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The Conjure Retreat
A 90 Day Leap Into Shape-Shifting Your Business
Join us for 5 magical days in Santa Fe, New Mexico…
Book-ended by 3 high-impact months of coaching, accountability and support to help you create more space, meaning and FLOW — in your life, work, and everywhere in between.
April 29 – May 3, 2019
You've worked your beautiful butt off to build a business that has all the outer trappings of "success"…
Your bills are paid. Your family is fed. The days of constantly worrying about where your next dollar is coming from are over (even if the memories are still fresh).
You're building a reputation for yourself, and your clients are experiencing real change. In short? You know your shit. And people are catching on.
You know how to make things happen… most of the time. You're scrappy, resourceful, and you figure things out.
And yet…
(The fact that you're working 10-12 hours a day *might* have something to do with that.)
Holler if any of this rings a bell…
↣ Your business has traction, but it doesn't FEEL how you want it to.
Each day is like a hamster wheel — you're sweaty and exhausted, yet somehow in the SAME PLACE you started that morning. And taking time off? It causes so much guilt that it doesn't feel worth it anyway.
↣ You wish you could be more present with the people you care about.
But you struggle to put down the phone, shut the laptop, and listen to your kid's story. Last time you carved out time for a long lunch with a friend? ("Does last year count?") Date night? ("What, now?"). Yeah…
↣ You've forgotten what it feels like to take time for yourself.
You're not having juicy (or any) sex with your partner, OR yourself. Yoga class? Meditation? Time to read a good book? Not happening. A week off, just because? (Er… how are you supposed to make THAT happen?)
↣ Business feels HARD and making progress is like moving through molasses.
You want to be bolder, more visible, more YOU… but you're stuck over-giving like Santa on steroids, and frankly, you're undercharging for the value of what you're offering.
↣ Life feels HEAVIER than the vision you had for yourself.
You daydream of a future where your days feel more magical, spontaneous, and grounded in purpose. Someday, you'll write your own book, and find time for those meaningful creative projects that really light you up.
You're waiting for a shift to happen…
But until then… you've got email and clients and errands and to-do lists to tend to.
(Oh, inbox-zero, wherefore art thou? 🌹)
In short, you're
READY AF for:
↣ More meaningful work on your terms, less undercharging for your gifts and saying "yes" to things you don't want to do because you're afraid to let people down.
↣ More connection with your intuition and higher self, less marching to the beat of someone else's drum and following rules from biz-guru's that make you feel shitty.
↣ More trailblazing your own path in business and in life… and WAY LESS waiting for permission from others to do the things that excite and inspire you.
Also, let's be real:
You just need a mother-truckin' break.
Because your business fairy godmothers are here to help you make it happen →
Hey, Gorgeous!
We're Britt and Tanya, business coaches for deep creatives, artists, writers, sacred rebels and badass spiritual entrepreneurs, and…
We. Feel. Your. Pain.
We've been there, done it all, and bought the crappy t-shirt.
When we both started our own messy, beautiful entrepreneurial journeys, the ride was pretty bumpy.
We were both single mamas, supporting our daughters by any means necessary. So we both understand that, in business, there is a time for hustle.
After all, being able to utilize your own power to take care of business and manifest results is an important step on your path to true sovereignty.
If you aren't on the path of turning that hustle into sustainable success, by alchemizing your unique story and brilliances and putting essential systems and structures into place…
(With more than a little bit of ritual, magic and intuition thrown in)…
Then you're likely to live in struggle longer than necessary…
… INSTEAD of taking that quantum leap into sustainability and sovereignty in business (AKA → the polar opposite of burning yourself out and creating a business that walks all over you.)
If you're searching for…
More magic, mysticism, and a connection to a deeper sense of meaning and purpose in your business and life…
Dedicated space to reflect on what you want, and the structure you need to create an achievable plan for how you'll make it happen…
Gentle accountability, support and expert coaching to help you when you falter, and guide you when you feel stuck…
A connection to a powerful, live-giving community of women who see you, hear you and can't wait to cheer you on…
Then this is your official invitation to join us at..
The CONJURE Retreat
5 magical days to reinvent + re-align your business with us in Santa Fe, New Mexico…
Book-ended by 3 high-impact months of coaching, accountability and support to help you create more space, meaning and FLOW — in your life, work, and everywhere in between.
April 29 – May 3, 2019
If you're wondering why we chose to hold CONJURE in vibrant, rustic Santa Fe — the cultural and historical center of the Southwest…
Santa Fe is said to be a Spiritual Vortex:
A sacred location that is energetically aligned to attract mystical and healing energies…offering a bridge between the mundane and higher worlds.
(Many life-changing awakenings have happened in Santa Fe — they don't call it The Land of Enchantment for nothin', after all.)
With its earthy adobe buildings and rich cultural scene, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the vast Sangre de Cristo Mountains…
Sante Fe is the PERFECT place to disconnect from the day-to-day craziness of life and tap into something greater and wiser than the "react and respond" impulses we've so finely honed as business owners.
Our 5 days together in Santa Fe will be the GATEWAY to your business breakthrough.
(And we haven't even got to the part where we explain the 90-days of coaching and support you'll receive before and after the retreat. More on that soon.)
In case you were wondering…
This ain't your average cookie-cutter biz retreat at The Regent where you show up, take your seat in the back row, quietly take your notes and leave.
5 powerful, immersive days spent focusing on YOU, and casting a vision for how you want your business to look and feel for the next 12 months…
… Punctuated with plenty of space to reflect, recalibrate, and reconnect with your intentions, true purpose, and what REALLY lights your fire…
Weaving in plenty of time to explore the city's ancient pueblos, historic spiritual grounds and sacred ruins from centuries past…
Candy-floss sunsets and nights spent looking up at vast starry skies…
Taking a dip in the restorative hot springs and letting the stress and tension of the past year wash away…
Building deep connections with like-minded, fired-up women who want to see + help you succeed…
All wrapped up in a FULL 90 days of "surround-sound" support from your new biz buddies, direct access to Britt and Tanya, AND access to our teams, to make sure you turn those breakthroughs into ACTION…
It's nothing short of life-affirming. Biz-transforming. Abso-freakin-lutely MAGICAL.
Are you ready for your quantum leap?
Say hello to your schedule for 5 magical days with us in Santa Fe,
from April 29 – May 3, 2019…
A healthy continental breakfast together, overlooking the Sandia Mountains to the South.
Morning Session
Lunch: either a catered, working lunch (our treat- local, health-conscious provider), or your own time to get lunch in town
Afternoon Session (setting – Tanya's studio)
Evenings rituals, alone time to reflect or hang together as a group.
But don't worry, it's not all about R&R…
That's why we've created a powerful container (or, a magical cauldron…) with the structure and guidance you need to create real change in your life and business.
The CONJURE experience is rooted in
The 5 Pillars of Personal and Business Sovereignty:
Pillar 1STORY
Pillar 2RELATIONSHIPS
Pillar 3SYSTEMS
Pillar 4BEING SEEN
Pillar 5ACTION
Our Sovereignty System is about helping you step up into a leadership role in your business that is fully aligned with your unique gifts, talents, vision and values.
No more hustling just cuz Gary Vee said so. No more running yourself ragged with masculine energy and a bag of douchey tactics the from the latest guru on the block.
When you have SOVEREIGNTY, you lead from a place of grounded, feminine, powerful intuition and wisdom.
Screw permission. Screw approval. Screw playing by the rules.
(And while we're at it, screw the patriarchy too.)
Here's how it breaks down over our time together…
Day 1:
Up-leveling Your Income With Aligned Brand
- Get crystal clear on your vision, mission and unique story
- Demystify authentic, story-based communication to book yourself solid and create predictable, sustainable income
- Ensure your offerings are aligned and refine them for your ideal clients so that you stop over-giving and undercharging
Day 2:
The Crown & Your Biz
- Take a pulse of your business and see where you are out of your power/sovereignty with your core relationships
- Where do you need to make shifts with your clients, team, finances, self-care, partner, boundaries and more? Where do you need to learn to lead better?
- Develop a clear game plan to reclaim your time, energy and focus and bring your relationships with others and yourself back into balance
- Evening ritual in the magical desert: stepping into your crown
Day 3:
Solidify Your Systems, Structures And Processes For Success
- Tangible advice on how to stay in your unique zone of genius, and how to delegate in a way that ensures the work gets done (and done well)
- How to set priorities and build effective systems, processes and structures that support them (and, how all of the moving pieces fit together)
- Plan how you'll break through to a new level of success without compromising your energy, self-care, or wellbeing
Day 4:
Sky-rocket Your Visibility And Get Comfortable With Being Seen:
- Learn how to create highly relevant content that grows your community, visibility and expert status
- How to use your life language to deliver value across ALL of your online and social communication platforms, without spending hours creating new content from scratch
- Review and refine your sales process, and kick down mindset blocks that are limiting your earning potential and keeping you stuck in a cycle of burnout and overwork
- Evening ritual in a magical candle-lit cauldron space: stepping into visibility without fear
Day 5:
Consolidating and Taking Empowered Action
- Celebrate the wins you've experienced this week with a relaxed "state of the union" review over breakfast
- We'll turn the breakthroughs, insights and ah-ha's from our time together into concrete, step-by-step blueprints to put into action when you're home (instead of leaving you feeling overwhelmed and unsure where to begin)
- Ensure your support systems are prepared to keep you on track and motivated, and identify areas where you'll need extra resources and support to make sure you succeed
- Evening dinner together out on the town – our treat!
CONJURE isn't really a 5-day business retreat…
Although we'll be spending 5 incredible days together in Santa Fe…
CONJURE is really a 90-day Quantum Leap… where you'll receive FULL surround-sound support from Britt, Tanya and our teams in the lead-up to and the aftermath of the retreat.
Because the real transformation happens when we help you set the scene BEFORE we met in Santa Fe… and it lies in the action steps we'll support you in taking after you arrive back home.
(So, in a magic-infused nutshell: we're NOT going to let you fail. And we're deeply invested in seeing you create real, lasting change.)
That's precisely why your seat at CONJURE also includes…
↣ PRIVATE, individual sessions with our support team (who are going to turn their brilliance and expert eyes towards YOUR biz)… from systems and organization, to branding, messaging, copywriting, mastering your online presence and MORE…
↣ Private assessment and planning time with two EXPERTS (that's us!) who have built joy-filled, highly profitable passion-fueled businesses, and can now show YOU hot to do it, too…
↣ An intimate, virtual planning retreat BEFORE we meet in Santa Fe to get your ducks all lined up and sitting pretty in a row for the next year…
↣ A FULL 90-days of troubleshooting, guidance and pre/post-retreat support from Britt and Tanya via phone, voxer, and video conferencing…
↣ And TONS more goodies that we're working out the details on right now.
Suffice to say — you've never seen support like this before…
Even in retreats and business programs 10x the price.
Where could you be with the focused, personalized, expert support you need to CONJURE the life and business you've dreamed of?
- Planning chunks of time to work easily ON your business. We'll help you create a personalized time management toolkit for true productivity – so you have the SPACE to delegate effectively, and leverage support to work smarter, not harder (#downwithhustle).
- An understanding of how to strategically create dependable, predictable income — doing the work that TRULY lights you up — so that you can more easily predict your income and plan around it.
- Built-in, consistent time off for rest, relaxation, and nurturing other passions in your life. No need to choose success OVER happiness, self-care, and your creative projects that bring you joy.
- A new-found connection with your vision, purpose, and story: the very fuel that motivates you and stokes your passion (other people sense this too — and when your actions align with your deep-hearted vision, you'll be able to move mountains).
- Hardcore, concrete structures and systems in place that buy you peace and time — to help you step out of the exhaustion of always being "on" (and running on nothing but masculine "go, go, go" energy and fumes), so you can find more flow in your role as the creative visionary and true leader of your business.
Tools to build your biz through practical magic and intuition, along with real skills to manifest the change you want to see for the world (and for yourself).
Are You In?
ONLY 12 Spots Available!
Your investment in the CONJURE Retreat: is $5000 if paid in full. Payment plans are available, to be paid in full by March 1st, 2019.
If you're interested in CONJURE, reach out via the buttons on this page PRONTO, because we're screening all applicants for a perfect fit. This is a small, intimate group of a like-minded women — and we want to make sure this is a smart spend of your time and money.
Once the 12 spaces are filled, we will close applications and begin a waitlist. Move fast!
Your Next Steps:
Use the buttons on this page to apply for a call with either Britt or Tanya (links are below) to discuss taking a spot in the retreat.
When you commit we'll take your credit card for either one payment of $5,000 or set up 3 payments of $1,667 to be paid in full by March 1st, 2019.
If you are committed by January 1st, we will send you our private booking links for a BONUS 60 minute call with each of us, to take place before March 15th.
As a reminder, when you say YES to CONJURE, you'll get…
↣ 5 day/4 night in-person retreat in Sante Fe, New Mexico (April 29 – May 3, 2019) with 2 catered, working lunches and a last night dinner out on the town. (Lodging not included- but we'll give you some highly recommended places to stay close by.)
↣ A pre-retreat planning and blueprinting virtual workshop to get CRYSTAL clear on your year ahead and how to create the time you want- with personal hand-holding to reverse engineer your plans backwards from the goal you WANT to bring to life.
↣ A FULL 90 days accountability, coaching and support, with direct access to Britt and Tanya, before, after, and during our in-person time together, along with referrals and resources for ongoing support.
↣ Back-up support and private sessions with experts we use and hire inside our own businesses, including a client care professional, conversion copywriter, a branding expert, a social media expert, a systems and organization expert….can you say, "surround-sound support?"
↣ Early-bird EXTRA: bonus 60-minute private coaching sessions with Britt and Tanya.
So, whom would you like to speak to?
Britt Bolnick
Britt Bolnick is a successful business owner living a life she loves in Maine. She has traveled a path from financial scarcity to financial independence, building a 6-figure business she loves, as a single mama working less than full-time.
Britt mentors women who are 100% committed to building thriving businesses that create wealth without compromising personal life OR sanity- teaching women to use authentic connections to build success, vs. high ad spend and common marketing hype.
Fun fact: She's used her tried and true magic time-management tools to start a non-profit pit bull rescue while also running her business, having three days off a week, and being an avid book-reader and beach-walker.
Find Britt at In Arms Coaching or in her free membership group, Tribe of Sacred Rebels.
What Women Are Saying About Britt…
I would say yes to a client one day and resent my decision the next. All this had an adverse impact on my income. It was unpredictable at best. I wanted it all to stop.
And instead, I wanted to believe in both myself and my business. I wanted to have a structure that I could follow. A method to trust. And to finally feel like I was in control of my business (not the other way around).
Britt handed me the tools I needed to make that happen.
Together, we mapped out a blueprint for the next six months in my business, and the next twelve months of my life. I made a decision on who my ideal client would be and how I could best serve them. From there, I figured out where social media would fit in and how I would put myself and my potential clients in the same room so that we could have a conversation.
The biggest thing is that we started with my personal life. Britt showed me how to schedule time for fun, self-care and business, so that I was doing all of it (without feeling like any part of my life wasn't being nurtured).
The concrete results I experienced:
– 2 monthly retainer clients that cover my bills (because I approached the 'sales' conversation from the heart and with authenticity)
– I moved from Paris to Barcelona without losing my mind, and my business kept running
– A weekly structure I can follow, and adapt, that means I know exactly what I'll be doing week in, week out, to serve my clients and grow my business
-Razwana, copywriter at The Write Life
Tanya Rubinstein
Tanya is a writer, book mentor, and story based business coach for deep creatives. She lives a life of purpose and magic in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Her work has been featured on ABC, CBS, and in "O" the Oprah magazine, among many other places. You can read about her at www.TanyaTaylorRubinstein.com and at www.GlobalSchoolofStory.com
Aligned with my deeper vision and mission, and equipped with the skill set to run a successful biz as a right-brained creative, I began to thrive⎯as both a working artist and a six figure-making boss of my own life and creative business.
What Women Are Saying About Tanya…
-Ericka Lutz, Author and Book Mentor
-Marsha Pincus, Writing Mentor
-Luisa Kolker MA LPCC, Shamanic Soul Guide & Psychotherapist
-Rose Gagne, soul activist and earth wisdom teacher 8/10/18
Bonus Sessions with Britt and Tanya ($1000 value)
When we receive your commitment by January 1st, 2019,
you'll get two PRIVATE, 60-minute coaching sessions: one with Britt, and one with Tanya.
CONJURE is PERFECT for you IF:
CONJURE isn't a great fit for you IF:
The Retreat:
How long is the retreat and when is it?
The retreat is 5 days/4 nights, and held in magical Santa Fe.
How many spots are available?
We are capping enrollment for this retreat at 12 women.
Where will the retreat be held?
Tanya's studio in Santa Fe- her "cauldron" space for many successful artists, writers, and highly successful business women.
Can you remind me what will be included again?
Sure! Here's what you get when you say YES to CONJURE…
↣ 5 day/4 night in-person retreat in Sante Fe, New Mexico (April 29 – May 3, 2019) with 2 catered, working lunches and a last night dinner out on the town.
↣ A pre-retreat planning and blueprinting virtual workshop to get CRYSTAL clear on your year ahead and how to create the time you want- with personal hand-holding to reverse engineer your plans backwards from the goal you WANT to bring to life.
↣ A FULL 90 days accountability, coaching and support, with direct access to Britt and Tanya, before, after, and during our in-person time together, along with referrals and resources for ongoing support.
↣ Back-up support and private sessions with experts we use and hire inside our own businesses, including a client care professional, conversion copywriter, a branding expert, a social media expert, a systems and organization expert….can you say, "surround-sound support?"
↣ Early-bird EXTRA: bonus 60-minute private coaching sessions with Britt and Tanya.
What is not included in the retreat?
Travel to Santa Fe, lodging for your time there, anything we didn't mention above (meals other than the ones we're feeding you, transportation, etc)
Will I have free time?
Yes! We know that we're going to be giving you a LOT of content and stretching you, growth-wise. We believe that you'll need down time to rest, process, and incubate the energy of the retreat, during the retreat.
Do you cater to different dietary requirements?
We can provide vegetarian options, as well as GF catered from local organic restaurants and Whole Foods catering. If you have restrictions other than those, please make them known to us when you register.
The Logistics:
Can my partner/friend attend the retreat with me?
Absolutely, and they'll need to go through the same process- book a call with one of us and apply to attend. We do not give discounted rates for couples, though, as we've already priced this program at its beta price and feel it's on the low end of the value we're delivering.
How will we get around?
You'll need your own transportation for getting around Santa Fe. We'll connect those of you who want to share cars or air b&b's.
What should I wear, pack or bring?
Santa Fe has four seasons with 300 days of sun. Pack comfy layers for the retreat and bring a warm jacket for nights in the mountains. Bring your laptop, journal and at least 2-3 sacred objects for your personal business alter.
The Investment:
What is the cancellation/refund policy?
No refunds will be issued unless we can fill your spot. You may get a credit for a retreat in the future (if we do one…and only for a medical emergency or death in fam.)
Is there a benefit to paying in full?
Yes! A private session with both Tanya and Britt (one each) to use anytime between Jan 1st and the end of March.
What is the price, and do you offer payment plans?
CONJURE is $5000 paid in full by January 1st, $5250 by February 15th, and $5500 by March 1st.
You can also pay in 3 payments, as long as you're paid in full by March 1st.
When is payment due?
One payment is due to hold your spot, and the full amount must be paid in full by March 1st.
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and a true sense of vitality and focus to everything you do.
You'll learn to act from a place of inner wisdom, intuition and trust, instead of waiting for a blueprint from another flash-in-the-pan biz guru who says inane crap like, "Have you thought of FB ads?" (BLERGH.)
Actual value of building a meaningful, mighty profitable and magical business on your own terms?
More TIME. More SPACE.
More INCOME. More MEANING.
More MAGIC.
The only thing missing is…
Start the conversation about CONJURE with us below:
You'll be taken to an online booking form to arrange a no-obligation 30 minute conversation
with Britt or Tanya about whether CONJURE is right for you.


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Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall)
- Level
- Beginner/Improver
- Presenter
- Matt Collis
- Date
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 10:00 to 16:00
- Places
- Fully booked
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Improve your winter bird ID skills and learn about the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) on this 1-day course for relative beginners and improvers. With a focus on waterfowl and waders, discover more about our winter birds in this diverse location for winter birding. Expect a combination of indoor sessions covering the basics of bird identification and outdoor sessions to build your confidence in the field.
This course aims to provide you with the following:
- An overview of the birds you can expect to see in the UK in winter, and the habitats in which to look for them.
- Identification pointers for a range of common winter birds by sight.
- Specific guidance on how to distinguish between similar-looking winter waterfowl and waders.
- Opportunity to practice your ID skills
- An introduction to the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) and how to take part.
This 1-day course costs £60. The price includes teaching, course materials and refreshments during the day. Please bring a packed lunch.
Online booking is available for this event but if you have any queries about booking a place, please email Anne.Cotton [at] bto.org or ring 01786 458021.

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A flowing waterfall, elegant fountain or tranquil fish pond completes a landscape like nothing else – adding the relaxing sound of running water and a sense of movement and flow through the environment. If you're considering installing water features on your property, the team at Groundshog can walk you through all the options available to you, and help you determine the best fit for your unique landscape. We've installed water features like fountains, waterfalls and ponds for customers throughout Catonsville, Arbutus, Ellicott City and Baltimore, Maryland.
Pond Water Features
A pond at the center of your landscape creates a truly relaxing environment. We can help determine the prime position for your new pond – with optimal sunlight to stop algae and mold growth. We'll also factor in runoff rainwater and falling debris from overhead trees when determining the best spot for your pond. If you're considering fish or decorations for your pond, we'll advise on your options and help you choose the surrounding vegetation as well.
Fountain Water Features
You have and endless variety of fountains to choose from. Narrowing down the look and style that's best for your landscape requires a trained and experienced eye. Whether you're looking for a simple rock fountain to add the element of trickling water, or an elaborate work of sculpture that becomes the centerpiece of your landscape, Groundshog can help you find the best solution and install your fountain to your full satisfaction.
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A quality landscape design must carefully consider how the customer will use the landscape. The use of patios, walkways and retaining walls is essential in creating an environment that you and your family will want to use in every season. Pavers, natural stone, block and timbers can all be used to construct functional and beautiful retaining walls, walkways and patios.
Groundshog is Customer-Driven
With water feature installation and every landscaping service we provide, we strive to earn a customer for life. Groundshog is an owner-operated landscaping company that's built around client satisfaction and relies on our reputation for new and repeat business. Our simple policy of "We're happy when you're happy" helps us meeting our customer's landscaping demands while working within their budgets.


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I have become acquainted with the National Arboretum in stages. It began with me vaguely admiring about the architecture jutting out from the side of the green terraced hill as I drove past on my way to the city; the smaller building reminded me of the Sydney Opera House. Then last year I used their Himalayan cedar forest for a series of golden hour photo-shoots.
I started seeing the 'wide brown earth' sculpture being featured on friend's Facebook images and it twigged that this was a sculpture at the National Arboretum. Finally, curiosity drew me to the top of the hill a couple of months ago. Thankfully I had the 9 yr old in tow because the Pod park is all kinds of amazing.
And yesterday we went whole hog. Brought a kite with us! We went into the Village Centre first. What a beautiful space. The stretching views over our city are unfettered.
The café is open 7 days 9-4 and serves lunches as well as morning and afternoon tea staples.
The 9 yr old wanted to know why this circle of the floor was fenced off so we checked it out. It is a Tree Rings made from entirely from a wide variety of salvaged native timbers. The comprehensive list is next to this feature.
We noticed that the store sells kites, in case you forget to bring one. (Though our little cheapy worked well)
We dropped in to look at the bonsai collection. Each one is a work of art and transported me to another place (I think that other place may have been Japan) It is surreal to be able to look down on a tree from all angles like God might. 🙂
Then it was kite time!!! I thought the 9 yr old would give up after a few minutes, but he ran all the way down from the top, then back to the top again, and again and again…..
When he got exhausted, he did some lazy kite-flying:
After the sun had begun to really set, we packed everything into my back pack and headed out. The 9 yr old somehow mustered the energy for a few minutes play at the Pod Park.
My little Harry High-pants is tenacious. He would not give up till he worked out a way to scale this little wall with his freezing fingers.
The musical bridge that plays when you jump on the bells.
We are going back again today. 🙂 This time I am bringing the teenaged daughter as well and we are going to sit on the grass and write as the boy child runs. Holiday bliss! The National Arboretum website: http://www.nationalarboretum.act.gov.au/ Price: free!0


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Brooks D-Shaped Tool Bag$114.75
A staple of the Brooks' lineup since 1910, the D-Shaped Tool Bag is made in the UK and it's the perfect saddle or bar bag for hauling the tools you need on the road. Made from genuine Brooks leather, the two-piece construction lets you slip out the things you need, without taking everything off your bike. Pairs perfectly with a matching Brooks saddle.
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AKA: Teacher's Island
Genre: School, Family
Episodes: 6
Broadcast period: 2013 May to 2013 Jun
Cast: Nakama Yukie, Iura Arata, Tanaka Misato and Aoyama Noriko.
In a remote Island in Kagoshima, a small school takes in children who have educational issues, such as bullying and absence. The school doesn't have more than 11 students from grade 1 to 9, but the students are close to each teacher and manage to build a close bond. Natsumura Chihiro (Nakama Yukie) was ones a student in that school, and is now a teacher for older kids, there. Even though she hated the school as a kid, she returned much to people's surprise, with a hidden reason.
Together with the few teachers in the school she deals with the problems of each student, and faces their situations with them.
Hmm, I was very excited to watch this: one, because I like Japanese school dramas, two, it's Nakama Yukie. That said, I have say, I don't really remember why I liked Nakama Yukie.. I mean, yes Gokusen, but she is not that good of an actress, I mean her way of standing is just uncomfortable and awakward. I thought that was her charater in Gokusen, but I guess it isn't.. She really stands like that.
Besides her, the kids in this drama were very good at acting, and the storyline is very adult like and sort of grows on you - even though its only 6 episodes..
☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars
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All units include a fully equipped kitchen with stainless steel appliances, dinette seating, living room area, ample desk space, granite bathroom vanities, Sleep Number beds, spacious closets, flat-screen TVs and large windows.
To honor its history, each suite bears the name of one of the home's previous owners as well as Norwalk's founders, Thomas Fitch and Roger Ludlowe.


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text: mr footy 7 Posted February 19, 2017 After our defeat at Burton it could be down to being unlucky, too many injuries, tired after playing midweek.Or are they not up for a battle as Burton clearly were.Losing to Burton is not great but did we contest every ball like it mattered.Looking at the game you have to day no.We beat man utd because they gave us space and time, Burton did not. If we don''t want to play in this league we have to match their fight.Norwich are in great shape financially with the best fans in the world, we deserve to be in the prem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Schedule 73 | Food Service, Hospitality, and Cleaning
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Using a bout of gig induced insomnia to his advantage, Getintothis Craig MacDonald has all the details of this week's gigs.
We have all been there. You've waited days, weeks, months for a gig to come along and then the night before, your that excited that the very idea of sleep is about as realistic as Donald Trump winning the Noble Peace prize in the next few years.
Yes, gig related insomnia is a wonderful gift. For not only does it mean we get to deliberate over what songs said artists might play, but we also get to go through and listen to their whole catalogue of material while thinking how the fuck did it get to 4am?
With all of this excitement, there is a chancce you may just forget when who is playing where, so that's where we can help. Here you will find all the weeks gig goings on that matter, with even some future events to keep an eye on. You don't have to say thanks, it's out gift to you. Enjoy.
Vidar Norheim: The Buyers Club, August 25
One time Wave Machine man Vidar Norheim will be presenting his solo work at The Buyers Club this Thursday, as he launches his debut EP.
An abudance of percussive electronica will make this atmospheric evening a true highlight for those with an ear for all things unique. Support will come from fellow electro wizards Lo Five and David O'Dowda.
Kano: Arts Club, August 25
Fresh from clinching a deserved Mercury Music Prize nod for his phenomenal album Made In The Manor, Kano will be poised to hit the Arts Club with all his might this Thursday.
Now seen as one of the leaders in the resurgence of grime into the modern music world, the East London MC will be joined on the night by one of Liverpool's rising talents, Suedebrown.
Bank Holiday Punk Weekender: Maguire's Pizza Bar, August 26-28
Quickly establishing itself as the home for all things rock round these parts, Maguire's hosts the Bank Holiday Punk Weekender this weekend with a whole host of pizza and punk on offer.
Queen Zee & The Sasstones, Ohmns, No Ta, Rash Decision, Meet The Robots and plenty more are all on offer over three days of the filthiest acts around.
Folk Festival On The Dock: Albert Dock, August 26-29
A real bank holiday treat heads to the waterfront this weekend, when the inaugural Folk Festival On The Dock heads to the stunning surroundings of the Albert Dock.
A true whopper of a lineup is in place for their first bash, with Laura J Martin, The Lost Brothers, Eleanor Nelly, Elfin Bow and loads more all ready to make this a true showcase of exceptional talent.
Extreme Noise Terror: The Magnet, August 26
Making sure the weekend gets off to an almighty bang, Ipswich grindcore heavyweights Extreme Noise Terror will be looking to smash The Magnet this Friday as they return to Liverpool for the first time in nearly thirty years.
The group are rightly seen as legends in their field and with Desecration, Auralskit and Kryocell also on the bill, expect a full house at this one.
The Parrots: The Magnet, August 27
Madrid mad heads The Parrots return to town this week, when they celebrate the release of their debut album with a special launch nights at The Magnet.
With their psych soaked reputation gaining them plaudits at a rate of knots, the trio will be brimming with confidence going into this one.
The Truth and Justice Concert: Royal Court, August 28
The tragic events of Hillsborough will be forever etched into the very fabric of our city. This week, The Truth & Justice Concert will bring a gathering of exceptional musical talents together including Ian McNabb, Oranj Son, James Walsh and The Amazing Kappa Band plus much more to the Royal Court to help raise funds for several charities in memory of the victims and survivors of the disaster. Be there.
If all that doesn't get you going, then check out all of these too in our GIT gigbites:
- Small Pond Big Fish play Maguire's on Thursday August 25
- Treasure Islands featuring Bernie Connor, Beaten Track and more play Botanical Gin Garden on Saturday August 27
- Gene Hunt and Al Kent play Constellations on Sunday August 28
Upcoming events to keep an eye on.
Lowkey: 24 Kitchen Street, September 8
One of the best rappers in the UK is finally back, with Lowkey set to hit 24 Kitchen Street this September. An keen activist and inspirational lyricist, Lowkey will be returning from a four year hiatus and if news single Ahmed is anything to go by, he means business.


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Rice University President David Leebron reflects on the passing of former President George H.W. Bush:
"President Bush was a quintessential Houstonian and a remarkable American: generous, hard-working, driven to lead and determined to serve a purpose greater than himself. He was a gentleman whose kindness and decency were fundamental to his extraordinary character. He served our country and the world in a unique set of roles: as ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. liaison to China, director of the CIA, vice president and ultimately president of the United States. We will always remember and be grateful for the leadership and service of George H.W. Bush.
"The president and his wife, Barbara, were dear friends of Rice University. It was President Bush who bestowed upon the university its proudest moment on the world's stage: hosting the G-7 Economic Summit in 1990.
"Students who attended Rice in the late 1970s had the honor of taking classes from the future president at what is now Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, where he held the title of adjunct professor of administrative science. A generation later, our graduates of the class of 2000 listened as former President Bush delivered a commencement address in which he reminded students that 'actions speak louder than words. Words are important, and speaking can be an important part of leading — of rallying the troops. But leading by example, in my mind, is the best way to get things done whether it's in politics, business, you name it.'
"On behalf of my wife, Y. Ping Sun, and the entire Rice community, I extend our deepest sympathy to the Bush family, including his grandson, George P. Bush, whom we are proud to call an alumnus of the university."


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Thirsty Thursday-White Rock Napa Claret 2004
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"Claret" is a conventional term that traditionally refers to red wine from the Bordeaux region of France, but it has no official, legal definition and is often used as a generic term to refer to dry red wines. It derives from "clairet," the name for a certain type of light red wine that was exported from Bordeaux in the Middle Ages and became quite popular in England. The wine, because of its light color, was known as "vinum clarum," "bin clar" or "clairet." It bore little resemblance to the wines that are characteristic of Bordeaux today–but the name endures. (source: view)
Some great Clarets to shop for (value to moderate price points):
- Coppola Claret $16
- Ramey Claret 2006 90 points Int. Wine Cellar $25
- St. Francis Claret $20
- Buoncristiani Napa Claret 2006 90 points Robert Parker $40
- 2004 White Rock Vineyards Napa Claret $35 (pictured)-This is an astonishing Bordeaux-style wine from the Napa Valley. Supple and lush with loads of ripe fruit and undertones of leather and tobacco, it's half-French, half- California in style. White Rock Vineyards was established as early as 1870 and brought back in the late '70s by the Vandendriessche family. Made from a classic blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a touch of Petit Verdot, the 2004 Claret is a splendid wine for the price (winery).
- Newton Claret 2007 $17
- Cliff Creek Claret 2004 $25
- Steltzner Vineyards Claret 2004
- Atlas Peak Napa Claret 2004 $30
Cheers and Tweets, Adrienne, PIWC


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Couple of poolside beer tables for my daughter's patio. Wood is of course, BKP…my current wood of choice. Colors nice now but will really pop when they get a clean stain and 3-4 coats of Acrylic poly. I got to put enough finish to protect them from pool splashes and spilled beer. It was a fun project. One pic show all 8 legs being glued and clamped at once on my saw table. Easiest way to get them uniform and well made. The tables are nothing special but I love working with this Pine. And this was some fairly common-looking BKP, nothing nearly as good as Monte mills. Some of his will be here Wed. Then I can really get started on some special things.
Update on the birds in my steel wool. No babies yet but soon by mid week. She sit on the eggs all day while her mate brings her food. Last picture is him coming to feed her. You can see her in the nest as her eyes light up. They are Carolina Wrens if I haven't mentioned.
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
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#1 posted 06-03-2014 07:37 AM
Beautiful tables that look really well made. I love the look of that pine. What does the BK stand for? I enjoyed seeing the Wren too. We have a lot of birds in the little forrest next to our house and the same birds come back every year to nest and it is quite a show with the smaller birds protecting their nests while the egg predators try to steal from them.
-- Mike, an American living in Norway.
#2 posted 06-03-2014 09:41 AM
Awesome work on these. They should love them.
-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.
#3 posted 06-03-2014 12:12 PM
Stefang, the BKP is Beetle Kill Pine, a very interesting story you can read about online. This little Pine Beetle, kinda like the Ambrosia Beetle has infested millions of acres in the lower Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico and has killed over 100,000,000 Pine trees, mostly Lodgepole and Ponderosa. When attacked by the beetle a fungus gets carried into the tree that prevents the tree from transpiring water through the cells of the cambium layer. The tree dies and the longer it stands after dying, the more colors the wood turns into. There are colors from a blue/slate to a rust color with yellows, reds, browns and greys. It is really beautiful wood, very easy on the tools, glues up well and takes a good finish. Currently the major use for this lumber is flooring but some furniture is also being made.I. His work is spectacular. love working with it. Look up the work on LJ of Monte Pitman. He has his own mill and is the King of BKP. He makes some wonderful furniture and things from the BKP.
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
#4 posted 06-03-2014 12:35 PM
Cool looking tables. I like the design. Gives me an idea for some old wood fence I have.
-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.
#5 posted 06-03-2014 12:36 PM
Did you reinforce the the joints on the top of your table in any way? I was given a huge donation of shorts from a local lumber company for my high school Technology program and looking for creative ways to utilize the pieces. Table tops like yours may be the idea I need. Thanks
#6 posted 06-03-2014 01:10 PM
TT04, there is a brace in each corner glued and screwed. The tables are really sturdy. the wood in the frames is full 4/4." The tops are 1/2" backed on 1/2" Baltic plywood. Feel free to use my patterns, I borrowed them from someone on LJ. It's a great way to use scraps and shorts.
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
#7 posted 06-03-2014 01:15 PM
Thank you, I did not see the plywood backing
#8 posted 06-03-2014 01:30 PM
Glued to the plywood back keeps the pieces all flat and firm. And it is easier.
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
#9 posted 06-03-2014 01:42 PM
Glued to the plywood back keeps the pieces all flat and firm. And it is easier. I think the plywood show some in this picture on the back table.
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
#10 posted 06-03-2014 02:25 PM
the tables came out really good, i do love the layout you used and i do love the wood, the yellows and browns go together great, i hope they hold up for a long time.
#11 posted 06-04-2014 12:52 AM
Those tables are really cool! That second one with the angled pieces must have been a challenge to cut and fit together.
-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
#12 posted 06-04-2014 03:13 AM
On the second table there are 65 separate pieces and each one had to be cut and fitted individually. Took about 4 hours. Most all of it done on a chopsaw. There didn't seem to be any 2 pieces the same size and the wood started off as 4/4 that had to come down to 1/2" with the planer. Then the 6" wide x 4' long boards had to be ripped to 1 1/2"and run through the router to round off the edges that show. I enjoyed every minute of it but tomorrow we get an A/C for the shop. It is just too warm to work more than about an hour at a time and mid day when it's 90 outside the shop must get over 100 degrees. I'm trying a new Acrylic water based poly for a finish and it seems to bring out all the highlites in the wood. The other table has 48 pieces all the same size so it was kinga mass production. Took less than an hour.
Birds are still doing their thing in the nest but tomorrow makes 11 days for the first egg and could be a hatchling in the nest to watch. The baby birds will be easy to photograph….where they gonna run to?
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
#13 posted 06-04-2014 01:20 PM
Sounds like a lot of work but the results were well worth the effort! Plus you had fun doing it.
-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
#14 posted 06-04-2014 01:38 PM
Super therapy. I am at my best when I'm working on something that take a little thought. I get to concentrate on something other than the tremble in my hands, pain in my back and the weakness in my legs. I was in the shop before 6 am sanding to level the table tops. Wife called me in for breakfast so I check my email and back to the shop before it gets too hot to work.
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
#15 posted 06-04-2014 03:40 PM
These tables really turned out nicely and will be very attractive near the pool.
helluvawreck aka Charles
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
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On Tuesday, November 29th South Carolina State Senator Mia S. McLeod was sworn in to office. Senator McLeod is an alumna of SC-EPFP's 2014-15 cohort, which she attended while a member of the SC House of Representatives (District 79 – Richland County), where she served from 2011 to 2016. Senator McLeod will represent District 22 (Kershaw & Richland counties). She becomes the fourth member of the Senate Women's Caucus, the first female Senator for District 22, and the first African-American elected to that seat from Richland County.
Senator McLeod is the president of McLeod Butler Communications, LLC, in Columbia. A graduate of the University of South Carolina and the USC School of Law, she previously served as director of the Violence Against Women Act Project with the SC Attorney General's Office; director of the State Office of Victim Assistance; and Governmental Affairs director for the SC Department of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services.
Within the community, Senator McLeod has served on the Board of Directors of the SC Chamber of Commerce; as co-chair of the Richland School District Two 2008 Bond Referendum Campaign; and as a member and chair of two local School Improvement Councils in Richland School District Two. For 2016, while serving in the House, she was named SIC Legislator of the Year by the SC School Improvement Council for her efforts and advocacy on behalf of such Councils and public education.
Mia S. McLeod (left), SC-EPFP 14-15, takes the oath of office as State Senator November 29, in the South Carolina Senate Chamber in the State House, Columbia, SC. Administering the oath is Ms. Ann McCrowey Mickle, Esq.
Newly-sworn SC State Senator Mia S. McLeod (left), SC-EPFP 14-15, is congratulated by SC-EPFP Co-Coordinator and fellow alum (11-12) Tom F. Hudson on the floor of the South Carolina Senate November 29.
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Firebelly FB2 double sided stove
Big output contemporary stove with a big glass on both sides.
Possible to change to multi fuel option and is available in a lot of different colours.
- Height: 601mm
- Width: 639mm
- Depth: 423mm
- Flue Diameter: 150mm
- Nominal Heat Output: 8kW
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Stove expert replied: On the windy days take more care with the air controls as they may need to be adjusted to allow less than normal amounts of air into the stove so that it does not overdraw. A flue damper may be a good option to prevent over-drawing long term. Otherwise a great review.
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Omar has established himself as one nation's premier harmonica players and authentic, dynamic blues performers alive today. With a voice soulful beyond his years, Omar has been blowing away audiences across the nation with his distinct, fiery harmonica skills. You may have seen Omar Coleman working throughout ChicagoLand & Northwest Indiana and across North America with the likes of the Kinsey Report, John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band or the late-great Chico Banks, among many others.The future of Chicago Blues is being redefined by this harmonica virtuoso and the word is out!
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Hi everyone,
I wanted to introduce myself, as I've been lurking since I purchased my 1999 R1100R in January 2017 and owe many thanks for all of your insights on BMWMOA as well as those of Snowbum, the AdvRiders, Largiader, ibmwr.org, the sarcastically hilarious Valve Adjustment for Dummies and so many others. I wrote this with the hope that it may help others resolve similar issues and unlock the full potential of their R1100 oilheads. There is no way I'd have a running bike without these resources - the more I learn, the less I realize I know.
A little about me:
I'm an engineer from the North Shore of Boston who loves spending his spare time tinkering on anything with an engine. I'm very loyal to the 1999-2009 Saab 9-5 as my primary DD for my 3 hour a day commute in and out of Boston. I currently have 2001 & 2006 wagons, owned other 9-5s in the past and if I had to pick one vehicle for the rest of my life the Saab would be it. I'm a Craigslist/Bring a Trailer junkie and love to find undervalued project vehicles with good bones. Currently in the stable are a 2010 x164 MB GL550 (wife's DD), a 2001 E38 Bimmer "Sporty Shorty" (toy car/project), a mono black Ford Excursion V10 Limited (tow vehicle/has become Dad's DD), an 8' Achilles RIB with a 2001 Suzuki DT5Y 2 stroke (rebuilt by me), a 1980 Pursuit 20' cuddy with a 1991 Johnson Looper 175 and a 1988 Sonic 30SS with twin (very) customized Mercury Racing HP500 carb motors. Also an assortment of tractors/chippers/splitters/chainsaws. I have learned almost everything I know thru reading forums, growing up working on cars with my dad and my own wrenching experience over the years. All this to say that while I'm a relatively inexperienced motorcyclist, I'm a gearhead through and through.
The R1100R is my 3rd venture into the world of motorcycling - previous bikes were a 1998 Katana 750 (owned 2007-2008, rode 3800 miles) and a 2009 Moto Guzzi Griso 8V (owned 2010-2012, rode 5k miles). I sold the Katana when my wife and I were buying our first house and I sold the Moto Guzzi along with a Jeep Wrangler and a Jet Ski when selling that house to buy our second. A few years ago I started to get the "bike itch" again and as we all know, there's only one cure. I'm now into the R1100R for ~1100 miles, so all in I have ~10k miles riding over 10 years.
The R1100R's history:
Owner 1 - 0-11,230 miles - no records (assuming dealer serviced, perhaps I could get MAX BMW to look them up?)
Owner 2 - 11,230-58,400 miles, 2004-2012, detailed maintenance logs, mostly trouble free operation, oils/spark plugs/tires. Before sale, this owner conducted an overhaul on the bike including brake pads, all fluids, belt, HES, clutch cable, wiring covers, fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel lines, gaskets and breather-ectomy. The overhaul was prompted by random engine stops attributed to a faulty HES.
Owner 3 - 58,400-68,520 miles, detailed maintenance logs, many thousands of dollars spent on relining fuel tank, full repaint including the BMW hard panniers, HES, new fuel pump, filter + lines (again!), electrical work, drive seals, starter, Motronic computer, chasing an engine miss/hesitation and much more. The amount of work this owner and the previous owner performed in the last 10k miles was essentially a complete restoration and the bike still looks brand new, however he was never able to solve the problem of the engine intermittently missing. This owner and the previous owners were in Florida - I believe the bike was not brought to the Northeast until 2017.
Owner 4 - longtime small-displacement carbureted Honda owner in his 60's, bought this bike in the spring of 2017 as his first foray into the world of large displacement fuel injected motorcycles. He was selling it on Craigslist after only riding it ~400 miles. His stated reason for selling was that it was too big and heavy for him.
The Purchase:
I contacted the seller, arranged a date, grabbed the Excursion from my dad, hooked up my brother's trailer and made the trek down to Rhode Island. As soon as I arrived, the red warning flags went up - the Beemer was sitting running and warmed up in the driveway. This indicated to me that the seller at least knew "something" was not right and didn't have confidence in a cold start. I became more skeptical reading about the engine "skipping" problem in the maintenance records provided by the seller, and the fact that it was being sold in the dead of winter. The underside of the engine was also slick with oil.
On the bright side the bike was unbelievably, nearly showroom clean other than some very slight crazing of the (2015) paint on the lower portion of the fuel tank. The chrome was perfect, the Michelin tires & brakes new. The only frame of reference i had for the engine sound was my previous big twin bike, the Griso 8V. Compared to the uncertain cammy burble and "rock tumbler" mechanical noise of the Guzzi, the Beemer oilhead sounded silky smooth to me. I went for a brief test ride and the bike ran and shifted without issue. I lowballed, the seller countered and we made a deal ($2200!).
As I began to get to know the Beemer, the "skipping" issue manifested itself. It was a frightening random occurrence, as I would twist the throttle and get a flat response. Keep twisting the throttle and the engine would "catch," violently throwing the bike forward. I also experienced occasional surging in the 2700-3200 RPM range. The bike also occasionally idled inconsistently or stalled when coming to a stop. The hardest part was that the issues were not replicable - they just happened without warning. I turned to the forums.
1. The HES:
I read from multiple sources that the HES can cause all sorts of issues. My service records showed 2 HES replacements, but I also read that a new OEM HES isn't necessarily a final solution since it can suffer from the same wiring issues as the original. For a baseline, I decided to send it off to Cata Dan for a rebuild. Dan was great - he informed me that although my HES tested OK on the bench, it wasn't unheard of for issues to develop under the temperature and vibration extremes it endures at the front of the engine. Dan uses new waterproof sensors, new wiring and warranties his rebuild for life. I received the sensor back, reinstalled it on my marks and test rode the bike. It ran better overall and I thought the problem was fixed...but the same (or similar) hesitation and surging issues again occurred.
2. The Airflow:
My throttle bodies look bright and new with zero shaft play but I do not have service records of them being replaced. The "set from the factory never to be touched" stop screws were a mess - no trace of tamper paint on the left side and the right side screw & locknut were totally missing. I ordered a new screw for the right side (BMW views these throttle bodies as a unit - individual parts must be ordered from Bing USA), set it to the same depth as the left and adjusted the cable so it would "click" against the stop screw at the same time as the left on throttle release. Once again, measurable difference in engine smoothness, especially at idle but no change in the intermittent surge or hesitation. I also removed & inspected the BBS, then reset them to 2.5 turns out. To this day, I have done no further airflow sync beyond this (though I probably should). I also replaced the aftermarket K&N filter with the proper Mahle paper element and performed an oil change with Mobile 1 15w-50 synthetic & Mahle filter.
3. The ignition:
I decided to check valve adjustment - they were spot on. When I pulled the head covers, I noticed small cracks and rubber degradation on the spark plug leads. I also read that an intermittent ignition coil could cause similar issues. Finally, after the bike stalled one day, I pulled the plugs and the left plug was wet with gas. Also, the plugs were Bosch dual electrode, not the esteemed Autolite recommended by so many of you. *NOTE* BMW parts are EXPENSIVE - eBay is your friend! To rule out any and all ignition issues, I purchased a used eBay ignition coil, new Autolite 3923 plugs and new aftermarket EnDuraLast reinforced silicon wires from Euromotoelectrics (so incredibly high quality at such a better price than OEM - the "reinforced" ones are the ticket, they work with the OEM puller tool). After installing these parts, the bike ran better and smoother than I ever thought possible...UNTIL...the hesitation occurred again as I was getting on I-95. I played with it. It seemed to be only in a certain part of the throttle (1/4-1/3) - or at certain RPM (~3000), and definitely seemed better and more predictable than before. I could replicate it by going back to that throttle position at that speed. It happened much less on back roads at low speeds.
My belief is that there were issues with the HES and ignition system that were compounding and obfuscating the root problem, which were resolved with the above. Keep reading for the root cause!
4. Throwing parts at it
Frustrated, I thought back to the maintenance records. I don't ride in inclement weather, but previous owners had reported problems in the rain. Was it the placebo affect, or did I notice more problems on humid days? Ahhh!!! On eBay, I purchased a full 1999 R1100R wiring harness complete with a loaded fuse box and proceeded to swap out every single relay and fuse in the bike. Again, I had several trouble free rides but the hesitation reoccurred, again in a very narrow band of RPM/throttle conditions and again replicable. Part of the perception of increased replicability was likely due to more frequent highway riding as I became more comfortable on the bike - as we all know, on the highway it is much easier to maintain a static throttle/speed condition for a length of time.
I read about the "dual wiper" TPS and fantasized that the low throttle opening wiper in mine might be malfunctioning - this could be why it "caught" when the throttle was opened further? No, as it turns out my TPS was fine. It and the throttle bodies look brand new, so I had trouble imagining they were the problem. Thank goodness I restrained myself from messing around with it - doing so would have eliminated a valuable baseline.
5. What's it thinking?
I read a post about the O2 (Lambda) sensor, its role in the Motronic 2.2 and closed loop vs open loop. A light bulb went off. Was the O2 sensor feeding the Motronic bad data??? I inspected my O2 sensor and felt a building sense of excitement as I discovered frayed wires leading into a broken, corroded cap. I read the posts on Motronic fault diagnosis, broke out the analog DC meter and read the codes - the expected 1122 and 1133 HES codes were present, along with 2342 "Lambda sensor value is invalid". Bingo...I reset the Motronic and rode again - 2342 reappeared. I ordered a new O2 sensor, removed the tank to install it, routed the wire away from the cat, reinstalled the tank, pulled fuse #5 to reset the Motronic and started the bike.
Right away, there was a difference - previously, on a cold start with the obligatory throttle advance lever set, the bike would jump right into a 1300-1400 RPM high idle for 25 seconds or so, then cough and struggle down to 800-900 RPM for 10 seconds or so. It would then recover and run normally. After the new O2 sensor was installed, this "cough and struggle" cold start routine no longer occurred. I was confident I had fixed the problem. I got my helmet & leathers, jumped on the bike and left the driveway. It was utterly unridable. Any attempt whatsoever at acceleration caused the engine to fall flat. I limped back and pulled the Motronic codes. None other than 1122 & 1133. WTF???
6. Wait, what's it really thinking?
I had since acquired an E38 740i and spent some time reading about and understanding fuel trims and adaptions as it relates to the M62TUB44 BMW V8. That engine, like most modern fuel injected motors, knows a lot. It measures the mass of the air entering the engine, which allows it to calculate and inject the exact amount of fuel required for the correct stoichiometric mixture. It measures the output of each bank of cylinders individually and adjusts the fuel injection trim for that bank independently. It has individual computer controlled ignition coils on each cylinder, which allow it to see and react to individual cylinder ignition events.
The oilhead 1100 is not so smart. It does not measure air mass, only air temperature. It also does not differentiate between the cylinder "banks" in any way - it fires both spark plugs and both injectors simultaneously, measures the COMBINED output of the cylinders with the O2 sensor and makes its adaptions accordingly, which is undoubtedly why balanced throttle body and valve lash settings are so critical. If the O2 sensor stops working, it ignores it and runs on a fixed map instead. This explains why it ran better with a faulty O2 sensor and terribly with the new one.
I knew airflow was reasonably even, since the bike ran fine unless the issue occurred. I knew the O2 sensor worked and that the HES and ignition components were new. I knew the fuel pump, filter, lines and tank had all been recently serviced. What was I missing?
I came across some posts referencing Bosch EV14 injectors and a retrofit kit for the 1100 oilhead. Then it hit me. I had a defective injector, which malfunctioned intermittently at certain pulse widths - likely fouled by whatever caused the tank to need relining and the fuel pump to fail twice! I had already read many accounts of vastly improved performance in the 1st gen oilheads by swapping the original EV1 injectors for the EV14 models and it wasn't hard to believe that 20 years of innovation had some kind of positive effect on fuel injection technology so I needed little convincing. I ordered the EV14 flow matched injector kit from tills.de, waited a week or so for it to arrive from Germany and installed it.
What a night and day difference!
Everything you read about the benefits of these EV14 flow matched injectors is true. No longer is the "cold start" throttle advance needed. The engine fires instantly and settles right into its proper 1100 RPM idle, smoother than I could have imagined. Throttle response is sharp, instant and brutal - much closer to my previous Moto Guzzi Griso 8v. Engine vibration, especially above 3500 RPM is night and day - 5k RPM is now smooth as can be. The intermittent hesitation is absolutely GONE!!!
7. The oil leaks:
I were convinced these were the result of the original plastic sight glass weeping. Though I sourced a spare and still intend to replace it, it was not the leak source. After a thorough cleaning and a few more miles, I determined the engine case was seeping oil on the center seam. I found a forum post which recommended snugging up the bolts while being VERY careful not to strip the delicate aluminum threads (this is a common "thread" throughout this bike - another great recommendation I read was to use ONLY the supplied BMW tool kit, which limits the applied torque by design). After doing this, it runs dry as a bone.
8. Other stuff:
The bike had a rattle and unsteadiness in the front suspension. I suspected the shock absorber, but the problem was actually the rubber bushing which mounts the shock to the frame at the front under the gas tank. It was totally destroyed and mostly gone - replacing it was inexpensive, quick and greatly improved the feel of the bike. I also replaced the weeping fork seals, which were equally simple and inexpensive. Last but not least, occasionally the engine experienced a second of timing chain slap when started. A new revised left OEM tensioner resolved this 100%.
I installed chrome factory BMW head covers from Sierra BMW, which I absolutely love. They complement the chrome theme of the R1100R without making it look like an 1200C and are very uncommon. I also added a Gerbing single temp controller to run my liner and gloves, which blends right in mounted to the TPS with some black Velcro. Finally, the bike had a cheap vinyl aftermarket seat cover on the rider seat and a different aftermarket cover on the pillion seat. I found low mile perfect condition factory original R1100R replacements on eBay. I have Spiegler black/chrome stainless brake lines waiting on the shelf for the next time I get a night in the garage.
Hope this helps someone! Ride Safe


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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is still spreading across the world, but the centre of the pandemic is now in the Americas, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, while many countries in emerging Europe can now claim to have defeated the virus as daily new cases dwindle or fall to zero.
In response, states across the region are gradually easing restrictions, while carefully monitoring the situation to guard against a second wave.
The number of new coronavirus cases in emerging Europe appears to have passed its peak, though numbers are still growing strongly in some countries.
Total cases in the emerging Europe region reached 865,354 on May 28, with the largest numbers in Russia, Turkey and Iran. Source: WHO
Slovenia declared the epidemic was over on May 15, and 10 days later the Montenegrin government said the country is now coronavirus-free, as there are no longer any active cases. Other countries including Croatia and the Baltic states are reporting almost no new cases daily.
Even Russia, the site of by far the region's biggest outbreak — it had 379,051 as of May 28 according to WHO data, more than double the 159,797 in second-ranked Turkey — has seen a fall in the number of daily new cases from over 10,000 in the earlier pat of the month to the low 8,000s in recent days.
Russia now has more than twice as many coronavirus cases as Turkey. Source: WHO
Worryingly, a third of Russians (32.8%) believe that the danger of the coronavirus epidemic is exaggerated, or they consider it to be an invention of interested parties, according to a study conducted by the Higher School of Economics (HSE). Researchers note that the behaviour of the sceptics is fundamentally different from those that see a danger. Of those who do not believe in the epidemic, 43% visit relatives and more than half (54%) go for walks. Three-quarters (74.22%) of sceptical respondents are convinced that there was no need for a self-isolation regime.
Meanwhile, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov has taken on criticism of the Russian government's anti-crisis measures, saying comparisons between the level of spending in Russia and that of other nations are unfair, according to reports on May 27.
President Vladimir Putin announced the third aid package on May 12 that added significantly more spending on the social sphere and support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Russia's three anti-crisis packages cumulatively have cost RUB3 trillion ($42bn), or roughly 2.6% of GDP, according to the minister. Critics say that Russia's support is very modest compared to countries spending upwards of 10-20% of GDP to bail out their populations and businesses. However, Reshetnikov believes a more accurate metric of Russia's stimulus is its budget deficit.
While other countries have offered direct subsidies to businesses and cash payments to the people, much of Russia's aid is in the form of tax deferrals, loans and guarantees that will still have an impact on the budget even if they are not direct transfers of cash.
Hundreds of new cases daily
There is also cause for concern outside Russia, as several other countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are still reporting hundreds of new cases every day. In Belarus, Poland and Kazakhstan, the rate of increase has not grown, but neither has it declined.
Belarus now has the largest number of coronavirus cases in CEE after Russia. Over the past weeks, the nation's health authorities have reported over 900 new coronavirus cases on a daily basis. The total number of coronavirus cases in Belarus has grown to 39,858, while 219 people have died as of May 28. At the same time, leading media outlets have speculated about censorship of the official data over the past two months.
Belarus has overtaken other CEE countries with major outbreaks, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Source: WHO
Belarus is now among the five European countries reporting the highest cumulative numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases over the past 14 days, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, the regional director for Europe at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said at a media briefing on May 28.
Poland has the next highest tally of infections in the emerging Europe region at 22,473 as of May 28. Despite the continuing high number of new infections, Warsaw relaxed restrictions on May 27, allowing people to go out without face masks, removing limits on how many people can shop or dine at restaurants, and reopening open-air fitness grounds, playgrounds and hotels.
"Most of Poland shows a declining trend of new cases," Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski told a press conference, while Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland has "controlled the pandemic much more efficiently than the world's richest countries".
However, some experts expressed doubt on the timing of the easing, as Poland's coronavirus cases are not showing a downward tendency, having remained flat at roughly 300-400 cases daily for weeks now. "Some people might think we are past the worst now but in reality, we are still in the same situation [of the number of cases flat rather than decreasing]," epidemiologist Agnieszka Szuster-Ciesielska told private broadcaster TVN24.
Industrial clusters
In several countries in the region there have been major outbreaks in factories and industrial centres.
Kazakhstan had 6,969 cases as of May 29, with as many as 935 of them workers at the giant Tengiz oilfield. Chevron is now demobilising around 20,000 workers, or two-thirds of the workforce, at Tengiz, CEO Mike Wirth told investors during a virtual annual shareholders meeting on May 27.
The critical workers who remain at the remote site have seen their housing quarters spread out, while testing and personal protective equipment requirements have been boosted. "It's a big project, a lot of people in a difficult and demanding location," Wirth said. "It's a big job, and I think they're doing a fine job of dealing with a moving situation."
While Tengiz and Kazakhstan's other largest oilfields are remote from major population centres such as Nur-Sultan and Almaty, once cases are imported it is easy for them to spread. At Tengiz thousands of workers are employed and many of them live in nearby camps.
Previously, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) tightened lockdown measures at the Karachaganak oilfield after the first coronavirus infection was confirmed among its personnel on May 22.
The chief sanitary doctor in Western Kazakhstan Region, where the oilfield is based, ordered an effective 7pm-7am curfew at Karachaganak workers' camps and barred vehicles from entering and leaving the field. The doctor's order also requires all workers arriving at the field to pass coronavirus tests.
Kazakhstan now has almost the same number of cases as the Czech Republic, but new cases are rising fast. Source: WHO
In Belarus, around 100 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed among workers building the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP), Alexei Likhachev, CEO of Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, said on May 26. Russia's Atomstroyexport is the prime contractor in the project.
Earlier this month, Poland registered a large outbreak among miners in the southern region of Upper Silesia, Poland's coal production hub. Work in five coal mines had to be put on hold in order to curb the spread of the virus.
Romania's Arctic, the local subsidiary of Turkish group Arcelik, temporarily closed its refrigerators factory in Gaesti, after dozens of its employees tested positive for coronavirus. There was a smaller outbreak at a textile factory in Focsani, where 21 Sri Lankan workers contracted the virus.
Serbia too has seen outbreaks at both the Yura Corporation factory in Leskovac and an outbreak of 53 cases in Vranje, which the authorities said was linked to a single factory.
Economic necessity
In another worrying development, cases are growing fast in some of the poorest countries in the region that are least able to deal with a public health crisis, but at the same time lack the financial firepower to carry the economy through a strict lockdown.
Armenia has been reporting several hundred cases daily, leading to fears that the country could be run out of intensive care beds.
May 25 alone brought 452 new cases, the highest single-day growth in the number of cases yet experienced. The previous day, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said that only 26 intensive care beds for coronavirus patients were free, Public Radio of Armenia reported. A makeshift hospital has been set up in a cavernous, Soviet-era sports hall in case existing hospitals are overwhelmed.
The surge in new cases came after Yerevan lifted the lockdown a few weeks ago; government officials have frankly stated that prolonging the lockdown without causing irreparable damage to the economy was not something they saw as achievable. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on May 24 that the virus was spreading rapidly in industrial enterprises, which together with services companies accounted for 75-80% of new cases.
As of mid-May, Armenia's health ministry recorded the country's infection rate, or 'R' number, at 1.4, meaning each person infected with COVID-19 was on average spreading their infection to 1.4 people. Such a rate means the virus spread can become exponential.
Tajikistan only reported its first case one month ago, though the country was believed to have had infections before they were formally confirmed on April 30. By May 28, it had reported 3,424 cases, more than most countries in Central and Southeast Europe.
Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe, also has a considerably larger outbreak than other countries from Southeast Europe except for Romania. It now has more than three times as many cases as countries such as Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Croatia.
Continued growth in the epidemics in Armenia and Moldova contrast with the slowdowns in Bosnia, Bulgaria and Croatia.


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Schools Organisation
The new policy sets out the Council's aim to move forward with a greater focus on working in partnership with schools and the communities they serve, and on alternative models of delivering education, such as collaboration models, federation, multi-site schools and all-through schools.
The Council has also published a Delivery Plan which outlines the Council's work programme for the period 2018-21, which builds on the School Organisation Programme that has been underway for a number of years.
The Delivery Plan links closely with the council's plans for significant capital investment in schools through the Welsh Government's 21st Century Schools Programme, which has seen significant investment in new schools in Powys over recent years, most recently five new primary schools in the Gwernyfed catchment.


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Ever wonder about Vancouver's advertising past? One piece of the city's advertising history is the Green & Huckvale Advertising Ltd. fonds. At its height, Green & Huckvale Advertising Ltd. was a Vancouver advertising and public relations agency that handled a mix of corporate, service, retail, government, and manufacturing clients. It was formed in 1975 as Sprackman, Green & Huckvale Advertising, with Joan Green as President and Creative Director Mel Sprackman as Director of Client Services (in charge of accounts and business development), and Marnie Huckvale as Public Relations Director.
The fonds consists of textual records, photographs, audio tapes of radio advertisements, and graphic design materials relating to the agency's early advertising and public relations projects for various local clients. Continue reading


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Academic unit: Studies in Art and Culture
Category of appointment: Two Year Term
Field of specialization: Musicology
Rank/Position title: Instructor
Start date: July 1, 2017
Applications will be reviewed starting: April 24 and continue until the position is filled
About the position:
The School for Studies in Art and Culture (Music) invites applications from qualified candidates for a renewable two-year appointment at the rank of either Instructor I or Instructor II, depending on qualifications, beginning July 1, 2017.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate courses within the general area of Musicology (including classical music history, jazz history, popular music and/or music of the world's peoples). An ability to teach courses in the general area of Musicianship (elementary musical materials and skills, or musical analysis and practice - classical, jazz or popular) would be considered as an asset, though not essential. Qualified instructors may also have the opportunity to teach the occasional seminar at the MA level.
The annual teaching load will be a maximum of 3.5 credits: the equivalent of seven one-semester courses. In the event that the successful candidate is assigned administrative duties for which a 0.5-credit teaching remission is usual or appropriate, the yearly teaching load will be reduced accordingly. There are no research expectations or requirements associated with this position.
Applicants must hold an MA degree in Music (PhD preferred, in Music or an appropriate interdisciplinary doctoral program), and have a track record of high- quality university-level teaching as reflected in student evaluation scores and comments. Flexible and imaginative approaches to pedagogical practice are assets.
About the academic unit:
The Music program in the School for Studies in Art and Culture is distinct in its embrace of music from a variety of traditions, including Western classical music, popular music and jazz, and music of the world's peoples. The School also offers an MA in Music and Culture that is grounded in the practices of various musical traditions (classical, popular, non-Western) but conducted within a wide range of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches. For more information, please visit: https://carleton.ca/ssac/
Application instructions:
A letter of application, a complete CV, a statement of teaching philosophy, and evidence of excellence in teaching should be sent electronically as one single PDF file to:
Dr Brian Foss Director,
School for Studies in Art and Culture
Room 423C, St Patrick's Building
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
In addition, candidates should arrange for at least three letters of reference to be sent under separate cover. Applications will be reviewed starting April 24 and continue until the position is filled.
Please indicate in your application if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
About Carleton University
Join our intellectual and collaborative community of scholars. Carleton University is a dynamic and innovative research and teaching institution with a nationally and internationally reputation as a leader in collaborative teaching and learning, research and governance. With over 28,000 students, 850 academic faculty, and 2,000 staff and more than 100 programs of study, we encourage creative risk-taking enabling minds to connect, discover and generate transformative knowledge. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital city has a population of almost one million and reflects the country's bilingual and multicultural character. Carleton's location in the nation's capital provides many opportunities for scholarship and research with groups and institutions that reflect the diversity of the country. To learn more about our University and the City of Ottawa, please visit www.carleton.ca/provost.
Carleton University is strongly committed to fostering diversity within its community as a source of excellence, cultural enrichment, and social strength. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our University including, but not limited to: women; visible minorities; First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples; persons with disabilities; and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expressions.
Applicants selected for an interview are asked to contact the Chair of the Search Committee as soon as possible to discuss any accommodation requirements. Arrangements will be made in a timely manner.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. All positions are subject to budgetary approval.


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Paramount Launches a YouTube Vault Where You Can Watch Great Movies For Free
Do you like to stream movies for free online? You can find plenty of them on YouTube, though not all are legitimate. Fortunately for those of us wishing to respect copyrights, Paramount has a channel featuring tons of its titles in full at no cost.
The Paramount Vault, as this new channel is called, has been tested for a few months now, but it's finally going wide. A recently posted "sizzle reel" draws attention to its content, which includes a plethora of clips of favorite movie moments.
The catalog seems pretty random, representing dramas, comedies, Westerns, horror, action, sci-fi, documentary, "classics," etc., a lot of them lesser-quality works like Masters of the Universe, Serving Sara and the first three American Ninja movies, but there are gems to be found. Here are some highlights of the full-length offerings:
The Loved Ones - The feature debut of Sean Byrne, whose highly anticipated follow-up, The Devil's Candy, recently debuted at the Toronto Film Festival. Our own Pete Hall called it "one of the best horror movies in years."
Bound - The Wachowskis made their debut with this sexy neo-noir starring Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon as lovers who plot to steal from the mob. (And in case you're wondering, yes these movies are streaming uncensored.)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek - Preston Sturges's 1944 screwball comedy masterpiece stars Betty Hutton as a woman who blacks out during a big send-off to the troops and wakes up married to and pregnant by a soldier she can't recall.
Love Streams - One of the last films by John Cassavetes, it stars him and wife Gena Rowlands as siblings with a bond greater than any they've shared with anyone else.
Get Real - A landmark film for LGBT culture, this 1998 British coming-of-age drama is also just a great high school movie that happens to focus on gay teens.
Ironweed - Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson both received Oscar nominations for their performances as a homeless couple in this Depression-set drama.
The Devil and Miss Jones - Charles Coburn earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in this classic comedy, in which he plays a wealthy jerk who goes undercover in his own department store to spy on his unionizing employees. On the job, he befriends the wonderful Jean Arthur, falls in love with Spring Byington and becomes a better man.
Dark City - In his first major movie role, Charlton Heston stars in this film-noir classic as the leader of a gambling ring who begin to die one by one by the vengeful brother of a guy they ruined.
The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers - Another classic film noir with another major movie debut, this one for Kirk Douglas. He plays a D.A. married to the titular heiress played by Barbara Stanwyck.
No Man of Her Own - Barbara Stanwyck again in another classic film noir, this one with the actress playing a mother to be posing as a recently deceased pregnant woman in order to get some money out of the woman's in-laws.
Margot at the Wedding - Nicole Kidman is unlikable but terrific, as is Jennifer Jason-Leigh as her bride-to-be sister, in this Noah Baumbah drama, which also co-stars Jack Black.
The World of Suzie Wong - In this 1960 drama, William Holden stars as an American artist in Hong Kong who falls in love with a prostitute (Golden Globe-winning newcomer Nanzy Kwan) he's hired as a model.
Paris When It Sizzles - William Holden again, this time paired with Audrey Hepburn for a romantic story of an American screenwriter in Paris who falls in love with the woman hired to be his typist.
Hamlet - Mel Gibson is actually pretty good as the Prince of Denmark in this 1990 take on Hamlet by regular Shakespeare adapter Franco Zeffirelli.
1900 - Bernado Bertolucci's epic drama stars Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu as two Italian men from different social classes whose lives play out during the first half of the 20th century. At more than five hours in length, it's the best deal in the vault.
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|May 26, 2016
Cigarette Smoking by Adults Dropped in 2015, C.D.C. Survey Says
|Cigarette smoking is declining among adults in the United States, according to a national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The report published this week, the C.D.C.'s 2015 National Health Interview Survey, said the percentage of adults aged 18 and over who were cigarette smokers in 2015 was 15.1 percent, down from 16.8 percent in 2014.
That figure is in line with a general trend showing that smoking in that age range has tapered off since 1997, when more than one quarter of adults smoked. The survey did not give reasons for the trend or analyze whether it could be attributed to smokers' switching from conventional cigarettes to e-cigarette devices.
The report also said the percentage of current cigarette smokers was higher for men (16.7 percent) than for women (13.6 percent).
"The trend of the last couple years is remarkable, particularly the last two years," said Kenneth E. Warner, a professor of public health at the University of Michigan. "We have not seen anything like this for a very long time."
Professor Warner said he was not certain why cigarette use was in decline, but it could be a response to more federal antismoking campaigns in the past few years. "It is possible that a significant number of smokers are getting off of cigarettes by using alternative nicotine sources like e-cigarettes," he added.
The overall decline in cigarette smoking comes as the use of e-cigarette devices, which are designed to deliver nicotine without the toxic tar of conventional cigarettes, has generally risen, especially among teenagers.
But more Americans are questioning their safety, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released this week.
After years of debate about the health risks of electronic cigarettes, the Food and Drug Administration issued rules this month banning the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18 and requiring that adults under the age of 26 show a photo identification to buy them.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing about 480,000 people a year.
The C.D.C. survey used estimates of data taken from interviews on issues that affect the health of Americans, including alcohol consumption, health insurance coverage and obesity. It defined cigarette-smoking adults as those who had smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and who currently smoked every day or some days.
Professor Warner said some federal studies have put the prevalence of adults' cigarette smoking higher, possibly because of the differing ways they define who is a smoker. But the trends are consistent with a decline.
"The bottom line on these numbers is that they are very encouraging," he said.