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What exactly is matching or pairing RAM? I have seen it in other threads and I don't have a clue of what it means.
- 03-16-2005, 08:55 PM #2KokopelliGuest
It means that memory should be installed in pairs and that they should be the same size, speed, latency, etc... The most common reason for thus requirement is Dual Channel memory architectures or an old system that uses SIMMS. Other than Dual Channel DIMM Banks though I can't think of why a modern system would require it.
Depending on the system if you put in two non-matching peices of RAM into a single bank it would either not boot, not recognize that bank, or run in Single Channel mode. The first two pretty much mean the system will not run, the last means you are cutting memory performance almost in half.
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Does that apply to an iMac G5? So, if it does, would it be bad if I install one 1 gig of RAM in addition to the 256 mb that came with the iMac?
03-16-2005, 09:20 PM #4KokopelliGuest
It looks like it should be fine with mismatched modules.
Originally Posted by Apple Support
If that hint is accurate it sounds like the iMac is a dual channel memory architecture. In this case it seems to be one of the ones that reverts to single channel if the RAM is mismatched. Keep in mind this does not mean that it will not work, merely that it will be faster if the RAM match.
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I have just bought a G5 and had it kitted out with 2gb of Ballistix Ram from Crucial. There is a massive difference in all operating tasks (especially Photoshop CS).
I know the RAM modules are a little more expensive, but by golly - it's worth every penny. And when I get some more foreigners done, I am getting 2gb more!!!! It's that good!The world is full of constraints. Constraints like Windows and Gates. Bannish the constraints of this world - and roam free.. as free as a Mac.
03-17-2005, 11:42 PM #6whorientalGuest
ok so what about powerbooks?? does the ram need to match??
03-17-2005, 11:55 PM #7warrenbertGuest
Installing matched pairs of RAM only applies to Powermac G5s or PCs with dual channel memory.
All other Macs including portables just need to have RAM modules that meet or exceed the minimum specifications, but multiple modules do not otherwise have to be exactly alike.
End of story.
03-17-2005, 11:59 PM #8KokopelliGuest
Also you have a 12" Powerbook, which only has a single slot. So the question is moot anyway. Warrenbert is correct though.
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The 10 gets you higher, but faster down. The 14 the other way around. At the end same time.
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The father of a beaten restaurant delivery man said his son is fighting for his life.
Jordan Cheng, 51, was delivering food from the Mandarin House Chinese restaurant last week to a vacant house in Independence when he was beaten with a baseball bat.
His father said Jordan has had brain surgery and remains in critical condition at a hospital.
"I don't know whey they hit him like that," Danny Cheng said.
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The campaign for the presidency of the Irish Republic is now underway and already Martin McGuinness has come under pressure as journalists and commentators scrutinise his record, in a way that has not really happened in Northern Ireland. That is to be welcomed.
Already he has described the Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen, which took place on 8 November 1987, as 'atrocious'.
But where does that leave other Sinn Fein members? What is the view of Michelle Gildernew, the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone and therefore the MP for the constituency in which the atrocity took place? Perhaps our journalists will now ask her about her view of that appalling terrorist atrocity.
Martin McGuinness will say many things during his campaign but they should not be allowed to stand in isolation. His candidacy is on behalf of a party which supported the IRA's terrorist campaign and the wider party leadership has questions to answer as well.


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Wednesday, January 25,2012 was a very frustrating day. Beginning at 8:30 am and again at 1:30 pm, I sat in on Indiana Senate committee hearings. Among the bills being discussed were SB 72 in the Health and Provider Services Committee and SB 89 in the Education and Career Development Committee. The most controversial statement in SB 72 as debated in the committee hearing is: "Specifies that only a physician who meets certain conditions may administer to a pregnant woman an abortion inducing drug, and sets forth the procedure the physician must follow. " After hearing expert testimony from doctors and medical school staff among others who opposed the bill, the committee passed it with a 5/4 vote seemingly ignoring the testimony against it. Health Access and Privacy Alliance (HAPA), a coalition of civic, educational, religious, professional, and health organizations from all over the state working together to improve access to healthcare and protect reproductive choice in Indiana, has released this statement:
We strongly oppose SB 72 because it puts patients at risk; intrudes on the physician-patient relationship; takes the medical decision-making out of the hands of physicians and puts it in the hands of legislators; restricts the ability of physicians to use evidence-based medicine, preventing them from choosing the most effective and preferred medical protocols while treating their patients.
Physicians use evidence-based medicine to improve patient outcomes and make medical advances, which should be supported, not inhibited by our General Assembly. SB 72 was introduced based on personal beliefs, and the personal beliefs of elected officials should not interfere with the ability of physicians to provide patients with the best medical practices.
Physicians, not politicians, should decide what is best for patients.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Indiana has released the following statement:
The Senate Health and Provider Services Committee passed Senate Bill 72 out of committee yesterday. Planned Parenthood of Indiana is opposed to SB 72 because it puts women at risk, it intrudes on the doctor-patient relationship, it takes medical decision-making out of the hands of doctors and puts it in the hands of legislators, it restricts doctors' ability to use evidence-based medicine, and, finally, it prevents doctors from using the medical protocols proven most effective and preferred.
SB 72 exists because of personal beliefs. Personal beliefs should not be the basis for lawmaking. They certainly should not dictate to doctors how best to practice medicine, particularly under the threat of criminal offense. Doctors should be in charge of their protocols and their practices, not politicians. Simply put, SB 72 is politics at its worst.
Senator Vi Simpson was again a champion, observing that the committee was "legislating by anecdote instead of science" and "setting a terrible precedent". She went on to say that "the legislature doesn't trust women and now they don't trust doctors". Senator Vaneta Becker said that the legislation "increases risk for women, criminalizes physicians" and was extremely disappointed that the Committee would hear it. We applaud their opposition to this bill and also commend Senators Jean Breaux and Senator Earline Rogers for voting against SB 72.
I personally would like to commend Senator Becker who crossed party lines to do so. Senator Jean Leising asked some very probing questions during the discussion and I had hopes that she might vote against it. However, in the end she followed party line and voted in favor of the bill.
Betty Cockrum, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana, will be addressing the issue of legislative interference in reproductive health care in her speech, "Your Legislator. In Your Doctor's Office. In Your Bedroom" at Indiana Civic Day on Saturday, February 11. Indiana Civic Day is being sponsored jointly by CFI-Indiana and the Indiana Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
The afternoon didn't get any better. At 1:30, I attended, testified, and answered questions at the Education and Career Development committee's hearing of SB 89 which would give local school corporations the authority to require the teaching of creation "science" along side scientific theories of human orgins. The letter that CFI sent to the committee members prior to the hearing and links to my testimony are also contained in Michael DeDora's blog, "Indiana Senate Panel Approves Creationist Bill Despite Center for Inquiry's Letter, Testimony," which was posted on January 26.
Testimony against the bill stressed the unconstitutionality of teaching creation science, established by the Supreme Court in 1987. Among those testifying against the bill were John Staver, professor of chemistry and science education at Purdue University; Chuck Little, executive director of the Indiana Urban Schools Association; David Sklar, the Director of Government Relations for the Jewish Community Relations Council; the Reverend Charles All en, a chaplain for Grace Unlimited, a campus ministry in the Indianapolis area; and myself. I pointed out that testimony from an esteemed professor from one of Indiana's prestigious universities was a great explanation for them as to why creation "science" is not science.
I did not detect much understanding of science from any of the committee members who talked or asked a question. This is very scary being that they are the Education committee for the Indiana Senate. The vote was 8-2, with the bill's sponsor and committee chair Dennis Kruse (R-District 14), Carlin Yoder (R-District 12), Jim Banks (R-District 17), Jim Buck (R-District 17), Luke Kenley (R-District 20), Jean Leising (R-District 42), Scott Schneider (R-District 30), and Frank Mrvan Jr. (D-District 1) voting for and Earline S. Rogers (D-District 3) and Tim Skinner (D-District 38) voting against the bill. A big shout out to Earline Rogers who voted against both SB 72 and SB 89 !!! Tim Skinner, a teacher himself, seemed most concerned about the position it put the individual teacher in because it would put them in the position of violating the Constitution. Luke Kenley wants the bill amended and the language changed but still voted to send it to the full Senate for discussion. Senator Jean Leising remained silent (as I recall) during the discussion
as did many of the committee members but voted in favor of the bill.
Lawmakers should respect the medical and scientific professions and trust them with making medical and science education decisions instead of legislating on matters they do not understand. At Indiana Civic Day on Saturday, February 11, you will learn how the Indiana legislative process works and hear the leaders of several organizations speak. Go to this link to register for this important conference.


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Time to get your scoop on! Chilled salads like these make great side dishes and sandwich fillings, and they're super-refreshing. Keep these recipes handy now that temperatures are on the rise. Chill out and eat up!
1/4th of recipe (about 1 cup): 155 calories, 2.5g total fat (1g sat fat), 647mg sodium, 13.5g carbs, 2.5g fiber, 6g sugars, 16g protein -- PointsPlus® value 3* -- SmartPoints® value 3* Pair the decadence of bacon with the virtuousness of egg whites, and BOOM! This recipe rocks hard...
Ingredients: 12 hard-boiled egg whites, chilled and chopped 1 cup finely chopped red onion 1/2 cup bagged sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil), finely chopped 1/3 cup precooked real crumbled bacon (like the kind by Oscar Mayer) 1/4 cup Hellmann's/Best Foods Dijonnaise Directions: In a medium-large bowl, mix all ingredients except Dijonnaise. Add Dijonnaise and toss to coat. Chill before serving or dig right in! MAKES 4 SERVINGS
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Note: This op-ed disturbed GM a lot. Ed wrote it for the New York Times when he and I were at TTAC. While we were still talking, GM's Selim Bingol complained to me that the story is unfair, and that a car can't possibly be a lemon before it's launched. I replied that I'm not the New York Times, and to complain there. Soon, there was no more talk.
GENERAL MOTORS introduced America to the Chevrolet Volt at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show as a low-slung concept car that would someday be the future of motorized transportation. It would go 40 miles on battery power alone, promised G.M., after which it would create its own electricity with a gas engine. Three and a half years — and one government-assisted bankruptcy later — G.M. is bringing a Volt to market that makes good on those two promises. The problem is, well, everything else.
For starters, G.M.'s vision turned into a car that costs $41,000 before relevant tax breaks … but after billions of dollars of government loans and grants for the Volt's development and production. And instead of the sleek coupe of 2007, it looks suspiciously similar to a Toyota Prius. It also requires premium gasoline, seats only four people (the battery runs down the center of the car, preventing a rear bench) and has less head and leg room than the $17,000 Chevrolet Cruze, which is more or less the non-electric version of the Volt.
In short, the Volt appears to be exactly the kind of green-at-all-costs car that some opponents of the bailout feared the government might order G.M. to build. Unfortunately for this theory, G.M. was already committed to the Volt when it entered bankruptcy. And though President Obama's task force reported in 2009 that the Volt "will likely be too expensive to be commercially successful in the short term," it didn't cancel the project.
Nor did the government or G.M. decide to sell the Volt at a loss, which, paradoxically, might have been the best hope for making it profitable. Consider the Prius. Back in 1997, Toyota began selling the high-tech, first-of-its-kind car in Japan for about $17,000, even though each model cost $32,000 to build.
By taking a loss on the first several years of Prius production, Toyota was able to hold its price steady, and then sell the gas-sippers in huge numbers when oil prices soared. Today a Prius costs roughly the same in inflation-adjusted dollars as those 1997 models did, and it has become the best-selling Toyota in the United States after the evergreen Camry and Corolla.
Instead of following Toyota's model, G.M. decided to make the Volt more affordable by offering a $350-a-month lease over 36 months. But that offer allows only 12,000 miles per year, or about 33 miles per day. Assuming you charged your Volt every evening, giving you 40 miles of battery power, and wanted to keep below the mileage limit, you would rarely use its expensive range-extending gas engine. No wonder the Volt's main competition, the Nissan Leaf, forgoes the additional combustion engine — and ends up costing $8,000 less as a result.
In the industry, some suspect that G.M. and the Obama administration decided against selling the Volt at a loss because they want the company to appear profitable before its long-awaited initial stock offering, which is likely to take place next month. For taxpayers, that approach might have made sense if the government planned on selling its entire 61 percent stake in G.M. But the administration has said it will sell only enough equity in the public offering to relinquish its controlling stake in G.M. Thus the government will remain exposed to the company's (and the Volt's) long-term fate.
So the future of General Motors (and the $50 billion taxpayer investment in it) now depends on a vehicle that costs $41,000 but offers the performance and interior space of a $15,000 economy car. The company is moving forward on a second generation of Volts aimed at eliminating the initial model's considerable shortcomings. (In truth, the first-generation Volt was as good as written off inside G.M., which decided to cut its 2011 production volume to a mere 10,000 units rather than the initial plan for 60,000.) Yet G.M. seemingly has no plan for turning its low-volume "eco-flagship" into a mass-market icon like the Prius.
Quantifying just how much taxpayer money will have been wasted on the hastily developed Volt is no easy feat. Start with the $50 billion bailout (without which none of this would have been necessary), add $240 million in Energy Department grants doled out to G.M. last summer, $150 million in federal money to the Volt's Korean battery supplier, up to $1.5 billion in tax breaks for purchasers and other consumer incentives, and some significant portion of the $14 billion loan G.M. got in 2008 for "retooling" its plants, and you've got some idea of how much taxpayer cash is built into every Volt.
In the end, making the bailout work — whatever the cost — is the only good reason for buying a Volt. The car is not just an environmental hair shirt (a charge leveled at the Prius early in its existence), it is an act of political self-denial as well.
If G.M. were honest, it would market the car as a personal donation for, and vote of confidence in, the auto bailout. Unfortunately, that's not the kind of cross-branding that will make the Volt a runaway success.
Edward Niedermeyer is the editor of the Web site The Truth About Cars.
This story from the SWWE (Stories We Wrote Elsewhere) archives appeared first on July 29, 2010 in the New York Times.


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.Elk river is problematic they alow one person to promise you one thing then the owner comes along and changes it . IF YOUR EMPLOYEE STATES SOMETHING TO A CUSTOMER YOUR BEEFS WITH THEM >BUT YOU SHOULD HONOR WHAT YOUR PAID REPRESENTATIVES SAY (Stephanie) . I explained my problem ,and told Stephanie what I had done to try to repaitr the broken welds myself with my spotwelder since my kit was built when the broken welds on the rail were detected. .She said send it in for an immediate replacement . I did ,i was out of town on buisness and the owner said i was somehow my building or something I did ,grinding the rails .I am sorry but your receivers are too tight and require rails to be trimmed slightly . And that would not heat up spot weld to break .you must think I am a chump . So you said you can repair it .I said screw it (stephanie said replacement ) you said repair . I didnt want a repaired receiver so I ordered another one ,you did knock 25 dollars off . You then stated you would still repair and send back the bad receiver . Then your spotwelder broke . To this day I never received my receiver .It still has my rear trunion attached . For one thing Stephanie promised replacement even though I told her I tried to spotweld it since my money was wound up in the build already and know I had to start from scratch .I have had problems with you not solved to this day . And i let every single person I deal with know that . I am a well known member of many AK sites and an avid builder . Your spot welder fixed yet? Wheres my receiver .For an over 6 month wait you should honor what your company representative said .I was nice to you to buy a second receiver when you didnt honor her word to begin with .now its principles . You should send a new receiver like Stephanie originaly promised period ....I was too good to you and allowed you to slide . Now 6 months late no returned receiver . Or any e mails or anything to say whats going on .I need my rear trunion .bought another at my cost again to finish my build .So your bad spotweld cost me a new receiver minus your 25 dollars and a rear trunion and milling down the trunion to fit a 1.6 receiver . Yeah your a great guy .


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Friday, April 23, 2010
school house tunic
I strapped on my ice pack and took a handful of advil* and made a School House Tunic. I'm sick of not being able to sew or bend over my work table, so now I'm just into pain management. I really need to raise the work surface in my craft room to waist height in order to avoid straining my deteriorating spine. I feel like my age-o-meter ticked over to 40 and WHAMMO the whole thing's stuck in kernel panic. But I digress.
I really like this pattern. Very easy to sew. I clenched a little at the set-in sleeve, but after getting all worked up about it I didn't even have to ease it in. It fit perfectly.
I'm not sure about my choice of lightweight gingham. I'm also not sure I wouldn't have been happier with the tunic length rather than the shirt length. I'd like to try it again in nicer fabric, perhaps as a dress.
I cut out the size 10. It was too loose in the body and a tad too tight in the shoulders, as per the usual with patterns for me. It is still wearable because of the very forgiving nature of the open front. I ended up taking some tucks in the back waist to soak up some width.
I entered it in Made By Rae's Spring Top Week 2010. I know it won't win anything, there are some really fabulous tops in the group. But my goal is accomplished. Thanks for the heads up, Juliette. If you would like to enter one, you have until April 30th to submit.
*not really. this is humorous hyperbole.
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Love the fabric, love the length, love the fit. I want to make one now.ReplyDelete
I really like the length. I guess for you the waist might be a bit to big since you are thin. For me it would cover my problem area nicely. I hope you feel better soon. Back ache sucks.ReplyDelete
I think it turned out really nice. I even like the black gingham. Take it easy...I hear you on the age stuff. I hit 35 later this year, and I can tell things just don't work quite like they used to.ReplyDelete
I think it looks great! Very flattering. It's breezy and comfy looking in a sophisticated way. I think I might need to buy this pattern :).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2010 at 10:59 AM
LOVE IT! I could nicely cover my fat too. Don't over do it. I don't want to come over there and find you flat on the floor with the girls decorating you with paper flowers!ReplyDelete
Perfect inspiration for me today! I got a load of fabric in a couple of weeks ago and my plan for the day is to make me a top for the festival this weekend!ReplyDelete
That pattern is on my list to make - I loved seeing how yours turned out. I'm having a hard time choosing fabric so it's fun to see it made up. I'm not sure where you live in Atlanta (I live a little on the south side of tiwn) but did you know that there's an atlanta chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild now? You should come!! :-)ReplyDelete
Hey, everybody! Wow, thanks a lot! You guys are too kind as usual. I'm glad it has inspired some to grab the pattern and get to it.ReplyDelete
Thanks also for the get well wishes and commiseration! I went to PT for the first visit today and she was very optimistic! God is good.
Bethie, I'm not sure the girls would be covering me with flowers. More like raiding the cookie jar.
Darcy, I'm on the south side too! Where does the quilt group meet?
OK, maybe we should talk! It's meeting next weekend at Whipstitch Fabrics on Marietta ST (they have a blog and a website and an etsy store) it's easy to find, near FLIP if you've ever been there for a burger. Meeting is Sunday from 1:30 TO 3:30. They also have had meetings at Intown Quilters - its the first Sunday of the month, if you can make it one month that would be fun!ReplyDelete
I really like the pattern, and I've always wondered how it would look made up (seen it elsewhere on the Net). The gingham is cool - I would love to have something in gingham too. Get well soon.ReplyDelete
I bought that pattern recently, but haven't made it up yet. Yours turned out great!ReplyDelete
I love this...love the length and the fit! I will def. have to try this pattern. You always make me buy things I don't need ;)ReplyDelete
That is sooo gorgeous! It looks amazing on you. I'd totally wear that.ReplyDelete
You know how when you're eyes "pop" and you feel that "awhh" feeling... when you first see something that "works for you".ReplyDelete
This was it, for me. I love it. Maybe it's because it's been on my mind to make something (shirt/blouse-wise) for me, myself and I, for once. ;)
Very nice!
The Tunic turned out very nice and looks good on you as well. Makes me want to break out my sewing maching!ReplyDelete
Your top turned out terrific. Sorry about your recurrent pain problems. My dad ended up raising his desk at home so that he could stand and work. The spine! Can't live with it, can't live without it! I hate to be an enabler when you shouldn't be sewing, but I love your blog and all your sewing projects!ReplyDelete
I really love this top and want to try it more and more each time I see someone make it!! It looks great on you!ReplyDelete
I like the tunic, the shape looks great and the fabric looks nice to me!ReplyDelete
Get well soon and listen to your back - when it needs a break I mean...
what a beautiful end result - I wanted to share with you my hack for raising my work table. I am six foot tall and nothing is the right height for my back... and although I can't do much to my kitchen counters, I find that those little bed risers work wonderfully on work tables. You can find them at places like Bed Bath and Beyond. I spray painted mine to match my home office. Hoping that might be a useful tidbit for you.ReplyDelete
gah! lovely lovely lovely!ReplyDelete
i've been on the edge whether as to buy this pattern, you've just pushed me over.
hope your back is back to fab soon!
I love it!ReplyDelete
You are an amazing seamstress. I will admit that of all the tops made of this pattern you wear it the best, bad back or not.
I love it! Such a great tunic!ReplyDelete
I have a weekly Thursday blog party especially for people to share things they've made to be worn. Stop by if you'd like!
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I really love this top and blogged about it a couple of days ago over here: http://sycamorecorner.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-tops-i-love.html with a link back to this blog - hope that was ok! I've been following you for a while now so thanks for all the inspiration! Feel better soon - CarolynReplyDelete
Great tunic!Maybe I will buy this pattern too!Thank you for sharing it!ReplyDelete
Love the top! As for the table height issue I had the same problem. I bought bed raisers from Walmart ($7) that fit under the 4 legs of my work table and raise it up about 6 inches. Much better for cutting fabric and such and I can remove if I need to sit.ReplyDelete
sew@homemom, I did the same thing with the risers too. Only they can't come off that easy, my table is long and is always loaded down with 50 lbs worth of stuff. So I just got a barstool instead for when I want a perch. Works pretty well.ReplyDelete
I finally made this top but in dress length. I like it and it fits well but it is a tad snug in the bust area. I do like the fabric you choose and cute in the shirt length. Nice job!ReplyDelete
Your tunic is my favorite style so far of all the tunics I've seen. It looks so comfy. You did a beautiful job, thank you for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hey, Deanie! Wow, thank you!Delete
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > June 2005 > Criminal justice programs growing throughout WBU system
Criminal justice programs growing throughout WBU system
Dr. Dick DeLung loves his job. After nine years, the associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview has seen the fruits of an intense makeover to the criminal justice program at WBU.
"The criminal justice program here has grown a great deal over the past few years," DeLung said. "Each semester it's grown a little more, and we had 75 students last semester in the program, with 10 graduates in April."
More than the numbers, DeLung said he is most proud of the employability of his students, and he believes the wide array of careers available helps attract students to the criminal justice field.
"Most degrees open doors for you," DeLung said. "The nice thing about a criminal justice degree is that it opens up a corridor that's full of doors, with jobs available with police, courts and corrections."
DeLung said most people think criminal justice leads to a career as a police officer, but the reality is that few really take that road. And that's OK with DeLung, who notes, "It takes a special animal to be a cop." Students often lean toward careers with crisis centers, mental health/mental retardation, parole or probation departments, child protective services and other social welfare departments or correctional facilities. Still others pursue graduate work in sociology or psychology with aims at private practice or licensing for higher administrative positions.
The only thing that matters to DeLung is that they're studying the field, working in it and are passionate about what they do. The scenario is a far cry from his early days on the job, when the program was barely breathing.
"When I first came, we had about five students and weren't offering a major in criminal justice (but had at one point in time)," he said. "We looked over the program and eliminated some classes, wrote curriculum for several new classes, revised the numbering system and made the courses work better for students. We added a semester internship as a core requirement, and the students have to put in 15-20 hours each week of hands-on work, keep a journal and have their supervisor sign off on it daily."
Internships are geared toward the area of interest for the students, and some work with the local police or sheriff's department, parole and probation or the corrections facilities. DeLung maintains a strong partnership with local law enforcement and other entities to get students that experience, and the efforts have paid off.
"One recent graduate interned with the Hale County Crisis Center and so enjoyed working with the children and families that he applied to work at CPS in Big Spring and got the job," DeLung explained. "He had originally thought he'd attend the police academy but fell in love with this."
A former police officer and academy trainer himself, DeLung said he's proud of his students and the program, which continues to grow by 3-5 students each year. But he's not the only one. Several of Wayland's other campuses boast large numbers of students in the criminal justice major, most of whom are working toward the Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education.
In Phoenix, Ariz., David Wilson serves as assistant to the campus and is academic advisor to the many students there who are pursuing degrees in public service, including criminal justice and human services. After retiring from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department with 27 years under his belt, Wilson came to Wayland in 2000 to work specifically with criminal justice students, which comprise about one-third of the campus enrollment. He was hired full-time in 2003.
Wilson also serves as an instructor in many of the criminal justice classes, and while his job involves some recruitment, he said not much is really necessary thanks to positive word of mouth.
"I think a lot of (the growth) is from police officers who are in classes who talk to others," Wilson said. "I think Wayland is recommended because of the credits we accept, such as hours for completing the Police Academy and for job experience, compared to our competitors."
Wilson has also helped to nurture the strong partnership between the county sheriff's department and WBU-Phoenix. Starting in 2000 when he came on board, Wilson helped pilot a program where core courses for the criminal justice major could be offered on-site at the sheriff's department. The initial cohort of around 20 students started that year, with others cycling in and out as they started or completed coursework.
"Convenience is a very big factor for these folks," Wilson said. "Law enforcement can be a transient population at times, and that can make going to school difficult. Also, officers like to be in classes with those having common interests, so they enjoy the classes more.
"It's been very positive for the agency and for Wayland. We're the only one I know of that's actually taken the program to the students," Wilson added.
In Albuquerque, N.M., law enforcement is one of the more populated majors, and the trend is expected to continue. With around 50 officers from the Albuquerque Police Department currently enrolled in the BSOE program, the Wayland campus there has developed an edge over the many competitors in the area, namely because of affordability and their naturally conservative bent, which relates well to police officers.
"The attraction to Wayland is that it's once a week, very affordable and the ease of parking," said John Corvino, a recently retired APD patrolman who is now working 10 hours each week as a recruiter at the Albuquerque campus, primarily in the area of law enforcement. "When you sign up, you see that person every day and it's easy to talk to them and get things done. There's hardly any red tape."
The campus maintains a good relationship with local law enforcement entities, inviting the Bernalillo County Sheriff to speak at a past commencement ceremony and allowing one of the police precincts to hold daily briefings in the WBU classrooms while their building was being renovated. Like Phoenix, the Albuquerque campus has also offered courses at other locations to make it more convenient for officers to attend classes and hopes to build on those possibilities.
Building on his own experience as a Wayland student (he'll graduate in August), Corvino said he's already been able to recruit 15 people to work toward their degrees at WBU, including his patrol partner. He is excited to see even more fruit from his labor.
Though he only works 10 hours each week, Corvino is able to use his connections to law enforcement entities in the area to promote the convenience and affordability of Wayland to prospective students in uniform.
One thing that sets the external campus students apart from the more traditional students in Plainview is work experience. While Plainview students very often are just starting out in their careers, criminal justice students in Albuquerque and Phoenix (as well as other campuses) are often career officers with several years under their belts. For them, the degree opens doors to career advancement and more opportunities.
That reflects a trend that has just come about in the past few years, Wilson said.
"When I started, the degree didn't really make a difference. There didn't seem to be near the emphasis in education in law enforcement as they have now," Wilson said. "One of the things we're seeing now is the requirements for additional education in order to get promotions. That's encouraging a lot of personnel within those departments to pursue an education. Many departments have also started tuition reimbursement programs, which helps their employees as well."
Salary incentives for degrees and the chance to move into management roles have helped to feed the growth of the criminal justice program in several areas, Wilson added. Corvino echoes much of those sentiments, adding that salary incentives and the desire to plan ahead for their future after retirement are major reasons Albuquerque area officers pursue their degree at Wayland.


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I was dining--alone, as I now always did--at the Pink Adobe in Santa Fe. I'd heard that Sam Shepard ate there regularly when he was living in town and, since I liked his stuff well enough, I was hoping some of the inspiration would rub off on me. It had been some time since I'd come up with anything usable—at least anything I'd dare show anyone—and I was getting desperate. Actually, I was desperate in more ways than just that one. Awhile back all of my moorings had been cut and since then I'd been staying out in the desert, moving from one town to the next as boredom or panic dictated. Mostly I'd been staying on the outskirts of slightly-seedy, sand-choked little towns like Winslow, AZ, Española, NM, and Elko, NV. But for the last few days I'd gone a bit upscale.
I'd actually begun to think that being monolingual was my main problem. Aside from the ubiquitous Spanish, all around me I heard Russian, French, German, and even ancient Indian dialects that tribal law stated could not be written down or recorded. It had occurred to me that, for the first time in my life, English was failing me and perhaps these other languages contained the words I wanted. But then I figured that the language required to say whatever it was I thought I needed to say probably didn't even exist and, anyway, I was certainly in no shape to invent it.
I was mulling over these and other similar thoughts, feeling suitably dour as I worked at my enchiladas, when I noticed a boy and girl through the window. Or, rather, I noticed the girl. Chestnut brown hair, black leather coat, dark blue wool skirt, and light grey stockings. As I watched her talk to this boy I became transfixed. She seemed very serious and did not smile, although he occasionally did. I watched them for some time until I had finished my meal and paid for it.
I walked across the Old Santa Fe Trail, looking at the girl as I did. Our eyes met and I held my glance a beat longer than would be usual, then walked up the steps to the San Miguel Mission. I stood out front of the old church and looked down on the couple. To give myself cover, every now and then I pretended to check my watch and look impatiently up and down the street. After a short time the two embraced and, as the girl rested her head on the boys shoulder, she looked directly at me. I held her stare and could see that her eyes, seeming now to me quite willful, were a soft grey, the same color as her stockings. Very nice, I thought. But was the boy a friend, brother, or lover? Not that I really cared. A guy I knew once said that boyfriends are a little like herpes: they tend to go away for awhile. Of course, that guy was dead now and I never had been able to find out just what had happened, although I'd been told a gun had been involved.
The two parted and I watched the girl walk down the street and go into a coffee shop. I thought for a moment. I knew that if I went after her, regardless of what happened or did not happen—because, let's face it, nothing in this world is a sure thing—I'd hate myself for it. Then again, self-hatred was an emotion I'd recently taken to cultivating nearly to the exclusion of all others. I think it was probably right then that a series of events was put into motion that I would indeed come to dearly regret. Yet I hesitated and for a brief instant on that cool, clear fall day, another face flickered warmly in my mind. Quickly I pushed it away and thought again of those soft grey eyes before starting down the road. (CONTINUED)
I know, photos of Santa Fe, NM would've probably made more sense here, but instead it's more shots from Acoma Pueblo, Sky City, NM. Well, except the bottom one, which is Petrified Forest National Park, AZ.


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Miles Cameron on THE RED KNIGHT – available now!
THE RED KNIGHT by Miles Cameron releases in the US today and we're thrilled to see others enjoying this novel as much as we have! Check out some of the great reviews below.
– "Dear reader, I couldn't put this book down. I lost sleep. I walked around carrying it from room to room, bumping into furniture because I was so captivated by its story…This is a stirring, gritty, and at times brutal epic fantasy treat." – Stefan Raets, Tor.com
– "Overall, The Red Knight – top 25 novel of mine – is an excellent debut…I think you will be won by the intricate story and sophisticated world building the author put so much thought into." – Fantasy Book Critic
– "It's not often these days I find myself wanting to find time to continue reading – with this one, I did, to the point where, at the end, I was sad to see this group go. It's a pleasingly complex and greatly satisfying novel…" – SFFWorld
Find out more about THE RED KNIGHT and the author's combat experience in this interview with Miles Cameron or read the first chapter now.
What inspired you to write The Red Knight?
I am a passionate fan of the cult of chivalry and all that entails.. I honestly can't remember whether I read T.H.White's Sword in the Stone or Steinbeck's Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights' first, but I read them close together, and they were followed by a visit to the cloisters in NYC. And I love the wilderness–the real wilderness, where you are five miles from a road. I guess Red Knight puts the two together.
Where did the first seeds of the idea for The Red Knight come from?
The Traitor Son series was born like Athena from the head of Zeus. Okay, that's a bit strong, but I was looking at an icon of Saint Michael and the Dragon (it hangs in the Met) and my mind wandered–about how monsters might have really worked, about why monsters are such a common motif–and about exactly how Saint Michael got his red-brocade covered breastplate to do up. I sew, I tinker, I make armour, and I reenact. That image of Saint Michael asks so many questions–often, when I'm stuck on The Red Knight, I go back and look at it again. Why does he have a buckler? With a long sword?


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A Florida pilot, who was flying his plane home from North Carolina, catches a burglar stealing his trailer during a fly-by over his house. WBBH's Kelly Creswell reports.
Charlotte County Sheriff's Office
Gary Robert Haines
A Florida pilot caught a man stealing a trailer from his own property while he was flying his personal plane home from North Carolina, NBC affiliate WBBH reported.
The pilot, David Zehntner, was returning home to Glades County, Fla., on Sunday in his Cesna 182 and decided to fly over his home in LaBelle, when he noticed an unfamiliar truck in his driveway. Zehntner told WBBH he hovered over his home for nearly 10 minutes, watching a man try to break into his house.
"Right in front of us, with us making a tight circle around our property here, watching from the air -- and he was clearly looking at us several times, looked up," Zehntner told the TV station.
According to WBBH, Zehntner then flew closer, dropping the plane to 300 feet, and saw the man attaching Zehntner's red trailer to his truck and pulling out of his driveway.
The pilot then called the Glades County Sheriff's Office from the air and continued following the thief as he drove the truck and attached trailer down the road, WBBH reported.
"The gentleman had a plane at several points circling him at close altitude and never thought, I guess, that somebody might be watching me," Zehntner told WBBH.
Authorities located the thief on Interstate 75 heading into Charlotte County, according to WBBH, and Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies arrested him after a traffic stop about 40 miles from Zehntner's house.
Haines' truck was impounded and searched, and authorities found a loaded rifle and bullets on the floorboard.
The accused robber, Gary Robert Haines, 59, of Virginia, was arrested for grand theft and taken to the Charlotte County Jail.
Haines was released Monday on $2,500 bond, according to The Associated Press,.
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one of the things i love most about decorating is mixing styles. i love to mix really old pieces with new ones and especially like throwing in some rustic touches on top of it all. whether it's a cabin-in-the-woods feel or a more aztec vibe you're going for, i think rustic pieces can really give your space extra depth.
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one way to accomplish this look would be with this modern twist on the ol' mounted deer head- faux taxidermy. it can give your space a modern-yet-rustic look- not to mention it's a much kinder way to decorate. above are some of my favorites!


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Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report on how drought and water shortages may have sparked some of the recent Middle Eastern uprising. As the article notes:
"…Syrian President Bashar Assad is struggling to contain spreading unrest that threatens his regime by dangling the prospect of political reform but the crisis goes deeper than that.
Damascus has for years been grappling, unsuccessfully, with a crippling water shortage that analysts say threatens the entire region.
It was no coincidence the upheaval in Syria that began two weeks ago amid unprecedented political turmoil across the entire Arab world flared first in the town of Daraa in the country's drought-ridden south.
Daraa is one of Syria's poorest towns, jammed with large numbers of people made destitute by the water crisis and long-neglected.
"Syria faces an unprecedented water crisis, compounded by poor agricultural infrastructure and management," observed Middle East analyst Victor Kotsev.
But these have been chronic problems across the Arab world for decades, largely because of inept governance by the very authoritarian regimes now wrestling with pro-democracy uprisings.
"There is a twist also to the geopolitical ramifications of what is happening," Kotsev warned.
"If it develops much further, the unrest could theoretically destabilize the entire region in a more profound way than any other regional crisis."
In this context, Daraa becomes the template of the turbulence sweeping the region and which shows no sign of abating.
The presidents of Egypt and Tunisia have already been toppled. Three others teeter on the brink: Moammar Gadhafi of Libya, Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen — whose country is actually running out of water — and Assad.
In part, at least, the problem of high food prices is a consequence of the business elites allowed to prosper by Arab rulers to buttress their regimes, and which eventually control food and other commodities to their own enrichment.
"What are essentially dictatorships like Syria rule through corruption," observed David P. Goldman writing in Asia Times Online's Spengler column March 29.
"It is not an incidental fact of life, but the primary means of maintaining loyalty to the regime."
Goldman, a noted U.S. economist and author, said, "The Arab bazaar speculates in foodstuffs as aggressively as hedge funds, and the Syrian government's attempt in February to keep food prices down prompted local merchants to hoard commodities with a long shelf life."
Syria has had water problems for years, not just because of poor agricultural performance, economic planning and rapid population growth.
Israel's seizure of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau in southern Syria, in the 1967 war cut Syria off from a major aquifer that now feeds the Jewish state along with water sources in still-occupied Palestinian West Bank.
That was compounded by Turkey's decision in the early 1980s to build giant dams on the Euphrates River, a key source of water for Syria, its southern neighbor, across impoverished southeastern Anatolia.
The water flow of the Tigris River, too, was cut by the Turkish program for 22 dams, causing a severe reduction in water supplies in Iraq, through which the Euphrates also runs.
The rivers converge in southern Iraq and form the Shatt al-Arab waterway that flows into the Persian Gulf.
The drought began six years ago and has seriously eroded Syria's already reduced water supply, as it has elsewhere in the region. Unregulated well-digging has made things worse in Syria, drying up rivers and springs.
Amid the current political turmoil, Arab governments have been buying food supplies in large quantities in a bid to contain or avert the political whirlwind. This is a stopgap solution at best that doesn't address the fundamental causes of the uprisings threatening a dozen or more regimes.
The Syrian upheaval, the worst there in 30 years, was late in starting but it's continuing despite a harsh response by Damascus in which scores of protesters have reportedly been killed by army gunfire.
With the region's food production suffering, imports are climbing — and becoming more expensive, making it more problematic for embattled regimes to wriggle out of the current convulsions that threaten them.
The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization warned Feb. 3 that global food prices were at an all-time high due to climate change and poor harvests in key grain exporters like Russia and Ukraine.
Escalating food prices may not have been the primary force behind the current turbulence but they may soon become so.
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Welcome to Creativity Guide
Wealth Copyleft Creativity Digital Age Article
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Teaching Art Through Play Can Help Boost Creativity In Kidsfrom: Jennifer Morton - Guest Writer
For children play is naturally enjoyable, and since it represents their active enagagement in things that interest them, play should be child-led or at least child-inspired.
This ensures that their play remains relevant and meaningful to them, as children at play are happily lost in themselves. When they are playing, they are totally engrossed in their own realm of wonder and exploration and adventure.
As early as infancy, children immerse themselves in play activities with the purpose of making sense of the world around them. Play gives children the opportunity to develop their creative faculties, by learning and experiencing the wonder and excitement of the world for themselves, which is vital for their development.
Although peek-a-boo games may seem pointless to adults, tots are awed by the surprise that awaits them as they see the suddenly emerging faces of the people they love.
Stages Of Play!
During their years as toddlers, children experience an irresistable urge to fiddle about with anything they can get their hands on, whether it is a toy or the box which it came from. Toddlers also love breaking into song, wiggling and jiggling to tunes, and imitating finger plays which they are commonly exposed to.
Children of pre school age begin to extend their play activities to involve others, whether they bring the others in at any stage of the game, or they have planned their game and its players way ahead. Their physical and movement skills allow them to widen their play arena from dramatic play, to table games to outdoor pursuits etc.
School age children start appreciating organized play, such as innovated songs and rhymes, games with rules, and relays and other such physical activities. These can also include sports, and similar projects that they can accomplish in a certain time frame.
The Benefits Of Playing!
What is the big fuss about play activities for children anyway! Surely a child could learn about creativity and art through some other less strenuous medium for instance! That would be less likely, because for a child, play is not a tedious thing, but rather play activities benefit him or her in ways that might be a tad difficult for adults to imagine.
- Playing brings pure joy.
For example a toddler who jumps into an empty box and runs around the house "driving a car", shows the sheer happiness that play can bring. When children are asked what they did in school and they answer that they "played", it is a clear sign that these kids remember a feeling of genuine joy that is captured for them in this four letter word.
- Play fosters social and emotional learning.
What does a ten month old baby who shrieks with pleasure at the sight of her stuffed toy, have in common with a ten year old girl who plays basketball with her friends! They are both dealing with their confidence as they choose to embark on their play activities, and at the same time they are displaying their independence in the decisions that they make.
These two children are also internalizing social rules in their respective play situations, the baby has to wait patiently for his or her stuffed toy to be given to them, while the school age child has to contend with the possibility of an impending loss in a ball game.
What play can do to foster creativity therefore, also includes physical and mobility development, cognitive learning and language development, and also creativity, and imaginative thinking and bonding opportunities.
While some parents tend to dismiss play as simply something that is useless and unnecessary, researchers will tell us otherwise, namely that play is a vital part of a child's overall development. So while he or she is still interested in playing, let him or her spread his wings and develop his own world.


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OWLS HEAD, Maine — The three men who died Friday in a plane crash at Knox County Regional Airport were members of a University of Maine fraternity, and their deaths have left the school — and the Greek community — in mourning, said Robert Dana, UMaine's vice president for student affairs.
"The University of Maine is reeling from the immense loss of three beloved members of this community," he said Saturday night.
Lambda Chi Alpha president David Cheney, 22, of Beverly, Mass; education officer Marcelo Rugini, 24, of Muliterno, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and William "BJ" Hannigan, 24, of South Portland, an engineering graduate student and fraternity alumnus, reportedly died in the crash, according to UMaine officials.
UMaine officials cited reports from members of the fraternity in identifying the men. Police investigators, who are awaiting DNA confirmation, are not expected to officially release the names until Wednesday or Thursday of next week, he said.
"Friday night, the University of Maine community lost three outstanding young men," University of Maine President Paul W. Ferguson said Saturday night in a prepared statement. "In their leadership and involvement in the UMaine community, they touched the lives of students, faculty and staff. At this difficult time, our thoughts are with their families and friends, near and far."
The men made a big impression on those around them, so much so that it will be hard to fill the hole left in the wake of their deaths, Dana said.
"They will suffer through this for a long period of time," he said of the fraternity's members. "But, they will support each other and they have great support from their alumni" and the university.
UMaine officials started to put together a support structure within hours of the deadly crash, Dana said.
"Anytime a student dies, the whole community mobilizes," he said.
Any student affected by this event who would like an opportunity to talk with someone can contact the UMaine Counseling Center, 581-1392, UMaine officials indicated. Faculty and staff with similar concerns can contact the Employee Assistance Program, 581-4014.
Fraternity members gathered at the Lambdas' College Avenue house on Saturday night, which was protected by a UMaine police officer who kept media from approaching the building.
"They don't want to talk to anybody right now," Officer Deb Mitchell said. "They want us here all weekend."
Neighboring fraternity houses quickly got word of the crash's connection to UMaine, one member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity said.
"We found out this morning," the SAE member said. "Obviously, they're hurting and we're here to support them."
The word about what happened has spread "from brother to brother," said Lambda fraternity brother Lucas Bernardi, a senior at UMaine, who also said that he was invited to go along on what turned out to be an ill-fated flight.
In a press release issued Saturday evening by the Knox County Sheriff's Department, police identified the driver of the truck that collided with the plane as Stephen Turner, 62, of Camden. Turner was uninjured when the 1994 GMC Sonoma pickup truck he was driving on the runway collided with the Cessna 172 as the plane was about to take off.
"Turner is a licensed pilot that works out of the airport and was crossing the runway at that time," the sheriff's office wrote in the press release. "Turner had just assisted in putting a plane away in a hangar across from the terminal. This was routine practice that occurs daily."
Turner did not return a message left Saturday evening on his answering machine.
Cheney and Rugini are listed on UMaine Parthenon, the university's Greek life database.
"We still don't know what happened," said Bernardi, who described the three men as "the smartest guys I knew. They were the best."
Hannigan recently had received his pilot's license, Bernardi said, and had been offering for a while to take his friends out for fun on a flight over eastern Maine.
"It wasn't the first time they had been flying," he said.
The newly trained pilot, who had to complete at least 40 hours of flying to obtain his license, already had gone out on several flights since earning his wings, he said.
"They just went for a ride," Bernardi said. "I was supposed to go with them, but I didn't."
Bernardi said the men had flown out of Bangor International Airport earlier in the day and then toward Lincoln County, where they flew over a farm that Bernardi and Rugini had worked at together this past summer. Bernardi said he and Rugini, an economics major, went to high school together in Brazil and have been studying sustainable agriculture at UMaine.
A message left Saturday afternoon with BIA officials was not returned.
Bernardi said he does not know who owned the plane or why it would have landed at the Owls Head airport. He said that Rugini sent a text to the Nobleboro farmer they had worked for that he was flying over the farm. He said it wasn't much later when the plane crash occurred in Owls Head.
Bernardi said he had not spoken to any officials about the accident but that other friends of his have. He said he has helped gather some of Rugini's personal belongings that he says investigators hope to use to match DNA from Rugini's remains.
Bernardi said he and his fellow Lambda Chi Alpha members are "shocked" that three of their compatriots are gone.
"It's three of the best guys we had in the fraternity," Bernardi said. "I can't believe it."
BDN reporters Stephen Betts and Nok-Noi Ricker contributed to this report.
Follow BDN reporter Bill Trotter on Twitter at @billtrotter.


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This week's Sepia Saturday theme is Work. Whatever interpretation of work you wish to write about. Here's mine…
I previously posted some photos of Douglas and Elsie glammed-up (I still haven't got over the black lace Madonna-style evening gloves) for various nights out, and I think I have identified what one of the occasions may have been. I found this photo of Douglas (front row, 4th from left) and a group of similarly professional-looking gentlemen
and typed on the back is "BMC Conference 21/23 Feb 1967". Ah! Light bulb moment – BMC stands for British Motor Corporation, and Douglas was managing a car dealership at the time. BMC produced a wide range of cars including Austin, Morris, MG and Austin-Healey, which explains why I have this in my possession
and I can just imagine Elsie powdering her nose with Douglas's freebie promotional products provided by MG. Although, I'd rather I had this
AND she used the entire powder compact and didn't replaced it with a refill. Perhaps another new one came along?
Douglas, on the other hand, was also the recipient of some corporate gifts
I only found one of these in Elsie's sewing box, and I'm sure Douglas was originally presented with two cufflinks, but given the battered and abused state of her sewing box, I'm not surprised that only one could be found and was saved in case the other one turned up. Here's a picture of a Riley Elf – Elsie had one, and so did her sister, Jan.
Due to the blurring in this picture, I suspect Jan was driving. She used to meet up with her "ladies" for lunch in Dairsie several times a week, and a few sherries were consumed before heading for home. Jan never paid extra for the option of a radio in her car, as she enjoyed singing loudly while driving, and would happily sing while "…overtaking the pantechnicons…" It's a wonder that she lived as long as she did 🙂
Now, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to Work we go – check out what the other Sepia Saturday posters came up with on the subject 🙂


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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mr Derek Halpern of Social Triggers, to talk about some of his insights into how websites and blogs can convert better. Derek helps people improve their lead generation and conversion and he helps them by pointing out some really simple (at least most of them are) tips that can help you get much further along in your success with your own websites and blogs. The video is packed with ideas from Derek as he takes apart my own Kitchen Table Companies site. You'll see what he has to say in this video (If you can't see it, click click here):
Derek has an offer to give you even more free tips. Just swing by Social Triggers to the page he made for my Kitchen Table Companies members, and you can sign up to get a bunch more advice.
What do you think? Are you doing any of this?


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4604.0 - Energy Account, Australia, 2010-11 Quality Declaration
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29/05/2013 Note: Two new Hybrid Physical and Monetary Energy Supply and Use tables, Australia, 2009–10 have been released as additional data cubes. They present additional information to that contained in the 11/12/2012 release of Energy Account, Australia 2010–11. This data cube presents estimates of gross physical energy use, together with the associated monetary values. Revised data for Hybrid Physical and Monetary Energy Use, Australia, 2008–09 has also been released.


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Нэр: JXF-Beechwood propellers (glow engines) /Модон сэнс/ - 10x5
Товч агуулга: 10x5
Барааны код: JXF01-00110A
Та сэтгэгдэл бичихийн тулд хэрэглэгчээр
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Product Specifications :
|10 inch
|5 inch
|15g / 0.54oz
|Hub Thickness:
|11 mm
|Hole diameter:
|6 mm
●High efficiency & low noise
JXF propellers are made with special aerodynamic shape and careful selection of raw materials to maintain higher efficiency in working condition with low noise.
●Excellent static and dynamic balance
Each blade of JXF propeller is machined accurately in weight, blade angle, blade area, length and shape to maintain excellent static and dynamic balance and minimize the vibration in working condition.
●Safe and dependable
During the material selection, machining and quality check procedure, every JXF propeller must undertakes the static and dynamic test in tension and anti-deformation including the excess revolution test. Thus, every JXF propeller has a good rigidity and strength to ensure the safety in working condition.
●Accurate pitch and blade section
JXF propellers are made with ditital machines to maintain correct pitch and blade section. After machining, each propeller will be checked and hand worked again by experienced technicians to assure the best aerodynamic shape with greater thrust.
●Strictly selection of raw material with anti-deformation process
JXF propellers are made of imported red beech wood and some special hard plywood with special treatment for better strength, rigidity and minimum deformation.


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