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|Help & FAQ
To offer the best possible service we have listed our most frequently asked questions, if however you cannot find the answer below please contact us on 44 (0) 1271 882615 or email your query to firstname.lastname@example.com
Q. What are your delivery times?
If you are ordering standard items we will aim to dispatch within 2 working days. You should allow for four to five days for delivery within the UK. Airmail generally takes 4 - 14 days. These delivery times are estimates only and not guaranteed times. If you have an urgent requirement then please ring us and we would be happy to quote you for a next day delivery service if available.
Q. How are Postage Costs calculated?
Postage costs for website orders are a flat rate of £3.98 per order to the UK (mainland), £9 to the rest of the EU, £11 world zone 1 and £14 world zone 2. If you require an urgent delivery please do contact us and we can quote for this option.
Q. Can The Stencil Warehouse cut my own stencil design?
Yes we can cut your individual design, the cost and time involved depends on the complexity of the design, the required material size, the quality of the artwork supplied and the current workload. Always e-mail your queries first and we can give a more accurate answer at the time.
Q. What is the best way to send my design/drawing to The Stencil Warehouse?
Ideally we would like vector artwork as an email attachment. Please take a look at vector-conversions.com/vectorizing/raster_vs_vector.html for an explanation of vector artwork if you're unsure. We can accept email attachments in most formats, such as eps, svg, ai, cdr or jpg files. A good quality raster/bitmap image is also often adequate, especially for an initial quote.
Q. Can The Stencil Warehouse resize a stencil from its range?
This can be done quite easily up to a maximum design size of 1750 mm x 850 mm in one section. We can also re-scale down but to what extent depends on the design. Always ask us and we will do our best to oblige.
Q. How big or small can I have a stencil cut?
The smallest we recommend is 100 mm x 100 mm although there are occasions where smaller designs work well. The largest design we can do in one piece is 850 mm x 1750mm, although we can cut larger designs by splitting the stencil into multiple sections. The smallest text we can cut is 10mm for a very plain font or 15mm for a more complex font. Please contact us to check your requirements.
Q. Can The Stencil Warehouse laser cut fabrics?
The Stencil Warehouse laser cuts all its stencils and can also cut fabric as well. We generally have great success with voiles and other man made fibres as the laser technique cuts and seals the fabric at the same time.
Q. Does The Stencil Warehouse cut stencil lettering and wording?
Yes, we do quite a large number of signs for use on warehouse floors, for marking crates/ pallets etc. as well as decorative lettering for the home. We can include the standard wording plus company name, telephone number fax number e-mail address or postal address. Contact us for more specific information.
Q. What type of material are your stencils made out of?
We use an industry standard polyester film, called Mylar, it is a flexible but hard wearing, plastic material. See Materials page for more info.
Q. How thick is your stencil material?
Our material comes in various thicknesses depending on the application. The thinnest material we stock is 75 microns, which is mostly used for finer detail such as body art stencils. The standard decorative stencils are cut on our 125 micron material, whereas the 190 micron and 250 micron material are for industrial use and our thicker materials at 350 microns and 500 microns are used for heavy grade industrial applications or clean graffiti applications. There is more detail on our material and the various types on our material information page.
Q. Which paint surface is best for stencilling on to?
A matt surface is ideal. However, some satin finishes are quite suitable as well. The main thing to remember is that if a paint has been designed so that marks may be wiped from the surface, then this will apply to any stencilling as well. This makes any of the new ranges of kitchen and bathroom paint particularly unsuitable. However, as usual there are ways around this such as applying a primer paint first to act as a new base coat for the stencilling, however, be aware that this removes the properties of the paint so may not be a suitable course of action.
Q. Can I stencil onto fabric or furniture?
Fabric such as cushions, curtains, throws etc. and furniture of all types make wonderful areas for stencilling. These little touches to existing or new pieces really help in adding cohesion to a theme and give your home that individual look. If you are using the acrylic paint, you will need to add a fabric medium in order to make the colours fast.
Q. What is a Markal Paint Stik?
It is a solid form of oil based paint, easy to use because it is dry. It is still applied with a brush, but instead of a pot of paint you have a dry stick, which needs to be rubbed onto a surface, such as a plate or the side of the stencil, to be used as a palette from which to pick up the paint on a brush. This makes the risk of spilling paint that much less and people generally find it useful if they know a project is going to take them longer than one sitting. Some people find it easier to use, as it is much harder to overload the brush with this method.
Q. What is Acrylic Paint?
It is a water-based paint. Therefore soluble in water, so you can clean brushes in water and there is no odour. It is a thinner paint than household emulsions but has much more pigment and can be applied delicately without clogging or looking heavy. It is like using watercolours to paint on the wall rather than trying to paint a picture with polyfiller!
Q. How long does the paint take to dry?
This depends on the type of paint used, the surface you are applying the paint to and the conditions in which you are applying the paint. However, assuming an indoor application on a matt surface on an average day, the paint will be touch dry within an hour although we would always recommend leaving it 24 hours before applying a protective coat (if required) over the top.
Q. Can I use both Acrylic and Paint Stik outside on a wall?
Yes you can. However, in either case we would recommend a protective top coat to protect your stencilling from the elements and prolong its life. Depending on the surface, a sealant base coat is also recommended in order to prevent seepage from underneath the stencil, which may cause discolouration or even for the stencil to be disfigured completely.
Q. How do I clean the stencil after I have used it?
If you are using acrylic paint, then simply wash the stencil with a little water after use. If you are using an oil based paint then wipe over with a small amount of white spirit. If you are using another type of paint then please follow the instructions given with the paint. However, cellulose thinners should NEVER be used to clean your stencil.
Q. How should I clean my stencil brush?
If using an acrylic paint, then clean the brush in water. If using an oil based paint then clean with white spirit. Always read the label of the paint you are using. However, if this is not possible and you are unsure as to the base of your paint, then always try removing with water first, if this does not work, dry on a kitchen towel and use white spirit.
Q. Can I clean the walls after I have stencilled them?
Once a stencil has fully dried on the wall, then it is possible to wipe over with a damp cloth, (to remove finger marks etc.) however they will not withstand abrasive cleaning with a scouring agent. Please note that if a paint is designed to be wiped clean of finger marks etc. then this will also apply to any stencilling which has been done as well.
Q. Do you have a Returns Policy?
We have a 14 days no-quibble returns policy. If for any reason you wish to return an order, then please return the goods, unused and in good condition to us. We will then refund your payment as appropriate. In the unlikely event that goods have been damaged in transit, then please inform us by email / fax or telephone and we will advise you of how to obtain any replacement goods required. Please note we do not accept returns for custom stencils.


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Here's a story about not wishing away time but savoring every moment.
Wind driven snow twisted like smoky ropes across the snow-covered lake tangling Josh's legs. His toes had finally stopped hurting. Now, they felt like carp mouth – the way his mouth felt when he got a shot at the dentist. His fingers weren't numb yet. They still tingled and burned with cold. C'mon fish, give me a little nibble, he wished. Make all this pain worthwhile. The tiny pink bobber floated, unmoving, in the six inch hole in the ice.
"Daaad," Josh called. "I'm cold. I'm bored. Let's go home."
"Last night you couldn't wait to get out here. Now you can't wait to get back. Get into Grandpa time."
"Grandpa time," Josh grumbled. A year ago, a week before Christmas, when his grandfather was dying, Josh had mentioned to his father, "I can't wait for Christmas. I wish it were here right now."
"Put yourself in Grandpa's place," his father had said. "Stuck in bed. Hanging on, day by day. What would he give to live a week as a ten year old, to be able to play, to run, to breathe easily? Don't wish away time, son."
Josh jigged his rod up and down. Something pulled. He tugged. Nothing. Hand over hand, he pulled his line onto the ice till his tear-drop hook appeared in the hole. Seaweed. He had hooked into a weed. Shoot, he thought. Now I have to take off my gloves, get all cold, just to put on more bait and it wasn't even a nibble.
Grandpa time. What would Grandpa do if he were here?
Notice. Watch for small things. Use his imagination.
Josh stared at the pearly-pink tear-drop lure, the gold hook, the bright green leaf. A Christmas ornament of colors. It was winter all around him – white, cold, gray. Yet from the bottom of this black, wet hole came green – spring green.
What would it be like down there, Grandpa? How would I look to a fish through the ice hole? Would I look all small and round and far away, the way people look through a peep hole in a door? Is that why it's called a 'fish eye'?
What if I were a fish in a frozen lake, hanging out in a weedbed with a school of bluegills? It's probably dark down there, or at least gloomy. The ice must be like a glass ceiling, frosted glass, with snow on top. Dark, light. Dark, light. Someone turns off the light every night. And every so often, there are footsteps, followed by loud, scraping sounds, circling sounds. Light pours in through a round hole. Then food floats down – wax worms, mousies, spikes, sometimes minnows. Some of the food dances up and down, like it was on a string. Other food hangs very still, tempting snacks. Every once in a while a fish zooms up into the light.What if you could talk to the other fish? What would you say about disappearing buddies?
A door slammed Josh out of his day dreams. He turned to see a man stretching his back outside his shanty.
"Any luck?" Josh called.
"Nope. Saw a big pike, but I missed him."
"Can I come inside, see what it's like?"
"Sure. C'mon in. Warm yourself up."
It took a minute for Josh's eyes to adjust to the light. Then he made out a hole in the ice, a big square of water like a television set lying on the floor tuned to a seaweed movie. The fisherman held a spear, five wickedly sharp blue points on the end of a yellow broom handle, waiting for a pike to come on the screen.
Josh's toes fizzed with warmth. His father called.
"An eagle, Josh. There's an eagle."
Josh stumbled outside. The sun had come out, glaring off the snow, blinding him momentarily. A bird yelped high above, gliding in soft circles.
"A bald eagle," his dad explained. "Someone said there was a nest nearby."
"Wow, that's the first time I ever saw a live eagle." The wind stopped. Josh could feel his toes again. He unzipped his snowmobile suit, took off his gloves. "Wow," he said again, as he watched the silhouette swoop behind a stand of pines.
He checked his bait. Still there, untouched. Nobody home.
"Looks like we got skunked, son." Josh's dad reeled in his line. "What do you say we head out?"
Josh looked up, his face registering disappointment. "Do we have to? I was just starting to have a good time."

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Tracy Esposito began her stand-up career in New York City in the late 1990s, and quickly became a regular at Comic Strip Live, the Boston Comedy Club, and Stand-Up New York.
After doing her own stand-up show at Caroline's Comedy Club, she was featured in Backstage East as one of their "Top 10 Comics to See" and was soon opening for the likes of Robert Klein and Kevin James. She later appeared on Robert Klein's TV Special, New Joke City, and Louie Anderson's Comedy Showcase on NBC. Tracy's signature "Staten Island Sassy" (is this a show or a persona, or an attitude?) also lit up Comedy Central's and Montreal's Just for Laughs festival and Comedy Central's Premium Blend.
Her TV credits include Fox's House and FX'S It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as well as comedy sketches for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Tracy has been writing and honing her one-woman show, Chicken Parmigiana: a Recipe for a Mother's Love, a tale based on her real-life transition from a boy-crazy young woman to a mature caregiver. With her instantly recognizable mane of red hair and Italian-American accent (and attitude), Chicken Parmigiana finds Tracy artfully portraying multiple characters without so much as a prop or costume change. This heartwarming, coming-of-age story has consistently resonated with audiences, and was featured in the New York's Daily News, Backstage East, as well as on FOX, CW and ABC news. The show was also featured in The Los Angeles Times and other local newspapers.


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The Ranch Fire was Californiaʻs largest wildfire at 410,203 acres, and It was started from one tiny spark. The Mendicino Fire Complex that raged during the summer of last year was multiple fires that ignited at the same time in close proximity, heavily taxing all fire suppression resources in the area. 280 structures were destroyed in the fire complex, and the biggest fire in the dual-fire incident started due to a single spark.
(CNN) The Ranch Fire, the largest wildfire in California history in terms of acres burned, was caused by a spark or hot metal fragment that came from a hammer driving a metal stake into the ground, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
"After a meticulous and thorough investigation, CAL FIRE has determined that the Ranch Fire was caused by a spark or hot metal fragment landing in a receptive fuel bed," the news release said.


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Make Her Bachelorette Party One That She'll Never Forget
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My kids are adults already, and I'm still in love with Goodnight Moon. Now I'm looking forward to the joy of reading Goodnight Moon to my future grandkids! (2015 Update: My granddaughter, Zoey, LOVES Goodnight Moon!)
Last week was Children's Book Week, and I published a few Montessori-inspired Goodnight Moon activities in my Montessori-Inspired Literature-Based Activities for Preschoolers. In honor of Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown's birthday on May 23, I want to share more Goodnight Moon resources.
Today, I'm sharing links to Goodnight Moon free printables and activities from around the blogosphere. Even though not all the printables and activities in this post are Montessori activities, many of them would fit well in a Montessori-inspired Goodnight Moon unit.
Free Goodnight Moon Printables and Resources
Happy Birthday Margaret Wise Brown – May 23 from Happy Birthday Author
Goodnight Moon Narrated by Susan Sarandon
Goodnight Moon Printables from Harper Collins Children's
Goodnight Moon Printables from Homeschool Creations
Goodnight Moon Lapbook and Printables by Robin Eiedrichs and Ami at Homeschool Share
Goodnight Moon Activities
Goodnight Moon Link-up at Delightful Learning with activities from a number of blogs.
Goodnight Moon Unit from Homeschool Creations
Goodnight Peep Diorama (WOW! AMAZING! – I don't have enough artistic talent to do this, but ideas from it could be adapted for a sensory tub or other hands-on activities) from Pink and Green Mama
Goodnight Moon Vocabulary Activity, Goodnight Moon Light Box Activities (photo) and 5 Goodnight Moon Activities for Toddlers from Twodaloo
BFIAR – Goodnight Moon from The Adventures of Bear
Goodnight Moon {Before FIAR} from Delightful Learning
Goodnight Moon from Hubbards Cupboard
Before FIAR: Goodnight Moon from The Pinay Homeschooler
Goodnight Moon Sensory Bin and Goodnight Moon Storybook Bath (Photo) from Growing a Jeweled Rose
Goodnight Moon Sensory Bin from Teaching Mama
"Lapbook – Goodnight Moon" from Bristle Ridge Academy
Goodnight Moon Lapbook from One Little, Two Little
Goodnight Moon (Before Five in a Row) from Dove's Rest
Goodnight Moon from My Four Ps
Our Goodnight Moon Lessons and Lapbook from 3G = Growing Godly Girlz
Goodnight Moon Lapbook and Puzzle from A Quiet Simple Life
Tot Trays: Goodnight Moon from The Preschool Experiment
Goodnight Moon Tot Bag from Living Worldsapart
Goodnight Moon Activities by Richele McFarlin at Families
Goodnight Moon Teaching Ideas by Janelle Cox at Bright Hub Education
Goodnight Moon Unit from Nursery Rhymes and Fun Times
Tot School: Good Night Moon from Peanuts Are Evil
Goodnight Moon Activities from the SEEDS Network
Montessori-Inspired Moon Unit (my roundup post with many activities that would work especially well for a moon unit for older children while younger children have a Goodnight Moon unit)
Goodnight Moon and Other Moon Ideas from Mrs. Russell's Class
Mm is for Moon by Maureen from Spell Outloud at Totally Tots
Moon from Preschool Alphabet
Have fun! 🙂
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Lysine-Aid For Cats for the management of feline herpes in kittens and cats.
Lysine-Aid is a very palatable (salmon flavoured) and should be given during periods of stress.
L-Lysine is an amino acid which is naturally present in proteins and can play a key role in the management of herpesvirus infection. It has been shown that during replication of feline herpesvirus an increase in L-Lysine levels has inhibiting effects on the virus, as it competes with arginine (another amino acid) in the replication process.
Feeding Recommendations:
For cats give 2ml twice daily.
For kittens give 1ml twice daily for one week before periods of stress and for at least 2 weeks afterwards.
Give as soon as possible for best results. Apply to cat's paw or add to food: 1 Pump = 2ml.
* We don't sell food to non-UK addresses. If you order food & non-food lines these orders will be shipped separately. A delivery charge will still be applied.
** Includes N.Ireland, Scottish Highlands, UK Offshore Islands, Isle of Man, Scilly Isles
UK, Channel Islands, N Ireland, Highlands and Islands - Standard delivery arrives 2-3 days after dispatch or for heavy parcels Courier next day after dispatch Mon-Thu.
Europe - Royal Mail International Services or Courier arrives 7-10 days after dispatch.
Express delivery arrives 1-2 days after dispatch or for heavy parcels Courier 1-2 days after dispatch Mon-Thu. Saturday delivery is not available.
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Non-Food - Light parcels, delivered Tue-Fri, signature required or for heavy parcels Courier next day Mon-Thu delivery after dispatch^.
Food Mainland UK - If ordered before 12pm, next day courier delivery.
Food Other UK - Two day courier delivery service.
^ Please note - Items usually dispatched within 24 - 72 hours. This is to factor in weekends or stock needing to be ordered in the next day, this time is in addition to the courier service you select at checkout.
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Personal Training
At Upward Motion Personal Training we believe that a personal trainer is much more than a rep counter, but an inspirer, motivator, educational consultant, and a guide to help you accomplish your health and fitness goals.
Our personal trainers love what they do and it shows through our passion for inspiring you to do your best. It is through this passion that drives us to learn new and innovative exercises, research, and techniques to help you be the healthiest and fittest person you can be.
Our trainers specialize in 3 areas to INSPIRE you to accomplish your health and fitness needs:
- Weight Loss –Besides our group training program, you can choose to work with a personal trainer to help you tone muscle and burn fat. You will work individually with them creating a customized workout regimen
- Injury Rehabilitation – We specialize in creating exercise programs to help eliminate muscle and joint pain. We will first do a muscular analysis to see what muscles are compensated and then design an exercise program to help decrease pain and increase strength.
- Athletic Training – Whether you are an athlete or are a recreational "weekend warrior", we can customize an exercise plan to increase performance without pain or injury. We will create a custom program to help you become the best athlete you can be.
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Nob Hill Fit Body Boot Camp is home of the Afterburn workouts – a group personal training program where you'll get high energy, fun, and challenging workouts designed to burn maximum fat and tone your entire body in only 30 minutes.
Our specialized Afterburn workouts use a combination of (HIIT) High Intensity Interval Training and Active Rest Training to get your body to burn more fat and calories than traditional workouts that are twice as long. Every group training session is led by an experienced and certified personal trainer and is designed to be fun, high energy and challenging all while burning maximum fat and toning your muscles.
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Schedule released for papal visit to Fatima in May
March 20, 2017
The Vatican has released the full schedule for a visit by Pope Francis to Fatima in May.
The Holy Father will leave Rome on Friday afternoon, May 12, flying into the Monte Real air base in Portugal. After meeting with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, he will be transported by helicopter to Farima, where he will lead pilgrims in the Rosary at the Chapel of the Apparitions that evening.
On Saturday, May 13, the Pope will meet in the morning with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa. then he will celebrate Mass at the Fatima shrine. Following lunch with the Portuguese bishops he will transfer to the Monte Real air base and fly back to Rome, with a scheduled arrival there in the early evening.
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How to Connect with Nature while Living in a City
I have always being a strong supporter of protecting and adding more vegetation and green space in urban areas. I grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, where the "Ávila" mountain was so big you could see it from everywhere in the city. Below is a picture of the Avila to give you a sense of the size . Even though I was surrounded by buses and cars, large buildings, and crowds, looking at the Ávila made me feel somehow connected to nature. When I moved to the Washington, DC metro area it became more difficult for me to find those spaces where I feel the same type of connection with the natural environment. I have found some parks and green areas in DC, but they are not in my way to work or home. I am only able to enjoy those pockets of nature during my free time.
There are many benefits of connecting with nature in our daily lives, including mental health, stress reduction, and emotional wellbeing. The Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health (UD/MH) website provides many articles and posts that discuss the benefits of to bringing nature to our cities for our mental and emotional well-being.
Until we are able to build and live in Biophilic Cities, we have to make a conscious effort to find ways to connect with nature while living in the city. Here are some ideas on how you can do that:
- Find pockets of nature on your way home or work: Just taking a few minutes to admire a tree in front of your home or work place can help to connect with nature. Everyday, I walk near Franklin Square on my way to work. Observing the park while I walk makes me feel better, especially during the fall when the leaves are changing.
- Keep a living plant at work: There are a variety of plants that require little care that you can put on your desk or in the office. One of those are succulents, such as the ones we created on our team building few months ago.
- Visit vegetated parks on weekend: In DC, there are various national parks and green areas within and around the city. Taking a time to see the leaves of the trees moving, breath fresh air, or look at the running water from a creek can make you feel refreshed and energized.
- Take leisure walks along streets with old, shadow tree-lines: I love walking in Old Town Alexandria because it is full of large trees that make me feel connected to nature even though I'm in an urban place. Identify streets like that near your work or home, and take leisure walks during the day.
Fabiana I. Paez is passionate about creating visual designs to communicate and engage people in urban planning projects, as well as social and environmental causes.


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Talk:Tag:amenity=swimming pool
Merge with leisure=swimming_pool?
The above shows the current tag usage stats. The following discussions points are added at some earlier point in time
As of 2010-12-01, this is the most common tag in the OSM database used for representing a swimming pool, and is 4 times as common as the currently documented leisure=swimming_pool : http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=swimming+pool#values. The amenity=* namespace is perhaps not the best place for this type of feature, but I'm just documenting what I see in the database right now. Personally I like leisure=swimming_pool far better than this, but hey. Document what's out there. --achadwick 14:02, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I think this would be better as a leisure=swimming_pool than a amenity=swimming_pool, as amenity=* seems to be more 'touristy,' and swimming pools are more of a short-term activity. Also, leisure=water_park is a leisure. However, there is a difference between public pools and private pools, like you find in an apartment complex, hotel, HOA, so I think adding a public=yes or public=no tag to the pool would be valuable. Tahongawaka 06:32, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, let's merge. As of March 2011, there are more leisure tags than amenity, and Mapink and osmarender only render leisure tags. ponzu 2:01 PM, 26 March 2011 (PST)
- the stats show 133 673 versus 42 641 in favour of leisure= over amenity= now. This shift has been seen with some other tags where early in the project history we had more stuff lumped into Key:amenity. However...
- There's more debate on this over at Proposed features/Swimming pool and more people defending the old amenity tag. Also as someone's pointed out there, Potlatch2 simple view sets the amenity= tag, despite listing it under both amenity and leisure categories. So this debate isn't over yet.
- Also I'd suggest not a page merge initially, but just a more prominent label placed on the lesser used tag docs directing people to the "right" place. Not sure if we've reached the point where even that should be done yet.
- -- Harry Wood 16:42, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- OK 2016. I see the stats show a strong shift to leisure from amenity. 35309 versus 9361, and Math1985 has gone ahead and labelled this as discouraged. I described some other aspects of the changeover on the page there. Potlatch 2 presets still needs sorting out -- Harry Wood (talk) 14:09, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Trying out this new TagHistory tool comparing these tags:
Very cool. We can see a slow decline in amenity=swimming_pool, perhaps accelerating when the docs were blown away this year
-- Harry Wood (talk) 15:13, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
- I think the deprecation warning in JOSM might also have played a role. Math1985 (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
For the pool only, for the surrounding area, or just a POI?
Asked on IRC:
<monotreme> so when mapping a pool, like the one in an apartment building, should the contour include the ancillary area with chaise-longs etc., or just the actual area of water?
Good question. Personally I see this tag (and it's leisure=* alias) as a POI-ish object that can go inside a building, be placed on a building outline itself, or used to mark the fancy outline of a large decorative swimming pool... but maybe that's all a bit fluid a definition to be usable, pun intended. What are people doing with this tag out there? --achadwick 14:07, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
All Potlatch2 shortcuts create amenity|swimming_pool
Issue: Potlatch2's simple mode includes shortcuts for "swimming_pool" under both "Amenity" and "Sports&Leisure".
Problem: both shortcuts create amenity=swimming_pool. Neither creates leisure=swimming_pool. Despite these amenity shortcuts, leisure is catching up to amenity and leisure is now almost as popular as amenity in the database.
Solution?: Until the debate between amenity vs. leisure is resolved: could someone please add shortcuts in Potlatch2 for leisure=swimming_pool under both "Amenity" and "Sports&Leisure"? Thanks Peace2 16:13, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
- Second that! Has a trac bug been created? ponzu 2:03 PM, 26 March 2011 (PST)
- (5 years later)
- Even better than a trac bug. I just created a pull request to change the P2 presets -- Harry Wood (talk) 14:13, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Just off the top of my head, some related concepts it'd be good to have some foo=* or swimming_pool:foo=* type tagging for --achadwick 14:10, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
- Sport vs. recreation
- Laned vs. unlaned
- Indoor vs. outdoor
- Heated vs unheated
- Chlorinated vs. unchlorinated
- Availability and type of changing area
- Showers
abandoned pool
how would i tag a swimming pool no longer in use? like, an old cement pool that's no longer being maintained.I have it tagged with:
abandoned:amenity=swimming pool
is that sufficient?
- That seems right./Johan Jönsson (talk) 11:08, 1 August 2014 (UTC)


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What if the dearth of mobile advertising is not because of Facebook's failure but because the opportunity is not really there?
There's a $60B bet on the table that Facebook can monetize its user traffic. (It was a $100B wager at Facebook's IPO, but things have not gone well since.) The conventional wisdom is that this bet will pay off only if Facebook can crack the code on mobile advertising. That's because much (and ever more) of Facebook's user traffic comes via mobile platforms, and mobile advertising is seen as a huge revenue opportunity.
Similar bets are in play for other companies, such as Google, Twitter and Yahoo. There's no question about whether these companies will attract mobile users. Their market values, however, will depend on how well they translate mobile traffic into advertising dollars.
The belief that there is a huge opportunity in mobile advertising stems from a straightforward projection, as captured in this slide from Mary Meeker's recent Internet Trends presentation:
The slide suggests that U.S. advertising spending on mobile platforms is much lower than it should be, given mobile usage. Meeker calculates that mobile's fair share of advertising spending in the US should have been about $20B, rather than the $1.6B actually registered last year. She sees the disparity as an indicator of upside potential.
Few, however (including the folks at Facebook), expect that capturing this elusive upside will be easy. It is becoming clear, as Keith Teare has been arguing at TechCrunch for a while, that:
In this [mobile] era the essential unit of advertising (a page based ad, whether text, display or anything else) is simply the wrong monetization vehicle. Something new has to emerge.
But the conventional wisdom (as represented by Facebook's still hefty 70+ trailing price-to-earnings ratio and $60B market value) is that, as Teare recently wrote, it is likely that "Facebook (and Google) know well what the problems are and will figure them out in time."
Others, however, think that Facebook is not up to the challenge. Eric Jackson, of Ironwood Capital LLC and a Forbes contributor, believes Facebook is facing disaster because it does not have mobile in its founding DNA. As a result, he writes:
No matter how smart Zuckerberg is, and how many cool mobile apps he buys, history also shows he'll miss that one that will eventually grow to outshine Facebook – just as Yahoo missed out on the opportunity to buy Facebook and went on to be eclipsed by it.
Technology veteran Jean-Louis Gassée believes the problem is more fundamental. Gassée argues that the billions envisioned in mobile advertising revenue are a mirage. Facebook is not capturing that pot of gold because it is not there.
In a recent article at Monday Note, Gassée points out that the $20B estimate relies on the faulty critical assumption that advertising spending will follow users to mobile devices with levels of spending proportional to advertising on TVs and internet surfing PCs.
But, Gassée, observes, there are three flaws in this assumption:
1. Mobile devices, especially the smartphones that dominate usage, are not "just PCs, only smaller."
Mobile ads aren't merely smaller, they have less expressive power, they don't seduce…and they're annoying.
2. User behavior is very much different on mobile devices.
With smartphones, we're on the move, we're surrounded by people, activities, real-world attractions and diversions. We're not paying (a loaded word) the same type of attention as we do on a PC.
3. The very nature of mobile devices, including the ability to do location-based advertising, "scares consumers, rather than excites them."
These three differences, taken together, Gassée argues, create an insurmountable obstacle to mobile advertising:
If the industry hasn't cracked the mobile advertising code after five years of energetic and skillful work it's because there is no code to crack.
The "$20B Opportunity" is a mirage.
That doesn't mean, of course, that mobile platforms are a mirage. The user traffic is already there, and growing fast. But, if Gassée is anywhere near the mark and mobile advertising remains relatively small and ineffective, that $60B wager (and others like it) will continue to sour. Given that plausible doomsday scenario, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Twitter and others whose futures are now dependent on mobile ad-supported business models would do well to start considering Plan B.
Is the growth of mobile advertising inevitable? Is it possible that mobile devices (and users) are just not hospitable to advertising? Please share your thoughts below.
Chunka Mui is the co-author of "Unleashing the Killer App" and "Billion-Dollar Lessons." Follow him at Forbes or on Twitter @chunkamui


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I've been a lover of rustic things my whole life. When someone gives up on an object or scrap, I see the beauty of possibility.
Vintage and found objects, recycled porcelain doll head, vintage linen.
Found wooden boxes, recycled doll head, chair spindles, found finial.
Found frame, industrial thread spools, old hinges, shoe form, found thread spools and bits.
Found wooden box, moss, phone book paper, found doll, magnifying glass, wire.
Vintage sand mold, found keys, rusty slinky, paper mache figure, dog collar.
Found dolls, vintage ruler, vintage spice tins.
Vintage sand mold, recycled doll head, vintage biscuit cutter, wire, screws.
Found frame, vintage images, recycled optometrist lens, mica.
Contact Susan Taylor @ 925-768-5042 for pricing.
I became fascinated with small busts after taking a plaster class with Stephanie Lee. It gave me an outlet for exploring sculpture. Enjoy!
Styrofoam, paper clay, acrylic paint, pine cone, wisteria vine
Styrofoam, paper clay, acrylic paint, pine cone, fabric flower.
Styrofoam core, paper clay, acrylic paint, found fabric.
Styrofoam, paper clay, acrylic paint, recycled mohair sweater.
Styrofoam, paper clay, acrylic paint, newspaper.
Styrofoam, paper clay, acrylic paint.
Approx. 6" tall.
Styrofoam, paper clay, found mink scrap, vintage earring, acrylic paint, vintage trim.
Styrofoam, paper clay, acrylic paint, pine cone
Paper clay ad found objects/fabrics are the source of great joy to me. I strive to become better at combining these materials.
Submitted to Art Doll Quarterly for a Santos Challenge.
Paper clay, found objects and acrylic paint.
Please contact Susan Taylor @ 925-768-5042 or firstname.lastname@example.com for size and pricing.
Approx 6" tall
Contact Susan Taylor at 925-768-5042 for pricing.
Visual journals are for me. I use them to unwind and relax into my studio when I feel stuck. They give me a sense of freedom and exploration that sometimes informs my 3-D work.
Approx 2' tall. Recycled doll head re-configured with clay, vintage linens, vintage German rosary, found doll parts.
Vintage doily, wire, found wooden spoon, pieces from croquet ball carrier, vintage star, wire.
I partnered with Deb Shattil, fellow artist, to create this installation for a Berkeley student cello concert at ACCI Gallery. We created the entire dress (on a vintage I. Magnin mannequin) and cello cutout using: magazine pages, fabric, colored pencils, tissue paper, chicken wire and cardboard.


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What is strategic risk management?
You can deliver a project or programme on time, to budget, and meet all your declared objectives; likewise your business operations may appear to be on track. But if your overall strategy is proved incorrect, the business venture will, ultimately, be deemed a failure.
Strategic risk management looks at current market trends and tries to predict the risks to your organisation's overall business strategy. By their very nature, strategic risks can be hard to quantify and hard to predict.
Why is strategic risk management important?
Strategic risks are, by definition, the risks of you not achieving your business strategy. This means that a business which fails to deal with its strategic risks faces failure if those risks eventually materialise; e.g. the risk of not achieving 'x' by a particular date.
For example, if a core part of your business's strategy is introducing a new product to the market, that strategy will be deemed a failure if the market no longer wants that product.
How can organisations manage strategic risk?
There are a number of steps an organisation can take to successfully minimise strategic risk.
- Start by capturing a suitable statement of your overall business strategy. This should be done by the board of directors, and needs to be as specific and quantified as possible.
- This strategy statement then needs to be suitably communicated to at least two levels down within the organisation, or even the whole organisation if you are dealing with a small or medium sized business.
- Directors then need to break down the strategy into its constituent assumptions (approximately 10-20), testing each assumption in turn for its susceptibility to risk.
Assumption analysis is also a core component of ABCD risk management, which is itself an important tool in any strategic risk management.
The process of capturing assumptions is often one which is internal to the company or organisation in question, meaning that an external perspective is also required.
The importance of external perspective
External challenges to your business strategy will not be explicitly obvious unless you have a third party to point them out. External risks to business strategy can include the following:
- Market trends for specific products being offered.
- Competitors' likely strategy, including pricing policy changes.
- Socio-political shifts or external crises which may impact your business strategy.
- Macro or microeconomic trends.
How De-Risk can help you
We know that any successful business strategy needs testing against the dynamic of a given marketplace.
We work by identifying the key assumptions underpinning a strategy through a series of interviews or workshops with senior management and industry experts.
From this initial analysis a number of discrete scenarios which can be developed and the assumptions analysed in each case, using an ABCD based approach. The risks to each scenario can then be clearly seen and the strategy adjusted to reduce the risks, or contingency plans developed to manage perceived risks. An ABCD based approach can also highlight some of the potential reasons why key assumptions underpinning a strategy may be unstable. This can be for a number of reasons:
- Poor publicity/litigation
- Changing customer tastes
- Micro-economic effects
- New entrants
- Substitute products
- New product developments
- Economic changes
- Mismatch to customer requirements
- Legislative changes
- Lack of anticipated synergy
- Gaps
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Recipe of hot and Spicy Burger by Shireen Anwer(Anwar)
Hot And Spicy Burger Ingredients
- 4 chicken breast, thin slices
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 teaspoon. black pepper
- One teaspoon. garlic paste
- One particular tablespoons. ketchup
- A couple of tbsp. chili sauce
- 4 buns
- Salad leaves as essential
- Two Cheese Slices
- Several tbsp of. mayonnaise
- Two tablespoons of. vinegar
For Batter
- 2 tbsp of. do it yourself raising flour
- 2 tbsp. corn flour
- 1/4 teaspoon. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp of. salt
- 1/4 tsp of. white pepper
- 1/4 tsp. paprika
- 1 tablespoons of. chili sauce
- Milk to generate batter
How to make Hot And Spicy Burger
- Blend mayonnaise and vinegar as well as set them away.
- Marinate chicken white meat in salt, black pepper, garlic paste, ketchup as well as chili sauce and then leave it pertaining to 10 minutes.
- Blend every one of the ingredients of batter and create a smooth paste.
- Today drop poultry throughout batter as well as spin that inside flour. Serious fry the idea.
- Implement mayonnaise about buns and put chicken, salad leave, cheese portion into it. Assist them with fried potatoes.
Hot And Spicy Burger by Shireen Anwar is ready to serve.


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The PGA Tour's main puzzle pieces for its schedule next year are in place. And now the European Tour is following suit.
The PGA Tour's decision to move the P.G.A. Championship from August to May next year has created a ripple effect that has reached across an ocean, with the European Tour responding by moving its flagship, the European Tour PGA Championship, into early fall.
Next year's European Tour PGA Championship is already set for September, while questions linger about where other May events such as the Italian Open, which begins Thursday at Gardagolf Country Club in Soiano del Lago, Italy, fit into the equation. The same goes for match-play events the Belgian Knockout and the GolfSixes.
"It'll be interesting after this year to see what the schedule will look like," said the English veteran Ross Fisher, who has won five European Tour events.
The European Tour certainly will be stronger in September, essentially left open for the taking with the PGA Tour's move toward wrapping its FedEx Cup playoffs by Labor Day. Shifting the European Tour PGA Championship into the void was a practical early strike.
Still to be determined is how the P.G.A. Championship's move affects the rest of May. For some players, it might mean minimal change to current practices of picking up in Europe after the Players Championship, which shifts to March to clear room for the P.G.A. Championship.
Others may be enticed into longer stays in America ahead of the United States Open. In addition, the tour's European-based slate is just getting underway in May, prompting a look into whether those events are viable elsewhere on the calendar.
"We might have an issue with the weather," said Martin Kaymer of Germany, a two-time major winner and former world No. 1. "We need to see where we can go [on the calendar] for some of those events."
It's the kind of puzzle, perhaps, innately made for Keith Pelley. The European Tour's chief executive has shown a flair for shaking things up since taking the job in 2015, so re-examining the schedule fits right in.
"I think it will be different and modified but, at the same time, it won't be revolutionary," Pelley told The Scotsman in May. Several of the tour's top pros, he added, have been asked what might work best for them.
One priority expressed by players is to maintain the prominence of the Rolex Series. The European Tour PGA Championship is part, as are the three tournaments that finish the Race to Dubai.
Of greater impact, though, is the lift given to four longstanding national opens — this week's Italian Open, along with the July stretch through France, Ireland and Scotland that leads to the British Open. With the European Tour PGA Championship settling in September and the July stretch expected to remain untouched, only the Italian Open would seem to be in flux. It was played in October last year, though, so a fall return would not be surprising.
"The hope is we can fit in those Rolex Series events at decent times," Kaymer said.
What effect change might have on smaller European-based tournaments is less clear. After a low of 19 events on the Continent in 2016, the tour has rebounded to 23 stops this season.
With the exception of majors and World Golf Championships events, the tour now ventures outside Europe just once from May through late October.
"The European Tour is in a stronger position right now than a decade ago," said Spain's Rafa Cabrera Bello. "Even if there are fewer tournaments in Europe, I think those tournaments are stronger."
For those players with one foot in each tour, a pattern has developed.
January's spotlight for the European Tour falls on the big-money Middle East stops in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, after which players find their way to the end of the PGA Tour's West Coast swing. Everything points toward the Masters in April, and usually through to the Players Championship in May.
"There are tournaments," Fisher said, "but it kind of goes quiet until May when Wentworth kicks in."
That's where things will be different next year. Depending on what goes into May and early June, it's conceivable that the tour might not fully heat up until the July stretch of Rolex events.
"We'll just take it as it comes," Kaymer said. "I really, really enjoy playing in Europe. It's still our home. But if you want to compete with the best players in the world and want to get up in the world rankings, I think you have to play in America."


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Blackfishpub needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 132 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
We are a pub and liquor store on the pacific coast of British Columbia.
Our name comes from the orca whale. It was called a black fish in the early 1900's.
We sell lots of good food in the pub. Lots of beer on tap. We have a very well stocked liquor store in a building next door.
Our customers must be 19 years or older.We have a mix of all age groups as our customer base. It is a tourist area, with summer homes for people from Vancouver.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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This awesome RS6 is my daily driver, so it is not perfect, but it looks and runs great. The A/C is ice cold and all options work on the car. This car has been garaged most of its life, so the dash has no cracks and the headliner is perfect.
Some of the upgrades on the car include:
Integrated Pioneer AVIC 8100NEX Navigation receiver includes expanded Sirius XM satellite radio (I will throw in 3 months of free service), Bluetooth, HD Radio, Back-Up camera, Apple Play, Android Auto and a 2018 Navigation Map update.
Milltek Sport Cat-Back Non-Resonated Exhaust - a nice throaty growl, but also enjoyable on long road trips.
A REVO Stage 1 software tune – 500+HP/500+ torque, but only requires 91 octane gasoline.
K&N Free Flow Air Filters
OBDEleven Bluetooth diagnostic reader – handy device that works with an application on my cell phone to review and reset check engine faults, even while driving.
All scheduled maintenance is up to date. Recent maintenance includes oil change at 176K, timing belt, water pump, valve cover gaskets, front engine seal and engine mounts at 170K miles. New Brembo front rotors and pads at 165K.
New Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 all season tires, P255/40ZR18, installed at 170K.
The Tiptronic automatic transmission was replaced under warranty at 67K miles and it shifts flawlessly in all modes.
The Dynamic Ride Control (DRC) system was updated under warranty at 76K miles, no leaks and the ride is simply amazing.
Some minor issues:
Check Engine light is on for cooling fans and exhaust gas temps, but it looks like I or someone just need to do the solder fix for the relays. For long road trips, I just reset with the OBD11 and they stay off until I shut down and restart.
Small tear in driver's seat bolster – will include a repair kit if I don't have time to get it fixed.
Occasional oil drip which mechanic states is from rear engine seal.
Paint is decent, but there are some door dings and hood chips. Again, this is my daily driver, not my show car.
Car is located near Bloomington, Indiana. Can provide more photos if requested.
Asking $11,000


text: Print Heart rhythms - large print Booklet | 72 pages English | Published: 01/12/2015 Resource code: HIS14LP Publication for: Care and families, Healthcare professionals, People with heart disease Subject: Heart conditions, Living with heart disease Age group: Adults This A4 booklet in large print (20 point font size) is about heart rhythms. It includes information on both normal and abnormal heart rhythms. It explains what palpitations are, what ectopic beats are, the different types of abnormal heart rhythms, the tests used to diagnose the problem and the treatments you might need. Related Content Arrhythmia Similar publications Heart rhythms Booklet Heart failure - large print Booklet Tests - large print Booklet


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NEW YORK – For the good of John Wall, and more importantly, the good of the Washington Wizards, Emeka Okafor felt obligated to speak up; the conversation needed to be had.
Wall had hit the bottom of one of his worst career slumps during a late February loss to Detroit and didn't respond well to getting benched after committing five turnovers in the first quarter of the 96-95 loss. He publicly criticized his teammates for not catching his passes, and continued to pout and complain in the locker room about sitting most of the fourth quarter.
Full Story: John Wall's improved play followed heated argument with teammate Emeka Okafor


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Here's Why The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Is Totally Worth Replaying After 10 Years
Has it been a whole decade since the Wii launched with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess? Unless you played the simultaneously-released GameCube version, the most novel thing about Link's 2006 adventure was Nintendo's motion-sensing controllers. At the time, swinging (more like flailing) your Wii Remote as if it were a Hylian sword was a pretty neat gimmick–but a gimmick nonetheless.
Now that we can play Twilight Princess without the distraction of bold new hardware, it's finally time to sit back and appreciate what the game pulls off beyond its most obvious innovation. Luckily, this one features some of the best puzzle-solving, heart-collecting, and princess-saving the franchise has to offer. Here are five more reasons Twilight Princess is worth playing—or replaying—on the Wii U.
1. Wolf Link amiibo
Those who opt for a physical copy of Twilight Princess HD will get a very snazzy Wolf Link amiibo. Tapping this bad boy to your GamePad will grant access to the Cave of Shadows, an optional new dungeon where you'll face waves of enemies as Wolf Link. After beating the cave (assuming you survive), you can save your remaining hearts to your amiibo to try to best your score at a later time. Nintendo also confirmed saved Wolf Link amiibo data will be accessible on the forthcoming Legend of Zelda game for Wii U, which is still slated for 2016. Better still, related amiibo like Princess Zelda, Link, Toon Link, Ganondorf, and Sheik unlock even more goodies.
2. Dungeon Diving
Twilight Princess features nine of the best dungeons in the series, boasting a diverse set of puzzles requiring players to make use of their growing arsenal of items. Each dungeon is also massive, with multiple levels and an intricate design that's totally unique from the next. Naturally, one of the best things about this HD upgrade is taking in the sights of these sprawling fortresses in full 1080p.
3. A Substantial Face Life
You probably gleaned from the game's title that this is a high-def upgrade of a formerly standard-def game. The second most noticeable thing about Wii's Twilight Princess was its considerably darker world—a far cry from the adorable charms of GameCube's Wind Waker and its two DS spin-offs—and that world looks gorgeous on the Wii U. Enhanced lighting, animations, textures, and overall sharpness is immediately apparent from the first frame. Not only that, but there are some entirely new details, like Link's long, flowing mane. You might remember the game looking pretty swell in 2006, but chances are you were playing on a much smaller screen. Fortunately, this version looks great on any jumbo-sized screen.
4. GamePad Support
Like 2013's Wind Waker HD, Wii U's second screen on the GamePad does wonders for Twilight Princess. Checking the map and rotating items is way less time-consuming when you don't have to pause the action or recall the right button combination. If you're not a fan of the more streamlined approach (or someone else is hogging the TV), there's the option to use the GamePad as a solo screen.
5. Hero Mode
If you're a little too familiar with Twilight Princess, the new Hero Mode will up the challenge factor by doubling enemy damage and never dropping recovery hearts. If that proves a little too difficult, your Ganondorf amiibo's got you covered by quadrupling the damage you inflict.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is out today on Wii U. Check out the trailer below:


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Púchov culture
The Púchov culture was an archaeological culture named after site of Púchov-Skalka in Slovakia. Its probable bearer was the Celtic Cotini and/or Anartes tribes. It existed in northern and central Slovakia (although it also plausibly spread to the surrounding regions) between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE. The Púchov culture developed from the Lusatian culture and it was influenced later by the Illyrian culture, the Celts, and by the beginning of the Christian era, the Dacians. Settlements were situated on moderate hill sides and near streams. The largest known religious, economic, and political center of the Púchov culture was the hill-fort of Havránok, famous for its traces of human sacrifice. As a result of the Dacian and Germanic tribal expansions at the beginning of the Common Era, the Púchov culture and its settlements began to decline, and its bearers were eventually assimilated into Dacian and other migrating tribes.[1]
See also[edit]
- ^ Bolchazy, Caplovic (2006) 308
- Bolchazy Ladislaus J., Caplovic Dusan (2006) Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Central Europe, Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub, ISBN 0-86516-500-9, ISBN 978-0-86516-500-7
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Community Centers
UCLUELET First Nations Community Centre
Address: 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, BC
Project Information: 20,000 Sq.ft Community Centre
Completion Date: February 2015
Project Type: New Construction, Design-Build
Architect: Scott M. Kemp
Mechanical Consultant: BC Comfort
General Contractor: Humphrey Construction
Project description: The Community Center is a 2 story wood building containing offices, lounges, meeting rooms, and a commercial kitchen as well as a Gymnasium.
Pacific Autism Family Centre
Address: Richmond, B.C
Project Information: 53,000 SF 3 level Autism Hospital
Completion date: January 2017
Project Type: Bid/Spec
Mechanical Consultant: MCW
General Contractor: Ventana Construction
Mechanical System Description: 4 pipe boiler/chiller system serving areas via radiant floor heating/cooling, fan coils, and hydronic air handlers. HRVs for supply/exhaust air and VAVs for air volume control. Full DDC throughout.
Richmond Church
Address: 4460 Brown Rd, Richmond, BC
Project Information: 25,000 Sq.ft of Financial Institutional building-Multiple buildings
Completion Date: July 2012
Project Type: New Construction-Design Build
Mechanical Consultant: BC Comfort
Architect: Interface Architecture
General Contractor: Wales Mclelland Construction
Mechanical system description: High efficiency gas/electric RTUs. VAV system with LON based Controls. Demand ventilation CO2 controls
Roles and Responsibilities: Assisting client to provide the most energy efficient and cost effective HVAC system suitable for this application. Design, engineering, supply and installation of a fully operational mechanical system. Complete plumbing distribution for the entire facility.


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Halls Complex
St Nicholas Church Halls Complex
We are lucky to have three very different halls suited to a range of meetings and activities.
In the main building, immediately behind the church, are the two nearest halls - the St Nicholas Room and St Benet Hall. These have a shared entrance, which has had all its carpet tiles replaced (May 2014) and toilet facilities. The main entrance doors have been replaced with sturdy modern wooden doors (July 2014) to enhance security and appearance.
Our third hall is the Saddlers Shop, which faces onto the Vicarage Road car park. This hall is currently being exclusively used by the local North Walsham Information Office and as such is not available for hire by other users.
For further information, checking availability and halls bookings, please contact the Halls Manager Mrs Ann Herd (01692 402705) or email@example.com.


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Help fund our project and get 2 new Plow Family stories in time for the holidays!
These books can't happen without your support. Many have told us they want more Plow Family stories. Here's your chance! We'll be posting updates every few days on our progress. Thank you for doing what you can!


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Kelly Family Session
Family Session | Pasadena, CA
Oh I had so much fun during this family session! Lighting was impeccable, location was on point, and the two little ones were simply the sweetest (and very energetic)! Matt and Vivian, you guys have done a tremendous job raising your girls! The journey is one that stretches you to your limits, but so worth it right? Thank you so much for the opportunity to capture these precious moments for your family!


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Core Exercise in Pregnancy
For healthcare and fitness professionals
Do you want to be the most trusted prenatal practitioner in your area? Or perhaps you just want to know the basics so that you don't have to refer your clients out when they become pregnant?
Whether or not you choose to focus on working with pregnant women, one is bound to walk through your doors!
This 6 hour class will increase your confidence in working with pregnant women.
By the end of this class you will:
Understand the physical and hormonal changes in pregnancy and how they affect exercise.
Know contraindications to exercise in pregnancy.
Understand diastasis recti and abdominal wall anatomy in pregnancy.
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The accidental rock photographer
Musician Henry Diltz was already friends with James Taylor, Cass Elliott, Stephen Stills, Joni Mitchell and Jim Morrison. Then one day, he picked up a cheap camera and started snapping them
Photographer Henry Diltz thinks of himself as a guy who was always in the right place at the right time. As luck would have it, the time and place was the late 1960s and 1970s, in the California backyards, ranches, hotel rooms and Lear jets of the era's most famous musicians.
First a musician — he played with the Modern Folk Quartet, an early 1960s folk band — the now 74-year-old, pony-tailed Diltz has often told the story of how he picked up a $20 camera on one particular road trip and thus found his ultimate muse. Already friends with many of the musicians of the time — James Taylor, Cass Elliott of The Mamas & The Papas, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Graham Nash and David Crosby of CSNY, Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison and more than a few others — he began photographing them.
"They weren't famous then, they were just my friends and just musicians," recounted the gregarious Diltz during one of his famed slideshows, held Sunday night at Tmol Shilshom, the Jerusalem bookstore-cafe that is known for its literary and musical evenings. "I lucked out like that."
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Diltz arrived in Israel late last week to open a showing of his work at the Minotaure Gallery in Tel Aviv, comprising a selection from Morrison Hotel, the New York gallery he partly owns.
At the slideshow, he scrolled through dozens of color and black-and-white photos that were used for newspaper stories, magazine covers and more than a few classic album covers, telling stories about the musicians and their lives at the time.
His first official shot was of Buffalo Springfield, posing the band against a graffitied wall and earning him his first $100 as a photographer. From there, the photos just kept on coming.
There was a young James Taylor in denim shirtsleeves that was used as the cover for "Sweet Baby James," a song that Diltz sang to his two children; the "fun-loving" Neil Young at his Northern California ranch; a tender moment between Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash, caught by Diltz during a long limousine ride.
Jim Morrison of The Doors was "a shy sort of guy," recalled Diltz. "He was a poet, he liked to listen to people."
It was Diltz who photographed the band's iconic "Morrison Hotel" album cover, which happened, as many of his photos did, by chance. The band had passed by the hotel and thought it would be funny to use it as the background of the cover photo. Their plan was to stand outside, so as not to annoy the manager, but when he stepped away, Diltz hurried them inside the front window, capturing their four faces under the hotel's name.
Diltz spent more than a year photographing The Monkees, because they liked his style, and three weeks touring with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones in the late 1970s, when they were headlining The New Barbarians, Wood's own band.
Mama Cass liked to mother her fellow musicians, said Diltz, inviting everyone over for picnics, including a memorable one with David Crosby, Joni Mitchell and Eric Clapton, the new English guy in town at the time. That photo includes Crosby looking right at the lens, offering some weed to Diltz. "God's herb," said Diltz. "Pot, it's what powered the sixties, what made them write great songs and what made me take great pictures."
There was the day that Paul and Linda McCartney asked him to come over and photograph their family for the cover of Life magazine. Diltz kept one photo from that shoot, a touchingly sweet picture of Paul kissing one of their toddlers while playing in the pool.
"In those days, people hung out and I would just take pictures, but then they'd get used later," he said.
Diltz spent two full weeks at Woodstock in 1969, chronicling the building of the stage and then the musicians themselves as they played to an audience of 400,000 people. The most riveting moment was on the last morning, said Diltz, when Jimi Hendrix emerged, dressed in bright colors against the drab grays and browns of the muddy fields, and played "The Star Spangled Banner."
"It was the moment that stuck with me," said Diltz. "It was the American anthem and we weren't typical Americans, but it was us, it represented who we were, who we were trying to be."
Diltz's photos from Morrison Hotel Gallery will be shown at the Minotaure Gallery, 100 Ben Yehuda Street, Tel Aviv, for the next month.
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- School Year: The Pre-K program follows our Sejong Academy school calendar, usually late August to late June the following year with breaks in between.
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Workplace Safety & Health Company IH consultants are trained to inventory and assess confined spaces of various types and sizes.
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Lockout/tagout involves assessing a machine's operation and identifying all energy sources.
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Better safe than sorry should be the motto of every workplace when it comes to the possibility of injuries, and eye injuries are no exception. March is designated as Workplace Eye Wellness Month, and your eyesight can be at risk in numerous ways.
The National Safety Council states, "all it takes is a tiny sliver of metal, particle of dust, or a splash of chemical to cause significant and permanent eye damage." Almost 2000 people in the United States injure their eyes while working every day, and of these injuries, one third of them are severe enough to be treated at the hospital emergency room. This means almost one million Americans have experienced some vision loss due to eye injury, which has resulted in more than $300 million in lost work time, medical expenses, and worker's compensation.
Many occupational eye injuries occur because employees are not wearing any eye protection while others result from wearing improper or poorly fitting eye protection. OSHA estimates 90 percent of eye injuries can be prevented through the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the eyes. Some of the most common types of eye (and face) protection include safety spectacles, goggles, welding shields, laser safety goggles and face shields. Each type is designed to protect against specific hazards. For more specifics on PPE, check out OSHA's publication on the subject - https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.pdf.
Even though we normally think of work-related eye injuries happening from working with metal, wood, UV radiation burns or chemicals, there's another culprit posing a threat to our vision – technology, specifically computers. Over exposure to computer screens may not permanently damage our vision, but it can make our eyes feel irritated and fatigued and may cause them to lose their ability to function properly. Computer vision syndrome is the most common eye problem, which is spending too much time in front of a computer screen without enough breaks. This can cause headaches, neck pain, back strain and dry eye. Studies have shown that when staring at a computer screen for extended periods, we do not blink as often, which prevents eyes from staying lubricated and moistened.
Here are some tips to keep your eyes feeling comfortable for those who spend many hours in front of a computer screen:
• Reposition your screen to keep any direct light source from causing a glare.
• Keep the computer roughly 30 inches away from your eyes.
• Remember the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, look at an object at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds.
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Friday, June 06, 2008
June 6th
Last year I read Stephen E. Ambrose's D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II . It's a solid history, with a lot of personal stories from diaries, letters and interviews with veterans.
This year, however, I stumbled across a very up-close look at one unit's experience, The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-day Sacrifice by Alex Kershaw. It tells the story of the men of Company A, 116th Infantry Reg., 29th Div. 34 of Company A's men were from the town of Bedford, Virginia, from a national guard unit which had been called up to full time combat duty for the duration of the war. They were in the very first wave to hit Omaha beach on D-Day, the beach which say the stiffest resistance and the highest casualties. 19 of Bedford's men died within the first hours of D-Day, and it would certainly have been nearly all of them except that one of Company A's boats sank well out from the beach, and the men aboard it were taken back to England (after treading water for over an hour) and didn't land in Normany until several days later.
The Bedford Boys tells the story both of the men on the beach, and of the families back home -- including the day several weeks later when the telegraph machine in the town drugstore starts to reel off one "We regret to inform you" telegram after another. Bedford lost the largest percentage of its men in uniform of any town in the US during World War II, and it did so mostly in a couple of hours.
The book's focus is necessarily very close. You won't get a strong sense for the overall organization of D-Day from it, and it concentrates on what is already by far the most famous beach, for Americans at any rate. What you do get a strong sense of, however, and what is perhaps the most astounding human element of the D-Day story, is the bravery against impossible odds that somehow allowed thousands of young men, wading out of the water into withering machine gun fire, to eventually make their way up the beach, overwhelm the machine gun nests and pill boxes, and begin the long awaited liberation of Europe.
In 24 hours the Allies landed as many soldiers as are currently in Iraq, and suffered as many casualties as we have in five years. Through great bravery, and in the face of incredible suffering. As with so many others who have, throughout history, found themselves having to stand firm in the face of death -- I don't know how they did it, other than that they had to.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
7 comments:
- Rick Lugari said...
Nice post. We celebrate the anniversary of D-Day in my house every year - it's my youngest daughter's birthday so she gets to have a cake that resembles a rocky beach with frosting bunkers and candied anti-tank fortifications, all trimmed in olive drab. Which reminds me, I better call home and wish her a happy D-Day...
- Kate said...
My husband's grandfather was a flyboy during WWII, stationed in N. Africa. He contracted malaria and was separated from his mates, who were reassigned. Every one of them - everyone he had flown with - died on D-Day, a bunch of flyboys given guns and put on boats. Most didn't even reach the shore. Had it not been for the malaria, Grandpa Gene would have met the same fate.
- Anonymous said...
The first lawfirm I worked for, a small 3 man firm, had a strong D-Day connection. The senior partner's 20 year old son died on Omaha beach. An attorney at the firm who left after becoming a judge just before I came on board had been shot up on Omaha beach and still walked with a limp some four decades later. Another attorney at the firm was an Army Air Corps ground officer in England whose unit provided air support on D-Day. They were all able attorneys, but the D-Day connection was what struck home for me.
- Anonymous said...
D-Day if it were reported by the media of the present:
- Anonymous said...
A reminder of just how grim Omaha beach was:
- Jennifer F. said...
I'd never heard of the Bedford Boys. Wow. Beautiful post.
- JackieD said...
As far as I know, the small town I grew up in has lost one son to Iraq; I can't imagine losing 19 at once. This really puts things into perspective.


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Whale Watching in Hawaii
Adult males range from 40 to 52 feet and can weigh up to 45 tons. Despite their size, humpback whales are graceful acrobats. Keep your eye on the ocean and you might see one breach, propelling up to 40 percent of its body out of the water and landing on its side with a spectacular splash.
Whales have great cultural significance for Native Hawaiians. They play a large role in Hawaiian legend—including one creation story—and appear in ancient petroglyphs on several islands. The return of the kohola (humpback whale) is considered more of a homecoming than a visit. Humpback whales are born in Hawaiian waters, making them kamaaina (native born). Some Native Hawaiians also believe the whales are aumakua (family guardians), so these gentle giants are treated with great respect.
Cultural Significance of Whales in Hawaii
Although humpback whales can be seen from all of the Hawaiian Islands, the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Molokai and Lanai is one of the best whale-watching destinations in the world.
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You may also spot kohola from the southern shores of Oahu, especially at Makapuu Lighthouse and along the seaside overlooks near Leahi (Diamond Head).
Kauai offers a range of whale-viewing opportunities, including Poipu Beach on the South Shore, Kilauea Lighthouse on the North Shore and Kapaa Overlook on the island's Coconut Coast.
On the island of Hawaii, whales are often seen along the shores of the Kohala Coast, as well as Hilo Bay on the east side of the island. The Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site is another great viewing spot, with its sweeping, elevated views near Kawaihae Harbor. In fact, Puukohola literally means "hill of the whale" in Hawaiian.
Boat tours may be your best option for viewing whales up close. Hawaii has dozens of tour operators, including a few that lead kayak excursions—a thrilling way to experience these majestic mammals.
In respect for the kohola and the safety of sightseers, all watercraft must stay a minimum of 100 yards from the whales, but you'll be surprised how close you feel when a 45-ton behemoth lunges out of the sea. If a boat tour is not for you, the whales' impressive acrobatic displays are often visible from miles away. If you're on land, keep a pair of binoculars handy because you never know when you'll see a humpback's spout (which can be 10–20 feet tall).
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Partially due to the pace with which they expect health insurance rates to rise, a substantial number of uninsured Americans say they may not purchase health coverage in 2014, despite the law that will go into effect requiring them to do so.
According to the poll, which was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, approximately two-thirds of adult men and women indicate that they still haven't determined whether they will purchase insurance coverage on January 1, whether that's through their employer, on their own through a private plan or from one of the insurance exchanges that federal and state governments are setting up.
There appear to be a variety of reasons why the uninsured are hesitant about purchasing a plan. The survey found that for the most part, respondents had hesitance because of the projected cost. About 60 percent said that they were concerned healthcare costs would rise under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in 2010. Meanwhile, others said that purchasing coverage would ultimately be contributing to a worse healthcare system and paying for coverage would serve as a tacit approval of it.
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