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The restaurant of the hotel was great and I enjoyed the dinner and the breakfast.
Super friendly staff, great facilities and options (e.g. yoga, massage, sauna). Our kinds loved the swimming pool and semi-outdoors whirlpool. The food is very good, and there are lots of options for the breakfast. The hotel is located right at the Rifflsee lift, and it's possible to ski down right to the hotel.
Very friendly and helpful staff, delicious food, cosy and relaxing hotel-environment (inside and outside)!
Fantastic spa and swimming pool. Really friendly staff. Hotel had a lovely atmosphere and sense of space.
This was a very nice surprise. Very, very good staff. Wonderful food. Great location and once more a staff that really made you feel as if you were the guest, Thank you for a great stay. Not to mention you cannot beat the ski experience at almost all times of the year. Thank you for a great weekend!!
Sehr schöner Wellnessbereich, tolles Frühstück, Lage direkt am Lift, sehr freundliche Mitarbeiter.
Sehr gutes Frühstück, bequemes Bett, sehr freundliches Personal.
Auf meine Sondersituation Gluten- und Laktoseintoleranz wurde liebevoll eingegangen - jeden Morgen beim Frühstück und beim Abendessen hatte ich ohne Aufforderung glutenfreie Brötchen auf dem Tisch. Bei der Abendessenauswahl wurde vorab mit mir besprochen, was ich essen kann und was nicht. Selbst der Nachmittagskuchen wurde mir glutenfrei aufgetischt. Das ist nicht unbedingt selbstverständlich und wird von mir ganz besonders gewürdigt. Auch dass ich bei der Abrechnung nicht den vollen Preis für das Abendmenü bezahlen musste, fand ich überaus zuvorkommend!!! Herzlichen Dank nochmal an alle, die mir diesen angenehmen Aufenthalt ermöglicht haben!!!
Das Frühstück war sehr umfangreich und frisch. Auch die Teesorten waren von vorzüglicher Qualität. Mittags gibt es zwischen 12.30 und 17 Uhr noch eine Suppe, Salat und Kuchen, wenn man will. Das Abendessen war sehr ausgewogen und abwechslungsreich. Die Qualität war sehr gut. Es gibt auch jeden Tag eine vegane Variante. Die Wellnessbereiche sind gut ausgestattet. Parkplätze oder auch Tiefgarage sind kostenfrei.
Sehr freundliches und aufmerksames Personal, Super Ausstattung im Wellnessbereich, Lage direkt am Lift.
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
Surrounded by an impressive mountain landscape, this 4-star superior hotel in Tyrol's Pitz Valley is only 1,650 feet away from the Pitztal Glacier. It features an 4.3 ft² spa area.
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten offers indoor and outdoor hot tubs, an indoor pool, and various saunas, a children's sauna, steam baths and waterbeds. Yoga, massages, Qi Gong, Pilates and meditation, as well as health and fitness training, are offered. Guests can unwind in front of the open fireplace in the pavilion. Beauty treatments are also available.
All rooms at the Vier Jahreszeiten have a balcony, a bathroom with bathrobes and a hairdryer, a seating area, and satellite TV.
A large breakfast buffet, a lunch buffet from 12:00 to 17:00 including soups, savory and sweet snacks, and a salad buffet, and a 5-course dinner with a choice of meals and several buffets are offered. Apples and fresh spring water are available at all times at Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten.
The Pitztal Summer Card is included from 7 June until 13 October 2019 and allows free admission to various local attractions, as well as free use of several cable cars and public transport.
When would you like to stay at Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten?
The south-facing rooms are located in the main building and feature a balcony and a glass bathroom with shower and toilet. Facilities include flat-screen satellite TV, a safety deposit box and a hairdryer.
The bright rooms with wooden furnishings feature a seating area with satellite TV and a private bathroom with a shower and bathrobes. Some rooms come with a balcony offering scenic mountain views.
The rooms with wooden furnishings feature a seating area with satellite TV and a private bathroom with a shower and bathrobes. Some rooms come with a balcony offering scenic mountain views.
The allergy-free rooms are located next to the main building and feature wooden floors, a south-west facing balcony and a private bathroom with a shower, bathrobes and free toiletries.
With 2 interconnecting bedrooms, this family suite features a balcony, a seating area with satellite TV and a private bathroom with a shower, bathrobes and free toiletries.
The spacious family suite features a balcony, 2 bedrooms, a living room with a seating area and satellite TV and a private bathroom with a shower, bathrobes and free toiletries.
These rooms are located in the main building and come with a balcony, a glassed bathroom with a shower and a sofa.
These spacious rooms are located on the 4th floor in the annex building and they come with a balcony, offering views of the surroundings, and a bathroom with a shower.
This apartment has a bathrobe and seating area.
This apartment features a seating area and bathrobe.
This villa has a satellite TV, bathrobe and seating area.
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There is nothing major at all. It's a bit funny how toilet doors are located in the rooms making it kinda tricky to get out of toilets, and glass doors right at apartment doors are kinda interesting options for the toilets.
Very nice hotel and staff.
Can't ski back to hotel.
Only thing I would mention and not that it was terrible or for that matter a breaking point but the room we stayed in was just average, but all other aspects made up for this.


"We started this project to archive this phase for history, so that people would know we were real, we did exist. The Saudi authorities could ban Twitter at any moment and we would lose the archive of our thoughts. Whereas the radio gives us the opportunity to record programs and broadcast them on other platforms," Ashtar, one of the presenters, told the BBC.
Nsawya FM, or Feminist FM in English, has a team of 11 women working on the project, broadcasting programs through the live audio streaming website Mixlr, using only a laptop with editing software and a microphone. With the exception of two, all of the women are Saudi nationals, but not all of them live in Saudi Arabia.
Because some of women live in different time zones, communication can be a challenge. Many have work or school responsbilities and other demands on their time, which can add to the difficulty. Nine of the women produce content, while two others present it, according to the BBC.
The women set up a Twitter account for the station three weeks ago, asking for volunteer contributors to the project.
"Our goal is to be the voice of the silent majority, to give everyone the opportunity to share their views, ideas, criticism, articles and poems," said the station's first tweet announcing its formation.
Women in Saudi Arabia were given the right to drive in June, with more than 120,000 applying for driver's licenses on the day the ban was lifted, according to senior Ministry of Interior and Traffic Directorate officials.
Women in the Arabian Gulf country still face restrictions, including the right to freely marry, work or travel under the male guardianship system, and the Nsawya radio broadcast hopes to bring attention to those issues.
Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah, two prominent activists for women's rights in Saudi Arabia were arrested earlier this month, Human Rights Watch reported.
"The arrests of Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah signal that the Saudi authorities see any peaceful dissent, whether past or present, as a threat to their autocratic rule. After recent arbitrary arrests of businesspeople, women's rights activists and reformist clerics, Saudi Arabia's allies and partners should question what 'reform' really means in a country where the rule of law is disdainfully ignored," said the Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, Sarah Leah Whitson.


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Four Seasons Resort Hualālai in Hawaii
March 12, 2019 Travel & Resorts Americas Hotels & Resorts
Spanning 4,028 square miles and still growing, the Island of Hawai'i is the largest and youngest of the Hawaiian Island chain – hence its frequently-heard nickname, "Big Island." Believed to be the first Hawaiian island discovered by the Polynesians, Hawaii Island was the birthplace of King Kamehameha I, the unifier of the Hawaiian Islands. Formed by five volcanoes (Kohala, Hualālai, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Kīlauea), the Island is a place of extremes – from fiery active volcanoes to snow-capped mountain peaks, acres of green pasturelands to vast ebony lava deserts, lush tropical rainforests and verdant valleys to white, gold, black, and even green sand beaches.
Four Seasons Resort Hualālai at Historic Ka'ūpūlehu, set on the picturesque Kona-Kohala coast of Hawaii, the Big Island, is a magnificent work of destination art. Built into its natural surroundings, the resort combines history, culture, pure pampering and true aloha to all who visit.
Located on a stunning one-half mile stretch of beach on the Northwest Kona Coast, Four Seasons Resort Hualālai is a tropical oasis that captures the essence of Hawai'i as it once was. The contrast of ancient black lava rock with towering coconut palms, white sand beaches and azure sea creates opportunities for memories and photographs at every turn. With the Hualālai volcano behind it and the island of Maui in the distance in front, the resort is situated on sacred grounds on one of the world's most beautiful and mystifying islands.
Posh Pad in Paradise
Rest and Relax at Hualalai Spa
Sunset Sips at Beach Tree Bar
Fish Feeding at King's Pond
Sun Soaking
Ukulele Lesson at the Hawaiian Cultural Center
Kona Brewing Company
Greenwell Coffee Farm
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau
Volcano Adventure with Paradise Helicopters
Surrounded by lush vegetation, sparkling ocean waters and stunning white-sand beaches, the comfortable and spacious accommodations at Four Seasons Resort Hualālai are housed in intimate two-story bungalows arranged in small crescents along the beachfront and golf course.
The 243 expansive guest rooms, including 51 suites, feature private furnished lanais, slate floors and natural hardwood trim to complement the palette of the surrounding environment, while walls are adorned with local art. Full granite bathrooms offer a deep soaking tub, dual vanity as well as a separate glass enclosed shower.
The 28,000-square-foot Hualalai Spa integrates tropical gardens with cool interior spaces and feels distinctly Hawaiian. Enjoy relaxing by a quiet stream in the open-air Waiea (Water of Life) garden. Or savour the lap pool, whirlpools, saunas, steam rooms and cold plunges, all set amidst lush greenery.
If you're traveling with your honey bunny, be sure to unwind in a couple's hale, which features dual outdoor showers, a hinoki (Japanese cedar) soaking tub and a private garden for dining. You'll find yourself purring as skilled massage therapists perform traditional Hawaiian lomi lomi, a sacred healing art passed down from generation to generation by kupuna (elders). Techniques are rhythmic, integrating use of palms and forearms, an excellent full body wellness massage which is sure to lick your jet lag as warm ocean's breeze whistles through the palms above.
The most picturesque spot for toasting the sunset is at the resort's Beach Tree Bar. Set along the sand and overlooking the ocean, Beach Tree Bar is the Big Island's most sought after spot to sip a sundowner. Each evening palms gently toss in the wind as a local band romances the crowd with traditional Hawaiian ballads.
Cocktails here feature tropical ingredients, fresh fruit and original combinations. Don't miss Freddy's Broken Flipper, which mixes gin, cucumber, lime and Indonesian lime leaf, or Tom's Pink Shirt, featuring guava liqueur, fresh Waimea strawberries and house-made sweet and sour prepared with agave nectar and fresh lime juice.
In the northernmost crescent of the resort sits King's Pond, a 1.8-million gallon "aquarium" carved out of the natural lava rock. With over 4,000 tropical fish from more than 98 species swimming freely (including a spotted eagle ray) this is the most lively pool on the property.
Fresh and ocean water combine via subterranean channels to fill the pond, which moves along with the tide. Snorkeling equipment (including waterproof fish ID cards) are available, and guests can enjoy scheduled activities such as ray and fish feedings (which we enjoyed in the early morning), touch tank exploration, sand castle building and popular "fish circus," demonstration.
If you're looking to laze the day away you'll find plenty of opportunities to sip and soak. Tan fans really are spoilt for choice here! If you're an early riser be sure to enjoy a foamy latte while relaxing on a beach chair or covered chaise lounge. The calm lap of waves on the shore and early bird tweet harmony is a perfect way to wake up to the world.
If poolside pomp and panache is more your thing you'll find a handful of cool pools dotted throughout the property. The centerpiece of the resort is the Beach Tree Pool, a rectangular pool comprised of mosaic tiles of varying shades of blue and surrounded by wooden pool deck, teak chaises and breezy cabanas. Located oceanfront, beside the Beach Tree restaurant and lounge, it's the perfect spot to sip umbrella adorned tropical cocktails and nibble through a pretty platter of sushi.
The Ka'ūpūlehu Cultural Center is designed to be interactive, fun, and educational for all ages. It's an interpretive center that provides guests and locals alike with an opportunity to further understand, appreciate, and respect all things Hawaiian. Cultural values, practices, heritage, tradition, and arts are shared through inter-active experiences.
Upon arrival I slipped my head through a beautiful black nut necklace and grabbed a wee ukulele. I perched on a petite wall made of volcanic rock and crooned away my morning in an attempt to entertain the golfers desperately chipping out of the sand trap below.
If you're a craft beer fan looking to sip the island's best suds enjoy a short drive south to Kona Brewing Company. The wildly popular restaurant, bar and brewery packs to the brim over the lunch and dinner hour so be sure to book a reservation in advance if you're looking to enjoy a sud-sloshed meal.
Kona Brewing Company began brewing and packaging beer in February 1995. Since that first year, beer production at the Kona facility has increased every year by a total of 585 percent. Several tanks and other brewing equipment have been added through the years to enable increased production. Today, the brewery consists of a mash tun, brew kettle, whirlpool, 10 fermenters, five conditioning tanks and two grain silos. A staff of six pumps 310,000 gallons of beer each year, filling the 4,000 kegs kept in circulation throughout Hawaii. Be sure to sip through my two favs: Big Wave Golden Ale and Castaway IPA.
Continue driving south along the highway in search of one of the world's most famous coffee growing regions. Greenwell Coffee Farm is famous for producing award winning Kona coffee and offers visitors fantastic farm tours continuously from 8:30am to 4pm Monday through Sunday.
Join a 30 minute tour to learn about each stage of the production of Kona Coffee which includes a wander through lush coffee fields, bright greenhouses and state of the art processing facility. The tour finishes at the gift shop where you can sample up to twelve unique roasts.
Be sure to sip through a wee cup of the farms signature Elizabeth J (the 12 oz bag sells for $75), comprised of carefully selected beans from the Pacamara coffee variety. The coffee offers a very unique experience with a bright, sweet, and fruity cup with good acidity and notes of clove, plum, raisin, apricot, passion fruit, strawberry, and silky chocolate.
From the 11th century on, social interactions in Hawai'i were regulated by the kapu (taboo) system. Violent death was the consequence of infractions, which ranged from stepping on a chief's shadow to women eating bananas. Lawbreakers could escape punishment, however, by reaching pu'uhonua (place of refuge). The greatest of these was at Honaunau, a six-acre temple compound dating from the 16th century that offered absolution to all who managed to run or swim past the chief's warriors. The sanctuary was stripped of power in 1819, after the fall of the kapu system. Partially restored, it now proviades a glimpse into precontact Hawai'i.
Stroll through sky-high Halau (thatched A-frame structures used for storage and work sheds) and head to Hale O Keawe Heiau where the pu'uhonua's spiritual power resided in this temple compound built in 1650. Now reconstructed, the heiau (temple) once held the bones and therefore the mana (sacred power) of great chiefs. It's a great spot for a photo op as crashing waves splash before smiling wooden Ki'i.
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I don't often suggest waking up at the crack of dawn but can't urge you enough to set your alarm before sunrise to enjoy an unforgettable tour of the Big Island with Paradise Helicopters. After a quick 10 minute drive from the resort to the airport we soon found ourselves strapped in and floating above the coastline on the three hour Volcano and Kohala Landing Tour.
After departing from the airport, we flew over the Kona coffee district on our way to explore the activity at Kīlauea crater. If Pele is willing, you'll get a peek into the molten heart of Hawai'i in the form of hot lava. Then, turn your attention north to Hilo town and the lush rainforests of East Hawai'i.
We then flew deep into Kohala for an exclusive landing. Even though the area is normally only accessible by hours of grueling hiking, we got the opportunity to walk the same fertile valleys that King Kamehameha I did as a child. Relax at at scenic overlook while sipping a cup of Kona coffee before hopping back in the chopper to view the dramatic landscape change from windward to leeward. You'll be mouthing the words "oh my God," as you swoop along the Hamakua Coast where hundreds of waterfalls froth through enchanting rainbows.
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Jan dobson says:
Great article on the Big Island…..brought back many fond memories!!

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West Facing Diplomatic Dilemma Over Syria After Putin Offer
© Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev
Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises (1881)
The US and its allies have been plunged into turmoil over Syria after Russian President Vladimir Putin used his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to call for a coalition of forces to back President Bashar al-Assad against ISIL.
Western interventions in the Middle East and North Africa over more than a decade have left much of the region in crisis, with millions of people being displaced and causing the biggest refugee crisis in a lifetime.
In Syria, after years of attempting to depose President Assad, the West is now having to face up to the fact that the only credible solution is to accept Putin's offer to join a coalition in backing Assad in his fight against ISIL.
In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Putin pointed up one of the founding principles of the UN – the right of states to self-determination, giving legitimate governments and its citizens the legitimacy to defend themselves. He said:
"Power vacuum in some countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa obviously resulted in the emergence of areas of anarchy, which were quickly filled with extremists and terrorists. The so-called Islamic State has tens of thousands of militants fighting for it, including former Iraqi soldiers who were left on the street after the 2003 invasion."
"Many recruits come from Libya whose statehood was destroyed as a result of a gross violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1973. And now radical groups are joined by members of the so-called 'moderate' Syrian opposition backed by the West. They get weapons and training, and then they defect and join the so-called Islamic State," said Putin.
Western Intervention in Iraq, Syria and Libya
© AP Photo / Yves Herman
West Looks to Russia to Atone for Failed Policy Over Syria
The "power vacuum" was created when the US – together with the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland – invaded Iraq in order to depose the regime of Saddam Hussein, in order to – in the words of George W Bush – "disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people".
However, the invasion followed extensive talks in the United Nations and critics have said there was no mandate for the invasion. In an interview with the BBC, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said: "From our point of view and from the Charter point of view [the war] was illegal".
The legitimacy of the war has been the cause of constant argument, with Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair being accused of war crimes. Whatever the legitimacy, the invasion left Iraq without Saddam Hussein, but in civil turmoil.
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Iraqi family stands inside their home hit by an airstrike in Fidhailiya area in eastern Baghdad, Iraq.
In Syria, the US and its allies similarly sought to bring down the government of Assad and – in 2013 – were about to begin a bombing campaign against his forces, following reports that he had used chemical weapons against opposition forces. However, Putin said it was "ludicrous" that Assad would use them at a time when his forces were gaining ground against the rebels.
In August 2013, the US Congress was due to vote on military airstrikes against Assad, but this was postponed following the defeat in the UK of Prime Minister David Cameron's motion to parliament calling for military action over Syria.
However, US foreign policy dictated that it support forces opposed to Assad's government. Professor Rodrigue Tremblay, from the Center for Research of Globalization said:
"The Obama administration has been openly violating international law in actively supporting and arming a rebellious insurrection and a civil war against the established Assad government. On the other hand, the same administration seems to consider the Sunni-dominated and foreign-supported terrorist Islamic State organization (ISIL) opposed to Assad as illegitimate, and declares to want to 'degrade and destroy' it through bombings."
© AFP 2019 / DON EMMERT
In Brief: Putin's Address to the United Nations in 10 Quotes
Similarly in Libya, where the West was opposed to Muammar Gaddafi, the US, together with the UK, France and Canada, used Tomahawk cruise missiles and airstrikes to topple his regime – an intervention not proscribed in the UN mandate which called for "an immediate ceasefire in Libya … a ban on all flights in the country's airspace – a no-fly zone – and tightened sanctions on the Gaddafi regime and its supporters".
The West is now stuck between a rock and a hard place after President Putin made it clear that supporting the legitimate government of Syria in the fight against ISIL is the only credible course of action in the wake of previous failed interventions in the region by the US-led western allies.
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Even six years into the recovery, housing starts were at the lowest level in 40 years. It's no wonder there's a housing crunch across the state. And to answer the follow-on question: Yes, nationwide data prove out the same story.
Opposite side of the same coin, rental vacancy at a multi-decade low.
For handful of stories about retiring Baby Boomers ditching California's high cost of living and high taxes, most are hunkering down for their golden years.
Migration from abroad has maintained a positive net migration rate in California, which notably summers increased domestic out-migration during periods of economic booms (thanks primarily to rising housing costs).
It's no wonder Sacramento has one of the hottest rental markets in the country, after taking basically a decade off from new construction. Especially with payrolls above the pre-recession peak (bonus 6th chart!).


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Adam Scott and Craig Robinson to Headline Fox's "Comedic X-Files" Series Ghosted
Justin Cook August 31, 2016
While more episodes of The X-Files could be a couple years away, if they ever come at all, Fox has just landed a new single-camera comedy that is sure to whet the appetite of fans of the paranormal. The network won the series Ghosted, which comes from That Awkward Moment writer and director Tom Gormican, in a "competitive situation with a slew of buyers," according to Deadline.
Headlining the series are two NBC alums, Adam Scott and Craig Robinson, well-known for their work on Parks and Recreation and The Office, respectively. The pair will be executive producing the series with Gormican, Mark Schulman and Oly Obst as well.
The show has been described as a "comedic X-Files" and sees Robinson playing Leroy Wright, a hilarious skeptic, and Scott playing Max Allison, a genius true believer in otherworldly beings. Based on the brief character descriptions alone, Robinson seems to be the Dana Scully of the duo and Scott sounds like the Fox Mulder.
The plot centers around the two as they are "hired by the Underground Investigative Service to look into the rampant 'unexplained' activity in Los Angeles — all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race."
Scott and Robinson previously worked together on last year's critically panned box office bomb Hot Tub Time Machine 2, so hopefully this collaboration works out a bit better.
In the past, both actors have proven to not only be great comedic actors, as Scott has starred in Step Brothers and Party Down and Robinson has had major roles in Pineapple Express and This is the End, but also talented dramatic actors. Robinson has recently been earning praise for his excellent turn as a loving father in Morris from America, while Scott has popped up in Krampus and Black Mass.
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While more episodes of The X-Files could be a couple years away, if they ever come at all, Fox has just landed a new single-camera comedy that is sure to whet the appetite of fans of the paranormal. The network won the series Ghosted, whi...


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NTS can recommend local designers that can take your ideas and provide a professional proof to your exact specifications depending on the CD/DVD packaging that you have chosen. For more information about design services, give us a call at 615-457-2519.
Yes, you can definitely provide your own artwork. This is the route that majority of our customers chose. We prefer high resolution, press ready PDF files with layers intact (not flattened). You can send these files to us via DropBox or YouSendIt. Contact your project manager to discuss which method is best for you.
How will I know if the finished product will look like what I want it to?
You will be given a free PDF proof via email of the finished design that you must approve before we move forward with production of your order.
What if I want to make changes to my design after I approve it?
Once you have approved your PDF proof, it goes immediately into production. Depending on how quickly you contact us regarding your changes, we will gladly stop it and make the necessary changes. However, you will be responsible for any costs incurred prior to stopping the order. Additionally, the time line will start over once you approve the new PDF proof with the changes. Please be sure to look at your proofs very carefully prior to approval.
When you email me the PDF proof will the CD/DVD look like my computer screen?
There are normally some differences from computer screen to computer screen, so the colors will most likely not turn out exactly like your computer screen. Additionally, computer screens display color in RGB (red, green, blue). CDs and DVDs are printed using either offset, CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) or silkscreen. For this reason the printed CDs and DVDs will not look exactly like your computer screen. The PDF proof will be accurate regarding text and placement, but will only be close to the exact colors of the final discs. If you need an actual physical proof, this may be possible at an extra charge depending on your specific order. Contact your salesperson for more details.
Full color means printing in the four printing colors: CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black). Full color is the standard printing method for items printed on paper stock. It is also the standard for offset printed CDs and DVDs. Full color is also referred to as 4 color process.
We cannot print with RGB colors. Due to the color variance when going from RGB to CMYK we ask that you submit art as CMYK. If your artwork is currently in RGB you can open the artwork in a graphics program that allows you to convert the artwork to CMYK (such as Photoshop) and convert it. The reason we ask you to do the conversion is because, on some occasions the colors can change several shades during conversion.
Gradients will reproduce well in offset and digital printing. Gradients do not work as well when using silkscreen printing.
In silkscreen printing ink is forced through a tight mesh screen with an image of the artwork on it. The discs are passed from one station to the next where a different color and different part of the disc are applied. Each new color used requires its own screen. Offset printing is a process of transferring the ink from an inkwell to a rubber transfer blanket and then to the disc. Both are good printing methods with their respective strong points. Silkscreen printing puts more ink onto the optical media. This large volume of ink produces bright vibrant images, but the fine mesh of the screen can obscure minor artwork details and gradients. Offset printing is very good at producing high resolution images that show fine details like a photograph, but the printing method applies less ink than silkscreen, so the image tends to be less vibrant. If you are not sure which print method is best for your application, just give us a call at 615-457-2519 and a salesperson will help determine what is best for your project.
Offset printing is best when you have very detailed or full color images. Additionally photographs and gradients will show up best using offset printing.
The bleed area is a portion of the graphics that will run off the edges of the print area on the disc. It is important to bleed or extend your artwork past where it would normally stop to make sure that it will print covering the entire disc.
How many colors can I print on my CD/DVD?
The number of colors will depend on the print method selected. It is best to talk to your salesperson to determine what is best for your specific order.
As a general rule 6 point is the smallest font size that prints clearly. This is only a general rule due to the thousands of different fonts available. If you are in doubt, it's always best to make it larger.
Provided art files should be created at a resolution of 300 DPI at print size.
For silkscreen and thermal printing, the minimum thickness is .75 point. For offset and digital printing, lines can be slightly smaller at .50 point.


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Michail Antonio may get a one off chance to impress Slaven Bilic this weekend despite – as we explained here last night – him being seen as a long term prospect by the manager.
However, with Victor Moses ineligible to play against his parent club Chelsea this weekend, there's a possibility that the £7 million player may play a part.
However, he may find himself again having to wait with Enner Valencia back in the frame having scored an excellent goal in the under 21s 4-0 win over Wolves this weekend.
And – following associate editor Sean Whetstone's appraisal of the situation involving the centre back positions – Slav has another dilemma to solve.
For according to West London Sport this morning, Winston Reid has been ruled out of the game and this opens up the big question as to whether Angelo Ogbonna returns or whether James Collins – after such an impressive game last weekend will keep his place.
These are problems we haven't had for a long time and as things stand tight now nobody can call the outcome with any certainty.
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I'm sure Enner wil play left wing, with Antonio on the bench.


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Motorists driving through puddles could be slapped with £5,000 fines for splashing pedestrians
It's a criminal offence and could potentially carry a hefty fine
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It's been a soggy week in Kent and as the rain pours down on the county, you'll have no doubt seen one or two puddles springing up on our roads.
You'll have probably seen speeding cars and vans plough through them, too, soaking the pavements either side.
Anyone who has ever waited for a bus or at a pedestrian crossing on a rainy day will have experienced the fear that a driver could splash through the chilly water - and soak you in the process.
But it is actually against the law to splash pedestrians by driving through puddles at speed, Birmingham Live reports.
It's a criminal offence and could potentially carry a hefty fine. Though it doesn't happen very often, drivers who are proven to have deliberately targeted pedestrians could be handed a £5,000 bill.
Under section three of the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to drive 'without reasonable consideration for other persons', and this includes any instance of 'driving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed'.
Be careful when around puddles and pedestrians
The maximum punishment is a level five fine of £5,000 in instances where driving 'amounts to a clear act of incompetence, selfishness, impatience or aggressiveness'.
But the likelihood is that you'll get a £100 fixed penalty notice and three penalty points if you are caught.
If you refuse to pay and take the matter to court, you could see a maximum fine of £5,000 imposed.
So police can, and sometimes do, take action.
In January, police in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, issued a public appeal to find the driver who splashed a mum and her two children after they had driven through a 20ft-long puddle.
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The mum was pushing her pram with one of her children in the buggy while the other was walking alongside when they were splashed.
"The driver could well have waited to drive around the puddle or drive through it very slowly so as to not cause water to splash anyone on the footpath. Did you see the vehicle drive through the puddle causing the three to be soaked?" a police spokesman told the Cambridge News at the time.
It is rare but motorists have ended up in court for splashing someone.
Make sure you don't splash pedestrians when driving on a rainy day
In 2014, a 22-year-old man was banned from the road and fined £500 after he drove through standing water, soaking a woman and her two children as they walked to school in Colchester, the Daily Mail reported.
The mum was said to be 'very shocked' at the punishment.
The incident had been spotted by a police officer in a following patrol car.
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In 2005, a motorist from Somerset was reportedly fined £150 and given three penalty points for driving through a two-inch puddle and soaking a workman.
And in 2009 a motorist from Plymouth was questioned by police after posting a video clip of her soaking pedestrians.
Join the Kent Traffic and Travel group
We've created a Facebook group for people who live in and travel through the county to keep up to date with what's happening on the roads and the trains.
We will keep you informed about the latest news that affects your journey to work or school, as well as at the weekend.
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"The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist."
Here I go again, but something in all this nonesense in Australia simply doesn't smell kosher (not the right word here I know but somehow, somewhere, we have to all coexist). Australian politics really holds little interest for me..it seems to be populated by scumbags on both sides of the political spectrum. I mean Hawke was a scumbag, Fraser was a scumbag, and I have trouble thinking of any politician of any note or of any political colour...maybe that guy from the Greens... who couldn't, even in my most forgiving and generous moments, be reasonably described as a scumbag. Honesty and a respect for the electorate and the office seem to be alien to the world's dullest city, Canberra (although it has a massive sex and drug industry to alleviate that boredom).
My problem is that John Howard is a scumbag tour-de-force, pure and simple, and he leaves the rest in the dust. There is ample evidence of that. Look at the appalling Tampa incident and the children overboard incident when he was caught blatantly lying to the electorate (but still won). Then there is the shameful episode with the East Timor reserves. I genuinely believe the NZ Government went into Timor in a naïve moment, for the right reasons. Australia did no such thing, it was an oil and gas grab pure and simple and it served a double purpose in that it destabilised the Indonesian Government, something that has been at the core of Australian Foreign policy for a long time. That they seemed happy, no actually, to be more precise, totally unconcerned about the suspect legalities of the grab and the effect it would have on of the world's poorest nations is more evidence of the real motives. Then there is Kyoto and the whole Iraq thing. Howard's gutless toadying towards the Bush regime makes Blair (almost) look like a man of integrity. I have trouble attributing a rationale to Howard's motives in all this beyond some self serving self aggrandisement. Certainly it was in no way in the best interests of his nation and if there is substance in this week's raids that further illustrates that. No-one can seriously think that a fundamentalist attack would have happened on Australia's self-described hallowed earth, if Howard hadn't become Bush's pembantu in recent years...actually that's not fair on pembantus..they are usually hard and decent workers and are often well regarded by their employers. I really doubt whether, Bush and those that control him hold Howard in anything but contempt, despite the façade that greets him in Texas or DC. Anyway the point is, Howard is a proven liar and a person who, on past evidence is happy to manipulate events and human lives, regardless of the pain it may cause, to his own end.
And, despite the increasing "revelations" by the powers that be this thing stinks badly.
There is the scant evidence, now being held behind closed doors and leaked bit by bit to increase the public unease. Lawyers are being denied access and those arrested are being held "Guantanamo Bay style conditions". There are the comments from a whole variety of "establishment" figures, not the least was this from an Australian police counter-terrorism chief:
"their motivations were the same motivations that terorrism has in its form all around the world" - but also as followers of Osama bin Laden. "There's no doubt that this group followed that same philosophy."
The pre-determination of guilt does neither Australia nor the victims any good and whips up the sort of scarily ignorant verbiage illustrated by many on this page.
Those arrested are an established, well known and convenient target, and if London showed us anything, the real threat (and I firmly believe there is a strong and imminent threat against Australia and this has done nothing to alleviate it) comes from a place you least expect it to…
Maybe I'm wrong and this bunch were about to take out Central Station during rush hour but it's far too close to all those terror alerts that the DOHS have fired off in the US at appropriate moments. And with Howard aspiring to be a low rent sub Neo-con, it's all too convenient timing wise, the evidence seems incredibly thin; and hopefully will cause Howard to suffer the sort of damage that Blair suffered this week. But I doubt it…the UK's scumbag–to-politician ratio is much healthier than the Great Southern Land.
On a similar note, I read with increasing horror, several hate filled anti-Muslim (or anti anyone who isn't god fearing (as long as it's the right one) and freedom-lovin') web-blogs this week in the aftermath of the terrible beheading of the three young girls in Sulawesi. The black and white hate therein belies the fact that in Indonesia, nothing is what it seems. That simple concept would be absolutely alien to those righteous armchair soldiers. So it is with interest I read this analysis of the recent events in Poso, which put a somewhat different light on it, a light which, having lived here for only a short time, already makes perfect sense in an Indonesian way. The ignorance or indifference that much of the world shows to this, the worlds largest Muslim nation is betrayed by the fact that Microsoft Word's spell checker puts a red wavey line under Sulawesi….part of a chain of islands, along with Maluku (which also gets wavy lines, Bill) which drove the direction of the world's history for several hundred years.
If someone had had told me when I was, for want of a better word, young, that I would be in Indonesia at this time in my life……
But what an odd thing it is for me see the punk generation, of which I am proud to be one, head towards fifty. Kerry Buchanan, whom I've known for 28 years, since he and a few mates turned up to Disco D'ora's in Newton Road to see the Suburban Reptiles, told me he was about to turn fifty soon. It's still there…D'Ora's that is…if you stop at the Caltex Station and look up to the left of it, it was the top floor. I booked the Reptiles in there early 77, it was a failed disco, and we managed to pull an ok crowd plus the odd bemused disco kid. There was a broken mirror ball, a smoke machine and some bad dayglo graffiti. Perfect. The most memorable thing about it was original Reps drummer, Des Edwards, pulling a big hunk of raw meat out of his trousers (he was a butcher's apprentice by day, and not a great drummer….last heard of he was a juggler in Australia..nice guy) and slamming it down on the snare, to some effect. Anyway, other big thing was a bunch of kids arriving from the North Shore for the first time. One was Kerry, another was John No-one. They later become Rooter and then The Terrorways.
So we punks are getting old. Some have been past the cusp of 50 for a while and I turned over a few weeks back. I guess like every generation we assumed we would never get old, that it would last forever, and we were the ones, but we had the perfect soundtrack to our assumption, the nihilistic self styled revolution that was punk rock. My Generation was never as fuck-you as White Riot..at least to us. But the initial burst of UK punk (as derivative as it was of the NY scene, it added a certain snottyness that the CBGBs crew lacked), as a musical revolution was incredibly short lived and the radical had turned to the cliché almost as soon as it happened. What broke new ground in January 1977 was stale and formulated by the time The Sex Pistols released the over-produced Bollocks album in August or so. The revolution had moved on and I like to think those of us there then rolled with it. Some of us anyway…. So, we are aging, and generally, fairly gracefully, even if I do say so myself. Bad drugs or the misuse thereof took a few early on but the survival rate to the half century, at least amongst those I associated with (god knows about those that disappeared back into the public bars of the North Shore and Avondale) has been pretty good and I get quite a buzz out of having known some of these people for so long. If punk did anything, it pulled the cream to the top… ……………………….
Songs in the sun today:
2 Phat C**ts-Ride….the last decent thing either Sasha (who did some great remixes at the dawn of his career…Urban Soul etc) and BT (who made two magnificent 12s for Deep Dish way back when but then immediately turned to complete shite) did...but what a record
James Brown – I Wanna Be Around…off the peerless Ballads collection…the GFOS goes schmaltz
Pashka -Island Breeze (Trentemoller Remix)….almost Balearic…the title says it all..not sure about the vox but the underlying swell is just fine
Theo Parrish-Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix)…ha! I've finally got my hands on this one sided 10" Japanese single. Deep as fuck…pure genius
Angie Stone- I Wasn't Kidding…the killer new song off the Greatest Hits that's going around and round in my head day in day out
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Lidl National Ladies Football League Division 1 – Cork 2-11 Tipperary 1-6
Reigning champions Cork proved too strong for Tipperary in their Lidl National Football League Division 1 clash at Ardfinnan.
February 2nd 2020
2020 Allianz Football League Division 3 – Tipperary 0-11 Louth 1-7
Tipperary defeated Louth by 0-11 to 1-7 in Round 2 of the 2020 Allianz Football League Division 3 on Sunday February 2nd at the Gaelic Grounds Drogheda.
2020 Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A – Cork 2-24 Tipperary 1-25
Cork defeated Tipperary by 2-24 to 1-25 in Round 2 of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A on Saturday February 1st at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
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2020 Munster GAA Convention
The 2020 Munster GAA Annual Convention will take place on Friday January 31st at 7:30pm in the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, County Clare.
January 31st 2020
Lidl National Ladies Football League Division 1 – Tipperary 1-7 Dublin 0-10
Aishling Moloney kicked a point deep into stoppage-time to earn Tipperary a share of the spoils with Dublin at the end of a tense Lidl NFL Division 1 clash.
2020 Allianz Football League Division 3 – Tipperary 0-10 Down 0-10
Tipperary and Down played out a 0-10 to 0-10 draw in Round 1 of the Allianz Football League Division 3 on Sunday January 26th at Clonmel Sportsfield.
2020 Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A – Limerick 2-14 Tipperary 0-18
Limerick defeated Tipperary by 2-14 to 0-18 in Round 1 of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A on Saturday January 25th at Semple Stadium Thurles.
2020 AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Final – Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 0-18 Borris-Ileigh (Tipperary) 0-15
Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) defeated Borris-Ileigh (Tipperary) by 0-18 to 0-15 in the AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Final on Sunday January 19th at Croke Park.
Munster Scór na nÓg Finals 2020
The Munster Scór na nÓg Finals took place in the Éire Óg GAA Pavilion, Ovens on Sunday 5th January 2020 in the presence of a large attendance.
Dr. Harty Cup Fixtures Results / Corn Uí Mhuirí Quarter-Final Draws
The Dr. Harty Cup Under 19 A Hurling Quarter-Finals took place on Wednesday January 8th.
2020 AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Semi-Final – Borris-Ileigh (Tipperary) 1-21 St. Thomas (Galway) 1-14
Borris-Ileigh (Tipperary) defeated St. Thomas (Galway) by 1-21 to 1-14 in the AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Semi-Final on Sunday January 5th at the LIT Gaelic Grounds.
2020 McGrath Cup Football – Tipperary 1-13 Kerry 1-11
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The Contributor | Senator blasts Trump official: Do I need to do your job for you?
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) took the Trump administration to task for its failure to look after the welfare of migrant children who have been detained — and even offered to have her staff help out if Trump officials are too lazy or incompetent to do the legwork themselves.
At a Senate hearing Thursday morning, McCaskill lit into a Department of Health and Human Services official for his agency's failure to properly keep track of unaccompanied minor children.
Some, but not all, of these children were separated from their families at the border under Trump's cruel "zero tolerance" policy. According to a damning Senate Oversight Committee report, HHS has failed to keep track of the children after they are placed with a sponsor or in foster care.
This failure makes it harder to ensure that children appear at their immigration court date and receive other public services they need, the report explains. It also leaves children more vulnerable to being trafficked or abused by their caretakers.
And the pathetic reason HHS gave for not doing its job on this? It "cannot determine whom to notify in the state governments" to let local officials know that migrant children are being housed there.
McCaskill offered to help HHS do this part of its own job — which left HHS official Jonathan D. White looking embarrassed and tongue-tied.
"No they're not, no, they are not!" McCaskill interrupted.
"Every state has a child welfare agency," McCaskill continued. "Because you know what the states do? They take their responsibilities for having children in their care seriously.
"For some reason, in the federal government, we've decided a child in the care of the federal government — you know, well, 'They won't take our phone calls.' Are you kidding me?" McCaskill said incredulously.
The problems with how HHS tracks and cares for unaccompanied minors began under the Obama administration, the Senate report notes. But the Trump administration didn't just fail to fix the existing problems by an agreed-upon deadline — it actively "exacerbated" those problems with its cruel, unnecessary family separations.
During the hearing, McCaskill also blasted Trump Justice Department official James R. McHenry for placing a higher priority on punishing kids than on clearing the backlog of asylum cases that have left many children in limbo.
McHenry insisted that hiring judges wasn't the problem. He bragged that the hiring process can take "as little as 266 days," and claimed that the real problem is instead a lack of courtrooms.
Also on Thursday, McCaskill's Republican challenger for her Senate seat, Josh Hawley, tried to attack her at a campaign rally by claiming that she was "hiding" in Washington, D.C.
"Where is Claire McCaskill?" Hawley asked.
The Trump administration has traumatized more than 2,500 children by ripping them away from their parents.
The administration did this even after being warned of the harms this would cause — by White, the same official whom McCaskill grilled Thursday.
Those kids, and every American, deserve senators who will do their jobs and hold this administration to account for its failures.


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Yi-Hsun Hsu recently earned her BFA in Industrial Design from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. During her time there she developed an effective design thinking process focusing on user-friendly ways and observing people in their daily life. She strives to make products that are emotionally expressive as well as functional, building a connection between people and the things they use. She believes that design is having love and empathy to the surroundings and provides effective and fresh solutions with happiness.