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An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Elyakim Krumbein came on aliya from New York in 1973 following his studies at Yeshiva College, joining the Kollel at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He has been teaching at Yeshiva since 1981, currently heading the Tochnit Bekiut. He also served as a Pedagogic Advisor at the Herzog College, supervising the fieldwork of third-year Herzog College students. Rav Krumbein's guides for self-study on the Bavot, Ketubot and other Massechtot are widely used by Yeshiva students and alumni. He is the author of Sho'el K'inyan, two volumes of study guides on Gittin and Kiddushin. He recently published Musar for Moderns (KTAV), an introductory course in musar for the contemporary Jew.


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Delegates to the Republican national convention will adopt a platform on Tuesday that represents a major triumph for the economic and social conservatives that make up the party's activist base. The final document, which includes calls to radically transform every entitlement program, moves the party well to the right of where it stood four years ago.
Standard-bearer Mitt Romney has already begun distancing himself from some of the more controversial elements of the document, such as the call to ban abortion under all circumstances, including pregnancies that result from rape or incest. But he has largely embraced many of the platform's controversial economic planks, such as turning Medicare into a premium support program, establishing private accounts for Social Security and making sweeping changes in the tax code that analysts say would provide most of its benefits to the nation's richest families.
While he endorsed those planks in phrases that leave him plenty of wiggle room as the campaign unfolds, Democrats and the Super PACs that support them are already highlighting those platform elements in campaign ads in key swing states. That could undermine the carefully crafted image that Romney hopes to present to voters this week and for the remainder of the campaign: That his business experience makes him the Mr. Fix-It that the economy needs.
"Romney is taking a big gamble," said Norm Ornstein, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. "The platform gets in the way of his moving to the center. The more (people) focus on the platform, the less he's able to focus on redefining his campaign."
The political task for Romney is straightforward. For most of the first half of the year, he catered to the most conservative elements in the country to win Republican primaries. Then he absorbed a summer of withering attacks by President Obama for his role as a "job destroyer" at Bain Capital. The convention script recasts the former Massachusetts governor as a centrist problem solver who will create jobs. Fence-sitting voters in the handful of states where the election will be decided – though a shrinking share of a polarized electorate – will likely cast their ballots for the candidate they think is best suited to get the nation's economy moving again.
In any year when the workforce is suffering through an 8 percent-plus unemployment rate, projecting that message should not be a problem. And Romney, like his opponent, will have hundreds of millions of dollars to pour into ads in the final months of the campaign to get that message across, which will be supplemented with hundreds of millions more spent by Republican-leaning Super PACs, which have outraised Obama-leaning Super PACs by a 3-to-1 margin.
As Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom put it last March: "Everything changes" after the candidate gets the nomination. "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again. The problem now, though, is that the platform writers threw a monkey wrench into the Etch a Sketch machine.
The candidate began the process with his choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate. The Congressman from Wisconsin and chairman of the House Budget Committee has authored three plans to turn Medicare over to private insurance companies while fixing the amount the government will give future seniors to buy those plans. Ryan's latest effort modified his earlier plan, which would require future seniors (those under 55 years old now) to pick up nearly two-thirds of their health care costs, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis.
While Romney has not said which of those plans he would back – he has endorsed the general concept as the best way to rein in government spending when health care costs spiral upwards, as they inevitably will with the retirement of the Baby Boom generation. The platform also endorsed that approach.
The platform also touched on Social Security, which was once considered the third rail of American politics and an issue that helped the Democrats win control of Congress in 2006. "Republicans are committed to setting it on a sound fiscal basis that will give workers control over, and a sound return on, their investments," the platform said, a refrain of the proposal that President George W. Bush made in 2005. CBO projects Social Security will be insolvent by 2033. Expect to hear a lot more about that plank on the campaign trail from Democrats.
The current program pools all payroll taxes and pays benefits to every retiree from that pool. Giving workers control over their own accounts – the equivalent of a national 401(k) or 403(b) program – would transfer some of the payroll tax into individual accounts that could then be invested in stocks, bonds or other investment vehicles that would be subject to the vicissitudes of the market.
Elsewhere on the spending side, the platform calls for ramping up defense spending for a second consecutive decade, despite the winding down of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The plank was adopted over the protests of delegates pledged to Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who has somewhere between 150 and 200 delegates in Tampa. They believe, like many on the left wing of the Democratic Party, that the U.S. needs to reduce its footprint abroad and curtail wasteful Pentagon spending.
Romney has called for an 8 percent increase for the Pentagon, which over the next decade would substantially increase the military's share of the overall economy. He and the platform writers also called for a stronger military footprint in the Far East to counter China, which is seen as a rising military as well as economic threat, and they promised a tougher stance on Iran in the Middle East.
While Romney is a knowledgeable financier who understands the need for countercyclical economic policies during economic crises and recessions, his party's platform this year – as in the past – called for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. A separate plank sought an amendment that would allow Congress to pass tax increases only with a "super majority" of more than 60 votes in the Senate except in times of war or national emergencies.
Romney would kick off the coming era of government austerity by lowering tax rates on corporations and individuals by 20 percent. A report from the Tax Policy Center estimated his plan would distribute most of its tax relief to families in the top tax brackets.
Tax cuts and higher military spending in the context of attempting to balance the budget can only be accomplished with either dramatic cuts in all other domestic programs or increases in middle class taxes. Romney has said he is for eliminating some tax preferences although he won't say which ones. The platform backed away from a proposal to scale back the home mortgage deduction.
"It's impossible in the midst of a campaign to educate voters," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former CBO director who now is president of the American Action Forum and a Romney adviser. "Calling for low marginal rates and a broader base is the right way to message this during a campaign."
Republican pollsters say the American people are ready for many of the far-reaching changes contained in the platform and will look past specific elements that don't add up or are even contradictory. "The majority of Americans think this country is in decline right now," said John McLaughlin, a Republican pollster. "They know we need serious reforms."


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Navigating NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
October 25th, 2011 Brian HerzogThis isn't new, but I read on Slashdot last week that NPR listeners voted for the top 100 science fiction & fantasy books of all time.
But the website SF Signal saw a problem: the 100 science fiction & fantasy books were from all over the genres, and had basically no rhyme or reason. So they created a readers advisory flowchart, to help readers select which of the 100 they'd be most interested in reading by answering a few questions.
A 100-book flowchart graphic is massively huge (see below), so they also made an interactive version - it's great, and worth a look:
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Wenching and Thieving
Typically done in the larger towns and cities of Hyboria, Wild Cards prowl the taverns, inns and other local houses of ill-repute in search of merriment. For each day spent Wenching, roll 1d6 to determine the type of luna frittered (1-3=bronze; 4-5=silver; 6=gold), then roll 1d4 to determine the number of luna spent. If that should exceed the number of luna the WC has, 1d6 city guard/town militia show up to throw him/her into debtor's prison. Each day the party spends Wenching, draw a card. If it's a face card, roll 3d10 and consult the following table:
3d10 what
3 You are accused of thievery, but are innocent.
4 You are accused of thievery, and you are guilty
5 You kill someone.
6 Someone tries to kill you.
7 Nothing of consequence happens.
8 The locals take a liking to you (+1 Charisma, stackable, for the rest of your stay).
9 The locals take a disliking to you (-1 Charisma for the rest of your stay).
10 You seduce a local nobleman's offspring.
11 You get seduced by a local nobleman's offspring.
12 Find a treasure map (real).
13 Find a treasure map (fake).
14 You tick off a local merchant.
15 Local merchant takes a liking to you.
16 You hear of a plot to overthrow the local ruler.
17 You start a bar brawl.
18 You finish a bar brawl.
19 You tick off a local nobleman.
20 A local nobleman takes a liking to you.
21 Domestic animals seem to like you. 1d4x2 start following you around. Only some body with the Beastmaster Edge can make them stop.
22 You tick off a local priest.
23 A local priest takes a liking to you.
24 Local children (d6x2) start dogging your every step. Only by doing something really scary can you make them stop (make them fail a d6 Guts check).
25 Nothing of consequence happens.
26 You tick off a sorcerer.
27 A sorcerer takes a liking to you.
28 A squad of city guards/militiamen burst down the door of the drinking establishment you're currently in; they're there to arrest a complete stranger, who, as they grab him, shouts out and points at you, saying "It was he that supplied the poison I used!" The spearmen close in on you…
29 You feel evil eyes upon you (FALSE).
30 You feel evil eyes upon you (TRUE).
If done in a civilized area, we're talking classic rogues-in-the-night, knife-in-the-back, rope-and grapnel-over-the-garden-wall skullduggery. If out in the countryside, it's banditry at it's most primeval. Roll on the following tables:
d20 what
1 A rich merchant is walking the streets of the rough side of town unescorted (TRUE)
2 A rich merchant is walking the streets of the rough side of town unescorted (FALSE – it's a trap laid by the local thieves' guild)
3 You hear of a tower in which a fabulous gem is kept. In the gardens at its base prowl creatures of nightmare. And it's home to a sorcerer, to boot.
4 A note is pinned to the door of you+r room at the inn. Scrawled on it in blood is the following: Meet me tonight at the fountain to discuss an endeavour that will be mutually beneficial. (TRUE).
5 A note is pinned to the door of your room at the inn. Scrawled on it is the following: Meet me tonight at the fountain to discuss an endeavour that will be mutually beneficial. (FALSE – it's an ambush)
6 A gem-studded statue is on public display at a local museum. It belongs to the wife of a local noble. It's a fake (detectable by someone with Knowledge (Jewellery)).
7 A golden idol belonging to a fat merchant has gone missing; he offers a sizable reward for its safe return (TRUE)
8 A golden idol belonging to a fat merchant has gone missing; he offers a sizable reward for its safe return (FALSE – he had it stolen himself, and will plant it on the Wild Cards at his earliest opportunity, before calling in the city guards)
9 Oops! While relieving him or herself, a noble drops a gemstone the size of a small child's fist down a latrine. To collect the sizable reward all you have to dois take a trip to the sewers…
10 The local lord's crown has been stolen! The reward for its return is 100 gold
lunas! (It's actually worth much more than that…)
11 A shipment of black lotus is arriving tonight (TRUE).
12 A shipment of black lotus is arriving tonight (FALSE).
13 A nobleman's representative approaches you in a shady tavern asking that you rescue his daughter from kidnappers (TRUE)
14 A nobleman's representative approaches you in a shady tavern asking that you rescue his daughter from kidnappers (FALSE – it's a trap; when the Wild Cards find her, they discover her already dead, and the city guard waiting)
15 What started as a simple mugging goes sideways! After knocking your mark senseless, and relieving he or she of 1d4 silver lunas, the local thieves guild shows up (d6), and they're not happy!
16 You hear a rumour, a fat merchant has left the side gate to his compound open this evening, to allow entry to his favourite courtesan (TRUE – the compound itself though is heavily guarded, and there are many traps).
17 You hear a rumour, a fat merchant has left the side gate to his compound open this evening, to allow entry to his favourite courtesan (FALSE – it's a trap to catch the greedy; heavily-armed guards lay in ambush).
18 The priests at the local temple are away on a great pilgrimage, leaving only a few old men and boys between you and untold riches (TRUE)
19 The priests at the local temple are away on a great pilgrimage, leaving only a few old men and boys between you and untold riches (FALSE)
20 Kidnap the daughter of a rich merchant for the local thieves' guild, earning 50 gold lunas (or keep her and collect the 500 luna ransom yourself)
d20 what
1 d4 Farmers on their way to market, driving their oxen afore them. Their carts are piled high with the fruit of their labours. The farmers will have 1d12 bronze luna amongst them. But they may (50% chance each) have their wives or children (25% chance each; 1d4 kids, 50% chance male or female) with them. Their wares, be it melons or wheat, are worth 1d4 gold lunas per farmer on the black market. Their children or wives? Who would dare traffic in such wares?
2 A rich nobleman (d6)
1 Alone
2-6 With guards
3 Wealthy land-owner (d6)
1 Alone
2-6 With guards
4 Encampment (d6)
1-2 Soldiers
3-5 Merchants
6 Bandits
(if merchants – d6)
1d4 Merchant(s)
1-2 Alone
3-6 With Guards
5 1d20 Soldiers (if more than 10, there will be one officer)
6 1d12 Elite Soldiers (e.g. in Aquilonia, the King's personal guard, the Black Dragons)
7 1d4 harmless women (each carrying 1d6 bronze lunas, wearing 1d4 worth of cheap jewelry)
8 1d4 "harmless" women (actually she-wolf bandits who will make the players pay dearly)
9 An old man wandering aimlessly down a dusty track (TRUE)
10 An old man wandering aimlessly down a dusty track (FALSE – he's actually a powerful sorcerer just waiting for a mark)
11 Farm (sneak in, steal some stuff…try not to kill anyone)
12 Estate (d6) SEE FARM
1-4 Wealthy landowner
5-6 Nobility
Roll a further d6 to determine if the owner is home; 1-5 home, 6 not home
13 d4 Priest(s) (d6)
1-2 Alone
3-6 With acolytes, etc.
(30% chance they're transporting a precious relic worth 1d100 gold lunas)
14 A quaint country inn…a quiet game of cards. Use the Gambling Rules, except cheating isn't optional (the Wild Cards have to cheat).
15 You intercept a shipment of black lotus (TRUE – go ahead, try to move it)
16 You intercept a shipment of black lotus (FALSE – it's not the real stuff, and, once you make the delivery, the s__t hits the fan ☺)
17 A rural temple; who knows what riches lay within?
18 The tower of a reclusive sorcerer
19 You decide to spend the day at a crossroads trying to make a few luna as a mountebank. Your game of choice? 3 shells and a pea. Use the Gambling rules in the SW rulebook (as per 14, cheating isn't optional).
20 A tax collector with d4 guards spends the night in a rustic inn at a scenic crossroads. Relieve him of the chest filled with d100 gold lunas he's transporting.
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Although, I noticed the Wenching uses 3d10 for some reason, which will produce a non-uniform probability distribution. Not sure if this is desirable or not.
I'd recommend 1d3/1d10 percentile style (1d3 for tens, 1d10 for ones).
That way all the outcomes on the table are just as likely.Oh fun! I'm nearly done with Red Nails (have been reading all of REH's Conan stories in chronological order (order penned)) and have been thinking that a random occurrence table, coupled with the old school 100gp / month cost of living expenses and XP / gp spent in a "frivolous" way, might add some neat spice.
Good find James. Thanks.The wenching table does seem to be conscious of its non-uniform distribution - the items in 10-20 are less exceptional than those outside it. I've always had a fondness for normal distributions on random event tables, because they allow the tables to encompass events that must be quite rare, and feel slightly less like drawing a card from Community Chest. (Yay, second place in yet another beauty contest.)
I do find the inclusion of "You are accused of thievery, and you are guilty" a little off-putting, though. Everything else in the table either describes a situation that finds the character, or a natural consequence of wenching. Forcing a character to have stolen something bothers me a bit.


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After a 78-year wait, the Wildcats finally are going dancing for the first time. It became official when the 68-team men's bracket was revealed on NCAA Selection Sunday: Northwestern (23-11), who is part of the Big Ten Conference, has earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The program is the last longstanding member of a major conference to reach the Big Dance.
Northwestern is seeded eighth in the West Region and will face No. 9 seed Vanderbilt (19-15) on Thursday in Salt Lake City.
Joining Northwestern as first-timers in the NCAA tournament this year are the Northern Kentucky Norse, Jacksonville State Gamecocks, North Dakota Fighting Hawks and UC Davis Aggies.
The NCAA tournament top overall seed is Villanova (31-3), who dramatically won last year's national championship when Kris Jenkins hit a three at the buzzer. The Wildcats will play in the East Region. The other No. 1 seeds are Kansas (28-4) in the Midwest, North Carolina (27-7) in the South and Gonzaga (32-1) in the West.
The tournament field is a mix of at-large teams, which are picked by the NCAA selection committee, and automatic bids, which are teams won their conference tournaments And of all the automatic bids, one of the most emotional stories comes from the Big Ten.
On Wednesday afternoon, the University of Michigan men's basketball team plane was involved in an accident while departing for the Big Ten tournament. According to the team, the takeoff was aborted, and the plane slid off the runway. While the plane sustained what appeared to be significant damage, everyone on board was safely evacuated.
With the forced change of plans, the Wolverines flew out Thursday to Washington, arriving shortly before their game against Illinois. Playing in their practice uniforms (the real ones were on the plane), they won by 20. And the No. 8 seed kept winning.
On Sunday afternoon, Michigan (24-11) defeated No. 24 Wisconsin 71-56 to win the conference tournament title, and that trophy will be on a plane back to Michigan.
"You're going to come back 20 years from now," head coach John Beilein said to CBS on the court. "That trophy is going to sit there, and you're going to tell your grandkids about those five days. Those five days ... and you'll love it forever."
Michigan earned a No. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament Midwest Region and will face No. 10 seed Oklahoma State (20-12) on Friday.
Today, 347 men's college basketball teams play in Division I -- the NCAA's top tier. Originally, there were 160 Division I teams, and of those, Northwestern was one of five teams who has never played in the NCAA tournament. The others are Army, The Citadel, William and Mary, and St. Francis (New York).
It feels a bit crazy, considering that NCAA men's basketball championship history began in 1939, when Oregon defeated Ohio State for the title just north of Chicago in Evanston, Illinois, where Northwestern is located.
This season, the Wildcats finally broke through, setting the school record for wins. In the Big Ten tournament, Northwestern reached the semifinals for the first time after upsetting No. 25 Maryland 72-64 on Friday.
Northwestern also bolstered its NCAA tournament resume with a road win last month at one of the toughest places to play, taking out then-No. 7 Wisconsin 66-59 at the Kohl Center in Madison. The Wildcats' Big Ten tournament run ended Saturday with a 76-48 loss to the Badgers.
And perhaps there was some leftover magic from when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series? On March 1, with 1.7 seconds left, Northwestern's Nathan Taphorn heaved a court-length pass to Dererk Pardon, who hit a buzzer-beating layup to stun Michigan 67-65.
There's even star power off the court. Actress and Northwestern alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus -- who was shown on camera cheering on the Wildcats at the Big Ten tournament -- is the mother of sophomore forward Charlie Hall.
The 2017 NCAA men's Final Four will be April 1 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The national championship game is April 3.
The women's NCAA tournament 64-team field will be announced Monday at 7 p.m. ET. That championship game will be April 2 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
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Equality Florida continues to work with state, local and national partners in targeting
Florida's Congressional Delegation to overturn discriminatory law
(TAMPA) Florida's US Senator Bill Nelson has joined the effort to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), the discriminatory law that bans gay, lesbian and bisexual service members from serving openly and honestly in the military. Following months of emails, phone calls and in-person lobbying, Nelson's office just announced that the Senator plans to vote in favor of a compromise amendment made public on Monday by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.).
Nelson sits on the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, which is expected to consider, later this week, the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" during its markup of the fiscal year 2011 Defense Authorization bill.
Equality Florida has worked to put pressure on Nelson for months as part of a coalition of local, state and national organizations, chief among them Progress Florida, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and the Human Rights Campaign. On Tuesday alone, more than 2200 supporters had responded to the latest Equality Florida action alert. By midday, Nelson announced his commitment to vote for repeal.
"As a lesbian who left the U.S. Air Force Academy in the midst of anti-gay witch hunts in the mid-80s, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell is particularly personal." said Nadine Smith, executive director for Equality Florida. "Senator Bill Nelson now stands with the majority of Americans who believe this law is wrong and that discrimination in the military must end."
The momentum for repeal is growing nationally and in Florida and includes an unprecedented level of military support.
Equality Florida is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.


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What is it that makes you...YOU? Pixar Animation Studios' feature film SOUL introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22 (voice of Tina Fey), who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tries to show 22 what's great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life's most important questions. Directed by Academy Award® winner Pete Docter ("Inside Out," "Up"), co-directed by Kemp Powers ("One Night in Miami"), written by Kemp Powers & Mike Jones, and produced by Academy Award® nominee Dana Murray (Pixar short "Lou"), SOUL also stars the voice talents of Phylicia Rashad, Questlove and Daveed Diggs. It features original jazz music by globally renowned musician Jon Batiste, and Oscar® winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ("The Social Network"), from Nine Inch Nails, composed an original score that drifts between the real and soul worlds.
Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Angela Bassett
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Your furnace is the heart of your home. In the winter, it's essential to radiating warmth. During the summer, it plays a vital role in moving refreshing, conditioned air from your cooling system. And all year long, your furnace could provide constant air circulation to keep you more comfortable. Not only that, but many of our furnaces do it all so efficiently your own heart might skip a beat when you see how low your utility bill is.


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'Captain Marvel' Soars to $1 Billion at Worldwide Box Office
Captain Marvel is the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to pass the all-important $1 billion worldwide box-office threshold. Passing that number this week places the movie in seventh place all-time on the MCU's top box-office list. Here are the six films that have grossed more than it (at least so far; I suspect at least one of these movies may get passed before all is said and done):
- Avengers: Infinity War - $2.04 billion
- The Avengers - $1.51 billion
- Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1.40 billion
- Black Panther - $1.34 billion
- Iron Man 3 - $1.21 billion
- Captain America: Civil War - $1.15 billion
Captain Marvel hitting $1 billion means that three of the last four Marvel movies have made at least that much money — Cap, Avengers: Infinity War, and Black Panther. (The only exception is Ant-Man and the Wasp, which "only" made $622.7 million worldwide.)
To celebrate the occasion Marvel released a brand-new poster for the film:
Despite its extremely strong showing so far, Captain Marvel is about to face some stiff box-office competition, including from another Captain Marvel movie. The original character with that name has his own film, called Shazam, opening in theaters this Friday. And then three weeks after that Avengers: Endgame opens, likely to shatter all previous Marvel box-office records. That'll make four out of the last five MCU titles to make $1 billion. That is just an unbelievable streak.
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SD cards are pretty cheap these days, but that doesn't mean we should let our smaller ones go to waste, especially when a system doesn't fully utilise the space of a larger one that could be more useful elsewhere.
So, what can we do?
Normally, to backup and restore SD cards, I use Win32 Disk Imager.
The main problem of Win32 Disk Imager is that it creates an image file the same size as your SD card, no matter how much of the card is actually being used. If you're using a 32GB card with a 4GB partition and the rest is unallocated space it will still create a 32GB image file.
Typically, however, I think most of us will allocate the full size of the SD card to the system.


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Last Updated on August 31, 2022 by Nellie Huang
One of the highlights of our recent Southeast Asian trip was staying at the Clan Hotel. Here's my detailed review of Singapore's newest luxury hotel!
It's been 3 years since I came back home to Singapore — so this recent trip to the Lion City has been a long time coming. Our stay at The Clan Hotel made it all the more special, as I was reminded of what the Singaporean identity means.
Towering over the restored shophouses of Telok Ayer, The Clan Hotel is a modern luxury hotel with a nostalgic story to tell. It pays tribute to the Singaporean heritage, by working with local craftsmen to produce unique furnishings, incorporating local food in the breakfasts, and spoiling guests with old-school Kaya snacks that I grew up eating.
The Singapore I grew up in was always looking out to the world, and never embracing local culture and identity. But times have changed, as I've noticed, and this hotel truly captures Singapore's sense of identity and spirit through every single detail.
The Perfect Setting in Singapore
Sitting on the crossroads where the financial district and Telok Ayer meet, The Clan Hotel is just minutes from the Singapore River and cultural sites in Chinatown. This is where old meets new: the low-lying, terracotta-roofed shophouses juxtaposed against the towering skyscrapers of the CBD (Central Business District).
It was also here, where The Clan Hotel proudly stands, that settlers looking for new opportunities landed in the 1800s. Back then, the street was lined with bustling shophouses and sampans (wooden boats) that brought immigrants along the Singapore River. Today, the same street has flourished and evolved into a bustling entertainment area flanked by edgy glass-walled buildings, restored temples, and modernised shophouses.
The Clan Hotel was built to reflect the success stories of humble immigrants and their strong bond that lasted through the generations, from past to present. It's evident from the hotel's artwork and interior design, that it draws inspiration from the clan halls and shophouses of the Telok Ayer area.
Embracing Our Singaporean Identity
The whole experience begins at the dimly lit hotel lobby, where wall-to-ceiling glass windows, leather Chesterfield sofas, and black steel shelves provide an intimate setting for our welcome tea ceremony.
We're warmly greeted by the in-house tea master, who serves us a pot of Nanyang Ritual Tea. He goes on to explain that it's an exclusive curation (produced specially for the hotel) that blends Southern and Northern Fujian Oolong Teas, both famed for intense fragrance and taste.
I sip on the tea and eagerly tuck into the tau sar piah, a traditional bean pastry I loved as a kid. Kaleya (my 7-year-old daughter) surprisingly likes it, and even asks for a second serving of the pastry!
Rooms with a View
Our cheery Clan Keeper shows us to the Grand Premier Room. The hotel provides a personal-assistant service for guests of the Master Series rooms. The first thing I notice in our 29th-floor corner room is the view: massive windows on all sides reveal spectacular views of the Singaporean skyline. And perched by the glass are window sill sofas that let you sit and admire the panorama while sipping their signature Nanyang ritual tea.
The spacious room is designed with a distinctively contemporary style, but they haven't forgotten to infuse some Singaporean character into it. The room features standing lamps with Oriental flair, polished teak tables, and traditional Chinese paintings. The bathroom is outrageously big, with a rainforest shower and a massive bathtub that allows you to soak while drinking in the view.
Having opened its doors in March 2021, the Clan Hotel Singapore already has 324 rooms across three distinct room categories — Grand Premier, Premier and Deluxe rooms. The other rooms are similar in design and style to ours, but slightly smaller in size.
The Sky's The Limit
Perched on the rooftop (30th floor), the Sky Pool is a calming oasis offering a bird's eye view of the surrounding heritage district. The pool itself is rather small and the semi-submerged lounge chairs do get filled up pretty quickly, but the views definitely make up for it. Next to the Sky Pool is a jacuzzi with warm bubbling water that my daughter loved!
Also on this level is the Sky Gym, complete with Fitness-on-Demand personal training, as well as a traditional Wing Chun wooden dummy for a well-rounded workout. It's definitely one of the biggest hotel gyms I've seen. There are also shower suites available for early check-ins and late check-outs.
A Tribute to Singaporean Cuisine
Breakfast is a serious affair at the hotel's only restaurant, QĪN Restaurant & Bar. We get to choose from an a la carte menu, and the multi-course breakfast sure is a spread. I go for the Singaporean teochew porridge (rice congee) and roti prata (Indian flatbread), while Alberto opts for the full English breakfast. Kaleya gleefully devours a generous portion of waffles with strawberries and maple syrup. All of these are served alongside a juice, coffee/tea, and a yogurt with mixed fruit.
Like the rest of the hotel, QĪN Restaurant & Bar is a modern Chinese restaurant that celebrates our local Singaporean culture. Executive chef James Tay serves up creative renditions of Asian classics, such as the Siphon Mushroom Tea, Chilli Crab Crostini and 'Sang Mein'. He also designs a carefully curated list of daily specials to include popular Singaporean dishes like Bak Kut Teh.
Nostalgic snapshots here go beyond the plate – the restaurant interior also presents a rustic rendition of Asian décor, rightfully elevated with a generous view of the city. A stand-out design feature of the restaurant is the wall of Chinese medicine boxes, stretching from the staircase landing all the way up to the ceiling — to illustrate the life-long bond of the clans from the old times.
Free Precinct Tour of the Area
But what really wins me over is the local precinct tour that the hotel provides free of charge to Master Series guests. The 1.5-hour guided tour brings us into the backstreets of Telok Ayer and Chinatown, and various corners that I never knew existed. Our Clan Keeper may not be Singaporean, but he's lived here for 15 years and knows the city better than I do (I haven't lived here for 17 years).
The walking tour covers the key heritage sites and cultural spots that are located near the hotel, such as the Thian Hock Keng Temple and Fuk Tak Chi Museum. Our main stop is The URA Centre's Singapore City Gallery, an informative showcase of how the Republic has transformed over the past 50 years (a great spot to visit especially if you're traveling Singapore with kids!).
Throughout the walk, our Clan Keeper makes regular stops to share interesting nuggets about the history. We end off the tour with a stop at the famous Maxwell Food Centre, where our Clan Keepers gets us local drinks to sample and have a chat about Singapore.
Info about the local precinct tour:
• Every Wednesday and Saturday, 4pm (subject to availability and weather conditions)
• Guests to contact The Clan Keeper (for MASTER Series guests)
• For up to 9 guests, subject to availability on a first-come, first-served basis
• Each tour will last about 45 minutes to 1 hour
COVID Safety Measures
The hotel has been certified by the SG Clean – a whole-of-Government initiative. This certification reflects the stringent sanitisation and hygiene measures that they have taken. All their staff wear masks at all times, payments are in digital form, and check-in info is sent to your email.
Overall Review of The Clan Hotel Singapore
The hotel is fantastic for those who have a soft spot for heritage and culture. The Clan Hotel has incorporated the Singaporean identity into every single detail and staying here will give you a better sense of the country.
It's definitely a place I would return to when I'm in Singapore again.


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Whenever I watch Mad Men, I wish I could be transported back in time to the New York City restaurants featured on the show. Of course, many of them are still open and thriving, and NY Eater has indexed them beautifully, here. But alas, I live in San Fracisco, and my time machine is in the shop, so I am reduced to trying to recreate the recipes of the day here at home.
I worked at a restaurant in the early eighties that made Caesar Salad table-side. It's definitely food as theater when the waiter cracks the egg over the salad and mixes it in or lifts his arm high in the air to drizzle in the olive oil. Entertain your family at home with a similar preparation. It was in Season 1, episode 2 (The Ladies' Room) that Betty and Don Draper dine with Roger Sterling at the restaurant Toots Shor, where a Caesar Salad is prepared table-side. Also in Season 3, Episode 4 (The Arrangements), Pete Campbell, Don Draper, and a potential client, Horace "Hoho" Cook dine at Keen's where Caesar Salads are prepared table side even today.
Nowadays, people are a little spooked by the raw egg mixed into the dressing, but I'm someone who has eaten raw cookie dough my whole life and never -knock on wood – suffered from salmonella poisoning. This Caesar Salad recipe also calls for a coddled egg (boiled in rapidly boiling water for 40 seconds) which may comfort those who are nervous. The US Department of Agriculture measures the risk encountering a contaminated at 1 in 30,000. Coddling doesn't quite bring the temperature of the egg to the 160˚F required to kill the bacteria, but it makes for a creamier dressing.
And what about anchovies? They weren't a part of the orginial Caesar Cardini salad recipe, so I haven't included them here, but if you want to add them in, just chop a few of them finely to mix into the dressing and then garnish with a few more on top.
For more about the food of Mad Men, check out The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook, available at Amazon.com:
Watch Mad Men on AMC, Sundays at 10/9c.
Caesar Salad
Serves 2-4
1 clove garlic crushed
1 egg yolk that has been coddled (boil in rapidly boing water for 40 seconds)
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 lemon, juiced
1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 pinch of salt
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Freshly shaved Parmesan cheese, plus extra for garnish
Freshly ground black pepper
2 heads romaine lettuce
Great croutons (if you have to make them yourself, toast cubed bread in olive oil and minced garlic until golden brown).
1. In a large wooden bowl, spread the crushed garlic around. Crack a coddled egg into the bowl. Add mustard, lemon juice, Worcestershire Sauce and salt. Beat with a fork. Pour the oil in a steady slow stream while continuing to beat the mixture. Tear the lettuce into the bowl and toss. Grind fresh pepper on top. Add the croutons and freshly shaved Parmesan. Toss and transfer to plates. Then shave additional Parmesan on top.


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Traditional Services
We believe strongly in helping families choose the right service options at an affordable price. Our traditional services offer families experiencing grief a choice on how they want to memorialize their loved one.
This time is set aside for family and friends to gather together to say goodbye, while being in the comfort of those closest to them. We can personalize the visitation to be as unique as your loved one with a tribute video, items or displays that were important to your loved one, or simply pictures displayed. We will work with your family to design the perfect gathering experience.
Funeral Service
The funeral service can be held in our chapel, a church, or any other venue the family chooses. We work with our families to design a service that honors their loved one with stories, music, or scripture. We also have life celebrants that lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained in creating experiences that help start the healing process.
Graveside Service
A graveside or committal service is typically held immediately following the funeral service but it can also be a small intimate gathering of those closest to you.


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Get ready to have it all with the Want It All Bodysuit. This basic crew neck tank bodysuit comes in three essential colors to pair with any outfit.
Online purchases will be processed and shipped within 1-2 business days. If ordered on the weekend the order will be shipped out on the next business day.
Returns & Exchanges
To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it, unworn, unused, with all tags, and in its original packaging. If an item does not have all tags attached or has signs of wear or wash, we will not be able to accept the return.
We have a 10-day return policy, which means you have 10 days after receiving your item to return or exchange the item.
Online purchases can be returned at our Prosper location, or through a carrier of your choosing. We are not able to refund any shipping charges and are not responsible for lost or stolen packages.
If sending your return through the mail, please ship the item to the following address: 113 W Broadway St, Prosper, TX 75078.
Once we receive your return, it will be inspected within 3-5 days. We will then reach out to the email address used to place the order to update you on the status of your return.
You can always contact us for any return questions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Damaged & Incorrect Items
Please inspect your order upon reception and contact us immediately if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item, so that we can evaluate the issue and make it right. If you find that you have received a damaged, defective, or incorrect item please contact us within 3 days of receiving the order at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you do not contact us within 3 days of receiving the order, we cannot guarantee we'll be able to resolve the issue.
Non-Returnable Items
The items listed below cannot be returned or exchanged:
- Sale Items
- Items listed as "Special Offer" or "Final Sale"
- Gift Cards
If approved, a refund will appear on the original form of payment within 10 business days depending on the financial institution associated with your payment method. If more than 15 business days have passed since we approved your return, please contact us at email@example.com.


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Upgrading 1.6.5 to 1.7
From Joomla! Documentation
Updating Joomla! 1.6 Intro[edit]
Joomla! 1.7 introduces a Quick Update for sites already up-to-date with Joomla 1.6.5 or 1.6.6.
If your site is not already at 1.6.5 or 1.6.6, or you prefer not to use the Quick Update, there are several other options shown here. Click the 'tab' of the method you would like to use for updating your Joomla 1.6 web site.
If you are not currently on Joomla! 1.6.5/1.6.6, use Upgrading 1.6 from an existing 1.6x version to update your site to 1.6.5/1.6.6, then resume the process of updating to 1.7
If you are still using Joomla! 1.5, please see these instructions:
Quick Update[edit]
For sites already up-to-date running Joomla 1.6.5, upgrading to Joomla 1.7 is now very easy.
Before you begin:
- Check that all installed extensions are compatible with Joomla 1.7 by checking the JED Listing or developer site.
- Backup the website files and database.
1. In the Administrator, select the Extensions-Extensions Manager Menu item.
2. Click the Update Sub menu.
3. Click the Purge Cache, then Find Updates Buttons in the Button Bar located in the upper right of the page.
4. Click the checkbox to the left of the Joomla line containing the latest Version Number and, next, press the Update Button in the Button Bar.
Be patient while the system downloads and replaces the necessary files. This can take several minutes or could update very quickly, depending on your system.
5. When the update has finished, you will be presented with this page.
That's it! Follow these simple instructions next time you upgrade. Now, it's to keep your Joomla website up-to-date and safe!
Update using the Installation Manager[edit]
If you are not currently on Joomla! 1.6.5/1.6.6, use Upgrading 1.6 from an existing 1.6x version to update your site to 1.6.5/1.6.6, then resume the process of updating to 1.7 |
If you aren't yet comfortable with using the Update Manager to update your site, you're still ok! There are more easy options to update your site. The second method to update your Joomla! 1.6.5/1.6.6 site to 1.7.0 is to use the extension installer, just as if you were installing a component, module, plugin, or template in your site. This method is specially handy for users updating localized distributions made available by Language Communities.
To update your site using this method, first, download the update package from JoomlaCode (or your language Community Site). The 1.6.5/1.6.6 > 1.7.0 package can be found here.
After you download the update package, access your Joomla! installer by logging in to your administrator control panel, and navigating to the Extensions > Extension Manager option in your administrator menu. From here you can select the file you just downloaded, and install it. The Joomla! installer will upload the package, and install it, making any changes to files AND the database as needed.
Manual Update - Uploading[edit]
The last method available to update your site, involves a little more technical expertise, and should probably only be used if the previous methods won't work due to a highly complex site or hosting issues (shared hosting for example). As usual back-up your site and your database. For most Joomla! sites, the first two methods will successfully update your site. However, updating is still fairly easily, and should not be a problem.
Before you begin, go to global configuration and on the server tab and in the Database Settings area find the database table prefix used by your site.
To update your site manually, you will need to download the 1.6.5 > 1.7.0 update package from JoomlaCode. You can download it here. Unpack the package and you will find two zip files in it. You will only need the large zip file called Joomla_1.7.0-Stable-Update_Package.zip for your update. Using an ftp client, upload the zip file to your server into the root directory of your website, and unpack the files. This will over-write any modified files with new, updated files for 1.7.0. Alternatively, you can unpack the Joomla_1.7.0-Stable-Update_Package.zip on your local computer, then copy the un-packed files into your websites root, overwriting the modified files.
After unpacking the files to your website you need to manually delete the files and folders listed in administrator/components/com_admin/script.php.
This is the list of files:
- /templates/atomic/css/blueprint/src/blueprintcss-0-9-1-cheatsheet-3-5-3-gjms.pdf
- /administrator/manifests/packages/joomla.xml
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/css/rounded.css
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/css/norounded.css
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_corner_bl.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_header_right_rtl.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_br_dark.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_br_black.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tr_black.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_bl_dark.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tr_med.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_bl_light.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_header_right.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_br_light.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tl_black.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_bl_black.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tr_dark.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_bl_med.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_header_left.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tl_med.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tl_dark.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_br_med.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tl_light.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_crn_tr_light.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_corner_br.png
- /administrator/templates/bluestork/images/j_header_left_rtl.png
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_modules/module/modal.php
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_modules/module/edit_assignment.php
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_menus/item/edit_modules.php
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_menus/items/default_batch.php
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_languages/language/edit.php
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_content/article/edit_metadata.php
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_categories/category/edit_metadata.php
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_categories/categories/default_batch.php
- /administrator/components/com_menus/models/forms/item_options.xml
- /administrator/language/overrides/xx-XX.override.ini
- /administrator/help/helpsites-16.xml
- /administrator/help/en-GB/Components_Content_Categories_Edit.html
- /administrator/help/en-GB/Components_Weblinks_Categories_Edit.html
- /administrator/help/en-GB/Components_Newsfeeds_Categories_Edit.html
- /administrator/help/en-GB/Components_Banners_Categories_Edit.html
- /administrator/help/en-GB/Components_Contact_Categories_Edit.html
- /media/editors/codemirror/css/docs.css
- /media/editors/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_gzip.js
- /media/editors/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_gzip.php
- /media/editors/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/media/css/content.css
- /media/mod_languages/images/ta.gif
- /libraries/joomla/config.php
- /libraries/joomla/import.php
- /libraries/joomla/version.php
And these folders:
- /plugins/authentication/example
- /plugins/user/example
- /plugins/content/example
- /plugins/extension/example
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_modules/select
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_media
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/mod_popular
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/mod_status
- /administrator/templates/hathor/html/mod_latest
- /administrator/components/com_weblinks/helpers/html
- /media/editors/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/pagebreak/css
- /media/editors/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/pagebreak/img
- /media/editors/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/example
After you have done this you need to manually update your site's database. To do so locate the file installation/sql/mysql/joomla_update_17ga.sql, or the files /administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/1.7.0-2011-06-06.sql and administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/1.7.0-2011-06-06-2.sql.
As of July 16th 2011 the file(s) contains:
ALTER TABLE `#__languages` ADD COLUMN `ordering` int(11) NOT NULL default 0 AFTER `published`;
ALTER TABLE `#__languages` ADD INDEX `idx_ordering` (`ordering`);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `#__associations` (
`id` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL COMMENT 'A reference to the associated item.',
`context` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL COMMENT 'The context of the associated item.',
`key` CHAR(32) NOT NULL COMMENT 'The key for the association computed from an md5 on associated ids.',
PRIMARY KEY `idx_context_id` (`context`, `id`),
INDEX `idx_key` (`key`)
) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
Inside you will find parts like #__languages
and #__associations
. Replace the pound sign and the first underscore (#_
) with your database tables prefix. By default this is jos
. If you didn't get the prefix before starting, open your site's configuration.php and search for $dbprefix
. The string inside the single quotes behind it is what you're looking for. So you need to change #__languages
to jos_languages
and so on.
Once you've done this go to your site's phpmyadmin (or any way you usually manage your database) and open the database your site uses. There will be a tab called SQL, open this. Paste the content of your modified joomla_update_17ga.sql inside the text area and press go.
Congratulations, your site is now updated to Joomla 1.7. <headertabs/>


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The jet stream is a narrow band of fast flowing air at high altitudes generally flowing from the west to east over the mid-latitudes. Jet streams are found at or just below the top of the troposphere, but the term is often wrongly used for all upper-level winds. Usually the jet stream marks the boundary between cold polar air to its north and warmer air to its south (northern hemisphere).
Atmospheric scientists had theorized the existence of jet streams at least as early as 1937, but it was for US bomber pilots to confirm it.
In November, 1944, the Japanese began launching unmanned bomb-carrying balloons, which should travel on the theorized jet stream winds across the Pacific Ocean to North America. Some ballons reached the US and Canada. They would have proved the existence of the jet stream - if the Japanese ever had learned that they've actually made it.
World War II was almost over when the United States introduced the first high-altitude bomber, an airplane called the Boeing B-29. It could fly at altitudes well above 7 kilometres (22,000 ft). When the B-29s were being put into service from a Pacific island base, two air force meteorologists were assigned to prepare wind forecasts for aircraft operations at such altitudes.
To make their prediction, the meteorologists primarily used
surface observations and what is known in meteorology as the thermal wind. The thermal wind relationship states that if you stand with your back to the wind, and the air is colder to your left and warmer to your right, the wind speed on your back will get stronger as you ascend in the atmosphere. Using this relationship, the meteorologists predicted a 168-knot wind blowing from the west.
Their commanding officer could not believe the forecast, believing the fo
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A home's exterior is all about the curb appeal. Without a good, green, healthy lawn and trees that are trimmed perfectly or a garden that's flowers are thriving, your home's curb appeal will be nothing. Selling a home in today's tough economy means a homeowner must take every opportunity to sell their house for the value they want, which will require them to do more than their neighbors or other homes that are for sell.
Its all about landscaping and the design of your front yard.
Most new homeowners are looking for a house that is either already updated or one that needs to be updated, there is no in between. If your house is partially updated and yet your landscape looks horrible, it will affect your selling price greatly. Because of the downward housing market people have become more demanding with what they expect a house to have completed. The days of building a house without fixing the yard are over.
Designing your landscape is something you can either do yourself or give it to a professional. You don't have to go out and hire a designer, you can find a local landscaping company who probably has years of experience and knows what they are doing. A landscaping company can give you what you ask for, or maybe even do things better.
Want to have a flat yard with nice gardens and maybe even a sprinkler system? Well your local landscaper can do all of that. Its important that you find one that is trust or comes recommended, and with the internet its easy to find those who stand out and those who you should stay away from.
Growing up in Spokane, WA everyone knew the best lawn care or landscaping companies to go with. Now the city has grown so much over the past 10 years, there are many more businesses in town, so its harder to choose which ones are the best.
Find a company that sees landscaping as a form of art
Just like decorating the interior of your house, landscaping needs just as much attention. Spokane has some very hot summers where temperatures can hit over 100 degrees. If you don't do things correctly its going to be difficult with keeping your grass alive and maybe some of the trees or shrubs you have planted. Having a sprinkler system is also vital in a climate like that. You can always water the lawn yourself but that takes a lot of effort and a lot of moving around hoses and sprinkler heads. It might be just as cost effective to hire someone to install a sprinkler system in Spokane.
Think about it, hoses can cost upwards of $50 per 100 feet. 'Good' sprinkler heads can be as much as $20 each. Depending on the size of your lawn will depend on the amount of hoses and sprinkler heads you need. Not only that, but moving the hoses or putting them away every day can get tiring. If you live on a half acre, expect to spend close to $400 on the equipment you need just to water your lawn. If you were to hire someone to install a sprinkler system, you could expect to pay between $1,000 – $2,000 for all parts and labor.
Sprinklers can be as much of a design feature as anything else. It is important that you get your sprinklers setup correctly so that the rest of your lawn will stay green and healthy for the whole summer. Placing sprinklers also needs to be well thought out so that you can get everything wet, but not over do it.
If you need landscaping done in Spokane WA, then we suggest a company called Spokane Landscaping. They have been around for more than 16 years and have a ton of experience with designing landscapes, as well as installing sprinkler systems. They can also build in gardens, plant trees, shrubs, bushes or anything else that is needed. You can contact Spokane Landscaping here.
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Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle
Feast Day 2018
"Since the fourth century, the feast of the Chair of Peter has been celebrated at Rome as a sign of the unity of the Church founded upon that apostle." – Proper of Saints, pg. 1095.
18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. – Matthew 16:18 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
Guiding Question: How has God transformed your life, made you the example of change to others?
In our life, before meeting God for the first time we are unmistakingly human, flawed, corrupt, with sin written in blood on our foreheads. Lies are easy as they come forth with such splendor and detail. We are operating on the basic level with little conscience and little desire to change. Our needs are met on the basic level, food, water, companionship, with very little loyalties or commitments to anyone or thing. We are like a hunk of clay unformed lacking detail and filled with many wants and desires. Take Peter for instance, before God he fished for a living, followed in his father's footsteps with no desire to do anything other than fish. Peter had a family, but they were not what motivated him rather they were his duty, not his motivation. Peter before God was just like every other man of his age, rough around the edges, no more or less interesting, and he lived like everyone else from catch to catch never getting ahead in life. In comparison to what he would become Peter lead a life based upon just the basic requirements complete with basic needs and wants, quite boring really. No one would have ever looked at him and thought, 'hum, this man I will build my church upon.' For there was not a religious bone in his body.
But after God, Peter was quite different indeed, see his life was no longer just a basic ordinary life that everyone else in the world was living. No sir! Peter's heart though still filled with sin was set aflame and the light of God burned deep inside him. His mind had stopped thinking about the concerns of an everyday life of a fisherman and instead was focused on the salvation of all mankind. He intently watched everything Jesus did and said, wrote some of it down, then when Jesus had shared His fate on the cross Peter didn't want Jesus to go, though His heart in the right place his humanity he allowed to take over. On Gethsemane when Jesus was betrayed Peter pulled a sword, in Jerusalem when the crowd recognized him Peter lied three times and denied knowing Jesus. From that moment until Christ appeared Peter was operating out of fear, suspicion, and deep shame. Then when Jesus asked him three times, 'Peter do you love me?' Peter three times said yes and just like that Peter went from a sinner to a Saint. Peter allowed God in and became the rock of which Jesus build the modern day Catholic Church upon. Peter underwent an incredible transformation and what is so exciting about this story is that all of us can also undergo this same transformation if only we allow God in.
Change in the Modern World
My dear brother's and sister's truly I say to you we can be transformed and become the catalyst of change for other people. All we have to do is look around and see how badly this world needs to change. A good example of a person changing and then driving change in the world is the young men and women of Parkland, Florida who refuse to go another day with allowing semi-automatic firearms to be sold. How about Billy Graham who past away today at the age of 99 and who shared the gospel with more people than any other modern-day preacher but yet he too needed to be converted, transformed, and molded. This special person as the story goes was his Sunday School Teacher when he was just a boy who told him,
"You can count the apples on the tree, but who can count the apples in a seed?" goes the old aphorism.
We can't forget Saint Augustine's conversion as it is found in the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel of the Augustinian Order website, "Augustine's life as a young man was characterized by loose living and a search for answers to life's basic questions." par. 1 One day he heard a child singing a song, "Pick it up and read it. Pick it up and read it." After some discernment, Augustine reasoned it was a command from God to pick up the bible and read it. So he did and read the first thing he saw,
Not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual excess and lust, not in quarreling and jealousy. Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. –Romans 13: 13-14
It was this Scripture that changed his life forever, and like Peter, the Students of Parkland, Florida, Billy Graham and thousands of others became a pillar of positive change within the world.
"Do you love me?" asks Jesus. Our Lord and Saviour is the example of what grace in leadership is all about, from parenting which starts and ends with love to a manager of a corporation who can exhibit dignity in the workplace, and to the leaders in Washington who can if they want to build fairness and security into every law. Saint Peter is celebrated as is many others because they emulated Jesus Christ, in heart, mind, body, and soul and through them led thousands to a transformation, they truly were their brother's keeper and those they impacted came to Jesus on their knees in praise. See my brother's and sister's each and every one of those examples can be that one special instance in someone's life that turns them to God, allows them to open up their heart just enough, and to fill their whole body with the Holy Spirit giving them the ability to answer that one fundamental question Jesus is asking, "Do you love me?".
Let Us Pray
All-powerful Father, you have built your Church on the rock of Saint Peter's confession of faith. May nothing divide or weaken our unity in faith and love. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
May the Lord bless you, protect you from all evil and bring you to everlasting life.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Saint Joseph, Pray for us. ~ Sancte Ioseph – 'ora pro nobis,'
Amen, Alleluia
Now go spread the word!
Reaffirming Our Mission
To Always Image Christ in Mind, Heart, Body, and Soul.
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"Let's grow together as children of God"
Listening Faithfully Blog written by Brian K. Stark © 2009-2018


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A refugee soccer player thanked Australians on his return home Tuesday hours after the threat of extradition to Bahrain was lifted and three months after he was detained in Thailand.
Hundreds of supporters carrying welcome signs and singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" were waiting at Melbourne Airport when Hakeem al-Araibi arrived on a commercial flight direct from Bangkok.
"I would like to say thanks to Australia," Al-Araibi told the cheering crowd. "It's amazing to see all of the people here and all of the Australian people and all of the media who supported me."
Thailand had come under great pressure from Australia's government, sporting bodies and human rights groups to send Hakeem al-Araibi back to Australia, where he has refugee status and plays semi-professional soccer.
Former Australia national team captain Craig Foster, who has been leading the campaign for al-Araibi's release, said he could not sleep until he received word from the Australian embassy in Bangkok that the 25-year-old's flight had left.
Foster was by al-Araibi's side with an arm around the footballer as they faced the crowd.
"So this is the man, probably the most famous young man in Australia right now," Foster said. "Something of this magnitude doesn't happen without an incredible team behind, and there's been an amazing coalition of people, right from around the world."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who wrote twice to his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha in a bid to secure al-Araibi's freedom, thanked Australians as well as Thai authorities.
"I want to thank all Australians for their support in achieving this outcome," Morrison tweeted.
"We are grateful to the Thai government and thank them for the way they have engaged with us to enable Hakeem to return to Australia," he added.
Two Australian expert cave divers who had helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thai cave in July also wrote to the Thai prime minister last week pleading for al-Araibi's release.
Anesthetist Richard Harris and his dive buddy Craig Challen, a retired veterinarian, were last month named joint winners of Australian of the Year Award trophies, one of Australia's most prestigious awards.
"The issue had just gained more and more prominence and Richard and I both realized that we're in a position to hopefully give the issue a little bit of a nudge and contribute in our own little way," Challen told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Thai prosecutors on Monday submitted a request to a court to withdraw the case to extradite al-Araibi to Bahrain, where he faces a 10-year prison sentence for an arson attack that damaged a police station. He has denied those charges and says the case is politically motivated.
Prosecutors made the decision after Thailand's foreign ministry sent their department a letter Monday indicating that Bahrain had withdrawn its request for al-Araibi, a Thai official said.
Officials in Bahrain, an island kingdom off the coast of Saudi Arabia that's home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, said the country "reaffirms its right to pursue all necessary legal actions against" al-Araibi.
Al-Araibi, a former Bahraini national team player, says he fled Bahrain due to political repression and that he fears torture if he returns.
He was detained at the request of Bahrain relayed through Interpol upon his arrival in Bangkok in November while on a honeymoon with his wife.
Thailand's foreign ministry said last week that al-Araibi was detained because Australian authorities had forwarded them an Interpol Red Notice that Bahrain was seeking his arrest. Australian police acknowledged doing so, but there have been questions raised about why the Red Notice appeared to have been issued just before al-Araibi departed, and whether Bahraini authorities had been tipped off about his travel plans.
With al-Araibi now free, attention has quickly shifted to who is to blame for his predicament in Thailand.
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong said senators will quiz Australian bureaucrats at committee hearings next week about why the system had failed al-Araibi.
"I'd encourage the government to be upfront about this," Wong said. "I think the Australian community does want to know how this occurred and we do need to consider whether the system is fit-for-purpose."
Guy Goodwin-Gill, a University of New South Wales expert on international law, said both Australia and Interpol had mishandled al-Araibi's case.
Australian Federal Police should not have advised Thailand that someone subject to a Red Notice was traveling. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade should have advised al-Araibi not to travel until the Red Notice was revoked, Goodwin-Gill said.
Interpol should exercise more oversight and review the circumstances of cases with a political element, he said.
It was not clear whether Australia had informed Bahrain that al-Araibi was flying, although Bahrain requested the Red Notice on the same day that al-Araibi received his Thai visa, Goodwin-Gill said.
Foster called for an investigation of Interpol.
"This concept of countries using the Red Notice in order to try to refoul people that they want to return for nefarious reasons has to now become a very serious issue and it is something that we'll be taking up in the coming months," Foster said.
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7 Funny Eclipse Tweets From Country Artists
On Monday (Aug. 21), a total solar eclipse occurred for the first time in the contiguous United States since 1979. The path of totality -- the route along which the moon passed completely in front of the sun -- passed through 14 states, including Tennessee, and Nashville was one of the cities in the path.
In Nashville, the eclipse began around 11:58 PM CT; the total eclipse occurred between about 1:27PM CT and 1:29PM CT. As such, plenty of country artists were among those watching -- and tweeting about -- the 2017 solar eclipse. In addition to sharing photos of themselves in eclipse-viewing glasses and marveling at how awesome the experience was, some country stars couldn't help but crack jokes.
Flip through the photo gallery above to read seven of the funniest tweets from country artists during the 2017 solar eclipse. The next total solar eclipse that will be visible in the United States will occur on April 8, 2024.


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With a naval officer in command of the International Space Station (ISS), it might have seemed obvious that New Year's Day 2001 would carry a corresponding nautical tradition. Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd of NASA and his Russian crewmates, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko, rang in the start of what would turn out to be one of the United States' darkest years with private family conferences and an awareness that a busy few weeks lay ahead. The infant station had just received its first massive set of power-producing solar arrays, and in mid-January it was expected that the STS-98 shuttle crew would deliver the Destiny laboratory. Spending New Year in orbit is nothing new; since the voyage of Skylab 4 in 1973-74, the transition has been celebrated by Americans and Russians, Japanese and Italians, Dutchmen, and Canadians, too. And the 2016 New Year saw a Briton, officially sponsored by the UK Government, in orbit to witness the festivities. All have passed the time quietly, watching the Home Planet for a glimpse of fireworks and marveling at the accomplishments of one year and sharing hope for the promise of the next.
As 2001 began, Shepherd honored his military heritage by sharing a poem about his 10-weeks-and-counting experience aboard the station. "In long-standing naval tradition," he explained, "the first entry in a ship's log for the New Year is always recorded in prose." And without further ado, he waxed lyrical about his crew's journey, "orbiting high above Earth…traveling our destined journey beyond realm of sea voyage or flight." Shepherd wrote about ringing in a new era as Earth itself revolved, "counting the last thousand years done," for 1 January 2001—although the second year of a new decade—actually marked the official start of the 21st century. Then Shepherd added an interesting observation to his piece: "Fifteen midnights to this night in orbit; a clockwork not of earthly pace." For as he and Krikalev and Gidzenko circled the globe at 17,500 mph (28,100 km/h), they passed through numerous terrestrial time zones and "saw" numerous New Years.
For Shepherd, being in this "new age and place" on such a significant date carried a juxtaposition of the romance and adventure of the past and the scientific and technological possibilities of the future. As he watched "screens dancing shapes in pale glow / We guide her course by electronic pulse" and acknowledged the important role played by his ship's solar panels and stabilizing gyroscopes, he could not escape from the reality that this had few of the navigational devices of old. "On this ship's deck," Shepherd wrote, "sits no helm now / Rudder, sheet and rigs long since gone / but here still—a pull to go places / Beyond lines where sky meets the dawn." Still, his prose was laced with traces of older times: Though star trackers mark Altair and Vega, same as mariners eyed long ago, we are still as wayfinders of knowledge, seeking new things that mankind shall know.
Of course, the International Space Station runs on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Shepherd and his men had their own "official" instant of midnight and the dawn of the New Year, but the peculiarity of their position induced much fascination back on Earth. In spite of their on-board clocks, they exchanged earlier greetings with mission controllers in Moscow (at GMT+3 hours) and later ones with Houston (at GMT-6 hours).
Shepherd's Expedition 1 crew was by no means the first team of spacefarers to see in the New Year from beyond the veil of Earth. Back in 1973-74, the astronauts of the final Skylab mission—Commander Gerry Carr, Science Pilot Ed Gibson, and Pilot Bill Pogue—were six weeks into their 84-day voyage when they endured (rather than enjoyed) the passage of one year into the next. The first part of their flight had left them excessively overworked and exhausted, and on 28 December Carr had been obliged to engage in a heart-to-heart with Mission Control. Two days later, it was agreed that routine chores would be placed on a so-called "shopping list," to be completed when time permitted, and the crew were to be left unhassled during meal times and undisturbed after dinner in the evening. At around the same time, on the 29th, Carr and Gibson performed an EVA to collect micrometeoroid samples and photograph Comet Kohoutek, which was visible in Earth's skies during that winter.
Unfortunately, Kohoutek did not live up to its media billing as the "Comet of the Century," but the spacewalkers were impressed. "We observed a gorgeous thing," recalled Carr in a NASA oral history, "small, faint, but gorgeous." Today, a handful of pencil sketches by Gibson are enshrined in the Smithsonian. On the ground, the excitement was not so intense among the general public. Journalists started calling Kohoutek the "Flop of the Century," ignoring with typical mass-media cynicism the scientific yield and focusing only on its brightness as a marker of significance. But in reality, the fault lay fairly and squarely upon their own shoulders; for it was the media which treated Kohoutek as a sure thing, a dead cert, right from the outset. In March 1974, Sky & Telescope glumly told its readers that, whilst professional astronomers were jubilant with their observations, "the general public wondered what had happened to the spectacle promised by the news media."
Over the years, several Soviet and Russian crews spent New Year in orbit. Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko celebrated the dawn of 1978 aboard the Salyut 6 space station, as did Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov from the Mir outpost in 1988. From then onward, every New Year until 1999 would see at least two humans in orbit on Mir and, with no one aloft at the start of 2000, a resumption of activity from 2001 to the present day aboard the multi-national ISS:
- Aleksandr Volkov, Sergei Krikalev, and Valeri Polyakov at New Year 1989
- Aleksandr Viktorenko and Aleksandr Serebrov at New Year 1990
- Viktor Afanasyev and Musa Manarov at New Year 1991
- Aleksandr Volkov and Sergei Krikalev at New Year 1992
- Anatoli Solovyov and Sergei Avdeyev at New Year 1993
- Vasili Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Serebrov at New Year 1994
- Aleksandr Viktorenko, Yelena Kondakova, and Valeri Polyakov at New Year 1995
- Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Avdeyev, and Germany's Thomas Reiter at New Year 1996
- Valeri Korzun, Aleksandr Kaleri, and NASA's John Blaha at New Year 1997
- Anatoli Solovyov, Pavel Vinogradov, and NASA's Dave Wolf at New Year 1998
- Gennadi Padalka and Sergei Avdeyev at New Year 1999
Of these times, little detail has emerged about how the transition from one year to the next was celebrated, although the dawn of 1998 was marked by a failure of Mir's motion control system computer. During the recovery process, the entire station—save for the base block and the Kvant-1 astrophysics module—was powered down as a electrical conservation measure. With the departure of Mir's second-to-last crew in August 1999, the station was left unoccupied for the transition into 2000, and it was Bill Shepherd's Expedition 1 team who celebrated the next New Year, high above Earth.
Since then, each 1 January has seen at least two spacefarers circling the Home Planet. Expedition 4 crewmen Yuri Onufrienko, Carl Walz, and Dan Bursch enjoyed a serene New Year in 2002, relaxing and communicating with family and friends, whilst Expedition 6's Ken Bowersox, Nikolai Budarin, and Don Pettit saw the dawn of 2003 during their official sleep shift. "The first day of the New Year," noted a NASA press release, "involved only a few routine maintenance tasks, exercise, and time off for the crew." Exactly a month later, on 1 February, Shuttle Columbia was lost with its entire crew during re-entry and NASA was thrust into one of the worst crises in its half-century of existence. Although the ISS would continue to be occupied, thanks to the assured crew return capability offered by Russia's Soyuz craft, the outpost would host only a skeleton staff of two men, each remaining aboard for rotating six-month tours. By New Year's Day 2004, the resumption of shuttle operations in the wake of the disaster was in sight, but a long and tortured road remained before the ISS could be completed.
The second part of this article will appear tomorrow.
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