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Mr. KENDRICK ; For a subscription for one copy of Sutherland's Biographical Sketches of the members and officers of the Forty-first. General Assembly of the State of Indiana to be sent to each township library; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. CRAIN: Whereas, the Supreme Court, at the last term, decided that capital invested in the Bank sf the State is taxable in the hands of holders of certificates of stock, Resolved, that the Judiciary Committee inquire into the expediency of amending the assessment laws in that regard, &c.
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Mr. BRANHAM: A joint resolution [31] To provide for the appointment of a Commission to investigate and report on the fiscal affairs of the State. [Three Commissioners pn the part of the House and two on the part of the Senate-to report to the next General Assembly, or to the Governor as soon as they shall complete the work-empowered to examine State offices and papers, to send for persons and papers, and receive the compensation of members of the Legislature during the time necessarily engaged therein.]
The joint resolution was passed-yeas 76, nays 4.
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Mr. JENKINSON: That the Committee on Ways and Means inquire into the expediency of replacing the enclosure of the Governor's Circle with a good, substantial iron fence.
Mr. HOLCOMB: That from and after tomorrow, the time of meeting of the House shall be nine o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon.
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Mr. ORR: That Mr. A. D. Streight have the use of this Hall next Thursday night, February 21st, for the purpose of a public lecture on the present crisis.
Mr. WOODS: A concurrent resolution instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress, to use all honorable means to prevent the renewal of the patent to Cyrus H. McCormick for his reapers. It was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. SHERMAN: A joint resolution (32) instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to endeavor to procure an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Michigan City. It was passed- yeas 81, nays 1.
Mr. WOODHULL: Giving to Samuel E. O. Wilson the privilege of the floor for the purpose of soliciting aid of members in behalf of his distressed fellow citizens in Kansas.
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Northampton has one of England's four round churches, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Sheep Street, which is modeled on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It originally belonged to a monastic house and was founded by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton (d. 1109), who had taken part in a crusade to the Holy Land. The present nave, eight steps higher than the original one, is in Early English style, the apse is modern, the tower Perpendicular. The interior is highly impressive with its massive Norman piers; the choir, built in 1860-64 under Sir Gilbert Scott, is worth a special look.
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In the city center, the shops in the Grosvenor Centre and around the neighboring Market Square offer an excellent choice. The modern Derngate entertainments complex offers both cultural and sporting events, including the Victorian Theatre Royal.
Near the Market Square stands All Saints Church, built after the 1675 fire, with a 14th century tower which survived the fire. On the front there is a statue of Charles II wearing a toga and a full wig (1712). The Church of St Peter, in Marefair, is a typical example of the richly decorated Middle Norman style (about 1160). St Matthew's Church in Kettering Road is worth a visit for the sake of Henry Moore's "Madonna and Child" (1944) and Graham Sutherland's "Crucifixion" (1946).
The Museum and Art Gallery in Guildhall Road reflects Northampton's main industry and contains a collection of footwear from Roman times to the present day. Nearby in Bridge Street there is also a leatherwork museum (including objects from ancient times to contemporary designs).
Attractions in the surrounding area of Northampton include the home of Shakespeare's granddaughter and Castle Ashby.
Abington Mansion - Museum
Abington Park (1mi/2km; on the Wellingborough road out of Northampton) was once the home of Shakespeare's granddaughter, Lady Elizabeth Bernard. The mansion, which dates from the 15th century, was substantially rebuilt in 1740 and is today a museum.
Althorp House
Althorp House (6mi/10km northwest of Abington Park) is the seat of the Earl Spencer. The mansion was built in 1573, but its present appearance is owed largely to alterations carried out by Henry Holland at the end of the 18th C. In summer the house is open to the public and visitors can admire the outstanding collection of paintings, which includes works by Reynolds, van Dyck, Kneller and Gainsborough, as well as the valuable porcelain collection.
Castle Ashby Gardens
Castle Ashby (6mi/10km east of Althorp), seat of the Marquess of Northampton, is an Elizabethan house with a facade of 1635 and an interesting stone balustrade lettered with the Latin text of Psalm 127. The tapestries and paintings by European masters in the house and the park, which was designed by "Capability Brown", are all well worth seeing.The gardens have lakes, follies, a temple, a formal Italian garden with orangery, Victorian terraces and an arboretum. There is also an extensive nature trail.
Canons Ashby House
Canon's Ashby House is a National Trust property located in Daventry. The house features Elizabethan wall paintings and fine Jacobean plasterwork set in a formal garden with an Augustinian Priory Church.
Corby (pop. 52,300) was founded as a steel town in the 1930's. Corby has a large Scottish population and their heritage is a treasured aspect of life in the town. There is an annual Highland Gathering.
Kirby Hall
Kirby Hall is an English Heritage property located near Corby. The stone-built Elizabethan mansion was begun in 1570, but also has 17th century alterations.
Kettering (pop. 75,200) is located 50mi/80km east of Birmingham. The economoy was built on the footwear industry and now Kettering has a large commuter population. The town is working on a regeneration project to refurbish the town centre.
Boughton House
Numerous treasures that were the property of third Lord Montagu and his wives are still to be found in this 17th C house. Of particular note is the great hall with its barrel vault roof and decorative painting of 'The Marriage of Hercules and Hebe'. Other paintings and furnishings are of exceptionally high quality as Montagu spared little expense in making this lavish household.
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One of the crosses erected by Edward I to mark the route of his wife Eleanor's body as it traveled toward Westminster Abbey.
Rushton Triangular Lodge
Built by Sir Thomas Tresham in 1597, the shape of this building symbolizes the Holy Trinity, fundamental to the Catholic beliefs which caused his imprisonment.
Wellingborough (pop. 71,100) is located on the Nene River 60mi/97km northwest of London. The Castle Theatre is located on the site of Wellingborough's old Cattle Market and features a 500 seat main theatre, drama room, art gallery and studio theatre. Wellingborough is home to many major retail chains on High Street and in the main shopping centre. The local market is held twice per week.
Daventry (pop. 61,600) is an old town with a country park and reservoir, Daventry Country Park. It is a nature reserve and popular for birdwatching and fishing.The town hosts a street market every Tuesday and Friday, and a farmer's market on the first Saturday of each month.
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I had posted a few weeks ago about our 2 year old Lennox heat pump system not cooling our front to rooms (facing west sun) last summer and now again this year. The year the system was installed, it worked fine. Same A/C company came out and said we don't have enough airflow and they wanted to increase duct. I also had FPL come out for a duct test, no leaks. Well because of the design of our house, the installer couldn't put another (second) supply line directly from the handler to the one end of our house where we're having the problem, so they just rigged something and charged me $600. So it was warm here in FL yesterday, about 80 degrees. Part of my house was nice and cool at 75 degrees, front two rooms were hot at 80 degrees. In the summer they go up to 85-86 degrees, and I have to pull out a box fan and suck some cooler air from the hallway in, not that it helps that much. I'm going to talk with the owner of this company, as what they did the other day doesn't seem like it resolved the situation. I don't know what else to do. I guess we could call another company, but how do you know how to get someone with lots of experience. It really upsets me. I just want my house to cool right!
Here's what I see missing:
You said the first year the system worked fine, but afterward things went downhill. If the system truly worked fine in the beginning, what caused its performance to fall off?
The reason I ask that is that are you certain everything was o.k. in the beginning, or perhaps is it possible the problem has been there in this one room from the beginning but you didn't really notice it until spending time in that room on a hot day?
Of course I must ask if a proper heat load calculation on your house was ever done, with proper cfm's for the room in question. Doesn't sound like it at this point."In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
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Yes, I've always used both of these two rooms. They've been my office, and I work from home. I've had my office in both rooms over time. One room is warmer than the other by about 1 degree (no matter what room computer is in). Same room is always warmer. Even with our previous unit, the front two rooms were okay, a few degrees warmer than rest of house, but not 10 degrees (in the summer). We had a 3.5 ton heat pump previously, so went with the same thing when replaced, as it seemed to cool efficiently. I don't know if anyone ever did any testing. I don't think so. It's so puzzling what changed from one year to the next. One problem we did have was the system would just quit working. So the install company put in several new thermostats which didn't solve the problem, then tried a couple of new transformers in handler, then finally solved problem with a new circuit board in compressor. The problem was occurring during the period when the thing would shut down/not work, but we were so concerned trying to get the thing to work, I wasn't really pressing the "heat" problem. I just can't take another year of this, and too, I feel like the company ripped us off with what they just did, as I don't think it helped any.
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Wow,very unusual.Air flow was "okay" now it's not at all.
1.What was done for $600?
2.Do you keep the doors open to those rooms,to allow air to get back to the main return?
3.What brand and models were installed?
4.What type of duct system,metal,flex,ductboard??
Doesn't sound like they were out to rip you off,what do they say when you call about the problem?Often times they may not be qualified to determine the problem or the solution.Give us some more info. and maybe we can find a solution.
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I've run into a piece of loose ductliner in the plenum covering a duct opening partially or completely...has to be something weird like that if it did indeed work ok the first yr.
Or,the blower could be on a lower speed than high...but surely they checked that.
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I know this may be dumb to ask but did you check the filter? Depending on the house it could get really plugged up not allowing much return air to get through. If they messed up with the installation they could always speed up the blower a bit higher ( assuming they put dampers on each supply) to get more air in the rooms. More info is needed though to really tell you what you can do.
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It would also be helpful to know how much sun exposure were talking about here (size of windows), whether you use drapes or not, ect.
We've had one customer with the very same complaint, but the office was literally a greenhouse with three walls entirely windows from floor to cieling, no tint, no drapes, constant sun exposure and they kept the sliding glass doors closed cutting the room off from the rest of the house.
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I had the same situation here last summer that bbk is describing. The short piece of flex duct that connected the return air plenum with the actual furnace had come completely off. It hadn't fallen down though, still hung from the correct place, just open 2 inches all the way around and since it was facing away from the catwalk in the attic I never noticed it even though I had been up there numerous times doing other stuff. The AC never worked properly upstairs until they found that. 5 minutes bending the tabs over properly to hold it together and a little aluminum tape and now my AC upstairs works great again and my electric bill dropped nearly $75 the following month!!! I was sucking 120 degree attic air right into the thing and it was running constantly and I was wondering why it wouldn't cool!
Sure sounds like something similar could have happened to your system. The supply running to those rooms has fallen off, or gotten crimped or blocked or something...
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Well folks,
What was done for $600? They were going to run an additional supply line out of the handler to the one part of the house. They were going to cut the original supply at the end of the living room. Then the new supply would feed the 3 rooms, 2 baths and 1 master closet. We have a weird house, and there is a very small crawl space to run duct work down through; therefore, they were not able to run new supply line like they had planned. This crawl space is over a landing. We live in Florida, so we have a cathedral ceiling (no space above), so the supply line comes down through small angle of rafters, maybe 18" big??? After the landing, they decided to cut the old duct off and attach a larger duct. Then added a new junction box with all the room ducts attaching in different positions. Previously the junction boxes were metal cylanders with the ducts going to the rooms being directly across from each other, so two ducts coming off box for two rooms, then another few feet down, two more ducts across from each other. This guy thought by changing the ducts, so that they were not across from each other would do the trick. Well it didn't. So I think a few new ducts of Flex were installed. That's what we got for $600. Still have the nice warm rooms (just front 2 rooms).
2.Do you keep the doors open to those rooms,to allow air to get back to the main return? Yes, the doors are kept open all the time.
3.What brand and models were installed? Lennox middle grade line 3.5 ton heatpump, installed new in spring 2003.
4.What type of duct system,metal,flex,ductboard?? Mostly flex. There were some metal junction boxes (tubes).
The filter is changed monthly. We avoid the tight accordian type, as we don't want to mess with the airflow, but we don't use bottom of the line either.
Sun exposure is one window in each front room measuring 54" x 54", so square We have pull down room darkening shades that we pull soon as the sun hits that side of the house. There is also a mini blind on the one and a curtain in the other room.
Funny thing, and the puzzling thing, is that the first year this system was installed (2003) it worked fine, and our rooms cooled okay. Now it's just these two front rooms. This whole end of the house is coming off the same trunk line, so it is bizarre.
Anyway. The owner of the company, who is an engineer, is coming out next Tuesday. He is thinking about a booster fan and possibly moving the thermostat. I hate to be a problem customer, but again, hate to waste money and hate to have a hot house. My baby is in one room and my office is in the other, so important to stay cool in the hot Florida summer weather.
I would think if there was a problem in the plenum, as some of you mentioned, it would affect the whole house cooling.
FPL came out and was unable to pinpoint any major leakage in any ducts, so it really is a mystery. I hope we can resolve it somehow.
I had wondered if the fan on the handler was less efficient than before, but it's not a variable speed, and I'm sure the guy who just gave it the yearly service would have considered all that. Who knows. Hopefully the engineer can figure it out.
Thanks for your suggestions. Any others
I would install a zone system to control the troubled areas.
How many sq. ft do you have?
It must be a large house for 3 1/2 tons of cooling.
How far away is the t-stat from the troubled areas?How tall are you Private???!!!!
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Try this ,just to see:
Feel the air flow from the register in the warmest room,then remove the filter and see how much it increases.
What size filter and where is it located?
Your filter could be too restrictive,your coil and or blower could be dirty.Plus all the other things mentioned.
Let us know what they find.
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House is about 1900 sq. ft. under air. The air handler is about 30-40 ft. from rooms that are warm. Tried the thing with the filter, no change. Will keep you posted as to the remedy.
I was wondering about if in fact termites eat insulation. If they are in my front walls and ate the insulation, that would make a difference in the cooling abilities. We have major termite problems in Florida. Anybody know if they eat insulation?
Keep ya posted
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Haven't really seen termite damage to insulation either in the walls or on the duct system in my experience. Rats are a chronic problem though, especially to flex duct. They love to peal back the insulation on the duct system for the water, sometimes without putting holes in the duct liner itself.
It's possible because of this for no leaks to be found but air warming up through the duct as a result. I would think that would have been noticed if that was the problem though. Kind of hard to miss 4 feet of uninsulated flex.


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inline-block layouts
I don't know how many of you have experimented with inline-block layouts, but you probably know the huge downfall of having white space awareness between the HTML elements. I want to keep HTML syntax clean so I started to look at possible solutions.
The best way to combat the issue without external resources seems to be word-spacing. It can be used quite well to disable the space between elements, but it has a major downfall of it's own: whatever value you use, it'll depend on font in use. For example I found out that the value of -.5625em (or was it -.5265...) to hit the sweet spot with Times New Roman and Arial, but switching font to Verdana broke the layout.
A nice solution to this might be the use of a webfont so you know what will be the exact right value for that particular font, and then just trust that the browser is capable of displaying the font. Which got me thinking a bit further: why not create a font with zero width space?
Test page: http://piittinen.name/html5css3/zerowidth/ (don't mind the text there)
Unfortunatenaly it seems this doesn't work in Chrome. For whatever reason Chrome doesn't use the space defined in the ZeroWidth webfont. Firefox and IE seem to work perfectly with this.
Other things that might cross your mind:
- font-size: 0px; doesn't work: Chinese Chrome always has a minimum size of 12pt. You don't want to break your solution only because someone uses a different language.
- negative margin: harder solution than word-spacing, you don't want first element of each row to have negative margin for an example. Both use the same value though.
- Place HTML comments between elements so there can't be white space: cumbersome.
- Just write the elements tightly next to each other: visually hard on eyes while writing code, but is the most reliable method.
I'd be interested to see if anyone can get the ZeroWidth font solution to work with Chrome or if any better solution than the #4 on the list above exists.
As far as I can tell, the word-spacing method doesn't work anymore since WebKit recently changed the way inline-blocks and word-spacing behave (http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/137494).
Issue discussed at Griddle: https://github.com/necolas/griddle/issues/14.
Issue mentioned at the bottom of the readme file of CSSWizadry-grids: https://github.com/csswizardry/csswizardry-grids.If no mistake the best way so far are negative margin or HTML comments, depending on what you want to edit.
I wonder if Chrome now works incorrectly when it adds spaces between inline-blocks even when the space in the font is zero width? It seems as if it treats the space between the inline-blocks to be of the same font as in the inline-block. Guess I need to test more when I have the time.
Inline-block menu using font-size:0 in UL-->
Works fine in Chrome.
The problem is that different locales have different default settings. As far as I know Chinese Chrome forces minimum font-size of 12pt and you can't override it via CSS.
Then I guess you are limited to floats, unless....
Thanks for that. Then I guess to keep things consistent a globally working method for removing the white space would be:
.inline-block-container { font-size: 0; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; } .inline-block { font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; }
This ought to always work unless there are other browsers that go ahead and force a minimum font-size? Of course adding the zero width font trick would give a double security.
I almost always use
margin-right: -.25em;
It's not the prettiest, but I really like using comments for this.

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A shame it works so well, really, because it's ugly as hell.
I'm surprised at the comment from @joshuanhibbert ...because he turned me on to inline-block in the first place.
I did a test page: http://cdpn.io/wyasd
You can change stuff there by clicking radio and check boxes. These reveal that margin-right: -.25em; is not suitable automatically and you need to vary the value depending on which font you use. It is also potentially risky on bigger projects as simple changes such as changing the font or manipulating HTML code to remove white space (it could happen!) cause margin-right based solution to break. For personal projects it is safe enough, I think.
font-size: 0; is much more reliable. There are still some slight oddities between browsers and this particular example is very hard on Opera. I always succeed in finding the weaknesses of Opera so nothing new here: just don't make things as complex as I have done on that page and it is probably OK on most sites :)
I think I'd prefer something like this instead of comments:

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Good thinking with the zero width space font, too bad it doesn't work in Chrome. You might wanna try a font with a space width 1em or something width and use
letter-spacing: -1em;
or margin for that matter?Both font-size solutions work for me in Chrome.
Both font-size solutions work for me in Chrome.
I added word-spacing: .25em; to the examples. It has the advantage over margin-right that the HTML syntax can be pretty much anything. The value still depends on font though so that is a weakness over the font-size solution.
The Chrome issue only displays on Chinese (or other Far East Asian) locale. For me it wasn't enough to switch the language to Chinese, I guess I'd need to be running Chinese OS to give it a true test myself.
@Paulie_D Most of the time the extra white space doesn't bother me, so I just leave it, but when I do need a fix, that is my go to. I probably should do some further testing though, I just use that because it's easy.
In the end, changing the markup is the most reliable, but then you're kind of blurring content and style…
- It isn't that uncommon to see font being set in the body tag.
- It is possible to change the default font to something else than Times New Roman.
- Default font might have different measurements on non-Windows systems. OS X, Linux, Android, game consoles etc.


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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANDROLOGY SECRETARY'S REPORT OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING The business meeting at the 9th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology was called to order by President Andrzej Bartke at 5:44 p.m. in the Hilton Hotel, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. In his introductory remarks, President Bartke noted that the Executive Council had considered committee reports and deliberated on other business on March 13. He also commented that plans for the 1985 Annual Meeting in Boston were considered in detail. The 1985 Annual Meeting will be in conjunction with the 3rd International Congress on Andrology. President Bartke also reported that the past year was a good one for the Society. There were considerable increases in memberships and Journal subscriptions. The Secretary's report was not read since it had been distributed to the membership following last year's Annual Meeting. No written addition or correction had . been received. --The minutes were approved as distributed. The Treasurer, Thomas J. Lobl, presented his annual report. A condensed version of this report accompanies the minutes. As of December 31, 1983, the Society had cash assets of $65,517.28 plus an endowment fund of $10,451.95. Revenues during the last year totaled $76,659.38 and disbursements totaled $67,543.43. However, about $10,500 in unpaid bills remained to be paid in early 1984 when the invoices were received. Consequently, for 1983 the revenues and disbursements were essentially equal; there was no increase in unrestricted assets of the Society. The Treasurer emphasized that our cash assets are inadequate since most similar societies assume that thei r cash assets should be at least twice annual expenditures. Ful fillment of previous pledges to the endowment fund increased the endowment funds by $4929. The Treasurer expressed the gratitude of the Society to individuals making donations to the endowment fund during 1983. These donations included an additional $1000 donated by member Don Eward to support the annual Student Award and $1000 from member James Nelson in support of a principal speaker at our Annual Meeting. Knoll Phannaceutical and several individual members of the Society contributed to the general endowment fund. Rudi Ansbacher became the first life member of the Society through payment of dues equal to 20 times the annual membership fee. The Treasurer's report was approved as presented. Robert Foote presented the report of the n'omi nati ng committee. A total of 18 nani nations for Vi ce Presi dent, 19 for Treasurer, and 81 for Council were received. Ballots were mailed to the membership on January 6 and 210 ball ots were retu rned. The voti ng was very close for most of the positions. The results of the election were: Vice President--Anna Steinberger, Treasurer--Brian Vickery, Council Member-C. Wayne Bardin, Council Member--Richard Horton, Council Membe~illiam Neaves, Council Nember--B. Jane Rogers. On behalf of the nominating committee, Dr. Foote thanked all candidates who served on the slate. Richard Harrison reported on behalf of the Membership Committee. From March 1983 through March 1984, there were 119 new members joining the Society and apprOXimately 25 lapses in membership. The Society 1
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five elements should appear in china at very ancient time, may be the first seen of it is in the《山海經》. 《山海經》is a book that stated ancient myth of china, the book written NOT in sequential, but some scholar make it a time line, and found the story time is from the very beginning of earth creation to the king 禹.
in 《山海經》, we can found the original model of five elements, 黃帝 conquer the central place of china(中原, in fact, it means some eastern region of today's china map), which 黃(yellow) is the color of 土(earth/ground), the main element, it located at the center, not east, west, south nor north.and those goddess been conquered by 黃帝, is eastern dragon god called 帝俊, southern fire god called 炎帝, and west tiger queen called 西王母. (黃帝 is originally the northern god). they are all with the representative animals, color and direction.
the story of 山海經 could be posting in other post in future if been wanted.
this saying of five elements is being pushed to popular during 春秋戰國 period, and goes to peak in 漢 dynasty buy 董仲舒, which make a cross over saying of 儒,道,墨,法,名,陰陽,五行. that saying he made out is called 儒術, which been accepted by 漢武帝.
金defeat木, 木defeat土, 土defeat水, 水defeat火, 火defeat金.
金should be understand as METAL, but not gold for ancient Chinese.
metal is what used to made axe, which can cut tree(木) down,
tree break the soil(土) to grow,
soil, mud and stone etc.(土) is what only can stop water(水) when flooding,
water is what used to put out fire(火).
木give birth to火, 火give birth to土, 土give birth to金, 金give birth to水, 水give birth to木
wood(木) can be brunt(火),
fire(火) burns everything to soil(土),
soil contain metals(金),
metals condense dew(水),
water to irrigate plants(木).
yellow colored soil in center.
soil supply ALL resources, just like a king or a god, so it stand for CENTER.
east for wood, for blue/green dragon, for spring.
east is the direction that sun rise, so east stand for birth, stand for life, stand for youth, energy, for spring.
plants face east to growth, and sun is what make plants growth strong, so plants represent east, and green is the color of plants, represent east too.
dragon is a aquatic creature, and the sea in the east of china, so dragon belong to east.
south for fire, for red colored bird, for summer.
south part of china is more close to equator, relatively hot then north region that ancient Chinese lives in, so it stand for fire, and summer.
fire generate heat, so fire represents south.
phoenix have to burn himself in fire every 500years in order to get a new life, and ancient Chinese believe there is a bird kind creature in the sun(the biggest fire), so red color bird, or some say phoenix, represents south.
west for metals, for white tiger, for autumn.
west is the direct that sun goes down, so west stand for death, stand for old age, feels like autumn(tree comes dry and animals begin disappear in autumn).
metals is used to make weapons, axe, ect. to kills, to cut, to destroy something, so metal represents deaths, same as the feeling of sunset, and so belongs to west.
metals reflex light, so white represents west.
there are tiger lives in the west part of china, so tiger for west.
ancient Chinese will war at autumn normally(if you start a war not at autumn, you will be said as a bad king) since it is a season for death, for killing,.
north for water, for black turtles, for winter.
northern part of china laid many snow mountain.(ancient Chinese most active in the northeast part of today's china map, and also the region between two river), snow for water, for winter.
compare to to snow mt., river seems having dark color, Chinese called the northern part of china, a world of 白山黑水.
for turtles... we all know what turtles act in myth, and what turtles imply in Chinese culture, but i cant just find out why it stand for north...
after knowing above, you will found 5 elements is just the elements of every part of Chinese culture.
some funny e.g. related to 5 elements:
with his 字, "玄德", we can know what his name "備" means. 玄(black, with some reddish)is the color of water, "玄德" means "水德", the moral conduct of water.
the moral conduct of water is just perfectly flawless, and 備 can means fully, perfectly flawless (完備).
so 劉備 means (the one who desire the named for him wants) he having a perfectly flawless moral conduct like water.
->東西 stand for "things".
you just cant explain why "east west" means "things".
in 5 elements, 火金水火is used to represents 4 directions,
水(water) and 火(fire) is not able to hold in heads,
only 木(wood, east) and 金(metal, west) can hold in hands, so 東西 means "things(that you may hold in hand)"
every gate of royal city named with special meanings. 玄武for north, so 玄武門 is the most northern gate of the royal city. next to 玄武門 is the place where royal family lives, that "變" (event) happens next to it.
only by this event's name, without any history books, you can know, it is a event happens within the royal family, guess may be a fight for crown?
yes, that's the smaller brother kills the elder one, and get the crown.(唐太宗李世民)
it is the name of the river which flows in front of 太和殿 of forbidden city.
this name is not only means "金生水" (metals give birth to water),
but the river flows from west, 金水 means "water from west".
so it is a name that having double meaning.
->白玉台(foundation made by white jade)
thats what laid under the big 3 hall of forbidden city, with a shape of chinese word "土".
黃土居中, yellow soil stand for center, that 土 shape foundation is the center of the whole forbidden city.
anything come from earth, ground, soil, so the only one who can stands on 土 shape foundation is the king.
木克土, wood defeat soil, and so you cant find any plants on that foundation.
水生木, water give birth to wood, so you can see there are so many drainage system on that foundation, in order not to let water stay on it.
thats a famous poem, but little notes that 朱雀橋 is just a contrast to 烏衣巷 in color(red, south, to black, north).
and the 朱雀橋 is out of the city, and 烏衣巷 is inside the city,
so 朱雀橋 and 烏衣巷 is a pair of double contrast.
i think this is almost there for 5 elements...
if i forget to explain something common, please say it out.
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Preparing for Storm Damage in January
By: Josh Berry
Updated: January 28, 2013
With the possibility of more severe weather in the forecast, those who've lost so much in those storms are waiting and hoping the same doesn't happen again.
People are making sure they have weather radios, emergency first aid kits, plenty of food and a safe, sturdy place to go if things get crazy during potentially damaging storms Tuesday (1/29).
While we may not be in tornado season, January actually holds the Arkansas record for the most tornadoes in one day. One town and one pastor remembers that day all too well.
Every thirty years for nearly a century the First Baptist Church of Beebe has been destroyed, forcing them to pick back up and rebuild every time.
Pastor of the Church, Bob Hall said, "I'm hoping and praying that doesn't happen in 2029."
With severe weather however, expected soon over the steeple, Pastor Hall hopes it doesn't happen sooner. The conditions Monday feel eerily similar to a fateful day over a decade ago.
"It's a warm day [today]. It was a warm day 14 years and a week ago today," Pastor Hall said.
January 21, 1999: the day of the largest tornado outbreak in Arkansas history.
56 tornadoes including an F-3 that tore through Beebe destroyed the junior high school, homes and the First Baptist Church.
Pastor Hall remembers the clear day before leading up to the tornado.
"Less than two hours later the church and a third of the town was blown away."
It destroyed a piece of history still seen in the pictures on the wall.
"Second largest pin oak tree in the state of Arkansas."
They've since rebuilt after spending two years worshiping in any building in town that wasn't destroyed.
Now a singular part of the pulpit, made from that tree, remains as a reminder of that storm.
Pastor Hall went on to say it makes you think how easily a slight chance of severe weather could cause severe damage.
"It could happen today... hopefully not. Gotta be prepared."
The church will likely be empty if any thing happens tomorrow but the pastor did say they rely on their bathroom at home to keep them sheltered in.


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BERLIN — For 32 years, the German education minister's 351-page dissertation sat on a shelf at Heinrich Heine University in Duesseldorf gathering dust while its author pursued a successful political career that carried her to the highest circles of German government.
The academic work was a time bomb, however, and it exploded last year when an anonymous blogger published a catalog of passages suspected of having been lifted from other publications without proper attribution.
The university revoked the doctorate of the minister, professor Annette Schavan, on Tuesday, and on Saturday she was forced to resign her Cabinet post.
In an emotional news conference, Schavan said she would sue to win back the doctorate, but in the meantime she would resign for the greater good. "First the country, then the party and then yourself," she said. Standing beside her, hancellor Angela Merkel, her friend and confidante, said she accepted Schavan's resignation "only with a very heavy heart," but that politically there was no alternative.
Small-bore stuff, maybe. Except it was the second time a minister had quit the Merkel government over plagiarism in less than two years.
Coming after Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was forced to step down as defense minister over plagiarism charges in 2011, Schavan's deja-vu scandal can only hurt Merkel (who has a doctorate herself) ahead of September's parliamentary election. And the two ministers are far from the only German officials to have recently had their postgraduate degrees revoked amid accusations of academic dishonesty, prompting national soul-searching about what the cases reveal about the German character.
Doctorates for all
Germans place a greater premium on doctorates than Americans do as marks of distinction and erudition. According to the website Research in Germany, about 25,000 Germans earn doctorates each year, the most in Europe and about twice the per capita rate of the United States.
Many Germans believe the scandals are rooted in their abiding lust and respect for academic accolades, including the use of "Prof." before "Dr." and occasionally "Dr. Dr." for those with two doctoral degrees. Professor Volker Rieble, a law professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, calls this obsession "title arousal."
"In other countries people aren't as vain about their titles," he said. "With this obsession for titles, of course, comes title envy."
A surprising number of doctors of nonmedical subjects like literature and sociology put "Dr." on their mailboxes and telephone-directory listings. The website of the German parliament, the Bundestag, shows that 125 of 622 people elected to the current parliament (including Schavan and then-Dr. Guttenberg) had doctorates when sworn in.
Merkel appointed professor Johanna Wanka, the state minister of science and culture in Lower Saxony, to take over Schavan's position. Wanka got her doctorate in 1980, the same year as Schavan.
The finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, is a doctor of law. The vice chancellor, Philipp Roesler, is an ophthalmologist — and thus the only one most Americans would call "doctor."
Muckraking as sport
For the plagiarism scalp hunters, the abundance of titles provides what in military circles is known as a target-rich environment, and digging up academic deception by politicians has become an unlikely political blood sport.
There is even a collaborative, wiki-style platform where people can anonymously inspect academic texts, known as VroniPlag.
Here in the homeland of schadenfreude, the zeal for unmasking academic frauds also reflects certain Teutonic traits, including a rigid adherence to principle and a know-it-all streak. "I just think that many Germans have a police gene in their genetic makeup," Rieble said.
The University of Heidelberg revoked the doctorate of Silvana Koch-Mehrin, former vice president of the European Parliament and a leading member of Germany's Free Democratic Party, in 2011, and she is still fighting the charges in court.
In many countries, busy professionals with little interest in tenure-track positions at universities do not tend to bother writing dissertations. In Germany, academic titles provide an ego boost that lures even businesspeople to pursue them.
Professor Debora Weber-Wulff, a plagiarism expert at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and an active participant in VroniPlag, suggested getting rid of superfluous doctoral titles outside of academia. "A doctor only has meaning at a university or in academia," she told German television. "It has no business on political placards."
But she is originally from Pennsylvania. Here the attitudes are deeply ingrained, and few think habits will change anytime soon. "It is a proof that you can handle academic stuff and that you can keep on task for quite a while," Peter Richter, a correspondent in New York for the newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, who holds a doctorate, said in an email.
Unheard of in America
It can be a shock to Americans unfamiliar with the practice, as Richter has experienced in New York. "Here people instantly think that I'm a medicine man when they read my name," he said.
Even within Germany the practice differs by region, he said, with those in the conservative south insisting on titles more than those in northern cities like Hamburg. There are other divides, with many members of the counterculture generation of 1968 rejecting titles, though many have come to enjoy them as they have grown older.
Schavan, 57, whose parliamentary district is in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, was granted her doctorate in 1980. The accusations against her surfaced in 2012 on a bare-bones, anonymous website. But they were particularly significant because she led the federal Ministry of Education and Research.
"A health minister doesn't need to be a medical doctor, but if he is one, then he can't have committed malpractice," Rieble said. "An education minister doesn't need to have a Ph.D., but if he does, then his dissertation cannot be plagiarized."


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Well-respected throughout the law enforcement community, former Carroll County Sheriff R.D. "Dick" Carrico left a long-lasting impression on the department and surrounding agencies. More importantly, Carrico, who passed away Nov. 6 at the age of 71, leaves behind a legacy of an even better person who always strived to help those in need.
The Sheriff of Carroll County from 1988-1995, Carrico is credited with starting the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program in the Carroll County Public School system. During a law enforcement career that spanned nearly 35 years, Carrico also worked with the Virginia State Police before joining the Carroll County Sheriff's Office as Chief Deputy in 1985. Prior to that, he took the lead in getting the Virginia State Police involved with the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention and the infamous Stompin' 76 concert.
"He was a very good Sheriff. He was a good, decent man," said current Carroll County Sheriff J.B. Gardner, who served on the department under Carrico during his eight-year tenure as Sheriff. "He was very-well respected throughout the Sheriff community. I've been to Sheriff Conferences recently and they still mention his name. (Senator) George Allen mentioned his name at the last Sheriff's Conference. It was something Dick felt very passionate about."
Carrico's influence is still felt locally today as both Gardner and Galax Police Chief Rick Clark both worked under Carrico as investigators. Additionally, former Hillsville Police Chief Steve Williams also worked as an investigator for Carrico at that time.
"He was a very professional person. He was a very stern, but fair kind of person," Gardner said. "He was one of those folks that if you needed a break, he would do that. A lot of times he would talk to parents and that was a lot more effective. I know if they took me home it would have been a lot more effective than going to court because it would not have been pretty."
Clark, who served as Chief Investigator under Carrico, said the former Sheriff always pushed his employees to do aim high.
"He always pushed us to do our best and he didn't tolerate excuses. I thought he was a very technically-astute person," Clark said. "Under his leadership we automated dispatch to jail and records management. And we went online at the same time as the Bristol City Police Department. Not many people in this region were automated at that point and he was always willing to try new things if he thought it was for good of the department."
And Carrico never met a stranger, Clark said.
"If it had been the President of the United States or the poorest man in America, he would have struck up a conversation and made friends," Clark said.
Law enforcement was always in Carrico's blood, said Deana Case, one of Carrico's two daughters. So much so that he went to work as a dispatcher for the Virginia State Police at the age of 18 in 1960 because he wasn't old enough to apply for state police school at the time. Once he turned the required age of 21, Carrico applied for state trooper school, thus beginning his career as an officer.
"It was his life," Case said. "His mom said from the time he was a little boy that is what he wanted to do."
Carrico's experience and expertise in law enforcement served as a big influence on Case's husband, Robin, a police officer for the Galax Police Department for 17 years. Robin said he would call Carrico often for helpful advice. When Robin became Sergeant, he said he tried to work with the public and his men the same way Carrico did.
"He was always champing at the bit because he just loved to help anybody," Robin Case said. "Just to give you an idea of the man he was, you couldn't have a conversation at his house because he was always on the phone. They didn't call the Sheriff's Department, they called him at home and he loved it. He taught me a lot and the main thing was just how to deal with people and how to treat people."
Case said Carrico told him to either give somebody a ticket or a talking to, but never both. He would often give people breaks instead of tickets if he thought it was warranted.
"I talked to a lot of people who said he gave them their first ticket, but none of them talked bad about him. I've heard nothing but utmost praise for the man," Case said. "He was like an extension of the family, like a father figure to these people - just a very rare and special person."
Carrico's daughter Deana said her father's active lifestyle slowed down considerably in recent years. He had a cancerous brain tumor six or seven years ago but recovered after radiation. He had four massive strokes within the past three years and many other smaller strokes.
"The ability to eat, talk and shake a man's hand were his three favorite things and he lost that ability in the last three years. It killed him, but he would still grab people with his left hand and would get enough out that he could say. He spent the last days of his life kissing and hugging people and telling them he loved them because he knew he was going home," Deanna said. "It slowed him down, but he still fought every day to go to his grandkids' ballgames and special events. He might not have felt good, but he went even it meant he would be in bed for the next three days."
Deana said many never knew how much Carrico cared for and did for those less fortunate. If he knew of somebody in need, he would send money or help them in whatever way he could.
"He didn't want people knowing that kind of stuff but I found a few years ago how much my daddy helped people. He would pay for somebody's heating bill or groceries or put something in their car…anything he could do, but he never told people but my mom," she said.
Carrico was a devoted member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church for the past 43 years. He enjoyed cooking breakfast for Sunrise Service with his buddies and also serving as a building coordinator for the Holston Methodist Church after his retirement. During that span, he helped build the Hispanic Church near Independence and helped build and remodel other churches throughout the region.
"And the biggest thing was he loved Jesus with all his heart. When he went the other day he saw Heaven and we got to see it through his eyes," Case said. "I want his legacy to be that no matter what he went through he always knew it would be better on the other side. He spent a large portion of his life trying to make sure others knew that."


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4mm Palladium Rings
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Indian Restaurants with Lessons Available
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Senor Pique
Category: Restaurants/Mexican
Senor Pique is fine Mexican cuisine with recipes brought to you by the Jimenez Gutierrez Family.
Bombay Grill Cuisine of India
Category: Restaurants/Indian
The Bombay Grill is a taste of India in O'Fallon.
The Everest Café
Category: Restaurants/Indian
Nepalese, Korean and Indian food in The Grove.
India's Oven
2625 N. Illinois St., Swansea IL 62226Indian food so authentic you'll think you are in New Delhi.
The Everest Café
711 Olive St., St. Louis MO 63101Nepalese, Korean and Indian food in the new downtown location.
Indian Food - Pakistani & Indian Cuisine
8629 Olive Blvd., University City MO 63132Indian and Pakistani fusion, with a dash of "Bollywood."
Gokul Indian Restaurant
Category: Restaurants/Indian
Gokul is a 100% Vegetarian & Kosher Indian Restaurant
Flavor Of India
11939 Olive Boulevard, St. Louis MO 63141Get the full Indian experience at Flavor Of India
House of India
8501 Delmar, St. Louis MO 63124Your ticket to India, without having to pay those pesky passport fees.
Haveli Indian Restaurant
9720 Page Ave., St. Louis MO 63132Haveli offers a wide range of Indian food options in a hole-in-the-wall atmosphere.