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Dell CEO Michael Dell is getting a Dell preloaded with Ubuntu, sure, but it doesn't mean much, according to Canonical Ltd. head Mark Shuttleworth. During a conference call today...
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Linux fragmentation OK for users, not for businesses
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I can get to the top of a mountain in very different ways. For example, I can hike for hours or days. Once I get to the top, I'll be tired. I'll feel my whole body. It'll be simultaneously heavy and light and I'll feel every step of the way. My soul will be with it and my senses will tell of the wonderful panorama, the amazing air and the incredible stillness up there. Maybe I'll then lie down exhausted and fall asleep only to wake up, hardly able to believe where I am. And then I'll think about the long walk down ahead of me.
Or I could take a cable car to get to the top, pose for a selfie, post it to various social media and rave about how amazing it is up there and how it inspires me to write a new piece.
Even easier would be to remain in my gated community, and simply steer Google Earth to the peak and stare in fascination at the 360° panorama view. Wow!
The musician Jon Hassell once said: "The audience is only interested in the result. They don't care whether you need twenty years to do what you do or whether you just sampled it from a disc." How true! I can add, most artists are also only interested in the result as well. They are clever enough to have internalized the ubiquitous laws of the market and obey them automatically.
All well and good. Over the years I have increasingly learned to consistently pursue what feels right for me. The measure of my decisions is the SENSE and not the PURPOSE!
Which brings us back to climbing mountains. Making music as the slow, sometimes laborious, but gratifying endeavour that I pursue I can view as a decision in favour of the THING-IN-ITSELF. Making music can be seen as a long, multi-facetted development process. I am in open dialogue: learning, reflecting, constantly finding new approaches to an idea during composition. My ambition is to translate a thought, a thoroughly complex idea, into as simple a musical form as possible.
As a composer, I do not initially consider the difficulty of playing a piece, but rather focus on the message. Consequently, I have to later switch into the role of the interpreter who executes the composition that lies wrapped up in the notes. In contrast to electronic music, for example, the point behind (classical) compositions is not simply that these can be heard but that they can in principle be played 1:1 independently of me. Therefore the next step involves checking, does the piece fit well in the hand, is it fun to play, does it encourage you, as the musician to engage with it?
Nowadays the art of "practising" – assuming you are not a professionally trained virtuoso – leads to an absurd contradiction in terms in this day and age of rationalization and maximising effectiveness to make best use of our time. This is because the point behind "practice" cannot be to "save time", to arrive at "fast" "results" or to complete something as "effortlessly" as possible. Rather the point behind it must be enthusiasm in its own right, the sense of joy from being able to make your own decisions about your time without condition and thereby mastering the challenges. This has a lot to do with patience and overcoming those moments of frustration.
Everything has its price. That is clear. As a composer, the fact that my work can be copied in a second and pirated is something I have always had to live with. Likewise, I also have to live with the knowledge that in the time available I could be fifty times more productive, given the right technology and work attitude. But what does that change about my own attitude, the conclusions I draw and my own life?


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The Seoul High Court upheld the 2014 ruling that robot supplier Nachi-Fujikoshi must pay 80 million to 100 million won to each of the 17 Korean victims forced to work at Fujikoshi's arms factories in Japan from 1944 to 1945.
When they were only 12 to 18 years old, the plaintiffs were lured to Japan with the promise of educational opportunities, but were forced to work 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week, at a factory in Toyama without pay and under poor working conditions, according to the court.
The victims filed a lawsuit in 2013 in Korea, seeking reparations for the mental distress they suffered as forced laborers, after a court in Japan ruled against them.
Some 1,089 Korean girls are believed to have been forced to work at Japanese factories during World War II.
The ruling is in line with the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in October, when it ordered Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay 100 million won to each of the Koreans forced to work at its steel mills during Japan's colonial rule. The following month, the top court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate 10 former forced laborers in a separate ruling.
The rulings are straining diplomatic ties between Seoul and Tokyo, with Japan threatening to file a case with the International Court of Justice and signaling other measures.
Tokyo has denounced the rulings as "unacceptable," and is insisting that Seoul find a solution.
Japan has said that all wartime reparations were settled under a 1965 treaty that normalized diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan. Under the treaty, Korea and Japan settled colonial-era issues and restored diplomatic relations in return for $500 million in grants and low-interest loans that contributed to Korea's economic takeoff.
A task force was formed under Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon's office to find a way to respect the judiciary's decision without further damaging Seoul-Tokyo relations.
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Genuine Parts Co posted profit that dropped 2.6% in its last quarter of the year due to challenging economic factors and adverse rates in currency exchange that hit the distributor of automotive replacement parts top line.
Revenue for the quarter was worse than expectations on Wall Street, forcing shares down 1.6% in trading Tuesday before the opening bell.
The operator, based in Atlanta, of NAPA Auto Parts began as just an independent garage but has now grown through different acquisitions of companies in the industrial and automotive industries.
Over this past summer, Genuine Parts acquired an automotive company in Australia to make its presence their bigger. Outside the United States, the company does some business in Mexico and Canada.
With close to a fifth of Genuine's sales generated outside the U.S., the company has been hit by a strong U.S. dollar which makes the products it sells more expensive outside the U.S. and lowers revenue once it is repatriated.
In the most recent period, the U.S. dollar cut about 3% of the company's top line and hit earnings by as much as 3 cents per share.
Tom Gallagher the CEO at Genuine said that when the company enters its final quarter of the year, they anticipated a challenging sales period. That said, he added, the company was pleased with its positive underlying growth in sales in its automotive business and the solid industry fundamentals supporting its growth initiatives.
He added that the nonautomotive businesses of the company and in particular the electrical distribution and industrial segments had been dragged down by tough macroeconomic conditions.
Profit overall for the company during fourth quarter was $161.3 million, down from its $165.6 million for the same time one year ago.
On a basis of per share, profit remained flat at just $1.07.
Revenue reached $3.68 billion equal to 3.7%.
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The idea behind this is to give you 5GB of space to upload your files to, either for backups or to share your files with friends or whatever. I will be using this service to upload my music so I have it at any computer I want, but it could also be used to store important files or irreplaceable pictures. Not only will this keep your files safe and unreachable by any computer fault, but it also gives you access to your uploaded files on any computer connected to the internet. So say you are at somebody's house, you want to share a song with them but you have forgotten your PMP (Portable Media Player, much better term than MP3 Player), so normally you would have to troll the internet to find this song. But now of course just sign in to SkyDrive and get your song straight away.
I know there are similar services out there, ones that are and aren't free, but 5GB of space is very generous and it is all incorporated into Windows Live, so if you are signed in for their instant messenger or any of their services, you have quick access to all your uploaded files. Of course it is not perfect, anything free is not perfect, but it is certainly useful. One feature which I would really like to see is the ability to sync with a folder, so say if I told it to upload all my blog posts, instead of having to upload every new one, it could just search the folder daily and upload anything new. But I have been after that functionality with my pen drive with no luck, so it doesn't really matter.
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Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) has become synonymous with this district during his four-decade run in the New York State Senate. His résumé speaks for itself. READ
The Nov. 8 ballot won't just be about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
There are also races for Congress, State Senate and Assembly, a proposition to extend the Community Preservation Fund, and more.
Calverton resident Greg Fischer has officially filed suit against Republican presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, saying he is "ineligible and disqualified to run/seek the Office of the President of the United States of America." READ
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz notably pointed to the "New York values" of billionaire Donald Trump during a recent debate. Now, one New Yorker is questioning the values of Mr. Cruz, saying he shouldn't even be on the ballot in the New York GOP primary since he wasn't born in this country. READ
It's September and Calverton resident Greg Fischer is breaking out the campaign signs again.
He used some of them during his unsuccessful run for Riverhead Town supervisor in 2012. A small section of the signs showing the office he ran for then have been cut away. (more…)
A lawsuit seeking to force the Long Island Power Authority to have elected trustees didn't get far, as state Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo dismissed the case just days after hearing it.
Calverton resident Greg Fischer and two other men, Bill Jurow, a Mastic Beach attorney, and Roger Scott Lewis, who is a Democratic committee member in Southampton Town, brought the suit against the Board of Elections in Suffolk County, Nassau County and New York State on the grounds that LIPA trustees should be elected, not appointed, as they are currently.
Should the Long Island Power Authority's board of trustees be elected?
When LIPA was originally created by the State Legislature to replace the troubled Long Island Lighting Company, it was supposed to have an elected board of trustees, according to South Fork Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor), who has filed bills to try and make the board elected.
However, the state eventually made it an appointed board.
Or did they?
That's a point Calverton resident Greg Fischer is looking to challenge.
The state Public Authorities Law was updated during the administration of former Gov. George Pataki to clearly indicate that the 15 trustees of LIPA are appointed, but state elections law still contains references to a LIPA board as being elected by the people.
Mr. Fischer and two other men, attorney Bill Jurow from Brookhaven Town and Roger Scott Lewis, a Democratic committee member in Southampton Town, have collected more than 600 signatures on petitions seeking to run for LIPA trustee.
The three men have also filed litigation against both the Suffolk and Nassau county boards of elections to try to force them to accept their petition.
"These positions should be on the ballot," Mr. Fischer said in an interview. "We're trying to force a public election of LIPA trustees."
Mr. Fischer, who ran unsuccessfully last year for Riverhead Town Supervisor and who has run for other elected positions in the past, believes that under the wording of the law, they must be put on the ballot as candidates for the LIPA board, even though, at present, there isn't a ballot for that position.
Several local officials said they agree that the LIPA board should be elected, and that Mr. Fischer has uncovered a loophole in the law. But they don't think he'll be successful.
"It was an oversight, but do I think it was a fatal flaw? No," said county Legislator Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches), adding that he believes the LIPA board should be elected.
"I just think that our voices are not being heard and LIPA is not accountable," Mr. Romaine said. "There really is no one overseeing LIPA at all, other than the state comptroller, and that's only on audits."
South Fork Assemblyman Fred Thiele has filed bills several times to make the LIPA board elected, but they've never become law.
Two years ago, Mr. Thiele's bill was approved by the state Assembly but not the Senate. This year, it didn't make it out of committee in the Assembly and wasn't even proposed in the Senate.
"The primary opposition is twofold," Mr. Thiele said. "First, the governor — and not just Gov. Cuomo, any governor — likes being able to control the LIPA board and they don't want to give that up. And secondly, back in the day when they were supposed to be elected, the LIPA trustee districts were proposed to mirror the senate districts. I think there was the fear that these LIPA trustees would become the farm system for candidates for the senate in the future, so I think some people viewed them as potential political rivals in the future and they didn't want to create that."
Mr. Thiele said he still plans to resubmit the bill to make LIPA trustees elected.
"When LIPA was created in the mid-1980s, the trustees were supposed to be elected," Mr. Thiele said. "But they kept postponing the election and finally, in 1995, Governor Pataki wanted them appointed and he got a bill approved to make them appointed."
Thus, there has never been an elected board at LIPA, which officially took over from LILCO in 1998.
As for Mr. Fischer's proposal, Mr. Thiele said, "From the legal aspect, I don't see this having any chance of success. A court is going to look at the actions taken by the Legislature to make these positions appointed and I don't see a court disturbing this. But as far as raising awareness of the need to have an elected board, I have to applaud them for highlighting this issue and bringing attention to it. However, I don't think they will reach their goal through the courts; it will have to be through legislation.
"I didn't intend to win," Mr. Fischer said of his filing petitions. "I'm assaulting the castle. I know I'm going to get blown up, I know that, but I'm trying to fix a deep problem that will help our economy. If I can get these rates cut back and get honesty and integrity in the office there, we can get the rates knocked down."
State Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), who represents the East End, said he was a sponsor of the original LIPA legislation that called for an elected board, and he said he supports an elected board, assuming it has a chance of being approved.
Mr. LaValle also recounted how the original LIPA elections were postponed over and over again until the governor finally said he wanted appointed trustees.
"We said, OK, if that's what you want," he recalled.
He said they didn't make the change in the elections law because the original LIPA law dealt with the public authorities law.
Mr. LaValle said the matter might be moot if a Monday column by New York Post columnist Fred Dicker is accurate. That column suggested the state is going to do away with LIPA altogether.
LIPA spokesman Mark Gross said he doesn't know where that information came from, but that LIPA is considering "rebranding" and possibly changing its name once PSEG of New Jersey takes over operation of LIPA's electric system. He said the writer may have been confused by this, hence the column.
"LIPA's problems go beyond whether it has an elected board or an appointed one," Mr. LaValle added. "They are very deep-rooted."
He said if he were grading LIPA, he would give it a D.
LIPA chief operating officer Michael Hervey declined comment on Mr. Fischer's petitions and lawsuit.


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Letter from the President
For me this is the time of year we start to slow down. Being relatively new as a business owner, I struggle with how to increase sales this time of year. This is a good time for me to examine my business as a whole and to evaluate which areas am I lacking. Where could I provide better service while at the same time increase profits? I believe that there is always an opportunity to improve your business and this time of year is when I really start thinking about areas I can improve. What services can we add? How can we improve upon services we now offer?
I would be interested to hear if any of you have ideas on how to improve customer service and increase profits. OHPBA will hold its annual spring conference on May 18. This conference is an opportunity for you to share both your ideas and to seek ideas from others. We are planning several speakers on the subject of sales strategies, internet/ social media marketing and other topics. I encourage you to attend and share your ideas. We are all in this together and we need to support each other. I'll see you in May!
Richard Ridenour, Sunset Hearth & Home, Prineville, OR, OHPBA President
HPB EXPO is in the Peach State!
The official EXPO website is open but time is running out to register. Hotel rooms at this point are getting harder to find, so sign up to make your hotel reservations now for the best choice of rooms.
This year there will be some fun and educational things to watch including a Big Green Egg cook-off. Also, on March 3, special classes at EXPO are offered for free to members to learn about Wood Burning Test Methods at 10:00 am and an information-packed Government Affairs Update at 3:00 pm.
EXPO is unmatched in providing education, ideas and inspiration for hearth, patio, BBQ dealers!
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OHPBA To Hold Events in the Spring, Summer
Oregon retailers, OHPBA has planned several events this spring and summer to assist you with education and certification.
NFI Gas Certification Test
If you would like to get your techs NFI Certified, we will be holding an NFI Gas Certification Test on April 20. NW Natural will host the test site and cover half the cost of the exam and manual fee. Our testing venue is limited to 12 people, so if you're interested, register now.
Spring Conference
OHPBA's spring conference is scheduled for May 18. This year we will hold the event at English Estate Winery in Vancouver, WA. Gail English has arranged for the venue. Following the day's education and updates we will have a wine tasting reception. Stay tuned for topics and speakers. Register now.
In April we are tentatively planning a membership breakfast. The topic will be an update on Washington County's woodstove changeout and wood smoke curtailment program. The location will likely be in the Hillsboro area.
In August, we plan to hold an NFI wood or pellet certification test. We have not determined which to offer yet, but we will seek input from you and hold the test that's more in demand.
OHPBA Spring Conference, 2016
Oregon Legislature Hears Wood Stove Changeout Bills
Oregon's legislature convened Wednesday, Feb. 1. It turns out the first order of business, following the introductions of the legislators, was a presentation by the Oregon DEQ on the recommendations of the Woodstove Work Group. You may recall OHPBA participated on this workgroup over the last year.
Rachel Sakata Air Quality Planner and Palmer Mason, Sr. Legislative Adviser at DEQ presented the results and recommendations for workgroup. Recommendations centered around the need for sustainable funding for wood stove replacement programs in select communities that are currently involved in programs to curtail residential wood smoke.
Two bills have emerged this session that will bring those recommendations to the next level.
HB 2124: Creates a mechanism for allowing for rebates for wood stove change out projects.
HB 2725: Also creates a rebate program to fund the wood stove replacement programs but it goes further in setting up criteria for grant applications and qualifications for organizations who would apply for grants to help replace uncertified wood stoves. This bill also asks for a specific sum of funding from the Oregon general fund, so it will need to go to the budget (Ways and Means) committee eventually.
LC 1949: Another bill, likely a hybrid of these two bills, has been entered. The bill will probably combine these two other bills and will serve as the bill for any amendments. Representative Holvey, the Committee Chair encouraged all parties at the hearing to submit amendments.
Several people testified. The most compelling was the Mayor of Oakridge. He said without immediate assistance, this small town east of Springfield would likely fail the federal standard. He encouraged the legislators to designate the town as a pilot program to receive funding.
Our opinion, and that of several who testified, is that the bills should be amended to allow for a wide variety of projects and sources of funds; not just wood stove replacement, although that should be the primary purpose. Criteria for grants and projects should be very flexible because every community is different.
The "supply side" of the problem is also important to address. Access to dry wood, pellets and bio bricks is important. For example, if a household receives a new EPA certified stove but they only have access to wet wood; well, that's not good. Also, weatherization should be addressed.
OHPBA's amendments and comments will relateto identifying benefits to wood stove changeouts that have real economic results, such as improvements in fire safety, economic activity from increased service work and promoting markets for renewable fuels. We will also support programs that impact local economies such as construction of community wood sheds for dry wood exchange programs, production of bio bricks and convenient and affordable access to wood pellets.
Oregon Tax Credit has One More Year
The Oregon Residential Energy Tax credit program (RETC) will "sunset" at the end of 2017. Well, this will happen assuming the legislature doesn't extend the sunset. Since we can't count on that, OHPBA advises retailers to inform their customers that the tax credit will end December 31, 2017.
HPBA Challenges EPA in Court Over NSPA Step 2 Issues
The primary argument being made against the EPA's Step 2 is there is no data to support their requirements. HPBA is also introduced a bill in congress to delay Step 2 for 3 years until details can be determined to be feasible. As it stands right now, on May 15, 2020, no wood or pellet stoves that don't meet the "Step" can be manufactured, shipped or sold. The 3-year extension will give the manufacturers more time to produce the newer units and also give time for HPBA's suit to go through the court process. Contact your federal representatives to support house bill HR453. For more information contact: John Crouch at email@example.com.
NFPA 211 Modifies Rules
The NFPA 211 has modified the rule to allow decisions to be based on a decision by a qualifying agency, such as NFI or CSIA. Also, the rule about gas logs being certified for each unit that they are installed has been deleted, and the wording has went back to what it has been for the last 15 years. If you have any other questions, please contact Tom Stroud, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Oregon, West States to Hold EXPO Party
Oregon and all other west coast affiliates are throwing a party at EXPO in Atlanta! If you are headed to EXPO, join us Wednesday, March 1, from 6:00 - 8:30 pm at der Biergarten. It's going to be bigger than ever with more states joining in this year! We're expecting 500+ industry members for an evening of food, fun and friends the night before the HPBA EXPO. All states west of Colorado are involved. We thank our sponsors!
Major Sponsors: AES, Napoleon, Olympia Chimney.
Generous Sponsors: Travis Industries
Supporting Sponsors: Blaze King, Tri-State Distributors, Wing Sales/Morso.
Other Sponsors: Mendota Hearth, RH Peterson, Mason-Lite.
Your RSVP is required. Call OHPBA at 503-585-8254 or register online at www.ohpba.org. RSVP by February 25!
OHPBA Board Seeks Board Members
Are you interested in giving back to the OHPBA? Your association is looking for people to serve on the board of directors. We are currently looking for the following positions:
2nd Vice President
Region Directors (depending on where you live)
Director at Large, Codes Coordinator
If you are interested in serving, contact OHPBA's office at 503-585-8254 or email Harvey Gail, firstname.lastname@example.com. We will hold our election in June. Terms are two years. The OHPBA board meets roughly every quarter, two meetings are in person, two by teleconference.
NFI Update: Initiatives Expand Certification Options
NFI is pleased to announce three new initiatives. Please pay attention, you're going like these:
New HPBEF/NFI Web Site
Keeping track of certifications, NFI exam events, CEUs, classes and current information about the program requires a very complicated web site. The part you see is a very small percentage of what is really going on. But, we are happy to announce that our new web site is almost ready and should be online prior to Expo. There are a lot of differences. Visually it will be must easier to navigate. But it will also do a much better job of keeping track of each individual's data. Yes, that means you will need a user name and password. But once inside, I'm pretty sure you will be impressed.
New NFI App
Have you ever sat through a NFI Exam Review Class and got to the part where we talk about some of the mathematical formulas we use to install hearth appliances? If you watch the expression on people's faces, you will see their eyes glaze over. We now have an smart phone app that will do the calculations for you. The five most commonly used math formulas are now available on your phone.
New Hearth Design Specialist Certification!
Sales people of the hearth industry rejoice! We have heard your cries and are working on a new certification designed especially for you. Our current NFI certifications are exactly what an installer needs to know. But, there is material in each that a sales person does not need. Plus, the sales person needs to know some technical information about all three fuels, woodburning, gas & pellet. The new Hearth Design Specialist certification will answer that need. The manual is currently being written, the exam writing process will start shortly and we hope to offer the first certifications late this year. Watch this newsletter for updates.
More information about all three of these initiatives will be available at the Member Services booth at EXPO. Stop by for more details.
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Inara Scott grew up on a steady diet of true love, heaving bosoms, and happily ever after. Romance inspired her first (terrible) novel, penned at the age of 14, titled A Wild and Stormy Passion. Today, Inara writes anything and everything, including adult romance and young adult fiction and adult romance. Inara was finalist for the prestigious RITA® award of the Romance Writers of America for her book Reforming the Playboy. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the IPPY Award (Winter Rain), the Oregon Spirit Book Award Honor Book (The Talents and The Marked) the HOLT Medallion Award of Merit (Radiant Desire and Rules of Negotiation). When she's not writing, she loves to spend time wandering around in the woods, paddling around on lakes, and has been known to occasionally dress up her little white dog in princess costumes.
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Mid-Week Lesson: Groove Pizza with We Will Rock You
On Tuesday, The US Education Secretary, John B. King Jr., displayed a curriculum that integrates math, music, and science lessons together….
February in the Elementary Music Classroom
February is just about to begin, which means a variety of themes that can be approached in elementary general music….
Displaying Elementary Students' Music Creations
Tomorrow I head back to Far Hills Country Day School to begin my 16th year of teaching at this school….
Engage Your Elementary Music Students with Today's Technology
I had the pleasure to author an article for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) August's issue of Southwestern Musician…


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Offline folder tips and tricks
Offline folder tips and tricks
By Jason Rush, Technical Writer, Microsoft Corp.
Do not put the server share in a Distributed File System (DFS) tree.
Using offline folders located in a Distributed File System (Dfs) tree is not supported. If you do put shares configured for offline use in a Dfs tree, unexpected behavior, such as Access Denied errors, may occur when moving from an offline to online state.
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Student Credit Card Debt
This article will talk about the necessities associated with managing your pupil credit card. If you have read some of the other articles, you've seen that it is important to manage your credit cards. This article talk about how high the student credit card debt level is.
Let's start with the undergraduate years. Using Nellie Mae as the source (biggest provider of school loans in the United States), the average pupil comes out of college with roughly $2200 in credit card financial debt. If you are a graduate college student, the figure advances to $5800. To look more at the American home, the average credit card debt is a little less than nine 1000 dollars.
Why had been those numbers provided straight off in this article What kind of pattern is it possible to see when you take a look at those numbers This is what you should see: the bad habits which began as an undergraduate continuing into the graduate years and into the working a long time. The student credit card debt balloons eventually to almost nine 1000 as an average with a lot of households coming in with higher numbers compared to the nine thousand money. There are bad financial habits which are set up and are never fixed.
Let us take this kind of back specifically to you personally. You do not want to find oneself in this situation when you scholar from college or perhaps from graduate school. Here are the actions you have to take make sure you avoid student credit card debt.
Pay off your credit card every single month. It is very easy to tell yourself you will pay them back next month but the following month turns into the following month and often that balance can continue to grow at some point to a level you won't ever thought it could achieve. Carrying a balance is a slippery slope because it's acceptable for one hundred dollars one month and maybe two hundred dollars the subsequent month.
Be honest with yourself. If you find you are pulling out your credit card for one thing you don't need, you may be over spending. Retail stores promote their particular credit cards so seriously because it has been proven that individuals spend more with credit charge cards than if they have the money with them. You do not believe as much about what you might be spending when you use your credit card.
Keep track of how much spent on the card on a monthly basis and track of this weekly. Your credit card balance can get out of control if you just check out how much you owe once a month. Weekly check-ups permit you to change your behavior before it becomes a problem after the month. This lets you act instead of respond.
Hopefully this article about student credit card debt offers given you useful knowledge. Credit cards can be a good thing or a bad thing in your life. It is the way you manage the card or let it manage you. Most people let their particular debt manage their lives instead of these managing their life with less debt. There is a very simple but powerful difference for the reason that previous statement. Good luck!


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Monday, June 30, 2008
"...you would cry too, if it happened to you"
At the end of the first party I ever had a hand in organising there was a pool of sick on the landing.
It stayed there for three days. It was R who eventually cleared it up
I think it was acknowledged to have been a good party (although I think we each ended up snogging people we hadn't originally intended to end up snogging. My memory is a little hazy there. Those Southport parties tended towards blurry at the time; let alone at this distance). I still have Party Tape #1. The track listing confirms why, this Saturday night, at the end of The Beat's "Too Nice To Talk Too", there was an involuntary echo of UB40's "Food For Thought" in my head.
Anyway, from then till now, I've never been able to arrange any kind of party without suffering what seem to me to be perfectly rational agonies of anticipated disaster. So, it was a little weird to have what amounted to a living Venn diagram of my life under one roof at the same time. Usually the worlds don't collide, and I've always thought there were sound reasons for that but, as it turned out, a good time was had by all. Even, despite the trepidation, me.
That J came along, after an afternoon of indecision, was the icing on the cake. That C showed up at the last minute, after an absence of seven years, was the icing on the icing. The chocolate strawberries, however, were just the chocolate strawberries.
Thanks everyone!
Maybe next time I'll get R along too.
It's My Party - Lesley Gore
Too Nice To Talk Too - The Beat
Time To Pretend - MGMT
Alcohol - Gogol Bordello
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Girl On A Train Is Four Years Old!
Sit Down - James
...One More Time - Britney Spears
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Lucky Stars - Dean Friedman
Labels: real life
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Can'tBeArsed Colleague asks me what I'm doing at the weekend.
Tumbleweed blows through the office.
Outside the window the sun sets and rises, sets and rises, sets and rises again. Seasons change. The polar ice cap melts. Civilizations crumble to dust, rise and fall.
A phone rings out, unanswered.
It is now far too late to lie and yet impossible to say: "I'm having a housewarming party but, in everyone's best interests, I must make it clear that you're not invited".
You, on the other hand, would be most welcome.
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Labels: work
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
"What's wrong with you sideman? Grow a beard!"
There's a scene in The West Wing where Josh tracks down Sam and drags him out of his office and into a campaign job on the promise of having witnessed 'the real thing' in Jed Bartlet.
I feel a bit like that about last night.
Not the next POTUS or anything, just Fleet Foxes at the Roadhouse.
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Labels: music
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Me:"So, let me just clarify what happened and then we'll see what we can do. You put your credit card details into the website because...?"
Him:"blah blah blah blah blah. blah blah blaah"
Me:"And you were, what? getting a proof of age card or something?"
Him:"blaah blah blah, blaah blah"
Me:"Ah, right. So, before you could access the web cam, you had to prove you were over eighteen?"
Me:"And then they took some money from your credit card and now you can't stop them."
Me:"And you don't know anything about the company, but you think they might be based in Israel?"
Me:"O - K. So what was that web address again? Let's have a look ........Oh….. I can't access it for some reason. I'm getting a message that says:'Your organisation's web use policy does not permit you to view this site. Category 'SEX'"
Me:"You have to be so careful on the internet don't you?"
"Things The Grandchildren Should Know" - Mark Oliver Everett
Labels: work
Friday, June 06, 2008
On arrival, the first thing I did was to check the clocking clock and plan to leave at four.
The second thing I did was consider tipping one of those sample bottles of Bacardi given to me a few weeks ago by StrangeOldMan into my coffee.
See, I had that Friday feeling. Wrong time, wrong place.
Gig - Simon Armitage
Labels: work
I was going through a poetry phase at the time.
A man I'd had ill-advised although not unsatisfactory sex with bought me Wendy Cope for my birthday.
I bought him Simon Armitage as a leaving present.
Hit - The Sugarcubes
How Was It For You - James
High - The Cure
Leave Them All Behind - Ride
Labels: nostalgia
Thursday, June 05, 2008
16.43 Fifty Minutes Late.
17.18 Twenty Seven Minutes Late
17.29 Seven Minutes Late
I think I've been a bit in love with Simon Armitage since 1992.
"...looking down at the poem on the page, I suddenly notice it contains an expletive.
'There's a word in this poem I've never said in front of my mother before,' I say. From within a cloud of pipe smoke, out of the side of his mouth but loud enough to be heard, my dad says,'Is it thank you?'"
Maybe it's his dad I should be a bit in love with?
Gig - Simon Armitage
Labels: nostalgia, real life, train
Normally, I don't read on the train.
I experimented with it in the early days, but it wasn't satisfactory.
If the book was not enthralling enough I'd be distracted by the chat and the train noise and end up staring, hypnotised, at the same houses from the same grimy windows, rather than absorbing the words on the page. Much worse, if the book really took hold of me I wouldn't want to leave it and, when prised out of its world, would be petulant and peevish, resentful as the walk to the office imposed the natural balance of 'reality'.
This morning, making the mistake of having ten minutes to spare before leaving the house, I picked up last night's newly started book to fill the time. On the train I opened it up again.
I laughed out loud. On the train.
Gig - Simon Armitage
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Left Of Center
17.29 Three Minutes Late
This afternoon I was appealed to as "the only sensible person in the room".
Yesterday "small minded and conventional".
Today "sensible".
Although, when was I ever anything other than "sensible"?
What will it be tomorrow? I suppose it's unlikely that I'll ever be damned with the faint praise of "nice".
Left Of Center - Suzanne Vega
Rally - Phoenix
A Real Time Here - Lloyd & Michael
The Wrong Child - REM
Labels: work
When it comes to Open Mic night The Sixties Survivors have the best stories: AlcoholFreeDave with his tales of Jimi Hendrix and almost breaking America, LonnieDonniganDave whose Opportunity Knocks career was ended by Millican & Nesbit. Last night it was HippieDave, with "Roy Harper Stood On My Foot (The Bastard)".
I suspect there is plenty more where that came from.
Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
Home – Josh Rouse
An Open Book – Stephen Duffy
Plus Ones – Okkervil River
Monday, June 02, 2008
You wouldn't want to meet me, would you?
Big Five Test Results
|Extroversion (34%) moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private.
Accommodation (28%) low which suggests you are overly selfish, uncooperative, and difficult at the expense too often of the well being of others.
Orderliness (76%) high which suggests you are overly organized, neat, structured and restrained at the expense too often of flexibility, variety, spontaneity, and fun.
Emotional Stability (48%) medium which suggests you average somewhere in between being calm and resilient and being anxious and reactive.
Inquisitiveness (40%) moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly small minded, traditional, and conventional at the expense of intellectual curiousity, possibility, and progress.
personality tests by similarminds.com
Apres Ski - Cinerama
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales
Take On Me - A-Ha
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A lengthy account of my first open water freediving session in Brunei with Italian merman Stefano.
Post CORONary dissection
A post new year's account on living out the dream of having an all-girls' trip to the white sands and blue waters of Coron.
Saturday night fervor
So taking Dad's boat to view the decorated boats and floats procession and fireworks display was the best idea ever. Departure from home: 7.00pm, Arrival (BSB): 7.45pm, Traffic: none, Population: 10 on the manifest, Visibility: up close and rockin' . We got so close to the action – like 20 feet away from the floats and felt the vibration from fireworks creating waves and rocking our boat. That night definitely ended with a bang for all those on board the Rezeki.
Cramming in a dive on crammed feet
Introduced to serious challenges that can come with increased depth, trying sea conditions and newly introduced dive sites. Also came out with sobering insight to take it easy before I end up giving up on freediving and ultimately myself.
Golden Occasion for All
5th October 2017: Joined in on witnessing history-in-the-making, alongside close to 100,000 strong who were overwhelmed with patriotism. Congratulations to His Majesty for the 50 years reign and resulting progress and development. So much has been achieved leading up to the day. Daulaut Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik!
A Landmark for the Gold: The Sungai Kebun Bridge
As a Lumapas native and resident, the completion of the Sg Kebun Bridge has great personal significance. It means cutting down my travel time to and from major Brunei-Muara hot spots. Thank you and congratulations to the Government of His Majesty for the construction of this major (infra)structure and milestone.
Hello October: from Stormy to Clear
Hopping from one dive site to another with a colourful bunch welcoming in October on Cekli's boat.
Long weekend cherry on top
The long holiday weekend ended with a bang thanks to a mixed crew on board and newbie me on successful freedives with the pioneers.


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10 Ways To Help Protect the Climate
According to Austin Energy, below are 10 tips on how to better conserve energy, save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
1. WALK, BIKE or RIDE THE BUS: I rode the bus and walked everywhere I needed to go for years when I lived in Pittsburgh. I stayed in great shape and felt healthier, even though it made my wallet fatter from all of the savings from not maintaining a car.
2. DRIVE SMART: Maintaining your vehicle and keeping your tires properly inflated saves money on fuel AND reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Double win!
3. INSTALL COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT (CFL) BULBS: They are 75% more efficient, last up to 10 times longer and produce less heat than conventional bulbs. A single CFL can save you more than $80 over its lifetime depending on local electric rates. Yet, the small amount of mercury contained in these CFLS has gotten numerous Americans to worry about their health and the environment. Did you know that if every household replaced one conventional bulb, the CO2 reduction would be equivalent to taking 1 million cars off the road! Make sure you change at least one bulb today…
6. CONSERVE WATER! It takes a lot of energy to transport, treat and heat water. You can use LESS water by installing low flow showerheads, faucet aerators and low flow toilets. Wondering where all of your water usage is going? Check out this water use calculator today! http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/watercon/calculator.cfm
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Okay, so they are new to me. They are all used. It all began with a read-along I happened to see on one of the many blogs I follow--Colletta's Kitchen Sink The book is Queen of the Castle: 52 Weeks of Encouragement for the Uninspired, Domestically Challenged or Just Plain Tired Homemaker. I was intrigued because I sometimes struggle to be consistent with my devotional time. I like having some accountability. This goes with some of my challenges, and so I decided to check out half.com.
I found a good price on the book, and as I always do, I checked to see what else this seller had to sell. They had quite an inventory. No CD's, movies or video games appealed to me, so I began to check out the books.
I began in the historical romance section, and I found a book I had just added to my to-read list on goodreads.com.
I should have stopped there, but I just thought I would look around some more. I ended up looking through Christian books, and I spied two by Andrew Murray. I have heard great things about him, and my mother always enjoyed his books. So I got:
and I also got Entering the Presence of God by Andrew Murray (no link to anywhere, sorry).
I didn't stop after that. I kept looking. I found:
So how much did all 7 books cost together? Around $23. I know they are all used, but that never bothers me. I also know that I have a lot of books here, but I had some money from Christmas, and this seemed like a nice treat.
So add this challenge to my list from yesterday. I should have the book in time for at least the second week of the challenge. But that's fine. I'll catch up! Hope you can join us!


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I bought Carolina reaper seeds from a local seed company.
I battled to grow them because i started them in winter July 2016.
So using my own weird but successful method I got them germinated in 10 Days
I made heat pad controlled with some electronics too keep the temperature stable.
I made a write up of it if you are interested.
http://techtinker.co.za/2016/09/17/the- ... ectronics/
Fast forward to Feb 2017, I now have tree! and they are fruiting!
However the peppers growing on the tree don't look like Carolina reapers when comparing to image off Goolge.
This one looks like a Reaper in the making.
But the below doesn't, all from the same tree. Is it too early to tell ?


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A woman playing This Little Piggy with her niece.
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Episode about pregnant teenage girls and how their lives and their babies' lives go after birth...
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Superhero Bits: How Angel Inspired The Avengers Shawarma Scene, Long-Running The Flash Easter Egg & More
Posted on Thursday, August 18th, 2016 by Ethan Anderton
How much has Suicide Squad made worldwide so far? Which comic book movie was the most mentioned in Twitter's trending #Fav7Movies hashtag? How did Angel inspire the shawarma scene after the credits of The Avengers? What item can you spot in every police station scene in The Flash? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits. Read More »


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|The Prayer by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Two weeks ago I brought up callings. And in the responses I got, I realized that I probably should have used different terminology, because while what I've been thinking about does encompass that lofty idea of "my Calling," it's not just about that. It's about wherever we are right now.
I've been thinking a lot about the kind of society we've become. Everything is so instant these days, isn't it? From mashed potatoes to messaging. We expect answers fast, we expect results fast. And so when things take time--as in, pray for years and years kind of time--we often give up. A disconnect has formed between our input and our output--we see things all the time on the news that makes us go, "Wow, something should be done!" ... But we don't really know what to do about it.
As I've pondered this and looked to history (as we all know I always do, LOL) for answers, I really think the key is to change our perspective. It needs to start with our prayers--and I'll be honest, this is a tough one for me. I say prayers on the fly as needs are presented, but so rarely do I find a quiet time to seek the Lord before I hear the needs, independently of specific requests. Which I need to fix. Because let's face it, who wants to be in a relationship where you only talk when you need something? Sigh. Not me.
So I'm making an effort. And as I do, I'm adding a new prayer. It's pretty simple. It just says, "Show me how to serve today, Lord."
Now, this hasn't resulted in any crystalline echoes of "Go here and do this life-altering thing." To be expected. Because if I want to help a change come, in my life or my church or my community, I have to start with the little things, the inside things. I have to listen to those whispers that show me first how to be a good wife, a good mom, a good me.
And then...then I have to look. Look for the path He wants me trodding. Look for ways to help. Look for ways to serve. I can't expect to just go on with my everyday life until some perfect opportunity to show the love of the Lord appears before me. Oh, those will come every now and then. But if I go out seeking? If I go through each day looking for ways to help others? If I think about that before I think about me? If we all do?
Hmm. Doesn't it just make you wonder what might happen?
I'm going to be thinking a lot about this over the next few months, and I'm going to be talking to people far better at it than I, people who have made a real, quiet difference in the lives of others. I'm going to be sharing these stories in a monthly column in Book Fun Magazine, and I'm going to be praying. Praying that we all push the "pause" button. Praying that we blink away the haze of instant-this and immediate-that. Praying that we finally look. Not just at what needs done. But at what we can do.


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HOTEL: 3 stars. A large, very solid 280 m2 beautiful 3 floors House in the Old town of Sozopol, newly build with quality materials – stone, bricks and wood. Has installation of solar panels for hot water and is fully furnished.
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It consists of 6 large rooms + 1 studio:
• Each room is with equipped bathroom, TV, furniture, refrigerator, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, phone, terrace.
• Under the roof there is a sunny studio with balcony overlooking the Fishing Port with old fishing boats .
• The ground floor is a small Tavern with fireplace, breakfast bar, tables, chairs.
YARD: 240 m2.
This is a very profitable business investment. Until now the house has being rented to tourists and is in very good condition ready for year-round living.
LOCATION: located on the second line from the Mussel Beach with a panoramic view to the Sea, the tranquil Fishing harbor with the small boats and two islands.
Amenities of the Old city:
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– 3 Islands.
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She walked in eight weeks ago. Quiet, unassuming. Her face bore the lines of pain, a life lived hard, yet showed little emotion. Her presence peaked our interest. This woman, clearly broken, yet seemingly strong. Faithfully, each week she appeared. The first one to enter. The first one to open her notebook. The one to quietly spread the Bible before her, highlighter held in gnarled hand. Others spoke, others shared. She remained quiet.
Today, she shared. It was one of the most spiritual, most moving, most worshipful moments I have experienced in years. This woman I had come to know. This woman I had prayed for, hoped for. In a moment, in a room filled with her new friends and strangers she chose to let her voice be heard. With dignity she began. In tears and brokenness she finished. A woman isolated, living without purpose. A woman sitting, waiting. She'd been told about this program, a Christian program. She came. What makes a woman who has lived for years in isolation, without friendships, without hope, walk into a building full of strangers to attend weekly classes with other strangers? Would I? Today, I saw the depth of her loneliness. Today, I saw the fullness of her joy.
My heart is full. I stand amazed at the God I serve. He moves in the darkest shadows, the quiet moments. His Spirit moves in the heart of a woman alone, isolated. She does not leave her home for church or to visit friends. But in a moment, she gathers the strength to drive across town to enter a strange place and begin again. I am humbled that my God would grant me the opportunity to be there in that strange place with my friend, waiting, hoping, praying. I saw God move. I was reminded again God's glory is revealed when we come to Him in our brokenness. Our hearts shatter and as the pieces fall, He fills us with His Spirit. The tears drop and He catches them. His love is unveiled and in the deepest of sorrow we feel and know unspeakable joy.


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Ati Maier
23.11. – 15.12.2018
Jochen Hempel Gallery, Berlin, is proud to present "The Encounter," a new multimedia exhibition of works by the artist Ati Maier. As has been her custom for over two decades now, the show features paintings by the artist on paper, still photographs, and a live-action video. Each element coheres around Maier's inimitable penchant for creating imaginary worlds.
The paintings, for instance, have a distinct design sensibility, particularly in their use of shapes which prompt known imagery from the farthest corners of the cosmos. The artist's rugged line-work is often suggestive of the lunar landscape as we know it from pictures of the various moon landings of the 1960s and '70s. Her swirling primary colors and clashing hard-edge angles are reminiscent of recent telescope photographs of galaxies being born of dark matter and gaseous constellations. Reminiscent; but not exact, as Maier's work is the product of a meditative action painting technique, not that of an illustrative practice. If the works capture the essential building blocks of the universe it is because Maier mimics the spontaneity and passion that lives in all things rather than current scientific images. For her the very fact that we each have a brain means we can travel across the cosmos.
One particular new painting from this show—that of an orb-shaped tapestry of interwoven colours set against a solid backdrop of warm orange titled "Bloodmoon 2018"—captures the sentiment perfectly in that nothing in the known natural universe looks quite like this (save for art). In that way, Maier has not so much captured a planet as herplanet, and her planet modulates, undulates, and pressurizes with the tension of shape and color which define its limited parameters. They must somehow work together, click into place, so as to fit into the space they are given in Maier's world.
In the works of the great mystics—the kabbalists and alchemists of the Middle Ages—the tree, or "Tree of Life," is emblematic of psycho-magic (as filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky calls it). It represents all those unconscious voices in one's family and culture which call to us in dreams and contemplation to transform them from their current state into a golden state of being through our mystical powers. Maier's planetary and lunar forms work similarly in that they allow the outline of nature to suggest allegory and transformation. This has increasingly become the case since Maier began making live-action films beginning in 2013 with The Map Is Not the Territory (her first). It features the artist disguised as an interstellar traveller which she calls the "Space Rider."
The Space Rider wears a white, orb-shaped helmet, like that of an Apollo-era spaceman or some alien character in a science fiction film; yet the likeness to popular culture and technology ends there. Maier's interest in the American space program is limited by the fact that the Space Rider's means of transportation is not the refrigerator-like spaceships of NASA, c. 1969, but rather the medieval emblem of European enchantment: the horse. Its head is also covered by an orb-shaped helmet which means the two of them—the humanoid and the animal—ride mostly without the use of sight. They must trust each other as they traverse known landscapes such as the Western hills of Wyoming, the cluttered, slogan-filled streets of New York City, and the barren flatlands of Indian territory in New Mexico. Several of these performances feature in the current exhibition—both in completed videos and in still images.
Unlike the paintings, the videos contain strong narrative references, the inevitable byproduct of linearity in filmmaking. Yet despite such grounding in contemporary media tropes there remains, as in the paintings, a spontaneous aspect which overrides any attempt to impart storyline or topicality on the films. The Space Rider and its horse plod ahead, encountering people and cultures of various types, yet as they do, something mysterious occurs. Our minds leave the horizontal plane of forwards and backwards, of differing identities, of good v. evil, and enter the realm of the vertical—of the place where we all share the same mysterious universe. And it is here that we cry out in one voice to fill us with something greater than the thing which divide us.
Brian Chidester
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Hey Cowboy Wheres Your Horse?
A cowboy on foot,
Must be a pitiful sight!
She pulled her Jeep over,
To see if I was all right.
Its Be Kind to Your Horses Day,
I replied,
I was walking to loose weight,
And not in need of a ride.
Another one stopped,
A half mile down the road,
Did you loose your horse?
Were you injured or throwed?
So my two hour walk
was stretched into three.
As each neighbour that passed,
Stopped to check up on me!
Mike Puhallo
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collimatrix, on Dec 01 2016 - 04:26, said:
You're right about the filters, although according to Ogorkiewicz the airflow for a turbine and a diesel of equal output is comparable. I think the difference is that most of the air for a diesel is air that's getting pulled around the radiators, while all the air for the turbine is going through the engine, so it has to be filtered.
On the other hand, turbines have no radiators to maintain.
I've actually heard that an Abrams stands out less on thermals than a Leo 2. I know, I was pretty surprised too. The reason is that the diesel puts out a cloud of fine particulate that scatters the IR emissions, and rises above the tank and is thus obvious from a long ways off. Turbines (or at least the AGT-1500) apparently don't do this.
There was even a modified version of the AGT-1500 that had some new parts swapped in that had significantly better idle efficiency and time between overhauls.
The AGT-1500 simply isn't remotely representative of what mrn turbines are capable of.
The air flow through a diesel engine's radiator isn't the only air flow a diesel needs. There is also an air flow through the engine itself. If there is no air entering the cylinders when the pistons move down on their intake strokes the engine will not run. And if that air is not filtered then sand, dust, grit, etc. will damage the engine and greatly reduce its use life.
While I suspect that a diesel might be less adversely affected by dirty air getting inside it than a turbine, that is only a guess on my part. The traditional analysis is that diesels are more fuel efficient and turbines produce much more horsepower per weight of engine. Though I am not familiar with all the latest advances in turbine technology and I have seen other posters argue that fuel efficiency between the two engines may now be comparable.


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S: The Emlich Family
BC: USA | Italy | Netherlands
1: August 16, 1941 Justin Norton Emlich a.k.a. Justin Epifanio Faes married Lillian May Howland
2: "Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." - Elizabeth Lawrence | Lucia and Costantino Faes son Epifanio Faes Lodrone, Alto Trentino, Italy
3: Epifanio Faes (standing), Justin, Mary Emma, and Giordano Faes. circa 1918
4: A Harvest of Memories | Ariel view of the Faes homestead. Epifanio (Nephew/namesake) at the grave of his sister Terisina. 2006 | Our Italian Heritage
5: 4 Novembre, Lodrone, Italy | The Faes Homestead in Lodrone, Italy, 2006 Top: Carmella doing weekly laundry. Entry way of home; second floor is the living area; top floor sleeping ares, and bottom floor summer kitchen and food storage along with wine-making equipment. Bottom left: Back lot of property.
6: Samuel Monroe Harris Wed to Negara Jane Yoakum April 21, 1891 Campbell County, Tennessee | Mary Emma Harris Thomas Anderson Epifanio Faes Jack" Norton Emlich Harry Cratsley Eldest daughter 21 Feb. 1908 22 July 1910 16 March 1921 7 August1979 | Marriages of Mary Emma Harris | No Picture Available
7: Emma 1892-1986 | Ollie Bell 1899-1982 | Teddy 1904-1988 | Harmon 1902- 1979 | Annie 1893-1911 | Justin Faes 1911 - 2000 | Sam faes 1914 - 2001 | Family Bible | The five of 13 Harris children that lived beyond early childhood
8: Justin Norton (Faes) Emlich June 28, 1911 to November 3, 2000 | Justin and Sam with Grandma Jennie c 1920
9: 1946 1951 | The Elyria, Ohio house--Murray Ridge Road
10: Samuel Monroe (Faes) Emlich Veronice Mountain Emlich Sam Emlich Cheryl Emlich Gerald Emlich Cathlene Morrison Emlich Jessica Emlich
11: Kenneth Thurston Cheryl Emlich Thurston Mark Joquim Jessica Emlich Joquim Gerald Emlich Donna Emlich Smith | 2009
12: Laura Louise Vreeland and Frank Howland married October 6, 1894
13: Kilburn and Samantha Vreeland and their Leah and LeRoy with their mother eleven children Laura Howland | LeRoy, Earl, and LeRoy Howland c 1908
14: Mary Alice Lewis Fitch Smith | Mabel May Smith Howland | LeRoy Franklin Howland | Leah, Mabel, and Lillian Howland
15: The Howland home on River Road, Brewerton, New York | The Oneida river was across the road. We would go boating and fishing on the river. | Mabel Smith was born here. | LeRoy and Mabel Howland lived here.
16: Lillian May Howland Emlich April 6, 1916 - July 3, 2006 | Mabel Howland and daughter Lillian May | Lillian with Grandpa Frank Howland
17: le | Ready for her honeymoon, 16 August 1941 | Dancing for the Cauldren c 1950 | Lillian and Tigger at Disney World, 1995
18: Aunt Leah and Uncle Arch Edwards were like a third set of grandparents. Karen and Donna would stay at their house when visiting Syracuse because all of the grandparents worked. | 114 Merrill Street Syracuse, New York
19: Arch loved his flowers | On our way to sSanta Claus Town in the white face Mountain, NY | Arch's nNavy dog tags
20: Karen Lou Emlich/ Gasser and family | Donna Mae Emlich/ Smith and family | Teresa Dryden and Jason Smith 19 December 1998
21: Earl and Karen Johnson | Jonas and Lillian Frederick | Sarah Smith and Jason Frederick 31 December 2002
23: October 2009 Storo, Italy This statue was dedicated by the townspeople to honor the Italians who left Italy to come to the Americas and other parts of the world, taking their talents and dreams to another country. We are all immigrants to this world. We are here by God's grace to use our talents and dreams to make the world better for the next generation. Donna Mae Emlich Smith


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Time for another update. Pull up a chair.
Previously on this newsletter: last spring I closed out phase one of my Chalet Workshop experiments in the Rockies. Since that time I traveled for unique design/innovation opportunities in Singapore, Seattle, San Francisco and Dallas. Most recently I wrapped up a four-month stint as interim Chief Creative Officer with a design strategy firm in Oakland.
(A moment to breathe. Once In a Lifetime spins up in the background.)
Now I'm focusing on my next move. Can you help?
I'm slowing down to seek full-time leadership roles (ECD, head of UX, head of design) in Colorado, Seattle and the Bay Area. I build and improve digital products, services, and businesses, and I enjoy giving talented creatives their best opportunities to shine.
If an interesting opportunity appears on your radar, please reach out. Many thanks in advance. In the meantime, I'm available for UX and design consulting.
Some brief observations, mostly from these adventures.
Crypto design
Estonia's blockchain future is ambitious and contagious. While the tech behind this gets a lot of coverage, the design implications do not. How do we design for digital citizenship? Virtual voting? Or other entirely new behaviors — ones that most people haven't had a chance to comprehend until now? It's an important moment for design and designers, yet few agencies or designers are exploring this.
Ugly money
One of my teams recently audited the digital tools we use to manage money, from banking apps to bitcoin tools to payments enablers to investment accounts to trading systems. As we reviewed the massive wall of work, one word surfaced: uninspired. As in Yahoo-Briefcase levels of dated, kludgy interactions, across the board. We may be innovating with money in some ways, but in many others we're still stuck in 1999. Experience design will be a no-brainer opportunity for fintechs seeking to differentiate.
Clashes of scale
A highly regarded product team I spoke extensively with last fall shared their ambitions with me: "we care about an idea if we know it's immediately scalable for millions of people." Contrast that with another that encourages startup founders to "first get 100 people to fall in love with your product." One of these companies is known for bringing people together, while the other is catching heat for driving us apart. Guess which is which.
Jargon at scale
"Digital transformation" is the buzziest of catchphrases among many tech execs. (See also: "enterprise-level product innovation" and "lean growth at scale." Drink when you hear these at SXSW.) Yet few consultancies can cleanly articulate what this means in relatable, human terms. We nerds have some positioning work to do. (A good place to start: put human beings at the center of your business, and operationalize to support them. No jargon needed.)
Culture Slack
Last year I wrote this piece on mapping team skills to growing your org culture. People from around the globe still contact me to discuss it. So I'm considering a private Slack channel for those of you eager to design your company's culture. Let me know if you're interested, I'll invite you and we'll swap insights.
Loooooooooooooooooong haul
That United route between San Francisco and Singapore? It's an 18-hour flight, the longest-ever flight by a US airline. Li'l tip: if you book this route, confirm a morning hotel checkin since you'll be landing at 8 a.m. and you'll need the rest. On the tail end, and give yourself an extra night to visit the city's myriad hawker centers — adventurous food FTW.
Bonus: free smells
Ten years ago I ran a sonic branding and interaction firm in London and Portand. It was a different era, and now I'm excited to finally see more designers bringing more rigor into crafting our everyday audio interactions. (Thanks Alexa and VR.) Staying in the sensory world, smell may be next. Here's how to make it as a "nose."
P.ink update
Our P.ink social impact/healthcare initiative hit an interesting milestone: 5 years of P.ink Days across North America. I love this work for three reasons: 1) we designed for one single person, the breast cancer survivor with her own unique journey; 2) our people are amazing; and 3) helping someone reclaim their identity is incredibly gratifying. Thanks for your support.
Today: popup critiques in Denver
I'll conducting another popup portfolio review at Denver's Union Station, Wednesday March 7 from 1-2 p.m. If you know someone who is just starting out in their career or they're experienced and looking to level up, have them swing by or reach out.
The end
Have we caught up lately? Let's do that soon. There's much more to share and I'd love to see you in person or over the Skypes.
Be well,


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Politicians from Tony Blair to Nick Clegg have paid tribute to the Guardian journalist and broadcaster Simon Hoggart after his death at the age of 67.
Figures from across the political spectrum remembered Hoggart's wit, kindness and wisdom, with many recalling fondly how they were the butt of his jokes during his decades as a parliamentary sketchwriter.
The former Labour prime minister Tony Blair led the tributes, describing it as a "very sad moment for UK journalism".
"Simon was an outstanding commentator and writer with extraordinary wit, humour and insight. My deepest condolences and sympathy to all his family," he said.
Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, also described Hoggart as "an institution in his own right in Westminster".
Speaking at his press conference in Whitehall, the deputy prime minister said: "Can I say how very sorry I am to have heard about the sad death of Simon Hoggart over the weekend after his long battle with pancreatic cancer. I am sure he was a close colleague and good friend to many of you.
"His ability to use sharp wit and humour to puncture all forms of pomposity at Westminster was legendary. He will be long remembered and very fondly too."
Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, was one of the first politicians to pay tribute, saying he was "deeply saddened to hear that Simon Hoggart has passed away".
In a message on Twitter, he added: "He was brilliant and funny writer who will be missed in Westminster and beyond."
A number of MPs said they would miss Hoggart joking about their appearances in parliament. Michael Fabricant, a senior Conservative MP, recalled the times Hoggart compared his hair to a My Little Pony toy and changed his online Twitter picture to one in tribute.
"Sad to hear that Simon Hoggart, Commons sketchwriter of Guardian, has died. He was original, made me laugh out loud, and made fun of me," he wrote. "He once said my hair looked like that on My Little Pony. (Other writers copied him) ... He teased me mercilessly but always kindly."
The business minister Matthew Hancock, who was ribbed in a sketch last year, also said he was "so sorry to hear Simon Hoggart has died", adding: "I was reading his brilliant memoir on a lifetime in Westminster last night."
Others remembered how Hoggart had influenced them over the years. Douglas Alexander, shadow foreign secretary, said he "grew up reading Glasgow Herald & Guardian & laughed a lot at his sketches".
Tributes also came from figures outside politics, including hundreds of long-time readers. His colleagues in parliament and at the Guardian remembered his acerbic humour and deep wealth of political knowledge, evident both in public and private.
Michael White, the Guardian political commentator and a close friend, described him as "one of the wittiest and most distinctive writers on the Guardian and Observer for 45 years".
The Guardian's editor, Alan Rusbridger, said: "Simon was a terrific reporter and columnist – and a great parliamentary sketchwriter. He wrote with mischief and a sometimes acid eye about the theatre of politics. But he wrote from a position of sophisticated knowledge and respect for parliament. A daily reading of his sketch told you things about the workings of Westminster which no news story could ever convey. He will be much missed by readers and his colleagues."
His fellow parliamentary sketchwriter, the Telegraph's Michael Deacon, said Hoggart was "more than just witty; he was wise" and provided a kind of translation service in political bluster and jargon for the ordinary reader.
Nick Robinson, the BBC's political editor, said Hoggart's wit and wisdom would be missed, as he made people "laugh about politics but he never sneered at it", while Michael Crick, of Channel 4 News, admitted that he had stolen many a joke from him.
Gwyneth Williams, Radio 4 controller, said: "At Radio 4 we remember Simon most fondly for his contribution to the News Quiz, which he chaired for 10 years.
"He was hugely popular with our listeners, who valued his lively mind, his wit and humour, his love of satire and deep knowledge of politics, which helped to turn the show into what it is today. He will be sadly missed."


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Evans Off Camber – Thankfully Giving
Now that the annual gathering of friends and family for the Thanksgiving orgy of consumption (usually consisting of food, alcohol and football) and the international embarrassment of Black Friday are behind us, we enter the Holiday Season™ where our focus is supposed to be: on giving to others. In a consumer-based society, like ours in the United States, this giving usually takes the form of things. Kids give their parents endless lists of things they need to get for Christmas. Adults decide to give themselves some of the things they've desired over the year, as well.
Instead, perhaps we should turn our focus outward and consider how much we truly need. Like most middle-class Americans, my life is an embarrassment of riches. I have a roof over my head, food on the table, and clothes that fit (at least they did before last Thursday's excessive eating). My children are healthy and getting a good education. My biggest current struggles: an intermittently backed up sewer line (damn you beautiful, tree-lined, suburban street) and an Airport wireless connection that fails whenever someone in the house is watching U-Verse TV or the DVR is recording (a problem solved by plugging an ethernet cable into my laptop, but that's sooo inconvenient). My family's life is the epitome of the blessings and problems (if you can call them that) of first-world life. There is nothing we truly need. Well, the children do need clothes because their balanced diet is helping to fuel their growth spurts.
Every year, instead of the ritual purchase, wrapping, and shipping of gifts to distant friends and relatives, my wife and I choose a charity for donations made in the name of the aforementioned folks. They don't really need anything from us, and we certainly don't really need anything from them. So, why not do good for others while still acknowledging the importance of these people in our lives.
This year, I've chosen my longtime favorite motorcycle related charity, Riders for Health. While many MotoGP fans are likely familiar with Riders for Health, thanks to support from riders and the fundraising auctions held at MotoGP events around the world, what sets Riders apart from other organizations that work to deliver healthcare to people living in rural Africa is the self-supporting infrastructure it creates. Many people don't realize that the donation of a vehicle does nothing for the local community if it breaks down and there are no parts or mechanics to service it. Riders for Health teaches locals how to repair and maintain the motorcycles that the professional health workers use to deliver medicine and other life-saving aid. When the motorcycles have reached the end of their useful life, new ones are provided.
Riders has been doing this for 20 years, improving access to healthcare for 12 million people. By traveling by bike, the health care workers can increase the patients they serve sixfold while still doubling the time they spend in each community. They're not just providing medicine; these professionals are delivering supplies, educating their clients, and transporting samples for tests (in 50% less time). So, I can't help but support an organization that uses motorcycles to help people.
Motorcyclists have a long history of giving to others. Just look at all the toy runs and food drives that many local clubs organize. Honda's Ride for Kids has operated throughout the country for 30 years, helping many children and their families. This year, take the time to consider making a donation to one of the many charitable organizations that have a proven track record for helping others instead of sending yet another obligatory, unnecessary gift. Your money will do double work: You'll get a card to send announcing your donation in your recipient's name, and you'll know that you've helped others. If the organization is associated with motorcycles, you've also done your part to improve the image of motorcycling, to boot.
If giving is the heart of the Holiday Season, thankfully giving some of the bounty we are fortunate to possess can help to make the world a better place.


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Thought of this valentine card idea last night while listening to Dave push out some ZZZs and had to give it a go today. I like how it turned out and its another use for those cute little paint rollers shown here.
I also used my new set of snap stamps which are great to put any words or sentence together that you may not have already as a premade stamp.
Well enjoy your day and ill talk again soon. Valita
and a last thought
For God loved the world so much
that He gave His only Son
So that anyone who believes in Hin
shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16