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There a many reasons why knowing how to read an electric meter can be a great skill to have. Several years ago we moved into a new house and after receiving one outrageous power bill after another, we decided to take matters into our own hands and figure out why the bill was so high. My husband decided that he would read the power usage meter every day and keep a journal of how many kilowatts of electricity we were using every day.
Our plan was initially to just identify the rogue appliance that was using so much electricity. Strangely enough, we weren't able to find the culprit but what we did find might surprise you. When the next electricity bill came in the mail, Jeff quickly called the power company to find out exactly what day they came out and read the electric power meter. To our amazement, they weren't actually coming out and reading the meter! They were estimating what it should read based upon the power usage of the people who were renting the house before we were!
Ever since then, we have always tried to keep a close watch on our electric usage meter to "keep the power company honest". This is just one of many reasons why knowing how to read your electric meter might come in handy.
Before we get started with the actual instructions, you should know that power is rated in "watts" and 1,000 watts equals one "kilowatt" or one kilowatt hour. Your home's electric power meter's sole purpose is to keep track of how many kilowatts your home consumes. The power company charges you by the kilowatt so knowing exactly how many kilowatts you're using might be very useful to you.
How To Read A Power Meter if it is an Analog Meter
Most electricity usage meters will be the old analog type that have either four or five dials with a pointer on each dial. Since most of you will have this type of a meter at your house, I'll show you how to read this type first. Okay, let's get started. As I mentioned, your electrical power meter is going to have either four or five dials. Three of the dials turn clockwise and and two turn counter clockwise. When reading electrical power meters, you will have to read the dials from right to left (not like you read a book).
- Dial #1 – Turns clockwise
- Dial #2 – Turns counterclockwise
- Dial #3 – Turns clockwise
- Dial #4 – Turns counterclockwise
- Dial #5 – Turns clockwise
Starting from the right, look at the dial and determine where the indicator is pointing. If it has passed a number but it has not yet made it to the next number, you will write down the lower number. If the pointer is really close to being directly over a number, you look at the dial to the right of the one you are reading. If that dial hasn't passed zero, you record the lower number. If the pointer on the dial to right has already passed zero, you record the larger number that the indicator is pointing towards.
The image below is a good example of when you would have to look at the dial to the right to find out if you should record the number that the pointer is on or if you should record the lower number.
Remember, you read the dials form right to left but the actual kilowatt hour reading that you get is read from left to right. In the example above dial 1 reads 3, dial two reads 0, dial three reads 8, dial four reads 9 and dial five reads 3. The way you interpret this reading is that for this meter 39,803 kilowatt hours have been used since the meter was installed on this particular house.
How To Read a Digital Electric Meter
If you have a digital meter, reading it is even easier. All you have to do is look at the numbers that are displayed on the meter and write them down. In this case, you read the meter from left to right just like you are accustomed to reading a book.
How To Calculate Your Electric Bill
Let's imagine that when you receive your electric bill, the number 39,803 is listed as the electricity meter reading for the last time your meter was read. Since you have this number, it's easy to calculate your what your bill is going to be at any time of the month. You'll just need a couple of bits of information. The first is how much your power company charges for each kilowatt hour (kWh) that you use and the second is amount of any standard fees that you are charged just to have electricity at your house.
Once you have that information, you just need to get a current electric meter reading and subtract the current reading from what the reading was when the power company last read your meter. This will tell you how many kWh's you have used since then. Next, you simply multiply the kWh rate by the number of kWh's you have used to find out what you total energy charges will be. Lastly, add any of the standard fees to this number and you'll know exactly how much your electricity bill should be!
Here's a short video that will show you just how simple reading an electric meter actually is.
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Rearing Pet Birds for Love Pleasure and Affection
Most of us love having pets at homes. The most common household pet as you may have guessed is the dog and next comes the cat, but birds although reared less frequently makes exacting pets just as I found the other day while watching one of the channels on a Dish TV Packages that I had just subscribed. Unlike dogs or cats that need plenty of exercise, and not to forget that you will be obliged to take them outdoor for exercises, rearing birds is easier in big cities where space sells at a premium; even if it is a condominium for that matter.
Birds are easier to keep and love; they won't sneer like dogs or cats or other animals; won't tell us what to do and when to do, and usually are a satisfied lot. All that they want is a small quantity of seeds or pellets to feed. Besides they don't need an elaborate housing arrangements like for other bigger animals. What is more, you don't need to teach them games, no guessing to do about their emotions, and not even the hurtful words that we use against our pets once in a while. If at all they have any demands, it is usually a small piece of toy that you can leave in the cage and that is all that they want.
If you love birds, you will also love taking care of them. Don't we do that naturally to our children? Here are some tips that will help you keep your pet birds health and be a source of pleasure to you and your family. If you don't understand what I am trying to tell, just start rearing a few of them with care and you will soon be a bird enthusiast yourself. Since your bird will spend most of his or her life in captivity, you will be responsible to take care of their needs as well. Birds, like human are prone to diseases and medical conditions; they can get infected with viruses, germs or bacteria, and are also prone to obesity when in captivity. Here are some things that you can do to make their life a lot better, and get something back in return by way of love.
Mother Nature had not intended birds to be kept caged, they were instead expected to be robust, search for food and drink for themselves. Typically, birds fly thousands of miles looking for food and water; and some birds such as those in the Siberian region will fly thousands of miles to find food and procreate, and then return back to their home with a precision that will put the best pilot to shame. So, understand you birds breed and select the right food with care; usually not much; grains, pellets or a combination of both. Give variety to their meal that they would otherwise have got in the wild. Include some fruits, nuts, leftover uncooked vegetables, fruits (orange, peach, berry…just to name a few) even if they don't eat them. Remember in the wild world they would have torn a lot leafy plants just for the fun of doing it.
Birds need a lot of protein, just as we do. So let their diet consist of lots of protein, and let it be cooked animal flesh and twice a day. Not all birds can be fed with a standard diet, some are special on account of their body size or due to their genetic habits; Lories and Lorikeets therefore must be fed with syrupy fruit juices, or even a specially formulated compound. And then there are the soft-billed avian that will want mealworms, blossoms and leaves, fruits that have been cut into dices and nectar.
Birds will litter, and virtually at that; a practice that normally all birds pickup in the wild nature. So keeping the bird's cage can be a little bothersome, but nevertheless you will have to do it without any embarrassment. After all the pleasure of keeping birds is yours, isn't it? Consult an avian veterinarian the moment you notice sickness in your pet birds. Diseases can spread fast to other birds in the cage or even to those in the neighborhood; and even to human.
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Hypothetically speaking, if they were real, could we be buddies with those bloodthirsty vamps?
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According to:
-true blood
-the vampire diaries
-the originals
NOPE!!! Wait that's not right lol. It's more like for awhile. But at some point the vamps feel that they are the powerful & humans should treat them as higher beings. Or the bloodlust becomes to much, if around it.
Like if a human is near a vamp and gets a cut, well that's like smelling freshly baked pie haha, to a vamp.
Also it varies... I'm to into this lol. but
If the vamps are out in the public eye, and can be differentiated than a normal human to. Like red eyes, bat ears lol. No secrets to co exist :).10|10|0
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I believe it would be possible 😛 I mean, if they can co-exist (more or less) in all the vampire TV shows, I don't see why they couldn't in real life. Sure, it would be more dangerous and stuff, but some danger is sometimes needed in life to make it more exciting 😎 I would certainly LOVE for them to exist! I adore vamps, they are my soulmates ❤ I would probably get along with them way better than with humans 😜00|00|0
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Mary Halvorson: Meltframe
As a genre, the solo guitar recording is not uncommon in jazz circles and consequently certain conventions associated with it have settled in over time. The set-list is typically studded with standards along the lines of Stella By Starlight or All the Things You Are, and the playing is often more genteel than raucous. On Meltframe, her first solo guitar recording, Mary Halvorson disregards all such conventions and forges her own resolutely adventurous path, much as she has done throughout her career. True, there is a cover of Ellington's Solitude, but her reflective treatment transforms the original into a shimmering deconstruction where Duke's oh-so-familiar melodies emerge more surreptitiously than anything else.
Interestingly, though, the Brooklyn-based guitarist did initially set out to create a solo guitar album of jazz standards. Monk's Reflections and Ruby, My Dear would have been prime candidates for the recording, as they've both been included in her solo performances, yet as the project got underway, things took a different turn, with Halvorson deciding to move away from standards and instead play modern pieces she'd long admired. Such a move pays dividends in a couple of key ways: first, it offers the listener a refreshing respite from the usual selections for a recording of this kind (when was the last time you heard a solo guitar rendering of Carla Bley's Ida Lupino?); and it enabled Halvorson to play without having to deal with differentiating her interpretation of a given piece from those of other guitarists. In covering something like Tomas Fujiwara's When, for example, she can simply perform without having to think about how her version might be compared to someone else's. Not only is material by Roscoe Mitchell, McCoy Tyner, and Ornette Coleman included, so too are pieces by her contemporaries Chris Lightcap and Noël Akchoté. The selections are, in a word, inspired.
That Meltframe isn't a ballads set becomes clear the moment Oliver Nelson's Cascades opens the ten-track album with fuzz-toned electric playing that's equal parts angular and aggressive. The rendering is more math-rock than straight-ahead jazz and is merely the first surprise on an album that boasts more than its share. Eschewing self-indulgent displays of virtuosity, Halvorson always plays in service to the song, something never more evident than in her folk-like handling of Bley's Ida Lupino; having said that, one can't help but come away from Annette Peacock's Blood, its strummed chords faintly echoing "Don't Explain," impressed by Halvorson's technical ability when she alternates deftly between delicate passages and rapid-fire fingerpicking. Coleman's Sadness undergoes an arresting makeover when she re-imagines it as a country blues earmarked by slide playing and smeared, slightly dissonant note choices, and an even bigger surprise arises during Lightcap's Platform when she unleashes a series of grunge-soaked power chords.There's a freshness and spontaneity to the playing that can be explained in part by the production approach she adopted: having settled on the set-list, she recorded the tracks sans overdubs in two days, with longtime friend Ches Smith overseeing production. With no other instruments present, Halvorson's playing is more exposed than it's ever been, and consequently the listener is presented with an in-depth portrait of the musician and her repertoire of effects. With imagination and intelligence informing every gesture, the album provides a constant flow of stimulation; one instrument only might be featured, but one's attention never flags when Halvorson colours her playing with tremolo effects and bent notes, among other things.
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Aeromobil Version 2.5 is a "road-able aircraft" by Slovakian lead designer Stefan Klein, who spent last 20 years developing his dream. The extremely lightweight vehicle (only 450 kg – 992 lbs) has a steel tube frame structure with a carbon fiber composite shell – like in race cars. The dimensions with closed wings are 1.6 meters width by 6 meters length (5.4 by 19.6 feet). While on the ground Aeromobil can speed up around and more than 160 km/h (100 mph), in the sky – 200 km/h (124 mph).
"In terms of automobile configuration, it fits to a standard parking space, its engine enables it to tank at any gas station, it is fully accustomed to road traffic and as a plane it could both take off and land at any airport in the world." – says Klein.
Aeromobil 2.5 is a prototype of the 3rd version. Currently Klein is looking for potential investors and as soon as he gets ones, he assumes it will take additional 2 years to get certification and go into production. The idea of flying cars might seem futuristic, but looks like it is on its way.
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[Editor's Note: The following article is wartime information
on enemy tactics and equipment published for Allied soldiers. In most cases,
more accurate data is available in postwar publications.]
The Germans and Italians are expert at rendering
airdromes temporarily or permanently unserviceable,
and have employed a number of methods of obstructing
and destroying airfields and landing grounds from
which they have been forced to withdraw.
Vehicles, heavy construction equipment, logs, drums
filled with rocks, and other movable obstacles are placed
on runways and landing areas to prevent Allied forces
from using them and, at the same time, to keep them
available for the Axis. Nearby areas which might also
be used for landing are blocked with more permanent
obstacles, such as steel posts, cables, timbers, and ditches.
When an airdrome can no longer be defended, it is
demolished by explosives, plowed up or scarred with deep
trenches, and then liberally sown with mines and booby
In North Africa the roads in the vicinity of certain
abandoned Axis airdromes were found to have been
mined very carefully to delay the Allied advance and
give the Germans time to destroy the surfaces of their
landing fields. The thoroughness with which the landing
fields themselves were mined varied greatly; some
had received only slight attention, whereas others had
been mined in the most elaborate manner possible (see
fig. 1).
On one airdrome the ground was furrowed in patterns
resembling giant fingerprints. Effective furrows were
also cut by a small metal wedge about 8 inches wide,
with the cutting edge leveled back at 45 degrees. Ordinary
plows were also used. Z-shaped trenches and
irregular bomb craters were found in another field; and
in still another, the runways had been crossed with
trenches and the landing ground further obstructed by
wrecked aircraft, motor vehicles, and the familiar emergency
device of barrels filled with rocks. The Axis of
course destroys its hangars whenever this is possible.
Several types of booby traps are likely to be planted
before an airfield is abandoned (see fig. 1). For
example, mines made up of several charges packed in
a wooden box, and the whole buried in a landing strip,
may be booby-trapped in as many as three ways. The
lids of these improvised wooden box mines are open
about 3/4 inch. The box explodes if it is lifted, or if
the lid is either lifted or stepped on. "S" mine crates
may be buried in the ground, with metal spikes
protruding to damage tires, and fitted with anti-lifting
devices. Gasoline, oil, and water cans and drums may
be partly buried in the runways, and similarly fitted
with anti-lifting devices. (See Intelligence Bulletin
No. 10, pages 7-12 for additional details.) Booby
traps are also fitted to the movable parts of abandoned
planes and vehicles.
Temporary obstructions, such as barbed wire, fences,
and logs, have been observed on temporarily unused
fields in France, Belgium, and Holland, and also on
portions of active fields. Another portable obstruction
now greatly favored by the Germans is an arrangement
of beams or metal rails, lying crossed on the
ground, or standing and secured near the top, like the
poles of an Indian wigwam. All these obstacles, of
course, can be cleared when the fields are needed, and
replaced when the occasion demands.
A semipermanent type of obstacle which has been
observed in occupied countries consists of an upright
tree fixed in a cement block. Such obstacles are
sometimes supplemented by stakes driven into the
ground at irregular intervals, and the approaches to
the field closed by networks of barbed wire. In one
instance an airfield had been completed, and then
evidently found unsuitable; it was made unserviceable for
landings by a series of evenly-spaced trenches 16 inches
deep. Large felled trees, which take an appreciable
time to remove, are also used as semipermanent obstacles.
In Tripolitania the Axis handled its rearguard skillfully
during the withdrawal. The following notes are
of interest as an illustration of the enemy's methods.
a. The foundation of his rearguard positions was
always the 88-mm antiaircraft-antitank guns, with a
50-mm core.
b. In support he had: long-range artillery (105's,
210's, and 75's on self-propelled mounts), tanks,
infantry (very well equipped with machine guns and
mortars), and engineers.
c. In the initial stages (open desert) his rearguard
screen was at first deployed over a very wide front. He
used his artillery (including 88's firing frontally) at
extreme range to hold up the British Eighth Army's advance
and to force it to deploy. He used mines
(including dummy minefields) effectively for the same
d. He showed his tanks and moved them about, to
attract the attention of British tanks and observation
posts while he was concentrating his antitank guns in
the British line of advance. He then withdrew his
tanks to defiladed positions.
e. He did not attempt to withdraw his antitank guns
until twilight (in some cases, not until after dark),
when he invariably moved his tanks forward to cover
the withdrawal of the guns.
f. His 50-mm's were always defiladed, except in the
close country south of Castel Benito, where he relied on
natural cover and concealment.
g. He always had a covered line for withdrawal of
his antitank guns.
h. He sited his infantry to protect his antitank guns
against infantry attack. The protection was achieved
by machine-gun and mortar fire from the flanks, not by
men in front of the guns.
i. In an action south of Castel Benito, he made
excellent use of both natural cover and natural tank
obstacles when siting his guns. However, the damage
inflicted was negligible, since he preferred to hold up the
British by firing at extreme range, rather than waiting
until he could be certain of a "kill."
A Fifth Panzer Army order signed by Lt. Gen. Gustav
von Vaerst (now a United Nations prisoner) lists
ten "commandments" regarding German employment of tanks:
a. The tank is a decisive combat weapon. Therefore, it
should not be used except in a center of gravity and on
appropriate terrain.
b. The tank is not a lone fighter. The smallest tank unit is
the platoon, and, for tasks of considerable importance, the company.
c. The tank is not a weapon to accompany infantry. Forcing
its way through the enemy, it enables the infantry to follow it
d. The tank can take, and mop up a sector, but it cannot hold
the sector. This is the task of the infantry, supported by its
heavy arms, antitank weapons, and artillery.
e. The tank is not an artillery weapon which can long harrass
an enemy from a firing position. The tank fights in movement,
and subjects its targets to fire for a short while only.
f. The task of the infantry is to neutralize hostile antitank
weapons and quickly follow up tank attacks, so as to gain the
best possible profits from the tactical and moral impact.
g. The task of the infantry is to give fire support to the assault
of the tanks, to neutralize hostile artillery, and to follow up
the progress of the tank attack by coming up behind the tanks
quickly to obtain a decisive effect. The task of the supporting
artillery is to protect the flanks of the attacking tanks by fire,
keeping pace with the advance.
h. The task of the armored infantry is to follow up closely
the attack of the tanks, so as to be able to intervene immediately
in the battle of tank against tank.
i. The mission of the engineers is to open up passages through
the minefields, under the protection of the tanks. This makes
it possible for the tank attack to start anew.
j. At night, the tank is blind and deaf. Therefore, the task
of the infantry is to protect it with their arms.
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How long have you been playing football?
Eight years, since I was four.
How often do you play?
I play one and a half hours a week. I'm in the Hong Kong Football Club's Under 14s team and also the South Island School team.
How did you get started playing?
My dad encouraged me to try football when I was little. There weren't enough girls teams then so I would play with the boys. It was really fun and I feel that I've become stronger and tougher because of it.
Are there girls on your team now?
Yes, these days the number of girls at Hong Kong Football Club (HKFC) is increasing – three years ago there were only nine of us and now there are over 120. I do wish there were more girls teams in my division because there are 10 boys teams and we only have three or four girls'. All the teams at the HKFC are of different levels so it would be good to have more girls teams up for matches. Sometimes when there aren't enough girls for my school football team we get girls from local schools to join.
What do you like about football?
I like scoring and saving goals, and making close friends with the rest of my team. When you watch TV you might think that the players are just standing around a lot of the time, but when you are on the pitch there is actually a lot of pressure. We are not just standing around. We encourage our teammates and try to support each other.
Do you have a favourite position you like playing?
I don't have a favourite position because we tend to switch around a lot but I do like being a defender. The great thing about it is you get to kick the ball off the field. If you miss it doesn't really matter because you can always try again and do better next time.
What's it like having your dad as your coach?
Sometimes I don't realise that my dad is my coach. But I admit there have been times when he hasn't told me off like the others. He pushes me hard to do my best and to reach my full potential because he has high expectations of me.
What's been your most memorable football moment so far?
This year we played against the Hong Kong Women's National Team for an exhibition match. It was quite an amazing experience – not everybody gets opportunities like that. And we very nearly won. We lost by just one goal and we even won the penalty shootout.
Also in June I had the opportunity to play in a tournament in Cambodia with the Indo StarFish Foundation. It was great because we got to learn a bit of the local language and provide football boots for children who can't afford them. It was nice to meet other women football players and to see how they train.
And we were really happy to win the tournament plate.
How do you think playing football has benefited you as a person?
I've become more physically fit and I have more friends because everybody is quite close on the team. The team relationship forms a strong bond. Football has also helped me with my stamina. I am also a triathlete so football has been great for building my endurance.
Do you have a favourite football team or player?
Jodie Taylor from the Arsenal women's team. She's on the English national team as well. She just recently scored a hat trick at the European championships and is the first female to do so in history.
What are the challenges?
There is definitely the fear of letting the team down. There are times when we feel like we worked really hard and we thought we performed really well but we don't end up winning. When I was younger I used to get angry when we lost but now I have learned to stand by what the referee says and just try harder next time. I have learned that even if the opposition are taller, stronger or more experienced I can always use my own skills to do my best. For instance, I know I have a very strong kick so I have a good shot at the penalty shoot outs.
Do you want to continue football when you grow up?
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Just have a go! You might not be as good as the others at the start but if you keep going your confidence will grow and you will come to really enjoy it.


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Lilmuffin it might not be in your head! its the baby you have been hoping for
Has anyone tried acupuncture? Has it helped?
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23-04-2012 11:25 #221
23-04-2012 14:14 #222
Thanks girls, I've been so disciplined and didn't test again this morning, but will be all ready to tomorrow. Plenty of symptoms to spot but I'm a moody bish so probably all PMS related .
Lama, haven't tried accupuncture. The only friend I know who did after a year of trying got her BFP a few days later (eg. was already preg - lol) so doesn't credit the needles for their success - just their persistence.
LilMuffin, I've certainly heard of BFPs at 8dpo on FRER but with the last pregnancy I tested 9dpo with a neg, no test 10dpo, faint pos 11 dpo - so we're all different. Just have to be patient ... argh I'm so over that word!
FTM, same advice - we're all different. I get symptoms very early but some people can go for months without so much as a twinge.
Ooh Del - yay for the babysitter! Now get busy as it looks like the timing will be pretty good!!
23-04-2012 14:36 #223
Hey girls, sorry to hear that you're out Lovable.
Lama I was doing acupuncture but travel interfered with the schedule. I will start again when/if we start IVF.
Stretched fingers crossed it's your turn this month.
Muffin hopefully this is your sticky bub! I've never had a false +ve on a FRER, and I've had a BFP at 8dpo on one before as well.
AFM we're out for 2012 as well - AF is due today and BFN this morning. Sigh. RE appointment is next week, really looking forward to getting all of our results and maybe starting IVF.
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Sorry, having a bit of a vent.
Got a phone call today telling me how my SIL's step daughter had her 20 week scan today and is having a girl. My SIL wasn't trying to upset me or anything, I think she was calling to tell me rather than I read about it or hear from someone else, but I can't help feeling upset anyway. I know I should be happy for her, but all I can think of is that should be me, as I got my bfp about a month before her. I honestly thought I had come to terms with the mc, and was well on to the recovery, but after that, i just feel raw as
23-04-2012 20:07 #225
Oh nic what a way for her to tell you! Massive
Tigger I am so sorry to hear you are out for 2012 too. I hope your appt next week helps
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23-04-2012 21:11 #226
Sorry to hear that tigger Big hugs to you
So CD13 today and after a darkish line at lunch (day 13 is usually the surge) it was light again tonight. Still no physical signs either, so it looks like another long cycle *sighs* WTF is going on with my stupid body, it's normally like clockwork.
23-04-2012 21:16 #227
oh Del that just isn't fair having a long cycle, makes it even more difficult ttc. Keep your chin up
24-04-2012 09:11 #228
Oh Nic, I think all of us here can sympathise with what you're going through. I still occasionally get some news that makes the pain of our loss come right back to the surface. Big hugs!
Tigger, sorry about the BFN but I'll be really interested to hear what all your results say and hopefully IVF will be able to give you your sticky baby.
Del, I sympathise 100% with the crazy cycles post-mc. Thankfully after I had those 2 months on the pill this 1st cycle off it has been back to clockwork - though I didn't get a +OPK (couldn't test same time every day) other signals told me I'd Od.
OK girls, tested again this morning and there appears to be a so-faint-I-really-could-be-dreaming-it.... BFP! It's an absolute 'hold to the light and tilt' one, but I've done that many FRERs in my life and I've tried to imagine BFPs that many times and they've all been undeniably white. There is deinitely something there, it's in the right spot and it appeared within the time frame. I just tried photographing it and I can nearly get it to show but doesn't show colour when I invert it. But as I learnt from another thread that doesn't mean it's not a super-early-BFP!
I have loads of symptoms, but have been wary as I've been having these every cycle, but generally they've stopped at 7-9dpo. Full sensitive BBs (veiny too), twinges/cramps, super-tired (have fallen asleep while reading DD's book twice this last week!) despite having been on hols and then yesterday burst into tears over nothing personal (was reading FTM's psycic thread - LOL!).
DH is at work and he will think I'm crazy when I show him as I'm sure he won't be able to see it. I've just had an IC processing while I've typed this and it also appears to have a shadow-of-a-line. These have a slight indent where the BFP should appear so I don't trust them as much (easier to imagine 2nd line). Cross everything for me girls!
24-04-2012 10:12 #229
Good luck stretched its your sticky bubba! How many dpo are you?
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Before I say anything for anyone else .. OMG Stretched!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!
I am so freakin excited for you over here! I am literally jumping around in my chair and I'm almost in tears for you .. nope .. I actually am in tears .. very very happy tears for you!
That is soooo amazing! I can just feel that this is great .. oh wow! I am so so happy for you!
Ok so my little moment of craziness over!
LamaBana I'm actually trying acupuncture today so will let you know how it goes.
Tigger so sorry you're out for 2012
Nic huge for you too .. it's so not fair!
Delirium don't lose hope. You'll get your surge! Are you certain you didn't already get it?
AFM, I am currently 7DPO and not feeling much of anything TBH. I don't think this is my month but only time will tell. I'll throw some baby dust on myself now!
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Before the World Baseball Classic we took a look at some of the international players on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect List. If you missed those, you can find #'s 91-100 here and #'s 81-90 here. Today we pick up where we left off with #'s 71-80.
Didi Gregorius, ss, ARI – #80
Hailing from Amsterdam, Gregorius was signed out of the Netherlands in 2007 as a free agent by the Cincinnati Reds. At age 18 in the Gulf Coast League, he hit just .155 in 97 at bats, but he didn't give up there and last season got a taste of the Major Leagues.
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Luis Heredia, rhp, PIT – #78
Heredia, who was born in Mexico, is only 18 years old. He pitched the 2012 season in short-season A ball in the New York-Penn League for State College. In 14 starts Heredia was 4-2 with a 2.71 ERA.
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Marcell Ozuna, of, MIA – #75
Ozuna, a power hitting outfielder from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, blasted 24 long balls in 2012 in High-A Jupiter in the Florida State League. He also exhibits another sought after trait for an outfielder, speed. He stole 17 bases in 2011 and covers a lot of ground in the outfield. Another tool he has is a strong arm. He has been rated with the best outfield arm in the Marlins system the past three seasons.
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Avisail Garcia, of, DET – #74
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Eric Bynum is Managing Editor here at BaseballdeWorld. He spent three years as an ESL teacher in South Korea, and is now working on his master's degree in history with a focus on baseball and WWII. He has played and/or written about baseball for the past 30 years and is an avid Atlanta Braves fan.


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It seems the huge inflation in wine auction prices that has been rampant in the last 5 years or so, obscene increases of 50% year after year, is somehow subsiding. The Reuters article below might point to the root of it:
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US STOCKS-Wall St to open flat as ADP jobs data boosts rate hike odds
By Yashaswini Swamynathan
March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set to open little changed on Wednesday after a better-than-expected private sector hiring pointed to a healthy labor market, making an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve next week near certain.
The report is seen as a precursor to Friday's more comprehensive nonfarm payrolls data, which acts as a barometer for the health of the U.S. economy and is a key data point for the Fed to decide on rates.
The U.S. private sector added 298,000 jobs last month, blowing past economists' average estimate of 190,000, according to the ADP National Employment report.
Traders have priced in an all-but-certain quarter point rate hike during the Fed's meeting on March 14-15, but investors are keen to know whether the central bank would increase the pace of rate hikes.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen last week remarked that scaling back on monetary policy would likely not be as slow this year as it was in 2016 and 2015.
Though the markets have been more resilient to the prospects of higher rates now than they were last year, the chatter has put the brakes on a rally that took off on President Donald Trump's promise of tax reforms and infrastructure spending.
"Even if the Fed raises rates next week, it would be to 75 basis points which is historically very low and is still considered very easy money," said Adam Sarhan, chief executive officer at 50 Park Investments, in Florida.
"For the first time in years, you have hope that fiscal policy will be kicked into gear in the U.S. and other parts of the world ... that leads to healthier economic conditions and that's why stocks refuse to fall in a meaningful way."
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average marked their first back-to-back losses in over one month on Tuesday.
Still, the S&P has not fallen more than 1 percent since Oct. 11.
The dollar gathered strength on Wednesday, while gold - which tends to lose value as rate rise - was lower.
Oil could weigh on the markets, following a 1 percent drop in prices after a report showed a large rise in U.S. crude inventories.
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ISBN 0769201008. 9x12 inches. James Taylor.
Titles are: Line 'Em Up * Enough to Be On Your Way * Little More Time with you * Gaia * Ananas * Jump Up Behind Me * Another Day * Up Er Mei * Up from Your Life * Yellow and Rose * Boatman * Walking My Baby Back Home, plus the arrangement of the album's hidden track.


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Dahi Koki
Dahi Koki is yet another signatory Sindhi breakfast, the only change in this Sindhi recipe is that now we are using onion also where as in the olden days Koki was made by using Salt & Back Pepper only. Yet another feature of the Koki is it remains fresh, usable and healthy to consume for more than 36 hours so still many Sindhi families on travel use Koki as the home made Breakfast or food.
Wheat Flour - Onion - Coriander [Green Leaves] - Green Chillies - Anardana [some people use while others avoid ] - Salt - Water - Oil [about 1 tablespoon for each Koki]
Pre Cooking Activities
Get the Onion and coriander leaves chopped finely. Cut the green chillies into small & fine slices.
Cooking Process
Mix Wheat flour with chopped Onion and green chillies [Anardana also if you are using it] using the water make some what stiff dough of this mixture.
Take a slightly high amount what you took for making Phulka [roti] and roll it to round shape.
Place it on hot Tava. Gently flip the side. keep on doing this till radish brown patches appear on it. add Oil from side while heating.
Koki, instead of Dahi also can be served with Tea or Papad.
Some uses oil while making dough as it help in keeping Koki soft.
Some people during the fever took Milk and Koki as main food.


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Story Elements To Consider For February 2017
February 2, 2017 by admin_name
Story Elements To Consider For February 2017
February 2017 editorial
Of all the good story elements out there which one will I choose to bring up? Now that is a good question. Would you care to guess? I´ll give you a minute…I´ll give you a clue. Most lists don´t have this…The story element is simple enough. It´s LANGUAGE! Yes language. Now language can be used in many different ways when weaving a tale. It can be used to show the movement of a character from one group of people to another, like in the case of the brilliantly done film "The 13th Warrior" starring Antonio Banderas. Language can also be used to highlight misunderstanding and conflict. There are a myriad of historical examples on that. And language can also be used to highlight or create a character´s isolation. Some of the most popular blogs and vlogs show this element in real or almost real life situations.
In the US and Europé we have always had the movement of peoples in and out of our borders. Many people coming in might not speak english and that can create the feeling of extreme isolation. Language is a fantastic story element that is both timeless and so relevant to every generation. In the US every generation from the inception of the US has had waves of people coming in and being assimilated. In these new peoples are stories with this element of language. It´s a rich treasure trove of the human experience that is too often overlooked. Dealing with a new languages is an exciting hurdle everyone can relate to in one way or another. Whether you are the one in the new environment or you are the one interacting with the newcomer everyone has felt a barrier to communication at one point in time or another.
So here is what I propose to all you storytellers out there. Start introducing characters who speak different languages or have different forms of communications. Like a deaf person speaking to a hearing person with or without the help of technology. Communication among people who speak different languages is less of a big deal nowodays because of technology that is constantly getting better but it still is an issue. I see the day when our phones will do near perfect sentence translations. We could keep them in our shirt or jacket pocket when traveling and hold conversations with anyone. So in this world of advancing technology and the movenment of different peoples let´s bring communication in all its different forms back as something to take a closer look at.
Nowodays, with the economic and political changes taking place in the world, Europé is a region struggling with migrating groups of people that speak different languages. If integration of new people in the US goes smoother just keep in mind that English is a more widespread language and the bulk of new people in the US come from China, Mexico and Canada with less than five different languages. In Europé you have people from around 50 states and countries who speak as many languages. This is a much more trying situation.
So in short, language will continue to be a point of issue for people moving around the world. Hopefully, with the new emerging technologies and a more understanding population it will not be this barrier of stupidity that keeps us apart. We need to use it more in our stories because it is not only timeless but more relevant today than ever.
John Appius Quill
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Occasionally I feel compelled to write about my five-year-old son's transition from private school to our local elementary school, which thus far has mostly been a disturbing experience. This piece is still being drafted and is quite rough, but I am dedicated to providing 2 personal essays each week, sleepless twins or not. Let me know what you think.
Lynn and I went to our son's kindergarten orientation at the local public school last week. After two years in a private school, it was an awakening.
The principal spoke at length in a very soft voice about bus schedules and school lunches and the importance of timeliness, and then we were taken on a tour of the building by an eight-year-old, who was very sweet but knew nothing. The mothers wore purple eyeshadow and tight jeans, and they had frosted hair. The fathers mostly wore backwards baseball caps. I slipped away from the tour with the twins to spy on Ray in a room at the far end of the building. He was quietly watching a video about following rules on the school bus. On the way back to the gym, I ran in to Lynn, who was on her way out of the building toward the parking lot. There were tears in her eyes.
"I've seen enough," she said. "One of the fathers was hounding that little girl about the pledge of allegiance," she said, doing her best imitation of somebody I can best describe as a large gorilla shouting from the bleachers at a football game. "The kids gonna say the pledge? Good. Gotta say the pledge."
Lynn and I bought a large house in an urban area in upstate New York. We knew we were leaving a pretty good school district when we moved, but the house we lived in was too small for a growing family, and we couldn't afford the size house we needed in the same area. We chose a neighborhood on a quiet street in a residential neighborhood where people walk their dogs and children ride their bikes. And people are pretty friendly here, although I could do without all the fiscal Republicans. You wouldn't exactly call this area an artists colony, but we could live with that.
We spoke to many people about the local schools. We were told by neighbors and real estate agents and even his old preschool teacher that the neighborhood we lived in had the best schools in the district. We met with the principal and took a tour of the building years before Ray was to enter kindergarten. It all looked nice — maybe not as good as the school district we'd left behind, but still perfectly fine. We weren't entirely sure we were going to put him in public school anyway.
So we moved. I got pregnant with twins. Ray went to a private school in Woodstock where the parents wear patchouli and children have names like Butter and Sage. Ray was loved and tended to as carefully as the seeds in the community garden. The children walked across a wide expanse of grass at the foot of the Catskill Mountains en route to various buildings where they attended classes in yoga or art, science and library.
We liked the private school a great deal, and we felt comfortable in the community. There were other children with two moms, most of the families had a liberal-minded attitude and, in an effort to save the planet, juice boxes were not allowed on campus.
The problem was that we really can barely afford private school for one child, let alone three. We didn't think it would be fair to put our son into a private school but not his sisters, and we disliked feeling alienated from our own community. Ray had no friends in our neighborhood because his school was a twenty-five minute drive away. I didn't know any parents in the community.
When we told Ray that we decided to take him from the only school he's ever known, he plunged his fingers into his ears and ran out of the room. We waited for him to come back and, a few minutes later, he returned to the living room and sat down on the sofa. We shared our concerns about him not having friends in the neighborhood, and we told him about the chicken nuggets in the cafeteria.
"Fine," he said. He went to the kitchen to get himself a drink. "I'll go to public school."
He couldn't wait to get on the school bus. He'd been watching longingly from the car or the street for as long as I can remember, even before he could fully say the word.
He said, "Mama, I want to take the school bus. You don't have to go with me or meet me at the kindergarten class. I can do it all myself."
Who was I to squash his moxie? I packed his lunch and walked him to the bus stop. I gave him a kiss and watched him climb aboard. Lynn cried.
It was a sad boy who stepped off the school bus that afternoon.
"Somebody tripped me," he said. "And laughed," he added. He also reported that the child that was supposed to be his "bus buddy" ran away from him to be with his brother, and that he sat alone for the twenty-minute ride (which is silly considering we live five minutes from the school).
I considered bringing up the incident at school, but his kindergarten teacher already noticed me hovering in the classroom doorway during orientation day, and I felt it wasn't in my best self-interest (or Ray's) to make too many waves the first week of school. Everyone hates That Mother.
It bothered me, though. I mentioned it to my neighbor, Patty, who put all three of her children through the same school. We talked about how the nearby closure of another elementary school — and its merger with ours — made things all the worse this year. Buses were crowded, classrooms were crowded, it was a fine mess. She told me that I had to tell both the teacher and the principal about what happened on the bus.
"I don't know, Patty," I said. "I suspect they already think he's a faltering daisy." (He is not. He looks like the love child of Harvey Fierstein and Stanley Kowalski.)
"You have to," she said. "They need to know what's going on."
So I mentioned it to his teacher. And do you know what she said? She patted him on the backpack and said, "You're a big boy now. You can take the bus."
There was a lot of chaos in the schoolyard and the conversation pretty much ended there, but I went home disappointed. I told Lynn, and she was furious. Then I told a few other friends and some were surprised to hear it and others were not.
Everyone has a public school story, it seems.
"On the first day of school," a friend told me, "my daughter came back with a note from her teacher saying she served a celebratory concoction called 'Jitter Juice.' The note said that it was a mixture of Hawaiian Punch and Sprite."
My friend looked at me in disbelief. "I've never given my kid a soda in her entire life!"
The whole first week, Ray came home from school tight-lipped. It's a long day, he said, doing his best impersonation of Bob Haldeman during the Watergate hearings. I don't remember, he kept repeating. I don't recall. The only conversation we had went like this.
Do you like school?
Yes I love it.
Why do you love it?
Me and Armani make faces together.
On the first and second day of school, the teacher reported very bad behavior. She wouldn't tell me what he did, only that he was very difficult and that he got two Time Outs in one day. He got two the next day as well. By the third day he was better, but he seemed exhausted.
"He's doing all right," was all his teacher would say. She gave me a look that suggested that he wasn't being that great, but he wasn't the worst in the class, either. "It's an adjustment," she said.
I had to bring out the big guns to get any real information.
"Let's play a game," I said, taking out a bag of Skittles. "I'll tell you a detail about my day, and you tell me a detail about your day. Whoever gives the most details wins."
So there we were at the kitchen table, me sharing details of the girls unraveling rolls of toilet paper around the living room, and Ray unveiling observations from the Kindergarten Underground. Ze-Ting fell asleep during rest time. Armani didn't listen. Christopher stuck his tongue out and they read a book called We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
Then he said it.
"I got another Time Out."
"Tell me," I said, sliding a cherry skittle across the table.
"For calling out. She said I interrupt too much."
"Well," I said. "There are 23 kids in the class." I sighed. "Everybody has to have a turn."
"Yeah," he said. "But she never calls on me. Not ever! What's for dinner?"
I suspect that if Ray's story is true (and we don't necessarily know that it is, as five-year olds are not reliable narrators) then my guess is she doesn't call on him because she is aware that he already knows the answer. There are a substantial number of English language learners in the class and everyone needs an opportunity to speak. But still. My heart aches just thinking about my kid calling out an answer for no reason other than youthful exuberance and a genuine excitement for sharing information.
On Friday he reported that the children weren't listening well during gym class, so the teacher punished them by taking away the game he had intended. Instead, they ran around the gym. I asked him how he felt about this, and he said it was fun.
A boy in computer class turned off his computer so he didn't get to paint with the cursor for the rest of class. I asked Ray if he would consider participating in such an act. He shook his head, somber and solemn, with eyes full of worship for the boy who committed this wanton act.
"I don't even know how to do that," he said.
The thing about post 9/11 school these days is that whole buildings are on automatic lockdown. You have to ring the bell and look up at a camera, and they buzz you in. You can't go into the classroom for so much as a peek, unlike at his private day school, where they encouraged parents to join in and sit during circle time or observe for as long as any child or parent needed. Getting into the classroom felt like I was trying to break into the mint. Doors were closed. Faces were shut.
But I want into the classroom! How can I make any kind of assessment of what's doing in there if I'm not privvy? These are my tax dollars at work, dammit, and I'm going to get into that kindergarten class if it's the last thing I do.
And then — joy of joys! — on Friday he forgot his school bag. I went to the supermarket and picked up a large box of doughnuts. Then I bought two bunches of roses from the florist and dashed back to the car.
"Oh, thank you," the office ladies said, gratefully, after buzzing me in through the fourth security gate and checking if my back taxes were paid in 1977. They were working hard on bus schedules and last minute immunization records and new admits. When I told them the flowers were for Ms. Law and her aide, she looked at me with some regret and said, "You really can't go down there. I'll ask the aide to meet you."
I waited by a large bulletin board at the front of the building. Mrs. Smith came down to greet me, and she seemed genuinely touched to receive the flowers. We spoke meaninglessly about Raymond, and she returned to the clasroom.
"This is good, this is excellent," my friend Cindy said later, by telephone. "You are very smart. You are laying the groundwork."
"So what's my next step," I said.
"Well," Cindy said. "Curriculum Night is next. When is yours?"
"Next week," I said. "The 19th."
"Excellent," Cindy said, and I could almost hear her rubbing her hands together through the phone. "Now. Do you have skills of any kind?"
"I am exceptional at breastfeeding twins," I said. "Also, I can knock down a bag of chips in five minutes flat."
"Right," Cindy said. "What about writing? You could offer to help with the class newsletter."
"I don't think they do a newsletter," I said. "I'm not sure any of them know how to read."
"I'm talking about the parents," Cindy said.
"So am I," I said.
"Work with me," she said. "Brainstorm!"
It's a tricky thing, getting into a public school classroom. You want to be enthusiastic and helpful, but you don't want to be seen as obsequious, either. Over-zealousness is a definite no-no. The key was to strike a fine balance between being helpful (read: watchful) and being irritating.
I suspect Ms. Law will eventually welcome parents into the classroom. Truth be told, I want to contribute, not only because I want to see what's doing in there, but because I believe I have something to offer (I think). I know a lot about children's literature and writing and I even have an advanced degree in teaching English to Speakers of other Languages. Sure, I'm plenty annoying, but I always come bearing doughnuts and I can't see how a teacher with so many students wouldn't want another body in the room. Especially someone who can actually form compound sentences.
When I picked up Ray from school last Friday (no more bus for him), I asked Ms. Law how he did that day.
"Better," she said, looking hopeful. "He is trying."
I figured I'd wait to bring up volunteering in the classroom or writing a newsletter and just celebrate the fact that my son was learning how to be a good sheep and follow the herd. Baby steps. Today a doughnut, tomorrow I might retype the class list.
I couldn't wait to tell Cindy.


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3976 Milner Court
West Melbourne, FL 32904
Beds: 4
Baths: 2
Sq. Ft.: 1,900
Type: Single Family Home
Listing #774529
Brand new 4 bedroom 2 bath Amherst pool/spa home. Open floor plan. Tile throughout main living areas. Carpet in bedrooms. Eat in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances. Window treatments, security cameras, ceiling fans. Screened pool and spa. Backyard is fenced for privacy.
Property Features
Location Information
County: Brevard
MLS Area: 331 - West Melbourne
Latitude: 28.046569
Longitude: -80.653629
Subdivision: MANCHESTER LAKES PHASE FIVE
Interior Features
Rooms: Laundry
Interior: Breakfast Bar, Ceiling Fan(s), Kitchen - Eat In, Living/Dining Combo, Open Floor Plan, Pantry, Window Treatments
Heating: Central
Cooling: Central
Floors: Carpet, Tile
Exterior Features
Style: 1 Story
Construction: Concrete Block
Exterior: Porch/Patio - Screened, Sprinkler - Reclaimd, Storm Shutters
Roof: Shingle - Asphalt
Septic or Sewer: Sewer
Utilities: Cable Available, City Water, Electric
Has Garage: No
Has a Pool: yes
Lot Description: Corner Lot, Cul-de-Sac, Paved Street
Lot Size in Acres: 0
Has Waterfront: No
Additional Information
Property Type: SFR
Property SubType: Single Family Detached
Year Built: 2015
Status: Active
HOA Includes: Maint - Common Area
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Brevard County Realty LLC
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