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Back in the day, farmers filled a sprayer with 200 gallons of spray mix, used a simple chart that told them what speed to drive and what spray pressure to maintain when using a specific spray nozzle, and they sprayed their crops. For all the computerized complexity of modern self-propelled or pull-type sprayers, that's the same principle used today. Diagnosing problems with sprayers is theoretically simple even though modern sprayers can be mechanically complex.
Everything is related to how fast the sprayer is going, pressure or flow rate through the pump and nozzles, and the width of the spray boom. Any time something malfunctions, think of those three basic inputs and back-track the symptoms to diagnose the guilty component.
-If gallons per acre (rate) are inaccurate: what could be impeding or reducing flow? Low rate could be due to plugged strainers or filters restricting flow to the pump, or flow between the pump and nozzles. High flow rate hints of worn spray tips or inaccurate inputs from the pressure sensor or flowmeter. If you can switch the system from automatic rate control to manual rate control (where you designate a specific pressure or rate) and the rate is steady and accurate on manual control, that implies the pump, strainers, filters, etc. are okay, and that the problem is in a component in the automatic rate control system. That means either the ground speed sensor, the pressure/flowmeter sensor, or the actual computerized controller is the source of the problem.
-If spray pressure or spray rate fluctuates erratically: first step--switch the system to "manual" control and see if the problem goes away. If the sprayer operates correctly in "manual", the pump and basic system is okay. Look for problems in the flowmeter or pressure sensor or speed sensor to see if they are sending inaccurate signals that's causing the automated control system to perform erratically. Make sure you're showing ground speed--erratic ground speed, or no ground speed, indicates problems with the radar or GPS or mechanical wheel speed sensor or those sensor's wiring harnesses. Intermittent signals from flow meters or pressure sensors hint of problems with those components.
-If problems persist when the system is switched to "manual": keep diagnostics simple and easy at first. Check for closed or partially closed valves, from the main valve at the tank all the way to the last control valve on the boom. Check and clean ALL strainers and filters. If your owner's manual explains how to do a "deadhead" test of the spray pump, perform that check to see if the pump is up to specs. Spray pumps leaking water from any part of their housing hints it's time to rebuild or replace the pump.
-If boom sections refuse to turn "on" or "off", be suspicious of control valves. The old push-pull plunger control valves are notorious for sticking after exposure to chemicals. Newer "ball" valves rarely stick, but are mechanical and therefore not immune to damage from time, caustic chemicals and other villains. Use a small screwdriver or feeler guage to see if the valve's electric magnet is magnetized when its switch is activated in the cab. If magnetism is absent, be suspicious of problems with the wiring harness between the valve and the cab. If the valve's solenoid magnetizes when the switch in the cab is activated, then disassemble the valve and see if there's an internal mechanical problem.
Modern sprayers have fancy stuff like hydraulic proportional valves, compensators, swath control, automatic boom shutoffs, GPS mapping and dozens of other complicated systems that all play off each other. There are times when diagnosing problems with modern sprayers is a mechanic's nightmare.
But...85 percent of the time problems with sprayers are related to the basic concepts and components that Grandpa used on his sprayer. Don't let all the fancy bells and whistles mislead you when diagnosing sprayer problems. Keep it simple, think things through logically, and most of the time the problem is simpler than it first appears.
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IYA2009 News Round-Up, 13 February 2009
13 February 2009
It's news round-up time! Brought to you today from an internet cafe, as I was made promises about internet instillation times that were not kept. But fear not, there's no stopping the IYA2009 updates!
It's always good to see local stories about IYA2009 events get some coverage in the media, so let's show our appreciation by hyperlinking to Chronicle-Tribune which is advertising a free show at the Marion Public Library, Grant County, Indiana. The programme in question is entitled "Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery", and we are informed that it was created in honour of IYA2009. So it definitely deserves a mention here. The Mail Tribune has also been highlighting IYA2009 activities in the Southern Oregon area.
The Hindu reports that The State unit of Jana Vignana Vedika and Birla Science Centre is gearing up for two-day long activities to mark the quarter-centenary celebrations of invention of telescope by Galileo Galilei. The actual article is very short, and most of it has just been reproduced here.
Astronomy.com has posted a brief article about NASA releasing images from its great observatories (Hubble, Spitzer, Chandra) to more than 100 planetariums, museums, nature centres and schools. The photos will be out of this world, ahaha.
2009 is an excellent time for amateur astronomers, as Mark Thompson would agree. His hobby has been under the spotlight in a feature for Norwich Evening News. Apparently, the home of Alan Partridge is also a centre for astronomy enthusiasts, as evidenced by the great number of activities planned in the area for IYA2009. Seeing conditions must be pretty good, if Mark's photos are anything to go by.
And finally, WRS Radio have kindly uploaded an audio file about astronomy in Switzerland, which is deserving of your attention if you are a) Swiss and b) fed up of reading words.
That's all there's time for this week. Quite literally, I'm about to be kicked out of the internet cafe for making my single drink last over two hours.
Lee Pullen
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a group of progressive lung diseases. The most common are emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Many people with COPD have both of these conditions.
Emphysema slowly destroys air sacs in your lungs, which interferes with outward air flow. Bronchitis causes inflammation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes, which allows mucus to build up.
COPD makes it harder to breathe. Symptoms may be mild at first, beginning with coughing and shortness of breath. As it progresses, it can become increasingly difficult to breathe.
You may experience wheezing and tightness in the chest. Some people with COPD have exacerbations, or flare-ups of severe symptoms.
The top cause of COPD is smoking. Long-term exposure to chemical irritants can also lead to COPD. It"s a disease that takes a long time to develop.
Diagnosis usually involves imaging tests, blood tests, and lung function tests.
There"s no cure for COPD, but treatment can help ease symptoms, lower the chance of complications, and generally improve quality of life. Medications, oxygen therapy, and surgery are some forms of treatment.
Untreated, COPD can lead to heart problems and worsening respiratory infections.
At first, symptoms of COPD can be quite mild. You might be inclined to dismiss them as a cold.
Early symptoms include:
You might start making subtle changes, such as avoiding stairs and skipping physical activities.
Symptoms can get progressively worse and harder to ignore. As the lungs become more damaged, you may experience:
In later stages of COPD, symptoms may also include:
Immediate medical care is needed if:
Symptoms are likely to be much worse if you currently smoke or are regularly exposed to smoke.
In developed countries like the United States, the single biggest cause of COPD is cigarette smoking. About 90 percent of people who have COPD are smokers or former smokers. Among smokers, 20 to 30 percent develop COPD. Many others develop lung conditions or have reduced lung function.
Most people with COPD are over 40 years old and have at least some history of smoking. The longer you smoke, the greater your risk of COPD is. In addition to cigarette smoke, cigar smoke, pipe smoke, and secondhand smoke can cause COPD.
Your risk of COPD is even greater if you have asthma and smoke.
You can also develop COPD if you"re exposed to chemicals and fumes in the workplace. Long-term exposure to air pollution and inhaling dust can also cause COPD.
In developing countries, along with tobacco smoke, homes are often poorly ventilated, forcing families to breathe fumes from cooking and heating fuel.
There may be a genetic predisposition to developing COPD. Up to 5 percent of people with COPD have a deficiency in a protein called alpha-1-antitrypsin. This deficiency causes the lungs to deteriorate and also can affect the liver. There may be other genetic factors at play as well.
COPD isn"t contagious.
There"s no single test for COPD. Diagnosis is based on symptoms, a physical exam, and test results.
When you visit the doctor, be sure to mention all of your symptoms. Tell your doctor if:
During the physical exam, your doctor will use a stethoscope to listen to your lungs as you breathe. Based on all this information, your doctor may order some of these tests to get a more complete picture:
These tests can determine if you have COPD, or perhaps some other condition, such as asthma or heart failure.
Treatment can ease symptoms, prevent complications, and generally slow disease progression. Your healthcare team may include a lung specialist (pulmonologist) and physical and respiratory therapists.
Bronchodilators are medications that help relax the muscles of the airways so you can breathe easier. They"re usually taken through an inhaler. Glucocorticosteroids can be added to reduce inflammation in the airways.
To lower risk of other respiratory infections, ask your doctor if you should get a yearly flu shot, pneumococcal vaccine, and a tetanus booster that includes protection from pertussis or whooping cough.
If your blood oxygen levels are low, you can receive oxygen through a mask or nasal prongs to help you breathe better. A portable unit can make it easier to get around.
Surgery is reserved for severe COPD or when other treatments have failed, which is more likely when you have emphysema. One type of surgery is called bullectomy. That"s when surgeons remove large air sacs (bullae) from the lungs. Another is lung volume reduction surgery, which removes damaged lung tissue.
Lung transplant is an option in some cases.
Certain lifestyle changes may also help alleviate your symptoms or provide relief.
These include:
Medications can reduce symptoms and cut down on flare-ups. It may take a bit of trial and error to find the medication and dosage that works best for you. These are some of your options:
Medicines called bronchodilators help loosen tight muscles around your airways. They are typically taken through an inhaler or nebulizer.
Short-acting bronchodilators last from four to six hours. You only use them when you need them. For ongoing symptoms, there are long-acting versions you can use every day. They last about 12 hours.
Some bronchodilators are beta-agonists. They work by relaxing tightened muscles around the airways. Some are anticholinergics. They prevent muscle tightening and clear mucus from the lungs. Anticholinergics can also be taken with a nebulizer.
Sometimes bronchodilators are combined with inhaled glucocorticosteroids. Using the two together can reduce inflammation in the airways and lower mucus production. Corticosteroids are also available in pill form.
This newer medication in pill form reduces inflammation and changes mucus production. It"s generally prescribed for severe COPD.
This medicine eases chest tightness and shortness of breath. It may help prevent flare-ups. It"s available in pill form.
Antibiotics or antivirals may be prescribed when you develop respiratory infections.
COPD increases your risk of other respiratory problems. For that reason, your doctor might recommend that you get a yearly flu shot, the pneumococcal vaccine, or the whooping cough vaccine.
There"s no specific diet for COPD, but a healthy diet is important for maintaining overall health. The stronger you are, the more able you"ll be to prevent complications and other health problems.
Choose a variety of nutritious foods from these groups:
Drink plenty of fluids. Drinking six to eight 8-ounce glasses of noncaffeinated liquids a day can help keep mucus on the thin side. This may make the mucus easier to clear out. Limit caffeinated beverages because they can interfere with medications and increase water loss. If you have heart problems, you may need to drink less, so talk to your doctor.
Go easy on the salt. It retains water, which can strain breathing.
Weight matters. It takes more energy to breathe when you have COPD, so you might need to take in more calories. If you"re overweight, your lungs and heart may have to work harder. If you"re underweight or frail, even basic body maintenance can become difficult. Overall, having COPD weakens your immune system and decreases your ability to fight off infection.
A full stomach makes it harder for your lungs to expand, leaving you short of breath. If that happens, try these remedies:
COPD requires lifelong disease management. That means following the advice of your healthcare team. There"s a lot you can do on your own, too.
Remember, your lungs are weakened. You"ll want to avoid anything that might overtax them or cause a flare-up.
Number one on the list of things to avoid is smoking. If you"re having trouble quitting, talk to your doctor about smoking cessation programs. Try not to be around secondhand smoke, chemical fumes, air pollution, and dust.
A little exercise each day can help you stay strong. Talk to your doctor about how much exercise is good for you.
Maintain a diet of nutritious foods. Avoid highly processed foods that are loaded with calories and salt but lack nutrients.
If you have other chronic diseases along with COPD, it is important to manage those as well, particularly diabetes and heart disease.
Clear the clutter and streamline your home so that it takes less energy to clean and do other household tasks. If you have advanced COPD, get help with daily chores.
Be prepared. Carry your emergency contact information with you and post it on your refrigerator. Include information about what medications you take, as well as the doses. Program emergency numbers into your phone.
It can be a relief to talk to others who understand. Consider joining a support group. The COPD Foundation provides a comprehensive list of organizations and resources for people living with COPD.
One measure of COPD disease is by stage. The stages are:
Stage 0 – At risk: Symptoms include coughing and noticeable mucus. You don"t actually have COPD, so treatment isn"t necessarily needed. But do heed the warning. If you smoke, stop now. It would be wise to reassess your diet and exercise routines to improve overall health. Once you have COPD, it"s not reversible or curable.
Stage 1 – Mild: At this stage, some people still don"t notice symptoms, which may include chronic cough and increased mucus production. If you visit a doctor at this point, chances are you"ll start using a bronchodilator as needed.
Stage 2 – Moderate: Symptoms are becoming more noticeable. In addition to the cough and mucus, you may start to experience shortness of breath. You may need a long-acting bronchodilator.
Stage 3 – Severe: Symptoms become more frequent and you may have occasional flare-ups of severe symptoms. You might find that it"s difficult to function normally. Your doctor may recommend corticosteroids, other medications, or oxygen therapy.
Stage 4 – Very severe: Symptoms are progressing and it"s harder to complete everyday tasks. Flare-ups can be life-threatening. You may be a candidate for surgical treatment.
As the disease progresses, you"re more susceptible to complications, such as:
All around the world, COPD and lung cancer are major health problems. These two diseases are linked in a number of ways.
COPD and lung cancer have several common risk factors. Smoking is the number one risk factor for both diseases. Both are more likely if you breathe secondhand smoke, or are exposed to chemicals or other fumes in the workplace.
There may be a genetic predisposition to developing both diseases. Also, the risk of developing either COPD or lung cancer increase with age.
Between 40 and 70 percent of people with lung cancer also have COPD. A 2009 study concluded that COPD is, indeed, a risk factor for lung cancer.
A 2015 study suggests they may actually be different aspects of the same disease, and that COPD could be a driving factor in lung cancer.
In some cases, people don"t learn they have COPD until they"re diagnosed with lung cancer.
Of course, having COPD doesn"t necessarily mean you"ll get lung cancer. You do have a higher risk though. That"s another reason why, if you smoke, quitting is a good idea.
Worldwide, about 65 million people have moderate to severe COPD. About 12 million adults in the United States have a diagnosis of COPD. It"s estimated that 12 million more have the disease, but don"t know it yet.
Most people with COPD are 40 years of age or older.
The majority of people with COPD are smokers or former smokers. Smoking is the most important risk factor that can be changed. Between 20 and 30 percent of chronic smokers develop COPD.
Between 10 and 20 percent of people with COPD have never smoked. In up to 5 percent of people with COPD, the cause is a genetic disorder involving low levels of a protein called alpha-1-antitrypsin.
COPD is a leading cause of hospitalizations in industrialized countries. In the United States, COPD is responsible for over 700,00 hospital admissions per year and over 1.5 million emergency department visits. Among people with lung cancer, between 40 and 70 percent also have COPD.
About 120,000 people die from COPD each year in the United States. It"s the third leading cause of death in the United States. More women than men die from COPD each year.
It is projected that the number of COPD cases will increase by more than 150 percent from 2010 to 2030. Much of that can be attributed to an aging population.
COPD tends to progress slowly. You may not even know you have it during the early stages.
Once you have a diagnosis, you"ll need to start seeing your doctor on a regular basis. You"ll also have to take steps to manage your condition and make the appropriate changes to your daily life.
Early symptoms can be managed, and certain lifestyle choices can help you maintain a good quality of life for some time.
As the disease progresses, symptoms can become increasingly limiting.
In severe stages of COPD, you may not be able to care for yourself without assistance. You"re at increased risk of developing other respiratory infections, heart problems, and lung cancer. You may also be at risk of depression.
COPD generally reduces life expectancy, though the outlook varies considerably from person to person. People with COPD who never smoked may have a modest reduction in life expectancy, while former and current smokers are likely to have a larger reduction.
Besides smoking, your outlook depends on how well you respond to treatment and whether you can avoid serious complications. Your doctor is in the best position to evaluate your overall health and give you an idea about what to expect.


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Life & Style magazine said Justin Bieber had a fling with Rihanna.
Right ... that Justin Bieber. Yeah, the one who looks like he's 11.
The Huffington Post reported the magazine said Selena Gomez called off her two-year relationship with Bieber after discovering Bieber cheated on her with Rihanna during the early stages of their relationship.
Maybe Rihanna was drinking or something and mistook him for an adult.
'It really cut like a knife because it happened in February of 2011, when Selena and Justin had been dating for months and were falling in love. It's caused Selena to question their entire relationship,' a source told Life & Style.
The friend supposedly said Bieber and Rihanna hooked up after an evening of flirting at the NBA All-Star game in February 2011. It's true Bieber and Rihanna were spotted sitting next to each other. Bieber would have been a week shy of his 17th birthday, while Rihanna would have been 22.
And because Bieber is so gangster, er, gangsta, he happens to be friends with Chris Brown, Rihanna's ex and current boyfriend who sometimes punches people. So either it didn't happen, Brown didn't know about it, or he punched Bieber and they moved on.
A rep for Bieber denied Bieber's relationship with Rihanna has ever been anything more than friendly, but the magazine's source claimed 'Justin would never admit to it; he would never tell anyone he messed around with Rihanna.'
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Chicken Chow Mein
Makes: 2 servings
5 Core Ingredients
- 6 ounces skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into strips
- 5 cups thinly sliced carrots
- 3 cups snow peas, stems removed
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- Cooking oil spray
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- Coat a wok with cooking spray and place over heat. Once the pan is hot, add the chicken strips and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the carrots, snow peas, bean sprouts, sesame seeds, and garlic powder. Stir-fry for 1 minute.
- Add the soy sauce and cook for 1 minute. Ladle into shallow bowls and garnish with a few additional sesame seeds.
Nutrition facts per serving: 375 calories, 34g protein, 54g carbohydrate, 5g fat (1g saturated), 15g fiber.
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5-Factor Lasagna
Makes: 2 servings
5 Core Ingredients
- 2 small eggplants, thinly sliced lengthwise
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 pound tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 1 cup nonfat ricotta cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup shredded nonfat mozzarella cheese
- Salt and cracked black pepper
- Cooking oil spray
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Season the eggplant slices with salt and pepper. Place them in a nonstick baking pan and roast for 15 minutes.
- Coat a glass baking dish with cooking spray and cover the bottom with eggplant slices. Ladle some of the tomato sauce over the eggplant and top with some of the tomato slices. Sprinkle the tomato with basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Spread ricotta over the tomatoes. Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella. Repeat the layers, ending with mozzarella.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Then place under the broiler until the cheese turns golden.
- To serve, cut the lasagna into slices and garnish with additional Italian seasoning.
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5 Core Ingredients
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- 1 cup rolled oats
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- 1 cup blueberries
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- Butter-flavor cooking oil spray
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- Turn the pancake over. Cook for 1 minute. Repeat with remaining batter.
- To serve, top pancakes with sour cream and blueberries.
Nutrition facts per serving: 506 calories, 35g protein, 79g carbohydrate, 5g fat (1g saturated), 9g fiber.
Espresso Panna Cotta
Makes: 2 servings
5 Core Ingredients
- 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
- 1 cup nonfat sour cream or quark
- 1 shot espresso coffee, chilled (To avoid caffeine, use decaf espresso.)
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped bittersweet chocolate
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons sugar or Splenda
- Whisk together the yogurt, sour cream, coffee, chopped chocolate, vanilla extract, and sugar until smooth.
- Pour into two small containers and chill until ready to serve.
Nutrition facts per serving: 268 calories, 15g protein, 41g carbohydrate, 2g fat (1g saturated), 0.4g fiber.
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5 Core Ingredients
- 3/4 cup nonfat ricotta cheese
- 6 Bran-a-crisp crackers
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
- 2 tablespoons basil leaves
- Salt and cracked black pepper to taste
- Spread a generous amount of ricotta on each cracker. Season tomatoes with salt and arrange them on crackers. Sprinkle with cracked black pepper; garnish with basil.
Nutrition facts per serving: 145 calories, 16g protein, 25g carbohydrate, 1g fat (0.4g saturated), 7g fiber.
Shopping List
From the produce section
- Tomatoes
- Basil
- 2 small eggplants
- Carrots
- Snow peas
- Bean sprouts
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
From the dairy case
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- Nonfat yogurt
- Nonfat ricotta cheese
- Nonfat mozzarella cheese
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- Bittersweet chocolate
- Rolled oats
- Bran-a-crisp crackers
- Tomato sauce
- Low-sodium soy sauce
- Vanilla extract
- Sugar or Splenda
- Cooking oil spray
- Dried basil
- Italian seasoning
- Garlic powder
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Walking Dead: It's not about the zombies anymore
The Walking Dead season three finale may have lacked a proper gunfight at the undead corral, but this season has thrived on its change from the horror genre to western.
On Tuesday night FX broadcast the final episode in the third season of The Walking Dead, a show that has set ratings records this season in the US and whose third season has delivered an extraordinary audience uptake.
This episode marked the last from show-runner Glen Mazzara, who has piloted the series to these glorious heights. How would he leave the show and who would leave with him?
So what happened?
A season that started with a silent sequence begins its final episode with the camera slowly pulling out from an extreme close-up of the eye, nay pupil, of the Governor. It's all in the eye this season it seems.
We get out of the Governor's head just in time, as it's crazy town in there and he's in a rage. Specifically, he is beating six different shades of scientist out of Milton. This is for torching the walkers he had intended to let loose on Rick and his team at the second phase of the peace summit. You know the one where he was going to set walkers loose, then shoot everybody before taking Michonne back to his place for a game of hide the surgical instrument.
In the Governor's mind - did I mention I'm glad we're not in there anymore? - Milton is responsible for the loss of the eight gun-toting mouth-breathers who died when Merle sprung his ambush with the first instalment of the annual walker parade. Clearly. So he's teaching Milton a lesson, Guantanamo-style.
Having recently discovered his spine, Milton isn't giving it up easily, but the Governor has the pure, single-minded logic of the asylum dweller / career politician. So when Milton asks if the Governor has killed Andrea, he drags him into the room where she is bound to a chair, ready for torture, in order to demonstrate that he really isn't a monster.
In a sad side note, Andrea's torture is cancelled today kids, as the Governor's To Do list has gotten so long he has to skip straight on to unprovoked genocide. So he tells Milton to pick up his tools of torture, located conveniently just out of reach behind Andrea. A spilled tray of plot-devices later, during which Milton conveniently leaves one on the floor, Milton is handed a knife and told to do away with Andrea before he can rejoin team Gubenator.
"You kill or you die," he explains to Milton. Ok, so he's a monster, but at least he's got a nifty catch phrase.
Milton takes a swipe at the Governor instead, but the eye patch wearing megalomaniac has the lightening reflexes of a villain that no self-respecting writer is giving up, so he dodges, ducks and digs the blade into Milton's abdomen.
"That's life now. You kill or you die - or you die and you kill." So whispers the Governor before locking Andrea and the slowly dying Milton in the room, in order for the latter to get his shuffle on and take care of the former.
Seriously, that's a good catch phrase.
Over at the prison Carl is angry. It isn't clear if this is because Rick almost betrayed Michonne, if it is the first signs of post-apocalyptic puberty, or if it is because Rick called Shotgun on the road trip they are packing the cars for.
Lori, the ghost of actors past, is back walking the ramparts like a good gothic trope. Beneath her, the survivors react to Merle's recent much-more-permanent exit from the series. "He gave us a chance" Rick tells Daryl. "I'm ok because you didn't ACTUALLY hand me over, you just thought about it and grabbed a computer cable to tie me with" says Michonne who used to be much better at holding a grudge.
In Woodbury the raiding party intent on reaping revenge upon the prison for the Governor's version of what Merle did, is saddling up. Tyreese opts out, as he's just realised that he and Sasha forgot to buy tickets for the crazy train. He offers to protect the children and elderly being left behind instead, which isn't much of a task as the biggest threat to them will leave when The Governor does. The Governor approves much to the surprise of everyone. Suddenly the raiding party is made up entirely of cast members who, if this was Star Trek, would be ensigns in red shirts. It doesn't bode well for them at all.
Moments later the convoy arrives at the prison and unleashes an impressive arsenal of things that go bang on a number of inanimate, vacant prison buildings as well as a number of slightly-animate vacant-eyed zombies.
Having announced their arrival in such subtle fashion, the Woodburyites then sneak into the main building. Perhaps no one knows they are there?
Just in case you hadn't noticed things getting biblical round these parts, The Governor discovers a Bible left pointedly open to a happy, end of days prophecy, specifically John 5.29 which has been highlighted:
"and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
Which at the very least gives those heading to Sunday School this week a new case study to discuss and should heat the internet to a simmer for a few weeks.
"Let's split up!" suggests the Governor, because some strategies improve with age, so the raiding party head into the bowels of the zombie-filled prison confused, shambolic and entirely unrecognisable from the gun-wielding lunatics who so recently crashed this party.
Back in the Woodbury torture chamber that is apparently impossible to stumble across but really easy to find if you just look for it, Andrea and Milton are exchanging the final words of the trapped and transforming while Andrea desperately fails to get on with freeing herself. Andrea is even trying to talk her way out of this situation. Given Milton has only given her a pair of pliers, she better get on with MacGyvering her way out of her handcuffs if she doesn't want a visit from the undead dentist.
Milton notices the same thing that I'm yelling at the television, and suggests to Andrea that "you need to hurry" before passing out one last time. Not the greatest last words ever uttered, but at least they're selfless and dramatic.
More famous phrases include "It's a trap!" and that is what is yelled by the Woodburyites as smoke grenades and klaxons rain down on them in the prison innards. So they run. And get shot ... near ... by Glenn and Maggie in Riot Police uniforms. Told to run, they run. Told to leave, they leave. In entirely inglorious and nigh-on implausible fear they run from the building, onto their trucks and drive away.
The Governor gathers his lieutenants and chases after them.
In the woods surrounding the prison, Carl wants in on the fight, but Hershel counsels patience. So THAT's what Carl was angry about. That's ok, here comes a teenage Woodburyite with a rifle. Carl points his gun at him (as does everyone else). The teenager gives up but doesn't drop his gun. Carl tells him to drop it. He says ok, but doesn't actually drop it. He moves towards Carl but looks very scared and is probably trying to hand him his gun. Just as I'm thinking this could get messy ... Carl gets a kill.
Hey Rick, good news, your son's a killer!
I mean, that was cold. He just shoots him point-blank as he's trying to surrender. That's the sort of shooting that script writers give nazis to carry out in World War II films to show that they're bad guys.
The Governor meanwhile is driving like a lunatic, he's blocking the road ahead of his rapidly retreating convoy and going all Carl on their arse. Demanding they go back then responding to their concerns by strafing them with automatic gunfire. The Governor seems to have confused rallying his troops with ruthlessly massacring his townsfolk. How awkward.
By the time he's done, only his two lieutenants remain. Oddly unwilling to kill the psychopath as they know he's contractually bullet proof, they shrug and get on board as he drives off into the uncharted world of season four nemesis.
They have unwittingly left one survivor. She's playing possum, lying under one of her recent colleagues who will soon be an inductee into team zombie.
Back in the Woodbury house of horrors, Milton's gone all cold and clammy and there is just fantastic tension over how long it will take for his corpse to reanimate. This beautifully mirrors Andrea and Milton's watch over the dying old man earlier in the season and its amazing just how much more tension there is in the nothing that is happening here than there was in the bumbling action of the prison mere moments ago.
Speaking of the prison, it's time for that father-son talk every dad tries to delay. You know the one, The Birds and The Reasons Not To Shoot People Who Are Trying To Surrender.
Carl, who is the subject of a number of online petitions that want him killed off, suddenly turns into the surprising voice of the audience. "I did what I had to do" he explains to Rick, dropping some home truths on his father's plate about all the people who have died because Rick didn't pull the trigger when he had to, before also dropping Rick's badge in a none-too-subtle act of rejection.
Geeze, I don't know, teens these days and their crazy ideas.
Team Prison are planning a counter-raid on Woodbury, but between the old, the young and the Glenn and Maggie who are staying to defend the fort, only three set out, but it's a pretty hardcore trio: The Good, the Bad and the Michonne. (Debate amongst yourselves as to which of Rick and Daryl is Good and Bad).
Proving that even zombie survivalists rubber neck at a car crash, the trio stop when they come across the Governor's handiwork, discovering that half the army that recently attacked them are being eaten by the newly-zombied other half. Plus of course there's the survivor, who I'm going to call "I surrender", who they yank from the cabin of the truck she was hiding in and mercifully we cut away before we see yet another survivor plead for her life.
Andrea's game of cuffs and pliers is going badly. She's not very good at picking things up with her feet and passing them to her hands. She's even worse at getting on with it, pausing every few seconds to have a long dramatic gaze at Milton who she is trying to stare into staying dead. Shockingly this doesn't work. He reanimates, she starts undoing cuffs. He stands. She gets a hand free. He shuffles. She gets another hand free. He gives the trademark zombie moan. She gives the trademark damsel-in-distress scream.
And we cut to a view of the door to the chamber from outside, where the swinging light we can see under the door tells us little, and the combined screaming-groaning falls ominously silent.
Rick, Daryl, Michonne and "I surrender" get to the Woodbury gates to find Tyreese and Sasha defending the walls. Thankfully its been established that Tyreese has all the marksmanship skills of a Stormtrooper so the quick shoot out amounts to nothing. Then "I surrender" puts her hands up (how apt!) and calls out to the wall, explaining The Governor's recent population control technique.
Sure enough four become six and everyone's happy.
Oh wait, did you say there's a torture chamber around here?
Do you think it could be that building we keep hearing the screaming coming from? Let's check.
Hey look, they found Andrea's cubby house.
Rick, Daryl and Michonne prepare for the worst, then open the door. Inside Milton is dead, with a pair of pliers protruding from his forehead like a nifty eyebrow ring. Andrea sits gasping by the door.
She's fine, a bit short of breath. In fact we are going to make it through an entire finale without the death of a major character (if you don't think of Milton that way). That is until Michonne pulls back her collar to reveal that Milton gave her a parting love bit.
Well, there goes the clean sheet. I'm waiting for Rick to offer to amputate her neck to see if she survives, but no, they know a character-ending wound when they see one. Andrea insists she wants to end it herself, but first she wants to explain to the others that she was trying to resolve things without anyone having to die. Andrea's hopeless plight, trying to bring the warring parties together unharmed is articulated and in doing so its futility becomes obvious.
"I tried" Andrea utters, which are better last words than Milton's to be fair. She takes the gun and Michonne crouches next to her, cradling her in what is likely to be a very messy fashion.
Then we're outside the door again with Tyreese, Rick and Daryl as the episode ends with a bang and a whimper.
Except it isn't over. They roll back into the prison with a school bus full of old and young survivors. Carl is unimpressed as Rick explains that they are joining the group. Carl storms off in a huff, Rick looks to the ramparts; Lori is gone. Rick is healed but the anger lives on in Carl. It's so nice when families share.
We fade out on the cross that marks Lori's grave.
What did we think?
Where Season Two of The Walking Dead was far too Little House on the Zombie Prairie for some fans, Season Three has embraced the zombie-western genre. No longer is this a bunch of survivors fighting zombies or trying to escape. It's Undead Unforgiven, this is the wild frontier and there are no rules. Replace walkers with Indians (at least the stereotypical Indians that used to populate the wild west) and Rick is the lawman trying save his town from the threats of outlaws and the head of the family that owns the big property just out of town, or perhaps the conniving mayor of the next town over. Heck, Rick even gets a jail to sit in front of on his rocking chair this season. All we need is a bar to sell whiskey while the group play poker, listen to a piano and wait for someone to come through the swinging doors.
The beauty of this season was they gave us a villain, a live villain, who could have his own character arc and ambitions. This was always the struggle while the zombies were the main threat, they are not only nearly inanimate physically, they are entirely unmoving as characters. Even if they aren't shuffling around saying "Braaaaaaains" they are clearly single-minded in their thinking. The Governor is a great character, who posed an evil-genius threat. He also gave a standard by which to measure all other evil, and this as much as anything facilitated Merle's journey back to ... well his own approximation of goodness.
The revelation that everyone is infected also changed the landscape by levelling it. The group's fate as individuals was sealed, only their destiny as a group remained. The purpose of those who died stopped being to avoid being bitten, it became the noble act of ensuring they couldn't turn. Lori's death was horrific for so many reasons, but the need for Carl to kill his own mother is something that hasn't yet been fully explored.
"We kill, or we die, or we die and then we kill." That truth has changed the basic truth of this particular wild west.
Rick's journey into madness and back again has been a little surreal at times - telephones anyone? - but the arc has really tied this season together. The difference in leadership and sanity between he and the Governor was a really interesting study, even if the comparisons were sometimes a little heavy-handed. I liked tonight's mirror though, when Glenn and Maggie told Rick they were staying to protect the prison, just as Tyreese had done at Woodbury. The response was the same - Rick and the Governor both approved - the difference was in the approach. Glenn had no qualms telling Rick this was happening. Tyreese knew he was taking his life in his hands.
Which brings us to the finale. It was a disappointing confrontation in many ways, only because it lacked confrontation. The Woodburyites appeared to give up VERY easily, yet it emphasised that The Governor's soldiers were real civilians. His henchmen had been taken out by Merle. Rick's team are hardened after three seasons of fighting without a village surrounded by walls.
The Governor's genocidal betrayal of his people was, well, necessary from a narrative perspective. It was also terrifyingly believable from what we knew of his character. That was the final chapter in The Governor's journey from beatific leader with a room full of heads and a zombie-girl in a pillowcase to out-and-out bad guy. It mirrored Rick's decision to take in children and the elderly, the two groups who can contribute the least to the group's fight. Yes it's a bit heavy-handed, but we're talking about a world with zombies here, subtlety was discarded with the internet and deodorant.
Finally, the finale was low on the major character body count, with Milton and Andrea the only losses. Somehow that feels justified in a season that killed off Lori, T-Dog, Merle and ultimately every prisoner who started the season. We also got Morgan back for a great episode.
Andrea's relentless pursuit of a peaceful solution ultimately had to have a fatal outcome. The point is that in this wild west, there is no easy remedy. She, like Carl said of Rick, could have saved many lives by just taking one, but she couldn't. The heroes never can. Well, not often.
Giles Hardie is a film critic and entertainment reporter for Fairfax.


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The Journal of Short Film Volume 35 – Short Film of the United Kingdom / Press Release
The Journal of Short Film is pleased to announce the immediate release of Volume 35 on DVD. The Journal of Short Film is a not for profit peer reviewed publication that is devoted to the distribution of the underrepresented medium of short film. To date the Journal of Short Film has published and distributed close to 300 films from a completely free submissions process.
JSF 35 features submissions that came from the UK, although it does not make any claims to being representative in any particular way. In fact, rather than by capturing any special national element, the works gathered here impressed us with the breadth of their interests internationally and the fine feeling for the particular regionally. What unites them all is an exceptional sense for people's character as it displays and shapes itself in relation to others: in the family, in the workplace, in the chaotic concentration of the marketplace and the transient moments of public transit, and in the abstract relations generated by the medium itself.
The Journal of Short Film Volume 35 Contents:
- Mark Playne – Love at First Sight (2012, 13:55) A Shy Lonely Young Man (SLYM) arrives in a new country, in a strange new town. His world is suddenly lit up when he spots his beautiful neighbour on the balcony opposite his new room. He tries desperately to be noticed, yet she remains stubbornly oblivious to his infatuation. SLYM is not giving up though – he has one more idea to try. Can he catch her attention and win her heart? For more information visit http://www.loveatfirstsightfilm.com/
- Brian Stynes – Before the Car Arrives (2011, 11:40) Before the Car Arrives is a beautifully choreographed, single shot short film that depicts the chaos of a household as a family prepares for their youngest child's big day. Before the Car Arrives has charmed audiences in every corner of the world.
- Francesco Bori – You're Right About Left (2014, 3:11) Here is an insight to the controversial life in the Medina of Marrakech in Morocco.
- Haolu Wang – Being James (2014, 13:04) On a regular evening in London, the clock has just ticked past 7:30pm. James is sitting on the London Underground on his way back home reading the daily evening newspaper. Being James seems easy until he notices someone across the aisle watching him – a woman, seemingly familiar…She smiles at him. The train stops and she leaves. On an impulse, he follows her down the train. James finds himself in an increasingly confusing yet intriguing encounter with the mysterious woman. Gradually, he jumps into a deep well of memories…and emotions. A short film made in the London Underground. A story about love with alienation, and hope amidst despair.
- Keith Allott – Flawless (2014, 5:31) Flawless is a film looking at the relationship between a father, Ansel and his genius daughter, Iniko. A major incident, one grey day, causes a deep fracture that changes their lives. Iniko faces the cruelty of mortality and the longing to go back to a time when things were perfect. For more information email – firstname.lastname@example.com
- Roland Denning – Derek the Dentist (2013, 19:59) A film about work, death, community, relationships and teeth. Derek the Dentist is a documentary on the last month of a retiring dentist in Camden Town, London. Derek and Lesley, his receptionist/nurse/verbal sparring partner have been working together for over twenty years. His clientele, who range from film stars to road sweepers, are aware that this is no ordinary dentist and he will never be replaced. For more information visit www.TypeOfThing.com
- Ricardo Guerreiro – Platforms and Securities (2014, 3:52) We live in a world where others, other things, consistently watch us. We are watched by ourselves. Cameras, things we've created, they watch us. What would we feel like being watched from within our homes? For more information visit – https://vimeo.com/guerreiroricardo
- Imogen Murphy – The Hard Way (2013, 11:23) A troubled teenage girl and an unhappily married man meet in secret. They both have something to escape from. Now they need to find out if there is somewhere to escape to. And whether they have what it takes to make the leap… For more information visit www.imogenmurphy.com
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John F. Utley
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Presented before the American Gas Association-Edison Electric Institute Conference, San Francisco—May 1973
In the current economic, political and social environment of this country, the electric and gas industries face monumental problems. These problems relate to a wide range of factors from environmental matters and their costs to shortages of basic fuels and the cost of alternatives. While the industries grapple mightily with the solutions to these problems, it seems fair to say that the impact of the problems and their solutions will inexorably be translated into dollars and, just as inexorably, reflected in the financial statements of electric and gas companies.
For regulated industries, the portrayal of the dollar impact of solutions to the many problems now extant and that may appear in the future will be influenced by the accounting requirements of the regulatory agencies having jurisdiction. If these agencies are blind to changing situations requiring special recognition, then reported net income will fail to measure the realities behind operations, and I shudder to envision the consequences.
Let me begin my examination of the real net income question by focusing on a current problem. For the last several years a group of observers of the regulated industries has, in ever-increasing crescendos, questioned the quality of earnings of utilities because of the impact, they say, of the credit in the income statement of the Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFC). The growing cacophony from this group has created uncertainty among investors as to whether utility earnings that appear to result from AFC are, in fact, of lower quality than that net income shown as being from operations.
Inevitably, the crescendos reached such heights that the Securities and Exchange Commission began, in 1972, to require the disclosure of information
about the AFC credit which may be confusing the issue further and lending
support to the notion that the AFC credit does produce a lower quality of earnings. Such disclosure information as is now required appears counter-


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The 6-year-old boy who was buried for three hours under sand at the Indiana Dunes this month may be home by the end of the week, family members said.
Nathan Woessner's parents told NBC's "Today" show their son has been getting up, moving around and even made a trip down the hall at Comer Children's Hospital on Sunday.
"We're just very, very grateful for everything they did for Nathan," his mother, Faith Woessner, said. "We can't express our gratitude enough for the rescuers, and the nursing staff and everybody that's helped bring Nathan back to us, and we're thankful to God for being there with us and bringing Nathan back to us."
Woessner fell into a sinkhole sometime after 4 p.m. July 12 at Mt. Baldy in Michigan City, Ind., and was buried under 11 feet of sand. It took 50 first responders to dig him out.
Woessner's father, Greg, said he "just frantically wanted to get to him" and focus on his son kept him going.
"We are extremely thankful for not just his survival but everybody that had a role to play," Greg Woessner said, "and I can't say enough about everyone involved."
Woessner's grandfather, Pastor Don Reul, said the boy was walking to the top of the popular dune with his dad, an adult friend of the family and another boy when he fell.
"They immediately went back, and he was nowhere to be seen," Reul said. "The ground had swallowed him up."
Doctors said last Monday they expect the boy to be released from the hospital within 10 to 14 days. His condition had been listed as critical before Thursday.
The Mount Baldy area at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will remain closed indefinitely following the accident.
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Spiritual Experience in Egypt?
I just came back from an amazing month-long vacation in Egypt. One idea I had before going there was that I wanted to go visit mosques regularly by going into a nearby mosque when the call to prayer rang across the city to pray, going to Friday prayer, doing wudu and wearing hijab at least occaisionally. Basically try to live more of an Islamic lifestyle, a lifestyle centred around Islamic obligations. This is something that is easily possible in Egypt with mosques everywhere and the call to prayer reminding us 5x a day... and being on vacation, I had few obligations preventing me from doing it.
However, it didn't really work out that way. I guess that's to be expected, nothing really works out exactly as planned... Concrete plans are not a good thing in Egypt!
Still, I do find that I had more God-consciousness going on than I had before. I went to Friday prayer 2 out of 3 times and prayed a few regular prayers here and there. One thing that I didn't expect would make a difference was making wudu more regularly. It really is an act of worship to prepare yourself for God. Sometimes I didn't pray or anything like that, but just doing this for God made me more conscious of his presence and importance throughout the time that I was in a state of wudu.
Although I didn't have a life-changing spiritual experience, I had one that is right for me. Gradual and private.


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dorongav needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
We are U.S startup company in the mobile rewards and deals space we are looking for a compelling mobile browser design.
We have extreme attention to detail and look for efficient usage of the limited "real estate" in the mobile browser. That said, we believe that less is more and seek an engaging, clean and energetic design.
We are a U.S based company, targeting customers in large metro areas. Our customers
The median age of our current customer base is late 20's early 30's. They are users of facbook, groupon and yelp.
Think urban young professionals.
The goal:
present the user with a deal/coupon of a business for him to claim (Grab). There are a limited number of deals available; the design needs to promote the sense of scarcity.
Similar designs include Groupon app (iPhone, Andriod) – today's deal and Living social app (iPhone, Andriod) - a deal page
Although we are referencing apps, we want designs for web pages.
The bulk of the work requires designing three webpages. For each page we need a mobile version and a desktop version.
Please design PRIMARLY for Mobile.
Additional work requires creating other pages, which are slight variations of the original pages (full details below)
Page 1: Present offer details and enable customer to claim it
Page 2: Successful claim and further instructions
Page 3: deal is closed
General guidance - what we're looking for:
Engaging, energetic design but clean - not too clotty
The main objectives of the pages are to Get the customer to click and grab the deal, quickly grasp how the redemption process works in an easy, simple user interface.
Pages will be viewed within facebook site.
Total deliverables: (10 variations):
Page1 X 4: desktop and mobile regular + desktop and mobile w/o entering mobile#
Page 2 X 2: desktop and mobile
Page 3 X 4: desktop and mobile regular + desktop and mobile w/o facebook connect
see doc for FULL details
Page 1: Present offer details and enable customer to claim.
Functionality ranked by order of appearance
1.Show the deal and business details.
2.Let the user enter his phone number
3.A click to Grab function button/icon
this submits the mobile number and redirects to page2
4.Show sentence that assures the user we will never sell or share his phone number with anyone.
5.Show facebook facebook pics of people who already grabbed deal
6.Show # of deals still available
7.More description about the business
a.Business location (show address, map or link to map – whatever works best)
b.Data we can pull from the facebook fanpage (optional – we may not use): Opening hours, Website link
Data we can pull from yelp (optional – we may not use):
8.Deal fine print
It is strongly preferred that items 1-5 are above the fold (no need to scroll to see them)
Page 2: Successful claim and further instructions
1."Congrats! You just got a deal at _______________. "
2.how to claim instructions
3.Provide a way to resend the SMS to the phone
4.Offer to connect to our facebook app
5.Share deal with others
Page3: deal is closed
1."Next time" message
2."Connect to bling on facebook" message
3.Facebook connect soft button
see doc for FULL details
groupon, living social, daily deal sites


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Kansas City To Host Pheasants Forever's 2012 National Convention Feb. 17-19 2011
Kansas City Convention Center site of Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ––(Ammoland.com)- – For the first time, the nation's biggest event for pheasant and quail hunters and bird dog enthusiasts is coming to Kansas City.
Pheasants Forever's National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic will be held Feb. 17-19, 2012, at the Kansas City Convention Center in downtown Kansas City, Mo. The event will be sponsored by Cabela's, the World's Foremost Outfitter.
The annual convention has topped 20,000 in attendance each of the last six events. The Quail Classic portion of the 2012 event will be a first, representing the strong tradition of bobwhite quail hunting and conservation found in Kansas, Missouri, and across the Great Plains and southeast United States. Both the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the Missouri Department of Conservation will participate in the event.
Kansas and Missouri are home to a combined 47 local Pheasants Forever chapters and 34 Quail Forever chapters. With more than 10,000 Pheasants Forever and/or Quail Forever members in the two states, Howard Vincent, Pheasants Forever, Inc.'s National President and CEO, says it's time to bring the organization's premiere event to Kansas City.
"Kansas is one of the elite states for pheasant hunting and wildlife habitat conservation, and Missouri has positioned itself as a clear leader in efforts to restore bobwhite quail populations," Vincent said. "Kansas City is the perfect meeting place to have fun celebrating both great game birds."
All things bird dog-related have been the biggest attractions at previous National Pheasant Fest events, and that's expected to be the case at the inaugural appearance in Kansas City. Approximately 40 different sporting dog breeds will be represented; dog training seminars will be held throughout the three-day weekend; and attendees will have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with breeders, trainers, and dog kennel and club representatives.
A "Youth Village" is another popular show attraction, where youth can participate in archery and air rifle ranges, a casting booth, laser shot, and more.
For more information, including exhibitor details, phone Brad Heidel, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's Director of Corporate and Special Event Sales at 651-209-4956 or email [email protected]


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P&F Lottery online registration for the Winter Term runs from October 15th at 12pm until October 22nd at 12pm, 2019. Spring Term Lottery dates TBD.
New Student Registration for Winter Term Group Lessons begins November 20th 2019.
Camp, Clinic, Barn Day, and other special event registrations are ongoing.
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Before registering for Group Lessons, all class placements must be confirmed in advance by our Programs department, who will provide you with a class recommendation. As a first step, please schedule a Group Lesson Evaluation or contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call (202) 362-0117 for more information.Beginner students just starting out riding do not need a recommendation or evaluation and should register for child or teen/adult "B1" lotteries. All registrations are subject to review by management.
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5 carnivals around the world
Carnival is upon us, complete with masks, parades, sweets, and pageants, so here's a look at five celebrations around the world. There was a time when I couldn't wait to dress up in a costume. This was when I was in elementary school during Carnival. The Milanese tradition of the Ambrosian Carnival includes a parade […]Read more


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