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Recirculation occurs at reduced flows and is the reversal of a portion of the flow back through the impeller. Recirculation at the inlet of the impeller is known as suction recirculation. Recirculation at the outlet of the impeller is discharge recirculation. Suction and discharge recirculation can be very damaging to pump operation and could be avoided for the continuous of pumps of significant energy level or pressure rise per stage.
Diagnosis from Pump Operation
Suction recirculation will produce the previously mentioned loud cracking noise and around the suction of the pump. Recirculation is of greater intensity than the noise from low NPSH cavitations and is a random knocking sound. Discharge recirculation will produce the same characteristic sound as suction recirculation except that the highest is in the discharge volute or diffuser.
Diagnosis from Visual Examination
Suction and discharge recirculation product evaporation damage to the pressure side of the impeller vanes. Viewed from the suction of the impeller, the pressure side would be the invisible, or underside, of the vane. This is unlike cavitations damage from inadequate NPSH that occurs on the low pressure surface of the inlet vanes. Damage to the pressure side of the vane from discharge recirculation is shown in the drawing. Similarly the casing tongue or diffuser vanes may show cavitations damage on the impeller side from operation in discharge recirculation.
The presence of suction or discharge recirculation can be determined by monitoring the pressure pulsation in the suction and in the discharge areas of the casing. Piezoelectric transducer installed as close to the impeller as possible in the suction and in the discharge of the pump can be used to detect pressure pulsation. The data may be analysed with a spectrum analyser couple to an XY plotter to produce a record of the pressure pulsation versus the frequency for selected flows.
Corrective Procedure:
Every impeller design has specific recirculation characteristics. This characteristics are inherent in the design and cannot be changed without modifying the design. An analysis of the symptoms associated with recirculation should consider the following as possible corrective procedures:
- Increase the output capacity of the pump
- Install a by pass between the discharge and the suction of the pump
- Substitute an improve material for the impeller that is more resistant to cavitation damage
- Modify the impeller design


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Domestic violence is something which is dealt with very seriously in the state of Florida. Considering the seriousness of the injuries caused and the presence of any past history of household brutality, the crime can be charged either as a misdemeanor of a felony.
Our domestic violence attorneys have seen cases of household brutality in break-ups, contested separation or legal battles over the custody of the child if there is any.
While several states in the US have enacted laws to prevent domestic violence, the state in Florida gives legal options through the courts – criminal and civil – whereby the residents of the state can seek injunctions.
As per Florida's laws, household brutality is defined as a type of offense committed against a family member. Domestic violence includes offenses committed against the spouse, former spouse, the co-parent of the offender's child or anybody else having a blood or marriage link with the offender.
The crimes that are qualified as household brutality under Florida's laws include assault and aggravated assault, battery and aggravated battery or sexual assault or battery, stalking, kidnapping, etc. The offense charged as a domestic violence depends on the specific cases. If the prosecutor can prove one of the aggravating factors as set by the state's laws in a particular case, a charge of aggravated assault or aggravated battery can be brought in and under it, the offender will be charged with a felony, inviting severe punishment.
Misdemeanor or Felony?
A case of domestic violence may be seen as an assault – a second-degree misdemeanor – or an aggravated assault – considered a third-degree felony.
A sentence for misdemeanor ranges between sixty days to a year while somebody convicted of the third-degree felony may see an imprisonment going as far as five years.
A case of household brutality charged as a felony of second degree can result in imprisonment of up to 15 years.
Battery may also be charged as a misdemeanor of first degree or a felony of the third degree.
If a victim of a domestic violence case has an injunction against the accused, the state may prosecute the violation of the order as a misdemeanor of the first order. Anybody who is convicted of a first-degree misdemeanor may get a sentence of up to one year.
Domestic Violence: Getting Injunction For Protection
A victim of the domestic violence may move the court seeking protection by filing a petition. The plea is about getting a court order issued to the offender. The right to seek this safeguard won't be affected even if one has left a residence of the household.
The court will fix a date for the hearing as early as possible, and if it decides that there is a danger of domestic violence, it can issue an order to the accused which is called a temporary injunction. It can do so even in the absence of the accused.
What Protections Do The Injunctions Provide?
Here are some of the safeguards that the injunctions provide against household brutality:
Stopping the respondent (against whom the victim has sought protection) from committing violence.
Giving the petitioner the exclusive right to use and possession of the two sides' shared place or preventing the respondent from entering the former's house.
Giving temporary support to minor children or the petitioner till the expiry of the injunction.
Any other relief which the court thinks necessary for the victim's protection.
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Finland's Elina Helenius and Saara Renvall Partner with Tales By Trees Minimalist Decor to Address Over-Consumption and Promote Net Positive Design
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HELSINKI, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Finnish start-up Tales by Trees has joined forces with textile artist Elina Helenius and designer Saara Renvall to introduce a new minimalist art piece with a message. This week, Tales By Trees launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund the Seed, a series of individually numbered ovoid sculptures made from Nordic wood, which stems from the collaboration. The campaign will also include the first English printing of the brand's award-winning art book series; three fairy tales about the relationship between nature and humanity.
The Seed is the first in a series of introductions for the art and design market from Tales by Trees. The brand will introduce new designer collaborations and net positive designs in 2018 in categories including decor and wall art, home textiles, jewelry and books. Each design will be developed to support the company's net positive model, increasing natural resources and achieving a measurable benefit to the natural environment. With each introduction, Tales by Trees hopes to give its customers an opportunity to combat climate change and biodiversity loss with simple, but impactful designs.
Tales by Trees was founded to address the problem of overconsumption. "Almost everything you buy decreases natural resources, even those you usually consider green products," says Founder Markus Pyhältö. "When people talk about sustainability, they typically only think about material use. We wanted to go beyond that and take into account everything that goes into production, including energy use, emissions and transportation. We wanted to see if we could develop design solutions that actually increase natural resources."
When Pyhältö met Helenius and Renvall, the trio discovered a common interest in achieving a design solution that would give more back to the planet than it takes. Between them, Helenius and Renvall share a knowledge of surface, spatial and furniture design. Combined with Pyhältö's passion for net positive design, the Seed emerged as a simple concept with a positive impact on the earth and a strong message for eco-conscious design lovers everywhere.
Pyhältö also teamed up with scientists and organizations to ensure Seed production could have a truly regenerative impact. With a mission to combat global deforestation, for every tree cut to make the Seeds, Tales by Trees will plant 1250 new trees and protect over 2500 ft2 of forest. Though the brand sources its materials and inspiration from certified sustainable Nordic forests, its regenerative efforts are focused elsewhere. Almost seventy five percent of Finland is covered in forest-land. By planting trees in tropical Africa, where they're better able to reduce the effects of climate change and benefit local communities, the brand can achieve a more powerful impact. Tales by Trees hopes to expand its regeneration campaign as it grows. "This is just the beginning. In the future, as we introduce more net positive art and design, we aim to diversify our positive impact to benefit more regions around the world," says Pyhältö.
Committed to transparency, Tales by Trees makes data for each and every product it develops available to both the general public and the environmental science community. It hopes to provide a model for how to achieve both a product line and a business model that is completely net positive. "There're so much new wood-based bioeconomy innovation in Finland that it will give our scientists, artists and designers almost endless possibilities to develop net positive products to solve global challenges," says Pyhältö. "When our customers buy these items, they are not only getting elegant art and design, but they're also rebuilding the planet. Each and every purchase affects all of us, every person, and the planet Earth."
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Let s not forget that Swiss also have ability to sell cold air in winter time as tourist attraction. Heck, they are even able to sell mountians as tourist attactions. Imagine, you pay to go break knee and listen guide about some less fourtunate famous rich lady which died by falling in to profound you are looking at.
As I said before, Trump was brilliant in Davos.
If he can walk the line through the corrupt morass in D.C. and still get some business done then Davos corruption should be a cakewalk for him.
He was comfortable 'in his own skin' of the business culture and in that frame of reference was a statesman.
Isn't that what he's been criticized of NOT being for the old establishment?
Well, President Trump has developed a 'new' framework for this:
standard definition "a person who exhibits great wisdom and ability in directing the affairs of a government or in dealing with important public issues. "
Now substitute public issues with economic/business/trade issues.
Trump is learning.
My favorite cheese, Gruyere is from Switzerland…
Mountains stopped the Nazi's who would believe that. Basal, Switzerland is totally flat farm land right on the edge of Germany… Only history books could sell such a lie… and it worked…
Corruption, Corruption…God has given not just America another chance. He has given the world…Trump commanded the room when he went in there. Not one of those guys has an original thought. Trump on the other hand cannot think any thoughts but his own.
We can add the BIS aka THE BANK OF INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS, ie the central bank of the central bankers aka the supreme robber of the robber central banks, and as such a pox on humanity, and the BIS is based in Switzerland.
Agree with Pieczenik 200%.
No, Davos is really dead, 100%. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3o-JEwecpc
You served under Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Bush Sr!
These should have been jailed for crimes against America!
You need to expose Bush and Nixon's roles in JFK's murder.
Ford interfered with the WARREN REPORT.
Carter, the self-professed advocate for human rights demonstrated quite the penchant for bloodshed. While he didn't initiate any aggressive invasions of foreign nations the way his predecessors and successors did in Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Afghanistan and many other countries, Carter proved remarkably generous at providing financial, military, diplomatic and ideological support for fascist dictatorships that tortured and killed millions of members of their domestic populations in an effort to crush popular movements for social justice. Some of the regimes he backed carried out mass slaughter that amounted to genocide.
You sound like left wing pagan. You must kill communists around world. Why you would not kill and torture KGB agent trying to take over some country. You left wingers are worse then right wingers because you pretent you are 1. americans, and 2. you care about workers while your only goal is official Satanism (cult of bureaucracy). You sound like FBI.
We have too many enemies crawling around. I was on YT chat of Richard Spencer and asked him about him being not christian, therefore, pagan. Of course he did not answered even I asked him 40 times, but some others answered me that we need to go back to religion of ancestors. They are totaly against culture also. Only division among people are pagans and non-pagans. Enemies are all same, their only goal is to abolish western christianity as obstacle to their total power. That is only game in town. I am astonished how Bible is right about system. This is magnificent. Left wing and right wing are atheist/pagan 100%, and they should be exluceded for having right to buy/sell and have ability to talk and write. David Icke is also pagan. They are everywhere on all worldy positions.
Is the Holy Spirit a pagan concept? I hear very little insight on the true nature of the Holy Spirit from anyone. How should a Christian culture approach it?
I know that you can curse even Jesus, Mary, Father him self, but never Holy Spirit… Never curse or insult Holy Spirit, I guess because Holy Spirit does not have anything with any human form.
Satan and everyone below (Satan and his squad are strict monolithic hyrarchy, just like politbureau of communist party (of China for instance) even they all are pretending they do not have dear leader and that they have some democracy inside them self), are all manifesting them self as worldy effects, same as demons are. Holy Spirit is not manifesting it self on any worldy way, which could be described by the laws of this world, nor it ever had any form which could be connected with any loss of life in any form. Therefore cursing Holy Spirit is ultimate active evil (why would anyone attack Holy Spirt??, there realy is no any worldy reason for that). Pagans all have on other hand manifestation of some sort based on nautral laws and techiniques.
Ah i forgot, left wingers are more disgusting then worldy right wingers because: 3. left wingers really do think they are good and just, unlike their worldly/pagan/atheist brothers from right who at least openly wants to kill majority of white christian kids in their goal of trying to pure their steppe tribe. But problem is us for allowing such to even be alowed to gasp even one breath. Do we really have to return to middle age and start burning infidels on public squares, as important example toward our kids, why we are allowing such to eat with us, let them starve together in their Pagania… We really do not need to build anything with them. War and killing of enemy is allowed in Bible.
Trump just signed off on surveillance of the American people and talking nuclear. It seems the neocons are winning.
Please advise.
David Frumm on Bill Maher, we are one step away from communism (rule of bureaucracy), but communism were rich will still be formally allowed. Imagine Jeb Bushs just more fat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQqU87tMpe8
Corporations + UN/EU bureaucracy just need Chinese army and Chinese polit bureau for world government to start. TO stop that USA must stop all civilian institutions founded by government, they must be abolished, every and each one of them. Because bureaucracy cannot fire anyone from bureaucracy, nor can anyone from bureaucracy put someone from bureaucracy in prison. And in capitalism where every bureaucrat can in same time can have right to be rich and have own private comapany that is total destruction of whole society. Military person while active cannot be rich, nor role is heriditary. Therefore all civilian institutions must go under direct military command. While plutocrats (corporation) must establish own non hyrarchical advisory council in the office of president together with military secret service bosses and they must form own council also. Those two councils together with president should rule, meaning concil of military secret services bosses – generals, president as military leader and council of plutocrats (corporation leaders). 3 votes, one each – decisions made by majority of votes. Generals should have role of state governours and take role of senators also with all powers not limited by council, senate abolished. Congress abolished. Generals – governours apointed by united council.
Trump has removed the unions from the Veteran's Administration and in his State of the Union speech he proposed extending that policy across the entire federal government. All the civil servants and Obama/Bush/Clinton stay behinds can earn their keep or hit the road.
Bureaucrat gets fired only when higher notice lower seeing him losing whole bribe he was given to share with bureaucrat above. In that case lower bureaucrat gets removed right away.
It is obvious, they are importing inbred warm calf eyed pagans and puting them on position so that full program of Margaret Sanger can finally start. Bureaucratic EU/Germany/Sweden are reviving NAZISM as their only goal to protect their own bureaucracies. King in Sweden is slave of bureaucracy, and bureaucracy united with capitalists abolished clergy (christianity), aristocracy, military and plutocracy. All what bureaucracy is missing are concetration camps to form own controlled slave economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygBVTQTTt48&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=wwxnI0062b4jikS–6
Lower forms of life, therefore those who think they will be saved because they are good people… Therefore those who are not in book of life, they all are under direct command of Chinese communist party and Xi JinPing. They must do it for own boss. They must give life for their bureaucrat above. It is question of commander and slaves. Slaves are there to work. And if you look slaves they really do always work. Yes problem of this society is that females are not respected, that must be eradicated, but females sholuld not become males and serve Xi JinPing as way to gain respect. That is treason, plus they will go to hell for ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRm7hv-3ZI
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…OK, so it's not exactly new. It's a Palm Tungsten E2, and I am so anxious for it to arrive!
The original Palm Pilot was the first gadget that I was truly (clinically) addicted to. I spent nearly every waking hour poking around at that thing – much like today's teens and their cell phones.
My first palm device met an untimely end when I left it
in my sub freezing automobile for an entire school day. It did not survive the torture test.
The broken Palm Pilot was eventually replaced by the Palm V. I liked the rechargeable battery, metal case, increased memory, and backlight. The Palm V was my first eBook reader. I didn't like the design though…thought it was ugly.
The not so attractive Palm V got replaced by a smartphone. However, the handsome Palm T|X persuaded me to trade my smartphone for a dumb phone and return to my beloved brand of PDA.
The Palm T|X was the opposite of the Palm V – it had an attractive design, but the hardware just didn't function up to par. My main issue was the display – the digitizer was junk. I sold the Palm T|X on eBay and got an iPhone, Palm went bye-bye, and I thought PDAs were a thing of the past…until this weekend.
I got a little case of gadget fever, so I started browsing eBay for inexpensive gadgets. I looked at the NEC Mobilepro 900…I always wanted one of those, but it was too expensive (still not cheap!). Then I caught myself looking at the Palm devices and reminiscing. I did a little research and found that replacing the junky plastic digitizer with a higher quality glass one was something I could do. I bid $26 on a T|X and lost it in the last second.
I went back and did a little more research. The Palm Tungsten E2 has the same shape as the T|X (which I love), but with a shiny chrome finish…nice. It has an old style graffiti area, compared to the T|X graffiti area that would hide when not in use. I didn't have any trouble with the displays of my older Palms…good. The E2 has Bluetooth but no WiFi… good for battery life.
So, I went back to eBay and searched for an E2. I found one for $15 + $5 shipping and got it. Now I'm waiting for delivery. While I wait, I'm searching for some apps. I think I'll even do an unboxing. This is so much fun!


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After reading Dana Wallert's article, 34 Stumbleupon posts that aren't crap, I am feeling inspired to write about one of my favorite web services, StumbleUpon.
StumbleUpon is a great browsing experience, you find great content quick. It learns what you like, so great new content keeps on coming. Because of this it is a terrible procrastination tool, but I won't hold that against it. As someone who publishes content on the net I also have an interest in StumbleUpon for the purpose of generating traffic to my blog.
I will look at two main factors of Stumble related traffic: 1) User related or organic traffic 2) Stumble algorithm related traffic
When looking at algorithm, audience score seems to be a huge factor, and it is defined at Venture Skills:
Every stumbler has an audience score, and in the old days stumbleupon told you what your score was but have since taken this facility away. The audience score was based on number of fans, number of pages thumbed up, number of pages thumbed down and number of reviews written. The score is what determines how much stumble juice a person carries.
The audience score has one other factor stumble history. If a stumbler initially stumbles a site and the site receives a large quantity of thumbs up their audience score increases, conversely if they initially stumble a site and it's thumbed down their audience score goes down. Stumblers who stumble a site after the initial stumble also have changes to their audience score but not to the same extent.
…… and in the comments:
The initial stumbler's audience is a huge factor as you say quite a few of our experiments when run resulted in null results even when I would stumble immediately afterwards and one particular stumble which had nearly 20 thumbs up had the total of 8 visits from stumbleupon. Interestingly this post which has received a large quantity of thumbs up has very little traffic via stumbleupon. The reason the first few stumblers were people who read the blog and regularly stumble it, now that non regulars are thumbing it its starting build traction.
What are 4 questions I would like to know about StumbleUpon:
- Does having more friends on StumbleUpon help the sites "You" submit do better?
What I think: As it is possible to browse friend stumbles, I suspect that this does help get more user related organic stumbles, as the article will get more hits from those that are browsing user stumbles instead of categories. However, I would caution just adding anybody. I am more likely to browse the stumbles of those who I know. I am interested to see what they find interesting, however I am not so interested in what some random is interested in who has just added me to their friends, along with 199 others (I believe the limit is 200). The article from Venture skills also states that the initial stumbler's audience is a huge factor in the algorithm, and the amount of friends you have is a factor in audience rating.
- Does writing a good review for an article when you submit help it perform better?
What I think: I suspect writing a positive review helps get more hits from the Stumble algorithm, however it is hard to prove. Also as reviews are visible on the stumble profile / blog of the user who wrote them it will definitely gain some more user related organic hits.
- Is stumbling user profiles worth while?
What I think: I read that stumbling user profiles is a good way to promote your friends, however, after reading about audience rating, I think you should be very careful about submitting or stumbling any content which you believe will not become popular.
- What is the weight of thumbs up versus the weight of thumbs down?
What I think: I have 2 trains of thought on this topic. The weight of a thumbs up has the same weight as a thumb down. Or the weight of both are related to the audience score of that user, as such a thumb down by someone who is new would carry little weight, where as a thumb down by a power user is likely to carry a lot of weight.
After researching this article I think I have come to two major conclusions:
- Only submit and thumb up articles which you think are very good and have a high chance of becoming popular.
- Using stumble more will help add value to the weight of your votes, but only if you rating sites with the value they deserve.


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So, as i mentioned i am currently working on The Collapse, or rather, i am kind of redesigning it. I was brainstorming with Lateman this weekend and he had a nice idea for a graphical design concept. But more on that in another post.
To be able to achieve what we had in mind i had to redesign the leveleditor from scratch. No more boxes, cubes, and spheres.
One technical hurdle was getting convex triangulation with holes to work. I was scrolling through a couple of papers earlier today, and i got a good glimpse of... well i wont be shitting you, i didn't get most of it. I currently don't care much about how it is solved technically, considering that it is quite a complex topic, so i further ventured through the internet looking for resources. Eventually i found this.
I am using the C# version by Erwin Perik, ironically the High performance version by Salvatore Previti, well the sample anyways, was pretty slow. We're talking about ~1 second for around 150vertices slow. Kind of curious since they both are derived from the same base code.
So what am i gonna do with it? I am feeding it a series of vectors in order to receive a generated surface i can texture.
|Simply simple
What i am looking for is, after all, a concave polygon with holes. So when feeding it with proper data, it was more looking like this:
|Oh, why you be so convex :(
Just then i was remembering a rule to determine if a point is within an arbitrary shape or not, which is: draw a line from a point you chose to a point anywhere within the shape, and make an intersectiontest with every bordering line segment. Is the amount of intersections even, the point is inside the shape. Is it odd, it lies outside.
So what i can do now is simply define an anchor point within the shape, calculate the center of each triangle, and do intersection tests with the border segments, check the amount of intersections and voila:
|Concave, with holes, not all that complex after all
So i guess this is kind of cheating, but it works, and quite fast too. I worried that it might take a week to get it working correctly, but thanks to the internets it just took a couple of hours \o/
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Most asset class funds are designed to track the performance of established "market" benchmarks, such as the S&P 500 (large US company stocks) or the Wilshire 5000 (all US company stocks).
Although such asset classes have consistently generated results superior to those of actively-managed funds and independent money managers, it is important to recognize that many popular asset classes were developed as simple indicators of financial performance, and were not intended to serve as blueprints for actual investment strategies.
Indeed, selecting the appropriate asset class funds and the most appropriate mix of the funds is critical, since a portfolio's asset mix is the single most important determinant of its performance. Financial economic research has shown that the asset allocation decision explains approximately 95% of the variation between portfolio returns. In contrast, active efforts to "beat the market" - such as market timing or stock picking - tend to have a negative impact over time.
There are three primary "factors" which influence portfolio returns:
It is important to understand how this information is used to develop an appropriate asset allocation for your portfolio, using asset class funds that capture asset class "risk premiums" better than funds based on popular market benchmarks.
Most investors intuitively understand that small company stocks are riskier, in general, than large company stocks. It is less intuitive, however, to recognize that value stocks are riskier than growth stocks. Most investors would agree that the stocks of companies with slower earnings growth, lower product market share, questionable management and other challenges (i.e., distressed or "value" stocks) are riskier than companies with positive earnings projections, strong market positions, solid management and rosier prospects (growth stocks). As a result, value stocks sell at lower prices than growth stocks. A lower price translates into a higher cost-of-capital for these companies, which, in turn, translates into a higher expected return to their investors. Growth company stocks generally sell at much higher prices on average, have a lower cost of capital, and thus generate a lower return on capital for their investors.


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Copula-Based Factor Models for Multivariate Asset Returns
Department of Economics, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstr. 16, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Econometrics 2017, 5(2), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/econometrics5020020
Received: 29 September 2016 / Revised: 3 May 2017 / Accepted: 3 May 2017 / Published: 17 May 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Copula Models)
AbstractRecently, several copula-based approaches have been proposed for modeling stationary multivariate time series. All of them are based on vine copulas, and they differ in the choice of the regular vine structure. In this article, we consider a copula autoregressive (COPAR) approach to model the dependence of unobserved multivariate factors resulting from two dynamic factor models. However, the proposed methodology is general and applicable to several factor models as well as to other copula models for stationary multivariate time series. An empirical study illustrates the forecasting superiority of our approach for constructing an optimal portfolio of U.S. industrial stocks in the mean-variance framework. View Full-Text
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Have you wondered how you can get a blue reflective vertical address sign with reflective silver numbers for your mailbox post? Made of the same tough materials as road signs these home address signs are reflective so that emergency crews don't have to struggle to read your address at night.The cost is $10 per sign (covers the cost of materials), and can be ordered from the fire department.
Bad Weather Well-Being Checks
The Jefferson Township Fire Department also performs well-being checks during severe weather. For some of our elderly or ill neighbors, a storm can turn into a life threatening experience. Firefighters will check on these at-risk residents to make sure they have adequate heating systems, and to determine whether they are using heating devices that could pose risks of fire or carbon monoxide poisoning. A phone call, a knock at the door, and a helping hand might make all the difference, especially for someone living alone.
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Breakingviews: The private equity divide
Nov 11 - Richard Beales and Jeffrey Goldfarb talk about why the shares of Apollo, Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR no longer move in lock-step and why it's mostly good for the buyout business.
That time was investors in things that speak publicly traded private equity firms. We're pretty much the same. No longer the case to the polar had some great innings -- -- -- underlines the big difference right what would you have what does that mean you know the last one of the last big firm to go public was really Carlyle. A year or so ago. And -- in the year prior to that if you looked at that stock charts of Apollo Blackstone KKR and -- -- on the product yet but those three. You could overlay those stock charts and other words think they've moved lock step and it was a really curious phenomenon particularly because. What should Karlsson these four firms -- you and ask the private equity in the sense but. They all have very different ultimately sent to load of realistic blacks as realistic KKR's big balance sheet. Apollo is very much an investor in debt. It's -- Europe -- they've all got a different way of Cingular told by the Soviets that similarly on the analysts into. Focus on this. Management -- income right to safer but you know you took a private equity guy did anything they care about is the carries the game -- put up Blackstone kicked off -- actually fortress investment was the the first one to go public in February of 07 and lots of entertainment device and talk about six years now. I think initially what it was and it analysts and investors generally know how to think about these animals made. So what they did was then they compared them to traditional -- -- to -- -- he's got a lot that's that's right management and so -- -- that Rick -- -- writes that they would -- they constructed the sum of the parts models like really -- with that ended up doing is putting a lot of focus on -- so steady match in 2% one half percent and none -- it up on these huge gains and losses and the whole model is and it's not. It's not T. Rowe Price it's not you know black and these guys are in -- it to make big bets to invest money it returns. We carried interest of the profits the ridiculous that's really where the juices. And -- the -- -- started to look at the companies differently and -- -- is that the sewing up right in saying that this this in a period of credit that was trying to. Get rid of to exit at a pro certainly Apollo has been a huge seller Blackstone as a big seller these days and so what you're seeing and now is to that of the -- that those who is now so you've seen this great separation stocks were you at Apollo -- 120% blacks and up 8%. Carlisle last unfortunate but you see the difference now that's what's -- now. You know that the flip side of the millions and that's a good thing to have that title to be that if there's a bad period. You of these see the same kind of effective that's right exactly I mean but what you. You know what's this is good for the industry met everybody they're not model with it right on the -- the bad thing is that what this means is that investors are looking probably short term. They're probably very focused on hey who's returning money -- who's who's selling a lot of stuff. And distributing earnings and so what you may end up I was as it is a big portion of the shareholders kind of jumping around looking for returns. Right which is why I think part of the reason he -- disparity stock prices but it. Thanks to particularly great separation of product because of some of mold breaking news for you tomorrow.


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Robert Plant
myjastika.blogspot.com - Former lead singer of the band's legendary lirikus well, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant solo career back with the project and issued a new album ready to start the tour in September.
This is her first album in collaboration with the Band of Joy. Previously he has also issued an album RAISING SAND in collaboration with bluegrass star Alison Krauss in 2007. The album was hard to sell 700 000 in the UK and three million copies worldwide. and give the award six times at the Grammy Awards.
This time with the Band of Joy, Robert Plant issued a single, Angel's Dance will be released on 6 September 2010. As quoted from a music-news.com single was released by e-single format which becomes one with his video that can be viewed on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LREVZSIcL8. While for the same album with his band named Band Of Joy, will be released Sept. 16.
Official Facebook Robert Plant has also issued a contest where fans of Robert Plants are 'like' facebook pages Robert can win tickets to see the secret appearance by Robert Plant and Band of Joy. Pamer Gandengan di Emmy Awards
Lucky winners will get a chance to come to a show in the title personally with locations in central London in secret on September 1, 2010.
To schedule a tour in the UK they will be held in September and October. Wednesday, September 1 and 2 September in the London Forum for the month of October Tuesday 26 October in Cardiff, St David's Hall, Wednesday, October 27 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and Sunday, October 31 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester
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On Thursday night of our annual and wonderful ICFA convention in Orlando, I took photographs of the five flash plays that Sean Dixon recorded on my video camera.
Here in Nebraska, I formatted the data into five separate plays in HD. You can watch the play on the blog or just click on the title to go directly to You Tube.
Play ONE: The Three Spaces of Eve
Written by Matthew Sanborn Smith
Brett Cox as Roy
Jennifer Gunnels as Eve
Alayne Peterson as Annie
Directed by Carrie J. Cole
Play TWO
Written by Andy Duncan
James Patrick Kelley as Verden Fell
Stephanie Neeley as Rowena Trevanion
Frances Auld as Talise Tremaine
Directed by Kelli Shermeyer
Play THREE:
Written by Jeannie Beckwith
Andy Duncan as Ernie
John Kessel as Leo
Directed by Carrie J. Cole
Play Four:
Written by James Patrick Kelley
Written by James Patrick Kelley
Francine Auld as Emily
Alayne Peterson as Tonya
Max Gladstone as Manny
Directed by Kelli Shermeyer
Play FIVE:
Written by Kit Reed
Max Gladstone as Bob
Jennifer Gunnels as Cora
Marco Palmieri as Alphonse
Directed by Carrie J. Cole


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For this blog post, I must start in the middle before starting at the beginning.
For lunch today we went to Leftovers. All the reviews say it is the best and everyone I have talked to recommends it.
I ordered the sweet potato crusted Wahoo fish over a salad with mixed greens, green beans, mango, and onions with a key lime garlic dressing. Weird I know. I almost didn't order it because I thought the flavors seemed strange. It turned out to be one of the best salads I have every tried.
Huck ordered the parsnip and onion crusted fish with mixed greens, pears, and an apple dressing.
We both agreed they were both incredible and we will go back again. SOON!
We let him run free today, and he did a great job staying with Huck. I wasn't surprise. He follows Huck every where!
Now back to the beginning.
This morning we rode our bikes to the Abacoa Community Garden. We helped plant Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, remove weeds, and make wood stakes to hold up the tomato plants.
I used the swiss chard and Japaneses eggplant for dinner tonight.
Swiss Chard
- 3 Cups Swiss Chard- Chopped
- 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Cloves Garlic- Chopped
- Crushed Red Pepper to taste
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Heat pan over medium heat.
- Add oil and garlic. Make sure not to burn the garlic.
- Add crushed red pepper and chard.
- Saute until greens are wilted. About 5-10 minutes.
- 1/4 Cup Fat Free Italian Dressing
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1/2 Cup Panko Bread Crumbs
- 2 Japaneses Eggplants- Sliced 1/4-1/2 inch thick
- Cooking Spray
- Jar Pasta Sauce
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Mix together dressing and salt and pepper.
- Coat eggplant in dressing and coat with panko.
- Add to a lined baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
- Spray tops with cooking spray and cook for 15 minutes.
- Serve with sauce.
- 1 Tbsp Al Sauce
- 1/2 Cup Beer
- 1/2 Cup Water or stock.
- 1/2 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Cup Mushrooms- Sliced
- 1/4 Large Onion- Chopped
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Remove steak for pan and add mushrooms and onions.
- Mix together A1, beer, and water.
- Add mixture to pan and stir up all pan drippings on bottom of pan.
- Add butter, salt, and pepper and allow to reduce and veggies to soften 3-4 minutes.


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You know that card in your wallet, the one they stamp at your coffee shop so you get a free cup for every ten you buy? Well Apple has a program like that too. Except it's for customers who buy lots of computers, not coffee. Apple's IT-focused loyalty program provides discounts for schools and businesses that buy $5,000, $35,000, and $200,000 worth of Apple products each year, respectively.
Apple seems to value their enterprise customers more than ever, as they've recently made some improvements to the program. According to TechCrunch, Apple has bumped up the discounts for many Apple store products by a couple of percentage points.
The discount on Macs has increased from five percent to six percent off for the lower tiers, and jumped up as high as eight percent for the large scale buyers. Third-party accessories got an even bigger price cut, rising to a ten percent discount, up from five percent before the switch. (There are exceptions, though, for the less business-y accessories like the Jawbone Up or Beats headphones.)
iPads, on the other hand, remain at a two-to-four percent discount, depending on the model and tier. That said, Apple has also added a bulk discount for customers who purchase at least 50 tablets at once.
The biggest changes, however, are first-time discounts on both unlocked iPhones and Apple TVs. Pairing the Apple TV discount with a bulk iPad offer may be aimed at getting more schools to put iPads in their classrooms. Using Airplay and an iPad has to be a major improvement over that old slide projector, and it's definitely quicker than using that easy-to-lose adapter. If every student has one, they can put show their work right from their desks. The iPhone discounts have not yet been determined, but it's a safe bet they'll sport a similar discount to the iPad, under five percent.
So if you're in IT and looking for an excuse to get new Macs in your office, you've got a pretty good excuse to upgrade or make the switch.


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Those of you who have been reading this blog for awhile might remember this image:
It was taken during a previous winter's snowstorm. Since I've left my job a the newspaper I rarely drive this route but while running errands the other day I turned down Peck Road. Here's the same spot, just about 20 feet to the left of the original image:
It was all I could do to keep from running off the road when I spotted this gargantuan skeletal structures rising from what once was a corn and soybean field. This property had been acquired by the town park district but I have no idea what this is. My knowledge of local current events has suffered since I left the paper. In that environment you could barely keep from being informed.
Perhaps I'm insulating myself from the daily realities of developments push and shove.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
winter crypt
We visited this site before but with a fresh cover of snow it looks quite different. This lies directly across the roadway from an old farmstead. The farmhouse has been torn down in the last couple of years but the outbuilding remain and it's a retail feed supply store that sells vegetables and pumpkins in season.
At one time the very busy state highway was just a country road. The crypt is carved into a low hillside that was once a railbed. Just on the other side of the crypt and hillside are million dollar homes including one so large that the first time I saw it I thought it was a public building - a library maybe. Yes, that large.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
merry christmas
Merry Christmas to everyone.
This photo is an oldie but it's one of my favorites. It was our Christmas card one year. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
local superhighway
My neighbors on the hill assure me that our property is a major superhighway for wildlife. That came as a suprise to me because I rarely, if ever, see animals in our yard. But tracks don't lie and there are plenty of them after a fresh snowfall.
Bunny tracks are easy to spot. These were made by deer and are visible out of our office window. Another main artery of travel is visible from my upstairs studio. I'm up there all day long with large windows uncovered. Why don't I see the deer?
Perhaps they make their commute early in the morning when I'm still groggy.
The interesting thing is that these tracks appeared shortly after the last snowfall and I checked them every day after that and the pattern remained static. There were no further passages in the following days.
Learning how to read animal tracks and trails sounds like a very interesting subject to investigate. Can you read tracks?
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
perpetual Christmas
The nearby abandoned property stands in a state of perpetual Christmas. The icicle lights, swags and wreath have been in place for years, back to the time when the house was occupied. Bushes have grown and over time have literally swallowed up the entrance. As I said before, nature has gone about her business of reclamation.
A member of our neighborhood watch committee called the sheriff's office and got some information. It seems there was a burglary in progress the day of the activity. The story starts to emerge as I remember that a year ago, out of curiousity some of the neighbors stopped and looked in the windows. They mentioned major water damage in some areas due to a deteriorating roof. But the most curious thing was that they reported the house is filled, sometimes to the ceiling, with merchandise, most of it still in original packaging.
Last summer a young man drove through the area asking neighbors if they'd seen a green truck driving around. He explained that someone in a green truck had stolen stuff out of his house.....yep, the abandoned property. My son said it seemed odd because he was a very young man. Certainly not someone who could afford 3 acres and a large house.
My best guess is that it's the storehouse and base for a fencing operation. The Brothers Grimm meet the Goodfellas out on the prairie.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
the unquiet woods
We live in a very small community. The most excitement in recent times was when the Pierce's baby Jesus was stolen from the nativity scene in their front yard, and the flag-waving, top-hat wearing hot dog figurine was stolen from the hot dog place about 2 miles from here.
Although I photograph alot of abandoned farms, there are some fairly modern properties that are also abandoned. The most visible one lies 1/4 mile from our home. It was once a beautiful and well kept home of an unusual architectural design. About 10 years ago I was working nights and at any time of the night the television would be burning bright in the family room. A perpetual bluish glow streamed from the windows. Then it became apparent that the house was empty.
There seemed to be a caretaker living in the coach house a short distance from the main house. Cars began to accumulate in the space between the two buildings. Nature went about the business of reclaiming what was rightfully hers. Fences fell into disrepair and the large area in front of the house took on the look of a wild prairie. Christmas decorations hung frozen in time for years and years. Huge trees along the roadway died and stood like ghostly sentinels, threatening to flatten passing cars in the event of a strong wind.
At some point it became apparent that the caretaker was gone. That's when things truly went wild. Sheriff's police started showing up regularly. No one knew the nature of the trouble but a couple months ago they led someone away in handcuffs. Squatter?
Today as I turned out onto the main road four Sheriff's cars flew by lights flashing but without sirens. As I approached the dip in the road which marked the beginning of the property I counted five police cars and more approaching fast from a distance. The woods are deep between the house the the stream to the west. Standing around the house were at least 5 officers with what appeared to me to be guns drawn. Can you see one in the photo above?
No word yet what difficulty would draw such a force but it should be in tomorrow's newspaper. Stay tuned.
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
sugar forest
A light snow fell while we were sleeping. It frosted the ice covered trees with a coating the turned the landscape into a sugar forest. The fresh snowfall creates a blank palette for the animals to create new patterns.
My neighbor up on the hill swears that a family of deer pass through my property each day. I can't deny her claim because their trail is left in the snow but my timing is not good because I rarely catch a glimpse of them.
One Christmas however they gave a fantastic showing during our family gathering. We were all sitting in the family room in front of the large window. The large blue spruce at the back of our property were artistically draped with fresh snow. The younger children were opening their gifts when 6 deer, including a 10 point buck, strolled into the yard and stopped, perfectly centered in the view. They posed, looking all the world like the regal animals that they are. The buck raised his head and surveyed the landscape. The children gasped and let out a squeal. All at once they screamed, "Santa's reindeer!!! Santa's reindeer are in the yard."
At this point my nephew turned to me and asked, "What did you have to pay the deer to do that?"
NOTE: If you check out the right hand column you'll see a link to my newest blog, "At Home With the Farmer's Wife". I know, I know, there are a couple of other efforts of mine that are languishing, unattended. I promise to make a better effort on "At Home". After almost three years of tramping around the countryside recording the decay of the farms and the advance of civilization I thought it might be fun to also come inside and see what goes on in the farmer's house. Thanks as always for reading and supporting my creative efforts. It's greatly appreciated.
MEME Fact #6 - I have the rarest blood type - AB Negative. My husband has the second rarest - AB positive. He claims that when he was in the army they were constanting waking him up in the middle of the night to donate blood.
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Friday, December 14, 2007
Everything is covered with a layer of ice which reflects the light and transforms the landscape into a magical fairyland. All is not sweetness and light beacause many trees have been damaged by the ice.
When I say that everything is covered, that means everything. Every blade of grass and cattail, every tree, every piece of corn stalk stubble. I'm not knowledgable as to whether the ice causes damage due to what I will call the "magnifying glass" effect. If any knows, please share.
Recently Alicia over at Posie Gets Cozy wrote an entry about her memories of beautiful snowfalls and all things winter wonderful in the Chicago area. This of course is my stomping ground as we are 50 miles due west of Chicago. I was transplanted to Texas for four years and I can relate to her longing for the beautiful Christmas eve snowfall, the special snowfall of crystal diamond snow. The Eskimo's have many, many words for snow and if you live in snow country you can relate.
Anyway, thinking about Alicia's story helped me to realize that when you live "away", you remember only the beautiful, precious and magical memories of winter. Your brain selectively forgets the difficulties, dangers and sometimes dowright ugliness of the season. Think greyish black slush everywhere and roads drifting over with 5 minutes of the snow plow's pass.
It doesn't matter because I'm all about selective memory loss! So here's an image for all those midwesterners living afar and trust me that it's literally impossible to capture the spectacular beauty of the scene with a camera.
MEME Fact #5 - I'm the first person in my father's side of the family to be born outside of Florida. There were among the first white settlers. I'm the first person in my mother's family to be born outside of Tennessee. My great-great-grandfather and his four brothers were given land around Charlotte, Tennessee as partial payment for their service in the Revolutionary War. I'm a hybrid...a northerner by birth but a southerner by tradition.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
matched pair
It was not uncommon to see long horned steers when I lived in Texas, but they are very unusual in northern Illinois.
Norm, the local farrier, keeps these two on their nearby property. They always bring a smile to my face. Norm's wife Margie always says they're his pets.
MEME Fact #4 - I went to high school with musician John Prine and actor Dennis Franz (Dennis Schlachta back then).
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
iced berries
Yesterday we woke up to a mini-ice storm. It was nothing like the dangerous storms that hit Iowa and Missouri, although some of our trees were heavily weighed down with ice.
The temperature warmed up and it began to rain. This was our Hawthorne tree whose berries were heavily coated with ice.
MEME Fact # 3 - I've visited and climbed most of the major Mayan temples in North America, and some of the smaller ones too. We still haven't visited Copan but I'll rate the Tikal temple complex in the Peten region of Guatemala as the most impressive and magical places I've ever seen.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Here's yet another abandoned farm in our area. It did find a second life a couple years ago when it was purchased by a religious group (Hindu, I believe) that used it as a gathering site and community center for young people. It was nice to see it revitalized and alive with activity.
I'm not quite sure what happened, perhaps the group found another more suitable site, but this property was once again abandoned and is waiting for either demolition or revitalization.
MEME FACT #2 - Remember, I've been tagged by Betty Western to complete a list of 7 random facts about myself.
I was clunked over the head by one of anthropology's icons - Margaret Mead.
As a young undergraduate studying anthropology I was put in charge of organizing a dinner in Margaret Mead's honor. She was slated to speak at our school on one of her lecture tours and after the lecture the anthropology department would have a chance to meet and greet her at the dinner.
The lecture went off without a hitch and I approached Mead to escort her to the dinner venue. She looked like something out of a Grimm's fairy tale, short and stout in a voluminous cape that trailed behind her in the wind. She carried a large walking staff, think Gandalf the Wizard in the Lord of the Rings. Her countenance should have given me a clue to her general disposition but being young and so enthusiastic about meeting one of the field's icons I blindly charged ahead. I wondered about her crabby nature. Her active career was over and she had been relegated to the task of lecturing and holding up her image without a chance of building upon it, perhaps that made her crabby.
I was interested in how an anthropologist goes about choosing who or what they will ultimately specialize in. Since my great-grandmother was a Seminole my interests were focused on the American Indian culture. And so, in my youthful exhuberance I turned to Mead and asked, "Why did you choose to study the Samoan culture and not work with the American Indians?
"I wouldn't work with the Indians, they always want something in return." To which I replied, "Gee, I wonder where they learned that."
Her reaction came quick and sharp as she turned slightly and hit me over the head with her large walking staff. Ouch! I'd just been assaulted by my icon!
"Impertinent!" she declared. And there I was faced with a crabby legend with feet of clay (at least in my eyes).
Years later I became friends with renowned anthropologist and author Ellen Fitzsimmons Steinberg. When I recounted my long-ago encounter with Margaret Mead, she laughed out loud.
"You're not anyone unless Mead has rapped you over the head!" she said.
It seems that it was Margaret Mead's modus operandi and I learned that she had not chosen to work in Samoa, but had been sent there by Franz Boaz.
Ellen Fitzsimmons Steinberg is a truly giving woman who has created a fascinating life for herself in the field of anthropology - - a truly admirable icon. Be sure to check out her books on Amazon.com.
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Saturday, December 08, 2007
christmas in the town
You might think that our community is only about abandoned buildings, barns and livestock, but that's not true. There are some lovely towns nearby and I've always found the original downtown areas to be more to my liking that the manufactured shopping experiences of the mall variety.
Once a year at Christmastime the city of Geneva, Illinois holds its Christmas Walk. All the shops are open late and most have refreshments and special treats. The police block off Third Street, allowing the throngs of people to shop and mingle without traffic.
Chicago Hyatt Regency's pastry chef Alain Roby and his lovely wife Esther organize a Gingerbread House competition that raises money for charity. (More about that later. The farmer's son and I have an entry!)
I really appreciate the wonderful independent restaurants in our area. They're a class unto themselves and so much more interesting than chain restaurants.
As I was walking around shooting photos I came across this scene. It emphasises the fact that our community is truly about people and the lives they are creating.
MEME ENTRY: Remember when I said yesterday that I'd been tagged by Betty Western? Her meme assignment is to list 7 random facts about yourself. It seems wierd to be doing this because my photoblog has never been about me, it's been about th elocal culture, environment and community. So here goes:
It occurred to me when pondering about what facts people might find interesting, to do it from the perspective of my children. Think about it for a moment. Did you ever imagine that your parents were actually interesting people in their own right, that they were once young and vibrant and had adventures? I know I didn't think of my parents in that light. So I've chosen 7 facts that break the farmer's wife out of the boring wheat-bread-baking model.
Fact number one: At one time in my career I held a top secret clearance with the U.S. Government.
I can literally hear my children rolling on the floor in laughter. Remember the movie "True Lies"? Yeah right, mom was a spy???? Not a spy but during the Vietnam war I worked in the publishing field and our company has a contract to produce spec and repair manuals for the U.S. Air Force jets. During a time of war working with information to do with military hardware required a top secret clearance. You can imagine my mother's suprise when F.B.I. agents appeared on her doorstop as part of the clearance process.
If any young people are reading this I challenge them to question their parents about interesting and unknown facts about them. Only after my father died did I learn he was on board his Naval ship in the Sea of Japan when the instrument of surrender was signed with the Japanese.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
This is a pedestrian bridge over a busy highway. It's a bike/hiking trail that was one a rail bed. It's interesting to see how things can be used after their original purpose has passed.
I'm thankful for folks like the Reeds on Hanson Road, who bought the old two story store on Empire Road that was slated for demolition. They moved it to a space on their property and spent over two years renovating it.
Betty Western has tagged me for a meme. I've been blogging for almost three years and I believe this is the first time I've been tagged. Maybe not....maybe I wasn't paying attention or maybe I slipped through like a greased pig.
Anyway, I need to think about my meme entries. Hopefully I'll start tomorrow.
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When we first brought Pony Girl home from the hospital she went everywhere in the house with me. Kitchen, laundry room, bathroom. I got really good at doing stuff with one hand, which was no mean feat when it came to going pee and wrestling those baggy post-maternity pants up and down.
It wasn't because I didn't have any help. S.P. was home, then my mom came, and they were more than happy to take over whenever I needed a break. It was hard for me to explain to them that I just needed to keep her close all the time and it felt strange to let go. I guess when you've had a passenger for so many months it's odd to go solo again. But of course I had to share and pass the baby, after all it WAS her daddy and her grammy.
After the first week everyone had to go home, or back to work, and it was just us girls. And we snuggled. Mm-mm. All day long I would just hold that sweet thing, play with her perfect fingers, sniff the baby smell, rub my chin on her forehead, and sing little songs. Every now and then a feeding, and a diaper, and back to our chair. And she would fall asleep, and I would watch. Sometimes I would be tired too, and want to take a little nap, but I felt like if I slept I might miss something special. Eventually I would sleep too, but so often I just watched her face.
During one of these days I thought a trip out to the grocery store might be fun, so we bundled up and drove off. On the way there a song came on the radio, one that described everything I had been feeling about my new baby so well I had to pull over and just listen. I smiled, and cried, and said, "yes, that's exactly it." I still can't hear the song without crying those same tears of joy, remembering those first weeks with my sweet girl.
The funny thing is, it's a love song for a couple. It's called "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"and was originally done by Aerosmith. A few years ago it was redone by a country guy, Mark Chesnutt. It's perfect for two people in love, whether it's a new love or love that's gotten old and gray together. But if you listen, it's can be perfect for a parent head over heels in love with a brand-new baby, too.
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John Burrows, a conservative minister in a small New York town, is humiliated when his alcoholic wife Jane drunkenly staggers into church during one of his Sunday sermons. The church deacons ask John to send Jane to a treatment program, and although Jane wants to go, John insists that he is capable of handling his wive's problems. John then sells their property and tells Jane that they will use the proceeds to take a vacation. Jane is thrilled by the idea, but when John states that he then wants to move to a larger church with more responsibilities, Jane realizes that she will never be able to fulfill John's expectations of her. While John is running some errands, Jane kills herself, and at her funeral, John lambasts the mourners for their hypocritical concern. Bishop Logan tries to calm John, telling him to examine himself before he blames others. Although John states that he is ready for a larger congregation, Logan urges him to rest and search for the true meaning of the words that he so eloquently preaches. Embittered, John leaves town and travels across country, and during his journey, recalls Jane's hysterical cries that he could never have any weaknesses. John's appearance and health deteriorate by the time he reaches Los Angeles, and one day, when he collapses on the street, he is arrested as a drunk. John is taken to the drunk tank and there meets Gandy, a streetwise confidence man who looks after and obtains work for the other skid row bums in exchange for a commission. Upon their release, Gandy takes John under his wing and finds a room for him in a flophouse and a job as a burlesque theater doorman. Determined to support himself, John refuses the job and applies at a department store. The interviewer snubs John, however, telling him that the store does not hire bums. Deciding that he deserves no better, John works menial odd jobs, although Gandy, who calls John "Lingo" due to his fine speaking ability, continues to question him about his past. One day, as John is trying to escape Gandy's insistence that he use his talents to make more money, he bumps into "Doc" Thorssen, a Swedish-American minister preaching on the street. John engages Doc in a spirited debate about the nature of sin, but the conversation ends in a brawl when John attempts to detain a purse snatcher. John is knocked unconsious during the fracas, and Doc, aided by his lovely daughter Christine and a policeman named Jerry, takes him to the Thorssens' New World Mission. Doc is delighted by John's intelligence, despite his apparent hatred of religion and preachers, and looks forward to further debate with him. Christine tells her father to let John rest, however, and when he awakens the next day, John grudgingly accepts their offer of a job at the mission. The next morning, while Christine gently questions John about the root of despair, he learns that she is blind. John soon realizes that the Thorssens are sincere in their attempts to help the bums of skid row as well as preach to them, and his hard work gains their trust. One afternoon, John is visited by Gandy, who has concocted a scheme to raise money by turning John into a street preacher. Hoping to increase the Thorssen's congregation, John persuades Gandy to concentrate his efforts to find work for his friends by bringing them to the mission. Later, Christine, who is falling in love with John, tells him that she imagines him to be distinguished looking, and he bitterly tells her that his arrogance drove his wife to alcoholism and suicide. Doc assures the tearful Christine that John is worth their efforts, and the next morning, John is moved by Christine's simple sermon about changing one's life. John puts Gandy and the men to work doing odd jobs, although Wiz, a broken-down wino, hysterically rejects the attempt to help him. Christine and John spend more time together, and one night, enjoy the rides at a local carnival. John confesses his love for Christine but states that he is leaving the mission because he does not want to risk hurting her. Distraught, Christine admits her hope that John was going to propose, and John finally reveals that he was an ordained minister who broke with God. Christine upbraids him for treating himself so mercilessly and asserts that he has no right to punish himself or her. In her distress, Christine runs into the street and is hit by a tram. The next morning, Christine lies unconscious in the hospital, and a grieving Doc asks John to open the mission and deliver his sermon. John acquiesces, although when the bums ask him to lead them in a prayer for Christine, John states that he would not know how to begin. John is deeply touched by their heartfelt pleas for Christine's recovery and is then able to offer a prayer of his own. Later, John and Christine cut their wedding cake and are toasted by their many friends, including Gandy and Bishop Logan. Logan offers John a new congregation, but John cheerfully states that he and Christine will stay on skid row with Doc. As John and Christine leave for their honeymoon, Gandy ruefully comments that John would have made a fine con man.
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Introduction to the Focal Spirit One Headphone
Many people now listen to their music through headphones. On their commute to work, at their desk, in the gym, or anywhere else, you're very likely to find people using headphones. As part of our headphone roundup, this review covers the Focal Spirit One Headphones, which are of the design that, generically, are called "Over the Ear", which means they completely cover the ear in a chamber, which may be sealed on the outside or open to the surroundings. The Focal Spirit One's are sealed.
A reference class headphone setup is far cheaper than a speaker setup, and can be assembled no matter how little room you have available. Perhaps spearheaded by the ubiquitous use of earbuds with iPods and other portable music players, most speaker manufacturers are rushing into the headphones market.
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- Driver: 40mm Mylar/Titanium
- MFR: 6 Hz – 20 kHz
- Sensitivity: 104dB SPL / 1mW @ 1kHz
- Noise Reduction; 18 dB @ 1 kHz
- Nominal Impedance: 32 Ohms
- THD: <0.3% / 1kHz / 100dB SPL
- Cable: 3.94ft with iOS controls
- Plug: 1/8″ Gold-plated
- Weight: 0.5 Pound
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Focal is one of the leading speaker and driver designers in the world so it is no surprise that they too have entered the headphone market. Their first entry is the Focal Spirit One, a closed back design with integrated iPod/iPhone controls. With a metal finish, nicely covered ear-pads, and a high quality removable cable, the first impression is good. The replaceable cable with iPhone controls and a microphone is a nice touch, as replacing a whole set of headphones over a damaged cable is a major annoyance. The cable also includes a 3.5mm to 6.3mm adapter that screws on, as well as a dual mono to stereo 3.5mm adapter for airplane use. All of this is contained in a nice travel kit for easily taking your headphones and accessories with you.
The Spirit One uses a single 40mm driver for each ear with a mylar/titanium dome and neodymium magnets. They are a low impedance phone at 32ohm, but also sensitive at 104dB for 1 mW that makes them easy to drive without an amplifier. The ear pads provide close to 20dB of noise reduction, so while not able to totally shut off the outside world it will be a quarter the volume that it is outside of the headphones.
I used the Focal Spirit Ones with an iPhone, MacBook Air, and a NuForce HDP headphone amplifier to test them in a wide variety of circumstances. With the integrated iOS controls it is likely they will be used for a portable music system most of the time, but some people will certainly want to bring out the best by using a dedicated amplifier.
The Spirit One is an easy headphone to drive with the iPhone and HDP having no issues at any volume level. The opening bass beats on "Psycho Killer" from Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense Remastered are deep and clear, but the bass did not obscure other instruments and the balance is very good. Instruments are well defined in their own space in the mix, though soundstaging is limited to left to right with no depth because of the closed nature of the headphones.
HD Tracks has been releasing a lot of wonderful high-resolution albums recently, and Norah Jones Not Too Late was recently made available in 24/96 and 24/192 resolutions. Played back on the Spirit Ones there is a stunning amount of clarity and detail to the strings and piano on the album. Compared to open-backed headphones you lose some space and soundstage with the Spirit Ones, but you gain a quieter background with the extra isolation offered. The only headphones I have close by that are as easy to drive as the Spirit One is the Grado SR60, and it is outclassed in every way. The Focal was more detailed, with better bass and strings, more distinct vocals, and a far more natural sound.
Returning to some more bass-heavy tracks like Massive Attacks "Teardrop" or Bjork's "Hyperballad", the Focals continue to impress me with their balance. Most headphones on the market seem to either push the bass too much to appeal to those listening to rap or hip-hop, or absolutely require a headphone amplifier to coax the bass out of them. The Focal Ones manage strong, deep bass but don't obscure other instruments, and manage to do so straight from portable audio devices with their miniscule power amplifiers.
The ear pads on the Spirit Ones are good at reducing outside noise, but I don't find them to be the most comfortable I have used. The material is good at keeping out sound, but it also keeps in heat and leads to my ears getting warm in a short time. The size of them is also too small for my ear with a little extra pressure being exerted that isn't comfortable for long periods. Having multiple sizes of ear cups or using a different material might eliminate these issues, but also might lead to less isolation from outside noise. I recommend that you try on the Spirit One yourself for a bit before purchasing to see how the fit works for you, as that will be a personal choice.
In the end the Focal Spirit One is a very nice headphone, and one that is easy enough to drive with your iPhone or other portable device for daily listening. The bass is strong but kept in check with the other instruments instead of being overpowering. The ear cups reduce the outside noise a good deal and the iOS controls on the replaceable cable do their job well. The build quality was very nice overall and looks to be able to hold up to the abuse that headphones can take.
My main reservation is about the fit of the headphones, which is an important factor for anyone. With my head, they are a bit tight and my ears get warm. For others they might fit just right, but you should still try them out first. For their first effort in the headphone world, Focal has done a fantastic job on the audio and produced a sound that lives up to their name.


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Walesâ stand-in captain
Gethin Jenkins believes his side were guilty of playing âtoo much rugbyâ in their 21-18 World Cup third-place play-off loss against Australia.
The 30-year-old Cardiff Blues prop choked back his disappointment after Warren Gatland âs men failed to finish their impressive tournament with a flourish, but was quick to express his honour at being part of the side that came so close to an historic final appearance.
âI'm proud of the way we finished, but we just came up short yet again. We have enjoyed the tournament and it is a shame we could not finish it off with a win,â said Jenkins.
âWe knew how good Australia are. They competed well at the ruck area and perhaps we tried to play too much rugby.
âThat cost us with the turnovers and the tries they scored. To get to the semi-finals was obviously a great achievement for this group of players.
âTo come fourth is not as good as third, but it is a lot better than we have managed in previous World Cups.â
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Ben McCalman crossed for a late try and James O'Connor added eight points.
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