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North American Symposium on Design Integration
Glasgow, UK, October 25th 2006 – NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced the "Symposium on the Integration of Analysis in Product Design" , to be held on November 13th 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.
NAFEMS is an independent not-for-profit body with the sole aim of promoting the effective use of engineering simulation methods such as finite element analysis, multibody system dynamics and computational fluid dynamics.
Integrating analysis with the product design process is one of the most talked about topics in the analysis community today. Software vendors, industrial users, and engineering managers all realize the vital importance of timely integration of analysis in the design process, but the visions, opinions and priorities placed on this can vary from one company to the next.
The reality is that many questions remain unanswered -
- What importance do industry leaders place on design integration?
- How quickly will we see the transition to a fully-integrated process?
- How will the industry handle the obvious challenges now and in the future?
- How many other companies are struggling with the options? How are they handling this?
- Does the industry know what its users actually want?
In its role as The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, NAFEMS aims to bring the industry together in order to answer these questions.
Sponsored by Solidworks, UGS, LMS and ABAQUS, the Symposium on the Integration of Analysis in Product Design is the first event of its kind, and will provide attendees with a truly unique insight into how the industry is prepared to handle the challenges ahead.
In a roundtable format, industry leaders will share their vision for the future of analysis as an integrated component in product design.
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear directly from the developers how they plan to handle the integration challenges that they will be facing in the coming years. The floor will be open for participants to question, challenge or expand on the plans described by the panelists.
Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to learn how others facing similar challenges have resolved their integration issues. If your company has determined that product simulation and analysis is going to be a growing part of your product design process, this symposium will be the best place to learn how the industry is growing and how to best prepare for it while making sure your needs are heard.
The Panel will include industry experts from NAFEMS, Solidworks, UGS, LMS, ABAQUS, and others to be confirmed. The symposium promises to provide an active and lively debate about the future of design integration.
Full details and registration are available at www.nafems.org/events
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Every one of us has a story. Our lives are stories. And every story is littered with questions.
Twelve is a series of short films that listens to people tell their story. We are helped to see the world through their eyes, and helped to listen to their experience of God, the Church, and community. We also hear each person highlight a question that has remained with them throughout their life.
We hope you find these stories insightful and the questions within them challenging.
Below you will find more information on Twelve, and some helpful suggestions for watching it.
Every one of us has a story. Our lives are stories. And every story is littered with questions.
Twelve is unscripted and honest.
In these films, twelve people have shared about their lives, their relationship to faith and the church, and a specific question that has endured throughout that experience. It's vulnerable and real. And that's what makes it so compelling.
Film Based
Twelve is entirely film-based, and focuses on questions, not answers. Those are the two significant features about it. Much of what the church produces is - for better or worse - driven by text. Books, articles, sermons, notes. For many of us, these are valuable tools for going deeper in understanding who we are, and who God is. But for others, books are no longer a compelling means for reflection. We're more likely to watch a film than we are to read a book. And that's not a bad thing - it's simply where we are. Twelve reflects this.
Questions, Not Answers
Twelve also focuses on questions, rather than answers. Twelve doesn't try to deny that there are areas of life where we might want to take on a particular outlook. But it recognises that questions often don't have answers. This doesn't stop us thinking about them: with many questions we find that we are transformed as people simply by asking them and pondering them. Asking questions again and again that don't have easy answers may feel like going in circles. But in reality, with many questions, we are becoming deeper people the more we ask them. So we are perhaps travelling in a spiral, not a circle, after all.
It is a bold thing to acknowledge our unanswered questions from within the Christian faith. But it is also a transformative thing. These twelve characters show exactly how their questions come out of their experiences as Christians, and we can see how their questions have shaped their lives.
When watching Twelve, others have found the following suggestions helpful.
- It will be best to watch one, or maybe two, films per session. This will allow enough time to discuss each film in its own right. The important thing is to watch and listen to them carefully, letting their story enter into our own.
- You may want to watch each film more than once to make sure that you have heard what each person is sharing, and to make sure that you have heard their question clearly.
- For each film, you might want to ask the following questions:
What is your response to the story? did it make you think or feel anything in a new way?
For each character, the question they ask is a question that has persisted throughout their life. Do feel that the question they have asked in this film is also persistent for you? Or does is touch on another question you might regularly encounter?
How do you think this this particular question relates to how we think about God?
Does the Bible shape how we think about this question? If so, how?
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The Labour Party's response to last week's Budget saw the final nail hammered into the coffin of New Labour, with a response laden with class war rhetoric. The Socialists are clearly back in charge.
As Labour went on the offensive claiming that the budget was one for millionaires, I was given to thinking that we could do with a few more. Millionaires spend money and employ people. We won't get more millionaires if we keep taxing them out of existence.
This used to be something that the Labour Party recognised. Who can forget Tony Blair famously saying that "It's not a burning ambition of mine to make sure that David Beckham earns less money". Unlike many on the Labour benches today, Tony got it.
But of course Tony Blair is being airbrushed out of Labour's history as the court of Brown is in the ascendant. Somehow I am not sure that airbrushing from history their most successful prime minister is the most sensible political tactic, but who am I to worry about that?
The fact is that Labour did used to recognise that rich people were mobile. Indeed Ed Balls himself made exactly this point when he was City Minister. It is probably why Labour failed to introduce the 50p rate until 37 days before they left office. Call me a cynic, but it looks to me like a political trap set for an incoming Conservative government. If it was, it shows a set of tactics based more around playing the game of politics than doing the right thing by the economy and the country.
In my experience the electorate will recognise when a government is acting in good faith and doing the right thing. This was a budget that rewards work. This was a budget which saw the largest ever increase in the personal tax allowance to the benefit of 24 million ordinary families.
As someone who thinks everyone pays too much tax, I would have liked to see more from the Chancellor, but we do still have the legacy of Labour's debt to tackle. And keeping the 50p rate would not have made an iota of difference. It doesn't raise any additional money; it is the highest tax rate in the G20 and the tax changes announced by the Chancellor will raise more from the rich.
When Labour left office, £1 in every four spent by the government was borrowed. It is simply not sustainable to keep living beyond your means. And it wasn't just down to the financial crisis. Labour were already spending more than the country could afford.
Until Labour face up to the unpleasant truths of their role in the country's present economic crisis, their rhetoric is going to fail to convince. Playing the political game with aggressive putdowns which play to the gallery will only get them so far. The electorate want to hear what they will do - but that is just all too difficult.


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Bleach bit is a utility which can free disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy. It can erase cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, remove unused localizations, shred logs, and delete temporary files.
It supports around 70 applications and can be installed on windows and linux. On ubuntu bleachbit is available on the repository. However, it is a nice idea to look at the bleachbit website for any new versions.
On ubuntu you can install it with
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On my system running ubuntu 9.04 , two menu entries were added under Applications->system tools- Bleachbit and Applications->system tools- Bleachbit (root). If you launch it for the first time you will get the following screen.
This allows you to select the desired language also.


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Now that I've come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
Remember the fun and the laughs we had
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little – but not too long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love we all still share
Miss me – And let me go!
This is a journey we all will take
Each of us takes it alone
It is all part of the good Lord's plan
A step on the road to home
When you feel lonely or sick at heart
Seek out the friends we know;
Ease your sorrow by doing good deeds
Miss me – And let me go!
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We received fabulous submissions for our Cowboy Poetry contest in celebration of Cowboy Poetry Week this week, and in our minds, y'all are winners, but one poem was a standout and really captured the essence of what (we feel) this genre is all about.
The grand prize winner is Glen Enloe of Independence, Missouri (the Queen City of the Trails and heart of Jesse James country). Glen is a former country real estate advertising writer and graphic artist. He's been writing for nearly 45 years and has had two free verse collections plus four cowboy poetry books published, including his newest: No One Knows Where the Longhorn Goes.
His poetry has appeared on many websites, newspapers, and magazines, including American Cowboy Magazine, Happy Trails, the Kansas City Star, and others. He's also had nominations for a Pushcart Prize and several Academy of Western Artists awards. Glen is a member of the Missouri Cowboy Poet's Association. You can read more of his poetry on www.CowboyPoetry.com and www.PoetrySoup.com. For his winning shirt, Glen has selected "The Maverick" from AJ's Western Wear. And here's his winning poem. Enjoy!
The Waxed Coat Man
In crackled tintypes bent with long ago,
Amid flaxen sunset and skies of cherry—
In worn leather-carved ancient scenario,
He dare not lie in milkweed prairie.
He rides resolute toward that sweat-tinged fame,
Always the heart's hero of our once young eye,
As pale ivory range sighs softly his name
And we all know the real reason why.
It is high sage country that he will ride,
As that tin sun burns alabaster away—
And new birthed rains roll off his cow rancher hide,
So his soft summer's mirage will stay.
Some see him crude – of but limited worth—
Lacking pure knowledge or certain savoir-faire—
But born of bone plain, he is of no fool's birth—
A force of nature that's always there.
From coat's patina past years slide, of course,
As lines are spurred so deep into his Sphinx face—
But he'd rather be poised high atop his horse
In no other country, time or place.
His heritage is long – it's here he'll die—
He rides his own land in cruel spring rains and snows—
And like that wax jacket, he'll keep his hopes dry,
Because ranching is all that he knows.
--Glen Enloe


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Photos from building collapse in Agidingbi, ikeja today
These are photos from the scene of a building collapse in Agidingbi area of Ikeja. The unfortunate incident took place at about about 10.54 am today 6th Sept. 2016.
it was a terrible mud slide that occurred on illegal shanties around Kuata Area by Amara olu street Mechanic Village Agidingbi, ikeja, due to the heavy rainfall.
Three persons were discovered trapped under the mud. The Agency's ERT were able to rescue two people ( a male and a female) while one adult female lost her life and the dead was recovered by the Agency Emergency Response Team .
The Agency's ERT and men of the Nigerian Police from Alausa Division, RRS and the Nigerian security and civil defence LASAMBUS, NEMA, were on ground for the recovery operation.
The General Manager LASEMA Mr. Michael Akindele said that the area is a wet land and a buffer zone which is not habitable for human settlement. He further noted that the State government has been sensitizing people staying in flood prone and wet land to vacate such areas to avert loss of lives especially during this raining season.
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Where it is?
Gilberton Outback Retreat is located in far North Queensland. The retreat is set on the banks of the Gilbert River. We are the 7th generation of our family to occupy Gilberton Station.
By air
Charter flights are available from Cairns, Townsville and the Atherton Tablelands.
Helicopter transfers from Townsville and Atherton tablelands.
Contact us for pricing and availability.
The airstrip is located 5kms from the homestead and Retreat. We will arrange transfers for you. Please notify us prior to arrival.
Distance from Cairns: 183nm bearing 213
Airstrip GPS Coordinates: Lat S19 12.57 – Long E 143 39.8
Bn – FIA 119.8 in circuit 3000
Runway Details
- Length: 1200 mt long
- Width: 20 mt wide
- Elevation: 1900′ and strip direction is 02/20
- Surface: Dirt strip with good sandstone hard surface.
- Windsock: No
- All weather: Yes
- Slope: slight downhill slope to North
- 300′ tower on Eastern side of strip
**The RFDS use our strip to land their King Air.
By road via Google Maps
Most vehicles will handle the drive to Gilberton Outback Retreat without any problems.
Turn only at the Gilberton Outback retreat signs.
From Cairns
- Drive west along the Kennedy development Highway through the Atherton Tableland past to Mt Garnet.
- Continue heading along the Kennedy highway to the Lynd Junction /Oasis roadhouse, and have a beer at Aussie's smallest pub before continuing on you trip.
- From the Lynd /Oasis roadhouse continue along the Kennedy highway 45km to the Oak Park turn off. A sign will be there saying Gilberton Outback Retreat. You now have only 118 km left to go. This will take you approximately 2 hours.
From Charters Towers
- Take the Gregory Developmental Road to the Lynd Junction.
- From the Lynd /Oasis roadhouse continue along the Kennedy highway 45km to the Oak Park turn off. A sign will be there saying Gilberton Outback Retreat. You now have only 118 km left to go. This will take you approximately 2 hours. Turn only at the Gilberton Outback Retreat signs. The last 118km is a gravel/dirt road. Please drive accordingly to road conditions.
From the south
- Take the Kennedy Developmental Road from Hughenden past Porcupine Gorge.
It is 212 km from Hughenden to Oak Park /Gilberton Outback Retreat turn off. Follow this road taking all the Gilberton Outback Retreat signs for 118km.
If you travel with UHF radio, Gilberton Outback Retreat will be on channel 38.


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Every year my Tri Delta chapter holds a philanthropy softball tournament for the Greek community to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. If you haven't heard the exciting news, Tri Delta has raised $15 million in 3.5 years for the kids at St. Jude. Tri Delta also funded a special teen room at St. Jude for patients, and I couldn't think of a better organization for my sorority to support.
This year, I signed up to bring a dessert to the softball tournament because all of the softball participants deserve a sweet treat after playing their game! These Oreo Rice Krispie Treats were such a hit! And they were super simple to make - even in a dorm room kitchen :) Accompanied with these photos that were taken on my iPhone before I ran out the door for an 8:30 class this morning, this is college dorm room blogging at its finest!
6 cups Rice Krispie cereal
10 ounce bag mini marshmallows
16 oreos
3 tbsp. butter
1 1/2 cups melted white chocolate chips
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low-medium heat. Once the butter is melted, add all of the marshmallows and continuously stir with a rubber spatula until smooth.
Crush 10 of the Oreos and combine with the Rice Krispies in a large bowl.
Pour the melted marshmallows into the Rice Krispies and stir until combined. Pour the Rice Krispies into a 9x13 pan that has been greased or sprayed with cooking spray. Press the Rice Krispies into the pan.
Melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave. Pour over the Rice Krispies.
Crush the remaining 6 Oreos and sprinkle on top of the warm melted chocolate.
Gently press the Oreo crumbs into the chocolate.
Allow the Rice Krispies to cool before cutting into squares and serving.


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AMBITIOUS plans to transform a historic church into a theatre and centre for the performing arts have been given the go-ahead.
Councillors yesterday pushed through proposals from ballet legend Peter Schaufuss to turn the B-listed Charlotte Baptist Chapel in Rose Street into a £1.8 million performance space.
Meanwhile, a separate bid to open Edinburgh's first dedicated steak and gin bar on the site was refused during the same planning meeting – despite the application being backed by the church's current congregation and put forward by the building's owner, Glendola Leisure Group.
Mr Schaufuss, a Danish director and former boss of English National Ballet, said he was "absolutely delighted" his scheme had been granted.
But he declined to say what his next move would be – and whether he would now attempt to buy the early 20th-century church from Glendola Leisure.
His plans would see the building's first and second floors transformed into a theatre, while its street level would house a cafe, bar and smaller venue.
The new attraction – which would be home to a "world-class dance company and its school" – would boast a year-round cultural schedule packed with music, drama and dance.
And the blueprints have even secured the backing of ballet star Darcey Bussell, the Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation and actress Felicity Kendal, with hopes the venue could attract 80,000 visitors over the festivals period.
An alternative scheme put forward by Glendola Leisure sought to turn the listed church into 22 boutique serviced apartments, as well as a restaurant and bar.
Glendola originally wanted to convert the chapel into an Irish-themed Waxy O'Connor's pub with room for 900 drinkers.
But the controversial plans – lodged in 2013 – were slammed by residents and heritage groups and eventually knocked back by councillors.
Managing director Alexander Salussolia said the company would consider its options following the latest setback.
He said: "We are disappointed with the decision as we worked hard over several years with the council to ensure that we brought forward proposals that were acceptable and also economically viable.
"Our plans had taken into account the heritage of the Charlotte Baptist Chapel while offering a commercially viable and sustainable proposal that would have had minimal impact on the amenity of the area and boosted Edinburgh's tourism sector.
"Glendola Leisure will now take time to review the decision and consider our options."
Charlotte Baptist Chapel's 500-strong congregation is moving to St George's West Church in Shandwick Place.


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Review: This is the End
PLOT: Actor Jay Baruchel visits his estranged best friend Seth Rogen in L.A. After a day of getting stoned and playing video games, they head over to James Franco's house to party with Rogen's Hollywood friends, but their night of debauchery is interrupted by a series of cataclysmic events that just might mark the start of the apocalypse.
REVIEW: THIS IS THE END is one of those movies that's just painfully funny at times. By this, I mean it's the type of movie that makes you laugh so hard that you'll be doubled over in laughter, while the audience around you cackles so loudly you'll miss huge chunks of dialogue. At times it's so funny that it actually hurts, and when it was over I was hoarse from having laughed so hard.
THIS IS THE END is particularly funny if you've been following the careers of this gang since their early days on FREAKS & GEEKS and UNDECLARED. There are tons of in-jokes that poke fun of their numerous hits and misses. Nothing is sacred, not even their most painful flops, with jabs made at THE GREEN HORNET, YOUR HIGHNESS, SPIDER-MAN 3 and many others. Heck, Franco even spends half the movie carrying around his prop gun from FLYBOYS.
When I first heard that the actors would be playing exaggerated versions of themselves, I wasn't sure the gag would sustain a full movie. Thankfully I was wrong as this idea- which could have gone horribly awry- ends up being the thing that makes the movie. Everyone plays themselves as exactly what critics or non-fans have accused them of being in the past. Rogen's the schlubby stoner, Franco's pompous, McBride's a selfish hell-raiser, Robinson's the one-joke âtake your panties offâ guy, Hill's ultra-fake, and is constantly basking in the glow of his MONEYBALL Oscar nomination, while Baruchel acts above it all, as he's yet to âsell-outâ by refusing to relocate to the town he says he hates.
As most of these guys have been acting together for 10+ years, you can bet their chemistry is spot on, and with Rogen himself directing (with frequent collaborator and pal Evan Goldberg) everyone's given full reign to exploit their talents in a way a lot of their other movies haven't allowed them to do in the past. For my money the best part of the movie is the opening party at Franco's house, which is jam-packed with cameos by Rogen and Baruchel's famous friends, including a brilliantly coke-addled Michael Cera, who's so good you'll wish he was one of the stars.Everyone brings their A-game, especially James Franco who brilliantly sends himself up, with his house being full of memorabilia like a giant CLOCKWORK ORANGE style penis sculpture (a sly nod to his work in gay-themed movies like INTERIOR LEATHER BAR, THE BROKEN TOWER, MILK, HOWL, and more) and jabs at his perceived pretentiousness.
Everyone seems keen to take the piss out of themselves, and that can't help but make THIS IS THE END an incredibly likable movie. For a movie about the end of the world, it's surprisingly charming, and Rogen and Goldberg seem to be taking a page out of movies like SHAUN OF THE DEAD and GHOSTBUSTERS. It's not as heartfelt or as brilliant as either of those movies, but it comes closer than you'd think. The no-holds-barred gore (with effects by Greg Nicotero), polished lensing by DP Brandon Trost (look for his brother, THE FP's eye-patched Jason Trost in a quick cameo) and the suitably grandiose score by Henry Jackman helps, as it makes it polished enough that even while it's non-stop funny, the movie itself is never a joke.
All in all, THIS IS THE END is a pretty brilliant comedy, and more than enough to not only make up for some of the stars' own misfires (like Rogen's THE GUILT TRIP), but also redeems the summer of 2013, which has been rough going for comedy thanks to movies like THE HANGOVER 3 and THE INTERNSHIP. Luckily, THIS IS THE END is only the first of a slew of comedies (with THE HEAT and the similarly themed THE WORLD'S END looking particularly promising) coming out before the end of the summer. But, even if this wasn't the case, THIS IS THE END has enough laughs for half-a-dozen movies, and definitely should not be missed.
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We've developed a bit of an addiction to "Elmo's World," and by "we" I totally mean boy. He loves it so much that we watch it now ONLY during meal times (save the finger shakes -- I KNOW). I happened to discover sesamestreet.org, where there are five entire 14-minute episodes of "Elmo's World" as well as a host of other short Muppet clips, and it has totally saved my sanity.
In the "Balls" episode, Elmo discusses things that do and don't bounce. When Elmo gets to the part where he observes that "birthday cakes don't bounce," boy LOSES it.
There's a lot I love about this short video clip.
In no particular order:
- The way boy ramps up his laughter as the delightful image nears of a birthday cake crashing to the ground.
- The faces boy makes as he chews on his finger at the beginning of the second clip. He's making the classic "Hey, I just came from the beach and I have sand in my teeth" face, although whatever was in his teeth was probably only green beans.
- The way, when I correct his "Yeah" to "Yes, mom" he starts to say and sign "Please".
- The way he gets so excited when the "Elmo's World" theme starts up (I think he even begins to dance and wave), then immediately whines in dismay as I fast-forward.
- The way his furrowed brow lightens magically when he realizes he gets to watch a cake being smashed AGAIN.
- The laughter, of course.
- And finally, the crazy assortment of toys on his high chair tray. I can spot a cast-iron tea pot, a toddler crayon, and a tube of toothpaste. Hey -- he can play with whatever he likes, as long as he EATS SOMETHING.


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Rush Township and Rushtown have an interesting history with more than their share of mystery. The Utts and a few others came here in 1797 and 1798. Then, many others came soon after, of whom are recalled Dan'l Kirkendall, George Herod, Thos. Jones, Thomas Arnold, Jas. Wallace, Wm. Russell, Mrs. Hester Brown and family and John Shultz.
Rush Township was the last of the municipal divisions of the county organized, and was taken wholly from Union Township, June 3, 1867. It is named for Dr. Benjamin Rush, an early physician and Founding Father of the United States.
From its beginnings of white settlement, Rush has been known for its immense quarries of freestone – as evidenced in the Inskeep Stone Works – and its popular inland waterways. However, to trace the history of human population in the area, one must research history dating back thousands of years ago.
Tremper Mound
The Tremper Earthworks included an earthen enclosure roughly in the shape of an oval with flattened sides. The oval was 480 feet by 407 feet with an opening in the southwestern part of the enclosure. At the center of the enclosure was a large, irregularly-shaped mound. Some people believed it was an effigy mound built in the shape of an animal, such as a tapir or even an elephant. Neither of these creatures lived in North America at the time the mound was built. It is still not clear if the mound had been built as an effigy.
William C. Mills of the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) excavated the Tremper Mound in 1915. At the base of the mound, he discovered numerous postmolds that revealed the outline of an ancient wooden structure 200 feet long by 100 feet wide. The pattern of postmolds showed that there had been a main building with several smaller chambers at the eastern end.
Evidence supports that here was a large charnel house here. The complex pattern of compartments in the house gave the mound its odd shape. The Hopewell culture probably built additions to the charnel house over the years.The most significant discovery made at Tremper Mound was a collection of more than 500 objects that had been deliberately broken up and left in one of the eastern side chambers. Included in this deposit were 136 smoking pipes, most of which had been made from catlinite or pipestone. Ninety of these were effigy pipes and were carefully sculpted in the shapes of a variety of creatures. Some of the pipes look like hawks, owls, herons, and cranes. Other pipes found at Tremper resemble bears, wolves, dogs, beavers, cougars, otters, and turtles.
Unlike the Hopewell groups in Ross County, those using the charnel house at Tremper did not bury their dead in single graves or log tombs. On the contrary, about 375 persons were cremated in the 12 crematory basins. The remains were interred in 4 burial depositories. A fifth depository was empty at the time of the excavation. Two people were buried in graves beneath the floor of the charnel house.
Unlike the Hopewell groups in Ross County, those using the charnel house at Tremper did not bury their dead in single graves or log tombs. On the contrary, about 375 persons were cremated in the 12 crematory basins. The remains were interred in 4 burial depositories. A fifth depository was empty at the time of the excavation. Two people were buried in graves beneath the floor of the charnel house.
The remarkable animal effigy platform pipes of the Hopewell culture are among the most delicate and naturalistic of these sculpted effigies. Tests have shown that the majority of the pipes were made from Sterling pipestone from northwestern Illinois.
Many of the Tremper pipes are now on display at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Crichton's Inn
Crichton's Inn
Crichton's Inn was located near where McDermott-Rushtown Road connects with State Route 104 and the Ohio Canal. For those in Southern Ohio, it was a popular summer vacation spot with a large dining room, accommodating up to 100 people; 30 guest rooms; and a space in the yard for summer tent camps to house the overflow.
Visitors could access the inn by rail – a Norfolk & Western station was located in Rushtown a short distance away – or by canal – the Ohio-Erie Canal was also nearby.
Crichton's was known as a "swinging place" with a very popular attraction. Edward A. Glockner explained: "There was a hug forty-foot handmade hammock up there, and boys and girls would go up there and swing each other!"
Besides the gigantic hammock, entertainment at the inn included music, dancing, meals, hiking trails, and outdoor games The resort also offered a medicinal herb garden with cultivated ginseng, billiards, horseshoes, and a "two-lane bowling alley where you had to set your own pins."
Marjorie Drew Lloyd relates, "When you arrived, there were fresh linens for the guests – the next clean linens you washed for yourselves. Guests also cleaned their own rooms, and families vacating the city heat would come for a month and do all their own cooking. It was nice, a home away from home, and even in the off-season, the inn's 30 rooms generally were full on weekends and holidays."
Crichton's Inn closed in 1919 "when another mode of transportation was encouraging people to seek more complex entertainments farther away from home."
The Ohio and Erie Canal
The Ohio and Erie Canal, which was under construction in this area 1830-1832, crossed the farm of George Heroedh, a stone contractor. He built the Elbow Lock, Camp Creek culvert, and more. While the canal was being dug, his wife Elizabeth often cooked for 60 or more hungry workers.
George promised his wife when his contract was up, he would build her a Baptist church on their property. Until then, members met in homes. Some canal workers attended services and helped George burn bricks to build the new church called Bethany. The church was dedicated November 30, 1834, and was home to 127 members at the time.
Slaves also traveled this area, and in 1861, workers left their jobs to join the war causing Ohio to privatize the canal until 1877. In 1881 the G.A.R. formed, holding meetings at Bethany for living veterans.
Lock 49 at Rushtown
Rushtown, Looking North
A Curiosity
Henry Towne Bannon. Stories Old and Often Told, Being Chronicles of Scioto County Ohio. Baltimore: Waverly Press. p. 274. 1927.
Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D., "Canal Lock 48 & Rushtown," Scioto Historical.
Newsletter of SCCOGS and the publication History of the Lower Scioto Valley.
"Ohio and Erie Canal in Scioto County, Ohio." portsmouthinfo.net.
"Virtual First Ohioans." Section 5-B. Ohio History Connection.
"Tremper Mound and Earthworks." Ohio History Central.
Added Later -- Info on "The Curiosity"
Patricia Williams, Retired English Instructor of Lucasville wrote ...
"The William Russell mentioned in this story is my 3x great-grandfather. He came to this country as an orphan, first to Philadelphia, then down the Ohio to Maysville. He moved to Adams County and married Nancy Wood, daughter of Benjamin Wood. He lived sort of back and forth between Adams and Scioto counties. He was the first clerk of courts of Scioto County, served in the state legislature, and three terms in the US House of Representatives. He moved to Rushtown at the mouth of Brush Creek. He and a son were the first two people buried (on the same day!) in Rushtown Cemetery.). I've never been able to find out why they died at the same time.
"The James Russell mentioned was William's son. My father once hiked to the top of Campbell Hill ( directly across from Lucasville with the flasher towers) and saw the hot spot for himself. Another son, Albert, died in a confederate prison camp in Georgia and is buried at Marietta GA."
Patrick Crabtree, Local Historian and Naturalist or Lucasville ...
Patrick told me about the steam hole, which he said was situated on what was originally known as Camel Hill. While hunting, he found a meteorite near the site, which he described as a rather small frog-pond like indentation near a huge old hickory tree. He didn't retrieve the mass at the time, but after seeing a Nova presentation about such fallout years later, Pat and a friend attempted to find the steam hole.
This trek was taken after an earthquake on the New Madrid fault line. Pat said he and his friend discovered that the entire landscape had changed -- gone was the steam hole and even the huge tree. He believes the spot was the site of a meteorite strike, and he thinks his find years earlier was just a part of a much larger object that hit and formed the steam hole.


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Good Morning!
Are you all ready for the weekend? Hoping that the weather is better so that we can really confirm that Spring has sprung!
I think this is my Favourite Festive Friday Stamp to date AND it meets my requirements for mailing~~
Mitra has released some new dies over at Impression Obsession.
I used these Scribble Circles to create this abstract snowman.
I used the hat from the Snowman set. I trimmed the bottom of the hat to follow the line of the smallest scribble circle.
In behind, I created a snowy background using the grunge wash stamp. Yep, that's the same background that I used on my coffee card yesterday.
Finally I stamped the Christmas Comes Anew stamp in black to balance out the hat!
Last, but certainly not least =, I added some sparkles with Cosmic Twinkles.
Hope you likey!!!
xx's and oh's


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Date: 07/27/2009
Writer: Audry Olmsted, 575-921-4056, firstname.lastname@example.com
TUCUMCARI, N.M. - The Tucumcari area has not yet received any irrigation water this year, leaving producers to largely rely on natural precipitation to keep their crops growing. Researchers with New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari plan to give producers ideas to help them manage crops and livestock during drought conditions at the annual field day on Aug. 6.
Rex Kirksey, superintendent of the science center, said this is the eighth consecutive year the Tucumcari area has seen little to no available irrigation water. Water allocations since 2002 have averaged less than five inches per year in the Arch Hurley Conservancy District, and there have been no water allocations in three of those years.
"These circumstances have created severe challenges for area producers," Kirksey said. "These conditions have forced local farmers and the Tucumcari science center to look for alternative ways to maintain crop production and cut production costs."
Because of the water situation in the local area, Kirksey said, Tim Farmer, District VII supervisor for the Office of the State Engineer, will be the keynote speaker at the field day. Farmer will present basic information about the state engineer's role in water rights matters pertaining to the Canadian River watershed, which includes the Tucumcari area.
This year's field day, Kirksey said, will feature on-station projects and invited speakers who have information that will be beneficial and interesting to area residents.
"We hope the people who attend the field day will be able to use the information presented to manage their crop production during this difficult time," Kirksey said. "We also want livestock producers to take away tips on the care and selection of their beef cow herds as well as how to manage horses in drought conditions."
At the field day, Sangu Angadi, a crop physiologist at the Agricultural Science Center at Clovis, will discuss tillage and cropping systems for non-irrigated crop production. Leonard Lauriault, a forage agronomist at the Tucumcari center, will talk about the biofuel potential of common grasses in eastern New Mexico.
Manny Encinias, an Extension beef cattle specialist at the Clayton Livestock Research Center, will give information on the Tucumcari Bull Test and how DNA markers and performance test data can be used for beef cattle improvement.
Tom Dominguez, an agricultural agent for the Quay County Extension office, will discuss the control of noxious weeds. Jason Turner, an Extension horse specialist, will offer tips for managing horses in drought conditions.
Registration for the field day starts at 4:30 p.m., and dinner, sponsored by area businesses, starts at 5:30 p.m. The dinner program starts at 6 p.m.
LeRoy Daugherty, associate dean and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and Jon Boren, associate dean and director of CES, will provide opening remarks. The dinner program will also include Farmer's presentation "Water Rights 101".
A hay wagon tour of the center begins at 6:45 p.m. Refreshments will be served after the tour.
The science center is 3 miles northeast of Tucumcari on Highway 54.
For more information, or if you are an individual with a disability who is in need of an auxiliary aid or service to participate, contact Kirksey at (575) 461-1620 or email@example.com.
© 2013 New Mexico State University Board of Regents
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The Kundalini Process: A Christian Understanding
Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality
- by Philip St. Romain
Paperback and digital editions
Hi All,
This forum has so many discussions, a bit overwhelming especially not knowing the terminology. Sorry if this is a repeat of things already covered.
I just read some posts where Phil and others talk about pro/cons of Centering Prayer, specifically that it might catalyze an unloading of subconscious material and stir up kundalini.
My question is: Do any of you know of people who awakened kundalini by way of Lectio Divina?
Phil recommends LD as a gentle method, but that's how I awakened K--contemplating deeply on the 23rd Psalm.
By about seven, I took to heart the Biblical passage about entering into your closet and praying in secret. Through inner guidance I began a practice which sounds very similar to CP. I focused on a one-word attribute of God and delved deep into the heart. You don't try to still the mind, it just happens. And it isn't really that you still the mind, you become so spacious that you attune to something far sweeter and more beautiful.
To me, CP was a gentle type of prayer, especially with the simple child's mind. You just slowly slip into the embrace of God's Love and eternity, where the heart becomes as vast as the sky. You rest in God, and all is peace and harmony. You are given your daily bread and are nourished.
However, to me LD seemed to be turbo charged prayer, because you engage the mind more--more faculties are involved. I chose this method when I had something driving me to prayer (like someone who was sick, some problem) to seek relief or insight.
In LD you enter into the living Word. All the senses are engaged but from within the heart. Layer upon layer of one's being seemed to get put in line/focused/resonate with the Biblical passage. The quiet/inner recitation of the passage becomes infused with love. My experience with this type of eyes-open prayer is that there is more body and sense awareness up to a sort of ecstatic tipping point than in CP. And that the experiences that arose had to do with creation as opposed to more abstract things of vast space in CP.
During the seven years of being blasted by kundalini (long ago), I didn't have kriyas or weird physical problems per say. I would feel a blast coming, sink my consciousness into the heart, and let it run its course. The thing that was so hard was the unstopping of subconscious material and the unsettling of emotions, the heightened sensitivities, the lack of solidity of the physical world (that everything in essence seemed to be light), not having peers in the process, being overwhelmed by the uber materiality of the 1990s and trying to run away from it, the feeling of all of one's cells turning inside out, etc.
And then of course, prayer became scary, because I wanted communion with God, not lightning bolts. I haven't really prayed in decades since then. I've done some meditation, mantra, and Sanskrit recitations. And Indian devotional singing, which was heartfelt but more on the side of emotionalism. I think there are some positive aspects to the Indian, but with hindsight, I wish I had plugged my ears to much of what they had to say, especially about eliminating the ego.
I think there was a lot of claptrap distraction from what my real problem was and still is. I recognized in junior high school that I knew how to hit the bullseye of the target (loving God), but I didn't know how to live/fill in the rest of it. It wasn't enough to pray in secret, I needed to learn how to live it in all my actions/interactions with friends, family, community, and so forth.
So after so many years and song and dance, I'm wanting to pray again. Two nights ago, I did a little CP before sleep. It feel soothing and a bit recharging (I've been dealing with a strange buzzing in my system the last four years--could be adrenals/nervous system). My sense is that CP is more balancing for me than opening/catalyzing.
Thanks for listening and if you have any insights.
No one seems to have any comments. Of course prayer is not so easy as it was in childhood. Anyway I still feel like I should only tap in lightly for short amounts of time. The real work now is compassionate embodiment. And perhaps less focus on heart and more on overall balance.
Hi MaryAnn
Any sort of continual and persistent mental effort or focusing of ones attention can produce a change in oneself. The two aspects of Kundalini are personal change and healing and too much of some spiritual activity without sufficient preparation or even a single powerful numinous experience could be seen as damaging to the person and may incite a healing response.
Sufficient prana passing up the central nervous system and reaching the head may initiate the 'unloading' of subconscious material as preparation of further developments ie the 'unloading' of the conscious mind and movement into silence or 'fourth' state.
If it were the other way round their would be no ability to process the unconscious mind and what would that be like?
Surrendering ones efforts is a safety here and would seem the natural thing to do but many people in the West are not brought up that way.
In the case of a single powerful numinous experience there may be no choice in the matter.
Hi MaryAnn.
It's a little slow around here sometimes, but eventually someone (like ~Tarantella~) does reply.
It sounds like you're caught in a kind of conflict, yearning to pray to deepen your relationship with God, but concerned that formal prayer might stir things up too much. I'd encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit for guidance about this, to lead you to pray in a manner that is best for you at this time. Various methods produce different consequences, as T noted, and it's not necessarily a bad thing to stir up the energy provided it's not too intense or painful. Paul even encourages Timothy to do so (2 Tm. 1:6).
There's an old saying, "pray as you pray," which is to say that there's not necessarily one best method for prayer for anyone or at any given time. Any time we lift the mind and heart to God, we are praying, even if we do this without words. So maybe this will be a time for exploration and discovery for you and you will come to find various methods of prayer that are right for you. Keep us posted.
Hi Tarantella,
Ah, so are you saying you think whatever method helps sufficient prana flow up the central nervous system to the head will/might initiate unloading of the subconscious?
In other words, I can see why Phil might think Centering Prayer would unload but Lectio D would be more gentle and safe--probably because most adults would get so bogged down in the intellect with a book in their hands, they wouldn't release much prana up the central channel.
But perhaps because I already had movement of Prana in my central channel, the Lectio D's mental activity helped open up a complete circuit for the Prana.
Mary Ann
Thank you. Wise words. Beautiful quotation from 2 Tim.
Mary Ann
If you don't mind me getting into this--I've always felt a bit of a gap between my prayer life and my life out in the world. I would expand greatly and then at times contract with almost like a whiplash motion--at least during some key events.
I think a big reason why I have had a lot of difficulty with the K process is that it awakened a year after a traumatic event from which I was still healing. Now they would call it PTSD.
When I was an abroad student in Europe, I found myself locked in a train's bathroom about 2am with a Moroccan holding up a knife and wanting to rape me. After I pulled myself back from fear, helplessness, and the ceiling of the compartment (I willed myself back into my body), I looked at his face which had a scar. I saw he had lived a life of hardship and was moved with compassion.
I forgot about myself as if I were in prayer. I expressed concern for his well-being. I asked him what this would do to him. He had me repeat the question. The gathering darkness across his forehead dispersed and he folded up the knife. He called it off. When I pulled the door open, a wave of panic struck me and it was a shattering experience.
The compassion part I think was aided by prior years of Love of God/prayer, and Grace. But I immediately swung back the opposite direction the moment I was "safe." It was like everything came crashing back down on my head.
A couple years later while riding my bicycle among some traffic. A quiet, non-emotional voice cut though my thoughts and asked inside me, "What would you do if you were hit by a car?" I almost hesitated, but with all my strength of mind, I silently insisted, "I would pray." My mind suddenly filled with a pristine white light. A moment later, I looked into the eyes of a driver who tore across traffic right at me. He swore and swerved out of the way just in time.
From a moment of light and expanse, I crashed down again. As soon as I got to sidewalk, I held my sides and dry heaved. And then of course I got angry. "What kind of question is that? Answer wrong and you're roadkill! Really?!"
Those are two dramatic examples from long ago. But I think the pattern I maintain is still similar. I have had so much Grace and it has been so hard. I haven't been very grateful. I've been through so much and I've come out OK except for my nervous system. It's like it still is in shock. When I pray to God to relieve me of this stress, my attention goes to the lower chakras--I believe specifically the second chakra.
I feel inclined to focus loving kindness to my second chakra. And perhaps do a Donna Eden Method to clear and balance it.
Any thoughts on gently cultivating gratitude? Or on calming/healing the second chakra/Tan Tien?
Mary Ann
[Just did some gentle clearing and stayed with the feelings. I saw that I held a belief from childhood that if bad things happened it was my fault because I wasn't knowing the Truth. That a child's brain on New Thought. I carry it like a core belief.
The crazy thing is that the Christian Scientists really are right about the unchanging, eternal nature of Truth. In India when I was doing a lot of spiritual practices, I walked around for a bit viewing the world as an expression of the underlying Perfection, and that suffering came from an incorrect seeing of things. But it makes me mad thinking about it, because how do you translate that understanding into real life terms?]This message has been edited. Last edited by: MaryAnn,
Mary Ann, those were two incredibly dangerous "close calls" you describe. It's hard to say how much events like those are related to K process; many, many people have similar experiences with no sign of K resulting.
One thing I can say is that if you believe those traumatic experiences still have some degree of influence on your energy and emotions, there is good help available. For example, there's EMDR, a counseling approach to deal with past traumatic experiences. My wife is a psychotherapist and she uses this approach with people who have PTSD and finds it quite effective in helping them to move on.
The Christian Scientists and Hindus aren't completely wrong about everything. Much of our suffering is indeed brought on by poor choices and distorted beliefs. If we really could accept and love ourselves unconditionally, I'm sure we'd experience much healing and more peace and joy in our lives. Nevertheless, we would suffer at some time, and we will also die. I've been talking up a work I've just completed on "God, and the Problem of Suffering" on another thread, so you might check that out sometime.
My thought is that, after two close calls like that, I think you have plenty of reasons for heartfelt gratitude! For myself, I've found that prayers of gratitude can definitely leave me feeling a whole lot better about life.
Hi Phil,
I think the first close call was related to K in that it drove me to prayer, because I wanted relief and to experience the love and peace of God's presence. I probably opened up more because the experience of prayer was so lovely in contrast to the PTSD mental/emotional suffering. My K awakening was/is maybe more intense and difficult than some because I was already a wreck and the K was added on top of that. It gave me even more to deal with--almost to the point of absurdity. But then again, there's never a convenient time for a Kundalini awakening.
The second happening was about two years after the initial awakening. Things were settling down and I was starting to have a fun life. I interpreted the close call as a call to "pray or die." I still don't really know how much was my reaction to things, but I felt for many years (more intensely at certain periods) that I was being sort of funneled through a dangerous pass and that I had to be alert and careful.
Yes, even after all these years, I still have too much emotional fixation connected to certain life events. I would think there are several factors playing into this shakiness. Stress definitely makes everything worse.
I'm checking out some EMDR info online/YouTube/apps. I do see there are four certified EMDR people in my area. I've recently started having appts with an osteopath who has a therapy background. I have another appt with her in two weeks. The last one I found to be very powerful because it was a combination of talking with gentle physical manipulation.
Interesting that you have a booklet about the problem of suffering. I've just downloaded it.
Thanks Again,
Mary Ann
Yeah, Derek, you are right. But I think it is just indicative that it is hard to see past a certain level of stress. It's like a constant toothache or something. but you are right. I am trying to catch myself at different intervals and practice gratitude.
For sure. Your diagnosis of PTSD sounds accurate to me. During a traumatic experience, people often do dissociate temporarily. Some time later, all the feelings come flooding out.
Hi Derek,
I don't think disassociate is really a precise term for what happened. Certainly, I began to disassociate--I looked down on myself from the ceiling initially. But I willed myself back.
I became so present and in the moment that I helped the man shift his mental state. If you are disassociated, you have no lever to do so.
It is true that I didn't identify myself with the body and personality at that moment. In fact a thought passed through my mind, "It would be a sin against nature." I stood before him as one with God's creation, and from this I had great strength of mind (at least momentarily).
An aspect of the mind registered the thought with a little surprise ("That's interesting"-- in feeling, not that words actually formed.) In childhood, I had had several experiences of beginning to expand to embrace all of creation. So, it's not really a surprise that during extreme danger I might go to that level of being. Mind is vast, and the conscious personality is only a thin crust.
When I exited, I had a double-shock of identification with the small self and identification with the powerful emotion of panic.
I just don't think disassociate is quite the right term.
Are there adequate terms to describe non-ordinary states of mind and prayer? I don't know for sure, but I don't think psychology has that subtlety.
Probably not. Psychology tends to pathologize anything outside the ordinary. So "dissociation," "depersonalization," "derealization," and so on. It sounds like none of these is a good fit for you.
Hi Derek and All,
I think the thing that has bothered me most these last 28 years since the K process started is the difference in quality of experience I had before and after.
Pre-K, I used to fill with the golden light from above and felt connected with God and Creation/nature (towards kinship with all of Creation).
When I awakened kundalini that day in college, a silver ball of light came in through the feet and catalyzed an on-going process upwards. It seems to be pushing me towards transcendence (towards oneness with vast, spacious consciousness).
I wonder, are they two phases of a bigger cycle (like a Taoist Macro Cosmic Circuit)? And religions tend to focus primarily on the upside (Eastern) or downside (Western) of it? If there is a choice between one or the other, I'm not enamored with non-duality and would rather get back to my original path.
To my understanding, the person who is truly trying to be a good Christian has the imperative to follow the Golden Rule and practice Love in action (i.e., like Jesus and the Disciples, and the example of the Good Samaritan). However, I never really saw an equivalent in Eastern culture (perhaps the Bodhisattva ideal but you had to be enlightened before you could really be of any help). When there is emphasis on transcendence, bottom line IMO it means life is cheap, even though there may be a lot of talk about compassion.
[Of course much of Western history is about "good" Christians mugging the Jews and blowing each other up.]
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On this Sunday, we thought we would visit a little known episode in American history, the reign of Emperor Norton the First, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
The English born Norton came to the US in1849 with a small fortune ( he lost the money investing in rice in Peru ). On September 17, 1859, Norton became the Emperor by publishing a proclamation:
"At the peremptory request and desire of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last 9 years and 10 months past of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these United States; and in virtue of the authority thereby in me vested, do hereby order and direct the representatives of the different States of the Union to assemble in Musical Hall, of this city, on the 1st day of February next, then and there to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union as may ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring, and thereby cause confidence to exist, both at home and abroad, in our stability and integrity.
Norton I.,
Emperor of the United States
17th September, 1859.
On October 12, Norton issued another proclamation abolishing Congress because of "fraud and corruption." When he found out Congress had not been abolished, he ordered Winfield Scott and the army to "clear the halls of Congress." ( Scott did not do this ).
In Summer, 1860, in a move to prevent Civil War, Norton abolished the country altogether. This plan also failed.
For the next 20 years, Norton became a celebrity in San Francisco, earning free meals and issuing Imperial Bonds to raise money. He was listed in a census under the occupation "Emperor". Of course, the census also listed him as insane, so…..
Emperor Norton died on January 8, 1880, when he collapsed at a street corner. He left no plans for succession.


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I usually spend Thursday evenings reading or writing, but I've just been under a lot of weird, amorphous pressure lately, which has not been conducive to either of those things. I spent the evening mostly end-tucking (and a little trying to salvage a story.)
There are 224 swirls. This is the kind of end-tucking sucktitude where I note that I have tucked the ends of 44 swirls. I just think I'm going to feel every one, you know? But I'm excited to see how it turns out.


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The conservative bricks and mortar of real estate investment trusts have had a tough time keeping up with a high-flying Wall Street. But the tide of investment dollars may be starting to turn back in favor of REITs.
REITs look like a good buy on paper. The fundamentals are sound with companies offering strong earnings and solid management. Nevertheless, share prices have floundered across the board. Some REITs are trading at prices 10% to 20% below net asset value.
Tough competition Part of that slump is due to a highly competitive investment market. "Investors have been ignoring earnings and instead have been pursuing high-growth opportunities, which are clearly not REITs," says Stuart Boesky, president of Aegis Realty Inc. and senior managing director of Related Capital Co. in New York.
Internet and technology stocks have been attracting the bulk of the investment dollars flowing into public markets.
"With high total returns seemingly available in other instruments, those types of investments are competing with REITs," agrees Jonathan Weller, president and COO of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) in Philadelphia. "Investors are looking for income stocks, and they're not coming to REITs."
Although retail-oriented stocks have fared better than other REIT sectors, investors are still wary of variables such as overbuilding and online shopping. "A lot of people are speculating about what the Internet impact will be, and that has created a level of uncertainty that will linger for some time," says Mark Zeisloft, vice president and retail REIT analyst with RREEF Real Estate Securities in Chicago. That uncertainty is keeping downward pressure on REIT share prices.
Retailer dislocation in recent years is another concern. Although most retailers are enjoying strong growth and expansion, a number of retailers, such as Montgomery Ward and Builders Square, continue to announce major store closings. Those closures are having a negative impact on stock prices, Zeisloft says.
Change in the wind? However, a recent spike in REIT stocks in mid-April may be a sign that the market is beginning to shift. "The REIT stocks bumped up almost simultaneously with the very quick correction in the tech sector," Boesky says. "I believe what's happening is, slowly, investors are starting to focus on value and earnings again."
One big-name investor has zeroed in on those values and could play a significant role in boosting REIT stock prices. Warren Buffet, chief executive of the investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc., recently bought a 5% stake in two REITs: Greensboro, N.C.-based Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. and Baltimore-based Town & Country Trust, a multifamily REIT.
"I can understand why Buffet chose to invest, and it's not a surprise at all," Boesky says. "Warren Buffet invests in companies that he thinks are good values, and he also looks very closely at management." Companies in the REIT sector fit that bill.
Tanger, for example, is a strong company in which the Tanger family has maintained 28% ownership since going public. Buffet's purchase helped bump Tanger's stock from $19.38 per share on April 1 to $26 per share on April 28. According to Reuters news service, REIT share prices as a group increased 7.3% on its index following Buffet's purchases.
But not all REITs have been able to revel in rising stock prices, and some analysts are predicting only a modest gain in stock prices - 2.5% to 5% for the remainder of 1999.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
nRF51–Finally en route
It's finally on order! The nRF51422 DK / EK kit that uses the new ANT+ transceiver with Arm Cortex M0 all in one chip.
So that means that development is switching to a slightly more closed platform. Depending on how the evaluation of this part goes will determine the potential for a commercial unit.
Yes, that's right, I'm in the planning process of evaluating the possibility of going commercial. Generally response to the blog has been good, and testing with the recent updates has been very positive. I'll be posting more data soon. I also found a local company that rents Powertap G3 wheels. I'm planning on renting one in the next two weeks and showing the error between data similar to that of dcrainmaker.com when he does his power meter reviews.
A commercial version will contain the nRF51422 for the ANT+ version and likely the nRF51822 or nRF51922 for BTLE compatibility if it's warranted in the future. As of right now there still isn't a BTLE power meter profile as far as I can find.
Update: BTLE power profile at version 0.9 which means adopters can get access. Still waiting on confirmation as I had to re-register.
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Sweet, looking forward to it!ReplyDelete
Btw, there is a BLE profile today. Actually, spec was ratified (finally!) about 10 days ago). Previously it's been in perpetual beta. Let me know if you'd like some contacts there.Replies
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Apple Festival 2008 - Heritage Apples
We had a very successful 2009 Apple Festival with over 1200 happy, full and excited apple lovers roaming our island for the day. The feelings of PEACE & HAPPINESS was such a beautiful pervasive energy, that it seemed to spread over the whole island. Perhaps quality food is the secret to world peace. APPLES FOR PEACE.
Some Highlights follow:
The 2009 Apple Festival poster features the watercolours of Diana Morris-Knox and the calligraphy of Delaine Faulkner.
1) Captain Apple made an appearance.
2) The Incredible Apple Display at Fulford Hall
It featured 316 labeled apple varieties in 2009, all grown organically on Salt Spring Island. That is a record number. Below, you see the beginning, with all the varieties starting with the letter A.
3) This collection is an epic task. First, all growers on Salt Spring are canvassed to collect 3 apples of each variety in a paper bag, with the name of the apple on the bag. These bags are brought together on the night before the Apple Festival, where about 35 volunteers begin the task to alphabetize the whole mass of paper bags. Before any apples are taken out of the bags, the number of varieties is counted (roughly), the number of varieties on each of the 12 eight foot tables is calculated, the apples are alphabetized, the labels are added, and each grower is indicated with a little round coloured sticker on the label. Then and only then, are the apples taken out of the bags and set on the doilies. The sight and smell of that many apples is a breath taking sight. Fortunately we have many volunteers with over 6 years of experience, so they help to keep everyone on track. We do feed the volunteers that night, because we want our volunteers to be happy in every way. They do such a great job. One visiting writer in 2008 exclaimed how amazed she was at our team of enthusiastic volunteers. Salt Springers do LOVE THEIR APPLES.
Here is the Fulford Hall Apple Display team setting up 316 apple varieties on the evening before the Apple Festival. Notice that the apples on the right foreground, those starting with A's are being taken out of the bags, while the ones on the left foreground, the Z's are still in bags.
4) The Apple Festival is all about Apples, on our incredible island, which we call APPLE HEAVEN. Here are some samples.
Grimes Golden
Hudson's Golden Gem (looks like a pear, except stem is in opposite end)
Washington Strawberry
Apples on display at Duck Creek Farm
5) The Salt Spring Pie Ladies baked 149 apple pies, with a label indicating which apple variety was used in the pie. The best way to discover your favourite cooking apple
Evelyn Lee, on left below (aged 91), baked 13 pies; Sharon Hawke, on right, wore some old lace from her Grandmother on Apple Festival Day.
The Salt Spring Island Women's Institute Pie Ladies
From left, Sharon, Bev, Margaret and Angela. (photo by Derrick Lundy)
WARNING: The pies were sold out by 2 PM
From left, Bev B, Pam and Angela
6) Satya Hall was at Apple Lusciou standing in front of a Grimes Golden tree, with an unknown apple from his tree, that had just been ID'ed as a Grimes Golden. There was a sign at that tree talking about Widow Smith of Spences Bridge, who grew Grimes Golden along the Fraser River in the early 1900's. Her Grimes Golden became world famous, as they were requested by the King of England. Good friends of the Grand daughter of Widow Smith arrived at the tree at exactly the same time. It was a magical convergence.
7) At the Purdy Inglin Farm, Ted Dodds and Peter Coddling were pressing apple juice made from individual apple varieties, using their Grandfather's apple press, which is over 100 years old. Guests were able to sample fresh pressed juice from either King, Wealthy, Newton, or Northern Spy apples. Now that is a connoisseurs delight.
8) Bob Weeden of Whims Farm, grows ONLY heritage apple varieties (varieties grown before 1900) and as a former professor, he loves to share his widespread knowledge of apples with all. He is our local APPLE IDENTIFICATION EXPERT as well as the KEEPER OF LOCAL SEEDLINGS (Newly found varieties). So he is a very valuable link in the local apple network.
Some of Bob Weedens heritage apples (notice the blush on these Cortlands in the foreground).
9) We are so lucky to have many children involved in the Apple Festival. Two young neighbours of Apple Luscious Organic Orchard (and some of our main apple testers), spent lots of time tasting apples and having fun.
About 2 PM, on that day, they excitedly showed me their hand. On it they had written, TSUGARU, a Japanese apple variety that is very sweet, and their Winner for that day.
Set up volunteers, Deanna and Kayah show off our banner
10) We love to show a range of Salt Spring treasures at Fulford Hall. These are from a tomato tasting by Salt Spring Seeds, hosted by Marsha Goldberg.
11) Tasting apples is the main event on Apple Festival Day. All the rhetoric and apple variety descriptions disappear, when you taste an apple. The moment of truth. All orchards take great pride in featuring the tasting of their apple varieties. Bright Farm present their apple varieties for tasting above.
Cusheon Cove Farm present their apple varieties for tasting
12) Fabulous lunches are a great part of every Apple Festival with about half the farms offering lunches of some sort. A great variety of tastes is also featured, with lamb, Thai food, vegetarian, pork, gluten free foods and amazing desserts rounding out the menus.
Anna Gustafson & Paul Burke provided delicious lunches at Blue Horse Gallery
Blue Horse Gallery dessert delight
Jan Mangan photo
The cheeses of David Woods of Salt Spring Cheese are a connoisseur's dream and sought after by cheese lovers across Canada
Neptune Farm also had fabulous food that day
13) Harry uses a pole picker to get some perfectly ripe Pink Delight (red flesh) apples for a customer. They apples were very popular with apple lovers that day. Since by nature, they have a very waxy finish, these apples shine like ornaments on a Christmas tree.
A posed photo of Pink Delight apples
Pink Delight apple cross section
All that is left of the Pink Delight at the tasting table
14) The beautiful garden ornament about 16 inches tall, was made by Elna Gravelle, as a fund raiser for Seeds for Malawi. The Apple Festival purchased it for the Apple Festival raffle, and it went to a happy home.
15) Apple Collection 2009 sold to Mayne Island
It is a huge job to amass the 316 apple varieties shown off in 2009 at Fulford Hall. It was a stunning display. In order to reward the growers who do all the work to make this display happen, we sell off the Apple Collection and return al the money to the growers. By doing that, we are hopefully sending them the message PLEASE DO ALL THE WORK NEXT YEAR TO PUT TOGETHER THE FABULOUS APPLE COLLECTION.
We sold the Apple Collection to Mayne Island for their Apple Fest and the collection was delivered to them 2 days after.
Feedback from Helen O'Brian on Mayne Island:
Apple Fest was a great success. The steady stream of people coming to the display were absolutely gob smacked at the number and variety of apples and... all grown on Salt Spring Island. What an eye opener it was for them. Thank you so much for making it all possible. Many of the apples were tasted and some were sold off. The rest went to an islander for pressing.
Donations that were made will be put towards the purchase of a community apple press which many people were VERY enthusiastic about.
We'll keep in touch.
Cheers, Helen
16) Feedback from Salt Spring Island Apple Festival participants
1) We enjoyed all and envious of anyone who partook of Apple Luscious lunch offerings! We did enjoy the apple tastings and found the Cox Pippin the best and bought some of those. The Arlets were a favourite too as was the Karamijn de Sonnaville? We plan to attend again with our grand daughter Jasmine next time! (Member of Surrey/White Rock Naturalists)
2) The 2009 Apple Fest was Spectacular!!! As usual!!!
Everyone was talking about it...I think it is getting bigger than
the fall fair (local Salt Springer)
3) You guys do an amazing job in education, community work and making sure that we don't loose our connection to the land and food security. (Sidney resident)
4) My husband and I just wanted to thank you for a fabulous day at the Apple Festival. We enjoyed looking at all the varieties at the hall and we were excited to receive help in identifying some or our older varieties of apples.
They were very kind to email us the information.
It was a delight to visit your orchard and my husband devoured a quiche and said it was absolutely delicious!
Map in hand, we wound our way around your island enjoying the offerings provided.
It was a truly wonderful experience. Thank you very much for the large role you played in making it happen. (Qualicum Beach resident)
5) Your property reminded me of the countryside in Mallorca (Spain) where I once lived many many years ago - I was so happy to visit your property as it brought back some very nostalgic memories of living in Spain! Thank you. (Sidney blogger)
17) Photographers and their photos from 2009
1) Rick Neufield (Noof)
http://www.noofoto.com Rick posts one photo every single day of the year from Salt Spring Island. Great captions also
2) Christina Richard
Dragonfly Farm & Studio
Illustration ~ Animation ~ Design
You can see her entire collection of Apple Festival 2009 photos at http://www.dragonflyfarm.ca/Apple_Festival_2009/Apple_Festival_2009.html
3) Michelle Gore-Langton
Great photos at her website.
4) All photographs (about 1000 in total for Apple Fest 2009)
We are in the process of preparing a website to display all photographs from the six photographers who did such a great job documenting our 2009 festival.
18) Media Coverage of The Salt Spring Island, BC Apple Festival
1) Vancouver Sun article, Friday, Oct 2, 2009
2) Michelle Gore-Langton
Her blog
3) Victoria Kayak Group (Kayak Yak)
This group of Kayakers came over for the 2009 Apple Festival and in Oct posted this blog about the event.
4) Article by Linda Ziedrich
Linda Ziedrich, a writer from OREGON, has an Apple Festival article in North West Travel magazine in the September/October 2010 issue. This article was based on a trip to the 2009 Salt Spring Island Apple Festival.
5) The Real Food Traveler features an article about the Salt Spring Island Apple Festival. We have now placed it with a food focus web site.
by Yvette Cardozo
14821 255 Ave SE
Issaquah, WA 98027
phone: (425) 391-0770
fax: (888) 726-8992
19) Facebook
The Salt Spring Island Apple Festival is NOW ON FACEBOOK.
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20) The 12th Annual Salt Spring Island Apple Festival
Theme: Kids and Apples, A Magical Combination
Sunday, OCT 3, 2010
9 AM to 5 PM
Suggested Starting point: Fulford Hall.
A chance to visit Apple Heaven while still on earth!
SEE PAST HIGHLIGHTS AT www.appleluscious.com
We will see you in Apple Heaven
on Sunday, October 3, 2010.


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To ensure privacy and security, all purchases are made using non-identifiable, single-use, and random payment tokens generated in the CanPay App. A consumer who wants to pay with CanPay simply downloads the app to their smart phone from www.CanPayApp.com, creates an account and links their checking account, and, upon approval, can begin paying at any participating retailer.The consumer logs into their CanPay app at the time of purchase and scans the random token into the retailer's point of sale device. Funds are electronically transferred directly from the consumer's checking account to the retailer's compliant bank account.
"We've partnered with CanPay because we see similar values between our approaches to helping cannabis retailers," said Sundie Seefried, president of Safe Harbor Private Banking, a division of Partner Colorado Credit Union. "We both hold transparency, security, and legitimacy as priorities in this emerging market.
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You can book your accomodation during the registration process. Deadline for hotel reservations is August 25th, 2017. After this date reservations are available "on request basis".
Hotel Golf****
Congress venue hotel
The Hotel Golf is situated in a beautiful park full of old trees in the very heart of Bled. Boasting magnificent views of Lake Bled, Bled Castle and the Julian Alps, the hotel has 150 rooms and suites. There is also a modern conference centre with all the necessary equipment for organising successful conferences and business meetings. The hotel offer is complemented by one of Slovenia's best wellness centres and hotel swimming pools that would best be described as pools with a view.
- single room: 121 € / room / night
- single room (lake view): 142 € / room / night
- double room: 136 € / room / night
- double room (lake view): 167 € / room / night
Grand Hotel Toplice*****
Within walking distance (500m) to congress venue
The renovated Grand Hotel Toplice boasts a rich history, offering traditional style and sumptuous comfort for the guests' enjoyment and relaxation. The Grand Hotel Toplice has hosted a number of eminent guests; today, it is frequented by people looking for the most elegant accommodation by Lake Bled, as well as golfers and conference guests. On top of that, Grand Hotel Toplice is a very popular choice for weddings and large scale celebrations. The hotel features a private beach and boathouse in addition to a thermal swimming pool and select wellness services.
- single room: 138 € / room / night
- single room (lake view): 180 € / room / night
- double room: 154 € / room / night
- double room (lake view): 196 € / room / night
Hotel Park****
Within walking distance (300m) to congress venue
The Hotel Park is located in the very centre of Bled by the shore of Lake Bled. The hotel usually appeals to guests looking for an active vacation, since the nearby surroundings offer countless options for physical activities in the heart of nature. The Hotel Park is a certified cyclist friendly and hiker friendly hotel. The hotel's Park Restaurant and Cafe is the home of the original Bled cream cake, the popular dessert that Bled is renowned for far and wide. Its 217 rooms and suites make Hotel Park Bled's largest hotel.
- single room: 106 € / room / night
- single room (lake view): 120 € / room / night
- double room: 112 € / room / night
- double room (lake view): 135 € / room / night
Hotel Savica***
Within walking distance (50m) to congress venue
Hotel Savica is a family friendly hotel with 104 rooms and suites. The hotel offers quality accommodation in connected family rooms, furnished with attention to the needs of families with small children. The Hotel Savica staff are driven by the desire to give parents unforgettable family experiences while entertaining and educating the children with the help of an extensive entertainment programme teaching children how to be responsible towards the environment.
- single room: 83 € / room / night
- double room: 102 € / room / night
In addition to those hotels, there are many more. Apart to the hotels, we would like to draw your attention to special offer of private housing - appartments and rooms, everything within walking distance to the congress centre. For more information, if somebody is interested, please see links below:
- Bled Accomodation (bled.si)
- Family pensions and apartments Bled (limba.com)
- Private rooms Bled (viaslovenia.com)
Special notes
- All above rates are per room per day including buffet breakfast and VAT.
- Tourist tax is 1,27 € / person / day.
- Payment is made directly with the hotel on departure day.