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Passion + Attraction = Attachment
It's not your eyes that make you fall for someone—it's the chemicals in your brain and glands. This cascade of hormones and neurotransmitters creates euphoria and fosters bonding in three basic phases.
Related: 6 Strange Ways Your Relationship Status Affects Your Health [1]
1. Passion
Testosterone + Estrogen
Lust is visceral and can be instantaneous. Testosterone and estrogen, the hormones produced in the testes and ovaries and in small amounts in adrenal glands, kick out their amorous signals even before your mind registers a single fact about the object of your desire.
2. Attraction
Thank your adrenal glands for the norepinephrine that makes your heart pound. The hormone is linked to adrenaline, which helps increase circulation, crucial for arousal.
Once your body says, "Hello, sexy," your brain produces this neurotransmitter, which increases libido and euphoria. It's also tied to addiction: That love-drunk feeling will keep you coming back for more.
Lovers spend 95% of the day thinking about the object of their passion, according to one study. Scientists liken that level of obsessiveness to OCD.
Researchers say new couples have lower levels of this neurotransmitter, which is largely produced in your gut. This may be what causes focused attention on the object of your desire.
Related: How To Strengthen Your Heart Chakra [2]
3. Attachment
The brain makes this empathy-inducing hormone after orgasm. Nonsexual skin-to-skin contact fuels it, too, helping you feel connected after the early chemistry wanes.
20 Seconds–The amount of time you should hold a hug to trigger a burst of oxytocin.
Related: A Solar-Powered Vibrator + 8 Other Sex Toys You Didn't Know You Needed [3]
In prairie voles, this hormone causes a desire for monogamy with a partner after mating. Combined with oxytocin and prolactin, it's also why guys experience postcoital fatigue.


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What You Think About All The Time Is What You Get In Life
If you think mainly positive thoughts and expectations, you naturally attract good, positive things, people and events to you. And if you hold negative thoughts and expectations, you attract negative experiences.
But the amazing thing is that if you know how, you can "program" the universe to respond to your wishes and desires. Amazing as it may seem, this is how the Law of Attraction works.
By using some special techniques, you can create your reality. You can do this by attracting the things, people and places you want in your life towards you.
The conditions under which you can do this are defined by some universal laws of existence, creation and attraction. And the appearance in your life of what you want is called manifestation.
How Law of Attraction Can Work For You
The single most important thing determining what you have, what you attract to yourself, and what your future holds for you, is your belief system – in other words, what you believe to be true about yourself and the world around you.
Ghandi said:
"Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny."
He was right, too. What you believe about yourself and the world becomes your reality, in effect your destiny.
So what are your beliefs attracting to you?
If you believe you're unlucky, it's a fair bet you're attracting misfortune. If you believe that you aren't attractive in some way, or that your worth as a person isn't very high, it's likely you're in a poor quality relationship.
And if you believe you don't have much to offer, or you feel worthless, or if you think your destiny is always to be poor, then guess what? You'll be struggling financially and you're probably not very well off.
Maybe you learned these things as a young child by seeing how the people around you behaved, or by taking on their beliefs about the world (and you) without questioning them – because, after all, that's what children are genetically programmed to do.
Perhaps you can remember hearing your carers or parents saying things like "The rich get rich and the poor get poorer….!" (If so, which of these groups did they belong to? Rich or poor?)
Or you might have heard that "money is the root of all evil." So money is bad, you conclude, and as a child you decide you'd best stay away from it!
On the other hand, you might write off your life situation as bad luck, but believe me, luck has nothing to do with it.* The problem is, most of the beliefs which control your life are out of your awareness.
They are held in the subconscious mind, and the subconscious never questions the truth of these deep-seated beliefs. However, these beliefs govern how the universal laws of attraction operate for you.
*Sidebar: As one man said to me, "I lost my job because the company closed. How can that be bad luck?" Well, sh*t happens, for sure. But perhaps what happens next, after the company closes, depends on how much control you believe you have over the world. Some will give up, sink into despair, and believe they have no chance of ever finding another job. Guess what?
They never work again. Others, who have a different belief system, will somehow find new employment…. and then they might say "I was so lucky." Well…. no. As the great golfer Arnold Palmer said: "I find the harder I work, the luckier I get."
The Law Of Creation
And Law Of Attraction
These are simply alternate terms. Some people prefer to say "creation" because this more directly links your actions and your beliefs to the end results around you. It's a more powerful way of reminding you that yes, you do actually create your reality.
By contrast, the word "Attraction" emphasizes that you actually can get what you want in life by using some ancient principles and techniques.
When you do certain things, in a certain way, this universal law will allow you to manifest exactly what you want in the world around you. And as you probably know, the word manifest just means "to make appear", to create, or to produce as a physical reality.
And of course what you see around you is your reality, for good or bad. And although you might not fully understand how you've managed to do it, you've created that reality.
Creating your own reality is your divine right. If you don't believe in God, then think of it this way: manifestation is a natural human attribute.
In other words, you have the power to get what you want. Whatever you want.
Somehow, for better or worse, we humans have been given the power to create our own reality. And one of the things you can do straightaway to work out whether you're creating a positive reality or a negative reality around you is this: look at the words which you use to describe your life.
Do words like joyful, happy, successful, fulfilling, positive and delightful feature in your description of the world around you? Or do expressions like boring, pointless, difficult, hard, a waste of time, fruitless, unfulfilling, unsuccessful, and other negative words fit your reality better?
My question is: well, what kind of reality do you really want to attract?
Now don't get indignant. I know you'll probably say, "What you mean? Of course I want a positive and successful life that makes me happy!"
Most people do, though I've noticed a lot of them immediately go on to explain why they can't have it: "Yes, I want a nice life, but with my salary, what can you do?" "Yes, I want a great relationship, but you can't trust men." "Yes, of course I want a well-paid job, but I don't have the qualifications." And so on, ad infinitum.
Is that what you do? If it is, perhaps you can see why you never get what you say you want? Why does the Law Of Attraction never work for you?
The reason, as by now you might have realized, is that whether you know it or not, you're running a set of beliefs which are leading you into negative, unfortunate, maybe even difficult and challenging situations. And it's possible, even likely, that you've actually been running your life on the basis of beliefs which other people gave to you.
For example, when it comes to making money, you may say: "It's hard to make good money without a good job and they're few and far between these days" or "Making money is difficult when the economy's tanking."
And it's also possible you hold more subtle beliefs you're not even aware of, beliefs that come from your family and cultural background. These are the beliefs which tell you something like "People like us never get rich" or "We're always going to be poor because that's just the way it is for people like us."
Years ago, when I did this work, coming from a poor white Anglo-Saxon Protestant working class culture as I do, I eventually discovered that I held a deep-seated belief about the "virtuous poor". Uh-ho, indeed. The virtuous poor?!! You mean, being poor makes you a good person?!!
Are You Actually Attracting Poverty?
It's not easy to work out where this concept comes from, although I believe it's either from Karl Marx, the founder of communism, or from the Bible, where I seem to remember we find something like"It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."
Well, in my view, talking of the virtuous poor is just an excuse for a family culture where the actions and expectations of the people in that culture lead naturally to poverty: devaluing education, falling prey to alcohol and drugs, disappointing employers, having no sense of planning or self-discipline, being feckless or incompetent, never growing up emotionally and certainly never taking responsibility for what happens, and so on.
Not that I'm blaming people in that category – I can hardly do that, because many of these things featured in my own family history.
The point I'm getting at is this: if you have deep-seated beliefs of this kind, no matter how much you try to make the universal and very real law of attraction work for you, you will always fail.
And your values – what you hold dear as life principles – matter too. There's no getting away from this. The subconscious mind knows your truths: so, if you believe poverty is a virtue, then no matter how much you apply the techniques that can make the law work, you will never get rich. (Or if you do, it won't be long before poverty reasserts itself….)
Similarly, if you believe you are a person of low worth, you'll never get rich. That's because there's a direct link in our culture between our sense of self-worth or self-esteem and how rich we are. We measure, at some level, our personal worth in financial terms.
And if you think money is the root of all evil, and your values center on being good, guess what? You'll never be rich.
And if you believe that somehow you are unattractive, but you want to be in a personal relationship, the best you can hope for is a partnership with a person of an equal level of attractiveness – or lack of it. That doesn't sound like a recipe for happiness to me! As you know, you can only love others when you love yourself.
The good news, of course, is that you can change your beliefs and your values: they are not immutable. And when they change, the law of Attraction begins to work in your favor.
You can work on them in many different ways, so they change, and as they do, you'll find yourself able to manifest whatever you want in life.
Bear in mind, the Law is an immutable, unchanging, eternal and universal principle behind our ability to shape reality.
Finding Out What You Really Believe
If you're keen to use the principles of the law to change your life, then the thoughts and words that you use in everyday life MUST match the reality which you want to create.
Your clues are in what you think, say and believe.
When you make statements that are contradictory or oppositional to the kind of life you want to create, you reveal beliefs and values (which are, after all, just another definition of reality) that you absolutely need to put down, leave behind, and replace with more positive beliefs which will get you the reality you want.
And don't despair at the challenge! This is a path to personal growth: and the best way to foster your own growth is not to look back at the negative experiences which might have led you to the place you are in now, but instead to use the tools which are available to you right here, right now, to learn how you can consciously live your life with a new set of beliefs and definitions.
Remember, only by holding a set of positive beliefs, definitions, and expectations, can you possibly hope to manifest a positive reality!
Video: identifying limiting beliefs
Main sections on this site
Definition of Law Of Attraction and Manifestation
Explaining how the law of attraction works
How to attract money using the law of attraction
How to get a soulmate and find love with the law of attraction
History of the law of attraction
Wallace Wattles and the science of getting rich
What to do when the law of attraction does not work

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When we were children our mother always made a point of buying at least one new Christmas ornament every year. She would unwrap it carefully and add it to the growing collection. Decorating the tree involved sharing countless stories about the past.
"Oh! The little present ornament that I bought for your first Christmas!"
"There's your sister's favorite ornament."
"I remember buying that one the year you got your braces off."
When the tree was done, all bright and colorful, it was more than just a thing of beauty, it was a testament to our family history.
A few years back my sister took over the Christmas hosting responsibilities and my mother shipped her the box of family ornaments. Every year it's now our responsibility to add to the collection of stories and decorations. We have the ornament my daughter first pulled off the tree when she was learning to walk. The one that my niece, first grandchild, sucked on while we trimmed her first tree. And all the others that bring our past Christmases to life.
Our new ornament Christmas cards are a perfect match for family traditions like ours. Not only can we now have decorative reminders of our children's passing holidays, but we can also have photographic reminders of the sweet faces of their childhoods.


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Hewitt risks burnout: Rafter
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Pat Rafter says Lleyton Hewitt is running the risk of burnout because he's so passionate but Mark Philippoussis, whose year worsened with another first-round loss, is paying the price for rarely being passionate enough.
Hewitt trains the house down and plays every point as though it's his last, an approach that has earned him the Wimbledon and US Open titles and the world No.1 ranking, but Rafter fears it will cut short the 23-year-old's career.
"Lleyton's going to go very, very hard - he's probably going to burn himself out quite early," Rafter told Channel Ten.
Philippoussis was beaten 6-1, 7-5 by Frenchman Julien Benneteau at the Mercedes-Benz Cup in Los Angeles on Tuesday, ensuring his world ranking - ninth at the end of last year - will continue to fall.
He was 45th at the start of the week but is likely to drop outside the top 50 after losing ranking points he earned by reaching the semi-finals in LA last year.
"He's got an incredible game," Rafter said. "He's one of the strongest players on the tour and has been for the last 10 years, but I think he finds it hard to keep it going mentally day in and day out."


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3d "Mesh" question
Hi, I have recently started using Mathematica and
I have a question that an experienced user can probably
help me with:
Here is my problem: I have two lines in 3-D
of the form Line[{{x1,y1,z1},{x2,y2,z2},...{xn,yn,zn}}] .
I want to create a "mesh" or surface between these two lines.
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In years past Sisterhoods existed as a way for women to grow as leaders in their synagogue communities. In our synagogue today, women take on key leadership roles and responsibilities. Yet, women still want a venue for coming together. Rodef Shalom Sisterhood was revived in 2008 by a group of women who wanted to provide a way for Jewish women of all ages to Connect, Come together and Collaborate.
Our Sisterhood strives to provide a wide array of opportunities for women to come together in social, cultural, educational and religious programs. Working women, empty nesters, moms, grandmothers, retired women, members of Rodef Shalom, unaffiliated women — all are welcome and encouraged to participate in programs that support the ongoing work of Rodef Shalom and also to join in activities specifically designed for women.We look forward to having you collaborate with us on future programming that meets your interests.
With funds raised at various programs and from our dues, our Sisterhood provides:
Sherry Goodman, President
Valerie Knowles, Vice President
Gayle Bush - Treasurer
Robin Eagle - Electronic Communications
Judy Aster - Coordinator of Program Publications
Lynn Rubenstein _ Program Coordinator
Elaine Stepner - Secretary
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Trojans Down UC Irvine, 62-49, In Season Opener
Nov. 13, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nikola Vucevic scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and Southern California defeated UC Irvine 62-49 in its season opener Saturday.
Vucevic and frontcourt mate Alex Stepheson helped the Trojans dominate the boards 47-26, with Vucevic snagging 14 rebounds and Stepheson 13 to go with six points. Bryce Jones added 14 points, including three 3-pointers, and Maurice Jones, who is not related, had 13 points.
Pavol Losonsky led the Anteaters with 13 points, and Eric Wise added 12. Irvine (0-2) fell to 10-31 against Pac-10 schools.
Vucevic was big on the boards in the first half, when he scored only two points. He started the second half with a 3-pointer. His highlight play came when he grabbed a missed 3-point attempt as it skimmed across the basket and slammed it in one-handed, extending USC's lead to 51-38.


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Daly Days 2013 is ready for the memory books, with a hot, summer day filled with activities, sponsored by the Hamilton Downtown Association. The winner of the wiener dog race was Kendra Hale's dachshund team and dentist Dr. Robert Chaffin won the "Kiss the Pig" contest.
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Even though the Super Bowl was not streamed live on the Internet, CBS Sports offered a few online videos consisting in live interviews, news and different pre-game analysis . Last year 12% of the Super Bowl viewers have been browsing the net and the average time browsing was 24 minutes (according to Nielsen).
Here is a short view of how this popular event evolved since 1967:
2010 seems to be the year of social media as the Official CBS Sports website included polls, live chat functions and the ability to get in touch with other viewers on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or other video sharing websites.
Video streaming was a very important communication channel as advertisers loaded their Super Bowl ads on social media channels. As Facebook was the most popular social media website in 2009 this year Facebook Fan Pages were created offering fans the possibility to share videos and pictures Super Bowl related. Their websites got 3 times more traffic than the usual after the game.
Flo TV advertised their mobile TV viewing device and Vizio used celebrities and viral stars alike (including Beyonce, Tay Zonday and "the Numa Numa guy" ) to present their web-connected TV. Streaming technology was targeted as being the most important "channel" to view the event.
Online video received a major marketing boost when YouTube announced that all the Super Bowl commercials will be placed in a special gallery for later review. Users will be able to post comments and share their favorites with their family and friends. Statistics revealed that last year only half of the viewers were focused on the game the other half directed their interest at the video ads or social interaction.
Even Google had an ad this year, which some claim was in response to Bing's recent marketing push.
Online video viewing is now more popular than ever. In December 2009 178 million people watched 33.2 billion videos (187 videos per month as an per user average in the U.S.). Have a look at the stats:
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Russell Smith's highly praised new novel features some typically caustic satire, alongside a deep and melancholy awareness of the force of desire in our lives. The combination of wit and perception in Muriella Pent — and its brilliant dialogue, beautiful descriptive prose, assured handling of racial politics, and exact observation of modern types — underlines Russell Smith's claim to be one of Canada's subtlest, sharpest writers.
The book begins with a poem by Marcus Royston (from his "Island Eclogues") and a fundraising message from Muriella Pent; then, in the first scene, still before chapter one, these two very different writers have a revealing post-coital conversation. The combination of texts and action, the pointed and moving dialogue, and the ineradicable presence of sex tell us a lot about how Muriella Pent will go on: it's precise and original even before really beginning.
In the first two chapters the principal characters are introduced more fully. Marcus Royston, a successful poet twenty years ago, is now jaded, boozy, and slightly seedy, and finding himself increasingly superannuated on the Caribbean island of St. Andrew's. Muriella Pent, in the Arts and Crafts oasis of Stilwoode Park in Toronto, is widowed, free, sometimes unhappy, and perhaps a little uncontrolled. Phone conversations introduce us to her younger friend Julia Sternberg and to Brian Sillwell, a student who volunteers alongside Muriella on the very PC City Arts Board Action Council (Literature Committee).
At this committee's invitation, with a little quiet help from Canada's ministry of External Affairs, Marcus comes to Toronto on a literary residency, to live in a basement apartment in Muriella's large house. From his arrival he is a disruptive presence: he instantly flirts with his hostess (and most everyone else), drinks too much, and is constitutionally unable to use the buzzword-heavy language of victimhood, appropriation, and community spoken in the Toronto arts world. As he tells the shocked literature committee, alternative journalists, a meeting of librarians and Muriella's genteel book club alike: identity politics isn't everything, art isn't activism, and a novel shouldn't be read to uncover the author's social "message."
"It is not about providing positive influence, or solving the problems of poverty. It's about the things, all dark things that…" He drained his cup. "All the dark things that motivate us." He stared straight in the eyes of the beautiful young girl and said, "Sex. It's about sex. Largely. And corruption and decadence. And all the terrible, terrible things we think."
Muriella, Brian, and Julia — that "beautiful young girl" — are unsettled, and inspired.
Perhaps the disastrous and chaotic party held in his honour at Muriella's house best illustrates the disruptive effect Marcus has on the lives around him, when the explosive power of desire crosses boundaries of age, gender and race. But Marcus is not simply a maverick: he is honest, pained, doubly in exile from a home he is ambivalent about, in sight of old age, and genuinely moved by his connection to Muriella and Julia.
The novel's collage of diary entries, e-mails, letters and newspaper articles gives us unusual insight into the characters' needs and weaknesses as they are profoundly affected by crashing into each other. With Marcus and Muriella's involvement, Brian and Julia develop from wary adolescents into people capable of meaningful action; it is Muriella herself, however, who seems to change the most.
But Muriella Pent works on a wider canvas; for all its psychological acuity it is profoundly, perhaps even primarily, a novel of place. Toronto is a vivid presence, from the roti shops on St. Clair West to historic sites like Fort York, from its earnest, grasping artists to the cosseted, pseudonymous enclave of Stilwoode Park.
As satire and social observation, as an exploration of what art should be and do, as a study of sex as a prime mover in the messy triumphs of our lives, Muriella Pent is unmatched.
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Russell Smith was born in South Africa and raised in Halifax, the son of a university professor and a teacher. He began his career as a writer in Toronto after studying at universities in France and Canada.
His first novel, How Insensitive, was published in 1994 and nominated for the Governor General's Award, the Trillium Award, and the Chapters/Books In Canada First Novel Award, and became a bestseller in Canada. He is also the author of the novel Noise, the award winning story collection Young Men, and an illustrated adult fable, The Princess and the Whiskheads.""
A popular and controversial weekly columnist with "The Globe and Mail," Russell Smith's articles on a variety of subjects have appeared in "The New York Review of Books," "Details," "Travel and Leisure," "Toronto Life," "EnRoute," "Toro "and elsewhere. He is currently working on Russell Smith's Style, a sociological guide to men's clothing, to be published by McClelland and Stewart in the fall of 2005.
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"Smith writes some of the most luminous prose in Canadian fiction. . . . He mines and refines the best of what has come before on the way to making it his own. Also, Smith is entirely credible when writing female characters. . . . One catches quiet echoes of Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf."
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"[Marcus] Royston is one of the most convincing characters I've come across in Canadian fiction. . . . Interspersed with the biting wit is an almost elegiac quality to the writing."
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"This is a valuable addition to the Canadian canon, rivaling the early work of another skilled satirist of the urbane and urban, Mordecai Richler."
—Ottawa Citizen
"The best Canadian novel published in 2004 was Muriella Pent…. Russell Smith is one of the best stylists of my generation. His prose is exact, surprising, and written by a man with a fine ear."
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"The heart of the novel beats in time with D.H. Lawrence and Henry Miller and all the writers before and after them who, when you sweat their books down to the essentials, say simply that sex is an artery of life. Muriella Pent plays out on a bigger canvas than Smith has worked on before. It's the work of a good novelist who wants to be a better novelist. And has become one. There's a gifted and sensually alert writer at the wheel here."
—National Post
"Deserves to stand as one of the strongest Canadian novels of the year"
—Edmonton Journal
"Irresistibly poignant…. Readers looking to spice up their book club will have plenty to talk about with Russell Smith's latest, Muriella Pent. "
"Read any page of Muriella Pent at random and it will become immediately obvious that you're in the presence of a talented writer. . . . The really exciting aspect of Muriella Pent is the masterful way Smith presents his two central characters."
—The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo)
"We need writers like Smith to remind us of the grim truth of this strange country…. It's a funny, poignant, ambitious, and highly entertaining book and the boldest work yet in Smith's bleak oeuvre."
—Books in Canada
"[Russell Smith is] something of a literary heir to Margaret Atwood"
—The Toronto Star
"A novel of manners about ambitious young downtowners of an artistic bent, Muriella Pent is adroit and amusing. And in its depiction of one exceptional character, Caribbean poet Marcus Royston, it is very good indeed."


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No answers from plumbing or HVAC so I'll try here....
I've had this long standing issue with my water heater. I have the thermostat set to heat the water to about 130 degrees, as measured just after the burner cycles off at a nearby tap. But the burner doesn't kick on again until the temp drops to about 105 degrees. No way to get a hot shower up through 3 floors of copper pipe like that in the winter! I usually have to run some water in the AM to get the water heater to kick on so I have hot water.
And when I turn the thermostat up again after a vacation I have to turn it way up the scale before the burner kicks on. It's like the spring is stiff.
New thermos are, what, about $50? Not worth it for a 13 year old water heater. So I am slowly coming around to deciding to get a new one.
I am thinking of getting a water heater with one of those new self-powered digital controllers. Are these any good? Seems like they should provide a tighter control band.
A new gas valve thermostat set for a gas water heater is more like $100 or more depending on the brand. At 13 yrs old it is time for a new unit.
So how about my other question: Are these new self powered digital gas thermostat/valves reliable? I like the idea of setting a precise temp rather than guessing if I can get it to the same setting between hot, hotter, or very hot every time I reset it from vacation.
Mike? Gas water heaters have thermo-coupler similar to gas heaters?
Gas water heaters use a thermocouple, just like gas furnaces, to kill the trickle of gas to the pilot orifice if the pilot is lost for some reason or other.
The thermostat is a somewhat independent component. The thermostat may or may not work in the same way as the thermocouple, i.e. a bulb with a capillary tube operating like a long flexible mercury thermometer* and going to a pressure operated "valve handle", or a small temperature dependent voltage generating device that controls a small self contained electrical circuit.
*Also a version like a short fat thermometer at whose far end is the "valve handle" or a plunger valve for the gas.
If you are shopping for a water heater with digital temperature control, consider that some require AC power and won't give you hot water if there is a power failure. Kind of inconvenient after a big summer storm and you got all hot and sweaty cleaning up outside and now can't take a shower.
I don't believe that the digital water heaters do anything more about the hot water itself compared to the old fashioned thermostat gas valve kind. The digital models may have such features as allowing the water to cool down only during the day if no one is home, or programmable lower temperature for vacations, or remote control.
Yes, the thermocouple is just to keep the gas valve open. The main burner on/off is controlled by the thermostat's bi-metal spring.
All the electronic controlled gas WH's I have seen use Honeywell controllers that are "self-powered" in that they operate their circuitry from the voltage supplied by the thermocouple.
I believe, but am not sure, that they do away with the bi-metal spring thermostat and use something like a RTD to provide the temperature signal. It has to be more precise than the old bi-metal type. Maybe not as reliable in the long term, though.
13 years old:no: just get a new one, you are going to be so mad when you fix this and it starts leaking next month:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
I was mostly trying to get input on these new electronic ones from anyone who has one before I decide. In the interim I may try to blow mine down one more time to see if that improves it's performance. It's been a few years and I suppose a layer of crud could insulate the probe to some extent and might cause some issues.
Here is one of the WHs I am considering. Upper and lower temp sensors and self-powered electronic controls. I haven't actually seen one of these in use but it seems like it could be a significant improvement in function over the old bi-metal thermostats.
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Birth Year : 1913
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Born in Bardstown, KY, William R. Cross became the city's first African American school board member in 1960, and in 1971, he became the vice-chairman of the Bardstown Board of Education. William R. Cross was the son of Alexander "Thomas" Cross and Sally Duncan Cross. He was the husband of Evelyn L. Cross. William R. Cross was employed at the Early Times Distillery and the J. T. S. Distillery. For more see "36 city officials include mayor, police court judge," in Kentucky Directory of Black Elected Officials [1972], by the Commission on Human Rights, p. 16.
Read the transcript and listen to the William R. Cross oral history interview by Dixie Hibbs, 09/27/1988, at the Kentucky Historical Society website.
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John Dufresne, an expat New Englander who now lives in Florida, spoke of his deep affection for Craig's Bar-B-Q in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. Growing up in Worcester, Massachusetts, Dufresne says that his family's culinary motto was "let no food offend the the palate with assertive taste." Today, he loves all things spicy and bold. He first discovered Craig's on a road trip while he was an MFA student at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, and it's not unheard of today for him to hop a plane to Memphis, rent a car, and make the one-hour drive to Craig's just for a sliced pork sandwich or a plate of ribs. He spoke of Robert Craig, the current co-owner of Craig's, and Craig's late father, Lawrence. Like his father, Robert has dedicated his adult life to maintaining Craig's as the lively center of a rapidly shrinking town.
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While Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing more cuts to non-profit social services, particularly to low-income childcare programs, a study released Monday by the Fiscal Policy Institute shows that the non-profit sector is the largest employer in the city's private economy.
The FPI, an independent economic research organization, further found that women comprise about 80 percent of the workforce in the non-profit healthcare and social service sector, and that 80 percent of the workforce is made up of minorities.
"To the extent that budget cuts fall in the social services and healthcare delivery areas, this will adversely affect an important source of employment for women and persons of color," said James Parrott, an economist with FPI who prepared the study.
Parrott added the non-profit sector is also critical to the borough economies. For example, the study notes that in the Bronx, 40 percent of private employment is comprised of jobs in the non-profit social services and healthcare sector.
"It's an important source of employment that enable people to work near where they live," Parrott said.
The study shows the non-profit healthcare and social services sector, which encompasses close to half a million jobs, added 79,000 jobs in the last 11 years. During this time, the rest of the private sector and the city's public sector shed 29,000 jobs combined.
Representatives of the non-profit social services sector said preserving funding for isn't only about saving jobs.
"If government invests more in human services, not only are you employing people directly and creating jobs, you're also providing services that help people," said Allison Sesso, the deputy executive director of the Human Services Council, an umbrella organization for social service providers. "It's proven that these services help people move forward with their lives and become and remain employed."
The FPI study noted the non-profit sector is still struggling to keep up with the heightened demand in low-income communities for social services and healthcare in low-income communities.
Mayor Bloomberg's budget proposal last week laid out a $68.7 billion budget with cuts to fire companies and low-income childcare programs.
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Isolated from the continents for 65 million years, the fauna and flora of the Republic of Seychelles have evolved into unique species of Gondwanan lineage. This archipelago nation is a repository of globally important terrestrial diversity and a storehouse of marine biodiversity. Additionally, Seychelles is part of one of Conservation International's designated biodiversity hotspots, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands. Due to a variety of human-induced pressures, this biodiversity faces the risk of extirpation and—in some instances—outright extinction. These pressures relate to the fundamental constraints of Seychelles' geography, which are typical of Small Island Developing States (SIDS): small land area and population, remoteness from major markets, limited natural resources, and environmental vulnerability.
The country's most important assets are the truly rare beauty of its environment, and its significant fishery resources. This biodiversity serves as the basis for the two major economic sectors in Seychelles—tourism and fisheries. However, these sectors currently pose the main threats to the very biodiversity on which they rely. Overfishing is taking a toll both on specific species that are highly sought and on fish stocks where incipient control is contributing to resource depletion. Poorly planned tourism developments can result in the disturbance of habitats and the degradation of already stressed ecosystems. However, tourism offers some of best opportunities for Seychelles to generate finance for conservation and interest in the theme. Thus, the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity is of vital importance to the country's development.
Past efforts at biodiversity conservation in Seychelles have focused on protected areas. Recognizing that many threats to biodiversity are associated with the main production sectors, this GEF-funded project differs from past efforts by taking a sector-based approach. Through "mainstreaming" biodiversity management, the project seeks to integrate biodiversity conservation into the day-to-day operations of those sectors—the tourism and fisheries industries.
The project will: (a) strengthen the systemic and institutional capacities for mainstreaming biodiversity management; (b) develop methods and means for integrating biodiversity into artisanal fisheries management; and (c) make biodiversity conservation a routine part of business operations in the tourism sector. Partners in this project include the Government of the Republic of Seychelles, USAID and a number of national NGOs.
Though early in its implementation, the project has made significant progress. The project has supported the formation of various partnerships and the development of conservation management plans for several islands. Also under project support, joint management plans were established for areas across six islands with a total area of over 600 ha. Other select results include:
Increased investment in conservation. Stemming from the project's work with the tourism sector, there has been a visible increase in the annual investment in collaborative sustainable management models by the sector. The project reported an increase of approximately 20% for yearly investments in conservation activities, which was determined based on the newly established tourism-conservation partnerships and newly managed areas. The project will conduct similar work with the fisheries sector in the near future.
Fisheries association. The project facilitated the establishment of the Praslin Fishers Association, the first artisanal fishers association in Seychelles, which will be instrumental in developing the co-management of fisheries resources on Praslin Island. The project is also assisting the government in developing its capacity to manage fisheries within sustainable limits through the deployment of highly qualified technical assistance.
Promoting ecotourism. The project has initiated several activities at the national level in the tourism sector: the development of improved guidance for investment tourism developers; the consideration of the adoption of a national tourism sustainability label; and the development of guidelines and criteria for joint management of ecologically sensitive sites with private tourism operators. Over 800 ha of ecologically sensitive habitat have been placed under improved conservation management plans through collaborations among NGOs, the government and private tourism operators.


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attic wiring
Question, the attic of my ranch style can only be accessed with an extension ladder through a small hatch up in the garage wall. It is an unfriendly space, no lights , no power outlets, loose insulation to kick up, walk across planks with a flashlight kinda place.
I have always dutifully drilled holes through a lot of timber to pull a new circuit across the attic. Question is, do I need to drill holes or can I lay 20 gauge romex over the top of the beams in such an uninhabited space?
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Just nail some 1 X 3 to top of joists for running board then staple cable on top of it.
if within 6 feet of the scuttle hole, and you have wires that cross rafters (as opposed to running parallel), you can get by with small blocks of 1x2 on either side of the rafter where the wire crosses over the rafter, so that anyone stepping on that rafter steps on the blocks and not the wire.
I predrill the blocks so they do not crack and screw them in with 1 1/4" wood construction screws.
Actually, I think running boards do not comply with code since the cable can still be stepped on, unless you use two boards and run the wires between them.
And what the heck are you running with 20 gauge Romex? You mean 12 gauge?
sorry, yes I meant to say 12 gauge, (20 amp)
334.23 In Accessible Attics.
The installation of cable in
accessible attics or roof spaces shall also comply with
320.23 In Accessible Attics.
Type AC cables in accessible
attics or roof spaces shall be installed as specified in
320.23(A) and (B).
(A) Where Run Across the Top of Floor Joists.
run across the top of floor joists, or within 2.1 m (7 ft) of
floor or floor joists across the face of rafters or studding, in
attics and roof spaces that are accessible, the cable shall be
protected by substantial guard strips that are at least as high
as the cable. Where this space is not accessible by permanent
stairs or ladders, protection shall only be required
within 1.8 m (6 ft) of the nearest edge of the scuttle hole or
attic entrance.
I knew you knew that, I just wanted to add that for clarification of others that might think draping the cables across the tops of the framing was OK.
I added a pull down ladder and a small storage area floor, as well as an attic walkway. I've been adding the protective blocks I discussed above, anywhere my floor or walkway is within 7' of such wiring. Do I need to do more?
Doesn't sound like it.
The code has changed and used to allow the cables to be draped without being secured IIRC.
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Green Car Journal announced today its five finalists for the magazines prestigious 2017 Green Car of the Year® award and the BMW 330e iPerformance was one of them. The BMW 330e iPerformance adds a plug-in hybrid drive system to the BMW 3 Series. The use of an electric motor with the BMW TwinPower Turbo inline 4-cylinder engine results in a total system output of 248 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque. The BMW 330e iPerformance accelerates from 0-60 mph in 5.9 seconds and reaches a top speed of 140 mph. Pure-electric driving is possible at speeds up to 75 mph with a range of approximately 14 miles and combined fuel efficiency of 71 MPGe when driving on batteries.
The other 2017 models include the Chevrolet Bolt, Chrysler Pacifica, Kia Optima and the Toyota Prius Prime. The announcement of the winner will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday, November 17 at 8:25 a.m. PST inside the Technology Pavilion, alongside other green transportation announcements.
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Definition of spoil
1a : plunder taken from an enemy in war or from a victim in robbery : lootb : public offices made the property of a successful party —usually used in pluralc : something valuable or desirable gained through special effort or opportunism or in return for a favor —usually used in plural
2a : spoliation, plunderingb : the act of damaging : harm, impairment
3 : an object of plundering : prey
4 : earth and rock excavated or dredged
5 : an object damaged or flawed in the making
Examples of spoil in a Sentence
the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils
Origin and Etymology of spoil
Middle English spoile, from Anglo-French espuille, from espuiller
First Known Use: 14th century
Synonym Discussion of spoil
Definition of spoil
spoiledplay \ˈspȯi(-ə)ld, ˈspȯi(-ə)lt\ or chiefly British
spoiltplay \ˈspȯi(-ə)lt\;
transitive verb
2 archaic : to seize by force
3a : to damage seriously : ruinb : to impair the quality or effect of a quarrel spoiled the celebration
4a : to impair the disposition or character of by overindulgence or excessive praiseb : to pamper excessively : coddle
intransitive verb
1 : to practice plunder and robbery
2 : to lose valuable or useful qualities usually as a result of decay the fruit spoiled
3 : to have an eager desire spoiling for a fight
spoilableplay \ˈspȯi-lə-bəl\ adjective
Examples of spoil in a Sentence
The fight spoiled the party.
The camping trip was spoiled by bad weather.
Don't let one mistake spoil your day.
Don't spoil your appetite by snacking too much.
Exposure to air will spoil the wine.
I spoiled the sauce by adding too much garlic.
The milk was beginning to spoil.
The hotel spoils their guests with fine dining and excellent service.
She always spoils me on my birthday.
You should spoil yourself with a day at the spa.
Origin and Etymology of spoil
Middle English, from Anglo-French espuiller, espoiller, from Latin spoliare to strip of natural covering, despoil, from spolium skin, hide — more at spill
First Known Use: 14th century
Synonym Discussion of spoil
indulge, pamper, humor, spoil, baby, mollycoddle mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. indulge implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires. indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect. pampered by the amenities of modern living humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims. humored him by letting him tell the story spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering. foolish parents spoil their children baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude. babying students by grading too easily mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare. refused to mollycoddle her malingering son
SPOIL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of spoil for English Language Learners
: something stolen or taken by thieves, soldiers, etc.
: something valuable or desirable that someone gets by working or trying hard
Definition of spoil for English Language Learners
: to have a bad effect on (something) : to damage or ruin (something)
: to decay or lose freshness especially because of being kept too long
: to give (someone, such as a child) everything that he or she wants : to have a bad effect on (someone) by allowing too many things or by not correcting bad behavior
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1 : to damage the character of by allowing too many things or not correcting bad behavior Grandparents sometimes spoil a child.
2 : to damage badly : ruin Frost spoiled the crop.
3 : to damage the quality or effect of A quarrel spoiled the celebration.
4 : to decay or lose freshness, value, or usefulness by being kept too long The milk spoiled.
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London's Shard tower opens with empty floors, flat rents
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LONDON (Reuters) - Superstar architect Renzo Piano calls the European Union's new tallest building a "vertical city", but when his stunning Shard tower opens on Thursday over London Bridge it will house the equivalent of a whole vacant neighborhood.
The elongated glass pyramid, built atop a train station in a scruffy neighborhood near the Thames, will open with 26 floors of vacant office space, and developers have to fill it at a time when rents are at the flattest in at least 50 years.
The Shard's developers are spared from market wrath solely because the building was built with funding by the deep-pocketed royal family of Qatar, rather than a publicly listed firm, said John Cahill, a property analyst at Investec.
"With the Shard's office floors still empty, it would be panic stations if it was a listed developer behind it," he said.
Long gone are the days in London's commercial real estate market when the Foster + Partners-designed 30 St Mary Axe, known as "the Gherkin" because of its oblong shape, opened in the financial district in April 2004 with all floors already let.
The Shard is just one of several skyscrapers now sprouting across London with nicknames that reflect the silhouettes they cast on the skyline. But with a financial crisis having blown in since architects first came up with designs for the "Walkie Talkie" and the "Cheese Grater", lettings have been muted.
Rents for the best offices in London's financial district - the yardstick used by Shard developer Irvine Sellar for the offices at the bottom of the tower - have been 55 pounds per square foot since September 2010, property consultant CBRE said. That is the longest period of flat rents since its records began in 1960.
"The only reason rents haven't started to fall is the relatively low level of available space at the moment," said Kevin McCauley, head of central London research at CBRE, who expects rents to remain flat for the rest of the year. Continued...


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A Not-So-Random Walk Down the Great WallLauren Young
My colleague David Bogoslaw and I attended a session on exchange-traded funds this morning, sponsored by Barclays Global Investors, and starring Burton Malkiel, author of "A Random Walk Down Wall Street." Here's David's take, along with a few comments from yours truly:
Right on schedule as investors mull recent losses in Chinese stocks, Malkiel gave us sneak peek at his newest book, "From Wall Street to the Great Wall," slated for release at the end of this year.
The subject, of course, is investing in the Middle Kingdom, which Malkiel highly recommends, not only for what he sees as sustainable growth for several more years but for "the most undervalued currency in the world."
Amid all the talk of the impact of interest rates, stock valuations and currency moves on a country's economic expansion, Malkiel declared, "The only thing that is really important for economic growth is culture." China fits the bill by virtue of its reverence for education, its strong work ethic, its entrepreneurial ability and spirit, and its risk-taking culture. Also required, he says, is a sense of history, which in China's case is the knowledge that it accounted for one-third of worldwide GDP in the 1700s.
Contrary to those who question China's willingness to continue down the road of capitalism, Malkiel sees the Chinese as true believers in the free market. That's a result of the memories of hunger that many people who lived through it associate with the Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong. Now the Chinese have a hunger to prosper. "Within 20 years China will be larger than the U.S.," Malkiel predicts. "The energy you feel walking down the street in Shanghai makes New York look sleepy."
Malkiel suggests a strategy of investing half of your money in H and N shares — the shares of Chinese companies that trade in Hong Kong and New York –- and the other half in non-Chinese stocks and countries that are major trading partners with China. And it's actually not that hard to execute. His simple strategy is to combine the SPDR S&P China ETF (GXC) with Vanguard Pacific Index Viper (VPL). More sophisticated investors might construct a portfolio using a 30% stake in the SPDR S&P China ETF (GXC); a 20% stake in iShares MSCI Hong Kong (EWH); a 40% position in Vanguard Pacific Stock Index (VPL); 5% in Vanguard Energy Viper (VDE), and another 5% in Vanguard Materials Viper (VAW).
The nod to Vanguard ETFs isn't surprising, considering Malkiel serves on the board of Vanguard Group. Even so, Malkiel doesn't see eye-to-eye with Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle on the topic of ETFs. (Bogle likens trading ETFs to gambling at the casino.)
So how will Bogle feel about Malkiel's latest push to invest in the volatile Chinese markets? "Jack doesn't know about my China book, but he won't like it," Malkiel says.


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While the fate of "American Idol" and its judging panel is up in the air, "The Voice" is already getting geared up for its 5th cycle, which – as announced today – will premiere Sept 23. Season 4 is currently underway with the Top 12 performing this week for your votes!
The Wrap is reporting that Christina Aguilera will indeed be returning to her swiveling chair when the show starts filming Season 5 this summer. As such, Shakira will actually vacate her spot and continue working on producing her next album. Aguilera took the time off to promote her album Lotus.
While no word has been said about coaches Usher, Adam Levine or Blake Shelton, there is a major tour with Kelly Clarkson on the horizon for Maroon 5. Don't count out an off season for front man Adam Levine. Blake has his new album out and an upcoming tour, but there is no word on whether or not that will interfere with "The Voice." No other information regarding the other coaches has been announced.


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Hi everyone, i'm new here so apologies if i've done anything wrong with how to post. Basically I had a rhinoplasty about 4 years ago, my nose was fine really, just had a slightly bulbous tip. It didn't go well and now my nostrils show too much, one shows more than the other and it is bent. But the worst thing is that the doctor seemed to have just pulled the tip in widthways, which as resulted in the bulbousness becoming vertical (if that makes sense?). There is no tip definition and it looks like there is a bulge of cartilage between my nostrils, which makes my nose look long and hooked (pic attached). I'm desperately unhappy with it but have been putting off having a revision as i'm so scared it will go wrong again. My original surgeon had good reviews and a good reputation but it still went wrong so I have no idea how to choose the surgeon for my revision. I am thinking about Dr Michael L. Schwartz or Dr Benjamin Swartout, has anyone had experience with either of these doctors? The before and after pictures on Dr Schwartz's site are great, Dr Swartout has few before and after pictures but came recommended from Dr Raj Kanodia. Can anyone help? I should mention I'm from the UK but think there seem to be few good revision rhinoplasty surgeons in the UK.


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http://www.symbolhound.com/ is a search engine for programmers: it doesn't ignore special characters, so you can search for things like $foo and a^b
Has anyone been using this for their daily programming searches? Would be interesting to hear!
I hadn't heard of it, poes, but it looks interesting. I'll do some comparisons between this, Google and DuckDuckGo. (I'm still having trouble weaning myself off Google, as it's so reliable and familiar.)
I didn't even know it existed. You're always full on interesting stuff and this one looks quite promising... do you use it often or is it a recent finding?
A Perl programmer I follow on twitter twotted it.I tried it earlier today cause I'm doing some Python courses online and searched first DuckDuckGo for raw_input() function... the zero-click info was the python2x docs for built-in functions, and the rest were stackoverflow questions and blogs mentioning it.
SymbolHound gave me all stackoverflow stuff: http://symbolhound.com/?q=raw_input%28%29
I would assume it would be harder to search for Python3's function since they named it more generically "input()". Though there is of course an Advanced Search to help with that.
After pointing sybolhound.com out, I gave it a try on some of the terms that I typically have problems with contanimation using google, yahoo, or bing and found it worked really well. Thank you for this!
Do you mind my asking why you are weaning yourself off Google?[/ot]
[ot]Many of us are weaning ourselves off google. Reliance on a single entity for everything has all the same dangers of a monoculture. The filter bubble, the tracking, and the heavy reliance for everything (for some people) from mail to calendars to company discussions to coding to how-to-spell-that-word on a single company who is vested in the United States (and thus subject to the increasingly not-sane regulations and laws of the US) scares the hell out of us.
Me, I've set DuckDuckGo for all my default address-bar searches, and since it misses plenty of Dutch, I search for Dutch things (and whatever else DDG misses) using !gnl before my search terms. Best of both worlds : )[/ot]
I'm Tom, the co-founder of SymbolHound, the Special Character Search Engine for Programmers.You're right, you will find that right now the query results are heavy on StackOverflow, but this is changing as we index more and more programming related websites. If you have a suggestion for a site that you would like to see indexed, or any feedback at all feel free to contact us! Our contact information can be found at: http://www.symbolhound.com .
We hope it's a useful tool!-Tom
Hi Tom,you guys keep up the good work! And spread the word to programmers! DDG is okay with symbols, sometimes ignoring them and sometimes not, but Google is worthless for symbols.
I suppose you could expand to punctuation marks and unicode lookups, would be neat.
That would be neat indeed
As a matter of fact, we already support all unicode characters, including punctuation marks!http://www.symbolhound.com
By "unicode lookups" I meant things like maps and those lists of HTML decimal/numerical entities you find scattered around the web... I mean, I keep those bookmarked.Like if I want to type a weird symbol on this computer, it runs Gnome, so I keep this page bookmarked: http://doc.infosnel.nl/utf-8_symbols.htmlOr say I paste → into the search, I can find its name (rarr), its description (rightwards arrow) and hex codes etc (U+2192 (8594)). Right now I use a wikipedia page to look those up.
Also, you guys thinking of hooking up a trade/service with DuckDuckGo? Also I may ask DDG if they'll add a !sh or !symbol to get results with punctuation from Symbolhound since lots of programmers use DDG.
Ah, understood. You asked, you got it! We'll try to add that feature in the next one to two weeks.In addition, we now have a source code search option, much like the Google Code Search that was officially discontinued on Sunday.
We haven't yet, but it's a good idea!
Tom: got your tweet re the codesearch, looks sweet!


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I know there is only speculation about the '14 WRX, and some "spy" photos. So, I guess the question i would like to ask you guys would be directed at people who bought a WRX the year before a major production change, 2010, 2007, etc. I was wondering if you had any regrets not waiting for the next production year.
Also, i know there is no information out there on when the '14s would be in dealerships, but two dealerships have told me they expect to be receiving them in early 2013 (February). Which doesn't make sense to me. That's one short '13 production year, and I don't know why they would just make that up since I was more or less ready to by the car after test driving. But maybe they weren't too worried about selling the car.
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Saint Leo Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to be Held on April 3
SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo University Department of Athletics has announced the names of the five new members who will be inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame at the 2014 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the Saint Leo Student Community Center. The evening will feature a reception commencing at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner and the induction ceremony. The event is sponsored by Bright House Networks.
The newest members of the Saint Leo Athletics Hall of Fame include multi-sport prep school stars William McKeown ('54) and Jorge Salgado ('59), in addition to two college-era selections with Jason Sartor ('94, Men's Basketball) and Jason Linkes ('99, Baseball) representing the Monarchs. One university-era student-athlete joins the accomplished list with Casie Poyssick ('07, Women's Soccer) elected to represent the Lions.
McKeown played baseball, football, basketball, and ran track at Saint Leo Preparatory School. He was named All-State for baseball three times as a second baseman.
Salgado, a multi-sport athlete lettering in baseball, football, basketball and track & field for Saint Leo Prep, served as the leadoff hitter while playing shortstop and catcher for the baseball team as well as guard on the basketball team. He set Florida high school state records in the high jump and broad jump in track & field competition.
Sartor was a four year standout on the hard-court, playing in 107 games. He is among the Top 10 all-time statistical leaders in scoring (tenth - 1,273 points) and rebounding (ninth – 607 rebounds) while playing for four different coaches during his four years.
Linkes, one of Saint Leo's finest baseball players, was named All-Sunshine State Conference Second-Team and All-South Region First Team in 1998. The 1999 Preseason All-American held a career batting average of .354 in his four seasons of action, which is in the top-10 of career averages.
Poyssick, the 2003 Sunshine State Conference women's soccer Freshman of the Year, played in 67 games during her four years (2003-2007). She scored 52 goals in her career, including a season record 26 in 2003, and finished with 122 points, second-most at Saint Leo. The All-SSC First Teamer in 2003, 2005, and 2006, holds the all-time mark in goals, shots and game-winning goals.
The Saint Leo Hall of Fame was organized by former Athletic Director Dr. Norm Kaye in 1986-87. Committee members include a broad representation of the University's alumni as well as the administration, faculty and athletic department.
The purpose of the Saint Leo Hall of Fame is to honor former students, coaches and administrators who excelled in Saint Leo athletics in the Prep School, Junior College, four-year College or University. Its purpose is to perpetuate the memory of those persons who have brought distinction, honor and excellence to Saint Leo athletics and familiarize the entire campus community and alumni with the University's rich athletic history.
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