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FASB New Lease Management Rules
With the FASB new lease management rules on the horizon, businesses of all different industries are racing to get in compliance. Yours should be no different.
If your company is like most, and utilizes leases of any kind, then these new rules will most likely merit some changes in the way that your business approaches lease accounting. With such an overhaul in the rules, many business executives and their accounting teams might see the journey to compliance as daunting.
After all, to accommodate these FASB lease management rule changes, there are a number of hurdles to clear, including:
- Bringing together, and organizing, the information associated with your leases. Here at Visual Lease, we have developed sophisticated software that is easy to use. This software can serve as a singular platform for all of your lease information, helping you satisfy the new lease management guidance along the way.
- Hitting the necessary deadlines. It's not too late to achieve day-one compliance with the FASB new lease management rules. While the rules take effect in 2019, the Visual Lease team can provide you with a 90-day integration program that will seamlessly fit Visual Lease's digital solution into your business' everyday operations.
- Learning, and mastering, new software. Many accounting professionals worry that adjusting to the FASB lease management rule changes will mean having to learn complicated new technology — but it doesn't. Visual Lease is easy to integrate, configure and use. The Visual Lease team of lease professionals can even provide helpful training, data migration, lease coaching and a wide range of additional wrap around services that enhance the effectiveness of our software.
Visual Lease provides the solutions, knowledge and insight that you need to, not just get in compliance with the new lease accounting rules, but to streamline your process as a whole and start leveraging leases in a more effective, profitable manner.
Talk to our team about the FASB new lease management rules and how our services and solutions can help your business.


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Canadian Health&Care Mall: Meeting Physicians' Responsibilities in Providing End-of-Life Care
While prevention of premature death has always been a primary goal of medicine, provision of a comfortable and peaceful death has been widely acknowledged as an important end in itself only in the last several decades. Even with widespread professional acknowledgment of the importance of palliative care, many patients die in moderate or severe pain, physicians are often unaware of patients' wishes regarding end-of-life care, and interventions are often inconsistent with patients' preferences. Providing high-quality end-of-life care is difficult and complex. Figure 1 shows the diverse skill set necessary for providing high-quality end-of-life care, as derived from the perspectives of patients with chronic and life-limiting illnesses, family members, physicians, and nurses.
In this review, we describe the responsibilities of pulmonary and critical care physicians in providing end-of-life care to patients and their families. Although many of these responsibilities are common to all physicians caring for patients with life-limiting illness, we focus on issues most relevant to pulmonary and critical care settings. We also focus on practical aspects of providing this care, such as prognostication and decision making about goals of care suggested by Canadian Health Care Mall, approaches to communicating with patients and family, the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and addressing conflicts, principles of withholding and withdrawing life sustaining measures, and the role of cultural competency in end-of-life care.


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During my lifetime (I will be 31 in May, yay!) I've experienced a lot of successes. (A lot of failures too, but that's for a different article.) I've taught myself how to swim, won district high school biology contests, won darts tournaments. I've opened retail businesses, made a profit. I've written books, became a respected internet marketer and made thousands of dollars online.
That's not to brag, but to set the table for what I'm about to say next.
The "success system" I have used for each of these includes the same seven steps. Whether I'm wanting to buy a new expensive toy, complete a race, launch a new product or any of a thousand things, I use the same set of steps.
Do you want to achieve success with your online business? Here are the steps:
Set Your Target
That's your first step. Decide what it is that you want to accomplish. Write it down. Draw a circle around it. Bullseye. Now let's talk about how to hit that goal dead center…
Personalize Your Strategy
What exactly do you need to do in order to reach the goal?
You need to "tailor" (custom fit) a plan for your unique situation. While your goal may be the same as other people, the steps they take may not work for you. You need steps that YOU can complete, steps that will take YOU and YOUR specific place in life to where YOU want to go.
It's not a cookie cutter, "one size fits all" plan. Identify the necessary steps. Try to keep the steps to single digits. In other words, no more than nine steps. Preferably as little as 3-5. Sure, there will be sub-steps within the larger blocks, but the few major steps the better. It will seem less daunting.
Train & Learn to Become a Pro
You need to learn how to complete the necessary steps. Learn them by reading. Learn them by observing. Learn them by trying. Don't get sidetracked with a lot of extra details.Be focused. Precise.
If you need to learn how to build an email marketing list, don't get distracted by that shiny new course on blog design.
What is hard is WORK. This is where most people stop. Whether they get frustrated or confused or lazy or indifferent or whatever it is, they don't put in the time and effort to get the job done.
I've seen many would-be bloggers drop out right here because the work requires too much time and effort and discomfort. Likewise, I've seen many internet marketers abandon their dream of a successful business because it requires "toil" – it requires determination, persistence and effort.
Don't stop short of your target. Work hard!
Tweak and Improve
There WILL be times when you fail. All of us do. It's a fact of life. It's not a matter of failing, it's a matter of how you respond. You get knocked down. Will you stay down? Or will you get back up and keep moving?
Tweak that plan. And get to the target!
Whether it's looking in the mirror and seeing a thin version of yourself or crossing the finish line of a marathon or working from home at your successful internet business, the fact remains the same: you did it!
Enjoy the moment. Don't get complacent, but enjoy the moment. Reap the rewards of your effort. And start setting the next goal.
But before you get to that…
Teach Others How to do It
I teach to make a living. There's no mistake about that. But I also teach because I've seen success and I truly want to help others achieve similar (and greater) levels of success.
When you hit your target, don't forget that there are others who are back at step one.They need some guidance. They need some help. They need you.
That's my "Success system". Been using it since as long as I can remember. Business, non-business. Doesn't matter what I want to do – this system works.
Use it to get where you want to go.
And if you need some help, I'll be glad to be your "go to" guy for guidance. We can work together to setup a plan for you that applies these steps to YOUR specific business. Just signup for my newsletter (if you haven't done so already, and we'll keep in touch)
And finally, don't forget to leave your comments below. I always like hearing from you.


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There is no doubt of my love for Boon's Grass Drying Rack – except that lately not everything I need to dry fits on our cheery little patch of BPA-free drying "grass." Clearly Boon heard the cry from parents who have little hungry hippos and are always drying bottles – because the grass has turned into a Lawn! This is great as we slowly venture into solids and have even more utensils to dry. Also, Evie's 8oz glass bottles will nestle so much easier on a larger space…no more balancing acts and piling of nipples!
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Boon LAWN Countertop Drying Rack
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Good Design ExerSaucer/Activity Gym Round-Up
If I had any industrial design chops, or the remote desire to manufacture such a thing, I would create an ExerSaucer that didn't give everyone a migrane when you look at it. They're big, they're over the top, they're loud, they're plastic, they're fugly.
Ok, as someone who leans towards clean, minimalist modern design, I understand fugly is part of the baby game, so I've certainly made some concessions already. But Evie is starting to get really active and her Baby Bjorn bouncer (which I highly recommend) is getting too confining, so I have no choice but to find an upright activity center where she can stretch her adorable legs. This has nothing to do with me wanting to pawn her off to a circle of neglect, but everything to do with the fact that the kid clearly is craving activity and stimulation.
So here I go with some options:
KidCo Go-Pod $50
I think this is my favorite so far. It looks like a camping seat, and folds up like one too. They skip the toy overload and provide toy loops so you can just attach your favorites. Great for taking on trips, and I love the portability even around the house. Actually, the more I think about this one, the more I like it. Great color options too.
Deluxe Infant Play Yard $90
Design-wise this isn't my style, but I think the concept is really interesting. All kids love tents and forts, and this is a great, safe place for younger babies to entertain themselves (albeit they do have to be able to sit up on their own). It even comes with plush toys and music buttons. I'd try this out around the 6 month mark if it was a wee bit cuter. Sorry to sound snobby, but there you are.
Merry Muscles Jumper Exerciser Baby Bouncer $83
Well that's a mouth full. According to the name, this thing does everything! There's hot debate about whether door bouncers are good or not. I have no idea where I stand, except seeing where Evie is going, I think she might like the mobility of her and and legs that this offers. The Merry Muscles is designed by an occupational therapist, and they say it can be used as early as two months which seems reaaaalllly early. Also, this is a permanent fixture so kiss that door jam goodbye, unless you purchase this movable King Clamp for another $40 bucks. Yikes.
Fisher-Price Space Saver Bounce Spin Froggy Entertainer $70
What is with these names??? So we're entering the plastic world with this one, but it is significantly smaller than most ExerSaucers. The pedestal is spring-loaded so it bounces up and down and also spins 360 degrees and it's loaded with plenty of bells & whistles. Literally. It kind of reminds me of those rides we used to take for a penny at the grocery store. Does anyone have those anymore? So sad.
EvenFlo In The Garden Walk Around Exesaucer $75
More plastic but I think the garden theme is cute. Who can resist flowers and trees. This is a walker, which means it moves, which I'd rather avoid, but it also has a brake. Seriously though, for plastic plasticness, this is kind of adorbs.
Anyone else out there have any suggestions? We're all ears!
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My Bum Book
Even though I'm fourth months in, I think I'm going to pick up this lovely and super practical book. With Evie's naptimes now super erratic, we're still recording her feeding and napping schedule and random notepads all over the house. Plus, I'm obsessed with the child's poop. OB. SESSED. Can I get an Amen from other new mom's out there, or is the crazy really starting to show through these days? Needless to say, I'm thrilled at the idea of recording my daughter's poop schedule as well.
But MAN would I have loved this when Evie was first born. I struggled so much with breastfeeding and we had print-outs and notebooks and bits of paper everwhere with notes. Looking back, I'm sad those first crazy couple months aren't documented somewhere more permanent…another reason why this book is perf. What a great gift. What a practical and non-superfluous baby item. I wish it was for more than 2 months, or she offered inserts, or a place on the outside of the book to place a date, so these can become 'volumes'. But I'm still all over this.
Until I get a proper baby journal underway (something I desperately want to do, BUT WHO OUT THERE HAS THE TIME?) My Bum Book might be the only recordings of my daughter's early days. I'm pretty sure the phrase isn't "a poop chart speaks 1000 words," but for me… it sure does.
** Also – the author/creator made a Bum Book for twins! ** Also – read the About page…that's what sold me.
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Music My Kid Loves
I know we're only 14 weeks in so I may be defiantly proven wrong, but I have this theory that we raise our daughter on all kinds of music early on, maybe we'll avoid The Wiggles and Yo Gabba Gabba all together. It seems like a noble undertaking in order to preserve the sanity of the adults in the home.
All in all, Evie is a magical and insanely happy baby. However she has severe reflux which means many hours trying to keep her calm while her little tummy is giving her fits. Since day 1 music seems to be a big help. It started with classical music which almost instantly calms her down; then onto anything we can sing along to; and now we have a wide range of genres and songs on hand depending on the time of day and her mood.
I've thrown together some of her all time faves – but above else, more than anything, girlfriend loves her some Johnny Cash and she loves her some banjo. I mean loves.
Steve Martin, The Crow
Carla Bruni, Quelqu'un m'a dit
Serge Gainsbourg, (we love the Serge Pandora station!)
Johnny Cash, all of it
Dolly Parton, doesn't everyone love Dolly?
Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
Claude Debussy, anything
Elvis Presley, just the peppy songs – especially Hound Dog
Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
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First 3 Months Baby Survival Guide
My daughter turned 3 months old this week. In some ways it seems like the blink of an eye, and in others it feels like we've been together forever. She is, without a doubt, the most amazing creature I've ever set eyes on.
The blinding shock of being a new parent, however, hasn't really dissipated…though this morning at 4am I was getting ready to feed her while The Hus was straightening up the changing table and I simply said "burp cloth" (because I forget to grab one every. single. time); in one move he grabbed it from the bin, turned and tossed it to me, I caught it in mid-air while holding the baby in the other arm and flung it over my shoulder in one fell swoop. Not bad for a couple of rookies! 😉
Small 4am achievements aside, one of the biggest shocks to any parent is the introduction to the completely overwhelming world of baby products, and more importantly – just how much you have to buy. I've been overwhelmed and some what put off in that department pretty much since I found out I was preggers. I didn't register until very late, and it was only because my dear friend Serena literally dragged me to BabiesRUs (yes, I do now see the benefit of this overwhelming mega-store…sometimes) and told me exactly what to get. The result was a fairly boring registry, but the items I received at my shower and have purchased myself have – for the most part – been put to good use.
Now that we've survived the first 12 weeks, I thought I'd do a round-up of the essentials I use almost every day. The dollar output is very real when you have a kid, and I hope this list can help another mom make smart decisions on what to buy in the vast guilt-ridden, high-pressure, over-priced sea of baby products. I know I scoured lists like this – and still do – when looking for that perfect baby item. I'm in no way an expert (how could you be in 3 months), but I am grateful for the aid these items have given us.
UppaBaby Vista Stroller: Our dear friends got this stroller for their first, and it was a simple 15 minute discussion/demo of them explaining why they went with the Uppa and we were sold. We never looked at another stroller. We used the bassinet every day and night for 3 straight months…we'd just roll her around the house and it was great. The stroller opens and closes with ease, and the wheels and base are sturdy enough for us to take her on moderate dirt trails – which we do often. It's not as hardcore as the Chariot, nor as pricey as the Buggaboo. It has add-ons that allow it to grow with your growing family. It is perfect. The best part is you can turn this puppy 360 degrees with one hand, which makes maneuvering doors and corners so much easier when you're by yourself. It's so light it practically pushes itself. And how great looking is this thing?
Dutalier Sleigh Multiposition & Recliner Glider & Ottoman: We probably spent the most time looking for a glider before she was born. We knew we wanted to get a really good glider and were prepared to spend some money on it. What we weren't prepared for is just how ugly they all are and then how really REALLY expensive these things can get. I'll spare you the sordid details of months of going to baby stores and sitting in chairs and just say thank gawd for my friend Serena who patiently pointed out what ended up being the deciding factor: yes, the overstuffed chairs are more modern looking and cute, but when you are nursing on 2 hours of sleep and you're stuck in that chair for what feels like an eternity you will want to lay your head back. The overstuffed chairs aren't high enough to support your head like this one. Plus it reclines – a feature I am eternally grateful for. And lastly, the ottoman has a slide out stool which was one of the first things that finally helped me master breastfeeding. You need to have your feet elevated at an angle to prop the kid up. That said, this thing is ugly, so very very ugly, but I love it anyway. We decided on this make because the price was the best for what you were getting and it is super super comfy.
BabyBjorn BabySitter Balance: I literally can't say enough great things about this bouncer. It is worth every penny and then some. If your kid has reflux (which mine does) this is one of the only bouncers that actually keeps the child upright. My daughter loved it from the first time we set her in it…she can look around and move her arms and legs instead of being slumped on her back like other bouncers. The toy addition is flapping adorable, and I love that it's wood. The simple design and modern colors are a nice plus too…it can blend into the decor of your home so you have one less shocking "baby" item to stare at while drinking wine.
Mustela Facial Cleansing Cloths: I'm obsessed with Mustella. Obsessed. Mustela products are free of parabens, pthalates, phenoxyethenol and alcohol. My baby spits up all the time. ALL the time. These delicate wipes keep her neck and face clean in-between bathtime without drying out her skin. And they smell divine.
Mustela No-Rinse Cleansing Fluid: A great and gentle cleanser that helps clean up serious diaper explosions. A couple swipes of this get the tough parts that wipes just can't clean. It easily removes old diaper cream and leaves your baby's bottom smelling waaaaay better than it did before.
Mustela Foam Shampoo For Newborns: Again – easy on her skin and free from parabens etc. Great for cradle cap and it is tearless.
Dr. Brown's Natural Flow Bottles: LOVE these bottles, BPA free and they really do help reduce gas and colic. I have to use the Premie nipples to keep the milk flow to a minimum, but they are great if you have a kid who spits up a lot and/or has reflux or colic.
Dr. Brown's Bottle Warmer: See my gushing review here.
Boon Grass Countertop Drying Rack: Super cute and not obnoxiously large or complicated. Just slide bottles, nipples, pacis whatever in between and on top of the "grass" and there you go.
Thirsties Duo Diaper Wraps: We decided to cloth diaper and we LOVE it. These wraps are not only super cute, they're pretty affordable for what's on the market and the size allows them to grow with your baby. I prefer the Duo which has the velcro closure on the top. I find it fits better and is easier to use than the snaps. I recommend you purchase at least 6 wraps if you're going to go the cloth route.
Snappi Cloth Diaper Fasteners: An updated and pain-free alternative to the scary diaper pins of yore.
Gerber Undershirts: Plain white undershirts are actually harder to find than you think, but they are a must to keep your baby warm. Put one on under every onesie. (I get mine at BabiesRUs)
Cloud B Gentle Giraffe (or Lamb) Sound Machine: If you subscribe to the theory of the 4th Trimester (see Happiest Baby On The Block below) then you'll appreciate the gentle white noise of this adorable sound machine. It has four sounds: womb, ocean (my fave), rain and whales. No chirpy music or bright lights, just soothing sounds to lull your little one to sleep. (And the giraffe conveniently fits in our nursery motif!)
Miracle Blanket: My best friend gave this to me as a pre-baby gift with stern instructions that we were to use it all the time. This swaddler saved us, and our daughter loves it. We love it. Buy it. Use it.
Seventh Generation Free & Clear Laundry Detergent: I skipped the temptation to use Dreft which is super expensive and went ahead with what we normally use which is free of dyes and fragrance, it plant-based and biodegradeable. I just use 1/4 of what I would normally use for adult clothes and she's been totally fine.
Gripe Water: An all-natural tincture that helps your baby's tummy feel better. Again, with reflux we'll use anything that works, and this really works. It's just Fennel and Ginger…basically bitters for babies, but she loves the taste! (Available at RiteAid, Whole Foods and sometimes Target)
Simply Saline Baby Nasal Mist: It sucks to do it, but if your baby has a stuffy nose, you gotta spray this up in there to break it up.
What To Expect The First Year: It's like The Joy Of Cooking for babies. It's the Rookie Bible for new parents.
Happiest Baby On The Block DVD: Skipped the book and went straight to the DVD. Most definetly worth an hour and a half of your time; Dr. Harvey Karp is the dog whisperer of babies and his methods of calming a screaming little one are a lifesaver. (Available on Netflix)
On Becoming Baby Wise: The theories in this book aren't for everyone, but the general premise worked for us. It really helped us set a schedule for our daughter, and now she's pretty much sleeping though the night.
The Vaccine Book: A straight-forward easy-to-read overview of vaccines. It's not pro or anti, but gives reasons why you should and maybe why you wouldn't want to do any certain vaccine. It's really helped me make better, more informed decisions on this topic.
OXO Tot Bottle Brush: We like this universal bottle scrubber best. It fits in any bottle, including breast milk storage bottles and scrubs em clean. Plus I'm a sucker for orange. And it's OXO, so you know it's made well.
Medela Breast Pump: If you breast-feed, then you'll need to pump. Buy this pump. It will save you. (Also, Medela brand Lanolin is my fave. You'll need that too, promise.)
And for you, parents I recommend the following:
You'll figure out the rest easy enough.
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Stop Me Before The Cute Takes Over
I just spent 15 minutes racking up what could be thousands in the cutest cute cute cutie-pie cute stuff from Sarah + Abraham. Seriously. So. Cute.
Olliegraphic Personalized Pillow for my daughter's room? Um. YES.
Oliiegraphic name print as well? YES why not, and YES.
Olligraphic gift labels? Oui. Bookplate stickers? Oh yeah. Cupcake Toppers? Don't really make cupcakes, BUT I WILL NOW!
Gifts in the future for like everyone I know who has kids? You can count that as affirmative. Purchases will be made by the Tee household for sure. So watch out, before I olliegraph you.
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General Studio Policies
Pricing and the full version of my studio policies are available to all interested students and parents by emailing email@example.com
I teach 30-minute, 45 minute, and 1-hour lessons. However, scheduling these lessons can be flexible, and in fact, some of my students seem to reap the most benefits out of a lesson every other week!
For students under 18, parent(s) must be present at the beginning and end of the lesson for the first few lessons. After that, their presence is not required every lesson, though I would love to see and chat with you guys every now and then. This is because we need to work together to gauge how lessons are going and work out scheduling. My most successful students are ones whose parents work very closely with me.
IMPORTANT: You must be 18 or older to contact me directly about lessons. If you are under 18, show this page to your parents, and have them contact me.
I will only teach during the scheduled hour and will charge a full lesson hour for that time slot, regardless of when you arrive during that hour. For example, if we schedule a one-hour lesson at 11:00am, and you arrive at 11:30am, I will only teach until 12:00pm and still charge a full lesson hour. On the flip side, if I get carried away with teaching you and go overtime by a few minutes, you won't be charged for those extra minutes.
If a change in scheduling is needed, I require a 24-hour notice.
In the case of an emergency, call or email me as soon as you can to let me know. That lesson will be credited to you.
Snow and other weather: As a native Texan, transforming cars into sleds (or however y'all do it up here) in Ann Arbor's snow and ice is completely foreign to me. I will not expect you to drive if it risks your safety; we can instead have lessons via Skype or make it up at a later time.


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The base officially known today as Corry Station Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) located in Pensacola Florida has a long and unique history that two very different naval communities share.Not only did Corry Station play a significant training role in naval aviation before, during and after World War II (WWII), but the base played and continues to play a significant training role in naval cryptology as well as information technology and intelligence during and after the Cold War!
Aviation Training
Corry Station was first established and called as Corry Field. Corry Field was the first auxiliary field established by the Navy to support flight training operations at the Pensacola Flight School. In 1922, a site north of Pensacola was obtained from the Escambia County Commission on a no-cost, five-year lease.
The airfield name honors the memory of Medal of Honor recipient LCDR William Merrill Corry Jr., who died as a result of burns received while attempting to rescue a fellow officer from a crashed and burning aircraft. LCDR Corry was a passenger in the plane, was thrown clear of the crash, and then attempted to save the other pilot. LCDR Corry was one of Naval aviation's pioneers, having been among the first aviators to receive the Navy's "Wings of Gold" and the first Floridian to become a Naval aviator.
At the end of the lease period the site was deemed too small. A new and larger site located three miles north of NAS Pensacola was presented to the Navy by the County Commission.
On November 1, 1928, the new site was dedicated Corry Field and the older field became an outlying field (OLF) known as Old Corry Field. Old Corry Field Road in Warrington remains as a vestige of this early symbol of Navy flight training.
In 1932 construction of hard surfaced runways, hangars, and other buildings transformed Corry Field into a first-class training field, one of the first airfields in the United States to be hard surfaced. The new Corry Field actually consisted of two separate fields, each with three asphalt runways. The longest runways were 4200 feet in length.
In the years preceding America's entry into World War II (WWII), primary flight training, fighter training and multi-engine land-plane training was conducted at Corry Field. An instructor school was also housed there. In 1943, Corry Field was designated a Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) and primary flight training was moved to other airfields in the area. For the remainder of the WWII, Corry Field hosted advanced training in multi-engine land-planes, using SNB aircraft. A transport squadron operating R4D and R5O aircraft was located there as well, because the runways at NAS Pensacola were too short for the safe operation of these aircraft. At the end of the war, Corry Field was decommissioned as a NAAS, but remained an active training field until its closure in 1958. At the time of closure, Corry Field provided the basic instrument portion of primary training in SNJ, SNB, and T-28 aircraft.
Communications/Cryptologic Technician Training
During WW II, the U.S. Navy Radio Station operations at Bainbridge Island, WA was also a Supplementary Station that included a School that trained Radiomen and Telemen and a few other ratings in art of radio interception. In October, 1951 training was officially established as a U.S. Naval School, Communications Technician (Supplementary Training), however, it closed three years later in December, 1953.
Shortly after WWII, on October 1, 1949, a second CT "A" school was established in U.S. Naval School, Imperial Beach, CA, near San Diego. When the school closed in Bainbridge Island, only the Imperial Beach CT School remained. On July 1, 1957, the school was redesignated Navy Communication Training Center (NCTC) Imperial Beach, CA; however, three years later it was decided to relocate at Corry Station in Pensacola FL.
In March, 1960, more than a year of inactivity, NAAS Corry Station was redesignated a Naval Communications Training Center (NCTC), and during the summer contractors worked converting hangar bays built in the early 1930s for fighter planes into classrooms and laboratories. On January 3, 1961, NCTC Corry Station opened its doors to the first class of CT training. LCDR Carmichael, an On the Roof Gang member, was instrumental in the planning phase of moving the school from Imperial Beach San Diego California to Corry Station. Years later building 3744 is named in his honor.
In September, 1973, the Chief of Naval Operations changed NCTC Corry Station to Naval Technical Training Center (NTTC), Corry Station, Pensacola, FL. NTTC Corry Station was among the first Navy technical schools to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. This accreditation certified the courses of instruction offered giving students college level credit for courses completed.
The facility's mission became more diversified with the addition of the Naval Schools of Photography and the Consolidated Navy Electronics Warfare School. In January, 1990 the NTTC Corry Station's training capability expanded even further as the first Opticalman/Instrumentman school classes convened (which closed in 1996), Instructor and Information Systems School. From 1995 to 1999, Corry Station served as host of multi-service electronic warfare training, with the addition of the Joint Aviation Electronic Warfare School. During this time, NTTC Corry Station assumed responsibility as the Executive Agent for the Communications Signals Collection and Processing Courses for the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS).
Establishment of the Center
In July 2001, the Navy published the Navy's Executive Review of Navy Training (ERNT). The ERNT determined the Navy's training, however effective, was inefficiently delivered and was failing to adequately integrate new technologies into training development and delivery. Acting on the ERNT's recommendations, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) created Task Force Excel (TFE) to begin the monumental task of fundamentally reorganizing the Navy's training infrastructure, methods and outcomes. This reorganization effort change was known collectively as the Navy's Revolution in Training (RiT).
Early in 2003, under the Navy's RiT, 14 military controlled institutions Learning Centers under the Naval Personnel and Development Command (NPDC) was established and tasked to develop and maintain Sailor and Marine training continuum. One of these Learning Centers was the Center for Cryptology with its headquarters located on Corry Station, Pensacola.
Three years later on January 10, 2005 NPDC authorized the establishment of the Center for Information Dominance (CID), Corry Station. As a result, on January 31, 2005 CID commenced operations by merging the Center for Information Technology in San Diego and the Center for Cryptology in Corry Station, Pensacola expanding headquarter operations on Corry Station.
Because CID was established from an ongoing training enterprise, its first classes, consisting of Cryptologic Operators on the east coast and Navy Operational Security Staff Planners on the west coast, graduated the very next day. The Secretary of the Navy formalized the merger in OPNAVNOTE 5450 on June 28, 2005.
Navy training has continued to evolve and always focused on changes to improve productivity and save unnecessary costs. In 2010, NPDC was disestablished and NETC N7 assumed the mantra to increase training effectiveness. Their immediate goal was to ensure prompt development, deployment, and delivery of effective, high quality training, leveraging state of the art technology and philosophies to satisfy approved and resourced Fleet requirements.
CID also evolved and in the fall of 2011 incorporated naval intelligence training; disestablishing the Center for Naval Intelligence and realigning the Navy and Marine Corp Intelligence Training Center (NMITC) and Fleet Intelligence Training Center (FITC) under CID. Additionally, two shore training detachments were established as commands and titled, CID Unit Corry Station Pensacola (CIDUCS) FL (assigned the cyber training mission) and CID Unit Monterey (CIDUM) CA. Collectively, CID managed all enlisted and officer training in the professional fields of Cryptology, Information Technology and Intelligence and was responsible for 16 Learning Sites, which includes four commands and two detachments conducting training throughout the United States and Japan.
Establishment of the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) and Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC)
On January 5, 2016 Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson released "A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority." The document emphasizes "information IN warfare" and "information AS warfare" and demands the delivery of information warfare as a critical capability of the Navy's mission sets.
Shortly after Admiral Richardson announcement, the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and Director of Naval Intelligence Vice Admiral Ted Branch replaced the term "information dominance" with "information warfare" for the community. This resulted in the Type Commander, Naval Information Dominance Forces, which identifies the Man, Train and Equip requirements for the information dominance community to change the name from "Information Dominance Forces" to Naval Information Forces in order to be consistent with naming conventions of other type commanders throughout the Navy.
In July 2016, as a result of the name changes to information warfare, CID name change to Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) Pensacola and the four subordinate units were renamed to Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC). Specific commands, Learning Sites and Detachments are listed below:
CIWT Pensacola (Head Quarters, Corry Station)
IWTC Corry Station
IWTC Monterey
IWTC San Diego
IWTC Virginia Beach
Learning Site PACNORWEST, WA
Learning Site Yokosuka Japan
Learning Site Pearl Harbor, HI
Learning Site Medina, TX
Learning Site Keesler AFB, MS
Learning Site Fort Meade, MD
Learning Site Groton, CT
Learning Site Mayport, FL
Learning Site Kings Bay, GA
Learning Site Jacksonville, FL
CIWTD Detachment Det Goodfellow AFB
CIWTD Detachment Fort Gordon
More than Navy Training
The courses managed by CIWT Pensacola are technical training courses specifically designed to prepare joint services military member to serve in Fleet and National Security positions. Completion of a course is documented in the student's official military training record and by the awarding of a course completion certificate. Although these courses are not "college courses," each course is reviewed and evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) for equivalency with civilian training in terms of semester hours and levels. Some programs are recommended for college equivalency credit at the Lower Level, Upper Level and Graduate Level.
Corry Station Commanding Officers
Naval Communications Training Center (NCTC):
CDR Ben Fricks, Jr. Mar 1960 Aug 1960
*CAPT Rudolph J. Fabian Aug 1960 Jun 1961
CDR Ben Fricks, Jr. Jun 1961 Aug 1961
CAPT John S. Lehman Aug 1961 Jun 1965
CAPT James C. Hargreaves Jun 1965 Jul 1966
CAPT Gaspare B. Tamburello Jul 1966 Jul 1969
CAPT George P. McGinnis Jul 1969 Aug 1971
Naval Technical Training Center (NTTC):
CAPT Emerson C. Dehn Aug 1971 Sep 1973
CAPT Donald H. Rand Aug 1974 Jun 1977
CAPT Jerome J. Galinsky Jun 1977 Jun 1980
CAPT Charles L. Burns Jun 1980 Jul 1982
CAPT Denny M. Carder Jul 1982 Nov 1984
CAPT David C. Gill Nov 1984 Sep 1987
CAPT Joseph D. Burns Sep 1987 Jul 1990
CAPT Ivan M. Dunn Jul 1990 Jun 1993
CAPT George M. Schu Jun 1993 Aug 1996
CAPT Hugh F. Doherty Aug 1996 Aug 1999
CAPT Ronald J. Wojdyla Aug 1999 Aug 2001
CAPT Edward H. Deets Aug 2001 Nov 2002
Center for Cryptology:
CAPT Edward H. Deets Nov 2002 Aug 2004
CAPT Kevin R. Hooley Aug 2004 Jan 2005
Center for Information Dominance (CID):
CAPT Kevin R. Hooley Jan 2005 Aug 2007
CAPT Connie L. Frizzell Aug 2007 Jun 2009
CAPT Gary Edwards Jun 2009 Oct 2011
CAPT Susan K. Cerovsky Oct 2011 Sep 2014
CAPT Maureen Fox Sept 2014 May 2016
CAPT William "Bill" Lintz May 2016 July 2016
Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT):
CAPT William "Bill" Lintz July 2016 Present
*OIC of COMINT Station "C" on Corregidor Island Philippians. On February 4, 1942, CAPT Fabian was in the first of three groups to evacuees off the island because of the Japanese invasion of the Island. CAPT Fabian established COMINT intercept site in Melbourne Australia for the remainder of the WWII.
Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station
As stated above, on January 31, 2005, CID HQ Corry Station was managing all Navy Information Technology (IT) and Cryptologic training worldwide. However, execution of training by the armed services was performed by CID Detachment Corry Station, a subordinate command of CID HQ. During this time CDR Roy Bertram at CID HQ had the responsibility of serving as CID HQ XO and CID Detachment Corry Station Officer-In-Charge.
In order to make Navy Information Dominance training more effective, CID officially established a new training command at Corry Station on November 14, 2011, transitioning CID Detachment Corry Station to CID Unit Corry Station. CDR Lucy Sung, at the time was serving as CID HQ XO and OIC. Under orders CDR Sung, assumed this new command as the Commanding Officer, CDR Sung and is the Plank Owner Commanding Officer for the Unit in accordance with Navy precedent and pay grade eligibility rules. As stated above in July 2016, CID Unit Corry Station was renamed to Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC).
It is important to note that since 1961, regardless of the name of the command, Corry Station never stopped training members of the armed serves in the art and science of cryptology! And regardless of the, the "Corry" has always been associated with the training on the base. Note the three IWTCs have the name of the city where the based is located associated with the command name. IWTC Corry is unique.
CID Unit Corry Station Commanding Officers:
CDR Lucy Sung Nov 2011 Jul 2013
CDR Christopher Bryant Jul 2013 Sep 2015
CDR Christopher Eng Sep 2015 July 2016
Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station
CDR Christopher Eng July 2016 Sep 2017
CDR Chad Smith Sept 2017 Present
Tenant Commands onboard Corry Station NASP Base
- Information Warfare Training Center (IWTC) HQ, Corry Station. As the Immediate Supervisor In Charge of 16 subordinate learning sites or units, the mission of IWTC is to deliver full-spectrum Cyber, Intelligence, and Information Warfare training to decision superiority. IWTC Corry Station manages learning sites at following locations:
- CID Unit Corry Station provides technical and military training in Cryptology, Information Technology, Electronic Warfare, Cyber Operations and Instructor Training to produce well-trained, motivated and disciplined personnel in support of U.S. and Allied operational forces.
- Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Pensacola. NIOC Pensacola's mission is to execute cyberspace operations and SIGINT tasks in support of naval and joint forces and national tasking authorities. NIOC Pensacola is subordinate to Fleet Cyber Command/Commander Tenth Fleet (FCC/C10F).
- Department of Homeland Security, Pensacola
- MARDET NAS Corry Station, FL
- Air Force
- Army
- Pensacola Boys' Base – Hosts Pensacola Boys' Base under the guidance of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, it serves as the temporary home for some troubled teens that have in one way or another run afoul of the law. Volunteers spend at a minimum one hour per week to be a mentor and positive role model for a troubled youth.
Building and Rooms Dedicated on Corry Station
Three barracks are dedicated on Corry Station to honor those enlisted
cryptologist who were killed in action.
- Building 1082 (Smith Hall) – CTC Melvin D. Smith was KIA while serving in the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967. Chief Smith was an instructor at Naval Technical Training Center (Corry Station during the 1960s.
- Building 1084 (Traughber Hall) – CPL Stephen L Traughber was KIA while serving in Vietnam in first Radio Battalion September 10, 1967. He was 21 years old.
- Building 1090 (Graves Hall) – CT1 Curtis A. Graves was KIA while serving in the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967.To honor On the Roof Gang (OTRG) instructors and to connect Corry Station to the Naval cryptologic history, the following school-house buildings are dedicated on Corry Station are dedicated:
- Building 511 (Kidder Hall) RMC Kidder was served in the Asiatic Fleet and was the first On the Roof Gang instructor (OTRG).
- Building 512 (Gunn Hall) – Served as an OTRG instructor.
- Building 513 (Daniels Hall) – LCDR Daniels served as an OTRG instructor while enlisted.
- Building 514 (McGregor Hall) – OTRG member and instructor.
- Building 516 (Pederson Hall) – LT Perderson was killed while serving in the USS Enterprise operating in the Indian Ocean on January 13, 1975. He served as an EWO, AEWO, Instructor in the following squadrons: VAW 13, VAQ 129, VAQ 130 and VAQ 137.
- Building 3744 (Carmichael Hall) – LCDR Carmichael was an OTRG member and the first OIC of Corry Station. Responsible for moving cryptologic training from Imperial Beach California to Corry Station in 1960.
- Building 1099 (Kidd Hall) – Isaac Campbell Kidd was an American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Kidd was killed on the bridge of the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Other Buildings
- Building 3738 (Mast Hall) – CDR Peter A. Mast serviced in the NAVSECGRU throughout his career. He died on October 7, 1988 as a result of from a heart attack while conducting physical training onboard Corry Station.
- Building 3711 (Gym) (Wenzel Hall) – EWC Rodger A Wenzel died on May 9, 1976 from cancer.
- Building 535 (Gary R. Schuetz Memorial Clinic) – This was the branch medical clinic, now the veterinary clinic. CWO3 Schuetz was a Physician's Assistant. He died on September 25, 2002 from liver cancer. Building 535 was dedicated in his honor in late October 2004.
Rooms Dedicated
- Mr. Chuck Bragg conference room located on the upper deck of building 501. Mr Bragg is a retired CTTCS and former Executive Director to the Commander Officer. He provided oversight of all NTTC/CID detachments from the late 1970s until 2006.
- Mr. Dan Lynch Conference room located in building 513, room 134. Mr. Lynch was in charge of Cryptologic training systems on Corry Station. This room was dedicated between 1999 and 2000.
- EWCM(SW) Richard A. Mahanke Conference room located in building 3738 (Mast Hall). Master Chief Makanke served as the Fleet/Functional Integration Manager for Corry Station.
- James Daniel Campbell (JD) MGySgt (ret) died on February 23, 2009, while serving Information Assurance Manager (IAM) for Corry Station.
- EWCM(SW) Wayne Pollock Conference room located in building 516, room 122. This room dedicated on June 21, 1999.
Time Line
Corry Field auxiliary field Flight School 1922 01 Nov 1928
Corry Field outlying field (OLF) 01 Nov 1928 1943
Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Corry Field 1943 1958
U.S. Naval School, Imperial Beach, CA 01 Oct 1949 Jul 1957
NCTC Imperial Beach, San Diego, CA Jul 1957 Mar 1960
NCTC Corry Field, Pensacola FL Mar 1960 Sep 1973
NTTC Corry Station, Pensacola, F Sep 1973 Jul 2003
Center for Naval Cryptology (provisional) Sept. 4, 2002
Center for Naval Cryptology (officially established) Nov. 19, 2002
Center for Cryptology Corry Station (established) Apr 28, 2003 10 Jan 2005
CID HQ, Corry Station, 10 Jan 2005 Mar 2016
CID, Detachment Corry Station 2007 14 Nov 2011
CID, Unit Corry Station 14 Nov 2011 Mar 2016
CIWT Pensacola (HQ) 14 Jul 2016 Present
IWTC Corry Station 14 Jul 2016 Present
History of Training Excellence Awards (TEA) received:
2017 NETC White TEA – Clean Sweep (Nine of Nine TEA Categories)
2017 Yellow T / Silver T / Red T
2017 Gold T / Purple T / Blue T
2017 Black T / Green T / Bonze T
2016 NETC White TEA (Seven of the Nine TEA Categories)
2016 Yellow T / Silver T / Red T
2016 Blue T / Black T / Green T / Bonze T
2015 NETC Black T for Curriculum Management
2015 NETC Green T for Training Production management
2015 NETC Bronze T for Training Support Management
2015 NETC Yellow T for Business Administration
2015 NETC Silver T for Planning and Programming
2015 NETC Red T for total Force Management
2014 NETC Black T for Curriculum Management
2014 NETC Green T for Training Production Management
2014 NETC Bronze T for Training Support Management
2014 NETC Gold T for Information Technology Management
2014 NETC Blue T for Logistics Management
2013 NETC Black T for Curriculum Management
2013 NETC Green T for Training Production MGMT
2013 NETC Bronze T for Training Support MGMT
2013 NETC Silver T for Planning and Programming
2013 NETC Blue T for Logistics Management
2012 NETC Green T for Training Production Management
2012 NETC Black T for Curriculum Management
2012 NETC Gold T for Information Technology Management
2012 NETC Gray T for Planning and Programming
2011 NETC Black T for Curriculum Management
2011 NETC Green T for Training Production Management
2011 NETC Green T for Training Production Management
2010 NETC Gold T for Information Technology Management
2009 NETC Training Excellence Award
2008 NETC Training Excellence Award
2006 NETC Training Excellence Award
2005 NETC Training Excellence Award
2004 NETC Training Excellence Award
2002 NETC Training Excellence Award
U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association (NCVA)
CIWT Pensacola
IWTC Corry Station
U.S. Naval Air Stations of World War II, by M. L. Shettle, Jr.


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Int'l community faces tough decision as N. Korea remains defiant over missile program
(Mainichi Japan)
SEOUL -- As North Korea advances its missile and nuclear development despite repeated warnings from world leaders, the international community is facing a difficult decision regarding whether to step up pressure on the secluded state or make moves to find an alternative breakthrough.
North Korea launched a ballistic missile on the morning of Sept. 15, a few days after the U.N. Security Council approved new sanctions on Pyongyang, sending a clear message that the country was moving forward with its missile and nuclear development regardless of the U.N. resolution. At the same time, the North rattled the United States by showing that its missiles can reach Guam -- a strategic zone for the U.S. military -- and proving that its plan to launch a missile around the U.S. island territory was not unrealistic. North Korea also likely intended to provoke Japan with the latest missile launch, as it was conducted just as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returning from his trip to India.
The Sept. 15 editorial of the Worker' Newspaper, the official paper of the Workers' Party of Korea, was titled "We will remain defiant under any pressure." It argued that while the United States has been acting as if the new sanctions are a big deal, what it actually is doing is "nothing but bluffing." The editorial went on to say that the U.S. has been "left stunned" by Pyongyang's constant display of force and that time and justice are siding with the North. It also claimed that the North was in control over the situation.
Every time North Korea goes ahead with a nuclear test or missile launch, the U.N. imposes tougher sanctions, dealing a blow to Pyongyang. However, the North appears to be more concerned about going ahead with provocative acts.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commented after observing the Aug. 29 launch of an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile that the launch was the first step for military operations in the Pacific and that it was an "important prelude" to keep Guam in check, as Guam would be an "outpost for invasion." The distance that this missile flew was approximately 2,700 kilometers. In the latest launch on Sept. 15, the distance increased by roughly 1,000 kilometers -- exceeding the distance from North Korea to Guam of approximately 3,400 kilometers. The North thus exhibited its capacity to attack the U.S. territory in Micronesia.
Guam is a U.S. military hub with the capacity to launch precise attacks. It is the home to B-1 bombers, over which North Korea exercises extreme caution, and if an emergency situation were to arise on the Korean Peninsula, the island would serve as a central post for reinforcements. If such a location came under threat from North Korea, it would cause insecurity not only in the United States but also South Korea and Japan. This is why Pyongyang has stressed Guam is a target.
Kim Jong Un stated at the end of August that his country would continue to launch ballistic missiles into the Pacific and aggressively advance militarization with its strategic weapons. Furthermore, ahead of North Korea's nuclear test on Sept. 3, the North Korean media released photos of models of a hydrogen bomb planned to be fitted to a Hwasong-12 missile. By doing this, North Korea hinted at its will to continue missile launches until an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a nuclear warhead is completed, regardless of further pressure from the international community.
"We will conduct forceful actions beyond the U.S. imagination in a consecutive manner," Pyongyang said in a statement released on Sept. 11. North Korea is undoubtedly preparing the next provocative act -- whether that be another launch of an ICBM, the firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a seventh nuclear test or a launch toward Guam as the country has already indicated. If the United States does not show its willingness to sit at the negotiating table, it is expected that North Korea will pull out these cards.


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Saturday, June 6, 2015
I'm Baccckkkk!!
Marvin and I enjoyed a week visiting some old friends in Las Vegas. We were all young marrieds and young parents together when the husbands worked in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. We last saw Gary and Melinda nine years ago but we just picked right up and had a great time. True Friends are like that aren't they?
We arrived in HOT Las Vegas last Saturday and enjoyed a yummy meal that Melinda made in the Crock Pot. Melinda shared that it is so hot in Vegas that she often uses her crock pot in the summer to avoid heating up the kitchen. I will have to share her recipe here one day soon. Sunday we attended Southern Hills Baptist Church of Las Vegas. The pastor's wife is one of Amelia's high school friends. We sure enjoyed seeing her and meeting her sweet family. We treated them to lunch at In and Out Burger.
Monday we were off to Hoover Dam, Tuesday's travels took us to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, Wednesday found us at Lake Powell then back to our home base on Thursday. We saw a show at the Palazzo Theater Thursday evening then we spent Friday visiting Red Rock Conservation area in Las Vegas. We spent the afternoon touring some of the fancy casinos...Bellagio and Ceasar's Palace.
So this weeks blogs will feature some of my many photos!! See you Monday!
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Welcome back. You had a very full week. Glad you had such a great time. I look forward to seeing your photos. Enjoy your Sunday.
- June 7, 2015 at 3:52 AM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
You sure packed a lot into your trip...what fun! We traveled to those places a few years ago and there is so much to do and see. Can't wait for photos! Hugs!
- June 7, 2015 at 8:44 AM
- Arlene said...
Truly, we could have stayed two weeks and we still would not have seen everything we wanted too Ladies. So thankful for the Opportunity to visit the beautiful west.
- June 7, 2015 at 10:36 AM
Hooray! I'm so behind in blogs and FB. Did you all drive there? Looking forward to pictures!
- June 7, 2015 at 6:12 PM
- Cheryl @ TFD said...
I'm behind on blogging, too. Glad you had a good trip and I'll look forward to seeing your photos. We're heading out that way this fall and can't wait. It's a long drive for us, but there is so much to see along the way and I love the scenery!
- June 7, 2015 at 6:20 PM
- doodles n daydreams said...
Looking forward to it.
- June 8, 2015 at 1:20 AM
- Terri D said...
Welcome back and I can't wait to see your photos!
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Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2016, Article ID 1613989, 8 pages
A Calculation Method for the Sloshing Impact Pressure Imposed on the Roof of a Passive Water Storage Tank of AP1000
1School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
2Beijing Key Laboratory of Passive Safety Technology for Nuclear Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
3China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing 100840, China
Received 18 January 2016; Revised 6 April 2016; Accepted 19 May 2016
Academic Editor: Iztok Tiselj
Copyright © 2016 Daogang Lu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
There is a large water storage tank installed at the top of containment of AP1000, which can supply the passive cooling. In the extreme condition, sloshing of the free surface in the tank may impact on the roof under long-period earthquake. For the safety assessment of structure, it is necessary to calculate the impact pressure caused by water sloshing. Since the behavior of sloshing impacted on the roof is involved into a strong nonlinear phenomenon, it is a little difficult to calculate such pressure by theoretical or numerical method currently. But it is applicable to calculate the height of sloshing in a tank without roof. In the present paper, a simplified method was proposed to calculate the impact pressure using the sloshing wave height, in which we first marked the position of the height of roof, then produced sloshing in the tank without roof and recorded the maximum wave height, and finally regarded approximately the difference between maximum wave height and roof height as the impact pressure head. We also designed an experiment to verify this method. The experimental result showed that this method overpredicted the impact pressure with a certain error of no more than 35%. By the experiment, we conclude that this method is conservative and applicable for the engineering design.


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Friday night: The Drowsy Chaperone was a last-minute switch (from Faith Healer, yo), mostly because it looked mom-friendly, which proved truer than true. Man in Chair sits in chair and talks to the audience while he plays a recording from his favorite (fictional) 1920s musical. The characters appear in his living room and act out their slight-but-captivating farce while he watches and comments and occasionally—oh yes—joins in to sing and dance along. Definitely audience-friendly fare—smart enough to please the snobs, but not too smart in that way that ends up pissing off the tourists. It was easy: easy to sit through, easy to listen to, easy to like. Sometimes too easy: obvious jokes about Elton John, candy wrappers, and cell phones are (I think) pandering and blatantly unfunny, although that never seems to stop people from laughing. The music was catchy and instantly forgettable, the cast was perfect, from Bob Martin as Man in Chair (who absolutely made the show) to Georgia Engel (Mrs. Ted Baxter!) to Sutton Foster as the de facto leading lady (good enough, but I'm missing all the fuss on her—she has one of those bright, loud, bland soprano voices I would never be able to pick out of a crowd) and Beth Leavel as the deliciously drowsy (read: drunk) chaperone, or what I refer to as The Christine Baranski Role. But more than anything, it was simply entertaining, one of those rare shows where the people sitting around you feel like part of a community, rather than random gangs of sloppy, ill-bred strangers. And the power of that should not be taken lightly.
Saturday night: The Light in the Piazza, again chosen for its mom appeal. Seemed to work well enough. Anyway: how I adore this show (which you can watch on PBS June 15 or, if you're in Chicago, sometime in December*), although something still bothers me about the music—it sounds as though it was written for three different shows, all of them pretty but none of which have anything in common. Victoria Clark was even better than I remember from last October—she breathes this character—but Katie Clark not quite as affecting as Kelli O'Hara (which we'll forgive, since she's fresh out of college). Aaron Lazar—tall, gorgeous, gangly, smitten, overeager—was my favorite this time, but I do desperately want to see it again with Patti Cohenour as Margaret. Um, luckily I'm going back in nine days for something else entirely, so I'll have another chance to stop by.
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Bryza briefed the media on the 6th of June in Baku at the "Caspian Oil 2007" conference that exporting the natural gas to Europe via Azerbaijan through NABUCCO project is 20% more effective than "Blue Stream".
NABUCCO pipeline, 4 km in length, envisages transporting Middle Asian and Caspian gas to Europe via Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Austria. The pipeline is expected to be launched in 2011. The cost of the project is estimated to be €5 bln. The project was developed by Austrian OMV, Hungarian MOL, Turkish Botas , Bulgarian Bulgargaz and Romanian Transgaz .
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Chicken Sausage and Potato Hash/
Serves 6
3 tablespoons olive oil
1½ pounds red potatoes, diced into ½-inch cubes
½ red onion, diced
12 ounces Smart Chicken fully cooked sausage links, sliced
½ bell pepper, diced
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the potatoes and red onion, and season with salt and pepper. Cook for about 15 to 20 minutes, until the potatoes start to turn golden brown. Add the sliced sausage and bell pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 more minutes. Potatoes should be fully cooked. Remove from heat; garnish with parsley.


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(THUNDER BAY, ON) – A major north side power outage has left much of Port Arthur in shambles.
A hydro pole has been involved in a collision with a transport that seems to have brought the pole down to the ground.
There are a number of ongoing power outages throughout the north end at the moment and one impacting Fort William First Nation.
There is no reliable estimated time for power to return at this moment.
We will be monitoring the storm and keeping everyone up to date on what's going on in town.
We took a couple photos from Hillcrest Park that shows the city in darkness, other than vehicles headlights.
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Ongoing Series
DIM Cinema
DIM Cinema is an ongoing series that presents Canadian and international moving-image art in dialogue with cinema presented by The Cinematheque. Screenings are held once a month, usually on a Wednesday.
The series was initiated in 2008 by local curator Amy Kazymerchyk to draw attention to artists and experimental filmmakers whose practices engage with the cinema as a medium, social context, formal structure, or architectural space. The name of the series is inspired by the diffused Vancouver sky, the darkness of the cinema, and a quote from James Broughton's Making Light of It (1992): "Movie images are dim reflections of the beauty and ferocity in mankind." DIM Cinema has been curated by Michèle Smith since 2014.
Upcoming Screenings
List of Programmed Films
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New York | Jan 2018
Gaingels is pleased to announce its participation in a $45MM Series B led by Warburg Pincus and the Rise Fund.
Varo is a mobile-first banking application with an initial focus on four core products: checking, savings, overdraft and term loans. Varo recently became the first tech company to receive a bank charter in the United States.
Varo was founded by financial services veteran Colin Walsh who is known well by several Gaingels members. Colin said: "We are pleased to have Gaingels as an investor as we prepare to open as the first all-mobile national bank in the history of American banking. The success of Varo's innovative platform — and in creating a new model for consumer banking — is helped by powerful networks, like the one we've found within Gaingels".
Company Summary: Though on the market solely through iOS, Varo is growing its customer base rapidly, reporting over 1,200 downloads per day and over 35,000 customers with an account balance.
Retail banking is an over $10 trillion industry, which is currently dominated by large banks. However, their scale and complexity has made it costly to preserve the same kind of valued personal banking relationships and services with all but the wealthiest customers. Therefore, there is significant market potential for Varo as it is the first all-in-one mobile banking solution that offers all basic banking products.


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So I have been organizing lately and realized I had several partial notebooks/lists of activities by age for with kids. So, I took some time and created an electronic list. Feel free to check it out! Kid Activities by Age!
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Kid Activities by Age
Fun Nature Walks
I have been trying to instil in both A & S a love & appreciation of nature. We spend a lot of time outside (right from when they were infants). We find things to look for, sounds to identify, music to make, & things to imagine. And there are times we might follow our neighbor cat or just sit & watch the world with him.
A & I took a walk the other day & we had a blast! It started with making music by stepping on the fallen leaves. Then pretending we were horses & galloping down the path. At the top of one big hill we decided it was a roller coaster, threw our arms in the air & yelled "weeeeeee" as we ran down! Which then we had to go back up & logically we were a train (taking turns being the caboose/engine) and chugging up the other side. Which then lead to seeing cracks in the trail & needing to stop & fix the tracks. And then there was the spontaneous dance performance!
Now we are working on making a photo nature scavenger hunt & A is helping to point out things to take pictures of. So tonight she comes running to me all excited & says, "I got nature!" And shows me the acorns she has collected!
My heart is full of love & joy!
SKILLS: Loving Nature, Imagination
Pizza Dough
So A has been excited about helping me to cook anytime I am in the kitchen now. And our friend K has also started helping at times. So I decided it would be fun to make our own pizza's, including the dough.
After K got home from school we got started. (Now mind you I was prepared for a giant mess & was actually surprised how neat they were). It was fun watching how excited they were with the whole experience! (I mean when else are you told to spread flour all over the counter & then squish/ push/ fold fun dough?!)
SKILLS: Cooking, Listening, Following directions
Day Trip: National Arboretum
So I & the kids joined some friends for a trip to the National Arboretum in DC. This was our first time there & were amazed that all of this is in DC. There was no way to see all of it, but we saw & enjoyed a lot of it! The Capitol Columns, The Bonsai Garden, & a lot of time in the Youth Garden.
We meet one of the gardners in the youth garden & she helped A pick a fresh tomato. And we learned that all of the harvested food gets donated to the Capital Food Pantry. Then the kids played in the natural playground and couldn't be happier!
We walked around the Capitol Columns from 1826. Then headed to the Bonsai Garden & saw the wide variety of trees. Along with one Japanese White Pine from 1625!
The traffic was crazy heading out that way, but we would love to go back & explore more!
SKILLS: Appreciating Nature, Independence, Exercise
Dinner by A
So I had no plans for dinner & Ada said she wanted eggs & then asked to help. So, A helped make most of dinner! The menu: scrambled eggs, bacon, & toast.
She helped to crack the eggs, stirred, & scrambled. Added the bacon to the pan & helped get the bread into the toaster. A pretty delicious dinner by a 3 year old!
SKILLS: Cooking, Independence.
Tie Dying with Friends
A few weeks ago we meet up with some friends for a play date & tie dying. We let the girls shake the dye, decide how to twist/ wrap, & then squirt the dye.
We even added some sand from the sandbox to see what happened. (Results: no change).
SKILLS: Independence, Art, Fine Motor, Experiment, Curiosity.


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Cyrus just posted a new short from his recent trip to San Francisco. Here's a scree-grab of Cyrus riding his 9'10 Cy's Aquatic Almond at Fort Point. Full video via Korduroy.tv
We don't get piles of colored leaves, but Fall here in California is still pretty special, for a lot of reasons.
Our Fall/Winter collection of California-made apparel is online (and in-store) INCLUDING... our classic Panel and Heritage striped tees that just arrived.
Almond Surfboard rider and dear friend, Cyrus Sutton, has been premiering Compassing around recently, but don't fret… if you didn't catch one of the premier nights, today is your lucky day. The full-length film is available for viewing about 2 inches south of here, on your computer screen. We built a new green log for Cy right before he started filming for this film.. which you can see in the first few scenes. (In some ridiculously long right-hand noserides, I might add) Cy expands a bit on his tendency to travel and seek out new adventure, and shows how diverse and developed his surfing is, for those who may only know him as a "longboarder". This isn't a "put on in the background" surf flick, this is a "pull up a chair and enjoy the next 27 minutes" piece. Without further a due, Compassing:
COMPASSING from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.
SPRING//SUMMER was essentially our first real "go" at apparel; granted we had done t-shirts and dabbled in surf trunks in the past… 2013 was our first time really getting a jump on the "soft-goods" side of Almond. Much of that is due to the addition of Chad Cress to the team (who coincidentally turns 27 today) Overall, we were super pleased with how our Spring line went, and as with everything new, we learned an immeasurable amount about manufacturing and designing articles of clothing in California. (Spoiler alert: it's a whole different world than manufacturing surfboards) With Fall & Winter fast approaching, we're currently taking pre-book orders for our Fall collection. As with everything we produce here at Almond, we want to shift the vernacular away from "retro" and towards the word "timeless" When we're at our best, we hope to be creating timeless essential products for all who resonate with the lifestyle/vibe/feel/values/etc of the brand we've created called Almond Fine Surfing Boards. Without further delay, feast your Monday-morning eyes on this video piece that Cam Oden put together as a teaser for what's coming this FALL//WINTER. (As a side note, if you're interested in seeing the line and placing wholesale orders, email chad @ almondsurfboards . com by Friday…!)


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Johnny and Bruce walk into a crowded restaurant. Bruce says he'll put their names in for a table and Johnny says he'll grab some them seats in the bar. Johnny walks into the bar and sits down next to Reiko Aylesworth, who is pretty hot even though she's all dressed up in business wear. As Johnny sits down, he brushes against Reiko and has a vision of them standing under a streetlight, kissing passionately. Johnny snaps out of the vision and sits down next to Reiko, who barely notices him. Johnny smirks. Aw, yeah! Johnny's gonna get some!
Johnny continues to stare at Reiko (whose character is named Natalie, although we don't find that out until later in the episode, but I'm just going to go with it for now), perhaps trying to figure out how to get to the good stuff. She still doesn't seem to pay him much attention, and while picking up her glass of wine, she knocks her purse off the bar. When she goes to catch the purse, she spills the wine. That is so something I would do. Johnny catches the purse and its contents, which have partially spilled out. Johnny offers to get her another glass of wine, and signals the bartender to place his order. Natalie says that she's preoccupied and Johnny keeps staring at her, which is starting to get kind of creepy. Bruce rolls up and says their table is ready. Johnny tries to stall, but Bruce is all, "Dude! I'm starving!" Johnny rushes over to Bruce and tells him about the kissing vision. Bruce checks Natalie out and obviously approves of Johnny's plan to hang out at the bar a while longer.
Johnny heads back to his seat and continues exchanging glances with Reiko -- that kind of glancing where you both know you want to talk to each other but neither of you is willing to take the plunge. Johnny finally comes up with the well-worn excuse of asking about her drink. Natalie says that her drink is an apple martini. Shouldn't that be an apple-tini? Johnny offers to buy her one, but Natalie demurs, saying that she gets goofy on martinis, and that she's there with her employees. She indicates the three guys at the end of the bar. Johnny asks about her work, and Natalie says she's an insurance adjuster, there to audit a big claim outside of town. At first, I thought she was going to be there to check out Faith Heritage's claim for the tornado damage, but I doubt they had tornado insurance, since they live in Maine and all. Natalie asks Johnny what he does, and Johnny hesitantly says that he's a "consultant" in "futures." Heh. Natalie tries to clarify that answer, but her employees interrupt to say that they are going to go see a local band playing up the street. They invite Natalie along. She turns them down, as they figured she would, since she's "management," and they're "just a couple of drunken losers." One of the guys actually gives the other one a noogie. So sad. Natalie snarks, "Insurance adjusters gone wild." The third employee interrupts his cell-phone conversation to ask Natalie if she's sure she doesn't want to go. Natalie says she's going to check out a nearby bookstore. The employees start to leave and Natalie says she'll walk out with them. She thanks Johnny again for the drink and walks out.
Bruce joins Johnny at the bar. Bruce wants the skinny, and Johnny explains that Natalie left. Bruce urges Johnny to use his powers to get laid once in a while. Totally! Johnny needs to be less of a goody-goody sometimes. Johnny says he doesn't need to do anything to make his vision happen -- he just needs to sit back and let it happen. Which seems like an argument for predestination over free will, but I took enough philosophy in college to know that I don't want to go there. Bruce argues that Johnny might be changing the future by deciding to do nothing, and urges him to "get in the game." Johnny calls Bruce "the Vince Lombardi of existentialism." Bruce tells Johnny to get the hell out of there.


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When Mr. Perry succeeded George W. Bush in December 2000, about 22 percent of Texans had no insurance, second only to New Mexico. After Mr. Perry's decade in office, Texas now claims the highest uninsured rate, at 26 percent, as well as other distinctions like the lowest rate of prenatal care.
Regardless, Mr. Perry has offered few initiatives to extend coverage. Instead, under the banner of state sovereignty, he has waged a running battle against the ballooning cost and structure of Medicaid, which covers more than a third of Texas children. At various points, Mr. Perry and the Republican-controlled Legislature have cut Medicaid benefits and provider reimbursement rates and made enrollment more onerous.
Instead of the politics of what they are going to tear down, I'd love to hear someone start talking about what they are going to build.


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The Friends of the Page-Walker invite teens ages 13 to 18 to participate in the 3rd Annual Paint the Page that will take place Sunday, October 1, from 1 to 5 pm at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary. Teens will capture Cary's historic railroad hotel on canvas or paper using the medium of their choice. Interested artists should register at http://tinyurl.com/paintthepage.
A reception will be held Sunday, October 8, from 4 to 5 pm celebrating the works of all of the participating artists. The best-in-show entry will receive a $100 cash prize and will be displayed at the Page-Walker through the end of 2017. Five $50 judges' choice cash awards will also be awarded. Family, friends and the general public are invited to attend and celebrate the artists, and enjoy music from the Enloe High School Music Outreach Club.
Paint the Page supports young artists and gives them the opportunity to learn about Cary's history. It also enriches the community with artwork inspired by the beautiful, historic Page-Walker Hotel that now serves as our public arts and history center.
For more information, visit www.friendsofpagewalker.org/Paint-The-Page or call 919-460-4963.


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More often than not, we are asked how is child support calculated? Or, "Parent 2 and I agree to $X for child support, is this ok?"
As we explain to every client with children going through either a Paternity Case or Dissolution of Marriage case, child support is not an arbitrary number picked by either attorneys or the courts. Rather, it is based on Florida Child Support Guidelines, enacted by the legislature.
Although there are many nuances to child support calculations for the most part it can be easily explained.
Child support will take into consideration both parties' gross incomes (what is "gross income" can be an issue in and of itself) as well as which parent will claim the child on his or her taxes. There are allowable deductions used in order to obtain net income, such as federal income tax withholdings, social security, Medicare, health insurance (parent's portion), mandatory retirement payment, and union dues, among others.
Next, we take into consideration each party's amount of over overnights (note: just because it is a 50/50 split does not mean neither party is paying child support).
In addition, we take into account which party is paying for a child's medical insurance and what amount, as well as which parent is paying for childcare, and what amount.
Assuming there are no extraordinary issues in a particular case which would warrant a deviation in child support, we can take the above information and calculate a party's child support obligation.
The only time we are usually able to waive child support is if the obligation is de minimis in value. Parents should always remember that child support does not belong to either party; rather, parents are merely trustees of child support.