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U.S. State Department Updates Travel Warning on Colombia
Destination & Tourism James Shillinglaw October 04, 2012
Despite the recent surge in travel to Colombia, the U.S. Department of State is reminding U.S. citizens of the dangers of travel to certain regions of the country. Security in Colombia has improved significantly in recent years, including in tourist and business travel destinations such as Cartagena and Bogota, but violence linked to narco-trafficking continues to affect some rural areas and parts of large cities. This replaces the travel warning for Colombia issued February 21, 2012, to update information on recent security incidents and terrorist activity.
While the U.S. embassy possesses no information concerning specific and credible threats against U.S. citizens in Colombia, it is strongly encouraging U.S. citizens to exercise caution and remain vigilant as terrorist and criminal activities remain a threat throughout the country. Two people were killed and approximately 60 injured by a car bomb during an assassination attempt on the life of a former Interior Minister on May 15, 2012.
Explosions occur throughout Colombia on a regular basis, including some in Bogota itself. Small towns and rural areas of Colombia can still be extremely dangerous due to the presence of terrorists and narco-traffickers, including armed criminal gangs (referred to as "BACRIMs" in Spanish), which are active throughout much of the country. Violence associated with the BACRIM has spilled over into many of Colombia's major cities. These groups are heavily involved in the drug trade.
Although the incidence of kidnapping in Colombia has diminished significantly from its peak in 2000, it remains a threat, and is of particular concern in rural areas. Terrorist groups and other criminal organizations continue to kidnap and hold civilians for ransom or as political bargaining chips. No one is immune from kidnapping on the basis of occupation, nationality, or other factors. One U.S. citizen was kidnapped and killed in March 2011, and another was kidnapped and freed in May 2011. The U.S. government places the highest priority on the safe recovery of kidnapped U.S. citizens, but it is U.S. policy not to make concessions to or strike deals with kidnappers. Consequently, the U.S. government's ability to assist kidnapping victims is limited.
U.S. government officials and their families in Colombia are permitted to travel to major cities in the country, but normally only by air. They may not use inter- or intra-city bus transportation, or travel by road outside urban areas at night. U.S. government officials and their families in Colombia must file a request to travel to any area in Colombia outside of two general areas. The first area is outlined by the cities of Bogota, Anolaima, Cogua, and Sesquile. The second area is on the Highway 90 corridor that connects Cartagena, Barranquilla, and Santa Marta. All U.S. citizens in Colombia are urged to follow these precautions and exercise extra caution outside of the aforementioned areas.
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Posted by Bogdan Marius Beleuz in Financial Transactions, Globalization Challenges on April 20, 2012
16 April 2012, Basel, Switzerland The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS), part of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), in cooperation with International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issue new standards that promote global efforts to strengthen financial market infrastructures (FMIs): • a report entitled Principles for financial market infrastructures • a consultation paper on an Assessment methodology for these new standards • a consultation paper on a Disclosure framework for the standards The new report is designed to ensure that the infrastructure supporting global financial markets is more secure and to avoid the withstand financial shocks. The revised principles update, harmonize and strengthen the risk management and related standards for financial market infrastructures; that include systemically important payment systems, central securities depositories, securities settlement systems, central counterparties, and trade repositories. For more details please refer to Press release.

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I think we can close this one.
@smarro could you then clean now the sao.po and tryton.po from duplicates between es_419 and es languages.
A new relase for babel (2.7.0) has been published.
The PR for babel has been accepted, we need to wait for a release now.
Done, tryton.po and sao.po translated in "es_419"
It does not seem that my PR will be commit any time soon.
So I propose that derivative languages translated tryton.po and sao.po completely even if main language has the same translation.
So I'm adding @smarro in nosy list as he is the only administrator of a derivative language.
And here is the PR for gettext.js: https://github.com/guillaumepotier/gettext.js/pull/14
This will require a change in sao to load all parent translations but I'm waiting first to have feedback from the maintainer.
I created the PR for Babel: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/pull/564
If it takes too much time to be merge, I will probably apply it on the build machines.
For tryton, I think the problem comes from https://github.com/python-babel/babel/commit/bc3aa3505093a17b5baec2341a32244fdc36d06a
I think babel should skip msgid with an empty string because it should be considered as untranslated as https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Untranslated-Entries.html
This will allow for gettext to go to the fallback language etc.
For sao, I think we need to override i18n.dcnpgettext to implement a fallback.
On 2018-01-26 16:10, Sergi Almacellas Abellana wrote:
> @cedk so I understant that the client should load derivative language translations in case of the string is empty?
> I don't see issue5443 implemented this. So with the current code the client is only loading the final language translation.
Normally gettext should do that by default.
@cedk so I understant that the client should load derivative language translations in case of the string is empty?
I don't see issue5443 implemented this. So with the current code the client is only loading the final language translation.
@pokoli it is normal that not all strings are translated.
There is not tryton translation for such locale (all strings are not translated):
When a user change your language to "es_419" (Spanish latinoamerican), the client tryton is showed in english, but when change to spanish "es" is showed fine in Spanish.
Spanish (Latinoamerican) is marked as translatable in configuration.
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I have wanted to send you guys an update on my Lilly (formerly Lily) that I adopted in July of 2009. She was an extremely shy kitty with which I just absolutely fell in love. She joined her new, sister Pepper in our new apartment. After several weeks of working with her, she finally felt comfortable in her new home, though she would not let me touch her.
Then in September, our apartment was involved in the historic local flood. The kitty-babies were stranded for 36 hours before a friend rescued them. We relocated, and we had to start fresh with sweet Lilly.
Here we are nine years later. Lilly allows me to pet her if I am sitting down and she is on the floor. She readily gives me rubs and loves (in that position). She has started letting me pet her if we are both on the couch. She sleeps beside me on the couch, even touching me at times. She purrs when I pet her AND when I play with her. (It is so sweet!) With all of this, she still does not allow me to pick her up. If I try, she zooms right through my closing hands and I do not see her for hours. (Oh, well. Maybe one day.)
We had the BIGGEST breakthrough a few days ago. Lilly was standing beside me on the couch and she placed her front paws on my leg while I pet her. (I almost cried tears of joy!) Then she walked behind me to the other side of me and SHE WALKED ACROSS MY LAP! (Okay, I DID cry tears of joy!) She may become a lap cat yet!
Having a shy kitty is a very special blessing. Every time they take steps that indicate they are comfortable, it is a cause to rejoice. I would not trade this gorgeous, sweet, precious kitty for the world.
In the pictures, you will see Lilly, who has some Siamese markings, as well as her sister, Pepper. Lilly's markings are perfectly symmetrical and have darkened even more since these pictures were taken. She has long, silky fur and the longest whiskers of any cat I have ever met. (If you have not figured it out, I simply adore her.)
Thank you so much for loving her as she was waiting for her forever mom to meet her. Thank you for ALL that you do.


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Anaheim, CA (January 5, 2019) – High expectations greeted the GEICO Honda squad at the 2019 opener for the Monster Energy Supercross Championship, but when rain moved in and turned the track into a slippery affair, the strategy turned from aggression to survival. Team riders RJ Hampshire and Cameron McAdoo did indeed survive, but not without some drama on a rainy night in California.
Hampshire looked strong in qualifying and then won his heat race, and ran in contention for a podium for much of the race. A mid-race crash cost him a little bit of time, though, and he ultimately finished fourth.
"Glad to get back to racing, we had a really good offseason," said Hampshire. "Practice went well and then the rain came. The heat race was a little sloppy but I was able to get a good start and get out front. I won my first heat race in a while, which I was pretty pumped on. Main event came around and it was still raining pretty heavy. Got a decent start and was just kind of riding around in third for a few laps. I made a dumb mistake and went for the quad-quad in the rhythm before the whoops and came up way short and went down pretty hard. Then once I got up I was in fifth and had a couple more close calls throughout the race. Happy to get out of round 1 healthy and ready to go racing next weekend!"
Early in the race, McAdoo ran up front along with his teammate, but he suffered a big crash of his own and landed hard off the side of the track. McAdoo didn't give up, though, and despite some bumps and bruises, got back on the bike and salvaged 11th.
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Dio posted a blog entry in Letters from Home... intel inbound. You may have seen my latest fanfiction project, Paladin, on both FiMFiction.net and Canterlot.com's fanfiction section. Now I know what you're thinking; not ANOTHER human in Equestria story! Not ANOTHER blatantly obvious, poorly-written self-insert! Stigma is always a problem, but I assure you that's not my intent. Paladin is meant to be a continuation of an epic I've been intending to write for MLP since before FiM was a thing. The adventure will span two worlds and involve both humans and ponies. I aim to both tell a story and craft characters, good characters, giving them the loving attention they deserve. These are living, breathing characters and I hope to tell their story rather than simply using them as playthings. It is an ambitious project for me, as I have done more one-shots than anything else, but I want to at least use it to stimulate my creativity and force myself to write well. But enough of that. I'm here to give you a preview of sorts of the setting for Paladin, at least the side that takes place on earth. As a world-builder, I love this sort of stuff and I hope you will, too. Mystery of Bal-Khaled Located between Mazar-i-Sharif and the Uzbek border, Bal-Khaled is a sleepy, riverside farming town in northern Afghanistan. The presence of a large river tributary and favorable climate have made it a hot spot for opium farms and heroin labs. Its proximity to both the Uzbek and Iranian borders also make it a prime area for illegal crossings and a way station for foreign fighters entering Afghanistan. Thus, Bal-Khaled is a hotbed of insurgent activity in an otherwise secure area of operations. Three companies from US Army 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment (Stryker) of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division have been assigned to the region, patrolling for border activity, sweeping for IEDs, destroying opium fields, and searching compounds for insurgents and their assets. The Stryker battalion is supplemented by ODA 739 from the US Army Special Forces and their compliment of both direct action operators and psychological operations professionals. A number of support assets from the US Air Force and ISAF member nations are also on hand. In recent days, the intensity and frequency of attacks on both civilians and ISAF units in the area of operations has increased markedly. With the pending withdrawal of all US combat forces from Afghanistan, ISAF commanders are understandably concerned for the region's security. Cordon and search missions as well as drug stings occur now on an almost nightly basis, with Alpha Company of 3/17 Stryker spearheading the operation. Morale is high, as each night brings newly captured insurgents, better intelligence, and perhaps even a glimpse the operators of ODA 739 in action. But something isn't quite right about 739's operations. The operators seem to have little interest in drug busts and apprehended insurgents. They are searching for something, something that does not belong. But as always, their exact target is classified, leaving the "regular joe" soldiers of 3/17 Styker to scratch their heads and speculate wildly.
Story: OC Paladin
Dio posted a topic in Writing DiscussionStory can be found HERE. The first draft can be found on FiMFiction.net under the user name Dio. Rated 18+ just in case because of minor mention of blood. This is my personal spin on the old human in Equestria story, inspired partially by The Grey. Because it's a snippet of a planned, larger work, there is little characterization and dialogue; instead the drive of the piece comes from dramatic tension and action. I did my best to abstract away the military jargon so that it didn't break the pacing. I'm particularly proud of this piece because it is what got me out of a writing slump. I dare say that I may be able to get this onto Equestria Daily with some time and effort in revisions. I want some feedback and ratings on the story here on Canterlot.com just so I can gauge this community's response to my work. I've already borne quite a few critical remarks on FiMFiction for it, so don't be afraid to lend a critical eye. Those bronies here who know military stuff, PLEASE give it a read and let me know if I messed up any of the weapon, weapon function, or gear descriptions. To some people, I might have an encyclopedic knowledge of such things, but I'm not perfect, as FiMFiction's denizens have let me know. But enough rambling. Happy reading!


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I don t know how we got here so quickly, but this week we enter the month of November! We begin remembering All Saints and All Souls: all the holy ones who have gone before us, especially those whom we have known and loved. This is the month that we traditionally remember our beloved dead, our faithful departed. Next weekend we will remember all those whose funerals we have celebrated here at the Church of the Transfiguration during this past year. After Mass, everyone who has lost a loved one during the past year will also be able to light a candle in their memory in the gathering space. All month long a book will be available for us to write the names of all of our loved ones. It is good and comforting to remember these words from the Book of Wisdom, often read at funerals:
The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall them. They seemed in the view of the foolish, to be dead, and their passing away was thought an affliction, and their going forth from us, utter destruction. But they are at peace.
For if before men indeed they be punished , yet is their hope full of
immortality. Chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed, be-
cause God tried them and found them worthy of himself. As gold
in the furnace he proved them and as sacrificial offerings he took
them to himself. In the time of their visitation they shall shine,
and shall dart about as sparks through stubble. They shall judge
nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord shall be their King
forever. Those who trust in him shall understand truth, and the
faithful shall abide with him in love. Because grace and mercy are
with his holy ones, and his care is with his elect.
This is a good time to give thought to our own mortality; not easy, but necessary and helpful for our loved ones. Do you have a will? Have you named a Power of Attorney to make decisions if you are unable to make them for yourself? Have you let them know your healthcare wishes? Have you discussed plans for your funeral? On the weekend of November 17/18, representatives of the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese will be available after each Mass to offer a brief presentation. We plan in the hope of resurrection and immortality! Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat. But if it dies, it produces much fruit! May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest In peace.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) – A man faces a slew of charges after he allegedly broke into a Connecticut home and watched a girl while she was sleeping.
Police said Eric Kusheba, 36, cut a screen window and climbed into the home on Tunix Hill Road in Fairfield early Friday morning.
Once inside, he went into the girl's bedroom and watched her sleep, while only wearing a bathrobe and T-shirt – no pants or underwear, police said.
Police said they found brass knuckles in Kusheba's pocket and child pornography images on his cellphone.
He was charged with home invasion, voyeurism, stalking, criminal mischief, carrying a dangerous weapon and possession of child pornography.


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That's the question being asked by a growing number of companies and organizations in Canada and around the world. The reason? You and other millennials born between 1980 and 2000 now account for about a third of North America's total population – over 100 million people.
That's a big market – three times the size of Canada's population – and when you add in the rest of the world it becomes a huge market. Considerable time and effort are now being devoted to identifying the differences that set you apart from other millennials. The variations, the thinking goes, influence your behaviours, attitudes and values, impacting everything from what you want to wear today to what you want out of life.
These differences can be seen at home among Canadian millennials and around the world among global millennials. We'll start with the global view and end with the Canadian one. It also includes a quiz to determine your unique millennial type. As you can see from the chart, there are material differences among millennials around the world when asked how they would prioritize their lives. The differences are evident across a number of other dimensions if you want to view them all.
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Canadian millennials are also remarkably varied as evidenced by the demographic portraits created by Abacas Data Practice. The company, which specializes in millennial marketing, identifies 14 character and personality traits that they believe best differentiate you from your millennial peers. Using these traits, they then perform cluster analysis to produce six unique Canadian millennial segments that share similar personalities, outlooks, and traits.


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A new YouGov survey, commissioned by eBay UK, has found that a third of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) feel their businesses are being held back by the cost of postage and delivery logistics.
The report shows that 31 per cent of small business owners fear that postage charges and delivery logistics limit their ability to grow; while 75 per cent of respondents believe overseas shipping costs hamper their chances of securing custom from outside the UK.
Tanya Lawler, vice president of eBay UK, said: "We have been calling on the Government and policy makers for years to do more to level the playing field for Britain's army of SMEs by reducing postal costs and improving delivery and logistics services.
"These diverse businesses are vital to the UK because they are the engine of our growth at home and abroad, with more than four-in-five small businesses on eBay in the UK selling internationally."
With the general election just weeks away, additional issues reared their head in the study that SMEs want politicians to focus on; including lowered taxes for all businesses (48 per cent), investment in faster broadband (31 per cent), improved postal and delivery services (27 per cent), better advice on setting up and running an online business (17 per cent) and more police effort to tackle cybercrime and fraud (16 per cent).
These figures follow on from a previous YouGov survey which found small firms also feel they are not getting the support from banks that they received pre-recession.
Almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of SME owners believe the banks are not lending as much as they should to small firms, with 60 per cent of the belief that it is now harder to obtain credit than it was pre-coalition.
Subsequently, business owners are increasingly taking matters into their own hands with almost three-quarters no longer relying on financial support from banks.
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A new YouGov survey, commissioned by eBay UK, has found that a third of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) feel their businesses are being held back by the cost of postage and delivery logistics.


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Established in 1990, Tree of Life Preschool and Daycare provides competent and loving care for the children entrusted to us. We are a licensed facility through the Department of Children and Families of the State of Florida, license number C12MA0114. We are a licensed Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) and School Readiness provider through the Manatee County Early Learning Coalition.
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You really need to hop over there and take a look at Alecia's fun blog....
Although how she ever has time to blog with her 5 acres and huge menagerie of pets!
Hmmmm....and she is only 23 years old....!
Anyway, Alecia is doing a series of posts about planning a wedding on a budget!
I figured that was something I could do!
Chicken Scratch and read all about it!
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HumanityCritic's Message to Hip Hop: "For the Love of God, Stop Going on FOX News!"(Vibe.com)
"A wise man told me don't argue with fools
Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who"
- Jay-Z, "Takeover"
Ever so often, whether it's from a friend who doesn't know me at all and mistakenly thinks I'd be in the least bit interested, or some Hip Hop blog that I happen to peruse when I'm not beating my dick like it had an expiration date on it to some deviant form of online pornography - I always learn about some rapper or Hip Hop journalist that decided to express themselves in the house that Rupert Murdock built. Usually these clips are prefaced with sentiments like "MC so-and so really owned Neil Cavuto" or "That Hip-Hop-Journalist-Guy really gave it to O'Reilly!" - and even though I know that the chances that I'll be satisfied with the outcome is usually slim, like getting a blow-job from an epileptic chick with braces, I still play the video clips in hopes that an intelligent representative of my culture gets in that ass like an overeager doctor during a prostate exam. Unfortunately, like that one black person with only three words in their vocabulary that your local news decides to interview at the scene of a crime, the person in said clip usually embarrasses themselves - not because the interviewer dazzled them with their hard-hitting questions, but because they were drooling idiots before they even walked into the FOX News Studios. (See: Dame Dash and Cam'ron)(Read more here)
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12 Children's Classics for 2019 is hosted at Book Hippie. The reading schedule is set for the year, and I'll use this page to link to posts as we go.
January: Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
February: Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
March: Goody Two Shoes by McLoughlin Brothers (In hunting for a copy of this, I've learned that it has been attributed to a variety of authors, but it was published at some point by McLoughlin Brothers)
April: The Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston
May: The Tale Of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
June: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
July: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
August: Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes
September: Tales of Mother Goose by Charles Perrault
October: Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
November: Raggedy Ann & Andy by Johnny Gruelle
December: Nutcracker and Mouse-King by E.T.A. Hoffmann


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Locus Customer Success Story: Blue Dart
This video was played on DHL India Innovation Day. Locus partnered with Blue Dart to automate their sorting process to save time and reduce human dependency.
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Our advanced geocoding technology intelligently deciphers fuzzy addresses attached to the parcel and converts it to its respective geo-coordinates (latitude & longitudes) at the packaging level.
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August 7, 2013 - A popular Tibetan writer and four others have been sentenced to prison early this month by Chinese authorities in Nyagchu (Ch: Yajiang) County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
On 1 August 2013, the County People's Court in Nyagchu County sentenced the writer, Gangkye Drupa Kyab, to five years and six months in prison for alleged political activities. Four other Tibetan men were also sentenced. Samdup received five years' prison term while Sheygyal and Yudrang each were sentenced to two years. Drensel received three years prison sentence, according to information obtained by Tibet Express, an exile Tibetan newspaper.
All of them were sentenced for allegedly being members of a secret political group called "Marshog Ngogol Tsogpa" (Anti-Communist Party Association). Both Samdup, 32, and Yudrang were detained on 13 June 2012.
Gangkye Drupa Kyab, 34, and a father of two, was first detained on the night of 15 February 2012 by a group of about 20 Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers from his home in Serta (Ch: Seda) County. His house was raided and his wife, Wangchuk Lhamo, was given no explanation despite repeated appeals at the time of detention. Since then, the whereabouts of Gangkye Drupa Kyab remained unknown to family and friends until his sentencing early this month. For 17 months, he was detained incommunicado with the PSB releasing no information about his whereabouts or condition.
Gangkye Drupa Kyab was born in Gephen Village of Ragtam Township in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. He attended primary school in Ragtam Township and middle school in Serta County. After completing a teacher-training course in Kardze County, he worked as a teacher in Dartsang and Horshul townships. At the time of his arrest, he was working as a teacher at a school founded by Khenpo Tsultrim Lodoe in Drango (Ch: Luhuo) County in Kardze. In addition to being a teacher, he was a prolific writer. Among his many writings, one of the most well known is the book titled "Sajhi Tragdi Marpo" (Blood Letters of 2008) which was published by exile Tibetans in India. The book detailed the violent repression of 2008 protests in Tibet contradicting official accounts touted in Chinese state media. He also wrote the book, 'Dhi Ring Ghi Mikchu' (Today's Tears).
TCHRD strongly condemns China's ongoing crackdown on legitimate dissent and opposition, which violates the right to freedom of expression and opinion. The Centre calls on the Chinese authorities to respect its own constitution as well as international human rights law, which provide freedom of expression to all without discrimination. In particular, under international law, no exception is allowed in derogating the right to hold opinions. In its General Comment No. 10 on the right to freedom of expression as provided in article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Human Rights Committee states: "Paragraph 1 requires protection of the 'right to hold opinions without interference'. This is a right to which the Covenant permits no exception or restriction."


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The Perfect Accommodation for Your Stay:
Your holiday must start by picking the perfect accommodation. If you do not want to deal with traffic, which is quite wild in Bangkok, and prefer to be near to efficient transport, then you need to stay near to BTS & MRT.
Fortunately, Bangkok has excellent hotels at your disposal near to these transport links, so you can enjoy a holiday free of traffic!
Worry not, because they are luxurious, modern, clean and equipped with everything you will ever need to spend a pleasant and satisfying holiday in The City of Angels.
We have attached a straight-to-the-point review of each hotel, so you can get a proper overview in a fast manner. That's it, enjoy this article written especially to you by Apoteka!
The Okura Prestige Bangkok:
Right next to the Ploenchit BTS Skytrain Station, you will find an exceptional display of modernity embraced with art and sophistication. That is how we can define this hotel the best, because it is stunning and captivating from the first moment you look at it.
The interior is modern and beautiful. It will take your breath away, for sure. This hotel will make your stay unforgettable.
From here, you will have amazing and beautiful views of the city, access to spa center to pamper yourself, a fully equipped fitness center and other luxurious amenities like a modern suspended pool.
Here you will also find Yamazato, one of the most famous and prestigious restaurants from Japan, where you can enjoy the best of Japanese gastronomy.
The rooms are extremely comfortable and designed to make your stay a pleasant stay. They also come with free Wi-Fi.
There you have it, the magnificent Okura Prestige, one of the best hotels near BTS & MRT.
Address: 57 Wireless Rd, Khwaeng Lumphini, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330.
VIE Hotel Bangkok:
Sophistication, a friendly staff and comfort everywhere you look. This is the experience that VIE Hotel Bangkok offers you, and thereby, it is one of the best places to stay near the BTS & MRT.
From every single one of the 154 spacious rooms, you will have stunning views of The City of Angels. They've been designed to bring you the maximum comfort.
Here you will also find another excellent Japanese restaurant: YTBS. However, not only that, because you also have the fabulous VIE Wine & Grill, where you can enjoy the best of international and Thai cuisine. The best is that talented, experienced and specialized chefs will cook the most delicious meals for you.
Here you will also find options to relax and spoil yourself. The fabulous VIE Pool, where you can find peace and sophistication in the same place. An Oasis in the middle of the city. For a special treatment, you can visit the VIE Spa. If you want to work out and stay in shape, then fitness center is at your entire disposal.
The VIE Hotel is waiting for you.
Address: 117/39-40 Phayathai Rd, Khwaeng Thanon Phetchaburi, Khet Ratchathewi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10400.
Grande Centre Point Hotel Terminal 21:
An amazing hotel in a mall, with a privileged location that brings you direct access to the BTS Skytrain and MRT underground.
Let's start by the rooms: they are modern, elegant and spacious. You will find plenty of comfort here, guaranteed. After a long and fun day in the city, you will be able to lay down and relax.
You have excellent facilities to enjoy your stay at its max:
- A jogging track
- An excellent mini-golf driving range
- A relaxing and beautiful outdoor pool
- Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room to relax and treat yourself
- A modern fitness center + aerobics and yoga room
- The exceptional BlueSpice restaurant ready to serve you the most delicious meals.
You cannot go wrong with this hotel, simply fabulous.
Address: 2 Soi Sukhumvit 19, Khwaeng Khlong Toei Nuea, Khet Thawi Watthana, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10110.
Mode Sathorn Hotel: The Perfect Place to Stay for Business People
An excellent hotel located in the Siam area, right beside the BTS Surasak Station. Transportation will be easy and smooth from here.
A business hotel, as described by Mode Sathorn, includes everything that is necessary to make your stay a memorable and pleasant experience. You will be in heaven when you stay here.
The style is decorated in a modern and truly elegant way, you will be amazed from the first moment.
You have different kinds of rooms at your disposal, from a one-bedroom suite to an elegant business studio. They have the perfect room for your needs.
The facilities are simply amazing:
- A relaxing heated outdoors swimming pool
- A fully equipped gym
- A modern sauna and spa to spoil yourself
- A business zone with meeting rooms and more.
As you can see, it is the perfect business hotel in Bangkok.
Address: 144 North Sathorn Road, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok.
W Bangkok:
This hotel is in a privileged location in the business district of the city, and of course, it is near to transportation links. A few minutes walking and you will arrive to the BTS.
W Bangkok is more than just another place to stay, it is an icon, a magnificent exponent of Asian chic. All of its design and decoration clearly show it, therefore, it is a real show from the moment you look at it for the first time.
They have eight different types of rooms, ranging from a business studio suite to a phenomenal Extreme Wow Suite. Everything is chic and modern here… you will love it!
The hotel has an incredible Fit Gym, a relaxing and exotic WET Pool, a relaxing AWAY Spa and live DJ during the whole week at WOOBAR.
You also have transportation and other extra services at your disposal, everything to make your stay one of the best experiences of your life!
Address: 106 North Sathorn Road Silom TH-10 10500 TH, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500.
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WINC (Wireless Inclination) is an unmanned survey tool that is both retrievable and reseatable. Approximately 12 feet in length, WINC has a inclination accuracy of ±0.10 up to 22.5°. It is supplied in a pre-loaded short drill collar in 4.75″, 6.5″, 8.0″, 9.0″, 9.5″. Extreme LCM tolerance of over 40 lbs/barrel it is a leader in the market.
It features integrated rubber fin centralizer and has an operating temperature of 0°-150°C or 32°-302°F, vibration random of 20 g RMS, 15-500 Hz, and shock 1000 g, 0.5 ms, half-sine. Rated to 20,000 psi, the Vertex WINC tool has an operating battery life expectancy of 1,000 hours per 40 days of use.
WINC+ (Wireless Inclination with Azimuth) has the ability to provide inclination, azimuth and toolface, so you can keep your hole straight and on target, avoiding costly doglegging and potential hole conditions as a result of not circulating while surveying.
The WINC+ tool is capable of surveying at any point by simply stopping the pumps and starting them. A survey is reported back to surface while you are drilling ahead, there is no need to wait for the survey to be pumped up; it's done! WINC+ can get you back on target without having to slow down ROP and waiting for gravity to get your hole back to vertical.


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The study is published in the Aug. 2 issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
"This study provides evidence that identifying these risk factors early in middle age could be useful in screening people at risk of dementia and in encouraging them to make changes in their lifestyles before it's too late," said Charles DeCarli, a professor of neurology in the UC Davis School of Medicine and director of the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center.
The study examined the relationships between midlife vascular risk factors and markers for brain aging based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The indicators are associated with cognitive decline and dementia later in life.
The current study was conducted with data from participants in the Framingham Offspring Cohort Study, a multi-site, prospective cohort study comprised of three generations of the offspring and spouses of participants in the Framingham Heart Study. Some 1,352 of the study participants were included in the current research. The study subjects had an average age of 54.
Study participants have been followed since 1978 to identify vascular disease risk factors, and were repeatedly assessed for those risk factors, which included an elevated body mass index, hypertension, obesity, diabetes and smoking.
Beginning in 1999, the researchers obtained measures of vascular disease such as the volume of white matter hyperintensities, or areas on MRI that appear bright white that are associated with increased vascular damage. Other measurements included changes in total brain volume and changes in cognitive tests of verbal and spatial memory and decision-making capabilities.
The study found that people with high blood pressure developed white matter hyperintensities at a faster rate than those with normal blood pressure and had a more rapid decline in scores on tests of executive function, or planning and decision making. Participants who were obese were more likely to be in the top 25 percent of people with a greater rate of decline in scores on tests of executive functioning abilities later in life.
The study also found that participants with diabetes in mid-life had lost brain volume in the hippocampus brain region at a faster rate than those without diabetes when they were older. Study subjects who smoked lost overall brain volume faster than non-smokers and also were more likely to have a rapid increase in white matter hyperintensities.
"These factors appeared to cause the brain to lose volume, to develop lesions secondary to presumed vascular injury, and also appeared to affect the brain's ability to plan and make decisions as quickly as it had 10 years earlier," said DeCarli, who is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.
Other study authors include Stephanie Debette, Sudha Seshadri, Alexa Besier, Jayandra Jung Himali, Carole Palumbo and Philip A. Wolf, all of Boston University.
The study was funded by grants from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.
The UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center is one of only 29 research centers designated by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging. The center's goal is to translate research advances into improved diagnosis and treatment for patients while focusing on the long-term goal of finding a way to prevent or cure Alzheimer's disease. Also funded by the state of California, the center allows researchers to study the effects of the disease on a uniquely diverse population. For more information, visit alzheimer.ucdavis.edu.


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Genre:Women's Fiction
Release Date: May 14, 2019
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A wedding dress passed down through generations unravels the tangled threads of three women's lives in a novel of friendship, family, and forgiveness from the USA Today bestselling author of Ten Beach Road.
Prized and stored away for safekeeping, the timeless ivory wedding dress, with its scooped neck and cleverly fitted bodice, sits gently folded in its box, whispering of Happily Ever Afters. To Kendra, Brianna, and Lauren it's a reminder of what could have been, the promise of a fairy tale, and a friendship torn apart. But as Kendra knows firsthand: it wasn't the dress's fault.
Once closer than sisters, Lauren and Bree have grown up and grown apart, allowing broken promises and unfulfilled dreams to destroy their friendship. A successful author, Lauren returns home to the Outer Banks, fianc� in tow, to claim the dress she never thought she'd wear. While Bree, a bookstore owner, grapples with the realities of life after you marry the handsome prince. As the former best friends wrestle with their uncertain futures, they are both certain of one thing: some betrayals can never be forgiven.
Now on the eve of her daughter Lauren's wedding, Kendra struggles with a secret she's kept for far too long. And vows to make sure the dress will finally bring Lauren and Bree back together--knowing they'll need each other to survive the coming storm.
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I quickly slipped into a world of ex-best friends, a small picturesque beach town and a book of secrets and forgiveness. Lauren, a very successful author, Bree a would be author and book store owner and Kendra, mother to Lauren and mother like to Bree.
Lauren and Bree have not really spoken in decades, ever since Bree backed out last minute on a lifetime dream of moving to New York City with Lauren where they both would become successful authors. Lauren has never forgiven Bree and Bree holds her own grudge against Lauren.
When Lauren becomes engaged to Spencer, the perfect man in my opinion, Lauren heads back home to the Outer Banks with Spencer.
What awaits Lauren is a huge surprise about her past and some truths about her friendship with Bree. I inhaled this book and pictured each and every scene in my mind.The characters really seemed so lifelike that I hated for this book to end!
I was rooting for Lauren and Bree to become friends again and for Kendra to come to terms with a past that she left behind long ago. Bree seemed to struggle in so many areas of her life and Lauren needed to come to terms with a betrayal so deep I felt that they could really use each other to lean on.
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This summer Rangers struggled badly to secure striking talent. Kyle Lafferty was signed near the end of the window, of course, but the only name otherwise to come in was the much-vaunted Umar Sadiq who was arriving from Italy having had a fine season in Holland.
This mountain of a boy was going to tear up the SPL, right?
As we know, it's all been a bit of a mare with young Sadiq, leaving his manager to resort to publicly attacking him, trying to get a reaction and make him raise his level.
If Steven Gerrard's latest comments are anything to go by, it not only worked but Sadiq is in his thinking for tomorrow.
Rangers' boss said:
"He has shown improvement. He's been working very hard, he's got his head down. He's improved a lot, his application's improved and his quality's improved so yeah, he's given me something to think about in the future. I don't know if my warning helped him, that's something you'd have to ask Umar. Sometimes when a manager is honest with you sometimes you have to self-reflect and go away and if you're a proper footballer and a good footballer you analyse, self-reflect and come back stronger."
Given Lafferty's ban and the artificial pitch tomorrow, not only might Sadiq find himself on the bench but an outside bet of starting as well.
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text: Lately, the media has focused on how many of this nation's Supreme Courts are committing judicial activism. However, the recent decision by the Illinois Supreme Court is evidence that the Illinois Supreme Court can make "non-activist" decisions. They did so by rightfully declaring that the 2005 cap on medical malpractice awards was unconstitutional. Not only does precedent require this decision, it also shows that the Supreme Court can make the right decision for Illinois. By declaring medical malpractice caps unconstitutional, they showed their commitment to patient's rights. Families rely on court-determined compensation in order to rebuild their life after a devastating medical error. By instituting medical malpractice caps, the legislature tried to take away the judicial branches right to decide. Thankfully, the Illinois Supreme Court brought the decision back to the bench. To read more about the medical malpractice decision, please click the link.


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LITTLETON, Colorado (CNN) - An emotional Joe Biden addressed the convention's small Delaware delegation at a breakfast at their hotel Tuesday morning, thanking them for their years of support in good times and bad, and joking that the only reason he accepted the nomination was so they could get a prime seating location in the convention hall.
The Delaware senator lavished praise on Barack and Michelle Obama, saying the Illinois senator has a perspective he has never seen in Washington before, and predicting Michelle Obama's Monday night speech will be remembered as the most significant event at the convention.
Watch: Biden praises Michelle Obama
"Not Barack Obama, not Joe Biden, not Ted Kennedy, but Michelle Obama's speech," the newly-minted VP candidate said.
"This is a great honor being nominated vice president of the United States, and I am proud of it." Biden also said as he choked up. "I don't mean in any way to diminish it. But it pales in comparison to the honor that I've had representing you."
Biden remarked that he wished the breakfast was closed to the media because of what he called "corny sounding" comments.
Watch: Biden tearfully thanks Delaware friends
"I don't know whether I would have made it through a lot of the tough times in my life without you guys, I mean it sincerely" said Biden who lost his first wife and daughter in a car crash in 1972, shortly after being elected to the Senate.
He joked that his optimism isn't "borne out of some congenital problem," but said an election with opportunities like this have only come along four or five times in American history.
"I am excited to be on a team and I don't use those terms, I've never been team," said Biden. "I've sort of a been a one-man band you know."
"I am honored to be part of making sure – helping to make sure I hope – that the first African-American, the first guy who looks at things from a perspective like no one I've worked with – and I've been around a long time – gets to be President of the United States," Biden later added.
Going forward, the Delaware senator is expected to be Obama's attack dog on the trail, but Tuesday morning he didn't mention John McCain once.
He will address the convention Wednesday night when he will receive the Democratic Party's vice presidential nomination.
I love Joe Biden's willingness to show his heart. People who are "us" and don't think they are above "us". How refreshing!
You could tell also last night as he watched Michelle's speech that it touched him deeply. Few of us could imagine what he went through when he lost his first wife and child in a car accident. As a family man her speech had to have touched his heart and those memories.
He learned brutal lessons from his mistakes in life but always came back to serve and find redemption. What an admirable person! Much different than the person we've had in the White House the last 8 years who keeps selling us on lies and replacing them with more lies.
He's the right man for the job!
Obama/Biden all the way.
They are aleady crying because they see a loss down the road
Hillary sheds a tear and you all call her a cry-baby.
Biden sheds a tear and you call him a hero.
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RAW Provides True "Road To Wrestlemania" Energy
RAW Provides True "Road To Wrestlemania" Energy. Segments offered a nice "Road To Wrestlemania" feel during Monday Night RAW.
Don't you wish every Monday Night RAW could feel the way last night's did?
From Roman Reigns announcing his remission; to Becky Lynch's arrest; Ronda Rousey (seemingly) relinquishing her title in protest to the powers that be; to a tease of a Shield reunion; and of course … Dave Bautista returning to crash Ric Flair's 70th birthday celebration; the WWE Universe is officially on the bumpy Road to Wrestlemania, and it feels wonderful.
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About last night…welcome back my brother. It was like you'd never left. ——— @romanreigns #weruntheworld
HHH put it best last night, when he said there was a certain energy in the air; and there definitely was. The show started off on a high note, with the much-anticipated announcement from Roman Reigns. As fans, we all had a feeling it would be good news, but from the WWE side of things, other than Vince McMahon's tweet about Roman being on RAW, everyone was uber hush-hush about it, which left a lingering speculation that Reigns really could announce anything: from good health, to retirement.
WHAT THE?? Batista has appeared and attacked @RicFlairNatrBoy in a demand for @TripleH's attention on #Raw! @DaveBautista pic.twitter.com/NKzISy4fJ3
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Roman Reigns announcement on it own could have been reason enough for tuning into RAW; however, when Becky Lynch showed up during the women's tag match, and was then arrested, social media blew up. Her arrival was unexpected, in the sense that many (who don't necessarily read WWE internet spoilers) may have expected The Man to show up at The Man's 70th birthday celebrations. Having her arrested was the icing on the cake; having Ronda Rousey walk away without the RAW Women's Championship (albeit, her mic work was a tad choppy last night) during a confrontation with Stephanie McMahon was like added sprinkles.
What…what did @RondaRousey just do?
Why did she leave without the #RAW #WomensTitle? pic.twitter.com/8wCIQwUNzu
— WWE (@WWE) February 26, 2019
Fast forward to The Big Dog and Rollins' saving Ambrose. I read reports that Dean chose not to join Seth at the entrance to officially welcome Roman back "home", and I have to say, I agree with him. The fact that Reigns and Rollins saved Ambrose, yet did not help him get up or greet him in the middle of the ring post-save was a fantastic Shield reunion tease.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?#TheMan @BeckyLynchWWE just had to be hauled away by POLICE on #RAW… pic.twitter.com/OtiIp1p2YY
— WWE (@WWE) February 26, 2019
Which brings us to the final segment.
Last, but not least, Batista's return. Looking at the clock, and looking at the television screen, I honestly believed nothing would happen during Ric's birthday celebration and shook it off as a swerve by WWE Creative, or potentially a rewrite of the segment at the last minute. After all, Lynch was locked up, wasn't she? Who else could show up? There was literally only 4 minutes left of RAW when HHH rolled out Flair's career video montage. Batista's backstage segment was not only perfectly timed; it was perfectly executed. The Animal is back, and his target is clearly Hunter. (as I point to the Wrestlemania sign, myself!)
WHAT HAS @DaveBautista DONE to @RicFlairNatrBoy?! #RAW pic.twitter.com/x3MN7Ahyyk
— WWE (@WWE) February 26, 2019
Moreover, last night's RAW, for the first time in a long time, left us viewers not only with one cliff-hanger, but multiple question marks; some big reasons to tune in next week.
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@wwerollins HAD to be the first guy out there to officially welcome @romanreigns back to #Raw. ??
Yes, I wish every Monday night was like last night's, and this is not whine-fest about the product and brand needing to get better; rather what it is, is a kudos to the Creative, as a fan and wrestling journalist who loves being on the Road to Wrestlemania (bumps and all).


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MANN TALK: The Liberal Gene
Noam Chomsky, a linguist and philosopher, contends that the ability to speak and understand language is built into the human brain, a position also contrary to Locke's. He believes that a Universal Grammar is wired into the brain of every child; that is, language is in the genes.
In 1996 I wrote an article titled "The Liberal Gene," which was published in the Nicholas Chronicle, the paragraph above being a paraphrase of the first paragraph of that article. In the article, I argued that "there is a political gene, a gene that determines whether one is conservative or liberal. Liberals are not made, they are born. Or one's politics is more a matter of nature than nurture."
I have just recently finished reading Stevens Pinker's "The Blank Slate," in which there is a chapter titled "Politics." In the chapter he expounds: "Liberal and conservative attitudes are heritable not, of course, because attitudes are synthesized directly from DNA but because they come naturally to people with different temperaments. Conservatives, for example, tend to be more authoritarian, conscientious, traditional, and rule-bound. But whatever its immediate source, the heritability of political attitudes can explain some of the sparks that fly when liberals and conservatives meet. When it comes to attitudes that are heritable, people react more quickly and emotionally, are less likely to change their minds, and are more attracted to like-minded people."
In my 1996 article, I contended: "What the liberal gene builds and the messages it sends constructs the basic characteristics of a liberal." And I questioned: "What are these characteristics and traits engineered and dictated by the liberal gene?"
Imagination. No person with the liberal gene ever read the following words of John Donne, the English poet, without being intellectually stimulated and emotionally moved: "No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; … any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Verbal fluency. The liberal gene endows the person with skill in words. Liberals are not the tall silent type but the flexible and loquacious type. For evidence of liberal's verbal assets one can note the difference between the speeches of Clinton and Dole; FDR and Dewey; Stevenson and Eisenhower; Kennedy and Nixon; or any liberal and Bush II.
Sex temperment. The liberal gene tempers the sex; that is, it produces a person that is somewhere in the middle of the sex spectrum. Maleness is modified. Raw predaciousness is diluted with cerebral chemistry. The quarterback spends some time in the library; the hunter cultivates grain. Do or die competitiveness becomes reasonable cooperation. Absolutes give way to compromises.
Empathy. The liberal discerns that no man is an island, that every man is part of the main, and that every man is involved in mankind, and that he is to some degree responsible for mankind's victories and its defeats, its champions and its scoundrels, its saints and its sinners. He sees that one's destiny is not always a matter of will but of fate.
Cooperation. The liberal's predisposition is to cooperate rather to compete. There is some socialism in every liberal just as there is some social Darwinism in every conservative. Every economic safety net ever conceived and implemented was the work of liberals over the wails of objections from the more competitive and predacious conservatives. The hunter can't abide the herder.
Altruism. A world without altruism would be worse than any jungle; for even in a jungle species work together to survive and mothers of whatever kind sacrifice for their young. The liberal gene predisposes the carrier to altruistic action, to an understanding that the welfare of everyone is the welfare of all. And that the raw rule of the survival of the fittest is no longer valid or tenable in a man-made environment.
From the earliest records, the political spectrum has run from conservative to liberal, from radical to reactionary. For every Attila the Hun there has been a Buddha, every Ratko Mladic a Gandhi, every warrior a poet. Political power through the ages has tilted from conservative to liberal and back. The impetus was and is the liberal gene.
Pinker writes: "Liberalism and conservatism have not just genetic roots, of course, but historical and intellectual ones. The two political philosophies were articulated in the 18th century in terms that would be familiar to readers of the editorial pages today, and their foundations can be traced back millennia to the political controversies of ancient Greece."
Political history is the work of the liberal gene and its civilizing influence.
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Perry Mann is a former teacher, a lawyer, a former prosecuting attorney of Summers County and a columnist for Huntington News Network. He lives in Hinton, WV. He turned 90 this year; he was born in Charleston, WV in 1921.


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I had the opportunity to do a portrait session of the principal harpist for the San Diego Symphony.
I love doing portrait sessions with enough budget for professional hair and makeup, fabulous locations, and of course a beautiful model.
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Jason Kenney is on another trip out of Alberta this week, his fourth since being sworn in as premier on April 30.
Kenney will be away all week as he hits up Quebec, New Brunswick and P.E.I.
First he will travel to Montreal. There he'll make opening remarks at a Towards an Energy Future plenary session during the International Economic Forum of the Americas, before heading to Quebec City to meet with Premier Francois Legault.
On Thursday, Kenney will travel to Fredericton for a meeting with New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, before jetting to Saint John for a networking session with the local board of trade.
Friday will see a meeting with P.E.I. Premier Dennis King.Kenney has traveled to Toronto twice since his swearing in, heading to Bay Street to drum up his message of Alberta being "open for business." The first trip also took in Ottawa. He stayed an extra two days in Toronto during his last excursion east to attend a federal Conservative Party fundraiser.
Last week he travelled to Saskatchewan for that province's oil and gas show.
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They don't have a seat in the legislature since the defeat of their former leader Derek Fildebrandt, but that didn't stop members of the Freedom Conservative Party from visiting the legislature Monday.
There they sat in the front row of a public gallery, observing question period.
In a media release, the party said its members were "continuing the FCP commitment to keeping the UCP government accountable and honest as an opposition outside the legislature."
"We want to show Albertans that we have not lost our presence and commitment to being their alternative voice," interim leader David White said.
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We are really proud that for the second year in a row we were a regional finalist as Best Bridal Retailer in The Wedding Industry Awards.
Although we haven't made it to the national finals one of the benefits of not progressing in the competition is that we get to see the comments our lovely customers have made about us. Once again we are totally blown away by the amazing feedback we've received – Thank you! It's difficult to pick out any comments in particular so…at the risk of blowing our own trumpet we thought we would share this all with you :o)
A truly magical experience one that every bride should have!
Extremely professional with a magical personal touch, wonderful shop with an amazing selection of beautiful wedding dresses that aren't over priced
Having been to other suppliers to look for wedding dresses I knew as soon as I walked in that I would buy my dress from Pink Confetti. Leigh and Michelle are outstanding and know what they are doing. The put you at ease and make you feel special. There is no rush and nothing is too much trouble.
When looking for a wedding dress, you want to feel special and you want honest opinions and help every step of the way. There was nothing that was too much trouble for Leigh and Michelle and I would recommend them all day long! Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
My dress was absolutely beautiful! The whole process, from first meting Leigh at Pink Confetti to trying on dresses and then getting fitted, was brilliant. Leigh made the whole process so stress free and enjoyable. I would recommend Pink Confetti to everyone!
The dress I chose was perfect and at a great price. Leigh went out of her way to meet my every wish. She managed to get lots of bespoke extras made for me. On top of the service they were sooo friendly and nice.
Leigh and Michelle were so accommodating with my dress choices originally and provided great advice on what might suit my shape etc. They were very patient with me when it came to fitting in fittings as I don't live in Leicester at the moment so was quite limited. They really make you feel at home!
Made you feel so special and like your the only Bride they are dealing with.
Friendly, given lots of time for my fittings ect, approachable, excellent communication, excellent value. Allowed me to put the dress on at the show and walk to a shoe retailer :-). Wonderful ladies.
I was made to feel special from the start, Leigh genuinely shared my excitement for the big day and were helpful and imaginative throughout. The range of dresses available was fabulous and exceeded any other places I visited, I found the perfect dress and all the finishing touches too!
I can't speak highly enough of the ladies at pink confetti , they are amazing. Nothing was too much trouble. I didn't get my wedding dress from the shop, but I had it altered there and brought my bridesmaid dresses there. They even came to my house the morning of the wedding to help me.
From the moment my Mum and I walked into the shop we were made to feel extremely welcome and special. We knew instantly that Leigh and Michelle really cared and that they would look after us and they certainly did that! I will definitely be recommending Pink Confetti to future brides-to-be!
Superb service, lots of choice, couldn't have asked for more!
From the moment I walked into Pink Confetti (without an appointment on a busy Saturday) I was made to feel special. The service I received throughout from selecting my dress to my shoes and accessories, advice on hairdresser and make up was amazing. Leigh came to my venue to fit my dress.
My dress is a combination of 2. Leigh made this happen. She also understood I was a more alternative bride and gave superb advice that was relevant to me. She didn't try and sell services that weren't needed and ordered my dress straight away.
Having looked at another couple of wedding shops first, I went to Pink Confetti knowing that a friend had received outstanding customer service from them. I walked in and felt very welcome, they had so much time to assist and could not have been more helpful throughout the whole process.
Leigh and the team at Pink Confetti are simply AMAZING. Their professionalism and level of care are fantastic. From day 1 they made me feel at home in their pink confetti family. Their service which for me extended right through to the morning of my wedding was invaluable to making my big day so special.
Leigh made be feel so special from the moment I walked into the shop, being a older bride I was very nervous about looking for my wedding dress. From the moment I walked into the shop Leigh put me at ease. Nothing was to much trouble and her advice on style choice was spot on. Thank you Pink Confetti.
I visited hundreds of bridal shops and the service I received from them were no where near the quality I received from pink confetti! Very very helpful and made me and my family feel very welcome
This bridal shop is perfect, I had to delay my wedding a few years ago to this year and the shop showed empathy and supported me so much so when I got married this year it was perfect! The dress fitted amazing on the day I got so so many compliments saying it was the most perfect fit.
I had a fantastic service at pink confetti. Leigh was amazing in her service on all my visits and also the contact in between. You felt like you were the only customer they had as the service was so personal! I had so many comments about my dress and how lovely it was. Thank you so much.
I was so happy with Pink Confetti, their service was outstanding. They were friendly, helpful, easy to contact, good at getting back to me about enquiries. I couldn't fault them in anyway.
Pink confetti was great. I had very little time to organise my wedding and they were so helpful and made me feel very special. I would have no hesitation in recommending them.
Leigh and Michelle at Pink Confetti were so friendly and helpful, it really did feel like nothing was too much trouble! Pink Confetti was the first bridal shop that I visited when looking for my wedding dress. I instantly felt at ease in there, which is no easy task when it comes to getting undressed!
They were fabulous I now recommend them to anyone I know who is getting married. They were just brilliant so helpful, definitely highly recommended in my books
Everyone at Pink Confetti were amazing. From the moment I arrived to the moment I got my dream dress was such a lovely experience. I had a private fitting with the designer (Nicola Anne) of the dress which was so special and personal. I would recommend Leigh and all at Pink Confetti to every bride
Lovely shop, lovely people would 100% recommend. Wish i could get married again just to go back to the shop as they have such lovely things in there .
The attention given to my wedding party was brilliant (my mum, sister and myself). On every visit we were given undivided attention, nothing was too much trouble or effort, any querries were soon dealt with in a lovely friendly mannner. The refreshments helped too!! Can't praise Pink Confetti enough.
After having a dreadful experience in a bridal outlet, Leigh at pink confetti restored my faith and helped me to find My" dress!
Nothing was too much trouble. My experience was personal and I felt like I was the only bride!
The staff are absolutely brilliant, really helpful and give some brilliant advice and tips about choosing the correct dress and accessories. They are very friendly and helpful and made the whole experience of choosing, fitting and purchasing my wedding dress so easy and exciting.
Beautiful dresses and accessories and the team give great advice and are so friendly and helpful.
Wonderful ladies who provide a fantastic service, the shop has a great many selection of very beautiful dresses and accessorises to match. It is decorated beautifully and whenever i stepped foot inside the shop i was made to feel like a princess, of which is all down to the atmosphere and service.
I found to be the customer service at Pink confetti to be of an excellent standard and incredibly friendly – just what was needed after some unusual wedding dress shopping experiences! I cant fault them from the first email to leaving the shop with my perfect dress that I want to wear again!
The team at pink were amazing. I had problems with my bridesmaid dresses which I purchased from a different supplier and this caused me undue stress however the girls were fantastic and pulled out all the stops to get it resolved. Their attention to detail was fantastic and I miss working with them.
All the ladies at pink confetti make you feel comfortable and so welcome. At other shops I was made to feel like I was not worthy of being there but it was totally different at pink confetti. I would 100% recommend them to my friends. The service and quality of dresses are amazing.
Pink confetti deserve more then 10 outstanding is just too little for them their service is out of this world and make everything special for me! Truly amazing ladies and shop wish I was getting married again (with the same man of course) so I can go back and receive the special treatment all over again
I found Leigh at Pink Confetti to be personable, kind and supportive, it was professional but on a personal level. nothing was too much trouble and she knew how to make me feel special
Leigh and her team were wonderful, putting me at ease and took all the stress away from me, they are warm hearted and proffessionally, I felt confident that my dress and accessories were perfect and would fit perfectly thankyou ladies you deserve this for all the hard work you put in x
I was a first time bride and at the age of 45 wanted to be traditional but not look over the top so when i met Leigh at a wedding fare at Shearsby bath i knew she would be the perfect person to go and see. Pink Confetti had my perfect dress.
Lovely friendly staff, very helpful. Beautiful dresses to choose from and no pressure. Would definitely recommend to anyone.
Leigh and Michelle offer a very comprehensive personal service. They go out of their way to be flexible with their time, especially when dealing with clients like me who are difficult to pin down! They were very professional throughout.
Leigh and Michelle are two are the nicest most caring and professional people I met throughout the whole planning process for my wedding. With every visit I made to pink confetti I was welcomed and so was my family. I was always given honest opinions and brilliant advice which helped me greatly.
I had already bought my dress second hand but used Pink Confetti for my accessories. They could not have possibly been more helpful, accommodating or reassuring and their advice was invaluable. I can't recommend them highly enough!
Pink confetti were by far the best bridal shop I went to. They were so incredibly helpful, polite and at not point did I feel I was causing a nuisance. I really cannot praise them enough they were fantastic!!!
The ladies at pink confetti made me feel comfortable from the outset and I wasn't the exactly looking forward to dress shopping! The service provided was perfect me from the first visit, the alterations and Leigh even coming to dress me on the big day!
Michelle, Leigh and sue were very attentive and made my experience of choosing and buying my dress extremely special!
I loved my wedding dress,everything was perfect and I really looked like a beautful ,every one at my wedding they loved my dresses.it was outstanding. Thank you ladies for your good customer services,if any one in my family want wedding dress,I will recommend them to Pink Confetti. Thank you again .
Fantastic service and always treated you and your family like a friend not a customer. Their expert knowledge and advice really helped. Actually miss visiting the shop now.They deserve to win.
Lovely group of ladies who were very helpful and patient in helping me choose my ideal wedding dress. The whole process felt very personal. Offers of teas and even champagne very thoughtful. Would recommend this store to any future bride.
Pink confetti was the first and only shop I went to .. Leigh spent hours with me trying dresses on. I couldn't find anything to suit my shape, but eventually we found my perfect dress. She was a pleasure to deal with from start to finish. Down to earth and nothing was too much trouble.
I went to many bridal shops searching for my dream dress and found some that I liked but wasn't too keen on the staff at the shop. As soon as I walked into pink confetti I was welcomed by smiling faces. The whole experience of trying dresses on was fantastic and I felt completly at ease.
Pink confetti were very helpful and i loved the fact you got pink fizz on arrival very welcoming
The expert team at pink confetti were warm and welcoming from the start of my wedding planning journey. They were very helpful and tailored their service to my needs. I will always recommend Leigh at pink confetti and the team their as they made my day very memorable.
The ladies at this shop were amazing in helping me choose my dress. Their customer service they showed made you feel like the only customer they has in their shop. They were polite and honest. The choice of dresses was amazing. The fitting and adjustment were quick and it fitted perfect on the day!
I absolutuely love Pink Confetti, Leigh and everyone who is involved with the shop are just simply lovely, and make your whole experience so stress free and relaxing and i could not of been happier with my dress x
They have an outstanding variety of bridal accessories. i struggled to find the right thing and when i went there i found something that wasn't quite big enough so they made me a brand new one no problem. very friendly and approachable not like some bridal shops that look down their nose at you
The team at pink confetti are great! They are all so friendly, helpful and accommodating! Nothing is too much trouble and they make you feel so at ease. I would recommend them to absolutely any bride without question.
From the moment I walked into this shop I was made to feel special. The dresses were amazing and Leigh and Michelle have been brilliant. I almost feel sad that I won't have to go back for my dress as he care they gave was brilliant. The shop is amazing and there was never any rush to leave.
From the moment I walked in till the day I wore my dress I had only pink confetti to thank. I'd been to alot bridal shops in and around Leicestershire. I didnt feel any excitement, warmth or even care from the sellers Leigh was smiling, bubbly, cheerful and offered pink fizz. Customers always came 1st
They were really welcoming and enthusiastic and made me and my mum feel special. They were very helpful and offered advice and guidance.
I would recommend and one looking for a wedding dress to go to pink confetti . The ladies are soo friendly they made me feel relaxed and where so helpful and honest when I was trying on dresses . Can't praise Leigh and the girls enough.
Pink Confetti's customer service is second to none, they helped me in every step of the way from choosing my dress to fitting it and choosing the right accessories. They made me feel at ease, and comfortable.Lovely people, who makes you feel like you are not facing sales people, but ladies who care!
I cannot say enough how impressed me and my family were with the service offered by Pink Confetti. My dress was one of my favourite parts of the wedding (!) and I have had so many compliments about how beautiful it was. I have already recommended them to a number of friends and will continue to so
They were so friendly and eager to help and they had the dress I had my heart set on, but to be honest so did the shop up the road from me which is only 10 mins away. Instead because of their enthusiasm i was happy to travel an hour to be fitted with them.
I initially booked with Pink Confetti to try on a dress by a particular designer, Nicola Anne. I was lucky enough to get an appointment on a day when Nicola was visiting Pink Confetti…it was an amazing experience. Because they were fabulous in every single way!!!!!!
I was recommended by a friend, and I will recommend to many many more people to go to pink confetti, Because I found my perfect dress and they had named her and were happy to make her mine!! They were not pushy and gave me all the time in the world to make my decisions!!
When I went into the store it was fantastic the choice of wedding dresses was brilliant! Also I didn't feel like the ladies were sales assistants they felt more like friends. They were soo honest with me which made me put lots of trust in them and that trust was never broken and still remains till this day! If pink confetti don't walk away with this award they still walk away with lots of new friends(brides) and the peace of mind of how many people they have made happy and feel so special! Pink confetti to Win!!!
Pink Confetti offer so much more than what you would expect from a bridal retailer; they made my Mum and I feel very special and relaxed throughout the whole experience with their warmth, professionalism and efficiency. They always had time for us and remembered details e.g. about wedding plans from one visit to the next. One of my bridesmaids lives abroad and wasn't arriving in the UK until a week before the wedding and Pink Confetti arranged a quick turnaround (fitting and alteration) for during the week before the wedding without batting an eyelid, and which went smoother than I imagined was possible!
Originally because I was just looking for somewhere in Leicestershire that was a bit quieter than city centre locations, but as soon as I walked in i knew I wanted to find the dress of my dreams there because they were so friendly! I am just so happy that i did – my fittings provided an oasis of calm during what was a stressful time!
I liked the look of the website and the shop. Also I visited a few shops before deciding on Pink Confetti and I think that they had the best range of dresses. Also Leigh made me feel so comfortable and at ease. It was more than just buying a wedding dress, Leigh made the process an experience that was so special.
Right from the beginning they were friendly helpful, very polite and very inviting unlike some of the bridal shops I had already visited
The friendliest people in a bridal shop I have met. Leigh sourced extra lace from wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses to make details for each so they matched each other perfectly! She got a hair piece made from the lace and make a matching cravat for my husband which was a surprise for him on the day. Nothing I asked for was too much trouble. Although I was dealing with Leigh all the staff knew my order.
I was made to feel special by everyone in Pink Confetti – Choice of dresses was amazing and the most perfect staff!
Overall Voter Scores out of 10!
Quality and accessibility of the shop and fitting rooms/area.: 9.5
Range of products available.: 9.7
Quality of customer service and communications received from your bridal retailer.: 9.95
Quality of expertise, advice and guidance received from your bridal retailer. : 9.9
Quality of the fitting and adjustment process.: 9.7
Quality of your bridal retailer's web presence (web site, facebook etc). : 9.5
Value for money.: 9.8
If you've read this far you will understand why we are so overwhelmed!! We are so lucky to be doing the job that we do and so privileged to meet so many wonderful people.


text: JenningStreet Yarns, in the shadow of the Fort Worth skyline, is a cozy shop with tons of yarn, most notably, sock yarns of every description. But if you like bulkier, squishy yarns for warm accessories, Linda has you covered as well. We chatted a bit about what makes JSY so unique: