We'd been on this "magic carpet ride" for almost fifty minutes. The wide open highway, before and below; the breathtaking rugged scenery; the wind whipping through the open windows; Van Morrison's "Hymns to the Silence" playing - I was on a real high - and no, I don't do drugs - in my experience reality has always managed to confound my imagination.
My friend teased me about my enraptured response although I know, secretly, he enjoyed it. "Traveling with you is like taking your kid to the zoo." So be it. We've done more than one road trip together. I've no doubt this one will not be the last....
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Formed in 1965, the now legendary California band, Papa Doo Run Run, quickly discovered their forte - they sounded like the Beach Boys! That sound led them to surf music legends, Jan & Dean, and from 1976-80 Papa toured North America with the duo. In the 80s Papa graduated from J&D to the Beach Boys, and toured and recorded with members of that band throughout the next 2 decades. The group also had an unprecedented 15-year run as the 'Celebrity House Band' at Disneyland from 1975-90! Papa Doo's critically acclaimed, all-original 'Santa Cruz' album was originally released in 2001, sold a zillion copies, and was discontinued in 2006 - a nice 5 year run. But recently, XM and Sirius Satellite radio have been playing tracks from this CD, and a new demand has been created, so here it is - our re-release.


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Did you know that nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide will use social media in 2013, and that by next year, two billion users globally will log on to platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram?
These channels are already well-established in North America and Western Europe, so growth in total users will come from other territories over the next 5 years, such as Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
This infographic from Wishpond takes a closer look at how social media is still very much on the rise.
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A tragic beginning...
Isadora Nikitas understands what it means to be betrayed. That lesson was taught to her in the prime of her life, and when she is offered a chance to exact revenge, she finds it difficult to refuse.
Instead she entrusts her survival to a mysterious vampire known only as Diomêdês, a male who wants nothing in return but to watch over her - in every way imaginable.
Gifted with speed, strength, and immortality, she determines that her life will no longer be governed by the needs and wants of a mere man. She has cowered for the last time, and with her Ancient by her side, she thrives and blossoms into the most formidable female vampire in existence.
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M. Sindy Felin's inspiration for her debut novel, Touching Snow, came from her own experiences growing up in an immigrant household in suburban New York and from her early love of mysteries. In writing the story of Karina, a young girl navigating the waters of two cultures, Sindy relied on many real-life social issues facing fellow Haitian immigrant families in the community where she was raised and was inspired by their resiliency and ingenuity. Sindy, the first person in her family born in the United States, was also the first girl to attend college; she graduated from Wesleyan University in 1994. She currently resides outside Washington, D.C.
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Copyright © 2007 by M. Sindy Felin
The best way to avoid being picked on by high school bullies is to kill someone. Anyone will do. Accidental killings have the same effect as on- purpose murder. Of course, this is just my own theory. My sister Delta would say that my sample size isn't big enough to draw such a conclusion. But I bet I'm right.
Because now no one jerks my braids so my neck snaps back and I bite my tongue; no one pulls my backpack off and scatters my textbooks in one hallway, my notebooks in another, and leaves the bag in the boys' bathroom toilet; no one spits at me from the school bus; and Gorilla Arms Manning doesn't pretend to point with his right hand while grabbing my crotch with his left. Not since eighth grade. Not since I killed Daddy.
He wasn't my real daddy. My sisters and I had to call him that when our little brothers were born so they would know what to call him. Before that I just called him Umm. Like "Umm...remember you said you would let us watch TV this weekend?" Or "Umm...do you want any more rice and plantains?" That's because Ma never told us what our name for him was.
A couple days after my fifth birthday Ma returned to the apartment we shared with Uncle Andre and Aunt Jacqueline and three of my cousins, and made my sisters and me put on matching pink-and-white girly dress-up dresses -- the kind with the frilly decorations that scratch your neck and the giant bows in back that never tie to quite the same size, so you end up looking like a crippled-winged angel. Then we went to a church and there was a wedding and we moved out of Brooklyn to a red and yellow house in a place full of white folks called Chestnut Valley and never went back to Uncle Andre's apartment. Ma called her new husband Gaston. But my sister Enid got slapped when she tried that.
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February 1, 1990
I must say I am tired of reading quips from fleet administrators that feel their jobs are so demanding and subject to extinction.
January 1, 1990
When the able and popular Connie Wesley lost her fleet manager's job at Honeywell last fall, it caused quite a stir in our offices.
August 1, 1989
A few weeks ago, my routine was altered when I enjoyed the interesting cultural experience of my first visit to Japan, thanks to Mazda's special invitation to preview their new fall models. Besides the new 929, I had the opportunity to test drive the all new (and hot driving) 323 Protégé LX with a 1.8 -liter, dual overhaul cam, 125 hp engine at their Miyoshi Proving Ground High Speed Test Track.
November 1, 1988
For the first time in history of fleet operations, the depreciation factor alone has reached an over 50 percent portion of total vehicle costs. Most authorities agree that result is directly attributable to indifference or lack of company politics that constitute better judgment.
September 1, 1988
Curiosly, the EPA has earned a new adversary, not in Detroit or Shelbyville, Indiana, but right in Washington, D.C. - no less than the Department of Energy (DOE).
August 1, 1988
No one can accuse the auto marketer's fleet groups of having a stiff attitude when it comes to incentives.
June 1, 1988
In a recent release from NADA News, the association reports that their latest Dealer Attitude Survey shows that dealers are less optimistic about the future of the retail automobile industry.
May 1, 1988
When we talk about fleet managers, we think of the guy or gals who are responsible for 700 or 1,700 cars, who are NAFA members, and who are highly visible to the factory fleet directors and the major leading companies because of the sheer volume of purchasing that they do and the heavy corporate responsibility they bear.
Fleet management may have a slightly different meaning to the lessors because they
April 1, 1988
What's behind the continuing rage to acquire leasing companies?
March 1, 1988
We've seen a lot of change occur in the fleet market over the years. Some forty years ago, Sam Lee, one of the industry leaders at that time, found out that even the factories did not have a written fleet policy. Since then, however, the factories have directed to you an ever-inceasing stream of promotion sheets, specs, incentives, warranties and miscellaneous hype; all designed as tools to assist you in efficient vehicle purchasing.
January 1, 1988
After attending the National Automobile Dealer Association (NADA) annual convention in San Francisco, one might find it difficult to distinguish this experience from a massive, continuous grazing party. Dealers, exhibitors, and the press do more than a yeoman's job consuming hors d'oeuvres and booze at an almost incredible rate. I'm convinced that that part of our economy need not be concerned about a recession.
What are the most important factors when making a purchasing decision?
September 1, 1986
As expected (and already accepted) the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is out as of January 1, 1986.
March 1, 1986
Detroit has been "on a run" and we couldn't be happier about it.
June 1, 1984
In 1972, the new Federal Odometer Law caused quite a stir in the fleet market. Some of my personal and business friends scoffed at the legislation and failed to heed the warning of the Federal Trade Commission.
February 1, 1984
In a historic decision in mid-January, GM's Board of Directors approved a far-reaching plan of reorganization that will undoubtedly change many career lives in the company.
January 1, 1984
The following was presented on December 19.1983, in Jackson, MS, at a congressional hearing by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism regarding H.R. 1415 (fleet allowances) and chaired by Rep. James J. Florio (D-NJ).
December 1, 1983
Without fear of contradiction it can be said that the light truck (Classes I and II - under 10,000 GVW) market is booming. Numbers recorded elsewhere in this issue demonstrate that light trucks have hit a four-year high in new registrations so far in 1983 and are bound to continue strong, not only for the rest of this year but throughout 1984.
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Lisbon 200 - Chiado
Size200 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Family/child friendly
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
- Baby cot
- Dishwasher
- Towels
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|Rua Nova do Almada, 1200-289 Lisbon, Portugal
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Spacious, luminous and well equipped, the flat has 200m2 and includes:
• a bedroom with double bed (160x200 cm)
• a bedroom with 3 single beds
• a bedroom with 2 single beds (90x200 cm)
• a bedroom suite with a double bed (160x200 cm), walking closet and a bathroom with bathtub;
• Living room with sitting and dining areas, satellite TV, DVD and stereo
• Fully equipped kitchen (from kitchen utensils to dishwasher)
• a bathroom with bathtub
• a wc
• Free Wi-Fi
• Central heating
• Iron and Ironing board available
• Bed Linen and Towels are included
• Baby cot can be provided, but please inform in advance!
The standard time for check-in is after 16h00 and check-out is before 11:00, but if the apartment is available other arrangements can be made.
This is a licensed local lodging accommodation, registered at Turismo de Portugal (1406/POL/2010)
At the present time, there are some constructions behind the building. Occasional noise may occur during business hours (08h-18h).
House rules• No parties.
• Smoking is not allowed.
• Quiet time is from 10PM to 8AM. The nightly rest of the neighbors must be respected.
• We will ask for some identification document information. Under Portuguese law we are required to do so.
• We will also request you to sign a responsibility term containing your credit card information, as damage deposit guarantee.
The standard time for check-in is after 16h00 and check-out is before 11:00, but if the apartment is available other arrangements can be made. Particular situations:
- additional 30 Euro for check-in from 9:30 PM to 00:00 AM every day;
- additional 45 Euro for check-in from 00:00 AM to 8:30 AM every day;
- additional 25 Euro for check-in on Week-ends and on Portuguese public holidays till 9:30 PM. Tourist Licence Number : 53995/AL
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Very good location, very clean apartment and equipped. Overall excellent.
Muy buena ubicación, el apartamento muy limpio y equipado. En general excelente.
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Good location, clean and pleasant host
This flat is ideal in every respect. Located on a pedestrian street, above pastry shops and restaurants, it's in a busy part of town but it's quiet enough, since the bustle of the city subsides around 10:00 pm. The flat is easily reached by stairs or a small lift, and the building opens onto the pedestrian street. We were dropped off by taxi only a block away. The location is ideal in the centre of the Baixa district of Lisbon, the flat part in the centre of the city, with easy access to two railway stations, the Metro, trams and buses. Outside the front door is every convenience: a restaurant across the street, a convenience store almost next door run by a helpful and friendly family, and two pastry/coffee shops at the corner for your morning dose of caffeine. A large grocery store is two blocks away, an even larger one near the Rossio train station only a few blocks further. As to the flat itself, it's two bedrooms are well separated, each with its own bathroom, and the living room/dining room combination is spacious, with a nice TV with hundreds of channels in various languages. The kitchen is well equipped (even with a clothes washer and drying stand) and has everything one needs. We found it excellent for two adult couples, and it would serve a fairly large family with additional accommodation in the living room. The managers were excellent, on time and responsive, and we could not have hoped for a better flat, in a better location, for a perfect visit to a wonderful city. We are recommending it highly.
Bueno, inicialmente, el apartamento seleccionado, no fue el que elegimos, eso si, debo recalcar que tuvieron la gentileza de ponerse en contacto conmigo y mostrarme otro apartamento, de iguales características, muy cerca al centro histórico, que fue el
Apartamento 37 , muy bien ubicado, cerca a los lugares de interés y con una amplia oferta culinaria.
En líneas generales, cumplió las expectativas de alojamiento previstas.
La persona que nos recibió, muy amable, el apartamento muy limpio, con las cosas básicas.
El wifi excelente .
Tal vez habría que renovar el TV , modelo muy antiguo y con pocos canales.
Das Apartment 265 in Principe Real hat mir sehr gut gefallen - es ist geräumig, sehr gut gelegen und mit allem ausgestattet, was man für einen bequemen Aufenthalt benötigt. Der Service (Kontaktaufnahme, Check-in & Check-Out, Einweisung) hat perfekt funktioniert. Ich werde dieses Apartment gern wieder besuchen.
We met Thelma at the apartment, she gave us lots of information about the apartment and the local area. Although the apartment seemed smaller than we imagined by the photos it was really lovely. Both beds (normal double sized) were very comfortable. The kitchen area is fine and has all you need, we didn't eat at the kitchen table as we were out on the lovely sunny balcony most of the time we were in the apartment. The living area with TV is also comfortable and a nice addition when too warm outside. There is no air con in the apartment but we had the doors open most of the time and the curtains closed in the daytime and it kept the heat down. There are 2 outdoor areas but the balcony with lovely river views is the best. The bathroom with shower is great. As this apartment is on the fourth floor you will have lots of stairs to contend with, keeps you fit though! There is a little noise from the street below in the early hours as the gardeners in the park start early and also on Flea Market days but all in all not that bad. Would recommend this apartment for 2 to 3 people, maybe more and it may be too crowded. Lovely area in old Alfama with cobbled streets and hole in the wall bars, best area to stay from what we saw of Lisbon.
Very nice stay
Der Schlagzeile ist eigentlich nichts hinzu zufügen. Man muss aber erst mal 220 Stufen, in mehreren Etappen, von der nächsten METRO-Station erklimmen.
Der Blick ist wirklich fantastisch. Die Wohnung selbst bietet alles was man braucht. Man hat einen seperaten kleine Platz unter einem Zitronenbaum, wo man sitzen und essen kann. Darüber ein Hühnerstall, mit einem Hahn, der pünklich weckt. Aber uns hat es nicht gestört. Alles gut, gern mal wieder.
Buenos días : Lo mejor de la estancia: Thiago , nos recomendó sitios que ver, comery relajarse. El barrio muy típico y la casa rehabilitada con gusto , te encuentras bien en el pequeño pero coqueto apartamento. . Para la perfección mejorar pequeños detalles como el jabonero oxidado del lavabo o apenas papel higiénico en el servicio. La escalera del inmueble estuvo sin limpiar toda la estancia.
De todo ello me quedo con la simpatía de Thiago y la tranquilidad y la magia del barrio. Saludos
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https blocked by squid/iptables
I connect to the internet at work through an authenticating proxy, and to avoid having to enter the proxy info into every app I use (e.g. firefox, wget, kde, etc) I have set up squid as a local transparent proxy which authenticates and routes all traffic to the work proxy. It has been working fine, but lately I haven't been able to connect to any https sites. I don't think I have changed the configuration, so perhaps it is the result of an upgrade, or something badly configured on my system from the start. I have tried connecting to https sites without squid and iptables and it works fine.
My system is Arch linux, and my squid.conf file is:
acl all src all acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access allow !Safe_ports http_access allow CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow all icp_access allow all http_port 127.0.0.1:3128 transparent cache_peer 192.168.10.50 parent 8080 8080 login=<my login info> default no-query never_direct allow all hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 acl shoutcast rep_header X-HTTP09-First-Line ^ICY.[0-9] upgrade_http0.9 deny shoutcast acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache broken_vary_encoding allow apache coredump_dir /var/cache/squid shutdown_lifetime 1 seconds
*nat :PREROUTING ACCEPT [301:41956] :INPUT ACCEPT [197:33165] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [230:13996] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [230:13996] -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -m owner --uid-owner proxy -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3128 -m owner --uid-owner proxy -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128 COMMIT *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [2894:1147620] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [2511:770638] COMMIT
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Are you sure your IT people haven't changed the firewall/proxy configuration? As I have said before, if what used to work suddenly stops working, what has changed?Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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That's what I thought at first, but it worked if I just bypassed my proxy, so the network proxy can't be the problem. However, a couple of days ago it just mysteriously started working again, so perhaps it was just a minor bug which an update fixed or something.


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Irhamah, Irhamah and Ismail, Zuhaimy (2009) A breeder genetic algorithm for vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 5 (11). pp. 1998-2005. ISSN 1816-157X (Print) ; 1819-544X (Online)
Official URL: http://www.insipub.com/jasr/2009/1998-2005.pdf
This paper considers a version of VRP known as VRP with Stochastic Demands (VRPSD) where the demands are unknown when the route is designed. The problem objective is to find a priori route under preventive restocking that minimize the total expected cost, including travel cost and the expected recourse cost, subject to the routing constraints, under the stochastic demands setting. The Breeder Genetic Algorithm is proposed to solve this problem. BGA is a kind of GAs, which is especially powerful and reliable in global searching. The BGA was compared to the standard Genetic Algorithm on a set of randomly generated problems following some discrete probability distributions. The problem data are inspired by real case of VRPSD in waste collection. From the results, it was found that the BGA was clearly superior to standard GA in terms of solution quality. Compared to Bianchi et al's GA, the BGA also may lead to a better performance
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Her baby isn't due until early September, but reports suggest that Reese Witherspoon could give birth any day now.
RadarOnline reported that Reese, 36, was taken into hospital with complications on Tuesday night, but was later released.
She then returned to hospital on Wednesday morning and doctors now plan to keep her in for a few nights in the hope that they can delay labour.
A source told RadarOnline: "Doctors have sedated Reese and they're keen on keeping her from going into an early labour so the baby's development will go to full term."
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The source claimed: "Reese and Jim are a little worried about having the baby so early. But it's close enough to her due date that they're confident the baby will be just fine."
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Gray is a well-known international fashion show lighting designer, and has worked with both Bacchus and their clients, the British Fashion Council on many other projects.
His starting point for the design on this one was a very attractive clean, streamlined set designed by Bacchus including white stretched material 'walls,' bench seats and large white flats for backdrops in the main room at the Hospital Club, for which the exterior walls were draped in black for contrast and to enhance the clean cut look.
"It was a simple, modular and extremely pleasant environment to light," comments Gray who chose a daylight colour temperature to keep the brightness, lightness and a sense of 'bounce' in the air.
The focus of all the lighting fixtures had to be very precise due to the low ceiling and to avoid unwanted light spillage.
The lighting scheme was based on a central spine truss, loaded with around 60 Source Four PARs and a front array of 15 Source Four Profiles – all supplied by rental company Neg Earth.
Gray also used some of the Hospital Club's in-house lighting fixtures, including PARs and 2K fresnels for lighting the white set, and the white muslin walls around the periphery of the space, which utilised 5K fresnels.
His crew chief was Ben Howell and the lighting console operator was Rob Gawler, who used one of Renegade's Chamsys desks.
Upstairs in the exhibition area, Gray also lit several stands with a series of special silver exhibition gallery lights – the sources resembling mini PARs - on silver upright stands, all from specialist, unusual and off-beat lamp suppliers, Shok London.
His offsite shows for the busy 'London Collections : Men' weekend included SuperDry and Jonathan Saunders.
The Superdry show took place on the top floor of their flagship central London store in Regent Street. Gray chose a series of vintage theatre lights and antique Altman profile spots – also supplied by Shok London - to set the scene and highlight the displays which looked very cool and tied in with SuperDry's retro modernism.
The Jonathan Saunders menswear presentation took place at the fabulous Elms Lesters Painting Rooms and art gallery in London WC2, for which Gray produced a visual design and atmospheric engineering.
Downstairs he had two projectors rigged to project the designer's book images in large format onto the walls, while upstairs, was a collection of classic TV lighting fixtures fitted on chrome push-up stands. These lit the displays and energised the structural elegance of the gallery space, picking out RSJs and other elements and integrating them into the experience.
Says Gray, "It's always really exciting being involved in something completely new. I had the chance to create some completely unique and different visual treatments all in very different spaces – which was very special. Hopefully the whole 'London Collections : Men' concept will take off and become a regular fixture on the fashion calendar".


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Author has written 20 stories for Princess Diaries, Sound of Music, Harry Potter, and Sunset Beach.
Still like C&J fanfiction and ADMM stories, but more into the O&G stories now.
Please after you read any of my story then review it so I'll know if you like it or not and it means a lot to know that there is someone who is reading it.
I decided to end all of my unfinished stories, because it's annoying to read a story what don't have an end.
So I'm working on: Baby, please stop crying; Lionel come or not come; Episodes from a marriage
Finished C&J: Birthday Present; Hurt; The best football match; Couple rose; Within trials of love; Mysterious life; I just can't believe it
Finished ADMM: Kittens; My incident with Dolores Jane Umbridge; Mysterious world
Finished M&G: I'm sorry
Finished O&G: Welcome to the marriage of hell; The world of this hospital; Inside the police station; Welcome home; Playback time
I don't own the characters or the movies and I am not making any money of my story's.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKBN) – The owner of three Canfield companies has been charged in federal court for failing to pay nearly $600,000 in federal income tax.
David S. Owens, aka D. Scott Evans, 62, of Columbus, was charged in a federal bill of information with one count of failure to account for and pay employment tax, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
According to the bill of information, between 2008 and 2009, Owens, through his Canfield-based company, Advetech, Inc., made payroll tax withholdings from his employees' paychecks, but failed to pay those withholdings to the IRS in the approximate amount of $570,000. According to its website, Advetech manufactures industrial knives, blades and wear parts.
The bill of information states that during the same time period, Owens transferred hundreds of thousands of Advetech, Inc. dollars to at least two other Canfield companies owned and operated by Owens, including Brixton Development Corp. and Preferred Communities, Inc. The bill of information states Owens took hundreds of thousands of dollars in income for himself from the two companies.
The case was investigated by the IRS and the U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration.


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text: Q About four years ago we bought our current home. Since the market for selling our old home wasn`t good then, we rented it to tenants until now. When our last tenant moved out a few months ago, we decided to sell our old home. We got lucky and made an all-cash sale for $124,500. As our cost basis is only about $32,000, we were pleased until we talked to our CPA last week. She told us our approximate $92,500 capital gain is all taxable with no deferral. In addition, she says we will be subject to an additional ``alternative minimum tax.`` I thought home sales were tax-free. Please tell us our CPA is wrong.


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Autumn was a time of difficult decisions for the medieval peasant because it was impossible to keep all the farm animals over the winter due to of lack of fodder. November was known to the Anglo Saxons as blood month because of the number of animals which were slaughtered and salted down for the hard winter ahead.
Pigs were a particularly popular animal because they were easiest to fatten up, lived on scraps most of the time, and could live happily on free food such as acorns and beech masts during the autumn, so surviving longer.
However, their demise was eagerly looked forward to by fans of ball games, particularly hockey and football. The medieval poet Alexander Barclay said of boy's games "each time and season has its joys."
Autumn was the start of the football and hockey seasons because the first blown up pig's bladders of various sizes were available to provide balls for both sports. Handballs were also made for other games using dried beans or peas to make them rattle.
The length of the football season must have been dictated by the availability of bladders, so the fate of village pigs must have been closely watched by fans. According to books on the husbandry of the period there was enough food available for some pigs to live until February before the need to feed them from scarce stored resources. A cue for another round of new footballs.


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Adidas develops high-tech soccer ball
Published 6:04 pm, Wednesday, July 9, 2014
High-tech soccer ball
Sportswear maker Adidas has created a high-tech soccer ball that could have helped Team USA score more goals during the World Cup - or maybe helped Brazil's players avoid their brutal, embarrassing loss Tuesday to Germany.
The miCoach Smart Ball looks like a regulation FIFA-approved ball on the outside. It's built to survive 7,000 kicks at 60 mph at a steel wall 8 feet away, more durable than the balls Adidas makes for the World Cup.
But inside is an integrated system of sensors that detect how hard the ball is kicked, how fast it's spinning and its trajectory. The Bluetooth-enabled ball then sends the data to a mobile app (for now, only available for iOS devices) to give players feedback on whether their kicks are on target or off line.
The ball is the product of more than four years of research by Adidas engineers in Portland, Ore., and retails for $299 at Apple Stores or through the Adidas website.
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Christian DiBenedetto, Adidas senior innovation director, said the ball is not just for World Cup teams. It will be marketed to players, especially those in youth and recreational leagues, who want to learn technique.
"What we're trying to focus on is taking the science out of it," DiBenedetto said. "We don't want you to have to understand what makes a good kick. We want to put that all in the background and give you what you need to be a better kicker."
October end to bond buying
The Federal Reserve intends to end its bond-buying program in October provided the economy continues to grow, according to an account published Wednesday of the central bank's most recent policymaking meeting.
The minutes of the June meeting reflected the confidence of Fed officials that the economy had rebounded from a rough winter and their expectation that growth would continue over the next few years. But it also reflected the growing consensus that damage from the recession would continue to limit the pace of growth.
The Fed plans to add $35 billion to its holdings of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities in July, $25 billion in August and September, and a final $15 billion in October, according to the account.
The minutes said that ending the purchases in October rather than December was not intended to signal any change in the timing of the next step in the Fed's retreat - the first increase in its benchmark interest rate since December 2008, expected next summer.
Apple to release ata eventually
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said the iPhone maker plans to eventually release information about the diversity of its workforce, following technology companies including Google and Facebook.
"We'll release the information at some point," Cook said at the annual Allen & Co. media and technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, without giving a timetable for a disclosure. "We are more focused on actions."
Silicon Valley companies are facing criticism for the lack of diversity among its employees, particularly women and minorities. A group of shareholders has pressed Apple to diversify its leadership ranks and board, which has one woman director. Social-networking firms Facebook and Twitter Inc. were criticized leading up to their initial public offerings for not having any female directors, which the companies have since taken steps to address.
Facebook said on June 25 that its workforce is 31 percent female and that 91 percent are white or Asian. Those numbers were in line with recent disclosures made by Yahoo, Google and LinkedIn.
More late flights and complaints
More flights on U.S. airlines are running late or getting canceled, and complaints are rising.
The Transportation Department said Wednesday that 76.9 percent of flights arrived on time in May, down from 79.6 percent in April and 79.4 percent in May 2013.
The largest airlines canceled 1.9 percent of their flights in May, nearly double the rate in April and last May.
The airline industry said bad weather was largely to blame.
Mexico enacts tougher limits
The lower house of Mexico's Congress approved tough restrictions on dominant companies in the country's telephone and television sectors Wednesday after 20 hours of debate and discussion.
The rules were already passed by the Senate, but must be signed into law by President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil phone company announced Tuesday that it will sell off unspecified assets and businesses to get the company below the 50 percent limit.


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DATRON Expands Their Line of Award-Winning Dental Milling Machines
Two New Offerings Enable More Labs to Produce Titanium Implant Parts In-House
Milford, NH, February 24, 2014 – DATRON Dynamics, Representative of DATRON AG in Germany, has introduced two new products to stand on each side of the award-winning D5 Dental Mill. The D5 Entry and the D5LS have been added to their lineup in order to offer a scalable solution that meets the needs of a wider range of dental labs. All three machines in the DATRON line allow for the milling of zirconia and other soft materials, as well as harder materials like chrome cobalt and titanium.
For labs that want to mill metal and have low to moderate production levels, DATRON now offers the D5 Entry model with a manual (puck) changer. This model costs approximately $50,000 less than the D5 Standard which includes 8-puck automation for labs that have moderate to high production volumes and want up to 100 hours of unattended operation. "The D5 Entry is ideal for labs that want to mill their own titanium implant parts, but don't require automatic puck changes," said Robert Murphy, Vice President, noting that it can be upgraded to include automation if the lab's needs change in the future.
For labs that demand a higher level of precision than the ± 10 microns offered by the D5 Entry and Standard models, the D5 LS is equipped with Heidenhain linear scales which result in the highest positioning accuracy. The D5 LS also provides increased thermal stability which helps to yield a consistent quality even when there are significant fluctuations in room temperature or temperature increases caused by extended uninterrupted milling. This results in a repeatability of < 2 microns and an absolute accuracy of ± 5 microns making the D5 LS the most accurate purpose-built dental milling system worldwide.
The original D5 Standard 5-axis dental mill was introduced in 2010 to critical acclaim that earned a prestigious RedDot Design Award for Best Industrial Design. Since then, the D5 Standard has set the bar when it comes to high-quality in-lab milling of titanium implant bars and custom abutments. The machine's rigid cast steel construction houses an integrated 8-piece handling system that automatically loads and unloads blanks for up to 100 hours of unattended operation. The D5 is the first machining center in the world to feature a user-friendly touch-screen Apple iPad to control all machine functions.


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Give plain yogurt a tropical boost by mixing in pineapple and toasted coconut.
Level: Easy
Serves: 1
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- ½ c. chopped pineapple
- 6 oz. Greek yogurt
- Microwave coconut on high on plate, 1 to 2 minutes, until toasted; spoon over yogurt with pineapple.
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Excite posts profit and loss
Did it make money or not? Excite wants it both ways
Excite has posted its first profitable quarter. The company announced a profit of $1.3 million on revenues of $44 million for Q3 1998. That said, the Internet company also made a cash payment to Netscape under the terms of the two operations' agreement to co-operate on an new Net search system. The payment dragged Excite's results into an effective loss of $6.8 million. That's more in keeping with the company's previous results, which saw it record an $80 million loss on revenue of $33 million. That too featured a payment to Netscape, of $56.8 million, some of which was brought forward into the third quarter because the SEC objected to such a large write-off. Further charges relating to the Netscape deal will continue to impact the company by $7.6 million every quarter until after April 2000, Excite said. ® Click for more stories
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This is not the time for fragile silks and sheers. We're in an era of twill, faux suede, and vinyl -- all long lasting, easy to clean, and affordable.
Use durable outdoor fabrics inside so you won't have to replace upholstery any time soon. The new weather- (and grape juice) resistant fabrics are available in any print or texture you could want and feel amazing to the touch.
As in the workplace, everybody, including furniture, needs to do the work of two or three these days. Choose an ottoman that doubles as seating, a coffee table with drawers, or a dining table with leaves for expanding. We love this funky ottoman which functions as a coffee table when outfitted with a tray, or seats two when guests come over.
We need all the comforts of home these days, so surround yourself with cozy fabrics -- chenille, velvet, and mohair, if you can afford it. Just one armchair covered in a soft, warm fabric can provide refuge from the tide of bad news -- it's the equivalent of a photo of your family on your desk at work, guaranteed to lower your blood pressure.
Put fluffy throws within arm's reach of your favorite seat. Surround yourself with things that remind you of happy times, and hold the promise of the better days ahead: Photographs of family trips, family heirlooms, and souvenirs help you feel grounded in a turbulent world.
It's official: Ostentatious design is as passé as a Merrill Lynch spreadsheet. This is not the time for gold-leafed ceilings, hand painted wallpaper, or custom rugs. It is the time, however, for recovering your old furniture, recycling someone else's castoffs, and shopping smarter.
The manageable proportions and humble materials of cottage style should be your guiding principles. There are many retailers who seem have their fingers on the pulse of design trends, offering low-cost versions of high-end furniture and accessories.
For this season's colder days, hang a piece of art that makes you smile. It will brighten the room and keep your mood up.


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Closing date has passed.
The purpose of this procurement is to meet the contracting authority's need for a patient signalling system.
The municipalities shall enter into a framework agreement for the procurement, possibly hire, of an actual patient signalling system.
The signalling system must be built on open standards so that the electronic communication can function independently of the supplier, i.e. equipment from 1 supplier must be able to communicate directly with equipment from another supplier.
The municipalities focus on long term and smart systems that shall be able to meet the user needs at all levels.


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In yesterday's musical tour of Holiday Favorites, I came across this gentleman who plays the trumpet parts of Leroy Anderson's orchestral music using just his hands! (Leroy Anderson was the composer that created the Boston Pops sound.) It really doesn't feel like the Christmas season until you have heard Anderson's Sleigh Ride at least 25 times. After you have listened to this version, you will never be able to hear this ubiquitous Christmas piece again without smiling.
The Symphony's Holiday Pops concerts are Friday, December 18 and Saturday, December 19 at the Municipal Auditorium and they begin at 8 p.m. Our Holiday Family concert is Sunday, December 20 at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity University's Laurie Auditorium.
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End Sunni-Shiite unrest in Iraq with Arab intervention / Stability demands action by regional group so U.S. and allies can plan exit
Published 4:00 am, Sunday, October 9, 2005
Arab leaders have so far reacted with astonishing passivity to the unfolding tragedy in Iraq. They have preferred to remain spectators, largely, no doubt, because it was not clear how they could act and whether the parties to the conflict were ready to accept their help.
Today all that is changing. The grave threat to vital Arab interests requires -- indeed demands -- concerted Arab action. Moreover, the bloody stalemate on the ground suggests that an outside intervention could be effective and might be generally welcome.
In Washington last month, Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, warned the Bush administration that Iraq is hurtling toward disintegration, a development that he said could drag the region into war.
It seems clear that two trends pose a very serious danger to the Arab world.
First, a Sunni-Shiite civil war (which is, in fact, already raging) could spill over into the gulf and beyond with disastrous consequences for the stability of the states concerned.
Second, a dismembered Iraq would no longer be able to serve as a counterweight to Iran, thus dealing a serious blow to Arab regional security.
For these two reasons alone, an Arab initiative to end the conflict is urgently required.
What form could it take? Some leading European countries, confronting the difficulty of concerted action by their 25-member union, are talking of forming a core group within the European Union. The Arabs face a similar dilemma. The 22-member Arab League is too big and too divided for effective action in spite of the efforts of its excellent Secretary-General, Amr Mousa.
An Arab core group -- consisting, for example of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco -- might be better placed to devise a strategy to help the United States, Britain and the suffering Iraqis out of the current quagmire.
Such a four-member core group could (a) hold a summit of their heads of state in, say, Abu Dhabi; (b) call for a three month-long truce in Iraq; (c) set a firm date for the withdrawal of foreign forces; and (d) invite all Iraqi parties and communities -- whether Shiite, Sunni, Kurd or Turkman, as well as nationalist, non-confessional and secular groups -- to send representatives to a grand conference in a neutral venue to thrash out a formula for power-sharing and revenue-sharing in a new Iraq.
One of the aims of such a conference would be to lay the groundwork for a $30 billion Iraq Reconstruction Fund under United Nations control with contributions from the U.S. ($10billion); the Arab Gulf ($10 billion); and the EU, China and Japan ($10 billion).
In May 2003, shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Adeed Dawisha, an American of Iraqi origin, and his wife, Karen, both professors at an American university, published an article in the prestigious journal Foreign Affairs setting out guidelines for a democratic Iraq.
They argue for a federal solution -- but not separatism or dismemberment -- in which power is devolved to Iraq's 18 provinces, which would each elect a local government, while oil resources remain in the hands of the central government. They point to the success of other federal states like Germany, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Their detailed recommendations are well worth pondering today and could provide valuable ideas in the shaping of a new federal, yet united, Iraq.
Now is the moment to make a fresh start in Iraq and halt the dreadful cycle of killing by both the insurgents and the United States. Crimes are being committed on both sides that will be difficult to forget or forgive and that will weigh heavily on the future of those committing them.
There are at least three major reasons why the time is ripe for an Arab intervention.
First, the United States and Britain are urgently seeking an exit strategy from the conflict. The cost of the war in troops and treasure has become unacceptable. In both countries, public opinion has turned decisively against the war and is demanding the recall of the troops. President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair continue to speak of "staying the course" but in fact both would now grasp eagerly at any credible opportunity to get out without too much loss of face.
Second, in the Arab world, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz has ascended the Saudi throne, and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has been re-elected for a fifth term of office. These two highly experienced rulers are well aware of the danger of allowing the Iraqi situation to deteriorate further. They also know what tremendous prestige they would gain from a successful Arab intervention.
Third, record oil prices have liberated Arab oil-producing states from immediate financial constraints and given them great freedom of action. Now is the time for them to be generous. They should use their financial muscle to resolve the terrible conflict on their borders and not leave to others what they should be doing themselves.