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Additional InformationJBL® engineers designed the 660GTi 6-inch (160-millimetre) competition speaker system with a list of breakthrough features that offer high-performance car audio woofers and matching tweeters. Its speaker's feature vented baskets, pole pieces and voice-coil formers to eliminate any potential distortion caused by the movement of air trapped within component parts. An ultra-rigid Kevlar® cone eliminates unwanted cone flexing – also called modal distortion – that can cause unpleasant-sounding peaks and dips in the mid-range response. The speaker's spider and surround ensure linear forward and backward motion to minimise suspension-based distortion. A copper pole piece cap and flux-stabilisation ring produce a linear voice-coil inductance that minimises inter-modulation distortion. Finally, the speaker's voice coil is long enough to remain within the magnetic gap in order to minimise other distortions. The result is crystal-clear mid-range, snappy mid-bass and an extremely smooth frequency response. JBL engineers designed this speaker for optimum performance and targeted it at competitors who won't settle for anything less than great sound on the road.
The 660GTi replacement car loudspeaker rewards its owner with performance that goes far beyond the sum of its parts. A cast-aluminium basket provides rigid support for the motors and moving assemblies. The speaker system includes a 6-inch (160-millimetre) woofer that offers the lowest-distortion performance that JBL® car audio engineers ever produced, resulting in outstanding sound within your car. The 660GTi is for competitors who will not settle for second place or sound quality that's less than spectacular.
At a Glance:
25 – 600 watts suggested amplifier power range
Ultra-rigid Kevlar-cone woofer
Vented motor assemblies
35° design axis for optimal listening
Waveguides disperse full, balanced sound
What's in the Box:
2 660GTi component woofers
2 660GTi component tweeters
2 woofer grilles
4 woofer grille trays
2 tweeter flush-mount assemblies
2 tweeter flush-mount rings
4 tweeter surface-mount assemblies
2 tweeter grille trays
1 crossover unit
48 mounting screws
16 mounting clips
1 Allen key
2 sound isolation tapes
Owner's manual
Product Features:
- 25 – 600 watts suggested amplifier power range
- JBL engineers designed the 660GTi speaker to produce strong, clear sound from a head-unit or amplifier capable of delivering up to 600 watts of power.
- Ultra-rigid Kevlar-cone woofer
- The 660GTi's ultra-rigid Kevlar cone eliminates peaks and dips in the mid-bass and mid-range frequency response. A neodymium magnet provides high flux density and allows room for large steel motor components that provide critical heat sink mass for the voice coil. And a copper pole piece cap and flux-stabilisation ring ensure that the cone's motion remains ultra-linear, thereby reducing distortion to minimal levels.
- Vented motor assemblies
- Speaker structures heat up during use, causing power compression that reduces your music's dynamic range and lowers output levels. Because the 660GTi woofer's vented-gap motor structures eliminate heat, they will play loud and long, using less amplifier power than other designs.
- 35° design axis for optimal listening
- Speaker mounting locations inside a car do not always allow for ideal on-axis placement, even for a single listener, because they are too close to every listening position. The 660GTi uses an inventive 35-degree design axis that provides an optimal listening window for each front-seat listener.
- Waveguides disperse full, balanced sound
- A speaker's audio-dispersion pattern is different at low and high frequencies. The 660GTi's waveguides match the directivity of the tweeter to that of the woofer at the system's crossover point, which results in smooth, linear sound.
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General Specifications:
- Series
- GTi
- Size
- 6 1/2"
- Type
- Two-way
Audio Specifications:
- Frequency Response
- 50Hz–30kHz
- Nominal Impedance
- 4 ohms
- Sensitivity
- (2.83V@1m) 92dB
- Peak Power
- Power Handling (RMS)
- Power Handling (Peak)
Speaker Specifications:
- Controls/Adjustments
- Tweeter level control and frequency contour
- Low-Frequency Transducer
- Ultra-rigid Kevlar® cone and dustcap with cast aluminum frame
- Crossover Frequencies
- Outboard, 2500Hz
- High-Frequency Transducer
- 1" (25mm) edge-driven EOS tweeter with constant-directivity waveguide
- External Diameter Woofer (in)
- 6-5/16
- Mounting Depth Woofer (mm)
- 69.1
- External Diameter Tweeter (in)
- 2-11/16
- Mounting Cutout Diameter Tweeter (in)
- 2-3/16
- Mounting Depth Tweeter (mm)
- 41
- Mounting Cutout Diameter Woofer (mm)
- 128
- External Diameter Tweeter (mm)
- 69
- Mounting Depth Woofer (in)
- 2-3/4
- Mounting Cutout Diameter Woofer (in)
- 5-1/16
- Mounting Depth (mm)
- 6-5/16
- External Diameter Woofer (mm)
- 160
- Mounting Cutout Diameter Tweeter (mm)
- 102
- Mounting Depth Tweeter (in)
- 1-5/16
660GTi is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Hotrod6871 from Awesome full sound...! I have done custom installs for years & I've gotta say this set is the best by far, they'll handle everything you throw at them crystal clear..!
Date published: 2015-08-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by rocky from Simply Fantastic!!! Absolutely nothing comes close to these speakers. Clean, clear, power; at any volume. Once you hear these speakers, you can never go back to any thing else. Worth every penny!!!!!!!!! Hears a rumor that they would be discontinued. That would be tragic!
Date published: 2014-07-31
hi..yesterday ibught 660gti component speakers ..and inow that the first valuable was 2007-2008.and now we are in2016 is this 9 years efective in the quality of the speakers? thank you.
The materials used in the 660GTI do not deteriorate over time. They will not suffer any lack of sonic quality due to the date they were built vs. the purchase date.
Date published: 2017-12-02
Does this package include the amplifier that is pictured?
Thank you for your inquiry, yes this package includes the amplifier
Date published: 2016-02-17
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The MRC Elsie Widdowson Laboratory (MRC EWL) Stable Isotope Facility, led by Dr Michelle Venables, builds on over 25 years of pioneering research experience initiated by Drs Andy Coward and Les Bluck. The facility provides highly specialised technical and analytical support for a range of research studies, and the UK nutrition surveys, frequently in conjunction with national and international collaborators. We specialise in the analysis and modelling of the stable isotopes of hydrogen (2H), Carbon (13C), Nitrogen (15N) and Oxygen (18O). Working alongside our collaborators on a variety of projects, we provide input to study design, individual dosing and collection kit preparation, sample analysis, data modelling and interpretation.
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Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity
The gold standard method for the measurement of total energy expenditure (TEE) in free-living subjects is the doubly labelled water (DLW) method, pioneered by Dr Andy Coward and members of MRC EWL in the UK.
The principle of the method is that following the collection of a pre-dose (baseline) sample, subjects receive a drink of water labelled with the stable isotopes 2H and 18O and then provide either saliva or urine samples for up to two weeks afterward. These samples are measured using isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). The difference in the rates of disappearance of the 2H and 18O from body water provide a measurement of carbon dioxide (CO2) production, which in turn can be used to estimate the rate of energy expenditure in kJ/day.
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- National Diet and Nutrition Survey (Public Health England): Validation of methods of self-recorded dietary intake
- UK Biobank (MRC Epidemiology): Validation of physical activity monitors for determination of energy expended
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- Ministry of Defence (UK): Measurement of energy expenditure during basic recruit training
- English Institute of Sport: Measurement of energy expenditure during periods of training
- The EU Childhood Obesity Programme (CHOP): MRC EWL has collaborated with multiple EU members testing the hypotheses linking the mode of infant feeding to later obesity and energy expenditure
Body Composition
At MRC EWL, we use the deuterium dilution technique to estimate Total Body Water (TBW). From this we can estimate Lean Body Mass and Fat Mass. We supply doses of deuterium oxide solution (2H2O) for studies and measure the deuterium enrichment in body water. We are experienced in modelling both the plateau and back extrapolation technique. Depending on which technique is used, they require either saliva samples over 5 hours or urine samples over 5 days, respectively.
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- Body composition and metabolic profile in children with end stage liver disease (King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust R&D): Clinical applications to answer questions relating to TBW in renal failure
- Efficacy of the motivational approach for treating childhood obesity (Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Spain). Body composition following lifestyle interventions
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- Cambridge Baby Growth Study II (University of Cambridge)
- The effect of prenatal and early childhood nutritional supplementation on infant and early childhood body composition, growth and development (ENID) (MRC International Nutrition Group, The Gambia)
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Long-term diet and exercise interventions are beneficial in reducing obesity and preventing type 2 diabetes. Investigative studies of the effectiveness of these interventions invariably incorporate insulin sensitivity and secretion measurements and important aspects of glucose metabolism can be quantified by using the minimal model of glucose and insulin kinetics to interpret these data.
Incorporating stable isotopes into the glucose dose improves these tests allowing the separation of glucose disposal from endogenous production and increasing the precision of the physiological parameters measured. We have in-house expertise in insulin sensitivity modelling and measurement.
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As administration of the reduced amount of tracer does not affect extant glucose kinetics, 13C-glucose can be used in combination with the more physiologically relevant standard oral glucose tolerance tests in the Oral Dose Intravenous Label Experiment (ODILE) (Bluck et al 2006 and Bluck et al 2013).
A novel method was also developed to measure different aspects of
glucose metabolism using a 2H labelled meal test (Pennant et al 2006 and Pennant et al 2006). The test involves the addition of the stable isotope into a drink or meal alongside a 13C intravenous dose. This sophisticated but physiological test has being optimised and validated in subjects with type 1 diabetes (Pennant et al 2008).
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- The effects of green tea catechins (GTC) and chlorogenic acid (CGA) on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular function in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), obesity and insulin resistance (University of Cambridge)
- Coffee and glucose metabolism: clinical, crossover and randomized glucose disposal assay using stable isotopes (University of Brazil)
- Tolerance of fasting in small for gestational age vs. appropriate for gestational age adults (Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark)
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Metabolic dyslipidaemia is characterized by high circulating triglyceride and low HDL levels and is frequently accompanied by hepatic steatosis. Increased hepatic lipogenesis contributes to both of these problems. The fact that insulin fails to suppress gluconeogenesis but continues to stimulate lipogenesis in obese and lipodystrophic insulin resistant mice has led investigators to propose the existence of a selective post-receptor defect in hepatic insulin action.
As part of a large collaborative study in which severely insulin resistant patients with insulin receptor mutations were characterized, we measured the degree of lipogenesis these patients exhibited. This involved measurements of body water enriched by a large oral dose of heavy water (2H2O) and deuterium incorporation into plasma triglyceride. Combined, these can be used to determine the fractional synthetic rate of fatty acids, and hence assess the degree of de-novo lipogenesis.
Prior studies have implicated MHCII (major histocompatibility complex Class II molecule) instability or low CLIP (class II-associated II peptide) affinity in autoimmune pathogenesis. The regulation of MHCII turnover in vivo is largely unexplored, however, due to a lack of methodology. To address this, heavy water (2H2O) is being used as a non-interfering label for studying in vivo the dynamics of proteins (by 2H labelling of nonessential amino acids) and, simultaneously, of the cells that harbour them (by 2H labelling of DNA).
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- Comparison of strategies to deliver dietary lipid to human volunteers (MRC EWL)
Nitric Oxide Production
We have developed an inexpensive and non-invasive method for measuring whole body NO in man (Siervo et al 2011), which we have used to show reduced NO production in the metabolic syndrome. Furthermore we have shown an association between NO production and insulin sensitivity in a group of normal weight and obese subjects
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signalling molecule which regulates a number of physiological processes. It promotes blood vessel relaxation and maintains vascular tone, and plays a prominent role in cardiovascular health. Impairments in nitric oxide production and insulin sensitivity are expected to go hand-in-hand in a number of disease states.
Nitric oxide production is difficult to assess directly as the molecule itself has a very short half-life in blood and tissue. Rates of whole-body production are assessed from rates of generation of its metabolites, nitrite (NO2–) and nitrate (NO3–). Both these are found widely in a normal western diet, which confounds the assessment of NO production by a simple measure of urinary excretion. However stable isotope methods obtain estimates of NO production with sufficient precision to be useful.
Recent collaborations include:
- The effects of green tea catechins (GTC) and chlorogenic acid (CGA) on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular function in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), obesity and insulin resistance (University of Cambridge)
- Nitric Oxide Production and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome (University of Cambridge)
- Systemic nitric oxide production in Tanzanian children with sickle cell disease (Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
13C breath tests (including gastric emptying)
The 13C-breath test provides a safe and non-invasive diagnostic tool for a number of clinical conditions, including gastrointestinal function and nutritional status.
The principle of the breath test is based on the administration of a substrate with a functional group labelled with naturally occurring 13C. During digestion, the substrate is broken down and metabolised before being released in breath. Isotope ratio mass spectrometry is used to measure the 13C content of the breath before and after ingestion of the labelled substrate.
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Go to the following website: www.affinityhealth.org – click on Classes and Events, at the lower right side of the main screen under Affinity Resources. This will bring up a list of all the classes that are listed on the website. Type in Safe Sitter in the search window and click search – this will show all of the Safe Sitter classes offered. Click on DetailRegister to register and pay the $40 for the class.
This medically accurate program taught by health professionals from Affinity. Children will learn about:
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Course includes a Safe Sitter manual, and participants are to bring a healthy snack, lunch and beverages. The room temperatures vary, so please dress appropriately.
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Song (960–1279) and Yuan
The half century between the Tang and Song dynasties is known as the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in reference to five short-lived regimes in the north and ten minor kingdoms competing in the south during these years. Chang'an and Luoyang, the two Tang centers of power, were devastated in the civil wars that finished off the Tang, and the city of Kaifeng, at the mouth of the Grand Canal and three hundred miles closer to the grain-producing regions of south China, became the center of competition among the generals of the north. In 960, General Zhao Kuangyin seized control of Kaifeng and proclaimed a new dynasty, the Song (pronounced Soong).
Zhao Kuangyin, known to history by his reign title of Song Taizu, was one of the pivotal emperors in Chinese history because he created a more centralized state than ever before. From 960 to his death in 976, he conquered the south and brought the best troops in the empire under his own direct control to protect the capital. He persuaded his most powerful generals to retire with generous stipends, and he placed their armies in outlying areas under the direct control of his own civil bureaucrats. Many of the powerful aristocratic families of the Tang era were killed or greatly weakened in the civil wars that ended the Tang, and so the Song emperors had far fewer rivals for power than their Tang predecessors. In the Song dynasty, civil bureaucrats were much more likely to become government officials through competing in the civil service examination system rather than through blood ties to other officials.
In the Song period, China came closer than ever before or since to achieving the Confucian ideal of a central bureaucratic state ruled by the emperor with the advice and management of civil bureaucrats who


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This steam pipe ran into the wall and stopped there. It had no purpose, and I needed to install a main vent somewhere on that line. Too nervous to tap a hole in its typical spot (at the end of the main), I decided to use this unused pipe at the top of the riser for a new Gorton #2. All I had to do was unscrew this fitting and screw on a few couplings for the G2 instead. Easy, right? NOT.
First I took a 4 1/2″ angle grinder, with a type 27 blade for cutting metal, and cut through the back of the fitting. The proximity to the wall and molding in the back, the radiator on the left side, and the other wall on the right side made it very difficult to maneuver. And I should have put on a mask — black snot is quite scary! However, once I cut through I thought I had it made. Turn off the fitting, 1-2-3. Well, it was more like 100, 101, 102… I tried wd-40, liquid plumber, hammering the threads, heating and cooling from the steam, my neighbor's pipe wrench, attaching another pipe at the end of the wrench for more leverage, pushing the handle with my feet while holding my body in place with the radiator — nothing worked. I pulled a muscle in my back, turned off the heat for the night, and tried again the next day. Still, nothing. Instead of unscrewing, the pressure from my pushing simply moved the entire pipe towards the wall. I even placed a metal object in between the pipe and the wall to support it, still, no rotation. Not even a millimeter.
Finally, I decided it was time to try something new. I took out my angle grinder and cut off the top of the fitting. (Before doing this I inserted a small rag into the pipe to catch the dirt and debris before dropping down into the steam system.) Then I made a small vertical cut on the side, taking care not to grind too much into the threads. With the chisel at the top of the threads between the pipe and the fitting, a small tap with my hammer made one piece drop. Another vertical cut on the other side, and the entire fitting fell apart into three pieces. Why didn't I just do that from the beginning? I'd trade those 5 minutes of noise and metal dust for the 2 days of struggle any day.
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How to Start Homeschooling
There are so many questions that come flooding to your mind once you have decided to start homeschool.
Let me assure you that it can be so much easier to start homeschooling than you might think.
First Things First
First item of business is the paper work end of things. Find out what your local requirements are, every province or state will have their own guidelines to follow. A great resource is Home School Legal Defense (HSLDA). They have an office in both Canada and the United States and are an invaluable resource for our homeschooling communities.
The Fun Begins (please remember to have fun)
Next there is the practical side of things and could easily be called "how do I start teaching at home?". Based on my experience and the experience of many other homeschooling moms, I'd like to suggest you adjust your thoughts on the 'teaching at home mentality'. After all we are our children's parents, we have been teaching them since the moment they were born. From day one we have been guiding, mentoring, and mediating them. Although this will evolve through time as they mature, we are parents forever and we will always be there to support and guide our children. Yes, we are teaching them, but not in the same sense of how things are done at a school. Don't let yourself get in the way of the natural process of learning, be sure to support your child(ren)'s natural desire to learn, encourage and challenge their inquisitive nature.
From the moment you hold your newborn baby you became their mother or father but also their 'teacher'. Children are natural learners, seekers of information, masters of asking questions. Take that innate natural thirst for knowledge and provide it with great books, great literature, engaging discussions, real life experience, field trips, fun hands on activities, a pencil and paper, and most importantly your love and guidance and you have just lit a fire for more knowledge. The cycle will continue and they will want more and the fire will grow.
There are many methods to homeschooling, many curricula, many free resources and many different ways to schedule your days. At the end of the day…or beginning of the day, you just have to start.
How to Start
Find a great novel to read aloud and interact with your children as you read. Youngsters can draw pictures about the story, older children can narrate it back to you orally. Engage with them and pull them into what was read, encourage them to really give you an opinion and avoid the dry and typical 'reading comprehension' type of questions. You will be amazed where this type of interaction will lead; their minds will open and their eyes will light up! You will start to find your family's way and you will see your children's strengths. Sit back, let it happen and soon you will start to understand how each of them process information or how they like to learn. Once you reach this point, that is when you can start to figure out what method will work for your family or what resources will best suit each child.
Find a great novel appropriate for the entire family.
Let them draw about what is being read as you read to them.
Engage your children, encourage opinions and discussion
Break away from typical "reading comprehension" questions.
Share some of your opinions in forms of questions like: "Do you think…?"
I use a variety of resources, but our staple is great literature paired with a solid math program. Family read-a-louds and discussions have always made our days better, whether it be done at the start, middle, or end of our day. It is our comfort, our refresher, and our time to just be.
There is nothing better than to be snuggled up together reading and being so caught up in the moment that everyone forgets they are learning. The 'fire' for knowledge quietly builds, the family bond strengthens and the confidence grows in those moments.
These are the moments that last and give each of us our foundation.
So take a deep breath, quiet your mind, pick up that great piece of literature and just start. Start building that fire and start homeschooling.


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Whisk in cool foam 1 eggs white with 1 teaspoon of natural honey, add to, still whisking, 1 tsp. Lemon breeding juice.
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What the envelope can do for you.
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, Robert M Cain, FAIA, presented to the attendees at Greenprints 2013 a gestalt of how modern design and sustainable design are not mutually exclusive. The LEED Platunim-rated RainShine House in Decatur, Georgia was the case study. The presentation addresses the six goals of the RainShine House design and how they were achieved. Each goal is illustrated diagramatically and photographically, with LEED references and resources.
Envelope Goals established with Owner input
1. Bring as much winter sunlight as possible into the house to counter the Owner's seasonal affective disorder
2. Extend the times fo the year when the house can use natural ventilation instead of heating and cooling
3. Collect rainwater for household use
4. Design the house to incorporate photovoltaic modules
5. Shade in Summer, sunlight in Winter for an open South-facing backyard porch
6. Shady screened porch for Summer use
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WASHINGTON — Hemp needed a hero. Needed one bad.
The gangly plant — once a favorite of military rope makers — couldn't catch a break. Even as legalized medical marijuana has become more and more commonplace, the industrial hemp plant — with its minuscule levels of the chemical that gives marijuana its kick — has remained illegal to cultivate in the United States.
Enter the lost hemp diaries.
Found recently at a garage sale outside Buffalo, N.Y., but never publicly released, these journals chronicle the life of Lyster Dewey, a botanist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture whose long career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries. Dewey writes painstakingly about growing exotically named varieties of hemp — Keijo, Chinamington and others — on a tract of government land known as Arlington Farms. In effect, he was tending Uncle Sam's hemp farm.
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What's gotten hemp advocates excited about the discovery is the location of that farm. A large chunk of acreage was handed over to the War Department in the 1940s for construction of the world's largest office building: the Pentagon. So now hempsters can claim that an important piece of their legacy lies in the soil alongside a hugely significant symbol of the government that has so enraged and befuddled them over the years.
All thanks to Lyster Dewey.
A small trade group, the Hemp Industries Association, bought Dewey's diaries. The group's leaders hope that displaying them for the first time on Monday — the start of what they've decreed the "1st Annual Hemp History Week" — will convince the universe that hemp is not a demon weed and was used for ropes on Navy ships and for World War II parachute webbing. The ultimate goal is to spur the government to lift the ban on hemp production, a policy that especially riles activists because foreign-produced hemp oils and food products can be legally imported.
Dewey's meticulously labeled diaries start in 1896 and end in 1944, the year of his death at 79.
Adam Eidinger, a consultant to the hemp association, stores the diaries in two sturdy, combination-locked cases. Pages are held together by fraying oxblood leather covers.
"I'm getting the impression he was very disciplined," Eidinger says.
As early as 1914, Dewey writes of inspecting hemp at Arlington Farms. For nearly a quarter-century, he carefully notes his progress as a grower and hemp advocate: "Thursday, October 19, 1922. Fair, cool. Go to Arlington Farm on the 9 a.m. bus and work all day," he wrote. "Harvesting Kymington, Yarrow, Tochigi, Tochimington, Keijo and Chinamington hemp."
The most powerful piece of evidence for hemp activists might be a photograph contained in an album with a battered black cover. In it, Dewey poses next to a stand of 13-foot-tall hemp plants, with the caption: "Measuring a hemp plant 4 m. high. Arlington Farm. Aug, 28, 1929."
None of this might have come to light if not for sheer luck and a sequence of coincidences. It started last summer at a yard sale in Amherst, N.Y., outside Buffalo, where a man named David Sitarski was prowling for small treasures. For decades, Sitarski has dreamed of starting a Web site that archives historical artifacts from the Buffalo area.
Even though he'd recently been laid off, Sitarski decided to pay $130 for the diaries and one of the two albums, thinking they pertained to Buffalo. He would have bought the second photo album, but another man snatched it up.
Six months later, Sitarski says, his wife spotted their yard-sale rival while running errands. Sitarski jumped out of the car and talked him into selling the photo album to complete his set. The man casually mentioned that there were hemp pictures within, and Sitarski started Googling. He didn't make the Pentagon connection, but he quickly figured out that Dewey was a crucial hemp pioneer. Sitarski listed the material on eBay, asking $10,000.
A second man with a dream emerged: Michael Krawitz, 47, a disabled veteran from Ferrum in southwest Virginia. Krawitz has spent 10 years scheming to build a hemp museum that he hopes will inspire construction of similar museums worldwide.
He spotted Sitarski's listing but couldn't afford it.
But the hemp association could. The group has a sugar daddy: David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, which has grown from a $5 million company to a $31 million firm in the past decade since adding hemp oil to its products to "improve skin feel" and produce a smoother lather. Bronner agreed to pay about $4,000 for the trove — an easy call, given his court battles with the Drug Enforcement Administration when it tried to ban food products containing hemp. Bronner was also arrested last October after planting hemp seeds on a lawn at DEA headquarters.
"It's kind of ironic that we dug up DEA's lawn to plant hemp seeds and highlight the absurdity of the drug war, but you take it back 50 years, and that's what the government itself was doing," Bronner says.
Krawitz delivered the Dewey materials to Eidinger's D.C. apartment. They began to sift through them. Each turn of the page brought Dewey into sharper focus.
It didn't take long for Eidinger to conclude they'd found "a major gem" and a kindred spirit. He thought, "I can totally relate to this guy."


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WASA radio sold to KME Broadcasting
WASA, the first radio station to broadcast between Baltimore and Wilmington, Del., has been sold to KME Broadcasting Corp.
WASA, owned by Chesapeake Broadcasting for 44 years, went on the air on May 15, 1948, becoming the pioneering voice of radio broadcasting in the area. The station eventually went from 500 watts to become the AM station with the strongest signal in Harford and Cecil counties at 5,000 watts, 1330 on the dial.
Built by Chesapeake Broadcasting Corp., it was managed by three members of the Pate family, the late Jason T. Pate, Virginia Pate Wetter, and Jason David Pate, until Dec. 1, 1991 when KME Broadcasting began operating the station with an option to buy.


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10 years ago, Lisa Perry took her longtime love affair with 1960s fashion, of which she was an avid collector, and launched her namesake label. Over the last decade, she's remained fiercely loyal to that core aesthetic, all the while evolving to fit the lifestyle of today's women. It's this delicate balance of nostalgia and relevance that has made the Lisa Perry brand grow.
To celebrate her 10-year milestone, Lisa's created a capsule collection of 10 of her favorite all time pieces. It's no surprise, that two of the most beloved dresses come from that very first launch collection. "I'm so proud of creating this strong DNA. One of the dresses that I designed in the first collection is still a best-seller, and that's a constant that makes me feel really good about my vision from the start. I set out to make timeless clothes that women would love based on a modernized take on my love of '60s design, and that has remained a constant," Perry tells us proudly from the set of the anniversary collection shoot. The lookbook was shot by Michael Avedon, grandson of Richard Avedon. "I love so much being able to work with someone who really understood the era and how its represented through photography."
Almost all of the pieces in the capsule—including the two that date all the way back to that first collection—are made from double knit jersey, a nod to '60s mod that was the core fabric that Perry used at launch. Though over the years she evolved to embrace more seasonless fabrications, she felt it was important to bring it back to celebrate her connection to vintage. "These pieces are collectables," she explains. "Now being at Barneys, we are open to a wider audience. I hope to be exposing a whole new group of people to these dresses. I want them to see what our start was about and why I used this fabrication and love it so much."
The collection also includes her iconic Andy Warhol Soup Can dress, a nod to her recurring collaborations with artists—a highlight of her career. "I love art so much and am a collector so to be able to interact with the artists or the foundations and to actually be able to use this incredible imagery at my finger tips to create designs—that is so incredible," she reflects. "I was blown away every time an artist said yes to me." Those artists have included Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Roy Lichtenstein to name a few.
But by far the most rewarding aspect of the last 10 years has been developing relationships with customers and seeing them respond positively to the clothes. "People come up to me all the time and tell me my brand has made them happy. I knew I wanted to design beautiful clothes that were comfortable and made women feel great, but I never realized just how motivating and gratifying it would be to interact with these women and get that feedback," says Perry. "It makes me feel really very proud of what we've accomplished over 10 years. People love our brand, and it's thriving. It feels so great."
But that's not all—we're keeping the celebration going with a cross-country series of personal appearances where you'll have the chance to meet Lisa, shop her latest collection and the anniversary capsule, and join in the celebration. Please join us at one—or all!—of these upcoming events:
New York – Barneys Downtown
Thursday, October 12
17th Street and 6th Ave, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles – Barneys Beverly Hills
Saturday, October 14
9570 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd Floor
Barneys Chicago
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As the reveal for new Mass Effect: Andromeda information creeps ever closer with the coming of November 7, also known as N7 Day to the BioWare fanbase, even Game Informer has gotten in on the hype as the Mass Effect: Andromeda Game Informer cover has been revealed for the magazine's December issue.
See Also: Mass Effect Andromeda Will Feature a Mix Of Humor And Character
The cover was revealed earlier today, only a day after BioWare released a trailer on YouTube advertising the "Andromeda Initiative", a service where you could find out about Mass Effect: Andromeda through emails from EA as the information comes out.
When the December issue of Game Informer comes around, we can likely expect a lot of information about the game to compliment the Mass Effect: Andromeda Game Informer cover. There, we'll likely learn a lot about what the game will involve, with the characters, environments, and maybe even learning about how the Mass Effect universe will have changed since the Reaper War that ended the first trilogy, especially since the game apparently takes place 600 years after the trilogy ended.
We don't really know much about the party members of the game; the only ones we've seen are Ryder, the brother/sister pair that will serve as the male or female protagonists, an unnamed asari, and what appears to be a krogan in the game's debut trailer. However, we know fairly little specifics otherwise other than what gameplay we saw at the Playstation Meeting in September.
Thankfully, barring any further delays we won't have much longer to wait. Mass Effect: Andromeda is supposed to drop sometime in spring of next year on the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC, but before then the Mass Effect: Andromeda Game Informer cover will likely be at the start of an issue to give us a lot of information about the new galaxy that we'll be dropping into and exploring throughout the game.


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PrivacyCorrector fake security program. How to get rid of PrivacyCorrector rogue.
Have you ever heard of or seen PrivacyCorrector action on your PC? Well, we hope not… Because this is nothing but a bogus security application that can do a lot of damage on a compromised computer. It presents numerous fake security warnings and fake scan results for the only malicious goal, that is to convince you that your computer is exposed to a number of virus threats and, hence, has lots of critical issues. Please know that this fake program penetrates PCs via Trojans that present some alerts that are bearing the mask of a legitimate Microsoft Security Essentials Alert. By the way, such alerts tell of Unknown Win32/Trojan that has been detected. Later on the recommendation would come up to scan your computer in order to get rid of this supposed infection.
Please be advised that this virus also presents a window that states to scan the infected files. While the fake scan procedure is running it will be told that the remedy has been obtained that can be applied in order to remove the stated infection. At the same time, if you get convinced with this malicious offer, you will be suggested to download and subsequently install PrivacyCorrector on your system and finally to restart it. Please be aware of the fact that the rogue will afterwards be configured to operate in the form of Windows Shell, this is why upon computer restart you will face PrivacyCorrector program and not your common Windows desktop. Then it will initiate PrivacyCorrector tool. However, the fact is true that if you manually shut down this tool your normal Windows desktop will be shown again.
One of the features of PrivacyCorrector is that it will prevent you from running certain desired decent programs of your choice. While this is all done you will encounter an alert stating that the software you want to initiate is trying to perform some malicious activity. Needless to say that this is nothing but a pack of lies. Later on you will notice the main PrivacyCorrector screen where it will suggest you to purchase the license of the program. While PrivacyCorrector if operating you will see many security alerts that would state that your computer has certain security problem.
Well, it is now quite understandable that all such alerts are fake and beyond any doubt should be ignored. This is why each time you see them do not be deceived by them. They are just coming up in order to frighten you and to force you into getting the program. We hope you are clever not to buy this badware. To summarize the aforesaid, we strongly urge you to seek assistance from a decent anti-virus tool. Alternatively, you may wish to carry out manual removal of files and registry entries of this rogue – following the guidelines stipulated below.
PrivacyCorrector automatic remover:
1. Download the latest version of GridinSoft Trojan Killer to clear (not infected) computer and install it.
2. Update the virus database.
3. Copy the entire folder "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" to your jump drive (memory stick). Normally it is located at the following path: (C:\Program Files\GridinSoft Trojan Killer). "C" stands for the system disk of your computer. The name of the system disk, however, can be marked with another letter.
4. Open your jump drive (memory stick). Find the folder "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" there. Open it , find the file under the name "trojankiller.exe" and rename it to "iexplore.exe".
5. Move memory stick to infected PC, open "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" folder and run iexplore.exe. Optional: copy the folder "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" from your jump drive to some other folder created on your PC and run "iexplore.exe".
PrivacyCorrector manual removal guide:
Delete PrivacyCorrector files:
Delete PrivacyCorrector registry entries:
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If you want to take admission in Punjab Group of College (PGC) so you must achieved minimum marks first division or equal to this in Matric. In this college both male and female can take admission or eligible for taking admission as well Punjab group of college also inviting to those students who has achieved good marks 80% in F.Sc so from college free education and scholarship will be also awarded to those students and in FA, ICS, I.Com if students obtained 70 Percent or equal to this So From Punjab group of College free education and education insurance will be provided to those outstanding students.
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Aircraft Technical Publishers based in Chicago has been acquired by ParkerGale, a private equity firm, naming Charles Picasso as CEO in the process.
ATP will use a cloud-based software system to offer customizable services to customers.
Soon after taking the helm, Picasso also was named as a board member of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, an international trade association representing more than 90 of the world's leading aviation manufacturers and providers of related components and services.
Picasso has decades of experience successfully growing companies focused on delivering mission-critical information and services ranging from enterprise software to business and information technology services. As chairman of the board of Narus—a provider of real-time network traffic and analytics software—he led a strategic realignment that resulted in the company being acquired by Boeing Network and Space Systems as a subsidiary.
"I'm looking forward to working with our partners and clients, who can expect to receive the same level of service excellence from ATP, as well as look forward to exciting new developments on the horizon," said Picasso. "It's an honor to take the helm of an organization with such an esteemed history in the industry and lead ATP into a new era of growth."


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I'm Aaron.
I'm a writer, actor, and singer originally from Coral Springs, Florida. I now call New York City home. I got my B.A. in Theatre, with a certificate in Musical Theatre, from Northwestern University, and I'm a lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. In 2014, The Travels, my epic play with songs by Kelly Hoppenjans (music) and me (lyrics), played a sold-out run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. I'm currently an M.F.A. candidate in Playwriting at Indiana University, where I study under Peter Gil-Sheridan.
I'm represented by Ben Izzo in the Literary Division of Abrams Artists Agency.
I have news.
briars lit published my poem, "Sonnet no. Diner"
briars lit published my poem "Sonnet no. Diner" in their first volume, which went live today! Click here to check out my work and the work of other great writers in this new anthology of queer work.
Nice Nails premieres at Indiana University
My new play Nice Nails runs from March 30th-April 7th at Indiana University as part of their At First Sight New Play Festival, directed by Jonathan Michaelsen.
Check out press for the show:
Resting Bitch Face selected as runner-up in Tennessee Williams Festival One-Act contest
My play Resting Bitch Face was selected by judge Lisa D'Amour (Detroit, Airline Highway) as the runner-up in the 2017-2018 Tennessee Williams Festival One-Act Play Contest.
I'm in Brett Ryback's Joe Schmoe Saves the World
I'm playing Lyon in a developmental production of Brett Ryback's new musical Joe Schmoe Saves The World, directed by Christian Barillas.
My musical theatre songs performed in concert
Call Me Crazy: the lyrics of Aaron Ricciardi, a concert of musical theatre songs with lyrics by me and music by Kelly Hoppenjans, Ayumi Okada, and Daniel Rein, was presented at The Blockhouse in Bloomington, Indiana. Check out these videos!
HuffPost publishes my thoughts on the 2016 election
"Donald Trump Won Because He's a Rock Star" is my elegy for the Clinton campaign, covering topics ranging from star power to gender to Back to the Future.
My song "I Met a Guy" featured in BMI Workshop Smoker
"I Met a Guy," a song with lyrics by me and music by Daniel Rein, was featured in the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Smoker, a showcase of new songs from workshop writers. Click here to read a press release about the event, and check out this video of the performance.
I'm a writer.
Nice Nails
As word spreads of labor department crackdowns, a Korean-American woman fights to modernize her parents' tired nail salon, all while growing captivated by a new customer.
Can I See Your Face?
By day, Jeff and Kirk lead humdrum lives like the rest of us, but, at night, these two closeted men rendezvous in a gay sex chat room and project their fantasies onto each other.
Resting Bitch Face
While studying for a history test on World War II, three 10th-grade girls warn their friend about the dangers her RBF poses to her social standing.
Full of It, or Diana
Diana is the worst. Or is she actually a pretty decent person with a strong moral compass and the rest of us are assholes?
The Haven, a pilot
half-hour, single-camera
A dry ensemble comedy-drama that centers on a seedy family-owned rent-by-the-hour motel. Inspired by my family.
Published on the Huffington Post:
"Donald Trump Won Because He's a Rock Star"
"Homophobia: Live on Broadway"
"Let's Stop Pretending That Destructive Nonsense Deserves Airtime"
"Fighting Bigots with Bigotry: A Fool's Defense Mechanism"
"The Gravity of the Situation"
"Moving Too Fast for Our Hearts to Keep Up"
Musical Theatre
The Travels
The U.S. of A. is the greatest country on Earth — at least, that's what they preach every day on the nation's only TV show. This dystopian tale has proven eerily prophetic in the age of Trump.
The Cousin with the Eyebrows
12-year-old Sol's life turns from dismal to spectacular when Seth, his 25-year-old gay cousin who lives in New York City, comes to visit for Yom Kippur.
1979, New York City. A privileged, well-bred young woman goes off in search of adventure in the world of disco, where she finds her new obsession: a fabulous trans woman.
I'm a performer.
I'm a talker.
Talk to me directly:
Talk to me through my agent:
Ben Izzo, Literary Division
275 7th Ave, 26th Floor, NY, NY, 10001
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Throwback Thursday: The Noughties
Boy did the noughties start with a bang! The Millennium Bug threatened to turn all technology against us, Lance Armstrong was disqualified form the Tour de France for doping and we cried as Wilson bobbed away into the open sea in Cast Away – drama, drama, drama.
Despite all the commotion the music made everything seem like plain sailing as Rihanna sheltered us all with her umbrella. This week we're taking a step back in time to the '00s, buckle up and enjoy #TBT.


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ST. LOUIS (CBS.MW) -- WorldPages.com announced Friday the appointments of Sunny P. Smith as vice president and chief technology officer, and John E. Smith as vice president of operations.
The publisher of Yellow Pages directories (WPZ) stated that Sunny Smith previously was president and founder of Wichita-based ASP ParaCom Technologies LLC. John Smith previously held senior management positions for technical services and international operations at InterVoice-Brite Voice Systems (BVSI), and before that, at Southwestern Bell Telephone (DSW) in Wichita.


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Discussion in 'Managing Your Flock' started by barney, Jun 12, 2008.
What should I do?
Get them some fertile eggs and hatch out some chicks?
Do you want them to hatch out eggs?
If not then the only thing that I've heard that seems to work (no personal experience here) is to put a broody in a wire dog cage with no bedding; only food and water.
After a few days or a week or so she should snap out of it. However, I know that Silkies are tenacious broodies so I don't know if it would work for them.
Thanks for your input! I wonder if she would sit on my goose's egg? That would look so funny!


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As a regional city Warrnambool serves a large area and aged care is an increasingly significant service industry in the city.
Warrnambool & District Baptist Church conducts regular services at Lyndoch and Gillin Park for residents unable to attend regular worship services at our or other evangelical denominations.
Members of the congregation also visit each facility on a regular basis for pastoral care.


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1. Boolean Variable
(And Field that we want dynamically let it be of TEXT variable for this Example .) like below
I need to implement like when i click boolean button to true (check box) then only a text field should appear like below.
INCLUDE to DATASET to YES.....
Now SET the Visibility of Text variable to Boolean Variable . Like Below ...
Now Save the report and Run......................................................................................
So there are two process for achieving it
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Free Christmas party invitations are the perfect Christmas party invite. You can't beat a scenario where all of the Christmas party invitation wording is already figured out. After all, it's Christmastime and you have sooooo many things to do.
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When the clock strikes midnight on the 1st of January 2018, where will you be? If you're a smart cookie, and we know you are, you'll be on Chapel Street. If you need a little push in the right direction, here are a few of the biggest party spots for new years eve in Melbourne. Now, here's to starting 2018 with a BANG.
The Emerson will be counting down the 50 biggest tunes of 2017 and welcoming 2018 with "The Classics" by John Course. Plus, Emerson NYE Exclusive DJ, Jono Haze, Paul CLRK.
Book a ticket for complimentary house spirits, beer, wine, sparkling and soft drinks from 8pm – 11pm. Or if you're feeling fancy, book a booth with table service and start the new year like the baller that you are (or at least pretend to be).
143-145 Commercial Road, South Yarra
If you're feeling a little festive, the Prahran Hotel White Party might be up your alley. Start the new year feeling festive with a 5 hour beverage package from 7pm until 12am. Beer, wine & house spirits are all available, plus there'll be roaming finger food to keep you going.
DJs on all levels will keep the party going & at just $100 a person all inclusive, you can start your 'save money' NY resolution early.
82 High Street, Prahran
If the thought of raging into the new year isn't for you, this is the perfect solution. The Smith is hosting a sit down dinner party with a 7-plate menu. Once dinner is over and done with, the DJ will kick off for those wanting to boogie into the night. Oh, and did we mention there'll be champagne specials throughout the night? Make sure you book early to avoid missing out.
213-219 High Street, Prahran
10, 9, 8, 7, 6 … Oh wait … too early! End the year with the biggest Gossip session yet with Love Machine's Secret Admirer's Masquerade. Glam up, mask up and let's drink away 2017 and countdown the start of a fabulously colourful year ahead. Oh, and don't forget to book yourself a drinks package in advance.
If you're not a Love Machine regular, we suggest you do a little Instagram looksie before jumping right in… We love the place, but it might not be your cup of tea, if you get what we mean.
228a Malvern Road, Prahran
With an event name like 'Disco of the Decades' you know there's going to be something here for everyone! Think feel good, party tunes from the 80s, 90s, 00s and what's hot right now. Just 20 bucks at the door will get you entry and a complimentary house wine or schooner of Hawthorn Pale Ale #bargain.
22 Chapel Street, South Yarra
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I am FINALLY starting to feel better. I got a stomach bug and a really bad cold thing (both with fevers) back to back and spent over a week feeling miserable and a lot of time in bed. I finally felt good enough to do a mani, and I have to say sorry because I was lazy and didn't clean up my photo area so you are getting some photos I took with my iphone. Now that I'm feeling better I'll be cleaning up my office so by my next mani, I can have some *real* photos for you. Enough rambling about that....onto the post.
I am really starting to realize how much I love green nail polish. Lately, it seems that's all I keep grabbing and putting on my nails. But with St. Patrick's Day coming up, I thought using some green would be appropriate. I have another mani in mind already too. I thought the gold glitter would look good with the darker green, but now I wish I had put it on the lighter green because I think it would have had more of a contrast. I LOVE the shade of the darker green and it had a pretty nice formula. It's a little crelly like, but it built nicely. The lighter green though is a little streaky and takes a little bit of effort to even it out. For my glitter placement I pulled out gold glitter from a mix with holographic glitter, so some of the gold has those glitters stuck to it too. It was nice using big glitters because it was easy to place and didn't take a lot of time (but I still had to do some glitter fishing!). I think this is a nice, clean, mani.
SinfulColors Exotic Green (darker)
SinfulColors Pistache (lighter)
OPI When Monkeys Fly! (glitter)
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
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Good Saturday Mornin' Yall,
First of all before I do my weather report, I would like to "THANK" each and everyone of you for the kind and encouraging comments that was left on my post yesterday. It means alot to me that I have such wonderful friends here in blogland. So, this "THANK YOU" above is for each and everyone of my readers. Please feel free to take it and put it on your blog. It appears that I still have Internet for right now. I don't know for how long tho, but as long as I do have it, I will do my daily blogging. I was really surprised that they didn't cut it off yesterday, but it could happen on Monday. Again, "THANK YOU" each and everyone for all the comments you left for me. I so appreciate it more than you will ever know.
It is a chilly morning today. It is currently 28 degrees with no windchill. It is suppose to get up into the 50's today. I only saw the local weather report at 5:00p.m. yesterday afternoon. I think we may have another chance of rain later tonight or on Sunday. They have taken the Snow Showers out for tomorrow. I knew it was too good to be true. Oh well, I'll take what we get tho. GOD knows our weather and what we need or don't need.
We have a busy day today. Our oldest daughter has a Basketball game this morning here in town. We are also having the Pee-Wee Homecoming as well. The girls had practice yesterday afternoon at the Gym on how to walk out and all that good stuff. The kids voted yesterday at School for Queen. The winner will be announced today at the Homecoming. We are all looking forward to this because this is the first ever Pee-Wee Homecoming that the School has had. We hope to continue with it and make it an annual event. Our oldest daughter also has another Basketball game here later this afternoon as well. Their Tournament is suppose to be starting next week, but I'm not sure what night they will be playing yet. They have to finish up the games today before all that can be scheduled.
My DH made it home Thursday night around 10:00p.m. We were all glad to see him. They have to leave out tonight around Midnight going on their Dedicated Run. Hopefully they will be back home sometime next Friday if the weather co-operates with them and doesn't hold them up any. After I took the girls to school yesterday morning, I came back home and me and DH went out of town to tend to some business and then came back home. For supper last night I fixed Cheeseburger flavored Hamburger Helper and heated up some rolls I had. It sure was good. We all love the Cheeseburger flavored Hamburger Helper. I made a double batch because we all love it so much. There is even a little left over for tonight. I went to bed a little after 8:00p.m. last night because I was so tired and had a bad Migraine headache. I guess all the worry and stress had caught up with me. I feel a little better this morning tho. I had set my alarm to go off at 6:00a.m. this morning and I got up and so did DH and we are having our coffee now. He will have to come home after all the Homecoming Activities today and go back to bed and get some more sleep since he will be driving all night. Please continue to lift my DH up in your prayers for him to adjust to the change in sleeping and driving habits. I will so appreciate it very much.
Well, guess I'll go for now. I have to start getting the girls up here in a bit and eat breakfast. I'm sorry I didn't get around to visiting everyone yesterday, but after I posted I was still so upset that I just didn't have the courage to visit. If I'm still online tonight, I will try and visit everyone. If not, just know that I'm thinking of each and everyone of you and will be missing you all. Take care my friends and have a great Saturday. May God Bless Each and Everyone of you.
23 comments:
- Lib said...
Hi Miz. Karen,
So glad you were able to post.
I hope you feel better soon.Stress is WICKED!
I hope ya'll have a good day. :o)
Please know my Love,THoughts, and prayers are with you and your Family.
- January 12, 2008 at 9:07 AM
- Hope said...
Hi Karen,
Yes it's still morning and I'm here! Where's the coffee?? I see Lib has already been here. We are still praying that everything will work out for you. I know it's tough.
I'm glad your hubby made it home for a while. Sounds like ya'll have a busy day ahead of you with the girls.
Stay in touch when you can and know that we're all here for you and we love you here's a big old hug for you. (((((Karen)))))))
- January 12, 2008 at 9:16 AM
- PEA said...
Good morning dear Karen,
We're going to have to call ourselves the Blogaholics Coffee Club! lol I'm so sorry I didn't visit yesterday but I didn't have time for the computer all day...I've started a project that will take up a lot of my time. I'm going to totally redo my computer room...have to go buy the paint this weekend and choose new flooring as well. I'm already asking myself "what the heck am I getting into"! lol
Loved your red carpet ensemble...you looked gorgeous:-) Congratulations on the well deserving awards...that weather one made me smile! hehe Our very own weather girl:-)
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that you'll have to be offline for a while until you can pay the cable bill...going to miss you like crazy:-( You've become such a part of my life and it just won't be the same without you. Hopefully it won't be for too long!!! I hope your headache is now completely gone...I so dislike those stress related migraines. Giving you a gentle hug!!
It snowed all day here yesterday so we have a nice fresh blanket of snow covering up all the dirty snow that had been left from the thaw. Now the temperature is more normal for this time of year.
Good luck to your daughter with her basketball game this morning and how fun that Pee-Wee Homecoming will be as well!! Fingers crossed that your daughter wins as Queen!!
My prayers continue for your hubby's safety on the road. Take care my friend and keep that coffee pot going:-) Love to you! xoxox
- January 12, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Jackie said...
Glad to see you this morning. I would miss your daily weather report.
Holding you and your family in my prayers that you receive all that you need and are kept safe.
- January 12, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- dabrah said...
Hi Karen
Glad you're still in blogland and were able to post this morning. Maybe they'll forget to cut you off! That would be good, wouldn't it?
- January 12, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- BittersweetPunkin said...
Hi Karen...glad to see you today...I will hold your family in my prayers...don't worry about visiting ME...there's not much goin' on at my place!
- January 12, 2008 at 1:07 PM
- Betty said...
Hi sweet Karen,
You did go to bed early last night, didn't you? But you get up so early. I could never get up as early as you do. I would be sound asleep by eight every night.
I hope you are feeling better today and that your headache is gone.
Try not to worry. I know that's easier said than done, but things will work out for your good. Wait and see. Your DH has a new job, and I pray that soon all your financial trouble will be a thing of the past.
- January 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Joyce said...
Hi Karen,
So glad you are still online. I think God will work all of the money problems out because He know you will be very thankful for it. I hope you will take some pictures to share of the Home Comming. Take care and get some more rest.
Love and Hugs,
- January 12, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- Talk..to..Grams said...
I hope your headache is gone by now! So glad you got to post today!! Just love reading what goes on down there in your part of the country!! Praying all goes good for you all!! Will pray for DH too and his Uncle that they will safe! Love and Hugs, Grams
- January 12, 2008 at 1:45 PM
- Tammy said...
We'll take any little bit.
Don't ever be afraid to come to any of us. Like has been said, we've all been there at one time or another.
I hope you are having a better day!
- January 12, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- Hootin' Anni said...
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww, migranes, nasty!!!!
I was really delightfully surprised to see you visit me today. I had to smile when I saw that you had dropped by. You know how much you're going to be missed, y'know!!!
As I type, my computer weatherbug shows it's 74 degrees! Oh how I love this time of year. It's always just nearly perfect 'cause the humidity is dropping from now until about May.
You are all continuing to be in my thoughts and good luck to the B B players!!!
I'm rooting for'ya!!! 2 bits 4 bits 6 bits a dollar. All for Karen's girls-----stand up and holler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- January 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM
- Diane J. said...
Hi, Karen. It's afternoon, but I'm drinking the last of my coffee until I make another pot. Does it still count? ;o)
A full day today, hmm? Good luck to both your girls, with the homecoming and the game. Pictures, please!
As soon as I post this comment I've got to go dig in the freezer and make some supper/Sunday Dinner decisions. Not sure yet about either one.
Hope your internet stays on. Maybe they'll cut you some slack.
Have a good weekend if you can.
Love and hugs,
- January 12, 2008 at 2:24 PM
- Nan said...
Boy, I'm glad you're still on line. Hope the game was fun. I haven't been on too much the last couple of days. I was so tired. I slept in this morning. I just finished running around the neighborhood passing out our ladies night invitations. We gather once a month in the winter. This month is a magazine swap. God know I have enough of those. LOL
- January 12, 2008 at 3:16 PM
I will pray too for your DH. I hope your migraine has settled now. I also hope that you sort out your money difficulties. I'll be praying about that too.
Lots of hugs.
- January 12, 2008 at 3:42 PM
- Talk..to..Grams said...
I was just over at Mary's and I see you are still on line so I came over to say Hi!! I am more of a night owl then an early bird! I know you are an early bird up and out and about while I am sawing logs! zzzzzzz
Praying all the sutff works out for you Dear Karen!! Love and Hugs, Grams
- January 12, 2008 at 8:44 PM
- Nonna said...
Just wanted to hop over for a visit. I found you thru Renie's blog.
You have a very nice blog.
Have a blessed weekend!
- January 12, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Mississippi Songbird said...
My prayers are with you. I hope you have a wonderful weekend..
- January 12, 2008 at 9:57 PM
- Denise said...
Hey girl,,,,,,,,, Your life is so busy and I pray for the safety of your DH..... It must be so hard having him gone so much....... Lets just believe that the internet company will forget you and you will just keep on blogging...... We worked on the rent house all day and then had to stop and clean up and go fetch Mom...... she is home and better but more test next week........ bless her heart she has been through it the past 8 months.... Hard on her..... her mind is not as sharp as it was..... Our little bodies at 88 are just too fragile for all those test...... anyway... I think she will be just fine and I do appreciate your prayers.........
- January 12, 2008 at 10:41 PM
- Mommy Cracked said...
Just stopping in to offer hugs and prayers. I can't wait to hear about the Pee Wee Homecoming!
- January 13, 2008 at 12:55 AM
- Angela said...
Good Morning Karen...I am so glad that you stopped by for a visit. Your sweet comments mean a lot to me. Just remember that you are in my thoughts and prayers. Come here and let me give you a BIG (((HUG)))) my dear sweet Karen.
May your weekend be filled with lots of love, good health and laughter!
- January 13, 2008 at 4:16 AM
- Renie Burghardt said...
Morning, Karen,
Just popped over to tell you to have a Blessed Sunday! Prayers that all will work out for you, and you'll still be around this coming week. I would sure miss our morning coffee.
Blessings and Love,
- January 13, 2008 at 4:56 AM
- bj said...
Prayers to you and your entire family, Karen friend. Hang in there and keep your sweet spirit!
hugs, bj
- January 13, 2008 at 6:08 AM
- Denise said...
Be blessed dear one.
- January 13, 2008 at 5:44 PM


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Ford's rumoured successor to the famous GT40 and GT performance heroes may be a reality, if a leaked motor show diagram is to be believed.
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A central stage containing what would likely be a feature car for the display can be seen, with the designated model (or more likely, concept) called "Phoenix".
Phoenix - whatever it may be - is flanked by both a GT40 and a GT, strongly suggesting that a new GT model of some description is about to be previewed or unveiled.
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Those rumours were strengthened last year when reports emerged suggesting Ford would revive the GT in time for a 2016 debut - or 50 years since the GT40's first Le Mans victory.
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School administrators are trying to keep up with changing technology as students figure out new ways to cheat on homework, quizzes and even exams.
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Bridging Cultures
SUMMARY: Matt Fracasso, '17, Develops Intercultural Understanding Through Study Abroad Experiences
As a contracted officer candidate for the U.S. Air Force, Matt Fracasso, '17, strives to boost his understanding of other languages and cultures in preparation for a military career. He believes doing so will strengthen his leadership skills and position him to better serve his country. This past summer, the senior finance major spent two months in Tanzania, studying histories and cultures of Tanzania, human-environment interactions, and Swahili (considered a "critical language" by the U.S. government). He also completed service projects in the Zanzibar islands and an internship in northern Tanzania.
"As I prepare for my career in the military, I think cultural sensitivity is important," says Fracasso, who also completed a study abroad course in Scotland, and another study abroad program focused on international business throughout Europe. "I may end up working in this area or another developing region, and this experience will prepare me to better understand their circumstances and know how to approach various situations. It's a strong foundation for understanding how to work with people in other countries."
The trip, which included 20 other students from JMU and other universities throughout the U.S., was led by Jennifer Coffman, associate executive director of JMU's Office of International Programs and associate professor in the Department of Integrated Science and Technology, and Bayo Ogundipe, associate professor of engineering. Fracasso's own participation in this 12-credit-hour travel-study program was funded through a scholarship from JMU's Project GO, a partnership between the University's Office of International Programs and the Institute of International Education. Project GO (Global Officer) is open to Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) students across the country.
In Tanzania, Fracasso did internships with non-governmental organizations, working on projects to boost female empowerment, build and repair clean water retrieval systems, design local waste management solutions and support Internet access and training.
"I learned a lot more about foreign aid and economic development in so-called third-world nations, and the challenges of making sure this aid meets the needs of the people," says Fracasso, a member of the CoB's Student Advisory Council and president of JMU's chapter of Delta Sigma Pi. "A country like Tanzania faces multiple challenges linked to the ways it has been integrated into the global economy, particularly since the colonial era. International aid has had some major pros and cons in Tanzania."
Fracasso's travels throughout the country allowed him to learn more about this from a wide variety of perspectives. "But I think the more we were there and the more I got familiar with people and their cultures, the more at home I felt. It was a beautiful place, and it was fun to learn to speak to people in Swahili." Swahili is a unifying language in Tanzania, since there are over 120 languages spoken in the country.
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"I would like to assist in the financial planning of current and future military personnel to ensure positive transitions into civilian lives," Fracasso says. "I want to use my finance degree to assist military personnel with using the GI Bill to pay for college, managing their private savings and securing financial security for retirement. My goal is for every military personnel to be financially stable and prepared for retirement."
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Erik Storm is a tour group guide at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. While he was conducting a tour, he placed his GoPro down and the camera was swallowed up by a lava flow.
His first thought was the camera was toast but GoPro claims that their cameras are indestructible. So now to put their claim to the test. The camera was chiseled out of the cooled lava flow.
Once he got home, he chiseled off the remaining lava rock off the camera and he discovered that the wifi light was still flashing. He was able to download the video captured when the lava flow swallowed the camera.
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Here are the pieces laying out flat. Enjoy this photo. Look at the details. And then pretend it looks as nice here:
This morning I put the banner up and took the photo all over the place - on the front porch, the back porch, the living room wall, the entryway, and the kitchen. Fail everywhere. This is the best I got for ya! So please, go back to the top photo and take it all in. Did you make a banner?