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Retirement treating writer Hale just fine
WINEDALE - Leon Hale, as legions of readers know, is the most congenial of men - congenial with others and comfortable with himself. That's why I was a little bit surprised on a beautiful Sunday morning this week to hear him grumble about two things that have been pretty basic to his 94 years on this earth.
I dropped by the Hales' comfortable country home for a couple of reasons - one, Leon has a newly published collection of Christmas stories, "One Man's Christmas," and I wanted to mention the book in time for Houston-area book signings; and two, he and I had never met, despite having known of each other for years. Since we do similar things, I wanted to spend some time with a writer whose work I've long enjoyed.
The Hales, Leon and Babette, were gracious hosts, although I felt a bit like I was intruding. They had just gotten home from Eastland, near Abilene, where they had attended the funeral of Leon's older sister, Ima Ruth Taylor. She was 97, and Leon recalled that for many years she played the calliope in Eastland's homecoming parades. I knew about Eastland's legendary long-lived horned toad, Ol' Rip, but I didn't know the town had a calliope (sort of a circus-style steam organ) - or that Leon Hale's sister played it.
What's in a name?
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Leon Hale book signings
Saturday - Barnes and Noble, Champions, 4 p.m., 5303 FM 1960 West.
Sunday - Becker's Books, 3 p.m., 7405 Westview Dr. (food and drink will be served).
Sitting on the back porch while a cardinal flitted through the limbs of a big cedar tree and a squirrel leaned in and drank from a pool, I noticed that Babette calls her husband Hale. I asked her why.
"He doesn't like his name," she said.
"Used to on TV dramas," Leon grumbled, "if you wanted a sorry-ass guy, you always named him Leon."
But that's not his main problem with Leon ("lion" in the original Greek). "Everybody mispronounces it," he said.
I plead guilty. I just assumed it was LEon, emphasis on the first syllable, but actually it's leON, emphasis on the second. LeON Hale, I'm guessing, has given up expecting folks to get it right.
It could have been worse. In fact, it was worse. Leon's given name at birth, after a Stephenville music teacher his parents loved, was Carol. "That name cursed me," he said. "All the time I was in the Army, I had to sign my payroll form 'Carol L. Hale.'" After his discharge, he legally dispensed with his burdensome first name, becoming just Leon.
Grumbling comes hard to Leon any time, but particularly when he's having coffee on a sunny Sunday morning on the back porch. The original part of the house dates probably to the 1850s; the Hales bought it from a Houston family in the late 1980s. The porch looks out over a grassy backyard bounded by a wire fence, a small swimming pool in a corner of the yard and, beyond the fence, a stand of trees: cedar, live oaks, post oaks and a tall red oak festooned this time of year with brilliant orange leaves. The Hale spread is about 10 acres, and despite the influx of Austin-Houston newcomers to the Winedale-Round Top area, no other houses are within view.
A wet-weather stream Leon calls Kiowa Creek runs beyond the line of trees. "There's a lot of wildlife that goes up and down this creek," he said.
Lately, they've spotted a bobcat just outside the yard. Babette and Rosie, their 3-year-old lab, were out walking a couple of weeks ago when they heard thrashing in the tall grass and a blood-curdling scream. The cat probably had found a rabbit. Rosie bounded after whatever it was, but for once she obeyed Babette's sharp command to come back. "That made me nervous," she said.
Other dislikes
Unlike many of their neighbors who run a few head of cattle, the Hales don't have any other animals. "I don't want anything to do with a cow," Leon said. "I had to milk cows all the time I was growing up."
He was more expansive in a memorable Houston Post column about the cow his family kept in the backyard: "Never in all my growing-up time did I go to a party or have a date or attend a football game that I didn't have to milk a condemned cow before I left and get up early the next morning and do it again. At a time when I needed the worst way to impress the girls with how sophisticated I was, I was forever being seen leading a milk cow down a city street in search of a vacant lot, where she could be staked out to graze on Johnson grass."
We talked for a while on the back porch - but not about cows - and then got up and strolled through the living room, one whole wall stacked with books, to the enclosed front porch that's Leon's office. He sat down at his computer so I could take his picture, and that's where I learned about his second dislike (or maybe third, if you count his bovine disdain).
"I've enjoyed tremendously not writing," the author of 11 books and countless columns said. "I've never been all that crazy about the writing process. It's drudgery."
Just to reassure Leon's fans, I should quickly say he's still at the computer, still writing. ("The fact is you can't stop writing if you're a writer," he told my colleague Claudia Feldman not long ago.) But now that he's no longer crafting a regular column after 60 years - he retired in March 2014 - he's no longer slave to a deadline. He's still connecting with his readers, and that's what he's always loved - that, and never going in to an office. "The last time I went to an office was in 1956," he said.
"He's in there reading and writing all day," Babette said. She's a writer, too; her office is in a downstairs bedroom.
"I'm really reading dirty paperbacks," Leon told her. (He was joking, dear reader.)
Future projects
He and Babette, who has published a number of short stories and essays and who's working on a novel, are writing a screenplay together, based on Leon's Christmas story, "Miracles out of a '22 Chevy."
"I don't know anything about screenplays," he said, "but I know dialogue."
"He has a great ear for it, and memory," Babette said.
He's also working on a stage play, blogging on Facebook and keeping a journal. "I can look out these windows and write about what I see. Or what I saw 50 years ago," he said. "It's tremendously entertaining."
Headed back toward Winedale on the gravel road Leon sees when he looks out the window, I was thinking about his work - and his life. For maybe a quarter of a mile, the road passes through columns of trees, like tall sentinels, and is as nice as any stretch of road in this part of the state. In my writerly mode, I could see it as a metaphor for the retirement stretch of Leon's life.
There are bumps along the road, specifically two knees that have given out after years of jogging and, more serious, a heart condition that robs him of his stamina. But this good and gentle man, it seems to me, takes it as it comes. After a long and still-productive life, he would be the first to tell you that he's really quite contented. As long as Winedale-area cows keep to themselves, that is.


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Cards made for a good cause and often upcycled to respect and care for the environment.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Pastel Hearts
This card was made on hand made paper from India including the pink and the mauve layers. The heart stickers are 3D stickers I bought from the UK. Sadly I have run out of them.
The pop up paint is acrylic pop up fabric paint from India called Fevicryl. I love using it... haven't found anything like it so far.
One of my daughters friends bought it for USD 2/. The profits went to charity.
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Hi Monica, thanks for you kind comments on my blog!! You will get there in good time. I am happy to be your follower - I love your creations - beautiful, clean lines and effective. Have a great week!!
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Amanda, thanks so much for your motivation... it means a lot to me. You have a great week too. And please do stay in touch - I love to hear from you.
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In a new report titled 'Transitioning to hydrogen', experts from a cross-professional engineering institution (PEI) working group, including the IET, have assessed the engineering risks and uncertainties and concluded there is no reason why repurposing the gas network to hydrogen cannot be achieved. But there are several engineering risks and uncertainties which need to be addressed.
What are those engineering risks and uncertainties?
Hydrogen experience is limited to industrial applications only and there are no examples of networks anywhere in the world supplying 100% hydrogen to homes and business. To make a significant contribution to meeting the UK's 2050 GHG (greenhouse gas) target, large-scale deployment to homes and businesses would need to be implemented over the next 30 years. This is ambitious and so any decision to proceed will need to be sufficiently compelling to compensate for the lack of experience and comparatively short timescale. The report identifies 15 core questions that need to be addressed before large-scale deployment can be achieved.
Why hydrogen for heating?
Although natural gas has helped reduce the UK's CO2 emissions by displacing coal and oil (which produce around twice as much CO2), it has now become the largest source of carbon emissions in the UK:
- 40% of electricity generation is from gas
- 85% of homes are heated by gas
- 50% of the energy used for industry and businesses is from gas
When combusted, hydrogen produces no CO2 and so it offers the prospect of a low-carbon alternative to natural gas. Repurposing the existing gas network to pure hydrogen could contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of the UK and reducing the current dependency on natural gas.
Other factors that make hydrogen a strong alternative to natural gas include:
- Hydrogen allows much of our existing gas infrastructure to be used
Most of the local "iron mains" gas network will have been replaced with polyethylene pipe by 2030, which can be used with hydrogen. This means most of the necessary street works would have already been done.
- Hydrogen can be used by industry, businesses and homes
Existing gas boilers in the home will need to be replaced but this can be facilitated by future sales of "hydrogen-ready" gas boilers, which can be readily converted to hydrogen. Many industrial applications should be able to convert from gas to hydrogen, although others may require blending with biomethane, for example.
- Hydrogen can be produced in large volumes
Production from gas reforming has been used by industry for years, but a by-product is CO2, which needs to be captured and stored. Modern reforming technology can have high CO2 capture, but experience is limited. Hydrogen can also be produced from electrolysis but the power would need to come from renewable energy sources, which is likely to be higher cost.
- Hydrogen compares well with other low-carbon heat technologies
The diagram compares the primary heating technologies suitable for large-scale retrofit deployment against several criteria. While the comparison is subjective and generalised, it is not meant to indicate that one form of heat technology is "better" than another but to illustrate the different features and to highlight the potential benefits of hydrogen. A full explanation can be found in the report.
Key conclusions
The report's recommendations are that we:
- Progress CCuS infrastructure – CCuS (carbon capture, utilisation and storage) infrastructure is essential to the bulk production of hydrogen.
- Deploy critical new technology – New technologies will need to be deployed for which there is limited experience. "Learning by doing" is essential to ensuring robust cost and performance data.
- Prepare a transition programme – This needs to include sufficient detail to ensure the identification of critical path items and their associated uncertainties. Assumptions will need to be underpinned by evidence and where evidence is not available, it will need to be sought.
- Develop skills and plan resources – Transitioning to hydrogen will require a broad range of skills and resources. Mobilising these resources will necessitate the commitment from many parties.
- Fund the programme – The transition programme will require substantial investment over many years. A stable funding regime needs to be assured, underpinned by central and local government policy in conjunction with Ofgem and other regulatory parties.
See below for the full 'Transitioning to hydrogen' report and supporting two-page summary.


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The aims of the Design and Technology Department at Key Stage 3 are:
At Key Stage 3 we will study:-
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The study of Design and Technology will allow students to develop their:
Key Stage 3 Assessment
Student progress is monitored by teacher, peer and self-assessment. Achievements will be highlighted and improvement steps given. Students will continually be encouraged and guided to achieving their target end of key stage attainment level. Students will be assessed through final pieces at points of data entry.
Home Learning
How parents/guardians can help to support their son's/daughter's learning:
If you have any queries, please contact Miss Smith email@example.com or Miss Ward email@example.com
Engineering design is an OCR Cambridge National which follows the process used to identify market opportunities and solve problems which contribute to the development of new products and systems.
This course is aimed at learners who wish to study the processes involved in designing new products and the requirements of a design specification. Through research and practical activities, learners will understand how market requirements and opportunities inform client briefs and will use practical skills such as drawing, computer modelling and model making to communicate design ideas.
The Cambridge Nationals in Engineering Design encourage learners to communicate with a client to develop a viable and innovative product. Learners will apply skills to produce a prototype in the form of a model and test design ideas to inform further product development. Through reflection learners evaluate the prototype, making a comparable outcome against specification points, and assess possible, practical solutions and improvements to their prototype design.
The course is broken down as follows:
25%- 1 Hour Written exam (60 marks)
75%- Coursework assignments (3 assignments)
Exam- Unit R105: Design briefs, design specifications and user requirements – 25%
Unit R106: Product analysis and research- 25%
In this unit you will carry out effective product analysis. You will research existing solutions and assess the development of engineered products. You will consider what makes a good product sell by analysing existing solutions.
Unit R107: Developing and presenting engineering designs – 25%
In this unit you will develop techniques to generate, communicate and develop ideas using hand rendering and computer-based presentation techniques including computer aided design software. You will gain skills in annotation and labelling techniques, such as showing key features, functions, dimensions, materials, construction/manufacture methods.
Unit R108: 3D design realisation
In this unit you will apply practical skills to produce a prototype product in the form of a model and test design ideas in a practical context, to inform further development. You will then evaluate the prototype making a comparison of the outcome against the product specification and evaluate potential improvements in design such as features, function, materials, aesthetics and ergonomics and make suggestions on improvements to the final product.
Grades Awarded
Level 2- Pass, Merit, Distinction or Distinction*
Level 1- Pass, Merit or Distinction
(Level 2 Merit equates to a GCSE grade 5)
Sketching skills
-Presentation and portfolio work
-You will develop a range of computer skills in order to produce both 2D and 3D designs
-Learning through project work will help you to be organised and manage time and deadlines successfully
-You will work with various modelling materials to produce final outcome pieces
-Skills in exploring existing products and the way in which they are made.
You will need to be able to undertake tasks (such as researching) on your own and be able to plan your work so that you can meet deadlines.
You will also be expected to catch up work during after school sessions where necessary.


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Knowcleus (sounds similar to nucleus, but with a "no" instead of a "nu") is a standardized test prep company with a focus on results/performance based tutoring. We charge $15/hr + $X/point. For example, if you worked 50 hours with a tutor and your SAT score increased 300 points, you would pay $15/hr * 50hrs + $7/point * 300points = $2,850. It sounds expensive, but that's okay because now we're going to Georgia Tech, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, etc.!
The initial focus to hold intense weekend test prep classes for the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, and LSAT. These weekend courses (Saturday and Sunday from 9am - 6pm) will serve 3 purposes:
1. Generate cash,
2. As a primer (content review and some questions), and
3. As a feeder into results based private tutoring.
Initially I will be teaching most of the classes because that is my expertise. I have other tutors to pass the clients along to for results based tutoring. Down the road, I will have additional teachers. I also plan to get into the online realm of tutoring in the next year via services such as Webex.
I need a logo for Knowcleus. I would prefer the logo to just be Knowcleus, not Knowcleus Education. Since Knowcleus doesn't say anything about what we do, I think it might be a good idea to somehow indicate that we provide test prep / educational services (pencil, books, success, happiness, school, college, etc.), but at the same time something different and unique. I'm always a fan of creative and off the wall designs too! I also need business cards and some basic stationary. Stationary is the least important. The logo will be used on business cards, flyers (posted around town), website, brochures, and stationary.
Our target audience is high school parents (upper middle classish) for our precollege services (SAT and ACT) and college students as well as recent college grads (GMAT, GRE, MCAT, and LSAT). I want customers to see me a unique because I'm a unique guy, and I need something unique so that I can market with maximum effectiveness ;-) However, it can't be too too crazy otherwise middle aged parents won't take me seriously.
I tend to prefer designs that are simpler in nature (not too "busy"), but not overly simplistic. Don't be afraid to go out a limb. I like Facebook even though it has gotten a bit cluttered over the past few years. I've considered using a bright somewhat neon orange or maybe a bright somewhat neon green, but please don't limit yourself to that. One of my favorite fonts is Garamond, but again don't limit yourself.
I'm competing with companies like Kaplan, The Princeton Review, Examcrackers, Powescore, etc. With that in mind, I want something a little more fun. Those other guys are boring and unoriginal, very institutional. Education in general is very institutional; however, I would like to stray from that mold a bit.
WE ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE (or we don't want to see) THIS IN OUR DESIGN:
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The uploaded file is some piece of junk marketing flyer that I threw together a few weeks ago before I came up with the better name of Knowcleus. Don't take much away from it. Pink Prep was a terrible name and color for that matter. I just figured I'd upload it to get you more perspective on things. I'll also be looking for a basic web design and brochure if you're interested in doing that as well, let me know! Also, let me know if you think up a good tagline ("Tap your Knowcleus", etc.) Thanks so much for your help! I'm a first timer crowdspringer and am very excited to see what comes up! Cheers!
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It's time for another monologue. I mentioned that I will make these daily, but it might be that I can't find time to do seven a week. As I'm updating this page, I'm taking the ferry back from Estonia to Finland, to start a new week of work, in Helsinki. As I'm there, I have no problem recording these monologues, but during the weekends I will usually spend time with my family.
In this episode I go into one of the themes that resonates with me strongly, authenticity. I will make another update about this because I forgot to come back to the "disconnected from society" part that I mentioned in this video.


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|The Significant Operational Strategies To Govern Omnichannel Ecommerce
The state of ecommerce today and the marketplaces have become the norm for all online sellers who are up-and-coming. It is the best platform to create brand awareness and it undoubtedly rests entirely with the legacy brands.
However, there is nothing wrong on this marketplace and surface for success. In fact, there are lots of benefits for the smaller shops that includes:
- Casting a wider net to an audience that is already in the shopping mode to gain more shoppers and
- Increasing the chances of attracting more of the 45% shoppers who start their product search on any online platform.
However, for more established brands, the consumer's marketplace preference does not necessarily have to be a positive attribute. This is because the marketplace sales are mostly singular purchases that reduces the overall brand AOV. It does not really provide any brand experience other than its own.
After all, if you want to purchase anything from an ecommerce store it is expected that you will probably remember your shopping experience on that platform and not the product as such. This means, if the shopping experience is good and memorable, you will visit that ecommerce store for more. This results in the success of the store as well as the rise in sales volume for that store.
Effects In Brand Marketing
However, this ideally is a great miss for brand marketing as well as for brand analytics. This is because typically the marketplaces keep the customer data to themselves. This makes it more difficult, if not impossible, for an individual brand to build a one-to-one interaction with the customer and create a long and strong relationship with them relying on their specific browsing pattern and purchasing habits. That means that way the brands lose out on the lifetime value and customer loyalty.
Now the specific question that arises are these for the scaling and savvy brands:
- How to become an Omni channel successfully?
- How to increase customer loyalty?
- How to create a better AOV?
- How to build a better brand awareness?
These questions are very important with respect to the present scenario of the marketplaces that plays a big part in the success of an ecommerce store irrespective of the type of product that it deals with.
This ideally is a tricky task and businesses need to follow specific tactics with focus on more details.
After all everything seems to boil down to one thing: making sure that the on-site customer experience is high and as convenient and cost-effective as possible. This can be achieved by different methods such as:
- Scalable sourcing
- Reliable shipping
- Trusted payment gateways and
- Improved multichannel selling.
Ideally, this is the type of experience that you will get when you visit sites like NationalDebtRelief.com that focus mainly on providing the best user experience not only though their debt relief services but also through their website design and navigation.
Focus On Cost-Effective And Scalable Sourcing
According to research, the overall online B2B revenue is expected to reach $1 trillion this year and $6.7 trillion in the next five years. This means that international ecommerce which is opening up newer avenues and doors to the B2C merchants can now source quality products that will help them to gain higher margins.
- It is also expected that it will allow them to scale their catalogs successfully
- It will also help them to increase their customer base and
- It will eventually result in a greater and easier product availability.
To summarize, you can make the best use of the marketplace and utilize the A/B testing grounds for knowing the market demand. Ultimately, it will help you to build a high-quality and high-selling catalog on your site.
Another significant benefit is that modern ecommerce marketplace removes the middleman from the merchandiser and the factory. Typically, all online businesses now can literally compete just the same way as those big box retailers do. They can have more compatible and successful working relationships with the sourcing agencies. This will allow the businesses to make increased margins as well as maintain a proper quality control.
Trusted Payment Gateways
There is no way in which you can control the checkout experience on a marketplace but however, you can control it on your own site. On the other hand, if you are losing sales at checkout currently, you should consider the top reasons for it as to why the customers are abandoning the cart deal directly given the fact that the payment solution provided by the SMBs to choose from.
This ideally is a big issue, especially when the brands look to gain the maximum from the international commerce platform.
- It is required that the customers trust the payment provider that is offered by your business
- It is also required that the payment provider is able to update their software to keep up with the fast-changing consumer checkout preferences.
That means, businesses now need mobile optimization as well as accepting different currencies. For this they need to partner with trusted payments processors who are innovative and will help a great deal in closing sales on your own site more effectively and efficiently.
This will eventually make the marketplace usage an extra revenue outlet instead of making it the most expedient shopping touchpoint for your customers.
Reliable And Transparent Service
Lastly and most importantly, a better and more transparent service is required to provide by the ecommerce stores today in order to stay competitive.
Shipping the products is one of the most significant things that should not involve free shipping only. The retailers also need to make sure that the goods are delivered in a proper way, in a safe packaging and most importantly reaches the customer right on time as promised.
This is what is meant by brand positive. Typically, it involves moving out from the startup space into a more established business realm. This will allow the customers to pick up the best product and even return it in case they are dissatisfied with the product. The refund and return policy should be easy and more transparent.


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Smithton Veterinary Service is a veterinary practice providing professional veterinary services to companion and production animals. Smithton is located in the Circular Head district on the North West coast of Tasmania in the heart of Tasmania's largest dairying and beef area.
The practice has been providing a service in this region for over fifty years and currently employs eight full time and three part time veterinarians, one veterinary nurse and six support staff. Our aim is to provide high quality, contemporary veterinary care and advice to our clients through excellence in service provision and support.
Smithton Veterinary Service is a registered partner in education and accredited practice for hosting veterinary students from six Australian universities as part of their work placement/internship programs. The practice is also an Australian Veterinary Association New Graduate Friendly Practice.
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At psyborg® we work with and provide art direction for professional photographers to create photography suitable for staff & team portraits, product shots, location shots or any other photos you might need.
Being able to work alongside a professional photographer means together, psyborg® and photographer can create exactly what is needed for your business in an artistic and professional manner.
We offer on site photography, professional lighting & setup and make up artist and stylist.
The final product includes all shots corrected and saved to disc at high resolution, portrait photographs deep etched if needed and copyright ownership of all photos.
We will travel if needed and can assist in sourcing models or talent if required.
If professional photography is not needed we also offer stock photography research and selection.


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General Situation: Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS:
Generally fair weather is expected today and tonight and then moisture increases slightly tomorrow.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast:
Partly cloudy skies with isolated showers and the chance of isolated thunderstorms inland or in the north this afternoon. Mostly cloudy tonight with a few showers and the chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the coast. Sunny or partly cloudy tomorrow with only isolated showers.
Northeast 5-15 knots.
Marine Forecast:
Winds: NE 5-15 kt.; seas: Choppy-moderate.; waves: 3-5 ft.; isolated showers.
Winds: N-NE 5-15 kt.; seas: Choppy.; waves: 3-4 ft.; a few showers.
Marine Outlook:
Tuesday night:- Winds: N-NE 5-15 kt.; seas: Choppy; waves: 3-4 ft.; a few showers.
Sea Surface Temp (°F): 83
General Outlook:
For Tuesday and Tuesday night is for some cloudy spells with a few showers mainly along the coast and in the south.
Tropical Weather Outlook:
The 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season has come to a close.
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From Belmopan...
Still a blanket of cloud or elevated fog over much of Belize this morning . . . . No rain in Belmopan over night, but humidity still high. . . . . Caribbean due easterly winds with few small puffy clouds coming in. . . . The high level Pacific SW winds having little effect on our weather, but is helping or causing the wet clouds from Honduras to come over Belize. .. .. .These could bring rain to any part of Belize, probably have or will in the south this morning.
I expect this present cloud to thin this morning giving significant sun later, but with possible isolated rain.


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New York Times and USAToday bestselling author; Audie-finalist narrator.
Vanessa Porter's brilliant career as a hotelier goes up in flames after a scandal, and she pours herself into rehabbing an old mansion to become a boutique hotel, doing much of the work herself because her funds are running out.
Hotshot adventure photographer Dane Sullivan's career is grounded after a near-death fall, and he's no longer sure he wants the life of death-defying risk that energized him for so long. While he's recovering and assessing his options, his kid sister Jilly volunteers him to help her friend Vanessa with handyman skills he and his brothers learned from their dad.
The irascible, too-handsome photographer turned handyman won't be around long, which suits Vanessa just fine—until the sparks between them turn from aggravation to smoldering attraction. Though her life has been filled with loss, can she survive losing this man who's come to mean so much to her?
As Dane begins to contemplate sinking roots, the once-in-a-lifetime trip to a forbidden land suddenly is his for the taking, and he will have to choose between a life he never imagined and the dream that would restore the career that was once all he ever wanted.
"Jean Brashear's distinctive storytelling voice instantly draws in the reader. She writes with warmth and emotional truth." ~ #1 NY Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber
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The Holidays
Christmas Eve 2010 and I am home alone, its thirty-five degrees outside, cold, very cold for Florida, a major water main almost six feet in diameter burst three miles from me and I have no water. And will not have for two days.
Neither did anyone else in the mid south half of the county. About 300, 000 homes. Might be out for up to thirty to forty hours, possibly longer.
I had to cancel plans we had for the Holiday because I felt assistance might be needed in our condos if any of my neighbors panicked.
I have a thirty day four person Hurricane survival setup in my garage six feet high on a shelf above the highest water levels with 10 gallons of potable water, food including MRE's, gas stoves and lights, Meds and First Aid etc. I am ready for anything, all that Special Ops training would be needed one day.
I do for hygienic reasons stock an extra six gallons of potable drinking water in my garage for coffee, hot chocolate and dental care. This was 24 hours at best, half the county was out there working and didn't need to bring out the heavy stuff.
Since the county was in the same mess I was in, I knew the restaurants had no water either. And they were ordered closed as required by law for "health reasons". No toilets, nor dishwashers and we are a tourist town so many of our restaurants do a lot of business feeding tourists over Christmas. To use my own facilities, I innovated, I went down to the pool, took water from the pool in Home Depot Orange five gallon buckets to use in the bathroom. I live on the top floor of a five story condo so I have the advantage of gravity which supersedes the " float theory". I was prepared.
Cooking Survival Instinct 101 (Csi)
So I just went on cooking survival instinct (CSI) and voila, a one skillet put together and it was great. I had both diced chicken marinating in the fridge and a pound of shrimp. I chose the shrimp, if the power went out the shrimp would pass first. The chicken was in heavy spiced teriyaki sauce. ( and half cup of Captain Morgan Spice)
- 3 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 pound Shrimp medium or equivalent in large size
- 3 cloves Garlic, smashed and chopped fine
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley
- 1 diced green onion
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup instant rice
- 1/1/4 cup Swanson low sodium chicken broth
- 1 can ROTEL tomatoes and chilis
- Crystal Louisiana Pepper Sauce to taste (Optional, the Rotel is enough for most)
- Parmesan cheese - I use a zester, with Parmigiano Reggiano, all you want, enjoy.
- In a 12 inch skillet, medium heat, sauté the olive oil and garlic, just flavor the oil, don't burn it, add the chicken broth for the instant rice, salt and pepper.
- After the rice fluffs up, add the butter, the ROTEL, the whole can, the parsley, green onion and the shrimp.
- Cook till the shrimp looks right. About three to four minutes, don't overcook.
- Toss it for even cooking and final season with salt, pepper, and Crystal sauce or some Franks sauce. I ate the whole thing...


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In astronomy and physical cosmology, the metallicity of an object is the proportion of its matter made up of chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium. (This terminology is in disaccord what chemistry regards as metals). Since on the grandest of scales the universe is overwhelmingly composed of hydrogen and helium, astronomers label all the heavier elements "metal".[1] For example, a nebula rich in carbon compounds would be called "metal-rich", even though carbon is not considered a metal in other contexts.
The metallicity of an astronomical object may provide an indication of its age. When the universe first formed, according to the Big Bang theory, it consisted almost entirely of hydrogen which, through primordial nucleosynthesis, created a sizeable proportion of helium and only trace amounts of lithium. The first stars, referred to as Population III, had virtually no metals at all. These stars were incredibly massive and, during their lives, created the elements up to iron in the Periodic Table via nucleosynthesis. They subsequently died in spectacular supernovae which dispersed those elements throughout the universe. As of 2006, no Population III stars have been found; rather, their existence is inferred in current models of the origin of the universe. The next generation of stars was born out of those materials left by the death of the first. The oldest observed stars, known as Population II, have very low metallicities;[2] as subsequent generations of stars were born they became more metal-enriched, as the gaseous clouds from which they formed received the metal-rich dust manufactured by previous generations. As those stars died, they returned metal-enriched material to the interstellar medium via planetary nebulae and supernovae, enriching the nebulae out of which the newer stars formed ever further. These youngest stars, including the Sun, therefore have the highest metal content, and are known as Population I stars.
Across the Milky Way, metallicity is higher in the galactic centre and decreases as one moves outwards. The gradient in metallicity is attributed to the density of stars in the galactic-centre: there are more stars in the centre of the galaxy and so, over time, more metals have been returned to the interstellar medium and incorporated into new stars. By a similar mechanism, larger galaxies tend to have a higher metallicity than their smaller counterparts. In the case of the Magellanic Clouds, two small irregular galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud has a metallicity of about forty per cent of the Milky Way, while the Small Magellanic Cloud has a metallicity of about ten per cent of the Milky Way.
The metallicity of the Sun is approximately 1.6 percent by mass. For other stars, the metallicity is often expressed as "[Fe/H]", which represents the logarithm of the ratio of a star's iron abundance compared to that of the Sun. The formula for the logarithm is expressed thus:
Here $ N_{Fe} $ and $ N_{H} $ is the number of iron and hydrogen atoms per unit of volume respectively. By this formulation therefore, stars with a higher metallicity than the Sun have a positive logarithmic value, while those with a lower metallicity than the Sun have a negative value. The logarithm is based on powers of ten; stars with a value of +1 have ten times the metallicity of the Sun (101), while those with +2 have a hundred (10²) and those with +3 have a thousand (10³). Conversely, those with a value of -1 have one tenth (10 -1), while those with -2 have a hundredth (10-2) and so on.[3] Young Population I stars have significantly higher iron-to-hydrogen ratios than older Population II stars. Primordial Population III stars are estimated to have a metallicity of less than −6.0, that is, less than a millionth of the abundance of iron which is found in the Sun.
Population I stars
Population I or metal-rich stars are those young stars whose metallicity is highest. The Earth's Sun is an example of a metal-rich star. These are common in the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy.
Generally, the youngest stars, the extreme Population I, are found further in and intermediate Population I stars are further out, etc. The Sun is considered an intermediate Population I star. Population I stars have regular elliptical orbits of the galactic centre, with a low relative velocity. The high metallicity of Population I stars makes them more likely to possess planetary systems than the other two populations, since planets, particularly terrestrial planets, are formed by the accretion of metals.[4]
Between the intermediate populations I and II comes the intermediary disc population.
Population II stars
Population II or metal-poor stars are those with relatively little metal. The idea of a relatively small amount must be kept in perspective as even metal-rich astronomical objects contain low quantities of any element other than hydrogen or helium; metals constitute only a tiny percentage of the overall chemical make up of the universe, even 13.7 billion years after the Big Bang. However, metal-poor objects are even more primitive. These objects formed during an earlier time of the universe. They are common in the bulge near to the centre of the galaxy, the intermediate Population II and also, in the galactic halo, the halo Population II, which is older and thus more metal-poor. Globular clusters also contain high numbers of Population II stars.[5] It is believed that Population II stars created all the other elements in the Periodic Table, excepting the more unstable ones.
Scientists have targeted these oldest stars in several different surveys, including the HK objective-prism survey of Timothy C. Beers et al. and the Hamburg-ESO survey of Norbert Christlieb et al., originally started for faint quasars. Thus far, they have uncovered and studied in detail about ten very metal-poor stars (as CS22892-052, CS31082-001, BD +17° 3248) and two of the oldest stars known to date: HE0107-5240 and HE1327- 2326.
Other low metallicity Population II stars include:
Population III stars
Population III or metal-less stars are a hypothetical population of extremely massive and hot stars with virtually no metal content which are believed to have been formed in the early universe. They have not yet been observed directly, but indirect evidence for their existence has been found in a gravitationally lensed galaxy in the very distant universe.[6] They are also thought to be components of faint blue galaxies. Their existence is necessary to account for the fact that heavy elements, which could not have been created in the Big Bang, are observed in quasar emission spectra, as well as the existence of faint blue galaxies.[7] It is believed that these stars triggered a period of reionization.
Current theory is divided on whether the first stars were very massive or not. One theory, which seems to be borne out by computer models of star formation, is that with no heavy elements from the Big Bang, it was easy to form stars with much more total mass than the ones visible today. Typical masses for Population III stars would be expected to be about several hundred solar masses, which is much larger than the current stars. Analysis of data on low-metallicity Population II stars, which are thought to contain the metals produced by Population III stars, suggest that these metal-free stars had masses of 10 to 100 solar masses instead. This also explains why there have been no low-mass stars with zero metallicity observed. Confirmation of these theories awaits the launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. New spectroscopic surveys, such as SEGUE or SDSS-II, may also locate Population III stars.
The most massive star that can form today is about 110 solar masses; a more massive protostar would blow itself apart during the initial ignition of nuclear reactions. Without enough carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen in the core, however, the CNO cycle could not begin and the star would not go nuclear with such enthusiasm. Direct fusion through the proton-proton chain does not proceed quickly enough to produce the copious amounts of energy such a star would need to support its immense bulk. The end result would be the star collapsing into a black hole without ever actually shining properly. This is why astronomers consider Population III to be something of a mystery – by all rights they should not exist, yet they are necessary for an explaination of the quasar observations.
If these stars were able to form properly, their lifespan would be extremely short, certainly less than one million years. As they can no longer form today, viewing one would require us to look to the very edges of the observable universe, since the time it takes light to reach Earth from great distances is extremely great, it is possible to see "back in time" by looking farther away. Seeing to this distance while still being able to resolve a star could prove difficult, even for the James Webb Space Telescope.
See also
Page 593-In Quest of the Universe Fourth Edition Karl Kuhn Theo Koupelis. Jones and Bartlett Publishers Canada. 2004. ISBN 0-7637-0810-0
Volker Bromm, Richard B. Larson (2004), THE FIRST STARS, Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 42, pp. 79–118.
- ↑ John C. Martin. What we learn from a star's metal content. New Analysis RR Lyrae Kinematics in the Solar Neighborhood. Retrieved on September 7, 2005.
- ↑ Lauren J. Bryant. What Makes Stars Tick. Indiana University Research & Creative Activity. Retrieved on September 7, 2005.
- ↑ John C. Martin: What we learn from a star's metal content.
- ↑ Charles H. Lineweaver (2000). An Estimate of the Age Distribution of Terrestrial Planets in the Universe: Quantifying Metallicity as a Selection Effect. University of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
- ↑ T. S. van Albada, Norman Baker (1973). "On the Two Oosterhoff Groups of Globular Clusters". Astrophysical Journal 185: 477–498.
- ↑ R. A. E. Fosbury et al. (2003). "Massive Star Formation in a Gravitationally Lensed H II Galaxy at z = 3.357". Astrophysical Journal 596 (1): 797-809.
- ↑ A. Heger, S. E. Woosley (2002). "The Nucleosynthetic Signature of Population III". Astrophysical Journal 567 (1): 532-543.


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|From left to right: Plaza Pink, Big Apple Blush, Barry New Yorker, South St. Seashell, Urban Spice
I really like the packaging of the NYC blushable cream sticks because the twist up stick makes it super easy to dispense the product. I don't have to worry about flimsy lids, or hard to open caps. The product itself is also really creamy and easy to blend. The colour pay-off is very good. It's enough colour to show a flush on the cheeks, but not too much that you're furiously trying to blend out the product. Some of the colours, such as Plaza Pink and Urban Spice, also have a bit of sheen to them and they act as a slight highlighter too.
|From top to bottom: Urban Spice, South St. Seashell, Barry New Yorker, Big Apple Blush, Plaza Pink
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Today I had my Hickman line replaced on the other side. I had had Augmentin for 5 days since the other one came out. Augmentin is not pleasant causing colic and diarrhea, but having had the line removed and the abdominal symptoms subsided I am feeling a lot better with much more energy. I think the next chemotherapy will be next Monday.
I have managed to complete a 1000 piece jigsaw with my wife - one piece missing! and I have started a book by Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham, Virtue Reborn.
In the meantime I have read a John LeCarre from a few years back. Our Game is about two spies who were retired when the Soviet Union fell, but they can't leave well alone and get involved with a rebel movement in the Caucasus. LeCarre seems to be supporting the Blairite interventionist line (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Sierra Leone) but it seems to me that it is impossible to tell which of the combatants has right on their side. As usual the story is about betrayal and involves betraying a friend, a lover, and a country.
We seem to be watching a lot of Sherlock Holmes recently. I watched the recent movie starring Robert Downey Jr and an old one Without a Clue with Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley. Then we started on the old Basil Rathbone series which has been digitally remastered. I still think that the Jeremy Brett TV series was the best.
Random thoughts of Terry Hamblin about leukaemia, literature, poetry, politics, religion, cricket and music.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Posted by Terry Hamblin at 7:32 pm
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- Manu Manickvel said...
Absolutely - Jeremy Brett brought to life Holmes as imagined while reading Conan Doyle's portrayal of a real-life genius(of course his brother Mycroft was supposedly the greater) & ACD had modelled him based on his mentor in medical school as is widely known...one of life's strange coincidences that Brett was bipolar in real life...as Holmes certainly was. Dr. T - have you read anything by Erik Erikson - wonderful psychoanalyst.
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Many managers likely believe that eyewash stations are only necessary for industrial-type locations where powerful or potentially dangerous chemicals are used. That is not the case.
Eye injuries, of which there are about 300,000 annually in the U.S., can occur in just about any setting including grocery stores. While contact with chemicals, such as those used to clean cutting equipment, are a primary cause of eye injuries, thousands of eye injuries occur each year as a result of airborne dust, grit, sand, glass, wood, metal, and other particulates entering the eye.
To protect worker's eyes, here is what grocery store managers need to know:
- Seconds. The first few seconds after an accident are critical. Victims of an eye injury should be able to reach some type of eyewash station in 10 seconds; the equivalent of about 55 feet.
- Minutes. If a built-in eyewash station is installed, eyes should be rinsed for five minutes for non-chemical irritants; 15 to 20 minutes for more severe or chemical-related accidents; up to 60 if the worker's eyes are exposed to strong alkalis such as sodium, calcium hydroxide.
- Open and rotate. The worker should hold their eyelids open and rotate their eyeballs in all directions.
- Repeat. If irritation persists, repeat the process.
- No shower. Injured workers should not take a shower. The high rate of pressure on the eyes can further damage the eyes.
- Face and eyes. Know that eyewash cleaning solutions are for the face and eyes; they are not designed to treat skin or head rinsing; showers are for the head and skin rinsing.
- Visible. Eyewash stations or solutions should be easily visible, on the same floor, and near an emergency exit.
- All eye injuries, as with most all work-related injuries, must be reported to management.
- Eyewash fluids. Managers can also install supplemental eyewash "plastic stations" until a worker is brought to an emergency center. These are specially designed plastic bottles filled with a saline solution. Select bottles that have what is called a "wide-mouth" to help cover the entire eye when used.
- You decide. In some cases, the worker may decide to go back to work after using an installed or plastic eye washing station. This is a management decision, not the workers. It is usually best that the worker visits an emergency center to be sure the eyes are fine.


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Home > News > Bronson Offers Several Options for Flu Vaccines
Published on October 08, 2018
Bronson Healthcare is committed to advancing the health or our community and reminds area residents that it is important to get a flu (influenza) vaccination each year. A flu vaccine can prevent influenza, reduce the severity of symptoms, shorten the duration of illness, reduce missed work and school days and reduce the risk of hospitalization. The flu virus can have varying symptoms, but many complain of a fever, cough, muscle aches, headache and sore throat. However for some, the virus can develop complications as a result of the flu, some of which can be life-threatening and result in death.
The best way to prevent the flu is through a vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that everyone 6 months of age and older get vaccinated each year. The vaccine is available at various Bronson locations. Fees vary based on the location, type of flu vaccine and insurance coverage.
Current Bronson patients can call their primary care office to schedule an appointment to get the vaccine. Those who don't have a primary care provider can call Bronson HealthAnswers at (800) 451-6310.
Flu vaccinations are also provided at Bronson FastCare and Bronson Urgent Care for those 3 and older, and at Bronson Outpatient Pharmacies for those 12 years or older. All vaccines are at a first come, first serve basis. Children under the age of 3 should receive their flu vaccine from their pediatrician's office.
If you do catch the flu, drink plenty of fluids, stay home, get lots of rest and avoid contact with other people. Some adults feel better in a week or two, while others, including small children, the elderly and the chronically ill, may have a harder time recovering. In most situations, flu symptoms go away on their own within a week or two and don't require medical attention.
Those at a high risk for flu complications (adults over the age of 65, children younger than 5, pregnant women, and people with chronic health problems) should contact their healthcare provider at the first signs of flu symptoms. Everyone, even those not at high risk, should contact their provider if flu symptoms worsen after five days.
Bronson Sites Offering Flu Vaccine to the Public
Calhoun County:
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo County:
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
6220 W. Main St., KalamazooHours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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New Navigation: Request that "My Profile" be available to full users as well as contributors
Description: In situations where there are stringent security processes that limit system-admin access to user records, and in situations where we want to provide self-service access to full users, the My Profile page in the Portal was a good place for all users to make updates to their account, such as name, email address, etc.
In the New Navigation, there is no Portal and consequently the My Profile feature has been removed for full users. Only contributor users have access to this feature.
To say this another way: In Legacy Navigation, a full user can log into the portal and change their name, email, etc..
The request here is to reinstate the My Profile feature for all users in New Navigation.
Full users will be able to edit email and name in Release 103.
We had noticed this inconsistency our self where a Portal user could update personal details like name and email but a full user could not. As we work on "re-styling" the Preferences pages to the new field styling we will look at exposing these fields on the preferences page.
Hi Trista, we (Wells Fargo) are piloting New Nav internally and I discovered yesterday that we cannot update name/email in portal My Profile. Here is our primary Use Case:
- Some of our workflows route tasks to a 'mailbox account' which has an email address set to an Outlook Shared Mailbox
- Traffic Managers pick up the tasks and then reassign it to the appropriate resource
- We receive requests to update the email address on these mailbox accounts
- We have a strict provisioning process and have agreed not to make any updates to the user record
- We sign on as that user in portal and then click My Profile which allows us to update email address
I reached out to Amelia Ross and let her know we just need First Name, Last Name and email address added to My Preferences.
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Last month United Friends of the Children headed to Washington, D.C. for NCAN Hill Day, an annual event coordinated by National College Access Network that brings students from across the country to D.C. in an effort to advocate for policy change around college access and affordability for all students.
Read Carla's personal journey through the foster care system, her battle with cancer, and connection with UFC.
Like many children raised in the foster care system, Tray learned self-reliance at a very early age.
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Vintage Bed Cake
I know i've posted this before but felt like i have to share the rest of photos.. please check the previous posted photos and tell me your opinion of my first huge project… oh by the way.. this is me with the cake to figure out how huge was the bed.. those cushions indicates to oriental and european style that the linen shop are selling. also every part of the bed is cake: the bottom, the head of the bed even the pillows. also the love seat is cake and its sides and the towels on are swissrolls.
grand opening brown gold ivory cake vanilla chocolate strawberry pineapple
so clever
Thank you Jo :)
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Élu is a unique blend of New Age, Pop, and World music based in our hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico and is the creation of Jeffrey Mettling, 7 time award winning recording artist with 16 nominations for "best musical production" as recognized by the New Mexico Music Industry Association "NMMIA" and "The Just Plain Folks" music awards.
Jeff sent over a CD several months ago and I knew I had to get him on the podcast! He visited our studios in mid-October and we sat down and talked about his music, the filming of his latest music video, the talented female vocalists who perform on his albums, and some upcoming projects. Jeff also took the time to sigh several copies of SONGS OF DEVOTION for giveaway in this show, so be sure to check out the interview for details on how you can win! Listen for the ELU tracks "Wound Down" and "Angelical" on our internet radio stream.
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The Army has tapped three firms to design and develop the service's next-generation helicopter.
The service selected a joint venture between defense giants Sikorsky and Boeing, and another proposal by Bell Helicopter, to build a "technology demonstrator" for the first phase of the service's Joint Multi-Role aircraft program.
Neither helicopter will take flight until 2017, but the process will help the Army, and possibly other military branches, decide their requirements for replacing aging systems such as the Apache and Black Hawk helicopters.
The Army hopes to develop next-generation helicopters capable of flying farther than those in its existing fleet and with better fuel efficiency.
The eventual contract award could be worth billions of dollars.
The Sikorsky-Boeing entry, dubbed the Defiant, "will provide the best future vertical lift solution to the U.S. Army, and the flexibility of our design makes it suited for naval applications as well," Sikorsky President Mick Maurer said in a press release. "This is a major leap forward."
Texas-based Bell Helicopter was also selected by the Army to keep developing its new tilt-rotor concept, named the Bell V-280 Valor, according to a company official.
The Valor "can provide the military with unmatched range, speed and payload capabilities, and is designed with operational agility in mind to provide our soldiers transformational reach and revolutionary capability on the battlefield," Keith Flail, the program's director, said in a statement.
The three companies beat out a partnership between smaller aviation companies AVX Aircraft and Karem Aircraft.
AVX is still in negotiations with the Army to do "some scope of work," said company spokesman Mike Cox.
"I don't how big that work will be or how much it will be worth," Cox told The Hill.


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Travel Club For Seniors
The Travelers' Century Club is a club for people who have visited 100 or more of the world's countries and territories. The organization was founded in California in 1954 and now has more than 2,000 members throughout the world. Senior travelers, count up the number of countries where you have been and make a comparison with this list.
By 2012, nineteen members had visited every place on the list. John Clouse, from Evansville, Indiana, was the first to travel to all of the organization's listed countries. Senior travelers want to be called a "Hard Core Traveler" to be counted among the membership.
The Travelers' Century Club has sixteen regional chapters in the U.S., two in Canada, and one each in the UK and Germany. It holds regular meetings and arranges tours to remote destinations. So what's the most remote place you have visited? The idea of "collecting countries" can be an inviting challenge to senior world travelers. The only app you need is called Passport.
Seniors Seek Adventure and Exploration
The Travelers' Century Club motto is–"World travel…the passport to peace through understanding." Members come from diverse backgrounds, but all love adventure and exploration and have a special zeal for life. They truly believe that knowledge about other cultures and countries promotes peace. Many of the members are senior citizens who have done much of their traveling after retirement.
Membership in Travelers' Century Club comes in different levels. Those who have traveled to 100-149 countries qualify for regular membership, 150-199 countries silver membership, 200-249 countries gold membership, 250-299 platinum membership, and over 300 are diamond members.
The club sponsors tours to out-of-the-way places like Northwest Passage, Central Asia (the "Stan" countries), West Africa, the World Heritage sites of North Africa and so forth. The most recent countries added to the list of qualifiers are Prince Edward Island, Nakhichevan, Srpska (northern Bosnia), Kosovo, and Trans-Dniester (between Chisinau/Odessa). So do you qualify here?
Membership is a great way to hang with like-minded people such as Christopher Hudson, who has ticked off 249 of the 321 countries, territories, protectorates and islands. So start counting and see how you compare.
As for me, I can only count up to twenty countries to date, but I do have a few left on my "travel bucket list". Dick Matland, president of Coronado Shores Co., has traveled to enough destinations to qualify for the Travelers' Century Club two times over. So go for it and have fun filling up the old passport with lots of stamps. jeb


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Transfer to the dock Bacaladera in a comfortable catamaran with open bar on board, motor navigation to the coral reef in Punta Carenero in Cayo Saetía for a snorkeling session of 30 to 45 minutes and light snack. Buffet lunch at the Gaviota Beach Ranchón with a drink included. The client has the possibility of doing the Safari to enjoy a dazzling flora and fauna for 45 minutes, in addition to a photo with an exotic animal, return by sailing or motor sailing to Antilla.
Transfer by bus to Marina Vita, welcome cocktail, interactive bath with the dolphins for 20 min with the assistance of a trainer. Motorized sail... see more
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§ 48. Mr. Bowles
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make arrangements for employers who pay their employees their wages for the guaranteed minimum week, although they are not working on account of the present fuel crisis, to receive the amount of the unemployment pay which would otherwise be paid to such employees.
§ 47. Mr. Piratin
asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the hardship created by the widespread unemployment as a result of the fuel crisis, he will intro duce emergency measures authorising the payment of additional allowances to those in receipt of unemployment benefit in order to make their total money up to that of their basic wage.
§ The Prime Minister
No, Sir. I am confident that we can rely on our system of unemployment insurance and allied social services together with the good will of employers to meet the present situation.
§ Mr. Edelman
Is the Prime Minister aware that, in order to keep their teams of workers together, many employers have offered to supplement unemployment pay in order to bring it up to the guaranteed weekly wage, and will he encourage this patriotic and useful action?
§ Mr. Bowles
Does my right hon. Friend appreciate that I put this Question down to him because I felt it is most important? In view of the fact that it is quite an exceptional crisis, and that the workers will suffer unless this suggestion is accepted, although there may be legalistic reasons for not doing so in this case, could he possibly see his way to reconsider the matter?
§ The Prime Minister
If my hon. Friend will discuss this matter with my colleagues the Minister of National Insurance and 1174 the Minister of Labour, he will understand all the implications and difficulties involved.
§ Mr. Langford-Holt
Will the right hon. Gentleman view with apprehension this capitalist suggestion from his supporters?
§ Mr. Blackburn
Will my right hon. Friend consider making the reasons for this decision known to the public as a whole, because this matter is being closely watched by hundreds of thousands of workers?
§ Lieut.-Commander Braithwaite
Can the right hon. Gentleman indicate what is the weekly cost to the unemployment fund of the present situation?
§ The Prime Minister
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"Bridging the Gap: Designing and Implementing a Model Solution for the Holland Community's 'Gap' Homeless Population"
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Dr. Virgil Gulker, Hope College
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In the fall of 2010, the Holland Rescue Mission (HRM) approached the ASI Student Consulting Program at the CFL for assistance in addressing the long-term housing needs and support for members of the "gap" homeless population in the Holland community. This is a segment of the homeless population that is too high functioning to be considered legally disabled, but too low functioning to live independently. Members of the "gap" population are chronically homeless and require significant financial resources and services; consequently, there are no existing programs which directly address their unique needs for housing and support. The purpose of this research was to design a model solution for the Holland Rescue Mission to provide permanent housing and mentoring support for members of the "gap" population using volunteer mentors from local churches and existing social services, and then further assist with the implementation of the solution. So far, ASI designed the model, helped secure a home (Shepherd House), designed a client housing agreement and application, interviewed "gap" clients, and developed educational materials for sharing with local churches about this problem. Future work will focus on assessment of the model and replication of it with additional homes supported by local churches and social service agencies. Additionally, ASI will begin to present their work to the community to build a large network support system within a Christian community.
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Something has been severely lacking from our Concord, North Carolina office… a layout! While we don't get paid to "play with trains all day" (that's our story and we're sticking to it!) we did need a place to put product samples through their paces to help ensure things are right when they make it to the most important layout – yours.
Our new 14 x 42 foot train platform occupies a balcony overlooking our archives in a newly-renovated portion of our warehouse. Built for the needs of testing new products, there are certainly criteria for our design that you won't worry with at home. But the basic platform is constructed in such a way that would work for anyone's layout. So if you've been looking to get started on a train platform, follow along and see how it's done.
Starting with a Plan
We won't go into great details here on how you design your trackplan. That's a topic that could fill many articles. What is important here is that once you have that plan, it will shape (literally) everything you do going forward with the platform.
For our layout, we chose an "E" shaped plan. All of the corners of the platform are rounded to match the track curvature. This not only provides a very nice finished edge, it also makes it easier to walk around the layout.
Once you've created a track plan and general outline of the layout, it's important to plan the construction of the platform as well. Like blueprints for a house, these plans will help guide your project and help calculate the materials you'll need. You will probably make some changes as you go, but these plans are an essential guide. There are computer programs available, but graph paper, a ruler and pencil will still get the job done.
In addition to the shape and size of the platform, it is also important to establish its height. This is another hot topic for discussion. What is the best height? The height that is best for you. (In case you're wondering, 42 inches was best for us!)
Building the Legs
Begin construction with a set of legs to support the platform. Actually these are more like low walls than legs. These walls will run parallel to the edges of the layout, set back about 18 inches from the edge.
Our support walls are made from 2x4s, with the studs on 24″ centers. The length of each wall will be determined by your platform. For the height, take the final height of the platform and subtract four inches.
Position the support walls where necessary. In our installation, we were able to screw the walls directly to the floor. You could substitute some "X" bracing between parallel walls if desired.
Platform Support
With the support walls in place, you'll need to install some braces to provide a more even support bed, To do this, lay 2x4s across and perpendicular to the walls. The braces can be cantilevered over the walls providing room for storage, display shelves, or simply your feet under the edge of the platform.
Cut the 2x4s to length and screw them to the walls. Two-foot centers are again adequate, but you can reduce this to 16 inches if you feel more comfortable. If you are supporting more than one sheet of plywood or mdf for the platform itself, plan ahead to make sure you have a support under the seams.
Since we wanted rounded corners, the supports for these required a little more work. The photo shows the positions of the braces in an arc.
For tighter curves, you can get away with only a single 45 degree brace between the 90 degree braces at the beginning and end of the arc. For our 3 and 4 foot radius curves, braces were installed every 22.5 degrees. A miter saw is big help here!
Before you screw your platform to the benchwork, take some time to begin your wiring. A little advanced planning and work now will make life a LOT easier when you start wiring the layout.
First, drill holes through all of your braces to carry the bus wires which will provide power to track, switches and accessories. A large spade bit in a drill will give you holes large enough to thread multiple wires without binding.
Next, you can go ahead and install terminal strips at regular intervals around the layout and connect them with bus wires. When the time comes, you can simply connect your feeders from track, switches, etc. to the bus at these terminal strips.
You'll find that it is much more comfortable (and efficient) to get this electrical distribution grid installed while you can stand up and work from almost any angle than it will be when you have to crawl under the layout.
Speaking of crawling under the layout, we knew that eventually that would have to happen as well. To make life easier, we installed a very inexpensive lighting system in the three peninsulas. The solution – Christmas Lights. A single strand of LED Christmas lights was just right to wrap around the three sides of each peninsula.
They are plugged into outlets we installed, along with a regular 110 V power line, down the length of the layout. The other outlet can be used for tools, the vacuum, etc. The lights and outlets are controlled by an on/off switch near the entrance to the layout. Wiring like this is not difficult, but if you don't know what you're doing, have an electrician do the work, especially the connection to your home's breaker box. An alternative here would be to install the Christmas lights and simply power them with an extension cord from an existing wall outlet when you need to use them – which hopefully won't be often.
For more on layout wiring, you can refer to our many reference pages.
For the platform itself, you can use plywood or MDF. Both offer plenty of strength, cut with ease and are available at any home store. We used 1/2″ thick MDF. Some modelers prefer 3/4″ thickness for added strength. Our experience has shown this adds weight and makes adjustments for grades (if you build these into your benchwork) more difficult while the 1/2″ provides ample strength to support not only the model trains but us as well when working on top of the platform provided it is properly and evenly supported underneath.
Many modelers also prefer to add a second sheathing to the platform made of 1/2″ Homasote board. This is a pressed-paper board which is easy to nail into and helps deaden the sound. Since we were building a basic test layout in a warehouse, noise control was not really a priority. So we omitted that expense here – but for a home layout it is certainly an option with merit.
Cutting the Corners
To cut the rounded corners in the MDF, we used two different tools. For the ends of the peninsulas where we could anchor the tool from a fixed point, we used a Roto-Zip saw on a home-made radius jig. this was made by modifying a radius attachment designed for the tool. The attachment works well on curves up to 12 inches in diameter. We needed 96. The attachment was cut in half and spliced into a 1×4.
With the jig anchored at the center point of the diameter, the Roto-Zip simply has to be pulled around the arc. It helps to have a second person on hand to hold a vacuum as you cut the material. And you'll want a few extra cutting bits too.
For the inside curves we took an even easier path. We marked the curve in pencil and then simply traced the line with a jig saw. If you can follow the line, you can create a very smooth cut. While your cuts don't have to be perfect, the closer you get now the less work you'll have to do later when you add the fascia.
At this point you have a fully-functional train platform. You can stop right here and start laying track, adding accessories, etc. But while it's functional, we can do a lot more to improve its looks. Join us next week for the second part of this series and see how we finished the layout.


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I've asked for feedback about this blog from time to time, but no-one seems to have much to say. However, I learned today that some readers feel that I'm posting too much stuff, too many articles each day, so that they're a bit overwhelmed. Some say they're only coming here once a week or thereabouts, because it's too much to take in each day. (Other readers have said they like the number of posts, and come here every day precisely because there are so many of them.) So, what do you think? Do I put up too many posts, orContinue reading
It is to laugh . . .
I enjoy cartoonists' takes on the events of ordinary everyday life. They seem to be able to find humor in the simplest things. Giles was perhaps the doyen of them all in that regard, and I have several dozen of his cartoon annuals to make me chuckle from time to time. Anyway, a British artist (?), Fiona Banner, has created an 'artwork' at the Tate Gallery by suspending a Harrier jet fighter from the ceiling, in what the Daily Mail called a 'bizarre' exhibition. The newspaper's cartoonist, Mac, was unable to resist the temptation. Click here to see what heContinue reading
"You can go twice as fast!" Yeah, right . . .
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Doofus Of The Day #367
Today's winner is from Coventry, England. A hapless thief soon discovered he had chosen the wrong house to burgle when he came face-to-face with the owner – a 20-stone [280-pound] wrestler. Lee Christie had grabbed a laptop and was about to make his escape when Adam Kalinowski returned home. Father-of-one Adam, 37, wrestled Christie to the ground then got him in a headlock. The factory worker held on to the 6ft 2in burglar – who began to cry and begged to be released – until police arrived at the address in Coventry. Mr Kalinowski said: 'I came home and sawContinue reading
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Over the past week a number of articles on other blogs caught my eye. I thought I'd share them with you for your reading pleasure (and an occasional belly-laugh!). Crucis points out the hypocrisy in imposing a moratorium on deep-water drilling for oil off the US coast, whilst simultaneously funding Brazil's efforts to drill for oil in much deeper water off its coast. He notes that, if Brazil succeeds, we'll not only have financed its success, but will then pay through the nose a second time to buy the oil it finds. Alan notes "a study where they watched womenContinue reading
Custer's Last Flag
I'm surprised to learn that one of the guidons carried by Custer's five companies of the US 7th Cavalry, who were wiped out to a man at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25th, 1876, was recovered from the battlefield the following day, and for more than a century has been held by a museum in Michigan. It's now to be sold at auction. A Michigan TV station, WZZM13, reports: On June 25, 1876 … Gen. George Armstrong Custer, the pride of Monroe, led the 7th Cavalry into battle against the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne near theContinue reading
Two more skateboard FAILS!
Last month I wrote about a double skateboard fail. Here are two more videos that have come to my attention, both having similar results. LANGUAGE ALERT: The second video has many profanities, loudly and painfully voiced. Not safe for work at normal volume! Not very good, are they? PeterContinue reading
Doofus Of The Day #366
Today's Doofus is from Talladega, Alabama. A tip o' the hat to FarmDad for providing the link to the story. A Talladega man sustained burns over about 90 percent of his body after climbing a fence into an Alabama Power substation on Stephen J. White Memorial Blvd. early Friday morning. Police Chief Alan Watson said Willie Eugene Lewis scaled the fence around the substation sometime before 2 a.m. Friday. He then began climbing on some of the equipment, grabbing on with both hands. Some 44,000 volts of electricity proceeded to pass through his body, burning the clothes off his backContinue reading


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I waited 2 months for bar stools from another company only to be told still backordered...Ordered these from IVG and had them in a week! Quaility is great....don't hesitate to get these....high end chairs but well worth the money. These will be in the family for a very long time!
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The chair itself is fine. The quality is ok. The problem was them shipping it when they said. I asked specifically if it was in stock, as I needed it a certain day. They said, "yes", then it was downhill from there. They pushed it out three time, then after a terse phone call from me, they got two chairs to me on time. But, one chair was damaged, and another wouldn't be available for at LEAST three months! They wanted me to donate the ONE chair, if I wanted a replacement, or keep the chair and they would give me some credit! What a mess! I ended up keeping it. Chair was fine, but everything else was a mess, and a lot of trouble. I would sort of recommend, but with reservations.
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