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I never believed in making resolutions. Probably because I procrastinate more often than I should. Looking back at the times I spent needlessly do almost nothing at all scares me, literary.
Keeping fit, catching up with friends and relatives, taking care of my wife and mum, concentrating on my studies, working for a better life (present and future), staying faithful to my religion, spending quality time with my pet dog and more plans in-the-making.
Humans are simple creatures capable of having complicated lives.
A simple life would be going through a general education so as to secure a job that pays decently with a bearable amount of workload. Meeting someone that shares that same viewpoint of leading a simple life, to fall in love with that someone and get married to them. The next step in a simple life would be to have children that would most likely go through the same cycle of lives that their parents are leading and eventually, to retire with enough time and money to enjoy the remainder of our earthly lives before we ascend to a (hopefully) place with higher calling.
While a complicated life would be trying to equip oneself with life skills for the future while we are young and to get enrolled into an elite school at almost every stage of our academic lives to receive the best education that the country can offer. If one is hopeful, a scholarship comes along the way as a form of bonus. Having MNCs or government sectors to knock on our doors to offer positions that one can hardly reject. Marrying the dream partner of our choice plus, coupled with the best DNA you think you could ever have, to produce one of the most intelligent and beautiful child (or children) in your so called 'perfect world'. And lastly, to build your very own empire and retire with a legacy for the next generation because by then, you probably would have the financial capability of allowing your children to achieve any and every dream they desire to, thus kick starting their very own complicated life.
There are a handful whose choices may defer from the above two scenarios, however they are just only a handful. Having said that, there will be times when people leading with a simple or complicated life may look on with envy at these handful, but it really is a classic case of 'the grass is always greener on the other side'.
Having mentioned all that, I wonder what should my resolution be.
Sigh, God help.


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Mongolia is on friendly terms with the US and North Korea, and Ulaanbaatar has hosted North Korean talks before.
The summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un may very well take place in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
US officials familiar with the secret, high level planning talks for the bilateral meeting told CNN that Kim would prefer to host it in Pyongyang, but that Ulaanbaatar is being floated as neutral ground.
Former and current presidents of Mongolia also seem open to the plan. Mongolia has hosted meetings between North Korea and Japan in the past and is on friendly terms with most countries, including its neighbors Russia and China, as well as both the US and North Korea.
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Previews: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka and Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka know that they face a good game against Bangladesh tomorrow and they should be prepared for it. Bangladesh meanwhile must be careful that they do not get carried away and start playing too many shots. If they play as they did against India then they will run Sri Lanka close. Young wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim looks a splendid addition to the side and he is a situation player, who has a remarkably cool head for such a tender age. Meanwhile, the bowling looks reasonably strong with Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Rafique and Abdur Razzaq and Sri Lanka will need to play the middle overs well. In Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Marvan Atappatu though, they have one of the best, if not the best, middle orders in international cricket.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka:
Prediction: Sri Lanka to show their title credentials.
Players to watch: Mahela Jayawardene and Mushfiqur Rahim.
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe:
Prediction: Pakistan to sign off with a victory, for Bob and for Inzy.
Players to watch: Inzamam-ul-Haq and Sean Williams.
4 comments:
- Wes said...
The Sri Lanka/Bangladesh match could be a very interesting one. Sri Lanka has to win at all costs because they face India next and you don't want to go and play India needing a victory.
- 3:31 am, March 21, 2007
Pressure all on India now while the neutral probably wishes to see Bangladesh squeeze through - it would be an incredible achievement although judging by today's thrashing, they are some way off consistently being able to at least stay with the better sides throughout the 100 overs.
PS I don't think it is much of a surprise that Bob Woolmer's death is a 'suspicious' one. It was my original inclination that it was too indcidental for the loss to Ireland and his death to happen so close to each other, and as Tim mentions in his earlier post, the likes of Pakistan fans have been overzealous in the past with their treatment of the game and in dealing with losses. It is nevertheless incredible that some one would go to such drastic lengths because of one tournament. A sickening thought.
- 9:42 pm, March 21, 2007
- Chrispy said...
It would indeed be sickening to think anyone could be killed over what is just a game.
Sri Lanka vs India is going to decide Bangladesh's and India's fate and I don't think the Sri Lankans will be in a forgiving mood given that if India win Sri Lanka will progress to the Super Eights with no points. What a cracker!
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- Kenyans with Masters in Savagery took Uhuru down with countless jibes following his Twitter update
- He made a campaign promise that was met with skepticism and ridicule
- In one of them, he was even compared to his political enemy, Governor Hassan Joho
-This is in reference to the ongoing hostility between Uhuru and Joho that has been making news for weeks
As is normal practice, President Uhuru's team took to social media to tell Kenyans of the president's plans and activities.
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But on Thursday, April 7, their Twitter update was met with ridicule when he announced that three major stadia will be constructed in Nairobi, Mombasa and Eldoret as part of the campaign promises they made in 2013.
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In 2013, President Uhuru and Deputy President William Ruto impressed many with their campaign promises.
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Having been considered a president who enjoys public relations stunts to make himself and his administration look good, no one is ready to believe his promises four months to the next General Election.
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All they see when they read that tweet is a president trying to hoodwink voters to keep him in office for another five years with great- repeat -promises.
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The advertising regulator has received almost 150 complaints that an atheist ad campaign, proclaiming "There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life", is offensive to Christians and other religions that believe in a single God.
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Hanne Stinson, the chief executive of the British Humanist Association, which launched the campaign, said she "pitied the ASA if they are going to be expected to rule on the probability of god's existence. However, if they do investigate we will be very happy to respond.


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Friday, January 31, 2014
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Cycling Home from Siberia | roblilwall.com
In 2004, Rob Lilwall decided to leave his job as a geography teacher in England and do something far more relaxing... so he packed his bags and flew with his bicycle for 18 hours to the far eastern edge of Siberia.
He then spent the following three years trying to cycle back home again. Along the way he camped at minus forty degrees in Siberia, dragged his bike through jungles in Papua New Guinea, and braved the lonely passes of Afghanistan.
He was robbed at gunpoint, caught malaria, and met his wife-to-be.
Buy the book on Amazon.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
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45NRTH "Gravdal" Tires: Final Review- by Guitar Ted | Gravel Grinder News
The Winter so far has proven to have given me ample opportunities to ride on ice with the studded 45NRTH Gravdal tires. For a look at my previous post on these tires, see HERE. Otherwise, this will be my final say on these tires for Winter travel.
Ride Performance: First off, I will admit that many of the "average" studded tires I have ridden in the past have left me less than thrilled by the prospect of using a studded tire at all. However; these tires have changed my tune on that. They are not at all dreadful to ride. They don't feel totally dead, and they do not feel like they have tons of rolling resistance. They feel fine, for what they are, which is a heavily treaded, weighty, studded tire. In this light, they are nice to ride on.
You definitely feel the weight here, but again, when you can cut through four inches of snow and have grip, it seems a reasonable compromise. This was a pleasant surprise and the Gravdal clears slush and snow really well with the tread design it has. As a pure winter tire, it does really well.
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LifeStraw® Go - a great addition to bike packing
LifeStraw® Go incorporates the award-winning LifeStraw® technology into a durable water bottle. Simply scoop water from a river or pond, screw the lid on, and sip clean water through the mouthpiece.
- BPA-free water bottle
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- Removes bacteria, protozoan parasites and turbidity from contaminated water
- No aftertaste as it contains no iodine or iodinated resin chemicals (and is BPA-free).
- Filters up to 1,000 liters (264 gallons) of water
- Removes 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria (>LOG 6 reduction)
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Not Enough Wood On Your Bike? Ghisallo Can Help
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The family owned and operated Ghisallo company brings back the wooden rim, and makes it part of modern cycling. They offer other wooden cycling components and accessories too. All handmade with pride in Italy.
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Er, could I have my stolen, home-made, utterly unique, bamboo bike back? | BBC News
Thousands of bikes are stolen in the UK each year. Most are never seen again by their owners, and some even have to be bought back from criminals. But when advertising account manager Hugh Allman, 28, had his taken, he was eventually reunited with it - largely because he had hand-built it himself out of bamboo and it was utterly unique.
I have friends who run a workshop where you can build a bamboo bike frame, so last summer I decided to make one for myself. The handles and wheels came from an old racer. Because bamboo is hollow, it's very light, but it's pretty solid - I rode it from London to Brussels over the August bank holiday. On Saturday I went out with friends for a ride. At about 16:00 there was a downpour so we took shelter a coffee shop. I could look outside and see the bike. After five minutes I looked out again and it was gone - the lock, the bike, everything. I was gutted. I called the police but was 99.9% sure I wouldn't get it back.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Hudsalve - The Swiss Army Knife of Lip Balm | Best Made Company
Designed for the Swedish Military, adopted by mountaineers and adventurers, Hudsalve is hearty, no-frills skin protection for lips, face, hands, elbows, and feet. A staple of many European armies, and necessity being the mother of invention, its uses have now grown to near mythical status. It has been used to grease weapons, and condition boots. Swedish tank commanders use it to combat mosquitoes. Some say it is edible, that is a line we have not crossed... but in a pinch, when no one's looking, it just might be suitable to grease your cast iron.
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Recycled bike fork bottle opener | Etsy
Bike fork bottle opener for your biker friend! Who hasn't needed an opener on a long ride? Made from the front fork-tested and approved!
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Delaware Cyclist Ticketed for Riding His Bike
Have you ever been ticketed…just for riding your bike?
Joe Jackson has.
He was riding on Snuff Mill Road near Centerville last month when he was ticketed for violating a little bit of obscure legal language from Delaware Title 21, §4196. This law says that
"Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway…"
Snuff Mill Road is only about 18 to 20 feet wide here. (In some places it's only 17 feet wide!) It doesn't have any additional shoulder pavement. That 18 to 20 feet of pavement is all there is.
Some cyclists riding on Snuff Mill will crowd over to the right (perhaps to avoid the attention of overzealous police). But no matter where a cyclist rides on a road like this, a car has to (at least partially) exit its travel lane in order to safely pass. That is why it can be unsafe to not ride in the center of a lane – which is exactly where Joe Jackson was riding when he was ticketed. If you are a motorist and you see a cyclist riding "as close as practicable" to the right edge and of the lane, you may mistakenly believe that it is possible to pass the cyclist without (at least partially) changing lanes. The reality is this: you can't. You must (at least partially) exit your lane and travel in the lane of oncoming traffic while passing.- See more at: http://www.bikede.org/2014/01/27/delaware-cyclist-ticketed-for-riding-his-bike/
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Sure, people might say that bad trends fade away while good trends become the new normal, but that's not always the case. Sometimes, perfectly good ideas fall by the wayside—then there are the ideas that are so bad they're good. Here are ten trends that should be dusted off and brought back into action.
1. Kickstands
When did fancy bikes get too cool for kickstands? Newsfeeds are filled with glory shots of expensive bikes helplessly propped up by trees, signposts, and even sticks. Meanwhile, the barely-functional 20-year-old cruiser outside the convenience store stands up on its own, like a boss.
More at People for Bikes
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Hubless BMX Concept | Minimalissimo
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Thomson ELITE 275 650B bike made by Lynskey
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- XTR Drivetrain
- Thomson Covert Dropper and Collar
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XX1 Hack | Bikemag
By Vernon Felton
About a month ago OneUp components burst onto the scene with their new 42-tooth cog. If that doesn't sound "burst onto the scene" worthy, consider this: They claimed you could use that cog to build a single-ring drivetrain with the same kind of low gearing available on SRAM's XX1 and X01 groups for a fraction of the cost.
We've begun to assemble our affordable XX1 hack, but before we get into the details, here's a bit more background on why you should even give a damn.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Ortlieb Handlebar bag with charging options
Touring handlebar bag with a transparent lid for use with mobiles or electronic navigation devices. This bag includes the added capability of charging your devices with cables via hub dynamo in connection with either: Busch + Mueller "E-Werk" or "Luxos U Lumotec IQ2"; or "The Plug" by Supernova. The bag also features a lockable mounting system and lockable lid closure. The touch screen of your devices can also be operated through the lid of the bag. [Ortlieb]
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Man rediscovers himself biking along Ohio to Erie Trail
Ohio native Jack Williams completed a solo bicycle tour in 2013 of the Ohio to Erie Trail. / Submitted photo
CHILLICOTHE — The plan started out as riding less than a mile round-trip to get ice cream with his two kids, but Jack Williams ultimately rode his bike 346 miles in six days.
Williams bought his mountain bike in May after his children — Jackson, 11, and Geneva, 9 — had gotten bikes for Christmas. He thought it would be fun for them to ride together down to nearby Hook's Pizza, but within a week of buying the bike, he began putting together a plan to ride the Ohio to Erie Trail solo.
The plan was prompted by a need to rediscover himself after his 14-year-marriage had ended in divorce along with him turning 40. His children were going on a weeklong beach vacation, so he struck off from the Ohio River in Cincinnati on June 28 with a goal to reach Lake Erie by 4 p.m. July 3.
"I just decided I always enjoyed adventure, and I toyed with the idea of traveling alone," Williams said. "It was kind of the perfect storm. You know, this is a chance for me to do something epic."
Geneva and Jackson weren't sure exactly what their dad meant when he said he was going to ride across Ohio, envisioning a trip from Chillicothe to Columbus.
"I was like, whoa!" Geneva said of when she realized exactly how far her dad rode after he returned home.
As he went along the trip, Williams, a former broadcast journalist who does public relations for a Department of Energy contractor, began keeping a video journal with his iPhone to remember his journey and share it with his kids. He has since turned the video and photos he captured into a 20-minute documentary of the trip that he hopes to share with the public in an effort to inspire others.
"Sometimes, you think you have to go to Alaska or an African safari (for adventure), but it's right here. ... (I want to) give folks an idea that anybody can do this. You don't have to be a super athlete," Williams said, adding that it was a phenomenal way to see and experience Ohio.
Continue reading at the Chillicothe Gazette
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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Heads to the Supreme Court in the Defense of Rail-Trails @railstotrails
The case of Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust et al., v. United States, challenges the right of the United States to convert a federally-granted right-of-way into a rail-trail, a right established by Congress and long fought for and protected by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
On January 14, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the case. We expect a decision in June.
- Read the recap on our blog.
- Read the official transcript of the oral argument.
- Read our amicus brief in defense of rail-trails.
The Brandt property lies along the corridor of the Medicine Bow Rail Trail in Wyoming, a former disused rail corridor inside Medicine Bow National Forest that was converted into a public trail by the U.S. Forest Service and local supporters.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
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When companies break the law and people pay: The scary lesson of the Google Bus | Salon
Ever since Rebecca Solnit took to the London Review of Books to ruminate on the meaning of the private chartered buses that transport tech industry workers around the San Francisco Bay Area (she called them, among other things, "the spaceships on which our alien overlords have landed to rule us,") the Google Bus has become the go-to symbol for discord in Silicon Valley. First a Google Bus piñata was smashed to pieces at a rally in San Francisco's Mission district last May. Then protesters drove a fake Google Bus in the annual Pride Parade with props linking the shuttles to gentrification, eviction and displacement. By December, when activists blockaded an actual Google bus on the street, the city and media were primed for the street theater stunt heard round the world. This frenzy seemingly culminated yesterday when, following another morning blockade and protest and several hours of contentious public comment, San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Authority unanimously approved a plan to begin regulating the shuttles by requiring them to obtain a permit and pay a $1 per stop fee.
The Google Bus (I use the term, as most Bay Area residents do, to refer generally to private buses chartered by employers, including Facebook, Genentech, Apple, Yahoo and others) means something different to everyone. For tech companies, it is a recruitment tool, a means of burnishing their environmental bona fides, and a way to extend the work day by several otherwise unproductive hours. Shuttle riders, perhaps prompted by corporate talking points, suggest that without the buses they would just drive to work, adding more cars to the streets. The shuttle companies act like they are running a jobs program. (Michael Watson, a V.P. with Bauer's Intelligent Transportation, said his company employs about 400 people. He would not disclose how much the bus drivers are paid, but he did state that they are not unionized.) Housing activists point out that the buses serve people who are driving up rents, displacing lower-income residents. Pedestrians and bikers complain of the buses clogging narrow streets. Riders of Muni (the city's bus system) complain of delays and congestion because the shuttles use Muni stops. Some fear that the shuttles are turning San Francisco into an expensive bedroom community for Silicon Valley. Others point to the shuttles as a harbinger of the privatization of public transportation.
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Why Cyclists Need to Start Fighting Back | Outside Magazine
Stories of altercations between motorists and cyclists have become so common lately that they've almost become easy to overlook. Almost.
Despite their frequency, these episodes still upset me. And ones like this recent incident in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the cyclist wasn't just bullied but was also vilified afterwards, especially infuriate.
Chattanooga's Times Free Press has a thorough summary of the incident, but here's the skeleton account.
A 30-year-old Chattanooga rider, Anders Swanson, recently went for a ride on Raccoon Mountain, a road ride that is frequented by cyclists. On the way up, a Chevy truck with two teenagers inside buzzed Swanson, menaced him, and blasted an air horn. Swanson documented the incident with his camera, filed a report with the authorities, and continued on his way. Not long after, when he had finished his ride and was changing in the parking lot, the teens returned with two more friends in a different vehicle, harassed Swanson, and doused him with pepper spray before fleeing.
Swanson called the police again and filed another report. The Chattanooga police found the teens, received a confession, and were ready to press charges. But before that could happen, authorities transferred the case to another police precinct because it occurred outside Chattanooga jurisdiction. Somehow the tables suddenly turned. The police told Swanson he would be prosecuted for felonies because he posted images of the teen's car to Facebook. The teens suddenly claimed he had assaulted them, reached in their car, banged on the bumper, and yelled profanities. Swanson went from victim to villain.
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Sneckdown: Using snow to design safer streets | BBC News
Massive snowfalls like the one that hit the US east coast this week usually spell trouble for traffic. But critics of America's car-centric transport network are using the snow - and Twitter - to demonstrate how roads should be redesigned to make them safer for pedestrians.
Fast-falling snow can lead to unsafe driving conditions, massive pile-ups, delayed trains, cancelled flights and slippery sidewalks.
But advocates for safer streets say the snow can also help illustrate how conditions can be improved.
"The snow is almost like nature's tracing paper," says Clarence Eckerson Jr, the director of StreetFilms, which documents pedestrian- and cycle-friendly streets across the globe. He says that snow can be helpful in pointing out traffic patterns and changing street composition for the better.
"When you dump some snow on this giant grid of streets, now you can see, visually, how people can better use the streets," he says.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
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"It's Hard to Say" if U.S. Bike Share Systems Will Survive Bixi's Bankruptcy -- Reporter | WNYC
Earlier this week, Montreal's Bixi bike share program filed for bankruptcy. Now, a reporter closely following that company's sorry financial history says that could have implications for the Bixi-designed software used by many bike share systems in the U.S.
In an interview with NPR's Renee Montaigne, Andy Riga—the transportation reporter for the Montreal Gazette—says Bixi's financial troubles stem from loss of control of its software, which led to delays in cities including New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
"If in fact Bixi fails, what does it means to other cities?" Montaigne asked. "Can they survive if Bixi doesn't?"
"That's hard to say," Riga responded, saying that there was talk New York and other systems might start over with software.
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3Rensho Mountain Bike | 3Rensho Photo Blog
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Jandd Bucket Kit
The Bucket Pannier Kits comes with all the parts to assemble two Kitty Litter Panniers or your Dream Panniers. Just about any box shaped container can be made into a pannier. Full color instructions and as needed parts to mount a handle and bungee top lid retainer. All the parts in the kit are stainless steel or brass for a long life. Soon to be released the deluxe system with Jandd's Patented Web-V strap and the Uber Bucket Kit featuring the German Module-Loc.
Bucket Kit includes:
- 4 Stainless Steel J-Hooks with protective cover
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- 12 Stainless Over-sized Washers
- 2 3/4 Web Handles with preset melted holes (Not needed on Buckets with handles)
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Weight 9.5oz
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Touring Canti | Paul Components
The Touring Canti is a powerful cantilever brake with a similar design to the Neo-Retro, but with the arms angled upward. This gives the brake a much narrower profile without significantly reducing stopping power. The narrower profile of the Touring Canti can be desirable if you're riding with large panniers or if your current brakes don't give you enough heel or calf clearance.
The arms of the Touring Canti are machined from lightweight 6061 aluminum. Their T-shaped cross section prevents the brake from flexing too much under load.
The brake pads mount to slots in the arms that allow for vertical positioning. The toe-in and angle can be fine tuned thanks to the spherical washers on the brake pads' threaded posts.
Like all of our brakes, the Touring Canti has a sealed pivot mechanism. Rubber seals and a stainless steel bushing keep the brake arms turning smoothly no matter what you're riding through. The spring tension can be adjusted in both pivots to center the brake and to adjust the strength of the return swing.
The Touring Canti comes with pivots pre-greased and with all necessary hardware.
Like most of our components, the Touring Canti is available with a black or silver anodization. Additionally, we offer a polished version with a mirror finish.
We recommend running the Touring Canti with a lower straddle wire to maximize stopping power. Having the cable carrier between 1" inches and 2" above the tire is a good range.
Please note that all of our brakes at Paul Component Engineering are sold per wheel.
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Fender Flute | Problem Solvers
Mountain bikes are awesome. I even think that they're awesome when used as commuters or touring bikes. One problem: manufacturer's include suspension-corrected forks so the frames are compatible with standard travel suspension forks. This is all well and good until a person wants to mount fenders. The front fender sits way up off the tire, rendering it nearly useles. The Fender Flute won't drive the rats out of Hamelin, but it will provide a lower mounting position for the front fender, allowing for better, more effective performance.
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Lose Your License For a Minor Hit-&-Run Under New Proposal
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But minor scrapes mean a hit-&-run driver faces minor consequences. Until now.
L.A. area state Assemblyman Mike Gatto this week proposed a new law that would mean automatic license revocation for runners in accidents involving victims who are able to walk away with minor injuries:
His bill, AB 1532, was announced this week. Gatto's office says:
Right now, there are few consequences for hit-and-run offenders whose victims are lucky enough to walk away with only minor injuries. Current law creates serious consequences, including license revocation, for individuals who commit a hit-and-run that results in death or serious bodily injury.Losing your license would apply to more minor collisions, then, too.
Gatto, by the way, is the guy behind AB 184, the just-enacted law that extends the statute of limitations on hit-and-run cases from three years to six.
See also: Hit-&-Run Suspects Can Be Nabbed 6 Years Later Under New Law.
That law, inspired in part by LA Weekly reporting on L.A.'s hit-and-run epidemic, takes away incentive for some hit-and-run artists to hide for three years, when they would be home free if police came calling.
See also: L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic.
Of his latest legislation, Gatto says:
The only way to know if you hurt someone is to stop. The only way to get someone medical help is to stop. Allowing drivers who don't stop to keep their license, adds insult to their victim's injuries.The city of L.A. is home to about 20,000 hit-and-run collisions a year. Gatto calls his proposal a "sensible fix."
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Ford CEO: More Cars in Cities "Not Going to Work" | dc.streetsblog.org
It's the last thing you would expect to hear at the Detroit Auto Show from the CEO of Ford Motor Company. But last week, Ford's Alan Mulally showed some ambivalence about the role of cars in major cities.
"I think the most important thing is to look at the way the world is and where the world is going and to develop a plan," Mulally said, according to the Financial Times. "We're going to see more and more larger cities. Personal mobility is going to be of really ever-increasing importance to livable lifestyles in big cities."
Mulally said Ford has been trying to adapt to changing consumer preferences since the Great Recession. Americans have been trading giant SUVs for smaller cars. Young people have been purchasing fewer cars altogether, a phenomenon Mulally said might be reversed by cheaper cars.
But he also said he wasn't sure what role Ford would play in the future of transportation in big cities. According to the Financial Times, Mulally said that adding more cars in urban environments is "not going to work" and that he was interested in developments in "personal mobility" and "quality of life." Then he seemed to indicate Ford is interested in getting into transit, car sharing, or other models that don't align with private car ownership.
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Why TIME Magazine Got the Bixi Story Wrong | dc.streetsblog.org
Major media have a habit of blowing bike-share problems out of proportion. Witness the 2009 BBC story that cast theft and vandalism as an existential threat to Velib in Paris. Five years later, Velib is still going strong. The most recent entry in the genre is Christopher Matthews' misguided story on the Bixi bankruptcy in TIME. Headline: "Why America's Grand Bike-Sharing Experiment Is Failing."
The main mistake Matthews makes is to conflate Bixi's troubles with the fate of American bike-share overall:
The question now is whether this is the beginning of the end for the bike-sharing experiments that have spread quickly across the U.S. So far, officials from various bike-sharing programs are saying no.
This is a poor way to frame the issue, for a few reasons. While Bixi is the dominant supplier in the American bike-share market, it is far from the only one. Medium-sized systems in Denver, Miami Beach, and Austin use equipment from other companies, so the Bixi bankruptcy doesn't affect all U.S. bike-share systems.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Third Hand Bike Co-op offers more than alternate transportation
A bicycle cooperative on Columbus' Near East Side not only promotes alternatives to automotive transportation, but also provides affordable access to bikes and the know-how to keep the wheels turning.
For a little more than a year, Third Hand Bicycle Cooperative, a volunteer-run nonprofit, has maintained a not-so-ordinary bike shop at 979 E. Fifth Ave., in the Milo Grogan neighborhood of Columbus.
There, customers can find a wealth of used bikes in various states of repair and function. The median sales price is $30, and those who volunteer can earn discounts on bikes and bike parts.
They also can learn how to get and keep their rides street-worthy from an impassioned group of volunteer "coordinators," who teach and assist in bike maintenance during "open shop sessions" held each Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
The co-op, which evolved from gatherings of bike enthusiasts in home garages almost 15 years ago, seeks to promote cycling as safe and environmentally responsible transportation.
Its members also provide fellow volunteers and customers with facilities, tools and informal bike repair training to help make cycling an essential part of their everyday lives -- which is appropriate, because bikes purchased there are the only mode of transportation for some.
"I would get people that would come in and buy a bike because they were tired of walking to work," said Heather Pirrone, a Third Hand Bike coordinator who lives in the Sharon Woods neighborhood of Columbus. "We really are looking to give these people sustainable transportation."
Third Hand currently has about 10 stations where cyclists can repair or customize their bikes, and where volunteers can strip used bikes of functioning parts to be resold at discount prices.
Although the co-op receives some grant funding from various sources, expenses such as rent and utilities for the roughly 4,000-square-foot space primarily are paid for through donated bikes, which are sold "as-is" to customers.
"The objectives are to promote cycling to get more bikes on the road, and to give an alternative to regular bike shops, which a lot of people can't afford," said Matt Dickinson, an Upper Arlington resident who serves as a co-op coordinator and quasi-trustee. "It's totally self-sufficient.
"Everyone does their own work with help from knowledgeable volunteers, as needed. We don't fix bikes for people, but we show them how to do it."
Coordinator Reda Ashur of Olde Towne East in Columbus said the co-op tries to be inviting to people of all walks of life.
That's evidenced by open shop sessions held for Spanish-speaking cyclists...
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To the Editor:
In response to a letter printed Sept. 18, there has never been a "Stealth Bomber" crash. The Stealth Bomber is the B-2, designed by Northrop Grumman. The "Stealth Fighter" is the F-117 designed by Lockheed Martin. It has had numerous accidents, including the one this letter was about.


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Though the bottles are usually recycled, commercial bottled water uses plenty of plastic. Opting for a reusable bottle–filled from the water cooler or tap–is a more sustainable solution. Keeping your water bottle clean–especially for little ones–will banish bacteria that love the moist environment it provides. Fit Sugar shares some easy ways to keep your reusable water bottles sparkling clean, including–who knew?–denture-cleaning tablets.
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For several weeks, I've sat and watched the 'diesel-gate' episode unfold. On different fronts, you can observe car companies, the German federal government, and city leadership groups emerging in a purgatory-like land with no thinking, no planning, and no understanding.
There is very little doubt that diesel particles are more of a health issue than people thought from five years ago. One might wonder how this change occurred. Did cities put up more observation collection points? Did the cities hire a totally different crew to collect samples? On these topics, the news journalists haven't asked any questions.
The cities involved this mess? Stuttgart led the front on this, with another dozen major metropolitan cities following, and at least 2nd dozen in the mix in recent weeks. It is entirely possible that a hundred German urban areas will have this diesel ban on their horizon by early January.
The state and federal government? Oddly.....the sixteen states and the Berlin group of political players just sat idly by. You could sit and observe that they all acted the in the same fashion as they did in 2013, 2014 and 2015 with the immigration crisis...doing nothing until they were finally forced into the corner.
The ban itself? Let's take the numbers to fill in the picture. Roughly fifty-percent of German cars are diesel in nature. There are six categories for diesel vehicles. The first was established around the summer of 1992, and no one cared about the Nitrogen oxide level at that point. Category two came up in 1996, and again....no one cared about Nitrogen oxide. Then in early 2000, things changed....the Nitrogen oxide level was set at .50. Five years later, they cut the amount of Nitrogen oxide level to around .25. In the fall of 2009.....they then moved the Nitrogen oxide level down to .18. In the fall of 2014, they went to level six....which mean the Nitrogen oxide level was limited to .08.
The city ban idea has zero thought put into it. If you had 100,000 diesel cars entering your city each day....then you said they were forbidden.....what happens? You trigger 100,000 owners having worthless vehicles. Just on the topic of having enough public transportation to take 100,000 diesel owners from the outskirts of town into their place of employment....there is zero thought put into how you'd handle this, or park the cars, or pay for the increased structure required.
So what ought to come out of this diesel summit that is being discussed by the Berlin leadership? I'm guessing five basic solutions:
1. No city will be able to ban a diesel car. You can't allow cities to have this privilege. It has to be a federal effort or no effort at all.
2. Offer up to 4,000 Euro for each vehicle that falls into the Euro-1, Euro-2, Euro-3, or Euro-4 diesel categories.....meaning the car was manufactured before 2005. The guy will have a choice....retire the car entirely, or take the 4,000 and have it converted to natural gas (to be reviewed and stamped complete).
3. Take a strong look at all diesel buses in Germany (both private and city-owned). Somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 diesel buses run in Germany today. The newer buses might meet the Nitrogen oxide level....but I would imagine that more than half do not. Set up a government-fund and pay to have cleaner diesel buses. This shouldn't take more than six months to figure the correct methods to be allowed, and maybe a year to make all of them pass or be removed from use.
4. Terminate all new diesel car sales. I know....it's pretty tough, but you have to start somewhere.
5. Identify corridors in cities where the oxide rate is a problem, and look at the option of planting particular plants which would soak up the oxide. The federal government could offer various incentives and funding packages to make this enticing.
Maybe the cities will come to realize that if you really follow through on the ban....they will create a bigger mess than what exists currently.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
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HAVANA, May 6. /TASS/. Russia appreciates US contribution to the Victory over Nazism, but Washington's present-day policy causes one to think of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, Sergey Naryshkin told reporters on Wednesday.
"Today, there are plenty of real and true threats, which require concerted effort by all sober-minded forces in the world, the way it happened in the middle of the past century, when the anti-Hitler coalition was formed to fight a common and dangerous enemy - Nazism," Naryshkin said. "Of course, we remember the contribution of the American Allies to the Victory over Nazism, we remember the Allied landing in Normandy, the opening of the second - western front, we remember the historic link-up on the Elbe River," he added.
"Unfortunately, Washington's current policy brings to mind both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I mean the atomic bombings of the two Japanese cities," the Duma speaker noted.
Naryshkin added that "the United States was the only country to use nuclear weapons, it did it in a barbaric manner, because weapons of mass destruction were used against the civilian population." "We remember about this as well," the Russian lawmaker said.


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Sunday, November 03, 2013
Jews in The News
Here are some poignant then and now photographs of Anne Frank's Amsterdam. November 9 is the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, which Angela Merkel calls one of the darkest moments in German history. Unfortunately, in some countries such as Norway, not much has changed for the Jews: "75 years after the Kristallnacht large numbers of European Jews are still living in fear. Many dare not use Jewish symbols. Anti-Semite personal attacks are on the increase in many countries. Jews being assaulted dare not report this to the police. Their experience is over police reports leading to nought." (via Instapundit)
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Every family with a child with autism hates to see their child have regression of any kind. It can be a loss of language, a downword spiral of potty training, or return of bad behaviors, just about any loss of a skill. No one likes to watch their child take 2 steps forward and than 10 steps back. It is one of my least favorite things to deal with, emotionally that is. It is very heartbreaking to see them lose things that they once had.
The question is how do you know what caused the regression? Sometimes we do not know what caused it, that is when we play detective. With our oldest son, Hunter, we always look for medical reasons for his regression. He is usually very emotional and obsessive compulsive and agressive before he is sick. He lost a lot of fine motor skills and social skills during the past school year. That's when we found out about his multiple food allergies and weak imune system. It is very disheartening to watch your child lose those precious skills.
When there is no medical reason or major transition, or life changing event in your child's life, then you have to play detective. This is the hardist thing for us, the figuring out what the issue is. Especially difficult to find the reason if your child has limited or no verbal skills to tell you what might be wrong. This is the case with out youngest, Tristan. He was recently doing wonderful at potty training, both urine and stool. However, he took lot of steps backwards recently and its taken us awhile to figure out the issue.
Its like a mystery to solve the puzzle approach for us. After doing some thinking and talking to another parent, we figured out the issue. The routine was broken with potty time when we left our children with the sitter. My son had diapers on most of the day and this confused him and caused the issue at hand. It has taken 5 days to get him to go on the potty again and multiple accidents and meltdowns to get there.
My 6 hours out for a break has caused way more work than I ever could have imagined. When children with autism have a routine and its broken, regression is high on the probabilty list. Our eldest, Hunter was almost potty trained, then we invited a new baby into our lives. This was a major life changing event for any child. For my son, however, undiagnosed autistic, it through him over the edge. Our little quirky things, became giant meltdown problems with a new baby introduced to him.
When you see regression in your child, and we all do at some point, make sure you are thinking like your child and investigate all the aspects of their lives. If its medical get a handle on it or go on a hunt for whatever may be causing the problems. If its a change in routine and its negative for the child in the end, eliminate the change or give the child the tools and ability to cope with it. Use social stories or picture schedules whenever possible to prepare for changes in the day. Change is good, but to a child with autism there must be preperations made to help the child cope.
The importance of your family, friends and team of therapist's being aware of the child's routine can not be stressed enough. EVERYONE must be on board with the routine to keep the child from regression. If people do not want to do what's best for the child and set rules and limits, its detrimental to the child's growth and development. What's good rule at your house must stay that way at everyone's house or you will be fighting an endless battle at home.
Make sure the rules and routines are spelled out and stuck to for your child. I have learned the hard way, that the routine change can set our children into regression of old bad behaviors that no one likes to see or deal with. If you can't send your little ones away for a visit somewhere that the rules of home carry over, then I suggest having people at your house to visit and keeping it that way for sanity sake. Remember, your child's success is the most important thing. Constant change in routine, just leads to confusion and frustration for everyone in your house. The rules are the rules for your child no matter what.


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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY — A social services agency that runs a shelter for battered women has sued Pacific Bell, alleging that the company printed the shelter's confidential address in its July 1999 White Pages telephone book.
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles was forced to close the shelter and move its residents, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The agency discovered the problem in January, when a woman appeared at the shelter looking for her daughter-in law, said Tracy Hutchinson, director of the agency's Valley-based Family Violence Project.
"That's considered a threat, because batterers often use their family members to try and find the women," she said.
The visitor told shelter staff she found the address in the phone book. Hutchinson said the 30-bed shelter had told the phone company not to list its address or even to print it on bills, which were sent to an office instead.


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Goon Suspended From Semi-Pro League
What intrigues me about this story is that a semi-pro league paid this player, well-known for his proclivity for fighting, so much money mostly to attract fans. Even though there have been studies indicating that goons might have marginal revenue products that justifies hiring them, one of my students (thanks, TH) noted that goons systematically do not get nearly so much playing time during the playoffs. That finding leads me to suspect that goons contribute to drawing fans during the regular season, but their contribution to wins is not so great. I expect that says a lot about regular season fans.
Philadelphia Flyers enforcer Donald Brashear has been suspended for the remainder of the season by a semi-pro league in Quebec for repeatedly punching a player in the face while he was lying on the ice.
Brashear was one of three Radio X players suspended Thursday by the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey following violence during a Dec. 7 game in Thetford Mines.
Radio X has appealed both Brashear's ban and a 12-game suspension to former Montreal Canadien Sylvain Blouin. The league also suspended Quebec's Chad Richards for the rest of the season, but the team opted not to appeal his suspension.
Richards, a 6-foot-6, 235-pounder from Anchorage, Alaska, was
suspended for the remainder of the season for a violent crosscheck to the head of Thetford Mines' Hugo Poulin. Richards continued to apply pressure to Poulin's neck and left the player unconscious on the ice.
Blouin received an automatic three-game suspension for leaving the penalty box and the additional 12 games were assessed for hitting a player lying on the ice.
Brashear, who is reportedly being paid $300,000 to play for Quebec while awaiting a settlement of the NHL lockout, was suspended indefinitely following a fight with Glen Kjernisted of the Thetford Mines Prolab.
Thetford Mines Prolab? Radio X? $300,000? I really have to wonder about our assumption of rational maximization sometimes.


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double cosets in Sage
Suppose G is a group and H and I are two subgroup of it how can I compute the double cosets I\G/H?
Suppose G is a group and H and I are two subgroup of it how can I compute the double cosets I\G/H?
DoubleCoset function in GAP has not been wrapped yet, so this is currently "not implemented". But, you can always ask GAP to compute (double) cosets from within Sage:
sage: gap.eval('g:=Group((1,2,3,4),(1,2));;')
sage: gap.eval('u:=Subgroup(g,[(1,2,3),(1,2)]);;')
sage: gap.eval('v:=Subgroup(g,[(3,4)]);;')
sage: gap.eval('c:=DoubleCoset(u,(2,4),v);')
'DoubleCoset(Group( [ (1,2,3), (1,2) ] ),(2,4),Group( [ (3,4) ] ))'
sage: gap.eval('List(c);')
'[ (2,3,4), (1,4,2), (1,3)(2,4), (2,4), (1,4,2,3), (1,3,4,2) ]'
I think this could be easily wrapped, the return type is a list of tuples. It's just that no one has done it yet.
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$5.75 on my share of two Sprinkles cupcakes, one Triple Chocolate (which isn't on the menu but was available because of Twitter ... mmm Twitter) that I split with Amanda and one Strawberry (because I absolutely couldn't resist).
Tuesday morning, Laura tells us a story about how she missed out on a free lemon cupcake from Sprinkles, the gourment cupcake shoppe in Beverly Hills. If she had whispered the secret word of the day, she'd have gotten a free one and that day's selection was lemon, her favorite, which she had even ordered.
So all week we'd noticed that Sprinkles was using its new Twitter accounts to alert customers to free cupcake deals and also when the Sprinklesmobile would be out and about (of course it was near our office during a time we were chained to our desks).
And so Friday I resolved that if they Tweeted again Saturday morning on my way to work, I'd pick one up (and since I was there get one for Amanda). As I left my house at 8:35 nothing. To maximize my chances of catching an alert on my Palm Pre, I drove surface streets rather than freeways to work taking the Sprinkles detour. As long as I saw the 411 on free deliciousness before I passed the store, I'd get cupcakes.
When I got to Beverly Hills, I hit refresh on my phone's browser at a traffic light and voila ... today's offer was for Triple Chocolate (chocolate cake, frosting and ganache). Wow, I love chocolate and I love free. However, I realize that I don't have any money for parking meters. Do I risk it? If I get a parking ticket this will officially be the most expensive cupcake ever.
I risk it. Cupcakes are worth the stretch. When I get inside and the associate asks me what I want I say, "One Key Lime ..." and then whisper "one triple chocolate." She smiles.
"Those are great," she whispers back. Triple chocolate aren't on the menu but today they're free according to the Tweet I glanced at.
As I'm getting rung up I am literally almost drooling surrounded by the über-cheerful Sprinklers and comforting aromas of baked sugar and chocolate.
"OK, Mike, that's one key lime, one strawberry and one Twitter. That'll be $9.75," she says.
"What? I thought the Twitter was free," I reply trying to hide at least some of my incredulity.
"Oh, they usually are, but today it was just to get the secret flavor, which is so good. It's one of my favorites."
"Oh, OK, well of course I still want them." As I leave I check my phone and of course the Tweet never mentions anything about a free cupcake today, just that you can get a secret flavor if you know how to ask.
Always read the fine print. Or in this case, just read what was actually sent. The lesson as always, I'm a dope.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
My 10 New Year Makeup and Beauty Resolutions
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thats a good plan!! I m too lazy to make a list..so m gonna adapt some of yours! :pReplyDelete
Wow that is such a great thorough plan! I think you will have loads of fun doing this too! :-)ReplyDelete
very nice resolutions pooja...i wish u success in this and everything u take up...some of them are on my list also.i too planning on using the makeup i bought and try out looks..cheers to us!!!ReplyDelete
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Like ur resolutions.
Here are mine -
(i)I am going to use and not just hoard MAC / UD / NARS
(ii) Buy less makeup (picked up 4 Bharat & Doris brushes and a pigment on tuesday. There is a MAC kiosk v close to the hotel I am staying in. Went twice but did not get anything)
(iii) Experiment with makeup.
(iv) try combining colours I have - MAC Sheen Supreme Impressionist + Good to be Bad - gives a nice dusty rose.
(v)Not buy drugstore brands as I tend not to use them
All the very best!
all the best Pooja and would love to hear a report at the year end as to how many were you successful in and how did you achieve them :)ReplyDelete
Nice resolutions Pooja ... :D All the best :)ReplyDelete
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 I should also do. Hey, I got the tripod today!!!ReplyDelete
Good luck with your resolution too. Keep us updated and may be I'd do these too and keep you updated
Wow :D A whole lot of resolutions.Even I am trying to work more on skincare :DReplyDelete
And I haven't purchased any lipcolor other than safe shades of pinks and peaches!Its tym :P
All the Best Pooja :D Luking forward to ur reports!!
thats quite a list!! my resolution is to loose weight!ReplyDelete


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Sunday, April 26, 2009
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Summertime is just around the corner and many of us are thinking of a painting project. A fresh coat of paint can make freshen the exterior of a home and enliven the interior rooms if you want to maintain the beauty of your house. Most of the time homeowners do it themselves but there are some large or higher homes that needs a help of a professional painter. Painting is the most affordable and quickest options when it comes to decorating and improving your home and its resale value. I tried painting our rooms upstairs but I found out that painting itself is the easiest part. The preparation methods could be time consuming and not fun at all. If you ask me if I'm going to do it again? Maybe not. I better hire a painter to do it again for me the next time. When hiring a professional painter it is good to ask some referrals from family and friends. It is better to know the quality of work of the person you are hiring. Request proof of current state license and insurance policy. In Florida, liability insurance is a must to protect you from any possible damage. Fort Lauderdale Painting offers an amazing selections of paints and services and provides guarantee if there should be any chipping, peeling or fading within a year or two. Not too many contractors give you that guarantee.
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text: The city uses 28 million gallons of water annually to irrigate Lee Park Golf Course - the same amount used by a total of roughly 390 average homes annually. To help cut back on use and better conserve water, the city has ordered the parks and rec department to install rain/moisture gauges on city-owned sprinklers at several locations. The city owns a few of those devices, but they don't function properly, said Mark Hoven, parks superintendent. That means some sprinklers could be watering grass while it's raining. For complicated reasons, the rain-sensing devices, which prevent the sprinkler systems from functioning while it's raining, cannot be used on the 20-year-old hydraulic-based systems, he said. As the city continues to upgrade to electric irrigation systems, the rain sensors can be installed. The city is currently installing an updated system at the Moccasin Creek softball complex, he said. Financially, conserving water won't help Aberdeen's budget because the city owns the water and therefore doesn't pay for it. "In the past it was viewed as we'd just be paying ourselves, and it seemed foolish and unnecessary," said Karl Alberts, city finance officer. "To operate the city in a more business-like manner, we should be showing the true costs of all the different operations and the true costs of those functions." In 2007, the city used roughly 99.4 million gallons of water, which translates to $223,650, at all city properties. That includes irrigation, showers, toilets, etc. The average home consumes 72,000 gallons annually. The most water used by a single home in one year is 900,000 gallons. Some of the biggest users are Lee Park Golf Course with 28 million gallons annually, 22 million at Wylie Park, 15 million at Moccasin Creek soccer complex and 2 million at Fossum Field. That translates to $63,000 used at Lee Park Golf Course, $49,500 at Wylie Park, $33,750 at Moccasin Creek soccer complex and $4,500 at Fossum Field. The city now charges $2.35 per 1,000 gallons. All water consumed by Aberdonians, whether it's for drinking, bathing or irrigation, is treated at the water treatment plant. The city uses a portion of the water consumption fee to pay for the water treatment. The charge pays for several things, including the operation of the plant. Because the city does not pay the water consumption fee, the cost of treating that water falls on Aberdeen residents. "So who is providing the difference?" Alberts said. "That would be everyone else that's using the water." City water metered consumption City Hall: 469,000 gallons Public works complex: 1,555,360 New airport terminal: 1,407,600 Airport shops and old terminal: 94,200 Fire station - airport: 74,500 Fire station - north side: 77,210 Fire station - City Hall: 241,400 Final lift - 11th Avenue and South Lloyd Street: 82,170 Northwest lift and Riverside lift stations: 408,390 Booster station (First Avenue Northeast and North Jackson Street): 38,010 Police firing range (club house and irrigation): 700 Wastewater treatment offices and shop: 240,900 Wastewater treatment plant: 2,457,200 City library: 160,600 Ride Line: 69,800 Total: About 7.4 million gallons Parks and Recreation Lee Park maintenance building: 558,480 gallons Lee Park Club House: 25,900 Lee Park Golf Course (restroom and irrigation): 28,304,300 Washington Street Gym: 115,000 Players field - northside softball (concession): 88,670 Fossum Field concessions and irrigation: 2,120,000 Lincoln School warming house: 11,290 *Manor Park warming house: 39,420 Riverside cemetery shop: 11,010 Riverside cemetery residence: 23,200 Riverside cemetery irrigation: 31,780 *Horseshoe Court: 6,990 Southside soccer field north concessions: 18,600 Southside soccer field south concessions: 23,900 Southside soccer field irrigation: 15,295,660 Melgaard Park shop, public restrooms: 109,200 Moccasin Creek softball restrooms: 326,000 Moccasin Creek dog park: 73,400 **Senior Center: 15,170 Park and Rec Central: 208,400 Park and Rec Auditorium: 121,900 Wylie Park waterslide (restroom and concession): 69,780 Wylie Park waterslide: 723,100 Wylie Park Pavilion: 36,700 Wylie Park master meter 1: 10,400,000 Wylie Park master meter 2: 12,010,000 Swisher Field soccer irrigation: 740,000 Aquatic Center: 4,078,041 Aquatic Center testing and filling pools from hydrant: 1,393,690 Total: 76.9 million gallons *Meters stuck: estimated usage **Senior Center damaged from spring flood kitchen was shut down, usage dropped Parks and Recreation - Estimated consumption for irrigation Aldrich Park: 602,350 gallons Anderson Park: 1,955,300 Browne Park: 675,000 Garfield Park: 156,000 Manor Park: 2,987,000 Melgaard Park: 2,503,000 Moccasin Creek Softball Park: 2,889,150 Nicollet Park: 242,000 Players Softball Park: 1,987,000 Sunshine Park: 1,138,000


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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Two Things Challenge: Tidy / Ends
I was out of the house a lot this week, but never in any situations where I could find subjects for this week's Two Things Challenge. Finally, this evening in the cozy comfort of my home, I decided I'd try to find stuff around the house I could photograph. I thought about photographing book ends and the heel of the loaf of bread and rows and rows of books. I took pictures of my neatly folded t-shirts and my orderly collection of tea cups and saucers. Then I started noticing that my normal penchant for tidiness was way off the mark and I really need to clean and organize again! Ultimately, I chose a cup of colored markers to represent "Ends" and a pile of considerable pocket change to portray "Tidy."
And, as this is nearly the end of the year, my best wishes to all of you for a very happy and prosperous New Year!
Looking forward to next year's challenges!
Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 12/07
11 comments:
- Bobbie said...
I'd rather have a tidy sum than tidy up any day. he he. And these crayolas are so cool. Good thinking!
- December 30, 2007 at 2:20 AM
Don't know how you got the "whirl-wind" effect on those markers...but it sure looks colorful!
- December 30, 2007 at 5:36 AM
- D.C. Confidential said...
Bobbie: I just wish that tidy chunk of change had a little more cha-ching to it! I took about 15 pictures of the crayolas. Six of them turned out especially well. It was tough deciding which one to post.
Sandollar: What type of camera are you using? On my Canon A630, I have a setting called "Tv" which is allows me to set my shutter speed. I set the ss for 2 seconds. When I clicked on the pens, I then slowly moved the camera to the right until I heard the shutter close. The result is this "whirlwind" effect. Shutter settings are also great for night and low light shots. If you want lights to "twinkle", set your shutter speed for a 6 - 8 second exposure and you should get good results.
(I think that's right. Or maybe it's my aperture settings that make the lights twinkle. I can't remember. The next time I go out snapping pictures at night, I'll take notes. Debi?? Help? In terms of the picture on today's entry, though, it was definitely shutter speed.)
- December 30, 2007 at 5:48 AM
- Lisa Sarsfield said...
Good posts! I love these yet they are so different to your other posts which I also love. You are a fantastic photographer! Nice too learn a little more about you too.
Keep up with the recycling..I was pleased to read you took yours home! My husband is starting to worry that I will start taking other people's home too...lol
Happy New Years! I look forward to seeing your world through your eyes over 2008!
- December 30, 2007 at 10:51 AM
- d.c. confidential said...
Lisa: These were fun to take. I seem to be good at the nature, monument, inanimate object kind of stuff. My next effort is going to be trying to take good pictures of people. That I'm not so good at.
Happy New Year to you and here's to more recycling in 2008!
- December 30, 2007 at 4:44 PM
- Bev said...
Great entry for the challenge. Those coins look very tidy, they all look the same, and as Bobbie says, they make a tidy sum. Look after the pennies, look after the pounds, as they say in England.
Ends looks great, and great for noticing this. All the different colours, but the way you photograph them they look like some tropical plant on another planet. Sort of tubers. It must be the soft focus lol
- December 30, 2007 at 6:19 PM
- D.C. Confidential said...
Bev: Thanks! I went sepia on the coins, which are normally all silver. This is a collection of quarters ($0.25), dimes ($0.10), and nickels ($0.05). I keep my pennies in a separate container.
I had a lot of fun photographing the markers. I just looked up tubers and you're right: they do look a bit similar in color, don't they?
(And now I'm laughing at myself and the fact that what I just looked up was potatoes! "You say tuber and I say potatoe...." Hm. Not quite the same as the original lyrics, is it?)
- December 31, 2007 at 5:14 AM
- dianeclancy said...
These are great tidy ends ... thanks for sharing them!!
The colors are fun with both of them.
~ Diane Clancy
- December 31, 2007 at 11:47 PM
- d.c. confidential said...
Diane: Thank you!
I've been back and forth to your blog a few times in the last couple of weeks and I have to say, I love your art! The colors are so vibrant and alive. What a wonderful talent you have and are!
Happy New Year to you, too!
- January 2, 2008 at 5:35 AM
- Bev said...
I don't know why I said tubers. They're something to do with potatoes. Too much to drink over the festive period. I actually meant some sort of tubular (like a tube)plant lol
- January 2, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Bev: Oh, that's priceless! ROFL.
When I first read that, I thought, "Tubers? Hm. Well, okay. I'll see if I can't see that, too." I found a picture of some rather colorful tubers on Google Images and I thought, "All right, I guess I can kind of make the connection between the colors in my pens and the colors in the potatoes.... Besides, perception is in the eye of the beholder, right?"
Now we know, though: it was really the champagne!
Happy New Year to you, Bev! Here's hoping 2008 is totally tubular! ;-)
- January 3, 2008 at 12:02 AM