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How to Survive Snow, Cold, Fire, Zombies and Everything Else This WinterNovember 29th, 2016
Survival has been around almost as long as human beings have been on the earth. For thousands of years, we were pretty bad at staying alive. We ate twigs and berries. Our fires were too small to stare into and think about stuff. Our tools were basically regular rocks that happened to be pointier than other rocks. Our species was on the verge of total disaster.
But suddenly, as if overnight, we grew tired of dying from things like lions and the common cold, so we invented guns and medicine. We realized we didn't need to walk everywhere, so we invented wheels and put them under metal boxes, and we called the boxes cars. In olden times, people needed friends just to survive, so we invented Mark Zuckerberg, who invented Facebook, which saved us from the time-consuming effort of making and sustaining real friendships. We liked it.
Since the past, mankind has even settled in Northern Canada, which goes to show how far people will take things once they know how to survive. A few surviving records even show how we survived without power steering, but how this was possible remains a mystery to Millennials.
Despite how good we have become at surviving, many of us still experience an event called winter.* Winter brings many challenges to survival, including snow, cold weather, zombie armies and interestingly enough, more house fires. You need the proper tools at hand if you want to live through these things. Lucky for you, BendPak has put together the ultimate winter survival guide to get you through anything.
*Reference page included for residents of Texas, Southern California, Florida and Hawaii. Also see: snow.
Get your tires ready for snow
Some states limit the use of winter tire chains. There's something about steel on concrete and asphalt multiplied by a hundred thousand cars that just doesn't "mix." (And yes, we think that was a pretty "concrete" joke.) Tire chains just might come in handy, especially if you're being chased by an axe-wielding maniac through a blizzard and need a quick getaway through a snow-blocked mountain pass… but that might just be The Shining. Anyway, if you live in snowy, or remote areas, make sure your tire chain situation is appropriately covered.
Jumper cables locked and loaded
Your backseat or trunk should always have a pair of jumper cables. If you lent yours to a buddy this spring, now is a good time to ask for them back. It's one of those items everyone seems to forget about until after-the-fact. Having them increases the odds you won't have to wait very long on the side of the road for a jump. Plus, if one single person happens to rescue another single person simply by being prepared, and the rescuer says something original like, "Hey, guess you owe me a coffee," well, that's a great story to tell your grandkids. They'll love hearing you tell it too many times.
Battery health
Check that battery rust and grime. Clear it off. Roadside emergencies won't be so bad if you have a working battery (i.e., heat). Battery cleanings are often complimentary at service stations when you order a tune-up or get other work done. If you own a multimeter, in addition to cleaning, you can check for yourself that your battery voltage is between 12.4 and 12.7 volts.
Don't get bit. Aim for the head. Close range weaponry preferred for maximum effect. Trust no one.
Candles and other fire hazards
According to Allstate Insurance™, the holly, jolly holiday season is a not-so-jolly house-on-fire for an average of 67,500 homeowners. That's a 15% seasonal increase compared to the rest of the year. Why? Because for some reason, people forget about surviving this time of year and do foolish things. For one, they light millions of scented candles and put up in their homes these big, flammable trees, and all of this has the potential to spell disaster. It seems like common sense to keep candles away from curtains, drapes, pine needles and carpet, but accidents always find a way to happen. If you're using candles in your home, treat each little flame as if it were an open, roaring fire: clear the area of flammables and make sure it's clear of walkways, just in case someone trips and falls near it. Additionally, people consume more alcohol in the winter (probably sad they don't live in Southern California), which historically isn't good for survival, either.
Bad choices and distractions
Don't drink and drive, and try to stay off the road late at night, if at all possible, especially during the holidays. For many households, winter means more distractions, less attentive behaviors, etc. In general, we all just need to be a little more careful. Also, never light an open candle in your car. December 25th is not the Fourth of July; midnight on New Year's Eve is not a fireworks parade.
People get robbed more frequently
Robberies/break-ins spike 7% during the holidays. After all, the kids aren't the only ones trying to guess what's wrapped under the tree, especially when the tree—and everything beneath it—is in plain view of a large, street-facing window. Keep your presents out of sight or else close the blinds. Be especially careful to lock every door this time of year, especially at night. If you can't pull your car indoors, two things need to happen. One, don't leave anything valuable in your car. Two, if there is something in there that you can't or won't remove, keep it out of sight. Purses and wallets go without saying, but bags of any kind should be hidden or removed. Sunglasses, your GPS device, etc. should be kept out of sight.
Snow brush and ice scraper
The dual-purpose winter car tool is virtually essential for winter living, not just emergencies. They're cheap, effective and will grant you three wishes to make you rich and famous beyond your wildest dreams.
Survival kit items
The best way to survive an emergency is to have something on hand that literally has the word "survival" in the name. Depending on where you live, some of these items may be mandatory winter accessories, not necessarily reserved for emergencies. In any case, a winter roadside survival kit will get you through most emergency situations with all nine of your remaining toes intact. Survival kits are actually pretty easy to make and should include the following:
Take those old winter coats, hats and gloves that are a little beat up, covered in a permanent layer of dried winter snot or don't fit perfectly anymore and store them in the trunk, enough for several passengers. Add blankets and/or sleeping bags, depending on how cold it tends to get around you.
As it turns out, those thin, shiny "space blankets" aren't what they're sometimes cracked up to be. They are essentially heat reflectors, and the wind and rain blow right through them. If you're stuck in your car in an overnight emergency situation, this blanket type might work, as long as it keeps dry and close to your skin. If you start to sweat, however, the blanket will reflect your cooled body temperature back at you, making it less effective, possibly useless. Arguably, the best blanket item you can spring for is the so-called U.S. military "woobie," or dual-purpose poncho liner and emergency blanket. Woobies melt the hearts and minds of the most tested and experienced soldiers. Why? Because anything this perfect is worth melting for. They're waterproof, windproof, comfortable and fully insulated
Flashlight and extra batteries
Some form of battery-powered light is ideal. This could be an electric lantern, flashlight, etc. Extra batteries should be considered mandatory.
This is on the fancy-extreme side of the survival kit, but wouldn't it be great to have if you rolled your SUV down a hill, broke your leg and needed some way to signal for help? Yes, that's unlikely to happen. In general, flares aren't the most necessary emergency item, but if you're in a remote area without a lot of human contact or traffic, you might think twice before going without one.
Hopefully, it never comes to the fire-building stage of your survival adventure, as this means things have gotten pretty dicey. Still, a little flame-based warmth can be the difference between life and death. If you're really fancy, you can pull some of the dryer lint from your home dryer, store it in a plastic baggie, and with a few matches or a lighter, you now you have the best fire-starting kit in town. If you're stranded somewhere remote, you can actually use small fires to heat rocks (like in a sauna).
Food and water
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty obvious. Don't store fruit and vegetables in your car, unless they're of the dried or dehydrated variety. High-energy foods like trail mix and protein bars are your best bets. As lovers say, "Honey, bring the chocolate." You can never have enough water bottles, either. Ever.
First aid
You can buy one ready-made or put it together yourself. The American Red Cross has its own guidelines for a good first aid kit, and for $250.00, you can purchase the whole shebang: a full emergency kit with first aid, food, water, first aid, blankets, light, etc.
TL;DR: Prepare for the cold this winter by adhering to a few common-sense survival tips. Make sure you have tire chains, if necessary, and get your car trunk stocked with blankets, flashlights, batteries, first aid kits, food, water, etc. Furthermore, lock your doors to protect your home from robberies, and be wary of open flames in the household this holiday season.
Transform Your Garage with a Gunmetal Gray Car LiftNovember 23rd, 2016
Since we announced the BendPak color shift from blue to Gunmetal Gray, we've gotten a huge response over the web. We didn't make this choice blindly, of course; we spent months gathering opinions from customers and distributors, and overwhelmingly, the public call was for us to make the change to Gunmetal Gray. So, who are we to argue? We're excited about this change because it marks a new chapter in BendPak's storied history as one of the most successful and longest-running car lift manufacturers in the world.
While a minority out there has been hesitant to accept the change to Gunmetal Gray, we're sure that when people see what these beautiful lifts look like in their garages, they'll lose their fears very quickly. To help that process along, we've taken some four-post lift photos our customers sent us recently and digitally changed the lifts from blue to Gunmetal Gray. Hopefully this demonstrates why we're making the change.
The overall contrast in this garage—comparing the two pictures below—is very clear. The original blue pops out and leaves a very obvious visual footprint in the garage. When you compare this to the effect of the Gunmetal Gray, you see the latter is much more at home in the shop. The BendPak blue will always have a place in our hearts, but it's shocking how cleverly the Gunmetal Gray blends with the DeLoreans. We think the new color also lends itself better for showrooms. If you're displaying a rare or classic car, like a DeLorean, you want a solid, functional car lift that looks great but doesn't draw attention to itself.
In the shots below, notice how your eye is quickly drawn to the vehicles. In the past, when we were a younger and smaller company, we liked the extra attention on ourselves. Now that we've made our mark in the industry and you folks know that BendPak stands for the utmost in quality and reliability, we trust our name alone makes the difference for our customers—more than any color ever could—and that's something that's never going to change.
Yet another great example why Gunmetal Gray is a better color for servicing and displaying classic custom rebuilds. The original car lift nearly pops off the page; in fact, the vibrant blue appears almost as prominent as the car itself. That's not necessarily what you want if you're into classic builds. The Gunmetal Gray version, in our opinion, is much sleeker and sexier, especially because it helps emphasize the car. The individual who sent us this photo was initially skeptical but pleased with the result when we showed him what his garage would look like in the new color scheme. Can't say we're surprised!
The Camaro-lover in this last example has two beautiful cars that look great on our blue lift. With Gunmetal Gray, it's clear BendPak is moving itself out of the limelight. Typical garage environments don't necessarily demand a bright blue car lift to announce itself at all times, but if you do want the blue, we will be retaining it for special orders. That means there will be an extra service fee, but we always do our best to accommodate everyone's preferences.
Inside Look: Everything You Need to Know about the RP-50FC Oil Filter CrusherNovember 21st, 2016
Ranger Products RP-50FC important features
The first feature we look at in an oil filter crusher is how easily it flattens metal filter casings. The RP-50FC oil filter crusher applies 25 tons of force, so it even works on thick, stubborn truck filters that can cause trouble for lesser machines. The other important thing we need to look at is how much oil is actually drained out. This is where a lot of small businesses can get into trouble. Our crusher gets 95% of residual oil out of the filter, and it gravity drains the oil runoff into a collection bin beneath the crushing compartment. Because the RP-50FC is so powerful, it takes about 8 seconds to crush most cans down to 20% of their original size. We're also proud of safety features like the automatic shutoff if the compartment door is opened during operation, as well as the convenient foot-pedal controls, which add versatility to how you control all major operations.
The development process
Oil filter casings are a common byproduct of every quick-lube station and repair shop, no matter what kind of work they do. Before the crushing process, these oil filters are filled with up to 10 oz. of waste oil, even if they've been gravity-drained. Therefore, these filters are considered hazardous waste and need to be properly handled and disposed of by licensed transporters, which is expensive and totally on the shop owner to pay for. The RP-50FC ensures your oil-heavy filters are flattened, emptied and totally reduced to scrap metal. In other words, using the RP-50FC means these casings will no longer be considered hazardous waste. If you're not using a good filter, and there's still waste oil in there after crushing, your whole businesses gets smacked with huge government fines, in addition to any standard disposal fees. Some especially strict laws have recently sprung up in California, but it's everywhere, really. These fines are serious: up to $10,000 per violation per day. Our crusher gives you great peace of mind, so you don't have to stress about it. The best part is that the RP-50FC pays for itself. All the used oil you've collected can also be repurposed or recycled, so now you have separate oil and metal casings that can actually earn you profit just for doing your job.
Improvements from past models
We need to make sure that we're offering bigger and better versions of our existing products whenever a need for them exists. Our previous model, the RP-20FC oil filter crusher, is still great for flattening common oil filter casings and paint cans, but the RP-50FC is bigger, offers more than twice the crushing power and comes with a built-in stand. Some of those larger oil filters, like ones you see on commercial trucks and transport vehicles, are pretty robust, and we wanted to make sure we provide a machine that will handle those products flawlessly.
Saving time and money
It's a no-brainer, honestly. Under the definition of "solid waste," the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that "recycled hazardous scrap metal is a solid waste when disposed of or recycled." However, untrained or uncrushed filters contain too much oil to qualify for the scrap metal exemption. There are few options for disposing of non-terne plated filters (most commonly used).
- The generator could crush the oil filter using the most appropriate crushing method to force excess residual oil from the filter. As a best operating practice, the EPA recommends that used oil filters are crushed to ensure that all free-flowing oil is removed and to make certain the crushed filters qualify for the hazardous scrap metal recycling exemption. The used oil and metal casings can then be recycled and sold for profit.
- Alternately, puncture and hot-drain to remove the oil. This means puncturing the filter anti-drain back valve or the filter dome end and draining the filter above 60 degrees Fahrenheit (preferably near engine operating temperature) for a minimum of 12 hour to remove the oil. The used oil filters are then exempt from the hazardous waste regulations. The used oil and metal casings can then be recycled and sold for profit.
- Pay exorbitant fees to have the used oil filters collected as hazardous waste.
- Gravity drain the used filters by tipping them upside down and letting the oil slowly drain. In this method they are still considered hazardous waste. Costly collection fees will still apply.
With heightened awareness and scrutiny regarding the disposal of used oil filters, many processing facilities won't even accept uncrushed filter casings anymore. Another plus for mechanics is anyone can get trained on these machines in a matter of minutes. You put the filter in, close the door to the compartment and depress the green button. If you let go, the process stops. The oil that gets squeezed out is automatically collected through a flexible tube, so virtually every aspect of the oil removal and collection process is handled for you.
These Car Lift Safety Tips Could Save Your LifeNovember 18th, 2016
If you're reading this, you're probably a good mechanic. Despite our skills—sometimes—experience is our downfall. We think we can get away with little mistakes here and there, and we hope they don't catch up to us. It's called being lucky, and we're usually lucky more than we're unlucky. So yes, almost every mechanic has a story about a narrow escape(s). But there are also the costly mistakes, and it's our job to help you prevent them.
The last time we wrote about cable inspections and two-post safety, we received a lot of positive feedback from well-meaning folks who admitted they hadn't been keeping up with things. That's inspiring to us, so we're back with a few shop safety MUSTS to keep you healthy and profitable for many years to come.
The overhead safety switch / shutoff bar
The overhead bar serves a critical purpose. Because the lift arms can only rise when the power unit button is manually—and continuously—depressed, the shutoff bar kills electrical flow to the power unit if touched by the roof of any vehicle. Obviously a useful tool for keeping your vehicle from smashing into the overhead bar or going through the roof (only a slight exaggeration).
That shutoff bar you rarely pay attention to is there to protect you in the event of emergencies. It prevents your vehicle from smashing into the upper cross beam and literally going through the roof. With a properly working shutoff bar, heavy trucks and SUVs might not make it to the lift's max extension. In other words, taller vehicles need to be stopped before the arms have completely risen. Operators who disable this bar in order to get a couple extra inches of lift, even if they're very careful, are taking life-threatening risks. A large vehicle could get its roof crushed or else compromise the integrity of the lift. However, even when properly installed, the bar only works if you follow this next step…
Car should be properly positioned at all times on two-post lift
Basic auto mechanic safety protocol is too often ignored. We all know that vehicles positioned over a two-post lift should have all four lift pads positioned under the vehicle at the manufacturer's recommended lifting points. We all know this to be true, but too often we leave cars parked in compromising positions (e.g., letting the vehicle rest on the floor with uneven or improper pad placement). BendPak makes the finest car lifts out there. That doesn't mean we think you should cut corners on safety. Things can still go wrong:
– Someone thinks the lift pads are properly set and depresses the lift button, causing an unbalanced lift.
– You might forget that the pads weren't set before operating the lift.
– An electrical/wiring issue might inadvertently raise the lift. In this case, an unevenly lifted vehicle might not trip the overhead shutoff bar, which would be a total nightmare.
Frame cradle pads / truck adapter kits
Of all the items on our list, this one is one of the hardest pills for us to swallow, and the precaution we repeat the most often. For whatever reason, a number of lift operators simply refuse to use the necessary frame cradle pads when hoisting certain trucks and SUVs. At least on some level, we see why this is happening. People want faster turnover, and they can sometimes "get away" without the truck adapters. Two problems. One, car lift manufacturers are not liable for damages that occur due to improper usage of the lift. You're in no way legally covered for doing something—excuse our language—stupid. Some people seem to have a problem with this and try to shift the blame on the machine when they do something wrong. BendPak and the other car lift companies out there don't make truck adapter sets just for the heck of it; these are vital tools you need to have in your shop if you're lifting trucks and SUVs with raised suspensions or further recessed underbellies.
Daily cable inspections
We've written about cable inspections and safety before, but it's worth reminding ourselves that those daily cable inspections may seem like a minor nuisance, but so does using a turn signal 100% of the time, coming to a complete stop before making a right on red, adhering to the speed limit, etc. We sometimes "get away" with skipping these little things, and nobody's perfect. Still, a cable inspection may reveal a poorly lubricated line, which is easy to fix. Stray threads or dry sheaves cause friction, and that causes severe damage to your lift components. Bad! Take a look at your cable system at the start or end of every day, whichever works for you.
Also, if you ever notice that your safety locks do not engage simultaneously, you may have cables that are out of sync. Resynchronize your cables before attempted further lift. Do not lift or lower a vehicle in an attempt to sync or adjust cables if it is unsafe to do so.
Electrical Tip
It's recommended that you install your power unit on the passenger side of an asymmetrical two-post lift. This is purely for convenience, but virtually all operators benefit from this common installation practice. By doing so, operators are able to position (drive) the vehicle between the two-post lift columns, position the arms from that side, and then move to the passenger side to position the arms and operate the lift. Eliminating the need to walk back to the driver side to perform operations saves time and just makes sense. (Plus, experienced mechanics will think you're ridiculous if you don't install your power unit this way).
If possible, cut the power to your car lifts and other major shop appliances at the end of each work day. If this is not an option for you at home or in the shop, be sure you never leave vehicles in a compromised position when loading or setting up a lift.
BendPak Recreates Color Scheme for Brand New LookNovember 7th, 2016
Santa Paula, California – November 2016 – When BendPak designed its earliest car lift models, they were painted Burgundy to match the tastes of that era. Years later, in the late 1980s, the company redesigned its brand and color scheme with the brilliant "BendPak blue" that defines their look today. This bold blue has helped solidify BendPak's reputation and brand and has become a staple in the automotive aftermarket. After nearly three decades, BendPak intends to reinvent its colors to keep their brand evolving and relevant.
BendPak is updating from their classic blue to what they anticipate will become the next color staple that the automotive industry will come to adopt: a gunmetal gray with white and yellow accents. The look will remain consistent across all of BendPak's car lift models.
"Our bold blue made BendPak the most recognizable car lift brand in the industry, but everyone around the world has adopted the same look," said Jeff Kritzer, BendPak Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The company recognizes bright blue-colored lifts can contrast with certain franchise, business or residential livery colors.
That's not to say the design is meant to make BendPak more invisible in garages. The color scheme update is part of a marketing trend in BendPak to let the company name sell itself rather than force brand recognition through slogans and colors. "We surveyed both our dealer and customer base, and the overwhelming majority felt the new color scheme adds a touch of class," Kritzer stated.
The company believes this change in direction offers a message of strength and is part of their commitment to keep expanding into new markets. BendPak President Don Henthorn said, "BendPak is going to look as modern as any new technology that's out there. We're growing as a company, and the BendPak name is what people really want to see on their equipment to know they're buying the best."
Want to know more about BendPak's change to Gunmetal Gray? First check out our BendPak Going Gunmetal Gray FAQ page or email firstname.lastname@example.com to get in touch with a BendPak representative today!


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If you have a copy of Windows XP (in my case installed as a virtual machine on a Linux Host) and you installed XP with only 1 CPU, you'll be sad to notice that telling virtualbox (or upgrading your CPU to multi-core if not using VirtualBox) will not in itself allow XP to see the extra cores! To fix that, follow these steps (taken from this URL: http://www.notebookforums.com/t/183802/enable-dual-core-support-in-a-windows-xp-single-core-install):
Hal / NToskrnl replacement:
a. Make a directory called DUO on C:\
b. Copy halmacpi.dll (search your C:\ drive for this) to C:\DUO then rename it to hal.dll
c. Copy ntkrnlmp.exe (search your C:\ drive for this) to C:\DUO then rename it to ntoskrnl.exe
d. Make a batch file called go2core.cmd and put this in the file.
REN hal.dll hal.old
copy C:\Duo\hal.dll C:\windows\system32
REN ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.old
copy C:\Duo\ntoskrnl.exe c:\windows\system32
e. Run Go2Core.cmd from C:\duo directory.
f. Reboot and you should now see two processors in Task manager

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An own-goal from Lucas Leiva, a Curtis Davies header and an Ashley Young penalty put an end to Liverpool's 18-month unbeaten home record – the longest in the Premier League – as Aston Villa became the first visitors to win at Anfield since December 2007, meaning Benitez's team have now contrived to lose as many games this term as they did in the whole of last season.
Benitez refuses to be drawn into kneejerk assessments writing off Liverpool's championship credentials, insisting, as always, that he is "thinking only about our next game at Bolton, not anything else," but he admits Liverpool's stars must now shoulder the burden of lifting the gloom settling around Anfield before more ground is lost to their title rivals.
He said: "The team has to improve, and that depends on the senior players to take responsibility and help us move forward. With this squad, we won a lot of games last year and it has to be the same this season. The only thing we can do now is beat Bolton and the people will be behind us again."
Benitez, clearly fuming at Villa's second – from a disputed corner after the allotted period of injury time – refused to blame referee Martin Atkinson for the goal which effectively did for his team, instead choosing to highlight Liverpool's shortcomings.
"It does not matter," he said. "We have lost and we cannot change anything. We had our chances in the first 20 minutes and if we had scored early, like we did against Stoke, it would have made a big difference. But we were giving the ball away against a team that are good on the counter attack.
"I thought we might have got a point after Fernando Torres scored, we were pushing harder and playing better, but then we gave away the penalty. We made too many mistakes at important moments."
The hosts' failings, though, should not detract from a performance and result which provided Martin O'Neill's side with the perfect riposte to those fans who had booed them from the field at half-time during their opening day home defeat to Wigan.
"We've won at Anfield and the team were simply brilliant," said the Villa manager. "If you've not played well at full-time and you've lost, I can understand fans booing. But at half-time, I don't. I didn't see Liverpool being booed off at half-time here. We were effectively booed off 45 minutes after finishing sixth in the Premier League."
O'Neill confirmed he plans to reinforce his squad despite the fillip of an unexpected victory at Anfield, admitting he "would like to bring in some experience in defence in the next few days". He is believed to be monitoring Sylvain Distin's future at Portsmouth, while he is also thought to be hoping to sign Newcastle's Steven Taylor for around £6 million. Villa have enquired about Matthew Upson but are yet to furnish West Ham with a firm offer.


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First of all, I'm so sorry for reviewing this book so late, even after I've bought it for like a month or so (truth to be spoken, I'm all glued to SATC marathon, all six seasons of it!). Allright. The Crossfire has been my guilty pleasure, though I'm still all heart to Fifty Shades of Grey. I've been dying to read this third installment, as Sylvia Day blatantly left such a grizzly cliffhanger in Reflected In you. First thing I dare to say is, though this book is considered to be the most romantic of all three books in the series, I like it the least. Why? Let's find out.
Following the shocking event left in Reflected In You, when Gideon, out of love, did the impossible and left his relationship with Eva to be concealed from public, to avoid any further bad depiction. Armed with each's other need and the same-building penthouses, they continued their relationship in bed while stayed broken up in public's eyes, taking baby steps with regards to each other's fucked up pasts and crazy exes, as well as troubled friends and families.
I came to my senses that I didn't envy their relationship, AT ALL. Their relationship was so fucked up and unhealthy, like everyday filled with the need to know about everything of each other's problems, the reassurance that they didn't do anything wrong to hurt each other, the over-the-top possessiveness and misguided trusts on each other; it was so fucked up I couldn't stand it, even on being in Eva's shoes. Gideon was a hundred-masked man; he was psycho, romantic, powerful, insatiable and annoying, and all could switch within a flickering second. As for Eva, her insecurities clearly showed and it made me uncomfortable; I missed bitchy Eva and how she stood up against her own will, even more importantly, against Gideon. The great thing was that THEY TALK in this series; they literally talk through everything, which I enjoyed very much, because it didn't only expand their relationship scale, but themselves as well. As for the other characters, I love how Ms. Day built such a great and expanding character developments on Mark, Steven and Megumi, which really helped me on going through the very slow plot (because baby, I'm a child, I DID NOT picture the sex scene in my helpless mind).
Oh how I like the surprises flowing in this book! Everything was tangled and juicy, only to be left unsettled, missing, puff, just like that. And the turn on the homocide case, DID YOU TAKE TOO MUCH TRANQ MISS DAY?? Wth. And boy did I fucking hate the ending! It left the fast-paced climax into nothing. It was like the plot slowed down and stopped, with no cliffhanger whatsoever. And spoiler to you, the cliffhanger did presented by Sylvia Day through a simple note at the end of the pages, revealing that The Crossfire series would expand into FIVE books. There. Another waiting.


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Read More The Osho Commune International in Pune strives to fulfill Osho's vision of 'Zorba the Buddha'.
Here you go: Aga Khan Palace was built in the year 1892 by Sultan Mohammad Shah Aga Khan III in Pune.
It is nearest and much loved trekking fort to Pune.
Dev Taki famous tank with sweet and cold water and Tanaji's Samadhi are well-known attractions here.
Since then it is one of the biggest landmarks in history of India.
The Aga Khan Palace of Pune was an act of charity by the Sultan who wanted to help the poor in the neighboring areas of Pune who were drastically hit by the famine.


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Bio + Press
Originally from New York City, Jesse Harris is a Grammy Award winning songwriter, singer, guitarist and producer of artists from all over the world. He began making records in the mid 90s with Once Blue (EMI Records), his first group and first experience writing for another singer. Since then he has worked with dozens of artists and released 14 albums under his own name. His latest, Music For Chameleons (Sunnyside Records/Warner Music Brazil) came out this year, in support of which he has toured in Brazil, France, Japan, and the US.
In 2003 Jesse received the Grammy Award for Song Of The Year for Norah Jones' breakout hit "Don't Know Why," from her debut album, Come Away With Me, which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. It includes four other of his compositions: "Shoot The Moon," "One Flight Down," "I've Got To See You Again," and "The Long Day Is Over. He plays guitar throughout the recording.
Since then, Jones and Harris have collaborated numerous times. She has been a guest on many of his albums and he appears as guitarist on almost all of hers. He also contributed songwriting to her 2008 release The Fall and produced her version of his song "World Of Trouble" for the Ethan Hawke film The Hottest State. That soundtrack features not only Harris' score, but new versions of his songs by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Cat Power, Feist, The Black Keys, M. Ward, Brad Mehldau, Bright Eyes (on whose album "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" Jesse also appears as guitarist) and others. Harris and Jones appear together in the Amy Poehler/Paul Rudd comedy They Came Together, performing his song, which he also produced, "It Was The Last Thing On Your Mind."
Other artists who have recorded Jesse's songs include Smokey Robinson, George Benson, Pat Metheny, Kandace Springs, and Solomon Burke, on whose album Like A Fire Harris plays guitar and sings backing vocals.
Songwriting collaborations have included Madeleine Peyroux, Lizz Wright, Melody Gardot, Maria Gadu, and Vinicius Cantuaria.
In 2013 Jesse joined John Zorn's The Song Project, along with Mike Patton, Sofia Rei, and Sean Lennon, writing lyrics for various Zorn compositions and singing them at festivals worldwide with a band featuring Marc Ribot on guitar, John Medeski on keyboards, and Zorn conducting. Two of the group's albums have been released by Tzadik Records.
Other production credits include albums for Julian Lage, Forro In The Dark, and Petra Haden, who recorded an entire album of his songs, entitled "Seemed Like A Good Idea – Petra Haden Sings Jesse Harris" (Sunnyside Records).
Jesse grew up in New York, earned a BA with a major in English from Cornell University and is an adjunct professor at NYU, where he teaches songwriting. He contributed an essay on songwriting to Volume VI of John Zorn's Arcana series.
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Hey Guys!
Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while, I promise to become more regular!!!
Today I wanted to post something on competition, motivation and determination.
We are all born with drive and competition in our bones and it's natural to want to win, I am probably more competitive than most.
One of my main sports is netball and my team is amazing. I love the girls they are all lovely people and we never get through a training session without someone laughing so hard they are hunched over using their knees for balance. But not only that they are all amazing players and people or we were put in the second div, we were all set to make our mark on the comp this year which made me super excited.
The season was going really well and I couldn't have wished for a better team!! Until a few weeks before finals where we sort of split, at least that's how it felt. Like we had lost our vibe, our mojo. For the first time in the season we started to lose. We then lost the 2 or 3 games before finals began. Some of us (I included were devastated, others didn't seem to care) it was annoying to think that even though I was giving my all and was trying so hard to win and to get the team to gel again that half of us didn't really want to try, didn't seem to want to win while the other half was trying so hard!
My Mum was asking me what we could do to get the team motivated, but the one thing I am sure of is you are born with grit, you are born with determination, motivation and courage. It is not something you can get taught, but it is something you have to learn. "I can't make the team motivated" I told her, "It's something they have to learn for themselves"
When finals started we made it starting in 2nd position before losing again. The first 3 quarters we were playing badly and for the first time I started blaming these girls who I love so much and shape our team and my game style. Blaming them for how badly we were losing. Our coach played a big part in our season, she is a uni student and such a lovely person and extraordinary player. Till this moment I'm still not sure what turned it around, was it something she said in her talk to us during 3/4 time? Was it that look that seemed to pass between us or the looks on our supporters faces as they willed us to pull it together. Well I'm not sure, maybe it was a combination. But whatever it was, it worked and we managed to work as a team again. We were no longer playing as individuals on a court, we were playing as a team and as people keep telling me, there is no "I" in team. That quarter we got our mojo back.
"Teamwork makes the Dream Work!!"
We scored 10 goals and they only managed 2 in that last quarter. But unfortunately it wasn't enough. We still lost, we still had a second chance the next week though and I was ecstatic we had got our mojo and our vibe back! As my coach, who has inspired me so much this season told us after the game, "today you girls really made me proud and that last quarter is something to remember, you win and you loose as a team, on the court you are not individuals but one." We were a team, each a cog in the clock making the hands tick! I learnt never to give up!!
The next week we played not as one but as a team, we gave it our all really making it one to remember losing by 1 goal, 1 goal! I was devastated and can't say I didn't shed a tear. But not because I was upset at losing but because I was mad what we had given, what we had left on the court had not been good enough. "What if I hadn't missed that goal? What if I hadn't made that bad pass or got pulled up for stepping??? People tried to console me but I shook them off, just staring at the court I had just stepped off, wishing for a different result. My coach came over and she didn't try to hug me of squeeze my shoulder, she just said to me, "you win and you loose as a team, it wasn't your fault or anyone else's, you can't place the blame on anyone, I am so proud of you and the rest of the team!" I don't know what it was when she said this but I had a flash back to when I was about 5 and my Grandpa was talking to me, he said "It is not important how you fall what is important is the steps you take to get back up, to hold your head high and be proud, determination, motivation and courage you have them in you, you just need to dig deep and keep working at it!"
And that is how I am going to end this, with a message and a tradition I am going to start on this blog.
You win and lose as a team, don't blame anyone else, hold your head high and do your best to except what life throws at you. Determination, motivation and a little bit of courage can get you anywhere! But most importantly, never give up!!
I hope you got something out of this!
DaisyChainDreamer xxx
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January 10, 2012
FORT LEE PBA LOCAL NO. 245, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,v.BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT,AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT/INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT.
On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Bergen County, Docket Nos. C-330-09 and C-155-10.
Per curiam.
Argued*fn1 November 14, 2011
Before Judges A. A. Rodriguez and Ashrafi.
Plaintiff Fort Lee PBA Local No. 245 appeals from an October 29, 2010 order of the Chancery Division denying its motion for summary enforcement of an arbitration award. We must decide one issue - whether an arbitrator's decision is exempt from State legislation effective May 21, 2010, that requires public employees to contribute at least 1.5% of their base salary for health care benefits. The Chancery Division said no, and we agree. Therefore, we affirm the order dismissing plaintiff's complaint for summary enforcement.
Plaintiff represents police officers employed by defendant Borough of Fort Lee. The last collective negotiations agreement between plaintiff and the borough expired on December 31, 2006. The parties were unable to negotiate a new agreement, and plaintiff filed for compulsory interest arbitration in accordance with N.J.S.A. 34:13A-16. The arbitrator issued a decision on December 17, 2008, which provided for a new four-year agreement to run from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2010. The arbitrator retained jurisdiction of the dispute "in the event the parties fail to agree on the final language within thirty days of receipt of the award."
The borough appealed the arbitrator's decision to the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). After a limited remand from PERC, the arbitrator issued a supplemental decision on July 6, 2009, that confirmed the earlier award. The borough appealed again, and PERC affirmed the supplemental award on September 24, 2009.
In October 2009, plaintiff filed a complaint and an order to show cause in the Chancery Division to enforce the arbitration award. Near the same time, the borough filed an appeal of PERC's decision to this court, but it did not seek a stay of the arbitrator's award.*fn2 The borough also began implementing parts of the arbitration award, specifically the compensation and insurance terms.
On March 22, 2010, while the enforcement action in the Chancery Division and the appeal before this court were pending, Governor Christie signed legislation affecting public employee benefits and pensions. See P.L. 2010, c. 2. A provision of the new legislation requires payroll deductions from all public employees of at least 1.5% of their base salary for health care benefits. The effective date of the legislation was May 21, 2010, or "upon the expiration of any applicable binding collective negotiations agreement in force on that effective date."*fn3
The borough notified its employees that the 1.5% deduction would commence on May 21, 2010. Plaintiff filed a new complaint and order to show cause in the Chancery Division seeking a declaration that the new legislation did not apply to its arbitration award or that the legislation was contrary to the State Constitution. The borough filed opposition, and the State of New Jersey was also permitted to intervene in opposition to plaintiff's claims. Plaintiff subsequently withdrew its constitutional challenge and sought enforcement of the arbitration award only on the ground that it was the equivalent of a collective negotiations agreement exempt from the provisions of the new law. All parties agreed that the dispute should be resolved on cross-motions for summary judgment.
The Chancery Division heard argument and issued a written decision on October 12, 2010. It denied summary judgment to plaintiff, concluding that the arbitration award was not tantamount to a collective negotiations agreement and therefore not exempt from the requirements of the new statute. The court entered an order implementing its decision on October 29, 2010, and plaintiff filed this appeal.
Our standard of review is plenary from the Chancery Division's interpretation of the relevant statutes. In re Liquidation of Integrity Ins. Co., 193 N.J. 86, 94 (2007); Toll Bros., Inc. v. Twp. of W. Windsor, 173 N.J. 502, 549 (2002).
We affirm essentially for the reasons stated in the written opinion of Judge Robert Contillo in the Chancery Division. Briefly stated, the relevant statute, N.J.S.A. 52:14-17.38a, makes no reference to an arbitration award. The effective date of the new legislation is extended only for "any applicable binding collective negotiations agreement in force" on May 21, 2010. In this case, no binding collective negotiations agreement was in force on that date.
Plaintiff argues that an interest arbitration award is the equivalent of a collective negotiations agreement. In support of that argument, plaintiff quotes N.J.S.A. 34:13A-16f(5)(b) and its requirement that an arbitration award be implemented immediately. Arguing legislative intent indicated by that statute, plaintiff refers to the arbitration award as "a ...
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United States District Court, S.D. New York
December 12, 2014
DANAHER CORPORATION, Plaintiff,v.THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge.
This is a suit brought by Danaher Corporation ("Danaher") to resolve disputes concerning insurance coverage for silica- and asbestos-related claims against Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company ("Chicago Pneumatic"). On September 6, 2012, the Court held that Defendants The Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company (collectively, "Travelers") have a duty to defend such claims.
On April 17, 2014, Travelers filed a Second Amended Third Party Complaint (Dkt. No. 192 ("SAC")), which impleads five of the six insurers named in a previous version of the third party complaint: AIU Insurance Company ("AIU"), Century Indemnity Company ("Century Indemnity"), Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company ("Liberty Fire"), Trygg-Hansa Insurance Company, Ltd. ("Trygg-Hansa"), and Industria Insurance Company ("Industria") (collectively, the "Impleaded Insurers").
Currently before the Court are motions filed by AIU, Trygg-Hansa, and Industria (collectively, the "Moving Insurers") in response to the SAC. First, Industria moves to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(2); in the alternative, it moves to compel arbitration or to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6). (Dkt. No. 215.) Second, Trygg-Hansa moves to compel arbitration or, in the alternative, to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6). (Dkt. No. 205.) Third, AIU joins Trygg-Hansa's motion, but only as to its challenge under Rule 12(b)(6). (Dkt. No. 204.)
For the reasons that follow, Industria's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is denied; Trygg-Hansa's and Industria's motions to compel arbitration are denied; Trygg-Hansa's and AIU's motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim are granted; and Industria's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is denied.
I. Background
A. Factual Background[1]
The Court has summarized the factual underpinnings of this case in previous opinions, and familiarity with the prior proceedings is assumed. In brief, Danaher purchased Chicago Pneumatic, a tool company, in 1986. Chicago Pneumatic has been and is the defendant in silica- and asbestos-related products liability claims (the "Underlying Claims") throughout the United States. Danaher resold Chicago Pneumatic in 1987 to Atlas Copco North America ("Atlas Copco"), but retained liability for products liability losses arising from products manufactured by Chicago Pneumatic prior to the sale and obtained rights to receive the proceeds of insurance policies covering those losses.
Travelers issued comprehensive general liability policies to Chicago Pneumatic and/or Danaher for a number of years until 1987. A number of insurers issued various other insurance policies to Chicago Pneumatic during the time period in question. As a result of the Underlying Claims, Danaher has incurred defense and indemnity costs, for which it seeks reimbursement by Travelers and other insurers. In turn, Travelers seeks to distribute its costs for defending and indemnifying the Underlying Claims to other insurers that provided coverage to Chicago Pneumatic during the relevant timeframe.
B. Relevant Procedural Background
Danaher initiated this action against Travelers and another insurer on January 7, 2010. (Dkt. No. 1.) Travelers answered and impleaded Atlas Copco. (Dkt. No. 13.) On January 3, 2011, Danaher filed an amended complaint naming nine additional insurers as defendants. (Dkt. No. 22.) After two years of discovery, Danaher and Atlas Copco moved for summary judgment seeking a declaration that Travelers has a duty under New York law to defend the Underlying Claims. (Dkt. No. 53.) In a bench decision issued September 6, 2012, the Court granted the motion and held that Travelers has a "duty to defend in the past and in the future." (Dkt. No. 98; Dkt. No. 117, Ex. D at 8.)
On January 15, 2013, Travelers amended its third-party complaint, impleading six insurers - AIU, Century Indemnity, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Liberty Fire, Trygg-Hansa, and Industria - and asserting claims for declaratory judgment, allocation, contribution, and equitable subrogation. (Dkt. No. 123 ("Am. Compl.").) On March 15, 2013, the six insurers impleaded by that complaint moved to dismiss Travelers' third-party complaint. (Dkt. Nos. 144, 149, 152, 154, 158.) In an amended opinion and order dated March 21, 2014, the Court granted the insurers' motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and Industria's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 12(b)(2). Danaher Corp. v. Travelers Indem. Co., No. 10 Civ. 121 (JPO), 2014 WL 1133472 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 21, 2014). The same order allowed the Travelers to amend the third-party complaint to correct the deficiencies identified in the opinion. Id. at *6. Accordingly, on April 17, 2014, Travelers filed the SAC, naming five of the same insurers: AIU, Century Indemnity, Liberty Fire, Trygg-Hansa, and Industria.[2]
Liberty Fire and Century Indemnity have answered the SAC. (Dkt. Nos. 203, 212.) AIU, Trygg-Hansa, and Industria have each filed the motions opposing the SAC presently before the Court. (Dkt. Nos. 204, 205, 215.) These motions seek, in various combinations, (1) dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction; (2) an order compelling arbitration, and the stay or dismissal of this action; or (3) dismissal for failure to state a claim.
II. Discussion
A. Industria's 12(b)(2) Motion to Dismiss
On a motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2), the plaintiff bears the burden of establishing personal jurisdiction. MacDermid, Inc. v. Deiter, 702 F.3d 725, 727 (2d Cir. 2012). Where the court relies on pleadings and affidavits, the plaintiff "need only make a prima facie showing of personal jurisdiction" to prevail. CutCo Indus., Inc. v. Naughton, 806 F.2d 361, 364 (2d Cir. 1986). All jurisdictional allegations "are construed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and doubts are resolved in the plaintiff's favor." A.I. Trade Fin., Inc. v. Petra Bank, 989 F.2d 76, 79-80 (2d Cir. 1993). However, the Court will not "draw argumentative inferences in the plaintiff's favor, nor... accept as true a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation." Licci ex rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL, 673 F.3d 50, 59 (2d Cir. 2012) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
A district court sitting in diversity generally "may exercise personal jurisdiction to the same extent as the courts of general jurisdiction of the state in which it sits." Bank Brussels Lambert v. Fiddler Gonzalez & Rodriguez, 305 F.3d 120, 124 (2d Cir. 2002). District courts deciding a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction thus engage in a two-part analysis, first deciding whether jurisdiction is proper under the laws of the forum state (here New York), and second determining whether the ...
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September 14, 2004.
SHOP IRONWORKERS LOCAL 790 PENSION TRUST; JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the SHOP IRONWORKERS LOCAL 790 PENSION TRUST; and MICHAEL NEWINGTON as Trustee; SHOP IRONWORKERS LOCAL 790 WELFARE TRUST; JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the SHOP IRONWORKERS LOCAL 790 WELFARE TRUST; and STEVE FOX as Trustee; SHOPMEN IRONWORKERS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TRUST; JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the SHOPMEN IRONWORKERS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TRUST; and MICHAEL NEWINGTON as Trustee Plaintiffs,
AGH, INC., Defendant.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, that
Judgment in the within actions Case Numbers C 03-1826 SI and C
04-0881 SI shall be entered in favor of the plaintiffs and
against defendant AGH, Inc. as follows:
1. Defendant entered into a valid collective bargaining
agreement with the Shop Ironworkers Local 790 (hereinafter
"Bargaining Agreement").
Case Number C 03-1826 SI (Judgment previously entered):
Contributions (1/03 8/03) $7,721.20
Liquidated Damages @ 20% (11/02 8/03) $1,877.89
Interest at 6% per annum (through July 15, 2004) $611.28
Amounts found due on Audit $ 15,559.05
Attorneys Fees
Included in Motion for Default (to 7/24/03) $2,650.00
Included in Amended Judgment (7/25/03 9/26/03) $3,950.50
Collection Activities 9/26/03 2/23/04 $4,247.00
Filing of Motion to Set Aside to present (4/1/04-8/22/04) $8,177.50
Total Attorneys Fees (through 8/22/04) $19,025.00
Costs $938.75
Case Number C 04-0881 SI:
Contributions (9/03 7/04) $11,517.36
Liquidated Damages @ 20% (9/03 7/04) $2,303.46
Interest at 6% per annum (through August 31, 2004) $257.71
Attorneys Fees (through 8/22/04) $7,574.00
Costs of Suit $313.75
(i) Defendant shall have the right to increase the monthly
payments at any time;
(ii) Payments shall be applied first to unpaid interest and
then to unpaid principal. The unpaid principal balance shall bear
interest at the rate of 6% per annum from September 1, 2004,
until paid in full, in accordance with plaintiffs' Trust
(iii) Payments shall be made by cashier's check made payable
to the Shop Ironworkers Local 790 Trust Funds, and received by
Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation, 120 Howard Street, Suite 520,
San Francisco, CA 94105 on or before the 15th of each month
as stated above, or to such other address as may be specified by
iv. Prior to defendant's final payment hereunder, plaintiffs
shall advise defendant in writing of the balance due under the
terms of this Stipulation, and that amount shall be paid in full
in satisfaction of defendant's debt to plaintiffs as identified
4. In the event that Defendant fails to make any payment
required under Paragraph 3 above, and fails to cure such default
within 10 days thereof, then,
(A) The entire balance of $67,699.45 less principal payments
received by Plaintiffs, shall be immediately due, together with
any additional attorneys' fees and costs under section (D) below.
(B) A writ of execution may be obtained against Defendant,
without further legal action, in the amount of the unpaid
balance, plus any additional amounts under the terms herein, upon
declaration of a duly authorized representative of the plaintiffs
setting forth any payment theretofore made by or on behalf of
defendant and the balance due and owing as of the date of
(C) Defendant waives notice of entry of judgment and expressly
waives all rights to stay of execution and appeal. Judgment may
be entered by a magistrate or a judge without the necessity of a
noticed motion.
(D) Defendant shall pay all additional costs and attorneys'
fees incurred by plaintiffs in connection with collection of the
amounts owed by defendant to plaintiffs under this Stipulation.
5. Any failure on the part of the plaintiffs to take any action
against defendant as provided herein in the event of any breach
of the provisions of this Stipulation shall not be deemed a
waiver of any ...
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Great Game Previews In History: 3 December 2013
by J.R.
Today In History
Georges Claude opened the first demonstration of neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show Dec. 3, 1910.
Claude was already a leader in the air purification business — in 1910 there were leaders in such things — and a byproduct of air purification was neon. Inspired by contemporary inventions that produced light by electrifying rarefied gases, he took a shot with neon and changed the face of pawn shops forever.
Unlike the other rare-gas lights, Claude was able to use a completely sealed gas tube, which eliminated a need to replenish it within.
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Penn State Football: Winners and Losers from the Navy Game
The new era of Penn State football finally has its first win. The Nittany Lions clobbered Navy 34-7 in Week 3. Everything finally clicked for Penn State, as it dominated in all facets of the game.
The Nittany Lions executed Bill O'Brien's game plan to perfection. The offense seemed to move the ball at will. The Lions were able to run and pass on the Midshipmen's defense.
The defense controlled Navy's triple-option attack for most of the game. It did allow a fourth-quarter touchdown on a 12-yard run.
For the most part, it was all good for Penn State. However, there was one glaring negative.
This list takes a look at Penn State winners and losers from the victory against Navy.
Winner: Wide Receiver Allen Robinson
Allen Robinson continues to improve and impress at wide receiver. He had a huge game, grabbing five passes for a career-high 136 yards and three touchdowns.
Robinson leads the team with 24 receptions, 322 yards and four touchdowns. He has clearly become quarterback Matt McGloin's favorite weapon.
Robinson used his speed to stretch the Midshipmen defense, averaging 27.2 yards per catch.
Robinson has made the most of his opportunity. Leading receiver Justin Brown transferred to Oklahoma in the offseason and starting wide receiver Shawney Kersey left the team earlier in the week for personal reasons.
Robinson is now the No. 1 receiver.
Loser: Kicker Sam Ficken
In a game in which the Nittany Lions dominated, it could be difficult to label someone a loser. Unfortunately, kicker Sam Ficken wins that distinction.
Ficken was the topic of discussion coming out of the Week 2 loss at Virginia. In that game, he had an extra point blocked and missed four field goals, including a 42-yarder as time expired.
Ficken received a large ovation from the Beaver Stadium crowd when he made an extra point after the Lions scored on their opening drive.
Yes, Ficken ended up making four extra points, but it wasn't all good. He missed a second-quarter extra point that would have put the Lions up 21-0.
Ficken's inability to convert with consistency has caused head coach Bill O'Brien to lose confidence in his kicker. He has chosen to go for it on fourth down in the red zone rather than attempt what should be chip-shot field goals.
If Penn State wants to be competitive in most games, this has to improve. A reliable kicker is needed, now.
It's safe to say that Ficken's grip on the starting job became even looser in Week 3.
Winner: Quarterback Matt McGloin
It's clear that quarterback Matt McGloin has benefited from the coaching change at Penn State. McGloin seems to be a perfect fit for Bill O'Brien's pro-style passing attack.
McGloin was stellar in Week 3 against Navy. He threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns. Once again, he did not throw any interceptions.
McGloin seems to grow each week as he becomes more comfortable with the offense. He also seems to have great chemistry with tight end Kyle Carter and wide receiver Allen Robinson. Robinson is McGloin's favorite target and led the team with five catches against Navy.
The offensive line has helped McGloin. Without pressure, he is able to sit in the pocket and scan the field for an open receiver.
If McGloin continues to progress, this Penn State offense could sneak up on a lot of teams in the Big Ten.
Loser: The Transfers
Saturday's win was a great moment for the players who chose to stay at Penn State and stay loyal to their university.
The victory against Navy was a dominant performance that gave the nation a glimpse of what Penn State still can be.
It's no secret that when the NCAA allowed Penn State players to transfer without having to sit out a year it depleted the squad.
Star running back Silas Redd, who transferred to USC, was the Lions' best offensive weapon. Starting wide receiver Justin Brown went to Oklahoma. Anthony Fera, one of the nation's best kickers, headed for Texas.
All of the players who left missed out on the special moment in Week 3. Because of all the adversity facing Penn State, this win will be remembered for a long time.
Yes, it was against a team that's not very good, but that doesn't matter. Any victories will be huge for this team.
Sure, those who left are probably in better situations, but you can bet there's a part of them that wishes they could have been celebrating at Beaver Stadium on Saturday.
Winner: The Defense
The defense has looked solid for most of the season, especially in the first half of games. But in its first two games, the defense seemed to wear down in the second half and gave up important game-winning drives.
The story was different in Week 3. The defense put together a solid four-quarter performance.
The Nittany Lions were not fooled by Navy's triple-option attack. The defense gave up 391 total yards to the Midshipmen. However, the number that counts is seven, the number of points allowed.
For the second straight week, the Penn State defense forced four turnovers, including a 74-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Mike Hull.
Sure, there are areas that defensive coordinator Ted Roof will want to improve, but the defense can be proud of its Week 3 performance.
Winner: Running Backs Michael Zordich and Curtis Dukes
The Nittany Lions were facing huge obstacles in the running game heading into the Week 3 matchup against Navy. Starting running back Bill Belton was out, as well as backup running back Derek Day. Belton was injured in Week 1. Day was hurt in Week 2.
Fullback Michael Zordich and backup running back Curtis Dukes split carries in Week 3 and carried the load for the Lions on the ground. Zordich, who has impressed coaches in practice, was inserted as the starting tailback against Navy.
Zordich had 11 carries for 50 yards. He also had two receptions for 25 yards. Dukes had 11 carries for 47 yards.
While the yardage numbers were not spectacular, the running game did its job in Week 3. Zordich and Dukes kept the Midshipmen defense honest and took pressure off quarterback Matt McGloin and the passing attack.
Zordich and Dukes did enough to be effective, getting key first downs with hard running in short-yardage situations.
If Belton and Day are unable to play in Week 4 against Temple, look for Dukes and Zordich to carry the load again.
Winner: Head Coach Bill O'Brien
Perhaps the biggest winner for Penn State in Week 3 was Bill O'Brien. After two close losses, O'Brien finally got his first win as a head coach.
Gerald Hodges and Jordan Hill anointed O'Brien with a cooler bath after the Lions' 34-7 victory.
There is no doubt that O'Brien is facing some of the toughest odds that have ever been faced by a first-year coach. His team will not be able to play in the postseason for four years. His ability to recruit has has also been severely hampered by the loss of scholarships ordered by the NCAA sanctions.
The Lions have also had to deal with "free agency,",as players were allowed to go to other schools without penalty.
Chances are, O'Brien won't revel in this victory for long. He knows that it is a long season and there is still much work to be done.
The Nittany Lions host Temple in Week 4.
With the situation that he inherited, no one could blame O'Brien if he fails. But so far, he has said and done all the right things.
He continues to recruit and coach his team to perform to the best of its ability.


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Luxury travel isn't what it used to be – today, travellers are more concerned with the narrative of the trip than the brand-based luxury elements that traditionally drove travel purchase decisions. Travel trends such as adventure travel and experiential travel make this shift in perspective clear. In the 2017 Skift Travel Trends Report, M. Paul Munford says "the new luxury is defined by small brands with big stories."
Adventure travel company Ker & Downey Africa has seen the evidence of this first hand. CEO, Lee Kelsall comments, "A large part of what we do revolves around tailor making trips for our international guests. This gives us first-hand experience with what the market is looking for. Travellers are less and less asking after names of luxurious lodge brands and increasingly, essentially, asking for experiences that will make a great story, or that have a powerful story attached to them."
As further confirmation of the market's movement, an entirely new genre of travel has recently gained traction, known as flashpacking – backpacker style travel for the affluent. Flashpacker Connect is one such company that partners with Ker & Downey Africa in satisfying adventure travel needs globally.
There are a few key reasons for the shifting emphasis of travel from premium brand names to authentic experiences and powerful narratives.
The travel industry is one of the most competitive, lucrative industries in the world, showcased by the expected $12 trillion that the industry will contribute to global GDP by 2025 (source: Skift). Where there is competition, there is an expectation on service and product providers to continually improve satisfaction levels of their customers.
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Using our OwnTracks app is cool, but what do you do with the location data the apps send (i.e. publish) to the MQTT broker? We have some suggestions. (Do remember however, that you cannot do this in public mode.)
You know that OwnTracks publishes location information to an MQTT or HTTP endpoint. The data it publishes is transferred in a particular format called JSON, and this is what it looks like.
When you've got your endpoint set up, and OwnTracks configured to use it, you'll want to do something useful with the data, and the following sections introduce you to some of the existing clients you can utilize for doing that.
mosquitto_sub is a very basic command-line client provided by the Mosquitto project. However, it is brilliantly useful, and you can also use it for long-time collection of data by having it run in the background with stdout pointing to a file.
In it's most basic invocation, you have the program connect to your broker and subscribe to the topics you're interested in.
mosquitto_sub -h localhost -p 1883 -v -t 'owntracks/#'
mosquitto_sub and it's counterpart, mosquitto_pub for publishing to a broker, support a slew of options. It'll be worth your while to study their manual page.
We recommend our very own OwnTracks Recorder because it's lightweight, relatively simple to set up, and because it offers a lot of features. It stores location data published by the apps by subscribing to an MQTT broker, and it enables you to access that data in a variety of formats. The best part is: it doesn't require a heavy external database of any kind.
And the best is, you can configure the Recorder to also accept the HTTP POST requests from the apps, so it's the best companion for the OwnTracks apps in HTTP mode as well.
Read more about the Recorder.
One of the clients we provide as part of the Open Source OwnTracks project is called o2s; the strange name stands for OwnTracks to Storage, and you can use this connected to your MQTT broker in Private mode, if you need a MySQL or PostgreSQL database. (We do recommend, however, that you use our Recorder (see above).)
Correctly configured (and it's not trivial), o2s connects to your broker and subscribes to location messages and other OwnTracks payloads. Upon receiving a location update, o2s will do a number of things:
- Perform a reverse-geo lookup (using your choice of either Google or XXX to do so) for the geographical coordinates received from the OwnTracks app
- Store the message and its details into a database (MySQL and PostgreSQL are supported)
- Alert via (future) plugins that a geographical region (waypoint) has been entered or left
The result of using o2s is that you get a database table (several actually) in which your OwnTracks locations are stored.
| tst | tid | lat | lon | cc | addr |
| 2015-05-27 06:23:36 | jJ | 46.7835540 | 17.2073088 | HU | Keszthely, Hévízi út, 8360 Ungarn |
| 2015-05-26 20:10:52 | jJ | 46.7710135 | 17.1829915 | HU | Alsópáhok, 760, 8394 Ungarn |
| 2015-05-26 14:32:50 | jJ | 46.9557636 | 19.4132377 | HU | Kerekegyháza, 5211, 6041 Ungarn |
| 2015-05-23 22:42:27 | jJ | 47.4986630 | 19.0438124 | HU | Budapest, Eötvös tér, 1051 Ungarn |
So, now that you have the OwnTracks locations being neatly stored for you, how do you visualize them on, say, a map, at a later point in time? Enter Pista.
You'll recall (we hope) the discussion on MQTT and the analogy with the cauldron. mqttwarn, while not specific to OwnTracks, is another client you connect to your MQTT broker. We think it's worth mentioning (and both Ben and JP -- the creators -- are quite pleased with what it does).
mqttwarn lets you do things like tweet everytime OwnTracks reports a location (but do consider whether you really want that), send an e-mail when a loved one enters a particular region, etc.
Presence detection in home automation is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. Without it your smart home is effectively blind, and as a result can hardly be called 'smart' at all. There are very few automation rules that do not require some form of context in terms of human occupancy. Rules around security, lighting, music, even coffee machines -- all need to know if 'someone' is home before deciding whether to take action.
This is where OwnTracks steps in. In its simplest form it can be configured with waypoints (for home/work etc) that generate events whenever your phone enters/leaves these regions. These are sent to your own personal MQTT broker where your home automation software can react accordingly. The beauty of OwnTracks is two-fold - it is simple, you can disable the standard location reporting so all you get is the waypoint event/leave events, which is all your smart home cares about. The second is that, in private mode, all your data is 'yours' and yours alone - there is no cloud service collecting, storing and potentially mining your data.
Read more about openHAB and OwnTracks.
Home Assistant
Another home automation solution that can be used with OwnTracks is Home Assistant. Home Assistant allows you to track the location of people connected to your personal MQTT broker. It has a map to show their current location and can trigger automations based on entering and leaving zones. In order to use the internal broker of Home Assistant, the MQTT protocol level has to be set to 4.
See the demo for an example of the map with OwnTracks devices or read more about how Home Assistant connects to your private MQTT broker, how to enable OwnTracks support in Home Assistant and how to configure automations based on zones.
Roll your own
If you feel really brave, you can write your own program which subscribes to OwnTracks data, but don't forget to tell us about it!
Here are some projects we know of which use and/or integrate OwnTracks and/or which are useful when using MQTT in general or OwnTracks in particular.
- MQTT Inspector for iOS, written by Christoph Krey, who also did our OwnTracks for iOS app. This is an indispensable utility for all things MQTT.
- the thing system ( code )
- A Clojure webapp that aims to manage information gathered from OwnTracks; clojure-mqttitude-backend
- An OwnTracks flow by Giovanni @juzam Angoli for Node-RED which publishes messages to pushover.net upon entering or leaving a geo-fence.
- MyMQTT is an app for Android which enables you to subscribe and publish to an MQTT broker.
- Stefano Costa cooks Italian pasta using OwnTracks.
- Matthew Bordignon made a small Web page which uses Websockets to display the barometer reading published by OwnTracks for iOS. (Screenshot.)
- PHP front & backend for OwnTracks payloads
- Orion, an alternative to OwnTracks Recorder with powerful visualization features (server, web client, demo)


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HMV appoint MIG
HMV Canada has appointed MIG to provide the technology and service solution that will power the retailer's relaunched loyalty scheme.
The Pure programme was originally launched in 2010. Designed to offer HMV Canada's customers 'cool stuff money can't buy, members redeem points earned on purchases for exclusive memorabilia and experiences. A new in store sign up process has already seen new member registrations increase by 25%.
MIG, has extensive experience in operating data, loyalty and digital communications programmes for companies such as Office Depot and Shell and is developing a data warehouse which will contain all contact, points, communications and transactional information related to Pure member activity. The Pure data warehouse has been designed to integrate seamlessly with HMV Canada's back end infrastructure and in store epos system to enable timely two way secure data transfer. The Pure data warehouse will also integrate with MIG's digital communications platforms and MIG will provide design, delivery, management and reporting of triggered, event driven, planned and ad hoc digital campaigns.
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So, you've got yourself educated on your fitness goals for the up-coming new year, you've ordered your subscription to No Gym Magic, and are all ready to start your reaching your fitness goals.
Your goals are already set, you know how much weight you want to lose, how many push-ups you want to do in 2 minutes, how many pull-ups you want to be able to do unassisted, etc. So how do you reach those goals?
First, let me tell you straight-up there is no magic bullet. No magic pill that will make you lose weight while you sleep. No secret injection used by Hollywood Celebrities to get into movie-making shape in just 2 weeks.
What does exist, is your determination, your desires, your mindset, and your body.
It will take all of these and a healthy dose of sweat to get you to the shape you want to be in.
Let's start with the idea of rituals versus habits. Rituals are something you do at the same time every time. Maybe not time as seen on your clock, but chronologically.
Here's an example…
Every morning I wake up, check on my infant son in his crib, and go to the bathroom. Then I start the coffee pot and do my 20 minute bodyweight routine while the coffee pot is running. After that, I take my shower, shave and get dressed for the day.
These are my morning rituals. Habits on the other hand are just something we do frequently and without thinking. Take smoking for instance, it's a habit. although you will likely ritualize it to some extent like a smoke after a meal or with your morning coffee. I did when I was a smoker. But for the most part, it was just a habit. Something I did throughout the day when there was a psychological trigger for it.
In order to succeed at reaching your fitness goals, you have to make your workouts a ritual. Something you do on set days at set times in the day for a set reason. Your reason, not mine, not your spouse's, YOURS. My reasons for following my fitness rituals aren't sufficient to make you exercise. You reasons aren't going to make your spouse exercise, and vice versa. So, right now, before you even read another paragraph, pick your reason and write it down. I'll wait for you.
Good. You're back. Your reason is written down?
Now hang it somewhere you will see it frequently throughout your day. Make multiple copies if you have to.
Moving on, next we'll talk about making time for your fitness ritual. This is probably the biggest challenge you will have to face. Once time gets tight, the first thing to go is exercise. And the excuses outnumber the global population of insects. Don't try it, I've heard or used variations of them all. "I'll double-up" tomorrow", "I'll just skip today to get this report finished", "I have to take the kids to karate lessons, I'll do it tomorrow" – on and on and on…
Think about this. If you don't have 20 minutes for yourself in the morning, evening or mid-day; when will you have time for yourself? Yes, I did say 20 minutes. That's all it takes.
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