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Cover your crotch as we dive into the strange and oft disturbing sub-culture of cross-dressing urban cults and un-heroes. Set in Seattle, "Effing Brutal" tells the story of Josh, a transvestite-in-denial, who believes he's Tori Amos. Josh and his chronically bleeding Kung-Fu sidekick Larry inadvertently join a transvestite cult known as the "Strict Nine." At war with the Strict Nine are a violent skateboarder cult known only as the V.O.T.S. (or: Victims Of The System) who are obsessed with heavy-metal guitarist Chris Impellitteri. In the midst of this alt-cult war, Josh is kidnapped by the V.O.T.S., and in order to rescue him, Larry must call upon the unlikeliest team of superheroes on Earth: TEAM BRUTAL!
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The film is a prequel to the 2007 hit Billa. It depicts the journey of David from being an ordinary man living in the coastal region of Tamil Nadu to a dreaded underworld don.
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By LAURA DUKES
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About a year after a group from Middleham and St. Peter�s Episcopal Parish in Lusby helped to fund a school nurse in Haiti, the group was able to see firsthand that its mission is going well.
The group worked in partnership with La Resurrection Episcopal Parish in Gros Morne, Haiti, and St. Martin�s Parish in Severna Park, to provide a nurse for La Resurrection School, which serves about 830 students from grades kindergarten through 12. The nurse, Rosene Yacinthe, started working full time at the school in March.
Hugh Davies, who led the initiative at the church, explained that during a visit to the school in October 2011, he and fellow parishioners interviewed candidates for the position and Yacinthe �was by far the best qualified candidate.�
He said Middleham and St. Peter�s pays a portion of her salary, as well as equipment, supplies, medicine and infirmary costs. Davies said there is an agreement to support the program for 3.5 years.
�We wanted to respond in a way that would be more than just giving money to an organization,� said Davies, continuing that with the cost being around $10,000 a year, �we knew it would be a good investment.�
Davies said La Resurrection Episcopal Parish pays about $3,000 a year to help fund the nurse.
From Oct. 17 through Oct. 23 this year, Davies, his wife Diane, registered nurses Dale Yoe and Sandy Wilkins and Dr. Nancy Briggs, all of whom are members of Middleham and St. Peter�s Episcopal Parish, went to Haiti to work with Yacinthe and check her progress.
Diane said while they were there, they trained Yacinthe in vision and hearing testing; looked at her record keeping; met with parents; saw the workings of the school while it was in session; and networked with a local hospital and public officials.
She said all of this was done with the help of a 17-year-old translator who has dual citizenship in Haiti and Philadelphia.
While there, Davies said they also met with a Sisters of Mercy ministry, which will start working with Yacinthe to educate women on cervical cancer and its screenings.
He said the expectations of Yacinthe will be first aid; assessing students� wellness and health; vaccines; classes on health education; and connecting with resources in the community.
�We found her to be bright and personable. She had a great rapport with the children and she�s committed to the project,� Davies said, explaining that Yacinthe is the Haitian equivalent to a registered nurse.
Diane said for young kids, there will be a strong emphasis on items like washing hands and brushing teeth. For older students, sexual education will be a priority.
After the most recent October trip, �I was so sure we had the right person doing the right job,� Diane said.
Briggs said the majority of children�s health issues in Haiti are malnutrition, cholera, HIV, infections and pneumonia.
�And there�s no clean water,� Briggs said.
�You use bottled water for brushing your teeth and washing your face,� Yoe said. �I really enjoyed the people, especially the children, but at the same time there was also a part of me that wanted to go home and get a hot shower.�
�I felt hopeful that she had accomplished so much in the time that she�s been there,� Briggs said.
Davies said despite all that has been accomplished, there is so much more that will need to be done at the school and in Haiti itself.
�There�s a big influx of promises [after a natural disaster] and two years later, there�s a lot of broken promises,� he said. �We hope to go on to other communities and other schools and expand this.�


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If coffee is for closers, then the Nodaway Valley boys basketball team deserves some coffee after closing out a hard-fought 56-47 win over Interstate 35 here on Tuesday in front of a packed house in the Creston High School gymnasium.
After Interstate 35 freshman Jaylan White knocked down a deep 3-pointer from the wing to cut Nodaway Valley's lead to 44-42 with 5:00 to go in the fourth quarter, the Roadrunners had back-to-back possessions with good looks at 3-pointers — one that would have given I-35 a one-point lead, and the other that would have cut Nodaway Valley's lead to one after a pair of Dean Frank free throws.
"I told them, they're (NV) a great team, and you've got to hit your shots during the big moments," Interstate 35 head coach Nate Rankin said. "It just didn't seem like we hit those shots tonight. We had good looks."
Two free throws from Jaylan White with 1:46 cut Nodaway Valley's lead back to four points at 48-44, but the Wolverines made eight straight free throws over the final minute-plus to put the game away.
Nodaway Valley shot 17-of-21 from the free throw line for the game and 15-of-17 in the fourth quarter.
"We take care of the ball pretty well and you saw that again in the fourth quarter," Nodaway Valley head coach Darrell Burmeister said. "We were 15-of-17 in the fourth quarter, and that's a high school team. Any time you make 15-of-17 free throws in the fourth quarter ... "
The two teams went shot for shot in a first half that had both fan bases excited for its team's baskets.
Both teams came out firing from 3-point land as each team hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter alone, as the two teams finished knotted at 15-15.
After Dean Frank opened the second quarter with a pair of free throws to put the Wolverines up 17-15, Jaylan White knocked down a 3-pointer to give Interstate 35 an 18-17 lead.
Alex Welsch responded with a hook shot for Nodaway Valley and Jamal White answered with a 3-pointer, putting the Roadrunners up 21-19.
It was the last lead of the game for Interstate 35, but the game remained tight until the final minute-plus.
Jaylan and Jamal White combined to score 18 of Interstate 35's 23 first-half points. The two quick guards combined to score all 24 of the team's second-half points, accumulating 42 of the team's 47 for the game. They knocked down eight of the team's nine 3-pointers.
"I35 has a great team," Burmeister said. "They're the team that matches up really well with us, quickness wise and size wise. Jaylan White and Jamal White, they don't usually shoot that well from the three, but they did tonight, and they made nine threes altogether. Second half we did a little better defending the three."
Welsch and Frank led the Wolverines with 21 and 16 points, respectively.
Interstate 35 closes out the season with a mark of 18-5. After dropping its first two games of the season, its only other losses came to Murray and twice to Nodaway Valley.
Nodaway Valley improves to 22-1 and advances to the Class 2A Substate 7 final 7 p.m. Saturday at West Des Moines Valley against North Polk, which defeated seventh-rated Des Moines Christian 59-39 Tuesday night.
"It's great that these seniors can play one more game," Burmeister said. "I know their goal is to get back to state. The whole team is ready and they just want to keep it going. Great fan support again. Our fans really turn out. We expect a great crowd. I know there's going to be a lot of snow on the ground, but they'll find a way to get to West Des Moines Valley."
INTERSTATE 35 (47) — Jaylan White 9 6-6 28, Jamal White 5 0-0 14, Mitchell Morris 1 0-0 3, Colton Clark 1 0-0 2. Totals — 16 6-6 47. 3-point goals — 9 (Jaylan White 4, Jamal White 4, Morris 1). Team fouls — 15. Fouled out — None.
NODAWAY VALLEY (56) — Alex Welsch 7 7-11 21, Dean Frank 3 8-8 16, TJ Bower 3 0-0 8, Dan Ehrsam 2 2-2 6, Brad Baudler 2 0-0 5. Totals — 17 17-21 56. 3-point goals — 5 (Bower 2, Frank 2, Baudler 1). Team fouls — 7. Fouled out — None.


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Two individuals and one local organization were honored on Saturday evening for their contributions to the arts in Elk County during the Elk County Council on the Arts (ECCOTA) annual gala.
The 2014 "Heart in the Arts" award recipients, all of whom were chosen by ECCOTA's Board of Directors and staff, were Elkwood Arts, Jason Phipps and Deborah Pontzer.
"This year marks ECCOTA's 30th year serving the residents of Elk County and we are thrilled to be honoring those who have helped to make sure our mission is met in providing the area with opportunities for public participation in the arts," said ECCOTA Executive Director Abbi Peters.
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Early New England burial grounds were the first public art galleries in the New World. Even today, many of these tranquil sites display the remarkable artistic, cultural and religious changes of this region. Old gravestones or markers often explained how entire families lived and died.
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Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Vitamin B12 deficiency can be caused by many factors, 1 of which is pernicious anemia, a condition resulting in deficient production of intrinsic factor in the parietal cells of the stomach. Intrinsic factor is a protein that is needed to assist in the absorption of vitamin B12 into the small intestine. Vitamin B12 is converted into adenosylcobalamin, which converts L-methylmalonic acid to succinyl coenzyme A; hence, a decrease in vitamin B12 absorption in the intestine can cause an excess of methylmalonic acid within the body.
Vitamin B12 deficiency may present with any combination of the following: macrocytic anemia, glossitis (painful inflammation of the tongue), peripheral neuropathy, weakness, hyperreflexia, ataxia, loss of proprioception, poor coordination, and/or affective behavioral changes. These manifestations may occur in any combination; many patients present with neurologic symptoms without macrocytic anemia.
A group of tests is often required to establish the correct diagnosis as determination of vitamin B12 in serum does not detect all cases of vitamin B12 deficiency. Mayo Clinic's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology offers a diagnostic algorithm to expedite the identification of patients with vitamin B12 deficiency. This algorithm takes into account the following facts:
-The most sensitive test for vitamin B12 deficiency at the cellular level is the assay for methylmalonic acid (MMA).
-Nearly half of the cases of pernicious anemia can be unambiguously identified if the serum test for intrinsic factor blocking antibody is positive (this is a simpler and less expensive test than the MMA).
-Serum gastrin is usually markedly increased in pernicious anemia (as a result of gastric atrophy) and this test can be used as a substitute for the more complicated and more expensive Schilling test of intestinal absorption of vitamin B12.
The algorithm is similar to that published by Green,(1) except that the serum gastrin assay is performed in place of the Schilling test. Experience with both Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical Laboratories' cases has corroborated that this is a cost-effective alternative to the Schilling test.
In our experience, >90% of laboratory test costs can be saved by using the algorithm rather than ordering all of the services for a patient suspected of having B12 deficiency. Furthermore, the substitution of the serum gastrin assay for the Schilling test offers 3 advantages:
1. It is an in vitro test that does not require administration of radioisotopes to patients
2. It can be performed on mailed-in specimens
3. It is much less expensive
Only those tests that are appropriate, as defined by the algorithm, will be performed.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnosis of pernicious anemia
Diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency-associated neuropathy
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Vitamin B12 >400 ng/L
Results do not suggest B12 deficiency-no further testing.
Vitamin B12 150 to 400 ng/L
Borderline vitamin B12 level-methylmalonic acid (MMA) is performed. If MMA is >0.40 nmol/mL, then intrinsic factor blocking antibody (IFBA) is performed.
Vitamin B12 <150 ng/L
Vitamin B12 deficiency-IFBA is performed. If IFBA is negative or indeterminate, then gastrin is performed.
MMA < or =0.40 nmol/mL
This value implies that there is no vitamin B12 deficiency at the cellular level.
IFBA positive
Consistent with pernicious anemia, Graves disease, or Hashimoto thyroiditis.
Gastrin >200 pg/mL
Result consistent with pernicious anemia.
Gastrin <200 pg/mL
Result does not suggest pernicious anemia.
See Vitamin B12 Deficiency Evaluation in Special Instructions.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
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Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
180-914 ng/L
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Green R, Kinsella LJ: Current concepts in the diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency. Neurology 1995;45:1435-1440
2. Lahner E, Annibale B: Pernicious anemia: new insights from a gastroenterological point of view. World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Nov 7;15(41):5121-5128


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Who amongst us really like to think about where our food comes from? As long as it appears clean and tasty on our table, that's all that matters. And sometimes – like in the restaurants of South East Asia – it's often not worth the mental anguish of wondering what's going on in the kitchen. It will be delicious – tick. It won't make you sick – tick. So who cares about anything else, right? Well… in this case,...
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The heat from the flames was almost unbearable, the lack of air circulation stifling. A surprisingly tall, young, shirtless man in flip-flops entered the room. Male or female, it was hard not to notice his abs, covered in sweat, and seemingly carved from stone. He deposited a shovel full of red-hot coals underneath one of the many large cooking pots, without a word, and left the room again. Walking into the kitchen of Gudeg Yu Djum, a famous restaurant in...
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One of the most unique experiences that I had on my trip to Indonesia was when I decided to go on a culinary tour in one of Indonesia's biggest cities, Yogyakarta. I wasn't really sure what to expect but so far I was loving all of the food that I was eating in Indonesia and hadn't quite yet felt like I was really "getting to know" Indonesia and its people and what better way than to do it through food? What I didn't know was...
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Some people call to pasteurize the honey and water mixture beforehand. This gets rid of all the bad stuff that might be in your honey & water. I choose not to for a few reasons. First, and this is obviously going to continue to come up, Mead has been around long before Pasteurization! Not doing it doesn't automatically mean it's going to fail. Second, a lot of people don't LIKE to pasteurize it, because even though you're killing off some of the bad stuff, you're also killing off some of the things that contribute to the honey's flavor. At least for me, considering that the ONLY ingredient in Mead to give it it's flavor (for this recipe anyways) is the honey, and Mead has been made quite successfully without pasteurization, I see no need to jeopardize the flavor just to resolve a fear that something bad might take over. There probably is some wild yeast in the honey, but it is going to be greatly out-numbered with the amount of yeast we are GOING to add, that I don't think it's a likely possibility the wild yeast will take over. And finally, you'd likely need to get a 6 gallon pot to pour all this into to pasteurize it. And those pots are expensive, and take up a ton of space.
What You'll Need:
5 Gallon Carboy ($20, used)
15 Pounds of Honey (Quality matters, and if you can afford it, buy local! Clover Honey from Walmart- $40. Local Orange Blossom $90)
1 Packet of Wyeast Sweet Mead ($8)
1 Bottle of Acid Blend ($2.50)
1 Bottle of Yeast Nutrient ($3)
1 Hydometer ($10)
1 Airlock ($1)
Total = $84.5 with Walmart Honey, or $134.50 with Quality Local Honey
1 Auto-Siphon (Optional, but totally worth it! $12)
2nd Carboy ($20, used)
About 25 750 ml bottles ($50).
Total = $82
This is one of those hobbies where you can kind of get caught up in the price of things and not realize it. Yeah, you're first batch if you go all out can cost you over $200- BUT, if you save the bottles, your second batch can cost you as little as $50! This will make roughly 25 750ml bottles, and will wind up costing half as much as Commercially available Mead, and it is A LOT better. Most people hear of Mead and go, "Uggghh. That's disgusting! Have you ever tried it?" When in reality, they had some commercial Mead that isn't made anything like the way it's traditionally made. If you've ever tasted real Mead, made the real way, it's totally worth it.
Sterilize everything.
Add 15 pounds of Honey
Fill Carboy with Water for a total of 5 Gallons
Add 5 teaspoons of Acid Blend.
Take a reading with your Hydrometer.
Add Wyeast Sweet Mead.
Add 5 teaspoons of Yeast Nutrient.
Shake the Hell out of it.
Store in warm place for 2 months!
I really like your instructable and i am current doing this one. its been fermenting for about 2 weeks now. i've been looking at different forms etc about mead and alot say for a really nice batch let it age for half a year to a year or longer. i'm wondering does it still age the same when you put it into smaller wine bottles or would it be better to just leave it in the carboy for the year if i wanted to do this with a batch in the future? thanks again for the great instructable!
Thanks, I'm glad you like it! When aging, you want the least amount of oxygen coming into contact with the least amount of mead possible. So the most efficient way is to bulk age it in the carboy, after you have racked it off any lees and it is totally clear. Although you can age it in bottles too, there's nothing wrong with that. All that being said, 90% of how it's going to end up tasting happens within the first month after fermentation has ended. Some great, though subtle, flavors develop over time, and imperfections can mellow. But I am not an advocate of waiting a year before you try it. 1-2 months will get you almost all the way there. Good luck, and enjoy!
FWIW, there's a little gadget that you can attach to a power drill and slip down the neck of your carboy, that when the drill is running, acts essentially like a paint stirrer. The 'vanes' on the thing are swiveled so that when the thing isn't spinning, the vanes drop and make it easy to get it back out of the carboy neck. It makes a huge difference in either aerating or mixing your contents.
Yup! In all my Instructables after this one I include that gadget. Best purchase I ever made.
I am sooooo keen to bang out a wicked batch of my own Manuka mead!!
And as I found out just recently (I mention it in my BBQ 'ible) even buying your honey locally doesn't guarantee that it's real honey. You really need to know, and be able to trust your honey supplier. Many "local" bee keepers are buying fake honey from overseas, and selling it as their own.
A: 80 % water 20 % ethanol
B: 20% water and 80 % ethanol
The first will have a higher melting point (closer to 0 degrees Celsius). In the jacking process , gradients occur which cause certain parts to freeze up. But in essence you're throwing away ethanol. Which also happens with distillation but that can achieve a much higher purity.
But then I realized I would be a lot warmer and a lot happier with a belly full of mead.
Mead is a VERY forgiving medium for brewing, with vast flavor possibilities depending on type of honey, type of yeast, when fermentation stops, what spices are added and/or what fruits are added (and when), and even what kind of container is used for aging (stainless steel tank, glass carboy, oak barrel, hard maple barrel...)
After learning this, I was completely floored that this wonderful beverage somehow faded from view for so many years.
Anyway, kudos for a great Instructable!
We shake some around in our carboys before use and before storage. We also run it through our auto siphon and any other tubing. And everything else gets a soak in it.
I respect the authors views but I thoroughly sanitize everything that contacts the Mead/Beer/Cider.
I'd recommend it, and that's why I did sterilize everything. But I'm not going to say it's necessary, because plenty of people do manage to make perfectly good homebrews and skip this step. Particularly the people who INVENTED it lol!
So just to make clear for everyone: I recommend you sterilize everything (if it wasn't clear). I'm just making a distinction between it definitely failing versus introducing a risk of it failing. I'd sterilize, but it's your batch of Mead! Have fun everyone!
Also there is no need to ever buy bottles. You can reuse beer or mead bottles you bought commercially. This is especially easy if they have the swing tops. But you can also buy new caps and a capper for normal style pop tops. You should not try to recap a screw top bottle
Good luck!
Well, I helped once.
The trick we used was (sterilized) drill bit extensions. 2, 12" ones, with the set screw type connector.
On the business end of that, was mounted a beater paddle, from an old hand mixer that JUST fit through the carboy mouth. it was a tiny mixer, used for making mixed drinks, not the larger cake batter style. those are too large to fit through the carboy mouth.
2-3 min with a cordless drill, and that sucker was MIXED.
I suppose a small stainless whisk would work too, but might be more "fun" to mount in the extension.
Is it possible to over pitch the yeast? I have some 1 gal carboys that I want to use as test batches, but I don't want to use too much yeast if possible.
If I can't get mead yeast, can I use wine or champagne yeast?


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At any age, new lovers can't keep their hands off each other. But the "hot and heavy" period ends after a year or so, and sexual frequency declines. If both libidos cool at the same rate, there's no problem. But one partner typically wants sex more often than the other, and that desire difference can endanger a long-term relationship:
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Who wants sex more frequently? If you're thinking it's the man, you'd be right — most of the time: The man has higher libido in two-thirds of cases, according to sex therapists. When that happens it creates friction, but "everyone knows" that men are horny goats, so people accept this. It's "culturally normative," as the Ph.D.s say. But what about that other one-third of cases? When the woman wants sex more — well, that's culturally unexpected, which can increase stress on the couple and lead to name-calling:
One unfortunate side of such differences in levels of desire is that they tamp down nonsexual affection. Those with greater desire eagerly initiate hugging, cuddling and kissing — in part because it's emotionally nourishing, but also in hopes of getting lucky. Those with less interest retreat from such intimacies lest they be misinterpreted as a sexual green light.
Today, differences in desire are one of the main reasons couples consult sex therapists. A therapist will usually ask, "Who controls the sex in your relationship?" Each partner then points to the other — and both are astonished to find that the other party thinks they are in control when each of them feels powerless. The one with higher libido feels eviscerated by every cruel "no," while the one with lower libido feels emotionally battered from constantly fending off advances.
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Fortunately, desire differences can be resolved. Here are seven steps that can make a difference, all recommended by sex therapists:
1) What do you really want? Is it sex? Or is it other needs: more fun together, nonsexual affection or proof of your partner's love? Despite desire differences, couples usually feel closer when they cuddle more, attend social events together and treat each other compassionately.
2) Negotiate a compromise frequency. If one partner wants sex twice a week while the other is content with once a month, their average would be four or five times a month. But averages don't matter. The challenge is to find a frequency you both can live with.
Note: Whereas couples over 50 have frequencies ranging from daily to never, surveys peg the most typical frequency for older lovers at two to three times a month.
3) Schedule sex dates. This is critical. Scheduled sex dates reassure the higher-desire partner that lovemaking will in fact take place; they reassure the lower-desire partner that it will occur only when scheduled. The moment a couple schedules sex dates, its relationship tensions subside.
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Trouble lowered his helmet's visor and consulted a mini-screen on the perspex. 'We managed to get the terminal's security scanners back on line and ran substance and thermal scans. We found a single heat source in the access tunnel, so Scalene is alone, if it's him. Whatever he's doing in there, he doesn't have any known form of weaponry or explosives. Just a few beetle bars and some good old H2O.'
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's (MRO) HiRISE instrument has transformed our view of Mars from a barren world to one of diverse and active landscapes.
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Finally a group that "gets it". More guns = less crime, ALWAYS!!!!!
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Funny how convenient it suddenly is to have government involved. Who is going to pay for all the guns to arm school employees and who is going to pay for their practices and gun licenses? Government?
Here is a gun legislation: tax the living crap out of guns. If you have more than a simple revolver for self defense I throw in a $1000/year (per weapon) gun license fee.
That solves several problems: you contribute to the federal budget (increased revenue), you pay for luxury and unnecessary items, you still have the 2nd amendment protected, and you probably have less of those "oh look at the cool semi-automatic assault rifle I have. I may have a small d**** but I got a big a**weapon".
EDIT: FH - check the profanity filter. I edited my post. It let a couple words through.
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"What's that? A criminal?"
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They cant even agree on a tax for millionaires in this country.
Talk about a pipe dream. And who's going to pay for the people that collect and manage the tax revenues?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
So the 70 year old history teacher who has arthritis in her knees is going to bust a cap in a terrorist with an assault rifle? I mean I'd love to see that happen but that can't be a good thing.
And what guarantee do we have that a teacher is actually pulling the trigger? And what is a teacher or school employee going to do if he or she faces the gun toting person from behind? Shoot him/her in the back?
Besides the cost of such legislation there are many more intangible involved then a gun restricting legislature without touching the 2nd amendment.
I agree. Have multiple guns in every school full of angsty teenagers. I cant even fathom how that could go wrong.
But why stop there? Let's arm the students, too. Does "school employees" count the Lunch Lady? 'Cause she should definitely be able to have a Glock 9 under her hair net and a silencer stuffed up her *****. And just to be safe, let's give the squirrels miniaturized tactical nukes.
Safest school EVER!
Are we going to have teachers running out with guns drawn shooting in the air whenever theres a school yard fight? Because that would be awesome.
So, essentially, you'd already have to have a concealed carry permit. Not sure how it works in S. Carolina, but here in WV it means you have to have taken training in firearms safety before being issued the permit.COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A new bill introduced Tuesday in the South Carolina House of Representatives aims to arm public school employees on campuses throughout the state.
Republican Rep. Phillip D. Lowe (District 60) wants to amend the code by adding a section "to provide a public school employee who has a concealed weapons permit may possess a firearm on the premises of his employer."
For the record - I'd carry.
Not kidding.
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The professor has an ability to reduce san loss by 1. Therefore, he is able to cast any number of spells for free! Is this meant to be so overpowering?
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Hes a good player, needs to learn a new system... he should bounce back.
Still like Vontae and wish him the best (against every team not names the Dolphins).
He came to camp out of shape and unprepared. He has all the tools but lacks the fire to excell. I hope he wakes up, he seems like a good guy.
Wonder how long till some douche fan brings up a joke about his grandma.
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At Finca Bilbao set in the middle of sugar canes is a Mayan site containing stones with figural carvings, bird carvings and Mayan hieroglyphs. Bilbao was a Mayan ceremonial center that flourished around 600 AD.
Finca Las Ilusiones
Finca Las Ilusiones contains hundreds of Mayan objects which have been collected from the fields over the centuries. There's a small museum with a collection of carved stones, pottery, old tools and other objects found on the plantation.
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Hilltop Finca El Baúl is a still-active place of worship where there's two stones with interesting Mayan carvings.
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Tecuamburro, part of a chain of volcanoes, is made up of three interconnected hills: el Cerro Miraflores, at 1,943 m/6,373 ft; Cerro Peña Blanca, with an elevation of 1,800 m/5,904 ft; and the highest point, Cerro La Soledad, at 1,845 m/6,052 ft.The sides of Cerro Peña Blanca are covered with small sulfur fumaroles.
Esquipulas, Guatemala
Basilica de Esquipulas, the largest baroque temple in Guatemala, dominates the town of Esquipulas. This 18th C structure is the center of a continental pilgrimage where the Black Christ is venerated.
La Democracia, Guatemala
La Democracia is a town where impressive Mayan sculptures can be seen arranged in the main plaza including huge stones called Olmec heads weighing up to 5 tons.A small museum named Rubén Chávez Van Dorne has many artifacts collected locally.
Retalhuleu, Guatemala
The clean and temperate departmental capital features a white-washed church and an elaborate municipal building. Coffee traders from the area come to this town of 40,000 to relax.
Abaj Takalik
Abaj Takalik is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Guatemala. Recent excavations have uncovered temples, ceremonial platforms, wood carvings and ceramics plus large Olmec heads.Excavation is in progress in this site located on a coffee farm.
Xocomil Waterpark
At the Mayan-themed Xocomil Waterpark visitors float about on inner tubes or enjoy a wave-pool. Children enjoy a water play area with features such as a water-bubbling volcano.
Museum of Archeology and Ethnology
A small museum of archeological relics and photos plus a mural showing the 33 archeological sites in the district.
Ipala Lake & Volcano
Ipala volcano is 1,650 m/5,412 ft high and contains a deep green lagoon in its crater. Hiking is good in this area.
Tiquisate, Guatemala
Tiquisate was once the United Fruit Company headquarters. It is famous for the Mayan ceramics that originated from the region.
Las Lisas
One of Guatemala's best beaches is rather undeveloped.
San Jose, Guatemala
This town of 14,170 is Guatemala's second-largest port.
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Given that there is usually no penalty with regard to power factor in a residential setting, is it desirable to have PFC? I know that my local utility will love me for correcting power factor but not enough to give me a discount for doing so. I find that often in a project at home my welding machine may spend more time simply ON than it does actually welding. With the higher current draw at idle with PFC would I be better without it or with some form of automatic switching to engage it only during welding cycles?
I think that Willie B(please correct me if that is not what you meant) is suggesting that this extra current, about 20 amps, may not be registering on my meter but I can't imagine my utility letting me get away with that. On the other hand at nearly 25 amps idle current on 230v I don't think I would see 5750 watts of wasted heat in my welding machine which I would expect to see if the machine was actually dissipating this current. Does anyone know if the standard residential utility meter is recording the real power or the apparent power consumed?
There is of course the lighter requirement for wiring to consider with PFC. I fairly recently acquired a used Idealarc 250 without PFC(wrong color for this forum) but they are similar to the Dialarc and the question would apply equally to either. I am running this machine from a 40 amp breaker and although I have not done a lot of work with it, it has yet to trip the breaker even though the breaker is way too small for this size of machine. My concern is that if I was to add PFC that the in-rush current would be more likely rather than less likely to cause nuisance trips.---Meltedmetal
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Is PFC desirable or even useful in a non-commercial/non- industrial setting?
I do not think PFC is useful in a residential setting. I don't think it's useful in an industrial setting either unless you have a whole bank of welders going at once. I can't see how your meter would read "apparent" power. It reads what power is used, period. Having said that I don't think it would hurt to have PFC in a residential place because most people only run the welder as needed for a project so the extra current used at idle would be minimal.
Many people run a Syncro 250 on a 50 amp breaker without issues. Not ideal but it is done especially in residential use.
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I think you are right about the economics of PFC in the residential setting. At $0.10/ kwh 25 amps figures out at something like $.60 per hour and really that's negligible in a home setting. In the commercial setting though the utility reads both real and apparent power to derive the power factor and penalize you accordingly if it is less that 90% (here at least). Our largest current draw is usually our melting furnace which actively compensates to keep the power factor close to 100%. But business has been slow over the winter and we got penalized because we also run some larger motors that are not always under load and our power factor slipped below the 90% threshold.
Up until the advent of "smart meters",(I don't know how many functions they are capable of) the old residential meters must be reading either real or apparent but I don't know which although as you imply, from an economic standpoint it probably is not very important.
I had read a thread on Welding Web in which the author had installed an automatic switchable PFC in a welder and I thought it might be useful to limit the working current draw(read smaller gauge wire) as well as benefit from the lower idle state current draw. Subsequent reading on power factor has now lead me to believe that it would be cheaper and less complex to just install a larger gauge circuit. It seems that constant switching in and out of of the circuit may introduce harmonics into the power grid which I could, though not likely, be required to filter out.
Add to all that the PFC capacitors are, for my purposes, just another component to age and ultimately fail. Like you, I have come to the conclusion that in my circumstances if the welder I have does not begin to give me nuisance trips I will not likely change anything and if it does my first line of attack will be heavier wiring and breaker.
Thanks for your reply.---Meltedmetal
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Thanks for the info Willie. That's a monster connection at the pellet mill. I suspect, but do not know, that I am paying for the unused watts that the PFC would eliminate during welding. My reality at home is that most of the time at home I will not be welding more than a couple of hours per week on average so the cost to convert to PFC is probably not an economically sound expenditure. Also I seldom weld most things above 150 amps so that would reduce the differential even further. I thought about a switchable set of caps like Kald did with his or something similar but I question whether switching in the caps every time I strike an arc would be an advantage or a disadvantage. I'm not sure either but if I ever think I've come up with a definitive answer I will test out the theory on the rest of the people here.Thanks---Meltedmetal


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