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Medicat USB 18.10 (Mini Windows 10 x64)
MediCat DVD/USB is a bootable troubleshooting environment that ships with Windows PE boot environment, and troubleshooting tools. The author of MediCat DVD designed the bootable toolkit as an unofficial successor to the popular Hiren's Boot CD boot environment. Hiren's Boot Cd has last been updated in 2012, and while it works in many cases, at least some of the software it ships with is outdated and requires updating.
You get to access all sorts of programs right there, and even more if you are using a version of the toolkit that came with PortableApps included (this one). This include many tools that help you troubleshoot issues on a PC; to name a few: EaseUS Partition Master, HDDExpert, NTFS Permissions Tool, backup tools, Dead Pixel tester, CPU-Z, RegAlyzer, Dr.Web CureIt, Kaspersky TDSSKiller, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and Autoruns.


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ANGELS talk with each other just the way we do in this world. They talk about various things—domestic matters, community concerns, issues of moral life, and issues of spiritual life. There is no difference except that they talk with each other more intelligently than we do because they talk from a deeper level of thought. I have often been allowed to be in their company and talk with them like one friend with another, or sometimes like one stranger with another; and since at such times I was in a state like theirs, it seemed exactly as though I were talking with people on earth.
Angelic language, like human language, is differentiated into words. It is similarly uttered audibly and heard audibly. Angels have mouths and tongues and ears just as we do; and they also have an atmosphere in which the sound of their language is articulated. However, it is a spiritual atmosphere that is adapted to angels, who are spiritual. Angels breathe in their atmosphere and use their breath to utter words just the way we do in ours.
All people in heaven have the same language. They all understand each other, no matter what community they come from, whether nearby or remote. This language is not learned but is innate; it flows from their very affection and thought. The sound of the language corresponds to their affection and the articulations of the sound—the words, that is—correspond to the mental constructs that arise from their affections. Since their language corresponds to these [inner events], it too is spiritual, for it is audible affection and vocal thinking.
Anyone who reflects may realize that all thought comes from affection, which is a function of love, and that mental constructs are various forms into which the general affection is apportioned; for no thoughts or concepts whatever occur apart from affection. This is the source of their soul and life. This is why angels know simply from speech what kind of person someone is—they know the quality of the affection from the sound and the quality of the mind from the articulations of the sound, or words. Wiser angels know from a single series of statements what someone's ruling affection is, since this is what they are primarily attentive to.
It is recognized that all people have various affections or moods—one in times of happiness, another in times of sorrow, another in times of tenderness and compassion, another in times of honesty and truth, another in times of love and thoughtfulness, another in times of zeal or anger, another in times of pretense and guile, another in times of ambition for respect and adulation, and so on; but there is a dominant affection or love within all of these, so since the wiser angels perceive this, they know from conversation the whole state of another person.
I have been granted knowledge of this through an abundance of experience. I have heard angels discover a person's life simply by listening. They have told me that they know everything about another person's life from a few individual ideas because these enable them to know the person's ruling love, which contains everything in a pattern. This is all that our "book of life" is.
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The Golden Nugget hotel and casino is in downtown Las Vegas on Fremont Street. It has undergone a huge renovation and is now what I think is the best deal in Vegas. This is a picture of our room in the Carson Tower. As you can see the room is good, even though it's in the oldest tower. It was $47 including taxes for the night. Sometimes it's only $39 after tax.


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A Change of Mind … – Flash Fiction short story (No:7)
Flash Fiction story no:7 in the series. I got a bit stuck on this one, going right up to the 1000 word limit with it almost, hence it's late appearance.
Not much humour here I'm afraid, more a little macabre tale of regret and being careful what you wish for. A tad dark, but hey, it makes a nice – or not so nice – change. Enjoy …
A Change of Mind …
I used to be one of those 'the courts are too soft. They should slice his balls off with rusty wire cutters. Lock the bastards up and throw away the key,' convinced I had a better understanding of justice than the courts.
Like a lot of people, I was sick of seeing murders and rapists walking free after less than a year or two in jail while their victims suffered the rest of their lives. I was actually pleased at the shock election of a far-right government when it freed us from the judicial restraints of a civil and human rights obsessed Europe.
And then it happened; a little the worse for wear after too much booze, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
If only I'd called a taxi that night, everything that followed might have been avoided. But I didn't. I'd decided to stumble along the dark back streets to where I lived. I'd hoped against hope the night air might clear my head, maybe just enough to minimise the disapproving reception of a wife who would no doubt not be impressed at my turning up in the early hours of the morning. I can't help but sigh at the irony of such a trivial concern now.
I was passing a derelict factory when I noticed some bloke walking towards me.
"Got a light, mate?" he asked. I should have just muttered I hadn't and continued walking, but thinking about it, I doubt it would have made a difference.
I fumbled for a lighter among my pockets. In the process, I dropped my wallet to the ground. Fuck it, I silently cursed, cursing the stranger too for interrupting my efforts to walk home. The man immediately reached down for it. I assumed he was picking it up for me, undoubtedly aware I was too drunk to do so myself. I extended my hand for him to pass it back to me. He didn't. Instead, he opened it, taking out the one remaining twenty-pound note before tossing the wallet among some discarded black trash bags. I could well afford the loss of twenty quid, and it would have been easy enough to cancel the credit cards the next day. I should have just shrugged and continued my walk home and let it go.
I didn't …
"Oi, what you up to? You've taken my fucking money," I shouted at him. He turned to walk away, so I grabbed his arm to try and stop him. He easily shoved me to the ground among the trash bags where my cashless wallet lay. If I'd any sense, I wouldn't have got up, allowing the stranger to go on his way in search of another victim.
I rose to one knee and reached out to an empty bottle lying among the adjacent rubbish and threw it in his direction, hitting the back of his head, hard. He turned back towards me, angry and now with a knife in hand.
Having slumped back on my rear end, it was hard for him to lunge at me the same way he might if I were standing. Nonetheless, he tried to strike in a downwards motion. He stumbled in the dark though. After that, it's mostly an alcohol misted blur. All I know is, when he fell, the knife he was holding ended up piercing one of his lungs. Despite my drunken stupor, I still remember those last frantic gasps for breath while he literally drowned in his own blood.
If only I'd been sober. I would have either made sure I left no clues I was ever there or would have immediately called the police. Instead, I continued on my way home. The police found my wallet, and I was arrested the next day. A month later I was convicted – of murder.
Sentencing was very different now from what it was before the changes promised in The National Sovereignty Patriots' election manifesto before their unexpected victory. All the medieval penalties I and so many others would often wish for when we saw the social media conveyor belt of monstrous crime reports quickly became a part of the here and now.
The first change had been the reintroduction of the death penalty. But you had to suffer beforehand, the public demanded that. First, they might amputate a foot. A month later it might be a leg, then perhaps an eye or sometimes just a couple of fingers, there was no order or timetable to the surgeries. The Government kept the public onside with lots of happy-ending heart-string pulling social media posts of children being saved by the many more transplant organs available, courtesy of all those scummy criminals who wouldn't be needing them.
In between the amputations and the organ extractions and healing, the authorities would wheel you out around the schools and young offender institutions as a stark warning that the days of being soft on crime were over. As my anatomy continued to shrink, the looks of those I was paraded before gradually turned from pity to ones of horror and disgust.
We're forced to write a blog, detailing our experiences as a warning to others. That's how you come to be reading this. I won't be writing for a while, I'm due for another surgery tomorrow – another limb removal or perhaps a lung, I don't really know.
Prisoner X252 never did get to write the end of his story. They amputated his hands yesterday. There's not much of him left now, certainly not enough to parade before all the young offenders. Not surprisingly, he's changed his mind somewhat about judicial punishments. He misses all those civil liberties and human rights he'd once been so dismissive of … along with most of his body now.
A Triple Treat for Halloween …
Well okay, I know we're past Halloween now, but hey, for horror fans it really doesn't matter. It's with great pleasure I present my review of IASD member Lacey Lane's 2nd book in her Halloween Pumpkin Horror short story series and another of her short story collections, The Little Book of Horrors (and for those of you that missed the first one of the Pumpkin series I've included my review of Book One of that as well).
The Revenge of the Pumpkins – Amazon Blurb:
It's Halloween and the Smith family are having fun carving pumpkins. As the witching hour arrives and the pumpkins come to life will the Smith family live to regret the monsters they created?
Find out what happens when the pumpkins come to life and take their revenge…
The Revenge of the Pumpkins
A tiny tale of sheer horror genius!
Anyone looking for a gory Halloween story for kids, say twelve or thirteen upwards need look no further than Lacey Lane's The Revenge of the Pumpkins; we all know what happens on Halloween, or at least we think we do, when little boys and girls dress up for trick or treating, or carve shapes and faces in to unsuspecting pumpkins, and in that respect the story here is no different, or at least to begin with – what starts off as a fun filled day for the Smith family, dressing up, and indeed, carving their pumpkins in preparation for Halloween night, quickly descends into a scene right out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
What Lacey Lane has done with a seemingly harmless tradition, but which actually has its origins in ancient Celtic tradition when spirits and ghouls supposedly come back to haunt and cause mischief, is nothing less than sheer genius. The start of the story could easily be that of any traditional children's story or perhaps a Roald Dahl tale, but it very soon takes a giant step into the much darker world of bloody and psychological horror – this is most definitely not a 'young' child's bedtime story. Within this tiny tale of horror and revenge, and I say tiny because this really is little more than a ten-minute read, the author has managed to take a traditional story format and turn it on its head; the combination of seeming innocence and normality with incredulous horror is done to perfection. Without giving any of the plot away, all I would say is never underestimate or take for granted the power of a child's imagination.
The Return of the Pumpkins – Amazon Blurb:
Peter Smith is a patient at West Hills hospital. He has been there for nearly a decade. At the age of thirteen, his parents were brutally murdered and Peter was tortured to near death by his Halloween pumpkins. Killer pumpkins haunt his dreams and his doctor thinks he's delusional. Determined to turn his life around, he has eventually decided to join in with the Halloween festivities in the hospital and carves his first pumpkin. Will Peter survive the tenth anniversary of his parents' death? Or will his pumpkin be the death of him?
The Return of the Pumpkins
Another delicious slice of horror filled pumpkin flavoured terror
A dramatic and scary flashback to the first book provides the perfect springboard opening for Return of the Pumpkins. This sequel is much longer and is more of a psychological horror story than its predecessor; set ten years after his first bloody encounter with the demonic knife-wielding pumpkins, Peter is now a patient in a psychiatric ward being treated for the trauma he suffered many years before. Needless to say, the doctors believe Peter's stories about killer pumpkins being responsible for the brutal murder of his parents and he himself nearly dying in a fire to be his mind's way of dealing with whatever happened – Peter's far from sure of that though and still harbours very real fears of Halloween and any thought of pumpkins.
The hospital setting alone conjures up a mental image of an asylum and helps add to the increasingly sinister tone of the story, the classic scenario of being normal while everyone around you are the insane ones; added to the mix we have some less than sympathetic hospital staff and a downright creepy doctor. Fortunately for Peter, he finds an ally in fellow patient Sue, who seems determined to befriend and help him deal with his traumatic past. With her help, Peter develops a new sense of confidence and hope for the future, but as in any good story, events take a different direction, placing the two of them in the gravest danger, leading Peter to believe the murderous knife-wielding pumpkins are indeed real and not just the delusional creations of his imagination. How Peter and Sue face that danger provides a clever and frightening climax whilst leaving sufficient scope for another instalment to the series should the author decide to write one, which I hope she does.
With just a couple of characters it would have been easy for the author to write this story from a first-person point of view to really get inside the main character's mind but somehow manages to achieve the same result with a third person perspective, an excellent balance between narrative and just the right level of dialogue and action.
As a psychological short horror story, this (and its predecessor) really is as good as they come, a story that would stand out as a classic Hammer House of Horror episode if it were ever adapted for film/tv – impossible for me to praise this story more highly!
The Little Book of Horrors – Amazon Blurb:
A deliciously wicked treat, no holds barred horror served up bloody with a side dish of sex. The Little Book of Horrors is macabre, disturbing, viciously satisfying and definitely not for the squeamish.
The Little Book of Horrors
Adult horror in every sense of the word, three bite-sized helpings of horror.
Another quick read from this extremely talented horror author, this time a trilogy of blood and gore filled tales encompassing a mix of karmic justice for someone most deserving of it, a blood and lust fuelled sexy vamp encounter that you probably wouldn't want to have, depending which side of the encounter you were on of course, and finally a mix of all three in the last tale of poetic justice.
The author has blended horror and a touch of erotica to produce three entertaining horror tales. I must admit to finding the first story a tad obvious but still enjoyable to read nonetheless. The two remaining stories were definitely more to my taste and in each case held my attention from beginning to end. I enjoyed the way the author combined an erotic setting and situation with a violent and bloody conclusion, and then in the final tale, my favourite I might add, again it was a relatively simple story and a tad predictable in where it was headed but it was told in such a way to keep you guessing just how it would actually unfold. Once again, enough horror here to keep any devoted fan of the genre more than happy.
More about the author:
Lacey Lane was born in the UK and as a child loved writing stories. At the age of 31 she decided to rekindle her passion for writing.
Her debut ebook The Revenge of the Pumpkins was first published in October 2014. Since then she has published five more books. With the current exception of Revenge of the Pumpkins, all Lacey Lane's books are available in both Ebook and paperback formats.
Lacey's other passions include reading and gardening along with being an avid reader and book reviewer. For further info please links below:
Lacey Lane's Amazon Author page for all the author's books …


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Amaal Malik: Number of views are not the only barometer to monitor a song's success
Singer and music composer Amaal Malik knows the song is a hit "when it is playing in every club on the weekend".music Updated: Apr 30, 2017 17:19 IST
Amaal Malik's recreation of popular song Gulabi Ankhein, titled Gulabi 2.0 may have crossed over 15 million views ever since its release on YouTube on March 23. But for the 25-year-old composer, number of views are not the only "barometer" to monitor a song's success.
"It's brilliant to see that it has gained so many views. But frankly, that's not the only thing that gets me excited. It's the fact that the song is being played everywhere- right from people playing it on their smartphones to people dancing to its tune in the clubs. I think to hear your song playing at almost every club on a weekend is the real indicator that the song is a hit. Number of views are a secondary thing ," he says.
The remake, Amaal says was more of an accident and less of a conscious effort. "It's funny. I had actually made another song titled Gulabi. The words and everything was different. Then just one day, I was in the studio and tried to sing the lyrics of Gulabi Aankhein in that song's arrangement, and surprisingly it was fitting well. I never really thought I would be remaking it. It just happened," he adds.
He has also sung the song, and adds that he was surprised when the producers asked him to retain his voice for the same. " I had sung the scratch version of the song, which I sent to the producers to listen. They (producers) loved it when they listened to it first and then asked whose voice is this. I said 'this is me on a cold day' (laughs). My part of the vocals was all done in one take. I was just having fun and I never really thought I'd be retaining my voice for the song," he says.
Remakes have become one of the hottest trends in the industry today, and Amaal too isn't averse to them. The composer, who has recreated popular hits such as Kar Gayi Chull (Kapoor and Sons, 2016) and Soch Na Sake (Airlift, 2016) believes that the people, who criticise the trend are 'jealous' of music composers. "Those who say that it is very easy to recreate originals— I want to tell them that it's very easy to make such opinions," he laughs.
"Honestly, all those who say things like these are the first ones who dance on these recreations in a club on the weekend. In fact, the audience today, is liking the trend, and they are feeling the songs. You have to understand, that a producer would like to follow a trend, because they want their films to get popular, and when they see audience enjoying the trend. They would want to follow it," he says.
"I get the initial reaction, when people say that they don't like the new version. That's natural, because they are used to listening the old one. But then five days later, you see the same bloggers dance to the new tune. That's when you know it's a hit," he says.
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This red cabbage and brussels sprout tart brings together Christmas foods in an unusual way! I've taken Christmas dinner side dishes and made them the star of the show in this vibrant puff pastry tart.
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I love having guests to stay at Christmastime. The drinks flow, the bad Christmas music is blaring… Last night we had some dear friends come to stay. After we put the kids to bed, the six of us got some (too many) cocktails on the go. We played our best guilty pleasure songs and danced around the living room in front of a roaring fire.
Soon our merry band of revellers decamped to the cellar (my husband's drum room) so as to not wake the little ones. We played Christmas songs and sang along for hours. That's what I love about Christmas: togetherness and joy.
Red Cabbage and Sprout Tart
Today the festivities continued. We won't be seeing them again until the New Year, so I wanted to make them a Christmassy lunch that wasn't a Christmas lunch – if you get what I mean. A full roast dinner this close to Christmas might spoil the big day, plus I was far too hungover to bother!
Instead, I made an unconventional deconstructed Christmas dinner tart. I've brought together my favourite festive trimmings and baked them into a rich puff pastry tart. The braised red cabbage with apples provides a very flavourful and vibrant base, then I've topped it with sprouts, beans and a bit of parmesan cheese. I've slathered the lot in sage butter for an extra hit of festive flavour.
It can be hard to cater for different diets when people visit. I'm vegetarian and one of the guests is as well, so everyone happily ate veggie with us!
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- 375g puff pastry, thawed if frozen (look for vegan pastry if required)
- 300g braised red cabbage
- 150g brussels sprouts
- 150g green beans
- 2 tbsp butter (or dairy free butter)
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh sage
- milk (or dairy free milk), for brushing the pastry
- 2 tbsp grated vegetarian parmesan
- Heat the oven to 200C.
- Roll out the pastry and place it onto a baking sheet. Fold the edges over to form a frame.
- Prick the base of the pastry with a fork well, (to stop the middle rising while it cooks), then cook for 15 minutes.
- While the pastry is cooking, heat the braised red cabbage and steam the sprouts and green beans separately until cooked through.
- Melt the butter in a pan with the sage.
- Remove the part-cooked pastry from the oven and brush the edges of the pastry with the milk. Spread the pastry with the red cabbage, then top with the sprouts and green beans in rows. Pour the sage butter over the vegetables and sprinkle them with the parmesan.
- Cook for 10-15 minutes or until the edges are golden.
This red cabbage and sprout tart is a great meal and you can also make it using up post-Christmas leftovers. Save your braised red cabbage and roasted veggies for a boxing day tart.
I was pretty hungover after our Christmas party and needed to make lunch that was quick and had minimal bother. I was able to make this sprout tart easily because I had some handy Christmas foods from Iceland Foods in the freezer. It's an unconventional Christmas dinner that shows the #PowerofFrozen.
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If you search online for "apps for depression" you'll get more than a million hits. "People are starting to assume you can get therapy on a smartphone and we won't need CBT to be provided by health services anymore," explained Rona Moss-Morris, King's College London professor of psychology as applied to medicine, at a media update on cognitive behavioural therapy this week. But most people, when asked, choose therapy from a person rather than an app, she said.
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As Silicon Valley companies collect an ever-growing amount of data about their users, a Bay Area-based state legislator wants to create a California regulatory agency to protect personal information.
Assemblymember Marc Levine, D-Marin County, on Monday introduced Assembly Bill 2182, which would create the California Data Protection Authority (CDPA) to regulate Californians' personal data on the internet.
If the bill ultimately becomes law, the CDPA would be formed to develop regulations that ban social media websites from conducting potentially harmful psychological experiments on users, create ways for Californians to erase certain profiles and personal information, and standardize online user agreements.
Levine introduced the bill amid growing sentiment from politicians, academics and even tech leaders that large technology companies need to be more strictly regulated.
In November, three U.S. senators introduced a federal bill to require large online platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter to maintain public files of political ads for transparency.
Levine similarly introduced a bill last month to require all bot accounts on social media platforms to be identified and verified with a disclaimer, and to require all social media advertising purchases to be linked to verifiable humans.
"It's clear Big Tech cannot regulate itself," said Levine. "We need to create protections for all Californians. California can lead the nation in protecting against abuses of personally identifiable data."


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In-progress on a sweet girls' room. We did the paint, custom window treatments, headboard, chandelier shades, paint and bedding in the spring. We're gearing up to finish the room with rugs, seating, art, etc. As I gear back up on this project, I'm getting excited for a VERY fun room that will grow with the girl.
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This recipe is really good. I only had sweetened condensed milk so I used that instead of evaporated so it was a little too sweet for me but not for anyone else. I had to make a lot of it, so ...
Didn't work for me. I tried it twice and it stayed a liquid both times, never got thick.
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This is a great banana pudding. Very rich and smooth, just like I remember my Mom making. Hint: Topping the bananas with pudding keeps them from turning.
excellent. I cooked the bannans when I cooked the custard, wow what a hit
I did layers of cookie, banana, pudding...repeat. And topped it with some cool whip and crumbled wafers. It was delish, and everyone went back for seconds.
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This banana pudding was fantastic, and easy! I ended up stirring the bananas in the pudding after it had cooled rather than putting them on top.
Cut down the sugar just a little but a great recipe. I have used it many times.


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Why is there such a proliferation of productivity writers? (And am I one of them?)
(This article was partly inspired by this great article about the proliferation of the same types of stories.)
Maybe I need to tweak my Medium follows or start rabbit-holing in different places. Perhaps it's just my imagination, or maybe there's some sort of subconscious competitiveness stirring within me, but…
Aren't there a lot of productivity writers popping up lately? (Or their cousins, the writers/bloggers who write about writing/blogging.)
This is the general narrative theme:
- I didn't particularly like my previous career/life/habits.
- I had an epiphany.
- I made a change.
- I realized that I can turn my epiphany outward and help others make change.
- I am recruiting others to join me on my journey! I am building a community!
This is how I imagine the thought process actually went:
- Ugh, this sucks.
- I don't want this to suck anymore. I should Google around to see what others in this boat have done.
- I can do this too!
- I can do what those people did too!
- They all say to make a mailing list. This guy says if I only get 100,000 e-mail addresses, I can get a book deal and a sweet advance! This gal tells me exactly how to write my article headlines for the most reads. This couldn't be easier!
Perhaps this analogy is a stretch, but in some ways, these dynamics play out like a pyramid scheme. Of course, there's no one directing this so it's not really a "scheme" (although in some cases…), but there's an Invisible Hand at work for sure.
So, who the heck am I to make the above statements?
I'm someone who has flirted with some of the above: I didn't like my trajectory, I changed it, and I like to write about it. Oh, and my book costs money, and I am considering making an online course on productivity and such.
I am dangerously close to the productivity writer that this article is aimed it… and I might even be that writer.
I just shuddered.
With that important caveat made, here's why I think there's such a proliferation (by extension these reasons apply to me too):
Writing about productivity is easier than actually being productive.
We're immersed in our productivity, even when we write about productivity. If we're vaguely self-aware, we can observe ourselves and write about what we see. It's easier than creating something.
Writing about writing is easier than actually writing.
There are several authors on Amazon who have transitioned from writing works of fiction or general non-fiction into writing works about writing works of fiction or general non-fiction. Why? Because it's easier (and maybe it sells better, I don't know.)
Writing about productivity and/or writing about writing feels productive.
Someone might read this and it might change their world! Look, I wrote something! Writing is what I do. It's inherently productive. I'm productive!
When others perceive us as a guru, we feel like a guru.
It's so much easier when others perceive us as great because we needn't ask ourselves tough questions. It's usually only when we sense that others do not perceive us as great that we start looking within. This is dangerous.
An identity as a writer of productivity or writer of writing is a wonderful way to productively procrastinate.
Most people get things done via "productive procrastination." There's often one (or several) things we don't want to do, so we do everything but. Used mindfully, this is a great productivity technique. But without self-awareness, it's a mask. It's a delusion. And worst of all: It allows us to hide in plain sight as a productive person when we're actually neglecting our innermost aspirations.
OK, smartass, what's the solution?
I don't know. But here are two rules that guide my thinking as a productivity "producer" and "consumer."
Look for systems, not people.
The stories of productive people are very interesting, and they can be very helpful in illustrating how various principles and concepts are applied. But they should be there to serve as examples — means to an end, not means unto themselves.
Systems are far more valuable takeaways than "here's what I realized this morning as I tried to write this sentence that I am now writing."
As a general rule, don't subscribe to mailing lists.
It's so easy to type in our e-mail address and it's rewarding to get some neat freebie in the mail. I'm already subscribed to 572 lists, what's one more? I might really benefit from this one!
But, with few exceptions, mailing lists are a raw deal. Having a blog e-mailed to you is one thing, as are one-and-done lists that serve some purpose (like an e-mail course or such.)
With permanent lists, you're there to bolster a number and to become the sought-after repeat customer. Will you get some "freebies?" To be sure.
But are they worth your precious resources?
In a few cases, maybe. But overall, no. And the chances of a list being the former are so small that it's not worth subscribing to find out.


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I admittedly have a long way to go when it comes to living the fully sustainable lifestyle of my dreams. We do the basics; recycle, use a water filter at home and carry around reusable water bottles, bring our tote bags to buy groceries, try to shop in a environmentally conscious way. But I still feel like the trash we accumulate monthly is far too great. I hope to cut down on this amount moving forward. Part of my plan involves tackling two areas I previously tried....and failed, composting and the diva (or Luna) cup. We attempted composting a few years ago but ended up with what looked more like food potpourri than fertile soil. I plan to pick a better location in my yard, do my research and make sure to maintain a carbon to nitrogen ratio this time. As far as the latter, my first attempt involved a rather traumatic experience in a campsite bathroom. Darn you quarter run showers, is it mandatory for them to run out at the worst possible time? I wasn't sure I could give this one a second go but after reading this article I think I might be ready to....I think.
For those of you in the same boat, trying to make sustainable living work one step at a time, these are a couple of my favorite tools/tips. One of my first switches was home and beauty products, I have found essential oils extremely useful in both categories. But two of my favorite uses for them are, a room "mist" for the loo and a Windex alternative for cleaning. Both insanely easy and affordable options, because with essential oils a little goes a long way! Not to mention you skip out on all the toxins in these standard products and the waste from plastic bottles.
- For the room spray I reuse a glass bottle that once housed a facial mist. This works great because it isn't a heavy spray and doesn't leave excess moisture around. You can find similar bottles here if you aren't a facial mist addict like myself. I use a 4oz bottle and blend 5-7 drops each of ylang ylang, peppermint, lavender and wintergreen with a full bottle of water. Give a little shake before you spray and enjoy. Don't like any of these smells? No problem, part of the beauty is that you can customize your own scents. I have a random assortment of essential oils from different brands but the ones I use the most are Mountain Rose Herbs and Aura Cacia.
- For window cleaner, this is the easiest thing ever! I use a 16oz spray bottle, similar here and mix in about half a teaspoon of lemon essential oil. That's it! Shake before you spray and wipe with a clean cloth. For heavy duty grime you might need to repeat but this always works excellent for me and my windows fall victim to one messy toddler and two messy dogs (lots of greasy, slimy hand, paw and nose prints). Extra bonus the smell is so wonderful and fresh, unlike chemical window cleaners.
- Third simple solution/addition to your home, a plastic bag drying rack. We haven't managed to cut plastic bags out of our lives completely yet, but we at least try to conserve and reuse. We have been using this same model for years, it's made in Canada using wood re-purposed from old furniture. The rack can also be used for other drying purposes like small bottles and reusable snack bags. This is a handy solution for storing clean bags after.
A few other easy Eco-friendly ideas that I am excited to try.
- Reusable Hemp Coffee Filter.
- Bees Wrap reusable Saran wrap substitute.
Additionally if you don't have some already these are great produce bags and shopping totes. Or if you prefer something a little fancier I love these options from Makr and Doug Johnston. I hope this post has given you some ideas or encouraged you to take some more sustainable steps of your own. Would love to hear some of your Eco tips in the comments.
*Not all of these products are USA made but they are all sustainable options.


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We are now looking to hire on a long term basis a Chief Digital Officer to integrate the teams of our global multinational client in Geneva/Lausanne area on a long term basis.
An excellent package is on offer for the right person. Fluent English is required. French is a plus.
You will be responsible for all the Global Digital programs.
The role:
• Define international digital strategy of the group according to business objectives.
• Create digital brand platforms with the marketing teams (Consumer insight, CRM content & services)
• Define with key departments/partners and consulting firms, governance & organization model, tools and roadmap for the digital transformation.
• Create e-commerce recommendations & guidelines and improve media efficiency
• Define segmentation strategy and use big data information to define strategies
• Elaborate media plans & partnerships, create guidelines for countries (SEA, social platforms, video platforms, opinion leaders…), and provide tracking tools and KPI's recommendations. Federate and accompany countries in digital activations.
Education and experience:
• 10 years+ work experience leading IT Digital projects for large multinational organisation
• Experience in digital such as CRM, mobile application, web content
• Distinctive skills stakeholders' management
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• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
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PARIS — Never mind the drizzly skies on a cold, wet Saturday morning in the Trocadero, the Haider Ackermann runway show provided plenty of warmth for even the inkiest of black souls ghosting about Paris Fashion Week. The beloved designer did not disappoint. Dior is not the only maison in town going blue this week. In fact, Haider Ackermann staged his Fall / Winter 2017 runway show on a sky blue catwalk. If Cathy Horyn was mystified over Maria Grazia Chiuri's preference for blue, then the role of Ackermann's runway as a foil to a collection drawn from a palette of mostly black with the odd golden flourish was immediately apparent. This collection, realized in black leather and through sharp tailoring, made for a no-nonsense silhouette as worn by seven models from across the Next global network including Lia Pavlova, Lea Issarni, Meghan Collison, Melissa Tammerijn, Katlin Aas, Carolina Thaler, and Estella Brons featured. This was Haider Ackermann at his finest, rain, wild wind, or otherwise.
Credits include: Client, Haider Ackermann; Collection, Women's Ready-To-Wear Fall / Winter 2017; Creative design and styling, Haider Ackermann; Hair, Kamo; Makeup, Inge Grognard; Casting, Alexandra Sandberg; Video, Damien Neva at Next Management.


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Love these owls from Pink Cat Studio. My daughter Jenne and I made these two cards today using 1 of their stamps. Jenne, did the one in pink using SU Pixie Pink paper and SU yo yo yellow. Inside the sentiment is " You're 1 today!" My card is done in SU Real Red and Creamy Caramel. We both used crystal effects on the balloon, beak, and dots on the hat. We cuttlebugged both with the HB embossing plate.
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
A New Stamp-Dandie Trio
Those of you who know me, know that I am not buying anymore stamps! LOL!! Well, I just couldn't resist this one from Stampendous called DandieTrio. I saw a card made with it in a recent card magazine and just had to have the stamp. I see possibilities as endless for this stamp which is why I can justify buying it!! This first card is the one I saw in a magazine and except for using different papers and a saying it is very close to the original. The other 2 are my own. Can you just see all the possibilities with card. I will stray away from the browns and blues and get creative with other ideas so stay tuned. I also just adore MS's butterfly punch. The second card lifts up from the piece hanging down. Each of these flowers I have stickled with cinnamon in the centers.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Gotta Love Fluffies!
I have a few of these "fluffie" stamps from Stampendous. They are just so darn cute. I've been thinking about pulling out some stamps that have been "lost in the shuffle"(aka deep chasms of the craft room) and using them again. This is a start. It may be hard to tell but I paper pieced the balloon and layers of cake. The stars on the candles and the cirlces on the left are teeny teeny rhinestones from Taylored Expressions. Hard to see but these are pink rhinestones. The striped paper is from Hobby Lobby. I cut out the large scallop circle using Nestabilities from the striped paper and then added fluffies on the white scallop inside it on the top of the card.
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11 juin 2007
The cascade of Rûnes
Not far from the plate of Cham of the Bungs, between Florac and the bridge of Montvert, beside a charming village named Rûnes, water of the brook bubbles which goes down from its source located at approximately three kilometers downstream from the Lozere Mount. It is an abrupt change of incline which transforms water into cascade. The access path overhangs the river and, traversing it, you can admire the sight which extends to far to the edge from... [Lire la suite]


text: This dashing gent is Pugsley. He's been with us quite a long time. When his former mom contacted me about giving Pugsley a home, I initially told her we were not taking any new pigs at that time. Pugsley was an emotional support pig of sorts, for a boy with autism. Pugsley was a young, un-neutered male and as such could be quite naughty at times. The boy, named Jay, would watch Pugsley doing things like making a mess while eating, and it would make him think about his own behavior, and he'd try to do better than Pugsley. Pugsley's mom contacted me again, as she was desperate for a safe place for this special pig. Her son was in a group home for children, and he was turning 18 and would have to be moved to an adult facility. They had no idea where that would be, they had to be ready to move at a moment's notice. Then she told me something that I found pretty amazing. She said she felt that Pugsley belonged with me, because she and I shared the exact same name, first and LAST! We were both Sherry Burnett, though she spelled her first name a little differently than mine We both believe strongly in signs from the universe, and fate, and I agreed that there was something bigger at work here and we agreed to take Pugsley. Sheree immediately got Pugsley in for a neuter and a few weeks later we went and picked him up. Pugsley was even a t.v star at one point. The t.v show Pet Heroes came to the farm and filmed him with Sheree and her son Jay in attendance. He truly was a hero to Jay. Pugsley is a true gentleman, though he's slowing down a bit now, being a senior, but he loves life.


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NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — Not many of us can say we started riding a motorcycle at age 103 or that we've had the same hobby for 99 years.
But Hazel Lister can.
Hazel, a native of Newton, has played piano since she was 5 years old.
"I remember we walked down the road to where there was a carousel, and they played the same tune over and over. When we got home, I put my foot on the pedal of the organ, and I played that song with one finger," Hazel said.
It was the family's first indication she had an ear for music.
It comes as no real surprise, however.
Her father played the French harp, and her mother had a nice singing voice.
"We eventually got a piano, and mother gave my two older sisters and me lessons," Hazel said. "I've played piano at various places over the years. Music has been my main interest. I play piano after meals every day so my hands don't get stiff. I play by ear because I'm not a good reader, but I can pick most melodies out and do it for my own amazement."
She speaks fondly of her sisters, especially the middle one who taught her to ride a bike then drive a car.
"It was an old crank Ford," Hazel said. "You had to put your thumb inside of the lever so it didn't break if the lever flipped back. We wrangled a lot, but we were very close. I feel her spirit with me more than anyone."
Hazel was born in Newton on a kitchen table.
Her father was employed with AT and T and moved around to small towns in his efforts to keep working.
He left home as soon as he was able to make a living, which was age 12.
He met Hazel's mother at a kissing party and courted her.
"My mother was a feisty little Pennsylvania Dutch woman," she said.
Growing up, each of the girls had gardening spots, one for flowers and one for vegetables.
"When the vegetables were ready we'd wash them and tie them in bunches to sell or trade at the grocer. Our pennies would disappear in candy. I became very fond of gardening," she said.
Now Hazel is working with the Aloe Vera plant.
"I have one that is 30 years old," she said. "They are good for cuts and burns."
She's had a lot of jobs over the years and graduated in the top 10 percent of her high school class.
"I took bookkeeping for a commercial job after high school," she said. "I intended to go to Houston where one of my cousins lived. He played trombone in the Al Hendrix band. But I took a temporary job as a secretary at a bank in Hutchinson and worked for two weeks. They gave me a recommendation letter that I took to the big department store, and I went to work for the treasurer of the company. They put me in the mail order department, and I began writing letters for my boss."
Her boss was so impressed with her she helped Hazel enroll in the College of Emporia and find a job as a secretary at the college.
"My life has been full of fairies and angels, who have helped me find work and places to stay," Hazel said.
During the depression, Hazel was engaged to a young man from Great Bend.
She had gone to visit him before starting a job in Burns.
It was so dry that summer that during the night the house caught fire and the wind whipped it higher.
"By the time we got out the front door, the smoke was from the ceiling to our shoulders," she said. "We all got out in our nightclothes. One of the boys grabbed his guitar, another his Ukulele, another grabbed his pillow. I didn't grab anything. I'd forgotten my money."
She had $45 and 30 days until she could move into the house in Burns, so she went back into the blazing house.
"The heat was so bad that I couldn't see. I got caught in the smoke and dropped the bag on the porch, scattering the money."
Hazel scrambled and retrieved it all as the house burned to the ground. "It was 1933 and President Roosevelt had closed the banks, it was all I had."
The whole family lost everything.
They walked to town to the home of her fiance's sister to eat and decide what to do.
"I called to see if I could get a room early and they said yes."
It was in the home of the man Hazel later married.
"When I was little, I didn't want to be a school teacher," she said. "But don't say never, because when I moved to Burns, I taught English to intermediate grades seven through 10."
Hazel married Glenn Harold Lister when she was 33.
"My husband was a handsome man who worked for Continental Bus," she said. "He did negotiations for wages and perks for the drivers and union contracts for 18 years, traveling to several states. Glenn and I both wanted to learn to fly (airplanes) but we never did. I worked as a secretary in the finance department at Cessna for 18 years and wanted to join the employees flying club."
But this was not to be.
When Hazel turned 103, she decided to start a new tradition by riding on a motorcycle on her birthday.
She turned 104 in September and took her second-annual ride.
Facing challenges and finding new experiences are obviously part of her makeup.
"I learned that prayer is very powerful," she said. "I had a heart problem about a year ago, and I lost some of my short-term memory. Johns Hopkins says you can challenge your brain, to keep at it all the time and try to improve it."
Hazel has endowed a scholarship for the Fine Arts at Friends University.
"Friends is a beautiful university. There's something to be said for small things, like small schools, towns, and big ones, too."
At 104, Kansas woman not your ordinary biker
NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — Not many of us can say we started riding a motorcycle at age 103 or that we've had the same hobby for 99 years.


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Last Friday, I made a tight circle in the parking lots around the quilt shop. We are lucky to have a bustling little downtown area, but that sometimes means parking a block or two away from where you are headed. Usually, I don't mind the walk, but on Friday I was taking my sewing machine in to have it fixed. It's a portable sewing machine with a handle on the top. I had been meaning to take it in for months because in a couple weeks I'm going to Cape Cod for a quilting weekend with a friend. I don't quilt, but it's a chance for my quilting friend Deb and I get to spend a weekend together catching up. Deb and her family were our neighbors when we first moved to Boston. She welcomed us the first day in our house with food and a list of nearby shops. We became immediate, close friends. After she moved to the south shore, we had frequent virtual coffees, but as our real life with kids became busier and busier, our virtual phone-coffees became fewer and fewer.
So, if I'm going to bluff my way into the weekend as a quilter, I need a sewing machine that works. I think the last time I used it was on Liam's Halloween costume a few years ago; however, now I can't get the bobbin threaded and the needle bends whenever I try to use the machine.
After circling for a few minutes with no luck, I pulled into a 30-minute parking spot that was reserved for another downtown business. I knew this would be a quick drop-off. It was still a 50-yard walk toting the sewing machine, but given I work out with a Marine twice a week, I figured I could do it.
I hauled the machine through the parking lot, across the street, through another parking lot and down the stairs to the basement quilt shop. I heaved the machine onto a counter in the center of the store and waited for help.
Another customer came in a few minutes after me. To no one in particular, she asked, "What is going on in here? There's a thread winding through the store and out the door!" Lo and behold, that thread led to the bent needle in my sewing machine. The sight gave everyone a good laugh. Perplexed with pink cheeks, I pulled the thread from my machine and followed it back through the store to the entrance. The fine white fiber seemed to be illuminated against the black steps up to the parking lot. I got to the top of the stairs and saw it continuing across the parking lot toward the sidewalk. I left the wadded thread on a curb in the parking lot next to the quilt shop. I didn't want to lose my place in line; I would pick up the rest of it when I left.
Back in the shop, I learned that if my sewing machine went to the repair man – although he's very good at what he does, I wouldn't get it back for six to eight weeks. I had two weeks. "Well, a few months ago, the owner of the store said she would take a look at it to see if it might be something simple to fix."
The lady at the counter checked with the owner who was in a meeting, and she remembered me. She was in a meeting but would be free in about 20 minutes. Despite not being a quilter, there is nothing so enticing as the fabrics and creative possibilities lying in-wait within a quilt shop. I know this sport would be dangerous for me. If I gave in to the pull, I wouldn't be a quilter. I would be a fabric buyer. Still I have a few embroidered pieces that needed to be framed, so I had a look around and managed to come up with a few small pieces of Halloween fabric to frame my needlework; I would spend the weekend sewing simple straight lines.
As promised, 20 minutes the owner came over and had a look at my machine. "Well, first I see that the foot you have in is not an all-purpose foot. See this narrow opening in the foot? It's not meant for zig-zag stitching and that's what your machine is set on, so that's why your needle bent." It was so obvious. And her voice was so patient. And so loud. I could almost hear the older ladies gray-haired heads shaking back and forth with a "tsk-tsk" sound. She gave the machine a once over and tweaked dials and buttons as she went, explaining what each did. She was so kind, my eyes started tearing up. My grandma had quilted. Had I lived closer to her as an adult, I might have had this lesson from her years ago. With the same level of patience in her voice.
"Let's see if it works," she suggested. "Do you have a spool of thread?"
"Well, I did, but I'm pretty sure it's somewhere over by the Public Safety Building." Fifty yards away. Where I parked the van. Where the spool must have fallen off. Where the thread marks my guilty trail. With every footstep on the stairs, I looked up to see if it was a police officer that had followed the Gretel-trail to hand me an in-person ticket.
She found a spool and tested the machine. "I think it will work for you. The tension may be a little off, but you can play with that."
I wanted to give her a hug but instead made-do with a "thank-you"; then I lugged the machine to the van, dragging the string of thread back with me across the street.
Happy Hump Day.


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Today I visited a customer to connect two RecoverPoint clusters. One RecoverPoint cluster is connected to a Unity array, the other to a VNX. After installing both clusters, we ran the RecoverPoint Connect Cluster wizard and were greeted with an "Internal Error. Contact support" error message. Awesome! Fortunately it turned out to be a pretty basic error which was easy to fix. A short story about RecoverPoint installation types in mixed-array configurations…
If you try to log in to RecoverPoint, you could be greeted with an error that tells you your username or password are incorrect. If you're absolutely sure you're entering the correct password, it could be that your account is locked instead. Read along for instructions to reset either your RecoverPoint password, or how to unlock the account.
Configuration of the deployed vRPAs is performed with the RecoverPoint Deployment Manager. This is a tool on your laptop that, using a multi-step process, assigns IP addresses to the RecoverPoint appliances and their various networks and connects these appliances to the VNX array. The previous part of this series discussed the first steps to get into the tool: now it's time to start entering some configuration data.
If you've met the prerequisites described in part one of this series, deploying the virtual RecoverPoint appliances in your VMware environment should be a straightforward task. Download the latest OVF of the vRPA from the EMC support website and deploy it using the vCenter management console.
It has been a while since I've written anything about RecoverPoint since my original post on RecoverPoint 4.0 several years ago. To my delight I was recently put on a couple of projects to deploy new virtual RecoverPoint clusters for two customers. Several things had changed since the first appearance of the virtual RecoverPoint Aplliance (RPA), so why not write a small series on the deployment of these appliances? Gotcha's included!
EMC has just announced a new version of RecoverPoint – 4.0. With this new version comes a truckload of new and exciting features. I will not cover all these features but will instead pick out a couple of features that score high on my list. But first of all: what is RecoverPoint and why should you consider replicating with it?
The RecoverPoint family replicates block data on a SAN/storage level. It can do both local replication inside an array or remote replication to another array. There are multiple flavours of RecoverPoint (SE, EX, CL): which one you need depends on the size of your environment and the storage systems you are using. The strong point of RecoverPoint is that it offers continuous replication instead of only the traditional asynchronous or synchronous replication.


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MASSIVE REDUCTION IN PRICE!!! FIRST TO SEE WILL BUY +++ A one owner car from new with Full Service History from Toyota +++ REGISTERED 2016 +++ LAST SERVICED DECEMBER 2018 +++ MOT 19/01/20 +++ 2 KEYS. , Grey, 1 owner, NATIONWIDE DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE +++ VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, £11,990 p/x welcome
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17in Alloy Wheels, 4.2in Colour TFT Driver Info Screen, 7in Touchscreen, Black/White Checked Cloth Seats with Black Leather Bolsters and Black Alcantara Inserts, Bluetooth Phone Connectivity and Music Streaming, Cruise Control, DAB Radio, Dual Zone Automatic Air Conditioning, Full Power Windows, Heated Front Seats, Hill-Start Assist Control (HAC), Intelligent Parking Assist, Privacy Glass, Push Button Start, Rain Sensor, Reversing Camera, Toyota Touch 2 Multimedia System - AM/FM Radio, CD Player, AUX Connectivity, Toyota Touch 2 with Go Plus Navi, Tyre Pressure Control, Whiplash Injury Lessening (WIL) Seats
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|Body style
|Engine size
|1798 cc
|Fuel type
|Petrol Hybrid
|Number of doors
|Number of seats
|Gearbox type
|CVT Auto
|CO2 emissions
|92 g/km
|Insurance group
|Standard manufacturer's warranty (miles)
|100000 miles
|Standard manufacturer's warranty (years)
|5 years
|Standard paintwork guarantee
|No details available
Performance & economy
|Fuel consumption (urban)
|72.4 mpg
|Fuel consumption (extra urban)
|72.4 mpg
|Fuel consumption (combined)
|70.6 mpg
|0 - 60 mph
|10.8 seconds
|Top speed
|112 mph
|Engine power
|134 bhp
|Engine torque
|105 lbs/ft
|1485 mm
|Height inclusive of roof rails
|No details available
|4595 mm
|2600 mm
|1760 mm
|Width including mirrors
|No details available
|Fuel tank capacity
|45 litres
|Minimum kerb weight
|No details available
|Interior features
|Exterior features
|4.2in Coloured TFT Multi-Information Display
|17in Alloy Wheels
|AM-FM Radio
|Back Lower Floating Bar - Chrome Plated
|Air Conditioning - Climate Control- Dual Zone
|Door Mirrors - Electrically Heated and Retractable
|Auto Dimming Rear View Mirror
|Electric Windows - Front and Rear
|Aux Input
|Front Fog Light - Bezel - Piano Black
|Bluetooth Hands Free System
|Front Fog Light - Bezel Moulding - Chrome Plated
|Bluetooth Music Streaming
|Lightguide - LED
|DAB Digital Radio
|Lower Grille - Piano Black
|Daytime Running Lights - LED
|Lower Grille Bar - Chrome Plated
|Electric Power Steering - EPS
|Privacy Glass - Rear
|Front Fog Lights
|Rear Reflex Reflector Bezel - Piano Black
|Headlights - Bi-LED
|Space Saver Spare Wheel
|Instrument Panel - Black Soft Touch
|Upper Grille - Chrome Plated
|LED Rear Combinations Lights with LED Lightguide
|Leather Gear Shift Knob
|Pollen Filter
|Push Button Start
|Radio and CD Player
|Rain Sensing Wipers
|Seats - Anti-Whiplash Design
|Seats - Heated Front
|Seats - Lumbar Support
|Shark Fin Antenna
|Speakers x6
|Steering Wheel - Leather
|Touch Screen - 7in High Resolution
|Toyota Touch 2 with Go Plus Navigation
|Two Ring Combimeters - Satin Chrome-Plated
|USB Connection
|ABS - Anti Lock Braking System
|Airbags - Curtain Front and Rear SRS
|Airbags - Driver Knee SRS
|Airbags - Driver SRS
|Airbags - Front Passenger Cut-Off Switch
|Airbags - Front Passenger SRS
|Airbags - Front Side SRS
|BAS - Brake Assist System
|Cruise Control
|EBD - Electronic Brakeforce Distribution
|HAC - Hill Start Assist Control
|ISOFIX Child Restraint System
|Intelligent Park Assist
|Parking Pack
|Parking Sensors - Front
|Parking Sensors - Rear
|Rear View Reversing Camera
|Seat Belt Reminder - Front and Rear
|Smart Entry System
|Traction Control
|Trip Computer
|Tyre Pressure Warning System
|VSC - Vehicle Stability Control
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Danube River Cruise and Prague with John McGivern
October 1, 2019 to
October 11, 2019
***Nearly Sold Out – Please Call 888-369-8785 for Availability***
Join John McGivern and experience dynamic Budapest, imperial Vienna and exquisitely preserved Prague. Marvel at the beautiful scenery as your luxurious ship glides through the Wachau Valley, celebrated as one of the world's most beautiful landscapes, into Germany and past charming Bavarian villages. Enjoy an exclusive insider's look at Prague's historic Estates Theatre with its exquisite jewel-box theater, where operas are staged to this day, and listen to a short music concert composed by Mozart and his contemporaries in the Mozart Salon. Go behind the scenes at a BMW factory to get an up-close view of Germany's rich automotive heritage, and "Let's Go" with guided hiking and biking excursions along the Danube.
This enchanting voyage provides a variety of ways to enjoy captivating destinations as well as plenty of time to relax onboard as you sail from Budapest to Nuremberg and spend two nights onshore in Prague.
Motor coach transportation is included from various pick up points to Chicago O'Hare airport for the overnight flight to Budapest, Hungary.
Arrive at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Transfer by motorcoach to your cruise ship if you purchased the air inclusive package.
Vibrant Budapest, Hungary's capital, offers an enchanting combination of East and West, old and new. Even its geography is made up of two parts—Buda (the hills) and Pest (the flatlands)—divided by the Danube. Appropriately enough, you have your choice of two different ways to explore it today. Choice of Budapest city tour or Exclusive "Do as the Locals Do" Budapest walking tour. In the evening, a special Captain's Welcome Reception and Dinner will be prepared for you.
The grand dame of the Danube, Vienna was the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and remains, to this day, the political and cultural center of Austria. Klimt painted here; Beethoven and Mozart composed here; Freud developed his theories here. It's a treasure trove of splendid architecture, astonishing art
collections and inviting cafés—and today it is yours to explore. Choice of Vienna city tour with Vienna State Opera visit or Exclusive "Vienna, City of Arts" tour.
Sit back and enjoy the ever-changing views as your ship cruises through the Wachau Valley, famous for its apricot groves, Rieslings and natural beauty. Over the eons, the Danube cut a gorge through the foothills of the Bohemian mountains, resulting in a 19-mile (30-kilometer) stretch of riverine scenery so beautiful, UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Landscape. Later, take your pick of excursions—a stroll and wine tasting in the centuries-old village of Spitz, or a visit to Melk Abbey and its opulent baroque-style library.
Passau is a crossroads in more ways than one—three rivers meet here and three nations nearly do, making for a fascinating cultural mosaic. Get to know the town and its main claim to fame, Europe's largest pipe organ, or "Go Active" with an invigorating riverside hike or bike ride. Your ship cruises through a scenic highlight of the Danube today, the Schlögener Schlinge—a hairpin loop in the Danube that was once very hazardous for ships and is now a lovely, serene stretch of water—and leaves Austria behind today.
You have two tantalizing excursions to experience today, including a walking tour and brewery visit in Straubing, plus a choice of "2,000 Years in One Hour" walking discovery tour, Jewish Regensburg walking discovery or BMW factory visit in Regensburg, famous for its beautiful, UNESCO protected old city center.
The Main-Danube canal is a masterwork of engineering: It allows ships of all shapes and sizes to cruise from the Black Sea all the way to the North Sea, through no fewer than 15 countries. Sixteen locks punctuate the 106-mile (160-kilometer) stretch between Kelheim and Bamberg, linking the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers. A special Captain's Farewell Reception and Dinner will be prepared for you this evening.
Disembark the ship early in the morning—leaving your luggage in Uniworld's expert hands—and delve into Nuremberg's history, which is both glorious and profoundly difficult. One of Germany's leading cities for many centuries, Nuremberg's glowing heritage as a center of German arts, culture and economy was, sadly, also responsible for its disastrous experience in the 1930s and 1940s. Following your excursion, you'll enjoy lunch on your own and then transfer via motorcoach to Prague, where you'll check into your hotel.
A magnet for generations of artists, writers, scientists and composers, Prague is famous for its dynamic energy and elegant ambiance (and the beers here are pretty amazing, too). A thousand years of architecture, from ornate Gothic to fanciful postmodern, have been beautifully preserved in Prague, which has been a magnet for artists, writers, scientists and composers for centuries. It also boasts great beer, a lively art scene and up-and-coming fashion designers, making it a fun as well as a beautiful place to visit. Choice of Prague city tour or Exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Prague's Estates Theatre and Municipal House.
After breakfast depart for the Prague airport and your flight home. Upon arrival in Chicago, your motor coach will be waiting to return you to your original point of pick up.
- Group motorcoach transfer from select pick-up points to and from Chicago O'Hare
- Round trip flights from Chicago O'Hare to Budapest, Hungary return from Prague, Czech Republic
- Motorcoach transfers between the airport and ship when purchasing our air inclusive package
Cruise Details
- Seven night cruise in a river view stateroom on the stunning SS Beatrice
- Seven days of excursions, including "Choice Is Yours" options, all fully hosted by English-speaking local experts with Guided "Do as the Locals Do," and "Gentle Walking" programs
- All gratuities to onboard staff, and to Uniworld onshore coach drivers and tour guides
- $100.00 per person ship board credit
- Bathrooms stocked with L'Occitane bath and body products and comfy robes and slippers
- Captivating onboard local entertainment
- State-of-the-art Quietvox portable audio-headset system on all excursions
Hotel Accommodations
- Two Nights in Prague at the Art Deco Imperial Hotel (or similar)
Dining & Beverages
- All meals onboard the ship, prepared using the finest and freshest ingredients
- Unlimited beverages including fine wine, beer, spirits, specialty coffee, and non-alcoholic beverages onboard the ship
- Bottled water replenished daily in your stateroom; and 24-hour specialty coffee and tea station
- Daily breakfast at two night stay in Prague
Sightseeing and Services Highlights
- Hosted by John McGivern
- Experienced Tour Manager to accompany the group*
- Remarkable service from your English-speaking crew and on-board tour director
- Customized informative travel documents
Not Included: Meals unless noted; gratuities unless noted; medical services; airline imposed baggage fees; trip cancellation insurance, or any other items of a personal nature. A valid passport is required. Travel insurance protection is not included. Ask your travel consultant about our reasonable options.
* Minimum group required for the Fox World Travel tour manager to participate. In the unlikely event the minimum number is not reached, the tour will still include a professional local guide in the destination.
About Your Host
John is best known for his two time Emmy-Award-Winning Weekly Series: Around the Corner with John McGivern, which airs on all Wisconsin PBS Stations and starting in January has been seen on every PBS World station in the country.
His own growing up in Wisconsin stories have been seen in the Emmy-Award-Winning PBS Special The Early Stories of John McGivern.
He is a long-time member of Milwaukee's Morning Radio show on WKLH/96.5.
John is proud to have been part of We're Funny that Way on HBO and Out There II on Comedy Central. He was seen sitting next to Sally Field on Politically Incorrect and knighted by Julie Andrews in the hit film The Princess Diaries.
Air-Inclusive from Chicago O'Hare
Cruise/Land Only
*Above pricing is per person based on double occupancy in your choice of cabin category and subject to availability. All taxes and fees of $392.00 per person are INCLUDED and subject to change. Fox World Travel has no control over flight changes, delays or cancellations. Single pricing is on a request basis and subject to availability. Triple accommodations are not available.
Departing Flight (October 1, 2019)
LOT Polish Chicago O'Hare – Budapest 4:35 PM – 8:55 AM (October 2)
Return Flight (October 11, 2019)
LOT Polish Prague – Warsaw 1:00 PM – 2:20 PM
LOT Polish Warsaw – Chicago O'Hare 4:45 PM – 7:35 PM
Flight schedules are subject to change and FWT has no control over flight changes, seat assignments, delays or cancellations. Tickets will be non-refundable once issued. Changes will be subject to a fee plus any fare difference. Additional restrictions may apply. Checked baggage fees may apply.
Pricing and flight options from other cities available upon request.
Optional Insurance:
Cancellation and travel protection is strongly recommended. Fox World Travel offers several plans with Travel Guard Insurance. Details and rates can be obtained from your travel consultant.
Cancellation Penalties:
- Date of Booking to May 29, 2019: Deposit amount $700.00 per person
- May 30 to August 1, 2019: 50% of trip cost + applicable airline fees
- August 2 to August 29, 2019: 75% of trip cost + applicable airline fees
- August 30, 2019 to departure: No refund
Airline tickets are non-refundable once ticketed.
A valid passport is required with a validity of at least six months beyond the return date of the trip.
Note: Daily Itinerary is subject to change.
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