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Vineyards & Winery
and...Love is in the Air!
February 14, 15, 16 & 17
Sure to stimulate your senses & tease your palate
2015 Lazy Creek Vineyards Middleridge Ranch Pinot Noir,
Anderson Valley
Mushroom Parmesan Crostini Toasts
2013 Trésor, Sonoma County
Beef Bourguignon & Polenta
2014 PreVail Back Forty, Alexander Valley
Dark Chocolate Pot de Crème, Crème Chantilly,
Chocolate Toffee
Cost $35, $30 for wine club members
*menu subject to change
Founded in 1981, Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery was just the beginning of a long love affair with Sonoma County for Don and Rhonda Carano. Natives of Reno, Nevada, the couple were introduced to the beauty of Northern Sonoma County in 1979 while searching for wines to enhance the wine list at their Reno-based Eldorado Hotel. Today, the Caranos are responsible for an incredible host of establishments throughout the county. Make a day of it and see if you can visit each of their incredible properties. Read on to learn more.
Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery
8761 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily
Starting with a small, 30-acre plot of grapes purchased in 1979 to today's 24 estate vineyards in six different appellations totaling about 1,900 sustainably-grown acres, Ferrari-Carano owns some of the finest winegrowing properties in all of California. Visiting the winery is a treat, as they are known as much for their wines as for their stunning grounds. Choose to taste at the Villa Fiore Wine Bar, at the Enoteca in the dramatic underground cellar or outside on Il Terrazzo overlooking the vineyards and gardens. Private tastings are also available daily, by appointment at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Be sure to book their latest offering, A Tasty Trio: Wine, Cheese & Chocolate — a decadently delicious collaboration of three wildly different tastes combining to create a culinary trio of sublime delight in five pairings. If you happen to be at the winery on a Monday, be sure to ask about Uncorked Mondays, running through the month of April, when you may try two complimentary tastes of wine. The wines change each month, so be sure to check back.
Vintners Inn
4330 Barnes Road, Santa Rosa
Situated on 92 acres of vineyards in the Russian River Valley, just 60 miles north of San Francisco, Vintners Inn offers travelers a place to relax, rejuvenate and explore Sonoma County's spectacular vineyard, coastal and mountain destinations. Amenities such as a bottle of wine upon arrival, and a jogging trail through the vineyards, a bocce court and more, guarantee an exceptional time.
Vi La Vita Spa
4330 Barnes Road, Santa Rosa
Situated on the Vintners Inn property and open daily for visitors, locals and hotel guests, the spa offers massages, facials, special packages and more for you or your group. The spa has an indoor and outdoor pool, workout room, wellness relaxation lounge, five treatment rooms and a boutique.
John Ash & Co. Restaurant
4330 Barnes Road, Santa Rosa
Dinner nightly from 5 p.m.
A visit to the legendary John Ash & Co. restaurant, located on the Vintners Inn property, is a celebration of wine country cuisine. Nestled next to the spectacular Vintners Inn, John Ash & Co. was the first Sonoma County restaurant to introduce seasonal cooking with fresh, local ingredients — and pairing these dishes with regional wines. Today, the restaurant remains an icon of gourmet dining with Executive Chef Thomas Schmidt continuing the high standards for cooking excellence that locals and guests alike enjoy.
The Front Room Bar & Lounge
4330 Barnes Road, Santa Rosa
Monday - Thursday from 4 p.m. | Friday - Sunday from 3 p.m.
Located next to John Ash & Co., The Front Room Bar & Lounge is the place to see and be seen! Stop by on a Sunday for their ever-popular Burger Sundays, or any day for happy hour, a cocktail, glass of wine, beer or small bites. Happy hour is hugely popular, with varying specials offered daily. Experience the Happy Hour Small Bites Menu daily, as well as special pricing on cocktails, wine, beer or Prosecco.
River Vine Café
4330 Barnes Road, Santa Rosa
Breakfast & lunch daily
River Vine Café, located at Vintners Inn, is a fun and inviting space for breakfast and lunch every day. Delicious wine country fare is showcased by seasonal foods and produce from local farmers and the café's own organic garden. Elegantly rustic, the café offers indoor and outdoor seating, and private rooms for larger groups, meetings or special events.
Lazy Creek Vineyards
4741 Highway 128, Philo
Open Seasonally Friday - Monday 10:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Named for the creek that meanders through it, Lazy Creek Vineyards is located in the heart of bucolic Anderson Valley. Known as the second-oldest vineyard in the valley, Lazy Creek was established in the early 1900s by the Pinolis, an Italian family who began their American odyssey by farming plum orchards and vineyards. Committed to sustainability, the Carano's are firm believers in preserving the land for future generations. Lazy Creek specializes in luxurious Pinot Noirs and is open seasonally.
Seasons of the Vineyard Wine Shop
113 Plaza Street, Healdsburg
Open daily 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Rhonda Carano has created a charming wine country boutique in downtown Healdsburg. Shop for gifts or keepsakes including local artwork and handmade ceramics. Be sure to taste wines from Ferrari-Carano and Lazy Creek Vineyards while browsing, or try the wine and chocolate pairing!


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"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion,which is life,by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later when a stranger looks at it,it moves again, since it is life." So said Williamson Harrison Faulkner and this is part of my inspiration too. I aspire to create art that will be enjoyed by generations to come. My works can be seen and bought at http://www.usharamachandran.com/
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The divine link.
The' poojari' dropping prasad into the eagerly extened hands of the devotees.A scene seen after every pooja at the popular temples of Kerala.
Friday, November 14, 2008
The balancing act on the waves.
A fisherman balancing on a 'kattamaram'--catamaran,two logs tied up together used by our fisher folk.Further inside the sea is calm and another man happily floats on his catamaran fishing the traditional way.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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The biggest news of the sports world today has easily been the jaw of former West Virginia and current New York Jets starting quarterback Geno Smith being broken courtesy of the fist of teammate IK Enemkpali. Or, actually, former teammate as Enemkpali was summarily cut by the NFL organization shortly after the locker-room incident.
As it turns out, the incident is not exactly out of character for Enemkpali.
In April of 2011 as a redshirt freshman at Louisiana Tech, was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and battery of a police officer following an off-campus incident. Enemkpali was involved in a physical altercation at a Ruston steak house/bar and ultimately punched an off-duty, undercover police officer who was working security that morning at the drinking establishment. Police officers called to the scene first used pepper spray in an attempt to control an enraged Enemkpali and, after that failed, ultimately used a taser on the player.
Then-head coach Sonny Dykes, now the head coach at Cal, indefinitely suspended Enemkpali at the time of the incident, although he was reinstated and ended up playing in 12 games during the 2011 season. He went on to be an all-conference selection each of the next two seasons — one in the WAC, one in Conference USA — before being selected by the Jets in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL draft.


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The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Moon Cake Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. This year it was held on September 19th.
Just like Chinese New Year, the Moon Festival isn't a one day event. It involves several festivities that lead up to the night of the full moon.
The Museum of Chinese in America (MoCa) held their family day celebration of the Moon Festival, on September 21st, the weekend after the first day of the festival. Families enjoyed activities such as lantern making, moon cake tasting, and listening to stories of the moon goddess.
The museum's version of the legend surrounding the origin of this festival tells the tale of the moon goddess Chang E and an imperial archer named Hou Yi. Both goddess and archer had an immense love for one another but an even greater desire for immortality. When Yi was rewarded with an elixir that granted him the ability to live forever, Chang E drank it in envy while he was away. Not realizing she had to wait a year before drinking it, she was punished by being forced to live on the moon. Wanting to be closer to his love, Yi built a palace on the sun.
They visit each other on the 15th day of each lunar month. Some say their love is the source of the moon's brightness on this night.
On this night, people light up lanterns in honor of the moon's brightness. Parents also allow young kids to stay up late in order to see the moon in all of its glory.
Michael Robison, an employee at MoCa, described some of the ways in which the Mid- Autumn Festival is celebrated.
"This time of the year was celebrated in China because the harvest was at its fullest, and families would come together and have picnics. It can be compared to the American holiday of Thanksgiving, but unlike Thanksgiving, the Moon Festival is celebrated over the course of almost 2 weeks, it's kind of a rolling thing."
The MoCA also held a moon cake tasting activity. Moon cakes generally have a red bean, lotus bean, or green tea paste core. In addition, Godiva provided the museum with chocolate moon cakes, a relatively new introduction to the traditional Chinese holiday.
Robison, who led the moon cake tasting, introduced the desserts with some history.
"Back in the 1200s, when China was under Mongol rule, moon cakes were actually utilized by spies. They would put notes in the moon cakes and send them to nearby villages to coordinate a plan for a revolution."


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Historical Notes Highlight Pentagon Players – Part 3
On this page we see more reflections from Harry's early Pentagon years. Whether he intended anyone to see them (other than the original recipient) we'll never know. As our family reads these notes, however, we can pair some of his experiences with the Pentagon photos taken during his career. I found these notes dated Jan. 3, 2010 in computer files, though I think he wrote them years earlier.
When I came to the Pentagon, the United States Air Force, as a separate service, was just two years old. The first Secretary, Stuart Symington, was just leaving and the second Secretary, Tom Finletter, was just arriving. One of the Assistant Secretaries was Eugene Zuckert, whom I met early on and took an immediate liking to. The Special Projects Office was run by a couple high-powered Colonels, established to do special jobs for the Secretary.
The thing to remember is that the Air Force was still trying to organize itself and the Secretary had all kinds of organizational problems in trying to adjust its civilian staff to do the administrative things while the military side was trying to adjust its staff to get out from under the Army and do the military things – and there was a lot of confusion about who was responsible for what. The civilians had no responsibility in operational matters, and the military had some partial responsibility and a lot of interest in administrative matters. Thus there was a lot of tension between the Deputy Chiefs of Staff and the Assistant Secretaries, while the Secretary and the Chief of Staff were mostly cordial. All the discord took place at the second tiers and Gene Zuckert set the original ground rules at that level and got most things smoothed out. Another Assistant Secretary was Roswell Gilpatric, though my mind's a blank as to when he came in, but I got to know him, too, and he was more of an intellectual than the others and did a lot to enunciate and clarify Air Force thinking in those early days.
Anyway, the Colonels and a couple other civilians in the office were mainly occupied in doing things for the brass – the Secretary and Asst Secs and also the Chief – writing speeches, and preparing congressional testimony. Remember, on top of everything else, the war in Korea was just getting underway and the Air Force was scrambling to get into it. Busy as the office was, they turned over the less important stuff to me, the newest member of the staff. By the way, two other people were hired at the same time as I. One, Louise Gronniger, stayed on with me until she retired, a few years before I did.
So, like I said, I got the less important odd jobs thrown at me. One was the newspaper clipping service which became the Current News. Another was the requirement, which some congressman wrote into the law – the National Security Act, I believe – that each Agency must submit an Annual Report. So the Secretary told the Chief to prepare a draft and the Air Staff set up a historical office to write Air Force Histories and then the Chief told the Secretary to prepare a history of the Secretariat to include in the official Air Force History … so, this round robin led to me being assigned to write not only the Annual Reports, which I did for many years, but also a classified history of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, which I also did for many years. That, in turn, led to me being asked to write an annual account of USAF progress/history each year for various encyclopedias. And that, in turn, led to me being asked to write articles for various magazines, which I did a lot of on my own time at home so I could get paid with a clear conscience. But that's another story.
By the end of the 1950s, the Current News had grown substantially. We were now getting more newspapers and doing more screening and clipping and putting out more pages in the morning. I think it was in 1959 or 1960 that we went from 6 to 8 pages. By this time the Air Force Printing Plant was in operation. They had a lithograph printing press. And they had a machine that could take a picture of a Current News page and make a plastic/paper mat which could be put on the press and inked up and reproduced in hundreds of copies. We were making and distributing about 500 copies each morning. And it was no longer exclusively for the Air Force – mostly but not exclusively. We were giving copies to the Secretary of the Army, Sec/Navy, Sec/Def, and Joint Staff. Plus, all kinds of people were coming into the office to pick up any extra copies laying around, if possible.
Lots of things were happening in 1960, not only in our office. Eisenhower was finishing up his eight years as President and a new campaign was getting started. Kennedy was entering the national scene, this young Senator from Massachusetts, and Nixon was hoping to graduate from Vice President to President to succeed Ike. Those were exciting times and our office was getting busier. But let's back up a bit.
During the decade of the 1950s, several organizational things happened. We were still the Special Projects Office and there was always a Colonel at the head of it with a civilian as the second in command. The civilian was Murray Green, also a Reserve Colonel in the Air Force. Now, the Colonel had a military staff, usually three or four officers helping him with all the writing he did for the top brass. The civilian had a half dozen of us helping, also, with writing and other projects for the brass. I was pretty much the number two civilian, running the clipping service and writing the histories, etc., and also helping with the writing chores. Every now and then I was assigned the major responsibility for writing a Secretarial speech. But, mainly, I was administratively running the office. That is, keeping the time and attendance records, making sure all the personnel matters were attended to, etc., taking care of all the performance evaluations, writing up the award and commendation recommendations, and, also handling disciplinary matters, as well. I still had several, three to five, enlisted personnel working for me as well as a few civilians.
When the top two Colonels left and another was assigned, there was some organizational turmoil between the Secretary and the Chief and for a while the Chief of Info was assigned to the Secretary and my office was assigned to Info. (Later they changed their name to Public Affairs, as opposed to Private Affairs or Secret Affairs.) Then for a while Public Affairs was assigned to the Secretary and my office to the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary. There it remained until after I retired. Public Affairs, on the other hand, bounced back and forth between the Secretary and the Chief of Staff until they finally decided that it worked for both, and I guess it's still reporting to both.
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The next page of reflections in Harry's files I had already prepared as a blog post (in two parts) in 2015. It refers to his role in a McCarthy-era case while he was working at the Pentagon in the 1950s and living in Greenbelt, MD. That page begins like this:
If I repeat myself in these looks back, it's because as things occur to me, I get a different perspective in my reflections. Anyway, in the early '50s, my office was moved to the Public Relations office for maybe six months or a year and then back to the Secretary's office, although our work was for both the Secretary and the Chief – it's just that their staffs kept juggling things around before they finally settled down and we were placed under the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary. At that time, the AA was John McLaughlin, who had been there from the beginning in 1948. In 1953, I came forcefully to the attention of the Secretary. Here's what happened.
This has nothing to do with my Air Force career. You may recall that this was the era of Senator Joe McCarthy, who accused the State Department and the Defense Department of harboring a bunch of communists. Security considerations took precedence over everything else in DOD. Early in 1953, the Navy Department fired five people as security risks. …
You can read the rest of that page of reflections in posts on this blog from July 2015: "Harry recounts McCarthy-era case in our Greenbelt, MD, hometown"
(Stay tuned for the last page of Harry's historical notes on his early years at the Pentagon.)
Copyright 2017, Elaine Blackman


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UPDATE: In his inaugural speech, the Governor was clear about his vision of health care cost control and payment reform:
We can't be satisfied until health care is as affordable as it is accessible. That means creating incentives for all providers to work together to deliver better care at lower cost, improving transparency in the charges for services, reforming the medical malpractice system, and getting excessive paperwork out of the way of the relationship between doctor and patient. It means a new emphasis on wellness and prevention.
And it means that we must change the way we pay for health care. So, we will file legislation in the coming weeks to address health care cost, including significant payment reform and simplification. This will be a challenge. There will be great debate and resistance to change. But working families, small and large businesses alike, and governments, too, need a solution – and they need it now.
Some steps we can take immediately without waiting for new laws. At my direction, MassHealth, the Health Care Connector and the Group Insurance Commission will implement pilot programs to demonstrate new, more cost-effective ways to buy health care. To get different results, we need to start trying different things. And we need to start now.
We will work on these and other plans with our partners in the health care industry and in Washington, as well as with patient advocates. Everyone, insurers, hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals, and especially patients, needs to be a part of this solution. But let me be clear: The time for talk is over. The time for action has arrived.
On the day before his second inaugural, Governor Patrick spoke to a number of media outlets, and always mentioned payment reform as a key priority of second term.
In his talk with the editors of Blue Mass Group (segment 5 in these audio clips, a bit tough to hear), he emphasized the imperative of controlling health care costs if we are to sustain our recovery. He signaled that he plans to introduce a payment reform bill, along with Senate President Murray, within the next few weeks; and that he'd like to accelerate the 5-year timetable for transitioning to all payers using a reformed payment system recommended by the payment reform commission.
He also reiterated his pride at having 98% of all residents covered ("there's not another state in American that can touch that") and that the coalition that worked on passing the law stayed together to work on implementation. "Health is a public good," he emphasized.
WBUR talked with Secretary Bigby, covering similar ground. We're declaring 2011 the year of payment reform, and look forward to Massachusetts again leading the nation.
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Ready for your thoughts on wellness to be well and truly shaken? A Harvard professor has labelled coconut oil "pure poison".
Professor Karin Michels' lecture, which took place last month but has just been translated by Business Insider Deutschland, was held at the University of Freiburg in Germany, where Michels is the director of the Institute for Prevention and Tumour Epidemiology as well as being a professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. It was called "Coconut Oil and Other Nutritional Errors".
In it, she labelled coconut oil "one of the worst foods you can eat" and even called it "pure poison", due to the fact that it almost exclusively contains saturated fats, which have been linked to cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer and more.
Michels' lecture comes after an advisory issued last year by the American Heart Association which noted that coconut oil is up there with butter and lard in terms of comparable saturated fats. "I just don't know who is pushing it, but it's not scientists," said Frank Sacks MD, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health, at the time.
According to Michels, there are no conclusive studies on the health benefits of ingesting coconut oil. A review published last year in Current Nutrition Reports says: "Until the long-term effects of coconut oil on cardiovascular health are clearly established, coconut oil should be considered as a saturated fat and its consumption should not exceed the USDA's daily recommendation." According to the NHS, "too much saturated fats in your diet can raise low density lipoprotein cholesterol in the blood, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke." They go on to recommend that women should not exceed 20g of saturated fat each day.
So if you do use a lot of coconut oil in your cooking and wish to substitute, what should you use instead? The American Heart Association recommends "healthier" oils like canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil and walnut oil.
For those of you who use coconut oil as a beauty supplement, Michels' lecture doesn't refer to external use – in fact several studies have shown that coconut oil can be beneficial for a number of skin conditions, from wound healing to skin barrier repair.
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Here's what a few of you had to say about some of our recent stories. To post a remark in our feedback forums, enter your comments in the text box at the end of any story (registration required). Additionally, you can jump in on the hottest discussions about our most popular blog posts through the links at the bottom of this page.
Re: Goodbye TV, Hello Broadband
By Robert Lemos
From: Joel Gomer
We, too, had satellite television and decided to remove TV from the household. It works well for us and allows choices for the whole family. We have instead spent less money on a beefy DVD collection. The benefits are obvious: All news and breaking stories we get from Google and other internet sources, and we wait for the season shows to arrive on DVD. In the end, we spend less than cable, own what we watch, and view it when we want with little or no advertising.
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Re: In Praise of the Zune
By Leander Kahney
From: Jeffry
You're having trouble navigating the iPod's wheel? Wow. My 9-year-old would be more than happy to help you and is quite proficient at it. To compare the Zune interface to that of the iPod is comical, if not downright sad. I was at Best Buy yesterday where they had the brown Zune. The comment I heard at least half a dozen times as people where handling it was, "You must be @#$^ing joking."
And regarding the editorial comments of the Apple magazines, what about your own? Granted, removing bias is really humanly not possible, especially when you compare a forward-thinking, innovative company like Apple to the worst of the "I'd better steal it as I can't design it" Microsoft. The Zune is nothing more than a bad Newton (and that was really bad).
Cheers (and I'm serious about my son helping you with the iPod wheel).
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Re: Blackjack: Jackpot, or Bust?
By Eliot Van Buskirk
From: Keshar
EBay sells adapters for the Blackjack. Use the adapter and you can use any standard stereo headphone jack. I also bought an adapter that included a mike and a headphone jack. It did not work as I thought. It only worked hands-free. Windows Media played through the phone speaker, while calls came through the headphone.
What's needed now, in my opinion, is what comes with the Cingular 2125: a Y adapter for hands-free and power. That way in the car/travel/home/etc. you could charge up and listen to headphones or line-out to the car/home/office stereo (with the eBay adapter). Of course, Bluetooth solves this problem. But stand-alone A2DP receivers are scarce.
If you can't road-trip with it, it's a useless music phone. But I still love it. Best phone I've owned.
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Re: The Virtual Taxman Cometh
By Clive Thompson
From: Joshua Fisher
This is the most bogus, ill-conceived article I have ever seen. As a federal contractor, I built compliance systems for the Internal Revenue Service's Small Business/Self-Employed division. I can't believe Wired News allowed this to be published. This author knows nothing about taxes or the IRS or how it works. Until there is an exchange of cash for the items there is no income. Once that exchange occurs then there is taxable income and, in theory, one pays taxes on the income.
This is garbage. If you mine a gold nugget out of the Earth, the IRS does not tax you. When you sell it they do.
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Re: The Virtual Taxman Cometh
By Clive Thompson
From: Eric Starrett
It's going to be very tricky for the IRS to tax World of Warcraft players for their characters and the items on those characters because under Blizzard's agreement, everything in the game is owned by Blizzard. If the IRS attempts to tax players for those things, then it opens up the can of worms that players can now claim ownership of the virtual characters and items. This would open up an extremely messy legal situation for players, Blizzard and the IRS, particularly from the virtual ownership angle.
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There's a whole season about Hurricane Katrina standing between the world and American Crime Story: Season 3, which will center around the shocking and senseless murder of Gianni Versace in Miami Beach in 1997. It almost doesn't feel like it has been 20 years since the founder and head of the Versace clothing line was killed Andrew Cunanan, but 1997 really was that long ago. In Ryan Murphy's adaptation of the tragic story, there are multiple important lead parts which have to be perfectly casted otherwise the show risks the audience not getting invested in the story itself and instead focusing on what isn't working with the performances and looks. Main roles that are post important for the show to get right include Gianni (of course), his murderer Cunanan (Glee's Darren Criss has been announced in the role) and, the current head of the house and Gianni's sister Donatella.
Donatella is probably the most recognizable of the main players, as she is the one still in the public eye and more well known to younger generations who might not have grown up with Gianni at Fashion Week shows and in magazines. Now, FX has announced that Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz herself will be stepping into Donatella's stylish shoes. Many fan casting lists unsurprisingly had Lady Gaga in the Donatella slot, both for her relationship with Ryan Murphy (she appeared in AHS: Hotel) and her striking resemblance to the fashion maven, but that was not to be. An Academy Award winning actress in her place isn't a bad option though, and will leave Gaga open to other Murphy-led shows where she can accept a part that isn't so expected of her.
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Constructing meaning is integral to contemporary family therapy. Interest in meaning-making has been part of family therapy's history from the earliest schools, thereafter diverging through different techniques and positions. Tracing back from Virginia Satir and then through techniques such as positively connoting intentions within families and reframing problems using a shift in language and emphasis, constructing meaning is not new.
Integrated Family Therapy incorporates the long-established idea of constructing meaning as essential, alongside other important positions within assessment and intervention. Separated into two closely connected yet philosophically different forms of constructing meaning, the approach first recognises Social Constructionism in how meaning is developed, maintained and changed within families, and then moves to constructivism for a different perspective.
Social Constructionism and Narrative Therapy
Constructed meaning may be enabling, alter over usage, and can also become problematic "when (families) internalize conversations that restrain them to a narrow description of self". Although on this occasion Lassie may not agree, "stories (may be) experienced as oppressive because they limit the perception of available choices." Adams-Wescott and Colleagues (1993; cited in Freedman and Combs, 1996).
The concept of social constructionism presupposes that social structures, containing inherent imbalances of power, are formed and maintained through the medium of language. Narrative therapy is the organized therapeutic model that draws on this concept. It was championed by the late Michael White and by David Epston; the Dulwich Centre is the leading presence for contemporary practice.
Narratives or stories are linguistic means of communication between individuals, communities and cultures. Our 'lived experiences' are related as stories. Encompassed in published stories, from fiction (as in Peter Pan, the brothers Grimm, or the children's books of Roald Dahl), traditional story-telling (e.g. ancient myths – rooted in religion and tribal memory), and 19th century travellers' tales, through to individual family stories and myths: we imagine our futures, anticipate our dreams and relay the horrors of life. Stories are powerful representations of our values, thinking styles and aspirations (or the absence of them).
The McMaster approach provides such a story. It was developed from a community-based naturalistic study of families in Montreal during the 1960's, but was put together later in Hamilton, Ontario, where Nat Epstein was working with others to establish a new medical school. All medical-teaching was to be problem-based learning, and the family therapy model that developed there reflected this: distancing itself from psychodynamic thinking, it was problem-focused, and based on the types of rational principles articulated by Thomas Paine and the Scottish Enlightenment (i.e. unsentimental, democratic, empirical, enquiring, distancing itself from received wisdom and traditional established powers). However, trying to escape a story often becomes another story, because systemic family therapy is inextricably linked to lived experience past, present and future. The 1985 text Integrated Family Therapy was simply how its two authors, after working at McMaster, chose to re-story the development of the model after their return to the UK.
History and Philosophy of Social Constructionist Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy has its roots in sociological thinking, from Foucault in particular, where society does not exist as a fixed entity. It is perceived through "interpretive frameworks". Social structures (such as the beliefs and values upon which society has developed and continues to function, and the elements that create these structures) are borne out of the repetition and re-enactment of dominant themes and objectives. Individuals become socialised into beliefs and behaviours; repetition of these establish social norms, social controls regulate deviations allowing the dominant narrative of a culture to continue.
Understanding the power and influence held by dominant social and family narratives, narrative therapy considers that no therapeutic encounter can be truly objective. Therapists are inevitably caught up in narratives, including those of their own workplace as well as of prevailing political systems. Nonetheless, narrative therapy considers that local knowledge can in turn influence larger discourses, without which of course therapy would be futile.
Re-authoring lived experience: it starts from the position that all individuals and families have a wide repertoire of lived-experience, which is only selectively recalled. As personal experience is described or aspects of life lived is reflected upon, dominant themes become established that permeate lived-experience; over a lifetime these become a dominant narrative that is repeated and replayed. Simultaneously, exceptions to a dominant story that challenge the 'script' used to author our lives are actively filtered out.
Such re-authoring, over a family history or an individual's lifetime, recreate and re-enact the dominant themes so they become entrenched behavioural and emotional responses, narrowing recognition of exceptions or unique outcomes. In short, lived-experience will always have been deeper and broader than what we describe in discourse; all family members will have knowledge of a wider range of experience than that which has been storied. Narrative therapy seeks to explore this, undoing the binding influence of dominant narratives as illustrated below.
David, aged 12, sat rigidly in his chair as his mum, Mandy, described how he would come into her bedroom at night, too anxious to sleep in his own bed. The therapist was acutely aware of the overwhelming shame that this tall, well-groomed young man was feeling while this problem was relayed. Implicit through the description of the problem was the notion held by Mandy and shared by David that he was incapable of facing fears of any kind and that David needed Mandy to fight his battles for him.
Such dominant narratives severely narrow the possible range of ways a family takes to resolve their problems, thus highly relevant to the problem-focused approach we describe.
A further reason to integrate social constructionism in our systemic model arises from the way dominant narratives may also prevent other more 'distant' influences on lived-experience emerging into conscious or storied awareness. For example, experience before verbal language had developed, and the dissociative barriers that protect individuals from processing unbearable experiences; arising from episodic or longer-term adversity and trauma.
Adams-Wescott, J., Dafforn, T., & Sterne, P. (1993). Escaping victim life stories and co-creating personal life story. In S. Gilligan & R. Price (Eds.), Therapeutic Conversations. (pp. 258-276). New York: Norton.
Freedman, J., & Combs, G. (1996). Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities. New York: W.W. Norton.
Miller, L. (2012). Counselling Skills for Social Work. London: Sage Publications.
White, M. (2002). Externalising Conversations Exercise [Online]: www.dulwichcentre.com.au/michael-white-workshop-notes.pdf
White, M., & Epston, D. (1990). Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends. London: W.W. Norton.
Constructivism is the concept that describes how individuals and families make meaning out of social encounters that are shaped through language. The meaning of experience is shaped by social encounters, the language used within these encounters, by the social context in which encounters occur and the language used in discussing social encounters after the event. This differs from social constructionism in emphasis, where constructivist approaches to systemic family therapy focus on the way individuals and families internalise and then hold on to meaning and how this can be re-shaped through therapeutic conversation.
Brief, strategic and latterly solution-focused therapy has evolved from constructivism. Key components to early family therapy models can also be seen with constructivism as a major influence. Reframing and positively connoting family struggles can be linked back to Bateson's early research into brief intervention using a positive focus, suggesting change can be brought about for families by future-thinking in as effective a way as by problem-resolution.
Integrated Family Therapy celebrates the way in which contemporary practice now recognises the importance of incorporating discussion of family strengths and resilience in therapeutic conversations, promoted in the last two decades by Froma Walsh. In addition, Tom Sexton's revival of reframing as a core aspect of Functional Family Therapy draws on constructivist use of language to actively notice the positive intentions of family members when caught in problem-maintaining feedback loops of behaviour and language.
Mandy sat looking in despair as she relayed the conflict David had been engaging in with one of his teachers. She described feeling helpless, generalising his behavioural problems into being a behavioural problem in school. Meanwhile David looked discouraged, his face hidden by the hoodie he was pulling further down over his forehead.
The therapist faced a dilemma at this point. Acknowledge the distress and pain? Deconstruct the incident with the teacher? Consider whether David might be projecting expectations of male adults onto his relationship with his teacher? Use circular questions to widen out consideration of other family members' perspectives on education, or relations with teachers, or expectations of David?
Considering David's age and concerned about his engagement with the therapeutic process at this moment in time, the therapist decided to draw on social constructivist influences to bring new meaning-making within the family. Checking out how many of the teachers David related positively to, David peered out of his hoodie and tentatively talked about his 'Techie' teacher, who had helped him develop an idea of how to make a 'cartie' using scraps of wood and some old buggy wheels. Mandy rolled her eyes at David as they shared a cautious smile about the 'cartie' and spoke of David's hours of work on it one Saturday, before proudly riding it down the road. David, prompted by the therapist, identified a hope that his interest might become a vocation in the future.
The therapist asked Mandy what she thought worked well in David's relationship with the 'Techie' teacher. She identified that David knew he took an interest in his learning and that David responded to this with compliance, respect and even enthusiasm. Using a reframe, the therapist tentatively suggested that might David have been working hard to show the teacher, with whom he got into regular verbal conflict, just how much he wanted to be noticed and encouraged by him. The therapist used a language shift within the reframe to express how David's best efforts at this had been viewed by his teacher as disrespect and that this had caused problems in misunderstandings, as David became more and more disappointed and discouraged. Noticing David shrugging his shoulders but with his face clearly seen now within his hood, the therapist asked David what it would be like for his teacher if he could see how David showed his enthusiasm and interest with his 'Techie' teacher. David thought his other teacher would like this and might help him a bit more when he got stuck.
Mandy looked a little impatient as this aspect of the conversation developed, wishing to remind the therapist of the numerous phone calls she had received from the school in complaint about David's behaviour. The therapist again faced the dilemma about what direction to choose regarding her next question. Should she give space to Mandy's struggle, risking David retreating back into his hoodie? Should she continue with the constructivist conversation? Reflecting-in-action, the therapist decided to move her attention to Mandy but retain the constructivist influence in the therapeutic conversation. She asked Mandy what it would be like for her if David brought the respect he showed his 'Techie' teacher to his interactions with his other teacher. Mandy stopped for a short pause, with the therapist wondering whether she would engage with this question. Looking less tense than a few moments before, she described (and was clearly, briefly, feeling) the relief and freedom she would gain from constantly waiting for a complaining phone call.
The therapist then asked how that might change what happens between her and David when he came home from school. Mandy thought that she would be calmer and might not interrogate him as she was currently and frequently doing. The therapist asked Mandy how this might feel for David. Mandy thought he would probably be more relaxed after the school day ended and the evening began as he wouldn't be expecting his mum to 'give him a row'. Asking Mandy again how David being more relaxed might impact on his emotional state by bedtime, Mandy thought he might be less tense than he is currently if she and David had had a calmer evening.
Drawing on strengths already held within David and within the family, i.e. David's capacity to relate well to a teacher, Mandy's capacity to reflect, social constructivist influences led the family to envisage a different reality from the one they were currently living. Using reframing as a technique, the therapist helped the family bring different and more positive meaning to a volatile experience, which took the emotional charge away from the constructed memory of the experience for David and for Mandy.
This did not require the therapist to ignore other theoretical influences and possibilities. Instead a social constructivist stance provided an opportunity for a glimpse into a different reality for the family. This created a marginal shift in perspective for them and brought a loosening of the grip of the current feedback loop in which the family had become trapped.
De Shazer, S. (1985). Keys to Solutions in Brief Therapy. New York: W.W. Norton.
De Shazer, S. (1988). Clues to Investigating Solutions in Brief Therapy. New York: W.W. Norton.
De Shazer, S. (1994). Words were Originally Magic. New York: W.W. Norton.
De Shazer, S., & Berg, I. (1992). 'Doing therapy: a post-structural re-vision', Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 18: 71–81.
Sexton, T. L. (2011). Functional Family Therapy in Clinical Practice. London: Routledge.
Walsh, F. (2006). Strengthening Family Resilience (2nd ed.). London: Guilford Press.


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We were at the Sixth Form College yesterday evening to find out what A-levels my younger daughter might want to do (answer: the same ones she wanted to do before we went). It was quite amusing how some of the teachers in particular subjects did their best to conform to stereotypes. The woman wearing socks under her sandals could only be a mathematician; the woman wearing a shocking pink top with pink striations in her hair could only be a psychologist; the man in the sharp, tailored suit with the single earring could only be a sociologist; the woman with long, comb-defying grey hair could only be a chemist.
Hmm, maybe that last one could also have passed as a biologist, actually.
Contrastingly, many of the students who were helping out seemed singularly mismatched with their subject: the German girl promoting the Spanish A-level; the sociologist who used the words "society" and "antisocial" in every sentence; the Geology student who just stared blankly when I told him, "Geology rocks!"; the English Language advocate who ended every statement with her voice raised? Like it was a question? Like this?
Anyway, the reason I'm posting about the visit to the Sixth Form College has little to do with any of this. It concerns a textbook I picked up and thumbed through in the Biology department. A section on the heart began:
"If you look after your heart and keep it healthy, it will last you for the rest of your life."
Whereas if you don't..?
It's probably there deliberately, to give generations of Biology students something to laugh at before heading off to dissect one.
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We got a gorgeous site right on the meadow. And there were hardly any other campers there.
Nat and Moo took part in Junior Rangers. That brought back memories of camping trips when I was young. I loved Junior Rangers.
Bub and Sis' dad came up and sang songs around the campfire with us which was uber-cool. They even sang a spooky song with a surprise ending that scared Nat and Moo half to death (in a fun, 'we're camping' way). (Wish I had a picture...darn.)
Here Cass and Sis try out a new taste sensation:bananas with chocolate and marshmallow heated over the fire. Sis is very excited as you can see from her expression!
The campground is full of warnings about bears which made city-girl Cass a bit nervous. On the second night I awoke to Suey growling and barking (in the tent with us) and heard the unmistakeable metal squeak of the bear-proof food locker door. I knew that wasn't good, but I wasn't really up to going out to investigate.
The next morning I got up to inspect the damage and found the locker door ajar and an empty graham cracker wrapper, 2 Hershey bar wrappers and an empty marshmallow bag on the ground. Further investigation revealed that a Capri Sun prevented the locker from latching completely but the rest of the food inside was untouched.
Well, obviously it wasn't a bear, otherwise the locker would have been emptied out. Apparently it was just a raccoon with a hankering for S'mores. That critter could've had any combination of goodies but chose to make that yummy campfire treat instead.
Here Bub demonstrates what a crazed, fearsome, forest creature might look like raiding a bear locker, which is exactly why I wasn't going to peek my head out of the tent at 4am!
We also did lots of bike riding. I was proud of Suey because she learned how to run along side my bike while I rode. She did really well pacing herself with me, and it is a fantastic way to wear out a dog!
Our fearless squirrel chaser and locker protector.
I was so thankful that Bub and Cass planned this trip and didn't mind me tagging along. What a great start to the summer!


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Five-goal Roma can do much better, says Dzeko
Edin Dzeko said Roma were yet to hit their best form despite scoring a hat-trick in a rampant 5-0 victory over Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League.
The Bosnian striker gave Roma the lead after just three minutes at Stadio Olimpico before doubling their advantage on 40 minutes and wrapping up the win with his third in second-half stoppage-time.
Cengiz Under and Justin Kluivert were also on the scoresheet as Roma extended their winning streak to three matches, but Dzeko said there was more to come from Eusebio Di Francesco's side.
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"We didn't start the season well as a team," Dzeko, who went into the game with just one goal to his name this season, told O2 TV.
"Obviously I did not score as many goals as I wanted.
"Today it was a good game for me, for the team. We just have to continue like this because I think this is not our maximum.
"We can do much better."
| @EdDzeko can't stop scoring against Viktoria Plzen...— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) October 2, 2018
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Roma went over a month without a victory earlier in the season, losing 3-0 to Real Madrid in their Champions League Group G opener in the process, but recovered to beat Frosinone 4-0 before claiming the honours in the Rome derby against Lazio, winning 3-1 at home.
The victory over Plzen means that over their last three contests, all home games, Roma have scored 12 goals and conceded just one, and Di Francesco told UEFA.com: "We wanted this win and we won it convincingly.
"We conceded very little and wanted to get some continuity in our results.
"It's never easy to win in the Champions League, but today we proved we were stronger than our opponents."


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Moving is by far one of the most complicated and delicate projects you can have. There are so many things you need to cover in order to ensure safe and smooth relocation. Therefore, what you need to do is to prepare properly for such a big undertaking. In order to do so, you will need all the help you can get. So, prior to anything else, you will need to research a lot. Especially if you are moving for the first time. You'll need to hire a reliable moving company, find a place in the new city, cover paperwork and pack your belongings. And packing is an extremely challenging task. If you have a lot of things and do not pack properly, there is a possibility that you'll need to relocate them several times. That is why you should move with portable storage containers.
What are portable storage containers?
Even though storage containers are commonly used for storing items, or overseas shipping, nowadays you can use them for local and long-distance relocations as well. Many moving companies have this in their offer, as this is one of the most efficient ways of transportation. Especially for clients with a large number of belongings. In a nutshell, you store your items in a portable storage container, the container is loaded on the truck and delivered on the desired destination.
In case you want to move stuff that you have in the storage facility, this process is even more simple, as you will skip the packing part. But there is one catch – using this way of transportation can be a bit more expensive than using traditional moving trucks. On the other hand, it can cut your overall moving costs if you have a lot of things to relocate.
When you should choose portable storage containers over the traditional moving truck?
Let's see how to choose if you are going to use this type of transportation for your upcoming move. As we mentioned before, getting a portable storage container is not a cheap thing. And if you are moving on a tight budget, this item could seem as unnecessary in your moving plan. But do not jump to conclusion easily before you calculate other options. Sometimes, there are hidden moving costs, and you need to check if there are any for your particular move.
Moving service costs are depending on the number of things you need to relocate. In case you have a lot of belongings, and they can't fit all in the truck at the same time, your movers will need to transport your things several times. And that is when they will charge you for each time. Even though you will have only one quote, make sure you pay attention to all items on it. This is a situation where getting a portable storage container could save you money. They are bigger and can fit more items, thus only one transportation can handle relocation of all your belongings.
One more situation where it would be smart to use these containers is when you have uncommonly large items, such as a piano. If you use traditional way, movers will need to relocate your instrument alone, and then to focus on other belongings. By using a container, you can place other items in it besides the piano and relocate everything at once. If you have a piano that you want to relocate in Tucson, make sure you hire experienced piano movers Tucson AZ.
How to find reliable movers for this type of relocation?
What you need to know is that not every moving company is capable of handling this type of relocation. That is why you will need to find one with a lot of experience and specialized equipment. First, movers you hire must have an appropriate moving truck that can carry portable storage containers. Sometimes these trucks have their own crane for loading, and sometimes they are loaded with cranes from the ground. In either case, this truck must have a system for securing a storage container. Additionally, movers you hire must have moving license and insurance. These are essential features every good and reliable moving company has.
How to prepare for moving with portable storage containers?
Important to realize is that this type of move has some specific requirements when it comes to packing. Loading moving container is a bit different than packing in boxes. Therefore, you will need to get some packing supplies in your local hardware store that will help you pack the portable container. Here is a list of things that you can use for this activity:
- Air bubble packing – for ensuring sensitive and fragile items
- Packing tape – it will come in handy in case you have a lot of small items
- Wooden crates – these are much more friendly for storing items in containers than cardboard boxes. In case you are moving your houseplants, crates will be extremely useful.
- Blankets – for filling space between items. This way you will be sure that no collisions will damage your belongings.
As you can see, there are many benefits and pros why you should move with portable storage containers. It could save you a lot of time and money, and that is very important as moving is an extremely expensive project. Not to mention that it can decrease a stress level during the move. And additional stress is the last thing you need in this situation. Therefore, put everything on paper and calculate your moving costs with and without portable storage containers.
There is a big possibility that you will figure that it is more efficient to use them. And if this is the case, do not think twice, and start your pursuit. In case you are moving to AZ, there are some pretty good safe storage solutions in Arizona you can use. These professionals will answer all questions you might have and give you some useful pieces of advice.


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I am in the process of updating some of my popular eBooks and will add a new eBook to my line-up very shortly.
Updated eBooks:
Rheology of Thermosets is being expanded with significant additions to the content. The following figure shows the organization of the ebook.
The updated eBook will cover rheological properties prior to curing, such as shear thinning and thixotropy, the use of rheology modifiers such as fumed silica, and the addition of case studies to highlight the technical concepts.
Huan Lee from Lambient Technologies was gracious enough to prepare 7 new posts on advances in dielectric cure monitoring. I will be incorporating his new content into our existing eBook on "Dielectric Cure Monitoring of Thermosets." In his new series, Huan has shown nice practical examples of how to apply dielectric cure monitoring in real world processes.
New eBook
Over the years, I have published a large number of posts relating to polymers in electronic packaging. I am excited to announce that I have compiled and expanded on the materials to produce a new eBook titled "Polymers in Electronic Packaging."
- Introduction to the types of polymers used in electronics and rationale for their use
- Polymers for leadframe and plastic ball grid array packages; die attach adhesives and mold compounds
- Polymers for flip-chip packages; capillary and wafer-level underfills
- Polymers for semiconductor substrates and High Density Interconnect (HDI) circuit boards; build-up films, low dielectric laminate
- Polymers for Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging (FOWLP); specialized epoxy mold compounds, dielectric materials for redistribution layers (RDL)
- Rheological issues in electronic packaging such as dispensing
The updated eBooks and the new eBook on "Polymers in Electronic Packaging" will be available by the end of the month.


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***2 YEARS WARRANTY AVAILABLE***, A GOOD LOOKING EXAMPLE OF THIS AUDI A5 3.0 TDI SPORT QUATTRO 2 DOOR FINISHED IN A METALLIC SILVER SHOWING A MERE 151,406 MILES FROM NEW, FRONT ELECTRIC WINDOWS, ELECTRIC HEATED MIRRORS WITH INDICATORS, POWER STEERING, REMOTE CENTRAL LOCKING ALARM IMMOBILISER, TRIP COMPUTER, AUDI CONCERT RADIO WITH CD PLAYER, STEERING CONTROLS, AUTOMATIC RAIN SENSING WIPERS., AUTOMATIC HEAD LIGHTS, AIR CONDITIONING, CLIMATE CONTROL, ESP TRACTION CONTROL, FULL BLACK LEATHER INTERIOR, CUP HOLDERS, 4 SEATS WITH FRONT AND REAR HEAD RESTRAINTS, ISOFIX, MULTIPLE AIRBAGS, FRONT AND REAR CENTRE CONSOLE ARMREST, 6 SPEED MANUAL GEARBOX, ALL COLOUR CODED BUMPERS INCLUSIVE OF DOOR MIRRORS, 17" GENUINE AUDI 5 TWIN SPOKE ALLOY WHEELS, XENONS, FRONT FOG LIGHTS, TWIN EXAUST, REAR PARKING SENSORS, A FULL VOSA HISTORY PRINTOUT AVAILABLE, 5 STAMP AUDI SERVICE HISTORY, 2 KEYS***CARSON MOTORS OFFER A EXCLUSIVE RANGE OF VEHICLES TO SUIT ALL BUDGETS,EXTENDED WARRANTY AND SERVICE PACKAGES ALSO AVAILABLE,UNIT 4 CROMPTON STREET,PRESTON,LANCASHIRE,PR1 5RT. PART EXCHANGE WELCOME, Silver, £3,790
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Air Bag Driver, Air Bag Passenger, Alarm, Alloy Wheels (17in), Anti-Lock Brakes, Armrest, Carpet, Central Door Locking, Climate Control, Computer (Driver Information System), Electric Windows (Front), Exterior Lighting (Xenon Headlights), Front Fog Lights, Head Restraints, Headlamp Wash, Immobiliser, In Car Entertainment (Radio/CD/MP3), Mirrors External, Parking Aid (Rear), Power-Assisted Steering, Rain Sensor, Seat - ISOFIX Anchorage Point, Seats Split Rear, Spare Wheel (Space Saver), Speakers, Steering Wheel Leather, Steering Wheel Mounted Controls, Upholstery Leather
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|Body style
|Engine size
|2967 cc
|Fuel type
|Number of doors
|Number of seats
|Gearbox type
|CO2 emissions
|191 g/km
|Insurance group
|Standard manufacturer's warranty (miles)
|No details available
|Standard manufacturer's warranty (years)
|No details available
|Standard paintwork guarantee
|No details available
Performance & economy
|Fuel consumption (urban)
|28.5 mpg
|Fuel consumption (extra urban)
|49.6 mpg
|Fuel consumption (combined)
|39.2 mpg
|0 - 60 mph
|5.9 seconds
|Top speed
|155 mph
|Engine power
|242 bhp
|Engine torque
|368.80 lbs/ft
|1372 mm
|Height inclusive of roof rails
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|4626 mm
|2751 mm
|2020 mm
|Width including mirrors
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|Fuel tank capacity
|64 litres
|Minimum kerb weight
|1610 kg
|Interior features
|Exterior features
|Alloy Wheels (17in)
|Headlamp Wash
|Climate Control
|Mirrors External
|Computer (Driver Information System)
|Spare Wheel (Space Saver)
|Electric Windows (Front)
|In Car Entertainment (Radio/CD/MP3)
|Rain Sensor
|Seats Split Rear
|Steering Wheel Leather
|Steering Wheel Mounted Controls
|Upholstery Leather
|Air Bag Driver
|Air Bag Passenger
|Anti-Lock Brakes
|Central Door Locking
|Exterior Lighting (Xenon Headlights)
|Front Fog Lights
|Head Restraints
|Parking Aid (Rear)
|Power-Assisted Steering
|Seat - ISOFIX Anchorage Point
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This 9 days Rwanda highlights safari package is designed to give the avid tourist a sating encounter with Rwanda's major attractions. You will visit Nyungwe Forest National Park, Butare town, Kibuye resort, Lake Kivu, Gisenyi town, Volcanoes National Park, and Iby'iwacu cultural village. The adventures to enjoy while on this safari include; chimpanzee and golden monkey trekking excursions, a boat cruise on Lake Kivu, a hike up Bisoke Volcano, guided canopy and nature walks.
Kigali International Airport
3 Hours Before Flight Time
Your 9 days Rwanda highlights safari will include;
Your safari will begin when a guide picks you from Kigali airport. After a briefing on how your safari will go, you will set out on a Kigali city tour. In the early evening, you will retire to your choice lodging to relax and unwind before having dinner.
You will set out on a drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park in the morning. On your way, you will briefly stop in Butara – Rwanda's second largest city. While there, you will visit the national museum and Nyanza – the former King's palace. When you arrive at the park, you will embark on a guided nature walk before retiring to your choice accommodation.
Nyungwe Forest is a hikers' paradise. The forest is a mass of steep and rugged terrain. After a briefing, you will embark on a chimpanzee trekking excursion. You will encounter one of the habituated chimp families living in the park. In afternoon, you will embark on the popular canopy walk.
You will embark on a transfer to Kibuye in the morning. Kibuye is one of the three resorts found on Lake Kivu. You will relax and unwind at the resort. In the afternoon, you will go for a boat cruise on Lake Kivu.
You will transfer to Gisenyi in the morning. You will have an encounter with the locals and experience the countryside life for a day. You see the villagers going about their routine and working in the banana, cassava, rice, potatoes, and coffee plantations. Your day will be an adventurous one.
You will transfer to Volcanoes National Park in the morning. The park is famous for its resident mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. You will embark on a golden monkey tracking excursion when you arrive at the park. Later in the day, you will explore the lakes and caves in the park
You will report at the park headquarters in the early morning. After a briefing on gorilla trekking etiquette, you will hit one of the trails to begin your pursuit for an encounter with a habituated gorilla family. You will later embark on a Iby'iwacu cultural village tour.
You will embark on a Bisoke Volcano hike after your breakfast. After the excursion, you will visit the tomb of Dian Fossey. Your excursions in the park will end when you choose to retire to your accommodation for dinner and the night.
At the climax of your safari, you will have a guided nature walk in the park and then embark on a drive back to Kigali town. Your guide will drive you to the airport if you have a flight to catch. This will mark the end of your safari.


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When I tell people I'm a hypnotherapist the most common response is "what sort of thing do you do - stop people smoking? The answer to this is both yes and no, in reality I help people who want to stop smoking stop but I don't make them, they do that themselves.
As an ex smoker who stopped by using hypnotherapy I know first hand how well it works. It's been over 18 years since my last cigarette and I have no desire to smoke again.
How To Quit Smoking
So how does it work? Well we all know how bad for us smoking is, all the awful things it does to our bodies, our finances, possibly even our relationships, but knowing this often isn't enough. If it were that straightforward then having been made aware of the dangers, seen the pictures on the packets etc everyonewho wanted to would stop.
The reason they don't is because there's something else going on. How many times have you tried to stop, whether with will power, gum, patches or any other aid, but it hasn't worked, or maybe it did for a few weeks, or months? Then inexplicably you start again.
What's happening is your unconscious is interfering, trying to help you but actually making things worse. This is where Cognitive Hypnotherapy comes in.
Our unconscious acts as a protective device, always looking out for us, keeping us away from danger, but because human beings have been around for a long time and have evolved more slowly than the world around us has sometimes the unconscious gets it wrong, sees danger where there is none, or moves us towards something we should be moving away from.
In the case of smoking the unconscious sees a benefit, so no matter how hard we try to stop the unconscious pulls us back into smoking. With my help you can discover the unconscious reason for your smoking. I can take you back to the time you made the decision to smoke (which very often is not when you thought it was) and you can reverse that decision.
Once the reason to smoke is gone the habit is easily broken. Usually this takes one two hour session with the option of a one hour follow up session a week or two later if needed. In the 13 years I have been practising only a handful of people have needed to come back.
So, if you'd like to be smoke free, give me a call or drop me an email and you can change you life for the better just like I did.


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The Ottobock Triton Smart Ankle is a microprocessor-controlled ankle prosthetic for below-knee and above-knee amputees who want more versatility and control over their movements, while also having a high range of motion. The Triton Smart Ankle has built-in reflex technology that automatically adjusts to changes in walking speed and terrain including slopes, stairs, and ramps. It also helps with natural adaptability to makes sedentary activities like sitting and standing more comfortable.
The Triton Smart Ankle comes with the Galileo app for iOS and Android which lets you monitor battery level, adjust perceived toe stiffness, and enable a free ankle feature that makes it easier to put on pants. An additional feature that the Triton Smart Ankle has that some other similar products lack is that it allows you to switch between shoes with different heel heights up to 2 inches, whether that's dress shoes, sneakers, or boots, simply by using the options in the Galileo smartphone app.