Opportunity to visit remarkable sites of St Guilhem le Desert, the Thau lagoon, Lake Salagou, Pezenas (the city of Molière). Between Montpellier and Sète, close to beaches and guarrigue.
Win a Home Exchange Membership to Home Base Holidays for the 2012 Olympics in London!
We are very pleased to announce a contest launched today by Budget Travel Adventures for three readers to each win a free one year home exchange membership to Home Base Holidays.
As Home Base Holidays is based in London and has a very large choice of current home exchange offers in the city and near Olympic venues throughout the UK, we are delighted that Budget Travel Adventures, a popular US travel blog, chose to emphasise this in the contest as now is the best time to start planning a home exchange for the Olympics, only a few months away.
Of course you don't need to arrange a home swap in London to take part in the competition. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to enter and choose destinations of interest (winners have a year to claim the free year's membership if not quite ready to list their homes for exchange). You don't need to live in a luxurious home either - home swaps are for everyone!
The contest will run from today, April 25 through May 8. Home Base Holidays will review all entries and choose the three best London tips/reasons for doing a home exchange submitted. The winners will be notified and contacted by Home Base Holidays and announced on May 9, 2011.
It is very easy to enter - see details on Budget Travel Adventures. If you are already a Home Base Holidays member, do pass this on to any friends or family who may be interested as, if any of your contacts win, your current membership will be extended by three months.
Hythe, Kent - A medieval hall house (above) extended in 1910. Once home to Gerald duMaurier, Noel Coward was a frequent guest in the house and indeed rehearsed and wrote material here. Daphne du Maurier is also said to have written in the house. The hall has 15th century carvings and the pannelled dining room is beautiful. The long drawing room overlooks the garden and little stream.
Ludlow, Shropshire - Town centre, 17th century house "newly built in 1656 after burning in the Civil War". High-walled courtyard garden with workshop. Overlooks C12th Castle and gardens. Medieval market town with 500 listed buildings, C15th Church. Stands on river Teme with Mortimer Forest and Trails within walking distance. On the borders with Wales (Welsh Marches), Hereford and Worcester.
Fulbeck, Lincolnshire - Gorgeous traditional stone-built cottage, situated in a picturesque English village within a beautiful landscape and with a traditional village pub!, 30 minutes from the city of Lincoln, the historic city with a beautiful cathedral and castle. We live 10 minutes away from Belton House, a stately home of note and 15 minutes from Grantham, the birthplace and schools of Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher.
The house was built over 200 years ago in 1770 and still has many of its original features, the village is soaked in history especially the 13th century church and the impressive Fulbeck Hall.
Worcester, Worcestershire - We live within 5 minutes walk of the centre of Worcester with its Cathedral (on left), many shops, pubs and restaurants. This small ancient city is bounded by the River Severn and the Worcester to Birmingham canal. We overlook Fort Royal Hill park where Oliver Cromwell won the last battle of the English Civil War in the 1650s.
Glastonbury, Avon - Glastonbury is a beautiful pilgrim town steeped in Arthurian myth and legend with the Abbey, Chalice Well Gardens and Wearyall Hill only a fifteen minute walk from our house.
Our house is a three storey split level. We have the most fantastic panoramic views overlooking the Somerset Levels, Quantock and Mendip Hills and the sunsets are amazing. Visit Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge and the surrounding areas for fantastic walks and hikes.
Newcastle, Tyne and Wear - The house is a stone built villa over 250 years old, situated in the conservation area of Whickham village. It features in the history of Whickham, a small town on the outskirts of bustling, cultural, historic Newcastle. Because of its age the house has a quirky layout with many rooms leading off one another giving an "Alice in Wonderland" appeal. The village itself boasts a 900 year old church and is a frequent winner of Britain in Bloom.
We are within a 2.5 hour drive of Scotland, the Lake District, Yorkshire and 30 minutes away from the Northumberland Coast with the castles of Alnwick, Bamburgh, Warkworth. Roman forts Chesters and Housesteads are also close by. We live in an area that is bursting with history, Newcastle itself boasts a Norman Keep and some well preserved town walls. The area is particularly rich in Roman remains and coastal walks.
Our house is probably late Georgian and has been recently totally refurbished. The house is on three floors with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor and a further bedroom on the top floor that overlooks the Malvern Hills and the Cathedral.
A: Browse home exchange listings (as a member, log on to Home Base Holidays first); click 'Show more options' below the search boxes.
Type New Zealand in the box beside 'To find members looking for a home exchange in your location, enter your city, county/state, or country'.
Choose any other criteria, then click Search at the bottom of the page. If you leave most criteria open, you will find many members who indicate New Zealand as a destination choice.
Note: Searching by your own location as a destination requested is a good way to start to look for the members most likely to be interested in swapping homes with you. However, such search results will only show those who include your country as a destination and not the many members who are 'open to offers' on destinations, some of whom may also be interested in your offer.
Lovely home with a spectacular view of Astoria, and the Columbia River. The house has a garden, large deck & sun porch, both with river views. The area has a much to offer. There are good hiking/biking trails, the ocean and beaches are quite near. Local entertainment includes good food, pubs, river front trolley, two movie theaters, as well as live plays and music venues.
Thanks to William and Kate choosing their big day so close to Easter, we've got four bank holidays in the UK within the space of 11 days (from 22 April to 2 May). Search Home Base Holidays homes for exchange in London if you fancy watching the royal procession. *Note: it is always better to start planning for a home swap well in advance of the dates wanted but, in this case, as there are hundreds of exchange offers in London, and no doubt many Londoners happy to escape the city to take advantage of the extra holiday, you should still find interest in an exchange if you act quickly!
If you prefer to escape royal wedding mania, check out home exchange offers throughout the UK and worldwide.


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Besides Last One Out, Turn Out the Light which is now in widescreen we also still have very limited copies of Lighthouse and American Lighthouse both of those DVD's are currently Out of Print.
Bill Tufts Odonnell's production company Odonnell Entertainment® Adventures of Shadow® is working on a video production documenting the whole history of St. George Reef Lighthouse from the Brother Jonathan to the Present.
Some of his footage of St. George has aired on "Reel TV", "History Channel", and on local TV news. He is also behind the development of this web site: www.StGeorgeReefLightHouse.us The video "Last One Out, Turn off the Light" which he restored, is available on video and is also released on DVD sells for $14.99, the see the information to the left.


The release of this two-disc set completes the Budapest String Quartet's historic Beethoven string quartet cycle, recorded at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium. Both the middle and late quartets from this cycle (BRIDGE 9099A/C and BRIDGE 9072A/C) have frequently been cited as among the finest recordings ever made of Beethoven's singular masterpieces. The present recordings of Beethoven's six Op. 18 quartets were selected from performances given during the Budapest String Quartet's 22-year long residency at the Library (1940-1962). The recording dates were: Op. 18, Nos, 1, 2 & 3 (1944); Op. 18, No. 4 (1962), Op. 18, No. 5 (1943) and Op. 18, No. 6 (1960). In addition to the six quartets, a short track drawn from a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal is included on disc two.


The Xiaomi line-up can be confusing for those not acquainted with it, however, follow these general rules of thumb and you cannot go far wrong. Redmi is the company's budget line. Therefore while prices are lower, you should not expect similar features and performance you get from the flagships. The Note ranges are its tablets or large-screen phones (though Mi max is the largest), and plain old Mi is its flagship family.
The Mi 8 pro, Mi 8 and futuristic Mi mix 2S (originally an idea phone in its first edition) presently sit at the top of the line-up, and within the next few weeks, we'll be adding the Mi mix 3 (which has currently been announced solely in China).
Previously you furthermore may have the Mi Note at flagship status, but within the Mi Note 3 core hardware has been downgraded. Do not rule it out, though: with many of the same features and the same style to the Mi6, it's appealing as a less expensive choice.
Though you can currently find Xiaomi phones officially on sale in the United Kingdom, via Three, Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, Carphone Warehouse, Currys/PC World, eBuyer, Very, Go Mobile, Mobile Phones Direct and Mi.com, you may additionally find special deals importing them from China.
This will entail using a website like GearBest. If you decide on to do so, note that only the global models support 800MHz 4G LTE (Band 20), that is very important to note for United Kingdom users on O2, GiffGaff or Sky Mobile. O2 depends exclusively on this band for 4G coverage, which implies the most you will get is 3G without reverting to Wi-Fi. For other networks that additionally use this band 4G coverage may be less than you would find with a phone that will support 800MHz.
If you are buying from China you should additionally take into consideration that your consumer rights are entirely different to when you purchase inside Europe, which should something go wrong you are going to find aftersales support tougher. Delivery times also will be longer, though there's typically a free option.
One significant distinction between Xiaomi phones and stock android phones is that they run MIUI and unless you've got one of the International or global models you will find Google Play Services aren't preinstalled. As long as it's a relatively recent device and capable of running MIUI 9, this is often simple to solve. We've explained a way to install Google Play on a Xiaomi phone here.
An exception here is that the Mi A2 and Mi A2 lite, that are identical in style and specification to the Mi 6X and Redmi 6 pro, however, running android One instead of MIUI.
At £499 the Mi 8 pro is a fantastic purchase, undercutting each rival flagship phone within the United Kingdom – and now that Xiaomi phones are easily obtainable within the United Kingdom, there is no reason not to consider it.
With a dominant performance, good cameras, some genuinely helpful software, a fancy in-display fingerprint sensor, and a cool transparent back cover, this is an excellent all-rounder at a fantastic price.
Astonishing price, insane performance, fantastic photography, a more prominent than ever 18.7:9 AMOLED display and a fresh new 3D Face recognition feature are all reasons why you must burst forth and purchase the Mi 8. without delay it prices just £438.33/US$569.99/€490.20 from GearBest, that is several hundred pounds cheaper than many of the phones with which it competes.
We're unhappy to see Xiaomi not maintaining with its rivals regarding wireless charging, waterproofing, and a Quad-HD screen, and that the highly anticipated in-display fingerprint is exclusive to the Explorer Edition, however at this value, we will hardly complain. Superb phone, highly recommended.
The original full-display smartphone is evolving into something extraordinary. Now with wireless charging, quicker performance and a dual-camera that builds in AI, the Mi mix 2S could be a nearer rival to western flagships than ever – and at a fraction of the worth.
The Mi mix 2S majors on performance and design. With its ceramic, mirror-finish case and 18:9 display it looks and feels unimaginable in hand.
With full Google services, the Xiaomi is straightforward to suggest, though it isn't ideal for selfie and audio fanatics with a poorly positioned front camera and a mono speaker that does not make up for the shortage of an earphone jack.
Battery life might even be better, and we'd wish to see the company finally take the plunge with a Quad-HD display and waterproofing.
There's no doubt that the Pocophone F1 is one amongst the best Chinese phones we've ever tested.
Xiaomi has done an impressive job of creating an imposingly high-spec phone for a mind-blowingly low-cost value. It's may not be the thinnest and lightest phone around however the design remains enticing and fascinating.
If you prefer the Mi8, however, your budget cannot stretch this is the phone for you.
The Mi 8 lite is an excellent-value mid-range phone with a stunning style and some good hardware, significantly in the camera department. We're excited for what Xiaomi's entrance to the united kingdom means for the mid-range smartphone market.
The inclusion of Android One makes Xiaomi phones so much more easily accessible to UK- and United States users – and that is a brilliant thing, finally allowing those outside China and India (and more recently Spain, France, and Italy) a taste of what else is out there on the market. The Mi A2 (also obtainable running MIUI as the Mi 6X) whets our craving for what is coming our way when Xiaomi formally launches within the United Kingdom on 8 November.
A fantastic budget phone, the Mi A2 is £199 and simply procurable from Amazon. It combines strong build quality with a pleasant show, sensible, comprehensive performance and a well-specced trio of cameras — it out-specs and out-performs each different phone in our budget smartphone chart.
Budget Android phones do not come better than this. The Mi A2 lite features a premium style with 19:9 notch display, dual rear cameras, and excellent performance. Storage is generous, and we like the fact you'll be able to bolster the 64GB internal space with microSD cards up to 256GB in capacity without sacrificing dual-SIM support. A good budget purchase.
The Mi Note 3 could be a downgrade on the Mi6 and, arguably, the Mi Note 2, however it appeals with a lower price and a beautiful premium design. Although it does not feature a flagship processor, this is a competent smartphone with a tight dual-camera. Provided you'll live without 800MHz 4G and are happy to install Google Play Services yourself; it's tough not to recommend the Mi Note 3.
If you want a large screen on a budget, without going the whole hog and buying a tablet, we can think of no better example than the Mi max 3. currently with improved performance, a second camera lens at the rear and a large 6.9 18:9 display, it is a worthy upgrade on the Mi max 2 – and still even as affordable.
A big screen and a low price are paired with good battery life, proper performance, and an enhanced dual-camera within the Redmi Note 5. There are some drawbacks, like the previous Micro-USB port, lack of fast Charge support and partially plastic build, but in other respects budget phones do not come much better than this.
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Greenland ice study shows 'unexpected link between solar activity and climate change'
Lund University have published a reconstruction of solar activity vs snow accumulation in Greenland, which indicates a strong correlation between solar minima and a colder climate. 'The study shows an unexpected link between solar activity and climate change,' Dr Muscheler said in a press release. 'It shows both that changes in solar activity are nothing new and that solar activity influences the climate, especially on a regional level. 'Understanding these processes helps us to better forecast the climate in certain regions.' According to the study abstract; http://ift.tt/1rYlmde "We find that during the Last Glacial Maximum, solar minima correlate with more negative δ18O values of ice and are accompanied by increased snow accumulation and sea-salt input over central Greenland. We suggest that solar minima could have induced changes in the stratosphere that favour the development of high-pressure blocking systems located to the south of Greenland, as has been found in observations and model simulations for recent climate9, 10. We conclude that the mechanism behind solar forcing of regional climate change may have been similar under both modern and Last Glacial Maximum climate conditions."
Maryland man shot 3-year-old daughter and slit her throat before fatal shootout with police
A Temple Hills, Maryland man slashed his 3-year-old daughter's throat, then shot and killed her before leading police on a car chase that ended in a fatal shootout. According to CBS Baltimore, 38-year-old Frederick Roy Miller shot and wounded two other people in the rampage, which took place on Saturday. Police Chief Mark Magaw said in a press conference that Miller, a Marine veteran, was engaged in a custody battle with his ex-wife. On Saturday, Miller went to the home where his daughter, Laila Miller, lived with her two primary caretakers, her maternal grandfather and great-grandmother. Miller shot the two adults, one in the driveway in front of the house, and left with the child as neighbors looked on in horror. Police pursued Miller in a high-speed car chase that ended in a hail of bullets. When Miller was confirmed dead, police converged on the car and found Laila Miller bleeding from a gash in her throat and with a bullet wound to the head.
Washington's nightmare comes true as the Russian-Chinese partnership goes global
The Russian-Chinese strategic partnership (RCSP), indoctrinated in 1996, is Eurasia's geopolitical anchor in the 21st century, shaping its evolution and entrance into the Multipolar World. No other political relationship between the two continents' actors even comes close, with the RCSP's only formidable rival being the US via its privileged military alliances with NATO, the Gulf Kingdoms, and Japan. In this century's struggle for the supercontinent, the interplay between the RCSP and the US will come to define global politics. Detractors or Distracters? Much ado has been made in the Western media about the RCSP, with some highlighting its significance in challenging the Washington Consensus and others brushing it off as nothing more than Moscow's increasing dependency on Beijing. The views of the former are often trumpeted to scare Americans and justify their government's aggression against Russia and China, while the latter serves to feed a disinformation campaign meant to split Russia and China apart. Only rarely is the RCSP mentioned as a cautionary warning for the US to moderate its policies, which is the most responsible way to present this development to the Western voter. The article's intent is to provocatively argue that the RCSP is already a worldwide reality in the making, the manifestation of Washington's nightmare, and that it extends beyond Eurasia and even into North Africa and Latin America. It does seek to challenge the Western order, but only to help guide the transition to the Multipolar World, a goal which both countries pledged their solidarity to in 1997. The US' reluctance in recognizing the tectonic shifts that have occurred in the world since then and its insistence on prolonging the fading unipolar moment are the largest sources of global destabilization today. Despite what the detractors try to achieve by fear mongering and the distracters by divisionary tactics, the RCSP is peaceful, defensive, and more unified than ever. By exploring the confluences of Russian-Chinese policy in key areas of Eurasia and beyond, the article will prove that the RCSP is alive and growing, actively working to steer the world closer to multipolarity.
How the brutalized become brutal: Years of random violence, brutal repression and collective humiliation
The horrific pictures of the beheading of American reporter James Foley, the images of executions of alleged collaborators in Gaza and the bullet-ridden bodies left behind in Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are the end of a story, not the beginning. They are the result of years, at times decades, of the random violence, brutal repression and collective humiliation the United States has inflicted on others. Our terror is delivered to the wretched of the earth with industrial weapons. It is, to us, invisible. We do not stand over the decapitated and eviscerated bodies left behind on city and village streets by our missiles, drones and fighter jets. We do not listen to the wails and shrieks of parents embracing the shattered bodies of their children. We do not see the survivors of air attacks bury their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters. We are not conscious of the long night of collective humiliation, repression and powerlessness that characterizes existence in Israel's occupied territories, Iraq and Afghanistan. We do not see the boiling anger that war and injustice turn into a caldron of hate over time. We are not aware of the very natural lust for revenge against those who carry out or symbolize this oppression. We see only the final pyrotechnics of terror, the shocking moment when the rage erupts into an inchoate fury and the murder of innocents. And, willfully ignorant, we do not understand our own complicity. We self-righteously condemn the killers as subhuman savages who deserve more of the violence that created them. This is a recipe for endless terror. Chaim Engel, who took part in the uprising at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp in Poland, described what happened when he obtained a knife and confronted a German in an office. The act he carried out was no less brutal than the beheading of Foley or the executions in Gaza. Isolated from the reality he and the other inmates endured at the camp, his act was savage. Set against the backdrop of the extermination camp it was understandable.
Escape from New York: City dwellers prepare for doomsday
San Francisco - Quick: In the event of a zombie apocalypse, how would you make it out of New York City alive? If you're like most New Yorkers, you probably have no idea. But a small group of folks in the city are gearing up for the next doomsday scenario by prepping survival gear, planning escape routes, and training to get out of New York City - even by inflatable kayak if necessary. These urban doomsday preppers look very different from the stereotype of the rural, gun-toting conservative depicted on shows such as "Doomsday Castle," Anna Maria Bounds, a sociologist at Queens College, City University of New York, said on Monday (Aug. 18) here at the 109th annual American Sociological Association meeting.
On-going nightmare in Rotherham UK: About 1,400 children were 'sexually exploited over 16-year period'
Report claims police and council agencies failed victims, some of whom were threatened with guns and gang-raped About 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham over a 16-year period, according to a report that concluded "it is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that child victims suffered". The report on events in the town in South Yorkshire, between 1997 and 2013, found that in more than a third of these cases the youngsters were already known to child protection agencies. It said there had been "blatant" collective failures by the council's leadership. Council leader Roger Stone said: "Having considered the report, I believe it is only right that I, as leader, take responsibility on behalf of the council for the historic failings that are described so clearly in the report and it is my intention to do so.
The pivot towards China continues: US to "rebalance" military in Guam to counter China and North Korea
Guam, an Island nation of 160,000 people has been a victim of Imperialism dating back to the 16th century. More than 65,000 of the population are called the Chamorro people, an indigenous population originally from the Mariana Islands. Many of the Chamorro people also live in the Northern Mariana Islands, another U.S. territory. Guam's fate with imperial powers from the West began with Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, who represented the King of Spain, landed in Guam around 1521. Spanish General Miguel López de Legazpi claimed Guam for the Spanish throne in 1565. It eventually resulted in the Spanish-Chamorro War which lasted 25 years. Then it was followed by Japan's brutal occupation during World War II. U.S. won a decisive battle against Japanese forces known as the Battle of Guam in 1944. However, the U.S. still remains in Guam. They never left. Over the years, the U.S. Military-Industrial complex has become the Island's main economic engine besides the tourism industry. With geopolitical developments in recent years, the U.S. is now in the stage of "rebalancing" its Pacific forces to prepare for a possible future war with China and North Korea.
Dr. Frankenstein's ISIS: Made in Washington, Riyadh - and Tel Aviv
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is being touted as the newest "threat" to the American homeland: hysterics have pointed to Chicago as the locus of their interest, and we are told by everyone from the President on down that if we don't attack them - i.e. go back into Iraq (and even venture into Syria) to root them out - they'll soon show up on American shores. How is this supposed to work? Well, you see, that monster who beheaded James Foley had a British accent, and there are reports of more than a few Brits (and Americans) traveling to Syria to fight on behalf of ISIS. So these jihadi "internationalists" could always just fly back to either Britain or the US, where another 9/11 would shortly be in the works. Let's put aside the FBI statement that, while Americans abroad may be in some unspecified degree of danger, ISIS represents "no credible threat" to the continental United States. If we take the ISIS-threatens-us-at-home war propaganda seriously we have to believe Western law enforcement agencies, with all the tools at their command - including near total surveillance of online and telephonic communications worldwide - have no idea what dubious characters have traveled to Syria via, say, New York or London, and would in any case be powerless to prevent their return. In short, we have to invade yet another country (or two) because our own post-9/11 security arrangements are virtually nonexistent - in spite of having spent untold billions on building them up. Can that really be true? If we step back from the hysteria generated by the beheading of US journalist James Foley, what's clear is that this new bogeyman is the creation of the United States and its allies in the region. ISIS didn't just arise out of the earth like some Islamist variation on the fabled Myrmidons: they needed money, weapons, logistics, propaganda facilities, and international connections to reach the relatively high level of organization and lethality they seem to have achieved in such a short period of time. Where did they get these assets?
August 24, 2014: 7.0 earthquake strikes Peru + 6.7 in Chile + 6.0 in California + Iceland erupting = major unrest occuring
Another large earthquake has struck the Pacific ring of fire. On top of today's 6.0M in Central California, on top of yesterdays 6.7M earthquake in Chile, now we see a 6.8 magnitude (upgraded to 7.0M) event in Peru. Overall, we are seeing a major uptick in earthquake activity occur. On top of Icelands large volcanic eruption, I would say now is a good time to have a plan and be prepared. I'd still be watching near Vancouver Island. Salton Sea should show something soon as well. Notice the earthquakes stopped in Oklahoma temporarily.. the pressure has been "transferred" temporarily... But to where? Where has the pressure transferred? Since we first saw the 6.7M yesterday in Chile.. now the 6.0M in California.. this makes me think its a NW pressure transfer which is occurring like all those deep asthenosphere earthquakes which were happening at the 350mile deep range.
Australia's 'Guantanamo: 'Refugees' in mental anguish
At least one in four refugees locked in indefinite detention on the basis of secret ASIO findings has attempted or threatened suicide, a new analysis has revealed. Several of the 44 refugees have now been incarcerated more than five years without charge in Melbourne and Sydney, and none are allowed to know the detail of the secret assessments used to justify their detention. The heavy psychological toll has led to extraordinary rates of depression, anxiety and self-harm, including one man repeatedly beating his head with a toilet door.
Ukraine will spend billions of hryvnas to upgrade its military
Before the end of this year Ukraine "will spend billions of hryvnas" to upgrade military hardware of the country's armed forces, President Pyotr Poroshenko said at a military parade on the occasion of the 23rd Ukrainian independence anniversary on Sunday. "Warplanes, helicopter gunships, warships and motor boats will be bought and this is just a moderate start," he said, adding that right from Kreshchatik "the column of troops will be dispatched in the combat action zone" in east Ukraine.
Demented MMA fighter who savagely beat ex-girlfriend sez oppression of men is worse than slavery
A mixed martial arts fighter accused of battering his porn actress former girlfriend complained that American men suffered even worse than Jews under Nazi Germany or African slaves in the U.S. War Machine, who legally changed his name in 2008 from Jon Koppenhaver, was arrested Saturday in the brutal assault of his ex-girlfriend, Christy Mack, and reality TV star Corey Thomas. Mack suffered broken bones, missing teeth, and a ruptured liver in the attack. The cage fighter, who has been imprisoned twice previously, claimed he attacked the pair in self-defense. During his last incarceration, in 2010 on a San Diego assault conviction, War Machine wrote a weekly "prison blog," reported the Daily Telegraph, that outlined his complains about prison life. "Me and a couple other guys have been waging war on these 2 loud, obnoxious *ssholes who love to yell and bang their door all day and night," War Machine wrote. "Our weapon of choice by default, is of course sh*t bombs... LMAO! We have been bombing their cells twice/day for 4 days straight and since the Deps hate them too, they don't even clean it out, they let them sit in sh*t for HOURS at a time."
Game changer? Futuristic Chinese 'supersonic' sub could reach US shores in under two hours
Traveling from Shanghai to San Francisco in under two hours may sound like a fantasy, but China believes it's figured out how to design an underwater vehicle that can make the idea a reality. More worryingly, though, is the possibility that the technology will be used to develop even more dangerous weaponry. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the super-fast technology was developed by scientists at the Harbin Institute of Technology, and would allow underwater submarines or torpedoes to exceed the equivalent speed of sound under water - about 3,600 miles per hour. The idea is based on the old Soviet concept of supercavitation, which involves creating a large air bubble around an object so that it could avoid facing too much friction and travel through water quickly. Professor Li Fengchen said that when the vessel hits the water, one of its mechanisms continuously sprays a "special liquid membrane" all over the object's surface. This membrane eventually wears off, but by the time the vessel reaches 46 miles per hour, it's going fast enough to enter supercavitation state and generate an air bubble capable of helping it cover previously unknown distances. "Our method is different from any other approach, such as vector propulsion," Li told SCMP. "By combining liquid-membrane technology with supercavitation, we can significantly reduce the launch challenges and make cruising control easier."
Discontent building: French goverment resigns amid rancor over German austerity pressure
The French government has resigned despite being formed just 4 months ago. They quit after ministers slammed President Francois Hollande's plans for taxation and cuts, while also being critical of Germany's austerity program. The statement published on Monday said the new office would be formed on Tuesday and would be in the "direction he (the president) has defined for our country." Following the 2008 financial crisis, Germany has taken the lead to try and resurrect the EU's economy. This has been marked by cutbacks and taxation, which have not proved to be universally popular within the eurozone. Economics Minister, Arnaud Montebourg, an outspoken critic of Germany, believes that country has hindered France's development. Montebourg said it was time to resist Germany's "obsession" with austerity and work out some alternative ways to promote household consumption. He said that measures that had been introduced since the financial crisis were not doing anything to help the country's economy grow. He also blamed Germany for factory closures in France. "You have to raise your voice. Germany is trapped in an austerity policy that it imposed across Europe," the Socialist minister said in the interview with the French newspaper Le Monde on Saturday.
'Boogeyman' series tries to find out if Morag the monster really exists
A TV documentary is to investigate the existence of Scotland's other monster -Morag, who is reputed to live in Loch Morar in Lochaber. More than 30 sightings of Morag date back to 1887 and at least 16 involve multiple witnesses. In 1948 "a peculiar serpent-like creature about 20ft long" was reported by nine people in a boat, in the same place as the original 1887 sighting. The best known encounter, in 1969, involved Duncan McDonnel and William Simpson, and their speedboat, with which they claimed to have accidentally struck the creature, prompting it to hit back. Mr McDonnel retaliated with an oar, and Mr Simpson opened fire with his rifle, whereupon it sank slowly out of sight. They described it as being brown, 25 to 30 feet long, and with rough skin. It had three humps rising 18 inches above the loch's surface, and a head a foot wide, held 18 inches out of the water. The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau expanded its search to include Loch Morar in February 1970.
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Learners and parents attending AFDA Cape Town Open Day on the 18 May will have the fantastic opportunity of meeting actor and AFDA alumna Shamilla Miller. Shamilla known for playing the role of 'Jenna Galloway', on the record breaking Showmax Original murder mystery series will be taking on a brand new role at Open Day, that of "Guest Speaker", a first for her in her career
Shamilla graduated with a degree in Film and Live Performance from AFDA Cape Town, after which she spent a few years moulding her craft on stage with the likes of David Kramer and Alfred Rietman. She then teamed up with Vulture Productions where she was a part of five plays that went on to show at the Artscape and Grahamstown Festival.
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La Kadina (en ) est une rivière de la Macédoine du Nord, dans la région de Skopje, et un affluent du fleuve le Vardar.

Géographie
Longue de , la Kadina prend sa source dans la chaîne de la Yakoupitsa à  d'altitude, puis traverse le centre du pays vers l'est et se jette dans le Vardar, à  d'altitude.

Affluents
La rivière possède de nombreux petits affluents.

Hydrologie
La rivière fait environ trois mètres de profondeur dans son cours inférieur.

La Kadina est soumise aux fontes des neiges ainsi qu'à la sécheresse estivale, et connaît un débit très différent selon la saison.

Aménagements et écologie
Elle est fréquentée par des baigneurs et des pêcheurs et compte de nombreuses truites.  Elle possède une eau propre et un fort potentiel d'irrigation. Un barrage doit être construit à l'horizon 2020, près des villages de Paligrad et Goumalevo.

Hydronyme
Le nom de la rivière signifie « rivière du cadi », un cadi étant un dignitaire ottoman. Elle est également connue localement sous les noms de Smesnitsa, Tisovitsa et Topolnitsa.

Voir aussi

 la géographie de la Macédoine du Nord
 la liste des cours d'eau de la Macédoine du Nord
 le Vardar

Notes et références

Cours d'eau en Macédoine du Nord
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Ivory Coast: Alassane Ouattara reelected with 94.27% of the vote
November 3, 2020 by Zeal
Not surprisingly, Alassane Dramane Ouattara will remain at the head of Côte d'Ivoire for the next five years. The outgoing President was re-elected for a controversial third term on a crushing score of 94.27% of the votes in the first round, according to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), which made the announcement on Monday night. A score river due to the boycott of the election by the opposition.
"Is therefore elected President of the Republic Mr. Alassane Ouattara," said the President of the CIS, Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert, after reading the scores. The participation rate is 53.90%. But, these results have yet to be validated by the Constitutional Council.
Outgoing President Alassane Dramane Ouattara (78) obtained 94.27% of the vote (3,031,483 votes) in most constituencies. According to the scores announced by the CEI, the independent candidate Kouadio Konan Bertin comes, for his part, in the second position with 1.99% of the vote (64,011 votes).
The other two candidates had called for a boycott but still received votes. Former President, Henri Konan Bédié, finished 3rd with 1.66% (53 330 votes) and former Prime Minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan fourth with 0.99% (31 986 votes).
In addition, the Ivorian opposition, which boycotted the election, announced yesterday Monday the formation of a transitional government in protest against the candidacy of Alassane Dramane Ouattara for this contested third term. An announcement that has not yet elicited a reaction from the government.
Ivorians already fear another civil war as in 2010. The announcement of the victory of Alassane Dramane Ouattara, rejected by the outgoing President at the time, Laurent Gbagbo, had triggered a civil war lasting several months. Alassane Ouattara had come to power after the victory of his forces in 2011. The conflict had left more than 3,000 dead.
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The Gunstock Blanks become Gunstocks.
The past few years after the IWA show I have posted articles in 2014 on buying the wood there from the Turkish dealers, followed last year by the wood arriving at the factory which is the time you see how you have actually done with your buying.
The next stage in the whole wood process is getting the chosen blanks on the guns! This in itself may sound simple but actually often disaster can happen at any stage. The wood can develop 'shakes' as it adjusts to the ambient humidity, (these are small cracks which can render the blank useless) the stocker can cut the rough stock shape out and reveal a massive hole or a flaw in the wood, there are a number of things that can go wrong and the blank is then relegated to the scrap heap, expensive firewood!
So it is always a relief when the wood you choose and had high expectations for is actually on the guns, shaped up, sanded and with a first coat of clear oil on. This is the point you can actually judge how you did with your selection.
Above are a set of 3 blanks I purchased from one of the dealers in IWA in 2015 and below are a pair of new sidelocks guns fresh from the stocking shop for which I used the best of the 3 blanks for. Relief indeed, they worked out well!
Over the next months, whilst the guns are being engraved, the true richness and colour of the wood will be released by endless coats of oil and hours of hand polishing. We will show them again after that!
The Shooting Man's Walking or Thumb Stick.
The thumb stick or walking stick is always a useful addition to throw in the back of a car when off for a days shooting. This is especially the case when shooting on the wet, slippery and undulating terrain in England, where your legs can literally shoot out from under you unexpectedly.
There are many stick makers in the country, all developing their own style from simple to very elaborate. The sticks may be all wood or be topped with stag horn or something similar, it is common to have a V or a crook to rest your thumb for extra grip. The sticks are tall and come up to about your under arm height, in the case of the bottom one above, you can place it under your arm and comfortably lean on it.
On Friday I travelled to a country show to see some of the countries best carver/makers, unfortunately I was a little late and sales had been brisk, but I was able to get a handful I liked and was able to place an order for a further selection to be made over the coming months. Grey and red partridge, grouse, pheasant and a woodcock with the beak stretched out are some of the choices. These sticks are made by arguably the best carver in the country and the delivery, such is the demand, falls right in line with that of one our guns.
To many people, these are perhaps just too fancy to take out in the field but as an example of the craft they make a wonderful addition to any pile of sticks you may have waiting by the back door.
Gun Stock Ovals – A Small place to make things personal.
Traditionally the gun stock oval is a place where you will find the gun owners initials or family crest, it is a sort of signature spot for the owner, a message that 'this is mine'!
The gold or silver oval can be treated in many ways and here I show a few examples of what can be achieved. From simple block lettering, elaborate engraved script, detailed engraved family crest, a full owners name and date, multi colour enamel crests and a single engraved item of game. Each and every one of these is individual and personal to the owner and my message is that whilst this is a simple and small area on the gun, do please give it consideration when asked what should go on it, we will always submit designs and help with ideas you can see what it will look like in advance.
The Story of A Set of 3 James Purdey & Sons Hammer Ejector 12g Game Guns.
Just over a week ago I attended the IWA show in Nuremberg, IWA, for those unfamiliar, is a massive trade only show for the gun industry where manufacturers show their wares, guns, optics, clothing in fact anything and everything hunting related. It is the European version of SHOT which is held in Las Vegas in January. My annual pilgrimage to Nuremberg is for wood, for it is here that all the Turkish and other international wood dealers congregate to show their annual findings, something I have posted about previously on Explora.
Every year at IWA I am generously hosted along with other wood buyer in the trade by Ralph Katzenmeier (the foremost German dealer of fine stock blanks), to a traditional German dinner of slow cooked pork shoulder with a dumpling the size of a large baseball, washed down with Bavarian Pils and followed by apple fritters. It is essential not to forget to pack your anti acid!
This years meal was attended by the Purdey wood buying crew, the Boss & Co crew, including their new owner, and Chris Batha. I was sitting next to the boys from Purdey and at some point asked how their new 'used gun' department was doing, the response being well, but that stock, like for us all, was hard to come by.
This in turn prompted me to ask how much they thought a trio of Purdey Hammer Ejectors would be worth in the current market. They didn't know that a trio liked this existed and asked where they were, "in my safe" I replied, this response was followed by "where did you get them?" "from your safe I replied"!
A good 15 years or so ago, I bought a couple of guns from an American who was selling up, from memory there was a 500/465 Holland and a pair of Boss shotguns. When the deal had been executed swiftly and correctly I asked him if he had anything else he wished to sell. He told me yes, that a year ago he had sent some guns to Purdey to be sold but had heard nothing back from them. I asked if I could go and see them and make an offer and he was happy for this to happen. I made a B line to Purdey and asked to see the guns and was duly shown them, I decided a price, walked onto the street outside and called the client. We agreed a deal and I asked him to call up Purdey and let me take the guns which he agreed to do immediately. I then walked back in to speak with the salesman who was muttering " I really must do something about this, I had forgotten" I let him know that it was now too late and that all he needed to do was please help me out to the car with all the guns, if he didn't mind.
So, just in case my story at the table sounded too far fetched, here are the set of three Purdey hammer Ejector guns….taken from right under your nose as they say!
After One Year 'The Africa Rifle' Returns to the Factory Engraved.
Last night when I received The Africa Rifle back from Paul Lantuch my plan was to keep it under wraps until completely finished. At the time it seemed a good plan but this morning I have decided it was probably a bad idea. For one, it is only fair to allow Paul to show his fellow engravers what he has been working on for the last year, I know they always enquire and I know he lets nothing out! Secondly I can get quite a few posts for this blog during the process of completing the rifle, and that helps me out. Finally, I really just can't resist!
The Africa Rifle is the pair rifle to The India Rifle which has featured on this blog a few times. The Rifles are in .600NE and built on a sidelock action with Westley Richards 'Model C' bolting and lever work.
The rifle is engraved using a wide variety of techniques which I will elaborate on in another post with more detailed pictures. Multi coloured gold and other rare metals have been used for the inlays and will be treated with special patination, there is relief carving, fine gold inlays, stock inlays, barrel inlays, I think actually about every technique available to engravers has been used, and then some!
In the same way as the India Rifle was telling a story about the hunting days in India the Africa Rifle tells the story about the early days of hunting in Africa. Certainly Paul Lantuch has done another magnificent job with the engraving work, I cannot tell you how nice it is to work with an artist who is always up for pushing the boundaries, trying new things and developing new styles rather than knocking out the same old stuff year after year! I hope you will enjoy watching this rifle coming to its completion in the months ahead and to eventually seeing the pair of rifles together for the first time.
3 Happy Customers and 4 New Westley Richards Completed.
Westley Richards .500 3″ Droplock sits above a 28g Droplock. A rifle for Africa and a shotgun for Quail, the wait for this customer is over!
It is always nice to get the finished guns and rifles in front of the camera and send the clients some pictures of the guns or rifles they have been waiting so patiently for. They can finally see the wood in all its glory and their order as a whole. This week we completed these 3 rifles and a single 28g gun and I managed to photograph them without scratching them!
The same guns with a selection of gunmakers tools.
A Westley Richards Bolt Action dangerous game rifle in the mighty .505 Gibbs. This plain finish rifle is made for the African bush and many adventures.
This Westley Richards .375 Bolt Action rifle is also in a plain finish and ready now for the bush or wherever the hunting will take it.
Hartmann & Weiss .375 Over Under rifle on Boss action with Holland type reinforcement.
One thing about doing this blog which I occasionally find amusing is the comments from the 'trolls', the disgruntled, mostly spiteful, gun critiques who hide behind alias email address's. Every comment on the site has to be approved and I appreciate all the ones we get. Todays post on the Mauser rifles generated a comment I found particularly amusing, it was from Baron Radu von Goldman and read "theres no rifle in history that can compare to mauser m98 there english thiefs like jeffrey rigby holland&holland purdey westley richard have all stolen german rifles and cartridges since early 1900, now you tell me whats english?" The answer by the way is everything except the action!
So in response, as I cannot respond (to the alias email) on the merits of the Mauser vs Lee Enfield I thought I would take a few pictures of Germany's most respected maker Hartmann & Weiss's products.
As always fabulous guns and rifles, built with pride in Germany on the Boss & Co. over and under system which was of course designed and perfected by the firm in England..
Now you tell me what's English, Baron Radu!
Hartmann & Weiss .375 Bolt Action Take Down, .375 Over Under Rifle and 20g Shotgun.
Hartmann & Weiss .375 Over and Under Rifle and a Boss & Co. .500 3″ Over Under.
Hartmann & Weiss 20g Over and Under and a Boss & Co. 28g Over Under.
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The 2 Must Have Mauser Rifle Books for Collectors.
Every now and then we have a request for a special rifle project. Historically over 90% of the bolt action rifles we have built, have been done so based on one of the variations of the Mauser 98 action. There are 4 variations of the Oberndorf commercial Mauser action, the Kurtz (small), Intermediate, Standard and Magnum. For special projects it is always a consideration for us to use, if available, an original Oberndorf action. I am sure many will cringe at the thought of breaking up a really good example of an original Mauser rifle but my thoughts are that unless they are in very special condition they can have a better and new lease of life, if made into something new.
The 2 'Bibles' for checking what you have before you break up a really rare example are shown above, together with an original Kurtz action Mauser, a rifle which is 'currently under consideration' for the new life process!
Any of you with an interest in English sporting rifles should consider adding these books to your library.
Jon Speed. Mauser. Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles.
Westley Richards Round Action Sidelocks. A Set of Three 20g Game Guns.
I didn't want the makers name so big on the actions, I remember that being my first thought when they came back from engraving, that it could have been half the size it was, just there but subtle. Besides that point I have always thought these to be a superb set of guns, traditional engraving and case colour, beautiful matched wood with superb figure and colour all combined with the sleek and racy lines of our round action sidelock.
This set of guns with their single triggers would suit me very nicely and I think if I had my time again I would probably start to make myself a set. I imagine though, that like every other rifle or pair of guns I have started over the last 30 years my customers would come first and I would never actually get them!


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The Red Bridge, Fred Wagner, Sewell E. Biggs Museum of American Art
Fred Wagner, The Red Bridge
It's always such a cool feeling to see a Fred Wagner painting in a regional museum like the Sewell E. Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover, Delaware. It's weird, it's like he's a pal to me. He hung out on Camac Street in Philly at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, studied at and later taught anatomy at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, hung out with Thomas Eakins, hung out at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and he summered at the Jersey shore. Yo! Fred! How you doin' ?
The Red Bridge is, according to 150 years of Philadelphia painters and paintings: Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, the South Street Bridge! My hood! Fred Wagner titled the painting after an art show held at the Academy (PAFA) in 1940 but started the large canvas in 1910. The original bridge was built in the 1870s and rebuilt in 1923, it's not known why it took so long for Wagner to finish the painting.
I can picture him on the banks of the Schuylkill River, a plein air painter capturing the built landscape on a big canvas on his French easel, then trekking back to the studio with the gear on his back like the Barbizon painters in the French forest instead a détournement of South Philly. If he were alive today we'd be friends on FaceBook, at least.
Like many of America's great painters, Fred was an illustrator, a big business in Philadelphia, before photography disrupted the press, which explains the symbols and semiotics of his work; a strong narrative with appealing design that spreads memes through slightly strange structural color choices, intentional distortions, and bouncy contrasts. The moody soft greens over burnt sienna of The Red Bridge, is economic and expressive, the charcoal-ish icy deep blues contrast against shivering grays and off white explaining the atmospherics in complete sentences written in line, light, color, and space.
There is something in Wagner's color language and composition structures that feels eloquently studied, information rich, a dialog with shapes that are descriptive, narrating a particular time and place, elements that are really easy to read, intellectually stealthy in his palette, and now, a wise voice from the past that speaks loudly in modern time, the artists far distant future.
The balance of deliberate narrative with alluring color chords, arresting structural color, and murky atmospheric light, with yellow haze of the early Industrial age, is expressed in the immediacy of oil paint on canvas. I've realized that his visual vocabulary is so eloquent and clear to me because he was describing the uniqueness of the visual language of the Philadelphia landscape.
Fred Wagner painted all his life, and although only making a modest living as an artist, his work was entered and accepted into some of the most prestigious art exhibitions of the time. He won many awards for his work and his paintings were (or are) in numerous museums including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Reading Museum, Woodmere Art Museum, James A. Michener Art Museum, St Louis Art Museum, Sewell E. Biggs Museum of American Art, Farnsworth Art Museum and Penn State University Museum.[11] – Wikipedia
The Philadelphia Sketch Club, established 1860, is still going strong, I go there almost every week to draw models in the studio. Fred Wagner is listed on the historical marker in front of the club, the oldest artist run art studio and gallery in America, as an important American artist.
Seeing his work in Dover at the Biggs was a real mood boost, like a deep conversation about art with a reliable old friend and mentor. The early industrial landscape depicted in the painting is now an intellectual hub of hospitals and universities, with space age modern architecture on the West bank, and a people friendly Schuylkill River Trail that goes all the way to Valley Forge by bike, and some of the most desirable living in the city, where Fred Wagner composed his painting, The Red Bridge, on the east side on the river.
The influences of Fred Wagner are still strong at PAFA, painting is core. At the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the 11th Annual Phillustration exhibited contemporary illustrations from a still vibrant and relevant artist community of illustrators in Philly. If you see Fred at a Philadelphia regional museum say, "Yo!"
Williams A. Gee, Grays Ferry Bridge over Schuylkill River / Newkirk Viaduct, 8/29/1932
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Spot's missing! Where could he be? In the box? Under the rug? Lift the flaps to track him down in this classic peekaboo favourite. There's an adorable hideaway pup to find among all kinds of familiar household objects. But if you look hard you might also find a hippo, a lion and a bear! Are you ready to look for Spot – and see what else you can find?


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Comcast NBCUniversal Pulls 'The Hunt' Following Mass Shootings, Criticism By Trump
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Editor's Note: Comcast NBCUniversal will not release a violent feature-length "satire" The Hunt, wherein wealthy liberal elites pursue and murder white working class (and presumably Donald Trump-supporting) Christian conservatives for sport.
The decision to pull the film comes in the wake of last week's Dayton and El Paso mass shooting events, in addition to a barrage of criticism leveled at Hollywood by President Donald Trump on Friday.
"The movie coming out is made in order … to inflame and cause chaos," Trump asserted on Twitter. "They create their own violence, and then try to blame others. They are the true Racists, and are very bad for our Country!"
The Hunt creator Jason Blum's gore-filled, politically-themed repertoire includes The Purge film and television franchise. The Hunt is written by Damon Lindelof, the co-writer of The Leftovers television series and a well known figure in Democratic Party circles whose oeuvre has highlighted what he deems the persistent problem of "white supremacy."
Trump calls 'liberal Hollywood 'racist at the highest level' as a satirical film that depicts liberal elites hunting 'deplorables' for sport is set for release
(August 9, 2019)
President Donald Trump went after Hollywood on Friday, calling the industry "racist" and "really terrible."
Later in the day, Trump doubled down, calling "liberal Hollywood" racist "at the highest level" and "with great Anger and Hate!"
"The movie coming out is made in order … to inflame and cause chaos," he wrote on Twitter. "They create their own violence, and then try to blame others. They are the true Racists, and are very bad for our Country!"
Trump was likely referring to "The Hunt," a satirical film from Universal Studios about liberal elites hunting "deplorables" from the rural US for sport.
Universal Studios pulled TV and digital ads for the film after two mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, roiled the country last weekend.
President Donald Trump on Friday went after Hollywood, calling the industry "really terrible" and "racist."
"Hollywood — I don't call them elites, I think elites are people they go after in many cases — Hollywood is really terrible," the president said, speaking with reporters on the White House lawn as he prepared to depart for his golf club in New Jersey.
"You talk about racism, Hollywood is racist," he added. "What they're doing with the kind of movies they're putting out is actually very dangerous for our country. What Hollywood is doing is a tremendous disservice to our country."
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I'm not a robot.
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Human hunting really does go on.
A most Dangerous Game
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As the old saying goes, "Never interfere with your enemy when he's in the process of destroying himself."
The 2020 election is going to be something to see, THAT I guarantee you…


For years the Ninja Turtles hoped to rid the world of Shredder's terror. Now with Shredder out of the picture, everything should be just fine — but it's not. The chaotic remains of Shredder's Foot Ninjas, the Purple Dragons, and the New York mobsters have erupted into a full-blown war for control of the New York underworld. The Turtles do what they can to stop the fighting…but could they be in over their heads?


Even though we are lucky enough to reside in sunny Southern California, we still get excited for the Summer months. The nights get a little warmer and people's moods are a little more lax- what better time to entertain? And who doesn't like a perfect little get together of friends, good food and spirited conversation. So the Gardenology team got to chatting and we decided to share our favorite entertaining ideas with you! Start here and make it your own so you can create your own intimate backyard soire.
Tiana - Hang outdoor curtains for a romantic mood. Not only do they add privacy and breakup your space, but it will make your guests feel like they are on vacation at an exotic hotel.
Barbara - Console tables are perfect for creating countertop stations for easy access. Mix it up and use a vintage console and a modern one- multiple beverage stations help ensure that guests can get a refill without waiting. Top it off with a dough bowl 'ice bucket' for a rustic look.
Jessica - layered rugs and excessive pillows are a good option for relaxed seating at a picnic dinner party. Make it excessive by adding your indoor pillows on the day of the event. I love the mudcloth options we have in store right now for a b/w minimalist look- it makes the colors from the outdoor greenery and the refreshments really pop.
Lili - An evening soirée must have candles and lanterns everywhere.
McCall - Electrical outlets tend to be limited in the outdoor areas so I always have lots of candles lit. Sometimes they are scented other times they are just cute tea lights (tons of them) on surfaces. I also always have flowers in every room or some sort of greenery even if it's just a couple of bud vases. It makes everything romantic and festive- it also just makes the space feel inviting and fun.
Jeri - When entertaining outdoors, it's fun to put some different color cashmere wraps on your dining chairs. Even though we live in California, it gets cool at night. Our cashmere ruanas come in a variety of colors and they look so elegant. For a larger event, consider a basket full of scarves. Your guests will thank you for your thoughtfulness.
TJ - For a simple centerpiece, I like potted herbs, African Violets, cyclamen, or small potted shrubs. Place in small pots, mugs, or vases and give as gifts after the party.
Abel - Add cute little vintage string bulb lights to your outdoor table. They are battery powered and can be mixed in with florals because of the low voltage or used above a table for a soft light. For refreshments, take a fun spin on classics with boozy popsicles - I love Blueberry Mojito flavor. When the party starts, look chic on a lounge chair with your popsicle and the chill vibe of Lana Del Rey playing the background.
Image via Broma Bakery - click for recipe!
Brooke - a fully assorted charcuterie board filled with aged cheeses, dried and fresh fruits, olives and some salted meats, your night is complete. I love our wooden and marble cutting boards for serving options. An essential part of my entertaining is music. A carefully curated playlist for me would include the soulful Charles Bradley and Sam Cooke, the harmonies of Fleetwood Mac, the storytelling of Bob Dylan and the pop of TV on the Radio.
Lala - Bloody Mary's are my favorite, there's many ways to get creative with the recipe and I love our new Vietri glasses to serve them in. I love Hotel Costes station on Pandora for calming but trendy tunes. If I want something upbeat or lil more funky I'll put on The Best Man Movie Soundtrack.
What are your favorite ways to entertain?
We've been selling them for years, but what is the real story behind the Santos Cage Dolls? While they do have a slightly haunting presence, they are actually amazing works of art! So, we decided to delve into the history of these dolls so the next time a houseguest asks, you have the answer.
The Santos dolls take their name from the Spanish word for Saint, and are also known as Santons (French) and Santibelli (Italian). Often found in Portuguese or Spanish communities they were originally created to use as personal altars at home, particularly in small villages that did not have a priest, or where it was not possible to travel to church, such as during times of war. Their development flourished in Europe in the 1700's and 1800's, and they were often elaborately dressed and adorned with crowns.
Santos, particularly the females, exhibit a most loving expression that is also complex and thoughtful. Typically, antique Santos dolls have glass eyes but given that they are difficult to find and in high demand the antiques can be quite costly so it is more common to see painted eyes. Their shape is often rustic in nature, yet each doll possesses certain traits with delicate details that make her beautiful in her own individual way. With these serene expressions, dainty features and soft, rich colors, there is something about them that really makes a statement. They have a particular quiet charm, so to speak.
So there you have it. Shop our Santos Cage dolls so you can share what you learned with your next house guest. What's better than a conversation piece?
September and October are our favorite times of the year in Southern California. If you still haven't perfected your patio space, take a cue from our team. Below, we're including their favorite picks from our selection of outdoor stock, which, by the way, was just reduced to 50% Off!
TOP LEFT: Harbour Outdoor Coast Table: 79L x 40W x 29H | BOTTOM RIGHT: Harbour Outdoor Piano Dining Chair and Club Breeze Chair.
As Summer rolls in, what better way to celebrate a beautiful outdoor space than to throw a garden party! Spending a Saturday night in the yard, enjoying the summer weather and great company means that you can relax a little and let loose. Stop and smell the roses, listen to the music, indulge in some fruity refreshments. Whether your desire is to host a spectacular soiree or a no-frills affair, we're sharing 4 party themes to make it an unforgettable time.
1. The Centerpiece - Use succulents in an array of greens with pops of peach and lilac from our botanical bar.
2. The Guests - it only makes sense to use these succulent note cards as invites or thank you's after the event.
3. The Tabletop - Give your party a sense of occasion by skipping the paper plates and keep things clean and organic with Alex Marshall tabletop.
4. The Food - Get inspired by some delicious recipes from the Bountiful cookbook.
5. The Ambiance - Have a basket of blankets or sweatshirts if the conversation goes late into the night, when the desert winds pick up.
1. The Centerpiece - group candles together in dark colors with a pop of pink or white.
2. The Guests - choose a letter to be featured on your invites or thank you's, perhaps your initial or P for Paris?
3. The Dishes - get romantic. Start with the dishes stacked in a messy yet ornate way.
4. The Food - serve wine and fruits on these marble serving boards that add a touch of sophistication to the meal.
5. The Ambiance - Get inspired by the Paris cityscapes in this inspiring book and set the mood with Parisian tunes by Serge Gainsbourg and Josephine Baker.
2. The Guests - feature this handsketched floral journal as a guest book. Bonus, it comes in a pack of 3 so use one as your party planner.
4. The Ambiance - drape our rustic black cord string lights along rails, above the dinner table or among the greenery to set the mood.
5. The Food - Find recipes ideal for warm days in the 'Flavors of Summer' cookbook.
1. The Centerpiece - cluster together neutral pottery pieces for a statement.
2. The Guests - feature the inkblot handbook cards and let your guests choose the one they are drawn to and start some interesting conversation.
3. The Dishes - go for oversize, sculptural pieces to show off the fresh flavors of summer.
4. The Comforts - Use Turkish linens as an accent on the table, picnic blanket or to keep guests warm.
5. The Ambiance - Learn how to make a statement in a clean and simple way with this book by Hilary Robertson.
Ahh, summer. Cold lemonade, bare feet, warm desert winds and watermelon. We love summer here at Gardenology for all of those reasons, but also because we love outdoor living! Since summer is in full swing, we rounded up our favorite tips for decorating a dream summer patio based on different decorating personalities. Just click the arrow to reveal the next image in the slideshow.


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Grundfos intends to enter into an agreement with one law firm that should be Grundfos' preferred global supplier for an initial period of three (3) years, in which all prices shall be frozen, and with an option of extending the agreement with additional one (1) plus one (1) year, in which the prices can be adjusted, with the increase in the net price index in the preceding year. The agreement is expected to come into effect from 1 December 2017.
If you would like to participate and are not invited directly by Grundfos, please contact Grundfos Group Purchase attn.: Daniel Haugaard, by writing an email to dhaugaard@grundfos.com. You will then receive an invitation to the tender.


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CITY INTERVIEW: Setting the goldstandard in warzones
By Sam Fleming for MailOnline
Africa, says gold mining entrepreneur Mark Bristow, is a pretty wild place.
Judging by the history of Randgold Resources, the company he leads, that is, if anything, an understatement.
The London-listed metal digger prospects in some of the continent's roughest corners - in impoverished Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and most recently the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.
Although headquartered in sedate Jersey, its operating centre is in ramshackle city of Bamako, in Mali.
'If the Lord wanted to give the world an enema he would do it through Bamako,' is Bristow's unflattering description.
Mark Bristow the CEO of Randgold Resources
Randgold's brief but tumultuous existence has seen it caught up in one of South Africa's biggest corporate scandals, culminating in the shooting of the boss of a leading shareholder four years ago.
Yet against that inauspicious background, the skyrocketing price of gold has in the past year helped propel Randgold into the ranks of Britain's blue-chip elite, making it one of the more unlikely constituents of the FTSE 100.
A firm that was worth around £500million half a decade ago is now valued at £4.5billion, allowing Randgold to take a place at the top table alongside venerable giants such as Rio Tinto and Anglo American.
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Sitting in the firm's unprepossessing London offices a few paces from the temporarily shuttered Savoy hotel, plain-speaking Bristow argues Randgold's heady stock market valuation is fully justified.
He and his lieutenants are seen as efficient, no-nonsense operators on a continent that has proven to be the graveyard of many mining careers.
'We don't swan around. We're not big on the dinner circuit,' says Bristow, a big game hunter with a penchant for felling buffalo and elephants. 'When the bombs go off (the staff) don't run away.'
Randgold's rise is in large part a product of the phenomenal price of the commodity it digs from the ground.
Gold last night closed at a fresh record of $1,141.20, up $1.80 on the day, and briefly touched $1,150 during the session.
It has risen 30 per cent in the past year, helping Randgold to report pretax profits of £36million in the first nine months of the year, 7 per cent higher than in the same period in 2008.
Like all gold mining bosses, Bristow, 50, is convinced the extraordinary level of the precious metal is firmly justified.
Investors fly to gold when inflation heads north and the dollar heads south, and he believes the moneyprinting efforts in economies including the US will ensure that is exactly what happens.
'You've got a shrinking economy in the global sense, and you've got more paper money being printed. What does that mean to the value of money?' the former academic says.
'Everyone said gold would go down when we were in a deflationary environment.
'So you can imagine what gold's going to do when you really start seeing the inflation. And it's coming.'
Randgold shares are the priciest on the FTSE 100 index, trading at almost 100 times next year's earnings.
Bristow is used to accusations that his firm, which has a mere 6,000 employees, is the overvalued product of pie-in-the-sky metal prices.
'We are not born-again gold bugs who run around waving our arms and making funny sounds,' he says.
'The whole objective is to make money and to be able to survive the downturns. We're a bunch of guys who take our job seriously.
We want to win.' Randgold emerged from the reconstituted remains of South Africa's post-Apartheid mining industry in the mid-1990s.
The company's darkest hour came four years ago, in an episode involving a family Bristow refers to as the 'Colourful Kebbles'.
Brett Kebble was chief executive of Randgold's former parent company, Randgold & Exploration.
In 2005 he was booted off the board and later accused of misappropriating the proceeds from sales of Randgold shares.
In September of that year Kebble was shot dead at the age of 41. The incident was subsequently described as an 'assisted suicide' - something his family contested.
The death and the associated scandal delivered a painful blow to South Africa's business reputation.
Kebble was a high-profile entrepreneur with connections running all the way up the country's political hierarchy.
Bristow describes it as 'the most bizarre thing I've ever been associated with,' adding 'you used to wake up in the morning and pinch yourself'.
If, in fact, you woke up at all. Shortly after Kebble's death, Bristow says, South Africa's elite Scorpions police squad dropped by to warn him that he was in danger too.
Today Bristow lives in the more relaxed surroundings of Mauritius. And unsurprisingly his pledge has been that he will keep his company as 'boring' as possible.
That has meant avoiding huge corporate deals - unlike larger players in the industry such as Rio Tinto or Xstrata.
However, this summer Bristow decided to make an exception, snapping up 70pc of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Moto project in conjunction with larger rival AngloGold Ashanti.
It was a bold move. The DRC is a country that has perpetually been on the brink of a mining boom, only for the realities of its brutal political backdrop to intervene.
Bristow, however, is unfazed. Indeed, he and AngloGold Ashanti recently upped their stakes to 45pc each, leaving the rest with the government.
They are hoping to have poured the first gold from the mine in four years.
'I haven't denied the risk in the DRC one iota. It's got all the risks you can imagine in mining - political, infrastructural, people, delivery. And that's why we were able to acquire it at a relatively low price,' he says.
'We've been working on this for some time, so it's not a flash in the pan. It's well-considered.'
One of the jobs facing Bristow is clearing Moto - now renamed Kibali - of local people, many of whom are illegal prospectors, in order to allow the development to go ahead.
It was originally estimated that 11,000 people will be displaced to make way for the project.
It will be closer to 15,000 in the end, says Bristow, who insists it will be done in an 'orderly and consultative manner'.
'You have to remember that a lot of them are illegal diggers, living in a little plastic bag,' he says.
'You guys conceptualise it like it's a village, with its church. This is a squalor.'
Blunt-speaking Bristow is plainly not a man given to sentimentality.
And analysts say he will have to continue delivering ruthlessly on target if he is to justify Randgold's heavy share premium.
But in a mining industry that is dominated by clean-cut accountants and bankers, Bristow clearly revels in his down-to- earth reputation.
'Africa is a wild place. It's not only specific to the DRC,' he says. 'There are all sorts of stresses and strains in that continent all the time.
'Very few people have actually made it in Africa. There are a couple. We like to believe we are one of them.'
Time will tell whether that judgment is borne out. Investors can be assured of one thing though: Randgold's future will be anything but boring.
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