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Sole traderCertificate of Excellence 2019
Im general builder working at construction industry. My priority is to get the job done in a 100% satisfaction and recommendation from the client. I have over 15 years of experience in general building sector and in this period of time has developed many work. Cooperation with many subcontractors as well as performing their own work and manages building projects for developers. It has own transportation, tools, and brigade. The work of small and bigger in collaboration with professional groups.
Safe Hive LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
Safe Hive are a highly experienced conservatory and orangeries construction company. With 9 years of experience in projects of this type, we can ensure that you receive an affordable, professional build, which will give you the extra space you need. Providing building services for your home or business projects. Specializing in, Extensions, Conservatories, Kitchens and Bathrooms safe Hive Ltd provides professional building services to assist in development of design ideas and building plans. We also help with planning permission and building approval applications to all construction work. Please view services for more information. Our standards take account of building regulations, British standards and we believes that prevention is better than cure where, standards are continually reviewed and amended to minimise defects. Outside of London? You're in luck, we don't just cover London, we also cover the surrounding areas, including Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Devon, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey and Sussex
Scandinavian Carpentry Services LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
Kitchen fitting, wood flooring, carpentry services of all kinds, large and small jobs, bespoke furniture fitted and standalone, handmade to order
All type property solutions
Hi we are a family company who have been running for over 30 years. We all ways aim to keep all customers happy and all ways successful. We work with the customer to make sure you understand the job from start to finish
Xpress Workforce
bathrooms,shower rooms, kitchens, plumbing, electrical, plastering, tiling, painting/decorating, Carpentry,flooring, All maintenance and refurbishments. Patios, garden design and landscaping, New gardens - fire pits , Garage conversions. Covering london and surrey and sussex
Kash Building Solutions LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
KASH Building Solutions is Hampshire's answer to affordable construction services. Our clients demand perfection and we always look to deliver accordingly and build a culture of satisfaction. If you're looking for a luxury bespoke barn renovation or a small repair we can cater for all jobs no matter how big or small. Services. Decoration, Carpentry, Plastering, Dry Lining, Roofing, Fit out, Electrical, Brick laying and plumbing.
Green & Co
A building company with 40 years knowledge of Fire Flood and Structural works, we have been working alongside with all the Insurance Companies in the UK. With a selection of competent professionals like carpenters, plumbers paint decorators all of them are fully qualified and accredited by Gas Safe and Niceic. We can cover all services from roof to ground and underground services.
Julius Kudzma
Alexander's Carpentry Ltd
We specialise in all types of carpentry solutions, from the simple stuff like putting up shelves, fitting new doors, and putting together flat-pack furniture, to building bespoke fitted kitchens, fitted wardrobes and storage units for your home, office, or retail premises, plus anything else you might require.
Build 2 PlanCertificate of Excellence 2019
Build2Plan team of rated tradesmen do guarantee that all your building, decorating and plumbing works are delivered on budget and on time, 7 days a week. Free fixed price quotes & all materials at trade price.
Tonkah Property DevelopmentsCertificate of Excellence 2019
Our company Tonkah Property Development, is an established construction company in Slough and Central London areas. We are registered as a private limited company and also accredited by the Federation of the Master Builders. We have carried out work in a number of places in the UK, including places such as Manchester and Birmingham. I have also had contracts out in Turkey and Spain. The great minds at Tonkah Property Developments have invested their valued efforts towards the construction industry through towards the wellbeing of the society at large. We have built a reputation for offering professional services at affordable prices. We have a strong customer base with a testimony of satisfied clients who have expressed their compliments of our competitive pricing, consistent professionalism, and quality results. With a proven track record of producing successful development projects for customers, we are the best choice for bathroom & kitchen refurbs, extensions & roofing repairs and local flooring with solutions that will help our customers realise their vision and ultimately achieve their goals. Our specialist tradesman with decades of experience offers a full suite of professional services and resources that allow us to manage any product of any calibre. Also, with experience, we handle your planning permission applications, advice and assist you in making the best decisions about your project. We offer emergency call outs and our customer-friendly support with the required expertise and tools act with a fast response at the earliest possible time to help you succeed with your plans by replying to all your enquiries. This smart, informed decisions will help increase your project's odds of success. At Tonkah Property Development, we strive for excellent customer service we always put customers forwards. We are not profit-driven but instead aim at providing maximum satisfaction for our customers with our cost-effective prices and services. As a multi-award winning company, we are committed to the highest standards of construction by adopting the best construction practices and design detail to continually deliver exceptional services at every stage of developments for our customers.
PropXpertsCertificate of Excellence 2019
We offer Real Solutions Propxpert offers all home maintenance works, from large scale projects to the smallest of repairs, even hanging that picture frame.
Mayfair Contracts LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
We work on behalf of the public sector, private and commercial sectors, charities and private individuals. If you already have building or maintenance specifications we will review them (free of charge, offering advice if appropriate) and provide a detailed quotation. OUR SERVICES Full Residential & Commercial Refurbishment Specialists Property Conversions & Extensions External Build General Building Works Kitchens & Bathroom Design & Installation Patios & Driveways Roofing Tiling Plastering & Rendering Locksmiths Surveying CCTV Boiler Installation, Repair & Servicing Plumbing Gas & Heating Carpentry Drainage Painting & Decorating Glazing & Emergency Boarding Electrical Repairs & Installation Voids Property Refurbishment Scaffolding Pest Control Security & Fire Doors
FP Group
FP group National building and maintenance contractors T: 0845 862 0985 W: www.francoproperties.co.uk E: firstname.lastname@example.com Fully qualified and insured tradesmen Here at the fp group we cover all aspects of building and maintenance wether it be commercial or domestic, no job is too big or too small. Below is a full list of our services - full refurbishments - Conversions and extensions - New builds - Carpentry contracting - Electrical contracting - Plumbing and central heating - Tiling and decorating - Plastering - Bricklaying - Emergency call outs for plumbing and heating ,electrics and break ins - Installers of UPVC windows and doors - Suppliers and installers for kitchens and bathrooms - Firestone rubber roof specialists with high warranty - Ground works, driveways and patios Safety testing for gas and electrics For your free survey, contact us today with any questions, our friendly advice is free 0845 862 0985 Visit our Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/Franco-property-group-245969309088105/
N &K building services
With so many reputable builders out there we at N & K building services know that we have to offer you more. It's not just the finished job that's important, it's how we get there that also counts. It's your home not our building site. We work with you to help you create your IDEAL HOME. Exceeding client expectations for over 23 years. Over that period we have acquired an excellent reputation for professionalism, quality of work and attention to detail, which we value and continue to build on. N & K building services is a team of highly experienced Tradesmen and Builders that can provide all your personal requirements. We have formed excellent working relationships that keep our customers coming back to us time after time. Best regards N & K building services team.
Cambrian Carpentry and ConstructionCertificate of Excellence 2019
Home renovation, garage /loft conversions, all types of carpentry
Slavek Smooth Finish Painting&Decorating Services
Somerville Glass & Windows Ltd
A World of Old Ltd
Recycling & refurbishing solid wooden furniture for your homes. We sell a whole variety of furniture including Antique, Victorian, European, Reclaimed, Recycled, Old, Pine and painted furniture. We also take-in restoration work (excluding upholstery) and offer our spray-painting service for customers own furniture pieces – prices on application.
Joat London Ltd
RJP Joinery
We are specialists in property refurbishments, extensions, design and installation of bespoke Kitchens and Bathrooms, Loft Conversion, Shopfitting and Bespoke Joinery. Najinz provide a wide range of home improvement and property maintenance services including plumbing, electrical, gas services, air conditioning and general maintenance services with a comprehensive back up service and guarantee in London. We have been established for 10 years and operate mainly in London areas within M25. A truly professional one-stop company providing the very best levels of service in the industry.
Wood Suite LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
Carpentry is not only my profession - it has always been my passion of main. My grandfather founded the small family-run business and later passed it onto my father. Today I am proud to represent the third generation of carpenters in the Chelkowski family. For many years as a carpenter I have been making all types of furniture, but something was missing; it was not satisfying enough. I received inspiration to do something different, bringing Wood Suite Limited to life. Today I am not just a carpenter; I am Wood Suite. What we do Our dedicated team of craftsmen share passion and creativity - we have fun, we love and enjoy every moment in the workshop. We get inspirations from meeting people, listening to their desires and needs. We then transfer the ideas into raw wood and in no time the final product is created - bespoke furniture dedicated to our Client. We create each piece with love and respect. We are proud of our longterm relationships with our Clients - it provides sense of accomplishment, satisfaction and future ambition. It empowers inspirations and creative ideas.
GreenMark Joinery
Charterhouse tree care
the garden company
Welcome to The garden company, a small attentive company with lots of experience and a great reputation. Our services include Jet washing, turfing, garden maintenance & golf course construction. We are a highly skilled team who take pride and care in all of our work, quality is our upmost priority to ensure your Property or Project is finished to the highest standard whilst our workers remain professional, polite and very reliable.
OMNI Property Solutions
Inside Out Oxford
Inside Out Oxford extends your home with distinctive creative spaces in your garden for work and play, taking your inside outside. InsideOut Oxford is a fusion of construction art and fine carpentry headed up by artist Walter Cundy of Liscious Interiors and Jim Gabriel of Gabriel Projects. Delivering only bespoke and therefore utterly unique projects, Walter's passion is to make the ordinary extraordinary, and Jim's is to craft the extraordinary out of wood.
Swindon Refurbishments
Nirvana Innovations llpCertificate of Excellence 2019
We are a new carpentry orientated company. We specialise in bespoke furniture, but also design and build beautiful garden, garden rooms and we also do new built, renovations and extensions. We pride ourselfs in the quality of our unique designs and build quality. We are also very nice people. Please look at our fb page and website
Tur&Tur LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
We offer very good quality for our job for more like 20 years building and refurbish houses in Germany, Spain and UK ... All our job are insured and we are very happy to help every client with our experience... We have in our team electricians, plumbers, tillers, dry liners, structural workers, plasterers, bricklayers, painters, carpenters...
Aestech Construction LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
Aestech Construction is a general building contractor and construction management firm. All personnel in Aestech Construction approved by a competent person scheme or Construction Skills Certification Scheme. Terence Silcott, is an experienced builder, has qualifications in construction and has BA(Hons) Accounting and Management for Project Management. Terence works frrelance as a Construction Manager and Carpenter. We have a team of specialist tradesmen and professionals, some of which have over 20 years experience in construction. We employ structural engineers and architects to ensure building regulations are met.
RTB Decor
Painting and Decorating / Property Refurbishment and Maintenance
Headington Flooring
Urban Craft CarpentryCertificate of Excellence 2019
As a family owned business, we attribute our reputation to the 20 plus years experience working within our industry and building lasting customer relationships. We believe that all of our customers deserve the highest level of service, and we are committed to providing just that.
Daniel Painting & Decorating
If you are looking for painter and decorator in Hanwell visit at Daniel Painting & Decorating. We provide you great level of service and high standard of workmanship. We have a team in this field. We offer these services painter and decorator, interior decorator, exterior decorator, wallpaper hanging, pointing. For further details visit website.
Southwood DesignsCertificate of Excellence 2019
Southwood Designs offer bespoke furniture and woodworking solutions. This can range from something simple like a new leaf for a dining room table to something as intricate as a custom built guitar. We use computer aided design tools to allow you to exactly what the finished product will look like and and happy to discuss and re draw as many times as necessary to ensure you get the end product that you want. We work with natural materials and finishes as far as possible
MIDC Kitchens
we offer a free plan and design service for kitchen/bathroom/bedroom/project manage from start to finish,we have all the trades cover by our work force,i.e. plumbers/tilers/general builders/electricians/ exterior work i.e. fencing /garden design/driveways.
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· small meat pie or turnover
Hypernym(s): meat_pie
2. pasty - noun
· (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
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· resembling paste in color; pallid; "he looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white"
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A quick and easy solution that can hold bikes, wheel sets and tires. Lock port allows for extra security within your home, garage or shop.
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I have been working on a couple of new recipes this week that I was hoping to share with you, however neither one of them turned out. One was an overnight oatmeal recipe that went into the garbage and the other was a baked apple recipe that I am going to try again. You may see that one down the road. For this week though, it is creme brule french toast. It is a regular recipe around here that everyone really enjoys. Years ago, I found two recipes that I liked, but though they could be better, so I combined the two to make this one.
Creme Brule French Toast – Serves 4
1 stick of butter, 1 C brown sugar, 2 tsp. corn syrup, 1 loaf of cinnamon bread, 5 large eggs, 1 1/2 C half and half and 1 tsp. of vanilla
Streusel topping – 1/4 Brown sugar, 1/2 stick butter, 1/4 C old fashioned oatmeal, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 1/4 C chopped pecans(optional)
Heat 1 stick of butter, 1 C brown sugar and 2 tps. of corn syrup in a small saucepan until it starts to simmer and slightly bubble, stirring occasionally. Pour sugar mixture into an 8×8 casserole dish. Take 4 pieces of cinnamon bread and lay in the bottom of the 8×8 pan, making them fit. Do this 2 more times so you have 4 stacks of 3 high slices of bread.
Mix together the eggs, half and half and vanilla. Pour this over the bread mixture and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes. While baking, mix together the streusel topping. After 15 minutes of baking sprinkle the topping over the bread and bake an additional 10 minutes longer.
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Friday, October 2, 2009
The Way We Blog Now
There comes a time when every blogger wonders why the hell he blogs. I wonder every time I sit down to write another HoseMaster of Wine post. Just what's in it for me? Oh, sure, there is the endless adulation and parade of groupies, the book offers, the TV movie proposal and the chance to run for Sarah Palin's vacant seat--I just hope she left it down. But it's thankless work. Folks drop by, spend three minutes, and then move on. It's like being the sex slave for a Bob Jones University fraternity. And the vast majority of visitors don't comment, which is a little hard to get used to. It's a lot like being a traffic wreck--folks just drive by slowly and rubberneck. Keep moving, folks, the only thing dead here are the jokes. So why do I continue blogging? I've done a great deal of soul-searching on the subject and have come up with these answers.
I'm a lonely loser
I know this is hard to imagine given my enormous personal magnetism--hell, I can't walk by a refrigerator without sticking to it. But the truth is writing is a lonely pursuit, and those of us who pursue it as a form of self-expression, instead of, say, embroidering alcohol warning labels in our forearms with a dull razor blade, or trying to knock over empty wine bottles with corks fired from our butts, understand that it's best not to have interpersonal relationships. Readers of blogs understand this--the bloggers who post the most frequently are the loneliest people on the planet. These are sad people who, if they weren't emptying their thoughts onto the electronic page, would be out in public talking to themselves and approaching strangers with their index fingers wiggling through the zippers of their Gap jeans. Come on, look at these losers who post every day, who suffer from OAB (Over Active Blogging) and can't suppress the urge to fulminate. What can their real lives be like? You don't want to know. You are grateful that they are losers, that they have the time to sit and posit ill-conceived opinions for your dissection, that they spend hours carefully talking about things they have no actual, confirmable knowledge of, that their idea of a good time is staring at a cursor like it's suddenly going to turn into a Pong machine. But I can tell you, we are lonely losers. And if it weren't for the Internet we'd be stalking Leslie Sbrocco and The Real Housewives of Yountville.
Wine is endlessly fascinating
I spend hours and hours of any given day thinking about wine, about the wine business, about all there is to know about wine. And I figure everyone is interested in what I think about wine. My thoughts, after all, are damned profound and worth reading, like every wine blogger's. I write to inspire people, I write to make them think, I write because the world would be a much emptier place without me. I feel it is my duty to share my thoughts about wine. OK, have you ever thought of this? Just how many wines are produced in the world in a single vintage? Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. Many of them never even get scores! Imagine that, thousands and thousands of score-free wines! So do they really exist? Or do they break into existence only when they achieve a score? Like, if you were a baseball player who had only 10 ABs in the Major Leagues and went hitless so that your batting average was .000, are you even considered a player? Do you even exist as a ballplayer? Scary, huh? And I'll bet you never thought about it that way either. See, that's what I mean. I have all these brilliant wine thoughts that need to be shared. Here's another one. Does Game Theory apply to wine? Say you set out to find a rare bottle of wine, maybe a bottle of Sine Qua Non or a single-vineyard Pinot Noir from Siduri, just what chance do you have of finding it? Game Theory suggests that if the wine is also seeking you, your odds are great you'll find it quickly no matter how rare it is. But Game Theory also says that if you seek both the Sine Qua Non and the Siduri you're more likely to find them in alphabetical order and be very sorry. Counterintuitive, I know, but there's math to prove it. So I blog to enlighten. Don't we all?
I have serious emotional problems
I crave attention. What did people do before the Internet, before you could regurgitate your profoundly tedious personal torment all over your unknowing public? Sure, there's always NPR, but the goddam pledge drive always gets in the way. You can call people one at a time and dump your neuroses on them, but, hey, you're a blogger, see above, you don't have any interpersonal relationships that amount to more than you see each other at Starbucks every morning while you do the Ken-Ken in the NY Times and wonder what became of Barbie-Barbie. The Internet is perfect. You can ostensibly blog about wine but every now and then you slip in stuff about how your girlfriend just dumped you for some sort of egg that vibrates (must be one nervous chicken that laid that), or that your beloved pet anaconda choked to death on a vibrating egg your ex left lying around, or how you wish someone would send you free samples of wine to validate your status as a critic. I crave attention and I have delusions of grandeur. I think I have talent and that it would be a crime not to use it. Like all fakes and forgers. I know that I know more about wine than anyone I know, both of them (once again, see above). I believe that with time my influence in the wine world will surpass that of Parker, Shanken, Tanzer and Bipin (my favorite Marcel Marceau character) combined. What's going to stop me but my lack of insight, talent and knowledge? I crave attention, have delusions of grandeur, and I'm trapped inside a woman's body. Next to some fucking egg. I have emotional problems, therefore I blog. I'm searching for my voice, and as it turns out, I'm just God's ventriloquist dummy.
God (left, yes He is Senor Wences) and the HoseMaster
This is the way we blog now.
7 comments:
- Charlie Olken said...
And I always thought you were doing it for the money.
- October 2, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Don't think I ever wanted to be a refrigerator before today.
- October 2, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- Wines for the People said...
Buck up there, HMW! At least you have readers who don't comment. Most wine bloggers don't have readers who don't comment.
- October 3, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Most wine bloggers carry the notion that since they can hold a glass of wine, shove their proboscis in there, inhale like a Hoover vacuum cleaner, taste and scribble a description, this makes them as talented as Jancis (Here's to You Mrs.) Robinson or Dan (The Ham) Berger.
The internet allows these people to join the same fraternity {or sorority if you ARE Leslie (The Wet) Sbrocco} of wine writers for a very low price.
The same can be said with custom-winemaking facility businesses such as "Crushpad." Suddenly, for a couple of bucks, you, too, can be a "winemaker" or "vintner." Just like the Rothschilds, the Mondavis and the Antinoris.
You don't need to go to the lengths of Puff Daddy to be a wine critic. Got to your local neighborhood liquor store, pick up a bottle of something, open, pour and write. Voila! You're a bona fide wine authority.
Your friends (if bloggers were to actually have acquaintances which could legitimately be termed 'friends') will look up to you. Restaurant servers and wine stewards will want to kiss your hand. A few misguided PR flaks might try to kiss your butt.
Mr. Hosemaster might be lonely, but we are certain he's not a 'loser.' Keep on blogging!
- October 3, 2009 at 3:28 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Charlie,
Nah, I'm doing it for the groupies.
My Gorgeous Samantha,
I'd love to see what's in your crisp drawers.
Hey Wines for the People,
As opposed to Wines for the Legumes? It's kind of strange, really, that we kind of don't know how many folks read our nonsense. Some days I wish no one read it, other days I crave attention and praise. This is what it takes to be a wine blogger--insecurity.
Hey Anon 1,
Maybe there should be a Crushpad type facility where one is taught the essentials of being a wine critic--I smell a future post here. Making wine is easy compared to reviewing it. And, God knows, the world needs more wine critics.
- October 4, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Puff Daddy said...
Washam--"I am doing it for the groupies".
I suspected that chapter two was autobiographical. Thanks for confirming it.
- October 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Lord Hosemaster (who craveth much attention...)
Me thinks thou blogeth to give all those unscored wines existance. The whole "If a tree falls in the woods..." story. If a wine comes of fruit-ition and no one scores it, does it really exist? Yes... because there is you.
hmmm, come to think of it, after reading your first reason, I think I need something to blog about. Though considering how I don't stick to the refrigerator so much as the contents stick to me, perhaps I should blog about Food.
Here's to lonely bloggers!
-The Neverking
- October 6, 2009 at 1:07 PM


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ORLANDO, Fla. - WWE CEO Linda McMahon comes across as charming and authoritative. She makes conversation easily and is never at a loss for a thoughtful answer. The pride she has in her family's company is obvious.
In short, she's exactly the kind of woman you would expect to be able to transition from the den mother figure of a small company with a handful of employees to the head of an entertainment empire with offices all over the world.
Though she's been involved with WWE storylines and even found herself participating in a match or two, McMahon doesn't get nearly the screen time of husband Vince or children Shane and Stephanie. She says that her on-screen role as matron of "America's most dysfunctional family" was fun while it was running its course, but it's the business end of things that seems to be her true passion.
Still, with the WWE's biggest show of the year just days away, the spotlight is on her more than usual at this time of year. Even amidst the frenzied pace and busy schedule of WrestleMania week, McMahon took a few minutes out to sit down with SLAM! Wrestling and other members of the Canadian media to discuss the past, present and future of wrestling's most famous pay-per-view.
Since she's been there from the beginning, McMahon has a special insight into what has made the show into the event that it is today. Part of it is the way it brings in stars from other forms of entertainment, which it has since the very first edition.
"WrestleMania I, when you're talking about bringing in those stars -- Muhammad Ali, Billy Martin, Liberace, Cyndi Lauper, Mr. T -- that was really the first time it had ever been done in our industry," McMahon said. "It was just an unbelievable experience."
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his match with The Big Show are getting the lion's share of the mainstream media attention this year, but McMahon was quick to point out that John Legend, Kim Kardashian and Snoop Dogg will all be part of the event as well. To continue to expose the WWE brand to casual viewers and potential business partners, celebrities form an important part of the blueprint.
"We're going to attract a huge number of our fans, but the way WWE grows is always expanding its base," she said. "It's very important to bring in those outside celebrities to be a part of [WrestleMania]. They come in, they have a great time, and they bring with them their audience."
McMahon was also enthusiastic about the events that have sprung up in conjunction with the show itself. Citing third-party studies that concluded that WrestleMania 23 week brought an additional $30 million in revenue to Detroit last year, she spoke highly of new ventures like the WrestleManiArt exhibition that showcased the work of Jerry Lawler, among others. Her schedule for the week runs the gamut from a meeting with Orlando's mayor on Wednesday to the Bacon, Bagels & Biceps brunch Sunday morning that celebrates WWE's involvement with the Make A Wish Foundation and other charities.
After discussing the expansion of WrestleMania, McMahon also talked about expansion of a different kind by hinting that holding the show overseas isn't outside the realm of possibility. SummerSlam has found a home abroad in the past (in London's Wembley Stadium in 1992), but so far, WrestleMania has remained a strictly North American affair.
While acknowledging that it could be done "if it makes sense," McMahon said the logistical problems are the real hurdles.
"There are so many wonderful buildings being built all over the world," she said. "The problem comes when there are countries with such a vast difference in time zones. To hold it in Europe, when would it come on? To have it at seven o'clock here, or come on in the afternoon here?"
McMahon wouldn't tip her hand on the location of next year's show -- it is expected to be Houston, and the announcement will take place on Sunday -- but did say the company was already negotiating sites for the 26th and 27th editions. True to form, she also wouldn't pick a favorite WrestleMania out of the 23 that she's seen so far.
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"It was good to see Miguel start to do some things and look like his old self," said Lipscomb coach Charles Morrow. "It is just a confidence thing with him right now."
The victory ended a three-game losing streak for the Bisons. It also marked the first time in five meetings that the Bisons have beaten Alabama A & M in men's soccer.
"It was good to get a win," said Morrow. "Offensive production is picking up.
"We had many chances in both games of the tournament. We will continue to focus on finishing our opportunities and defending a little bit better than we have."
The Bisons dealt with both bouts of lightning, rain and a quick start from Alabama A & M.
After falling behind 1-0 at 20:54 DaSilva scored for the Bisons to tie the game at 35:57 of the first half.
"The first goal was unfortunate," said Morrow. "We did a great job of battling back."
After the first goal by Alabama A & M Morrow chose to change his lineup on the back line. Freshman Ben Maxham made his season debut at the left back. He was joined in the middle by Josh Lind and Garrett McLaughlin. Tyler Burkhardt played the right back.
"I thought they did a better job than had been done in past games," said Morrow. "Either guys are going to step up or it is going to be a wake-up call as to who we decide to play back there.
"Ben played a great game. It was good to see him have the opportunity to play and to make the most of the opportunity. We are going to have to look at him playing more in the future."
McLaughlin found the net at 39:29 to give the Bisons a 2-1 lead at halftime.
"Garrett McLaughlin is probably more focused and worked harder over the summer to prepare himself than he ever has before," said Morrow. "It is showing in his play."
In the second half forward Garret Pettis scored an insurance goal with an assist from DaSilva at 74:07.
"Garret Pettis continues to be dangerous," said Morrow. "He had untold opportunities this weekend, but he had a break through like DaSilva."
Morrow was also pleased with the play of forward Evan McGee, especially in the first half.
The Bisons attempted 24 shots with seven shots on goal. Alabama A & M was credited with 12 shots with four shots on goal.
Defender Samadu Mutumba cut the Bisons lead to one goal when he scored unassisted at 81:10.
Brent McGee started in goal for the Bisons and played the first 45 minutes. He made one save and gave up one goal.
Joey DeRosa made his season debut playing the second half of the game. He also made one save and gave up one goal.
The Bisons are 3-3-1. Alabama A & M fell to 1-7-0.
In the other game North Carolina-Asheville won 2-1 in double overtime against Belmont.
North Carolina-Asheville won the tournament. The host Bisons finished second. Belmont was third.
The Bisons placed three players on the All-Tournament Team _ Pettis, McLaughlin and midfielder Andrew Longinotti.
"I'm amazed we got the tournament in this weekend," said Morrow. "Lint Smith did a great job getting the field ready and prepping it beforehand."
This weekend the Bisons are on the road in South Carolina for non-conference games with Furman on Friday and at Wofford Sunday afternoon.


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Cary Williams has opted once again to not attend an optional organized team activity.
The new Eagles cornerback, who many expected to start from Day 1, skipped the final day of OTAs on Friday to attend his daughter's recital, the team said.
Williams has missed most of OTAs and the Eagles' offseason workout program for various reasons. He told reporters earlier this week that dental work and home building kept him away from workouts in April. He then missed the first several OTAs because he got married.
While OTAs are voluntary, Chip Kelly has mostly had full attendance as the new coach installs news systems on offense and defense. Tackle Jason Peters has missed the last two weeks as he tends to a personal matter. Safety Kenny Phillips also wasn't at today's practice. His wife is expecting their first child.
The team didn't point it out as they did other absences, but running back LeSean McCoy was also not at Friday's OTA. The Eagles did not have an explanation. [UPDATED AT 2:34: The Eagles said McCoy was at the facility, lifted weights, worked out, and attended meetings. He was not at practice because he had personal business in the afternoon. He will return on Monday for physicals and practice on Tuesday.]
Phillips has missed a few practices recently to rest his left knee. The former New York Giant has a long history of knee injuries. It was unclear if Phillips would have had the green light to practice on Friday.
Williams, signed as a free agent in March after winning a Super Bowl with the Ravens, did not run with the first team during Tuesday's open practice. Bradley Fletcher and Curtis Marsh were at cornerback with the ones. Williams intimated that his place on the depth chart was in response to his attendance record, but the confident corner said that the "cream will rise to the top."
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Baby Sock Interlude: They Don't Call it A.D.D. for nothin'!
Nothing like almost finishing a project--in this instance the Klaralund sweater--and having your mind start racing a hundred miles an hour, desperate to ditch said project and begin another one. How can I possibly finish this project when i don't even know what my next one will be? Luckily I ran into a local knitting maven at the LYS who was just finishing up a baby sweater for a friend who has had a spate of terrible luck, has just given birth to a bouncing baby boy and for whom we're happily having a baby shower this weekend. "Look--can you keep a secret? I knit ______ a sweater for her baby. Do you think she'll like it?". Now I know a rhetorical question when I hear one, mind you, but I was dumbstruck at the notion that _I_ hadn't knit anything for said friend and baby. Being the competitive bitch err good pal that I am, I realized that I had to get on the stick! So, Klaralund has been on a 48 hour furlough whilst I quickly whip up some newborn socks in Opal Rodeo sock yarn. My digi camera has a way of making all my projects looks fugly, but I am pleased with this sock. It's very tiny and therefore will be finished in time for the shower...and then it's back to the existential void that is Klaralund.
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The joys of baby socks. Instant gratification. It's good to feel that sense of accomplishment. The sock looks great.
- jess said...
a worthy distraction from your olympic knitting! So far, that Klaralund is looking stunning.
(Off to check out barefoot mountain!)
- Lone Knitter said...
Can you switch your Knitting Olympic project to baby socks? Then you know you'll get the gold medal. I think I'm going to have to drop out of the competition or pretend as if my mountain of grading doesn't exist. The socks are so cute!
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Occasionally, I would visit my Aikido Sensei at his home in Pauoa Valley. This was when I was in college.
One thing I remember is that his wife would always serve us soda and cookies or some other treat, such a manju. Without fail, she would make sure to serve us. I think I would drink more than one soda.
In my house, we rarely have any soda when guests stop by. This is because my four children almost always drink all the soda as soon as we bring it home. Snacks too. My children are like hungry termites! As they have grown -- two to adulthood -- they seem to eat even more!
But I suppose that my Aikido Sensei's family would have liked soda and treats too. I believe that my Sensei (or his wife) made sure that there would be refreshments on hand for guests who might stop by. In this way, they were always prepared to be good hosts.
I will have to try to hide some soda in my house.
One of the most important principles of the martial arts is to be prepared for unexpected danger... or even unexpected guests.
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Occasionally, I would visit my Aikido Sensei at his home in Pauoa Valley. This was when I was in college.
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The Master Cleanse was developed by Stanley Burroughs to promote health through detoxifying the body. However, it also makes for a good weight loss technique. In fact, the New England Journal of Medicine said, "Fasting is a valid experience. It can benefit any otherwise healthy person whose calories how have the upper hand in his/her life" (Alan Cott, MD, Fasting the Ultimate Diet, Hastings House, 1975)
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The Family YMCA of Fayette County is hosting Parents' Night Out on Friday.
The fun-filled evening for kids ages 5-12 offers parents a night to themselves and a night of fun for their children.
There will be an open gym, games, face-painting, movies and a concession stand at the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 10:30 p.m.
Registration opens at 5:15 p.m. and the cost is $10 per child, and $5 for any siblings.
JV photos from the past week.
The VYO football teams took to Mark Greer Field on Saturday against Roxana.
This Saturday, the Jr. Vandals travel to Pana. Action from two weeks ago at East Alton-Wood River was canceled due to rain.
STAUNTON - The Vandals got three touchdowns and more than 150 yards from Ryan Ambuehl during a 36-21 win at Staunton on Saturday night.
Vandalia's victory comes as a boost after the team was defeated by Carlinville last Friday, as the Vandals (2-1) now have a string of winnable games, with the next big challenge not until week 9 against Greenville, which lost to Carlinville 59-14 on Saturday.
Luke Smith and Tim Ritchey also scored for the Vandals to help drop Staunton to 2-1 on the season.
STAUNTON-Vandalia's football game at Staunton was canceled at about 7:00pm on Friday night and rescheduled for Saturday at 7:00pm. The game was called off due to heavy rains.
ALTAMONT – As part of a senior class that features three front-row hitters who are good enough to play at the next level, Vandalia's Shelby Foster sometimes can get lost in the mix of thunderous kills.
Her contributions aren't the ones that get the crowd on its feet or create a collective gasp from everyone in a gym.
But they are the ones that help a team like the Lady Vandals start the season 7-0.
ALTAMONT – Seniors Austyn Krueger and RaeChelle Leiken combined for 59 kills in four matches, leading the Lady Vandals to the championship at the Altamont Tournament on Saturday.
Each player more than doubled her season total in kills to lead Vandalia past South Central for the first time in many years in the final game of pool play and then by Cumberland in the title game to give the team a 6-0 start for the first time since coach Allison Smith took over the program in 2004.
The Lady Vandals stayed undefeated on Tuesday night, winning their third conference match of the season by beating Carlinville in thrilling fashion, 20-25, 28-26, 28-26.
The match marked the fourth time that at least one set in a Vandalia match has gone past the 25-point threshold.
"This is my team's demeanor," said coach Allison Smith.
The match was decided late in the third set, when superior efforts from three Vandalia players broke a match-point serve for Carlinville and resulted in a deflating kill that tied the set at 26.
Carlinville's potent running game proved to be too much for the Vandalia defense, as the Cavaliers ran away to a 32-14 win last Friday in a game that was marred by downpouring rain in the second half.
In one of the premier games on the Vandals' schedule this season, Carlinville showed its offensive might on its second possession, when Brendan Stewart carried the ball 77 yards for a touchdown, breaking several tackles along the way.
A new conference rival will be another big challenge for the Vandalia football team on Friday, when the Vandals travel to Staunton.
The Bulldogs (2-0) have returned to the South Central Conference this season, and have already showed that they came to contend for championships, having held both Pana and Hillsboro to just seven points.
Staunton is led by dual-threat quarterback Jake Bruhn, who has thrown for at least 115 yards and run for at least 59 yards in both games this season.
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A faculty member at the University of Illinois has found the use of a technology that immerses her physical presence into her course presentations so effective, it has become "essential" to how she teaches now. Sally Jackson, former CIO and currently a professor of communication at the Urbana-Champaign campus, has been using Personify from a company of the same name since 2010. The program allows the user to "cut" out his or her body and impose it on top of the presentation akin to how a news person stands in front of a weather map to deliver the forecast, but without the use of a green screen.
In an email interview, Jackson said she began using Personify in two "flipped" graduate courses for the masters-level Health Communication program. Prior to the use of that software, she used videotaped lectures produced in a studio. "These looked good," she said, "but I had no control over how the camera shifted from my face to my slides — and I had to use slides to give the editors more control over where to cut back and forth."
She added that the studio process was "so resource-intensive," her lectures tended to get out of synch with her other materials "almost immediately — and I just had to live with that for a couple of offerings of the course that had studio lectures."
When she found out about Personify, she reported, "I could not wait to try it in my classes." At that time, the program was called Stage Presence. "Even though the production quality was not as polished as what we made in the studio, I decided at once that I would never make a studio lecture again."
Now Jackson records the lecture in Personify, edits it in TechSmith's Camtasia, and uploads it to YouTube with links to her course site. "I find that I need to refresh my lectures after two or three uses, so it is important that the production workflow be as streamlined as possible."
The most significant difference Personify has made, said Jackson, is that she can record herself showing how to do things. "For example, in teaching statistics I can open up a spreadsheet or other application and show the students exactly how data are entered, how the analysis is run and how the results look, all in real time." She can also show how to do things "instead of trying to describe how to do them or to show only static images of moments in a process."
The software allows her to make her own decisions about how often to show her own image. "I usually hide my image when I need my whole desktop for content, and bring myself back when I'm just talking," she explained.
In fall 2012 Jackson flipped an undergraduate course she was delivering, titled Communication Technology and Society. Up until then it had been a large lecture course meeting three times weekly. She replaced one of those weekly lectures with a single short video lecture. Then she used the other two meetings for discussion and activities, not lectures. Online and offline are blended "as much as possible." For example, besides the weekly lecture, daily preparation and exams are also online.
For the recorded lectures in that course, she navigates the Web rather than using PowerPoint — showing her image on one side of the desktop.
"For a class that focuses centrally on how computing and connectedness are changing social practice, this is the most natural and compelling way to do a lecture," she pointed out. "Personify is essential not only for the once-a-week lectures, but also for the whole fabric of the course."
The flip came in useful when an unexpected snow storm hit during the latest semester. Jackson spent about a half hour putting together a short video message to her students, providing instructions on how to "telecommute" to class. "Every single person attended online!" she said. "Next time this happens, I may use Personify's live streaming capability instead of a recorded mini-lecture."
At this point, said Jackson, "Personify is essential to how I teach now. If I wanted to use some other product, I would have to rethink the content itself." In part, that's because the special design features of Personify have changed her ideas about how a lecture should look, she explained. "The single most important change this has made is that my lectures are not slideshows. Nor are my videos properly regarded as 'lecture capture.' They are 'work capture.' In my videos, I am shown as a person at work — doing things on my own workspace that the students can model on their own laptops or other devices. I alternate comfortably between showing myself onscreen and fading myself out when I need to conserve the screen space, so the students have the sense that I am really there working even when I am not visible onscreen."
A 16-minute sample of one of Jackson's Personify lectures is available on the Personify site.
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STOCKTON - The success of the wine scene in San Joaquin County has also brought tension to rural areas of the county, where a growing number of destination wineries bump up against farmers and neighbors worried the wine boom could threaten both established agriculture and the tranquility of the countryside.
STOCKTON - The success of the wine scene in San Joaquin County has also brought tension to rural areas of the county, where a growing number of destination wineries bump up against farmers and neighbors worried the wine boom could threaten both established agriculture and the tranquility of the countryside.
It was enough to prompt officials to call for new rules governing wineries in the unincorporated county, including the Lodi appellation. About 20 people showed up to a public meeting Thursday, the first outreach effort in an attempt to draft new rules.
They brought with them the same issues that have been simmering in recent years, in particular the proliferation of weddings, parties and other so-called "marketing events" that have brought crowds and noise to the country while building the reputation of the local wine region.
One group of neighbors from Turner Road said the music on some nights was loud enough to rattle windows. They were against giving permission to wineries to offer amplified music outdoors. They were also critical that there was no enforcement of existing rules on evenings and weekends, when problems and violations are likely to take place.
That should be a concern in the new wine ordinance, said India Ramacher, one of the neighbors. "Who enforces what you guys come up with? Because right now, it's a free-for-all."
Wineries and business groups stressed the importance of these kinds of events, because they help grow individual wineries while building the reputation of the region and attracting tourists that boost the economy beyond just wineries.
Tourists stay in local hotels, shop in local stores and eat in local restaurants, said Mamie Starr, vice president of the Visit Lodi! Conference and Visitors Bureau board. "Everyone benefits," she said.
Marketing events have been interpreted to mean just about anything where wine from a winery is being served, including private events like weddings and parties. The county must approve winery plans that designate how many events it will have and how large they will be. These are not the only kind of events wineries can hold, though. They can have dinners for wine club members and participate in industrywide promotions that are not considered marketing events.
Because of concern about the marketing events, county officials had considered putting a moratorium in place that would have prevented new wineries from having marketing events and keep existing wineries adding new ones.
Events were a sticking point when the original rules governing wine were put in place in 2001. Before that, wineries fell under county rules for food production. The writing of those rules went through 33 revisions.
This time, the county isn't starting from scratch, and a new wine ordinance could be approved in the next six months, Community Development Director Kerry Sullivan said. "We're not going in and gutting the ordinance," she said. But it is possible revisions could make for delays.
County staff has already begun looking at rules in place in other wine-producing counties in the state. The policies vary widely, but the issues are very much the same, Sullivan said.
Staff has been comparing rules from other counties with both San Joaquin County's version and proposals from the Wine Ordinance Task Force, a group of neighbors, farmers, winery owners and business groups. It includes different definitions of events. It also recommended looking at the cumulative impacts when wineries cluster in an area.
Some of those who make up the task force were at the meeting. Others had sent letters. They urged the county to take the recommendations that those from many different sides of the issues could agree upon in its proposal.
"I think it's a good start," said Fred Donald, both a grape grower and a neighbor concerned about noise. "We all gave a little, and we all took a little."
Contact reporter Zachary K. Johnson at (209) 546-8258 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/johnsonblog and on Twitter @zacharykjohnson.


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Release Date: 2013 |
Album Rating: 4.0Fairly quick write, I think it's good.
Review Summary: Holy Peanut Butter, Jelly is an abomination (In the Shadow of If-I-had-staff-powers-I-would-have-given-this-a-3.7)
Digging: Nivhek - After Its own Death/ Walking in a Spiral
Album Rating: 4.0I thought it was clever, since the Manson reference at the end...
Album Rating: 2.0Lol this band.
Album Rating: 4.0They're pretty good if you give them a chance.
Edit: Well, this, Dead Throne and Zombie, the others aren't very good.
this band can fuck itself so hard its stomach comes out its mouth
Rules m/
Album Rating: 4.0That's not nice.
what is worj you should fix that
but i mean this is better than the other review so i wont neg but it kinda needs some work yeah
Album Rating: 4.0I did do this in Word, so I don't think there is any (major) grammatical error.
I hated the singles but not a bad album.
Album Rating: 4.0YES IT'S ANDCAS
Album Rating: 4.0This is already default? Awesome.
Album Rating: 4.0How did everyone hate Dead Throne, it's sitting at 3.4, that's pretty good.
Album Rating: 4.5Mike wanted his vocals to sound the way they do. He isnt losing his voice, he just wanted it to sound this way, out of breath and what not, more raw.
he explains it here.
Album Rating: 4.0His reason doesn't really matter, they still sound awful.
Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off"How did everyone hate Dead Throne, it's sitting at 3.4, that's pretty good."
To me 3.4 is dogshit, I've only heard a few albums with an average that low worth hearing. I guess if you're into shitty mallcore, lots of those album are around 2.7-3.4
Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Offdon't agree with Mike statements at all, also can't see many arguments for the rating... i mean it's a fair rating for me, but you cleary not say much WHY this is excellent expect some statements for jeremy singing. And Care More is your favourite song of the album? srsly?
Album Rating: 4.03.4 is nearly great, but you wouldn't know Trebor, you seem to be a pretty big elitist, sorry.
I mean, you rated the new ABR album 3.0. That's pretty much bias against metalcore.
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Today I got the Baader Micro-Guide eyepiece. This eyepiece should enable me to measure position angles and separation of (double) stars, the diameter of lunar craters (you have to know the exact distance of the Moon), and
a few other interesting features for astrophotography and spectroscopy.
This multi-function eyepiece comes in two parts, the eyepiece itself and a battery illuminator with adjustable brightness control. The illuminator can be attached to the eyepiece. The first thing I will have to do is to determine the exact focal length of my telescope. Only then it will be possible to use the different scales which are etched into reticle. I will keep you updated about my results!
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Yesterday I received my star spectroscope from Rainbow Optics (Hayward Ca. in the USA). I ordered it from Adirondack Video Astronomy . I have been looking for a spectroscope for some time, but most of them are too expensive. This one, the Rainbow Optics Spectroscope costs about 250 US dollars, a nice price for someone who wants to get his feet wet in amateur spectroscopy.
As you can see on the image below, the spectroscope
consists of two components: the grating cell and the lens cell.
The grating cell (right), holding a blazed diffraction grating with 5600 grooves, can be screwed into the bottom of a 1.25 eyepiece. The lens cell (left), containing a lens, which magnifies the image of the spectrum, can be installed on the top of the eyepiece. With an 8-inch telescope I should be able to get some spectra from stars down to the 4th magnitude. It is also possible to photograph stellar spectra with the diffraction grating.
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On Saturday the 24th of April I observed a 4-day-old Moon, especially the area around Mare Nectaris, Fracastorius and Theophilus and Piccolomini. A detailed report will be published in the Solar System section. Here are two images of the Moon taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4500 and the TAL 200K.
Last night around 21.00hrs I observed Mars, Venus and the crescent Moon, standing close together in the western sky. There was a lot of moisture in the air, and the light pollution......follow this link to read the full story
On April 11th 2004 I observed Melotte 111(Coma Star Cluster) and M 3 with the Skywindow and my 7x 50 Bresser and the Vixen 15 x 80 binoculars. The seeing was 7 or 8 (on a scale of 10, where 1 = best and 10 is worse).
The Coma Star Cluster was not visible with the naked eye. After searching...... follow this link to the deepsky section to read the full story.
Spring is a great time for observing galaxies, but you have to go to a dark sky site, to really find and enjoy them. There are however a few galaxies that can be seen from my light-polluted, suburban backyard. M 81 and M 82 in Ursa Major are..........follow this link to the deepsky section and read the full story.
Last Thursday night, together with a fellow astronomer, I have been observing some objects through three different telescopes, an 8-inch Vixen Newton telescope, an 8-inch TAL Klevtzov-Cassegrain and a 10-inch Skywatcher Newton. We compared some globular clusters (M 3, M 5 and M 13), some galaxies (M 81, M 82, M 51, M 64), some double stars (the Double Double in Lyra, Iota Cancri, Cor Caroli, the Alcor/Mizar system), Jupiter, M 44, and a planetary, M 57.
The seeing was bad, but that was the same for all three telescopes. We first compared the two 8-inch telescopes. The TAL was much better on Jupiter (more contrast) but the Vixen was definitely better with the galaxies and globular clusters. On double stars both scopes where equal. What we also liked more about the Cassegrain system is that you can sit down while observing, you are always observing from almost the same position. With the Newton the height varies a lot and also the position of the eyepiece is variable.
We also compared the 10-inch Skywatcher with the two 8-inch systems. With the globular clusters and galaxies, the 10-inch wins! Aperture rules, as always, especially with the globulars. They where all resolved (partially) in the 10 inch Skywatcher, while both 8-inch telescopes showed only very faint patches of light with only a few stars resolved against the background glow. The trick is to find the balance between aperture, quality of the scope and the amount of money you can spend for a telescope. But one thing is sure: aperture rules, even in a suburban, heavily light-polluted backyard.
If you are interested in making your own astro-images, be sure to visit Robert Gendlers astro imaging pages. There you will find hundreds op beautiful astro pics, but also various articles with tips and tricks for the astro photographer.
If you are intersted in some other links to astro images, just have a look in my links pages under astro pictures. Should you want to add some interesting links, please feel free to do so. Just click on "Add your link" and you will be guided through the process.


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To find an inmate who is incarcerated in the Blair County Prison system in Altoona, Pennsylvania, go to VineLINK.
Click on the blue "Offender" tab on the upper left side of the page.
Select "Choose Agency" and use the dropdown menu to highlight and click on Blair County Prison.
The site provides two search methods.
Search by Offender Number
*NOTE*- The number must be accurate or your search results will be wrong.
Search by Name
*TIP* - If you are unsure of the inmate's full name or the spelling of the name, click on the "Partial Last Name Search" box before clicking on "Search".
Enter the first three letters of the last name and the first letter of the first name.
The system will list all inmates whose names begin with those letters. If you have the exact birthdate of the inmate, you can narrow your search by entering it in the appropriate box.
Inmate Information Available for Viewing
Click on the inmate's name to view:
If you are interested in learning more about this criminal case, start at the Criminal Common Pleas Docket Sheets.
Use the "Search Type" dropdown menu to select "Participant's Name".
TIP: You can search by entering partial names, however, your search results will be much larger. If you enter the entire name and do not get results, you can clear the search fields and try a partial name search.
TIP: If you have the defendant's exact date of birth, you can enter it to narrow the search results.
Once the cases that contain the information you entered are listed, select the correct case and click the link to the left of the name, the click "Docket Sheet" to view:
With more than 9,000 jails and prisons across the country, trying to locate an inmate can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. On this page, you will find the Blair County inmate search, inmate lists, inmate roster, arrest reports and/or booking information for the Blair County Juvenile Detention in the city of Altoona, Blair County in the state of Pennsylvania.
With a minimal amount of information about the inmate and some patience, on jailexchange.com you can:
If you are certain your inmate is in Blair County Juvenile Detention, or at the very least in Blair County, go to this page to search for them.
If the Blair County Juvenile Detention inmate search website is not currently online or up to date, call 814-943-6217 for assistance in locating your inmate.
The Blair County Juvenile Detention is "open" 24-hours-a-day. When you call, give the staff member the name of who you are looking for and a birthdate or age if you have it. That person will let you know if your inmate is there.
At minimum you will need a first and last name. If you can provide the middle name or initial that is even better. In a perfect world you will also have the inmate's birthdate, but if not, an estimated age will help.
State Inmate
Most states have Department of Corrections websites that allow you to type in a felon's first and last name and pull up inmates in that state. Go to this page for inmates in Pennsylvania. If you need to find an inmate in another state prison system, go here.
When you click next to the inmate's name or on a link, it will show you which jail or prison the inmate is housed in. If the inmate is no longer incarcerated, but is on parole/probation or discharged, it will tell you that as well. In addition, many state prison inmate pages show recent mug shots.
Federal Inmate
The federal prison system has its own inmate locator called the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator.
Type in the inmate's name and it will tell you where he or she is incarcerated and their projected release date. It also lists released federal prison inmates and the date they were released.
Federal inmates who are moved from one prison to another will show as "No longer in federal custody" on the system until they reach their next federal prison destination. This movement can take a few days to several months to complete, so keep checking back to find out where the inmate was taken.
ICE Inmates
The ICE Detainee Lookup allows friends, family members and interested parties to locate illegal and/or undocumented immigrants that are in the United States without permission.
They are held in detention centers approved by Immigration Custody and Enforcement until their hearing or date they are deported back to their home country.
To look up the detainee, users need the full legal name the person used upon their arrest and the country the person claimed they originated from. It helps to also have the "A-number", which is the number that ICE assigned to them upon their detention, which you can use instead of attempting to type the detainee's name.
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The House resumed from February 27 consideration of the motion that Bill C-50, an act to amend certain acts as a result of the accession of the People's Republic of China to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
House of Commons Hansard #162 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was excise.


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Consensus Report
Precise Geodetic Infrastructure: National Requirements for a Shared Resource (2010)Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring Earth's shape, orientation in space, and gravity field, and changes in these parameters over time. Geodetic techniques and instrumentation have enabled scientists to determine the changing position of any point on Earth with centimeter accuracy or better. They also provide the underpinnings for surveying and navigation, determining flood maps, measuring sea level rise, assessing groundwater resources, and monitoring earthquakes and other natural hazards. Geodetic measurements are made using a variety of satellites, ground-based sensors and receivers, laser ranging devices, radio beacons, radio telescopes, and data-integration methods—a set of tools collectively known as the precise geodetic infrastructure.
U.S. federal agencies, in collaboration with international partners, led the development of much of the geodetic infrastructure that exists today. At their request, the National Research Council has assessed geodesy's benefits and future infrastructure needs. The report finds that some of the critical ground station networks of the space-based geodetic observing systems have become increasingly fragile and recommends that the United States invest in upgrading and maintaining them. As multiple agencies and organizations contribute to the global geodetic infrastructure, the report also recommends that a federal geodetic service be organized to coordinate and facilitate the modernization and long-term operation of the U.S. components.
Key Messages
- Despite the reliance of many stakeholders on high-precision geodetic infrastructure, there is no formal governance structure or lead agency explicitly responsible for this infrastructure. Its many components have been developed separately, often to serve specific needs.
- Geodetic observing systems provide a significant benefit to society in an wide array of military, research, civil, and commercial areas, including sea level change monitoring, autonomous navigation, tighter low flying routes for strategic aircraft, precision agriculture, civil surveying, earthquake monitoring, forest structural mapping and biomass estimation, and improved floodplain mapping
- Many new applications would benefit from a real-time GNSS/GPS data stream. These applications include: autonomous navigation for land, sea, and air vehicles and robotic equipment; precision tracking of aircraft for laser and radar imaging; monitoring of space weather with potential to affect power grids, navigation, and communications; forecasting for extreme weather events; measurement of ground displacement in landslides; early warning systems for earthquakes and tsunamis; and monitoring of such critical structures as bridges, dams, railways, and pipelines.
- One of the "weakest links" in the maintenance of a precision geodetic infrastructure is a lack of a trained workforce to develop and maintain the infrastructure in the coming decades. As a science, geodesy has long been a niche discipline, populated by a small group of experts. Agencies are finding it difficult to replace these highly skilled geodesists as they retire, and instead are forced to hire young professionals from other disciplines whom they must train on the job.
- Scientists use geodetic techniques to monitor the precise locations of a set of reference points around the world and their change over time. Together, these points form a reference frame that can be used to determine the position of other points on the Earth. These results are critical to maintaining the accuracy of GPS and other navigation systems.
- Since the advent of the space age, we have seen remarkable improvements in positioning, navigation, and timing of approximately one order of magnitude each decade with no indication that this rate of progress is abating. This is the object of precise global geodesy. But the underlying infrastructure is at risk and its fragility a matter of serious concern.
- The nation's precise geodetic infrastructure has not been considered holistically before now. Nevertheless, the geodetic infrastructure is a shared asset that is required for the nation to maintain its global leadership in economic and scientific spheres and to sustain national security into the future. Cooperation between and within national agencies and international services is essential to ensure the long-term viability of the geodetic infrastructure.
- The past decades have seen tremendous growth in the utilization of observations and methods that are dependent on the geodetic infrastructure for scientific and practical applications, and today many billions of dollars are invested in U.S. satellites and ground-based networks that rely on the high-precision geodetic infrastructure. The geodetic infrastructure, however, is currently operating far below its optimal state, both in terms of number of sites and in modernization of instrumentation.
- There seems to be no end to the list of scientific problems, technical endeavors, and societal activities that depend directly or indirectly on the global precise geodetic infrastructure.
- Using geodetic techniques, scientists can measure subtle changes in the surface of the Earth that are associated with earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. For example, geodetic instruments can detect a slight uplift in the ground occurring around a volcano before it erupts. Although they are now in early stages of development, high-precision real-time geodetic observation systems placed in areas of risk could help provide early warning for these hazards.
- With high-accuracy positioning information from the geodetic infrastructure, farmers can plant crops in innovative patterns—such as interlacing two compatible crops on the same field—for higher efficiency and environmental benefit. Geodesy has also improved soil moisture monitoring and the accuracy of weather predictions.


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Hammerhead Shark Head Shape Mystery Solved
It's a face only a mother could love. Hammerhead sharks aren't winning any beauty pageants with their oddly shaped, mallet heads and beady eyes peering off in opposite directions.
During April's Big Shark Shout Out, we'll explore some unique shark features and facts beginning with Cara Hodgson's article shedding some light on hammerheads unique shaped head.
Why do Hammerheads have Hammer Heads?
By Cara Hodgson
Sharks are one of the increasingly rare organisms seen on coral reefs. They have been eliminated from many reefs due to demand for their fins to make shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy. In 2011, there were some big "wins" for sharks with shark finning and trading banned in several areas. Because shark sightings are now so rare just about everywhere, Reef Checkers are asked to record any sharks during their dives – even of those observed off of the transects.
One type of shark has always held a fascination as a kind of prehistoric-looking oddity that one might think was dreamed up by a Hollywood horror filmmaker – not a result of millions of years of evolution. This is the hammerhead shark. A related shark is the bonnethead – with a head shaped more like a shovel.
Looking at the wide separation between the hammerhead's eyes, and the flat surface of the head, one wonders about the evolutionary advantage of this design?
Several hypotheses explaining the evolution of the hammerhead shark's head – called a "cephalofoil" – have been proposed.
- One is Stephen M. Kajiura's enhanced electrosensory hypothesis. All sharks have special gel-filled pits on their lower jaw and around their "face" that are used to detect electromagnetic radiation, such as the nerve impulses in the muscle of a fish hiding in the sand. A preferred prey item for hammerheads is the stingray – often resting buried under sand. Hammerheads have more electrosensory pores (called Ampullae of Lorenzini) than other sharks because they are spread over the wider cephalofoil of the hammerhead. Kajiura hypothesizes that the wider, flatter head allows hammerheads to have electroreceptor pores more spaced out so that the sharks can search and forage a larger area – sort of like a wide beam flash light.
- A second hypothesis is that since the hammerhead's eyes are positioned at the ends of the cephalofoil, some researchers think that this helps them to see better than other sharks. This could be because of a wider overlap in binocular vision.
- The third hypothesis proposed is the ability of the cephalofoil to improve the shark's movement in the water by providing hydrodynamic lift. Most sharks need to swim continuously to pass water over their gills. The additional lift provided by the cephalofoil may reduce the effort needed for hammerheads to swim. Also, hammerheads have more muscles around their head and vertebral column which results in greater flexibility and greater ability to move their heads. Other sharks do not have musculature to allow them to depress their heads.
... Continue reading full article at Reef Check News
Cara Hodgson's article "Why do Hammerheads have Hammer Heads?" was recently published in EDA's quarterly magazine "Divers for the Environment".
Photo courtesy of Barry Peter "Hammer from Cocos Island, Costa Rica"


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