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DIY Paper Cake Place Cards
- Empty toilet paper roll(s)
- Pink scrapbook paper, or pink paint
- White card stock
- Pink pom poms (optional)
- Pink puffy paint (optional)
- FREE printable cake stand template
- Scissors
- Tape
- Pencil
- Markers or colored pencils
- Birthday candles
- Hot glue + hot glue gun
- Cut the empty toilet paper roll in half. Set it aside. Estimate how wide of a piece of pink scrapbook paper you'll need by measuring how "tall" the toilet paper roll half is, then cut off a strip of paper to cover the toilet paper roll.
- Trace the toilet paper roll on the scrapbook paper to make the top of the cake. Cut it out.
- Using either markers or colored pencils, hand letter the name of the guests on the cake tops.
- Using either tape or hot glue (I used hot glue), affix the top of the cake on the toilet paper roll. Next, wrap the strip of scrapbook paper around the toilet paper roll, again using either tape or hot glue (I used hot glue). If you use hot glue, let it cool.
- Print off your free cake stand template, cut it out, then use it as a template to trace onto your white card stock. Assemble the cake stand by putting together the base first, then use hot glue to affix it to the bottom of the "plate" (the circle). If needed, apply hot glue anywhere desired to make the stand more sturdy. (For example, I put lines of hot glue on either side of where the two base pieces come together.) Let the glue cool.
- Now hot glue the cake to the cake stand. Let it cool.
- Optional: Next, in small segments, apply hot glue around the base of the cake – where the cake meets the cake stand – and start putting on the pink pom poms, AKA "frosting."
- Optional: Using the puffy paint, apply a thick line of "frosting" to cover up the crack where the top of the cake was glued down on the toilet paper roll.
- Finally, use hot glue to stick your candle on top of the cake. If desired, trim down the candle beforehand to a height you like.
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Happy Saturday! Who doesn't love a unicorn?! As soon as I saw this stamp I had to have it along with the sentiment stamp set that goes perfectly with it ;D
Image & sentiment stamps: Woodware Stamps
Colouring medium: Spectrum Noir watercolour pencils
Other mediums used: 'Spun Sugar' Distress inkpad; 'Shabby Pink' Frantage embossing powder; Glamour Dust
Thank you for visiting today and enjoy the rest of the weekend. xx

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The intense and beautiful eyes of an owl are captivating, but a juvenile Great Horned Owl in our care is battling a significant eye injury. Our Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program staff is working to promote healing in this "baby" owl's wounded right eye with a course of antibiotics and eye ointment. It is also receiving treatment for parasites. The young owl is also scheduled to have an eye exam from our volunteer veterinary ophthalmologist at Animal Clinic Northview.
We don't know what kind of trauma caused the injury, but it's often a collision with something like a wire, pole, or vehicle. Read more about Great Horned Owls on the International Wildlife Rehabilitators Council website. There's even a quiz on the so-called, "night tiger." We also like the photos and information at the National Geographic site.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Rehab Treating Baby Owl's Eye
The intense and beautiful eyes of an owl are captivating, but a juvenile Great Horned Owl in our care is battling a significant eye injury. Our Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program staff is working to promote healing in this "baby" owl's wounded right eye with a course of antibiotics and eye ointment. It is also receiving treatment for parasites. The young owl is also scheduled to have an eye exam from our volunteer veterinary ophthalmologist at Animal Clinic Northview.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Welcome Our Newest Exhibit Animal
A former rehab patient has joined the animals in our outdoor waterfowl exhibit. This ring-billed gull's poorly healed broken wing permanently prevents its release back into the wild.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Rocket Camp Rocks!
The Walter R. Schuele Planetarium staff always has a ball leading our Rocket Camps and this summer has been no exeception. Families are invited to the launch and it's always fun to see the efforts of the kids pay off with a successful lift off!
We posted a few more photos over on our Facebook page.
If your child missed out, there's alway next summer! And, there's more space science fun on the fall planetarium schedule, including Laser Halloween!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Awesome Autumn Nature Experiences Await!
An all-new interactive live animal show for the whole family, topped with a scoop of ice cream, is one of the new programs being offered this autumn season at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. "Animals A La Mode" will feature members of the audience in a fun show centered around our amazing wild animal ambassadors. Ice cream for everyone caps off the September 17 event, which requires pre-registration at $5 per person.
Registration for the Fall Session is now open to members and non-members alike and many programs still have openings, including the popular Frogs & Polliwogs parent and tot classes, Nature Nuts preschool and Log Cabin Explorer's Club for children in Kindergarten and Pre-K that begin the week the September 14.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Shooting Star Show Tonight
The weather forecast looks decent, so head on over to the Perseids party tonight at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. Bring the entire family to learn about the annual Perseids Meteor Shower at an 8 p.m. planetarium program. Then, walk across the street, spread out a blanket, look through a telescope and enjoy nature's show in the sky! Tickets for the program in the Walter R. Schuele planetarium are $3/person and the gathering to watch the shooting stars is free!
Speaking of sky shows, did you get a chance to see the great orange moonrise several days last week? This photo was snapped Saturday west of Sandusky.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Shredding Results
The results from Lake Erie Nature and Science Center's summer Shredding Day show how little efforts joined together can make a difference. More than 200 area residents particpated, bringing boxes and bags of old paper for shredding and recycling in Shredding Network's state-of-the-art mobile truck.
In three hours time, we collected and prepared 5.2 tons of material for recycling. Repurposing that 5.2 tons of material resulted in the following impact:
- Saved 88.4 trees
- Prevented 15.6 cubic yards of landfill
- Kept 312 pounds of air pollutants out of the air we breath
- Saved 104 gallons of water
On top of the environmental impact, participants gave more than $1,000 in donations. Thanks to Shredding Network, which donated the use of their truck, 100% of the proceeds go directly to fund our non-profit mission.
We hope you'll keep recycling!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
One of NE Ohio's Late Nesters In Rehab
Just about the time many birds are done nesting, along comes a flurry of activity as the late-nesting American Goldfinch become active in these parts. With that activity on the rise, it's not surprising that an injured Goldfinch was recently brought in to our Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program. Treatment involves stabilizing the area of wing trauma with tape, with the aim of release back into the wild. (The tape is visible in the second photo below.)


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Do the casting directors of the new season of Dancing with the Stars like people who've had plastic surgery? It appears so!
Three of the contestants have had obvious plastic surgery, including Florence Henderson (face work), Audrina Partridge (breast implants), and Jennifer Grey (rhinoplasty). I also wouldn't be surprised with David Hasselhoff, Margaret Cho, and Rick Fox have had a minor nip and tuck as well. Plus, host Brooke Burke was married to a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon for years!
For a plastic surgery-related slideshow on these DWTS contestants, click here to be taken to the In Your Face blog.
Thanks for reading.
Anthony Youn, M.D.


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- (noun) the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held. "there was no dissent from this view"
- (noun) refusal to accept the doctrines of an established or orthodox Church; nonconformity. "rural communities with a long tradition of Dissent"
- (noun) (in sport) the offence of expressing disagreement with the referee's decision. "he was sent off for dissent"
- (noun) a statement by a judge giving reasons as to why he or she disagrees with a decision made by the other judges in a court case. "he wasted no time in cranking out nine majority opinions, as well as three dissents"
- (verb) hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held. "two members dissented from the majority"
- (verb) disagree with the doctrine of an established or orthodox Church.
Dissent meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)
- मतभेद होना, असहमत होना, असहमति, मतभेद, अस्वीकार, अस्वीकृति, विमति, विसम्मति, अन्यथा विचारना, असम्मति, एतराज़ करना, नाइत्तिफ़ाक़ी, मतभेद, मतभेद करना, विचार-विभिन्नता, विरोध करना
Dissent origin
- late Middle English: from Latin dissentire 'differ in sentiment'.
Dissent in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)
- In Kulbhushan Jadhav verdict, US, China may go with Pakistan and …, With judges from India and Pakistan part of the 16-judge bench at the … judgment with US and China likely to Dissent along with Pakistan.
- Threat to speech: Law 'designed to suppress the liberty of the citizen …, An open environment where Dissent is not crushed, only makes for a stronger … The critics claimed our aim was "tarnishing India's international …
- Amid rise in lynching cases, 49 celebrities write to PM Modi; say …, … 49 celebrities write to PM Modi; say 'Dissent makes India stronger' … is sacred to many in the majority community of India… put a stop to the …
- Indian Celebrities Protest Attacks on Dissent , Minorities, NEW DELHI — Dozens of Indian celebrities have asked Prime Minister … by Hindu hard-liners and intolerance against Dissent in the country.
- Assembly is a place to Dissent : Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, He said that President of India should take the initiative to reach a consensus among all political parties to prevent defectionsKerala Media …
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of Dissent
- dis+assent=> opposite of agreement=>to refute
- dissent..i dont agree with this(dis) sent(scent-perfume)..i hate it..disagreement
Dissent pronunciation


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Does it come with a case?
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SEASIDE residents enjoy peaceful, cold and damp Bank Holiday.
Residents of North Wales coastal resorts breathe unpolluted sighs of relief as last week's muggy conditions give way to cooler, damp conditions.
Barry Brith, a resident of Anglesey, said: "I am so glad the drizzle arrived on time. It's put off a lot of Brummie grockles from visiting their static caravans."
"All night, they were evacuating back across the bridges to the mainland like rats deserting a sinking ship."
"I might actually go for a little drive."
I normally tell the children it's illegal to travel further than the front gate on a Bank Holiday."
"Of course, I feel sorry for the tourist businesses on the island but they don't make much from caravanners anyway. In an ideal world, potential holidaymakers would all just post us some money, without actually visiting, like those nice Europeans used to do before all the racists voted for them to get lost."
Mother of two, Madison Hatter, said: "We only spent 4 hours in the car this Bank Holiday – took one look at the grim beach and came straight back. We were hoping for a ten-hour commute.
"The kids had 5 DVDs lined up to watch and we had dozens of empty plastic bags in the glove box for biological emergencies."
"My husband hasn't suffered nearly enough quality time with his offspring."
"I have ordered him to fire up the barbecue while I try to book a last-minute BA flight."
"We've got to get our gridlock fix from somewhere."
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Will local and state Oregon police actively "round up" immigrants who do not have status for deportation under a Trump administration? Do they stop and question people they suspect are undocumented now?
In short, the answer, for the last 30 years in Oregon, is NO. Here are three facts about local police and immigration enforcement that will hopefully calm some concerns. For more background, check out this recent Register Guard article "Local law enforcers: Immigration status alone is no crime."
1. A 30-year-old Oregon law forbids local and state police from investigating federal immigration violations. In other words, police are not allowed to stop you solely because they believe you don't have immigration status. They have to suspect you of a crime. And, as Springfield Police Chief Rick Lewis points out, it would not be in the police's interest to have immigrants who do not have status worried about police deporting them. If cops were enforcing immigration laws, "which is not our function — people would be hesitant to call (police), whether they're a victim or witness to a crime."
2. If police do arrest and jail you for a crime, they always ask for your national origin, data which is submitted to the statewide Law Enforcement Data Systems. ICE agents do have access to this database, but Sheriff Trapp says that "often we never hear from ICE" when an immigrant is jailed in Lane County.
3. Oregon county jails are not allowed to detain people while ICE determines their legal status. So you can't be kept in jail solely because you are here in the country without status.
To sum up, Hecht and Norman believes that immigrants have no need to fear that local police are out to target them. As partner Raquel Hecht was quoted in the Register Guard article, "Local police have had nothing to do with immigration for years. People do need to understand that."


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Driving The Volvo
This is about a 5 minute exposure at F/22 driving on I-88. The hardest part about taking this photo was finding a place in my car to put my camera/tripod and operate the camera while driving. My tripod kept moving throughout my drive; next time I try this I am going to need to find a way of keeping my camera still. I should also maybe let somebody else do the driving.
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LATAM Airlines Group S.A. is a South American aviation company that is based in Chile. Incorporated under Chilean Law, the organization owns offices in Brazil and subsidiaries in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. The company's fleet is made up of state-of-the-art Boeing as well as Airbus aircrafts that were specifically procured to deliver fine onboard experience, security, efficiency, and many others. To add, the said entity garnered a number of international honors over the past years. Some of the most notable ones are South America's Leading Airline in 2017 and 2016 by World Travel Awards, the Best Airline in South America as well as the Best Service in South America in 2015 by Skytrax.
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By Mark Rose (Toronto)
As the books close on 2015, which was another strong year, 2016 opens differently – with some uncertainty and unresolved questions that could impact the way owners and occupiers operate and invest. To successfully navigate the real estate markets in 2016, stakeholders will need to:
· keep a global perspective;
· stay abreast of changes in the broader environment;
· and, increasingly, devise innovative solutions to complex problems.
The global real estate industry has had a tremendous run. It has been more than six years since the Great Recession.
However, while financial and real estate markets look stable as we begin 2016, variables now surfacing could undermine short-term prosperity.
• View Avison Young's 2016 Canada, U.S. and U.K. Forecast, which includes detailed commentary on 55 markets in North America and the U.K.
• Click here to view Avison Young CEO Mark Rose's 2016 Commercial Real Estate Forecast VIDEOCAST, covering market trends in North America and Europe:
Real estate industry must remain clear-eyed
As reluctant as we might be to acknowledge that we're entering a period of transition, we must remain clear-eyed. Our industry has always been cyclical, and factors that negatively affect pricing or trading velocity are, in turn, countered with opportunistic buyers and lessees.
At Avison Young, we believe that 2016 will be a very choppy, but ultimately stable, year. It's important to note the following.
· The U.S. remains in a strong position. Continued economic growth in 2015 solidified the nation's overall recovery. Nearly every market registered employment growth. This stronger economic performance was reflected in gains across all commercial property sectors.
· Overall office vacancy within the 4.4 billion square feet of inventory in the U.S. tracked by Avison Young declined to 12.4% at the close of 2015, and continued modest improvement is forecast for 2016. Industrial vacancy rates declined to 6.3% at year-end 2015, and tight market conditions have kept rental rates on the rise.
· U.S. sales in 2015 recorded double-digit percentage growth and approached the half- trillion-dollar mark at year-end 2015, although transaction volume did flatten somewhat in the latter part of the year.
· Importantly, long-anticipated, modest interest rate increases mark a return to monetary normalization. An abundance of capital remains available for real estate's higher yields – and relative stability in the year ahead.
· In Canada, the end of the commodities supercycle, uneven employment growth, disruptive technologies and evolving workplace strategies are testing the country's otherwise stable commercial real estate sector.
· Canada's year-end 2015 overall office vacancy rate of 10.6% is expected to rise to 12.2% by year-end 2016, due in part to a continued strong development pipeline. Industrial vacancy remains tight. We anticipate a modest rise to 4.6% vacancy by year-end 2016 from 4.1% in late 2015.
· On the investment front, Canada is awash in capital. Despite a finite investable marketplace, Canada is very much on the investment radar screen, with domestic players increasingly facing off with foreign buyers who are raising their allocations to real estate.
Year will be choppy but stable
Interest rates, elections and the spread of terrorism will continue to dominate headlines throughout 2016. At the top of the list are interest rates and government policy. There are consistent trends in some areas, but uncertainty in others.
In the U.S., interest rate increases mark a return to monetary normalization. The U.S. interest rate increase could actually have a positive impact on the markets. Following December's initial hike, the Federal Reserve has communicated a neutral stance and worked to alleviate any fears of a rapidly increasing interest-rate environment. This is also a presidential election year, and politics and rhetoric will choke the airwaves.
Canada has lowered its interest rates and employed a low-dollar approach to spur manufacturing. The potential for budget surpluses will give way to government-sponsored investment under new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The United Kingdom continues with a low-interest-rate policy. Economic growth in London and southern regions will continue to outpace the rest of the U.K.; however, the economic ripple effect from the south to the north means that opportunities in the areas of the "Northern Powerhouse" and "Midlands Engine" will only increase.
Germany continues to be the stabilizing force in continental Europe, but shoulders the burdens of the countries of the EU.
And rounding out our Avison Young markets, Mexico is stable and opportunities to grow are available as the country's economy matures.
Fundamentals, global capital flow remain strong
Turning to the broader environment, fundamentals continue to be generally strong.
Occupiers, other than energy companies, are stable and employment is growing in most sectors. For oil and gas, we may see a prolonged period of very low prices. Once drilling slows (as it will), and weaker regions (such as South America, Africa, and Russia) pass a breaking point, we will see stability and possibly upward movement.
As 2016 begins to unfold, global capital flows remain strong. Cross-border flows are accelerating for many reasons, but foremost is the perceived, or real, lack of opportunities in certain domestic markets. Despite some suggestions that prices are very toppy, investor surveys suggest that these trends are continuing to increase in the short term.
Technology's impact accelerating
A key trend to watch is technology's impact on real estate, which continues to accelerate as we head further into 2016.
Tech company valuations and space absorption have reached record levels. Some businesses are moving their operations out of buildings and onto the Web, while others such as hydroponic farming and data storage are expanding rapidly into specialized facilities.
Innovations are almost too numerous to mention. But the growing experimentation and the rollout of real estate apps – especially in the residential and crowdfunding areas – are notable. The same goes for the increasing utilization of cutting-edge materials and modular techniques to construct high-performance buildings for lower cost. But these are just some instances of the vast impact that technology is having on real estate.
Building resilience into our business plans and adapting real estate strategies to evolving demographic, technological and political realities around the world will be critical in the year ahead. For example, with new patterns of terrorism, operations and planning will need to address not only physical, but cyber safety to protect people and enterprise systems. And, more closed international borders could substantially increase costs for global logistics providers and their customers.
The bottom line?
Uncertainty often delivers exceptional opportunities to those who are diligent in anticipating and adapting to it. Our Avison Young professionals can tap a world of expertise to help guide your real estate decisions in these watchful times, and help unlock opportunities lurking amid the uncertainty.
From all of us at Avison Young (www.avisonyoung.com), we wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2016.


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Support & Inclusion
The Graduate School is committed to fostering an inclusive, safe, and diverse culture of graduate education in the UTEP community.
The UTEP Graduate Student Assembly (GSA)
The Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) provides a safe environment for students from various departments to meet and discuss issues unique to graduate students at UTEP. The goal of these meetings is to address immediate graduate student concerns as well as form an active association that will continue this process throughout the school year.
The GSA is currently accepting nominations for 2019 - 2020 leadership:GSA Election Nomination Form
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- Inside Higher Ed—Diversity Matters
- American Council on Education—Campus Diversity and Inclusion
- AAC&U—Diversity, Equity, & Inclusive Excellence
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A new bookstore on the second floor of Uptown's Brevard Court is open, offering a quick lunchtime respite from the office grind and a place to hear poetry and independent music.
Poor Richard's Book Shoppe opened in August, after relocating from Gastonia.The store is the newest independent book store in Charlotte, and co-owner Bryan Borges said he plans to expand into the adjacent space and add a wine and beer bar.
Borges and his wife opened the store's first iteration in 2010. They had formerly run a catering business, and both also had experience in corporate finance. Their sons were graduating from college in 2009 with poor job prospects, and the family decided to start a business together.
Although stores were closing in the downturn and booksellers were particularly hard-hit, they still wanted to open their first retail business.
"Going into business yourself is always a risk," Borges said. "If you can do it in an environment that's not conducive to it, when the market turns you should be doing pretty well."
After building up a clientele in Gastonia, they hadn't planned to move to Charlotte, Borges said. However, while dining with a friend at Brevard Court, he heard there was space available in the building, and the chance to move to uptown was too good to pass up. Having made the move, he intends to expand the store's role as an arts venue.
"Our main mission is to expose people to as much of the arts as possible," said Borges. Poor Richard's hosts a monthly spoken word event, accompanied by music and a visual artist creating a piece. At the end of the night, they auction the piece of art. They also have a weekly open mic with a featured poet, and a music series featuring independent musicians on Saturday.
A wide range of offerings is key to surviving in this economy, Borges said. "You can't just be a bookstore and thrive," he said. They also sell new and used books to appeal to price-conscious consumers, and take special orders. "We can get our hands on just about any title, whether it's used, new, out of print, rare," said Borges.
And the retreat of chain bookstores such as Borders, which went out of business, leaves more room in the marketplace for independents, he said: "Businesses like ours, businesses like Park Road Books, those are the ones that will fill the void."
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Book store, arts space opens in Brevard Court
A new bookstore on the second floor of Uptown's Brevard Court is open, offering a quick lunchtime respite from the office grind and a place to hear poetry and independent music.
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Good for them.
There can never be too many independent bookstores.
- September 14, 2012 at 7:25 AM
- Alannc44 said...
Is Brevard Court still closed on the weekends?
- September 14, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- Anonymous said...
Latta Arcade (the indoor portion) is still closed on the weekends. Hopefully that will change soon.
Most but not all of the businesses in Brevard Court (the outdoor portion) now stay open on the weekends.
- September 14, 2012 at 11:13 AM


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Flowers from the Heartland
Watch Flowers from the Heartland (2005) : Full Movie Online Free One person's idea to send flowers of support to gay and lesbian couples waiting in line to get married at San Francisco City Hall blossomed into an online movement that resulted in thousands of flowers being sent from all over the country. Shot in February and March 2004 this moving documentary includes footage of flowers being delivered to San Francisco City Hall and interviews with people who sent the flowers recorded during a 6000 mile road trip to the Midwest including the person who started the idea.
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Yes, I'm back to The Entrepreneur (for now). If you read me regularly, you may have seen me try on the "Heart and Style," "Lenscap" and "Traveler" themes– but I'm back to the old theme –with some lessons learned and more CSS tricks to share.
Lessons Learned
Lesson One: I completely lost all my custom CSS when I changed themes. This should've been expected. The additional CSS we add gets put on as an addition to that theme's page. If you like your little CSS tweaks, put them somewhere, like a Google Spreadsheet or an Airtable. Then you can re-add them to your new theme with "cut and paste."
This additional CSS RETURNED when I went back to The Entrepreneur theme. You can go back to your old theme and cut and paste your custom CSS to your new theme as another kind of work-around.
Lesson Two: Get consistent with your image sizes if you're going to use a slider. I admit, I was sloppy. I own Adobe Creative Cloud and like to use it for my images–and sometimes I would vary the canvas size, trying things out. I didn't like sliders at the top. They're too big and REALLY? I found them boring after the first week. I would have to rotate the featured content and frankly, as a one-woman show with under 100 posts, I don't have enough content to make that work.
If you're using Canva or Crello, this would still be an issue after about 50 posts.
More CSS Tricks
One of the things I really liked about the Heart and Style theme was it's lovely "big quote mark" blockquote style. I also found a theme call Resonar that creates blockquotes that align to the left or right, rather than being in the center. That's an easy CSS fix!
Creating variations on blockquotes
We can create various styles of blockquotes (and other "selectors" like the header tags (H1, H2, etc.) and the paragraph tag by setting up new classes for them.
Previously, we set up an entirely different default blockquote style for the Entrepreneur. We changed the color of the background to yellow, we fiddled with the the borders a little bit, nothing too outrageous.
This is the old blockquote style.
The default blockquote aligns to the center and takes up the whole space of the column.
I rather like the align to the left (sometimes) or to the right (other times) model of blockquotes in Resonar, so I created two new classes of blockquote: .alignleft and .alignright.
This is a test of the new alignright blockquote.
Notice that this takes up half the space and lets me wrap text around.
Here's the new alignleft blockquote.
I have to put the text I want to wrap around UNDER These aligned blockquotes when I use them, rather than before them, like so in, if I'm editing in the HTML format. This isn't intuitive. I often have to jump between the HTML editor and the Visual Editor to get this right.
Setting up Custom CSS for Themes
Here's my introduction to getting access and editing custom CSS in your theme. Quick recap: I suggest you open up a new tab first to see your dashboard in another window. Then choose the Themes Customize option. Then there will be an option called Additional CSS. It will look something like this–it will be down at the bottom:
The CSS code
We'll set up a class for the blockquote called "alignright." This is a simple single piece of code that adds a bit to our default for the blockquote. Classes all begin with a period. I've called these two new classes .alignright and .alignleft — I could just as easily called them .right and .left –or anything. It's important to make the names descriptive so that you can remember them when you want to change the code.
Code Example
.alignright blockquote {
text-align: right;
We do the same for align left with:
.alignleft blockquote {
text-align: left;
And then hit publish. Easy-peasy.
Using the Custom Blockquote
Now, we can use the new blockquotes by calling up the HTML or Text Editors in WP.
You manually enter the code: <blockquote class="alignright"> Your text goes here. </blockquote>
You can actually call it anything you like such as .left and .right — just remember to give your class names enough detail so that you remember them especially as you try to get really fancy. 🙂
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Coastal Development
More than 2.5 billion people (40% of the world's population) live within 100 km of the coast,ref adding increased pressure to coastal ecosystems. Coastal development linked to human settlements, industry, aquaculture, and infrastructure can cause severe impacts on near shore ecosystems, particularly coral reefs. Coastal development impacts may be direct (e.g., land filling, dredging, coral and sand mining for construction) or indirect (e.g., increased runoff of sediment and pollutants).
Construction projects in coastal cities and communities may be built on land reclaimed from the sea. In many areas, wide shallow reef flats have been reclaimed and converted to airports, industrial, or urban lands. Dredging activities (e.g., deep-water channels, harbors, marinas) and dumping of waste materials in the coastal and marine environment can also damage and destroy adjacent coral reefs.
Deforestation and clearing of vegetation can result in increases in sedimentation in coastal waters. For example, mangroves stabilize shorelines, trap sediments, and filter pollutants and their removal results in coastal erosion. This leads to a release of organic material and sediments that can wash onto and smother corals and change the water chemistry.
Land clearing and construction projects may change the natural drainage patterns, resulting in freshwater, nutrient, and sediment runoff onto adjacent reefs. Sedimentation can directly smother a reef or increase turbidity in the coastal waters, which reduces light available to corals and their symbiotic zooxanthellae. Corals depend on their zooxanthellae to generate food photosynthetically, therefore light deprivation can cause corals to starve. While some coral reefs thrive in turbid water, the reefs are typically less diverse and are more restricted in depth ranges than those in clear water.ref The combination of suspended, re-suspended, and deposited sediment can limit coral growth, feeding patterns, photosynthesis, recruitment, and survivorship.
Coral reefs are naturally adapted to low-nutrient waters, so the addition of nutrients can be particularly harmful for coral reef communities. Excess nutrients promote growth of macroalgae that can overgrow corals and prevent larval recruitment.
Sewage is one of the most widespread pollutants, and many countries with extensive coral reefs have little to no sewage treatment. For example, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and the Caribbean discharge 80-90% of their wastewater untreated into the sea. ref Additionally, toxic chemicals from industries (e.g., mining), aquaculture, and agriculture, as well as households, parking lots, gardens, and golf courses wash into coastal ecosystems. Water treatment plants and power plants may also discharge chemicals into the coastal zone, significantly altering the water chemistry in these areas.
Impacts from Coastal Development
These include the following:
- Construction projects (piers, channels, airstrips, dikes, land reclamation, etc.) — can kill corals directly
- Degradation of coral reefs — can result in lost tourism revenue in countries that depend on reef-based tourism and reduce fish populations
- Coastal construction — can cause chronic sedimentation, sewage effluent, industrial discharge, and changes in water flow and runoff, which can adversely affect coral growth rates and metabolic activities as well as directly kill corals
- Removal of reefs — can result in beach erosion, land retreat, and sedimentation
- Sedimentation — can smother reefs or increase turbidity in coastal waters, thus reducing light needed for coral growth and survival
- Pollutants — can lead to increases in coral disease and mortality, cause changes in coral community structure, and impede coral growth, reproduction, and larval settlement (e.g., nutrient runoff can lead to algal blooms that stifle coral growth)
- Mining of coral for construction materials — can lead to long-term economic losses in terms of lost benefits for fisheries, coastal protection, tourism, food security, and biodiversity
As coastal populations increase and natural coastal protection is degraded or lost, sea-level rise and changes in storm patterns are likely to increase the effects of harmful coastal development activities. Local impacts of land-based sources of stress will occur in combination with global and regional stressors, such as climate change, land-use practices, and freshwater inputs, further threatening the survival of coral reef ecosystems. For example, increases in storm impacts linked to climate change could exacerbate run-off of sediments and other pollutants.
Reducing the effects of coastal development is critically important; it threatens nearly 25% of the world's coral reefs, particularly in Southeast Asia, and the Indian and the Atlantic oceans.ref The impacts of coastal development can be drastically reduced through effective planning and land use regulations. For example, planning and management approaches can include land-use zoning plans and regulations, protection of coastal habitats (such as mangroves), coastal setbacks that restrict development within a fixed distance from shoreline, watershed management, improved collection and treatment of wastewater and solid wastes, and management of tourism within sustainable levels.
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) — Status of and Threats to Coral Reefs
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program — Impacts from Land-based Sources of Pollution
NOAA Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
Case Study: Coastal Development and Sedimentation in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)


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Speaking on the launch of the report, Priyanka Aash, MD, CISO Platform, said, "We have an index for understanding the state of the stock market, but there is nothing to measure the state of IT security of the industry. We need something simple and understandable to know where we stand in terms of security posture. So, we have created CISO Platform Security Maturity Model (CPSMM) to solve this problem."
CISO Platform has collected the data point of more than 400 companies in terms of the technologies adopted for securing their organizations over the last 3 years. Using Data Science, a formal model was built for computing maturity index. Each technology has been assigned a specific weight based on the importance.
CISO Platform measured the capability maturity for each organization based on the above formula and also created average maturity index for various industry verticals. CPSMM is built to benchmark an organization against the capability of peers, so that one can understand if an organization is falling behind or is in pace with the rest of the industry.
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Clarence Thomas Worst Supreme Court Justice
In the above video Anita Hill stated in her Senate testimony on 10/12/91 about Clarence Thomas;
"He would turn the conversation to a discussion of sexual matters. His conversations were very vivid. He spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes. He talked about pornographic materials depicting individuals with large penises or large breasts involving various sex acts. On several occasions, Thomas told me graphically of his own sexual prowess. Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all, and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about this subject. I would also try to change the subject to education matters or to non-sexual personal matters, such as his background or his beliefs." Hill also claimed Thomas stated "there is a pubic hair in my Coke" and that he spoke of "Long Dong Silver".
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch was one of Clarence Thomas's biggest supporters and defenders as shown in the above video.
Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas – http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/21/AR2010102106645_2.html
In the above article, ex girlfriend Lillian McEwen stated "He was obsessed with porn." "He would talk about what he had seen in magazines and films, if there was something worth noting."
McEwen also said that the conservative Thomas was constantly on the make at work. "He was always actively watching the women he worked with to see if they could be potential partners," said McEwen. "It was a hobby of his." She added that he once told her he had asked a woman at work what her bra size was.
If McEwen's accusations are true, that would collaborate Anita Hill's testimony and prove that Clarence Thomas lied to the Senate, committed perjury and should be removed as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Here's additional articles which substantiate that Clarence Thomas lied;
Lying Under Oath Could be used as grounds for Removal from Office
Alaska lawyer says Justice Clarence Thomas groped her at a party in 1999, according to report
The 25th anniversary of Justice Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court has featured testimonials from his supporters, a symposium on his jurisprudence and tributes from conservative legal scholars about his influence on the court.
More Accusations of Sexual Abuse by Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court Justice Failed To Disclose His Wife's $700,000 Income
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual financial disclosure forms. Led by House Rules Committee ranking member Rep.
Democratic lawmakers have called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual financial disclosure forms.
Clarence Thomas vote caused worst president ever, George W. Bush to be installed as President.
Clarence Thomas's vote caused a Key Provision Of Voting Rights Law to be struck down.
Clarence Thomas cast the key fifth vote enabling corporations to spend unlimited money influencing U.S. elections. As a result of this vote, outside groups spent nearly $300 million influencing the 2010 elections — much of which would have been illegal before Justice Thomas approved this spending.
Justice Clarence Thomas' head-scratching, jaw-dropping dissents
Just because Justice Clarence Thomas has a reputation for staying silent on the bench, doesn't mean the polarizing conservative didn't apply his own brand of knotty logic in his written dissent of the court's rulings.
Here are two head-scratching, jaw-dropping examples of Thomas' recent logical gymnastics at work.
Discrimination exists, we just have to live with it
In the case dealing with the Fair Housing Act, the Supreme Court ruled that the law constitutionally protects against actions that lead to discriminatory results — known as disparate impact — in addition to implicit discrimination. Here's a nugget from Thomas' dissent.
"Racial imbalances do not always disfavor minorities … [I]n our own country, for roughly a quarter-century now, over 70 percent of National Basketball Association players have been black. To presume that these and all other measurable disparities are products of racial discrimination is to ignore the complexities of human existence."
Thomas appears to be saying that, sure, there's plenty of discrimination floating around but it'd be unfair to chalk it all up to racism. Just look at the NBA. They're fine, even though most players are black.
In making that point, Thomas fails to acknowledge the actual application of disparate impact claims. Just because the NBA employs a majority of black players doesn't mean that there is discrimination at work — or that a white player would file a suit to claim as much. Even if that were to happen, the courts would then still have to determine whether the claims of disparate impact discrimination were valid and violated the law. So merely claiming that, in some industries, for instance, minorities have a majority stake apparently does nothing to address the actual application of the law.
But there is one aspect of Thomas' argument that is indisputable: A majority of NBA players are black.
Your dignity is not the government's problem
In a win for marriage equality advocates around the country, the court ruled that all states must license and recognize same-sex marriage — regardless of state laws or where the marriages were performed. Justice Anthony Kennedy notably used the word "dignity" nine times in his 34-page opinion. Thomas had a different take on the issue of dignity.
"The corollary of that principle is that human dignity cannot be taken away by the government. Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity because the government confined them. And those denied governmental benefits certainly do not lose their dignity because the government denies them those benefits. The government cannot bestow dignity, and it cannot take it away."
Despite being beaten, raped, and treated as subhuman property — all while living under a government that ostensibly permitted such treatment — slaves either did not lose their dignity at all or, in a broader reading, they can't blame the government for any loss of dignity. Basically, not the government's fault, Thomas appears to be saying.
By that application, Thomas' point seems to be that same-sex couples should just buck up and recognize that it's the not the government's role to "bestow dignity." Article source: msnbc.com/msnbc/justice-clarence-thomas-head-scratching-jaw-dropping-dissents
The US Supreme Court has proven that it is not just. Proof is how they almost always vote down part lines. This underscores how flawed our justice system is in general.
The US Supreme Court has become nothing more than a political tool to force political policy of the prevailing majority of justices beliefs upon the American people.
No one should be appointed to a position for life. These people should be given term limits.


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Exhibitions in the R2 Gallery are planned a year in advance and Carbondale Arts. Proposals will be available each fall in the Artist Resources section on this page as well as at Carbondale Arts' home at The Launchpad, and are due at the beginning of May (ex: proposals for 2021 are due May 1 of 2020).
Questions? Please contact our Gallery Manager, Brian Colley, at email@example.com, or call our office at 970-963-1680.


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Choice of Medigap, Rx policies can be confusing – Learn The ABCs of Medigap
Medigap policies, which are sold by private health insurers, come in 12 standardized benefit packages, labeled "A" through "L." The coverage and price generally increase as you move through the alphabet from the basic Plan A through the more comprehensive Plan J. Plans K and L are high-deductible policies that carry lower premiums but higher out-of-pocket costs. The most popular choice is Plan F, which strikes a good balance between costs (averaging around $160 per month) and coverage. (Note: If you live in Massachusetts, Minnesota or Wisconsin you have a different set of Medigap plans.)
How to choose:
To choose a Medigap policy, consider your health status and family medical history. The differences among plans can be small and rather confusing, so you'll need to do some homework to pick the right plan. To help you get started, you can compare quotes from multiple carriers in your area at by running an instant medicare supplement quote.
Since all Medigap policies with the same letter cover the exact same benefits, most people simply shop for the cheapest policy. You can get the best price if you sign up within six months after enrolling in Medicare Part B. During this open-enrollment period, an insurer cannot refuse to sell you a policy or charge you more because of medical issues.
You also need to be aware of the three company pricing methods that will affect your costs. Medigap policies are usually sold as either "attained-age" policies, which are premiums that start low but rise every year as you get older, as "issue-age" policies, which only increase prices because of inflation, not because of your age (these policies may start out a little more expensive than attained-age policies but may save you money in the long run), and as "community-rate" policies, which are where everyone in an area is charged the same premium regardless of age.
No drug coverage
Medicare Supplement plans no longer cover prescription drugs. If you don't have drug coverage you need to consider buying a separate Medicare Part D drug plan too. You can compare drug plans and cost at Medicare.gov/mpdpf.
Also note that standard Medigap plans do not cover vision or dental care, hearing aids or private-duty nursing.
All-in-one plans
Another option to consider is a Medicare Advantage plan. Instead of paying separately for Medicare Part B, plus a Medigap supplemental policy and a Part D drug plan, you could sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan that provides all-in-one coverage. These plans, which are sold by insurance companies, are generally available through HMOs and PPOs. To find and compare Advantage plans visit https://www.medigapadvisors.com/medicare-advantage-plans.htm .
Help for the low-income
If you have limited income, there are a variety of programs that may be able to help you cut or eliminate your health care costs, such as Medicare Savings Programs, Medicaid and prescription drug assistance. To find out if you qualify, visit Medicare.org.
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Drug abuse and addiction / Category / Emile Du Toit / May 5th 2014
Exercise is a vital activity for all human beings, and statistics show clearly that the average person does not exercise enough. Nevertheless, some people exercise to the point that it is actually destructive, and find it hard to abstain from this compulsion, no matter what the reason.
Of course, not everybody requires the same level of exercise. A corporate executive with a busy life and three kids might find that they are quite satisfied to allow themselves to feel healthy on 3 hours a week, whereas a professional sportsman might average more hours than this on a daily basis.
Nevertheless, some signs of someone exercising compulsively might include the following:
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Nexen Tire, established in 1942, is a leading global tire manufacturer headquartered in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, and in Seoul, South Korea.
Nexen Tire, one of the world's fastest growing tire manufacturers, works with 491 dealers based in 141 countries around the world (as of July 2015) and owns three manufacturing plants – two in Korea (Yangsan and Changnyeong) and one in Qingdao, China. Another plant in Zatec, Czech Republic will be operational by 2018.
Nexen Tire produces tires for passenger cars, SUVs and light trucks with advanced technology and excellence in design. The company also focuses on producing UHP tires, which are based on advanced technologies. Nexen Tire supplies OE tires to global car makers in various countries around the world. In 2014, the company achieved a grand slam of the world's top 4 design awards for the first time amongst the various tire makers in the world.
On August 6, 2015, Nexen Tire signed partnership agreement with Manchester City Football Club at the City Football Academy in Manchester, England and announced its official tire partnership title of Manchester City FC.
This partnership underpins Nexen Tire's rapid expansion into the global market by establishing a strong foothold in the European and global market through active communications with consumers.
Football fans from Europe and around the world will be able to see Nexen Tire branding on pitch-side LED during each club home premier league and domestic cup game at the Etihad Stadium. Moreover, the company plans to execute various marketing activities by utilizing players' portrait rights and sponsorship management.
"We are very pleased to serve as the Official Tire of Manchester City FC, one of the best soccer clubs in Europe. Manchester City FC is the perfect partner for Nexen Tire, considering its position in the league as one of the top-class football clubs with their decisive investment in and recruitment of top stars," said Ho-Chan Kang, President of Nexen Tire.
He also added that "This will provide us a great opportunity to let customers around the world know about Nexen Tire through the partnership with Manchester City FC, which has numerous fans across all continents. We will strengthen our brand power through continuous sports marketing"
For more information about Nexen Tire, please visit: http://www.nexentire.com


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Day of German Unity
Germany today celebrates Deutsche Einheit, the Day of German Unity, in celebrations centered in the Saarland state capital of Saarbrücken. The day marks the 1990 unification of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and German Democratic Republic (East Germany). This choice of Saabrucken reminds citizens that Saarland was brought back into Germany in 1957 after twelve years under French occupation. Last year's celebrations were held in Hamburg, with the theme of "Culture in Germany" picked up by Scholz & Friends in the key visual, three barges in black, red and gold carrying the names "Einigkeit" (Unity), "Reght" (Right) and "Freiheit" (Freedom).
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The Constitution
- What were the philosophical underpinnings of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
- What were the causes and effects of the Great Compromise and the 3/5ths Compromise?
- How did the Constitution Articles of Confederation and Constitution change the U.S. Political system?
War of 1812
- What were the causes and impact of the War of 1812 on British North America and the United States?
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Trailer Wiring and Brake Control Wiring
Tail Light Converters
Brake Control Wiring
Vehicles Towed Behind a Motorhome
Wiring Diagram for Common Plugs
Breakaway Switches
Special light and wiring systems need to be installed on your tow vehicle before you can tow any trailer. The trailer lighting system must not be directly spliced into your tow vehicle lighting system. Your qualified hitch installer will wire up your taillights, signals, and brake light functions into a special plug or connector in order to access the trailers light systems.
Basically, when you flip on your turn signal or push your brake pedal, the lights on the trailer must also signal your intentions to the driver behind you. The law says that any trailer that protrudes 4 or more feet behind your vehicle or visually blocks your taillights must be equipped with its own taillights, and your vehicle must have a connection to the trailers taillights. Hence the need for wiring your vehicle.
Most trailers are wired to use a single red light for both the brake and turn signals (1 bulb per side). This is known as a 4-wire system. Most import vehicles and newer domestic vehicles have both a red brake signal and a separate amber turn signal (2 bulbs per side). This is a 5-wire system. Tail light converters are required to connect a vehicle with a 5-wire system to a trailer with a 4-wire system. Eyers Trailer Hitch Center sells and installs tail light converters and trailer light power modules to accomplish this.
Tail Light Converters
All trailer light power is routed through the tow vehicle's light circuits.
Trailer Light Power Module
All trailer light power is routed directly from the tow vehicle's battery via a separate power line. Required for some vehicles to avoid vehicle light circuit damage.
We are also seeing more sophisticated computer systems being installed on vehicles nowadays. In many cases, we must bypass the computer system when we wire a vehicle for towing so that the towing wiring doesnt confuse the vehicles computer into thinking something is wrong with its lighting system.
Again, special converter units and wiring harnesses must be installed to alleviate this problem. That can get expensive. So, if you are a do-it-yourself wire person, please ask us for advice before doing your own wiring. Improper wiring can lead to blown fuses, and in extreme cases, overheating of wires which can result in a fire in your vehicle.
Wiring gets a little more complicated when you tow larger or more sophisticated trailers. Instead of needing simple wiring to run lights only, some trailers require extra wiring to run electric brakes, 12-volt battery charge lines, back-up lights and refrigerator power as well. Your hitch installer can determine your wiring needs based on the type of trailer you are towing as well as what kind of tow vehicle you have.
Brake Control Wiring
If a trailer is longer than 15 feet or weighs more than 1500 lbs., it must, by law, come equipped with a brake system.
There are two types of brake systems used today. Most boat or water sport trailers are equipped with hydraulic brakes, sometimes called surge brakes. Surge brakes are an independent system activated by a master cylinder at the junction of the hitch and trailer tongue. The master cylinder is mounted on the front of the trailer so any tow vehicle can tow the trailer. Simply put, when the inertia force of the tow vehicles braking action activates the master cylinder in the surge coupler, the trailer brakes are activated.
The other type of brake system is electronically controlled electric brake control wiring. The trailer brakes are activated electronically by the use of a brake control box mounted under the dash in the tow vehicle. There is additional wiring involved in tying your braking system and battery power to the rear plug, which activates the trailer brakes when you depress your brake pedal. The brake control box regulates the amount of voltage going back into the plug. The brake control box also allows you to activate the trailer brakes by hand in emergency situations, or when you simply want extra braking action independently of your putting your foot on your brakes.
Both of these braking systems must conform to Federal, State and Local regulations. The law states that if you are towing a trailer equipped with electric brakes, you must have a brake control unit installed and working in your tow vehicle.
Some of the older brake control units utilize a pendulum inertia type technology to achieve activation of trailer brakes. The problem with this type of system is that the box must be mounted exactly in only one position in order for the internal pendulum to properly activate the system. Sometimes if you are going up and down hills, the pendulum is fooled into activating the brakes improperly.
The newer technology utilizes an all-electronic solid state system to activate the brakes. The brake control wiring box can be mounted in any position. They are relatively trouble free.
Brake Controllers
Primus Digital Brake Controller
Introducing Primus Digital trailer brake control, a totally proportional electric trailer brake control.
Tekonsha P3 Brake Controller
The P3 electronic trailer brake control, for 1 to 4 Axle Trailers, is proportional. Distinct, easy to see LCD display with multiple color and contrast options. Allows you to switch between Electric and Hydraulic brakes.
Tekonsha Prodigy Brake controller
Prodigy trailer brake control is the latest and most intelligent brake control from Tekonsha. This powerful control features new motion sensor technology similar to what is used in the aerospace industry. For 2, 4, 6 & 8 Brake Trailers.
Curt Triflex Brake Controller
Triple-axis motion sensing for highly responsive, smooth stops, compact size, automatic leveling and calibration - No setup required, automatically adjusts brake output when going up or down a hill, sensitivity adjustment for varying trailer loads or driving conditions, compatible with anti-lock brakes and cruise control, operates 2-8 brakes
Wiring Diagram For Common Plugs
Here's a handy Wire Diagram for the most common types of electrical plug connectors:
Brake Control Wiring For
Vehicle Towed Behind a Motorhome
Nowadays, most states and Canada require you to have a braking system installed on your towed vehicle. Canada wont let you in the country if you dont have one!
We love the Brake Buddy system which is easy to set up and transfers to any another vehicle with ease. It comes with a radio-controlled monitor for the coach, breakaway system and cover.
The Brake Buddy auxiliary braking system improves towing safety by providing an effective easy to use supplementary braking system for your towed vehicle. This helps make towing with your motor home safer and more convenient.
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Brake Buddy Braking System for towed vehicles behind a motorhome.
The Brake Buddy auxiliary braking system improves towing safety by providing an effective easy to use supplementary braking system for your towed vehicle. This helps make towing with your motor home safer and more convenient.
BrakeBuddy Vantage Select™ - New and Improved
The BrakeBuddy Vantage Select features a new technological advancement making it the only portable auxiliary braking system that allows you to choose between Full and Proportional braking technology at the touch of a button.
Breakaway Switches
A breakaway switch uses either a large dry cell battery or the auxiliary 12-volt battery contained within the trailer to automatically engage the trailer brakes if the trailer is accidentally detached from the tow vehicle. The pin is inserted in the breakaway switch to hold the switch open. If the trailer becomes detached, the cable will pull the pin from the switch and the switch will then apply electrical current to the trailer brakes. You should occasionally check the breakaway switch by pulling the pin out and checking the braking action.
You can test the breakaway switch before each trip as follows:
- Hitch the trailer to the tow vehicle.
- Pull out the breakaway switch-actuating pin.
- Test brakes by attempting to drive away. The breakaway switch is functioning properly if the trailer brakes are activated. (Brakes will be locked up.)
- If the brakes are not activated, check that the trailer battery is connected and fully charged, and the trailer brakes are properly adjusted.
- Obtain service repair if the trailer brakes do not operate after making these checks.
- Reinsert the breakaway switch-actuating pin before towing the trailer.
Note: Never use the breakaway switch as a parking brake when you are parked on a hill. The battery will run down and the breakaway system will not be functioning properly when you really need it.
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Friday, December 21
one spot left for february art nest. . .
a little bird told me there is one spot left for our february art nest retreat!
i guess you could put in a good word with this guy and say you really, really want to come. . .
then you could make a tiny paper chain and count down the 61 days until you would come enjoy 4 days with these amazing artists.
visions of mushrooms will dance in your heads ~~ anahata
nestled all snug in their beds~~ pam
a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer~~ amy
maybe send a tiny note with one of santas elfs to us here in the snow to say you'll go. . .
what. . .you didn't know santa used hotmail? he's a busy guy :)
merry, merry. from the nest
2 comments:
- Michele said...
Someday...someday...if only that day were today!!! Please, please keep on with your artnest workshops so someday I can join you...lovely photos. Thanks!
Michele :)
Has the official story of 9/11 seemed a bit suspect to you? The film below shows you exactly why it should. Don't be overwhelmed by the number of facts thrown at you. There are only a handful of facts here to focus on as proof that the attacks were enhanced by a rogue governmental network.
First there's former New York mayor Ruddy Guiliani admitting on ABC News that he was told to leave the World Trade Center to avoid the impending collapse, despite there being no such indication from the buildings' structure. This shows prior knowledge of the collapse on the part of insiders above Guiliani in the chain of command during crisis response. This also shows that there had to be another cause of the collapse that would cause these insiders to be certain of the collapse.
Second, there's the preponderance of eyewitness accounts of explosions going off throughout the towers prior to the collapse. The fact that explosions were heard in areas that were nowhere near the destruction--like the basement, lobby, and lower floors--points to the use of explosives. And explosives would certainly provide those insiders above Guiliani the certainty of a collapse.
Third, there's the collapse of all three buildings occurring too fast for a collapse not induced by demolition devices. Both towers fell between 10 to 13 seconds, and Building 7 fell between 6 to 7 seconds. Free-fall speed for the towers is 9.2 seconds, and for building 7 it is 5.9 seconds. For these three buildings to have fallen at virtually free-fall speed as they did, virtually all key points of structural resistance had to have been removed from the equation. If left intact, they would have provided resistance against the collapse that ,in turn, would have caused the collapse to fall much slower than a free fall. The only thing that could remove those key points of structural resistance would be demolition devices.
Lastly, there's the discovery of the hijackers' identification in the aftermath of the attacks. The fact that an ID turned up so quickly out of the enormous amount of rubble from the towers and was found by itself--not near a hijacker's body nor his belongings--shows that the ID was planted. This corroborates the evidence of insiders working within a rogue governmental network. The plant was obviously intended to keep the focus on the hijackers' culpability, and not anyone else's.
Using these core facts you can persuade others that this is conspiracy fact, not theory; and that this knowledge is based on logic, not paranoia. So please push for the truth to be publicly recognized for the sake of our nation's security and sanity.
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This election season, a nation gripped by xenophobia — stirred in part over the paranoid hysteria surrounding the Park51 Islamic community center in Manhattan — produced the perfect opportunity for Rep.-elect Renee Ellmers' (R-NC) candidacy. Quick to capitalize on brewing Islamophobia, Ellmers launched an ominous campaign ad slamming opponent Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) for failing to denounce the Cordoba Initiative's plans for a "victory mosque" near the World Trade Center site. "The terrorists haven't one," said Ellmers. "And we should tell them in plain English 'No, there will never be a mosque at Ground Zero.'"
Relatively unknown in North Carolina politics, Ellmers rode "the most baldly anti-Muslim ad of the year" to national fame and electoral victory. But her win felt "more like a sharp blow" for her Muslim constituents who were offended by an ad equating Muslims to terrorists and implying that Park51 is funded by terrorists. But unlike many Muslim–bashing mouthpieces would have Americans believe, these local American Muslims are participating in democracy and trying to reach out to Ellmers to know "what her intentions are":
Dismayed by the ad, individuals and groups within the Triangle's Muslim community say they are interested in pursuing a truce with Ellmers. They have been trying to reach out to her since the ad first aired in late September."I've called her office three times," said Khalilah Sabra, executive director of the state chapter of the Muslim American Society's immigrant justice project. "We'd like to know where she stands and what her intentions are with regard to the Muslim community."[…]
Members of the Muslim American Public Affairs Council, a Raleigh group that has successfully reached out to other members of North Carolina's congressional delegation, said Ellmers will be invited to the group's yearly dinner March 19. In years past, congressmen Brad Miller and David Price have attended, as have state lawmakers, mayors and law enforcement officers.
Mohammad Elgamal, chairman of the group's executive committee, said he wrote Ellmers shortly after the mosque TV ad aired. He never heard back. But he's not yet discouraged."I know people say things in the campaign, but they don't mean it," Elgamal said. "Personally, I'm willing to work with her."
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In an appearance on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 this past September, Ellmers participated in a heated interview which revealed a certain lack of respect for non-Christian traditions. When Cooper inquired why she used "the term Muslim and the term terrorist basically interchangeable," she replied "I'm not attempting to say all Muslims are terrorists, basically what I'm saying sir is that they were terrorists who attacked us, they were Islamic jihadists." When Cooper continued to point out that those behind Park51 aren't terrorists and the fallacy of her "victory mosques" claims, a floundering Ellmers retorted, "I have history to back me up. … We are not fighting radical Christians, we are fighting radical Muslims."
At one point, Ellmers asked Cooper, "Are you anti-religion? Are you anti-Christian in your thinking?" To which Cooper replied, "that's like the lowest response I've ever heard from a candidate."


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Asthma Mitigation Strategies
This article compares asthma management approaches by physicians, community organizations and charitable organizations. Community organizations are more likely to focus on environmental and community-based factors that contribute to asthma, while clinical groups are more likely to focus on individual disease management factors.
A Special Supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Showcases Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Research
- 1. Making Evidence from Research More Relevant, Useful, and Actionable in Policy, Program Planning and Practice
- 2. Effective Recruitment of Minority Populations Through Community-Led Strategies
- 3. The Healthy Lifestyle Change Program
- 4. A Low-Literacy Medication Education Tool for Safety-Net Hospital Patients
- 5. Risk and Resilience in Latinos
- 6. Improving Disaster Mental Health Care in Schools
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- 8. Rapid Community Participatory Assessment of Health Care in Post-Storm New Orleans
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- 16. Community-Based Participatory Research Shows How a Community Initiative Creates Networks to Improve Well-Being