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Together with the 54th International Art Exhibition, the Foundation of the Civic Museums presents in Venice until September 4th 2011, in the hallway and portego on the first floor of Palazzo Mocenigo – Study Centre for the History of Textiles and Costume, which owns an interesting collection of beautiful Venetian clothes and accessories, two exhibitions of contemporary textile art: "A TEXTILE EXPERIENCE, A PASSION FOR COLOUR. Miniartextil" and "Ruth Adler Schnee". These two events are included into the Venetian Museum circuit and the full admission fee is 5,00 Euro. Palazzo Mocenigo this summer shall show for the 6th time "Fibre Art" again, that is a contemporary form of expression where thread, fibre and fabric are used with an entirely new independence, which is now being updated through ever-changing structures and iconographies. There are 54 miniatures textiles on display, selected among the 413 project finalists of the 2010 competition, which saw artists compete on the theme "A day of happiness", loosely based on stories by Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer. The miniature textiles are works not exceeding 20 cm per side which were identified by an international jury. In addition to miniature textiles, the exhibition also includes 7large-sized installations, namely: "Prayer rugs", by Gabriella Crisci; "Celestial Knights Virgo", by the Lithuanian artist Jūratė Kazakevičiūtė, and "Night Plains", by the Argentine duo Toba Toba. Evocative installations by Italians competitors were Raffaele Penna's "The Flight" and Resi Girardello's "Danae's Oracle". On the other hand, the two artists Dario Zeruto and Hélène Genvrin created, instead, the sculpture-book entitled "Cascada", consisting of 550 pages of cotton paper. Anna Paola Cibin made a large tapestry, entitled "The Journey", inspired by the environments described in the "Million" by Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveler. Our 24h Reception at the Hotel Alle Guglie shall be more than pleased to let you have any additional information about this interesting exhibition and invite you to visit our Special Offer page as well to discover our prices and availability for your next holiday in Venice with us.
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Mr. Magnus has been an active trade practitioner for 27 years, serving as external counsel to domestic and foreign firms and industry coalitions in sectors such as steel, forest products, chemicals, microelectronics, aerospace, textiles/apparel, footwear, tobacco, photographic materials, insurance, beverage alcohol, machine tools, telecommunications, motion pictures and cable television. He advises and represents clients on multilateral negotiations and WTO disputes; on regional and bilateral trade initiatives; on U.S. trade legislation and Congressional oversight activities; on market access cases involving goods and services; on foreign governments' trade regimes and industrial policy measures; and on customs and compliance issues. He also advises foreign governments on their trade regimes and implementation of WTO rules.
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Mr. Magnus is also on the "roster" of trade remedy experts established under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, eligible for service on binational panels convened to review antidumping and countervailing duty determinations issued by Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Mr. Magnus is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the D.C. Circuit, and the U.S. Court of International Trade, as well as in the District of Columbia, and the State of California.
He holds a JD from the University of Chicago Law School (1990) and an AB, International Relations from Stanford University (1986).
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Gekko's menu options are diverse, authentic, and the result of Chef Sahyun's accumulated 20 years in restaurant kitchens, with rolls ranging from familiar to adventurous.When Sahyun and Nara Kim were trying to settle on the perfect spot for their hip sushi restaurant, they immediately fell in love with the ultra-modern space at Glen Iris and North Avenue. After the restaurateur couple decided to bring their successful sushi restaurant from Florida to us lucky Atlantans, they wanted to ensure that Gekko managed to be both accessible while retaining a high-end atmosphere. In other words, you can still enjoy the sleek atmosphere and top-notch sushi without having to swear up your firstborn.
With sultry lounge music, white leather chairs, and an airy, industrial interior, Gekko Sushi could possibly be mistaken for an ultra-hip spot in Miami. Nara says she didn't want the place to feel like a cheap dollar sushi joint, and we're pretty sure she's avoided that altogether. But Gekko also avoids that trap of the so-trendy-it's-cheesy vibe. The sushi menu is a rainbow of options, from the familiar basics all the way up to creative, colorful combinations. For those whose sushi education is still at the California roll level, there's plenty of room to better yourself. Gekko's menu options are diverse, authentic, and the result of Chef Sahyun's accumulated 20 years in restaurant kitchens, with rolls ranging from familiar to adventurous. For the sushi savants, there's broiled eel (una don) and even everyone's favorite little melt-in-your-mouth echinoderm, the sea urchin—or the uni, as connoisseurs know it. And at only $10 for three sashimi pieces, it's easy to indulge.
Naka has a personal predilection for sake, which is delightfully reflected in the drinks menu, with a respectable handful of options (who knew there were sparkling, blueberry-flavored versions of everyone's favorite rice beverage?) The signature cocktail, the Gekkotini, includes plum wine, orange vodka, and mango flavors. And several of the standout sushi rolls include citrus and even tropical fruit like kiwi in the ingredients. Between the mango cocktails, the rainbow of sushi rolls, and the lofty, cool space, Gekko seems like the perfect spot to camp out for the season.
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(The "-L" option is needed to make sure we don't copy a symbolic link)# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
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Congratulations! You are now inside your own Gentoo Linux environment. Of course it is far from finished, which is why the installation still has some sections left :-)
You should now update your Portage tree to the latest version.
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My husband and I have seen many articles regarding how to make a guest room extra special for visitors and have taken inspiration from them. If you are interested, there are some great tips here, here, here and here. Here is what we have created.
The Palette
We went with a soft, beachy palette in our guest room. The walls are painted with a soft greenish beige that just so happens to be a $5 gallon of "oops" paint from Lowe's. (When we moved in we painted EVERY wall in our new home and we found some awesome paint bargains in the "oops" bin at both Lowe's and Home Depot. We used these paints in the guest room, laundry room, downstairs powder room and our garages. If you are willing to take a little risk you will be amazed at what you can save.) We are going with pale green, blue, beige and white in this room and it looks fantastic. Very relaxing and calm - I am certain our guests will enjoy their time in this room. The artwork in the room is simple with the paint chip wall art that I shared with you last week and a coffee filter wreath that was really simple and inexpensive to make with a wreath from the Dollar Tree and a package of inexpensive white coffee filters.
The Linens
We have included my old queen size bed with the headboard that my dear father made for me when I moved to Chicago many years ago. I purchased some soft, crisp white sheets and used a pale blue comforter on the bed giving it an airy quality. I love how the soft blue works with the pale green walls. I have also included a special afghan that my Mom made for me many years ago in case our guests are a bit chilly. Fluffy white towels again give a feeling of a luxurious hotel. Much of what we read encouraged the use of white linens as they give everyone a feeling of freshness. You can't hide anything with white linens.
The Essentials
We have included a basket with some essentials for our guests. When you stay at a hotel, they always provide you with soap, shampoo and lotion. We took this a step further and included everything a guest may need during their stay. I placed a bottle of water and a glass on a small tray by the bed. I also included a fuzzy robe on the back of the door. The door also has a hook so that our guests can hang their towels after they are used.
A Retreat
It was important to us that our guest room felt like a retreat to our visitors. We included a comfortable rocking chair (that we used to rock our kids when they were babies). We also placed a small television in the room, a great book and a few magazines on the nightstand. When our guests are looking for a little quiet time (with 2 young children in our house, quiet is not a term that get used often) they can find comfort and peace in their guest quarters. I have an idea to create a writing desk next to the bed so that our guests can set up their computer to check emails or do a little work if necessary. I saw a great idea how to create a simple desk like this sawhorse desk using two old stools (here) and will do this when I find the right stools at the right price of course.
The Space
We are blessed to have nice size bedrooms and therefore have given our guests a beautiful room to spread out and enjoy. I have added a full size mirror behind the door and cleared the closet so that our guests can hang clothes and feel at home. I also hope to find a used luggage rack to allow our guests a place to prop their suitcase during their visit (rather than just having it on the floor).
This room is a work in progress but we are very excited to have my Mom come and stay this month. I know that she will enjoy our Arizona temps after enduring the bitter cold of the Midwest the past couple of months. This will be her first visit to Arizona in the past several years and the first without my Dad (who we miss dearly).
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All of the seats at the Honda Centre have a Teemu Selanne shirt placed on them. JEALOUS!
Photo Credit: Eric Stephens.
Less than a week after the team's gong-show season opener against the Anaheim Ducks, the Canucks and their anointed starter Cory Schneider will get a second kick at the can on Friday night in Orange County. The Ducks have won both of their games so far this season and have been a dynamic offensive force in those two contests. Over a miniscule sample of games the Ducks are averaging six goals per game, and are capitalizing on 60% of power-play opportunities…
Obviously they won't sustain either number for more than a couple of games, and in fact, if the Canucks hope to beat the Ducks they'll probably need to hold them to fewer than two goals. Vancouver will be without Manny Malhotra due to the birth of his son (I assume his son's life started in the defensive zone), and Maxim Lapierre is battling through a groin injury (though he'll be in the lineup this evening). That leaves an already short-handed Canucks team even shallower in the middle, something Anaheim could well manage to exploit in Friday night's game.
Read on past the jump for more.
Broadcast Info:
Puck Drop: 7 PM PST
Television: Rogers Sportsnet
Radio: Team1040
Cory Schneider's tenure as a number one goaltender is off to a shaky start. While the netminder rebounded from his blow-up outing in the season opener against Anaheim and pitched a quality start on Wednesday night against the Flames, he looked shaky at times doing it (especially handling the puck). Like Ryan from Chino, he's got a shot at redemption in Orange County, and here's hoping he can take full advantage.
While Anaheim's offensive success looks to be completely unsustainable (the third line leads the league in PDO for example), this is an improved squad over last season's version. Bruce Boudreau has done very well to come up with some forward lines that spread the talent evenly throughout the lineup, and he's been able to take advantage of favorable forward matchups against both the Canucks and the Flames so far this season.
The Canucks remain in "treading water" mode, despite getting their first win of the season on Wednesday against the Flames, and will hope to get a better outing from their blueliners and the Sedin twins (who only combined for two total scoring chances in Wednesday night's game). Without Kesler and Booth the Ducks outgun the Canucks up-front, but if Vancouver's blueline play up to their potential (or even if they get only 80% of the way there) then the Canucks should still have a slight quality advantage.
At the very least Anaheim lacks a stellar shutdown pairing – though Francois Beauchemin and Toni Lydman were very impressive against the twins in the season opener – so if the twins and their new line-mate
Marshawn Lynch Zack Kassian can have a strong game, should be able to capitalize.
For the Canucks, the Alex Burrows at centre experiment will continue (he had a solid game in that spot on Wednesday), and Jordan Schroeder will play his second NHL game after a reasonably competent debut against Calgary. With Lapierre hobbled and Andrew Ebbett out of the lineup, the performances of Burrows and Schroeder will be key for the Canucks on Friday night.
With the exception of Cam Fowler's return from the flu (he'll skate on a pairing with former Canuck Bryan Allen) and Swedish rookie Rikard Rakkel drawing out of the lineup (to be replaced by power-forward prospect Peter Holland) the Ducks will roll with the exact same lineup they used in the first game of the season. The Canucks forward lines have gone through a massive renovation already, on the other hand, and those changes helped stem the bleeding somewhat on Wednesday. Still, the Canucks will still have to do better than they did against the Flames if they hope to beat the "hottest team" in the league so far this season on Friday night.
Numbers Game
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Game Day Links:
- Eric Stephens' Line Rushes from the Orange County Register.
- Nucksmisconduct's game preview (bonus points for the hilarious photoshop).
- Imac on Cory Schneider's "need" to "find urgency" against Anaheim.
- Ben Kuzma's on game preview duty for the Province.
- Rob the Hockey Guy observes that Zack Kassian is (all caps) VERY photogenic.


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Robert J. Hill necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 214 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
Northstar Church
Northstar Church started 12 years ago with 10 people and grew to over 700 people in the first 10 years. We were in a school that entire time and hundreds of people volunteered on a weekly basis to make church happen every Sunday morning for set up, break down, and all the positions required for Sunday morning to work smoothly. We moved into our first building a little over 2 years ago and have tripled in size since then. We are an extremely rapidly growing church that loves Jesus and we exist to glorify God by seeking and developing fully devoted followers of Christ. We have a very different service than most churches. We fill sunday mornings with rock music and relevant teachings that we fill will bring life change to people all across Panama City, Florida. We love God, and we love people and we hope people find that Northstar is a place that live's out our (non-official) "slogan" that Northstar is a place where Everyone's Welcome, Nobody's Perfect, and Anything's Possible.
Terms that may help descirbe us: momentum, casual, welcoming, exciting, growing, authentic, real, organic, genuine, family
18-40. We reach all ages but that is our main target audience. We need something that will attract the younger upcoming generation of people. Something that's appealing. Something that transcends culture and represents a "not so churchy" attitude. Our church is not a dressy church. We have the come as you are mentality. We truly do believe that Everyone's Welcome, Nobody's Perfect, and Anything's Possible.
Most of all we don't want anything "churchy". No Christian symbolism! We also don't want a star or a compass!!! We want something iconic to go with the logo as well though we would love to be able to use the logo seperate from the icon. Although we are by the beach we don't want something "themed" necessarily. We are really looking for something different than the usual church logo. Something relevant and eye catching, and SIMPLE. Our color scheme now is blue, black, and white, with the specific blue schematics below. We're up for a change here as long as it's transcendent.
Northstar Blue:
The attached files are our current logo and 2 comps we have currently been working on with a script feel. We'd like to explore a couple options like these as well and completely different/new ones. And we are down to answer any other specific questions you guys may have!
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I start my stories with "This is a story."
I do so to make clear that I am making the story up, not writing about someone I know. Nevertheless, people sometimes ask me if I am writing about them. I am not.
Some people ask how I make up these stories. It is interesting. I really do not make them up, at least not most of them. I will be doing my work or playing in the yard and I will see/hear the story start to unfold. It runs like a short movie. If I remember it, I will post it later that day. Too bad I forget some of them!
So I think that my subconscious makes these stories up, probably based on what I am experiencing in my Karate training, teaching and researching.
So for once, this is not a story.
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This is a Story
I start my stories with "This is a story."
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I hadn't really thought about it before but Keith Ward might be able to attach his name to more cartoon product mascots than any other mid-century illustrator.
During W.W. II it was Ward who brought us the "Prophylactic Pigs" (no, I'm not kidding).
A few years later Ward's cigar-chomping, hat-wearing cartoon rhino became the thick skinned spokesbeast for Armstrong Tires...
... and he has long been credited with creating Borden's Elsie the Cow. Although Ward probably illustrated a multitude of Elsie ads (and may even have had a hand in her design), Elsie is actually the creation of David Reid, according to his obituary.
For several years in the early 50's Keith Ward produced a long series of ads for Texaco featuring "The Fire Chief Pups".
Depending on the time of year, Ward's rambunctious litter of Dalmatian puppies regularly appeared in all the major magazines, tirelessly engaged in seasonally appropriate activities.
Pau Medrano (who has provided so many of this week's scans) has a theory that Keith Ward's Texaco Pups may have been of some inspiration for the 1961 animated Disney film, 101 Dalmatians. In fact, he believes that Ward might have been connected with Disney in some manner.
Supporting Pau's theory is a really intriguing post put together by California cartoonist Will Finn on his blog, Small Room, where he shows examples from a 1945 book illustrated by Keith Ward that seem to have greatly influenced the look of the 1973 Disney version of Robin Hood.
So much about Keith Ward's career remains a mystery... but this remarkably talented and versatile artist deserves recognition for his long association with a variety of memorable cartoon product mascots.
* Many thanks to Pau Medrano Bigas for providing so many of this week's scans, as well as all sorts of interesting information.
* My Keith Ward Flickr set.
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Keith Ward's Texaco Fire Chief Pups
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Was Keith Ward friends/coworkers with Bill Peet? That could be the Disney connection. I believe Peet wrote the 101 Dalmations story, and was very influential in the look of the Sword in the Stone, Jungle Book, Robin Hood - in fact those movies are basically animated Peet books.ReplyDelete
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* MAE 228 / EGR 228 / CBE 228 / ENE 228 (STN) Graded A-F, P/D/F, Audit
Energy Technologies in the 21st Century
This course will deal with issues of regional and global energy demands, sources, carriers, storage, current and future technologies and costs for energy conversion, and their impact on climate and the environment. Students will learn to perform objective cost-efficiency and environmental impact analyses from source to end-user on both fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas), and alternative energy sources (bio-fuels, solar energy, wind, batteries, and nuclear). We will also pay particular attention to energy sources, technologies, emissions, and regulations for transportation. The course will also include tours to energy research labs.
Sample reading list:
J.C. MacKay, Sustainable Energy - without the hot air (PDF)
G. Boyle, B. Everett, J. Ramage, Energy Systems and Sustainability:Power for a Sustainable...
Jefferson Tester, Sustainable Energy
David Goodstein, Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
See instructor for complete list
Reading/Writing assignments:
Group projects and presentations to analyze regional and global energy sustainability and their impact on the environment using engineering analysis of conversion technology, efficiency, regulations, and cost.
Mid Term Exam - 30%
Other Exam - 30%
Class/Precept Participation - 10%
Other (See Instructor) - 30%
Prerequisites and Restrictions:
This course is offered for both engineering and non-engineering students. (Calculus or Thermodynamics are NOT requirements)..
Other information:
Field trips to fusion research laboratory (PPPL), co-generation coal power plant, and energy research labs on campus will be arranged. This course is one of the core courses for the Certificate Program in Sustainable Energy.
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The smart money spent by several of our Team FIN members last year reflects the general trend of the past couple of years: Machinery purchases ruled.
Some members we talked to updated and modernized, captured newer technology, or just solved nagging problems. Others decided to keep ahead of the game by not buying anything. Yet others are rethinking their farming practices and bought machinery to make the transition.
For example, after farming no-till for a few years, Raymond Carrier of Monmouth, IL, is switching back to minimum-till. His no-till system just wasn't paying off like he wanted, so he bought a new disk. He says it's the best disk he's ever hooked up to in his 50-year career.
Daryl Bridenbaugh of Pandora, OH, saw the price of Synchrony reduced 75%. He got a subsidy from his local Conservation Office and a price incentive on a new no-till drill and is going to solid-seed his beans this spring. With incentives like these, he feels he can't go wrong.
So like most farmers, when purchasing machinery to till, plant or move product, these knowledgeable buyers do their homework. They spend time kicking tires, scoping out farm shows, and talking to neighbors and other users before pulling out the checkbook.
Three-in-one planter. To find a planter that best suited his needs for 30-in. corn and beans and 15-in. row beans, Rolland Schnell, Sully, IA, switched colors.
"I wanted a 12-row corn planter that could plant 15-in. bean rows," Schnell says. He replaced a 6-row and a 12-row John Deere model 7000 planter with an AGCO model 6342 planter for the '97 growing season.
"This was formerly a Black Machine toolbar that AGCO purchased. I chose it because it allowed the 12-row corn planter to be easily converted to a 15-in. row soybean planter," he says. "Other planters designed to plant 30-in. row corn and 15-in. row soybeans carry the idle bean units between or behind the corn units while planting 30-in. rows."
The 6342 folds to a 15-ft. bean planter from the full 30-ft. corn planter. He says it costs significantly less because it has only half of the units.
When planting beans, and for transport, the 12-row planter folds three units on each side behind the remaining six units. A 13th unit is added for planting soybeans. The toolbar is folded with controls on the planter hitch.
An air-pressurized seed disk metering system provides accurate seed placement. Schnell achieved uniform corn stands with even spacing even while pressing the top recommended planting speeds at high populations.
Schnell purchased the planter with Yetter row cleaners for handling high residue situations. He says he's pleased with their ability to move trash away from the front of the units without moving soil.
Base list price: $42,450. For more information, contact AGCO Corp., Dept. FIN, 4830 River Green Pkwy., Duluth, GA 30136, 800/ 767-3221 or circle 213.
Timely buys. Michael Wojahn, a corn and soybean farmer who farms 880 acres with his father in Windom, MN, bought a couple of new green machines last year.
To replace their Deere 4430, Wojahn headed to his Deere dealer just after the company released its new 7600 TEN series tractors and bought a 7600 110-hp MFWD.
"They were still giving prerelease deals and it saved me about $5,000 on the cost," Wojahn says. "We'd been using our 4430 since we bought it new when it was introduced and figured it was time for a new utility tractor."
Wojahn thought the price was a bit hefty for a smaller utility tractor. But he plans on getting a lot of use out of it. He uses the tractor to blow snow, grind feed, haul manure, plant corn, drill beans, cultivate corn, spray weeds, and pull gravity wagons.
"This year in particular the MFWD was used when the rains kept coming in the spring," Wojahn explains. "Things got done when our old tractor would have been left stuck in the mud."
The Wojahns also bought a new Deere 510 disk ripper. They've been chopping cornstalks and chisel plowing for several years and now want to get into a one-pass system in the fall.
"Our old JD 714 disk chisel was doing a good enough job when you chopped stalks, but that old chopper takes a lot of horsepower, and in the fall when we're busy enough as it is, it takes a lot of time," he says.
"The 510 has given us the 'one pass and you're done' option," he adds. "With enough horsepower to roll the machine through the field, it does an excellent job of both mixing the residue into the top few inches and cutting deep to reduce compaction."
Wojahn adds a note of caution here. He says you need an aggressive corn head to do a little cutting of the stalks first. And he warns, if your old corn head doesn't cut, you probably should chop the stalks first. Base list prices: $20,225 to $25,855. Circle 210.
The father-son team did some comparison shopping between Case and Deere when they were looking for a new tractor.
"We like both machines, but it eventually came down to the salespeople," Wojahn says. "Our Case dealer is small and didn't have a lot of time to help us - the Deere people were more available and willing to spend time with us on short notice.
"Case is now expanding its dealership in our area, and I'm happy to see that - if we get a bigger Case dealership here, we'll have better options when buying," he adds.
Flexible tandem disk. Before buying a new disk, Raymond Carrier talked to other farmers and neighbors who disk. "I haven't used one for a while because I've been no-tilling," he says. "But I'm changing farming practices and going back to minimum tillage."
Because it buries more dirt on the trash for decomposition, he expects the disk will help him save money on insecticides. "There's just too much trash buildup with no-till, and with trash, you get insects," he says.
He decided on a new Sunflower 1433, 25-ft. disk. But when he got down to the business of buying it, Carrier at first thought the price was "too cashy." But, he says, "I've since changed my mind. Now, I'm so pleased with the job it does, I've kind of discounted the price. It's heavy, extremely well-built, and according to word of mouth, has longevity," Carrier adds. "I guess sometimes the cheapest just isn't the best."
He says the disk travels 6 to 7 mph without ridging the ground and does a nice job going over ground before planting. Standard on the unit are castors out front of the disk to help level ground better. Retail price: $27,500. Contact Sunflower Inc., Dept. FIN, Box 566, Beloit, KS 67420, 800/748-8481 or circle 208.
Improved field cultivator. Brothers Jack and Gary Appleby farm over 2,300 acres of corn and soybeans in Illinois. Last year, they attended the Louisville National Farm Machinery Show (of which Farm Industry News is an official sponsor) with one thing on their minds: "Buy a new field cultivator."
"Gary and I made it a tradition to attend the Louisville show since the first time Farm Industry News sent us to it," Jack says.
After talking to all the field cultivator manufacturers there, the brothers picked a 421/2-ft. Quad 5 from Wil-Rich.
One reason for picking the Quad 5 was they needed a unit that would fold down small enough to fit in their machine shed. "We looked at Case's, but it just doesn't fold to the size we need," Jack says. And, the brothers wanted one that would allow residue to flow through.
"We do a lot of chiseling in cornstalks and have been amazed at how well this unit goes through the field," Jack says. "Its new C-shanks are narrower so there's less area and less resistance, which keeps soil and residue flowing smoothly through the tool."
A new feature is a floating hitch. Jack says it helps the unit stay in the ground when traveling over hills, and stays right where you set it to ensure accurate depth control.
Another feature they wanted, and like, is the unit's five-bar spike-tooth harrow on the rear of the implement. "You can get a three- or four-bar coil tine, but we like how the spike teeth break up clods and they're a little heavier," Jack adds.
"We had a Wil-Rich for 18 years and even after shopping at the show decided on getting another one. We're just impressed with how long they last," he says. "This one pulls a little easier, and it didn't cost much more than our old one. At least the price hasn't gone up as much as it has for tractors."
Base unit price: $16,848. For more information, contact Wil-Rich, Div. of TIC United Corp., Dept. FIN, Box 1030, Wahpeton, ND 58074, 701/642-2621 or circle 209.
Right time for no-till drill. Daryl Bridenbaugh had been renting a John Deere 750 no-till grain drill from his neighbor for the past six years. Last year, conservation subsidies and machinery pricing incentives caught Bridenbaugh's interest.
It was then he learned the price for Synchrony herbicide would be drastically reduced - about 75% - for '98. "I figured when they sell herbicide that cheap I may as well solid-seed my beans," Brindenbaugh says.
All this, plus the Roundup Ready bean phenomenon told him the time was right to buy a no-till drill.
"By using my neighbor's Deere drill, it had already become my favorite tool anyway. I've never had it plug up," he says. "People say you can even plant on asphalt with this unit because it has so much down pressure - I wouldn't doubt it."
Base list prices: $20,902 to $45,844. For more information, contact Deere & Company, Dept. FIN, John Deere Rd., Moline, IL 61265, 309/765-4714 or circle 211.
Serious snowblower. Without having to think twice, North Dakotan Bradley McIntosh from Hannah says his best purchase for 1997 was a Schulte 9600 snowblower.
"Remember the Grand Forks storm?" he asks. "Well, a week before that storm, we were hit with 60 mph winds and more snow than I've probably seen in my life - the snowdrifts were unbelievable."
McIntosh had been eyeing a Schulte snowblower for some time and told his father, whom he farms with, that when there was enough money, that's the one he'd get.
"Well, having the money - or not having the money - didn't even enter into the picture. Getting the snowblower was a matter of survival," McIntosh says.
The snowblower is 8 ft. wide with a 23-in.-dia. auger and a cutting height of 35 in.
"This machine just chewed through the drifts we had," he says. "It took 17 hours to clean up from that storm. We blew mud and gravel and threw rock-hard drifts just to get cleaned out."
He says the unit is made heavy enough to work in feedlots without having to worry about bending the fan and auger on frozen cow-pies. Suggested retail price: $3,026. For more information, contact Schulte Sales Ltd., Dept. FIN, Box 70, Hwy. 5, Englefeld, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 1N0, 306/287-3155 or circle 212.
Hand pallet jack. Selling seed helps Steve Webb add money to his pocketbook. But with more and more supplies being delivered on pallets, this Needham, IN, farmer was fast running into material handling and storage problems. So he figured out his needs, shopped around and bought a Crown hand pallet truck.
"To unload trucks full of seed pallets, I use a tractor-mounted forklift," says Webb. "But once we get a pallet in the shed and on the ground, the tractor gets cumbersome."
Like Murphy's Law, Webb says he would always need something located behind where he had just set a stack of pallets. "It's just so much easier to move pallets with a hand jack in the storage area," he adds.
Webb suggests that if you buy one, remember that the length of the forks varies among makes and models, so be sure to get one with forks long enough for your needs.
Price: $445 for a standard unit. For more information, contact Crown Mfg., Dept. FIN, 40-44 S. Washington St., New Bremen, OH 45869, 419/629-2311 or circle 214.
Modified tree shearer. On Scott McPheeters farm in Gothenburg, NE, red cedar trees were fast encroaching on his pasture land. In fact, he says, it was an epidemic.
"I bought a P&W tree shearer to help control these trees," McPheeters says. "I spent around $1,600 to combat a problem that could have cost me thousands of dollars."
The unit mounts on a tractor's 3-pt. hitch. McPheeters had a local welding shop build a brushguard to protect the tractor cab from tree branches. Tree stumps up to 10 in. in dia. were cut as short as 1 in. from the ground.
"The labor required wasn't high because the operator was able to cut about three trees per minute with no downtime repairing saws," McPheeters claims. List price for an unmounted shear: $1,380. For more information, contact P & W Engineering, Dept. FIN, 101 Harding, Sedalia, MO 65301, 660/827-6131 or circle 223.


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Axiom's Market Basket LX is just the thing for running errands by bike. It's made with a tough steel frame and vinyl-coated steel mesh. It attaches to most racks (sold separately) with its adjustable, quick-release universal mount. And it boasts carrying handles so you can take it with you. You also get a place to easily attach a taillight (sold separately).
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the velcro strap broke the first time I tried to use it for shopping, it broke when I was putting it on the bike (empty), it didn't actually slide off the back of my bike getting it home, but there were moments when I needed to hang onto it. Will need something to keep it attached to the bike without sliding.


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A law legalizing same-sex marriage in New Zealand takes effect today.
The country's Births, Deaths, and Marriages department reported that 31 same-sex couples planned to wed the first day the law went into effect. They also reported that over 1,000 marriage applications were downloaded in a week since they became available for same sex couples, about three times the average download rate. New Zealand is the 14th country worldwide to legalize same-sex marriage and is the first in the Asia-Pacific.
Paul McCarthy, an Australian resident who married his partner Trent Kandler , told Reuters "Being able to marry here as an equal citizen, even though we're not citizens of this country, means we're being viewed as equal - and that's all we really want."
Reverend Matt Tittle, who performed the ceremony for another same sex couple who took advantage of the new law, told reporters, "The world is still a dangerous and even deadly place for gay, bisexual and transgender people. We thank God that's not true in New Zealand. All love is holy."
The law was passed by Parliament in April by a vote of 77 to 40, despite opposition from religious groups.
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|The LST-325 was launched on 27 October 1942 and commissioned on 1 February 1943, with Lieutenant Ira Ehrensall the commanding officer. On February 17, during her shakedown cruise, Lt. Ehrensall was transferred to the USS LST-391 and Ensign Clifford E. Mosier replaced him. Mosier would remain the ship's commanding officer until June 1945. At the completion of her shakedown cruise in and around Norfolk, Virginia the LST-325 sailed to New York, NY. From there the LST-325 left on 19 March for Oran, Algeria following a brief stop in Bermuda.
Photo: Clifford E. Mosier, LST-325 CO, 1943-1945
|LST-325 arrived in Oran on 13 April 1943 and spent the next three months going between the ports of Arzew and Mostaganem. During this time she practiced loading and beaching operations with various American and English Army units. On 28 June LST-325 arrived at La Goulette in the Bay of Tunis to prepare for Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily.
|On July 10 LST-325 as part of the KOOL Force (the floating reserve for the DIME Force going ashore at Gela) left Tunis, arriving in the Bay of Gela on 11 July. They remained here until the morning of the 13th before unloading the vehicles and men of the 1st Armored Division onto LCT's. They made five more trips to Sicily in support of the offensive before Messina fell on 17 August, twice bringing back loads of Italian prisoners.
Photo: Bay of Tunis, July 1943, loaded up for the invasion of Sicily
|On 6 September 1943 while in Bizerte, Tunisia four members of the crew were injured during an air raid. On 13 September LST-325 sailed as part of the Northern Attack Force in support of the invasion at Salerno, Italy carrying elements of the 40th Royal Tank Regiment. Four members of the crew and four British soldiers were injured during an attack by German fighter-bombers as the ship entered the attack area. LST-325 made three trips to the beachhead at Salerno, the last trip carrying members of a Ceylanese infantry regiment from Tripoli, Libya.
Photo: Unloading across pontoon causeway at Salerno, September 1943
|In late October 1943 LST-325 returned to Oran, leaving there on 12 November as part of a large convoy of ships for England. On 21 November the convoy was attacked by German bombers using the new remote-controlled glider-bombs. Several transport ships were sunk and one passenger aboard LST-325 was severely wounded by shrapnel. LST-325 entered Plymouth, England on Thanksgiving Day, 25 November 1943.
Photo: Group crew photograph, 1944
|From December 1943 until May 1944 LST-325 was involved in several training exercises along the southwestern English coast. On 5 June 1944 LST-325 sailed from Falmouth, England carrying elements of the 5th Special Engineer Brigade. LST-325 was part of Force "B", the back-up force for the troops going ashore at Omaha Beach on 6 June. On 7 June they anchored off Omaha Beach and unloaded the men and vehicles onto DUKW's and LCM's.
Photo: DUCK I Exercise, Slapton Sands, January 1944
|Between June 1944 and April 1945 LST-325 made 44 trips between England and France, unloading at Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and the city of Rouen on the Seine River. Twice they carried loads of ammunition from Omaha Beach to St. Michel on the western shore of the Cotentin peninsula for the Army besieging the port city of Brest. On 28 December 1944 the LST-325 helped rescue over 700 men from the troop transport Empire Javelin that had been torpedoed off the coast of France. Lt. Comdr. Mosier was awarded the Bronze Star for this rescue.
Photo: Onloading onto an LCT, Omaha Beach, June 7, 1944
|On 11 May 1945 LST-325 sailed with a convoy from Belfast, Ireland to return to the United States. One day out from Belfast the convoy was hit by a terrific storm and scattered. LST-325 slammed bow first into a monstrous wave and a crack developed across the main deck. Shipfitters were able to save the ship by welding steel plates across the damaged hull. Blessed by fair weather the rest of the way LST-325 sailed into Norfolk, Virginia on 31 May 1945.
|From Norfolk LST-325 sailed to the shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. There the damage caused by the storm was repaired and the ship was fitted with the "Brodie" equipment, a system used for launching and retrieving light observation aircraft from an LST. The ship went on a shakedown cruise in August 1945 to test this new gear. The day before the ship was to sail to the Pacific the news came that Japan had surrendered and the war was finally over. After a trip to Panama in late September, LST-325 was sent to Green Cove Springs, Florida and decommissioned on 2 July 1946.
Photo: "Brodie gear" on LST-325
|LST-325 was reactivated in 1951 for service in Military Sea Transport Service arctic operations. She was involved in Operation SUNAC (Support of North Atlantic Construction) in the Labrador Sea, David Strait and Baffin Bay in 1951-52. This operation was involved in constructing radar outposts along the coast of eastern Canada and Greenland. In 1961 LST-325 was again taken out of service and became part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Photo: In MSTS, designated USNS LST-325, making her way through ice floes
|LST-325 was again reactivated in 1963 and transferred to Greece in May 1964. Named Syros (L-144) she served in the Greek Navy until December 1999 when she was decommissioned for the third time. In 2000 she was acquired by The USS Ship Memorial, Inc., and sailed back across the Atlantic for the final time, arriving in Mobile, Alabama on 10 January 2001. One of only two World War II LST's to be preserved in the United States, LST-325 is currently undergoing restoration. She will eventually become a museum and memorial ship for the men who bravely served their country aboard LST's.
Photo: Triumphant entry into Mobile Bay, January 10, 2001
|About the author: Dave Bronson is the son of James Bronson, MoMM1, LST-325, 1943-1945 (shown at right). Long before LST-325 was chosen as the LST Memorial Ship, Dave had begun compiling research materials on the ship's and crew's histories. Last year, he assembled together several of his Dad's shipmates. At that time, he conceived the idea of compiling his work into a book for the ship's "family," in time for another reunion this year, to be held in conjunction with the national LST reunion being held this year in Mobile, AL, in September. Imagine his surprise when the LST-325 was ultimately chosen! Suddenly, his knowledge and expertise is in great demand. We're thankful that he took time away from his book to make this excellent contribution to the website and to the public. Look for his book at the reunion in Mobile. Thanks, Dave, and Bravo Zulu!
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|Dave also authored an excellent series of articles for the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. In monthly installments, he detailed LST-325's preparations for -- and participation in -- that historic invasion. You can view this illustrated recount of events just by clicking here:
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What a busy week it's been. Completed my BRD AF and several sets of AF for LS mates and even an old friend...Cheers!
Um, no. That's Dio, who played WHM and PLD for Solaris when Val was still trying to fit into subligar. I haven't seen Tony on FXIV since the second month of release.
Dio's bald you blind mani'd expect nothing less from a filthy drk like youI actually think the crown thing on the PLD AF looks kinda weird, would be cool if they ever made a helm where you can toggle the visor up and down or something.How does Bard play? From what I've seen, they've actually made it more like COR from XI, where you both support and shoot.


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FDA Lowers Age Restriction on Plan B
The FDA will allow an emergency contraceptive to be sold without a prescription to people age 15 and older, lowering the current age restriction by two years. Jennifer Corbett Dooren reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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Cleveland serial killer, Anthony Sowell, is scheduled to appear in court today to face charges connected to the rape and strangulation of a 32-year-old woman that took place on September 22nd in Cuyahoga County.
The military vet and mass murderer is expected to be arraigned on numerous charges, including multiple counts of kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder.
Authorities say that the victim was raped by Sowell after taking a walk in his Cleveland neighborhood, after which, he lured her back to his home.
"While raping her, he strangled her with a cord until she lost consciousness," stated a member of Cuyahoga County's persecutors office via a written statement to media. "When she regained consciousness, he led her out of the house."
While investigating the rape accusations against Sowell, 50, authorities found the bodies of several other victims at his residence. The count is currently set at 11.
The grizzly killer is facing five counts of rape, aggravated murder, kidnapping, and felonious assault, in connection to the recently discovered victims.
Sowell previously served 15 years behind bars for a 1989 attempted rape; he has only been free for four years.


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Welcome to the Hilton Milwaukee Downtown – A Four Diamond HotelTake a Virtual Tour of our Milwaukee Meeting Rooms.
The Hilton Milwaukee Downtown hotel is a classic art deco hotel with rich furnishing and distinctive architecture built in 1927. Originally called The Schroeder Hotel, today the Hilton Milwaukee Downtown is recognized as the city's largest hotel with a tradition of excellence spanning nearly 85 years. The gracious style of the hotel is reflected in impeccable service and attention to every detail provided by a tenured team of hospitality professionals. We are proud to say we are a AAA Four Diamond hotel.
Combining 1920's grandeur and elegance with today's modern conveniences, the Hilton Milwaukee Downtown is the premier choice of business travelers, families, corporate events, galas and weddings. The Milwaukee hotel features 729 guest rooms and over 30,000 square feet of meeting space, including the 8,800 square foot ornate Crystal Ballroom, and the regal Empire Ballroom. The Hilton Milwaukee City Center is located among the downtown Milwaukee hotels on Wisconsin Avenue, the main thoroughfare of downtown living, and is connected to the city's convention center.
The Hilton Hotel in downtown Milwaukee is steps from many popular attractions including the Lake Michigan parkland and shoreline, the Henry Meir Festival Grounds (home to the World's Largest Music Festival, Summerfest; and many other ethnic festivals), the BMO Harris Bradley Center Sports Complex, the Milwaukee Theatre, and a bounty of boutique shops. Families will enjoy the Discovery World and the Betty Brinn Children's Museum.
Hungry? The Hilton Milwaukee City Center has something for everyone. As one of the leading Milwaukee downtown hotels, you can start your day with a Latte or Frappucino from Starbucks®, or enjoy a bountiful breakfast in the Hilton Café. Miller Time Pub & Grill is a favorite spot to hang out with friends, watch a game, or to imbibe in your favorite cocktail. Miller Time Pub & Grill boasts the best burgers in town and 18 beers on tap. Milwaukee Chophouse, known for its steaks, seafood, and chops, was recently rated as one of Milwaukee's "Top Seafood Restaurants" by Milwaukee Magazine, and is in the Top 10 Milwaukee Restaurants on TripAdvisor.
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Two bowl barrows forming part of Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery
Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number: 1012558
Date first listed: 09-Sep-1992
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The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hampshire
District: New Forest (District Authority)
Parish: Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
National Park: NEW FOREST
National Grid Reference: SU 21804 08967
Reasons for Designation
Round barrow cemeteries date to the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC). They comprise
closely-spaced groups of up to 30 round barrows - rubble or earthen mounds
covering single or multiple burials. Most cemeteries developed over a
considerable period of time, often many centuries, and in some cases acted as
a focus for burials as late as the early medieval period. They exhibit
considerable diversity of burial rite, plan and form, frequently including
several different types of round barrow, occasionally associated with earlier
long barrows. Where large scale investigation has been undertaken around them,
contemporary or later "flat" burials between the barrow mounds have often been
revealed. Round barrow cemeteries occur across most of lowland Britain, with a
marked concentration in Wessex. In some cases, they are clustered around other
important contemporary monuments such as henges. Often occupying prominent
locations, they are a major historic element in the modern landscape, whilst
their diversity and their longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the variety of beliefs and social organisation amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving or partly-surviving examples are
considered worthy of protection.
The Bratley Plain round barrow cemetery contains a significantly large number of small undisturbed barrows. The survival of so many small barrows within a cemetery is a particularly uncommon phenomenon in southern England. Although some of the larger mounds have been partially disturbed, possibly as a result of tree planting, all the barrows retain undisturbed remains and the cemetery as a whole has considerable archaeological potential. The New Forest region is known to have been important in terms of lowland Bronze Age occupation and a considerable amount of archaeological evidence has survived because of a lack of agricultural activity, the result of later climatic deterioration, development of heath and the establishment of a Royal Forest.
This monument includes two bowl barrows forming part of Bratley Plain round
barrow cemetery situated on lowland heath overlooking Backley Bottom. Both
barrow mounds measure 7m long, 5m wide and 0.3m high. Their shape suggests
limited damage in the past. Surrounding each mound is a ditch from which
material was quarried during the construction of the barrow. These have
become partly infilled but survive as slight earthworks c.1.5m wide along the
length of each mound and as buried features elsewhere.
MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 20317
Legacy System: RSM
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
End of official listing


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By Steve Katz
Unfortunately, hard drives don't last forever. But you can keep using them. Here is my friend Kevin's external hard drive shortly after it died.
I love opening electronic equipment after it no longer is in use, so that's what I did with the hard drive. I left it sitting on my desk after opening it. I started using it as a coaster for my coffee cup.
A few days later I came across some of those rubber footpads that are used to keep things from scratching up your table. I stuck four of those to the bottom to keep my "coaster" from scratching my desk.
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
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- Narrow the Gapp: "a single-serving web site which displays the pay gap between men and women on average across over 100 occupations in the United States." Source code available on GitHub.
- Mobile World Congress exhibitor CBOSS kicked out of the trade show, probably because delegates were offered a "romantic dinner" with "champagne, caviar and a beautiful girl" if they came to a business meeting.
- "The Kingdom of the Blind": a short science fiction story by Maureen McHugh from the perspective of a marginalized female programmer.
- Discussion about the sexism women experience at ICANN conferences: recent commentary, roundup.
- Women's history at Wikipedia: an interview.
- You may have heard about the kerfuffle over Boston's API Jam, which advertised Women Serving You Beer as a perk of their event, got called out and lost a bunch of sponsors. Techladymafia has a summary of the story and recommendations for not being Those Guys.
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Air Conditioning:
Air handler zones operated by remote mounted compressors with SMX controls. Zones are:
FN7C-P/EHBO7C - Starboard guest cabin - 7,000 BTU
FN7C-P/EHBO7C - Port guest cabin- 7,000 BTU
FN10C-P/EHBO10C - Laundry area - 12,000 BTU
FN10C-P/EHB024C - Owner's cabin- 24,000 BTU
FN30C-P/EHBO24C - Salon/Galley - 48,000 BTU (2 zones)
FN24C-P/EHBO24C - Wheelhouse- 48,000 BTU (2 zones)
FN16C-P/EHBO16C - Engine room- 16,000 BTU
Heating: Above standard air-conditioning is "reverse cycle" for heating. Also, each air handler is equipped with an inductive "heat strip" for use in cold water situations where the reverse cycle system is not efficient
Engine Room Ventilation System
Two (2) Intake Blowers - 230 volt AC 50/60 Hz rated at 2000 CFM @ 0.0" SP @ 60 Hz. Two (2) louvered vents on aft deck wings with screened blower inlet
One (1) Exhaust Blower - 230 volt AC 50/60 Hz rated at 2000 CFM @ 0.0" SP @ 60 Hz. One (1) vent on aft side exhaust stack with screened blower inlet
Fire/Smoke Dampers – Ruskin CD36 low leakage control damper, 12"x12" (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm) stainless steel rear flanged equipped with a side mounted Honeywell H-2024 (24 volt DC) fast-acting, two position actuator. One (1) damper each installed on the engine room side of each blower for easy access. Each damper will be normally open and will close on SEAFIRE actuation. For boats equipped with main engine dry exhaust, one (1) damper each installed on the inside of each main engine exhaust stack louvered vent opening - damper size to be compatible with stack opening
Auto blower stop and damper closure on enginerRoom SEAFIRE actuation (See Fire Protection System)
Note: See Noise Control item F
Lazarette And Forward Machinery Compartment
One (1) Exhaust Blower each compartment - 24 volt DC – rated at 350 CFM
Auto blower stop on SEAFIRE actuation in the compartment
One (1) exhaust blower each head (3 total) - 120 volt AC. 60 Hz - rated at 150 CFM. On/Off wall switch for blower start and stop
One (1) Decorator spring-wound mechanical timer each head. Switches wired in blower circuit to stop fan at zero setting
One (1) supply blower for master, forward guest staterooms (3 total). 120 volt AC 60 Hz - rated at 150 CFM. On/Off wall switch for blower start and stop
Outside air supplied from a louvered intake and ducted to the stateroom. Exhaust air from each stateroom routed to berthing passageway
Blower located to insure minimal noise in stateroom
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text: Architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have grand plans for a new corporate headquarters tower near the Pearl River in Guangzhou, China. The tower's shape will funnel wind down the vertical face of the structure toward vertical-axis wind turbines, which will generate power for the building. The façade will also incorporate photovoltaic panels to provide supplemental power for the building. Other green goodies include radiant coils in the floor slabs, which will eliminate the need for conventional heating and cooling systems. SOM's goal: to create a building that operates solely on energy generated on site.


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- See the latest cardiovascular resources at the Broward Health Channel
- Children's Hospital Boston
Webinar Series: Based on the recent book by Gary Gunderson and Larry Pray, Leading Causes of Life, a series of free Webinars is being offered by Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare to equip viewers with a language for life - five ways to identify life in ourselves and our communities. The Webinars will premier on April 24, 2007. The five leading causes apply to everyone, particularly caregivers and those working in churches and hospitals. If you have ever cared for others; looked for meaning; stepped out in faith; found hope when life looked hopeless; or been changed by a blessing, you will appreciate this Webinar.
Turn on the television or pick up the paper and you're bound to hear what Gary Gunderson calls "death language". Statements like, "heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States", "smoking causes cancer", and even reports of rising divorce and violent crime rates. No matter where we turn, we hear negative, problem-based reporting which leads to problem-based conversation in our every day language. Since we are constantly bombarded with messages about what's killing us, have we lost sight of what is really keeping us alive?
"It's a fairly radical statement to say there are five causes of life," says Gunderson. "You don't have to look for 100 things. If you can pause and look for five things, you're highly likely to find one of the five. And if you find one of the five, if you find connection and follow the thread of that connection, you'll find that what you thought was just a terrific problem actually has a heartbeat in there. If you find the heartbeat, you can strengthen it and work with it."
Filmed on the campus of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., as part of the prestigious Meeman at Night lecture series, these three Webinars chronicle Gunderson as he applies the Leading Causes of Life logic to three subjects. The first lecture, titled simply" Leading Causes of Life," provides an overview of the concept and its five causes. Each cause is enhanced with intimate storytelling, followed by a question and answer session featuring co-author, Pray.
The second lecture in the series, "Bending the Curve: Leading Causes of Life in a Violent Time," takes a poignant look at how the five causes are used to find life in the aftermath of a violent community. When all seems hopeless, the Leading Causes of Life principles seek to map out the life that is still there, connect that life, and "bend the curve" or change the pattern from death to life.
In the inspirational third lecture, "Leading Causes of Life Among Those Who Care for Others," Gunderson demonstrates how the five causes equip caregivers with a language to apply on the job, whether caring for patients in a hospital, or at home taking care of a family member or neighbor.
Rev. Gary R. Gunderson, D.Min., M.Div. is senior vice president for Health and Welfare Ministries for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis. Larry Pray is a pastor with the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church and a Senior Pastoral Scholar for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.
The Leading Causes of Life Webinar series is a production of the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Center of Excellence in Faith and Health. To learn more about the book Leading Causes of Life by Gary Gunderson and Larry Pray, visit www.leadingcausesoflife.org.


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Kill Zinesters Tour
The Kill Zinesters Tour was an idea hatched by Bunnyhop publisher Noel Tolentino and Darby Romeo, publisher of Ben Is Dead. The tour developed as a means of `trying to strengthen the zine community,' Tolentino said back in Summer of 1996. The tour included Tolentino and Romeo, Seth Robson (co-publisher of Bunnyhop), Dishwasher Pete and Larry from Genetic Disorder, with a few other zines joining the tour for legs of the trip. The plan was simple, rent a Winnebago and tour the States hyping zines, with assistance from local zinesters in each city to organize, host and promote an event.
Months before the tour took place a lot of controversy sprung up throughout the zine community, especially on alt.zines, the dominant forum for all things zine-related throughout the 1990s. But in the end, most of the prominent zine publishers in each city of the tour helped organize their leg of the event and hundreds, if not thousands, of zine participated in the 18 different zine conventions and events.
Complete tour dates and locations:
6/28/96: Los Angeles, CA - Golden Apple ZIne Fest
7/4-7/96: San Diego, CA - Comic Convention
7/07/96: Los Angeles, CA - Amok Books (with Drag-A-Zine)
7/12/96: Austin, TX - Emo's
7/14/96: Memphis, TN - Barrister's
7/18/96: New York City - Luna Lounge/Pink Pony/Max Fish
7/20/96: Boston, MA - Jacques (Queens & Zines)
7/21/96: Providence, RI - TBA
7/26/96: Philadelphia, PA - Urban Outfitters
7/27/96: Washington DC - Go Records
7/28/96: Baltimore, MD - Atomic Books
7/31/96: Chicago, IL - Quimby's
8/02/96: Milwaukee, WI - Fuel Cafe
8/03/96: Minneapolis, MN - Dreamhaven
8/10/96: Seattle, WA - Vox Populi/Crocodile
8/11/96: Portland, OR - Reading Frenzy
8/12/96: Eugene, OR - Green Noise
8/17/96: San Francisco, CA - Snapper Ticker


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Who ever said 13 was an unlucky number sure got it wrong today because guess who won the giveaway? That's right, number 13
wow! what a sweet giveaway -- the ornaments are really beautiful! the snow angel is my fav, but it's also my grandson's first Christmas, so it would be hard to decide. thank you for this opportunity!
Congratulations Rita! Please email me at [septemberhouse(at)hotmail.com] and let me know which ornament you would like.
I apologize for not getting a tutorial or a printable posted this week. I just could not figure out a way to get around the camera issue. So, once that is back I will be getting a little something ready to post, late as it may be. I mean really it has been so much fun, maybe I should just keep the party going into "Floss-tober"?


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Kellypohl needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 56 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Two professional dance teachers have come together to create a dance school for older students and adults who want to advance their skills in modern dance such as hip hop and contemporary.
For experienced dancers and dance teachers who want to try challenging choreography.
The name Element was chosen because of it's powerful meaning. We chose this because in dance there are many elements and when dancing, dancers are IN their element. We love the colour black and / or deep grape (dark purple.) The font needs to be bold and square like, either short and stumpy or tall and skinny. Also graphic wise, we have an idea about a circle behind the E, however we are very open for suggestions. Finally, this logo needs to be printer friendly and has to show up on letterheads and clothing clearly.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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With the advent of a New Year we are once again faced with the joy of filing Federal Income Tax returns. But since it is early and many of the form necessary to complete the documents have not been received, let's think about another part of the procedure. It's called an audit. Audits generally take place about two years after filing of the original return. This word strikes fear in many of those who receive the dreaded letter from the IRS asking verification of certain deductions. The assumption that the return has been accepted can lead to a false sense of security.
The odds are being audited are very low but they have been increasing, particularly for higher income earners and Schedule C business owners. A careful review of your completed return will minimize your chances of this action. This has been noted in the past, but we can not stress this activity any stronger or often enough. Because the IRS can not audit everyone, the returns are rated using a mathematical guide called a discriminate function system (DFS). This is done with the possibility of a high rate of tax recovery. Certain items on the returns are given a weight score which seem to indicate possible abuses. Your profession, types of deductions taken or the area you live in also add to this equation.
The specific items that would trigger this scrutiny would be the matching of income as reported as to that received from third parties. Other items of particular concern are the claiming of itemized deductions that might exceed the IRS's target. Losses claimed from tax shelters, partnerships, or small businesses are also noted. Being in a business where cash is paid such as a fee to waiters, cab drivers, contractors or even some doctors will put you on the top of this list.
Having a small business and using electronic accounting software such as Quick Books will affect any audits that might come about. Under the new procedures instituted by the IRS last year, the auditor will send out a contact letter to the taxpayer and ask the respondent whether the company uses electronic accounting. If the answer is yes, than a document request form will be sent calling for a backup of the program including password and user name. This will allow the auditor to compare the expenses shown on the books to the tax return at his leisure back at his office. But the main portion of the exam will allow the agent to review an audit trail to see if changes had been made to the original transactions. The "mining" of this data may uncover entries that might lead to other vital information and possible taxable items.
Having an audit with tax changes made, is only part of the procedure. These taxes still have to be collected. The latest report for which there is data ends with the year 2006. It indicates that the total gross tax liability for all taxes uncollected is at $ 450 billion. Based on this amount due, some politicians are beginning to think about revising the IRS Code and enacting a Fair Tax which will enhance collection.
Glossary of IRS terms: Assessment — The action of filing a tax liability that sets in motion collection procedures including interest, penalties and if necessary seizing of property. The IRS has three years after the date on which you filed your return to assess additional taxes.
Observation: The secret of success is to do common things uncommon.
Edward J. Loughrey, CFE, EA, LPA can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 705-7258.


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Now you can get all your Frank Lloyd Wright gear you want and need from the comfort of your own home.
Shop Online Today
Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center, featuring the Wright-designed Usonian house and GEICO Gift Shop, was opened as part of an ongoing effort to better educate visitors to the Wright architecture at Florida Southern College.
The Center provides a home for the permanent display of photographs, furniture, and drawings depicting Wright's relationship with the College. The Center also acts as a home for visiting exhibits on loan from various other Wright sites.
In 2012, the Florida Southern College Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior for being the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.
The Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center relies on the kindness of wonderful volunteers from our community to lead tours. Our docents have a love for customer experience and a passion for Frank Lloyd Wright. If you are interested in serving as a docent please send your resume to email@example.com.
Monday – Sunday
The Center is closed for Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day
Monday – Sunday
Reservations are strongly suggested. Guests arriving the day of the tour will be accommodated based on tour guide availability.
Groups larger than ten guests need to schedule a specialty group tour so we can plan ahead to accommodate the size of your tour group.
Stroll the campus at your own pace. Self guided walking tour maps can be purchased inside the Tourism and Education Center from 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Visit the recently completed Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 as one of twenty faculty houses. Inside view "Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright's American Campus" starting every thirty minutes.
Cost: $10.00 per person
Schedule: Daily from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ten percent off for members of AAA, Senior Citizens, Active military, Members of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, FLLW Building Conservancy or by booking your tour online on all standard tours other than group and private tours.
Please allow extra time (30 minutes suggested) before your tour time for making your way to the visitors center.
Our Basic Tour is a 60 minute guided tour led by one of our experienced docents. It begins inside the Tourism and Education Center with a description of Mr. Wright's vision for the campus and the unique method of construction he chose for the site. After leaving the Center you will walk across the campus as the docent tells the story of each of the Wright designed structures, including the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, the Danforth Chapel, and the Usonian House to explore their beauty from within.
Cost: $30 per person
Duration: 90 minutes
Schedule: Offered daily at 10:00 AM and at 2:00 PM.
A longer two hour, In-Depth Tour, includes everything from the Basic Tour and then takes the visitor inside all of the structures where possible. This is our most popular tour.
Cost: $45 per person
Duration: 2.5 hours
Schedule: Daily at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM
The Basic or In-Depth Tour for larger groups of visitors. Cost is based on the number of visitors in the group and is scheduled on an individual basis to fit your needs.
Group Tours are by reservation only.
Please contact the Tourism and Education Center to arrange your Group Tour at 863.680.4597 or e-mail us to schedule a date.
Join one of our experienced tour guide for a Behind the Scenes Tour of the "Child of the Sun" campus. This tour takes visitors to spaces not included on any of our other tours, including the interior of the only planetarium designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Cost: $65 per person (Reservations required)
Duration: Allow 3.5 hours
Schedule: 10:00 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Contact us directly to set up a time.
The first tour will be on January 11, 2019.
See the beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright structures lit by artificial light. Everything looks different after dark. Second Friday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM.
Cost $25 per person, Reservations required.
Duration: 90 minutes
Schedule: Must call by 5:00 PM the Thursday before to be added to reservation list, 863.680.4597
A tour route specially curated to accommodate people with mobility challenges.
Please Note: You must provide your own wheelchair, scooter, walker and there may be some limitations due to the nature of the campus route.
Cost $35 per person, Reservations required.
Schedule: 10:00 AM on Mondays. Contact us directly to set up a time.
We have a great selection of Frank Lloyd Wright items for you choose from.
Tours meet and tickets are sold at the GEICO gift shop located at 840 Johnson Avenue.
Driving: From Interstate 4, take exit #32 (US 98 South) The name of the street changes to S. Florida Avenue. Stay on South Florida Avenue about a half mile past the downtown area. Turn left on Frank Lloyd Wright Way (formerly McDonald St.) and go six blocks. The Tourism and Education Center is on the corner of Frank Lloyd Wright Way and Johnson Avenue in the butterscotch colored bungalow. Look for the American flag.
Parking: Parking is available across the street at Florida Southern College. Contact us for special parking instructions for buses and large motor homes.
There are many fine accommodations located near Florida Southern College for you to choose from.
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Confession Time
I have a confession to make. My 10 year old son still believes in the tooth fairy as well as all of said fairy's cohorts. Whew! I feel so much better. Not really, though, and here's why: He refuses to believe they aren't true. Last year right before Christmas my daughter asked me if I was going to fess-up about Santa to him. She reminded me that I told her when she was 8, and it was time that he needed to know. [sigh] I had/have 2 problems. Unlike with my daughter, no one had told my son anything, and he's also my "baby". It's different with your "baby." She and I agreed to tell him together, but not directly. We were going to "feel" him out, so to speak, to try to see how it was going to go. Well, it didn't go too well. He just looked at us and said, "Of course there's a Santa." [Well, duh, of course there's a "santa" ~ me and my husband.] I asked him if he had heard anything at school or from his friends "about Santa," and he replied, "No, like what?" My daughter and I looked at each other with our hearts in our eyes [of course, we rolled our eyes, too], and we shrugged our shoulders. We just didn't have the heart to do it. I'm not usually a softie, though, but this has been difficult. I'm usually pretty cut and dry ~ a "this is the way it is, get used to it" kind of mom, but this is really hard. At the same time, I absolutely hate keeping up the charade, especially at Christmas. It's expensive and a lot of work.
Well, I've drug my feet on this issue too long. Last night my son lost another tooth, and all I could think was "Oh crap. I don't have a dollar bill!" I also was out of little-sized ziploc baggies. So, he had to use a gallon-sized baggie for the tooth. [Yes, I know it's wasteful, but...] As far as I'm concerned, if you're old enough to pull your own tooth out, clean up after yourself in the bathroom, and locate a gallon-sized baggie to put your tooth in, then you're too old for the tooth fairy, right? However, I was tired and didn't feel like having this discussion. My daughter lent me a dollar bill, which she said I didn't have to pay back right away. [Her generosity just takes my breath away.] Then, I waited and waited and waited for him to fall asleep.
I'm pretty sure you can guess what happened. I fell asleep before he did. I woke up at 4 a.m. and remembered what I didn't do. ["Oh crap."] My son had fallen asleep in my daughter's room because they had been watching a movie. He was on the floor with 2 blankets and 4 pillows. [Big sigh & another "Oh crap."] So I began the search for the BIG baggie with the little tooth in it. No luck. I checked everywhere very carefully. No
It was now 4:30 a.m., and my son was beginning to stir. Actually, more than stir. He flipped over on his side, and mumbled and grunted a little bit, and that was the exact moment that I had this wonderfully brilliant idea. [Uh-oh.] If I woke him up quickly like he was having a bad dream & told him maybe he should go to the bathroom, then I could really look under all those pillows and blankets for that
Later when he woke up, I asked him if the tooth fairy had come [because dang it, I wanted to know where that