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Advantages and disadvantages of short term
Before starting list of advantages and disadvantages I would like to explain what is accommodation in the hotel and can not be made equal between renting a room in a hotel and this regime.
Accommodation in Bucharest is hosting for a certain period of time persons. Basically, the apartment-hotel is a combination of hotel room and comfort of personal home, borrowing from the advantages of each choice of accommodation.
Apartments for rent in Bucharest are several categories and standards, ranging from studios, 2 rooms 3 rooms 4 rooms.
Who that is engaged in such work?
The list can be quite varied, from foreign or Romanian citizens who came here for business, changing jobs in another city for a certain period of time, mini-vacations for families and couples, winter holidays, or just and simply visiting a particular city.
What would be the main advantage of accommodation in Bucharest?
More spacious and comfortable, fully equipped, are located in central areas, offers a quality / price very attractive. The price of apartments short term rental in Bucharest are 40% lower than the same equivalent of star hotels.
But sometimes the price is not enough to convince us to call this type of accommodation and then I thought it would be better to lay the main advantages.
1. The first advantage I said above and it is far lower price than in the hotels or guesthouses.
2. Generally apartments short term rental in Bucharest and other cities are located in the center or near the center where everything is provided you: cafes, clubs, malls, restaurants.all within minutes of you.
3. Most companies that practice this type of accommodation offers various discounts and special offers for short term. For example, for three nights paid, tourists can receive anadditional free or reduced price when the apartment is contracted for a period of several days.
4. Some agencies such as Eastcomfort and offers its clients the opportunity to appeal to car rental services in Bucharest and offers 50% discount on airport return.
5. Another great advantage is privacy, comfort and luxury that you will have, leaving the impression that you do not stay in a foreign house and makes you feel like you are home.
6. The check in and check out remain as flexible as in hotels with nonstop reception, and the advantage of total independence: the key of the apartment available.
7. Usually accommodation is not the number of people as in the case of hotels and guesthouses, the price is unique.
8. Renter can enjoy such a range of modern facilities such as DVD players, home cinema system, air conditioning, telephone and free wireless Internet or high-performance computer with internet access, etc.. Bathrooms are spacious and can have either bath or shower.
9. Fully equipped kitchens starting from cutlery, crockery, stove, coffee maker, refrigerator, microwave oven will be available to you at any time.
10. We put great emphasis on cleanliness and hygiene of these places, so you will always have available an extra set of bed linen and towels. And periodic cleaning depending on length of stay selected.
11. You can ask the company that you rent the more things Apartments and extra services, such as additional equipment in the kitchen, living room, even in the bedroom.
The advantage of renting an apartment in Bucharest is to privacy and individuality offered.
And not everything can be perfect as I would like to enumerate some disadvantages:
1. The lack of reception. Who wants an accommodation in the middle of the night, need to call and wait until the owner appears studio / apartment and hand over the key to (check-in). Just happens to departure (check-out).
2. Accommodation in never has breakfast included. Why? Very simple: no restaurant or dining room, in the case of a block of flats, not hotel or hostel.
3. Parking is not guarded. Parking is shown at check-in, usually at the block.
4. Room-service can be provided only catering (pizza, traditional food, Chinese food, Italian food, etc).
And that conclusion can only say this: You're almost at home short term rental!


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The Central Taiwan Antinuclear Action Alliance is set to hold an antinuclear demonstration in Greater Taichung on Dec. 7. While applying for the demonstration route, police required that the alliance provide copies of every picketer's national ID, making demonstrators feel like they were being blacklisted. The alliance has voiced its opposition and alleges that police are reverting to tactics from the White Terror era to deter them from demonstrating.
The Inspection Section of the Greater Taichung Police Department's 6th Precinct says that the unit's demand that picketing applicants provide copies of their national IDs is in accordance with the Assembly and Parade Act, and is only used by police for review purposes, adding that in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act the information is kept confidential and will not be leaked.
Tsai Chih-hao, the alliance's Greater Taichung convener, says that on the eve of the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) national congress in Greater Taichung two weeks ago, the police, under a premise of "concern," visited his office several times to check how many people would be attending the event to protest against President Ma Ying-jeou, what sort of contact various organizations had with each other, and the goings-on of important figures. This is tantamount to those in power using the police system to collect intelligence, and spy on and control people's movements, making some private organizations feel unsafe, Tsai says.
Tsai says that when he complied with the law in applying to the police for the alliance to hold an antinuclear demonstration on Dec. 7, the police requested that picketers from the alliance provide personal data and include copies of their IDs, something he had never come across before. He is therefore dubious about police motives for requiring copies of national IDs. The police responded by saying that they merely want to check whether any applicants are wanted criminals, or underage and make sure they are demonstrating of their own volition.
1. blacklist v.
列管;列入黑名單 (lie4 guan3; lie4 ru4 hei1 ming2 dan1)
例: Certain companies were blacklisted for offering kickbacks to win a government contract.
2. revert v.
回復;復舊 (hui2 fu4; fu4 jiu4)
例: After a brief legislative recess, the parliament reverted to partisan squabbling.
3. arbitrarily adv.
任意地;武斷地 (ren4 yi4 de5; wu3 duan4 de5)
例: You were selected arbitrarily, not according to merit.
Tsai says that if the police want to check for wanted criminals all they have to do is check the ID numbers that are already included on the event roster, and asks why they require copies of everyone's national IDs only in Greater Taichung, while none of the other counties and cities in Taiwan have such requirements. Could it be that Greater Taichung is bringing back martial law?
With regard to how police have acted, legal experts say that the Assembly and Parade Act only stipulates that applicants must provide the name, sex, occupation, date of birth, national ID number, and home address and telephone number. The "procedural regulations for police agencies processing citizens' applications for assemblies and parades" also do not require that picketers provide copies of national IDs, so experts say that police agencies must avoid arbitrarily interpreting the law.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Kyle Jeffcoat)

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We drove down King Street desperately searching for parking on a busy Friday night. There was no indication as to whether or not the restaurant offered parking, so we turned into a back lot hoping to steal a spot, but it too was also full. With a growling stomach and eager appetite, I told my dad to hold on while I ran into the restaurant to ask where we could park. A young waiter said that the back lot belonged to Spices but that it was likely full. No kidding. He put down his dishes and walk out with me, gave King Street a look up and down and proclaimed, "there's one parking there. Across the street. You see it? It's the last one!" Getting ready to move in action, I started to sprint back to my parent's car to tell them to busssy on over to the spot before it was taken. What the waiter did next surprised me. He whipped on a wicked grin and said, "Stay here. I stand in the spot and hold it for you!" Chee! When was the last time a waiter offered to stand in and hold down a parking spot for you? This was one nice guy! So we got our spot and our whole family was embarrassingly thankful. The night was off to an optimistic start.
We were brought menus and water promptly after being seated. Mint water anyone? A simple yet memorable touch. Not enough restaurants, especially Asian ones, take the time to add such a thoughtful bit to the dining experience.
We started with an appetizer of Spices' Shrimp ($10.95). Holy crap this was good. 6 large pieces of succulent sweet shrimp was wrapped in a savory paste of pork and cha lua along with various spices. Battered in a delicate panko like crust and deep fried till the perfect shade of crispy brown gold, it was a quite a symphony for the taste buds. The welcoming crunch of the crust revealing a fist of juicy meats and the a bite of tender sweet shrimp in all it's simplicity. You would have wanted me to save you a piece. J
The Spicy Papaya Salad ($8.95) was fine – nothing exceptional or particularly bad. My mom makes this dish pretty often and I like her version better due to personal spicy-sweet balances as well as having the papaya more thinly sliced. As with all the dishes, we were given a choice of "spice" level and choose "Spices Spice," the hottest level for the salad. We were warned by the waiter that it was VERY spicy and while it was indeed quite hot, I was anticipating more considering the exaggerated expressions he used to describe "spicy." Like THAT (boggled eyes, mouth in a big "O") SPICY!"
These next three entrees were all good except for a single element in each that brought it down from above average to the "almost-oh-no!" level. An order of Beef Eggplant with garlic, onion and holy basil stir fry ($12.95) came sopping in a salty thin broth. The eggplant was fantastic, cooked tender while still remaining a bit of firmness and just the right bite. Plenty of basil and some green onions were appropriate compliments. However the beef. It was seriously not beef. More like think chewy brooown stuff. Very thinly cut. Hard. Chewy Chewy. And just not good. I should have opted to have tofu in place of the beef/mystery meat.
They do an awesome job with eggplant here as evidenced by both the stir fry and the Green Curry with Pork, eggplant, bell peppers, garlic (13.95). Served in a white boat dish the curry was a promising mellow green color. Plenty of eggplant along with sweet cuts of vibrant red bell pepper, crunchy and sweet were delicious with the sticky rice ($4.00).
But the curry itself? Salt! The curry flavor was there but someone must have accidentally knocked in a quarter container or Morton's. You couldn't place any more than a dab of curry (which was very liquidy) on a scoop of rice for fear of salt overdose. Talk about killing taste buds. I ended up picking out the veggies and wiping them along the side of the bowl before eating it with the rice. Such laborious curry!
$11.95 is the most I've paid for Chicken Pad Thai and I don't think I'll do it again. The initial chopstick twists were good, if nothing special. Presentation, like most things in the restaurant were classy but not overdone. I was content. For the moment. But then my dad pointed out the excessive sweetness of the noodles…and then the greasiness. Just goes to show you how sharp my taste buds are! (Musta been the salt…) The only thing I initially picked up on was the slightly undercooked noodles. We took the leftovers home and were slightly mortified upon seeing a giant puddle of oil that formed on the bottom of the Styrofoam container. You and your wallet are better off sticking to Bangkok Chef on Nu'uanu for Pad Thai.
My main reason for paying Spices a visit was for their ice cream. It's not quality, much less quantity that the ice cream is known for, but the unusual flavor offerings. Flavors vary from Green Apple Curry to Durian with about six varieties offered each night. We ordered the Sampler ($7.50) which included a choice of three flavors. Picking the most interesting of the group, we were presented a long rectangular dish with three of the TINIEST scoops of ice cream I've ever seen in my life. Ha. And my mom was worried three scoops was over doing it. But seriously man. These were in the range of two bite scoops! Ice cream for Barbies! After recovering from scoop size shock, I started "sampling." From left to right, the Chili Pepper – Lemongrass tasting of spicy cold cream was my least favorite. Perhaps a bare hint of sweetness or stronger lemongrass flavor would have helped. The Pandan with a lovely soft green hue carried a calm mellow vanilla flavor with that distinct Pandan essence that I cannot quite describe but know it when I taste it! (Pandan also has that smell. Just that. Oh man, I'm no good at explaining Pandan. You'll have to buy the leave or a bottle of extract/paste. The smell itself is addictive!) The best of the trio was Peanut. Thick with tiny crumbles of toasty nuts the peanuttiness flavor was definitely there and very strong. The texture of the ice creams were inconsistent as I found a couple bits of plain frozen cream in the pandan and a chewy bit (lemongrass, I hoping?) in the Chili Pepper-Lemongrass. Though quality was a letdown, kudos to them for introducing Hawaii to more "exotic" ice cream flavors. Local is good, but a little variation never hurt!
Overall? Nearly every dish can be accounted for as "Goood, BUT…!" There was just ONE thing that ruined it. Like too much salt in the Curry and overdoing the oil with Pad Thai. If they had watched each dish a tad closer, I'm sure our meal would have been much more satisfying. Though not in a rush to return, perhaps I'll give it a visit on a slow weekday, where hopefully in addition to attentive service and helpful waiters, the food too, will also be given deserving attention.
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Monday, August 9, 2010
Stopping Just to Look Around
14 comments:
- Mary said...
Great shots! I haven't had much luck getting a Painted Lady this year. I've only seen a couple. Those skippers are so confusing that I've given up trying to identify them. It is too bad that the Kaufman book covers the whole US...there are more butterflies in it that I never see than ones that I do. Love that little skink :-) Your wildlife is so much like mine considering we are a state or two apart. Those caterpillars are a great shot but they creep me out. I'd better warn Mike to watch his new Blueberries!
- August 9, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Eve said...
Thanks Mary! I know what you mean about having too many butterflies to look through. Sadly, because I'm such a geek, I put a circle under the map of each butterfly that I could possibly see here at my home. If I see it I check it off. It helps alot, but still...there are a lot in my area!
The fellow from Butterflies and Moths of North America said he's never heard of the Datana eating blueberry bushes before so maybe it was just my bad luck!! I did get LOTS of blueberries this year so that was really fun!
- August 9, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- Lynne at Hasty Brook said...
That photo of the caterpillars actually looks a bit like a flower to me! Lovely photos of little things so often overlooked.
- August 9, 2010 at 8:45 AM
- Mike Simmons said...
Nice pics Eve. Those caterpillars look...interesting but if they ate my blueberries that would not be cool! It's kind of strange that they all get in a cluster. I better go check my blueberries!
- August 9, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- bunnits said...
I haven't seen a single Painted Lady this year that I could identify as such. :(
I love the little skink. There were bunches of them at the museum where I used to work (Burritt). I really enjoyed their antics. One once crawled into my basket and was brought home, unbeknownst to me, until I saw a dark flash zipping down the hall. I couldn't figure out how it got there, then decided it had crawled into the basket as it sat on the porch of one of the houses at the museum. I took it back the next day so it could be happy.
- August 9, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Steve Borichevsky said...
We are bone dry up here too. The Ipswich river is down to a trickle. You have done with with the critters that you have at hand.
- August 9, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- bluekat said...
Funny, the caterpillars look like an exotic flower, but they're kind of creepy too! The skink is cute. What beautiful colors he has. I hope you get some tolerable weather soon!
- August 9, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- Rural Rambler said...
Oooooo Evis I have to take a picture and zip it to you. Those caterpillars, I found a place on one of our hickory trees where I think they began their life and they are eating our hickory tree. CH is going to spray today. I love the little Skippers. I can tell we are getting close to September because our flower beds and yard are filled with butterflies :)
- August 10, 2010 at 6:06 AM
- Jenny said...
I do know what you mean! (-:
Love that Skink and the caterpillars almost look like a flower on a stem. Quite cute really! By the way Evie, thanks for those updates today! Much appreciated!!!
- August 10, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Mary said...
That's a good idea about marking the book. Maybe if I do that, I can save myself some time trying to find the right ones. So many of them are only in the south or west and don't quite make it to where we live.
- August 11, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- Chris Luhman said...
The pic of the skink looks better than the one I took a few days ago. I like his blue highlights on the tail. I wonder if my raspberries have been eaten yet. They just finished blooming when we left. I think the birds will get them before we get back :(
- August 12, 2010 at 10:22 AM
- The Early Birder said...
Hi Eve. Last year we had 000's of immigrant Painted Ladies but this year it's a different story. Not sure I've never got my nose close to a Skipper..lol, but I agree they can be tricky to ID even though I only have 3 species locally. FAB.
- August 12, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Gabrielle said...
You have 5 lined skinks on your porch!?! I am so envious. I love all the nature you have just in your yard.
The datana moth caterpillars are beautiful. With all the heat and lack of rain, did you get any blueberries this year?
BTW, I checked out your cousin's wonderful blog about the chickens after you left me that comment. What a delightful read! Thanks so much for sending me her way.
- August 14, 2010 at 2:54 PM
A great set of images Evie. I love the last shot especially.
- August 16, 2010 at 6:22 AM


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What would you do if a crazy girl tried to drive your buddy's Z-Car off a pier because it killed her brother, a guy who coincidentally shares the same name as your buddy?
Don't laugh. Things like that can really happen. At least they do in Wangan Midnight: The Movie, a live-action adaptation of the famous street racing manga and anime of the same name.
Wangan Midnight follows a group of street racers who illegally race each other up and down Tokyo's Shuto Expressway Bayshore (Wangan) Route. Think "Initial D," except instead of drifting on mountain roads, they're racing in excess of 100 mph on traffic-filled freeways. Sounds totally safe, right?
The movie isn't very good, but it's fun because it includes this one absolutely ridiculous chase scene.
Here's the setup: Ambitious young street racer Akio Asakura obtains a dark blue Fairlady Z (or Datsun 240/260/280Z to us 'Murricans) that he plans to race up and down the Wangan. But it's no ordinary Z – this car is known as The Devil Z because of its extremely powerful racing engine and tendency to kill its owners. That's right, boys and girls – this is the world's first (and possibly only) haunted Datsun.


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A first look at the Conscious Exclusive Collection
H&M's most sustainable line of clothing is fronted by supermodel Natalia Vodianova and features a dress made of recovered plastic shoreline waste.
For the sixth year in a row, H&M is releasing a collection focused on high fashion items crafted from sustainable materials. While the brand is incorporating organic and recycled fabrics into its entire assortment and has been developing new materials for Conscious Exclusive every year, this is the first time the brand is releasing a Conscious line for kids too. It's also the first time in several years that men will get their sustainable fashion needs met with a capsule.
Conscious Exclusive doesn't only bring big news for men and children. The first details to be revealed on the women's side include a perfume made of organic oils and a powder pink plissé dress made of BIONIC®, which is recycled polyester made from recovered shoreline waste.
"For the design team at H&M, this year's Conscious Exclusive is a chance to dream and create pieces that are both quirky and beautiful. It's great to be able to show just what is possible with sustainable materials, like we have done with the delicate plissé dress made of BIONIC®," says Pernilla Wohlfahrt, H&M's Head of Design and Creative Director.
The collection is fronted by Russian supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova, who has never starred in a campaign for H&M before.
"I am proud to appear in the H&M Conscious Exclusive campaign. It's amazing to see the advances in sustainable fabrics that are used in the collection, pointing towards a more sustainable future for all fashion," she says.
The Conscious Exclusive collection for women, men and children will be available online and in selected stores from 20 April. Read more about H&M's sustainability initiatives here.


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23 June 2012
The Missing Piece
Sustainable development is essential if we are to achieve a safer, fairer, cleaner, greener and more prosperous world for all. We have most of the tools and knowledge we need to achieve this world. But there is still something missing: an answer to hunger. Nearly a billion people don't know where their next meal is coming from. This must be solved before the world's brighter, more sustainable future can begin.


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CLEARWATER, Fla. - There's no need for Marco Rubio to worry about his awkward reach for a bottle of water during his Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night. Someone in the Florida senator's home state had a way, way worse time in front of cameras Wednesday afternoon.
Carlos Ruiz, the Phillies' All-Star catcher, needed tissues and towels as he struggled to give a nervous, glassy-eyed mea culpa in his second language for twice testing positive for the psychostimulant Adderall and earning a 25-game suspension from MLB during the offseason.
'First I want to apologize to my organization, the fans, my teammates, my whole family,' Ruiz said as he sat on a picnic bench outside of Bright House Field, roasting in the Florida sun. 'I feel so bad for this. I'm trying to put everything behind me and do my best this year and bring a championship back to Philadelphia.'
Asked if he was prescribed the medication, made popular as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Ruiz said that was between him and his physician. Baseball players can and do use Adderall, which contains amphetamine, provided they get a medical waiver from MLB to do so.
Of course, the failsafe from having a player claim ignorance about the procedure to legally take a prescription of that sort is that the league gives a warning upon the first failed test. So Ruiz had been made aware of his situation, and yet he will spend April banished from playing.
'I got caught two times, and I have to pay for that,' said Ruiz, who refused to say whether he has since tried to gain the medical OK to use Adderall. 'I want to put that behind and now focus on this year and give it 100 percent for the city and organization.
'Major League Baseball has rules, and when you make a mistake, you're going to pay. So I'll pay my 25 games, and I apologize to my teammates, my organization, my family and fans, and I'm ready to put everything behind and get ready for the regular season.'
What the advantages of using Adderall would be for a player aren't clear, although users claim improvement in focus, alertness and even a sharpening of vision (even though a listed side effect of the drug is blurred vision).
What can't be denied is that in the same season he tested positive for the drug, Ruiz posted career-highs in average (.325), home runs (16), RBIs (68) and slugging percentage (.540). So, the question had to be asked: Does Ruiz believe those numbers can be replicated without cheating?
'I am working really hard. I trust myself to put up some good numbers,' he said. 'But at the same time, baseball is baseball. You have to work hard every day, and when you work hard, you get a lot of good things.
'It's something I have to put aside because I know I'm always working hard. I want to do my best.'
Ruiz certainly has counted down the days in his suspension. He was aware that he would be eligible to return April 28 in New York for the final game of a three-game series with the Mets.
'Right now it feels bad, because I'll miss four or five weeks,' Ruiz said. 'I have to come back and be ready to play.
'I can't wait to go to New York and be in the lineup. I know it's going to be very special for me and my family.
'For me, it's hard, man. I lose something for 25 games and I want to be on the field. I want to play. At the same time I feel like I have the support of my good friends. It'll be great to come back and do my best.
'I made a mistake, and I paid for that. I put that behind and am ready for this season.'
* * * Juan Cruz, we hardly knew you. In fact, we did not know you even a little bit.
General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told reporters Wednesday morning that the veteran right-hander, who had been expected in camp to compete for a bullpen role, had asked to be released from his commitment with the Phillies. The club obliged.
The reason for Cruz's desire to look elsewhere for employment: Chad Durbin. No, really.
'He signed an agreement with us prior to our signing of Chad Durbin (Jan. 29),' Amaro said. 'And I think after discussing it with his agent, we all got together and talked about it and decided to part ways.
'It was a situation where we decided we should do what's right for the player.'
Durbin, who signed a big-league contract worth $1.1 million, gave the Phillies one fewer opening for a right-hander in their bullpen. Cruz, 34, was 1-1 with a 2.78 ERA with three saves 43 games with the Pirates.


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Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff space. It is well-known that every homomorphism $F : \mathcal{C}(X) \to \mathbb{R}$ is the evaluation $f \mapsto f(x)$ at some point $x \in X$. The usual proof is not really constructive, but for $X=[0,1]$ there is a constructive one. For details see my crosspost on math.SE. Feel free to replace $\mathbb{R}$ by $\mathbb{C}$.
Question. Is there an explicit example of $X$ and $F : \mathcal{C}(X) \to \mathbb{R}$ as above such that 1) syntactically $F$ is not defined as an evaluation, 2) one does not see directly that $F$ is an evaluation, 3) some computation has to be done to find the point $x \in X$ such that $F$ is the evaluation at $x$?
Background: Gelfand duality states that the adjunction between $\mathrm{Spec}$ and $\mathcal{C}$ is actually an equivalence, which means that A) for every compact Hausdorff space $X$ the unit $X \to \mathrm{Spec}(\mathcal{C}(X))$ is an isomorphism and B) for every commutative unital $C^*$-algebra $A$ the counit $A \to \mathcal{C}(\mathrm{Spec}(A))$ is an isomorphism. There are many important applications for B), for example the existence of the functional calculus, but I don't know of any specific application for A) (as a result independent from this duality). It would be nice to have some computational example which shows the relevance of A). Actually I'm after another duality, where A) is already proven but its significance is unclear.


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Kicking off this week's Tech Roundup US-based bike brand Jamis has announced a sub-£3,000 carbon bike with Shimano Di2 electronic gears that throws down the gauntlet to the volume makers for the 2012 model year.
With Cannondale keen to dominate the premium end with its 2012 Super Six coming in with the new Di2 electronic groupset at £3,599.99 it's reassuring to know that other manufacturers will be striving to keep the entry price for these most-talked-about components at a more accessible level.
Jamis just announced that its 2012 Xenith Pro Di2 will sell for £2,799.99 when it gets to these shores in November but it made us wonder how they'd done it. Ah yes; it's not really an Ultegra 'groupset' as such. The chainset and brake calipers will be Shimano 105 but the new frame on paper looks as good as anyone's especially since the previous Xenith frame won awards left and right in Jamis' native USA. It's early days for the brand here but UK retailer Evans seems to have more or less sold its initial wave of 2011 bikes which must be some sort of sign.
San Marco Concor Protek saddle
The saddle on that Jamis above is coincidentally a new San Marco model that turned up this week for us to try. The Concor Protek only weighs 195 grams on the office scale, partly due to the rails being made of the same XSilite stainless steel San Marco has been using on its latest pricier but non-carbon-railed saddles. The video claims it's 10% lighter than titanium but tougher and for £89.99 we'd hope so but we're liking the sides treated with silicon to protect again scuffing.
Le Col new Autumn/Winter range. There's Windstopper, Roubaix and SportWool
We had a visit yesterday from West Country professional racer Yanto Barker who, when he's not ripping up the Premier Calendar top-class national road races, has been developing a parallel career with his own Italian-made Le Col clothing brand. We couldn't get him to say what's next for his racing after the forthcoming demise of Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago team at the end of the season - "Stand by on that but it's going to be good," he says, with a twinkle but meanwhile the impending cold weather necessitates focus on the clothing and what's in his new product range.
The Le Col signature triple contrast stitching around the garment panels carries on with a distinct plain black-with-a-bit-of-white or white-with-a-bit-of-black look but Barker was keen to show us neatly inserted reflective piping in the £169.99 Winter Jacket made of Roubaix material with Windstopper facings and how the garment is so nicely finished inside that it looks as good inside-out. We all particularly liked a £134.99 Sportwool - in this case 27% wool - long sleeved jersey with a ribbed and yet smooth finish that Mr Le Col claims is designed not to snag or bobble.
Details: www.lecol.net
Yanto Barker and his new Le Col Sportwool long sleeve jersey: pricey but bobble-free
For bike hygienists: Purple Harry Bike Floss
Imagine, if you will, giant-sized fluffy dental floss for poking into the awkward crevices of your bicycle and you've pretty much got the idea of Bike Floss, one of a range of British-made bicycle cleaning products by new brand Purple Harry. Getting bikes dirty is never a problem for us, so this will be reviewed faster than a lot of new products.
Details: www.purpleharry.co.uk
Fixie bars fashioned from the finest wood
We spotted these handlebars on the website of Officine Milani Firenze, what appears to be a company specialising in making and and selling beautiful straight or gently curved bars made from laminated wood. Particularly impressive is the central core of aluminium and the neat rivets. Not sure how brake levers will work but we're naturally thinking of a stylish city bike with a coaster-brake.
Details: www.officinemilanifirenze.it
Brompton Oratory jacket for commuting cyclists
With what Brompton the folding bike maker is describing as "quintessentially British style" their new Oratory number looks like a brown corduroy jacket - because it is a brown corduroy jacket - but it cunningly conceals features that should endear it to cyclists, especially if they want to turn up at work looking quintessentially British. The collar and cuffs fold out to reveal reflective panels, there is a drop-down hi-viz rear tail and what would be called an 'action-back' on a shooting jacket where concealed pleats allow the arms to move freely. There are decidedly modern features like an Oyster card pocket in the cuff and a headphone port and in case you're thinking corduroy is a 'traditional' fabric this particular version is water resistant 'amphibious cotton' and really is called Epic. There's also a rather nice lining made of breathable spun bamboo. Price £250 and the Oratory jacket goes on sale September 1st.
Details: www.brompton.co.uk
Parlee works with Toyota on Prius-inspired mind-control bike
Massachusetts, USA-based carbon bike specialists Parlee and engineering company Deeplocal were asked by Toyota, manufacturers of the Prius hybrid car to produce a bicycle that epitomises forward thinking technology. What they came up was an aero bike with a Shimano Di2 drive-train that's controlled by a handlebar-mounted iPhone and brain activity sensors in the rider's helmet. Let's not even start on the helmet issue and needless to say, the usefulness of a mind-controlled, skinny tyred aero race bike is of limited use to the cyclists-as-transport lobby, we'd have thought, but it's good that Toyota are even thinking about cycling and the story has been picked up by all sorts of mainstream outlets*. Good on 'em.
* Daily Mail link alert
It's the Whyte site
We've had some good things to say about Whyte bikes over the brand's relatively short history; only in March our Leonie was enthusing about the Caledonian do-it-all number, finding it a "versatile bike genuinely capable of handling all but the most extreme terrains, and guaranteed to make you smile." And just a couple of weeks ago we saw their new 2012 bikes, picking on the new Whyte cyclo-cross models as a departure we like the look of. Anyway, they have a new clean, uncluttered website up and running which reminds us of the bikes. Worth a look.
Details: www.whytebikes.com
Bling for your jockey wheels from Hawk
Hawk is a tiny American brand specialising in machining parts that then require really good bearings: thus their bottom bracket units we mentioned recently and which we have on test, hubs which are are about to receive on test and then there's these upgrade jockey wheels. The slightly larger diameter than standard means a more precise shift, according to Hawk, but the big story is that they're machined from aluminium and have tiny cartridge bearings which should increase durability no end. The price at £35.99 a pair is a shocker but not for tech weenies who like a splash of anodized colour on their upgrade parts. There's purple, green or blue as well.
Details: Hawk at UK distributor Veroli
And finally, classic '80s Renault-inspired cycling cap from Laek House
Laek House design some pretty cool cycling-themed tees over which we've enthused before and now they've got caps, too. It's The Super Tour Hat Series and we especially like this yellow one inspired by the legendary Renault-Elf-Gitane team of the late 1970s and early '80s. We're older now and we've read 'Slaying the Badger' by Richard Moore but it won't stop us revelling in period kit.
Details: www.laekhouse.com


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Welcome to Citizen Factory
Parliament is confusing. That's why Citizen Factory is here - it's an online resource for Canadian youth created by Apathy is Boring . Our goal is to make information about Parliament accessible and meaningful so you can understand how your government works. There are four basic elements in Citizen Factory:
MPs are the people Canadians elect to represent us in the House of Commons. Take a look at your their profiles to see what they're doing and how you can contact them.
Senators also represent Canadians, just in the Senate. Take a look at their profiles to see what they're doing and how you can contact them.
Committees are small groups of MPs and Senators who study a bill or an issue in detail, so they can make recommendations to the rest of Parliament. Find out what committees your MP or Senator is a member of.
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You can use this information to take action as a citizen, or bring Citizen Factory into the classroom using our Teacher's Guide.
Parliament of Canada Website and Resources
The Library of Parliament has produced a number of resources on behalf of Parliament:
How Canadians Govern Themselves by Eugene Forsey is a great way to learn all about the workings of Parliament.
Our Country, Our Parliament is designed specifically for youth and people learning English or French to learn about Canada's Parliament.
Youth Connection has links to all the youth friendly web and print products, along with job opportunities and outreach activities on Parliament Hill.
You can get more resources from the Library of Parliament, in print and online.
There are also a number of glossaries available on the Parliament of Canada website:
Glossary of Parliamentary Procedure
Compendium – House of Commons Procedure Online
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming team swept a dual meet from visiting University of New England at the Tripp Athletic Center Saturday.
The women won their meet 162-118, while the men won, 153-89
Individually, the women won 12 of 16 events. Freshman Caroline Corcoran (West Boylston, MA/ West Boylston) won the 50 yard breaststroke in 34.13 seconds, the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:40.14, and the 200 yard individual medley in 2;21.51. Junior Katelyn Kidney (Lynn, MA / Lynn Classical) took the 200 yard butterfly in 2:18.56, the 100 yard freestyle in 58.73 seconds, and the 500 yard freestyle in 5:37.54. Other winners included junior Morgan Cooper (Sunderland, MA/Frontier Regional HS) in the 200 yard freestyle in 2:04.32, senior Meredith Maki (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional) in the 50 yard backstroke in 32.10 seconds and the 200 yard backstroke in 2:22.48, sophomore Brooke Garvey (North Billerica, MA/Billerica HS) in both one-meter diving (133.65 points) and three-meter diving (150.97 points), and the 200 yard medley relay team of Maki, Cooper, Corcoran and Kidney in 2:00.06.
Winners for the men included freshman Bryan Baranick (Assonet, MA/Apponequet HS) in the 200 yard freestyle (1:57.10), the 200 yard backstroke in 2:07.77, and the 500 yard freestyle in 5:18.29;, senior Kevin Janofsky (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield HS) in the 1000 yard freestyle in 12:22.48 and the 50 yard breaststroke in 31.39 seconds, freshman Justin Floeck (Middleboro, MA/Middleboro HS) in the 50 yard freestyle in 23.03 seconds and the 100 yard freestyle in 54.85 seconds, junior Conor Szarek (Leominster, MA/Leominster HS) in the one meter diving (174.60 points) and the three meter diving (212.25 points), sophomore Phil Lowney (Mattapoisett, MA/Bishop Stang HS) in the 200 yard breaststroke (2:29.55), and the 200 yard medley relay team of Baranick, Lowney, sophomore Michael Gryss (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) and Floeck in 1:47.93.
"We had a great meet today," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Cathy Motta. " We were a little flat and had a hard time getting going the first couple of events in part to the days off due to the storm. We are very excited about being 2-0 and are hoping to carry our momentum into the Bridgewater meet on Tuesday. The seniors on our women's team experienced their first victory over the Nor'easters, and the men are far ahead of where they were last season."
UMass Dartmouth's women are now 2-0, while the UNE women are 1-1. UNE's men are a club team, so the meet does not count in the overall record for the UMD men's team.
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I think the FAL guys go to the FAL files forum.
I have not seen much posted about FALs on Gunco.
It is a nice looking gun though.
I have built a handful of ak's and know what I can build for a certain price. Now how much has your fal builds been running you guys? I find prices for everything fal related all over the board and not to consistent it seems.
I think the FAL guys go to the FAL files forum.
I have not seen much posted about FALs on Gunco.
It is a nice looking gun though.
we are here.. it's not that bad if you have the tools . say.. $100 or less in tools if i recall and the receiver and parts kit. $600 maybe???
If any punk kid ever comes up to you asking for your `Gang Sign` Tap your chest twice then your forehead once. After doing that only upon a threat do you draw your glock and show him what you meant.
$600 sounds about right depending on what you can get your parts kit, receiver and US parts for. If you're handy with tools you can make a receiver wrench and barrel vise to save you some money. I built some about 6 years ago when Imbel receivers were $200 and the excellent kits were about the same. You do need to have or borrow a set of headspace gauges to make sure the locking shoulder is the correct size. The AGI video shows in great detail how to put one together.
Currently receivers scarce and pricey. Imbels are going for around $475-$500, a DSA @ $425-$450, DCI @ $400-$425, even Centurys are fetching $350-$375.
And that's if you can find one.
Kits are running $225-$250 and they are drying up quickly.
US parts will run another $200 or so.
US parts are easy to come by. Receivers should become more plentiful (except the no longer importable Imbel) in the future as production catches up with demand.
I would definitely grab a kit now, as their price will just continue to climb as the supply continues to dwindle. (They've already gone up $100 since last summer)
Definitely grab a kit while you can.
Kits and Imbel receivers will just continue to rise, since they can no longer be Imported.
US part prices should remain stable and US receiver may even go down a little once the FAL frenzy quiets down.
All those $149 kits that Akron Armory and Dan's ammo sold last year have really driven up the demand for receivers.
I have another kit all demilled and ready to go, just waiting for the receiver situation to work itself out.
Here's the break down of my first build:
Tapco Imbel kit $99 (in the day as they say)
Imbel receiver of gunbroker a couple of months ago $400
FFL transfer $27
Ratas receiver wrench $60 I think
7 compliance parts from GPG $130
Hardware for penguin front hand guards that didn't come $2
New Bosch top cover $4
stock tool $11
Pin gauges from MSC to set headspace $23
Headspace gauges from Midway $34
Now the second build was cheaper cause I got TOOOLLLLZZZZ:
Tapco rhodesian mix match kit $99
CAI receiver from Court $265
FFL transfer $27
7 complaince parts from GPG $130
will the para internals fit inside a standerd lower or will i need to aquire a folding stock lower for a pistol build?
The Para parts are just a topcover and carrier that use a diiferent recoil spring setup, the fixed stock lower can be used for a pistol.


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Pretty Printing XML in Python
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A need has arisen for pretty printing XML. This post includes some Python code to do it.
I've been working with the OpenOffice.org ODP presentation file format recently: I want to generate presentations from application code.
An ODP file is a structured zip file. Among other items it contains an XML file - content.xml - which describes the pages in the presentation. content.xml concatenates everything as one long line of text. It's therefore very hard to read - without specialist XML parsing tools. And I'd like to - so I can teach my code to navigate and update it.
So the following is a short Python program to pretty print an XML file. It takes the XML file as standard input (stdin) and writes the formatted XML to standard output (stdout). If it can't parse the XML it writes an appropriate error message to standard error (stderr).
While this isn't a Python tutorial I'd like to outline how it works:
I'll admit to a little disappointment that toprettyxml() doesn't create quite as pretty an output file as I'd like. Hence the post-processing. Feel free to experiment with different values for the parameters to it. Also you might not feel the need for some of the post-processing.
Here's the code. It's more white space, comments and error handling than actual straight-through processing.
One question: Can this be run on z/OS? I believe it can: minidom is a core part of Jython and Jython certainly runs under z/OS. In fact, being a java jar I'd expect it to run on a zAAP (or zIIP with zAAP-on-zIIP). If you try it and get it working let us know.


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Spotify, the hot music service coming from Europe, has generated a lot of critical acclaim for its excellent product.
But can it make money?
At first glance, it may seem not: the company lost $42 million in 2010.
To some, this is not surprising, Spotify bears say it's just impossible to make money from digital music, at least if you're not also selling beautiful high-margin music players to go along with it (like Apple).
We disagree. We think Spotify will be a big moneymaker one day.
To explain why, let's first look at Spotify's financials and how the company generates revenue.
Spotify, which is incorporated in the UK and so has different disclosure requirements than US companies, published its income statement for the year 2010. Note that these financial statements are from before Spotify launched in the US, where it is experiencing strong user and subscription growth. This is what they look like (amounts in GBP):
It's not a pretty picture. Spotify lost more than $40 million last year.
On the positive side, the loss as a percentage of revenue was much smaller than the prior year. This suggests that, as Spotify gains scale, it is also gaining leverage, which bodes well for future profitability.
And what about the details? What is Spotify spending all that money on?
The biggest cost item is "Cost of sales", which includes music licensing costs.
Indeed, music licensing costs were bigger than revenue. This means that even before paying for its actual business costs--offices and salaries and servers--Spotify has spent more than it takes in.
There's good news in that sea of red ink, however:
- Spotify's growth is through the roof. Revenues grew a stunning 458% from 2009 to 2010. That's impressive for any business, but even more so from one that starts from an already relatively high base of eight figure revenues.
- Spotify's losses are narrowing. Losses were an eye-watering 147% of revenue in 2009. In 2010 they were 42% of (fast-growing) revenue--still very scary, but a narrowing gap nonetheless.
Even more encouraging, while the biggest cost item, licensing fees, grew a lot between 2009 and 2010, it grew 345%, or less fast than revenue. Still very big, but costs growing less fast than revenue suggests there might be a light at the end of the tunnel.
In fact, we think Spotify will likely at one point see profits. But to show why, we have to explain how Spotify's business works.
How Spotify Makes Money
Spotify has a mixed advertising/freemium business model. Specifically, there are three pricing tiers (see chart below for details):
- Free. You can download and listen to Spotify for free. In exchange, there are ads (audio and display), listening time is limited to 10 hours a month, and you can't take your music mobile.
- "Unlimited," $4.99/month. Unlimited listening time, without any ads.
- "Premium," $9.99/month. Unlimited listening time, no ads, and the ability to take songs mobile on other devices. (This is the option this writer has happily subscribed to for years.)
Even though Spotify won't say it, we've heard several times from industry folks that Spotify ads are extremely cheap and bring in little money, and are mostly there to annoy people into buying a subscription.
So Spotify should really be analyzed as a subscription business.
What It Takes To Make "Freemium" Models Like Spotify Work
We've already studied what makes the freemium business model work (or not!). This is a framework we can apply to Spotify.
Successful freemium businesses generally show the following characteristics:
- A large free user base
- A low marginal cost to serve each new subscriber
- A product whose value to the user increases over time.
How does Spotify fare on these metrics?
It already has a huge free user base. Spotify already has many millions of free users (see chart below). Its product is highly critically praised. What's more, Spotify has been a large beneficiary of Facebook's new platform product, which allows music services to turn users' activities into viral social signals. Unless something unforeseen happens, Spotify's user base should only increase from here.
Spotify also appears to have a low marginal cost per subscriber--although the details here remain a key question. The key cost-per-subscriber is the royalties Spotify must pay to content owners. It does not cost Spotify much to "serve" each additional subscriber, in part because its product uses a (mostly) peer-to-peer architecture so Spotify's own servers have to stream little data. But Spotify does have to pay fees to record labels. And it's not clear exactly how these royalty payments are calculated--and, specifically, whether they are 1) fixed payments (regardless of usage), 2) fixed payments per subscriber (regardless of usage) or 3) per-use payments.
Presumably, Spotify has priced its subscriptions so that most of them are nicely profitable relative to the amount of music the subscriber listens to. And, on average, these profitable subscribers probably offset the costs of those who consume music 24 hours a day. But the details of these royalty payments will determine how profitable each incremental Spotify user is, and, therefore, how profitable the company can eventually become.
Right now it can easily raise money privately and seems to have good relationships with the music industry, but this high cost base is going to be a problem for Spotify.
The final question is whether Spotify becomes more useful to users over time--and the answer is yes. And this is important, because it will allow Spotify to convert more free users to paid users over time.
Spotify actually boasts a high conversion rate on active users, around 15% (see chart below for comparison). A plugged-in person familiar with Spotify's situation and many other startups said they had "never seen conversion rates that high."
The key, this person explained, is that Spotify creates an "emotional connection" between the user and the product (and it is, indeed, a very pleasing product to use).
Spotify investor and technology visionary Sean Parker has put it slightly differently: once a Spotify user has connected with their friends and built playlists into Spotify, "we've got you by the balls." The playlists are inside Spotify, and to put them on their mobile, that person has to pay up.
The underlying idea is the same: freemium products that succeed do so because their value to the user increases over time.
To a user, at first, Spotify is just music. Then it becomes music, plus their playlists, which they have taken a lot of time to put together, plus their friends' playlists, which they can access easily in the software thanks to Facebook integration. Once the "emotional connection" with the product is accomplished (or once Spotify has "got you by the balls"...) it becomes much more compelling to pay up.
Why Spotify Should Be Nicely Profitable... Eventually.
Look back at that seemingly dreadful income statement. Losses are eye-watering. Licensing costs are enormous, and growing very fast.
But, crucially, revenues are growing faster than costs. As well they should be.
As we wrote above, the freemium business model works by converting users from free to paid over time. As Spotify grows and cohorts of users stick around, more and more of them are converting from free to paid. And because subscription revenue is recurring, revenue from increasing numbers of paid users grows faster than the costs of licensing streaming all that music for the free users.
Which means that, at some point in the future (probably not tomorrow, but some time), the revenue line should climb above the cost line.
The Bottom Line
The bottom line is that under the ocean of red ink Spotify actually has a very promising business model:
- The product quality and deep social integration make it viral, which brings in the free users;
- As it gains scale, Spotify will gain negotiating leverage with content partners, which should allow it to keep the marginal costs for each new subscriber low;
- Spotify draws you in and gets you to pay a subscription fee once you're hooked;
- Because subscription revenue is recurring and more users are converting to paid over time, at some point the business should be sustainably profitable.
It's not just a classic freemium play, it's an excellently executed one. And subscription revenue seems more likely to make tons of money for the company and the music industry over the long run than either ad-based models like Pandora's or sales like iTunes and Amazon MP3. And the latter models, in any event, are not how people, especially young people, increasingly consume music these days.
Spotify's product is the best of all worlds: the free product has more convenience than either piracy or iTunes (search for a song, hit play, and it starts playing instantly), and the subscription almost certainly brings in more revenue over time.
Right now, Spotify is still small, and its costs are high. It needs to grow a lot more to make its business work. But if anyone can make serious money sustainably from digital music, it's Spotify.


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We're asking members to send in dildos to us, for the models to use on shoots. If a model chooses the item you have sent in, you get several special pics of her with your toy, a thank you video, a personalised note or two and credit on the site... And the warm glow of satisfaction of seeing a good job well done.
Here are some rules to get you started:
- You may send items that are dildos or vibrators. We're not looking for wacky and weird toys, but if you have an idea, ask Abby about it. If she reckons we can work it into a shoot (and she'd know!), she'll give you the go ahead.
- It is legal for us to receive sex toys that you mail to us, but we cannot speak for sending them from the country you're in. If you're worried about this, you should check your local laws.
- Toys will absolutely not be returned. The model gets to keep them for herself.
- We will not be returning un-used toys. We expect most toys will be used, but some way-out ones may never be.
- We cannot be responsible for toys you send that we do not receive, sorry.
- The toys have to be new, and in original packaging. We will be disinfecting them thoroughly before they are used for a shoot as well.
- You may wish to purchase online, and get them sent direct to us (as a "gift") - that's fine too.
- Stuff you send must have your SubID and the name you wish the model to use if she addresses you. Your sitename will be made public unless you specify otherwise. If you do not include your subID and sitename, we will not use your submission.
- We are unable to provide a street address for deliveries, sorry.
- Sorry, but you do not get to choose which model gets to use the toy you send in.
Here's some feedback from satisfied customers:
- Woo-hoo!!! I just got my thank you letters and CD today...this totally rocks! Heather wrote me a very sweet note and her hand writing is so girly and adorable :D The gorgeous model who chose my gift (Can I say her name? -- since she's new and hasn't had any shoots go up yet, I don't want to blow any surprises) wrote her letter in pink which I love 'cause I write in pink a lot too. She loves the toy...actually said it was calling out to her which I find very sweet :) (No, it doesn't talk :p ) And the video! Oh, goodness, this girl is hot! Fantastic smile, lovely figure...everyone's in for a real treat when her shoots go up. Thankyouthankyouthankyou...this really made my day!
- Well what all can I say: I got my package from Heather, Including Thanks (letter), and 3 formats of video from Darcy showing me why she (Darcy) like my dildo drive gift :>) I once said in the forum that: AW needed to stay personal, and that was worth, the money, and telephone calls to get it sent. I am very pleased. Thanks All
- Your letter arrived for Valentine's Day, in a hand-written yellow envelope that looked just like a Valentine's card. Enclosed I found a sheet of the famous Abby Winters lined paper, with a lovely note from the lovely Peta, complete with hearts, kisses and smiley. The CD had some pictures of Peta in a state of undress, holding the vibrator and the note, so I can prove to my friends that I really am the Peter she's talking to , and a short (18 sec) clip of her saying 'thank you' while actually using the toy! I'm looking forward to the shoot now. Thanks
- I just got my very cool "thank you" package from Marie M — it contained handwritten notes from both Heather and Marie, photos of Marie with the dildo and her handwritten note, and a clip of Marie pleasuring herself with the dildo and singing its praises. I definitely encourage other members to take part in the Dildo Drive — I think this drive is one of the many things that makes abbywinters.com stand out from other sites when it comes to seeing lots of beautiful girls and all their lovely bits.
- Woot! I went to Poland last week for ten days and when I returned my "thank you" package was waiting for me in the mail!! I got a nice thank you note from Hayley, the lovely woman who chose my dildo to use. Also included was a thanks from Heather. Most exciting of all was the CD that included a few pics with Hayley showing her "thank you" note in them, an in-action video clip, and another video clip where Hayley is thanking me again. She and Heather (I think) are talking about the dildo I sent, and they conclude that I sent a "classy" one. Glad Hayley liked it, and hope it gets much use. Thanks to Hayley, Heather, and AW! And when can I see the full video??
- Well, what can I say? It's been more than worth the wait. I found my little package in the mail this morning and could hardly believe my luck... A thank-you letter by lovely Heather, and hand-written notes by two of my very favorite models, including the one I originally joined the site for!!! Not to mention a CD with some verrrrry sexy shoots, and a short video of each model putting her toy to good use! I almost melted when one of them said "Dankeschön" in the cutest of accents...


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Most private medical labs 'misdiagnose' illnesses
Most private medical labs 'misdiagnose' illnesses
KABUL (Pajhwok): Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on Afghanistan's private health sector during the past one and a half decades, the country's citizens continue to face many issues when it comes to diagnosing a disease.
Many citizens complain about wrong diagnoses of diseases at local private laboratories, something that compels Afghan patients to visit neighboring or regional countries for having a reliable and accurate detection of their illness.
Studies show the Afghans annually spent about $300 million on their treatment abroad due to low quality health services and lack of standard hospitals inside the country.
Residents say local medical laboratories lack advanced equipment and professional individuals and thus diseases are not correctly recognized.
A resident of Kabul City, Haji Rahimshah, told Pajhwok Afghan News he recently visited a medical lab in Khairkhana neighborhood for a blood cholesterol level test. He said his test results showed the cholesterol level at 154 (mg/dl.)
"but I went to another lab one hour after the first test. There my cholesterol level was shown 220."
Another resident of Kabul City, Zamari, said unprofessional individuals run medical laboratories amid a lack of proper environment.
Zamari visited a lab in Kart-i-Parwan area to know his blood group and after the test, he was told his blood group name 'BRH.'
"After a month, I had to give blood to my ailing sister at Rabia Balkhi Maternity Hospital, where I tested my blood group again and they said it was 'AB Rh D positive.'
Then to confirm it, Zamari went to the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Hospital, where his blood group was tested 'AB Rh D positive.'
"This unprofessional behavior could have led to the loss of my sister because I considered his blood to be 'BRH' based on the first test."
Another Kabul inhabitant, Jamila, said she had been suffering from severe body ache and swelling of fingers and toes and a doctor prescribed her a rheumatism test.
"But I was tested negative for the illness at a lab near Baharistan Cinema and the doctor gave me medicines based on the diagnosis, however, I did not recover."
Due to no impact of the medicines, she went to another lab where her rheumatoid factor was tested above 400. "So when I used medicines for the correct test, my sickness was treated."
Another resident, Qiyamuddin, who had suffered from the consequences of a wrong diagnosis, asked the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to increase its monitoring on local labs.
He said a huge amount of money was annually spent by the Afghans on their treatment abroad and this issue should be paid a serious heed.
Doctors at laboratories and diagnosis centers also acknowledge complaints about misdiagnosing and cite many reasons behind the problem.
An official at the 'City Laboratory, Dr. Farid Ahmad Ahmadzai, said the MoPH didn't monitor most of the private labs.
He said another problem was unfamiliarity of a number of Afghan doctors with new and advanced lab machines.
Machinery used at many labs in Afghanistan were imported from abroad despite the lack of technical personnel to teach doctors how to use the machines, he added.
Ahmadzai blamed private universities and institutes for the issues in labs, saying these organizations issued degrees to students blindly and without merit. "When the ignorant graduates don't know about labs and technology, how can you expect accurate diagnosis from them?"
"A 10 to 30 percent difference in a test result is normal, but above that is worrisome."
A health expert, Dr. Mohammad Hashim Wahaj, while pointing to issues at labs, criticized MoPH.
He said the health ministry had failed to properly oversee and investigate private labs' functioning.
He said a low quality 'reagent' (A chemical substance used to create a reaction in combination with some other substance) was used at local labs, which had a bad effect on the diagnoses.
Wahaj cited recruitment of unprofessional people and functioning on other individuals' licenses as other main issues, asking the MoPH to prevent the phenomenon.
He said large and prominent medical laboratories had established small agencies which lacked modern machinery and professional workforce.
He alleged 30 to 50 percent of labs offered a specific amount of commission to doctors for referring patients to them.
A representative from Herat at the Wolesi Jirga and health panel in-charge at the house, Dr. Saleh Mohammad Saljoqi, claimed they had many times summoned MoPH officials over the issues and concerns about labs.
The lawmaker confirmed complaints regarding laboratories had increased, blaming both the labs and the MoPH for the situation.
A law governing the private health sector had been passed, he said, adding if the law wasn't being implemented, then the problem lied in the MoPH itself.
He said the lack of scientific cadres, specialists and technologists had eroded people's trust in the private health sector.
The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) said the Afghans spent a huge capital on their treatment abroad due to the shortage of standardi health services in the country.
Deputy ACCI head Khan Jan Alokozay asked the private sector entrepreneurs to ensure they offered quality and standard health services.
He said the private sector health institutes should give more attention to having technical equipment.
MoPH diagnosis services general in-charge, Ashiqullah Saadati, said they continuously monitored labs and diagnosis centres. He also didn't deny the issues.
He said MoPH had created a law for operation and activity of private sector institutes and the law was being persistently enforced by the Observation and Investigation Department of the ministry.
Saadati said some labs had hired university students who possessed no work permit from the MoPH. "In 1394 solar year, we studied 55 hospitals in Kabul and provinces. Of them, 28 hospitals having low quality were recommended to be standardized and nine others were closed down."
"A private hospital that used using low quality 'reagent' was shut down by MoPH." He said the ministry was mulling over the closure of laboratories not up to standard.
He also acknowledged illegal use of others' work permits by laboratories, saying such act challenged the accuracy and reliability of diagnosis results and professionalism of lab workers.
He said the Observation and Investigation Department was considering a long-term monitoring policy for private laboratories and work permits of substandard labs would be cancelled.
A recent survey by the Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) last week showed despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars by the donor community on Afghanistan's public health sector, these facilities across the country face major deficiencies, including poor management, corruption, lack of power and potable water.
IWA inspected 184 public clinics and hospitals in eight provinces built or operated with donor money.
Four out of 10 health facilities lacked potable water system while one in every five facilities had no electricity at all. It claimed two-thirds of the health facilities did not have ambulances, adding to difficulties in accessing clinics and hospitals.
In spite of spending hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid on private public health sector, still issues existed, including lack of maintenance, inaccessible medical staff, lack of female health-care staff, and poor management and others.
However, MoPH's plan and police director, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Qadeer, said the public health minister and his working team were seriously observing all the sectors of MoPH and there was zero tolerance for administrative corruption.
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Manages nursing personnel and daily operational related activities. Leads Nursing team for assigned units with responsibility for all operational functions of the team. Works in partnership with the Medical Director/Physician Liaison of the inpatient unit to provide administrative and medical staff support to the operations of the inpatient unit.
Responsible for developing and initiating improvements in the organization and delivery of high quality, cost effective patient care. Duties and responsibilities will include supporting the vision, mission, and goals of the Nursing Department and the organization. Responsible for nursing clinical practice, budgetary personnel activities, and regulatory activities associated with the unit and the clinical department, and continuing support of Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Commitment to community service is encouraged and is a quality of leadership.
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* Distance Control - After you have read the green, aimed the club face and hit the ball over your intended line, the ball must be traveling at a speed that allows it to fall into the hole when it arrives. I train players to practice these three distinct skills. I am able to be most effective as a coach when I can help a player recognize where they are lacking in relation to these skills. When a student and I know what their fault is, it is easy to improve. I find that the toughest and least practiced skill is Distance Control. I have a simple drill you can do on any green that will make you a better putter.
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Six people – including three children – were injured Friday morning when a taxi driver apparently ran a red light, struck another car and then crashed into the Heritage Centers building on Oak Street, police said.
None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, police said.
But it could have been worse. The office of Executive Director Michael Gross was struck by the taxi and sprayed with shattered glass, but fortunately he was not in.
Gross got his first inkling that something had happened at 9:30 a.m., when he received a message from a co-worker at the agency at Oak and Clinton streets.
"She said, 'You need to go to temple tonight and thank your God,' " Gross recalled. "I had no idea what she was talking about."
When Gross called the office, he learned that a Broadway Taxi had smashed into the corner of the agency's building where his office is located.
The taxi sheared off a 4-inch-thick cement and steel post and smashed his office window.
"My desk chair is right against the window," Gross said.
Only the exterior cement wall of the long, low building stopped the taxi from plowing right into the office. Gross said.
"While the car would not have hit me, I would have been in bad shape from all the flying glass, because glass did fly across the entire room," he said.
Witnesses told police that the driver of the Broadway Taxi was traveling south on Oak Street when he ran a red light and struck a 1999 Oldsmobile that was headed east on Clinton with a green light. The taxi then jumped the curb, mowed down a shrub and the post and smashed into the window of Gross's office.
The taxi driver, whom police did not identify, was treated and released at Erie County Medical Center and then issued a summons for failing stop at a red light.
Five others, including three young children, were taken to Women & Children's Hospital.
The post that was destroyed "was put in a couple of years ago when the building was hit closer to the corner," said Gross, who added that it was at least the third time the building has been struck by a vehicle since it was built about 30 years ago.
"This is a bad intersection," Gross said. "People try to run lights all the time."
Gross said he is concerned that traffic will get worse when Catholic Health headquarters opens between Elm and Oak near Genesee Street next summer and there are "many, many, many more cars traveling down Oak Street and up Elm. Someone with some traffic sense is really going to have to put a plan together that is going to keep pedestrians, cars and buildings safe."
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The Producers Bar - The Old Exchange
Classic Pub Meal for Two in the CBD! Only $19 for Two Chicken or Beef Schnitzels with Your Choice of Sauce or Topping, Mouth-Watering Beer Battered Chips and Salad. Plus Enjoy Two Glasses of Beer, Wine or Soft Drink to Wash it All Down, Valued at $56
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Enjoy a classic pub meal for two people at The Producers Bar in the heart of the CBD!
Sink your teeth into a delicious crumbed schnitzel; choose either succulent chicken or delicious Angus beef
Then add your sauce or topping including mushroom, classic gravy, peppercorn, parmigiana and dianne
Your delicious meal will also be accompanied by crunchy beer-battered chips and salad
Plus enjoy two glasses of beer, Rothbury estate red, white or sparkling wine or soft drink to wash it all down!
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Book in with three vouchers and extend your party to six people - great for group get-togethers!
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Offer expires on 17 April 2014 (bookings must be made by 3 April 2014)
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Quirky little venue with REAL GRASS growing around the bar! Antique chairs and grungy surroundings make it very visually appealing and the beer graden is gorgeous - lots of fairy lights really made it look spectacular at night!"True Local
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Health Care Reform Comparative Effectiveness Research Fee Impact for Self-funded Employers with California Network Plans
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