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Many Reasons Why…By Barbara-Anne Mansfield
October is Fair Trade Month and Ten Thousand Villages of Austin kicked the celebration off with its 4th annual fundraiser, One Reason Why: A Fair Trade Art Show, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Heller Building. Staff, volunteers, friends, sponsors, donors and social changemakers gathered in a beautiful private space overlooking Congress Avenue and downtown Austin to experience one-of-a-kind fair trade art from around the world, as well as stories, live music, a silent auction, food, drinks and good karma.
There are many reasons why this year's event was our biggest and most successful fundraiser yet. Lots of guests came to meet Ten Thousand Villages' national CEO Doug Dirks. Other people were curious to visit the beautiful private event space owned by Andrew and Mary Ann Heller. Many customers came to admire the exclusive artwork that our Store Manager Kitty Bird discovered on her learning tours in India and Bangladesh, items that couldn't be found in the store on online. Some people wanted the chance to bid on experiential prizes in the silent auction.
For all these reasons and more, we ended up selling more artwork and tickets and generating more auction revenue than any of our events in previous years! Hearing the touching stories about the remarkable people who make our crafts — such as Kitty's friend from Keya Palm and Bella, a former beggar and now manager at Bonoful Paper Products — positively inspired guests to rally around our fair trade mission and feel good doing so.
The evening began with a private champagne reception with CEO Doug Dirks. He and volunteer docents Stacy Gauthier and Christa Young led sponsors and Board directors through a private gallery tour of the featured art, explaining who made each piece, where it came from and its unique cultural significance. Pianist Eddy Maine played a magnificent Steinway piano throughout the reception, setting a classy mood for the special guests, which included individual donors and representatives from sponsors Climb On! Products, Fresh Chefs Society, Handmade Expressions, and The Groove Realty and Investments. Word of Mouth Catering provided delectable gourmet appetizers, which were graciously served by store volunteers CeCe Cembalest, Joanie Cooksey, Taylor Foody, Rebekah Krych and Baillee Perkins.
When the doors opened to the public, the room filled quickly with about 150 guests who were eager to view the art and bid on auction items such as a framed "Henna Hands" photograph by Turk Pipkin (courtesy of The Nobelity Project); overnight stays at Hotel Saint Cecilia, Papa's House in Wimberley, and Travaasa; tours from Austin Duck Adventures, Austin Ghost Tours, Austin Zipline Adventures, and Live Love Paddle; spa services from Embellish Nails and Myo Massage; gift baskets from Peligroso and Republic Tequila; services from Her Side Project and TLC Lawncare; gift certificates from Alamo Drafthouse, Goorin Bros. Hat Shop and Schroeder Carpet; and tickets for the legendary Texas Rollergirl games. The funds raised from the silent auction go toward Ten Thousand Villages' Artisan Special Needs Fund, which supports training and education, disaster recovery, technology, and general funds for our artisan groups.
Kitty and Anne Olson, Board Chair, welcomed guests and explained how their support of Ten Thousand Villages and One Reason Why directly helps provide a sustainable fair trade marketplace in central Texas, expands opportunities for artisans in developing countries, and increases our outreach locally. Anne also showed off the swag for guests to take home: gorgeous boxes handmade from sari fabrics, each one filled with gifts such as a Go Local Austin card, Putumayo World Music CD, Climb On! lip balm, Sustainable Food Center seed packet, Healthy Hound dog biscuits, Geobar, Hey Cupcake! BOGO coupon, stickers and more.
When Doug took the stage, he prompted tears, smiles and hope from guests as he told a moving story about Bella, a woman in Bangladesh who had been a beggar on the street with her young son. Bella was illiterate, homeless and had never worked for pay — which amazingly qualified her to join a group of women making fair trade paper products for Bonoful. Today Bella owns a home, manages 12 other women, and her son is in college studying to be an engineer because of orders from Ten Thousand Villages. The fabric gift boxes that guests took home from One Reason Why were handmade by Bella and the women employed at Bonoful. Doug's story drove home the message that buying Ten Thousand Villages products helps pay for food, education, healthcare and housing for artisans — many of them women — who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. Our nonprofit store, volunteers and customers keep women like Bella employed now and in the future. These are the reasons why fair trade is so critical.
The rest of the evening was festive and alive with music by international fusion trio Atlas Maior. We would also like to thank our photographers, Bernie Castillo and Julia Totten, for capturing the fun and vibrancy of this amazing event, as well as event volunteers Linda Deason, Becky Garcia, Catherine Givens, Claire Lewis, Margaret Marchant, Varsha Raj, Becca Ruiz, Margaret Valenti, plus Green Gate Farms, ID Soda and Brooke McCombs of Austin Event Logistics. One Reason Why 2012 was a success due to the generous time and investments by all of our volunteers, sponsors, donors and customers. Thank you for supporting fair trade!
Were you at One Reason Why 2012? Tell us about it in comments below and share your photos on Facebook and Twitter (@AustinVillages, #ORW12)!


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Stop and Smell The Flowers
Whether you are a parent or not, you know and understand the challenges with keeping children happy, especially toddlers. I am a proud mommy of a two year old girl who constantly has me searching for creative ways to keep her smiling.
When I left my corporate life to work from home, I quickly became more aware of the things that made my child happy. I will admit that the hours I was putting in at the office were keeping me from really getting to know my daughter.
I was thrilled to learn that she enjoys the simple things in life. Playing with a cup and bowl, pretending to mix, is far more appealing to her than an electronic toy with fancy flashing lights. She prefers to play with home-made toys over her pricey battery-operated toys.
This excited me because my husband and I prefer the simple life. We love stopping to smell the roses. It is important to us to find a purpose for everything that comes into our lives, even the most basic of things, like the empty box from our newly purchased bed. The box was quickly transformed into a fort for my daughter. After my husband cut windows and a door into it the box, we let our daughter color the outside of it. She plays with it nearly everyday, pretending to be an ice-cream man, serving delicious ice-cream out the tiny mis-shaped window.
We feel so good about letting her discover her own creative side, allowing her to make her fort personalized and teaching her to recycle, or up-cycle, a perfectly useful box all while having fun!
I encourage you to find something old in your home and turn it into something useful, either for your kid or yourself.

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09 July 12 Take these pills
As a cancer veteran, there are many things that happen to our bodies. As we age, there are many things that happen to our bodies. Sometimes one causes the other. Other times it is just a coincidence. These variables make it difficult at times to correctly identify and treat some of these odd-ball symptoms we get. I have one of those going on right now.
I have nerve pain in my feet. They always feel as if I am walking on lava rocks. I am on medication to help the pain, and it is definitely not enough. Were I to take more medication, I would jeopardize my liver and kidneys. The doctors still have not yet been able to figure out what is going on.
No, I am not diabetic. No, I do not have plantar fasciitis. No, it is not from the chemo meds that I did not even take. I have been dealing with this for a year, and it is only getting worse. Today I plan to go in to a Chiropractor. I am also considering acupuncture. The next step after these, if they do not work, is to see a neurologist and start having some of the not so fun tests, and start researching some of the not so fun possibilities (such as tumors, and MS, et al…).
This is a time where advocating for yourself becomes really important. This is especially true now for me. See, we moved, which means I get to find all new doctors. Actually, the military assigns me new doctors. The problem with the military system is that they so not have many specialists for these kinds of things, and there are so few specialists that it can take months to get an appointment only to be told "So, you've been having these symptoms for a year now. OK, here, take these pills, and try them for three months, and then we shall see where we are. "
I get out of the office, and notice all I have been given is Tylenol, which I am allergic to. This has happened to me more than once. That scares me. I do not need to be prescribed medications I am allergic to. I do not need to be told to wait and see if it gets better. I do not need a doctor telling me that lump is nothing and to watch it for a year, even after it grows. I need doctors I trust and have faith in. If I do not trust my doctors, I am not likely to do what they prescribe, am I?
Thus the search for a doctor who is close, knows a lot of good specialists, and one I trust. Of course, they also have to carry my insurance too. This process is fraught with frustration, anxiety, and just a bit of knuckle-biting.
Just another of the necessary evils of moving.
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BRYANT — Rachel Chavira Bryant, 70, of Friant died Feb. 26. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. March 6 at Farewell Funeral Service. Rosary: 6 p.m. March 6 at the funeral home. Mass: 10 a.m. March 7 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Guadalupe Chapel.
CASTRO MORENO — Daniel Castro Moreno, infant, of Porterville died Feb. 25. He was the son of Valentina Moreno and Feliciano Castro. Visitation: 10 a.m. March 4 to 10:30 a.m. March 5 at residence, 295 S. F St. Rosary: 6:30 p.m. March 4 at the residence. Graveside: 11 a.m. March 5 at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements: Porterville Funeral & Cremation Center.
IVERSON — Fred D. Iverson, 75, of Madera died Feb. 26. He was a general contractor and owner of Iverson Contracting. Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. March 4 at Jay Chapel. Service: 10 a.m. March 5 at Madera United Methodist Church. Remembrances: Boy Scouts of America, BSA Troop #116, c/o Madera United Methodist Church, 500 Sunset Ave., Madera, CA 93637 or Madera Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box 135, Madera, CA 93639. Arrangements: Jay Chapel.
JENKINS — Arthur Clarence Jenkins, 70, of Pixley died Feb. 26. He was a maintenance technician. Service: 11 a.m. March 6 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Tulare. Graveside: 12:30 p.m. March 6 at Tipton-Pixley Cemetery.
MACKAIL — Carlene Kay Mackail, 67, of Clovis died Feb. 22. She was a waitress. Celebration of Life: Noon March 3 at Di Cicco's, 5251 N. Blackstone Ave. Arrangements: Reade & Sons Funeral Home.
NUGENT — Mark Phillip Nugent, 69, of Springville died Feb. 23. He was an interior house painter. Services to be held at a later date. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory in Porterville.
SIGALA — Gloria R. Sigala, 85, of Fowler died March 23. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. March 5 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Selma. Rosary: 6 p.m. March 5 at the church. Mass: 9 a.m. March 6 at the church. Arrangements: Farewell-Page Funeral Chapel in Selma.
SLOVER — Ronald Gene Slover, 63, of Tulare died Feb. 23. He was a hay salesman. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. March 4 at Peers-Lorentzen Funeral Service. Service: 11:30 a.m. March 5 at New Life Harvest.
TAVARES — Carol Lynne Tavares, 63, of Madera died Feb. 23. She was a cashier. No services will be held. Arrangements: Jay Chapel.
TAYLOR — Joan Elizabeth Taylor, 81, of Tulare died Feb. 23. She was a homemaker. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. March 4 at Peers-Lorentzen Funeral Service. Graveside: 10 a.m. March 5 at North Tulare Cemetery.
VUE — Thong Vue, 45, of Fresno died Feb. 19. He was a mechanic. Visitation: 8 a.m. to noon March 3 at Shant Bhavan Funeral Home in Fowler. Graveside: 2 p.m. March 5 at Mountain View Cemetery.
ZIMMER — Katy BeeOla Zimmer, 89, of Clovis died Feb. 23. She was a Boy Scouts of America bookkeeper for eight years. Service: 10 a.m. March 5 at Boice Funeral Home Chapel.


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Good Morning. I just wanted to take a second and say that Doc ROCKS my world. Looking forward to a GREAT day.
Howdy! Wow I have been away awhile... you changed you name. You sound very happy. Good, I was feeling selfish being the only one married to the man of my dreams. lol
Never be selfish about happiness! LOL.


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4 Camino Medianoche Lot 822, Santa Fe, NM 87506
- $1,495,000
- 321 Days on site
- Est: $5,539/month
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- Beds: 4
- Baths: 3 Full, 1 Half
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This custom built, architect designed 4 bedroom 4 bath home on nearly two acres combines the ample space and luxury of the gated Las Campanas community with easy access to downtown Santa Fe via Highway 599. Step through the wooden door into the landscaped courtyard, with beautiful sweeping views of the mountains. Once inside, the living and dining rooms blend together in the open floorplan with hardwood floors and high ceilings. Next to the dining room, the game room with bar area provides an ideal venue to relax or to entertain guests. The kitchen includes its own kiva fireplace and a breakfast nook. The spacious master suite leads outside to a covered patio, which features a cozy outdoor fireplace and overhead skylights. The master suite also connects to a 1200 square foot studio which could also be used as an office, exercise room, or an additional bedroom or casita with kitchen and full bath. All bedrooms have direct access to covered outdoor patio areas as well. All this located in the exclusive, private Las Campanas golf community. Come and see this exceptional property today! Click here to learn more about this listing.
- Year Built: 2000
- 321 Days on site
- Single Family Home
- Beds: 4
- Baths: 3 Full, 1 Half
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- Dishwasher, Dryer, Garbage Disposer, Microwave, Oven, Refrigerator, Trash Compactor, Vacuum System, Washer
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- Approximately 83541 square feet
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- $7,463
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Nearby Elementary Schools
- Agua Fria Elementary School
- 3160 Agua Fria St
- R.M. Sweeney Elementary School
- 501 Airport Rd
- Salazar Elementary School
- 1300 Osage Ave
Nearby Primary Schools
- Nye Early Childhood
- 430 La Madera St
Nearby Middle Schools
- Academy At Larragoite
- 2516 Cerrillos Rd
- Santa Fe School For The Arts & Sciences
- 5912 Jaguar Dr
- Edward Ortiz Middle School
- 4164 S Meadows Rd
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- Academy At Larragoite
- 2516 Cerrillos Rd
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- 1501 Cerrillos Rd
- Capital High School
- 4851 Paseo Del Sol
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A country road in northern France. A scene that sends chills down the spine: the bodies of 15 men, frozen and lined up inside a bus, as if a snowstorm had left them permanently frozen in their seats. The case is assigned to Lieutenant Sandra Winckler, who quickly finds a link between the dead men: all of them were involved at one time another with a woman named Catherine Keemer. But there's a hitch: Catherine disappeared three years ago.
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Missed a Few Cups
I missed a few cups of coffee lately. I was not able to connect to the Internet for a few days, and discovered I probably have a bit of a blog-posting addiction. Is this an as-yet-undiscovered inability to resist the temptation to post thoughts and ideas in order for people you don't even know to read (but hopefully enjoy)?
Like many people with an addiction, I have expended great effort to moderate my investment of time and energy. I needed to find a balance point with the writing. I spent two months writing for about 12-14 hours a day recently, and learned that what I need to do is write every day for a set amount of time. I don' have to limit myself to a singular topic because I now have at least three distinct projects I need to work on, and this blog isn't going anywhere, either, to that makes four channels I can pour myself into.
I am on a trip – and a journey – now that will yield significant material for this blog, and some for the In the Company of Angels blog as well. I will need to spend some time processing the information that came to me, and discerning what I can share and what must remain closely held, but I do know there are some things that I will be able to speak about here.
Just a short cup today to let you know I am coming back to myself after a brief writing respite. A couple of sips is all I can offer today, but I promise larger cups will be coming soon.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. ~ Albert Einstein
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OK Chainwheelers let's play Pickle Ball!!!
Pickle Ball is the fastest growing sport in America.
The Delray Beach Tennis Center just added 8 Pickleball courts and they are now open for play!
Many people have been curious about pickleball, others have no idea what it is, and still more people want an opportunity to learn more about the sport. So let's develop our Pickle Ball skills and burn off a few calories at the same time.
There is a $5.00 court fee unless you are a city resident and have a city card, then it is $3.00 plust $1.00 for lights.
Please purchase a paddle if you do not have one and you will need to wear athletic shoes to play.
Parking is free at the tennis center and enter through the Club House.
Afterwards let's go grab something to eat and/or drink somewhere close. If anyone has any restaurant ideas please post them.How to find us:On the Pickleball courts.
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"Here I am again, sitting at a red light....
Both hands on the wheels ; What am I supposed to feel ?
So much running through my mind....."
And so, here I am again, Nana Lana... or perhaps, more to Jacklyn?
What makes a difference between Nana Lana and Jacklyn?
You wouldn't know until you really know.
A two faced me.
A two minded me.
A two me.
You'll never know coz I've never tried to know either. And so, how could somebody else know if not me knowing it first? Sometimes, I'm really caught up in between in identifying - in acknowledging myself.
Knowing that, I would just play along with it. That's how the world goes around.
This is gonna be a sorta pessimistic but added with a little or two optimistic post. It's gonna be lengthy, I'm warning you first!
I have so much to say but where should I start first?
Gosh. I should have be burning my Physiology Notes instead of unleashing my thoughts here. Ouch.
I'm not expecting anyone to read but this is where, as usual, a place, a space, where I voice out my excitement, my joy, my dissatisfaction, my everything and yet not every single thing.
* Take ONE
The older I get the lazier I am. I don't know. I just don't really know why I'm not as enthusiastic as before in indulging to my studies. This is just so wrong. I know I should be "studying" for a "purpose" and yet I'm not really cherishing the "chance" or perhaps the facts that I'm here. I don't like my course. I'm still regretting to no way. One word. SH*T.
* Take TWO
I don't like him. He always think that he's the best. But for god's sake, will you please SHUTUP at times!!!! Sometimes, you should be sparing a thought or two for somebody else and not just for yourself. Although selfish-ness is one of the touchstone to success but that's just not all. Please be considerate. There are still other better guys out there. The more I get to know you, the freakier I get! Please do some soul-searching and stop self-deluding yourself bebz. Ouch Ouch!!! Stop comparing and please mind your own business.
* Take THREE
Please don't cite your words of wisdom to me. I can't take it. You're making me more tensed up. Please cite them to the others instead and please, not to me. Thank You.
* Take FOUR
At times, people are just to stubborn to open up their minds. Why don't they just let things be to avoid conflicts? I sitting still. I'm standing still. I'm not going to lay my hands on them. They might be dirtying my hands. Just mind my own business! Buahaha!
* Take FIVE
Prince. I'm merely an admirer of him. He's good looking man! Haha! Gotta try my luck later! Wish me luck bebs!
* Take SIX
It's gonna be a tiring and busy weekend for me. Huhu. With the so-called Malaysian Symposium On Biomedical Sciences 2010, everyone has been in chaos. I'm afraid that things will get out of control on both of the days. God Bless BioSymp. Oh well...
* Take SEVEN
* Take EIGHT
He's inspirational and yet they are complaining. You know what the event's all about and so, just sabar lar~ Owhhh... Afterall, it's alright to listen to some life experiences in the midst of those stupiak INTENSE NOTES DOSES. Ewwwwww!!!!
One thing to kick out here... Why don't people just be punctual for an event? Instead of being there sharply at time, why don't they just be there earlier? I was there sorta early but there was no one in sight and so... there I went for the library. Huhu.
See, this is, HUMAN. They would rather queue for up to tons of hours to get a concert's ticket ; They would rather spend the whole day gaming ; They would rather be roused by the narking alarm to get up from bed to dress up for a date BUT why can't they just be early for a talk?
Okay, some of you, or perhaps, all of you might be thinking that I'm just one of those who deters talk/speech. There's a limitation. I'm human too. If the talk is interesting, I won't mind lending an ear to the speaker. Why? I don't like it either when someone just chat among themselves and as if my speech fell on deaf ear. It's kind of a "respect" thingie here. You wouldn't know how much the speaker has been preparing prior to their speech but that definitely exclude those who just read word by word from the script...
It's a little thought of mine tho.
* Take NINE
Bat is the best pollinator for DURIAN!!!! Hahaha! It has been so long since I last ate DURIAN!!! Huhu!
* Take TEN
And lastly, I WANNA ATTEND DA AIR BALLOON FIESTA COMING UP NEXT WEEK!!!! HUHU!!!! WISHED I HAD A CAR AND I CAN GET SOMEONE TO DRIVE ME THERE. SIGHHH.....


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Make the commitment to be a healthy partner.
Have you made the conscious commitment of being a healthy partner to the man in your life? If so, congrats. If not, the perfect time to start is now. Day 69 holds a very important practice and this along with the commitment to being healthy to your loved one is a great way to start on a healthy path of being.
What I would love to see is this awareness being shared with women. Instead of creating and supporting lists of what men 'should' be, support women making the commitment to be a healthy partner.
It's not 'a man's job to [insert demands]'. How about this, men get to be and be loved for being.
Instead of dissecting said partner, embrace him, fully. In order to be a healthy partner with him, you must be a healthy partner with yourself. If you find yourself dissecting the man in your life seeking where he must meet the list of demands, chances are, you're doing the same thing with yourself.
If this is so, where are you being too hard on yourself? What list of unreasonable demands are you placing on you and then projecting onto the man you love?
Now, each person processes differently. So, If you can't yet see where you're being hard on you, then start with being gentle with the man you love and let the love you give him reflect into where you need to love yourself too.
There is a saying 'Love is never the problem'. What that means if there is a problem, it's never love. The love in the relationship is there, the problem that arises is based on painful past or fearful future. Both painful past and fearful future are stories, thoughts that arise based on either that create disruption in relating.
Painful past and fearful future are part of dysfunctional loop that I discuss on Day 69. There's nothing wrong with the past coming up and we're human, we do go into the future and have concerns. When it becomes a dysfunction is when it's used to abuse and used to justify abuse that is when it's vital to remember the commitment to being a healthy partner. When painful past, fearful future are brought into the relationship, that's where the upsets arise. Commitment to being a healthy partner means being aware and slowing down to recognize old destructive patterns and be still when they come up.
Making the commitment to being a healthy partner is a beautiful step and it takes the work to uphold the commitment. Remember 'love is never the problem'. If there is a problem it is painful past and fearful future- old stories of hurt, and made up stories lead by fear.
I commend you in making the commitment to being a healthy partner with the man you love. Your life and relationship is about to shift into being healthy ecstatic and bliss-filled. Congrats! Now, that is what I wish to support in present and future generations of women, love and life of ecstasy and bliss. The beauty is in commitment to healthy partnership, let go of the list and embrace your heart and love him in his being.
To take this commitment to being healthy into all relationships including friendships, daily interactions, will be life changing. No, it's not going to look perfect and yes, there will be mistakes. Just be sure not to dismiss mistakes as 'meh, ah well' instead sit with them and take the deep lesson so as to not repeat them. With the basis of being committed to being a healthy partner, you will succeed. Your word is your world. If you say you are committed to being a healthy partner, you will be it.
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The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to create a breakthrough for timber and wooden products. Experts forecast about US$1 billion worth of timber to be exported to the EU annually by 2020, according to an official of the Vietnam Timber and Forest Association.
Việt Nam will soon issue quality and technical regulations for wood glues to better control this input material for the wood processing industry, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.


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Latitude: 50.9554 / 50°57'19"N
Longitude: -4.2609 / 4°15'39"W
OS Eastings: 241298
OS Northings: 119758
OS Grid: SS412197
Mapcode National: GBR KG.N2DP
Mapcode Global: FRA 16YL.CTB
Entry Name: Barn Approx 25m E of Great Gorwood Farmhouse (Not Included)
Listing Date: 19 October 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1105174
English Heritage Legacy ID: 91399
Location: Buckland Brewer, Torridge, Devon, EX39
County: Devon
District: Torridge
Civil Parish: Buckland Brewer
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Buckland Brewer
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
10/82 Barn approx 25m E of
Great Gorwood
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Barn. C17. Cob on tall stone plinth; gabled and half-hipped
corrugated iron roof. 5-bay plan with central threshing floor.
C19 plank double doors with strap hinges to both sides of central
bay. Interior: 5 A-frame trusses with collars halved and pegged
over principals and ridge piece set in halved and crossed apexes.
Listing NGR: SS4129819758
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Since the 1980s, governments and transnational corporations from core countries led by the United States have driven a global upward ratchet of intellectual property protection. In agriculture, this has meant strengthening the rights of seed companies over the plant varieties they develop and curtailing the rights of farmers over the seeds they cultivate. Exceptionally, from the 1990s to 2013, Argentine soy growers overcame the pressures from the seed industry, guaranteeing the right to freely save seeds of proprietary varieties from their own harvests for future cultivation. Based on a comparative historical analysis of conflicts over intellectual property on seeds in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay from the 1990s to 2013, this study suggests that a successful mobilization of knowledge-users in struggles over intellectual property depends on (1) the organizational stability of their political representation, (2) the coordination between the organizations that rep-resent them, (3) the existence of independent channels for the representation of knowledge-users most sensitive to royalty payments, and (4) their ability to produce a public discourse capable of drawing support from a broad coalition.The author argues that
Since the early 1980s, governments and transnational corporations from core countries led by the United States have driven a global upward ratchet of intellectual property (IP) protection (Chang 2001; Drahos 2002). In agriculture, this has meant strengthening the rights of seed companies over the plant varieties they develop and curtailing the rights of farmers over the seeds they cultivate. During this period, two international treaties have raised minimum standards for the protection of IP in agricultural biotechnology: the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention (i.e., the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants; UPOV 1991) and the World Trade Organization's 1994 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
UPOV was created in 1961 to provide an effective system of plant variety protection based on plant breeders' rights. Its convention was amended in 1972, 1978, and 1991. Among other changes, the act of 1991 extended the minimal protection period for most species from 15 to 20 years and made the protection of farmers' right to save seeds from their own fields for future cultivation optional for states. For rural communities, saving seeds is a millenary tradition whose legitimacy derives from the fact that rural producers have contributed to the creation, conservation, and improvement of genetic resources in agriculture for centuries. For seed companies, however, the practice of saving seeds is a "residue" of older forms of agriculture; it also limits corporate profits, because farmers who save seeds are less dependent on seed companies and may even act as their competitors when they exchange or sell saved seeds. TRIPS, in turn, states in article 27 that member governments may exclude the following from patentability:
plants and animals other than microorganisms, and essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals other than non-biological and microbiological processes. However, Members shall provide for the protection of plant varieties either by patents or by an effective sui generis system or by any combination thereof.
The strengthening of private IP in agriculture is associated with a major transformation in the development and distribution of agricultural technology that also started in the 1980s. Private corporations replaced the public sector as the leading actor in agricultural technology, which became largely conditioned by the quest for profit and market share. "The trend [has been] to privatize the means and sources of knowledge production and to deploy strategies to enclose knowledge commons through intellectual property right regimes" (Parayil 2003: 974). Transnational seed companies have pressured states to design and enforce IP regimes that allow them to maximise the appropriation of economic returns from their R&D investments. The main focus of their pressure has been the right of rural producers to save seeds. If this right is suppressed, rural producers will have to buy new seeds on the market every year, for which they will have to pay royalties (usually included in the price of each bag of seed).
In the 1980s, Monsanto – a transnational corporation based in St. Louis, Missouri – was among the first to genetically modify a plant cell and to conduct trials with genetically modified (GM) crops. Among its chief products are the herbicide Roundup® – based on glyphosate – and Roundup Ready® (RR) soybeans – a GM variety of soybeans resistant to glyphosate. RR soybeans are advantageous for rural producers not because of superior yields per cultivated area, but because glyphosate is less expensive, less toxic, and easier to apply than herbicides used on conventional soybeans. The easier management of RR soybeans also favors the use of non-tillage sowing methods, which are more efficient and cause less erosion to the soil. Since RR soybeans started to be cultivated on a large scale in the United States, Argentina, and other countries in the 1990s, Monsanto has tried to obtain recognition and protection for IP rights on the RR technology around the world. Being an autogamous plant, soy can reproduce through self-fertilization, and its seeds retain their agronomic qualities from one generation to another. This allows rural producers to save soybean seeds for future cultivation, including those of RR varieties, which turns the right to save seeds into a problem for Monsanto.In Argentina, the corporation has unsuccessfully tried to obtain recognition for the IP rights it claims to have over RR soybeans. Not only does Argentine legislation allow rural producers to save seeds from their own fields for future cultivation without consent from or payment to seed com- panies, but the Argentine Supreme Court denied Monsanto a patent on RR soybeans in 2000, arguing that the technology no longer matched the requisite of novelty when the corporation filed its application for a patent. This severely reduced Monsanto's capacity to appropriate part of the economic gains generated by the RR technology, prompting the company to retaliate by suspending its R&D activities in Argentina and filing a lawsuit against exporters of Argentine soybean products in Europe. In the meantime, Monsanto and other seed companies operating in Argentina had also proposed changes to national legislation on IP, demanding restrictions on the right to save seeds. To date (as of September 2013), all these attempts have been unsuccessful, with the core of Argentine legislation on IP on plant varieties remaining the same since the 1970s.The case of Argentina stands in sharp contrast to that of the United States, where Monsanto has used private contracts, lawsuits, and inspecting activities to suppress the right of farmers to save seeds. It also differs from the reality of Brazil and Paraguay, where the corporation implemented a private mechanism of royalty collection for RR soybeans that virtually eliminated the right of rural producers to freely save seeds. More broadly, the case of Argentina defies the global upward ratchet of IP protection initiated by the U.S. government around 1980. How can this cross-national variation be explained?


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Hey Readers,
I haven't really done an all talking post in a while but I really want to catch up with ya'll. The original purpose of this blog was just to share my feelings and talk about my life. Even though i don't do these catch up posts much, I personally love doing these!
Two weeks before the first dance competition of the season. I'm only in two dances but I want to make the best of them. I'll probably do a seperate post about the competition like I've done in the past. I love competing, even though it is a little nerveracking. I always get very nervous before I go on stage, and sometimes have that feeling that you forgot the whole dance, but after it's over I feel so rewarded. I feel like I accomplished so much and I love the thrill of waiting for the results while clinging on to your teammates' hands. It's really fun to be part of a team because of how supporting and kind everyone is. I'm really excited for both of my pieces and competing them. I'll give you some hints for what they are about. We have a rule on team that we can't post anything on social media or online about what our dances are about until the first competition, but a couple hints won't give anything major away. One of our dances is Alice in Wonderland themed. I'm an Alice. The other dance I'm is a fast and urgent lyrical piece that basically is a panic attack in dance form. It's really hard and fast. I'm always super tired after it.
School is okay. Unlike one of my friends at dance, I don't have that much drama this year. Every thing is pretty good.
We are learning about the American revolution and Articles of Confederations/Constitution in history. It's great because since I'm so into Hamilton, this chapter is basically a breeze for me. In fact, I listen to the soundtrack instead of studying sometimes, which now that I think about it probably isn't a great idea. The stuff we are learning matches up exactly with the song Non-Stop so that's wonderful.
Speaking of Hamilton, I got a book, Hamilton: The Revolution, dubbed the Hamiltome. It's really good. I definitely recommend it if you are getting into Hamilton or if you are a crazy fan like me haha. It has beautiful pictures and annotated lyrics of all 46 songs, plus stories from the cast. The book itself is beautiful too, it has deckled pages and an old fashion look to it.
I'm also reading The Martian for school. It's pretty good. I just started it so I can't say much about it yet. We are doing this huge project on it. We have to make a scrapbook that represents the themes in it and an essay. Not fun.
This summer, as I said in an earlier post, I'm going to England! Now, since my sister has a soccer camp/tournament in Sweeden, I'm also visiting there! I'm really excited to start planning my trip there! Any Sweeden or England readers, let me know where I should visit and what I should see!
Finally, I'm auditioning for the Joffrey School of Ballet summer intensive. I'm really excited but also nervous for my audition. If I get in, I'll be so happy because this will be my first summer intensive in a pre-professional program!
Thanks for listening to my crazy catch-up! My life sure has been busy the past couple of weeks. It's only going to get crazier, trust me!


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- professional athletes, artists and art workers to work in Ukraine by profession
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- Debts of the company to pay taxes or to pay a unified social tax can influence the outcome of work permit issue for a foreign citizen and cause rejection.
- A work permit is the basis for the issuance of a long-term visa to enter Ukraine for a foreign citizen.
- The Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Individuals" from 22.09.2011
- Law of Ukraine "On Employment" from 01.10.2011
- Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 437 of 27.05.13 "Procedure of issuance, extension of the period and revocation of permits for employment of foreigners and stateless persons"
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Preparationfrom 1-12 w.d.
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- registration of the certificate of no criminal record of a foreigner on the territory of Ukraine at the Internal affairs body
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Submission of the documents to the Employment Centre on approvalfrom 1 w.d.
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Obtaining work permitfrom 7-9 w.d.
- making payments in the Employment Center for issuing the work permit (if required) and submitting the copy of the receipt in the Employment Center
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List of documents required for getting permit to employ non residents
|Document form
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|Original signed by the head of a company with a seal
|Report of a job vacancy, served in the district employment center
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Certificate of a foreigner's clean record (criminal record) on the territory of Ukraine given by the internal affairs agency
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Certificate of a foreigner's clean record (criminal record) on the territory of the host country (outside Ukraine) given by the internal affairs agency
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Document issued by the medical institution that the person does not have- alcoholism, drug addiction, substance abuse;
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BREMERTON — Authorities have identified two officers who fatally shot a man after the man allegedly opened fire and wounded the officers with a pair of handguns.
The Kitsap Sun reports the Bremerton Police Department says Officers Allan McComas and Kent Mayfield returned fire Sunday and killed the man, whose identity has not been released.
The names of McComas and Mayfield were released Monday morning.
Bremerton police say Mayfield was shot twice in the abdomen and was taken to Harrison Medical Center for surgery. He is recovering in the hospital.
Mayfield's family released a statement Monday, saying the officer is expected to make a full recovery.
Authorities say McComas was hit in the waist and was released from the hospital Sunday.
Both officers have been placed on administrative assignment pending the investigation.


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Transportation: University Van Reserved, this means that CBL has automatically reserved a SLU vehicle for students' use. However, it does not mean that CBL is providing a driver. As such, students MUST complete SLU's Driver Certification training in order to utilize this transportation.
Projects: students will be monitored by a Corrections Officer.
- Game Night-students will engage incarcerated individuals in a number of different board games
Website: http://www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/Departments/Sheriff/CorrectionalDivision/


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Come Saturday Morning: "The Contract"
Saturday mornings were a special moment for us youth in our little group. This was in the days of our mid-teens, too young to go to the pubs but old enough to have a motorcycle licence. All of us, to a lad, were apprentices. Most of us were in the building industry, a couple in the auto industry. Our take-home pay was such that we had to make our own fun. Fortunately, petrol was at such a low price (relative) we could go tear-arseing through the hills playing at boy-racers, like our heroes on the Isle of Man TT Circuit.
We would meet at a certain cross-road and take off into our favourite "runs". If it was a short run, we would go through Coromandel Valley/Clarendon. If it was an all-day affair, it would be the Murray Bridge run on what is now the "old road", through Mt Barker, Nairne, Kanmantoo/Callington. With long strait stretches where you could unwind the bikes to see how fast they would go.
On the winding roads, we'd make a single file, snaking through the corners on what was understood as "The Right Line", after a short film of the era that featured a racing bike on, I think, Brands Hatch, with the camera fixed to the front and it took you through the "line" (most suited to the fastest speed in the corners). I believe the bike was a Manx Norton. I remember the throaty big-piston sound that they had. A thrilling ride … then!
Sometimes, on those long straight lengths of road we would ride side by side and exchange chatter … my Japanese two-stroke a higher pitch than Ron Parker's BSA or Russel Hamby's Triumph … those British bikes had a certain smell of hot oil and a distinctive hum of chain driven gears … those Brits loved chains! But I loved that smell of burning oil. It also was prevalent on the old steam trains, a smell of steam and oil would sometimes shisssh out from the front drive of the train as you walked past … shishhhwhoosh … and there was that smell.
This idyll went on for several years in my youth. Work was there, a sense of permanence was there, routine was in place and the reward of the weekend to relax permeated through the whole of society. Mums and dads were at home, doing things in the garden or the house. Dinner, shithouse as it sometimes was, was always there. Kids were climbing trees or running over paddocks and we teens were going to the beach or the pictures watching banal American "teen-flicks" with Annette Funnicello, Gidget, Eric Von Zipper and a host of rhinestone cowboys and other ghastly indoctrination pieces. We were being shown "the good life", like when television came along and we got "My Three Sons" or "Leave It To Beaver", "Father Knows Best", then those series of "Crime doesn't pay" gumshoe-detective genre I believe was in the mix also. One is inclined now, with the wisdom of age, to ask; "What were the adults thinking!!?"
But now, we do know just what "they" were thinking.
They were showing us "the Contract". An unwritten agreement that "all this" could be yours if you stick to the line and the terms of the contract and just do as you are directed. It was the age of wall to wall Conservative Liberal Governments. Federal, State, Local, one great big broad church of conservatism with a capital "C". The endless long-weekend with work aplenty, radio, TV, the flicks, sun, surf and an endless horizon that seemed as if it could have gone on forever. An endless "come Saturday morning" … and it wasn't us workers who broke the contract.
I wrote on this moment of awakening in two pieces; "Epiphany" and "The Day Bomfino Went Crazy".
I was apprenticed to a builder who held a major contract with the then Housing Trust, and he ran one of those old family businesses, a Latvian whom I now suspect of being one of those collaborators in the 2nd. WW. I worked in the joinery/machine shop. I was in my third year of the apprenticeship and I was keen to extend my carpentry knowledge with a stint on the job with roofing and wall structures. I asked if I could leave the joinery shop and go on the job.
I was told "no", as there was only sub-contractors on the job, not company employees.
I then asked if I could be assigned with one of these subbies so I could learn more about carpentry. I was told "no", and that was the end of it. I was to stay in the shop.
I then started to wonder how this system worked. Why were there so many apprentices in proportion to tradie joiners? Were these "joiners" really tradesmen or just bench-hands? I soon worked out that not only were the workers there not tradesmen, but that there were more apprentices as that was the cheapest labour … and when I queried both the "apprenticeship commission" and my union on the situation, I was told to shut-up and not to make trouble.
So there it was; the perfect fool's paradise. The factory filled with cheap labour churning out a product for a conservative government being run by a conservative opportunist with the permission of conservative government authority overseen by a conservative/right-wing union. As long as the status quo was maintained, all would be sweet: work would come in, wages would go out, "The Real McCoy's" (with Walter Brennan) or "Rawhide" (with Ward Bond and Clint Eastwood) would keep repeating and every weekend would be another "come Saturday morning".
But the bastards got greedy, they got away with the shit wages and conditions for so long, they saw it as their privilege, so that when the workers did finally get some unions with balls and did kick up about it, they got heavy and then the shit really hit the fan! It was called Vietnam and protest songs and freedom!
The rest, as they say is history. I say it is time to make a little more "history".


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Harry Reid fired back at John Boehner's attempt to blame the Senate for the sequester by saying, "The speaker's doing nothing to try to pass anything."
After trying to blame just the president got him nowhere, Speaker Boehner took aim at the Senate Democrats.
Speaker Boehner (R-OH) said, "The president has known for 16 months that the sequester was looming out there when the super committee failed to come to an agreement. And so for 16 months the president's been traveling all over the country holding rallies instead of sitting down with Senate leaders in order to try to forge an agreement over there in order to move a bill. We have moved a bill in the House twice, we should not have to move a third bill before the Senate gets off their ass and begins to do something."
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) fired back at Boehner, "I think he should understand who is sitting on his posterior. We're working to pass something. The speaker's doing nothing to try to pass anything."
Boehner has the entire legislative process backwards. The bills that the last House passed in 2012 would end food and medical care for nearly 2.5 million Americans, but those bills died with the end of the 112 Congress. Speaker Boehner knows this, but he has yet to pass a sequester replacement bill in the new Congress. The reason why Boehner hasn't passed a sequester replacement is because he doesn't have the votes needed for passage.
Beneath Boehner's blame game is the fact that he can't pass anything. This is why he is trying push the blame on to the Senate and the White House. House Republicans aren't trying to avoid the sequester. They are trying to pass the buck. The reality is that the president can't do anything until after Congress passes the legislation.
Since this is a budgetary matter, the House will have to pass a sequester replacement bill. John Boehner has redefined the meaning of the term do nothing speaker. The 112 Congress was the most unproductive since 1947-1948. The gridlock was caused by House Republicans who refused to compromise.
The speaker is still refusing to compromise, but he is also not doing his job. The House must pass a new sequester replacement. What the House did in the old congress does not carry over. The House hasn't even voted for a sequester replacement in the new Congress. In reality, it is John Boehner who is content to sit on his ass and try to win the blame game while Rome burns.
John Boehner's empty tough talk isn't going to put food on the table of workers who are facing layoffs or pay cuts thanks to his sequester. It's looks like Boehner's do nothing incompetence is finally about to catch up with him.


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Hei people. I know it's not midnight, so officially my birthday is still today. I don't know, I just like blogging, I could blog twice or three times a day depending on how busy I am that day. Don't worry I'm not this freak all the time. It only comes recently because I've given up chat via Yahoo Messenger if it's not important or maybe only use it at the end of the day when I feel like it, a few forums that really take most of my time in one day but I still can't get rid of facebook especially coz they've invaded my email. I could get dozens of emails and they're all from facebook! Damn you! I have to change my email address when my internet connection is normal again coz right now it's just soooo slooow it starting to frustrate me. =_=
Uhm, yeah, I want to thanks all the people that goes to the trouble of wishing me a happy birthday from every corner. Especially at my facebook. My facebook wall is full with best wishes from my friends. Lol. Thank you sooo much. And I really thanks Miss Twizted--who's blog I follow--which has given me my birthday present in her blog and Rifa, a friend of mine, also had written about me at her blog. Huge thanks *and a huge hug too* from me to both of you for sharing so much love to a complete stranger like me. Lol. Thank you!
I got numerous phone calls and text message from my friends and my sister (of course), a hug from my mom and a lot of birthday wishes from the blog comments that I received and in my oggix shout box too. =) Really make me feel all warm and mushy inside. Lol. And of course the numerous message at facebook and emails. I even got a birthday wishes from the forum's that I follow. Lol. It's quite funny seeing on top of my facebook wall there's an announcement from facebook saying happy birthday for me. Check it out when you're having your birthday y'all. Lol.
But it's not all pretty and beautiful day. It's currently 8.19 PM as I'm writing this at my home (finally) and through the entire day my mind just keep on wrestling with some stupid thought and the realization that I haven't done my job properly. I mean, I'm not as diligent as I was to be. I got sick and tired of my job desk and I'm starting to feel allergic with numbers. I'm not kidding! If I see another number I'll go berserk! &#^%#*@*%$# (just pretend it's a curse) I'm questioning if my income is halal (at my current division) and will I still be doing this job in a few month ahead when I am already a full time worker at my office. I could ask to be place at another division and I don't see any reason to not do that.
I got cold shoulder from my boss this afternoon when I was leaving the office to go home. He give me this silent treatment and I got scared if he would lay me off from my current division. I mean, I know I wouldn't get fired or something serious like that but I hate to get this very scary treatment from my very generous boss of mine. He usually talks a lot and I always like, 'Ugh, give me a break and talk to someone else, Sir'. But if he doesn't even bother to talk to me, even just a little, I know that there's something really serious is in his head right now and I think it's a pretty big deal. I just hope it doesn't include me. :'( Because even though I want to leave this division I don't want to leave it with a bad name.
I know I haven't work my best and I lost control of time (when I blog or do blog walking it usually at office hour coz I use mainly my office Internet connection) but I will try the best that I can in the future--at least until I'm taken as a steady worker at this place and move to another division. Even my boss know that I can't stay in this division. It's just not working for me. But my work is degrading to the lowest level. I don't have the power to control my time. It's 24 hours a day but it felt like time goes by in a flash, especially when I'm playing around with the internet (like I can do anything else other than that. Lol.).
My other issue that I'm trying to deal with is my praying time. I know as Muslims we are obligated to pray five times a day and I really working on that. I'm trying my best to fulfill my praying time but the problem is... I like to delay my praying time 'till the last minute! Like, it's dhuhur time and I'm watching the clock and it's still be 12.30. I usually just ignore the clock and keep doing whatever it is I'm doing at the time. When I check the time again, it's already 14.00!!! OMG! Astaghfirullah. Most of the time I would run to the musholla and pray than run to the canteen to get something to eat coz I usually would delay my lunch time 'till last minute also. Sometimes I would look at the clock and it's already past dhuhur. =_=
I mean, aside from my lack of time discipline on my praying time, it's also very unhealthy! What the hell is wrong with me?! I easily get addicted with something that caught my attention. This time it's the Internet, last time was TV (curse you TV!!!), if I gave up the Internet, what's next? There will always be something that I'm addicted at. Until I can control and balance my life properly, there will always be something to be addicted at. My obsessive behavior at something/someone really need to be control. I'm a big girl for God sake.
Ugh. Help?


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|Types of Water Chillers
|Packaged or Split Components
Water-cooled chillers are rarely installed with separable components. Air-cooled chillers, however, offer the flexibility of separating the components in differentphysical locations. This flexibility allows the system design engineer to place
the components where they best serve the available space, acoustic, andmaintenance requirements of the customer.
A packaged air-cooled chiller has all of the refrigeration components(compressor, condenser, expansion device, and evaporator) located outdoors.
A major advantage of this configuration is factory assembly and testing of allchiller components, including the wiring, refrigerant piping, and controls.
This eliminates field labor and often results in faster installation and improvedsystem reliability. Additionally, all noise-generating components (compressors
and condenser fans) are located outdoors, easing indoor noise concerns.Finally, indoor equipment-room space requirements are minimized.
|Remote Evaporator Barre
evaporator barrel located in the indoor equipment room. The two componentsare connected with field-installed refrigerant piping. This configuration locates
the part of the system that is susceptible to freezing (evaporator) indoors andthe noise-generating components (compressors and condenser fans) outdoors.
This usually eliminates any requirement to protect the chilled-water loop fromfreezing during cold weather.
This configuration is particularly popular in schools and other institutionalapplications, primarily due to reduced seasonal maintenance for freeze
protection. A drawback of splitting the components is the requirement forfield-installed refrigerant piping. The possibility of system contamination
and leaks increases when field-installed piping and brazing are required.Additionally, longer design time is generally required for the proper selection,
sizing, and installation of this split system.
|Remote Air-Cooled Condenser
|Indoor Air-Cooled Condenser
as a means for heat recovery. Indoor condensers typically use a centrifugal fanto overcome the duct static-pressure losses, rather than the propeller fans usedin conventional outdoor air-cooled condensers. Again, the components areconnected with field-installed refrigerant piping.This configuration is typically used where an outdoor condenser isarchitecturally undesirable, where the system is located on a middle floor of amultistory building, or where vandalism to exterior equipment is a problem.
A disadvantage of this configuration is that it typically increases condenser fanenergy within compared to a conventional outdoor air-cooled condenser.Similarly, a packaged cooling tower in a water-cooled system can also belocated indoors. This configuration also requires outdoor air to be ducted to
and from the cooling tower, and again, typically requires the use of a centrifugalfan. Centrifugal fans use about twice as much energy as a propeller fan, but canovercome the static-pressure losses due to the ductwork. Alternatively, the tower sump can be located indoors, making freeze protection easier.
|Absorption Refrigeration Cycle
So far, we have discussed water chillers that use the vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. Absorption water chillers are a proven alternative to vaporcompression chillers. The absorption refrigeration cycle uses heat energy as the primary driving force. The heat may be supplied either in the form of steam or
hot water (indirect-fired), or by burning oil or natural gas (direct-fired).
There are two fundamental differences between the absorption refrigerationcycle and the vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. The first is that thecompressor is replaced by an absorber, pump, and generator. The second is that, in addition to the refrigerant, the absorption refrigeration cycle uses a
secondary fluid called the absorbent. The condenser, expansion device, and
evaporator sections, however, are similar.
Warm, high-pressure liquid refrigerant (D) passes through the expansiondevice and enters the evaporator in the form of a cool, low-pressure mixture ofliquid and vapor (A). Heat is transferred from the relatively-warm system waterto the refrigerant, causing the liquid refrigerant to boil. Using an analogy of thevapor-compression cycle, the absorber acts like the suction side of thecompressor—it draws in the refrigerant vapor (B) to mix with the absorbent.
The pump acts like the compression process itself—it pushes the mixture ofrefrigerant and absorbent up to the high-pressure side of the system. Thegenerator acts like the discharge of the compressor—it delivers the refrigerantvapor (C) to the rest of the system.
The refrigerant vapor (C) leaving the generator enters the condenser, whereheat is transferred to cooling-tower water at a lower temperature, causing the refrigerant vapor to condense into a liquid. This high-pressure liquid refrigerant(D) then flows to the expansion device, which creates a pressure drop thatreduces the pressure of the refrigerant to that of the evaporator, repeating
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
66 NILLA Wafers, divided
1-1/4 cups sugar, divided
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine or butter, melted
3 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
25 Caramels
3 Tbsp. milk
1 cup Chocolate Chips
2 Squares of semi-sweet baker's chocolate or more chocolate chips
1. PREHEAT oven to 325 F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 300 F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan). Finely crush 50 of the wafers; mix with 1/4 cup of the sugar and the margarine. Press firmly onto bottom of pan. Stand remaining 16 wafers around edge of pan, pressing gently into crust to secure.
2. BEAT cream cheese and remaining 1 cup sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Add one cup of chocolate chips. Pour into prepared crust.
3. BAKE 45 to 50 min. or until center is almost set. Run small knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
5. Microwave caramels with 3 tablespoons milk for 1 min. or until caramels are completely melted, stirring every 30 sec. Cool slightly. Pour over cheesecake; Melt baker's chocolate as directed on pkg and pour over caramel. Cut into 16 slices to serve, using the wafers standing around the edge as a guide. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.
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Literally just starting using Hitfilm Express. Have loaded in a 1080 mp4 film taken with my Windows Phone and when I play this file in Hitfilm the playback is choppy but when the file is played in windows media player, the playback is just fine.
I have made sure the project template matches the requirements of the file, which are:Width1920xHeight1080, Data Rate 16225kbps, Total bitrate 16416kbps, 30 frames a second.
I have only imported this file into hitfilm, no editing has taken place at all.
My PC spec:Ryzen 3 1300cpu, Nvidiai Geforce GT1030GPU, 8Gb RAM, Windows 10 Home 64Bit.
Am reading the manual as I type, btu thought I would post this question up here too. Any help would be great, thank you.
Long story short, what Hitfilm has to do is a lot more complex than what Windows Media Player does. WMP just streams and tosses frames, Hitfilm has to hold segments for accuracy in editing. Being a phone video it's probably variable frame rate, so Hitfilm is doing extra work to conform as well.
First 16 minutes of this video talk about how video decoding works. You could probably see performance benefits by transcoding video before import into Hitfilm. The rest of the video is about that.
Thanks Triem, I thought this would be the case so thanks very much for verifying my thoughts.


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Why would an unborn babys life be in danger if the umbilical cord was damaged?
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Arsene Wenger says he's pleased with Alexandre Lacazette's adaptation to life in the Premier League although he admits the Frenchman is still coming to terms with the physicality of English football.
Signed from Lyon for a club-record fee in July, Lacazette has netted twice in five appearances this season and demonstrated a willingness to defend from the front, as seen at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Ahead of Monday's game with West Bromwich Albion, Wenger revealed why he's pleased with the new boy.
"I believe that first of all he's adapted to the team play, the way we want to play football, because he connects well with the other players," said Wenger on Friday morning.
"He's disciplined, he works hard for the team. I believe that on technical and tactical aspects I'm very pleased.
"He still needs to adapt to the physical aspects of the Premier League and that will take maybe a little bit of time. Overall, on the other fronts, there are no problems at all."
The boss also touched on how his side is starting to win over Arsenal's fans after a rocky start to the season.
"That's down to our performances, we want out fans not to have preconceived ideas. To have a successful season we need them to believe in us.
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Last summer, I wrote a review of a shooting stick we bought at a trappers convention a couple years ago made by the folks at Vanguard USA.
Last summer, I wrote a review of a shooting stick we bought at a trappers convention a couple years ago made by the folks at Vanguard USA.It was a bit pricey, and at the time I doubted I could ever enjoy it much for that reason alone. I�ve since come to love the thing and have shot several coyotes using it to steady my 22.250 predator rifle. Also last summer I became aware that Vanguard added a tripod style shooting stick to its product line, and they have a complete line of binoculars as well. The shooting stick, called the Quest T62 is a rather unique design that employs three legs which adjust from a 30-inch folded height, (just the right height for me when seated on the ground) to just over 60 inches when fully extended (tall enough for a 6-foot-3 guy like me when standing).The legs adjust very easily; simply twist clockwise to unlock the leg then twist counterclockwise to tighten again. The Quest is a tripod, bipod and single gun pod all-in-one. To use as a bipod, the third leg can easily be removed or folded up and out of the way; ditto to use it as a single-leg gun rest. I�m most comfortable with a bipod rest, but Joyce likes the tripod feature. When we hunt together from a ground blind, unwritten rules give her the first shot, so when we�re both there, she has her gun at the ready while mine sits in the corner. The tripod rest provides her the steady gun rest she needs, while allowing her to move around without worrying that her shooting stick will collapse and take her gun with it. She shot her deer this year while using the Quest T62 as her gun rest.I�m rather hard on binoculars and thus in the past have always bought the most inexpensive models I can find. I�m usually pretty proud of my purchase until I accidentally knock them off the edge of the pickup bed or bang them against a tree limb and they turn to mush. I was so impressed with the other Vanguard products that I dug a little deeper into my pocket this time and purchased Vanguards top-of-line optic, the Endeaver ED.The �ED� stands for Extra Low Dispersion glass, which reduces color dispersion to give the viewer high resolution colors and magnificent clarity. They are also nitrogen charged and sealed with �O�-rings which makes them water and fog proof. They�re quick and easy to adjust with a nice large thumb wheel. The company calls their long narrow shape �an ergonomic open-bridge design.� I�ll have to take their word for the ergonomic part, but the design fits my hands well and the darn things just feel solid and sturdy. The clarity of what you are viewing is like no other binoculars I�ve ever looked through. I believe Joyce called them �Amazing binoculars.�At a smidge under $400, they are still less than half the cost of other company�s top-of-the-line offerings. Plus I�ve looked through many of those top-of-the-line optics and the Vanguard Endeavers are every bit as clear and crisp as them.I�m pretty sold on Vanguard USA products and highly recommend their shooting sticks and optics. Yes, they are a little pricier than some, but considering what we outdoorsmen and women routinely pay for other products we use, I�d say they are a good value. Dicks Sporting Goods handles some of their products but browse their website www.vanguardworld.com for a complete listing of vendors, and continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors.Steve Gilliland is a syndicated outdoors columnist, and can be contacted by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This week is National Women's Health Week! (There seems to be too much to celebrate in the month of May, no?!)
National Women's Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority. It also encourages women to take the following steps to improve their physical and mental health and lower their risks of certain diseases:
- Visit a health care professional to receive regular checkups and preventive screenings.
- Get active.
- Eat healthy.
- Pay attention to mental health, including getting enough sleep and managing stress.
- Avoid unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking and not wearing a seatbelt or bicycle helmet.
As women (and some great men I know!), we often spend the majority of our time caring for others and their needs. Why not make a pledge this week to address one of the issues listed above and make yourself the best you you can?
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Online PR News – 19-December-2014 – Regina, SK – Recent studies have shown that customer service often determines a company's success. More businesses are focusing on improving customer service, but still there is work to be done. With recent problems with customer service from some big-name companies making the news, small businesses are more worried about maintaining a higher level of service for their own customers.
According to one survey, having issues resolved quickly is the most important aspect of a good customer experience. This often entails having knowledgeable call center staff or receptionist to handle the calls. Companies must be able to deal with customer issues immediately to find a resolution. Small businesses often face an extra challenge in the fact that they may not have the necessary staff to handle calls.
The cost of using a virtual receptionist is often a portion of the cost of hiring a full-time employee. Working with a company that provides communications services can mean the difference between keeping customers happy or losing out to the competition.
At the same time, many customers do not want to speak with an automated system, especially when they have concerns or complaints. It often adds to their frustrations to have to hit buttons to get to the person or department they want and then be required to leave a voice message.
We An-Ser Communications seeks to end those customer frustrations and enhance the quality of businesses' customer service. This is a company that provides communications services for all types of businesses, including medical facilities and real estate. They offer a variety of services that are tailored to the client's needs.
Communications companies allow even small businesses with just a few employees to provide superior customer service with their limited reserves. They can use these services to book appointments or reservations or act as customer service centers to handle questions or complaints. Employees with these companies are trained in customer service and can handle almost any issue. They also know when to get the company involved for more complex situations.
We An-Ser Communications can act in the role as a virtual receptionist for full-time assistance or just after-hours for those companies that need to respond to customers day or night. They can dispatch workers to answer customer calls for businesses that provide repair services.
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The U.S. Army's 5th Signal Command (Theater) cased its colors at an inactivation ceremony Aug. 4 at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden, bringing to a close more than 43 years of professional communications service in Europe.
The command's heritage could be traced back to the U.S. Army Signal Command Europe, organized under U.S. Army Europe General Order dated March 20, 1958, which consolidated military communications in the European Theater. 5th Sig. Cmd. was activated July 1, 1974, in Schwetzingen before moving to Worms the following month. The command's headquarters later moved to Mannheim in 1996; then to its final location in Wiesbaden in 2009.
Col. Rob Parker, the U.S. Army Europe chief information officer/G-6 and last commander of 5th Sig. Cmd., said the unit had forged strong bonds with its host nation over the last 43 years and thanked the German people for their enduring friendship.
"Over the years the partnerships between the Unites States military and the communities in which we live and operate have often grown into friendships and ultimately into inseparable bonds of mutual commitment, respect and support," Parker said.
Parker also thanked the Soldiers, civilians and local national employees of 5th Sig. Cmd. for their hard work and professionalism over the years. He said people will be key to ensuring success as signal forces continue to reorganize and restructure to meet future missions and provide communications support to U.S. forces in Germany and throughout Europe.
"I'm confident we will remain an essential element to enabling a Strong Europe while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with allies and partners," Parker said.
The inactivation is a result of directed funding and force structure cuts made throughout the Department of Defense announced November 2016. The Theater Signal Restructure and Reinvestment is U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command's effort to transform and streamline overseas theater signal mission command structure. This plan eliminates a layer of mission command by consolidating support functions at the NETCOM headquarters elements and theater signal brigade, and reinvests manpower and resources into supporting five core functions — network planning, network engineering, network operations, network intelligence and cybersecurity.
While some of the command's responsibilities will be transferred back to NETCOM, most of the day-to-day network and communications operations in Europe and Africa will be conducted by the 2nd Theater Signal Brigade.
Speaking at the ceremony, Maj. Gen. John W. Baker, NETCOM commander, said the Dragon Warriors may be leaving, but the outstanding level of support provided will continue.
"This inactivation is a part of the Army's efforts to transform our overseas theater signal mission command structure. However, our signal and cyber forces of our great Army that serve across the European and African theaters continue and our commitment to mission success will never waver," Baker said.
He described the inactivation as a historic event and end of an era for NETCOM and the Army.
"The 5th Signal Command Dragon Warriors may be gone, but their impact on signal operations in Western Europe and the Army will live on forever," Baker said.
Several former commanders of 5th Sig. Cmd. were in attendance at the inactivation ceremony, including retired Maj. Gen. Charles G. Sutten Jr., who commanded the unit from 1992-1995. He said it was bittersweet to be back and witness the command's inactivation, but credited the unit for its many contributions to U.S. Army Europe's mission over the years.
"I think the legacy, the kinds of things that they have done here in Europe, will extend beyond the inactivation. They put their imprint on the infrastructure and the capabilities this theater has that will exist for a long time to come," Sutten said.
Parker described the inactivation of 5th Sig. Cmd. as the end of a chapter in a great book, but said the story goes on.
"Like the infamous legend of Siegfried and the dragon in Worms, I'm equally confident the legend of the 5th Signal Command will endure for years to come," Parker said.


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Raven and the French Fry Dilemma – p.4
August 23, 2011 at 10:50 am 2 comments
The rest of the afternoon was quiet; Raven managed to get just enough to eat, and so did Cardinal. They kept their distance from each other, and each went about his own business.
Just before sunset, Raven was standing in the shade of a dumpster, preening his wings, when he heard a sound. As it grew closer he recognized it as the annoying cry of the Seagull. Raven looked up, thinking how glad he was that there was no more food for Seagull to steal, and hoping that would make his visit brief this time. He saw, to his horror, that Seagull was not alone, but had brought his entire flock.
Thirty-something gulls descended on the parking lot and began to make a terrible racket. Raven looked over at Cardinal, and the small red bird was literally hopping mad, bouncing from one foot to the other and flapping his wings. The gulls paid him no mind.
Raven's home and hunting ground had been invaded. He flew to the top of the dumpster and looked out at the scene; he had to formulate a plan or else risk losing all the coming night's fries…
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They're gonna get it tonight,
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Wow. So seagulls equate to gang thugs? I rather agree with that, what with seagulls pooping on everything.
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There's no ifs and buts; this murder stems from extreme hate and racism.
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Dylann Roof, the South Carolina native suspected of fatally shooting nine people at Charleston?s historic Emanuel AME Church, was charged with nine counts of murder, police confirmed Friday.
The 21-year-old was also charged with possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, the New York Times reports. On Friday, South Carolina?s governor Nikki Haley called for the high school drop-out to face the death penalty.
"This is a state that is hurt by the fact that nine people innocently were killed," Ms. Haley said, adding that the state "absolutely will want him to have the death penalty.
The governor, who spoke on NBC's "Today" show, described Wednesday's shooting rampage as "an absolute hate crime."
"This is the worst hate that I've seen — and that the country has seen — in a long time," she said. "We will fight this, and…
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