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The ESASO Training Centre (ETC) is an innovative and didactical centre in the Ospedale Regionale di Lugano (Italiano), in Lugano, built in collaboration with the Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC). The ETC is the ideal location for courses or events organised by companies or other institutions in several fields.
a fully equipped control room, thanks to which a wide range of activities, that take place in the two classrooms, can be managed. | 2019-04-23T00:02:19Z | https://www.luganoregion.com/en/see-do/meetings-incentives/venues/congress-facility-detail/id/40101/esaso |
Pastor Rocky Brown stepped into Glory to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on February 6, 2018. Rocky was born May 9, 1956, in Columbus. He has had the honor of pastoring the Full Armor of God Baptist Church in Reynoldsburg, for more than18 years.
Rocky was preceded in death by his fathers, Tom Kennedy and Kissell Brown; father-in-law, Pat Kneisley; mother-in-laws, Shirley Kneisley and Edith Atwood; brothers, Larry Kennedy and Tommy Lane Kennedy; brotherin law and best friend, Jim Lucas; and sister-in-law, Judy Brown. Rocky is survived by his mother, Pauline Kennedy; his loving wife of 31 years, Kim Brown; daughter, Mandy (Brian) Lewis; son, Mike (Crystal) Gutridge; five grandchildren, A.J., Lainee, Lilee and Leslee Pratt, and Willa Jean Gutridge; many other children he loved as his own; siblings, David Brown, Bobby (Joan) Kennedy, Tom Kennedy, Linda Isom, Debbie Lucas and Shelly (Doug) Denig; father-in-law, Don Atwood; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and in-laws; his church family; friends; and his beloved pet, Noel.
The family will receive friends from 2- 4 and 6 – 8 on Friday, February 9, 2018, at the Full Armor of God Baptist Church, 14454 East Broad St., Reynoldsburg, where funeral services celebrating his life and ministry will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 10, 2018, with Pastor Mark Payton as celebrant. Burial with full military honors will follow in the Pataskala Cemetery. The family prefers contributions in his honor to Mark Payton’s Haiti Ministry, P.O. Box 323, LaGrange, Kentucky 40031. Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Service, Kirkersville , is honored to care for Rocky and his family. | 2019-04-22T02:14:24Z | https://www.buckeyelakebeacon.net/articles/pastor-rocky-brown/ |
Simon has a strong knack for showmanship, and his exhibitions frequently include inventive surprises. From skateboard ramps and Siamese fighting fish, to live costumed monsters, there’s always something new at play.
The show is being held inside the (slightly creepy,) Museum of Medical Sciences, a rare old brick building tucked away in the Mid Levels / Sheung Wan area, just below the western end of Caine Road.
For a sneak preview of several works from the show, check out the Facebook gallery here.
Hong Kong pirates taste in art?
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Next articleWho is Tory Burch? | 2019-04-23T02:15:05Z | https://www.hongkonghustle.com/art-design/2922/simon-birch-hong-kong-art-laughing-with-a-mouth-full-of-blood-exhibit-show-exhibition-hk-artist-gallery-painter-painting/ |
Magnetic bead extraction is an efficient method to obtain DNA from macroalgae.
•It yields better DNA quality and quantity versus with column-based kits and CTAB.
•Generation of RAD-Seq data from 12 Ulva samples.
•RAD-Seq data on Ulva species allows for high discriminatory power versus barcoding. | 2019-04-20T14:46:22Z | https://zenodo.org/record/1404308 |
(CBS News) Shopping to make money may seem a little counterintuitive, but these days, online retailers are turning things on their head and asking online shoppers to promote certain products in order to drive more traffic to their sites.
If you're looking to get in on the action, check out CBS News business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis' segment above with information about websites that are linking shoppers to retailers that offer the incentives and what you need to know when using them.
Editor's Note: The Federal Trade Commission has been critical of this practice saying it's difficult for readers to decipher between what's a recommendation and what's a paid endorsement, so it's advised that if you decide to engage in these practices, you make clear in your posts that you're getting compensated. | 2019-04-21T18:16:09Z | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-get-paid-to-shop-online/ |
The Float Dresser from Tema represents a superior choice in a modern or traditional setting. It includes a minimalist-inspired design with clean lines, ensuring the piece will complement the decor just about anywhere. In addition, the dresser features six spacious drawers and comes in a matte white or natural walnut veneer finish that is sure to impress. Incorporate a dazzling dresser into your home with the Float Dresser. | 2019-04-18T14:36:04Z | https://www.inmod.com/tema-float-dresser.html |
We moved the tv to avoid a cable wire that was going across this space and made a sitting area with chair and table.
The TV was moved to this space and sofa was moved to space plan room more efficiently.
We added a fresh plant and candle holders to make the fireplace the main emphasis of this room.
From Living Room, looking into the formal dining and entry.
Area behind sofa and bar to kitchen area.
I completed this home just before I went on a 7 day vacation. When I returned, I discovered this home was sold for the full asking price! | 2019-04-24T10:18:48Z | http://decoratingforthesenses.blogspot.com/2016/05/home-staging.html |
In a garden just 50 metres from Panormos Beach in Skopelos, Narkissos Hotel features air-conditioned rooms with a balcony. All rooms have satellite TV and free wireless internet (wi fi). Guests are served a continental breakfast. Featuring simple furnishings rooms at the Narkissos have a fridge and coffee maker. Each includes satellite tv, a private bathroom with shower and toiletries. A lounge room with a satellite TV is available. Drinks and coffee are provided at the bar. Shops and traditional taverns serving fresh fish are within a 5-minute walk from the hotel. Staff at the 24-hour front desk can arrange boat, car and bicycle rental. Skopelos Town and the port are within 11 km. Boats for renting Rent boats for all the duration of your vacations or for few day in Skopelos. Having boat in the beach of Panormos in Skopelos is given your possibility of exploring the tens beaches and sandy beaches. We will attend that the type of boat that you will have selected waits for you in Panormos beach. With the boat you will have the possibilities of visiting amazing - not accessible with other way - beaches and enjoy the sun and the sea and why not to discover your private beach. We have boats suitable for up to 7 individuals and machines up to 115 horses. Completely equipped with refrigerator, awnings and with all the safety means as secured against third person. Simple safety. It does not need special authorisation. If you do not want to be you the captain there is organised service for transport in the beaches in the hour that you want to leave and to return. Also are organised campaigns with boats and nightly tours, for fishing squids. | 2019-04-26T02:44:59Z | http://www.narkissoshotel.gr/en/NARKISSOS%20HOTEL%20SKOPELOS%20-%20MOTOR%20BOATS%20-%20RENT%20BOATS |
Q: What are the benefits of taking this class as opposed to just finding a dental assisting job with little or no prior work experience?
Most dental offices would admit to being hesitant in hiring applicants who have minimal to no work experience and require on the job training. Not only does this start to hamper the daily activities of the dental practice, but can frequently lead to frustrated staff members who have to assume the responsibility of training the new employee while trying to complete their numerous daily tasks. This program was designed to more than adequately prepare students to adapt to various types of dental offices and allow them to excel in their new job at a much more rapid pace.
Q: After completing the 12 week course, can this program help me to find a job in a dental office?
The Advance Assistant School networks with dentists and doctor in all of the surrounding counties to provide their offices the opportunity to find graduates from this program which meet their employment needs.
Q: Will this course still benefit me if I choose to move out of state?
Yes. Basically, dental assisting knowledge and skills are very much uniform, especially in the areas of dental materials, operatory setups, and front desk job duties. Therefore, the knowledge you gain from this program will carry over very well in helping you to adapt to any dental office or facility located in the USA and Canada.
Q: Does this program offer additional help for students who are struggling with understanding the course material?
On a weekly basis, review sessions are given during the lecture process which not only reinforces important concepts, but also provides students ample opportunities to ask questions while helping the instructors identify areas which need further clarification. If any student is falling behind with certain aspects of the program, these students will be able to request additional time for “tutoring” sessions (at no additional charge) either after class or on a separate day, depending on the students and instructors availability.
Q: If I am already working in a dental office, would this course still be beneficial to me?
Absolutely!! One of the many goals of this program is to encourage students to further their knowledge in the dental profession by learning not only concepts in dental assisting, but also in areas such as dental hygiene and the various dental specialties. This course is designed to provide students with an education the will allow them to have clinical as well as administrative skills which makes them a very valuable asset to any dental office. | 2019-04-18T19:14:28Z | http://www.advanceassisting.com/faq/ |
FASTMED's partnership last Spring with private equity firm ABRY was expected to spur the urgent care operator's growth with an influx of capital and management talent. Hats off to FastMed for its initial foray into the Lone Star State with the December acquisition of Texas Urgent Care. As one of the fastest growing urgent care organizations, FastMed added Texas Urgent Care's 14 clinic locations in the Austin, San Antonio, Tomball and Waco metropolitan areas.
Former Texas Urgent Care owner, Dr. Ashish Singhal noted a shared commitment to high quality patient care and is "…excited to develop the preeminent urgent care platform across Texas."
The pediatric therapy healthcare sector is comprised mainly of therapists or owners who operate 1-2 centers. Their options to retire, sell their practice and monetize what they had nurtured for years were very limited. While big therapy companies were primarily interested in acquiring adult practices, financial investors could not see a clear path to a return on investment.
Now, like many newer industries, the pediatric therapy sector has evolved into a bigger, more mature enterprise. Consolidators and investors alike have a newfound respect for this specialty.
So, is this good news for a pediatric therapy owner?... a resounding YES!
First: owner's options to sell the business, add to their retirement nest egg and transition the practice into "good hands" have increased.
Second: the value of their practice has probably increased substantially. Pediatric therapy has always been highly respected by the healthcare community and now with the respect of the financial world - it is a very good thing.
Care to learn more...give us a call. We'll be happy to share additional insight.
FTC will block a major hospital merger.
Major hospital system will divest itself from its employed doctors.
Employers start to treat healthcare costs as seriously as travel expenses.
Now, look at the rest. | 2019-04-20T23:13:09Z | http://mtbizbrokers.blogspot.com/2015/12/ |
I decided to take the plunge and set up an online dating profile. I selected a site and answered hosts of questions into the night. When I finally got to skimming the terms and conditions, I read this site did not consider a person who is ‘separated’ to be ‘single’. This was definitely news to me. I certainly knew I was single and had been for years. So I pressed a few buttons to find the site blocked my profile. I couldn’t believe it: all this effort for nothing.
I found this rich coming from a site that let people as young as 13 set up profiles. I left this effort and set up a profile on another site. A year or so later, I thought I would re-enter the site and switch my status from ‘separated’ to ‘divorced’. The site wouldn’t let me in until I entered the date of my divorce. With all the fictions out there in the world of online dating, I found this remarkable.
So if you take the plunge and set up your online dating profile – remember you are not ‘separated’.
P.S. I got around this by creating a new email address. | 2019-04-22T09:23:54Z | https://adamandeve.date/2016/09/29/separated-not-single-eve/ |
The street and general lighting in and around the University of Florida campus is an important aspect of our overall approach to public safety. Often there are locations that you may encounter that need to be assessed for repair or even review for enhancement. If you become aware of lighting outages, areas where vegetation has grown to the point of obscuring the desired effect, or general areas of concern where increased lighting may enhance safety, please contact the appropriate agency below. | 2019-04-25T20:12:43Z | https://police.ufl.edu/services/community-services/street-and-lighting-maintenance/ |
The value of real estate is constantly on the rise in many areas, and with it, rents are surging up too. These are some of the factors that make buying a home seem more attractive than ever. In addition to owning a home, there are some extra tax deductions, unlike renting, which are bonuses that wouldn’t hurt, since tax savings mitigate the cost of ownership.
However, buying or selling a home is a big commitment with a process that can be both complicated and a big headache. Although the market is on the rise, mortgage rates still keep fluctuating, making aspiring homeowners a little bit hesitant. Finding a new home can be a tough hurdle that requires a lot of know-how and experience, especially for first time buyers or sellers. This is why you need to do a lot of research and consultation before deciding what kind of home you need.
I recently purchased a home, and it was quite an ordeal. Here are some of the websites my partner and I went through in researching and comparing for the ideal home that would best suit your lifestyle and budget. They were helpful, and I know they can also help you find the perfect home for you.
This list, (just like my home hunt) cannot begin without the mention of Realtor.com. This is one of the biggest real estate websites, with over 900 listing services updated every 15 minutes, with real estate information from all over the country. There are several great features to guide you in your buying and selling, like market summaries, which includes price check, neighborhood insights, and advice articles. Realtor.com is the official website of the National Association of Realtors, and it’s the first place we went when we started our hunt. You can be certain that this is a valuable and credible place to start (and maybe end) your home search.
This site breaks down its listings by unique category, from continent to country, to the type of building and the use of the building, which is quite helpful for home buyers who are not really sure of the specific type of listing they want to pursue. They also have guides and professionals that can give you information and walk you through the process of buying a home step-by-step. I really liked the prompt feedback, so it’s definitely a thumps up for this helpful site.
I stumbled upon this site during my many queries on Google, and it was very helpful. A user-friendly site, it really narrowed down the specifics for me, providing an easy way to search for the basics, such as property type, city, county, etc. In fact, it made things very easy and helpful with capabilities for calculating mortgage rates, and viewing listings on the map. They also provided in-depth market reports of areas. I am sure you would find it helpful too.
For the well-loaded aspiring homeowners, this is the marketplace for you. When I came across this site, I couldn’t help it – I had to have a look. This international real estate site lists some very beautiful and luxury destination homes from around the world. If you are looking to buy a luxury home or rent a home for vacation, I really think Sothesby would be the best place for your search. They have listings from all over the world: the Carribeans, Africa, Europe; it’s quite interesting. Most of the listings were above my price range, but they were amazing, and I loved browsing through them. I am sure you would find some amazing homes there if your budget is within their listed price ranges.
If you thought Sothesby was luxurious, then you need to check Christie’s. I did find Christie’s during my hunt, and even though I found nothing within my price range, I am sure celebrities and other wealthy people reading this would appreciate the heads up. The listings are breathtaking and outstanding. If you are are looking to buy an exclusive and luxury home, then you should head to Christie’s. On this website, you can even buy an island. Yes! – there are islands for sale on the listings. It’s just amazing. You can buy and sell your luxury homes, mansions, estates, and islands on this site.
If you found this list, it means you are probably looking to buy or sell a home, and you need some information. You don’t have to panic, or be frustrated when buying or selling homes. Taking your budget, your lifestyle, and your needs into consideration, all you need is proper research, planning, and the help of a good real estate company or agent, and you can find your dream house. Good luck finding your perfect home! | 2019-04-19T07:17:52Z | https://www.lifehack.org/520229/5-helpful-websites-aid-you-house-hunting |
The Everest Collegiate Alumni Association (ECAA) is a volunteer organization made up of past Everest graduates looking to stay in touch and contribute to their alma mater’s future success. ECAA President, Patrick Nalepa, and designated class representatives work together to encourage and support the Everest community beyond their time as students. The ECAA focuses on broadening communications, strengthening relationships and promoting participation among the alumnae and alumni as well as current Everest seniors.
Mary Williams, Advancement Administrator, mwilliams@everestacademy.org. | 2019-04-23T08:06:33Z | https://everestcatholic.org/alumni-2/ |
Lightning dances upon the mountain top, swirling through the trees like a drunken reveler careening from partner to partner. Thunder, the ancient god of war, explodes all around, bursting into nooks and crannies, filling the air with dread.
This may well have been the last full blown thunderstorm storm of the season, and Mother Nature wanted me to remember her wrath. She wants it to haunt me through the sparkling, jewelled shades of her autumn. She wants me to think of it whenever I see the delicate snowflakes of winter and the fragile blooms of spring. She wants me to remember. I won’t forget.
This morning, the sky looks autumnal, and the last of the cold front may fire up again later this afternoon, but this was the season-changing weather I'd been waiting for. It wouldn't have needed to arrive with such a bang, but the cabin and the dogs and the cats and I survived. I had over 2" of rain in less than an hour. Wind roared through. The cabin was pelted with--was that hail? No, actually, it wasn't hail. It was the huge, fat acorns the oak trees produced this year hitting the side of the cabin as they were ripped from the trees. I don't think they cracked any of my windows, but I will need to check on that to be sure. The cats hid under the sofa and the bed. Dog dogged my heels all evening. If I stopped, he ran into me. If I turned around, I stepped on him. Baby Dog slept through it all.
I dodged downed limbs and branches as I drove from the cabin this morning. Leaves are thick on the road, if not precisely yet a carpet. Yellow is soon going to be the predominant color around me. The color change seems to have moved forward overnight by leaps and bounds. The odd thing is that I'm finding trees where the right half is red or yellow and the left half still green. The change isn't showing up tree by tree, it's more like branch by branch. I'm starting to take a few photos of that, and I will start posting some of these half-changed trees soon.
When it comes to wildflowers, I seem to have an unerring eye. If it’s pretty and attracts my eye, it turns out to an invasive species. Today’s pretty blue flower turns out to be no exception to that rule. It’s an Asiatic dayflower, and I found it along the edge of the forest, along a seasonal stream. Dayflowers really do last just a day, disintegrating into a gelatinous mass after their single day in the sun. Part of the reason for this flower’s appearance in places where I wouldn’t expect to find invasive species is that the plant is quite resistant to herbicides, including Roundup. Apparently, it especially likes no-till corn and soybean fields, which may explain its original source in my area, though it can be found pretty much anywhere from Texas east.
One of these days, if I ever have the time, I should do a detailed inventory of every plant I can find around the cabin. I would be interested to learn how many species eventually turn out to be invasive or introduced, though I’m afraid the answer to that question would only depress me.
I'm still waiting for the promised cold front to arrive. This is the cold front that was originally predicted to arrive Monday night. Now it's supposed to get here on Friday. I'm at the point where I'll believe it when I see it, though the sun was red this morning, which at least suggests stormy weather ahead. I am desperate for fall.
It's still quiet here at Roundtop, though Baby Dog has a way of making her own excitement. This morning she found a toad to chase and better still, a dead groundhog that in her mind was a Big, Hairy Monster.
Groundhogs are something of a pest around the ski slopes. I don't mind them as much as Roundtop's staff seems to, but I can sympathize to a degree. One groundhog took up residence in a hole it excavated next to a storm water run-off grate. I'm not sure how the hog accomplished this since the grate is at the edge of a paved road, but somehow it did, creating a prairie dog-like exit hole and mound at the edge of the parking lot. Obviously, this location could cause problems for any number of legitimate reasons.
Baby Dog has had to investigate both these particular holes every morning all summer as we walk out to the main road for our newspaper. Sometimes she even freezes on point like a hunting dog. Removing that hog seems a matter of safety, though when it comes to most of the rest of them, I'm willing to let them alone. Roundtop seems to disagree and routinely tries to eliminate them, without much long-term evidence of success.
So it wasn't really a surprise when we came across one that been killed and then tossed into what should have been an out of the way spot, though nothing is really out of the way for Baby Dog. All I can say is that it's a good thing we don't live in a town or with close neighbors. Baby Dog saw that dead groundhog, and at 5:46 in the a.m. let out a howl and a roar that could have qualified her as the lead in the Hound of the Baskervilles. Her cry of outrage was likely heard in the next county. Truthfully, it never occurred to me that so much noise could come out of one little dog. It was a long, deep keening kind of sound that made me jump so that I nearly dropped the leash. It was a noise that should have come out of an animal three times her size.
Animals and birds that were still asleep suddenly stampeded in all directions away from us, which frankly only added to the din.
Did I say there was no excitement around here at the moment? The next time I get bored, I'll just remember to bring Baby Dog along with me. The quiet won't last very long.
Perhaps I’m just geared higher than I thought I was, but I’m not getting much in the way of stimulation from the forest environs right now. The march to fall and cool weather seems to have come to a full stop. I’m not finding new migrants or new signs of color change or much in the way of new things at all.
I’m in need of something new to focus on, and I haven’t found it yet. I like to turn things around in my mind, look at things from all angles, wonder about where it came from or where it’s going. Can I turn it inside out? Can I shake it and see what happens?
When I can’t find that something new to entertain or entrance me, I’m as restless as someone in need of a drug fix. And that’s how I feel at the moment. I wander as deeply into the woods as early darkness permits, hoping to notice something different or interesting to grab my attention—to no avail, I’m sorry to say.
The fault, I know, is not in the woods or in the weather, but in myself. Dog and Baby Dog eye me suspiciously from the couch—feet hanging off the ends, heads pillowed on the arms. They are smart enough to know when to run and when to relax. I do not seem to be able to adapt to the quiet around me at the moment. Perhaps it is just the restlessness of a changing season, this disquiet I feel as I am surrounded by quiet. The dogs handle it better than I do, a sad commentary on human activity if ever there was one.
The progress of the fall season has slowed to a glacial crawl--not today's glacial speed, but the speed at which glaciers used to move. At Roundtop, even the wind is calm, giving spiders leave to build their webs between two blades of grass. Surely, the tiniest breeze would spell disaster for this web, but it has survived now for at least a week. The fish, however, have been eyeing it hungrily.
I think the animals around me are in a holding pattern too. Usually, the white-tailed deer are at least beginning their annual rut. It's common to see them, sometimes by the dozens, in the fields at dusk. When the rut is really in full swing, driving after dark is hazardous. Many are killed, and many cars are damaged. This year, I am not yet seeing that congregation or deer nor the chasing around that follows it. And yet, I continue to see Roundtop's deer nearly every early morning, as they travel down to one or the other of the ponds an hour before dawn.
South-bound migration of birds also seems to have stalled, birds lulled perhaps by the calm weather or perhaps simply by the lack of a tailwind to help them travel.
This September is not unusual in some respects--the weather alternates between above and below normal daytime temperatures. For the new few days, above normal temperatures will prevail. What seems unusual is that even when the daytime temperatures are at or below normal levels, the nighttime temperature stays warmer than normal. Is that how global warming will work in the temperature zones? Is that why it doesn't seem real to some people? If the daytime temperatures were 5 degrees above normal all the time, it would be harder to ignore, I think.
Every so often I walk up one of the slopes at Roundtop, as I like the open views, especially after living at the cabin, where a view of 15 feet is about all I get in the summer.
I took this shot on Tuesday from the top of one of the bunny (the smaller) slopes, and as you can see, nothing much in the way of fall color change is yet evident. That surprised me a little, as the forest understory is starting to be quite yellow and more than a bit withered. I'm hoping to make the trip up one of the slopes each week, weather permitting, to see how the colors change from week to week.
The current state of the season is that it switches from fall to late summer and back to fall again every other day or so. Shifts of in temperature of 20 degrees and more from day to evening seem to be the norm. I can start the day with a light sweater and by the end of it, I'm wearing a sleeveless shirt. Or, sometimes it goes the other way--starting in short-sleeves only to have the temperature take a dive within 8-10 hours so that I end up needing a sweat shirt. Windows open, windows closed--it's a guessing game where I always lose.
My slightly "off" photo this morning is of a little Carolina wren sitting on my deck railing. The photo is a little lacking in clarity as it was taken through double-paned and a not too clean glass window. This little cutie has decided the bird feeder that’s only a few feet away is his and no one else’s. So he’s guarding the feeder. Despite his best efforts, the other birds pretty much ignore him, though the littlest ones—like the chickadees—will move away momentarily.
This morning I awoke earlier than I usually do and got up anyway so I could take Dog and Baby Dog for a longer walk. The Milky Way was high overhead and spectacular. The Great Warrior Orion, trailed by his faithful hound, dominated the sky that seemed to hold hundreds more stars than is normal.
September is a month here when the humidity drops, the haze of summer dissipates, and the result is often days and days of spectacular clarity. And so it has been this year. Sometimes it feels as though each day is more beautiful than the one before it. The sky is cloudless and already turning a deeper blue than it was just a few weeks ago. This is partly because of the lower humidity but partly also from the lowering angle of the sun across the sky.
In some years September can be rainy, and so these warm and gloriously clear days never materialize. Not this year. Nature is putting on one her best shows. Don't miss it.
Late note: The Game Commission reports that the birds found dead along the Susquehanna River two weeks ago died of starvation and exposure. None of the birds tested had any food in their crops or gizzards. The weather had been cold, foggy and rainy for 8-9 days before the birds were found dead. At the time, reports suggested other birds--like waterfowl and shorebirds--were also reported dead, but none of these reports resulted in finding samples to submit for testing.
I have nothing but excuses, really, for why it has been so long since I've walked the old road that runs in the valley between Roundtop Mtn. and Nell's Hill. It has been too hot, too wet, I haven't had enough time-- the list could be longer but they are all still excuses.
Yesterday, I finally put my excuses behind me and headed off the mountain and down into the valley. This pond is the first thing I see when I get to the bottom. The sky, as you can see, was perfectly clear, a perfect September day. The quiet, except for blue jays who were outraged with my presence, was as deep and still as the pond. The trail through the valley is not long or particularly difficult. The woods are dark, and even in early afternoon, as my walk was, photography is difficult and not altogether satisfying. In some ways, taking photos down here is easier in winter, though there is often less then to take photos of. The winter light, at least, is better throughout.
The stream that splits the valley was running faster than I expected to find it. The summer and the past few weeks have been dry. In some years the stream has gone almost completely dry, and even when that doesn't happen, it isn't unusual for it to run slowly in between its deep pools.
On this walk, I saw no wildlife--other than the outraged blue jays. So I was alone with the quiet of the woods on a windless day. Likely I was watched by forest residents that I didn't see.
Now, I am angry with myself for not making this walk more often this summer. I have taken this spot and this walk for granted, and that is something I should never allow to happen. Life takes turns that we never expect, and I should not assume that either the forest or my own health will be there forever. I should enjoy both while I have them and take advantage of a cloudless sky wherever and whenever I find it.
September is a good month for a lot of things beside bird migration. Today's photo is two stacks of (I think) ringless honey mushrooms. These mushrooms are found along the east coast, often around oak trees. September is the month when I find the most interesting-looking mushrooms here on the mountain. I rarely see the same ones from year to year, so that alone makes finding them fun. I've certainly never seen a clump like this before.
The weather here has turned a bit chilly. The night time temperatures are now in the mid-40's. The lower temperatures will start to move the trees toward their color change. I can see the beginnings of it already. I've so far resisted building a fire or turning on the heat. In another few days it will warm up again, and in the meantime there's no reason why I can't wear a sweater indoors. In fact, by wearing a sweater inside, I can go in and out without having to stop to put one on or take it off. The house still stays fairly warm during the day, anyway.
I am starting to bring the most tender houseplants inside, though I hope I can leave my fig tree outside for another few weeks. It's grown another foot this year, and I have no idea where I will put it. Well, I do sort of have an idea, but even if it fits, it will block access to my radio and at least one bookcase for the entire winter.
So far, I've seen no sign that the annual deer rut, which makes driving after dark dangerous, has begun. This morning Dog and I did see several deer. They bounded away from us, one of them leaping into the air like a gazelle with every few steps.
My bird feeders are starting to get a fair amount of activity. Yesterday, a Carolina wren spent an hour or so chasing away any other bird that tried to eat from it. It didn't matter if the other bird was larger or not. That scrappy little wren was trying to keep it all for himself. I also filled a large plant saucer with water and set it on the deck railing. Several birds used it, but one little chickadee came back and forth 6-7 times that I saw. I could tell it was the same bird by one feather that stood up on the top of its head. That one seems especially interested in the water.
Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the cooler temperatures, and a lot happens outside my door for me to keep an eye on. I can't ask for anything more than that.
I’ve spent the last four days at a raptor conference sponsored by the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA). Scientists, researchers, biologists and citizen scientists gathered to hear about the decline of the American Kestrel and the new statistical model for determining continent-wide raptor populations from migration counts. I’m sure this last sounds boring, but it’s really very exciting and marks the first time that hawkwatch site counts gathered from many previous seasons has been used to help keep track of the populations of our raptor species in a scientifically rigorous method. As the editor of HMANA’s journal, Hawk Migration Studies, I got to attend too, and was able to hang out with some of this continent’s most well known raptor experts.
So first off, I attended the Kestrel symposium and heard several presentations on the decline of our smallest falcon. I wasn’t able to attend all of this symposium but the research I did hear was fascinating. The decline of the kestrel is real and appears to be worst in the east, though signs of it declining in the west are beginning.
What is causing the decline? No one yet knows for sure but some of the latest information is pointing the direction for more research. One bander has data from the past 20 years of banding in Connecticut and has been showing a steady decline of the birds’ weights over that time. The birds leave their summer breeding grounds much lighter than when they arrive in the spring. This man speculates that many birds simply aren’t surviving migration. Each year the spring arrival weights and especially the weights of the birds migrating south in the fall are lighter than the previous year.
Other information points to loss of habitat (grassland) along their migration routes, meaning that the birds must fly much further each day to find open grassland where they can refuel and continue their flight north. Some may simply starve before they reach their summer or their wintering grounds. A corollary to this is that the kestrel’s main source of food—grasshoppers—are declining from habitat loss and pesticide use.
The second symposium I attended was on the state of North American Birds of Prey. The newly unveiled raptor population index (RPI) received perhaps the most attention. It is a very complicated (to me at least!) statistical model that uses hawkwatch count information from selected sites across the hemisphere to determine if specific species of raptors are increasing or decreasing. Overall, to no one’s surprise, the bald eagle, golden eagle, turkey vulture and black vulture are increasing. However, the most recent trends suggest that many species that were increasing through the 80’s and 90’s are now stabilizing or even decreasing. Merlin and Cooper’s Hawk are two species that are doing pretty well. Populations of Broad-winged Hawk seem pretty stable, too. The kestrel is declining.
I won’t bore you with more conference minutiae, so tomorrow I’ll be back posting my more typical ruminations on what’s going on around the cabin. The temperature is dropping, and fall is knocking at the door.
In the meantime, let me leave you with a link to the annual winter finch forecast. This man reports on finch food in the north to determine if and which of those irruptive little darlings will show up in the south this year. Keep those bird feeders filled this winter! The report looks like good news for those of us in the south.
Today's photo is a simple one--morning light on the long grasses around one of Roundtop's ponds. It was a beautiful morning.
Today I’m going to give a State of the Mountain report. The President gives a state of the union speech, and though I don’t oversee that much territory, I do pay attention to what’s going on around me. In a State of the Mountain report, I can record the changes that took place and report on how the mountain is doing on a day to day basis.
First off, I can report that the "new pond" is settling in and starting to look more like a natural feature than it did last year. I still prefer the forest that was there to a pond, but at least it’s not another parking lot. I’ve seen more waterfowl than I ever did before the pond was built. Deer and fox drink from it regularly.
Roundtop has worked on their tubing run this summer, building it higher and wider than before. At this point, the retaining wall is high enough to look a bit scary to me. I sure wouldn’t want to fall off that thing. No other new construction has trimmed the forest around the ski area, so the local animals and plants that I love aren’t being squeezed or stressed by that.
Deer are plentiful this year, though I can say that every year. This year (and last) red foxes were seen regularly. Turkey are more plentiful now than was typical of my early years at the cabin.
House finch seem to be increasing again, after being decimated by "house finch disease," which was really conjunctivitis. A local pair of kestrel have fledged as least one new falcon this year. I saw the three of them together on Sunday. This is also an improvement over the last several years, though a far cry from the years when kestrels were as common as, say, robins. Red-tailed hawk numbers seem to remain fairly constant. There’s always a pair an assorted younger ones around.
Black vulture were in short supply this year, as they continue to range further northward. This year, they did not seem to nest in the area as before. I’ve seen them migrating southward already, though, so I believe the birds are simply nesting further north. Despite declines caused by habitat loss elsewhere, here on Roundtop wood thrush, ovenbirds and bluebirds are common and doing well.
Southern bird species appear to be gaining a foothold—Carolina wren are now more common than ever. I’m still holding on to calling the majority of the chickadees that I see as black-capped and not Carolina chickadees, but it is true that I see Carolinas more frequently. I saw the first ever northern bobwhite here on the mountain just last week.
Gypsy moths bypassed the mountain this year but I still feel as though I’m on a knife edge with that one. Next year may well be a different story. Wild raspberries were more plentiful than the year before, but still not in the numbers of several years ago. This year, hickory nuts and acorns are the biggest I’ve ever seen them, and though the numbers of them are excellent, it’s not the most of either that I’ve ever seen.
Warming of the region does continue. The last of the leaf drop in the fall doesn't happen until early November now, when it used to occur in late October. Timing of the seasons was also off. Winter didn't feel like a normal winter until mid-January. Spring was also late, interruped after a normally-timed warm-up by a several weeks of a serioius cold snap. Summer was muggier and more overcast than usual, making it feel hotter than it actually was.
All told, it was a pretty decent year, with no major losses and even a few modest gains.
Note: I’ll be offline for the next several days, attending a HMANA conference on North American Birds of Prey. I’m especially looking forward to a symposium on the American Kestrel that will document its decline and hopefully identify some few causes for it. I’ll give a full conference report when I get back.
The local produce has been amazing this year. I don't think I can ever remember a year when peaches, pears, corn, cantaloups, etc. have been so juicy and sweet. I've also been spoiled to by the weath of great local produce stands where I can buy things that were still on the vine or tree an hour before I bought them.
So, it should come as no surprise that the wild "produce" is also pretty spectacular this year. Today's photo shows a hickory nut and its outer shell. I gathered several pounds of these nuts in less than half an hour this weekend. The nuts came from just two trees, and the majority of my find came from a single tree. I'm planning to gather more before the squirrels get to them.
Here on the mountain, I live in the midst of what is mostly an oak and hickory forest. It's not nust the hickory trees that are producing lots of very large nuts. The acorns this year are highly impressive and very large too. Just to give you an example: my nearest neighbor has one of those aluminum carports that's positioned about 75 yards from my cabin. When one of those acorns falls on the carport, it sounds like a shot. It sets the dogs to barking. One night the sound woke me up from a sound sleep. I can't imagine what it sounds like from inside their house.
Hickory nuts have an amazing flavor and aroma--just like butterscotch. My mother told me this weekend that my grandmother used to put hickory nuts in her butterscotch cookies, and I'm tempted to try that. Cracking open the hickory nuts isn't difficult, but picking the nuts out of the shell is. I have to use one of those nut pickers to pry out the nut. I never get pieces that are very large, and sometimes I think the work likely uses more calories than I get from the nuts, but the flavor is worth it. Besides, I have all winter to work on them.
Roundtop has been quieter this week than I usually find it. The weather has been calm, if warmer than it should be, with no storms and little breeze to ruffle things. I’m sure the quietness is at least partly due to the fact that my morning walks are now made in near-complete darkness. The only real opportunity I have now to see what’s going on around me is in the evenings, when the day’s activities are already winding down.
Even with that as a backdrop, the woods seem unusually quiet to me. I haven’t seen or heard the foxes for almost two weeks. I haven’t startled any deer this week either. The summer’s resident birds are starting to leave, so the woods are quieter without their voices, though I have the sense that their absence isn’t the whole story. Some of the resident birds seem oddly absent, too.
All summer long Dog, Baby Dog and I have been accosted by the mockingbirds that haunted the bottom of my lane. They have been strangely absent this week, even in the evenings. As mockingbirds are year long residents, they should not be suddenly absent. So where are they?
Is this quiet a real mystery or just an accident of the times I am out in the woods during the week? Today, I cannot say but I hope the weekend will bring a few answers.
Sometimes I actually leave the mountain, though (except for work) I still rarely leave the forest. Last evening I left the mountain to head down to Pinchot Lake, just a few miles from the cabin. I was looking for signs of fall down around the lake, but the only things that really showed fall colors were the colors of these canoes along the lakeshore.
This morning at the cabin I am engulfed in fog. Fog makes the landscape around me seem mysterious, perhaps even a bit dangerous. My footsteps sound louder. Forest noises travel further, enhanced and sometimes distorted by the fog. Outlines of familiar trees and surroundings are obscured in the fog, making the mountain feel like a different place than the one I see every day. Poets write entire poems about fog, and more poetic metaphors exist about fog than just about anything else I can think of. In Nova Scotia the imminent arrival of the Fundy Fog is reported and tracked on the local radio stations ("get your clothes off the line now, the fog will be here in 45 minutes").
This morning’s fog at Roundtop is even more unusual and mysterious than is typical. Overhead, the sky was clear. I could see the stars and the last quarter moon clearly. But the top of the mountain and the next mountain to the west were invisible. They may as well not have been there at all for all I could see. Fog changes our perspective and makes the familiar seem strange. It’s a bit like taking a trip to a new place without leaving the old one. So this morning I find myself in unfamiliar territory, though I haven’t left the old.
Lately when I've been out and about in the woods, I've been looking for signs of fall in the foliage. Often, I will see a hint of red or orange in a vine or a tree, but when I get close enough to actually study the color, I see that it's insect damage or leaf pods or some other kind of damage to the plant. So far, I actually haven't seen anything I can say with 100% certainty is color caused by the oncoming fall. The tree in today's photo had me fooled for a while, but the color change on it isn't fall either.
Please don't tell the birds. I've already noticed flocks of robins and starlings heading south. They certainly think it's fall, or at least they think it's time to head south. I see groups of 10-20 robins or 50-100 starlings sweeping over Roundtop, landing briefly in the top of a tree, and then moving off again, as much in synchonicity as a school of fish.
----Dog, Baby Dog and I have been sleeping outside on the deck since the hottest weather broke a week or 10 days ago. The weather has simply been too nice to stay inside, even when inside is a cabin in the woods. I think the cicada symphony is finally starting to diminish a bit. I hope so, as they've been so loud I can't hear much else once they start in.
----Traditionally, I re-do or at least start to re-do my bird feeder on Labor Day each year. I don't feed the local birds during the hottest days of July and/or August. The seed either molds or sprouts before it is eaten. With cooler days and nights, it's time to start feeding again. My first bird of the new feeder years was a female cardinal, followed by a black-capped chickadee and a titmouse.
----I read in the paper earlier this week that when Siberia has a lot of snow cover in October, the northeast U.S. will get hit with cold weather and snow in January. Apparently, the snow cover on the other side of the globe causes high pressure that eventually crosses over the north pole and moves down to our side of the globe, especiallial along the northeast U.S. Who knew?
So, if you want to check out how Siberia (and snow cover elsewhere too) is doing this fall, here's a great site at Rutgers University that shows it http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/.
Last year I reorganized my Roundtop birding records so I can better analyze the year to year differences in my monthly sightings. I am starting to see some interesting (to me at least) differences so I thought I’d post the results here.
In 2007 I saw 36 species in August, two more than in 2006. However, it’s not just two more species--there’s quite a difference between the years in what those species are. In 2007, I didn’t see any nighthawks, catbirds or chimney swifts (migrants) nor did I find any downy woodpecker, blue jay, Canada Goose, Carolina wren or song sparrow (residents). However, in 2007 I did see stilt sandpiper, solitary sandpiper, kestrel, hummingbird, yellow-billed cuckoo (migrants) and house finch, bobwhite, screech owl and both chickadees (residents), though I didn’t have any of these on my 2006 list.
The blue jay was the oddest resident species missing in August 2007. I didn’t see or hear them once this month, and they are usually quite common virtually everywhere in the forest. However, bright and early on September 1, I stepped ourside the tent and the first bird I heard was (you guessed it) a blue jay. For the rest of the weekend a day didn't go by without hearing or seeing one. At this point, I'm guessing they were simply re-nesting.
Several of the summer residents have already gone missing, and it’s interesting to compare this year’s last sighting day with the previous year. In 2006 my last towhee sighting was Aug. 29; in 2007 it was Aug. 26. My last sighting of wood thrush this year was Aug. 4; it was Aug 10 in 2006. This year both species disappeared a few days earlier than last year, but the kingbird breaks this pattern. In 2006 my last sighting was Aug. 22, this year it was Aug. 26. Still, there’s a remarkable similarity in when these residents head south.
The August temperature locally was 1 degree above normal. Interestingly, the average high temperature was actually a few tenths of a degree lower than average. However, the average low temperature (the night time temepature) was 2 degrees above normal. August 2007 was more overcast than usual, which moderated the usual nighttime temperatures. I don't think we can blame global warming for this one.
So why a photo of a cockatiel today? Well, when was the last time you saw a feral cockatiel? This bird has been feral since at least April, when it started showing up at bird feeders in the small town of Wellsville PA, where my sister lives. The bird roosts down along the creek that runs through the town and is canny enough to have eluded an attack by at least one hawk. I have no idea what will happen in another month or so. Will instinct kick in, causing the bird to migrate? Will it stay and if so how will it deal with the winter? Stay tuned. | 2019-04-26T10:52:01Z | http://roundtoprumings.blogspot.com/2007/09/ |
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Tough times at Solar Impulse. This time we got really close but, after animated discussions at the Mission Control Center, the decision was taken to abandon take-off. Watch this video and revisit the story of this aborted 2nd attempt to fly to Hawaii. Third time lucky? | 2019-04-21T14:56:42Z | http://andreborschberg.ch/blogs/flight_update_no_takeoff_to_hawaii |
Hey, everyone! The contest has officially come to a close- congratulations to Zoe, the winner!
It’s been a wonderful birthmonth, and it’s all because of the comments that came in. I read every single one of them, and I’m so grateful that people took the time to enter and leave such amazing comments. I manually entered 20 people who didn’t click the “I commented” button, and also replied to each comment (all 97!!), so go and check back if you’d like to see what I said (the number of times I typoed “so glad you found the pot helpful” instead of “post” was ridiculous and would have changed the meaning of the post entirely).
The comments that you left were honestly so wonderful, to read, and I’m seriously considering printing them all out and hanging them on my wall.
This will be the first of many giveaways, so stay tuned for ones that are coming up.
Congratulations to Zoe, and THANK you to everyone who left wonderful comments. That speaks volumes about the people who read my blog– in the very best way possible. | 2019-04-19T07:17:51Z | http://allsfairinloveandlingerie.com/?p=3018 |
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The most commonly used security standard for Wi-Fi networks has been compromised. A recent Key Reinstallation Attack (KRACK) breaks the handshake that encrypts the connection, and cyber criminals could target nearby Wi-Fi networks. There have been no reports yet of this vulnerability being actively exploited. However, ITS recommends that you take action to protect your devices and data.
The intended targets of this attack are end-user devices. ITS-supported clients will be patched by ITS, and we strongly encourage that you install security updates on personal devices that connect to a Wi-Fi network as soon as they are available. Microsoft has patched their operating systems, and Apple will be releasing fixes shortly. Those with Android smartphones should check with their phone manufacturer or mobile carrier for updates. Other devices, such as individual wireless routers, should be updated with vendor provided patches.
Please note: You are safe if your connection has other protection, such as HTTPS or VPN.
For more information or assistance, contact the ITS Help Center at helpcenter@uconn.edu.
This entry was posted in Announcements & Alerts. | 2019-04-19T00:42:52Z | https://security.uconn.edu/2017/11/15/wireless-risk-patch-your-personal-devices/ |
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I am a cultural anthropologist, community college instructor, wife and mother of a preschooler. We are hoping to make the move south of the border this summer--so glad we found Tijuana Blog!
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Pick Analysis: The son of the late Wayne Smith has been a find for FIU as a three-star recruit and first-team All-County pick (as well as a weightlifter) from Ocala. He was an honorable mention All-Conference USA pick in his freshman year, leading the Panthers with 39 receptions (for 388 yards, two TDs). Smith was a first-team all-conference pick in 2014 as his team's leading receiver (61-710, eight TDs), and led all tight ends nationally with those statistics. His last two seasons at FIU had their ups and downs, as he only played eight games as a junior (36-397, four TDs), missing the final four games due to a sprained knee. Smith was then named first-team All-Conference USA in 2016 (42-506, four TDs), but missed the end of the year when his pregnant girlfriend doused him with a pot of boiling water during an argument.
Published: April 28, 2017 at 11:36 p.m.
Titans select Florida International University tight end Jonnu Smith in Round 3 with the No. 100 pick overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Published: March 30, 2017 at 11:12 p.m.
Florida International Panthers tight end Jonnu Smith goes through drills at the 2017 NFL Combine. | 2019-04-23T04:28:06Z | http://www.nfl.com/player/jonnusmith/2558207/draft |
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Hey guys! Hope you all are doing well. In this post, I’ll be discussing Luffy’s next gear to defeat Kaido. I know it seems that Luffy just cannot defeat Kaido right now. Thus far, even if he used his gear fourth it all seems useless. It is obvious that whatever Luffy had in his arsenal to defeat Kaido is not enough, so he just needs a big power-up as soon as possible.
I’ll just tell you what has happened thus far between Luffy and Kaido. Kaido showed us how powerful he is and how humongous his dragon form.
Monkey D Luffy just couldn’t take watching his crew being attacked and used his elephant gun to knock Kaido down. In One Piece chapter 923, we saw Luffy using his gear fourth instead of running away from him, and gave him some solid beating without knowing that Kaido just cannot be damaged. Now, I’m sure Luffy will be regretting that he didn’t take Law’s advice and ran away while they could. | 2019-04-26T02:32:44Z | https://theanimescrolls.com/luffys-next-gear-defeat-kaido-explained/ |
The Virgin Islands team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) entered the Carrara Stadium at the Opening Ceremony on the evening of Wednesday, April 4. The team comprising the 10 athletes, coaches, physio and Chef de Mission, was led by 400m hurdler, Kyron McMaster who was selected as the flag bearer.
The celebration featured a creative mix of ancient and modern Australia, connected by an array of classic Australian images that told a universal story of inclusiveness and diversity. The official start of the 21st Commonwealth Games was announced when the Queen’s Baton – which toured through the Virgin Islands July 2 – 4, 2017 – was run into the stadium and the Queen’s message to the athletes was removed from the Baton and read out by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Kristin used one of her first prints ever made called the “Artwork Print” and hand-painted by a local artist/designer and selected for originality, color and fabric. The print was coupled with a sleeveless top design for the women and included an over-sized bow meant to work and look like a scarf.
“The various shades of blue represent our waters and custom converse “chucks” were made by a local shoe guru to tie the entire look together. It was all about incorporating local talent, design and color so I’m blessed to be a part of this journey with the BVI delegation” she said.
The men wore white shirts, black pants and a white scarf imprinted with the elements that make up the VI flag – the Union Jack and the territorial coat of arms which depicts Saint Ursula framed by eleven oil lamps representing the 11,000 virgins after whom the Virgin Islands were named. Beneath St. Ursula is a scroll that reads, in Latin, “Vigilate” (Be Watchful). | 2019-04-24T18:19:45Z | http://bviolympics.org/?p=3076 |
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease a 12 cupcake baking pan.
In a mixing bowl whisk the eggs, milk, 1/4 cup coconut palm sugar, ground ginger and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Set aside.
To a large skillet over medium-low heat, add the apples, 1/4 coconut palm sugar and 2 Tbsp butter.
Sprinkle with 1/2 tsp cinnamon, cook until tender.
Next spoon the bread mixture inside the cupcake baking pan leaving room to top with the cooked apples and chopped pecans.
Bake on a center rack for 25-30 minutes. You’ll know when it’s done because the bread and apples will be golden brown and the egg mixture will no longer be wet.
Top each slice with any remaining sliced apples and maple syrup. | 2019-04-19T13:11:56Z | https://therealfoodacademy.com/recipe/apple-french-toast-mini-bakes/ |
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I’m really fortunate that I was born this generation where automation existed. It helps me a lot in speeding up my website marketing. It also allows me to other task that I want to. And I’m grateful that I was able to read this article. | 2019-04-26T08:07:27Z | https://www.wpsolver.com/automate-wordpress-tasks/ |
An El Cajon homeowner shot a burglary suspect, who then fled in his pickup and died crashing into the front yard of a nearby home early Sunday morning.
El Cajon Police responded at 1:15 a.m. to a report of shots fired in the vicinity of Mona Place and West Chase Avenue.
Investigating officers said the homeowner was awakened by the sound of his dogs barking, looked outside and saw a man breaking into his vehicle in the front yard. The homeowner took a handgun, confronted the burglar and fired multiple shots.
The burglar then fled the scene and crashed into the front yard of a nearby house on West Chase Avenue. Arriving officers and paramedics pronounced the suspect dead at the scene.
The 32-year-old man’s name was not released pending notification of next of kin.
The incident remains under investigation by homicide detectives. | 2019-04-20T01:05:44Z | https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2018/03/11/el-cajon-homeowner-shoots-burglar-flees-pickup-dies-crash/ |
Last year, when we were at a loud student party somewhere in the 13th arrondissement a sweet girl named Chloé (who we met not more than 15 minutes ago) recommended us to check out Kilo Shop - a French chain of retail stores selling second-hand clothing and unique vintage pieces. The concept is simple: you pick things and you pay for the weight.
The store that we visited the next day already had price tags on all the items, but I suppose they just weigh them beforehand. I managed to get my hands on a top-notch quality vintage mink fur stole for only €39, can you imagine? There were also some great bags (not many of them were genuine leather, though), cute dresses and cozy oversized sweaters that were begging for a hug. Quite a good selection and reasonable prices! | 2019-04-22T08:54:18Z | http://www.appelezmoiana.com/2015/10/a-paris-kilo-shop.html |
This can’t be the type of leadership Jerry Jones was talking about, and I’ll put money on Greg Hardy’s tardiness being rapper-related. Either Jerry Jones really wants Hardy to succeed, or this relationship is heading towards one hugely combustible finish.
According to Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports, Hardy was late last week and missed team meetings.
On FOX NFL Kickoff Sunday morning, I took the viewers through a crazy week with the Dallas Cowboys that included Bryant’s rant against the media. Sources said that day began with Greg Hardy arriving late for work and missing nearly all of the morning’s meetings. It’s unclear if Hardy was disciplined at all, though it’s obvious he didn’t lose out on any playing time on Sunday against the Buccaneers.
This can’t be about Hardy’s stats on the field, because production withstanding, the Cowboys have gone 0-5 since he returned from suspension. | 2019-04-18T14:41:04Z | https://www.footbasket.com/2015/11/greg-hardy-went-unpunished-for-being.html |
» Patch It Or Fix It?
Whenever any of us face problems in life we usually have two ways to address the issue, we can either patch or fix the problem. Although they might sound similar, patching and fixing are two very different options. Patching the problem is a short term solution, we try to find something that will help the problem now, without much thought of the future. Fixing the problem is a long term solution, it doesn’t involve just addressing the problem now, but also makes sure that we don’t have to worry about the problem again in the future.
Chiropractic care is no different than any other problem we face in life. When we start to feel pain, chiropractic can offer two options, to to either patch or fix the problem. I discuss both of the options in detail with a patient before I begin treatment, as I feel it is essential that every patient has all of the information necessary to make the best decision with regards to the care.
When we begin to feel pain, it is very easy to get in the mind set that thinks, “I’m hurt, all I care about is feeling better!” This is something, as a chiropractor, I see in patients every day. My goal is to try to get them out of this mind set and try to get them to focus on their health long term. Yes, I can make them feel better relatively quickly, but unless they are committed to fixing the problem, it is going to keep coming back over and over again.
If the engine in your car began to leak, you could patch the problem by just pouring more oil into the engine. However, that oil will just leak out, and you are left with having to consistently refill the engine with oil. Using chiropractic to just get out of pain is a similar situation, the pain will eventually keep coming back.
In chiropractic cases, the patient’s pain is caused by either a bone being out of position and putting pressure on a nerve, or a joint being stuck and not moving properly. These are examples of what chiropractors call subluxations. Once the pressure is removed from the nerve, or the joint starts moving again, patients start to get pain relief. However, the vertebrae tends to shift back out of position, and joints lock up again over time, thus the pain comes back. This is why chiropractors take time to ensure that the bone stays in the proper position, so that the pain doesn’t come back.
So, fixing the problem for a chiropractor is like plugging a leak in an engine instead of just constantly refilling the oil.
The decision to either patch or fix the problem is always yours. Whether you are looking for a short term solution to get you through the week, or a long term solution that will benefit you for the rest of your life, chiropractic can help. | 2019-04-24T07:15:31Z | https://www.corechiropractic.net/patch-it-or-fix-it/ |
It’s happened again. An individual has taken the lives of a number of people and has injured more in New York City near the World Trade Center memorial. I don’t have all the details but you can go to the news outlet of your choice and read for yourself.
~ How long, oh Lord?
~ When will this stop?
I will remember in prayer those who have been affected by this violence, but I will not let go of my God. I will not shake my fists at Him. I will not accuse Him of being weak or indifferent. I will worship Him still, for I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, [Job 19:25-26] This violence is not the eternal reality for those who are in Christ. This world is indeed messed up; filled with sin and death, but God has overcome the world through Jesus Christ. Cling to him and be at peace.
Praise be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
In chapter 38 of the book of Job; God speaks. For 35 chapters, Job and his three friends have been talking about God, but they all got God wrong. In chapter 2 we are told that Job did not sin with his lips following his suffering that God allowed Satan to inflict on Job,but Job still does not understand God.
These verses from chapter 40 almost make me nervous; as do God’s words from chapters 38-41. I can almost hear God speaking to me in those times when I am tempted to blame God or question God’s judgement.
who am I to say that God is in the wrong?
who am I to question God’s judgement?
who am I to doubt God’s wisdom?
who am I to call into question God’s sovereignty?
The fact of the matter is that you don’t have understanding; no one does. The mysteries of this world are meant to be mysteries. The ways of God are higher than our ways and we aren’t meant to know them. The thoughts of God are higher than our thoughts and we aren’t meant to know them. We are not meant to see and know the whole picture. If God were to show you the WHOLE picture I think your brain would explode in a gruesome mess (sorry for the image but I think you get my point).
Job’s testing was meant to bring about God’s glory, and it did. Job passed the test. God won the bet with Satan. Why God allowed Job to suffer we can only postulate (and I will be careful here since I don’t want to be questioned like Job was). But Job’s suffering was only for a moment especially considering the grand scheme of God’s design. Job was blessed even more so following this episode and I can only imagine Job’s reward in heaven.
…run to Him. Run into his loving arms and trust Him. Trust that God knows what He is doing and that God’s higher ways will bring about His glory and eventual yours.
God doesn’t make sense now, but that’s OK, because through Jesus Christ you can have the faith that everything will make sense later on. And who knows, in heaven someday we might even be able to laugh about our suffering when we consider how untrusting and unfaithful we were then.
Praise be to God and Amen!
I praise you that you wonderfully knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you that you brought me forth to enjoy this creation.
I praise you that I know you and that I can worship you.
Father God, I praise you that all I need is you and that even if everything were taken away ~ food, clothing, shelter, family, friends ~ I would still have everything I need. You have blessed me with these things and people but most of all you have blessed me with Jesus Christ that I may have hope beyond this life.
But even though I see this now and praise you now, I know that the tempter will swoop in to place before me gods and pathways that lead away from you. And I will follow. The tempter will entice this flesh and mind and heart to seek that which will not last. And I will follow. What a wretched person I am.
I came into this world naked and will leave the same way; for you have given all the blessings in this world and will eventually take them all away that I may see the true blessing of Life ~ Jesus.
May God bless your day as you bask in the knowledge that He gives to you as you need and blesses you to be a blessing. May you seek God with all your heart and may the love of Jesus radiate out from you that others may be lead to praise and worship God. | 2019-04-20T08:21:57Z | https://heartofapastor.blog/category/job/ |
There are many ways of sacrifice and for different reasons.
When we join the fire service, we do not know all the sacrifice that we will be making. We sacrifice our time going to classes, time away from our loved ones, when we are on duty or get called in for extra duty of filling in for someone that banged out sick. We sacrifice money to help those in need, our talents helping rebuild communities that have been affected by fire or disasters that we have responded to.
A brother from Buffalo reminded me of all the sacrifices that a single parent makes. A single mother that raises her children on her own and also working a full time job. How many of us make the sacrifies for our children? How about our families sacrifiing us, so that we can serve others? Or sacrificing what we want for our children? I know that many times in families, some of the parents may go without some meals, so that there children can eat three meals a day. I have seen senior citizens eating cat food, so that they had money to pay for their medication.
We know that also part of the job may be put in the time for the citizens or a brother but why do we do it? What is the underlying reason that we are ready to sacrifice?
We may not say it or even know consciously but I believe that it is that we care for our fellow man and that starts with our family and members of our company. When one of our own members need help, especially for a mayday, we are willing to make great sacrifices. We carry out what we are taught, "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." or another sign of sacrifice is: "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters."
We make sacrifices by rolling out for calls, when the thermometer does not even come close to see 0 degrees, when it is just so hot that we are sweating even before putting on our gear. We make sacrifices by giving up our sleep to respond to calls. We sacrifice our bodies when we refuse to take care of ourselves and still handle calls when sick or injured. We always are willing to go, no matter what.
Let us remember all the sacrifies that were made by our brothers. Those who have gone into a burning building, when a brother is trapped or those whose may stay in a building past the time that is safe. We look at the gain versus the risk, but many times we risk our lives, to save another's life.
Those who have served in the military are willing to make sacrifices for freeedom, and for that we should always say 'Thank You!" This month is the time that we also remember other sacrifices, especially the sacrifice that was made for us 2015 years ago, when Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose again. So many of us forget that sacrifice. He risk His life so that the gain for all would be great, all we have to do is to be willing to accept the gift that He gave to us through His sacrifice. Would we be willing to be tortured and nailed to a cross, when we know that we are innocent? | 2019-04-25T12:40:09Z | http://www.crisisresponse.org/What-Does-Sacrifice-Look-Like-3F/ |
Anyone directly affected by the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on 22 May who has not already accessed support is being encouraged to do so.
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Victim Support’s 24 hour, seven days a week helpline set up in response to the Arena attack can provide support and advice and signpost those affected to other organisations which can help them. | 2019-04-20T12:59:48Z | http://www.safeguardingadultsinstockport.org.uk/newsroom/support-following-the-terrorist-attack-at-manchester-arena-on-22-may-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=support-following-the-terrorist-attack-at-manchester-arena-on-22-may-2017 |
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Politics: Will Sochi Haunt the Olympic Movement?
BY SUSIE DAY | This dream. Something is in the house, something’s breaking, the things I love are going away. I reach for Laura, she becomes translucent, evaporates. I wake up, telling myself this dream means I’m worried about how tired and worn Laura has grown from years of activist work trying to get people out of prison. I’ve always nagged her about doing too much, and now, with Donald Trump slouching toward Washington, that’s inevitable. Doing too much will be a necessity.
Laura and I were married a little over three years ago, but we’ve actually been together in one form or another since 1988, when I, on assignment for a feminist newspaper, interviewed her in the DC Jail. Laura and five other political prisoners were charged for the protest- bombings of US government sites, including the Capitol Building. Our relationship has since been built on years of rock-solid personal insecurities and constant political arguing; also writing and activism. I had hoped that, by now, we could start to kick back and, in our debilitating golden years, embrace a pinko form of bourgeois individualism. Then: Trump.
People often compare the ascendance of Trump and his cabinet of deplorables to the rise of the Nazis – a comparison almost nostalgic given the fact that 1933 Germany didn’t have the nuclear option. Apropos of Trump’s take on flag burning, one of the first things Hitler did as chancellor was to rescind freedom of speech, assembly, the press… Then the arrest of political opponents, the forcing of Jews to register their property, wear Stars of David. Remember those “good” Germans, who may have lamented, but went along because they could – because they still fit in to what remained normal?
Here and now, mainstream pundits talk about how we should never take for granted, or “normalize,” the Trump regime. But the Trump phenomenon grows from the fact that Americans have already normalized too much: steadily eroding unions and labor laws; the devastation of welfare; prison expansion; the invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq; millions of immigrants already deported – all of which rests on an implicit white-über-alles that allows most of us to conduct business as usual, as black citizens are regularly gunned down by cops. Face it: this Trump thing has been coming on for years.
In the activist communities I inhabit, normalizing will be less a problem than figuring out new ways to fight Trump. The old ways – demonstrations, petition signing, sit-ins – may connect us and make us feel better, but will they work?
Since November 8, there have been, in Manhattan alone, scores of Facebook-generated demonstrations. Can we keep this up four more years? Just how do we take on a growing list of execrations, in an increasingly complicated world where social media can mean self-surveillance? How, for instance, do we confront Trump’s proposed registration of Muslims?
But wait. Later, I was in a conversation with our friend Arun Kundnani, author of the book, “The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror.” Arun said he was unconvinced by this kind of activism. Speaking of “normalizing,” what I hadn’t considered was that there is already in this country a history of registering Muslims, as well as an ensconced surveillance system.
According to Arun, some version of the National Security Entry-Exit Registry System (NSEERS) that George W. Bush used from 2002 to 2005 to register more than 80,000 non-immigrant visitors (students, temp workers, etc.) from 24 Muslim countries could be expanded to include permanent residents and naturalized citizens. But this system wouldn’t be as obvious as forcing Muslims to wear crescents on the street. In fact, Muslims need not be required to come forth and identify themselves. There is at work what Arun calls “Algorithmic Fascism,” by which the National Security Agency scans millions of online and social media records of everyone in the United States and analyzes metadata (with 99 percent accuracy, Arun estimates) to determine whether they’re Muslim or not. The government could then ask selected individuals to register.
“That means,” said Arun, “it won’t work for non-Muslims to resist by voluntarily registering themselves as Muslim in solidarity.” Better, he adds, to work on an approach like sanctuaries to protect Muslims who refuse to cooperate when the feds call them to appear.
This is only one issue. How do we stop the “hell of a lot worse than waterboarding” that Trump wants to use in “interrogations?” How do we fight the criminalization of abortion and forced “conversion therapy” of young queers that may soon be routine? How do we reach people in prison whose lives are already getting worse? How do we support organizations like Black Lives Matter and BDS? How do we love each other in the face of this oncoming hatred?
Here in our little New York City apartment, Laura and I are quieter than usual. Watching the light fade, treasuring what of our lives we suspect will disappear, maybe suddenly; maybe over years, without our consciously realizing. Soon, Laura will turn 72. I hold her thin, tired body as she sleeps, listen to her breaths. There is so much more to come. And we are already so tired.
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Expert Capital: Houston and the Making of a Service Empire traces the rise of Houston, Texas, as a global city in the half-century following World War II, arguing that Houston’s business elite, particularly those in oilfield services companies including Brown & Root, Schlumberger, and Hughes Tool, imagined and enacted a new vision of globalism. These executives sought to fashion a global vision that positioned the U.S. not as a center of manufacturing and production but as a white-collar headquarters offering expertise in logistics, engineering, and management to the world. Tracing the both the material developments that established Houston as a global center of petrochemical services and the emerging cultural vision that imagined the U.S. as a global service headquarters, I chart the promotion, contestation, and negotiation of what I call “service globalism” at home and abroad. This project argues that service globalism has been a crucial but understudied means of articulating the U.S. role in the world.
With its focus on Texas and particularly on Houston, this project argues that the postwar Sunbelt, dominated by service industries, was instrumental in charting a new cultural understanding of the U.S. role in the world. This was particularly true in the Gulf South, a region long dominated by industries based in natural resource extraction, transportation, and circulation. After World War II, the Gulf South transitioned from a colonial outpost to the headquarters of industries operating across the globe. As work grew increasingly globalized in the second half of the twentieth century, and as industrial jobs moved overseas, the vision of globalism pioneered in Houston helped to ease the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial economy. In the Rust Belt, deindustrialization was experienced as the decline of American empire, but in the Sunbelt, service globalism provided a new rationale for continuing American power in the age of the shipping container, offshore oil rigs, and the multinational corporation.
As a petrochemical powerhouse, a powerful port city, and a crossroads between the U.S. South and West, Houston is both an atypical and a prototypical example of broader trends. The city’s exceptional relationship with oil provides a particularly potent example of a pattern of development that this dissertation argues unfolded in many Sunbelt cities. Houston’s trajectory, from a city oriented around extraction and circulation to the headquarters of a global services industry, demonstrates that Sunbelt cities forged the path toward the globalized, service-oriented economy dominant since the 1970s, a path that Northeastern and Midwestern cities subsequently followed. Moreover, this project argues that the construction of a Sunbelt service economy was necessarily a transnational process. On a material level, the service industries established in Houston – including shipping, contracting, logistics, and consulting – originated as global operations invested in making sense of international economic exchange in a post-World War II, decolonizing world. With previous transnational supply chains disrupted by war and by the establishment of new independent states in the global South, providing services linked Houston businesses to world markets without requiring them to control oil extraction or refining directly. Culturally, Houston’s model of globalism provided a vision of American global power that diverged markedly from the vision dominant in the U.S. until the 1970s. Whereas the most common vision of American global power in the postwar years emphasized the U.S. as an industrial producer whose commodities and high standard of living would be exported around the world, this project argues that Houston’s business elite forged an alternative vision based on exporting service and expertise and importing commodities and raw materials, a different globalism that would come to dominate American culture and politics in the 1970s. | 2019-04-23T12:54:50Z | https://betsybeasley.wordpress.com/research/ |
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The majority of UK press coverage in EU referendum campaign was heavily skewed in favour of Brexit in first two months of campaign, a new study reveals.
The findings, which cover two sample days of coverage per week during the first two months of the referendum campaign, reveal that of 928 articles focused on the referendum, 45% were in favour of leaving, with only 27% in favour of staying in the EU.
19% of articles focused on the referendum were categorised as ‘mixed or undecided’ and 9% as adopting no position.
Positions vary greatly between newspapers. The Daily Mail included the most pro-leave articles followed by The Daily Express, The Daily Star, The Sun and The Daily Telegraph, while the newspapers including the most pro-remain articles were, in order, The Daily Mirror, The Guardian and The Financial Times. The articles examined in The Times were relatively evenly balanced between the two positions, with a slight preponderance of pro-leave articles. All newspapers, whatever their main position, included some articles from the other point of view, but the proportion of these was smallest in The Daily Express and The Daily Mirror.
The preliminary findings show that on an average day in the two-month period studied there were a total of 42 articles focused on the referendum across the nine newspapers with The Daily Mail, The Telegraph and The Times having the highest number of such articles, followed by The Financial Times, The Daily Express and The Guardian and The Sun, with The Daily Mirror and The Daily Star having the fewest.
Researchers also tracked what arguments were made for either pro-leave or pro-remain news stories. After removing articles purely focused on personalities, the campaigns or Brexit in general, the most cited arguments in the remaining 765 articles were, in descending order: the economy/business (33%), sovereignty (29%), migration (18%), regulations (14%) and terrorism/security (6%). | 2019-04-22T15:03:46Z | https://en.ejo.ch/media-politics/uk-newspaper-coverage-pro-brexit-new-study |
Jim Fisher here wondering if those people that so graciously replied to my request a week or so ago about the "dead" lino pot would please try to get back to me - I noticed there were at least 3 replies but apparently there were some website issues which prevented me from getting to read the replies and now I cannot find them on the site. IF you see the name Mr. Bob on the site, it refers to MYSELF - I had to re-register (for some reason) to get back in even though I've been here a few years. Hmmm... Also, it's taking me a bit of triel and error trying to figure out the site in its current form - maybe if I had more time on line it'll get better? We'll see.
Hi Jimbo - sorry, Mr Bob! - I'm sorry about the website issues. We had a slight zombie invasion - but I'd rather forget about that episode!
I think the general concensus with the previous replies on your problem was not to jump in and assume it is the element, check with a multimeter first to make sure the problem doesn't lie elsewhere.
I'm sure someone else will elaborate - or say what the procedure is if the element has definitely gone.
The last I recall on the topic was that the main pot heaters actually consist of multiple elements. I observed that US Linotype heaters featured dual elements. Other persons recalled that foreign makes of Linotypes (and possibly Intertype) had even more heater elements in the pot. As others infer, the newer machines allowed convenient removal of elements without having to mess with the pot too much.
So Dave is right-on-the-money regarding your multimeter testing of the pot circuits. I would even go so far as to draw up a sketch of the apparent pot electrical "schematic" That may seem like its over doing it but it is not---many linotypes get rewired in a way that is not consistent with the manufacturers schematics. And there are lots of "official schematics".
Revisiting the point about multiple pot heater elements. The idea is to get one of the two elements working (the GOOD element) without doing alot of work or alot of rewiring. If you have a good schematic, its possible.
Our Model 16 has got 3 heating elements. If one of them burns out, naturally all three would stay cold because they're wired in a row.
I've got an instruction here in a (German) book how to find out the dead element. If required, I'll scan it and provide it here.
The heating elements in "my" pot can be changed without having to heat the metal: they're sitting in pockets.
You'd just have to lift the pot lid, open the top of the pockets and lift the element out.
There's a pic of a kind of a screw-tool for pulling-out, if it wouldn't come by hand.
Yes, I think that was the essence of my last post in the old forum.
Please let us know of your progress!
Referring back to the problem as first stated in the previous 'loopy zombie' forum, the details of which one has now to rely on memory, the pot won't heat and the plunger is stuck solidly in 40 odd pounds of type metal.
The suggestion has been made to test the circuit before doing anything as drastic as tearing the pot off and replacing it - that still holds good but I for one would like to know more.
Mr Bob is placed in one of the smaller and more romantically named states on the East Coast so its a bit hard to hop on your bike and pay him a visit - a pity, for often a look at the problem beast can spark the recollection of a long past successful fixup.
Some answers please -- I know its going to take more time but may save a lot of useless waffle - I have already written some step by step stuff for the 'Linotype' pot but am reluctant to post because of its possible irrelevance in the event that Mr Bobs ain't got no Lino pot - no way.
1. Model 8 - American manufacture ? If so the Serial Number please ??
2. Is the machine equipped with a 'Linotype' Pot ? There's no plate or obvious cast mark on the pot itself, though a Linophile can identify at a glance. Probably the best giveaway is the Control Panel - a foot cubed appendage positioned further to the right of the operator's right shin with a full size Art Deco rheostat placed on the front and perhaps one or two slightly protruding switches at the top corners !!
3. What is the Power Supply ? When at a distance, one should never assume. Services vary between countries and indeed, within countries and of this fact Northern America is an example not an exception.
4. Further to 3 - Was the machine moved from an area with a different power supply ? If so - how different ?
5. Had the machine been running normally and successfully in its present position and environment ?
6. Had anyone felt the need for circuit / wiring updates, modifications, improvements or simplifications since the machine last ran like a trusty Lino should ?
I think thats about all -- some answers to these key questions may help shed a little light - or at least enable us to see the picture clearly from 10,000 miles away.
Incidently the Merganthaler publication 'Linotype Machine Principles' - Sixth printing - 1940 - devotes over fourty pages of the fourhundred and eighty odd in the book to the Electric Pot.
An earlier publication 'Linotype Instruction Book' deals extensively with Gas and Kerosene [Brits read parrafin for kero] with a paragraph stating that people requiring information on electric pots should contact the manufacturer for a brochure.
The discussions about differences in power source and implications of moving the machine brings to mind my personal experience.
The Model 31 at the Museum of Printing History in Houston originally came from my parents type shop. Years earlier, its original gas pot was switched out with an "ancient" electric pot from another machine. This electric pot had been rebuilt by my father using Star Parts components, exclusively, except for the mouthpiece components and the rheostat you had spoken of. Hence, a very different wiring diagram. The important thing, here, is that this pot worked flawlessly from about 1969 until the machine was taken to the Houston museum in about 1999. Within a few months of its new installation, the pot died.
After a number of diagnostic efforts (similiar to our Dead Lino Pot (Model 8 )) I discerned that the pot heater was spitting lead upon melt-out, onto a hidden unshielded wire connection under the cover. I was able to fix the problem, but it kept recurring until I applied a makeshift shield.
Go figure.... this problem didn't occur in the thirty years it was in the original location .
Dan mentions Star crucibles – Can’t pontificate on them for I have never seen one, have no literature on the construction or wiring and to the best of my knowledge I have doubt as to whether any came to Oz – have gone thru the collection of 8’s and 14’s in the Cave but no joy there - rung around a bit to people whose opinion I trust and have more extensive operator experience than I in many different shops and so far haven’t even found anybody who has heard of them. Star Quadders yes – they abound – but the metal pot , no.
To this end I would like to get hold of any literature on this missing part of my education. There would be an interesting sales speil with the usual claims of excellence but the real meat would be in the installation and maintenance instructions that came with your kit.
Getting off the subject of fixing Jim’s problem a bit but still distantly related.
Still do not want to post a stack of wordy step-by-step fault tracing suggestions and circuit diagrams etc. about the wrong configuration of animal - so will hold off boring everybody until Mr Bob sees fit to provide a bit more info.
I will try to fish up some of that old documentation, Jeffo. We had two machines with Star crucible thermostats (with high-amperage microswitches) and companion Star crucible heaters and one of the machines had a complete Star control box (replacing the stadard Lino "clapper" and rheo circuit). I know I have at least one left-over set of directions.
I thought I had an element failure in my Model 14 electric pot. It turned out to be the contact on the thermostat relay. It just wasn't making contact when closed. Fortunately the contact is adjustable and a slight adjustment allowed contact to be made and the pot returned to normal. | 2019-04-24T03:52:57Z | http://www.metaltype.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,11.0.html |
Shirley Hughes' unique spin on the story of Cinderella is so very good it improves on the original. Some of that is due to Hughes artwork, and the setting: this is a "Jazz-Age Cinderella" pushing the story forward to the 1920s. Ella and her father run an elegant dress shop, making the finest of clothes. The evil stepmother in this case has some business acumen, and turns the small shop into an even bigger success. But the greater the demand, the more work there is to do for poor Ella.
The story follows along the familiar course of many an other Cinderella version, but with pictures all the more stunning, and a twist at the end in which (SPOILER ALERT!) the love-at-first-sight duke finds his Ella, but doesn't get the girl! This is really what sets this version apart and above - none of this nonsense about knowing someone for an evening and then getting married when next you meet again. Nope, Ella ends up with the store's delivery boy, who has always been there for her, and wanted to be so evermore.
While Hughes artwork is wonderful, the prose is superb as well. It flows so very naturally that, as I read this out loud to my girls, I felt as if I was one of those professional readers. I sounded good! But that is all to Hughes' credit, and not my own - there is a wonderful flow to each page of text.
I will add one caution: there is one use made of the term "good heavens," which some view as a substitute oath, and too much like a real blasphemy for their liking. Though I don't agree, I do sympathize, and want to alert readers to its use.
I would give this two very enthusiastic thumbs up, and recommend it highly to anyone who has three- to ten-year-olds. Oh, and this is probably far more a girl book than boy (though I have to say I really liked it too, and I am a boy). | 2019-04-19T10:18:59Z | http://www.reallygoodreads.com/2015/09/ellas-big-chance.html |
Alec "Arcitys" Sanderson is a Main AR for eUnited.
Arcitys came into the scene on EZG eSports West alongside Kazmo, Muniebro, and twin brother Prestinni. This team with Paranoia and Stumpfy as subs, finished first in the pA League Season 1 Regular Season and won the pA League Season 1 Playoffs. After turning 18, Arcitys and Prestinni started teaming with Stumpfy and Destiny under Apotheon Esports to begin competing in CWL and MLG tournaments. The team had some good placements online and at the first LAN event as a team they battled through the open bracket and into pools for a top 12 placement at the MLG Orlando Open. The team then dropped Destiny for Mayhem and qualified for CWL Champs at the CWL NA Championship Qualifier. At the CWL Championship, the team failed to make it out of pools and placed top 24.
At the start of the year Arcitys started the year on the GosuCrew with Gunless, DraMa and once again his twin brother Prestinni. The team was looking relatively strong online and qualified for pools at the Las Vegas Open where they would finish with a modest top 12 placement. Seeing the potential, veteran player Silly decided to pick up the trio of Arcitys, Prestinni, and Gunless to play under eUnited. This new team began playing very well online including winning two MLG 2K tournaments. Going into the next event people were unsure if eUnited can turn the online success into LAN success, and they proved they could by winning the CWL Atlanta Open beating tournament favorites OpTic Gaming in a really close and entertaining grand final. Despite winning the last event, eUnited still was not in the top 4 of NA pro points so they had to play through the open bracket at the CWL Paris Open and after not making it into pools they finished with a disappointing top 16 placement. The team did rebound and place second at the CWL Dallas Open this time losing in another close and entertaining grand finals against OpTic Gaming. The team then placed an underwhelming top 6 in the CWL Pro League Stage 1 and after that disappointing finish, Gunless made the controversial decision to bench himself in hope of getting traded. eUnited used Swarley as a temporary substitute and only placed top 12 at the CWL Anaheim Open. The decision was then made to trade Gunless for Clayster and the team would go on to finish an improved third place finish in the CWL Pro League Stage 2. The team had high hopes for the CWL Championship, but after losing a heartbreaking series against Team Envy where they famously threw away a huge lead in the uplink, they couldn't rebound and lost immediately to Luminosity Gaming and placed top 6.
Arcitys began the year still on eUnited with Prestinni, Clayster, and Silly and the team was one of the few teams that didn't make a change from the prior year as they believed it was a winning squad. The team was looking good online and placed top 6 at the first event at the CWL Dallas Open after losing in a game 5 round 11 against eventual event winners Team Kaliber in the winners bracket round 2 match up and losing straight away in the loser bracket. The team then finished second in the CWL Northern Arena Showdown, but once again at the CWL New Orleans Open the team lost a game 5 round 11 to the eventual event winners Team Kaliber in the winners bracket round 2 match up and lost straight away in the loser bracket for another top 6 placement. The team then finished second at the Canadian Championship Series National Final, but once again couldn't get past the top 6 placements at CWL events finishing top 6 at the CWL Atlanta Open, a disappointing top 16 at the CWL Birmingham Open, and another top 6 in the CWL Pro League Stage 1. Hoping to break the top 6 curse, the team dropped Silly for FeLo and placed third at the CWL Seattle Open. The team then struggled only placing top 12 at the CWL Anaheim Open. The team then improved in the league and finished top 4 in the CWL Pro League Stage 2 ahead of CWL Champs. At the CWL Championship, Arcitys and the team started very hot, but fell short to Team Kaliber in the winners bracket, and then beat the red hot Luminosity Gaming in the losers bracket, but eventually fell to FaZe Clan for a top 4 placement.
Arcitys had developed himself into one of the best ARs in the world, but he and Prestinni hadn't won a tournament since early in IW and Clayster hadn't won since AW so the team tried to form a squad that they believed can win an event and dropped Felo for the rising star aBeZy and acquired the veteran Jkap to be their fifth. eUnited looked great online early on and had a great showing at the first event, thanks in part to Arcitys dominant AR play, placing second at the CWL Las Vegas Open. This placement guaranteed the team a spot in the CWL Pro League where they would go 5-2 in the first two weeks. Despite having a decent record, roster rumors began to flair up with eUnited as it was rumored that Jkap tried to convince the other players to drop Clayster, but no roster change was made. After nothing changed the team finished with a very disappointing and lowest possible top 16 placement at CWL Fort Worth finishing bottom in a tough pool and unfortunately being matched up with the much improved 100 Thieves in round one of the losers bracket. After such a poor placement, eUnited decided to bench Jkap for the rising star Simp.
Arcitys and Prestinni are twins. | 2019-04-24T12:14:04Z | https://cod-esports.gamepedia.com/Arcitys |
As a free agent in 2005, Larry was one of the most sought after FAs in the NBA. When the Cavs signed him up, he helped the team gain that extra step to get into the playoffs with a young LeBron James at the helm. Larry provided an extra gear on offense, averaging 15.5 points per game right off the bat in his first season as a Cavalier. The reason why Hughes made the list is because he became LeBron’s first real sidekick on the wing and he was also instrumental in propelling the Cavs to the playoffs. Though he was only on the team for two seasons, he helped re-start a winning culture in Cleveland. | 2019-04-26T13:39:21Z | https://cavsnation.com/7-best-cavs-free-agent-signings-in-recent-history/4/ |
In earlier days, when communication was a problem, lighthouses used to serve the purpose of a path finder on high seas for ships looking for some land to take a break. The legacy has long been forgotten and in order to revive the same, the fourth lighthouse museum is all set for inauguration at Kannur town of Kerala. Places like Alappuzha, Mahabalipuram and Chennai are other three places having Lighthouses in India with a museum.
The new one to be opened in Kerala is expected to encourage Lighthouse tourism in India. This stands as a witness to the time and tide explained through many painful episodes of history of the land. The lighthouse tourism in India interalia exhibits rare articles on display which is sure to attract the locals and tourists alike. the one at Kerala will exhibit amongst others the optic used during 188-1962 in Lakshadweep Lighthouse, double wick lamp of 19th century, deep sea buoy and fog bell used in earlier days.
The Kannur Lighthouse museum will also be shown to visitors in three languages of Hindi, English and Malayalam which explains the history of lighthouses in India. The cost outlay for the project is expected to be around two crore rupees which is expected to be a huge tourism attraction in Kerala. | 2019-04-24T09:55:03Z | http://www.indiamapped.com/articles/indias-lighthouse-tourism-4th-lighthouse-museum-set-to-woo-visitors/ |
I'm new to the community. Story and questions.
My migranes started two weeks before i started 7th grade, they have gotten a bit better. my depression started in 2008 when I lost my ten month old. My body pain started about 2008/9. It started in my lower back and knees. I can't even be on my knees to get something out of a cabinet without my knees hurting and locking. My body pain has gotten worse through out the years. Fast forward to my back pretty much running my life. My pain is constant every day, with my "good days" being just "not as bad days." My sciatica can be debilitating, which is the case the last two days. I can't take two to three steps with out almost falling because of the sciatic pain. The pain today has raised up the middle of my spine, focusing more to the right. My constant pain ruins my sleep, my day to day with my family, and don't even get me started on the housework..or lack thereof. I suppose I'm rambling, and I apologize...I'm new to this.
I guess a question would be what works for you? A friend recently suggested to try CBD oil. Tried it? Any advice on trying to juggle and maintain a life, i.e. be a parent, do housework, etc. While wanting to ball up and cry from depression and severe pain?
I'm currently taking zanaflex,prozac and neurotion. I was sent to PT, but was only able to go once due to losing my insurance.
Hi adhubbard21. I'm so sorry your going through all of this. I'm sorry for the loss of your child. (((gentle hugs))).
Our stories are not the same but pain is. Knees, back, shoulders, feet, hips... Depression from not being able to do anything for more then maybe 10 min. Only if it's a good day which is maybe 1 time every 10 or so days.
It effects my family life a lot. Some days I have to be quiet about it and take it and give them the day they need.
I'm on lots of meds.... Lots. I still have breakthrough pain most of the time. Anxiety and depression. (Bi polar) it took some time to get meds right enough to function this far. New diagnosis this past week are going to have to change some things up and new ones added and increase pain management.
I wish I could tell you this one pill could cure it all for you. Everyone is diffrent. Meds work diffrent on everyone. It took me over a year and a half to get control of my bi polar.
Know we are hear for you. Praying things get better quickly for you and the right med combination as well. Blessings upon you and your family.
I appreciate your response and your kind words. I'm thankful that I found this community and I hope it helps. Do you work? I've yet to find a job that I can do without it killing me.
I did through a lot of pain. Then had to get a desk job.
But a horrific car wreck has left me permanently disabled now.
For your migraines you may want to see about Sumatriptian. It helps me But only get 9 pills a month. I'm looking at botox injections in the head.
I went from being a cna to having a desk job. The desk job was fine for a bit, but it started killing me, so much so, I was forced to quit.
I'm so sorry. Adhubbard21. After my car wreck. I was not doing well. One day I thought I was having a heart attack. It wasn't one but work said I could not come back until doctors could clear me to work. They started the clock of emergency family leave act on me. The time ran out before I was cleared to work and they fired me. So I understand.
Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback that measures brain waves to produce a signal that can be used as feedback to teach self-regulation of brain function. Neurofeedback is commonly provided using video or sound, with positive feedback for resonance. Neurofeedback (NFB), also called neurotherapy or neurobiofeedback, is a type of biofeedback that uses real-time displays of brain activity—most commonly electroencephalography (EEG), to teach self-regulation of brain function. Typically, sensors are placed on the scalp to measure activity, with measurements displayed using video displays or sound. The goal was to learn how to self-regulate my brain waves from an alert signal to a relaxed state. Once I learned how to do this, I felt incredibly relaxed like I'd been on a vacation! The was an great way to use my body's natural healing ability instead of heavy-duty sedating medications. | 2019-04-25T18:39:38Z | http://community.catchmypain.com/topic/im-new-to-the-community-story-and-questions.html |
"Its all fun and games till someone loses an eye"There are signs posted on the bridge that say "no fishing from bridge" and the fisherman are continually fishing right under the sign. This poses a very dangerous problem for boaters. As we try to go under the bridge, there are line and hooks dangling everywhere. Some of the people are curteous enough to pull their lines and let you through, others start yelling and throwing things. I have had everthing from beer cans and other garbage to lead weights thrown. Last year a women on a boat was hooked in the scalp by a fishing lure and I have had close calls with lures myself. I have called the bridge operations number numerous times to ask them to call police when there people fishing from the bridge, I have also called police to file a report, still, last night June 8th, I counted 28 fisherman. Will they not act until someone loses an eye and sues the city?
These cars are unsightly and need to be removed permanently.
Some six months ago, parked cars started showing up in the federal plaza behind City Hall, which is under the jurisdiction of the federal General Services Administration (GSA).
Cathy Menzies, a spokeswoman for the GSA, said at the time that parking was permitted in the plaza on a temporary basis only, while garage repairs displaced federal employees.
A recent visit to the plaza found about a dozen cars still parked in the plaza.
In an email on Monday, Menzies offered the following statement: “The Giaimo garage has been reopened but there are still a couple of contractors working on the plaza as part of the garage repair project that should be completed within the next couple of weeks.
We have been experiencing an exceedingly great number of quality of life issues and crime around 1 Union Ave and we would very much like the New Haven Police Department to be fix the issues before the summer months arrive. We noticed the police department continues to bill the tax payers, yet are not providing even the very basic services that a police department is expected to provide. Crime is out of control; people are constantly shooting people and being shot, violence in general is beyond scary, and all other gang crime and drug crimes are becoming far too common and committed in the open. Traffic violations are out of control; there are speeding cars everywhere, basic traffic rules are disregarded by almost everyone, and people committing more serious offenses like running red lights and stops signs occur at a frequency that is beyond appalling. Quality of life issues are out of control; the list is so long and everyone knows it.
Why don't you start by pulling people over for basic offenses like: no brake lights, headlights out, cracked windshields, missing plates, expired plates, tinted windows, loud mufflers, and loud music. If they have tinted windows, pull them over. If they then look suspicious, search the vehicle. If they have a loud muffler, pull them over. If they then look suspicious, search the vehicle. If they are playing loud music, pull them over. If they then look suspicious, search the vehicle. I guarantee the results of following these very basic procedures will be noticed by ALL the City of New Haven residents and its out of town visitors. The people who value life and want a decent quality of life will be very appreciative.
You say you cannot because you are undermanned/understaffed. Not true. You need to restructure your department. It is as simple as that. You also need to get your priorities straight. Why do we see countless officers all over town watching construction workers doing their jobs? Or, directing traffic like a flagman, at best? You say safety. Not true. Why not hire a real flagger who has been trained? Half the time these officers are sitting in their cars talking on their cell phones. Lately, we have seen not one cop at each construction site, but two, usually sitting around talking and not paying attention. All of these officers could, and SHOULD, be driving around pulling people over for the above mentioned quality of life and traffic offenses. Simple as that. Again, if they have tinted windows, pull them over. If they then look suspicious, search the vehicle. If they have a loud muffler, pull them over. If they then look suspicious, search the vehicle. If they are playing loud music, pull them over. If they then look suspicious, search the vehicle. The procedure is simple and effective and has years of use behind it to back up its effectiveness.
If you follow this simple plan that I have spelled out above (it doesn't require much brain matter), it is certain that this little town of 124,000 people can return to some degree of normalcy before the summer really gets going. I am sure there are many other New Haven residents out there that would agree with me.
It appears the folks at Nicas are clearing a path from their parking lot behind the house on the corner of Bishop and Orange, to put in a connecting driveway onto Bishop Street. If you look closely, you can see the chalk marks on the ground where they are planning the driveway.
Is this even legal? I am very concerned about this. The owners at Nicas have historically not shown a great deal of concern about following the law - whether it be the number of outdoor seats allowed, zoning issues, parking lot issues, garbage issues etc.. Nor have they concerned themselves much about the danger their persistently illegally parked supply trucks present to the public (driving OR walking). IN short, they cannot be trusted to take public safety and public good into consideration when making changes.
I hate to think the effect such a driveway would have on the increased traffic to the neighborhood.
Zoning - please step in here. Surely these people must be breaking a half-dozen zoning codes.
Here's some analysis I did for a school project (see images; click to enlarge).
Tonight we found a sweet, shivering dog in Edgerton Park, and reported it to the police, who took the information so they could get in touch if the owner called them. The person who took the dog home posted on Facebook, and within a few hours the owner was found, and the dog went home. A happy ending with a caveat ... the owner had reported the lost dog to the animal shelter, but the shelter does not send a list of missing dogs to the police when it closes for the day. Could that become part of the shelter's procedure? It would cost the amount of an email, and perhaps seconds of work.
The State St. Bridge, over the Mill River, is now going on two years past its completion date. The city engineering department claimed that they would start working on a plan, in December 2011, to solve the water pollution issue, which has delayed the bridge reconstruction. Any progress on that plan?
Because State St. is closed, and Trumbull St. is now only one way, heading West, Willow St. has become a traffic nightmare and a public safety issue.
On Tuesday evening, because of the city's poor planning, the usual evening traffic jam, on Willow St. caused a major public safety issue, when two New Haven police cars, heading West (on Willow), and two New Haven Fire trucks, heading East (also on Willow), were stuck for at least five minutes, while car commuters totally blocked both lanes, preventing anyone from moving. Willow St. cannot handle thousands of cars per day. The noise pollution, air pollution, speeding, traffic jams and blocking emergency vehicles needs to stop.
The city needs to get its @ss in gear and fix the State St. Bridge.
Given the current epidemic of package-from-doorstep theft in East Rock---we were hit today---I thought it might be useful to open a thread about possible steps. Barring any police assistance (child, please!), we're on our own.
My suggestion: We all start leaving empty Amazon delivery boxes on our doorsteps. That would make it difficult for the thieves to identify which homes have a (real) package and those that are empty. It strikes me that the thieves want to move quickly; if we're adding lots of boxes, it slows them down, and it increases the chances that one of us will see them. If enough of us do this, it may make theft unprofitable since the thieves will faced with a higher chance of being caught and a higher chance of scoring an empty box. Any other ideas welcome, but I'll be putting out boxes in the morning and on random days thereafter.
howard and Greenwich on gocarts, dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles, etc. The noise is deafening. Why is this allowed? | 2019-04-21T08:43:28Z | https://seeclickfix.com/watchers/1539-city-of-new-haven-economic-development-and-cultural-affairs?page=4 |
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Back in Berlin, finally. Lots of thanks for 2011 and love for all of you out there. Have a good one tonight and see you in 2012!
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Six Best Exercises to Develop Six-Pack Abs Everyone wants to have a flat and toned stomach, but if you read the cover of any fitness magazine there is apparently endless demand for the workouts to get your six-pack abs. | 2019-04-23T09:59:04Z | http://maidencreekwatershed.org/south-australia/how-to-get-a-six-pack-best-exercises.php |
The great northern Catskill Mountains provide a picturesque backdrop for a round of golf. There are many choices for golf groups to play in and around Windham, NY, and The Thompson House Family Resort is perfect place to stay for you to enjoy yourself. Stay at the only resort in Windham, NY with rooms overlooking Windham Country Club. We work with the two golf courses in Windham, NY, Christman’s Pleasant Valley Golf Course and Windham Country Club, to provide our guests with discounts on greens fees. Whether you want to play on a weekend, holiday or mid-week, guests of The Thompson House will save money. We offer packages to both golf courses throughout the season. Call us for details.
If you are part of a group small or large, The Thompson House can set up customizes package just for your group. We’ll work with you to create a package that matches your group’s needs. If you want to play golf at just one local course or both, 18 holes or 9, our meal plan included or not, just let us know what you need and we’ll make it work. We offer several meeting facilities that your group can reserve during your stay at The Thompson House. These facilities can be included for free with your groups stay depending on availability. We’ll even work with you can the golf courses to reserve the tee times for your group at the local courses.
There are 5 hospitality rooms/areas where groups can get together, here at The Thompson House. If your group is large enough use of one of these rooms is complimentary. These rooms are great for gathering after a day of golf and bragging about how well (or poorly) you played. You can find out more information about our hospitality rooms here.
If you are interested in staying in a room overlooking Windham Country Club, ask for a room in our Evergreen building. All Evergreen rooms have air conditioning and a refrigerator. We have many different room configurations in the Evergreen, whether you need one king, 2 doubles, 2 queens, or 2 queens with a pull-out-sofa-bed. The Thompson House has the perfect room for you during your golf vacation in the great Northern Catskill Mountains. | 2019-04-21T14:27:26Z | https://thompsonhouse.com/groups/golf-groups/ |
In the last few months we’ve been travelling all over the country, laden with books and filled with enthusiasm as we made appearances everywhere from Shropshire to Soho. It’s been wonderful, as always, to meet some of our readers, and now that we’ve packed away our travel cases we’re looking forward to seeing some of you in Bloomsbury at the Readers’ Day in November.
Until then, as the north winds begin to roll in and the last heat from the summer sun fades, it’s undoubtedly time to hunker down with a book, or three. This month we can recommend the first clutch of our Slightly Foxed Cubs: Ronald Welch’s Carey novels, which make for gripping armchair adventures.
There are offerings, too, from both V. S. Pritchett and Christabel Bielenberg, whose The Past Is Myself got a rather good review in The Times recently. And for those of you who are already looking ahead to – dare we mention it? ‒ Christmas, can we draw your attention to our handsome 10th anniversary wall calendar, with a selection of our favourite covers to brighten up the year ahead? There’s also the full spread of SF mugs, cards and tea towels for those in search of other present ideas – and for those who have everything, we’ve discovered a wonderful website full of bookish ideas. More details below. First, though, an outing with the Cubs . . .
Summer is now in full swing here at Slightly Foxed. The new issue of the quarterly has travelled far and wide to subscribers all over the globe, and whether you too are off to far-flung places this summer, or simply staying at home, we hope you’ll find it good company.
In this month’s newsletter we’re celebrating fathers and grandfathers with Denis Constanduros’s charming memoirs, My Grandfather and Father, Dear Father, published together for the first time as our 20th Slightly Foxed Edition. Do read on for an extract from this charming book, and a few suggestions for presents for this coming Father’s Day or, indeed, for any occasion. | 2019-04-19T18:38:01Z | https://foxedquarterly.com/an-outing-with-the-cubs/ |
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An industrial PDU may be packaged as a standard rackmount enclosure from 0U to 24U, or in a unique non-rackmount enclosure of any size and shape to meet available space in OEM equipment. Integral EMI filters, surge suppression, remote EPOs, network connectivity, and other key features provide some of the capabilities used to meet industrial needs.
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What is an Industrial PDU?
An industrial PDU is an electrical power distribution unit designed to meet the needs for stable power and unique integration of industrial environments. They typically include features to clean up signal problems seen with noisy power in industrial facilities, and include control and safety features not found in commodity PDUs. Being specialized for industrial applications, these PDUs also tend to have a wider variety of connection and power options compared to commercial products. As with any industrial equipment, heat, cold, rain, dust, and vibration tolerance may be required as well.
Reduces or eliminates conducted and inducted electro-magnetic interference (EMI) from nearby electrical equipment.
Protects against voltage spikes created by high-powered equipment on the same lines, and lightening strikes near outside transmission lines.
Integrate remote interlocks to cut power to outlets to meet industrial safety requirements.
Creates multiple power forms from a single facility power source such as higher or lower voltages, or even dc power from ac power and vice versa.
Adopts the use of specialized connectors and outlets to interface to existing customer equipment, safety systems, and more.
Handles harsh environment conditions such as dust, rain, ice, heat, and vibration.
Industrial PDUs (power distribution units) include capabilities to clean up noisy power signals, integrate industrial safety interlocks, and provide the unique connectivity and control needed for power management in industrial environments.
Noisy facility power signals occur in factories, test labs, service bays, and other industrial environments due to the varying loads of nearby high-powered equipment. Like sudden water pressure surges cause pipes to rattle, sudden surges of “pressure” and “flow” (voltage and current) in electrical lines cause signal abnormalities. Where a weak fitting along a pipe might leak, a vulnerable component in an electronic system may fail.
Most commodity PDUs are designed for office-like environments where there is little influence on power signals from nearby equipment. At most, these PDUs may have some surge protection since those devices are relatively low cost and small.
Industrial PDUs integrate surge suppression, EMI filters, isolation transformers, and other tools to mitigate the severity of noisy facility power signals coming from many different sources. Selecting these components requires an understanding of the types of noise which are expected in the environment, and matching various attributes of the components to the power form being conditioned.
EMI filters, surge suppressors, isolation transformers, and more can be integrated into a custom PDU to mitigate noise problems. Many of Marway’s standard products also include EMI filters and surge suppressors.
Many industrial environments need a mixture of different power forms. A power form is the combination of specifications for voltage type, voltage rating, and current rating. For example, 120 Vac, 15 amps vs. 80 Vdc 60 amps are two different power forms.
A building’s facility power will usually be wired for two or three forms, but they won’t all be routed to all work areas. In industrial environments, this is most typically three-phase ac power for some areas in addition to common 120 volt wall outlets. In various manufacturing or laboratory stations, there may be a need for more types of power. Ac may be needed in multiple three-phase and single-phase forms. Different voltages may be needed to serve the larger and smaller pieces of equipment. Even dc power is often needed in the same work spaces as ac power.
Industrial PDUs can integrate transformers, power supplies, and power converters to create multiple power forms from a single facility wall source. This can simplify installation, and provide better control options compared to having multiple power services wired into facility walls.
Power transformers, power supplies, and power converters are often integrated into industrial PDUs to provide distribution of various ac and dc power forms to the target work area.
Industrial PDUs offer a wider range of circuit designs, control features, power monitoring, and even remote management capabilities. Most commodity power distribution products have a single circuit serving all outlets with perhaps an on/off switch or breaker. Industrial environments often require more control over multiple individual circuits. For many applications, digital power displays are important. Indicators for the status of specific circuits and interlocks are simple additions, but unique to each application. Adapting to these unique switching, display, and control needs, is a key capability in an industrial PDU.
Another area of important flexibility for an industrial PDU is that of cable connectors. Many people are aware of only the common wall sockets in offices and homes. In the industrial realm, there are hundreds of unique connectors. There are standardized ac power connectors, but even then there are dozens of types depending on voltage, current, safety features like locking, resistence to water, vibration, and more. Even more than power connectors, control signal connectors are even more varied. Integration to external interlocks, sensors, and more require that a PDU have the flexibility to incorporate what a facility needs.
Standard industrial PDUs, like Marway’s 5 and 8 Series, can be designed with very common connections and controls, but ultimately, many industrial applications use a custom design.
Industrial PDUs often require specialized connections and controls which would not be included on general-purpose commercial products.
A consideration for some industrial power distribution applications is the environment the PDU will be used in. Industrial often means outside. Enclosures, connectors, and controls may need to handle dust, rain, and even the build up of ice. Even indoor systems may be subjected to significant dust and/or the potential for water splashing.
Vibration and shock may also be a consideration. PDUs mounted to mobile platforms need to handle vibrations and possible jarrings experienced on the road, in the air, or even at sea.
Whether outdoors or indoors, temperature can also be an extreme environment factor. To handle cold environments, specialized components, or even internal heating, may be necessary. Depending on the use of electronic controls in the PDU, cooling by convection venting or fans may also be an issue for very warm environments.
Since most pre-designed, standard PDUs are going to be designed for general purpose applications, they’re not likely to meet many harsh environment needs. Most harsh environment applications tend to be unique in their power needs anyway, so custom designs are often used. Marway specializes in custom PDU applications, and is experienced with a number of the skills and standards used to handle harsh environments.
This outdoor service, 400 amp PDU is housed in a standard NEMA 4 enclosure. Large Cam-Lok power connectors are vibration proof, water tight, and easy to work with. Circular connectors for smaller wiring are also vibration and water proof. | 2019-04-22T15:09:53Z | http://www.marway.com/applications/industrial-pdus |
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During our 2 hour meeting, you will determine whether it makes sense for us to work together. I will ask you about how things are going now, how things have gone in the past and about your biggest challenges, opportunities and frustrations. And I will answer any questions you have about how coaching can help you to discover and leverage the wisdom and power you already have to create the results you want in your life. This is a complimentary coaching session and you will be under no obligation to hire me. I will guide the process and you will make all the decisions about what you want, what you don’t want, what you will do, what you won’t do, and whether to work with me.
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Maybe you don’t know what you want. But you know what you don’t want. So you try your best to manage and control circumstances hoping that when everything works out you will be successful and happy.
But when it happens, the satisfaction is fleeting and you’re left feeling used up. The success passes and it’s time to start managing and controlling again. But you don’t have anything left in the tank.
Whether you have been on a path of personal development or not, you may still be struggling.
You’re not sure how and where to invest your time, energy, money and attention.
You don’t know how to get happy or even content.
Despite your efforts to succeed, and despite the evidence that you’ve already succeeded in so many ways, there’s something missing.
Others see how great you are. But you don’t see what they see.
You’ve followed the rules. You’ve broken the rules. You’ve sought out mentors and gurus. You’ve rebelled against them all.
One school of thought would have you balance work and home life.
Business and Life Experts tell you what your priorities should be.
Self-help books promise to show you how to take control of your life and your business.
Other people seem to be able to make it all work. You wonder what’s wrong with you.
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Last night, the Dream a Little Dream Fashion Event was a SLAM DUNK!! Organized by Mikel Soulhop who also gave a fantastical musical performance and hosted by our very own Floridian MISS St Petersburg, Allison Martin. This awesome sidewalk fashion & variety event benefited Pet Pal Animal Shelter.
The talent was out of this world!! This is what you missed out on! A Magician as the first entertainment of the night, Live Music filled the atmosphere, and a one of a kind petite girl model runway show featuring our Sweet Rebel fashions.
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When Patrick Jane's sneaky conduct causes the case of a confessed hitman to be tossed out of court docket, his irritated CBI staff should begin the investigation over from scratch.
Sarah and George proceed their troublesome dialog about faith. Anna is sabotaging her writing profession but once more whereas coping with the attentions of her writer. | 2019-04-20T22:39:43Z | https://onlinetvseries.org/search/watch+The+Mentalist+season+2+episode+19 |
I did something that I rarely ever do. I am wearing top and bottom the same brand and it is not H&M, hahahaha. : ) nooo, it is TARA JARMON. a big up for this amazing french designer.
a rather simple but AHA outfit. one color is dominating and there is lots of sparkle and shine from the top and pants. therefore I didnt feel like adding any heavy golden or silver jewelry and only chose two matching accessories: the white shoes by BATA and the cute clock bag and black sunglasses by C&A. I absolutely love the shoes with this outfit for me this is a match made in heaven as I first did not really know with what I should wear these super high white heels.
photos taken by Cristian O.
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BARNSLEY have suffered a blow in their promotion quest with midfielder Kenny Dougall set for an extended spell on the sidelines after breaking his leg in Friday night’s League One derby draw at Doncaster Rovers.
The Australian hobbled off in the 18th-minute of the stalemate at the Keepmoat Stadium and was taken to hospital.
Dougall will now meet with a specialist later this week to determine the length of time he will be sidelined for.
Dougall’s absence is the latest piece of misfortune to hit the second-placed Reds, who are without top-scorer Kieffer Moore for the rest of the season on medical advice.
Jacob Brown is also available again following suspension. | 2019-04-25T11:47:37Z | https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/barnsley-fc/broken-leg-rules-barnsley-midfielder-out-for-season-1-9656498 |
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Dave Says: Postpone the Marriage?
Need some financial advice? Debt and Income Crisis? Pay off the house first? Check cashing? Taxes? Check out what folks are asking Dave Ramsey.
My fiancé and I are planning to be married in less than a year. We’ve both been through your class at church, and the other night we started wondering if we should wait to have the wedding until we’re both completely debt-free. Would you give us your opinion?
Congratulations! I hope you two will have long and happy lives together.
To answer your question, I don’t think there’s a reason to wait. When two people know they really love each other, they should get married whenever they feel in their hearts the time is right.
At this point, you shouldn’t be thinking about money as anything except an indicator of where you’re going. It doesn’t matter who got into debt or how, because everyone makes mistakes. But if you’re both serious about getting out of debt, living on less than you make, and are in agreement about how the dollars are going to be handled, then — where money is concerned — you’re ready to be married.
Many relationship experts say if a couple can agree on four important things — kids, money, religion, and how to handle the in-laws — they have a great statistical chance of a happy marriage. I believe this, too. And make sure you meet with your pastor for some good, pre-marital counseling before the big day. With all this going for you, I think you two will be okay.
I’m 27 years old, and I have no debt. In addition, I have a five-month emergency fund of $14,000. Recently, I started a new job making $60,000. I’ve been offered a 401(k) with no match, but I was wondering if instead I should open a high-yield CD.
You’re doing very well at a young age. Congratulations! I’m glad you’re thinking about your financial future, too. But I’ve got a better idea.
How about opening a Roth IRA with good growth stock mutual funds inside? That would be my choice. Fund it up to $5,500 a year, and make sure the mutual funds have strong track records of at least 10 years. This investment — growing tax-free — will be superior to a non-matching 401(k) or certificate of deposit. If you want to invest even more, you could then put additional cash into the 401(k) offered by your company.
With your income and maturity, plus the proper investment strategy, you’re likely to retire a very wealthy lady. Keep up the great work, Kris!
Save up, or get a mortgage?
I’m 28, single, and I just became debt-free. In addition, I make $70,000 a year and have the equivalent of six months of expenses set aside for emergencies. Should I save up to pay cash for a house, or is mortgage debt okay? I’d like to keep the price of a new home between $200,000 and $225,000. Since I currently live in a nice apartment, I think I can save about $20,000/year. What do you think?
It sounds like you’re in great financial shape. Congratulations on becoming debt-free!
Let’s take a look at both scenarios. If you can save $20,000 a year, that means you’re about 10 years away from a nice, paid-for home, and you’re still debt-free. That’s one option. At the same time, I don’t yell at people for taking out a 15-year, fixed-rate mortgage, where the payments are no more than 25 percent of their monthly take home pay. In this situation, you could save like crazy for a couple of years and make a big down payment on a home in the price range you’re talking about. Then, you could pay off that house in just 15 years.
Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Showis heard by more than 13 million listeners each week on 585 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey. | 2019-04-26T12:33:36Z | https://metrovoicenews.com/dave-says-postpone-the-marriage/ |
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The Hartland girls basketball team rolled to an easy win over South Lyon on Thursday night, 56-11, but coach Don Palmer wasn't making too much of it.
"It was a good performance in terms of effort," he said. "The key will be if we can put forth that kind of effort against (Waterford) Kettering on Tuesday."
The Captains will likely prove more a test for the Eagles (3-1) than a young and rebuilding South Lyon team that Hartland tamed easily.
"They have four sophomores and our pressure got to them in the first half," he said. "We didn't press in the second half. I've been on the other side of those games, too."
Lexey Tobel had a game-high 15 points, while Grayson Cockerham and Ryann Laier had nine apiece.
The Eagles play host to Kettering on Tuesday.
"I think it will be a barometer game for us," Palmer said. "It will give us an idea of where we stand, maybe show is if we'll be able to compete with Howell and Brighton. We're looking forward to it."
WHITMORE LAKE – The Sentinels led 5-4 after the first quarter, then were blanked 26-0 in the second.
"We were playing really good, and then the wheels fell off," CSPA coach Laurie DeLorenzo said. "They executed, and we did not."
Emma Miko had 12 points and eight rebounds for CSPA, while Katie Nachtrab and Grace DeLorenzo had 10 apiece.
River Murphy had 11 rebounds and Kessica Emrick added 10 for the Sentinels.
BRIGHTON – J.D. Ham swam a state-qualifying time in the 50 freestyle (24.47 seconds) and also won the breaststroke (1:18.7) in the season-oopening meet for the Bulldogs.
"It was a good first meet for us," Brighton coach Tim McInnis said. "The guys were itching to compete after we missed a lot of practice time due to pool maintenance, but they're making up for it quickly."
Individual winners included Brenn Panzl (individual medley, 2:34.11), Danny Keiffer (butterfly, 1:08.19), C.J. Aeschbacher (backstroke, 1:11.5). The Bulldogs also won the medley relay (2:01.7) and the 400 free relay (4:14.7).
"I was very pleased with our (effort) tonight against a very game opponent," McInnis said.
The Bulldogs will swim against Novi and Okemos at Novi tonight.
WHITMORE LAKE – Aaron Krupansky had 31 points, including seven 3-pointers, to pace the Sentinels (2-0).
Anthony Martino added 12 points and Tommy Wilson had 10 for Charyl Stockwell, which plays host to Livingston Christian on Monday. | 2019-04-21T12:23:02Z | https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/12/11/hartland-girls-cspa-boys-get-basketball-wins/20286259/ |
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable British pensioners receive home state care that is so cursory and inadequate they are forced to choose between eating and being assisted to the bathroom, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request reveals.
An overwhelming 75 percent of local authorities in England offer pensioners visits that last a mere 15 minutes, the FoI request indicates. The number of councils booking care workers for these “flying care” visits has shot up 5 percent in the past year.
Councils warn crippling funding cuts are to blame for the situation, and have jeopardized their capacity to maintain basic services. They say they need an extra £400 million if they are to provide adequate services to those who rely on them.
In a climate of rampant privatization, UK public services are increasingly outsourced. In the case of state care, 90 percent of such services for elderly and disabled Britons are now offered by private companies or charities.
Some 110 councils across Britain are currently paying for care workers to conduct these 15-minute visits.
Severely criticized, the whistle-stop visits generally occur daily or every two days. Critics warn the rushed timespan is simply too short to allow pensioners and the disabled the time needed for adequate care.
Frustrated care workers say they don’t have sufficient time to dress, feed and wash their clients and make sure they have taken any medication they depend on.
“Fifteen minutes is simply not long enough to deliver quality personal care, and these visits can leave disabled and older people facing impossible choices like whether to go to the toilet or to have a cup of tea, because they simply don’t have time for both,” he warned.
Britain’s health secretary claims he is currently developing a slew of new regulations to dictate how councils purchase care services. He hopes the policy shift will go a long way to ending undignified and rushed forms of state care.
Ministers had previously tried to stop the practice by amending the Care Act, so that councils would be obliged to consider the well-being of pensioners when arranging care facilities. But their efforts were unsuccessful.
Britain’s councils have been heavily hit with relentless government cuts to public spending in recent years, propelled by the government’s attempt to reduce the nation’s deficit.
The UK is suffering from spiraling inequality, plummeting standards of living, and millions of workers have slid deeper into poverty as zero-hours contracts proliferate. And despite relentless austerity measures, the deficit continues to grow.
Statistics released by UK government spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, indicate funding to councils has plummeted by 28 percent since 2010. Local authorities’ funding will take a further hit in 2015-16, increasing the overall reduction of council funding to 37 percent.
Last week, it emerged that glaring failures by councils to protect vulnerable children and teenagers have reduced them to sleeping rough on British streets, on night buses, in police stations and in drug dens. Many are thought to be at high risk of abuse.
A spokesman for London Councils told the BBC that local authorities are doing their best to cope with the crisis amid crippling cuts and dwindling resources in a climate of ongoing austerity. | 2019-04-26T13:36:53Z | https://www.rt.com/uk/217135-pensioners-care-crisis-councils/ |
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The Twilight Garden began in 2008 as a solo project by Todd Loomis while still a member in the electro industrial act Velvet Acid Christ (member from 2005-2009). In early 2010, The Twilight Gardens debut album entitled "a world we pretend" was released on Projekt Records. It received mainly good reviews and opened doors for The Twilight Garden with DJ support and club play. Drummer Chris Kutz and keyboardist/bassist Patrick Hogan teamed up with Todd Loomis to form a live band and in the summer of 2010, they did a short tour as part of an invitation to play the Projektfest 2010.
In early 2011, Todd began working on the songs for what would become the 2nd full length album for The Twilight Garden. The new album would ultimately take over a year to complete. During that time, The Twilight Garden left Projekt Records and signed with Metropolis Records for the release of the 2nd album. The new album (titled "Hope") is now complete and is scheduled to be released in November of 2012.
Todd Loomis is the founding member of The Twilight Garden - although in the past, he has been the primary song writer, lyricist, vocalist, and guitarist in several different bands including The Trucelent, Spiderhead, Removed, and The Farthest Shore. He also played guitar and wrote extensively on keyboard for the Denver , Colorado , USA based act Decanonized. During his time with Decanonized, Todd attended and graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver with a Bachelor of Music, emphasizing in music engineering. While at the university, he studied music history, theory, composition, and piano performance all in addition to his main focus, music engineering. In 2005, Todd met and began working with Bryan Erickson of Velvet Acid Christ. He was a member from 2005 through the end of 2009, having worked on the following material: 1) remix on the reissue of "Calling of the Dead" - VAC LP, 2) "Lust for Blood" - VAC LP, 3) "wound single" from the VAC LP - (figurehead cover), 4) VAC remix for Emily Autumn's "dead is the new alive", 5) VAC remix for Brain Leisure's "resistance", 6) VAC remix for Darker Days Tomorrow's "zeitgeist", 7) VAC remix for Mortiis's "gibber", 8) Last "Toxic Coma" LP (VAC side project), 9) "The Art of Breaking Apart" - VAC LP, 10) "Caustic Disco" single from the VAC LP. | 2019-04-20T20:38:53Z | https://www.metropolis-records.com/artist/the-twilight-garden |
One of the most significant aspects of preparing for JEE is spending enough time practising JEE mains previous year papers. Past toppers and successful students say that after completing their course, they spent a considerable amount of time practising questions from the previous years and taking mock tests. They say that doing this has been one of the key reasons behind their success. Let’s look at why engineering aspirants writing JEE 2019 must include practising previous year papers as an integral part of their examination preparation schedule.
A student preparing for any competitive exam must understand everything that the examination entails. This gives the student an overall understanding of the number of questions asked, level of difficulty, number of hours per day the students need to study, important topics, the exam pattern, duration of the exam among other things. Once the student has familiarised himself/herself with this, they can design their preparation strategy in a way that suits the need of the exam.
Students preparing for the JEE Mains will see that questions asked in the Mathematics and Physics paper are repeated from the previous years, whereas in the Chemistry exam some chemical reactions questions get repeated every 4-5 years. Once the student has completed his/her syllabus, they must go through at least the last five year papers, so is to find a pattern in the questions that get repeated. During the exam, knowing the answer or the method to solve a question that you have seen before in a previous year paper boosts the confidence of the student in the stressful situation that he/she is already in.
While going through the previous year papers, students have the advantage of looking at the answers given for the questions that they are facing an issue with. It gives them an insight of what the examiners are looking for in terms of arriving at the solution and the candidate’s problem-solving skills. A thorough practice of previous years JEE papers will also allow the candidates to see where they stand and make efforts to improve in the areas where they need more practice or assistance.
Most engineering aspirants who sit for the JEE, complain about the lack of time given to complete the exam. Students who practice enough previous year papers usually know how to navigate through the paper in the given duration of the exam. They would have timed the number of minutes they would want to spend on each question or the time required for each subject or even the order in which they would want to attempt the question paper. All students who have been successful in clearing the exam in the past have said that they were able to solve questions in the exam quicker and faster only because they spent a large chunk of their time practising JEE Main question papers.
Since the JEE syllabus is exceptionally vast, students are expected to put in at least 6-7 hours of study every day to complete the course. During the study hours, students are constantly consuming new information. This could result in the students not retaining all that they have learnt. It is a good practice to have a combination of study time and solving mock tests and previous year papers so that students can apply what they have learnt. As studying continously can be monotonous, boring and tiresome, students can take a break and practise the previous year JEE Main papers to evaluate how prepared they are for the exam. | 2019-04-19T22:16:27Z | http://www.educationbox.org/education/5-reasons-why-its-a-great-idea-to-practice-previous-year-jee-papers-while-preparing-for-the-exam.html |
Articulating a clear value proposition.
Warrington Borough Council approached us to assist them with creating a brand for their new adult social care business – the Catalyst Choices Community Interest Company.
After pitching our initial ideas and creative concepts for positioning the business, we were appointed to develop identity guidelines, a brand toolkit and a fully responsive website.
We began by undertaking a number of site visits to different service locations, including a retirement village and an adult day centre. We met with the staff and service users, so we could see first-hand the value Catalyst Choices provided for them.
Inspired by the individual stories that, together, formed the unique culture of the organisation, we developed a brand framework that was reflective of the service, its staff and the service users.
We developed a brand, position and message that is completely unique in the marketplace. The collateral is focused and reaches individuals on an emotional level.
Catalyst Choices was launched in April 2015. The business has gone from strength to strength – recently relocating to larger premises to accommodate their growing team.
The extensive brand toolkit we supplied has meant that the client has been able to produce simple branded items, such as posters for events, press releases and staff newsletters, internally, without the need for agency support – meaning they can focus on investing in their care services. | 2019-04-24T12:45:09Z | http://betterthanten.com/work/catalyst-choices-brand-identity/ |
Are you committed to leading student achievement and well-being? As an educational leader, do you welcome the opportunity to play a pivotal role in the Durham District School Board (DDSB) to Ignite Learning for our students. We invite you to learn more about joining our dynamic team of DDSB Principals and Vice Principals.
The DDSB is one of the few school boards in Ontario experiencing growth with more than 70,000 students, 7,500 permanent staff and 131 schools and learning centres. We are seeking candidates who are interested in leading change through quality implementation of our core priorities of: Success, Well-Being, Leadership, Equity, Engagement and Innovation.
Your decision to apply for a position in the DDSB demonstrates your dedication to working collaboratively with various stakeholders to ensure the success of all students and staff. School leaders in the DDSB are supported at every stage of their leadership journey. We offer mentorship networks, professional learning that develops and enhances instructional and operational leadership skills and opportunities to share ideas and offer voice through various committees. | 2019-04-22T10:39:49Z | http://ddsb.ca/Pages/newsitem.aspx?ItemID=1051&ListID=6160417e-fb0a-4110-858b-9acc98b1872e&TemplateID=Announcement_Item |
New Toys Not Played With…Now What?
It seemed like every year Christmas would come, I would go out, search for toys and find some that I thought would be fabulous for Andrew. I tended to choose pretty basic things that had lots of possibility in my mind to build his pretend play skills. He would open the toys and they would get set aside with all of his attention turned to the toys with on/off switches, music and lights. My choices couldn’t compete but that was fine, I figured we had a whole week in the house together. During this break from school, I would ask him if he wanted to play with a certain toy and his response was “No!” (if I got any response at all). And so these toys sat…and sat…until I came to a realization, one that made a huge difference for me and perhaps can help you as well.
One day it occurred to me that perhaps the reason he has no interest in these toys is that he has no idea how to play with them.
Most children learn how to play with their toys by having someone playing with them, acting as the model for how to play. This works great except for those of us with children who don’t want to play with us. Since this was not an unfamiliar concept with us, I began to think, “Was there a way to incorporate some of these toys into an Obstacle Course so I could teach him how to play with them?” You bet!
Now, in all honesty, I had to make some mental shifts because what we would be doing was different from the ideal in my head when I purchased the toys. We were not going to be sitting for hours in the afternoon while we built carnival rides with “Magformers” but that was okay. My goal shifted from getting him to play how I had envisioned to teaching him the basics of the toys he had so that maybe down the road he would use that knowledge to play on his own.
When I begin to work on a skill in My Obstacle Courses, I break it down to the most basic point that I know he can handle so I can build from there. Teaching him how to play with these toys would be no different. I had to look at these toys and think about the basics- what does he need to know how to do to put one part together? Does he need a model? Does he need written out directions giving him what to do step by step?
I incorporated these ideas with an activity we had done before as an Obstacle Course station, “Make the Same” (click here to get more details and pictures of this) and it worked! He got the exposure to the toys, their different parts and how to put them together so that down the road he would be able to build on those skills. He had a model in front of him, the pieces he needed to make his own and me to help him when he got stuck.
I encourage you to look around for toys around your house that your child does not play with and see if you can break them down to be something very basic to build a play skill that could fill in a blank, one that may be preventing them from playing with something they actually want to play with! | 2019-04-21T00:12:42Z | http://www.myobstaclecourse.com/2010/12/27/new-toys-not-played-with-now-what/ |
I truly enjoyed jumping in my car on this beautiful day and heading over the beautiful mountains painted in all the Fall beauty!
Bri asked me to come to Bend and do her engagement portraits at her and her finances favorite park, Shelving Park. I could clearly see why it was a favorite, absolutely beautiful and we couldn’t have asked for better Fall weather! They also brought along their beautiful pup and was better behaved then my own kids.
Wishing these two the absolute best as they just accepted new jobs in San Fransisco!!! | 2019-04-23T18:14:30Z | https://www.bettyboyce.com/blog/2018/11/13/bend-oregon-engagement-session |
Federal Reserve Chariman Jerome Powell’s indications of a less aggressive stance on interest rate hikes in 2019 is mostly good news for commercial real estate capital markets, experts say—as long as caution is exercised.
“It is good news because lower rates make deals cheaper. However, a Fed pause also means that the Fed is recognizing that downside risks to the economy are building up, which is bad news,” says Robert Dye, chief economist with Comerica Bank.
Powell indicated last year that there would be four rate hikes this year, before cutting that estimate to two in December. In early January, he took an even softer stance, saying he would be patient and watch to see how the economy evolves.
Last year, the economy produced solid job growth, low unemployment, increased labor force participation, a gradual rise in wages and consumer spending that reached a record high in the third quarter. A survey of manufacturers came in much lower than expected in early January, however, although it remains at a level consistent with moderate growth, Powell said during a Jan. 4 roundtable with former Fed chairs Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke.
Even with mostly positive economic data as 2018 drew to a close, financial markets sent out an SOS and took investors on a rollercoaster stock market ride in the fourth quarter.
Based on the latest indicators, Mark Dotzour, a Texas-based economist, says the rising interest rate cycle may have peaked in 2018. He notes that people may have over-estimated how strong the U.S. economy was.
“I think we are finding out that even though the U.S. economy is one of the strongest on earth, it’s still not super strong, and it doesn’t take much in the way of rate increases to turn a strong economy to one that looks like a recession is coming,” Dotzour says.
Janet Yellen, during a Jan. 14 speech to the National Retail Federation, suggested the nation may have seen the last rate hike of this economic cycle, but she couched her comments by adding that it’s possible that the Fed will opt for another hike or two this year.
A lower interest rate environment means capital will continue to be abundant and flowing in the commercial real estate sector, according to Tom Fish, executive managing director and co-head of the finance group with real estate services firm JLL.
“When rates go up, real estate as an asset class better be performing very well because if rates go up that means cap rate deterioration is a threat, and in order to maintain value with a deteriorating cap rate environment, you have to offset that with increased performance at the property level,” Fish says.
Fish notes that, in his opinion, interest rates may have peaked, as the impact of the tax cut stimulus has faded, leaving systemic economic issues that must still be addressed.
Those issues include zero population growth and low productivity growth, based on the education system and job retraining, Fish says. Until those issues are dealt with, U.S. GDP growth will stay in the 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent range, which will mean a continued low interest rate environment. | 2019-04-25T05:45:49Z | https://www.nreionline.com/finance-investment/possibility-fed-pausing-interest-rate-hikes-good-news-cre-long-it-doesn-t-lead |
Here is what you need to keep on hand for basic home maintenance and repairs. I am not talking about renovations, but about items that will come in handy for most day-to-day needs.
All of these items can be purchased at your local hardware or home building store. Most are modestly priced.
Cool additional items to keep on hand: a putty pencil or DAP, magic eraser, stain markers, goo gone and glue. | 2019-04-19T02:37:48Z | https://urbanfarmgirl.ca/2016/04/14/your-basic-toolbox/ |
Mountainside Vacation Villas is offering a promotional rental opportunity. To qualify for this rental rate, you must be between the ages of 19 and 45. This is to help young families that would like to be able to come and stay with us and start creating some great memories with your children as we’ve had happen the past 40 years. These rates offered to you are at a 10% per night off discount.
1) When you call to reserve, please quote the XYZ Rental Rates page (Millennial, Gen-X, Gen-Y, Gen-Z or i-Gen) we will ask your age and we will also ask for ID upon check in.
2) Please click on the link below to open the XYZ Rental Rate sheet, and for availability please call the # below and ask to speak to the reservations team.
Check us out on TripAdvisor too!! | 2019-04-21T00:53:01Z | https://www.mountainsidevillas.com/rental-specials/ |
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LVM pumps are constructed of polyacetal plastic, enabling them to pump almost any liquids. They are small enough to enter the opening in a five gallon container or a 2" well casing. The outlet is a ½” hose barb. The intake has a removable strainer with another hose barb for inline use. These pumps can be used for most general intermittent pumping applications, like hosing down cars, vans, boats, pumping into and from containers, emptying bilges, etc. LVM 105 comes with battery clips. These pumps are designed for 12 volt operation and will be damaged by array direct operation if voltage goes above 15 volts. Made in England.
LVM's Amazon model 105 is a multi-function 12 volt centrifugal pump. It outputs 4 gallons per minute at 14 psi, as an inline or shallow submersible pump. The LVM111 can pump sea water, fresh water or diesel fuel.
The LVM105 is excellent as a fuel or water transfer pump, a marine bilge pump, or for a domestic holding tank water system. This is a continuously rated pump, and should not be run dry for long periods.
LVM's Nile model 107 is a multi-function 12 volt centrifugal pump. It outputs 2.8 gallons per minute at 11 psi, as an inline or shallow submersible pump. The LVM107 can pump sea water, fresh water or diesel fuel.
The LVM107 can be used as a fuel or water transfer pump, or for a domestic holding tank water system. This is a continuously rated pump, and should not be run dry for long periods.
LVM's Congo model 111 is a multi-function 12 volt centrifugal pump. It outputs 7 gallons per minute at 14 psi, as an inline or shallow submersible pump. The LVM111 can pump sea water, fresh water or diesel fuel.
The LVM111 is excellent as a fuel or water transfer pump, a marine bilge pump, or for a domestic holding tank water system. This is a continuously rated pump, and should not be run dry for long periods. | 2019-04-22T00:50:48Z | https://ecovantageenergy.com/catalog/items/item683.html |
seemingly overwhelming evidence of its error.
Friends. Neither of these two choices resonates with me.
to offer that is germane to their discernment. | 2019-04-20T12:25:53Z | https://kitenet.net/pipermail/sayma/2004-October/001103.html |
Beautiful Day heard 38 times.
Sunday Bloody Sunday heard 35 times.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For heard 22 times.
Miss Sarajevo heard 16 times.
Cedarwood Road heard 15 times.
In God's Country heard 15 times.
Iris (Hold Me Close) heard 15 times.
Running To Stand Still heard 15 times.
Trip Through Your Wires heard 14 times.
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) heard 14 times.
Mothers Of The Disappeared heard 13 times.
One Tree Hill heard 13 times.
Red Hill Mining Town heard 13 times.
You're The Best Thing About Me heard 12 times.
13 (There Is A Light) heard 9 times.
Get Out Of Your Own Way heard 9 times.
Lights Of Home (St. Peter's String Version) heard 9 times.
Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way heard 9 times.
The Blackout heard 9 times.
A Sort Of Homecoming heard 4 times.
California (There Is No End To Love) heard 19 times.
America (Simon and Garfunkel) heard 13 times.
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe heard 13 times.
The Magnificent Seven heard 12 times.
It's Only Rock And Roll (But I Like It) heard 8 times. | 2019-04-18T19:05:49Z | https://www.atu2.com/tours/profile/doug/ |
Pisces Tattoos – One of the fascinating things about tattoos and perhaps the reason that most people have them is that they are a way of showing the world a bit about yourself and your personality. It is for this reason that most people choose to have Zodiac signs like Pisces inked on them. Each person has a zodiac sign according to their birthdates, and it is believed that the sign represents and individuals personality. Although there are distinct meanings given to each zodiac sign each one of them can have varying meanings. In fact, each sign is associated with dozens of different meaning if not more and so a Pisces tattoo can have very many meanings.
According to Zodiac observers, Pisces are intuitive, and some people also claim that they have a sixth sense. People use this tattoos to show their intuitiveness especially those who believe that they have this ability on a scale that is way above normal. Having any Pisces tattoos anywhere on your body can be used to show others that you have a sixth sense or to always remind yourself of your intuitive abilities so that you can utilize them better.
Pisces are known to be self-indulgent, lazy and sometimes also insecure. These tattoos can be used to show that one has any of these characteristics, or they believe that it is in them. Although to others this might not be a positive trait, to the tattoo holder, it can be a way to remind one of this vice so that they can work to overcome it. Pisces can also mean femininity since it is considered a feminine sign. For ladies born between February 20th and March 20th, this tattoo is a good way for them to showcase their femininity.
These tattoos can also be used for religious symbolism and to show that one is torn in two directions. Fish have a strong connection with different religions with the bond being stronger with Christianity, and so this symbol can be used to portray one’s faith in Christianity. Pisces are known to go with the flow or swim in the opposite directions and most of the time you can’t tell which direction they are going. If you feel that you are being pulled in two directions, then the Pisces tattoo can be a good way to show this. | 2019-04-18T12:19:33Z | https://www.magment.com/20-pisces-tattoos-designs-ideas/ |
SPICER: You already got your question, John. We’re doing one-question Friday.
Q: But this is an important point.
MR. SPICER: No, it’s not, John.
Pool reporters will only be allowed to ask questions in the form of charades, and must exclusively use their hands and bodies to express themselves. The press secretary will have forty-five seconds to guess what the reporter is miming. If the press secretary correctly guesses the entire question, he will answer it. If the reporter makes any noise, he or she is disqualified. No questions about Russia or taxes.
Secretary Spicer will bring donuts for the hardworking reporters and correspondents whose diligence and persistence are a vital part of the democratic process. Also on Donut Tuesdays, "do-not" ask questions about Russia, taxes, or intelligence reports.
It’s a freaky flip-flop day when the press secretary asks the questions and the pool reporters answer! Wednesdays will be a fun learning experience for members of the press pool as they are peppered with questions from Spicer, such as "Not so easy, is it?," and "Don't you feel like a decent man just trying his hardest?" No questions about Russia, taxes, intelligence, health care, or how tired the press secretary looks up close.
Members of the pool can wear fun, crazy hats. Secretary Spicer suggests an Indiana Jones fedora ("It had to be a question about snakes?!"), a cowboy hat ("This town ain't big enough for me to hide forever from you people or my demons!"), or a hat with a propeller on top ("I wish this really could fly me away!"). The pool reporter with the wackiest hat will be invited to a private one-on-one briefing with Secretary Spicer in the room where Steve Bannon pelts him with office supplies. No questions about Russia, taxes, intelligence, health care, foreign policy, or whether Spicer has been crying recently.
The White House press pool will only be allowed to ask one question, in total, no follow-ups. Before the briefing starts, pool reporters will have ten minutes to confer and decide on a question. The question may only be asked by the entire pool speaking in unison, or in a round while Secretary Spicer claps to keep time. No questions about Russia, taxes, intelligence, health care, foreign policy, Congress, or Twitter.
While there is no briefing scheduled for the weekend, members of the press pool will be asked to spend Saturday thinking hard about how they acted over the previous week. Were they fair? What are three things that they will strive to do differently next week? Will they offer Secretary Spicer a job or a place to crash if something happens? Pool reporters can choose to leave a question or an apologetic note to Secretary Spicer with his assistant, enclosed in a pack of Orbit gum. No questions about Russia, taxes, intelligence, domestic or foreign policy, the President, or any scandal from earlier in the week, it goes without saying.
Secretary Spicer will sit alone in the press room with the lights off, listening to his Enya mixtape. This is a moment for Spicer to collect himself and visualize what a good day would look like. No questions at all, about anything political or otherwise. Please, just give him one day.
How am I supposed to Instagram my brunch with all this going on?
Leo brought me a DVD about floods or maybe just water in general (?). “Why are you giving me a DVD?” I asked. | 2019-04-25T03:51:53Z | https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/sean-spicer-introduces-theme-days-for-press-briefings |
I’ve been involved in higher education long enough to know how impenetrable our institutions can seem to outsiders, especially students, prospective employees with experience working in other sectors, and organizations looking to hire students or engage faculty. I wouldn’t go so far to say that the sector is more or less mysterious than any other, yet I feel quite confident in stating that, based on numerous personal experiences over the last two decades, institutions of higher learning collectively suffer from a significant perception problem that in no small way contributes to the ongoing questions and challenges faced by its leaders.
In light of this context, what is called “customer service” in the private sector is even more critical in higher education. It starts with the recognition that the student is our primary customer, as without them there are no classes, faculty, or staff, much less any of the other trappings higher education has become associated with over the years. You can talk all you want about the issues facing higher education but they are moot in their entirety without the presence — much less participation — of those we have been charged to serve. In other words, we best tighten our focus on the particular, ongoing needs of our students if we are even to have a remote chance at addressing the ills that plague higher education.
* We all work in admissions. That means faculty and staff alike share a common goal of attracting new students. We individually and collectively agree to do whatever it takes to present our institutions in the best possible way to prospective students, who have a plethora of choices available to them.
* We all contribute to student retention and success. That means once a student commits to attend our institution, we each must do everything in our power to ensure that that individual succeeds academically, socially, personally, and, ultimately, professionally — while completing their experience in a timely fashion.
* We recognize that every opportunity we have to engage a prospective or current student is a learning opportunity for them. The systems and processes we’ve set up to run our institutions can be perplexing. It thus is our responsibility to help teach students how to navigate them in preparation for what they likely will encounter after they graduate.
The bottom line is that we need to adopt an attitude of gratitude for and service to students, our primary reason for being, as the fundamental component of a long-term strategy for ensuring the viability of our institutions. | 2019-04-21T18:21:00Z | https://www.mitchellfriedman.com/2014/05/truth-telling-about-higher-education.html |
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Narcos: Mexico showrunner Eric Newman explains which parts of DEA agent Kiki Camarena’s story were true, plus answers some of our other burning questions about the new season.
[Spoilers]. In the latest installment of the Netflix drug drama, Camarena (Michael Pena) moves his family to Mexico for a post in the DEA’s Guadalajara office in 1981. There he struggles against local police corruption and U.S. government bureaucracy as he tries to take down the country’s first major organized drug cartel. He eventually has a major score, helping seize and burn a marijuana “super field.” But the DEA’s investigation inspires cartel forces to abduct and kill Camarena. Below Newman addresses which elements from Camarena’s story actually happened and which were creative license.
And he really was tortured over a long period, injected with drugs to keep him conscious, and tapes of his interrogation later surfaced — all that sound right?
It’s a rather incredible and heartbreaking story. I left wondering about a couple other things, like did he really go undercover to work on the field to find out its existence?
He did visit the field undercover — less as a migrant worker than as an interested party. Unfortunately, his partner passed away recently so I wasn’t able to get the exact details on how he pulled it off. But he had contacts, he was posing as a marijuana buyer so he was able to go check it out. We took license as to how he got there.
What about the part where he has a suspect hold a gun to his head to convince him he wasn’t a narc?
What other beats from his story in the show were creative license?
He had three children and we gave him two because kids are so hard to work with. In the same way we decided to keep Juan Pablo Escobar a child even though he did grow up into a sort of awful teenager, we kept him a kid because he was a child, so we forgive him for following his father — how could he not? It would take a stronger man than me to break from your dad who says we’re doing exactly what we should be doing.
One thing I was struggling a bit with as a viewer: Was Felix Gallardo (Diego Luna) really so against kidnapping him? The show seemed like it came precariously close to making it look like the cartel boss wasn’t at all to blame for the DEA agent’s high-profile abduction and death by his own men until the very end when you made his complacency, at least, clear.
There were a lot of opinions for sure. We believe Gallardo was too smart to [to kidnap him] on his own — and Rafael Quintero had ordered his abduction without consulting Gallardo because the government needed to know what he knew. The was a wiretap — this hopefully comes across but maybe we could have been more overt about it — the government knew there was a wiretap the DEA had run and they were terrified about what they knew. So they used the traffickers, as they often do, because the traffickers work for the government. One of the great tragedies in Mexico is the government lost control of the cartels. For a long time it was this partnership where when they’re done with you they can give you up so you better hope they’re never done with you. So it seemed to us that this was very much a poorly thought out endeavor and not one that Felix Gallardo would get away with.
There are some reports I read online claiming the CIA was complicit in Kiki’s death — something that is not depicted in your show. Did you look into that claim?
Yeah, I don’t believe it. What is true is many [government agents] had interactions with the cartels for sure. In some cases they may have trained them. There was a time when the real enemy were the communists. The American government and the traffickers had a shared enemy. But I don’t believe the CIA would knowingly participate in the murder itself or the coverup of a federal agent, I just don’t buy it. Not when the stakes were these. If it was some vital matter of national security then that would be different.
What’s interesting is that knowing the outcome of Kiki Camarena’s story ahead of time didn’t lessen the impact. If anything, knowing how it ended filled many scenes with a sense of dread. Were counting on viewers being surprised or already knowing what happened, since his death was mentioned in season 1?
I assume it will be equally split. I assume there are segments of the audience who have never read a newspaper who will go into this thinking, “I like that guy I hope nothing bad happens to him.” There are others who know this is the story of Kiki and something bad is going to happen to him. I remember saying, “Who’s going to want to watch a movie about ship sinking when everybody knows it’s going to sink?” You can know that something bad is going to happen — in fact you can be certain — and still be on the edge of your seat. I’ll read the last page of a book before I start sometimes and it doesn’t diminish the experience at all. But it was designed to play both ways. There are a lot of ways to experience this show that are diametrically in opposition to each other. You can root for the cops to take out the bad guys. Or like me, you can see it as an incredibly complicated mess and once you’ve gotten rid of Pablo Escobar you’ve cleared the way for his successors, a hydra on a dragon.
Speaking of which: What was it like getting bringing back Wagner Moura to play Pablo Escobar?
It made me very happy, just being there with him, working with him, writing his voice again, that was probably one of my favorite professional experiences in my life. We finally got [Escobar’s] hippopotamus in the movie. We were trying forever to write that in. You don’t see it, but you hear it. We needed to do that. We missed a huge thing that everybody loves to talk about and we [tried to write the hippo in] in a bunch of times.
Obviously, he wasn’t at the same weight as when he was shooting his seasons.
But remember, but he was 10 years younger here. He died in ’93 and we’re in ’83 there.
So with this ending, is the assumption the next season will continue Felix’s story?
If there is a next [season] that would make sense.
Many of the drug war have advocated for the legalization of addictive drugs. The recent opioid epidemic suggests that might not be a great solution. As somebody who’s heavily researched this subject, what’s your take?
We’ve gone about this the wrong way for a long time. We continue to treat [drug use] as a law enforcement issue when we should be treating it as a healthcare crisis in the United States and a humanitarian crisis elsewhere. As long as demand of drugs exists — and the United States is the largest market for illegal drugs in the world — you’re never going to have a shot at attacking the supply. The supply is a product of the demand, so it stands to reason that’s where we should focus our efforts. And not locking up people who use drugs. People who use drugs need help, they don’t need prison… You know, there’s a lot of talk about building a [border] wall — which is stupid in so many ways. But what really blows my mind is the idea that a wall will curtail the flow of drugs into the United States. You know where you can find a lotof drugs everywhere? … Prison. And prisons are surrounded by walls. If there’s a will there’s a way. Its very simple, supply and demand.
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Pat Finucane was murdered in front of his three children and wife in February 1989.
Clodagh’s mother Mary Coll and sister Jacqueline Connolly last night spoke on Claire Byrne Live.
The Spurs star scored the second goal for his side but their victory was marred by the incident.
The club are accused of ‘tapping up’ Silva whilst he was head coach of Watford.
An independent inquiry looked into deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.
72 people lost their lives in the tower block blaze.
The inquiry into the fire that killed 72 people gets under way in London today.
One doctor has faced seven allegations of professional misconduct and/or poor professional performance at the inquiry.
The Commission of Investigation could start as early as this summer.
He has been detained in prison since 25 March.
The Israeli military has identified and named ten of the dead as militants from Hamas and other groups.
Thawley (34) died at the Dublin hospital on 8 May 2016 during surgery for an ectopic pregnancy.
A total of 48 people died and 214 were injured in the Stardust tragedy.
A hearing by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland took place today.
Dr Robin Chakraverty, formerly of UK Athletics, is to give evidence to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport committee.
An estimated 5,000 to 6,000 children from institutions and poor families were shipped to Australia from 1922 to 1967.
Dublin Fire Brigade attended a fire in the area on Tuesday morning.
And how does it differ from a Commission of Investigation?
The former High Court judge was tasked with reviewing the situation after two protected disclosures were made to Frances Fitzgerald by gardaí in last October.
A preliminary hearing will be held amid a dispute between relatives and the Government over legal fees.
Expert witness Dr Philip Owen told the inquiry the woman likely had a continuing normal pregnancy in her womb.
A retired judge will lead the inquiry into the Olympic ticket-touting scandal, but will be unable to compel witnesses. | 2019-04-24T06:32:39Z | https://www.thejournal.ie/inquiry/news/ |
It is well-known that Sachin: A Billion Dreams, a biopic based on former Indian cricket star and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar’s inspiring life, will hit the screens this Friday.
Apart from billions of fans around the world and especially in India, several celebrities across the country are eagerly awaiting the film’s release.
Tollywood stars are no exception to this madness and several leading stars have been wishing the cricket legend on his film’s release by tweeting their excitement to watch the movie.
While stars like Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna and Akhil wished the legend and he thanked them in turn, young beauty Rakul Preet has had an envious opportunity to interview Sachin in his recent promotional tour in Hyderabad. | 2019-04-25T22:09:16Z | https://www.123telugu.com/mnews/tollywood-eagerly-awaiting-sachins-biopic.html |
The six-times grand slam champion came back a break down in the first set before wrapping up the tiebreaker to love and breezing through the last two sets in just over an hour.
"I never thought it was going to be an easy match before going on court," Nadal, who last year ground down Roger Federer in a classic five-set final, told reporters.
"I was playing shorter than usual. I made more mistakes ... After (the tiebreaker) I started to play longer, I started to play more aggressive, so I started to play more my tennis."
Far from being over-awed, 70th-ranked Luczak had the Spaniard on the back foot early, engaging him in lengthy baseline rallies and attacking his serve with gusto to the delight of a packed crowd at Rod Laver Arena.
The strategy paid off as Luczak broke the world number two's serve to lead 5-3, slapping a sharp cross-court return that clipped the line on the game's sixth break point and brought thunderous cheers.
But nerves got the better of the Australian, who double-faulted twice when serving for the set to allow Nadal to break back, then promptly collapsed in a heap in the tiebreaker.
"I gave it my all but he was just too good ... You sort of only get one chance against a guy like that."
After blasting a forehand cross-court winner to seal the set, Nadal resumed normal service in the second, breaking twice to race to a 5-0 lead as Luczak's risk-taking strategy quickly unravelled.
Nadal, who lost his number one ranking to Federer last year after being sidelined with knee injuries, said he was feeling confident after good preparation in the lead-up, but said last year's victory was far from his mind.
"No, I am thinking about try to play good tournament. Sure, when I walk around and I see my picture there, being on the floor, so I will always have nice memories."
The 23-year-old next faces the winner of the match between Argentina's Leonardo Mayer and Lukas Lacko of Slovakia. | 2019-04-21T20:38:57Z | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nadal-beats-crowd-luczak-to-reach-second-round |
I’ve been helping to decipher some old gravestones in the newly renovated Mo‘ili‘ili Japanese Cemetery (est. 1908), a candidate for the State and National Register of Historic Places. Here’s a short list of deciphering aids that I’ve just updated in time for this year’s Obon season.
Rikai Unicode Kanji Tables are invaluable for locating rare (or miswritten) kanji that don’t show up in the usual kanji dictionaries, name glossaries, or input methods. Kanji dictionaries will often give you the code range of similar kanji (grouped by semantic ‘radicals’), so you can scan for a form that is no longer used in Japanese, but that shows up in old names, then cut and paste it into a search box to see if you can get a name reading.
Nanzan University’s 2001 Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (28/3-4) translation of Tamamura Fumio’s “Local Society and the Temple-Parishioner Relationship within the Bakufu’s Governance Structure” helps clarify Buddhist posthumous naming conventions and honorifics.
It’s strange to hear a Christian hymn in a Japanese Buddhist temple, being led by the minister, no less. But [Rev. Earl] Ikeda [of Mō‘ili‘ili Hongwanji Mission temple near the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa] had a reason. “I was invited to do a funeral service recently,” he explains. “I talked with the family and mentioned that it didn’t have to be a strict service done in the Buddhist tradition.” He explained to the family that they could choose a gatha, or song they felt would best honor their loved one. They chose “Amazing Grace.” In fact, adds Ikeda, when it came time to sing, the Buddhist minister himself led the mourners in the Christian hymn.
Speaking to us earlier in his modest office upstairs, Ikeda, sporting his usual attire of T-shirts and shorts, says, “I like that song, and the meaning really fits what Buddhism is about. In Buddhism, the idea is to live the moment. We can’t be attached to certain ways of thinking, that’s exactly what Buddhism isn’t.” It was a story he wanted to share with his membership….
There are 33 temples still open on O‘ahu. Visit one of them today and you’ll find a small number of devoted members, all of whom pay annual dues to keep the temples open. It is not uncommon for ministers to speak in front of memberships compromising a dozen members, sometimes fewer. It’s also likely that a temple’s most active members are in their 70s, 80s, sometimes even 90s….
In addition to a shrinking membership, Hawai‘i’s Japanese Buddhist temples are also facing a shortage of ministers. Take [Rev. Jay] Okamoto. For the past six years, he’s not only been the minister of the Waipahu Hongwanji, but also the temples in ‘Ewa and Wai‘anae, neither of which have had their own resident ministers in 30 years. The ‘Ewa temple has 30 members and the Wai‘anae temple has around 50, he says.
All Japanese Buddhist ministers must be ordained in Japan before they can work in Hawai‘i and on the Mainland. This often makes it difficult to attract local men and women in the first place, because they have to speak Japanese for their studies. Often, Japanese ministers end up serving in Hawai‘i’s temples, but, says Okamoto, they, too, face linguistic and cultural challenges. It’s a catch-22.
There’s also a seasonally related article by David Thompson in the same issue headlined “Bondancersizing the Night Away” (pp. 43-45).
UPDATE: The article is about “Bondancercise” classes, a word formed from the merger of Bon + dancer + exercise, but the spelling “Bondancersizing (the Night Away)” implies right-sizing Bon dancers (weight loss).
When Thomas Dyer heads to Afghanistan in December, the former Marine and one-time Southern Baptist pastor won’t take a rifle with him. He won’t take a Bible, either.
That preparation, he says, will help him bring spiritual care in the midst of a war zone. “We’re going to put it to the test,” Dyer said.
Dyer’s deployment is another step in the U.S. military’s attempt to meet the diverse spiritual needs of America’s fighting forces. It’s no easy task. For one thing, the military chaplaincy is facing all the complications that have affected American religion over the past 40 years. The decline of mainline Protestants and their aging clergy. The ongoing Catholic priest shortage. The explosion of religious diversity. The emergence of people with no faith. The ease with which people move from one faith to another.
UPDATE: There were Christian chaplains in the Imperial Japanese Army, along with Buddhist and Shinto chaplains. (The pastor of the Hiroshima Baptist Church, where my parents served as missionaries, was a Christian chaplain with the Japanese Army in China.) However, there were no Buddhist or Shinto chaplains in the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, only Protestants, even for all the “Buddhaheads” from Hawai‘i. | 2019-04-20T22:59:25Z | https://faroutliers.wordpress.com/category/religion/buddhism/ |
Oops! Looks like I have already fallen off track :( It was winter break, though, and I love to be lazy over break. Also I did go on a little vacation to visit family which always interferes with writing time :) A new round of ROW 80 starts on Monday, and I will be posting my goals for the year and beginning some serious writing. | 2019-04-20T16:33:59Z | http://locaforlanguage.blogspot.com/2014/01/writing-update-not-much-progress.html |
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COSTA MESA – The Burroughs High School boys varsity team defeated Costa Mesa High School 55-43 on Friday night and is moving onto the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 4AA playoffs.
Although there was no Gatorade shower celebration like there is in football, head coach Scott Hansen was bombarded by players and fans with “good game” combined with a whole lot of hugging.
The Burros held the league the entire game against the Mustangs, the first points on the board coming from senior Trevor Frisbee who nailed a three-pointer, which really set the tone for the rest of the game.
“I just put in the work during practice, and my teammates had confidence in me. Eventually, I knew they would go in,” Frisbee said about the couple of three-pointers he had during the game.
Frisbee ended the game with 12 points, the second highest on the team behind senior Dabrien Skipworth who scored 15.
The first quarter the Burros went on an eight-point run, which allowed them to go up 19-8. Skipworth had one of the most memorable plays of the game when he pushed through four Mustangs towards the net and scored on a layup.
The Burros continued that momentum throughout the second period as well, where they went on to score 12 more points, holding the Mustangs to 15 which allowed them to keep the lead heading into the second half of the game 31-23.
The Mustangs put up its best fight of the game during the third quarter were they came within five points of the Burros, the closest that they had been since the opening quarter.
But the push was a little too late, and the Burros edged out Costa Mesa for the win. The Burros went on a seven-point run which helped solidified the win for the team, ending the game 55-43.
Hansen was on the sideline hugging and then lifting up the 6-foot-5-inch junior, Grant Martin during the last minute of the game.
After the game, Hansen said that the team played well defensively, especially senior, and captain, Colbey Armstrong.
“You can’t win without people like Colbey, because his role is so important. And he embraces his role, and he is good at it. He is an ultimate team player which is why he is the captain,” Hansen said.
The team will be back for an hour practice today, and then have another practice on Monday before the next game.
“We have got some momentum, feeling pretty good, very confident. Going to practice tomorrow and Monday, work on some things, watch some film, and be ready to go,” Frisbee said.
The Burros will head home and face Pacifica Christian on Tuesday.
“We are in playoffs, there is nothing new we are putting in. We are here for a reason. We do our stuff really well. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it,” Hansen said. | 2019-04-18T16:21:02Z | https://www.ridgecrestca.com/sports/20190208/burroughs-boys-basketball-burros-advance-to-next-round-with-win-over-costa-mesa |
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent progenitor cells that have the capacity to differentiate into all lineages of mesodermal origin, e.g., cartilage, bone, and adipocytes. MSCs have been identified at different stages of development, including adulthood, and in different tissues, such as bone marrow, adipose tissue and umbilical cord. Recent studies have shown that MSCs have the ability to migrate to injured sites. In this regard, an important characteristic of MSCs is their immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects. For instance, there is evidence that MSCs can regulate the immune system by inhibiting proliferation of T and B cells. Clinical interest in the use of MSCs has increased considerably over the past few years, especially because of the ideal characteristics of these cells for regenerative medicine. Therapies with MSCs have shown promising results neurodegenerative diseases, in addition to regulating inflammation, they can promote other beneficial effects, such as neuronal growth, decrease free radicals, and reduce apoptosis. Notwithstanding, despite the vast amount of research into MSCs in neurodegenerative diseases, the mechanism of action of MSCs are still not completely clarified, hindering the development of effective treatments. Conversely, studies in models of psychiatric disorders are scarce, despite the promising results of MSCs therapies in this field as well. | 2019-04-25T05:44:46Z | https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/publication756415 |
Nisa prides itself on being one of the best groups in the convenience retail sector so it is always very humbling when it is rewarded for its efforts.
2014 - Nisa Retail collected three awards at the CTP awards being crowned Best Overall Convenience Retailer, Best Symbol Group and Best Beers, Wines And Spirits Retailer.
2013 - Nisa wins Symbol Group of the Year and Most Sustainable Retailer at the Retail Industry Awards.
2013 - Nisa wins Green Supply Chain Initiative of the Year at the Retail Week Supply Chain Awards. | 2019-04-22T08:24:28Z | http://www.nisalocally.co.uk/approach/awards-recognition |
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