Motor Yacht RM ELEGANT – ‘THE PARTY BOAT’ available for Cannes Film Festival & Monaco Grand Prix yacht charter

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Known as ‘ The Party Boat’,  motor yacht RM ELEGANT is the best choice if you are in search of a superyacht to host a large party or a corporate event. This extremely large and spacious luxury vessel is available for €65,000 per day plus expenses during the Cannes Film Festival as well as Monaco Grand Prix. Mega Yacht RM Elegant was built by Lamda Shipyard according to naval architecture by Nafpigiki Hellas and design by L.Poulias. She is one of the few private luxury yachts based in the Western Mediterranean (French Riviera, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Spain etc.) able to accommodate up to 30 guests overnight in 15 staterooms. RM Elegant is extremely well suited for hosting  parties, birthdays, special events, charity events or anniversaries, with a capacity of 100 guests at anchor and 150 guests when berthed.

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Luxury mega yacht RM ELEGANT

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Charter yacht RM ELEGANT at night

Known as one of the most elite charter yachts, her dynamic and futuristic profile ensures that the RM Elegant yacht is the most unmistakable mega yacht in the world. At 72 m and with accommodation for 30 guests she is indubitably a world leader. This yacht has been created for those who appreciate truly luxurious living and are ready for the sheer joy of life aboard a design masterpiece. Together with her highly trained crew of 31, RM ELEGANT can guarantee that you will be provided with an outstanding level of service ensuring the perfect charter.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - Sundeck

It is impossible not to awestruck by the yacht’s vast open deck space. 250 sq m provide an enormous area for both sunbathing and partying. The 12-person spa-pool is serviced from the double sided bar where, alternatively you can sit and enjoy the spectacular panoramic views sipping a glass of champagne. The Sun Deck is accessed by a lift from all the guest decks and there are two shower-rooms on either side of the superstructure.

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The aft saloon deck - Mega Yacht RM ELEGANT

Mega Yacht RM Elegant‘s  covered outdoor dining area has four round tables convertible into two large oval tables for a total of 30 guests. Should your party be but  a handful we do not want you to feel lost, therefore the ability to have this flexible seating arrangement allows for intimate dining. The area is serves by a fully equipped bar and has direct access to the galley from where, our four first class chefs, produce the most delectable menus.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - MAIN SALOON

Effortlessly elegant, the Main Saloon exudes a sense of luxury, while simultaneously giving an informal atmosphere. The room is finished in light colour, thus emphasising the triptych painted by the renowned artist Katerina Georgantas that adorns one entire wall. Equipped with a boudoir grand piano, a games tables and a 55 inch plasma-screen television, it is indeed the ideal place to relax and perhaps indulge in an after-dinner aperitif.

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Mega yacht RM ELEGANT - INTERIOR DINNING

For more formal dining aboard RM ELEGANT superyacht  it is definitely worth experiencing a meal in these superb surroundings while you indulge in an exceptional culinary experience. The style here is modern and clean with an art deco ambience. The innovative kidney shaped dining tables each seat 15 guests and there is a cozy corner where a further 5 guests cab enjoy an intimate meal. Cleverly separated from the rest of the room by curved wall and deep sofas is a fully equipped bar where our crew are ready to serve you the drink of your choice.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - Owner's Saloon

The Owner’s saloon is an extremely attractive room with a library atmosphere, leather sofas and a fireplace. Although classic in looks, the entertainment system is right up to date with another large plasma screen television and full cinema surround system.  The yacht’s extensive DVD and CD library are housed here. As this room backs on to the Diamond Suite it cab be closed off for exclusive use.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - MASTER DIAMOND CABIN

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - MASTER Diamond Bathroom

Diamond Suite is the Owner’s Stateroom and is located on the Bridge Deck just aft of the Bridge and occupies the full width of the superstructure, thus providing ample space for searing area, desk and vanity table. It is extremely appointed in copper tones with oak panelled marquetry and sand blasted glass with copper leaf inlay. The adjoining immense bathroom is equipped with both a circular shower and full-sized spa bath overhead Swarovski crystal fibre optics setting the scene for a very romantic bath time.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - VIP RUBY CABIN

The VIP suite on board luxury charter yacht RM ELEGANT is called the Ruby Suite and is made up of a main bedroom, a small sitting room and a large bathroom with full-sized spa bath and shower. Like all areas of the yacht everything cab be regulated by Creston remote control. This includes the adjustable lighting with which you can set the mood in your stateroom. Both the Diamond Suite and Ruby Suite have their own lap top computers.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - Cabin

The staterooms aboard the charter yacht RM ELEGANT are all similar in size but vary in colour schemes. Designed with oak panelled marquetry and mirrored walls, they each incorporate a seating area, have a small desk, a full entertainment systems including an LCD screen and a safe. Each room has direct dial telephone and internet access. All the beds convert from king sized to twin. The most interesting aspect of these staterooms is the curved glass panels decorated with silver leaf that separate the main bedroom from the marble finished en-suite bathroom.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - BUSINESS

There is also a Business Centre set up in order to facilitate the business man. The computers, fax machine and printer are all for the guests’ use. Video conferencing is also available and an LCD screen can constantly transmit the news or stock markets via satellite TV. Internet is accessible from this centre but also from all areas of the yacht.

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Motor yacht RM ELEGANT - MASSAGE

The fitness centre on the main deck of RM ELEGANT is equipped with professional CYBEX equipment televisions and music system. The sauna is there for your use and the yacht’s on-board beauty therapist will be happy to give you a relaxing massage. Also available to guests is RM ELEGANT’s professional hairdressing saloon.

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Water sports - Luxury yacht RM ELEGANT

When it comes to the water sports, there is a direct access to the sea from the extendable aft swimming platform. From here boarding tenders is made easy. The three jet skis and the mass of toys are all at the guests’ disposal.

RM ELEGANT is only one of many luxury yachts available for charter during the upcoming Cannes Film Festival as well as the Monaco Grand Prix. Our team at CharterWorld will help you to choose the best yacht to suite your needs and expectations. We have a large list of  charter yachts available in Cannes or the Mediterranean in general, within several price ranges in different size groups, being it for a small private charter or large corporate functions.

What would be your 'forever home'? Study reveals the ideal house that people living in the south east want - and it's surprisingly normal

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What would be your ideal "forever home"?

Would it contain a gym? A garage? A play room?

Would you need a driveway for your collection of cars? Or how about somewhere to hang the washing?

Well, according to door manufacturer Origin , the ideal forever home for someone living in the south east is a four-bedroom, detached house by the sea - costing more than half a million pounds.

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To be fair, the £574,027 house sounds lovely, and with it being just down the road from your siblings it should be perfect for any weekend get-togethers.

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The study also found that people hanker after a property with a driveway, a play room – and somewhere to hang the washing.

Other must-haves include a large kitchen and breakfast room, an ample lounge, utility room and dining room.

A double garage and conservatory are also essential, as is a study and cloakroom.

Ideally, we want to live in a location just 8.9 miles from the office.

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Good transport links and a pub within a mile and a half are also vital elements.

One in three even went as far as to suggest their "forever home" would include a swimming pool and sauna.

2,000 homeowners took part in the study and Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin, said: "We wanted to find out more about the concept of the forever home and whether it still existed.

"Years ago it was not unusual for people to live in the same house for their entire lives, but we’ve certainly seen a shift in this trend as we now live in an average of seven homes throughout our lifetimes.

"Interestingly, almost three quarters of people in the region still believe in the concept of a forever home, which shows that the clear majority of homeowners are constantly climbing the property ladder, striving to find a home to live in for the rest of their lives.

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"We carried out the research to find out exactly what people want from their forever homes, and if any of the features on their wish list could be added to their existing properties.

"Among the most sought after elements were a power shower, big windows, a bath and bi-fold or sliding doors – all of which can be incorporated into any home, without the need to move."

Two bathrooms, two en-suites and two reception rooms are also key components.

On a national scale, over half of people chose the sea as the perfect view from their windows, followed by a countryside view of either rolling hills or a field of cows.

Britain’s least chosen view from the home was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a football stadium.

Plenty of natural light was also a must-have for homeowners, with 99 per cent of people saying it was important.

Over half said they wanted big windows, while bi-folding or sliding doors that lead out to the garden were also high on the list of features.

4 bed semi-detached family home, close to Camberley town centre (Image: Vickery)

The study also suggested that we dream of spending our years in a street where we are surrounded by friendly neighbours, four of whom we are on first name terms with.

And a 1,000sq ft garden is the ideal size, according to most Brits.

Our forever home would have everything we needed within a three mile radius. The Post Office, corner shop, newsagents and off-licence are considered the most important to have close by.

While a third of people are actively putting savings aside for their forever home, a third already live in theirs.

The age at which we believe we’ll own our forever home emerged as 53, and four in 10 were convinced they would, at some point, purchase their dream pad.

Eighty-four per cent of UK adults are happy with their current home and around eight in ten think it’s likely they will try to improve or renovate the house they own now.

Mr Brocklesby added: "With such a high proportion of homeowners planning to improve or renovate their current house, we have some great practical advice on our website from our experts, looking at everything from how to make the most of a conservatory to styling your front of house – getting homeowners one step closer to creating their forever home."

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How Son of Sam terrorized NYC during the summer of 1977

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They only had eyes for each other, and that gave their killer all the time he needed. Stepping from the darkness that shrouded the Hutchinson River Parkway service road, he thrust a .44-caliber revolver through the parked car's passenger window and fired five times. Alexander Esau, 20, and Valerie Suriani, 17, never had a chance.

As the two sweethearts lay dying, the gunman put down a letter on the bloody front seat between them.

I am a monster, he had written. I am the Son of Sam.

This, on the night of April 17, 1977, was the coming-out missive of a maniac, addressed to Capt. Joseph Borelli, the police detective heading the manhunt for the gunman who was targeting young women with long, dark hair.

I love to hunt. Prowling the streets looking for fair game tasty meat.

He had struck five times already. Three women were dead, four other people wounded. The papers had dubbed him "The .44 Caliber Killer."

Now he had given himself a name.

Son of Sam.

I'll be back. I'll be back.

Across the city, frightened young women began cutting off their hair, or hiding it under a hat, or dyeing it blonde. Young couples started avoiding lovers' lanes. Anxious parents swept their kids in from the streets as soon as the sun went down. The Son of Sam had put into motion a frenzy of fear unparalleled in the history of New York.

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The killing had started the previous summer on a quiet street in the east Bronx. Eighteen-year-old Donna Lauria was the first to die.

She and her friend Jody Valenti had gone dancing in New Rochelle, then driven back to Donna's home on Buhre Ave. at about 1 a.m. Enjoying the warm night, the two young women lingered in Valenti's blue Cutlass to chat. Then a stranger approached.

"Now who is this?" said Lauria.

An instant later she was dead. Valenti, 19, was wounded.

There were three more shootings before police connected them:

Oct. 23, 1976: Robert Denaro, 20, wounded as he sat in a car with Rosemary Keenan, 21, on 160th St. in Flushing, Queens. Denaro wore his hair to his shoulders; the gunman apparently mistook him for a woman.

Nov. 27, 1976: Donna DiMasi, 17, and Joanne Lomino, 18, wounded as they sat outside the Lomino home on 282nd St. in Floral Park, Queens.

Jan. 29, 1977: Christine Freund, 26, shot dead near the Forest Hills, Queens, railroad station as she sat in a car with John Diel, 30.

A police task force was quietly assembled. Then, on March 8, there was another shooting, just a half-block from where Freund had died. The 19-year-old victim was Columbia University student Virginia Voskerichian. Eye to eye with her killer, she had reflexively raised a textbook to her face. The bullet tore through it.

Sam Carr, neighbor of David Berkowitz. (Daily News)

Three days later, Mayor Abe Beame and Police Commissioner Michael Codd publicly acknowledged that a serial killer was on the loose.

But, in a city that had seen 1,800 murders the year before, the news caused little more than a ripple of alarm.

That changed when Esau and Suriani died  and cops read their slayer's letter. Under the direction of Inspector Timothy Dowd, 75 detectives and 225 officers checked out the 400 New Yorkers who had permits for .44-caliber revolvers, even attempted to trace all 28,000 Bulldogs manufactured by the Charter Arms Co. They investigated current and former mental patients. They consulted with psychics and astrologers. And they issued an unprecedented public plea for Son of Sam's surrender.

"We know you are not a woman hater," police said. "We know how much you have suffered. Please let us help you."

Sam liked the attention. In early June, he wrote to Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin.

Hello from the gutters of New York.

Don't think because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep.

I am still here. Like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest. Anxious to please.

On June 26, he shot Sal Lupo, 20, and Judy Placido, 17, as they sat in a car outside a Bayside disco. Both lived.

The fear spread. A police tip line started ringing off the hook as neighbors and co-workers reported each other, mothers tearfully turned in their sons, women handed over their husbands and lovers.

Son Of Sam, said the T-shirts hawked in Central Park. Get Him Before He Gets You.

He killed again on July 31, now in Brooklyn. Robert Violante and Stacy Moscowitz, on their first date, had gone to the movies, then driven to Shore Parkway and Bay 17th St. Under the light of a full moon, they walked hand in hand across a footbridge to the edge of Gravesend Bay  then quickly returned to the car when Violante spotted a man watching them.

The stranger was faster. He dropped into a crouch and shot them both. Moscowitz was killed, Violante badly wounded.

Now there was mounting panic. Moscowitz wasn't even a brunette. Now Sam was shooting anyone.

Meanwhile, he had made a mistake.

Unable to find a parking space on the Bath Beach streets as he stalked Moscowitz and Violante, he had left his Ford Galaxie at a fire hydrant on Bay 17th St. For months he had craftily eluded the biggest manhunt in NYPD history. Now he had a parking ticket.

That ticket swiftly led to 24-year-old David Berkowitz of Pine St. in Yonkers. Examining the car parked outside his apartment, police spotted a rifle inside  and waited.

Fifteen cops drew on Berkowitz when he showed up several hours later. He was carrying a manila envelope. Inside it was a .44, the gun that had killed six people and wounded seven.

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"Okay," he said. "You got me."

The reign of terror was over.

The face of evil belonged to a pudgy postal worker who worked a 4-to-midnight shift sorting mail in the Bronx.

He told court-appointed psychiatrists that the killing spree had been ordered by his neighbor's dog. The neighbor, Sam Carr, had lived 6,000 years ago, Berkowitz explained.

After shooting Violante and Moscowitz, he said, he had gone home and dutifully written a $35 check to pay the parking ticket: "It's the law."

Doctors differed over his sanity. A judge finally ruled him competent to stand trial, and he pleaded guilty. On June 12, 1978, he was sentenced to 547 years in prison.

"I know a lot of victims' parents and stuff, you know, they always say `Why?' " mused David Berkowitz.

"I hate to disappoint all these people. They're not going to find out."

First published on November 3, 1998 as part of the "Big Town" series on old New York. Find more stories about the city's epic history here.

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Maax to acquire SaniNova B.V

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Maax expands European presence. Lauzon, Michael // Plastics News;3/6/2000, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p31 

Reports on Maax Inc.'s acquisition of SaniNova BV. Expansion of Maax's bathware presence into Europe; SaniNova's predicted sales in 2000.

Manufacturer/Wholesaler news.  // Reeves Journal: Plumbing, Heating, Cooling;Apr2000, Vol. 80 Issue 4, p66 

Presents news briefs related to the construction industry in the United States, as of April 2000. BuildNet Inc.'s signing of an agreement to acquire NxTrend Technology Inc.; MAAX Inc.'s acquisition of SaniNova BV; Construction plans for a spa at the American Club hotel in Kohler, Wisconsin.

Maax to buy assets of injection molder Shostal. Lauzon, Michael // Plastics News;03/30/98, Vol. 10 Issue 5, p7 

States that Maax Incorporated plans to acquire the majority of Shostal Limited's assets. Statistical information on Shostal; What is made at Shostal; Comments from the president and chief executive officer at Maax, Placide Poulin.

Maax buys Aker, boosts market. Lauzon, Michael // Plastics News;7/22/2002, Vol. 14 Issue 21, p8 

Reports the acquisition of Maax Inc. of Aker Plastics Inc. in Plymouth, Indiana. Annual sales of Aker; Impact of the acquisition on the company; Provision of Aker of purchasing synergies for acrylic sheet and other materials.

Bathware maker Maax diversifying with KSD.  // Plastics News;2/16/1998, Vol. 9 Issue 51, p15 

States that the Maax Incorporated is planning to acquire the assets of KSD Industries to diversify into United States production of shower doors and medicine cabinets. Comments from Placide Poulin, Maax president and chief executive officer (CEO).

Consortium to acquire Maax. Lauzon, Michael // Plastics News;3/15/2004, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p26 

Acrylic and fiberglass bath-ware producer Maax Inc. will be sold to a consortium of investment firms and managers. Maax has announced that the Poulin family, which holds 14.5 percent of the company's shares, the largest block, agreed to a purchase price of C $22.50 per share. The price is a 22...

Maax Inc. is eyeing acquisitions in U.S.  // Plastics News;10/28/96, Vol. 8 Issue 35, p8 

Reports on a possible acquisition for Maax Incorporated with a company in the United States, in order to meet growing sales. Financial information on Maax; When they released their expansion plan.

Maax planning Midwest plant. Lauzon, Michael // Plastics News;7/15/1996, Vol. 8 Issue 20, p3 

Reports on Canadian bathware producer Maax Inc.'s plan to set up a Midwest production plant by the end of 1996. Maax's plan to invest one million Canadian dollars for the plant; Background on Maax's operations and finances.

Maax closes industrial parts division.  // Plastics News;8/26/1996, Vol. 8 Issue 26, p3 

Reports on Maax Inc.'s closure of its Xatec subsidiary after a strike caused it to lose contracts for industrial composite parts.

Bath falls in girls soccer opener

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Bath’s Madi Ward and Liberty-Benton’s Alexis Rickenbacher fight for control of the ball during Friday night’s match at Bath.

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Bath’s Chandler Clark tries to prevent Liberty-Benton’s Lexi Nagy from making a steal during Friday night’s match at Bath.

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Bath’s Caylee Rieman and Liberty-Benton’s Alexis Rickenbacker fight for control of the ball during Friday night’s match at Bath.

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BATH TOWNSHIP — Liberty-Benton had plenty of breakaway speed.

And the Eagles spent most of the night taking advantage of it.

Liberty-Benton junior Savanah Richards scored three goals to lead Liberty-Benton to a 5-0 girls soccer victory over Bath on soccer’s opening night Friday at Bath.

Liberty-Benton was in control the whole way, as it led 4-0 at halftime.

“We’ve added speed this year so that’s (getting breakaways) one of our big keys this season,” Richards said.

Liberty-Benton freshman forward Maya Rickle added two goals and had an assist.

“Maya is a very hard worker,” Liberty-Benton coach Mark Pagano said. “She has speed and a great touch.’’

The Eagles outshot Bath 23-7, including 12-2 at the half.

Liberty-Benton had way too much quickness and speed, especially in the midfield and up front.

“We were able to take advantage of our speed up top and were able to get the ball behind their defense,” Pagano said. “It was (a matter of) watching them go.’’

To get the L-B attack started, the Eagles’ defense formed a wall in the back to turn away most of the Bath attacks.

“Everything started in the back,” Pagano said. “We had a solid goalkeeper. … And the back line in front of her shut down some very good Bath players. And once you have the strength in the back, you can move forward.’’

Bath first-year coach Brooke Shultz hopes her defense can learn from the match.

“We knew they were fast, but I think we’re still kind of learning our new formations (on defense) and the shape back there,” Shultz said. “We were a little flatter than we should have been (in the back).

“We were definitely working hard, but not necessarily smart, so we got caught chasing a lot, and then we were tired. We kind of left them open in between our two lines.’’

Eagles goalkeeper Sophie Aschemeier needed only two saves for the shutout.

Bath goalkeeper Emily Rocca made 14 saves.

Richards scored first with 26:52 left in the first half. She took control at midfield, dribbled around and through a defender at the 18-yard box and fired a 12-yard shot into the lower-left corner of the net.

“Everything felt great, as a team,” Richards said. … “Coming in, we knew Bath had skill, so we knew we had to start fast.’’

At 25:42, Richards took a pass from the right wing into the box. She connected on a 16-yard shot into the upper-left corner of the net. That gave the Eagles a 2-0 lead.

L-B made it 3-0 when Rickle got loose from the Bath defense on a breakaway.

She scored from 12-yards out and it was 3-0 with 12:33 left in the first half.

Rickle scored her second breakaway goal, and the team’s third of the match, to make it 4-0 with 9:14 left before halftime.

Richards got her three-goal hat trick with 37 minutes left in the match. Rickle was on the left wing and fed Richards into the box. Richards fired a strike high into the back of the net and it was 5-0.

Liberty-Benton took seven corner kicks, while Bath had four.

Down 5-0, Bath got a few offensive surges of its own, including a shot by Jaidyn Hale, on a perfect cross from the right by Kelsey Wallace. But Hale’s toe-shot just went wide left.

“We talked about (at halftime) forgetting about the first half and coming out and having some pride and showing people how well we had done in the preseason,” Shultz said. … I’m proud of our girls that they didn’t give up or get negative.’’

Bath’s Madi Ward and Liberty-Benton’s Alexis Rickenbacher fight for control of the ball during Friday night’s match at Bath.

Bath’s Chandler Clark tries to prevent Liberty-Benton’s Lexi Nagy from making a steal during Friday night’s match at Bath.

Bath’s Caylee Rieman and Liberty-Benton’s Alexis Rickenbacker fight for control of the ball during Friday night’s match at Bath.

The Lima News sports department can be reached at 567-242-0451.

Baby girl left covered in nasty cuts after glass shower screen EXPLODED during her evening bath

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'CUT TO SHREDS'

Stacey Richards is warning people of the dangers of glass screens

A BABY girl was “cut to shreds” in a bath-time horror when a glass shower screen suddenly exploded.

Mum Stacey Richards was given her one-year-old daughter her normal evening bath when the shower screen exploded which sounded “like a gun shot”.

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Stacey Richards (right) was giving one-year-old Elsiee-Maie (left) her normal evening bath when the shower screen exploded

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Stacey described the sound of the glass shattering as being “like a gun shot”

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Elsiee-Maie suffered a number of cuts to her leg as a result of the acccident

Shards of glass rained down on Stacey’s daughter, Elsiee-Maie.

The child was covered in cuts as a result and the bathroom floor was drowned in glass.

Stacey, 24, said: “Last night I was giving Elsiee-Maie a bath as normal, she was sat there babbling away.

“Within a split second, it was like someone had fired a gun at the side of us, there was glass everywhere.

“Our glass shower screen had spontaneously exploded, never in my life have I moved so fast as I tried to shield her from being hurt.

“Elsiee-Maie’s dad came running in and grabbed her from me as I was shaking so much.

“My one-year-old was cut to shreds in what I can only explain as a freak incident. Elsiee-Maie was screaming, it was horrible and there was no warning.”

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The couple, of Prestatyn, North Wales, live in a rented home and warned people to check.

Stacey is waiting for her landlord to find receipts for the two-year-old shower screen to check the manufacturer.

Her daughter is recovering from a dozen cuts to her body with one on her head and some on her back, hands, arms and legs.

Stacey added: “It could have been a lot worse.”

Following what happened, Stacey is now warning of the dangers of shower screens and urging other parents to check theirs is not compromised or cracked.

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Picture shows a cut in Elsie-Maie’s head

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Stacey, pictured with Elsiee-Maie, warning of the dangers of shower screens and urging other parents to check theirs is not compromised or cracked

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Stacey said her daughter’s injuries, pictured, could have been a “lot worse”

She said: “There was nothing wrong with our shower screen, it wasn’t cracked or chipped and yet this still happened.

“From what I’ve been reading up on the internet, it’s a quite common fault with these kind of shower screens, so why are they allowed to still be used is beyond me.

“I keep thinking what if Elsieè-Maie had been stood on the outside of the bath? It could have been a lot worse, it doesn’t bear thinking about.

“When I tucked her up in bed last night, she was very unsettled and kept on waking up crying.

“I just wanted to make people aware as I would hate for another baby to go through this.”

One Lidl shopper was left horrified after choking on a shard of broken glass “in a tin of baked beans”.

Stephen McLury, who has a feeding tube, began coughing and choking soon after tucking into his beans dinner.

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Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics Prices from USD $500 — BioPortfolio.com

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Bath and Shower Products includes all shower gels and other personal hygiene products designed to be used in the shower, as well as liquid bath products such as bubblebaths and bath time washing gels and lotions. Also includes nonliquid products added to baths such as bath bombs, beads and salts. Bath and Shower Products Personal Hygiene Market in Bulgaria Outlook to 2020: Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics is a broad level market review of Bath and Shower Products market of Bulgaria. The research handbook provides the uptodate market size data for period 20112015 and illustrative forecast to 2020 covering key market aspects like Sales Value and Volume for Bath and Shower Products and its variants Liquid Bath Products, Shower Products and Other Bath Products.

Sales Values in the handbook are depicted in USD $ and local currency of Bulgaria and Volumes are represented in M Units.

Furthermore, the research handbook details out Sales Value for top brands for the year 2012 to 2015 and overall market sales by Distribution Channel Hypermarkets and Supermarkets, Convenience Stores, Department Stores, Dollar Stores, Variety Store, Cash and Carries and Warehouse clubs, eRetailers, Food and Drinks specialists, Drug stores and Pharmacies, Health and Beauty Stores, Other general retailers and others where ever applicable.

The research handbook acts as an essential tool for companies active or planning to venture in to Bulgaria's Bath and Shower Products Personal Hygiene market. The comprehensive statistics within the report provides insight into the operating environment of the market and also ensures right business decision making based on historical trends and industry model based forecasting. This is an ondemand research handbook and will be delivered within 2 working days excluding weekends of the purchase.

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Overall Bath and Shower Products Personal Hygiene market value and volume analytics with growth analysis from 2011 to 2020. Sales Value and Volume analytics for variants of Bath and Shower Products; Liquid Bath Products, Shower Products and Other Bath Products Value terms for the top brands. Distribution channel sales analytics from 20122015.

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How a "48 Hours" producer got an interview with Bruce Beresford-Redman in a Mexican prison

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Bruce Beresford-Redman in his Cancun, Mexico, prison cell spoke to "48 Hours Mystery" in his first and only TV interview

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(CBS) - The line was long - the odds were much, much longer.

It was seven in the morning and already baking hot when my colleague, Ana Real, and I arrived at the Mexican prison where American television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is being held. Beresford-Redman is accused of smothering his wife, Monica, and dumping her body in a sewer during a family vacation in Cancun in 2010.

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It was visiting day at the prison as we took our place on line with families burdened by bundles of food, crying children and the sadness of separation.

For us, the burden was lighter, but still significant. We wanted to get an interview with the reality TV producer caught in a real life nightmare, an accused murderer who'd never spoken before - and now was locked away in a place where getting a camera crew inside seemed logistically impossible.

"48 Hours" and CBS correspondent Troy Roberts have been working this story since it first broke almost two years ago. When Bruce Beresford-Redman was suddenly extradited from California, Ana Real and our veteran CBS colleague Avi Cohen happened to be on a fact-finding mission to Cancun -- timing is everything.

Our team began meeting with lawyers, prison officials, even the army general in charge of regional prison security. In the chaotic courtroom where he sat confined in a cage during six days of pretrial proceedings that made "Midnight Express" seem like "Midnight in Paris," Ana and Avi even approached a reluctant Beresford-Redman himself.

As the week went along, Beresford-Redman seemed ever more willing to speak with us. In fact on the last day of the pretrial hearing, he actually requested a visit from Ana. Originally from Nicaragua, Ana has a calm but forceful power with the guards. They placed Ana on Beresford-Redman's visiting list and agreed informally, to put me on the list as well.

Once we were safely inside prison walls -- as safely as a pair of news producers from America can be inside a Mexican prison -- we skirted the chaotic yard, full of thumping disco music and cigarette smoke. We found Beresford-Redman in his cell. Through two sets of bars, it's open to the elements -- heat, dust, rain, roaches and mosquitoes. There are bare wires in the ceiling, but no electricity. Water dribbles from a tap in a concrete trough at the back of the cell. Next to a filthy shower pipe and a clogged toilet there is human excrement smeared in a mural on the wall - a gift, he says, from the last occupant. He lacks a reliable supply of even the most basic provisions - clean drinking water, bug repellant, aspirin. Meals consist of mostly of bean gruel delivered in a plastic laundry hamper which is dragged down the hallway three times a day and ladled into a bowl. Bruce is only allowed to leave his 6 x 12 cell if there is a visitor or a court appearance. He spends 24 hours a day, seven days a week in this cramped cell he shares with another English speaking prisoner. This space may well be where he spends the rest of his life.

Given that horrifying reality, the reality TV producer from L.A. seemed in remarkably good spirits. He was especially pleased to be let out of his cell for the first part of our visit. Having not received a single visitor other than his lawyers, he was eager to talk about all manner of things - and talk we did - for more than four hours.

I've been in the news business for almost 20 years and have often found persuading people to give interviews a distasteful part of the job. Since it frequently hinges on your ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see the world through his or her eyes, it can be really difficult, too.

As our conversation entered its fourth hour, I realized Beresford-Redman was actually eager to get his story out -- and afraid he wouldn't have another chance. I had a cell phone in my pocket and knew that while it would have been nice to have a fully rigged television camera to do a formal sit down interview, in this new media age the phone was all I really needed. A cell phone interview would be enough to bring this powerful story to millions of viewers in the United States. It would be as raw -- and real -- as the nightmarish prison itself. All we needed was a quiet spot to talk.

And that's how I wound up wedged into the bathroom -- Beresford-Redman standing up against the shower wall in the back of his cell -- with my cell phone, interviewing him for close to 40 minutes for a national network television.

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This Summer, Get Ready to Wander: Samsara Ubud at Bali Now Accepting Reservations, Business News

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Leisure guests, city dwellers and business travellers, your search for a tranquil holiday destination is over.

BALI, Indonesia, Aug. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- If you have always fantasised about running off to an unspoilt tropical paradise and being cocooned in luxury, dream no longer. Located in Bali's lush district of Payangan, Samsara Ubud is the creme de la creme of laid-back luxury and the epitome of secluded chic. The strategic location of the resort offers an exceptional sense of calm, yet is only a 20-minute drive to the bustling town of Ubud.

Samsara Ubud, Bali - Indonesia.

An hour and a half drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport is all it takes to get you to the holiday haven. Ideal for romantic holidays, special celebrations, family gatherings and summer getaways of friends, Samsara Ubud is all about luxury aesthetics and is the perfect sanctuary with a soul. The tranquil surroundings, beaming smiles and friendly service provided by the staff will keep you wishing, "I need more holidays."

Seventeen glorious villas -- 8 one-bedroom pool villa, 6 one-bedroom deluxe pool villa, 2 two-bedroom pool villa and 1 three-bedroom pool villa -- make up this stunning resort. Meticulously designed by internationally acclaimed Bali architect, Popo Danes, all villas are equally sumptuous, lavishly decorated and absolutely astounding. Samsara Ubud has been designed to be in complete harmony with nature by taking the natural land contour into account. The integration of sustainable design strategies can also be seen from how the original contour of the land is maintained. The multi-level and layered architecture is a tribute to Bali's centuries-old rice terraces, providing all villas with views of the lush tropical jungle.

Each villa, starting from 122 square metres, comes with a private heated infinity pool and a spacious outdoor area. Take a dip in the warm infinity pool and relish the beauty of the forest in addition to the soft sounds from a nearby waterfall. Stunning bathrooms feature luxurious Makassar marble, double vanities, deep soaking bathtub and separate indoor & outdoor showers. A mix of contemporary Balinese décor, rich teak furnishings and exotic fabrics create the villas' statement interior.

Samsara Ubud's dining venue, The Kelusa, presents a spectacular dining experience. Chef Iwan Sutrisno and his team offer delectable dishes which celebrate the rich and diverse culinary history of Balinese and Indonesian food. The combination of serene surrounding and gourmet dishes, guaranteed to satisfy even the fussiest epicurean.

If you can stray from the comfort of your villa, a plethora of activities is available to enjoy the lush tropical forests of Payangan and nearby attractions. Participate in cultural activities such as exploring nearby Kelusa village or experience a Balinese water purification ritual at Tirta Empul water temple. Adventurous souls will enjoy activities such as Mount Batur sunrise trek, Tegalalang cycle tour and Campuhan ridge walk.

To soothe your soul, Chakra Spa provides you with the ultimate beauty and relaxation experience. Chakra Spa at Samsara Ubud is a temple of wellbeing where you can truly take care of yourself and take the time to relax. Chakra Spa's experienced therapies, a range of treatments featuring soothing massages and rejuvenating body scrubs will help you achieve a perfect state of relaxation. Other leisure facilities include a fully-equipped gym, a sauna and two heated outdoor pools.

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Monday Profile: Joe P. Ruthven took risks, led the way for Lakeland - News - News Chief

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Founder of The Ruthvens warehouse business started small, building large

Marilyn Meyer @marilyn_ledger

LAKELAND — Joe P. Ruthven had been telling his children he’d retire when he turned 90, but now he’s thinking 100 would be a better age.

At 90 years and 1 month old, he walks two to three miles several times a week with his wife, Judy, and follows her lead in eating a healthy vegetarian diet. He takes only one prescription medication; his energy is strong.

A few hours behind the wheel of his car is no problem so he can easily visit any of the 85 properties built by the warehouse development firm he founded and owns, The Ruthvens. All the properties are within 25 miles of the downtown office at 41 Lake Morton Drive.

“Joe P. Ruthven’s impact on Lakeland is huge,” said Weymon Snuggs, chief operating officer for Citizens Bank & Trust. “Through his warehouse development business, he has helped bring new companies into the area, creating jobs for our community while providing space for businesses of all sizes.”

Ruthven knows what it is like to be a struggling small businessman, to dream, take risks and put in long, hard, worrisome hours. He likes to give a boost to small tenants and is delighted when they succeed.

“I know of several situations that a business was having some challenges and he was working with them,” Snuggs said. “Joe and his family are so great in the care that they give the tenants. These are not just someone leasing their property; these are people with relationships that Joe and the other Ruthven family members have built.”

Although The Ruthvens owns 3.5 million square feet of warehouse space, the company is still growing. Showing his company’s warehousing complexes near Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Ruthven points out acreages he’s purchased, some ready to go into development, others still lying fallow.

“Have you ever seen so many trucks?” he asks, as he pulls alongside a 100,000-square-foot building leased to Forward Air, a logistics company that distributes goods to retailers, employing 100 workers and 50 drivers.

He rattles off the variety of products distributed or manufactured under The Ruthvens-leased space: cotton balls, tomatoes, Purina foods, spice packets, caskets, rum, water, pharmaceuticals, clothes, vitamins and a wide variety of suppliers to Publix.

“Joe was ahead of the curve in warehousing, before it was in vogue, long before Amazon and O’Reilly’s came to Lakeland,” said Gene Strickland, a former Lakeland city manager who became friends with Ruthven in the late 1960s and early 1970s when Ruthven was on the City Commission.

“Many times The Ruthvens puts in a small unit, a company leases it and grows into a bigger unit,” Strickland said. “I credit Joe with not only what he did in building the warehouses but the spinoff of what he did, the ripple effect.”

Ralph Allen, a financial adviser and chairman of the family-owned firm Allen & Co, “I am sure if it was not for The Ruthven efforts, many businesses would not have started business interests in Lakeland.

"The Ruthvens were able to be a partner of the city of Lakeland, the Lakeland Economic Development Council and the Chamber of Commerce to convince outside businesses that Lakeland was business friendly, a good place to open plants and businesses," he said. "Joe has always been a super salesman for Lakeland.”

Ruthven said arrival of Amazon’s million-square-foot warehouse/fulfillment center has been a huge boon to the Lakeland economy.

“When companies in New York or California or anywhere in the country or abroad hear that Amazon came here, they know Lakeland has been checked out thoroughly and they want to come too,” Ruthven said.

Keeping The Ruthvens’ buildings in the 100,000 square-foot and under range allows the company the latitude to recover if a leasee moves out, or worse, if a tenant’s business fails, Ruthven said.

The early years

Joe Perry Ruthven was born on July 9, 1927, to Agnes and Joe Ruthven, the third of five children, on a small farm in Chesterfield County, S.C. There was no electricity, no running water; chores began at 5 a.m. and picked back up after school.

He grew up during the height of the Great Depression in one of the poorest counties in South Carolina. He recalls one sharecropper family from a nearby farm so destitute their children went naked until his mother made them clothes out of flour sacks, and later, regular clothes.

And he recalls the changes that came after President Franklin’s Roosevelt’s Work Progress Administration and other relief programs came to the area.

His family did relatively well and each year his dad tried to add 10 acres to the farm where they grew tobacco, cotton and other crops, he said.

But he realized early-on that he did not want to be a farmer, staring at the rear end of a mule, he said. Still, the work ethic of a sunrise to sunset day stuck.

“I guess I carried that over into the rest of my life,” Ruthven said.

He had graduated from high school just before his 16th birthday and spent a couple of semesters at the University of South Carolina before enlisting in the Navy at 18. He was in boot camp when the Japanese surrendered, ending World War II.

While thousands upon thousands of troops were returning from overseas, he was assigned tug boat duty at Norfolk, Va., helping pull into harbor the huge ships bringing the battle-weary men back to American soil.

They would discharge 4,000 to 5,000 men as they came off the ship, pay in hand and nowhere to go, except maybe downtown Norfolk, before heading home, Ruthven said.

"We and everyone from the area knew not to go downtown after a ship had come in; it was wild," he said.

“But I’ve often thought it would have been better for the men if they would have sent them to a base for a while; let them acclimate," he said. "But they came directly off the ships and back into civilian life.”

When Ruthven was discharged from the Navy, “I stopped by the farm only three days, long enough to get my clothes and head back to the university," he said. "I knew if I stayed longer, Dad would have me behind a mule.” 

Ruthven said, that he as walked back on campus his first day, he saw a couple of girls shooting pool and stopped to introduce himself. One of them was Jeanette "JJ" Chiles of Lakeland, who would later become his wife. The couple had two sons and a daughter. JJ died in 1982. In 1984, he remarried, to Judy Story.  

The GI bill paid his tuition and, for spending money, he took a part-time job with JC Penney.

Upon graduation with a business degree in 1948, Penney's offered him a full-time job at $200 a month which sounded OK but then BF Goodrich gave him a better offer, $250 a month, he said.

So he went into the tire business. He moved his growing family three times as he went up the management ladder over the next decade.

Coming to Lakeland

In 1957, he and friend Eugene “Blackie” Black decided to start a tire store in Lakeland. Ruthven’s father-in-law Lawton Chiles Sr., gave Jeanette a lot at 600 Memorial Blvd. for the store.

After hiring an architect to design the building and a carpenter to pull permits and supervise, the two partners supplied the labor. Five months later, they opened an OK Tires.

They had spent most of their combined $10,000 on the move and construction so struggled to stock the store, but managed to do it after securing a $1,000 loan, plus securing a supply of retreads and used tires.

That first year, he and Black did all the work: sales, changing tires, bookkeeping and keeping the place shined. At the end of the year, they had made $7,500. After that, they not only survived, they grew and started hiring employees, including Ruthven’s two brothers, Jerry and William Ruthven. Eventually, the partners opened a second OK Tires store.

In the late 1960s, the home company, OK Tires and Rubber, wanted a warehouse in Central Florida and asked Ruthven if he could find a 10,000-square-foot space near a railway. 

"I was interested in branching out into real estate," he said.

After looking at available spaces, he decided to build the warehouse and lease it back to the company. A friend, Kirk McKay, agreed to sell him 10 acres on Mine & Mill Road with only $100 down and a personal note, starting Ruthven on a new career. 

The acreage was large enough that he was able to double the square footage and quickly found a second tenant for the other 10,000 square feet.  

In those early days, Ruthven bought most of his lots with $100 down and a personal note — not something anyone could do now, he said. “A lot of the people had inherited property and were paying taxes on it so wanted to get rid of the land.”

Financing the construction was another issue, especially because he was building on speculation, something others were not doing. He would go from bank to bank trying to get loans, he said.

“I would get turned down about three times more often than I was approved,” Ruthven said.

But after the loan officers realized he was able to lease the space and he was making the mortgage payments, it became easier to get financing.

“I don’t think we have ever missed a mortgage payment,” Ruthven said, although there were times when he was worried whether he could put groceries on the table.

In 1974, after 17 years in the tire business, he and Black sold OK Tires, Black’s wife wanting to return to South Carolina and Ruthven wanting to go full time into real estate.

The office

When Jeanette Chiles and Joe P. Ruthven married on Sept. 4, 1949, his parents stayed at the Lakeshore Hotel at 41 Lake Morton Plaza. Some 25 years later, Ruthven bought the old 32-room hotel.

“I thought it would be fun to run a hotel,” but it only took a day to change his mind, he said. That first morning, a retired professor, a 97-year-old man, who rented a room came downstairs and said he was going to take a bath.

Ruthven said, OK, but then the old man said someone had to sit with him.

“I told the woman who was working the desk with me, you sit with him and I’ll stay at the front desk to answer the phone."

From there as he watched the comings and goings, he realized a staff member kept coming from the back room to get clean sheets.

“It took me until 6 o’clock that night to figure out they were running a small prostitution ring out of the back room — $10 whether they stayed an hour or all night. I fired them all.”

“It was only two blocks from City Hall and no one over there knew what was going on,” Ruthven said, still amazed more than four decades later.

Ruthven was looking for an office so decided to convert the stately hotel. It took two years to reconfigure the 1920-era building. Since then, it has been renovated twice to fit the needs of The Ruthvens.

“It is challenging” to keep up a 100-year-old building, he said, recounting a recent country-wide search for tiles when the roof leaked.

Politics

When Ruthven and Jeanette Chiles married, her younger brother, Lawton, was still a student. But Lawton Chiles later became one of Lakeland’s most famous native sons, a Democratic politician who served in the Florida House and Florida Senate through most of 1958 through 1970, the U.S. Senate from 1971 through 1989, and as governor of Florida from 1990 until his death on Dec. 12, 1998.

Even before he met his brother-in-law, Joe P. Ruthven was a confirmed Democrat.

“One day when I was about 11 or 12, I came home from school and there was a truck with lumber in it," he said. "Several young men with the Civilian Conservation Corps were there to build our family an outhouse.”

Seeing what Roosevelt and the Democrats were willing to do to help his family and his community, “I decided right then I would be a Democrat for the rest of my life.”

Ruthven said he and other family members often had helped Chiles with campaign duties so it was not much of a leap when he he decided to run for Lakeland City Commission. He served on the commission from 1969 through 1971, the last year as mayor. Schools were being integrated and racial tensions were high, Ruthven said.

A 1971 editorial in The Ledger summing up the year and Ruthven's service said, “racial problems at Lakeland High School drew the mayor into the news as an intermediary. His Youth and Adult Community Relations Committees opened unprecedented links of communications between the races in the city, the school got a new principal and the year ended on a note of optimism.”

And, the editorial continued, “long-simmering tensions in the Washington Park Homes public housing project surfaced strongly this year, leading to a barrage of charges and counter-charges among tenants and Housing Authority officials. Again the mayor became involved, this time with a bi-racial investigation committee which promised to hear all viewpoints and seek long-range ways to improve the relationship between tenants and city.”

Ruthven said Dr. John S. Jackson, an African-American physician, worked closely with him; the two attended community meetings together, bolstering one another. And at the schools, Willy Speed, a coach at Kathleen High School worked alongside him.

There was a lot of unrest and “I am glad that time is behind us,” Ruthven said.

Marilyn Meyer can be reached at marilyn.meyer@theledger.com or 863-802-7558. Follow her on Twitter @marilyn_ledger.

Haute Pierre - Premier Construction News

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Haute Pierre Jersey’s new prestigious address

Located on one of Jersey’s most beautiful beaches overlooking Green Island and with exceptional views, Haute Pierre comprises a bespoke collection of just four individually designed, exclusive apartments and one townhouse, which have been attracting considerable public and market interest since construction commenced.

Fitted and finished to an outstanding specification, each apartment benefits from its own private entrance, underground parking, ample storage, and south-facing terraces that make the most of this stunning location.

The development, which is within a single building and will be ready for occupation in March 2017, is being constructed for Catterson Wood, with Best Build as main contractors and MAC Architecture as architects.

Phil Wood, director at Catterson Wood said: “The property is on the beach with absolutely stunning views. I am absolutely delighted with the way the project has gone so far and the superb standard of finish achieved.

“This is actually our first new build development, as the previous projects we have carried out have involved renovation Although we will be introducing the development to the market only on completion, there has already been considerable interest in the scheme from the public and potential buyers right from the start of construction.”

Initial works on the project included the demolition of a house which previously occupied the site, as well as considerable excavation as the new building includes basement car parking.

Ranging from two to three storeys, the building is constructed in blockwork with flat Alvitra roofing and powder coated aluminium framed windows.

The development has been designed to provide each of the apartments with their own private access.

The scheme includes The Garden Apartment, The Duplex, The Townhouse and The Lateral Apartment.

The beautiful one-bedroom Garden Apartment features an open-plan living area with bi-fold doors that open the space up onto a spacious private terrace. The apartment also benefits from a large bedroom, bathroom, utility room, one private underground parking space, and an external storage unit.

Commanding the top two floors, The Duplex Apartment has a floor area of 1,237 sq ft and enjoys uninterrupted views to the south and west across the bay from both floors.

On the first floor is a large master bedroom with en-suite and dressing room, a second bedroom, and generously proportioned house bathroom.

The top floor has an open plan living area with floor to ceiling windows, which open seamlessly on to the terrace.

The apartment also benefits from a utility room, one private underground parking space, and an external storage unit.

The three storey Townhouse boasts almost 1,500 sq ft of living space, crowned with a stunning sun room that opens out on to the south-facing terrace.

On the ground floor are two large en-suite bedrooms, whilst the first floor has a large L-shaped open plan living area perfect for entertaining and with uninterrupted views out to sea. The apartment also benefits from a utility room, WC, two private underground parking spaces, and two external storage units.

With its open plan living area leading on to its own private terrace, The Lateral Apartment offers the perfect place to live and entertain.

The apartment includes is a stunning master suite with its own private terrace and a luxuriously proportioned en-suite. Additionally, there is a guest en-suite bedroom, WC, utility and study area.

The apartment also has one private underground parking space, and an external storage unit.

Like the apartments themselves, the impressive specification is nothing less than exceptional, including British-made Mackintosh kitchens with Silestone work surfaces and utility rooms with laminate work surfaces. Kitchens incorporate Miele appliances including: oven and combi oven, induction hob, fully integrated dishwasher, fully integrated fridge/freezer and 1.5 bowl sink with mixer tap.

Bathrooms and ensuites include Duravit sanitaryware with Grohe and Hansgrohe chrome polished furnishings, a thermostatic shower, a wall hung WC with concealed cistern, a chrome heated towel rail, contemporary matt flooring, wall tiling and a mirror cabinet.

Flooring includes Amtico to hallways, kitchens, and living areas and carpeting to bedrooms and dressing areas.

Heating is via Gaia DEVIflex electric underfloor heating and electrics include polished chrome sockets to living rooms, dining areas, kitchens, hallways and bathrooms, with contemporary double recessed downlights to living areas, kitchens and bedrooms and pendant lighting to bedside table areas.

External terraces are tiled in Italian porcelain and feature contemporary stainless steel balustrades with glass panels.

Catterson Wood are a locally-based Jersey property development company focusing on small, boutique developments with the aim of creating truly bespoke homes.

Best Build have over 30 years’ experience in building and carpentry work, ranging from renovations and extensions through to new builds.

The company has gained invaluable experience in Jersey, the UK, Ireland, the USA and Australia.

MAC Architectural Services Ltd was formed in 2009 by current Managing Director, Matthew Collins.

The company was created to provide a boutique architectural service to its clients, be they private or commercial.

MAC are focused on providing a personal service which will enable their clients’ visions to become reality.