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Bikini Bodybuilding: One Woman's Experience
WSJ reporter Alyssa Abkowitz got a thrill out of toning up and trimming down for her wedding day. When that was over, she decided to try something more extreme. She explains how she decided to dabble in the world of bikini bodybuilding. Rebecca Greenfield for The Wall Street Journal.
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Dustywater needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 71 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
LiveLung is a Dusty Joy Foundation program livelung.org
LiveLung is one of two programs of the Dusty Joy Foundation, a new nonprofit organization. LiveLung is a web portal serving the lung cancer community. The dynamic web portal will be provided as a service to the lung cancer community and will help newly diagnosed patients navigate the maze of organizations and services. It also will recruit volunteers and donors and engage them with an organization that best matches their interests. The portal will showcase other lung cancer nonprofits and provide resources and referrals. It also will provide current lung cancer news, columns and other features.
LiveLung portal will achieve the following objectives:
• Raise awareness and compassion;
• Function as a compass directing newly diagnosed visitors through maze of organizations and resources;
• Provide news and information and referral support;
• Recruit volunteers and donors;
• Support other lung cancer nonprofits by directing volunteers, donors and other to their organizations.
The portal will strengthen lung cancer non-profits by showcasing their organizations and directing others to join their efforts. The site will recruit those new to the world of lung cancer to 1) direct them to the resources they need; and 2) meet individuals' need to gain a sense of control by doing something positive (volunteering, donating, etc.); and 3) strengthen and serve other nonprofit organizations.
Individuals touched by lung cancer and the non-profit organizations that serve them. Potential donors, other lung cancer organizations, lung cancer patients and their families and friends. Our target audience is everyone touched by lung cancer. In addition to those directly impacted by this disease, our mission will be targeted toward the general public to help educate them about lung cancer facts. Lung cancer is so misunderstood. Once they know the facts, they become empathetic to the cause.
• The name, LiveLung, should be part of the logo.
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Yankees' Hughes to begin season on DL
Tampa, FL – New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes will start the regular season on the disabled list, manager Joe Girardi confirmed on Wednesday.
Hughes has been working his way back from a bulging disk in his upper back, an injury which sidelined him early in camp. He pitched three innings last week against the Pirates' Class A affiliate, but has not made a single appearance during Grapefruit League play.
He is eligible to return on April 6, but Girardi said its more likely he will aim for an April 11 debut.
With Hughes out, Ivan Nova and David Phelps are expected to fill out the Yankees' starting rotation, which also features CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Andy Pettitte.


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Baltimore County police say two men have been charged in connection with a stabbing that occurred at the Charles Village Pub in Towson on Saturday.
Police said Nicholas Jarrad Jones, 22, of the 700 block of Richwood Avenue, Baltimore, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and first degree assault. On Sunday he was being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.
Robert Lee Blackshire II, 21, of the 6800 block of Barnett Road, in the Glendale area, was charged with second-degree assault and is currently being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $7,500 bail.
At 1:09 a.m. Saturday, Baltimore County Police responded to the Charles Village Pub, at 19 West Pennsylvania Ave., Towson for a report of an assault with injury.
Investigators said one of the men arrested was arguing with a female acquaintance inside the Charles Village Pub. An adult male attempted to intervene in the argument, and the defendant began assaulted him. The victim was stabbed multiple times, and was transported to a local hospital for treatment of serious, but non life-threatening, injuries.
Meanwhile another man assaulted a friend of the victim.
Police said both Jones and Blackshire were placed under arrest at the scene. Two bystanders were also injured during the incident; an adult male and an adult female received non life-threatening injuries unrelated to the fight, police said.
Charles Village Pub Owner Melony Wagner said the bar manager reported that the fight took "less than 45 seconds." Bar security held the smaller man until police came, Wagner said.
Police reviewed footage from some of the 48 security cameras inside the restaurant, Wagner said.
Baltimore County Police had planned to have a heavy presence in the Towson area Friday night for Towson University's annual spring concert, Tigerfest. Police said 26 additional officers were scheduled to patrol the area until 3 a.m. Saturday.
The Baltimore County Police Department Violent Crimes Unit is investigating this incident.
Reporter Jon Meoli contributed to this story.
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PyHangman-A word puzzle based game for S60 devices, based on the very popular game Hangman.
One player can play at a time. The word to guess is represented by a row of dashes on the screen. If the guessed letter is correct then correct positions of the word get filled. If the suggested letter is not in the word, then it goes in garbage bin and would not be used again.


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Home Inspections
A home inspection is not an appraisal or a "Pass-Fail" test. It is instead a visual examination of the physical condition of the home. It should be performed by a qualified property inspector. A home inspection could be the single-most important process in buying a new home, as it ensures that the house is safe, secure, and problem-free. Knowing that the home you are about to move into is all of those can put your mind at ease, or if problems do arise in the inspection, gives you the power to negotiate a lower price or ask the seller to make repairs.


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Is it 2000 all over again?
The Best Performing Cities Index from the Milken Institute may have a familiar ring to it.
The country's top metro area in 2012—based on jobs, pay and technology—is San Jose, Calif.
"Silicon Valley is Back!" the report's cover page declared. It has been over a decade since the region ranked first on the index. Last year San Jose ranked 50th out of 200 large metropolitan areas.
(Read More: Most Affordable U.S. Cities.)
The Milken Institute reported that for every job added to the tech sector, five outside jobs were created.
Coming in second place on the index is Austin, Texas, another hub for tech innovation. The Institute said Texas metro areas remained strong performers in 2012, "but did not dominate as much as they did in recent years." It claimed a few regions in the Lone Star state lost ground for, among other reasons, "softness in the natural gas boom."


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You may have experienced a short circuit on a 15A to 100A branch circuit that also tripped the main breaker in that same panelboard, resulting in widespread downtime. This short circuit may have affected an IT cabinet, trader's desk, glass-making process, operating room, or other critical loads. This common occurrence causes millions of dollars in business losses every year.
Data processing centers are affected as well. They typically have numerous lines of businesses fed from each computer room panelboard that would experience downtime if such an event occurred.
With this problem in mind, a top 10 U.S. bank formed a design team with EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Inc. and a major circuit breaker manufacturer and set out to overcome this downtime vulnerability. The bank was early into the design of its new corporate data centers.
The conflict. At locations where distribution is typically carried out through multiple 42-circuit panelboards (referred to in computer room vernacular as "RPPs," an acronym for remote power panels), a short on a branch circuit that also trips the upstream panel main breaker would result in the consequential loss of 84 or more processes or end-users. As a facilities or data center manager, trying to explain to management that little can be done to overcome this situation with present circuit breaker technology is a very difficult task.
Today's panelboard circuit breakers are molded case UL 489-Listed products that respond to peak currents during a short circuit event. Fig. 1 (click here) shows how these circuit breakers respond to high-current conditions. There is a distinct "area of conflict" where the trip curves overlap. This is the Achilles' heel of today's thermal magnetic circuit breaker technology, and it's the reason why these products won't selectively trip. Consequently, uptime is threatened in computer rooms, broadcast studios, telecommunications switching facilities, and other critical environments with high availability expectations.
The area of conflict shown in Fig. 1 is the "magnetic trip" region, which is where circuit breakers respond to high peak currents, such as those of a short-circuit condition, and trip within three cycles. For a 2,500A rms short circuit on a 20A branch circuit, there's a distinct overlap of the 20A and 225A trip curves. Therefore, it's likely that the 225A RPP main breaker will "nuisance" trip.
It should be noted that the 2005 NEC now mandates selective coordination for Art. 700, "Emergency Power Supply Systems" and Art. 701, "Optional Standby Power Supply Systems."
Understanding the problem. A major circuit breaker manufacturer performed an array of short-circuit tests on these circuit breakers to establish empirical data on peak let-through current values that would hold and trip these main breakers.
Present day molded case circuit breakers and molded case switches used in power distribution units (PDUs) and RPPs trip at five to 10 times the breaker or switch-handle rating. Peak let-through currents of downstream branch breakers are high enough to engage the magnetic trip levels of the main breaker. But how much current would it take to trip these main breakers?
Fig. 2 shows the simplified test circuit that was used for these tests. It's a typical 120/208V series circuit where a short is applied on a branch circuit. Upstream of the branch circuit is a 250A panelboard main and a 400A distribution breaker. Fig. 3 shows the results. As you can see, a 3,000A rms fault on a 20A or larger branch-circuit breaker results in a trip of the upstream 250A circuit breaker. When the manufacturer ran these tests for faults up to 18,000A rms on branch-circuit breakers ranging from 20A to 100A, the conventional 250A circuit breaker located upstream would nuisance trip in most cases. They concluded that a high percentage of panelboard mains would trip on branch short-circuit faults.
Fig. 4 better illustrates the coordination conflict between a conventional 225A circuit breaker and branch-circuit breakers ranging from 15A to 100A. The vertical axis represents the available fault current, and the horizontal axis represents the branch breaker rating. Short-circuit events shown in the red zone will nuisance trip the upstream 225A main breaker. Here again, you can see that conventional main breakers fail to provide much selectivity or discrimination for faults on the branch circuits.
The solution. The bank's design team first considered replacing the RPP's main circuit breaker with non-automatic switches. However, switches will trip automatically for a high-current condition because of fixed magnetic trip elements intended to protect these products from high-fault currents. Actually, switches offer little improvement over a standard circuit breaker because both trip at approximately five times to 10 times its handle rating.
The design team then evaluated fused branch circuits, which were also ruled out because fused panelboards are about twice the size of circuit breaker panelboards. The team also learned that, in most cases, today's branch breakers that are of a blow-open design clear a fault within 8 milliseconds, which makes them as fast as fuses.
The design team found that technology isn't capable of solving this common occurrence. The team then went to a major circuit breaker manufacturer to request a breaker that would eliminate this selectivity and coordination problem.
As a result, the team developed a circuit breaker with extremely high magnetic trip settings. It also has new thermal components to provide a certified withstand rating up to 20 times its handle rating, providing thermal integrity at those higher magnetic settings. Fig. 5 shows a standard breaker 10X curve and the new high magnetic breaker 20X curve.
The high magnetic trip setting on these breakers will allow, for example, a 225A main panel circuit breaker to hold or stay closed while a fault downstream of a branch is cleared by the branch breaker. The upstream 225A breaker won't trip. In Fig. 3 the high magnetic 250A breaker (labeled "250A HM breaker") is represented with a straight red line, and all of the data points below that line are main breaker hold values. Fig. 6 illustrates the difference more clearly. The green boxes show a main breaker hold, and the red boxes show a main breaker trip for the new 250A high magnetic breaker. Short circuit events shown in the green zone won't nuisance trip the upstream 250A main breaker.
Welte, P.E., is a principal at EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Inc. in New York City, and Winter is a senior staff engineer with the Square D Co., in Palatine, Ill.


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Otterbein hosts two weekends per year where we encourage each and every alumni to return home. Homecoming is held annually in September and Alumni Weekend in April. During these signature events, we see approximately 500-1,000 alumni on-campus. As always, we would appreciate day-of event support. If you would like to be a part of the excitement, just email firstname.lastname@example.com and let us know of your availability and weekend of interest.
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How To Hook Up A Car Stereo System
Do you want to learn how to hook up a car stereo system? The first thing to do when looking to install a new stereo system in a car is to understand the basic components of the stereo system as well as the basic components of the car's wiring.
- The four main elements to consider are the subwoofers, the speakers, the amplifiers and the head unit; if you know how these things work and how they are wired, then you should have little problem in installing the system.
- The head unit is the brain of the entire system; it is what everything else connects to. Making sure it is in good shape is stereo-system 101.
- When looking to wire the head unit, each of the wires should be connected progressively in a certain order. Some cars do not have amplifiers or subwoofers, so the first things to connect are the speakers. The speakers are the basic sound projecting apparatuses, so they must be connected for the head unit to be any good. Once these are connected, then any optional external devices may then be hooked up. Install the wiring on the subwoofers and the amplifiers, if they have them.
- Once all of the wiring has been settled, installing the head unit into its resting position is the last thing that you should do. In some cases, this can even be done before the wiring, but for the most part, it should be saved until last. Make sure that no wires are crossed or split so that no internal electrical problems damage the stereo or run the battery down when the car is not running.
- The biggest issue that people have when trying to install a stereo system is faulty wiring. This can be avoided with just a little extra care taken. Once the head unit is wired and installed, make sure that it works by turning on the car and testing the system. If everything checks out, then the system should be good to go. If any problems arise, you might consider consulting a professional.
Even the smallest problem can result in severe damage to both the car and the stereo system. What is most important is that the wires are set correctly. If you do not know how to determine this, it can be hazardous to your safety.
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Dr. Canfield holds a B.A. in mathematics from Washburn University, an M.S. in mathematics from Michigan State University, and a D.A. in mathematics from University of Illinois, Chicago. Before joining faculty at Loyola, he taught for many years at National Louis University and one year as visiting professor to Yanbian University of Science and Technology in Yanji, China. He has worked extensively on curriculum, learning standards, and teacher preparation in K-12 mathematics both regionally and nationally.
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His research interests are primarily in K-12 mathematics education issues in teacher preparation, learning standards, international comparisons in mathematics education, in particular the Korean mathematics education system, and in college quantitative literacy. He is also interested in uses of computer technologies in learning mathematics.


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Sony's Insane Fear Of 'Piracy' Means Many Movies Now Suck In Digital Theaters
from the ridiculous dept
You might just think the issue is lazy projectionists who don't want to change lenses. While that might play a part... the bigger issue appears to be Sony's insane fear of digital infringement:
So why aren't theater personnel simply removing the 3-D lenses? The answer is that it takes time, it costs money, and it requires technical know-how above the level of the average multiplex employee. James Bond, a Chicago-based projection guru who serves as technical expert for Roger Ebert's Ebertfest, said issues with the Sonys are more than mechanical. Opening the projector alone involves security clearances and Internet passwords, "and if you don't do it right, the machine will shut down on you.'" The result, in his view, is that often the lens change isn't made and "audiences are getting shortchanged.'"Yes, the projector requires you to get security clearances and internet passwords just to change a lens... or it shuts down on you. Why? Because of the fear of the dreaded "piracy." Of course, all this really does, in the long run, is drive more such "piracy" by making people question why they should go to the theater for a crappy movie-going experience.
* Oh, and yes, it's pretty freaking cool that Roger Ebert's projectionist is named James Bond.


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Due to all the big changes currently happening with our editorial at M&B and Harlequin, the former Modern Heat authors have decided to suspend this blog for the time being....
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My husband and I decided to be a one-child family long before our son Oliver was born. With several years of reproductive-health scares behind me, conceiving a child felt like a Powerball win; I didn't need another chance at the jackpot. Scott thought we could avoid the inevitable slings and arrows of sibling warfare. We both hail from large families, in which continuation of the family name is assured through siblings and cousins. We were content with our decision, and our families took it well, too. A few months after Oliver was born, I bagged up my maternity clothes for a tag sale, and Scott started researching permanent birth-control options.
But one afternoon while absentmindedly sorting through blue and green baby clothes, the thought hit me like a punch: "I'll never sort through pink clothes." For years I'd imagined myself the mom of a daughter. After all, it had been a popular refrain throughout my adolescence ("I'll never tell my daughter what I think about her clothes," I'd intone to my mother). And I secretly hoped that my daughter would continue the tradition of attending my all-women alma mater.
It wasn't that I was disappointed with a son. To be honest, I was relieved the day we found out we were having a boy because I could work the experience of being the older sister to three younger brothers to the fullest. Hearing the door clang shut on my fantasy daughter, however, made me doubt. When acquaintances asked, "So, are you having any more?" my voice quivered when I answered no. A woman in my local mothers' group worried aloud, "How would you feel if something happened to Oliver and you didn't have any more children?" Did I really need another child as an insurance policy? One night when the anxiety felt particularly overwhelming, I asked Scott, "Is it okay if we hold off on that vasectomy for a while?"
"It's normal to wonder if you're making the right choices and decisions, no matter how many kids you have," says Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., author of I'm OK, You're a Brat! Setting the Priorities Straight and Freeing You From the Guilt and Mad Myths of Parenthood. "Even if you decided to have two or more children, you'd wonder if your life would have been easier with only one child."
Choosing to have one
Haseena Correia of Valley Stream, New York, mom to Zachary, 2, has long planned to have one child. "Once I understood how much work it takes to have a career and raise a child at the same time, I pretty much decided one was all I could handle," she says. Correia says being a one-child family allows her the right balance. "It gives me the joy of being a mother, but it's not too overwhelming to the point where I don't have any time for myself or my husband," she says. Financial barriers were also a factor in their decision. "With a mortgage, skyrocketing taxes, and two cars, we have to be a two-income family. Having another child is financially just not an option for us," she says. At some point, parents will need to ponder:
- Can we cope emotionally and physically with another child?
- How will we juggle another child with our jobs?
- Where do we want to be in three years? Five?
- How will another child affect our finances? What about our marriage?
- If we wait any longer to decide, will our choices be limited by our age?
There are social and emotional pressures to consider, too. "If your friends are having second—and third—children, you can feel left out," says Susan Newman, Ph.D., author of Parenting an Only Child. "Or you or your spouse may want more kids, but the other doesn't."
Sorting out our feelings on most of these things was actually easy for me and Scott. (It was the emotional pull that gave me second thoughts.) We have similar goals for the future, and we realized that with our temperaments, one child would be best for our marriage. We're happy for our friends who are having second and third children, but for us, Oliver completes our family.
When you don't have a choice
Sometimes the twists and turns of life narrow your choices or eliminate them completely. Jennifer Lawler of Eudora, Kansas, always thought having four kids sounded perfect. But when her daughter Jessica was born with life-threatening health problems and Lawler's uterine fibroids compromised future pregnancies, she and her husband knew Jessica would be their only child. Lawler says, "Raising our daughter was going to take a lot of emotional, physical, and financial resources. If I had any more children, I didn't think I could handle it."
Time made the situation easier. "It's a process of acceptance," says Lawler. "One thing that was helpful for me was not to focus on the past or the future. I put my energy toward making this the brightest moment. There were times when we thought Jessica wouldn't live, talk, or walk. She's done all those things, so I feel relief and gratitude."
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As you work out what's best for your family, you'll face some tough questions all around:
... from yourself
Laura Miller of Ottawa, Kansas, mom to Emma, 6, is undecided about having more children. "If finances and circumstances ever allow, we might have another child," she says. "But we're happy the way our family is now." She admits she still has fears. "My husband and I both have brothers and sisters—I can't imagine not having them to lean on. But after we're gone, Emma will be alone."
In my darkest moments, I've been known to worry about the unthinkable: With no other children, what would I do if I lost Oliver? But, of course, parents of onlies don't own the front and center on worry. "Parents fear for all their children," says Newman. "Families with a number of children are equally devastated and blown apart when a child dies—the pain is no less just because you have others." We need to accept that something so dramatic as death is highly unlikely and try not to live our lives in a state of anxiety.
...from others
"The pressure to have a second child is often greater than for the first," says Newman. But the fact is that the friends, family and even strangers who are exerting pressure aren't the ones who'll be caring for these future children till they reach adulthood. After Lawler's daughter was born, she answered her questioners with "We're going to take care of Jessica."
Sometimes intrusive questions and opinions can drive us nuts, which is why it can be helpful to look within before lashing out.
"When you are affected by this pressure, it means you're looking for that person's approval," says Jeffers. "Ask yourself, 'Why am I reacting this way? Am I afraid of criticism from this person?' As soon as you stop needing their approval, you can relax and appreciate the decision you made." Once a mom is feeling calmer, she can answer the critics with, say, "I understand you really want this, but it's not right for me" or "Well, thanks for passing on your ideas."
.. from your child
It happens: Many onlies will ask—loudly, often—for a little brother or sister, or wonder aloud why they're stuck being an only child. A straightforward answer is the best bet, says Lise Youngblade, Ph.D., associate director of the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida in Gainesville. "The last thing parents want to do is get into a negotiation," she says. Instead, respond with something like "We've decided that our family size is just right. There are lots of different kinds of families, and this is how ours is."
With an older child, you can point out that many of the advantages he enjoys as an only—his own specially decorated bedroom, for instance, or the one-on-one time he has with Mom and Dad—may be things he wouldn't have with a brother or sister. You can also try asking your child what he thinks would be the benefits of having a sibling. It could be as simple as having a bunk bed.
If a child's demands don't abate, Jeffers points out that "children complain, period." Parents with two or three kids sometimes hear, "Mommy, it's time to send the baby back to the hospital."
In my case, it took me time to say goodbye to my fantasy daughter, but when Oliver was 18 months old, I finally said to Scott, "Let's do it," on the vasectomy.
I'm very happy with my son and our decision, and I've looked for other ways to indulge my daughter needs. I volunteered as a Big Sister and counseled a 15-year-old on boyfriends. When I spot cute girly-girl dresses, I buy them for my friend's daughters. And I console myself that when I go through menopause, there won't be two hormonal women under this roof.


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The amount of phosphorus lost through runoff is typically small in relation to the amount that is added as fertilizer. Surface water resources receiving runoff are highly sensitive, so even small amounts of phosphorus lost from each acre in a watershed combine to have a large effect on water quality.
This guide discusses steps you can take to reduce phosphorus loss from your farm.
The primary way phosphorus leaves a field is through water passing over the surface of the soil as runoff.
Phosphorus loss from a field in runoff requires two things happen at the same time:
Most strategies to reduce phosphorus minimize the amount of phosphorus that is available on the soil surface when, inevitably, runoff occurs.
Follow these recommendations to reduce phosphorus loss from your farm:
Water infiltrating into the soil can also carry nutrients. Phosphorus loss by this pathway is limited because the soil acts as a filter, stripping phosphorus from water that passes through the soil.
Leaching of phosphorus through the soil is most likely to be a problem on soils with extremely high soil test phosphorus levels that extend far below the surface of the soil. Phosphorus losses to ground water can also occur where percolating water bypasses the soil matrix by moving through soil cracks. A shallow water table or tile drainage can further increase the potential for leaching phosphorus through the soil. This guide focuses on reducing phosphorus losses in runoff because these losses typically are much more of a problem on most Missouri farms.
The best strategy to minimize phosphorus leaching is to prevent overloading of the soil with phosphorus that leads to saturating the subsoil with phosphorus.
Erosion occurs when runoff water carries soil particles from a field. Erosion selectively moves the smaller soil particles that typically have the highest phosphorus content.
Erosion control can be the most effective means to reduce phosphorus loss from a field, particularly when erosion rates exceed sustainable rates (the soil's "T" value (tolerable soil loss value)). Erosion control often plays a large role in phosphorus control, particularly on tilled fields and fields in row-crop production. Erosion control is particularly important on fields where phosphorus levels in the surface soil are elevated well above what is needed for crop production.
To control erosion, work with your local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office to develop a conservation plan for your farm.
Runoff water passing over a field always contains some soluble phosphorus. The higher soil test phosphorus is in the surface soil, the higher the concentration of soluble phosphorus will be in runoff from a field.
Manure and other phosphorus-containing fertilizers include large amounts of soluble phosphorus. If you have a runoff event soon after a surface-application of one of these materials, the runoff will contain high concentrations of soluble phosphorus. Field research has documented fertilizer applications increasing soluble phosphorus concentrations over 100 times background levels.
In the days after surface application of phosphorus fertilizers, the applied materials react with the soil, dramatically reducing the soluble phosphorus available for loss in runoff.
High soil test levels increase phosphorus levels in runoff, but these changes are dwarfed by the potential losses associated with a poorly timed fertilizer or manure application.
Animal activities and management create areas in pastures prone to phosphorus loss.
Animals tend to congregate near water sources, shade trees and winter feeding areas. Consequently, these areas tend to have higher soil test phosphorus levels and more manure on the soil surface than other parts of the pasture. Maintain setbacks between these areas and water resources. Consider shifting winter feeding areas over time to distribute the nutrient benefits of these areas.
Manure on the surface of a pasture in winter and spring contains significant amounts of soluble phosphorus during a time when runoff is likely. Place animals in pastures where runoff is unlikely to reach sensitive waters during late winter and spring.
Keep animals out of steams and ponds. A single defecation by a cow in a stream can equal the phosphorus loss from a one-acre field during an entire year. Overgrazing along streams can also lead to excessive erosion initiated by hoof damage to stream banks.
Good! Improved pasture quality will reduce erosion and runoff more than offsetting any increase in soluble phosphorus concentrations in runoff due to higher soil test levels.
Bad! Any benefit from reduced phosphorus levels on the surface of the soil will be offset by the potential for excessive erosion from the tilled field.
Bad! There is no water quality benefit from splitting the phosphorus applications into two trips across the field. Splitting phosphorus applications will increase the cost of fertilizer management.
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| Common names: puffer (English), tamboril (Espanol), botete (Espanol)
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
White-spotted puffer
Heavy round body; head large, blunt; snout short; nasal organ is a double tentacle, with minute pits on opposing surfaces of each tentacle; eyes high on sides of head; jaws are a heavy beak composed of 4 fused heavy powerful teeth with a central suture on each jaw; a slit-like gill opening in front of the pectoral fin base; a single short- based dorsal fin at rear of body; a similar-shaped anal fin below the dorsal; dorsal rays 10-11; anal rays 10-11; pectoral rays 17-19; no pelvic fins; no spines in the fins; tail base as long as deep; tail fin rounded, with 10 main rays; tough scaleless skin, small spinules on head and body except snout and posterior tail base; no fleshy skin flaps.
Greyish to greenish brown with small white spots dorsally, shading to white below with curved dark stripes; pectoral base and gill opening alternately circled by narrow white and black bands.
Size: reaches 50 cm.
Inhabits shallow coral and rocky reefs and nearby soft bottoms.
Depth: 1-90 m.
Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific; northern Baja to Ecuador (except for the Gulf of California) and all the oceanic islands except Clipperton.


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The Gilder Lehrman Institute's digital exhibits can be used as interactive, immersive learning experiences for history scholars of all ages. These digital projects enable users to navigate through interactive maps, timelines, and digital exhibitions that highlight the strengths of the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Students with alternative learning styles can explore these digital tools that place history in geographic, temporal, and narrative contexts.


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WATER DONKEY Windsurfing and Kitesurfing center in Viganj Croatia offers you holiday packages for the 2013 season at special rates. Book through our website and get a DISCOUNT for your unforgettable Kite holiday 2013.Visit our center, take lessons, get your diploma and become a member of a happy Kite family. Welcome to your unforgettable holiday!!•
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Viganj today has become one of the most favorite windsurfing and kitesurfing spots in Croatia, for surfers all over Europe and world. Sea channel between Pelješac and Korčula and the wind that blows in it, provides ideal conditions for windsurfing and kitesurfing. Such conditions are due to its position at the narrowest part of Pelješac channel in which the wind gets multiple acceleration. The wind tends to blow twice as fast as it usually does in the Adriatic. In the summer, mistral (northwest) is blowing and this wind is the best for enjoyments in this sports. Mistral wind is perfect, constant wind and usually starts around 12am and picks up from 02pm to 08pm, the average strength reaches 5 beaufort, and if you are happy, up to 7!
The water is light choppy with a little bit of current because this is a channel, but nothing special. You can enjoy the most fantastic scenery because you can ride to the island of Korčula and it's really beautiful. It is not a sandy beach but it is very beautiful with a lot of kiters and windsurfers. The water is crystal clear. Morning is ideal for first steps due to light breeze, and the channel appears like a lake and gives a feeling of safety for beginners and children. In the last several years expansion of kitesurfing and windsurfing forms spectacular pictures in the channel.
All this enables ideal conditions for various competitions; it should be pointed out 1989 when the World Cup took place and 1990g. European Championship, in addition Viganj traditionally hosts the Open Championship of Croatia and Croatian Cup in windsurfing. This summer in July Viganj will host the Formula Windsurfing World Cup but the exact date is yet to be confirmed.
On the main beach Ponta in Viganj you have a windsurfing and kitesurfing center, rescue service, restaurant, toilet, beach bar, everything direct on the spot. I would suggest you stay in VIGANJ either in a camping site or apartments, because everything is within 1km


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Golden Gate Valley Reopened 10/15/11. LEED Gold certified
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In November 2000, the voters passed a bond measure for $106 million to upgrade San Francisco's branch library system and in November 2007, the voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition D authorizing additional funding to improve the branches.
Plans include seismic strengthening, accessibility improvements, technology upgrades, a small rear expansion, a new designated Teen Area, Children's Area with interactive early learning features, improved heating & ventilation, and a renovated program room for library and community programs. The historic integrity of this 1917 Carnegie will be maintained and the building restored to its original grandeur.
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ANNAPOLIS, MD — The U.S. Naval Academy honored one of its pioneers with the groundbreaking of the Wesley Brown Field House, a 140,000-square-foot athletic facility named for the Academy's first African American graduate, Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown. Brown was the sixth African American to enter the Naval Academy, and in 1949, became the Academy's first African American graduate.
"This world is changing very quickly," said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen at the groundbreaking ceremony. "But when you think about change with respect to diversity in our Navy and in our nation and you hearken back to the time when Wesley came to the Naval Academy, what a heroic step, what a courageous move, and what a long lasting and historic contribution he made."
The new field house will contain facilities for physical education, varsity and intramural athletics, club sports and personal fitness. It will also offer a centralized medical facility within proximity to outdoor fields.
Athletics play a key role in the mission of the U.S. Naval Academy to develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically, said U.S. Naval Academy superintendent Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt.
The $45-million construction contract will take about two years to complete.


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After nearly four decades of dressing almost exclusively in beige or brown suits, the time had come for me to learn about fashion. The precipitating event: My not-quite-3-year-old son had begun commenting—with unerring good taste—on my wardrobe choices. "Take that sweater off mamma," he'd command, as I attempted, far too late in life, to become the sort of girl who can throw on a crocheted wrap sweater. "Take it off," he'd cringe, as I tried to slide a new lace-trimmed Victorian jacket into the rotation. And last month, when I relented and let Isaac Mizrahi's Mini-Me dress me—in an A-line skirt (or "tutu") and black boots—a woman stopped me for the first time in my entire adult life to compliment my outfit.
When your toddler has a better eye than you do, it's time to learn about clothes.
So, I decided to do exactly what I did when I missed the whole semester of Intellectual Property: I bought all the books and studied them in one weekend. "I can learn this," I figured. "How hard can it be?" It might seem counterintuitive, learning to dress from a book. But there are dozens of titles out there suggesting that it can be done, and books seemed kinder and gentler than the angular giantess who works at my local Ann Taylor.
The central problem with books about dressing yourself, I quickly discerned, is that they are written by people who already know far too much. They have long since absorbed the rules of shape and fabric and heel height and have gone on to become the sort of people who wear jaunty hats and chunky belts and violet shoes.
People who think all day about clothing assume, for instance, that those of us who do not think about clothing have nevertheless internalized the basics: that we somehow know our body type, say, or which colors look best on us. Consider Dress Your Best:The Complete Guide To Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body, by Clinton Kelly and Stacy London of the Learning Channel's What Not to Wear. The book, which offers photos of people with 26 different body types, starts with the premise that you can locate yourself among them—that you know whether you are "curvy" or "extra curvy." When my husband found me holding Dress Your Best sideways, trying to read it like a map of Cleveland, he gently advised me—he has evidently known this all along—that I am "short-waisted." The best way to glean knowledge from this book, though, is to read the whole thing through, rather than settling on whichever of the 26 bodies is yours. You'll pick up good general information (pointy shoes make your legs look longer; wee little folk like myself should carry wee little purses). Still, it's no substitute for having London * and Kelly themselves show up to humiliate you on national television.
I had a similar problem with The Lucky Shopping Manual, by Kim France and Andrea Linett. The book is terrific, a sort of fashionista version of the owner's manual that came with your Honda. It explains what pants to wear with which shirts, and how the most basic garments should fit. (Who knew, for instance, that T-shirt length matters?) Nothing nutty, which I liked—just clean, simple style tips that are not intuitively obvious. Wearing a collared button-down shirt with a pantsuit, for example, is "dangerously masculine." If a personal shopper picked out my entire wardrobe in advance, the Lucky guide would definitely help me put things together. But since the outfits pictured do not encase real people, it was hard to tell which of these components might look good on me. The Lucky guide is about fashion, by the way. Not about finding your own personal style. The editors promote a single aesthetic—call it New York edgy classic—and urge you to adopt that.
Another useful book about fashion—but not style—is What You Wear Can Change Your Life, by Oprah fashion gurus Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, of the BBC's What Not to Wear. Even though the book showcases only two body types—Trinny's and Susannah's—it offers a ton of useful guidance without assuming you have a pre-existing fabulous wardrobe. The girls (who mercifully avoid the fashion-book tendency to describe one's breasts as "the girls") offer boatloads of advice about what to buy. For example: These women have a breathtaking command of the whole architectural/structural basis of underwear. This is one of those things fabulous women just know and the rest of us are never told: Several babies on in life, most women ought not to be wearing three-in-a-pack bikini underwear. One word for you: Spanx. Thank me later (email@example.com). Oops. Three more words while we're at it: Get measured and Ipex. You can certainly live just fine, raise lovely children, and save the rain forest without ever investigating these matters. But you can no longer say you don't know about them.
Here's where Trinny and Susannah ultimately lost me: A lot of the outfits they put together are just weird. They are, for instance, huge fans of the pants-with-dresses look. These women have such a distinct and dashing sense of personal style—again with the hats and the salad-plate-sized belt buckles—that, if you are someone who owns one skinny black belt and one skinny brown one, they sort of freak you out. Trinny and Susannah, in other words, assume you already have some style when they teach you about fashion.
This brings me squarely to Brenda Kinsel, whose book, Brenda's Wardrobe Companion, should have been my favorite. She doesn't just want you to dress better. She wants to help you express yourself. Bingo. Right? Kinsel, like me and many of my fashion-challenged sisters, is all in her head. She approaches dressing as a deeply psychological, almost spiritual experience. And she wants to start from scratch, with your childhood. This process involves binders and dividers and glue sticks and catalogs and also girlfriends and wine and music. It also involves excruciating self-scrutiny: Lengthy questionnaires probe "Where did your clothes come from? Did you baby-sit to earn money to buy your own clothes?" and "Did anyone ever make fun of what you wore?" As you work your way, possibly sobbing, through these myriad exercises, you are meant to discover that you have clothing issues, as opposed to a basic lack of clothing understanding.
Kinsel wants to work with you to unearth your innate personal style ("adorable," "classic," "eclectic," etc.), so that you can shed your beige suits once and for all. I dunno. I can accept Kinsel's basic premise: Under all my navy turtlenecks and skinny black belts there may lie someone who really wants to wear a prairie skirt and ruffled blouse to the Supreme Court. But I can't accept that after months of torturous self-discovery, I will become the sort of person who just intuitively gets it about the chunky pearls and the scarves. My lingering suspicion, even after Kinsel's painstaking rescue efforts, is that personal style is acquired early or not at all.
And that is why the best book I read was the plainest of the bunch: an unassuming little guide called Does This Make Me Look Fat? by Leah Feldon. Yucky font, boring line drawings and all, Feldon's book—which actually has almost nothing to do with fatness—is what fashion dorks like me most desperately need: easy basic rules for boring classic uniforms that will not horrify your toddler. Head-to-toe black. Vertical silhouettes. Garments that skim, rather than cling. Got it. And if you're short, skip the Capri pants. Skip the Capri pants! Why didn't anyone tell me? (My husband swears he did.) She mentions Audrey Hepburn a lot. But for the truly challenged, Audrey is about as good a touchstone as you can hope for.
Some women are inherently stylish. But for those of you who aren't, it is rules like Feldon's that will make you free. You won't come to love clothes, but you may start to think of them as allies rather than foes. You'll start to notice when things skim as opposed to cling; people may start to say you've lost some weight or ask about your eyeliner (Eyeliner? Are you drunk?). And one day your not-quite-3-year-old will cock his head and say, "Mamma, you look handsome." And that will be your signature personal style.
Correction, April 5, 2006: This piece originally identified the hosts of What Not to Wear as "Clinton and Kelly." Their names are Clinton Kelly and Stacey London. ( Return to corrected sentence.)


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CHANDLER, Ariz. — Richard David Lackie, age 80, of Chandler, Ariz., died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Richard David Lackie, age 80, of Chandler, Ariz., died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.
He was born March 10, 1932, at Emma L. Bixby Hospital in Adrian, Mich., to David and Ernestine (Scranton) Lackie. Richard was a 1950 graduate of Adrian High School. He attended Adrian College where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and graduated from the University of Toledo. He served six years in the U.S. Naval Reserves, including two years of active duty, and was discharged as a second-class petty officer.
He was a commercial manager at WABJ Radio and was the first general manager of WLEN Radio in Adrian. He was elected to three terms as a Lenawee County commissioner and was a district representative for Congressman David Stockman. He retired from Luce Press Clippings in Mesa, Ariz., where he was an account representative for 15 years.
He served several terms on the vestry of Christ Episcopal Church in Adrian and was a charter member of St. James Episcopal Church in Tempe, Ariz., and also a charter member of Living Faith Anglican Church in Tempe. He was a member of the Adrian Rotary Club and past president of the Horizon Rotary Club of Chandler, Ariz. He was a Paul Harris Fellow.
On April 4, 1959, he married Beverly J. Garrison in Adrian. He moved with his family to Chandler, Ariz., in 1981. He is survived by his wife, Beverly; his children, daughter, Karen Watson, and her husband, Michael, of Mesa, Ariz.; son, John Lackie, and his wife, Wendy (Mort), of Chandler; daughter, Joanne Benschoter, and her husband Glen, of Chandler; two granddaughters, Amanda, and Sarah and her fiance, Josh Hopper; and one great-grandson, Logan. He was preceeded in death by his parents.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Living Faith Anglican Church, 1945 E. Guadalupe Road, Tempe, Ariz., with the Rev. M. Keith Andrews officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Living Faith Anglican Church Memorial Garden Fund.


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This empty liquor bottle for "Wodka" features a scalloped label with bright, vibrant Polish illustrations of ponies and people getting down with instruments. Original cork is included. This gently used vintage product is in good condition.Country of Origin: VI
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Rangers fall to Angels, drop eighth straight
ARLINGTON -- Ten hits, seven runs.
The offense showed up Sunday in the Rangers' 10-7 loss to the Angels. That wasn't manager Ron Washington's concern.View Full Game Coverage
ARLINGTON -- Ten hits, seven runs.
The offense showed up Sunday in the Rangers' 10-7 loss to the Angels. That wasn't manager Ron Washington's concern.View Full Game Coverage
After their eighth loss in a row and 22nd in 25 games, Washington's message was the same that it has been for a matter of time now.
"We have to figure out a way to start getting our starting pitchers deeper into ballgames," Washington said. "We have to pitch."
That task proved to be a difficult one again on Sunday.
Scott Baker started the game, giving up five runs, all earned, and nine hits in four innings of work. Baker has been used mostly as a long reliever this season, but was used in a spot start on a scorching hot afternoon on Sunday.
After Baker, Shawn Tolleson came in for an inning of relief, followed by Neftali Feliz, Ryan Feierabend, and Neal Cotts. All four gave up a run, with Tolleson giving up two.
"You've got to get ahead, you've got to make pitches. That's what it's about, especially in the American League. There's a lot of hitters in the American League," Washington said. "That's a very relentless ball club over there. Every time you make a mistake, they make you pay. ... We've got to stop that stuff."
The Rangers took a 1-0 lead in their first at-bat when Alex Rios sent a sacrifice fly to center field and Daniel Robertson scored. Robertson had led off with a single to first.
The Angels responded, tied it, and went up 3-1 in the second inning. Mike Trout doubled to center, scoring David Freese, Efren Navarro and Chris Iannetta to clear the bases.
The Angels tacked on one more in the third before the Rangers had a three-run inning of their own in the bottom half of the frame. Rios struck again, this time doubling to right field to score Adam Rosales and Robertson. Adrian Beltre's RBI groundout brought in Elvis Andrus and just like that, the game was tied at 4.
"I made some bad pitches, especially 0-2 to Rios and Beltre," Angels starter Tyler Skaggs said. "It's frustrating. I threw some really good [curves] and some bad ones. Imagine playing in an oven. That's what it was like."
But Skaggs' offense was there to back him, and the Texas pitchers couldn't quiet it.
The Angels scored one in the fourth, two in the fifth and one in the sixth to extend their lead to 8-4. The Rangers cut the deficit to just one run by the end of the seventh, but the Angels scored one in the eighth and one in the ninth for the eventual 10-7 victory.
"You certainly need pitching, and we definitely have to get them on track," Washington said. "The bullpen you could see was dead. We just ended the first half and they were dead."
Andrus said that the All-Star break comes at a much-needed time for the struggling Rangers, who wrapped up the seven-game homestand winless Sunday.
Andrus said he hopes his teammates spend lots of time with their families, take a break from the game and come back refueled for a more successful second half.
"I believe in myself, I know my teammates," Andrus said. "We're going to play better baseball. Everything's going to turn around."
Grace Raynor is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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The Top 6: All About Designer Shilpa Rathi
Designer: Shilpa Rathi
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Design: Wild Indigo ~ Belize/Chauras Duvet Cover Set
Materials: Organic Cotton with Vegetable Dyes
Price Point: $499-$699 (Duvet Set 3 pcs. King, Queen & Full Size)
Luxurious. Stylish. Eco-friendly. My designs are a fusion of contemporary design of the modern world & ancient traditional Indian patterns. This duvet cover set is a perfect example of this fusion, boasting simple squares in Indigo on one side & a "Peacock-Inspired" traditional pattern I designed on the other side. The peacock is the national bird of India, and my favorite, as well. As a child, I often drew peacocks on my school notebooks. :)
• Shilpa's original entry with comments
I enjoy being surrounded by natural materials as much as possible, whether its fabric, brick walls, or exposed wooden beams. I like large windows that let the light flood in!
Some of my most favorite pieces hand-dyed in vegetable dyes can be found on the stair handrail or hanging on pieces of furniture around my studio, as they remind me of my passion.
My favorite designer is Architect Louis Kahn & my favorite design: the Institute of Indian Management in Ahemdabad, India & Exeter Library
I still remember the day when I visited the most remarkable building I had ever seen in my entire life, the Institute of Indian Management in Ahemdabad, India.
I was mesmerized & could not believe, what a statement one can make just by the simplicity, use of natural materials & the movement created by shapes, forms & light.
When designing the school, Kahn put into question how and where people learn. Learning was not happening strictly in classrooms, but in the corridors and the spaces in between as well. That approach made the whole difference!
Kahn's presence in the 1960s signals a turning point in contemporary architecture in post-independent India. He combined visually compelling spaces with drama as the changing light transformed the sensory experience of being in the building at different times of the day and night. He devoted his career to the uncompromising pursuit of formal perfection and emotional expression & created transforming, remarkable spaces. He strived to create & design the spaces as monumental and as spiritually inspiring as the ancient ruins of Greece and Egypt.
Kahn, with his theories of the architect's social responsibility, particularly in mass housing is definitely one of my favorite designer/architect who made a huge impression on me & a huge difference in the history of architecture, design.
"Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love" ~ Louis Kahn
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(a) MembersThe members of the Council shall be the following:
The Secretary of Homeland Security.
The Secretary of Defense.
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The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (or, in the absence of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) may, in the role of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as principal military adviser to the Council and subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the Council.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title IX, § 903, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2258; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, § 908(b), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3404.)
2006—Pub. L. 109–163 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
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After three years of war in Nuba Mountains, the indiscriminate bombardment and the massive human rights violation continue to escalate. During the last five weeks, the Jnajweed (Rapid Respond Forces as the government call them), were deployed in large numbers to several areas in Nuba mountains. The government media reported on April 26, 2014*, that the Janjweed militias were legal troops, affiliated with the National Security forces; and their mission in Nuba Mountains was to end the insurgency in the region during this summer.
يقول محللون أن العنف الجنسي والجنساني قد لا يكون ظاهرة جديدة في جنوب السودان، ولكن الأزمة الحالية والغياب التام تقريباً لآليات حماية المدنيين يؤديان إلى تفاقمه.
GENEVA (19 May 2014) – A group of UN human rights experts Monday expressed alarm after Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian woman pregnant with her second child, was sentenced to death and 100 lashes for marrying a Christian man and refusing to renounce her faith. Her trial did not comply with basic fair trial and due process guarantees, said the experts.
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SIHA STATEMENT, 15 MAY 2014, KHARTOUM: In a shocking decision that the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) strongly condemns, Meriam Ibrahim, the 27-year-old pregnant Sudanese women charged with apostasy and adultery, was given a sentence today of 100 lashings and execution by hanging at the Haj Yousif Court Complex in Khartoum. In explaining the sentence, the deciding judge, Abbas Mohammed Al-Khalifa, commented to the defendant, whom SIHA has been publically and confidentially advocating for since February, that, 'We gave you three days to recant but you insist on not returning to Islam. I sentence you to be hanged to death.' In a show of great bravery given that the charge of apostasy, which carries the death penalty, hinges on Meriam's claim that she is in fact a Christian, Meriam responded to the judge, 'I am a Christian and never committed apostasy.'
أدانت محكمة سودانية اليوم الاحد، فتاة سودانية ، تدعي مريم يحي ابراهيم ، بالردة وأصدرت المحكمة حكما بإعدام الفتاة، وامهلتها حتي جلسة الخامس عشر من مايو الجاري للاستتابة او تنفيذ عقوبة الإعدام.
The Sudanese civil society organizations conventionally celebrate the International Women Day on the 8th of March every year through many events to commemorate and promote the role of the Sudanese women in the society by organizing activities that demonstrate the various issues which reflect women`s contributions to improving their conditions and achieving social and gender justice from their different positions.
This year, after the extensive arrangements carried out by more than 30 organizations, including the formation of committees and designing the programmes and activities which had been planned to be held at the Nubian Club on that day, and which included following-up the procedures of getting police and security permissions a long with the early preparations for the entre details of the celebration which reflected the solidarity among women and the power of collective action, and depicted the organizational skills of each organizing group.
Press Statement
14th February 2014
The Ethiopian woman in Khartoum, Sudan, who was gang raped by seven men, has been denied by the Attorney General the ability to make a formal complaint of rape and thus instigate a full investigation. She has instead been charged with adultery which carries the potential sentence of death by stoning.
In August 2013, a young Ethiopian woman was lured to an empty property and then brutally gang raped by a group of seven men. The incident was filmed by perpetrators but was then distributed six months later in January 2014. Both the perpetrators and the Ethiopian woman have been arrested and initially investigated under Articles 153 and 154 of the Sudanese criminal code which relate to the making and distribution of indecent material and indecent behaviour.
November 21, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The trial of two Sudanese activists, are at risk of flogging for alleged 'indecent behaviour' has been postponed until 26 November.
Najlaa Mohammed Ali, a lawyer and human rights activist, and Amin Senada, also an activist, were arrested on 21 October in Port Sudan after they were found to be travelling in the same car together.
According to Amnesty International (AI), members of Sudan's police and security forces took the pair into custody after accusing Senada of placing his hand on Ali's shoulder. It said officers had threatened to use force if they refused to comply.
On 13 November two activists in Sudan are due to stand trial for 'indecent behaviour'. They are at risk of imprisonment or flogging.
On 21 October Najlaa Mohammed Ali and Amin Senada were arrested by members of Sudan's police and security forces who raided their car in Port Sudan. Najlaa Mohammed Ali, a lawyer and human rights activist, she met with Amin Senada, also an activist, to discuss the planning of a workshop. After their meeting, both of them got into the car that Najlaa Mohammed Ali had used to get to their meeting point. During the journey, their driver received a phone call and stopped the car to answer it. Minutes later two armed men came to the vehicle claiming to be from Sudan's Public Order Police. After that another six men from the police and security forces joined them. They accused Amin Senada of placing his hand on Najlaa's shoulder and ordered them to come with them to the Police Public Order Department. They threatened to take them by force if they refused to comply.


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Reposted from i.e., the Center for Energy and Environment's Innovation Exchange blog -- http://mncee.org/Innovation-Exchange/ie/
CEE's Ben Schoenbauer has been travelling around the country recently to share his work to improve the efficiency of domestic hot water systems. His current research project is evaluating the energy savings potential of integrated space and water heating systems, also known as dual integrated appliances (DIA) or combination systems (combi systems). He has been presenting this work to both researchers and practitioners. In support of his outreach, the Innovation Exchange created five animations to show how the parts of the various systems interface and to allow comparisons between them.
The first animation is a conventional hot water and space heating system where a tank storage water heater supplies domestic hot water and a forced air furnace provides space heating to the house.
The second animation shows a combi system where the tank storage hot water heater is used in combination with a hydronic air handler (hot water rather than hot combustion gases from burners circulates in the heat exchanger). The water heater supplies the hot water to the air handler to supply space heating to the house.
The third animation is a combi system where an instantaneous, or tankless, water heater has replaced the storage hot water heater. This combi system does not create the standby losses that would occur with a storage tank full of hot water.
The fourth animation shows a combi-system that uses a hydronic boiler rather than a domestic heater as the hot water source.
This final animation, based on results from CEE's field research, lays out the factors that influence the installed efficiency of a combi system.
The motion graphics animations were designed and produced by Huma Saqib.
We hope that these animations will improve your understanding of these systems, whether you're an appliance expert or a homeowner investigating possible energy improvements. Feel free to link to or embed these videos from this blog post, our resource page, or our YouTube site.
Related Innovation Exchange project:
Retrofitting Integrated Space & Water Heating Systems
Related posts:
Residential Water Heater Calculator
ACEEE Hot Water Forum
DIA Lab Field Trip
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I wish that I would have had a better design plan when we built our first house.
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We are optimizing for a max return water temp of 107 F, typically we get about 100 F. But, we are forcing the systems to delivery 115 F or hotter air temperatures to be comparable to a condensing furnace. If we had better designed duct systems and didn't have to worry as much about cold blow, we could easily reduce air temperatures and return water temperatures.
Great comment Bill
Ben, what is the return water temperature range you are seeing?
I think there has been some confusion in the comments. We are looking at replacing existing forced air systems with forced air combi systems. So the installation costs are only from the water heater and air handler. In the retrofit homes we are using the cooling equipment isn't changed.
Bill, the animations weren't supposed to convey all the detailed information, just give an introduction. We are publishing the results from the project in a set of Building America reports. The first one detailing the laboratory testing and optimization is available at www.mncee.org/dia
I agree that better controls to that can modulate the fan and pump will significantly improve these systems, these controls are part of our 2013 research plan. Currently our systems are setup up to operate at their optimized performance. The air handler kicks on when the thermostat calls for heat and turns off when the space has been heated. We only see a couple degree change in return air temperature during a cycle. We have a larger enough water temp drop over the air coil (about 40 degrees) that return water temperatures stay low throughout the cycle.
Our systems are open loop,(no external HX). The high efficiency equipment use stainless steal or other corrosion resistant materials. We have worked with the manufacturers and are confident in the durability as long as water quality (ie softness) is maintained.
Ben, these animations are great, but they lack real information like; what kind of control system are you using, the second image in the optimal installation hits 85 % efficiency when running optimally, but what happens when the house warms and return air temps increase and water return temps increase? Now you are back at 120F water return temps. I am using 3 speed manual selecting pumps because I have not found a way to control a var speed blower and pump that is still cost effective. I think that is all that is lacking to make these systems feasible. Also are you using a flat plate HX to separate systems so you can run anti-corrosion/calcification chemicals or are you just cleaning the systems often? I am very excited about these systems, but I don't quite have it dialed in yet. I anxiously await your reply.
Patrick, the one down side of combi-systems is they don't play nice with solar thermal. Caleffi's new 25 gal solar storagehttp://www.caleffi.us/caleffi/en_US/Site/Press_lounge/Press_release... tank gives you an indirect tank with electric back-up and 2 internal heat exchangers, this allows one for solar and one for a tankless water heater. Here is a link to their Idronics manual for solar combi-systemshttp://www.caleffi.us/caleffi/en_US/Site/Technical_library/Idraulic...
As for emitters, Runtal radiators outperform all others. Radiant floors are nice but they are not as efficient as modern flat panel radiators since the radiators also cause convection in the tubes in the back of the radiator. Think of a heat source that only radiates and is only separated from a perpetual heat sink by R-10. Not so great.
Current system baseboard or radiators? Floor - Expen$$ive. I have it in my bathrooms, it is awesome. I can run higher temps because there's not much surface area, so it doesn't boil you out. If you have an extra $20-30k in the budget, awesome!
How will you cool and dehumidify? Probably with a heat pump, right? A device likely to cost less to run than your boiler. A device that can handle fresh air needs, humidification, and dehumidification.
That house on mini-splits, or a standard split, in VA, if I had to guess would take 2-3 tons and probably consume 5000-10,000kwh year for heating and cooling.
So if the in floor is a luxury item you really want, definitely go for it. (Hopefully it won't mean you shortcut the heat pump quality.) I don't know your KWH rate, but if it's like ours, at $500 a year you are not going to cut any meaningful money out of your energy bill.
If you DON'T do it, put the electric mats in the bathrooms. Not only is it wonderful, if your feet are warm in the bathroom you can keep the house cooler. I think cold bathrooms mean thermostat bumping, they do for me.
I have been very interested in this approach to space and water heating since I got into the HP game.
I am actually trying to purchase a house, and have been spending significant time thinking through how to heat and cool it if the deal goes through.
The house is in dire need of much rehab work, but the bones are good and the current heating system is hydronic. No AC.
My preference (based on my formative years in New England) is to go DER (deep energy retrofit) on a budget. R-20 walls (above grade), R-13 foundation walls, R-10 slab, R-60 attic, and R-5 windows. Try to hit a blower door number near 1,000 CFM for a 1.5 story house containing roughly 2,500 square feet.
I want to keep the hydronic heating, but was considering one of those European combi systems (such as that from Viessman), or a condensing boiler with an indirect tank. In both cases I wanted to have solar thermal back-up.
So, I have a bunch of questions, and could really use the advice and guidance of the experts. One question is your combined thoughts on going with in-floor radiant heat throughout the house.
Thanks in advance.
Bill, the Triangletube products seem to have stainless steel innards, look like a high-end product, but even their combination products hardly feel like "appliances" to me.
When we say "appliance" I'm thinking this is something that can live in the living spaces with a home owner. A box with lots of pipes coming out of the tops and sides is "equipment" and it usually goes in a dedicated space or closet with other such equipment. I think my disappointment here stems from the expectation the discussion would be about an Appliance.
Now, if you look at a Nibe unit from Sweden, yes, that is an applance. It looks like a refrigerator and can sit in a laundry room. They combine domestic hot water with hot water heat using heat pumps, electric, or solar and wood burning heat sources - integrated, combi, whatever you like to call it. These do everything you all are talking about setting up with so much trouble. They simply drop in next to the washer, connect a few pipes, and your HVAC is set up. No more complicated than a washer and dryer. That's an appliance.
I'm not trying to say that forced air combi systems should be installed in every home tomorrow, but I think they are a good option for some homes and a very good idea to continue to develop.
These systems work really well for low load homes. We are installing them with higher input condensing water heaters and supplying more than enough capacity to homes with loads up to 50 kBtu/hr, as well. My cost analysis isn't complete and their our lots of variables, but these systems will almost always be cheaper than installing a condensing furnace and a condensing water heater.
System design is very important, the size of the air handler pump, coil and fan will make or break these systems. I have data from 20 fulling monitored test homes where our sizing and installation specifications resulted in return water temperature between 95 and 105 degrees. The next step is to remove the dependence on design to ensure high efficiency. There are similar design and installation concerns with condensing boilers and high performance air condition systems.
BILL, THANK YOU! That is a fantastic post!
We need people to understand the importance of DESIGN! From Robert Bean's writing:
Firing a high efficiency boiler to high temperatures with a programmable thermostats does not change the fact that the boiler is behaving like a mid efficient appliance.
As noted in Part I, for energy conservation it is not enough to just install programmable thermostats and upgrade ones old mid efficient boiler to a new high efficiency unit unless the boiler can actually operate at the conditions necessary to deliver its high efficiency rating.
What do we mean by this?
It means a boiler rated at say 98% only achieves 98% when it sees less than 80 deg F (27 deg C) return water temperatures (Fig. 2) regardless of the heaters Energy Star rating or use of programmable setback thermostats. This is not a trivial matter as the cost to upgrade equipment and controls can be significant and all will be for not from an energy perspective if it doesn't lower fuel consumption.
For condensing equipment to optimize we must avoid full throttle. Optimizing heat replacement is in direct conflict with using setback. Not sure how to convey this concept.
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Stratton has a four hectare working farm with a wide diversity of livestock and nursery plants. The children use the unit extensively in and out of lessons.
All Year 9 students will take Agriculture lessons as part of a rotation. These lessons reinforce the science curriculum and environmental education, and also help students to develop personal work skills such as taking responsibility, nurturing other living things, how to form good working relationships, and how to keep safe etc.
The subject is offered as an option at KS4 when students may choose to undertake a practical National Vocational Qualification at Level 1 or a GCSE in Agricultural and Rural Science.
At KS5 students can undertake National Vocational Qualifications in either Horticulture or Livestock Production at Level 2.
There are opportunities for students to enjoy farm activities during lunchtimes and after school. Older students lead younger colleagues in caring for plants, poultry, pigs, cattle, sheep, farm machinery and the farm buildings. These farm clubs prove very popular and help new students to settle into Stratton. New year 9 students frequently tell staff that being able to access the farm at lunchtime is one of the most important aspects of the school.


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Grades: Middle School (6–8)
Subject: Visual Arts, History—Social Science
Prerequisites: For teachers with any level of proficiency in teaching with works of art, and students of all skill levels.
Throughout history, virtually every world culture has expressed its spiritual beliefs in visual form. Artists have used their craft to explore their own personal beliefs, to visualize the ideology of an organized religion, and to examine and understand the spiritual beliefs of others.
The two lessons in this unit encourage students to think about how artists engage with religion in two very different ways—as participants in the creation of organized religious spaces, and as observers and documenters of the religious rituals of another culture. Connections to California State content standards for visual arts, English—language arts, and history—social science are listed in each lesson plan.


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WHITTIER — LA KISS of the Arena Football League will hold an open tryout Sunday at Whittier College, prompted in large measure by the success of defensive back A.J. Cruz, coach Bob McMillen said.
The KISS found Cruz at an open tryout and "he's quickly proven an excellent addition for us, both on and off the field," McMillen said.
Cruz, a standout at Santa Margarita High and Brown University, is seventh in the AFL in kick return yards. His 58-yard return of a missed field goal for a touchdown in a 70-21 loss to the Spokane Shock May 4 was selected as the AFL's Highlight of the Week and was sixth on ESPN "SportsCenter's" top 10 plays of the day.
The registration fee for the tryout is $100. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the tryout at 9 a.m. Players need to bring shoes for field turf, water, tape and identification. Trainers will not tape players.
More information about the tryout is available by calling (714) 462-KISS.
"If we can find another dynamic player like A.J. who can help us with the schedule ahead this was a win," McMillen said. "If we find two, even better."
The KISS, which is in the midst of a bye week, is 2-8 in its inaugural season and has lost seven consecutive games.
"We've had some trouble getting all of the pieces clicking at the right time," McMillen said. "Injuries have hurt us a bit. We've seen flashes of great play across all three phases, but not at the same time. We're evaluating certain things and expect to improve over the course of the next few weeks."


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Homemade Beauty Recipes (Good for Gifts too!)
If you are looking for some great holiday gift ideas or a special treat for yourself, look no further than these great homemade beauty recipes from Erica Katz.
Holiday Body Scrub
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup almond oil or olive oil
1 tbsp vitamin E oil
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
Mix all the ingredients well and add to pretty jar and tie with a ribbon for a beautiful homemade gift. To use: Massage the scrub all over your body to gently exfoliate the dead skin. Rinse with warm water.
Fall Facial toner
¼ cup witch hazel
¼ cup green tea
¼ cup grapefruit juice
Mix the three ingredients and put into a spritz bottle. After cleansing, spray the tone onto a piece of cotton and clean excess dirt and oil off your face.
Essential Oil bath for Relieve Congestion
6 drops eucalyptus oil
3 drops peppermint oil
3 drops spearmint oil
Add the oils to running bath water. Be sure to avoid your eyes. Relax in the tub and inhale the steam from the bath.
Honey Vanilla Bath Foam
1 cup of olive oil
½ Cup of honey
1 tbsp vanilla
½ Cup of liquid castile soap
Mix together these ingredients and put in a beautiful jar to give as a gift. To use: add 5 drops to running bath water and luxuriate in the foam.
About Erika Katz:
A beauty writer as well as a former child model and actress, Erika Katz has been a beauty junkie nearly all her life. Using her experience from her days working in the beauty department at Seventeen, cosmetology classes and lessons learned through her extensive work in television and modeling, Erika created a beauty guide that served as the foundation for Bonding Over Beauty, A Mother-Daughter Guide to Self-Esteem, Confidence and Trust. From product and styling tips, such as how to create the perfect ponytail, to at home recipes for creating an organic facial scrub, Erika explores it all in her book, in which she includes her own experience as well as information from interviews with top beauty experts.


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Naturally White: Whitewashed Kitchens
White kitchens are light, airy, bright, fresh. But when all white seems too stark, we like the idea of whitewash. It lightens everything up but still allows the natural beauty of the material (be it wood, brick, stone...) to show through:
This means there is still a hint of texture (and even color, in some instances) even though the material is white at a glance. We've rounded up some examples to inspire you. Now, as far as technique goes, we've never done this ourselves but there appears to be a good source for whitewashing kitchen cabinets over at eHow.
Remember, you'll have to start with a natural material (think solid or wood veneer cabinet doors) - not plastic laminate or melamine - for this to work since it lets the base material show through. It's a great option for revamping wood cabinets whose natural hue you feel is too red, dark, yellow, fill in the blank...
What do you think? Do you like the soft, not-quite-white look of these kitchens? Or do you prefer stark and perfectly white? We like the whitewashed look when it's in a relatively sleek and streamlined kitchen, just to keep a little materiality and prevent it from feeling too cold and sterile.
Related: Soft and Serene Belgian Kitchens
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A DIY sports bra made from a pair of panties.
Amy was supposed to meet her friends at the gym one morning, but couldn't find a sports bra in her dresser, so she just grabbed a panty, cut out the crotch and wore it as a sports bra. When her friend Jess noticed she told the rest of the girls in their gym class. Now everyone in their group wears branties.
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