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Storm from the Shadows takes place during the same period as At all costs, Crown of Slaves and Torch of Freedom (probably).
Rear Admiral Michelle Henke is Honor Harrington's best friend, fifth in the succession to the Throne. At the beginning of Storm from the Shadows her ship sustains crippling damage, and she is taken prisoner. Under the new Havanite regime, prisoners of war are treated well. She even get a visit from the president, who wants her to carry a peace offer to Queen Elizabeth, so she is paroled, delivers her message and are sent to the Talbot cluster.
As you remember from Shadow of Saganami,Manpower and Mesa is kicking up some trouble there for Manticore. Now they are back for round two. It is Michelle in one corner and a Solarian Battle Fleet commander with no love for Manticore in the other. A Mesan Fame Fatale with a nuke is just icing on the cake. War with the Solarian League is just around the corner.
The Mesa Alignment and parts of their agenda unravel in this book. The Alignments decide to put their century old Big Plan into action, Galactic Domination!
It is always a pleasure to read David Weber's unique mix of military, political and historical action. I don't think we will see further into the storyline until 2010 with Mission of Honor. Torch of Freedom, expected in November, is about what happens on Torch during this book. At least, that's my guess.
ps. you can check out snipets from Torch of Freedom on Eric Flints homepage.


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MacGregor Technology Drives Offshore Wind Energy Advances
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is continuing its development of innovations designed to enhance and serve the growing wind energy market. As part of this process, it is participating at the Offshore Wind Energy 2017 event being held in London, UK, between 6-8 June.
The near completion of the world's first floating offshore wind farm, Statoil's Hywind pilot park in Scotland, UK, is a notable example of MacGregor's capabilities. It will feature Pusnes substructure connection mooring systems from MacGregor, which have been delivered and will be installed when the hulls are complete.
"The project hinges on applying proven technology in new applications," says Torbjörn Rokstad, Director, Mooring Systems, MacGregor. "MacGregor was chosen for the task because of its long history of designing and delivering very reliable mooring solutions for offshore floating production units operating in harsh North Sea conditions."
All wind turbines require regular inspections and maintenance, which can be a challenging task in harsh offshore environments. MacGregor has developed and delivered full three-axis motion-compensation technology, which can enable a crane to keep a suspended load in a fixed position relative to the turbine platform.
This is an important capability when landing containers of tools, equipment and personnel onto the small platforms at the top of offshore wind turbine foundations with little margin for error. It is also ideal for maintenance work on these turbines and other fixed installations.
"Turbine platforms are about 20m above the water and they are often only a few square meters, so precise load- and personnel handling is necessary," says Mr. Rokstad. "Although MacGregor's standard active heave compensation (AHC), supplied through a crane's winch, compensates for the vessel movements; a greater degree of precision is sometimes needed."
In line with this, last year MacGregor introduced the 3D Motion Compensator (3DMC), a flexible retrofit device, which is designed to enhance the load-handling precision of an offshore crane even in challenging sea states.
The 3DMC can be fitted to the knuckle-jib of a broad spectrum of new or existing MacGregor subsea/offshore cranes. It compensates for the roll, pitch and heave motions of the vessel to minimize any movement of the load when lifting to and from fixed platforms.
The 3DMC has a main boom that can be hoisted, lowered, slewed and extended. This provides movement in all axes to allow for full three-dimensional compensation. It has been designed for easy installation and makes use of the existing hydraulic power unit and control system of the crane so all operations are performed from the existing interfaces in the crane cabin. When not required, the 3DMC simply remains fixed to the side of the crane's knuckle-jib allowing normal lifting operations using the main and whip winches.
MacGregor's growing market presence was further strengthened in 2016 when it announced its participation in a pilot project pioneering the use of Nemos. It is an innovative system that generates electricity from waves, but is ideally suited to work in combination with offshore wind farms, where it can share electrical infrastructure. This lowers the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) and smooths fluctuations in power-generation, therefore supporting greater commercial viability of renewable energy capture. For its part, MacGregor is supplying highly specialized winches.
MacGregor will be available to discuss these developments and more at Offshore Wind Energy 2017, Norwegian pavilion, stand N-D50.
The products and services herein described in this press release are not endorsed by The Maritime Executive.

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Chillest Bulldog Ever Rides Shotgun In A Helicopter (VIDEO)
Meet Mister Bentley – the English Bulldog who calmly "co-pilots" his human's helicopter, spotting seagulls. Really cool!
Mister Bentley incidentally is the Internet-famous dog who has an irrational fear of ladders. LOL. I love this dog!
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'Can You Tell Us What a Douche Is?': Lawyer Live-Tweets Obscenity Trial Over Fisting Porn
As I write this, British defense lawyer Myles Jackman is trying an obscenity case in the UK. His client has been charged with possession of "extreme pornography"—in this case, fisting porn. And he's live-tweeting the whole thing. A very special Follow Friday.
You may have been made familiar with the fisting fetish, which entails sticking an entire hand in an orifice, by the legendary internet meme Goatse, or mommy porn novel 50 Shades of Grey. Jackman's client Simon Walsh, a former politician and barrister, is being charged with possession of "extreme pornography," after police found fisting porn on his computer. Extreme pornography is outlawed in the UK and could lead to a three-year prison sentence, according to a post on Jackman's blog.
The trial has become something of a media sensation in Britain, what with the free speech implications, even sparking its own hashtag, #porntrial. Jackman is also the "first English lawyer allowed to tweet a trial from court," according to New Statesmen columnist David Allen Green. You might as well start off with a bang!
Luckily we live in America, where fisting is not only legal (mostly) it's taught in our high schools these days. (I mean, I assume it is? I don't know. I haven't been in high school for a while.) So we can just sit back and gawk at Jackman's tweets. The case hinges in part on whether fisting falls under the "extreme pornography" criteria of depicting "an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person's anus, breasts or genitals." So it's actually a pretty educational look at the limits of the human anus: ("Datta" is a physician and expert witness. "CPS" is the prosecution.)
CPS - Poppers might allow anus to accomodate a fist but it might go higher up and cause damage? Datta - Absolutely, absolutely.
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) August 3, 2012
CPS - Patient two went to an "Organised weekend fisting circuit party".
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) August 3, 2012
DEF - (Referring to first picture) Hand insertion more 15cm than 30cm? Datta - I'd say 30cm.
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) August 3, 2012
CPS - Do you have experience of foreign bodies being inserted into the anus? Datta - Last 12 months, I have operated on 5 people.
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) August 3, 2012
CPS - what were foreign bodies? Datta - 5cm by 18cm candle removed from bowel. Also a "smooth" pebble the size of an adult fist.
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) August 3, 2012
Datta - A shower head of 8cm diameter had to be removed from a patient's bowel, which required a year's medical treatment.
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) August 3, 2012
HHJ - Circumference not as important as length? Datta - Yes
— Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer) August 3, 2012
Update: The trial is now adjourned until Monday morning. Here's a good Storify rundown of the whole day.


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Allods Online
Have you guys heard of Allods Online? It's a pretty exciting looking space-opera fantasy MMORPG developed by Astrum Nival in Russia and now coming to our desktops via publishers gPotato.eu.
Allods Online is a free-to-play MMORPG based on a micro-transaction system. It is actually the fourth game in a series of games started by Nival Interactive, with the latest version developed by Nival Online. The series has a history which stretches back to 1998, and a game lore that covers thousands of years of in-game history. Set on the shattered remains of the planet Sarnaut, players will have the chance to explore the Astral space, battle Astral demons and fight for domination of dozens of allods, islands floating in the Astral space.
Here's an official trailer showing the Astral:
But my favorite aspect so far is Goblinoball. It is, as you might imagine, a football-like sport played by orcs, using goblins for the ball.
Undoubtedly, Orcs are physically perfect for this kind of sport. It is so important to them that many sports teams have their own scars, colours and tattoos, about the only thing that can get a female Orcs attention. The game is so simple, and Goblins so plentiful, that the sport is available to every member of Orc society and even sometimes participating teams from other races. The game has no strict rules, but the Goblinoball Stadium is located on a contested allod known across the allods as "Competition Island". When you get in game, it's situated rather far from your starting point, so you'll need to bulk up before trying to take on established players.
Each team has up to six players; one is the goalkeeper, with specific abilities. Two teams face each other with a ball, a Goblin, in the centre. They then split into backs and forwards, with the main objective to kick the goblin into their opponent's goal, while defending their own net. Players can also learn about the intricacies of the sport by completing quests on the way to Competition Island.
I love the fact that they have included Goblinoball as a co-op game alongside the more traditional PvP in the Astral battles. You don't have to be an orc to play Goblinoball but I have to admit, I'm tempted.
The game is going into closed beta soon and you can apply to take part on the Allods Online gPotato website. I'll be posting some more information about the game shortly, in hopes of getting early access myself!


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Annie Dillard wrote, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, "How We Spend Our Days." How We Spend Our … Continue reading
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the next writer in the series: october 1, 2014
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, I have been looking into schedules. Even when we read physics, we inquire of each least particle, What then shall I do this morning? How we spend our days is, of course, how we … Continue reading
alone with all that could happen
Alone With All That Could Happen is a collection of 7 craft essays by writer David Jauss. I had read some of them when they were first published in AWP's The Writer's Chronicle, but it was time to read them again. I should probably schedule time to reread craft essays because I can't ever get it all. Or, because I'm writing in third person this time, something else falls into place that I didn't notice when I was working on first person…
Here are a few of the words from this book that have made a difference in my writing:
…imagining the other is ultimately a way of discovering the self.
"From Long Shots to X-Rays: Distance and Point of View in Fiction"
Perhaps the most important purpose of point of view is to manipulate the degree of distance between the characters and the reader…
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Flow"
Thus, altering our syntax…allows us to get our thoughts off the normal track on which they run…so if we change the way we think, we can sometimes change what we think.
"Remembrance of Things Present: Present Tense in Contemporary Fiction"
We use the generalized present to talk about an act that is repeated throughout time, as in the sentence "I write every morning." The tense is present, but the events described are not. Hence they are unmoored from their actual places in time.
"Some Epiphanies About Epiphanies"
…the best epiphanies approach their revelations indirectly, through imagery, metaphor, and symbol rather than through direct statement. In short, they arrive with some elusiveness, like insight itself.
"Stacking Stories: Building a Unified Short Story Collection"
Because our choices of words, characters, and plots arise from our own obsessive concerns and themes, from our own individual selves, it is inevitable that there be unifying relationships between the stories. But we must discover them and then, to heighten their effects, strategically add connecting details, parallels, contrasts, repetitions…
And finally, this excerpt from the last essay in the collection, possibly my favorite because it's about process and it's a way of thinking about writing that had never occurred to me before, "Lever of Transcendence: Contradiction and The Physics of Creativity."
My students don't hesitate when I ask them to write their actual names, but they do when I ask them to make up fictitious ones. The creative process, I tell them, resides in that hesitation, that moment of uncertainty.
the second residency
My second residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts…
Monday, 6/28/10: Up at 5:15 to fly from Columbus to Atlanta to Boston. I rent a car in Boston and drive 3 hours to Montpelier, arriving just in time for the last few minutes of the fifteen-minute Orientation. Then a meeting for 2nd semester students and at 4:30, the first lecture–"How We Know What's Done is Done" by David Jauss: Anne Lamott says that finishing a work of art is like putting an octopus to bed. You pull up the covers and there goes a leg slipping out. At 8:00 Connie May Fowler, new faculty member, reads from her recently published novel.
Tuesday, 6/29/10 (my anniversary and my son's birthday!): The first workshop–I signed up for a special workshop on publishing led by Domenic Stansberry. In addition to discussing manuscripts, we will each do a presentation on a literary publication. Doug Glover gives a lecture on "Symbols and Image Pattern." Look at Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood to see how she uses the title image to unify and add layers of meaning to the novel. Follow an image each time it is mentioned to see what story emerges. When you write, let your characters have different responses to an image.
Wednesday, 6/30/10: A poetry lecture by Leslie Ullman on "Dialogue: Engine of the Practical and the Mysterious"–there can be a dialogue between the title and the body of the poem and dialogue between parts of a sentence by using phrases and commas, dialogue between the known parts of ourselves and the unknown, between will and imagination. Our second workshop with presentations on City Lights and McSweeney's and a impromptu visit by VCFA graduate Vivian Dorsel, Editor of Upstreet.
Thursday, 7/1/10: A lecture by Philip Graham on how to bring everyday skills to writing. A wonderful lecture on landscape by graduating student Robin MacArthur, who is also half of the band Red Heart the Ticker–"our obsessions are key to our art." Our faculty preference forms are due by 3:00–as a 2nd semester student I list 5. Advisers are posted at 7:30 on a bulletin board. So excited to be working with David Jauss this semester.
Friday, 7/2/10: In our third workshop, we're discussing manuscripts. Graduating student Rachel Mullis gives an interesting lecture on the novella. Visiting poet Claudia Emerson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her book The Late Wife, reads six poems from that book, a brand new poem she wrote this week, several poems from her book, Figure Studies, and an amazing poem from her book in progress, "Secure the Shadows," about the photos that used to be taken of the dead. The highlight of the reading was the finale when her husband joined her on stage with his guitar and they put her poem "Aftermath" to music, adding the captivating refrain–if I had a gun, I'd a shot her dead…
Saturday, 7/3/10: I take the day off and drive a little over an hour to Ferrisburg to visit the Kingsland Bay State Park, which used to be the French Camp Ecole Champlain. I was there the summers of 1970, 71, and 72.
Sunday, 7/4/10: An exciting lecture by new faculty member Trinie Dalton on "How Easy It Is to Enter" the abject, the place where meaning collapses. I meet with Dave Jauss to discuss my semester writing and reading. In our workshop, we hear presentations on Kore Press, Glimmer Train, The Paris Review, the Iowa Review. I talk about One Story. There's a softball game (poets vs prose writers–prose wins!), a craft fair, BBQ on the Quad and later the Talent Show–Red Heart the Ticker plays two wonderful songs. Later Montpelier fireworks.
Monday, 7/5/10: Lectures by new faculty members: David Treuer on "The Art and Sense of Style" ("we want to make style work for us") and Connie May Fowler on "The Necessary Evil Called Exposition" ("we want a balance between exposition and scene and we want to render exposition in exquisite detail") We've been here a week and everyone (including me) is starting to wear down. The heat wave is not helping. Vermont does not do air-conditioning as well as Georgia does. At the student reading, I read part of my recently finished story, "The Blue Parrot."
Tuesday, 7/6/10: Wonderful lecture by new faculty member Patrick Madden on "The Infinite Suggestiveness of Common Things" ("I'm in love with essays"). More student lectures and faculty readings and another workshop.
Wednesday, 7/7/10: Last workshop with presentations on Esquire and Harper Collins. Signed semester study plans must be turned in before we leave. At graduation, after the graduate's name is read, an excerpt of their work is also read. Lovely. It's time to hit the road for Boston. I arrive in time to see the sun set over the harbor.
Here I sit in my hotel room, looking at Boston from the outside. I'll be leaving for the airport in 30 minutes, and I'm happy to be heading home. Tomorrow, back to writing.
[you might also be interested in the first residency]
reading like a writer–part 3: questions to ask
In an essay entitled "Artful Stealing" by Steven Schwartz in the current issue of "The Writer's Chronicle," he writes, "…you break into your own material by finding the key to someone else's." Each time I take a story apart, I'm adding to my knowledge of the possible ways to put a story together.
Here are the first questions I ask myself:
- What type of beginning is it?
- What type of ending is it?
- What type of story is it?
- What is its structure?
I answer these questions the best I can, using names that have meaning for me. The naming seems to makes the writer's choice a concrete one, giving it shape, and making it visible. Other than that, there's no magic to it. There's just doing it. And I'm doing it so that the next time I sit down to consider my beginning or my ending, I'll think what are my choices?
At the AWP Conference in Atlanta in 2007, there was a panel discussion on endings. To give you an idea of some of the names you can use as you take a story apart, here are some of the ones they used to describe endings: the barely there ending, the epilogue ending, the turns-on-an-event ending, the weird ending (seems to have nothing to do with the story yet actually reinforces the themes), and the Keystone cops ending.
There are, of course, a million more questions to ask. Here are some of the ones Douglas Glover mentioned in his lecture: (5)How many pages is the story? (6)How many sections does it have? (7) What does the white space signify? (8)What is the point of view? (9)What is repeated? (10)How many times is it repeated?
Each story may suggest slightly different questions, but I'm working on a list and/or a form to start with for each story. I hope to eventually have a notebook full of options. What was really important for me was to realize that this is a physical exercise.
It's numbering the sections and seeing (11)when the characters are introduced, (12)when backstory is used, (13)when the story is moving forward.
The more I got into the story–the nuts and bolts–the more I learned something. And this surprised me. I thought I was getting it with some underlining and some circles and a few notes in the margins.
Learning how to write well is a process. I'm sure there are many ways to read like a writer. But "seeing how they did it," as James Salter put it, is a way I can teach myself how to be a better writer.
Other posts in this series:
Part 1: Reading like a writer
Part 2: Taking it to a new level
Part 3: Questions to ask
Part 4: Reading a story
Part 5: Taking a story apart


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As we eagerly anticipate our time to learn, grow and discover forward together in the upcoming school years, we've designed the goals of our 2014-2018 Strategic Plan to align with our four core values: 21st Century teaching and learning, student-centered, stewardship and Episcopal identity.
Position EDS as a model for 21st Century teaching and learning.
Further enrich student learning and performance through project-based curriculum and 21st Century skills.
Students will graduate with proficient use of technology as educational and productivity tools.
EDS will attract and retain the highest quality faculty to support our mission.
The school environment will support collaborative learning and the unique needs of each student.
Facilities will be conducive to 21st Century teaching and learning and continue to provide a safe and secure environment.
Nurturing relationships will be a priority for sustaining school partners and the future of EDS.
Desired student capacity will be constantly maintained with qualified students, as well as families who share the EDS mission.
Financial resources will be continuously available to meet the needs of the school, now and into the future.
Realize the meaning that comes from our Episcopal identity.
Celebrate our relationship with Christ Church.


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A good example of this would be when a user enters credit card details to , only to find that the form has failed to submit properly to the web server without displaying any .Will the user receive the product? Has money been subtracted from their account? How do they go back and find out what went wrong?Just as a good website design will not draw attention to the way in which it directs a Custom Web Design user through the various pages of a website, a well-designed UI will not draw attention to itself.When the UI design is modelled to , the user will probably not notice the ease with which they were able to engage with the system.A number of different steps are needed to achieve this effect.
Understanding exactly what is expected of the system is one of the most obvious requirements.
It takes a lot longer to change software than it does in seeking clarification of the functionality in the first place.Having said that, user requirements often change during the development process.The more clarifications that can be made during the stage of gathering , the easier it will be in what is required for development, as well as potentially avoiding some re-working during the development phase.
It is often necessary for the developer, or BI consultant, to pinpoint user requirements from a client who is not as interested in outlining the system, as much as they are interested in settling on a cost and a completion date.
Some clients will only show interest in the work at, or after, prototyping has occurred where they suddenly explain that what they required of the software is something quite different from what has been prototyped!It is really important that the come to grips with how the client business operates, the goals of the , and the way the system will integrate within the business workflow.


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I have a whole house water filter problem: every time I need to change the filter element I can't get the canister turned out of the top housing. I've broken 2 of the plastic wrenches, tried using 2 strap wrenches together and even made my own "wrench using wood and nylon rope. I contacted the manufacturer who recommended using food grade silicon grease on the threads and the O ring seal. I did that and was careful not to over tighten. It's time to change the filter and once again the canister housing the filter cartridge is jammed. I'm stumped and frustrated. :confused: Any ideas short of replacing the whole unit? I'm not adverse to that option, but don't want to end up with the same problem?
This is one of those questions, at least in my experience, that there is no easy answer to. I've dealt with those systems in residential and commercial applications and the best thing I can tell you is "finesse".
They're most often made of fiberglass or plastic. When you put a pipe wrench on them it compresses opposite sides, and when you apply pressure it's like applying breaks to a peddle, it clamps down, compresses the plastic and it won't budge because fiberglass or plastic has it own surface resistance that you tend to be increasing.
I've applied grease to them, graphite, and WD40, and they all tend to make the situation worse because they only seem to enable the option to compress and bind.
This isn't a great answer but it works for me. The old Amish "Gentle Persuasion". Grip it with your hand or a strap wrench very evenly all around and tap it lightly with a screwdriver or small hammer and turn gently. It's like the old Arthur and Excalibur story. Every knight in the realm tried to brute force the sword from the stone, Arthur just coaxed it because he didn't know any better.
The restrictions on sanitation prevent the device from being anything but something which works out to be pliable. A pliable cap doesn't work like we expect it to but it does work.
You are using the pressure relief valve on top of the fixture before trying to unscrew the canister........yes?
If you don't, then you're fighting against X pounds of water pressure per sq. inch.
couldn't you just close supply valve and open some faucets or valves downstream to drain the water & pressure from the filtration unit before you began, instead of just closing valves before and aft and leaving the device under pressure?
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You are using the pressure relief valve on top of the fixture before trying to unscrew the canister........yes?
If you don't, then you're fighting against X pounds of water pressure per sq. inch.
Ditto that, makes all the difference.
Hand tighten, then use the wrench only to stop any leaks.
I hear you. I actually replaced mine with a large capacity filter and took the time to build in a bypass and pressure relief valve and tubing. Best idea every. I put ball valves before and after the filter. That way, I could totally isolate it. I than added another ball valve with a drain tube. I put a bucket under the drain tube and then released using my ball valve and drain tube. No mess. It was much better then using the crummy pressure relief button. Adding the bypass meant that I could rinse the muck out of the bottom of the canister even when the whole house filter shut off. The unfiltered bypass was an outside spigot, so being filtered wasn't an issue.
Also, the amount of force should be quite a bit lighter than one would think. It's like a spin-on oil filter; just enough to make it water tight.
Had the same problem with my Grandma's water filter. Yes, I was relieving the pressure. I ended up using faucet grease on the threads and o-ring; that helped quite a bit. I find that even still it doesn't come off easily; but rather than trying to force it off, I use even, steady pressure and it eventually comes loose.
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This is one of those questions, at least in my experience, that there is no easy answer to. I've dealt with those systems in residential and commercial applications and the best thing I can tell you is "finesse".
Keyword is "finesse"... I've never looked forward to this household chore... Finesse is the keyword here, and also a little patience. In addtion to finesse, you'll need a 32oz deadweight mallet and the black plastic wrench with the nubs that fit onto the blue body...
Draw a black line with a Sharpie on the blue body - visually aligned with some reference point on the black housing. Using the black plastic wrench, wale on the wrench with the mallet as close as possible to the stronger part of the wrench...
Key: Don't expect it to loosen all at once. Inspect that black line you drew on the blue body, and sure enough you'll see that you are making progress in very small increments. Once you see you've rotated a degree or two, you'll actually be convinced that it's starting to loosen. You're home free...
Also, lacking any handy plumbers grease, I used ordinary vasoline on the threads of the blue body. I think that helps, or else it's a placebo.
This is an old post, but the problem is not.
This is how I do it: First I shut the water supply, disconnect the water supply into the unit and out from the unit, take the unit outside the house and start working on it.
I use 2 wide wrenches. One to hold the body as a vise (I don't use the plastic holder that came with the unit - it's too weak). The other to turn the top of the filter unit.
When you are ready to put the top part, lubricate the thread with Vasaline/petroleum jelly, as suggested above, not WD40. Hand tight + 1/2 a turn with the wrench. Assemble the supply lines. Check for leaks.


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The dogs run along the frozen river then bound up the bank and through a willow, aspen and birch forest. A fine spray of powdery snow kicked up by the dogs flies into our faces, and Lisa and I laugh with the exhilaration of speed. We lean into turns, but tumble gently out on one sharp turn, laughing, like tipped-over toddlers in snowsuits. Dave calls "whoa!" and the dogs stop and wait for us to catch up and climb in again, to experience yet more of the thrill.
Back at the lodge, we settle in to visit with other guests before dinner. The lodge chef swings into the room with a tray of a regional delicacy: moose meat, prepared teriyaki-style. As I enjoy the rich, full flavor, the chef tells us how this particular hors d'oeuvre came to be. "It's Jeanne's moose," she says.
Jeanne Stevens, a petite Athabascan elder, has run the town's post office since she was in her teens. In her late 70s now, she still zips around on a snowmobile, has her own riverboat for fishing, and hunts moose; our appetizer is the result of her most recent hunting expedition.
After dinner, Jeanne herself drops in to meet the latest lodge guests. She speaks quietly, in short statements, as if the rest of her thoughts are dissipated by the vast spareness of the landscape.
She invites us to visit her place, and we tramp up the stairs above the post office and enter her apartment, which is filled with museum-quality native art ranging from beaded fur mukluk sealskins or hide boots and parkas to an astonishingly elaborate beaded map of Alaska featuring its flora and fauna, designed and crafted by Jeanne.
During the hour-long visit, we learn that Jeanne has been faithfully passing along her skills to the younger generation in beading workshops. I am entranced with the warmth of this woman who doesn't even know any of us, but who opens her home to us with such a spirit of generosity.
There are still several more nights to go, as well as snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and evenings filled with the tales of visiting townsfolk and the camaraderie of this small outpost with a big heart. Yet now it's time to rest for the night. While I sleep, the lodge hosts will stay up and monitor the skies.
Partway through the night, alerted by lodge hosts, we tumble out of our dreams and, bundled up, stroll through the glowing snow, to be greeted by cool green flames of light flickering above nearby treetops. The flames grow in size, then a tinge of pink seeps into the edges, like a paintbrush touched to a wet canvas. The broad bands of light form into curls and tendrils, pulsing a yet more vivid green, then trail off into the wide spaces of frozen peaks and broad river valleys in Alaska's great white interior.
If You Go
Gates of the Arctic National Park: Bettles
Alaska Tourism Office
Bettles Lodge & Bettles Air
Bettles Air, owned and operated by Bettles Lodge, provides wilderness transportation to and from Fairbanks and throughout the Brooks Range. Lodge owners Dan and Lynda Klaes offer numerous tour options year-round, ranging from fishing, hiking and photography day trips to visits to gold-mining camps, flightseeing and river float trips.


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Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecturer
Every year an outstanding School of Medicine faculty member is selected to present the Norma Berryhill Lecture.
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The Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture began in 1985. Established to honor the medical school's "most able scientists and scholars," the lectureship is named after the late Norma Berryhill, whose late husband, Dr. Walter Reece Berryhill, was dean of the school from 1941 to 1964. Along with her husband, she is considered the co-founder of UNC's four-year School of Medicine. While honoring an eminent member of the School of Medicine faculty, the Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture series serves as an occasion to welcome new faculty members in an academic convocation and to further the sense of community created and nurtured by Mrs. Berryhill.
The Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture is our annual convocation. It is a time when we reflect upon our School's splendid heritage of collegiality and excellence, to which Norma Berryhill contributed so much. It is also the occasion on which we welcome our newest faculty members.
The Dean and Advisory Committee of the School of Medicine established the Norma Berryhill Lectureship in September 1984. The Lectureship has two essential components:
- a Lecture to be given annually by a member of the faculty of the Medical School; and
- a convocation of the Medical School to be held at the time of the Lecture and at which new faculty members will be recognized.
The aims of the Lectureship are twofold. First, the selection of the Norma Berryhill Lecturer is meant to honor a member of the faculty whose accomplishments have added distinction to the Medical School.
Second, the convocation is intended to further a sense of community within the Medical School. Because Mrs. Berryhill was a major factor in developing this sense, the Lectureship was named in her honor
The Lecturer shall be an actively employed member of the faculty of the School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the time of selection. Recently appointed faculty who have not arrived in Chapel Hill are not eligible. Nominations can be fixed-term faculty, tenure-track or tenured faculty.
1. Nominations for the Lecturer shall come from individual faculty members and alumni. Departmental, divisional, or other corporate nominations will not be accepted.
2. Nominees should have made distinguished contributions to the stature of the School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3. The Committee requests that you send the name (s) of your nominee(s) with your reasons for the nomination stated briefly. The Committee will be responsible for obtaining other supporting materials, such as curriculum vitae, etc.
Please submit your nominations to the Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture Selection Committee via Amy Armstrong (firstname.lastname@example.com) by April 29, 2019.
Previous lecturers are:
1985 John B. Graham, MD (Pathology)
1986 G. Philip Manire, PhD (Microbiology)
1987 Floyd W. Denny, MD (Pediatrics)
1988 Mary Ellen Jones, PhD (Biochemistry)
1989 Colin G. Thomas, Jr., MD (Surgery)
1990 Carl W. Gottschalk, MD (Medicine)
1991 William B. Blythe, MD (Medicine)
1992 George Johnson, Jr., MD (Surgery)
1993 Stuart Bondurant, MD (Medicine)
1994 Judson J. Van Wyk, MD (Pediatrics)
1995 Christopher C. Fordham III, MD (Medicine)
1996 Frank C. Wilson, MD (Surgery)
1997 Joseph S. Pagano, MD (Medicine)
1998 Joe W. Grisham, MD (Pathology)
1999 P. Frederick Sparling, MD (Medicine)
2000 George F. Sheldon, MD (Surgery)
2001 Edward A. Norfleet, MD (Anesthesiology)
2002 Oliver Smithies, MA, DPhil (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)
2003 Harold R. Roberts, MD (Medicine & Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)
2004 Philip A. Bromberg, MD (Medicine)
2005 Joel E. Tepper, MD (Radiation Oncology)
2006 Robert C. Cefalo, MD, PhD (Obstetrics & Gynecology)
2007 H. Shelton Earp, III, MD (Medicine)
2008 Richard C. Boucher, Jr., MD (Medicine)
2009 Jeffrey L. Houpt, MD (Dean Emeritus/Psychiatry)
2010 Jenny P. Ting, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
2011 Ronald Falk, MD (Medicine)
2012 Eugene Orringer, MD (Medicine)
2013 Judith Tintinalli, MD, MS, FACEP (Emergency Medicine)
2014 Myron Cohen, MD (Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health)
2015 J. Charles Jennette (Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
2016 Aziz Sancar (2015 Nobel Laureate, Biochemistry and Biophysics)
2017 Nancy Chescheir (OB/GYN)
2018 Giselle Corbie-Smith (Social Medicine)


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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 06:20:29PM -0800, Mark Rafn wrote: > > > Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > >> Forking a project is not the same as putting words in my mouth I > >> didn't say and that's what Invariant sections are for. > > It's no more (nor less) putting words in your mouth than it is putting > words in the Apache Group's mouth to distribute a modified httpd. > > If you have statements to make that you don't want people to be able > to change and reuse, that's your choice. It doesn't belong in Debian. > Then please remove the GPL from all debian packages, and make non-free all those that include it. Or can the GPL be modified, can it be changed at will? No. Does it make it non-free: NO. (...) > > > The "Invariant Sections" in the GFDL are far more restrictive: > > not allowed to ever modify or remove them, no matter how much you modify > > the rest of the documentation. And even if you lift only a single chapter > > from a GFDLed document, you have to copy all of its Invariant Sections > > verbatim. > > Invariant (unmodifiable and unremovable) is a showstopper. Just plain > non-free, IMO. Under your view all the documents that provide the licenses in _all_ our packages make _all_ our packages in main non-free. Please, think again. > > > The combination of immutability and nonremovability is what makes them > > non-free, in my opinion. I wouldn't have a problem with some immutable > > sections, as long as they contain no technical information and can be > > discarded in the event of a significant fork. > > I'd argue that immutable (removable but unmodifiable) sections must be > discarded before becoming part of Debian. Please read what the FSF has to say about this: "When should a section be invariant? First of all, keep in mind that a section that treats technical material cannot be invariant. Only a secondary section can be invariant, and a technical section is not a secondary section. If the section is text that you're not allowed to modify, such as a copy of the GNU GPL, then it must be invariant. You can't give permission to modify it if you don't have permission to modify it. (One consequence is that you cannot use preexisting text which covers technical material if you don't have permission to allow modification of that text.) When a section discusses the philosophy of free software, it is a good idea to make that section invariant. For instance, when we put the GNU Manifesto in a manual, or when we include a section explaining why free documentation is important, we make that section invariant. " (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html) Invariant sections are non-technical opinions (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto-opt.html) that reflect the author's opinions. You cannot remove them, _but_ you can add your own (for example to "discuss" what the original author said). In any case, if we disagree on this. We could probably agree on this: "No document using the GFDL will be consider DFSG-free if using invariant sections. With the exception of Invariant Sections that include the document's license (the GFDL), or a brief history of the author as related to the document itself." This makes GFDL documents "free in the Debian sense" unless they don't follow what we decide are proper guidelines for document re-use. Don't they? Why don't we discuss which 'ors' should be added as conditions rather on debating wether or not Invariant = non-free? (which we are not going to agree on). Regards Javi
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All week we have waited patiently for this moment; the beginning of the weekend. Its finally Friday, and it's about time to kick the door off of the hinges and head for a few days off, and hopefully a few days of fun. The season has officially changed, and Fall is in the air, and once again we've got your weekend musical needs covered. Today we supply you with the 34th installment of our Weekend Playlist on Spotify.
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Searching for the ox
The ox-herding pictures have been around for about 1,000 years. Sometimes there are ten in a set, sometimes five or six. However many, they're typically understood to represent stages of development in practice en route to awakening, and beyond. There's a difference worth noting between various sets of pictures. In some, the final image is of an enso, a Zen circle. In this version of the ox-herding pictures, the gradual development of Zen life and understanding is shown via a progressive whitening of the ox, ending in the disappearance of the ox entirely. In other versions, the last picture is different, based on the idea that concluding with an empty circle mistakes realizing and abiding in emptiness as the culmination of practice. This alternative and more widespread view is that realizing emptiness is a stage, but that the path culminates with a return to the everyday world. This perspective is most consistent with the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, of which Zen is a part.
In any case, seeing the pictures as progressive stages of practice is the usual linear understanding, and the numbering of the pictures and the orderly progression of the ox's coloration, from black to white, pulls for this kind of interpretation. Zen may have a wild side, but Buddhism as a whole seems to favor orderliness. Buddhism's many numbered lists – Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, 108 Delusions, etc – exemplify this inclination. I think that a couple of thousand years ago, Buddhism was a form of mainstream science. You could say Buddha was a mystic, but there's also a good case for Buddha as scientist, his own body and mind his laboratory. Buddha the scientist explored and studied the nature of suffering, consciousness, and freedom from suffering, finally arriving at a formula for a reliable, repeatable process. You could say we're repeating his experiment here and now.
It's interesting to question the linearity of the pictures. As a practitioner, should you expect to move through all these stages in order? Are there really exactly ten? Is each stage entirely distinct from what comes before and after? When you reach stage five, have you left stage four behind forever? Maybe, but not necessarily. It's also useful to see them as mirrors. Look at your practice in each and see if you recognize yourself. When I was getting ready to be shuso – head student – I had to make-up an invitation to the ceremony. I made one up using the third picture – "In harness" – as an illustration on the front. When I showed it to my teacher, Sojun Roshi, he told me to use the second picture – "Discipline begun." But I wanted to be a number three. I thought I was a number three, but my teacher demoted me to number two. At the time, I was sure he was wrong, but I accepted his direction. In retrospect, he was right, even though I didn't like it at the time.
The point of thinking of the pictures as mirrors is not to admire yourself or to compare yourself to anyone else. That's what I was doing. "Shuso, and only a 2??!!" And this is a hazard that comes with of this business of "stages;" the mirror turns into a place of judgment, of affirmation or rejection, not illumination and reflection. I have an old friend who once told me he had a foolproof diet that allowed you to eat as much as you want of whatever you want as often as you want, with only one requirement. You must always eat in the nude in front of a full-length mirror. Mirrors can be very helpful when they are allowed to reflect what's actually in front of them.
Another alternative to viewing the pictures as a linear progression is to consider that an individual might experience some back and forth between stages. For example, the sense of being lost portrayed in the first picture may recur over time. As might any of the stages or conditions represented by the the pictures. Many accounts of Zen awakening suggest that once fully awakened, all delusion is cut, the mind is free from clinging, the ego is in its proper place, and the awakened person functions with complete freedom and clarity. While this is an appealing idea, I am skeptical, as I've said many times before. Awakening is transformative, but one goes on for a whole life working to deepen awakening and integrate it into one's life. Human being are complex animals and rarely move in straight lines; even the indelible line from birth to death is wavy in its way. So if you find yourself "re-cycling" through some passages in your practice that you thought you'd left behind for good, don't make too much of it. It doesn't mean there's something wrong with you.
The first picture is called "SEARCHING FOR THE OX." Here's a classic commentary:
The beast has never gone astray, and what is the use of searching for him? The reason why the oxherd is not on intimate terms with him is because the oxherd himself has violated his own inmost nature. The beast is lost, for the oxherd has himself been led out of the way through his deluding senses. His home is receding farther away from him, and byways and crossways are ever confused. Desire for gain and fear of loss burn like fire; ideas of right and wrong shoot up like a phalanx.
And here is a classic poem with the picture that reads:
Alone in the wilderness, lost in the jungle, the boy is searching, searching!
The swelling waters, the far-away mountains, and the unending path;
Exhausted and in despair, he knows not where to go,
He only hears the evening cicadas singing in the maple-woods.
This is not so hard to understand if you focus on key words in the passage: ideas of right and wrong, desire for gain and fear of loss, lost, searching, despair, knows not. Pretty dramatic. The image is not of a boy (or girl) who's not quite sure, who's scratching her head thinking, hmmmm. It is someone whose sense of something missing is urgent, urgent enough to fuel a search. "Something is missing and I need to find it." Or, if the "it" over-objectifies the search, "I've lost my bearings. I need to know where I am, to find home." Either way, there's a sense of strong intention even in the midst of being lost, of not knowing.
And the commentary that precedes the poem is also pretty clear about the causes of the predicament. It's not that something is actually missing; it's that the subject has lost track of it by seeking outside herself . Note the ending of the poem: "He only hears the evening cicadas singing in the maple-woods." One way to read this is that the seeker's attention is focused in the wrong direction, turned outward and relying on the senses, not turned inward relying on the illlumination of the mind. Sometimes, the singing of the cicadas is refered to as "the empty shrilling," as in this Waka poem:
The deep hills,
No sight of the ox.
Just the empty
Shrilling of the cicadas.
I'm certain this feeling is something you have felt or feel personally, otherwise you wouldn't be here wasting a perfectly good Saturday morning staring at a wall. This first picture is about the beginning of practice, which inevitably involves some discomfort. There are many words for this discomfort and it arises differently for each person. In one case, it may be what's known as "existential doubt," that persistent uncertainty about what life means or whether it has any meaning at all. In another case, it may be very painful, rooted in profound personal loss. A death or a grave illness. What felt like a reliable world no longer does. The ground beneath your feet is unsteady, even gone. For me, it was some combination of standard issue teenage alienation, existential angst, and inability to find compeling answers in anything I read until I came across Zen stories. Those stories intensified my uncomfortable feeling of not knowing something important while at the same time leaving me with an instinct that the central characters in the stories had somehow grasped whatever it was I hadn't.
Whatever your experience, this first picture is about the arising of bodhicitta—often referred to as "the mind that seeks the way," and the turning to practice. As I've said before, this way of translating bodhicitta can be problematic, if the way is capital T The and capital W Way. I prefer to think of it as the arising of an intention to find clarity, or an intention to get to the bottom of things, or an intention to find deeper understanding, or an intention to find freedom, or an intention to find well-being. In other words, searching for the ox is not simply about feeling lost and confused and dissatisfied. It goes beyond that to the stirring of intention to do something about it. A sense of purpose arises. An aspiration. And this purpose and aspiration bring you to some kind of deliberate practice, like what we are undertaking here together. So in summary, this first stage is first of all about a feeling of separation, loss, or confusion….something in that general area, but the feeling is actually a kind of blessing, a waking-up to the need to look, to find "home." And the need becomes an intention (which can also take the form of a formal vow), and the intention leads to a shift. This shift is a kind of letting go of reliance on one path and turning to another, in our case to the path of Zen practice.
I would like to underline a point I made earlier, that the stages may not be a strict linear progression. It may be a series of cycles. Searching, for example, is not necessarily something limited to the beginning of practice and left forever behind with an awakening experience. In preparing to talk about the Oxherding Pictures, I read some comments on the pictures by Yamada Mumon Roshi. Mumon Roshi was one of the most highly regarded Japanese Zen masters of the 20th century. The current Zen master Harada Shodo Roshi is one of his dharma heirs and also much respected. In the foreward to Mumon Roshi's commentaries one of his students describes him as follows:
"…one who lives each gesture and every moment beyond ego…clear of all attachment to any desires…beyond the need to make any further conscious efforts to let go of ego…thoroughly…selfless…"
I have little doubt that Mumon Roshi was a wonderful teacher and a highly refined human being. Still, I am uneasy about this projection of an ideal of absolute perfection. Mumon Roshi was chief abbot of Myoshinji, the head Rinzai temple in Kyoto. His teacher was Seki Seisetsu (1877 – 1945), also a highly regarded Zen Master but, acccording to a piece on www.zenforuminternational.org, also a war champion. This characterization is based on references to Brian Victoria's book Zen at War, and/or a book entitled, The Rape of Nanking. Apparently, Seitetsu authored a book promoting Zen and Bushido, the way of the warrior. Just before the fall of Nanking, Seisetsu went on national radio to say:
'Showing the utmost loyalty to the emperor is identical with engaging in the religious practice of Mahayana Buddhism. This is because Mahayana Buddhism is identical with the law of the sovereign.'
He then called for the 'extermination of the red devils' (Communists) in Japan and in China and took this message to the battlefield, visiting the Chinese front in 1938. Throughout the war years, Mumon accomopanied his master on such military trips and editing his writings. Does this make Mumon an advocate for war and killing? According to the article, after the war and Seisetu's death, Mumon began to express sorrow about his participation in the war.
'He told me that nothing he could ever do could make up for his complicity,' Harada says. 'Everywhere he went, he talked about peace. He travelled to many places where Japan had caused suffering – Guam, Borneo, the Philippines – to talk about peace.'
To me, this is an example of returning to "searching for the ox." No matter how developed we may be, no matter how deep our practice (and I assume Mumon was a deep, sincere, developed Zen practitioner during his visits to the troops with his master), there is always the prospect of losing one's way. The important thing is to recognize what is going on and begin again to search. There's no shame in that. The shame is in denying we've gotten lost.
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Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review
Late last year the M500 series not only cemented Crucials reputation as an industry leader but it also helped prove to consumers that there was another alternative to TLC NAND. By leveraging the power of Marvell's then top of the line 9187 controller and a strong relationship with IMFT through their parent company Micron, massive 128GBit ONFi 3 NAND ICs ushered in a new era of price vs performance. Since then Crucial and Marvell have learned many valuable lessons about the nature of these new ONFi 3 beasts.
These hard won lessons have now been distilled into an entirely new model called the M550 which uses only top-shelf ONFi 3 NAND, binned specifically for these SSDs.
In nearly every critical area the M550 exhibits a noticeable improvement over its predecessor the M500. Everything from its IOPS rating to sequential file performance has been boosted significantly. However, much like the AData SP920, the biggest difference for the average consumer is the increase in capacity. Due to tweaking of the parity stripes size for RAIN (redundant array of independent NAND), Crucial was able to squeeze additional capacity out of the same number -and size- of NAND ICs. RAID essentially increases redundancy which has a side effect of making the drive more resilient to premature aging. In the M550 512GB's case this technology frees up an extra thirty two gigabytes of space which would normally be used for over-provisioning.
Amongst other things, this extra space will help improve the M550s price vs. capacity ratio over that of the M500 and its competitors. hough with an online average price of only $329 the M550 does not need much help in this regards.
Usually when a new model comes out with such obvious improvements it replaces the previous model. This is not what Crucial have decided to do in this situation. Instead of End Of Life'ing the redoubtable M500 and replacing it with the M550, Crucial has simply decided to let both co-exist in the marketplace. The M500 will now focus on the entry level market and gain an even lower price point, whereas the M550 will now be Crucial's mainstream offering. This move certainly is good news as consumers who previously couldnt afford a mega-capacity drive now will be able to purchase the M500, conversely and with more money can get the M550 with more performance and additional capacity.
Due to the fact that this drive is so similar on paper to the AData SP920 we would be remiss in not comparing and contrasting the two drives. So if you have not already read our review of the SP920 we strongly recommend you do so before continuing. If you dont thats youre loss but the Coles notes version is both of these drives use similar ONFi 3 NAND ICs, RAM, controller, and with an online price of $329 - or 64 cents per GB- the M550 512GB is on paper very similar to that of the $334 ADadata SP920 512GB.
From the exterior the M550 follows firmly in its predecessors footsteps. Just like the M500, it uses a 7mm all metal exterior that is quite thick and secure feeling. Crucial has also included both a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and a 7mm to 9.5mm black plastic adapter covering. This combination allows the M550 to be installed in everything from an Ultrabook to full tower PC system.
Internally, the M550 also is very similar to the M500 and the new AData SP920 with a classic Marvell layout. There is a single Marvell controller, 16 ONFi 3 128GBit NAND ICs and a single Micron 512MB external ram cache IC. There are also onboard capacitors which allow for Flush In Flight abilities. Seeing a consumer grade drive with FiF is not as rare as it once was, but this costly to implement feature is always welcome on consumer grade storage devices.
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A woman named Noh, living in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, South Korea is suspected of poisoning five persons over a period of several years, killing three of them. Her daughter and mother-in-law Kim survived but two husbands and mother-in-law Lee met their death. Although Noh's daughter survived three separate poisoning incidents, the mother still received insurance profits (USD $6,300) from the child's illnesses. She was arrested for questioning on March 4 [?], 2015 for questioning. Noh received "huge" sums from life insurance payouts after each death.
Noh is suspected of poisoning ex-husband Kim "by putting a beverage in the refrigerator that had been spiked with a poisonous herbicide Gramoxone, which was used so frequently for suicides that it was taken off the market in 2012." At the time, Kim's death was, unsurprisingly, ruled a suicide. The widow was holding three insurance policies on the life of her beloved spouse. From these policies Noh raked in $410,000.
Noh married Lee in March 2012. He and died soon after and his mother died in January 2013. Both deaths had been attributed to pneumonia.
Noh's insurance "earnings" gave her a comfortable lifestyle. She bought gold bullion, an $18,000 bicycle and went on skiing trips.
Police report that are looking into other possible crimes and for possible accomplices.
[Robert St. Estephe; based on information from Kim Bong-Moon, "Woman held for killing husbands, mother-in-law," Korea JoongAng Daily, Mar. 4, 2015]
For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.


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These are from yesterday. I have found an Art deco pendant that is very similar to one of my rings. The pendant has a hematite stone, one of my favorite stones. It is very well made and heavy.
The bow ring is from the forties, I think. I have showed it to my mother and she says she remembers this pattern as something that older ladies would have in her childhood in the late fifties.
The other ring has two hallmarks, but I didn't find anything about them yet. I'll update later, when I'll have the time/patience to search more. But it has such a beautiful, luminous stone, like a pool of sunset light.
Linking up with Vintage Bliss Tuesdays and Vintage Charm parties.


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Since watching movies is one of America's favorite pastimes, it's no wonder that movie quizzes are also one of the most popular types people take online. Not only are they fun, they show how well you know your favorite flicks.
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You've seen a movie multiple times and you think you know everything about it. But do you? You can test your knowledge by taking a quiz about that movie here. Your score may surprise you and give you the urge to pull it out to watch it again.
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If you aren't interested in testing your knowledge, you can simply take movie quizzes to learn more about the ones you like. Sometimes it's more fun to learn about things by taking fun quizzes rather than reading information about them.
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Browse the movie quizzes we have available above such as the Grease Movie Quiz and Titanic Movie Quiz. If you don't see films that you've seen before, try taking some of the ones you haven't to learn about them to determine if it is something you want to see.
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Obese Woman's Husband Blames 3 Airlines For Her Death After She Was Kept From Flying
When not one but three airlines fail to accommodate an obese passenger trying to get home to receive medical care in the U.S., who is to blame? A New York woman's husband is suing Delta, KLM and Lufthansa Airlines claiming her death is all on them, after she was unable to successfully get home to the states from Hungary on three separate flights.
The 425-pound woman was suffering from kidney disease and diabetes and only had one leg, says her husband, and her condition worsened while the couple was on their annual vacation in Hungary, reports the New York Post. but all three airlines said she was too fat to fly.
"All we wanted was to come back home to get her treatment," he said. She passed away nine days after attempting to board the first of three flights.
The man says their travel agent told Delta about her condition and had purchased two tickets for her, and one for the husband. On Oct. 15 they were planning to fly back to the U.S. so she could receive medical treatment from her doctors. But KLM told them after they had boarded the plane that it couldn't accommodate her weight.
"They tried to fit her into the back of the plane, but they didn't have an extension to secure her," he said, adding they were already seated when the airline told them to get off the plane.
KLM acknowledged her weight was an issue:
"It appeared on the passenger's return that it was not physically possible for her to board the aircraft, despite every effort made by KLM to this end. A seat or belt extender did not offer a solution, either," saida KLM spokeswoman.
The couple then drove five hours to Prague to get on a Delta flight that would supposedly be able to handle her as a disabled person, said the man's attorney. Delta staff claimed the plastic wheelchair they used wouldn't hold her and they couldn't put her on a sky-lift elevator.
Delta also said it tried its best:
"After the operating carrier in Budapest was physically unable to board [the woman] on its flight, and despite a determined good-faith effort by Delta in Prague, we were also physically unable to board her on our aircraft," said a Delta spokesman.
It was back to Hungary, where the couple called their travel agent to try one more time. This time, a Lufthansa flight said it could take her to New York via Frankfurt. But even with help from the local fire department, the flight crew couldn't move her from the wheelchair to her three seats, and the captain said they'd have to deplane after 30 minutes of trying to board.
Lufthansa chimed in with its own statement on the woman's condition:
"We had 140 passengers on board, and they had connections and needed to travel," said a Lufthansa spokesman. "The question was never the seat belt. The question was the mobility of the passenger."
Three strikes was it, so the couple returned to their vacation home. The husband says they didn't trust doctors in Hungary who were unfamiliar with her medical history. She passed away a few days later.
CBS News adds that the man is now suing Delta and KLM for $6 million as a result of her death, claiming that the airlines violated laws concerning disabled passengers' rights.
Delta insists it pulled out all the stops to help the couple.
"Delta and KLM did everything possible to assist the family," the company said in a statement to WCBS. "When KLM was unable to safely board [the woman] in Budapest, it was determined she might be able to fly on the larger Delta aircraft out of Prague, but unfortunately that was not the case. Our records indicate Delta staff in Prague made repeated attempts for nearly an hour to board the customer, but they were unable to get her onboard the aircraft."
A tragic situation, to be sure. But while there are limits to what an ordinary flight crew can do, the woman was able to fly to Hungary in the first place, so surely something could've been done in time for her to get home safely.
Sickly, obese Bronx woman dies in Hungary after airlines say she's too fat to fly [New York Post]
Delta, KLM sued for death of obese woman denied flight [CBS News]
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Savannah is wearing an Alyce gown in sapphire and Lyndsey is wearing a Sherri Hill gown in strawberry. They are the daughters of Patrick and April Starnes of Granite Falls and attend South Caldwell High School.
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My sister is getting married in less than three weeks and four of her bridesmaids (myself included) expected our dresses, that we order 10 weeks ago from an online website, to get in this week. Little did we know that we were being scammed. With a few major anxiety attacks and tossing up the idea of actually making our own bridesmaid dresses, I called South's and they put all anxious feelings at ease. They were able to find the right dresses in all of the right sizes, order them, and get them to me within 3 days. All I can say is wow and thank you so much for all of your wonderful help!
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Just a short note to thank one of your employees for her extra special help for me on August 11, 2012
I was on the way to a wedding in Blowing Rock when we decided to stop in the mall to try and find a small "formal" type evening bag to go with my dress. Since my husband is a retired JC Penney store manager, we always try Penney's first. Once in the store, my husband noticed that the slit in the back of my dress was slit a lot more than it was supposed to be!!!! I freaked out!!! Checked quickly around Penney's but because of the matching shoes and jewelry decided I would try to find a needle and thread and fix myself, rather than have to buy a whole new outfit. We went out into the mall to try and find a store with needle and thread and the first store on the left was South's. Laura Hickey was a life saver! I asked if they had a needle and thread I could purchase and she looked at my problem, took me to a dressing room, took my dress and fixed it on the spot!. I can never thank her enough. She was a jewel - would not take any money for doing it. I was very glad I was able to find the evening bag that I needed as well.
Please thank her again on my behalf. You have a wonderful employee there.
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"Many brides tend to venture off the mountain when it comes to looking for the perfect wedding gown. I found that this was not necessary with the help from South's in Boone Mall. It was the special attention from Susan and the staff at South's that made all the difference. They were very helpful and accommodating in finding my dress as well as the rest of the wedding party's attire. They were great to work with and always made time for "you.", remembering that on your special day that's who it's all about!"
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"I got married in December 2009 and bought my dress at South's Bridal. It was absolutely the best experience. Carolyn and the staff were awesome! I thought deciding on a dress would be stressful but they made the whole process so easy. They were very patient and took their time with me. We bought the girl's dresses and also the suits for the guys. I never had to worry about the dresses coming in on time or the alterations being done. I can't say enough about Carolyn. My wedding was beautiful and perfect and I'm happy that South's was part of it."
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"Dear Staff at South's, Words cannot describe how much I appreciate all your service. Getting my dress at South's was the easiest part of planning my wedding. You were all so very helpful, and you made sure my dress was absolutely perfect, and that is exactly what it was! The warmth of your service felt like friendship, and I felt like a real person in your store not just another bride. Thank you for all your kind help, and may God Bless you all!"
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"To all the girls at South's,
Thank you so much for all your help with my wedding dress & the suits. You made all my fittings so much fun! The wedding was beautiful & I'm so thankful for your part in that."
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Demand from China Will Be the Major Driver for Global PVC Market
Online PR News – 11-December-2009 – – China will be the principal driver of global vinyls demand until 2020. Rapid increase in downstream capacity additions, primarily geared towards export markets, and the fast growth of the domestic construction industry were the main drivers of vinyls demand in China. The Chinese government is currently undertaking a $600 billion investment program to develop infrastructure in interior China, which will be the main driver of vinyls demand in the future. China has the world's largest vinyls capacity using acetylene feedstock and half of the future capacity additions will also be based on acetylene feedstock. Acetylene prices are linked to coal prices and insulate most of the Chinese vinyls producers from the large volatility in the international crude oil prices. China has some of the largest reserve of coal in the world and the need to reduce the dependence on imported crude oil for feedstock is driving the vinyls capacity additions using acetylene as a feedstock.
Even with these large capacity additions coming up in the country, China will continue to be the largest importer of vinyls in the world.The Chinese vinyls demand will grow by more than 10% annually and will account for 18% of the global EDC demand and 34% of the global VCM demand in 2020.
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The vinyls demand growth during the last decade in the Middle East region was the second highest after the Asia Pacific region. The demand was driven by large scale construction projects in Iran and Saudi Arabia, which are some of the largest exporting countries of crude oil and natural gas in the world, and the high oil prices of the past few years have immensely benefited their economies. These countries have undertaken large multi-billion dollar projects to develop the physical infrastructure and industrialization in their economies, driven by the need to invest the windfall revenues earned from high crude oil prices and also to generate jobs for local nationals. Demand from construction applications account for 85% of the region's vinyls demand and the large construction projects will drive the demand for vinyls in this sector, and also the larger Middle East market. The growth of VCM and EDC capacities in Iran and Saudi Arabia will drive the Middle East vinyls market until 2020.
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GBI Research's 'Global Vinyl Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020' provides in-depth analysis of the global vinyls industry. The study provides volume forecasts for Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) and Ethylene dichloride (EDC) to 2020. Detailed analysis and forecasts of the major economic and market trends, both historic and forecast, affecting the vinyls markets in all the major regions of the world have been undertaken. The research includes VCM and EDC demand and production forecasts for major regions of the world. Demand, production and trade analysis for VCM and EDC for the major markets within each region is also provided. Market share analysis of major vinyls producers by region is also included in this comprehensive report covering all the major parameters.
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We want to thank the neighborhood in Cambridge and the entire food community in the local area for the overwhelming amount of support that we have received for our efforts to open UPPERWEST.
Our second hearing is coming up tomorrow on our Liquor License and other License applications, and we are hopeful that we will be able to move forward so we can open as soon as possible.
We have more than surpassed our goal of 200 signatures on our Petition, and have reached over 500 signatures. We also blew away our goal of 5 Letters of Support and received 30 amazing letters from local residents and businesses in Cambridge.
We can not thank you enough for your support and we can't wait to get open and get to know our neighborhood even better!


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Bella Rose is a Porn Star from Canada. She was born on December 31, 1983. She is listed on FreeOnes since 2011 and is currently ranked 1522th place. She currently has 161 gallery links and 14 videos in her own FreeOnes section.
Our records show that Bella Rose is currently active which means she is still making movies, doing live shows and/or doing photo shoots.


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Under floor sensors trialled in aged care
Under floor sensors are being trialled in residential aged care facilities to help decrease the incidence of falls. The sensitivity of the floor sensors can be adjusted via a tablet device based on a resident's fall risk level.
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The greatest thing about living in Yorkshire is that every
time I go for a walk, the scenery looks different. I could pass the same
street, and something about it will be different. Usually, it's the leaves that
are changing (my favourite part of the year) or new flowers in bloom. This
week, I took a stroll down one of the country lanes that runs behind me house,
and the entire pathway was green! It was like being back in summer! I couldn't
believe how bright and alive the trees and bushes looked, even though the
street running parallel had trees that were almost bare – it's like this one area is stuck in summer.
Warm weather days like today are so easy to dress for. When
it comes to fashion in the autumn, I tend to wear a lot of khaki green and
black, and plenty of leggings. I can wear leggings for any occasion I
absolutely love them. I've found that some people absolutely loathe leggings,
where others may wear them as pants with a crop top. I'm somewhere in between. I often chose comfort
when it comes to leaving the house over style, because if I'm not comfortable I'm
not confident. This knitted khaki top from New Look is unbelievably comfortable
– I'm so lucky to have found it. It was one of those pieces hanging all alone
on a rail, and I decided to bring it home with me. Similarly, I bought this
denim jacket from F&F at Tesco last summer and have loved it ever since. It
was the last one available at the time and I thought I'd give Tesco a chance. This
jacket is way thicker than I expected, and actually quite warm; I barely wore
it during the summer because it was too heavy! This makes the coat ideal for
autumn days that are not quite hot and not quite cold.
Converse and rucksacks have been my go to regarding my style
recently, and if you follow me on Snapchat (where I document anything and
everything), you'll know that I've been wearing Converse non-stop for the past
fortnight. They're a shoe I've always known but taken for granted recently,
until I started wearing them again. I think the classic Chucks go perfectly
with jet black leggings and help complete this simple look.
Jacket // F&F
at Tesco
Top // New Look
Leggings // ASOS
Shoes // Converse
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
After it Snowed
Before the Snow
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Friday, March 28, 2008
It's a Tradition
That my dad always gets me flowers for my birthday, and that there's as many flowers as there are many years I've been alive. I LOVE taking pictures of flowers, and I LOVE my dad! Here's the real, beautiful flowers!
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
I got a new camera for my birthday! It's a Rebel XTi, and I love it. Of course, I'll love it a lot more once I understand how to use it more effectively! I think this flower would look more bright and vibrant, if it weren't a fake flower!
yep, I was tring to focus on the flowers, don't look at my uneven eyes! :)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
This is the word I found on my BYU transfer application today. I was really happy, and my parents were thrilled (to say the least!). I'm glad I'll be going to the same school as my husband, and really anxious to get moving with my major (Geography: Travel and Tourism emphasis). Andrew says we're going to every home football game, we'll just have to see about that one!
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Bridal Shower
Thank you so much everyone that organized, helped out, and came to the shower, it was so much fun!
I have no clue what else I'm going to need! Thanks again!
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Las Vegas, Baby!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Lake Visit
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Pre Wedding/ Engagement Photography – £250
Pre Wedding/ Engagement shoots are a brilliant way of meeting up before your wedding day and getting to see first hand how I work. It normally takes around an hour, and it is simply we go for a walk, have a chat and take some photos. This will really help if you are nervous or if you dislike having your photograph taken. I hear it all the time that people don't like or feel awkward at having their photo taken, but honestly – my style of photography really means there is nothing to worry about, just be you. If this sounds like you then choosing me as your wedding photographer is ideal, because of my unique approach, style and personality.
If you would like an engagement shoot then please get in touch and we can easily add it on to your wedding package. You will receive a minimum of 25 high resolution files from your engagement shoot. Engagement shoots take place during the week in Formby Woods, Dunham Massey or Delamere Forest.
Nothing cheesy, no awkward poses just relaxed, natural & beautiful photography that will give you a flavour of what to expect on your big day. It gives us the perfect opportunity to meet before the day, discuss your plans, answer any questions you may have and of course produce some fantastic images. This really is a bit of trial run if you like of your big day, it gets you used to being in front of the camera and puts you at ease ahead of the big day. Photographers play such a big part in weddings, I want to make sure you are as comfortable as possible.
Some couples have chosen to have their engagement shoot as soon as they have booked, others prefer to wait, honestly I am completely flexible. Some of my couples have chosen to use the images for wedding invite or save the date which is always a great idea.
If you have booked or are thinking of booking me as your wedding photographer then please get in touch to discuss your wedding. Alternatively if you're just looking for an engagement sessions prices start from £250. Get in contact to discuss further.


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Limited time offer: Free shipping with coupon code if you order today (a $10 value!)*
Our original SteriShoe was used in a study that was published in the Journal of the American Podiatric Association and the SteriShoe Essential uses the same UVC lamp, but in a smaller one size package. Unlike cheap and unsafe imitations, we continue to use electronic safety features that prevent you and your loved ones from looking at the UVC light.
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Brian Cartwright
Brian Cartwright has been a director since January 2016. He is also a senior advisor to Patomak Global Partners LLC, a regulatory consulting firm, and serves on the board of HCP, Inc. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Cartwright was senior advisor at the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP. From 2006 to 2009, he served as General Counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to the SEC, Mr. Cartwright served in various senior management positions at Latham & Watkins. From 1981 through 1982, Mr. Cartwright served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Before practicing law, Mr. Cartwright was a research physicist at the University of California.
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Basically I'm switching to gEDA, another open source EDA tool, I'm much more used to it!
I have planned to use a small 8 pin Attiny85 microcontroller, wich I'm going to buy from mouser, with a sharp memory display or a normal lcd as interface. The sharp one has the advantage that it's very low power and with a very good readibility, the other one it's much more easier to interface, a typical 4/8 bits parallel LCD.
The attiny85 has just 8 pins, so I planned to use a 74HC595 shift register to interface the display with a 4 bit configuration and switch the charging of the battery off when needed.