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Laboratories of all sizes are interested in using robots to take on tedious but necessary lab tasks. This article discusses the options for Personal Automation™ Systems, small robots with dedicated function and simple interfaces that make it easy to integrate automation in any laboratory.
Cristopher Cowan
Laboratory automation has traditionally meant high-throughput, extremely flexible but difficult-to-program large liquid-handling robots. This type of robot worked extremely well for core facilities and high-throughput laboratories that could invest in personnel with computer programming and automation expertise. Using this kind of laboratory automation requires integrating liquid handlers with plate stackers, thermal cyclers, plate readers, and other instrumentation to create even larger and more complex integrated assortments of equipment. Such assemblies of instrumentation were able to produce high sample throughput and perform exceedingly complex tasks. Of course, the complexity of these instrument collections often resulted in programming difficulties, decreased reliability and the need for highly trained personnel that could troubleshoot the eclectic mix of instrumentation and software that had been constructed. Unfortunately, the cost of this type of automation in terms of dollars, personnel, and expertise meant that only the largest and most well funded laboratories could afford automation.
Today more labs are interested in the increased reproducibility and hands-on labor savings that automation can offer. The desire to incorporate affordable automation in a wider variety of laboratories has driven changes in the types of robotics being sold. As part of the effort toward making automation accessible to more labs, simplicity has become a driving force. In essence, there are significant hurdles to learning how to program and maintain automated liquid-handling robots and to retaining that experience once it is developed. For the most part, researchers want to use automation as a simple tool to perform the routine tasks associated with their research. This widespread desire for simplified robotics has driven instrumentation and chemistry companies to develop new robots and new ways of thinking about automation. We are now in the age of personal automation where smaller, lower-cost, easy-to-use robots are readily available from several suppliers. Many of these instruments are fairly specialized, automating only a limited set of tasks. Furthermore, a number of multifunctional, miniature-sized versions of larger liquid-handling robots are also showing up in the market. These robots tend to trade complexity and size in favor of lower cost and greater ease of use. And while the Personal Automation™ instruments may lack the flexibility and adaptability of their larger liquid-handling cousins, they make automation simple to operate and perform the functions that a lab is likely to use.
One style of Personal Automation™ Systems that is currently on the market is the dedicated sample processor exemplified by the Maxwell® 16 Instrument from Promega, the BioRobot EZ1, EZ1 Advanced, and QIAcube Workstations from Qiagen, the iPrep™ Purification Instrument from Invitrogen, and the KingFisher® series of instruments from Thermo Fisher. These are not liquid-handling robots in the traditional sense; they are not intended to provide high-precision pipetting of low volumes of reagents. Rather, these instruments have been designed to provide easy-to-use protocols for nucleic acid and protein purification. All offer a range of predeveloped purification protocols that can be either purchased or downloaded free of charge. Operation of these robots is extremely simple, and processing samples can be accomplished by pressing only a few buttons. Because they are intended to be easy to use, the robots do not require a separate computer. Messages on the instrument's LCD screen guide the user through selecting methods, setting up the instrument and processing of chemistries.
Each robot listed above can accommodate a range of sample numbers (see Table 1), allowing the user to process a small number of samples in a short period of time. Typical processing times vary between 20 minutes and 1.5 hours, depending on the instrument and method used. With the exception of the KingFisher® series of instruments and the QIAcube®, a variety of purification chemistries are available conveniently prepared in prefilled, sealed cartridges. User customization of processing parameters such as input sample volume and elution volume is also available on these instruments. Some even allow researchers to either create their own purification protocols (e.g., the KingFisher® instruments) or make changes to the timing of steps in existing methods (e.g., the Maxwell® 16 Instrument with the new Flexi Method Firmware). The goal is to efficiently perform a subset of the popular purification processes used in any lab in a simple, push-button manner. Essentially, these machines are tools that let researchers focus on their research while the automated instrument handles the routine task of sample purification. With the convenience of prefilled cartridges and the ability to process a small number of samples, these robots are an easy first step into automation for laboratories that have traditionally processed all of their samples manually.
When labs are looking to automate processing of larger numbers of samples or want to incorporate pipetting into their automation, they will need to consider moving to an automated liquid handler. As personal automation has become more popular, several companies are offering compact, lower-cost, multifunctional liquid handlers. Some of the notable offerings in this category are the epMotion® line of instruments from Eppendorf, the Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation from Beckman Coulter, the Freedom EVO® 75 from Tecan, the MicroLab® NIMBUS from Hamilton Robotics, and the Zephyr® Compact Liquid Handling Workstation from Caliper Life Sciences (Table 2).
These systems maintain a focus on flexible liquid handling to cover the range of pipetting tasks that could be automated in any lab, and allow sample processing in 96- and 384-well plates. Processes as varied as nucleic acid or protein purifications, enzyme reaction setups, quantitation, normalization, cell-based/biochemical assays and many more can be performed on these instruments. Typically, the automated method development software associated with these machines still requires a significant amount of programming and automation experience to create new methods. The Eppendorf epMotion® system is among the easiest to use featuring a simplified programming interface and can be run from a small control panel attached to the instrument (i.e., does not require an attached computer). While the programming interface on the epMotion® system is simple to use, it is also somewhat limited in flexibility. For users desiring more flexibility, a separate computer-driven software development environment is available from Eppendorf that expands the programming capabilities of the instrument. The Beckman Coulter, Tecan, Hamilton, and Caliper systems offer much more flexibility in the automated method programming software where the programming interface is the same as for their larger liquid handlers. However, with the increased flexibility engendered in these systems, there is also a greater degree of difficulty in learning how to develop new methods. Those researchers willing to take on the task of learning how to develop methods on any of these systems can use those abilities to automate a large portion of their laboratory processes.
The new batch of compact, affordable liquid handlers still requires some level of software training to become competent at writing new methods. As such, these systems can be more difficult to use and maintain and tend to require an "automation expert" in the lab. Right now, we are starting to see a shift in the paradigm for how a user should interact with an automated liquid handler. One example of this is the Eppendorf epMotion® line of instruments. Eppendorf has adopted a simplified user interface to make their robots more approachable and easier to use. This shift toward simplicity has limited some of the programming complexity that can be accomplished on this platform but has maintained much of the flexibility and capability to accomplish diverse sets of liquid handling tasks. Another company that has started to address the usability of their robots is Caliper. They have recently developed a simplified interface for working with their Zephyr® system with the release of the Zephyr® SPE Workstation. This workstation uses the standard Zephyr® instrument for processing of Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) samples but has an intuitive interface specific to the SPE customer base that allows development of custom methods without having to learn programming in a complicated development environment.
Development of simplified user interfaces specific to a customer's field of research represents a level of personalization that can and should be applied more liberally to the large and small liquid handlers on the market. This type of user interface could be programmed in many ways, offering anything from a simplified approach to operating the instrument to an alternative environment for easier method development. The goal: the researcher never needs to learn more traditional robotic programming. This becomes important on many levels. For many users, even opening methods in the traditional robotic software environment, can be daunting and may discourage them from using the instrument. Providing a separate user interface to start methods and provide input makes the entire process of running robotic methods friendlier, easier to understand, and takes on a push-button mentality. Such a simplified approach for running methods and entering user inputs would be a giant stride forward in making automated liquid handling accessible to researchers who have no intention of becoming automation experts. One might argue that this type of user interface limits the capabilities of a system. However, the power of this approach is that, not only would it simplify automation of the most common processes in a user's lab, but the development environment could still be used to create new and flexible methods if the user so chooses. One can also argue that the vast flexibility possible with automated liquid handlers is excessive for most labs who really only want to automate the processes common to their own research. In the end, providing a more constricted but simpler approach to interacting with automation really gives researchers the best of both worlds combining ease of use for everyday tasks with the capabilities for flexibility when and if the need arises.
The appearance of new Personal Automation™ options reflects the evolution that has and will continue to take place in laboratory automation. While there is still a place for the larger high-throughput liquid-handling systems in biological laboratories, more labs are considering the adoption of smaller and simpler robotics in this new age of personal automation. By combining moderate throughput, a defined range of applications, simplified user controls, predeveloped methods and prefilled cartridges, dedicated sample processors are finding a home in many laboratories. Such instruments fit well into labs that require moderate sample throughput as well as larger labs desiring smaller scale robotics for individual researchers. Overall these instruments provide robust and reproducible genomics and proteomics purifications at a reasonable cost.
Compact liquid handlers retain the flexibility of their bigger cousins offering labs a more cost-effective entry into medium- to high-throughput sample processing. Their flexibility generally comes at the cost of learning an automation software development environment; however, this flexibility allows a much wider range of laboratory applications to be automated than the dedicated sample processors. A new trend in compact liquid handlers is to bridge the complexity gap between the dedicated sample processors and the compact liquid handlers by combining a simplified graphical user interface for a majority of standard laboratory tasks with the capabilities of a rich development environment for more complex automation solutions. This trend is attractive to customers and should drive increased development of this type of system in the future.
Laboratory robotics will continue to respond and adapt to customer needs as more and more labs adopt Personal Automation™ systems that allow researchers to focus on science and analysis while letting their robotic assistants perform more routine tasks.
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To fix a single dent (like the one pictured), it is probably not worth the time and paperwork it takes to fill out the insurance claim. Besides doing it your is easy enough --the tools won't cost much, and the instructions won't make your head spin.
You can bang out that dent, fill those nicks, and refinish that paint job with a body hammer and dolly, a sander with a 36-grit disc to remove paint, a putty knife and body filler squeegees to apply filler, a bodyworking file ("cheese grater") to level the filler, a stroke sander to smooth it, an air compressor and spray gun to apply primer/surfacer/paint, and a buffer to shine it all up. Thanks to today's body repair materials-better paints, improved fillers and two-part primer/surfacers-bodywork and painting to a mirrorlike finish has never been easier to do in your own shop.
Step 1: Bang It Out
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I hope this helps
Really, if you don't know what you are doing with hammers and dollys you are probably just better off drilling out the panel and using a slap hammer on it. The holes help the Bondo grip the panel anyways. That, and fenders are like $50 at the junkyard.
You might find one of these useful in your future bodywork endeavours:
The square-shaped objects on the left are "dollies" -- heavy pieces of metal with different curved surfaces that are held against a piece of sheetmetal and used with the hammers to reform it to the desired shape.
Be careful using body dollies. It is relatively easy with the hammer-on dolly technique in this instructable to make the sheetmetal thinner than it started out. This can result in a surface that "oil cans" easily. DAMHIK.


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Wow – Lommel is looking like anything can happen here tomorrow. Ken Roczen looks quick but Herlings and Musquin will up their game for tomorrow without a doubt, Simpson is looking fit again and Van Horebeek is saying he wants a podium finish and thats only in MX2.
In MX1 British riders Anderson and Clarke have had an uneventful day to put it mildly and once again Cairoli is looking like a world beater.
Bobryshev was unlucky not to finish in the top 3 after he dropped it near the end on the race, steady eddy Ramon seemed like he was cruising and Leok produced a stormer – overall a great day and lets hope it doesn't rain tomorrow.
Little Alfie Smith making his debut on the Aprilia managed a creditable 27th and no CCM or Tom Church in the paddock once again.
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Properties are similar to that of hot melt rubber, but natural rubber often holds where other adhesives won't (recycled fibers, dust, cold, heat and heavy loads). It provides good overall adhesion and moisture resistance.
Offer excellent performance, especially for applications in temperatures less than 40°F and greater then 120°F. It provides excellent clarity, has high shear strength, is usually more permanent/durable even when exposed to moisture, and it ages well over extended periods in fluorescent and sunlight. Since it remains clear for the life of the application and does not yellow over time it is ideal for applications such as sealing white cartons. While it has good initial adhesion it does take 24-48 hours to cure and to achieve its maximum bond strength (has gradual adhesion buildup). Another difference between hot melt rubber and acrylic adhesive is if you fold tape over making the two adhesive sides touch the acrylic adhesive will remain attached to the carrier (e.g. paper, film) while a hot melt adhesive will stick to itself and pull off of the carrier. It is the best choice for clarity, UV resistance and aging characteristics.
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I have had several requests in the past from people wanting to know if I knew of an extension that would help you add sound effects to tasks in Firefox.
I never did spend too much time on this request because personally I like my browser to be nice and silent. People with special needs though could use an add-on like this so my search started. Looking high and low, I found one add-on that promises to do the job, the Noise extension for Firefox.
Here is a little more about the Noise add-on from the developer:
After installed and you have restarted Firefox, sounds should be ready to response events. You can try open Findbar (Ctrl + F) and find a word, when the find reaching the end of page (when hit F3 to find nexts), you can heard a "beep" sound.
To edit the noises and events, go to Add-ons Manager (via Tools > Add-ons Manager) and find Noise. Enter the Preference Window via the Option command. More help for using the add-on can be found at the official web site.
The Noise extension is still in the Firefox sandbox, so if you want to use it – you will need to register for a free account on the mozilla.org site.
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Aid Trickles to Vanuatu as Relief Workers Report Vast Cyclone Damage
Aid workers described a "grave situation" in the South Pacific nation devastated by Tropical Cyclone Pam, with food, clean water and shelter all in short supply.
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Revisiting Life and Death in Africa
Yunghi Kim went to Somalia 20 years ago expecting to cover a famine. She found herself instead in a war zone.
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New ads bring back the Care package, but portray it as less of a symbol of short-term charity and more of a means of long-term empowerment.
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Helene Gayle of CARE, on Managers as Dual Citizens
Helene D. Gayle of CARE U.S.A. says members of a leadership team need to balance their own interests with the broader goals of their organization.
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4-Year-Old Rape Victim Dies in India
A 4-year-old girl who was raped and dumped near a crematorium in central India died on Monday evening from cardiac arrest, hospital authorities said.
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Obama Administration Seeks to Overhaul International Food Aid
Instead of buying food from American farmers and shipping it abroad, the government would buy food in developing countries and distribute it.
April 5, 2013, Friday
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Obama's Fantastic Boring Idea
When the United States helps African farmers, is it a waste of taxpayers' money or is it a triumph?
July 12, 2012, Thursday
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Doughnuts Defeating Poverty
A family in Malawi is a great example of how a little structured saving and entrepreneurship can change lives. Just look at what Biti Rose did with fritters.
July 5, 2012, Thursday
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Aid Agencies in Afghanistan Fear Reversals After U.S. Exit
Civilian aid workers worry that Afghanistan will be abandoned and that the hard-earned development gains will be reversed.
December 6, 2011, Tuesday
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How a Cigar is Made (Cigar 201) - Cigars International
Cigars International provides you with an in depth look of the cigar rolling process from leaf to humidor!
It takes 5 steps to create a premium handmade cigar after the blend is selected and the tobacco is prepared.
In most factories, premium cigars are hand made by two person teams called "pairs". Each team is comprised of a Torcedor (roller) and an Empunero (buncher).
A cigar is constructed of 3 components: filler, binder and wrapper. Let's take a look at the process.
Step 1 - Bunching - The filler (comprised of 2-6 leaves depending on cigar size and blend) is formed into a rough cylinder of tobacco by the buncher.
Care is taken to make sure the leaves are folded into the bunch straight and uniformly. This ensures the cigar will not have hard or soft spots.
In addition, the thickest leaves are bunched into the center because that's where the cherry of the cigar burns the hottest, and allows for an even burn of all the tobaccos.
Step 2 - Binding - The bunched leaves are then tightly wrapped in a thick sturdy leaf called the binder. The binder gives the cigar its rudimentary shape.
The combination of the binder and the filler is called "the bunch".
Step 3 - Molding. In order to give cigars their perfect shape, a mold is used. Generally 10 "bunches" fit into a mold.
When the mold is filled, it is put into a screw-type press along with the other molds. After 30 minutes in the mold, the bunch will be turned by the buncher to ensure an even shape. After an additional 30 minutes, the bunch will be in the shape of a finished cigar.
Step 4 - Wrapping. After the bunch has been pressed and turned in the mold, it is ready for the skilled hands of the roller.
The wrapper leaf is the most expensive and coveted leaf on the cigar.
The evenly colored, silky, and elastic wrapper leaf is applied to a dampened cigar board, where the leaf is cut to size using a Chaveta (roller's knife).
From there, the wrapper leaf is stretched, rolled, and smoothed over the bunch in a diagonal fashion, turn by turn, until the bunch is wrapped.
This skill sounds simple, but it takes over a year to become proficient and much longer to fully master.
Step 5 - Finishing. Once the cigar is wrapped, the roller will apply the cap with pectin (a vegetable based adhesive) using the remainder of the wrapper leaf and will cut the unfinished foot with a tuck cutter to the exact length. There you have it, after this process, the cigar is complete, but the journey to your humidor isn't over yet.
After a cigar is rolled, it undergoes a strict and arduous set of quality checks to ensure the correct weight, draw, appearance, taste, and burn qualities.
After inspection, the cigars are aged for 12-24 weeks to remove excess moisture.
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Floods, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes and even construction cranes toppling into apartment buildings: No home is completely safe from natural or man-made disasters. But while almost half of Americans say they have an inventory of their possessions to document losses in case of a disaster, you couldn't prove it by Garry Kaufman's experience.
See also: How to be prepared in any emergency.
When Hurricane Ike hit Texas in 2008, Kaufman, president of Galveston Insurance Associates, had more claims than anyone in the state. "I have 38 employees, and as far as I know, none of them encountered a homeowner who had a complete inventory," he says. "A few customers stored a printed one in a file cabinet. That isn't much use when your home is flooded by a 20-foot storm surge."
Now that the hurricane season is gearing up, home inventories are essential. Most of us can't remember what we had for lunch much less what's stashed in the hall closet. That's why you need to take stock of what you have. In the event of a claim, insurers require you to substantiate your loss in as much detail as possible. "It's one of the most important documents a consumer can put together," says Jeanne Salvatore, spokeswoman for the Insurance Information Institute, which has provided free downloadable software to consumers for years.
For those who find the prospect of cataloging everything they own daunting, there is some good news. Sure, you can get the job done with a notebook and disposable camera, but why not let computers do the heavy lifting? A number of new home inventory software programs let you list items room by room and attach photos and receipts, all the while storing everything securely in cyberspace. The real advantage: You can print a report anytime and from anywhere and turn it over to your insurance company with a total sum of your assets.
Internet makes it easy
Carol Edgar, 63, of Bigfork, Mont., lives adjacent to a wilderness area where wildfires occur every summer. "If there was fire, we'd pack up the animals and be out of here," she says. Edgar was one of the first to try the Insurance Information Institute's Web-based Know Your Stuff program, launched in March. "It was incredibly easy," says Edgar, who has so far inventoried her furniture, quilts, sewing room supplies and office equipment.
Taking the inventory
Now get organized. Dig out every receipt. Remove garments from dry cleaning bags. Take stuff out of boxes. Open drawers and cabinets and pull out anything hidden on back shelves.
Then proceed room by room, suggests Ilene Drexler, a certified professional organizer and owner of The Organizing Wiz in New York. Make a list of your personal possessions, describing each item and where you bought it. Take pictures of every room, then focus in on valuable items. "It's probably sufficient to photograph the inside of your closet and guesstimate the approximate number of slacks or shirts you own, but take additional pictures of those expensive shoes or custom-tailored suit," she says.
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Easy Frozen Drink Mixes: Just Shake & Pour
When you first see Lt. Blender's cocktail-in-a-bag frozen drink mixes—shiny, heavy plastic with conventional graphics and a big screw cap—the immediate thought is, "This can't possibly taste good." But surprise—it does!
A tip off are the words "all natural" on the front of the bag. You can't go too wrong with real real coconut and real pineapple.
Here's how easy it is to make a frozen Margarita, Strawberry Daiquiri, Piña Colada or other frozen libation* with Lt. Blender:
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There actually was a lieutenant, not named Blender but who owned a blender—in fact, the only blender in his outfit in the 82nd Airborne. Stationed in the steamy Dominican Republic in the mid-1960s, he used it to whip up many a pitcher of drinks for his fellow troops. Many years later Ralph McMorris, a frozen-yogurt mix manufacturer in Galveston, diversified into dry margarita mixes with an homage to his army buddy.
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LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. — Airmen with vehicles registered out-of-state are still subject to local emissions standards, according to the 1990 Federal Clean Air Act Amendments.
Even with authorization to maintain out-of-state registration under the provisions of the Service members Civil Relief Act, local inspection and testing of a vehicle's emissions system may be required in order to bring vehicles up to local clean air and smog check requirements. The law requires that all federal employees, including service members and civilians, who commute to federal installations 60 days or more per year must have their vehicle inspected and tested to local standards. Federal agencies are required to track employee vehicle compliance with local regulations.
"The biggest impact is probably on young Airmen," said Darren Rector, Air Quality Manager at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. "They're moving often, and they like to soupup their cars with add-on parts that may not be legal in different states."
Beale was the first Air Combat Command Base to implement the program, though three other ACC Bases have already followed suite. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.; Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., will all soon implement the program.
Employee-vehicle Certification and Reporting System has already been implemented at some ACC bases; once activated, it automatically emails federal employees to notify them of their duty to comply with local requirements. The email contains instructions on how to walk through the online wizard, which checks their emissions certification against local laws, which can vary widely from state to state and even county to county.
"Congress has waived sovereign immunity from clean air act regulations," said Will Rottgering, a Northrop Grumman contractor facilitating the implementation of the Air Force vehicle inspection and maintenance program for the Air Force Civil Engineering Center in San Antonio. "The Air Force uses a system called ECARS to comply with the record keeping requirement of section 118(d) of the Clean Air Act. ECARS allows employees to, in about three minutes, self-certify whether or not they have met the requirements of their local vehicle emissions testing program."
Because the law is a federal statute, there is no way to reimburse Airmen for expenses incurred while becoming compliant, according to Air Force instruction. Punishments for not certifying vehicles to local emissions standards can include tickets, administrative action and revocation of driving privileges for civilians and Airmen.
"There are many locations which have exemptions for different types of cars, depending on their age and whether or not they are diesel, hybrid, or fall in to another specific category," said Rottgering. "In order to avoid having to look all that up, ECARS does it automatically when service members enter their vehicle information.
Regardless of whether or not a vehicle is exempt, employees will still need to go into ECARS to complete the self-certification process. ECARS provides personnel the option to select from a list of valid exemptions for their area. If further action is required, the system will prompt employees to take to do so.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I don't think this requirement applies to my situation. Am I still required to access ECARS?
A: Yes. All federal employees (civilian and military) are required to complete the self-certification process in ECARS regardless of their situation. ECARS provides a wizard-like tool that will guide you through the process, which usually takes less than five minutes to complete.
Q: What if I don't drive a vehicle onto the facility indicated by the email notice from ECARS?
A: You may still receive an email either because the Air Force Directory Services feed that ECARS uses for personnel rosters has inaccurate or imprecise data about your work location or because you simply don't drive a personal vehicle onto the specified facility. In either case, you are still required to access ECARS and complete the self-certification process by simply answering "no" to the first question in the certification wizard.
Q: My vehicle is registered out of state or in some other area that does not require emissions testing. Do I need to access ECARS and complete the process?
A: Yes. Regardless of your commuting situation, you must access ECARS and complete the process. Vehicles driven onto a facility located within an area with a vehicle emissions program, 60 or more days per year are required to comply with local emissions testing requirements, regardless of their registration. Upon completing the self-certification process in ECARS, the system will prompt you to take further action if required.
Q: My vehicle was emissions tested in another locale. Will that test meet this emissions test requirement?
A: Maybe. ECARS will prompt you to specify the county/municipality that performed your emissions test. Based on your response, you will be directed to take further action if necessary.
Q: My vehicle is exempt from emissions testing. Do I need to complete this process?
A: Yes. ECARS will provide you the opportunity to select an exemption that is valid for this area. As long as your exemption is valid in the area wherein the base is located, no further action will be required.
Editor's note: Senior Airman Timothy Moore, 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, contributed to this report.


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Computerised book of remembrance 'an insult' to grieving families
Last updated at 12:06, Friday, 18 March 2011
Plans for a computerised book of remembrance at a west Cumbrian crematorium will make grieving for a loved one like a "visit to the cashpoint", a councillor has claimed.
The usual book of remembrance is to be removed from the chapel at Distington Crem on Saturdays and Sundays under plans by Copeland Council to leave the site unmanned to save cash.
Mourners will instead have to tap a touch screen to see their loved one's dedication on a computer.
Previously, at the weekends, the chapel was open, and manned, from 11am until 4pm.
Brian Dixon, who represents Distington on Copeland Council, called the move "an insult to grieving families". He said he also feared an unmanned chapel would attract vandals and drug-takers.
Copeland had originally considered closing the chapel completely at weekends as it battles to find £1.7m of savings.
But it backed down after a campaign led by Mr Dixon and Lowca parish councillor Gill Strickland.
At a council meeting last month, leader Elaine Woodburn said that plan had been shelved. But it has now emerged that although the chapel will still be open on Saturdays and Sundays, it will only offer a reduced service.
Mr Dixon said: "This is simply not good enough, it is playing with the emotions of grieving people.
"This is an ill-considered move that will only save £5,500 a year.
"Tapping a name into a computer and looking at a screen is not the same as looking at the book of remembrance – it's more like going to cashpoint.
"People take great comfort from going to the chapel and looking at the book and this would take that away from them for a pittance.
"The council could easily claw back this money from underspends in other areas. A motion last month, asking councillors to take a 50 per cut on their special allowances, was thrown out. That could have easily paid for a full service at the crem every weekend."
Pat Graham, Copeland Council's corporate director for people and places, said: "The chapel of remembrance at Distington Crematorium will continue to be open at weekends."
Distington Crem is currently closed for refurbishments, which are due to be completed next week.
First published at 11:30, Friday, 18 March 2011
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk
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Oh ok Brian you seem to know all about it, you worked there have you ?????????????
obviously you have not got a loved one at Distington Hall by your comments and remarks.
But go in then we will let you have the final say seen as you know all.
Yes, but if you read this properly and understand the article you will see that currently it is manned but it cannot afford to be manned anymore, therefore it was proposed that it was closed which wasn't good enough, so now it will be left open and unmanned.I think it is you that needs to understand what you are commenting on before you reply.
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- Madhavi Gavini
- Brentwood, TN
- United States
This conversation is closed.
Have you created your own path?
Creating a path by "stepping out into the unknown" as opposed to following a path that is well-trodden,"comfortable and familiar" is challenging. Kindly share your experiences and the journey of your venture.
Gail .
Jan 13 2013: We all choose our paths. When I decided that I wanted a different kind of life, I chose a different path, and life began to happen big time.
- +3
There is a saying using flying as an example. If you want to change the altitude, you have to change the attitude. EXPECT TURBULENCE. I surely did find turbulence!
As I faced life, not willing to continue to make the same choices (because if I do what I have always done, I'll simply create what I have always created), I found myself without a foundation. All of my understandings were suspect and many of them were then suddenly seen as irrational. (Fearful time) I needed a new worldview.
Some people do fine just letting go and walking another path. Not me! I craved understanding. I began educating myself about as much as I could and in as much depth as I could grasp. Eventually, I had a worldview that made sense, and then the walk became very easy indeed. (by comparison)
To take the road less traveled, one has to accept total responsibility for one's choices. That's not part of the culture that I came from. But I learned about self-honesty and its importance. I learned that the truth really does set you free.
To choose a different life, one has to be willing to give up ALL that is warm and familiar. That doesn't mean that ALL will be gone, but it might be. It WILL change. Relationships WILL change. Until self-honesty was developed, I was unable to see how much of that which was warm and familiar were the very things that I'd been using to create the prison that trapped me in a life I now understand was wretched by comparison to today.
Today, I am different. I like who I am. I'm no longer owned by ego. I own my consequences. Though fears still haunt me from time to time, I now know how to walk through them because I know they're irrational.
2da, I feel isolated on occasion. but I prefer that to the crowded prison I once inhabited. I'm certainly not lonely
I also know that the journey never ends.
Jan 13 2013: TL, Thanks for sharing!Jan 13 2013: G'day Madhavi
We have all created our own unique path no matter how simular it might seem to others however I do know what you mean like stepping out from a cultural path onto another cultural path or thinking & doing things out of the norm. No matter what we do no one on this Earth has, is or ever will tread the exact path as you & I which makes everybody's life special & unique.
As for myself I would say I have trod on a very unique path with my spiritual & scientific concepts which has isolated me from main stream society at times.
Jan 13 2013: G'day Matthew,
Thank you for your insight!
Fritzie -
Jan 13 2013: Who today has not followed a unique path, stepping into the unknown in many respects? Few people likely have followed precisely the path anyone predicted they might.
- +3
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Jan 13 2013: To me it feels like bragging to point to the specifics of myself or my career, so I don't do it. I will say only that I know no one whose career took the same shape as mine and would ask that beyond this I be permitted my privacy.
I raised the point I did in response to Madhavi's question because I think people sometimes forget that we ALL create or follow unique paths. Everyone's journey is different.Jan 19 2013: Yes Madhavi, I am aware of creating my own path with mindful choices and decisions along the way.
He says it much better than I can....
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Jan 19 2013: Frost's poem 'The road not taken' is a perfect epitome for my question...it is one of my favorites.
Jan 19 2013: Glad you like it too Madhavi:>)
You ask, in your introduction....."Kindly share your experiences and the journey of your venture."
There is not enough room here my friend, and the poem says it all:>)
Jan 20 2013: I understand Colleen. I admire you for your courage and the contributions you have made to the society. You are a great role model!Jan 24 2013: Thank you Madhavi,
Contributing is much more pleasurable than the alternative:>)Jan 14 2013: Life is too short for foolish experinments with the precious gift; so what I've done is to look out for great men and women whose lives has produced good fruits and admirable results and then to find out their guiding principles.
There are principles that govern human growth and happiness. These natural laws are woven into the fabric of every civilised society throughout history and are the foundation or root of every individual, family and institution that has endured and prospered.
This is a path that I've found, this is a path that I tread.Jan 13 2013: "Are you creating your own path?"
Jan 13 2013: Nicholas, I am trying my best.
Jan 14 2013: Your question is innately static/solid in nature.
More than anything a path is constantly designed and redesigned for the individual by the individual
Hence why I feel my revision was efficient. Life is not static. It's always being worked on.
How much work you do on life is how much you think about and act on your path.
I think this is where the line between happiness and dismay exist. Knowledge and ignorance. Are a fuzzy issue. They seem to always end up there... These "lines" - the difference between calling it one thing or the other... What do we really know except we want a path?
Your answer shows contempt. Trying, effort. That's the main battle. The rest is application.
As for my self. I focus on surviving in this constantly changing world with major goals and personal desires for a large path or to be on many paths. A path is a subjective idea, what is a path and how to live with that definition/conception and for/with the idea.
A path is a paradoxical issue.. What is a path? Do you walk what you preach?
I question every step on my journey in life. Whatever a path is. I know constant inquiry is essential to walk it entirely and with content. Life long philosopher; teacher and student.
Be realistic than a positivist, not vice versa
Jan 19 2013: Nicholas, I appreciate your thought-provoking response.
"Your question is innately static/solid in nature."
My question is based on inspiration derived from the related talks.
and the intent was to gain insight into others' experiences. The related talks might help you understand my question.
"Your answer shows contempt. Trying, effort. "
It was not my intent. I am reticent ,as it is a work in progress.
"What is a path?"
'A path' in the context of one's vocation.
"Do you walk what you preach? "
"Be realistic than a positivist, not vice versa."
I usually prefer to be a pragmatist and a positivist than a realist.
Thank you for sharing your ideas.Jan 19 2013: Dear Nicholas,
I do not agree that Madhavi's "answer shows contempt". It looks like honesty to me:>)
That being said, I wholeheartedly agree with the rest of your insightful comment. As individuals, we can constantly design and redesign our path, we have the ability to take many different paths, and a "path" may be very subjective....always changing. I also agree that "constant inquiry is not only essential, and in my perception, fun and interesting as well.
Did you ever hear..." life is what happens when we're making other plans".......LOL:>)Jan 14 2013: Never stop trying.
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Jan 13 2013: Kate, There are a lot of women who have established themselves in professional careers.
My family is very supportive and encouraging. I did have my own share of challenges and I have grown with each one of them.Jan 13 2013: I have been down many.
Many I made I guess.
Each and every one has been a dead-end and now I am very close to the last dead-end.


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Spring practice is always an important time for college football teams.
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ST. MARYS – The St. Marys Area Flying Dutchmen ended the EQT Energy Classic Elk County Holiday Tournament with a tough 51-40 loss to the Kane Wolves on Saturday afternoon in a consolation game played at Elk County Catholic High School.
The Wolves held a slim 17-16 lead after the first quarter but then outscored St. Marys 15-9 in the second to go up 32-25 at the half. A low scoring third quarter put Kane ahead 39-29 and they maintained that advantage in the fourth quarter to come away with the win.
ST. MARYS – Kane girls basketball won 42-22 over Ridgway Saturday afternoon in a consolation game of the EQT Energy Classic held at Elk County Catholic High School.
The Kane Wolves wrestling team took on five District 10 teams at Friday's Warren Duals and finished the day with a 4-1 record. Coach Mike Swartwood's team began their day with AAA Titusville and handed the Rockets a 54-23 loss.
ST. MARYS – The Kane Lady Wolves kicked off the 2013 EQT Classic in St Marys against a tough Clarion team on Thursday afternoon. The Lady Bobcats jumped out to a 10-point lead after one quarter and went on to post a 65-53 win over the young Lady Wolves. Fifty of Clarion's 65 points came from senior forward Kyla Miles and junior guard Maci Thornton.
ST. MARYS – The Kane Wolves played three close quarters with the Clarion Bobcats in Thursday's opening round game of the EQT Classic, but a poor second quarter for the Wolves was the difference in Clarion's 49-36 win.
I am writing this on a very cold, blustery day just before Thanksgiving. I was out early this very morning in a rather calm, partly sunny beginning of the day. By mid-afternoon the wind picked up and snow squalls had begun to increase across the area. What's new about this, I calmly asked myself, as I fought the gusts of wind while filling my bird feeders. This is typical northwestern Pennsylvania weather in late November. One minute a snowstorm, the next, a sunny end to the day.
Kane High sports fans have been treated to some fantastic finishes this week by the Kane winter sports' athletes.
The Wolves wrestling team clinched the showdown with Smethport on Tuesday in the final match of the night. The Kane girls' basketball team defeated rival Johnsonburg on Wednesday night in overtime.
The Kane Wolves wrestling team traveled to Smethport on Tuesday to take on the Hubbers in a battle between two of the AML's top teams. The outcome wasn't decided until the final match of the night, when Kane senior Nate Moore bumped up to wrestle at 220 pounds and pinned his opponent to give Kane coach Mike Swartwood's Wolves a hard-fought 39-32 win.
The Kane Lady Wolves and Johnsonburg Ramettes played one of their usual barn burners on Wednesday night in the Wolves' Den. After four quarters of regulation and a four-minute overtime period, the Lady Wolves came away with a hard fought 59-57 win in a game that was a make-up game from Saturday night's Coudersport Tournament consolation game.
The 2nd Ever Cheer Games at the Den was held this past Saturday with 21 teams in attendance from across the region.Â
The morning session saw an Elk County domination as the winning team in the Jr. High/Middle School Division was St. Marys Area Middle School and the Varsity Scholastic Division winner was Elk County Catholic.Â


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"This is a recipe I have perfected over the years and passed onto many others. The sauce is perfect when creamy and not too thick or too thin. The level of salt and spices can be suited to your taste. Garam and tandoori masala can be found in the ethnic aisle of your grocery store."
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1 cup
butter, divided
onion, minced
1 tablespoon
minced garlic
1 (15 ounce) can
tomato sauce
3 cups
heavy cream
2 teaspoons
1 teaspoon
cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon
garam masala
1 1/2 pounds
skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized chunks
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
2 tablespoons
tandoori masala
I originally submitted this recipe. I've been experimenting and have found a healthier low fat version that's just as delicious: 1/4 butter (instead of 1 cup) and 1 can of evaporated skim milk (instead of cream). Turns out lighter but just as delicious. I've also used white fish, scallops and prawns in place of the chicken sometimes!
I was intrigued, but once I saw 1 cup of butter PLUS 3 cups heavy cream and almost 900 calories per serving----wow. I'm sure this dish is delish, but definitely NOT healthy!!!! Will have to keep looking for something with more reasonable ingredients.
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This recipes was delicious! I made a few changes, mostly to keep the number of pans down. I carmelized the onions in a large pan, then I added the rest of the butter, tomato sauce, cream, and spices and simmered (on EXTREMELY low heat) for about 10 minutes. Then I added the ckicken bits right into the sauce mixture (without tandoori masala) and let it simmer on low for about 25 more minutes until the chicken was done, being careful not to boil the cream. The chicken was tender and the sauce was delicious. I served it over basmati rice and garnished with fresh cilantro. My husband loved it! One of the best Indian recipes I've found.
Fabulous! The only change we made was to substitute the tandoori marsala with 1 Tbsp. curry powder. We loved it and will serve it to company.
I used the lightened version (1/4 cup butter; evaporated milk), and it was delicious!
This was SO good!! And easy! I cut down on the dishes and made this all in my cast iron dutch oven. I caramelized the onions and garlic in the butter, once they were done I removed them to a bowl and deglazed the pan with a little chicken broth. Made the sauce as directed and once it was hot, I added the chicken. I didn't have any tandoori masala so I marinated the chicken pieces in a mixture of yogurt, lemon juice, garam masala, cayenne and curry powder for a couple of hours. Turned out great!!
this was amazing and super easy! I also recommend skipping out on the salt, and experimenting with the degree of cayenne pepper based on your spiciness preference. Another good idea is to add in vegetables! (red/green pepper's, carrots, asparagus etc.) it tastes GREAT and it adds a bit of health to the meal! try adding them in about... 10 or 15 minutes b4 the sauce is done, depending how crunchy or soft you want the veggy's! :) hope that helps! good luck! this is an AMAZING dish
This turned out fabulous. Made changes as suggested by others: made it all in one pan, didn't have tandoori marsala so used 1 TBS of curry instead, used 1 can of coconut milk instead of the heavy cream, used less butter and omitted the salt. Next time, I'll add more onions. Served with Naan bread and rice. It was fantastic!
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As you may have already heard, you can win an awesome prize pack from Q 104.3′s Man Cave contest, including a slew of products from P.C. Richard & Son. While listening to Q104.3 on the way home last night, we were delighted to hear an impromptu rave about our Chelsea store on Ken Dashow's radio show:
"By the way, I love the people at P.C. Richard," he said, "I just want to say hi to everybody at the Chelsea store on 23rd Street and 6th Avenue. Freddy and Ricky are managers, Mike, Bryan, Aaron, Silvio, just– you walk in, it's not because I'm Ken Dashow, some guy from the radio, just anybody walks in and you've automatically got a friend."
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In an Australian first, and in a scene reminiscent of a Star Wars Jedi Council meeting, Australia's dominant carrier Telstra has projected a life-size 3-D hologram of its chief technology officer, Dr Hugh Bradlow from Melbourne live to a stage in Adelaide, which is more than 700 kms away. Dr Bradlow's life-sized, real-time hologram walked, talked and interacted with business executives at an Adelaide conference while he stood in front of cameras in Telstra's Melbourne office. Cameras and microphones in Adelaide allowed Dr Bradlow to see and hear his subjects in the Adelaide audience, as they watched his high definition image projected onto a transparent screen or "foil". Click here to see the video on ABC News.
The technology, created by British company Musion Eyeliner, has already enabled former US vice president Al Gore to speak to the Live Earth concert's London audience from Tokyo, and retailer Target to host a model-less virtual fashion show in New York last year. UK band Gorillaz has also used Musion to give life to three-dimensional cartoon characters who performed their song at a 2005 MTV Awards concert in Portugal as rappers interacted with them live on stage.
But Telstra reckons it's not just for entertainment, but believes there are real business applications and serious benefits from this technology. Perhaps it will help to reduce carbon emissions as executives take less flights, opting instead for their 3-Image to travel? Certainly, that would be a more productive use of one's time, and reduce travel costs. But clearly it is early days and the costs of this technology as still quite high. This particular holographic video projection system took about half a day to set up, and to move the image the infrastructure needed was "tens of megabytes", which Telstra ran across its high-speed internet-based Next IP network, which was launched in April last year.
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Rain Forest Adventures Mystic Mountain Jamaica Celebrates its Third Anniversary
Rain Forest Adventures Mystic Mountain Bobsled Jamaica celebrated its third anniversary as a top attraction in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, with the adoption of a local school. During the Mystic Mountain Third Anniversary Celebration event on June 19, 2011, the eco-adventure park formally announced its adoption of the Great Faith Basic School in Exchange, Ocho Rios.
Rain Forest Adventures Mystic Mountain Bobsled Jamaica has pledged to improve and maintain the school's infrastructure. Recently, staff members visited the school to give it a face lift and have encouraged the students to plant a tree each week, which will be transported to the rain forest once large enough.
This year, Mystic Mountain also plans to add a Hummingbird Garden dedicated to Horace Clarke, co-partner and chairman of the park, and Barbara Drakulich, the late wife of managing partner Mike Drakulich. The garden will consist of flora, fauna and beautiful exotic birds to honor their memory.
Inspired by the original Olympic Jamaican Bobsled Team, Rain Forest Adventures Mystic Mountain Bobsled Jamaica has entertained visitors for three years with its signature attraction, the Mystic Mountain Rain Forest Bobsled Jamaica. Zip lining, the Sky Explorer, a Jamaican sports museum, infinity pool with waterslide, great dining and events are also available at Mystic Mountain. The park also maintains a mission of sustainability and respect for its environment. www.rainforestadventures.com
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Arora and Sheena, a couple, who become victims of a series of events when Sam buys a 3G enabled second hand phone in Fiji islands while on a holiday. One night they receive a Phantom Call which changes their lives forever. They must face the unbelievable reality that the phone is somehow responsible for all that is happening to them and around them. The only way to stay alive, it seems is to unravel the mystery of the phone. But as the hours burn on, that becomes harder and harder to do. Technology is a part of our lives, what happens when technology wants to take our lives?
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