As part of my book project on environmental toxins, I've been cutting all sources of pesticides and toxins from my diet. That means that anything conventionally grown or containing artificial colors and flavors are out. This also means that I have to be very careful not to slip into old habits and absent-mindedly eat something that doesn't fit these parameters.
One of the biggest issues has been eating out or grabbing something on the go. We rarely eat out as it is, but the problem is that there are generally few restaurants, even in Seattle, that serve an all-organic menu. Even if there are organic items on the menu, that doesn't mean that the whole meal is organic. It's the same story with coffee shops. Even if the coffee beans are organic, they don't always offer organic milk and, if you want to eat something there, inevitably you are more likely to find vegan options over organic ones.
The other big issue when going out is going to the bathroom. It sounds strange, but I've started carrying my own liquid hand soap in a little reusable container. Why? Because most public bathrooms don't stock non-toxic soap.
Instead, these soaps are heavily perfumed (in other words, contain endocrine disrupting phthalates), are chock full of the anti-bacterial triclosan and contain various estrogenic preservatives known as parabens. And, don't get me started on air fresheners in these bathrooms - that cloying stench of artificial fragrances that invite another dollop of phthalates into my bloodstream.
Old habits and exposures are hard to avoid but, over time, I'm learning to change my behavior to avoid them. It's been hard and I'm trying not to go a little too bonkers with it. But, if you see me in the bathroom just rinsing my hands, holding my breath and turning a shade of purple, don't be surprised.
Do you pay attention to food ingredients when you go out to eat or just throw caution to the wind? What about something so simple as soap and air fresheners in public or restaurant bathrooms?
I have to be careful because of food allergies in my kiddos. Also the air fresheners make them so sick. Never thought about the soap but it is usually smelly. Going to carry my own now! Thanks!
Your timing is impeccible! Just yesterday my daughter and I were in the church bathroom and she really wanted to use the soap there because it's pink. I told her we would fill a bottle of our home soap for washing while wer'e out.
Now how do I make it pink? I'm thinking beet juice, but that might stain our hands....hmmmmm. We don't use any artificial colorants, or unspeakables. simply put - if the baby can't eat it we won't use it. Ideas are welcome! Thank you.!
we have no food allergies to worry about, thank God. As far as organic goes, in the house it's organic (or homegrown) animal products and as much as I can afford (in money and in time spent thinking about it) fruits and veggies. When we go out I don't sweat it.
Perfumes and dyes are a bigger deal. I am very sensitive and tend to break out in splotches. Some things (haven't isolated them yet) cause me a delayed, severe reaction that makes me itch intolerably for weeks. The only remedy is enough Benadryl to kill a horse, and I walk around like a zombie.
I buy everything as plain as possible for use at home, but I haven't gone as far as bringing soap with me when I go out. Maybe this is icky, but after I use a public bathroom I just rinse off with plain water and shake dry.
We tend to eat at only the restaurants that we know are similar in ingredients to what we have at home.
I've found out about a lot of these places because the farmers that supply our food also takes their produce etc. there.
We don't actually eat out a lot.
I had never thought about the soap but now that is freaking me out a bit.
It's funny how you wash your hands incredibly thoroughly when you are out but don't really think about what you are washing them with. Soap will go into my big "mom purse" tonight.
Now...my last chemical is; deodorant. I am really struggling to find a natural deodorant that works for me. Any suggestions?
We feel lucky if the restaurants have food we can eat. We don't worry if it's organic or not. Honestly there are no organic places to eat within 2 hours of us. We already have 25 years of the toxins built into us from growing up, I don't see how our few meals out is going to be the icing on the cake. At least our kids won't have as much as we do. I have brought my own soap, for the diva cup though, not just for my hands. I don't like the thought of ati-bacterial perfumed soap going in there.
Very nice post! I'm trying to do a lot of this as well. I'm more focused on reducing and reusing as well as focusing on Organic and non-GMO foods. I acquired and use almost all reusable items (shopping bags, produce bags, water bottles, coffee cups/tumblers, cloth napkins and real silverware). I think the hardest thing for me, is that by doing this, I single myself out amongst coworkers. I drive a smart car, make my own biodiesel and I have a mini recycling station in my office. I've made this reputation for myself. Some of it has positively rubbed off on others because, like religion, I don't push my beliefs on others, but some of the people think I'm a freak and make fun.
One of the biggest contributing factors to this is I'm a US active duty serviceman and that type of mindset doesn't always fit the mold. My wife and I set up weekend trash walks, we hand out reusable bottles and bags and send out emails with info. We started a blog and have a facebook page. But I'm afraid we may be putting a "too serious" spin on it. I don't want to scare people away.
Do you have any advice? You seem to have a lot more experience doing this sort thing than I do.
Those are very interesting points you're raising.
When I eat out the only thing I usually watch out for is: do I like the food?
I don't eat out a lot (very rarely), and if I do I do it for convenience or with one of my parents. I'm not vegetarian, but I try not to eat meat in restaurants because their meat is not up to my standards.
AS to the soaps etc...I use the liquid soaps in other bathrooms, and I cannot avoid air fresheners, but I hate them. Fortunately air fresheners are not as widely spread as in the US, but I noticed an increase. They're awful.
Since I am celiac my biggest concern is avoiding gluten when I eat out. If I wanted to add "all organic" to that I would have to stay home. We live on a small island and ya take what ya can get! They can't even figure out gluten so . . . although it's fairly easy to buy/grow our own organic food.
Soap . . . I never see anti-bacterial kind around here - nor air fresheners - but I'm less concerned with what is in the soap than what is in the washroom.
Since I have an obsessive compulsive nature there are certain behavioural road that I just won't go down. I just try to relax and enjoy life as much as I can without fretting and worrying any more than necessary - and is it ever really necessary?
I like the idea of entirely cutting all toxins/dodgy stuff out of our lives, but one challenge I have is being in this for the long haul (which I know you are too). So I am building habits gradually, with as few hard and fast rules as possible, so that life change (towards organic, sustainable, home grown living) feels like it's adding quality without adding more stress than I can handle. So that change is always happening, one choice at a time. Anyway, I know you've been doing this a long time so maybe you also went one choice at a time. Any thoughts on how to gain momentum and takes leaps like the one you describe, without feeling (negatively) limited?
I tend to avoid using the soap in public washrooms too, figure there's no point anyways, the taps and counter and sink and door handles are already filthy, why waste my time. If my hands are sticky, I'll rinse them, or if there's some "transfer" but aside from that nope. Also, I hate hate hate the air fresheners in bathrooms, they smell so gross and if I'm in there too long my head starts to spin. Good luck in your journey on avoiding pesticides and toxins, if anyone can do it, you can!
The soap and air fresheners thing is something I've had to be wary about since I was a little kid. I've had bad chemical reactions and sensitivities ever since I can remember and one of the worst is fragrances and especially in soaps and things. It's why I make my own laundry detergent now. When I would go on road trips with my grandparents, Gramma always made us use the soap and scrub really well even though we weren't allowed to actually sit on or touch the toilets or toilet seats at all. It was only after I had a really bad reaction to the soap at one place that she called my parents and asked if what I had been telling her about being allergic to all soaps except Ivory was actually true like I'd been telling her all along.
Thanks for this post about taking soap with you when you go out. I have severa eczema on my hands, and every week when we go out on our errand day, my hands break out and I'm miserable - I realized it was from the soap in the public restrooms, but didn't think of a solution aside from not washing my hands, which wasn't an option. But how simple to take a bottle of soap with me! Thankfully the soap we use at work, although is is antibacterial, doesn't irritate my skin. I have to use their soap, due to being in contact with food and school children, so it is wonderful that my skin tolerates the chemicals.
I take my little bottle of Dr. Bronners with me everywhere. I take it to the bathroom at work too. People at work must think I'm strange. You really start to depend on it. Whenever I forget to bring it with me, I cringe at using the sopa provided.
Ugh I HATE those air fresheners. They smell awful and make me wheeze.
The only thing I do differently is I eat as little meat as possible when I travel. On the plane I get the vegetarian meal. In restaurants I order veggie options. If I'm in a crowd where I don't get to order (common in Asia), I eat as many veggie-centric & rice-centric dishes as I can and avoid meat. I figure all the toxins are concentrated in meat, and the meat isn't free range, so that's the best I can do. I travel 25% - 40% for my job, so travel is a way of life for me.
This is a very interesting post. I've never really considered hand soaps and air fresheners and all the bad stuff that's in them. Now I will. I know that any of those plug in air fresheners make me sick to my stomach and give me headaches so I'm sure they are full of bad chemicals. I'm curious about your thoughts on the scented candles.
When I travel I bring my own hand soap and when out I use really hot water by itself then organic hand sanitizer. Toxic soaps break me out in a rash.
Thank you for making me feel not so alone in my nuttiness!
I thought I was the only one who investigated the hand soap in public bathrooms and who removed, if possible, the myriad "air freshener" methods before using the women's restroom. I had not thought about bringing my own soap (Dr. Bronner's, yes!)--what a great idea.
I applaud your wanting to eat organic ingredients and to support businesses that use organic ingredients. I think (1) spending our money the way we want our world to be and (2) explaining to businesses and individuals why we're spending the way we are contribute to making those changes real.
Thanks for sharing your process and for starting/maintaining these conversations.
Unfortunately the best dedicated organic restaurant near us closed down last year but there are a number of places embracing the slow food movement and they tend to select quality items for their menu - not all organic but usually one or two things that are mostly if not entirely organic -- which is a start. If the main part of my meal is organic and/or local, I'm usually happy.
As for the other issue, I don't like to use soap in public restrooms because it's usually as highly, offensively perfumed as the air fresheners, ick. If I'm eating a meal using my hands in any way, I'd rather take a chance with my just-hot-water-washed hands rather than hands that smell like that.
I am only just discovering the advantage to organic foods and also the dangers of plastic from can liners leaching into foods. Before we go organic though, we will use up what's in our pantry/freezer. Because organics are not always easy to come by, I figure I'll lose weight once I switch to all organics! As for the soap in rest rooms, great idea, thanks!!
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HSE announces priorities in business plan for 2017/18
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 April 2017
Brexit, no more budget cuts and plans to take forward action on stress, MSDs and lung disease – these are the headlines of HSE's 2017/18 Business plan.
Whereas last year, the plan was dominated by cuts, this year the outlook appears less painful with taxpayer-funded income expected to be £128.4m in 2019/20, £5m more than budgeted for in 2015/16. Elsewhere the budget is £135.6m in 2017/18, falling to £128.4m in 2018/19, as expected.
There are four priorities for this year. Under the priority to provide an effective regulatory framework, HSE says it will 'contribute to the government work on the UK's exit from the European Union, including preparing for any necessary changes to the chemicals regime'. It will carry out a consultation on a review of health and safety regulations in chemicals by the end of the year, it says. HSE has also singled out 'blue tape' – where businesses place disproportionate health and safety burdens on each other – as an issue. It will develop the 'evidence base' for taking action on this.
Following Helping Great Britain Work Well, HSE's strategy for 2016-2020, which emphasised collaboration, another priority is 'leading and engaging with others'. Under this heading HSE proposes to create a new partnership across groups currently tackling occupational lung disease to 'coordinate activity'. On stress, it plans to 'customise' stress management standards in healthcare, education and prisons where it is running pilot stress programmes. HSE will finalise its plans to reduce work-related ill health in the 19 sectors it identified in its draft health and work strategy published late last year. It will use feedback from stakeholders during regional face-to-face events to refine them.
HSE says it will deliver around 20 000 proactive inspections, the same as 2015/16's plan (HSE managed to deliver 18,000 proactive inspections in that year). HSE also pledges to 'sustain improvements to the timely completion of investigations' and aims to complete 80% of fatal investigations completed within 12 months of HSE assuming primacy compared to 70% achieved in 2016.
Other highlights from HSE's 2017/18 plan:
Develop an accreditation offer to companies that sign up to Helping GB Work Well, allowing 'significant contributions to be recognised'. HSE will present a case to the Board.
Develop a strategy for cybersecurity in the chemicals sector
Research on how to influence construction SMEs' management of risk and present findings to the Board
Targeted programme of inspections at fairground rides with known safety issues
Undertake programme of return visits to poorly performing dutyholders to ensure that legionella risks are being managed
Become a Disability Confident employer in 2017/18, a government scheme to encourage organisations to make changes to support disabled people in the workplace
Create an enhanced website, to be more 'user-focused'
Find HSE's Business Plan 2017/18 here.

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Hardware Vendors Grab a Piece of the VPN Pie
As technology matures, Virtual Private Networks will increasingly become the communication method of choice over the next several years.
Virtual Private Networks - networks constructed by using public wires to connect nodes securely and privately - will increasingly become the communication method of choice over the next several years, according to industry experts, like Infonetics Research Inc., a San Jose, Calif. Internet consultancy. The technology is mature enough, in fact, for VPNs to become, within a few years, as ubiquitous and easy to use as today's public telephone network.
According to Infonetics, the market for VPN products and services will rise from just $6.3 billion this year to nearly $40 billion by 2004.
"VPNs are the next way companies will securely transmit corporate data, because they allow companies to leverage the infrastructure that was built with the Internet for their own corporate networks," says Jeff Wilson, Director of Access at Infonetics.
Standards Drive Adoption
There has been a tremendous amount of work over the past three years in the IPsec world to make sure that products adhere to the IPsec standard and are interoperable with one other. In addition, Microsoft 2000 offers IPsec compliance and an IPsec client for remote access, giving every person with a Windows 2000 desktop access to a usable IPsec client. These efforts, combined with efforts on other fronts, are driving the great VPN stampede.
VPN products available today are built, using the same basic technologies - based on IP Security (IPsec), Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). Differentiation in products comes not from the technology itself, but in other ways, from offerings like value-added services and additional features.
Vendors are leaping to the challenge. Companies, like Lucent Technologies, IBM Corp., Cisco Systems, Watchguard Technologies and Intel Corp.'s Shiva, have jumped into the fray, offering VPN-compatible products and services and forging alliances to provide soup-to-nuts service for their clients.
In large part, VPNs will begin replacing traditional methods of data communication, including frame relay, leased lines, ATM services, private extranets and even dial-up remote access services. Now that VPN technology has matured enough to make adoption feasible and costs have dropped dramatically, it's almost a given that most companies will move to the VPN model over the next few years, Wilson says.
"If you pay $8,000 per month for a leased line from San Francisco to Boston, you could decrease your monthly cost to less than $1,000 if you replaced that leased line with Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) or a T-1 Internet connection and used VPN," he notes.
HP Mum on VPN strategy
There are three basic types of VPNs that companies are choosing to implement. Remote access VPNs - by far the most popular - provide secure, scalable access to remote workers, while large-scale site-to-site VPNs are the second-most popular option. Extranet VPNs, which Infonetics Research estimates will be deployed by as many as 27 percent of all companies by 2002, help extend services to suppliers and customers over a shared infrastructure with the same policies as a private network.
HP executives refused to comment on the company's VPN strategy - HP is reportedly is in the process of firming up its strategy internally - but, clearly, it is positioning itself as a player in the extranet VPN arena. Its flagship VPN product, HP Praesidium Extranet VPN, is billed as an offering that allows companies to safely build secure extranets, while providing strong user authentication, encryption and granular access control filters. The product supports all IP-based client-server applications, including legacy mainframe, Web, custom corporate and emerging object-based applications, according to company literature.
Further strengthening its position, HP last fall struck an alliance with IP infrastructure company GRIC Communications Inc. of San Jose, Calif., to bundle its GRICtraveler Internet roaming service and GRICdial dialup connectivity utility with HP's Praesidium Extranet VPN, creating a product called Secure Remote Access. The goal of the alliance, according to Ken Stasi, GRIC's Director of Business and Channel Development, is to provide an end-to-end VPN solution for ISPs and their customers. To complete the package, HP agreed to provide integration and installation services.
"Praesidium provides the secure tunnel for the remote user and we provide the transport mechanism to the Internet," Stasi explains. "It's a great way for HP to combine third-party solutions with HP solutions for its customers."
Alliances like these are the best way for traditional hardware companies to enter the VPN marketplace, says Nick Wray, Executive Consultant in the Networking Division of Compass America, an IT consulting firm based in Reston, Va. By offering a VPN-ready server and adding VPN-ready software and Internet service, hardware vendors can present a comprehensive package to clients, he says.
In August, HP entered into another kind of alliance, one that also touches upon VPNs. HP revealed it was teaming up with Genuity Inc. to provide Windows 2000-based Web hosting services that accelerate development and delivery of business-to-business and business-to-consumer extranets and secure managed intranets. Genuity, which provides managed Internet infrastructure services to enterprises and service providers, offers VPNs as part of its E-Business Network provider platform.
Despite these efforts, HP and other hardware companies hoping to make a dent in the growing VPN market could face an uphill battle. They will be competing with companies that have spent the past few years honing their VPN products and services - and gaining market share and mindshare at the same time.
HP can't go wrong, however, in attempting to wade into the VPN market. Although the company will have to prove itself in the VPN arena, "it's a growth area, so it's a good place to be," Wray says.
- Karen D. Schwartz is a freelance writer specializing in business and technology, based in the Washington, D.C. area. She can be reached at karen.schwartz@bigfoot.com.
Virtual Private Network Terms
IPsec (IP Security): A set of protocols being developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - the main standards body for the Internet - to support secure exchange of packets at the IP layer. IPsec supports both Transport and Tunnel encryption modes. On the receiving side, an IPSec-compliant device decrypts each packet.
L2TP (Layer Two Tunneling Protocol): Enables ISPs to operate Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). L2TP merges the best features of tunneling protocols from Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching): An IETF initiative that integrates Layer 2 information about network links (bandwidth, latency, utilization) into Layer 3 (IP) within a particular system or ISP to simplify and improve IP packet exchange. MPLS gives network operators flexibility to divert and route traffic around link failures, congestion and bottlenecks.
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol): A new technology for creating VPNs developed jointly by Microsoft, U.S. Robotics and several remote access vendor companies, known collectively as the PPTP Forum. PPTP is used to ensure that messages transmitted from one VPN node to another are secure. With PPTP, users can dial in to their corporate network via the Internet.
Transport Mode: Encrypts only the data portion (payload) of each packet, but leaves the header untouched.
Tunnel Mode: Encrypts both the header and the payload.
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Latest News - #Max van der Werff
Journalists have published a new video with witnesses of the crash MH17
The creators of the platform for independent journalists Media Bonanza, Jan Ereshova and Max van der Werff, the author of the documentary about the crash of malaysische Boeing (flight MH17) in Ukraine in 2014, he published on YouTube a new video with witnesses of the crash.
"At first all was quiet, and then began to fly overhead military aircraft. Seen one, just seen. Second, I could hear the sound, but it is unclear where he was. Again, all was quiet, two minutes have passed - over the head of a strong cotton. He raised his head to the sky to look, saw the trail from which - I don't know, but he was kind of horizontally... And saw already the clouds were falling plane," says another witness Boris.
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The Superb Lyrebird
by Edgardo Gubelin on February 7, 2018
On a recent terrific, private tour to the Jenolan Caves, which is an hour and a half beyond the Blue Mountains, I was fortunate to experience my first sighting of the Superb Lyrebird.
The bird-like sounds coming from the forest were confusing, as I couldn't pin point the species of bird. It was a cocktail of sounds from a kookaburra, a camera shutter closing to the sound of a car alarm going off!
Confusing to say the least!
I ended up peering into the undergrowth not knowing what to expect.
Then to my amazement, out of the foliage struts this beautiful pheasant bird, looking like a glamorous ramp model, with the most beautiful long, veil-like tail.
Blessed to have had this rare species of bird cross my path.
The Best Private Tour in Sydney
by Edgardo Gubelin on September 7, 2017
We'll show you the best of Sydney, from the highlights of the City to the beauty of the surrounding waterways and National Parks.
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Private Tours to Sydney's Beaches
Grab your camera and experience an exciting memorable beach day with us, as we take you to discover there is so much more to Sydney than the Bridge and Opera House!
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We offer personalised tours with your own private tour guide to enjoy some of Sydney's most spectacular attractions.
Nan Tien Temple Pagoda
by Edgardo Gubelin on March 2, 2017
The Nan Tien Temple is a Buddhist temple complex situated just outside Wollongong. It's approximately 80 km south of Sydney. It is one of the branch temples of Fo Guang Shan, founded in 1965 by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, which has over 200 branches worldwide.
The 8 level Pagoda that is located within the Nan Tien Complex is set amidst landscaped gardens and serves as a resting place for the created ashes of devotees and relatives. It can accommodate the remains of over 7000 people. Inside the Pagoda is a shrine dedicated to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who vowed to help all beings reach enlightenment; there is also a wishing bell where visitors may make a wish.
The Nan Tien Temple complex is an award winning tourist attraction and the surrounding gardens present a tranquil environment where you can admire the artistic sculptured rock statues and architecture of the buildings.
Hunting in the Hunter?
by Edgardo Gubelin on January 5, 2017
No need to hunt too far … when you're on a private tour in the oldest wine district of Australia. An enjoyable two hour drive from Sydney brings you to a host of terrific wine boutiques in the Hunter Valley Wine region. Your private guide will introduce you to a some of the unique, award winning family owned wineries, where you can sit back, relax and enjoy a glass of wine or two.
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by Edgardo Gubelin on August 30, 2016
St Mary's Cathedral is the spiritual home of Sydney's Catholic community. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney, and stands on the site of the first Catholic Chapel in Australia.
The first stone for St Mary s Cathedral was laid 1821. It was a simple Gothic style cruciform stone structure. In 1865, the church caught fire and was destroyed. In 1868 the foundation stone for the present Cathedral was laid. It became an on going project and was eventually completed in 1961. The two spires were eventually completed in 2000.
The glory of St Mary's Cathedral is the remarkable interior. The stained-glass windows in the Cathedral were crafted in England. The brightly coloured floor of the Cathedral crypt is an outstanding example of terrazzo mosaic. The roof is made of red cedar. St Mary's is a building which has a song to sing and a story to tell – And the song of the Cathedral is the sound of its bells.
You'll be at a loss for words, it's well worth a visit.
Taronga Zoo is home to more than 4,000 animals and birds. There's plenty happening and you'll always have a new reason to visit the zoo. Events include, more than twenty zookeeper talks, daily shows, guided tours and concerts.
If your time is limited, we highly recommend the Australian wildlife park. Home to some of the most fascinating marsupials in Australia. You'll experience Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Koala's, Kangaroos, Bandicoots and a host of other Australian indigenous wildlife. The Platypus is one of our favourites. It's only one of three egg-laying mammals.
We also recommended the seal and bird shows, the cable car ride and wild ropes challenge. Your children will enjoy every minute. It's a day filled with excitement and adventure, in a relaxing atmosphere, overlooking the beauty of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Rocks – Sydney's outdoor Museum
The Rocks was established shortly after the Colony's formation in 1788. Most of the buildings at this time were built of local sandstone, from which the area derives its name.
The Rocks was a slum area from earliest times as it was often frequented by prostitutes and sailors. In 1900, the bubonic plague broke out and many of the buildings were demolished. During the 1920's more were demolished to make way for the bridge.
In 1968 the the government planned to demolish the remaining buildings to make way for high density dwellings. This was overturned in 1975 and the Rocks were transformed into a vibrant pocket of cafes, restaurants and interesting tourist shops and stalls.
A Blue Mountain? What's in a name?
by Edgardo Gubelin on August 5, 2016
The Blue Mountains are one of Sydney's most popular tourist attractions … and are just over an hours drive from the city. Sydneysiders love to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city to enjoy some of the many "off the beaten track escapes" where they can find solitude in an environment surrounded with beautiful eucalyptus forests, crystal clear streams and starry, starry nights.
How many of these nature lovers have stopped to ponder … why the BLUE MOUNTAINS are so named? As there is nothing blue about the mountains themselves, except for the blue haze, blanketing the mountains.
It is believed that this haze is created by the atmosphere where dispersed droplets of Eucalyptus oil, dust particles and water vapour are combined to scatter refracted rays of sunlight which are largely blue in colour.
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Not so cute, Bandicoot!
by Edgardo Gubelin on July 15, 2016
Traveling the local roads, we pass signs along the route, making us aware, to beware of the "endangered Bandicoot". Does this mean "Hoot for a bandicoot"?
My first thoughts on seeing my first bandicoot, was that it resembled a cross between a miniature kangaroo and a rat! It has the same posture as a kangaroo, with large back legs and small front legs and it seems to hop around in the same old fashion. Really weird! Being an Australian mammal, it is marsupial (active at night) and has a rear facing pouch as it spends most of its time digging.
The Long-nosed Bandicoot, is the most common species and is known to visit suburban backyards, leaving tell-tale conical holes in the garden. They eat insects, earthworms and spiders including the poisonous "Funnel Web" spider.
Over the past few years on Sydney's Northern Beaches, there have been several outbreaks of "Salmonella Java Infections" caused by accidental swallowing material such as sand containing these harmful germs. Long-nosed Bandicoot droppings taken from the area have tested positive for Salmonella Java. Bandicoots are protected in NSW, so next time you are cornered by a Bandicoot, just use the words "Scoot Bandicoot!"
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for example, filter 1 will be:
SELECT name, sex, pic_big, uid FROM user WHERE uid in (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me()) AND sex = "male"

now I need to display this information to the user! How can I show a grid or list of the resulting (filtered) friends?

A: Ok... First of all you'll need :

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*A comfy chair

*A Computer (complete with all peripherals : keyboard, mouse, screen, etc)

*An Internet connection

*Determination

*A Bookmark to this site ;)

Now, to your question.
The Graph API Explorer is a great way to get started and poke around at the API to see how you can get results. You can even run FQL queries with the Graph API.
One thing to note here is that because you are dealing with the users gender and that is not indexed in the API (that means that it can not be a search criteria), you'll have to first retrieve the users friends and only after that make calls to retrieve each of the users gender.

With regard to displaying the information.  One could use a simple method of iterating through an array of data (possibly populated by a previous call to the API) and printing out the data wrapped in html tags.

Here is a simple example or iterating through an array and printing the contents of that array in html.
// $facebook_friends is populated with user information

foreach ($facebook_friends as $friend) {
    echo '
';
    echo   '
'.$friend['id'].'
';
    echo   '
'.$friend['name'].'
';
    echo   '
'.$friend['picture'].'
';
    echo '
';
}

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This project includes replacing curb and gutter, pavement , drive aprons and portions of the sidewalk. Public utility replacement includes sanitary sewer mains and laterals, water main and storm sewer. In addition, a large storm sewer box will be installed between the greenway at Hargrove St and Richard St.. The project completion date is August 31.


Our costume policy is as follows: Dancers who choose to perform and/or compete must do so in our school costume. While we don't require either performing or competing, any dancer who chooses to do so MUST have a costume.
How you wear your hair is part of the costume. ALL girls MUST wear their hair up in a bun when performing and/or competing for the Culkin School. Remember that you all are representatives and ambassadors of the school. The school's nice, neat, signature look is standard for all dancers.
COSTUME NAME WHO NEEDS IT? BRIEF DESCRIPTION HOW CAN I ORDER? & Cost?
Black jumper with Culkin Claddagh embroidered on the front, white shirt, white socks. Hair pulled off the face with white bow. This costume may be worn with a white turtleneck & tights instead of blouse in cold weather.
Select sizes available for purchase at the Dress & Shoe exchanges in the Fall & Spring; Cost: $80.
Black, gabardine fabric. dress with updated, modern design including celtic knotwork and red accent.
Culkin School dresses are made by Prime Dress Designs. Dress orders will be taken twice a year with delivery in January & October. Dresses must be ordered approximately two months before delivery date.
Dancers at this level work with Culkin staff and professional seamstresses. Costs vary.
Black performance tee, black pants (boys) or black cheer skirt with white bands and black tights (girls). The Performance tees are polyester with the Culkin "C" on the front and the website on the back. The boys shirts have a crew neck and the girls have a V-neck.
Performance tee's: available in the loft at Hughes throughout the year. Cost: $25.
Black Cheer Skirts can be ordered online at our team store.Click here to order.
Dancers purchase these items on their own. JC Penney is often a good choice!
Vest orders are taken at the same time as the girls' school dresses, in January and October. They are also made by Prime Dress Designs.
Many Culkin gear items can be purchased online anytime during the course of the year! Track jackets, specialty shorts, sweatshirts, and Ts are available year round! If you are looking for some Culkin Spirit Wear OR if your dancer is in need of the new Performance/Pub Cheer Skirt, you can order these items on line! Just click here to place your order.
If your dancer is in need of the Capezio BLACK Transition Tights, you can find them at some local dance stores like Repeat Performance, 5050-B Nicolson Lane, Rockville or Les Gals, 2337 Distribution Circle, Silver Spring. Please make sure to call them to see if they have what you need in stock before making the trip. You can also order them online.
adults order Capezio Transition Tights #1916.
We must wear a specified denier; #1816 & #1916 meet the requirements needed for both performances and competitions.
The Leotard that should be ordered for the team costume is the Capezio Black Matte Long-Sleeved Leotard. Click here to order.
ALL Culkin dancers who choose to perform or compete, are required to wear their hair in a bun – ON THE TOP of the crown of their head.
SCRUNCHIE BUN: The "scrunchie bun" is worn by all dancers who are under the age of 10 for any performance and/or competition. Dancers over the age of 10 should plan to wear one for all Culkin School performances. Camelia Rose Wigs has created a bun just for the Culkin School. The Scrunchie Buns can be ordered at Shoe & Dress Exchanges. They are $20.
CAMELIA ROSE ALLIYAH BUN: "The Camelia Rose Alliyah bun" is worn by dancers who are over the age of 10. All competitive dancers, over the age of 10, are required to wear this bun when competing. You can purchase the Alliyah Bun at feiseanna from vendors who carry Camelia Rose products and/or online. Please make sure to match your hair color correctly. For those dancers who have a Double Lucy Bun that is still in good shape, that is permitted to be worn.
CAMELIA ROSE CIARA FULL WIG: "The Camelia Rose Ciara Full Wig" is worn by dancers who are wearing the championship skirt and leotard school costume and are in the U15 age group. NOTE that this wig is permitted FOR SOLOS ONLY. Please note that TEAM dancersare required to wear the Robyn Wig.
CAMELIA ROSE ROBYN FULL WIG: "The Camelia Rose Robyn Full Wig" is worn by dancers who are wearing the championship skirt and leotard school costume and/or in the U15 age group. Please note that ALL TEAM dancers will be required to wear the Robyn wig.
Click here for the Camelia Rose website.
**PLEASE NOTE: that all buns and wigs can be ordered during Dress and Shoe Exchanges. The school has a color wheel to match hair and will place bulk orders for Culkin Dancers An email will be sent on the Yahoo! Group informing dancers when orders are going to be placed and how to match your hair**.
Headbands for dancers who are wearing the Double Lucy or Alliyah buns are available from Head for the World. Headband orders can also be placed during Shoe and Dress Exchanges. All figures teams wearing the the Double Lucy or Alliyah buns are required to wear the school/team headband. You can look them up on FaceBook by clicking here.
White barrette bows are available through Head for the World for $10 or at fall and winter Booster Club Consignment Sales. They are worn with the scrunchie bun and along with the headband when wearing the Alliyah bun. You can look them up on FaceBook by clicking here.
The adult dancers at the Culkin School wear a simple black, long sleeve stretch velvet dress which can be made or purchased commercially. Please make sure to check with your instructor about current dress orders. We are currently updating our ordering process and will update the website as soon as everything is set.
For major céilí competitions, the adults add a white competition shawl and white cuffs, which are provided by the school.
Many of you have asked what the "loft" is and how to find it! The "loft" is a storage area at Hughes United Methodist Church, 10700 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring that acts as a consignment shop for gently used items as well as a few new items for dancers to purchase directly from the school.
What can you find in "THE LOFT"? You can find new and gently used items to purchase directly from the school. Here is a list of items currently "in stock".
HOW DO I PURCHASE ITEMS FROM THE LOFT?
To purchase items from the loft; plan a visit to Hughes UMC or request items from your instructor to bring to next week's class. Please make sure to have a check ready & written out to the Culkin School to give to your instructor. Don't forget to mark the item you've purchased on the memo line. Cash is accepted. If you plan to go to Hughes, UMC, please double check the weekly schedule to make sure classes are on so you can enter the hall. Click here for the Full-Year Class Schedule If you are unsure of this procedure, please just email or talk to your instructor and they can help guide you.
HOW CAN I SELL OR DONATE MY GENTLY USED ITEMS?
Donating your item is easy–simply drop your item off at Hughes' loft area marked "donation". You may also request your instructor to take your item to Hughes, UMC for you.
To SELL your gently used items, you must list them in the Booster Club Newsletter or on the Culkin Listserv (Yahoo! group).
HOW DO I ORDER A NEW COSTUME?
Spirit wear items, such as tracksuits, bags, and other items are available through the Booster Club. Items are generally available twice a year (fall and late winter)- however, some products may be available year round. Please click here to visit the Booster Club Spirit Wear page for more information.


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Masakra na Uniwersytecie Concordia – określenie strzelaniny szkolnej z dnia 24 sierpnia 1992 roku, w której znany wówczas na całą Kanadę profesor inżynierii mechanicznej Walerij I. Fabrikant zastrzelił 4 członków personelu na Uniwersytecie Concordia, a kolejną osobę ciężko ranił.

Tło ataku

Sprawca
Fabrikant był profesorem inżynierii mechanicznej na Uniwersytecie Concordia w Montrealu przez 13 wcześniejszych lat, poprzedzających zamach. Był znaną osobistością i był uważany za eksperta w tej dziedzinie, ale jego zachowanie na uniwersytecie już od początku budziło wątpliwości i było niepokojące, a wśród wielu incydentów były takie jak: zgwałcenie studentki (w 1982 roku), grożenie strzelaniną w szkole (w 1989 roku i, ponownie, krótko przed atakiem) i irytujące lub obraźliwe odnoszenie się do innych.

Incydent
Wszystkie z zabójstw zostały dokonane przez sprawcę w budynku na wydziale inżynierii mechanicznej na uniwersytecie. Wśród zabitych byli profesor zarządzający Wydziałem Departamentu Inżynierii Elektronicznej i Komputerowej, i trzej inni profesorowie, a ranna została sekretarka wydziału.

Szczegóły wydarzeń
Około 14:30 w poniedziałek 24 sierpnia 1992 roku Fabrikant wszedł na 9. piętro budynku wydziału inżynierii. Posiadał ze sobą walizkę lub torbę podróżną, w której miał zapas amunicji i trzy sztuki krótkiej broni ręcznej. Były to: rewolwer typu Smith & Wesson z przykróconą lufą, pistolet typu Meb, a także pistolet typu Bersa.

Kiedy znalazł się na korytarzu, oddał 3 strzały w stronę przechodzącego obok profesora, który zginął na miejscu; następnie oddał 2 strzały w stronę następnego profesora, który zmarł dzień później w szpitalu i postrzelił znajdującą się nieopodal sekretarkę wydziału. Zanim został aresztowany, oddał jeszcze strzały w stronę dwóch innych profesorów – jeden z nich zmarł kilka miesięcy później w szpitalu w wyniku obrażeń, a inny zginął na miejscu; przed aresztowaniem sprawca wtargnął do jednego z biur i wziął przebywające tam osoby za zakładników, ale został przez nie obezwładniony i się poddał.

Motywy sprawcy
Po tragedii okazało się, że przyszły sprawca był wcześniej traktowany zbyt pobłażliwie przez innych członków personelu, którzy nie podejmowali wystarczających działań w celu usunięcia go z uniwersytetu z powodu jego narastającego problematycznego zachowania. Wielokrotnie groził innym członkom wydziału, że zamierza powziąć ostateczną zemstę za rzekome konspirowanie przeciwko niemu przez uniwersytet.

Napastnik prawdopodobnie cierpiał na poważne zaburzenia emocjonalne i wyjawiał oznaki osobowości narcystycznej.

Fabrikant urodził się w 1940 roku w ZSRR i miał białoruskie pochodzenie; w późniejszych latach wyemigrował jednak do Kanady, jak się później okazało, z powodu zyskania złej reputacji w macierzystych instytucjach oświatowych przez podobne agresywne zachowania.

Został skazany na dożywocie za popełnienie masakry profesorów na uniwersytecie i odsiaduje wyrok w Zakładzie Karnym Archambault w Quebecu.

Sprawy karne
Podczas procesu po masakrze, jeszcze przed nim oraz po zakończeniu procesu sprawca dosłownie zalewał krajowe sądy masą pozwów przeciwko jego byłym kolegom z personelu uniwersyteckiego, próbował wpłynąć na wyrok sądu i wielokrotnie składał dokumenty o jego zamianę na lżejszy wyrok; wystosowywał tak wiele pozwów, że Sąd Najwyższy Kanady uznał go za vexatious litigant (status osoby zalewającej sąd wieloma pozwami naraz w celu obstrukcji lub protestu przeciwko wyrokowi) i oddalił przez to wszystkie jego pozwy.

Następstwa
W marcu 1994 roku członkowie personelu uniwersyteckiego wystosowali petycję z ponad 200 000 podpisów do Parlamentu krajowego, w której domagali się wprowadzenia zakazu posiadania broni ręcznej przez prywatne osoby w kraju; wiele uniwersytetów zaczęło także wprowadzać większe środki bezpieczeństwa lub wprowadzać zakazy posiadania broni przez osoby przebywające na ich terenie, które do czasu ataku w większości tego typu placówek nie obowiązywały.

Zobacz też
 Strzelanina w Dawson College

Przypisy

1992 w Kanadzie
Masowe morderstwa popełnione w szkołach
Uniwersytet Concordia

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Every year we provide more than 80 scholarships for talented British and international musicians to study at the four Royal Schools of Music in the UK, in addition to our core donation to each of the Schools.
We are pleased to announce that we have published our Annual Review for 2015.
ABRSM is proud to sponsor the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain's Inspire initiative.
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Philippa Bunting as ABRSM's Learning and Qualifications Director.
From January 2017 anyone who has passed a Grade 8 Practical exam will be able to take our new performance diploma – the Associate of the Royal Schools of Music.
One of our expert selectors, Timothy Barratt, takes a look at some of the wonderful music on offer in the new Piano syllabus.
What's it like to take up an instrument after a break of many years?
Every year Chamber Music New Zealand holds a competition for young chamber musicians and composers which includes a unique coaching programme funded by ABRSM.


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King Creosote & Jon Hopkins / Withered Hand @ Glee Club, Nottingham - 31st January 2012
I've been to watch comedy at the Glee Club, in what used to be Jongleurs down on the canalside in Nottingham, but I've never quite managed to get here for music – in spite of what often looks like a quite enticing bill featuring artists like the Unthanks, Lloyd Cole and The Staves. Thanks to a friend's new job keeping her late in London, I finally had the opportunity to get down there to watch a gig. I'm getting dangerously out of the habit of going to watch bands; I don't want to get out every other night or anything like that, but in spite of becoming more and more aware of some of the diversity on offer in Nottingham's smaller music venues, I've not been making the effort at all. So when the opportunity arose, I fought off the desire to stay in front of a fire with the cat, a beer and a good book, and put on my best folk gear to accessorise my beard, all the better to blend in with the King Creosote and John Hopkins crowd.
When the ticket offer came, I was only very dimly aware of King Creosote and couldn't really recall hearing any of his music. A quick google revealed the depths of my ignorance: "Diamond Mine", his collaboration with Jon Hopkins, was widely acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2011 and was a whisker away from beating PJ Harvey to the Mercury Music Prize. A quick listen to "Bubble" on YouTube and I was soon downloading the album for a closer listen. It's really good. I usually chose driving rock music to accompany my running, but yesterday lunchtime saw me gently encouraged by some lyrical Scottish folk about fisherman backed by piano and noodling electronica. It's a lovely album.
It's early doors at the Glee Club as you need to get there by about 7pm to get a decent seat…. But where I will often skip a support artist and time my arrival for the main act, this time around I was very glad to watch "Withered Hand". I'd never heard of them before the night, and the name isn't exactly a promise of belly laughs, but Dan Wilson and his tiny voice actually turned out to be so good that I bothered him at the merchandise stand after the gig and bought a copy of his album. On the night, it was just him and his guitar, but his self-deprecating banter and his interesting lyrics sucked me right in (that and the news that as part of the tour, he's started doing press-ups with Kenny (aka King Creosote). They've got up to 5 apparently, and he's knackered). "This song is mostly about my father-in-law", he told us, before thinking for a moment and adding, "But as he's at home babysitting so I can come on tour, please don't blog about that…." He also tried pretty hard to convince us that "For the Maudlin" wasn't actually a depressing song at all. Well, I'm not sure about that, but he's well worth a listen.
I have no idea how Kenny Anderson and Jon Hopkins met. The one lives in a fishing village in Scotland and has released something like 40 albums (not bad going for someone who must be barely 40 years old), the other is in his early 30s, lives in London and is a regular collaborator with the likes of Brian Eno and Coldplay. However they originally met, they have spent time over the last seven years slowly putting together "Diamond Mine". They might be an odd couple, but the dynamic works well onstage: Hopkins is virtually silent throughout, sitting behind his piano, squeeze-box and laptop, and Anderson with his acoustic guitar. For the first half hour of their set, Anderson is silent between songs too, concentrating on allowing the songs from the album to wash over us. The effect is a spell-binding reproduction of the album. In fact, it's almost a shame when he does start talking, breaking the spell but allowing his personality and wry wit to shine out (he's up to 12 press-ups apparently, but don't tell Dan as he doesn't want to make him feel bad). I get the impression that he can't quite believe that after 40 albums he's really got an audience now – the last time he was in Nottingham he says he played to about 4 and a half people instead of the couple of here tonight (my gig outfit of brogues, beanie and beard seems to fit right in with the rest of the audience too, it must be said. Folkies have been wearing the urban lumberjack look since time immemorial, it seems). They're playing the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London in a couple of days and seem slightly anxious to fill the much bigger capacity (2,000), encouraging all and sundry to come down and help them sell another couple of hundred tickets.
Most of the songs are their own, but they do play a couple of covers towards the end, Simon and Garfunkel's "Only Living Boy in New York" and Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" (which I rather embarrassingly identify as a John Frusciante song. Those lost heavy metal years have done little for my basic folk knowledge….in my defence, Frusiciante did cover it, although he's hardly alone in that). It's a good night. I'm not entirely accustomed to all-seated gigs, but here it seems about the right way to appreciate the music (although next time I'm not sitting in the main runway to the toilets). It's good to get back into the gig-going groove though, and it's also good to discover two acts entirely new to me. It's also nice to be amongst an audience where stroking my beard appreciatively doesn't set me out from the crowd…. Oh, and Kenny, your Irish accent really needs some work as it made everyone (himself and Hopkins included) corpse in the middle of a rather delicate song. Otherwise: excellent.
Verdict: 8 / 10
[Mike's review of this gig for the Evening Post is here. He only had 250 words, but I don't think he was quite as impressed.]
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Q: Javascript - How to filter with multiple checkboxes in Vue.js? Here is my code for the filter, sort, and search together and everything works fine
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List of Products

Filter

        <button v-on:click="resetOptions">Reset</button>
        <button v-on:click="sorting">Sorting</button>
        <button v-on:click="sorting2">Sorting2</button>
        <select v-model="category">
            <option value="Accessories">Accessories</option>
            <option value="Laptop">Laptop</option>
            <option value="Stationary">Stationary</option>
        </select>

        <input type="checkbox" name="test" id="test" v-model="city" value='Roma' @change="uniqueCheck">
         Roma
        <input type="checkbox" name="test2" id="test2" v-model.trim="city" value='Barselona' @change="uniqueCheck">
         Barselona
        <input type="checkbox" name="test3" id="test3" v-model.trim="city" value='Milano' @change="uniqueCheck">
         Milano

        <input type="text" v-model="name" placeholder="Filter By Name"/>

        Price (between 0 and 1000):

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 Product Name : {{product.name}} - Price : {{product.price}} ({{product.category}})
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But I want also to have multiple checkboxes filters, for example, if I checked city 'Barcelona's and 'Roma' I want to show me products with city's Barcelona and Roma. This code will not work because @change function, I tried without that but the result is this when I clicked the second checkbox I got nothing

How I can have that filter also here?

A: Your filterProductsByCity method is not correct.
It should check wether the product's city is listed in your this.city property.
When you check your checkboxes, it will add their value to the city property :
ex: ['barcelona', 'montreal']
So you could do the following:
filterProductsByCity: function(products) {
    return products.filter(product => this.city.indexOf(product.city) !== -1)
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Starz Renews Drama Series
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Premium cable channel Starz announced today that it will bring back a drama series for a second season. Variety reports that freshman series "Outlander" will have at least 13 episodes in season two.
The show's second season "will be based on 'Dragonfly in Amber,' the second novel in Diana Gabaldon's sweeping, eight-book historical series," the report notes, adding: "The freshman drama has aired one episode out of its initial 16-episode order so far, with Saturday's premiere garnering over 5 million views thanks to a multiplatform rollout."
In a statement announcing the renewal, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht said: "The overwhelming support 'Outlander' has received from the fans, viewers and critics made the decision for us to go ahead with the second book a very easy one. Diana Gabaldon has given us years of great drama. With an incredible artist such as Ronald D. Moore at the helm and a cast as spectacular as this, we look forward to continue this spell-binding journey with Claire, Jamie, Frank, Brianna, Roger and everybody over the centuries."
The series stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies and Graham McTavish, and runs Saturdays at 9 p.m.
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The Aerowash sales team is back from an exciting visit at MRO Americas. We had many interesting discussions and exchanged ideas with different companies in the aviation aftermarket sector.
Overall, there is a big interest in making the aircraft washing process more efficient. We are looking forward on pursuing the new business opportunities that arose at our North American visit.


In the year 2004 Venezuela was going through very difficult moments after the referendum against President Hugo Chavez, two young people from that country (a programmer and an artist) created a PC video game in protest of the events that happened in the country.
The game was called Mazinger Z Salva a Venezuela, where the giant robot fought against mechanical beasts that were combined with the main members of the ruling party and wanted to enslave the entire country.
This game was very controversial and had to be removed within a few days of its marketing and after many years we bring it back already outside our country as a protest that the situation has not changed anything in these years.
Muchas gracias por esto y aparte de nosotros te lo agradecerán todos los usuarios de Windows 10!
Buenos días a ambos y disculpen lo tarde en responder, el juego me funciona en W10, mi recomendación es probarlo en otra PC. Recuerden que este juego ya no tiene soporte y por eso está gratuito en nuestra tienda de iTchio. Saludos y muchgas gracias.
Hey, every time I try to install it, it does not allow it. I have Windows 10 and 8 and it does not let me install it on both.


Value Hilton 4 Night Double PKG is $770.00 per person and includes a 4 night stay and 4 tickets of your choice for each person. Package requires 2 people to a room with Two Double Beds.
Hotel package prices will increase next on March 19th 2019. Packages at the current rate will be on sale for a limited time and will sell out. Value Hilton 4 Night Double PKG starts at $770.00 CAD per person and includes 4 tickets per person.


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Squire Size. Plushy Mill Made Card Sheet Squire Size Matt and Metallic Mix Color. Available in Variety Of. 250 GSM Thickness Paper. Good For Party Invitation. All Products Are Made In INDIA. Customization Also Possible In All Products. This paper are made by Wood Pulp. Supply Pocket Fold Invitation Alabama USA. Due to Nature Of Paper. Thickness, Stiffness, Colour and Pattern may Vary in Between Papers. Colour Variation Is Possible Due To Individual Monitor Setting. All Price Show On Website Are Retail Price. Please Ask For Wholesale Price.


The next time I'm back home, I'll have to look out old photographs from this. Would be interesting to see other peoples too! Was it just me or was it really that big?? I went when I was 8, so felt really massive. .........or how about the giant hot baloon race in 1990, what a sight! Never seen anything like that since!
Balloon race I don't remember.
The Gardne Festival, on the other hand, was a place I must have visited at least once a week. My family had a season pass to it, and wewent all the bleedin time.
I dislocated my peener on the coka cola roller.
That is it as far as I know on the site itself, though elsewhere there were a couple of the derelict spaces they used as overflow carparks still with their painted wooden railings until recently.
The Palace of Art is still there as a sports pavilion I think - it was the only building that was designed to be permanent.
My dad took loads of photos of the Empire Exhibition when he was fourteen.
Once I've got them scanned would anyone be interested in seeing them?
dr_lightning wrote: My dad took loads of photos of the Empire Exhibition when he was fourteen.
oh yes please, i know of a few folks who would be highly interested.
I'll see what I can do. Some of them might need to be tidied up a bit. It looks like he developed them himself. Some are a bitr rough round the edges, but some of them arevery nice. There's a couple of buildings I've never seen before. nd there's a nice one of the Tait Tower lit up at night.
I've got a couple scannedalready. I'll post them either tonight or this weekend.
I recently found a video of the royal opening day, taped off BBC 1. (which is interesting in itself as a live outside broadcast covering a huge area) I think it's nearly an hour long, so a bit too big to put online, but if I get a chance, I'll grab some stills from it.
I was a bit too young at the time to remember lots about the Garden Festival, but we lived nearby and went all the time.
The car park next Shields Road had a little road train (called Dotto, I can even remember the noise it made) which took you down to the park gates. (I think it later moved to Strathclyde Park).
I seem to remember Four Winds Pavillion being used for something - possibly a tramshed? It's the home of Beat 106 now.
A giant garden fork and trowel that were in the GF are now at Dobbie's garden centre, Cumbernauld and visible from the A80. Can get a pic if needed as it's in my 'hood.
I'm pretty sure the multi-faith church that was part of the site is at Carfin Grotto.
JayKay wrote: A giant garden fork and trowel that were in the GF are now at Dobbie's garden centre, Cumbernauld and visible from the A80. Can get a pic if needed as it's in my 'hood.
I think they also have the fountain that looks like a tap suspended in mid-air.
do they have the flowers logo too???


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You should definitely plan to attend Lambton College's 2015 Global Citizenship Summit.
The Lambton Inn Residence and Event Centre was packed this past Wednesday for the inaugural Global Citizenship Summit, which completely sold out. The event showcased food, music, dance, cultural traditions, and information from many different cultures, and it was a wonderful chance to celebrate the diversity that Lambton College is so lucky to have.
Each guest received a passport, which we were encouraged to fill with travel stamps from the various different countries' and cultures' displays around the perimeter of the space. The students at these tables were knowledgeable and passionate about their cultures, and they shared stories, photographs, and information. The young women at the Brazil table had coffee samples for us to smell, and they told us about how their families brewed coffee back home. The men from Nigeria explained that dress differs by region across their country, and so does music: in the east, talking drums help send messages for those who can decode them. At a table devoted to First Nations traditions, Summer, a young woman who has been elected to serve as a role model for her community, told us about some of the traditional instruments her culture shares. Each table offered a brief introduction to a culture and a chance to ask questions and engage.
Dinner was delicious: we sampled food from Sitara (Indian food), Giresi's (Italian), Personal Touch (Thai), Victory Buffet (Chinese), Chow Ciao (American), and Chartwells (Canadian).
The evening began with a performance and traditional dance by White-lightning Clark, the 2014 President of the Aboriginal Students' Council, and Breanne Stonefish, from Moraviantown. Breanne was performing a dance called the Women's Fancy Shawl, and White-lightning danced the men's grass, which represents the long flowing grass of the prairies in the wind. (Thanks to White-lightning for this background information!)
We then heard speakers who shared perspectives on cultural connections and transitions. My favourite event of the evening was the closing International Round Table. Ruth Dewitt asked three Lambton students—Vidya, from India; Sophie, from China; and Uzo, from Nigeria—to share their experiences of life in Canada so far. Their stories had us all laughing at moments (Vidya's favourite thing about Canada is Niagara Falls, and Uzo found her first Canadian winter so cold that she thought to herself, "I will die"), but they left us with something to think about, too. When asked what her biggest frustration with Canada is so far, Sophie mentioned the slang: she can't always understand her professors and classmates when they use idiomatic expressions. And while all three women said they appreciate the warmth and welcome they've received from Lambton College and Canadians more generally, Uzo told the audience a different story: she had spoken with a domestic student at length one day, and thought they'd made a real connection, but found that the next day the student didn't seem to remember their conversation and passed by without even smiling. Vidya said that Lambton students are warm, but that it's always the international student who must initiate conversation, since domestic students never approach her.
Events like this are important for reminding all of us how much richer our community is for these students' presence and participation. Wendy Asher closed the night by reminding us that this isn't the end: instead, it's just the beginning of an important conversation. That's how I'm going to think of it: this is the first moment in an ongoing connection with our international students, who encourage us to see our community more broadly and celebrate the diversity we find there.
Happy Buy Nothing Day!
Our International Students


As President of the South Granville Business Improvement Area I am so immersed in its activities that I sometimes lose perspective. This is a privilege few share. We are an advocate for you and your neighbourhood, your voice with the city and the province, and conduit to services that are more efficiently provided across the entire area. Needless to say, there is a lot happening. While I do my best to keep you up to date once a year, and you can go to the SGBIA website to keep abreast of issues that matter to you at any time, there is no way to condense a year of activities, let alone several years of slowly nudging along longer-term projects in a concise and coherent manner.
Our longer-term projects are particularly relevant today, as we focus on continuing to represent your interests for another five years, and our most productive work has been in areas that are not immediately evident. This includes working with the planning department of the City of Vancouver and earning a seat at the table during discussions that concern South Granville; drafting design guidelines that allow the City and developers to determine whether they will receive our support for their projects (and they know we will fight); setting the stage to achieve key objectives by participating in the Granville Walkway process; and through our support and involvement in the Fair Tax Coalition helping institute a tax shift resulting in substantial savings to our members. We are currently participating in retail studies and installing pedestrian counters to assist in better understanding the dynamics of our evolving area, and are ensuring your voices are heard as the City proceeds with it Broadway master plan and Skytrain extension.
While we hope we look like a well-oiled machine from the outside, inside there is constant tuning and modification. The last five years have definitely been one of evolution both within the neighborhood and the organization itself. What is most evident on the street are our programs, many of which people believe have been in place for a lot longer than they have. We went through an entire rebranding, encouraged murals, acquired some of the best Christmas decorations in Vancouver, and changed our street concierges all within the last five years. We also hired a new Marketing Director, Kathy Mak, (or more appropriately created the position of Marketing Director) and continued to improve our online and social media profiles. Most of this was to ensure that we adapted to the inevitable changes and put priority towards the issues that were most important to you while walking the budgetary tightrope. Kathy has added a new perspective to the team, and I am looking forward to seeing the results of her marketing efforts.
Tenants who have chosen South Granville, many as their first and sometimes only Vancouver location, have told me we provide superior access to a choice demographic in an attractive location. You have all contributed by ensuring that South Granville is seen as the place where "Vancouver comes to taste the best, find their style, live well and indulge themselves" and where customers can find quality products and receive exceptional service. It does not hurt that we are on a highly visible street at the edge of Vancouver's premier residential district, but we cannot take that for granted.
In addition to the residents that live nearby, we are a shopping destination for an above average income group within the broader Greater Vancouver area, and an entertainment destination for all incomes.
An afternoon or night at the Stanley often includes either a bit of shopping or a meal, and South Granville is a very attractive place for people to spend their discretionary income.
We are no longer a "neighborhood shopping street", we are the preferred location for global fashion brands, international furniture stores, some of the region's most highly acclaimed restaurants, and Vancouver's best privately owned boutiques and services.
Looking at the past and present is relatively easy, but we must also continually prepare for the future and we think we are heading in the right direction. There are challenges ahead, some of which we do not yet recognize, but that is all part of a rate of change that seems to accelerate every year. We are ably guided by our Executive Director, Sharon Townsend, who I would like to thank for over 19 years of service. She definitely makes my job easier and as she prepares for her next chapter, one that is not appropriate to call retirement… we all owe her a great deal of gratitude for guiding this neighborhood into one of the most admired in Vancouver. She will remain at the helm until our new term begins, and it will be exciting to work with someone who is fresh to the neighborhood and role. While it would be foolhardy to not expect some transitional issues, this is a well planned turnover with adequate time to ensure we hire the best candidate and ensure they are ready.
We expect early priorities will be to deal with the effects of property assembly and redevelopment, and the reasons why this is occurring. In most of South Granville there is an opportunity to assemble smaller buildings that are not built to maximum allowed density and redevelop them into larger and taller mixed-use buildings.
How these projects will affect neighborhood character as they displace the smaller tenants is yet to be seen. As examples look at 2301 Granville (7th and Granville), where an 8 storey building is under development covering more than half of the block, or 1510 West 6th (6th and Granville) where a 5 storey building has been built on a 30 ft. wide lot.
There are multiple causes ranging from a densifying city to capitalizing on the proposed Broadway Skytrain, Granville Bridge Walkway, and Arbutus Greenway. Change is inevitable, it is how we deal with it that makes the difference.
I cannot imagine what South Granville would be like without the BIA, its programs and initiatives. I am proud to be associated with the SGBIA and to have the opportunity to be involved in the continued improvement of the area. I am also honoured to have the support of a very diverse and talented board of directors, all of whom I would like to thank for their time, dedication, support, and contributions.
Our mandate is "to help make South Granville the destination of choice for Metro Vancouver residents for shopping, dining, entertainment, and other services; and to act as a catalyst for vibrancy and prosperity in the area through advocacy, marketing, events, improvements and co-operative initiatives". The Annual General Meeting on September 25 is your opportunity to hear about our activities, socialize with your neighbors, meet your board, and ask a few questions. We hope to see you there.
Finally, I wish every one of you a prosperous year, for I believe that is the main reason you have chosen to locate in South Granville.
Patricia Thiel, Secretary – Mikes Cheesecake Ltd.
Brian Meakin, Past President – Turner Meakin Management Company Ltd.


Four creatives come together to give us a song that blends together Western and Far East cultures. John Lu & Jay Ba$tos feature another duo Jeff Herrera & Snoflayk. The result is an energetic trap song titled "Pixx". It carries a set of somehow edgy lyrics.
While John Lu is a singer/songwriter/guitarist, Jay Ba$tos on the other hand is an actor/songwriter currently residing in Los Angeles. Jeff and Snoflayk are producer and pianist, respectively.


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Agents of SHIELD Season 4 – "The Ghost" Review
Netloid Team September 21, 2016
Agents of SHIELD Marvel is leaning hard on Ghost Rider join in Season 4 as a hook to get people watching the show, so it makes sense that taking Gabriel Luna on Robbie Reyes would be introduced right at the beginning of the premiere, "The Ghost. "
It was the right decision not to force viewers to wait to see the Marvel superhero fire, and that proved to be the best part of SHIELD around.
The difference made by the Agents of the screen change to a time interval 10 p.m. met most notably through the Ghost Rider story arc; there is a whole lot more blood this season and a darker overall aesthetics.
Thinking about season 1 premiere (which was in a 20:00 time interval), it is clear how agents of SHIELD has matured over the years, and given the success of the darkest Marvel example of Netflix, is a smart move for ABC series to be most similar tonal. It also helps Ghost Rider looks great.
It could have been risky to go for a flaming skull inspired-Blaze Johnny head character rather Skull Motorcycle Robbie Reyes helmet look of comics movement, but the whole presentation looked fantastic and sold the scarier side character.
The darker shade works best when it means the series is free of its previously cheerful demeanor.
Much has changed after the jump Once finished season 3, and not all of it for the better. Fitz is now keeping the lie Simmons, the team is divided, Coulson is no longer director of SHIELD and the person who replaced him does not have much love in his heart for the ragtag bunch that came before him.
Then there's Daisy, who is so determined not to lose another close person to her that she is still evading attempts to bring Coulson, and has become a bit of a guard in the process.
It would have been easy to find Mack Coulson and Daisy at the premiere and try to bring her back to SHIELD, but it's much more interesting to have it on the tail of Robbie. Although viewers have seen tested hard in recent years to find their place within SHIELD, it is much more faithful to the personality Daisy she emerge as a loner.
Having pulled her deeper into the world of guards through the ghost of revenge mission rider feels more true to his trip to see his return back to SHIELD – as stated repeatedly, everyone has something to He wants, and he is doing his best not to fall into that trap again.
Back at the base, there is a lot to do with the tensions between the different team members of SHIELD. May, Fitz Simmons and settled on the place where one would expect, although it is very fun and interesting that Simmons is now the oldest member of the staff. Mack and Coulson become a very fun couple, and I heard that there will be some great scenes shotgun ax to come.
Agents of SHIELD has cut its cast lot in the last year, the season premiere 4 does not feel as fluffy as it would have last year with Yo-Yo, Radcliffe and his new Life Model Decoy AIDA and Robbie Reyes balance the Ensemble, but there is still a lot to do with a limited amount of real estate episode.
There are some balance problems through the premiere of SHIELD agents try to cram in a lot of information at a time ranging from very scientific to very magical. (What's in the box best guess:! A spirit of revenge).
Hopefully the two seemingly disparate sides of the sandbox Marvel better mix later in the season as the very analytical Fitz and Simmons are trying to wrap their minds around possessions and visions and anything else that the story of Ghost Rider is cooking.
As for the tone of the series, darkness works for Ghost Rider, but there are some growing pains defined as the other facets of the experiment with freedom and time interval.
The increase in blood and violence was a bit jarring after three seasons of relatively less intense action, but he was true to the direction of SHIELD is directed.
What did not fit were so close-ups Daisy dress; These pants come up, shirt-come-in sequences they are familiar to add sexuality in TV shows and movies ways, but SHIELD has done a great job setting Daisy as an attractive character without representing this way unsubtle.
Hopefully the inclusion of more overt sexuality on the show feels a bit more organic to the show as it continues to explore the new territory of the hour 10 p.m. this season.
SHIELD agents go into a darker, edgier new chapter of its travel at station 4 tone, and some of these new elements – specifically Ghost Rider – work very well.
There are some growing pains with the transition from space show in a bloodier, more attractive time, but the advantage is that eventually allow feels more comfortable with their corporate cousins Netflix more.
Fortunately, the change in tone allows agents including Ghost Rider SHIELD not be affected by the placement of its primetime television.
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2014 Olympics Hockey: USA vs. Finland Bronze-Medal Game Preview
Posted on February 21, 2014 by Chris Peters
Gold is what everyone was after in Sochi and now only two teams are left to fight for it. For the only other two teams that have a game to play, it's the medal nobody wants to play for. The U.S. and Finland will play for bronze Saturday morning in a game that is anti-climactic for both teams. The idea of playing for third place may even seem silly after both fell to their closest rivals in one-goal games Friday. But there's still an Olympic medal on the line and that's at the very least better than going home with nothing besides some lovable stray dogs.
The bronze-medal game will air live on NBC Sports Network at 10 a.m. ET with live streaming on NBCOlympics.com.
For the U.S., it is a chance to make some amount of history. In men's hockey, Team USA has not won medals in back-to-back Olympics since 1956-60 and hasn't won a medal of any color outside of North America since 1972. Hard to believe, but most of USA Hockey's Olympic damage was done closer to home and before the modern era of the Olympics took hold.
For the players, it's a tough one to get up for, no doubt. I've heard coaches say that the gold medal is hard to win, but the bronze is even tougher. To be that close to the gold-medal game and to have to turn around and play what amounts to a consolation game less than 24 hours later is an awfully tough pill to swallow.
The bronze-medal game is where you get to find out just how prideful the players really are. To come back from bitter defeat and to put in an effort to at least be able to look back on the Olympics as a team that at least finished on the podium is still something.
To be honest, this is going to be a tough game for the U.S. They were out-played against Canada in a game that may have been as exhausting as it was frustrating. Meanwhile, Finland has been in this position a few times before and have found ways to close out at least a medal in all but one of the Olympics since the NHL started going in 1998.
Finland played Canada tough in an overtime loss in the prelims, a sound 3-1 victory over host Russia in the quarterfinals and a hard-fought loss against Sweden in Friday's early semifinal. A mix of tremendous team defense and superb goaltending make the Finns a tough team to play against. They don't have the scoring depth, but they are good with the chances they're given.
Dan Bylsma has some decisions to make heading into the final game at the Olympics. Does he make many changes to the lineup or does he keep it status quo?
The first big decision is what to do in net. Playing Jonathan Quick in back-to-back games is far from an easy call. He was tremendous against Canada and probably has enough in the tank for another run, but they'll need him to be sharp.
Ryan Miller could be ready if needed, but maybe Bylsma will leave it up to Quick and see how he feels. It would seem weird to have the tournament end with the No. 1 on the bench, but after a game like Friday's when Quick left it all out there, maybe going with the fresher of the two would be helpful. That will be interesting to watch unfold.
For the record, Quick's .947 save percentage would be an all-time single-Olympics high* for Team USA, while his 1.47 goals-against average is second to Miller's 1.30 from 2010. Make no mistake about it, Quick was very, very good and if Bylsma wants to let him see it through, he should.
*USA Hockey doesn't have historical save percentages recording, but looking through goalie statistics at sports-reference.com for Olympic goalies in the modern era, Quick's mark would be a record for the U.S., narrowly beating out Ryan Miller's mark of .946 from 2010.
The U.S. also has to find a way to get some offensive spark. That may mean getting Derek Stepan into the lineup as he has been in only one game so far. He could be an option to give the U.S. some fresh legs and some jump from a player who probably would be happy to play for a medal.
It could also mean more ice time for Blake Wheeler, who has ridden the pine quite a bit. Giving him a regular shift and seeing what he has early seems to make sense since he should be champing at the bit to get in there and play some.
The U.S. is already without Paul Martin, who suffered a hand injury, reportedly. That means Justin Faulk will remain in the lineup. He got just two shifts in the Canada game, so it would be good to see him see more ice time as well.
You just have to wonder if the guys who haven't played a lot have a little more to give in games like these. Also, there are 12 players on this roster that don't have a medal like the 13 returnees from 2010 do. Going to the Olympics is nice, but coming home a medalist is nicer.
Finland plays a trap-style defensively, which is going to challenge Team USA's forwards. If they're not competitive enough to get to the hard areas of the ice or some creative enough to find the holes in Finland's defensive shell, it's going to be a pretty boring hockey game.
With the pressure off and a chance to play one more time to get on the podium, the U.S. simply has to show up and play. The more competitive team is going to skate away with the bronze. Now we get to see who has anything left after a heart-wrenching Friday.
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Glee star Ali Stroker announces birth of baby boy Jesse as he turns one month
Glee actress Ali Stroker has announced the birth of her first child, a baby boy named Jesse.
The joyful news came as the bundle of joy turned one month old, with Ali sharing several photographs of her family on her Instagram.
In the caption, the Broadway star wrote: "World meet Jesse Kenneth Perlow!' she gushed. 'Born 11/8 healthy and so happy to be here!"
She added: "Life will never be the same. We are so lucky that you are our boy!"
Alongside her husband David Perlow, 35 year old Ali beamed as she posed for the first snap which announced the arrival of her son.
Sat in her wheelchair with the little one in her arms, Ali smiles as husband David holds up an adorable sign which read: "JESSIE 1 MONTH OLD".
In other photographs, fans of Ali get a glimpse into family life with the actress sharing beautiful moments from her first month as a mother.
Despite the colder weather, the actress looked cosy as her young son nestles against her – barely a few days old at the time.
Dressed in an autumnal plaid shirt, the Glee star seems to glow as she gazes lovingly at the camera.
However, Ali isn't the only one who appeared to be besotted with newborn Jesse.
In another adorable moment, her husband David snuggled up with the little one as they nap together.
Both father and son can be seen to smile, as they blissfully dream.
David, who is a theatre director, originally met Glee actress Ali in college but it wasn't until 2015 that the couple started dating.
During this time, Ali would eventually become the first wheelchair-bound Broadway actress and even went on to in a Tony for her role in a reimagined version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!.
The actress has been paraplegic ever since a car crash left her wheelchair-bound at only two years old.
However, this has not stopped Ali who won reality show The Glee Project which saw the then-unknown actress audition for a role in the beloved musical series.
Capturing the hearts of audiences and producers, Ali was cast the bride's niece in a 2013 wedding theme episode before going to make it big on Broadway.
Having finally tied the knot with David in July 2021, the actress then announced that she was pregnant a year later on their first anniversary.
With their close ties to musical theatre, the couple have received plenty of well wishes including from Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth.
The actress, who is best known for playing Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, wrote in the comments: "Dying!! The cute factor!!!"
Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson also was delighted for the couple, writing: "Um that is a VERY cute baby."
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Vietnam ministry asks lottery firm to pay holder of torn ticket
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The Ministry of Finance has asked a lottery company in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to consider paying VND100 million (US$4,780) to a man whose winning ticket was torn in two, Tuoi Tre reported Tuesday.
Duong Van Tung, 49, bought a VND10,000 lottery ticket last February in An Giang Province. After he realized the ticket entitled him to VND100 million, he announced the windfall to his family.
Other family members rushed to him to take a look at the ticket. His nephew, Khanh, then unintentionally grabbed the ticket from his hands, tearing it.
Tung told the Kien Giang Lottery Company that it was just an accident and that winning ticket proved itself to be just that after the torn pieces had been mended.
The company refused to pay him, saying it would create a precedent for lottery winners with torn tickets.
Tung hired a lawyer in order to sue company, citing a regulation which states a lottery company "may" pay holders of winning tickets which happen to be torn as long as it's not too damaged to verify as authentic and its serial number is clearly visible.
The company reported the case to the Ministry of Finance, and the ministry then asked the company to reconsider its stance, saying the ticket had not been intentionally torn.
It said the company may verify the authenticity of the ticket before paying Tung. So far, Kien Giang has yet to announce whether it intends to abide by the ministry's request.
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