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Introduction: Graffiti Night Light

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This is my second instructable, I made this for my girlfriend thats why it´s too girly
this is a project to make an urban looking night-stand for your room
It costs about 15$ and about 8 hours to finish it.

Step 1: Materials

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For this project you will need:

* Cardboard ( I reused the one that came with a hose I had bought )
* Hobby Knife
* Scissors
* Ruler
* Hot-glue Gun
* Black acrilic paint
* Foamy colored sheets
* Leds ( I used 5 ultra-bright white leds)
* Wire
* 3 v AC - DC adaptor
* Compass- Cutter

Step 2: Make Your Sketch

Step 3: Cut It

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Draw your sketch in the cardboard
Paint it with the acrilic paint
Wait for it to get dry for about one hour

Step 4:

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For the circuit, I used a parallel conection for each led so the voltage could be the same for each led
* Decide where you want the leds
* Make a hole in the decided spot
* Put the led inside
* Glue them
* Make all the conections
* Test it
* Glue it all

For the second flor:
* Cut rectangles about 3 cm each it doesn´t matter if they aren´t perfect
* Glue them
* Make another flor

Step 5: 2nd Deck

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* Cut some cardboard with the same size of your letters and glue it to the cardboard columns
* Paint it

Step 6: Foamy

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*Cut each sheet with the form of the desired letter with the hobby knife
* When you had finished glue them
* If you want it you can put some foamy stars or any stuff

Step 7: Cookie Monster

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* Search for an image of the cookie monster
* Draw it in the foamy the face
* With the circular-cutter  make the eyes
* Cut the mouth and cut a sheet of black bond paper
* Paste it
* Glue the cookie monster in the graffiti

Step 8: Finished Product

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emilyvanleemput (author)2012-06-29

the cookie monster is really the finishing touch!!!

l8nite (author)2012-06-28

its really cool but the title of the instructable seems misleading, I believe a night stand is usually a table next to a bed, this seems to be more of a night light

susanchen2011 (author)2012-06-28

good originality

sizcer (author)susanchen20112012-06-28

I appreciate your comments :)

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Introduction: Jelly-Shots!

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I will here show you how to make Jelly-Shots!
I kow that there are a bunch of other 'ibles on this subject, but they use the powder based Jelly, and I used the already jelly-ish Jelly.

Step 1: Materials and Tools!

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Materials Used:
One 135g package of strawberry Jelly. The ones I found in a cupboard in my kitchen had a best before date of february 2007, but they seemed to be usable anyway.
A bottle of Vodka

Tools Needed:
Measuring Jug
Shot Glasses
A Pot

Step 2: Lets Get Cooking...

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Follow the instructions on the package to dissolve the Jelly:

Place the Jelly cubes in the measuring jug.
Add boiling water up to 285 ml (1/2 pt). Since my jug is marked with even hundreds of mililiters i had to guess what was aproximately 285 ml.
Stir until the cubes are completly dissolved.
Do _not_ make up to 570 ml (1pt) with cold water.
Instead, make up to 400 ml and then add cold vodka until you are at the 570 mark.
Again, I had to make an aproximate guess.
Stir well.

Step 3: This Is the Pouring Part...

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Pour everything in your shot glasses, and when you run out of those you can use plastic beer cups or any other container.
Put everything in the fridge and wait for a couple of hours for it to set.

Step 4: The Only Step With No Pictures -_-

It turned out semi-good.
They did not keep their form after leaving the container, and they tasted rather strongly of the alcohol, but they were definetely edible.

About This Instructable

Bio: If i was an X-Men, my mutant power would be to make useless (but mostly cool) stuff out of junk.
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Introduction: Stained Glass Christmas Cookies

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Instead of making the same old Christmas cookies this year, impress Santa with stunning stained glass cookie ornaments!

Step 1: Ingredients and Supplies

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  • 1-1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1-1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Candy cane, gingerbread man, Christmas tree, and mini Christmas tree cookie cutters
  • Green, red, and brown gel food coloring
  • Green and red hard candy (such as Jolly Ranchers or Life Savers)
  • Straws
  • String, twine, or thin ribbon

Step 2: Make and Color Your Dough

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1.Cream together the butter and sugar. I set the butter out on the counter for about 30 minutes, chopped into small squares, to bring it to room temperature before beginning. (I have had bad luck with using the microwave to bring butter to room temperature.)
2.Beat in the eggs (I set these out on the counter with the butter to bring them to room temperature too), vanilla, and almond flavorings.
3.In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
4.One cup at a time, mix the dry ingredients into the wet. Scraping down your bowl as needed.
5.Divide dough into three equal sections. Add a few drops of red coloring to the first section, green to the second, and brown to the third. Knead each section of dough until the coloring is spread evenly throughout. Wrap dough and store overnight in the fridge.

Step 3: Cut Your Dough

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6.When you are ready to bake, take the dough out of the fridge and let it sit on the counter for a few minutes so it’s not too hard to work with. Roll dough to desired thickness. Use your cookie cutters to cut the dough into holiday shapes, removing sections from the center of each one where you want to have the stained glass effect. To remove a tree shaped center from your Christmas tree cookies, use a slightly smaller Christmas tree cookie cutter. To remove small circles from your Christmas tree and gingerbread men cookies, use a straw. To remove rectangle sections from your candy cane cookies, use a sharp knife to cut the shapes by hand. Also, use a straw to cut holes in the dough at the top of each cookie so you can string them up as ornaments later.

Step 4: Bake Your Cookies

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7. Set your dough shapes in the freezer for about 10 minutes before baking to reduce spreading. While your cut dough is in the freezer, prepare your candy for the stained glass centers. Unwrap all of your green and red hard candy and place them in separate sealed Ziploc bags. Use a kitchen mallet or rolling-pin to crush the candy into tiny pieces.
8.Remove your chilled dough from the freezer and bake for 4 minutes or until the dough is just set.
9. Remove the cookies from the oven and carefully scoop a small amount of candy into cutout centers of each one. Set the cookies back in the oven for an additional 4 minutes.
10. Remove the cookies from the oven and use the pointy end of a toothpick or sharp knife to pop any large unwanted bubbles in the candy.
11. Let stained glass cookies completely dry before storing or stacking them.

Step 5: Display Your Cookie Ornaments

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12. To turn your cookies into ornaments, simply loop some pretty string, twine, or ribbon through the hole you created at the top of the cookies.

bajablue (author)2013-01-15

These are so pretty!!! I don't know anyone who wouldn't love a box of these "ornaments" as a gift!

angelichigo (author)2012-12-20

Amazing idea. Thanks for sharing

You're very welcome!

WUVIE (author)2012-12-17

Lovely! I've had my eye on a recipe for a while, but just haven't gotten around to it. Thanks for the inspiration. Lovely! (author)WUVIE2012-12-18

Thank you . I hope you give these a try. They're a lot of fun and allow you to be creative with your cookies!

Sam DeRose (author)2012-12-16

these are awesome! you should enter them in the instructables "cookie contest"!

Thanks, Sam. I did :)

Penolopy Bulnick (author)2012-12-16

That is perfect for Christmas! I imagine they are just delicious :D

Thanks, Penolopy!

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Bio: Creative sweets made simple. Learn how to easily make cake pops, cookies, and decorated sweets at Are you ready for sweet inspiration?
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Introduction: Watermelon Sticks

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An apple corer is a great kitchen tool. This Instructable applies one to a watermelon, but a corer also allows serving various other fruits or vegetables in an original way.

Using this conventional apple corer gives cylindrical shapes up to a length of approximately 7.5 centimeters max (3 inch) and a diameter of 18 mm (0.7 in). A watermelon gives a really nice result because the rind can be cut out as well, resulting in a layered color pattern as can be seen in some of the pictures.

The cumulative mass of the sticks amounts to approximately 70% of the initial weight on the watermelon slice (dependent on the space that is left in between the holes). The leftover part with the holes is perfectly fit for human consumption: don't waste it.

The resulting rounds or cylinders can be used in various configurations, for example as standing sticks (see Step 1), as an Instructables' logo (see Step 2) or as 1.4 dpi matrix characters (see Step 3).

Step 1: Standing Watermelon Sticks

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Cut the watermelon in thick slices. The top and bottom part allow making little pillars with the rind still on it. The middle slices give pillars that are red from top to toe.

The next step shows the Instructables' logo made from watermelon pixels.

Step 2: Instructables' Logo

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Although the resolution is not high, one might discern the Instructable's logo in this picture. In order to obtain as many pixels as possible the melon slices should be rather thin (approximately 1 cm or 0.4 in).

The next step shows how to easily write letters using the watermelon rounds.

Step 3: Writing in Matrix Fonts

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These 1.4 dpi matrix characters allow writing any word or sentence, as long as you have enough space (and watermelon) available.

Step 4: License

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This Instructable is being made available through a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.

Republishing this Instructable is allowed, provided it is being attributed properly (cite the name openproducts, link to,, or the original Instructable. For other arrangements send a Private Message through the instructables member page (

If this design infringes any rights then refer to Article 28 in the Terms of Service (

doodlecraft (author)2014-06-26

Fun melon art! :)

openproducts (author)doodlecraft2014-07-11

Glad you like it... You might also appreciate the Filled Cucumber Rounds (CC BY openproducts, 11 July 2014)!

antioch (author)2014-06-29

So awesome and yet so simple it made me literally slap my forehead. Thanks for sharing!

antioch (author)antioch2014-06-29

Btw. what's that article 28? When I look at the Instructables ToS it ends after §20.

openproducts (author)antioch2014-07-01

Well observed… Thanks for notifying. You refer to the text ‘If this design infringes any rights then refer to Article 28 in the Terms of Service’ in Step 4, a sentence that was inherited from earlier openproducts’ Instructables. Indeed that Article 28 doesn’t exist anymore, I must admit that I missed the latest update of the ToS (5 June 2013). The original Article 28 in the ToS (last updated 1 February 2012) referred to ‘Copyrights’ and stated: ‘Instructables respects the intellectual property rights of others, and requires that the people who use the Site do the same. It is our policy to respond promptly to claims of intellectual property misuse. If you believe in good faith that your work has been copied and is accessible on this Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our copyright agent with the following information in writing: (…)’. What I particulary liked about this text was Instructables’ intention to ‘respond promptly to claims of intellectual property misuse’, in which I interpreted ‘intellectual property misuse’ in a broad sense, i.e. also referring to the concepts published in my Instructables (some of which have innovative aspects). In the current Article 19c of the ToS (dated 5 June 2013) a similar text has been narrowed down to solely copyright: ‘(…) notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Autodesk's Copyright Agent (…)’. So I’ll surely have to adapt the text in my previous (where applicable) and future Instructables.

antioch (author)openproducts2014-07-01

Ah, thanks for satisfying my curiosity!

explosivemaker (author)2013-08-31

I want to see a slice of watermelon with all the holes in it!

See below.

I saw that one. I was thinking more along a traditional slice standing upright rather than the cross section.

If that makes sense.

WUVIE (author)2013-08-28

Okay, these are just way cool. Thanks for sharing!

openproducts (author)WUVIE2013-08-29

Thanks WUVIE...

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Introduction: Splash Proof Notebook

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I work in wet environents and making notes is a pain when you are hanging on the sharp end of a ropein the rain. So this little item has saved the day on many ocations. It is not entirly fail proof but works well ans is almost free

Step 1: Grease Proof Paper Is the Main Ingredient

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Cut a strip of grease proof paper. The more paper the thicker your note pad will be.

Step 2: Folding the Paper

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First fold the paper in half lengthways.And the in halves till you have the required size.

Step 3: Making the Splash Proofs Covers

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Use duck tape to make two covers for note book

Step 4: Bibding the Thing

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stapel the covers on the precut/ pre stapled grease proof paper.then cover the staples with duck tape.

Step 5: A a Elastic Band to Keep the Hole Thing in Place

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A a elastic band to keep the hole thing in place

Step 6: Done

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meyeco (author)2006-09-17

Yeah, as TheCeese9921 asked above, "what would you use to write with?"

akinich (author)meyeco2009-04-18

a pencil?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!! duh

zachninme (author)2006-11-26

You can probably use this underwater?

TheCheese9921 (author)2006-09-01

instead of greaseproof paper could you use wax paper instead but what would you use to write with???

Neodudeman (author)2006-08-31

Hey, that's pretty cool! But why do you hang from a rope in the rain?

zeel (author)Neodudeman2006-09-01

i am a rope access techi.abseiling doing concrete testsand the like.

radiorental (author)Neodudeman2006-08-31

because it stops people coming up to you and saying 'stop standing iaround n the rain' very cool project, there is a brand of notepads designed for this, and this is an excellent example of how not to pay for them (o; well documented

PeterTheUnGreat (author)2006-08-31

Simple but neat Pete

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    That mouse has 3 year warranty, I suggest anyone to use it before this, G602 was released 2013 so all mouses should still have warranty left.I'm about to get my third G602 from warranty, I've had two and on both the middle mouse button broke after a year of use. If you have bought your mouse from directly, they have policy you don't even have to ship the old mouse back except if they ask for it. (I have now two broken ones in closet, and one replacement mouse coming)If the new one breaks also, I have to use these instructions next year.I wonder why specifically the middle button has such a lousy quality? Other buttons, and other logitech products has worked for me literally decade or more without breaking.

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British humour

British humour is considered different from other countries’ humour and it is true, in many situations a British joke doesn’t translate well into for example Spanish. But what exactly makes it different? At the base of British humour are sarcasm and irony. Brits love irony because they are much too polite to be direct. When for example a bus arrives late, no one will tell the driver to his face that he is terribly late. It is much more likely to hear a Brit tell the driver something like: “I love it when the buses drive on time!”. He or she still means how terribly late the bus is, but by saying it ironically they can criticize without being offensive. And it works, all Brits will understand the irony, including the driver.

Brits like sarcasm and irony so much that it is almost always present in their conversations. And so are understatements and self-deprecation. All of these together can make talking to a Brit really funny. Even more so because most of them know how to keep a straight face while joking. Unfortunately it can make understanding a Brit for a foreigner really difficult too, because when you’re focusing on the main thread of the conversation, all these encrypted remarks will confuse you endlessly especially when the facial expression doesn’t tell you if these remarks are serious or not. So next time you hear a Brit saying something that really doesn’t make sense to you, he is probably joking.

Let me give you an example of an unexpected answer a Brit can give you to the seemingly normal question “how are you?”: “Fat, old and ugly”! Few Brits will resist a witty answer to a stupid question: you see a Brit fishing and you ask him if he just caught that fish that you see in his basket. He may say: “No, it’s a plastic model that I carry around for fun…”

Brits use a lot of understatements: “He is not too thin” while talking about an obese person, or “He knows a little about running a company” while talking about a successful CEO. Did you ever notice that there are in fact a lot of understatements in British English? If you pay attention you will hear “actually”, “a bit”, “quite” and “rather” all the time!

Brits love self-deprecation. They like it so much they tend to admire people who use it a lot more than people who boast about themselves. What is self-deprecation? According to the Cambridge dictionary: “Trying to make yourself, your abilities, or your achievements seem less important.” Here’s a funny example: you’re looking for a good hairdresser, so you ask a stranger on the street for one and he or she says: “Would I look like this if I knew one?”

One last type of British humour that I want to mention is teasing. Brits tease a lot, but it is never meant to hurt someone, it is more a signal of acceptance and admiration. A Brit would never tease you if he didn’t like you. So don’t worry if you do something clumsy at work and your boss shouts out in exasperation: “Oh you can’t get decent staff these days!”

I hope you will be able to understand British humour after reading this. I’m afraid there’s no course in seeing the fun in British humour, but I think you will see it if you’re exposed to it long enough! And if not, you will most certainly improve your listening skills in the process.

Please, sorry and thank you

When you are learning a language it is very easy to be misunderstood. For this reason I want to talk about “please”, “thank you” and “sorry”, without a doubt the three most important words in English communication.

In English culture it is very easy to offend people by speaking to them without the proper politeness. You don’t say “sit down”, that would be an order! By saying “Please sit down” it becomes an invitation to join you. Often foreign travellers don’t know this and they encounter unfriendly faces or responses to simple questions like: “Where is the railway station?” or “Can we have a double room?”. It makes a big difference if you ask the same questions in a polite way: “Please, could you tell me where the railway station is?” (or even better: “Excuse me, could you please tell me where the railway station is?”) and “(Excuse me) can we have a double room, please?”. Without the please something is missing. If you enter a pub and order “a beer and a coke” it is possible that the bartender keeps looking at you because in his opinion you haven’t finished the order. It’s not that he is consciously waiting for you to say “please”, but he is expecting you to order something more like a bag of crisps. By saying “A beer and a coke, please” you make it clear that that will be all for the moment. And when it’s time to pay, you of course ask: “Excuse me, can I have the bill, please?”.

Sorry is another essential word, especially in British English. Never say: “What?” or “What did you say?”. If you don’t understand people say: “I’m sorry?”, or: “I’m sorry, but I don’t understand”, otherwise it sounds really rude. A second situation in which the use of sorry is important is as an apology. Always say sorry when you bother people, even if you can’t help it. So for example when you pass in front of people in a cinema, or if you gently push aside someone’s shopping trolley in a supermarket, or if you’re leaning towards someone in an elevator in order to push a button. And don’t be surprised that when you by accident step on someone’s foot, he or she, so the victim, will withdraw his or her foot saying “sorry”! But please don’t forget too say so yourself too!

Thank you

Last but not least you have to use “thank you” a lot. It’s a very useful phrase when someone does you a favour. If you don´t say “thank you” people will think you have bad manners. So say “thank you” when someone gives you directions, when a waiter serves you your drink, when someone moves over in a full train to offer you a bit more space and when your landlady offers you a biscuit with your cup of tea. You will see, being polite is more important than speaking correct English. As long as you are polite people will forgive you your grammatical errors and make a bigger effort to communicate with you.


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Ways to Set Country Mood within an Urban Home: 7 Methods

Come july 1st appears to be unusually cold for most European countries and several of us simply hope to discover some sunshine. But even though you a fortunate resident associated with some the southern part of land as well as your weather conditions are usually absolutely positive, this does not mean that you do have a chance to get away the big town and enjoy the particular freshness associated with air plus sweet nose of crazy flowers. Nevertheless , there is a solution – you might just include a few records of idyllic countryside way of living to your town apartment. Think us, they will look certainly to the point plus raise your own spirits each time you see all of them!

1 . Wicker furniture

Today several world-famous businesses create developer furniture intended for garden plus outdoors. Gifted designers workout collections which are both revolutionary and stylish. Such arm-chairs, chairs plus sofas could be safely utilized in interior design too. With them city residences would certainly look cozier and more genuine. If obtaining a new sofa is out of your own plans up to now, you may perform with only a wicker arm-chair and check out exactly how different your own living room or even kitchen would certainly look in the company.

second . Wooden headboard

Very best first organization coming up for your mind with all the word “wood”? Of course , this really is coziness plus warmth. Incredibly, just one wood detail can transform the interior from the room totally. And changing a headboard is one of the quickest and simplest ways to do this. Dress up your mattress with a created, plain wood or planked headboard, or even create a hand-made “crown” for the sleeping location from from ages wooden planks and you will not feel like getting out of bed from this type of bed.

3 or more. Bouquets associated with wild plants

This can be a nice strategy to those who are not really ready for worldwide changes. Include wild blooms to your indoor if you can or simply find the easiest and plainest plants you could find within city environment. For example, lilac, jasmine or lavender. You may place one huge bouquet being a centerpiece of the dining table or even dress up the entire apartment along with bunches associated with small crazy flowers within jars or even colored cup vases.

4. Shutters

Shutters are usually must-haves associated with grandma’s homes and country life generally. They can be employed for their designed purpose on your own windows or perhaps a Juliet porch. Or you risk turning them in to a piece of wall structure art or perhaps a decorative inside screen.

5. Jars associated with jam

Jars along with jam, sweetie and compote are essential areas of summer cottage. The time associated with fruit plus vegetable upkeep is in complete swing, however please, do not be so fast to hide your own precious containers in a kitchen. If producing jam by yourself is not to suit your needs, you may get an attractive summer container in a shop. Moreover, any kind of bright cisterns would perform – simply fill all of them up with candy, cereals or even spices. It is important is to organise them within plain view or depart a special open up rack with this piece of tasty decor.

6. Herbs

You may develop them correct in your kitchen area! Delight your self with brand new sweet ceramic pots, wear them a windowsill or a stand or install them to the particular wall. Aromatic herbs might please your own eyes using their saturated greenery, amazing smells and wonderful taste delivered to your supper. Besides, it is such a excellent pleasure in order to brew several fresh simply leaves of spearmint without causing your cooking area!

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They may last faithfully since stools or even compact farmhouse tables. Nowadays several iconic manufacturers follow the craze eco-friendliness plus close-to-nature life style and do not think twice to add this kind of furniture for their new choices. But , naturally , you can provide a genuine stump from your summertime cottage plus slightly procedure it to obtain a new bedroom or espresso table.

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Online SEO Advertising in Kalgoorlie is a challenging area and you really should be thinking about what your strategy is to evolve and reach new customers. My guidance is to check out using Facebook and other social networks. You have very likely dabbled in Facebook before, but there really are some absolutely good ways you can use it to assist improve your reach and truly grow the appreciation for your brand name.

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Intimate Hotels of Barbados is proud to announce the launch of its newly designed and updated website. The new website offers an elegant clean responsive design that is compatible with mobile and tablet devices. It seeks to feature more imagery reflecting the Barbados product and the intimate brand and enhanced user navigation.

Visitors can browse accommodations affliated with the Intimate Hotels of Barbados by vacation themes (Family, Weddings & Honeymoons, Budget-Minded, Golf,etc) or by accommodation type (Hotel, Guest House, etc). They can then proceed to the newly updated booking system at www.bookbarbadosnow.com or contact the hotel directly using the website's Booking Request form.

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RONALD W. LIECHTY, a retired Elder, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A memorial service was held March 17 in Plymouth, Ind. Survivors include: wife, Ann (Bach) Liechty; son, Brian (Becky) Liechty of Plymouth; daughter, Susan Lynn (Larry) Peterson of Tucson, Ariz.; foster daughter, Debbie (Damon) Bush of Plymouth; stepson, Bryan Crable (Billie Murray) of Ardmore, Pa.; and stepdaughter, Audrey Lorraine (Dean Anthony) of Fishers, Ind.; twelve grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Condolences may be sent to Mrs. Ann Liechty, 12488 Meadow Dr., Plymouth, IN 46563.

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A Simpsons fanatic who was banned from watching the popular TV cartoon as a child has broken a world record after getting covered in tattoos of Homer Simpson.

Lee Weir, 27, dubbed his father the 'real-life Ned Flanders ' and was not allowed to watch the popular cartoon as head of the household Homer was depicted to be a 'buffoon'.

But father-of-one Lee was so in love with the famous animated sitcom that he had his favourite characters etched on to his skin in ink for life.

His 41 tattoos earned him the prestigious title of world record holder for having the most tattoos of the same cartoon character tattooed on the body.

Lee, from Auckland, New Zealand, said: "I was never allowed to watch The Simpsons growing up as my dad was a real life Ned Flanders.

"He wouldn't let me watch as it depicted the father and the head of the household to be a bafoon.

"But I've always enjoyed watching the show in later life and it feels incredible to be a record breaker.

"My two-year-old daughter Lucy can point out different Homer tattoos on my arm - her favourite is 'baby Homer'.

"To have a record for something that is not only cool but also very close to me is just brilliant.

"It hasn't made me a better person but I definitely think it has made me a slightly cooler one."

The university student said the Homer sleeve took more than 25 hours to complete and that he had to provide dermatologist reports to Guinness World Records officials to prove they were real.

All of his record-breaking tattoos were done by close friend and tattooist Ben Jenkins and was announced as a world record holder on June 5.

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Spiritual Vogue Williams is set to visit a medium to speak to her dead dad.

The Dublin babe was devastated when Frederick passed away on the
operating table just a day after she made her TV debut on Fade Street.

Now the 28-year-old has revealed her plans to talk to him in the afterlife next month, adding: “I just want to make sure he is all right.”

Speaking about her father’s death for the first time, Vogue revealed he had gone into the Mater hospital for an operation to remove an aneurysm from his stomach.

But the DJ was left heartbroken when the used car salesman “just never woke up” at the age of 67.

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Brian and Vogue married in Tuscany

She added: “It was either going to burst or he could be on his own and he would definitely die or else they could try and remove it.

“He didn’t really want to do the operation. I told him he had to do it. It was awful, but I have come to terms with it now.

“He sort of lived the life of a man who had a lot of chances. He drank and smoked and put butter on his chips. He was not healthy
at all. But he was such good fun.

“Amber [her sister] and I used to go on the p**s with him every Sunday down to Skerries. We were very close to him.”

Now Vogue – who is married to 33-year-old former Westlife star Brian McFadden – hopes her dad tells her she is doing OK.

She added: “I think he would be delighted for me because I’m doing what I want to do in TV and everything like that.”

But Vogue doesn’t believe her father would be impressed by her bagging Brian.

She added: “He wouldn’t even meet my previous boyfriend even after five years. Maybe it was because I was his youngest.”

“Brian is quite similar to my dad. He has his opinions on things that are a bit archaic, just like my dad.

“It was only when I got to know him that I noticed there were similarities between him and my dad.

“Mainly he smoked his face off and he drank vodka and coke – and my dad smoked his face off and drank vodka and coke.”

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German club Werder Bremen are keeping tabs on Chelsea star Kevin De Bruyne and are interested in taking the 22-year-old back to the German northwest in January.

The Belgian international joined the Blues in January 2012, but after staying with former club Genk for a further six months he spent the following season on loan with Bremen.

And while the four-time Bundesliga winners struggled, eventually finishing 14th, De Bruyne impressed with his all-round displays, as well as scoring 10 goals in 32 Bundesliga matches.

Having returned to Stamford Bridge this summer, in spite of interest from a number of clubs, including Borussia Dortmund , De Bruyne has only started two Premier League fixtures as he fights for a place among Chelsea's galaxy of attacking midfield stars.

He was left out of the squad for this week's Champions League trip to Bucharest - where Chelsea ran out 4-0 winners - with questions over his absence prompting Jose Mourinho to call a halt to his pre-match press conference .

And Bremen general manager Thomas Eichin has wasted no time in voicing his side's interest, should De Bruyne become available in the coming months.

"Should Kevin be unhappy, we are an eager first contact," said Eichin, speaking to the German newspaper Bild.

"I am in contact with his agent and am informed about Kevin's situation at Chelsea."

De Bruyne faces stiff competition not only to secure a place in Chelsea's starting XI, but also to keep his spot in the national side.

Belgium's highly promising crop, including club colleague Eden Hazard, are seemingly headed for next summer's World Cup, and like the Blues, their midfield is brimming with talent. As such, De Bruyne needs regular action or he risks losing his starting place, something of which Eichin is only too aware of.

"I know Kevin, if he doesn't play it is certainly a big problem for him," added Eichin.

"Let's wait and see what happens in the winter. We will be ready, if there is a possibility, to get him."


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France defender Eliaquim Mangala wants to join Chelsea ahead of Manchester City because of a desire to move to London.

The Porto star, 23, has played in Portugual for three years and is under contract until 2016. And the new Premier League champions tried to sign him in January.

But Mangala, who shares an agent with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, told French TV station beINSports: "It's true that I love the Premier League because it is a spectacular championship.

"But there are big clubs in Spain and Germany as well as England. In January, there were discussions with City but nothing came of it because the two clubs did not strike a deal.

"It was a bit complicated to leave then. My goal now is the World Cup . We'll see what happens after.

"I told my agent, Jorge Mendes, I don't want to know anything before the end of the World Cup. Every player wants to move in larger clubs.

"I am an ambitious player and the team I would choose one that will allow me to win titles. I want to improve. The choice between Chelsea and Manchester City? I would say Chelsea because it is in London."


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Rene Meulensteen has revealed he was told there was no role for him under Louis van Gaal at Manchester United

The 50-year-old was part of Sir Alex Ferguson's backroom staff at Old Trafford for 12 years and approached the new boss about a possible return.

However, Meulensteen - who was sacked by Fulham after two months in charge - confirmed Van Gaal rejected the advances and opted to bring in his coaching staff.

According to ESPN, he said: "I spent 12 years at what is a fantastic club and never left Man United because I fell out with anyone there.

"They've chosen to appoint Louis van Gaal and he has decided to bring in his own people so that is not an option.

"Have i spoken to Van Gaal? Yes, I know that is the case - it has been confirmed to me.

"It is disappointing. There aren't many coaches who have spent so much time with one club as I have. You would think it would make sense to have some continuity."

Meulensteen left Old Trafford last summer and spent just 16 days in charge of Anzhi Makhachkala, before heading to Craven Cottage in January.

His stint in west London was equally as disappointing, although he did oversee a resolute 2-2 draw at his former club.


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“Delighted”: Dinny Ryan, owner  of The Coopers  pub, celebrates with locals  as Birdhill, Co Tipperary, is voted Ireland’s Tidiest Town. Photograph: Don Moloney

Some dedicated volunteers were waiting 25 years to see their small village awarded title

Birdhill, Co Tipperary was named overall winner in Tidy Towns 2017

Clonakilty, Westport and Ennis also take key awards in annual contest

Uber cars in London differ to black cabs because they are private hire vehicles which cannot be hailed on the street, and they set their own prices. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

Irish drivers already vetted, registered and operating within regulations says NTA

Former president Mary Robinson has sharply criticised US president Donald Trump: photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Mary Robinson lets fly at US president in speech delivered in New York

Palladian mansion Castletown House, located in Celbridge. File photograph: Office of Public Works

Damien English set to direct rezoning of demesne near Castletown House

Traffic blackspot south to be given €120 million upgrade, Taoiseach announces

Tory island. Photograph: Fáilte Ireland

Air Accident Investigation Unit was informed of crash by local journalist seeking comment

Local property tax: at a  meeting of Dublin City Council on Monday, Owen Keegan recommended a 10 per cent  reduction for householders instead on the maximum 15 per cent. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Proposal voted down despite warning decision will cost council €12m in lost revenue

DLR Properties owns and manages 180,000 sq ft of offices in two buildings in Cherrywood in south Dublin. Image: Dlrp.ie

Company owns 14 acres of overall site for proposed Cherrywood Town Centre

“Ireland is vulnerable to the effects of climate change and the impacts are serious: more storms, rising sea levels and changing weather.” Photograph: Getty Images

Programme focuses on identifying individuals in schools, campuses and communities

Projects located mainly in Dublin and Cork but also in east coast and midland commuter counties have the potential to deliver 69,240 new homes. File photograph: Getty Images

Projects in Dublin, Cork and midland commuter counties could deliver 69,000 homes

In order to land as quickly as possible the pilot climbed to 305 metres and completed a standard circuit for Runway 18. Photograph: Frank Miller

Air Accident unit notes pilot landed plane with left hand, while right hand held canopy

Five local digital hubs to be located in Kilrush, Feakle, Miltown Malbay, Ennis and Enistymon are to be set up over the next 18 months with high-speed broadband.

Plan seeks to add 4,000 jobs and develop five regional tech centres for ‘home’ workers

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown councillors have rejected a bid by the council’s management to raise the level of local property tax. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times.

But Fingal County Council breaks ranks with other Dublin authorities and imposes 10% cut

Paul Reid said Fingal County Council ‘can’t sustain the level of services that we are providing right now’ if the percentage of tax paid by homeowners is not increased this year.  Photograph: Jack Power

Fingal council head warns services may have to be cut at risk as parties ponder increase

A homeless man sleeps outside the Custom House  while the housing summit, hosted by Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy and attended by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, was in process. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Plans to tackle homelessness include focus on prevention as well as additional homes

Packets of unused incontinence pads that were dumped on Greenhill Road. Photograph: William Winters

Stock of incontinence pads is latest dumping offence at scenic out-of-town beauty spot

Dublin’s new Luas Cross City line has hit traffic problems before services even begin, with cars and delivery vans blocking the tracks during tram operating tests. Photograph: Graeme McQueen/Twitter

‘We did anticipate some problems with illegal parking at start,’ says Luas spokesperson

A June 2010 photograph shows Iarnród Éireann staff inspecting damage after a truck struck the railway bridge on Dublin’s Erne Street. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/THE IRISH TIMES

Yearly total of incidents is rising as economic recovery brings more, larger vehicles onto roads

The new boardwalk at Acres Lake near Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim

Amenity is final leg of Shannon Blueway from Drumshanbo to Carrick-on-Shannon

Two teenage boys were photographed sitting between carriages on a moving Dart in north Dublin. Photograph: Laura Lynott

Two boys photographed sitting between carriages on moving train at Killester

INTO assistant general secretary Peter Mullan refers to international evidence which shows that schoolchildren who are homeless struggle to do well in school and the experience can undermine their entire education.

Adverse psychological and educational outcomes may affect those in B&Bs and hotels

Haulage association says 30 per cent of firms have moved abroad in the last four years

The Department of Education said the building named in the report were not found to be dangerous. Photograph: PA

Western Building Systems says buildings met ‘all relevant fire safety and building regulations’

The map of Ireland used to illustrate a piece in which Dr Eva Orsmond spoke about the greater risk of cancer for people who live in deprived areas of the country. Image: Screengrab from RTÉ Player

Mary Lou McDonald leads social media backlash over Dr Eva Orsmond’s map of island

Former Kilkenny hurler Henry Shefflin said that despite his family’s feelings to the contrary, he still feels guilty about the incident. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

‘I sat at his hip, because I didn’t want to look, I didn’t want to know what happened’

Vikings invade Dún Laoghaire Harbour to celebrate the harbour’s bicentenary in August. Housebuilders with expertise are invited to advise on the proposed water-based housing development.  Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins

Harbour Company seeks to build 50 houses on pontoons at prices of up to €300,000

Mourners at the funeral of Clinton Shannon in Laytown, Co Meath on Thursday. Photograph:  Stephen Collins/Collins.

Locksmith Clinton Shannon died after botched gangland shooting two weeks ago

Greyhound Recycling has already asked the gardaí for help to protect staff. File photograph: David Sleator

Online videos appear to show crews being physically and verbally abused on the job

An overturned tractor after a road collapsed in Iskaheen, Co Donegal. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Minister: floods require more immediate response with personnel and dehumidifiers

Gardaí have been following the movements of a number of suspects in Ireland and abroad in relation to the Hutch-Kinahan feud.

Suspect detained by gardaí investigating murder attempts on Hutch family members

The scene at the Mansion House in Dublin as people arrive to sign the book of condolence. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

‘We’ve literally walked that square, that roundabout, every year for the last eight years’

Charles Haughey: back in 1962, when he was minister for justice, he charged the Interdepartmental Committee on the Prevention and Treatment of Offenders with investigating the links between parentally deprived children and repeat offences.  Photograph: RTÉ screen grab.

Parnell summer school reminds of openness to psychologists in priest-run reform schools

The scene  at the site of the fire that claimed 10 lives in  Carrickmines in 2015. Eight local councils did not invest any money in housing for the Traveller community last year. Photograph:  Nick Bradshaw

Inquest into deaths of 10 people and unborn child in 2015 blaze to resume next month

RSA: Against putting learner drivers in a high speed environment. Photograph: CYRIL BYRNE / THE IRISH TIMES

RSA says including motorways in test curriculum unfair to those in areas without them

Under the Fair Deal scheme, a nursing home resident must hand over 80 per cent of any rental income in return for their care

Age Action says idea may be positive but it would need to see the detail of proposal

An anonymous tip-off website for identifying vacant homes has been set up. Photograph: Frank Miller

New website set up to identify vacant homes by anonymous tip-off to local authorities

In 2014 Mr Varadkar as minister for transport posed outside Government Buildings with a clamp to announce the end of what he described as “rogue clampers”

Minister for Transport Shane Ross has said regulations due to come into effect in October

Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the State body which owns the M50 (above) and Dublin Tunnel, has said it is not going to drop the price for private motorists. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

European Court of Justice ruled State-owned tolls in Ireland should not charge Vat

The highest number of empty homes was in Leitrim where for every 1,000 people in that county there were 112 vacant homes. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd

According to the latest census there are some 183,000 vacant properties in the State

Workmen at Westmoreland Street near O’Connell Bridge. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

City centre reopened to traffic at 6pm on Monday evening

Solar energy is receiving renewed interest around the world following claims  that the cost of solar photo-voltaic technology fell  80% from 2008 to 2013.  Photograph: Getty Images

Naughten warns local authorities not to vary plans to block development of wind farms

Minister for Transport Shane Ross said: “The mutual recognition of driving disqualifications is an important road safety measure because it aims to target dangerous drivers on our roads.” Photograph: Alan Betson

Shane Ross signs order introducing mutual recognition of disqualifications in State and UK

The island’s car-charging network contains 1,200 charge points, 300 of them in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Analysis: Government policy on green cars is a mess only Leo Varadkar can move forward

Residents at Termon Abbey in Drogheda queue for water supplied by the local council. Thousands of homes and businesses in Louth and Meath  remain without water five days after a  water mains burst. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Company will consider reopening Rosehall should burst pipe not be repaired as planned by the weekend

Some 33 tankers are filling reservoirs and 86 stationary water containers for distribution to locals. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

Supplies to be rotated in three-hour bursts but conservation urged by authorities

A survey has  identified the lower cost of electric power to be the main attraction for purchasers buying electric cars ,

Government should also consider ending the subsidies for diesel, says leader Eamon Ryan

 Residents at Turmon Abbey in Drogheda queue for water supplied by Drogheda council following a burst pipe. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / The Irish Times

70,000 residents in Meath and Louth deprived of regular water supplies

Residents at Termon Abbey in Drogheda queue for water. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Residents in Louth and Meath angry as water shortages continue

Workers repairing  a burst water pipe. File photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

Irish Water’s timeline of efforts to fix leak in ‘old and infirm’ pipe at Staleen plant

People queuing for water in Termonabbey on the outskirts of Drogheda, Co Louth. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times.

More problems may happen in future as asbestos cement pipe needs to be replaced

A section of the N2 near Ardee, Co Louth. File photograph: Google Street View

Route from south of Ardee to Monaghan has seen multiple fatal crashes, statistics show

Margaret McGonigle (left), her daughter, Mairead Mundy and Racheal Battles

Section of N2 closed after mother, daughter and friend die following three-car collision

 Moneypoint power station, Co Kerry: The National Mitigation Plan proposes that a study be carried out on a suitable low-carbon replacement for the coal-fired    facility  by 2019. Photograph: Neil Warner

Opinions of some of the plan’s key proposals to move Ireland to a low-carbon economy

AA Ireland’s Conor Faughnan: said there was a policy tendency to look at transport emissions, and then to take measures against the use of private cars.  Photograph: Eric Luke

Association says focus should be on transitioning to bio fuel and electric vehicles

Cabinet to discuss the strategy to ‘de-carbonise’ the economy during day-long meeting

Denis Naughten hopes the plan, which his department describes as a “living document”, will kick off a national dialogue. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Castletown House in Co Kildare is venue for Cabinet’s first ‘away day’ planning session

Nissan Leaf: helped bring electric vehicles to mainstream attention

Many electric cars on market today have range of well over 200km from single charge

‘Danny Healy–Rae is actually afraid to come on and be challenged by those of us who are strong about road safety’.  File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Victims’ groups feel they’re not being listened to and lives of deceased loves ones not valued

A new study builds on the experience of a Canadian farmer who discovered cattle eating seaweed were not just more healthy than others, but enjoyed a longer mating cycle. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Welcome for Canadian and Australian studies that also show healthier, more fertile cattle

The Irish Government is  promoting the use of electric vehicles  to reduce the State’s carbon emissions from transport and to reduce air pollution. Photograph: Getty Images

Many companies will have to upgrade charge points to monitor charging habits of staff

Do you know what can – and can’t – go in the green bin? Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Autumn start for Government information campaign to combat widespread confusion

Dublin Airport Authority said issues relating to drivers parking on double yellow lines or blocking facilities at the service station were an issue for Topaz

Regulator ‘powerless’ over parking on yellow lines, air, water and electric vehicle bays

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said the Government’s new affordable childcare scheme may not be ready by its September 2018 deadline. File  photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Katherine Zappone says it is impossible to guarantee a start-up date for the programme

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone: said 92 per cent of children in care living in foster homes. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

New measures will help Ireland move away from the ‘poor institutional care’ of the past

Chairwoman of the National Women’s Council Ellen  O’Malley Dunlop:  judges need to look at their knowledge of physical or sexual assault and receive education on how perpetrators use shame and fear to manipulate victims.

Training on coercive and controlling behaviour urged for first responders and judges

Five cars were seized in the course of Saturday’s operations. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Arrests, warrant execution, checkpoints and public relations all part of operation

Dublin Waste to Energy, the company which operates the Poolbeg incinerator, dismissed fears it was the source of a fly infestation which had bothered local householders. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Mixed opinions on the nuisance value of ‘moderate’ fly infestation in south Dublin

A Tesla car recharges at a charging station in North Carolina, USA. Photograph: AP/Chuck Burton

Minister wants to see more motorway fast chargers developed for inter-urban travel

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If you're looking for a cheat, Armstrong not Dettori is the real deal

Tipping PointCharles Barkley has over a foot on Frankie Dettori, and, as befits his “Round Mound of Rebound” nickname, is well over twice the champion jockey’s bodyweight. But the American basketball legend is someone a few of Dettori’s critics would do well to heed.

The widely reported suspicion that Dettori tested positive for cocaine in France last September has provoked some rather pious condemnation of the world’s most famous jockey, much of it along the lines of he has a responsibility to set a better example, an argument for private probity by public figures that is as old as celebrity and one which can be as bogus as a B-lister’s bosom.

That this country in particular should remain in thrall to the childish delusion that profile somehow requires a corresponding personal moral rectitude shows how deeply the concept of “role-model” has burrowed its way into the public consciousness like a prurient tick.

The recent evidence of how a shamelessly self-perpetuating political class, in thrall to the busted flush of a business elite and a morally vacuous religious establishment, absolved itself of real leadership might reasonably have reminded everyone that paragons of virtue are few and far between. And the consequences of that continue to be a lot more far-reaching than a jockey maybe putting a recreational drug up his nose.

But it’s still there. Sport is a trivial example, but an example none the less because too many people care for it to be irrelevant. Maybe it’s disillusionment with the social pillars that encourages us to search for the admirable elsewhere. But asking sportspeople to behave like saints away from their chosen arena is as unfair as it is unrealistic.

“Just ’cos I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids,” was Barkley’s succinct summation of his refusal to assume the mantle of role-model. For his troubles he got slapped around by the “controversy” machine, the one that never fails to churn a headline even with the most straight-forward of statements.

Not long afterwards, another American star, Barry Bonds, claimed everyone in society should be a role model, admirable on the face of it, and was duly ‘woo-hooed’ by the faithful, but fatally compromised by the baseball star’s subsequent revelation as a steroid-user.

Hostages to fortune

That’s the thing with those purporting to set an example: they’re making themselves hostages to fortune. This is so obvious that anyone with even a modicum of self-awareness steers well clear of the idea, usually leaving only those either with an agenda, or a larger than normal hubris quotient, to fulfil the role.

Henry Shefflin might just be the most perfect hurler any of us will ever see, possessed of all the skills, and yet devoted to using them for the good of the team. So in terms of what happens on the pitch, describing him as a role model is perfectly reasonable.

But that doesn’t seem to be enough for some. Thus we are treated to treatises about how his blameless off-the-field lifestyle is an ideal to be emulated by kids; how he is an example to be piked up on a totem-poll of sporting purity. And that his hurling prowess must be rooted in some off-the-field personal uniqueness.

Shefflin of course has never come out with such stuff, probably because he knows perfectly well he is unique for his hurling talent alone and that peering deep into the rest of his inner-psyche most probably reveals an interior no more interesting than anyone else’s.

Crucially Dettori doesn’t appear to have ever conspicuously played the role model card, despite how “Brand Dettori” revolves around the madcap, flying dismount, smiley-happy jockey image.

Complex character

Those who know him well speak of a much more introspective and complex character than the tabloid cartoon might suggest. And the suggestion he might have ingested a couple of months ago, nearly 20 years after an earlier run-in with cocaine, indicates there might be something to that.

Certainly being racing’s poster-boy has attracted more than the usual attention to his current predicament. But to suggest he has somehow let an entire sport down is ludicrous. Dettori is a role-model on the back of a horse: off it he is vulnerable as anyone else, susceptible to temptation and as prone to stupid decisions as anyone. And it’s not as if it’s a performance enhancing substance he is in trouble for. Ultimately he hasn’t cheated anyone, except, crucially, himself.

No, for a real cheat you only have to find the ultimate sporting role-model – “Brand Lance”.

Armstrong sold himself as a semi-messianic figure, and in the process sold the world a pup. Practically everything he said was rubbish.

But it was carefully orchestrated rubbish and the image glistened like the shine on a great-looking fake. The great and the good queued up to buy into the lie, and there’s a good chance by the end Lance maybe even started to believe his own bull.

That’s the thing with self-elected role models: the conceit that convinces them they’re worthy of such a role is their fundamental flaw. Most of us have neither the opportunity, but more importantly the arrogance, to try and paddle anyone else’s canoe but our own.

In the saddle, Dettori ranks with the best in history. Off it, he is as prone to error as anyone, except of course those raising other people’s children.

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Army Reserve Center nearing completion

August 6, 2013
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By the end of the year, four Army Reserve units will have a new home base in Cape Coral.

Construction is under way at the Cape Coral United States Army Reserve Center, located adjacent to the new Lee County Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic at Diplomat Parkway and Corbett Road. The site will include a training building, an organizational maintenance shop and a storage building.

The initial completion date for the facility was anticipated to be in September.

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The U.S. Army Reserve Center is being built adjacent to the Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, near Diplomat Parkway and Corbett Road. Workers recently celebrated 300 days without an time-loss injury on the site. The project is expected to be completed this September.

Officials estimated Tuesday that it will be finished between October and early December.

"The weather hasn't been very helpful lately," Francisco Semsch, the president of FSA Inc., said.

FSA was awarded a joint contract with J. Kokolakis Contracting Inc. for the design and construction.

Col. Joseph Roberts, director of public works for the U.S. Army Reserve's 81st Regional Support Command, explained that it is not uncommon for projects to run past their tentative completion date.

"It's very typical to move to the right one or two or three months," he said.

Because of the holidays, the ribbon cutting could be pushed back to the first of the year.

"This project came about to support a new unit that is already activated," Roberts said, noting that a new facility is great for soldiers because is provides them with a modern, efficient training ground.

"It's always good for morale," he said.

The nearly 38,000-square-foot training building will include offices, classrooms, a miniature gym, a weapons simulations room and a battle assembly area. There will be 1,500 square feet for storage and almost 8,000 square feet of maintenance shop, which military officials have compared to a car shop.

The 365th Engineer Company, the 451st Quartermaster Company, the 810th Military Police Company and the second of the 485th Regiment will be stationed out of site, where they will hone their skills.

According to military officials, the 365th Engineer Company is responsible for things like clearing roads of IEDs and laying mine fields. The 451st Quartermaster Company runs supplies to other units.

The 810th Military Police Company serves as the military police and deals with prisoners of war or POWs, while the second of the 485th Regiment is a "drill sergeant" unit, officials previously reported.

About 325 soldiers will be based out of the center, where an estimated eight soldiers and two or three civilians will be stationed full-time. Three weekends of each month there will be training going on.

"They're going to have a really well designed training facility that they can really feel proud of," Semsch said. "A facility where they can increase their capabilities in the military the best they can."

The site will feature energy efficient equipment, like a high-efficiency air-conditioning system that is self-controlled year-round in accordance with the seasons to consume the least amount of energy. There will be low-flow water fixtures, windows that maximize the natural daylight and solar exterior lights.

The center will have the U.S. Green Building Council's silver LEED certification.

LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, address a building's lifecycle - design, construction, maintenance, operation - and provides third-party verification of green buildings.

"A lot of sustainable products have been used and a lot of recyclable work done," Semsch said.

The total cost of the project is estimated at $11 million - funds allocated through Congress.

He noted that 90 percent of the funds are going to local contractors and employees.

"It's a good impact to the local economy," Semsch said.

Since breaking ground, construction at the facility has run smoothly.

"We have to go through some permits with the city and county. Everybody has been very collaborative," he said. "The only challenge has been the weather."

Prior to its official opening, the center will be memorialized by being named after a local soldier.

"We try to do that with every center," Roberts said. "That's something we strive to do."

He anticipated that a name would be selected by the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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The CPR is the UK version of the European Construction Products Directive and requires steel and aluminium structures that is placed on the market to be CE marked. CE marking may be applied to the fabrication or product provided that the manufacturer can demonstrate that the components comply with the relevant harmonised standards regarded by the European Commission as satisfying the Essential Safety Requirements set out in the Directive. E.G: BS EN 1090.

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Member Spotlight on Jeremy Sugarman, MD

  • 17 April, 2017
Paramus, New Jersey (U.S.)

Current Residence
Baltimore, Maryland (U.S.)

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MD, MPH, MA (Philosophy - Applied Ethics)

Current Position
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Deputy Director for Medicine of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, and co-chair Institutional Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee at the Johns Hopkins University

What is the current focus of your research, and what do you find most rewarding about your work?

I work in the field of biomedical ethics using both conceptual and empirical approaches to address an array of topics including the ethics of umbilical cord blood banking, stem cell research, emerging technologies, international HIV prevention research, global health, informed consent and research oversight.  In addition to continued projects related to these issues, I am currently involved with projects related to the ethical aspects of pragmatic clinical trials, novel HIV+ to HIV+ solid organ transplants and HIV cure research. One of the most rewarding aspects of my work is the opportunity to work with those who are on the frontiers of science and medicine to identify and attend to the ethical aspects of their work.

What led you to become a scientist and to stem cell research?

I have been interested in bioethics since I was an undergraduate and was fortunate to be able to participate in the field as it developed. My interest in the ethical aspects of stem cell research in particular grew out of some initial work I did on the ethical issues associated with the then new field of umbilical cord blood banking and transplantation.

How do you spend your free time?

Sampling local cuisines and going for long runs in beautiful parts of the world.

What is something your peers would be surprised to learn about you?

I have only been to 83 countries and 46 states in the US.

What do you value most about your membership with the ISSCR?

Being able to learn from and collaborate with scientists who are doing leading stem cell research.


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Member Spotlight on Sebastian Jessberger, MD

  • 17 April, 2017
 Hometown: Heidelberg, Germany
 Currently Resides: Zurich, Switzerland
 Graduate Degree: University of Hamburg, Germany
 Postdoc: Gage Lab, Salk Institute, United States
 Current: Associate Professor, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland

What is your area of expertise and the current focus of your research?

My research is focused on neural stem cells (NSCs) and the process by which they generate new neurons throughout life in distinct areas of the mammalian brain, called adult neurogenesis. This process is associated with physiologic brain function, but has also been implicated in a number of diseases, such as epilepsy and major depression. Our research aims to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating neural stem cell activity and to characterize the functional role of adult neurogenesis on a behavioral level.

Additionally, our laboratory aims to understand how physiologic and disease-associated alterations (e.g., in rodent models of depression and anxiety) of the neurogenic niche are translated into stem cell-associated plastic changes of the adult brain and how we can utilize adult NSCs for endogenous brain repair in demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis. To reach these aims, we use virus- and transgenesis-based approaches as well as cellular models of human diseases using pluripotent embryonic stem cells.

What led you down the path to becoming a stem cell scientist?

My original plan was to become a clinician, but after studying medicine, I decided to become a postdoc to get more experience in research. I was extremely fortunate to have been accepted into Rusty Gage’s laboratory at Salk. He was, and still is, an important teacher and mentor, and because of him and the excitement in his lab, I chose to remain in science.

And now you are in a position to mentor others…

Yes, most of my time now is spent directing the research of others, and I am very close to the PhD and postdoc students in my lab. When I started this position, I was very nervous about my role in shaping their futures. Now, I’m more relaxed, as I see them going on to good careers. Their success is one of my personal measures of success.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

Most of my free time is spent with family and friends. Living in Zurich feels like living in a village, but we are still able to enjoy the cultural life and other conveniences of a big city. We often go to the mountains for skiing and hiking (though, I wish I could combine this with SoCal surfing).

What is one thing your peers would be surprised to learn about you?

How little I work (but maybe they shouldn’t know that). I am fortunate to have flexibility now, which has not always been the case. It makes it easier to balance work and family; my children are nine and six. I try to be understanding of my students with children, because I know what it is like to be a postdoc.

What do you gain from your membership with ISSCR?

I benefit a lot from the science in the journals published by, or in cooperation with, ISSCR. These offer a great platform for presenting our research, as does ISSCR Connect, on which I was recently invited to deliver a web-based lecture.

Are you planning to attend the ISSCR Annual Meeting in Vancouver?

Yes, I plan to attend. In the past, the ISSCR meeting has turned out to be a great opportunity to informally share ideas and concepts with others in the field. This year, I will use the opportunity to discuss with colleagues novel concepts my lab is trying to formulate based on findings that suggest how cellular age is segregated in the context of somatic stem cell division.


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On November 14, 2012, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued Order No. 17 in Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory Devices, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-821).

According to the Order, Complainant Nanya Technology Corporation (“Nanya”) asserted that Micron Technology, Inc. (“Micron”), which has a license to the patents-at-issue, is in the process of acquiring Respondents Elpida Memory, Inc., Elpida Memory (USA), and Kingston Technology Co. (collectively, “Elpida”).  Therefore, Nanya argued that ALJ Rogers should grant the motion because, upon Micron’s acquisition of Elpida, the investigation would be moot.

In opposition, Elpida argued that an “extraordinary circumstance” exists justifying the denial of Nanya’s motion to terminate because: (1) Elpida incurred unnecessary expenses because Nanya delayed in filing the motion to terminate, and (2) Elpida could face repeated investigation if Micron’s acquisition of Elpida falls through.

ALJ Rogers determined that “extraordinary circumstances” do not exist because Nanya filed the motion to terminate less than two weeks after the Japanese Bankruptcy Court approved the acquisition.  Further, ALJ Rogers held that the fear of repeated investigations does not qualify as “extraordinary circumstances” because in nearly every case a party could decide to re-initiate an investigation after termination.  Accordingly, ALJ Rogers granted Nanya’s motion and terminated the investigation in its entirety.