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It was party time in Kirkby Lonsdale when Prince Charles visited last Thursday.
Hundreds of people filled the bustling market square and surrounding streets in the hope of meeting the Prince of Wales.
And they weren’t disappointed.
The prince charmed everyone he met and spent much longer than intended on his tour of the town.
On his walk through the streets the prince sampled real ale from Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery, spoke to schoolchildren, received gifts from shopkeepers, met market traders, spoke with dignitaries, listened to brass bands and passed the time of day with countless locals.
Surrounded by a sea of cameras and phones, the prince’s first port of call was the town’s market square which has seen a renaissance in recent months.
Town councillor, Donald Carmichael, was one of the first to welcome the prince.
He said: “Prince Charles asked if the market was thriving and I explained that the town council has taken it over because it had been on its last legs.
“His recognition of the work we are doing here has given us a huge boost.”
Kirkby Lonsdale residents, Mike Marczynski and Mel Mackie, said they had also told the prince that the market was doing well. Mr Mackie said: “We always hear about his visits to places down south.
“It’s brilliant that he has come here.
“It’s put Kirkby Lonsdale on the map.”
Making his way through the throng, the prince popped into the Love The Lune community shop and information centre.
Community Interest Company directors, Judith Manifold and Liz Saunders, said the prince was “very natural” and that he liked the tea towels on sale in the shop.
Judith said the prince’s visit would give the town a lift and everyone was delighted that he had shown such a strong interest in the market.
She said: “We’ve done a lot of work on the market. We’ve turned it around.
“The fact he’s visiting now is wonderful because it’s a year since we took over the market.
“It has been a great success.”
The prince chatted with many market traders including Alan Stephenson and Stuart and Richard Taylor from Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery.
They showed him how to pull a pint and he tried a glass of Jubilee Stout, describing it as “excellent”. Alex Roberts and Alison Walsh, from Lancaster, turned out to catch a glimpse of the Prince, who stopped to chat to them.
“He asked us about our hats.” said Alison.
“He was lovely. He seemed really sincere.
“We were just a bit over-awed over by it all really.”
Mrs Andrea Day from St Mary’s Primary School said the prince had told her the children looked a little cold and that he liked their Easter-themed outfits.
One of the pupils, who shook hands with the prince, said he would never wash his hand again.
Further along the street at the Sun Inn the prince spoke to manager Mark Fuller.
Mr Fuller said: “He told me he’d have liked to drop in for a quick nip. It’s fantastic that he’s come here.
“There is a real buzz around the town. He has been very generous with his time.”
At St Mary’s Church the prince met the rector, the Rev Richard Snow, and the founder of the Friends of St Mary’s, Mrs Eileen Flight.
He presented certificates to two local volunteers who are retiring, who have helped to maintain the church grounds for the past 16 years.
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There is a fine line with weird games. This delicate line is the difference between a weird game that actually feels like it’s interesting and compelling, and a weird game that makes no sense whatsoever. Small Radios Big Televisions often times blurs that line. It creates an almost comprehensible plot that feels like there’s just enough going on to keep you interested while simultaneously having incredibly lackluster gameplay that often feels like there’s something missing.
The core concept of Small Radios Big Televisions is that you are exploring these different areas that are all somehow interconnected. At some point, virtual reality tapes were created and this seems to have caused…something to have happened. You go around collecting these remaining tapes and entering these virtual reality worlds to collect keys which unlock different doors.
Moreover, when you collect these tapes, you can find magnets throughout the world which will corrupt the videos, changing these worlds. It’s an interesting concept, but when you go into these worlds, all you do is point to pick up the keys. These environments are creepy and cool looking, but all you do is point and click.
Each level is designed kind of like a diorama. You rotate the level and enter a room. Each room is presented in 2d form, which you can then interact with. The actual puzzle solving is minimal at best and the most challenging puzzles won’t take you more than a few minutes to solve. It’s obvious that the main thing the designers wanted to show was these weird worlds and that’s fine but as a game it becomes tiresome fast. Even the hidden challenges in each level only require you to click on certain air ducts and collect the treasure inside and doing that gives you absolutely nothing more. There’s no bonus level, no big revelation. Just something extra to collect.
Playing on the PS4 presents another interesting problem. It`s a point and click game so you’d think that you’d just point and click with the right stick. However, in a mind-blowingly bad decision, the center of the screen acts as a magnet and constantly pulls the cursor towards it. This means that you are constantly fighting the controls in a point and click game. That’s a sentence that should never be said. Hopefully, using a mouse doesn’t create this issue, but on consoles it feels nearly unplayable.
Small Radios Big Televisions has some ambition, for sure, but the actual finished product just feels wrong. The control issues aside, there’s not much of an actual game here. That’s fine, but the repetition of doing the same thing over and over, and the vagaries presented throughout, don’t make it any more interesting. The corrupted tapes create some visually interesting stuff, but aside from that there’s little here.
SCORE: 4.0 out of 10
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I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - S9 Ep. 8
Are you ready to rumble in the jungle? It’s man v beast as Rugby icon Nick Cummins tackles his namesake the Honey Badger, and gets blindsided and mauled by a super angry python! | <urn:uuid:9477f18d-9e4d-4298-8b90-431ad92dd662> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://10play.com.au/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/episodes/season-9/episode-8/tpv230411ozqgd | 2023-12-02T09:25:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100381.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202073445-20231202103445-00748.warc.gz | en | 0.861943 | 80 |
Help Britney Spears and Zappos support Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation by making a donation!
Established in 1993, Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF) is a local non-profit organization providing over 45 programs and services at no cost to pediatric and adult patients and their families living in Southern Nevada. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for critically ill children, their families, and adults touched by cancer in our community. When a child is diagnosed with cancer or other life threatening illness…they look to NCCF for support, hope, and courage. Within 24 hours of receiving a pediatric referral, the NCCF service professionals work in tandem to identify the financial, educational, and psychological needs for each family.
The MISSION of NCCF is to provide social, educational, financial and psychological support services and programs to families of ALL children diagnosed with life threatening or critical illnesses such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, sickle cell, renal, blood and immunologic diseases and to provide healing arts and wellness programs to adults touched by cancer as well as to chronically ill children and their caregivers. | <urn:uuid:cc792ae5-9107-4c79-9e00-c2494178da87> | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | http://nvccf.org/ | 2016-12-03T09:31:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698540915.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170900-00044-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948008 | 224 |
Another week passes and now all of the football world is cranked up and running at full speed, with a full slate of college and pro football on the docket this weekend. While the weekend features many good games, one stands above the rest, as two teams – two programs – have a lot to prove when they take the field in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday afternoon.
Both Michigan and Notre Dame have a lot of in common, and a lot to prove. Both programs are searching for redemption, hoping to restore their once glorious status as the country’s elite college football programs. They are first and second all time in winning percentage. They have a litany of rivals and a long history. Each head coach, the Wolverines’ Rich Rodriguez and the Fighting Irish’s Charlie Weis, are sharing what must be a roomy hot seat, too.
While the 35-3 drubbing of Western Michigan in week one of the college football season has probably has earned Rodriguez a shaky level of comfort for the time being, he knows Michigan has to turn itself around – and fast. The program is coming off a 3-9 disastrous 2008 season – the worst in the storied program’s history – and Rodriguez is shouldering the majority of the blame. Michigan is playing for their coach’s job security, the program’s ability to recruit, the program’s short and long term perception… oh, and an important win in the 2009 season. No pressure.
Notre Dame is faced with similar pressure for similar reasons. Sure, they whooped up on a surprisingly weak Nevada program in week one and their junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen seems to be living up to the some of the hype that accompanied his trip to South Bend three years ago, but Notre Dame, as a program, still has a tremendous amount to prove. Notre Dame has powerful boosters, which it has demonstrated on more than one occasion (just ask Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie). Weis must appease them.
The winner has a lot to gain, for sure. But, the loser may have more to lose. Losing this game launches one of the two programs back into the discussion about mediocrity and opens the door for coaching scrutiny and renewed insecurity. A loss for Michigan at the Big House hamstrings recruiting again (and Michigan State will continue to take advantage of that reality). A loss for Notre Dame calls into question the program’s ability to rebuild under Weis if a 3-9 team from a year ago can win, even though it was on the road.
Neither program has the luxury of relying on their history any longer. Both must prove they are relevant, and this game gives them an opportunity to do that. A loss could easily spell the beginning of the end for one coach and trigger a transition, while a win for one could immediately launch them into the discussion for the national championship (whether the team is worthy or not).
Even more than Ohio State and Southern Cal, these two storied programs are playing for survival and relevance. The loser of the game in Columbus will not lose recruits, will not destroy their coach’s future, etc. They simply have made their march toward a possible BCS championship game appearance more challenging. For Michigan and Notre Dame, it is a battle for survival, gridiron style. Which team can survive and thrive under the pressure? We will know by the time the game kicks off in Columbus on Saturday night. | <urn:uuid:830df3f3-318d-4ea6-a104-c5ba53fc7077> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/09/11/the-best-game-of-this-weekend-debate-%E2%80%93-michigan-and-notre-dame-share-common-traits/ | 2014-12-19T22:39:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802768980.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075248-00128-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967982 | 710 |
The strap is an essential part of your timepiece. It makes a big difference in how your watch looks, how it feels on your wrist and how it completes your outfit.
All of our watch bands are interchangeable and can be easily swapped. Our carefully selected assortment of straps allows you to change the look of your watch depending on your style, mood and personal preference. With a wide range of playful NATO straps and elegant leather straps to choose from, you will find a unique timepiece for every day of the week, no matter the occasion. Find out how to change the strap of your Daniel Wellington watch in the videos below.
The tool which is used in the video is included in the bottom of your watch case. You can also use a similar, small item to adjust the size. | <urn:uuid:e8afc049-b4a6-463d-9eab-8b239f4acbb0> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://asset1.danielwellington.com/ca/how-to-change-your-strap/ | 2019-08-26T06:47:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027331228.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190826064622-20190826090622-00321.warc.gz | en | 0.936837 | 159 |
Formjet has sold off anti-virus specialist Panda UK for £1.4m promising the channel that the disposal will provide it with more time to focus on its other products.
Formjet had a year left on its contract with Panda and in a bid to maximise a return it made the move to sell.
Panda UK has been picked up by Panda International but staff and the premises of the current operation will not be impacted and Formjet will continue to distribute the security software.
Formjet made the decision to sell the business after watching Panda International snap up the Swedish operation with a view to growing its own worldwide franchise business.
In a statement, chairman of Formjet Lyndon Chapman, said that it had reacted to recent moves made by Panda International.
"Panda Security S.L. announced the acquisition Panda Sweden this week. It is their stated strategy to acquire franchise businesses in important territories and we have anticipated the move," he said.
The disposal leaves Formjet with the reselling rights for Panda as well as its ASI Innovations brand but will be making some board changes including David Hennell stepping down from the board to focus on sales and marketing strategies at the Formjet Innovations and ASI Ability subsidiaries. | <urn:uuid:15b9872e-73cd-4ad1-9215-dcc2d3a3fb5c> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.microscope.co.uk/news/2240172073/Formjet-sells-Panda-for-14m | 2014-12-21T10:41:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802770860.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075250-00139-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97548 | 252 |
In the hustles and bustles of everyday life, our furnace is usually the last thing on our minds. Very few of us wake up in the morning and say to ourselves, “gee, I think I should get a furnace checkup today”. Unfortunately, furnaces are not exempt from problems. So if we want to ensure that they keep us warm during the cold winter months, we need to schedule checkup. Checkups aren’t always convenient. But then again neither is a dead furnace in the middle of winter! Luckily, Lakewood Furnace Repair centres can help.
Scheduled tune-ups can help to prevent freezing cold winter nights in your home. Remember, its all about preventative maintenance. Yearly cleanings are also beneficial in preventing any late night emergencies. And remember, these late night emergencies often result in late night emergency bills. During a cleaning and maintenance checkup, several things should be looked at. Included within these are the many pieces within the furnace. It’s important to check that there aren’t any leaks or ruptures that could cause breakdown, or even worse that could put your family in danger. Again, checkups may seem inconvenient. But in the long run long run they will save you stress, time, and money.
Here are some commonly asked questions regarding furnace repair:
1) I want to fix my furnace myself. Is it safe?
The answer to this question is both yes and no. In some situations, minor repairs are completely safe to do on your own. These include things like checking your own air filter, checking your thermostat, and opening up your air vents. (We will discuss how you can do each of these more below). But the furnace is a complicated machine. So if these quick fixes don’t work, you are better off calling a repair man to ensure your safety.
As promised, here is how to go about each of the above checks:
Inspecting your filter
A clean air filter is essential to the functionality of your furnace. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand this importance and simply write them off. But dirty air can lead to a number of unwanted outcomes. These can include restricted airflow, decreased efficiency, larger heating bills, and a furnace that simply doesn’t work properly. The good news is, checking your air filter is easy and you don’t need a Lakewood Furnace Repair tech to do it. Here’s how:
- Pull out your air filter
- Hold it up to the light
- If you can see light through it, you’re good. If you can’t, it’s time to get a new filter
- With a disposable filter, simply replace it with a new one of the same size
Checking your thermostat
Checking your thermostat is one of the easiest fixes for your furnace. And surprisingly, it can resolve a lot of common furnace repairs. Here how to do it:
- Double check that your thermostat is set to “heat” and that they temperature is set above the current room temperature
- Change the battery if necessary
Open your vents
Did you know that you can save money by shutting the vents in a room that isn’t being used? If you said yes, you have fallen victim to this common misconception. This rumour is actually false. In fact, when you close your vents you can actually end up costing yourself more money because it creates the need for repairs. How? It leads to a buildup of pressure in your furnace. In return, your furnace has to work harder to heat your home. The result is mold buildup, compressor damage, failed motors, and so on and so forth. So keep your vents open!
2) Does my warranty become void without Lakewood Furnace Repair Tuneups?
While we can not speak for all manufacture warranties, in most cases the answer is yes. Most manufacturers require annual maintenance checks to keep the warranty valid. So while it may seem inconvenient, it will actually save you a ton of money if your furnace ever does decide to stop working.
3) What should I expect during a tune-up?
Did you know that your heating and AC units naturally lose efficiency over time? Dirt buildup, wear and tear, and other factors can all influence the efficiency of your furnace and lead to higher energy bills. Regular checkups can help to prevent this from happening. So what will your technician do during a checkup?
- They will clean your equipment.
- Check for any signs of wear and tear.
- They can replace any parts that are starting to fail – before they actually fail.
- They will replace the air filter if necessary.
- Recommend a replacement if necessary.
4) What should I expect after Lakewood Furnace Repair?
After a tuneup your furnace will:
- Be ready to battle the cold weather!
- Provide you with cleaner and fresher air throughout the home.
- Decease your energy bills. In fact, a simple tune-up can improve energy efficiency by up to 30 percent!
- Last longer – with regular maintenance checkups your furnace should last between 8-18 years.
5) Who can I call for Lakewood Furnace Repair?
Torreys Peak Mechanical! With over 30 years of experience in the AC and heating industry, Torrey’s provides service that is unbeatable. What do we promise? Honesty, professionalism, quality, and affordability. That means that we’ll never “fix” something just to take your money! And as a family owned business themselves, you can feel comfortable that you are not being taken advantage of and that your furnace and family are in good hands. Give us a call today, and one of our friendly pros will be happy to help you with anything and everything that you might need. | <urn:uuid:3fd40766-d085-4883-81a9-ff9d5342359f> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://torreyspeakmechanical.com/expect-lakewood-furnace-repair/ | 2020-08-09T11:22:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738552.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20200809102845-20200809132845-00590.warc.gz | en | 0.937953 | 1,219 |
For anyone who hasn’t been there yet, Los Angeles is more like its own country with unique weather patterns than just another city environment. It’s truly expansive and diverse in landscape, people and the range of activities that are popular too.
Living in LA often means spending a considerable amount of time in your car getting from A to B. Anyone who doesn’t like their private time interspersed with spurts of sociable people mingling together and taking a selfie for good measure, will find it tough to live happily there.
If you are looking at living in Los Angeles, we have produced a useful guide broken down into sections like how to take care of yourself; how to avoid burn out; how to handle friendships/relationships better; how to make driving more pleasant; and how to get more out of your home environment.
Also, it’s worth noting that while our focus is on LA, our suggestions below are often applicable to elsewhere in the country too. So, if you’re not on the west coast right now, don’t feel left out – there will definitely be something in this handy guide for you.
It’s hard to get away from the focus on image in LA. With Hollywood nearby, and a strong focus on looking your best and uploading the latest selfies (with filters applied) to Instagram, it can take up a lot of your time if you’re not careful.
Nevertheless, while this section is entitled “Self-care,” we’re really thinking of it more from the perspective of how to be happier with yourself without trying to please others.
a healthy self image
Right now, there’s a tendency in the rest of the country to move away from everyone needing to be slim and looking their best. Indeed, in the body shame stakes, there are many who are trying to suggest that being fat or obese is beautiful and healthy and right.
By contrast, in LA, there’s almost an addiction to body image, looking incredible and toned and slim. Anyone who isn’t tends to feel out of place! So, what is correct? It’s not necessary to be a doctor or a fitness trainer to apply common sense to the situation.
We should all be comfortable in our own skin and confident within ourselves (or, at least, work towards this worthy goal). From a health perspective, the slimmer and fitter we are, the better for us. Being obese is an unhealthy way to live. Conversely, being underweight, addicted to exercise or not eating enough is almost as bad. Both can be dangerous for you.
finding a balance
Find a balance in life when it comes to being healthy and fit. We should all be doing some exercise most days of the week. Usually aiming for 4-5 days of reasonable activity (at least half an hour daily) is a minimum to aim for. More is better, but also don’t overdo it and give yourself an injury. That will only set you back. Choose physical activities that you enjoy. That doesn’t mean rushing off to the nearest gym and signing up for a year. If you find playing tennis enjoyable, get a tennis partner to play with regularly. If you enjoy swimming in an outdoor pool, put in the laps.
Contrary to what people think – it’s not a competition! Staying fit can be maintained weekly with some consistency. Losing weight is harder and will take determination, but it too can be achieved by being more careful about eating healthfully, skipping late night snacking and fast food, and making exercise part of your new lifestyle.
avoid bouncing from one health fad to another
This may be an “LA thing,” but bouncing from one health fad to another is quite common. As an article in GQ Magazine recently demonstrated, chasing “the cult of betterness” isn’t always better than taking sensible actions and following a well thought out plan to achieve your health, fitness or mental health goals.
Stick to what makes sense at a fundamental level to avoid being led astray by fads, especially in Las Angeles where selling fantasy as reality is straight out of Hollywood.
friendships & relationships
With friendships, these are meaningful because hopefully these people have been with you for some time and can be relied upon.
Sometimes, it’s helpful to test a friendship to see whether they are “fair weather friends” or ones who’ll be there through thick and thin. Waiting too late to know that can be painful. By devoting more time to your best friendships, you’ll feel supported and better able to tackle life’s challenges.
A word here about negative people: Not every friendship is a positive one. If you were previously a negative person or depressed and tended to collect likeminded friends at that time (birds of a feather flock together), then you may have people still in your life who are toxic. If they continually bring in negativity and are rarely positive about you or what you’re doing, it may be time to cut ties in favor of other friends who are encouraging and uplifting for your present and future happiness.
Relationships can have a massive effect on your happiness. In terms of self-improvement, it’s best to have a partner who supports personal or shared goals to improve your life in different ways. If they’re openly critical or negative about change, then that’s a warning sign that they may be holding you back.
When you have a partner who is outgoing, positive and supports your personal or professional goals, then they may make a great life partner. Equally, you should be that type of person for them too.
When thinking about relationships, if he or she makes your life a happier or better one for being in it, then that’s a very good sign. Should the opposite be true, think hard whether the relationship is worth continuing. You cannot find a better person for you if you’re already in a relationship. Or, at least, most of the time that’s the case, and long-lasting relationships don’t tend to last when they were started when currently with someone else.
on the move
Commuting to work, running errands and traveling on vacation to a neighboring state usually involve journeys in your car. Speaking for LA specifically, sitting in traffic because the antiquated infrastructure hasn’t seen many upgrades over the decades, is unavoidable! The same is often true of other major cities across the country too. It’s up to you to make your life better despite the traffic woes.
Continuous Learning vs Mindless Morning Talk Shows
It’s very tempting to turn on the local or national morning radio show and drift off while stuck in traffic. Don’t! If your commute is 30 minutes or longer (for most of us, it is), this represents vital time when you can be enjoying learning something valuable and not listening to a morning talk show host filling in time between commercials.
See if your public library rents out audiobook CDs which you can play in your car. Alternatively, sign up for a trial with Amazon’s Audible platform where you can listen to some excellent self-help books very inexpensively. Beyond self-help specifically, there are business education books and other good ones too.
Consider loading up a YouTube video on a topic that you’re interested in and playing that through your car’s speaker system by hooking up your smartphone. Also, podcasts are plentiful on a myriad of subjects to learn about new and interesting subjects while making your way to and from work or running errands.
Use Traffic Information to Avoid the Worse of the Road Jams
Get traffic reports from a mobile app that will alert you about accidents, reports about dangerous spills on the road and other things to avoid. This is another reason why morning radio has become unnecessary – traffic reports arrive faster through these apps and are filtered to your local area. Apps like Mauritius Traffic Alert, Waze, and INRIX Traffic Maps & GPS (available for both iOS and Android) can provide relevant news, maps and route planning to shorten your journey. Most of the apps report information in real-time and cover entire cities, including the major ones like LA, NYC, Seattle, etc.
You can either create separate lists for different parts of town or apply labels to tasks added, so they can be sorted more easily. Find a way that is easiest for you to knock out tasks while you’re in that part of the city to avoid having to return more often because you forgot something.
Shop Online to Reduce Extra Journeys
Knock items off your list by ordering them online. If you can batch them through a single delivery with Amazon, they can be delivered to your workplace and brought home. Doing this in an organized fashion can drastically reduce how many errands you need to do, giving you back some of your evenings or part of the weekend. Less stress, more enjoyment…
the home enviroment
With your home environment, look for improvements that will make your life better. That’s sometimes quite personal and individual – don’t feel you have to act on every suggestion from well-meaning friends.
Set Up for Relaxation
Your home needs to be set up in a way to create an oasis when away from work. This is especially true on the weekends when recharging from a hectic week is essential to perform at your best when back at the office on Monday.
The best way to do this is to sit down and think about what kind of environment you want to live in. This is personal to each of us. For example, maybe you’re big on entertaining and enjoy the outdoor space most of all? In which case, tidying up the back yard, replacing tatty patio furniture with something more comfortable and getting a state-of-the-art BBQ might hit the spot perfectly.
Also, look indoors to remove the clutter where rooms don’t feel spacious enough. Go a little bit more on the minimalist side of things to create space for free movement, creativity and pleasure.
Reducing a dependence on an electric supply not only feels good but saves money in the long run too. For instance, a solar tax credit Los Angeles based is something that a homeowner can look into to avoid taking out a loan to get a set of Panasonic solar panels installed. Semper Solaris, a Veteran owned business, stocks different sizes of panels and popular brands to configure the right kind of installation for different home sizes. When it comes to the best solar installation Los Angeles area, their friendly approach, quality fitting and affordable pricing makes them a trustworthy service to use. You can look here for more information about what Semper Solaris offer.
Of course, solar power works extremely well in the sunnier states. The panels themselves are now very efficient at harnessing the power of the sun as the technology has matured over the past few years. The return on the investment is faster because more energy is created and stored in battery banks for later use. Even on overcast days, it’s still possible to collect some solar power.
While living in Los Angeles has its challenges, that is true of any major metropolis. We each have to find the best ways that suit our personality and sensibilities to make life more pleasant. Sometimes, this means removing problems and simplifying whereas other times, adding variety and satisfying a thirst for knowledge make a huge difference. Self-improvement at all levels, after all, is a personal journey, and what’s right for you is unique too. | <urn:uuid:6e0cf409-4303-44ad-b02f-7d4245ba3a4c> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://www.halfthisworldaway.com/life-in-los-angeles | 2022-12-07T16:26:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711200.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207153419-20221207183419-00391.warc.gz | en | 0.947611 | 2,436 |
MICHAEL DARDEN / WEST HAWAII TODAY
A vehicle avoided a boulder in the Big Island's Kohala district Oct. 15 after the 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck.
County's quake cost runs to $17 million
Last month's temblor on the Big Island also damaged sites at UH
Hawaii County has tallied more than $17 million in damage from the Oct. 15 earthquakes while the University of Hawaii announced $2.5 million in earthquake-related damage yesterday.
Most of the UH's damage is on its flagship campus in Manoa, far from the Big Island epicenters of the Kiholo Bay and Hawi earthquakes.
The Big Island costs listed yesterday by the Department of Public Works were for public properties, and include:
» Water lines, wells, tanks and reservoirs, $10.3 million.
» Roads, $3 million.
» Parks and recreation facilities, $2.9 million.
» Buildings, $295,500.
» Bridges, $180,000.
» Traffic signals and streetlights, $10,400.
It will cost an estimated $1 million to reinforce slopes of Hawaii Department of Water Supply reservoirs above the town of Waimea, said Lanny Nakano, Hawaii County assistant Civil Defense administrator.
Without offering cost estimates, Hawaii County also reported that its Public Works Department has conducted 1,679 structural inspections and found:
» 1,388 buildings in "green tag" condition, with cosmetic damage.
» 227 buildings in "yellow tag" condition, with some restrictions on use.
» 67 "red tag" structures, "meaning these buildings were considered unsafe for occupancy or use" and requiring $50,000 or more to be rehabilitated.
» Ten homes were destroyed.
Of structures that can't be saved, two homes -- including one that burned -- and a barn have been demolished, said Noelani Whittington, county Public Works community outreach worker.
County officials expected to hold a news conference in Hilo this morning to announce the new totals.
Hawaii County said in a news release that its disaster assessment efforts included:
» Providing a telephone hot line to request building inspections.
» Waiving building permits and fees, allowing repairs to begin immediately.
» Providing a list of structural engineers and architects available to residents.
Based on post-earthquake building inspections, structural engineers recommend that residents:
» Connect posts and braces to foundations.
» Avoid "tofu block" foundations.
» Add shear walls to structures.
Most earthquake-related problems listed by the UH yesterday with price tags of $100,000 or more were for Manoa campus structures, except as noted:
» A sprung door and leaking shutter above a telescope mirror at the Pan-STARRS telescope on Maui, $100,000.
» Entry room ceiling damage at Sinclair Library, $500,000.
» Cracks in the G and A towers of the Shidler College of Business, $500,000.
» Chiller problems at the law school, $150,000.
» Cracks and possible structural problems at George Hall, $250,000.
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The Inquirer reports that a scene group called "NoPE" has released a fully cracked version of Windows Vista Ultimate.
There have already been dozens of Windows Vista releases but this is said to be the first one which requires no hard work from the pirate. No keys need to be entered, no cracks need to be used and no BIOS versions need to be emulated with this version.
We presume that the hackers have managed to replace the Vista image on the DVD, with the pre-cracked version. Microsoft moved to an image-based install with Microsoft Vista, as opposed to the usual convoluted set up process.
Several readers have reported it working perfectly.
It's taken a few months since the launch of Windows Vista, but the product now seems to be successfully cracked, and even simpler to install than previous leaked copies of WindowsXP - which always required a serial.
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Re: Windows Vista now fully cracked by Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2007 @ 18:43:43 CEST
Now we know why the Vole is going after the open source guys; they need the money, because who will pay $400 for something they can get for presumably mush less?
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Panic Button – The Blood Donor App
LET’S PLAY GOD, LET’S BE A SAVIOUR TO ALL WHO CRY OUT ‘SOS’
Panic Button – The Blood Donor App has been developed keeping in mind the need and urgency of blood requirement in today’s speedy world. This app is in no way a substitute to the normal blood donation method. However, the use of this mobile application will surely make blood donation more meaningful and useful.
Millions of people around the globe need blood transfusions each year. Some need blood during surgery; others depend on it after an accident while some require blood as they are suffering from a disease that requires blood components. Blood donation makes all of this possible.
This mobile app has been developed in an attempt to bring the blood donor and the receiver together, giving the donor a divine feeling of helping someone heal.
The Blood donation process involves three stages:
1. The Saviour : The person donating blood.
2. The Survivor: The patient or person receiving the blood.
3. Accolades: Valuable gifts given as an appreciation to the Blood Donor.
Enjoy the happiness of saving someone’s precious life…
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Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Lazerwave, Jun 28, 2009.
When is the deluxe Twins Ice Cream Truck out?
I think it will probably be August or September
I would expect to start seeing them early next month. Just based on the way things have been pumping out.
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Tottenham do not want to sack Mauricio Pochettino despite their miserable start to the campaign.
Spurs are seventh in the Premier League table with only three wins out of 12 games in all competitions and Pochettino has found himself under fire.
The Argentine has even admitted for the first time that his job could be under threat if results don’t immediately improve.
However, Express Sport understands that Tottenham have no interest in firing their manager as he has greatly improved them during his five-year stint in charge and took them to the Champions League final shortly after signing a new five-year-deal in May 2018.
If we don’t improve our performances and results, what is going to be the result? It’s always the same in football
Tottenham's stance comes to light after Pochettino admitted performances need to get better quickly or he could lose his job.
The Tottenham manager said: “If we don’t improve our performances and results, what is going to be the result? It’s always the same in football.
“I understand the business. I am 47. Why do you think I don’t have white hair? Because I don’t pay attention to any of this.
“I only pay attention to the fact that we need to improve our performances.”
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has found himself under fire
Pochettino is aware of the criticism he has attracted following a string of poor results in the Premier League and the Champions League.
The 47-year-old understands the pressure that comes with his job but doesn’t dwell on past failures.
He added: “I’m not surprised. That is football. It is the same as when people praise you when you do well.
“If you don’t perform as people expect, it’s normal. Football is always about winning today. What happened yesterday is gone.
“Managers and coaches always need to win, today and tomorrow. Sometimes we think too far ahead.
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Hidden Beaches: Memorable Experiences
Audley's Hidden Beaches team have not only visited all of the properties in our portfolio, they have also each taken part in the various activities which accompany a stay at one of these glorious locations. Here they talk about each of their favourite experiences.
Sabi Sabi Private Reserve, South Africa, by Kate
The exhilaration of my first early morning game drive in Sabi Sabi Private Reserve is an experience that will stay with me for a lifetime.
Driving out into the bush, we heard the crackle of the radio, and the ranger immediately turned us around and headed off road into the wilderness. It wasn't long before we came across a magnificent adult leopard relaxing next to the tree in which he had placed his kill. The engine turned off, we gazed in awe for almost an hour at the incredible animal, feeling very privileged to be in its presence.
Selous National Park, Tanzania, by Lisa
My most memorable experience was at Beho Beho, Selous National Park, Tanzania. I was blown away by the remoteness of this luxurious lodge and the brilliance of the guides here.
I awoke one morning to a strange sound, when I opened my eyes there was an elephant out side enjoying her breakfast. I sat there in my bed just mesmerised. Then at dinner I was treated to two bull hippos having a bit of a stand off at the watering hole.
Chiang Mai, Thailand, by Natalie
Patara Elephant Farm, just outside Chiang Mai in Thailand, really lets you get up close and personal with an elephant for the day. Here not only was I able to feed and ride my elephant, Patara also educated me about the well-being of the elephant and how to tell if it was healthy and happy.
A real highlight of the day was getting totally soaked in the river and giving my elephant a bath. An experience that really will stay with me for life.
Baan Thai cookery class, by Stacey
I absolutely love Thai food and the Baan Thai cookery class is a really fun way to learn how to create your favourite dishes at home.
You start the day at the local market buying the essentials to create your chosen dishes and then it's back to the kitchen to get stuck in with the cooking. The best part of course is eating what you have made, and as you cook in a group you also get to share and try each other's food.
Big Five safari, by Holly
My first ever safari did not disappoint. The excitement of the game drives, seeing the Big Five (and more!) and enjoying a high level of luxury and comfort places this as my favourite travel experience to date.
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Donna Young shares how she stays connected to connected to God during her summer months. . .
If you’re like most people, you don’t equate Bible reading with leisure reading. Reading for fun is more often associated with works written by Nicholas Sparks than the Apostle Paul. I get it. I love a good summer read as much as the next gal. But maybe we’ve looked at reading God’s Word the wrong way: a “have-to” rather than a “get-to”.
What if we tweaked our perspective just a smidge?
Summertime Bible reading allows freedom to read what we want at a pace that works best for us. One chapter a day? That’s cool. One Psalm a day? Cool. The entire New Testament this summer? That’s cool, too.
I like to pick a book of the Bible and work my way through it, just like I read a novel. I put myself in the shoes of the characters. Try it. The Bible will come alive in a new way. You’ll love it!
Whatever you decide to read, open your Bible and read something. Read unhurried. Savor the experience. Make notes in the margin. Journal your thoughts. Enjoy a great cup of coffee, or your favorite cold drink. Read by the pool, or under an umbrella at the beach. Read on a park bench while the kids play. Read at a coffee shop, or at lunchtime. Read in the evening before bed.
Hold on. Don’t stop reading. Seriously. You need to hear what I’m about to say. Goodness, I need to hear what I’m about to say.
This summer make a commitment to attend church. Why? Because you need it. How do I know? Because I need it, too.
Our enemy knows we need it, as well. Which is why he’ll throw anything and everything in our path to prevent us from getting there: exhaustion, laziness, bad attitudes, family squabbles, sickness, tardiness, other more “appealing” opportunities, kids’ sports, guilt, apathy. You name it; the devil can dish it out.
When my kids were younger we were never, ever late for school, but we were always late for church. For some reason (hmmm…) we just couldn’t get it together to leave for church on time. Now that they are older, the devil works on me. In fact, I’ve noticed a pattern as I dress for church–a thought, a memory, a worry, a concern–begins to eat away at my inner peace. There have been mornings I’ve had to will myself to go to church because honestly, I didn’t want to.
In moments like these, my “will-to” needs to win the war over my “want-to”. Occasionally, I have to give myself my own “talking to”: “Just go. You want regret it. And you need it.”
Our enemy knows our spiritual commitment, our emotional refreshment, and our psychological resilience gets rebooted through the power and presence of Christ, and His community. The worship refocuses us. The prayer reinvigorates us. The Word refuels us. The people restore us. The experience reminds us of who God is, who we are, and what this life is all about.
We need this. Our souls need this. Our kids need this, too.
Our enemy doesn’t want us to get what we need to stay connected to Christ, which is why he’ll try anything to get us off course. He knows something else, too.
When we disassociate with the people of God we inevitably disassociate with the person of God.
Oh, maybe not at first. But over time, it happens.
Other things seep in and become priorities, and before we know it, our relationship with God has become a distant second. Or third. Or forty-third.
Don’t let this happen to you. Make a commitment to go to church.
You know those extra summertime minutes you have? Use them to relax and unwind, but also use them to bless someone else. Nothing keeps us connected to God like serving people in Jesus’ name.
Frankly, sometimes we need to put ourselves in a position to need Jesus. Serving others does that.
It’s easy to live as if Jesus is a nice addition to our life rather than the sustaining force behind it. If I can do everything in my life without giving Jesus a thought, something is terribly wrong. And when I forget Jesus, I flounder.
When we serve, we stretch ourselves beyond ourselves. When we stretch, we grow. When we grow, eventually, we flourish.
So there you have it…three simple ways to keep your spiritual mojo and stay connected to Christ this summer.
You don’t have to flounder in your relationship with God; you can flourish. Flourish, and make this your best summer yet!
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Medical clinics are essential spaces, a fact that many of us have been reminded of since the beginning of the pandemic. With an aging population and increasing rates of chronic diseases, healthcare buildings are becoming more and more important, leading to new builds all over the country. However, design and construction for medical clinics has some unique challenges. It’s necessary to choose Houston commercial construction pros that understand these specific needs. In this article, we’ll explore some specific factors to consider for healthcare clinic construction.
How Houston Commercial Construction for Clinics is Different From Other Types of Projects
Most public buildings fall under the category of Houston commercial construction, including healthcare facilities. However, these buildings are much different from many other commercial buildings. Just consider the chaos that would ensue if you tried to treat patients in a retail establishment. It simply wouldn’t work.
There are many distinct details that make clinic design and construction different from other types of buildings. Compliance is a big one. Healthcare facilities are held to a higher standard than many other public buildings because they provide care to weak and potentially vulnerable patients. There are regulations and standards for many aspects of a clinic’s design and construction, from the types of materials used for interior finishes and the plumbing fixtures used to the minimum room size and acoustic properties of the building. Due to these compliance issues, it’s important to choose a Houston commercial general contractor for your project that understands codes and standards that apply to clinic design and construction.
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The design and construction of your health clinic can have a big impact on your facility. There are several things to consider for your clinic design to ensure it meets your needs.
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L’Wren Scott’s loved ones gathered in Los Angeles on Tuesday to lay her to rest with her longtime boyfriend Mick Jagger, actress Ellen Barkin and Rolling Stones backing vocalist Bernard Fowler among those in attendance.
Jagger’s daughter Karis read a poem, while his grandchildren Mazie and Zak read Psalm 23. The fashion designer’s friend, Barkin, spoke and Jagger himself gave a eulogy. Scott’s brother Randy Bambrough, her niece and her half-sister Jade spoke as well.
According to E! Online, the service was in Pasadena, Calif. and it was led by Reverend Ed Bacon of All Saints Church. Fowler and Dave Stewart performed "Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
Scott committed suicide on March 17. She was found hanging in her Manhattan apartment and a day later Jagger reacted to her death on Facebook.
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little g didn't even want his hair done. He must have remembered the pain and agony of other years as we try to get all the hair glue and paint out afterwards. It's all fun and games until school is over. haha The boys were in disbelief that one of them would shun the thought of not going all out on Crazy Hair Day.
little g conceded when I thought of doing a Captain America shield on his buzzed head. He ended up thinking it was awesome.
Then there was B. My first girl for Crazy Hair Day. Wow, that's where the reputation fell off a cliff. I've never done more than two braids in a head before. Try doing several braids, running wires through them and then painting them. I had so clearly NOT estimated the time I would need on her hair. I was going to mold those little purple snakes and put googly eyes on each one of them. Instead, I slapped a paintbrush through her hair in a few seconds after spending two hours braiding it and we raced to the school. I wasn't quite sure all of that effort was worth two and a half hours of kindergarten.
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Fall is coming. I can smell it in the mornings when I wake up. Suddenly an urge to quilt a quilt. Out from my pile of tops came this pretty little thing. I got it basted last night.
This quilt was started last year as part of a wonky log cabin quilt along. I discovered I was not very wonky. Any wonkiness your see is not intentional wonky just new quilter wonky. Around the same time, I found this wonderful tutorial. Larrissa taught me all about strip piecing and inspired my quilt. I am so happy that the time has come to finish this one. It's been waiting long enough. I cannot wait to quilt it!
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Suspected goat thieves have narrated how they use white beans to lure goats before stealing them.
The suspects, who were identified as Adeyemi, Oladimeji, Ayodele, Kunle and Mohammed, were arrested after they stole three goats at Sango area of Ogun State.
According to 32-year-old Ayodele, who was described as leader of the five-man syndicate, goats find white beans irresistible, making it easy for his group to steal up to 20 goats per operation.
The syndicate, which specialized in stealing goats across remote towns and villages in Lagos and other South-West states, was busted by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT.
They were arrested when IRT operatives, led by ACP Abba Kyari, received an intelligence reports on the syndicate’s activities and swooped on the members and recovered the gang’s operational locally-made pistol and three goats.
When interviewed by newsmen, Ayodele, who is a secondary school dropout noted that members of his gang had stolen goats from Oshogbo, Osun State, Oyo Town and Ilorin, Kwara State.
He said: “whenever we attack Oshogbo, we use to steal between 19 and 20 goats in an operation. We usually lure the goats with white beans, which we would pour on the ground. The goats like eating white beans.
“After stealing them, we will seal up their mounts with tapes so that their bleating will not be heard by the villagers. On several occasions, we have had encounter with vigilante men and they use to shoot at us.
“We also have a locally-made gun which we use to scare the vigilante men away. Our last operation was Manoba area of Oshogbo, where we stole 19 goats. But we had an encounter with some vigilante men and there was a shootout. We managed to escape back to Lagos State.
“We sold the goats to our buyer, known as Kazeem, who normally pay N7,000 for each goat and he resells the goats to people who sell Assu.”
Another suspect, Oladimeji, said that he and members of the gang had also stolen goats from places like Ojodu, Ibafo, Agbado Sango in Lagos and Ogun State, disclosing that his gang normally moved by 5a.m., while the goats are looking for food on the road side.
He added: “We used to steal the goats early in the morning, while we patrol these areas and we normally give them white beans.
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The Leonardo Club Hotel Eilat contains 282 rooms- a health club including spa- treatments rooms- sauna and fitness. Children and youth will discover entertainment and activities such as kids club- the new youth club- video games area and the water park including the water falls. The hotels restaurant offers all-day inclusive meals and drinks. The hotel provides meeting rooms to hold meetings- seminars- weddings- banquets- exhibitions and other events for up to 1000 guests.
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The newly renovated hotel has a lobby bar offering live entertainment and there is also a nightclub in the hotel. Comprising a total of 140 guest rooms, the air-conditioned property features a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service, a hotel safe, currency exchange facilities and lift access. In their leisure time guests may head to the games room. A refreshing drink or meal can be enjoyed in the caf�, bar or breakfast/dining room. Internet access is available for a fee. Those arriving by car may leave their vehicle in the car park.
Is a luxurious resort with spacious accommodation, a restaurant and a coffee shop/caf�. A poolside bar and a bar/lounge are open for drinks. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas. It offers a roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge). Guest parking is limited, and available on a limited first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
One of the town's veteran establishments, this 62-room beach hotel underwent comprehensive renovation and refurbishment in 2007. In addition to a reception area with a 24-hour check-out service, hotel safe and currency exchange facilities, amenities available to guests at this air-conditioned establishment include a restaurant, WLAN Internet access and a laundry service. Guests arriving by car may use the hotel's parking facilities.
The enchanting hotel offers guests a luxurious and tranquil holiday experience in a unique and intimate environment. A stay at this hotel is the perfect way to clear one's head and enjoy a serene and relaxing holiday. The meticulous and intimate design of the hotel's rooms and facilities combine to provide a luxurious and soothing stay. Amenities include air conditioning, a lobby, 24-hour reception and check-out services, currency exchange facilities, a cloakroom and lift access. A caf�, bar, restaurant, games room, Internet access, bicycle hire and room and laundry services also feature. Parking facilities in the form of a car park and a garage are provided for guests arriving by car. Younger guests are sure to enjoy the kids' club.
For the passionate traveler, the Herods Palace is an escape to a land where history comes alive everywhere you look. Its modern day architecture and unrivaled palatial elegance is something to be admired.
This quiet themed hotel offers the ideal chill-out atmosphere for the young and young at heart. Guests enjoy the huge lake, magical bays and rooms 'On The Water' with stairs leading directly into the pool. There is no race against the clock and no worries in this hotel featuring chill-out music, swinging hammocks, massages by the pool, a snack bar with exotic cocktails and much more. Free parking and parking for the disabled are available at the hotel, including peripheral parking right outside the guestrooms. The hotel was recently renovated and consists of a total of 288 rooms and studios. Guests are welcomed into a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service. Facilities include air conditioning, hotel safe, currency exchange, lift access, children's playground and kids' club. There are also breakfast and dining rooms. Guests arriving from the airport are welcome to use the hotel's complimentary shuttle bus service provided right outside the airport immediately after every landing.
This family-friendly beach hotel comprises a total of 420 rooms including 20 single rooms, 10 suites and 9 junior suites as well as 18 studios. It offers a busy atmosphere of endless activities, and has the largest selection of attractions for children in an Israeli hotel, in safe surroundings and under professional supervision. The hotel also offers exclusive treats and relaxation, prestigious restaurants, shows and entertainment. Further facilities on offer to guests at this air-conditioned establishment include a lobby area with a 24-hour reception and check-out service, a currency exchange facility and a games room. The younger guests can let off steam in the children's playground and the kids' club and the full range of facilities offered at the hotel for children includes a jamboree, arts and crafts workshops, computer rooms, games, activities, scenes from fairy tales, dressing-up and toys. There is a caf�, a disco and an air-conditioned restaurant as well as conference facilities and Internet access. Guests can also take advantage of the room and laundry services and there is parking available for those arriving by car.
When all is free and the kids are happy to run around and occupy themselves, guests can lean back, bask in the sun, relax and enjoy the pleasant homely hospitable atmosphere at this family-friendly beach hotel.
All apartments are equipped with a kitchenette and allow guests to enjoy an independent stay with complete privacy. The unique character of the aparthotel inspires tranquility unlike any other place in Eilat. Guests will find themselves drifting away in the perfect silence, allowing for peace of mind and an unforgettable holiday. Renovated in 2011, the air-conditioned city hotel offers 172 accommodation units in total, with small apartments surrounding a wide outdoor pool. This is an affordable option for a relaxing holiday in Eilat. Facilities at the beach hotel include a lobby with hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, lift access to the upper floors, a newspaper stand, auditorium and cafe.
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This is issue #288 - 30 November 2006 of the weekly newsletter for industry professionals.
“Vegetable oil forklift reduces soot by half.”
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German university conducts forklift usage study
The Institute of Transportation Systems & Logistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, in Germany, has conducted a project to find out how forklift manufacturers measure truck use.
The university’s “Project Hour Meter” wanted to determine the best way to measure forklift use to achieve maximum cost efficiencies for end users.
Research team member and PhD candidate Serpil Koc said the institute initiated the research because there was no industry standard determining what a forklift’s hour meter should count.
“Measuring the number of hours a truck has worked is an important activity used in different aspects of the truck’s lifetime,” Koc said.
The information was used to determine when maintenance was conducted, when forklifts were replaced, and rental and service charges. According to the research, an hour meter can count forklift use according to:
Key time – time measured from when a forklift’s starter key is switched to the on position.
Working hours – time measured from when any of a forklift’s motors are active.
Drive-motor hours – time measured from when a forklift has been driven.
Lift-motor hours – time measured from when a forklift has been lifting.
Run-on hours – the meter is configured to continue to run for a period of time whenever the motors stop.
After surveying 14 Europe-based forklift manufacturers and dealers, the study concluded that working hours was the best way to measure forklift activity.
Only 29 per cent of companies surveyed answered yes when asked if they had investigated the measuring method of their forklifts’ hour meters and the cost consequences.
Edlund Conny, from BT Europe AB’s service market department, said he was happy to receive the university’s questionnaire.
“I have been a product manager for Sweden’s service market. We often discussed with customers the price we quoted instead of what the customer actually pays, based on how we and competitors measure hours.”
BT said in a statement its hour meters “normally measure working hours”.
Still sales promotion officer Jürgen Wrusch said the German manufacturer’s electric forklifts started measuring hours “when the hydraulic or drive motor” was activated.
“It will be the best possibility for our customers to save costs because maintenance intervals will be longer, compared to the other possibilities.”
Manfred Hoehn, Linde Material Handling’s marketing service manager, said the leading forklift manufacturer had developed the Linde Forklift Data Management (LFM) device to measure forklift use.
Through the device, the end user received a report that showed a forklift’s working hours, key time, and the difference between the two. A second report enabled end users to analyse drive-motor and lift-motor hours combined and separately.
LFM is not standard on all Linde forklifts.
Jungheinrich AG was asked how it measured hour meters but refused to comment.
Companies surveyed were BT, Clark, Crown, OM Pimespo, Atlet, Buescher, Willecke, Jungheinrich, Zeppelin, Yale, Nissan-Forklift, Linde, Toyota Forklift and Still.
Report: China, India best sales opportunities
CLEVELAND, OH, United States
Developing countries, notably China and India, present the best sales opportunities for materials handling product suppliers, a new report by Freedonia Group says.
The Cleveland-based international business research company forecasts in World Material Handling Products that global materials handling product demand will expand 4.5 per cent a year to read USD117 billion in 2010.
Equipment demand will rise in developing countries because of industrialisation-related investment, increasing per capita incomes and growing manufacturing outputs.
Sales in Turkey, Mexico and Russia also are expected to be strong.
Western Europe, Japan and the USA will pick up in equipment demand because of favourable economic conditions and higher income levels, leading to increased goods consumption and manufacturing production.
The best gains will be seen in advanced materials handling products, like robots and automated, guided vehicles, software and high-end services.
The report said Germany and Japan were, overall, the major net exporters of materials handling products but Chinese and South Korean suppliers were expected to become increasingly important.
The US, Germany and Japan are the world’s largest materials handling product suppliers.
World Material Handling Products is available through Freedonia Group Inc for USD5,300.
Eco-truck reduces soot emissions
Toyota Industrial Equipment Netherlands (TIEN) has developed a forklift prototype that produces less exhaust fumes.
It was prompted by a customer’s forklifts receiving a negative review from health and safety inspectors.
TIEN service manager Cees Wondergem told Forkliftaction.com News the eco-truck, still undergoing pre-commercialisation adjustments, ran on pure plantaardige oile (PPO), Dutch for pure vegetable oil.
“One of our customers had a visit from the health and safety inspection. They concluded their forklifts produced too many exhaust fumes. The fuel pumps were changed but there was still a high emission of soot,” Wondergem said.
“PPO reduces the soot emission by 50 per cent so it was very interesting to research this solution further,” he said.
The Toyota 02-7FD45 Eco has two fuel tanks. One contains diesel and the other PPO. PPO’s ignition temperature is four times higher than diesel’s and PPO is thicker.
The forklift runs on diesel when it starts or is stationary. Once it is moving, the PPO fuel pump starts working and the diesel engine runs on PPO.
TIEN product marketer Jos de Wildt said the thicker vegetable oil left residue in the engine.
“Diesel is consumed until the engine is warmed up enough to process the thicker vegetable oil. At the end of the operation, the forklift needs to run on diesel for a few minutes before it is turned off. This avoids leaving oil residue that can damage the engine over time.”
According to a TIEN statement, the eco-truck emits 50 per cent less carbon monoxide, 40 per cent less hydrocarbons and 50 per cent less soot particles than a diesel-only forklift.
TIEN names PPO’s other advantages as being “not toxic, free from sulphur and biologically degradable”. The engine is also quieter.
TIEN claimed PPO, being “pure cold-pressed vegetable oil without chemical additions or molecular structural changes” was different to biodiesel.
“You could use the oil for cooking or as salad dressing. Biodiesel, however, is based on PPO but other agents are added to achieve the right viscosity and combustion properties,” the Dutch forklift importer said.
The eco-truck was exhibited at the Logistica trade fair at Jaarbeurs exhibition centre, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from November 14 to November 18 (Forkliftaction.com News #287).
Southeastern Michigan dealerships combine
PLYMOUTH, MI, United States
Forklift dealers the Blackwood brothers have nearly tripled the size of their business with the November 16 acquisition of Fraza/Forklifts of Detroit from owners Rick Frizzell and Terry Fraza.
Terms were not disclosed.
The deal combines two Michigan organisations under the names Fraza Forklifts for four locations and Clarklift for one location.
Annual sales are now USD44 million. There are 200 employees, including 100 technicians, and a parts inventory and infrastructure valued at about USD2 million.
“This acquisition strengthens our competitive position in this mature market and allows us to increase our product offering to businesses throughout southeastern Michigan,” Gregory Blackwood, president of Plymouth-based Fraza Forklifts, said in a statement. “Our management and service capabilities remain the same.”
The Blackwoods’ businesses, GB Sales & Service Inc, of Plymouth, and Blackwood Equipment Co, of Warren, had 60 employees and annual sales of USD15 million. Roseville-based Fraza/Forklifts of Detroit had 140 employees and annual sales of USD29 million, said Roger Runyan, vice president and chief financial officer of both Blackwood Holdings Co, a newly created ownership entity for the brothers’ businesses, and Fraza Forklifts.
Fraza Forklifts is the new trading name for GB’s Plymouth facility and Fraza/Forklifts of Detroit’s sites in Roseville, Romulus and Bridgeport. The new business entity, Fraza Forklifts, represents Mitsubishi, Caterpillar, Linde, Sellick and Royal forklift lines and JLG aerial lifts.
The Clarklift site, in Warren, formerly known as Blackwood Equipment, is an exclusive regional dealer for Clark forklifts. Clarklift also distributes Linde, Sellick and Royal forklifts.
The Blackwoods’ business began in a garage in 1976 as a forklift maintenance company. The founders, brothers Gregory and Timothy Blackwood, continue operating full-service dealerships.
“It was tough for Greg and Tim to change the name” from GB Sales & Service, but the higher Fraza market visibility was the determining factor, Runyan said. “Fraza has been stronger in sales” than the GB and Blackwood dealerships. Runyan said discussions about the deal occurred over two years.
Fraza Equipment Inc was established in 1936 and merged with Rick Frizzell’s Forklifts of Detroit in May 2001 to become Fraza/Forklifts of Detroit.
Big Joe adds electronic power steering
DES PLAINES, IL, United States
Walkie specialist Big Joe Manufacturing Co, of Des Plaines, Illinois, has introduced electronic power steering on a new Power-Drive counterbalanced (PDC-E) series of forklifts.
It’s a move the company says is possibly an industry first.
Big Joe Manufacturing decided two years ago to add electronic power steering and developed the technology in-house, in collaboration with key transmission and drive motor vendors.
“We determined the technology was viable” and that it could help walkie operators more efficiently manage heavy loads in small spaces, Andrew Cameron, Big Joe Manufacturing president, said. Beta testing began in August at several customer locations.
The technology was “relatively front running in this sector and type of truck” and a contrast from manual steering, Cameron said. He was unaware of any other standard production walkie counterbalanced forklifts with electronic power steering.
Big Joe fabricates, welds and assembles forklifts in Wisconsin Dells, with additional assembly at a Madison national parts distribution centre that opened in 2004. Big Joe’s line of more than 250 models addresses walkie materials handling tasks with the PDC-E and other counterbalanced forklifts, in-between handling units, pallet trucks, reach trucks, stock selectors and straddle trucks.
The line includes units that are manually propelled and others that use Big Joe’s proprietary Power-Drive propelling technology.
Other Big Joe counterbalanced forklift models, all with Power-Drive technology, are the PDC, with lifting capabilities of 1,500-4,000 pounds (675-1,800kg) and the PDCM, which has lifting capabilities of 2,000-2,500 pounds (900-1,125kg).
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BT forklift wins safety award
BT’s compact three-wheel counterbalanced forklift, the C3E 100R-150R, has been recognised with a safety award at the Préventica exhibition in Toulouse, France.
The innovation prize was awarded for the forklift’s “automatic speed reduction on cornering, comprehensive lights, reversing alert, drive-wheel direction indicator and all-round visibility”, a BT statement said.
Préventica is a workplace safety show held twice a year at different locations in France.
Largest order to date for AccelRate
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada
AccelRate Power Systems has received its largest order to date from its new South African distributor.
AccelRate president and CEO Reimar Koch said: “We are extremely happy with the advancement of our relationship with Toyota Forklift since we announced them as a new distributor on October 4, 2006, … we have received a substantial order for our high-speed battery chargers.”
The Vancouver-based company claims its main product is the world’s most advanced high-speed battery charger.
Saficon Industrial Equipment Pty Ltd trades as Toyota Forklift.
Improved safety and ergonomics for BT trucks
BT has introduced an LRE200 pallet truck and SRE and SSE model stackers for intensive applications.
According to BT market communications manager Charlotta Björklund, the trucks’ predecessors were the LR2.0 and the SPS and SR models, introduced in the early to mid-1990s.
The Mjölby, Sweden-manufactured trucks, available in all BT global markets, have enhanced safety and ergonomics compared to their predecessors, Björklund said.
Forklift parts company opens in Benelux
German forklift parts and accessories supplier Latec GmbH has opened a sales office in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Latec Benelux.
The new office was opened because of increasing customer demand, Latec said in a statement.
Established in 1972, the company employs 30 workers and has a multilingual customer service team to serve European countries.
Small Korean forklift company growing fast
INCHEON, Korea, South
Soosung Lift Manufacturing Co Ltd has moved to a new 30,000 square metre factory because the small South Korean forklift manufacturer is growing rapidly.
Incheon-based Soosung started making hand pallet trucks in 1973 and today produces 40 types of battery-driven materials handling equipment.
“Our turnover has almost tripled during the last decade,” the company said in a statement.
The manufacturer invests “comparatively large amounts” in research & development.
“One major achievement was a DC motor controller jointly developed with the Korean Institute of Science & Technology, a leading technology think tank in Korea,” the statement said.
Soosung claims to be the first South Korean company to develop a speed controller.
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Materials handling events feature at Australian safety shows
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
Three materials handling exhibitions will run concurrently with safety shows in three Australian states next year.
Melbourne Materials Handling, Queensland Materials Handling and Sydney Materials Handling will feature alongside the annual safety shows.
The shows are Melbourne’s Safety in Action Trade Show & Conference on March 20-22, the Queensland Safety Show on June 19-21, and the Sydney Safety Show on October 24-26.
A Safety in Action spokesperson said Melbourne Materials Handling would be co-located as “many visitors will find both shows have valuable safety solutions”.
The Safety in Action Trade Show & Conference is at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. It would dedicate “25 per cent more floor space” than Materials Handling 2006 to materials handling exhibitors.
The spokesperson said “at this stage” there were about 45 forklift, crane, conveyor, and scissor-lift exhibitors. They included Linde, Toyota, Safetech, Amskan Holdings, Multi-Shifter, Red Australia, Task Australia, Maverick Equipment, Wrightway Products, Shockwatch and JLG Prolift.
She said Sydney Materials Handling would run concurrently with the Sydney Safety Show, at Olympic Park, while Queensland Materials Handling would run concurrently with the Queensland Safety Show at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Safety in Action organiser Marie Kinsella, from Australian Exhibitions & Conferences, said the Melbourne materials handling show had grown in popularity.
”Safety in Action has changed dramatically in size since the first 1998 event when it attracted just 1,500 visitors. In 2006, the show drew 12,129, bringing the total from its nine years to 50,880 visits,” she said.
Dunham sells materials handling inventory
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia
Melbourne-based Dunham Instruments Pty Ltd has sold its materials handling inventory to Collective Intelligence Industrial Fleet Management Pty Ltd (CI), based in Moorebank, Sydney.
The deal settled on November 24.
Dunham’s owner, Bob Britton, who is retiring, said CI had taken on distributing the materials handling side of the business. That included distribution of the US-made Keytroller forklift and construction vehicle management system, the Ravas mobile weighing system, the Transmon fleet monitoring system and Jayline products.
Keytroller is a forklift keyless data logging and ignition system, manufactured in Florida, USA.
Transmon UK manufactures systems that “restrict forklift and equipment operator abuse, monitor activities, increase site safety and reduce running costs”.
Britton said Dunham, which had operated for eight years, had two business units, materials handling and instrumentation. . The test and calibration side of the business would slowly be wound up.
He said the Keytroller device “needed input and feet on the ground” and he wanted “whoever was buying it to take it to the next level”.
Garry Squire, CI general manager, sales, said the Keytroller product was a “good fit”.
“We thought it would fit well with our high-end, internet-based fleet management system, FleetMS, which is an application specific system, individualised to customer specifications. The Keytroller unit fits nicely with that.”
Squire was “most impressed with the US-based Keytroller team” and saw the acquisition as “an opportunity for both companies to benefit”.
CI will distribute Keytroller, Transmon, Ravas and Jayline products in Australia and New Zealand.
Mobicon wins US navy contract
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
An Australian-designed Mobicon container handler has been sold to the US Navy and will be delivered in April next year.
Mobicon Australia Pty Ltd managing director and the container handler’s inventor Tom Schults, said Bath Iron Works, in the coastal state of Maine, USA, awarded Mobicon the contract as it was “the only container handler in the world that was light and versatile enough for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship”.
The Littoral Combat Ship is a new family of surface ships for the US Navy. It is a fast, highly manoeuverable, shallow-draft vessel that operates in coastal waters.
Schults said the container handler would transport equipment from the wharf to the ship’s mission bay.
Mobicon, based in Brisbane, Queensland, has operated since 1997.
Schults said the container handler had low wheel loads and was useful for working with container payloads on the deck of a ship.
“The Mobicon has very low axle loadings. In fact, the lowest in the world and this is crucial for handling on the decks of ships.
“We are proud that an Australian-designed container handler has been selected over other equipment available in the world market,” Schults said.
The Mobicon weighed 12 tonnes empty and, as the weight was evenly spread across eight wheels, wheel loadings were less than six tonnes when carrying a 30-tonne container.
Schults said more than 50 Mobicon container handlers were operating in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the US. Customers included Australian Customs (five machines), Toll Holdings (four machines), Sadleirs Transport (three machines), and Simon National Carriers.
A company statement said the Mobicon container handler was available exclusively through Powerfleet, in the US, Mobicon Systems, in Europe, and Big Lift Trucks, in Durban, South Africa.(
Shift in sales culture begs fresh tactics
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Forkliftaction.com News spoke to Australian and international sales and marketing experts on the impact of the internet, website development, sales and marketing teams, and advertising dos and don’ts. There were some helpful and surprising findings.
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Collective Intelligence acquires Dunham Instruments
Collective Intelligence Industrial Fleet Management [ci:IFM] are pleased to announce the acquisition of Dunham Instruments Pty Ltd materials handling division. This acquisition brings a number of additional products to the already extensive list offered by ci:IFM including Keytroller, Transmon, Ravas and Jayline’ said Garry Squire General Manager of ci:IFM today.
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Trelleborg invests in increased capacity in Sri Lanka, transfers production from North America
Trelleborg is consolidating its industrial tire production to Sri Lanka and will invest in increased production capacity at one of Trelleborg Wheel Systems’ plants in Sri Lanka. As a consequence of this, it is announced that the production of industrial tires will be terminated and relocated from Trelleborg Wheel Systems’ plant in Hartville, Ohio, in the US.
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Mobile partnerships ease transportation headaches
As a leading materials handling equipment manufacturer for almost fifty years, Mobile realizes that there are only two things that matter to dealers and customers alike – product quality and price. Mobile’s stringent quality control standards maintain the quality issue but the pricing is subject to a number of different factors. Although actual product pricing is primarily reliant on varying labor and material costs, the distribution arm of the business can greatly influence the buyer’s decision making process.
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Systems Material Handling Co introduces Safe-T-alert forward
Olathe, KS, United States
New Safe-T-Alert Series 2200 Forward Horns that produce a 107dB continuous tone when activated were recently added to the complete line of alarm systems available from Systems Material Handling Company. The Safe-T-Alert Series 2200 are rugged, compact horns ideally suited for emergency and maintenance vehicles, construction equipment, fire and lift trucks, industrial and utility vehicles and buses, among others.
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ProMat 2007 preparations in progress
CHICAGO, IL, United States
More than 750 exhibitors will participate in the Material Handling Industry of America’s (MHIA) materials handling show in January. They will share 300,000 square feet (27,870 square metres) of exhibition space at ProMat 2007, from January 8 to January 11, in Chicago, Illinois
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Dave Hoover: Forklift training sales, what is the real motivation?
NEWARK, OH, United States
Several months ago, I was introduced to a potential training customer. During an initial visit, I covered the usual topics, such as asking the potential customer what they were looking for, finding out what they had done in the past, how many people they wanted to train, and what types of forklifts they used. After the conversation, I was given a plant tour by the plant manager. During the survey it was obvious there was a serious problem.
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Check out the Any Pest Inc. Blog to learn pest and wildlife preventative tips, tricks and how-to’s to keep unwelcome critters out of your home.
Do I Have a Termite Infestation? Annually in the United States, termites cause $5 billion in damages, and most homeowners insurance doesn’t cover termite damage. Fortunately there are pest control companies, like Any Pest, Inc, that offers Termite Protection Plans. Termites feed on wood and are capable of doing a lot of damage in a
Did you know that your landscaping could actually be attracting pests and bugs? One of the most common reasons for pest issues is keeping mulch and wood debris too close to your home. Keeping moisture-rich mulch around your home will attract pests such as termites or carpenter ants. Luckily there are pest control professionals that
Tips to Prevent a Flea Infestation Did you know.. fleas can jump up to 100 times their height. Fleas are out in full force during the warm, Georgia summer months and can be a real nuisance, especially if you have pets. Once you have fleas in your home, a flea infestation can be extremely difficult to
What You Need to Know About Bed Bugs When most people think bed bugs they think of dirty motels and hotels, but the truth is that bed bugs can thrive anywhere, including your home. Bed bug infestations can happen in hotels, motels, trains, retail stores, movie theaters, and basically anywhere that people live. Bed bugs
Best Pest Control Tips Georgia has a temperate to warm climate and frequent mild winters with little to no snow in many areas. Without a long freeze to kill off pests or put them into hibernation for a few months, you may find yourself dealing with fleas and ants year-round. Other common Georgia insect pests
The most common type of hornet in the U.S., the bald-faced hornet, isn’t actually a hornet. It’s actually related to the yellow jacket family, which are wasps. However, no matter what they’re called, hornets aren’t likely to be welcome in your home. A few reasons to keep these insects out of your home include: Although | <urn:uuid:ea1cb131-1e74-4123-9be6-ac6c041a6a97> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://anypest.com/blog/page/7/ | 2019-04-21T20:01:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578532882.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20190421195929-20190421221929-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.942121 | 475 |
Earning income online is new to many people, and most people don’t know where exactly they should start. Luckily, you have found this article. This article will provide you will some useful tips for making money online. If you want to be successful, though, you have to apply what you learn and be serious about your endeavor.
Some online money-making opportunities are scams. There are plenty of opportunities to make money online, but not all of them are legitimate. Look for reviews of potential plans before making any agreements.
You must pre-determine your niche before you consider working online. Are you a writer? Then sell yourself as someone who writes content. Are you good at making graphics? A lot of people can hire you to punch up their documents or sites. Do not hesitate to look inward.
Create a daily schedule for yourself. If you want to make a good income online, you must pursue it relentlessly. You cannot get rich overnight. You have to stay diligent on it every day. Set aside a specific time for work every day. Even just an hour in a day can mean that you do well or fail.
You must have a provable identity to work online. Lots of opportunities require you to provide traditional forms of identification. Make sure to get some digital copies that you can supply during application process. This will speed things up.
Use your downtime smartly. There are many ways to earn money online that require little focus. For example, you can earn money performing simple tasks on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Do a survey while watching your favorite TV program. While you may not get rich, you will be making the most of your downtime.
Try using your writing skill in order to make e-books that you could sell online. It’s an excellent way to earn an online living while using your know-how. Why not create a cookbook?
This article has shown you how to increase your earnings online. It is important to know where you stand and what you will be getting into to ensure success. This article should help you get a handle on how to proceed. Now it’s time to take what you have learned here and get started with your new money-making path. | <urn:uuid:8d6595a7-b61f-44fc-aca2-08e797f0afcd> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | http://problog.dk/its-time-to-make-things-easier-by-reading-this-article-about-making-money-online-7/ | 2022-01-21T02:50:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302715.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220121010736-20220121040736-00456.warc.gz | en | 0.950221 | 457 |
This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will explore the effects of America’s energy exports. From shale gas to Western coal, demand for American energy resources is creating a new trade wind for America. Previous hearings on this subject have overlooked another major U.S. trade industry that stands to benefit from more exports: agriculture. One doesn’t naturally put together that agricultural exports and energy resources like coal could go hand-in-hand. But in the upper Northwest, a region that stands to gain substantially from energy exports, nothing could be further from the truth.
Sometimes the “law of unintended consequences” can surprise us with benefits or losses far greater than we’d normally expect. We all know that America’s farmers are the most productive in the world. In 2010, for instance, the U.S. Census Bureau reported agricultural exports valued at almost $34 billion. To put that into context, 20 years earlier total exports exceeded $16.6 billion. Since that time, exports have more than doubled
On another axis, U.S. exports of coal are growing as well. It turns out that while coal utilization is decreasing in the U.S., there is a substantial need for new, reliable, affordable energy in the fast-growing economies of Asia.
Here’s where the “unintended consequences” come into play. The largest cost factor in generating new markets for exporting agricultural goods is shipping. Getting corn or beans from a farmer’s field to Cambodia or Singapore takes a lot of steps via trucks, trains and boats. The more efficient that route can become, the better the deal for both the farmer and the buyer. And ultimately, the faster route benefits the consumer who receives fresher produce and grains much more quickly.
Having a purpose-built port on the Northwest coast would be a major benefit to farmers who need to reach export markets as efficiently as possible. Right now, there are three proposals on the drawing board to expand several ports in Washington and Oregon to load coal onto large carriers for shipment to Asia via railroads.
A recent Washington Farm Bureau study evaluating the upstream benefits of coal exports to other shippers found that existing impact studies had likely overlooked the benefits the projects would have to other industries, such as agriculture. The same tracks that would carry the coal are also filled with trains that transport America’s agricultural products from out west. The same port that would export the coal would be the port that could efficiently handle those agricultural products.
In examining these efficiencies, the study concluded that investments from coal were likely to lower costs to other shippers and make the export of other bulk commodities from the Northwest more competitive.
Right now, ports with the capability to handle agricultural products are limited in the Northwest. With coal exports, new doors are opened for agriculture and new investment will benefit all industries using the affected ports.
This opportunity should be a no-brainer for everyone. However, those opposed to fossil fuels are attempting to slow, and even halt, the authorization process through needless studies and pleas to the White House. Opposition groups are failing to realize that blocking the coal export terminals would negatively impact other industries.
This gets us back to the “law of unintended consequences.” We can’t expand exports without private investment and without increased export capabilities, there is little room for economic development. Recently in Oregon, two projects have fallen through — a proposed terminal in Coos Bay and Kinder Morgan’s project in Port Westward. There originally had been five proposed facilities and given that not all would’ve been economically viable, it’s not surprising these two have pulled out. The real concern lies in the loss of infrastructure investment that would’ve come from the development of these facilities. As we now know, the true benefit is far more than originally thought. We simply cannot let the three remaining facilities left waiting for approval and authorization fail; agriculture exports depend on them to succeed in the coming years.
There are leaders who understand the severity of the situation. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., recently asked, “How many more times, if confirmed, will this EPA director pull the regulatory lever and allow another mining family to fall through the EPA’s trap door to joblessness, to poverty and to poor health?”
Blocking economic development, whether through burdensome regulations or prolonged environmental reviews, will negatively affect the industry and indirectly affect significantly more businesses.
Oftentimes, people focus on the consequences of a particular action and miss the indirect consequences. Unfortunately, in debate surrounding the coal export terminals, the unintended consequences of blocking economic opportunities are the most severe.
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When winter gets here it likes to dry our skin. Most of us can relate since we still suffer with chapped lips and dried hands, the very same things our ancestors have dealt with through the centuries. Only today we grab the bottle of lotion for our hands and burt’s bees wax, or chapstick, to ease our irritated lips. Interestingly the book “A New System of Domestic Cookery” published in 1807 gives the following recipes for chapped hands and lips. This year makes these recipes exactly 200 years old. So here is what they used so ever long ago for their wintertime maladies.
Paste for Chapped [written chopped in book] Hands, and which will preserve them smooth by constant use.
Mix a quarter of a pound of unsalted hog’s lard, which has been washed in common and then rose-water, with the yolks of two new-laid eggs, and a large spoonful of honey. Add as much line oatmeal, or almond-paste, as will work into a paste.
For chapped [written chopped in book] Lips.
Put a quarter of an ounce of benjamin, storax, and spermaceti, twopenny-worth of alkanet root, a large juicy apple chopped, a bunch of black grapes bruised, a quarter of a pound of unsalted butter, and two ounces of bees-wax, into a new tin sauce-pan. Simmer gently till the wax, &c. are dissolved, and then strain it through a linen. When cold, melt it again, and pour it into small pots or boxes; or if to make cakes, use the bottoms of tea-cups. | <urn:uuid:4e472315-d27f-4f7c-9884-435ec63e5b8c> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | http://www.victorianpassage.com/2007/01/remdeies/ | 2019-12-13T16:52:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540564599.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20191213150805-20191213174805-00122.warc.gz | en | 0.932291 | 358 |
Shanghai Suzhou Hangzhou & Huangshan 6 Days Tour
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Duration: 6 Days
Take this tour itinerary to see the modern and fashionable Shanghai, the beautiful Hangzhou with the world-famous West Lake, the elegant Suzhou with quaint classical gardens, and also the spectacular sights at Mt. Huangshan.
- Suzhou Garden
- West Lake in Hangzhou
- Huangshan tour
- Shanghai Modern City tour
Our guide will meet you at the airport of Shanghai and transfer you directly to Suzhou for the great beauty there.
The first attraction to see in Suzhou will be Lion Grove Garden. It is one of the four most famous and representative classic gardens in Suzhou. The Lion Grove Garden is famous for the large and labyrinthine grotto of taihu rocks at its center.
Then we will proceed to visit Tiger Hill. The Tiger Hill is a famous tourist attraction in Suzhou. It has beautiful and elegant scenery to enjoy. But the Tiger Hill is more famous for its rich history and the many historical sites. Famous historical sites in Tiger Hills include Yunyan Pagoda, Sword Pond, Lu Yu Well and Thousand People Rock.
Afterwards, we will go forward to Guanqian Street. Guanqian Street is a famous ancient commercial old street that was firstly founded during Qing Dynasty. The Guanqian Street is mostly famous for the ancient Xuanmiao Temple located in the street. Also there are many shops and stores lining along the street selling various kinds of Suzhou styled items and some of these shops even have hundreds of years. You will also taste local authentic food when strolling along the street.
At last, our guide will transfer you to the hotel and help you check in.
- Seleted Hotels:
- Holiday Inn Youlian Hotel Deluxe
- Price per person in U.S.dollarChange a currency:USD
Group Size Luxury Class Tour Deluxe Class Tour Tourist Class Tour Peak Season 2-5 Persons - USD1059 - 6-9 Persons - USD650 - Single Room Supplement - USD239 -
- Entrance Fees: To scenic spots as listed in the itinerary.
- Meals: All meals as specified in the itinerary.
- Private Transfers: Transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing, by private air conditioned vehicle with a driver and English-speaking guide.
- Guide: English speaking tour guide
- Hotel accommodation based on twin share
- International airfare or train tickets to enter or leave China.
- China entry visa fees.
- Personal expenses: such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary.
- Single room supplement
- Tips to guide and driver. (Tiping standard: USD 8/person/day.)
* Prices may vary according to your travel time and are higher in the high season, e.g. Labor’s Day (Apr 29-May 5, 2014), China National Day Holiday (Sep 29-Oct 8, 2014), and Chinese Spring Festival (Jan 28-Feb 7, 2014).
* If only one person is traveling then the single room supplement is not required. If, for example, three people book a hotel, with two in one room and one in another room, the single room supplement must be paid.
* You will enjoy more discount if there is more people join the tour.
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Honestly. That's all I've been doing.
Sheet rock dust is of the devil I tell ya!!
It's like I sweep. Then sweep. Then eat a snack. Then sweep some more.
And it just keeps coming back:(
I did manage to get my all important blog world set up:)
Say hello to the cutest little ole mail box ever:)
It's the original one that graced this house for years, that is
until the catalogs and junk mail of today just couldn't squeeze
into his slim little self anymore:( he was just hanging outside
surrounded by 2 other "big new guy" mailboxes.
So I rescued him and brought him in:)
I love him:)
You know what else I love? My baby girl Rio and her gal pal Kayla's new crazy adventure.
She's going to be having a clean house sale!!
You've GOT to get over there and get yourself some goodies!
All the above necklaces are $29.
Aaaand if you mention Tuesdays With Dorie at checkout
you get a special 20% off :)
Oh and that's not all.....
You can check out my hoard from Junk Bonanza!
Yep. All the wonderfulness you see below will be up for grabs:)
This Saturday from 9-1 :)
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Weather: In April, the weather is generally warm and sometimes very warm. The average daily high temperature is 22 °C (72 °F), and the average low temperature is 13 °C (55 °F). It rains more in April than in the winter months (44 mm), and it is humid. There is some rain about 13 days of the month.
Clothing: A shirt and a light coat are enough for the beginning of the month. At the end of the month, the temperature rises, and generally summer clothing is enough for sudden high temperatures. The breeze makes the days rather comfortable.
April is the best month to see flowers and gardens.
In April, the weather turns fair, and its a good time to see outdoor attractions and go to the street markets.
The Tianpeng Peony Festival begins in April, letting you enjoy China's national flower on a large scale, and many folk activities.
Jinli Old Street: This shopping street is only about 350 meters long, but you can find Chinese theater, folk artists, people making and selling their art and crafts, snacks, folk music, and celebrations of traditional festivals. There are tea shops and souvenir stores. It is popular with foreign tourists;
Dufu's Thatched Cottage: Dufu was a famous poet from the times of the Tang Dynasty (618–907). It is thought he settled down in this location before he died, and the area is now a park and temple. His simple, poignant poems are beloved by Chinese, and it is a very popular heritage site.
There is a large garden park of about 15 hectares (37 acres). Its a place to enjoy natural beauty and relax and contemplate. But if that isn't what you'd want to do, there are many other attractions that would be better.
Chengdu is already at its busiest with respect to travelers during April, and tourist attractions are crowded. Discounts on hotel rooms and flights are difficult to find. Train tickets may be difficult to get, are a hassle if you're standing in long lines, and are more expensive than usual. There is an easier way. Plan your trip in advance, and let us help you get discounted room rates and tickets. | <urn:uuid:87877d70-555f-44ec-b2b8-75c5c00e840d> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.chinahighlights.com/chengdu/weather/april.htm | 2020-09-19T10:04:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400191160.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20200919075646-20200919105646-00300.warc.gz | en | 0.956715 | 526 |
NEW YORK – Jared Cannonier started his UFC run in the heavyweight division and now looks like a different human being at middleweight – and he seems to be at least toying with the idea of an even further drop.
“We’ll see what happens with my body,” Cannonier told reporters, including MMAjunkie, after his UFC 230 win over David Branch. “If I keep losing – I mean, I still have a little more fat to lose. If I can lose a lot more fat, you know …”
Thankfully, it was at that point where he reconsidered his position.
“Then again, ’70 is a long way away from ’85, so I think ’85 will be as low as I’ll go.”
Cannonier (11-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) looked absolutely incredible at Saturday’s UFC 230 event at Madison Square Garden in New York. With an entirely new physique than his previous outings in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions, Cannonier pounded out veteran contender Branch (22-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) early in the second frame of their main-card matchup.
There were concerns ahead of time that the cut to 185 pounds might prove too difficult, especially when he moved up his planned fight date in Argentina a few weeks to step into the high-profile bout with a former two-division WSOF champ.
But Cannonier said the move down was easy.
“I felt good in there – full of energy,” Cannonier said. “I would say essentially the same as at light heavyweight. I’m in perfect shape. I’m in better shape. More abs. More muscles. More ripples and stuff for the camera. This is just a result of all the work we’re putting in.”
The investment paid off, and Cannonier scored not only his biggest win to date, but also a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus. But success isn’t slowing Cannonier’s pursuit of progress.
“I’m going to go home, I’m going to kiss my wife, I’m going to hug my kids, and I’m going to go back to the gym on Monday and get right back to work getting better,” Cannonier said. “That’s the only thing that concerns me, is getting better. I’m not going to sit here and say that I’m the best. But I will say that I’m continuing to get better.”
Cannonier will likely be given another high-profile contest in his next bout, but he said he’s not going to concern himself with the particulars until the UFC makes an offer. In the meantime, it’s all about making improvements, and he trusts everything else will fall into place.
“Wins,” Cannonier replied flatly when asked what’s next. “Getting better, and that’s going to translate to wins and a million-dollar contract, maybe a million-dollar sponsorship, you know?
“Everybody’s getting Popeyes and Carl’s Jr., which really isn’t conducive to fighting, so I don’t know. If there’s any high-profile sponsors that want ripped abs on their billboard and stuff like that, hit me up. I’m @killagorillamma on Instagram and Twitter. Hit me up.”
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Published on Wednesday 09 Sep 2015
(Sydney, 9 September 2015) More than 500 luminaries from the global luxury travel arena gathered last night at The Star, Sydney for the Luxperience Gala Dinner and Awards Evening. The glittering event, presided over by the Master of Ceremonies - media personality and travel enthusiast Tom Williams - marked the culmination of Sydney’s leading luxury and experiential travel trade exhibition, Luxperience, (6-9 September 2015).
During the evening, the recipients of the inaugural Luxperience 2015 Awards were revealed. Designed to honour the development and promotion of some of the finest products that the industry has to offer – both from the buyer and supplier sides - the awards were judged by an esteemed panel of travel industry experts. The Inspiring Award recognised excellence in the planning and development of innovative products and services; the Meaningful Award paid tribute to those contributing to a greater understanding of history, heritage and culture, and the Connections Award recognised successful e-marketing campaigns within the luxury or high end experiential travel space. Luxperience also recognised an outstanding destination partner which has influenced the development of luxury and experiential tourism within their country or region. The judges were so impressed by one submission that a special award was instituted: the Judges Choice Award.
The Luxperience 2015 Awards recipients are:
Inspiring : Chad Clark Travels USA
Meaningful: A Travel Duet India
Connections: Lightfoot Travel Singapore/Hong Kong
Inspiring: Saffire Tasmania
Meaningful : Time Unlimited Tours NZ
Connections: The Tailor Australia
Destination Award: Tourism New Zealand
Judges Choice Award: Split Apple Retreat NZ
Michelle Papas Director of Marketing at Luxperience, commented: “The evening was a great celebration of our industry, with some of the world’s most impressive suppliers and an elite group of decision-makers in the global luxury and experiential travel arena in attendance. We are thrilled with the success of the inaugural Luxperience 2015 Awards, which celebrate some of the best innovators and achievements in the luxury travel arena. The winners are all visionaries in their own right and are setting industry standards for inspiration, innovation and quality.”
During the evening the date was announced for Luxperience 2016: the fifth anniversary of the luxury travel forum will take place at Sydney’s Australian Technology Park on 18-21st September 2016.
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By Tim Kudgis
Tonight at Harrah's Philadelphia & LIVE around the WORLD on GFL.tv, Ievgen Kyhtrov (1-0), 2011 World Amateur Championship's Gold Medalist, will step in the ring for the 2nd time in his pro career as a featured bout on a card promoted by Joey Eye Boxing & XFE.
Kyhtrov,m who is promoted by Fight Promotions Inc., has relocated to New York from the Ukraine and the US is where he plans to fight for the most part as a pro. Recently Boxingscene.com had the opportunity to catch up with Khytrov very briefly as was finishing up preparations for his fight tonight LIVE around the WORLD on GFL.tv. Here is what he had to say:
Boxingscene.com: How was training camp for your Fight this Friday?
Khytrov: We worked very hard making the transition from amateur to professional style. Sparred top guys like Curtis Stevens and Marcus Browne. We are prepared 100%.
Boxingscene.com: What do you know about your opponent is their any flaws you feel you can expose?
Khytrov: We know he does some MMA and has a bit of an awkward style. We will box him and will take advantage
Boxingscene.com: What are your plans for 2014? Are you going to try to move up the ranks quickly because of your extensive amateur experience?
Khytrov: We have at least 8 fights scheduled this year if all goes well
Boxingscene,com: How do you like fighting in the US?
Khytrov: Love it, the fans are great and the venues are beautiful. .
Boxingscene.com: Will you be trying to consistently fight in the US or will you be going back and forth overseas?
Khytrov: Will mostly fight in US. May take one or two fights back home in Ukraine. As of now I have permanently moved to Brooklyn New York.
Boxingscene.com: For those who are unfamiliar with you how would you describe yourself as a fighter?
Khytrov: I like to fight or brawl. But currently working very hard on my defense and classic boxing.
Boxingscene.com: What can fans in attendance as well as those watching around the world LIVE on GFL.tv expect from you Friday night?
Khytrov: I am prepared to give a great fight and will not disappoint.
Boxingscene.com: Is there anyone you would like to thank for their support?
Khytrov: I would like to thank my trainers Gary Stark and Andre Rozier as well as my sparring partners Marcus Browne and Curtis Stevens and Sugar Boy.
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Ollie and the Otter
A Scottish Osprey Story
A charming story about doing what you love, full of fun sounds and adorable Scottish wildlife.
'The illustrations by Kirsteen Harris-Jones are realistically and very attractively done.'
-- Youth Services Book Review
Throughout the month of February, schools up and down the country are taking part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch. The RSPB initiative aims to both enco …read more > | <urn:uuid:047a9efc-cd84-4e57-b7a5-e847029ab724> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | http://discoverkelpies.co.uk/books/uncategorized/ollie-and-the-otter/ | 2022-05-26T09:06:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662604495.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526065603-20220526095603-00079.warc.gz | en | 0.90203 | 107 |
Dr. David Samadi is a star doctor and has done exceptional work in the health sector, born in Iran and later separated from his parents David did not know what the future held for him. In 1979, David moved to Belgium where he studied medicine.
David has become one of the most skilled urologists, and his skills have helped save many lives. David Samadi has conducted research and aims to invent treatments that will help treat prostate cancer and improve the patients’ lives even after the therapies.
— Dr. David Samadi (@drdavidsamadi) April 12, 2018
In a recent post, Dr. Samadi has openly discussed surgery for prostate cancer and the radiotherapy method, and how the techniques are used in treating prostate cancer and the best approach to ensure minimal side effects to the patients.
A study showed that men who underwent surgery to treat prostate cancer or used radiation encountered problems with sex after the surgery. Dr. Samadi explains that during surgery patients undergo open surgery procedure and monitoring nerves during this procedure may be challenging. Due to experienced side effects doctors have come up with other ways that aim at treating prostate cancer without causing a change on the sexual drive of a man.
Robotic surgery is one of the useful methods that many doctors have now mastered; robotics surgery can save the nerves unlike the open operation making it a better mode of treatment. Dr. Samadi has performed many successful robotic surgeries on patients from all over the globe.
Dr. Samadi goes on to talk about the need to improve on equipment diagnosing cancer to avoid overtreatment or diagnosis of the condition. According to Samadi, there is a need for more studies on matters concerning genetics and advanced methods that will be used to detect cancer precisely without any assumptions.
Being the pioneer of the robotic surgery technique, David Samadi explained some of the benefits of this new procedure compared to other techniques. One of the advantages is the time, the producers takes from one hour to two hours, and one is only required to stay for 24 hours in the hospital for supervision after the process.
One of the fears that come with being diagnosed with prostate cancer is low libido or sexual disruption, Dr. Samadi’s invention ensures that the sex drive of the patients is not affected, another advantage is; the procedure gives the doctor an opportunity to save the urethra. Dr. Samadi also explains that the time one is required to stay with the catheter is shorter, and this allows patients to go back to their healthy, normal lives faster.
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I guess the great majority of iPhone 7 users, if not all, know how to clean an app on iPhone 7. Just long press the app icon and tap on the cross on the upper left corner when app begins to wobble. But, when increasing apps pile up in iPhone 7, and there are dozens of apps need to be excluded, to delete them one by one manually could be tiresome and time-wasting.
So how to clean apps on iPhone 7 easily and quickly? This article offers a practical and easy-to-use program, iMyFone Umate Pro, to clean your iPhone 7 app by just three steps. Just follow the instructions to see what splendid functions it has and how it works.
Step 1, Connect your iPhone 7 with computer
Launch and run iMyFone Umate on your computer, you will be asked to connect your iOS device to computer. After connect successfully, you will find the concise home interface of the program.
Step 2, Scan your iPhone 7 completely and list apps orderly
Click “App Manager” tab, iMyFone Umate will indicate you to scan your iOS device. With 25+ analyzing technologies, iMyFone Umate can scan your iPhone 7 thoroughly and list the apps clearly according to the storage they take up. You can scroll down the list to get a basic understanding about your apps.
Generally, those apps ranking at the bottom of the list are seldom used.
Step 3, Select apps and delete them by one click
iMyFone Umate allows multiple selection on apps. You can check all the useless apps and then click the “Uninstall” button on the lower right corner. After you confirm to delete them, all the selected apps can be removed. So, without annoying manual deletion, multiple useless and space-wasting apps can be deleted easily.
See, cleaning iPhone 7 apps can be so easy with this iMyFone Umate Pro or iMyFone Umate Pro for Mac. And it owns other remarkable functions to surprise you! The iPhone 7 cleaner also can release huge space for your iPhone 7 by one-click junk files cleaning and lossless photo compression.
And the trial version are freely provided with the one app’s uninstallation. If you’re in trouble at managing your app’s storage, Why not give it a try? | <urn:uuid:e1572ac0-1bbc-4717-ab7d-5605d0538f1b> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | https://www.imyfone.com/iphone-space-saver/clean-apps-iphone-easily/ | 2017-09-20T09:06:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818686983.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170920085844-20170920105844-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.90826 | 490 |
The money has been raised by Mansell employees who joined forces with members of Great Ormond Street Hospital staff to take on a test of endurance, cycling 350 miles, over four days from London to Paris.
Each year £50 million must be raised to help rebuild and refurbish the hospital, buy vital equipment and fund pioneering research.
Laura Cook, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, commented “What a fantastic achievement! The ‘Nifty 350’ have impressed us thoroughly with their physical and fundraising prowess and have demonstrate true teamwork in working together to help the hospital. Their efforts are going towards helping provide vital new facilities for the neurosciences wards; enabling the hospital to continue to deliver the very best in patient treatment and care.”
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Why would I want to sign with my baby? Here are just some of the benefits: With just a few basic signs, you can know if Baby is “hungry”, “thirsty”, wants “milk” or “water”, needs to “sleep”, wants “more”, and
What’s the ASL sign for Light? Watch the Video Click image below to play. Free QuickTime Player required. Transcription: Light, flick your finger near your chin. Light! For Christmas Tree Lights you sign light and then show the strands of tiny lights, Light!
Your votes are in! Here are the official top 10 Signing Time gifts for 2017: Signing Time Nursery Rhymes Baby Sign Language System Baby Signing Time Flash Cards TreeSchoolers Science Complete Set All of the Signing Time Products! You can get them
Usually I’d introduce myself, but if you’re reading this I’m guessing that you already know me. I’m that little boy on your TV, forever frozen in time as a 3-7 year old. Some people can tell they’re getting older when
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The (truly) Periodic Table
The (truly) Periodic Table is an animated film that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the Periodic Table: why it has this form, how the elements are organized, how they combine or … not really!
The (truly) Periodic Table is part of The Chemistry of Things project. It was produced by the Science Office for the University of Aveiro, in the framework of the International Year of Chemistry 2011 and funded by COMPETE – Competitive Factors Operational Programme and by Ciência Viva, Media Science Programme.
Coordination: Paulo Ribeiro Claro (CICECO/UA) and Mariana Barrosa (Science Office)
Original text and scientific consultancy: Paulo Ribeiro Claro (CICECO/UA)
Motion Graphics and post-production: Rui Bráz (Science Office)
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Adding a Project in RealTimeAds
In RealTimeAds a project or customer is called just that; Project. Say you are selling clothes in both Sweden and Norway and of course you want to keep the data separated between the countries, therefore you would create two Projects, Clothes SE and Clothes NO.
- Start by clicking the Projects tab and then Add
- Fill out the Project name, set the appropriate person as Sales Manager and Campaign Analyst. (The difference between the two is that the Sales Manager has read-only access and the Campaign Analyst has full access).
(Before the next step you might need to enable pop-ups in your browser.)
- Next step is adding a Traffic source. Click add and a small pop-up will appear, choose traffic source and type in the details and press Auth.
- The Account ID for Google can be found in the top left corner in your Adwords account, it consists of 10 numbers (XXX-XXX-XXXX)
- The Account and Customer ID for BingAds can be found under, Accounts & Billing, then click on the account you want details for, the account ID can be found on the left side and the customer ID can be found on the right side under the details tab.
RealTimeAds supports Google, Bing and Facebook as traffic source.
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Law Enforcement in Grundy County, TN
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TN County Clerks; Voting Information; Federal. ... Local Law enforcement; Find Your Legislator; Help; ... Grundy County Headlines. Locate.
Tennessee Law Enforcement Hunts ... and local law enforcement agencies are tracking a fugitive accused of shooting and killing a Grundy County Sheriff’s Deputy ...
Law Enforcement Agencies; More ... TN County Clerks; Voting Information; County Officials; City Officials; Federal Government. USA.gov; Social Security;
United States Attorney Russ Dedrick praised the spirit of cooperation evidenced between multiple law enforcement ... Grundy County, Tennessee ... County, Tennessee ...
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Ireland: The 6th Galway tournament, played 4/25-4/26 in Galway, Ireland, was won by Philippe Renaut 2d. In second place trailed Geoffrey Crespino 3k and third was Piotr Gawron 6k. Result table.
Turkey:The 2nd Cukurova University Go Tournament, played 4/25-4/26 in Adana, in booming go country Turkey, was won by Eren Kurter 2d. Second came Hakki Burak Guner 1d and third was Ilyas Tanguler 1d. In total 57 players participated. Result table.
Norway: The Oslo Open, played from 4/25-4/26 in Oslo, Norway, was won by Paal Sannes 3d. In second place finished Oystein Vestgaarden 3d and third was Severin Hanevik 2d. Result table.
Germany: The 3rd Herkules Cup, played 4/25-4/26 in Kassel, Germany, was won by Hinnerk Stach 2d. Second came Gerd Mex 1d and third was Naichun Guo 1d. Result table.
Poland: In Rzeszów, Poland, freshly promoted 1 dan professional Mateusz Surma (right) organised the Rzeszów GO OPEN tournament. It took place on Saturday the 25th and was won by Mateusz himself. Second came Maciej Lubinski 1d and third was Piotr Dyszczyk 3k. Result table. In the B-group of the same tournament Szymon Pietrucha 20k was the victor, with Ilona Wrobel 18k trailing in second place Michal Dudkiewicz 17k ending 3rd. B group results.
Russia: Several tournaments took place in Russia recently, of which the Moscow Championship was the biggest with 48 participants. It was played 4/25-4/26 in Moscow, Russia and was won by by Andrej Kashaev 5d. Second came Anton Chernykh 4d and third was young talent Vjacheslav Kajmin 4d (left). Result table.
On the same weekend 26 kids participated in the Championship of Cheljabinsk Under 12, which took place in Cheljabinsk, and was won by Mikhail Podbolotov 11k. Second came Kristina Adrjushchenko 15k and Gleb Polovinkin 15k finished in third place. Result table.
On Saturday 4/25 two other Russian tournaments took place in the cities of Moscow and Perm.
In Moscow, the Be Ready for Go #2 tournament, played was won by Sofia Sgibneva 20k. Second came Grigorij Moreckij 20k and third was Julia Sgibneva 20k. Result table.
In the city of Perm the Dancing Dragon tournament was won by Artemij Pishchalnikov 7k, second came Sergej Korolev 2k and third was Pavel Makarov 2d. Result table.
Slovenia: The Vladimir Omejc Memorial, played 4/24-4/26 in Bled, Slovenia, saw many dan players. It was won by Dominik Boviz 4d. Second came Leon Matoh 5d and third was Gregor Butala 5d.Result table.
– Kim Ouweleen, based on reports from EuroGoTV
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Eddie Doyle Meador
Height: 5-11 Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: August 10, 1937 in Dallas, TX
High School: RussellvilleCollege: Arkansas Tech
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 7th round (80th overall) of the 1959 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 83 (298th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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September 6, 1910
Arrived in Lexington about eight o’ clock, and came out to Patt. Hall on a “South Lime Car” Found Lillian, Edith, Lydia, and a lot of new girls. Went over to school and was 266th to register. New girls everywhere.
Went to 5:25 to meet Addie. Told her about everything on the way home, She spent the night with me, and we told over past, present, and future events.
Wednesday afternoon Annie, Addie, and I went to town on one of our old trips, and found Jessie Milton here. All but two of our girls back.
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Reflector 2 Review – Turn your Mac or PC into an AirPlay receiver
Version #: 2.0
Date Released: 2015-05-15
Developer: Reflector - AirSquirrels
Price: 14.99User Rating:
You have probably heard of or used the Reflector app before. Reflector lets you mirror your iPhone and iPad display to a Mac or PC. Squirrels rolled out Reflector 2 a few days back boasting some great improvements and we are going to take a deeper look at all of them now.
Getting started is real easy. Download and install the Reflector 2 software to your Mac or PC and you are good to go right away.
Reflector converts your computer into an AirPlay receiver and since the AirPlay feature is built into iOS devices, there is no need to install any additional apps on your mobile device. Just pull up the Control Centre, select AirPlay and you’ll see your Mac’s name. Tap, toggle mirroring and there you go!
Your iPhone screen pops up on the Mac, bound by a frame corresponding to the device you are using. The broadcast quality is excellent and without any stutters, while the visuals are always real time, which is kind of indispensable for most users.
Reflector 2 works with both orientations and can pick up different output resolutions based on your choice.
One of the enhancements boasted by the Reflector 2 update is the smart layouts feature. When you have multiple devices connected, it arranges the displays automatically for best visual appeal. To be honest, this simple tweak seems to be very underrated. Especially when toggling between landscape and portrait modes or toggling between devices and while recording screens, this nifty feature is really handy to keep things tidy.
Talking about the recording feature, it works like a charm. The output is quite flexible and comes out just as you would expect it to. Reflector 2 now brings the ability to add real-time voice over to the video recordings which I believe is a must have for app vloggers.
You can change the output resolution and fill in the remaining pixels with a color or pictures of your choice. The recording can include device frames, and can even be set to be ready for App Store preview uploads.
Not only plain mirroring of apps and games, Reflector 2 can handle other AirPlay features of Apple TV too, like setting a slideshow of pictures or streaming videos to your Mac or PC from your iPhone.
Another highlight of Reflector 2 is the Google Cast compatibility. So if you have an Android device or a Chromebook, you can mirror that to your computer, too.
Also, if you are using Reflector 2 to broadcast secure content, it has specific addons like Quick connect codes, on-screen AirPlay codes and connection prompts to prevent any false connections.
Reflector also sees a companion iOS app which lets you change preferences, hide devices, toggle frames, eject devices and more, right from your iPhone or iPad.
Reflector 2 is a wonderful piece of software. It is intuitive, powerful, close to universal and most importantly, it really works. Especially the recording feature with voice-over, multiple device support and smart layout is worth every penny.
So if you are a developer, app vlogger, designer or just anybody who wants to broadcast his tiny screens to a laptop or projector, Reflector 2 can make your life a lot easier.
Reflector 2 is sold at $14.99. A free 7 day trial of a fully featured version is also available.
Would I Buy Again:Sure
Learning Curve:Easy to use
Who Is It For:Those who needs to cast their mobile screens to computer
What I Like:The smart layout and voice over support
What I Don't Like:None I can think of
Final Statement:Look no more
Article By Roshan
From the first iPod Touch till the new iPad Mini, Roshan has loved each of his iDevices and has been busy tweaking and getting the most out of them. As a Med student from India, he splits his time between studying corpse and writing about his iOS passion. When not on the web, you could find him glued to TV Shows, movies or the bed! Recently, he has taken upon the role of an appreneur and is currently working on a revolutionary new app, Cyan for Facebook.
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Magic… with tracks by… Jess Marquis, Loli Lux,Shanti People, Le Chaudron Magique, Jeconte and the Mali Allstars, DecaTomJoe, Difetto, Troker, Easy Deviance, AMB.
- 00:00 Fuck Putin (Original Mix), by Jess Marquis, Loli Lux. New York, USA. [StoryAmp]
- 04:54 Bolo Krishna, by Shanti People. Kiev, Ukraine.
- 08:47 Soufflez, by Le Chaudron Magique. Paris, France. [Fresh Poulp]
- 14:52 Warriko, by Jeconte and the Mali Allstars. Mali. [StoryAmp]
- 18:51 Loto (feat DecaTomJoe), by Difetto. Rome, Italy. [Ephedrina]
- 22:42 Vengador, by Troker. Guadalajara, Mexico. [StoryAmp]
- 27:10 Real Season, by Easy Deviance. Bordeaux, France. [Maree Bass]
- 30:43 Make Me, by AMB. Hungary. [Gravitas] | <urn:uuid:66fa8342-750b-46c4-8249-48f2d3fd7189> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | http://petecogle.co.uk/blog/2015/01/17/pcp479-magic/ | 2021-01-24T23:55:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703561996.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20210124235054-20210125025054-00211.warc.gz | en | 0.686085 | 253 |
Before commissioning low voltage motors, consider whether it is safer to be assisted by highly qualified personnel who adhere to safety instructions and are also aware of health requirements in accordance with law and legislation. With low voltage dc motors, the voltage may increase by being smaller in size.
Safe operation of low voltage dc motors
After putting low voltage dc motors into operation, staff should advise you that the surface of the engine may still be very hot during engine operation and for several minutes after work, which could cause an unpleasant burn. Some low voltage dc motors require the use of frequency converters. Beware of twisting parts while the engine is running, which can also cause unpleasant injuries. Do not touch or especially open the terminals while the system is still live. Low-voltage motors may overheat. By constantly overheating can increase their decay. Thus, they lose their lifetime and also lose the torque capability when their ability to accelerate rapidly decreases. In this case, the voltage is low, which may cause the low voltage dc motors to start up or run low. they start when the engine pulling torque is low and unlike motors that have higher voltage values. In the case of a motor with a voltage that is too heavy, there is a large current consumption, when the voltage is lower. In order to drive the mechanical load that is associated with the shaft, it is first of all necessary for the motor to draw a lot of energy. If the voltage starts to drop, then the voltage must be increased in order for the power supply to be the same. If the current suddenly rises, this may indicate a malfunction for the motor. If the amplifier exceeds the rating plate, it will overheat because it will start to build up and accumulate heat in the motor, which can cause problems and consequent engine damage without a quick solution. If overheating lasts too long and has high values, the more the engine may be damaged. When using low voltage dc motors, make sure that they are put into operation by a specialist who is familiar with the principles of safety and health. For more information on this type of engine, visit https://vyboelectric.com/low-voltage-squirel-cage-motors/ and learn more. | <urn:uuid:3da24e13-173b-46fc-bfb9-bba2d2942bb1> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.boycottsbg.com/maintenance-and-operation-low-voltage-dc-motors/ | 2022-05-24T03:25:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662562410.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220524014636-20220524044636-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.946387 | 450 |
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Dues are Due!
It's that time of year again - dues are due!
If you haven't already, now is the time to pay your annual PTO membership dues. For the low, low price of only $10 per family, you'll become a voting member of the PTO, meaning you'll have a say in how PTO spends its money. Not only that, you'll be contributing to Yearbook, Fall Carnival, Explorations, teacher appreciation week, and all the other fabulous activities that make Aquarian the awesome community it is.
If you have more than one child attending Aquarian, consider a lifetime membership. Just $80 makes you a voting member for as long as you have children attending Aquarian - that's a bargain if you have more than one child!
Please complete the PTO membership form and return it, along with your payment, to any PTO board member or the office. If you already purchased a lifetime membership, there's no need to do anything!
If you have any questions, please direct them to the PTO secretary at firstname.lastname@example.org. Thank you for supporting your Aquarian PTO! | <urn:uuid:d01926dd-dba1-4f16-97ab-b498ac7da57e> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://aquarianpto.blogspot.com/2017/09/dues-are-due.html | 2017-12-18T14:21:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948617816.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20171218141805-20171218163805-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.972283 | 248 |
Last year when PolyMaker released the first material in their PolyCarbonate range, 'PC-Plus', we were excited by the possible applications PolyCarbonate could bring to 3D Printing. To showcase the highlights of the material we designed and printed a car style scissor jack in PC-Plus. This little project of ours received fantastic international attention.
Our Initial PolyMaker PC-Plus Car Jack video uploaded October 2015
We started our initial PC-Plus test by lifting concrete slabs each weighing 120kg. With each concrete slab it became harder to physically set up the test and after successfully lifting 240kg in concrete slabs we decided to jump in the deep end and try to lift a car. The PC-Plus jack was able to handle a large amount of the cars weight but in the end our attempts with this PC-Plus printed car jack were unsuccessful.
PolyMaker have developed a new material ‘PC-Max’ which contains the same high temperature resistant traits of their PC-Plus material. One of biggest questions in the office while awaiting the arrival of PC-Max was to see how PC-Max will compare to PC-Plus in strength. We know PC-Plus is incredibly strong, so how strong could PC-Max be?
Nicolas Tokotuu from PolyMaker decided to see if our jack design printed in the new PC-Max could lift a real car! When printing, Nicolas decided to print the bolt horizontally. The layers ran along the length of the bolt, offering the best strength. As you can see the results speak for themselves.
After sharing the photo on social media his post went viral reaching over 800 total likes in 12 hours! It has been fantastic to see the positive comments about PC-Max's capabilities and we're happy to see this level of uniform excitement about a product within the 3D Printing. It’s worth mentioning that this is the first fully 3D Printed Jack that has been able to successfully lift a car.
We look forward to seeing the other PC-Max tests from PolyMaker and we will have our own tests to look forward to in the future as well.
3D Printing Solutions & Polymaker do not recommend using 3D Printed car jacks to replace a metal one for safety reasons, but it is amazing to see the potential of PC-Max for high strength components and parts.
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Less Than Zero is told from the first person perspective of Clay, the main protagonist. Clay is a rich college student returning to his hometown of Los Angeles, California for the winter break in the 1980s, during which he reunites with his friend Trent, a succesful model.
After the reunion, he begins a streak of wild, drug-fueled parties, where he meets and has one-night stands with various men and women. In the process, he attempts to find his ex-girlfriend Blair and his best friend Julian. In between parties, he also goes on a vacation with his family, during which is the only one who cares that his grandmother is dying.
Gradually, he becomes disillusioned with the apathetic attitude his friends adopt towards the plights of the people around them. At another party, he and Blair are the only two repulsed by the snuff film that Trent screens.
Eventually, he is able to find Julian, who has now become a heroin addict and prostitute.
Nearing the end of the novel, Clay becomes isolated and alienates himself from the party scene. With the break ending, Clay returns to Camden College back in New Hampshire. | <urn:uuid:bc10d352-de38-4476-9ad5-b00fa74441d6> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://www.gradesaver.com/less-than-zero/study-guide/summary | 2017-12-14T13:19:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948544124.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20171214124830-20171214144830-00758.warc.gz | en | 0.986799 | 242 |
Cleveland Fire Brigade is urging local residents to speak up if they need help to stay safe and warm in their homes this winter.The important message, which could make all the difference between life and death, forms part of the Stay Safe and Warm Campaign – a multi-agency initiative which sees organisations all working together to identify people at risk and give them advice and support.
This can range from organising safe, temporary heating to helping people get specialist guidance on managing their fuel bills. Where appropriate, onward referrals for possible free boiler repairs or replacements can be arranged.
Led by Cleveland Fire Brigade, organisations involved include Age UK Teesside, Hartlepool, Stockton, Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils, Middlesbrough Environment City, Middlesbrough and Stockton MIND, Public Health and Adult and Children’s Social Care.
The campaign comes as fire brigades across the country together with NHS England, Public Health England, Age UK and the Local Government Association have pledged to tackle health and social problems together to try and reduce the number of winter hospital admissions and winter deaths and improve the health and wellbeing of our residents.
Phil Lancaster, Director of Community Protection at Cleveland Fire Brigade, said: “It is not just older people who are vulnerable and at risk of cold weather during the winter months. Every year we are alerted to a number of families who simply cannot afford to put their heating on and often their young children have to go to bed in their clothes to stay warm.
“The Stay Safe and Warm team can help people in a number of ways but they can only do so if situations are brought to their attention.”
The campaign, which runs into 2016, also raises awareness of the dangers faced by people struggling to keep warm over the winter months and provide emergency assistance and help with longer-term solutions.
Last year’s campaign helped over 700 people and included lending out 449 electric heaters and 109 thermal blankets as well as handing out 60 food parcels.
Phil Lancaster added: “Being able to keep warm at home during the winter months can literally be a matter of life and death. Nobody should be in that position and be cold this winter because there is lots of help and support available.
“Stay Safe and Warm is available to anyone who is struggling. It’s free and there’s no means testing, eligibility criteria or age restrictions.
“Anyone who is worried that they might not be able to heat their home properly or is concerned about a family member, friend or neighbour should call the Stay Safe and Warm team straight away – please don’t delay, do it today as it could save someone’s life.”
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Abiotic Comments On Upcoming Tour Dates With Sea Of Treachery
As was recently announced, Florida technical death metal newcomers Abiotic will join forces with Sea of Treachery, Float Face Down, and The Burial for The Return to Chaos Tour. The tour begins next month on September 14th and runs all the way through October 14th.
News regarding Abiotic's full length debut will be announced shortly, with the most up-to-date information available at the band's Facebook profile here.
Guitarist John Matos adds: "We can't wait to finally shred up the west coast! We're excited to be hitting some cities and states that we've never been to before with some great bands! This is a tour no one should miss!"
Abiotic's video for "Vermosapian" can be seen below and fans interested in getting to the know the band further can subscribe to the Abiotic YouTube channel for more videos, including Q&A sessions with the band and tour updates.
September 14th - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café
September 15th - Wilmington, DE @ The Harmony Grange
September 16th - Fredericksburg, VA @ Kc's Music Alley
September 17th - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
September 18th - Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
September 20th - Tampa, FL @ Transitions Art Gallery
September 21st - Orlando, FL @ Bombshells Tavern
September 22nd - Metairie, LA @ The Cypress
September 23rd - Houston, TX @ Walters
September 24th - San Antonio, TX @ TBA
September 25th - Ft. Worth, TX @ Tomcats West
September 26th - El Paso, TX @ The Spot
September 27th - Albuquerque, NM @ Amped Theater
September 28th - Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Underground
September 29th - Canoga Park, CA @ The Cobalt Café
September 30th- Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
October 1st- Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
October 2nd - Klamath Falls, OR @ The Shasta Grange
October 3rd- Tacoma, WA @ The Loch's
October 4th- Boise, ID @ The Venue
October 5th- Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA
October 6th - Denver, CO @ Ichi's Pit
October 7th - Wichita, KS @ The Sceneary
October 8th - St. Louis, MO @ TBA
October 9th - Barrington, IL @Penny Road Pub
October 10th - Peoria, IL @ The Brass Rail
October 11th - Jackson, MS @ TBA
October 12th - Columbus, GA @ Gallery 13
October 13th - Pompano Beach, FL @ Rocketown Float Face Down, Abiotic Only
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Insert the flap of one envelope into the open envelope of the other. Don't like the flaps, that makes it a lot more difficult to get them connected. I used a little SNAIL Adhesive on the gum-edge. One flap will be visable from the back so I covered the back with a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock.Envelope Punch Board to make the envelopes.
- Stamp Sets: Christmas Collectibles Bundle #133282 wood, #133283 clear; Christmas Messages #131790 wood, #131793 clear
- Cardstock: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Smoky Slate
- Ink Pads: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana
- Designer Paper: Winter Frost Designer Specialty #132341; Winter Frost Paper Stack #132183
- Punches: Bird Builder, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle, Hexagon, Small Oval, Christmas Ornament (included in the bundle), 1/2" Circle
- Ribbons: White Organza, Pool Party Seam Binding, Whisper White Taffeta, Island Indigo Baker's Twine, 1/8" Silver
- Tools: Envelope Punch Board #133774
- Accessories: Whisper White Medium Envelopes, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Bone Folder
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Yesterday, I started featuring easy, step by step directions on how to tie those lovely silk scarves you have. Hermes has some incredible new scarves out this season. If you can’t afford a new Hermes scarf, be sure to check your local second hand shops. I think the scarf tops inspired by Hermes are always a classic yet sexy way to get noticed. Most people don’t even realize you are wearing a scarf! I believe there is something sexy about the feel of silk against your skin. It looks luxurious and makes you feel like a million bucks. It also has a daring quality to it and I think it is a sexy way to get your man’s attention. Imagine quickly untying it from the back. Every time he sees you with that top, he will be thinking (and dreaming) of what’s underneath.
For this top, you will need two large square scarves. Don’t be afraid to mix a solid with a print. You will also need a thin belt or tie.
Step 2: Slip your head through the look created by the two knots.
Step 3: Tie your thin belt or sash around your waist.
step 4: Tuck in any loose ends hanging out. I also have some people who like to knot each side first
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Definition of Watt Bomb:
Definition: A massive amount of power delivered from a cyclists legs, causing significant damage to public roads, pelotons and egos.
Welcome to Watt Bomb Cycling Apparel
Have you ever had a ride where you felt like you didn’t have a chain…you could drop the hammer at anytime and blow your opponents away?…Or the time where you’re trying to hold your mates wheel, grimacing, chewing the bars off your stem trying to squeeze out that extra 50 watts?…This is what we love; that feeling of sweat dripping all out power, fighting like crazy in the hurt box, pushing your body to limits you never thought were imaginable!
Who is Watt Bomb Apparel?
Watt Bomb Apparel was born in Geelong, Australia by cyclists with flare and attitude, hence our designs. Our aim is to provide the cycling community with a fusion of cycling fashion, performance and comfort. The concept of Watt Bomb Apparel was discussed on many a long ride where a group of mates had been dropping “watt bombs” on each other all day long.
At Watt Bomb Apparel we’re cyclists just like you, searching for the ultimate ride, more importantly looking great while you drop the hammer and blow your mates front wheel off. We’ve searched the globe for premium Italian & Swiss Fabric to ensure our cycling garments will make you beg for MORE! Our cycling garments are designed for performance, marginal gains and comfort. We’ve collaborated with Italian & Swiss fabric suppliers and created the only cycling kit you’ll ever want…Once you slip into our kit you will know it’s a Watt Bomb kit. Your butt deserves nothing but the best, so we’ve chosen what we believe to the the number one chamois in the world to keep you peddling all day long.
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Police SWAT teams, when coming up against barricaded and dangerous criminals, also quickly learned that the better the equipment and technology they used, the better the results of their mission. The more intelligence they could gather, and the better their armament, the more likely their chances of success. Successful SWAT teams, therefore, began acquiring not just high- tech automatic weapons with laser sights and sound suppressors, but also the best in high-tech surveillance and intelligence gathering equipment, and the newest in nonlethal weaponry. SWAT teams began acquiring and using devices and equipment such as Laser Bugs that pick up sounds inside a site through a laser beam bounced off of a window, pinhole cameras, flashbangs, rubber impact cartridges, ballistic shields and dozens of other pieces of high- tech equipment.
"The equipment SWAT teams use today is many times more sophisticated than it was when I began in SWAT in the 1970s," Cal Black, former FBI SWAT commander and now security manager for the National Bank of Detroit. "Because of this high- tech equipment, the ability of SWAT teams has increased dramatically."
Along with ever- improving equipment, the evolution of police SWAT teams over the last 30 years has also seen a change in how the teams operate. After a number of early missions, police SWAT teams began learning that, if enough time passed, they could often persuade barricaded criminals and hostages takers to surrender peacefully. The firmest resolve, they discovered, would buckle after enough hours passed, and if presented with an honorable way to surrender, the barricaded criminal or hostage taker would often do so. This led to more and more use of hostage negotiators by SWAT teams.
Police commanders know that hostage negotiators and SWAT tactical officers require individuals with traits and talents that are dramatically different. Hostage negotiators must be able to sit and listen patently for hours, and must have the ability to verbally convince a perpetrator that surrender is in his best interest. Tactical officers, on the other hand, depend on speed, surprise and violence of action to resolve an incident. Because of this difference, in the first years of police SWAT teams, the hostage negotiators were often a unit separate from the SWAT team and called in only when needed. This, however, has changed. Today, in most SWAT teams, the hostage negotiators are an integral part of the team.
Hostage negotiators and tactical officers are now all part of one team because SWAT commanders have found through many incidents that, in order to achieve success, each one needs the other. Hostage negotiators need the tactical officers to contain and stabilize and incident before they can go to work, and the tactical officers need the hostage negotiators to peacefully resolve the incident once they have contained it.
Since their success so often depends on each other, hostage negotiators and tactical SWAT officers are not only part of one team, but today, many times they train together in order for each side to see how the other side works. In this way, they can complement and assist each other.
"By training together, you develop an appreciation of each other's mission," said Indianapolis Deputy Chief Jerry Barker, head of the department's hostage negotiators. "By training together, you also tend to gain a lot of insight into how each other operate," he says.
All of these changes and improvements over the last 30 years have changed police SWAT teams from being the loosely bound units they once were where their primary function was to charge in and forcibly overpower their opposition. Now they are teams of highly trained, well- equipped specialists who have a continuum of choices to use when confronting a high- risk incident. The scene on Elder Avenue, of 200 officers firing thousands of rounds with no plan, has become just a memory. While these types of crimes haven't gone away, the police now have proven and tested plans for handling them. In just a few decades, the dedicated men and women of SWAT have become one of law enforcement's greatest assets.
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Reader Question: Model Lines
One our our struggles has been defining the best process for implementing lean. We are establishing a model line in food services and are looking to begin spreading to other departments. Our model line is still in a very early stage of development and we have only 2 engineers to support the hospital. Our focus has been to begin with a lean management system as a starting point. Some of the questions we have are:
- How far to we take the model line before moving out?
- How much training should we do beforehand?
- If we start with the lean management, how developed does this need to be before it is self sustaining?
- What should our implementation process look like?
- And the inevitable question of how much is too much change? (rhetorical)
After initial cop out (“give me more time to think about this… there are no easy answers”), here is what I wrote:
A quick answer (and maybe this will seem evasive) is to go through the PDCA process. Seems like you can pull back? Try it and see if the processes are being sustained. If not, jump back in, identify the root cause of the failure (lack of training, lack of time — not really an excuse really — misaligned incentives, etc). I'd make sure the burden of sustaining is NOT on the internal consultants. It needs to be on the shoulders of the leadership chain.
If a VP is not making sure a director's organization is sustaining, you need to coach both the director and the VP. The internal consultants can only coach and advise. That's not an excuse for the consultants to not care about the results, but the burden can't be on them, its not fair and its a workaround if the consultant makes it work for them.
If the consultant is involved daily, pull back gradually and see what happens (communicating this plan and making sure requirements of the line leaders is clear).
You will learn eventually, for your organization and your culture, what normally works. But each dept may be different.
I can usually tell early on which managers will actually sustain. If someone blows off the responsibilities of a lean manager by saying “Oh, I'm a hand's off manager” and they won't change… You might need to replace them. Managers can't always turn around.
I know I didn't touch on every aspect of his question. The reader wrote back and said it was a good answer, and that, basically, it's hard to fight the temptation to look for “best practices” instead of going through the learning journey.
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Honda Vintage Hoodies - Tokyo
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Honda Vintage Hoodies that embody and bring the Honda technical craft and history to the present day.
- 100% cotton jersey 200gsm
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- Waterbased print to the chest
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The animal is attached to its shell only at its posterior end; the fore parts are capable of being protruded or withdrawn at the pleasure of the animal. When fully expanded the foot is thrust out in the form of a thickened and pointed tongue, surrounded by a trumpet-like lobe; the whole of which has been compared to the expanded corolla of a flower, with a very thick and pointed pistil.
As the family includes but this one genus, it is needless to repeat the characters by which it is distinguished. The species are rather numerous; M. Deshayes enumerates twenty-three living and thirty-four fossil, and several have been added to both lists since he wrote. Their geographical distribution is extensive, few seas being without some representatives of the genus; and they range from deep water to within tide-marks. In their habits they are carnivorous, feeding on those minute animals with chambered shells called Foraminifera, as well as on small bivalves. Mr. Clark has found species of as many as eleven distinct genera in the pouches on the two sides of the mouth, or in the stomach, of our commonest Tusk-shell (Dentalium Tarentinum). The same acute naturalist has the following observations on the affinities of the genus, already slightly alluded to:—
"The symmetrical, subventral position of the branchiæ, the posterior flow of water to them, and the resemblance of the foot to that of some of the bivalves, combined with the similar character of its action, appear in a striking manner to show its connexion with the Conchifera: whilst by its | <urn:uuid:c7a15990-a8f1-49d1-8fa4-e3b3a7c6ee75> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Natural_History,_Mollusca.djvu/228 | 2017-12-16T05:33:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948583808.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20171216045655-20171216071655-00594.warc.gz | en | 0.97034 | 346 |
html document into Article
30 Aug 2013 01:10 #2865
Because I was having difficulty placing images among the text, I was told that I can create a Word document and then save it as html document. But then, how do I put this html document into the body of the Article in the template?
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There’s a moment in Nicholas Hytner’s production of Xerxes when, at the end of the first act, the green baize curtain, having descended, drops further from the proscenium, exposing its top. For a moment we’re caught unawares, there’s been a technical error, perhaps; until the head of one of the court servants pops up with a pair of shears and impassively begins clipping a few trimmings from what it is meant to be, a hedgerow. It represents a key moment in the comic opera but which, until then, finds much humour lost in building a complicated plot of interwoven love triangles.
There’s an irony here, too. Handel himself described the context of the drama as “so very easy, that it wou’d be troubling to the reader to…explain it”. I think perhaps he’s relying on the power of suggestion. Suffice to say, it is set in the court of medieval Persian ruler, Xerxes, and features a trio of interwoven love stories, between Xerxes, his brother Arsamenes, the daughter of his military commander Romilda, her sister Atalanta, Arsamenes’s servant Elviro and the ruler of a neighbouring kingdom, Amastris, all brought to life with the opera staple of lost letters, misunderstandings and mistaken identity, and a modicum of cross-dressing. As if that were not confusing enough, the two royal brothers, originally played by a castrato and mezzo-soprano respectively, have their roles reversed in modern productions, with Xerxes played here by the indomitable Alice Coote and Arsamenes by counter-tenor Andrew Watts.
The connection to old Iran is tenuous at best, it merely suggests what was a fashion with the orient at the time and Handel himself admits only two references to the past, “the rest is fiction”. Hytner doesn’t take the setting too seriously either, the only touches being a token miniature of Persepolis and a gargantuan Persian centaur statue. Rather, he has set it in another fashion of the age, the pleasure garden, in reference to Xerxes’s fascination for a plane tree – and, again, it providing much opportunity for mirth with courtiers carrying over-sized cacti and suchlike on stage.
The comic energy comes to the fore in Act II, when the comedy of errors and interweaving stories rev up. The credit for much of the humour lies firmly with Hytner’s staging – epitomised by Elviro opening the act disguised intentionally poorly as a female flower seller and catapults the action from lacklustre to energised into the second act. Where the comedy works most particularly is with the baroque orchestration, delicately handled by Michael Hofstetter, punctuated by tooting oboes and parping bassoons and suchlike; while perhaps not as intended to such an extent, these sounds have become more comic to our modern ears. While such light orchestration – uncharacteristically for Handel, there are few chorus set pieces – might not have the texture of Rossini or the emotive weight of Puccini, the simplistic baroque structure, riddled with runs, trills and arpeggios, makes for terrific displays of virtuosity among the performers, with nearly every aria being met with enthusiastic applause.
Much of Handel’s score is solo and recitative until, at the end of Act III, finally, a duet; the denouement between Arsamenes and Romilda charged with energy, like a lovers’ tiff, and delivered in front of the curtain to give all the weight to their voices, it pre-empts the happy ending as all seven voices come together in a beautiful concluding septet. But, for the most part, arias. And what wonderful arias. Ironically, the most notable, Ombra mai fu, is to my mind, the weakest. Far better are Arsamenes’s incredible declaration of his love for Romilda to Xerxes, with Andrew Watts showing such virtuosic range, and Alice Coote, debuting in the title role, spitting all the bile and venom of a spurned lover in the challenging dynamic of her finale.
When it was written, Xerxes was a reaction to the impact of The Beggar’s Opera on the opera seria of the day, a fashion for light ballad over brooding da capo arias and, while not particularly successful at the time, the opera has evolved into a joyful example of the comic oeuvre. It says something of its enduring longevity that Hytner’s production is the oldest in the ENO’s repertoire, now on its sixth outing, first gracing the stage in 1985 for the composer’s tercentenary. It is, too, the most seen production of any Handel opera. As if to mark the tribute, Roubiliac’s statue of Handel, the one in Westminster Abbey of the composer in informal repose, is featured as part of the set – it was, fittingly, originally in Vauxhall Gardens. A fitting tribute indeed.
Xerxes runs for five performances at the Coliseum, on the 20th, 24th, 26th September and the 1st and 3rd October. For more information and tickets, visit the ENO website.
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by Gregg Krech
Life is full of disappointment. How long will it take you to remember something which disappointed you today? It could be related to the weather or your health, or maybe something you heard in the news. It takes courage to read the news these days, doesn’t it? How often have you listened to the news and thought, “Wow, I’m really pleased with how things are going in the world.”
Another common source of disappointment is our relationships. Your partner was supposed to call and he didn’t. Or he called and said things that were upsetting. A close friend was supposed to do something for you and didn’t. She just forgot. Or she didn’t have time. Or she changed the plan. It doesn’t really matter – it’s all disappointing. We can be disappointed by our partners, our children, and our co-workers. Even strangers can disappoint us, not meeting the standards we have in mind for them. Some days we can experience one disappointment after another. So let’s think together about how to cope with disappointment — how to manage disappointment.
Let’s see how Seth manages disappointment:
Seth is nearly three years old. He gets disappointed a lot – just like you and me. The other day, Seth was in the supermarket with his mother and they were waiting in the checkout line. Seth saw something in the candy rack, some kind of treat with a colorful wrapper. He wanted that treat and he told his mom and pointed to it. She said “No,” but Seth wasn’t fazed. He just reached up and grabbed it. Then his mom did something that really pushed his buttons – she took it from his hand, put it back in the rack and said, “Seth, I said no. No candy.”
Seth is now in a full-blown state of disappointment. He wanted something and he didn’t get it. This is painful to him. So what does he do? Well, either he can accept his disappointment or he can make a stronger effort to get what he wants. Guess which path he chooses.
He begins with a display of behaviors that have yielded some success in the past – he cries, screams, flails his arms around, and yells things like, “I don’t like you.” But his mom won’t budge. So Seth decides he’ll try something different and he smiles and says, “Oh, well. I guess I’ll just get on with my day.” No, I’m just kidding. What he decides to do is what he was doing before, but this time he does it louder and with more intensity and drama.
In other words, the way Seth copes with disappointment is to devote his energy to getting what he wants so he won’t be disappointed. Have you ever tried this strategy? Sometimes it works. If you’re at a department store and the customer service representative yawns and says, “Sorry, but we can’t help you,” and you start yelling and screaming you will either get a full refund or get arrested. Most of us don’t use this tactic. We’ve developed more refined strategies for getting the world to give us what we want. But we’re still in the same club as Seth. Our response to disappointment is to try harder not to be disappointed. Too often this strategy doesn’t work and we don’t get our candy and now we must face the uncomfortable and unpleasant experience of disappointment—the surge of feelings, the angry string of thoughts, the tension in our back and neck muscles. This is where we need some skills. Management skills.
I’d like to offer five such skills, drawing on Morita therapy, Naikan, Zen and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) that can help you manage disappointment.
- Self-Acceptance and Validation of our Internal Experience
The first skill is to be able to notice that we are experiencing disappointment and to become aware of the experience itself. We have to accept our disappointment and the experience we are having in our body and mind. We don’t like feeling this way. It’s unpleasant and uncomfortable, bordering on painful. But it’s the reality of the moment. So we have to reach a point where we can accept what’s going on. We can stop the resistance and even come to peace with what is. Even if we really wish it was otherwise, we can stop struggling with it.
Once you are experiencing strong emotions, it’s not the very best time to “express yourself.” You may feel like criticizing, yelling, threatening, blaming, or lashing out at someone. Not only are these behaviors unlikely to get you what you want, but they are likely to hurt the relationship and/or escalate the problem. You need to develop the skill of coexisting with a highly charged emotional experience without acting on it. Wait 48 hours before expressing your concerns. Monitor what you say and do during that window of time. Don’t let your feelings boss you around and make you do something you’ll regret.
You may be able to influence your feelings somewhat by engaging in certain behaviors, although there’s no guarantee and it’s not necessary to do so. But if you want to directly try to reduce an emotionally charged state, you might try deep breathing. In Yoga, pranayama is the practice of working with your breath. As you breathe deeply, make your out-breath twice as long as your in-breath. Yoga itself can be soothing. And there may be certain styles of music that you find calming. It’s best to stay away from alcohol and sugary foods – the cost is greater than the momentary satisfaction you may get.
When upset, we are more likely to be spinning in our minds, rather than connecting to the immediate world around us. One way to be more present is to do something physical — play the guitar, jog, clean the kitchen, chop wood, take a walk . . . These activities provide a more effective distraction than reading or knitting because your body is more active. While you’re engaged in the activity, continue to shift your attention to what’s going on around you. Morita Therapy suggests “you’re only anxious when you’re noticing your anxiety.” Get moving and focus your attention on the world around you.
As the emotional charge of disappointment begins to settle, you can take a few moments and reflect on your life. Take in the bigger picture. Outside of this disappointing incident, what else is happening? What else is true? Naikan is a method of self-reflection rooted in three simple questions. Start with the first question: At this moment, how am I being supported or cared for? For example . . . I’m sitting on a comfortable sofa. I have a hot cup of coffee. My eyeglasses are helping me to see clearly. I have fresh air to breathe. The refrigerator is keeping my food from spoiling. There’s electricity powering my laptop and the lights in the room. Then move on to the second question: What am I giving to others? If you’re just sitting in your living room, you may be giving little or nothing to others. So you can expand your timeframe and think about the entire day. Perhaps you walked the dog or washed someone’s dishes. One final question: What troubles and difficulties have I caused others? Perhaps you were late to a meeting, or didn’t respond to a request from your co-worker. If there was conflict or tension with somebody, can you think of something you did or said to contribute to the problem?
These five management skills are designed to help you respond effectively to the experience of disappointment. Hopefully, Seth will learn these skills as he matures since what he’s doing now isn’t working very well for him and those around him. If his mom is smart, she’ll start teaching him the distraction skill right away. In fact, young children are often better at implementing this strategy than adults.
Exactly one month ago, you were probably disappointed about something. Can you remember what it was? If you can’t, that’s fine. The disappointments that can be so upsetting may fade or we may forget them altogether. What we do remember usually has much less of an emotional charge.
Here’s one final suggestion: Don’t take your disappointments personally. If your flight was delayed and you missed your connection, if your basement flooded, if your car broke down, if the tickets were sold out – it’s not personal. It’s just life. If your novel was rejected by a publisher, it can feel very personal, but perhaps it’s not. Maybe this particular publisher, at this particular point in time, just wasn’t interested in a novel about a group of renegade Zen monks who disguise themselves as nuclear physicists and take over an Iranian nuclear facility while threatening to release radioactive material unless everyone in the world agrees to meditate at the exact same moment. Maybe they accepted a manuscript last week with a very similar plot line. It may not be personal at all.
In between your disappointments, there’s lots of room for joy. Thich Nhat Hanh often points out to us that at this very moment, we probably don’t have a toothache. So you can appreciate any moment that you don’t have a toothache. Right now, if there isn’t an emotionally charged disappointment in the forefront of your consciousness, you can simply appreciate this moment. And when disappointment arises, and it will, your management team will be ready. Or they won’t (which would be disappointing).
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Largest social network in the world Facebook is acquiring the popular photo-sharing app Instagram at a staggering price tag of $ 1 billion, according to the official website of the company.
The price of such a deal may be too much for an app, but still according to experts the Facebook has acted smartly to acquire the only challenge it was facing in photo sharing sphere.
The deal should be closed in this quarter in the form of cash and stock.
Mark Zuckerberg while commenting in a blog post said that this was an important milestone for Facebook, as it’s the first time the company is acquiring a product and company with so many users.
According to Mark, Instagram will remain a standalone application. Customers will still be able to decide whether to publish the images taken with the application on their Facebook page or any other resource.
Initially, Instagram app, released in October 2010, supported only the photos taken by iPhone. However, just a few days back, developers released a version for Android. The audience of the project has more than 27 million users worldwide.
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I’m thrilled to be The People’s Friend’s Writer of the Week. Here’s a short interview from their blog.
What inspired you to write “Like Father, Like Daughter” that’s appearing in this week’s issue?
I was taking a stroll through my favourite park in Bristol, where I live, and I saw a dad at the base of a tree, looking up at his child, who was climbing to the top. I’m a magpie for things that are “ordinary but special”, since I think that’s the secret sauce of a successful Friend story. That lovely image of tree climbing fitted the bill.
For me, inspiration strikes when two or three different ideas collide. (I actually stole this concept from Stephen King’s “On Writing”, which is a must-read.) With that in mind, I’d also been thinking of writing a story about foster care.
I volunteer as a mentor to a teenager who’s in long-term foster care, making it something that’s close to my heart. There are a lot of negative images attached to the foster care system, so I was keen to write a positive portrayal of the big-hearted people who choose to foster.
So, to sum up, tree climbing + foster care = inspiration!
How long have you been writing fiction?
I can’t remember ever not writing fiction. I unearthed one of my early works of genius recently, which was a story about a monster who goes to the dentist. (I’d both written and illustrated it, although these days I’d much rather leave the illustration part to the talented folks at the “Friend”.)
I’ve always been a scribbler, but I started writing “seriously” about 12 years ago. After that followed many unfinished novels, mediocre short stories, and a whole heap of rejection. On the bright side, I learned a lot — and the desire to write never went away.
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Microsoft Knocks Google Instant, Tests It Anyway
Microsoft's top search executive has tried to play down the significance of Google Instant, which it launched in September with much fanfare, saying it "gets in the way" of users and that reactions to it have been "mixed at best."
"We think speed to task completion is better than speed to results," Satya Nadella, senior vice president for R&D with Microsoft's Online Services Division, told reporters when asked about the technology at a San Francisco press event Wednesday.
Google Instant displays search results immediately when a user starts typing a query, and updates them in real time as additional letters are added. Google calls it a powerful technology that can shave valuable seconds off the time it takes to do a search.
Microsoft is studying Google Instant and has done its own tests to see how people react to it, but it's not clear that users like to have results flashed up on the screen "when you don't expect them," Nadella said, claiming results from its tests have been "mixed at best."
"As a universal approach for every query it probably gets in the way," Nadella said, although he allowed it might be useful in some situations.
Google users can turn off Instant Search at the Google preferences page if they don't like it.
Nadella claimed Microsoft already has a kind of instant search for some queries, such as when a user types "weather" and the first few letters of a city as well as the weather for the city Bing thinks the user is looking for pop up in a box.
Google Instant is "not a game changer," he concluded. 'It's a nice feature."
Google didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Whatever people think of the technology, it didn't help Google avoid a slight dip in its commanding market share last month. Google ended November with 66.2 percent of searches, still far ahead of Microsoft but down a tenth of a percentage point from the month before, according to new figures from comScore.
Microsoft ended the month with 11.8 percent, up from 11.5 percent in October. Yahoo's share slipped from 16.5 percent to 16.4 percent. Perhaps ironically, Yahoo had an equivalent of Google Instant as far back as 2005 but dropped it, the website SearchEngineLand reported recently.
Microsoft announced a raft of mostly minor new features for Bing on Wednesday. Among the biggest are allowing Facebook users to "like" search results and influence which results their friends see, and adding Streetside to the mobile version of Bing Maps.
Search has stopped being such a passive activity and become more interactive, just as the Web did years ago, according to Blaise Aguera y Arcas, the architect for Bing Maps. We've entered an era of "Search 2.0," he said.
One way Microsoft hopes to gain ground on Google is by making it easier to complete tasks within Bing. Updates to the service announced Wednesday allow people to search for a sports event, view the seating plan for a stadium, see the view from a seat and buy a ticket, all without leaving Bing.
"Search 2.0 is analogous to Web 2.0," Aguera y Arcas said. "The Web used to be a consumption-only sort of experience -- just reading. In Web 2.0 you interact with applications, things you do have side effects in the real world, like booking a restaurant or banking. We see a lot of those same kinds of transformations happening now with search."
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Arkells’ new album Morning Report drops Friday, and they’re celebrating with an exclusive gig this Thursday night at a ~secret~ downtown Toronto venue. As far as we know, there’s only two ways to get past security: either you know a guy that knows a guy, or you WIN your way in.
We can help with the latter.
We’re giving away a priceless pair of tickets to Thursday’s performance, and time is of the essence! Enter below before 5pm today for your chance to win. (We’ll reveal the secret location if you’re the chosen one, obvs.)
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Survey start of algal-bloom education
Last updated 3/5/2021 at 12:08pm
A survey aimed at gauging the public's level of knowledge of harmful algal blooms will begin today, as part of a larger project to address the issue of the blooms in Beaver Creek Park.
Montana State University Northern Professor Terri Hildebrand and Co-Principal Researcher Erica McKeon-Hanson, also a member of the Hill County Board of Health, are leading the project, with the former focused on studying the issue itself and the latter focused on the survey and community engagement aspects of the project.
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The stork with baby is not available in the mixed packages, but can be ordered separately. A small maternity gift which can easily be sent by mail if you cannot visit the new baby immediately. All our knitting work is in the hands of dedicated knitters. Most knit as an activity beside their daily work. There are housewives with some time to spare, farmers between the sowing and harvest season, and shepherdesses who can knit a small lion while they are herding the sheep and the lamas. The finger puppets and the other puppets provide them with a welcomed addition to their income. | <urn:uuid:4775e8c0-c309-42d7-8461-a08b49303cbe> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://www.titicaca.nl/en/finger-puppet-stork-with-baby.html | 2021-01-17T10:06:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703511903.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210117081748-20210117111748-00653.warc.gz | en | 0.952793 | 121 |
Potato chips, despite their crunchy solidity, are a chuggable food. Sometimes, the only way you can tell that you've eaten way, way too many is how warm your hand is from spending all that time in the foil-lined bag. If time flies when you're having fun, it practically breaks the sound barrier when you're eating Ruffles. And this magical quality of fried potatoes is not good for our health.
So, researchers at Cornell are trying to figure out how to put the brakes on the out-of-control chip train that's barreling down the tracks and straight into your stomach (which is like a mountain tunnel, probably, in this metaphor). According to a study out of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, just including a visual reminder of how much you've eaten, like a mileage marker on the side of the edible highway (okay, we'll stop with the metaphors now), can change how many chips you inhale.
In their experiment, they gave tubes of Lays Stackables to students. Some tubes were normal, but in others, every seventh chip was dyed red (or every fifth chip, in another phase of the experiment). Surprisingly, just that little visual reminder was enough to cut the consumption of the red chip-eaters by half.
Unfortunately, this probably wouldn't work with a normal bag of chips, since it depends on a kind of linear marker (easy in a tube, hard in a sack), but it could work for other foods that come in bulk. Boxes of cookies, sleeves of crackers, and even, if you're having a rough night, cases of beer could benefit from some speed bumps.
Or, you know, we could exert some willpower and think about what we're eating. But that's not very scientific.
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Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today honored top-performing partners from around the world at an awards ceremony during TEAM Polycom 2013, the company’s annual sales and partner conference, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, February 4-7, 2013. The Polycom Partner Awards recognize companies for leadership in each of the major partner categories and for excellence in the areas of services, innovation, integration, and industry focus. In total, Polycom honored 70 companies for their achievements in 2012. “We are thrilled to recognize and honor these top-performing partners who really went above and beyond to meet the needs of our joint customers,” said Ron Myers, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels, Polycom. “We serve a growing customer base, and an increasingly diverse one, as the power of video collaboration is fast becoming a business requirement for every organization, large and small. The Polycom Partner Award winners highlight how together we best meet the solution, service, and support needs of our customers. Our partners are absolutely critical to our success and these awards shine a spotlight so we can all learn from their achievements.” The Polycom Partner Awards recognize global partners whose achievements impact Polycom's business on a worldwide basis, theater awards for each of the company's five operating regions, and country awards to partners that primarily do business within a single country. In addition to awards recognizing leaders in each key category, Polycom also recognizes partners with the Excellence Awards:
- Excellence in Services recognizes partners who excelled in services, customer satisfaction and engagement with Polycom's services and sales teams.
- Excellence in Innovation honors partners who demonstrated a unique or innovative approach to implementing Polycom solutions.
- Excellence in Integration spotlights partners that successfully integrated Polycom solutions with a UC platform from a strategic alliance partner.
- Excellence in Industry recognizes partners that were successful in pursuing business within a major vertical industry, such as education, healthcare, or government.
Polycom’s Global Partner Award winners include:Distributor of the YearScanSourceSolution Advisor of the YearNanjing Southern Telecom Co., Ltd. Service Provider of the YearAT&T System Integrator of the YearDimension Data Excellence in Services AwardWhitlock Excellence in Innovation AwardSamsung SDS Excellence in Integration AwardSiemens Enterprise Communications Excellence in Industry AwardSolutionz Polycom’s Theater Partner Award winners include: Asia PacificDistributor of the YearTransition Systems Pte Ltd Solution Advisor of the YearNanjing Southern Telecom Co., Ltd. Service Provider of the YearAirtel Business System Integrator of the YearBeijing Transtrue Technology Inc. Excellence in Services AwardDigital China (China) Limited Excellence in Innovation AwardSamsung SDS Excellence in Integration AwardHewlett-Packard New Zealand Excellence in Industry AwardPresto Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd. Central/Latin AmericaDistributor of the YearNexsys Solution Advisor of the YearReto Industrial System Integrator of the YearIntergrupo Excellence in Services AwardDigitalnet Excellence in Integration AwardSiemens Enterprise Communications Excellence in Industry AwardPleimec Europe/Middle East/AfricaDistributor of the YearImago Solution Advisor of the YearIEC Group Service Provider of the YearBT System Integrator of the YearDimension Data Excellence in Services AwardCROC Excellence in Innovation AwardInternet Videocommunications Excellence in Integration AwardAtlantis Telecom Excellence in Industry AwardImageFlow North AmericaDistributor of the YearScanSource Solution Advisor of the YearSKC Service Provider of the Year8X8 System Integrator of the YearGeneral Dynamics Excellence in Services AwardWhitlock Excellence in Innovation AwardNetXUSA Excellence in Integration AwardExtrateam Excellence in Industry AwardSolutionz Polycom’s Country Partner Award winners include: Asia PacificPartner of the Year - ChinaJiangsu Qunli Modern Science Technology Develop Co., Ltd Partner of the Year - Hong Kong/TaiwanUltra Active Technology Limited Partner of the Year - JapanPrinceton Technology, Ltd. Partner of the Year - Australia & New ZealandElectroboard Solutions Pty Ltd Partner of the Year - India & South Asian Association for Regional CooperationAGC Networks Limited Partner of the Year - Southeast AsiaPT Westcon Group Partner of the Year - KoreaSoftbank Commerce Korea
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Discussion in 'Mobile Marketing' started by ace1247, Aug 25, 2011.
Are there any scripts that scrape phone numbers from social media web sites?
I don't think there are any....
just be patient surely one of BHW member will let you know
there are none!
But creating such a software for a few $$$ would be possible... If anyone can do this contact me!
check out "mail phone fax spider" I already scraped with many phones numbers, it works pretty well
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Lookah Swordfish Wax Pen Portable Vaporizer
The Lookah Swordfish dab pen is a portable vaporizer for wax concentrates. It uses a 710-thread connection and comes with a porous quartz bucket.
Three voltage settings allow you to control the intensity of your vaping session. The lower voltage setting preserves the inconceivable terpenes and flavonoids of your wax, such as deteriorating, shattered, or terp sauce. As the voltage goes up, so does the temperature that lets you produce massive rips.
Its streamlined design is inspired by the depths of the ocean where the elusive swordfish hunts. A clamshell type with magnetic lid snaps open for easy access to the atomizing dish.With the built-in dab tool in the base, you can drop a little nugget of your favorite wax into the atomizer. Snap the lid shut, and you are ready to start.Turn on the swordfish vape pen with 5 quick button presses. The device will start a preheat function while the lights flash in sequence.Once preheated, you can acclimate the voltage with 2 presses of the power button. Choose from green at3.5 V, blue at3.7 V, or white at3.9V.
When you are ready to dab, press and hold the button and enjoy the cotton candy palls of potent delicious vapor. If you leave the device for 300 Seconds without using it'll auto-power out. With a 950mAh built-in battery, coming with 2 atomizing mugs, and an exercising USB C for charging, this little fund-size vape is a great way to stay treated throughout the day.
Lookah Swordfish Vaporizer Specifications:
Battery Capacity: 950mah
VV output range: 3.5V-3.9V
3.5V (Green/Low) 3.7V (Blue/Medium) 3.9V (White/High)
710 Threaded Connection
Hinged magnetic mouthpiece for easy loading
Auto Preheat when turned on
5-minute auto-shutoff for battery life preservation
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A full version with recipes can be found at the Slow Travel Berlin website. more...
Full version with recipes can be found at Slow Travel Berlin. more...
I've been a big fan of Felicity Cloake's Perfect column for the Guardian ever since it started. more...
Chickpea mash has a fabulous nutty flavour and a great mouthfeel. We don't think it makes a difference to the taste for this dish, but if you prefer to use dried chickpeas, use about 250g (dried weight) and soak and cook before following the instructions below. We normally serve it as a side-dish to the lamb kebabs, but if you are looking for a vegetarian option, grilled halloumi kebabs are also great.
Serves 4 as a side-dish
2 tins of chickpeas
2 small onions, roughly chopped
a pinch of cumin
4 tbsp good olive oil
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, and scatter them with the onions in a single layer over a roasting tin or baking sheet. Sprinkle over the cumin and bake in a medium oven for about 10 minutes, until the onions have softened. Tip the lot into a food processer, add the olive oil and blitz until smooth. You may want a bit more oil to get the texture right - you are aiming for a mash that feels sort of dry and silky at the same time.
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Spain media mourns national team after WC 'cataclysm'
Spain mourned the national soccer team's stunning loss to Netherlands in their World Cup opener on Friday with words such as "humiliation" and "nightmare" splashed across the front pages of newspapers on Saturday.
Spain, one of the favorites to win the World Cup and defend their 2010 title, succumbed to a rampant Netherlands team in their heaviest World Cup defeat in over 60 years with a 5-1 demolition.
"Worse than the worst possible nightmare for a team that had never conceded more than one goal in a European or World championship since 2008," Spain's leading newspaper El Pais said. "A complete cataclysm."
Madrid, which normally greets victories with blasting car horns and singing along the streets, had gone silent.
"Ladies and gentleman, we've lost the magic touch" sports newspaper AS said.
Spain's defeat in Salvador was also only their fourth competitive loss under coach Vicente del Bosque since he took over in 2008 and has triggered speculation of the team's possible premature return to home.
"Spain started the defense of its title without any defense at all and ended up humiliated by Netherlands," sports newspaper Marca said.
Some newspapers took consolation from the fact that Spain also lost their opening game at the 2010 World Cup to Switzerland but eventually went through as group winners.
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On The Question of Tattoo by Ancestral Chamorros
Interpretive essay: No evidence of Chamorro tattoo from ancient times
Tattoo is often thought to have been a universal cultural practice in the Pacific islands. However, that probably isn’t true. Archaeologists have found no evidence that the Chamorro people of the Mariana Islands used tattoo.
Many Pacific islanders practiced tattooing, as documented by European explorers and adventurers such as Captain James Cook in the late 18th century. Published accounts of these exploratory voyages include drawings of elaborately tattooed adults, as well as the architecture, artifacts, and other aspects of aboriginal life in the tropical islands, albeit seen through European eyes.
Some of the most dramatic tattoo designs were recorded among the Marquesans of eastern Polynesia and the Maori (indigenous peoples) of New Zealand (Aotearoa).
Highly distinctive, if less well known among scholars, and rarely publicized in popular media, are the tattoos of higher-ranking Caroline Islanders of Micronesia. Intricate tattoos were worn by residents of the coralline islands of the Marshalls and Kiribati (previously called the Gilberts) as well.
While tattooing was nearly universally practiced in the Pacific islands, the culture of the indigenous residents of the Marianas, known as Chamorros, appears exceptional in this regard. While tattooing may have existed among the ancestral Chamorros, there are no records of this in early travelers’ accounts, nor has evidence for tattooing been recognized in the archaeological record. In order to explore this issue further, it is important to consider the potential sources of information on the subject of body modification practices in the Marianas, including tattooing.
There are three relatively direct sources of information about ancestral Chamorro body modification: linguistics, archaeological findings and early historic period accounts written by foreigners who visited the Mariana Islands and took the trouble to make observations on the local culture (not all visitors did).
Each of these information sources has its strengths and weaknesses. For example, linguistic studies can determine whether a language contains terms referring to a specific cultural practice such as tattooing. If the Chamorro language once had but has lost all the words referring to tattooing because the custom ceased during the early European contact period, then the vocabulary recorded after it had ceased would not reveal the past existence of tattooing.
An absence of words that refer to tattooing does not prove that such words did not once exist in the Chamorro language, but the likelihood that the custom once existed but ceased (along with the terms associated with it) during the early European contact period needs to be considered in light of other lines of evidence, such as late prehistoric archaeology and written accounts from the early European contact period.
The archaeological record, composed of physical remains, can be trusted implicitly because it has no deliberate or unintended bias. It doesn’t lie, misconstrue, purposely omit, or embroider the truth; it has no agenda. Archaeological remains objectively represent many past events and processes, yet they are subject to deterioration in the ground and are often fragmentary. The meaning of archaeological materials as we find them today is not obvious; these ancient records of an ancient culture are difficult to “decode” or interpret.
As anthropologists of the past, archaeologists try to make sense of the fragments of pottery, stone, and bone that they find through excavations. To do this they imagine how those items once participated in human activities, and how they finally came to rest in the ground. In addition to understanding the cultural and natural processes of loss, burial, and deterioration that form the archaeological record, archaeologists need theories about how human activities and their associated physical remains likely were organized within the cultural system that produced those remains. In the young science of archaeology, reliable theories about these matters are scarce, and there is much yet to be learned.
Ethnographic descriptions can be useful in archaeological interpretation, especially if they pertain to the time period and location under study. However, no ethnographer visited the Marianas until the 20th Century, long after ancestral Chamorro culture had evolved far from its 16th and 17th Century organization and content. In addition, what an ethnographer decides to record does not always help answer archaeological questions. That is why some archaeologists these days do their own “ethnography” in the locations where they work, when it is clear that there is much continuity between the prehistoric past and the present.
Historic accounts, on the other hand, may be biased and inaccurate, as well as incomplete, regarding subjects of interest to us now. Some accounts contain eyewitness information of relevance, but care must be taken in evaluating the suitability of such information for our present inquiries. This is an acknowledged problem faced by historians and other scholars. One of the ways to establish the reliability of older texts is to compare each with the others, for consistency in what they describe. The more consistent the information on a given subject, the more likely the accounts reflect a past reality. If linguistic, archaeological, and written sources agree, we can be more confident in our inferences about the past.
Linguistic study on tattoo
The word tattoo as used in English nowadays appears to derive from languages spoken in Polynesia, such as Tahitian and Samoan. First written in 1769 as tattow in the diary of the English sea captain James Cook, while he was in Tahiti, tattooing there was defined by Cook as “inlaying the Colour of Black under their skins, in such a manner as to be indelible.”
Were there terms for tattoo in the ancestral Chamorro language? Written accounts of Chamorro began nearly 150 years after Magellan had reached the Marianas, with the work of Jesuit missionary Luis Diego de San Vitores. According to linguist Donald M. Topping, San Vitores’ records “are too sketchy to give a very clear picture of what the language was like in his day,” which was c. 1668. The priest was concerned mainly with communicating religious ideas with the Chamorros, not in recording ethnographic information about them.
Some two hundred years later, a Spanish grammar of Chamorro, Grammatica Chamorro by Luis de Mata y Araujo was published in Manila by Giraudier in 1865. This work also lacked a comprehensive Chamorro vocabulary, being focused upon the structure of the language. It was too late as a document of ancestral Chamorro cultural practices because by the mid-19th century, the Chamorro language included many borrowed terms from Spanish and from the languages of immigrants who had come with the Spanish, mainly from the Philippines but also other countries such as Mexico.
Half a century after the Spanish grammar of de Mata y Araujo came William E. Safford’s The Chamorro Language of Guam, published in 1909. This work focused upon Chamorro language structure and gave example sentences using common vocabulary words. Terms related to tattooing are absent from Safford’s study.
Nearly a century passed before Chamorro vocabulary was systematically codified in Chamorro-English Dictionary by Donald M. Topping, Pedro M. Ogo, and Bernadita C. Dungca, published in 1975. This work lists tatu as the Chamorro word for tattoo and tahu meaning cut, cutting, slice, incision. In the Philippine language, Tagalog, the verb to tattoo (“to mark the skin in patterns by pricking it and putting in colors”) is given as magtatú, tatuhán, or itatú (from Eng.)” in the English-Tagalog Dictionary by Leo James English, published in 1977 by Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, in Makati, Manila. According to this dictionary entry, Tagalog terms for tattooing came into the language from English.
As can be seen from the available sources, written records of Chamorro vocabulary were sparse and unsystematic until several centuries after Spanish colonization and since many cultural changes, including the absorption of several words from Spanish and other languages, had occurred in the Marianas. It is not clear whether the similarities between Tagalog words for tattoo and the contemporary Chamorro term for tattoo indicate recent borrowing by Chamorro from English or Tagalog, or whether it is an ancient word that was present in the language prior to European contact times. More research into this topic is certainly warranted in the Chamorro case.
In the Caroline Islands, despite over a century of foreign rule, terms referring to tattooing are present in the languages whose speakers practiced tattooing until it was banned by colonial administrations in the 20th century. Not only are the terms for the action of tattooing still known, but also the terms for specific tattoo designs and knowledge of where they should be placed on the body (for example, see Woleaian-English Dictionary by Ho-min Sohn and Anthony F. Tawerilmang in 1976; Ponapean-English Dictionary by Kenneth L. Rehg and Damian G. Sohl in 1979; Yapese-English Dictionary by John T. Jensen, published in 1977). These terms do not resemble the Polynesian terms and appear to derive from a different source or sources.
Given the sparse documentation of early European contact period Chamorro language and especially its vocabulary, we can turn to another kind of information, foreigners’ eyewitness accounts of the physical appearance of the Chamorros during the time in history when the ancestral Chamorro cultural system was still intact.
Early written accounts of body modifications
Beginning in the 16th century, European explorers and their associates penned the first written descriptions of the Chamorros. These accounts were written nearly two hundred years before the Spanish formally colonized the Marianas. Antonio Pigafetta, who was a passenger on the first trans-Pacific voyage to be undertaken by Europeans, under the leadership of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, produced the earliest document. Magellan’s three ships arrived in the Marianas in March 1521. The landing spot was likely either at Guam or Rota. The discussion by Robert Rogers and Dirk Ballendorf “Magellan’s landfall in the Marianas,” 1989 Journal of Pacific History, favors a landing on Guam’s west central coast.
The three-day encounter between Europeans and Chamorros began and ended badly. We know this because it was recorded by Pigafetta. Evidently no Chamorro oral histories of Magellan’s arrival in the Marianas have survived.
Although brief, Pigafetta’s account is detailed. It tells how hundreds of Chamorros surrounded the European ships in their canoes and were eager to obtain anything made of iron from the Europeans, and how the latter badly needed fresh water and produce. Both sides gained some of what they desired but the losses were very uneven: the Europeans lost a skiff (later retrieved) and suffered no casualties, while the Chamorros experienced painful death by cross bow and musket and the fiery destruction of several of their houses and sailing canoes. In between the violent interactions that occurred on land and sea, Pigafetta and others went ashore and observed some of the local customs. They could communicate only by gestures.
Pigafetta’s account of these brief visits to the villages mentions several types of body modification, but not tattoos.
Later reports and commentaries about the Chamorro people and their way of life were produced by European clerics and other foreigners prior to the turbulent decades preceding Spanish colonization in 1668 and conquest in 1700. These accounts contain obvious biases, usually promoting the Europeans’ goals and often denigrating and/or misunderstanding local customs. Some accounts contain information that can be evaluated for consistency in their descriptions of Chamorro body modification and related practices and beliefs. Of those accounts that are consistent in describing the types of modification of the body, as well as styles of dress, tattooing is not among them.
The earliest European visitors to the Marianas, those arriving between 1521 and 1700, were not trained anthropologists or journalists, and they rarely made drawings (of course they had no cameras or tape recorders). Most of these visitors were intent upon converting the Chamorros to the Catholic faith and had no respect for (and little understanding of) indigenous customs, regarding them as inferior to their own beliefs and traditions.
Some writers appear to have been less condemning, if not more objective, than most others. For example, the Catholic lay brother Juan Pobre de Zamora wrote a detailed and empathetic account of his nine month-long stay with a chiefly family in Rota in 1602. This account remains one of the best sources of information about pre-colonial (though not pre-Manila galleon) Chamorro culture as practiced in this small island just north of Guam.
The process of Hispanization of the Chamorro culture was well under way by the late 18th and early 19th century, the time when European scientific expeditions began to visit the islands. For example, in 1819 the French expedition led by Louis de Freycinet arrived with illustrators and trained naturalists and stayed in the Marianas for three and a half months. Only “memory culture” of prehistoric times had been passed on through certain families, such as that of Luis de Torres, a high-ranking government officer. The cultural memories retained by the Torres family and imparted to Freycinet pertained to practices from well over a century earlier.
This kind of information is subject to many of the same problems as other secondary sources. While its accuracy in this case may be relied upon to a great extent, its comprehensiveness is lacking since only certain cultural practices were recalled and recorded. Nonetheless, Freycinet’s richly illustrated reports, especially the Atlas historique, are important contributions to the documentation of Marianas material culture and demographic status in the early 19th century. They reflect the incorporation of Spanish and Carolinian traditions into a Chamorro base that had begun a millennium or more earlier. It is perhaps not insignificant that tattooing was not mentioned by Freycinet’s Chamorro informants, nor were any Chamorro tattooing instruments collected or illustrated.
Descriptions of ancestral Chamorro body modifications
According to several 16th and 17th century sources, compiled and quoted from Lévesque’s translations by archaeologist Robert York, the Chamorros of that time modified their bodies in a variety of ways. Among the adult men, these modifications included blackening of the teeth; sharpening of the teeth; anointing the body and hair (always described as black) with coconut oil; wearing long beards; having very long hair (down to the waist-line) worn loose or tied with one loop at the back or with a knot at the crown, some with two knots; having mustaches but all other facial hair removed; shaving the head entirely except for a small tuft at the top; and scarring of the skin caused by love bites. Men wore garlands and headbands of very fine tree bark and various kinds of necklaces, some of red shells, in a style worn over the back rather than over the chest. Hats and sandals were also worn.
Adults of both sexes carried a small, finely woven basket that contained betel nuts, pepper leaves and lime. A consequence of habitual betel nut chewing was a reddish-brown stain on the teeth, differentiated in these accounts from deliberate blackening produced by the use of dark soil and other ingredients.
Women are described as wearing their hair very long and loose, sometimes reaching the ground, or tied and braided; bleaching the otherwise black hair blond to white, either entirely or in streaks or at the tips; coloring the hair with yellow streaks (possibly with turmeric?); blackening the teeth; scarring of the skin caused by love bites; beating the outside of the lower legs to raise a desired pattern of welts; and tracing images on the face and upon various parts of the body (no indication of how these images were made but they were not called tattoos in these accounts). Dress was more elaborate among women than men; the pubes were covered with tree leaves, mats, or narrow strips made from the inner bark of the palm tree, turtle shells, or other “plate-like” objects; and young women wore a red string around the waist. Like the men, women wore hats and sandals; for special occasions various skirts or mats were worn along with jewelry and flower wreaths and garlands.
One observer, Fr. Martin Ignacio de Loyola, in 1581, stated that the Chamorros were “well proportioned, without any tattoos nor other ugliness, but just as God made them.” This is the only known direct statement averring the absence of tattooing among the Chamorros. By stating what was not observed, it shows an awareness of (and a negative attitude toward) the practice of tattooing among other people known to the writer at that time.
It is possible that tattooing existed in the Marianas during early European contact times but was a custom restricted to a few individuals who happened not to have been observed by any of the foreign visitors. However, some of these foreigners stayed for several weeks and interacted frequently with the Chamorros. If the visitors were able to describe other types of body modification during their stays, it seems likely that they would have noted any tattoos had they been present.
Another possibility is that Chamorro tattoos were very small and/or placed on the body where they were not easily seen. Hidden tattoos seem unlikely since all who wrote descriptions of the islanders at this time mentioned the consistent absence of clothing and noted several other types of body modification. If Chamorro tattoos were small and deliberately concealed, this would contrast with the general pattern among Pacific islanders who are known to have practiced tattooing. Their tattoos were relatively large and were placed on the body so they could be displayed to others. Among these groups, the two main “reasons” for receiving tattoos were to mark an individual’s inherited social rank or achieved status (for example, as a warrior or a navigator) and to prove ethnic affiliation, as among the Gilbertese (I Kiribati).
Tattooing was actively discouraged and eventually outlawed by colonial administrations in Micronesia. Perhaps as a result of this, there was a trend toward the use of smaller and more sparsely distributed tattoos on the body, particularly during the 20th century. In the island cultures where tattooing was traditional but had been banned for many years, a few individuals continued to obtain tattoos, and these tended to be placed in small groups on the arms and legs. Coverage of the face, torso and back declined or ceased entirely.
As with many customs involving social information, aesthetics played an important role in Pacific island tattoo designs, which often reflected naturalistic elements such as birds and fish. These permanent markings on the skin evoked admiration for their beauty and symmetry as well as for the courage and stamina of the bearers for undergoing the painful experience of receiving the tattoos. The tattoo artists were compensated for their work, a sign of its importance to the community, and its high value to the individuals who acquired these skin markings at great personal cost.
In the Marianas by the early 19th century, Chamorros had adopted many European practices and had rejected several indigenous ones, such as deliberate tooth blackening and the distinctive hairstyles described in early accounts. Concepts of individual attractiveness were changing. Tattooing indeed occurred in the Marianas, as recorded by the Freycinet expedition, but seemingly only among the pagan Carolinian people who, by this time, occupied small settlements in Guam and Saipan with permission of the Spanish governor. Chamorro notions of modesty were derived from Catholic teachings, and simple Spanish-style clothing, similar to that also worn in the Philippines then, was favored, along with European-style ornaments such as crosses and rosary beads.
Archaeology rarely provides direct information about past cultural practices but ancient artifacts can reflect certain activities associated with those practices. For example, if the instruments used to apply tattoos were found at an archaeological site, it could indicate that this activity had taken place in the past.
Information about what tattooing equipment may have looked like is absent in written accounts of the ancestral Chamorros, but information is available for neighboring islands, such as Yap and Palau since descriptions of tattooing equipment and how it was used have been recorded and examples exist. Where tattooing has continued as part of the indigenous culture, such as among the Maori, study of the methods and equipment used can help archaeologists in their search for evidence among ancient remains.
According to other Micronesian and Polynesian tattooing customs, tattooing instruments in the Pacific were and are made of organic materials. They consist of two main parts, a lightweight hammer and a puncturing device attached to a lightweight handle. The hammer is usually a narrow length of wood, heavier at the hammer end. The puncturing device consists of a short row of tiny barbs forming a rake, attached to the end of a slim wood or bamboo handle. The puncturing device is attached to its handle by delicate fiber lashing through one or more small holes. The barbs are created by filing a short row of sharp points along the edge of a small flat piece of bone or marine shell.
Other materials said to be used to make barbs include citrus thorns, sea bird bones, and shark teeth. Only the more durable of the organic materials used to make tattooing instruments, such as marine shell, bone, and teeth, could survive for centuries buried in the ground where artifacts are subject to periodic wetting, and then only if the soil is not very acidic. Acidic soil can destroy even these hard materials, as well as wood, which can rot quickly from exposure to heat and moisture. So far, no tattooing instruments or parts of them have been recognized at archaeological sites dating to late prehistoric times in the Marianas, called the Latte Period by archaeologists.
The Latte Period refers to the time in the prehistoric past when stone pillars, each topped by a hemispherical capstone, both called latte, were used to support dwellings and canoe houses. Tattooing instruments may have existed during the Latte Period but have not survived due to adverse preservation conditions. Soil acidity in the Marianas is not always high, especially at coralline beach locations yet no tattooing instruments have been recognized in those or any other cultural deposits.
Two types of body modification are directly indicated in the late prehistoric Marianas archaeological record: marking of the adult front teeth with incised designs and tooth staining. Incised designs on front teeth were not described by any of the European observers, but several accounts mention the practice of tooth staining and some give details on the methods used. Dark brown staining is often observed on the teeth of Latte Period adult burials, both men and women (but not children). Staining of the teeth appears to have resulted from years of betel nut chewing; another cause could be deliberately applied black soil or other coloring agents as described in early historic accounts.
Relatively few adult burials dating to the Latte Period have been observed with tooth incising. This kind of body modification consists of geometric designs and short lines on the outer surface of the front teeth. The designs were fashioned by cutting straight lines onto the tooth surface that was previously stained. The shallow incisions did not actually penetrate the tooth enamel, they just removed a small amount of the staining. This delicate technique caused the whiteness of the tooth beneath the staining to make a patterned contrast. Such tooth marking may have had to be repeated periodically in order to stay effective, if the person continued to chew betel nuts.
The evident lack of historic documentation of tattooing among the ancestral Chamorros presents a puzzle. If tattooing was practiced, why didn’t observers who noted and wrote about other kinds of body modification among the Chamorros of the 16th and 17th centuries make mention of it? Why is there no linguistic or archaeological evidence for tattooing in the Marianas?
If tattooing was truly absent, what might be the reasons for such a difference between the ancestral Chamorro and other Pacific island cultures, many of whom practiced tattooing? To answer this question anthropologically requires a different approach than one taken by those searching only for cultural similarities while ignoring cultural differences.
Scientifically minded anthropologists try to explain cultural similarities and cultural differences, and in Micronesia there are both. According to early European contact period accounts and the findings of linguistic and archaeological studies, ancestral Chamorros shared several practices with their neighbors in the Carolines, including growing many of the same tropical food plants (for example, taro, bananas, breadfruit, coconuts), holding regional festivals, and exchanging raw and prepared foods as well as shell bead and turtle shell valuables. According to linguistic research, all Pacific islanders speak languages that have been classified as belonging to the same family, Austronesian (formerly called Malayo-Polynesian).
Linguists propose that these languages derive from a common ancestor far into the past. Some researchers have supposed that a common origin also accounts for similarities in many other aspects of Pacific island cultures, but common ancestry does not explain the long persistence of these similarities over many centuries of life in the islands, as the archaeological record shows. A more likely cause is that common cultural elements (for example, similarities in plants cultivated and fishing equipment) have been retained over time because they proved successful under similar environmental circumstances (for example, tropical climate, pan-Pacific flora and fauna, small land masses, volcanic or coralline geology, etc.).
Anthropologically intriguing are the cultural differences among Pacific island groups. Their study can lead to new insights regarding the causes of cultural variations, a major scientific goal in this field. Anthropologists have found that while speaking related but separate languages, Micronesians differ in their architecture, settlement pattern, and social organization. These differences exist despite longstanding interactions among these island cultures. It is apparent that the Pacific Ocean and its winds have not been so much a barrier to communication as a means of movement and exchange among seafaring peoples and their islands. With people move ideas, but not all ideas are adopted and differences are retained.
Differences reflect choices made by people, given their own particular circumstances, both environmental and social. Since tattooing has been practiced by many Pacific island groups, including the Caroline Islanders from Palau to Kosrae, it is reasonable to ask what were the particular circumstances that gave rise to and sustained this practice in those islands, and conversely, it is reasonable to ask, did these circumstances also apply to the ancestral Chamorros?
Comparing local circumstances
In prehistoric Micronesia, very high human densities were achieved by the tropical farmers/fishers of the Carolines, probably because their islands were positioned within a zone of high annual rainfall and were relatively free from the frequent droughts and typhoons that trouble the Marianas. With reliable harvests and dense populations came competition for the limited arable land in these small islands.
Complex political systems of ranked lineages and clans arose to socially regulate this competition.
Hierarchical social systems distinguish between the privileged, who have access to desirable croplands and rarely suffer deprivation, from the less privileged, whose lands are sometimes inadequate, depending upon mismatches between local supply and demand. Rank is generally inherited but in some cases can be altered through political negotiations. While Pacific island cultures all have a sharing ethos, in hierarchical social systems, obligations to help others are more narrowly channeled along pre-determined lines, and, in times of shortage or imbalance between resources and people, lower ranked groups receive less and suffer more. Typically, higher-ranking families tend to marry and adopt only those of equivalent or higher rank, and other measures are taken to lessen any ambiguity regarding who are the members of the privileged ranks, and who are not. Tattooing identifies these individuals directly. In addition to making the body beautiful in the eyes of others, culturally prescribed tattoos convey important social information about the wearer.
In strongly hierarchical societies, this kind of information is critical to the maintenance of the status quo; it reflects stability and predictability in social relations, at least in the upper ranks.
In some Pacific island cultures, sub-population membership that was conveyed by tattoos. For example, among the Gilbertese and Marshallese, everybody, even children, was required to be tattooed. In these tiny islands, productive land was at a premium, and the designs indicated where an individual came from and with whom he or she was socially affiliated. Pressure to acquire tattoos can be very strong because a person lacking them could not fully participate in society. In times of intense competition, which can arise from time to time, such identifiers are critical to survival of the individual and his or her social group.
From this brief overview, we can see that the particular circumstances in which tattooing has been practiced in Micronesia include dense human populations, whether due to highly productive agricultural systems that could support large numbers of people, or to chronic land shortage on very small islands where nearly every inch of ground was some sort of garden and population quickly reached natural limits. Competition was endemic in these societies, flaring up occasionally, and customary means were invented to prevent or at least minimize violent and destructive conflict; this included hierarchical social organization and group identifiers. In hierarchical social organizations, it is important to those with the most to lose, namely, the highest-ranking groups, to maintain the status quo.
Among the several ways this was done was to assert existing social ranking by tattooing members of the elite ranks, as in the Carolines.
In less hierarchical societies, such as the Gilbertese (now Kiribati) and Marshallese tattooing developed as a means to identify the members of a local population with claims to contested lands, such as an entire island. In all these societies, moving from one island group to another to relieve crowding was not an option for most since regional population densities were high.
Were the environmental and social circumstances in the Marianas the same as in the Carolines, Marshalls, or Gilberts? The answer is no, they were not. First, the geographic setting of the Mariana archipelago guarantees that droughts and typhoons occur frequently. This causes great year-to-year fluctuations in agricultural production, and overall population densities were low. The ancestral Chamorro farming system probably included techniques that minimized the effects of these environmental factors. Examples are planting several kinds of gardens in different locales and during productive years storing part of the harvest against future crop losses.
Latte Period archaeology reflects such a subsistence system. For example, in Guam, latte–supported dwellings housing one or two families were dispersed throughout the interior while coastal settlements were generally larger. It is not known how long people lived at each site but the lack of deep midden suggests short stays. Large pottery jar fragments at many of these sites, as well as at coastal locations, suggest food storage was practiced. That coastal and inland dwellers were socially connected is indicated in Juan Pobre’s account; he observed that those living at the coast were considered of higher status, and the latter regularly exchanged fish for plant foods provided by lower-status inland farmers. Evidently these exchanges were not entirely economically motivated, at least from the standpoint of coastal residents, since Pobre’s chiefly host maintained his own gardens.
A settlement system of dispersed inland dwellings occupied for short times near farm plots and larger coastal settlements where residents moved less often is an adaptation to uncertainties in harvests, with food exchanges helping to even-out shortages and to maintain positive social relations. The ancestral Chamorro social organization distinguished higher ranking families from middle and lower ranked ones, indicating social controls were in place to regulate competition, but it appears that this system was somewhat flexible and movement via sailing canoes between islands was swift and unrestricted.
This flexibility promotes wide kinship and friendship networks that increase the number of people from whom those temporarily in need may ask for help in times of food shortages, effectively spreading out the risk and the burden of social obligations. Choosing spouses and making good friends from locations widely separated in space helps to create these social networks, as does adoption of children across long distances, such as between islands. Frequent visits among friends and relatives and periodic regional festivals with many participants help to familiarize individuals with their distant neighbors and indicate the availability of spouses.
In this kind of social organization, personal generosity and willingness to share resources with friends and relatives are expected and admired, while behavior that excludes individuals, especially those related through kinship or friendship is, considered inappropriate. Conventions of personal attractiveness among adults, such as distinctive hairstyles and other decorative effects, as we have seen were part of ancestral Chamorro culture, are highly developed. An individual’s freedom to form social ties across a wide area translates into a kind of social security because when local conditions change for the worse, say, due to typhoon damage, those ties can be lifelines to safety, for an individual and his or her associates. It would make no sense to permanently align oneself only with one or two social groups. This is why it is unlikely that ancestral Chamorros practiced tattooing. Permanent markers of social affiliation, such as tattoos, would have been too restrictive.
Future research may reveal evidence that tattooing was indeed practiced in the Marianas, but there is another reason besides the lack of linguistic, historical and archaeological evidence to doubt that it was. The local environmental and social circumstances in this part of the Pacific made tattoo unnecessary. The ancestral Chamorro culture was similar in many ways to that of other Pacific islanders but it also provided unique and appropriate solutions to the challenges of life north of latitude 12 along the 145th meridian.
For further reading
Freycinet, Louis-Claude de. Voyage autour du Monde … Execute sur les Corvettes de S.M. l’Uranie et la Physicienne: Atlas Historique Paris: Chez Pillet Aine, 1825.
Omori, Emiko, Lisa Altieri. “Skin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo.” Documentary. Directed by Emiko Omori. [Honolulu?]: Pacific Islanders in Communications and KPBS San Diego, 2003.
Spennemann, Dirk H.R. Tattooing in the Marshall Islands. 2nd ed. Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 1998. Also available online at Digital Micronesia- Marshall Islands. (Accessed 18 June 2012)
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Prior to this grant, I was working as a classroom agriculture teacher. We would talk about sustainable agriculture in the classroom setting, but students were not able to engage in hands on sustainable agricultural production. We defined sustainability as being socially, financially, and environmentally sustainable. We also talked about food miles and investigated how far our food travels. We talked about integrated pest management too. Prior to the garden, we were only able to talk about these things from theoretical standpoints. With the garden, the students have experience to build knowledge on; they have practical applications/references to the theoretical concepts.
- Establish a student farm that would serve as a space where students will be educated about sustainable vegetable production as well as sustainable marketing options for small farm businesses.
- Provide urban students the opportunity to have an SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) which is critical to the success of an Illinois Agricultural Education program as part of the FFA program
- Students will learn to grow vegetable produce and they will learn to market their produce through CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) market. Potential CSA members will include employees of Freeport School District and community members. The profit of the farm will be put back into the high school agriculture department to help fund student leadership, educational, and agricultural experiences.
- Obtain administrator support (principals, superintendents).
- Recruit students to work and manage the garden by re-marketing and urbanizing the high school agriculture program as relevant, healthy, and cool rather than associating it with a type of farming that urban students may have a stereotype against. We did this by changing our course names to Urban Vegetable Production, Food and the Environment, and Food Sales and Marketing.
- Engage community members and school staff through sales of vegetables
- Engage community volunteers to assist with tilling, mulching
- Create a Facebook page to get the word out about what we are doing.
- Allow students to take garden produce home to families
- Host baking and preservation workshops with the students utilizing garden produce.
- Create a recipe book with lots of recipes utilizing garden produce.
- Engage community members through educational sessions at the garden
- We worked with Boys and Girls Club, the Freeport Park District, and the Highland Area Garden Club to host workshops and lessons at our garden.
- Patrick Kennedy- Community Volunteer, co-program manager
- Rex Prince- He disked the garden for us three years in a row.
- Grant McCarty, U of I Extension’s Local Foods Educator, mentored us on pest and disease problems in the garden.
- Jack Carey, Freeport Park District, donated mulch to our garden project and tilled our garden for the 2015 growing season.
- Cliff Luke and Cliff Lang, volunteers of Freeport Area Church Cooperative, take care of our seedlings at a greenhouse across town.
- Pearl Valley Organix donated organic fertilizer to our garden in exchange for us running a test of their products vs. other organic fertilizers.
- Archer Daniel’s Midland, Seeds of Change Grant, Pioneer Seed Co., Pearl City Coop, Stephenson Service Company, Country Financial, Windy Groves Inc., Karl McPeek Memorial, and other community donations have been pooled to purchase a greenhouse for our program.
- Joel Riesman of Growing Power advised us on crop nutrient deficiencies, water levels, and general crop health.
- The results we achieved were…
- Engaged an increasing number of students in our agriculture department at Freeport High School from the 2012-2013 school year to the 2014-2015 school year. Each year, the number of students enrolled in courses and the number of students engaged in the garden increased. The first year, 21 students were enrolled in agriculture courses, the second year, that number increased to 50, and the third year, that number increased to 65. The first year, 4 students were engaged in the garden during the summer, the second year 8 students were engaged in the garden, and for the 2015 growing season, we have 12 students engaged.
- Fundraised and increasing number of dollars through our vegetable sales from year 1 to year 2. The first year, we raised approximately $1,100. The 2nd year, we raised approximately $4,500.
- The program is socially sustainable as students enjoy the work that they are doing and they are building friendships across racial lines.
- The program is economically sustainable as students because produce sales cover the operating costs of the farm.
- The program is environmentally sustainable as we manage the farm with sustainable practices including crop rotation, organic fertilization, and composting.
- Students learn about all three pillars of sustainability (socially, financial, and environmental) in the courses that are taught.
- The youth that we are trying to reach are 9-12 high school students, and those are the students we are currently reaching.
- We share our project with the public as they visit our project throughout the summer weeks and we also post updates on our Facebook page. We also organized the following formal programs that educated people in the community about our project.
- Boys and Girls Garden Lesson: May 2014
- Highland Area Garden Club Tour: July 2014
- Community Appreciation Banquet: December 4, 2014
- Freeport Park District Special Education Garden Lesson: May 21, 2015
- U of I Extension Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop hosted at our orchard: March 19, 2015
- Future Outreach Plans: We hope to partner with the Sleezer Youth Home in Freeport as well as the department of corrections. The Sleezer Youth Home is a child welfare agency and a childcare institution providing residential housing to female youth in need of psychological treatment. We would like to provide programing for these girls at the student farm. We would also like to become recognized as a volunteer site with the department of corrections for teens who must participate in community service as a result of their correction plan.
- Links to newspaper clippings:
- Links to publications:
- You may see many photos on our Facebook page at facebook.com/FreeportStudentFarm.
- We are incredibly grateful to be a recipient of the SARE grant. Without this grant, I am not sure if we ever would have gotten started. Our program has grown, is quite successful, and we hope to continue to grow with the addition of a greenhouse to our program. Thank you so much for the opportunity that you have given us. Children and adults in our community are about to think about sustainable food production and use our student farm as an example. | <urn:uuid:02aaa314-6b69-420f-9b09-c5aaf50f6203> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://projects.sare.org/sare_project/yenc13-065/ | 2021-10-26T23:39:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587963.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026231833-20211027021833-00586.warc.gz | en | 0.944964 | 1,533 |
President Ilham Aliyev congratulates Azerbaijan's Jewish community
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On Cape Breton Island’s east side, you’ll find several places to stop and enjoy the scenery, and even take a hike along the rugged coast. All of these places are conveniently located just steps away from the Cabot Trail. You can either enjoy the view from the road… or hike out onto the rocks at places like Lakies Head and Green Cove.
The Cabot Trail makes a loop around Cape Breton Island, at the north end of Nova Scotia. Locations like Lakies Head, Green Cove, Black Brook Beach, and the Coastal/Jiggling Cove Trails are located on the east side of the island, south of Neils Harbour.
There are several viewpoints, or “look-offs” along this stretch of the Cabot Trail, but I only stopped at a couple of places as I headed north. The first…
… was Lakies Head.
You’ll find even more space to explore at Green Cove, just a short drive north of Lakies Head. Here, a boardwalk takes you out onto a small peninsula, giving you a good view to the north and south.
I had been dodging rain showers on the drive up the coast, and at this spot, it paid off. A rainbow appeared briefly, to the north of Green Cove.
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Here’s a look at the drive from Cape Smokey to Neils Harbour:
The Bottom Line
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|Publication number||US6754601 B1|
|Application number||US 09/409,098|
|Publication date||Jun 22, 2004|
|Filing date||Sep 30, 1999|
|Priority date||Nov 7, 1996|
|Publication number||09409098, 409098, US 6754601 B1, US 6754601B1, US-B1-6754601, US6754601 B1, US6754601B1|
|Inventors||Evren Eryurek, Steven R. Esboldt, Gregory H. Rome|
|Original Assignee||Rosemount Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (107), Non-Patent Citations (158), Referenced by (24), Classifications (14), Legal Events (4) |
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
Diagnostics for resistive elements of process devices
US 6754601 B1
Diagnostic circuitry of a process device is used to detect degradation of a resistive element of the process device while the process device remains online, without the use of an additional power source. In addition, once degradation of the resistive element is detected, the diagnostic circuitry can be compensated for automatically. The diagnostic circuitry includes a testing circuit and a processing system. The testing circuit is coupled to the resistive element and is configured to apply a test signal to the resistive element. The test signal heats the resistive element and causes the resistive element to generate a response signal. The processing system compares a change in the response signal to a corresponding reference to detect degradation of the resistive element.
What is claimed:
1. Diagnostic circuitry for detecting degradation of a resistive element of a process device, the diagnostic circuitry comprising:
a test signal source coupleable to the resistive element and configured to apply a test signal to the resistive element, wherein the test signal heats the resistive element and generates a response signal that relates to a resistance of the resistive element;
a processing system configured to measure a change in the response signal between two points of the response signal that are temporally spaced apart, and to establish a difference between the change in the response signal and a corresponding reference.
2. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the resistive element is selected from the group consisting of a resistance temperature detector, a thermocouple, a strain gauge, and a coil.
3. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, further comprising a memory connected to the processing system configured to store the reference.
4. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the process device is wholly loop powered.
5. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the process device is powered by a 4-20 mA loop.
6. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the process device comprises a 2-wire device.
7. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the process device comprises a temperature transmitter.
8. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic circuitry intrinsically safe.
9. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the test signal source is a current source, and wherein the diagnostic circuitry further comprises:
a switch coupled to the current source wherein actuation of the switch causes the test signal to be applied to the resistive element; and
a voltage detector configured to detect the response signal generated by the resistive element in response to the test signal.
10. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to produce a diagnostic output as a function of the difference.
11. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 10, wherein the diagnostic output is indicative of a condition of the resistive element.
12. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 10, wherein the diagnostic output is indicative of a life expectancy of the resistive element.
13. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 10, wherein the diagnostic output is in accordance with a communication protocol selected from a group consisting of Highway Addressable Remote Transducer, Fieldbus, Profibus, and Ethernet protocols.
14. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein the processing system comprises a neural network.
15. The diagnostic circuitry of claim 1, wherein:
the process device is a process variable transmitter configured to measure a value of a process variable using the resistive element and to produce a process variable output indicative of the value; and
the processing system is configured to adjust the process variable output as a function of the difference.
16. A method for detecting degradation of a resistive element of a process device, comprising:
applying a test signal to the resistive element to heat the resistive element and to generate a response signal that is related to a resistance of the resistive element;
measuring a change in the response signal between two points of the response signal that are temporally spaced apart; and
comparing the change in the response signal to a corresponding reference to establish a difference that is indicative of degradation of the resistive elements.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising measuring an operating temperature of the resistive element.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the corresponding reference relates to the operating temperature.
19. The method of claim 16, wherein the process device is a two-wire device.
20. The method of claim 16, wherein the reference is a change between two points along a reference response signal.
21. The method of claim 16, wherein each of the two points represents a voltage drop across the resistive element.
22. The method of claim 16, wherein one of the two points represents an initial voltage drop and the other of the two points represents a final voltage drop.
23. The method of claim 16, wherein the test signal is applied for a selected period of time.
24. The method of claim 16, further comprising measuring a first operating temperature defined as the operating temperature of the resistive element before applying the test signal, and measuring a second operating temperature defined as the operating temperature of the resistive element after the test signal is applied and comparing the first operating temperature second operating temperature.
25. The method of claim 16, further comprising producing a diagnostic output as a function of the difference.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein the diagnostic output is indicative of a condition of the resistive element.
27. The method of claim 25, wherein the diagnostic output is indicative of a life-expectancy of the resistive element.
28. An apparatus for detecting degradation of a resistive element of a process device, comprising:
means for applying a test signal to the resistive element to heat the resistive element and to generate a response signal that is related to a resistance of the resistive element;
means for measuring a change in the response signal between two points along the response signal; and
means for comparing the change in the response signal to a corresponding reference to establish a difference that is indicative of degradation of the resistive element.
29. The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising:
means for establishing a difference between the change in the response signal and the corresponding reference; and
means for correcting an output produced by the resistive element as a function of the difference.
30. A computer readable medium having stored instructions executable by a processor capable of diagnosing a resistive element of a process device, the instructions comprising:
instructions for reading a response signal generated by the resistive element in response to a test signal, wherein the response signal is related to a resistance of the resistive element;
instructions for reading a change between two points along the response signal;
instructions for reading a corresponding reference; and
instructions for comparing the change to the reference to establish a difference that is indicative of degradation of the resistive element.
This is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/175,832, filed on Oct. 19, 1998, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,519,546 on Feb. 11, 2003 and is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/744,980, filed Nov. 7, 1996, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,828,567 which issued on Oct. 27, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Process devices are used in processing plants to monitor process variables and control industrial processes. Process devices are generally remotely located from a control room and are coupled to process control circuitry in the control room by a process control loop. The process control loop can be a 4-20 mA current loop that powers the process device and provides a communication link between the process device and the process control circuitry. Examples of process devices include process transmitters used to measure temperature, pressure, flow, pH, turbidity, level, or other process variables and various process control devices.
Resistive elements are typically found in process devices. Resistive elements can be process variable sensors, wires, coils, resistive temperature detectors (RTD's), thermocouples, electrical traces, terminations, and other components of process devices having an electrical resistance. Generally, the condition of these resistive elements tends to degrade over time due to wear caused by use and environmental conditions that results in a decrease in performance. Depending on the resistive element, the decrease in performance may produce inaccurate measurements or cause the process device to fail. As a result, process devices are periodically tested to establish the condition of these resistive elements to determine whether measurements must be compensated or whether the resistive element must be replaced.
For example, temperature transmitters can use RTD's to measure the temperature of process fluids. An RTD is a resistive element having a temperature-dependent resistance. The RTD is placed in thermal communication with the process fluid and the temperature transmitter injects a current into the RTD. The resultant voltage drop across the RTD is used to calculate the resistance of the RTD. The temperature of the process fluid is determined from the resistance of the RTD. As the condition of the RTD deteriorates, its relationship between resistance and temperature changes thus reducing the accuracy of its measurements. Consequently, temperature transmitters store calibration information which is used to compensate for the changing properties of the RTD. The calibration information used by the transmitter is determined by calibrating the transmitter.
Present calibration techniques are generally conducted offline. These techniques involve testing the process measurement device on-site or at the location of the process measurement device. One such offline calibration technique is the plunge test. Here, the RTD or temperature sensor is removed from the process and placed in a bath of a known temperature. The output from the sensor is monitored and compared to the actual temperature of the bath to determine the amount of compensation required or calibration factor. The calibration factor is then stored in the processing system of the process device. The calibration factor is used to compensate the output of the process device such that the output accurately represents the temperature of the process medium being measured. Other offline calibration techniques involve injecting the resistive element with a test current and analyzing the response signal produced by the resistive element in response to the test current. These techniques generally utilize an additional power source due to the power limitations of the process device.
The above-mentioned calibration techniques are inadequate because they can require that the device be tested on-site, that the device be disassembled, and that an additional power supply be provided. Furthermore, process devices which are calibrated offline are unable to automatically compensate for the changing properties of a resistive element used by the process device. Instead, these calibration techniques must be performed periodically on the process device to ensure that the calibration information stored in the process device will accurately compensate for the degradation of the resistive element used by the process device.
Diagnostic circuitry of a process device is used to detect degradation of a resistive element of the process device while the process device remains online, without the use of an additional power source. In addition, once degradation of the resistive element is detected, the diagnostic circuitry can be compensated for automatically. The diagnostic circuitry includes a testing circuit and a processing system. The testing circuit is coupled to the resistive element and is configured to apply a test signal to the resistive element. The test signal heats the resistive element and causes the resistive element to generate a response signal. The processing system compares a change in the response signal to a corresponding reference to detect degradation of the resistive element.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the environment of embodiments of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a simplified block diagram of an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a graph of a test signal and a graph of a response signal.
FIG. 4 is a simplified schematic in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 shows a graph depicting the temperature dependence of a resistive element.
FIG. 6 shows a graph comparing a reference to a response signal over a range of operating temperatures.
Although the invention will be described with reference to specific embodiments of improved diagnostics for resistive elements of process devices, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes can be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which are defined by the appended claims.
FIG. 1 is an environmental diagram showing a portion of a processing plant in which embodiments of the present invention operate. Process control system 2 includes illustrative process devices 4 coupled electrically to control room 6 over two wire process control loops 8. Process control loops 8 provide a communication link with control room 6 and power to control devices 4. Process devices 4 are mounted on a process container, such as piping 10, containing a process element (e.g. a process fluid) In the example shown, process device 4 is a process variable transmitter for measuring a process variable such as temperature, pressure, or other process variable, and transmitting process variable data relating to the process variable to control room 6 over control loop 8. As one alternative to the example shown, process device 4 is a process control device used to control the process element, such as a process control valve that is controlled by control signals from control room 6 transmitted over control loop 8.
Data pertaining to the process and control signals used to control the process are two forms of process device information. Process device information can be transmitted between control room 6 and process devices 4 over control loops 8 by adjusting the current flowing through control loops 8. For example, two-wire process devices 4 typically adjust the current flowing through loop 8 between a lower alarm level IL and an upper alarm level IU, commonly 4 mA and 20 mA, respectively, to indicate a value of the process variable being monitored. Additionally, digital information can be transmitted over the control loops 8 in accordance with Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART®), FOUNDATION™ Fieldbus, Profibus, or Ethernet protocols as is common in the industry.
Device 4 can either include or utilize a resistive element 12 having a resistance R1, shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Resistive element 12 can take on many forms depending on the function of process device 4. If process device 4 is a temperature transmitter, resistive element 12 could be a temperature sensor, such as an RTD (thin-film or wire-wound) sensor or a thermocouple. If process device 4 is a pressure transmitter resistive element 12 could be a strain gauge. Resistive element 12 can also take the form of a coil of a coriolis flowmeter such as is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,231,884 issued Aug. 3, 1993. Other possibilities for resistive element 12 include wires, electrical traces, terminations, and other components of process devices 4 having an electrical resistance.
One aspect of the various embodiments includes a recognition that properties of resistive element 12 will change over time due to wear. Such change facilitates detection of degradation of resistive element 12 by comparing a characteristic of resistive element 12 to a reference characteristic representing a resistive element 12 in a good or healthy condition using diagnostic circuitry 14.
FIG. 2 shows a simple block diagram of an embodiment of diagnostic circuitry 14. Diagnostic circuitry 14 includes testing circuit 16 and processing system 18 and is generally configured to apply a test signal IT to resistive element 12 and to compare a characteristic of a response signal VR generated by resistive element 12 in response to test signal IT, to a corresponding reference VREF.
Testing circuit 16 acts as a test signal source and is coupleable to resistive element 12 through connection 20. Testing circuit 16 is configured to apply test signal IT to resistive element 12. Resistive element 12 is heated by test signal IT and generates response signal VR, shown in FIG. 3, in response to test signal IT. One embodiment of testing circuit 16, shown in FIG. 4, comprises a current source 22 and a voltage detector 24.
Processing system 18 can be configured to receive response signal VR from testing circuit 16, as indicated in FIG. 2. In one embodiment, processing system 18 can measure a change ΔVR in response signal VR between two points P1 and P2 (FIG. 3) of response signal VR that are temporally spaced apart. Processing system 18 can further establish a difference D between change ΔVR and corresponding reference change ΔVREF. Embodiments of processing system 18 include a microprocessor 26 and an analog-to-digital converter 28.
Connection 20 represents any connection or exchange of signals between the resistive element 12 and diagnostic circuitry 14. For example, if resistive element 12 is a process variable sensor and diagnostic circuitry 14 includes a microprocessor, connection 20 provides process variable data to the microprocessor. Similarly, if resistive element 12 is a process control element, the connection 20 provides a control signal from the microprocessor of diagnostic circuitry 14 to resistive element 12.
Test signal IT can be in the form of a current. In one embodiment of the invention, test signal IT raises the magnitude of the current to resistive element 12 from its nominal level (≈200 μA) to near upper alarm level IU (≈20 mA) for a test period tT, as shown in FIG. 3. The duration of test period tT can be from a fraction of a second to more than 10 seconds depending upon the amplitude of test signal IT.
The response signal VR, generated by resistive element 12 in response to test signal IT, is in the form of a voltage drop across resistance R1, as shown in FIG. 3. The response signal VR quickly rises to an initial voltage V0 and, as the temperature of resistive element 12 increases due to internal self-heating, the response signal VR increases to a peak or final voltage VI. Processing system 18 is configured to measure change ΔVR between two points P1 and P2 along response signal VR and to establish a difference D between the change ΔVR and a corresponding reference ΔVREF. Reference ΔVREF is representative of the resistive element in a good or healthy condition. As a result, the value of difference D is indicative of the condition of resistive element 12 and can be used to estimate the life-expectancy of resistive element 12.
The two points P1 and P2 of the response signal VR that are selected by processing system 18 are temporally spaced apart. The two points P1 and P2 must be suitably separated to ensure that the change ΔVR is sufficiently large such that degradation of resistive element 12 can be detected when compared to the corresponding reference ΔVREF. The corresponding reference ΔVREF is a reference change measured between two points of a reference response signal VREF (similar to response signal VR in FIG. 3) that is generated by the resistive element 12 in response to test signal IT. The two points of the reference response signal VREF used to establish reference ΔVREF correspond to the two points P1 and P2 of the response signal VR used to establish change ΔVR, so that a valid comparison can be made. Alternatively, the corresponding reference ΔVREF could be a standardized value established through the testing of several resistive elements 12.
In one embodiment, the two points P1 and P2 selected by processing system 18 are positioned along the portion of the response signal VR which is changing due to the self-heating of resistive element 12. For example, processing system 18 can select initial voltage V0 and final voltage V1 as the points P1 and P2, respectively, which would relate to the boundaries of the portion of response signal VR that is changing due to the self-heating of resistive element 12. The change ΔVR will be a change in voltage between points P1 and P2. Accordingly, corresponding reference ΔVREF will be a change in voltage measured between two points that correspond to an initial and final voltage of the reference response signal VREF. In another embodiment, the points P1 and P2 are selected along response signal VR at specific voltages by processing system 18. For example, processing system 18 can select point P1 when response signal VR reaches 0.7 volts and point P2 when response signal VR reaches 1.1 volts. In this embodiment, processing system measures the period of time it takes for response signal VR to rise from point P1 to point P2. As a result, change ΔVR will be a period of time rather than a change in voltage. The corresponding reference ΔVREF is also a period of time that is measured between the corresponding points of reference response signal VREF (i.e., 0.7 V and 1.1 V). In yet another embodiment, points P1 and P2 are selected at specific periods of time within test period tT. For example, point P1 could be selected as the point along the response signal VR and the corresponding reference response signal at 0.1 seconds after the test signal IT is applied to resistive element 12 and point P2 could be selected as the point along the response signal VR and the corresponding reference response signal VREF at 0.1 seconds before the termination of test signal IT.
Processing system 18 can establish difference D between change ΔVR and corresponding reference change ΔVREF, which is indicative of the condition of resistive element 12. The larger the value of difference D, the greater the degradation resistive element 12 has undergone relative to the reference condition of resistive element 12. In one embodiment, processing system 18 can produce a diagnostic output that is indicative of the condition of resistive element 12, as a function of difference D.
FIG. 4 shows a simplified schematic of diagnostic circuitry 14 depicted as a component of process device circuitry 30 of a process device 4, such as a temperature transmitter, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. Here, resistive element 12 of device 4 is depicted as an element of RTD sensor 32 and has a temperature-dependent resistance R1. Sensor 32 can be either internal or external to device 4 and connects to process device circuitry 30 and diagnostic circuitry 14 at connector 34. Connector 34 includes a terminal block 36 having terminals 36A, 36B, 36C, and 36D for coupling to, for example, RTD temperature sensor 32. Sensor 32 connects to process device circuitry 30 at leads 38. Leads 38 are configured as a Kelvin connection and include four element leads 4.0, 42, 44, and 46. Lead 40 is connected between resistive element 12 and terminal 36D, lead 42 is connected between resistive element 12 and terminal 36C, lead 44 is connected between resistive element 12 and terminal 36B, and lead 46 is connected between resistive element 12 and terminal 36A.
One embodiment of testing circuit 16, shown in FIG. 4, includes current source 22, switch 48, and voltage detector 24. Current source 22 is configured to apply test signal IT through terminal 36A, resistive element 12, terminal 36D, reference resistance RREF, pull-down resistance RPD and ground terminal 50. Resistive element 12 of sensor 32 generates response signal VR across terminals 36B and 36C which is a function of the resistance R1.
Current source 22 of testing circuitry 16 can be controlled by processing system 18 through connection 52. Connection 52, shown in FIG. 4, is drawn to indicate that it could be used to control several aspects of testing circuit 16 including switch 48. In one embodiment, current source 22 is configured to produce test signal IT When processing system 18 closes switch 48, test signal IT is applied to resistive element 12 through connector 34. At the end of test period tT, processing system 18 opens switch 48 to terminate the application of test signal IT. In another embodiment, current source 22 (not shown) includes a Schmitt Trigger and a voltage-to-current (V-I) converter. The Schmitt trigger can be configured to produce a high voltage to an input of the V-I converter for test period tT then drop the input to a low or zero voltage at the input to the V-I converter. The V-I converter can be configured to produce test signal IT, while receiving the high voltage from the Schmitt Trigger, that can be directed to resistive element 12 through switch 48. Processing system 18 controls switch 48 and can apply test signal IT to resistive element 12 as desired.
One embodiment of voltage detector 24 of testing circuit 16 is shown in FIG. 4 and includes multiplexer 54 and differential amplifier 56. Multiplexer 54 is divided into two sections, an active multiplexer having an output connected to the non-inverting input of differential amplifier 56 and a reference multiplexer having an output connected to the inverting input of differential amplifier 56. Multiplexer 54 can multiplex analog signals from terminals 36B, 36C, and the junction between reference resistor RREFand pull-down resistor RPD, to the non-inverting and inverting inputs of differential amplifier 56.
FIG. 4 also shows one embodiment of processing system 18 that includes analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 28, microprocessor 26, and memory 58. Memory 58 stores instructions and information for microprocessor 26, including reference response information used for diagnostic purposes, such as reference ΔVREF. Microprocessor 26 operates at a speed determined by clock circuit 60. Clock circuit 60 includes a real time clock and a precision high speed clock, which are also used to sequence the operation of A/D converter 28. Microprocessor 26 can perform several functions, including control of testing circuit 16, control of communications over loop 8, temperature compensation, storage of transmitter configuration parameters, and diagnostics for resistive element 12. Microprocessor 26 controls multiplexer 54 of voltage detector 24 to multiplex appropriate sets of analog signals, including signals from terminals 36B, 36C, and 36D, to the non-inverting and inverting inputs of differential amplifier 56. Thus, microprocessor 26 can instruct voltage detector 24 to provide A/D converter 28 with the voltage drop across resistance R1, or across terminals 36B and 36C. As a result, when test signal IT is applied to resistive element 12, microprocessor 26 can instruct voltage detector 24 to provide A/D converter 28 with the response signal VR generated by resistive element 12.
In one embodiment, A/D converter 28 has an accuracy of 17 bits and a conversion rate of 14 samples/second. A/D converter 28 converts the voltage from testing circuit 16 into a digital value and provides that value to microprocessor 26 for analysis.
Microprocessor 26 of processing system 18 can signal testing circuit 16 through connection 52 to apply test signal IT to resistive element 12, as mentioned above. When test signal IT is applied, resistive element 12 generates response signal VR that can be measured by microprocessor 26 through the control of multiplexer 54 and A/D converter 28. Microprocessor 26 can analyze response signal VR by selecting points P1 and P2 along response signal VR and calculating change ΔVR as discussed above. Corresponding reference change ΔVREF can be obtained from memory 58 and compared to change ΔVR to establish difference D, which is indicative of the condition of resistive element 12.
Process device circuitry 30, which includes diagnostic circuitry 14, can be intrinsically safe to allow for safe operation of process device 4 in hazardous environments. In one embodiment, process device circuitry 30 is loop powered; i.e., wholly (completely) powered by loop 8, which could be a 4-20 mA loop. In another embodiment, process device circuitry 30 can be used in a 2-wire process device 4.
Process device circuitry 30 can communicate with a process control system over control loop 8 using device input-output (I/O) circuit 62, shown in FIG. 4. In one embodiment of the invention, device I/O circuit 62 communicates with the process control system by adjusting current I between 4 and 20 mA in accordance with a known communication protocol. Suitable communication protocols include HART®, FOUNDATION™ Fieldbus, Profibus, and Ethernet communication protocols. Additional protocols can also be used, for example, a four-wire configuration may be employed in which power is received from a separate source. If process device circuitry 30 is used in a process measurement transmitter, process device circuitry 30 can produce a process variable output, that is indicative of the value of the process variable being measured, using device I/O circuit 62. For example, if process device circuitry 30 is used in a temperature transmitter that utilizes RTD sensor 32 to measure the temperature of a process medium, then process device circuitry 30 can produce a process variable output, that is indicative of the temperature of the process medium, using device I/O circuit 62.
Diagnostic circuitry 14 can access device I/O circuit 62 of process device circuitry 30 with microprocessor 26, as shown in FIG. 4. Using device I/O circuit 62, the process control system can signal diagnostic circuitry 14 to perform a diagnostic test on resistive element 12 and, after conducting the test, diagnostic circuitry 14 can transmit a diagnostic output indicating the condition of resistive element 12 back to the process control system. The diagnostic output can take several forms.
In one embodiment, the diagnostic output represents the value of difference D. In another embodiment, the diagnostic output is a signal to the process control system that the difference D has exceeded a threshold value, stored in memory 58, indicating that resistive element 12 either needs to be re-calibrated or replaced.
Response signal VR generated by resistive element 12 can depend on the operating temperature T0of resistive element 12. Also, change ΔVR measured by processing system 18 can also vary with temperature and can affect the determination of the condition of resistive element 12. This variance with temperature is shown in FIG. 5 as ΔVR-temperature curve 64. In one embodiment, a ΔVREF-Temperature-curve 66 is established by testing the resistive element 12, while in a new, good, or healthy condition, over a range of operating temperatures, as shown in FIG. 6. ΔVREF-Temperature curve 66 can be stored in memory 58 and accessed by processing system 18. Difference D can be established by processing system 18 by comparing the ΔVR, due to a test conducted at operating temperature T0, to a corresponding reference ΔVREF corresponding to operating temperature T0, as shown in FIG. 6.
Process device circuitry 30 can measure operating temperature T0 of resistive element 12 or the process medium in which resistive element 12 is place. The procedure used by process device circuitry 30 to measure operating temperature T0 of resistive element 12 includes applying a nominal measurement current is through resistive element 12, measuring the voltage drop across the resistance R1 of resistive element 12 VR1, measuring the voltage drop VRREF across reference resistor RREF, calculating the resistance value R1, and obtaining the temperature corresponding to the resistance value R1 from look-up tables in memory 58.
The measurement current IS is generated by current source 68. Current source 68 is connected to terminal block 36 and supplies test measurement current Is through terminal 36A, resistive element 12, terminal 36D, reference resistance RREF, pull-down resistance RPD and ground terminal 50. Resistive element 12 of sensor 32 develops a voltage drop across terminals 36B and 36C which is a function of the resistance R1, and, thus, the operating temperature T0 of resistive element 12. Microprocessor 26 measures the voltage drop VR1 across resistive element 12 of sensor 32 between terminals 36B and 36C, and the voltage drop VRREF across reference resistance RREF with multiplexer 54, due to measurement current IS. In a four-wire resistance measurement such as the one shown in FIG. 4, the voltage drop across the connections to terminals 36B and 36C is largely eliminated, since substantially all of the current IS flows between terminals 36A and 36D, and has little impact on the accuracy of the measurement. Microprocessor 26 employs the following equation to compute the resistance R1 of resistive element 12:
R1=resistance of RTD sensor element 204;
VR1=voltage drop across the RTD sensor element 204;
VRREF=voltage drop across resistance RREF; and
RREFNOM=nominal resistance of the reference resistance RREF in Ohms, and/or stored in memory 212.
Microprocessor 26 converts the measured resistance R1 into temperature units with a look-up table stored in memory 58. Alternatively microprocessor 26 can use an equation, stored in memory 58, such as the Callender-Van Dusen equation which is:
R(t)=Resistance at temperature t, in Ohms.
R0=Resistance at temperature O deg. C., Ohm.
t=Temperature, deg C.
α, δ, β=Calibration constants.
β=0 for t>0 deg C.
Thus, microprocessor 26 can obtain the operating temperature T0 of resistive element 12, which can be used to select the appropriate ΔVREF value of the ΔVREF-temperature curve 66.
Although the self-heating of resistance R1 will cause an increase in the operating temperature T0, this increase is generally small and can be neglected. Thus, it is generally sufficient to use the operating temperature T0 measured just prior to the application of test signal IT as the operating temperature of the resistive element during the test. However, if the operating temperature T0 under which the resistive element 12 is operating is unstable, it may be necessary to validate the ΔVR measurement by measuring the operating temperature T0 of resistive element 12 after the application of test signal IT and comparing its value with the operating temperature T0 of the resistive element 12 prior to the test. If the operating temperature T0 after the test is approximately the same as before the test, then the ΔVR measurement is presumed to be valid. If, however, the operating temperature after the test is not approximately the same as before the test, then the ΔVR measurement is presumed to be invalid and the test will need to be repeated.
In one embodiment of the invention, process device circuitry 30 can be used in a process measurement transmitter, such as a temperature transmitter, and can produce a process variable output, that is indicative of the process variable being measured, using device I/O circuit 62. When resistive element 12 is an element of the sensor being used to measure the process variable, its degradation can affect the accuracy of the measurement and, thus, the accuracy of the process variable output. Once the degradation of resistive element 12 has been detected and quantified as a difference D, one embodiment of processing system 18 can automatically correct or adjust the process variable output as a function of the difference D. For example, as resistive element 12 of an RTD sensor 32 degrades, the temperature measured by RTD sensor 32 becomes inaccurate due to drift in alpha (α) and/or R0 (shown above in Equation 2). It has been discovered that there is a substantially linear relationship between the difference D and error in the temperature measurement caused by drift in alpha (α) and/or R0. The temperature can be corrected using the equation:
T corrected =T measured K(D) Eq. 3
Tmeasured is the measured temperature;
K is a constant of proportionality which is a function of the difference D; and
Tcorrected is the autocorrected temperature.
The relationship between K and the difference D may be determined experimentally. Determination of K may be through an equation or, in one embodiment, with a lookup table stored in memory 58 as a function of difference D. Similarly, difference D can be correlated to alpha (α) and R0, or changes in these constants. Further, it is within the scope of the present invention to correlate difference D with other constraints in Equation 2.
One embodiment of diagnostic circuitry 14 can use empirical models or polynomial curve-fitting which are functions of the difference D. For example, a polynomial which is a function of the difference D can be used for computing the residual lifetime estimate or the life expectancy of resistive element 12. The constants and/or the equations may be sent over a two wire loop to process device circuitry 30. In another embodiment, processing system 18 of diagnostic circuitry 14 is implemented with a multi-layer neural network. Although a number of training algorithms can be used to develop a neural network model for different goals, one embodiment includes the known Backpropagation Network (BPN) to develop neural network modules which will capture the nonlinear relationship among a set of input and outputs(s).
Another embodiment of diagnostic circuitry 14 can use a set of if—then rules to reach a conclusion on the status of the resistive element 12, such as that used in an RTD sensor 32. The difference D is monitored and its present value is compared to upper and lower boundaries. The upper and lower boundaries are empirically set by testing of many RTD sensors 32. A decision is made based upon the comparison.
In another aspect of the invention, the rate of change (ROC) of the difference D is correlated with life expectancy of resistive element 12. The ROC of the difference D is provided to the diagnostic circuitry 14 and implemented in microprocessor 26. A diagnostic output can be provided that is indicative of the residual life of resistive element 12, including a warning when the residual life drops below a threshold value.
The various diagnostic functions set forth herein can be performed remotely, in a process control device, in the control room, in a computer located off-site or in a combination of these locations. Generally, the invention can be practiced in any of a number of places in a process system control system. In particular, the present invention as realized in software and a microprocessor, can reside in a central controller or even a final control element such as a valve, motor or switch. Furthermore, modern digital protocols such as Fieldbus, Profibus and others mentioned above, allow for the software which practices the present invention to be communicated between elements in a process control system, and also provide for process variables to be sensed in one transmitter and then sent to the software.
Embodiments diagnostic circuitry 14 can detect other types of degradation in a process device including corrosion of an electrical component. For example, in a wire, termination, coil, RTD, thermocouple, electrical trace on a printed circuit board or other electrical component which corrodes over time, there is a corresponding reduction in area which causes an increase in resistance. The present invention can detect such degradation prior to the ultimate failure of the device. Electrical components may degrade due to use which could also lead to eventual fatigue failure. The electrical element diagnostics of the present invention can detect such fatigue. Further, a loose termination such as occurs with a “cold” solder joint can be detected as the termination degrades.
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|International Classification||G07C3/00, G08C19/02, G01K15/00|
|Cooperative Classification||G01K15/00, G08C19/02, G07C3/00|
|European Classification||G07C3/00, G08C19/02, G01K15/00|
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It seems in Shushan Jews were all renamin’
themselves, and changing Jewish names to Persian.
This may have been what really bothered Haman
when he found out about the brand new version
that Mordecai had given to the orphan
who had been called Hadassah when he took her
as daughter in his house, like an endorphin
relieving her from pain when fate forsook her,
for she had lost her mother and her father,
left all alone till she was given quarter
with Mordecai her cousin, who was rather
husband-like, though calling her his daughter.
He changed her name to Esther, which is Ishtar,
a goddess then in Shushan quite familiar;
all alternatives he might have wished are
forgotten, and may well have sounded sillier.
By giving her a goddess name he matched
his own, from Marduk, greatest god, derived;
both names from old divinities were snatched,
before in Esther’s scroll they were archived.
This yearning for the names of gentile gods
may well have greatly upset Haman who
cast purim––lots––with favorable odds
because he thought a Jew should stay a Jew,
not masquerading, acting like a goy.
Because he was defying Human Rights,
asserting Haman Rights instead, his ploy
did not succeed, when he fell from the heights
pursuing Esther, getting in a mess
harassing her, more sexually immodest.
He lost against the Jews a war like chess,
not only queened by Esther––even goddessed.
While Esther’s name may well be associated with the goddess Ishtar, Stephanie Dalley, in Esther’s Revenge at Susa: From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus (Oxford, 2007), suggests that links the orginial name of Esther, Hadassah , to the Akkadian hadaššatu, pointing out that that it is only found in a lexical (dictionary) text, as a synonym of kallatu, meaning a bride chosen by the father of the groom almost always referring to deities. She cites C. Wilcke, “Familiengründung in alten Babylonien,” in E. W. Müller, Geschichtsreif und Legimation zur Zeugung (Freiburg: Alber, 1985), 213-17, which gives the precise meaning of the word, Dalley adds (p. 169):
In the Hebrew book of Esther, the heroine is not selected for marriage by a prospective father-in-law.
Dalley may be mistaken. After stating that Mordecai had been exiled to Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judah, the text states:
And he was a nursing-parent of Hadassah, she was Esther, the daughter of his uncle, because she had no dather or mother. And the maiden was fair in appearance and good looking, and at the death of her father and mother, Mordecai לקחה, took her, as a daughter. (Est. 2:7)
לקח, take, is the verb the Bible uses to denote marriage. Est. 2:7 implies that Mordecai not only adopted Esther as a nursing-parent but married her as if she were his daughter. Why would the take want to imply that his marriage was like that of a father with his daughter? The answer may be because the text wishes to imply that when Mordecai took her as a wife, he was not the father of the groom but the adoptive father of the bride, making Esther like a hadaššatu, a bride chosen by the father of the groom. | <urn:uuid:48e056f1-8f75-4886-a9b7-d576915ce0f6> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://gershonsversion.blogspot.com/2010/02/hadassah.html | 2017-10-19T03:41:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823220.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20171019031425-20171019051425-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.978103 | 804 |
According to the video us Irish love a bit of champ (potatoes mashed with scallions and chives). I’m not sure where you’d find that after stumbling out of a club at 5am…sounds good though. Let’s start a petition!
- Mind & Body
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Jim Danza is an Assistant Professor at Oxnard College in Geography and Environmental Science/Resource Management. His areas of interest are deeply seated in science, but crosses over the human-environmental interaction in his teaching and as a local environmental leader and urban planner under the American Institute of Certified Planners. Jim enjoys hiking and backpacking, and world travel.
He applies active learning through field experiences with his students. He often moves his lecture into the field and provides students opportunities for service learning and internships in the community as well as day and overnight field trips. Use of in-class equipment and samples, group work, and student lead question/answers is used to assess learning and encourage students to teach each other. He connects with each student individually to provide assistance and resources through contact time during and after class.
CAL-ACT Catalysts connect with current CAL-ACT cohort members on a regular basis to mentor, partner and coach. | <urn:uuid:d35df0e1-a57b-40c1-b962-e10d93f69c28> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | http://www.ocstemcenter.org/meet-the-cal-act-catalysts/jim-danza/ | 2021-04-10T11:47:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038056869.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210410105831-20210410135831-00584.warc.gz | en | 0.977597 | 193 |
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