Klaus went the extra mile with thoughtful planning, a well considered and exciting menu, beautiful view, unique crockery, lovely music...he thought of everything! His passion for food is something I admire and greatly appreciated. His is an expert chef and someone who loves to share his culinary delights with people. I felt welcome into his home and his hospitality made my visit to Budapest not just great but extra special.


* Be tuned-up and ready to take the stage when it's your turn.
* Stay close to the mic for best vocals – our mics work best between 25 and 75mm.
* After you play, the polite thing to do is stick around and listen to others.
*Be positive and encouraging. It takes guts to get up and everyone deserves bouquets for doing that.
* We all make mistakes, blow chords, and forgets lyrics sometimes. Don't worry and don't apologise.
* Don't play two songs in the same key back to back. Even if an audience doesn't know, their ears will start to get bored.
* Don't apologise before you play a song. We want to be excited about your song, support yourself by being positive.
* Do have fun! Savour the experience. You transmit your feelings from the stage – so if you have fun so will the audience.
* Practice your introductions, short & specific – you'd prefer they remember the song and not the long-winded ramble – right?
* Do prepare. Don't launch into something you're still learning – be kind to yourself and take the time you need to prepare and be confident!
…and bring your friends to cheer you on.
DOOR SALES CASH ONLY: Tea, coffee, biscuits and cake available during the break. Eftpos available for purchases only, no cash-out facility. Folk Club and Irish Society please remember to bring your current Folk Club membership card as this is required for new club licensing. Non-members sign in at bar.


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Large public meetings, agricultural fairs, &c., are
frequently held here, on account of the central
position of the place in the county.
Carthage, Te., c. h. Smith co. 52 miles E.
from Nashville.
Carthage, Ts., c. h. Panola co.
Carver, Ms., Plymouth co. 8 miles S. W. from
Plymouth, and 38 S. E. from Boston. Soil sandy
and poor. Noted for its iron castings. This
town has a number of beautiful ponds, and is re-
sorted to by sportsmen for fishing and fowling.
Casco, Me., Cumberland co. An interior town-
ship, taken from Raymond.
Casey Comity, Ky., c. h. Liberty. S. central.
Watered by the head branches of Green, and the
Rolling. Fork of Salt River.
Cass County, Ga., c. h. at Cassville. N. E. part.
Watered by Etowah River and Sulacoe Creek.
Hilly and mountainous; soil very rich on the
borders of the streams.
Cass County, Is., c. h. at Virginia. W. central.
In the S. angle between the Illinois and Sanga-
mon. Drained by several creeks flowing into the
Illinois. The surface is slightly uneven; the soil
very productive.
Cass County, la., c. h. at Logansport. N. cen-
tral. Watered by the Wabash and Eel Rivers,
which afford fine mill privileges. Surface mostly
level. The Wabash and Erie Canal traverses
this county.
Cass County, Mn., c. h. at Cassopolis. In the
S. W. corner, bordering on Indiana. Undulating;
soil very fertile.
Cass County, Mo., formerly called Van Bu-
ren, c. h. at Harrisonville. On the W. border.
Drained by the Osage, which passes through it
from W. to E.
Cass County, Ts., c. h. at Lindin.
Cassopolis, Mn., c. h. Cass co.
Cassville, Ga., c. h. Cass co. 144 miles N. W.
from Milledgeville.
Castine, Me., Hancock co., occupies a peninsula,
with a good harbor, on the E. shore of Penobscot
Castleton, N. Y., Rensselaer co. On the E.
bank of Hudson River. 8 miles S. by E. from
Albany.
Castleton, Vt., Rutland co. This is a flourish-
ing town, watered by a river of the same name.
The surface is rough and hilly, but there is some
rich 'land. Mill streams abound in Castleton.
Lake Bombazine, seven miles in length and two
in breadth, is chiefly in this town. It is stored
with fish, and has an island near its centre of
exquisite beauty. The village of Castleton is
elevated and neatly built. It was incorporated
in 1847. There is considerable variety in the
soil and surface. The rocks are chiefly argilla-
ceous. • The soil of the plains is sandy and light;
on the hills it is slaty, gravel, loam, and vegeta-
ble mould. Castleton River, and its tributary
brooks, furnish considerable water power. Being
increased by many abundant springs along its
bed, its waters are very pure and cool in summer,
and seldom frozen in winter. The first dwelling
house was erected in August, 1769, of which Colo-
nel Lee and his servant were the sole inhabitants
the following winter. In 1770, Ephraim Buel,
Eleazer Bartholomew, and Zadock Remington,
with their families, settled in this town, and were
soon followed by Colonels Bird and Lee. 11 miles
W. from Rutland, and 72 S. W. from Montpelier.
Castor, Mo., Madison co.
Caswell County, N. C., c. h. at Yaneeyville.
On the N. border. Dan River winds along its
N. boundary. Soil fertile.
Catahoola, Parish, c. h. at Harrisonburg. E. cen-
tral. On both sides of the Washita.
Catawissa, Pa., Columbia co. At the junction
of the Susquehanna River and Catawissa Creek.
81 miles N. N. E. from Harrisburg.
Catskill, N. Y., c. h. Greene co. On the Hud-
son River. It is watered by the Catskill and
some of its branches. The surface is hilly in the
W. part. The soil consists of clay, sand, and
loam. 34 miles S. from Albany.
Cattaraugus County, N. Y., c. h. at Eliicott-
ville. Bordering on Pennsylvania. It is wa-
tered by Great Valley, Oil, and Cattaraugus
Creeks, and the Alleghany River. Surface ele-
vated ; soil good, and well adapted to grazing.
This coun^ contains bog iron ore, some salt and
sulphur springs, and one oil spring. The Gene-
sec Valley Canal crosses its S. E. angle, terminat-
ing at Olean, on the Alleghany River. Its south-
ern part is traversed by the Erie Eailroad.
Catawba County, N. C., c. h. at Newton. New :
taken from Lewiston. On the southern bor-
Cavendish, Vt., Windsor co. The soil is good,
and easy to cultivate. Black River and Twenty
Mile Stream are the principal waters. Along
these streams are some small tracts of fine inter-
vale. The greatest curiosity in the town, and
perhaps the greatest of the kind in the state, is
at the falls on Black River, which are situated
between Dutton's Village and White's Mills.
Here the channel of the river has been worn down
100 feet, and rocks of very large size have been
undermined and thrown down, one upon another.
Holes are worn into the rocks, of various dimen-
sions and forms. Hanks's Mountain, which sepa-
rates Baltimore from this town, derives its name
from Colonel Hanks, who, during the French and
Indian wars, encamped thereon for the night, with
a small regular force. There are two villages, viz.,
Duttonsville and Proctorsville. Near the latter
village are large quarries of soapstone and serpen-
tine. The settlement of this place was commenced
in 1769, by Captain John Coffin. 10 miles S. W.
from Windsor, and 60 S. from Montpelier. The
Rutland and Burlington Railroad passes through
Cayuga County, N. Y., c. h. at Auburn. W.
central part. Extends from Lake Erie S. along
the E. shore of Seneca Lake. It contains
Owasco Lake, and includes the upper W. shore
of Skeneatales Lake. It is crossed by the Erie
Canal and by the Rochester and Syracuse Rail-
road. The soil is very fertile, yielding large crops
of grain of different kinds. There are several
important sulphur and saline springs, and also a
chalybeate spring in the county-
Cayuga, N. Y., Cayuga co. On the N. E. shore
of Cayuga Lake. 162 miles W. by N. from Al-
bany. A bridge for travel here crosses the lake,
over a mile in length, and another for the Roch-
ester and Syracuse Railroad, still longer. A
steamboat plies between Cayuga and Ithaca, at
the head of the lake, 40 miles distant.
Cayuta, N. Y., Chemung co. Watered by Ca-
yuta Creek and some of its branches. Surface
hilly and broken. 188 miles S. W. from Al-
bany.
Cazenovia, N. Y., Madison co., is watered by
Chittenango Creek and Cazenovia Lake. The

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You cannot go wrong with Burt's Bees. Their products are 100% natural and gentle on the skin. I found this cleanser made my skin clean, reduced my oiliness & improved breakouts. It contains menthol, which left my skin feeling fresh. If the tingly affect is not for you, then apply a moisturiser afterwards and this will stop. It's quite a big bottle too so it lasts longer & is value for money. I have already used up two bottles of this.
The Body Shop & Crabtree & Evelyn do the best hand creams. This Honeymania one from The Body Shop was my favourite. Absorbs quickly and leaves my skin feeling soft. The smell was really nice & not overpowering. It's now discontinued and looks like it has been replaced with the Almond Milk & Honey range, which I have yet to try. All of The Body Shops hand creams are really nice but this was the one for me.
Y'know when you get those little tiny bumps on the back of your arms? This scrub, everybody, took all that alway. My arms were so smooth and silky after using this product as did the rest of my skin. A real winner. This is the type of scrub that contains tiny beads. These type of scrubs/exfoliators are now banned as the tiny beads (which I did not realise by the way) can be harmful to marine life. So, even though this was a great product I am happy it is no longer on sell as I am always up for saving the planet. If you want to read more about the plastic microbead ban there is a good article here.
I'm gonna be bold here. I find face/nose strips do remove some blackheads/dirt but actually make your pores bigger! I have nothing against T-Zone, they have better pore strips then other brands. They have a new charcoal range out which I am interested to try & compare with the original strips. I just personally prefer to use a gentle face mask or exfoliator instead.
Hmmm. the jury is out on this one. I didn't use Bio-Oil for stretch marks or scars so I cannot advise on that but I used it mainly for pigmentation. Maybe I didn't use it as regularly as I should have. I used it once a week rather than everyday. I found it did not reduce pigmentation or correct uneven skin tone. This bottle lasts a very very long time so I have been using it a while.
This does refresh my tired eyes and makes them feel less dry. I purchased this especially for my dark circles but it did little in reducing them. It was moisturising but I feel the Kiehl's creamy eye treatment moistures better. I still would use this one again especially after a long day travelling. It does give a good highlight, I have even used it above my cheekbones. It does seem a little pricy for the little pot but it does last for a long time.
This is a highlighting concealer, so I wouldn't use this over blemishes or around the nose. I use this over another concealer. It instantly brightens around my eyes & does make my dark circles less noticeable. I like that it has a soft brush/pen style applicator that makes it easy to apply. I have repurchased this a couple of times now. I am finding it a little difficult to find in shops but it is readily available online.
I use this as a base around my eye area. Again, this is another concealer I do not use on blemishes or other areas around my face as it is a little heavy. I love how the product glides on with the soft , cushiony applicator. Not sure about the anti-age aspect of it, but it does slightly conceal my dark circles. Although the shade is in light I would like a shade lighter. I use this as a base first, then use a little Nars Creamy Concealer over the top, finishing with L'Oreal's Lumi Magique Concealer.
Check out my Empties - Everyday Beauty Favourites blog post from last year here. I am still repurchasing the featured products.


This is more of an inspirational message than an informative one. However, if you take this advice to heart, it will be very informative and eye opening. Maybe it's the season, but I'm in a very reflective mood.
On my last entry about information products, Sharon Akinoluwa, of wealthandriches.net, left a really good comment. At least I thought it was a good comment. It reminded me of how many times people with regular jobs ask me, "Do you get paid for that?" The truth is, I do a lot of things that I don't get paid for. I give away as much free information as I can get a hold of, not all of it created by me, but it's informative.
People with regular jobs are merely trading hours for dollars (or pounds or whatever currency they use.) Most people do no more or no less than they think the hourly wage is worth. But you're an entrepreneur. You're building a business. You can't think like a person with a regular job.
So all of this brings up topics like over-delivering, customer service, etc. You want to make money in your business, but everything you do isn't about getting paid. At least it shouldn't be. If it is, I'm afraid your business may see some initial success, but will fail when people decide that you're all about the money.
In one article I brought up the fact that at the end of the it's all about people. Your business is people, it's not products. Sure, you offer products and solutions to problems, but without people looking for products and solutions, you don't have a business.
Part of Sharon's comment stated, "I tend to place more importance on internal rewards than external rewards." That is a very powerful statement and so true. You get more satisfaction out of helping others and putting them first than you do from making sales on products. Until you start giving of yourself and helping others, you won't see much success. You truly do recieve by giving. The more you give, the more you recieve, and that's not just about money. That's about recieving something more important than money.
You're probably wondering how you can make money if you give everything away. You don't give everything away, but you do offer enough free bonus material that the customer feels like they received enormous value. When you do that, they will become a lifetime customer and continue to purchase from you in the future.
It's Christmas time in the US. That means it's the season of giving. People love this holiday because they can give other people gifts. In your business, it should be Christmas every day. You should give something each day, whether it's advice, a free report, and encouraging word to someone.
Don't worry about getting paid for everything, worry more about the value you give to your customers. The rewards will come. It will also help you build your brand and become an authority figure in your niche.


Built to last with the latest technology and an affordable price point, Zone Defense from MS Foster is ideal for accident avoidance. The camera systems are constructed from high quality components and can easily installed with little impact on your fleet maintenance team.
The Zone Defense accident avoidance systems from MS Foster come with three camera inputs, touch panel control buttons, and a built-in trigger to switch to reverse, left or right side camera views. The image can be adjusted for horizontal, vertical, mirror, and normal viewing with language displays in English, French, Spanish, and more. With screens from 5 inches to 7 inches or 9 inches and rugged and mobile digital wireless systems, MS Foster has what you need for accident avoidance from Zone Defense.
MS Foster's line of Zone Defense also provides options for advanced vehicle solutions, including live tracking asset management, mobile digital video recorders, MDVR monitors, and multiplexers. The ZD Track for live tracking asset management is a self-contained, self-powered locator with monitoring tools designed for discrete tracking on containers, trailers, mobile equipment, tools, heavy machinery, boats, and more. The secure, user-friendly web portal allows the user to configure the number of reports or alarms on individual units.
The ZoneDefender is the ideal solution for recording both the driver and the event with front and driver facing cameras. The ZoneDefender is made for capturing traffic accidents and understanding what happened not only outside the vehicle, but also inside with high resolution and night vision capabilities.
The MDVR Monitor is a durable, easy to use 4 camera system with an 8 inch smart touch screen. The monitor system allows you to record video and save events as they happen for easy retrieval. You can play back the videos directly on the monitor, or download them to your PC with the included software, which displays additional information on GPS location using Google maps.
Zone Defense from MS Foster offers a variety of camera to fit any industry need, including the workhorse CAM.313C to the chrome series to provide an extra boost in the finished vehicle look. We also offer brake light cameras for Sprinter, GMC, Chevy, and Nissan vehicles, just to name a few. The conversion adapters available from MS Foster make replacing OEM cameras a breeze, with additional product lines available for license plate camera systems.


Digitized Archives | The True and Honest LAOGAI Foundation Europe i. Gr.
Welcome to our digitized archives! We hope the documents in this digitized collection offers you a productive research opportunity. For the convenience of researchers, each document in this collection is arranged next to its English translation. Although limited in size, this collection contains many documents that are still sensitive today. Accordingly, this collection is the result of more than twenty years of often dangerous efforts to procure information on historical human rights abuses in China. Although it is our hope to one day digitize our entire archives, at the moment we can only digitize a select number of documents. The documents in this collection were chosen by LRF staff for digitization because of their fundamental importance in understanding the Laogai System and its development over time. Below you will find a brief overview of the contents in this collection.
Most of our digitized collection speaks to exactly how the Chinese Communist Party established the Laogai System and what groups of people the Laogai System targeted. Given that the Laogai System matured and solidified during the 1950s, much of our collection originates from that decade. Take, for example, the Central Committee's May 1951 directive titled "Third National Public Security Conference's Resolution to Issues of Organizing National Laogai Prisoners." This directive details the structure and rationale of the reform through labor system and therefore informed subsequent directives. Yet another directive, the Standing Committee's August 1957 "Laodong Jiaoyang (Laojiao) Reeducation Through Labor," details the structure and rationale of the reeducation through labor system.
Our digitized collection also speaks to how the Laogai System transformed during different eras of Chinese history. Our documents from the Cultural Revolution, for example, demonstrate the erosion of a structured and hierarchical Laogai System as China devolved into quasi-anarchy. Conversely, our documents from the immediate post-Cultural Revolution era demonstrate a concerted effort on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to reassert total control over the Laogai System.
In addition to the development and transformation of the Laogai System, our digitized collection also contains documents that speak to the persecution of specific activities or people. For example, "Exhibition of Incriminating Evidence against Counterrevolutionaries and Other Criminals," which was compiled and printed for internal use by the Ministry of Public Security in October 1957, details the counterrevolutionary crimes of Catholic Bishop Kung Pin-Mei. Yet another document, written on March 22, 1973 by the Revolutionary Committee of Li County, details the punishment of Zhen Zechun.
In addition to the digitized collection embedded above that is a translated and downloadable PDF document, below you will find another digitized collection of select Chinese language documents from the Cultural Revolution that can be searched and filtered to simplify the research process.


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Thorny Issue of State Aid for Guardsmen Resolved
Jeff D. Gorman / March 14, 2012
(CN) - Three National Guardsmen can claim state benefits for injuries they suffered while helping victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Court of Appeals ruled.
Michael Parker, Bryce Williams and Peter Reyes were part of a National Guard unit working in Louisiana in a state of emergency as Katrina hit in August 2005 to nearly four months later.
After suffering injuries in a Nov. 6, 2005, car accident, the trio filed for workers' compensation. The driver of the other vehicle died in the accident.
But a workers' compensation judge denied the claims, agreeing with Louisiana that those in federal service had no right of action to make a claim against the state.
Louisiana's Fourth Circuit Appeals Court reversed last week. The three-judge panel explained that the National Guard serves both the individual states and the United States of America as a country.
The state argued that the guardsmen were in federal service because they were activated under federal law and received federal benefits after they were hurt.
But the court found that the guardsmen's actions were nevertheless in the service of the state, as they were wearing their "militia hats," not their "army hats."
"We construe the phrase 'in the service of the United States to mean a National Guard member serving in a purely federal status under Title 10, i.e., wearing an army hat," Judge Rosemary Ledet wrote for the court. "Because the guardsmen were not in the service of the United States, they have a [state] right of action."
Ex-Guatemalan police chief found guilty of lying about murder conviction to obtain green card January 27, 2023
State Bar of California moves to disbar Trump attorney John Eastman January 26, 2023
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The world of athletics at the college level is broken down into various athletic associations and each one has its own eligibility rules and recruiting processes. Just to give you a starting point in case you want to make athletics an important part of your college planning, this article will give you a little information about each athletic association and some resources to check out.
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From MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com):
TEL AVIV, Israel & SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyHeritage, the popular online family history network, and FamilySearch.org announced today the signing and commencement of a strategic partnership that forges a new path for the family history industry. Under this multi-year partnership, MyHeritage will provide FamilySearch with access to its powerful technologies and FamilySearch will share billions of global historical records and family tree profiles spanning hundreds of years with MyHeritage. This will help millions of MyHeritage and FamilySearch users discover even more about their family history.
FamilySearch will provide MyHeritage with more than 2 billion records from its global historic record collections and its online Family Tree. These records will be added to SuperSearch, MyHeritage's search engine for historical records, and will be matched with family trees on MyHeritage using its matching technologies. MyHeritage users will gain access to an unprecedented boost of historical records and family tree profiles, which are key to researching and reconstructing their family histories. This reinforces MyHeritage's position as an international market leader, with gigantic assets of family trees and records, which are the most globally diverse in the industry.
FamilySearch members will benefit from MyHeritage's unique technologies which automate family history discoveries. Smart Matching™ automatically finds connections between user-contributed family trees and Record Matching automatically locates historical records relevant to any person in the family tree. By receiving accurate matches between FamilySearch's Family Tree profiles and historical record collections, such as birth, death, census, and immigration documents, FamilySearch members will be able to more effectively grow their family trees in size and in depth and add conclusions supported by historical records.
"For more than a hundred years, FamilySearch has been dedicated to working with the world's archives to preserve their records for future generations" said Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage. "Their massive undertaking has made family history more accessible to everyone. This partnership highlights MyHeritage's technology leadership and our firm commitment to adding historical records on a massive global scale, accelerating our vision of helping families everywhere explore and share their legacy online. We look forward to a fruitful future working hand in hand with our friends at FamilySearch."
"FamilySearch values collaborative partnerships that enable more people, in more places, to discover their family history" said Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch. "MyHeritage is an innovative company that has a fast growing, global online audience. We are excited to commence this partnership which enables FamilySearch to better serve the global family history community."
(With thanks to Laurence Harris)
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Thank you for your query. It would definitely be important to ensure you are securely covered during your migration process.
As a Malaysian, for EPF withdrawal, you would need to submit Letter of Renunciation of Citizenship (Form K / Form Y) & other documents. This may not be a viable option until you receive your PR.
Your exsting insurance policy is an investment-linked plan (ILP) with a cash value.
You/your agent can check from your insurance provider to confirm the cash value.
As you are in Malaysia in the 2 years, it is important to have medical coverage.
Check up the cash value in your existing life insurance plan.
If reducing your costs and/or taking a premium holiday works within your budget then go with Option 1.
Else to ensure you you are protected & at low-cost, you can take a term medical coverage & term life coverage (Option 2). This is as you only need the coverage for this time frame (~2years) before you migrate & your medical would be covered under Australia's healthcare system. You can still consider whether to continue on the term life policy or obtain a new life insurance policy.
Thank you & warmest regards.


Is as bad my English writing skill that you think my text's machine-translated?
It's gas petrol, not diesel. But I think it doesn't mind. I've read anywhere something about problems with on board computer, but I don't know how to solve it.
I'll try to ask car seller, maybe he can ask Dacia about it.
I decided to change the factory installed radio-CD, which cannot play mp3, for a newly bought Daewoo AGC-5280. Instalation was done by the authorized Dacia personel, but it was really a straitforward operation, disconnecting and reconnecting a standard ISO car audio connector and antena connector. The newly installed radio randomly mutes sound during playback from any source, showing message "tel mute" on it's screen.
I first replaced it at the store, then I had the replaced one checked in the authorized service, and thay said that it was OK and that I should check the car's wiring. The Dacia authorized dealer said that everything is OK with the car, and that the problem is with the radio-CD. I noticed that the wire exists in the car's side of ISO connector that corresponds to the "telephone mute" signal on the radio-CD's side of the connector, but I don't know how it is wired, and is it compatible.
Does anyone have the electrical wiring schema for Dacia Logan, even a partial schema for car ISO radio connector? Does anyone know the electrical specification for this particular signal, on either side (radio-CD or car itself)? Did anyone else have similar problem, was it solved, and how?
BTW, being that nowadays many better car radios can be found in the market than that installed by the factory, I think that this should be an option, on every equipment package of the Logan model! What is your oppinion?
I had some spare time this weekend, so I did some fiddling with this problem.
I did some measurement of voltage levels on the pins in the car radio ISO connector, with and without the radio connected (I hope my car dealer is not reading this, as I'm not counted as an "authorized" person ). Strangely, on the pin corresponding to the "telephone mute" signal on the radio, the voltage level depends on the position of the key in the ignition lock! In the ON position I measured 0.3 V, and in the STAND-BY position it was 5.6 V (!!!).
Then I took out the radio from the car, and connected it to the external power supply on the bench (hope the radio supplier is not reading this either, for the same reason as above ). When left open, the "telephone mute" pin on the radio itself has the voltage of nearly 12 V, and it works correctly. When connected to the "-" of the power supply, 0 V that is, it activates the telephone mute function of the radio!
So, it is clearly an incompatibility of the signal levels in the car and on the radio! The solution was then quite simple, to leave open that pin, which I did by insulating that single pin with a leatle piece of insulating tape. What still puzzles me, is something wrong with the wiring in MY car only, the whole Logan model, or just the radio?!
I noticed also that the radio has another signal, "dimmer", on which it would make sense to have different voltage levels depending on the ignition key position, but I didn't test it's behavior. Could it be that those signals were misplaced erroneously in my car?!
Any experience regarding this matter, please???
If the stock radio cd in your car was working properly before replacing it with wthe new unit then I assume that the wiring is OK on your car and the installed unit has other wiring layout.
And, since this is the topic for PROBLEMS... here's one!
I'm the proud owner of a new Dacia Logan Laureate Pack 1.4 MPi since 8th december 2006, exactly a month today! Ever since I first activated rear window heating, I noticed that one of the striped heating conductors is not working, the very middle one! After a closer examination, I found the exact place where it is damaged. In the authorized service thay told me that they would replace the whole glass, all I have to do is fill the reclamation form, since there is no way to repair the damage.
However, I'm not sure should I do that, because I heared from someone that when the glass is changed the seal might not be as good as from the factory. I'm also concerned if that operation might cause some other damage, for example on the paint.
Not every model of the radio employs every signal defined by the standards, I still don't know if that's the case with the stock radio. That's why I asked for other people's experience and/or knowledge.
Is there any Dacia official on this forum, especilally from the service, to answer questions?
Actually you CAN repair the gap in the striped heating conductor, all you need is a chemical that is silver-based. I don't remember its name however but I'll ask somebody who does.
And about your last question, there is nobody from Dacia around (I mean they're not posting, but I am sure they're reading).
Thanks, I would appreciate very very much if you could provide me some information regarding that material ! I'm surprised that people from the service don't know about it.
Thanks mate, I supposed correctly that such a material, or kit must exist.
Now just wish me luck when trying to find it here in my country!
Nobody still with any info on Logan's wiring schema for audio ISO connector?
Although I fixed the immediate problem with my radio, this is still a professional curiosity. I'm especially puzzled by the voltage levels I measured on the "Telephone mute" pin.
It is still not clear how that signal is used by the car, why and under what conditions the voltage levels change on that pin.
There is some information about car radio in Dacia Logan. Voltage levels, also.
Can you post it again, or maybe send it to me some other way?
Rasko65: what is that article about? Can you provide a translation?
I went today to service, my complaint was that I have noticed some strange behaviour of the instuments (RPM meter and speed meter).
When driving on freeway with constant speed the RPM meter is set in to one position, but sometimes it goes down for less than a second and then it goes back again as it should be.
I have noticed this 5-6 months ago, went to service to ask what might be the problem, and they told me that this is the first time to hear such problem and that I should keep monitoring and if this same problem hapened again I should return to service.
Driving in town is not so easy to monitor and see because of the trafic and the constant real variable of the RPMs of the motor.
But every time that I was driving on the freeway this was hapening, at least once that I have noticed because I dont look at the instrument table all the time.
This last time, and it was this week, same hapened but with the speedmeter. It is set to 120 km/h and for less then a second (a period of time) it goes down to what ever it reaches aproximately 80 km/h and it goes back again as it should be at 120 km/h.
The RPM meter from the begining was showing this strange sound from 1800 RPM above, the answer from the service was (and it was a long time ago) that this is normal for all RPM meters to show this sound, and at Logan the instrument is too close to the instrument table that is why this sound is louder from other cars. So they said then.
Today they told me that the whole instrument table needs to be changed because of this noise and strange behavior.
This problem raises an interesting question - are the instruments on the dashboard purely mechanical, purely electronic, or some kind of electromechanical combination? Does anyone know this for a fact, to provide an authoritative answer?
I personally expect that in a model like Logan, where the engine is completely electronically controlled, the instruments should be electronically controlled also. In that case, from the glitches you describe it would be obvious that the instrument table was faulty, and that it should have been replaced in the first place. As those instruments are just indicators, I wouldn't say that this is a serious problem that could affect running of the engine or the whole car and cause some serious damage. Nevertheless, although it's just an annoyance, with wrong indication of the speed you could get into trouble with the police, so this problem should be addressed with the same attention by the service as any other, and they shouldn't be pulling your nose.
The instrument needles are moved by some kind of miniature (stepper) motor as they are getting the information in the form of an electrical signal. There are some photos around showing the disassembled instrument panel. If I find them I'll provide a link.
As far as I know there is at least one user on the Romanian part of the forum that experienced this kind of onboard instrumentation fault. The problem should be covered by warranty.
Yes, that's a traditional Serbian phrase!
So, basically, my assumption was right.
The other day I checked under the hood after a long while for fluids levels, and to my surprise I found out that hydraulic fluid for steering servo is at minimum level (it was almost full). Still don't know how big a problem is that, will check at the service on Saturday.


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ATF recovers live grenade, sold at N.C. thrift store, in South Carolina
By WECT staff
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WECT/Gray News) - Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have recovered a second grenade sold at a Shallotte thrift store last year in neighboring Horry County, South Carolina.
"Fortunately, the device was recovered intact and did not cause any injuries. This grenade was the primary focus of ATF's recent search," authorities stated in a news release.
The grenade was one of likely several purchased from a vendor at the Fancy Flea Antique Mall near Shallotte in June 2020. ATF officials say the WWII-era grenades were believed to be inert at the time of the sales.
RELATED: Va. teen killed by exploding grenade that ATF says may have been purchased at N.C. thrift store.
A spokesperson for the ATF said the investigation into the grenades began following an explosion on Dec. 23 that killed a teenager in Abingdon, Va. Investigators said a grenade purchased at the store caused the blast. Six days later, the ATF issued its first statement asking for the public's help to locate the grenades.
ATF officials say anyone who purchased a grenade at the business and would like it evaluated, or want additional information, should contact authorities immediately in the interest of public safety.
If you have any information, contact the North Carolina Field Division at 704-716-1800. Information can also be provided to the ATF by calling 1-800-ATF-TIPS (800-283-8477), or by email at ATFTips@atf.gov, or through the ReportIt ® app.
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It is better to go to a funeral 1 than a feast. 2 For death 3 is the destiny 4 of every person, 5 and the living should 6 take this 7 to heart.
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It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart.
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It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart.
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It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.
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You learn more at a funeral than at a feast--After all, that's where we'll end up. We might discover something from it.
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It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
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It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of everyone, and the living will lay it to heart.
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1 tn Heb "house of mourning." The phrase refers to a funeral where the deceased is mourned.
2 tn Heb "house of drinking"; or "house of feasting." The Hebrew noun מִשְׁתֶּה (mishteh) can denote (1) "feast; banquet," occasion for drinking-bouts (1 Sam 25:36; Isa 5:12; Jer 51:39; Job 1:5; Esth 2:18; 5:14; 8:17; 9:19) or (2) "drink" (exilic/postexilic – Ezra 3:7; Dan 1:5, 8, 16); see HALOT 653 s.v. מִשְׁתֶּה 4; BDB 1059 s.v. שָׁתַה.
sn Qoheleth recommended that people soberly reflect on the brevity of life and the reality of death (It is better to go to a house of mourning) than to waste one's life in the foolish pursuit of pleasure (than to go to a house of banqueting). Sober reflection on the brevity of life and reality of death has more moral benefit than frivolous levity.
3 tn Heb "it"; the referent ("death") has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb "the end." The noun סוֹף (sof) literally means "end; conclusion" (HALOT 747 s.v. סוֹף 1; BDB 693 s.v. סוֹף). It is used in this context in reference to death, as the preceding phrase "house of mourning" (i.e., funeral) suggests.
5 tn Heb "all men" or "every man."
6 tn The imperfect tense verb יִתֵּן, yitten (from נָתָן, natan, "to give") functions in a modal sense, denoting obligation, that is, the subject's obligatory or necessary conduct: "should" or "ought to" (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 31-32, §172; IBHS 508-9 §31.4g).
7 tn The word "this" does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.
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Jessica felt I needed to add contrasts to this photo. So I went and did so. Do you notice the difference? And if so, what do you think?
Here, contrasts would not work. Remember, this photo is taken through a storm door which had snow spots blown upon it. It was also steamed until I wiped it with my sleeve to get the shot. Since I did not wipe anything but the center of the window, the edges are a bit foggy. I had to play with all three settings in Lightning to get the change that was passable.
My DH Jim goes outside to smoke. Guess this is not just a masculine thing to do, but it is in our household. This is a photo of him through the storm door that has wet snow blown onto it. Severely cropped this first photo with a tiny boost in "Darken Highlights" in Lighting.
He is about to stick his tongue out at me because he does not like his photo to be taken. There is a reflection from the living room window on the storm door glass which winds up on his neck. I did nothing to this photo.


The 30ForThirty.org tuck, crossing an old wooden bridge.
Guest Poster, Ken from 30ForThirty.org shares some tips for overland travelers.
Ken Shared these overland travel tips on the Radical Travel Podcast – Listen here!
In the Overlanding world we are relatively inexperienced but have driven over 15000 miles through five countries and were asked to share a few tips and tricks that we've learned along the way.
1: Make Sure Your Vehicle is Up to Snuff.
First of all, to make all border crossings and military checkpoints go smoothly, you need to make sure you actually own your car – you'll need the title and it needs to be paid off. Next, it's got to be in good condition and ready for the long haul. There is a ton of info on overland websites to help you put together a checklist to make sure your vehicle is ready for the journey. Check out 4x4OverLandTravel.com to get started.
Besides a good car, you'll need good gear. If you plan on camping, you'll want a decent camping camping gear. If you're sleeping in the truck, make sure you've got a good set up. Have extra water jugs, extra gas cans, a good cook stove and a nice set of pots and pans, and make sure you've got the tools you need to do simple repairs while on the road. It can be hard to find some of these things while traveling though developing countries, so it makes sense to plan ahead.
3: Set a Date, Tell All Your Friends.
Pick a date that you're leaving and stick to it. Tell all your friends so that you can't keep pushing it back. You will never be ready! We planned a going away party months in advance and invited everyone – that way we couldn't back out.
Riverbed or Road? This is real off-the-beaten-path travel!
Once you get you mexico, cancel your American Insurance. You have to buy insurance in each country. Some countries don't require insurance, so it's worth looking into.
It's all about community. If you have a blog and you read other people's blogs you'll be able to meet up with other overland travelers while on the road. Sometimes you can feel really alone. Driving in tandem is a big plus, but it also helps to connect with other overlanders through their blogs. It's also a great way to keep your family and friends back home in the loop about your travels.
If you can team up with someone it will not only cut your costs in half, but also divide the labor. It's great to have a copilot to help you navigate the difficult roads. Choose wisely when considering your team mate – traveling can be seriously stressful, especially when things don't go smoothly.
7: Rule Your Budget – Don't Let Your Budget Rule You!
Figure out how much it's all going to cost, and how much you can afford to spend. Make your budget and make sure that you stick to it. It's fun, and fine, to go over budget some days, and go sailing in Belize, or get drunk with new friends in a bar pricey tourist bar, but remember that you'll have to be under budget on other days to make it all even out in the end.
8: Have a Home Support System.
Besides having a good teammate on the road, it's good to have a support system back home just in case anything goes wrong on the road. For example: If you get robbed or lose your credit card, you'll want to have someone at home who can deal with the banks and mail your new card ahead. We had all our contact lenses stolen, and had to get have the prescription filled in the states and mailed to meet us in Belize – it was a strangely complicated process and having someone back home to help with the details was invaluable.
Ken does a bit of roadside maintenance in Guatemala.
It's not all fun and games out there – there are real dangers. It's good to check with other overlanders who are traveling ahead of you to see if they've had any troubles. Overall people are good all around the world, but the one who is not may be watching you set up camp. Driving puts you in places were other travelers are not, making you easy to spot. Having an expensive vehicle with foreign plates can make you a target – it's smart to be vigilant and make sure you always lock everything up.
This is the trip of a lifetime (hopefully one many trips to come) and you're going to have an awesome time. There is a lot of planning and hard work that goes into a trip like this, and there are bound to be some bumps in the road along the way, but remember – you're on vacation. Enjoy it!


I was insufficiently abused as a child. The bud of my genius never received the pathological stimulation it needed to blossom, set, and bear extraordinary, savage fruit. I have but the fact I was a Wednesday child and consequently full of woe. But woe without abrading trauma yields but sad little figs, barely bellied, of insufficient sour or sweet to linger long in epicurean memory.
Prompted by Chris Okum's "Bassinet".
" sad little figs, barely bellied, of insufficient sour or sweet"
Been on the road a lot with little time to read. But now, this. Maybe little abuse worked after all. Nice stuff.
Hahaha! I finally see. Love.


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Esperance by Heather Hildenbrand
She is his only hope. If only he wanted to be saved.
Alex is cured... sort of. After letting the mysterious Indra work her magic, the venom is gone but so is Alex's ability to feel. He's not dead, but he's not really alive either. Numb inside, he turns his back on Sam and everyone else. The only person he'll really listen to is his new master…
Sam's angry and lost. Her destiny was to heal, but so far, all she's done is hurt herself and others. When Alex chooses another woman's healing over hers, Sam's doubts and fears become the very thing that separate her from her true potential. Despite Sam's broken heart, she is determined to make her magic work, no matter the cost. No price can be higher than the one she paid watching Alex walk away.
Sam will do whatever it takes. And she'll never stop trying to change Alex's mind—and his heart.
But Alex has his orders and he doesn't care who they affect. Love hurts. But in this case, it just might kill…
Book 3 in the Heart Lines Series.
Reading order:
Imbalance (available for pre-order now)
The Heart Lines Series just keeps getting better and better. This is a series that does need to be read in order but each book takes off where the one before it ended and that author is releasing them pretty close together.
Esperance is the third book in the series and starts with Alex not having any feelings due to his illness being removed. Sam is devastated by his lack of caring and vows to "make him better." In Esperance Sam also begins to learn how to use her magic.
I love the after memories return Sam. She is strong, self assured and faithful to her friends. Those friends include Alex who is doing his best to push her away although not all of that is his fault. All I want is for Alex and Sam to end up together and happy. I think it is coming, they get so close, and then dang…another obstacle is thrown in their path. But each obstacle helps them become stronger, more faithful, and more trustworthy.
Brittany and RJ are real friends. They start as body guards but become confidants and friends. No matter what happens they standby, protect, and offer a shoulder to her whenever she needs it. They understand that she loves Alex and that she has to do whatever she can to save him.
I am excited that there will soon be a 4th book in this series. The Heartline Series is one of my favorite paranormal series ever.
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Friendship on Fire: Love in Bloom, Book 6 AUDIOBOOK
Friendship on Fire: Love in Bloom, Book 6
Written by: Melissa Foster
Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
Series: The Bradens, Book 3
Series: Love in Bloom, Book 6
Release Date:02-02-15
Publisher: Melissa Foster
Friendship on Fire is the sixth book in the Love in Bloom series. While Friendship on Fire can be experienced as a standalone novel, for even more listening enjoyment you may want to hear the Love in Bloom series in series order.
Small-town overachiever Riley Banks has finally scored her big break - working in Manhattan as a fashion design assistant for her childhood crush, Josh Braden. She enters her new job hoping to make a name for herself and - just maybe - explore the romance that slipped through her fingers way back when.
Josh Braden has models at his beck and call, a staff that never says never, and an elegant clothing line for the holiday season. When he hires Riley Banks, he expects her to learn the business from the ground up. But the girl next door turns out to be much more than he remembered.
Josh and Riley's friendship heats up. Every steamy kiss and every erotic caress stirs a love they cannot deny. But when Riley designs a wedding gown that would cause even the most jaded fashion editors to swoon, Riley's mentor accuses her of stealing the design.
Facing indisputable proof and the mistrust of her lover, Riley is not sure she can take the heat of life in the fast lane of the fashion industry - and Josh is forced to choose between the woman he loves and the career he adores.
Content warning: Due to mature content, recommended for readers aged 18-plus.
©2014 Melissa Foster (P)2015 Melissa Foster
Listening to an audiobook is like revisiting old friends. I had read Friendship on Fire when it came out and couldn't wait to listen to it. BJ Harrison is amazing as a narrator. He shares the emotions, the thoughts, and the love between Riley Banks and Josh Braden. The characters come to life as BJ reads the words Melissa Foster wrote.
Riley Banks has finally seen her dreams start to come true. She has a job as a fashion design assistant in Manhattan working for her high school crush, Josh Braden. Josh and Riley's friendship heats up quickly once she gets settled into Josh's sisters apartment and starts her new job. With steamy kisses and hot caresses their love blooms and they cannot deny their feelings. When Riley's mentor, Claudia, accuses her of stealing a design from her, Riley's is doubting her life as a fashion designer and her life with Josh.
Melissa Foster did not disappoint. With each book in this series I have seriously crushed on the leading men. Josh fell right into that crush area. He is sexy, rich, independent, and successful. He is also loving, faithful, and protective of those he loves. I love that each of the leading women in the books is also successful and strong willed. Riley does not let Josh walk over her, whether in their love life or in her career. She struggles with Josh's love and how their relationship will be perceived in their work place.
This series of books are easy to read. Fun, easy, sexy, and oh so steamy. Friendship on Fire showed real life struggles, family values (standing by what you believe), and love. I highly recommend this book and the entire series to all chic-lit lovers.
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Big Bad Bite Returned by Jessie Lane
Title: Big Bite Returned
Series: Big Bite Series #2.5
Author: Jessie Lane
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Jenna O'Conner and Adam McPhee are happily mated … Or are they?
While Jenna happily wears Adam's mating mark, she has yet to give Adam one in return.
Adam doesn't want to pressure his mate, but not receiving one is starting to wear on him.
After Jenna is attacked while on the job as a SWAT officer, they are forced to reevaluate their relationship.
The time has come. Jenna needs to decide if her mate is going to get the big bad bite.
*This is a 10,000 word short story that takes place after Big Bad Bite and Walk On The Striped Side!*
If you are a fan of Jessie Lane's Big Bad Bite series this is a must read but I do recommend reading the first two books in this series first.
Big Bad Bite Returned is a quick look into what is happening with Adam and Jenna. They are happily mated, until Jenna goes to work and gets shot. This sends Adam into a frenzy of worry and then anger that Jenna has not followed through on her promise to mark him. I didn't like Adam when he was pouting (yes grown shifters pout) about Jenna and not telling her but I did like that he made her work to figure it out while never neglecting her care. He never made her doubt his love. The ah-ha moment for Jenna was perfect. Her fix to the problem was hot, sexy, and full of love.
I expect nothing less than steamy sex, true love, and total devotion from Jessie Lane's characters. Big Bad Bite Returned is a short story and the perfect quick read for those who love the Big Bad Bite Series.
"Have you heard the news?"
Adam's gaze was glued to Jenna's moving lips, from where she had her chin perched on his chest. Warm amber eyes, lazy from their love making, watched her inquisitively, waiting for her to finish.
"Gage knocked his mate up."
The left side of Adam's lips kicked up in a grin, and he mumbled, "Poor guy."
It was her turn to be amused. She was about to lay the other half of the story down and knew exactly how Adam would react.
"He did it on purpose, Adam."
It didn't take long for his eyes to bug out of his head, and those perfect lips that she loved so much dropped open in aghast. "Why in the hell would he do that?"
Jenna snorted in amusement at her mate's look of horror. "Careful. If anyone in the pack hears you talking like that, they're going to think you're against having kids."
Strong fingers stroked through her hair, and Jenna's sense of contentedness magnified. She loved these moments when it was just her and her mate, shutting the world out.
"You and I both know that's not the case. I love the idea of us having pups one day. Just not right now."
In a move so lightning quick it had her head spinning, Adam flipped Jenna onto her back on the bed. Spreading her thighs wide, he snuggled their hips together so she could feel his rejuvenated hard length against her sex. She couldn't stop the moan that escaped her as Adam rocked it up and down her clit, which was still sensitive from the earth-shattering sex they had just finished a few minutes ago.
"You're trying to kill me," Jenna moaned.
Adam leaned down and nipped her lip. "Never. Killing you would defeat my master plan of fucking you stupid every day."
She couldn't help laughing at his blunt words. It was so like her mate to think with his dick. She knew she owned all of him, including his heart. That didn't mean she wasn't going to tease him for being such a man.
"I see how it is. You only want me for my body."
He ran his lips down her neck to the spot on her shoulder where he had given her his mate mark and kissed it. It was something Adam did all the time, as if he was paying homage to the spot on her body that made her his. "Wrong again, mate. I want to own all of you."
"You do own all of me." She then gasped as he slid inside her, filling her with his hard length.
"I know," Adam whispered in her ear. She thought about smacking him on the ass for being cocky, but then he whispered in her ear, "Just as you own all of me."
As her mate made love to her again, a little voice taunted her in the back of her head—her wolf. You don't own all of him. You've yet to give him our mate mark.
Jessie Lane is a best-selling author of Paranormal and Contemporary Romance, as well as, Upper YA Paranormal Romance/Fantasy.
She lives in Kentucky with her two little Rock Chicks in-the-making and her over protective alpha husband that she's pretty sure is a latent grizzly bear shifter. She has a passionate love for reading and writing naughty romance, cliff hanging suspense, and out-of-this-world characters that demand your attention, or threaten to slap you around until you do pay attention to them.
She's also a proud member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA).
The Measure of the Moon by Lisa Preston
Expected publication: May 16th 2017 by Thomas & Mercer
"If you ever say anything to anyone, they all die."
When eight-year-old Greer Donner falls off his horse in the Washington wilderness, he braces himself to face the long hike home alone. But screams pierce the darkness, and he stumbles upon a dead-end road where a man is beating a woman—nearly to death. In a moment of courage, he stops the assault, but he's left to face the man, who turns his wrath into an ominous threat: if the boy ever reveals what he has seen, his family will pay the ultimate price. The secret Greer now carries begins his emotional unraveling.
In Seattle, Gillian Trett is a photographer with a troubled marriage and a childhood she's trying to forget. Domestic tension mounts when her husband's stepsister arrives. Desperate for a distraction, and a way to advance her career, Gillian throws herself into uncovering the history behind an old man's Holocaust photo of boys in a forest. The mysterious children and the truth behind the scene haunt her—she can't let go of the image, or of her own shadowed past.
Then a horrifying revelation entangles Gillian's path with young Greer's. The boy and the woman, separated by a generation and a hundred miles, each confront the terrible power of harbored secrets—not only to eclipse the truth but also to illuminate the dark, unknown dimensions of their loved ones and themselves.
This is a mystery book… a mystery to the characters in the book that is.
The Donner family is trying to figure out what has caused Greer to change his attitude, his actions, and his life. The reader is privy to the knowledge of what happen to Greer. I loved that the Donner family didn't just think Greer was acting out. They knew their child/sibling well enough to know that something had happen to make him act the way he is. They also went about trying to get him help without pushing him to say or do something that would cause him more trouble. The support, the love, and the acceptance within the Donner family is true to how every family should be.
What happen to Greer was horrible. The fact that a young boy would witness what he did and then kept it all a secret just to keep his family safe made him stronger than most boys would be and proved the love he had for his entire family. It also proved that a man's words to a young boy can cause a lot of angst and heartbreak.
I struggled trying to figure out how Gillian Trett's part of the story would tie into Greer's part of the story. Gillian was not a likeable character from the beginning. From the beginning of her story she was standoffish, rude, and just not warm and welcoming. She partially redeemed herself as the story went on.
The Measure of the Moon is interesting with its dual storylines.
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Born in Phoenix, Lisa lived in numerous Arizona towns as a child and later spent several years in California. By young adulthood, she was in Alaska and started mountain climbing. She climbed in South America on different expeditions, seeking summits in Ecuador, Chile and Argentina. She also travelled solo through Europe and Asia.
Broken Dreams by Callie Anderson RELEASE BLITZ
Title: Broken Dreams
Author: Callie Anderson
Ethan is the boy who climbed into my bedroom every night.
He's everything I love.
Laced with everything I despise.
He's every happy memory.
And every shattered dream.
He's my everything.
But he broke every part of me.
I'm supposed to hate him.
I don't know how.
Callie Anderson is a wife, mother and writer, who embraces the truth, then weaves it into a magical tale of romance and heartache.
Slightly South of Simple by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Expected publication: April 25th 2017 by Gallery Books
Caroline Murphy swore she'd never set foot back in the small Southern town of Peachtree Bluff; she was a New York girl born and bred and the worst day of her life was when, in the wake of her father's death, her mother selfishly forced her to move—during her senior year of high school, no less—back to that hick-infested rat trap where she'd spent her childhood summers. But now that her marriage to a New York high society heir has fallen apart in a very public, very embarrassing fashion, a pregnant Caroline decides to escape the gossipmongers with her nine-year-old daughter and head home to her mother, Ansley.
Ansley has always put her three daughters first, especially when she found out that her late husband, despite what he had always promised, left her with next to nothing. Now the proud owner of a charming waterfront design business and finally standing on her own two feet, Ansley welcomes Caroline and her brood back with open arms. But when her second daughter Sloane, whose military husband is overseas, and youngest daughter and successful actress Emerson join the fray, Ansley begins to feel like the piece of herself she had finally found might be slipping from her grasp. Even more discomfiting, when someone from her past reappears in Ansley's life, the secret she's harbored from her daughters their entire lives might finally be forced into the open.
Exploring the powerful bonds between sisters and mothers and daughters, this engaging novel is filled with Southern charm, emotional drama, and plenty of heart.
Slightly South of Simple is a true book about mothers, daughters, and grandchildren. Every grandmother or mother wants to spend time with their family but it can be overwhelming when everyone gets together at one time. That is what happens to Ansley. She is living her life in Peachtree Bluff, doing her thing, and WHAM her three grown daughters and 3 grandchildren all come to stay with her. I love how she just rolls with the different attitudes and outlooks on life each daughter has. She calls them out when she feels they need it but more than anything offers them the support they each need from her. What I really loved is how much the girls supported her. They pushed her to step out of her comfort zone and reconnect with Jack.
Slightly South of Simple is very much Caroline's story. Her husband no longer loves her and has left her and their daughter for a beautiful young model while Caroline is very pregnant with their second child. Caroline runs from New York to her mother for support in what she knows will not be an easy change for her or her daughter. There are life decisions Caroline will be forced to make that will affect her family's life forever.
My heart was tugged at by this southern story. I could picture the scenes, hear the characters voice, and was in a don't bother me I'm reading frame of mind while reading Kristy Woodson Harvery's story.
Check out my thoughts on Lies and Other Acts of Love HERE
Kristy Woodson Harvey is the author of Dear Carolina (Berkley/Penguin Random House, 2015), Lies and Other Acts of Love (Berkley/Penguin Random House, 2016) and the forthcoming Peachtree Bluff Series, beginning with Slightly South of Simple (Gallery/Simon & Schuster, 2017). Dear Carolina was long-listed for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, has been optioned for film and has appeared on numerous "must-read" lists. Lies and Other Acts of Love was a Romantic Times top pick, a Southern Booksellers Okra Pick and was chosen to be a part of the 2017 Trio display, which will spend the year traveling the South.
She blogs daily at Design Chic, the inaugural member of Traditional Home's design blogger hall of fame, about how creating a beautiful home can be the catalyst for creating a beautiful life and loves connecting with readers at kristywoodsonharvey.com.
Harvey is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's school of journalism and holds a master's in English from East Carolina University, with a concentration in multicultural and transnational literature. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications and websites, including Southern Living, Traditional Home, Domino, Houzz and Our State. She has been seen in Readers Digest, USA Today, House Beautiful, Huffington Post, PopSugar and Glitter Guide. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and five-year-old son where she is working on her next novel.
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He isn't Mr. Nice Guy…
Julian Dane thought he'd hit rock bottom — until he met a woman (isn't that what they all say?). He used her and broke her heart. Now he wants to turn things around but the damage he dealt stands in his way.
Kendall Parker's unique issues have made it hard to live a normal life. Very few people understand her and she trusts even less … but she believed in Julian once, and he only betrayed her.
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William Brown Hodgson (1801-1871)
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Education and Diplomatic Career
The distinguished scholar-diplomat William Brown Hodgson became a mainstay in the cultural and intellectual life of Savannah following his marriage in 1842 to Margaret Telfair, the youngest daughter of Georgia governor Edward Telfair.
William Brown Hodgson
on September 1, 1801, in Georgetown, D.C., Hodgson was left fatherless as a young boy. He never attended college, and his formal education was limited to studies in Georgetown, principally under the Reverend James Carnahan, a future president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). While in Georgetown, young Hodgson developed a friendship with local lawyer Francis Scott Key. He had an unusual facility for foreign languages and ultimately would master thirteen of them, including Hebrew and Sanskrit. Although he had never studied at Princeton, the college conferred upon him an honorary degree in 1824.
As a young man Hodgson attracted the attention of Henry Clay, then a member of the U.S. Congress, who secured for him a position in the U.S. State Department. When Clay became secretary of state under U.S. president John Quincy Adams, he assigned Hodgson to the Barbary States of northern Africa to receive further linguistic training and to assist the consul general at Algiers in Algeria. It was there that Hodgson began his lifelong fascination with the Berbers and their ancient language. He was sent to Constantinople, Turkey, in the spring of 1831 with instructions to negotiate a ratified treaty with the Turks. There he gained the respect of the American chargé d'affaires, who requested that Hodgson be assigned to his legation as dragoman,
or official interpreter. Hodgson assumed this position in the summer of 1832.
In 1834 Hodgson was sent to Egypt to ascertain the practicability of carrying on commercial relations with that country. In 1836 he served in London, England, and the following year he was at a desk in Washington, D.C. Soon thereafter he was dispatched on a mission to Lima, Peru, to deliver a treaty of peace, friendship, and commerce with the new Peru-Bolivian Confederation. After another stint in the nation's capital, Hodgson was appointed in 1841 to his first consular post—as consul general in Tunis, Tunisia—by U.S. secretary of state Daniel Webster.
In Paris, France, on his way to Tunis, Hodgson met and fell in love with Savannah native Margaret Telfair, a member of the prominent Telfair family, who was traveling on the European continent with her sisters. Telfair agreed to marry him on the condition that he resign his post in Tunis. Hodgson accepted her terms, and they were married in July 1842 at St. George's Church in London.
Upon their return to America, Hodgson and his bride settled into the Telfair residence at Savannah's St. James Square (later Telfair Square). Hodgson took over the supervision of the Telfair plantations and soon became caught up in the intellectual life of the city. He turned his attention to the scholarly work that had first captured his interest as a young man and joined the Georgia Historical Society, of which he was elected a curator in 1845.
Hodgson's scholarly work included studies in the physical sciences, among them an 1843 paper to the National Institute in Washington on the organic remains and geology of the Georgia coast. He presented a second paper to this organization entitled "The Foulahs of Central Africa and the African Slave Trade" and in 1844 published his "Notes on Northern Africa, the Sahara and Soudan." Other works followed on equally exotic subjects. When Sir Charles Lyell, the eminent British geologist, visited Savannah in December 1845, Hodgson accompanied him on an excursion to Skidaway Island (which Lyell later described in A Second Visit to the United States of North America).
Hodgson based much of his ethnological and linguistic scholarship on his contacts with the slaves of the Telfair plantations. He found a great deal of ethnic diversity within this population and could distinguish among the Mandingo, Ebo, Gullah, Fula (according to Hodgson, a powerful, warlike nation), and people from Guinea. Through his knowledge of African languages, he was able to converse with the Africans in their native tongues.
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received many honors during his lifetime. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Oriental Society and was elected to membership in the ethnological societies of New York City, London, and Paris, as well as to the geographical societies of London and Paris. He attended the Paris Exposition of 1855 as commissioner from the State of Georgia and was one of the first Americans to be awarded the French Legion of Honor. Princeton University awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree in the 1850s.
Hodgson died on June 26, 1871, while visiting New York City. He was buried in the Telfair family crypt at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah.
The respect and affection in which Margaret Telfair Hodgson held the man to whom she had been married for almost thirty years was evidenced by her decision to construct, in his memory, a new headquarters and library for the Georgia Historical Society. Hodgson Hall was dedicated on February 14, 1876, the thirty-seventh anniversary of the society's founding. During the ceremony, Carl Brandt's portrait of Hodgson, to be hung in the new hall, was unveiled, and General Henry Rootes Jackson delivered a stirring oration in praise of the gifted scholar-diplomat.
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Eole Water. Give us wind we give you water.
Jan 25, 2012 • Alki Delichatsios
Eole Water, located in the south of France, builds small-scale wind turbines that co-generate electricity and fresh drinking water through a unique and patented condensation process.
Marc Parent, the founder of the Eole Water, had the idea for turning wind "into water" back in 1997 when he was living in the Antilles, and discovered that he could produce his own drinking water by recuperating excess water from his air conditioning system.
Marc Parent, Founder and CEO of Eole Water
Parent soon thereafter built a system combining wind turbine technology with this water-generating process and after receiving two international patents in 2000 and 2005 and founding Eole Water in 2008, Eole Water today is well on it's way towards creating a system that collects "drinking water every day without an external energy source, while respecting the environment".
Eole Water's latest product, the WMS1000, is designed for remote-area locations and has a power output of 30kW and produces an average of 1000 liters of water per day. Obviously, the output depends on the location's climate conditions but even in a desert, the WMS1000 will produce about 300 liters of water / day.
The water cycle.
So how does it work ? Eole Water's wind turbine generates electricity which powers a sort of air conditioning system, composed of a cooling compressor, heat exchanger, and humidity condensor, which coverts water vapor in the air into liquid water. This "rain water" is then easily made drinkable through a remineralization and filtration system.
In addition to drinking water, the Eole Water system is designed to produce 25% more electricity beyond what is needed to power the water system, or, can be programmed to produce electricity-only, at which point the WMS100 for example, acts as a normal wind turbine producing 30kW of power.
Distributed. Flexible. Pertinent. Awesome.
The Eole Water system.
Eole Water is currently building a pilot system of the WMS1000 in Abu Dhabi and plans to start other projects in 2012.
We will follow the progress attentively -- and optimistically.
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As my plane reaches cruising altitude after taking off from Ezeiza (Buenos Aires' international airport) for the long journey to Beijing via Frankfurt, I plunge into my laptop to capture some of my experiences during this journey that began ten days ago.
I arrived to Argentina last week from Lima. I was invited to deliver a keynote and be part of a fireside chat during Wayra's Demo Day. My periodic visits to Lima make me a witness of the fast transformation of Peru as a vibrant economy and its integration to the global concert of nations. Wayra, Telefonica's corporate incubator, is making an effort across 12 countries (mostly across Latin America) to move the needle in the evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystems within the countries where it operates. Wayra represents a kind of enlightened Corporate Social Responsibility with great multiples!
In vast contrast from landing in Peru, landing in Argentina is like returning to the past. The country refuses to learn from history traversing similar failed paths and repeating parallel mistakes. Every week a new corruption scandal shifts the public discourse and the dinner table conversation from the prior week's scandal now already forgotten. Argentina's reality show exceeds any possible fiction, making the TV news program lead the ratings as the most entertaining, surpassing even a soccer game!
The institutional lies permeating every aspect of Argentine society has eroded the public trust requiring a bigger lie to cover the prior one. Its magical realism make the lyrics of Enrique Santos Discépolo's 75 year old tango "Cambalache" more relevant today than even in the past!
los ignorantes nos han igualado….
While Argentina is preoccupied in its de-construction, Argentine entrepreneurs are hard at work constructing new dreams. This apparent contradiction is fueled by the quality of the country's human capital. Historically, Argentine professionals could use the escape valve to emigrate as they were welcomed in the USA or the European countries of their ancestors. However, the global crisis, has made that possibility largely unavailable.
Argentines with her leadership and policies.
Today, Argentine entrepreneurs are enabled to start their own ventures by the lower barriers to entry in certain technology sectors and facilitated by low opportunity costs. Young and confident, the country's innovators and entrepreneurs are giving up very little to take the plunge and launch their new ventures. Corporate salaries are low (even lower when computed with the dollar blue, the free market floating rate) and careers are doubtful in enterprises that are afraid to plan for the uncertain medium term (forget about long-term planning). To conclude, Argentine business' daily existence is driven by constant required trade-offs to assure its own immediate survival giving up any semblance of excellence.
Competent programmers, engineers and able business managers have made arrangements of continued support from family and friends for their personal survival and pursue the "next big thing." Their quest to build their new venture is facilitated by (1) low barriers of entry, due to the democratization of technology, (2) their professional competence, enabled by what remains of a good educational system and (3) a global mindset, still a society constant since these Argentines are the product of immigrant parents or grandparents. Furthermore, they have grown up in an environment that has trained them in an environment that requires smart optimization of their limited resources and street smarts that require extreme flexibility, due to the country's increasing unpredictability. In other words, Argentine entrepreneurs are well prepared to lead their start-ups. They are resilient, flexible, resourceful and adaptable to tackle the unknown global markets and optimize their venture development with very limited means.
These dreams are constructed often through a focus on foreign markets, where their ventures will unavoidably migrate. They will likely retain their product development team in country as long the cost arbitrage can justify the use of Argentine human capital. Their globally minded leadership will consider opportunities offered by programs like the now popular Start-up Chile, and similar programs offered by countries including Brazil, Portugal, Singapore and others in exchange for basing some aspects of their ventures to those locales.
Argentina's entrepreneurs are today's hope of the country to retain some relevance, and for the rest we will continue crying for you Argentina!
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Espero que hayas podido usar mi bio en la propuesta.
I am argentine and I doing my MBA. Today I have to write about entrepreneurship in my country and your article helps me a lot to write a paper about that. Do you have a blog? Thanks.
Cordiales saludos — Carlos B.


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Last month innovITS of which I have been Chairman for the past six years ceased operations and the company was
wound up. The Advance research facility at MIRA has been sold to MIRA and the proceeds were transferred to the
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The members of staff who support the Transport Knowledge Transport
Network have been engaged by Surtrans to continue that work. As one of its final acts innovITS commissioned an
independent report on the economic and environmental impacts of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and this was
launched at a press conference on 16th April at Traffex. innovITS wrote a final report to BIS updating its 5 year report
written at the end of the intended grant period in 2010 and then returned the final balances in its account.
Its mission was to help the United Kingdom become a leading centre of excellence in transport telematics for
sustainable mobility through recognition of innovITS as the UK gateway for industry expertise in the ITS field. It set out
to achieve this through analysis of UK and global ITS markets; through the creation of networks and the operation of
an exemplary website; through promotion of best practice; through co-ordination of collaborative projects; and through
high quality advice to British industry. innovITS has largely delivered on this mission and its Board has recognised that
the nation now has the capability to deliver further on that mission through other avenues:
innovITS was responsible for the ITS KTN and was active in helping establish the Transport KTN. That is now well
established and has a renewal of its activities for a further twelve months pending a review by the TSB of all its KTN
programme. innovITS hopes that the Transport KTN can continue its excellent progress working across most modes of
transport well beyond that.
innovITS was the right organisation to plan and build the Advance research facility on time and to budget. This is the
foremost research facility of its kind in the world with ground-breaking technology allowing the sophisticated
development and testing of vehicle–to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. However, with its greater
commercial power MIRA is the right organisation to take on the role of commercialising Advance and ensuring its
success as a national asset.
innovITS has played a major part in making the case for a Transport Systems Catapult, one of seven national technology
and innovation centres announced by the Technology Strategy Board as an initiative to develop a UK version of the
successful German Fraunhofer model of developing market ready innovations from linking academic and other research
centres with industry. The announcement of the Transport Systems Catapult Centre by the Technology Strategy Board is
welcomed as an organisation with a similar yet wider mission with access to greater resources. That is now going ahead
with the appointment of a high-profile Chairman and with significantly more funding than innovITS received.
innovITS was formed in response to a recommendation by the Automotive industry through the Automotive Innovation and
Growth Team. innovITS has made a significant contribution to the development of the strategic direction for Intelligent
Mobility. The Automotive Industry through the Automotive Council has now adopted Intelligent Mobility as one of its five
sticky technologies which in a sense brings us full circle. This is seen as a critical turning point for the ITS technology and
industry. These developments strengthen and widen the existing work on Intelligent Mobility fostered by ITS(UK) and
other UK trade bodies.
innovITS was a company limited by guarantee. It was funded by a grant from BIS drawn down against matched
contributions in kind from British industry. Its members included ITS(UK), the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders
(SMMT), the Mobile Virtual Centre for Excellence (MVCE), the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA), the Transport
Research Laboratory (TRL), Jaguar Land Rover, MAN, Ricardo, and Unipart, and in addition representatives from the
Department for Transport, BIS, the Highways Agency, Transport for London (TFL), the Greater Manchester Passenger
Transport Executive (GMPTE), the Railway Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), the Mobile Data Association (MDA),
Railway Industry Association (RIA), Warwick University Manufacturing Group, Orange, Logica and Image Sensing
Systems Europe served on its Council. Thus it was unique in the way in which it bridged more stakeholders in the
ITS agenda than other organisations.
Key highlights from the eight years of innovITS are:
Live video theatre at the ITS World Congress 2006 in London which showcased ITS innovation around the UK.
The ITS Global Market Study published in 2008 which showed the industry potential within a comprehensive framework encompassing the whole of ITS. This was the first of its kind, was used by senior government ministers and is still in demand.
Innovative collaborative projects:
SENTIENCE: cruise control to deliver fuel savings within an electronic horizon. This is being marketed by a major engineering group and shows the potential for significant savings in fuel consumption.
CoDriver: route guidance including safety information
FacITS: a framework for multi organisation assessment of the safety aspects of Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems, based upon industry standards
Established and operated the ITS Knowledge Transfer Network in support of the Intelligent Transport Systems and Services Innovation Platform. Then actively supported the Transport KTN that succeeded it.
ADVANCE; the intelligent centre for connecting Vehicles, Highways & Telecommunications; a dedicated facility for the private, safe and controllable test and demonstration of CooperativeVehicle Infrastructure Systems
The operation of the ADVANCE facility has been transferred to MIRA. This will assure continued success as MIRA will provide a natural home for this important industry resource within its comprehensive portfolio of test facilities and with its extensive experience of operating such facilities.
In recognition of a persisting debate in ITS for comprehensive and independent analysis of benefits, the final initiative from innovITS was to commission and publish an independent study on the Impact of Intelligent Mobility. The study was produced by a Transport Economist from Oxford University to ensure independence from the industry. The impact study provides a comprehensive analysis of information from around the World within a framework for objective analysis with specific cases studied in detail. It is hoped that this study will form the basis for further work and a growing recognition, from an informed perspective, of the benefit of ITS and Intelligent Mobility. This is freely available from the ITS(UK) website www.its-uk.org.uk
I have enjoyed my six years as Chairman of innovITS . innovITS was formed in response to recommendations by the Automotive industry. That has come full circle with the adoption by the Automotive Council of Intelligent Mobility as one of its 'sticky technologies'. innovITS has contributed to that and also to the successful running of the Transport KTN and the formation of the Transport Systems Catapult. With MIRA taking over ADVANCE the legacy is good.
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