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I'm currently playing a Wizard in Diablo III. I'm in Nightmare and can solo with the rest of them, but I've heard Wizards are tough solo-ers in Hell/Inferno.
Anybody knows of a solid Diablo III Wizard builds that are effective in Hell solo?
I'm currently playing a Wizard in Diablo III. I'm in Nightmare and can solo with the rest of them, but I've heard Wizards are tough solo-ers in Hell/Inferno.
Anybody knows of a solid Diablo III Wizard builds that are effective in Hell solo?
I've been playing Inferno in a group and solo. This is my build: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#aZcXlQ!WTX!aZbZaZ
Act 1 Hell isn't really a good gauge if your solo build is doing really well... My build has changed several times because the later acts and difficulties required more CC and escape mechanisms.
You need a lot of control if you want to solo the hard champion packs, but they are all entirely doable with a good wizard build. The 60% slow on blizzard is a godsend and all but 'fast'-modified champion packs will be hard pressed to close the distance on you if you kite properly.
The main problem is fast, or mortar monsters. With fast you just need to do more running than usual.. Diamondskin-Frostray to single target the close ones when skin is off cooldown (Diamond skin with the reduced cost rune makes these ray abilities take almost no arcane power), teleport around if you're getting chased too close.
With mortar the best way is to KEEP RUNNING as far away from them as possible. Drop blizzards and arcane orbs behind you (If you pop diamond skin you can get off 5 or 6 arcane orbs instead of like 3 or 4, due to the cost reduction...it's amazing). If you have a circular area you can kite, use that; if it's just a single hallway when you reach the end you can wormhole-teleport to the other side and resume kiting.
Never stand still against mortars, those things hurt. I use magic missile & frost ray to pick units off. Again...diamond skin + frost ray is amazing.
I cannot emphasize enough how important something that controls the monsters is. I like blizzard but you might be able to get away with the 30% passive slow for arcane spells (but that's half as much as blizzard provides) or other forms of slow/cc.
Good luck!
I'm in Act 1 Hell, and this is the build I'm using: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ilXPOR!faX!abYZbb
I play solo exclusively, so I have to be very self-sufficient with regard to damage and escape. So I'll drop a Blizzard, Hydra, then Disintegrate until they get close. If they're not dead, drop another Blizzard, run away through it to get some distance, turn and fire again. Rinse, repeat.
For elites, I alternate between Mirror Image and Diamond Skin to keep me alive until the cooldown on the other one resets. Attack strategy depends heavily on the affixes, so a Shielding vs a Mortar is very different, for example.
I prefer Venom hydra to Lightning due to the fact that it's much more effective against casters and ranged, which I find are harder for me in general due to the fact that I can easily outrun/outmaneuver melee mobs.
Just so it's clear, I don't really plan on accepting any one answer to this question, because it just wouldn't make sense and/or be fair in the context of the question. I have +1'd several of your answers which I've tried out and they work well.
Figured I'd put up what I have been using, though, as for me its the best build I've used yet.
Let me know what you think!
Build Strategy:
Build Philosophy/Justification:
Currently solo in Hell Act 2 and this one works for me (for some boss fights e.g. butcher I use teleport[fracture] to avoid damage, and energy shield[Force]).
This is DPS build.
Tactic is basically rampage until you hit a champions, than kiting with blizzard and orbs. When diamond shield[crystal] is ready or they have vortex, go in with shield on and use primary to quickly regenerate arcane per hit (+4 on each hit), rinse and repeat.
Good thing about this build you are DPS so you don't have to kite lesser mobs, diamond skin + orbs and you are good. Of course this works in 90% of the cases, you will need to tweak for certain situations.
I have to agree with plee on the Shock Pulse with Piercing Orb rune. I spent countless hours trying to get the right build. I'm level 58 and I finally I found a build that works for me with devastating power against mobs. Elites it is still quiet powerful but since I'm a wizard I cannot sustain too much damage so kiting is necessary with this build. Here is my build and my skill rotation. This build you have to go into your options and select elective mode to customize.
Keep Hydra and Energy Armor active whenever you are fighting.
Use Teleport as a means to escape enemies.
Use Blizzard to help kite enemies around.
Use Diamond Skin to negate oncoming damage for up to 8 seconds.
Use Shock Pulse on enemies going through Blizzard.
Just thought I'd add my 2 cents; I have tried lots and I mean lots of different builds on my wiz, and even though they each have their ups and downs I have found a few that I believe to work the best, through trial and error. As far as kiting goes, some people are better at it than others, so this build will help those that are not as good as some. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#aecRXQ!TYU!cacaaY.
The first thing I do is use torrent and drop a hydra. Fire as many orbs as you can, teleport away, and drop hydra again. Start firing missles while running away from the mobs. Once your power is up torrent again and orb as many as possible. They should be dead by this time; if not, repeat. Diamond skin is a must for stronger mobs, but over all the teleports and slows make it easy to kite even for the worse kiters out there.
On my wizard I have found that regardless of the build it's your equipment that makes the money. My wizard on hell does 27,000+ dps and can crit over 100k. The best way is to to stack intelligence on everything except your rings, amulet, weapon and source. On those you want to focus more on damage and not as much intelligence.
Then for my skills they are setup like this:
Ok now I will explain this. Currently I am level 60 but for the most part I have had the same build through Nightmare and Hell. Also I haven't spent more than 100k on my gear so don't think I've spent millions on gear.
Arcane Torrent works great. It has a lot of damage and a small area radius after it hits which makes it good for crowds. The Cascade feature makes it so it has a 100% chance of launching a new Torrent from an enemy that gets hit which makes it even better for crowds. I use this on my left mouse click.
My right mouse click is my wildcard. Usually I use WoF, Teleport or Diamond Armor but that's because you have to stay flexible for different occasions.
I think Storm Armor is best because you lose a lot of Arcane Power fast and that prevents it from happening as quickly. But I'll use Energy Armor in a pinch for boss fights since my vitality isn't that high (true glass cannon lol).
Magic Weapon is a must. At first I thought it was for melee but then I started using it and and it significantly increases your damage. I like Conduit because it helps with the Arcane regeneration since I'm not using a Signature spell. But Blood Magic is helpful too if you are having health issues.
Familiar is also a must, whether if it's for damage or Arcane regeneration. It is definetely worth using.
Archon - well I've used Archon since I unlocked it. It helps in a pinch and in boss fights and really cleans up huge mobs fast.
My passives I believe are self-explanatory.
I'm rolling through Act IV Hell right now and not having any issues.
In Act III Hell my buddies (both barbarians) were bring massive mobs to me to try and kill me (because they are just nice like that) and I just mowed them down with this build. They were having a lot of issues without me rolling with them. They both are over 55 (one's 58 and the other is 60) and they were dying left and right when they wandered off.
Honestly there is really no build that will work 100% of the time.
Luckily because of the way that the Diablo talent system is set up you can switch out and try different things. Everyone has a different playstyle and every enemy type has different resistances, speed and ranges. What may work well for one mob may be worthless for the next.
For example I play a barbarian who tears through mobs and has great crowd control, but then when I reached the Act II boss I was getting stomped because I wasn't using enough single target abilities. I switched up my build and killed him, then went right back to my regular play style. I suspect I will have to switch up my build numerous times to deal with Hell/Inferno. It is a part of the game.
I've been playing with an arcane orb + arcane hydra build and it's done great through act 4 hell. The idea is that your hydra will provide constant automatic slow and you just shoot arcane orbs and waste everything in your path.
As long as you use a slow 2h weapon you'll never run out of AP with astral presence regenerating for you, and often normal mobs will be 1-or-2-shot.
This is the build I have right now. We're in act 2 of Hell
It's been working out so far, my group has hit a couple tough spots, but we're progressing. Basically with both Magic Weapon (Force Weapon) and Familiar (Spark Flint), my damage increases by 27%. I'd love to go pure Glass Cannon with the 15% increase passive, but I don't think I could afford the negatives. The Energy Armor is wonderful with the 65% armor increase; I also can't take more than 35% of my max health's damage. I've read some interesting strategies about just completely ignoring vitality with that rune so that you regen to full life faster.
With all those buffs, my main attacks are focused on disintegrate and electrocute. I basically sit back from afar and shoot disintegrate into the crowd. When one of their heads pop, it can do a 400% damage explosion. When I run out of mana, I spam electrocute till my arcana refills (which isn't very long). When stuff looks tough, or I just feel like it, I'll go Archon (which still retains all the buffs), pop a slow time, jump in the center of stuff, hulk smash till the slow time runs out, run out of the crowd, ray them.
-- I'm interested in nzifnab's build though. I find the toughest time my party has is with anything that's speedy and moving all over the place (like those imps). I've been thinking about changing my build up into a giant time slowing machine, maybe I'll try it out.
Your build is what I used to do before I discovered Shock Pulse with Piercing Orb rune. The problem with the disintegrate build is that you spend too much arcane power and there is no way you will not drain it all. When you do, you don't have energy to escape or place more blizzards, etc if your mobs are not dead. Shock Pule with Piercing Orb solves this. It is a primary spell that does not take any arcane energy and it does long range aoe damage through multiple targets just like disintegrate (obviously not as much dmg though). This build is much better.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#ZiXdOS!YaX!bZaabZ Is what I'll generally use. I'm lv 57, usually solo. Blur i often switch out for cold blooded for extra boss dps, and energy armor, I change the rune to force armor for bosses. Force weapon is obvious, and i make a somewhat uncommon choice of using two beams. Cold beam is something of a primary for me, its casting cost is low enough that it's effectively negligible, and disintegrate with chaos nexus is amazing at dealing with crowds, and small things that swarm close and are hard to hit. On diamond skin i often switch out for prism because it ends up making ray of frost almost free, as does storm armor with power of the storm. If i really need to knuckle down for pure dps, I'll switch energy armor for familiar and use sparkflint for the extra dps and +20% damage. Force push is great for killing crowds and giving you some breathing room, its not for everyone, but it's saved my ass too many times to count
With right equipment, soloing hell is pretty easy with a wizard. Inferno, on the other hand, is pretty damn hard. The build I've used in hell was:
Left click: shock pulse with piercing orb for huge AoE. You can also use Spectral Blade with Thrown Blade rune for extra damage but you need to be careful since you will be within melee range. Another choice is Electrocute with Surge of Power rune to spam Arcane Orb more.
Right click: Arcane Orb with Tap The Source rune. You can use the Oblitarate rune but lower arcane power cost (combined with the +40 max arcane power coming from other skills) makes this skill spammable.
Defensive: Teleport with Wormhole. No explanation here, you NEED this skill. Especially on Inferno where Diamond Skin is pretty useless since it will expire in 2-4 hits.
Force: Blizzard with Stark Winter rune. This slot is the most flexible one in this build, you can select any skill. I chose Blizzard because of the slow it gives.
Conjuration: Energy Armor with Energy Tap rune. +%65 armor really helps and +20 maximum arcane power is just too good to pass. Plus,you get a pretty good regen by Galvanizing Ward.
Conjuration: Magic Weapon with Force Weapon rune. Again, no explanation needed, extra damage is always good. You can get the Venom rune if you want.
Passives: Glass Cannon, Astral Presence and Galvanizing Ward. You can afford the minus armor and resistances from Glass Cannon in hell just make sure to change it when you reach Inferno. Astral Presence lets you spam Arcane Orb more but you can change it with another passive if you want.
For inferno, I modified the build slightly to grant more survivability by sacrificing the damage output a little. Here is the build:
Changed the left click with Magic Missle for more damage. Changed the rune in Energy Armor to prevent one-shots (I have 4000 armor, 23k life and around 350-400 all resists but I still get one-shot in Inferno a lot). Dropped Glass Cannon in favor of Illusionist (this saved my ass more then I can remember).
The passives are Glass Cannon, Prodigy and surprise-surprise to me last night - Arcane Dynamo. Using 1.7 speed wand + 3 x 15 speed rings-amulet (maybe even some more life 15% chest and head) gives me almost three attacks per second. 5x Arcane Dynamo buff almost refills every 5-6 sec and extra 75% Hydra-Blizzard just melts mobs. I just switched farming from Act 1 Inferno to Act 2/Act 3 because Act 1 was complete one shotted.
FYI: there's the Critical Mass (a.k.a Melee Wiz) build too. Here's a link to the version of the build that I use: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#VhXYOQ!gXW!ccaZca
In order to make this build work, you need items to increase:
Using this build, I can farm on Inferno on Act I and II without dying. On Act 3, I only have issues with Elite Packs. If I paid millions of gold for items, I'm sure I could do better, but in general, I pay on average 20k gold per item.
To use this build, I make sure Energy Armor is up, then teleport next to a pack or the foe I want to kill, use Diamond Skin, then spam Frost Nova, Energy Twister, and Explosive Blast. And use Diamond Skin again if my health goes down. And you can also teleport again to get that 30% less damage for 4 seconds.
Note: this works for the current build (v1.0.4); I heard it kind of works in the v1.0.5 PTR. In v1.0.5, Energy Twister will probably have to be replaced with something else.
Note: for the weapon, try to get one with a good attack speed; I try to make sure I have at least 1.4 attacks per second.
Note: Critical Hit Damage is nice to have too. It'll make battles shorter.
Note: If you can't get a lot of Resist All, try to increase Vitality.


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The number 40 appears in several biblical stories. Such as, 40 days and 40 nights of Noah's flood story, Jesus walked on the earth for 40 days, etc. I read on Wikipedia that 40 is use as an approximate number and not an exact number, something similar to "umpteen". However I wouldn't call Wikipedia an authoritative source (is SE better? :) ). My question is, what sources do we have to back up or disprove the use of the number 40 as a general number and not an exact number?
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Forty is a round number designating a fulness of time according to Kittel:
I think the supporting evidence for this view would be the frequent use of the word forty, even when their does not seem any religious deep significance which may have corresponded to a literal measure. For example, in Acts 4:22 the age of a person seems to be made in reference to forty, 'the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.' More than 'forty' men were plotting against Paul in Acts 23:13. The stripes that Paul received were the generic forty minus one. Probably the clearest evidence that forty is an 'about' number is here:
I believe we should not be quick to think of forty as a (exaggerating) chiffre for quite some time to accomplish a task or achieve to endure a test. A healthy and confident person may be able to survive 40 days without food or drink e.g. under the humid and warm conditions of a cave. Is it a miracle? Life is a miracle. The number of days and months of the flood were carefully recorded. Should the forty days of rain then be a chiffre or an approximation? That does not seem quite plausible. 40 years in the wilderness and desert of Arabian Peninsula should be enough for a whole generation to die. Why should those years have been more or less than forty?
To endure hardship it helps to remember others that have experienced similar trials or such ones who have stood the same long test of time.
There is a reason there are 40s all throughout the bible just like there is a reason the number 3 is throughout all the bible, just as there is a reason the number 12 is throughout all the bible. Jesus was 40 yrs old when he died on the cross that is why there are 40s everywhere, I can easily prove this, my uncle is a baptist pastor and says Jesus died in exactly 33 AD, most scholars state Jesus was born between 7-4 BC, if Jesus was born in 7 BC and died on the cross in exactly 33 AD then that would make him exactly 40 yrs old.
Now why all of the threes ? Because Jesus died in the year 33 AD that is why.
Now why all the 12s ? Because there were 12 tribes of Israel.
And that is the 100% correct answer as to why there are forties, threes and twelves all in the bible.

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This past weekend, the Taunton High School Drama Club came home big winners from the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild State Festival.
Approximately 150 schools compete from all over Massachusetts.
Junior Laura Kenney wrote this year's play, "Two is Company." Taunton was chosen as a winner at the preliminary round and will be advancing to the semi-final round in this state festival for the first time in eight years.
Sophomore Jacob DeSousa won a technical excellence award for his set design, and five THS actors went home with acting awards, being named to the All-Star Acting Troupe for this year's competition.
Those actors include seniors Arianna Chaves and Jacob Perreault, as well as juniors Kristine Coelho, Alex Coutts, and Toni Graca.
This play stood out at the festival as being completely student written, designed and executed.
The semi-final round of performances will be March 15.
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BRIDGEPORT - Even though Bridgeport Mayor John Callarik says the sanitation department doesn't need the money, Village Council wants to raise the base fee for garbage collection by $3 a month.
The proposed ordinance, which had its first reading Nov. 20, also calls for reducing the allowable number of cans per residence to three instead of five. Those who put out more than three cans will be charged $1.50 for each extra can, he said.
Despite the fact that he sees no need for the rate increase, Callarik said he is not totally against it. He said he is OK with a $3 increase, but not the extra can charges.
If the ordinance is passed during second and third readings on Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, residents' base rate would increase from $12 to $15 a month; small businesses and churches would see their rates rise from $17 to $20 a month; and commercial non-Dumpster businesses from $35 to $38 a month.
Based on the village's 900 customers, Callarik said the rate increase would generate an additional $32,400 a year. He said there has been some talk lately about purchasing a new garbage packer truck, but the village already has plenty of money to do that. And Village Council, he said, recently decided against opting into a state program to purchase a truck that would have saved Bridgeport $20,000.
He said the sanitation department budget is running in the black and that the department doesn't need any more money to operate efficiently.
''My feeling is that I think the raise is too fast. There's a lot of low-income people that don't have the money. It should be raised slowly. They should have started three years ago. They're putting it on the people too fast,'' Callarik said of council. ''I think it's too great a hike. ... It's too much on the people.''
Callarik noted he can only vote during council action to break a tie.
''You can't blame people for getting upset. Some people can afford it, some can't. We can't overdue it,'' he said.
He added that the proposed extra can fee most concerns him because he believes it will result in people allowing garbage to be stored too long until the next pickup.
''I think you'll start to see garbage lie around,'' he said.
Callarik noted Councilman Dave Smith introduced the ordinance for its first reading. He said Smith was on a committee that talked about the rate increase. Smith could not be reached for comment at press time. Other council members include Ben Lenz, Jim Porter, Carol Lyle, Dick Riley and Marvin Husarick.
Village Council's next meeting is set for 6 p.m. Dec. 18 in council chambers at the municipal building, 301 Main St., Bridgeport.


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I am trying to get back to play tennis again this year after an injury so things a bit rusty, used to play a lot.
If anyone want to rally, hit me up
I am about 3-3.5 just a bit rusty so my skills dropped a bit.
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Hey Heaven welcome to the neighborhood. i host a monterey park group which you are invited to join here
i use text to invite people to the group so you can join the text list and get notifications for rally times. There are people from all over the SGV that come out to this group so it's not just for MP people.
I hit a lot in alhambra at almansor park and there are a couple of good groups that hit there as well so let me know if you would like to join one of them or if you are just starting off slower and want to hit one on one to begin.
Hi there
thanks for hitting me up
I would love to join ur group and take it from there
When is the next one?
we will probably play on saturday afternoon but I hit all the time and if u are on the text list you will see when we are getting ppl together mid week too. text me there for more details
I just did! Thanks looking forward for next tennis meet :)
hey heaven a few of us are going to hit tomorrow at 2pm if you want to join at the same monterey park courts we played at last time - let me know if you can make it
Hey Heaven, what is your playing level?
you should stop by Arcadia park and play! there is a huge community that plays every night around 5 pm until 10pm.
im sure you could find a good pick up game
Call us at (626)888- 3675 and we could more than likely find you people !
Ask for Javier
Would love to play a few matches with you Heaven I'm a beginner and could meet up with you at any local court in sgv most off the 10 freeway West Covina to Alhambra. Looking forward to play at the Arcadia park group meet ups too.
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It's the start of a new year, and as always I've come up with a few grandiose goals I'd like to achieve across the year. What advice or tips should I bear in mind to give me the greatest chance of succeeding?
From everything I've read if your resolution or goal is one that you struggle with there can be a number of issues at hand:
The best resolution is to clean house. And by house I don't just mean house, but everything. Clean up your todo-lists, your project lists, your objectives, and so on. Be clear on what you don't want to spend time on. Get everything off your mind. Then think about how and why you want to achieve your resolution. Figure out what the next actions for them are, and work them into your mix, as it were. You might also want to reward yourself when you have completed a small step or segment of your resolution. Best of luck!
Make sure that your goals are manageable, specific and measurable. If they are too grandiose then you are setting yourself up for failure. If they are not specific enough and measurable then you won't know when you have succeeded. Both of these things can be detrimental factors.
If possible break your goal up into measurable chunks and spread out deadlines throughout the year. If you want to lose 50 pounds for instance you can have a measurable check-in goal of 1 pound a week. (With a couple extra just in case.)
Make a plan. It is one thing to measure the outcome but you need to know how you are going to get there. A teacher-friend always tells her students "Try Harder is not a plan. Review my flashcards before bed, now that's a plan."
Once you have a plan there are a bunch of resources that can help you. You can look at advice on creating habits, time management, accountability and motivation. These are all good topics to familiarize yourself with more in general if you want tools to help you succeed. One tool I would highly recommend is an accountability partner. This is a person that you tell your plan to and they then ask you whether you are on track at the measurable intervals that you state. If you want to work out 3 times a week, they may ask you each week what you did for exercise the past week. Even better you can try to find someone who is working on the same goal as you.
I recommend StickK or Beeminder. (Disclosure: I'm part of Beeminder.)
These are commitment device apps for forcing yourself to follow through on your own intentions. StickK lets you set up a contract, specify the stakes, the beneficiary, and a referee to keep you honest. Beeminder is like StickK for data nerds, having the commitment contract center on a graph of your progress.
Here's a list of all such services that I know of: blog.beeminder.com/competitors
Another site that helps you track goals is 21habit
As well as a plain tracking system, this site also has the option of buying into an incentive model whereby you put money into a pool and pay back yourself when you make progress with your goal, or pay a charity if you don't.
One great technique is to write down your goals and read them twice every day. Keep in mind you want to write down why you want to achieve these goals, not necessarily the steps you plan on taking to achieve them. This way it becomes a goal to strive towards, not a burden you have to deal with :)
I read about a study where they had two groups of people who wanted to loose some weight. Group A wrote down their goals and read them twice a day, and Group B where lectured daily on the benefits of weight-loss. Group A ended up losing much more weight.
Here are some links that are worth checking up on:
I am sharing some points on how to succeed in achieving resolutions and I hope it would be helpful to you
1. Management
Most of the people fail to accomplish their goals as they try to work on many goals at a time and so they are unable to achieve any of their goals...To save yourself from this, you need management of your goals.
So Make a list of your goals..Set priorities to them.. Assign No.1 to the goal with the highest priority,No.2 to the 2nd highest priority goal and so on.. Concentrate fully on the goal with the highest priorities first..When you have achieved the highest priority goals then Move to the next goal.
2. Self-motivation
Imagine how happy you would be when your goals would be accomplished...
For eg: You want to achieve good grades..Just imagine,how happy and proud your parents will feel when they will see your grades...how happy you will feel about it.. Likewise imagine what output you will get when your goals will be accomplished..Even you can motivate yourself by imagining what you will lose if you fail to accomplish your goals.
3. Determination
Have a strong determination that no matter what,i will achieve my goal.
4. Time-limit
Though you have determination but no time limit, then it might take years to accomplish your goals...So dont forget to set a time limit..And also strictly follow those time-limits you set.
5. Dedication
Full dedication is the most important factor you need to accomplish your goal...Make sure that you spend some hours of your day working for your goal... for eg: you wanna learn guitar..So You definately have to spend some time daily to practice guitar.. Likewise spare some time daily for your goal from your hectic schedule And I am sure no power of this world can stop you from achieving your goal.
By staying motivated. I know it's hard sometimes but just think of the end result! You obviously chose your resolution for a reason, so if it is something that is really important to you then I recommend sticking to it as best you can! Good luck!
Thats why they say
"New Year resolutions are nothing but a to do list for the first week of january" lol
but jokes aside..
The reason why we arent able to accomplish our resolutions or goals is that we get distracted and start thinking about other less relevant things.
The best and PERMANENT solution to this is having control of your thoughts and having them focussed on your goals for as long as possible,
this can be archieved by practicing the noble act of meditation daily.
best of luck...
Consider the infrastructure of your resolution. A lot of great things have already been said, but the none has mentioned that, for example, if you want to start running, you've got to get shoes, clothing and time in place before you can actually reach your goal.
In this sense infrastructure (and resources) refers to all of the things you need to think about before you can actually do your resolution and keep it.
Some examples would be:
I'm not so pro resolutions because I think often (if not most of the time), people's resolutions aren't realistic. They are lofty. I used to work as a dietitian and so I know what kinds of goals people can come up with (for example: "This year I will not eat anything"... you know:).
Anyway, the best way to accomplish a goal is to create a realistic one to begin with. And that, of course, means being honest with yourself.
New Year's resolutions stink of procrastination.
If you need the New Year to trigger you into thinking what you'd like to achieve, then I'd suggest you don't want to achieve those goals strongly enough.
If you want something strongly enough, you would have already started working towards achieving it before the New Year starts.
If you don't want something strongly enough, there is little chance of success.
One component I'm missing so far in the answers (Henriks' comes close):
Inform your environment; both physical and in relations.
By setting up physical reminders (like running shoes visible in the hallway; enrollment in running contests) you can't 'forget' your goals.
By telling your relations they will act as reminders, but will also hold you to account or support you: "Hey, how's the running plan going?"


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The pump's behavior can be likened to that of a manual transmission in an automobile. While a car can be driven 80 mph in first gear, it would be a mistake to do this for an hour or so.
Without pumps, there would be no hydrocarbon processing
industry.1 Pumps are simple machines that lift,
transfer, or otherwise move fluid from one place to another.
Process pumps are usually configured to use the rotational
(kinetic) energy from an impeller to impart motion to a fluid.
The impeller is located on a shaft; together, shaft and
impeller(s) make up the rotor. This rotor is surrounded by a
casing. Located in this casing (or pump case) are
one or more stationary passageways that direct the fluid to a
discharge nozzle. Impeller and casing are the main components
of the hydraulic assembly; the region or envelope containing
bearings and seals is called the mechanical assembly, or power
end (Fig. 1).2
Fig. 1. Principal
components of an elementary
process pump.
However, many process pumps are designed and constructed to
facilitate field repair. On these so-called back pullout pumps
(Fig. 2),3 shop maintenance can be performed while
the casing and its associated suction and discharge piping are
left undisturbed. Although operating in the hydraulic
end, the impeller remains with the power end during removal
from the field. The rotating impeller (Fig.
3)4 is usually constructed with swept-back
vanes, and the fluid is accelerated from the rotating impeller
to stationary passages in the surrounding casing.
Fig. 2. Typical process
pump with suction flow entering
horizontally, and vertically oriented
discharge pipe
leaving the casing tangentially.
Fig. 3. A semi-open
impeller with five vanes.
As shown, the impeller is configured for
counter-clockwise rotation about the
centerline A.
Reliability tip:
Greater spacer lengths reduce angles of misalignment
in case of the unavoidable differential
temperature-related parallel offset between the
centerlines of pump and driver. Greater-length
spacers may cost a bit more, but, by reducing bearing
loads and vibration severity, they beneficially
affect the likely cost of future maintenance.
In this manner, kinetic energy is converted to potential
energy, and the fluid (often called pumpage) moves from the
suction (lower) pressure side to the discharge (higher)
pressure side of a pumping system. As the fluid leaves the
impeller through the pump discharge, more fluid is drawn into
the pump suction, where, except for the region immediately
adjacent, the pressure is lowest.4
Pump performance is always described in terms of head,
H, produced at a given flow capability, Q,
and hydraulic efficiency, h, attained at any particular
intersection of H and Q. Head is usually
plotted on the vertical scale or vertical axis (the left of the
two y axes) of Fig. 4; it is expressed in feet
or meters. Hydraulic efficiency is often plotted on another
vertical scale, the right of the two vertical scales; i.e., the
y axis in this generalized plot.
Fig. 4. Typical
H-Q performance curves are sloped
as shown. The BEP is marked with a small
power and other parameters are often
on the same plot.
Head is related to the difference between discharge pressure
and suction pressure at the respective pump nozzles. Head is a
simple concept, but this is where consideration of the impeller
tip speed is important. The higher the shaft rotations per
minute (rpm) and the larger the impeller diameter, the higher
the impeller tip speed will bei.e., its peripheral
The concept of head can be visualized by thinking of a
vertical pipe bolted to the outlet (the discharge nozzle) of a
pump. In this imaginary pipe, a column of fluid would rise to a
height H. If the vertical pipe would be attached to
the discharge nozzle of a pump with higher impeller
tip speed, the fluid would rise to a greater height
(H+). Note: The height of a column of
liquid, H or H+, is a function of only the
impeller tip speed. The specific gravity of the liquid affects
power demand, but it does not influence either H or
H+. However, the resulting discharge pressure
does depend on the liquid density (specific gravity).
For water (with a specific gravity of 1), an H of 2.31
ft equals 1 psi, while, for alcohol, which might have a
specific gravity of 0.5, a column height or head H of
4.62 ft will equal 1 psi. Therefore, if a certain fluid has a
specific gravity of 1.28, a column height (head H) of
2.31/1.28 = 1.8 ft will equal a pressure of 1 psi.
For reasons of material strength and reasonably priced
metallurgy, the head per stage is usually limited to about 700
ft. This is an important rule-of-thumb limit to remember;
however, when too many similar rule-of-thumb limits combine,
pump reliability cannot be expected to be at its highest. As an
example, a particular impeller-to-shaft fit is required to have
a 0.0002-in. to 0.0015-in. clearance on average-sized impeller
hubs. With a clearance fit of 0.0015 in., a somewhat greater
failure risk can be anticipated if this upper limit is found on
an impeller operating with maximum allowable diameter.
In Fig. 4, the point of zero flow (where
the curve intersects the y axis) is called the shutoff point.
The point at which operating efficiency is at a peak is called
the best efficiency point (BEP). Head rise from BEP to shutoff
is often chosen around 10%15% of differential head. This
choice makes it easy to modulate pump flow by adjusting control
valve open area based on monitoring pressure. Pumps
operate on their curves, and knowledge of what
pressure relates to what flow allows technicians to program
control loops.
The generalized depictions in Fig. 4 also
contain a curve labeled NPSHr, which represents net
positive suction head required. This is the head of
liquid that must exist at the edge of the inlet vanes of an
impeller to allow liquid transport without causing undue
vaporization. NPSHr is a function of impeller geometry and
size; it is determined by factory testing. The NPSHr of an
impeller can range from a few feet to a three-digit number. At
all times, the head of liquid available at the impeller inlet
(NPSHa) must exceed the required head of liquid (NPSHr).
The rate of flow through a pump, in gallons per minute
(gpm), is labeled Q, and is plotted on the x axis.
Note: For a given speed and for every value of
head H read from the y axis, there is a corresponding
value Q on the x axis. This plotted relationship is
expressed as the pump is running on its curve. Pump
H-Q curves are plotted to commence at zero flow and
highest head. Process pumps need a continually rising curve
inclination; a curve with a hump somewhere along its inclined
line will not serve the reliability-focused user.
In general, curve shape is verified by physical testing at
the manufacturers facility. Once the entire pump is
installed in the field, it can be retested periodically by the
owner-purchaser for degradation and wear progression. Power
draw may have been affected by seals and couplings that differ
from the ones used on the manufacturers test stand.
Regardless of flow classification, centrifugal pumps range
in size from tiny to very big pumps. The tiny ones might be
used in medical or laboratory applications; the extremely large
pumps may move many thousands of liters or even gallons per
second from flooded lowlands to the open sea.
All six of the impellers in Fig. 5 are
shown with a hub fastening the impeller to the shaft, and each
of the first five impellers is shown as a hub-and-disc version
with an impeller cover. The cover (or shroud)
identifies the first five as closed impellers;
recall that Fig. 3 had depicted a semi-open
impeller. Semi-open impellers are designed and fabricated
without the cover. Finally, open impellers come with
freestanding vanes welded to, or integrally cast into, the hub.
Since the latter incorporate neither disc nor cover, they are
often used in viscous or fibrous paper stock
Fig. 5. General flow
of process pump impellers.
In radial- and mixed-flow pumps, the number of impellers
following each other, typically called stages, can
range from one to as many as will make such multistage pumps
practical and economical to manufacture. Horizontal shaft pumps
with up to 12 stages are not uncommon; using more than 12
stages on a horizontal shaft risks causing the rotor to
resonate or vibrate at a critical speed. Vertical shaft pumps
have been designed with 48 or more stages. In vertical pumps,
shaft support bushings are relatively lightly loaded; they are
spaced so as to minimize vibration risk.
Pump impeller flow classifications and the general meaning
of specific speed deserve further discussion. Moving from left
to right in Fig. 5, the various impeller
geometries reflect selections that start with high differential
pressure capabilities and end with progressively lower
differential pressure capabilities. Differential pressure is
simply discharge pressure minus suction pressure.
Specific speed calculations are a function of several
impeller parameters; the mathematical expression includes
exponents and is found later, in Fig. 6.
Staying with Fig. 5 and again moving from left
to right, we can reason that larger throughputs (flows) are
more likely achieved by the configurations to the right of the
illustration, whereas larger pressure ratios (discharge
pressure divided by suction pressure) are usually achieved by
the impeller geometries closer to the left.
Fig. 6. A pump-specific
speed nomogram
allows for quick estimations.
Impellers toward the right are more efficient than those
near the left, and pump designers use the parameter-specific
speed, Ns, to bracket pump hydraulic efficiency
attainment and other anticipated attributes of a particular
impeller configuration and size. A similar-sounding parameter,
pump suction-specific speed, Nss or Nsss,
should not be confused with specific speed, Ns.
As an example, observe the customary use where, with
N and Q as the typical given parameters that
define centrifugal process pumps, a pivot point can be
determined. Next, with pivot point and head H, Ns can
be easily determined. In Fig. 5, Ns
is somewhere between 500 and 15,000 on the US scale. In this
range, a pump is known to exist, and the general impeller shape
can even be anticipated from Fig. 5.
Remember that thousands of impeller combinations and
geometries exist. Impellers with covers are the most prominent
in hydrocarbon processes, and uneven numbers
of impeller vanes are favored over even numbers of vanes, for
reasons of vibration suppression.
Pump-specific speed (Fig. 6) might be of
primary interest to pump designers, but average users will also
find specific speed helpful. On the lower right of Fig.
6 is shown the equation for Ns; it is easy to
see how Ns is related to the shaft speed, N
(rpm), flow, Q (gpm), and head, H (ft).
As an example, consider a particular flowrate Q and
what could happen at some other speed. A straight line is drawn
to establish the pivot point. Then, drawing a line from
H through the pivot point and to Ns, those
pumps with Ns outside of the rule-of-thumb range (500
to 15,000) can be identified; these pumps should not be
In another example, after establishing the pivot point, an
impeller with a maximum head capability of 700 ft can be
selected by drawing a line through the pivot point. If the
resulting Ns is too low, a higher-speed N can
be attempted.
While there are always fringe applications in terms of size
and flowrate, this article considers centrifugal pumps in
process plants. These pumps are related to the generic
illustrations in Figs. 1 and
2, and others in this article. All of these
pumps would typicallybut by no means
exclusivelyrange from 3 hp to perhaps 300 hp (2 kW to 225
The elementary process pumps illustrated in Figs.
1 and 2 likely incorporate one of the
radial vane impellers, as shown in Fig. 5. If
a certain differential pressure is to be achieved combined with
higher flows, such a pump is often designed with a double-flow
impeller (Fig. 7).5 One of the side
benefits of double-flow impellers is very good axial thrust
equalization (axial balance). A small thrust bearing will often
suffice; it is shown in the left bearing housing in
Fig. 7. Note that the two radial bearings are
plain, or sleeve-type. Certain sleeve bearings have relatively
high speed capability.
Fig. 7. Double-flow
impellers are used
for higher flows and relatively
(balanced) axial thrust.
If elevated pressures are needed, several impellers can be
lined up in series on the same pump rotor. Of course, this
would then turn the pump into a multistage model, as shown in
Fig. 8.
Fig. 8. A six-stage
centrifugal process pump.
Finally, it is useful to examine changes in
flowrate and how these changes can affect the mechanical
response of centrifugal process pumps. After the pumpage leaves
at the impeller tip, it must be channeled into a stationary
passageway that merges into the discharge nozzle. Many
different types of passageway designs (single or multiple
volutes, vaned diffusers, etc.) are available. Their respective
geometry interacts with the flow and creates radial force
action of different magnitude around the periphery of an
impeller (Fig. 9).6 These forces
tend to deflect the pump shaft; they are greater at partial
flow than at full flow.
Fig. 9. Direction and
magnitude of fluid
forces change at different flows.
A so-called recirculation phenomenon often aggravates the
problem at low flows. Recirculation is a flow reversal near
either the inlet or the discharge of a centrifugal pump. This
flow reversal can produce cavitation-erosion damage that starts
on the high-pressure side of an impeller vane and proceeds
through the metal to the low-pressure side.6
Pump internal recirculation can cause surging and
cavitation, even when the NPSHa exceeds the manufacturers
published NPSHr by considerable margins.79
Also, extensive damage to the pressure side of the impeller
vanes has been observed in pumps operating at reduced
flowrates. These are the obvious results of recirculation;
however, more subtle symptoms and operational difficulties have
been identified in pumps operating in the recirculation zone
for extended periods.
The pumps behavior can be likened to that of a manual
transmission in an automobile. While a car can be driven 80 mph
in first gear, it would be a mistake to do this for an hour or
so. Machines are built for operation within a finite design
range. As a final analogy, a small Piper Cub aircraft can be
flown 50 mph for as long as it has fuel; however, that speed is
not possible with a superbly designed Boeing 787at least
not at cruising altitudes. HP
1 This article is synthesized, with permission,
from: Bloch, H. P., Pump Wisdom: Problem Solving for
Operators and Specialists, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken,
New Jersey, 2011.
2 SKF USA Inc., Bearings in centrifugal
pumps, Version 4, Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, 2008.
Excerpted or adapted by permission of the copyright
3 Emile Egger & Cie., Salt Lake City, Utah, and
Cressier, Switzerland.
4 ITT/Goulds Pump Corp., Installation and
Maintenance Manual for Model 3196 ANSI Pump, Seneca Falls,
New York, 1990.
5 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Publication
HD30-04060, Tokyo, Japan, and New York, New York.
6 World Pumps, February 2010, p. 19.
7 Fraser, W. H., Avoiding recirculation in
centrifugal pumps, Machine Design, June 10,
8 Ingram, J. H., Pump reliabilityWhere
do you start? ASME Petroleum Mechanical Engineering
Workshop and Conference, September 1981, Dallas, Texas.
9 Bloch, H. P. and A. Budris, Pump Users
Handbook, 3rd Ed., Fairmont Press, Lilburn, Georgia,
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Dharmendra Patel
Dear Mr. Heinz P.Bloch,Very useful and guiding article on Centri. pump. All operational criteria for Centri. pump are covered.In fig.4, FLOW characteristic line need to be incorporated. Indeed, nice article!!!Dharmendra Patel
Praveen Orakkan
Verey useful article.You say in the article centrifucal pumps should not be run with zero flow for more than one minute. Is this applicable only to pumps handling volatile fluids?Some times we run our effluent pumps ( water with around 100 ppm oil)with discharge valve closed for about 10 minutes without any problem..Thanks
Hemant Joshi
Very useful and well illustrated article...The figure 4 and figure 5 are identical ...I think figure 5 is different impeller with various GPM and head for various impeller sizes....change figure 5 with appropriate figure.Thanks.Hemant Joshi
Dear Mr.K.P.Bloch,Thanks for a nice article. Fig.4 & 5 are same. Basically Fig.5 is missing. Please send the Fig.5.I require your permission to use this article, in my presentations and lecture notes, to train my young engineers.regards
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This got me thinking: perhaps there is an info-site out there dedicated to first explaining why this is a problem, and then linking to further info on how to do this right? One that looks authoritative and trustworthy, preferably even authored by someone famous in the IT security field?
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For these types of projects, the Federal agency will fund indirect costs at a specified percentage.
Whenever such costs are identified by the Principal Investigator (PI), these costs must be explicitly justified and documented:
For administrative charges, the costs must be attributable to a particular project which meets one of the examples cited above and the project must create a special or unique need for the item, which is clearly different from normal circumstances. Examples of specific allowances are listed below.
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General-purpose computers, especially laptops, can be used to support a variety of activities and are rarely dedicated to one specific purpose. As a result, general-purpose computers and laptops are typically F&A costs and are seldom proposed in budgets or directly charged to awards. In order to be considered as direct costs, a computer must be:
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This is the Open Forum Coffee Talk. That means ... anything goes. Ask a question, make a suggestion, share a story, offer some advice -- the floor is yours!
Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's Conclave Day! :)
I know! I'm excited but nervous....I just finished reading the list of those "at the top of the list" including the 2 Americans. Wow. Such incredible backgrounds. I am hoping someone arises w/ the ability to stabilize the admin and the interior workings of the church, lead w/ humility but be charismatic...just overall be a light that our beloved church so desperately needs right now. I have faith the cardinals willbe guided into choosing the right candidate...still a bit nerve-wracking!
I figure the absolute earliest we will hear anything will be around 1 EST--probably closer to 2--can't wait although I don't expect to see white smoke today!
This seems like such a nit-picky question, but I can't stop wondering about it. I learned, and have always said, and have always heard others say the "Glory Be" as "Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end." For Lent, I've been trying to pray Lauds and Vespers every day, using the Liturgy of the Hours iBreviary app on my iPod, and the version that's included there is "Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever." I figured this was a different translation, or a Liturgy of the Hours specific version, but I looked it up on Wikipedia, which said that that is the official Catholic version, and the version I always knew is closer to the traditional Anglican version? I'm pretty sure the version I grew up with is the standard Catholic version and the one that all the other Catholics I know use - am I wrong about that? What's the story with the "official Catholic version" that no one I know has ever heard of?
Kathleen, I looked up your question at Catholic.com. Couldn't find your "exact" question, but maybe this answer will help? Quote: The Glory Be and some prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours use the phrase "world without end." I presume this refers to the coming of a new heaven and new earth. Is it incorrect therefore to refer to the "end of the world"? Answer: "World without end" is an idiom that means "forever" and is not meant to be taken literally. In Latin, the phrase saecula saeculorum means "ages of ages" (i.e., forever). In the current edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, it is translated "and will be for ages unending." End quote. I'm guessing it was "changed" when they did an updated translation--but without any fanfare, and probably no requirement for any of us to change our own way of praying it. I also notice at Catholic.com that in their tract on common prayer, they use the translation "world without end."
I am happy with our 5 kids. High school down to baby. My husband would like to have more---a few, or whatever, but I typically do the lion's share of the cooking, cleaning, teaching, running kids to activities, etc. I feel like I should get a say. He is a wonderful man, and tries really hard, but I truly think he is panicked about turning 50 this year. My body is starting through the "change" I feel edgy and cranky quite often, I will be 47 on my next birthday, and honestly, I would just like to raise the darlings we have, and move on. Who gave *him* my biological clock.....and how can I get it back?
Help finding beautiful, floral dresses for young teens? I have been looking and it seems all the styles out right now for bright, geometric print dresses that are too-short, and strapless. My 14 year old daughter loves floral, spring-inspired dresses and I am at a loss! Any ideas, please?
Donna L, try a thrift store. (You may have to keep checking back, but what teen doesn't love an excuse to shop?!) I just found some gorgeous floral dresses for my daughter, sizes 8, 9, and 10, which should see her through the summer. I also found a lovely one for me, too! :) Happy shopping!
My daughter is just starting to open up and talk to her little friends' parents. Of course she calls them what we do - by their first name. I'm wondering if we should instruct her to do differently. What do you have your children call their friends' moms and dads? I hear a lot of "Ms Jessica" or "Mr. Steve" these days from my kids' friends. I guess that is a more modern take on the traditional "Mr. Smith" or "Mrs. Brown." I don't want my kids to feel awkward by being the only people using the traditional style, but I also don't want parents to feel disrespected if my kids call them by their first name.
Jen, I've found it's a lot harder these days than it used to be. We brought our children up to address Jane Smith's parents as Mr. or Mrs. Smith. However, we've kept running in to the fact that Jane Smith's mom is not Mrs. Smith, but is Ms. Brown, and Ms. Brown's husband might not even be Jane's dad, and Jane might call him Steve and might so ask her friends to call him Steve as well. :/ So, I can see where the Ms Jessica or Mr. Steve comes in handy. Basically--we strive for Mr./Mrs. Last Name, unless they tell us otherwise. There are a couple close family friends where first name address is used, but that's the exception, not the rule. I did enjoy at the grade school where I was simply known as "John's Mom"..."Hi John's Mom!" was often heard, and I answered to it without correction--although I will say that was usually Kdg and 1st grade. ;)
Donna L., not floral print, but my daughter just found some lovely floral lace covered, vibrant colored dresses that were surprisingly modest and pretty at Kohls. The website had more options than the store, we went into the store to try on and take a look, but wound up ordering from the website. I let her get 2 just b/c I was so pleased with the cap sleeves, full skirt, etc. So hard to find these days. Oh and Jen, my kids call my friends Mr. or Mrs. Last name. I have found that after they address someone like that, those people have their kids address me in the same way. I don't think there is anything wrong with the traditional, they still use that form of address in school with their teachers, why not with adults in their lives in other capacities?
Mary Therese, Thanks - I figured it was just a translation issue, but was so surprised to see that what I thought of as the standard Catholic version wasn't listed as a traditional Catholic version, but a traditional Anglican version! I suppose Wikipedia isn't necessarily an authoritative source, of course.
Jen, I always think it's best to err on the side of too polite. Lots of parents want to be called by their first names, and will have no problem asking your kids to "Call me Jessica" - but if Jessica feels more comfortable being called "Mrs. Brown," it's a lot harder for her to ask your kids to change in the other direction. I grew up in an in-between generation, when a lot of parents used their first names, but my mom did not enjoy being called by her first name until she had invited a kid to do so (a privilege reserved for our closest friends). She would have been very aggravated if parents encouraged their children to call her by her first name. My sisters and I knew to call adults Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so until we were asked to call them by their first name - which led to certain families in which we called the parents, for example, Jessica and Mr. Brown, because the mom had said "Oh, call me Jessica," and the dad never had!
Thank you for the ideas for dresses--I'll check into them! We have trained our kids to call people Mr./Mrs. Last name, and then if they say "call me Jessica" or "call me Brian"we call her "Miss Jessica" and him "Mr. Brian"- it's still a bit set apart, but not as formal. There are a few adults with whom my kids are very close, {Godparents} and we call them by first names...I have just taken to asking people what they wish us to have our children call them--so then we know.
Donna L - Lands End has floral dresses for young girls that are very pretty.
Jen, we make our kids say Mr/Mrs last name . . . and I tell the adults that ask to be called by the first name that our kids aren't allowed to do that. If they push I just explain that it makes it very clear for the kids who the adults are and helps them to continue to be respectful. While my kids aren't perfect (if only) they do tend to be more respectful then many of their peers and b/c of that most adults accept my explanation! Also my oldest is 9 so I am not dealing with teens.
Donna L- I've found some lovely dresses at Burlington Coat Factory for this spring. They're usually very reasonably priced, too!
Quite content: First let me say that I understand you. I knew when I had my last child that chances were extremely high that that was my last one. I knew I could be wrong, but I didn't think so; all signs pointed to it being over, for me. It turned out I was right. And I was glad of it. When you are working with God's wishes for your life, there's nothing better. I knew He didn't want to me have another and I knew it, too. What a great feeling. No one gave your husband your biological clock, unless you did somehow. You feel like you "should get a say"; well, of course! You not only get a say, but it's important, valuable and has a tremendous amount of weight, since you carry the infant and do most of the work in the raising of your children. Have you made it clear to him that your prayer and contemplation regarding your life's calling makes you understand that you aren't called to have more children? Eventually, there *is* an end to every female's fertility, and I find it very healthy to be cognizant and accepting of that fact, which you seem to be. You can tell him that you'll keep an open mind, in case you sense that anything may change, but also at 47 your chances of conceiving have gone way down, so it is quite likely it isn't going to happen. In some way, he needs to come to terms with that and his own aging. But do make it clear to him what your thoughts are. They matter, very very much.
Jen: My experience (with kids addressing adults) has been similar to Mary Therese's. I would prefer that my son call his friends' parents Mr and Mrs., but not everyone is married, and many of the mothers don't share their husbands' names, etc. So we do a lot of "Miss Jessica", and even then I've had some friends tell my son to just call them by their first names, which I really don't like. I've also had some friends invite their kids to call me by my first name, and I don't really like that either. I would prefer "Mrs. Smith", but I'm okay with them calling me "Miss Claire".
Donna L: Right now Eddie Bauer on their website is showing many cotton floral dresses, some just below the knee and a couple maxis. Although they are sleeveless for the most part they are not bar and she could wear a cardigan or shrug.
TO DONNA: Another thought: try Chadwicks (I know they have a catagloue and I imagine you can search them online. I remember getting pretty dresses from them in college. TO ALL: Thanks so much, all! I am so encouraged to hear how many people are using prefixes of some kind (whether with the last or first name). I will talk with my husband about it, but I think I like the Mr/Mrs Firstname to avoid confusion with name differences. Anyways, what I am going to nip in the bud is first-name-only addressing!
Quite content: We're in a similar situation..a little younger and fewer children. As a husband, it took me years to get over being "results focused" and instead coming to a middle ground with my wife on how open to be with NFP and leaving it in God's hands. Fyi..for me I have to be very guarded against being a grouch when I find out her cycle has started....no intimacy soon and not pregnant is a double whammy.
I do what Lisa does. My children call all adults by Mr./Mrs. Last Name unless the adult specifically asks them to call them by their first name and then it is Mr./Mrs. First Name but never is it First Name only. I honestly hadn't considered the divorce/different last name issue although I suppose I need to give it some consideration now!
Donna L- ModCloth has really cool dresses and many are floral. Although I'm not sure why floral would be better than geometric or any other pattern. I'm partial to polka dots these days myself! Oh, the deal website Zulily is a great place to find dressed too. I've bought myself a couple recently and they both cost less than $20 each and feel nice and look nice on me!
Thank you once again for all the ideas for dresses! Patricia: I checked into their etsy shop, and was quite impressed. They seem to mostly have dolls for sale, but perhaps another time. I will be looking online...and Crunchy Con Mommy:--neither of us care much for the geometric/polka dot craze that seems to be all the rage...that's okay, more for you!
Thank you so much to Kitty and Unknown {Husband} for your responses. I appreciate hearing from others in similar situations. I will tread very lightly if I bring this up at all, as last time I mentioned that perhaps we "could enjoy the children already sent to us" rather than continually longing for a new baby there was a big fight, and then a silent treatment for a while. Sigh...


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KennCen Kirov Seasons & Future Funding...as we enter second half of the commitment
Posted 18 January 2007 - 12:45 PM
The Kirov Ballet's engagement is sponsored by the HRH Foundation.
Additional support provided by Classic Hospitality and Millennium Group.
So has the HRH Foundation taken up the commitment that Mr. Vilar made back in 2001? Is HRH Fdtn (& the other sponsors) commited to funding the four remaining season fo the ten-year stretch? I am wondering if the Kennedy Center has to look for different sponsors for each Kirov tour, since the end of the original Vilar funding.
I believe that we are now into the sixth year of the original 10-year commitment to bring the Kirov Ballet (& opera too?) to DC for ten consecutive years. Someone please correct this if I am wrong, but the offerings thus far have included:
1. Feb 2002 - Sleeping B/Jewels
2. Dec 2003 - Swan Lake/Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky Fest)
3. Mar 2004 - Bayadere 'Shades' (Int'l Ballet Festival)
4. Jan 2005 - Cinderella/Gala Ballet & Opera performance (+ 'bonus' of June 2005 'Corsaires' to substitute cancelled DTHarlem engagement)
5. Jan 2006 - Forsythes/Giselle
6. Jan 2007 - Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Fest)
Thoughts on the Kirov ballet seasons so far? Has it been all that you've expected it to be? If we'd have our 'druthers' and money-unlimited, which ballets should the Kirov bring in the four remaining years of this commitment?
My choices would be for classics or new ballets in the classical style, such as 'Ondine,' 'Fountains of Bakhshiserai,' or 'Legend of Love.' The full 'Raymonda' or the new-old 'Bayadere 1900' would be lovely, although the latter has not been performed in ages. Also, I wouldn't mind a Gala Performance of excerpts of old and modern classics by the Vaganova Academy, with a few Kirov stars sprinkled in for good measure. If anything comes of the Kirov's plans to reproduce Petipa/Drigo's 'Flora's Awakening' or the Anisimova/Khachaturian 'Gayne,' then I'd love to see them, too.
Finally - a huge 'thanks' to Alberto Vilar for the initial money & vision to get the Kirov-KennCen partnership started! We should not forget how all of this wonderful dancing came our way, in the first place.
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Posted 19 January 2007 - 04:52 AM
Of course, what I'd really like, a la "Protegees", is for them to bring the Vaganova Academy graduation performance--yes, the whole thing. Hey, I can dream, right?
Posted 19 January 2007 - 06:47 AM
I would love to see Fountains and other works that aren't often performed here.
Of course, what I'd really like, a la "Protegees", is for them to bring the Vaganova Academy graduation performance--yes, the whole thing. Hey, I can dream, right?
That's a great idea, Koshka. Since the next Vaganova Academy graduation won't be until June 2008 -- they're skipping this year due to a change in curricullum adding one year of studies -- it should an extra-special program...worthy of showing-off across the seas!
I forgot to add to my list of possibilities, above, one famous classical ballet that the Kirov has not toured to DC in a long time, Don Quixote. Then again, how many DonQs can the DC public take in the span of five years?
Posted 19 January 2007 - 10:12 AM
I would also really like it if US audiences would catch on to the idea that DonQ is a great ballet for kids (well, maybe not the Eifman version).
If they were to do a more traditional mixed-bill plus story ballet combo, I'd like to see
-Satanella pdd (or more)
-something Balanchine--maybe Jewels or, for a really different take, Western Symphony (!)
then Fountains for the story ballet.
As for the Protegees idea--does anyone know or remember how well that played here? I personally loved it, but I wonder if it was generally "successful" enough to repeat.
Posted 19 January 2007 - 05:41 PM
Regarding the "new-old Bayadere 1900" that Natalia refers to, didn't Kirov do this a few years ago (Oct. 2002) in L.A.-- (and a few other places in the US, if I recall correctly), or was it a different version?
Posted 20 January 2007 - 10:55 AM
Regarding the "new-old Bayadere 1900" that Natalia refers to, didn't Kirov do this a few years ago (Oct. 2002) in L.A.-- (and a few other places in the US, if I recall correctly), or was it a different version?
You're right, pj! 'Bayadere-1900' was danced at the Met, in Detroit, in LA and a few other places around 2002. It has never made its way to DC, though. Alas, it seems to have been removed from the active repertoire of the company...perhaps as a 'compromise' to 'Sleeping Beauty-1890' remaining in the rep while the Soviet 'Beauty' is in hybernation. In other words, admirers of the Soviet-era K. Sergeev stagings get to keep their Bayadere but no longer see their Beauty; reconstructionists get to see Beauty but not their Bayadere. Sad reality, as both versions of both ballets have their merit; they should rotate within the permanent repertoire, each to be seen at least a couple of times each season.
Americans saw the Soviet Beauty in '05 in California & Detroit, while the Russian public saw the 1890 version. The full company has not performed the Soviet Beauty since those US performances...so those US performances in 2005 were the ONLY time in recent memory that Uliana Lopatkina has performed the Lilac Fairy, as she is not an admirer of the reconstructions. Similarly - once Lopatkina returned in full-force from her long illness/maternity break, only the Soviet Bayadere has been performed at the Mariinsky, as she does not wish to perform in the reconstruction. Perhaps this is due to Lopatkina's understandable loyalty to her mentor & coach, Dudinskaya, who was the wife of Konstantin Sergeev. Ah, the politics of it all...sad.
Back to the original topic...
Would anyone else be interested in seeing 'Bayadere 1900' in DC? What else? We have a couple of votes for 'Raymonda' so far!
Posted 21 January 2007 - 04:07 PM
Today, my daughter got to see the matinee performance of R&J at Kennedy center (which she loved; of course, who doesn't love Kirov).
And if they did Raymonda in DC, I'd probably have to buy a plane ticket to go see it (and I'd probably let my daughter tag along too!!!). I love the music for this ballet.
Posted 22 January 2007 - 04:13 AM
Even when talking with friends, it seems that 'Raymonda' and 'Fountains' are high on the wish-list for future KennCen Kirov outings. 'Raymonda' would be an especially huge magnet attracting 'traditionalist' Kirov-lovers from around the USA, especially if the KennCen alone presents it in America, although it would be nice to 'share the wealth' with the West Coast, too.
Posted 22 January 2007 - 05:44 AM
Chopiniana/Les Sylphides
Posted 22 January 2007 - 10:23 AM
I'd love to see the Kirov dance Jewels, and an all Balanchine program of maybe Apollo, La Valse, and Symphony in C. Other things I'd like to see:
Chopiniana/Les Sylphides
I had completely forgotten about their Balanchines, canbelto. Thanks for the reminder. I believe that the USA has not seen their most recent Balanchine programme, which was shown in London & paris in 2005 -- Four Ts, Prodigal Son, La Valse, Ballet Imperial. ('La Valse' made a brief appearance at the Jan 2005 gala at the kennCen but that's all that they brought of the program.) Also, the Kirov is about to revive 'Theme & Variations,' which it hasn't performed in ages.
Alas, I don't think we'll ever get their 'Manon,' as their contract-agreement with the MacMillan organization ran out a couple of years ago. 'Manon' is not my favorite ballet but I can appreciate that it is a smashing vehicle for not-too-tall ballerinas who can act passionately (the Ferris, Herreras, Makarovas, Vishnevas, etc.). We can only imagine Obraztsova as Manon, in those high lifts & acting up a storm -- looking very convincing as a 16-yr-old just out of the convent school in Act I!
Posted 03 February 2007 - 09:56 PM
And while we're on this subject: is anybody aware of Kirov's plans to come to the U.S. this year at all? Boston? New York?
Posted 04 February 2007 - 01:15 AM
The 2002 tour of Bayadere to LA and Detroit was the Soviet production, not the 1900 'reconstruction' version. The set and costumes used were mostly pieces from that new/old production, but the choreographic text and production were all the Soviet production, ending straight after the Kingdom of the Shades and without all sorts of divertissements that were added to the reconstruction. It was considered too costly from a personnel standpoint to tour the reconstruction, so only the Soviet Chabukiani version was seen in Los Angeles and Detroit. The Met in New York did get the full reconstruction production, though. We in LA were quite happy to see Vishneva as Nikiya though, so we were just fine seeing the Soviet production (even though it played in the Kodak, which is awful for live theatre even if it looks super glamorous on TV for the Oscars!).
Posted 04 February 2007 - 07:10 AM
I think the slight feeling of disappointment most have felt with this deal has not been in the rep. but in the casting. Other than the first season or so, the company has seldom come with its full compliment of stars. I have no problem with a dancer such as Tereshkina or Tklachenko taking on the lead during the week, but lead casting of Gumerova and Somova with no Lopatkina and Pavlenko is not showing the company at its best.
Posted 05 February 2007 - 05:09 AM
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President Obama's second term officially begins Sunday: He took the oath of office in an intimate ceremony at the White House, fulfilling the constitutional requirement to take the oath before noon on Jan. 20.
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I always ask my patient to pay close attention to my assessment of how well she is pushing while I'm examining her. I want her to focus on those pushing efforts that I've found to be effective and that are allowing her to progress, and for her to continue focusing on that particular pushing effort that she has made with each successive contraction. I'm providing her with feedback as to how well she is doing so that she can minimize any wasted effort and deliver the baby successfully.
There is the potential for the mother to tire out very quickly, so I don't want her to push in an ineffective way if at all possible. In between contractions, I advise patients to remember what they did right so they won't start the next contraction without knowing how to push effectively. I'm examining the baby's head while the mother is pushing so that I can tell if the baby is rotating or coming down the birth canal properly. Unfortunately, there is the potential for the mother to become distracted by her family with oohs and aahs of excitement. I want her to stay on track and not lose focus.
From the Mother's Perspective...
Hey, I delivered five times, and each time I was clueless about what an effective push was and what wasn't. They all felt the same. First of all, it's difficult to tell if you're pushing or not, since what constitutes "pushing" doesn't make a lot of sense. Second, when you're at that phase, it's all a blur. Your only thought is "GET THIS BABY OUT OF ME!" and do whatever it takes. Sorry, Dr. John. Maybe if you'd been my doctor I would have known what an effective push was.
What Everyone Else Is Doing While You're Pushing (aside from Taking Bets)
The doctor will usually have the spouse of the patient get involved in the labor and delivery process. The spouse will stand on the opposite side of where the nurse is, supporting the patient both emotionally and physically while she's pushing (her chin will be pressed against her chest). The patient is asked to open her legs as wide as possible, so the spouse can support her neck and legs on one side, while the nurse supports the other side (picture Twister on a Saturday night). In between contractions the spouse will encourage the patient with words, wipe her forehead with a cool towel, and feed her ice chips if necessary, providing basic support to help the mother deliver the baby.
The nurse is continually monitoring the baby's heart rate and checking the mother's blood pressure. She is also ensuring that IV fluids are running and not stopped for any reason and that drugs or medicines are being administered. The nurse has a huge responsibility during this time, as she is also charting everything that occurs and assisting the doctor as necessary. If requested by the patient, the nurse will bring in a mirror to position between the mother's legs so that she can watch her baby's head as it appears. Some mothers close their eyes through the whole pushing effort, while others may choose to see everything. According to Dr. John, to doctors it is a beautiful experience, but the mother may or may not share that sentiment.
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From Earth, we can distinguish the type of another galaxy very easily simply by observing the shape, colour, and structure of the galaxy when we image it. But since we are located inside the Milky Way, we cannot get an "outside view". Thus, how can we tell if we are located in either a spiral or an elliptical galaxy?
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The other strong clue we have is the velocity of stars of the Milky Way, we can measure. First, we see an overall rotational motions, and, when you look closely to the patterns (like in the following image, that is observations in the radio range of the Milky Way at Green Bank Observatory), you can deduce that stars are even ordered into spirals:
In addition to @MBR's answer; there are other (less confusing) ways to represent the data. This paper describes the method used; basically they plot the position and motion of the stars, or of hydrogen clouds. The hydrogen distribution of our galaxy looks like this:
One additional source of evidence comes from other spiral galaxies. We can see what they look like, how they are composed and we can see that the evidence we have from observations of our own galaxy fits with those galaxies. It's not as strong as the observational evidence shown elsewhere in the answers here, but it does support them.
The clues we have to the shape of the Milky Way are:
1) When you look toward the galactic center with your eye, you see a long, thin strip. This suggests a disk seen edge-on, rather than a ellipsoid or another shape. We can also detect the bulge at the center. Since we see spiral galaxies which are disks with central bulges, this is a bit of a tipoff.
2) When we measure velocities of stars and gas in our galaxy, we see an overall rotational motion greater than random motions. This is another characteristic of a spiral.
3) The gas fraction, color, and dust content of our galaxy are spiral-like.
So, overall, it's a pretty convincing argument. Of course, we have to assume our galaxy is not completely unlike the other galaxies we see--but I suppose once a civilization has accepted that it does not occupy any special place in the universe, arguments about similarity seem sensible.


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