I enjoy firing my air pistol collectables, especially my Colt 'Peacemaker' but handling and firing a pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) rifle is a fantastic diversion. I own a PCP Logan Mk II .22 bolt action multi-shot air rifle which I purchased some 20 years ago and the accuracy of the weapon is simply phenomenal. Of course, the scope helps to maintain that accuracy and the gun is fitted with a silencer to deaden the noise. The only downside, albeit great exercise, is that I use a hand pump to fill up the compressed air in the gun's air reserve tank. The Logan complies with the 12ft/lbs legal limit in the UK but delivers some serious distance and penetration with next to no recoil. I do not shoot any wild life, but instead enjoy long distance target shooting. Fortunately, I live in the countryside and my fields far exceed the shot distance of the Logan.
Whilst the Logan is great fun, it is a nice hobby to research the air rifles, carbines and Bullpups that feature in the gun shops and reviews. The list is massive and in the UK, we are spoilt for choice. Even the cheaper PCP weapons are exceptional for any beginner but the ones at the high end like Weihrauch are bank balance busters.
A video on PCP air gun basics -
Videos in this Article
I have included videos of popular PCP air rifles & scopes that might be of interest to the reader. Thanks to YouTube, I can place videos of my popular choices with supplier links but I must emphasise, I do not in any way receive remunerations from any of them or any reviewer. Its a difficult task to create a list as the choice is vast. At the bottom of the article are videos on scope reticles, SF Vs. FF planes, weaver & picatinnay rails, securing rings, mounting on rifle, zeroing and how to avoid rifle rotation.
Videos of selected air weapons and scopes from the following manufacturers are included further down in this article.
Featured Air Weapons & Scopes - Links to Manufacturers Websites
|Zbroia||Bushnell Buyers Guide|
|Daystate||How to Adjust a Scope|
My current favourite has to be the German manufactured Weihrauch HW100 BPK Bullpup which is the shorter version of the Weihrauch HW100 BP Bullpup variant and the Weihrauch HW110 K Karbine is another nice choice. There is of course an awesome British gun, the phenomenal Daystate Renegade which sports an electronic trigger with a battery life of 17,000 shots - it is an excellent alternative. The Air Arms Gallahad is awe inspiring and the ultimate mega cost goes to the incredible semi-automatic Steyr Pro X Scout Bullpup.
The Midrange Investment - Air Weapon Combination
On reflection there has to be a balance in purchasing an PCP air rifle, carbine or Bullpup, especially when you have to add a scope, a silencer and probably a gun slip for transporting the weapon. Of course, one would still expect a great deal of accuracy with a flatter curve for pellet target shooting. My choice would be the .177 Weihrauch HW110 K Karbine which includes a terrific Weihrauch silencer and it is only 88cms (34.65 inches) in length. My choice of scope would be an Optisan EVX 6-24X50F1i (MIL-F1MH24) and for transporting the gun, a Weihrauch HW100 Carbine Gun Slip. The combination may seem expensive at around £1,313.99 but not a bad deal when compared to some expensive Bullpups near or over that price which don't include a scope, a silencer or a gun slip. There are videos of this Weihrauch gun and Optisan scopes in this article.
The Budget Investment - Air Weapon Combination
Most folks that have a limited budget or who are starting out with limited access to ground or a firing range, might seek a rifle, carbine or Bullpup combination which does not break the bank. On the assumption that most folks theses days in the UK would rather kill a paper target than any wildlife, my combination of choice is based on the .177 calibre which delivers a flatter curve for pellet target shooting rather than the greater curve of .22 pellets. I rather like the Walther Rotex RM8 Varmint UC which is an ultra compact gun, very much like a carbine and it includes a K3 Neo silencer. It is only 91.6cms (36 inches) in length and my scope choice would be the Hawke VANTAGE IR 3-9x50 AO with MIL DOT IR Reticle and adjustable objective parallax correction which costs £125 but there are cheaper and more expensive choices, which are outlined on the Hawke website. Walther supply a nice optional Walther Deluxe Gun Bag to transport the weapon. The total cost of the gun with included silencer, scope and gun slip is around £581.98. The Walther Rotex RM8 Varmint UC is featured in a video within this article and there is also a video on the standard Hawke 3x9x50 Vantage scope which does not have the objective parallax correction of my more expensive AO budget choice.
I have always used Accupell .22 14.66gr 5.50mm head size pellets purchased from Ramsbottom with my Logan PCP rifle and a Simmons scope, zeroed for 100 yards, which have proved to be fairly accurate but the pellets have a fair sized arc to the target when shooting at 100 yards. The grouping is consistently on centre with no more than a half inch spread and that is on a bipod which is sprung and if I am not careful the twin springs (one on either side) can create a slight rifle rotation which is a big deal at 100 yards. I plan to use a rifle rest rather than the bipod and I have ordered one.
Having made some enquiries, the Accupell .22 pellets 5.50mm are the only pellets recommended to be used with my Logan as other .22 pellet types, especially those with 5.51mm, 5.52mm and 5.53mm sized heads, can become jammed in the magazine or leave behind lead fragmentations.
Upon delivery I gently pop the Accupell pellets into a basin full of warm water mixed with washing up liquid and gently swirl them around for a time using my fingers. Afterwards, I empty most of the water and pop the pellets into a household sieve and then gently onto an old thick towel. I spread them out and dry them with a hairdryer. I move them to a dry towel and lightly spray them all with Napier Pellet Lube or Napier Power Air Gun Oil and then gently roll them inside the 'folded' towel to remove the excess oil which leaves an almost invisible oil coating. Thereafter, they are popped into a Crosman Pellet Pouch and ready for use. I note that my pellet supplier, Ramsbottom is now supplying Accupell FT .22 pellets in a 5.53 head size which are already pre-prepared with Napier gun oil but the larger head size makes them too risky to use in my Logan. NOTE: I never use a silicone based oil for my air rifle pellets.
Cleaning a CO2 Pistol & Air Rifles
Anyone who has purchased their first air rifle and researched 'how to clean and oil' an air rifle on the internet is likely to end up confused due to the mass of contradictions from the various advisors and reviewers. Do you clean it often, very rarely, or in the view of some reviewers, they never clean their air guns, especially the barrels. Do you use silicone oil, mineral oil or the age old Mobil One synthetic oil from the local garage. Do you use a pull through or a thin brass rod with a swivel handle, and with brass, nylon, mop and patch heads for cleaning the barrel. One thing is for sure, you do not use penetration oil, the kind you would use for freeing up that stubborn nut which is rusted and seized underneath your car - apparently penetration oil is a killer of the internal workings of air weapons.
I clean all my air
guns after I fire off about 500 rounds of lead pellets, usually the
number in an average tin and I like a nice clean and gleaming barrel
without any residual oil left in it. I clean and oil the outer metalwork
and easy to reach mechanicals like the trigger and moving metal parts
with the appropriate gun oil to prevent wear and corrosion. Likewise the
stock with a light waxing and polishing. For long term storage, I will
pull a lightly oiled patch through the barrel before placing it in the
gun cabinet. The only gun I am prepared to strip down (once a year)
to the internals is my CO2 Beretta pistol so that I can clean and oil
the cocking slide mechanism.
For my CO2 pistols, I only use Crosman Pellgun Oil for internal and external workings of my guns and fire VFG Fibre Cleaning Pellets through the barrels until they come out clean. I catch them in a metal bucket but be careful they come out of the barrels with a fair amount of velocity and will easily shoot through any plastic container held at the front of the barrel. All my CO2 pistols are stored (empty of CO2 or pellets) upside down with a drop of Crosman Pellgun Oil on the CO2 seal inside the butt.
For my break barrel air rifle, I use a bog standard Guntuff Cleaning Kit which includes a brass rod with swivel handle, bronze, nylon and mop heads along with Napier Power Air Gun Oil and finish off by firing VFG Fibre Cleaning Pellets through the barrel. NOTE: if you also have the Napier Pull Through Kit you can use that instead of the VFG fibre pellets. NOTE: I never use a silicone based oil for cleaning and oiling my break barrel gun as it can mess up the internal greasing.
With PCP air weapons which have a magazine or under lever cocking piston/spring air rifles, it is often the case that using a rod and various cleaning heads is impossible to use, because the risk of damaging the weapon internals is very likely. The solution is a 'pull through cleaning kit and the Napier Pull Through Kit is exceptional for all air guns and perfect for PCP rifles which have magazine systems. It is supplied (in the kit) with a pull string, patches and Napier Power Air Gun Oil which is approved by a large number of air weapon manufacturers. NOTE: I never use a silicone based oil for oiling my Logan PCP rifle as it can mess up the internal greasing. This came as a warning in my Logan PCP handbook.
& Trigger Locks
Gun Safes & Cabinets come in all shapes, sizes and costs. If you only have a single firearm, then the cost can be relatively low but no matter what the size and the cost, the locked safe or cabinet must be bolted to a solid wall and preferably in a place where it cannot be easily found by third parties, somewhere like inside a locked cupboard with a solid wall at the back.
It is prudent to purchase a gun safe or cabinet that can hold a few firearms because invariably your hankering for another gun, often arises. It is not just the gun that must be stored securely, often a scope is fitted, so the safe or cabinet must provide room for the gun to stand with the scope fitted and then there is the height to consider, because your 1st gun may be a short carbine but a 2nd gun, purchased at a later date, might be a full size rifle with a silencer fitted.
Then there is the ammunition and any accessories that you might want to store alongside your gun - many cabinets have side and/or top storage sections. Pellets, targets and airgun cleaning equipment are often stored in gun safes. If you have several guns, the safe should have enough room whereby you can insert or remove a gun without it clattering into another gun in the cabinet.
Anyone who is careful about securing their gun from third parties, especially kids, will secure their air rifle with a Trigger Lock which prevents the guns trigger being pulled and usually these type of locks come with 2 keys.
I very much enjoy using my air weapons to shoot at paper & metal targets. Although I am surrounded by all types of wildlife, including crows, magpies, rabbits, grey squirrels, pigeons, deer, pheasants, foxes and sparrows, amongst many other small birds, I never shoot any wildlife.
Air gun targets come in all shapes and sizes but as I predominantly shoot lead pellets, I prefer to catch the spent lead, rather than let it build up in my fields. Therefore all my targets catch the lead after it has passed through the paper. I like 17mm and also 14mm metal coned target holders with a spent pellet trap at the back. I purchased mine from Ramsbottom in the UK where I also purchase the majority of my accessories and pellets.
PellPax in the UK, supplies many types of targets and I like the metal box targets with little figures (pigeons, crows, ducks, rats) which have a reset figure that when hit, pops back up all the shot down figures - great fun and a test of accuracy.
Rifle Rests for Target Shooting - Scope Mounting & Zeroing
There are many types of rifle rests and and they come in at various prices. I went for the budget MTM K-Zone rifle rest which can be used in full size adjustable mode to support your air gun and to zero your scope or by just using the front part, you can use it to support the front of the air gun for target shooting. It is also great for using with pistols.
You can fill it with lead shot to add weight before you assemble it but
I just assembled it without adding any weight - it works just fine
sitting on a sturdy table. I just used an old table that I had lying in
the garage which is height adjustable (very important) but probably the best table is the
MTM High Low Shooting Table which
is also height adjustable.
I also used my MTM K-Zone Rest to support my Logan rifle whilst I refitted and adjusted my Simmons scope with new mounts. See the videos below regarding the MTM K-Zone and the MTM High Low Shooting Table -
Remington Airacobra and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £399.99)
Webley Raider 12 Quantum and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £469.99)
Zbroia Hortitsia and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £499.99)
SMK Artemis P10 Shorty
UK Supplier (.177 - £499.99)
Kral Puncher Breaker Army Bullpup
UK Supplier (.177 in Walnut Stock -
Gammo GX40 and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £379.99)
Gammo Venari Kit (still to be listed)
UK Supplier (.177 - £459.99)
Gammo Bullpup and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £569.99)
Walther Rotex RM8 Varmint Rifle and
UK Supplier (.177 - £549.99)
Walther Rotex RM8 Varmint UC and
UK Supplier (.177 - £419.99)
Walther Reign Bullpup and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £749.99)
Weihrauch HW110 and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £785.99)
Weihrauch HW100 KT and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £929.99)
Weihrauch HW100 BPK Bullpup and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £1,154.99)
Weihrauch HW100 BP Bullpup and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £1,154.99)
BSA Scorpion SE and a
UK Supplier (.177 - £688.99)
Scope Mounting & Zeroing
There are literally dozens of internet reviews and articles on scope mounting and zeroing the sights. I have included a link How to Adjust a Scope and there are videos on this subject from Ryan Cleckner at the foot of this article.
My Simmons scope which is 20 years old has an adjustment ring at the front end of the scope which reads in feet and then yards and up to 300 yards and then infinity. I had to purchase a Hawke 2 inch rear extension mount which allowed me to bring the eyepiece of the scope nearer to my eye to avoid a dark circle appearing and closing the outer regions of the eyepiece view. I also learned very quickly that I had to set the scope rear distance even nearer to my eye on the mounts when it was set to the 300 yard magnification because although the dark circle was clear at 25 yards, it started to appear as the magnification was applied and had covered 65% of the eyepiece at 300 yards. NOTE: Usually the Hawke 2 inch extension mount is advertised by Hawke suppliers, as a front extension but it can also be reversed. It is also supplied with a second standard mount in the pack.
Videos of Popular Air Rifles & Scopes
The majority of the videos come from one of my favourite reviewers, Andy's AAR YouTube Channel and he covers the specifications, handling and firepower. Whilst the videos cover .177 and .22 air rifles, carbines and Bullpups, my preferred calibre for target shooting would be .177 which delivers a flatter trajectory.
The following image is the SMK Artemis P10 Shorty which shows the multi-shot magazine fitted at the rear on the top. I have been unable to source a decent video on the P10 but the following video of the P12 provides a good account of what the P10 is like.
The Weihrauch HW110 K Carbine and a UK Supplier (.177 - £785.99) and an Optisan EVX 6-24X50F1i (MIL-F1MH24) scope - UK Supplier.
The Remington Airacobra and a UK Supplier (.177 - £399.99)
The Webley Raider 12 Quantum and a UK Supplier (.177 - £469.99)
The Zbroia Hortitsia and a UK Supplier (.177 - £499.99)
SMK Artemis P10 Shorty
UK Supplier (.177 - £499.99)
The Kral Puncher Breaker Army Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 in Walnut Stock - £499.99)
The Gammo GX40 and a UK Supplier (.177 - £379.99)
The Gammo Venari Kit (still to be listed) and a UK Supplier (.177 - £459.99)
The Gammo Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £569.99)
The Walther Rotex RM8 Varmint Rifle and UK Supplier (.177 - £549.99)
The Walther Rotex RM8 Varmint UC and UK Supplier (.177 - £419.99)
The Walther Reign Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £749.99)
The Weihrauch HW110 and a UK Supplier (.177 - £785.99)
The Weihrauch HW100 KT and a UK Supplier (.177 - £929.99)
The Weihrauch HW100 BPK Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,154.99)
The Weihrauch HW100 BP Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,154.99)
The BSA Scorpion SE and a UK Supplier (.177 - £688.99)
The BSAUltra CLX and a UK Supplier (.177 - £599.00)
The BSA R10 SE and a UK Supplier (.177 - £878.99)
The BSA R10 TH and a UK Supplier (.177 - £999.99)
The BSA Gold Star SE and a UK Supplier (.177 - £949.99)
The BSA Defiant and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,049.99)
The BSA R12 CLX Pro
The FX Dreamline Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,149.99)
The FX Wildcat MK III Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,223.99) Video: Music stops at 1 minute
The Daystate Renegade Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,299.99)
The Edgun Lelya and the UK Supplier is Graham Denny at firstname.lastname@example.org. Mobile: 07473 654 188 and Office/Workshop: 01476 979 007. Alternatively, you can contact Vector Air who also supply this weapon. (.177 in Walnut Stock - £1,500.00 approx after Euro conversion to Sterling)
The Edgun Matador R5M and the UK Supplier is Graham Denny at email@example.com. Mobile: 07473 654 188 and Office/Workshop: 01476 979 007. Alternatively, you can contact Vector Air who also supply this weapon. (.177 in Walnut Stock - £1,698.00 approx after Euro conversion to Sterling)
The Edgun Leshiy 2 and the UK Supplier is Graham Denny at firstname.lastname@example.org. Mobile: 07473 654 188 and Office/Workshop: 01476 979 007. Alternatively, you can contact Vector Air who also supply this weapon. (.177 in Walnut Stock - £1,850.00 approx after Euro conversion to Sterling)
The Air Arms S200 and a UK Supplier (.177 - £499.00)
The Air Arms S400 and a UK Supplier (.177 - £529.00)
The Air Arms S410 and a UK Supplier (.177 - £719.00)
The Air Arms S510 and a UK Supplier (.177 - £799.00)
The Air Arms S510 R Ultimate Sportster and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,099.00)
The Air Arms Galahad and a UK Supplier (.177 - £1,349.00)
The Steyr Pro X Scout Bullpup and a UK Supplier (.177 - £2,699.99)
BSA Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Bushnell Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Vector Optics Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Walther Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
MTC Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Hawke VANTAGE 3-9x50 Budget Scope and a UK Supplier. Please note the next model up, the Hawke VANTAGE IR 3-9x50 AO with MIL DOT IR Reticle and adjustable objective parallax correction is my budget choice and the UK Supplier.
Hawke Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Optisan Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Element Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Leupold Scopes for your Rifle or Bullpup and a UK Supplier
Scope Mil Dot Reticle Vs. BDC Reticle
Scope - Single Focal Plane Vs. First Focal Plane Variant
Parallax Scope Adjustment -
Weaver vs Picatinnay Scope Bases & Rings -
How to Mount a Rifle Scope -
How to Zero a Rifle Scope - Real World Lesson -
Avoiding Rifle Rotation - Real World Lesson -
Cleaning an Air Rifle -


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Rather than "The Free MBA Project", perhaps "HomeGrown MBA". Free has certain connotations, free of effort, free of cost (opportunity costs to be precise), free of investment (your time).
No matter the name, the idea is what truly matters. The idea is simple: an unpretentious, and relevant business education with which you can do what you never thought you could.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Fear. We stay in jobs which make us miserable because we fear the unexplored. We fear doing the same job different ways because of what colleagues may say. We fear using our own ideas because they may not be good enough. Or we may expend the effort, and fail. But, may be if we try, we can learn and give our ideas the credence they deserve. And perhaps, make a living using our ideas. Rather than settling, doing something out of fear.

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Mar 25, 2010, 10:30 AM EDT
Multiple tweets to that effect. He had been placed on waivers the other day and apparently no one has claimed him. By doing this today, the Yankees only have to pay him 45 days of termination pay — a hair over $700K — as opposed to the full $2.95 million his contract calls for.
Gaudin is not as good as his 11-game stint for the Yankees last year suggested — for his career his is basically a hair below average — but he’s still useful. You have to figure someone will take a flyer on him. The Mets, maybe?
- Phillies acquire No. 1 international signing slot for 2015-2016 from the Diamondbacks 7
- Orioles activate Jonathan Schoop after 10-week absence 6
- Settling the Score: Saturday’s results 28
- Video: Kris Bryant hits a grand slam as part of a two-homer, six-RBI night 8
- Stephen Strasburg exits start with tightness in left side 10
- In the wake of the Miguel Cabrera injury the Tigers have few good options 20
- Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says Terry Collins’ job is safe 11
- Calf injury sends Miguel Cabrera to the disabled list for the first time in his career 7
- Settling the Scores: Sunday’s results (99)
- Mike Scioscia says Josh Hamilton should apologize to Angels owner Arte Moreno (90)
- What Yasiel Puig being a pain in the butt means. And what it doesn’t mean. (78)
- Report: Jerry Dipoto “definitely out” as Angels GM (77)
- Brian Dozier is the best second baseman in baseball (72)


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Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Portable Music and Data Processing Devices, and Tablet Computers; Notice of the Commission's Final Determination Finding a Violation of Section 337; Issuance of a Limited Exclusion Order and a Cease and Desist Order; Termination of the Investigation
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 in this investigation and has issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting respondent Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California (``Apple''), from importing wireless communication devices, portable music and data processing devices, and tablet computers that infringe claims 75-76 and 82-84 of U.S. Patent No. 7,706,348 (``the '348 patent''). The Commission has also issued a cease and desist order against Apple prohibiting the sale and distribution within the United States of articles that infringe claims 75-76 and 82-84 of the '348 patent. The Commission has found no violation based on U.S. Patent Nos. 7,486,644 (``the '644 patent''), 7,450,114 (``the '114 patent''), and 6,771,980 (``the '980 patent''). The Commission's determination is final, and the investigation is terminated.

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Hey, hey! We’re here at Sony’s GoogleTV event ready to see what the two companies have in-store for us. Hit the break for the live blogging action.
5:25 PM: We’re here and seated waiting for Sony to start the event. The event ambiance is pretty rockin’ — super clean, white sofas, white leather wrapped bar — nuts.
5:28 PM: Almost there, folks.
5:34 PM: Sony Exec is on stage talking about the world’s first HDTV powered by Google TV. Today is the launch of Sony Internet TV. “It puts you in the driver’s seat and let’s you continuously search for content across multiple sources.” Sony internet TV offers a progrssive internet experience with infinite posibilties.
5:35 PM: We’re ver proud to be the pioneers of this new category. Presale for Sony Internet TV products is now available through SonyStyle.com. Today we’re launching two solutions. Sony Internet TV and Sony Internet TV Blu-ray Disc player.
5:36 PM: what’s an Internet TV experience without an intuitive and comfortable remote. Based on the leaked photos and this photo, well, we’ll leave the judgment up to you.
5:38 PM: You never need to boot up the laptop. It’s as easy as browsing from your PC, but it’s on your large screen. Sony introduced cutting edge. Sony delivers the full internet based internet experience directly on your living room. In n effort to grow our television business we will continue to combine our hardware expertise, and now the Android OS to create compelling and attractive TV experiences.
5:39 PM: Mike Abary, SV of Sony’s Home Division is now on TV demoing the product. Here is Sony’s first Internet TV. And, it looks like a TV! “The world’s first TV powered by Google TV. In the history of consumer eleectronics this is a pretty big one, and we’re proud to be a pioneer of this entertainment category. We are creating the new TV revoluton.”
5:42 PM: “Watching regular TV with regular apps is so 2009”
5:42 PM: Time spent watching TV while on the PC is up 10%. Time is right for the new revolution. Hardware info now… four models ranging from 32″-46″ in price from $599-$1,399. Also, if you just bought a new TV, there is a Blu-ray integrated box for $399. We’re incorporating components in CE devices that you wouldn’t normally see. They have to perform to capture the content on the internet. We have an Intel Atom processor as well a 8GB of storage. Mike is talking about the remote now, or what Sony likes to call, “a unique remote.” The design of this remove control is beautiful. It belongs in the living room. See how it feels, it feels natural. We’ve incorporated design elements from other successful remote controllers in the Sony remote portflio.
5:45 PM: Some design elements were borrowed from the PS3. There is a full QWERTY keyboard, and when you’re searching on TV, you need input. There is a mouse function built in, control your DVR and Blu-ray player, single remote for all of the functions that are necessary in the living room.
5:46 PM: Ease of use for the consumer. Software and services: it incorporated the Google TV platform and the Chrome browser. Search is a function of these unique products, and while search is available on other products, not lke this. Search across your DVR, TV, and across the web. The TV is fully personalized b bookmarking your favorites.
5:47 PM: Apps are important. There are some installed out of the box. CNBC, Netflix, Napster, NBA, etc. Other competitors that have closed access to the internet
5:49 PM: They are now walking us through the new product — demo time! He’s showing Food Network and how he’s watching live TV, and he doesn’t want to watch what’s on Food Network. He wants to watch Man Vs. Food, his favorite show. He hits the search button on the remote, types in man v. food, and showing the results.
5:54 PM: Demo is over, he hopped around from live TV to Google Maps, to the browser, and even sent a Tweet.
5:55 PM: The people that care about this product is the same audience that’s already using a PC and TV.
5:55 PM: Preorder now, available in Sony Style stores this weekend. This is the only Internet TV with Google TV available for the holidays.
6:03 PM: We’re checking out the TVs and devices — stay tuned for our hands on post!

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Found an excellent website for Chicago Home magazine. Below is a selection of my favourite photos, with some eclectic modern art and lighting to die for.
The Bourgie lamp, designed by Ferruccio Laviani for Kartell, is one of my favourite lamps. I love the juxtaposition of the baroque shape with the modern edge of the polycarbonate plastic. So for those who share my love of this lamp, enjoy some Bourgie porn.
In my searches for photos of beautiful rooms, I came across a website called Ifi from Norway. It doesn’t really matter that I understood maybe 3 words on the site, all that matters is that they had some blog-worthy photos of interiors.
William Diamond and Anthony Baratta began their partnership 25 years ago. Their firm is hugely successful. They have over 25 magazine covers to their name, including House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House & Garden, Southern Accents, The World of Interiors, Traditional Home, and Veranda. “Best known for their great diversity of styles in a grand scale, Diamond Baratta’s design projects include residential projects in French, English, and American styles — and a newly inventive Modern style. All include the Diamond Baratta dynamic of enlarged scale and genius color interpretation”. I love their style – it reminds me of a slightly subdued/less whimsical Jonathan Adler.
I eagerly await each new month at Domino. No not the magazine but the website. I can’t find the magazine here in Australia so the monthly online update is my eagerly awaited fix. And this month’s held a pleasant surprise, more photos of Nick Olsen’s home. I know it has been featured in the magazine (and we’ve posted the first 2 pictures before) but I, along with most of our overseas readers, haven’t seen it. Nick has a great sense of style. It’s witty, classic yet eclectic with lashings of Hollywood Regency thrown in and embraces colour in all its glory. I loved it when I saw the first few pictures now the room is more complete for me.

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Last Tuesday for the technique I showed a card using this same stamp set but heat embossed. Today I want to show how versatile any stamp can be. For this card I used my Many Marvelous Markers in Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green and took each phrase from the O Holy Night stamp set and colored it in a different color. I think is looks a little like an old sign this way. After I colored and stamped the image, I layered it on a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock.
I then layered the panel on a banner cut from the Be of Good Cheer DSP. I made a top fold card base from Gumball Green and stamped the card front with a stamp from Pennant parade in Gumball Green ink to add a little spunk.
The inside was finished off with a panel of Whisper White, with a layer of Seasons of Style washi tape on the bottom and a sentiment from Many Christmas Messages.
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What impacts will the HS2 route have on our area (Stoneleigh to Offchurch)?
A map of this section of the proposed HS2 route may be found here
B4113 Stoneleigh Park
The HS2 trackway would cross the grounds of the old Royal Showground, which is now called Stoneleigh Park Exhibition and Conference Centre, just clipping the corner of the Grade II* listed Stoneleigh Abbey Park. Through StoneleighPark and past Stareton the track would be in a cutting with a depth of between 6m and 9m.
The trackway would exit StoneleighPark about 100m north of the Main Gate, taking land from the properties there and causing high levels of noise pollution to any that escape demolition. According to predictions by HS2 Ltd, noise pollution over much of the area of the Stoneleigh Park Exhibition and Conference Centre would be high enough to cause annoyance, with increased severity on the eastern side. The setting of the Grade II* listed Stare Bridge would be largely destroyed. Extensive realignment work would be required to the B4113 and the minor road to Stareton at this point and a road bridge would have to be constructed to take the B4113 over the trackway, also requiring the road height to be raised; this work would largely destroy the small wood known as Hares Parlour. A drainage pond, 100m by 45m, would be excavated in a field east of the main entrance to the Stoneleigh Park Exhibition and Conference Centre.
The route would continue past Stareton, through a small spinney and across farmland towards the B4453 Leicester Lane. All of this stretch would be in cutting up to 10m deep, though becoming much shallower as it approaches Leicester Lane. In order to provide shielding for the railway in this area “false cutting” earthworks, 1.4km long and up to 400m wide, are proposed. These earthworks would significantly change the landscape around Leicester Lane.
A445 Leicester Lane
Where the trackway would cross Leicester Lane it would be approximately at ground level, requiring the road to be realigned and raised on embankment to cross the track by bridge. Despite the shielding earthworks, train noise pollution predicted to be at a level high enough to cause annoyance would affect the properties on this section of Leicester Lane and nearby Stonehouse Farm, and this would be added to by traffic noise from the elevated road.
Three drainage ponds would be excavated along this affected stretch of Leicester Lane.
Whilst HS2 is being built, a construction compound would be located on Leicester Lane close to the Furzen Hill Cottages. A large area of farmland between the buildings of Furzen Hill Farm and Leicester Lane would be used for the temporary storage and treatment of excavated spoil. We can expect that these construction sites would lead to an increase in heavy goods traffic on Leicester Lane and that construction activities would impact badly on the Leicester Lane properties.
Coventry Road (A445 to Cubbington)
Between the Leicester Lane and Coventry Road crossings, the trackway would enter a cutting, running for approximately 1.9km and reaching up to 12m deep. Design changes made by HS2 Ltd since the 2011 consultation have reduced the planned depth of this cutting by up to 9m, so reducing the shielding that this feature would provide.
The point where the track would go under Leicester Lane is about 550m from the buildings of Furzen Hill Farm and the closest the track would run to the farm buildings is about 400m These buildings are shown as just outside the edge of the area where noise levels are predicted to cause annoyance.
The trackway would pass through farmland, which would be significantly affected by the construction of the cutting, under Coventry Road, which would be realigned to facilitate bridge construction. The reduced depth of the cutting means that the roadway would need to be raised on an embankment to clear the track.
Whilst HS2 is being built, a construction compound will be located on Coventry Road, midway between Furzen Hill Farm and Oakdene Nursey. Traffic to and from this compound will be routed to and from Leicester Lane past many houses in Cubbington (via Rugby Road and Kenilworth Road).
The footpath that runs from Rugby Road to the northwestern tip of North Cubbington Wood would be rerouted along Rugby Road and up the western edge of the wood.
B4453 Rugby Road
The predicted area of noise annoyance extends almost to the Oakdene Nursery on the Coventry Road and the four houses on Rugby Road that are within Cubbington Woods. It is also likely that the construction of HS2 would cause high levels of annoyance to the occupiers of these properties.
Rugby Road would be realigned to allow a bridge over the railway to be built. To provide sufficient clearance for this track crossing the new stretch of road would be raised on embankments.
Whilst HS2 is being built, a construction compound would be located on Rugby Road, near South Cubbington Wood. Traffic to and from this compound would be routed to and from Leicester Lane through Cubbington (via Rugby Road and Kenilworth Road).
South Cubbington Wood
Just after Rugby Road, the cutting would be required to pass through the southern part of South Cubbington Wood, which is defined as “ancient woodland”. As a gesture to the sensitivity of this environment the width of the cutting in this area would be minimised by incorporating vertical retaining walls. The excavation of a cutting, even the reduced-width cutting that is now proposed, is bound to have a devastating effect on this precious natural feature; HS2 Ltd admits that 2ha of woodland will be lost, but it could easily be more than this. This excavation would also destroy the champion wild pear tree, which lies near the edge of the wood. Previous plans to transplant this tree have now been dropped by HS2 Ltd on the grounds that this would not be cost efficient.
During construction it would be necessary to either close or substantially reroute the Shakespeare’s Avon Way and Mill Lane footpaths. Both of these paths would eventually be reinstated with footbridges spanning the trackway.
The trackway would emerge from the cutting in farmland to south-east of South Cubbington Wood and would cross the unblemished valley of the River Leam, causing a scar on the beautiful vistas of this valley that can be obtained from the footpaths that cross the farmland. The crossing of the valley would require the construction of an embankment, rising up to a height of 11m at the point where a 185m long viaduct will span the river.
HS2 Ltd has ignored requests from our action group to minimise the planned height of the trackway across the valley – the proposed viaduct is about twice at high as it needs to be to clear the River Leam in flood – and is proposing more earthwork “false cuttings” instead. Whilst these earthworks are designed to shield the trackway, they would be a significant intrusion into the landscape of the valley in their own right and do not appear to be particularly efficient in shielding noise; the noise footprint predicted by HS2 Ltd is approximately 1.5km wide at the point where the trackway would cross the River Leam.
A drainage pond, 110m by 70m, would be excavated on the Cubbington side of the River Leam, with a slightly smaller one on the Offchurch side.
It is likely that construction activities would impact badly on the buildings of Lower Grange Farm and the HS2 Ltd noise prediction shows these buildings as above the threshold for annoyance.
It is hoped that the cutting will protect the main body of the village of Cubbington from excessive noise from HS2, and all points in the village are outside the threshold for annoyance shown on the HS2 Ltd noise prediction. Some sample distances from the centre-line of the cutting are:
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A variety of businesses depend on HTML5 for different uses. Gaming has always been a way to use the language because of its ability to be used on multiple platforms. Mobile commerce and mobile advertising are also business sectors that are starting to pick up steam in HTML5 adoption.
The payments platform Zooz is one company that seems to understand the extra access that using HMTL5 can bring. The company recently unveiled a new payment platform that can be used on multiple devices – because it is based on HTML5.
HTML5 enables this payment platform to have a much more stable and dependable, as well as more unified, experience across multiple platforms. “In payments, it’s not just the backend and thinks like API integration that matters. You also have to make the entire experience very user-friendly,” said Zooz business development VP Noam Inbar in a statement.
Inbar added that when it comes to mobile payment, having a unified checkout experience is incredibly important. HTML5 was the choice of the company for precisely that reason. Now the company says that its application will be able to “erase the boundaries” between Andoird, iOS and the Web. Zooz says that buying items on any of the platforms will feel exactly the same.
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Research from Allergy UK today highlights how food allergies and the cost of living may prevent nearly 2 million households from enjoying traditional festive food favourites this year. This means a potential 4.8 million Brits will be settling down to their Christmas dinner without the likes of mince pies, pigs in blankets, stuffing, and Christmas pudding. The research was conducted to raise awareness of the impact that the rising incidence of food allergies and the cost of free-from foods is having on many families in the UK.
Ingredients and prices of festive favourites such as mince pies, pigs in blankets, Baileys, Quality Street, stuffing, gravy, and Christmas Pudding were analysed. All the items contained either egg, soy, dairy, wheat, or nuts rendering them off limits for the 2 million living with food allergies in the UK. Homes with someone with a food allergy usually avoid having any foods with the allergen even in the house, so this means that up to 4.8 million people could be passing on the pigs in blankets and Quality Street this Christmas.
Despite the growth in free-from alternatives to enable people with food allergies to enjoy these foods, the higher price point makes it prohibitive for many families to do so, especially against a backdrop of the rising cost of living. Investigations by Allergy UK reveals an ‘allergy penalty’ paid by those who need to enjoy free-from foods this Christmas. For example, a free-from mince pie (four pack) costs £1.75 or 43p a pie compared to £1.09 or 18p for a standard six pack of mince pies, representing a 138% price increase per pie. When calculated across all nine items featured in the Christmas treat selection, this is equivalent to an average uplift of 157%.
A poll of those living with food allergies indicates that 44% of adults with food allergies always need to spend a lot of time reading food labels when shopping for food. This is because current legislation on food labelling means that manufacturers can list the potential inclusion of an allergen on its label, even if the ingredient has not been used in the manufacture of the food. As well as making a shopping trip more time consuming, the ‘may contain’ labelling practice significantly limits the selection of foods available for those living with certain food allergies.
Carla Jones, CEO of Allergy UK, explains, “It is a sad reality for many households with food allergies, that there simply is a financial – and a convenience – penalty which must be paid, simply to be able to access foods which are safe to eat. This year it will be felt even more keenly with the cost-of-living crisis. For these families and individuals, there is not a lower price point alternative for free-from foods, and current labelling practices significantly reduce the choices available to these people even more. It is a case of pay up or miss out on the favourite festive treats this year. Therefore, we are calling for labelling practices to be revised, especially with the cost-of-living crisis making free-from foods increasingly prohibitive.”
Statistics indicate that the prevalence of food allergies in the UK is on the rise, and recent research from a public survey by Allergy UK estimates that 8% of people in the UK are living with a food allergy. Food abounds at Christmas, and for those living with a food allergy, the festive season brings heightened anxiety and exclusion. A survey conducted by Allergy UK in 2021 reveals that:
- 61% of children with food allergies have avoided social situations because of their allergy.
- 53% of children with food allergies feel isolated due to how much their allergies affect their life.
- 41% of parents would be anxious about their child with food allergies having an allergic reaction at a social event.
Jones continues, “With our most recent research indicating that there are up to 41 million people in the UK who are living with allergic disease, it is the case that an allergy-free life is now the exception, not the rule.
This year Allergy UK launched a new campaign, ‘It’s Time to Take Allergy Seriously’ to bring to life its mission for no one to die from allergy. The campaign’s themes confront the realities of living with allergic conditions and calls for improved healthcare provision, better awareness in service industries and improved care standards in education environments for adults and children whose lives have been impacted by allergy.


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My mother is visiting from down south this weekend with her friends for a boozy night out for my Auntie’s 50th birthday. She expects cake when she is down, and this one is a firm favourite of hers, I think because it is so boozy! If you do not like Guinness, please do not move to another recipe, I know people who out and out hate the stuff, but love this cake. This cake is soft, moist and fudgey in flavour, and the Baileys Frosting gives a huge kick. You can always omit the Baileys and keep this as a cream cheese frosting, but this really lifts this cake to another level. You can also half the amount of Baileys, but this is for my mother, and the old girl loves her booze!
For the Cake
250g unsalted butter
250ml Guinness stout
400g caster sugar (golden if you have it, if not normal is fine)
85g cocoa powder
150ml soured cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
235g plain flour
2.5 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
240g full fat cream cheese
150g unsalted butter, at room temperature
870g icing sugar
3-4 tablespoons Baileys (or less, to your taste)
First of all, grease and line 3 x 20cm sandwich tins, and turn your oven to 160C fan / 180C / Gas Mark 4.
In a pan, but your butter and Guinness, and slowly heat until the butter has melted (not to boiling). Once this has all melted, turn of the heat and whisk in your cocoa and sugar. Now leave off the heat to cool slightly for a few minutes.
Mix your Eggs, Soured Cream and Vanilla together, and then whilst still whisking, add the Guinness Chocolate mixture, and then your flour and bicarb until fully combined. This is a very wet mixture, so don’t panic when you do this and realise it looks more like liquid than cake mixture, this is meant to happen!
At this point, you need to transfer the mixture into your cake tins. My mixing bowl is basically a giant jug, but if yours does not have a lip, transfer to a jug (possible in batches) otherwise this will become seriously messy for you!
Once you have done this, place your mixture into the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean, and remove from the oven. Allow to cool in the cake tin for 5 minutes before you transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. As this is a sticky cake, transferring to a wire rack with some baking parchment could prove helpful for assembly later on!
While you cake is cooling you can make your frosting. I use a freestanding electric mixer for this, but a handheld electrical whisk is great. This may be a little more hardgoing if you do so by hand, but it can also be done!
Firstly, beat your butter and cream cheese together for about 3 minutes, until this becomes pale in colour. Now gradually add the icing sugar, until this is all combined.
Now for the Baileys. Mix this into the mixture, again until fully combined. If the frosting becomes a little runny, simply add a few spoonfuls of icing sugar to take this back to the right consistency.
Now you need to ice your cake. I use a round nozzle, but you can decorate this however you wish.
What I did was place a blob of icing on a cake board, and placed one of the sponges on this so that it will not move. Then place blobs around the edges of the sponge, and a swirl in the middle, and place the other sponge on this, and repeat again. For the top sponge, put blobs around the edges and a swirl in the middle, and then with a clean butter knife run it through the blob and towards the middle. Easy peasy!
Now to enjoy this boozy lush cake!

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* Equipped with UP200 to support transponder read/write/identification, ECU/EEPROM chip read/write and IMMO password read.
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* Auto VIN technology can automatically identify the vehicle’s make, model and year information in no time.
* Support relearn parking brake pad after replacement.
* Support forced regeneration and adjusting injectors.
* Support Steering Angle Sensor (SAS) services.
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* Support online update.
Q: What is the vehicle coverage of Auro tools?
A: By now, Auro tools provide immobiliser functions for over 50 USA, Asian, European vehicle makes and models. The vehicle coverage expands with regular updates.
Q: How to learn a key to a vehicle?
A: To learn a key to a vehicle, usually you need to use the IM100/IM600 to read the password (i.e. PIN code or other similar code) from the vehicle, then log in the immobiliser system with the password and follow the instructions on the IM100/IM600 to complete the operation.
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Cathedral Doves was our FIRST Block-Of-The-Month program. Launched originally in 2015 it was a way for me to re-introduce the quilting world, in a gradual way, to working with mixed medium textiles in quilting. The concept and the vehicle for using our BOM programs to accomplish this remains the best way I have found to help creatives explore these alternative textiles in a controlled, cautious manner. I have been asked often to reissue this pattern but stood firm on my commitment to the exclusivity of the BOM program. I knew I had only scratched the surface on Cathedral Doves. It can be expanded to fit so many different uses and can go much deeper in its' detail. I originally hoped to recreate the original quilt but the key color component of that, the wool, despite my efforts became impossible to do. So I've rebuilt the palette around a wonderful warm grey textured wool I was finally able to source. I am rebuilding the palette now. It is an upscale blend of grey and taupe with accents of rose, olive green and bronze. It lends itself so well to the add on package I'm looking at for metallic and stone beading. I can't wait to share. I'm thrilled to bring this one back; stronger, with new components, deeper details and even better than before.
Cathedral Doves II BOM
Cathedral Doves II will use at least 25 - 40 different fabrics in the mix. It engages multiple textile groups; cotton, both contemporary and traditional, batiks, Home Decor, silks of different characters, textures and weights and wool. Oh the wool! It is used as a major component in the body of this quilt and it is in house NOW! Wool applique, my way, an expanded optional embellishment package and the alternative settings make this program unique.
Cathedral Doves II is a 10 month program. It will begin in March 2022 and will finish by December 2022. There is a one time Membership Fee of $25.00 and the Monthly Kit cost is $55.00, plus shipping. Each month I will offer you a demo specific to the fabrics and techniques contained within that month's packet. I would prefer to hold this demo in person at the shop but either way it will be recorded and posted to a Closed Facebook Group page where you, as a member, can refer to it repeatedly at your leisure. Ten classes, ten patterns, ten packets of awesome fabrics to play with.
The pieced blocks are modular, a term carried over from my architectural days. Simply put that means they build off a common dimension and lend themselves to be being reorganized in a number of ways. You will have the benefit early on of having optional settings and uses for these blocks. It is my intent to develop this and share along the way. Similarly, I would like to see this entire project expanded. More applique put into the body of the quilt, additional embellishment detail, additional applique elements and materials added into the mix. The base project will not include the materials for these adds but it will include the instruction. An optional add on component will be available for any of those who wish to expand their projects.
Membership is limited. As of this writing, December 2021, we are about half way full! You can sign up today by going to the On Line store in our website! Go to Block-Of-The-Month, Cathedral Doves II on the website or click HERE. Signing up will hold your place TODAY! . Once you have processed your membership you will receive an email with your DOWNLOADABLE Membership Form. Complete this form and return it to us within 30 days of signing up or before we begin in March, whichever comes first.
Registration for our 2022 BOM will begin NOW! Be sure and also sign up for our Newsletter so you won't miss an opportunity to join us for all we have planned all year!


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Take a Stitch Tuesday weeks 11 – 12: Chevron Stitch and Sheaf Stitch. This week’s design turned out endearing…like ugly Christmas sweater endearing.
Take a Stitch Tuesday week 9: Cretan Stitch. Back to the earlier cabin block. I had the idea that I could use Cretan and Herringbone stitches in a combo to create something that would resemble a fence, then the plan was to layer in trees to make a forest scene.
Take a Stitch Tuesday week 8: Stem Stitch. Last week’s feather stitch challenge sparked a run of creativity, and along with a couple of cold Seattle days where actual sunlight poked through the drizzle helped push me into dreaming about spring.
Take a Stitch Tuesday week 7: Feather Stitch. This week was a fun challenge opening with feather stitch. Feather stitch is one of my favorite stitches and allows creativity for layering, texturing and seems so organic that it stirred up inspiration for late winter and early spring flower designs to add to the table runner.
Take a Stitch Tuesday week 5: Herringbone Stitch. My kids like to refer to this stitch as the “hairy bones” stitch. It took me a few tries to get the outcome I wanted, but ended up with double layer, quadruple herringbone stitch.


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Multi-block Color Relief Printmaking
Session Two - June 9-15, 2019
In this class participants will draw, carve, and print color woodblocks from start to finish. Source material may be brought or decided upon in class. We will cover all the basics using small blocks in the first half of the course, and then begin to complete some more ambitious pieces throughout the remaining time. Participants will be given 3/8” shina plywood to make their woodcuts. We will discuss drawing composition and inking styles, carving techniques, detail work, printing, registration, and transferring images between blocks.
Paul Roden was born in Nashville and attended school throughout the Midwest, obtaining a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion. He has lived in Pittsburgh making prints since 2006.
Exploring representational styles, Paul Roden uses traditional methods to capture contemporary scenes.
He is currently finding meaning in landscapes stylized through the process of woodcut. “I believe in the necessity of art, and also the responsibility of the artist not just to be new and different and exciting, but also to reflect and represent the people and their times,” Roden says.
Website: Paul Roden
Drawing supplies: Students are encouraged to bring tools they are comfortable with as well as tools they would like to experiment with.
- Micron Pens
- Dick Blick Micron set of six various sizes black
- Tombow color markers (great for color planning in transparent layers) Dick Blick Tombow Primary set If you don't want to bring the tombow markers, please bring another way of layering colors for planning such as colored pencils or crayons. Nothing that creates dust.
- Big red markers for staining blocks prior to cutting
Printmaking Tools: Students are encouraged to bring their own printmaking tools (barren, brayer, wood carving tools) if you have them.


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Latest Istanbul schedule changes as of July 1, 2016
As is the too-often recurring case in the wake of tragedies in Europe, cruise lines are quick to adjust their ships’ itineraries. Passenger safety and comfort levels are a priority. Some cruise lines are reimbursing airline change fees even if air was not booked through the cruise line.
Here are latest updates:
Istanbul is not on any remaining Carnival cruise itineraries for 2016. The only ship currently in the Med is the new Carnival Vista and the ship still intends its scheduled stop in Kusadasi, Turkey, the closest port to the ancient ruin city of Ephesus.
Originally scheduled for seven more sailings from Istanbul this year, Celebrity’s Constellation and Equinox will now depart from Piraeus, Greece, the cruise port for Athens.
Queen Victoria is the only one of Cunard’s ships that had two planned calls in Istanbul this year; both are canceled.
Upcoming visit to Istanbul by Royal Princess is canceled. Princess has not yet canceled upcoming port visits to Istanbul for later this year. Kusadasi is still an intended port of call throughout the rest of the cruise season.
No scheduled visits to Istanbul were on the books for 2016 and the cruise line still plans port visits to Kusadasi.
Upcoming departure this weekend aboard the Seabourn Odessey from Istanbul is canceled and passengers will board in Piraeus, Greece. Seabourn has not yet canceled the four remaining Istanbul departures later in the summer and mid-autumn.
Windstar’s Wind Star sailing ship canceled 16 port departures from Istanbul and will board passengers at Piraeus for the remainder of 2016. Port calls at Kusadasi are also canceled.
Seven cruise lines that had already crossed Istanbul off their port line-up include: Costa, Crystal, Disney, MSC, Norwegian, Oceania and Regent.
Each cruise line is of course closely monitoring the region and will notify passengers if any changes occur. Booked guests can usually find up-to-date information about itinerary changes on their cruise line’s website.


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Many people may believe that once a recession has been declared over and most economic indicators point to a positive economy, the need for personal bankruptcy no longer exists. This could not be further from the truth and plenty of Mississippi residents are all too aware of their continued need for debt relief.
As explained by the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Mississippi, there were a total of 427 bankruptcy cases filed in Jackson County in 2017. Of those, 282 cases were for Chapter 7 bankruptcies and another 144 were for Chapter 13 bankruptcy plans. In January of 2018 alone, another 24 Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings and 14 Chapter 13 filings have been recorded.
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Last Monday, students had a chance to meet with President Dan Weiss at “Donuts with Dan,” an hour-long meet-and-greet on Founder’s Green.
Students’ Council is hosting a number of casual events with Weiss this year as part of his strategy to get to know the student body, including a discussion this Thursday, “What does a college president do?” on his long-term vision for the College.
Over the summer, Weiss got to know the College through meetings with staff members, members of the Board and Alumni, and an extensive tour of the campus from the Facilities department.
“I have a fairly aggressive agenda for the first 100 days – it’s a lot of listening, active learning,” said Weiss.
In addition to the informal events, Weiss plans to set aside weekly office hours for students and has already met with a number of individual students, he said.
“Any student can meet with me,” he said. “Just email me.”
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BOSTON -- Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jay Gonzalez on Wednesday called for Gov. Charlie Baker to fire his public safety secretary and the head of the State Police, saying the state's chief executive must respond to the ongoing overtime abuse scandal with a greater sense of urgency.
"Governor Baker has been there for four years. When is he going to take responsibility for what's happening on his watch? Every single one of these indictments and guilty pleas was for criminal conduct during the Baker administration," Gonzalez said in a press conference outside the Statehouse. "Part of it is, his whole case for being governor is that he's a great manager. Well, what's he doing?"
On the heels of Attorney General Maura Healey's announcement last week that three State Police lieutenants had been indicted for alleged overtime fraud, Gonzalez said Col. Kerry Gilpin, whom Baker installed as head of the department in November, had been responsible in a prior role for auditing and reviewing overtime abuse.
"She was reported to have found red flags and problems that she did not then thoroughly review and investigate," Gonzalez said. "We can't have the person in charge of rooting out corruption at the State Police be someone who was a part of enabling that conduct to begin with.
Gilpin, who previously served as deputy division commander for the division of standards and training, was promoted amid controversy over the department's handling of an arrest report for the daughter of a central Massachusetts judge.
Following up on an internal audit, the State Police in January announced an investigation into evidence that members of a unit assigned to patrol the Massachusetts Turnpike were getting paid for shifts they did not work. The investigation later widened, and in March nine troopers were suspended without pay and nine others opted to retire after hearings were scheduled in connection with the probe.
Baker defended Gilpin when asked later in the day about Gonzalez's remarks.
"I think the work that's been done by the colonel is exactly the right kind of work to be done," he said. "She's the one that led the investigation, expanded it, and she's the one that submitted the documentation to both the attorney general and the U.S. Attorney's Office that's led to these indictments and these pleas."
Since taking control, Gilpin has announced a series of reforms at the embattled department, and has referred information of 46 troopers to Healey and the U.S. Attorney's office for criminal investigation.
The reforms include the installation of GPS trackers on State Police cruisers and the elimination of Troop E, which was the subject of the fraud probe.
On Monday, the department announced it had hired Ernst & Young to audit its policies and protocols, including systems for managing pay and benefits. In a release announcing the move, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said the Baker administration "proudly stands with Colonel Gilpin as she puts into place serious reforms at the State Police."
"Governor Baker is proud of his administration's record delivering on crucial reforms to solve long-standing problems at the State Police, bringing in outside experts to review and reform its practices, and supporting the efforts of Colonel Gilpin and Secretary Bennett to expand an internal investigation that has led to the US Attorney and state Attorney General's criminal indictments," Terry McCormack, a spokesman for the Baker/Polito campaign, said in a statement. "Governor Baker and his public safety team have for months been implementing the very reforms his opponent is today demanding, which is why his opponent's credibility continues to be questioned by fellow Democrats who have called this latest attack 'political nonsense.'"
State Rep. Angelo Puppolo, a Springfield Democrat, voiced his support for Gilpin in a press release Wednesday morning, saying Gonzalez's calls for her removal were "political nonsense."
"I have worked with Col. Gilpin and have the fullest confidence in her abilities, integrity and ability to right this ship," Puppolo said.
Gonzalez, who served in Gov. Deval Patrick's Cabinet, said "the buck stopped with me" when it came to the agencies under his control as administration and finance secretary. He said the same applies to Daniel Bennett, Baker's public safety and security secretary.
"The buck stops with him as secretary of public safety, and he's responsible for making sure the State Police and every agency under his watch is serving the public, and he's fallen down on that job," Gonzalez said.
Asked about his approach to firing employees if he were governor, Gonzalez said, "If they aren't living up to their responsibility, if when they find out that criminal activity is happening in one of their agencies, they don't work with a sense of urgency to do it, absolutely."
Lawmakers and Baker agreed to new oversight for the State Police in this year's state budget, establishing an internal audit unit helmed by an assistant inspector general and creating a legislative commission to review the department's hiring and promotion practices.
The commission met for the first time on Wednesday, and its members said they would focus on their statutory charge and not other scandals plaguing the department.
"I know there are many issues that have arisen with the State Police, and I trust that the appropriate officials and authorities having jurisdiction and working within their purview will deal with those matters," said Sen. Paul Feeney, who co-chairs the panel with Rep. Jerald Parisella. "I caution us to be mindful of our mission. I'll tell you as somebody who represents the town of Foxborough, to quote probably the greatest NFL coach ever, let's ignore the noise and simply do our job."
The commission faces a Dec. 31 deadline to issue recommendations.
Rep. Harold Naughton, the House chair of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, said the hiring commission should be allowed to complete its work and pointed to the internal audit unit and the hiring of Ernst & Young as important steps taken by public safety officials. He described Gonzalez's call to remove Gilpin and Bennett as "a premature call if not an inappropriate call."
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The Supreme Court Collegium has passed a resolution recommending the repatriation of Justice Pramath Patnaik from the Jharkhand High Court to the Orissa High Court, his parent high court.
Patnaik J. was transferred to the Jharkhand High Court and had been serving as a judge there since December 2014. Nearly four years later, in November 2018, a representation was made by Patnaik J before the Supreme Court Collegium requesting a re-transfer back to his parent high court.
Acceding to his request, the Collegium has resolved to recommend Justice Patnaik's repatriation to Orissa High Court "in the interest of better administration of justice."
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Israeli puppeteer and educator. After involvement (1968-1972) with the early Latin American shadow theatre group, Transparencies, at the Collegium Musicum Buenos Aires, Patricia O’Donovan earned a BA and MS in zoology from the National University of Buenos Aires (1978) and immigrated to Israel the same year due to the political repression in Argentina at the time.
In Jerusalem, she worked with The Train Theater (Teatron Ha Karon) from 1982, graduated from the School of Visual Theatre (1987), earned a PhD in biology at Hebrew University (1989), and then did a post-graduate degree in theatre arts at the University of California at Santa Cruz, United States (1990) where she studied Indonesian wayang golek (which she later introduced in Israel with Hanuman the White Monkey, 1990).
Patricia O’Donovan has taught theatre to children and kindergarten teachers at the Youth Wing of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem since 1983 and pioneered the teaching of science via theatre in the country with work at the Bloomfield Science Museum. She has taught at David Yellin School of Education, Emuna School of Art, Kerem Institute, and other venues nationally and internationally. She did collaborations with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra for family concerts from 1995-1999. She has presented at international festivals in France at Charleville-Mézières, Ireland (Dublin Theatre Festival), India (Ishara Festival), and in North and South America. She has represented positive aspects of Israeli culture in Germany and Switzerland and many other countries. Touch of Light (Nekudat Or, 1994) toured nationally and internationally and, as Louis, l’enfant du nuit, has been presented more than 2,000 times in France alone. The work tells the story of Louis Braille and his invention of writing for the blind and is presented with paper cut-outs, shadows, and a candle as a light source.
Patricia O’Donovan has combined her work in science and as an artist by writing, exhibiting, designing, directing, acting and her puppetry in various shows and exhibits, such as an interactive shadow theatre exhibit at Pesach in 2012. Edison’s Invention Factory (1997) and Electrified Ben (1989) shared Edison and Franklin’s lives and research. Five Steps to the Moon (1991-2007) shared changing views of the universe in science history, while Picnic of the Stars (Picnic me ha Stratim, 2002) explored natural phenomena like earthquakes and hurricane winds. These are among many shows commissioned by and performed at the Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem.
Head in the Clouds (1989), adapted from Eugene Ionesco’s work, is an object theatre piece where whimsy and chance meet. Jan’s Daughter (2002) evokes images of Walter Benjamin’s Angel of Death (an image inspired by a picture of Paul Klee), torah scrolls (made from wooden chair legs) in a Holocaust narrative of a Dutch girl (later a Jerusalem artist), Hannah Yakin, whose friend rejects her because she is Jewish. O’Donovan’s work also deals with intercultural explorations such as Amanili Sings (2009) which used shadow theatre and lullabies from ancient Mesopotamia.
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Since 1959, Cuba has had few new cars and the United States has had few good cigars.
Global Studies 124 students listened Wednesday night to Sergio Martinez, Secretary of Cuban Interests in the United States, discuss Cuba and its relationship with America. Originally, Professor Mark Jurgensmeyer asked Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations, Fernando Remirez, to speak, but Remirez was unable to attend. Martinez works with the UN regarding Cuban relations with the U.S.
Those relations have been severely strained since 1959, when Fidel Castro assumed power. Castro, a communist, overthrew pro-American dictator Fulgencio Batista, seized U.S. property, instituted sweeping communist reforms and allied himself with the Soviet Union.
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Martinez talked about economic and social changes that the Cuban government continues to make despite and because of the U.S. embargo.
“Cuba is a small country in the Caribbean with 11 million people,” he said. “We are taking important steps at becoming an active country, but there are still a lot of hardships that the Cuban population faces and difficult situations.”
He also discussed how the Cuban people feel about the embargo: “The embargo makes hardships for the people of Cuba. You cannot find anyone in Cuba who agrees with the embargo. It affects everybody – it is an issue for all 11 million people.”
The U.S. is the only nation in the world with a trade embargo on Cuba. In 1992, Congress voted to increase the blockade by prohibiting foreign-based subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with Cuba. In 1996, Congress passed legislation allowing American citizens to sue foreign investors who use American property taken by the Cuban government.
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Professor Jurgensmeyer said inviting a member of the Cuban government helped the students understand Cuba in context with what they are learning. “This class focuses on four different areas of international tension and conflict, one of these areas is Cuba,” he said.
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent an alert to all States warning them about the vulnerability of Android operating system to a bug called ‘StrandHogg’, which allows real-time malware applications to pose as genuine applications and are able to access user data of all kind. The information was shared by Threat Analytical ..
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SHANGHAI — February 7, 2018 — INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co. Ltd, have announced the successful start-up of Jiaxing Petrochemical’s second purified terephthalic acid (PTA) Line, utilising Invista’s latest P8 technology. The first reaction train reached 100 percent design rate in just 10 days from the first introduction of feedstock.
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