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The Richmond SPCA, founded in 1891, is a non-profit, no-kill humane organization dedicated to the principle that every life is precious. The Richmond SPCA is a national leader in humane care and education, having developed numerous lifesaving programs and services including those dedicated to adoption, rehabilitation, sterilization and education. We save the lives of more than 4,000 homeless animals each year and care for about 350 cats and dogs daily.
The Richmond SPCA is not affiliated with any other private animal welfare organization or SPCA but we regularly transfer pets from local municipal agencies into our care so that they may receive lifesaving treatment and be adopted to loving new homes. Of the 3,600 homeless animals in our care each year, we transfer more than 80 percent of them through these relationships. The remaining 20 percent are surrendered to us by their owners.
The Richmond SPCA operates a low-cost, full-service veterinary hospital; a free behavior helpline and offers pet behavior classes; children's educational programs; a free Trap Neuter Return program to spay, neuter and vaccinate community cats; and numerous volunteer programs.
What is the Mission of the Richmond SPCA?
To practice and promote the principle that every life is precious. What are the Core Values of the Richmond SPCA?
The standards of conduct that define who we are and guide what we do include: excellence in all that we do, integrity by always acting in a manner consistent with our mission and values, uncompromising care for animals, commitment to the authentic principles of the no-kill philosophy, and leadership in the Richmond community and the humane community nationally.
What are the Brand Pillars of the Richmond SPCA?
At all times and in every way, we are advocates for animals. We provide for their safety and comfort, strive to alleviate their suffering and work to place them in homes that provide a responsible lifetime commitment to them. We speak out publicly to promote and defend their interests. We oppose all forms of animal cruelty. We promote spaying and neutering to achieve and retain a no kill community. We oppose any taking of the lives of healthy or treatable animals and do not participate in such conduct ourselves. We provide services that promote responsible pet ownership and humane attitudes toward all life.When was the Richmond SPCA founded?
1891 - Find out more about our 125 years of advocacy and protection of our community's animals by visiting www.richmondspca.org/125.
View our Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, which provides a summary of our accomplishments for homeless pets from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017.
Do you accept volunteers?
Yes, we have a very active volunteer program and are grateful to people who donate their time to helping orphaned animals. For more information, please click here or call 804-521-1329.
How does the Richmond SPCA receive its animals?
The Richmond SPCA receives roughly 20% of its animals from people giving up their own pets and 80% from the local government pounds in Richmond City and the surrounding counties. Our staff members visit the local municipal shelters regularly and frequently to transfer animals into our care. Please click here to learn more about admitting a pet to the Richmond SPCA.
What is your admissions policy for the relinquishment of owned pets?
The Richmond SPCA is a no-kill shelter. We never euthanize pets due to lack of space or length of stay, and we save the lives of all healthy and treatable sick and injured homeless pets in our care. For this reason, space is at a premium and we are not able to admit all pets at all times. We maintain a waiting list of both dogs and cats for owner relinquishments. When space does become available, our admissions department contacts those interested in surrendering their pets and sets up an appointment for relinquishment. While pets are on the waiting list, our staff helps the owners resolve behavioral issues, gets the pet fully inoculated and spayed or neutered. Often, this process results in the owner keeping the pet or finding him or her a new home. While we work to increase people's sense of responsibility about their pets, we focus more of our resources on saving the lives of animals that are in one of the local pounds where their lives are immediately at risk. Please click here to learn more about admitting a pet to the Richmond SPCA.
Why doesn't the Richmond SPCA accept the surrender of strays?
The Richmond SPCA does not admit strays directly into its care for two reasons.
For more information about what to do when you have taken in a stray pet, please click here. Please click here to learn more about admitting a pet to the Richmond SPCA.
I have taken in a stray dog or cat wearing a Richmond SPCA ID tag. What do I do?
If you find a dog or cat with a Richmond SPCA ID tag and number, please call our 804-521-1307 so that we may look up the name and contact information of the adopter of the animal. Please note that we will only be able to assist when our phones are staffed, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. If you find a pet after hours with a Richmond SPCA ID Tag we would very much appreciate your holding on to the pet until we open so that the pet may be reunited with his or her owners. If the animal is wearing a tag with his owner's information, we would encourage you to place a call to them so that they may come pick up their pet. Please click here for additional information and resources.
I have taken in a stray dog or cat not wearing any identification. What do I do?
There are several steps that you may take in this case. Please click here for additional information and resources.
I have lost my pet. What do I do?
There are several steps that you may take in this case. Please click here for additional information and resources.There is a cat stuck in a tree in my yard. What do I do?There is a website with tips for getting cats out of trees, and it also lists a directory of tree services that will assist in getting cats out of trees by state and locality. In addition, a Richmond-area tree climber named Patrick Ryan may be able to assist you. His number is 540-718-0996. The Richmond SPCA and most Richmond-area animal control offices and police and fire departments are not able to assist with this type of call due to lack of equipment, time and resources. A tree specialist will be your best option as they have the equipment for hire that will allow the cat to be safely rescued while preserving the safety of its rescuers.
My pet is sick or injured and I can't afford to see a veterinarian or pay for his care. What do I do?
The Richmond SPCA's Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital provides low-cost, full-service veterinary care to pets of income-qualified guardians as well as some other eligible groups. What is the difference between a public animal control agency and a private humane organization?
Public animal control agencies are legally charged with enforcing animal control laws and the laws protecting animals from abuse or neglect. They respond to citizens' complaints about animals and impound stray animals (thus the name "pound"). They are responsible for investigating instances of animal abuse or cruelty and are supported entirely by government funds.
Private humane organizations receive no government funds and carry no legal authority. The role of a private humane organization, such as the Richmond SPCA, is to provide resources to save healthy, treatable animals from death, to treat animals with more compassion and understanding, and to help people have happier, more fulfilling relationships with their pets.
I adopted a pet from the Richmond SPCA but can no longer care for him. What should I do?
Adopters are not required to return a pet adopted from the Richmond SPCA back to our shelter in the event that they can no longer care for the animal. However, adopters must be responsible and humane in the steps they take to find a new home for their pet. We can assist with rehoming your pet into a responsible, loving home if you are unable to do so on your own. In the event you cannot keep your adopted pet, you have the option of returning your pet to the Richmond SPCA within six months of the date of the adoption. If you return your pet to the Richmond SPCA within 30 days of the adoption, you will be issued a refund less a modest processing fee in check form within 30 days. If you return your pet to the Richmond SPCA after 30 days, you will pay a modest surrender fee. You must schedule an appointment to return your pet and failure to do so will result in forfeiture of any refund for which you might qualify. If you consider returning your pet to the Richmond SPCA more than six months after the date of the adoption, please contact the Admissions Department at 804-521-1306 for more information.Additionally, we provide a myriad of pet-retention resources to pet guardians throughout our community, which we urge you to explore. These programs and services are designed to keep pets in homes and out of shelters.
What do you mean when you say that the Richmond SPCA is a no-kill humane organization?
By "no-kill", we mean that once we admit an animal into our care, we treat that animal no differently than we would expect a loving pet guardian to do. If our veterinarian determines that a pet in our care requires veterinary treatment for a sickness or injury, we provide that care so as to return that pet to a healthy or a manageable state. We only euthanize a pet if our veterinarian determines that the pet is too severely sick or injured to ever recover to a life of quality and is suffering or if a pet is so behaviorally aggressive as to present a material danger to human safety.
What role has your Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program played in reducing the number of pets being euthanized in our community?
It has played a crucial role. There are many feral cats, meaning they are unsocialized to people, in the Richmond area that are accustomed to living independently outdoors. These cats are not behaviorally capable of becoming a pet in a home because they have survived on their own in an outdoor envionment and have learned to avoid any contact with humans. Feral cats typically live in colonies and these colonies will continue to grow in size unless the majority of the cats in the colony are spayed and neutered through an organized program to trap and sterilize them. Feral cats are not dangerous to humans. We believe that their lives should be respected and that their colonies should be managed by feral cat caregivers who will feed them and care for their health.
Efforts to trap and kill feral cats are not only brutally inhumane but are also largely unsuccessful for a number of reasons. Consequently, we have a TNR program through which we teach people who care about feral cats to trap them safely and bring them to us for spaying and neutering. We will spay and neuter them, as well as provide basic shots and vet care, without charge so long as the volunteer will return the cat to his colony and provide care for the colony for so long as it exists.
To learn more about TNR, visit the Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital's webpage or call 804-521-1330.
Does the Richmond SPCA sell dog licenses?
The Richmond SPCA is a licensing location for the City of Richmond only. You may purchase your pet's license in our Lora Robins Gift Shop for $10. Accepted forms of payment are cash and credit/debit card. You will need to provide proof of rabies, and if your pet has been altered please bring proof of spay/neuter. While it is not required that your pet be spayed or neutered to be licensed, we recommend that you do so. If you are interested in scheduling a spay/neuter appointment, please click here or call 804-521-1300.
For information about other local licensing locations, please use these links or check with your local animal control office:
City of Richmond Animal Care & ControlChesterfield County Animal Control OfficeGoochland County Animal Control (PDF document)Hanover Country Animal Control DepartmentHenrico County Animal Protection Unit
I want to report animal neglect or abuse. Who should I call?
Each locality's Animal Control Department has officers who are hired and trained by the government to investigate cases of cruelty and neglect. Please contact your local office immediately if you suspect that an animal is in danger.
City of Richmond Animal Care & Control - (804) 646-5573Chesterfield County Animal Control Office - (804) 748-1683Goochland County Animal Control - (804) 556-5302Hanover Country Animal Control Department (804) 365-6485Henrico County Animal Protection Unit - (804) 652-3360 or (804) 501-5000 nights, weekends and holidays
I want to report a puppy mill or other illegal or inhumane breeding operation. Who should I call?
Each locality's Animal Control Department has officers who are hired and trained by the government to investigate cases of cruelty and neglect, including puppy mills and breeders. Please contact your local office immediately if you suspect that an animal is in danger.
The Humane Society of the United States also has an active puppy mill investigative unit. To report your story or ask questions about puppy mills, please visit their website.What is the Richmond SPCA's spay/neuter initiative?
The Richmond SPCA launched one of the most aggressive high-volume spay/neuter initiatives in the country in October 2004. We pledged to perform 9,000 surgeries annually for three years in order to drastically reduce the number of additional homeless animals being born in our community each year. We also pledged to provide free surgeries to pets of low-income families and full-time college students, to pit bulls and to feral cats. Our organization performed 10,000 surgeries in the first year of the campaign and a growing number in each subsequent year. From 2004 through 2010, the Richmond SPCA provided free surgeries to more than half of its surgical clients. We continue to operate one of the highest-volume spay/neuter clinics in the country and have performed in excess of 95,000 surgeries since opening our clinic's doors. We continue to provide free surgeries to feral cats in our service area of the City of Richmond and the Counties of Hanover, Henrico, Chesterfield and Goochland and low-cost surgeries to clients of our Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital and pets belonging to local government shelters.
My pet was recently neutered at your hospital. What is the green line close to the incision?
The green line is a tattoo that is placed there so that if there is ever any question whether your pet was neutered or not, the tattoo will show that a surgeon had been there. It makes it easier for vets to determine if an animal had already been spayed or neutered.
Does your appointment-based admissions policy result in more homeless animals going to the local pounds?
No. The total number of animals entering the private shelters and public pounds in our community has actually declined by more than 30% since 1999. The Richmond SPCA's focus on providing aggressive spay/neuter and pet-retention programs to our community has led to this substantial decline in the overall homeless animal numbers. We admit dogs and cats into the Richmond SPCA shelter in two ways. We go to the government facilities in our area on a weekly schedule to transfer animals from them, and we admit owned pets on a space available basis by appointment. Through Project Safety Net, we provide resources to pet owners to help them address their pet-related challenges, such as behavior assistance and re-homing advice, so as to assist them to retain their pets.
If you and the government facilities are taking in fewer animals, where have all the others gone?
The birth rate has declined dramatically through our aggressive spay/neuter and Trap-Neuter-Return programs, and pet owners have taken advantage of our pet retention resources and worked cooperatively with us to resolve their problems with their pet. As a result, there are fewer unwanted litters of puppies and kittens entering shelters and more and more pet owners in our community are working to resolve their problems satisfactorily so that they are keeping their pets rather then surrendering them to a shelter.
When you say that you have saved the lives of all of the healthy animals in Richmond and Hanover, what has happened to the old, the sick and the injured?
We have saved the lives of thousands of them as well. We do not regard age as a consideration in determining whether a pet is healthy. Older pets may be in great health and are usually wonderful companions. The Richmond SPCA treated about 3,000 sick and injured animals last year and spent more than $450,000 to rehabilitate them. Now that we have achieved an end to the killing of healthy animals in Richmond and Hanover, we will be able to save the lives of a larger percentage of the treatable animals every year until we save all of them too.
What programs and services that you offer contribute to the creation of a no-kill community?
The Richmond SPCA has developed and implemented a number of highly effective pet-retention, spay/neuter, and humane education programs and services which have directly contributed to the reduction of homeless animals in Richmond and its surrounding areas by offering pet owners alternatives to relinquishment, access to free and low-cost spay/neuter surgeries for their dogs and cats, and responsible pet ownership learning opportunities. Pet-retention programs include our Project Safety Net, which provides resources (such as behavioral assistance in the form of telephone- and Web-based help lines, "manners" classes, full-service, low-cost veterinary care, foster care, re-homing services, in-shelter consultations, and a pet-friendly housing guide) to pet owners as an alternative to relinquishing their animals to the Richmond SPCA or to any other shelter.
Spay/neuter programs include high-volume, free and low-cost surgeries in our Smoky's Spay/Neuter Clinic. Those who qualify for free spay/neuter surgeries include feral cats brought to us by community caretakers in the City of Richmond and the Counties of Hanover, Henrico, Chesterfield and Goochland. Our clinic performs surgeries at a low-cost to pets of clients of our Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital along with pets belonging to local government shelters. Humane education programs, including (for children) summer camp, birthday parties, inbound tours, outbound visits, junior volunteer activities and (for adults) training classes and seminars on pet learning and responsible pet ownership, were created to further develop the bond shared between people and their pets.
What is the difference between the terms "healthy" and "adoptable" when used to describe pets in a shelter?
"Adoptable" is a term used by many people and organizations in the animal welfare field to refer to an animal that is capable of being immediately adopted into a home because he is healthy and free of legal impediments to adoption. The term has been the subject of considerable disagreement because some people believe that it is highly subjective.
We prefer to use the word "healthy" which is more simple and clear. A healthy pet is one that is free of any significant physical or behavioral problems. We do not consider the lack of a limb, eyesight or hearing or the age of a pet to be a problem that makes a pet unhealthy. We accept pets that are healthy and also pets that are not healthy but are treatable (meaning that they have an injury or ailment that we will treat to return them to a healthy condition for adoption). We also offer pets for adoption from the Richmond SPCA that are not healthy but are manageable, meaning that they have a chronic ailment that will require ongoing care but, with that care, they can live a life of quality. Have a question not covered here? Please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or contact a specific department.


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On 29 April Intel will release to customers 14 new PC processors – the third generation of its Core processor family, more commonly known as Ivy Bridge when combined with the 10 new Intel chipsets that launched at the beginning of April. The initial Ivy Bridge launch includes eight Intel Core i7 processors, one Core i7 Extreme Edition chip and five Core i5 products. Ivy Bridge promises better graphics, media performance and energy efficiency. It is expected that Apple will include Ivy Bridge processors in new MacBooks.
The initial launch includes only quad-core processors. This is no value chipset, although Intel promised that less expensive dual-core processors will launch later this year, and Ivy Bridge for laptops will launch in the early summer. Interestingly, although Intel is claiming performance gains for Ivy Bridge, it's focusing more on the areas of graphics and energy efficiency, faster media processing, and the potential for more thin-and-light laptops, or Ultrabooks.
Ivy Bridge's key technological advance is the reduction of the previous generation's 32-nanometre (nm) microarchitecture to a 22nm manufacturing process. This makes Ivy Bridge Intel's first platform built using a 22nm technology. According to the company, this creates extra space to allow for greater performance from less power consumption, and much better integrated graphics capability. (To put this into context, human fingernails grow at 1nm each second; to understand just how small 22nm is, watch how far your nails grow in 22 seconds.)
Ivy Bridge: Improved performance
Intel is claiming six major areas of improvement for Ivy Bridge. 'Smart Performance' is said to offer improved energy efficiency and performance, which suggests that Ivy Bridge PCs should start up quicker, enjoy better network connectivity, and access stored files more quickly.
Intel also suggests that power consumption is lower with Ivy Bridge. It told us that quad-core processors would pull down up to 95W under strain, and dual-core up to 65W – but said these were maximums, and both can go much lower.
But Intel's major push is for the media experience and 3D performance that Ivy Bridge facilitates. It said that roughly 30 percent more space on the chip is now being given to the graphics subsystem. The new processors are said to offer up to twice the graphics capabilities of Sandy Bridge.
Intel is also boasting about improvements to Quick Sync Video, its dedicated video-transcoding and -conversion hardware codec. It said the native graphics capability of every Ivy Bridge processor is "a significant improvement over Sandy Bridge... roughly equivalent to an entry- or mid-level discrete graphics card". Intel told us, for instance, that the integrated graphics of any Ivy Bridge processor could play out-of-the-box Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at a screen resolution of 1920x1080p.
This isn't great news for graphics card makers, not least because – unlike AMD's CrossFireX technology – Intel processors are unable to combine integrated and discrete graphics systems. Intel told us that its Lucid Virtue technology will allow parallel usage, so both graphics subsystems can handle different tasks at the same time, and promised a new version soon. Included in Ivy Bridge is support for DirectX 11, OCL 1.1 and Open GL 3.1.
Ivy Bridge processors also offer more tangible new features. Display enhancements mean that the chipset can natively support three independent displays at HD resolutions. There's also HDMI 1.4A support and what Intel calls 'Premium Audio'. In terms of I/O performance there's standard support for PCIe Gen 3.0, SATA 6Gbps (otherwise known as SATA 3.0) and integrated USB 3.0, as well as broader wireless support.
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Although Ivy Bridge works with all Intel 6 Series motherboards built since the turn of the year, it will most often be paired with products from the Intel 7 Series chipset, known as 'Panther Point'. This supports third- and second-gen Core processors.
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Intel also outlined some of its plans for Ivy Bridge in Ultrabooks. Although tablets are immensely popular for the consumption of media, Intel believes thin-and-light laptops are required for its creation. Ivy Bridge will also allow second-generation Ultrabooks to start almost instantly from sleep mode.
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MedShare Made 2nd Shipment of Medical Aid
On the 17th of January 2012, award-winning charity MedShare shipped a 40-foot ocean container of medical supplies and equipment designated for the two island groups of Niuatoputapu and 'Eua, in Tonga.
Lord Tuita, Consul General of the Kingdom of Tonga in San Francisco, attended the shipment ceremony.
This container of critically-needed medical supplies and equipment was coordinated (including the seafreight) by Taylor Butterfield from Sacramento, California, who has undertaken this project as a part of his Boy Scout Eagle Award.
This is the 2nd container of medical supplies and equipment that has been sent by MedShare to the Kingdom.
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DNA makers are important tools for identifying genes that control traits of interest to plant breeders, such as disease resistance or fruit quality. DNA markers are usually generated using "primers," short segments of DNA that are used by geneticists to look for genes that control specific traits. In general, geneticists use random primers in their search for DNA markers, but that process is often long and arbitrary, and it can result in researchers spending a lot of time and money to identify just one DNA marker.
To streamline the process, Agricultural Research Service geneticist Amnon Levi and plant pathologist Pat Wechter have developed a new method for identifying DNA markers. They used genomic data to search for small pieces of DNA, called "oligonucleotides," that are prevalent in watermelon genes and could be used as primers. Levi and Wechter believed that these new primers would generate a larger number of markers because they are more targeted than random primers.
Zhangjun Fei, an ARS-funded bioinformatics researcher at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Ithaca, New York, collaborated with Levi and Wechter and wrote a computer script to identify oligonucleotides that exist in high numbers in genes of watermelon. They named the new primers "high-frequency oligonucleotides targeting active genes," or HFO-TAG for short.
Working from the U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, the scientists and fellow ARS and university colleagues tested their theory on 12 closely related watermelon cultivars. The researchers found that the HFO-TAG primers identified more DNA fragments than random primers did. Finding more fragments means researchers have a greater chance of finding DNA markers for genes that control desirable traits. And they don't have to invest as much time and money to identify the markers.
Levi and Wechter are currently using the HFO-TAG primers to look for watermelon genes that control disease or pest resistance and fruit quality. The primers will also be useful in genetic studies and genetic mapping of watermelon.
According to the scientists, this simple and straightforward method can be applied to genetic studies of other plants as well as animals. A full description of this study has been published in the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science.—By Stephanie Yao, formerly with ARS.
Amnon Levi and Pat Wechter are with the USDA-ARS U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Hwy., Charleston, SC 29414; (843) 402-5326 [Levi], (843) 402-5318 [Wechter].
"New Primer Helps Identify More DNA Markers" was published in the July 2011 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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By Peter Suciu, contributor
FORTUNE — Smartphones are expected to see exponential growth in the next four years as new low-cost handsets become available, making so-called feature phones obsolete. That popularity could bring trouble in the form of viruses and malware.
According NPD DisplaySearch low-cost smartphones, defined as models with a selling price of less than $150, are forecast to double every year from 2010 to 2016. This would be an increase from 4.5 million to 311.0 million — opening up possibilities for enterprising cyber criminal.
Naturally, there is already plenty of malware out there already. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (also known as the IC3) noted earlier this month that various malware attacks have increased on Google's (GOOG) Android devices; the Loozfon and FinFisher are two of the most serious. Loozfon is an information-stealing piece of malware that can nab contact details from a user's address book, while FinFisher can remotely control and monitor a device.
MORE: Two reasons Facebook is turning it around
The problem is likely only to get worse because those low-cost phones could lack some of the security features that IC3 and other groups recommend. Android has become the most popular operating system for low-cost smartphone designs because it is open source. But this has also potentially opened the door to hackers continuing to look for ways to exploit security holes on mobile platforms.
This past March security researchers at the Black Hat Europe event found that Android was still the mobile platform on which malware has thrived most. While both Apple (AAPL) and Google both charge app developers a fee to create apps, researchers have argued that the Android fee of just $25 — compared to the $99 for iOS — makes it a low-cost option for hackers as well.
This has hit users in the developing world especially hard as many smartphone owners look to avoid official "paid" apps for unofficial "free" apps, and end up getting malware instead. In July the first instance of iOS App Store malware was detected and subsequently removed, but this "Find and Call" app reportedly installed a Trojan that could steal and upload a user's address book to remote servers and then send spam to the email addresses and phone numbers, telling them about the app.
MORE: Buy Google or Apple? The answer is simple
Handset prices are falling — a good thing, which may have some bad side effects.


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|San Diego, Calif.
2014 Season: Missed the season with injury and will receive a medical hardship to compete in 2014-15.
As a junior (2013): Competed with the second varsity eight in all nine spring races…sat in the stroke seat five times with the boat, the seven seat on three occasions, and once in the five seat…also sat at four in one race with the second varsity four.
As a sophomore (2012): Competed with the second varsity eight in the boat's final six races of the spring after missing the first two regattas with a back injury…sat in the six seat in each of her first five races with the boat, and finished the year in the two seat for one race…won a silver medal with the JV8 in the six seat at the WIRA Championships, and sat at two for the bronze medal winning boat at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships…also stroked the varsity four at the San Diego Crew Classic.
As a freshman (2011): Competed in the stroke seat in at least one race with four different boats during the spring…sat with the novice eight, varsity four, second varsity four and novice four…competed in every spring race with the novice eight, stroking the first three races of the year before competing in the two seat the final five races…won silver with the novice eight at the WIRA Championships, and bronze with the novice four at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships.
Personal: A liberal studies major…has a 7:29.8 on the 2,000-meter erg test.


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Watch Tacky Lifetime Movies on Hulu
I had intended to DVR the made-for-TV movie
—about Philip Markoff, the former med student who allegedly murdered a woman he met through the list—but I forgot about it until the final, gloriously awful 30 minutes. I watched long enough to catch Billy Baldwin's embarrassing Boston accent (he plays a detective busting Markoff), but I missed most of the good bits. Searching for the film online today was fruitless, but I did find this cache of equally appalling
It's unclear when
is going to be added, as only one movie is put up on Hulu each week. However,
is airing again on Saturday at 9. In the meantime I will have to console myself with the hilarious, though unfortunately sporadically updated,
blog, which recaps the network's original films. Clip of Billy Baldwin discussing his meaty role embedded below.
Two Podcasts for Lovers of Movies and Comedy
I was stranded in a distant locale last week when my flight back to New York was canceled because of that massive blizzard . The good news about that is I discovered two excellent podcasts in which comedians discuss movies, and they helped bide the time away from home. The first one is already beloved by many. It's hosted by stand up Doug Benson, and it's called Doug Loves Movies . Every podcast of DLM includes a few, sometimes very famous, guests—past co-stars include Jon Hamm, Ellen Page, and Michael Cera—in a freewheeling discussion about film. At the end of each recording, the guests play something called the Leonard Maltin game. Benson reads a snippet from one of film critic Maltin's reviews, and the guests have to guess what movie it is. This is a surprisingly entertaining diversion when you are a total nerd.
The second podcast is brand new (there's only one full episode so far) and it's called How Did This Get Made ? On HDTGM, Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas, who are on the FX fantasy football comedy The League , along with actress June Diane Raphael, talk about movies so terrible that it's a shock they made it to the screen. The first episode covers Burlesque , and I can't wait to hear what disaster they gab about next.
Vacation Read: Colm Tóibín's "Brooklyn"
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I read Colm Tóibín's haunting novel, Brooklyn , in two sittings this fall, and haven't managed to shake it loose ever since. It's a bare pen-and ink sketch; the so-called-life life of Eilis Lacey, who lives with her mother and sister in a tiny Irish town in the 1950's and manages to get herself shipped off to a more glamorous life in New York, against her wishes. Eilis is barely knowable, hardly loveable, which makes her a perfect window into the messy patchwork that is Brooklyn's Irish/Polish/Jewish/Italian/African American population. She brushes up against the brutality of the mid-twentieth century—the Holocaust and the American civil rights movement—without knowing what to make of them, how to speak of them, or whether they have affected her at all.
The trick of Brooklyn is that ultimately Eilis' journey doesn't end where you think it should, but where it began. As her quest winds down, she doesn't so much find something great as lose something small. If you find yourself with some reading time in the coming days, Toibin's Brooklyn is a beautiful place to get lost; a dream-world of roads not taken, selves unknown and promises not meant to be kept.
Listening to Dylan Thomas Read Auden: An Antidote to Heartbreak
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A friend recently prescribed me some W.H. Auden poems to contend with a broken heart. Reading the poet's words in my own head helped some, but the feeling of catharsis really came once another friend alerted me to this recording of Dylan Thomas reading Auden's "As I Walked Out One Evening ."
In Thomas's tremulous, hellfire brogue, Auden's allegorical verse sounds like both a sermon and a song. Thomas's driving voice, rising in intensity and in pitch, builds marvelously towards the moment of reckoning in Auden's climactic pair of stanzas:
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless
O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbor
With your crooked heart
It's hard not to feel small against the scope of this poem, and it's also hard not to listen again and again.
Watch the Original "Skins" Before the American Version Debuts
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For the last few months MTV has been heavily promoting Skins , its upcoming show about high school kids, trippy drugs, trippier sex, and—if the trailers are any indication— much-too trippy camera work . The show will only begin to air in late January, but it's already attracted a crowd of detractors —cultists who are worried that MTV will ruin the good name of the original British Skins , which has been running since 2007.
They're right to worry. The original Skins is thrilling mainly for the surreal touch it brings to a very particular culture: The world of drug-addled, parentally neglected middle-class kids in Bristol. Skins follows in the long tradition of high-school dramas populated by kids who are far wittier than adults, and who do things that actual high school kids would never do (see Dawson's Creek or Gilmore Girls ) but its real genius is in taking that convention way over the line of realism. The kids of Skins don't just act like adults, they act like adults in madcap heist movies. Conventional teen problems—romantic hardships, sex obsession, eating disorders, more sex obsession—are joined by completely off-the-wall scenarios: There are stalkers, kidnappers, rampaging drug dealers, Eastern European strongmen, parents who disappear, teachers who sleep with kids whose parents disappear, and kids who get hit by busses out of the blue.
This sounds ridiculous, and often it is. (Though hilariously so. The second season begins with the kids performing a musical about 9/11 whose central lyric will stay with you for days: "Then came the day Osama blew us away…") But occasionally Skins ' absurdity gives way to deep, touching moments that underline the true difficulties of being in high-school; it's these moments that make the show unavoidably addictive. I don't have high hopes that MTV can replicate that joy in the American edition, but that shouldn't matter—the original Skins is available on DVD and instantly on Netflix . Watch it.
The Ideal Package for a Football Obsessive
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It's a great time to be an NFL-loving homebody: Every gameis broadcast in HD, slow-motion replays abound, and the yellow first-down linemakes it head-slappingly simple to ref the game from your couch. Nevertheless,there's still a fundamental problem with televised football—you can't see allthe players. When the ball is snapped, wide receivers vanish off the side ofyour flatscreen as the camera zooms in on Tom Brady. As Aaron Schatz explained in Slate in 2007 , the only way to see all 22 players at once is to get access to theNFL's proprietary "coaches' film." As of this year, it's proprietary no more.Subscribers to the NFL's " Game Rewind "package—it costs $29.99 for the rest of the season—can watch online replays ofevery contest, including about 10 plays per game from the eye-in-the-sky perspective.On the coaches' film, receivers and cornerbacks stay in frame, allowing you tounderstand how plays develop from beginning to end. For football junkies, thisis enlightening stuff—now, if only we could watch the whole game this way.
Candid Queue: TV Critic Troy Patterson
Once a week, Procrastinate Better features a peek into the Netflix queue of a staffer or critic. No tampering with the results to make ourselves seem more or less erudite, we swear! Just the brief opportunity to explain (or defend, as the case may be) the choices. This installment comes from Slate TV critic Troy Patterson . More Candid Queues here.
: When last I submitted
, my lovely wife was managing the queue with a capable hand. Six months later, married life continues swimmingly, though the queue merely treads water. Victims of our own idealism, we allowed
, a documentary about killing dolphins, to languish beside the TV set as summer turned to fall, and then we returned it unwatched, having grown sufficiently enlightened and depressed through sheer osmosis.
languished even longer; the missus's curiosity could not trump her squeamishness, and she returned it unwatched. But now we've learned our lesson, and I wager that we'll return
unwatched in a mere two or three weeks. The alternative is to barrel through—hunker down, admire its stark beauty, suffer through a wrenching narrative of horrible things happening in a German village 100 years, and wonder why we didn't look to, say,
(or, for that matter,
) as an light leisure-time alternative.
2. La Dolce Vita : Ah, here's the Fellini. Excellent choice, ma'am. My bride will be taking this tour of Rome this for the first time. I will be looking up from botching one home-improvement project or another to savor favorite landmarks—Christ soaring over the cityscape, Anita Ekberg swanning through the Trevi Fountain, Marcello Mastrionanni fuming coolly in a chic funk.
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop . A quick-witted documentary about the graffiti artist Banksy and his peers and inferiors. I think she'll like it. I will give it a second look in an attempt to sort out why some people believe its portrait of the street-art hustle to be a hoax.
4. There is no four. As mentioned, the queue treads water. I'm adding Airplane! right now.
A Wonderful British Radio Soap About Livestock and Love Affairs
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Lastsummer, I discussed the multi-paddock system for optimal livestock grazing witha gentleman farmer. I acquitted myself well, despite being an urban dweller whohasn't visited an agricultural concern since Jimmy Carter was in the WhiteHouse. I could also have chattered about polytunnels , the economicsof organic pig farming, and the latest trends in hay robbery—all topics I spendquite a lot of time pondering, thanks to The Archers , theBBC radio soap that celebrates its 60 th anniversary on Jan. 1, 2011.
Setin Ambridge, an imaginary rural village in the British Midlands, there is a lotof farm talk on The Archers —the showwas originally intended as an entertaining way to pass along agricultural tips—butthere's also the usual soapy goodness of feuding brothers, crooked businessmen,and unsuitable love affairs. Last year, when 17-year-old Pip Archer wasdistracted from studying by her first serious relationship (with foul, fecklessJude), I was more worried about her exam results than I was back when I tooksimilar tests myself. And since several of the characters have been on the showfor decades, the treatment of aging and bereavement is often heart-breaking.
Youcan listen to the 12-minute show, which airs Sunday through Friday, on the BBC Web site orvia podcast ( daily orin a weeklyomnibus edition , available every Sunday).
A Profane Resource for Dinner Suggestions
From time to time, a Slate staffer or critic offers up a favorite cultural pick for Procrastinate Better readers. Today's endorsement is from Slate associate editor Juliet Lapidos.
On good days, the contents of my refrigerator dictate thecontents of my dinner. Olives, capers, and tomatoes—how about a Puttanesca? Onbad days, when there's nothing in there save a carton of half-and-half andwilted greens, I resort to the cabinet, where I'm sure to find Kraft Mac andCheese. But every so often I take mymarching orders from WhatThe Fuck Should I Make For Dinner? In all-caps black lettering on anotherwise blank page, the site offers some fucking recommendations, forexample: "HOW ABOUT SOME FUCKING BAKED STUFFED LOBSTER." If you "DON'T FUCKINGLIKE THAT" or "DON'T FUCKING EAT MEAT" the site generates another possible dish, and then another, and another, until you'resatisfied or get carpal tunnel. Even if you're never in the market for angrydinner recommendations, the site is well-worth checking out for the abrasiveyet poetic contrast between foul language and dainty suggestions. I can'timprove upon "LESSEN YOUR MOTHER'S SHAME WITH SOME FUCKING…POUSSIN WITH OLIVEPUREE AND SWEET PEPPERS."
Candid Queue: Tom Scocca
Once a week, Procrastinate Better features a peek into the Netflix queue of a staffer or critic. No tampering with the results to make ourselves seem more or less erudite, we swear! Just the brief opportunity to explain (or defend, as the case may be) the choices. This installment comes from Slate contributor Tom Scocca . More Candid Queues here.
1. Samurai Jack : Season 4 : Disc 2: I think I promised I would watch Disc 1 over the weekend and get it back in the mail. Now I'm not sure where I put it to remind myself. I haven't seen Season 2 or Season 3. Viewing habits around here are erratic.
2. Million Dollar Baby : Viewing habits around here have been erratic for quite a while. First, we were living in Beijing, where there were almost no first-run movies to be had, and where the main source of foreign cinema was the wide-ranging but arbitrary inventory of bootleg DVD shops. So I've seen Mr. 3000 and Bon Cop Bad Cop , and Triad Election . But we're at least six years behind on seeing the midlist Oscar stuff that everybody was supposed to see. Except The Queen . The Queen was fantastic, once we figured out how to change the default audio language on the Chinese pirate DVD from Italian back to English.
3 . The Last King of Scotland : And then we had a kid, which made catching up even harder. In our last apartment, we never even unboxed the DVD player. Now it's unboxed but not connected. We just watch videos on our laptops, after the child is in bed, when we remember to. We saw the end of the remake of 3:10 to Yuma on cable, then we started watching the original on Instant, but we had to pause it and go to sleep and we forgot we were even doing it, so it's like 1:40 to Yuma indefinitely.
: Was this even good? Neftlix seems to say it wasn't. It probably doesn't matter, because while I was seeing if I could select text in the Netflix window, I accidentally dragged
Master of the Flying Guillotine
up from No. 6 to No. 1, bumping
to No. 5. It was a happy accident; Netflix expects me to like it more, at 4.3 stars, than anything in the original top
5 . Still Life : "Two couples reunite amid the construction of a new neighborhood along the Yangtze River near the old city of Fengjie, which is now under water after the opening of the Three Gorges Dam." I like our odds of getting caught up on Chinese midlist better than the odds for American midlist.
Bonus Instant Queue!
1. Untold Scandal : "Set in 18th century Korea, this retelling of Dangerous Liaisons follows morality-deficient cousins Lady Cho (Lee Mi-Suk) and Cho-won (Bae Yong-Jun) as they scheme to ruin the lives of innocents." I like to think Netflix came up with this by multiplying The Host , which is the best thing we've seen on Instant, by various period costume dramas. I can't imagine this will be less than awesome.
2. The Scarlet Pimpernel : A&E's 1999 three-part series. I think we watched Part 1 and then the other two parts got bumped down by Untold Scandal . The Scarlet Pimpernel is amazingly durable. I've got a million-dollar idea for a contemporary rewrite. Somebody ask me.
3. Gomorrah , 4. I Vitelloni , & 5. L'Avventura : According to Netflix, the recipe for these three recommendations starts with Seven Samurai , plus, in various permutations, Do the Right Thing , City of God , 8 1/2 , and Annie Hall . I'm not going to argue with the computer that reminded me we needed to watch The Host .


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My goal for Le Tour de Fleece was to spindle my first laceweight yarn. At the finish [arrivée] I have 150 m (164 yd) of finished 2-ply laceweight and about 350 m (382 yd) of singles in varying colors that await a suitable plying partner. I also have bike socks with yellow jerseys on them (cycling humor) and some bubbly.
During the TdF I discovered that spindling laceweight depends almost entirely on precision drafting and fast whorling. As I still have lots of roving to spin, I'm investing in a Bossie featherweight, said to spin like a little tornado. After last week, that's the only kind of tornado I want to see.
I also discovered that spinning laceweight is an interminable process, definitely not for jackrabbit types. The smallest bit of fluff can spin a long, long thread. Plying, which usually goes quickly, takes an age. The finished skeins seem puny. The roving looms large. And yet Bette Hochberg asserts in "Production" (Interweave, Winter 1978) that for truly fine spinning, a fast supported spindle beats a spinning wheel or any automated machine in fineness, quantity, and durability of product. Then again, she's thinking about Indian cotton or Peruvian alpaca spun at better than 200 miles to the pound (708 km per kg) and woven at upwards of 1400 threads per inch (551 threads per cm)! It's said the legendary Dhaka (or Dacca) spinners would take almost three years to spin a pound of cotton using supported spindles. Strangely, that makes me feel better about my rate of production.
A final learning is I'm not too good at conversation and spindling, but really enjoy spindling while watching TV. The two go together so well that now I spindle only while watching TV. Must watch more television!
Congratulations to all the other TdF participants and a big merci beaucoup to Tour Directrice Katherine for organizing this clever spin-along. (And happy birthday to the Assistant Tour Director!) The concept is simple perfection and the actual doing a valuable – and fun – discipline. I enjoyed viewing other participants' challenges – it's nice to have company, especially for a newbie spinner.
As for that other TdF, what an amazing three weeks! This year the outcome was in suspense right until the penultimate stage. Who woulda thunk that Floyd Landis could make that magnificent comeback performance to take the Yellow Jersey.
I'm already looking forward to next year.
[ETA 8/5/06: The test results have come back and it's looking highly likely that Steroid Floyd will have the dubious distinction of being the first Tour de France champion to be stripped of his maillot. His multiple stories – sometimes blustering, sometimes contradictory, sometimes plain whoppers – only increase the impression that the emperor has no clothes.]
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Kennedy: Rolling on the river with Vivian |
Kennedy: Rolling on the river with Vivian
There's only a hair of difference between fearless and crazy. Vivian Tyler, 39, is a good example.
She wants to sail to New Orleans down the Tennessee River and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, which runs to the Mobile Bay.
Here's the problem: Vivian only has a few hundred dollars, little river experience and no coherent plan for arriving in Louisiana in one piece. She's literally a drifter, although she says her home is in Cosby, Tenn.
Since Thanksgiving, Vivian has been pinballing down the Tennessee River in a sailboat she bought for a dollar. Along the way she's bobbed along riverbanks, getting stuck, making friends, braving locks and stirring disbelief among those she meets.
She reminds me of the Jamaican national bobsled team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
When I caught up with Vivian, she was docked at Ross's Landing and had befriended Mary Burton and her husband, Chris, who own a local printing company.
When we talked, Vivian was wearing a denim jacket over a James Dean T-shirt. She has a commanding handshake and her palms are rough from handling rope. Oddly, she looks both young and old for her age; pretty and tired at the same time.
The Burtons are avid boaters and adopted Vivian for a few days while she was here. They gave her hot meals, let her wash clothes at their house and tried to educate her about the risks of the river.
As we talked, Mary confronted Vivian: I think you're crazy.
Thank you, Vivian replied.
And there, in a nutshell, is the fascinating part about this unlikely friendship. Caution vs. impulse. Planning vs. audacity. Security vs. reckless abandon.
Mary and her husband yearn to take their 36-foot Carver Sedan Bridge boat on a loop through the Gulf of Mexico. They have been talking about the trip for years, waiting for the perfect time when career and family obligations retreat.
Vivian, on the other hand, is a self-described hippy chick. She bought a leaky, 25-foot sailboat with an eight-horsepower outboard motor and set out immediately for New Orleans.
She paid a marina manager a single silver dollar for her boat, which had been abandoned years before by its owner. Vivian has no problem with a Huckleberry Finn approach to river adventure.
The sound of a sailboat is the sound of freedom, she said. I love to see new places. I love to be on the move. It feels good.
Since leaving Blue Springs Marina on Watts Bar Lake in late November, Vivian has banged up her bow rail, broken her navigation light, gotten her keel stuck five times and called for a tow boat twice.
Along the way, people have rushed to help her — mostly men apparently fascinated (and shocked) by her inexperience.
Everybody has called me crazy, and I completely agree, Vivian said.
She hasn't had a job for 17 years, she said, and freedom is a personal creed. She sees life in suburbia as a nightmare.
Mary, on the other hand, is alarmed by the fact that Vivian has no depth finder, no reliable heating source and — get this — no bathroom on her boat.
We would like for her to stay [in Chattanooga] until her boat is provisioned, Mary said. [Vivian's] a smart cracker, but I want her to be safe.
Vivian has nothing but the river current to give her direction. Mary plays by the rules and bides her time for the fun part of her life to start.
Meanwhile, they seemed a little envious of one another. It's as if they realize there is risk in both life directions, yet they are stuck in a comfortable current.
And the river rolls.
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Starting August 19
Starting August 19
Friday, December 6, to Friday, December 20.
The Downtown Campus Library now offers students and faculty
access to many of its subscription databases from off-campus
using a program called EZProxy. EZProxy is simple to use.
You will not need to download any programs or do anything
special to your browser.
On the pages that describe our electronic resources (such
as http://www.infoctr.edu/eresources.html),
databases accessible through EZProxy are designated with
an asterisk (*). To use a database, click on the link for
the database you want to search. If you are using a computer
connected directly to the campus network, the database will
come up automatically. If you are off-campus (for example,
if you are using AOL to access the Internet), you will be
asked for a login name and password. Put in the same name
and password you use for your school e-mail. Note that once
you are logged in to one database, you may use other databases
without logging in again that session. Also, unless you
have your own password already (e.g. Lexis, Westlaw, Loislaw),
you will not be able to use password-protected databases.
You will be able to use all non-restricted databases.
More information is available at
If you have any questions about or problems with EZProxy,
please contact the reference desk. The reference desk E-mail
is: email@example.com.
The reference desk telephone number is 312-906-6570.
Public Access to
Court Records. This page provides full text access to
documents regarding public access to court records and resulting
privacy and access issues.
The Library is currently holding a book sale. The books are on the 9th
floor, on the shelves to your left when you come in the Library's main entrance.
Sales will be made on the honor system. Just put your money in the collection
box located with the books. Paperback books are $1, hardback books are $2.
Stop by and check out the sale!
A suggestion box is available in
the Library.
The box is mounted to the wall on your right as you enter the Library on the
9th floor. All suggestions, comments, and complaints will be answered as soon as
possible, usually within 24 hours of receipt. Both suggestions and replies will
be posted on a bulletin board to the left of the box.
You are not limited to the suggestion box! Please send me an E-mail to:
Keith Stiverson (KSTIVERS), give me a
call (x65610), or come to see me in room 871 if there is anything you want to
discuss about the Library or its services.
Keith Ann Stiverson, Library Director
Interlibrary Loan is available to
all Downtown Campus students. This service can be
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Before entering the Library, cell phones must be turned off. In addition,
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By default, mysqld produces error messages in English, but they can also be displayed in any of several other languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Norwegian-ny, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, or Swedish.
You can select which language the server uses for error messages using the instructions in this section.
In MySQL 5.7, the server searches for the error message file in two locations:
It tries to find the file in a directory constructed from two system variable
with the latter converted to a language name. Suppose that you start the server using this command:
--lc_messages_dir=/usr/share/mysql --lc_messages=fr_FR
In this case, mysqld maps the locale
fr_FR to the language
french and looks for
the error file in the
/usr/share/mysql/french directory.
If the message file cannot be found in the directory constructed as just described,
the server ignores the
lc_messages value and uses only the
lc_messages_dir value as the location in which to look.
system variable has only a global value and is read only.
lc_messages has global and session values and can be modified at runtime, so
the error message language can be changed while the server is running, and individual clients each can have a
different error message language by changing their session
lc_messages value to a different locale name. For example, if the server is
using the
fr_FR locale for error messages, a client can execute this statement to
receive error messages in English:
SET lc_messages =
By default, the language files are located in the
share/mysql/ directory under the MySQL base directory.
For information about changing the character set for error messages (rather than the language), see Section 10.1.6, "Character Set for Error Messages".
You can change the content of the error messages produced by the server using the instructions in the MySQL
Internals manual, available at


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Solid-state Counter
Preset Counter
|Preset stages
|Rated supply voltage
100 to 240 VAC 50/60 Hz
|Mounting method
Flush mounting/Surface mounting
|External connection method
As of August 8, 2016
|Preset Counter
|Preset stages
|Rated supply voltage
|100 to 240 VAC 50/60 Hz
|Operating voltage range
|85% to 110% of the rated power supply voltage
|Power consumption
|Approx. 12 VA (at 100 VAC)
|Counter (Count range)
|Counter (Max. counting speed)
|5 kHz (Minimum counting input signal width: 0.1 ms (ON/OFF ratio: 1:1))
|Counter (Input mode)
|Increment/decrement (UP/DOWN A (command input))
|Counter (Output modes)
|Counter (Reset system)
|External, manual and power reset
|Input signal
|Count / Reset / CP1 / CP2
|Input method
|No-voltage input
|No-voltage input (No-contact input)
|Short-circuit (ON) impedance: 1 kΩ
Residual voltage: 2 V max.
Open circuit impedance: 100 kΩ
|No-voltage input (Contact input)
|Use a contact which can adequately switch 0.5 mA at 5 V.
|Minimum input signal width
|External reset: 20 ms
Manual reset: 20 ms
Power reset: 500 ms
|Control output (Contact output)
Switching capacity: 3 A at 250 VAC/30 VDC, resistive load (cos phi=1)
Minimum applicable load: 10 mA at 5 VDC (failure level:P reference value)
|Display method
|7-segment LED
|Character height
|Count value: 10 mm (Red)
Zero suppression: Not provided
|Prescaling function
|Not provided
|Key protection
|Not provided
|Teaching function
|Not provided
|Batch counting function
|Not provided
|Not provided
|Memory backup
|Not provided ()
|Surrounding air temperature
|Operating: -10 to 55 ℃
Storage: -25 to 65 ℃
|Ambient humidity
|Operating: 35 to 85%
Storage: 35 to 85%
|Insulation resistance
|100 MΩ min. (at 500 VDC)
Between current carrying terminals and exposed non-current carrying metal parts / Between control output terminals and operating circuit
|Dielectric withstand voltage
|Between current carrying terminals and exposed non-current carrying metal parts:2000 VAC 50/60 Hz for 1 min
Between control output terminals and operating circuit:2000 VAC 50/60 Hz for 1 min
|Impulse withstand voltage
|Between power terminals:6.0 kV
Between current carrying terminals and exposed non-current carrying metal parts:6.0 kV
|Noise immunity
|Between power terminals:±2k V
Between input terminals:±500 V
Square-wave noise by noise simulator (Pulse width: 100 ns/1 µs, 1-ns rise)
|Static immunity
|±8 kV (malfunction)
|Vibration resistance (Destruction)
|10 to 55 Hz, 0.75-mm single amplitude each in 3 directions for 2 h
|Vibration resistance (Malfunction)
|10 to 55 Hz, 0.5-mm single amplitude each in 3 directions for 10 min
|Shock resistance (Destruction)
|300 m/s**2, 3 times each in 6 directions (3 axes)
|Shock resistance (Malfunction)
|100 m/s**2, 3 times in each directions (3 axes)
|Mechanical life expectancy
|10,000,000 operations min.
|Electrical life expectancy
|100,000 operations min. (3 A at 250 VAC, resistive load)
|Degree of protection
|Case front: IP40
Case rear: IP40
Terminal block: IP00
|Mounting method
|Flush mounting/Surface mounting
|External connection method
|Case color
|Light gray (Munsell 5Y7/1)
|Approx. 110 g
As of August 8, 2016
As of August 8, 2016
As of August 8, 2016
As of August 8, 2016
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Alumni Basketball Game 2004by Michael Warren • February 16, 2004 Share:
The 2004 edition of the annual alumni basketball game was played on February 14 prior to the varsity contest against Denison. Eleven former players returned to campus to play again on Chadwick Court and they were joined for the game by three current junior varsity players.
Freshman Jake Turner and sophomore Jimmy Owens joined five players from the class of 2003 (I guess they couldn't wait to get back on the court) to form the white team while alumni from the mid to late 90's teamed with one from the class of 1971 and sophomore Michael Woods for the red squad.
Rookie alumni game participants Eric Buck, Kip Chase, Brady Claxton, Joe DesJean, and Ryan Short proved to be no match for the savvy veterans Steve Weliever '71, Boomer Grange '94, Beau Barrett '98, Kevin Gearheart '98, Chad Tabor '99, and Josh Estelle '00. The more experienced red squad increased a 10 point halftime advantage to near 30 before the game ended. The fans on hand enjoyed the game all the same watching these Little Giant legends from the past.
Thanks to those players who returned to participate and also to Jon Pactor '71 and Pat Walter '69 for doing an outstanding job as our volunteer officials.


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French Montana "Coke Boys TV Backstage Pass Vlog" (French Brings Out Trina At Show)
French Montana performs 2 shows in one night on his Mac & Cheese 3 tour
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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 7092 Skeletons' Prison Carriage.
Skeletons' Prison Carriage was released in 2007 for the Skeletons. One good knight attempts to rescue a fellow soldier. A black skeleton drives three skeleton horses while two white skeletons defend the wagon. Various accessories such as weapons, torches, and a whip are included.


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Differences between an extended car warranty and extended boat warranties
Many people either own or are aware of the extended warranties associated with cars, but not everyone is aware that they're also available for boats. While to some degree auto warranties have a shaky rap (though this should be seen on a case by case basis), it's worth seeing if an extended warranty for a boat is a sound investment.
Very similar to used car warranties
To a degree, extended warranties for boats and cars are quite similar. First, the general principles are the same. When something breaks, if it's covered by your specific policy it will be covered to the extent of the terms of your contract. In some cases this will come with a deductible, but again, this is dependent upon your specific contract. Continue reading "Differences between an extended car warranty and extended boat warranties"


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Well, that didn't take long. After suffering through a real clusterfuck of a firing process, it looks like Andy Reid has already found himself a new home. ESPN is citing sources (actual sources this time, not Jay Glazer) who are claiming that a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs is imminent:
The two sides spent the day Wednesday meeting at a private airport in the Philadelphia area. Reid had been scheduled to fly to Arizona to speak to Cardinals officials about their head coaching opening, but talks progressed with the Chiefs to the point where no hangups are expected.
The Chiefs' contingent of officials included owner Clark Hunt, general manager Scott Pioli, executive Ryan Petkoff and president Mark Donovan, who used to work in Philadelphia with Reid.
By the end of the day, the expectation amongst the parties in attendance was that a deal would be wrapped up.
One assistant coach aligned with Reid even texted Thursday morning that he is going to Kansas City, not Arizona.
Man, having a secret meeting in an airport sounds miserable. Anyway, the Chiefs were one of the few teams in the league who were more miserable than the Eagles this year, so Reid will have his work cut out for him. Still, he will have some tantalizing weapons in Jamaal Charles and Dwayne Bowe, who have never played for a coach with the kind of pedigree and successful track record that Reid brings. And who knows what the Chiefs will be able to pull off in the offseason. Maybe they'll find themselves a functional quarterback.
Regardless, Chiefs fans should be excited about having a competent sad walrus on the sideline next year rather than just a regular sad walrus.


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2nd the keonclark request. Said this several times, as did "Sinbad". He thinks homophobia and anti-Semitism are funny. I flag it. Nothing happens. I argue with him, my comments are deleted and I get banned.
Could you please assess comments made recently by KeonClark whether they adhere to guideline? many thanks.
No problem! Sounds good, thanks man.
Yo buddy ya man! Sorry been crazy busy. Will get them up on Dropbox and send you a link.
Hey man! Still got those scrimmage pics?
What happened to big country!?
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Well! Something amazing happened! I asked for salad suggestions on one of my posts recently, and a couple of people sent me some great ideas. Crystal wrote first, and told me about a raw kale salad that she makes. I thought it sounded really good... but Mr. Vegan Eats & Treats isn't really onboard with the Kale Train... so I was reluctant. But, I asked nicely, and he agreed to give it a shot.
Guess what?? He loved it! And so did I! So exciting! I feel like this opens up a whole new world of delicious and nutritious salads for us to explore.
Following Crystal's semi-recipe: I used a big bunch of kale, tomatoes, arugula, cucumber, toasted almonds, quinoa, grated carrots, and avocado. My friend Sophia gave me the tip to use part of my avocado in the dressing, and the other part in chunks for the salad. This was really awesome, because it made everything a little creamier. For the dressing I used a combo of fresh squeezed citrus (lemon, lime and orange), a little big of flax oil, the aforementioned avocado, a generous dump of ground cumin, red wine vinegar, salt & pepper).


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Special equipment: 9-inch springform pan
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of the cake pan with baking parchment.
Melt the chocolate either in a double boiler or a microwave, add the butter and let melt in the warm chocolate.
Beat the 2 whole eggs and 4 egg yolks with 1/3 cup of the sugar, then gently add the chocolate mixture, the orange-flavored liqueur and the orange zest.
In another bowl, whisk the 4 egg whites until foamy, then gradually add the remaining sugar and whisk until the whites hold their shape but are not too stiff. Lighten the chocolate mixture with a dollop of egg whites, and then fold in the rest of the whites. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until the cake is risen and cracked and the center is no long wobbly. Cool the cake in its pan on a wire rack; the middle will sink as it cools.
When you are ready to eat, place the still pan-bound cake on a cake stand or plate for serving and carefully remove the sides of the pan from the cake. Don't worry about cracks or rough edges, it's the crater look we're going for here. Whip the cream until it's soft and then add the vanilla and orange-flavored liqueur and continue whisking until the cream is firm but not stiff. Fill the crater of the cake with the whipped cream, easing it out gently towards the edges of the cake, and dust the top lightly with cocoa powder pushed through a tea-strainer.
Recipe courtesy Nigella Lawson, 2007


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Old World Boxing/New Legends boxing showcased club boxing at it's best at Cordon Bleu in Woodhaven this past weekend.
The eight-fight card showcase undefeated fighters Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller, who trains out of Gleason's Gym in DUMBO, Rafeael Vazquez and Frank Galarza of Brooklyn, and a main event featuring Joe Smith of Long Island.
Miller entered the ring wearing a diaper over his boxing trunks, and then proceeded to dominate Donald Crawford of West Virginia, sending him to the canvas for a ten count before the referee stopped the fight.
Vazquez increased his record to 7-0 after hurting Jesus Bayron early in the fight. Galarza, who had a tenacious attitude coming into the ring, backed it up with a convincing win over Jose Ramon Sanchez of Puerto Rico.
In the main event, Smith pounded Amador Acevedo in a light heavyweight bout. Smith's punch ratio was about 15-1 as Acevedo seemed content to stand in front of Smith, blocking punches and occasionally throwing one of his own.
Smith eventually wore Acevedo down, ending the fight in a barrage of punches when he caught him in the corner of the ring. Smith's record improved to 9-0 with five knockouts.


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Jim Wilkie needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 48 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
b. wilkie designs; http://www.bwilkiedesigns.com
b. wilkie designs is a 5-person, Atlanta-based company that designs, fabricates, and installs fabric window treatments such as drapes and, blinds. The company also produces fabric-covered furniture, pillows, and bedding. The employees essentially serve as project managers who handle customer's requirements from the beginning of the relationship until the successful installation. The designers suggest various treatments for a wide variety of window shapes and sizes. They are experts in sewing. The culture of the company is one of design and style expertise. b. wilkie designs provides guidance on what will work or won't and with what color furniture and paint. They must be able to handle contemporary styles along with the traditional. The customer has a fabric they like, now they need help converting it into beautiful, appropriate treatments that work with their wall colors and furniture. We've used lower case letters in the company name but are open to changing that. The branding we have now is somewhat patchwork and we need to start with an iconic logo we can build around. One challenge is that the colors involved in this line of work tend to be faddish and can change frequently. The company's personality is sort of hip and knowing what the current trends are in fabrics, window treatments, hardware, and interior design. Curtains can be a bit stodgy.
Customers seeking assistance with their design projects. New market is fabric sources looking to add treatment design and fabrications services to their offerings.
Customers are primarily women who own homes and either are redecorating or putting up curtains for the first time.
The company's products and services fall into the Interior Furnishings category. Need a logo that will form the graphic baseline for the company's digital and printed presence. I think the goal is to keep the design fairly clean but convey the company's skill, experience, and expertise. We have used lower case letters in the company name but can change. The company's branding is patchwork and in need of a makeover. You can use the company's full name, initials, or a combination of the two. Want a sophisticated look that makes a small company look bigger.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.