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I have a OLD Jabsco freshwater pump on which the pressure switch failed. Pump #16148-0000, the switch was threaded. Do you know what the new pump # is, or have a replacement switch #
The parts for that model are no longer available, the new Jabsco replacement for that pump is Part number 36900-1000. I have attached the link below.
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I have a 9 year old 56' Navigator with two Flo Jet model 4325 - 512 fresh water pumps that have both frozen up. I can't find this model number on line - do you know what make / model number I can replace them with?
Unfortunately that model is no longer available however we do have Quad II Wash Down, Fresh Water Marine Utility Water Pumps.
I have the Jabsco 31700-0092 Marine ParMax 4 Washdown/livewell Pump and need the subject part number motor. The motor is overheating and so that is the only part I need. Do you sell just the motor?
That pump has been superceded to our item number Jabsco Par Max 3.5 Water System Washdown Pump, 32600-0092, our part number 203454.
93 Hunter 33.5 - Fresh water pump for faucet/shower is not operating. Light on panel lights but pump does not run. Is there a fuse for this pump? Where are they located usually - in the panel or an in-line fuse holder? Thanks.
Sounds like you have a bad pump. Can you read the manufacture name or model number?
I have a 44' Ocean Alexander that no longer makes pressurized F Water: I have a Furnas controller controlling a hard mounted diaphragm pump. I can hit the little reset button which starts the pump, runs it till the accumulator gauge shows about 27 psig when it shuts off. Good, But when i run water the controller doesn't sense the pressure drop and no pump re start occurs. The controller is screwed to a bronze fitting which i assume has some sort of spring loaded plunger in it…Is this familiar?
The bronze fitting is a check valve.There is a cut in cut out switch. It sounds like it needs to be replaced.


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Kittens use their mouths to explore their environments. It is not a show of aggression. Oftentimes, kittens are taught by their mothers or other kittens in their litters not to bite, but owners may need to take steps to stop biting.
Pet experts recommend expressing displeasure when a kitten bites and then immediately walking away and ignoring the kitten. This teaches the kitten that biting causes him to lose attention from the owner. Giving the kitten a treat when it doesn't bite and praising the kitten is also important. This teaches the kitten that not biting leads to attention and treats.

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AIGA Jacksonville presents this exhibit reflecting diverse disciplines of design emphasizing illustration, typography and printing techniques. Participants are asked to pick their favorite summer song and turn it into a piece of art in poster form.
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The Second Time Around Isn't Always Lovelier
Posted: July 13, 2013
This summer, I am repeating last year's field work, incorporating a few modifications, with the hope that I will more efficiently produce an equally significant dataset as last year and be able to strengthen my findings. But because field work is largely unpredictable, my expectation that things would work out perfectly for two years in a row has fallen a bit short.
My work involves observing bumble bee pollen foraging behavior to native perennial flowers. My undergraduate assistant Bekki and I count how many bumble bees visit each plant species and how long they stay collecting pollen from each species. Most data is collected at our hoop house, a large foraging arena that restricts my bumble bees to only the flowers provided to them. From this data, I can calculate the bees' foraging preferences. By collecting continuous foraging data throughout the day, at least until all the pollen has been depleted, I can see finer scale changes in foraging preferences that other research in the field has often failed to report.
In 2012, the data collection went very smoothly. We had an early spring and the weather was consistent every day so that we could follow a standard schedule of work throughout the entire season. Most of my flowers bloomed early so that we were able to produce a large dataset of bee foraging behavior. It was a dry and sunny summer so the bees routinely foraged every day at the same rates, since no rain, wind, or clouds effected their foraging.
However 2013 has been a different story. But maybe the weather this year is more typical of a Pennsylvania summer. This spring, our plants emerged quite early, leaving me hopeful that I would expect blooming to occur around the same time as last year. However, with the cool spring and consistent rains, blooming occurred almost 3 weeks later than last year! What is exciting though, is that where only 7 of the 9 of my plant species bloomed last year, all 9 will bloom this season. Strangely though, some individuals of a few plant species started showing signs of blooming, where others have yet to advance beyond the vegetative state. I hope they will bloom too! I've also had some troubles with my bees. We order our colonies from a commercial bumble bee breeder, and ask for colonies that are in an early stage of development. However, the workers of one of our colonies killed their queen, and we noticed two more days in a row two more killed queens. How this occurred, we are not sure, but we imagine that the colony was at a later stage of development where they start producing new queens, which would usually occur in August. Our other colony, since its introduction into the hoop house last week, has quickly taken up the behavior of "robbing" flowers. Though not a common practice for naïve bees, when bees are in a situation where forage is limited, robbing (purposefully damaging flowers to access nectar or pollen) can occur and is quickly learned by other bees. This behavior can be irreversible.
But there is good news, even with the unpredictability of the weather, plant phenology, and bee behavior, data collection is underway. I have many flowers still waiting to bloom and new bumble bee colonies are being delivered. The problems I have encountered this season should be expected by anyone conducting field work and should not be discouraging. If anything, we learn from field work all the variables that can influence our study system—the factors we get to avoid in the lab. Our ability as researchers to encounter and creatively design projects and solutions that can account for these variables will strengthen our results and help us understand nature on larger special scales.
I hope you look forward to my next update during the week of August 18th.
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Easy Lemon & Poppy Seeds Muffins.Saturday, September 24, 2016
This was one of the best desserts I made according to my boyfriend. I rarely do muffins, when I do them I do banana and nuts or carrot cake muffins. I am absolutely desperate with frosting and cupcakes so I rarely try to make those but lemon and poppy seeds muffins are a perfect blend of the two.
They were super easy to make and they make a fabulous fresh, every day dessert with coffee or to take to a party. I had some blueberries left over so I added them when already pouring the mixture into the cups. If you make more then your family can eat in three days time, you can definitely freeze them once they are cool and just pull them out of the freezer few hours before you have guests or defrost them in a microwave.
Give it a try yourself, you won't regret it!
Muffin mixture:
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
1/3 cup unsalted butter (melted/room temp.)
2/3 cup greek yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon zest
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup of blueberries or 3 tbsp of coconut
1 cup powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
DIRECTIONS1. Preheat oven to 220 C (425F).
2. Lightly grease a muffin pan with oil or nonstick spray or alternatively line with paper liners (I made 10 muffins out of this mixture). I am always using those Ikea silicone muffin cups and I make as many as I can fill with mixture. They also come out easy even when not greased.
3. Make dry mixture by steering together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and poppy seeds.
4. Beat the butter on high speed until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute). I used manual beater and a butter which I left on room temperature for 20 min as I didn't have electric one handy and muffins came out great. Add sugar and cream together onto butter mixture, add eggs, vanilla extract, lemon zest and greek yogurt to it, mix just to combine. Add lemon juice and mix to combine nicely.
5. Add dry flour mixture to this wet mixture and mix until batter is well combined.
6. Spoon batter into prepared cups, but fill them only about 3/4 full because they will grow a bit.
7. Bake for 5 minutes at 220C/425F. Lower the oven temperature to 180C/350F and bake for 10-15 more minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of one muffin comes out clean.
8. While you are waiting for muffins to be done you can make the glaze. Stir together powdered sugar and lemon juice and drizzle over the baked muffins.
Let me know how yours came out if you decide to try them! :)


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This tab lists opportunities for members of the participating MING organizations.
2014 Winter Olympic Games
Opportunity to Participate from Munich
The 2014 US Winter Olympics team is coming to Munich prior to heading on to the Sochi in February 2014. The team includes about 250 athletes and 250 support staff. They will be here from Friday, January 24th until Wednesday, February 5th when they will depart for Sochi. While here, the team will work out of the distribution center at the Olympic Park, handle organizational matters, and prepare for the Games. It is quite an honor that Munich has been selected for this support role for the 2014 Olympic Games.
Opportunity knocks: Ms. Katie Clifford, Manager of Consumer Products for the US Olympics Committee, is seeking 30-40 volunteers per day to help support the team during its stay here. This is an opportunity for interested members of the AGBC and the other MING (Munich International Networking Group) organizations to be involved in supporting the 2014 Olympic Games. The support activities will focus on team processing as the first step that delegation members, Team USA athletes and officials will go through prior to departing for the Games site in Sochi. Among the tasks are:
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Casting Opportunity - House Hunters International: Renovations
Producers of a half-hour TV show, House Hunters International, are looking for expats to cast in a new spin-off House Hunters International: Renovations.
The original show is on the Home and Garden Television Network (HGTV) in the US and the Travel Channel in the UK. The series is designed to de-mystify the international home-buying process, by going behind the scenes of a house hunt where expats and their real estate agents tour 3 homes. At its core, House Hunters International is a travel show concentrating on the idiosyncrasies of the locales and what makes them special and different.
The new spin-off show called House Hunters International: Renovation and producers are looking for expats who have recently bought fabulous properties and are about to embark on some imminent renovations. Ideally they should be outgoing and fun, aged under 50 and have bought a property within the last few years. They are focusing on Munich as well as other European cities.
They are looking to film this year and for the renovation projects to finish by beginning of November (ex. a new kitchen, a small extension etc.) They have some budget that would go towards finishing the project which makes it a little more interesting!
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OK, now for step 2. In step 1 we began to track how much energy we use overall. In step 2 we will delve a little deeper into our electricity consumption
No. 2 – List the things that use electricity & estimate how much they use.
Go around your house and make a list of all the things that are plugged in and using electricity. We are going to break down our total electricity consumption to help us see where we can make savings. Play particular attention to the things that are always plugged in rather than gadgets like mobiles phones, etc.
My home is heated using gas so the major items for me are,
- Electric cooker (oven)
- TV with DVD player and digital TV box
- Fridge
- Washing machine
- Microwave
- Central heating pump
- Kettle
- Power Shower
- Internet router
- Lighting
- Other miscellaneous items (e.g. laptops, mobile phones, vacuum cleaner, toothbrushes, etc.)
Now we need to work out the contribution of each of these items to the overall electricity consumption that we've been tracking in Step 1. The results for my house are shown in the chart below.
You can now see that I can save a significant of electricity by;
- Making sure that nothing is left on stand-by – especially my TV / DVD player, washing machine and microwave – switch it off at the socket.
- Only boiling the amount of water I need in the kettle
- Double checking that I have energy efficient light bulbs
- Maybe eating less energy intensive meals (ie. not oven cooked)
- Check that the seals on the fridge are in good shape
- Perhaps switch to a lower RPM spin-cycle.
All this stuff is pretty simple and maybe you've heard it before. Importantly it doesn't involve any sacrifice on your part. You don't have to sit in the dark, shivering to make these savings. They are pure waste. You may discover different things, for example, you may be surprised at how many things are left permanently plugged in, and you may be shocked at exactly how much your tumbled dryer costs you (when you can let at least some of the washing dry naturally).
I want you to measure the consumption so you can see the impact of following advice on energy saving. I believe that the act of measurement reinforces these messages and ensures that these good acts become permanent habits.
I haven't said how I completed this analysis. I did it in 2 of ways.
A. Using a Power (watt) meter
B. Estimating based on knowledge of voltage/current/watts and usage.
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After a 24-flight delay (thanks to two dramatic inches of snow in Nashville), we finally embarked on our first trip to Kenya as a family of three. The only benefit of traveling with a baby (and I promise, there is only one) is that they put us in the bulkhead where there was more leg room in front for Jude to move around. A baby bassinet hangs from just below the TV - but Jude was a little too big to fit comfortably in the makeshift crib. So he ended up on James' lap for most of the 20+ hour journey (Saint James).
And after flights from Nashville to Detroit to Amsterdam to Nairobi - and after forgetting to pack CASH for visa entries - we made it! (And so did that other guy).
By the way, who gets on a plane for a month to Africa with only $47 dollars in her wallet? Yep, that crazy lady with a stuffed giraffe hanging from her side. Thankfully James happened to have some random Kenyan shillings to cover our difference.
We spent Sunday getting acquainted with our Airbnb furnished apartment and reuniting with one of my best friends, Autumn, who is joining us for the week during her R & R from her intense humanitarian work in South Sudan. James introduced me to some other working moms he knows through his NGO contacts and arranged for driver and nanny support while he works from Lwala. We oriented ourselves to the peculiarities of the water pump and heater, the occasional power outages and the 84 steps (yes, I counted) that it takes to get up to our top floor apartment. Here is our view from the patio:
Dealing with the jet lag with an eleven month old has made that previous international flight feel quite mild. An upside down clock for a baby is not something you can reason your way out of. So each morning, Jude and I have been walking down the 84 steps and across the street to a nearby cafe to shake off the long (or rather, short) nights. At that time of day, the air is a perfect 60 degrees before the warmer sun comes out. Jude has won over our regular waitress, Jane, and he loves to interact with anyone there who will give him attention.
Which is why he was in extroverted baby heaven when the Kenyan national rugby team showed up for an early breakfast yesterday!
Scrambled eggs AND rugby players who think he's cute? What more could baby Jude ask for?
Well, how about playing with baby elephants?
Autumn, Jude and I visited the Sheldrick Trust where there is an elephant orphanage, and an opportunity to interact with the baby elephants. It was such a great experience - an intimate hour-long program that allows you to learn about the protection and preservation of wildlife, and to see (and touch) the 30 elephants in their care.
Their skin felt like you were touching a dirt path. Not so sure if Jude was truly taking this in. (He'll probably love to see these pictures of him when he gets older, right?)
So if the baby elephants weren't enough, we thought we would stop by the Giraffe Center to feed the giraffes. It's a delight to get to be so close to them. Jude wasn't as delighted, but I'd say he was cautiously interested.
Oh, and it was such a gift to share the experience with Autumn. For so many reasons - but shared histories and common passions in the world make for rich and enduring friendships.
Besides enjoying the elephants and giraffes, it's been lovely to catch up over meals together and enjoy the familiar company of a dear friend.
It's possible that Autumn and I were more excited about the excursion than Jude was because when we got home, Jude returned with great vigor to his favorite activity: blocks in a can.
So, I didn't remember to bring any cash for our month in Kenya, but I did, however, find a way to pack Jude's can and blocks from Nashville. (Saint Jena).


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So I'm hitting the big 3-0 on Sunday, and I'm totally in denial over the fact that tomorrow is the last day of my 20's. Say what?! Instead of heading to karaoke (my default birthday spot), we'll be celebrating this milestone with a BBQ shindig! Isn't the evolution of bday plans funny? Mine started off with a lot of bar hopping and dancing into the wee hours of the morning when I first moved to NYC, and then they slowly degenerated over the years until it's finally like "We can order a pizza, and I'll change out of my sweatpants if I'm feeling particularly festive". Ok, I'm not quite at that stage yet, but I'm afraid we're getting there :-)
This past year has been full of highs and lows, and yet I feel extremely blessed to be entering a new decade with wonderful friends & family, and a lovely home to share with Hubs and the Tobster. Here's hoping year 30 will bring on more laughter, success, and wisdom.


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"Zoe Whittall might just be the cockiest, brashest, funniest, toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holds-barred writer to emerge from Montreal since Mordecai Richler..." The Globe & Mail
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Conversation with Sarah Slean on CBC Music, and quick summer update
You can click here to read a conversation I had with musician Sarah Slean for the CBC music website. I haven't been updating this site very often lately - mostly because I've been working on the new book and I haven't been making many public appearances. But I'm always on Twitter, if you'd like to follow me there, or on Facebook. Here's a photo of what my cat does while we're watching Jeopardy.
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"…you never let the best man win. Fuck the best man, that's always been my motto. It's the man who ducks his head and moves on through no matter what wind or weather who gets there in the end. A man with guts and application. A man who doesn't give a shit. A man with a rigid sense of duty. There's no contradiction between those last two statements. Believe me."
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Hello Ruby aims to provide a fun and playful way for children to learn about computing and coding. Started in 2009 as an art project by Linda Liukas, programmer, storyteller and illustrator from Helsinki, Hello Ruby was boosted by a widely popular Kickstarter campaign in 2014.
They approached Kokoro & Moi, a design agency based in Helsinki and New York about a new visual identity.
The visual identity highlights the importance of playfulness and curiosity, when learning about coding. The colour palette is vivid and wide. Logo is built of colourful building blocks, characters playfully rotating the full circle. Friendly Maax Rounded as a primary font is accompanied by Maax Mono, monospaced font, in this case referring to the early computers.
With scissors we cut paper pieces to create Hello Ruby Cutout, a custom made font, to add more playfulness, fun and DIY attitude to the identity. Paper pieces are also used as building blocks for the pictograms, illustrations and animations. The stories and exercises are told through the cute and imaginative illustrations drawn by Linda. The identity system forms a playful and structured setting for these drawings, and adds layer of functionality to the storytelling.
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Sketching in the Galleries
All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art with artist Marie Schoeff. Meet at "Murray Street I" (1979) in "Summer Nocturne" for general guidance and all materials. Each program is open to 10 participants.
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No Amount of Alcohol is Safe to Drink if You're Pregnant/
No I'm not pregnant! Haha, but I do know several people who are. I recently watched a documentary sent to me by a reader called Moment to Moment: Teens Growing Up With FASDs [Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders]. On the blog I often talk about drinking and how it has affected my life, as well as the widespread consequences caused by addiction. I read a lot about the devastating effects of drugs and alcohol on bodies, the epidemic of overdosing, and the constant suffering experienced by the families of addicts. Something I don't see a lot about when I read about addiction is mothers-to-be who drink while pregnant. Did you know each year 2-5% of all babies born in the U.S. have been affected by their mother's drinking alcohol during pregnancy? I didn't. I also didn't know Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is the number 1 cause of preventable intellectual disability in the U.S. These are only a couple of facts I learned from watching this documentary. The scary part is some women believe drinking during pregnancy has no effect and others are too wrapped up in their addiction to care. If you're one of them or know one, please take into consideration the devastating effects alcohol could have on your unborn child. Watching this documentary allowed me to see with my own eyes the long-lasting consequences.
Dr. Chasnoff, an award-winning author, doctor, and researcher, unleashes many alarming facts in the film. Besides the ones I've already mentioned, the most shocking to me, was when he explained that there is no safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant.Why? The BAC (blood alcohol content) in a fetus is just as high or higher than in the mother.
Let me explain first what Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders means. It's an umbrella term that includes several different mental disorders. People who are affected fall somewhere on the spectrum, showing little noticeable effects, to the other extreme where effects are quite severe and children have a hard time functioning on their own. The following disorders span the spectrum:
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - this is the one mostly commonly heard of.
- Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
- Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
How exactly does alcohol affect babies who are exposed to it in the womb?
1. Growth - Babies are born small and stay small all their lives. Their height and weight are low and generally mark under the 10th percentile.
2. Facial Features - Babies are born with a flat mid face feature. They often have small, wide eyes and a flat nasal bridge. They may have a thin upper lip, accompanied by a flat area between the nose and upper lip without the typical groove.
3. Brain - Babies are born with a small head at birth; this especially occurs in women who drink during their 3rd trimester. Children whose moms drink only earlier in pregnancy will have a normal size brain, however there is still a significant impact on brain development.
Most of all, prenatal alcohol exposure can deeply influence how the affected children process information. The goal of the documentary is to raise awareness of this little talked about spectrum of diseases. It also showed me the troubles teens who fall on that spectrum face. Many of these developmental issues are hard to physically see and unless medical professionals know for sure that children were exposed to alcohol during gestation, FASDs is hard to diagnose. Additionally, many of these affected children find themselves in the foster care system, the juvenile court system, and correctional facilities.
In fact, on August 7, 2012, the American Bar Association passed a resolution that recommended that FASDs be a mitigating factor in criminal adjudication and sentencing. This helps lawyers, judges, and the foster care system understand more about these disorders and raises awareness for those who work with at-risk youth. There's a chance that some criminals and other at-risk youth could be suffering with FASDs and be unaware. It may be a missing link that could explain unusual behavior.
When a child with FASDs grows up, there are 3 major areas of their lives that are impacted.
1. Neurocognitive functioning - The ability to relate cause and consequence; take part in executive functioning. The ability to think before you do.
2. Self-regulation - Thinking, behaviors, and emotions are difficult to control.
3. Adaptive living - Taking what you know and applying it to daily life. The ability to learn from experience is diminished.
Memory organization, time management, thinking abstractly, and daily routines - things we all take for granted every day are constant battles for children and teens with FASDs. During Moment to Moment I watched Alison, Brittany, Kara, and Jerry attempt to live their lives as best they could. It's heartbreaking and frustrating to watch the adversity these teens face because of the choices their birth moms made years before.
This documentary provides the first of its kind, understandable description, of acquired brain damage from prenatal alcohol exposure. It also conveys a strong message of hope, while reminding all of us, people with special needs require our compassion and care. For me, it brought to light an important side of addiction that often gets overlooked. If seeing these alcohol effects up close and personal doesn't allow you to look at your side of the street when it comes to unhealthy drug and alcohol habits, what will?
To find a screening near you of Moment to Moment: Teens Growing Up with FASDsClick Here.
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Pulled Pork
Pulled Pork
Recipe Type: BBQ
Cuisine: American
Author: Caroline Artiss
Prep time: 2 hours
Cook time: 5 hours
Total time: 7 hours
Serves: serves 5-6
One of my favorite recipes while traveling across America on Chef Race. One day I dream of having an actual smoker in my garden, wouldn't that be fun!
2 kg / 4lb joint of pork butt / pork shoulder
- Spice rub:
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- ½ tbsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp salt
- ½ tbsp black pepper
- To Marinade:
- 5 cloves fresh garlic
- small handful fresh thyme
- 1 bottle ale
There are a few steps to making a great pulled pork!
- Step 1- Marinade the pork overnight
- Mix all the ingredients together for the spice rub and keep in a small bowl
- Place the pork in a large bowl and pour the bottle of ale over it
- Add the fresh sprigs of thyme and squashed cloves of garlic
- Add 1 tbsp of the spice rub mix and mix it all into the pork
- Leave the pork covered in the fridge to marinade over night
- Step 2 – slow roasting
- The next day take the pork out of the ale marinade and place in a roasting tray fat side up
- Keep the ale to one side
- Pat the joint dry with kitchen paper and then rub a tbsp of oil all over the joint
- Then the remainder of the spice rub all over the pork and put a few cloves of the garlic and thyme on top
- It is now ready to smoke or roast
If you have a smoker place it in your smoker and leave to slowly cook for 6 – 7 hours for this size of joint, at 220 f
- Step 3 - cook
- If you don't have a smoker you can roast this in your oven
- Place the pork on a baking tray, fat side up cover with foil and place in your oven at it's lowest temperature – 120c / 240 f and leave for approx. 6 hours
- You will know when it's done if you get a fork and tug at the meat it should fall off the bone and separate into strands easily and still be juicy!
- Check it at around the 5 hour mark as it is a small size joint
- Allow meat to rest for 30 minutes with the tin foil keeping it warm before you shred it
If using a bigger joint adjust the quantities of spice rub, and then you can work out the cooking time by approx. 1.5 / 2 hours per lb (1lb is approx. ½ kg) of pork in weight, at oven temperature 270f gas 1/ 140 c
If you want to go the whole hog! (eh hem) I sometimes get the BBQ on as I don't have a smoker YET!
To add some extra wood chip hickory smoke flavor
Take the joint out after it has been over night with the ale
Rub the spice mix on and slap it on the grill for 30 minutes with lid shut, before placing it in the oven covered in foil to slow roast
This gives it an extra smokey flavor
I also sometimes add some of the beer marinade into the roasting tin when cooking the pork to give extra flavor and also to help keep lot's of moisture in there.
I hope you enjoy my recipe, I know everyone has their own special way of making this amazing dish, so please do make it your own and I'd love to know your twists too.


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Today is my birthday, and as we all know, once you hit a certain age, birthdays start to feel a bit morbid, like the loud gong of the clock. The wrinkles and the gray hair are starting to make their appearances, and as much as I'd love to convince you all that I embrace them as badges of courage and honor, mostly I look in the mirror and wish I could figure out how to photoshop my face. This past weekend, I was in Buffalo for my husband's cousin's Bar Mitzvah. While there, I took the opportunity to get a portrait of my mother-in-law with her dear Aunt Millie. I could go on and on about this remarkable woman, but suffice it to say she's seen a LOT more birthdays than I have - more birthdays than most people ever will - and yet to meet her is to meet a happy, funny, positive woman thrilled that she's been able to see as many years as she has. What an inspiring person to spend time with right before one's own birthday!
Pictured below: my mother-in-law, Suzy, and her Aunt Mildred: 102 years young:


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If you think video games are big now, just think how big they would be if virtual reality technology reached the point where playing a video game felt like actually questing through mystical lands, racing sports cars, or fighting with guns. In this hypothetical world, everyone would play video games and pro-gaming leagues would be wildly popular.
This vision sets the stage for " Video Game High School," a web series about a kid in the future who is sent off to a fantastic school for gamers.
The Kickstarter-backed show is currently being promoted in a big YouTube ad series and has a rabid fanbase, with 12 million people watching the first episode on YouTube. Now in its third season, the show can also be seen at the home of RocketJump Studios as well as Netflix and other paid streaming sites.
For a preview, check out our Episode One Spoilers.


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Contempt Petition For Nonpayment Of Support
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State of Alabama Unified Judicial System Court Case Number CONTEMPT PETITION CS-6 Rev. 06/2009 IN THE ________________ COURT OF ____________________ COUNTY, ALABAMA v. (Plaintiff) (Defendant) Comes now the Plaintiff and shows unto the Court as follows: 1. On the day of_____________, ______, the Plaintiff OR Defendant,____________________ , was ordered to pay support in the amount of $_______ per_______, commencing on ______________ for the child(ren), named as follows: 2. Plaintiff OR Defendant is $ in arrears as of the day of______________, _______ in child support payments as ordered by the __________ Court of ________________ County. 3. On the day of_____________, ______ the Plaintiff OR Defendant was ordered to pay support in the amount of $_______ per ______ commencing on the day of______________, _______ for the spouse/former spouse,_____________________. 4. Plaintiff OR Defendant is $_______ in arrears as of the day of________________, _______ in spousal support payments as ordered by the _____________ Court of _______________________ County. 5. On the day of________________, _______, the Plaintiff OR provide medical support and/or reimbursement as follows: Defendant was ordered by this court to . 6. Unpaid medical support in the amount of $_______ has accumulated and is due since the above-mentioned order. 7. Interest has accumulated on the above-referenced arrearages in the amount of $_______. 8. Other: . WHEREFORE, the premises considered, the Plaintiff OR Defendant moves this Honorable Court as follows: (1) That a hearing be set and notice of the date, time and place of said hearing be served on the Plaintiff OR Defendant, and that at the hearing the Defendant be required to show cause why he/she should not be held in contempt of court; (2) that the Court reduce the arrearages to a judgment with interest and order payments thereon; (3) that at the hearing, the Court also enter an income withholding order; (4) that such other and further relief be granted as to which Plaintiff OR Defendant may be entitled and which the court may deem just. Date Name and Address of Attorney: Plaintiff/Attorney Telephone No.:______________________ COURT RECORD ATTORNEY DEFENDANT American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com


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Usain Bolt is set to race in Australia for the first time in his career taking part in the first edition of the Nitro Summer Series in February.
Bolt arrived to the launch of the Nitro Series on a boat across Melbourne's Yarra River. Nitro Athletics will feature six teams of 24 athletes, 12 women and 12 men.
Teams will come from Australia, as well as internationally and will be announced in the coming weeks. Nitro Athletics is said to be unlike any other athletics competition seen before and will not just feature traditional events .
"It's different from the conventional, just normal track and field, individual stuff. For me, as i said, if you guys follow my progress, through all of my years, one thing i always love, is competing in a relay. So the fact that now i have a full team, that i can inspire and we can compete together is a different feeling to me. I've never had a chance to compete in a team sport and for me this is like a team sport, so it's exciting for me,"
Bolt's fierce american rival Justin Gatlin, has also been linked to the event.


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Mackenzie Trench Coat
- Waterproof
- Breathable
- StormRepel DWR
- 2 Layer
- Secure Pocket
Proof that style and performance are not mutually exclusive. Empire waist and princess seams give this trench its flattering shape. Lightweight polyester shell features our exclusive WeatherEdge® technology to make it windproof and waterproof/breathable to 5K/5K. StormRepel® durable water-repellent (DWR) finish beads water so it doesn't soak into the fabric.
- WeatherEdge® waterproof/breathable, windproof technology
- Seam-sealed construction for maximum protection
- StormRepel® DWR finish sheds moisture
- Three secure zip pockets - two exterior, one interior
- Adjustable, integrated hood
- Average length: Reg Medium 33"
- Active: An athletic fit. Close to body without restricting mobility. Designed to fit over baselayers and lightweight midlayers.
- 100% polyester
- Imported
- Yes, I recommend this productj9Gender FemaleHeight 5'5"Type RegularActivityLeisureProsConsFitness meter label is moderately smallFit:SmallLargeMonsoon Appropriate!Jul 26, 2019
I'm in the middle of monsoon season in India, and this is the coat I chose to be my ever-present companion during my time here. Y'all. It was the right decision. If you live where it rains, buy this. It works. No leaks. The overall look is nice and feminine. And I feel like I look put together when I'm out getting soaked (from ONLY the knees down!). I'm 5'5", very pear shaped, and wear a size 14 pants and med/large shirts in most brands. I bought the XL, and it's comfortable, fitted because of the cut, but not tight or constricting at all. The sleeves are too long, but I always have that problem. The hem lands just above my knees. After I return to North America, this will still be a staple for me for spring and fall rains.
- ERINGenderHeightTypeActivityProsConsOkJul 10, 2019
This is perfect for an Alaskan cruise
- Yes, I recommend this productEllyGender FemaleHeight 5'8"Type RegularActivityLeisureProsConsFitness meter label is smallFit:SmallLargeExcellent pickJul 6, 2019
I am 5'8", long legs and arms and small is perfect fit


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The Gods Hate Trees!
by Purple Wyrm on April 17, 2013
I'm quite ill at the moment, which is probably why I think this is an amusing idea… Westeros Baptist Church News Release THANK THE SEVEN FOR THE DEATH OF JOFFREY BARATHEON! WBC TO PICKET THE FUNERAL OF 'KING' JOFFREY The (…)
by Purple Wyrm on April 16, 2013
It's weird. I find myself hoping that the bombs were planted by some home-grown American psychopath, as opposed to a foreign militant group. I guess I still find the aftermath of the 911 attacks so horrible that I'm afraid of (…)
by Purple Wyrm on April 15, 2013
Ha! Zoids! As a kid my brother and I had the Malder, Molga, Aquadon, Elepantus and Gorgodos. I'm sure I've still got them somewhere. Maybe I should find them and put them on Ebay…
Crazy Bioshock Inifinite Theories Number One
by Purple Wyrm on April 14, 2013
I suspect that the developers of Bioshock Infinite didn't actually want to use Girls Just Wanna Have Fun in the game. I think they wanted Time After Time, but they couldn't get the rights. Why? Several of the other anachronistic (…)
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Imagine a train. A steel black, armoured train drawn by a massive behemoth of a steam engine which groans slowly into life, accelerating out of the station and onto the tracks, its whistle howling bleakly into the night. As far (…)
While we're on the Subject…
by Purple Wyrm on April 10, 2013
Russell Brand (of all people) has some excellent thoughts on Margaret Thatcher in the Gruniard. That's all – move along.
Thatcher – Can You Catch Her?
by Purple Wyrm on April 9, 2013
Well, Baroness Thatcher has shuffled off the mortal coil. Can't say I was a fan of her or her policies, but one shouldn't speak ill of the dead (they have strange powers!). I am however reminded of the postcard produced (…)
The Hound of Tindalos in Ye Olde Magick Shoppe
by Purple Wyrm on April 8, 2013
Spent a very enjoyable Saturday evening at Bek's place playing a game of Arkham Horror. We faced off against Nyarlathotep and did so well at closing Gates and keeping the number of monsters down that the Terror Track never even (…)
Status Update
by Purple Wyrm on April 5, 2013
Feeling tired, run down and depressed. Probably ate too much chocolate over Easter. But hey, it's Friday. With enough caffeine and Mates of State I should be able to make it to quitting time, then I can sleep all weekend. (…)


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A car accident settlement amount refers to the money that a victim receives from a defendant as a result of a personal injury case. While there are no records about the average amount of car accident settlements, victims should anticipate a settlement that is equal to three times their medical bills as a general rule.
A settlement should cover the victim's medical bills and any time lost from work as well as pain and suffering. Most settlements are not determined by a jury. Instead, the victim or plaintiff and the defendant reach an agreement or a settlement before the case goes to trial. If the case goes to trial and the victim is awarded money as a result, it is called a jury verdict rather than a settlement.
Some of the biggest car accident settlements on record are worth well over a million dollars. For instance, on March 12, 2007, a victim was awarded a $3 million settlement by a bus company. After the bus driver's negligence caused the bus to crash into the car, the victim suffered a brain injury and a back injury. Another victim was given a settlement of $2.9 million after a crash with a tractor trailer caused brain damage and orthopedic injuries.


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Sebastiaan de Neubourg, a "circular economy" expert, has been using his knowledge to found w.r.yuma, a new type of company that uses 3D Printing to make sunglasses! Through this work, Sebastiaan is pioneering new ways to design and produce sunglasses from recycled materials with 3D Printing. Even cooler, the sunglasses can be recycled too! So he is also creating new business models, new ways to sell sunglasses and interact with the consumers. But that is not all! Sebastiaan is also a "biomimicry" expert and is using nature to get inspiration. We got lucky to be able to hear his insights on his work and passion, and we hope you will be inspired by them too!
Cyant: Why sunglasses? How is 3D Printing enabling you to make sunglasses more sustainably? Do you think this process can be scaled to make the millions of glasses that are sold each year?
Sebastiaan: I started with w.r.yuma after my job as a sustainability consultant where I was coaching companies, and specifically startups, on new "circular economy" concepts. I really wanted to integrate these concepts in my own projects and that is what I am trying to do with w.r.yuma. I chose sunglasses because they are an icon of cool really, and having something on your nose which literally and figuratively makes you see the world through a different set of lenses, can invite people to rethink how we use our resources and to rethink waste. As a conversation starter around recycling, sunglasses are really in your face.
There are few ways in which 3D printing is enabling us to make sunglasses more sustainably. We can not only make sunglasses out of recycled material, but also sunglasses that never become waste again. We design our frames and print them in such a way that they can be easily disassembled with a little bit of force once the person is done wearing them. So we do not use any glue or toxic dies, and the frame kind of clicks together. Which makes it easier for us in the end since we will be doing the recycling ourselves. And that is one of the things that 3D Printing really enables us to do. Another way 3D Printing is helping us being sustainable is that we can print on demand. We print very little in advance. That way we are avoiding overproduction, as you usually have in the fashion industry. I think this model can be scaled to millions of glasses but I am personally not going to do that. I'd rather make other products than sunglasses that carry the same message. 3D printing is still a very young technology and it is a very slow technology. But I think there is a future for 3D printed sunglasses made from recyclable materials as 3D printing allows you to make very customized and personalized glasses.
Cyant: What does it take to design glasses that can be 3D printed, using recycled plastic, and that are recyclable themselves? Which technologies, design, and material advances were you able to take advantage of? What was the most surprising thing you learned/found out as you worked with 3D printing?
Sebastiaan: The first thing that I found out, before we even got to print the glasses is that you really need a whole lot of software. You need to create a very precise drawing, because when you put together the frames, they are first polished, and then assembled with the hinges and the lenses that fit into them. So your design errors must be very small otherwise the assembly process becomes a nightmare. And you need to start in 2D with a software such as Illustrator to make a very precise design of the sunglasses, then bring this into a 3D modeling software to create a 3D shape, and then convert this shape into a file for 3D printing. And there are a number of things to tune in the 3D printer's software to obtain a good 3D print.
Another thing that I found out myself is that it's very important to use the same kinds of plastics throughout the designs. One of the things I really wanted to do is to write some text inside the temples with recycled fridge parts, something that is very beautiful from a story perspective. But in the end it was harder to do because you then have to use two different kinds of plastics, and this makes the process more complex. So, for us, it is better to stick with a single material type for the entire frames.
And the ABS plastic from recycled car dashboards is quite difficult to print with but gives a very nice finish once polished by hand. Whereas the PET plastic from recycled soda bottles prints out nicely, but it is very difficult to get a smooth result after the polish. So we had to go though a lot of trial and error to find the right material characteristics and find the right methods for processing these.
Finally, I found that there is a real trade-off between 3D printing speed and the quality of the sunglasses we produce. Speed is important for us to make many sunglasses but when things are sped up too much, there is more polishing and post processing work. So it took us quite a while to figure out the right balance for us.
One challenge that needs to be solved, and not just for us but for other companies and projects involved with 3D printing, is how to create a production approach that is "scalable", that is, can work for producing large quantities of products.
Cyant: You have an Engineering degree. What aspects of that education/training were helpful in making an item where design plays an important role?
Sebastiaan: Indeed I have a mechanical engineering degree, which did not quite prepare me for the job I am doing now. Of course I had done some 3D modeling but I don't think there were 3D printers at the University of Delft at the time where I did my studies. So I had never used 3D printing in my curriculum. But one thing I got out of my engineering degree is to understand how plastic behaves under certain conditions. For example, when you heat it, it could go to different states, known as "crystalline" or "amorphous", and that influences how the plastic cools once it's printed, and how it behaves afterwards. Having that knowledge from my studies did help me in some aspects. But I still had to teach myself 3D modeling and 3D printing software. This being said, in the Maker & DIY movement, people are very happy to share their knowledge. I got a lot of support from Fablabs and other 3D Printing enthusiasts that were happy to help out with the project.
Cyant: So how did you collaborate with designers, and other experts to make your idea happen? What was something valuable you learned in the process?
Sebastiaan: I have not worked with too many designers yet, so all the models we print are my own designs. But that is certainly something we'd like to look into in the future: work together with very well known, or up and coming designers, who will then work with us to co-design limited edition sunglasses. And that is something that I think has a place in the new economy where you crowdsource the design/ideas rather than them being produced in micro factories.
This being said, other experts have helped me: experts on recycling and on the behavior of plastics after heating. As I mentioned before, with sunglasses, design errors after printing must be very small and that was quite a challenge for us to get that under control. But having the right experts who could help us with their insights on plastic was very valuable for us.
What we learned in the process of working with these experts and making our sunglasses is that everything takes a whole longer than you initially thinks. 3D Printing is relatively slow: it takes a little more than 2 hours to 3D print a pair of sunglasses using the FDM technology. And there are so many different things that you can play with that it takes a lot of time before you get it exactly right and before you can scale the process.
Cyant: Can you describe what "circular economy" means, in your mind? How is 3D printing at large part of that new economy (not just for glasses)? What do you think are the education/skills needed to be part of the circular economy now and in the future?
First of all, I think the circular economy is the absolute future. What we are doing now with our sunglasses is that we are enabling the use of recycled plastics to make sunglasses that are fully recyclable after use. And we give the opportunity to our customers to bring back or send back their old sunglasses and get a discount for their new, next pair of glasses once we recycle the old ones. This is the a new model now, but I really do think that it will be used widely, and that more and more companies will really take on the circular economy principles quite seriously. For me the circular economy also means a local economy. So we try to source all our materials as locally as possible. For example the colored lenses that we use come from Italy, which is the closest place that we could obtain them from, besides Asia. The recycled plastics from car dashboards and the plastic bottles we use come from Rotterdam and Brussels, and Antwerp, where we are based, is right in between and close to both of those two cities.
I think the skills needed to make products for the circular economy start very much at the design phase. You need to be able to think about how people use the products, where materials can come from, and how recycling can fit into the design from the beginning. And if you make the recycling bit the responsibility of the producer/designer, then it will become very natural to think how you will recycle wherever you are building.
In the end, I think 3D Printing will be part of this circular economy. Not every product will be made with 3D printing but it really does allow us to rethink products, the way they are made and designed. 3D printing really offers new insights on how to do things right this time.
Cyant: You are also part of a group of scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs involved with biomimicry. Can you describe what biomimicry is, what motivates you to be involved in that activity, and how you are using it in your work? Are there new designs and design approaches you have been able to bring to w.r.yuma as a result? How would 3D printing and biomimicry intersect?
Sebastiaan: That is actually my favorite question, as biomimicry is something that really excites me! Biomimicry is basically sustainable innovation that is inspired by nature, whereby you look at designs, materials and systems in nature to build products, services, companies even countries! Many of the problems we face as humans have long ago been solved by all the species alive on earth before us. Life on earth has existed for 3.8 bn years, and human history, since the homo sapiens, has only been a very small part of that history. So a lot of the solutions that we need are actually already found in nature. And one of the things we are looking to use at w.r.yuma is the circular economy concepts. The concept of waste is a human concept. In nature, waste is food, or a resource for another species. So whole ecosystems can thrive and there is no material that gets lost. Earth is a very closed system. Except for the occasional meteorite or satellite, there is nothing that comes in or goes out of that system. Another way that biomimicry can really bring something very valuable to the table is the optimization of the design. A lot of structures in nature are designed and used in such a way as to use a minimum amount of energy and material but to perform as optimally as possible. For example the skull of a bird needs to be very strong, but also very light, so nature has found a way to make a bone that is both. And with 3D printing we can mimic and produce this kind of structures. This is something we are looking to experiment with at w.r.yuma: it would be amazing to show how we apply biomimicry in our circular business model, but also in our design. But there is one more method in which biomimicry can be applied: open source. All things in nature use the same language DNA which is open source by nature. That is why you have such diversity in nature, and how ideas can spread throughout and across species with so much success. And that is something we are thinking about: how can we make open source sunglasses that allow people to improve on the design and to make them themselves. There are other concepts where biomimicry & 3D Printing intersect and we'll be surely working with them because that is my absolute passion.
Cyant: What is your favorite thing to draw? And/Or your favorite drawing? :)
Sebastiaan: I only draw digitally, so I do not use pen and paper, but I actually like to draw sunglasses! It's true, I really like to draw sunglasses that are quite different. If you look for example at the first sunglasses in the world, which were made from walrus ivory by the inuit people, they did not have any glass or UV protective coating of any sort, so they found some ingenious ways to make very simple glasses. So it is a wonderful thing to draw glasses, and to use new technologies to make something which has not been made or was not possible to make, like the first pair of sunglasses. And it is also wonderful to rethink, and bring to life or back to life, old ideas of how sunglasses are made.
Cyant: What would be your advice for young cyantists? And their parents?
Sebastiaan: I think one of the best advice I can think of is to pay attention, I'd say, to allow yourself to observe and to see and to grasp how things are made around you. And again how nature does it, as I think it is one repository of good ideas. And just being curious. If there is anything I'd like to teach my children, it is exactly that: be curious, curious of how things work. I think great things come out of that!
Thanks Sebastiaan for sharing such thoughtful insights with us!
If you want to find out more about w.r.yuma and Sebastiaan's biomimicry work, make sure to visit HERE and HERE!


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Media Contact: Assisting Angels Home Care
Skip Critell, Client Relations Manager
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Don't Let The Home Bound Be Caught Unprepared
Help Prepare for Natural Disasters
(BOISE – September 1, 2008) – Each September, during the government-sponsored National Preparedness Month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security takes the lead in a nationwide campaign designed to promote and enhance disaster and emergency preparedness. The campaign creates awareness of the dangers facing all U.S. citizens, as well as encourages Americans to prepare for all types of emergencies in homes, businesses and communities.
In our community, ASSISTING ANGEL HOME CARE understands the risks of unexpected disasters and is encouraging caregivers and family members of local home bound seniors to do three key things to prepare for the unexpected:
– Make a family emergency plan.
– Get an emergency supply kit.
– Be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur in our area and the appropriate responses.
Disasters strike quickly and without warning, and while such emergencies cannot always be prevented, knowing what to do in case of an emergency is the best protection. Developing a disaster preparedness plan is particularly important for the elderly, homebound and those with special needs. If a reputable home care agency is used for care, the elderly can have some assurance and comfort their needs will be taken into consideration in any emergency weather situation.
When selecting a home care agency for a loved one, be certain the agency trains its caregivers in disaster preparedness and has a written emergency plan in place. Planning ahead to ensure adequate care in case of severe weather or natural disaster is imperative. Here are a few key tips that warrant consideration in any elderly person's disaster plan:
- Create an emergency contact card listing all of the emergency contact numbers and family information, including a list of doctors and relatives or friends who should be notified in case of injury.
- Discuss what to do in case of an emergency.
- Create a "disaster kit" that includes:
- Water for three days
- Non-perishable food for three days (examples include protein and fruit bars, dried fruit, nuts, peanut butter, crackers, canned juices and canned food), plus a manual can opener
- Battery-operated radio with extra batteries
- Flashlight with plenty of extra batteries
- Change of clothes, plus extra blankets
- First aid supplies
- Prescription medicine list, plus copies of prescriptions
- Extra eyeglasses and hearing-aid batteries
- Copies of medical insurance and Medicare cards
- Some cash on hand, as a bank or ATM machine may be inaccessible
- Extra warm clothing
Disasters and other emergencies can be terrifying for the elderly, especially home bound elderly, but with some advance planning, this stress and trauma can be significantly reduced. There are many resources and suggestions available to help in planning and preparation.
ASSISTING ANGELS HOME CARE offers an assortment of useful information about disaster readiness on our Web site. We urge the public to become educated about disaster preparedness and take whatever measures necessary to reduce any sort of loss in an emergency situation.
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