text: A trio of love-themed covers surfaced in the days preceding 2014: Beck's John Lennon throwback noted yesterday, Blue Velvet's Shelley Fabares song "Love Letters" from Spoon's Britt Daniel, and My Brightest Diamond closing out the year with the romantic centerpiece of Time Out of Mind, "Make You Feel You Feel My Love." Solo-electric, Jeff Buckley-style, left bare and haunting, Shara Worden's take on Dylan welcomes the new year home with an optimistic gleam. I'll take it over "Auld Lang Syne" this round. Hear it above.

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Why is Audrey Patterson smiling? When some of her grandkids were ill and had to be hospitalized, she cheered them up by bringing bears that she had knit. Seeing their reactions, gave her the idea to spread the joy and she now knits up bears for children's hospitals/wards in her neck of the woods in Australia.
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Great pics guys, love the clematis, arum lilies, alliums and the pile of rocks. Will look amazing with plants or water
Wish I could help, just chopped all my Sedums back for the Chelsea chop but they are now composting. You could try the seed swap thread?
Morning all, feeling much better today. Obviously I overdid it again in the garden on Wednesday
Dry day, just finished first bird feed, the worm feeder will get filled three more times today, yesterday I must have had 60 starlings visit in the afternoon, all the babies screaming to be fed. I feel sorry for the parents and I know Starlings look greedy because they are big birds, but they have the same needs as prettier birds
One day left until I get my very first car I must have been a good girl (in a past life)
Done practice theory tests all week and haven't scored less than 90%
Watching GW repeats while I study more,
BL, enjoy your trip
BL, your roses are simply stunning! I love them all, No wonder you are on the garden scheme thingy
David, the pond area is looking great
I even like it when I take the lid off my compost bin and see the next stage along from previously am I sad?
WilDB, love your potted palm, chicky, geums *in love sigh*, ighten, very sophisticated matching pot with those tulips David, the iris just-never-fail and your bolder path is awesome
Everything is ready to pop nearly...I'm waiting patiently
In the meantime I enjoy and appreciate every chance I get
Oh and I'm also training the under gardener to do my bidding
It's probably easier to say what I don't like about gardening such as using chemicals when I am forced to, suffering the loss of something for a year or forever to pests and diseases, damage done by the weather is frustrating
Everything else is as enjoyable as it is necessary to my well being. Just couldn't imagine not being outside, whatever time of year
Sunny day but breezy. Not done much gardening except watering pots and what went on my merry-go-round earlier in the year. Not feeling well again, woke up with a temperature that tablets aren't dealing with so I'm relaxing in bed with Now TV at my command.
Hope all are having a good day
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The Nottingham Forest loan star appears confident that his claret and blues will retain their Premier League status this season.
Aston Villa loanee Gary Gardner's main concern for now may be on helping Nottingham Forest make a late promotion bid, but the midfielder is still clearly keeping a close watch on events at his parent club.
In 19th-place in the table after the weekend's 1-0 loss at Newcastle United consigned them to a seventh-straight Premier League defeat, Villa's top-flight status hangs in the balance with 11 fixtures remaining, but the former trainee seems to be taking a positive view ahead of a few crucial months for the claret and blues.
#utv!!! We will be fine— Gary Gardner (@22Gards) March 2, 2015
Incidentally, some might argue that Gardner could be playing a key role in Tim Sherwood's side were he back in the West Midlands, having been in fine form for Forest over the past few weeks, with his contributions highlighted as being crucial towards their current six-match unbeaten run under Dougie Freedman.
Loaned out to the Championship side for the rest of the season in January, following a five-month spell at Brighton & Hove Albion, the 22-year-old has been earning rave reviews for his performances in a deeper midfield role, and netted a stunning strike at the weekend to help them to a 3-0 win over Reading.
Hailed as one of Villa's most promising prospects at the time of his first-team debut in December 2011, Gardner has seen a series of serious knee injuries hamper his development in recent seasons, but he now looks to be getting back to the form which had some tipping him as a future England star in the past.
Nevertheless, with Forest still having an outside chance of making the playoffs, it would be somewhat ironic if his loan club were to take Villa's place in the Premier League, although at least Sherwood would know in those circumstances that he had a player at his disposal already battle-tested in the second-tier.


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She is part of the NFL but does not tackle anyone, catch footballs or score touchdowns.
However, Chef Geji McKinney-Banks does play hardball and is very competitive. Her schedule is as intense as any football team's schedule as she is in bed before 9 p.m. and up before dawn Monday through Saturday as the director of food service operations for the Minnesota Vikings. McKinney-Banks manages chefs and other food service staff to ensure that food is prepared and ready for consumption when the Vikings players, coaches and front office staff arrive to work in Eden Prairie. Her grueling schedule encompasses the entire NFL season plus working 17-hour days during football camps and drafts.
Six days a week, McKinney-Banks changes into non-slip work shoes, an apron, and a chef's hat ready to inspect the entrees and other food items the various chefs have prepared.
"What's this? It's burnt, would you eat that," quizzed McKinney-Banks one of the chefs as she examines the breakfast entrees. "Take it out of here."
It's all about quality control, which is key to the success of the Vikings organization. With confidence McKinney-Banks tastes, stirs, and directs.
"The grits are too runny, tighten them up; and I don't taste basil in the gravy," directed McKinney-Banks.
"Yes, Chef," her colleagues say with respect and without contention. However, it is not always that way.
Chef Ben Martancik, who has worked at Winter Park – the team's training facility – said, "Her (McKinney-Banks) standards are very high for food quality and cleanness. It reflects on me and the other employees. We bashed heads at first (because) we both are stubborn. However, it took awhile to work through that. You butt heads sometime. When everybody is stressed you might be snippy with people."
Snippy is putting it mildly.
In the wide world of sports, the nature of the beast is to be competitive. Working in the NFL, whether one is a starter, coach or behind the scenes – as it is with culinary arts – one has to be tough mentally and physically.
Praises towards McKinney-Banks for flawless cuisine and food safety come from chefs and business people from around the world. When Food Network celebrity chef Guy Fieri toured the Vikings facility, he looked around the kitchen and exclaimed, "Who is in charge here? This is the cleanest kitchen I've ever seen."
During a food service inspection by the Minnesota Health Department, one of the inspectors was heard saying, "This is one kitchen I would eat in."
McKinney-Banks said she is a perfectionist, which fits ideally with the Vikings way of doing things – spare no expense on service, freshness, quality and presentation.
"I work to ensure that the last person in line at the end of the day gets the same freshness of the food as the first person who came in earlier that day," said McKinney-Banks. "Every day, we work hard to enhance our food safety standards to help us increase quality and value to those we serve."
The passionate chef's likeness was recently used for the 3-A-Day campaign by the Midwest Dairy Association featuring former Minnesota Viking safety Darren Sharper. McKinney-Banks was also a guest celebrity judge at the Taste of the NFL for two consecutive years. She has been guest chef on television's KARE 11, Fox 9 and KSTP 5.
For the Viking community program, McKinney-Banks visits elementary schools with guest Vikings players to talk to children about nutrition. She also received an honorable mention in a Sports Illustrated piece that featured her personal client, running back Adrian Peterson.
McKinney-Banks is the only African-American female in her role within the NFL.
Recently, when the Vikings traveled to play the Pittsburgh Steelers in London for its Sept. 29 game, McKinney-Banks was on the team's plane and served her role as team' chef while across the pond. This past May, McKinney-Banks ventured to the United Kingdom to learn of its food standards and procedures and then compared the culinary differences with the Viking organization's expectation so the players would feel at home even on foreign soil.
"The Vikings front office feels that it is imperative not to steer too far away from the same kind of food that we serve at Winter Park," said McKinney-Banks. "I am excited at the opportunity to lead the food program to London. It (is) a challenge, a learning experience, and definitely a blessing all rolled into one."
In addition to being the personal chef to Peterson, McKinney-Banks is also chef to boxer/ex-NFL player Ray Edwards and Timberwolves guard, J.J. Barea. She has also served as the personal chef to Viking Kevin Williams, former Vikings Darren Sharper, Bobby Wade, Tony Richardson, Tarvaris Jackson, Dwight Smith, Jayme Mitchell and Bethel Johnson, among others.
The chef, who has been with the Vikings for 18 years, is a North Community High School graduate, has an associates in culinary arts and a bachelor of science in culinary management.


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In seven days, I will go to my last college class. In 11, I will take my last college final. In 16, I graduate.
Everyone asks Seniors what they plan to do after graduation. Most people fall into a certain group.
- The average 22 year old answers, "I'm starting to send my resume out to a bunch of places. Fingers crossed."
- The overachiever answers, "I have a job lined up. I'm going to make only 80,000 my first year out of college, but there's a five year plan. Hopefully by 30 I'll be making twice as much."
- The college for life individual answers, "I'm going to grad school for political science. Then I plan to go to NYU for law school. Who knows…maybe I'll go get another degree somewhere else. And then I'll become the most brilliant professor Harvard has ever seen."
- The underachiever answers, "Party." (Update: I do not mean taking a break from school and work life is underachieving. A lot of people take a year off to do things like travel. But only caring about partying and having no intentions of doing something meaningful even a year after graduation, that's underachieving).
I fall into the first group.Well, sorta.
Originally, I planned on going straight to graduate school. But I got hit more times in the head than a piñata gets hit at a four year old's birthday party. So I'm delaying school and looking for jobs. I haven't sent my resume anywhere because I wanted to wait until I went back to sweet home Chicago. However, I have searched for jobs. And do you know what I'm finding? Here's an example:
Field: Public Relations.
Job Description: Everything I'm capable of doing.
Salary: Not good at all.
Requirements: Qualities I possess….but O wait… 5-7 years of experience.
Preach it Frodo because I have no idea how that works…
How do you get experience working in a field, when everyone wants experience to begin with?
Even the jobs I'm looking at, that require experience, do not pay as well as the current job I have. I make $18 an hour and needed no college education to get that job. I guess that makes me more picky than some of my friends willing to accept any offer.
Some people may think I'm slacking. When they ask me what I plan on doing after college, I answer them honestly. I'm going back to my job at home and applying for other jobs on my days off. I'm not going to twiddle my thumbs and party with my friends everything night just because I have yet to be hired.
Maybe I should have tried gaining experience in my field earlier. I have worked since I was 13. However, I worked for a volleyball club and for other jobs that do not apply to my field. Throughout my college career, I only had one internship. Not taking a summer off from work or doing more internships during the school year is one of my biggest regrets.
So word of advice to those reading who have yet to graduate, get as many internships as possible. It doesn't matter if you get straight A's. Companies do not look at your GPA. They look at your experience. Try to get as much of it as you can now.


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Every "enrollment conversation" or "discovery session" or "closing the deal" training will tell you to shut the hell up after you state the price of your program. Be quiet, and let the potential client speak first… don't say a thing!
Ok, sounds fine in theory. But if you have conducted more than one of such sessions that is not done with a practice partner and ended up "asking for the sale" at the end, you would have experienced that AWKWARD silence.
Awkward. Notice that YOU are the one to feel awkward. It's YOUR discomfort. Yet this discomfort can sabotage your success because the other party can feel the change in the energy and the dynamics – you can break your rapport and connection with your potential client. How you handle this silence can make or break your sale.
Ready for some advance stuff?
So what is behind this silence? And how to keep the silence to let it do what it needs to do without having a weird energy behind it?
What if you can be so comfortable in that silence…
it's like you just said "Give me 10 carrots so I can make you a stew?"
A lot, a whole lot, of it has to do with your money mindset and your relationship with money. What paradigm and meaning are you attaching to money? You see, money is just paper in your wallet or numbers in your bank account – it has done nothing wrong! It's the story and meaning we put around it that are affecting our way of interacting with it and using it as way to interact with others.
Are you using money as a measure of acceptance and self-worth? Do you feel disempowered in money discussions and you immediately go into conclusion that others know better so you give away your power? Do you have poor boundaries around money issues so any time you go into money conversation you feel being taken advantage of, or unappreciated, so you avoid it at all cost? Do you have a love-hate relationship with money and think money is bad – in fact, it's just bad in YOUR story? Do you have the story that making money has to be hard so your mind is saying "it can't be this easy, one phone call and I get paid $2,000?!!" Do you put so much stake on having "that" income that you are projecting an energy of lack and desperation?
Do you have judgment about what your potential client may say, do or if she can afford your program or not (which, by the way, is none of your business – you are disrespecting the other party if you are making such conclusion for her)? What story are you using to draw this conclusion?
To make the money talk in your enrollment conversation totally comfortable, it does not only mean you have to shut up, close your mouth and say nothing after you state your fee. Your MIND also has to quiet down and be still. No mind chatter and do away with any judgment, expectation and conclusion. If your mind can stay still and just focus on being of service to your potential client – to be there to help her make the best decision for her at that particular moment in time – the "money" part of the conversation will have no charge, no weird energy for you. Like you just ask for 10 carrots to make a stew for her. And then you breathe with her, with a soft gaze.
This conversation has nothing to do with you –
get over your money stories and paradigms.
All that said, the first step to make that silence supportive to your conversation and your client's decision is to heal YOUR relationship with money. Do you feel empowered in money conversations? Do you have leaky money boundaries? Are you attaching your self-worth, acceptance, approval and value on whether people pay you for your services?
With a compassionately detached frame of mind, you can turn a "no" into a "yes" much easier. When your potential client responds back with something other than a "yes", you won't jump into conclusions based on your judgment of you (e.g. I screw up that part of course she won't sign up) and shut down the conversation. Instead, it's much easier to bring out your curiosity and uncover the "real" reason behind her hesitation if you stay open and ask some questions. This often will turn into a great coaching moment, delivering some awesome AHA to your potential client and seal the deal for you.
E.g. if it's truly a financial concern, can you work with her to set up a payment plan that will let her work with you and not compromise your boundary? If she doesn't believe she has the time to do the work, can you reassure her that the changes you requirs her to make will actually save her time? If she doesn't think her husband will support the decision, can you coach her through her fear so she can feel empowered to make her decision?
Upgrading your money relationship and mindset requires a proven effective process and dedicated support – there is no magic bullet. My "More Clients Please" coaching program clients get both, AND I show them how to apply their Money Archetypes to grow their business by tapping into their gifts and strengths from Day 1. Yep, that cool – not just the "out there" mindset stuff, I make sure that it makes money for you.
Find out more about the "More Clients Please" coaching program here.


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Rove: Tea Parties 'Largely Novices,' 'Unsophisticated People'
Karl Rove often complains about liberal elitism but seemed to offer some elitism of his own Wednesday. In an interview with MSNBC's Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd, Rove said that Tea Party protesters were "unsophisticated people."
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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Metro Cable in Caracas, Venezuela by Urban-Think Tank
October 19th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Urban-Think Tank
In July of 2003, UTT organized an informal, but very public, presentation and symposium at Caracas' central university to protest the government plan and begin the process of exploring alternatives. Attended by architects, planners, various other experts, university activists, and barrio leaders, the meeting stunned government planners: speakers from San Agustín were not only vehement in their objections, they were eloquent and well-informed.
In rejecting the plan, they also articulated very specific demands, among them the preservation of a pedestrian-oriented community; mixed-use development; expanded parks, and attractive, safe streetscapes; sources of employment, including entrepreneurial opportunities; and various other community amenities.
This was a watershed moment in land-use planning and development: never before had a "slum" community asserted the right to shape its own future; never before had stake-holders demanded a role in the decision-making. The government backed down.
More significantly for the ensuing exploration and planning process, the symposium resulted in the creation of a task force consisting of an organized group of community volunteers and the UTT team. In relatively short order, the task force selected from among several alternatives the cable car system as having the greatest potential: ideally suited to the terrain, minimally invasive into and destructive of the existing fabric, highly sustainable, and flexible.
Following an intensive one-day charrette, during which the task force refined the concept, UTT undertook a six-month analysis and planning initiative, enlisting the participation of our colleagues in what became Caracas MetroCable: a collaboration between Austrian ropeway manufacturer Doppelmayr, climate engineers Transolar, and the US civil structural engineering firm Silman& Associates. With the plans well established and community support overwhelming, UTT launched a media campaign and program of presentations to influential constituencies, to build wider support for the project and exert pressure on the government. The "official" planners responded to the inescapable: abandoning their scheme, they adopted the UTT/San Agustín approach.
A Connect-the-Dots System
Integrated with Metro Systems of Caracas, the public transit system provided in the "formal" city, Caracas MetroCable is 2.1km in length and employs gondolas that hold eight passengers each. The total capacity of the system allows for moving 1,200 people per hour in each direction. Of its five stations, two are in the valley and connect directly with the existing public transit system; three additional stations are located along the mountain ridge on sites that meet the demands of community access, established pedestrian circulation routes, and suitability for construction with minimal demolition of existing housing.
The idea of the a MetroCable has been proven and tested in Barrios in Medellin, Colombia, but what is more here is that the MetroCable Stations provide more than just transport but are hubs for social services and other community activities.
Though the five stations share in common a basic set of components and designs – platform levels, ramps for access, circulation patterns, materials, and structural elements – they differ in configuration and the possibility of additional functions that address other community needs. While not all of these additional purposes are being constructed at this initial stage of the project, the opportunities of integration of the stations with the community include.
The San Agustín and Parque Central stations, at the base of the hillside, include social, cultural, and system administrative functions.
At Los Mangitos, 40 units of housing will be built, replacing homes whose demolition is an inevitable necessity for station construction. The station structure also includes public spaces for community gatherings, out-patient health care facilities, and other similar amenities as well as a playing field on top.
In addition to the station itself, the La Ceibita site has a second structure that links the station to ground level, 16 meters below, and includes a gym and government-sponsored supermarket and day-care center. The station is also connected to an existing housing complex and to a roadway with a municipal bus stop.
Hornos de Cal, the third of the ridge-line stations, affords unique opportunities, as it is the least-densely developed neighborhood and offers the planners more space to work with. It is also the site of a large water tank, which has long been a barrio icon of sorts.
The tank will be demolished and the station built on its foundations, taking the tank's place both literally and symbolically: the new station is intended to function as a beacon and look-out tower with a viewing platform, from which all of Caracas can be seen spread out in the valley below. The development of this site also includes the restoration and expansion of an existing soccer pitch and the implementation of a major open-space and streetscape plan.
This connect-the-dots scheme has the considerable virtue of being minimally invasive of the community fabric, weaved into it only at five discrete points. The hilltop stations, set into densely-built neighborhoods, rest on stilts to avoid all but the absolutely essential demolition of homes. Like the gondolas themselves, the stations float above the ground, a near-perfect expression of an ideal intervention: one that facilitates and connects without imposing, that emerges literally and figuratively from the community it serves.
Plug In, Flow Around, Float Over
The entire system is designed on modular principles, effectively a kit-of-parts, using pre-fabricated components. The stations, essentially shed buildings, are inexpensive to manufacture and erect, producing economies of scale and meeting the functional and aesthetic objectives. Critically, the structural and architectural design enables simple, low-cost, and rapid alteration and expansion of each station, to adapt to future needs and objectives. In this, as in other features, the UTT design team borrowed from the organic nature of the barrio itself, a process of unending growth and change, of potential and accommodation.
In addition to minimizing the impact on the built environment, elevating the stations above ground serves significant climatic and geographic purposes. Air-flow at pedestrian level is preserved, and adjacent homes continue to benefit from the cleansing and cooling effects of the prevailing winds. Erosion from the typically heavy annual rains is minimized, protecting the station structures themselves as well as the surroundings. And the stilt-like legs greatly simplify compliance with seismic requirements. Additionally, the structural support for the platforms and cable car system is independent of that for the station shell, which is thus unaffected by the inevitable vibrations from system operations and pedestrian movement.
The barrio-dwellers of San Agustín and of the rest of Caracas's informal city live officially off-the-grid, though they can and do "borrow" power from municipal lines. The heavy rains notwithstanding, there is no supply of potable water. And residents make extensive use of recycling in the construction of their homes. Thus, all of UTT's work in the Caracas barrios rests on the fundamental principle of sustainability. No project is of any value to barrio-dwellers if it relies upon resources beyond their means or reach or depends for its completion and operation on promises of future assistance. Moreover, key features of sustainability are at the heart of the community's culture and way of life, making it vital for a project that has arisen from the community's will.
The primary materials used in the construction of Caracas MetroCable are steel and concrete – very durable, appropriate to climatic conditions, and requiring little if any maintenance and repair. The stations are skinned with corrugated steel sheets, fiberglass cladding, and a factory-applied gel coat that resists delamination[AL1] . The platforms and footings are concrete and connected with steel columns. The woven wire screening ramps and pedestrian bridges will, in time, support indigenous vines, providing shade and softening the hardscape.
While the cable system itself will draw power from the municipal source, each station is energy-independent. What is more the underground METRO stations in the valley are designed to use energy collected from solarpanels placed on the roof of the METROCABLE stations located above creating a symbiosis of energy flow. In the short term, a single wind-driven turbine will provide sufficient power for station needs. In the long term, the shell of the stations has been designed to accommodate solar panels, which will eventually provide sufficient power for the energy needs of the entire San Agustín barrio. The stations and adjacent structures require no mechanical HVAC of any kind. Each station is designed to incorporate a "wind-catcher," which directs the prevailing breezes into the interior. Louvered walls enable fresh air to enter and exhaust the stations.
Plans for public restrooms are still under consideration, but are likely to make use of dry toilets, a solution previously proposed by UTT and adopted in several barrios for residential purposes. The two valley stations will use groundwater. At the hilltop stations, cisterns are being constructed to hold rainwater, for toilets and/or the irrigation of residents' kitchen gardens and of the streetscape, which will be "greened" as part of the project.
During daylight hours, the station interiors will rely exclusively on natural light, admitted both from the sides and through translucent portions of the shell. After dark, LED lights will brighten the stations and the public streetscape. The lighting design for the stations contemplates more than functionality: the stations are conceived as beacons for the community with welcoming glowing lanterns that provide safety, and the fundamentals of what it means to come home.
The View From Here
A key criterion underlying the award to the UTT task force for the Caracas MetroCable project was the question from which our proposal arose: what kind of city do we want to see in 2025? Merely inquiring into the anticipated system capacity, for instance, made no sense. We recalled the lessons of the much-heralded Long Island Expressway in New York, obsolete before it was completed: you cannot "build for tomorrow" – you can only build in such a way as to be able to "build tomorrow." Moreover, the changes underway in the informal city – in Caracas, as elsewhere – are not only extraordinarily rapid, they are truly transformational.
What we did seek, on the other hand, was to put in place the means for change in relation to the fundamental needs of the barrio of San Agustín, those its inhabitants themselves identified:
Safe, accessible, and cost-effective public transportation for barrio residents
The growth of work opportunities and of the economy of the barrios
The development of a sustainable infrastructure to give permanence and stability to the community
Improvement of the health, education, employment opportunities, and quality of life for barrio-dwellers
Improved safety and reduction in crime
For UTT, we look forward to 2025, even earlier perhaps, with two particular aspirations: that the San Agustín scheme will be translated to other Caracas barrios, eventually effecting the physical, economic, social, and cultural integration of formal and informal cities; and that the empowerment of the barrio communities will be perpetuated and grow stronger, giving them permanent ownership of their destiny.
In April 2009, the first line going from Parque Central station up to La Ceiba was formally inaugurated. The completed Metro Cable system is expected to open in December 2009.
Related posts:
Italian Venezuelan Service Center Building in Caracas, Venezuela by Puchetti Arquitectos
San Francisco Cultural Center in Venezuela by NMD NOMADAS
Guaparo House in Carabobo, Venezuela by NMD NOMADAS
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By Kyle Boenitz, Project Spurs.com
Time to play a little game of "what if?"
Retired NBA coach Don Nelson who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame tonight had a long and successful playing and coaching career. He's the winningest NBA coach of all time, and believe it or not, if a few things had gone a different way, he could have found himself coaching in San Antonio.
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On the blog I share about all sorts of different things from life. On the Hiking extension I have trip reports from my hikes including photos and tracks. A big part of the trip reports is my journey to hike all of Colorado's 54 14ers.
SWCCG Database
This database contains data about every card in existence for the Star Wars Customizable Card Game including the Virtual Cards from the SWCCG Player's Committee. Its specialty is cross-linking built in to the game text of each card that quickly lets you look up other cards referenced on the spot. This page has become quite popular and is even a "partner" link from the Star Wars CCG Players Committee.
Church Index
This is a growing resource of church information. Also, the highlight of this page is the Lutheran Hymns Database, which is a searchable database of the last 4 major Lutheran hymnals recognized by the LCMS. Another highlight is that the entire Book of Concord has been posted online here.
David's Militaria
This page presents an affiliate's collection of US and Third Reich Militaria objects and serves both as a display of his collection as well as a resource for other collectors.
Sports Archive
This archive contains basic standings and historical data of the major sports of the last several years as well as Olympics Medal info.
Lord of the Rings Trivia
Just asks you question after question and will then tell you if you've got the right answer. A simple way to kill some time and enjoy the world of Tolkien.
Star Wars Books Chronology
This is a listing of all the major Star Wars books from Bantam Spectra and Del Rey with how they fit into the greater chronology of the Star Wars expanded universe.


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I'm excited to share with you the new cover for Frankie Rose's upcoming YA dystopia novel, Raksha. It's set for publication on March 1st 2013.
Frankie Rose was born in the United Kingdom, but now lives with her husband in sunny Australia.
She officially makes things up for a living, and when she's not doing that, she is generally making paper birds out of receipts and old lists or taking photographs that make her smile.
Author Links:
Website: http://frankierosewrites.com/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5834274.Frankie_Rose
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frankie.rose101
She has no name.She has her knives; her training; her halo.
The first and second give her the tools and the skill to defeat the opponents she is pitted against each month. The third frees her from pain and fear. From any kind of emotion at all. Everything is as it should be. Everything is as it should be, until…
When a newly-named Kit escapes the Sanctuary after killing her best friend, the last thing she needs is another knife in her hand. Or Ryka, the damaged, beautiful blonde boy, who she refuses to let save her. Still learning how to process the onslaught of her new feelings, the sights and sounds of Freetown are overwhelming and strange. There are a hundred differences between her old home and her new one, but one thing remains starkly similar: the matches. Yet where the blood in the Sanctuary landed only on the colosseum floor, Kit will quickly learn that a river of red runs through Freetown's very streets.
Freed from the oppression of a society who stole her right to feel, the true horror of her old life leaves Kit wondering if she really has been freed at all. Would she be better off without the crippling horror of all the blood on her hands, or is the love of one boy worth living through all the pain?
Raksha is the call of the dead. It is the rumbling chant for fresh blood from the other side, the demand for sacrifice. The colosseum is behind Kit. The fighting pits await.
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17157400-raksha
Cover designed by Chelsea Starling


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JEANETTE, Pa. (AP) — In his short life, a 2-year-old Pennsylvania boy who died days after he served as best man at his parents' wedding touched the hearts of many people.
The Rev. Jan Zotter told a funeral audience Saturday that Logan Stevenson's life "had an impact over the whole world."
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/13rrFcH) reported that about 75 family and friends attended the service at the Mason-Gelder Funeral Home in Jeannette, about 25 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Christine and Sean Stevenson had planned to marry next year but moved the ceremony to Aug. 3 so their son could participate after the couple learned he had weeks to live.
The child had leukemia and other medical complications, including a mass on his remaining kidney. He died Monday night in his mother's arms.
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New DiY-CMS documentation and admin area tutorials
I have two updates in this post.
First, I have added a doucumentation for DiY-CMS 1.0 using phpDocumenter. It prases comments within files and in order to gnerate documentation.
I have commented most of the files, classes and functions of the DiY-CMS execpt for the modules part which hopefully I will be commenting in the future and then upload it to the documentation.
Docuemntation can be found at: http://code.diy-cms.com/
I divided DiY-CMS into four packages:
Global: includes the main classes in the cms.
Modules: includes all the files in the modules folder.
Admin: Includes all main classes in the admin folder.
Admin Sections: Includes all files under the admin section folder in the admin area.
The style of comment will be used as the standard style of commenting files, classes or functions. For any one who is intrested to delvope additions to cms use this style.
At the page level and for classes, use this style:
* Short description of the file.
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Second update is that uploaded three tutorials explaining settings and module parts of the admin area:
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Time to Give Bobby Valentine Some CreditJune 21, 2012
Imagine this scenario: An MLB team that slumped to a 7-20 finish last September once again is expected to gain a playoff berth, even though most of the squad remains unchanged from the previous year. The team has played the entire season without both its $20 million per year starting leftfielder and their expected closer, who has a career ERA of 2.07. Their opening day centerfielder—a player who led MLB in Wins Above Replacement last year—has only played in seven games so far.
Their number three starter set a new record as the only player in MLB history to begin a season allowing at least five runs in his first five starts, and their number three hitter is batting at a dreadful .257/.312/.396 line. Their third basemen to begin the year has missed close to 30 games, and is hitting only .225/.311/.359 when he plays.
A former MVP who's 28 years of age currently has a batting average of .269 and has missed time to injury, while their staff ace is sporting a 4.53 ERA.
Their fifth starter pitched so poorly he was sent down to the minors and is now coming out of the bullpen there, and their starting shortstop—a position the front office didn't address in the offseason—has a .289 OBP. To top all that off, the media surrounding the organization has continued their vendetta against the team that began last season.
And yet, the team is currently 35-33, only three games out of a playoff spot.
Bobby Valentine has guided the Red Sox to a respectable record in the midst of one of the worst periods of luck in recent Red Sox history. Through his astute managerial decisions and handling of the team, Boston finds itself in the race for the playoffs even though so much has gone wrong this season.
As Jacoby Ellsbury and Carl Crawford have played only seven games between them this year, the Red Sox have used a total of 13 different outfielders so far this season, which have made up 25 different starting trios.
Both of those figures are the highest in the majors.
Yet somehow, their offensive production from those spots is roughly the same as it was last year, and definitely above average for the American League. The Sox manager has done a commendable job of mixing and matching players with outfield positions.
And when Ryan Sweeney, Daniel Nava and most recently Ryan Kalish have shown they can hit, Valentine has had no problem putting his faith in them. In last night's game, for example, Nava led off and went 4-5, while Kalish hit second and went 2-5 with two runs. Nava has hit .363 in nine games leading off this season, as the 29-year-old has a .449 OBP for the year as he's received ample opportunity to play.
In addition to the outfielders, Valentine has managed the rest of the lineup exceedingly well.
He's found success with multiple players at the leadoff spot after Ellsbury went down. As David Ortiz has hit extremely well this season, Valentine's used him much more in the third and fourth spots of the lineup, rather than the fifth spot which he batted almost exclusively at under Terry Francona last year. He also hasn't been afraid to drop down in the order both Kevin Youkilis and Adrian Gonzalez, as they've struggled mightily this year.
Speaking of those two players, Valentine has been able to balance the playing time between Youk, A-Gon and rookie Will Middlebrooks.
Francona was one to stick with veterans even as they were struggling, but Valentine saw the rookie third basemen's superior play and kept him as the starting third basemen even when Youkilis came back from the disabled list. It's a situation that will likely be resolved before the trade deadline, but something that Bobby V has handled well.
The Sox manager has also gotten a great performance from his bullpen. He originally wanted Daniel Bard to begin the year as a reliever, but the front office vetoed that decision. It's turned out that he was right, as Bard was one of the worst starting pitchers in MLB this season.
So Valentine had to use someone else as a closer, and installed Alfredo Aceves. Although he did perform quite terribly at first, he's become very solid after his initial couple of weeks as closer, having converted 17 of 18 save opportunities since April 21.
After a slow start to the season, the Sox bullpen ranked third in the majors with an ERA of 2.37 in May, and currently leads MLB in reliever ERA in June, at 1.49.
They've accomplished that miniscule figure with the likes of Aceves, Scott Atchison, Vicente Padilla, Matt Albers, Franklin Morales and Andrew Miller. Not exactly a group of all stars, to say the least. But through playing the matchups well and limiting the workload of each reliever, Valentine has gotten the most of the pen. Their performance should only get better with the return of Andrew Bailey.
Managing isn't complete without the clubhouse factor; a big part of the job is both making sure the players are on the same page and the ability to handle the media. With the exception of a comment Valentine made early in the season regarding Youkilis' waning desire for the game, Bobby V has performed admirably.
The Beckett golf outing between starts became a non-issue just a week after it happened, and recent reports of a "toxic" clubhouse were laughed off by him and his players. Valentine has let David Ortiz emerge as a team leader, and the veteran has been able to communicate effectively to the team.
Sure, the man may not be perfect. But no manager is. Given the circumstances, Bobby Valentine has done a great job with this team. Once the Red Sox are back at full strength, watch out for a run that will put them right in the thick of the playoff race.


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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) Medics took two men to the hospital early Saturday morning after they were stabbed on Virginia Avenue.
According to a police spokeswoman, the stabbings happened around 12:28 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Virginia Avenue. Medics transported the victims to Maryview Hospital and are expected to recover from their injuries.
Details on what led to the stabbings and information on a possible suspect have not been released by police.


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Titles read: 'Pathe Pictures - has the honour to present - The Coronation of - Their Majesties King George VI & Queen Elizabeth'.
High angle shots panning across area outside Buckingham Palace showing crowds and motorcade leaving for the abbey. Carriage procession of Prime Ministers leaves the Palace. Horseguards present arms. Members of the royal family leave the Palace in carriages. Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret Rose are just seen in closed carriage with Princess Mary (Princess Royal). Duchess of Gloucester (Princess Alice) and Duchess of Kent (Princess Marina)in closed carriage.
Horseguards lead Coronation carriage carrying King George VI (formerly Prince Albert, Duke of York) and Queen Elizabeth (former Duchess of York, later Queen Mother) out of the Palace forecourt. Several shots of carriage in procession going round the Victoria Memorial and down the Mall. Duke of Gloucester (Prince Henry) and Duke of Kent (Prince George) on horseback ride behind the carriage.
High angle shots of procession and crowds on the Mall, Admiralty Arch. Queen Mary in closed coach with her sister-in-law, Queen Maud of Norway. Among those seen in the procession are Dominion and Colonial escorts, Yeoman of the Guard, Indian escort, detachment of infantry. Royal Navy marching and lining route. People watching from rooftops. Horseguards band. King's Bargemaster Bozzy Phelps (sp?) and the King's Twelve Watermen.
Westminster Abbey. Princesses Elizabeth, Margaret and Princess Royal arrive followed by other members of royal family. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive at the Abbey and go inside.
Titles read: 'Pathe Pictures - has the honour to present - The Coronation of - Their Majesties King George VI & Queen Elizabeth'.
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text: The Radisson Blu Hotel Yanbu is located on the shore of the Red Sea. The hotel is the preferred hotel for both business travellers and holidaymakers in this fantastic part of the country. You find the crystal blue Red Sea which attracts people from all over the world for diving, snorkelling and deep-sea fishing. The Radisson Blu Hotel Yanbu is located 14 kilometres away from the heavy industrial area, Royal Commission.


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A genie appeared in the dream of a woman. "Ask for whatever you want," it said.
"My husband's gaze should be on me only and whenever he wakes up," She said. "And then..?", asked the genie.
"He should not be concerned with anything else in life except me, and he should never sleep without me by his side."
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A HARD-HITTING play about domestic abuse which is staged in an empty council house has begun its run as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Our Glass House will be performed at the vacant property in Wester Hailes from today until 25 August and will focus on the victims of abuse while exploring their reasons to stay or leave an abusive household. Plotlines are based on real life cases of abuse, producers said.
The stories of six distinctive characters are told simultaneously throughout the house with the audience moving from room to room as the plot unfolds.
Violent and harrowing at times, the play follows highly acclaimed runs in Bradford and Bristol and includes a startling performance by Jasmin Riggins who starred in Ken Loach's recent award-winning film The Angels' Share.
The 20-year-old plays Kayleigh, 17, who lives with her abusive boyfriend.
At one stage during the hour-long show her head is forced into a bath of water in the bathroom of the house with audience members splashed as the events unfold.
Deafening music and jarring sound affects are also employed to draw the audience into the action around them.
Actors and the audience move outside onto the streets of the council estate for the play's dramatic finale.
The staging of Our Glass House, by the Common Wealth Theatre, has been funded by the Scottish Government, Edinburgh City Council, and Police Scotland, whose chief constable Sir Stephen House was among the audience yesterday.
Director Evie Manning said she decided to stage the play after a neighbour was abused by her husband.
"The idea for the piece emerged last year when an ambulance was called for my neighbour and her young son in the middle of the day and revealed all of the horrific abuse that she had been suffering for years, just on the other side of the wall", she said.
"Her husband kept the house whilst she went into a refuge with her two young children, and no one on the street spoke about it again. It just seemed so unjust, and I was shocked at how taboo the issue was, even today."
The number of domestic incidents recorded in Edinburgh over the last four years has risen from 4.952 to 5,335. In around 45 per cent of these incidents children were identified as being present or resident in the home.
According to the figures quoted in the show, anti-domestic abuse funding has been cut by an average by 31 per cent by local authorities in England and Wales.
However, funding in Scotland for the period 2012-2015 has maintained at 2011-12 levels, with £34.5m allocated for 12-15. This is a 60 per cent increase since 2007.
Councillor Ricky Henderson, the city's health and social care leader, said: "As Our Glass House so vividly demonstrates, the consequences of domestic abuse are wide spread and have a devastating effect on its victims, their children and society as a whole.
"Witnessing or experiencing domestic abuse is one the most serious risks to children in our society and can have an impact on their long term development and wellbeing as well as potentially shaping their attitudes and beliefs as adults."
Lesley Johnston, chair of the Edinburgh Violence Against Women Partnership, added: "We are delighted to support and host this powerful theatre event, which highlights the impact that different forms of gender-based violence can have upon those affected.
"Each production is followed by workshops with professional staff with information on local support services available to add to the impact of this event."


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Alcoy FC players to sue 'attackers' during game-A A +A
By Edri K. Aznar and Oscar C. Pineda
Monday, March 17, 2014
THREE members of the Alcoy Football Club who played in the Under-18 football match of the 16th Aboitiz Football Cup, which ended in violence last Sunday, will file child abuse charges against the parents who allegedly attacked them.
The Cebu Football Association (CFA) is investigating the brawl that occurred during a game between Alcoy FC and Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC). CFA vice president Rico Navarro said they are conducting a series of meetings to determine who will be sanctioned.
During the incident, three players of the Alcoy FC were hurt. The team's goalkeeper Rodenel Binolirao Jr. had a gash in the head after being struck by one of the spectators. Two other Alcoy FC players were allegedly kicked by parents during the commotion.
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Binolirao and a SHS-AdC player were wrestling on the field when a man came in and mauled the Alcoy FC goalie. Another spectator broke up the fight.
SHS-AdC has yet to release a formal statement on the incident.
"We have the support of the Province (Provincial Government). We will be sending a formal letter to the CFA and Ateneo. The three kids will be brought to the city…and will file a case of child abuse against the parents who were responsible for the attack," Glenda Antig, Alcoy FC coach, told Sun.Star Cebu.
Antig said a fight among players during a football match is natural.
"A parent joined in on the action and our goalie got bloodied," she said. "Based on our interview, two others were also kicked by parents. We are used to seeing player against player and it is okay for us, but not this."
Alcoy Mayor Nick de los Santos expressed dismay at the feedback he received from those who watched the game.
He said a town councilor's son overheard someone making a derogatory comment about Alcoy players being poor and coming from rural areas.
De los Santos said the incident last Sunday showed that the players from Alcoy knew more of the game than the SHS-AdC parents who were allegedly involved in the brawl.
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"Sila ang nigawas nga walay alam sa dula. Sila'y taga bukid. Sila'y walay disiplina (They are the ones who don't know anything about the game. They are the ones who are from the mountains and have no discipline)," de los Santos said.
He said the parents of the other Alcoy FC players will help the three who will file charges against some SHS-AdC parents.
Despite the incident, Alcoy FC said they will not pull out of the tournament.
"We teach our students not to get discouraged," Antig said.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on March 18, 2014.
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Flame-Spray-Made Undoped Zinc Oxide Films for Gas Sensing Applications
AbstractUsing zinc naphthenate dissolved in xylene as a precursor undoped ZnO nanopowders were synthesized by the flame spray pyrolysis technique. The average diameter and length of ZnO spherical and hexagonal particles were in the range of 5 to 20 nm, while ZnO nanorods were found to be 5–20 nm wide and 20–40 nm long, under 5/5 (precursor/oxygen) flame conditions. The gas sensitivity of the undoped ZnO nanopowders towards 50 ppm of NO2, C2H5OH and SO2 were found to be 33, 7 and 3, respectively. The sensors showed a great selectivity towards NO2 at high working temperature (at 300 °C), while small resistance variations were observed for C2H5OH and SO2, respectively. View Full-Text
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Today I'm sharing how to make a simple metal base for a table - using aluminum strips and rivets. This would be perfect to make a trunk or chest a little higher or if you have a top and need a simple base. My chest is pretty light so aluminum was a good option. For something heavy, you probably want to use steel and screws and nuts (like the base for our herringbone driftwood table) If you missed the original tutorial at Infarrantly Creative, see how we did it!
For the past month or so I've been using my campaign chest as an end table in my living room. I loved the idea of it as a nightstand, but I prefer my nightstand about level with the mattress. Inspired by Pottery Barn's Ludlow Trunk, (thanks diydeeds on instagram for mentioning that!) adding a simple metal base, made it the perfect nightstand height!
Materials needed:
3/4" aluminum angle (36" x3)
1" aluminum straight (36")
Rivet gun
1/8" Rivets
Gold spray paint
Dark wax
First, we measured the cuts needed for the angle pieces (4 to go around the base (the chest sits in the angled pieces + the 4 legs.)
With a blade designed to cut metal, we made the cuts with the jigsaw. Ideally we would have used a chop saw (with a blade designed to cut metal) but we currently don't have one, so the jigsaw was a good substitute.
Next, on the 4 legs, we measured and drilled holes for the rivets to go through. Then we taped (to hold them in place) the base on the bottom of the chest and held the legs up and marked the holes. Then we drilled the holes to connect the base to the legs.
Next, we connected the 4 legs with an x at the bottom. We used 1" straight strips of aluminum - since it goes diagonally to the 3/4" angle, the 1" fills the space best. We held the straight piece under the angle and marked the cut, so it fit perfectly. We cut a small angle piece to connect the straight piece to the angle legs, and drilled a hole at each end to connect them.
We used a rivet gun to connect the pieces together - it's super easy to use!! I can't wait to try it on more projects!
And that's it! The chest fits perfectly inside and it's completely removable so if I want to use it as an end table again, all I have to do is pull it out. Super easy!
Cost for the metal was ~$16 and rivets were ~$2.50 (used 20) so total cost for the base was about $18.50 depending if you have the rest of the materials on hand.
I love our new nightstand!
Now our room is completely bare .. the movers came yesterday and cleared out most things. I made sure to tell them how the chest pulls out of the base, so it wouldn't go flying. I'm sure they thought I was a little
Also, at noon today, I'm sharing my knockoff project at East Coast Creative, you won't want to miss it!


text: Stuzo237 1 Posted July 31, 2014 First off I'm new to this forum , I would like to say hi to everyone on here Well here goes it's about my ford fiesta freestyle zetec 2002 car, I have a heating issue problem I have took it to 2 garages and they can't fix it or even determine the problem so I'm about to get to the point and issue. This is how it all started, I had a water leak comming from my car and the leak started to get worse so had to take it to the garage and they said I needed a new thermostat and some sort of sealer so I said that's fine as I was wanting my car fixed then 2-3 hours after the garage having the car they phoned me back saying I also needed a new motor heater valve so the bill was going to be a it more originally so I then said ok , so paid the money which was £90 and had said everything was fixed leak , thermostat and motor heater valve. Took my car back home but just before I got home I stopped at a set off traffic lights and a big gust of hot air started comming through the vents even though the heater switch was on cold so I pulled over at the side of the road wondering should I drive or not I wasn't sure if it was safe so decided to drive home still hot air and the temp guage at normal halfway and didn't rise. Took it back to the garage many of times and still couldn't fix it. When to a different garage, I don't like changing garages but I think I was getting ripped off in a sense so went to another garage and explained all what has happened and only asked this garage to determine the problem with the heater blowing hot air I did not ask them to fix this so I was waiting for a phone call the day my car went in to get checked not fixed and they phoned up saying you can collect your car I said how much would this be and did you determine this fault , they said it's going to be £60 and it was the motor heater valve again even though I said to the garage I just wanted it checked not fixed and also I already told the garage that's the 3rd motor heater valve been installed are you sure it's fixed he replied yes it's blowing cold and hot air so I was just glad to hear this and didn't moan about them fixing it as this is what I wanted so went to pay the cash and took my car home picked up my misses and kids to go for a drive, so sat in the car outside my house with the car still but engine on and before the kids and misses came out to get in the car hot air started to blow again. Went back to the garage told them about this and said I've just paid you money for you to fix this problem and it has come back again hot air constantly he said bring in tomorrow I will get a sparky to look at it, sparky looked at it and said I needed a heater control panel that is what is causing the problem so he phoned up and said I need to get this part then it will be fixed plus he said I will fit it for free I get the part , so got the original control heater part they fitted it and said it's working now come collect your car so got my car back drove for a while to see if all was well and the heaters where blowing cold air I'm like yes it's fixed as it was really hot as well but I never thought to turn the heater switch to hot, it wasn't until my partner said does it go not as well I had said I haven't even checked, so now to test this and turned the heater switch too hot and no hot air even though I was driving about for an hour. I stopped the car and popped the hood and noticed a wire dangling from under the hood at bottom of windscreen and this wire was ment to be connected to the motor heater valve so I connected it still nothing Drove about to see no hot air, hmmmm so phoned the garage to explain that the person working on my car left this wire hanging out he replied oh he must of forgot to put it back in and said did it work when you put the wire back in I had said no, he then asked me to bring it back in for another check later that day, I had another check under the hood and this is what I seen there was a U bend pipe like on the heater valve and my original pipes where tucked under the U bend pipe, so when I went back to the garage and confronted them regarding this, the garage replied yes I knew there was a U bend on there I asked why ? And why did you not tell me of this he said just when You left the garage he forgot to tell me off this his son had done this but he didn't tell the other garage person. I asked why did you or your son do this , I asked for this heater control panel you said I needed which by the way I payed £32, I said I asked for the heater to be fixed and back to normal I have done everything you have asked of me he then said bring it in again to get it check by the sparky again, it's becoming a joke now even tho he isn't charging me for this sparky, getting the control panel fitted he said I'm getting all this done for free but in reality I'm not as the way I see it I payed £60 for maybe something I didn't need and a heater control panel £32 so £92 I have payed to get my heaters fixed and they Aren't, it's blowing constant cold air even though they took the U bend pipe off and reconnected the original pipes and with the wire connected nothings working. Anyway sorry for the big long story I was just wondering if anyone has any other ideas what this might be, thermostat checked , motor heater valve checked , I have water in my tank checked, there's no leaking, heater control panel replaced checked, I don't know what else this could be has anyone else got any thoughts or ideas on this or maybe you,ve had this very same problem and had this fixed would be appreciated many thanks stuart Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The following is from the Remedial Investigation Report, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – December of 2002
4.5.1 History from Aerial Photographs
The history of the discharge of the Solvay wastes through the East Flume is clearly seen in a series of aerial
photographs (Figures 4-6 to 4-12).
In the 1926 photograph (Figure 4-6), there is no apparent discharge to the lake in the area of the Honeywell shoreline. Neither the structures associated with the causeway/docking facility nor the East Flume have been constructed. There are buildings at the visible portion of the Willis Avenue Plant (the poor quality of the photograph obscures some of the plant site). Wastebed B is covered with a white material, indicating that the disposal ofSolvay waste was very recent or still ongoing. There is some construction activity on the western side of Waste bed A, west of the Willis Avenue Plant; perhaps the construction of the Semet Residue Ponds.
In the September 1938 photograph (Figure 4- 7- below), there is an obvious plume of waste (which appears to be Solvay waste) entering the lake east of the causeway, near the western end of Waste bed B. There is already a delta ofSolvay waste in the lake outside of the bermed areas of Waste bed B, suggesting that inlake disposal had been occurring before this photograph was taken.
In the October 1951 photograph (Figure 4-8), the plume ofSolvay waste has greatly expanded, suggesting that the disposal had increased since 1938. The deltaofSolvaywaste is extended at least 1,000 ft (300 m) into the lake and beyond (to the east of) the mouth of Harbor Brook. This roughly corresponds to the area indicated as Area A in Figure 3-9, and also corresponds to the relatively shallow (3 to 10ft [1 to 3 m] water depth) area in Figure 3-1. Honeywell has extended the outlet of the East Flume to roughly the midpoint of Waste bed B.
In the June 1959 photograph (Figure 4-9), it appears that the discharge ofSolvaywaste has stopped or been greatly reduced. However, the delta of waste materials is still very obvious, and waves can be seen breaking along the edge of the delta. The East Flume has apparently cut a meandering channel to discharge to the lake at a location slightly east of that shown in the 1951 photograph.
In the June 1966 photograph (Figure 4-1 0), a flow of water, but no apparent Solvay waste, can be seen emanating from the mouth of the East Flume. The East Flume has apparently continued to cut a meandering channel to discharge to the lake somewhat farther east than shown in the 1959 photograph, and the area of the lake east of the mouth of Harbor Brook has been filled. The extent of the delta is now less obvious in the photograph; the delta may have settled or eroded so that the water is deep enough to hide its extent. Some of the delta along the shoreline now appears as dry land that did not exist prior to 1959.
In the April 1967 and September 1978 photographs (Figures 4-11 and 4-12), flow from the East Flume and the conditions of the waste deposit delta have not changed significantly from the 1966 photograph.
Chapter 4.5.2 History from Written Documentation
The disposal of waste materials in the lake was also documented in several government reports, which were
written at a time when the discharge could have been witnessed by the authors.
The 1948 City of Syracuse Engineers report, "Pollution Survey of Onondaga Lake and its Tributaries," identified an area of Solvay waste deposits near the East Flume (Figure 4-13 – above). This identified area approximates the delta seen in the 1938 aerial photograph. Four water samples were collected in 1948 from Station 10 (shown on Figure 4-13); however, there is some language in the associated text which suggests that these samples could have been collected in the East Flume itself. These samples averaged 1,100 mg/L of total suspended solids (TSS) and pH of 10.2, suggesting that Solvay waste was being discharged into the lake, regardless of the exact location of the sample collections.
The Water Pollution Control Board/New York State Department of Health produced a report in 1951 entitled "The Onondaga Lake Drainage Basin – Recommended Classifications and Assignments of Standards of Quality and Purity for Designated Waters ofNew York State." This report contains several passages that describe the waste disposal in the lake as follows:
"The Solvay Process Division, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, discharges industrial wastes through a rough flume to Onondaga Lake. With this industrial waste is mixed the untreated sanitary sewage of the Village of Solvay. The discharge is located in the southwest corner of the lake and its exact point of discharge is changed from time to time."
"A flume carrying some of the industrial wastes and sanitary wastes of the Solvay Process Company and Solvay Village discharges to Onondaga Lake on the southwest shore near the intersection of State Fair Boulevard and Willis Avenue. These combined wastes have a great quantity of suspended and dissolved material, are usually grey-white or grey-green in color and intennittently cause surface fihn. "
"A portion of the (Allied) plant industrial waste, together with the plant sanitary wastes and the sanitary waste from the Village ofSolvay is collected and piped to the shore of Onondaga Lake where it enters a flume and is conducted to the lake proper. The fmal point of discharge from this flume is changed at intervals presumably in an effort to control the formation of the delta which is being built up by the suspended solids."
East Flume sediments contain metals, including:
mercury, semi-volatile organic compounds (including chlorinated benzenes, naphthalene and other PAH compounds),
benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene, xylene, chlorobenzene, and dioxins/furans.
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REFUGE zones are being identified for threatened trees in a bid to help save Scotland's woodlands from the spread of deadly Chalara ash dieback disease.
Experts are looking for locations in the west and north-west which are naturally protected from the wind – which can carry the spores of the dieback fungus – and also isolated from contact with infected, imported saplings.
Mature trees which show natural resistance to the disease will be used to try to develop new strains of ash which could be transported to these safe havens to help restock Scotland's forests in future.
The measures are part of an action plan announced last night following a summit in Edinburgh where experts met the Scottish Government to decide how to control the disease.
Mass felling of mature ash trees and forests has been ruled out because the disease is now so widespread. It has been found at both new planting sites and in established woods.
Environment and climate change minister Paul Wheelhouse said after yesterday's meeting: "There were many useful and positive contributions from the floor that will certainly be looked at more closely as we co-ordinate with the UK government effort and develop a control strategy for the end of November.
"As a result of today's meeting we will look at options for new planting sites, including immediate action to remove infected young plants. We will continue to monitor the situation and assess the scope and range of the disease."
The next phase of the government's response will involve working closely with land managers across Scotland, and the public, to monitor the disease. It has been confirmed at 14 sites in Scotland so far, including two in the wild.


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New York novelist Walter Mosley, 60, created the fictional detective Easy Rawlins and has published more than 30 novels in a range of genres
For me, the Obama presidency encompassed the excruciating final moments of the pain of birth when America was finally pushed out of its womb of isolationism into the bright, loud and profoundly challenging dawn of the third millennium. Most American presidents inherit a nation but Mr Obama received an entire world of growing pains and contradictions. He was faced with a 20th-century economic system that had foundered and failed but had not given up the helm. China had transformed itself from a dictatorship of the proletariat into a dictatorship over the proles. Europe's fine blend of socialistic capitalism had begun to unravel because of a kind of dementia in its economic infrastructure. And the so-called third world was reeling under the constant barrage brought about by the inescapable competition between the aforementioned gang of superpowers.
The millennia-old conflict between the major religions was growing and the gulf between rich and poor was spreading like some kind of economic desertification. People could sit on their porches and watch as the wealth of their lifetimes and of the nation evaporated.
The sky was falling while the oceans rose and the atmosphere heated up. Under this miasma of global warming, people were propagating at a hitherto unheralded rate.
To misquote Dickens: It was the worst of times. It was the worst of times.
This newborn America was both blind and unequipped to deal with the challenges that faced it. We still believed that democracy was a ballot dropped in a box and forgotten until the next election. Mr Obama was thrown into office and the people who worked so hard to get him there went back to their daily lives thinking that they'd done their job and now it was time for him to do his.
Obama was a surgeon in a crowded operating theatre who asked for a bone saw and was given a rusty scalpel. To his credit he applied himself to the impossible job with unflagging energy and inexplicable poise. His wife, her sleeves always rolled up, stood at his side, trying with him to resuscitate the patient that is our nation.
Our wounds are critical but the real problem is that there are extenuating complications in our immune systems. The economic, environmental, ecclesiastical and educational systems are all failing. Even if we could perform the double-quadruple bypass there are no backup systems in our culture, bank accounts or even on the air to sustain us. The only thing that we have going for us is will and leadership. For four years, President Obama has represented both.
My politics are not on the same page as the official stance of the White House but that hardly matters. The conflicts that riddle our world seem to have called this extraordinary American president into existence; and for that I am grateful.
But having said that, I'm afraid I believe that the only way a black man could have made it into office was when the problems facing us had already transcended the conflict between races and arrived at the place where the only question was the survival of the species.


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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Sightseeing (08/08/05)
TITLE: The Best Travel Agent
By Robin McGowan
As I was feeling sorry for myself one day, I thought about all the places that I have never traveled to. Places that I would love to experience, if I just had the money. Now being divorced, I even felt worse at the thought of having to save the money to travel. Questions flooded my mind such as: How will I ever be able to save for a trip? Who would I travel with? Where would I travel? I love sightseeing, shopping, and meeting new people and the exhilaration that comes from traveling. I like the pre-trip planning and the post-trip highlights. I love everything about it.
In the meantime, it occurred to me that God has allowed me to travel and sightsee each day. For example, I am able to walk, to see, and to experience many new places and events each God given day. I may not be able to travel by plane or boat to an exotic place, but I can travel each day as I meet new people and experience my life. Wow! What a revelation. I then heard God speak to me as he brought to my mind a verse from Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I really pondered that verse. Not only does He have a plan for my life, but also there is a prosperous future in store for me filled with hope and promise. That encompasses a lot more than traveling to one exotic place. I then thanked God for the new awareness that I received. I thanked Him for my eyes, for my sight, for the ability to walk, and for my health. I thanked Him in advance for the many blessings that all who believe in Him would receive. I thanked Him for his words that also encouraged me on that one gloomy day: " No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." NIV 1 Corinthians 2:9.
In retrospect, I can now see that God was using those verses to remind me of His love and plans for my life, and to encourage me to not lose heart. Since that time, an unexpected trip was presented to me by a friend to travel to Florida. I live in Pennsylvania and this was a nice March excursion as we traveled to Florida. Not only was I was invited; the only thing I had to pay for was airfare. My friend and I stayed in a beautiful condo on the beach that was given to us free! Since then, I now remind myself to keep my sights on Jesus and He will allow me to see, experience and embrace all that I need too. He knows the best sights there are to see, for he is the greatest travel agent of all times.
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"The base rate of the bank has been increased to 9.80 percent from 9.60 percent with effect from August 3," HDFC Bank Treasurer Ashish Parthasarthy said. (Agencies) Latest News from Business News Desk
Base rate is dependent on cost of deposit which have gone up in the recent past both on account of RBI measures and increase in short term deposit rates, he said.
On March 30, the bank reduced the benchmark lending rate from 9.7 percent to 9.60 percent after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its repo rate by 0.25 percent on March 19.
HDFC Bank becomes the second lender after Yes Bank to hike lending rate after the status-quo monetary policy review of RBI last week.
Weighed down by a weak rupee, the Reserve Bank chose to keep the repo rate or the rate at which RBI lends to the system, at 7.25 percent and the cash reserve ratio, the amount of deposits banks park with RBI, unchanged at 4 percent.
Yesterday, the rupee hit a intra-day record low of 61.80 against the dollar. Last month, HDFC Bank had raised fixed deposit rates by 1 percent for maturities between 15 days to 6 months and one day effective July 27.
The bank increased the interest rate by 0.75 percent for maturity buckets less than 1 year but over 6 months one day.
"With hike in base rate we still remain one of the lowest in the market," Parthasarthy said.
In order to contain rupee depreciation, RBI has taken slew of measures in the past couple of weeks resulting in the tight liquidity situation for the banks.
The decline of the rupee to previous record low of 61.21 against the dollar on July 8 forced the RBI to take a series of unconventional measures to curtail liquidity and curb speculation.
On July 15, the Reserve Bank put in place measures to restore stability in the foreign exchange market, including raising the Marginal Standing Facility and bank rates to 10.25 percent and restricting access by way of repo window to Rs 75,000 crore.
"The base rate of the bank has been increased to 9.80 percent from 9.60 percent with effect from August 3," HDFC Bank Treasurer Ashish Parthasarthy said.
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With the help of her longtime girlfriend Slick, a glamorous fashion model, Sam gathers together a highly unlikely team: Mrs. Kayla Rainford, an architect who moonlights as an exotic dancer; Mrs. Zoe Rainford, a plumber; and Mrs. Olivia Rainford, a former cheerleader and cartoon artist. Sam and Slick flunked out of FBI training school, but they still learned a few things there - like how to plan a mission. And the fivesome is determined to do whatever it takes to bring down Douglas Rainford III.
Whatever it takes means attending a top-secret private special-ops training camp in the North Carolina mountains, where Sam meets fiercely disciplined ex-CIA operative Kollar Havapopulas. Six feet three and handsome as a Greek god, "Pappy" is the best at what he does - transforming civilians into highly skilled fighting teams. What he's less adept at, however, is telling a woman how he feels, and before long he discovers he's developing some very warm feelings for Samantha Rainford - an attraction that seems fated to be a total disaster. Two personalities as strong as Sam and Pappy are sure to strike sparks, but will the fire that burns between them consume everything in its way?
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This is why.
The evening of the inauguration, my family went out to dinner at a popular Mexican food restaurant, looking for a little comfort food on a day when we really needed it. The details aren't that important, but suffice to say that one of the workers was rude to Schuyler as she tried to order using her iPad and speech software. And I mean incredibly rude, so much so that I ended up speaking to the manager, who was mortified and comped our meal. Schuyler was demoralized, and as we sat eating our food, she turned to me, said one thing, and then she was done talking about it.
"This is why we're marching tomorrow," she said.
Schuyler had been discussing protest long before last Saturday's Women's March was announced. Her anger goes all the way back to the first time she saw the video of Donald Trump mocking New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski. She knew what he was doing without having to be told. She instinctively got it, like we all got it, even those who pretended otherwise. She knew she needed to say something, anything. Schuyler wanted to protest, to make a sign and stand out in the world somewhere and let herself be seen saying no, this isn't right. She didn't know what that protest should look like, but she knew it was needed.
Her sign for the march in Dallas was bold. (An earlier version was even more so, but we walked it back a little when she had some misgivings after getting some pushback from a teacher she showed.) Large letters, easy to read. "I am a strong disabled woman who won't be bullied." After she looked at our design for a few minutes, she added a sentence. "I can change the world."
It was a positive message, with only a passing reference to the man to whom she most wanted her message to reach. Like all people with good hearts, Schuyler hates a bully. And like most of her disabled peers, she knows one when she sees one. Referencing a bully was an important part of her message, maybe the most important in her eyes. That loathing of bullies, and the accompanying fear, was what drove her to her protest.
Of the march itself, I could write a million words. But the simplest report I can give is that Schuyler enjoyed herself in a way I don't know if I've ever seen before. When she expressed some nervousness at the beginning, I pointed out to her that everyone who was there was marching because they agreed with her. I told her that she was in the safest crowd she was ever likely to be in. As we talked, people came up to her and complimented her sign, wanted to take photos of her, wanted photos WITH her. Toward the end of the march, another young woman with a sign referencing disability rights sought Schuyler out to give her a high five.
Schuyler was surrounded and engulfed and protected by a sea of women, and she understood, I think maybe for the first time, just how large her tribe could be. As she grows older, Schuyler's people becomes a more inclusive group, more intersectional. She took a big step at the march. Her disability advocacy took on more feminism that she'd felt or shown before. Her world grew bigger, and with it her protest and her advocacy.
The particular issues facing women with disabilities didn't figure into that many of the varied protest messages we saw, either in Dallas or in the many photos posted from other marches, and that's a problem. It's especially a problem because women with disabilities are the most vulnerable and preyed upon population in this country. In my view, they deserve much stronger advocacy and many more allies. It's something I hope will be addressed as the movement becomes more inclusive.
But on this day, in this place, disabled women had a champion.
After the march, as we rode the train back to Plano, Schuyler checked out her sign, which was still in excellent condition. "I'd like to do that again," she said.
I think she'll get her chance.
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Having won a Michelin star in 2000 – still held to this day – Braidwoods exudes a quiet confidence. On the outskirts of Dalry, it has quietly got on with serving extremely good food in an unfussy, modest country setting. Run by husband and wife team Keith and Nicola Braidwood, the small dining room boasts a handful of linen-clad tables, and ostentation is limited to a few colourful original paintings on the walls, the couple instead content to allow the food to be the star.
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Amongst all the photos i take, I love the photos which capture Nathaniel and Natalie having fun together. They are both very capable of playing on their own, but when they actually do play together, it is precious.
Natalie can be quite the bully and always insists on her way. She snatches things from Nathaniel, on the pretext of "must share" and then monopolises it. You can only imagine how upset Nathaniel gets but he rarely ever kicks up much of a fuss or muscles the toy back. I think he kinda understands that it is pointless reasoning with Natalie at her age, and also that he understands innately what being a big brother means.
Anyway, not before long, all is chummy and they are best pals again.
It heartens me to see Nathaniel take the initiative to read to Natalie or to teach her how to blow bubbles. I am sure it will not be long before he realises that being a brother is even better than being a superhero (well, he is quite bent on being spiderman these days..).