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Cases of government amendments wrongly circulated as requests have been considered above in relation to the various categories of bills. Usually this arises because of inconsistent interpretations by government advisers of the constitutional provisions. Occasionally, however, even after the resolution of the Senate of 26 June 2000, government amendments which should be requests are mistakenly circulated as amendments (Taxation Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2000, SD, 27/9/2001, p. 28271).
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I am new here and need some advice. I live in Austin, Texas and purchased a home with an existing garage that is detached from house. Hardie plank is on the exterior. The bare studs can be seen from the inside of the garage. No type of vapor barrier/paper was used and the backside of the hardieplank has a thin piece foam of insulation on it. There is a small amount of sheathing in each corner, say about 4 feet in each direction. So, most of the garage all you see are the studs and the blue foam which is attached to the hardie plank. It has a gable roof, which I can see all the way to the top. Pre fabbed trusses were used.
I would like to renovate the garage interior and add R-19 batt insulation into the walls. I would then like to add at least 1 in of polyiso foam board to increase my R value. I might over lap the 1 inch board to give me 2 inches to even get a better R value. I am aware about furring out existing doors, outlets, etc...The goal is to insulate well and then install a small Mitsubishi unit to cool the garage in the summer.
Here is my question: I am not sure where the vapor barrier needs to go and/or if the foam board with a foil lining will act as a vapor barrier? Can someone help me with this. Should I add additional sheathing to the interior for extra rigidity?
I do plan on installing drywall over the foam board and also install a flat drywall ceiling and then blowing insulation in the attic part. I am also going to install a radiant barrier on the rafters of the roof.
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your climate zone is 2A, (see page 2 of this link) http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildin...eguide_7_1.pdf
this link will provide you information on construction in Hot-Humid regions from the Building Science Corporation http://www.buildingscience.com/searc...ot+humid+walls
Dr. Staube and Dr. Lstiburek, principals of BSC are two of the leading researchers into how buildings work with their environment. Dr. Lstiburek worked on the Department of Energy's "Building America Program" (see this link for information on Hot-Humid Climates http://www1.eere.energy.gov/library/...?page=2&spid=2)
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ok, thanks for the link. Being that I am in zone 2A, it states that do not need a vapor barrier. We want the wall to breathe. Therefore, would an open-cell type of foam board be better than a closed type of foam?
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If you put a foil faced ISO board in that application, be aware that is a Class I vapor retarder (i.e. Vapor Barrier).
Austin should be relatively dry so the point should be somewhat moot but one of the biggest issues that people do in warm and muggy climates is put a vapor barrier on the inside/cold side of the home (i.e. like vinyl wallpaper) and create a vapor trap.
Be sure that you use and unfaced foam and depending on what you are using the garage for, it may be overkill.
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Sorry for the delay in response, somehow I missed your post.
Building science has separated the classification of vapor barriers into three categories: Class I, Class II, and Class III.
Open-cell foam is considered a class III vapor retarder at normal thicknesses (sometimes as low as a class II retarder at greater thickness)
Closed-cell foam is considered a class II vapor retarder
Class I - Very low permeability vapor retarders - rated at 0.1 perms or less. Sheet polyethylene (visqueen) or unperforated aluminum foil (FSK) are Class I vapor retarders.
Class II - Low permeability vapor retarders - rated greater than 0.1 perms and less than or equal to 1.0 perms. The kraft facing on batts qualify as a Class II vapor retarder.
Class III - Medium permeability vapor retarders - rated greater than 1.0 perms and less than or equal to 10 perms. Latex or enamel paint qualify as Class III vapor retarders.
The recommended best practice for the South is either to build a breathable wall, one without any vapor barrier at all or to install a vapor retarder at the exterior of the studs. This makes sense if you think about it. Vapor barriers should go on the warm side of the wall. That is the outside of the wall in the South.
Polyiso is a closed cell foam product, therefore it should NOT be be installed on the interior side of the wall, as this would be a Class I Vapor Retarder. You could install an open cell product as this would be a Class III Vapor Retarder, basically the same as latex paint. Any foam board should be covered with gypsum board to protect the foam from heat/flames.
You do not state whether your studs are 2x4 or 2x6. R-19 fiberglass insulation was originally designed for 2x8 floor systems. When used in a 2x6 wall assembly it is actually compressed and will provide about R16.7. The 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/ic...9_4_sec002.htm) requires an R-13 wall cavity insulation for Climate Zone 2. In a 2x4 stud wall you can use high density fiberglass batt insulation with a R-15, in a 2x6 wall cavity you can use high density fiberglass batts with R-21.
I myself would recommend the use of a high density batt product based upon the size of your studs without the use of foam board.
Should you plan on installing a heating system within the detached garage I would recommend air sealing the interior especially around any penetration such as windows and door, along with all intersecting corners as floor-to-wall, wall-to-wall, and wall-to-ceiling.
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Great information. Asphalt facings on the ISO will have it as a Class II in most cases.
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Foam board on the exterior is best, but with your situation- - you can improve it greatly. Good that you are adding foam board on the interior to stop the thermal bridging of the studs/plates- R-19 reduced to R-13.7 whole wall R-value. Good for you for thinking correctly! And good you came here for confirmation. An un-faced f.b. (foam board) is best, either closed/open cell, mainly it needs to be thick enough to stop cavity condensation. This is just the opposite of cold climate, exterior f.b., yet both keep the cavity warm (by being thick enough), not to cause moisture deposits on the wood framing.
The moisture drive is from exterior to interior most of the year and with/if a fan-fold sheeting (1.3-1.7 perms, drying to the exterior the rest of year) is installed well, you shouldn't have trouble. This will act as your WRB to deflect water down and out from the cavity. IF concerned by numerous tears/cuts/reverse laps, you could caulk/tape/mastic cavity pieces of housewrap at the studs exterior perimeters, with the bottom edge out past the bottom plate to drain. You might try tapping the bottom course of siding out gently for the room needed, as some face-nail it or to hold it tight to the starter strip (if used), and the bottom plate to stop bug entry there. Re-set any hidden nails with a flat bar and hammer, careful not to damage the cement board.
The corner sheathing is all that's required to meet shear code for your location, no need to add more. If worried, add some flat "X" strapping anywhere inside for a little more shear resistance on the bare studs; http://www.strongtie.com/products/co...c-twb-rcwb.asp
The existing sheathing is much better; http://bct.eco.umass.edu/publication...n-the-outside/
The EPS is about R-3.6 per inch and XPS is R-5, I'd use 2" of cc EPS (Type 1) or 1-1/2" of closed cell XPS. It depends on the Type/density of EPS, if comparing the higher perms for letting moisture through easier/quicker, or water absortion.https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...t5jlOsa_kZRRgw
BSC has recommended foil-faced and later changed that to un-faced f.b. to let any moisture go through slowly to the inside room, letting the HVAC re-circulate the air and dry it;
1993; impermeable f.b.Figs.1, 2; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...e-humid-south/
2009; semi-permeable f.b. Fig.3; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...tial-buildings
Did you notice both figures showed wood furring before the drywall?
Two reasons; keep an air space to dry any moisture on the paper-facing of drywall and to have the water vapor in a gaseous state after passing through the f.b.; second; stop drywall/foam in direct contact to limit conduction which would constantly cool it and compromise its purpose of preventing cavity condensation.
Canned foam/caulk the bottom edges of the foam board AND drywall for an air seal/capillary break, and the top edges against the new ceiling drywall for the same reasons. ADA the drywall, especially at the electrical boxes/switches, including the ceiling ones; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...wall-approach/
Remember, you are making the room perimeter your thermal/air barrier, take care to do it correctly. A 1/16" gap can compromise an air barrier, yet you can perforate a vapor barrier and not compromise it because it is surface measured.
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Newbie trying to make a lamp!
I want to make a custom lamp for my room consisting of only wire and a lamp socket.
I've done some research and I believe I need 14/2 wire (this is the one I'm looking at but haven't purchased yet).
Then of course, I need the lamp kit. (Are the wire and kit compatible?)
Now I know I need to connect the hot and neutral wires properly, but is there any other thing I should know before I embark on my journey? I don't feel like dying in an electrical fire (that's one of my LEAST favorite things to do).
Additionally, how do I properly attach the wire to a plug, and what should I buy for this?
Thanks in advance!
Your trying to make a pendent light.
Buy the time you spend all the money on all the parts needed you could have bought a whole fixture that would be UL approved and not shock you or cause a fire.
It's not exactly what I had in mind but these could definitely work. Thanks!!
If you don't want to hardwire it into the ceiling, google "swag lamp".
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Make a list of figures you find interesting or special, and try to explain what is special about them.
Suggestion: you don\'t have to draw all the figures, just write down the minutes on the circle.
A five pointed star like this is called a \'pentagram\'.
How would you make such a pentagram?
A lot of figures have crossed lines. In a pentagram you can clearly see this, but there are also figures without these crossings. Here you can see some.
How can you make a figure without crossing lines?
You can also often see a hole forming in the center of the figure. Sometimes it\'s big and sometimes small.
When do you see a big hole and when is it small?
Try \'15 minutes\' and \'45 minutes\'. This will give you the same result. Try to make this work for other figures.
Please write down how you can always find two ways to make the same figure.


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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Becky Crowder, Pleasanton, along with siblings Patience, Dalton, Madison, Natalie and Alyssa, is pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Jayce Ryan Crowder on Thursday, July 28, 2011, at 8:10 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Jayce weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces.
Maternal grandparents are Becky Darnell and Frank Crowder. Maternal great-grandparents are Deloris Wisdom and Homer Wisdom.
Godparent is Cindy Hobbs.


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Target: Vogue Hommes International
Goal: Apologize for cover which promotes domestic violence
Recently, Vogue Hommes International released the fall-winter edition of its magazine. On the cover of this magazine is model Stephanie Seymour with a male model. The picture shows the male model choking and groping Seymour. The picture shows a scene which is reminiscent of domestic violence, yet it is glamorized and used to sell the magazine.
Domestic violence is a serious problem that affects women around the world. One in three women around the world has been a victim of abuse. Glamorizing violence will only make the problem worse. The male readers of the magazine will see this sort of violence as normal behavior towards women. This cover shows an image of forced sexual contact, a dramatic form of abuse. According to domestic violence and women's rights organizations, the cover "sends a dangerous message to anyone who sees this magazine – that choking is a sign of passion rather than of violence. Choking is not a fashion statement, and certainly not something that should be used to sell magazines."
Vogue is a well-known magazine, and as such, has a responsibility to its readers. Part of this responsibility is to show the truth about issues that affect both women and men, instead of glamorizing them and hiding the harsh reality of these issues. Vogue needs to apologize for this cover and remind their readers of the real danger of domestic violence.
Dear Vogue Hommes International,
Recently, you released an issue of your magazine that featured a scene of domestic violence on the cover. Supermodel Stephanie Seymour is shown choked and groped by a male model. Choking is a disturbing and violent act which is representative of a real danger to people across the world.
I ask you to apologize to your readers for this cover. Domestic violence is an issue that many people face. Glamorizing it with images such as this cover will encourage your readers to believe violence is normal, and they will be less inclined to seek help when they are abusers or victims. You have a responsibility to your readers to educate them on the dangers of domestic violence and abuse, instead of glamorizing it and hiding the truth.
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Chris Christie Says Sandy Recovery Won't Impact Budget [AUDIO]
If you lost your home or your vehicles as a result of the wrath of Hurricane Sandy or if you had an extended hotel stay or were forced to keep a generator gassed up, then you know the super storm put a dent in a lot of people's wallets.
Will a full recovery from Sandy also deliver a crushing blow to New Jersey's state budget? Governor Chris Christie doesn't think so.
"Most of this stuff is going to be covered by federal funding and private insurance money so I don't think you're going to see a drastic effect on the State budget," predicts Christie. "I don't think it's going to effect it all that much because of the anticipation that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) would be stepping up as they have through the President's major disaster declaration and because of the private insurance money that will be available for a lot of those folks as well."
Putting a price tag on total recovery would be spit-balling according to the Governor and he's not prepared to do that.
He explains, "We'll be talking about numbers with a 'B' for sure, but what the number will be I don't know and I don't want to try to guess it, but there's no question in my mind that the losses will enter into the billions."
Last week, President Barack Obama visited New Jersey to tell residents devastated by a massive storm that "we're going to be here for the long haul." Joined by Christie, Obama inspected the devastation from super-storm Sandy, flying high over flooded neighborhoods and sand-strewn streets.
Despite the Governor's belief that the State's coffers won't take a significant hit due to the rebuilding of New Jersey, he says, "If it turns out that there are monies that need to be incurred I'm going to incur them and we'll make budget cuts elsewhere to be able to pay for them…..I think we'll be okay from a budgetary perspective."


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX falls to 5-week low as Brexit weighs on global markets
TORONTO, June 27 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell to a five-week low on Monday, including losses for financial and energy stocks as Britain's vote to leave the European Union weighed on global financial markets.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 112.45 points, or 0.81 percent, at 13,779.43, shortly after the open. Nine of the index's 10 main groups were lower. (Reporting by Fergal Smith)
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text: Ok. So this company just came out with these nice low profile strobe lights adn was thinking of mounting them on the roof on the crossbars for when I start getting my off duty details. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone knows off hand if there is any access to the roof where I could slip a flat wire, almost like a telephone wire, through to the inside of the truck. I don't want to drill any holes so if there is no way then im gonna trash the idea but figured it would be good. Thanks for any help.


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Been a while since I've posted an update.
Instead of pulling the engine and re-using I opted to start fresh with new case halves. The compression is being bumped up to 10:1 and E85 will be in the car's future (93 on a daily basis). I'm still not sure what happened with the old block but my shop's Owner, lead tech, and myself all agree that it was probably just a blown headgasket. We won't know for sure until the engine comes out and the heads are sent off with the new engine to get re-surfaced. The new engine is currently at ERL getting some fanciness done to it and will be back soon.
ID2000s are going to replace the ID1000s currently being used and we'll be wiring up 2 walbro 255s to supply them. I've been asked by a few people why I'm not going with a smaller injector. My shop is very experienced with the ID2000s and none of their cars suffer from 'drivability' or 'idling' issues that i've been warned about. We were experiencing a slightly lean condition on the top end at around 440whp using 93 octane with the ID1000s so the 1300s wouldn't have given us enough headroom for E85 and 10 more pounds of boost either.
While I don't have a power goal I'll be happy with 450whp at 28 psi on 93 (previously it was at 405 at 25psi, 430 at 26psi with 9:1 compression) I definitely think that it will be capable of a 'conservative' 575 on E85 but I'm worried that I'll get hooked and end up making weekly 90 mile round trips for fuel.
I acquired a JUN front diffuser from a friend who had one lying around. It will be installed with the Varis rear diffuser. I hope to have a center panel fabricated by a good friend of mine (Carl, who is the owner of Driveway Labs if anyone is familiar with the BRZ/FRS community) to connect the two and complete the undercarriage.
I also have to order new stickers from Volk because the Hyper Yellow wheels stickers seem to fade to white when they're exposed to extreme temperatures.


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- 4 pounds whole fresh beets (about 12 medium), trimmed and cleaned
- 6 medium onions, sliced
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup red wine or cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Place beets in a Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil; cover and cook for 35-40 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid; cool slightly. Peel and quarter beets; set aside.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute onions in butter until tender; add sugar and vinegar. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until onions are golden brown, stirring frequently.
- Add the beets, salt, pepper and reserved cooking liquid to skillet; cover and cook for 5 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 12 servings.
Originally published as Caramelized Onions and Beets in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2009, p116
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"I'll gladly jump on the 5 star train for this recipe. We loved the sweet yet tangy taste. Will make again and put it on my keeper list!"
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"What an outstanding way to serve beets! We loved the sweet flavor and I look forward to making this recipe again and again!"
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"The absolute best beet recipe! I have made this once a week all summer."
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"great way to cook beets!!!!"


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That silhouette you've been dreaming of basically forever, the Bambi short looks like a dream but feels as comfortable as a pair of running shorts. You'll reach for them over and over again. High waisted with a leg opening that cuts upward at an angle that's just aggressive enough. Perfect with a beat up t-shirt and sneakers or go all out with silk and your favorite ankle boots.
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The Zookeeper's Dilemma
Imagine you are a zookeeper. A clear and pressing question about each animal is: What do they eat?
To maintain healthy animals, the first priority is to try as well as possible to replicate what they eat in the wild. Feeding carnivorous lions only rice cakes and herbivorous zebras only fish cakes will lead to sick and eventually dead animals.
One of biggest-picture signs that something is not quite right today with human diets was expressed by Dr. Barry Groves (his lecture is featured below). He pointed out that although we observe a great deal of chronic and degenerative illness among modern humans, this is largely unheard of among wild animals. However, it is seen among captive and domesticated animals, specifically, animals that are being fed the wrong food.
So what do humans eat? Well, a great many things. So what is the next question?
More ideal information would be an answer to: What do they eat in the wild?
This, too, is quite a challenge because with very few exceptions, humans today no longer live "in the wild" in any helpful sense. However, it is possible to investigate what modern human ancestors ate when they much more nearly did so during evolutionary formative periods, say, 50,000–100,000 or more years ago.
Answers to another question would also help, and this one can be applied to moderns: What kinds of foods do they do best on?
Humans are able to eat a wide range of food and survive doing it, but what would be ideal? This shifts the emphasis to what foods humans thrive on indefinitely versus merely what they can manage to stay alive on for some years. This is a subject of extensive medical research, sadly, much of it deeply flawed, due mainly to over-reliance on study designs that are inherently incapable of demonstrating causation. Such "studies," however, are far cheaper to fund and then use as the basis for getting another paper published. The mainly evolutionarily relevant idea being "publish or perish."
Highly meat-leaning
Balancing a number of different lines of evidence, I have arrived at the view that humans are basically carnivores that can also survive on plant foods as a fall-back, even for very long periods of time, though not without suffering gradual degenerative harm in the process. Feeding humans primarily—and especially only—plant foods causes them to become gradually malnourished, to sicken in a variety of ways, and to "fail to thrive."
This is commonly obscured for two reasons. First, the process of degeneration can take years and decades to progress. Second, moderns who move toward vegan diets often report feeling better, so it must be good, right? On examination, however, they are quite often feeling better after moving away from from something rather specific—modern diets of processed foods. They are not moving away from an ancestral diet rich in fresh fatty meat. With some exceptions, many find their health deteriorating noticeably after a few years of veganism and are forced to quit.
Just because something is better than something else by some measures such as feeling better or losing weight in the short term, this does not necessarily mean it is also ideal or even good.
An excellent introduction to the argument in favor of the foregoing view is available in the lecture below. Have a look. It's about 50 minutes. Many additional papers and lectures are linked in the resources page.
If this is true, how could large scale meat eating possibly work for a modern society? Tiny populations of paleo hunters could do it, but they were working with massive roaming herds, and many of those species still went extinct! And isn't meat production already bad for animals and the environment already, even without being expanded still further?
Although this belief has become quite popular, the balance of evidence I have seen indicates that it is severely mistaken. To explain this view, we must turn to some still different perspectives and sources:


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King, Mark J. (2010) Hunger. [Textual Work]
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Poet's statement: My father died of pancreatic cancer a few years ago, and since then other family members and friends have developed cancer. Some have recovered, perhaps temporarily, while for others the prospect is one of inevitable decline, raising questions about when the point is reached where death is preferable to life. This poem expresses the ambiguity of visceral urges which could be towards either continued life or a relieving death.
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Reims, who came second in Ligue 2, have already lost promising midfielder Romain Amalfitano to Newcastle after his contract expired.
And they want to follow the lead of Evian, who stayed up this season after a full-scale squad revamp following their promotion last summer.
"We have a transfer budget of around 24 million euros, both for wages and fees," Caillot said. "We will mostly be looking for free agents and loans but will also spend if the quality is high.
"We also want to keep Ghilas, but that depends on the financial demands of his club and the player.
"We have already extended certain contracts, such as Kossi Agassa, Christopher Glombard, Mickael Tacalfred, Florent Ghisolfi and Anthony Weber.
"In addition we are working on recruitment for Ligue 1, and have made space by releasing several fringe players."
Caillot also said that several members of the squad will be sent on loan, probably to Ligue 2 sides, to ensure they stay match-fit.
One player they do not want to leave is veteran striker Cedric Faure, who will be offered a new contract.
"He wants to stay, and we want him to stay."


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by Laura Anne Gilman, author of Heart of Briar (on sale now from Harlequin LUNA)
I never planned on writing Heart of Briar. It wasn't until Mary Theresa, my editor, asked about a new book that the idea of playing with the Tam Lin legend occurred to me. And once it landed, the idea wouldn't go away. There were so many ways I could run with it, without treading on things other people have already done so brilliantly…
The original conceit, that Tyler would be stolen via the very modern means of an online chat room, came to me almost instantly (Anyone who has ever dealt with on-line dating is probably nodding their head sagely about now). And my elves were not going to be nice. At all.
The addition of other creatures slid into place next – the time-of-duress treaty between supernaturals and humans against the preternatural elves gave the world layers and complications. AJ and Martin started talking to me almost immediately.
[In fact, AJ wouldn't shut up. Once you meet him, this will not surprise you at all]
But my heroine, Jan? Jan was an enigma to me at first. I knew that she was a geek-girl, a techie, smart and capable. I knew that she loved Tyler. I knew that she had a streak of courage in her that even she didn't understand, entirely. But what made her that way? What shaped her? Until I understood that, the book went nowhere.
It wasn't until I wrote the line "her chest felt tight, and she reached for her inhaler" that it came to me. Jan – who would have to face down elves and kelpies, race into battle and run away from danger, fight monsters to save the world — had asthma.
Huh. I tried to think if that had been done before, in contemporary fantasy, and couldn't think of an example. Which, really, was a shame, since so many people deal with it on a daily basis. Okay, I thought. This could be interesting.
I don't have asthma, myself. So I turned to friends and readers who did, asking them how it felt, what triggered it, how they dealt with it. And every person came back with a slightly different story, but the same underlying response: it made them self-conscious. It made them aware of their bodies, constantly monitoring their reactions, and forcing them to avoid things that might trigger them.
For Jan, it's dust…and stress. My heroine had been trained since childhood in all the ways not to be a hero.
So there I had a character who had, basically, trained herself to avoid stress, to back away from conflict and anything that might put her at risk for an attack. And her character unfolded, the conflict of loyalty and caution, bravery and self-preservation.
Having a character with a chronic condition tends to inform the character – at first, rather obviously. There's the risk of thinking "all right, what would she do here?" and "how can I use that there?"
But the fact that Jan needs her inhaler, that without her meds she's at risk, were simply part of the character, the everyday things she has to deal with. After a while it became a thing to keep track of, like any other element. Just like all my friends, Jan's asthma may have shaped her, but it didn't define her. Although, far as I know, most of my friends don't also have to deal with almost getting killed by flesh-eating gnomes, drowned by a troll, abducted by elves, and arguing with a snarky but unsexy werewolf…..
About Heart of Briar:
"He has been taken. And you are his only chance."
That wasn't something Jan expected to hear—especially from strangers who'd just rescued her from some mysterious and ferocious creatures. And she really hadn't expected her rescuers to be shape-shifters….
Now it turns out her boyfriend, Tyler, hasn't gone missing, he's been stolen—and Jan's the only one who might be able to get him back.
From Elfland.
Yeah, Jan's pretty sure the entire world's gone crazy. Even if the shifters claim that the naturals (like her) and the supernaturals (like them) belong in this world…but the preternaturals, what humans call elves, don't. And they've found a portal into our world. A doorway they can use to infiltrate, to take, to conquer.
And now Jan's not just Ty's only hope—she's got to rescue humanity, as well….


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One of this year's most anticipated Android gadgets is the Samsugn Galaxy Note 2. The original was a surprise hit - it was massive and quite geeky, but has found quite a following. It has already sold between seven and 10 million units, and is still very much a current device. More sales on the way...
But the Galaxy Note 2 is on the horizon, and set to be unveiled later this month at the IFA press conference. We'll be there with all the official details as they're released, but if you can't wait, here's how the two compare.
Please note: this article is based on rumours and unconfirmed reports. We'll update it with the official rock-solid info as soon as possible.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Note review
Note 2 - Big white/black slab, plastic battery cover, Gorilla Glass mk2
Note - Big white/black slab, plastic battery cover, Gorilla Glass mk2
We don't expect that a great deal will change design-wise in the second Note phone-tablet. The whole idea rules-out too much of a design shift. The thing is - necessarily - about 90 per cent screen and any change in the materials used, plastic aside from the glass front in this case, would have too much of an effect on weight.
A few little tweaks we'd bet on are that the main "select" soft key will use a slightly different shape - something close to the Samsung Galaxy S3 - or could even disappear altogether.
There haven't been any rumours about how weighty the Note 2 will be as yet. However, the first Note was a fairly light 178g, and the next one is unlikely to stray above this. And even though it has a slightly larger screen, this will be sucked-up by the previous bezel area, for the most part - it's unlikely to be much larger as a whole.
Note 2 - 5.5in Super AMOLED, rumoured 1,680 x 1,050 pixels, rumoured flexi tech panel
Note - 5.3in Super AMOLED, 1,280 x 800 pixels
The giant screen and stylus ability have always been the main attractions of the Note, earning it the awkward and kinda cringy title of "Phablet". Samsung's second go will offer evolutionary - but pretty impressive - display upgrades.
The most immediately obvious will be the 0.2in increase in size. Why bother with such a teeny enlargement? We'd bet that the screen will simply bleed into the small amount of bezel of the first Note, giving an even greater impression of being "all screen".
Two other rumours persist too - that the resolution will be higher and that it'll use new panel technology. The resolution quoted is 1,680 x 1,050, over the original Note's 1,280 x 800. However, we're having a little bit of trouble believing it. 1,280 x 800 pixels is already a great resolution for a 5.5in device, and the higher spec would bump it up to 360dpi pixel density. That's a 100 more than the new iPad, and 45 more than the upcoming iPhone 5.
It would no doubt look pretty incredible with the Super AMOLED panel providing excellent contrast to boot. But we just don't buy it. We could easily be proved wrong, though...
Next up for dissection is the idea that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will feature flexible panel tech. So… the Note 2 is going to be bendy? Not quite. The UBP (Unbreakable plane) panel reduces thickness by 0.4mm, potentially letting Samsung make the phone thinner, or reduce the ill effects of a larger battery.
Stylus - S Pen
Note 2 - S Pen mk 2 (TBC)
Note - S Pen
The S Pen is the Note's stylus. What makes it far more useful than a basic stylus for a capacitive screen is that the Note has a digitiser layer, as seen in graphics tablets. It's made by Wacom too, the star player in the field.
Samsung's original S Pen and the Note's digitser layer offer 100 levels of pressure sensitivity - much less than the graphics tablet standard of 2,048, but not bad. What's more of an issue is that hardly any Android apps support pressure sensitivity - it needs to work on the software side as well as the hardware side.
There's also the issue of the screen surface. Dedicated stylus surfaces use a textured finish to emulate the feel of paper, but Gorilla Glass feels a bit too hard for an entirely natural writing experience. Next to anything else in its field, though, the S Pen comes out smelling of roses. For casual note-taking it really is quite excellent.
Will the S Pen change much in the second version of the Note? We expect that the basic technology making the whole shebang work will remain the same, but a patent document suggests that a new version of the S Pen may double as a wireless headset, jamming-in a microphone. Pressure sensitivity will also reportedly increase to 256 levels.
The actual patent application details a capacitive stylus - therefore one that can be used with virtually any phone rather than just a Note - but having a mic attached makes sense in some scenarios. We'll leave off calling someone with the thing, thanks, but what about getting a voice recoding during a lecture, while you're making your own written notes? Yes please.
CPU and RAM
Note 2 - Exynos quad-core 1.7GHz, 1.5GB RAM
Note - Exynos dual-core 1.4GHz, 1GB RAM
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will make a proper generational shift in terms of processor power. Where the Note uses a processor similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy S2 phone, the Note 2 will have one more powerful than the class-leading Galaxy S3. That's a lot of power.
RAM will also be upgraded from 1GB to 1.5GB, and some rumours suggest the upgrade will bump the phone-tablet all the way up to 2GB. Either way, you can expect the Note 2 to run like a demon. At least once it gets the update, anyway…


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I don't specifically recall anyone emptying a shotgun in home defense. I do recall one man defending his gun shop adjacent to his home. As I recall he used multiple weapons, some FA, and many rounds of ammo, against a multi man crew.
Generally, I doubt it would be an issue. But, if you were hit by a crew of three or more, on a home invasion, who thought you had some specific valuables, they might choose to fight rather than run.


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Camera Obscura are always the first to remind us that everyone gets lonely. The Scottish sextet have been making low-key, emotion-filled pop since 1996. To prove that they can still make us feel things, the band released a video for Desire Lines cut Break It To You Gently featuring sad anthropomorphic luggage.
The clip follows a lonely tartan-patterned suitcase as it rolls around trying to form love connections with lamp posts, stuffed dogs, picnic baskets and overturned ice cream cones. When angry human limbs throw the suitcase into walls and kick it into puddles, it's hard not to be angry at the world's injustice. Is there a happy ending in store for our hero? I'll let you find out for yourself.


text: This is my latest design and it is something from another big part of my childhood the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I haven't done one till now but I made it count. I choose something that would be simple and connect to the turtles so I choose a Pizza shop logo and used Michelangelo cause I liked how the green and orange colors worked in this design. I hope you enjoy


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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Larry Nance Jr. scored 19 points and Leonard Washington scored 18 to lead Wyoming to an 85-81 win over Nevada to open the Mountain West Conference tournament.
Deonte Burton scored 27 points for the No. 9 seed Nevada (12-19).
Nance was 9 of 10 from the field for the game and had eight rebounds for the 8th seeded Cowboys (19-12). Washington was 5 of 8 from the field.
Derrious Gilmore scored 17 points and had eight assists. Josh Adams added 10 points.
Wyoming will play No. 15 New Mexico, the top seed, in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Nevada led 36-32 at halftime. Wyoming shot 57 percent from the field for the game. Nevada shot 47 percent.
Burton was 8 of 18 from the field for the game and had six assists for the Wolf Pack. Malik Story added 20 points, including five 3-pointers. Marqueze Coleman had 14 points, seven rebounds.
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Postgame Notes
Nevada's season ended with an 85-81 loss to Wyoming (19-12) in the first round of 2013 Reese's Mountain West Championship in Las Vegas.
The Wolf Pack finished the season 12-19.
Junior Deonte Burton scored a game-high 27 points. It was the 11th time he posted a game-high this season, 10th 20-point game of the season, 18th time he led the Pack in scoring and 26th double figure scoring game of the season.
Burton moved past Armon Johnson (2007-10) into ninth on Nevada's career scoring list with his 1,459 career points.
Senior Malik Story scored 20 points in his final game for the Pack. Story's 1,476 career points ranks ninth at Nevada
Story leaves the Pack with school records for three-pointers made (253) and attempted (655).
Freshman Marqueze Coleman made his second start of the season and scored a career-high 14 points. Coleman's previous high of 12 came in his first start last Saturday at Colorado State. His seven rebounds is the second consecutive game he topped the Pack in rebounding.
Four Pack players fouled out of the game; Coleman, Burton, Jordan Burris and Devonte Elliott.
Burton and Story have started all 98 games of their careers in the Pack backcourt.
Fourth-year head coach David Carter is 74-58 at Nevada.


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KiwiRail's second generation DL Locomotives were officially launched today in Auckland by the Minister of Transport, Hon Gerry Brownlee.
KiwiRail's second generation DL Locomotives were officially launched today in Auckland by the Minister of Transport, Hon Gerry Brownlee.
Heavier and longer freight trains are now travelling around the lower North Island due to a growing international demand for export logs.
Dedicated overnight rail freight services are being introduced between Auckland and Palmerston North in September.
KiwiRail is disappointed in claims being made that the rail business is "...handing Fonterra everything it wants...".
KiwiRail's youngest locomotive engineer (train driver), Todd Hewetson completed his trainings and taken his first run in sole charge of a freight train one week before his 21st birthday.
A small piece of new business from Express Couriers Ltd sends a signal that KiwiRail is back in the game when it comes to time critical.
KiwiRail will shortly begin hauling logs from Wairarapa to Wellington by rail as part of a joint venture with lower North Island forestry exporters and CentrePort.
Further investment is to be made in the busy East Coast Main Trunk (ECMT) rail line between Hamilton and Tauranga to ensure it can continue to meet increasing customer demand for additional rail freight services.
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The problem is the NON-OPTIONAL! integrated graphics in the dual cores raises the TDP to nearly that of a quad core! It cannot be disabled, it merely idles so if your looking for a serious machine its time to go quad with an i5-750 (2.66GHz - 3.2GHz Turbo) at about £155 in my opinion. Another £130 on an ATI 5770 gets you one hell of a gaming rig..
Or you can have a very nice ATI dual core Athlon II X2 245 (2.9GHz) based system with the CPU costing about £45 and with much more capable integrated graphics, you can also add the same graphics card to make quite a nice gaming rig..
To me this CPU is simply overpriced and comes with something I for one dont want in a CPU as expensive as this.
Also the supplier is mentioned as overclockers.co.uk - I will merely say, DO NOT TOUCH THEM WITH A BARGE POLE! You can get the same goods cheaper elsewhere with MUCH better service. If something you buy from them ever breaks God help you. Anybody I have ever spoken to thats ever had to return something says the same and will not buy from them again either. Just want to warn other TR users of my friends and family's experiences..
Just to balance out the overclockers bashing, I buoght a fullsystem and monitor from them nearly 2 and a half years ago now and have had nothing but perfect service. Delivery was swift, the PC has been phenomenal and I've only had 1 problem which was recified with some of the best customer service I have ever received. My PC was refusing to boot and luckily I lived close to them at the time, I popped it down to them, they diagnosed it as faulty ram, and replaced it and had it ready for me in less than 18 hours. The thing that really impressed me, this was done outside of the warranty period with no cost to me at all.
Its alrigth bashing a company because you know some people who have had bad service, but conversely there will always be people who have had good service, should we all not use Dell? Plenty of people have complained about them.
But yea, back to the CPU it seems a bit daft to me, think the money would be better spent on a standard chip and a GPU
@Xenos: I have heard a lot of horror stories about overclockers but personally I've never had an issue and I've bought from them for years. Also, they've had a bit of a reshuffle recently and we're assured that they're more focussed on customer service now. Obviously we only have their word on that but it's at least a start.
As for the CPU, you're pretty much spot on. However, if you look at the performance figures, it actually holds up surprisingly well, especially if you don't plan to overclock.
@xenos - I thought the integrated GPU was disabled if you put the CPU in a P55 board, since it is obviously not able to use it without the required video outputs? So the TDP would be lower (although I could only see the benefit of this in HTPCs, as they overclock like crazy anyway), but I do agree that the price of over £160 for a dual core is ridiculous, especially when you consider the lower pricing of the i5 750, since 4 physical cores are vastly superior to 2 physical and 2 hyperthreaded cores.
I just bought a new Vaio S laptop (VPCS11V5E) with a Core i5 540M CPU. The first thing that surprises me is how cool it runs! The P8600 Core 2 Due 2.4GHz CPU in my Vaio Z is as hot as the Sun when the machine is just idle!
I agree with xenos! The i5 661 should be at least £40 cheaper to be considered a viable alternative. The i5-750 is a no brainer at its current price of £140 and the icing on the cake is its ability to be overclocked easily to 4Ghz.
Check out the link to see the jump in performance going from a dual core to quad core:
Although they have tested only games, its a good indicator of level of performance as games are still struggling to utilise all that multicore CPU horsepower.
We are at a stage were quad cores should be considered the minimum mid-range CPU's.
@smc8788 - The integrated graphics is of no use as you rightly say, you can't use it because the P55 motherboard has no video outputs, however it still sits there idling away.. They really didn't think about it too much did they? Makes me kind of mad tbh, complete waste of power!
@Binnsy & Ed - If you bought a full system from them you paid too much. If you live near them, great but unfortunately most of us don't and dealing with them on the phone involves a long queue and staff who couldn't care less. They are of the opinion they have done you a favour by selling you something and one of them even tried to tell me that my blue screening graphics card was fine and that some of them are just like that. Unfortunately ones that are "like that" are faulty and need replacement, not shipping back to myself at a cost of £20 with a shitty letter telling me there's nothing wrong with it! They did the exact same thing to my father twice with some RAM that I tested in another PC which was so bad it made it crash on bootup..
There are so many other online retailers out there that you don't need to excuse them, simply go elsewhere. They absolutely do not give a crap! No amount of reshuffling is going to change the opinion of the owners of that company, they set it up bought a boat and F'd off!
@Binnsy - One other thing the RAM would have most likely had a lifetime (10 year) warranty so they weren't really going out of their way. I have heard stories they behave with customers that are local to them but if your in another county its just tough luck.. Consider yourself lucky!!
I've also just (like 10 minutes ago) returned some memory to Play, one menu then a person answered straight away, I have the RMA number and address to send the item to and they were extremely polite! Perfect.. No conversation about who knows more about computers or what constitutes faulty or how he once had this exact same problem but just put up with it..
Here's a list of online retailers I have used enough to warrant giving an honest opinion..
Outstanding service.. Lambda-Tek.com (lighting quick delivery and excellent service), Scan.com (these guys know what they are doing), John Lewis (very professional), Play (outsourced returns phone service but works well), Amazon (pretty straight forward), Dell (again outsourced usually but excellent and polite), Oyyy (they seem to make more mistakes than they should but always very proactive in sorting things, usually a couriers fault to be fair).
Average.. Dabs (good until recently cocked up several orders - bought 4 adsl routers and 4 cable routers arrived, they have listed the product wrong on their site but 1 week later haven't given me an RMA number - they must have sold thousands of these wrongly), Ebuyer (Sometimes poor - paid for next day delivery on a £500 order, all came next day apart from the case, they would only refund the difference in postage cost (£2) rather than the full postage amount), PC World (They will try and sell you crap but do get it done), Apple (More of an annoyance they only offer a 1 year standard warranty but service is otherwise generally excellent), CCL (Had a monitor with pixel check that still had dead pixels, bit of a nightmare as a specific person deals with this, otherwise good).
Poor.. Overclockers.co.uk (yeehaaw - yes that's right, cowboys!), my local 'Laptop Workshop' (Absolutely horrific service, the guy is a complete piece of work and won't support a computer that is 2 hours old, even when there's nobody else in the shop he won't even look at it.)
Take from that what you will!
@Caleb - Dual cores are still plenty fast, its just that Intel in it's horribly annoying way have made it pointless to buy a dual core because they want to shove their integrated graphics down your throat, its anti competitive, there should be models without the integrated GPU.. Also WHERE are the 32nm quad cores? They have held them back on purpose and may never actually release them, instead skipping to 'Sandy Bridge' with its new delayed release of 2011, specifically because AMD haven't fielded and are unlikely to field anything which constitutes a significant threat to Intel. The signs of Intel not playing nicely are all there, save yourself money and buy AMD if you don't need the highest end system and help them to get one up on Intel!!
Overclockers.co.uk did so much for online computer stores when they first emerged. They were the first to truly cater to the enthusiast and had great customer service. They seem to be victims of their own success though and I have to say they are a shadow of their former self. After they messed around a couple of my friends with the return of faulty goods I'd never touch them again. The worst bit is I recommended them and was left feeling a bit sheepish!
"They were the first to truly cater to the enthusiast and had great customer service"
Pffft! "Special Reserve" was the original 'enthusiast' site in the UK. It was a shame when they went down the pan, but they were pretty untouchable from the mid-90's up until 2001/2002.
I actually used to get excited when their catalogue used to drop through the letter box with all the latest components and stuff.
@xenos Well, I still feel that dual core had their time and its time to move on to triple or quad core processors. I agree about the Intel/AMD situation. I've had my eye on the i7 920 from day one and instead of falling in price its gone up. How about that!! We need more competition period!!
@Caleb - For the high end absolutely!
@Xenos - I still feel I need to disagree, one thing I forgot to mention with the RAM is the replacement stuff is actually of a higher quality and a completley different brand. They also swapped all 4 sticks to this better RAM and not just the faulty one. They were also very quick to answer and helpful on the phone, willing to arrange for a courier to take the system back, it was me that suggested dropping it off which they again accomadated.
I also wouldn't say I spent over the odds for my system, it cost about £200 more than buying all the parts seperately would have, including the delivery. But that also included a factory overclock on the cpu from 2.4ghz to 3.2 along with the 1 year warranty. At the end of the day it proved to be worth going for as it saved me the hassle of having to diagnose it myself (it wasn't immediately apparent the RAM was the issue) and I had a nice overclock the day it arrived. For me £200 was well worth that along with the warranty and time saved not having to build it myself.
At the end of the day there will always be people who have crap service with any company, it doesn't mean there arent hundreds of satisfied people out there who just arent shouting about it.
The only thing I can say is that for my PC and monitor I dropped £1700 of my own cash, and I would have abosouletly no worries giving them that again for my next machine.
@Binnsy - Do you work for them? There are rumours they write fake reviews about themselves. Your fairly persistant and nobody else seems to want to stick up for them quite that much..
If not, (I was joking) like I said count yourself lucky! Just don't make the mistake of recommending them to your friends, ala PoisonJam and me too at one point. (NEVER recommend a company after 1 transaction!)
@Xenos - Lol, no I don't though I have been accused of it before :P (though I would say that even if I did wouldn't I so cant really prove my innocence) I've recommended them to a couple of people and so far no one has had any problems, one of my friends had a HDD fail actually but he sent it off and had a new one back a couple of days later and its been all good since then. I've recommended their systems to the odd people on some forums I'm on too and they seem perfectly happy with them so far.
At the end of the day I've been thoroughly impressed by them, so I like to stick up for them from time to time, compared to the rather epic 3 month wait I had with Rock to sort out my laptop issues (it went back, took ages, i bought my desktop as I needed one, the laptop came back broken, to which I said look I have a desktop, can I have a smaller one instead, even though its worth less, waited ages, they sent me the one I wanted, that didn't work, sent it back, and finally got one that worked) they have been fantastic. Admitted its not a huge benchmark to put them against :P But the whole thing of my repair not being impressive because the RAM would have a lifetime warranty has come up before and I still think it is, just because the RAM was under warranty didn't mean they had to diagnose and do the fitting / swapping for free!
Its more just to balance it out to be honest, there are always more horror stories for companies on the internet than success stories. Mainly because people want to voice their complaints, you never get people signing up to say hey thanks, it all works fine.
Who are Rock? (lol)
I agree but you do hear it about companies that go the extra mile, it takes years of hard work to earn a good reputation in business and just a few minutes to destroy it..
This applies to everybody, there's no reason to defend a business that can do well if sometimes it also does shockingly badly, its all about the minimum standard that's allowed to exist within a company. Some are happy to employ anybody others would rather pay staff a bit more and ask for a higher standard of work.
Started reading the comments to see if other people thought this processor as pointless as I do but entered a world of OC bashing haha. Ive used them for years and found them very good. Only had to return 1 item and that was taken care of no problem. Biggest issue is cost of P&P to NI, its painful. Oh and I love play but any problems and ive found them to be a nightmare.
Anyway, this processor, bit daft
@Xenos & Binnsy
I have to agree with Xenos on this one: STAY AWAY FROM OVERCLOCKERS! (unless you're local and tall:))
I bought an ATI 5850 and a Netgear DMP-111 recently. The person I talked to on the phone withi two weeks of purchase was rude and incompetent. He did not accept the fact that the ATI had a desgn fault that made it unable to work with rigs that use an additional RAID card (it needs too much system ROM space), so basically to him the card was "incompatible" but not poorly designed. This is when in the same rig I can install a 8800GTX, a GT240 and an ATI 5770 (lathough not at the same time:)). The DMP-111 disconnects at least once every 24hours, it is widely documented on the net (only found out after purchase!), but he wouldn't accept it was faulty.
This was the most arrogant and incompetent support/customer person I ever talked to.
I gave up, took my Adaptec RAID card out of my rig and kept the 5850, I bought a Draytek Vigor 120 to replace the Netgear DM-111P, but this is the last time Overclocker sees my money (and I've used them quite a lot in the past). They ARE cowboys!
Otherwise I agree 100% with Xenos's list of reliable/unreliable retailers, I have used most of them, and my rating about their service is nearly identical. Regarding service/exchange/refunds, Play, Amazon, Kikatek, and Scan come on the top of the list. They will keep my business!
Note to TrustedReviews: it would be time to take Overclockers off your list of dealers, because you are not doing your readers a favor by sending them their way.
If you really do believe management has changed recently, please tell them to contact me and rectify (order#3525419), I will post here to update... but my attempt was made three weeks ago, so I doubt it will happen.
I'm going to chime in (late) with the "avoid overclockers at all costs" brigade. I wont regale you with my tale of woe, suffice to say that it will be a cold day in hell before I deal with them again.
Oh and crap processor, agreed.
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