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I read this quote from one of Don and Nancy Failla book. They are the renowned author of 'The 45 Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life'. I used the quotes from one of their book for my Inspirational Network Marketing Quotes article series.
On the latest series, one of my reader challenged me to elaborate on what 'The More You Know, The Slower You Grow' really means because he feels that quote is brain-washing up to a point that he compared it to Bush's administration work principal.
I was on my way out of my apartment when I read the comment. I have so many points to share with him and then I realized my thought on the subject is worth an article to itself instead of having it buried in a footnote of an article.
When I first read the quote, I have to admit, I did try to understand what it really means. When I found my answer, I have to say I could not have agreed more with the quote. Well, Don and Nancy might have a different opinion but this is my version.
I remember a saying that goes something like this (I am paraphrasing here because I don't remember the exact wording) "The more you know, the more you know there are so much more that you don't know".
In short, in pursuit of knowledge, when you learn about one new thing, you will learn there are a few more things you will need to learn as a result of knowing that one new thing. And when you learn about those few more things, there are even more things you will need to learn as a result and so on.
To me, "The Slower You Grow" doesn't mean the pace of your learning. It doesn't mean you are slower when you know more. It's a symbolism. With all the new things you need to learn as a result of knowing more, you just can't learn fast enough to catch up because there are always new things you discover along the way.
Just because you are growing slower does not mean you are growing less in term of the value you bring to your life. It merely means you have a lot more learnings to do as a result of the knowledge that you gained.
Think of it like this. Your learning grows linearly and the things you need to learn grow exponentially.
(Update 06/29/2007)
After reading the comments from Mike and Emmi, I think they might not have gotten the message I am trying to send. So let me try to say it LOUD and CLEAR.
"Learn as much as you can as fast as you can because if you don't, you will never catch up to the things you need to learn."
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Video of the Day: Why Lesbian TV Characters Get Killed
"She WAS staring at my boobs."
"She WAS staring at my boobs."
"I just need you to tell me that you see me."
A lesbian couple asks a hetero pair of parents the same bizarre questions they hear on a daily basis.
Out director Tamar Glezerman wanted the music video to focus on an interracial LGBTQ couple.
With the tagline "Movies aren't real, but they affect real people" Jes Tom and Chewy May created a two-minute PSA to show how much this affects real people.
"Not gonna lie—my girlfriend might steal this vest."
"I think it's time for me to tell my side of the story…. There's not too much that's special about this story, and there's work to be done."
"Fuck off if you say Ruby Rose."
"Love is embracing everything you are."
"We want to make it so that when LGBTQ women wake up and go about their day, their lives are not any harder or different because of sexual orientation or gender identity."
"I think it's most fun when you click with someone."
What was your coming out experience like?
These are trail blazers in the Seattle police department.
Ellen gave us some bright spots in a not-so-awesome year.
Proud to see the amazing work the Los Angeles LGBT Center is doing.
Literally the only Christmas thing you need to watch this year.
Fortune Feimster sleighs as Santa. (Sorry, we had to.)
Must watch: The Rachel Maddow Show interviews Loretta Lynch, Attorney General at The Stonewall Inn.
Featuring Miss Major Griffin-Gracy by Reina Gossett discussing how the personal is still political.
#VideoOfTheDay this is a must see documentary coming out on December 5.
#VideoOfTheDay from queer artist on the rise Bunny Michael. So much badass femme magic in one video!

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Fourth Quarter Sees Company Unveil SGI Altix ICE System as Altix XE and Storage Solutions Gain Momentum with Customers
The company's fourth quarter, which ended June 29, was SGI's first fiscal quarter under the leadership of Bo Ewald, who was named CEO in April. Working with SGI's leadership and global workforce, Ewald has focused on positioning SGI for sustainable long-term growth and innovation through delivery of uniquely competitive, customer-focused solutions.
New products and industry alliances
In June, SGI unveiled SGI(R) Altix(R) ICE 8200, the first in a new line of bladed servers designed to close the growing gap between performance and user productivity. Built to accommodate large and varied scale-out workloads, SGI Altix ICE delivers the advantages of blade computing without forcing users to accept compromises in price/performance, power and space efficiency, reliability and manageability. Its ultra-dense rack architecture delivers up to 40 percent more compute performance per floor tile than competing blades. Meanwhile, the Altix ICE system's highly efficient design minimizes demands on the data center's space and power, helping to relieve the growing burden of housing, powering and cooling today's HPC systems.
Also during the quarter, SGI joined the BioIT Alliance, a group of organizations working together to realize the potential of personalized medicine. The Alliance unites SGI with other innovators in the pharmaceutical, biotech, hardware, and software industries to explore new ways to share complex biomedical data and collaborate among multi-disciplinary teams to speed the pace of discovery in the life sciences.
Major NASA acquisitions and contracts
In August, NASA turned to SGI to acquire the world's largest shared-memory supercomputer as part of NAS Technology Refresh (NTR), a four-phase evaluation and procurement process that eventually will replace the Columbia supercomputer system, powered by SGI(R) Altix(R). Installed in August at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at the Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., the new system is the first supercomputer to operate 2,048 Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processor cores and 4TB of memory under a single copy of Linux(R) OS; as such, it is the largest Linux single system image (SSI) in the world. NASA also acquired two ultra-dense SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 10000 systems totaling 240TB to efficiently handle the massive data storage requirements.
Separately, SGI was again named a prime contract holder for a multi-billion dollar U.S. Government IT purchasing program, also administered by NASA. Under the seven-year NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) IV Program, every product SGI sells is available to NASA and other U.S. Government agencies at prices published on the SEWP IV schedule. The purchasing program represents total procurements that could reach as much as $5.6 billion through April of 2014. The program involves 37 Competed Prime Contract Holders offering a wide range of IT products. SGI is the only Contract Holder to win a Class 4, High-Performance Compute Servers, contract.
Customers embrace new SGI Altix ICE systems
Just weeks after its June launch, SGI reports brisk sales of its new SGI Altix ICE platform. Among the customer wins were:
-- French oceanographers expect to make waves throughout the world, now that IFREMER, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, has a acquired an SGI Altix ICE 8200 blade cluster powered by 256 Intel Xeon cores and a 16TB SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 4500 system. IFREMER chose the SGI solution over competing clusters from IBM, HP, Sun, Dell and Bull for several reasons: SGI's ability to deliver excellent performance-per-core and on the institute's many scientific codes; increased reliability on the SGI Altix ICE system due to a design allowing for fewer cables; SGI's deep expertise in HPC; and SGI's reliance on industry-standard components, including Intel Xeon processors and SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 from Novell. Installed in August, the new SGI cluster and storage solution will allow researchers to work efficiently with ever-larger data volumes as they run a variety of applications, including WaveWatchlll, MARS, OPA, HYCOM, CORIOLIS. -- The University of Exeter purchased a 128-core, 16TB SGI Altix ICE 8200 system to simulate the formation of stars and planets. The Altix ICE blade system's pre-installed software allowed Exeter's theoretical astrophysics team to get their new system up and running the same day it arrived. The university reports that achieving productivity so quickly on such a powerful system helped to realize a rapid return on investment. In fact, based on the performance of the system since it was installed at Exeter in June, researchers expect to reduce the time to it takes to complete a detailed simulation of a massive hydrogen field from a year to only six weeks. -- The Center for Parallel Computing (NACAD) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ) acquired a new SGI Altix ICE system and SGI InfiniteStorage solution to drive engineering, scientific, database and data mining applications. UFRJ researchers are leveraging the SGI deployment, which will augment existing SGI solutions and is expected to be installed in September, to solve a wide range of problems: simulating environmental impacts in the Amazon, understanding the effect of waves in offshore production platform, characterizing reservoirs, clustering analysis, and conducting complex OLAP queries. The new SGI Altix ICE system is powered by 152 Intel(R) Xeon(R) cores and 304GB of memory. UFRJ also upgraded its SGI(R) Altix 450 system to a configuration with 32 Intel Itanium 2 processor cores and 64GB of memory. The SGI systems, which run SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell(R), are backed by an expanded 32TB SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 4050 network attached storage solution. UFRJ selected the SGI solutions over offerings from IBM, HP, Sun and Bull.
Growing momentum for Altix XE
SGI also extended its reach into key vertical markets and geographies with solutions built around Intel Xeon processor-based SGI(R) Altix(R) XE clusters. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, those wins included:
-- Miller Brothers Retail Ltd., a specialist electrical retailer selling more than 15,000 products and accessories, invested in an SGI Altix server solution to drive its PostgreSQL as part of a strategic move to conduct most of its business over the Internet. A lack of in-house expertise in deploying PC clusters prompted Miller Brothers to seek out a single system capable of handling its database, while enabling a fast and seamless installation to avoid impacting its fast-growing business. (In addition to selling electrical products via its own Web site, the company operates "white label" sites on behalf of several large partners, including Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda, one of the UK's largest supermarket chains.) To meet those needs, Miller Brothers purchased an SGI Altix 450 mid-range server with eight Intel Itanium 2 processor cores. To meet the company's tight timescales, SGI configured and shipped the system within 24 hours, and it was fully operational the very next day. Miller Brothers reports that its new SGI Altix 450 system has paid unexpected dividends: the additional power and scalability of the Altix platform has allowed the company to add more trading partners than it had originally planned, and Miller Brothers is generating new business as a result. -- Les Taxis Bleus (Blue Taxi), the leading cab company in Paris, is moving its Oracle software-based order processing and reservation management system to a new SGI Altix XE server and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage solution to guarantee fast, reliable service to taxi customers 24 hours a day. The company serves as a booking center for more than 3,000 independent cab drivers throughout Paris and the Paris Region. Transaction processing and radio communications are administered via a four-core SGI(R) Altix(R) XE240 server equipped with 8GB of memory and running Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) v.4. The system taps an Oracle 10g database and 1TB of SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 220 direct-attached Fibre Channel storage, which neutralizes infrastructure bottlenecks that might otherwise impact service delivery and customer satisfaction. The entire configuration is repeated in a replicated configuration that backs up the primary system. Processing some 40,000 calls and transactions a day, Les Taxis Bleus relies on the SGI solution to work non-stop, day and night. -- Vanguard Animation, to successfully create and complete the computer- generated feature film Space Chimps, purchased 10 SGI Altix XE310 servers with 64GB RAM and four Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors running Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 5 and PipelineFX Qube!(TM) software. In a head-to-head server comparison, the SGI Workflow-Ready Solution for Render Management employing PipelineFX Qube! and SGI Altix XE310 servers came out on top in terms of price-performance. Because of their use of Renderman and Maya software, the fact that SGI Altix servers all run the Linux environment and use Intel processors was critical to the studio. The Altix XE310 servers delivered the ultimate performance density; they gave Vanguard Animation a 20 to 30 percent improvement in rendering speed. -- To drive its increasingly difficult quantitative interpretation, petrophysics, seismic time processing and depth imaging studies, DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) purchased a 640-core, 320GB SGI(R) Altix(R) XE 1300 cluster for installation at DUG headquarters in Perth, Western Australia. The new SGI cluster increases DUG's overall computational performance five-fold, allowing DUG experts to provide global energy industry clients with more accurate insights into what they can expect to find when drilling miles below the earth's surface. -- At the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation, a massive new SGI Altix XE cluster will ensure that current and emerging generations of processor-hungry applications won't slow down scientists and engineers. The 2,048-core SGI Altix XE 1300 cluster, installed in May, will transform the familiar submit-and-wait research experience into a vastly more interactive and productive one. Outfitted with more than 4TB of memory across 256 compute nodes, Minnesota's new Altix XE cluster will drive research in physical, biological, medical, mathematical and computing sciences, in addition to engineering studies and academic-industry collaboration. Minnesota's system also is linked via a high-bandwidth InfiniBand connection and runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell. Minnesota acquired the system by working with SGI and James River Technical, Inc. -- Dedic, the contact center company from Portugal Telecom Group, acquired an SGI Altix XE cluster to drive a payroll system for Dedic's 14,000 employees. The primary Altix XE solution, comprised of Altix XE210, XE240 and XE310 servers, is powered by a total of 56 Intel Xeon cores and 72GB of memory. The SGI Altix XE platform was certified by Microsiga for its Protheus payroll software system, enabling Dedic to take advantage of the Altix XE platform's leading price/performance to enable a reliable, high-performance payroll environment. Installed in June, the Altix systems run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell. -- Queensland University of Technology (QUT) selected SGI to provide a new HPC infrastructure to enable a new era of scientific and engineering research. In a contract won in conjunction with Intel, SGI is providing a hybrid SGI supercomputing, cluster and storage solution that is tightly integrated and yet flexible enough to serve multiple research disciplines. The solution will include a 96-core, 192GB SGI Altix 4700 shared-memory supercomputer powered by Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 processors and a 112-core, 224GB SGI Altix XE1200 cluster powered by Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors. The new systems are supported by a high-performance 28TB SGI InfiniteStorage solution. -- Two facilities at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), the State University of Campinas in Sao Paolo, Brazil, invested in SGI compute and data management solutions to tackle a range of high- performance computing problems. -- In an effort to improve downstream processes at Brazilian oil firm Petrobras, UNICAMP's School of Chemical Engineering purchased a 136-core, 272GB SGI Altix XE1300 cluster supported by an 8TB network-attached SGI InfiniteStorage 350 solution. The new cluster and storage deployment will help solve increasingly complex CFX computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Leading performance of the Altix XE platform and Intel Xeon processors prompted UNICAMP to select SGI over HP and Dell. The Altix XE cluster runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell. -- A mounting need to provide HPC resources to a growing number of simultaneous users led UNICAMP CENAPAD, a National Center for High- Performance Computing, to purchase a 176-core SGI Altix 450 compute solution and a combination of new and upgraded SGI InfiniteStorage systems that added more than 56TB of capacity to its HPC storage and data management infrastructure. Selected over competing solutions from HP, IBM and Bull, the new SGI deployment will allow CENAPAD to support more researchers at one time, while reducing their time to discovery. UNICAMP CENAPAD supports users from many different research institutes and Universities in Brazil. CENAPAD users will rely on the SGI solutions to derive maximum performance from such applications as Gaussian, VASP, CPMD and other chemistry and physics codes. The Altix 450 system also will run SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 10 from Novell. -- Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, acquired an Altix XE cluster to drive a range of scientific disciplines. Outfitted with 208 Intel Xeon processor cores and 416GB of memory, Massey's new Altix XE cluster will form part of the New Zealand BESTGRID project, giving the new system high national visibility. Three InfiniBand switches enable fast communication between nodes. The university selected the SGI cluster, built from 13 SGI Altix XE310 nodes and three InfiniBand switches, because it delivers best-in-class price/performance and density, while InfiniBand provides fast HPC-class interconnect capabilities. SGI delivered the cluster to Massey in August. -- Central Queensland University deployed an extensive SGI Altix XE and SGI InfiniteStorage installation to enable new areas of scientific research and data management at the Australian institution. The Quad- Core Altix cluster is comprised of multiple SGI Altix XE310 computational nodes, an SGI Altix XE240 file server and SGI Altix XE210 administration and head nodes. Delivered in June, the cluster is integrated with a 6TB SGI InfiniteStorage 220 solution and SGI Data Migration Facility, which will provide the ongoing data management capability necessary for multiple researchers to access and manage data on demand. -- Otago University, one of New Zealand's leading research institutions, acquired a turnkey SGI Altix XE1200 Cluster Solution and SGI InfiniteStorage 220 solution to equip its physics and chemistry departments with a state-of-the-art compute and data management platform powered by Intel Xeon quad-core processors. The Quad-Core cluster was selected in a competitive evaluation after SGI demonstrated the Altix XE performance advantage through extensive benchmark tests. Installed in July, the factory-integrated Altix XE and InfiniteStorage solution will allow Otago researchers to focus on science, and minimize system management.


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News Columns & Blogs
After tough year, put a smile on your face
When I sat down to write this, my final article of the year, I thought, "what can I write about that would be interesting and has something to do with life or health insurance"?
The more I thought about it the more it became quite clear that there was absolutely nothing that sounded that interesting. Every day we read or hear about health care reform, what's good about it, what's bad about it, who's right, who's wrong, who wins and who loses. Quite frankly, I'm ready for a break from the insurance stuff, if only for a week.
For a lot of Americans, this has been one of the toughest years they have ever had. Companies closing, jobs lost, unemployment higher than ever, still fighting a war, swine flu. Wow, the list can go on and on. I could keep on going, but it is starting to get depressing. 'Tis the season to look more at the positive.
This is my favorite time of the year. Cooler temperatures, festive lights, Christmas trees, lawn ornaments, cookies and, of course, eggnog. But most of all it is about being with friends and family. It is the time of year to share joy and happiness with all that you run into. It really does not matter if you have had a bad year or a good year, you have had a year. As my wife always says when her birthday rolls around, "I get to be another year older," sounds pretty good compared to the alternative. We get to start another new year that can bring exciting changes into our lives. New friends, possibly new jobs, maybe, just new beginnings.
'Tis the season to be "nice." Put a smile on your face, they are contagious. I know, I know. Some will say, "What have I got to smile or be happy about?" No matter how bad you think you have it, you can just drive down any street or read a newspaper and find or see somebody who is a lot worse off. You being nice makes others be nice. It's kind of like a chain reaction. It's really hard to be upset at somebody that is nice to you. 'Tis the season to spread joy and happiness.
Although this was not an article about insurance, I would still like to thank those who are our customers and those who still use their own independent insurance agencies for their insurance needs. We appreciate your business and look forward to seeing you next year. I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year. Now, go be nice. 'Tis the season.
Kim Cummins, a life and health specialist with Des Champs & Gregory, Inc., 1812 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, can be reached at (941) 748-1812.


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Aspects of Government in Canada
Early Prime Ministers
|- identify the significance of early Canadian Members of Parliament
A Link to Learning web-based student learning activity www.linktolearning.com
This activity is a "scavenger hunt" for information using the Facts section
from the First Among Equals web site.
Fill in all the blanks.
|Contribution or event during time in office
|Prime Minister
|Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
|1879 -1884
|Northwest Rebellion
|Richard Bedford Bennett
|Creation of the Supreme Court
|Canada's first prime minister
|Led Canada as Prime Minister throughout Second World War
|Creation of provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta
|Creation of Canadian Criminal Code


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Known as system protection, these systems were a causal factor in nearly 45% of category two and higher system disturbances in 2007 and have contributed to every major system disturbance since 1965.
In the letter, NERC announces a new initiative designed to align a number of ongoing efforts to better address this reliability issue. The initiative prioritizes efforts of most concern, focusing on relay loadability, protection system redundancy, protection system coordination, generator frequency and voltage protective relay coordination, transmission and generation protection system misoperations, and protection system maintenance.
Widespread outages on the power system are rarely the result of a single factor, commented Rick Sergel, NERC President and CEO. Grid operators are faced with many unavoidable reliability risks on a daily basis from severe weather to unexpected, simultaneous equipment failure. It is therefore critical that we reduce those risks under our control.
System protection performance is one such area, along with vegetation management, operator training, and visualization tools all of which contributed to the August 14, 2003 blackout. The electric industry has made significant strides in each of these areas over the past five years. Todays initiative seeks to continue those efforts to ensure reliability in the months and years to come.
Protection system relays are installed on nearly every element of power system infrastructure from substations to transmission lines to generation plants.
Like the circuit breakers or fuses in a home, protection system relays are designed detect problems and open breakers to isolate system components from service during faults (short circuits) and other system conditions to avoid physical damage to the equipment. When they dont operate correctly, these controls can isolate equipment from service unexpectedly or may not isolate equipment when they should. Such misoperations can cause or significantly worsen system disturbances.
We look forward to working with the electric industry and System Protection and Controls Subcommittee to address these recurring issues, improve protection system performance, and, thereby, limit the scope and severity of future system disturbances, commented Bob Cummings, Director of Event Analysis and Information Exchange at NERC.


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The video provides the Latest Current Affairs in MCQ format covering the Current Affairs of January 1 to 15, 2018. The topics covered are science and technology, Space research, Awards and honours, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, etc. The important details of the current affairs are also discussed so that all possible questions are prepared for.
The questions covered are as follows –
Q1. Name the first woman lawyer who has been directly promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court of India?
Q2. The National Youth Festival commemorates the birth Anniversary of ___________?
Q3. Name the world's largest Biometric Identification system?
Q4. Name the railway station in Mumbai to enter the Limca Book of records for being the first 'All – women' station?
Q5. When is the Pravasi Bhartiya diwas celebrated?
Q6. The 'BharatNet project' is Backbone of which initiative of the GOI?
Q7. Name the richest state in India according to the National Family and Health Survey?
Q8. The Umesh Sinha committee has been constituted by which organisation?
Q9. Other than India, which country is providing internet services in Nepal?
Q10. Name India's fastest and first multi – petaflops Supercomputer?
Q11. Name the venue of the Flamingo festival?
Q12. Name the winner of the Golden Globe Award 2017 for Best Motion Picture Drama?
Q13. 'Aaykar Setu' Mobile App has been launched by which department?
Q14. Name the venue of the 26th World Book Fair?
Q15. GOLD and ICON missions have been launched by which Space agency?
Q15. Name the newly – appointed Foreign Secretary of India?
Q16. Name the first Robot to get citizenship of a country?
Q17. Parker Solar probe has been launched by ________?
Q18. Which is the 5th state to be declared Open Defecation free?
Q19. Bhogali Bihu festival is celebrated in ______ state?
Q20. Who is the world number 1 bowler in test cricket?
Q21. 'Imperfect' is the autobiography of _________?
Q22. Name the newly – appointed chairman of ISRO?
Q23. Name the winner of India's first International medal in skiing?
Q24. Where was the world's largest Ice festival held?
Q25. Whom out of these will not be a guest at the Republic day 2018 parade?


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Patchwork Santa Ana Holiday show
I have been a huge Patchwork Show fan for a few years now. I always make it a point to visit my local Patchwork Show in Long Beach for handmade gifts, but this year I applied to be a vendor at the Santa Ana show. I was delighted to be accepted, and VERY impressed by the Santa Ana location.
The area in downtown Santa Ana where the show is held is a historic district. The buildings are beautiful and the atmosphere is just delightful, It didn't hurt that the weather was beautiful as well. The show kicked of at 11:00 am and there tons of visitors from the get go.
My favorite thing about participating in craft shows is the opportunity to meet my clients in person. It was very nice to see so many people enjoying picking out gifts for their loved ones and swooning over gifts for themselves. My second favorite thing, is having the opportunity to walk around and visit with fellow artists.
These companies were two of my favorites:
Yellow 108 - They have fabulous handmade felt hats and bamboo sunglasses. My brother Kevin is wearing their grey fedora in the photo above. I also love that they are from Long Beach. http://www.yellow108.com/
LOVE NAIL TREE - This company offers a large selection of cool tanks and t-shirts with thought provoking messages and graphics. I escaped with a few. http://lovenailtree.com/
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Heart breaking(lighting) image. No comments required.
The photographer is a young Gazan photo-journalist, Emad Samir Nassar, 22 years of age. The image is one of a father, Salem Saudi, with his daughter Layan and his niece Shayma, taking a bath in the ruins of their home in Gaza city. It was taken on 26th June 2015.
– Thank you, Ion Wolf.


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a room of one own essay
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Shey Palace
Shey-Palace-05351_fcwLocated approximately 15km of Leh towards the south, the construction of Shey monastery was undertaken by King Deldon Namgyal. The image of Buddha Shakyamuni adorns the main chamber. The image represents Buddha in a seated position. Its characteristic copper sheets covered in gold have brought it the privilege of being the biggest metal statue as well as the largest Buddha statue in the region of Ladakh.
Thiksey Gompa Monastery
thikseyThe Gelukpa order of Buddhism is the caretaker of Thiksey Monastery. One of the most magnificent monasteries in the region of Ladakh, it is situated about 17km of Leh, towards the south. Originally built by Sherab Zangpo at Stakmo, it was restructured by his kin (nephew) Paldan Sherab. This restructuring occurred in the northern region of Indus on a hill-top. In devotion of Goddess Dorge Chenmo, a temple was built by Rinchen Zangpo. This temple resides within the monastery. Apart from this temple, the monastery is also home to many holy shrines, relics and important artifacts. Presently, about eighty monks live in the monastery.
Hemis Monastery
Located 45km to the south of Leh, Hemis belongs to the Drukpa order of Buddhism. Founded by the first incarnation Stagsang Raspa Nawang Gyatso, the monastery hemis-monastery-preset3
came into being in 1630 and has become one of the largest and most prominent monasteries of Ladakh today. Apart from being home to significant antiques (for instance, copper-gilt statue of Buddha), it also consists of holy thankas, silver and gold stupas and many more tems.
The above recollect a few of the sanctified and staggering monasteries of Ladakh. Other important monasteries include Alchi, Basgo and Lamayuru.
Phugtal Gompa
The Phugthal complex spills out of the mouth of a huge c Phugtal Gompa in Ladakhave high up in the sheer mountain face of a lateral gorge through which a major tributary of the southern Lungnak (Lingti-Tsarap) River flows. Perhaps, the most isolated monastic establishment of Zanskar, its foundation date back to the early 12th century ; at least one old chappel, among the several several of which it is composed, has frescos and ceiling decorations reflecting strong Indian artistic and iconographic influence. Phugthal is accessible from the Padum-Manali trekking route through a 7 km long trail that branches off from the Purney Bridge on the main trail. This unique monastic establishment is inhabited by a resident community of about 40 monks.
Alchi Gompa
On the banks of the Indus is the Alchi Gompa, dating thousand years back. One of its walls features thousands of miniature sized pictures of the Buddha. Three large sized images made of clay and painted brightly are its focal attraction. No longer an active religious center, it is looked after by monks from the likir monastery.
Leh Palace
Leh Palace in LehThe captivating Leh Palace rises from the edge of a hill overlooking the town and stretches out towards the indigo sky. A miniature version of the Potala in Lhasa, the Leh Palace is one of the major attractions in ladakh. The palace was built in the 17th century and had nine storeys , but it is now dilapidated and deserted. It was the home of the royal family until they were exiled to Stok in the 1830s. Above the palace, at the top of the Namgyal hill, is the Victory Tower, built to commemorate Ladakh's victory over the Balti Kashmir armies in the early 16th century. This palace built for King Singge Namgyal, now houses the Ladakhi branch of the Indian Government's archaeological conservation organisation
Zongkhul Monastery
The spectacular cave monastery of Zanskar, Zongkhul, falls on the Padum-Kishtwar trekking trail, just before the ascent of Omasi-la Pass begins. Situated like a Swallow's nest on the rock face of the Ating George, the monastery is associated by legend with the famous Indian Yogi, Naropa, who lectured in the Nalanda and Vikramsila Universities. The two caves present in the monastery are said to have been used by the famous Yogi for the solitary meditation. A footprint on the stone near the ingress of the lower cave is reserved as that of the yogi. The frescos on the cave walls are very old and reflect a high degree of artistic achievement. These are believed to be the original murals executed by Zhadpa Dorje, The celebrated scholar-painter of the same monastery who was active about 300 years ago.
Namgyal Tsemo Gompa
The Namgyal Tsemo Gompa, built in 1430, contains a three-story high Buddha image and ancient manuscripts and frescoes. The fort above this gompa is ruined, but the views of Leh from here are breathtakingly beautiful.
Sankar gompa
The Sankar gompa is located a couple of kilometers north of the town center. The gompa belongs to the Gelukpa order and has an impressive impression of the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshwara Padmahari or Chenresig, with 1,000 arms and an equal number of heads.
Shanti Stupa
The Shanti Stupa was built by a Japanese order and was opened by the Dalai Lama in 1985. From the top, one can view the exotic locales nearby. The stupa is located at a distance of 3 km from the Fort Road.
Likir Monastery
Located around 52 Kms from Leh, know as Klu-Kkhjil (water spirits) founded in the 11th century AD and was rededicated to another monastic order (the yellow sect) in the 15th century, its earlier gompa was destroyed in fire. The present gompa dates back to the 18th century. It contains huge clay images of Buddha and various old manuscripts. It also houses an interesting collection of thankas, old religious and domestic costumes and implements etc. . In the 15th century lhawang Lodos Sangphu caused the monastery to flourish. This monastery also belongs to Gaylukpa school. Every year from the 17th to 19th of the 12th month the Likir festival is held.
Spituk Monastery
Shanti Stupa in LadakhSpituk Gompa is on the hill top near Indus, around 18 Kms from Leh. The Gompa was founded in 11th century by Od-De The Gompa was named Spituk (exemplary) by Rinchen Zangpo, a translator came to that place and said that exemplary religious community would rise. Initially it belonged to the Kadampa school then during the life time of king Gragspa Bumide made it Gayluk Pa order.
The Spituk festival held every year from 17th to 19th days of the 11th month. It houses a collection of ancient masks, antique arms, icons and numerous thankas. Higher up the hill is the Mahakal Temple, containing the shrine of Vajrabhairava. The terrifying face of Vajrabhairva is unveiled only at the annual festival in January
Cave Monastery
The cave monastery of Shergole is small but this old Buddhist monastery has elegant frescoes. It juts out of a brown, granite cliff and appears as if suspended in the middle of the mountain. This architectural quirk makes it an object of curiosity among local people too.
Lamayuru Monastery
Spectacularly set, founded in the 10th century,Lamayuru monastery is about 125 kms. west of Leh. As the legend goes, Lamayuru was a lake. It was blessed by a Lama after which the water of the lake receded up to the mountains leaving place for the monastery to be built. Now mostly in ruins, only the main hall exists today and houses numerous tankhyas. The Yundrung Kabgyad festival is held during summer on the 28th and 29th days of the 2nd Tibetan month. Lamayuru has fascinating caves carved out of the mountainside. Also known as Yung Drung (Swastika) it is sited on a high promonotory overlooking the village and valley. For sheer spectacle value no other gompa can match Lamayuru
Stakana Monastery
Built nearly 1580 by great scholar saint chosje Jamyang Palkar during the reign of king Jamyang Namgyal. The Stakna monastery is 45 Km south of Leh, founded on a hill shaped Stakna (Tiger nose). Easily accessible from Leh town.
Stok Palace
Visible in the distance, at the top of a huge moraine of pebbles swept down from the mountains, the elegant four-storey Stok Palace stands above barley terraces studded with threshing circles and whitewashed farmhouses. Built early in the nineteenth century by the last ruler of independent Ladakh, it has been the official residence of the Ladakhi royal family since they were ousted from Leh and Shey two hundred years ago.
A former member of parliament, still lives here during the summer. One of the room is converted into Museum. The fascinating collection comprises some of the family's most precious heirlooms, including antique ritual objects, ceremonial tea paraphernalia, and exquisite sixteenth-century thangkas illuminated with paint made from crushed rubies, emeralds and sapphires. The pieces de resistance, however, are the Gyalmo's peraks.
Still worn on important occasions, the ancient headdresses, thought to have originated in Tibet, are encrusted with slabs of flawless turquoise, polished coral, lapis lazuli and nuggets of pure gold. Also of interest are a couple of swords whose blades were allegedly tied in knots as a demonstration of strength by king Tashi Namgyal Phugtal Gompa.


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Steve had the day off today for Presidents' Day. it was a good opportunity to get some things done around here. It is bright and sunny today, which almost always means cold. Was minus 12 first thing, and has warmed up to 16 degrees. Actually, if you are working, and are dressed right, it isnt too bad. New Englanders have a saying, "there's no bad weather, just bad clothing".
|Shallow pitched roofs are especially vulnerable to heavy snow loads.
steve did the whole back side too, but I did not want to slog through thigh deep snow to get a picture.
|HE also snowblowed the path down to the two pens. the snow is past waist high on me now.
|I also dug out the duck pen, which is our temporary dog quarters. There is still quite a bit of snow, but at least they have an area where it is packed down.


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Discussion in 'Research Material' started by biffo1914, Feb 7, 2015.
I know you can only go up to 1911 but this may help some one me im in filling me boots
Good shout Biff!!
I think you have to create an account/register first don't you?
They used to do a 14 day trial If you want to explore the FULL records, but you have to make sure to cancel after that, or you are hit with a pricey membership.
Lesley ok you do create an account no 14 day trial it works for me cant hang around want as much info as poss for FREE ,
Just for those who may not know, Ancestry and/or Find My Past is free at most UK Libraries.
Free access to Ancestry UK collections this weekend 5-7 June 2015.
Thanks for the heads up, Richard... can't get to the library because of broken ankle, very handy now I have all the time on my hands but not able to get about!
British and Irish records free from 17 Feb to 20 Feb on Ancestry.
1939 (UK) Register access will start on 9 May and be free until 13 May 2018 at 23:59 BST on Ancestry. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.co.uk with your name and email address.
Does the free trial give you Full access to the records ? I heard you are very limited to what records you can actually see.
Just be aware though that using Ancestry and especially the recent addition of the 1939 Register that transcription errors abound.
My fathers details are accurately transcribed on the FMP site but on Ancestry his forename has changed from William to Lillian, and his date of birth of 1918 has been (thanks to Ancestry) transcribed as 1878
You have been warned
yep i second that and just make sure you know names and birth dates
In my local library you are allowed 2 hours free use of their computers to search FMP/Ancestry, but you can stay on longer if no-one is waiting or has booked to use the computers.Also they have a good printing facility A3 A4 A5.
I have not been to my local library for many years. Sounds like your library has a good set up there Graham.
Hi Steve,
Think most libraries operate the same system.I like yourself hadn't stepped inside a library for many years.I can have a maximum of 12 books for 3 weeks and I then get a text message a week before the books are due back.
They also operate a courier system where by if they don't have the book you are looking for they send a circular to all the libraries within the county and if available will get the book for you.(very useful)
Outside of that it's ebay amazon etc.
The last time I used my library was to track down an official history of the King's Regiment. They used the inter-library service to find a copy for me, very impressive at the time. Like you, I get most of my books from Amazon and eBay, mostly the cost of these makes going to the library redundant. A shame really, but all part of the dilemma of convenient internet shopping against using your local ammentities.
What is a library?
It was somewhere in the 16th/17th & 18th centuries you could I believe go for peace and quiet - often you could read what I think were called ........... books, - all very unfashionable today
Not impressed. Did a search for somebody with the first name Harold. I didn't do an exact name search, but neither did I specify a "Similar or Soundex" search. I did exact surname and month/year of birth before running the search.
Of the 53 possibilities offered, 28 records were females.
Rootschat website users are noting records open on FMP, aren't on Ancestry.
ah ha you must have ticked the across gender inclusive box
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Beating is essential for a successful shoot. Beating is the act of flushing out birds from the trees on a hunt, making the birds fly out in the direction of the guns. Beaters usually work as part of a team, made up of the gamekeeper, beat-keeper and pickers-up.
Beaters will work their way through woodland or other covered areas, looking for any birds and flushing them out using a stick. It is important that the beater ensures that the birds fly out in the correct direction, otherwise the birds could then be lost to the shoot.
Another job of a beater involves waiting in an area where the birds will fly out and then waving a flag to make the birds fly higher into the sky. This is so that the shooters have a more challenging and exciting shot at the birds. It is a skilled job, requiring expert knowledge of beating and the habitats of birds such as a grouse, pheasants and partridges.
Some beaters may also work with gun dogs, so an element of dog-handling may be involved in certain cases. Beaters, like gun dog handlers, often work for pleasure rather than for payment, but most will be paid for their time and work. Many trainee gamekeepers may start off working as beaters to gain in-depth experience of shooting, as well as habitat management and pest and predator control.


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Of the two Oxnard-born brothers who created "Love and Rockets," the punk-era comic series that's arguably the genre's most influential work of its day, Gilbert Hernandez is widely considered the John Lennon figure -- the driven, "serious artist," allergic to superficiality and attracted by ugliness as well as beauty.
But digging into dinner and joking about his childhood on a recent evening at a Valley bistro, he comes across as a well-adjusted, down-to-earth guy. It's hard to imagine him producing the kinds of characters and situations his three decades as a comics artist have led him to: the child who disappears during a solar eclipse, the father who's killed in prison fighting for a cigarette lighter, the lives full of hurt and sudden loss.
"I'm not a brooder," said the bearded and bespectacled Hernandez, 50, in town for a recent appearance at Book Soup.
"But those dark thoughts come out when I'm drawing. Sometimes I'm criticized for sitting around and thinking of the worst things that happen to people. But that's only partly true."
His goal, he said, is always to create a compelling narrative, not just a catalog of horrors. "I do want it to be a story."
That talent has earned him a legion of fans, including the novelist Junot Diaz. "In a real world, not the screwed-up world we have now, he would be considered one of the greatest American storytellers," Diaz said.
"It's so hard to do funny, tragic, local and epic, and he does all simultaneously, and with great aplomb."
Hernandez's latest work is "Chance in Hell," the violent and perverse graphic novel about a vulnerable young girl found wandering in a city dump. When co-creators break up -- Gilbert and his brother, Jaime, are still producing one "Love and Rockets" a year but have basically "gone solo" -- their tendencies typically emerge full-blown.
At the risk of forcing the Lennon analogy, "Chance in Hell" is more Plastic Ono Band than "Imagine": It's raw and, at 120 pages uncut by Jaime's more hopeful worldview and more graceful style, seems like a lot of pain and peril in one place.
For Gilbert himself, who hopes to produce a one-off each year, the process was liberating.
"There's nothing harder than doing new stories with old characters," he said of his multi-generational cast, headed by the fiery and large-bosomed Luba, who mostly reside in the vaguely magic-realist Central American town of Palomar. "Even though these characters are part of me. But I can't do it anymore, after 25 years. While with 'Chance in Hell,' I took the chance to deal with a character, all in one place, and say goodbye to her. It wasn't always easy, but it was freeing."
He's the kind of storyteller who's not afraid to overreach or miss completely. Douglas Wolk, whose new book, "Reading Comics," considers the Hernandez brothers alongside other key figures, writes that Gilbert's comics "look like the work of an iconoclast -- he's got the rough, wobbly line and a pervasive interest in grotesqueries, he highlights the wrinkles and flaws in everything he draws, and he's fond of one-off experiments in which he lets his id run wild on paper."
"Growing up with him, he was a normal kid," said Jaime Hernandez, 47, who lives in Pasadena. "And he grew up to be a normal adult. But he's got certain demons. Gilbert's one of these artists who has to do what he does, or he'd die."
'On the high end of poor'
When Gilbert and his brothers were growing up in Oxnard in the '60s and '70s, comics were everywhere. They seemed to have the only mother in the nation's history who encouraged them to collect, and even revere, comic books rather than throwing them out. They developed a special fondness for adventure comics, Milton Caniff, "Dennis the Menace" and the superhero auteur Jack Kirby.
"We were poor, but just on the high end of poor," Hernandez recalled. "Poor enough to know it, and poor enough not to have things, but not enough for it to ruin our future selves."
The budding Bros. Hernandez -- including Mario, 54, who contributed to a few issues and brought an issue of Zap comics into the house -- were ravenous in their pursuit of visuals in all forms. "It got to the point where we'd look at a magazine, and if one of the pages was an advertisement for Uniroyal Tires, we'd try to figure out who the artist was."
The brothers got drawn into punk rock, playing in a few now-forgotten bands and designing fliers and album jackets for bands such as Dr. Know and Black Flag. They were also serious film fans: Gilbert today loves the visual storytelling of silent films, as well as directors including Fellini, Howard Hawks and Kurosawa, and he runs Turner Classic Movies in the background while he draws.
About the same time, the brothers started "Love and Rockets," which was, early on, a mix of science-fiction stories and tales of the SoCal punk scene. While their work appeared in the same issues, the brothers soon found their own directions, with Jaime developing stories of two punkettes and a female wrestler and Gilbert creating an extended family in Central America that's been compared to the works of García Márquez.
It was also clear that while Jaime had the smoother, more effortless drawing style -- "he'll draw in his sleep," his older brother said -- that Gilbert was the more sophisticated storyteller of the duo.
Perhaps because their father had died when they were young, the main characters are almost all women,
The comic came from what Gilbert describes as "a mixture of things we heard happening to people, overhearing conversations of adults talking -- when the adults don't think you're listening -- things we saw in the paper and on the news, and a lot from films." His literary influences, which he said include "The Great Gatsby" and some novels of Carson McCullers, are more limited.
Gilbert's work, Wolk writes, captured the tensions of post-punk Los Angeles, where the strains "of race and class and sex and language and culture were insupportable and about to erupt into flames."
It's not hard to track the influence of the series, which served as a bridge between the '60s underground and the world of today, inside the comics subculture. Probably the most respected comics artist under 40, Adrian Tomine of the "Optic Nerve" series, is lavish in his praise of Los Bros Hernandez.
The current reissues of the books in oversized trade-paperback form on Fantagraphics is only likely to increase the exposure. But the stories resonated outside the comics ghetto as well: When three former members of the gloomy English band Bauhaus started a new group in 1985 they took the name Love and Rockets. And Diaz, the author of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," began reading the series in the '80s and never stopped. Diaz praises his ability to write about Latin America without cliché, sentimentality and folkloric overdose.
"For those of us who are writing across or on borders, I honestly think he was, for me, more important than anyone else. The stories he was writing on Palomar were recognizable to me, who grew up in the Third World, in a way that made everything else seem shabby and familiar. And his eye is stupendous."
Hernandez appreciates the acclaim "Love and Rockets" has drawn and the growing respectability of comics. But this hasn't made it any easier to make a living as an independent comics artist, and he lives in Las Vegas with his wife and daughter largely, he said, because he couldn't afford to buy a house here.
In harm's way
Soon after starting "Love and Rockets," while still living in Oxnard, Hernandez and a friend met a boy of 9 or so who insisted they give him a ride. The kid sat in the back seat, playing with an army tank and talking a mile a minute.
At the time, they thought it was funny. But looking back, Hernandez realized how vulnerable kids are. "He was lucky he picked the right guys; we were the last ones to give him trouble." The new book, "Chance in Hell," takes an innocent and puts her in what he calls "a more harrowing setting."
Walking around for years with ideas that only gradually develop into full-blown stories is typical for Hernandez's way of working. But some things have changed since the days of "Love and Rockets."
"In the old days, it was like I was writing the Great American Novel: I only worked when the muse came; I couldn't force it. Now I know you can do a lot of boring, technical stuff while you're not inspired . . . so I don't waste time."
And these days, he said, he's not afraid to be indulgent and admits that much of his recent work is "near ragged. These days I make the mistakes. Because there's an energy to the way a filmmaker or artist or writer works at the beginning.."
As for Vegas, he still seems baffled by the Strip: "Once in a while I'll take a trip there with friends and go, 'Oh, yeah, this is where I live.' "
But his attraction to larger-than-life-characters in his comics may explain it in part.
"The professional fraud -- the blowhard -- has always fascinated me. As a storyteller, I've always liked the good lie." He's always been interested in professional wrestlers, as well as outrageous characters such as Liberace and the schmaltzy hosts of old horror films.
"People say, 'That's not true.' But I don't care -- I'm in this world where the story is enough for me."


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The group stage ends today when the final matches conclude, but the games have been made and the names of the teams moving forward are already known. France won Group B fairly easy and the United States will join them as winners of group A, while the remaining teams will only compete for a better placement.
Saving energy for the quarterfinals
The United States will face runner-ups China in a game that punters are prevented from backing the favorites, as the bookies offer no odds for the feminine dram team. Normally, the Americans could cover the -33,5 spread that Bet365 considers to be fair for odds close to evens, but this time we have reasons to doubt that. The players are saving their strength and will probably lower the tempo just as they did in the game against the Czech Republic, so it's wiser to bet on less than 151,5 points to be scored.
Australia has an equally easy mission against Canada and even though punters can back them at odds of 1.12, it is a better idea to go the other way around. Canada won two games out of four and lost against Russia and France by only 5 points, which suggests that they are capable of defending the +11,5 handicap offered by Bet365. Liz Cambage is the number one danger for the North Americans, but if the Canadians manage to block this gifted players, they have a decent chance of causing a major upset.
A pale consolation for Great Britain
Regardless of what happens in the game between Canada and Australia, both teams will advance to the quarterfinals and the fifth placed Great Britain will exit the competition. This is why the final game against Brazil won't make any difference and the team is playing solely for the fans. Last game turned into a thriller and despite playing against the group leader and the overwhelming favorite to win the match, the British team pushed the game into overtime.
Tonight they are once again the underdogs against a much weaker team and with Bet365 offering odds of 2.00 for a home victory, punters have all the reasons to cheer for Great Britain. Brazil lost all games so far and their motivation is inferior, so if things turn sour in the first half it is more likely for them to throw the towel. In group A the Czech Republic thrashed Angola to tie China and Turkey for the second place which means that the result of the game between Turkey and Croatia has been rendered irrelevant.


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Magma Marine Kettle Propane Gas BBQ Grill, Original Size
Item #:
Magma Products
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Shipping Weight:
9.20 Lbs.
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Magma Marine Kettle™ Propane Gas BBQ Grill with Hinged Lid - Original Size
- Highly efficient one-piece radiant plate heat distribution system along with convection heating technology achieves hot, even temperatures while using minimum amount of fuel
- Before lighting, indexed bowl and balanced, hinged lid may be rotated to act as a windshield in gusty wind conditions
- Grill exterior made entirely of 18-9 mirror-polished stainless steel for pleasing appearance and outstanding corrosion resistance
- Combination grease catch pan / wind baffle keeps the wind gusts out while keeping the flames and grease in
- "Stay Cool" handle with air cooled supports
- Windproof turbo venturi and control valve design virtually eliminates blow-outs
- Swiveling control valve regulator allows quick and safe changing of propane canisters
- Multiple mounting options* available for onboard use (purchase separately)
- Grill disassembles quickly without tools for easy cleanup and storage
- 1-year limited warranty
- Grilling Area: 13" dia. (133 sq. in.)
- Heat Output: 10,700 BTU
- Fuel Options: Disposable 1 lb propane canister, or adapts to onboard LPG (propane) or CNG (natural gas) fuel systems
- Ignition: Match / lighter
- Fuel Burn Time: 2 to 4 hours at recommended temperatures using 1 lb propane canister
- Material: Stainless steel with cast plastic handle
- Dimensions (Overall): 14-7/8" dia. x 12-1/2" H
For further details see:
Dimensional Drawings
Owner's Manual
Marine Kettle Comparison Chart
*Note: Grill requires mounting hardware (sold separately) for complete installation and use
Magma Marine Kettle BBQ Grill Round Rail Mount
Item #: 400081
Application: All Magma Marine Kettle Grills
Material: Stainless Steel and Anodized Aluminum
All-Angle Mounting Bracket Fits Standard Round Rails 7/8" or 1"
Item #: 400081
Magma Marine Kettle BBQ Grill Round Rail Mount
Item #: 400082
Application: All Magma Marine Kettle Grills
Material: Stainless Steel and Anodized Aluminum
All-Angle Mounting Bracket Fits Oversize Round Rails 1-1/8" or 1-1/4"
Item #: 400082
Magma Onshore BBQ Grill Stand with Legs
Item #: 400087
Application: All Magma Marine Kettle Grills (Gas or Charcoal)
Material: Stainless Steel and Brass
Folds Up Without Tools for Flat Compact Storage, Onshore Use Only*
Item #: 400087
Magma POW'R GRIP Fishing Rod Holder BBQ Grill Mount
Item #: 400103
Application: All Magma Marine Kettle Grills
Material: Stainless Steel and Durable All-Weather Plastic
Versatile Quick-Disconnect Mount Fits All Standard Rod Holders
Item #: 400103
Magma LPG Propane Gas Low Pressure Control Valve
Item #: 400169
Type: Type 3 (Low Output)
Designed for all Magma 9" x 18" Rectangular Gas Grills
Material: Stainless Steel and Brass Control Valves, Nickel-Plated
Item #: 400169
Trident Marine LPG Propane Gas Low-Pressure Grill Connection Kit
Item #: 400186
Converts Propane Grill from Disposable Bottles to Refillable Tanks
Includes 10 ft. Hose, Adapters and Female Swivel Flare Fittings at Each End
UL-Listed Hose with Fittings Fully Assembled and Leak Tested
Item #: 400186
Magma BBQ Grill Tongs
Item #: 401760
Professional Quality Tool Designed for the Marine Environment
Material: Mirror Polished 304 Stainless Steel
Dimensions: Width 4.8" x Length: 19.8"
Item #: 401760
Magma Replacement Propane Gas BBQ Grill Regulator Valve
Item #: 401763
Type: Low Output Combination Control Valve / Regulator (Type 1 Control)
Applications: A10-207, A10-217, A10-007, A10-017, A10-005 and A10-918 Grills
Grill Dimensions: 9" x 18"
Item #: 401763
Magma Magic Stainless Steel BBQ Grill Cleaner
Item #: 402192
Designed for use with Mirror-Polished, Stainless Steel Products
Returns Stainless Steel to its Original Brilliance
Container Size: 16 Ounce Bottle, Environmentally Safe
Item #: 402192
Magma Fish And Veggie Gas BBQ Grill Tray
Item #: 400780
Designed for use with Marine Kettle Style Barbecue Grills
Diameter: 13-3/4" (35 cm)
Material: 305 Stainless Steel with Teflon Select Non-Stick Finish
Item #: 400780
Magma Padded BBQ Grill & Accessory Carrying / Storage Case
Item #: 401127
Application: Magma and Most Portable Kettle Grills up to 17" dia.
Color: Black, Material: 100% 600 Dernier Polyester Fabric
Includes Padded Storage Compartments for Accessories and 1 lb Fuel Canister
Item #: 401127
Magma High-Intensity LED BBQ Grill Light
Item #: 401131
Type: Barbecue Grill Handle Mounted, Designed for Magma Hinged Lid
Attaches to all Magma Hinged Lid Rectangular or Kettle Grills
Power: 9-Volt Battery (Included), Rectangular or Kettle Grills
Item #: 401131
Magma Flush-Deck Rotating Socket BBQ Grill Mount
Item #: 402300
Application: All Magma Marine Kettle Grills
Material: Stainless Steel
Mount Allows Grill to Rotate and Lock in (8) Different Positions
Item #: 402300
Magma Propane Gas BBQ Grill Replacement Radiant Burner Plate And Dome
Item #: 402059
Designed for Original Kettle 2 Barbecue Grills
Material: 18-8 Stainless Steel
Allows BBQ to Be Used As Stove, Oven or BBQ
Item #: 402059
Magma BBQ Grill Replacement Turbo Venturi Tube
Item #: 400321
Designed for Magma Marine Propane Gas Kettle Barbecue Grills
Designed for Models A10-005, A10-017, A10-207, A10-217
Swiveling Venturi Tube
Item #: 400321
Magma Indexed L-Bracket and Mounting Clamp Assembly
Item #: 400322
Application: Attaches to Magma A10-121 and A10-175 Kettle BBQ Grill Mounts
Material: Cast Stainless Steel
Indexed Clamp Ensures Positive Non-Slip Level Grill Mount
Item #: 400322
Magma BBQ Grill Replacement Burner Assembly
Item #: 400325
Designed for Marine Propane Gas Barbecue Grills
Designed for Models A10-007, A10-017, A10-005, A10-207 and A10-217
Material: Stainless Steel
Item #: 400325
Magma Surface-Mounted Rotating Deck Socket BBQ Grill Mount
Item #: 400645
Application: All Magma Marine Kettle Grills
Material: Stainless Steel
Mount Allows Grill to Rotate and Lock in (8) Different Positions
Item #: 400645


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Cut short, in their prime.
I tacked on the mood lit AC-8 not because it is broken (superstitiously touches wood.. hahaha) but as a counter balance to the sorry tubes above. I also need to dig up four more bayonet mount 30 volt miniature lamps.
Such subservience to superstition illustrates the fact that by and large, we are all essentially overgrown children. I dream of a day in which a critical ratio of the population breaks out of that stifling shell and we can move toward self sufficiency and betterment in a reasonably intelligent world. You know, let's start scratching the surface of our potential as a life form...
But it's an uphill battle, and we're losing ground. I present this lawsuit as an example of why we can't have nice stuff and the human species is really looking more or less doomed every day, Friday the 13th or no. While it is unfortunate someone is burdened with crippling problems, wildly shooting into a crowd with the intent of picking off beneficial entities is reckless and absurd. Uphill battle indeed.
Apologies for polluting my thread with social commentary, been fighting a head cold this week and am surly and gloomy. Happy Friday!


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Gornergrat & Zermatt day tour from Lucerne
A scenic train ride through Switzerland
Visit of the lovely car-free village of Zermatt
Spectacular ride to the Gornergrat
Fantastic views of Matterhorn and Monte Rosa
Season 2019:
daily, except September 18 - 22
Tour departure:
Pick-up and drop-off by your private guide at all centrally located Hotels.
Tour description:
We start our day around 7AM with a train ride from Lucerne to Berne. We change the trains in Bern and take the more scenic regional train on the mountain route instead of the route through the tunnel. The first of many beautiful journeys today.
We travel on a further set of regional trains, that will bring us to Zermatt by noon.
Right in front, on a clear day, we have perfect views of the Monte Rosa massif, with the Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland, the Matterhorn and the Gorner Glacier.
As this is a private tour it's your decision how much time you want to spend on the peak.
At latest between 5 and 6 PM we start our return journey to Lucerne through Zermatt.
We arrive between 10 and 11 PM at the train station of Lucerne.
Activity level - moderate
Frequent changes of trains
(the changes are very easy but require some walking and steps to get in and out of the trains)
short walk in Zermatt at your discretion
walk at the Gornergrat at your discretion
Group size/ Price per Person
1 adult: CHF 730.-
2 adults: CHF 480.-
3 adults: CHF 400.-
4 adults: CHF 360.-
5 adults: CHF 330.-
6-8 adults: CHF 320.-
Children 6 - 15 years: CHF 90.-
Children 0 - 5 years: free
Surcharge of CHF 80.- per adult for bookings and prepayments less then 8 days before departure.
Group size/ Price per Person
1 adult: CHF 670.-
2 adults: CHF 430.-
3 adults: CHF 350.-
4 adults: CHF 310.-
5 adults: CHF 290.-
6 adults: CHF 270.-
Children 6 - 15 years: CHF 80.-
Children 0 - 5 years: free
Surcharge of CHF 60.- per adult for bookings and prepayments less then 8 days before departure.


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Singapore Optimistic for Growth of TravelRave and ITB Asia
Destination & Tourism James Ruggia March 20, 2013
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) believes its fourth annual TravelRave, to be held Oct. 21 to 25, will draw more attendees than in previous years. The TravelRave adds a conference element to the ITB Asia trade show. In 2012, almost 11,000 thought leaders and travel/hospitality industry participants (up 12 percent from 2011) attended the weeklong festival to exchange insights, discover new opportunities, and celebrate the achievements of Asian tourism.
The conference promises new content on top of the discussions that have become an integral part of the travel trade festival. Talent development in the industry takes centre stage as Asian travel leaders commit to initiatives focused on grooming the next generation of leaders at the Asia Travel Leaders Summit. Also new to the TravelRave calendar this year is the Union of International Associations (UIA)'s first Associations Roundtable in Asia.
According to Neeta Lachmandas, assistant chief executive, STB, "The forward-looking insights shared at past editions of TravelRave have generated lively discussions on the future of the Asian travel and tourism industry. TravelRave 2013 aims to continue harnessing collective Asian insights from the industry's top leaders, uncover more business opportunities and provide a highly relevant platform for leaders to network with other professionals from across the industry."
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) outlook for 2013 expects the Asia and Pacific region to lead international arrivals globally, with an expected growth rate of 5 to 6 percent for 2013. This is well ahead of the global growth rate of 3 to 4 percent. A PhoCusWright study released at ITB Asia last year, said Asia Pacific is set to continue to lead as the world's fastest-growing travel region in 2013, reaching $357 billion, a 64 percent increase over 2009.
With the continued growth expected in Asia, ITB Asia 2013 will return with an expanded show that will take up two floors of exhibition space at the newly refurbished Suntec Singapore Convention Centre from Oct. 23 to 25.
Besides seeing a bigger exhibition, ITB Asia 2013 will return with a stronger program. "ITB Asia is committed to TravelRave's objectives in delivering high quality, relevant Asian content that will be relevant to delegates. We will continue to work with the relevant partners to grow ITB Asia into a leading knowledge platform," says Nino Gruettke, executive director of ITB Asia.
Last year, ITB Asia introduced an enhanced program line-up with new conferences led by partners including UNWTO, MCI, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS), Panacea Publishing Asia, Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), and Asia Cruise Association (ACA) to deliver interactive, insightful panel discussions.
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Kuwait Energy has announced that its average total daily working interest production surged 24.2 per cent to 21,568 bpd in Q1 2013, compared with the corresponding period a year earlier, due primarily to the acquisition of Jannah Hunt Oil Company in Yemen
Kuwait Energy's Q1 2013 oil production also rose 7.5 per cent compared to Q4 of 2012 due to the contribution from the company's newly-acquired 15 per cent interest in Yemen's Block 5, earlier held by Jannah Hunt Oil Company.
Block 5, located in the Marib-Shabwa Basin, has a total production of 38,000 bpd with Kuwait Energy's working interest share amounting to 5,700 bpd, the company said in a statement.
The oil and gas explorer and producer added that its Q1 revenue rose 8.6 per cent to US$64mn as compared to the same period last year.
Earlier, Manssour Aboukhamseen, Kuwait Energy's executive chairman, had said the company is planning to drill 16 exploration wells and 56 development wells in 2013 in various regions.
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