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When the antennas of the Deep Space Network ask "What's up out there?"— a lot of far away spacecraft get ready to call home with the news.
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Why are there three antennas in the game?
These are the Deep Space Network (DSN for short) of antennas that stay in touch with the many NASA spacecraft that are out exploring the solar system.
The spacecraft are so far away, that relative to Earth's rotation, they might as well be standing still. That's why the antennas that must stay in touch with them are located at three places around the Earth. As Earth turns, there is always one antenna in view of every spacecraft.
As Earth turns, each DSN location comes into "view" of some spacecraft. To talk and listen to a spacecraft, the DSN antenna must link up with the signal from the spacecraft's antenna. Then the DSN antenna must rotate to maintain that link as Earth continues to rotate through the day. Just when the DSN antenna is about to rotate out of view, the next DSN location on Earth's surface is rotating into view. The link is "handed over" to the "new" antenna before the "old" antenna loses it. That way, the spacecraft is always in touch with Earth.
When the DSN antenna is transmitting a message to the spacecraft, the link is called an "uplink." The uplink is for sending commands or new software programs to the spacecraft. When the spacecraft is sending its data and images down to the DSN antenna, the link is called a "downlink." An antenna "uplinks" instructions to the spacecraft and "downlinks" the spacecraft's data and images.
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Lloyd M. Knowlton was a prominent local citizen who was widely respected for his commitment to education and support of local community organizations.
Knowlton was born March 5, 1912 and grew up on a dairy farm in San Antonio. At the age of 16, he started his own dairy farm at the corner of Braun and Leslie roads. He took college courses in dairy production and animal husbandry at Baylor and Purdue universities.

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Fall is in full swing, and that means crews are preparing to sweep streets across Minneapolis. Drivers will need to park out of their way so they can do a thorough job cleaning our roadways.
Minneapolis Public Works will begin the big task of curb-to-curb sweeping and leaf collection on streets throughout the city on Tuesday, Oct. 20. During the four weeks of the comprehensive fall street sweep, crews will clean up about 1,100 miles of city streets. To make sure the sweepers can do the best job possible, temporary "No Parking" signs will be posted at least 24 hours in advance so streets will be clear of cars when they're swept. The first signs will be posted Monday, Oct. 19, and sweeping will begin the next day. Anyone who parks on the street will need to follow street sweep parking rules or their cars may be ticketed and towed.
Making it easy to follow parking rules:
- "No Parking" signs – City crews will post "No Parking" signs at least 24 hours before sweeping any streets. Parking will be banned from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the day a street is swept. The "No Parking" signs will be removed as soon as possible after a street has been completely swept to allow people to resume parking. Vehicles not in compliance with "No Parking" signs may be ticketed and towed to the Minneapolis Impound Lot.
- Social media – The City will use Facebook and Twitter to post periodic street sweeping updates and information.
- Phone calls to residents – In addition to the "No Parking" signs that will be posted the day before sweepers come through, the City will make about 3,000 automated phone calls each evening to let residents know their street will be swept the next day. There's no guarantee that the calls will reach everyone, so residents should be sure to check the schedule and watch for signs.
- Interactive web feature – Folks can use a feature on the City's website to find out when the sweepers are coming through their neighborhoods. The tool will be available at www.minneapolismn.gov/streetsweeping. The fall street sweep takes four weeks, and visitors to the website will be able to find out which week their street is scheduled to be swept. Then, on the weekend before each of the four weeks, the schedule for the upcoming week will be broken down to show which day of the week streets are scheduled to be swept.
- Videos – Street sweeping is explained in English, Hmong, Somali and Spanish as part of the City's "Did you know…" series of short videos that can be viewed atwww.YouTube.com/cityofminneapolis and on City cable channels 14 and 79. Residents who have friends or neighbors who speak these languages are encouraged to share links to the videos.
- English: See how and why Minneapolis sweeps streets and what you can do to help keep streets and waterways clean in this video from the Minneapolis "Did you know…" series.
- Spanish: Vea en este video de las series "Sabia Usted" como y porque Minneapolis barre las calles y limpia las vias fluviales.
- Somali: Ka daawo fiidyowga taxanaha… ee Minneapolis ee loo yaqaan "Ma Ogtahay" siyaabaha iyo sababaha minneapolis jidadka ay u xaaqido oo ogow sidii aad uga caawin lahayd ilaalinta nadaafada jidadka iyo biyo mareenada.
- Hmong: Yog xav paub ntxiv, sais nroog Minneapolis cov tshooj xov xwm hu, "Koj pos paub."
Clean streets mean a healthier environment
Minneapolis is known for its sparkling lakes and waterways, and we want to keep it that way. That's why focusing on the well-being of our environment is one of the City's top priorities. Street sweeping is one way we work to protect our environment because it keeps leaves and debris from clogging our storm drains and polluting our lakes and rivers. It also helps keep our neighborhoods clean and livable.
Minneapolis streets are swept completely curb to curb once in the spring and once in the fall. Residents should not push leaves, grass clippings, or other debris into City streets – it's bad for our lakes and waterways, can cause safety hazards, and is against the law. Anything that goes down a storm drain flows directly into our lakes and river, and decomposing plant material in the water encourages the growth of harmful aquatic plants and algae.


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A Hemet, California, family is trying to raise money to replace their stolen car so their grandmother can get to her cancer treatments. Their method of choice: a lemonade stand.
The grandmother (The family asked that she not be identified) was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014, the family said. After undergoing surgery, the family thought she was in the clear. But earlier this year the doctors told her the cancer was back.
"We were sad and heartbroken," her daughter said.
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Her mother underwent emergency surgery to have the fast-growing tumor removed, but now she has to have chemo and radiation treatments five times a week.
To make matters worse, the family's only car was stolen three weeks ago. Police returned it, but the family said the thieves damaged it to the point where it was no longer safe to drive.
"I was driving to [the grocery store] and it broke down four times," the daughter said. "That was just to the store; the hospital is much farther away."
The daughter said the car was their only way to get her mom to the hospital for her much-needed treatments. Now they're trying to come up with the money to replace it. Her children and nieces found a novel way to help.
"An idea of a lemonade stand just popped into our heads," said a niece. "We don't have a lot of money, so that seemed like a good way to help."
Her four grandchildren set up the stand Friday morning — complete with a small pool for staying out of the heat.
"I'm getting cups and pouring," one of the grandchildren said. "You pour, and then you get back in [the pool]."
One person said her grandparents were moved to tears when they saw the stand.
"We didn't tell our grandma before," she said. "We set it up, and when [our grandparents] walked out there they just started crying."
"Isn't that awesome," she said. "My grandkids just mean so much to me."
"It's been really hard for us," she said. "We're just trying to get some help."
Editor's note: This story has been altered from its original version. The names and identifying information of the family profiled have been removed after they received threats following the story's publication.


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|Multi-layered, rotatable Nesquik can inspired by MeiJo's Joy
A question showed up in my inbox recently. It went something like this:
SA: I have a question... Do you have any ideas for the Nesquik can?
1. Candy Totes @ Craft
2. A Little Tin of Shamrocks @ You Are My Fave
3. Organizer @ Chrystal's Corner
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6. Idea Board w/ Cans @ I Didn't Sign Up For This
7. Soup Can Organizer from HGTV@ Craft
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But I also found this super-cool Rotatable Layered Storage Box tutorial by MeiJo's Joy so I decided to try it out on my one and only Nesquik can. My results:
Thanks so much for the great tutorial MeiJo. It totally works. Absolutely rotatable AND layered! I mod podged the outside of the can with a page from an old space calendar; the top part innards I podged with some old tissue paper. I also couldn't help but slap an egg carton flower on top there to jazz it up. Just have to decide what to store inside. Maybe it could become someone's fancy two-part Christmas wrapping, eh, with candies on top and chocolates in the bottom? Or love notes in the bottom and a beautiful trinket on top?
So I'm curious... Put on that thinking cap of yours and let me ask you this. What would you create from a lovely Nesquik can?


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Everything Everywhere stops plundering the charity box
Enter the repentant villain, stage left
Everything Everywhere has suspended its practice of taking 10 per cent of charitable donations, and claims it is now working on an alternative, and more sustainable, model.
EE had been taking the cut from text donations to cover its costs, other than those charities selected as "partners" by the operator. The operator still maintains that it never made any money from the practice, but in the face of a media bandwagon it had no option but to suspend the collections immediately while it comes up with a better plan.
The partner charities include Comic Relief, Sport Relief, Children In Need, Royal British Legion and Unicef. Those charities, the operator reckons, soak up the "vast majority" of charitable giving by text message, but collecting money costs money – so the thousands of other charities were expected to cough up a 10th of the gifts to cover the collection costs.
Every fundraising mechanism costs money, but EE got caught out as the only operator charging charities for the service. That created a perfect storm for stories about the big bad corporation which was stealing from little charities – but not big charities: how perfect can a pantomime villain get?
EE tells us that it is more concerned with the £700m lost by donors who did not take advantage of Gift Aid (which enables charities to claim back the tax on donations), and the operator is apparently working on a donation system which will redress that problem.
But while it does that, EE is suspending the collection of its 10 per cent cut, so every penny texted will go to the charity of choice, at least until the operator can find another way to cover its costs. ®
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Pool Chlorinators
Pool chlorinators come in many types, but they all do the same thing - provide a way to safely add metered amounts of chlorine to the pool constantly, to maintain a consistent chlorine level. In our pool chlorinator section, we have saltwater chlorine generators, automatic tablet feeders and chlorine tablet floaters, chlorine and mineral systems and liquid chemical pumps.
Pool chemicals are a very important part of pool maintenance, and managing your chlorine level closely is key to sanitizing water and killing bacteria. You could hand-feed chlorine, adding liquid or granular chlorine twice per day, but this creates peaks and valleys in chlorination and is certainly not convenient.
Pool chlorinators take care of this problem, and reduce the amount of time spent on swimming pool maintenance. Pool chlorinators do the work for you by automatically dispensing chlorine or bromine, day and night, so that your pool water is always sanitary and disinfected.
Automatic pool chlorinators use either chlorine tablets or sticks to sanitize your water and slowly disperse them into your pool so your water is always sparkling clean and bacteria free. Automatic feeders allow you to set the rate at which the chlorine dissolves, regulating the amount of chlorine added to your pool. Just fill up the chlorinator canister with tablets and set the dial to erode the tablets slowly into the pool.


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The Bachelor of Science, Interdisciplinary Studies - Social Sciences major (IDS) is available to students whose interests overstep traditional departmental boundaries; it is meant for those who wish to play an unusually active role in determining their course of study. One who completes the major earns a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies - Social Sciences.
Since the program is a student-designed, interdisciplinary major, course selections will vary by student. The program offers students an opportunity to devise an approved, coherent program of study with a Program Director to fulfill academic or career goals. Students in the Interdisciplinary Studies major must take courses in at least three disciplines within the major.
CWU-Lynnwood offers either a 62-credit or a 47-credit major, with many course delivery options including traditional classroom, interactive television, web centric, and online classes. Additionally, both majors can be completed entirely online.
Here is what one of our students had to say about the Interdisciplinary Studies-Social Sciences major:
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William Schneider, Jr. is a Washington based economist and defense analyst. He is President of International Planning Services, Inc., an international trade and finance advisory firm, and a Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute. Following his service as a staff member at the Hudson Institute (1967-71), he served as a professional staff member of the U.S. Senate (1971-6) and U.S. House of Representatives (1976-81). He subsequently served as the Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (1981-2) prior to being nominated as Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology by President Reagan (1982-6).
Dr. Schneider's responsibilities in the Department of State included management and policy coordination of U.S. foreign economic and military assistance abroad, arms transfers, export controls, international telecommunications, and the supervision of U.S. science attaches posted at U.S. embassies abroad.
Subsequent to his government service, Dr. Schneider has served as an advisor to the U.S. government in several capacities. He served as Chairman of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament from 1987 to 1993. He also served on several Presidential commissions and government advisory bodies in the fields of counter-terrorism, intelligence, foreign affairs, defense, and economic policy. He currently serves as Chairman of the Defense Science Board in the Department of Defense as well as the Department of State's Defense Trade Advisory Group. In addition, he serves in a advisory capacity to the U.S. Departments of Energy, Defense, and State. William Schneider, Jr. is the author of several works on defense policy including Why ABM? Policy Issues in the Missile Defense Controversy (Pergamon, 1969); Arms, Men, and Military Budgets (Transaction Press), an annual review of defense budget issues. He is also wrote Food, Foreign Policy, and Raw Material Cartels (Crane, Russak, 1976), a work on economic warfare. Dr. Schneider has also published numerous articles and monographs on defense and foreign policy, U.S. strategic forces, theater nuclear forces, and unconventional warfare.
Dr. Schneider received his Ph.D. degree from New York University in 1968. He is a member of the American Economic Association, the Econometric Society, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.


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June 19th, 2013, 09:18 PM #1
Heed my advice...
To all you who take my horrible experience to heart: Film your homes contents once a year or so and get that/those tapes and thumb drives off site.
We were prepared for an evacuation/disaster and had that 28' 5th wheel as our backup home. I'm a receipt hoarder and even had a thumb drive backup of my thumb drive backup. Yeah, a lot of good that did me. When you aren't home to act on those preparations.......
We filmed our complete house years ago and stored the tapes in a safe deposit box at the bank. That was in another location (state) though and never did do it here. Tammy suggested we consider doing this again JUST LAST MONTH! Nope, too busy finishing up the bath remodel.
Let me tell you from my position sitting in this hotel room worried about my wife's sense of well being, our future, and having to generate a complete inventory of our house by memory: it sucks - plain and simple. Insurance is going to do everything they can to save a buck and my job as husband and head of house is to recover all we're owed so I can get Tammy and me back to some semblance of a satisfactory life. They're well experienced, I'm severely disadvantaged.
I had warning but unable to get there to act, yours may be instantaneous while at work and there's no way you're getting home in time after a house fire gets reported. Plans only work when you're there to implement them, and I seriously doubt there are very many here who aren't away from the house once in a while.
My advice for what would relieve a significant sense of stress right now? Get a video camera and film everything. You don't need to spell everything out, just rifle through each and every drawer, through the closets, under the sinks in the bathrooms and kitchen, through the pantry, in the garage, in each tool box drawer, in your glove box, in the hall closet and your coat closet, every wall from across the room, in the shed, etc, etc, etc.... A fast shuffle may not seem adequate but when you have a video you can keep pausing it and there'll be enough there to jog your memory, trust me when I say that video will be $$$$ when it comes to listing all for insurance. If you have a specific item that resembles any other model, look at the back and state it . Like the Sony Bravia model we had - it looks like any other Sony but you sure as hell ain't gonna settle for a model costing half that - after all they all look the same in pictures. I'm telling you, you got a 4 hour job at most to do this.
Insurance: Get with your agent now! Do you have Replacement or Cash Value policy?? Pay the premium and get replacement so you don't have to sit there and argue why an 8 year old Gold Ring Leopold Spotting scope hasn't lost 75% value just by age (prediction, they haven't even f'n met with us yet!).
Guns?? If you have more than a simple handful, get that policy and read it!! Yeah, it's not just "an item in your house", they probably limit it like they did mine at a whopping $3k. Don't be a dumbass, learn from one who already broke that ground for you - read it and up your coverage if necessary.
Look at other specified items too like jewelry (we didn't have squat for jewelry - no beneficial value in it to us), but it points out that they classify some items out from everything else. Read your policy and know what needs extra attention.
Digger, you get back home and I'm sure hoping you do, heed my words and get your butt covered.
All you others who live the city life, you aren't immune. Your house can burn just like the rest of ours...
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June 19th, 2013, 09:23 PM #2
Very good advice and also I am very sorry to hear what has happened to you and yours.
June 19th, 2013, 10:58 PM #3
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thanks for the good advice,got me thinkin......hope everything works out for you and your family
June 19th, 2013, 11:09 PM #4
Another option to keeping it on a thumb drive is to subscribe to one of those cloud based storage sites and upload your videos there. Most will give you a few GB's for free. If the only thing you are posting there is this video, it should be plenty.
Like Andy said, any video that shows what you have is great, but the more detail you can add the better. I would start with a quick one that has a brief description and then make another with more details such as model numbers and serial numbers. One thing that a lot of people forget to list are pictures, so be sure to show those too.Sean
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June 19th, 2013, 11:27 PM #5
Unless you specifically work with your agent and up the dollar amount, you are covered up to $3k, and beyond that the insurance company will say "Sucks to be you".
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June 19th, 2013, 11:30 PM #6
The list is not easy to do by memory. We did not have a video. We went around and snapped a couple of pictures in the final seconds before leaving our home for the last time. The good news is that by law (thanks to the lobbying of my next door neighbor), you have 180 days to submit that list.
My neighbor also pushed for a "valued policy law" this year which would have done away with lists. Basically if the house is a total loss, you are cut a check for the sum total of your insured value. You don't have to do anything other than prove your home is a total loss. He did this not for the victims of the High Park Fire...it was too late for us... but for people of future fires such as yourself. He was inspired to do this after his adjuster visited his property and demanded the list from memory on the spot, only days after it burned down. Unfortunately the valued policy part of the law didn't happen and this was the result of his efforts:
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June 19th, 2013, 11:32 PM #7
Also, I had a $3,000 limit on auto parts. My shed full of spare parts was way more valuable than that!
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June 19th, 2013, 11:43 PM #9
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I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I know it has to be horrible. I am thankful that you made it out with your lives, which is most important. I think it's time for me to update my inventory...God Forgives, Rock's Don't www.ucora.org
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June 20th, 2013, 05:32 AM #13
Unfortunately too many people are in your position right now. One of the things Stephanie hears about most at the DAC is that the proof would make working with the insurance companies easier. Not defending the companies, but she has seen a lot of attempted "fraud" from people who are just trying to get anything they can. The situation is not quite as bad with the fraud as it was last year with Waldo Canyon, however there are some who will try to take advantage of any situation that presents itself. It only takes one wrong person to make it bad for everyone else.
I hope you can determine what property you had to at least a reasonable level of accuracy. I know you had posted several times about your remodeling, any pics available on here that might show anything?
June 20th, 2013, 06:30 AM #14
Sorry for your loss. My Coworker lost his mountain home a few years ago. He is a tough old Vet and doesnt take any shit. He told his wife he would handle the Insurance company and like you he had documentation of eveything in the house. After hearing him on the phone in our office sometimes several times a day for over a year as they rebuilt he said he has never been so beat down in his life. The Insurance companies is in the business to make money and not lose it so they fight you hands and teeth on every single item you have and depreciation etc. After all was said and done he had to pull out some reitrement money just to be able to have the basic things they had before. After seeing what he went thru I hope to never have to do it myself.
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June 20th, 2013, 08:12 AM #17
Did you get back to see the property yet?
When you do you get to play my favorite game. It's called: "What the hell did this used to be?"
Although anything made of steel that you're forgetting on the list.... it could help.
June 20th, 2013, 08:38 AM #18
Haven't seen yet but expecting to get access today or tomorrow. We've heard from 2 people already that said they thought it'd be a lot tougher to see it than it was. Said they actually were calm and got a bit of closure even this early.
Also hearing from people that you'd be surprised at what you find survives the prolonged heat. Ins only covers $200 in cash. Had $1800 stashed for emergency but for this we knew what risk we were taking should we have a fire and lose it.
Heard the axles may actually be good. Seals will obviously be gone but the ARB can be rebuilt and the axles themselves (Dynatrac front and rear) may be alright. We also have the ARBs f&r in Tammy Cherokee. Then there are the numerous skid plates on both Jeeps.
June 20th, 2013, 08:40 AM #19
We bought a fire-proof lock box for our important papers. Usually don't keep money in there, but maybe I should start. The trick is to at least lock it so if it falls thru a floor or gets knocked over, it remains shut.
June 20th, 2013, 08:48 AM #20
We had 2 of them bronc. locked for the reason you state. But they are reported to hold up in minor fires where the house gets put out, not burn and simmer for a week or two. Same for the average gun safe regardless the "marketing hype".
Cash was not in them to be conveniently carried off by a burglar. Cash was hidden. A country home is ripe for break in safe from nosy neighbors so there were ways we employed to make them stay there as long as possible (increased change to be caught/seen) while getting very little.
June 20th, 2013, 08:53 AM #21
I hope they held up better than you expect. I hope you find way more salvageable stuff as well. What a horrible situation to endure!
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Thanks Andy, advise well heeded.
God Speed to ya!
And on a side note... you figure out quick that even with family "anything we can do" is only surface deep sometimes.ASE Master Tech
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June 20th, 2013, 09:31 AM #23
I'm sorry you're already recognizing this Digger. The heart felt hurting from strangers I swear is proving stronger than many family members. It's enough to make you cry every time you encounter them.
It's a unique, outrageously close, club QuickDraw, Tammy and me, and others who've lost their home are in. May no one else join us.
June 20th, 2013, 09:43 AM #24
I tried to use a box wrench that I found at my house... I bent it in half.
June 20th, 2013, 09:47 AM #25
Thanks Quick Draw!
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Our particular spot was incredibly hot. That bastard had our name on it. Came gunning for us in particular and went through a lot of people on its way to me. I'm sure of it!
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Andy, I live in the forest as well, and I'm taking your advice. I'll be filming this evening - right after I vacuum, which is somehow important according to my wife I'll store the DVDs at work and in the safety deposit box.Lunatic #15
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June 20th, 2013, 08:40 PM #35
Sorry for you loss. I had really good luck with my insurance company after the Waldo Canyon Fire. The fire burned on all four sides of the house up to the driveways that surround the house. My house was fortunate enough to make it through, but the 35 acres were toast and we had a lot of smoke smell in the house. Just to give you an example they gave me $750 per tree up to 5% of the policy. Ended up being about $28,000 just for trees. I thought that was more than fair considering I didn't think I would get anything for the trees. I can't imagine having a total loss, but I wish you the best and hope you get through it.Rubicon unlimited, 5"tera lcg pro, 1" body, 37" KM2, Pro Rock 60, winch, sliders, warn bumpers.
June 20th, 2013, 09:24 PM #36
Not to be a jerk, but your neighbor needs to be less of a whiner...
If he didn't work with his insurance company to make sure he was adequately covered, that is his fault. This is not something that should be legislated.
That would be like passing a law saying that it is illegal for the IRS to accept your tax return if you didn't use every single tax break, loophole, and "legal" cheat. Its not on the IRS to make sure you don't pay more taxes than you absolutely have to, its on you.
Its not on the insurance company to make sure you are absolutely covered, that's on you. There are various levels of car insurance available. I pay a small fortune for full coverage on my vehicles. Yes, I could pay less and have less coverage, but then should something go wrong, I am SOL.
Similarly, there are various levels of home owners insurance. Choose what fits you best. I live in a low crime area and I do my best to mitigate potential risks for the house. I also sat down with my insurance agent and went through the stuff I have, and we upped the policies as necessary to cover my stuff. I pay for it, but I know when the time comes, I will have a much smaller battle to fight to get what I am owed.
Insurance companies are in the business of making money. That's what businesses are created to do.
Laws like this would make Home Owners insurance unbelievably expensive. Then your neighbor would be pushing for laws to limit what insurance companies can charge. More laws to cover his lack of personal responsibility.
[Rant off]
My prayers go out for everyone who has lost their homes, and especially for the crews that fight these fires.
June 20th, 2013, 09:40 PM #37
You are on top of your insurance. Good for you. Something tells me you would change your mind if you lost your home.
June 20th, 2013, 11:34 PM #38
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Hey Andy, we are ready if you need help with anything. We have set aside this weekend for you guys (and any other weekend you need us). I still have the plastic tubs we used to put stuff in when I helped my niece sift through her house after the fire. I was amazed at the random things we found after her fire so it is well worth sifting through. Dave said the re-entry stations have kits Home Depot put together so that might be helpful. If nothing else I can fire up the grill and throw some steaks or pork chops on. Whatever you want or need...Life isn't like a box of chocolates, it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.
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Thank you Jodi. I believe we'll be out (Sat or Sun?) to service the truck.
Don't know about sifting yet but do know about the HD and red cross station for some tools and supplies to start something. Will probably get some today when we head out to the home site.
We aren't sure yet how we'll approach the sifting. We will probably ask for very experienced help when going through the house part to try to find Tammy's mothers ring. The garage and shed we'll probably do. Will be extremely slow and tedious as we pull each item meticulously to find evidence of anything that helps us make our list.


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Family Qld Pty Ltd, which runs six venues in Brisbane including The Family nightclub, took the LGC to court to have the ban suspended until the LGC have completed a review of the decision.
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Omega 9 or more commonly known as Oleic acid, is a monosaturated fat; however this type of fatty acid is not considered an essential fatty acid since our body has the natural ability to produce it in very small amounts. Production of Omega 9 fatty acid is done in the presence of other essential fatty acids Omega 3 and Omega 6.
The Omega 9 fatty acid may not be an essential fatty acid but it has been known to lower cholesterol levels and may also be involved in the anti-inflammatory response of the body as well.
There are several foods that have been known to have a high content of Omega 9. Olive oil tops this list along with avocados, almonds, pecans, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts and sesame oil.
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After the essential fatty acids were first discovered in 1923 and were called Vitamin F, further studies revealed that they should be classified as fats rather than vitamins. Although Omega 9 is essential to the body's overall development and involved in the anti inflammatory response, it is still technically not an essential fatty acid.
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The most important source of Omega 9, which is olive oil, has a long and fruitful history. Being a traditional crop from the Mediterranean, it has been used in cooking, soaps, and primarily as fuel for oil lamps. Olive oil is pure fat and was a healthy food source and had no known adverse effects.
Omega 9 had never been heard of in ancient times basically since ancient discoveries were mainly focused on which food was safe and which foods were considered unsafe to eat. Olives and olive oil were considered staples and were therefore widely accepted as food sources. It was also discovered that it was used for religious rituals as well as for medicinal properties.
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The discoveries of foods that are rich in Omega 9 have made consumers all the more aware of what to eat to increase the intake of this fatty acid. Omega 9 is important in lowering blood cholesterol levels that can significantly lower your risk for heart attacks. It is also known to increase the body's anti inflammatory process to help fight off infection and diseases. Some experts also believe that one or two tablespoons of virgin olive oil can provide adults with enough oleic acid to ensure healthy arteries, reduced insulin resistance and may also protect the body from certain types of cancer.
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Omega 9 fatty acids have no reported side effects. Your body can tolerate Omega 9 in large doses and it is also advised that you consume it gradually all throughout the day to reap its advantages. If you are taking anticoagulants and antiplatelet medications, it is a precaution to take Omega 9 fatty acids due to increased risk of bleeding. You should therefore consult your doctor if you would like to try taking in Omega 9 if you are using these medications.
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Denver Police Chief Robert White says he appreciates technological advances but told a City Council committee on Tuesday he won't put police drones into Denver air space any time soon.
"We are not hesitant to be on the forefront of technology; however, as it realates to drones, there are some challenges there," White said. "We are trying to better connect to the community. At this time (use of unmanned aerial vehicles) is controversial. The last thing we need to do is further divide us in the community. … The other thing is constitutionally there are a lot of unanswered questions about how they can be used."
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LAST Monday I drove the Model S, a full-size sedan recently introduced by Tesla, the California electric-car start-up, from Lake Tahoe to Los Angeles. I covered 531 miles and the drive took 11.5 hours, during which the car consumed zero gasoline and produced no tailpipe emissions.
My route, the first a Model S owner might take using Tesla Motors' network of so-called Superchargers, previewed a significant advance in the practicality of battery-electric cars. Tesla's string of strategically placed high-speed chargers made possible something that has not been available to American E.V. drivers: the ability to make a long-distance drive in a single day.
The Supercharger, Tesla's name for a proposed nationwide network of electric-car filling stations, outlines the most tangible blueprint so far of petroleum-free driving in the United States. "The one big holdout with most E.V.'s today is that you can't take a road trip," said J B Straubel, Tesla's chief technical officer. "What happens if I want to go across the country? I can't tell you how many times we get that question."
Tesla's answer is to install powerful charging stations — pumping electricity at 90 kilowatts, adding about 250 miles of range in an hour — at key locations between major cities. There's plenty of range for intracity travel. The goal of the charging network is to enable intercity journeys, eventually on a nationwide basis.
Before the end of October, the company plans to open its first charging locations to customers who have bought the Model S. Owners with the 85-kilowatt-hour battery, which comes equipped to use the Supercharger system (the fast-charge capability is optional on the 60 kilowatt-hour model) will receive free electric fuel for life at the stations.
Mr. Straubel said he saw the high-speed chargers as "the final piece of the whole technology suite" enabling Tesla to "take on an enormous part of the market we couldn't reach before."
My journey began at 6:55 a.m. at Kings Beach, Calif., elevation 6,000 feet, on Lake Tahoe's north shore. The 85-kilowatt-hour battery pack, which has an E.P.A.-rated range of 265 miles, was only three-quarters full when I left, but the Model S had no trouble with the 100 miles, much of it downhill, to the first charger in Folsom, Calif. When I arrived, the battery pack still held 40 percent of its capacity.
At 9:25 a.m. in Folsom I pulled the Model S close to the pedestal that carries the charging cable, which is only four feet long to ensure that it never falls to the ground and gets run over. The Supercharger itself, about the size and shape of a small refrigerator, sits 30 feet away. Plugging in was as easy as charging at home and simpler than using a gas pump.
On the Model S, the fast charger connects to a port hidden behind a door in the driver-side taillight — the same one used for lower-power refueling at home.
Amenities near the Folsom charger, as with other Tesla network locations, were not an obvious match for the automaker's upscale demographic. Tesla identified places close to chain restaurants, restrooms, Wi-Fi and motels.
Twenty-two minutes after plugging in, the charger had restored 100 miles of range in the Model S. It took another 20 minutes to add the next 50 miles because the rate of charging tapers down as the battery fills. Think of it as electrons having more difficulty squeezing into an increasingly crowded space. The smart strategy for fastest charging is to arrive at a destination with a nearly empty battery.
Another five minutes of charging brought the estimated range to 254 miles, enough to make it to the next stop, Coalinga. Tesla engineers advised holding my speed to 70 miles per hour just to make sure. No restrictions were placed on air-conditioner use, though.
The Supercharger is clever in its construction. It starts with the same 10-kilowatt charger that is onboard every Model S. To build the Supercharger, the company strings together 12 of the same units, which were designed from the beginning as building blocks.
"It's good modular engineering," Mr. Straubel said. "We configured all the circuitry, the power and the communications so we can just stack them up."
Each Supercharger can serve two cars, and most locations will have three units. With solar panels planned for many locations, operating costs are expected to remain low, perhaps explaining the free recharges.
My lunch stop at Harris Ranch, a hacienda-like restaurant, added 153 miles of range before my burger even arrived. So I cleared the charging spot for another Model S, a Tesla company vehicle that had joined the trip, and returned to lunch. With way more energy than I would need to reach the next station 115 miles away, I made up time by flying along with Interstate 5's speedy traffic.
At 4:30 p.m., at the Lebec station — the first Tesla station to incorporate solar panels — I was content to add 117 miles of range in 25 minutes.
The final run to Tesla's Southern California design center in Hawthorne was uneventful. I arrived at 6:30 p.m., almost 12 hours after leaving Tahoe. The Supercharger concept worked.
Driving a gas-powered car averaging 60 miles per hour, stopping one hour for lunch and twice for 15-minute rest stops, would have cut my travel time by one hour. In my electric test car, if I had eaten my lunch on the go, the duration would have been much the same.
The transition from a day on the Interstates to an evening in Los Angeles, where a ceremony to introduce the Supercharger concept to a crowd of Tesla fans, was jarring.
After delivering a stilted, ad-libbed speech, Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive, dropped the curtain from a glowing 40-foot object, apparently a charging location roadside sign, but unmistakably phallic in shape. I didn't see anything like it on my trip.
Let's hope that the cheap theatrics will fade, to be replaced by a more realistic image: thousands of E.V. owners on electric road trips, eating at highway fast-food restaurants and experiencing the open road like other Americans.


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Chai, W.L. and Brook, I.M. and Emanuelsson, L. and Palmquist, A. and Van Noort , R. and Moharamzadeh , K. (2012) Ultrastructural analysis of implant-soft tissue interface on a three dimensional tissue-engineered oral mucosal model. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 100A (2). pp. 269-277. ISSN 1549-3296
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A three dimensional tissue-engineered human oral mucosal model (3D OMM) used in the investigation of implantsoft tissue interface was recently reported. The aim of this study was to examine the ultrastructural features of soft tissue attachment to various titanium (Ti) implant surfaces based on the 3D OMM. Two techniques, that is, focus ion beam (FIB) and electropolishing techniques were used to prepare specimens for transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis of the interface. The 3D OM consisting of both epithelial and connective tissue layers was constructed by co-culturing human oral keratinocytes and fibroblasts onto an acellular dermis scaffold. Four types of Ti surface topographies were tested: polished, machined (turned), sandblasted, and TiUnite. The specimens were then processed for TEM examination using FIB (Ti remained) and electropolishing (Ti removed) techniques. The FIB sections showed some artifact and lack of details of ultrastructural features. In contrast, the ultrathin sections prepared from the electropolishing technique showed a residual Ti oxide layer, which preserved the details for intact ultrastructural interface analysis. There was evidence of hemidesmosome-like structures at the interface on the four types of Ti surfaces, which suggests that the tissue-engineered oral mucosa formed epithelial attachments on the Ti surfaces.
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Shlissel (Key) Challah: The Loaf of Idolatry?
The Origins of the Non-Jewish Custom Of "Shlissel Challah" (Key Bread) "The Loaf of Idolatry?"
You can read it all here, or see the following key point from the research paper:
- Every year Jewish women, young and old, partake in the Ashkenazi1 custom to place a key (such as a door key to a home), inside the dough of a loaf of bread that they bake.2 This custom is known as shlissel challah—shlissel from the German language shlüssel (key) and challah or hallah from the Hebrew for bread.
- The baking of a key inside a bread is a non-Jewish custom which has its foundation in Christian, and possibly even earlier, pagan culture. At least one old Irish source tells how at times when a town was under attack, the men said, ―let our women-folk be instructed in the art of baking cakes containing keys.
- Keys were traditionally manufactured in the form of a cross, the traditional symbol of Christianity, a physical item all Christian commoners would posses in their home. On Easter, the Christian holiday which celebrates the idea of Jesus "rising" from the dead, they would bake the symbol of Jesus—the key shaped like a cross—into or onto a rising loaf.
- The modern Jewish custom of baking the symbolic shlissel challah, annually takes place on the shabbat immediately following the holiday of Pessah, when tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of religiously observant Jewish women11 practice this observance.
- In Christianity, baked goods associated with keys are commonly called "Easter breads," and in Europe they are also known as ‗Paschals,'13 as the holiday of Easter in the East is known as "Pascha" or "Pascua." This is most likely the reason Christians often call Easter breads baked with keys Paschals.
- While the custom is said to be mentioned in the writings of Avraham Yehoshua Heshel (the ―Apter Rav‖ 1748-1825) and in the Ta'amei ha-Minhagim (1891), there is no one clear source for shlissel challah. And while people will say there is a passuq attributed to it, there is not. And, even if there were, a passuq that can be linked to the practice is not the same as a source. Micha Berger, founder of the AishDas Society, [orthodox] calls this type of logic "reverse engineering," it's like drawing a circle around an arrow in a tree, and subsequently declaring the arrow is a bullseye. The idea of baking shlissel challah is not from the Torah; it's not in the Tannaitic, Amoraitic, Savoraitic, Gaonic or Rishonic literature.
- Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim19 of Mesora.Org [orthodox] teaches that:
The Torah teaches that Hashem punishes the wicked, and rewards the righteous. It does not say that challah baking or any other activity will help address our needs…When the matriarchs were barren, they did not resort to segulas, but introspected and prayed…Nothing in Torah supports this concept of segula; Torah sources reject the idea of a segula…baking challas with brachos cannot help…segulas are useless, and violate the Torah prohibition of Nichush [good luck charms]. It does not matter if the charm is a rabbit's foot, a horseshoe, a challah, key or a red bendel. The practice assumes that forces exist, which do not, and it is idolatrous.
- On the far end of the scale, it can be said that shlissel challah observance is a nothing less than "the way of the Amorites." It is precisely this type of behavior and observance which Jews are supposed to separate themselves from, so it doesn't go on to influence our thoughts and deeds. Am Yisrael was not created to lose itself in such folklore, and Judaism without disciplined study is nothing but folklore. Judaism allows and encourages the use of our minds. It's never too late to realign our path with Torah sources, not blind faith practices which are trendy, in, or cool.
- Educated Jews should help to promote Torah sources to our friends and neighbors, not false practices which are of non-Jewish origin and have nothing to do with Judaism.
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We all know that minhag yisrael torah. A minhag that our great sages have done has a reason and is holy. Can you really think that the holy Rabbanim and Rebbes with ruach hakodesh would have made such a mistake?
- 3:52 PM, December 21, 2011
- ProfK said...
Article is wrong in stating that this is an "Askenazi minhag." To be accurate, it is a minhag held by some ashkenazim. Neither my mom nor my dad's family up and down the family tree have this minhag and neither do the families of my in laws. I first heard of this minhag when I moved to NY, where some people I know observe it and some do not. I'm thinking it would depend on where your family originally came from.
- 6:35 PM, December 21, 2011
Just wondering if "Nothing in Torah supports this concept of segula; Torah sources reject the idea of a segula"
What are the "semanim" on Rosh Hashana? Do they not kind of fit into the "segula" category ? I may be really ignorant and off base but just wondering if/how they are different?
- 8:11 PM, December 21, 2011
Lea - we say "May it be God's will that ____" when eating the simanim, because it depends on God's will, not on what we eat.
- 9:56 PM, December 21, 2011
- Gee a Moron said...
Jameel -
Why the timing of presenting this article at Chanukah time rather than right after Pesach? Are sufganiyot a segula (for anything other than obesity)?
- 8:44 AM, December 22, 2011
"What are the "semanim" on Rosh Hashana? Do they not kind of fit into the "segula" category ? I may be really ignorant and off base but just wondering if/how they are different?"
Three difference between a semanim and a segula.
1. Semanim are a pun. The pun is a hint. Segulas are not puns, but are believed to be a cause/effect relationship.
2. Semanim are just a reason to say a bracha, the bracha being the key point. Segulas do not lead to anything other than other segulas.
3. Semanim can be done with replacements, because they are meaningless, and only the bracha is important. Segulot are a type of witchcraft.
- 1:52 PM, December 22, 2011
There is always those who will be Chassidim and Misnagdim. I'm waiting for the post about how dressing in black and white was taken from the Catholic priests.
I'm not discounting this story, but would like to get more current and varied rabbinical sources, including mekubalim. Can anyone send a shut to Rav Shmuel Eliyahu? His father was much against anything to do with crosses and avodah zarah and perhaps we could get his take on this.
- 6:27 PM, December 22, 2011
Thank you for all the answers to my question regarding the segula vs semanim. They were all very helpful and appreciated:)
- 2:49 PM, December 23, 2011
- Esser Agaroth said...
Although I am no fan of nonsense, and particularly Ashkenazi nonsense, I must say that the story I was always told was quite anti-Christian:
Erev Pesah, Christians planted evidence in the cellar of a Jewish community facility for making matzah. There were to come and prove that Christian blood was used in the matzah.
The key to the cellar kept falling off of its hook. Finally, someone opened the cellar, and foudn the evidence. They were able to clear out the "blood" from the cellar.
The Shabbath after Pesah, it became a tradition to bake a key in the challah, or the challah in the shape of a key to commemorate the miracle.
- 9:51 PM, December 25, 2011
- Shira Salamone said...
Josh said, "I'm waiting for the post about how dressing in black and white was taken from the Catholic priests."
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised. It goes along with the "Burka Ladies" borrowing their garb from Muslim women. In my opinion, the clothing we wear has always been influenced by the people among whom we live--for better and for worse.
- 5:35 PM, December 27, 2011
- matto said...
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Monitoring of minimal residual disease (MRD) or chimerism may help guide pre-emptive immunotherapy (IT) with a view to preventing relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) after transplantation. Patients with ALL who consecutively underwent transplantation in Frankfurt/Main, Germany between January 1, 2005 and July 1, 2014 were included in this retrospective study. This analysis was published in the Journal of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (J of Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 23 (2017) S. 87-95).
Chimerism monitoring was performed in all, and MRD assessment was performed in 58 of 89 patients. IT was guided in 19 of 24 patients with mixed chimerism (MC) and MRD and by MRD only in another 4 patients with complete chimerism (CC).
The 3-year probabilities of event-free survival (EFS) were 0.69 ± 0.06 for the cohort without IT and 0.69 ± 0.10 for IT patients. Incidences of relapse (CIR) and treatment-related mortality (CITRM) were equally distributed between both cohorts (without IT: 3-year CIR, 0.21 ± 0.05, 3-year CITRM, 0.10 ± 0.04; IT patients: 3-year CIR, 0.18 ± 0.09, 3-year CITRM 0.13 ± 0.07). Accordingly, 3-year EFS and 3-year CIR were similar in CC and MC patients with IT, whereas MC patients without IT experienced relapse. IT was neither associated with an enhanced immune recovery nor an increased risk for acute graft-versus-host disease.
Relapse prevention by IT in patients at risk may lead to the same favorable outcome as found in CC and MRD-negative-patients. This underlines the importance of excellent MRD and chimerism monitoring after transplantation as the basis for IT to improve survival in childhood ALL.


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- BinarySwitch Eclipse 2.0 will be available for download sometime in the coming weeks. This version has been completely redesigned from the ground up to be faster, smarter, and more stable than past versions. Along with the new architecture comes a new user interface, improved blacklist protection, improved parental controls, and new features like scheduling and SmartFilters. More information on these changes will be coming soon.
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