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What say you about this fishing show? I've bought Kim's videos, very informative. I like the show, especially the underwater footage. Be nice if they fished some lake here on the west coast. I like the show, its a little different with the underwater diving. Kim can be a little weird some times but aren't we all. I've been watching this show for 2 seasons now. My opinion.....he sells good underwater footage of bass. Not necessarily bass behavior, as we think we might see though. Bass confronted with a huge predator (man) a few feet away, can't be expected to act normally - IMO. So I'm not so impressed with the show. When I first started watching it, he showed smallies going after tube baits. WOW, I thought.....finally.....a show that will connect how we present a bait with how the fish react to it! No dice. Since that show, no other connect has been shown between presentation and catching. A disappointment. I still watch it. Nice underwater footage. But I was hoping for more and hoping to learn something. Yeah haha thats true. I really like the SCUBA diving though. Really cool to see what kind of water Kim's fishing because a lot of the time he is pulling up constant lunker. It's O.K. I do like that he has filmed on some water I have actually been on! I like the underwater footage, but agree about the lack of any real fishing knowledge being provided. The scripts are so forced and contrived and Kim's laugh is almost as bad as Shaw Grigsby's. I also like the show. I really liked it when they were catching some nice fish off the docks and then went under the water to show how the bass were stacked up on the pilings. Was a very informative show (at least that episode). Crestliner, that was my opinion also but this year's shows have improved. He recently did a couple of shows about fishing crankbaits and sight fishing for smallies during the spawn. Both of these shows provided some good information which had been lacking in earlier shows. I won't say this is the best fishing show but at times it has been worth watching. I agree; what really gets me is that this show could be a truly GREAT show! It has a tremendous amount of potential. I just think they are out of touch with what fishermen that watch NEED. Show us a drop shot in action on some good, deep water structure and how the bass react to that presentation! Show us fish reacting/not reacting to what we are doing while fishing - with various presentations. How do the lures we buy actually look down where the fish are? Show us the difference between monofilament line, fluorocarbon and braids - DOWN THERE! These are the things that are really needed. JMO! Excellent points, Crestliner. When the show first started airing I was hoping it would be along those same lines. This could be one of the best if they would take it in that direction.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T20:53:21", "url": "https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/78534-hook-n-look/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
and “Downton Abbey” till 2013. It will be a wonderful novel to look forward to in 2013! What a fabulous night and location for a reading – spilling out onto the footpath indeed. Lighthouse Bay is in my beside stack… I’ll get to it very soon. i love the story of wildflower hill, actually i finished reading for 12hrs, i didnt stop, i eat on my bed while im reading,because im so excited i cannot wait to finish. usually i’ve finish reading 2 or 3 days but this one was different after i’ve finished reading i was a little disappointed though. the ending, emma give lucy a letter, i said thats all oh no!!. is there any sequel? thanks for your comment. that’s all there is, but i presume it was all happily ever after. I’m so pleased you liked it, claire.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-20T02:15:15", "url": "https://kimberleyfreeman.com/2012/10/02/on-book-launches/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Mr. RickiLi was at home with his wife and three sons when he got the call. It was his producer J-Kut, and J-Kut was excited. He'd just come up with the perfect beat. RickiLi dropped what he was doing and headed to the studio. The 25-year-old Missouri City rapper has been in the business for seven years but rapping for only four with local shop Souf Hop Inc. His first single, "Bounce Slo," a bass-happy anthem tailor-made for back-seat subwoofers, got some local play. But this time RickiLi wanted something that could reach more people. As it happened, there were some girls from Prairie View A&M University on hand at the studio. RickiLi was going through one girl's phone. It was full of pictures of herself. "You really love yourself, don't you," he said to the girl. And his hook was born. "All this ice on me, tats on me, stacks on me, girls on me/ I got the Coogi's to the chest, J's on feet/ Lookin in the mirror, yeah I love what I see/ I love me some me, yeah I love me some me/ Love me some me, yeah I love me some me/ Love me some me, yeah I love me some me..." "It's like a chant," RickiLi says. Orian "Lump" Lumpkin, the revered local promoter who has taken on "Luv Sum Me," is convinced the rest of the city will soon be singing along. The song, he says, could snowball into Houston's next big hit. From his living room off Martin Luther King, where the walls are covered with personalized record plaques signed by everyone from Black Rob to 50 Cent ("To Lump: Thanks 4 Everything"), Lumpkin provided Rocks Off with his recipe for a dominant Houston rap song. It has little to do with being screwed and slow. "First of all, you gotta speak our language," he says. "We have a whole different vocabulary." From there the song needs a great hook - and it has to lead with it. "People really don't listen to content no more. They listen to [the] beat, and they listen to [the] chorus," Lumpkin says. "Cats in their 30s want hip-hop. But cats in their teens and 20s, they want rap." Even so, a strong beat can be dangerous. The rapper needs to make sure his flow isn't overpowered, and "marry the lyrics to the track." "You got to really own the track, because otherwise the music will take over and just beat you to death," Lumpkin says. The final trick, and the one that can be most difficult to pull off, is making the song accessible to a wide audience - from regular guys on the street to girls in the club. RickiLi remembers hearing his last song on the radio; it was cut and bleeped so much that it was hard to recognize. "Luv Sum Me" is entirely clean. "It's a party record, that's a street record, that the thugs can identify with, that the women can identify with," Lumpkin says. Lumpkin has been promoting in Houston for 14 years and sticks to an old-school method. In addition to radio stations and clubs, Lumpkin hits up clothing stores, beauty salons, barber shops and mom-and-pop record stores. If the reception is good in these places - and at the local strip joints - he knows he has something special on his hands. And if a deejay won't play the record, Lumpkin will go right to the clubbers, banking that eventually the requests will take care of it. "Hit records don't start on the radio," he says. "They start on the streets." But if Lumpkin really wants to gauge a record, he says, he gives it to some kids. Recently, in fact, he was sitting in his 1991 Chevy Suburban at a gas station down the road, going through his Blackberry, with "Luv Sum Me" blaring through the 2,000-watt-powered 15-inch speakers in back. The teenage girl working behind the counter ran outside to ask what was playing. Lumpkin gave her the CD. "It's really just coming up with themes that people can relate to," RickiLi says. And it's easy to love yourself. RickiLi's debut album will be out this fall.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T14:54:36", "url": "https://www.houstonpress.com/music/producer-rapper-promoter-reveal-formula-for-successful-houston-rap-song-6525711", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Insomnia or irregular sleep is common in early addiction recovery, and unfortunately, lack of proper sleep can be a major trigger that can quickly lead to relapse if left unaddressed. A study published in the October/November issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine found that the frequency of insomnia is five times higher in people in recovery than in the general population, and that newly clean and sober addicts who presented with insomnia were much more likely to relapse than others who were sleeping well. Reasons for recovery insomnia or sleep difficulties vary; for some, their addiction itself helped them sleep while they were using, and for others, stress about staying sober and their drastic, often sudden lifestyle changes when getting sober may be what’s keeping them up at night. Also, addiction can seriously interrupt an individual’s circadian rhythms, which for a time will also be something that keeps them from sleeping well. Regardless of the reason, lack of sleep can be detrimental and even dangerous to people in early recovery. When we are overtired, our thinking is clouded and our decision-making skills are not at their best. Furthermore, lack of sleep can make us moody, or inspire anxiety or poor control over our emotions. This is a risky area for anyone in recovery, so it’s extremely important to get not only enough sleep each night, but the right kind as well. While you are asleep, your body and mind go through specific stages of sleep. If you are sleeping in a healthy manner, your body will go through about five 90-120 minute cycles of these stages in an eight-hour period asleep. If you sleep less than you should, have trouble falling asleep, or have difficulty staying asleep, you may not progress through these cycles in a complete or healthy way. This can effect the replenishment of your immune system, the production of growth hormone, and the regulation of glucose metabolism, among other things. The stages are simple and easy to understand. In stage one, you are not quite yet fully asleep. Your muscles begin to relax and your breathing begins to slow down. You can wake up easily in this stage. The second stage of sleep, often referred to as “beginning of sleep” or “light sleep,” continues the muscle relaxation and slowdown of breaths begun in step one. Your temperature begins to drop and your heart rate slows. You can still be easily awakened during this stage, but your body is preparing for deeper sleep. During the third stage of sleep, generally called deep sleep, your brain waves slow further, your temperature and breathing continues to decrease, and your muscles are fully relaxed. There is no eye movement, and you are unaware of outside stimuli. It’s much more difficult to wake up people who are in this stage. It’s during this period that the body repairs physical aspects of the body such as muscles and tissues, and growth and immune function are stimulated. You are also building up energy for the next day during stage three. The fourth stage of sleep is the most exciting, from a dreamer’s standpoint. It is during this stage that your brain again becomes more active. Your breathing and heart rate increases. Your closed eyes begin to dart in all directions as if you were awake and were actually seeing things in front of you. This is REM sleep. This type of sleep is important for learning and memory, and this is when your brain processes all the information from the previous day, and inserts it into your long term memory. All four of these stages are important and it is vital that our body and mind have the opportunity to go through all of them to encourage and support our optimum mental and physical health. The appropriate and desired length of these stages varies by age. For example, infants spend almost 50% of their time asleep in REM sleep, but by adulthood that percentage drops to 20%. Sleep helps you heal both physically and mentally in so many ways. From a physical standpoint, much of the work going on inside of you happens during stage three, or deep sleep. During this period, your brain triggers the release of hormones that encourage tissue growth, helping you recover from injuries. Also, during deep sleep your body is working to make more white blood cells to attack viruses and bacteria. Since your heart rate slows while you are sleeping, your heart gets to take a break; and your heart also benefits from the release of stress hormones during this time, which in turn decrease inflammation linked to heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. And, as an added bonus, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people ate an average of nearly 300 fewer calories per day when they were well rested, so solid sleep is good for your waistline too. On the mental side of things, sleep has been proven to actually make us smarter. During REM sleep, your brain is deciding what information to keep, and what information to toss. By sorting these things out during your nighttime hours, you are more able to think clearly during the day. And, ample sleep puts you in a better mood, too. A study in the journal SLEEP demonstrated that people who sleep seven to nine hours a night had fewer symptoms of depression than individuals who slept more or less. And, sleep boosts your creativity, because a well rested mind is more easily able to uncover unconscious thoughts, thereby improving our decision-making capabilities. Clearly, getting proper sleep is important, and it is imperative that our bodies cycle through these stages for our health. So, what do you do if you are having trouble sleeping in early recovery? Don’t waste any time – seek professional advice immediately. Speak to your therapist about your issues and ask for suggestions on ways to improve the quality of your sleep. Also, talk to your medical doctor about your concerns. He or she may suggest you undergo a sleep study; during this diagnostic process, you will sleep at a clinic and using various tools, doctors will analyze your sleep to try to get to the root of the problem. Since you are in recovery, your doctor may wish to also consult with your therapist for input, and together they can help you develop a plan to get back to sleeping well, and moving forward on your recovery, strong and well rested. At Clear Sky Recovery, we treat the whole person. Using ibogaine treatment, we are able to help our clients get to the root of their addiction, transform their experience, and come out on top. It’s possible that after an ibogaine experience at our facility that you will sleep well, having worked out the problems in your past during your detox. However, if worry that you will have trouble sleeping after you are discharged, we are happy to help you address this in the aftercare plan you create with the licensed clinical psychologists on our staff. If you or someone you love is struggling with a drug or alcohol problem, we are here to help. Our intake specialists are standing by to tell you about our clinic in Cancun, Mexico, and to help you learn about the ways in which ibogaine can help you. Please contact us today.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T16:08:32", "url": "https://clearskyibogaine.com/sleep-and-addiction-recovery/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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Do I understand the issue of data snooping correctly, if it is only an issue related to the test data itself? For example, if the inspection of test data affects the learning in some way. - The test data has been used for estimation. - If the learning model is changed after evaluating the performance on the test data? How does data snooping relates to the train data (if at all). "How much" can you look into this data. Is it a violation wrt. data snooping to look at the target variable y if you are interested in exploratory data analysis such as PCA, or if you want to create features. For example, if you want to create a non-linear feature by cutting a continous variables such as age into a discrete feature with y in respect? Now do whatever you want with the training data to obtain your final hypothesis . Give it to the client. When the client asks you what performance to expect with , you ask her to open the test data file and run your on that file. The result on the test data is the performance to expect. The client is now stuck with that and that test performance. You are not allowed to change any more. Now let's reexamine the statement "whatever you want with the training data". You may want to be careful here with your choice of "whatever" if you want to have some idea whether your client will fire you or not, after examining the test data . That is, if you want your performance on your training data to give you some indication about what the client will see on the test performance then use a smaller hypothesis set (for example). Thanks @magdon To help my understanding I'd like to translate this into a more concrete example. For the heart attack/discrete age bins lecture example I see at least three different approaches. Here is my attempt to assess how d_vc changes by approach. I would appreciate any feedback you can offer. 1. The number of bins and cutoff ages are added as variable parameters for learning. I would expect this to add to d_vc as the number of parameters we add. 2. I decide on the number of bins and cutoff ages by looking at the training data. I would expect this to add to d_vc as the number of parameters we add. Is this exactly comparable to case 1? Is it possible that d_vc would be even higher if I considered adding more parameters but decided the data did not justify it? 3. I decide on the number of bins and cutoff ages based on my problem domain knowledge (without looking at my current set of training or test data). If I understand the statement at the end of lecture 9 correctly this complexity would not be charged to d_vc. Could d_vc even be considered to have decreased if the bin (a less complex measure since it has fewer alternatives?) replaces the age in the feature set? Thanks for any help. As noted in the lecture this seems like an important practical question. Just to clarify: By bins and cutoff, you mean taking the input variable "age" which is a real number and discretizing it into a finite number of values? In general, processing the inputs of a data set without looking at the outputs does not contaminate the data. 1. The learning algorithm chooses the discretization to use. 2. I choose the discretization to use based on looking at the data (snooping). 3. I choose the discretization to use based on my prior knowledge (without looking at the data). Based on your last sentence, case 3 does not adversely impact d_vc because I do not look at the data. Is there any change in d_vc because the discretized age loses the ability to distinguish some of the data points? I'm having trouble thinking about how different types of features (say integer valued, real valued, discretized ages, and multiple binary flags for different age ranges) affect d_vc. My understanding is that cases 1 and 2 are the same (assuming the same hypothesis set) because the VC analysis depends only on the hypothesis set and not the learning algorithm. Are there any subtleties I'm missing here? You are right that case 3 patently has no snooping. It seems to me that for both 1 and 2 you can depend entirely on the inputs of the data set without looking at the outputs (labels), so that also would not involve snooping.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-20T21:11:03", "url": "http://book.caltech.edu/bookforum/showthread.php?s=ffc3e82166c20fa6f2f6aab68dbab019&p=3955", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Twins Chatter doesn't take a holiday but do to the recent rash of poor play we are taking the day off to rest our poor heads. Yesterday the Twins and Kyle Lohse finally got back into the win column. This coming after a week of terrible play against below average competition. Don't get the wrong idea, we at Twins Chatter are not fair weather fans (anyone who was around during the mid to late 90's could not be), we just have high expectations for our team. Luckily there is some good news. The team is two games out of first and looks to be getting pheonom Joe Mauer back within the week. In a lot of ways this swoon has come at a much better time then last years'. If the team can begin to pull things together it will be setting itself up for a strong summer. Still, there are things that concern me with this team such as improved competition from the White Sox this year, our own inconsistent play, and too much being expected from a guy who has played in exactly one major league ball game. This will probably be a topic of a future column this week. Until then make sure to cast your vote for us to be in the World Series of blogs. We are so new to this but are very excited whenever we receive any recognition. Hope to see you back here tomorrow at your source for insightful, thoughtful, and somewhat opinionated Minnesota Twins coverage. Third base coach Al Newman, who drills the infielders, said Cuddyer can be a better second baseman than a third baseman. "We didn't spend hours upon hours at 7:30 in the morning on field number six [in spring training] taking ground balls and working on double plays for me not to feel like he's comfortable enough over there," Newman said. When Cuddyer is playing third, the Twins coaching staff believes he tends to stand up when balls are hit toward him, instead of making his first move toward the ball. Second base doesn't demand the reflexes third base does. "If you watch his body language, he's definitely more comfortable over there," Newman said. "More than he is at third. I don't think he doesn't like third, but I look at body language and he's more comfortable [at second] than at third base." I began writing today with the thought that I would once again state my opinion that Cuddyer could not be the Twins everyday second baseman. These few quotes by Al Newman aren’t going to sway me entirely, but they are very interesting nonetheless. Watching Cuddyer play second a handful of times early in the season, I was extremely unimpressed with his defense. He was not getting good reads on groundballs, and he was not displaying the soft hands that are so crucial for a middle infielder. I could not believe that the Twins organization, the same one that had benched Todd Walker for his defense, would put such a poor fielder at a crucial position on the infield. Now, I’m not crazy about Rivas, but you can’t say he doesn’t turn the double play as well as anyone in the league. Louie’s range isn’t spectacular by any means, but he makes Cuddyer look almost like Jose Offerman out there (notice I said almost). To me, the epitome of Twins Baseball™ is good defense and pitchers that throw strikes. When it all comes down to it, I’m a firm believer that it is those two things more than anything else that helps you win ballgames. That’s what TK always says, and I’m a huge TK guy (come on, how can you not be?). As much as I love their bats, starting guys like Matthew LeCroy and Cuddyer in the field directly contradicts this basic principle. But Newmie’s quotes here are interesting. When Koskie went down, I thought it was finally Michael Cuddyer’s time to shine. He had the chance to play his normal position, third base, every single day. But Cuddy performed well below expectations at the plate and especially in the field. I can recall at least a few instances where Cuddyer didn’t even come close to fielding balls that Corey vacuums up handily, simply because Cuddyer doesn’t seem to react quickly enough. Whereas Koskie does a great job of staying low and just reacting to the ball, Cuddyer does have a tendency to come up before deciding how to approach it. How many balls did we see go through the hole between short and third in Tampa Bay, just out of Cuddyer’s reach? How many at Metrodome against the ChiSox? Perhaps Cuddyer can make some in-season adjustments and become an adequate second baseman. No one is in a position to say anything definitively just yet. All I know is that he still has a ways to go before he gets to that point. But if Al Newman sees some potential, then I suppose I can hold off on any final judgment for at least a little while. Unfortunately for Cuddyer and the Twins, however, the clock is ticking. It's a busy time of year for the Twins. They are right in the thick of a real, all out dog fight for the division. They await the return of some of their injured players while others continue to go down. The team is witnessing impressive performances and some not so impressive ones. And for the first time in years the team may be willing to part with prospects to be active players in the trade market. In all, a lot is going on in Twins land right now. This should be good news to every Twins fan out there. This move allows the team to move Michael Cuddyer to second base finally giving them some infield depth. While Cuddyer's bat has been relatively hot, his fielding at the hot corner has been below adequate. Koskie should give the defense a much needed boost while his bat will be a welcome addition to the lineup. He is the first step in the Twins getting back to full strength. Let us all rejoice! No more Henry "I can't buy a hit, heck I can't hit a ball off a tee!" Blanco. Mauer is not only a major boost for the offense, his presence behind the plate is also an addition. Matt LeCroy can do a lot of things but one of them is not throw out runners. Mauer will solidify the bottom of the order, call a great game behind the plate and keep runners honest. He brings a new life to the team, a star quality. Every time he bats is exiting to watch. The guy hit two homeruns in a game Tuesday. The time is quickly approaching where we will finally get to see Mauer up close on a daily basis. Bet on that run in the standings never happening. This Royals team is bad. They have no pitching and many of their free agent signings where old and over the hill. On the surface it looks like a good thing for the Twins that there is one less team in the race. Depending on where the Royals ship their guys it could actually make things harder on the Twins. The Twins could have to deal with getting Carlos Beltran or Mike Sweeney out in the postseason. Judging from the games played so far this year against the Royals, that is a scary proposition. This is every Twins fan's dream, acquiring an ace for a push deep into the playoffs. Too bad there are none out there and those pitchers available will come at a high cost. Garcia has been great so far this season with a 2.71 ERA and 6.86 K/9 but his career has been mostly up and down. He has pitched great in the playoffs against the Yankees though and when on, is tough to beat. Benson had major arm surgery over a year ago. He has a 4.61 ERA and 5.98 K/9. He has always had potential but has not lived up to it. Perhaps an escape from the Pirates would do the trick. His stuff might make him a better postseason option then Garcia. Since he has never been there, nobody knows. Then again a certain 21 year-old from Texas had never been there before last year's playoffs and look how that turned out. Reaching base 5 times in 5 tries is not easy. This guy continues to hit and he isn't going away. He creates things for the offense. His short swing is likely to keep him from any extended slumps. He hits the ball hard and when he doesn't still manages to find a way to get on base. Now he is batting lead off and setting the tone. His performance in that spot has so far been admirable. A .344 average puts him just out of the top 5 in the American league. Incredible, that's the best word to describe his play so far. He is un-hittable right now. He has given up 3 runs all year! Not only are teams not scoring off him, they are no longer getting on base. It's such a luxury to enter the ninth with a lead and have the win be automatic. Not a bad start to his major league season. He can flat out mash. His swing is filled with power and the potential of homeruns. He is going to stick this time. The Twins would not have called him up if they weren't ready to hand over the reigns. Now is the time to let him go out there and play. He is going to put up numbers and he is going to go through slumps. Most power hitters do. Patience is key. Other teams have to respect his potential in the lineup. He is the one guy capable of rocking a pitch and taking the team from a 1 run deficit to a 2 run lead. I was really impressed with how he played against the White Sox this weekend. He didn't back down. He was a large part we won the game we did. The Twins are doing it right by batting him lower in the order to take some pressure off to start. The beginnings of a formidable lineup are in place. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) I wasn't able to catch very much of Tuesday's 6-1 loss to the Devil Rays for a variety of different reasons (the most notable of which being my 15-page Russian history paper) but looking at some of the stats I'm not all that sad I missed it. I know the Rays are hot, but come on! We had won 11 straight against the perrenial bottom-dwellers! I only hope that this current slide doesn't become last year's infamous pre All-Star break skid, at the end of which the Twins will find themselves looking up at both the ChiSox and (shudder) the Tigers. Kyle Lohse was once again subpar (4 ER in 6 innings). This guy just can't buy a break--many starts he is able to hold it together through five but just can't seem to avoid trouble in the sixth or seventh. The Twins were also unlucky enough to catch the enigma that is Victor Zambrano on his only good day of the entire frickin' month. The guy has electric stuff, no doubt about it, but has been terribly inconsistent so far this year. His April ERA was a solid 3.73 but for May it was (before Tuesday) a bloated 11.00. It also doesn't say much for the Twins' allegedly improved plate discipline when they are only able to coax 2 walks out of a guy that had walked a mind-boggling 44 batters in 55.1 innings before Tuesday (including single game totals of 7,7, and 9!). The only hightlight was once again Justin Morneau. I know we got a taste last year, but man is this guy good! He is so naturally strong that I think his new nickname should be "Popeye". Kinda catchy, isn't it? They must really be patting themselves on the back in White Sox land today after their strong weekend showing against the Twins. Let's be honest, it wasn't merely strong showing, it was a thumping not seen 'round these parts since the 2001 NFC title game. All a fan can do is tip their cap to the Sox. They won this round but they still have a mountain to climb to win the division. 1. It is still very early - Games in May are important but the baseball season is a marathon. Are the White Sox capable of winning the big game? What about against their division rival, in September, when they need it? They will need to overcome past demons to do so. 2. Most of the Twins starters did not play in this series - That's right; no Koskie, Mientkiewicz, Stewart, Mauer or Rivas. The White Sox bullied a battered team that until recently had dealt fairly well with its rash of injuries. Now they seem to be in a transition where too many guys are out and they are figuring how the pieces fit. 3. The Twins defense is never that bad - Jose Offerman at second base? This is an indirect effect of the injuries. When the right guys return other teams will have to work more to score runs. Defense improves every facet of the game. The pitches are more confident, the hitters have less of a hole to come back from and the other team scores less. 4. Twins pitching will improve - It is not a stretch to believe this is going to happen. Johan Santana had no command of his pitches this weekend and as a result got shelled. Seth Greisinger will give way to a more viable option if he continues to lay an egg. Kyle Lohse did not get a chance to pitch in this series but just ask Paul Konerko what he thinks of facing him. The jury is still out on Carlos Silva. He has followed a great start to the season with two very lousy outings. Chances are his overall performance will fall somewhere in between. The bullpen was up and down all weekend. They were strung out and not used in anything close to ideal situations. When they are set up properly they have looked very good this year. It all starts with improved starting pitching. 5. The White Sox wanted this series more then the Twins - They are the ones with something to prove. The Twins don't worry, they are trying to work some things out right now. Of course there are concerns but the Twins have shown in the past they are more then capable of getting through problems. The White Sox have yet to have problems this year but in the past have crumbled. Maybe with Ozzie Guillen things will be different this year. They would have to start by upgrading their pitching. Outside of Buerhle, their starters are not good. Loiza was great last year and has done alright thus far but has not shown the same stuff. The Twins hit Jon Garland hard on Sunday and with any kind of a pitching performance would have won the game. The White Sox bullpen is one big roller coaster ride. The White Sox don't play defense like they should and some of their hitters are streaky. Add it all together and you have got one very large team slump somewhere on the horizon. Add it all up again and what you get is another great race for the summer and Twins division championship in the fall. This weekend the White Sox came into our house and took 3 out of 4. That is baseball. The manner in which it occurred was disturbing but that happens sometimes. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the White Sox don't deserve the Twins respect until they've earned it. Earning it can only come from going to the playoffs. They are a better team than last year but the Twins are still above them. The Twins took the Sox’ best punch this weekend and they are still standing. What a difference four days makes. The last time I wrote, May 19, the Twins were riding a wave of momentum. Matthew LeCroy had just put an exclamation point on what had been a very impressive nine game stretch for the team with his ninth inning game-winning grand slam against the Blue Jays. From May 11-19, the Twins went 7-2 overall, including a sweep of the Mariners at home and winning series in both Chicago and Toronto. Despite the omnipresent injuries, things were falling into place nicely. I don't care what school of baseball thought you subscribe to; there is absolutely no way in to put a positive spin on any of those numbers. I was one of the unfortunate 22,859 people in attendence at today's game. I was really looking forward to the game beforehand. It was Shannon Stewart bat giveaway day (I'm a sucker for promotions) and Saturday's win had me thinking that the Twins were poised to salvage a split in the series and head to Tampa alone in first place. Plus, it has been raining here for like 5 days nonstop and I was looking forward to catching some live indoor baseball (note: this is the ONLY circumstance in which the Dome is a positive). I'm sure most of you caught at least some of the game (or watched the "highlights") and to make a long story short, it was the epitomy of an ugly loss. I knew we were in for a long day when Johan had some unfortunate circumstances (bloop hit, bunt single, outfield misplay) cost him 3 early runs. But when the Twins took a 6-3 lead in the 3rd, I thought the Twins had a good shot to pull out the "W". Then came "The Neverending Story" also known as the top of the 4th inning. Oh, the horror. That is something I would rather not relive. Needless to say, people started exiting the Dome by the 5th. Even yours truly commited this terrible sin and left after the 7th (with the score 17-6). Hopefully, the baseball gods will forgive me. After this past weekend, I'm sure most Twins fans are wondering when the wrath of the baseball gods will subside and we can get back to the good ol' days: last Wednesday. Interesting note from Jimmy Souhan over at the Strib sports section: "Top pitching prospect Jesse Crain, who has been hitting 98 miles per hour on the radar gun, was the Twins' minor league player of the week after pitching three perfect innings at Rochester. He's 2-2 with a 2.38 ERA and nine saves." Anyone think this weekend's pitching implosion may hasten the call-up of the game's top relief prospect? Only one word can describe a day like today. Wow. That’s all I can say. The thing is, had I looked at the calendar a week ago, I would have pegged this day, May 19, as a potentially crappy day. I had a final (albeit a rather easy one) and I have a killer psychology test looming over my head that I have studied little for thus far. But today, enough great things happened to not only overcome today’s pitfalls, but to transform this day, May 19, into one of the most exciting in Minnesota sports history. That’s exactly THREE opening day starters- a lousy THREE!! Awfulman batting cleanup (again)!? Blanco and Prieto back-to-back? Not exactly a lineup that strikes fear into the hearts of opposing pitchers. But somehow (as I stated the other day) the Twins simply find a way to win! Twins pitchers, most notably a Mr. Juan Rincon, made the victory all that more dramatic, but no matter. Today’s “hitless wonders” battled all day long at the plate, but it took until the ninth for the pot to boil over. Down 5-2, singles to the outfield by Hunter and Cuddyer were followed by an INFIELD SINGLE (!) by Blanco (I know, I almost went into shock too). That set the stage for today’s hero, Matthew “Big Country” LeCroy. The only man left on the Twins’ bench (not including Jerry White or Wayne Hattaway) absolutely crushed a Terry Adams fastball over the centerfield fence for a grand slam! I was watching the game by myself but I couldn’t help jumping up and yelling for joy! My behavior earned me a couple of confused stares from passer-bys, but who cares! Joe Nathan came in and slammed the door, capping what was one of the most satisfying regular season wins in a long time. Bring on those ChiSox! Unfortunately, it seems that the buzz from today’s spectacular Twins game will be overshadowed by the Wolves Game 7 win over the Kings. But I’m just as excited about the Woofies! Great win for them as well, and a very entertaining game to watch. KG finally played like an MVP should, and all I can say is that it's about frickin' time! I’ll bet there wasn’t a person in the state who wasn't holding their breath as Webber launched that three as time expired. But hey, “a win is a win” as they always say! We'll all take it! Overall, it was a very emotionally draining day. But still a good day. I can still only think of one word to describe it all: Wow. Today is my birthday and I was thinking about how thankful I am for the Twins success so far. Luckily, for me, a lot has gone right lately so I have been in an altogether good mood as a result. I have an extra bounce in my step and I get to talk trash about the White Sox. The Twins being in first place is one of my best birthday presents. I am most thankful for the off-season trades the Twins made. Where would this team be without Carlos Silva and Joe Nathan? Silva probably can't keep it up as he got lit up for the first time in his past start. Still, he's got himself a nasty sinker that has yet to induce groundballs at the rate he is used to. With a solid defense behind him his performance should remain strong once hitters begin to put the ball on the ground. Nathan got off to a shaky start but has quickly taken to his role. Having a closer that doesn't give everyone a heart attack is a godsend. This guy is automatic and a pleasure to watch. Christian Guzman appears to be back and that means only good things. As he continues to gain confidence there is no reason to assume he will falter anytime soon. This guy pressures defenses and sets up the Twins lineup at the top of the order. He can also be one of the most exiting players in the game to watch, though also one of the most frustrating. Michael Cuddyer is finally getting regular at bats. We have been waiting for this kid for 5 years. All along the way we were told that he could hit and then he got to the majors and never really was given a chance to. In limited action he has been mediocre with flashes of power. Now, all Twins fans get the chance to see if he was worth the hype or if it is time to cut bait. So far he has produced in his role and I expect he will continue. Joe Mauer is on his way back. This is a double bonus because that means we won't have to suffer through too many more Henry Blanco at-bats. No one knows for sure how fast Mauer is progressing but he is steadily improving. That means he should be back within a month at the latest. This is an upgrade both in the field and at bat. Forget No Name Steaks, the No Name Bullpen is quickly becoming the best deal around. Roa, Rincon, Fultz and Muholland all are giving the Twins quality innings at a discount price. These guys are keeping the team in games and are proving to be better then advertised. This is yet another key to the team's success and more proof that Terry Ryan is one of the best general managers in the game. I'm thankful for a starting rotation that seems to be putting things together. Heck we don't even need Rick "Longball" Helling anymore. The rotation is no longer just keeping the team in games, it is starting to win some. This team was a fluke without its starters. Even Kyle Lohse pitched decent in his last outing giving the team a chance to win no matter who starts. Jacque Jones ate his Wheaties and now he can hit lefties. This guy is straight-up scary for opposing pitchers. He is the best pure hitter on the team and capable of someday winning a batting title if he can keep it up against the southpaws. Take that Royals- what do you think of your 4 lefties in the rotation now? I have thought Torii Hunter was overrated for years but right now he is going through one of his patented hot streaks that make everyone love the guy. Torii, it is really nice to have you back in center and providing the power this team needs from you. Lew Ford is back to raising his batting average which bodes well for this website. We were getting worried that perhaps we had errored in so quickly jumping to proclaim him our official player. He continues to reward our faith as do you, our readers. We are thankful for your support always and that we have the good fortune of following a great baseball team. Here's hoping my birthday present is a series win up in Toronto tonight. Peter Gammons is Ripping Off My Ideas! While perusing through my daily Internet baseball site, I came across this article by Peter Gammons. I think it ties in perfectly to my post for today (see directly below). After you read mine (keep in mind that I'm no Peter Gammons- at least not yet) I encourage you to click on the following link and see what Gammons has to say on the subject of our Twins. Very solid piece: ESPN.com - Gammons: Budgetball. Monday’s 9-5 victory over the Blue Jays at Skydome really got me thinking about the Minnesota Twins franchise. Now, the game in itself doesn’t appear to have been that extraordinary. Radke pitched well but not spectacularly; J.C. did not pitch that well but was hurt by a couple of unfortunate defensive plays (Hunter’s near-catch on Cash’s double and Rivas’ poor relay to Guzie on Delgado’s grounder); and the bullpen blew a three-run lead. But lately, I think that the rest of the country is finally figuring out what Twins fans have known since 2001: this is a franchise that has it figured out! Now I don’t mean to say that Terry Ryan can predict the future or anything, but things seem to work out for the Twins more often than not. I honestly believe that most people around the country thought that the 2002-03 Twins were a fluke: the team had gotten lucky when a bunch of talented players hit the big leagues at the same time, nicely complementing the pieces already in place. Many thought that once that little “bubble” was broken this past winter the team would spiral downward and join the rest of its small-market brethren at the bottom of the standings. Obviously, this has not been the case. Monday’s game perfectly exemplifies the spirit of these Minnesota Twins. It doesn’t matter if things look like they are spinning out of control- someone will inevitably step up and right the ship. Monday that someone was Jacque Jones. Strangely enough, even though J.C. had blown that lead in the 7th there was no doubt in my mind that the Twins would win that game. Even when Nakamura looked so tough in the 8th my faith was not shaken. Even though the Twins were playing on the road, I did not falter. In my mind, it was just Jacque’s turn to step up. I’ll bet JJ will say the same thing. What is it that separates the Twins from all those other teams that languish in futility? Is it the front office? Is it Terry Ryan? Is it Ron Gardenhire? Even TK perhaps? Or is it simply luck? And yet another question: Why have the Royals been so unsuccessful in trying to emulate the follow-up success of the 2002 Twins (coming off their nice 2003 season)? I don’t think there is a simple answer to that question (although Rob Neyer tried recently), but it is an interesting topic to explore at another time. In the meantime, fellow Twins fans, we need to realize just how fortunate we are to have a franchise that defies conventional “logic” and just keeps on winning. Monday was just one more drop in the bucket. I'm sorry to report that we were unable to get a new Twins post up today. Things have been busy up here on "the hill" as we say at St. Olaf. This is finals week- need I say more? Perhaps by Monday afternoon I'll have a post up (probably dealing with the Helling and Greisinger controversy- although the Geek has a nice article about that already today. If not, we'll for sure have something new up on by Tuesday. For any of you MIAC students/alums out there (and I know there are at least a couple of you that read this blog) the MIAC baseball tournament was held this past weekend here in Northfield and Dundas. This is one of the reasons that I'm going to bed right now- I'm dead tired from a weekend of nonstop baseball. Unfortunately, St. Olaf was eliminated and those blasted Tommies from St. Thomas will once again advance to the NCAA Division III regionals. I liken the Tommies to the Yankees; they don't rebuild, they just reload. Hopefully someday they will meet their comeuppance. With the St. Olaf season done, I am now able to focus much more on Twins baseball. After all, isn't that the most important thing of all? The end of school is near, and summer is fast approaching. We appreciate all of you that have stuck with us here at Twins Chatter. I look forward to a summer filled with some great writing. They are separated by a game in the standings and they open a three game series tonight. The Twins and White Sox are quickly becoming one of the most heated rivalries in baseball. Only it's not really a rivalry yet. A rivalry would involve each club getting the best of the other at some point. Up until this point it has been all Twins which burns at the very center of the White Sox franchise. After all they are supposed to be the last remaining big market team in the central division. The last two seasons the division was theirs for the taking and they choked. What is different this year is the manager. His name is Ozzie Guillen and he is the polar opposite of the fired Jerry Manual. He is head strong, inexperienced, at times obnoxious and perhaps just what his team needs. Then again he could be the match under the powder keg that just needs a spark to explode. These White Sox are still filled with high priced, no defense players who are stars but have never shown the ability to play together for a whole season. The Big Hurt is also the big cry baby who goes away when his team needs him most. Paul Konerko is inconsistent and Jose Valentine is the most erratic shortstop in the league. What really hurts the Sox is their lack of pitching. Last year it was a problem and this year there is less depth with the loss of Bartolo Colon. So far they have been saved by the surprising performance of Scott Shoeneweis who has 3 wins and 3.49 ERA. With Esteban Loiza still pitching like as if it were last year, the always reliable Mark Buehrle and the realization of talent by Jon Garland, they have been able to field a reliable rotation so far this year. The likelihood of all those guys keeping it up is slim though. When that happens they will be forced to rely once again on young starters and a shaky bullpen, where Billy Koch or whomever else they trot out for the ninth has been far from certain in the closer role. Who ever said this coming series with the White Sox was one of the biggest of the year had it all wrong. The Twins have more depth than them and are unlikely to experience the same drop off as the White Sox. On the contrary the Twins with returning players can only get better thus leaving the White Sox in the dark yet again. Until the White Sox are able to step to the plate and win the division they do not deserve any more respect that that. What ACTUALLY happened: Rick Anderson still had a one year’s supply of his patented “magic pixie dust,” but unfortunately Joe Roa snuck into Anderson’s locker and used it all up. Naturally, the bullpen has only been human in May. We think: Lew Ford was one of the league’s best hitters in April. Actually: Sensing an opening for an official player at a newly-formed internet blog called “Twins Chatter”, Lew sabotaged Torii Hunter’s cleat so that he could move up to the big leagues. He knew he would soon perform well enough to be recognized on Twins Chatter, something that was one of his life goals. We think: Joe Mauer was injured after 14 innings of play but finished April with an OPS of 1.583. Actually: Manager Ron Gardenhire is only using this “knee surgery” thing as a cover story so that he can rest his young catcher for the ever-important stretch run. We think: Carlos Silva, the same Carlos Silva who had started exactly ONE major league game heading into 2004, won five consecutive starts. Actually: Terry Ryan found a different pitcher in the Phillies organization, one who is also named Carlos Silva. The “real” Carlos is still back home in Venezuela due to visa problems. We think: Five Twins players made trips to the DL before the season had barely begun. Actually: AstroPlay, the company originally commissioned to install the Metrodome’s new surface, employed undercover agents to improperly install the Dome’s Field Turf in a last-ditch effort to discredit their competition and save themselves from bankruptcy. We think: Luis Rivas reverted back to his normal, terrible form. Actually: Luis Rivas reverted back to his normal, terrible form. We think: Jacque Jones finally acknowledged the importance of drawing the occasional walk. Actually: Hell froze over; this was only a natural consequence. Anybody have potential inconsistencies of their own? Drop them in the comments section below. For the third week in a row we have tweaked our regular Sunday feature. While we kept it easy to read we decided the name didn’t quite fit us so we changed it to "Sunday Chatter". Same format, new slick name! These are exciting times to be a fan with the team battling for first and the games back on television. We appreciate all the support we have received so far for this site and we hope to continue to provide quality fan perspectives of what happens every day with this team. If you would like to contribute anything to improve the site or a general comment email me at johnbetzler@hotmail.com or Ryan at twinsfan21@msn.com. Obviously, the big news of the weekend was the new TV deal. What does being on television really mean for this franchise and its fans? John's Response: “It goes along with the old adage about a tree falling in the forest with no one around to hear. Not being on TV was hard on even the most dedicated of fans. It really caused a rift with the casual ones. The Twins allowed themselves to lose ground, during their great start, to both the Timberwolves and the Viking’s draft. I'm saddened that Victory did not work out because in the long run it would have been better for the team. But you have to weigh which is more beneficial, the cable revenue or a new stadium. Either way I'm just happy I can come home after a long day and relax with my favorite pastime again." These last two series against the Mariners and Athletics, the Twins have looked less than spectacular (to put it lightly) in losing 2 out of 3 to each team. Which do you think is the "real" Twins team: the one that played so well in April or the one we have seen in May? JPB: “The team was inconsistent last year, and until all their players are healthy it might be difficult to expect anything else this year. This team played very well in April without all their parts. Now some have returned while the guys who filled in so admirably are losing a bit of steam. It has to be a readjustment for the team, but luckily this organization has lots of depth and options to call upon when something goes wrong. Soon Matt LeCroy, Joe Mauer, Grant Balfour and Rick Helling will all be back. That should give the team stability and right the ship before it gets out of hand. What really scares me is that they lost to a bad team in the Mariners but west coast trips can be rough." RM: "I have to agree with you about the West Coast trip. They can be rough, but the Twins have handled those teams pretty well in the past (the 2002 Mariners notwithstanding). It's not a good sign to see them losing all these games now, especially when they are games they can and should be winning. I'm somewhat of a pessimist, but I'm not going to give in and say that the Twins will be the mediocre club many experts predicted them to be before the season. This team probably isn't as good as they looked in April, but they aren't as bad as they looked today (Sunday) either." Matt LeCroy is returning from the disabled list this coming Tuesday. Of all the Twins players who have been hurt, who are you most excited to have back? RM: "For me, this question is a no brainer: Grant Balfour. I know what you're all thinking: ‘What about Joe?!?’ Well, for the sake of this discussion, I'm not including Mauer. Reports indicate that he is at least 2 weeks from coming back, and I don't think he's going to jump-start this team offensively, especially not right away. Balfour is the guy the Twins have REALLY missed thus far, and that was no more evident than in today's game. Juan Rincon has been struggling with his command lately, but Gardy had to put him in a situation where the Twins really needed a solid relief effort. I could tell as soon as he threw his first pitches that Rincon was not going to be that guy. Unfortunately, there really weren't any other viable options left in the pen. Balfour has a chance to take over LaTroy's former role and run with it." JPB: "Offense has not been the problem with this team. As exited as I am about the return of Joe it is pitching where this team really lacks depth. I'm not so sure about Balfour. He has an amazing arm but he hasn't done enough at this level to put faith in him succeeding in tough situations. The return of Helling could be the key. He isn't going to put up amazing numbers but he can do something Seth Greisinger has not and that is contribute innings. It is all a domino effect after that. Suddenly, there is less pressure on the bullpen because they have less innings to pitch. They can rest more and Gardy can actually play match-ups. I'm also exited about the return of the other Joe, Joe Mays that is. Before the season is over he will contribute something to this team. His arm could be a god send mid season for this bullpen." "Fact or Fiction: Kyle Lohse will endure yet another season as a middling, inconsistent, mediocre starting pitcher." JPB: "Fiction, Kyle Lohse will endure no more then 3 more starts. Then he will find himself in the minors where he can get his head straight. Hopefully he will return a la Joe Mays in 2000 and be a new man. I’m really disappointed in his start to the season because he was poised to make this the year he stepped up. He has too much potential for the team to keep throwing him out there to struggle." RM: "Fact. I seriously thought coming out of spring training this was going to be the year that Lohse harnessed his immense talent and had the season that he is capable of. That's not going to be the case this year. His problems are the same problems he has always had: location of the fastball and inability to throw his outstanding curveball for strikes. He falls behind in the count too often and is forced to groove a pitch, and he hangs his curve WAY too often. It is too bad; because this is the year the Twins were really counting on him. I think he ends the season with an ERA in the mid-4's once again. Maybe 2005 will be his breakout year..." Wow! What a strange turn of events! At about 9:00 pm Friday, it was announced that the Twins had reached a new 8-year agreement with Fox Sports Net North for the rights to broadcast Twins baseball. I don't know about you, but I was completely caught off guard when I heard the announcement. My initial reaction was the same as most Twins fans I'm sure: GREAT! The Twins are going to be back on TV! What could be better than that!? But this new development also raises a ton of new questions, not only about the TV situation (namely the financial terms), but about the future of the franchise. Why did they sign such long deal? Was the deal reached because the Twins felt it would help with the stadium bill (which suffered a big setback in the House on Friday)? Will the failure of Victory have any long or short term financial implications for the team? Were the financial terms offered by FSN actually half decent? Personally I think it had a lot to do with today's stadium development. The team realizes that Victory will be all for naught if the team can't get a new stadium soon. That's all I'm saying today. John will probably have a more detailed analysis tomorrow. As I type now, the Twins-A's game is not going so well. The Twins have issued an astounding 10 walks, and you aren't going to win too often when you do that. It's tied 9-9 in the 10th, and the game is in the hands of Terry Mulholland. 'Nuff said. But even if we lose today, I will still consider it to be a good day. Rejoice, fellow Twins fans! Rejoice! The last 2 days have been a little hectic. It's the end of the school year and I have to move out of my dorm this morning. Throw a couple of finals on top and the Twins have been my one chance to relax. Throughout this I have done my best to still reserve time to write for this site as Ryan and I both believe it is important to have something new almost every day of the week. Needless to say, tonight's entry will be just a few brief thoughts on last night's game. Our first guest columnist is coming later this week. I love baseball and the more of it I can get, the better. However, it was still refreshing to have a brisk game last night thanks to the excellent pitching performance of Carlos Silva. He is quickly developing into the ace of this staff! What's more, he continues to build on each start. Last night's performance was particularly needed for a Twins team in the middle of a 3 game losing streak. Where would the Twins be without Carlos Silva? He is 5-0 and has given the team innings that is has sorely needed. The rest of the starters have been inconsistent yet are showing signs of coming out of the woods. Silva is not likely to keep this pace the entire year but I could see him putting together a really nice season. Perhaps 15-17 wins, much like 2001 version of Joe Mays. The Twins gave him a chance and he has more than repaid them for it. What he has given the the rest of the staff is time to work through their problems so that when he inevitably falters, they can pick up the pace. What the Twins need to be careful of is not overworking Silva since he has never thrown that many innings in a season before. As long as he stays around a hundred pitches or so a game, he should be all right. Why does Gardy hate Lew Ford? He is among the league leaders in hitting yet he batted lower than both Cristian Guzman and Jose Offerman last night. Of course Ford had another great game and is producing wherever he hits, but the team is not using him where he can contribute the most. Jose Offerman should not even be in the lineup. He is a veteran presence on the bench for pitch hitting- that's it. His bat speed isn't good enough to be in the everyday lineup, let alone bat 5th on a playoff contender! He has been terrible of late and although he deserves a spot on the team (because he is capable of coming up with the big hit), those at bats could be spent elsewhere. Michael Cuddyer or Mike Ryan each would have been better options. The Twins have not taken advantage of the opportunity to see what they have in Cuddyer. He hit a homerun on Sunday and yet doesn't get the chance to build on it. He isn't a second baseman but surely he can DH! Why are we wasting ABs on Offerman when that is not his role? Ford could have hit second in this game and Cuddyer fifth. If nothing else Ford should have been hitting fifth in the order. Maybe the Twins are afraid of bunching all their terrible hitters at the bottom of the order but as it is they seem to be wasting a lot of Shannon's at-bats. I don't even want to talk about the poor play of the middle infielders anymore. They have pushed the outer limits of futility but the other options are still not that much better. I will say I was happy to see Rivas's double and he keeps teasing that he is ready to come out of his slump. Guzman still has no excuse for last night's baserunning gaffe. I saw the replay on ESPN and it was a TERRIBLE brain freeze. The team finally hit the ball a little bit last night, which was good to see. Jacque Jones homered to the opposite field, which is a great sign of things to come. This team is fun to listen to when things are working. Joel Piniero used to be good but the Mariners overworked him and he is having trouble recovering. Signs are good that Grant Balfour and Matt LeCroy could be back early next week. This means it will soon be decision time for the Twins. Of course the Twins will demote Rob Bowen and hopefully start LeCroy at catcher when he returns although I see them more likely easing him at DH to at first. When Balfour returns the team should ship out Seth Greisinger. He has done a good job giving the team some innings but that's about it (note the 8.10 ERA). Muholland is more valuable in his role and Joe Roa can be stretched out if they really need an extra starter. Roa has been head and shoulders above Greisinger so there is no reason why the Twins would demote him. When Helling and Mauer returns there could be some more difficult decisions coming. I will speculate about them when their time approaches. That is the best I can do tonight, thank you everyone for your patience. Now that school is over I get to go back to Northfield and watch games on Friday nights. I'm crossing my fingers that when I return to school in the fall Victory will be on. Until then I will have ample opportunity to work on this website and voice the opinion of this fan. 9th- This was possibly the most frustrating moment of the entire game. The M's sent Eddie G. out to face his old teammates and he did not disappoint; his old teammates that is. Eddie was true to form: a couple of singles, and then, with two outs, he allowed a key run-scoring hit to tie or lose the game. Last night, that hit came from the most unlikely of sources: our very own Torii Hunter! Listening to the game, I could just picture the swing Torii would put on the 3-2 pitch from Eddie. It would be a little back-door slider (or splitter in Eddie's case) and Hunter would pull his head out and miss by about a foot. Somehow, miraculously, Torii instead lined a double to right field. Guzy scored easily from second, but Koskie was thrown out at the plate on a TERRIBLE call by the home plate ump. Like the vast majority of you I couldn't actually see this call, but I'm willing to take Gordo and Gladden's word for it. Koskie, who is usually pretty mild-tempered, thought the call was so bad that he was tossed from the game for arguing. So was Wayne Hattaway, which would have been a very entertaining sight to see. Damn the ump and damn Victory! 10th- Lew Ford, who is still the official player of this blog, connects with a one out double. With two outs, Cuddyer comes through with a single to left. Unfortunately, the throw from Raul Ibanez is a good one and Ford is... "OUT at the plate! Ohhhhhh, my," to quote John Gordon. 11th- The entire inning was just one big disaster from the get-go. It starts promising enough, with a leadoff Stewart walk, but he is erased on the subsequent Guzman bunt. Boys and girls that is one of baseball's cardinal sins: you have to get the sacrifice bunt down! What happened next is something that no mere box score can explain. With Mientkiewicz at the plate, Guzman takes off for second. Mientkiewicz lines a single to right, but for some reason Guzman thought that Ichiro caught the ball! He touches second but then turns and GOES BACK TO FIRST!! Instead of a single, all Dougie gets is a lousy fielders choice! I know the hit-and-run play wasn't on, but Guzy, what were you thinking!?!? You see, that is why we have such novelties as "third base coaches": to help prevent these kinds of debacles. Instead of first and second with one out the Twins now have a man on first with two outs. Naturally, Dougie Baseball is picked off trying to steal a couple pitches later. 14th- Guzy started the inning off by reaching on an error. Mientkiewicz was bunting, but for some reason towards the left side of the infield (much to the dismay of Dan Gladden). The bunt was a shallow pop-up, and Spiezio nearly made a diving catch charging in from third. Guzman had to wait and see if the bunt would be caught, so the catcher forced him out at second. Another botched sacrifice! Punto walked and after a Ryan groundout, Jones was grazed by a pitch to load the bases for our man Lew! But Lew couldn't deliver (hey, nobody's perfect) so the game remained tied. As somewhat of a pessimist, I was predicting the Twins' doom the moment Seth Greisinger entered the game. He actually did a nice job for two innings, but the veteran line-up of Seattle was just too much for him in the 16th. Too bad the Mariners had to win on yet another cheap call by the umpire! I can't wait to see the highlights tomorrow, just so I can see how bad those two calls (the ones in the 9th and 16th) really were. I've got 9 a.m. class tomorrow so I'd better get at least a little sleep. Today's entry should at least help those of you who chickened out and didn't stay up until the end of the game. John and I also feel it is important that we consistently post at least six days a week until we are better established. Coming up later this week we have (hopefully) our first guest writer! Stay tuned for that, and good night everyone! Twins Chatter has learned that if the season were to end today, the Twins would be back in the playoffs as the number two seed. Because April counts, we think it is never too early to analyze a possible post-season match-up. This year's opponent looks to like it will be those cursed Boston Red Sox. How do the teams match up in a five game series? The following is a breakdown of the series. Remember, you saw it here first! Joe Mauer will be healthy and adds balance to the batting order while Jason Varitek has been a steady early season contributor to the middle of the Boston order. Mauer gets the slight edge defensively. Doug Mientkiewicz wins hands down the defensive side of this battle. David Ortiz was a strong MVP candidate last year. Both have started off well offensively with Ortiz hitting for a little more power. Luis Rivas has been terrible to this point and anything he contributes to this team is a bonus from here on out. Nick Punto has been better and a pleasant surprise. He stands to come down to earth in the coming months. The two-headed monster of Pokey Reese's glove and Mark Bellhorn's glove could give the Twins problems but is more likely to cause a mere whimper. Corey Koskie has been a strong member of this team despite early season back troubles. As long as he holds up expect a great series from him. Bill Mueller is not the player he was last year but contributes a solid glove. Shortstop - Cristian Guzman has shown some life of late and could cause a lot of problems in a short series but it will probably be an up and down season. Nomar Garciaparra has been injured all season but has some time to get healthy and put it all together. He's in a contract year and one of the best shortstops in the game. Left Field - Shannon Stewart is the catalyst of the lineup. He never has a bad at-bat. His defense isn't spectacular but adequate. Manny Ramirez is one of the best hitters in the game and has exhibited some extra fire this year. His defense is a liability. Torii Hunter is still coming back from his early season injury and his numbers are not strong. He adds stability to the lineup and his glove is worth half a run a game. Johnny Damon is one of the best lead off guys in the league but Boston doesn't steal a lot of bases. He could drive Twins pitching insane. Right Field - Trot Nixon, like Garciaparra, has been injured to start the season. He is a playoff performer and solid all around player. Jacque Jones is an exciting professional hitter who will have a year under his belt to feel comfortable in right. Who will it be for the Twins, Lew Ford, Matt LeCroy or Justin Morneau? It doesn't matter because the Twins have the luxury of riding the hot hand. Kevin Millar was a huge part of Boston's success last season but has started off slow this year. He is a great hitter and his fortune could be his team's in this series. The team has Twins-killer Ellis Burks in reserve if they need him and his knees hold up. Boston has weapons and is likely to go out and get what it needs at the trading deadline. Many of them are over the hill players and mixed parts that don't necessarily fit together. The Twins have a chance to develop a lot of depth by the playoffs. Michael Cuddyer can play anywhere, Nick Punto has been great to this point and the Jose Offerman/Mike Ryan combo is an excellent pitch-hitting option. The Twins can pick their match-ups at this point. Pedro Martinez isn't even the best pitcher on his team and his best stuff is behind him. He is an intimidator in what could be his last playoffs with Boston. Brad Radke has been a playoff horse for the Twins. Curt Schilling wins in the playoffs. He has started the year off great and sets the tone for his team. Johan Santana has worked through his problems and has the potential to be really tough in a short series. Kyle Lohse has been inconsistent his entire major league career and has really struggled with his control in big games. Derek Lowe struggled last year and has been decent so far. He has the potential to take over a game and dominate. Tim Wakefield is a Twins killer who gives Boston flexibility because he can throw a lot of innings. Carlos Silva has been an early season surprise but has never started before and could be blown out by playoff time. He has good stuff and keeps his team in the game. Keith Foulke is one of the best in the game and has solidified the Boston pen. Joe Nathan is in his first year closing but was a great set up man who is 7/7 in saves so far and brings a nasty slider to the table. The Boston Pen was rebuilt this year and so far so good. Williamson, Embree and Timlin can be really tough but they are also capable of imploding at anytime. The Twins pen has kept itself afloat to this point and will get an added boost from Jesse Crain and Joe Mays before the year is out. JC Romero will be the key to its success. The Twins are hungry and an early exit will not be acceptable this year. They always play Boston tough. They also play station-station baseball, which could make the difference. This could be Boston's year. They built this team to beat the curse and the expectations are huge. Ron Gardenhire has been here the last couple of years and has had a chance to learn. Pitching coach Rick Anderson has done a great job getting the most out of pitchers. Terry Francona is in his first year but is an excellent manager and under the pressure to win. Texas vs. Chicago? Yikes! It might still be a little early for that one. Any Thoughts or Comments? Email me at johnbetzler@hotmail.com. Last week, we introduced a new feature called the “Sunday Conversation”. To say the least, while the concept itself was solid, the execution was a little lacking. We’re introducing a slightly more “user friendly” version this week that we think you’ll all enjoy a lot more. Let us know your answers to the questions proposed here (or just a general thought) in the comments section below. It's a bit long, but an extremely good read. Question: First of all, has the early performance of Carlos Silva surprised you at all? Ryan's response: "I have to agree with you there John- I have been pleasantly surprised by the early returns from Silva, but I also have to wonder if he can keep this up over the course of a full season. The new Field Turf seems like it will benefit Silva the most out of all our starters, but in the only game I've seen him pitch (Friday) he gave up an inordinate amount of fly-ball outs. But after the game, I recall Henry Blanco saying that Silva's power sinker was "nasty", so I’ll assume he can still be effective even if he’s getting more fly-balls. Overall, I would say that I'm cautiously optimistic." We got two great, albeit wasted, starts from Johan Santana and Brad Radke this weekend. Do you think they have turned a corner and are ready to heat up or is this just more inconsistency? RM: "I was as shocked as the next Twins fan to see that those two previously ineffective pitchers had turned in back-to-back stellar performances. Radke has already shown flashes this year, and he has traditionally had some success against the Halos for some reason (2002 ALCS, complete game shutout last year). Santana's outing today, even though I wasn't able to catch much of it live, was what really impressed me. His line sounds like the Santana of old- 7 innings, 6 Ks, 1 ER in 108 pitches. Looks like he struggled a bit early on, but hopefully he has now found the elusive feel for his devastating change-up and is ready to pitch like this for the rest of the season. In my experience, the change-up is a pitch that requires more "feel" than just about any other pitch- it often doesn’t come back as easily as say the fastball or breaking ball. Johan didn't pitch in winter ball for the first time in his career, and it seemed like he was always just a little behind schedule up to this point. Now it seems like he's finally caught back up." JPB: Excellent winter ball point. I think the only thing shocking is that these two haven't performed yet. Radke is a pretty good pitcher and Santana has a chance to be great. Brad always has some rough spots in his season before rattling off about 10 great starts in a row, so at least he got them out of the way early this year. Santana is the key to this team’s success in the long run and this is the 3 or 4th start in a row that he has built on. With these two guys on track there aren't going to be many more weekends where the team loses both games in which they pitch. Two rather disturbing trend emerged from Saturday and Sunday's games- the Twins utter lack of ANY kind of offense, and the re-entry of J.C. Romero into his patented (2003) 'implosion mode'. Do these trends concern you? JPB: “We all knew this was coming with the offense. They were just hitting too well to keep it up. They aren't going to be as good as they were but they also aren't going to struggle as much as the last two games. The Twins also have a lot of hitters with more on the way. I think it was more telling that the starters were effective because they had been so bad up to this point. The hitting isn't going to come down near as much as the pitching is going to come up. RM: "I might be overreacting a bit because the only inning I heard today was J.C.'s disaster, but this concerns me quite a bit. I'm willing to overlook Thursday's nightmare performance (0.2 innings, 4 ER) and even Saturday's (since he only allowed the one hit). But today's outing really broke my heart. I realize he was going against one of the best lineups in the game, but here Gardy entrusts our supposed ‘best’ reliever with the task of keeping the game tied and he falls utterly on his face. All I could think was, 'J.C., PLEASE PLEASE don't go back to last year. Please. Last year, we had the back-up net ready to bail you out (LaTroy), but this year J.C. is it. There is no one else.’ If J.C. falters again, the Twins bullpen is doomed. There is no doubt in my mind. For positives, at least he wasn't walking guys like crazy. He has been throwing strikes for the most part, but has been getting hit hard. Today, I was concerned that he was unable to put a couple of key hitters away when he got 2 strikes on them. But we'll see. It is definitely still early." Don't look now but Cristian Guzman is hitting .286 and was seen driving the ball this weekend. Is it possible he could finally be doing something for this team? RM: "I'm completely baffled by Guzman's recent 'hot' streak (if you can call it that yet). If he is still in fact capable of driving the ball, why hasn't he been doing it for the last 2 years? This is the longest period of time since 2001 (that I can remember anyway) that Guzman has looked this good. The extra base hits haven't been there yet, but if he keeps hitting the ball this well, they can't be that far behind. What is causing this? Is it the fact that he is in a contract year and money is the only motivational technique that appeals to Guzie's laid-back personality? Or is it something deeper than that? And why hasn't any of this rubbed off on his soon-to-be ex-double play partner Luis Rivas? Tune in next time for answers to these questions and more on our next episode of Unsolved Mysteries." Check back next week for a new installment of the "Sunday Conversation". If you have any ideas for questions, feel free to drop a comment below sometime this week or send a quick e-mail to me (twinsfan21@msn.com) or John (johnbetzler@hotmail.com). On the surface there seems to be nothing wrong with this statement (although I can’t imagine there are many regular readers of the Rocky Mountain News that give a hoot about the Twins- I couldn’t care less about the Rockies). Ringolsby goes on to cite some facts to back up his argument: the Twins’ relatively high team ERA (now exactly 5.00), their less-than-stellar defense thus far (21 team errors through Friday), and the team’s lackluster strength of schedule (games against Cleveland, Detroit, KC, and Toronto). You know what I say to all of this? Phooey. The problem with Ringolsby is that he didn’t look much past the statistics. Point one: the Twins 21st ranked team ERA. Sure, 5.00 isn’t great by any means, but a closer examination reveals that it isn’t nearly as bad as it looks. The bullpen’s ERA is a respectable 4.64, and that includes terrible performances from guys like Pulido, Thomas, and Greisinger. This is also a bullpen that could receive two huge shots in the arm come June/July: Grant Balfour and Jesse Crain. The starting staff is mostly to blame for Ringolsby’s accusation. Once again, a closer look reveals that the situation can only improve from here on out. We all know that Brad Radke (5.64), Kyle Lohse (6.51) and Johan Santana (5.40) will all undoubtedly pitch substantially better than they have thus far. Carlos Silva has been a pleasant surprise with his 4-0 record and 4.02 ERA. The point is, this staff has grossly underachieved so far and it will shape up, hopefully sooner rather than later. Ringolsby conveniently fails to mention this. Just as the pitching staff is undeniably bound for improvement, so is the Twins’ shaky defense. Friday’s two errors bring the season’s total to a whopping 21 in 22 games played, an unheard-of ratio for a Twins team. The main culprit has been the infield: their 13 errors rank tied for last in the major leagues. This is a rather startling statistic, but let’s consider past performance. These same starting five (Koskie, Guzman, Rivas, and Mientkiewicz) have anchored infields that finished 2nd and 3rd in the majors in infield errors the past two seasons respectively. Now, they’re going to have to really tighten the hatch in order to match that feat this year, but there is absolutely no reason to believe that this infield will go from being one of the game’s best to one of the worst in just one year. It’s just not going to happen. I love the new turf, but I think it is at least partially to blame for this odd influx of errors. Once the players grow accustomed, the defense will shore itself up. Ringolsby’s last point is one that I can’t debate as well. Until Friday’s impressive win over the “best team in the American League” (to quote Eric Chavez), the Twins had yet to play any potential playoff teams- unless you consider the Royals contenders (snicker). I think the next couple of weeks will speak volumes about this team. Tonight was just the beginning. Now, I also realize the hitters will probably come back to earth somewhat. I firmly believe Twins will continue to be a very good hitting team, but probably not second best in the majors (just as Detroit isn't going to lead the league in runs scored). Where the casual fan might find this blurb by Ringolsby as a foreshadowing of doom for our beloved Twinkies, I actually see it just the opposite way: If the Twins have started 15-7 with all these factors working against them, just imagine what they can accomplish when things really get going! I don't know about you, but I can't wait!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T18:03:22", "url": "http://twinschatter.blogspot.com/2004/05/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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This Simian 10 in 1 Auto loading Ratchet Screwdriver came just in time for my husband to give it whirl around the house for different projects. Great for the car, handyman's bag, and even to have in the house tool kit for quick fixes around the house. Easy to use, you don't have to worry about losing your bits because they are built right in, Just slide open dial the bit you want close and out pops the bit you want ready to use. It does have an extender and an extra set of bits for the extender. Love this. I called this for myself. No more having to ask my husband for the right screwdriver. Now if I can find a nice bag to keep the tools I claim in. You can purchase the Simian 10 in 1 Auto loading Ratchet Screwdriver on Amazon. What Simian has to say about their product. Whether it's construction, home improvement, or a personal project, the Simian Auto loading Ratchet screwdriver provides you with a one-stop solution tool to make your work faster and more efficient than ever. With 3-way ratchet functionality, a quick-changing bit mechanism and 10 standard bits included, this is a must-have addition to your toolbox. The Simian auto loading ratchet screwdriver features 10 separate bits, so you'll never be left wanting when you're in the middle of a project again. Bits are standard 1/4'', included are: Phillips #1/#2/#3, Slotted 4mm/6mm, Star T15/T20, and Square 1/2. The tip of this autoloading screwdriver is outfitted with a magnetic system to hold your bit of choice in place while you work. Don't worry about fiddling around with bits, simply autoload the bit you want and work with confidence knowing that it will be firmly held in place. Switch this ratchet screwdriver to forward, reverse, or locked mode depending on your needs, and easily screw in tight spaces. If you need a steady hand, you can screw and unscrew without having to rotate the handle 360 degrees. To exchange a bit, first pull back the Simian handle, then move the index arrow to the desired bit in the revolving chamber. Finally, push the handle forward to lock the bit in place - it's that easy to change bits on-the-go.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-25T00:38:12", "url": "https://www.marksvilleandme.com/2015/07/simian-10-in-1-auto-loading-ratchet.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
By providing your email address you are opting in to hear from Tunnel Sensors Ltd and other suppliers of Tunnel Sensors branded products and services about the latest news and services on our products by email. We have developed a good working relationship and received excellent service throughout the installation and commissioning period. Since then, the instruments have performed very well. The LUMIOS MkIII measures the level luminance, or brightness, at tunnel portals to ensure that the visual perception of drivers is maintained, both day and night. The AIRFLOW offers a rugged, non-contact solution for the universal requirement to monitor air velocity and direction in the tunnel. The CROSSFLOW provides an open path cross bore solution for measuring air velocity and direction in a tunnel. and temperature within traffic tunnels.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-25T02:32:17", "url": "http://www.tunnelsensors.com/download-brochure/?product=illios/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
A new xylanase enzyme, developed by Danisco, has recently been authorised by the EU commission for use in poultry diets. This xylanase, from a fungal production system (Trichoderma reesei), has been modified to maintain high efficacy despite exposure to feed conditioning and pelleting temperatures of up to 90ºC. The use of a heat-stable xylanase can reduce the negative effects of increased viscosity in poultry diets pelleted at 90ºC. Trials have also shown that increasing the pellet conditioning temperature for poultry diets from 80ºC to 90ºC in ‘viscous’ grain-based diets resulted in a significant decrease in body weight gain by up to 7% and gave a poorer feed conversion ratio (4.4%) in broilers. Addition of xylanase increases the energy value of wheat-based diets. It is therefore particularly important when formulating diets using viscous grains such as wheat, triticale and rye that an exogenous xylanase is used to minimise the negative impact of viscosity on bird performance. However, any exogenous xylanase has to be stable enough under higher pelleting temperatures to maintain its activity and efficacy in the animal. This can be done by coating to protect the enzyme or manipulate the enzymes to make them more heat resistant. Danisco has used a patented Thermo Protection Technology (TPT) to design a free-flowing, dust-free phytase granulate product (Phyzyme® XP TPT) with a recovery rate of 96% after exposure to feed pelleting temperatures of up to 95ºC. Trials have proven a fast release of phytase activity from this coated product and bioefficacy equivalent to the uncoated product in mash diets. The second technology, modifying an enzyme by changing its amino acid structure to improve thermostability, has been widely tested in recent years. This technique includes the substitution of surface amino acids in the enzyme with more hydrophobic amino acids, as well as an increase in the number of specific amino acids which are capable of forming cross-bonds within the enzyme molecule. It is this approach that Danisco has chosen for the development of the new xylanase. The full article with more detail can be read here.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T22:57:04", "url": "https://www.poultryworld.net/Home/General/2010/6/Thermostable-enzyme-for-safer-poultry-feed-WP007522W/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Life without a car, especially when you are new to an area and are desperate to explore, is so frustrating. So whenever we have a hire car I like to make the most of it and get to as many places as I possibly can. Knowing that we'd be journeying home from Center Parcs in a car it wasn't long before I was examining Google maps to see if there was anywhere interesting on our route home. I was thrilled when I realised that we could easily pop to Brockbushes on our way back to Newcastle. Brockbushes is a Farm Shop and Tea Room that I have heard endless amazing things about and it has been on my cake list ever since I first relocated to the North East. Unfortunately for me, its position just outside Corbridge on a main road makes it a little difficult to reach without a car. Believe me it was worth the wait, I don't even know where to begin in telling you how much I loved Brockbushes. I think I'll start with the cake as it was the main reason we went. The Tea Room is part of the Farm Shop and is very popular. It seats 100 people but was absolutely rammed when we arrived on Friday lunchtime, we only just managed to find ourselves a table. It may have been packed out but the place was full of regulars which made for a very friendly and happy atmosphere. The focal point of the tea room is the food counter which features the largest display of cakes I have ever seen. All home made in Brockbushes' Farm Kitchen, there was a mammoth amount to choose from. From scones and biscuits to gateaux, cakes and puddings. If we'd been people who eat normal things for lunch there were also some very tasty looking quiches and savoury pies. We both decided to have a "special" latte - I ordered a bakewell latte, flavoured with amaretto and cherry syrup and Simon went for a chai latte. On the menu it mentioned that it came with a special surprise .... interesting! When it came to picking out the cake we wanted we had a very tough decision to make. I could happily have stood at the counter all day with my face in the various cakes. In the end Simon chose a fruit pavlova and I had the chocolate and strawberry sponge. The ladies behind the till were so well organised, despite it being really busy. I was very impressed by how quickly and efficiently our order was taken and before I knew it I was back at the table waiting for our treats to arrive. When our tray of goodies appeared we were overwhelmed by the amount of food we had. Remember the special surprise I mentioned earlier? Well it turns out the special lattes come with sweet treats on the side. Mine came with a generous slice of bakewell and Simon's came with a couple of biscuits. Ooooooops! Our portions of cake were absolutely mammoth which was great because they were both so delicious. I had a mouthful of Simon's pavlova and it was so naughty and creamy. My chocolate sponge was just as good to look at as it was to eat, it came decorated with fresh strawberries and it took me all of about 2 minutes to eat as it was so tasty. We were so full once we'd finished Simon actually announced he officially had "cake fear" and never wanted to eat another piece of cake in his life (anyone else thinking that could be a bit of a problem?). Luckily we had the rest of Brockbushes to explore to help our cake settle before getting back in the car. The Farm Shop is full of wonderful bits and bobs and I really loved the amount of gorgeous gifts that were on display. It has a massive amount of local produce with fruit, cheese, freshly baked bread, jams and eggs on sale. I really enjoyed looking in the massive freezers that had puddings, pies and pastries ready to take home. If we hadn't been so full of cake and in need of a serious post holiday detox I definitely would have filled the boot of the car up with frozen treats. Brockbushes is somewhere I want to return in the Summer as it has a nice large outside space with tables and chairs, a kid's play area and a 35 acre Pick Your Own fruit farm that grows strawberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants and raspberries depending on the season. We only made a very quick visit this time as unfortunately I had a boring amount of holiday laundry to get on with but we will definitely be getting our hands on a car in the Summer so I can do some strawberry picking. SO SO SO SO good, and there's so much choice as well! I could have stood there all afternoon! Those cakes look like the best cakes ever! We love brockbushes and have been going strawberry picking for years - it's a fab place for kids. I've never been to the tearoom though as we always tend to go on a weekend and it is just sooooo busy! Those cakes are making me want to change that though! I've heard the tea room gets mega busy at the weekend, I was shocked we managed to find a seat on the Friday, we were very lucky and pinched the last table! Looks great! I definitely want to get there! I've seen the Halloween Maze thing, it looks amazing but I am such a wuss I think I'd get too scared! I do love Farm Shops, and tea rooms .. and garden centres! Oooooooooh I bet it's lovely at Christmas! I should know better by now than reading your blog when I'm laying in bed feeling peckish, those cakes look AMAZING. Sorry, I make myself hungry too! oooh! Those cakes and hot chocolate look so delicious! Thank you :) Took me forever to find them!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T16:23:31", "url": "https://www.newgirlintoon.co.uk/2014/09/brockbushes-cake-pit-stop.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Master the hearing and pronunciation of all 55 Elemental Sounds of Portuguese through a series of lectures with Idahosa Ness. By learning the simple techniques for developing awareness and control of your mouth, you are removing the biggest obstacle to your ability to speak more like a native and understand the language in conversation. Once you are familiar with how your mouth works, you will have a much easier time learning to hear and pronounce Portuguese. I absolutely loved the homework as well as the frequency words. That’s probably worth the price of the course in itself. Thanks for the great boost in learning Portuguese. I will continue to revisit your lectures and exercises in my effort towards fluency.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T13:54:40", "url": "https://www.mimicmethod.com/elemental-sounds-portuguese-master-class/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Najwyższy żołnierz w Armji Polskiej. The tallest soldier in the Polish Army. Archacki, Henry, 1907-1998, “Evolution of the Polish eagle,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 18, 2019, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/4000.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-18T16:31:33", "url": "http://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/4000", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
This is a striking painting capturing the graceful and fluid movement of fish in the water. The beautiful mixture of blue and purple hues creates a lovely effect. This Fishy design looks fantastic on plenty of Zippi products, so go ahead and treat yourself or a loved one.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T03:49:16", "url": "https://www.tilt.co.uk/portfolio/deniseallen/fishy", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
General Admission. All tickets will be held at the door. Tickets will not be shipped in advance of the event. This is from V's voiceover explaining the rise of the authoritarian high chancellor, Adam Sutler, who, while spreading misinformation, delegitimizing the press, and imprisoning Muslims and other ethnic/sexual minnorities, creates an atomphere of fear, insisting that the country stands on the edge of oblivion from which only he can save us. Sound familiar? Alan Moore aimed his graphic novel at Thatcher, the Wachcowski brothers at Bush, but it's painfully obvious this post-apocalyptic cautionary tale has even more in common with the current news cycle. FUNDRAISER: all proceeds will be divided equally between the ACLU and The Human Rights Campaign. 100% of your contribution will be conveyed to these two organizations. PRESENTED BY: Circle Players, coLAB Arts, and Raconteur Radio. DONATION: Our suggested donation is $20.00, but, naturally, feel free to donate more (or less). This is a pay-what-you-can event; allowing for occupancy limits, no one will be turned away. Check, cash, or cc (prior & during). RALLY: signs will, of course, obstruct audience sight lines, so, instead, we encourage audience members to wear white t-shirts Sharpied with protest slogans. ACTION: Prior to the program proper, from 7:00 - 7:30, Circle Players will organize and host an action. TBD. Postcards or phone calls. FORTHCOMING: This is our second such event. Our first fundariser (at Highland Park's Pino's) raised well over $2,000 for the ACLU & Free Press. Our hope is to reprise the program throughout the year (and, indeed, the term) all over the state, always as a fundraiser for both a local charity and one of the many national charities whose important work has never been more necessary: the ACLU, the IRC, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Sierra Club, etc. To find out how you or your organization can host a V fundraiser, e-mail raconteurbooks@gmail.com. FEATURING: Laurence Mintz, Danielle Illario, Jason Jackson, Michael Jarmus, Jeff Maschi, and Alex Dawson. WITH: theatrical lighting, fog effects, costumes, Golden Age radio equipment, audience participation, and, of course, hundreds of sound effects. PLUS: jazz vocalist Danielle Illario sings Julia London's "Cry Me a River" from V's jukebox. RATING: Suitable for 10 and up. Our program is based on the movie (not the graphic novel); it's not as dark as the source material (esp. the comic book) and, indeed, falls somewhere between PG & PG 13. THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU): is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: is the nation's largest LGBTQ rights organization, is a 501(c)3 charity that advocates for anti-discrimination legislation and support for people with HIV/AIDS. CIRCLE PLAYERS: Circle Players is known for its unique, intimate space. But it didn't start as a building. Circle began as a community of people who loved theater, and decided to do whatever it took to put more of it into the world. COLAB ARTS: engages artists, social advocates, and communities to create transformative new work, facilitating creative conversation through innovative programs and artist infrastructure, connecting artists with community partners and mentors, and executing productions that challenge perceptions and inspire action. WAIT, WHAT IS THIS? A radio play or audio narrative, what some call an "ear movie," is a story told through dialogue, sound effects, and music. We add costumes, colored spots, a fatboy Elvis mic, and, sometimes, a fog machine and/or a strobe light, then perform it for live audiences at a range of traditional and improvised venues throughout the Tri-State area.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-20T12:10:30", "url": "http://www.colab-arts.org/v-for-vendetta", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
The text on this Web site was adapted from Canoe and Natural History Guide to the Winooski River Valley (second edition, 1993). Prepared and edited by The Winooski Valley Park District. Funded by Green Mountain Power Corporation. Copyright applied for all rights reserved. No part of this guide may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the Winooski Valley Park District. Green Mountain Power Corporation provided funding to the Winooski Valley Park District for printing of the 1993 version of this guide, but did not independently confirmed the accuracy of its contents.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T08:10:18", "url": "http://nature.thecompass.com/wvpd/about/acknowledgements.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
This project is presenting a sonic art installation project “SilkWormSonicLifeCycle” which is a multidisciplinary artistic project. The use of Silkworms (Caterpillars) which are the main protagonists in this project for generating the artistic concepts and sonic materials from their “Biological Life Cycle” observation which is a series of changes in form that an organism undergoes, returning to the starting state. The duration of one “Biological Life Cycle” for the domestic silkworms could be around 4-6 weeks so the main idea is based to underline the artistic vital concepts on the larval stage to picture these metamorphosis aspects. Each stage (instars) could evoke the deep thoughts about the human “Biological Life Cycle” and tries to connect sonically these two creatures which are totally unrelated in other terms. “BioArt” is an art practice where humans work with live tissues, bacteria, living organisms, and life processes in “BioArt” terms Creating living beings and practising in the life sciences brings about the ethical, social, and aesthetic inquiry. One of the most important aims for presenting this project is to underline the vital values by the sonic world and highlighting the metamorphosis aspects of our life.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T10:54:52", "url": "https://amabmo.com/portfolio-2/artworks/silkwormsoniclifecycle/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Sportec Jersey and mesh moisture wicking fabric combination in the spliced body design. Plain knit anti-curl collar, 3 button placket with internal contrast, open sleeves and side splits. Childrens Fit. Materials: Polyester Micromesh. Polyester Elastic Cuff. Breeze-Tec UV 30+ Coated Collar Fabric. Decoration Option/s: Sublimation Decoration Specs: Product is made of multiple panels. Please refer to art template.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T02:33:16", "url": "http://4branding.com.au/products/polo_shirts/mesh_polos", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
In early-April I was invited by the Nevada Hispanic Business Group to address a group of individuals on the topic of Business Development. I was told that it would be a mix of young entrepreneurs as well as established business people, so I had to develop a balance: I had to make sure it was in-depth enough to give the aspiring business owners some good starting tips, but also provide insights that would assist those in the room with their current business as well. Yeah…no pressure. These are tips intended to help you look at your business, give you the insights needed to develop a strategy, and give your business a boost. Determine what you want to do. This is the foundation for any plan to achieve success. But, there are times when it seems like the goals and objectives are too lofty or to ambitious. What do you do? Break it up into smaller pieces with smaller goals. Doing this makes the plan achievable by setting smaller, more achievable goals that all add up to your ultimate goal at the end. Ambition is good, but if you go for something that you don’t currently have the resources for and are ill prepared to take on at the moment, you won’t succeed. Breaking up ambitious goals into smaller, more manageable pieces allows you to celebrate small victories along the way as you make your way to the top. How do you think people have climbed Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth? By taking one step at a time to the top. Don’t give up. When you want to achieve your goals and objectives, you need to keep moving forward, regardless of the obstacles in your way. If someone tells you that it can’t be done or doesn’t encourage you, acknowledge what they are saying, say “Okay,” and move on because no one else is going to want to achieve your goal but you. If you have a goal, don’t give up. Where did we start from? Where do we want to take this business? This is an assessment you should make every three months, at minimum. It allows to you make sure that your business stays on track and is keeping the pace that you want to be at to achieve your goals. You want to be able to honestly address where you are at. If something needs to be looked at, don’t paint a rosy picture of it or pretend that challenge (there are not problems, only challenges to overcome) does not exist. Acknowledge those challenges and deficits that exist. When you honestly and openly acknowledge those challenges and deficits, you are able to address them and develop solutions so you are not asking the same questions again at your next audit. Find out who the decision makers are in your industry and in the kinds of businesses you want to get involved in and meet with them. They are the ones who have the final say in the business you are a patron of at that moment. They are the ones that will have answers to your questions or who will say whether their business will work with you in some capacity or not. A mentor is someone who currently does or has achieved what you are aspiring to. This is the person whose success you want to emulate…and even surpass. They can provide guidance that you need to get to where you want to be. They have been where you are and they can help you navigate around the pitfalls they encountered with their advice and experience. They can help you close that experience and knowledge gap with advice from what they have gone through as leaders in their respective industry. They will tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly that you need to hear so you can maintain your course on the right track. Ask questions and listen to what others have to say. This could be a mentor, a colleague, a supervisor, or someone wanting to impart advice to you. If there is someone that has information that you need to succeed in your business, do not hesitate to find those answers. When conversing with them, don’t tell them all about you; instead, ask them about themselves, how they got to where they are, and what knowledge they think would assist you at this point in your business. You won’t have the opportunity to know someone if you’re not letting them speak and taking in what they have to impart to you. Your team is what makes you grow. Create opportunities and incentives for them to grow and to show their potential for your company. They make the success happen because business is a team effort with you leading and them making your requests a reality for the overall benefit of the company. When meeting with a mentor or decision maker, own that process of following up. If you made contact with them, but haven’t heard back from them, email or call them to let them know that you valued them giving their time and that you are serious about working with them in some capacity. Don’t have the expectation that people are going to come to you. You need to show that passion and vigor to that person. By showing them that you are serious and committed, they know that their time energy is well spent working with you. These are simple and straight-forward tips. However, the biggest successes are founded on solid fundamentals and tried and true advice. Mastering the fundamentals and getting the basics and the simple things right every time create a strong foundation for future growth. These steps don’t have to be followed in order. That is the beauty of this kind of advice: they are versatile and allow you to make their implementation your own. Just like you and your ambitions in life are unique, so too will the path you follow to your ultimate success. Follow these steps in a way that works for you and gets you to where you want to be in your business and in life. These are good starting points to begin implementing in your business to get your company oriented on the right trajectory to success. The simplicity of these steps means you can get started right away. You can make those appointments with decision-makers to ask your questions right now. You can start plotting out your goals and what success means to you and your business right now. Success will come with hard work and dedication, but there are times when the simplest steps (when done right) can yield major benefits as well.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T08:49:02", "url": "https://www.jcbarriergroup.com/tag/nevada-hispanic-business-group/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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A Visit to the Armory. Mark of Falworth returns the capital city and visits one of his favorite buildings, the well-stocked Loreesi armory. A disused barracks by the Queen's soldiers now in use by Gavin of Lockwood's band. This is my entry for the Colossal Castle Contest XII in the castle building category. It is also build for the Lands of Roawia Global Challenge IX The Recovery. Life is returning "back to normal" in the little city "Norvicus" Norvicus is a city in Garheim near by the coast and not far from Grahnhaven. What does every castle need? Obviously it's a blacksmith. maybe even two. Really depends on how quickly your knights are blunting their swords trying to kill make belief dragons. The outer wall and library of the city fort of Bodus Minor. Coltherstone Castle Keep is the home of King Terrowin and Queen Emeline. It contains the main hall on the ground floor and the royal bedroom upstairs. His majesty King Benedict and his trusted friend Lord Godfrey have traveled to the city of Dimarton in the hope of purchasing a fine new war mount from the town's famed livery stables. Jarl Kvasald decided, since it seemed that Sir Ian was finally settling down to reside at Dunharris, to give the young knight one of the unoccupied houses, a large one. Sir Ian Drakesbane graciously accepted the lodging. "Thank you, m'lord. It has been many months since I have had any kind of home." "You owe me no thanks," Kvasald returned. "You have done much for our town. And we Garhims have a way of richly rewarding those who performs such heroic deeds, aye?" Ian laughed and nodded. "On that note," Jarl Svengalsson continued, I have another gift for you. He disappeared around the side of the building and returned bearing a bundle of glinting metal and a long spear. The older man dropped them on the ground before Ian's feet. " I hear you lost your armor at the Battle of Granhaven. An adventuring type like you must be well protected in dangerous times like these." "Many thanks, m'lord!" Sir Ian replied, astonished. He examined the items one by one. There was a gleaming steel coat of scale maille that undulated and clicked in his hands as he lifted it. He lowered the armor and scrutinized the next gift, a round, burnished, hide, metal and wood shield covered in intricate designs. Kvasald spoke again. "The designs are to show that you stand against any terrors of the sea." Ian nodded, remembering the terrifying encounter with the fearsome Sea-Drake. "And finally," said Kvasald, reaching down to pick up the spear, "this is the spear which was lodged in the throat of the beast. It took my smiths and immense amount of cutting and pulling to free it from the mouth of the Drake. Now we have restored it, and covered the head with steel and bronze." He handed the weapon to Sir Ian. "I present Ótti-höggormsins. May it be the bane of all evil in your hand as a knight of Garheim." Sir Ian grasped the weapon and admired the beautiful etchings on the shaft and the tip. The razor-sharp head was covered in bronze and steel, with a mixture to give it a golden hue. It was a glorious weapon, and he would treasure it on all his adventures. "I thank you once again, my Jarl. It seems with these new gifts it is only fitting that I once again seek to guard the land. But first, I must do one last thing. I feel it is time I trained a squire." Percival visits the candlemaker's shop to buy a candle for Suzie. The square is crowded with people that have come to Hradcanny to see the Games. Lots of vendours take advantage of the large crowds to sell their wares. After a long and strenuous year, it was a relief for Lord Godfrey to take a well-earned holiday in the serene countryside of the northern shire. Every castle needs stables for the horses, and a blacksmith and a place to sleep and do the daily work. 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Shown here is the victory procession of Sir Ian Drakesbane after his heroic slaying of the Sea-Drake. Lars Grimnir is new to the area. The other noblemen thought it would be nice to meet him.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T18:53:53", "url": "http://classic-castle.com/events/ccc/view.cgi?contest=cccxii&field=category&value=castlebuilding", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Flapjacks are my ultimate comfort food! They always remind me of Primary school and the hot dinners we used to have, eating them now bring back a lot of memories! There’s something about this recipe, as they come out so chewy and gooey, but they are ridiculously easy to make. Perfect for little ones to make! Put the butter, sugar and honey in a saucepan and heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved. At this stage, add the marshmallow and chopped fruits, if you choose to use them, and mix well. Transfer the oat mixture to the prepared cake tin and spread to about 2cm (¾in) thick. Smooth the surface with the back of a spoon. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4 for 15-20 minutes, until lightly golden around the edges, but still slightly soft in the middle. Let cool in the tin, then turn out and cut into squares. At this stage, I tend to either melt some chocolate and dip half the flapjack into it, or drizzle the chocolate over the top – just for a little added sweetness. And that is it – I told you it was simple!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T23:14:04", "url": "https://hiddenlittlegem.com/2017/07/21/honey-flapjacks/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Jugaad is the nerve centre of Karm Marg. Central to its aim of empowering vulnerable young adults with livelihood skills, Jugaad is also the vocational training and income generation arm of Karm Marg. ‘Jugaad’ a unique word in hindi which roughly translated means ‘making the most out of whatever little may be available to you’. It’s an essential Indian trait of creative ingenuity. At Jugaad, the young adult trainees, alumni of Karm Marg and the rural women from surrounding areas train and work together to create bags, wallets, stationery and more using discarded and waste materials. While they handle most aspects of production and design, senior members of the Karm Marg team look after the marketing aspect. We at Karm Marg have always encouraged friends and volunteers to donate waste newspaper, bottles, textiles etc for us to use as raw materials. With these, Jugaad creates and markets a vast range of handcrafted and eco-friendly products. This approach is what we call, the true Indian ‘jugaad’. The brand name of ‘Jugaad’ today is known in India and abroad for the quality and creativity of its products. The profits from Jugaad currently fund nearly 50% of Karm Marg’s activities. Veena Lal - Some words are juicier untranslated! Jugaad, the Hindi word that best illustrates our philosophy, is one such word. It refers to innovative thinking that makes the best use of the materials in hand. To us at Karmmarg, it is a way of life. In an effort to minimize our environmental footprint, we only work with recycled raw materials such as cotton, newspapers, jute, wool, glass and more. The trick is to look at a crumpled piece of block printed cotton and transform it into a trendy, usable bag with years of life, fun and excitement in it.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T16:11:47", "url": "http://karmmarg.org/?page_id=2296", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Frustrated by his Republican colleagues’ refusal to vote on his amendment to roll back President Trump’s tariffs, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) fessed up on Wednesday: “We’re in a strange place. It’s becoming a cultish thing, isn’t it? It’s not a good place for any party to have a cult-like situation as it relates to a President that happens to be purportedly of the same party.” It’s even worse when the cult leader is dishonest, irrational and erratic; those who follow him quickly appear dishonest, irrational and erratic. There is something refreshing about having the Republican Party’s cowardice out in the open, acknowledged by its own members. The pretense that they were upholding their oaths and/or their constituents was too much to bear. Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), who lost in a GOP primary on Tuesday, told my colleague Karen Tumulty that his fellow Republicans “don’t want the tweet that I got last night.” He added, “There’s no motivation like self-motivation.” He was referring to Trump’s taunting tweet three hours before the polls closed, complaining that “Mark Sanford has been very unhelpful to me in my campaign to MAGA. He is MIA and nothing but trouble.” Now, we do not know if that tweet really turned the tide, but the perception surely is that Republicans will lose if they break with Trump. Sanford, a principled conservative, said after his defeat that he didn’t regret his actions. (“It may have cost me an election, in this case, but I stand by every one of those decisions to disagree with the president.”) Not every Republican — certainly not House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) — is willing to take that risk by crossing Trump. In that respect, they are every bit as unprincipled as the president. The Republican National Committee chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel added a creepy, totalitarian note. “Complacency is our enemy. Anyone that does not embrace the @realDonaldTrump agenda of making America great again will be making a mistake,” she tweeted. Pyongyang or Moscow or Beijing propagandists would be proud. You must embrace our leader, or else! The result of Republicans’ boot-licking , naturally, is to encourage Trump’s lying, erratic behavior and delusional thinking. Trump critic Rick Wilson, directing his barbs to Trump, writes, “Nothing you do matters to this Congress. No matter what damage you inflict on our economy, our alliances, trade, our stature in the world, our role as an exemplar of democratic values, our ability to serve as an honest broker in the international community, and our security, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell will lay supine before you.” As, the GOP Congress becomes more reticent, Trump becomes more dangerous. Several aspects of the GOP cult are noteworthy. First, sticking by Trump is no guarantee of success either. After all, candidates backed by Trump (i.e., Luther Strange, Roy Moore, Rick Saccone, Ed Gillespie) also lost. Republicans are obsessed with the instances in which a Trump heretic lost, but they don’t consider whether those candidates lost for reasons unrelated to Trump. Second, many faithful Republicans running in competitive seats in either purple and blue states will get wiped out if they cling to Trump and defend his policies — including an unpopular tax plan, cruel immigration policies, etc. That’s why you see so many races in the “Toss Up” or “Lean Democrat” column for November’s midterm elections. In many places other than deep red America, an “R” after one’s name is a badge of shame, not of honor. Third, the dichotomy between what Republicans want and what the country at large wants is becoming so vast that it’s difficult for Republicans to run toward Trump in the primary and then away from him in the general election. They wind up looking like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) — unprincipled and insincere. Fourth, if many of those endangered Republicans lose, the Trump party left behind will be more radical, nativist, protectionist and irrational (because they blindly follow an irrational president). Thanks to Trump’s the-base-is-everything strategy, the GOP will become even less racially and geographically diverse. At that point, candidates in the general election who can appeal to the other 60 percent to 65 percent of the electorate would be in good shape. Fifth, with some exceptions, Democratic primary voters haven’t gone far left and, therefore, have preserved (they hope) the chance to win in mixed districts. Conversely, if they fail in November, the forces behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will go nuts and insist the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nominee come from the far left. Finally, as we see hyperpolarization play out, it may be that polarization will get worse. At some point, though, the double- and triple-down, pro-Trump Republicans will lose governing majorities and will not be able to get enough electoral votes at the presidential level to secure the White House. It’s precisely for this reason that many despondent Republicans want their party blown out in November. It’s not until they lose and lose big, these anti-Trump Republicans figure, that Trump’s grip on their party will end. Unfortunately for them, by the time you get to that point, it may have made itself so distasteful to so many voters that redemption won’t come for many election cycles.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T07:33:51", "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/14/departing-republicans-confess-they-have-been-part-of-a-cult/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Check out these funny graffitis on advertising billboards. Most of the photos were taken in the USA and the UK. I think the ‘Speeding’ one is my favourite! If you have come across any funny photos of graffiti on billboards from Argentina or any other country please email them to buenosairesstreetart@gmail.com and I can publish them on this site. This entry was posted by admin in News and tagged billboard graffiti.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-26T03:43:12", "url": "https://buenosairesstreetart.com/2011/01/10/amusing-billboard-graffiti/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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All Participants and Parent/Caregivers who wish to enjoy the Respite Room during the event must complete the attached Media Releases. If more than one Parent or Caregiver wishes to spend the evening in the Respite Room, please be prepared to fill out additional Media Releases at the Media Release table at the Newport Marriott. Please email any questions to NTS@oceanpointeri.com. Night to Shine...A truly Magical experience. Celebrating those who truly deserve to be celebrated, Night to Shine (sponsored by The Tim Tebow Foundation) is an extravagant prom night for those with special needs in our community. This year's party promises to be a night to remember! Why: To celebrate God's Kings and Queens the way He sees them. Check out last year's Night to Shine Highlights from around the globe!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T03:05:38", "url": "http://oceanpointeri.com/nts/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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Zion Lutheran Church and its ministries exist today because Swedish followers of Jesus Christ wanted there to be a place for the proclamation of God’s word, celebration of the sacraments, Christian education and Christ-like service following Lutheran traditions in Rockford, Illinois. Their legacy is this congregation and its’ ministries. They saw to it that this congregation was founded in 1883. Now, this legacy has been passed on to us. Over the years, others have decided to leave a legacy to secure and advance the future of these ministries by leaving the congregation a bequest from their estate, giving gifts of money or property to the church after they no longer needed it. The Society will be made up of all persons who have named Zion Lutheran Church in their will, estate or other document to receive a special gift over $1,000. Automatic memberships shall be bestowed to all persons who, upon their death, are determined to have bequeathed a gift to Zion Lutheran Church. By application, membership shall be extended to those persons who have indicated in writing that they have included Zion Lutheran Church in their estate plans and have discussed their plan as it relates to Zion with the pastor. The names of all members of The Zion Legacy Society shall be kept in the official records of the church, and on plaques prominently placed near the entrance to the Sanctuary. I __________________________________ do hereby acknowledge that I have included Zion Lutheran Church of Rockford, Illinois, in my estate plan, and request that my name be officially recorded as a member of The Zion Legacy Society. It is understood that my membership in the Legacy Society shall be made public, as an encouragement to others, but that the details of my estate plan shall remain confidential, until fully executed.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-25T06:18:25", "url": "http://www.zionrockford.com/supporting-zion/legacy-society.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Our Theme for February and March is Valuing Diversity. We believe that although we are the same in many ways, we are also different in many other ways---and that's a GOOD THING! All Ferris students and staff are encouraged to wear Pink on Wednesday February 27 for our national "Pink Shirt Day" Assembly, as we put our attention to how we treat each other. We will have a Family Teams activity and a special assembly to celebrate Pink Shirt Day”. At Ferris we value the diversity of our school community and we expect everyone to treat others with respect and kindness each and every day. Pink Shirt Day is a day to pay special attention to, and remind us of, the importance of valuing the diversity of others through kindness, respect, empathy, acceptance, and “doing the right thing”.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T10:20:23", "url": "http://ferris.sd38.bc.ca/news/2019/02/24/wear-pink-wednesday-pink-shirt-day-assembly", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Posted on May 10, 2017 at 5:25 pm. The Bartlesville Community Foundation is pleased to announce the hiring of Laura Jensen as their new Director of Affiliates and Community Outreach. She will serve as a liaison to affiliates, agencies, and donors, help steward current funds, and promote the Foundation to encourage the creation of new funds. She fills the role held by Mirelle Onukwube. Jensen grew up in El Dorado, KS and in 2015 graduated from Kansas State University of Manhattan with a primary bachelor’s degree in Public Health and Nutrition and a secondary bachelor’s degree in Gerontology. While in college Laura began her banking career and continued work in that field at Arvest bank upon her move to Bartlesville, OK. As a new member of the Bartlesville community, Laura embraced civic involvement by spending spare time volunteering and acting in leadership roles with local professional organizations. “My most overwhelming passion has always been to help people find the tools they need to succeed. I am truly honored to be in a position where I can directly impact the development and success of the Bartlesville community,” says Jensen. Jensen’s role is to assist the foundation as they continue to experience significant growth. The Foundation has successfully reached and surpassed $10 million in assets, more than tripling their funds since 2013. Bartlesville Community Foundation builds permanent endowments, manages grants and scholarship programs, supports new charitable endeavors, and offers educational opportunities to enhance nonprofits as well as donors short and long term philanthropic goals.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-18T10:26:22", "url": "http://bartlesvillecf.org/news/bcf-welcomes-new-staff-member/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Edgewater Masters is designed for adults to enjoy the physical, recreational and social benefits of rowing while staying connected to and supporting the Edgewater Crew program. Adults of any age and experience level are welcome to join at any point of an ongoing season. Edgewater Masters is well into 10th year of training and racing with 2 State Team titles, 3 State Boat Championships and 1 National chamption boat on the trophy shelf. Our Spring Season is underway with practices on the regular evening schedule through May and rowers new and experienced are welcome to join us, just come to a practice and check us out. Edgewater Masters' defense of its State Sweeps Championship is off to a good start. We picked up 7 medals out of 10 races at the Sarasota Invitaional in February, and then went 11 for 11 at the OARS Masters Regatta 2 weeks later. The Mens8 took the lead in its quest for another State title. Our next race is on our home course at the Florida Masters on May 5.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T08:24:22", "url": "http://edgewatercrew.org/Masters/index.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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In his latest book, The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe, Peter Godwin delivers a superbly written account of contemporary Zimbabwean politics. But it is no pleasure read. We all knew that Mugabe was a bad guy, but Godwin bears witness to the almost unthinkable acts of terror that this dictator carried out against ordinary citizens and political activists. There is very little to smile or to laugh about, or, frankly, to feel hopeful about. Nonetheless, this is a necessary chronicle of how a man has managed to stay in power for more than 30 years, amassing great personal fortunes, even while social conditions have plummeted since the promising early years of independence. I met Godwin a few years ago when he was giving a talk at Princeton, and subsequently had a chance to meet with him about common interests in Southern Africa. It had been at least a year since I saw him last, when I was in Southern Africa this past November and saw him being interviewed on South African television. I was en route from Joburg to Zimbabwe to do a bit of work and research with a human rights organization there. Although his book was everywhere in South Africa, it was certainly nowhere to be found in Zim. A week and a half later when I was on line for my flight home I saw Godwin boarding the same flight and we took a cab home together, as we live in the same neighborhood, and he kindly gave me a copy of the book, which is the one I just read… finally, after too many months on my shelf. The American version is published by Little, Brown, and has a slightly different cover. Godwin was born and raised in Zimbabwe, and much of his and his family’s relationship with the country is chronicled in two earlier autobiographical books, Mukiwa and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun. Having worked as journalist, lawyer, soldier, and human rights activist, but living now in New York with his family, he writes as both insider and outsider, a patriot to some, a traitor to Mugabe apologists. The Fear intertwines just a bit of family portraiture – conversations with his sister and mother – with what is largely a chronicle of travels around Zimbabwe in 2008. Dombo’s was just one of many, many accounts of ruthless campaigns that resulted in crowded hospitals and widespread deaths. While Godwin recounts Mugabe’s many attempts to blame all the country’s current problems on the legacy of white rule, he makes clear that this claim has become stale in the wake of the regime’s legacy of deliberate destruction. The book offers no explanation for the Mugabe terror except for the insanity of the man himself. While there is surely something to the thesis of Mahmood Mamdani’s book, When Victims Become Killers, Godwin fingers most of the blame on a man whose traits and habits emerge as laughable as much as they are frightening. But he also shows that Mugabe has become an institution and has created a large enough cabal of dependencies that there exist reinforcing mechanisms maintaining his rule. As I read the book, a few things struck me as strange — which is not to say that I doubt they were true, but simply that they deserve further exploration. For example, on so many occasions, after acts of unspeakable state-sponsored violence, citizens would attempt to contact the police, and then almost invariably find themselves frustrated with the lack of interest or results. Why, in such a system, would citizens even surmise that they might receive any action? Perhaps they still just hope that the state can function for them as a source of justice, and they simply need a place to register that they have been victimized. On my brief stint to Zimbabwe, I was not even looking for evidence of state violence, and yet I found it. When visiting a small rural town in the Eastern part of the country, my colleague/host and I met with an NGO worker who trembled when recounting that the previous day he had unexpectedly been confronted with a small dose of the fear. He had been roughed up by a pair of “special police” for having helped to facilitate a play about political reconciliation. He described strange tactics, including the men later taking him for a beer. But he clearly feared for his life, worrying about whether or not they were trying to poison him, as he never saw the beer opened and wondered if they might have slipped something in the bottle. Undoubtedly, if the goal was to instill fear, the tactics had worked. There is a bit of irony to the back page which refers readers to the author’s website for suggestions about how to “help the people of Zimbabwe.” That website provides a few links to some Zimbabwean NGO’s. After reading the book, my conclusion was that until Mugabe’s truly last day, not that much is going to make a difference. With reports of Mugabe’s ill health and long-overdue pressure from regional neighbors, maybe that day will come soon.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T09:10:42", "url": "https://evanlieberman.org/2011/04/08/review-of-peter-godwin%E2%80%99s-the-fear-%E2%80%93-the-last-day%E2%80%99s-of-robert-mugabe/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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An injury of any form at all is a menace to every professional athlete and like the plague, it is something they all want to avoid as much as possible but like retirement, having an injury is simply inevitable. The best that athletes can do is hope that the rate at which their injuries occur is as low as possible and even when they do get hit by one, a minor one that would require a few weeks for full recovery. But Sadly, this isn’t always the case for some as a number of the world’s great athletes have been faced with the hard decision of kissing their careers goodbye as a result of an injury. One such great athlete is American football tight end, Zach Miller. However, through the pain, Miller has received much support from his family especially his wife and the love of his life Kristen. Here goes his story. Born on October 4, 1984, in Weston, Nebraska, Zach Miller began playing football during his years at Bishop Neumann High School in Wahoo, Nebraska. A highly energetic young man, he played in two other sports including basketball for which he received all-state honors. He did better at football so when he chose to attend the University of Nebraska Omaha, his focus was on football. In college, Zach was simply outstanding. He finished with a school record 50 touchdowns. A pro career looked certain and it began after the Jacksonville Jaguars selected him in the 6th round of the 2009 NFL Draft. And then came September 2012 when Zach Miller’s injury troubles began. He was placed on the injury reserves before getting waived a month later. Tampa Bay Buccaneers came for him in the new year but Miller couldn’t prove worthy of a berth on the team so he was dropped. The Chicago Bears became his white knight signing him to a future/reserve contract on December 30, 2013. He inked another contract on February 27, 2015, and on March 14, 2016, a two-year contract worth $5.5 million. Miller looked poised to go on and write his name in the NFL history books but little injuries continued to limit him. Zach Miller’s life flashed before him when he suffered a life-threatening career-wrecking injury on October 29, 2017, during a week 8 game against the New Orleans Saints. He had been attempting to catch a touchdown pass when he fell wrongly dislocating his left knee and tearing his popliteal artery. He was immediately rushed to the OR where he received a vascular surgery that required grafting from his right knee. Fortunately, the surgery was successful and did not require an amputation like is always the case with similar injuries. He reportedly had 8 surgeries on his knee by December 2017. The Bears placed him on injured reserve in November 2017 after which he became a free agent. However, the Bears were not about to abandon him as they signed him to a one-year deal on June 4, 2018, with $458,000 guaranteed even with the knowledge that he may never get to play football again. A day later, he has placed on the reserve/PUP list. Miller’s football future looks bleak but like he has told reporters since the gruesome injury, he would rather focus on the present than worry about the future. Zach Miller has a degree in criminal justice. Throughout the storms has been one woman not leaving his side. She is his wife Kristen Miller (nee Pospisal). The pair were high school sweethearts during their time at Bishop Neumann High where Kristen played in the volleyball team. Kristen attended the same college with her future husband. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and minored in finance. As seen on Wahoo Newspaper, Zach and Kristen got married on July 26, 2008, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Wahoo, Nebraska. Zach and his wife Kristen have built such an adorable family together. They share three kids together including daughter Isabella born in 2010 and sons Kashton and Breckin born in 2012 and 2017 respectively. From his interviews since the injury, it is quite obvious that Miller is a family man. He has told several publications including The Lincoln Journal Star, how his wife Kristen have helped make his rehab a smooth one. Zach Miller has a complete athletic body build. According to his player profile on the ESPN website, Zach Miller stands at 6 feet 5 inches tall. Pre-draft, he stood at one inch shorter at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m). His weight is recorded at 245 lb (111 kg), 5 lb up from before he made his NFL debut. Other details of his body measurements are yet to be confirmed.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T18:48:25", "url": "https://heightline.com/zach-miller-wife-kristen-weight/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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Read the ESL Articles Now! I’ll be taking down quite a few of the ESL articles on this site this week. Now, both of the statements in that sentence are false, but I’ve already had 2 poor reviews torpedo one book that probably could've helped a lot of you, English Last. Yep, I know what bad reviews can do to sales, of that book and other books, so I’ll be taking down most of the recent posts I’ve put up over the past 2 months…mainly because many of them are excerpts from Keeping Sane, the book I plan on putting out early next week, or sooner. Writing ESL books isn’t that difficult for me, but it is getting a little harder coming up with new ideas, especially now that I’m not teaching. Honestly, and as I think you know, I don’t spend as much time on this site anymore. 2-star reviews on my ESL books don’t do much to make me want to increase that, either. Why bother…why bother with this site, or these stupid books? I don’t make much money from them, and it does take a lot of time. What are the opportunity costs involved with this? Could I have won my election if I hadn’t been wasting time on an old job? Why am I wasting time on an old job? Most sane people would move on. Get your fill this week…shake-ups are coming to ESL Adventure!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T02:21:37", "url": "http://www.esladventure.com/esl-articles/read-the-esl-articles-now", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
photo above: The General Electric BC-375-E transmitter shown with the BC-306-A LF Antenna Tuner. photo above: The BC-191 set-up for AC operation within a building. Note the interface that allowed "patching" telephone line audio into the transmitter. Also, the CW keys, the T-32 mike and the mill (although this might just be a regular typewriter.) The receivers are all BC-342 types. >>> Commonly used on B-17s, the SCR-287 (the combination of BC-375 and BC-348 receiver) set-up was found on thousands of those bombers. On the B-17, the transmitter was usually located under the radioman's table while the receiver was on top of the table. Other installations had the transmitter on the opposite side of the fuselage from the radioman's position. Installations did vary from plane to plane but it illustrates the importance of the receiving operation versus the transmitting function. Most BC-375 transmissions were very short - a word or two was all that was necessary. Nearly all transmissions were in CW. Voice was rarely used. Additionally, only those items necessary for operation on the specified frequencies were taken on a bombing mission. On other types of airplanes, such as transports or search and rescue types, more equipment may have been taken along since the mission might require more specialized communications than the typical bombing run would. The BC-191 was primarily used as a field transmitter or for fixed radio set-ups in buildings. The very early versions don't have the antenna tuning section located on the right side of the transmitter but the basic concept of a simple MOPA transmitter using four large 211 tubes was present on those early versions. Sometimes the BC-191 was also used in vehicular applications. The BC-191 operates on +14vdc and can be powered by the typical battery-charger running the PE-53 dynamotor or it can also be operated using the AC powered RA-34 power supply. The BC-191 was used on Voice more often than the BC-375. There were other accessories for the BC-191 that allowed interfacing a telephone system into the transmitter. See the photo below-left showing the BC-191 setup with the RA-34 AC power supply, the BC342 receivers and the telephone interface with handset and T-32 carbon mike (also note the J-36 and J-38 keys.) The Army found the BC-191 to be a more versatile transmitter and many were still in use post-WWII. The BC-375 rapidly became outdated for aircraft use, especially towards the end of WWII. Certainly the decision to build 100,000 transmitters was based on the planned requirements early in the war. Towards the middle of WWII, the radio engineers had come up with the ARC-5 series of transmitters-receivers and Collins Radio Company had introduced their famous and very modern ATC/ART-13. These transmitters produced more RF power in smaller packages and didn't require several tuning units for frequency mobility. Additionally, the ATC/ART-13 would autotune itself and had superb audio. These new transmitters were installed on the newest types of bombers while BC-375s were still being delivered. Near the end of WWII, crates of BC-375s were left unopened because the military viewed the transmitter as obsolete. However, that view was for bombers. The military still used the BC-375 in transports and in "search and rescue" planes well after WWII. They weren't the "latest and greatest" but they were reliable and worked well in those areas. Even though some BC-375s were installed on some types of aircraft during the Korean War, there were still thousands that remained in unopened crates in many locations. The BC-375 became available surplus immediately following the end of WWII. Though they cost the government $1800, the surplus market offered complete BC-375 transmitters with all accessories, all new in the crate, for around $40. All of the accessories were offered separately for only a few dollars each. These incredibly low prices attracted the attention of budget-minded hams and many bought the complete set-up as a "cheap way" to get "on the air." Probably some of the hams remembered that the BC-375 had been used successfully in B-17 bombers and since the superbly designed BC-348 receiver had also been in the B-17, well,...the BC-375 must be just as good. Since the BC-348 was relatively easy to convert to amateur use, it followed that the same must be true for the BC-375. Unfortunately, the hams were usually limited in their ability to power up the BC-375 with an adequate power source and operational problems ensued. Within a few years, most dealers were aware that the hams were having trouble with the BC-375 and began advertising that they were great sources for parts. Prices dropped accordingly and more hams bought the BC-375 to try it out as a ham transmitter. In the post-WWII environment when television signals were on the increase and everyone received their TV signals via antenna. TVI became rampant mainly due to the transmitter's pre-WWII design as an aircraft transmitter (or field transmitter for the BC-191) and the very specific voltage and current requirements for proper operation. The BC-375 wasn't a ham transmitter and never would be. Eventually, the BC-375 garnered a reputation as an unusable relic that was only good for parts with CQ magazine's Surplus Conversion Handbook advocating that the BC-375 Tuning Units were particularly good for antenna tuner parts or other "home brew" amateur project parts. Most hams believed the Surplus Conversion Handbook's assessment of the BC-375 and many were "parted out" with only the "useful" parts saved. As a result, original and unmolested BC-375 had become a rare item by the 1990s. As more and more hams became interested WWII surplus radio equipment with the intention of actually operating that equipment as originally as possible, the BC-375 was given another look. Maybe it might be possible to operate this "beast" without enduring endless criticism of the signal. The BC-375 uses a total of five vacuum tubes. Four tubes are VT-4-C triodes (type 211E) along with a single VT-25 (10Y) triode. The first tube (left to right in the photo right) is the VT-25/10Y which is the speech amplifier in VOICE mode, the 1000hz oscillator in TONE (MCW) mode and the sidetone oscillator in CW mode. The second tube is the VT-4 that is used as the Master Oscillator. The third tube is the VT-4 used as the PA. The remaining two VT-4s are the P-P Modulator tubes. Operating voltage is provided by the aircraft battery/charger system (+28vdc) that is used for the low voltage requirements in the transmitter and also used to power the PE-73 dynamotor that provides the high voltage (+1000vdc) to the transmitter. Lower B+ voltages are derived from resistive dividers operating from the +HV. The transmitter frequency range is determined by which of the seven Tuning Units is installed in the transmitter. The coils and condensers and connections for the MO and PA are contained in each TU. The range of frequencies is from 200kc to 500kc and from 1500kc up to 12500kc using the seven various TUs. The controls aligned vertically on the right side of the transmitter make up the wide range antenna coupler for the transmitter. The separate Long Wave tuner, the BC-306-A, is usually located to the right of the BC-375. The BC-306 allows a further extension of antenna matching ability below 800kc using the typical trailing wire antenna (200 ft. maximum length deployment.) Power output is between 50 watts and 90 watts. The BC-375 provided full break-in keying by allowing the elaborate internal antenna relay to control the receiver antenna and the receiver standby circuit. Additionally, external inputs via the PL-64 cable allowed remote receiver standby, side tone, remote microphone and key operation along with remote power control. The aircraft was usually set-up to allow the pilot to also have the ability to access the transmitter/receiver for various reasons. The photo to the above-right shows the tube compartment of the BC-375. Note at the top of the compartment is the adjustable link board that sets the proper tube filament voltage for either +24vdc operation or +28vdc operation. The toggle switch behind and between the rightmost tubes is the voltage selector switch. The adjustment between the 10Y tube and the VT-4 Master Oscillator tube is the Microphone Gain control. The controls between the PA tube and the left Modulator tube are the Side Tone Level (top) and the Modulator Bias Level (bottom.) When CW is selected using the bar knob (with the arrow indicator) only the 10Y tube and the MO and PA VT-4 tubes are in operation. The modulator tube filaments are turned off. When TONE or VOICE is selected, all tubes are used. If trouble developed during a flight with one or two of the VT-4 tubes, it was possible to operate the transmitter on CW with only three tubes - the 10Y, the MO VT-4 and the PA VT-4. The photo to the left shows the BC-375 with the back cover removed. The entire left side of the chassis (when viewed from the rear) is the wide range antenna coupler. Top center to right is the large tapped resistor that is used for the proper filament voltage settings via the adjustable links. The large cans in the center are the audio input transformer and the modulation transformer. The TU is plugged into this BC-375 so the bottom metal case is the rear of the TU. In the upper left (and in both compartments) is the elaborate antenna switching relay that also accomplishes the remote receiver standby function. The ball contacts on the left side are for the antenna switching between transmitter and receiver while the right side of the relay has the flat contacts for receiver standby and some of the transmitter functions. This relay nearly always needs to be tested, cleaned and adjusted before it will work correctly. This is mostly due to dirt and minor corrosion on the contacts. This photo above shows a close-up of the sending relay. Note the rotating central shaft carries the arm contacts for each individual switching function of the relay. Shaft rotation actuates the contacts. For decades, the BC-375 was thought of as unusable and certainly many were destroyed for parts or irreversibly modified in an attempt to make them into a ham transmitter. The TVI issue eventually went away with strong cable and satellite TV signals. Modern digital TV is not even aware of an operating BC-375. Other problems that prevent successful operation of the BC-375 come from its specific power requirements. Onboard the airplane the transmitter operated on the battery-charger system that provided a solid +28vdc at almost unlimited current availability. Hams tried to run the transmitter on series-connected car batteries with only limited success. Audio distortion due to non-symmetrical modulation and FMing of the signal was common. Additionally, many of the BC-375s were being used with non-matching serial number Tuning Units (TU.) The lack of specific TU to transmitter neutralization caused parasitic oscillations that also distorted the audio output. Well,...there was always CW. Even here the BC-375 stability due to insufficient power supply current caused raucous chirp and rapid drift. Maybe the BC-375 was just what everyone thought,...unusable. By the 1990s, the vintage military radio collector groups were on the increase and the BC-375 was viewed with interest because of its importance in aircraft communications during the early parts of WWII. Several ham-collectors worked on the problems of why the BC-375 seemed to be impossible to operate without "FMing" and poor quality audio. By careful neutralization of each Tuning Unit and use of robust battery/charger systems along with not trying to get maximum carrier power out of the transmitter, the resulting signals were pretty good. At least, good enough to encourage more military collectors to try the BC-375. Today, several BC-375 transmitters are being operated on the 75 meter ham band with notable success. Now,...the signals aren't Broadcast Quality Audio and the carrier power is relatively low but the signals are respectable and have what has become known as "the BC-375 sound." One word of caution though,...when operating a BC-375 or BC-191,...stay on vintage military radio nets or have QSOs with experienced vintage military radio operators. These hams know how the transmitter should sound when operating correctly and will not force you to endure endless audio critiques that are meaningless to the BC-375/BC191 transmitter's abilities. In Virginia City (photo below) - The SCR-287 comprised a complete liaison radio station installed onboard various bombers and transports during WWII although it didn't look like the station shown in the photo below. I built the olive-drab desk set-up to better display the station for the Western Historic Radio Museum. Besides the BC-375, the BC-348-Q receiver (dynamotor operated,) the Lionel J-47 telegraph key and the Shure Bros. carbon microphone, the T-17. The speaker is an LS-3, although these were never used in the SCR-287 or onboard the aircraft. Four BC-375 Tuning Units are mounted in their CS-48 containers on the wall. The home made console features a fold-down desk, a sound-proof (almost) compartment for the PE-73 dynamotor and a bottom shelf for the four storage batteries (four 12v batteries in series-parallel = 24vdc.) The panel to the left of the BC-348 has all of the remote connections for receiver audio output, receiver stand-by, xmtr CW sidetone select, xmtr microphone input and xmtr key input via the PL-64 connector. This station was on display in the museum until I closed in 2012. In Dayton, Nevada (photo below) - Nowadays, this SCR-287 is set-up in our work shop in Dayton. We eliminated the batteries and went to a PP-1104-C high current power supply. I moved the PE-73 to the lowest shelf of the desk for better stability since the batteries were removed. I also installed casters on the desk so I could move it around the shop easily. I rebuilt the power cable into a fully shielded cable. The same shielding method was done to the BC-348 cable and to the auxiliary cable that is used for the remote standby and for the sidetone. With the new set-up, I no longer use the LS-3 but have switched over to a 600 Z ohm headset which greatly reduces the noise from the PP-1104 and the PE-73 dynamotor (it's still noisy even in the sound proof box - which is open for the photo.) I'm also using a Shure Bros.102-C microphone now instead of the T-17. I still have to remount the J-47 key. Also, the 24hr clock is on the wall, just out of the "shot." The PP-1104 provides +28vdc with plenty of reserve current available providing a signal that is stable with no FMing and carrier power can be raised up to 75 watts with no problems. Why Using +24vdc Input Voltage Causes So Many Problems - The majority of the problems encountered when operating the BC-375 are due to using a power source that is incapable of remaining stable under load. The original aircraft installation ran on batteries that were constantly being charged with the generator system of the airplane. This meant that a constant +28vdc was supplied with practically unlimited current available. There is no doubt that the BC-375 operates as designed and more efficiently on +28vdc rather than +24vdc, even though there is a internal switch to allow proper filament voltages when in the +24vdc position. However, the +24vdc switch was only provided for pre-flight set-up and not for in-flight operation (per the manual.) The design intended the transmitter to properly operate on +28vdc. The problems encountered when running on +24vdc are due mainly to the inefficient operation of the PE-73 dynamotor at that low of a voltage. At +24vdc the PE-73 is rotating slower than at its design RPM. This low RPM results in a lower output voltage and also affects that voltage's stability under load. The stability issue is mainly due to reduced inertia that the rotating armature has operating at +24vdc. Additionally, the output voltage of the PE-73 will be in the low +900vdc range and subject to wide swings in that voltage output dependent on the transmitter's load variations. This ends up with two transmitter operational problems, "FMing" and non-symmetrical modulation. Most of the following suggestions are for operation of the BC-375 on a battery system alone - no charging system - with the transmitter set for +24vdc operation - in other words, for pre-flight conditions. During the pre-flight set-up, the fact that the BC-375 FM'ed wasn't important, neither was the non-symmetrical modulation - "pre-flight" just a test set-up to make sure the BC-375 was on frequency and working correctly before the airplane took off. It's very difficult to overcome the problems encountered in a pre-flight set-up, but it can be done. Remember that batteries alone will only charge up to about +26.5vdc maximum and that voltage drops very rapidly with the BC-375/PE-73 in operation. Most of the transmitter's time will be operating at +24vdc or less. Building the Cables for Low Noise Also Will Help - Most of the time the BC-375 is found without the power cables. The +HV cable is readily available from Fair Radio Sales or other sources but the +LV cable isn't and usually has to be built. Luckily, the PL-61 connector is relatively easy to find but you will need two of them. Use 12 gauge stranded wire (hook-up wire) for all wires in the cable and make the cable length around four to five feet long. It's very important to make sure that this cable is shielded. I use braided shielding removed from old RG-8 coax cables for shielding. Push the ends of the shield together to expand it and then sleeve it over the cable and then pull the shielding tight by pulling it through your hand. Once the cable is covered with the braided shield and the plugs wired (including the drain wires on each end connected to ground on the plugs) then the entire braided shield can be wrapped with two wraps of electrical tape. Now the cable isn't shown that way on the schematic (shielded) but examination of an original cable revealed that they were indeed shielded. It makes sense that they would have been because of the charging noise that would have been on the +28vdc buss system in an aircraft or vehicle installation. Why the schematic vaguely shows some "cross-hatching" on the cable that isn't connected to ground is a mystery. If you are using the PP-1104 power supply to power up the PE-73 dynamotor, remember that the +28vdc goes directly through the dynamotor terminals and relay up to the transmitter through the PL-61 connectors and the power cable. The cable should be shielded for best results and lowest noise emission. The remote cable (using the PL-64 connector) isn't necessary for operation but if you decide to use one for receiver remote standby function or side tone then this cable should also be shielded. If you are running a dynamotor-operated BC-348 with your BC-375 then its power cable (which is coming from the PP-1104 power supply) must also be shielded. This "ultra-shielding" precaution may not be necessary if you run the transmitter and receiver on batteries only - no charging. Pure DC won't radiate much, (only a static field.) However, if you can run a high current power supply like the PP-1104, you'll have to shield as much of the power cabling as is possible to keep the radiated noise (RFI) at a low level. NOTE: Most of the RFI noise from the PP-1104 is from the magnetic current amplifier. The PP-1104 is not a switching power supply but it can generate some RFI. There are simple cures that involve better conductive mounting of the back panel and top the provides better shielding and also simple filters on the AC line and the outputs will all but eliminate the RFI issue. I've included a short article on the PP-1104-C power supply at the end of this article. Dynamic Neutralization - Probably the Most Important Step - The BC-375 is usually found without its matching serial number Tuning Units. This means that the "orphan" TUs were neutralized to a different BC-375 and will require neutralization to your BC-375. Any non-matching serial number TU that are to be used absolutely need to have their neutralization adjusted for minimum FMing. If the transmitter TU is not neutralized, then some minor parasitic feedback in the master oscillator will cause frequency instability, or FMing, causing more audio distortion. This parasitic feedback is made worst when the +HV is fluctuating with the load. The easiest neutralization method requires a receiver capable of FM detection that will tune to the BC-375 transmitter frequency. These types of receivers are always limited to more modern types of communications and SWL receivers. I use a Yaesu FRG-8800 which does have the capability of receiving FM on all frequencies. Tune in the transmitter's signal on the FM receiver and talk into the microphone. If the BC-375 is FM'ing, you will hear yourself quite easily. It's best to use earphones for monitoring. Adjust the TU neutralizing control until you no longer hear your voice modulation and the FM'ing and audio distortion should be at a minimum for that tuning unit at that frequency. You might have to adjust for the minimum audio response as voice peaks always seem to cause a little bit of FMing. The difference can be checked by switching the receiver over to AM detection and listening to yourself transmit. All of the "fuzzy" sounds should be gone and the AM signal should sound clear and intelligible. If you have the proper kind of FM detector-receiver, it's easy to check the neutralizing often and the results are simply amazing. There is no other easy way to set the neutralizing on the tuning units. NOTE 1: Even if you are using a +28vdc high current power source, you still need to do this neutralization to assure the transmitter doesn't distort because of parasitic oscillations. NOTE 2: I have tried other methods to set the neutralization for minimum FMing, like using a standard communications receiver with the BFO on and listen for deviations in the carrier frequency but this doesn't work at all. About the closest to FM monitoring is to use earphones to monitor your BC-375 AM signal on a standard communications receiver and adjust the neutralization for the best sounding audio. This will get you kind of close but not as close as the FM receiver does. Thanks to Tom Horsfall, WA6OPE for the dynamic neutralizing information using an HF FM receiver. Non-symmetrical Modulation - Though lack of serial number specific neutralization of the TUs is the most important step, another important problem is the inability of the transmitter to achieve symmetrical 100% modulation due to insufficient high voltage from the PE-73 because of its operation on +24vdc. In fact, due to the low +HV, 50% modulation is a common limit. To elaborate on the nonsymmetrical modulation, 100% positive modulation is next to impossible to achieve while 100% negative modulation seems rather easy. However, by reducing the loading to lower the output power, it is possible to improve the modulation symmetry. This reduced loading will also help the FMing problem. Usually a BC-375 can produce about 90 watts into a 50 ohm unbalanced load provided the tubes are fairly new and the transmitter is in good condition. At this level of power though, the load on the dynamotor is pretty high and since it is running on +24vdc, its RPM is too low for good stability. This results in severe FM'ing due to load fluctuation and the low +HV results in about 50% modulation. Most of your audio reports on VOICE will be "you sound terrible." A power output of about 50 to 55 watts will reduce the load on the dynamotor which reduces the FM'ing due to voltage fluctuations due to power load changes and this will improve the transmitter sound overall. Also, at the lower power level, the modulation level will be higher since the carrier envelope to be modulated is less. At 50 watts output power, 100% modulation is possible to achieve and with careful monitoring of the signal on an oscilloscope, negative modulation in excess of 100% can be avoided. Actually 100% negative is the limit, then you go into "cutoff" and that can be avoided with signal monitoring. So, the first thing to do is to reduce the output power to 50 watts. Remember, even though the carrier power is reduced your audio power is actually better (because of a higher modulation level) and overall your signal will be much more "powerful" sounding. The Microphone Choice is Important - Options - Carbon microphones used with the BC-375/BC-191 are another source of audio problems and this problem applies for both +24vdc or +28vdc operation. The T-17 or T-32 carbon microphones were standard equipment. The T-17 was designed to provide intelligible communications from a very noisy environment, so almost all T-17 mikes will be noise-cancelling in design and therefore very limited in response. A few very small openings in the mouth cup indicates a noise cancelling microphone. The T-32 looks like a "candlestick phone" and has a very large carbon button element. These mikes were commonly used with the BC-191. They can be a very good performing mike but many suffer from carbon packing, carbon fusing and other age-related and abuse-related problems. Typically, you'll find that almost all of the original carbon elements are practically non-functional nowadays, after all, they are pushing 70 years old! The usual procedure is to acquire as many T-17 mikes as you can and test them. After about a dozen or so, you'll find one that works well with lots of response. Be prepared to go through a lot of T-17s though. The small T-1 carbon replacement element can still be found in NOS packages and these usually will work fine too. Regular older telephone carbon mike elements work but will require testing to see if they will sound correct. Some do and some don't so testing is the only method to find out. There are carbon mike substitutes, like electret mikes. These were commonly used as carbon mike replacements in some modern telephone equipment and are very common in microphone applications for computer use. Electret microphones consist of a condenser mike with a small FET amplifier for the output. They require a small voltage to power the built-in FET amplifier and that can come from the BC-375 carbon bias. They can be a little noisy. You will also have to add a transistor amplifier circuit in with the electret mike to isolate the carbon mike bias line from the FET amp and to provide a low Z output with the BC-375 input transformer acting as the collector load on the transistor. This will provide plenty of audio since it is audio driven low-Z and right in the audio line just like a carbon mike. There are several Electret circuits shown on the web. If you are contemplating bypassing the bias voltage source and running an amplified mike directly to the audio input transformer - don't. The primary of the transformer is very low impedance, around 50 Z ohms or so. It is so low that it will limit any bass response in the mike and unless the mike is amplified you'll never have enough output for full modulation. Stay with the carbon mikes and try to find one with good response. The BC-375 was designed for a carbon mike and performs best using a carbon mike. Frequency Drift and CW Operation - The BC-375 will frequency drift rapidly as the frequency is increased. The higher the frequency of operation the more pronounced the drift will be. Generally, drift in the VOICE mode is much less noticeable since there isn't a specific tone heard as there is in CW reception. Expect drift above 4.0mc to increase and expect 40M operation to be next to impossible due to rapid frequency drift. Originally, when used by the military, the majority of operation of the BC-375 was in the CW mode and the transmissions were kept deliberately short - usually one word was all that was necessary to convey the message. Using CW and terse messages kept any productive information from an enemy intercept to a minimum. If your transmission is only a few seconds long your transmitter frequency doesn't have time drift very much. For typical airborne military operation frequency drift really wasn't an issue regardless of the operating frequency because of the brief transmissions. Today, hams usually want to use Voice mode and make transmissions that last several minutes. On 160M and on 75M this isn't a problem. Drift above 4.0mc will become a problem because of the length of time the transmitter is on. If you are contemplating 40M operation, you will need to make very short transmissions - 30 seconds would be about the maximum length before frequency drift becomes quite noticeable. Some users find that removing the tube cover plate will help with the drift since it keeps the temperature of the tubes cooler. Generally, drift problems are negligible on 160M and 80M but can make operation on 40M impossible. CW Operation - Using a BC-375 on CW will generally garner several comments relating to "chirp" or "blooping" of the CW note. Like drift, on 160M and 80M, the CW note is pretty good although there will be some noticeable blooping if the transmitter is operated using a battery-only set up. On 40M, the CW note is pretty bad with severe blooping accompanied by rapid frequency drift. The better your power source is the less likely that blooping will be noticed on 160M or 80M. On 40M, it doesn't seem to matter very much. Using a BC-191 and RA-34 combination will produce some ripple to the CW note due to the "split" 12 volt supplies in the RA-34 that power the BC-191 tube filaments with 12vac. It's not bad but it is noticeable. CW operation is accomplished by keying the PTT line operating the sending relay within the transmitter. This is rather noisy and unless a headset is used for reception (and sidetone) the racket can become irritating after awhile. Also, the sending relay limits the CW speed to 15 WPM or less. Again, during WWII and onboard the airplane the transmitter noise was masked by all of the other noises going on during flight. Also, short, one word CW transmissions didn't allow the radioman (who always used a headset) to notice the sending relay noise. Remote Standby and Sidetone interfaced with the BC-348 receiver, muting the receiver during transmit and providing the radioman a side tone for monitoring his CW sending (which was heard through his headset.) Remote mike and key along with remote power ON were to allow the airplane's pilot to access and transmit on the BC-375 from the pilot's seat - something that might be necessary if the radioman was unable to operate the transmitter. The pilot's position had a Remote Junction Box to provide the mike and key input along with the power ON control. Reference the BC-375-E military manual (Technical Order 08-10-139 is the manual number - original manuals were available from Fair Radio Sales) and the schematic for complete diagrams of the PL-64 connector in the transmitter and the PL-64 plug and cable assembly. You can make your PL-64 cable using multi-conductor shielded cable. Neither Remote Standby or Side Tone requires much current so fairly small conductors are okay. 22 gauge would be about the smallest that should be used. If you use a carbon mike for a remote mike, you don't have to shield it anymore than the cable shield. The carbon mike is very low impedance and fairly immune to RFI. Much of the BC-375's "bad reputation" was impart due to CQ magazine's "Surplus Conversion Handbook" assessment that transmitter was obsolete and only good for parts. Certainly the 1950s was a time when the bargain prices and unlimited availability of WWII surplus gear made it seem that "hacking up" an old relic didn't amount to much historical damage. After all, there were thousands available and they were cheap. CQ magazine was the main advocate for "modification mania" and convinced droves of hams that they could "out design, out engineer" and "knew more about radio" than the teams of professional radio engineers that were employed by some of the largest radio manufacturers in the world. This belief was further popularized by magazine articles featuring the latest "hack job" and with glowing reports of how great everything worked after a ham had performed his modifications. However, what had worked fairly well for the BC-348 and a few other military designs wasn't going to work for the BC-375. All attempts to modify the BC-375 into a usable ham transmitter failed - mainly because the transmitter was designed for a specific purpose in military aircraft or vehicular applications. No modifications seemed to work and since it was a simple MOPA military transmitter, in CQ's opinion, it was worthless. Remember though, CQ was advocating that the BC-375 should perform like a ham transmitter and not that it didn't perform like a military transmitter. Since it couldn't be modified to function as a ham transmitter it must only be good for parts. If one believes that the WWII radio engineering teams "knew what they were doing" and designed the BC-375 to function properly without distortion or instability. If one knows that the transmitter was successfully used by the military for two decades and that must account for performance that was acceptable. Then the BC-375 performance problems must be rooted with how the 1950s hams were trying to operate the transmitter. I decided to try and operate the BC-375 as closely as possible to specifications and at the proper input voltage and current levels and see what kind of performance would result. As a power source I chose the PP-1104-C high current adjustable power supply. The PP-1104 will supply well over 50 amps at +28vdc - nearly double the current requirement for the BC-375 operated by the PE-73 dynamotor. I also chose to run the voltage slightly higher (at +28.5vdc) as it seems likely that the battery-charger buss on the airplane would be on "the high side" with the airplane aloft and running "at speed." Next, I had to neutralize the Tuning Unit because it was not a matching serial number TU but was an "orphan" TU that was obtained separate from the transmitter. Since this TU had been neutralized to a different BC-375, it would have to be neutralized again to my BC-375. I performed a dynamic neutralization on this TU. All power cables to both the transmitter and the receiver (BC-348-Q) were shielded. I believe the original cables were shielded but this is not shown on the schematics. Most transmitters are found without cables today. The shielding prevents stray pick-up and stray radiation. A good earth ground helps too, although while aloft a good ground is hard to obtain! The airplane frame acted as a return ground for all of the equipment and as a counterpoise to the trailing wire antenna, basically an unbalanced end fed wire. However, I was going to be using a tuned dipole presenting a 50 Z ohm unbalanced load with very little reactance (mostly resistance.) A digital frequency counter was used to monitor frequency and an oscilloscope was used to monitor modulation. So that was the set-up. Testing with local monitoring showed that 100% modulation was easy to obtain with good condition microphones. Typical was about 90% modulation using a T-17 microphone with the audio gain set to 8. A more modern Shure102-C carbon mike achieved 100% negative modulation with the audio gain set to just 6.5. The wave envelope pattern viewed on the oscilloscope was symmetrical and 100% positive modulation was also apparent. No FMing was detectable unless the local receiver BFO was turned on and then only a very slight frequency excursion was noticed on some voice peaks. Without the BFO on, no FMing was detectable. Power output was running at 75 watts carrier power output. Audio quality monitored locally using an SP-600 receiver with a headset sounded very good with all of the characteristics expected from a carbon mike. I set up an impromptu "on the air" test after one of the Sunday morning Vintage Military Radio Nets on 75 meters (3974 kc.) This allowed me to have about six or seven ham military radio enthusiasts critically listen to my BC-375's signal. My test transmissions were copied by all of the participants most of whom were around 150 to 200 miles away. All comments were very positive with "I would have never guessed that was a BC-375" being the typical reply. Additionally, none of the stations detected any FMing unless they switched on their receiver's BFO and then the FMing was only slight and only on some voice peaks. The point of this experiment was the demonstrate that there is nothing wrong with the BC-375 design. If the transmitter is powered up with the same voltage and current capabilities that were found on the airplane and if it is operated in the manner that it was intended, it performs admirably. Now it certainly won't pass the "Broadcast Audio" test because it isn't that kind of transmitter. A properly powered BC-375 will produce "communications grade" audio with no distortion and, of course, it will have the typical "carbon mike" sound. That's normal and what should be expected from the BC-375. UPDATE - October 12, 2013 - To prove to myself that the results of this test were not specific to my BC-375 transmitter, I performed another test using KØDWC's BC-375 transmitter. The KØDWC BC-375 needed to have its TU-6 Tuning Unit dynamically neutralized and the microphone gain needed adjustment but everything else was fine with this transmitter. The transmitter was at my QTH in Dayton, Nevada, so I was using my PP-1104 for the power source, my shielded cables, my Shure 102-C microphone and my antenna-ground system. I was operating the KØDWC BC-375 at 75 watts of carrier power output. This time, rather than testing after the Net, I just checked in using the KØDWC BC-375. The reports back from the other Net check-ins were the same as the previous test with my BC-375. Typical comments being "I'd have never guessed that was a BC-375. It sounds great!" and "Only a very slight frequency change and only on some voice peaks." I think this is pretty convincing evidence that, when operated at +28.5vdc with 50+ amps current availability along with dynamic neutralization of the TU, shielded power cables and a good condition carbon mike, the BC-375 is capable of good quality military communications audio at a respectable power level. The PP-1104 was originally supplied to the military as part of a battery charging system. To say that the power supply is robust is an understatement. It is capable of supplying well over 50 Amps at 28vdc and has the ability to adjust the output voltage to compensate for the load. There are two versions of the PP-1104, the early version that uses a large selenium rectifier and the later version that uses silicon diodes. Both have similar performance specifications. Early versions are designated as PP-1104-A/B and later versions are designated as PP-1104-C. Many different contractors have built these power supplies over many years so there are variations galore as to minor construction details and paint colors, etc., but the specifications and performance are all the same. The physical size of the PP-1104 is about 24" tall by about 20" wide by about 12" deep. The weight is over 100 lbs for the early versions and just at 100 lbs for the later versions. The power requirements are either 115vac or 230vac with the current draw at between 10 amps to 24 amps depending on the ac voltage used and the load. The power supply can also be set up for 12vdc at over 100amps capability. The circuit uses two 12vdc solid-state linear power supplies that can be connected in parallel or in series via front panel links. Meters provide constant monitoring of output voltage and current. A front panel switch allows for setting the output voltage in roughly 10 steps. Output voltage should not be adjusted with the unit turned on however. Set with power off and then check with power on. The circuit on the later PP-1104 supplies uses a magnetic amplifier to increase the current capabilities. Curing RFI in the PP-1104 - Some PP-1104-C versions are rather noisy in the RF spectrum, mainly due to the magnetic amplifier that will produce some RFI. The PP-1104-C can be set-up with shielded AC lines coming in and shielded cables for the output. Be sure that the case of the power supply is also connected directly to the station ground system with a 10 ga. ground wire. Additionally, it's a good idea to bypass the AC line in with .01uf capacitors to chassis and to also bypass both the positive and negative output terminals with a .22uf tubular and a .01uf ceramic disk capacitor connected in parallel to chassis. Be sure to check the 10-32 screws that mount the top cover, the bottom and the back cover to see if good grounding contact is being achieved. Usually the paint is very heavily applied and quite hard and this sometimes insulates the covers from making good contact to the main frame. It's usually necessary to use a small sanding disk to remove the paint where each screw head makes contact and remount the screws using toothed lock washers. This will provide an "RF tight" enclosure which helps considerably in reducing RF noise. Thanks to Jerry Fuller W6JRY for the PP-1104-C RFI suggestions. PP-1104 Operation - Using the PP-1104 to operate dynamotors eliminates most of the headaches since the power supply is capable of providing the required starting current without hesitation. Also, since the PP-1104-C can be adjusted to over 40vdc output voltage, adjusting to 28vdc under load is easy and allows the BC-375 (or any other DC operated military transmitter) to run efficiently and with maximum RF output power (around 75 watts output typically for the BC-375.) The usual load at +28.5vdc input for a BC-375 is about 8 amps in standby and about 25 amps during transmit. The BC-348 receiver will add another 2 amps making the total current draw for the BC-375 and BC-348 about 27 amps with some increases in current demand with voice peaks. Be aware the the "starting current" on any dynamotor is much higher than the "at speed" current. Typically the BC-375 will "peg" the current meter for an instant as the dynamotor begins to rotate. As soon as rotation begins the current requirement drops rapidly and the dynamotor attains full RPM in less than half a second. Since the PP-1104 is a linear power supply, it can easily handle the short duration 100+ amps starting current. Another PP-1104-C Suggestion - In looking at the photo of my PP-1104-C above you will probably see that I have it setting on a small furniture dolly. I bought the small dolly at Harbor Freight Tools but I think they are available at almost any large hardware or tool store. The small dolly is a perfect fit for the PP-1104 and allows it to be moved around the shop with ease. As if all of the above wasn't enough to deal with,...now the 211E/VT-4C has become an Audiophile tube! What's Going On with 211E/VT-4C Prices? - Anyone who looks at eBay once in a while may have noticed that the current prices of 211E/VT-4C have "sky rocketed" to the point of insanity. The 10Y/VT-25 price is also on the increase. The question is why? Asian audiophile dealers, in their quest for audio amplifiers with low distortion using high power triodes have come up with a couple of custom-built mono-block audio amps that use push-pull 211E tubes. The more exotic version of the amp even has analog meters. The photos on eBay show the amps equipped with United Electronics versions of the 211E. As a result of these amplifiers, the prices of 211E, especially the United versions, have gone insane. The 10Y/VT-25 prices have also gone up because it is a four-pin triode and as a result it is lumped in with all four pin triodes whether specifically for audio or not. With prices for a set of four GE 211E/VT-4C tubes exceeding $1000 and the price of a 10Y going over $100, it becomes almost impossible to find a BC-375 or BC-191 that still has its set of tubes and is priced reasonably. >>> >>> Unfortunately, most BC-375s for sale today are minus the tubes. When one considers that a set of tubes could easily exceed $1000, it becomes unlikely that a "tubeless" BC-375 would even be sellable. This then makes it likely that today a "complete with tubes" BC-375 would be priced so high that only a tube dealer could afford the purchase and the dealer's purchase-motivation would be in order to "pull and sell" the tubes on eBay. Eventually, all there will be is bargain-priced, "tubeless" BC-375s. Maybe, good for parts but who will be able to afford the tubes to get them running again? As an illustration of this problem, I recently (Oct 2015) purchased a very nice BC-375 with no tubes (plus, it included two TUs.) The price was ten dollars! This transmitter had been available for a couple of months at a local electronics surplus dealer. He had earlier pulled the tubes and sold those on eBay. He then couldn't find anyone interested in purchasing the now incomplete transmitter. It became a "parts sets" just because of the "eBay prices" on the 211Es. Will this be the fate of most BC-375s from now on? What does it mean for your operating BC-375? Well,...be careful. Don't run excessive power and make sure that a good, non-reactive load (antenna or dummy load) is always presented to the output. Be sure the filament links are set for 10vdc with the power supply that is used. All of these are pretty normal operation for preserving the tubes. Don't worry about "wearing out" a good set of tubes - they will last your lifetime if operated conservatively. 1. Reduce power output to around 50 watts, 60 watts maximum, if operating on a +24vdc battery set-up. This will improve modulation symmetry. You can increase the power to 65 watts for operation of the BC-191 on the RA-34 power supply. If running a BC-375 on a high-current +28vdc power source, RF power can be increased to 75 watts. 2. Dynamically Neutralize the TU at the frequency you intend to operate the transmitter. This is the most important step for "clean sounding" audio without the typical BC-375 "fuzzy" sound. This step is necessary no matter how you are powering the transmitter. If you have "matching" TUs for the transmitter, that is, the serial numbers all match indicating that the TU to be used is the original one for the transmitter, you might find that the neutralization is very close already. However, it's very strongly recommended that the neutralization be set by the "dynamic" method, even on matching TUs, to assure the absolute best sounding and cleanest audio from your BC-375. 3. Find a high quality Carbon Microphone or use an Electret substitute. Quality sound will usually require a new Carbon element in order to have the response necessary for good audio modulation. Remember, we are trying to achieve "clean" audio with the "military" sound - not Broadcast Quality audio. If you're looking for Broadcast audio, you'll never find it in a BC-375 or BC-191. 4. Make sure your Battery-Dynamotor set-up is operating correctly and that the batteries are at full charge. Batteries alone will not supply +28vdc power. Without the charger system (that was always running when the airplane was aloft - or the vehicle motor running in the case of the BC-191) the batteries by themselves will very rapidly discharge. Additionally, at full charge the batteries alone will only supply about +26vdc maximum and that begins to decrease immediately with the transmitter in operation. Typical batteries will provide +24vdc for the majority of your operation. Turn off the BC-375 between transmissions to conserve the battery's charge as much as possible. This would be for net operation only and probably not practical for a "one-on-one" QSO. You can also parallel a DC power supply that can somewhat act like a generator, providing charging while operating the transmitter. The power supply should be capable of at least +30vdc and have current capability in excess of 40 amps but even if you can't supply that much current, 10 amps or so will help keep your batteries charged while you're in the receive mode. 5. The BC-375 runs much better at +28vdc. Use of a high current power supply such as the PP-1104 will allow the BC-375 to operate at +28vdc with ample current reserve. It's been my experience that when the BC-375 is run at a solid +28vdc you can increase power output to 75 watts without non-symmetrical modulation appearing and your signal won't FM - at least on 160 meters or 75 meters, it won't. Since the dynamotor is operating to spec, the output voltage is in excess of +1000vdc and because the dynamotor is running faster with plenty of reserve current, that +1000vdc is pretty stable to load variations, thus the lack of FMing and better all around performance. Dynamic neutralization is still necessary, though. 6. The BC-191 can be operated with its specific military AC power supply, the RA-34, which eliminates the need for batteries and the dynamotor. The RA-34 will not operate a BC-375 however due to its +12 volt LV design and the different wiring of the low voltage section of the transmitter. The RA-34 provides dual 12 volt supplies (both AC and DC) that power different sections of the BC-191 transmitter (AC to the tube filaments, DC for the other LV requirements.) The BC-375 design ties these two low voltage sections together in parallel and runs them on +28vdc with dropping resistors as needed. The RA-34 will provide stable, quite operation of the BC-191 but the RA-34 does have a quirk or two. If you use a BC-191 and RA-34 combo on CW you'll have quite a bit of ripple on the CW note since parts of the transmitter are being operated with 12VAC. It's likely that the majority of military operations using the BC-191 were on VOICE, so the minor ripple on a rarely used CW mode didn't bother the Army. It was still readable, but be prepared for critiques when operating CW with a BC-191 and RA-34 combo. More than likely, you're going to have to be careful on VOICE and don't try to load the transmitter to maximum output. You usually can run the BC-191/RA-34 combo at about 65 watts output without any problems. With these steps, your BC-375/BC-191 will sound about as good as it can. 2. Thanks to Tom Horsfall WA6OPE, Jerry Fuller W6JRY, Dennis Duval W7QHO, Jack Antonio WA7DIA, Chuck Cusick KØDWC and many other WWII military radio enthusiasts for their contributions and suggestions that have ultimately resulted in the BC-375 and BC-191 transmitters becoming good-sounding, usable military transmitting equipment.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-18T14:45:55", "url": "http://radioblvd.com/using_the_bc375e_today.htm", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Municipalities, governments, First Nations, and other public organizations around the globe are increasingly looking for alternatives to address their building renewal and expansion needs. Many provincial governments, municipalities, and First Nations hold a large building portfolio, and many of these buildings are in significant need of repair or upgrade. Many First Nations need brand new schools and health care facilities. Whatever the reason, the demand for building infrastructure solutions has grown significantly during the last several years. IGNITE is simply a tool which is used to create and manage infrastructure projects. It closely collaborates with public organizations to find the best methods to future-proof their building infrastructure needs. Furthermore, IGNITE removes risk for politicians, governments, public organizations, and funding sources and pulls together all the necessary resources for project origination. IGNITE’s focus for building infrastructure includes new building construction and building envelope renewal such as windows, doors, insulation, air sealing, roof repairs, and other such building improvements.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-20T09:15:24", "url": "https://igniteassociation.org/building-infrastructure/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Current selected tags: '2018 Champions League', 'AFC', 'A.J. Foyt Racing', 'Anaheim Ducks', 'CBB'. Clear.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T22:19:45", "url": "http://investorswin.com/?tag=2018+Champions+League&tag=AFC&tag=A.J.+Foyt+Racing&tag=Anaheim+Ducks&tag=CBB", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
In blender, mix cream cheese, cottage cheese and salsa. Pour into 9 by 13 inch pan. Brown hamburger; drain fat. Add dry taco mix and 3/4 cup water. Simmer until water is absorbed. Cool and sprinkle on top of cream cheese base.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-26T03:56:52", "url": "https://cassclay.com/taco-dip/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
there really isn’t much to this recipe. run hot water over the frozen acai packet and then squeeze into the blender. add in the frozen berries, kale, banana, almond milk and honey. once blended, i taste to see if it needs more of anything. this time around i added some fresh strawberries to the mix for more sweetness. i think i would skip the blueberry topping next time. it’s not their fault, i just don’t like little balls in my food. it took some time for me to even like the idea of boba…. sometimes the best plans are the ones you didn’t actually plan for. on sunday a friend asked if i wanted to go to the 14th factory before it leaves los angeles for good. i spend a lot of my weekends in orange county visiting my parents (and their dogs) so she was shocked when i actually said yes. look at me being spontaneous! on our way to the museum, gps couldn’t get a word in edgewise (we like to talk… a lot) and we passed the museum on our first go but once we turned back around we snagged a spot right in front! the parking gods must have been looking out for us and my excitement about this is 100% warranted because in los angeles, if you find a spot on the street where you don’t have to walk a mile to your destination, that’s considered a blessing. we both took it as a sign that our last minute plans were meant to be…and so began kenzie and dana’s DAY. OF. FUN! after the museum we went to salazar’s for lunch. our stars really were aligned because we found ANOTHER amazing spot right in front. i’m not kidding, i felt like i needed to test my luck and buy a lottery ticket. okay. i’ll stop talking about parking now and get to the good stuff…the food. i had the vegetable tacos with grilled cauliflower, carrots, roasted fennel and pickled ramps (my mouth is watering as i write this post) and dana had the chilaquiles. by the end of our meal, we were sat in our chairs trying to collect ourselves after graciously devouring our food. no regrets. being friends with dana is like a blessing and a curse…most of the time it’s a huge blessing but my god does this woman know her food! if we keep hanging out like this, i’m going to have to join a gym (which she’s been trying to get me to do since we met. sorry, but i don’t like sweating with strangers). after lunch we went to wanderlust creamery (still debating if this one’s a blessing or a curse). famous for their artisanal flavors (sticky rice and mango, kinder bueno, ube malted crunch), we tasted almost every one they had, they even had flavors inspired by game of thr(c)ones. i couldn’t think of a better way to get me in the mood for sunday’s episode so i had the “dragon’s blood” and “winter is coming”.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T02:06:35", "url": "https://thistheblog.com/tag/healthy/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
How to choose a dog walker? You have the date your new dog is coming home, you have bought in food and have their crate set up ready. Its a super exciting time adding the new addition to your family! You’ve taken off a week off work to settle the new dog in…what happens after that? Maybe you can work from home a couple of days a week, maybe your mum has offered to pop in on the Monday for you. But what about the other days? Can you drive home from work a couple of times in the day? You ideally shouldn’t leave a dog from more than 4 hours on their own, so can you be sure you can build this into your work day? What happens if you get stuck in a meeting at work? Why rely on friends and family when you can entrust a professional to give the care you need to your dog and on your terms! No more arguments with mum that she turned up to see you dog two hours after you agreed with her because she was busy at bingo and in that time Hunter had ripped up the cushions off the sofa and toileted at the back door! There will be a wide range of dog walkers in your area offering anything from pop in visits to longer adventures. There is doggie day care, do you want them to have company all day? Doggie Day Care – your dog can spend half a day or a full day with a pack of other dogs and have company all day. Sounds ideal right? This may be a good option for you if your dog has issues with separation anxiety, as it gives them company they need and wont be stressed when you are not there. But, be aware this is not suitable for all dogs. Some will thrive in this environment, others may struggle. It finding what is right for your dog. Ask some questions, make sure you know how the day care is run. How many walks do they have and for how long? What do they do on the walks? What happens between walks? Where can they sleep? Do they have time out from the other dogs? You want to know what happens from when you drop your dog off until when you collect them in the evening – or do they do that for you? It may be an additional option to have your dog collected and dropped off. Make sure you are asking these questions, you don’t want to leave your dog a dog day care and find out they have just been play fighting all day with other dogs, playing chase and what sounds like total chaos all day! This will be no good for any dog! Dog Walkers – there are many options available these days to suit every type of dog and their needs! Does your dog need road walks? Do you want your dog to go to a private field and play there every day? Does your dog like going to the park? Does your dog get on with other dogs or do they need one to one walks? How many dogs are on these group walks? Your dog may need a one to one walk. What happens on the walks? Do they just let the dogs play with each other or do they interact with the dogs they are walking? These are just a few of the questions you need to ask yourself and ask potential walkers to see who is the right for for you, as there will be one out there that is a perfect match! Dog Adventures – this is what we offer at Carrie’s Canines, we take our dogs on adventures through woodlands or fields. We don’t use private fields or parks. We play games, like find it and fastest sit. We interact with them and get to know their likes and dislikes. We practice training so they come back to you better trained and teach them some parkour! We make sure they are dropped off home mentally tired as well as physically tired. What ever option you choose, it must be right for your dog and suit their needs and you need to trust the person you are leaving your dog with, that they will give your dog the best time when you can’t! If you would like some advice on what would be best for your dog, give Carrie a call and she can go through some options for you. Or you can listen to our Facebook live on Wednesday 20th June at 7pm to find out the vital questions you need to be asking your potential dog walker!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T16:52:47", "url": "http://www.carriescanines.co.uk/tag/dog-day-care/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Get people to stop and take notice of important messages! Customize your message for a specific occasion or make it more general for everyday use. Changing your message is effortless and requires no tools. The sign displays messages or functions as a welcome sign. Accomodates 11 x 17 sheet size. Gray finish. Assembly required. Limited Lifetime Warranty.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T14:24:25", "url": "http://accents.homegardenbin.com/saveproduct/1/6440/Customizable-Rectangular-Sign-In-Grey-By-Safco.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Comhghairdeas do na daltaí a ghlac páirt sna gcomórtaisí Féile na hInse 2018. Bhí gach duine ar fheabhas ! Comhghairdeas do na daltaí a ghlac pairt sna gcomórtaisí Feile na hInse 2017. Comhghairdeas do na daltaí a ghlac pairt sna gcomórtaisí Feile na hInse 2016. Comhghairdeas do gach duine a ghlac páirt sna gcomórtaisí Féile na hInse 2015. Bhí sibh ar fheabhas ! Bíonn Féile na hÍnse ar siúl i Mí Márta gach blian in Inis i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge. Ghlac caoga dalta on ár scoil páirt sa Chomórtais Aithriseoireachta agus Agallamh Beirte i mbliana . Bhi sceitimíní áthais ar gach duine i ndiaidh na gcomórtaisí agus rinne siad cleachtadh sár mhaith ins na ranganna agus sa bhaile. Faoi dheireadh tháinig an lá agus bhi na múinteoirí agus na tuismitheoirí sa lucht féachana an-bhrodúil as na daltaí go léir ar an ardán. Bhi siad ag aithris na dánta agus agallamh beirte éagsúla de ghlan mheabhair, gan notái d’aon saghas le féin mhuinín iontach. Fuair ochtar de na daltái duaiseanna agus dúirt gach páiste gur bhain siad a lán taitnimh as an taithí . Táimid ag tnúth go mór le Féile na hInse 2015. Féile na hÍnse takes place during Seachtain Na Gaeilge in March each year in Ennis. This year fifty children from our school took part in the Poetry and Drama competitions. Everybody was excited before the competition and practiced really well in class and at home. Eventually the day of the competition arrived and the teachers and parents/guardians in the audience were really proud of the pupils on stage. They all had their poems and drama pieces off by heart and did not use any notes and were very confident. Eight of the students won prizes and all the children said that they really enjoyed the experience. We are all really looking forward to Féile na hInse 2015.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T20:44:10", "url": "http://www.sixmilebridgens.ie/feacuteile-na-hinse.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Just received my hair in the mail today. The hair and its curls are amazingly beautiful. It is extremely soft and healthy, no smell, no shedding, no tangling, not dry at all. I used to buy hair from aliexpress, but not anymore! Thank you guys so much for your service, I plan on getting more hair from this company again! Received my hair in record time great customer service which is one of the main reasons I was looking for a new place to order from.The young woman was professional and very nice who I spoke with. Now onto the hair excellent quality very soft no shedding no matting beautiful curl definition co washed and conditioned and looked as great as I received it. I have ordered from many companies and I have not been thus happy my stylist loved it so much she wanted to know where I purchased so she could purchase for herself. I will definitely be a customer for life and will be referring my clients friends and family I look amazing. Thank you Queen Hair Bundles I am so happy to have found such a great company to buy from.I look forward to purchasing more hair in the future.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T17:03:42", "url": "http://www.queenhairbundles.com/shop/brazilian-deep-curly-3-bundle-deal/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
This simple necklace features a pendant of two open rings, with bead embellishment. Available in sterling silver, gold vermeil and rose gold vermeil. Adjustable 15-16" long. Pendant is 1 1/4" long.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-26T06:10:43", "url": "https://www.lightyearsjewelry.com/products/two-stacked-circles-necklace", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
My name is Oscar Sandoval Torres, I was born in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México on december 4th of 1983. I'm a Computer System Engineer, graduate from the Tuxtla Gutiérrez Technological Institute. Since october 2006 I'm studing a PhD on Control, Vision and Robotics on the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), in Barcelona Spain.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T22:37:21", "url": "http://oscar.co.nf/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
SceneSat will once again be providing a live stream! Remote entries (i.e. those sent in by groups or soloists without a representative present) will place, although as at Demodays and other parties, they cannot receive prizes per se. Email us at bostondemoscene@gmail.com to submit your prod. The deadline for remote entries is Sunday June 2, 2019 at midnight EDT.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-25T03:48:55", "url": "http://atparty-demoscene.net/competitions/remote-entries-2/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
A 170-run stand between century-maker Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Virat Kohli put India in a dominant position in the third Test Thursday as Australia’s openers survived half a dozen nervy overs before the close. Dogged Pujara stroked 106 and Kohli 82 before they both fell soon after lunch on what until then had been a lifeless Melbourne pitch. Rohit Sharma was not out 63 after notching his 10th Test half-century when Kohli called a halt to the innings late in the day at 443 for seven as India go in search of a crucial 2-1 lead in the four-Test series. That gave the tourists’ attack six overs before stumps to target Australian openers Marcus Harris and Aaron Finch, who battled through to be eight without loss. “I think we have enough runs on the board. Already today you can see the pitch has started deteriorating and there’s variable bounce on it. I don’t think it’s easy to bat on now,” said Pujara. Despite the ominous task ahead, Finch insisted Australia could still win. “It’s still game on if we bat really well and then back up and bowl well and put Indiaunder a lot of pressure,” he said. Pujara and Kohli had continued to build their intimidating partnership after coming together when openers Hanuma Vihari and Mayank Agarwal fell on day one. They batted through to lunch with scarcely an alarming moment. But when Kohli started to take on the short ball soon after being seen by the physio for a back complaint in the afternoon session, he was undone by pace spearhead Mitchell Starc. The Indian run-machine had hit a four and was attempting another boundary next ball when he uppercut to third man for Finch to take an easy catch. It deprived Kohli of a 26th Test century and the chance to surpass boyhood hero Sachin Tendulkar by making a seventh hundred in Australia. They remain tied on six each. A stoic Pujara had been unflappable in his 319-ball innings until Pat Cummins sent down a rocket that stayed low, breached his defence and clattered into the stumps. Pujara, who has scored more runs and faced more balls than any other batsman in the series, added 38 to his overnight 68 in another tremendous knock by a man who has now scored 17 Test tons and two in this series. It was an arduous day for Australia’s bowlers in hot conditions with Cummins’ 3-72 proving the pick. Sharma, back after missing the second Test with an injury, was in good touch, but had a massive let-off on 15 when he swept a Nathan Lyon delivery to square leg where substitute fielder Peter Siddle made a complete mess of a simple catch. Australia’s leading spinner finally got a reward in his next over, trapping vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane lbw for 34 as the pitch started to show signs of variable bounce which could spell trouble for the home batsmen. Lyon had another chance spilled when Cummins fumbled an easy catch from Rishabh Pant near the boundary. Pant finally fell for 39 and when Ravindra Jadeja went soon after, Kohli made the declaration. The flat track in Melbourne follows much livelier pitches in Adelaide and Perth which produced results in the four-Test series which is on a knife-edge at 1-1. Last year’s Boxing Day Test saw a dull Ashes draw with England that prompted the match referee to grade the pitch “poor” and there was hope for more juice in it this time round. Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts said the pitch would only be fully judged after the Test finishes, but conceded “a sense of urgency in the regeneration of this wicket square”. Previous articleParas Kalnawat: I’m blessed to get so much of love in such a short period of time! Next articleSonakshi Sinha paired with Jassi Gill in Happy Bhag Jayegi Returns?	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-26T12:38:22", "url": "https://www.easterneye.biz/australia-openers-survive-after-kohli-pujara-heroics-post-huge-total/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
During relative motion of two bodies, in their contact areas forces responsible for friction, wear and change of surface roughness are generated. Present contribution deals with measurement of surface roughness at the contact areas of the rotational sliding pair. Evaluated and analysed are the parameters of surface roughness of steel and polyamide bushings, creating the frictional pair under consideration in this paper. Measurements were made before and after testing the pair. Tests were realized by the equipment Tribotestor M`89 (with adjustable loading force, sliding speed and duration). Roughness parameters Ra, Rz were detected using the surface roughness tester TR-200.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-26T07:47:45", "url": "http://www.aijcrnet.com/journal/index/440", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Properties: Jade is considered as a 'good luck' stone, it assists with protection, strength and confidence. Jade was one of the stones used in the breastplace of the high priest. Very sacred stone, which aids in accessing the spirit world when used in meditation. Used in the treatment of the heart, hips, kidneys and spleen.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-25T20:44:09", "url": "https://www.rotorualapidary.co.nz/store/p316/Chinese_Jade.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Abilities are the building blocks on which we develop our skills. They reflect our capacity of learning a new motor skill quickly and successfully. As a result some people perform motor activities better than the others. Generally, the task which co-recruit multiple brain networks often interact closely during the performance of that cognitive task, and consequently, form specialized sub-components of a broader cognitive system. Donations must be made and/or mailing list subscriptions must be signed up for between november 13 and write my paper november 30 to qualify, or prizes are forfeited.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T09:24:13", "url": "https://hsl.smme.nust.edu.pk/?paged=19", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
How Can I Prevent Myself from Relapsing? An unfortunate reality for those of us in recovery is that many of us do relapse, sometimes multiple times. There are some things we can do, however, to help prevent ourselves from relapsing. Here are a few suggestions. Consider treatment as the first step in recovery, not the last step. The work continues long after you leave a treatment program. A common misconception is that completing treatment is all we have to do for a successful recovery, that treatment will cure us, but it is just the beginning of the work we have to continue to do if we want to stay sober. Find a therapist if you don’t already have one, and make a commitment to yourself to go to therapy on a regular basis. Attend support group meetings as often as you can. Reach out to your sponsor regularly, not just when you’re in crisis. The more we connect with our therapists, support groups, sponsors, new friends in recovery, and other trusted sources of support, the better our chances of staying sober. Getting emotional support is so important. Sometimes our inability to connect with other people and allow ourselves to receive their help contributed to our addictive patterns. Many of us were unable to reach out for help even when we knew we needed it. Any time you find yourself feeling anxious or depressed, or tempted to use, connect with someone and ask for help. Sometimes just talking to someone can do wonders to lift our spirits and help us get back on track. There is so much we can learn from other people, especially from fellow addicts in recovery and those with the expertise to help us. The more we open ourselves to receiving their wisdom, the more we empower ourselves to stay sober. Start a spiritual practice and keep up with it. One of the most important factors in whether or not we relapse is how we feel – how we deal with stress, how we respond to triggers, how we handle our emotions. The more connected we feel to our inner selves and higher power, the more we’re able to process our difficult emotions in a grounded and centered way, with calm and grace. Experiment with prayer, creating an altar, working with crystals, journaling and having a regular gratitude practice. Anything you do to connect to your spirit will help you navigate the challenging emotions that come with addiction and recovery. We can lean on our higher power for the strength and courage we need to keep working our recovery program. We’re here to support you. Call 888-570-7154 for more information.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T22:00:23", "url": "https://www.bayviewrecovery.com/how-can-i-prevent-myself-from-relapsing/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
I've mentioned my love of Chung Ying Central previously so they were going to show up on Wing Wednesday eventually. I had a Deliveroo from there a couple of months ago, choosing a variety of mine and Edd's favourite Dim Sum. I was also intrigued by the variety of wings they had- chilli and salt, Peking style or Thai style. Most of the wings featured on here have been American style so this would make an exciting change. I ummed and ahhed before choosing Salt and Chilli wings. They say: Salt and chilli chicken wings £8 for about five. I say: £8 is a little more expensive than most places but Chung Ying Central is usually very cheap! I had these wings via Deliveroo and they had lost some of their crispiness although the kitchen had cleverly cut a hole in the plastic lid to let the steam escape. The fresh chilli meant I could tailor the amount of heat each wing had. I chose to scrape most of the chilli off but still got a good hit of heat. The flavours were great and there was plenty of chicken but they just didn't travel that well. I'll be having these again- in the restaurant!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-20T00:20:43", "url": "http://www.positivefridays.com/2016/01/wing-wednesday-chung-ying-central.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Oliver is the Captain of the Internet for Tessemae's All Natural Salad Dressing. He oversees all things internet related, from customer service and e-commerce orders to distribution and social media. Todd is the VP of Marketing and Field Operations for Tessemae's All-Natural Salad Dressing. His main task is to take the explosive energy within the walls of Tessemae's and bring it to the people! Brendan is the Chief Financial Officer of Tessemae's All Natural Salad Dressing Company based out of Baltimore, MD. Sheila is the Chief of Staff for Tessemae's All-Natural Salad Dressing. Among her many tasks in this position is to be the company founder's right hand. Sheila keeps the rapidly-growing organization running as effectively as possible! Katie is in charge of human resources and recruitment for Tessemae's All-Natural Salad Dressing. When she isn't overseeing the company's general HR tasks such as benefits and employee onboarding, Katie is on the road recruiting for Tessemae's internal positions.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T05:57:48", "url": "https://www.candidcareer.com/people-tessemaes,7ede2210c57237bd1c1e", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
So you want a statistically significant economic recovery? The Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics (go figure) produce a lot of provocative statistics, many of which are not statistically significant. That is, for example, the Census Bureau released today the annual “Income Report,” which includes official statistics on U.S. household income as well as poverty rates, and health insurance coverage estimates. These are “estimates” because they are based on a sample, a really good national sample of the American population. But median household income for 2013 at $51,939 is only $180 dollars higher than the median for 2012, an insignificant amount you might say. But also, the two medians are not “statistically” different from each other because nine times out of ten, if you repeated the survey, you would get about the same number. In essence, there was no real change in median income from 2012 to 2013 for the average household. By the way, that finding of "no change" is interesting and important, even though it shows no statistically significant change. But no change in household median income (and there was no change last year as well) is better than decline, right? In the years since 2007, median household income overall has basically “bottomed out” (hopefully) but it’s still down 8 percent compared to pre-Great Recession times. Underneath the average, however, some groups are beginning to see better times. Who are they? Median incomes of Hispanic households are up 3.5 percent, and that is statistically significant. Welcome to Hispanic Heritage Month! Households headed by a person aged 15 to 24, median income up 10.5 percent. True, that’s up from a fairly low level but it’s still up. Incomes of persons aged 65 and older, up 3.7 percent. Maybe that’s leading edge Baby Boomers postponing retirement. Non-citizens' median income, up 6 percent. Immigrants generally come here to work hard, right? Those demographics are seeing some light. They are on the statistically significant economic recovery bandwagon. Everyone else is treading water. Individually, of course, everyone has their own story which is significant in its own right.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T06:46:28", "url": "https://www.thedemographics.com/tge-demographics-blog/2014/9/16/so-you-want-a-statistically-significant-economic-recovery", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Premium stainless steel Colander designed specifically to suit the Pete Evans range. Fits full bowl (horizontally). half bowl (vertically) and three quarter bowl both ways. Plastic overmould to reduce noise and enable smooth sliding along bowl.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-26T09:46:16", "url": "http://www.claytangroup.com.au/product/pete-evans-stainless-steel-colander/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Twas the night before Annual Meeting and all thru the house......not a creature was stirring not even a mouse (oh better not be a mouse....I don't do varmints). The girls were all snug, asleep in their beds, with visions of candy, movies and the grandparents house danced in their heads. While I in my stress mode run from room to room, because of my OCDness I clean and pack as I Zoom. The farm has been fed the all animals are set, in case the weather apocalypse comes as they bet. The day has been long, trying to get all our work put away, because Louisville is calling where we will stay. This is one of our most favorite weeks of the year. Normally the crops are in, our workers sent away.......and December brings a time where we can play. It isn't December without Annual Meeting for us two. Like going to church starts our week, Farm Bureau Annual Meeting starts our winter. The hardest part over the years has been getting the farm locked down and people to take care and see to our animals. Also, there are two little girls to get packed and their schedules set between two sets of grandparents. It is like a full time job prepping and packing, but it is all worth the friendships we hold true and the knowledge learned from our time away. Farm Bureau has given us the background to where we center our operation, and Annual Meeting is a great time to revamp and take something new home to work on. The Young Farmer program has been the backbone to our truest friendships that we hold so dear around the state. Shea and Scott Lowe pictured above with their two daughters. I am a first generation Young Farmer from Calloway County. I am a full time mother of two and my husband and I own Lowe Farms. "When my hands are in the dirt, my heart is at work." I also write on my blog http://handsinthedirt-heartsatwork.blogspot.com/ where I give a glimpse of everyday work on the farm.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T06:46:41", "url": "https://www.kyfb.com/federation/newsroom/twas-the-night-before-annual-meeting/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
If you are unable to access your phone and/or have forgot password to Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime, hard resetting might be your only option. In order to Hard Reset , follow the instructions below. Remember there is no going back and your Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime will reset back to default factory settings. Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is now hard reset and back to default factory settings. The phone is now ready to be passed on to a new owner.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T02:13:36", "url": "http://www.unlockandreset.com/samsung-galaxy-j7-prime-hard-reset/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
A lot has changed in 85 years, but we still know the value in good customer service. Lakes Printers is a 4th generation family owned and operated print company based on the Central Coast of NSW. We have a history that we are proud of and a future that we are excited about. We have evolved to now offer the 3 main forms of print under one roof; that is Offset, Digital, and Wide Format. We have embraced technology by providing our clients with one of the most robust Web-2-Print platforms available, allowing us to now service clients Australia Wide. Our goal is to be an extension of your business and to provide you with advice and knowledge to better manage your print needs. We will simplify your ordering processes while providing you with a new level of service, quality and value.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T20:55:48", "url": "https://www.lakesprinters.com.au/about", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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What an outstanding accomplishment the Air Force Junior ROTC Unarmed Drill Team did by taking an overall 1st place and the Armed Drill Team taking an overall 2nd place at the West Aurora High School Drill Competition on Saturday. Winning 1st place award, and a team high score this year, is the Unarmed Inspection team commanded by Arick Hauschild. 2nd place finishers were the Armed Inspection team commanded by Danny Lewis, Unarmed Color Guard team commanded by Zosha Dauer and the Unarmed Regulation team commanded by Abigail Knippel. In Unarmed Knockout with over 350 participants, Abigail Knippel claimed 1st place and Emmitt Farmer came in 8 place, while in Armed Knockout Chris Flynn came in 6th place out of 250 participants. Congratulations to all participating cadets who pushed their teams in the most competitive drill competition of the season. Good luck at Lewis University this weekend.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T02:35:25", "url": "http://lw210.org/community/news/stories.php?id=1344", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
The apparently constitutive structures of urban life and its surfaces are assembled in complex relationships of mutual implication and divergence that envision and stabilize urban life into vastly uneven patterns of capacity. Still, the built and social forms that urban dwellers rely upon to recognize and operate with this unevenness constantly intersected in ways that generate constant yet provisional spaces and times of experimentation of uncertain but actual effect and reach. Specific locations come to inhabit conditions, constraints and possibilities which are at one and the same time both the same and different. This process is demonstrated here in terms of one of Southeast Asia's largest markets.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T20:35:16", "url": "http://research.gold.ac.uk/13842/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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Georges Vesselle was mayor of Bouzy for 25 years and also director of the vineyards Mumm, Perrier-Jouet and Heidsieck Monopole. La Maison Georges Vesselle is located on the slopes of Bouzy in the Marne, since the sixteenth century . Grower and marketer, Georges Vesselle develops its various vintages by assembling about 90% Pinot Black and 10% Chardonnay. This vineyard of 17 hectares bears the Grand Cru appellation. Vinification: Made with Champagne method, this Brut champagne is a blend of wines from 2 to 3 years.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T12:37:39", "url": "https://www.nicolas.com/en/Food-and-Wine-Pairings/Lamb/Champagne-Georges-Vesselle-Grand-Cru-2009/p/473537.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
explorion.net • Travel & Exploration • Around the World on a Bicycle, I • CHAPTER X. THE START THROUGH ASIA. In addition to a cycler's ordinary outfit and the before-mentioned small wedge tent I provide myself with a few extra spokes, a cake of tire cement, and an extra tire for the rear wheel. This latter, together with twenty yards of small, stout rope, I wrap snugly around the front axle; the tent and spare underclothing, a box of revolver cartridges, and a small bottle of sewing-machine oil are consigned to a luggage-carrier behind; while my writing materials, a few medicines and small sundries find a repository in my Whitehouse sole-leather case on a Lamson carrier, which also accommodates a suit of gossamer rubber. The result of my study of the various routes through Asia is a determination to push on to Teheran, the capital of Persia, and there spend the approaching winter, completing my journey to the Pacific next season. Accordingly nine o'clock on Monday morning, August 10th, finds me aboard the little Turkish steamer that plies semi-weekly between Ismidt and the Ottoman capital, my bicycle, as usual, the centre of a crowd of wondering Orientals. This Ismidt steamer, with its motley crowd of passengers, presents a scene that upholds with more eloquence than words Constantinople's claim of being the most cosmopolitan city in the world; and a casual observer, judging only from the evidence aboard the boat, would pronounce it also the most democratic. There appears to be no first, second, or third class; everybody pays the same fare, and everybody wanders at his own sweet will into every nook and corner of the upper deck, perches himself on top of the paddle-boxes, loafs on the pilot's bridge, or reclines among the miscellaneous assortment of freight piled up in a confused heap on the fore-deck; in short, everybody seems perfectly free to follow the bent of his inclinations, except to penetrate behind the scenes of the aftmost deck, where, carefully hidden from the rude gaze of the male passengers by a canvas partition, the Moslem ladies have their little world of gossip and coffee, and fragrant cigarettes. Every public conveyance in the Orient has this walled-off retreat, in which Osmanli fair ones can remove their yashmaks, smoke cigarettes, and comport themselves with as much freedom as though in the seclusion of their apartments at home. Greek and Armenian ladies mingle with the main-deck passengers, however, the picturesque costumes of the former contributing not a little to the general Oriental effect of the scene. The dress of the Armenian ladies differs but little from Western costumes, and their deportment would wreathe the benign countenance of the Lord Chamberlain with a serene smile of approval; but the minds and inclinations of the gentle Hellenic dames seem to run in rather a contrary channel. Singly, in twos, or in cosey, confidential coteries, arm in arm, they promenade here and there, saying little to each other or to anybody else. By the picturesqueness of their apparel and their seemingly bold demeanor they attract to themselves more than their just share of attention; but with well-feigned ignorance of this they divide most of their time and attention between rolling cigarettes and smoking them. Their heads are bound with jaunty silk handkerchiefs; they wear rakish-looking short jackets, down the back of which their luxuriant black hair dangles in two tresses; but the crowning masterpiece of their costume is that wonderful garment which is neither petticoat nor pantaloons, and which can be most properly described as "indescribable," which tends to give the wearer rather an unfeminine appearance, and is not to be compared with the really sensible and not unpicturesque nether garment of a Turkish lady. The male companions of these Greek women are not a bit behind them in the matter of gay colors and startling surprises of the Levantine clothier's art, for they likewise are in all the bravery of holiday attire. There is quite a number of them aboard, and they now appear at their best, for they are going to take part in wedding festivities at one of the little Greek villages that nestle amid the vine-clad slopes along the coast - white villages, that from the deck of the moving steamer look as though they have been placed here and there by nature's artistic hand for the sole purpose of embellishing the lovely green frame-work that surrounds the blue waters of the Ismidt Gulf. Several of these merry-makers enliven the passing hours with music and dancing, to the delight of a numerous audience, while a second ever-changing but never-dispersing audience is gathered around the bicycle. The verbal comments and Solomon-like opinions, given in expressive pantomime, of this latter garrulous gathering concerning the machine and myself, I can of course but partly understand; but occasionally some wiseacre suddenly becomes inflated with the idea that he has succeeded in unravelling the knotty problem, and forthwith proceeds to explain, for the edification of his fellow-passengers, the modus operandi of riding it, supplementing his words by the most extraordinary gestures. The audience is usually very attentive and highly interested in these explanations, and may be considerably enlightened by their self-constituted tutors, whose sole advantage over their auditors, so far as bicycles are concerned, consists simply in a belief in the superiority of their own particular powers of penetration. But to the only person aboard the steamer who really does know anything at all about the subject, the chief end of their exposition seems to be gained when they have duly impressed upon the minds of their hearers that the bicycle is to ride on, and that it goes at a rate of speed quite beyond the comprehension of their - the auditors' - minds; "Bin, bin, bin. Chu, chu, chu. Haidi, haidi, haidi." being repeated with a vehemence that is intended to impress upon them little less than flying-Dutchman speed. The deck of a Constantinople steamer affords splendid opportunity for character study, and the Ismidt packet is no exception. Nearly every person aboard has some characteristic, peculiar and distinct from any of the others. At intervals of about fifteen minutes a couple of Armenians, bare-footed, bare-legged, and ragged, clamber with much difficulty and scraping of shins over a large pile of empty chicken-crates to visit one particular crate. Their collective baggage consists of a thin, half-grown chicken tied by both feet to a small bag of barley, which is to prepare it for the useful but inglorious end of all chickendom. They have imprisoned their unhappy charge in a crate that is most difficult to get at. Why they didn't put it in one of the nearer crates, what their object is in climbing up to visit it so frequently, and why they always go together, are problems of the knottiest kind. A far less difficult riddle is the case of a middle-aged man, whose costume and avocation explain nothing, save that he is not an Osmanli. He is a passenger homeward bound to one of the coast villages, and he constantly circulates among the crowd with a basket of water-melons, which he has brought aboard "on spec," to vend among his fellow-passengers, hoping thereby to gain sufficient to defray the cost of his passage. Seated on whatever they can find to perch upon, near the canvas partition, all unmoved by the gay and stirring scenes before them, is a group of Mussulman pilgrims from some interior town, returning from a pilgrimage to Stamboul - fine-looking Osmanli graybeards, whose haughty reserve not even the bicycle is able to completely overcome, although it proves more efficacious in subduing it and waking them out of their habitual contemplative attitude than anything else aboard. Two of these men are of magnificent physique; their black eyes, rather full lips, and swarthy skins betraying Arab blood. In addition to the long daggers and antiquated pistols so universally worn in the Orient, they are armed with fine, large, pearl-handled revolvers, and they sit cross-legged, smoking cigarette after cigarette in silent meditation, paying no heed even to the merry music and the dancing of the Greeks. At Jelova, the first village the steamer halts at, a coupleof zaptiehs come aboard with two prisoners whom they are conveying to Ismidt. These men are lower-class criminals, and their wretched appearance betrays the utter absence of hygienic considerations on the part of the Turkish prison authorities; they evidently have had no cause to complain of any harsh measures for the enforcement of personal cleanliness. Their foot-gear consists of pieces of rawhide, fastened on with odds and ends of string; and pieces of coarse sacking tacked on to what were once clothes barely suffice to cover their nakedness; bare-headed - their bushy hair has not for months felt the smoothing influence of a comb, and their hands and faces look as if they had just endured a seven-years' famine of soap and water. This latter feature is a sure sign that they are not Turks, for prisoners are most likely allowed full liberty to keep themselves clean, and a Turk would at least have come out into the world with a clean face. The zaptiehs squat down together and smoke cigarettes, and allow their charges full liberty to roam wheresoever they will while on board, and the two prisoners, to all appearances perfectly oblivious of their rags, filth, and the degradation of their position, mingle freely with the passengers; and, as they move about, asking and answering questions, I look in vain among the latter for any sign of the spirit of social Pharisaism that in a Western crowd would have kept them at a distance. Both these men have every appearance of being the lowest of criminals - men capable of any deed in the calendar within their mental and physical capacities; they may even be members of the very gang I am taking this steamer to avoid; but nobody seems to either pity or condemn them; everybody acts toward them precisely as they act toward each other. Perhaps in no other country in the world does this social and moral apathy obtain among the masses to such a degree as in Turkey. While we lie to for a few minutes to disembark passengers at the village where the before-mentioned wedding festivities are in progress, four of the seven imperturbable Osmanlis actually arise from the one position they have occupied unmoved since coming aboard, and follow me to the foredeck, in order to be present while I explain the workings and mechanism of the bicycle to some Arnienian students of Roberts College, who can speak a certain amount of English. Having listened to my explanations without understanding a word, and, without condescending to question the Armenians, they survey the machine some minutes in silence and then return to their former positions, their cigarettes, and their meditations, paying not the slightest heed to several caique loads of Greek merry-makers who have rowed out to meet the new arrivals, and are paddling around the steamer, filling the air with music. Finding that there is someone aboard that can converse with me, the Greeks, desirous of seeing the bicycle in action, and of introducing a novelty into the festivities of the evening, ask me to come ashore and be their guest until the arrival of the next Ismiclt boat - a matter of three days. Offer declined with thanks, but not without reluctance, for these Greek merry-makings are well worth seeing. The Ismidt packet, like everything else in Turkey, moves at a snail's pace, and although we got under way in something less than an hour after the advertised starting-time, which, for Turkey, is quite commendable promptness, and the distance is but fifty-five miles, we call at a number of villages en route, and it is 6 P.M. when we tie up at the Ismidt wharf. "Five piastres, Effendi," says the ticket-collector, as, after waiting till the crowd has passed the gang-plank, I follow with the bicycle and hand him my ticket. "What are the five piastres for." I ask. For answer, he points' to my wheel. "Baggage," I explain. "Baggage yoke, cargo," he replies; and I have to pay it. The fact is, that, never having seen a bicycle before, he don't know whether it is cargo or baggage; but whenever a Turkish official has no precedent to follow, he takes care to be on the right side in case there is any money to be collected; otherwise he is not apt to be so particular. This is, however, rather a matter of private concern than of zealousness in the performance of his official duties; the possibilities of peculation are ever before him. While satisfying the claim of the ticket-collector a deck-hand comes forward and, pointing to the bicycle, blandly asks me for backsheesh. He asks, not because he has put a finger to the machine, or been asked to do so, but, being a thoughtful, far-sighted youth, he is looking out for the future. The bicycle is something he never saw on his boat before; but the idea that these things may now become common among the passengers wanders through his mind, and that obtaining backsheesh on this particular occasion will establish a precedent that may be very handy hereafter; so he makes a most respectful salaam, calls me "Bey Effendi," and smilingly requests two piastres backsheesh. After him comes the passport officer, who, besides the teskeri for myself, demands a special passport for the machine. He likewise is in a puzzle (it don't take much, by the by, to puzzle the brains of a Turkish official), because the bicycle is something he has had no previous dealings with; but as this is a matter in which finances play no legitimate part - though probably his demand for a passport is made for no other purpose than that of getting backsheesh - a vigorous protest, backed up by the unanimous, and most certainly vociferous, support of a crowd of wharf-loafers, and my fellow-passengers, who, having disembarked, are waiting patiently for me to come and ride down the street, either overrules or overawes the officer and secures my relief. Impatient at consuming a whole day in reaching Ismidt, I have been thinking of taking to the road immediately upon landing, and continuing till dark, taking my chances of reaching some suitable stopping- place for the night. But the good people of Ismidt raise their voices in protest against what they professedly regard as a rash and dangerous proposition. As I evince a disposition to override their well-meant interference and pull out, they hurriedly send for a Frenchman, who can speak sufficient English to make himself intelligible. Speaking for himself, and acting as interpreter in echoing the words and sentiments of the others, the Frenchman straightway warns me not to start into the interior so late in the day, and run the risk of getting benighted in the brush; for "Much very bad people, very bad people! are between Ismidt and Angora; Circassians plenty," he says, adding that the worst characters are near Ismidt, and that the nearer I get to Angora the better I shall find the people. As by this time the sun is already setting behind the hills, I conclude that an early start in the morning will, after all, be the most sensible course. During the last Russo-Turkish war thousands of Circassian refugees migrated to this part of Asia Minor. Having a restless, roving disposition, that unfits them for the laborious and uneventful life of a husbandman, many of them remain even to the present day loafers about the villages, maintaining themselves nobody seems to know how. The belief appears to be unanimous, however, that they are capable of any deviltry under the sun, and that, while their great specialty and favorite occupation is stealing horses, if this becomes slack or unprofitable, or even for the sake of a little pleasant variety, these freebooters from the Caucasus have no hesitation about turning highwaymen whenever a tempting occasion offers. All sorts of advice about the best way to avoid being robbed is volunteered by the people of Ismidt. My watch-chain, L.A.W. badge, and everything that appears of any value, they tell me, must be kept strictly out of sight, so as not to excite the latent cupidity of such Circassians as I meet on the road or in the villages. Some advocate the plan of adorning my coat with Turkish official buttons, shoulder-straps, and trappings, to make myself, look like a government officer; others think it would be best to rig myself up as a full-blown zaptieh, with whom, of course, neither Circassian nor any other guilty person would attempt to interfere. To these latter suggestions I point out that, while they are very good, especially the zaplieh idea, so far as warding off Circassians is concerned, my adoption of a uniform would most certainly get me into hot water with the military authorities of every town and village, owing to my ignorance of the vernacular, and cause me no end of vexatious delay. To this the quick-witted Frenchman replies by at once offering to go with me to the resident pasha, explain the matter to him, and get a letter permitting me to wear the uniform; which offer I gently but firmly decline, being secretly of the opinion that these excessive precautions are all unnecessary. From the time I left Hungary I have been warned so persistently of danger ahead, and have so far met nothing really dangerous, that I am getting sceptical about there being anything like the risk people seem to think. Without being blind to the fact that there is a certain amount of danger in travelling alone through a country where it is the universal custom either to travel in company or to take a guard, I feel quite confident that the extreme novelty of my conveyance will make so profound an impression on the Asiatic mind that, even did they know that my buttons are gold coins of the realm, they would hesitate seriously to molest me. From past observations among people seeing the bicycle ridden for the first time, I believe that with a hundred yards of smooth road it is quite possible for a cycler to ride his way into the good graces of the worst gang of freebooters in Asia. Having decided to remain here over-night, I seek the accommodation of a rudely comfortable hotel, kept by an Armenian, where, at the supper-table, I am first made acquainted with the Asiatic dish called "pillau," that is destined to form no inconsiderable part of my daily bill of fare for several weeks. Pillau is a dish that is met - with in one disguise or another all over Asia. With a foundation of boiled rice, it receives a variety of other compounds, the nature of which will appear as they enter into my daily experiences. In deference to the limited knowledge of each other's language possessed by myself and the proprietor, I am invited into the cookhouse and permitted to take a peep at the contents of several different pots and kettles simmering over a slow fire in a sort of brick trench, to point out to the waiter such dishes as I think I shall like. Failing to find among the assortment any familiar acquaintances, I try the pillau, and find it quite palatable, preferring it to anything else the house affords. Our friend the Frenchman is quite delighted at the advent of a bicycle in Ismidt, for in his younger days, he tells me with much enthusiasm, he used to be somewhat partial to whirling wheels himself; and when he first came here from France, some eighteen years ago, he actually brought with him a bone-shaker, with which, for the first summer, he was wont to surprise the natives. This relic of by-gone days has been stowed away among a lot of old traps ever since, all but forgotten; but the appearance of a mounted wheelman recalls it to memory, and this evening, in honor of my visit, it is brought once more to light, its past history explained by its owner, and its merits and demerits as a vehicle in comparison with my bicycle duly discussed. The bone-shaker has wheels heavy enough for a dog-cart; the saddle is nearly all gnawed away by mice, and it presents altogether so antiquated an appearance that it seems a relic rather of a past century than of a past decade. Its owner assays to take a ride on it; but the best he can do is to wabble around a vacant space in front of the hotel, the awkward motions of the old bone-shaker affording intense amusement to the crowd. After supper this chatty and entertaining gentleman brings his wife, a rotund, motherly-looking person, to see the bicycle; she is a Levantine Greek, and besides her own lingua franca, her husband has improved her education to the extent of a smattering of rather misleading English. Desiring to be complimentary in return for my riding back and forth a few times for her special benefit, the lady comes forward as I dismount and, smiling complacently upon me, remarks, "How very grateful you ride, monsieur!" and her husband and tutor, desiring also to say something complimentary, echoes, " Much grateful - very." The Greeks seem to be the life and poetry of these sea-coast places on the Ismidt gulf. My hotel faces the water; and for hours after dark a half-dozen caique-loads of serenaders are paddling about in front of the town, making quite an entertaining concert in the silence of the night, the pleasing effect being heightened by the well-known softening influence of the water, and not a little enhanced by a display of rockets and Roman candles. Earlier in the evening, while taking a look at Ismidt and the surrounding scenery, in company with a few sociable natives, who point out beauty-spots in the surrounding landscape with no little enthusiasm, I am impressed with the extreme loveliness of the situation. The town itself, now a place of thirteen thousand inhabitants, is the Nicomedia of the ancients. It is built in the form of a crescent, facing the sea; the houses, many of them painted white, are terraced upon the slopes of the green hills, whose sides and summits are clothed with verdure, and whose bases are laved by the blue waves of the gulf, which here, at the upper extremity, narrows to about a mile and a half in width; white villages dot the green mountain-slopes on the opposite shore, prominent among them being the Armenian town of Bahgjadjik, where for a number of years has been established an American missionary-school, a branch, I think, of Roberts College. Every mile of visible country, whether gently sloping or more rugged and imposing, is green with luxuriant vegetation, and the waters of the gulf are of that deep-blue color peculiar to mountain-locked inlets; the bright green hills, the dancing blue waters, and the white painted villages combine to make a scene so lovely in the chastened light of early eventide that, after the Bosporus, I think I never saw a place more beautiful. Besides the loveliness of the situation, the little mountain-sheltered inlet makes an excellent anchorage for shipping; and during the late war, at the well-remembered crisis when the Russian armies were bearing down on Constantinople and the British fleet received the famous order to pass through the Dardanelles with or without the Sultan's permission, the head-waters of the Ismidt gulf became, for several months, the rendezvous of the ships.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T05:57:48", "url": "http://explorion.net/around-world-bicycle-i/chapter-x-start-through-asia?quicktabs_3=1", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Check back here often to see what is going on with our current puppies. This page is important. Follow along just to enjoy the adorableness and also to see how socialized and clever our little guys really are. These are not kennel raised little fluff balls. Follow along and see for yourself! New updates will be posted up at the top of the page. Eden's Flowering Cassia: Seriously, who can resist that face? Cassia is such a little doll. She is this tiny little girl about the size of a grapefruit but not nearly as sour. She is so sweet, she wags her tail so hard her whole body swings side-to-side. If there is a lap or a set of willing arms she is in them. She is interested in toys to an extent but she is much more interested in cuddling. She will wrestle with the other puppies here and there but the second she spots a person her attention is 100% focused on them. She is a people-lover and a people-pleaser and will be easy to train for those reasons. She has a gentle little spirit and it will not take a heavy hand to train her. Positive training methods work beautifully with all Cockapoos, especially the ultra cuddlebugs! There are a couple of little children that are going to be as equally excited to meet Cassia as she will be to have a new set of laps to curl up in! Domino! Dom is a pretty quiet little fellow. He is charming and unobtrusive. A very polite, affable little puppy. He tends to be a bit cautious for a little while before warming up enough to frisk around, despite knowing the rooms of the house quite well by now. He has a special affinity for children and in particular babies. He can often be found near my infant daughter or my toddler son (which is strange because Dom is so cautious, yet my son is two-so certainly quite rough at times). He doesn't bark or growl or have many fake puppy fights. He doesn't prance around posturing at the other puppies. He seems like he is simply quite content, just as he is. He follows me around and politely snuggles in for lots of affection and that seems to be just great with him. He is definitely a sweetie pie. Ash: Little Ash is very much our boy-version of Cassia. Similar to Domino Ash differs in that he really wants to be in my arms rather than being contented just to be near me. He can ultimately be summed up with the words "gentle" and "sweet". He is such a gentle little puppy who seems to want to give near continual kisses (and my chin seems to be the preferred target) and he always wants to be up in my arms or lap. He wants to play, and likes to play, but he wants to play with a person. He wants to eat (and often sleeps in the bowl) but if people are standing near the food at feeding time he will not eat and instead will circle around, looking up, trying to find some way to encourage the nearby people to pick him up. He'd rather be in a lap then running around or wrestling. He always has his little tail going. He also has a pretty strong swimming reflex. He starts swimming before he even hits the water in the bath! His little forelegs start paddling :-) Ash is low key and doesn't seem afraid or cautious, he just doesn't have much a use for exploration when he knows exactly what he needs: affection. Ash will be going home to a warm family and a couple of kids who will be giving him all the hugs, kisses, and fetch games he can ever want! Lincoln: What can be said about this guy other than the obvious that he is gorgeous and flashy? I'd swear he knows it, too! Lincoln is our most vocal puppy. He likes to make a wide range of interesting sounds. He doesn't cry any more than the other pups do, he just "talks" like his dad does. He also sounds like a Wookie when he growls. Lincoln likes to play "spastic puppy". He will be walking along, right as rain, then completely out of the blue he'll leap up into the air, all four legs stiff and he'll twist as he's landing, look one direction, the turn and run top speed in the other direction, only to wheel around barking, headed toward whatever human or puppy is closest to him. Then he tackles said human or puppy. Once he did this to Cassia but he bowled her completely over. They tumbled in a big furry ball just like a cartoon and when they stopped poor little Lincoln had gotten a little crinkly basket toy on his back leg and couldn't shake it off. If puppies could shrug, that would have been what he did. He just shrugged and walked around crinkling with that little toy on his leg. Oak heard the interesting sound and immediately relieved Lincoln of his toy (and would have attempted to take the leg with it too, if I hadn't distracted everyone with dinner. Eden's American Hazel: Here is our sleek little beauty queen. Hazel has such lovely rounded features and it is seen even more clearly by her slick satiny coat. All the puppies are soft but Hazel has such a silky fineness to her coat that she is hard to resist petting constantly. She has large, round eyes and that rounded little face that make her look even more like an innocent baby than she already does (since she still is, in fact, an innocent baby). She is a clever little thing and she doesn't let her size slow her down. Other than Oak she is the only puppy that has learned to scale large objects blocking her path. She is determined and she will figure out little puzzles. If she is motivated she'll work hard. I just hope that adorable little face doesn't allow her to cause too much trouble and get away with it! (Lord knows it works for my two year old. He knows just how to turn on that irresistible baby charm). Hazel also loves kids, to include my toddler, and I know he will especially miss her. She is a gentle puppy but very active and playful. She isn't cautious or hesitant, but confident and bold, despite her diminutive size. She is another quiet puppy. In fact, as a whole, this entire litter has been more quiet than any other litter I've ever had. They do burst into a chorus of excited yelps when they see a person coming for them, though :-) That is a pleasant noise. Hazel has a very soft, high-pitched bark that is very sweet-sounding since she doesn't use it often. Here she was practicing the "down" command, she did fairly well. 10-19-13 Puppies are 5 weeks old!! These little sweethearts are growing up so very fast. They seem to change by leaps and bounds every single day. They are getting more and more confident in their play-with-a-purpose activities and they are showing their cleverness and playfulness. Puppy pick up is only a few weeks away and already I miss these little sweethearts. Enjoy the individual puppy portraits! And if I don't have everyone posted, please just be patient! Eden's Mighty Oak: our big man of the litter is still tall and sturdy and suits his litter-name very well for that reason. He is a crazy little guy, playing fiercely at times and independently exploring. But he is also a gentleman puppy seeming to treat the others politely. He is the strong and silent type. It took me a lot of coaxing to get a single bark out of him. He is as clever as he is big, as well, and has already figured out just how to manipulate the people into giving him what he wants (well, I'm a sucker for smart puppies, what can I say). He figures out puzzles first, containers first, and responds quickly when he hears me coming. He is going to be a smoothie with an amazing fluffy and curly coat. The shorter coat on the smoothies mean no clippers needed. A pair of safety-tipped scissors for trimming the feathering is all that is needed along with a simple metal comb. He will not shed but be easy to keep neat and groomed. I love his little curly whiskers and he has these little black freckles on his chin and a tiny pink spot on his nose. He is adorable! Little Ash or Little London: This little guy has a face that I just want to squish and smother with kisses. I wish black puppies weren't so darn hard to photograph because this little man melts my heart. He is a cuddle bug and likes to be in a lap pretty much most of the time. He does like to play, particularly he likes walking through our rolling tunnels and chasing a rolling pin across the kitchen floor. He gives a lot of kisses, more so than most of our pups and he can always be seen squirming himself to the bottom of the puppy pile to sleep. He has no problem letting out a bark if he wants attention and he will paw and whine when he wants to be held (which is anytime he isn't chasing a toy, sleeping, or pigging out on the puppy food and then resting in the empty food pan). 10-15-13 Puppy Housebreaking begins! Starting on Friday (the 11th) the puppies were showing signs that they were ready to begin this important step. We attached the "puppy potty" or the "Cockapoo commode" to the whelping box. This litter seems to have things backwards. Instead of using the potty area to, well, potty, they have decided to make it a puppy bedroom. They are doing their business in the main puppy box area instead, which isn't so great as that is where I feed them. I tried to get them to change their minds, but they were having none of that. So instead I am now feeding them in the Puppy University. Which is good anyway because it gives them a chance to learn to eat with random objects touching them and moving and making noise all around them. So these guys wanted a smaller, more private den space I suppose. Hey-as long as they are not pooping or peeing where they eat and sleep it is good enough for me! This gives them a really good start on housebreaking! 10-15-13 Puppy Weaning is in full swing: I practice Dam-lead puppy weaning and here little miss Fern has fully decided to have me feed her pups. How do I know? Fern actually asked me to feed her puppies for her. I do wish she could speak English sometimes because it took me a long time to figure out what she wanted. She was crying at me but wouldn't leave the nursery, yet refused to get in her box. She didn't want food or water, a trip outside or a belly rub. I was starting to get concerned because she never cries at me. The pups were all awake and crying to eat and she wasn't going in to feed them so I brought them a dish of food. And as soon as I plopped it in with the pups Fern came running to me and giving me a million sloppy dog-kisses! Then she curled up in her dog bed by our wood-burning stove and fell asleep (this was at about 2am, mind you. I happened to be up with our people-baby at the time). Clearly Fern wanted me to feed her puppies and this was how she was letting me know she was ready to wean. A more traditional way to know when the dam is ready is by watching her with her pups. She will begin to regurgitate her own meals and avoid sitting for nursing sessions with the pups. She is likely to regurgitate a soft pre-digested meal and escape from the pups as fast as she can. This means she is ready to cut nursing sessions down. Fern decided to skip the whole puking thing and just get Mom to do the work for her. Clever girl! I made a few different batches of puppy weaning food. Puppies eat way more food while weaning than you can possibly imagine!! Feeding a litter of growing puppies real-food or a high-quality commercial dog kibble is very expensive, but it is worth the cost. Puppies are growing at a very fast rate and they need the right nutrients and whole foods in the right balance with their mother's milk to grow properly. Premature weaning as well as improper diet of the Dam and/or the pups will lead to growth problems. Healthy fats are crucial to brain and eye growth and proper neurological function. We now know that joint problems like hip dysplasia are not genetic but related to diet and nutrition while puppies are growing. I get your puppy off to a wonderful start and then I leave it in your hands to feed your baby right. Note I tried using quinoa with the puppies. I happened to have some of this very healthy stuff to sprout and feed to my budgies (often semi-incorrectly called parakeets in the US). There are very few good Cockapoo breeders in the US. I happened to be on one of the rare good one's website and saw she recommends quinoa. Great recommendation since quinoa is a really healthy food! But you know, it is a bit odd. Dogs are not seed eaters. But then again dogs don't eat sardines either and I feed those to them to fill in the nutritional gaps left by being unable to feed them all the organs and parts of prey animals that they would eat if allowed to feed naturally. So I gave it a shot. (Some people mistake quinoa for a grain. But it is actually a seed. It is the seed of the Chenopodium plant. Yes, it acts like a grain, but it isn't actually a grain. Well, that's your random fact for the day.) Anyhow, I learned that dogs do not digest quinoa. Duh. I really should have figured that beforehand since I know they won't digest flax seeds unless they are milled (ground up into a powder) and frankly dogs don't digest a whole lot of anything other than animal products or the partially digested contents of their prey. (You know, cuz of that whole carnivore thing). So yes, Quinoa goes in and right out of the dogs and not a tiny bit of it is digested. This is an expensive item, so don't waste your money unless you plan on grinding it up before feeding. You can grind it up in a coffee mill or spice mill if you like. Yes, I did cook them first. Overcooking any food ruins the content for dogs especially. Also if you use quinoa for dogs you should soak and rinse them beforehand to remove the bitter coating from the seeds, the same as you would for human consumption. It would be very easy to miss the whole quinoa seeds passing through a dog if the amount isn't a huge portion of the food (which it wouldn't be in a properly balanced diet). Since I used it as the main carb in the puppy food I was fortunately able to notice the seeds being passed whole! Well, you live and you learn (and sometimes you spend time cleaning pooped seeds out of whelping boxes) :-) Quinoa is super nutritious. Grind it up and add it in for an awesome dog food addition!! 10-13-13 The puppies are four weeks old! These little guys grow up so fast! Isn't that what all we parents say? Both babies and puppies grow in leaps and bounds! We had our puppy-parent visiting day and several wonderful families were able to meet me in person and snuggle their lovely little poofs. Some puppy parents were unable to visit, whether due to distance or sick children :-( So here are some nice close up photos of their puppies so they can have a virtual visit. Don't worry puppy-parents, two more weeks and these guys will be in your arms and kissing your chins for good! All puppies!! Here are all of them enjoying our "Puppy University" which the visitors saw yesterday. It is basically a big cube filled with objects that stimulate puppy thought, growth, development and confidence. 10-6-13: The puppies are three weeks old! It is amazing how fast these little guys grow up. They change dramatically every day and I enjoy watching them grow. They have experimented with puppy mush and here is the second time that they ate mush. Hello weaning means good bye clean little baby dogs! They really walk through their food and splatter it all over one another. And they tend to sleep in the bowl after they are all finished. This time we ate outside on the grass. The sunshine and warm weather was too delicious to stay cooped up in the nursery! After the puppies finished their meal they piled on top of one another and fell fast asleep. And the way the puppies were sleeping was too adorable to resist!! I just had to snap photos of them, the little cuties! Enjoy! Enjoy the photos below! You can see the same couple puppies starting wrestling matches, but they all have their moments being the instigator! I hope there aren’t too many photos below, although whenever I’m choosing the best photos to share I have such a hard time deciding and I don’t want to put too many up… but then I think: is there really such a thing as “too many” when it comes to cute Cockapoo puppy pictures? The Puppies went outside for the very first time at 2.5 weeks of age. The sun was warm and shining bright and all the puppies have their eyes and ears open and they are fairly steady on their legs and walking abilities now. This was a great chance to get a great idea of puppy temperament and individual personality. The puppies were placed on the lawn tucked safely in a bundle together in a basket. Who would attempt to climb out of the basket? Anyone? Their Mama was allowed to watch the puppies from a distance where they could not see her or be encouraged by her. So Fern felt comfortable, and she trusts us with her babies, so she enjoyed a nice chew treat in the meantime. If you think placement in the basket will have any influence on who climbs out, though, you'd be surprised. An eager and curious, confident puppy will wriggle his way to the top to peer out. It isn't an influencing factor most of the time. In this case we had several puppies peering over the edge, but no one except the little merle Lincoln made an effort to evacuate their warm bed to explore the great unknown. Lincoln put two paws in the grass and then looked at me and stayed there. The other puppies had similar attitudes. As Fern was not around to reassure them or lead them these guys looked to me to let them know what to do. That is a good sign and a good way to begin training these little guys to trust human leadership. They were rewarded for looking to me for assistance with praise and a gentle lift out onto the grass. The puppies had their very first bath ever. They were gently introduced to water at 2 weeks of age and I did not wash their little heads this time. The puppies were allowed to play in the bathtub with a small amount of standing water. It is like watching a toddler splash in puddles after a summer rain. I use a gentle baby shampoo and gently massage each puppy. This helps them learn early on to accept baths as pleasant and regular occurrences. After the bath (and taking these photos-the little wet pups are in the whelping box-I used a blow dryer to carefully dry each little puppy. This prevents them from getting too cold. It also gets them accustomed to noise and the sensation of being blown dry. This will help with future grooming endeavors by their future families. After a nice blow out the puppies each had their nails clipped (this is actually the third time I've clipped nails) and their paws and toes are handled and manipulated for a decent amount of time. This helps to get the puppies accustomed to having their feet touched, which dogs typically do not appreciate. If this is continued on a regular basis after the puppies leave here they will never have a problem with nail trims or grooming or health inspections of feet and paw pads. Last the puppies had their ears gently dried with cotton balls. They weren't terribly wet but again this is a good way to get the little guys accustomed to regular grooming practices. Keep scrolling down!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-19T02:34:31", "url": "https://www.americancockapoo.com/litter-updates.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Clear your calendars for August and get ready to dust of your tents folks! This year’s Music Matters Festival is set to take place on August 5th and 6th. Food will be sold by Cissy’s Nuts and Johnny’s Provolone Pizza! (Trust me, you have not lived until you have had Cissy’s Nuts in your mouth!) Not only is there going to be great food, but the line-up of extremely talented musicians will have you dancing by your camper all night long! Camping is limited! Be sure to get your camping passes early! All tent campers must have a tent camping pass. RV (pop-ups) campers must have one $50 pass for the spot and the rest staying in the camper must have a two day pass. You can purchase your tickets at the link below! I look forward to seeing you all there!	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T02:27:23", "url": "https://drunkoctopusmag.com/2016/05/15/music-matters-festival-set-to-rock-darlington-indiana/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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The jig plan guarantees your success! If you have shied away from mortise-and-tenon joinery because it sounds too complicated, take heart. With our tenoning jig and a little practice, you can turn out tight-fitting joints like a professional craftsman. We used birch plywood, and maple, but you can use a wood of your choice. A full materials and supplies list is included with the plan. Tablesaw, clamps, drill press, random orbit sander, scrollsaw or jigsaw, bandsaw, and hand tools. The #31 series plans (plans that start with 31- ) are available in either paper or PDF download. This project plan is available in paper only and has full color pages with scaled templates that you can print onto 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper. It will be just like you are reading the magazine article itself! All building instructions and finishing guidelines included.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-23T20:52:59", "url": "https://woodworkersworkshop.com/store/Item/31_MDS_032", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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For the most part, postpartum fatigue is a normal part of life with a new baby. The key, though, is to keep that tiredness at a manageable level.Why is this important? It’s important because fatigue is strongly linked to a whole host of health and coping issues, including depression, a decreased ability to effectively manage stress, increased anxiety, energy loss, concentration problems, emotional numbness, and more. There are three different levels of fatigue, going from the least to the most severe. The first level is tiredness, which is normal. The second level is fatigue, which is a bit more serious in terms of coping abilities and state of emotional health. The third level is exhaustion, which is debilitating and serious. The bottom-line connection between postpartum fatigue and emotional well-being is this: the more you progress along this continuum — from tiredness, to fatigue, and finally to exhaustion — the less able you are to cope and adjust, and the more your physical and emotional health will be compromised. Yes, this does mean you need help from others, and it does mean that others will likely have to take on some of the responsibilities associated with taking care of baby and house, etc. This is a good thing! Every mother needs regular down time. Respite is essential for managing fatigue, and is also essential for maintaining emotional health. Don’t feel guilty for wanting or needing this — its necessity is well established in health literature. Foster parents have respite time built in to their care schedule. Same thing for people who take care of the elderly. Yes, this is sounding the same old horn. But it has to be said: eating well (less sugar, less processed food; more grains, fruits and veggies) and getting your body moving are SO important for emotional and physical well-being. If you are still in the early postpartum stages, you might not be feeling strong enough to exercise. That’s fine. Just getting out of the house and going for a walk is good for your physical and emotional health. The original version of this article is written by Stephanie Knaak PhD for Motherhood Cafe. And when this level reaches the exhaustion, then it can lead to the serious bad condition of health. and the mommy is able to do nothing for baby. nice article. very well explained.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-25T02:27:44", "url": "http://www.mummysg.com/2013/03/postpartum-fatigue/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Jachin-Boaz is a maker and seller of maps. In his shop you can find maps that will lead you to whatever it is you most desire: love, inspiration, money. But his greatest work yet is a master-map which he intends to give to his son, Boaz-Jachin. On it is marked everything that has ever been found; with it, his son will be able to find anything he wants or needs. Only one thing cannot be found using this map: lions – for there are no more lions. Or are there? When Jachin-Boaz leaves his family to set out on a quest to find a lion for his son, Boaz-Jachin follows in search of his father, and both will discover something wholly unexpected. Russell Hoban’s first novel for adults, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973) was widely acclaimed by critics and earned comparisons to the works of Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Both a humorous and light-hearted fantasy and an insightful meditation on the sometimes difficult relationships between fathers and sons, it is a perfect introduction to the work of this brilliant writer. Russell Hoban was born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania in 1925, the son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. After high school, Hoban attended art school in Philadelphia and served in the army in Europe during the Second World War, earning a Bronze Star. He married his first wife in 1944 and worked as a commercial illustrator, storyboard artist and television art director from the late 1940s until 1957, and for the next decade as a freelance illustrator for magazines and advertising agencies. In 1959, Hoban began publishing children’s books; he would write several dozen over the next few decades, the best known of which are the series of books featuring Frances the badger and the classic The Mouse and his Child (1968). In the late 1960s, Hoban moved to London, in part, he said, to summon inspiration from the ghosts of Victorian England. There he began to write the adult fiction that would define the rest of his career. His first novel for adults, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, was published in 1973 and earned favorable reviews and comparisons to the fantasies of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. It was followed by Kleinzeit (1974), a surreal and comic novel that is among his best loved and of which Hoban said, “I think there’s most of me in Kleinzeit.” The post-apocalyptic Riddley Walker (1980), told in an invented future dialect of English, is regarded by most critics as Hoban’s masterpiece and is considered by many to be one of the great English novels of the 20th century. Other notable works include Turtle Diary (1975), adapted for a 1985 film version starring Ben Kingsley and Glenda Jackson, the metaphysical fantasy Pilgermann (1983) and The Medusa Frequency (1987). Later in life, Hoban began to publish novels at a more prolific pace, producing an additional ten volumes after age 70. Regrettably, many of these remain unpublished in the United States; however, several of them, including Fremder (1996), Amaryllis Night and Day (2001) and The Bat Tattoo (2002) are extraordinary and deserve rediscovery. Russell Hoban died in 2011 at age 86.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T00:17:15", "url": "http://www.valancourtbooks.com/the-lion-of-boaz-jachin-and-jachin-boaz-1973.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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Amid concern about the way Google and other tech giants are applying AI, Google is launching a new initiative to steer its resources to positive missions. How Google.org is helping nonprofits apply AI to their missions Jacquelline Fuller, president of Google.org, explains how Google is working with nonprofits to share resources, open source IP and take other steps to expand "AI for Social Good" Google on Monday unveiled a new initiative, called AI for Social Good, that aims to steer the company's vast resources and expertise in artificial intelligence to projects with positive impacts on society. The initiative is a joint effort between Google.org, the company's philanthropic arm, and Google engineers and researchers. It's kicking off with the AI Impact Challenge, which will dole out $25 million in grant funding as well as access to Google resources to global nonprofits. "Artificial intelligence is not only helping people create more useful products," Google's AI chief Jeff Dean said Monday. "It's also emerging as a useful tool for improving the society we live in." The initiative comes as Google and other technology giants are facing hard ethical questions about the applications of their technologies. This year, for instance, Google has had to answer to both internal and external critics about its work to provide drone technology to the Pentagon, as well as its cooperation with the Chinese government. Dean told reporters that the new AI for Social Good initiative wasn't created to counter employees' concerns about these projects. "This has been in the works for quite some time," he said. Still, the initiative does aim to help Google adhere to the set of AI ethical principles it laid out following the blowback it received over its Pentagon contract. The initiative, Google says, focuses on the very first objective Google set forth: "be socially beneficial." "With AI, we have another tool to explore and address hard, unanswered questions that have a societal impact," Dean said. Meanwhile, as Google highlights its positive projects, it doesn't intend to back away from potentially controversial contracts. "We're entirely happy to work with the US government and other governments in ways that are consistent with our principles," Dean told reporters Monday, when asked about how Google may end up working further with the Pentagon. Google and Google.org conceived of the AI for Social Good initiative together, so when Google chooses projects to support, they'll find the appropriate Google engineers and researchers to bring on board. Some engineers and researchers may end up working full time to support one of the "AI for Social Good" projects, while others may devote just a day or two a week to the initiative. The $25 million financial commitment is a drop in the bucket for Google, but it could have an outsized impact on the nonprofit world, in areas like health care, agriculture, civic society, or environmental conservation. Dean showcased one such project: an augmented reality microscope that can help pathologists more easily spot cancer cells. The project has yet to clear the regulatory hurdles to be deployed in the US. However, deployment in the US isn't really how the technology could have the biggest impact, Bob MacDonald, technical program manager for Google's healthcare AI team, told ZDNet. Google showcases augmented reality microscope (ARM) as "AI for Social Good" Bob MacDonald, technical program manager for Google's healthcare AI team, explains how this modified microscope can help pathologists more easily detect cancer. Given that about 70 percent of pathologists are based in the US, Google could advance its "AI for social good" mission by finding deployment partners in under-served places in the developing world, MacDonald said. Additionally, Google.org strives to open source all of the projects it funds, Jacquelline Fuller, president of Google.org, explained to ZDNet. "We want to make sure these results, the lessons learned, and the data and the products and features created, are available for everyone," she said. "We work with folks ahead of time to make sure the IP that's created is available in a permissive, open source manner. Every once in a while, there's going to be a reason for a different IP framework or approach... but in general we want to make sure that this is available for everyone." For instance, Google.org has worked with the anti-human trafficking organization Thorn to develop AI tools to spot online ads placed by human traffickers. "The problem is that there's like 200,000 new ads uploaded every single day in the US," Fuller explained. "There's way too much information to go through manually." Google gave the organization $2.5 million and access to Google resources, and now the Spotlight tool they developed is in use in all 50 states and Canada. It's helped to find more than 28,000 trafficking victims.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T08:42:01", "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-ai-for-social-good-can-help-nonprofits-as-well-as-googles-image/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever. Here you are, trusting in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, “We are safe!” —only to go on doing all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your sight? You know, I too am watching, says the Lord. The Lord’s words, spoken through the prophet Jeremiah, ring out to us today as much as they did when they were first uttered. Jeremiah proclaims both a promise and a warning. The warning is that God sees our behavior, the way we treat “the alien, the orphan, and the widow,” and knows both our actions and our thoughts. The promise is that God will dwell with us. “‘You know, I too am watching,’ says the Lord.” God is watching the way that we respond to those in our society who are on the margins. God is watching how we respond to obvious injustices that we see. How will you respond? through service to your people. who carry with them direct pathways to your loving heart.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-22T18:27:15", "url": "http://prayla.goramblers.org/2018/07/28/?arcf=cat:43", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
Robert Bowling, Modern Warfare 3’s creative strategist, announced that Xbox 360 paid Elite subscribers should expect the next three DLC drops on March 13th. He also teased the first image of the fourth DLC map to come to Modern Warfare 3, Black Box. Xbox 360 Non paid Elite subscribers will be able to purchase the first DLC collection on March 20th.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-24T04:42:55", "url": "https://mp1st.com/news/next-modern-warfare-3-elite-dlc-releases-on-march-13th-for-xbox-360-black-box-image-teased", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
I have the googles. Make your offer. Give me a price. We will start from there. I got the googles. Still looking for the backshield.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-21T12:04:24", "url": "https://forums.warpportal.com/index.php?/topic/169754-bspecial-ops-googles-and-skull-iron-shield/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday confirmed that terrorist attack at the Dusit complex in Nairobi is over and disclosed that security agencies successfully managed to kill all the al- Shabaab militants involved.Addressing the nation from state house Nairobi, Kenyatta disclosed that 14 people lost their lives during the attack that targeted the upmarket complex that houses offices and a hotel. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack and said that it was in response to Kenya's October 2011 military intervention against Al-Shabaab in Somalia. Explosions and gunfire at the hotel complex, Nairobi, Kenya, 15 Jan 2019. Two suspects had also been arrested for helping the attackers, he said. Police Inspector General Joseph Boinnet gave the nationalities of some of those killed in Tuesday's attack, including a U.S. and British citizen. While U.S. airstrikes have constrained al-Shabab's ability to operate by keeping its fighters on the run, it is still capable of carrying out spectacular acts of violence in retaliation for Kenya sending troops to Somalia to fight it. It also said the government did a better job of managing information and that there were "fewer implausible narratives from senior security officials than happened in 2013". The bloodshed in Kenya's capital appeared created to inflict maximum damage to the country's image of stability and its tourism industry, an important source of revenue. The dead comprised 16 Kenyan nationals, one Briton, one American and three individuals of African descent who are yet to be identified. Special forces were sent into the hotel to flush out the gunmen believed to be holed up inside and the interior ministry said the area had been secured on Tuesday night. Spindler's father, Joseph, said his son worked with worldwide companies to form business partnerships in Kenya that would boost local economies. Jason Spindler was the founder and CEO of the I-DEV International investment firm. The Houston-raised Spindler had a brush with tragedy on 9/11: He was employed by a financial firm at the World Trade Centre at the time of the 2001 terrorist attack but was running late that morning and was emerging from the subway when the first tower fell, according to his father.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-26T14:58:59", "url": "http://rsdreports.com/2019/01/18/africa-stands-with-kenya-in-face-of-terror-attack/", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }
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From the Barren River Bridge on the North to the southern city limits, 31W functioned as the first bypass around downtown Bowling Green. In the 1960s, it marked the eastern edge of the city. Growth is now out to the interstate, Scottsville road has become the main business artery, and 31W almost seems like the outer edge of "downtown," but the old state highway still has over a hundred businesses and its own share of good restaurants. As you circle around the city center, you can always glance up to your right and see "The Hill" and Western Kentucky University, the view in the photo above. The 31W bridge over the Barren River, built in 1930, is shown at right. When the water's right, kayakers like to run the drop, and the river is a favorite canoeing route. In the 1800s, paddlewheel steamboats came up from the Ohio River to Bowling Green. The city exists because this was the furthest upriver the boats could navigate, and their cargo and passengers had to be unloaded here. Other older bridges, both highway and railroad, have been updated and function now as pedestrian only walkways, as seen in the example upper right. Dairy Queen has long been America's favorite dessert stop, with cones, fudge bars, blizzards, hot fudge sundaes, waffle cones, parfaits, fruit smoothies and ice cream cakes. It still does those better than any business in the country. But lately Dairy Queen has been adding health conscious items. They have artisan sandwiches, grilled chicken sandwiches, salads, and a great hybrid in the Grilled Chicken Garden Greens Salad. They also offer Chicken Strips, although they're fried not grilled so don't quite fit the healthy formula. Dairy Queen is really serious about its healthy eating campaign. You can pick up a Nutrition Fact Sheet at the cash register, which tracks the calories, fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs, sugars and proteins in every single serving of ice cream, hot fudge, chicken, whatever. El Mazatlan has five restaurants : Glasgow, Cave City, Munfordville, and this one on the 31W Bypass. The menu offers all the usual Mexican favorites with low prices, fast service, and festive interior. Their Slow Roasted Pork, Chili Colorado and Chili Relleno, a grilled plate of mixed meats they serve sizzling hot, and their Fajitas and steaks are all popular with locals, but we think what makes this a great stop is their extensive seafood page. The Coctel de Cameron is a spicy shrimp soup cooked with onions, tomatoes, avocados, cucumber and cilantro, with a slice of lime for good measure. Or try their Cuatro Marses Soup, a mix of shrimp, crab, scallops and Tilapia (or Snapper) in pico de gallo, avocado and lime. In honor of their Bowling Green location, El Mazatlan offers two Catfish dinners, plus 12 Shrimp dinners. They wrap it up with Carpa Dorado (deep fried Tilapia in tomatoes, onions, avocadoes and limes). Hibachi Grill is Bowling Green's largest and best Chinese buffet and fills the hole left when the Beijing Buffet on Scottsville Road closed. Service can be a bit snarly or unenthusiastic, but prices are good at about $11 per person since you can go back for unlimited seconds. The inside is quite spacious and the decor is impressive. The buffet itself includes over 200 items from Southeast Asia (especially Korea and Japan), not just China. They place smaller amounts in their trays than most buffets which means they run out and have to refill more often, but this also means everything is fresher. The Spring Rolls are outstanding. The Sushi Bar is included in the Buffet price. There's a huge variety of fruits and vegetables so the place is a vegetarian's delight. They usually have three Soups (we particularly like their Egg Drop Soup) and a dozen Meats available. You have the option of ordering off the menu but we advise against it since they pull your choices from the buffet anyway and the buffet is cheaper. Ichibani is the oldest Japanese restaurant in Bowling Green and still has a large, loyal following. As the closest ethnic restaurant to the Western Kentucky University campus it has a big college age clientele, so Friday and Saturday nights can be rather crowded. Decor is quite basic and the building itself is a former McDonalds, but the prices are the best of any local Japanese restaurant. Oddly for a Japanese outlet, most of its frequent patrons consider the Halibut its best entree, but their chef makes a special sauce which is served with all entrees and it alone is worth a visit. The Sushi here, particularly the Nigiri, is probably the best in town, despite the fact the rolls are a bit smaller. Service is often slow but go anyway and be patient; the food is worth the wait. Or you could try carryout and not worry about being seated or served. Judy's Castle has operated in its present location since 1967 and has just implemented a No Smoking policy, which offended some longtime patrons but pleased others. Realize this is a small restaurant with a large loyal clientele so seating is cramped, especially for breakfast. This is traditional Mid South cooking done very well. Many of the daily crowd insist Judy's serves the best breakfast in town, and the $5 special is the classic Eggs, Sausage, Hash Browns, Pancakes, Biscuits and Gravy. These are excellent biscuits, freshly made, light, fluffy and flavorful. Most locals consider Judy's Barbeque and Broasted Chicken their signature items, but they also have great Pork Chops and Catfish. Save room for dessert. Their Coconut and Chocolate Pies are famous all over town and the Banana Pudding is pretty good, too. Harland Sanders began Kentucky Fried Chicken in Corbin, Ky., in 1930, and began franchising in 1952. He pressure cooked chicken using a recipe of 11 herbs and spices which is still kept secret. Chemists have tried breaking down the recipe and have identified black pepper, salt, sage and savory as four of the 11 ingredients but can't crack the other seven. Sanders was taught by his mother that deep frying ruined food so he never allowed it. He began cast iron skillet frying the chicken but as soon as the pressure cooker was created for vegetables he adapted it for chicken frying. He used soybean oil because it is trans fat and cholesterol free. So even though it's fried, KFC chicken is among the healthier of fast foods. In addition to chicken wings, legs and breasts, you can get very good cole slaw, corn on the cob, green beans, biscuits, macaroni & cheese, mashed potatoes and the potato wedges, which are almost as famous as the fried chicken. The wedges are seasoned with the same secret recipe as the chicken. People stop just for a bucket of wedges. The slaw is made from cabbage, carrots, onions and Sanders' mother's dressing. KFC now offers Grilled Chicken, which is marinated and seasoned before firing. Hot Wings are marinated in a chili pepper sauce. There's also a Chicken Sandwich, Chicken Pot Pie and a "Bowl" of mashed potatoes, sweet corn, chicken bites, three cheeses and gravy. KFC hand prepares each item on the premises just before serving it. You can order a soft drink, but we recommend The Colonel's Sweet Tea instead. The BG KFC is on the corner of Scottsville Road and 31W. Ques Buenos was opened by Rafael and Felipe Ortiz while they attended Western Kentucky University. They define their restaurant as Fast Casual. In fact, the menu is not much different than any other Mexican restaurant, but their ingredients are locally sourced, making everything fresher and lighter. They do offer a Build Your Own menu which is interesting : you can mix and match from a long list of ingredients (chilis, sweet peppers, mushrooms, cheeses, corn, onions, diced tomatoes, lettuce, cilantro, rice, beans, various meats, various salsas, various sauces, etc.). They're strong on Fajitas, Tacos and Burritos, weak on Quesadillas, Enchiladas and Tortas, and totally lacking in Chili Rellenos and Soups. We like their Tortas and Street Style Tacos and love their Salsas, especially their Mild Red, Verde Tomatillo and Burrito. There's a drive through window and you can order take out. This is close to campus and very popular with WKU students. Puerta Vallerta is the 31W location of the local owned chain with four BG restaurants. This is VERY GOOD Mexican food, worthy of that available in much larger cities. The menu is extensive, offering traditional favorites plus some originals. Of the appetizers, we like the Guacamole Dip and Chili, but there are 18 to choose from. There are six different kinds of Fajitas ranging from shrimp to steak and they're all good. Vallarta's serves a basic T-bone Steak five different ways but we think the Mexicano (topped with bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and the usual rice and beans) and Sergio Special (with baked potato and tossed salad) are the best. Their seven Burritos are all good, and there are 30 combination dinners which are tempting. But we think they make one mistake. We think Vallarta's does an excellent job with their Chili Rellenos. But they don't even list them as a featured item. They hide them in their AlaCarte list. You should definitely search for them on the menu and someone in your group should order them. Save room for dessert. Their Chimichango (fried cheesecake) is outstanding. There seems to be a Sandwich War going on out there, and Penn Station is one of the main players, challenging Subway and others for business. Penn Station's trademark is East Coast Subs. It keeps the menu simple. There are Classics, Chicken, Italian and Light Subs, three in each category. Their signature Sub is the Philadelphia Cheesesteak Sub (steak slab, onions, mushrooms, peppers, mustard, mayo, and pizza sauce). The other Classics are the Reuben (corn beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, thousand island) and Club (smoked ham, turkey breast, bacon, swiss, lettuce, tomatoes, honey mustard and mayo). We can verify that all three are immensely popular in Philly. Chicken options include Teriyaki, Parmesan and Cordon Bleu (chicken, smoked ham, swiss, lettuce, tomatoes, mustard and mayo). Italian Subs are Pizza (smoked ham, pepperoni, provolone, parmesan, onions, mushrooms, sausage and pizza sauce), Grilled (smoked ham, salami, pepperoni, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, peppers, oilive oil and red wine vinegar), and Sausage (sausage, provolone, onions, peppers, pizza sauce). The Light Subs feature Grilled Artichoke, Tuna Salad and Vegetarian. You can ask for a Cold Sub, with deli meats, cheeses and veggies. Any Sub comes in 6, 8, 10 or 12 inch sizes. Beverages include Lemonade and Iced Tea. Subway brags about their eight basic sandwiches containing six grams of fat or less. Of that array, we love their Black Forest Ham, Chicken Teriyaki, and Oven Roasted Chicken. You control your ingredients, but your choices are vegetables, freshly made breads, and fatless cuts of meat. If you do want to add a little cholesterol to your diet, there are Meatball Marinara, Philly Cheese Steak, and eight other alternatives. Subway isn't into teas, soups, desserts or other menu items. You can construct a salad from the veggie sandwich ingredients but that's about it. However, if you want the best basic sandwich anywhere, Subway is your place. Thai Express is trying to climb the ladder from fast food to legitimate sit down restaurant. They still have drive through and carry out service. The inside of the restaurant is comfortable, clean, airy and bright but is very generic, with no Thai decorations at all except one statue by the cash register. They use styrofoam dishes with plastic utensils, so this is not the place for atmosphere, but you're coming for the food. However, the menu is extensive and this is good Thai food. Service is fast and prices are reasonable. Both hot and iced Thai teas and the Thai Coffee are excellent. There are six authentic Soups and five Salads, all very good, especially the Beef Noodle Soup (a Vietnamese dish), Lemon Grass Shrimp Soup (pure Thai) and Cucumber Beef Salad. Among the Starters, we particularly like the Pot Stickers and Egg Rolls. We think the Seafood Sukiyaki, Pad Thai, Green Curry, Panaang Chicken, and Garlic Chicken are all good. A problem is that you actually pay extra for the table service. Thai Express has a loyal cult following in Bowling Green, but the consensus seems to be that the drive through and carry out option is a very good deal but the higher prices in the restaurant, given the bland decor and pastic utensils, are not worth it. Tokyo Steak considers itself an American Japanese fusion restaurant. We think they'd be better off to specialize in the Japanese side of their menu, at which they do a very good job. Their Hibachi Teriyaki entrees and their Sushi are the best in town and among the best in the state and the very reasonable prices help, too. They are why you come. When they serve Chicken or Honey Glazed Pork Chops, they do OK but no better than anyone else in town. Their vegetables are a bit bland. So the real appeal here is in the Japanese entrees and sides. Of their Appetizers, we think the Harumaki (Japanese Egg Rolls) are the best. Each roll contains chicken, pork and vegetables with a sweet and sour sauce on the side. If you're not too hungry, those Egg Rolls plus the Ribeye Steak Salad (thin cut ribeye slices on a bed of greens plus tomatoes, shredded cheese, chopped eggs and diced potatoes) would probably be a meal in themselves. There are six Burgers and two Chicken Sandwiches. But the real reason you're here is the Steak Page. They do a fine job with all the usual : Ribeye, Sirloin, New York Strip, Prime Rib and T Bone. Sadly, this Japanese Steak House does not offer Kobe Beef which is the steak most associated with Japan. Odd, and very disappointing. Ying Ji has replaced the Siam Thai in the strip mall along 31W just up from Kroger's. It bills itself as Asian but is mostly Chinese. The main attraction here is the Dim Sum (traditional appetizers.) There are dumplings, spring rolls and wontons. The main menu avoids that cliched 110 item menu most Chinese restaursnts use which seems to be printed by the same central press. (We have a collection of these menus from five states and they are exactly identical.) This one offers three curry entrees, Kung Pao chicken and shrimp, YuXiang chicken, pork and shrimp, and stir fried basil mushroom eggplant. The Noodle section includes Pad Thai, Stir Fried, and Fried Rice entrees, with your choice of shrimp, chicken, beef or pork. There's a Specialty Of The House, featuring shrimp with eggs and tomatoes. The Beef Noodle Soup is very good. Many frequent patrons like the Ramen Noodle Soup but we're not convinced. Many of the items here are made in house, but some ingredients, including the breads, are frozen. Ying Ji understands the 21st Century restaurant rule that it's better to shrink the menu and concentrate on preparing a few dishes very, very well. This approach has built them a local following, especially among WKU students and nurses at the nearby hospital. Service is usually very attentive and prices for Appetizers are in the $5 range, for entrees in the $8-10 range.	{ "timestamp": "2019-04-18T20:54:11", "url": "http://lexeat.com/bg31wbypass.html", "language": "en", "source": "c4" }

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