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We are called to share our faith in Jesus. The Church exists to spread the good news of Jesus' love & life. We are committed to achieving this locally. We also make a difference well beyond our parish boundaries. We support and work with teams that fight poverty and spread the good news of Jesus locally, nationally and around the world.
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Jesus came not to be served, but to serve. Our attitude should be the same. Serving our communities is the heartbeat of life at St Michael's. Our coffee shop, our meeting rooms and our professional pre-school and nursery are used by hundreds of local families, businesses, groups and individuals all year round. And the generosity of all those who volunteer is constantly bringing reality to our vision of living to make a difference by being a Christian heart at the centre of our communities.
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We're partnering with South Gloucestershire Council to host a weekly library service on the first floor of our coffee shop.
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Stoke Gifford Community Library on Tuesday, 18 January 2022 at 9:00am
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Stoke Gifford Community Library on Tuesday, 1 February 2022 at 9:00am
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Ambulances tied up at weekends with 999 calls from Prince of Wales Road
Dominic Gilbert
Published: 12:27 PM February 1, 2016
Updated: 10:33 AM October 10, 2020
Celebrating NewYears 2015 in Norwich, alot of people taxi home, but some found themselves leaving by ambulance on Prince of Wales Road in Norwich. - Credit: Archant
Alcohol-related 999 calls to Prince of Wales Road in Norwich are spiralling and adding to the pressure on the ambulance service, new figures reveal.
Celebrating NewYears 2015 in Norwich, too much alcohol and this guy finds himself tree hugging on Prince of Wales Road Norwich. - Credit: Archant
Almost half of all call-outs on the clubland area come between 9pm and 6am on a SaturdaySunday as paramedics are forced to deal with people unconscious, ill, or suffering falls while drunk.
New measures are now helping police reduce disorder in the area, once dubbed the 'most dangerous street in Norfolk' by a senior police officer.
In 2013, plans were floated to introduce early morning restrictions orders, and last year a cumulative impact policy was put in place to impose more stringent restrictions on new venues.
But new figures show the number of emergency calls for the Prince of Wales and Riverside areas have risen sharply over recent years, from 450 in 2013-14, to 588 in 2014-15.
St John Ambulance, First Aid - SOS Bus on Prince of Wales Road, Norwich on a Saturday night. - Credit: Eastern Daily Press © 2011
The number of assaults, falls with injury, sick and unconscious people peak from 9pm to 6am on weekends.
Total calls rise from 37 on a Sunday evening to 137 on a Saturday night, while the East of England Ambulance Service Trust has said it 'increases resourcing at times of high demand' accordingly.
Over the last 10 months, the number of call-outs has hit 487.
'Alcohol-related 999 calls reduce our ability to respond to patients whom are seriously ill or injured,' said a spokesman.
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'Our staff work closely with the volunteers at the SOS Bus in Norwich to provide a safe haven for visitors to the city centre on Fridays and Saturdays.
'Would you want a member of your family to have to wait for an ambulance because we are already responding to someone whom has really overdone it?'
Insp Ed Brown, licensing inspector at Norfolk Police, said a 'decline in footfall' in the area over recent years was not helping reduce disorder for Prince of Wales Road.
'Prince of Wales Road is the centre of nightlife in Norfolk, and there is an awful lot of licensed premises down there where we get people consuming alcohol, and that could be manifested in terms of injury or illness,' he said.
'Just because there is a low footfall, doesn't mean we don't have problems. When it's quiet, that's when people tend to misbehave. On Halloween we had tens of thousands of people out but with relatively low crime and disorder.'
Insp Brown added the cumulative impact policy brought in last year is helping forge better relationships between police and late-night premises.
'There are a number of things that hold Prince of Wales Road back, and one is the sheer number of licensed premises we have in Norwich city centre,' he said.
'It is a lot better working with the trade than it has been in the past, and that could be one reason why there is an increase in ambulance calls; we encourage pubs and clubs to make contact with emergency services rather than throw someone out the back door.
'There are no quick fixes but generally if you look at the city and the way it is developing it is improving and becoming more diverse.'
The EEAST spokesman added: 'We ask everyone to enjoy themselves but know their limits. If you are out and about, please make sure that you have a plan to get home safe to your loved ones.'
What do you think? Email Norwich Evening News letters, Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich NR1 1RE or email eveningnewsletters@archant.co.uk giving your full name, address and contact details.

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Co-investment and 'club deal' vehicles: The private funds regimes in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands
By Andrew Wood; Joanna Russell; Rachel Soh, Maples Group
The private equity market has seen an increase in co-investment and 'club deal' investment syndication activities in recent years, and the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands continue to be jurisdictions of choice for those and other investment vehicles given their legislative framework, flexible structuring opportunities and tax neutrality.
Fund managers remain active in exploring structuring options for their vehicles, in particular, given the rise in co-investment and club deal opportunities. While investors remain interested in such investment opportunities in order to enhance diversification of their portfolios (and in the case of co-investments, to increase exposure to the pool of investment assets in the main funds they are already invested in). Many co-investment funds are structured as single investment funds – with co-investment funds being established alongside their corresponding main funds by GPs/fund managers. Fund managers may also accord favourable fee arrangements to investors in these structures, such as no-fee/no-carry arrangements, making participation in such investment opportunities even more attractive to investors.
The commercial and investor specific factors that need to be considered when deciding on the structure and domicile of a co-investment or club deal vehicle are many and varied. In addition to the relevant legislation of prospective domiciles there may also be onshore tax and/or regulatory requirements to be taken into account that may influence which jurisdiction may be most appropriate.
Legislation in both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands has evolved in recent years to introduce a regulatory overlay for closed ended funds, which co-investment and club deal structures will typically be. In doing so, the jurisdictions have continued to demonstrate their commitment to co-operation and transparency in line with international recommendations and best practices.
The Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands Private Funds Act (the PFA) came into force on 7 February 2020 and requires the registration of closed-ended funds with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) where they constitute private funds.
A private fund is defined under the PFA as a company, unit trust or partnership that offers or issues or has issued investment interests, the purpose or effect of which is the pooling of investor[1] funds with the aim of enabling investors to receive profits or gains from such entity's acquisition, holding, management or disposal of investments, where:
the holders of investment interests do not have day-to-day control over the acquisition, holding, management or disposal of the investments; and
the investments are managed as a whole by or on behalf of the operator of the private fund, directly or indirectly.
It should be noted that the definition of a private fund exempts any vehicle which falls within scope of any of the specified non-fund arrangements from registration, including, by way of example, holding vehicles, joint ventures, proprietary vehicles, employee incentive schemes, individual investment management arrangements and arrangements not operated by way of business.
Under Cayman Islands law, to constitute a private fund a vehicle must have a pooling of investor funds – with pooling here understood to require there to be no fewer than two investors of record. Single-investor funds are accordingly not required to register as private funds with CIMA.
A co-investment vehicle established for a sole investor of record, therefore, would not fall within scope of the PFA. and would not be registrable. Conversely, a co-investment or club deal vehicle being established for two or more investors is likely to be registrable, and required to comply with ongoing operational requirements, under the PFA unless it is able to avail of an exemption by virtue of being a non-fund arrangement.
The British Virgin Islands
The regime relating to regulation of private investment funds in the British Virgin Islands was introduced by way of amendments to the Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA) and came into force on 31 December 2019. SIBA now requires that any entity which carries on business or holds itself out as carrying on a business as a private investment fund in or from within the British Virgin Islands to first apply to the Financial Services Commission of the British Virgin Islands to be recognised as a private investment fund.
For the purposes of SIBA, a private investment fund means a company, a partnership, a unit trust or any other body that is incorporated, registered, formed or organised, whether under the laws of the British Virgin Islands or the laws of any other country, which:
collects and pools investor[2] funds for the purpose of collective investment and diversification of portfolio risk; and
issues fund interests, which entitle the holder to receive an amount computed by reference to the value of a proportionate interest in the whole or in a part of the net assets of the company, partnership, unit trust or other body.
As is the case with the Cayman Islands private funds regime, the British Virgin Islands legislation requires a pooling of investor funds. Accordingly, where a co-investment fund or club deal structure has only one investor of record, it will not be a private investment fund for the purpose of SIBA and will therefore not need regulatory recognition.
It should also be noted however that, for the purposes of SIBA (and in contrast with the position under the PFA), in order to be a private investment fund, there is also the requirement for there to be diversification of portfolio risk. This means that if a co-investment or club deal vehicle is being established for the purposes of investment into a single asset, including under certain circumstances multiple securities of a single issuer it may fall outside the ambit of the private investment fund regime in the British Virgin Islands. When considering the domicile of a structure for co-investment and club deal transactions, fund managers have conventionally opted for Cayman Islands vehicles, with the exempted limited partnership remaining the most prevalent entity type. Investor familiarity with the Cayman Islands and the exempted limited partnership structure along with the jurisdiction's sophistication and flexibility mean its popularity continues to endure.
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The enactment of the British Virgin Islands Limited Partnership Act, which came into force on 11 January 2018, represented a major overhaul of the British Virgin Islands' limited partnership legislation. As a result of the significant changes to the previous, under-utilised, legislation, the British Virgin Islands limited partnership has now become a more viable choice for global investment fund managers. This development, coupled with the exemptions afforded to single asset investment fund vehicles, has contributed to the increased popularity of the British Virgin Islands structure with fund managers who wish to set up co-investment and club deal structures.
While the Cayman Islands continue to be the preferred domicile for investment fund structures, it is anticipated that more fund managers may consider setting up co-investment funds and club deal structures in the British Virgin Islands, in particular, where those vehicles are being established to invest a single asset or securities of a single issuer.
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[2] For the purpose of SIBA, "investor" is not subject to the same promoter/operators/proprietary investor carve-outs as the Cayman Islands equivalent under the PFA.
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China on high alert after bubonic plague confirmed in Inner Mongolia
It has the potential to kill an adult in less than 24 hours
Tianna CorbinWhat's on Reporter
Sam Elliot
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A 'level three' high alert is now in place in China after a case of bubonic plague was identified in the country.
Reports say that a herdsman in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of Bayannur tested positive for the disease on Saturday July 4.
The patient is currently in quarantine but remains in a stable condition.
A level three alert is the second-lowest in the system of four tiers, reports WalesOnline.
The case was reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of Bayannur (Image: Getty Images)
The alert brings rules that forbid people to hunt and eat animals which could potentially carry the disease which is most commonly found in rodents.
This rule has been put in place until the end of 2020.
Similar to coronavirus, bubonic plague is considered difficult to identify as the symptoms take between three to seven days to develop.
Symptoms include are similar to those witnessed in people who contract the flu and can include a fever, chills, coughing and swollen lymph nodes.
The World Health Organization has stated that the plague has the potential to kill an adult in under 24 hours and is spread through fleas that live on wild rodents.
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According to the BBC, the rodent is thought to be a folk remedy for good health within the region.
Prof Kin-Chow Chang, who works at Nottingham University, told the BBC: "Right now we are distracted with coronavirus and rightly so.
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If you are really artistic, why not put it into good use and start your own business! There are many places online where you could sell your art or crafts and it could be very exciting to start a creative business.
In addition to that, this kind of business would not even require too much investing, however it would require enthusiasm and some artistic affinities.
Everybody has a kitchen, right? So, as far as investments are involved, this should be a piece of cake – pun intended. As for catering, it can be a great business if only done properly. If you are master in the kitchen, you should not worry. However, do not only advertise by the word of the mouth. If you put some effort into advertising, it could turn out to be very successful before you can say knife! And from then on, it will all be smooth and great for your business.
If you are a proud owner of a car, you could perhaps start a small delivery service. In fact, even if you haven't got a car, perhaps you could start a small business that would only use eco-friendly forms of transport such as rollerblades or bikes to get something across the city area. As with other business ideas, your best bet is to advertise more and hope the business will grow.
If you are an animal lover, you might want to start a hostel for pets. As you know, there are not many places where you can leave your pet if you are going away for a while, and if you are really good with animals this may mean a lot to owners.
Having someone reliable to take care of your pet can be hard to find on a short notice, so expect a lot of clients.
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We collect INR 1600 as Advance Rental from you, which is INR 400 X 4 = 1600.
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The day did begin with a beautiful sunrise and did end with a awesome sunset over Danger Point. On today's trips we found a mating group in the Pearly Beach area. They were active for a long time, but we could not find them on our last trip. But then we had an entertaining Southern Right Whale, the whale was breaching for us several times in a row. We were cruising through the Alley and watching all the Cape Fur seals and suddenly nearly all of them started running towards the water. We did also spot African penguins and Great White sharks. After a lovely day at sea, the crew took the boat around Danger Point so we could launch from Gansbaai this morning due to low tide.


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Hi all, I was wondering if any other UWS members are playing GhostWar (or COOP) once in a while and wanted to hook up for some action? Ubisoft are running a "free weekend" if you do not own the game and want to check it out. Running from April 12th (now) to the 15th - after that you should be able to get a 67% discount on the game according to this. On the same page you can find a link to check the game out through Steam. Hit me up on Uplay, TS3, Steam or here on the site and let's have some fun! My Uplay id is: Sp3cOpsDK. Edit: Created the "Task Force" since I could not find a UWS one? Correct me if I'm wrong and I'll join the official one: public page. @Trunkz Jr or any other admin: I'm gonna do a recruitment post on Ubisoft GR forum and Reddit - is it OK to use the content of this post from the Rainbow Six one or do you have any newer one? Also: Would it be possible to get a "Wildland's: COOP" channel on TS3 since Ghost War and COOP are different things?....and maybe for my own OCD call them: "Ghost Recon: GhostWar" and "Ghost Recon: COOP" to not tie them to a version of the game?


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I've no idea what any of that is!
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In short: We first saw the darksaber in the hands of a bad Mandalorian named Pre Vizsla, head of Death Watch and Bo-Katan's one-time boss. He led a coup against Bo-Katan's sister, Satine, who was leading a pacifist government on Mandalore during the Clone Wars. But Vizsla made the mistake of allying with Maul, who pulled off his own coup, killing Vizsla and claiming both the darksaber and Mandalore for himself.
Maul later hid the darksaber away in the old Nightsisters' lair on Dathomir, where a good Mandalorian named Sabine Wren found it during the Rebellion Era. She later gave it to Bo-Katan after they defeated the leader of the Mandalorians who had sided with the Empire. Bo-Katan was supposed to use the darksaber to unite the fractious tribes.
But then the Empire blew up Mandalore, turning its surface to glass and stealing all the beskar. The Mandalorians dispersed throughout the galaxy, some hiding away in "coverts" while others became guerrilla warriors (like Bo-Katan's Nite Owls). It would appear that Bo-Katan lost the darksaber during the Empire's destruction of Mandalore (or thereabouts). It's possible Moff Gideon bested her in combat and claimed it for himself. We don't know yet.
But apparently she now can't just accept it back from Din, even though he's offered it to her, because she hasn't earned it. She will have to defeat (but not necessarily kill) Din in combat to get it back. (And he would have to genuinely fight her for it, not just pretend and let her win.) This was Moff Gideon's one little victory.
That said, it's possible Bo-Katan may never get it back. She's lost it once already, so maybe she doesn't "deserve" to have it back. I still would not be at all surprised if they're building up to Din becoming the new leader of the Mandalorians. Bo-Katan may even end up going back to being a villain again.
But then the Empire blew up Mandalore, turning its surface to glass and stealing all the beskar. The Mandalorians dispersed throughout the galaxy, some hiding away in "coverts" while others become guerrilla warriors (like Bo-Katan's Nite Owls). It would appear that Bo-Katan lost the darksaber during the Empire's destruction of Mandalore (or thereabouts). It's possible Moff Gideon bested her in combat and claimed it for himself. We don't know yet.
But now she can't just accept it back from Din, even though he's offered it to her, because she hasn't earned it. And it's possible she may never get it back. I still would not be at all surprised if they're building up to Din becoming the new leader of the Mandalorians. Bo-Katan may even end up going back to being a villain again.
Other than what's been shown in the series and mentioned here, I'm in the same boat, except that it has grabbed me. There's just something about the wielder of the blade has the right to rule that I think is cool.
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Yes, I'm sure you could have. But I felt like saving you the effort. You're welcome.
Is that what it Is? Excalibur? I may have missed that exchange in the show.
Yes, pretty much. I'm fairly certain Gideon let Din win their fight in order to spoil Bo-Katan's claim to the saber. He even said "Assume I know everything," so it stands to reason he would know (or be fairly certain) that Din would have no idea of the darksaber's history and thus would happily pick it up thinking he could just give it to Bo-Katan the next time he saw her.
It does run a little contrary to the fact that Bo-Katan accepted the darksaber when Sabine offered it to her in Rebels, but as others have pointed out in this very thread, the circumstances were different then and perhaps the reason she lost it is because she never actually earned it. Now that she's older and wiser, she knows she's got to earn it properly to be able to truly claim it as her own.
At least this time around, we don't seem to be experiencing any vitriol around how stupidly impossible a black katana-shaped blade with a white glow is. I recall many conversations along those lines from the old WotC SWSE forums when those original darksaber Clone Wars episodes first aired.
Scarcasm aside, that's not in the show and — with respect — your retelling of it is not exactly inspiring. If the show requires me to have an online acquaintance dryly relate some boring backstory to me (I'm sure it was exciting in the medium it was originally presented, if you like those cartoons) there's a structural problem in the franchise. Which is why, as I said, I hope that going forward I don't need that knowledge.
That's the vibe I'm getting from it, might be more to it but from the show, Bo Katan wanted the blade to cement her right to reclaim and rule Mandalore, I think Moff Gideon provided most of what I know about it when he was explaining why she couldn't just take the blade from the main guy.
The first paragraph is a summary of the darksaber's story from the Clone Wars cartoon. The second paragraph is from Rebels. Everything else in my post was gleaned from The Mandalorian.
If anyone really wants to know more, here's the first place to look: Darksaber
Yeah I found that a bit vague and confusing.
It's Star Wars's version of the Elder Wand.
Who brought up Doctor Who?
I'm saying that if Mando is replaced in the schedule next December, it's not worth arguing over the technicality that Fett isn't really Mando S3.
Here's another good article about the darksaber and why Bo-Katan can't just take it: The Difficult Choice THE MANDALORIAN's Bo-Katan Now Faces - Nerdist
The author just gets one bit wrong: technically Sabine did earn it, just not right away. Her mother takes it off her and gives it to Gar Saxon, the Imperial Mandalorian leader, whom Sabine later defeats in hand-to-hand combat, thus legitimately earning it.
No idea what that is.
It's Harry Potter's version of the darksaber.
EDIT: It's a magic wand from the Harry Potter stories. The idea is that it's the most powerful wand that's ever existed (crafted from elder wood by Death himself), and in order to become its master, you have to defeat its previous master. A major twist in the Harry Potter stories revolves around this fact.
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Oh, yes. I think they've explored "Yoda as toddler" sufficiently; so I think they're going to step up to "Yoda as tween or teen". And while I can't be sure, I think they'll want to pattern him on an actor who can be on set in a mocap suit, and one who can follow direction. Given size restraints, that actor will have to be as small a child as possible that can still be easily directed; (probably multiple children with similar builds; at least mocap means they won't be forced to find twins).
They could just cast a teenage little person.
Inside baseball, really? What do you not know that you need to know to understand the tension around the sword? Its a symbol of leadership, as noted in the first Bo-Katan episode and alluded to later, was stolen/taken by imperial monster Gideon, earned back by Din, and when he tried to give it to Bo-Katan, she didn't feel she could take it as a gift like that and be able to actually use it as a symbol of leadership of thier Proud Warrior (tm) culture.
That's...all in the show.
You know what Mandalore is, that the Empire strip mined it and made it next to uninhabitable, and Gideon was the guy who oversaw that, and that it's basically a weird lightsaber.
But honestly, even if you did need to know a few episodes of knowledge from Clone Wars and Rebels...that's a reasonable ask. IMO it isn't really reasonable to decry that very, very, very, small amount of interconnectedness in what has always* been a shared universe. I get you don't like watching cartoons, but it's really not a big deal for some detail of a show in a shared universe to reference and call back to another show in that shared universe.
The show establishes the stakes and importance of the darksaber on screen, with greater depth to it's history and import being found in other parts of the shared universe. There is literally nothing at all wrong with that, from a story telling perspective (just like its okay to reference MacBeth in a story about treason and the making of kings, without explaining the reference), or from a "how creators treat their fans" perspective.
*or close enough as to make no difference
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Q: Updating html page in colorbox doesn't work. So what I have is pretty simple. I click a button on my main php page and it runs two functions. One creates a colorbox using a php page (with only html) and then the second function alters elements of the page using javascript. However, for some reason the second function doesn't work 50% of the time! When testing this on XAMPP (local servers), it works perfectly, but when testing remotely, the second function sometimes doesn't run.
Now here is my code to go more in depth (if needed). This is the my main page HTML/PHP code. onclick runs two functions (again, the second sometimes doesn't work):
<img src="<?php echo visualizeStatus($t11Status, 11) ?>" alt="" width="130" height="105" id="table11img" onclick="showColorBox(); infoBoxPopulate(11)"/>

showColorBox() really only just opens a colorbox:
function showColorBox()
{
    $.colorbox({href:"infoBox.php", left: 400, top: 100, opacity: 0.40});
}

infoBox.php is what is loaded into the colorbox and it's just an html page, no particular reason why I used .php. This is what it looks like (bad styling only on this copy/paste, couldn't get it to format without losing the "code sample" thing. All you need to know is I give elements id's so I can edit them in the next function:
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Table Info</title>

Table # Error

Table Status Error

Party: N/A

Orders: N/A

Alright, so that page is loaded into the colorbox. Now, what the second function, infoBoxPopulate(11), does is it just does a javascript/ajax function. It edits two parts of the colorbox php page. One doesn't even require the php code to do this, yet they both fail at the same time when they do fail.
function infoBoxPopulate(tIDin)
{
    // This needs to wait until colorbox is loaded, then do this code.
    var tID = tIDin;
    var tStatus;

    window.tableNumWin = tID;
    //var oneUpJS = document.getElementById("tableinfo_oneUp");
    //oneUpJS.onclick = function() {increasetStatus(tID);}

    if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
    {     // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
            xmlhttp4=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    else
    {     // code for IE6, IE5
            xmlhttp4=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }

    xmlhttp4.onreadystatechange=function()
    {
        document.getElementById("tableinfo_number").innerHTML= "Table: " + tID;
        document.getElementById("tableinfo_status").innerHTML= xmlhttp4.responseText;
        populateParty(tID);
    }
    xmlhttp4.open("GET","populateStatus.php?tID="+tID,true);
    xmlhttp4.send();
}

Again, populateStatus just does a query that then returns the responseText. So, I think I just am misunderstanding how this code is run. Why would it not work more often when done remotely... possibly because it takes more time to reach the SQL server? I would assume that once the php page is loaded that I can edit any elements of it using javascript, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Please help! :)

A: Here's what probably happens:

*

*When you're testing on local server, the time of the server response is lower than the time of your colorbox execution, so once javascript is ready to launch infoBoxPopulate the server response is already downloaded and ready to use. JS is single threaded, so only one function at a time is executed.

*When your testing from remote server, the time of exchange between your server and your testing machine is bigger than the JS execution time (the colorbox AJAX call is asynchronous, so it doesn't block the code execution), so sometimes your JS code gets executed without having access to the response. This is so-called racing condition.

The solution is to use an hook provided by your colorbox and launch the function after the colorbox told you it's ready:
<img src="<?php echo visualizeStatus($t11Status, 11) ?>" alt="" width="130" height="105" id="table11img" onclick="showBoxAndPopulate();"/>

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American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction examines the electoral process in the United States and explains why it is widely misunderstood. Why is participation in elections so much lower in the United States than in other mature democracies? What role do the political parties play in the electoral process? And why do unregulated groups such as 527 advocacy organizations have as much, if not more, influence than candidates' campaign organizations? This VSI examines these and other issues to provide an insider's view of how the system actually works and why there remain only two main political parties, despite the fact that many citizens claim allegiance to neither and think badly of both.Less
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American Politics: A Very Short Introduction introduces the vital elements of American politics. Using an historical-institutional approach, it explains how the American political system is, and always has been, a work in progress — one unfolding within, and also constantly updating, an eighteenth-century constitutional framework. It explores the issue of parties and polarization and surveys the basic institutions: the Presidency, Congress, the judicial branch, the unelected bureaucracy of the independent agencies, and state and local governments. It also deals with political communication, public opinion, voting and the boundaries of the electorate, and the politics of government steering of the economy.Less
The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
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The Founding Fathers were dedicated to the project of creating an American government both functional and incapable of devolving into tyranny. To do this, they intentionally decentralized ... More
The Founding Fathers were dedicated to the project of creating an American government both functional and incapable of devolving into tyranny. To do this, they intentionally decentralized decision making among the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches. The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction delves into the constitutional roots of the American presidency to show how presidents face the challenges of governing within a system of separation of powers. It reviews crucial themes, including democratization of presidential elections, transitioning into and organizing a presidency, challenges in leading the permanent government, making law and executing policy, and reforming and changing the institution, before considering future prospects for the US presidency.Less
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction explores the problems that confronted Lincoln and liberal democracy — equality, opportunity, the rule of law, slavery, freedom, and reconciliation. These problems and Lincoln's responses to them are set against the larger world of American and trans-Atlantic liberal democracy in the nineteenth century. Lincoln is shown to be an Enlightenment figure, who struggled to create a common ground between a people focused on individual rights and a society eager to establish a certain moral, philosophical, and intellectual bedrock. Lincoln insisted that liberal democracy had a higher purpose, which was the realization of a morally right political order.Less
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Nearly two decades after that 1989 speech, debate continues to rage over just how revolutionary those Reagan years were. The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction identifies and tackles some of the controversies and historical mysteries that continue to swirl around Reagan and his legacy, while providing an illuminating look at some of the era's defining personalities, ideas, and accomplishments. Love him or hate him, Ronald Reagan remains the most influential president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, and one of the most controversial. This VSI situates the reception of Reagan's actions within the contemporary liberal and conservative political scene.Less


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It measures 14 inches long 6.50 inches wide and the chain on the back is 9.50. I would be happy to replace the chain with a matching ribbon if you would like to wear it as both a necklace and a sash.


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Research shows vitamin D3 is approximately 87 percent more potent in raising and maintaining vitamin D concentrations and produces 2- to 3-fold greater storage of vitamin D than does D2. D3 is also converted into its active form 500 percent faster.
Plant-based food sources that contain vitamin D provide vitamin D2. Only animal-based food sources, such as fish, egg yolk, and raw milk, contain D3.
Optimizing your vitamin D levels may be one of the most important steps you can take in support of your long-term health. The ideal way to do this is by exposing large amounts of skin to sunlight or a safe tanning bed, but if you need to use an oral supplement, make sure you're taking vitamin D3.
The most important factor is your vitamin D serum level, which should ideally be between 50-70 ng/ml. When taking an oral vitamin D supplement, you should take enough to reach and maintain this therapeutic level. As a generic guideline, adults need to take about 8,000 IU's a day to reach this level.
I am not a proponent of using a tanning bed, even a safe one, but I agree with the concept that getting some sun can be good for you.
It's cloudy here today, deeply overcast, so we will have to find other ways to bring sunshine into our lives!
I note Adam's comment about cotton, but in our town we are wrestling with some old apple orchards that were formerly a farm and arboretum that our town has moved to acquire for conservation land. Soil testing revealed that arsenic used as a pesticide on apples remains in the soil, so the transfer of land to our Town is on hold and plans to preserve a lovely landscape are up in the air.


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Culinary delights with apples, an exhibition of old varieties of apples from the local orchards, an apple press and much more are on the agenda.
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Clear, plastic aligners have been growing in popularity as alternatives to bulky, metal braces. And once the teeth are straightened, patients graduate to plastic retainers to maintain the perfect smile. But these appliances can become contaminated, so one group is now reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that they have developed a film to prevent bacteria from growing on them.
According to the American Association of Orthodontists, more than 5 million people seek orthodontic treatments each year. These procedures include braces and aligners, a set of plastic pieces that shift the teeth slightly over time, in an attempt to fix crowded jaws, over- and under-bites and improperly aligned teeth. Clear aligners or retainers, known collectively as clear overlay appliances (COAs) are made by taking a dental cast and using pressure or heat on a plastic sheet. But bacteria frequently build up on COAs as difficult-to-treat biofilms, and the plastics easily wear down. Scientists have turned to developing simple and affordable coatings to combat this. Drawing inspiration from super-hydrophilic antibacterial coatings on other medical devices, Hyo-Won Ahn, Jinkee Hong and colleagues wanted to see if they could make something similar for COAs in the unique oral environment.
The researchers took a polymer sheet made of polyethylene terephthalate that was modified with glycol (PETG) and layered films of carboxymethylcellulose and chitosan on it. This layered film created a super-hydrophilic surface, or a surface that loves water, that prevented bacteria from adhering. When PETG with the film was compared to the bare material, bacterial growth was reduced by 75 percent. The coated plastic also was stronger and more durable, even when tested with artificial saliva and various acidic solutions.


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MATCH UPDATE: SHEFFIELD UNITED
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SHEFFIELD United are continuing to monitor the weather ahead of Burton Albion's trip to Bramall Lane.
The Blades have closed their stadium for the day as constant freezing temperatures and heavy snow have covered the pitch.
On their official website, the Blades said that: "Due to the continued adverse weather conditions and forecast, Bramall Lane offices will remain closed today (Thursday).
"We continue to monitor the weather and facilities in and around Bramall Lane with regards to Saturday's game against Burton. Fans are advised to check social media feeds, here on sufc.co.uk and the local media for further updates when available."
As always, we will keep you up to date with all developments ahead of the game via twitter (@burtonalbionfc) and the club website.
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The Chevrolet line-up expands for 2004 with two vehicles filling segments neglected by the brand in recent years. Presented as a new hyper economy offering, Chevrolet introduces the Asian market-derived Aveo subcompact car. Offered as a sedan or a hatchback, the Chevrolet Aveo will be the lowest cost option with the bowtie brand in 2004. An alternative to their truck-based mid-sized sport utility vehicles, Chevrolet officially enters into the crossover utility vehicle in 2004. The all-new 2004 Chevrolet Equinox is designed to provide the look and practicality associated with a sport utility vehicle on a car-like chassis for optimized on-road handling. A crucial redesign of the Chevrolet Malibu mid-sized sedan as well as an all-new, wagon-like Malibu Maxx is also part of the 2004 brand line-up. Ecotec four-cylinder engine power associated with the Cavalier will be standard on the new Malibu. The previous version of the Malibu is still offered as fleet vehicle under the Malibu Classic name. For 2004, the S-10 has been replaced by the all-new larger Colorado pickup truck developed jointly with Isuzu.
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.NET 2.0 Update KB2804577 Installs Repeatedly | IT Xpress Fixed It!
Have seen this on a couple of Windows XP systems – .Net 2.0 Security update KB2804577 will successfully install, but then it is flagged to be installed again. And again. And again.
In XP version of file must be 2.0.50727.3646. My old file had version 2.0.50727.3644.
Replace System.Security.dll with version 2.0.50727.3646 and restart Automatic Updates service.
Sure enough – grabbed the right version from another Windows XP box and the update stopped requesting to be installed. Scary that the top answer to that thread is 'just hide it' when it's a security patch.
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Q: Change size, color for nested styles consisting of different symbol layers created with geometry generator in QGIS In QGIS 3.16, I have a nested linestyle that consists of different symbol layers. I am able to change the width, color and other settings manually for each symbol layer. However, I want to be able to change the setting for the whole composed symbol at once, as it is possible with some pre-defined styles.
In the example below (topo railway) is a pre-defined style that is shipped with QGIS and is for illustration purpose to show how the solution should work. The topo railway style consists of a marker line (no. 2) and a simple line (no. 3). If I change the size of the composed linestyle (no 1), the size of no. 2 and 3 changes proportionally.
How to achieve that if you start to compose an own style with different symbol layers?
Updated question: I have symbol layers created with geometry generator. See here for an example: https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/380267/88814
Especially these symbol layers are the problem - with other kind of symbol layers, setting the global size works.
Update 2: As a workaround, I can use a variable (global or per project) that can be used to define the size, width etc. of the different symbol layers. However, this is not very useful if the style thus created should be exported (using QGIS style manager) and used on another computer. One will have to define the variable separately on each system (or project).


The water pipe, also known as the shisha or hookah, is traditionally a device for smoking flavored tobacco. The bong is a special type of water pipe, used for smoking cannabis or hash.
At the Dutch-Headshop you can also purchase your new water pipe, also known as shisha or hookah. The product range of Dutch-Headshop contains an extensive selection of beautiful and well-functioning water pipes.
There are so many different water pipes, all with its own features. For example, a water pipe can be made of different materials. You can choose between water pipes made of glass, plastic, metal or wood. Glass and plastic water pipes are the most common in our product range, and both types are easy to clean. Within each category, you can choose among different sorts, sizes and prices.
In principle, a water pipe is meant for smoking flavored tobacco, yet it often used for smoking marijuana or hash as well. This special water pipe we call the bong. Prepare a water pipe or bong by filling the pipe with some water and then put your marijuana or hashish in the bowl. Then, put a screen or gauze in the bowl to prevent marijuana crumbles will enter your mouth when smoking the water pipe.
A water pipe has several important and interesting advantages. These benefits are shown below.
A water pipe can be filled with all kinds of herbs and pure smokables.
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Dude and Eject a Bowl are our go-to brand water pipes. All water pipes of these premium brands are made of glass.
Dutch-Headshop has three different Dude water pipes in its product assortment. The smallest water pipe measures 22 cm, the middle one 30 cm and the largest 42 cm. Dude water pipes are very robust, with a glass thickness of 3 mm. The edges are nicely finished and it's a very modern pipe. Dude's water pipes are of high-quality.
Eject a Bowl is a Dutch design water pipe and an improvement of the already existing water pipes. Eject a Bowl's water pipes are characterized by the spring mechanism below the bowl. The spring mechanism allows the bowl can be quickly emptied and cleaned. The water pipes also come with Ice Catchers. Its top side can therefore be filled with ice cubes. This will cool the smoke and the taste is even softer for your throat. The glass thickness of Eject a Bowl water pipes is 4 mm.
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Home Transfers Snodgrass a done deal?
The move of lifelong Celtic fan Robert Snodgrass to Celtic in the summer is gathering momentum by the hour.
Rumours went into overdrive when Snodgrass came out earlier in the week claiming he wanted Neil Lennon to stay at Celtic. Snodgrass who was offered an apprenticeship at Celtic as a youngster chose a move to Livingston instead, feeling at the time that breaking into the Celtic first team was unrealistic.
The 26 year old moved to England in 2008 with Leeds United which lasted for four years before eventually moving to Norwich in 2012. The midfielder has been a fans favourite at Norwich but with the threat of relegation looming and the loss of Chris Hughton as manager a couple of months ago an opportunity to play for his boyhood heroes and the chance to knock knees with Europe's best may tempt the Scotland international back north.
Rumors are that the deal is already signed, sealed and delivered with a price tag estimated at 3.5 million pounds.
But does any deal depend on Norwich's final position in the EPL?


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Architectural reserve "Trapezitsa"
Trapezitsa is the fortified quarter of the capital city of Tarnovgrad, situated to the north-west of the hill of Tsarevets. The Etar (Yantra) River winds in graceful meanders around the hill. Naturally protected by high cliffs, Trapezitza had solid fortification walls following the uneven cliff edge. It is about 80 decares in size.
Archaeological reserve "Nicopolis ad Istrum"
Nicopolis ad Istrum was a Roman and an Early Byzantine town. It was founded by the Roman emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus to honor his victories over the Dacians tribes in 101 and 106. The ruins are located at the village of Nikyup, 20 km north-west of Veliko Tarnovo. The town was extended on a plateau
Holy Forty Martyr's church and the Great Laurel Monastic Complex
The Holy Forty Martyr's church was built and decorated with murals by the will of the Bulgarian tzar Ivan Asen II, to commemorate his victory over the king of the Epirus kingdom Theodor Comnenus in 1230.
Church of Ss. Peter and Paul and Church of St. Ivan Rilski
St. Peter and Paul Church in Veliko Tarnovo is one of the few medieval churches, kept and working since the beginning of XIII c. to the earthquake in 1913. The church was built during the reign of tsar Kaloyan.
Shishman's Bath
Church of St. Demetrius in Veliko Tarnovo
The first scanty information about the church of St.Demetrious we can obtain from the works of the Byzantine chroniclers Niketas Choniates and Theodor Skutariotes .They related the building of the church to the rebellion of the two brothers Assen and Peter in 1185-1187.
Church of St. George in Veliko Tarnovo
The church was situated at the foot of the south slope of the hill of Trapezitsa, on the right bank of the river of Yantra. It is a little church, with a nave, one apse, with a little narthex and a semi-cylindrical vault.
Church of the Nativity in Arbanasi
This is the earliest and the most richly decorated church in the village of Arbanasi. It was built by stages. The oldest layer of wall-paintings is from the end of XVI c. It consists of a naos, a narthex, a gallery and a chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
Church of Ss. Archangels Michael and Gabriel
The church is one of the most beautiful churches, built in the village of Arbanasi in XVII-XVIII c. According to its plan it is with an altar, naos, narthex and gallery. There is a small chapel dedicated to St. Paraskevi.
Church of St. Demetrius in Arbanasi
St. Demetrius church is situated in the modern central part of Arbanasy village. It is a solid building covered by a double-pitched roof. The dimensions are 25.70 to 10.80 m. The main building material is quarry rock, welded with mortar and parallel wooden beams.
Church of St. George in Arbanasi
The St. George church is situated in the south-west part of Arbanasy and it is a solid stone building with dimensions 21 to 10.05 m, covered by a double-pitched roof. The church is single-nave, single-apse building with a narthex on the west and a gallery on the north.
Tsarevgrad Turnov – Multimedia visitor center
The Konstantsalieva's house
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SMLS is situated on a beautiful, 10-acre campus in the heart of Oakville. Our world-class facilities include outdoor classrooms, nature gardens and a courtyard as well as exceptional indoor spaces including two art studios, a theatre, two gymnasiums, a full dining hall and servery and two student lounges. Take a tour of SMLS to explore our full campus.
Our unique Signature Programs equip girls with real world learning and the skills they need to thrive as global citizens and leaders in the 21st century.
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Our world-renowned Global Studies program enriches the standard curriculum with lessons outside the classroom. It integrates academic studies with relevant career and life experiences in the real world, allowing students to graduate with enriched personal understanding, more curriculum credits and impressive academic achievements.
Girls develop leadership skills and gain confidence while experiencing international cultures. And it's a wonderful way for girls to bond and become good friends, making local and global connections.
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On October 4th, 2014 at the (RSI) Conference in Bhopal India, we received our official certificate and flag that declare us an RSI School. The achievement of this 8 year goal was a proud milestone in the history of our school.
So, why is this a significant accomplishment?
Our RSI membership enhances learning opportunities for our students. Our involvement with Round Square continues to provide service learning for our students around the globe, conference opportunities, and engagement in a vibrant community of schools.
Round Square, based on the ideals espoused by Kurt Hahn and founded in the 1960's, brings a focus to five pillars: internationalism, democracy, environmentalism, adventure, leadership, and service which create the acronym IDEALS. These pillars, in turn, support the development of: understanding, empathy, courage, stewardship and activism, curricular connections, and collaboration with a global community of like-minded educators, to celebrate and embrace diversity on a personal, national and global perspective. There is also a close tie to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Program, which also supports the ideals.
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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Program is an essential feature of Global Studies that encourages perseverance, self-reliance, and community service. SMLS students must complete the requirements for the Bronze level before graduation, and are encouraged to continue on to the Silver and Gold levels, which a record number of our girls are choosing to achieve.
This innovative Award program motivates young people in a variety of personal development activities, including community service, physical recreation, skills development and adventurous journey, all designed to advance the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of the whole person.
All Middle School students work toward the Junior Duke Award, focusing on many of the skills of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award program. Girls in JS3, 4 and 5 begin their Global Studies journey through participation in the "Millie 100" Program. As early as JS4, students experience their first overnight trip with the school. In JS4 and beyond, girls are challenged on near and far adventures which include overnight camping, high ropes courses, winter survival skills, and learning to paddle a variety of water craft.
All Middle School students take part in a 4 day outdoor integrated educational experience with A.L.I.V.E. Outdoors. This organization blends the benefits of working outdoors in a natural "unplugged" environment with intentionally planned, character-building workshops.
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Our students have the opportunity to travel abroad on exchanges with our sister schools in Australia, our partner schools in England, Scotland, China, Sweden, France, Chile, and Japan, along with any of the 150+ Round Square member schools acorss the globe. Hosting students from many of these countries also contributes to the richness of the global experience.
Mrs. Kristin Read Director of Global Studies
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Discovery of novel tumor markers of pancreatic cancer using global gene expression technology
Am J Pathol. 2002 Apr;160(4):1239-49. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)62551-5.
Christine A Iacobuzio-Donahue 1 , Anirban Maitra, Grace L Shen-Ong, Tjarda van Heek, Raheela Ashfaq, Renee Meyer, Kimberly Walter, Karin Berg, Michael A Hollingsworth, John L Cameron, Charles J Yeo, Scott E Kern, Michael Goggins, Ralph H Hruban
1 Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins MedicalInstitutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231-2410, USA.
Despite several advances in our basic understanding and in the clinical management of pancreatic cancer, virtually all patients who will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will die from this disease. The high mortality of pancreatic cancer is predominantly because of diagnosis at an advanced stage of disease and a lack of effective treatments. We used the Gene Logic Inc. BioExpress platform and Affymetrix GeneChip arrays to identify genes differentially expressed in pancreatic cancer. cDNA was prepared from samples of normal pancreas (n = 11), normal gastrointestinal mucosa (n = 22), resected pancreas cancer tissues (n = 14), and pancreas cancer cell lines (n = 8), and was hybridized to the complete Affymetrix Human Genome U95 GeneChip set (arrays U95 A, B, C, D, and E) for simultaneous analysis of 60,000 cDNA fragments, with 12,000 fragments covering full-length genes and 48,000 fragments covering expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Genes expressed at levels at least fivefold greater in the pancreatic cancers ascompared to normal tissues were identified. Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) libraries (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SAGE/) of two normal pancreatic ductal cell cultures (HX and H126) were used to exclude genes expressed in the normal ducts (more than five tags per library). Differential expression of selected candidate genes was validated by immunohistochemical analysis (n = 3), by in situ hybridization (n = 1), and by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (n = 8). One hundred eighty fragments were identified as having fivefold or greater expression levels in pancreas cancer specimens as compared to normal tissue, of which 124 corresponded to known genes and 56 to ESTs. Of these 124 fragments, 10 genes were represented by two or more fragments, resulting in 107 known genes identified as differentially expressed in pancreatic cancer. An additional 10 genes were expressed in the SAGE libraries of normal pancreatic duct epithelium, and were excluded from further analysis. A literature search indicated that 28 of the remaining 97 genes have been reported in association with pancreatic cancer, validating this approach. The remaining 69 genes have not been implicated in pancreatic cancer before, and have immediate potential as novel therapeutic targets and tumor markers of pancreatic cancer.
Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics*
Gene Expression Profiling*
Gene Expression*
In Situ Hybridization
Pancreatic Neoplasms / genetics*
Biomarkers, Tumor
P50 CA062924/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
CA62924/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States


This modern, ground floor apartment is superbly furnished to the highest standards and comes fully equipped with integrated air conditioning/central heating plus free Internet access. Consisting of a gated community for added security, there is a lift to this ground floor apartment from a private underground car park thus permitting easy access for those with young families or for the not so young. The grounds are beautifully landscaped with magnificent exotic flowers & shrubs and 4 swimming pools (including one for children) all cascading into one another by means of an artificial river. The largest pool, which is the one nearest the apartment, has a jacuzzi and 4 fountains. Lifeguards are on duty in July and August at all 4 pools which are cleaned on a year round basis.
The apartment is within walking distance of local bars & restaurants & is beside the Port of Cabopino where one can dine overlooking the marina & luxury boats. Cabopino has 1,200m of beach with a variety of water sports, relaxed atmosphere, beautiful harbour, top class bars and restaurants serving Spanish, European, Italian, Indian and Chinese food to suit all tastes. A key feature of Cabopino is that, in the Plaza, parents can sit and relax outside the restaurants and bars while keeping a watchful eye on their children playing in the Plaza.
Marbella, Puerto Banus and Fuengirola are only a short drive away. With their major shopping malls, they provide retail therapy for those seeking a break from either sunbathing or golf.
So, whether one wants to stroll around the traditional cobbled streets of Marbella Old Town including Orange Square, visit the sophisticated, chic & bustling marina of Puerto Banus, relax on golden beaches close by or play a round of golf on the many award winning golf courses, this location is ideal.
For children's enjoyment, there is a waterpark, zoo and crocodile park in Fuengirola. There is a breathtaking cable car ride in Benalmadena (one passes under it coming from the airport). There is also a wildlife park (Selwo) in the direction of Estepona. Details of other facilities (plus discount vouchers to use) on the Costa del Sol are in the bottom drawer of the display unit in the lounge area.
Please be aware that all the facilities in the apartment, including the free WiFi, are for the use, benefit and enjoyment of guests.