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The year 2017 has been an up and down year for commodities, but when the dust settles the asset class will post an overall gain on the year. Even though inflation remains below the 2% target set by the Fed and ECB, the prices of commodities continue to rise from bottoms established in late 2015 and early 2016.
Industrial commodity prices have been leaders throughout the year as economic growth in China and around the world continues to support demand for many raw materials. Nonferrous metals are among the best performing raw materials of the year. Precious metals have posted gains with palladium, the industrial and precious metal, leading the way. The price of crude oil recently rose to its highest level since June 2015, while natural gas continues to trade at prices that are around $3 per MMBtu. Meanwhile, the agricultural commodities sector has provided good news for consumers as prices have been stable to lower as weather and growing conditions around the world supported the fifth straight year of bumper crops. Inventories continue to swell, pressuring prices of many of the critical ingredients for food.
The eleventh month of the year came to an end this week, and with only one to go, 2017 has been a period of consolidation in the raw materials sector after the bear market that started in 2011 and 2012 that took many prices to multi-year lows two years ago. There are a few things to watch for during December that could provide critical clues for the path of least resistance for prices in 2018.
2017 Has Been a Bullish Year for Raw Material Markets, But There Is One Month to Go
Now that we have heard from OPEC and they extended production cuts until the end of 2018, as the market had expected, there are two factors to watch over coming weeks when it comes to the path of least resistance for many commodities prices.
On December 13, the US Fed's FOMC will meet for the final time in 2017. There are lots of changes underway at the central bank as it will have a new leader, Jerome Powell, in 2018 and many new members of the committee. However, there is one last piece of business facing the central bank in the final month of the year, and that is the much-anticipated 25 basis point rate hike at the December meeting. Higher interest rates, when not the result of inflationary pressures, tend to be bad news for commodities prices as they increase the cost of carrying inventories. However, given current market expectations, it is likely that the only shock to the market would be if the Fed does not act at their December meeting, which would be bullish for raw material markets. Conversely, in the unlikely situation where the Fed hiked by more than 25 basis points, the shock would cause commodities prices to tumble.
The other issue to keep both eyes on is the geopolitical landscape. Problems in the Middle East and Korean Peninsula are not going away anytime soon and could flare up in the blink of an eye, sending markets across all asset classes into a frenzy of volatility. In the Middle East, the tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran continues to build. On Tuesday, November 28, the North Koreans conducted another ballistic missile test, the first since September. While markets mostly ignored the provocative move, it may be the rhetoric that flows back and forth between the US and the hermit nation that causes indigestion and higher price variance in markets.
Crude oil is going into December at its highest level of the year. NYMEX crude oil broke out above technical resistance at $55.24 in early November.
As the weekly chart highlights, the next level of technical resistance for the world's most ubiquitous commodities futures contract now stands at the May 2015 high of $62.58 per barrel.
Meanwhile, natural gas is now going into the winter season with the lowest level of inventories in three years.
As the weekly chart illustrates, natural gas is entering the period of peak demand at around the $3.05 per MMBtu level with technical resistance at $3.2310. It will be the weather conditions across the US that determine the path of least resistance for the energy commodity over the coming weeks and months. However, with stocks at a low level, a cold winter could cause some upside fireworks in the market that has a penchant for price volatility.
Precious Metals
Precious metals are going into the final month of 2017 with palladium continuing to charge higher with its target on the $1090 level, the all-time peak price dating back to 2001. March palladium futures were trading at just over $1000 per ounce on November 30. When it comes to gold, silver, and platinum, the three most actively traded precious metals fell to lows in December 2015 and December 2016 as the dollar index was close to highs, and interest rates were rising.
As the weekly chart of the dollar index shows, unlike the previous two years, the greenback is going into the final month of 2017 close to lows, which is supportive for the prices of precious metals. However, rising interest rates could be putting a roadblock on potential gains in the sector. Gold closed on November 30 at the $1276 per ounce level, while silver was trading around $16.48 per ounce. Meanwhile, platinum was approximately $942 per ounce as all three of the metals were above lows for the year. Geopolitics will continue to support these rare metals that investors and traders tend to turn to during periods of fear and uncertainty. However, with the stock market raging to new highs and optimism in markets across all asset classes, precious metals have taken a back seat to other investment vehicles.
Industrial Metals and Minerals
Industrial commodities have moved to the upside over 2017.
COMEX and LME copper have made higher lows and higher highs since reaching a multi-year bottom in January 2016. Copper closed at the $3.05 per pound level at the end of November with support at $2.8750 and resistance at $3.2745, the 2014 peak. Meanwhile, the other ferrous and nonferrous industrial metals have been strong throughout the year, and positive economic data from China, US GDP growth at around 3%, and improving economic conditions in Europe all are supportive for the commodities in this sector.
Agricultural Commodities
The fifth straight year of bumper grain crops and abundant supplies of soft commodities in 2017 is sending the agricultural commodities into the last month of the year with ample inventories. However, demographic trends of rising population and wealth have resulted in higher lows in most of these markets on a long-term basis.
Bumper crops of soybeans, corn, and wheat prices have weighed on prices. Sugar, cocoa, coffee, cotton, and even FCOJ futures have seen lots of selling over 2017. Animal proteins have seen their ups and downs over the year. However, in the agricultural sector, each year is a new adventure as the world continues to require more food each day and weather is never a guarantee. Any price weakness during the final month of 2017 could create opportunities for the coming year where the crop cycles will start all over again, and the only certainty is that demand will continue to rise for these agricultural products alongside population and wealth increases.
I am bullish on the prospects for commodities prices in 2018. Therefore, any significant price weakness during the final weeks of this year could provide an opportunity to build long positions for the coming year. The dollar remains in a downtrend, and while interest rates in the US are rising, they remain close to historical lows. In commodities markets, we must always be prepared to expect the unexpected in the volatile asset class. However, with many markets making higher lows on a long-term basis, price dips may continue to afford market participants with bargains in the final month of this year.


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Legislators Hear From Mayors, First Selectmen; Unknowns in State Budget Causing Worries
Waterbury Republican-American
By Paul Hughes
HARTFORD – Mayors and first selectmen on Monday told state legislators once again how Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget recommendations threaten to force sizable property tax increases and service cuts.
There is an even greater degree of uncertainty and unease among the 169 towns and cities that are developing municipal budgets now because local officials are unsure if they can rely on the governor's budget plan as a floor.
"We are throwing darts without a dart board because we have no target," said Johh Elsesser, town manager of Coventry and a past president of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns.
Representatives of COST and the larger Connecticut Conference of Municipalities expressed opposition to Malloy's budget recommendations and petitioned for relief from state mandates before the Appropriations Committee on Monday.
There are more than 1,200 state mandates on municipalities, according to COST and CCM.
Waterbury Mayor Neil M. O'Leary observed legislators have introduced 10 bills to provide mandate relief, but they proposed nearly three times as many bills that would add more state mandates.
He conveyed CCM's position that the legislature should shelve either any new mandates under consideration this session, or appropriate state funds to pay for any additional mandates that are imposed.
CCM and COST back to top
CCM and COST are backing a bill that would require a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate to approve any new municipal mandates.
Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, Senate co-chairman of the Appropriations Committee, asked COST and CCM to identify the five most onerous state mandates.
Towns and cities consider Malloy's proposal to have municipalities pay one-third of the annual contribution to the state-run retirement fund for public school teachers one of the most objectionable proposed mandates and budget recommendations.
This change would shift a $400 million cost to local budgets next year.
Goshen First Selectman Robert P. Valentine said taxpayers in big cities, suburbs and small towns cannot afford to shoulder that burden.
Rep. Brian M. Ohler, R-Salisbury, noted that boards of selectmen and local councils have no role in negotiating teacher contracts.

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My book,
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns Second Edition,
has an entire section dedicated to event patterns. Dutch auctions are not covered in the second edition, but 10 others are. I show a picture of the book on the right.
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Should you sell when the company offers to buy back your shares at a price that is above where it is trading now? If so, what should you bid? If you do not own
the stock, can you trade this pattern? This page answers those questions but click here for more information about Dutch auction research.
Discovered by Thomas N. Bulkowski in September 2006.
Overall rank for up/down breakouts: 2 out of 7; 3 out of 6
Break even failure rate for up/down breakouts: 16%; 28%
Average rise/decline: 35%; 12%
Throwback/pullback rate: 63%; 52%
Percentage meeting price target for up/down breakouts: 63%; 48%
Pattern period: The event pattern begins the day of the announcement, or if the market was closed during the announcement, use the next day. It ends on the day the auction ends.
At what price should you
offer your shares? Compute the difference from the offer high and low prices to get the price range. For example, if the offering
range is 22 to 24, that is a $2 range. If you decide to sell your shares at 10% of this range below the offering high, that
is, 24 – (10% * $2) or 23.80, that offer would be accepted 54% of the time. The adjacent table shows additional ranges
and how often it succeeds.
The 25% rate succeeds 70%
of the time, so that will work in 2 out of 3 trades and that is the percentage I recommend. In the 22 to 24 range, for example,
that means you would tender shares at $23.50.
The fewer people or institutions tendering their shares, the higher the buyback
price is likely to be. Thus, if you want to trade this event pattern, look for
buybacks that cover multiple classes of shares and choose the one in which you
think fewer shareholders will tender their shares. If the public trades the class B
shares, then buy class A and tender it. If class A is thinly traded, that is good
because the arbitrage funds typically active in Dutch auctions will have a harder
time buying the shares. They are more likely to trade the class B shares.
Read the offering. If insiders are not tendering their shares, that is good. Look for the percentage of institutions
owning shares. A small percentage of institutional ownership means a fragmented base, and one in which any single
shareholder is unlikely to dominate and tender their shares, pushing down the tender price.
If the offering is for a substantial number of shares outstanding, that is good. It means a higher price when fewer
than the maximum shares are tendered.
The above red box shows the tender offer period for the drug stock. After the tender
offer expired, the stock made a V-shaped drop before nearly doubling. When price climbed above
the breakout price, highlighted here by a horizontal blue line and the letter A, an upward
breakout occurred.
-- Thomas Bulkowski
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WELL, let's see now … That was a small step for Neil Armstrong, a giant leap for mankind and a real knee in the groin for NASA.
The American space program, the greatest, grandest, most Promethean — O.K. if I add "godlike"? — quest in the history of the world, died in infancy at 10:56 p.m. New York time on July 20, 1969, the moment the foot of Apollo 11's Commander Armstrong touched the surface of the Moon.
It was no ordinary dead-and-be-done-with-it death. It was full-blown purgatory, purgatory being the holding pen for recently deceased but still restless souls awaiting judgment by a Higher Authority.
Like many another youngster at that time, or maybe retro-youngster in my case, I was fascinated by the astronauts after Apollo 11. I even dared to dream of writing a book about them someday. If anyone had told me in July 1969 that the sound of Neil Armstrong's small step plus mankind's big one was the shuffle of pallbearers at graveside, I would have averted my eyes and shaken my head in pity. Poor guy's bucket's got a hole in it.
Why, putting a man on the Moon was just the beginning, the prelude, the prologue! The Moon was nothing but a little satellite of Earth. The great adventure was going to be the exploration of the planets … Mars first, then Venus, then Pluto. Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus? NASA would figure out their slots in the schedule in due course. In any case, we Americans wouldn't stop until we had explored the entire solar system. And after that … the galaxies beyond.
NASA had long since been all set to send men to Mars, starting with manned fly-bys of the planet in 1975. Wernher von Braun, the German rocket scientist who had come over to our side in 1945, had been designing a manned Mars project from the moment he arrived. In 1952 he published his Mars Project as a series of graphic articles called "Man Will Conquer Space Soon" in Collier's magazine. It created a sensation. He was front and center in 1961 when NASA undertook Project Empire, which resulted in working plans for a manned Mars mission. Given the epic, the saga, the triumph of Project Apollo, Mars would naturally come next. All NASA and von Braun needed was the president's and Congress's blessings and the great adventure was a Go. Why would they so much as blink before saying the word?
Three months after the landing, however, in October 1969, I began to wonder … I was in Florida, at Cape Kennedy, the space program's launching facility, aboard a NASA tour bus. The bus's Spielmeister was a tall-fair-and-handsome man in his late 30s … and a real piece of lumber when it came to telling tourists on a tour bus what they were looking at. He was so bad, I couldn't resist striking up a conversation at the end of the tour.
Sure enough, it turned out he had not been put on Earth for this job. He was an engineer who until recently had been a NASA heat-shield specialist. A baffling wave of layoffs had begun, and his job was eliminated. It was so bad he was lucky to have gotten this stand-up Spielmeister gig on a tour bus. Neil Armstrong and his two crew mates, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, were still on their triumphal world tour … while back home, NASA's irreplaceable team of highly motivated space scientists — irreplaceable! — there were no others! …anywhere! … You couldn't just run an ad saying, "Help Wanted: Experienced heat-shield expert" … the irreplaceable team was breaking up, scattering in nobody knows how many hopeless directions.
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UBC Civil Engineering Professor, Dr. Donald Mavinic (l) and Research Associate Frederich Koch present a container of crystalized struvite. Photo Credit: Martin Dee
Crystal Green(r), a renewable phosphorus-rich fertilizer. Photo: Martin Dee
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Avalanche confident in PSN despite the breach causing halt to Renegade Ops development on PS3
Avalanche's Andreas Thorsen is confident that Sony's newly implemented network security measures will do "be even more secure than the competitors'."
He also remains confident in the network despite having to halt development on Renegade Ops during the downtime as a result of the recent security breach.
Speaking with CVG, Thorsen said: "I think the new system that they bring now will probably be even more secure than the competitors'. I don't think this is something that is unique to the PSN, it's just that this time it happened to them. I still have a lot of confidence in them."
Thorsen goes on to say that PSN is "a good target," for Renegade Ops, as he doesn't think the network "has that many games like this."
Renegade Ops is slated for a summer release on PC and Xbox Live as well.


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UPDATE: [Film] Renegade Visions
This is an update to a call for papers I sent out last year, with regard to
a new anthology tentatively titled Renegade Visions: Films and filmmakers
that defy popular cinema. The anthology's aim is to examine independent,
experimental, cult, or maligned cinema, across the globe that has gone
against the grain of commercial and popular
I have collected over 18 articles for the anthology, though there are a
some key filmmakers which have yet to be covered which I feel is essential
to the book.
These filmmakers include:
Guy Maddin
Gus Van Sant
Carlos Reygades (Japon)
Wisit Sasanatieng (Tears of the Black Tiger)
If interested, I recommend that you first send a 300-400 word proposal and
a brief bio listing previous published work. Submissions and proposals
should be sent to medwardssubmissions_at_yahoo.com.
All texts should be in Times New Roman, font size 12 and justified.
Please use endnotes, though please refrain from using the endnotes
facility on your computer. For notes, please use superscript and number
all notes numerically.
Closing date for completed submissions will be May 15th. I am aiming for a
2010 publication.
Matthew Edwards is the editor of the anthology Film out of Bounds, which
was published in the US by Mcfarland and Co in 2007.
From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
more information at
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The ceremony took place in Woburn, Bedfordshire and was hosted by the independent spa experts at The Good Spa Guide.
The Well Spa Retreat beat off competition from the likes of Vale Resort, Tre-Ysgawen Hall and St Brides Spa Hotel to win the Best Spa In Wales. The winners of each regional category were selected by spa goers via a poll on The Good Spa Guide's website.
Yvonne Lavis, manager at The Well Spa, said: "The team and I are absolutely thrilled to win this award! We couldn't have achieved this without our wonderful Spa therapists who work hard to make sure our guests feel relaxed and rejuvenated."
Other awards on the night included the Award for Sheer Luxury, the Best Wellness Programme and the Most Romantic Retreat and spa representatives from up and down the country were in attendance.
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I do not own Scooby-Doo or any related Hanna-Barbera/Warner Bros
characters. The plot and minor characters are creations of mine. This
is a non for profit, just for fun piece of fan writing!
Two Driving Along In Their Automobile
England at last!
This is
gonna be a great vacation!
Think of all the sights we can see!
bring on the fish and chips!
rand rips! Mmmm-mmmm
exclamations came thick and fast from the mouths of the four teens
and a dog that formed Mystery Inc as they stood on the docks at Dover
Port. They had waited many months for this trip to London, England,
and now they were actually here! It was too good to be true.
And we
cant come on vacation without bringing Old Faithful! cried Fred
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Hey everyone!
You might notice that my blog posts are fewer these days than over the Summer. Unfortunately, school calls. Sigh. Anyways, this nail art idea actually came to me whilst doing my homework. I have this fabulous glasses case from Cath Kidston- you know, the usual cutesy floral design! Burgundy is a colour that's definitely going to be big again this Autumn Winter, and I couldn't help but paint my nails burgundy and blue. Perhaps, not the most typical colour combination, but I adore this look!
I'm still considering making nail art tutorial posts or videos. What would you prefer? Although photo tutorials would be easy, I'm open to your suggestions.
Products used; Essie bikini so teeny, Barry M gelly nail polish in pomegrante, nail art pen from Hairspray
Would you mix pastels and dark colours? Will you be trying out this on your nails?
-Rachel x


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Here in Ghanzi, there are many churches. One of the denominations, the Dutch Reformed Church, has two churches with two separate congregations. In fact, they are about a two minute walk from each other.
One of them is known as "the white church" and delivers services in Afrikaans to a predominantly white congregation. The other is known as "the black church" and delivers services in Setswana to a predominantly black congregation.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2015
Marietta, Georgia -
It is with great excitement and pride that 6-4-3 announces Steven Minter (Class of 2017) has verbally committed to play college baseball for the University of Georgia. The entire staff of 6-4-3 DP Baseball congratulates Steven on his achievement and wishes him the very best in his continued journey as a standout student-athlete. In 2017, Steven will join current 6-4-3 DP Cougars (16U) teammates, Ryan Webb and Drew Waters, as part of the UGA Baseball program.


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Oriental lillies are delicious, fragrant and elegant flowers. Available in pure white casablanca lillies, simplon lillies, stunning rialto lillies, and Conca D'or lillies with a stunning yellow centre.
In the pink shades we have hot pink Stargazer lillies, Canberra, the pale pink La Reve lily and new varieties coming through like Acapulco which have a stunning white stripe.
Oriental Lillies are grown all year round - although there are some periods when they can be more difficult to source -but are still available.
I would love to work with you in creating
Your perfect Oriental Lily Wedding bouquet - Please contact our Wedding Designer - Jo for your Free consultation.
Oriental Lillies smell absolutely Amazing!
As one of the most fragrant flowers, their perfume will fill the room with scent.
Fragrance is such a powerful, evocative memory trigger - you will always associate your wedding day with the gorgeous smell, giving you long-lasting memories of your special day.
The downside to this?
Do be aware that Oriental Lillies - Casablanca Stargazer etc are highly allergenic! They have a very strong (but beautiful) perfume and this can affect Brides (and grooms) who suffer from hayfever. Itchy red eyes are not a good look for your special day.
Don't forget the antihistamine!
Don't Lillies Stain?
We ALWAYS remove the yellow stamens from these lillies.
You definately do not want pollen stains on your gown. However please keep in mind, that some lilly buds may "crack" open during the day in the heat, BUT the pollen has not yet "fluffed up" and will not stain.
Please do get someone to remove them gently with a tissue, before they can fluff up and stain your gorgeous dress.
Are Lillies Funeral Flowers?
Historically yes, the lily is often interpreted as a symbol of the innocence that has been restored to the soul of the departed.
A white stargazer lily symbolizes sympathy and any type of white lily expresses majesty and purity....
However, Lillies are an elegant, sophisticated bloom, and there is no other flower like them in terms of simplistic beauty - they are a stylish, modern choice and very, very popular.
Cushla's wedding party carried wedding flowers of white casablanca lillies and green hydrangeas. We accented the hydrangea bouquets with touches of leather fern and crystal bead wire.
Dear Jo & Team,
Thanks so much for all your hard work and effort and creativity that went into our flowers for our wedding day. They were perfect! Thank you.
Cushla & Joe 23 February
Bride to carry an elegant trailing bouquet -
Bridesmaids with lily bouquets. Pure, elegant and oh-so-fragrant!
bouquet and the silver salal leaf detail.
A real honour to have done wedding flowers for both these sisters.
The deep red rose is black magic.
Dress up your bouquets with a Touch of Bling! Here we have bound the bridesmaids bouquet in the same fabric as the dresses - then finished with a feature of silver bead wire on the stem and through the bouquet.
with lillies, jasmine and rose accents.
Traditional, pretty trailing bouquet of Casablanca
lillies, pink roses, freesias.
Pale pink "La Reve" lilly bouquet - subtle accents of silver bead wire. A more delicate effect for pink lillies.
Pink stargazer lillies, with a chunky trail of gorgeous, imported white singapore orchids. There was a secret to this bouquet - there were 2 additional posies in the long, long trail that the bride gave to Mum and Mum to be as part of the ceremony.
I love the pink bouquets against the dark
grey dresses. Lots of grass and stems left
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I've had a great few weeks of coffee chats and interviews but I am still looking New Brunswick. Help me get ready for my next big interview by playing my new minigame, created with Photoshop and Captivate, and sharing it anywhere you think someone in your network might benefit from my unique skill set.
In this game you get to mix and match, paper doll style, to create the perfect interview outfit. Classy or crazy? Plaid or plain? Flying the NB flag or rocking the lobster? You decide. Put together your favorite or silliest outfit, snag a screenshot, and tweet it to @hiremenb.
Interactive Infographic
I always love hearing feedback on my projects, especially feedback that pushes me to try something different and improve on it. Yesterday someone suggested that they would enjoy an interactive version of my New Brunswick Giant Objects infographic; one that they could view within a screen without needing to scroll throughout the skinny, long form version.
My first thought was to utilize the rollover function in Adobe Captivate, however, that function is not supported by their html5 publication. Instead the map is now embedded with click boxes that allow the viewer to click on the small size object icon to learn more about it.
Click the image below to check out the new interactive version.
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Release your inner Griswold with the 2020 sledding guide
Note: The contents of this guide were checked for accuracy when this article was updated on Jan. 25, 2020 at 9:01 a.m. We continually update the thousands of articles on OnMilwaukee.com, but it's possible some details, specials and offers may have changed. As always, we recommend you call first if you have specific questions for the businesses mentioned in the guide.
Look at the weather forecast and you can see that it's time to bring the sled back down from the rafters – or up from the basement – wax up the bottom and make sure the handles are tight.
OnMilwaukee is happy to provide you with a list of some of the best hills in the county, which are now covered with snow, children and some really big kids who haven't quite grown up yet.
You can hit the hills at any of the sledding spots listed below during the day, and then take advantage of the area parks' lighted hills if you're not quite ready to come in when the street lights come on.
Bayside Village Hall
9075 N. Regent Rd., Bayside
Brown Deer Park
7835 N. Green Bay Rd.
Calhoun Park
5400 S. Calhoun Rd., New Berlin
Columbus Park
7301 W. Courtland Ave.
Dretzka Park
12020 W. Bradley Rd.
Greene Park
4235 S. Lipton Ave., St. Francis
Hales Corners Park
5765 S. New Berlin Rd., Hales Corners
Hawthorn Glen
1130 N. 60th St.
Humboldt Park
3000 S. Howell Ave.
Kinderburg Park
N104 W19809 Donges Bay Rd., Germantown
Kletzsch Park
6561 N. Milwaukee River Parkway, Glendale
Lafayette Hill
Next to the tennis courts, across from McKinley Marina
LaFollette Park
9418 W. Washington St., West Allis
Lowell Park
2201 Michigan Ave., Waukesha
Maitland Park
6001 S. 13th St.
McCarty Park
8214 W. Cleveland Ave., West Allis
McGovern Park
5400 N. 51st Blvd.
Mee-Kwon Park
6333 W. Bonniwell Rd., Mequon
Menomonee River Parkway
At North Avenue, Wauwatosa
Mitchell Park
524 S. Layton Blvd.
Park Arthur
S63 W17833 College Ave., Muskego
Riverside Park
1500 E. Riverside Pl.
Sheridan Park
4800 S. Lake Dr., Cudahy
St. Mary's Hill
2323 N. Lake Dr.
Valley View Park
5051 S. Sunnyslope Rd., New Berlin
Whitnall Park
5879 S. 92nd St., Franklin
Wilson Recreation Park
4001 S. 20th St.
The Milwaukee County Parks once again provide lighting at the following sledding sites daily from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., so don an extra layer and hit these hills before and after dark once they open for the season.
Currie Park
3535 N. Mayfair Rd., Wauwatosa
Humboldt Park
3000 S. Howell Ave.
Pulaski Park
2677 S. 16th St.
Whitnall Park
5879 S. 92nd St., Franklin
Whitnall Park traditionally keeps its clubhouse open for sledders from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays, so warm up with a cup of hot cocoa before, during or after the fun.
For those who want to learn a little bit more about the science of sledding, check out this video from Dr. Chris Stockdale, associate professor and assistant department chair of physics at Marquette University.
And for those who want to see Clark Griswold fling himself down a hill and halfway across town on a terrifyingly fast sled, well, we'll just leave this clip here.
Sledding Safety (from Milwaukee County Parks)
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recommends the following safety guidelines:
Essential Safety Guidelines
- Sled only in designated areas free of fixed objects such as trees, posts and fences.
- Children in these areas must be supervised by parents or adults.
- All participants must sit in a forward-facing position, steering with their feet or a rope tied to the steering handles of the sled. No one should sled head-first down a slope.
- Do not sled on slopes that end in a street, drop off, parking lot, river or pond.
Preferred Safety Guidelines
- Children under 12 years old should sled wearing a helmet
- Wear layers of clothing for protection from injuries.
- Do not sit/slide on plastic sheets or other materials that can be pierced by objects on the ground.
- Use a sled with runners and a steering mechanism, which is safer than toboggans or snow disks.
- Sled in well-lighted areas when choosing evening activities.
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I love how the article lists safety tips and has this in bold: "No one should sled head-first down a slope." But yet the picture OnMilwaukee uses for the article has TWO kids going head-first down a slope!!! And they have NO helmets on!!! Are you trying to kill us all OnMilwaukee???
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Actual Conversations From Work: Vol.02
Preface: Male Co-Worker #2 enters our place of employment, head down, dragging his feet along, his hood up over his head. He enters the backroom.
Me: "What the hell happened to you?"
Male Co-Worker #2: "I'm so hungover. I was at the bar last night drinking shots of abstinence."
Me: "Of what?"
Male Co-Worker #2: "Abstinence."
Me: "You were drinking abstinence?"
Male Co-Worker #2: "Yeah, man. It was seven bucks a shot. They just legalized it."
Me: "They've only just legalized abstinence, is what you're telling me."
Male Co-Worker #2: "Yeah. It fucked me up."
Me: "You're talking about a green liquid, supposed to make you hallucinate and shit?"
Male Co-Worker #2: "Yeah, abstinence."
Me: "You're talking about Absinthe."
Male Co-Worker #2: "Absinthe?"
Me: "Yeah. Abstinence is something I don't think you know much about."
Male Co-Worker #2: "Whatever it's called, it fucked me up."
Male Co-Worker #2 then exits the backroom and approaches a female co-worker.
Female Co-Worker: "You look hungover."
Male Co-Worker #2: "I got fucked up on abstinence last night."
Female Co-Worker: "What?"
Me: "Sigh."
Actual Conversations From Work: Vol.01
Preface: Tuesday morning saw the beginning of a decently sized blizzard tearing through our fair town, and, in fact, most of the state/surrounding states. I was scheduled to go in to work at 12:30pm, for my regular Tuesday shift on what we refer to as "truck day". At 11:00am, I recieved the following phonecall:
Boss: "Robert?"
Me: "Yes."
Boss: "I'm just calling to say that the truck won't be here today, so are you available to work tomorrow?"
Me: "Yes. Same time?"
Boss: "Yes, same time. Sorry for the trouble!"
Me: "Oh, no trouble at all!" (Note: Which was true, as I didn't particularly feel like going to work in blizzard conditions.)
At ten thirty this morning, I recieved a phonecall from Boss:
Boss: "Robert?"
Me: "Yes." (Note: Who was she expecting?)
Boss: "I'm just calling to tell you that the truck will be late today."
Me: "But, there's no snow…" (Note: At this point, I'm staring out the window at the stark white world, which is reflecting the sunshine back into my eyes.)
Boss: "Right, but the truck broke."
Me: "It broke."
Boss: "Yes."
Me: "How in the hell did it break?"
Boss: "No clue."
Me: "It's left Iowa, though, right?"
Boss: "I don't know."
Me: "How much later will it be?"
Boss: "I don't know."
Me: "…"
Boss: "I'm sorry, but corporate didn't give me any information about any of it, other than 'It broke' and 'It'll be late'. But you'll be on call, yeah?" (Note: "On Call" makes me sound so much more important than I am, but I love it.)
Me: "Yes."
Boss: "You're great!"
Me: "I know!"
Boss: "Thanks so much!"
Shortly after three this afternoon (about twenty minutes ago), I recieved the following call:
Boss: "I have some bad news."
Me: "Hello."
Boss: "What? Oh, sorry, hello. I have bad news."
Me: "I'm preparing myself." (Note: I could guess what was coming.)
Boss: "It doesn't look like the truck will make it today at all."
Me: "…"
Boss: "I told you it was bad!"
Me: "So, tomorrow then."
Boss: "Hopefully!"
Me: "Right then."
Boss: "I really appreciate it."
Me: "I know you do." (Note: I need the money.)
Boss: "Bye now!"
Literally five minutes before my typing this, I was on the phone with Danielle, when I got a voicemail:
Boss: "Hello, Robert! I just got a call from corporate, saying that the truck will be here at 8:00am, so if you could come in at 7:30am, that would be a great help! There won't be much to unload, so you won't be here long, but we really need you there, so please call me back to confirm you got this message! Bye!"
These are the times I'm not very fond of my job. Luckily for me, they're pretty few and far between.


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Blade grinder are rubbish and should never be considered.Don't know where you get this from, stop speaking to the wannabee baristas with beards, body art and funny hairstyles who make you the crappy coffee you complain about. These guys have industrial grinders to work with. Blade grinders are the most sold worldwide in their millions. Only downfall is when they break you have to buy another one. There is a simple system to get whatever grind you want, be it for filter, pour over, moka pot and even espresso. Method is grind for 10 seconds, rest for 10 seconds and so on. This way the beans are not overheated and you get the required grind.
OK I won't post any more comments here. There are obviously members who know better than my many years of experience in coffee roasting/making and equipment repairing.I'll follow the thread though just in case I'm reminded of something I may have forgotten.
The French have been making cars for decades...
For those in Jozi pop in to Sprada - they're part of Foghound Studios on Richards Drive in Midrand.Full range of bean to cup machines.We used to do all their machine and coffee bean deliveries & returns for them. Ratio of returns to deliveries was around 1 in 30, so they seem to be reliable - that included coffee shops and privately owned machines.http://www.foghound.co.za/sprada/
Went to Starbucks in Mall of Africa today. The store look great, big, nice look and I think it would be a good place to meet mates and chat. The coffee however is very mediocre. I would defintely not stand in a line there to get one. Some tell me the food there is better than the coffee.
Starbucks is hugely overrated - experienced their coffee when I was in New Zealand and the average corner cafe made better quality. Locally I enjoy Seattle Coffee in Cresta. Have had the (very) occasional slightly bitter cup, but in general their stuff is really nice.


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Question: When is an agreement not worth the paper it's written on? Answer: When it's written on congressional paper.
That much is clear now that two U.S. senators have proposed a bill that would allow oil and gas drilling just 45 miles from Florida's coast. Never mind that a law passed last year expanded drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in exchange for assurances that Florida would be protected by a 125-mile buffer.
Apparently Sens. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., don't have much use for good faith. They already want to renege on last year's congressional deal.
No way. The entire Florida congressional delegation should mount the ramparts on this one, and its two U.S. senators, Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Mel Martinez, should be prepared to filibuster to block this insulting and dishonorable bill.


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ATHENS (Reuters) - Protesters hung banners from the Acropolis in Greece on Wednesday and called for demonstrations across Europe, in the 12th day of unrest since police shot dead a teenager.
"Resistance" read one of two pink banners in Greek, German, Spanish, and English, which protesters unfurled from the stone wall of the ancient hilltop citadel in Athens. "Thursday, 18/12 demonstrations in all Europe," said another.
Greece's worst protests in decades, sparked by the shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, have fed on simmering anger at high youth unemployment and the world economic crisis.
"We chose this monument to democracy, this global monument, to proclaim our resistance to state violence and demand rights in education and work," one protester, who declined to give his name, told Reuters. "(We did it) to send a message globally and to all Europe."
The demonstrations have sparked sympathy protests from Moscow to Madrid and European policymakers, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, have expressed concern they might spread as the economic downturn bites and unemployment rises.
Greece's powerful industrialists' union SEV called for a strong government after Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, whose conservative party is trailing in opinion polls, came under fire for his hands off reaction to the riots.
"The economic turmoil is here and will worsen in the following months," SEV president Dimitris Daskalopoulos said, "The country needs a strong, credible and modern government."
About two thousand leftists marched through Athens on Wednesday, chanting "No sacrifice for the rich."
Others occupied the headquarters of the GSEE private sector union federation demanding the release of those arrested in the riots but the intensity of the protests cooled off this week.
Hundreds of shops and cars were wrecked in 10 cities during last week's violence. An estimated 565 shops were damaged in Athens alone, costing 200 million euros and causing more than 1 billion in lost sales during the Christmas shopping period.
The protests have rocked the conservative government, which has a one seat majority, and have driven Greek bond spreads — a measure of perceived investment risk — to record levels above German benchmark bonds.
The tourism minister said Greece needed to urgently restore its image.
"With the 2004 Olympics we proved we are a civilized, safe country. After the latest events, this has come into doubt," said Aris Spiliotopoulos.
Protesters hurled firebombs at a police bus in Athens and another group smashed television sets to protest at the media's coverage of the events. On Tuesday, about 20 students occupied state TV, interrupting a news broadcast to hold up protest banners.
More protests were expected on Thursday, when the ADEDY public sector workers federation goes on a three-hour work stoppage against government policy and the teenager's killing.
The walkout will ground all but emergency flights into Greece between 1000 and 1300 GMT, air traffic controllers said, and disrupt urban public transport services.
The policeman who shot Grigoropoulos has been charged with murder and jailed pending trial, while his partner was charged as an accomplice. He says he fired a warning shot in self-defense against a group of youths but the family's lawyer says he aimed to kill without significant provocation.
Additional reporting by Angeliki Koutantou and Deborah Kyvrikosaios, Writing by Dina Kyriakidou, editing by Richard Balmforth


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Hoping for a holiday
28 March 2012
We had a lovely holiday last June at a holiday park at Mablethorpe on the Lincolnshire coast. It was a big Haven park and we loved it! We were so lucky to have fabulous weather and had some lovely days out around the area and at the beautiful beach. Oliver loved it and Lydia was only 6 months old so slept most of the time!
So I've been looking for a similar holiday but somewhere in North Norfolk this time. Hubby has basically left it up to me to make all the decisions (glad he trusts me!) But oh my goodness it is so much more expensive this year!The prices have gone up so much since last year. So I've been searching all night to try and find it as cheap as possible (as you do!) and have just got a bit overwhelmed with all the choices... 4 nights or 7 nights? Deluxe Plus or Prestige caravan? Which holiday park? Which dates? Too many decisions!
I'd better hurry up and decide as I need to get it booked this week!
What about you? Have you got a holiday booked for this year? Please share with me what your plans are!
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We don't get much of a vacation. My husband is a professor but works another job in a different state during the summer months. The kids and I will join him in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois USA for about a month and a half and then, if I'm lucky, I will get to drive up to Ohio with the kids to visit both families for a bit. Not very relaxing but it's nice to see everyone.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Cheryl, Hope you have a lovely time when you get away xDelete
I love to go on holiday and we are planning one but as yet haven't booked it. I abide last minute deals but thats usually what we end up going for!!xReplyDeleteReplies
Last minute deals are ok of you get a bargain! but I like to know it's all booked well in advance so I can start planning and list-writing! Have a great time wherever you go xDelete
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Larry Carlton spent the mid 70's as an active member of The Crusaders. They were, during that time, a significant training group for musicians playing in the jazz/funk/ fusion genre. Musicians such as Wayne Henderson, Joe Sample and Carlton himself were part of the LA scene of session players who helped augment the sound of everyone from Sammy Davis Jr, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell and of course Steely Dan. So by the time 1978 rolled around, Carlton had access to musicians such as then Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro and percussion icon Paulinho Da Costa. So his solo career was off and running.
Porcaro and keyboardist Greg Mathison shine on the opener "Room 335"-named for the recording studio the album was recorded in. The main theme of the song has a very similar melody to Steely Dan's hit song "Peg". This is augmented by string arrangements and serves as a forum for Carlton's precise yet emotionally stratospheric playing style. "Where Did You Come From" is a soulful samba where Da Costa really shines percussion wise. Carlton sings lead vocal on the song-in a smooth,romantic. voice reminiscent of a higher toned version of how Herb Alpert sounds when he's singing.
"Night Crawler" is of course a redone song that Carlton contributed to the Crusaders Free As The Wind album a year earlier. This version is very similar, though just a slight bit more polished in execution. "Point It Up" goes for a straight ahead jazz/rock shuffle-with Carlton and bassist Abraham Laboriel really taking off-especially with Laboriel's slap bass riffing. "Rio Samba" brings Da Costa's percussion, Mathison's Rhodes and organ along with Carlton's guitar for an melodically uptempo Brazilian fusion number. One where Carlton even finds a moment or two to rock out on its refrains.
"I Apologize" is a personal favorite of mine on this album. Its a heavily bluesy jazz/funk number-again with Carlton taking the lead vocal. This time, the vibe on that level is more Michael Franks. Enhanced by Laboriel's slap bass again and the backing vocals from William "Smitty"Smith. With Carlton even taking off to solo on the bridge before the song changes pitch on the final few bars. "Don't Give Up" brings in that clean, rocking R&B shuffle that sounds like an instrumental written for a Boz Scaggs. Again, Carlton really takes off on both ultra melodic and bluesy style solos throughout the song.
"(It Was) Only Yesterday" ends the album on its lone ballad-again with the string orchestra coming in behind Carlton. And at the same time as enhancement to the sustained cry of his guitar. One thing the Larry Carlton album clarifies, actually being his third proper solo album, is how much of an amazing vocal tone Carlton's guitar has. Its actually close in technique to Carlos Santana at times. Yet is based more heavily around arpeggiated runs and pitch bending than consistently sustaining notes. But Carlton's guitar sings. And on this album, many more times than he actually does with his voice.
Because the sound blends both late 70's studio polish with heavy duty jazz/funk grooves and soloing, again many of these songs sound as if they were recorded for specific popular singers of that day. That makes this album an excellent album of how much late 70's jazz/funk session musicians had an impact on the big West Coast pop albums of that era, especially. So Larry Carlton offers a great deal to the listener. Its got the blues, its got the Brazilian jazz, its got the funk and it rocks. Its also hummable and musical at the same time. And all those are excellent qualities for any instrumentally based album.


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It's a knockout!
A knockout day for a knockout cause
Jul 21 2012
Over 30 teams of ten will battle it out to win the coveted title of Tŷ Hafan's Olympic 'It's a Knockout' champions 2012.
To register a team you'll need to persuade nine other lunatics to join you and the entry fee is £100 per team. Please only register if you can raise over £55 per team member. That's a relatively small amount of money for a huge amount of fun and a fantastic cause.
We'd like each team to adopt a nation taking part in the Olympics, and dress accordingly. But it's not about the winning; it's about having a great day out to help some very special people who face an Olympian challenge every day.
If you'd like to join in the fun, by forming a team, or just being there on the day, we'd love to see you.
Our Olympic fundraising event will take place from 11:00am – 5:00pm on Saturday 21 July at the South Wales Police Sports Ground, Bridgend, CF31 3YU.
To register and to find out more please visit www.tyhafan.org/knockout
Tŷ Hafan is providing comfort, care and support to more life-limited children, young people and their families than ever before. It costs over three million pounds to provide this support and we need your help.
Visit http://www.tyhafan.org/knockout
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Event Type
Fun Challenges – Game Tournament / Sports Days
Event Address
South Wales Police Sports Ground, Bridgend, CF31 3YU
Event Contact Details
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DISCLAIMER: This web blog is the ORIGINAL SOURCE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING VAN LOON COMMONS and the result of extensive research and analysis conducted by the domain owner and writer, AND is not sanctioned by the current BOD at Van Loon Commons Condos (nor would it be of any value if they sanctioned it) The author is an pre-construction owner who is invested for the long term and will likely be an owner long past the current BOD members.
Another example of how the Board treats some owners: james-hutton-2017-candidate-statement You may not see Jim in the election in January as there may not be one… though it is possible there may be one in February.
Many of us can understand why 2 more original owners have their units listed for sale at present for 60k to 70k less than they paid in 2006. One of those who listed were members of the small clique that has formed since 2013 and helped to support the Board in whatever they did. Until now. We've been told by another owner that their departing was related to the Board trying to vote in a rule that would super-cede our condo docs (pets – the more the merrier) We don't know for sure nor care.
To date this year, at least 4 other owners already sold for 100k less than they paid and we've heard the Board has voted to go after either one new owner or the sellers, who didn't go through their "approval process" for the sale. Welcome to Van Loon!
The fines were capped at $1,000 in total but the attorney fees are not. They will be paid either way, definitely by Van Loon and then if they can recover them, maybe repaid. Good luck Van Loon on recovering form either an out of state seller (we bet no way) or from the "innocent" party, who bought unknowingly. Oh well, we aren't as educated the attorneys so why have any opinions.
Many have believed that Van Loon should be negotiating different rates for different types of legal work and paying one set hourly rate is overpaying. One example is the last charge we saw for the required Estoppel letter for a closing was at $350, to sign off on the account statement prepared by Associa's accounting department, (Then again, with our account being incorrect, maybe that's a bargain!)
Below is a picture of our "swale" grasses taken May 2014. These swales were planted in 2009 and had been approved by the City of Cape Coral. Several Board members and their friends complained about their appearance in 2014 and in 2015 and the Board had them removed and replaced with sod. The Board sent a newsletter claiming had been illegal when planted and that the removal was ordered by the City. Since we were present when the City had them planted and we LIKED their appearance and the "habitat" they created, we contacted the City twice and spoke with Zoning, Planning and the Horticulturist. The City had no record of ordering their removal nor contacting the Board. We sent an email to the Board inquiring how this was communicated to them. No response. Transparent?
While we cannot say with 100% certainty, it seems one unfortunate result of removing them and installing sod was an effect to the ecosystem of Van Loon. For the first time in 10 years, we have had major infestations of cockroaches and other insects despite using Bugs R Us exterminator services two times, 4 weeks apart; treating our drains and leaving insect traps all over. The swales used to contain hundreds or maybe thousands of frogs, whose presence was only known during rain. The Board spoke of rats and snakes being in the swales as a reason to remove also. In 10 years here, we have seen 1 harmless black snake sunning by our ELEVATOR during May, a time when Van Loon is nearly empty. We hope our most recent extermination treatment stops the invasion.
Stay tuned……….We cannot let the attorneys bill everything in one week. Who would imagine that anyone could charge for 2 hours at $350-$375 an hour to read a Disclaimer on a Blog? ( I would if I could get that work! ) Or a Board that finds it okay to literally spy on owners, calling it security.


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This week in bankruptcy news: a report was released illustrating which U.S. cities have filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy since 2008, and how state laws regulate the ability to file for municipal bankruptcy. And on the same token, Detroit's filing continues to keep center stage in municipal bankruptcy talks.
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Jerry – Automotive Service Advisor – Auto Repair – Victoria
Jerry is a long term automotive advisor with 41 years of experience. He is one of the longest employees and has been with Island Muffler and car repair in Victoria for 40 years. Jerry was born and raised in Victoria.
Currently single and loves his daughter!
What's the Best advice you could offer for longevity of owning a car or truck?
Regular Car Maintenance, as always, running vehicles with dirty oil, air filters and radiators that have never been flushed all contribute to more costs in car repairs, prevention is always the key.
As a child Jerry loved building model cars and when he was a teen at only 15 bought a 55 Chevy. From there a 67 Camaro and a 64 Chevy II.
4X4's, motocross, street bikes (73 Triumph Bonneville) and anything that runs on fuel. He also has his scuba diving ticket and has dove the Great Barrier Reef, loves snorkeling and dogs.


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The Directors of MP Experience, brother and sister team Max and Danielle, grew up on the Mornington Peninsula. Max owns the award winning and pioneering restaurant Max's at Red Hill Estate and Danielle has years of experience in winery touring. Together, they have unparalleled and extensive knowledge of the area, the culture and the people that make the Peninsula what it is today.
Discover what the region is famous for its wine! With more than 50 cellar doors specialising in cool climate wines, in particular Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, there is always somewhere new to visit and new wines to discover.
The three hour tour includes wine tasting at three cellar doors, as well as a two course lunch and glass of wine.
You will be collected from your accommodation in an 8 seater Mercedes Vito or luxury C class sedan for an afternoon of food & wine!
A great way to experience the Mornington Peninsula.
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Experience the thrill of finding a truffle, known as black gold.
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through the oak and hazelnut trees on this private Red Hill
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Following the excitement of the hunt, relax at the award winning
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Truffle season begins mid June and runs throughout winter.
$110.00 per person. Includes tour, tasting and sales opportunity.
Exclusive Elgee Park Sculpture walk & Vineyard Tour
Join MP Tours for an opportunity to visit a unique private property on the Mornington Peninsula where vineyard, garden and art sit in harmony. The experience will continue with a wine tasting and seasonally inspired lunch at the iconic Merricks General Wine Store and visit the adjoining Merricks House Art Gallery.
Elgee Park is renowned for its Quarter Horse Stud and the historic Elgee Park Winery. The five hectares of special varieties probably represent the earliest surviving vineyard in this distinctive wine region. Over the past 30 years, Baillieu Myer and his family have added yet another dimension to the property by collecting more than fifty large scale outdoor works by renowned sculptors.
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Discover the secrets of wine making with the 2011 Young Gun of Wine, Mike Aylward at Ocean Eight. A private barrel tasting of his superb wines will tantalise the palate and prepare you for lunch.
Travel on to award winning restaurant Max's at Red Hill Estate for a culinary delight. After sampling his celebrated produce, including 100% Mornington Peninsula Olive Oil, Morello Cherry Balsamic and house made Dukkah, Max will prepare a delicious four course degustation menu of Mornington Peninsula produce. Each course is perfectly matched with wine from the estate.
Visit the little known Bass & Flinders Distillery to uncover the traditional pot still method and double distillation and taste fine brandy, gin, fortified wines and brandied fruits. (Saturday and Sunday only)
Bess and Damian will introduce you to 'the girls' at Main Ridge Dairy. See the goats being milked before tasting the range of cheeses produced here.
Last stop on the tour is the family run Mornington Peninsula Chocolates. Milton, Isilda and Cass will take you through a tasting of their hand-crafted artisan chocolates, made using traditional French, Belgian and Swiss techniques.
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Although the family has lived on the property for the last 132 years, this is the first time the Estate has been opened to the public to enjoy the English inspired gardens, which have only been established over the last 12 years.
The garten tour will comprise of a walk through the 3,500 three-year-old peony plants, over the formal box-hedged rose garden and beyond to Parkland, including the rugosa rose walk, through the substantial Kitchen gardens and fully espaliered orchard; and while saying hello to the chickens, sample the strawberry and Berry garden on the way to your sumptuous High Tea in the shelter and intamacy of the stunning Walled- garden.
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Feb 01, 2019 - National Geographic Venture
After sailing north overnight from Land's End in Cabo San Lucas, we woke up in front of Santa Margarita Island. This is one of several islands that comprise, together with the peninsula of Baja California, the very large Magdalena Bay. Geologically speaking, it is distinct from the rest of the peninsula. It originated thousands of miles off west some 50 million years before the volcanic eruptions that formed the mountainous backbone of Baja California began. In addition, as it traveled east, riding on the Pacific (tectonic) Plate, it collided with the North American Plate and was "stuck," forming what geologists today call an exotic terrane. Portions of its northern neighbor Magdalena Island are exotic terranes as well, eventually forming to create Magdalena Bay as we know it today.
The waters off Magdalena Bay are very productive and abundant in marine life. We watched several humpback whales, groups of California sea lion, and numerous birds shortly after sunrise. However, sailing the open ocean is like traveling through an immense desert, with huge areas seemingly devoid of life. But just as you start thinking that you are alone in such moments, an oasis reveals itself—big time.
We encountered an enormous group of long-beaked common dolphins, followed by sea birds, including magnificent frigate birds, boobies, pink-footed shearwaters, brown pelicans, and an assortment of gulls. We enjoyed watching and photographing for a good while as the dolphins completely surrounded us! Many of these dolphins went out of their way to ride the pressure wave off the bow, and many more followed us along the port and starboard sides of our ship. A good number of them had foot-long remoras attached to them, and one could only speculate as to the true number of pictures taken over it!
More photographs were shot of several masked and Nazca boobies, which repeatedly flew very close to our bow, sometimes just a few feet from our heads. What a great show! We later had time to attend to some lectures in the lounge about National Geographic's Crittercam. There was Mexican food, talks on the local geology, and even a mezcal tasting! Finally, the first gray whales of the trip were spotted, and we got to watch them trail closely beside our ship.
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The Magic of Christmas
At Inspiration Avenue the the theme this week was Christmas and at OLW (One Little Word) magic was the word to focus on. For me, Christmas has always been a magic time. This quote said it all. I loved these stickers from the Lung Association from 1979 - created by children. Magical!
This is the final life word prompt at Paper Traders. Laugh every day was the prompt and when I looked up quotes I could not choose just one. Here were my favourites, with a photo of my daughter many years ago enjoying herself.


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Crime is always in the public eye and has emerged as a social phenomenon inseparable from our day to day lives. Studying Criminology will allow you to understand the culture of crime and workings of the criminal justice system including the police, courts, prosecution services, prisons and rehabilitation services.
Criminology is about crime and punishment. It is an exciting interdisciplinary subject that draws on law, psychology and sociology to examine how crime is defined, why people commit crimes, and how society responds.
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Williams, Polly (2011) Living histories: performing work and working lives in the Industrial Museum. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
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This research uses theory from the field of performance studies with which to analyse museum performances, and more specifically, considers the notion of the 'interpretive performance'. Using a case study approach and being based on a collaboration with the National Coal Mining Museum, it considers a range of interpretive activities characteristic of the industrial museum and heritage site. Other case study sites chosen for comparison specialise in the representation and display of work and working lives from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries in the North of England. This research looks how these museums/sites produce 'first' and 'third person' interpretation as well as guided tours and demonstrations in order to interpret this history. A wide definition of performance is used with which to consider a range of interpretive activities, so that both the scripted and acted, theatre-like scenarios produced by 'first person' actors can be considered alongside the under-researched 'third person' performance that uses less characterisation and acting. The idea of 'bringing history to life' is central to this research, as 'performed interpretation' aims to restore the presence of the people from the past, and animate museum space. The interpretive aspects of this type of performance are that they produce a dialogic space where visitors/audiences are invited to be more active in their meaning-making. The interpretive performance uses the museum's materiality: its architecture, spaces and artefacts and the histories connected with it to explain, illustrate and illuminate and relate to the visitor's memory and imagination. However, although desirable in its ability to produce a sense of liveliness, presence and living, performing history also has the effect of questioning the representational practices of the museum, as this 'bringing to life' is always re-making history in the present. This research therefore considers the relationship between performance and authenticity in the museum through these interpretations of history.
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The Strange Case of Angelica
Directed by: Manoel de Oliveira
94 minutes | Unrated
Friday, March 25, 2011, 7pm - 9pm
A young photographer, Isaac, is asked to photograph a recently deceased young bride. Just as he sets his camera and looks through the lens, the young woman appears to come alive.
Manoel Cándido Pinto de Oliveira, born 1908, and currently the world's oldest active film director, reaches to the world beyond for this story of mad love and self-consuming art.
"Because of his age and experience, de Oliveira brings a wider perspective to everything he shoots; if he places his camera in the middle of a street, he tries to convey the way it was decades ago, not just how it is now." - Noel Murray, AV Club
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It's AC Tune Up Time!
Now that winter is gone, the time for an air conditioner tune up is here. A question arises from time to time, about necessity. Any major investment put in your home, should be maintained on a regular basis. It is recommended to have an air conditioner tune up, yearly. This is to ensure proper functioning of the system all season. When the hottest days of the year come around, tune ups help ensure malfunction will not happen.
Air Conditioner Tune Up Saves Money
A homes cooling system makes for about 50% of of the energy bill. If the unit has to work harder, it will cost more. Tune ups make sure they will run smoothly, without need to put extra work on the system. The efficiency is greatly improved, compared to no tune up. In addition, performance is will be at its best after completion. Future problems can be avoided, saving you more money.
What Tasks are Performed During the AC Tune Up
Professionals that are trained how to tune up, repair, or troubleshoot, should perform the air conditioner tune up. For the job to be done correctly, several tasks need completing.
- To ensure the best efficiency is reached while running, pressure and levels of coolant are inspected. If levels are low this can make the compressor overheat. After time, the compressor will completely fail.
- Tighten and inspect relay, contacts, wiring, and capacitors. If electrical connections are loose, they will eventually make the connection burn up. This will make the system shut off, and a breaker might be tripped.
- Check the cleanliness of evaporator coil.
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Sometimes we have to remind ourselves of the pain and hardship of the past to really appreciate our present and future. Also, Tom Jones is a little bit of a guilty pleasure, but I do so enjoy his music–probably more than a sane person should.
My first introduction to TJ was his cameo in the film Mars Attacks! where he and a handful of lounge lizards were attempting to escape the exaggerated onslaught of alien invaders bent on the destruction of humanity. Of course, I had no clue who this guy was or why it was funny that he should be in the film, but that extremely catchy tune playing over the end titles was the cherry on the sundae for one of the oddest little films that I love to watch from time to time.
That's probably not relevant to the story, but it's okay. Let's fast-forward slightly to my early 20s.
The Ex (of course, she wasn't The Ex yet) and I were at her parents' house doing a bit of laundry, as was our custom at the time to spend a day with her mom and little sister visiting while we ran about a month's worth of dirty clothes. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ran on the television playing in the background, and I think you can imagine what came up.
I was still working at Borders (Borders still existed), so the next day I started flipping through the music section on my break and I grabbed a copy of Tom Jones: Reloaded, a greatest hits compilation featuring some classic tunes and a few collaborations with some contemporary artists. The album got a lot of heavy rotation in my driving collection as The Ex and I both enjoyed the boisterous sound of Jones's belting baritone (to say that she enjoyed it was notable itself as she wasn't a "music person" like me). We spent many, many hours driving across the north metro area listening to the album–often on repeat!
"What's New Pussycat" kinda became our de facto theme song, and evolved into a sort of call-and-response variation of "I love you":
"What's new, Pussycat?" I would ask.
"Woah, woah woah!" She would sing back and grin.
To say that the song still brings up bittersweet emotions is an understatement. Those were the good days, the happy days before life as we knew it started to fall apart. We were happy-go-lucky kids very deeply in love and trying to find our way in the world, but optimism and mutual support can only hold a couple together for so long. Sadly, it all came crashing to a halt in June of 2008–the beginning of the Dark Times. I didn't listen to Tom Jones for years after all hell broke loose that summer, and that song still takes me back to the mid-2000s and driving all over Cobb County in that old Windstar or my Nissan Sentra (Betty I) and I look back on those nights fondly even though I know how the film ended.
I say that I'd rather forget her, but she did make an indelible impact on my life. I think that I'd rather like to forget what happened and pretend that she just disappeared after 2007–like she faded away. Instead, I remind myself of the good that came after. My life is far more interesting, more robust, and more fulfilling than it would have been with her. There are people that are married and children that are born that may not have existed otherwise. I have valuable friendships that I wouldn't have otherwise. I would not have the opportunities that I have today, leading the lifestyle that I do, nor would The Barbie and I be together if it weren't for the Dark Times.
We all have our trials to go through. It's the hero's journey.
What's new, pussycat? Everything.


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- 4 cups assorted brine-cured olives (such as Kalamata, picholine, Lucques, and Niçoise), rinsed, drained
- 1 1/2 cups olive oil
- 6 fresh thyme sprigs
- 6 whole star anise
- 4 large garlic cloves, peeled, flattened
- 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, coarsely cracked
- 1 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
Recipe Preparation
Place olives in medium bowl. Combine oil and all remaining ingredients in heavy medium saucepan; bring to simmer over medium-high heat. Pour oil mixture over olives. Cover and chill at least 3 days and up to 1 week.
Bring olives to room temperature. Using slotted spoon, transfer olives, herbs, and spices to serving bowl. Pour over enough oil from bowl to coat.


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He's got it right.
One of the most mature and well thought out ways I've heard someone talk about Vanilla:
"The dungeon finder and the current environment of World of Warcraft makes it incredibly difficult for Blizzard to revisit nonlinear dungeons and dungeons that encourage exploration and discovery, but I would love for them to look back on vanilla WoW and look at whatworked. The vast majority of vanilla WoW has been cast aside, and in most cases that is perfectly acceptable. The MMO market (and the game market) of 2011 is not the same as the market of 2004. However, there were a lot of things they did wonderfully back then, and that's what pulled millions of players to this game to begin with."
I look forward to reading more of his stuff.