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Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Pasadena, CA
PRP is a regenerative technology which utilizes the patients own blood which is separated by simple centrifuging, isolating the platelets. Platelets contain a variety of grow factors attracting mature stem cells found in you blood, augmenting your healing. PRP permits the body to take advantage of the normal healing pathways at a greatly accelerated rate. During the healing process, the body rushes many cells and cell-types to the wound in order to initiate the healing process. One of these cell types are platelets. These special blood cells, which help stop bleeding, also have high concentrations of various tissue growth factors. The PRP is usually mixed with bone grafts (allogeneic or autogenous) and inserted into surgical sites to promote healing. This is much like putting "miracle grow" in the area for better healing.
PRP Has Many Clinical Applications
This simple but effective technique is frequently utilized in many of our bone grafts.
This includes onlay and inlay grafts, sinus lift procedures, ridge augmentation procedures for dental implants, and closure of alveolar clefts. It also can be used to repair bone defects created by the removal of teeth or cysts / tumors and the repair of fistulas between the sinus cavity and mouth and larger reconstructions.
PRP Also Has Many Advantages
Safety: PRP is a by-product of the patient's own blood, therefore, disease transmission between donors is not an issue.
Convenience: PRP can be generated in our office while the patient is undergoing an outpatient surgical procedure, such as dental implant placement.
Faster healing: The super-saturation of the wound with PRP and thus growth factors produces faster tissue regeneration.
Cost effectiveness: Since PRP is obtained with only 20 – 55 cc of blood in our office the patient need not incur the expense and inconvenience of the harvesting procedure in hospital or at a blood bank.
Ease of use: PRP is easy to handle and actually improves the ease of application of bone substitute materials and bone grafting products by making them more gel-like.
Frequently Asked Questions About PRP
Is PRP safe?
Yes. During the outpatient surgical procedure a small amount of your own blood is drawn out frequently through the IV line. This blood is then placed in the PRP centrifuge machine and spun down. In less than 15 minutes, the PRP is available and ready to use.
Should PRP be used in all bone-grafting cases?
Not always. In some cases, there is no need for PRP. However, in the majority of cases, application of PRP to the graft will increase the final amount of bone present in addition to making the wound heal faster and with less pain.
Will my insurance cover the costs?
Unfortunately not. The cost of the PRP application (approximately $400.00 $650.00) is paid by the patient as an out-of-pocket expense.
Can PRP be used alone to stimulate bone formation?
No. PRP must be mixed with the patients own bone, a bone substitute material such as mineralized freeze-dried bone, or a synthetic bone product.
Are there any contraindications to PRP?
There are very few contraindications. Obviously, patient's with bleeding disorders or hematologic diseases may not qualify for this in-office procedure. Check with Drs. Elias, Jun, Stephens or Verratti to determine if PRP is right for you.


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Asset Building and Vehicle Programs:
Shifting into Gear: A Guide to Car Ownership Programs
2006 Survey of Low Income Car Ownership programs
Northland News coverage of Duluth vehicle program event
Echo Press coverage of Alexandria vehicle program event
Individual Development Accounts (IDAs):
Return on Investment research on Family Assets for Independence in MN (FAIM)
Bringing Matched Savings Accounts to Scale
Child Savings Accounts:
Child Savings Accounts toolkit document
Fact file on Child Savings Accounts
Guide to implementing Child Savings Accounts
Lending Circles:
Lending Circle toolkit document
Research on lending circles as a credit building tool
Tax Credits and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Programs:
Connect with the CFED Taxpayer Opportunity Network
Brookings Institute county level data on tax credit utilization
National Partners & Resources:
Founded in 1979, the Corporation For Enterprise Development (CFED), a national nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, empowers low- and moderate-income households to build and preserve assets by advancing policies and programs that help them achieve the American Dream, including buying a home, pursuing higher education, starting a business and saving for the future.
Financial Education Resources:
Help MN Save
Help MN Save is a clearinghouse of information and resources for direct service staff working to help people become economically secure through financial literacy and asset building.
Research and resources from MABC:
MABC Survey
Nearly 300 asset building practitioners from 89 organizations across the state participated in an online survey in the summer of 2014; the document below also includes notes from 7 practitioner focus groups conducted in 2013 and 2014.

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Region : Northern BC
Category : Facility
The Prince George Tennis Club has just entered into a joint venture with the Prince George Golf & Curling Club. The courts are located on the northwest corner of the golf course and will share the use of the restaurant/lounge, washrooms, change rooms, and other office and storage space. The Club now has 8 outdoor courts, all with stadium lighting, and 5 pickleball courts incorporated onto 2 tennis courts. Along with a practice backboard, the facility has spectator seating and a coaching gazebo. The courts are fenced and surrounded by a berm and green space. The Club offers tennis lessons to individuals, groups and schools. There are several tournaments scheduled each season and also a variety of special interest events such as ladder nights, Teen Fridays and other social occasions. The Club is a non-profit Society and is run by volunteers with the exception of 2 employees (a qualified coach and manager) hired for the May through August season.
Contact Information:
Address: 2601 Recreation Place Drive
Phone: 250-564-5683 (summer)
Website: http://www.pgtennis.ca/
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Outdoor: 8
Region : Northern BC
Category : Facility
Located adjacent to the Canada Games Centre multiplex and the Mt. Mac Recreation Centre trails, Whitehorse has 4 outdoor, public courts. During the summer, tennis is played round the clock under the midnight sun. Tennis Yukon provides programming for lessons, camps, ladder play and tournaments.
Contact Information:
Address: 4 Kluhini Cres., Whitehorse, Y1A 3P3
Phone: 867-334-8858
Website: www.tennisyukon.com
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Welcome Week 2017 included more than 4,000 freshmen, transfer students, returning students and various members of the VCU community. All members of the VCU community could be found participating in the more than 250 activities throughout campus during the nine-day event.
Highlights during Welcome Week:
Playfair, one of the most well-attended Welcome Week events, was held in the Altria Theater this year. All incoming students were invited to come, and the event was full of bonding activities to help new students get to know each other.
Off Campus Student Services held a Meet, Eat & Greet every day during Welcome Week in the Alumni Board Room from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Hosted by Lisa Mathews-Ailsworth, Off Campus Student Services Advisor, the Meet, Eat & Greets were designed to help incoming off-campus students mingle.
The Solar Eclipse Viewing Party was the biggest event that was ever held on the Compass! Students, staff, faculty and other members of the VCU community all came together to view the solar eclipse.
Water Wars and Rec Sports Night
Water Wars was held on the Cary Street Field while Rec Sports Night was happening inside Cary Street Gym. This year there were water balloon fights, moon bounces and free popsicles from King of Pops!
Entertainment Night, hosted by the Activities Programming Board (APB), was a night filled with food, fun, dancing, games and more! There were different activities in almost every room in University Student Commons.
New Student Convocation, Ram Spirit Walk and Block Party
One of VCU's most beloved traditions, the combination event of New Student Convocation, Ram Spirit Walk and Monroe Park Campus Block Party was held this year on Tuesday, Aug. 22. New students began the evening at Siegel Center for welcome speeches by President Rao and Destinee Moragne, the president of VCU SGA. Then, the Convocation attendees walked down Harrison St. to student organizations lining the streets at Park Plaza to welcome the new class and transfer students. After the Ram Spirit Walk, attendees were encouraged to go to the University Student Commons and Commons Plaza, where there was food, games, dancing and more!
This year the Student Organization and Volunteer Opportunities (SOVO) fair was held in University Student Commons and on Commons Plaza. VCU student organizations engaged in outreach at decorated tables which all VCU students were encouraged to attend to find opportunities that fit their interests!
For more information about Welcome Week visit their website. For more photos from these events, visit our Flickr.


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Former Arsenal striker Eduardo has confessed to the BBC that he believes the club have made a mistake in selling more of their top players, with the Schalke star claiming that a player of his own capabilities would be a good acquisition for the squad.
The Gunners have had to let go of two more key players this summer, with Robin van Persie and Alex Song departing for what they claim are greener pastures after spending years developing into stars at the Emirates.
And though Arsenal are remaining positive about how their season will pan out, Eduardo believes that they are going nowhere with their current transfer tactics.
"It is a big mistake to sell them - they were the most important players last season," he said. "But they have other quality players to stay as a big club at the top.
"Every player comes to Arsenal as a simple player and Arsenal make them into a big player.
"But they can't keep everyone together to fight for titles. Every year it's similar - they lose players, buy players, make them class players and the next year they sell again. They are always in the same place."
While Eduardo slammed Wenger's transfer policy at Arsenal, he insisted that the players and fans must trust the Frenchman in his decisions, with Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla providing a new framework for the squad going forward.
"When the season finishes, we'll see if it was a mistake or not [selling van Persie and Song]," he explained. "It's very sad to lose two big players like that but we must respect the new players and believe they can keep Arsenal at the top."
Eduardo also offered his services, after leaving the club in 2010, should Wenger decide to bring the 29 year old winger back to north London.
He revealed: "It would be nice if they wanted me to join again, but it's not the kind of thing I'm thinking about.
"If I played for Arsenal now I could score some important goals from nothing - in games like Sunderland, when it's 0-0 and you score the only goal. My studying of the game is like that.
"I can give you a lot of important points. I think Arsenal are missing some players like that. You never know.
"When you've played in the Premier League, you sometimes miss the atmosphere in the stadiums and the playing style. I miss this and hope one day I will come back."


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But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16
The face value of my dad's gift was only one dollar and thirty-nine cents, hardly a fortune and barely even a gift. But it was a treasure from the man I have loved all my life to the man I will love for the rest of my life.
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Reposting today in memory of my friend Tim, who met Jesus last night, and shortly thereafter, I'm sure, was reunited with his dearly loved wife, Judy. The or iginal post was written in September 2015, and at the time, I was pretty sure I'd never see Tim again this side of the new earth,...
A three-tiered platter filled with treats isn't really designed for a two-person party, but we're using it nonetheless this New Year's Eve. It was supposed to be part of a new holiday tradition in our house, but things didn't turn out that way. At least this year.
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I've thought a lot about expectations during
I hope you have some Thanksgiving leftovers, because you'll need them for this post. Last time we were in Daniel 8, we sorted out the geography of Daniel's vision. This time around, we'll sort out the history behind the vision (you might want to review the vision here). Go get those turkey leftovers before you jump on this
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Local nonprofit seeks help to fight sex trafficking in Lincoln
For many of us reigning from large cities like Denver, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and even Kansas City, Lincoln is a quiet college town with little to worry about except Husker game night traffic. However, for activists such as Paul Yates, this type of city is perfect for hiding human sex trafficking pimps and victims.
Yates is the first executive director of I've Got a Name, a statewide, faith-based nonprofit organization based in Lincoln, Neb. Yates, who just entered his position this spring, comes with eight years of experience working for Tiny Hands International.
I've Got a Name was founded as a 2010 awareness event by Bob Burton, senior associate athletic director for the University of Nebraska. After learning about the One Girl Prayer Initiative Yates was running through Tiny Hands International, Burton paired with Yates to raise awareness and resources to fight sex trafficking in Southeast Asia through Tiny Hands International.
According to the I've Got a Name website, "The event was repeated again the following year, and the combination of these two events resulted in raising funds to rescue more than 2400 girls … "
In 2012, I've Got a Name transformed into a nonprofit organization.
Statistics, shares Yates, are difficult to pin down because not everyone reports what they do or what happens to them, usually out of shame and embarrassment.
"On the Estimation of Sex Trafficking Victims in Nebraska," a 2015 feasibility study report by Dr. Ron Hampton and Dr. Dwayne Ball for the University of Nebraska, reported "the known number of Nebraska school girls who become victims of sex trafficking is at least 45 per year."
Burton, Yates and the rest of the I've Got a Name staff work to fight this hidden issue in our city through prayer and awareness events, such as the annual No Girl for Sale Walk. Held Oct. 8 at Tower Square, registration costs $15. Yates explains, "You can register as late as the day of the walk, but Sept. 23 is the last day to register to ensure a guaranteed shirt size."
In addition to No Girl for Sale, Burton also initiated DecemBeard, which is intended to help raise funds for fighting sex trafficking, involving protecting girls and stopping the demand.
"That's where prayer comes in, in an incredible way," passionately enthuses Yates. "I [alone] can't do anything about this, but I know a God who can. He can use me, and He can use you in mighty ways."
Yates just spoke to the Tiny Hands/Amnesty International Club at Union, sponsored by associate professor of English and communication Chris Blake and led by junior international relations major Latifer James, who will promote and seek sponsorships for the No Girl for Sale Walk.
Additionally, expert flamenco guitarist and adjunct guitar instructor at Union College Daniel Martinez, will host an I Got a Name benefit at the Berean Church on Dec. 1. This benefit will illustrate the realities of the city and state, focusing on three key themes: chaos, rescue/protection and hope.
"It's a celebration of what God has done with I've Got a Name and what we can do to make a difference," Yates concludes. You don't need to be a Christian to be involved."
For more information about the organization, or how you can be involved—whether through donations, volunteer assistance, or hosting events—visit http://ivegotaname.org/ or contact Yates at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Stefani Leeper is a senior studying communication.


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A Year of Being Faithful
I've been anticipating this day for some time now! A year ago today, I started my commitment to write week-daily contemplative reflections in this space for you.
A year of being faithful.
I don't know that I've ever told you the reason these week-daily posts began. It happened because of my graduate research proposal (which I wrote last spring, in May 2011) that studied the intersection of digital connectivity and spirituality.
- How does the pervasiveness of the internet affect our interior lives?
- What have we lost in our increasing lifestyle of digital connectivity?
- What have we gained?
- What do our spiritual lives need in order to thrive?
- Where can we find spaces to stop, go inward, and connect to God and ourselves in the midst of all that clicking?
These are the questions I took with me into my research, and these are the questions that informed the commitments I made at the end of it in response to what I learned.
Through that process, I became committed to ways I could help.
This site began in October 2008 as a space to chronicle my own interior journey and explore my evolving ideas about spiritual formation as I studied. But in May 2011, on the heels of that research proposal, it changed.
It became an oasis from the noise. For you.
As I look back over this past year, I can see how God used this commitment to writing week-daily posts in this space to grow in me a greater character of faithfulness.
When I began the commitment, I often missed a day here or there each week. I averaged four posts a week, rather than five. And there was no specific place in my schedule where those posts got written each day. I tried to write them in the morning, but other commitments often took me away from home, so sometimes I'd write them at the end of the day.
Over this last year, that has changed.
My mornings are now a dedicated time of quiet with God, and every morning when I spend time in the quiet with Jesus, I ask him what he wants to say to you here.
This space is a regular part of my life now. A place that is a part of me. A place where I am faithful.
I feel like celebrating somehow.
As I've been thinking of ways to celebrate this last year's journey with you, I keep coming back to you.
What kinds of things would you like to receive in this space in the new year ahead? Is there anything you'd like to see change?
I'm all ears to receive your thoughts if you'd like to share them. Leave me a comment or send me an email at christianne at stillforming dot com, and I will gladly receive what you have to say and see how it can be offered here.
Also, I'd love to be able to pray for you. If there's some specific way I can hold you in my heart before Jesus, again, send me an email at christianne at stillforming dot com. I will hold you in prayer and then send you back a written response of that prayer.
Today, I'm celebrating a year of faithfulness. Won't you celebrate with me too?


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Underneath 33rd: Transit plans for 15 Penn PlazaBy · Published in 2010
A diagram from the Draft Environmental Impact Statement shows some of Vornado's transit improements plans for the 33rd St. area. (15 Penn Plaza – DEIS)
In writing about shuttered subway passageways lost to time yesterday, I mentioned briefly Vornado's plans to reactivate the Gimbel's passageway between 6th and 7th Avenues underneath 33rd St. The proposal is part of the real estate company's 15 Penn Plaza project that would see a 1200-foot mixed-use building replace replace the Hotel Pennsylvania, and as part of their plans, Vornado has proposed sweeping transit improvements that would unite subway lines in the Penn Station area.
Last night, at a presentation in front of Community Board 5 on 15 Penn Plaza, the MTA had an opportunity to present and discuss the transit improvements. Bob Paley, director of transit-oriented development at the MTA, spoke at the meeting as he highlighted this "excellent example of transit oriented development." It is, he explained, a part of the city's plans to bring Moynihan Station from an idea to reality.
"The redevelopment of the Hotel Pennsylvania site," Paley said, "offers the ability to move ahead with some of the most critical aspects of the work that needs to be done [for Moynihan Station] – including the enlargement, reconstruction and reopening of the Gimbel's Passageway and the improvement of specific platform locations, vertical escalation, and subway entrances that are within or adjacent to this full block property."
The main thrust of the improvements, according to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, would involve reactivated that old Gimbel's passageway underneath 33rd St. "The renovated passageway would be widened to accommodate pedestrian flows between Penn Station/the Seventh Avenue subway lines and the Sixth Avenue subway lines and the Port Authority Trans Hudson station, improving pedestrian circulation on the street- level sidewalks," the document says. "The passageway would provide an alternative to pedestrians traveling along the 33rd Street corridor."
The Post's Steve Cuozzo discusses how the old passageway would be completely overhauled. Instead of a nine-foot wide, dimly-lit tunnel replete with sketchy characters, the new tunnel would be 16 feet wide and would resemble the underground concourses at Rockefeller Center. The MTA estimates that, in good weather, 10-14,000 people per day would make use of the connection. Although Cuozzo claims that the passageway would provide a free transfer between the IRT at 34th and 7th Ave. and the IND/BMT stop at Herald Square, the DEIS image, shown above, features fare control areas at either end. Still, simply uniting the two stations underground would make walking through a highly congested area much easier.
Vornado, working with the MTA and PATH, has proposed a slew of other improvements to meet the increased transit demands of their massive building – the third highest in the city if it is to see the light of day. These include:
- Widening the stair from the Seventh Avenue southbound local platform to the 32nd Street underpass;
- Building a new stairway to the center platform from the 32nd Street/Seventh Avenue underpass;
- Widening the Seventh Avenue northbound local platform between West 32nd and West 33rd Streets by six feet;
- Building new subway entrances at Seventh Avenue and West 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue and West 33rd Street, each of which would include a 10-foot-wide set of stairs through the proposed building;
- Constructing a new street elevator at the Seventh Avenue and West 33rd Street entrance;
- Widening the Sixth Avenue and West 32nd Street PATH entrance stairs by 10 feet, and adding one escalator;
- Constructing one escalator at the Sixth Avenue and West 33rd Street subway entrance;
- Constructing a 10-foot staircase from the PATH to the B, D, F, and V platform near West 32nd Street;
- Constructing a 15-foot staircase from the PATH to the B, D, F, and V platform near West 33rd Street; and
- Reconfiguring the fare control area to accommodate new stairs from the PATH to the B, D, F, and V platforms.
This plan, says the MTA, is estimated to cost approximately $150 million, and Vornado has shown a complete willingness to fund these upgrades. "The public benefit of funding from a private partner willing to take on the significant planning and construction work to implement these improvements is even more critical in today's environment of limited capital funding than it was when these discussions began several years ago," Paley said.
Of course, it looks good on paper, but it's future is no sure thing. Vornado says it could have the building open in four and a half years, and the DEIS claims a completion date in 2014. Cuozzo reports, however, that the company won't start construction until it "pre-signs at least one large office tenant – which could take years." The company remains committed to gaining approval now.
In a sense, these improvements would create a hub similar to those at Times Square and Fulton St. for transit in an area exceedingly difficult to navigate. PATH access would be improved, and the Penn Station area catacombs would begin to clear up. It is a prime example of transit-oriented development and a public-private partnership that sees much-needed transit upgrades funded by a developer with money that plans to increase transit demand. It just makes sense.
"It is for those reasons," Paley said last night, "that the MTA strongly supports this project – both the subway and transit improvements and the new tower that will rise above them. Although we can't bring back the old Penn Station, through a series of very significant improvements such as those proposed as part of this development, we will be able to bring back the high level of convenience and amenity that the public deserves."
Update (2:10 p.m.): For what it's worth, Community Board 5 last night voted 36-1 against Vornado's plan for 15 Penn Plaza. Eliot Brown offers some insight into the vote:
Many community board members seemed almost offended that Vornado had requested both an air rights bonus for its transit improvements and an additional increase in the density beyond what they would normally be allowed (one called it "double dipping"). Still, community boards often vote against projects, and some board members did acknowledge that this was a good space for a tall building.
While the Community Board asked Vornado to come back when it had a tenant in place, the reality is that this vote doesn't matter. The City Council will eventually decide whether or not to approve this project, and odds are good that they will give it the OK. Stay tuned.
28 Responses to "Underneath 33rd: Transit plans for 15 Penn Plaza"
what, the death of the historic Hotel Pennsylvania is a done deal? I heard they were granted preliminary landmark status? A subway pedestrian tunnel is hardly compensation fro destroying a landmark building.
I like the final plan, but this plan seems a bit too aggressive for my comfort. All of this widening of staircases and passageways has a cost. On the street, it shrinks an already too-narrow sidewalk. In the corridor, I have no idea what property gets pilfered. Is new rock excavation needed?
Another question — is the MTA willing to maintain the new escalators, or will it be Vornado's responsibility. We've read plenty on the maintenance of these things, both by the agency and private entities.
Finally, I wonder what this means for the Hilton Passageway, the dingy, narrow passageway at Penn Station that runs above and between tracks 12 and 13 (owned by Amtrak, not MTA), and appears to have once been an employee-only utility corridor. This will certainly get more crowded as straphangers from Herald Square make their way to the trains. It is where the Gimbel's passageway would let out, and is the only access from the 1/2/3 to NJT/Amtrak (another staircase leads to LIRR). I thought I once overheard grumblings about renovating it, but I'm not sure.
I think your concerns are misplaced. Most of the corridors and stairs that would be widened do not impinge upon the sidewalk, either because they are underground or inside of buildings. "Pilfered property" is a terrific inflamatory term; now try to back it up.
If anything, the proposal does the opposite of what you say: it gives people better underground connections, making the sidewalk less crowded.
I didn't mean to imply "taken by eminent domain" when I used the term "pilfer". Simply, I asked whether space is taken from another use, or if it's new excavation. Widening an underground tunnel is no easy task. Moving a wall, on the other hand, is – but it comes at the cost of what's on the other side.
The tone of your post, however, was that the "cost" of building these corridors and/or staircases would be intolerable. "Pilfer" isn't a neutral word; it implies something bad.
Can you back that up?
OK, so you don't like my choice of words with "pilfered". I've already clarified my intent there. Would you prefer "acquired"? But my use of the word "cost" is perfectly legitimate; it refers to what is being given up in order to gain something else and is not necessarily monetary. If you build an addition on the back of your house, the cost is that you have a smaller backyard.
Marc, I was not being inflammatory, nor was I saying anything is intolerable. I don't know what you want me to back up.
Well…never minding "pilfer" (I agree that "acquire" is far more sensible), you said that it was "too aggressive," so I was wondering which specific acquisitions will have unacceptable costs.
Multiple topics in the same comment. I was saying that opening the passage and making it brighter and safer might be sufficient. Once you throw in new escalators, staircases, and entrances, you're making improvements that, while very nice to have, really have little to do with connecting the two stations.
I'd be amazed if Vornado wants to dig rock to widen that passageway, but if they do, hey, I would not stop them from spending their money.
I expect they will knock out the wall and put retail frontage along the passageway. The value of that remaining retail square footage will be greatly increased when it has doors and windows onto a walkway with tens of thousands of passers-by.
Not in the Post, but my hunch is that this will provide a great opportunity (excuse?) to revamp the Manhattan Mall. It needs work. It especially needs a couple more elevators and escalators. I always get impatient trying to get anywhere in there much off ground level.
Going further slightly off topic, is that rendering of the proposed megatower the best the architects can do for what's gonna be the third tallest building in New York, just two blocks and a sliver of skyline away from the glorious Empire State Building?
Getting slightly back on topic, all this talk about improved transit connections on 33rd St., but nobody mentions the Transitway coming to 34th St nearby?
Also, with an unlimited ride MetroCard or its successor, won't this new and improved passageway be a "free" underground transfer with or without turnstiles?
Not least, any way we can get some Vornado-managed public toilets out of this deal?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if the escalator is on private property, it's the owner of that property who is responsible. (The Time Warner Center escalator at Columbus Circle comes to mind.)
Speaking of which, this reminded me of this Fox 5 report. Blatantly bashing the MTA as usual, here are some gems from the report:
We've been reporting this story now for a couple of years. The MTA gave sweetheart deals to real estate developers allowing them to build taller buildings above the subway stations in return for installing and maintaining escalators. Now, some developers have failed miserably to keep their end of the bargain and the MTA has done basically nothing about it…
As for the MTA, it could have replaced the broken escalators years ago and billed the developers for the cost. Or it could have taken the building owners to court to force them to live up to their agreement but the MTA did neither and the result is years of hardship for straphangers.
I don't know if the MTA could have done anything what the reporter suggested. And the "sweetheart deal" characterization sounds bogus.
I honestly don't have the experience to know how effective these plans are, but anything that can be done to improve this area would make a big difference. I walk from the Herald Sq. stop to MSG every morning, and it is the worst part of my commute. I feel like a salmon against the river of people pouring out of Penn Station.
My only concern is that that part of 32nd St. is already pretty seedy. I don't think I'd feel safe in an underground tunnel there.
Sounds like the tunnel will be under 33rd, not 32nd.
Also sounds liek Vornado's going to be razing quite a large chunk of the block for a giant tower. If it gets done the surrounding area will most likely see some quality-of-life upgrades. Coupled with a redone Moynihan/MSG, it'll probably be a lot nicer, on a par with GCT now.
My mistake, I was thinking of the entrance off of 32nd.
You ment B D F M not B D F V, as the V will vanish soon.
So that's what V stands for! Vanish…
I thaught it stood for visitors, the ABC Sci Fi/ drama. LOL Great show though.
Anyway, the more oppertunties you can rehab these passageways for passenger movement the better for padestrian flow on 32nd, 33rd, & 34th streets. As it is, crosstown padestrian flow at times is nonexistent.
It's always seemed to me be a huge misallocation of infrastructure resources to have the area around Penn Station so underused. This would be a great idea to improve the subway space and get some Class A office space next to the train terminals. The Penn Hotel may evoke some sort of history, but it's trule dead history. That building does nothing to enhance the area around Penn Station and I think 9 people out of 10 who pass it every day would love to see it gone.
if i enter the 1-2-3 at #37 on the plan above, i go down to one landing, turn slightly right, and go down to fare control/subway level. is the entrance to the gimbel's passage right there somewhere? is it behind the wall where the metrocard dispensers are now?
Another vanished MTA access tunnel: does anyone recall going down the flight of stairs at the main 7th Ave entrance to Penn at 32nd street, and immediately to the right was an entrance to a walkway that took you to an IRT token booth?
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Scalp folliculitis, like other conditions of the scalp and the head, can not only be embarrassing – it can also be irritating and annoying to those who suffer from it. Scalp folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicles of the scalp, and it can be moderate to severe. There are many different reasons why people develop this condition, and one of the reasons is the presence of demodex mites. Other reasons include Malassezia yeasts, other types of bacteria, and even a simple procedure such as shaving the head. In the case of shaving the head, follicles can become damaged, resulting in irritation, and hence, scalp folliculitis.
Although this condition can be treated with medication, it can also be treated with natural home remedies. So before you go off to the nearest pharmacist, these natural remedies are definitely worth a try.
- Garlic
Did you know that garlic is not only a delicious ingredient, adding great flavour to our meals, but it is also a well-known antiseptic? Garlic's anti-bacterial properties make it an effective home cure, especially for scalp folliculitis. All you have to do is mash/pound some garlic cloves until the juice comes out – then apply this juice to the affected area on the scalp
2. Tea tree oil
Tea tree oil is another known anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial product. It has long been used for treating various hair ailments, and it can also be used to treat scalp folliculitis. The procedure for treating scalp folliculitis with tea tree oil is simple as well: just place a few drops of the oil on the area that is affected. Do this regularly, and you'll quickly see the results.
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Another oil has proven beneficial to those suffering from scalp folliculitis. Coconut oil is loaded with anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and it is also easy to apply. Just a few drops of the oil, massaged onto the scalp a few times a day, can already work wonders. The coconut oil serves to hydrate the skin, resulting in a good, effective cure.
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Aloe vera is a favourite of many who swear by natural home remedies, and for good reason. This useful plant has loads of anti-oxidants, and, when applied to burns and lesions, serves as a quick, effective treatment. To treat scalp folliculitis with aloe vera, simply crack open a leaf and apply the gel to the scalp. Do this three times a day for faster results.
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Many people today are not sure what the words raw and whole-food mean. I can tell you that when it comes to what we put into our mouths, this couldn't be more important to know.
There are so many processed foods in our food supply that it's difficult to avoid eating them at times. Among these foods is anything with preservatives, colors, artificial sweeteners, or even pasteurization. Basically, just about anything out of a box or carton. These foods are not good for us because they're foreign to our bodies and may lead to issues and illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer. Low energy levels and a poor immune system can also come about as a result of eating a lot of processed foods.
So, what should we focus on eating? The key word is raw. A good example would be organic produce. Organic produce, like berries, has not been tampered with at all and should be eaten by everyone. Grass-fed meats, organic dairy, and eggs are also excellent food choices. Some of these foods may not be as quick and easy to prepare, but will have a profound effect on one's energy levels and overall health.
For those of us that lead busy lives there are many supplements that can fill a void in our diets. Organic berry concentrates are available, as well as whole-food based vitamins. This is very important to look for because the body recognizes and assimilates nutrients much more efficiently when it is whole-food derived. All of the mass marketed one-a-day vitamins are synthesized and not whole-food based. Therefore, they have very little value.
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A clean-living environment can make you feel like a million dollars. It can make your lifestyle comfortable, pleasant and healthy. It's never enjoyable to spend your time in a space that requires extensive cleaning. It isn't only important to keep your living room, kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms tidy and neat, however. That's because it's just as critical to keep your crawl space in fine condition. A dirty crawl space can be detrimental to your lifestyle for a variety of reasons. It can open you up to all types of pest invasions. It can make your property markedly less energy efficient. It can give you monthly utility bills that are much higher than they need to be. It can even more you susceptible to the emergence of potentially dangerous mold. If your crawl space is a mess that requires prompt professional cleaning service, you may notice the following telltale signs.
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the world of auditions and performances — especially for the voice — is a world in which a singer may become overwhelmed and possibly harmed by conflicting opinions coming from all sides. teachers and coaches have a responsibility to protect students from this confusion. if i don't know the answer to a question or the solution to a problem, i will tell you that i don't know. i will not pretend that my opinion is a fact. if you like, i will share with you my knowledge and my opinions, and we can use those to find our way to a solution together.
learning new material and preparing for auditions and performances usually carries moments of frustration and anxiety. in all aspects, i aim to reduce the frustration and anxiety whenever possible. i look for signs of present or future terrible feelings, and i aim to prevent them and/or discuss them, in order to reduce their power to ruin the joy that we would like to occasionally feel in this pursuit that we have chosen. this applies both to touchy-feely things ("i have four auditions tomorrow and i'm terrified" or "i am learning this song for my book even though no casting director will see me") and to practical things ("the notes in this section are unpredictable and i keep getting them wrong and it makes me want to give up and eat so much ice cream").
and now, i am going to say quite a few words about children and singing. much of this will also apply to my philosophies of coaching adults too. but some of it will not.
i had the extraordinary privilege of serving as the Children's Music Director for the Broadway production of Matilda the Musical. i spent over four years helping to walk sixty-four children through the thrilling and frightening experience of singing difficult material in a Broadway audition room and on a Broadway stage.
there are many who believe that children should not study singing until a certain age. the landscape of thought is changing in that area, and i am on board with the change. if a child wants to sing, and if the child is going to sing anyway, then i am happy to be a part of giving structure to this part of the child's life, partly in order to help prevent harmful singing, and partly to turn the hobby into an activity that generates a sense of accomplishment and confidence.
there are also those who feel driven to turn their children's musical gifts into young stardom, even at the expense of emotional and mental and physical health for the child. i do not support such goals.
i am overjoyed to help guide a vocally gifted child through this business in pursuit of employment, if the child truly loves this pursuit. during this pursuit, i will also be a partner in guarding against the emotional and mental and physical dangers of the business. whenever the child gains employment, i will rejoice with the child. whenever the child does not gain employment, i will help the child to process the pain, and work to keep finding the love of the activity itself.
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Waldorf School class teachers move through the grades with their students.
"You should check out the Waldorf School," our son's first childcare provider said to my husband and I as we lamented losing her as a "teacher" when he had grown too old for the infant room at the VNA Childcare Center in Falmouth. We had entrusted this woman with his care since he was just 6 months old, and she had helped us learn to become parents, witnessing the messiness of our first attempts at parenting. She was as much our teacher as his, and we wanted her to continue with him into the young toddler room at the tender age of 18 months. "There is a type of school where the teachers do move along with the students," she began, and directed me to the Waldorf School of Cape Cod, then located in Bourne. Within short order I found myself sitting on the floor of a cozy, sunlit room listening to Claire Small conduct a model class and give a puppet show. At first, I was confused by the faceless dolls and strange songs, but I was drawn to learn more, to discover the specific and thoughtful intentions behind each action and object. Shortly thereafter our family moved to the Berkshires, and we had the rare fortune of choosing from among three local Waldorf schools. Our son, Morgen, spent 4 years in early childhood bliss, and daughter Mathilde and I a year in a parent-child program before we moved back to Cape Cod and joined the Waldorf School of Cape Cod. While we knew the Falmouth public schools were good enough, we actively desired for our children to experience a Waldorf Education.
Our children's teachers are our co-parents. Every day we learn how to parent our two very different children as they present us with new and unique challenges and joys, each needing something different from us – more space, more attention, fewer interventions, new boundaries. This is true for all aspects of their lives, and it is more than reassuring that their class teachers are there to witness and guide them on their educational journeys with a long-term perspective. Waldorf teachers are specially trained to understand human development, and are well prepared for the next set of developmental challenges. Having been Morgen's teacher for five years, Kim Allsup has a deep knowledge of his personal growth over that time, and a view into the challenges he may face. She brings this wisdom into her approach to him in the classroom, and to us as his parents so that we can be a mutually supportive team. Waldorf teachers understand that education is not an event separate from the human development of a person – it is an integration of daily and lifelong experiences, internal and external – and we all educate each other as we move through life. I shudder to think of how disconnected our children would be if they were passed from one teacher to another throughout their formative years. Parenting has made me more reflective on my own childhood, and I have a real sense of distance and separation from my own education in public schools even though I was very successful academically. Keeping a connection with a class teacher, even if only for several years in the event of a change, ameliorates that disconnection and forms a stronger bond between children and the adults who care for them daily.
Maintaining a class teacher from first through eighth grade presents benefits and challenges. Like many personal traits, the potential weaknesses of the class teacher/student relationship are closely tied to the strengths. Human relationships are seldom without conflict, and there can be anxiety around keeping a teacher for eight years. What if there are disagreements? (there will be). What if the teacher isn't strong in all subjects? (they won't be). What if my child has a personality conflict or is "incompatible" with their teacher? (they likely will be at some point in the journey from age 7 to 14). One of the gifts of the class teacher is that we are forced to discover and develop conflict resolution skills to cope with each of these eventualities – skills that are useful to everyone in life. Parents, teachers, and children must find ways to resolve disagreements, to reach out for help from someone else, or agree to disagree and find a new path forward. Faculty lean on each other to fill gaps, share techniques, and teach to the whole curriculum; they demonstrate to children how learning is a lifelong process and how no one knows everything. Teachers must bring their maturity and long-term vision to both embrace and overcome interpersonal conflicts; children must learn tolerance and respect for every type of person. All learn patience in this process.
Waldorf School graduates know how to learn and are successful in higher education.
Prior to my current position working for the U.S. Navy (yes, even Navy people send their children to alternative schools!) I was a biology professor at a small and selective liberal arts college in the Berkshires (Bard College at Simon's Rock). It was there that I first met Waldorf graduates as undergraduate students, and it is fair to say they changed my life. Among the high achieving students in the science courses I taught were several who had spent all or most of their childhoods at Waldorf schools. They were not the students who earned the highest grades in my courses – although high Bs and low As are perfectly respectable – but they were my best students. These Waldorf graduates clearly knew how to learn, they were able to grasp the subtleties and consequences of the concepts I taught, and they made connections to thoughts and subjects outside the scope of the syllabus. They knew how to really make observations, really see each other and the world around them and the world under the microscope. As if that weren't enough, their participation in the classroom demonstrated their obvious maturity relative to their peers, simultaneously with their humility and compassion for fellow students. At times I grew to realize they were deliberately quiet during some discussions as they were patiently waiting for classmates to figure out what they had already discovered; they were in no rush to "finish," and fully expected to learn more through observing their peers do the same.
During my career as a scientist, I have experienced a shift driven by rapid technological progress, providing access to massive data sets, and allowing an increasingly microscopic – nanoscopic – view into our world. While those technologies continue to advance at exponential rates, I have also witnessed the increasing need for cross-disciplinary collaboration, analytical skills, and validation of models against experimental data. I share this because I saw the capacity for those skills in the Waldorf students I taught during their undergraduate years – and they didn't get it from me. They brought those capacities with them, built on the strong foundations of early learning and woven into the very fibers of their selves. They brought this wisdom into the college community and were implicitly loved by their peers for it. Those students gave me a gift: by choosing my courses they allowed me to see the potential future for my own children.
The Waldorf School of Cape Cod community is a family of shared values that supports and protects children and their families.
Finally, community is what brings our whole family to Waldorf Education. I was raised in a Catholic/Protestant family, but rejected those traditions as I became an adolescent. I felt I was a more spiritual individual than most of the people I observed in the religious community I grew up in, that the rituals represented values that were shared but only weakly performed out of habit and obligation. As an adult, I yearned for a community that shared my values and my quest to be a better whole person in my everyday life, but couldn't put my finger on which community that would be. I knew as I became a parent that I would need help shaping and maintaining these values in the face of a harsh and unpredictable world. While I am careful not to describe Waldorf Education as a religion – it isn't – I do compare my sense of belonging to that of a church community. Waldorf is the place where I find comfort and security. I trust that my children are surrounded by people who share my values and vision for a nurturing and grounded childhood; that this community cares for my children as much as I do, that we share ownership and responsibility for each other. The faculty and staff care for one another as family, too, demonstrating in their actions how we can all accept each other and build upon our strengths, support each other in our weaknesses, and grow together as a unit stronger than any one individual. The Waldorf School of Cape Cod community is the home for my spirit, and for my family.
There are many other reasons why Creighton and I choose to send our children to the Waldorf School of Cape Cod, but the reasons above are the most important. I have criticisms, too, but they pale in comparison to the benefits, and having just reflected on those I can't even make a short list of faults. The weaknesses can be addressed and managed, but I can't imagine a future for my children without Waldorf, and I will fight for this program as I would fight for their lives – they are one and the same.


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So I sit here, writing my next blog post, when a facebook message pops up on my screen from my boyfriend's thirteen year old daughter, saying: "Tell me if it's good, here it is." And BAM, next thing I know, she sends me a short story called MY FIRST TIME. Apparently, I'm instiling love to reading and writing in the household with my constant reading and writing every day, but I didn't think I'd inspire, um, an erotica piece. I thought it very straight-forward, real, and funny, and, by popular demand, am sharing it with you here.
MY FIRST TIME by Josey Daniel
As I lay there he looks into my eyes, then he kisses me. He pulls my shirt off over my head, unclips my bra, then starts to kiss my neck. He starts his way down to my boob and he kisses my boobs, then he starts sucking my nipple as he unbuckles my belt, unzips my zipper, and works his way down. He pulls my pants down leaving my thong on, to pull it off later. He's at my belly button now as I lay there, looking at the ceiling, thinking to myself, should I do this or should I stop it now. I feel his soft lips kiss were my pants button should be. He sits up and pulls my thong off in one quick gesture, then he kisses and licks me where my mum told me to never let them lick. I lay there, trying not to move or make a noise, but it feels good, I have to move. My hands feel heavy, then out of nowhere I let out a big moan and he looks up and he kisses my neck, then takes his shirt off. His muscles are so big and it's so hot, I can't resist it. I sit up and unbuckle his belt, unzip his zipper. He pulls his pants off. He has sexy lines and abs and I can't help myself not to touch them. I kiss him. I put my hands around his neck as I lay back. He follows and he starts moving up and down gently. I open my mouth and I start to moan. He does the same and it feels so good. Then he comes. I realize we had no condom...but it's too late! 20 minutes later I come!!!
I wanted to post this e-mail I received from a CEO of a company whose services I have been using for years, because it made me cry and proved to me that stories like the one above need to be shared:
Hey Ksenia,
Just wanted to let you know I had a spontaneous conversation yesterday with my 10 and 8 year old daughters who were inquiring about the meaning of some suggestive Kesha lyrics. I was intentionally more candid than usual, inspired by your daughter's comments on your blog a few days ago. My girls were very mature with the conversation and I felt unexpectedly proud of my parenting moment. Just thought you would like to hear the far reach that your (and your daughter's and your boyfriend's daughter's) brave story telling has.
Best of luck with the book. You seem to be on fire!
Pamela O'Hara
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The three-minute films, on the theme of going to the cinema, will be shown together at the festival in May.
Festival director Gilles Jacob said viewers should expect surprises, adding that David Cronenberg had set his film entirely in a bathroom.
Other participants include Ken Loach, Lars von Trier and Wim Wenders.
Babel director Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu will also contribute a three-minute film, as will former Cannes Palme d'Or winners Jane Campion, Gus Van Sant and Nanni Moretti.
"None of the directors has learned anything about the other shorts, not even the plots of their colleagues' movies," Jacob said.
The short films will be shown on 20 May. The festival runs from 16 to 27 May, with British film-maker Stephen Frears chairing the jury.
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1) Modern French Kitchen in Anaheim Hills
There's no lack of light in this ultra-inviting space, modeled in the spirit of the traditional French kitchen – see how antique white cabinets and wide windows (to the left) brighten everything up. Modern stainless steel appliances interweave with vintage brass and copper pendant lights, while the wooden island in espresso tones serves as a rustic, earthy anchor in the room's center.
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We love this shot – a striking example of a two-tone kitchen. The cabinets (both upper and lower) are done in maple, with its natural beauty accented via a natural satin finish and chocolate glaze. The central island is alder (with a walnut stain); a softer and more rustic piece that anchors the room.


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Number QR Codes for your Math Centers. This set contains 70 QR Codes all about numbers 1-10. Try it before you buy it by downloading the Preview for a free SAMPLE for the number 1.
Increase accountability with the Student response sheets that include the QR code. Students can now take the sheet home and listen as often as they might like!
Included in this set:
- 70 Number QR Codes breakdown:
- 4 QR Codes for each individual number 1-10 (student response sheets included)
- 10 Number QR Codes that are about counting 1-10(2 student response sheets included)
- 20 Number QR Code counting stories (read aloud books) 20 unique student response sheets are included for accountability.
Each number has 1 take home sheet that include the QR Codes for students to enjoy at home as well. This makes a great school to home connection!
This is a perfect set for the Tech Savvy Classroom! Students love Technology and these QR Codes are easy and fun for students to use.
Just print on cardstock, laminate for durability you can either hole punch the cards and put them on a ring or place them in a cute box in your reading center.
Download the Preview for a Sample Set
Each code has been created through safeshare.tv to ensure no advertisements.You will need a QR Code reader for this set; there are many FREE apps available for Apple and Android devices.
There are times when a read aloud book hosted on Youtube is removed and the QR Code may not work. If you come across any that no longer work please contact me and I will create a new code and sheet or a different read aloud book to replace it ASAP.
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Harvest of Hope Community Garden helps individuals and families in Kingsport, Tennessee grow food for themselves and their community.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Annual Fall Clean up at the Harvest of Hope Gardens
Come join us at the garden for the annual garden clean up Saturday October 22th 9am.
Fall Plant Class at the Harvest of Hope
Fall Planting Class August 13th at 10am. Come down and join us on what to plant for the Fall.
Bring a chair and something to write with to take notes. See you at the garden on Saturday August 13th.
Bring a chair and something to write with to take notes. See you at the garden on Saturday August 13th.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Coming soon Fall planting classes at Harvest of Hope
Fall planting classes coming soon at the Harvest of Hope Gardens, Check back to dates and times
2016 UT Extension Master Gardener Class begins August 23rd
Registration is now under way for the 2016 UT Extension Master Gardener Class. Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings at 1st Baptist Church Cherry Street Piney Flats from 6pm-9pm. Additional info and class schedule available at the UT/TSU Sullivan County Extension Office
Monday, May 2, 2016
Summer Planting Class schedule change
summer class planting schedule change May 14th class has changed to May21st 9am. Mark your calendar and join us for this exciting class at the garden.
Monday, February 22, 2016
Three Season Gardens
THREE SEASON GARDENSPresented by Harvest of Hope Community Garden130 West Charlemont St.Kingsport, TN
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Saturday March 5th 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
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COOPERSVILLE — As the city of Grand Rapids was reeling from news that its largest taxpayer, Steelcase Inc., was shuttering its Grand Rapids facilities, Coopersville was polishing off a worst-case scenario of its own.
In May, City Manager Steven Patrick presented to the city council a $2.1 million budget to be used if its largest taxpayer, Delphi Corp., shut its doors.
"If you take 24 percent out of your budget, it's going to be a large impact," Patrick said last week. "The point was to get people thinking about what services are critical to the community…If you have 'x' amount of dollars, where do you want those to go?"
Patrick compared the mock budget to the Price of Government exercise used this summer by state legislators.
The mock budget — which presented a choice between across-the-board cuts and targeted cuts eliminating positions and scaling back services — assumed a loss of real property tax revenues from a plant shutdown. In this model,
The scenario did not include the true worst-case scenario, Patrick said, that
Luckily, neither of these situations appears to be forthcoming, Patrick said. The plant is currently profitable, employees are working overtime, quality is high and it is still in the process of installing a brand new assembly line.
However, the same model can be used to absorb a similar reduction in revenue, such as the concurrent closing of several smaller companies or a drastic cut in state revenue sharing, he said.


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Essential criteria should be maintained while you compare car lifting products
Recent days, technology has improved a lot in car lifts as multiple car parking can be done in one place and a large space can be created to move the cars and park them. In one parking space more than two cars can be stacked by using robotics. The technology of turntables and platforms stackare used to lift cars and move them underground. The use of hydraulics is one of the main reasons that made this successful and this is used worldwide as a platform to distribute enormous power. Hydraulic machinery is so compact and it is very useful. Truck lifts, car lifts, motor cycle lifts and automotive lifts plays a vital role in a commercial garage and in home as well. You can match these lifts to the types of vehicle you are working or repairing with. You can interpret about the lift and find out the perfect one and match. However, if you select a wrong lift, your work will become hectic and it is very dangerous. Now days, there are many poor quality cars sold same as best quality as an expensive Best Car Lift.
Make sure to check the entire offer package to start from end.
Some companies appear to provide quality lifts but they may be in production for only few years sothey cannot assure you how long the lifts can last and there is no guarantee for products. The important problem when buying products from a new dealer is they import lifts from some other countries and place a label on the machine. In fact, most of the products they provide are not certified by ISO-9001. Therefore, you can buy car lifts from a reputable car dealer and make sure to check the quality of the car lift. There are many types of car lifts available such as portable automotive lifts, two posts car lifts, four post car lifts, scissor car lifts, and storage lifts.
Advanced technology with Innovative and quality assured car lift systems can help you fulfill your requirements.
If you want car elevators for sport events and make repair on the go, portable automotive lifts will be suitable. As they are very light weight, compact and easy to move so you can finish your work promptly. Two posts car lifts are the best option to fit in a shop or small garage so that you can do your job inside the room. You can find asymmetrical design for heavy vehicles for added security. If you still looking car lifts for long and heavy weight vehicles, scissor car lifts can fit as they have the ability to handle and provide more space underneath to move and work undercarriage. While storing any type of vehicle for a long period of time, single and two posts hoists can be used as best choice. Because most of the model stands absolutely free while other vehicles require support so they are safe and secured for all types of vehicles. Moreover, the best brand not only offers quality products but they should also provide proper certification from regular authorities.


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Anniversary Wishes For Wife
Wedding is a Union of Two Hearts, reinforced by love, affection enhanced battle tested and hardened by the ups and downs of life.Wedding is the matter of changing of lifestyles, situations, commitments, relations and bonding between two people.
Anniversary Wishes For Wife
- The best thing about having
forgive is you. We are timeless.
together, we will always have stability,
friendship, laughter, and joy. I love u
Happy Anniversary
- With you I enjoyed a lot I my life, we have many,
Happy and romantic moments together.
I want to make our couple an ideal one.
I want to spend my whole life with,
Happy Anniversary to My Love.
- Roses are red sky is blue My sweetheart I love you.
Happy Anniversary to you. Wish you one more happy
and loving year of your life.
- Someone made My life a bed of roses is you.
Now without you I can't even think of taking,
A single breath without you. Love you.
Happy Anniversary Dear.
- If anyone has inspired me in the means
of inner soul it is you. Your relation is a,
Example for me or any one May your relation,
become more and more strong.
Happy Anniversary My sweetheart.
- I am truly thankful to my wife.
Thanks for making my life special.
Happy anniversary to you.
- Happy first anniversary to my
sweet loving and caring wife.
You are my reality and I am yours.
- I always wanted to have a wife like
you, and with the blessing of Almighty
I have a got a wife of my dreams. Thanks!
Happy anniversary dear.
- Happy anniversary to my sweet wife,
May you live long may all your worries
drown deep in the sea. Thanks for
making my life sweet.
- Ever since, you walked
into my life. It has been
filled with love, laughter
and happiness!
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Not EVEN close, I know, but I like the colors anyway – they sort of match this blog's colors. I have this box of pastels and a 99¢ sketchpad left over from an exercise (but that's another story).
Christmas Eve, I came across the supplies which were resting under a stack of books and mags I plan to sell some time. I noticed them when I added this month's Wired to the stack, so thought I'd see what would come of playing around with these materials in the Silent Night, I made drew sketch from a small Katee Sackhoff-as-Starbuck publicity shot alongside a minor rant by a Wired staffer that BSG will not be back until April. Happy Holidays anyway, skiffy lovers!
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ChainTrack - Motorised Heavy Duty Track for Theatre Curtains
The ChainTrack system consists of a machined UHMW section which carries the upper portion of a 3/8" duplex roller chain. The UHMW is inserted into an aluminium extruded profile designed by and exclusively extruded for Triple E. The permissible loading for curtains directly attached to the chain is 20kg (44 lbs.) per linear meter or 6kg (13.2 lbs.) per linear foot.
ChainTrack systems have a 3 phase motor of at least 0.4kW power which can be increased according to the predicted carrying and frictional loads of the system. The motor is normally located in the stacking / storage areas but can be mounted at the opposite end of the track or, where there are height constraints, side mounted and hung beneath the track. The motors transmit power through a chain sprocket driving the upper section of the duplex chain. The lower section of chain is used to carry the curtains. The curtains attach to the chain every 95mm by means of a purpose designed stainless steel hook and metal wire strop which locates through the eyelets in the curtain webbing.
A return chain sprocket and tensioner should have a means of access to it for maintenance purposes. In the storage / stacking areas the ChainTrack will run back and forth providing a stacking distance equal to that of the curtain length. In the stacking area the extrusion carries a single chain and can be set on varying centres based on standard chain sprocket sizes, to provide adequate spacing between the travelling curtain fabrics of differing fullness and to reduce wear on the surface of the fabric caused by rubbing.
All chain sprockets have two ball raced bearings and are of a similar type to those proven on our test track to have a life expectancy in excess of 50,000 cycles based on a 25m long track.
A timing belt driven limit box is fitted adjacent to the gearbox for setting the extreme end of travel limits. In addition, as a safety feature there are also two mechanical track mounted limits next to the motor which are able to be struck by a clamp on the lower portion of the chain. This will ensure that, in the event of a limit box failing, a secondary means of stopping the curtain is available. It is recommended that all control systems feature either variable speed or soft start features. This is especially important on long systems to avoid chain snatch on start up. There is also a provision for the mounting of an encoder on the gearbox output if required.
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Thanks to MindLoveMisery's Menagerie for hosting Music Challenge #31 and to Sarah from MindLoveMisery's Menagerie for hosting Photo Challenge.
Credit: Mari Lazheva via Unsplash
"Killing Me Softly" by the Fugees
Giselle is lost, that's what they say, while I,
Lay in the abandoned pool, head bent.
I hum tunes here, no water brims; he died.
Thinking back; laughing at time's memories spent.
Giselle, love! His sweet words still kill softly;
His gentle touch perceived pain, strummed music.
His guitar played songs we wove, sunken softly,
Water and tears drown, kisses, lyrics.
Nights under stars where our voices blended,
Giselle he moaned, as we mixed our sound.
But he's gone; that truth pummels without end;
A love of teenage madness; our ship downed.
Killing me softly, he's gone but I'm here;
Flushed with regret's knife, he's no longer near.
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Chapters One and Two
• Tambu and her brother, Nhamo, walk to and from school together. Tambu really loves the journey, but Nhamo complains. It becomes clear that Nhamo is much more spoiled than his younger sister.
• Tambu discusses the watering holes where everyone in their village swims. The men and women swim separately, but the children are completely unrestricted. Tambu relishes her courage to swim in the deep holes.
• Nhamo has stopped coming home from school when there is a break. One day in November, Tambu is preparing a meal for her brother's return. She has decided to make the meal early, so her mother can rest.
• Tambu has been working hard in the fields because, at the age of 7, the age at which Uncle Babamukuru has deemed the children old enough to attend school, there is no money left over for her tuition after the family pays...
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