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"I think we struck a balance between supporting the good work of the Aquarium and continuing the discussion of the ethics of keeping cetaceans in captivity," said Park Board Chair Aaron Jasper.
The Vancouver Park Board unanimously approved a motion tonight concerning the Vancouver Aquarium, including an amendment to the Parks Control Bylaw to ban the breeding of captive whales, dolphins, and porpoises in Vancouver parks, unless they are a threatened cetacean species.
Committee established to review the well-being of all ceteceans owned by the Aquarium
The Board also directed staff to establish an Oversight Committee of animal welfare experts that will provide public oversight to ensure the well-being of all cetaceans owned by the Aquarium. This committee will prepare a bi-annual report on the status and well-being of all cetaceans owned by the Aquarium.
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The motion was approved after the Board heard a cross-section of public opinion on the Aquarium practice of keeping captive whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
"There were a lot of intelligent, thoughtful, passionate presentations and we had a lot of information to digest," said Park Board Chair Aaron Jasper. "It's a very complex issue, which is why I called for the Special Meeting and requested a fact-finding report on the Aquarium's current operations pertaining to cetaceans in comparison with other aquariums. I think we struck a balance between supporting the good work of the Aquarium and continuing the discussion of the ethics of keeping cetaceans in captivity."
133 people registered to speak at special meetings on Saturday, July 26 and Monday, July 28. The Board received emails, public comments, and enquiries from thousands of concerned residents on all sides of the debate.
At the Saturday, July 26 meeting, Dr. Joseph K. Gaydos, wildlife veterinarian and Chief Scientist at UC Davis Wildlife Health Center's SeaDoc Society Program, presented his review of Aquarium operations as they pertain to cetaceans and how they compare against similar aquariums across North America.
Dr. Gaydos found that the cetacean program at the Aquarium contributes to marine mammal conservation and allows the Aquarium to provide a stranding and response program to injured marine mammals. All cetaceans owned by the Aquarium are deemed non-releasable and therefore would not survive in the wild.
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The Park Board also heard from Aquarium representatives who presented on programming education and rehabilitation related to cetaceans.


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Bodo tribals have accused the Assam police of not being able to control the violence resorted to by Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants settlers against them in Assam's Udalguri and Darrang districts.india Updated: Oct 07, 2008 23:45 IST
Bodo tribals have accused the Assam police of not being able to control the violence resorted to by Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants settlers against them in Assam's Udalguri and Darrang districts.
The tribals have sought deployment of the Army in the affected areas instead of local police.
Several violence-affected Bodo tribals living in relief camps at Udalguri Girls High School and Udalguri College have accused local policemen of siding with miscreants.
"Some of villagers informed a police patrol party present nearby about the violence and arson but they did not take any action against the miscreants. We were surprised at police's attitude," alleged Arati Saha, Arati Saha, a resident of Ekrabari.
Meanwhile, one Bodo youth was injured in police firing at Moinaguri Naharghat village on Monday evening.
Agitated villagers, demanding withdrawal of a particular battalion from Mazbat, gheraoed the police station later. It was only after a magistrate assured them action against the policemen, the gherao was called off.
In Darrang district too, there were allegations against the Assam police's inaction against those who indulged in violence.
In the backdrop of unabated violence in these two districts, 10 companies of BSF, four companies of SSB were deployed in both the districts on Tuesday.
Three more bodies found
With the recovery of three more bodies from three different places in Udalguri district, the death toll has hit 53. The
bodies were recovered from Bhakatapara, Hahinigaon and Mazbat area in Udalguri district.
To accommodate displaced people, the government has opened up new relief camps. At present, 82 relief camps are functional. Of which 46 relief camps at Udalguri district sheltering 8,8000 and 36 relief camps in Darrang district sheltering 6,6000 violence-affected people.
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Te Whakaruruhau o Nga Reo Irirangi Maori o Aotearoa has been in crisis mode for the past week as its executive tried to uncover the truth about two cheques signed by Te Maumoko August.
Willie Jackson, who was elected co-chair when the problem emerged, says Mrs August admitted the theft yesterday and her family made full restitution.
Te Whakaruruhau is funded through Te Mangai Paho, the Maori broadcast funding authority.
The Greens Maori Affairs spokesperson is feeling lonely.
Metiria Turei says there aren't enough Maori environmentalists active at a political level.
She says while there are plenty doing work at the grassroots level, there are not many who are available to help develop policy at a regional and national level.
"A Maori environmental lobby organisation of some kind would be enormously helpful because we don't have that here. You have to work enormously hard to get Maori environmental engagement so you make sure that policy makes sense from a Maori point of view and a lot of that gets missed out. But I do think it's because we're actually mostly busy doing the work rather than trying to mess with government," Ms Turei says.
Maori short films are getting a screening in Palmerston North tonight for Matariki.
Taiarahia Black, from Massey University and Kevin Reilly from the Manawatu Tenants Union will give commentaries on the films at the Square Edge gallery.
Professor Black says their korero will put the films in context and link them to traditional Maori concepts and contemporary Maori thinking.
Mourners have been flowing through the Christchurch Polytechnic marae to pay tribute its kaihautu, Monte Ohia, who died yesterday.
Mr Ohia, from Ngati Pukenga, Ngaiterangi, Ngati Ranginui and Te Arawa, was 62.
He had a long record in education, working not just in schools, wananga, universities and polytechnics but for the Education Ministry and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
Mr Ohia was making his second attempt to win Te Tai Tonga for the Maori Party.
"Monte's the kind of person you make a relationship with and it lasts forever. What a loss and what a loss to the Maori Party and what a loss to New Zealand, this great guy has gone," Dr Sharples says.
Monte Ohia's body will be taken tomorrow morning to Waikawa Marae in Picton, with the funeral on Monday morning.
The former chair of Te Whakaruruhau o Nga Reo Irirangi Maori o Aotearoa has admitted defrauding the umbrella group for iwi radio stations.
Te Maumoko August resigned after the organisation's bank queried signatures on two cheques totalling $10,000.
Willie Jackson, who was elected co-chairperson on Monday, says it's taken a week to get to the bottom of the matter.
"What she said was she defrauded the cheques to try and reimburse herself. What we were trying to do was find the evidence of that but we couldn't find the money in IRD, so we were just going through the process looking at everything when I sort of put the heat on her and then she woned up to her family and the family came up and gave me the news yesterday," Mr Jackson says.
He says Te Maumoko August's family has reimbursed the money, but the matter has been referred to the police.
Maori broadcast funding agency Te Mangai Paho suspended Te Whakaruruhau's funding when the potential fraud came to light.
Motueka Maori should benefit from an agreement signed today between Te Awhina Marae and the Tasman Regional Sports Trust.
Rochelle Curtis, Te Awhina's hauora services coordinator, says trust is keen to learn how it can improve services to Maori.
That fits in with the marae's desire to strengthen its sports programme, which is based around a small gym in the complex, and to address other health problems caused by lack of exercise and poor nutrition.
Te Awhina Marae is also trying to start a rangatahi waka ama squad.
The Maori new year could be a financial winner for some quick-witted poet.
The first Matariki poetry grand slam will be held at Auckland's Classic Theatre on Sunday evening.
Organiser Mei Hill says there's a $500 first prize to the poet who is able to wow the three judges and the audience in their three-minute time slot.
She was inspired to organise the poetry slam to remember Hone Tuwhare and Mahinarangi Tocker, who have both died in the past year.


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Katy also talks about wishing to God for BOOBS when she was 11. She's told this story before, but she gives a few extra details this time.
She says, quote, "I lay on my back one night and looked down at my feet, and I prayed to God. I said, 'God, will you please let me have boobs so big that I can't see my feet when I'm lying down?'
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Alex Shakar's first novel, "The Savage Girl," was published the week after 9/11. His second, "Luminarium," is just out and is a mind-bender that got a great blurb from Dave Eggers. Shakar wrote an amusing, moving essay about his first publishing experience and will be in town to read from "Luminarium" and talk about how the world has changed in the last 10 years.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
Other finalists are "The Free World" by David Bezmozgis, "The Sweet Relief of Missing Children" by Sarah Braunstein, "Daughters of the Revolution" by Carolyn Cooke (Knopf), "The History of History" by Ida Hattemer-Higgins, "Lamb" by Bonnie Nadzam, and "Touch" by Alexi Zentner.
Portland writer Apricot Irving was one of six women to receive a $25,000 writers' award from the Rona Jaffe Foundation. Irving is working on "The Missionary's Daughter," about growing up on a missionary compound in Haiti, and will use the award for writing space and childcare and for a trip to Haiti.
Madonna's 1992 book "Sex" continues to be the most sought-after out-of-print book in the country, according to an annual report by BookFinder.com. Nora Roberts' "Promise Me Tomorrow" is next, followed by two books by Stephen King, "Rage" (as Richard Bachman) and "My Pretty Pony."
"Chapels," an essay by Pico Iyer, has been included in "The Best American Essays 2011," which will be published in October. The essay was first published in Portland, the University of Portland magazine.
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Today is Day 5 in the How Do I Teach…series. As everyone coming from the How Do You Teach Series knows, math is not my favorite subject. I would like to close-out the 5-day series with a review of a product that I really enjoyed using and think definitely helped me teach math in a fun and special way.
This post is a product review. I was given a free copy of the PDF versions of the books to assist in this review. For full details read my disclosures found HERE.
When I first stumbled upon Arithmetic Village by Kimberly Moore I was excited to see great art work being used in story books to teach the basics of math. There are five books in the series that focus the reader on counting, adding, subtraction, multiplication, and division. All the books are themed into a medieval setting of a royal village, hence the clever name, Arithmetic Village. A quick over view of the books is as follows:
Counting: The counting book introduces the readers to the gems and people of Arithmetic Village. It teaches the reader how to group gems into groups of ten and then how to count the groups in a unique and fun way.
Addition: The addition book follows the adventures of Polly Plus as she travels through Arithmetic Village on her jewel finding adventure, adding more and more gems to her basket as she goes along.
Subtraction: The subtraction book follows the adventures of Linus minus as he 'looses' gems on his adventures around and through and all over Arithmetic Village.
Multiplication: The multiplication book follows the adventures of Tina Times as she journeys through Arithmetic Village learning to multiple by counting her jewels in groups.
Division: The division book follows the adventures of King David Divide as he wanders through the kingdom, sharing his jewels by dividing them up. And the cutest part is that he gives all the extras to his pet Rover.
The books come in two versions: Downloadable PDFs that you have to put together or physical books. To save cost and create an art project for my daughter Elizabeth and myself I would have chosen the PDF versions and printed them myself, but I was given a copy of the PDF version for the purposes of this review. The first step in the PDF books is to make them. The author recommends sewing the books together at the spine, so I had Elizabeth help pick appropriate yarn and we set out to assemble the books. Here are the supplies and tools we used for Polly Plus:
With each book I order them as the direction said to, cut them, and stapled the outer edges together to make the book. Then I used a small hole-punch to make holes in the spine to thread yarn through. Elizabeth picked a different yarn color for each book. Here is Elizabeth sewing the spine of the Linus Minus book. She was having a blast making the books..
And here is the Linus Minus and Polly Plus books assembled and ready to learn from:
Then, it was off to read the books. Elizabeth already knows some math, but she would not put down the Linus Minus book once she assembled it. Here you can see her reading it right after making it (she has fallen asleep reading this storybook every night for the past week!):
So far I have only discussed the wonderful books included in the Arithmetic Village math program. That is because they are the text book to the program. Each book teaches the core math skill and then the author has provided lesson outlines and resources on her website to help you bring the story alive and 'play' while learning math. Since math is not my favorite subject to teach, it was a welcome experience to be able to have the math presented in a fun way to begin with. The resources can be found on the Arithmetic Village website in the subject areas under the clickable link for Activities. Each book has a section on Teach, Become, Create, Live, and Watch. All of these areas are full of resources to help bring the books and math lessons to life.
Since Elizabeth really liked Linus Minus, here she is using the worksheet for Linus Minus. She decided to use her counting bears instead of jewels (since her jewels at the time were hidden away from her older brother), but you can use anything to represent your jewels.
Then, to further reinforce the Linus Minus lessons I created a quick game to play based on the Linus Minus Create resource page. I had Beck and Elizabeth pick a different color each of counting bears. I handed them each a pile and they counted the pile up to get their starting number. Then, I had them run around holding their bears and as they ran around some of their bears would fall out just like in the story. Then, I called stop and they each had to count the number of bears they had remaining in their hands. They both seemed to have a blast doing this fun math hands-on activity, so much so that I tried to get a photo or two to share, but we were all having too much fun learning.
To finish out the Linus Minus activity we played a few rounds of the live games suggested on the Linus Minus Live resource page while we went through out our day cooking, cleaning, playing toys, and playing with the dogs. It was fun hearing Beck and Elizabeth practicing the Linus Minus activities.
Overall, Arithmetic Village by Kimberly Moore is a great, hands-on, real world based, creative, and fun way to teach the basics of math, even for someone like me who admits to not liking math. I would highly suggest taking a look at the Arithmetic Village website and seeing for yourself if it meets the needs of fun math for you.
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Thank you for taking the time to read my review of Arithmetic Village by Kimberly Moore and I hope that this conclusion to the How Do I Teach Math When I Don't Like Math 5-Day Series helps you in some way find a fun and creative way to teach math if you are like and do not enjoy math.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Trip to Japan (August '03)
Link: Photos from my trip to Japan in August 2003. (Try the "Slideshow" button in the upper left.)
I took a "Japan Sampler" tour of Japan with General Tours. (That tour is no longer offered.) The tour was 9 days, and I added non-tour days in Tokyo before and after the tour.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Cities I've visited
So much of the world still to see!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Trip to British Columbia (summer '06)
Link: Photos from Rodney and Victor's trip to British Columbia in July-August 2006.
Victor loves bears. Since he can't get a tourist visa to come to the U.S., we couldn't go to Alaska. So we decided on B.C., in particular Knight Inlet Lodge.
I put together a trip that took us from Mexico City direct to Vancouver. We stayed in Vancouver before and after our trip to Knight Inlet.
We had a great time. In addition to seeing bears every day in Knight Inlet, we saw orcas and beautiful scenery.
Victor had also never eaten salmon, and loved it.
In Vancouver, we were there for the gay pride parade and some of the annual Celebration of Light, an international "pyro-musical fireworks competition," including Mexico's show, which won it all.
Trip to Argentina (Dec. '09)
Link: Photos from Rodney and Victor's trip to Patagonia and Iguazu in Dec. 2009.
Click on each set and try the "Slideshow" button in the upper right. If you want captions, click "Show info". (You can also use the "Pause" button and then "Next".)
It's my first time using Flickr, so I may not have done it the best way, but it was fast and easy.
The trip was arranged through Wildland Adventures. It was their 2009 version (Argentina-based) Best of Patagonia plus a two-day extension to Iguazu Falls.
Victor had been intrigued by Patagonia, and had long wanted to touch snow. I had been to Buenos Aires, Iguazu, and Bariloche in 1987 (more here), but never to Patagonia.
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Each time Gartner unveils its annual Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics platforms, most media and industry chatter mentions specific BI vendors and their relative market positions. But here's how Chief Data Officers (CDOs) can study the research to actually determine the BI capabilities they need.
For starters, Gartner believes their are four main use cases for BI:
1. Centralized BI Provisioning: Workflow from data to IT-delivered-and-managed content.
2. Decentralized Analytics: Workflow from data to self-service analytics.
3. Governed Data Discovery: Workflow from data to self-service analytics to systems-of-record, IT-managed content with governance, reusability and promotability.
4. OEM/Embedded BI: Workflow from data to embedded BI content in a process or application.
Different Customers, Different Needs
Once CDOs determine employee use case(s), they must also consider specific types of BI features and functions
For IT departments, CDOs and data scientists that are evaluating BI platforms, Gartner points to the following areas for consideration.
First, a BI platform must enable:
1. Business user data mashup and modeling. This includes "drag and drop" user-driven data from multiple sources. Look for advanced capabilities like semantic autodiscovery, intelligent joins, intelligent profiling, hierarchy generation, data lineage and data blending on varied data sources, including multistructured data.
2. Internal platform integration, including a common look and feel, install, query engine, shared metadata, and promotability across all platform components.
3. Platform administration that addresses security, scalability, optimized performance, high availability and disaster recovery across all platform components.
4. Metadata management, empowering users to leverage the he same systems-of-record semantic model and metadata.
5. Cloud capabilities including platform as a service to run your applications either on-premises or off-premises.
6. Development and integration, including programmatic and visual tools and a development workbench for building reports, dashboards, queries and analysis.
Second, the BI platform should allow users to produce:
1. Free-form interactive exploration of data -- via the manipulation of chart images, with the color, brightness, size, shape and motion of visual objects representing aspects of the dataset being analyzed.
2. Analytics dashboards and content with visual exploration and embedded advanced and geospatial analytics to be consumed by others.
3. IT-developed reporting and dashboards that deliver highly formatted, print-ready and interactive reports, with or without parameters.
4. Traditional analysis approaches -- including ad hoc query that enables users to ask their own questions of the data, without relying on IT to create a report.
Third, the BI platform should allow users to consume content across:
1. Mobile, including support for touchscreen, camera, location awareness and natural-language query.
2. Collaboration and social media, empowering users to share and discuss information, analysis, analytic content and decisions via discussion threads, chat, annotations and storytelling.
3. Embedded BI, including a software developer's kit with APIs and support for open standards.
Gartner's guidance doesn't end there. For deeper information, check out the complete 2015 Magic Quadrant Report for BI and Analytics here.
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5 towns oppose GE dump site in the Berkshires
File brief in support of EPA order to ship PCB-laden soil to licensed facility out of state
In a "friend of the court" brief, the communities backed the Environmental Protection Agency's defense of its order calling for GE to clean up the the Housatonic River from southeast Pittsfield downstream. GE is fighting the EPA over major aspects of the agency's Rest of River cleanup order.
A three-judge panel at the Environmental Appeals Board in Washington, considered an independent arm of the EPA, is reviewing the case with a hearing set for June 8.
The EPA has ordered the company to spend $613 million over 13 years to dredge, excavate and remove PCB-laden soil and sediment from hot spots, primarily in southeast Pittsfield. Lenox and Lee, and ship the toxins to a federally licensed, out-of-state facility.
State regulations bar the disposal of PCBs into landfills since Massachusetts has no federally licensed disposal sites.
The company argues that it would be safe and cost-effective to truck the contaminated material to a landfill near Woods Pond on the Lee-Lenox border, or to sites off Forest Street in Lee and near Rising Pond in the Great Barrington village of Housatonic. GE says it could save anywhere from $160 million to $245 million.
The potential site at Lane Construction Co. off Woods Pond is 1,300 feet away from the village of Lenox Dale, the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission pointed out in the brief.
In its filing to the Environmental Appeals Board, GE contends that the EPA cannot impose off-site disposal of toxic PCB waste as there is "no environmental benefit." The company asserts that there are "adverse environmental impacts associated with the out-of-state transport and disposal of sediment and soil. Safe, cost-effective local options exist."
The friend of the court brief was filed by the Housatonic Rest of River Municipal Committee, representing Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Great Barrington and Sheffield. Committee partners include the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, the Berkshire County League of Sportsmen, the Pittsfield-based Berkshire Environmental Action Team, the Berkshire Natural Resources Council, the Housatonic Valley Association and the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
The document backs the EPA requirement that GE dispose of dredged PCB-contaminated material in an existing off-site licensed hazardous waste facility. The agency's directive is part of the EPA permit issued last October detailing what the company must do to remove the toxins.
In response, GE filed a 127-page document on March 27 emphasizing its opposition to many EPA requirements, reserving its most intense criticism for off-site PCB disposal.
"We're hearing a very broad-based, unified voice against waste disposal in Berkshire County," said Lauren Gaherty, senior planner of the Regional Planning Commission. "We felt it would be great to have the other organizations join the [friend of the court] brief."
The commission provides technical help to the five-town municipal committee, coordinating the pooling of funds for legal services.
The legal work is being handled by the Pawa Law Group based in Newton, a Boston suburb. The litigation firm is well-known nationally as a successful advocate for communities on environmental issues.
"The landfill issue is the focal point of the Rest of River Municipal Committee," Gaherty stressed. "There's absolutely clear unity on this."
Although Pittsfield declined to renew its agreement with the Rest of River Municipal Committee earlier this year, city Solicitor Richard Dohoney filed a friend of the court brief last month stating that the Rest of River cleanup "will have a great impact on the city" since about 25 percent of contaminated sediment to be removed lies in the riverbed south of Fred Garner Park.
"The city will suffer negative socioeconomic impacts," he wrote, since the removal will require access and easements over city streets and property.
Dohoney's brief calls for active involvement and engagement by the city on the cleanup plan and its impact on residents and businesses.
As Gaherty put it, "GE is absolutely alone in wanting a local landfill, as far as we know."
"As noted in the committee's brief, the cost difference between local and off-site disposal is only slightly more than the $119 million that GE paid its top five executives in 2015 alone," she stated.
The Woods Pond area has an extra layer of protection, Gaherty noted, since it's within the state-designated Upper Housatonic River Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
The area "outright prohibits disposal of PCBs specifically at Woods Pond," Gaherty told The Eagle. The other two potential sites in Lee and Great Barrington favored by GE are outside the area.
Gaherty asserted that when the company spent close to $2 billion to remove PCB contamination from the upper Hudson River, it also sought a local landfill instead of an out-of-state licensed site, as the EPA required.
"GE fought the EPA every step of the way and the EPA prevailed," Gaherty said.
The company released the probable cancer-causing toxins into the Housatonic from its Pittsfield electric transformer plant from the 1930s until 1977, when the U.S. government banned the use of the chemicals.
"The company's cost-savings argument rings hollow," Gaherty contended.
She also concurred with the view that if the Environmental Appeals Board's three-judge administrative panel rules against GE, the company will take the case to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
Reach correspondent Clarence Fanto at email@example.com or 413-637-2551.
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The Pancake Place [Apple Cinnamon Pancake]
This is the third or fourth time Food in the Fox has visited The Pancake Place in Green Bay but oddly enough this is the first time we have written about it. I have a friend who recently described herself as a "pancake connoisseur." Hopefully she sees this post and visits The Pancake Place, if she hasn't already. I don't think she would be disappointed.
HUGE Pancakes With About 2000 Calories of Toppings
First off, pancakes have two sides. Shocking, I know. What you are seeing in the photo below is the rather unphotogenic side of the pancake in question. The other side was much more attractive, but since I'm dumb I forgot to take a picture before I took a bite out of it. On the other side of this 3/4″ thick pancake you can see the apples that are baked into it. Anyway, as you can see, the dang thing is slightly bigger than the plate it is on. How they can sell an apple cinnamon pancake with a full array of toppings for $2.80 (I kid you not) is beyond me.
Speaking of toppings, if you noticed the cover photo of this post you will have seen a trio of high-calorie toppings. These toppings consisted of: strawberry, raspberry, and whipped butter. There was also a small, but adequate, container of syrup. So, apparently, it's customary in Green Bay to top your giant pancake with an additional 2000 calories worth of toppings. And to think I was a little disappointed that my pancake didn't come smothered in whipped cream. Anyway, as pancakes go, this one was pretty darned good. It was pancakey. Appley. Slices of apples. My pancake had slices of apples in it. That's what I'm trying to get at. On the downside, I didn't taste much of the cinnamon. It mostly tasted like pancake with some occasional apple goodness mixed in.
Other Menu Temptations
Other tempting pancake choices included banana nut, peach, Oreo, and many more. Even more very intriguing options included stuffed hashbrowns (they are totally obscene… I saw the gyro one a few weeks back and my cholesterol went up a few points just by looking at it), stuffed French toast, and various breakfast combos that also looked great. My Food in the Fox co-conspirator had a "Souper Salad" that consisted of a nice garden salad combined with chicken dumpling soup and a breadstick. Best of all she was asked, "How many breadsticks would you like?" My answer would have been, "All of them!" She controlled herself and said, "One will be fine."
The Pancake Place
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Quite simply, Smartreader is a re-invention of the mobile reading experience, and puts the control squarely back where it has always truly belonged: with users!
Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) July 03, 2014
Android users who want to re-invent how they view, edit and enhance eBooks, documents and web pages can now head to Google Play and download Smartreader: the world's first mobile reading platform with a full-fledged graphic file manager.
Developed by Appside and available at no-cost, Smartreader gives Android users unprecedented control by empowering them to quickly and easily:
- View eBooks (EPUB), documents (PDF & TXT), and web pages (HTML)
- Add their own content by sourcing compatible files from anywhere on the web
- Access the app's built-in comprehensive file manager to organize eBooks, documents and saved web content – just like they would on their desktop
- Enhance their content with premium annotation features for EPUB and PDF files, including bookmarks, notes and highlights
- Download blogs, news articles and other web pages directly from their mobile browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Dolphin, etc.), so they can conveniently be viewed offline at a later time
- Enjoy direct access to Wikipedia's online database without having to exit the app's reading view
- Plug in several offline (Stardict) dictionaries -- including both monolingual and multilingual versions -- and view content or translations side-by-side in the app's reading view
- Access comprehensive history tracking, and customize user interactions to record and export for editing via word processor
- Share recorded user interactions with other apps like Gmail, Dropbox, mobile word processors etc.
In addition, Smartreader features an elegantly streamlined user interface, intuitive design and generous reading space, all of which cut down on the clutter found in most mobile readers. The end result is that users don't have to worry about navigating through a confusing maze of menus and options, and can instead focus on getting what they want with a minimum number of taps. What's more, the lightweight footprint of approximately 10MBs is a refreshing departure from bloated memory-hogging apps.
"We meticulously designed Smartreader so that it doesn't just offer superior features across-theboard when compared to other mobile reader apps, but that it does so in a way that's remarkably easy-to-use, and delivers a whole new level of user choice," commented Appside. "Quite simply, Smartreader is a re-invention of the mobile reading experience, and puts the control squarely back where it has always truly belonged: with users!"
Adding: "We're also constantly raising the bar and developing enhancements. Features currently in development include book catalog integration, extensive library upgrades, localization, and more."
Smartreader is available now at no-cost from Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appside.app.smartreader.free
More details are available from the company website at: http://www.smartreader.mobi.
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Operational conditions apply.
The use of flying objects such as drones is prohibited within Moors Valley Country Park and Forest.
Giving out leaflets/promotional materials within Moors Valley is not allowed unless consent is given. No flyposting of leaflets on windscreens in the car park is permitted under any circumstances.
If you are a commercial operation and wish to use Moors Valley for your business please contact the Rangers for more information.
CCTV surveillance takes place at Moors Valley for your safety and to protect the premises. Images are not used for any other purposes and the system complies with the RIPA act.
Car registrations are recorded through the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system for statistical purposes.


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Bitterness over divorce when I earn much more than him(59 Posts)
Can anyone give advice or help me get over bitterness I feel? Through 25 years of marriage I've done nearly all the household tasks, cared for the children, organised our lives. Husband has just enjoyed the ride. I now earn alot more than him because I've bothered to work up the career ladder, & finally have confidence to divorce. But in settlement it looks like he'll get more than 50% of house, plus thousands in cash, plus a big chunk of my pension! The law which is set up to support stay at home mums or those working part time is certainly not supporting me! Anyone gone through similar experience? Can I show judge how things have been through marriage? Or, how do I 'get over it'!
No advice just empathy. I am divorcing my cheating husband and he wants to walk away with half the equity of a house where I have contributed all the deposit (nearly £200k), where he has taken thousands to clear his debts and he has sold a property so I can't claim a stake!
Yes, the law tends to support the lower earner, irrespective of the nature of their gonads.
Why would he get the house and your pension? I don't understand
Don't get married if you are a financially independent woman.
^this is what we need to tell our daughters.
Loopy, surely you'd have a good case for having more? It doesn't have to be split 50-50, does it? Mine wasn't.
OP, how old are the children? Why will he have more than 50%? Does he have a pension at all?
The law supports the lower earner & gives them more equity, bigger chunk of any savings & share of main earners pension. As this is usually the stay at home wife or wife who's worked part time while looking after the kids it is complete fair. Unfortunately the same law kicks in for my situation. I have 2 teenagers.
It does seem very unfair that if you've taken on all the family responsibilities and worked harder, that he should dilly dally around and then pick up the money. That seems so unfair.
I have a friend in a similar position but with a much younger child. I don't know the law but she has been advised he will get some of her earnings and her pension if they divorce. Despite the fact that he was completely unsupportive to her, left her to go to the pub every evening with a newborn, she has done the lion's share of parenting and he is now a once a week Disney Dad he will benefit from her years of hard work. Obviously I only have her side of it but it seems so unfair.
I would discuss this with your solicitor. Either:
- you have good grounds to keep a larger share and it's worth contesting; or
- you don't have good legal grounds so it's not worth contesting; or
- contesting will cost more in legal fees than the share is worth so it's not worth contesting; or
- you talk to your ex and work out a deal; or
- you decide it's not worth the stress.
I am likely to be in a similar position & to be honest it's what is putting me off actually going to a solicitor and getting on with it.
No advice just sympathy - it's unbelievably unfair
Despite the financial nightmare there's no way I could even think of not going through with this. My happiness is more important than money, at the end of the day. But I like the advice from Lightbulbon & will be telling my daughter not to marry if she is financially independent!
Anyone had any experience of contesting financial agreement to be more in my favour in a similar situation?
The starting point is 50:50.
Why is he getting more than 50%?
Mine is getting more than 50% but I am buying him out of the house so will be a homeowner whereas he has no chance of getting a mortgage, not yet anyway.
My ex is also a Disney dad and yes it hurts but that's the way the law is. I am just thankful I am financially independent of him so that I am able to build myself up again. He didn't touch my pension.
The financial agreement goes back and forth between solicitors until you are both in agreement. And yes, you have to weigh up the money and stress doing all that entails.
Sorry just to clarify we are separated just not actually in the divorce process yet.
If he's lazy he may be less likely to want to go to court, and want an easy ride. So start hard when you negotiate and act as though you will go to court. If you complete a form E make sure that you show that you pay for everything for your DD and look online to see all the expenses that you need to include. There's a part about anticipated (or outstanding) costs...your car could have faults and DDs furniture could need replacing.
If DD is with you more that should move the division back towards you too.
Is there chance of negotiation with him without solicitors? If you will be main caregiver that will split things in you favour more. I did get all house but ex kept his pension as I wasn't interested in that. But I could have done solicitor said as I was part time for 7 years so much depleted compared to ex. We just decided between us what we thought was fair. Will he do that?
I got through it ( he got my life savings, shares and I got massive debts and some equity in the house which houses his children as I earn more - we did manage a clean break so at least I do not pay him maintenance).
My husband did work full time and vyer hard though to be faire, just he earned less. He did 50/50 with me at home.
The law is a blunt instrument. I know a man who did it all like you - wife at home actually but she did zero as children at school and he came home at 6 and did hours of childcare, cleaning, everything to do with the house but that is never recognised that you can be the full time main wage earner and do just about all the domestic stuff and yet end up paying so much. There is no recognitation for the domestic input if you are a higher earner. Since we split my ex chooses never to have the children so I do all earning, paying for the cost of his divorce settlement, keeping the children and all their care when they aren't at school.
I would not marry again. In fact now I've had my children I don't think I'd even want a boyfriend to move in. They have occasionally stayed a night but it's really nice sleeping alone actually. I suspect as people get older it is men over 50 rather than women over 50 who want someone else around. For me it's hugely freeing just to live with the children and not have to tolerate someone snoring etc. The divorce settlement I paid was worth it even for that.
If you want my advice (as a lawyer but not a divorce lawyer) first of all be sure of your legal position (speak to a solicitor). Once you are then look at how much money is at stake. I spoke to someone this week where they spent £200k and £125k in legal costs (I cannot remember which paid which but huge... and had a full high court divorce hearing). In my case we just reached agreement which the lawyers drew up into a consent order sealed by the court. You need that final state otherwise it's not binding. Go for a clean break with no maintenance even £1 a month token to be avoided so he cannot claim more money later. Get the court to seal it. Also don't fight over smallish sums. Compare how much you might win and are likely to win and worst case situation in court and look at legal costs of getting there and then compromise a bit. Why pour money down the throats of lawyers when your other half might as well have it? I think we both took that attitude and it was sensible. It still took 7 months to negotiate with solicitors and do a property transfer, new mortgage, pay off. Only after that decree absolute and then he moved out.
Thanks for all your thoughts. Little chance of negotiation with him, he's out for all he can get. I'll talk to solicitor again to make sure we go in hard to start with. I'm hoping for a clean break but will then have a huge mortgage while he could practically buy a new property without a mortgage! But like Dogcatred, I can't wait to be in my own place with kids. 7 months to sort it out is s scary thought though! I was hoping to have sold the house by Xmas!
Tracy, I ended up with a £1.3m mortgage (and no savings) and my ex had an unmortgaged 4 bed detached and loads of savings in the bank! So snap.... Not fun. 10 years on it's all fine though and it was well worth paying that price just to be rid of him.
We did our negotiating together face to face but having taken our own legal advice. I had to pay both sets of solicitors. At one point I had to say let's take it to court then when he increased an agreement (verbal) yet again and then he backed down. If you are selling a house plenty of people do that before the final consent order is signed (we kept our house and the children still live here in it with me which is one reason I had the massive mortgage) but you both might need to lodge the proceeds with a solicitor to be divided once the final divorce finances consent order is approved by the court so neither side goes off with more than their share of the proceeds.
I think the stages are decree nisi, then pause whilst house is sold, proceeds received, court approves the sealed consent order (if you disagree with him then you will have at least 2 court hearings and various financial forms (form E) - we did not need that no court hearings, no massive sums to solicitors and barristers as we both preferred the other spouse not the lawyers got the money. I know so very many people who fight over say £200k and most of it goes to lawyers whereas had they split it 50./50 they woudl have had £100k each rather than £10k each once lawyers are paid and I write that as a lawyer. However some people hate the spouse so much they would rather get nothing themselves if it means the spouse gets very little.
This is happening to my brother.
He has always worked FT, paid all the bills and mortgage etc, whilst his wife was a SAHM and paid nothing.
Now she is getting 70% of everything which I really don't think is fair - why not 50/50?
heron does your brother have children?
50:50 is always the starting point and then all the other factors are taken into account.
The settlement should go back and forth until both parties are happy. A judge won't sign a Financial Consent Order unless it's fair.
Heron, who looked after the children and the house?
The rule of thought should be don't get married if you have any money / assests! Someone always loses out, and its not always the person that 'should'.
I hate to be negative about marriage to my kids, but I will find it hard not to, My dad is a divorce lawyer!
I am divorced myself, but thankfully mine was amicable and we were both fair and did not use solicitors or courts to decide how to split our money / assests. If we had been bitter, then i dread to think how me and my exh would have coped as we had several joint assests and several individual assests and in the 16 years we have had the kids we have both taken it it turns to work f/t and stay at home parent. I guess we just knew it was all swings and roundabouts for us. If i'd have fought for his pension, he's have fought for mine etc etc.
I guess the advice shoudl be to both keep your own career / financial independance and to marry someone equal in earnings / age / mindset if you can. Easier said than done I know.....
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What's Your Selfie Technique?
Oh, don't pretend like you don't have one!
Whilst I really can't be faffed with shopping at TK Maxx for clothes (the jumble sale vibe that seems like fun in vintage shops is just too much like a hassle in amongst all that sub-Jane-Norman tat) there is one thing I do like to shop for there. Well, two actually, but this isn't a cookware blog.
That one thing is beauty products. (Do beauty products count as one thing? I have a feeling I may be grammatically incorrect there.)
Man, have I found some good bargains in The Maxx, as me and my friends definitely DO NOT call it.
Check it:
Stroll into Space NK or Sephora or wherever, and 50 milliliters of this Korres Quercetin & Oak Anti-Ageing and Anti-Wrinkle Cream from Korres will set you back a whopping $48. $48! But in TK Maxx, that'll be $9.99, please, madam.
Spell check doesn't recognise the word quercetin, and I've just realised I've actually no clue what it is. A quick Google tells me that it "belongs to a group of plant pigments called flavonoids that give many fruits, flowers and vegetables their colour" and is an antioxidant that has anti-inflammatory properties. Incidentally, my spellchecker doesn't recognise flavonoids either. Not very sciencey.
Now, I would think long and hard before spunking nigh on 40 quid on face cream, but a tenner is eminently more doable (spunkable?). I'll happily spend that as a payday treat. In fact, I did happily spend that as a payday treat.
Korres is a high-end brand that fancies itself as being at-one-with-nature, so I was pretty confident I was getting a good product, even though I'd not researched it beforehand. And I was right to be--the cream is lovely. A little goes a long way; one pump does my whole face, and it's light and gentle with a beautiful scent. It works well on my oily skin, reduces shine, subtly evens out fine lines, and sits comfortably under my makeup.
My next great purchase was this puppy:
This was a bit more of a punt on my part as I'd never heard of Christian Breton before, but I decided to ignore society's advice not to judge a book by its cover and base my purchase pretty much on packaging alone. I mean, look at it; that's some classy skincare right there.
On the package, this describes itself as a "revolutionary powder gel serum." Powder and gel and serum? Eh? But, to be fair, now I've tried it, and somehow it is all those things.
You only need a teeny-tiny bit--half a pump--and it's kind of the consistency of a serum, but then you smooth it over oily areas and BAM! It transforms to a smooth, shine-free powdery finish.
The advice is to use it morning and night as part of your skincare routine, but I use it more like a primer, either alone or under makeup to even out my skin and manage shine. In fact, it's replaced the Smashbox primer in my make up bag.
And the price? Reduced from $85 to... $23. Nice.
The only problem with buying your lotions and potions in TK Maxx is that if you are the kind of girl that's faithful to just one product, then chances are that by the time you run out, they won't have any more of whatever you want in stock.
There are some things they seem to stock regularly, like L'Oreal or Elizabeth Arden stuff, but basically you are dependent on what they happen to have. Though, if you ask me, that's part of the fun.
Other than skincare, some good purchases there are sun products, self-tanners, hair oils, mahoosive bottles of hairdresser-type shampoos and conditioners, and fancy-pants hand wash.
So next time you're looking to get your beauty on, don't just head to Boots (or CVS?) thinking you're too skint for the posh stuff. Pop into TK Maxx and see what they've got.
Check out the cookware whilst you're there too--cheap Le Creuset! Yay!
What's the best beauty buy you've gotten at TK/TJ Maxx?


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Kick off the season with these winning provisions and gadgets.
Spicy Brooklyn Piggies
The combination of pork, paprika, garlic, and peppers (minus all the icky stuff) wrapped in flaky puff pastry makes for a frank that's parallel to none. Heat in the oven before the big game and pack in foil for a hearty snack.
To buy: $25 for one 16-ounce container, brooklynpiggies.com.
Late July Snacks Clasico Nacho Chipotle Tortilla Chips
These sturdy chips are ideal for dipping and pack all the flavor of spicy, cheesy tacos. They're organic and non-GMO to boot.
To buy: $3.50 for one 5.5. ounce bag, thrivemarket.com.
La Fundidora Fresca Salsa
From a small company dedicated to bringing salsa back to its authentic roots (read: no added sweeteners or chemicals), this mildly spicy pick is made with fresh tomatillos and Serrano chiles.
To buy: $6 for one 12-ounce container, lafundidora.com.
Porter and York Ground Chuck Patties with Bacon
Juicy and smoky—thanks to freshly ground beef and bacon—these patties are flash frozen, sealed in an airtight package, and delivered to your doorstep. Your hunt for the best burger in town is officially over.
To buy: $15 for six ⅓-pound patties, porterandyork.com.
The Chili Lab Salt Chipotle Chili Salt
From a small Brooklyn-based company, this chipotle pepper-spiked chili salt is a quick way to add heat and flavor to anything you're throwing on the grill, from mixed veggies to chicken breasts.
To buy: $12 for one 4-ounce container, thechililab.com.
Trudeau 16-Ounce Double Wall Reusable Red Party Cup, Set of 4
Don't bother with warm beverages. These lightweight insulated "Solo" cups will keep those Bloody Marys frigid for hours.
To buy: $19, amazon.com.
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Jason Aldean Holds His Pregnant Wife's Hair During Morning Sickness
Jason Aldean is trying to do what he can to help his wife, Brittany, with her pregnancy for their second baby, as per a new interview with the country staple.
During Aldean's weekend appearance at WE Fest 2018, the 41-year-old star admitted that he's been holding back her blonde locks during morning sickness, which have been more intense compared to her first pregnancy with their child, Memphis. "When she's feeling good, she goes and does her thing," he continued of his wife of three years. "She doesn't sit back and let you wait on her hand and foot, so I haven't had to do much of that so far." Elsewhere in the interview, Aldean admitted that he's a rather laid-back individual, so there's not much the pregnancy can do to get him riled up. "I would never say patience is my strong suit," he explained. "The one thing I got going for me is I'm pretty laid-back. So it takes a lot to get me rattled."
Jason and Brittany's addition to the family follows the December 2017 birth of Memphis. While they used IVF once again, the couple hasn't shared any details about the expected due date nor the gender of the child. "We just want one — I hope there's just one in there," he said with a smile.
2018 WE Fest, which took place at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN, also featured performances from Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Vince Gill, Dan + Shay and many more!
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In Genesis, we read that God created man, then later put Adam to sleep and took one of his ribs and made a woman. Verse 24 leads: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and shall be one flesh. This is the only marriage that was created. There is no other marriage. Men and women have created their own marriage. Its not the one God created.
Its a shame what people will do for money. Judas betrayed Jesus for money. Gays want to be married because of money. Just before Obama was to go to Hollywood to a party he announced that he endorsed same-sex marriage. It came out later that Obama came away with $15 million.
Now we really need a change. Lets vote for the man who believes marriage is between one man and one woman.
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Buffalo Sabres president Ted Black has apologized to the team's fans for having patience to endure the four-month NHL lockout.
With a deal nearly done, Black vowed it's time the Sabres get to work on delivering a winner. He spoke on Tuesday, two days after a tentative agreement was reached on a 10-year deal.
Black will be in New York attending the NHL board of governors meeting Wednesday. That's when owners are expected to approve the new collective bargaining agreement in one of the final steps to prepare for the start of the regular season.
Many Sabres are already in Buffalo, where they've spent the lockout holding regular sessions at a suburban rink. Others, including captain Jason Pominville, are beginning to return after playing in Europe.


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A580/A580M - Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Wire
This specification covers stainless steel wire, except the free-machining types. It includes round, square, octagon, hexagon, and shape wire in coils only for the more commonly used types of stainless steels for general corrosion resistance and high-temperature service. The steel specimens shall undergo the following conditions: (1) annealed as a final heat treatment; (2) cold worked to higher strength; (3) heat treated to an intermediate temper; or (4) heat treated to a hard temper by austenitizing, quenching, and tempering at a relatively low temperature. The materials shall be cold drawn, annealed, and pickled. The steel wires shall conform to the required chemical compositions of carbon, manganese, phosphorus, sulfur, silicon, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, nitrogen, and other elements such as niobium , vanadium, copper, tantalum, titanium and cobalt. Mechanical test shall be performed wherein in the steel specimens shall conform to the required values of tensile strength, yield strength, and elongation. The martensitic grades shall conform to the required values of hardness after heat treatment.
A641/A641M - Standard Specification for Zinc–Coated (Galvanized) Carbon Steel Wire
This specification covers the soft, medium, and hard temper zinc-coated (galvanized) carbon steel wire in coils for general use. The steel shall be made by any commercially accepted steel making process. The material shall conform to the tensile strength requirements specified. The zinc-coated wire shall conform to the requirements for minimum weight of zinc coating of the specified class. Zinc-coated wire produced as "regular coating" shall have the full surface covered with zinc, but there is no specified minimum weight of coating. Adhesion tests shall be done.
A653/A653M - Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) or Zinc-Iron Alloy-Coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot-Dip Process
This specification covers steel sheet, zinc-coated (galvanized) or zinc-iron alloy-coated (galvannealed) by the hot-dip process in coils and cut lengths. The material is available in several designations as follows: commercial steel, forming steel, deep drawing steel, extra deep drawing steel, structural steel, high strength low alloy steel, high strength low alloy steel with improved formability, solution hardened steel, and bake hardenable steel. Structural steel, high strength low alloy steel, solution hardened steel, and bake hardenable steel are available in several grades based on mechanical properties. Yield strength, elongation, and bending properties of the steel shall be determined. A bend test shall be done to the coated sheets.
A924 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Sheet, Metallic-Coated by the Hot-Dip Process
This specification covers the general requirements for steel sheet in coils and cut length, metallic-coated on continuous lines by the hot-dip process. This material is intended for applications requiring corrosion resistance. Hot-dip metallic coatings are available in six different types: zinc and zinc-iron alloy, lead-tin alloy, aluminum, aluminum-zinc alloy, zinc-aluminum alloy, and zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy. Heat analysis shall be made to determine the percentage of carbon, manganese, phosphorus, sulfur, and other elements specified. Product analysis and coating analysis shall also be done. Mechanical properties shall be determined by tension tests. The following are tests for coating properties: coating weight test and coating bend test. There are two methods that shall be used for coating weight test: weigh-strip-weigh method and X-ray fluorescence method.
B136 - Standard Method for Measurement of Stain Resistance of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum
This specification covers measurement of strain resistance of anodic coatings on aluminium and its alloys, that have undergone a sealing treatment and contact with an acidic solution, are stainproof or nonadsorptive with respect to dyes. The method comprises contacting the test area of the anodized specimen with nitric acid solution and, after rinsing and drying, applying a special dye solution followed by rinsing and rubbing the test area with pumice powder, drying, and visual examination of the test area for retention of dye stain. Coatings that exhibit no dye stain or change in color are considered to have passed the test. Reagent grade chemicals shall be used in all tests. A specified solution of nitric acid shall be prepared in distilled or deionized water. A specified volume of aluminium blue 2WL dye shall be dissolved in distilled or deionized water.
B152/B152M - Standard Specification for Copper Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Rolled Bar
This standard covers the requirements for copper sheet, strip, plate, and rolled bar produced from copper with the following UNS Nos.; C10100, C10200, C10300, C10400, C10500, C10700, C10800, C10910, C11000, C11300, C11400, C11600, C12000, C12200, C12300, C14200, C14420, and C14530. Chemical composition shall conform to the chemical requirements pertaining to the materials UNS No. Tempering of materials shall be done by hot-rolling, cold rolling, and annealing. Copper material shall meet the maximum limit of electrical resistivity as indicated. The material shall undergo tensile strength, Rockwell hardness, and plate item tests to conform with the mechanical proptery requirement of the specification. The material shall also be capable of passing microscopical examination and embrittlement test, but not required by the specification.
B29 - Standard Specification for Refined Lead
This specification covers refined lead in pig, block, or hog forms. Lead shall be supplied in commercial standard forms or shapes requested by the purchaser in the following grades: low-bismuth low-silver pure lead, refined pure lead, pure lead, and chemical copper lead. All grades shall be manufactured by any smelting and refining process from ore or recycled materials to meet the specified chemical composition requirements. Chemical analysis samples shall be cleaned thoroughly to rid the surface of dirt or adhering foreign material either by sawing, drilling, or melting prior to sampling, and shall be selected either from the lot during casting, or from the final solidified cast product.
B69 - Standard Specification for Rolled Zinc
This specification covers two types of commercial rolled zinc. Type I are coils or sheets cut from strip rolled zinc, and Type II are zinc plates such as boiler and hull plates produced by any rolling method. The products shall be produced by casting, rolling, and other processes found in mill product plant. The material shall be tested and conform to the required chemical composition. The testing of wrought zinc for determination of tensile properties shall be conducted. The testing of zinc for hardness shall be made on a Rockwell superficial hardness tester or on a microhardness tester. The determination of chemical composition shall be performed by either an appropriate chemical method or by optical emission spectrographic methods.
B209 - Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate
This specification covers aluminum and aluminum-alloy flat sheet, coiled sheet, and plate, in the alloys (Note 1) and tempers shown in Tables 2 and 3, and in the following finishes...
B221-14 - Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Profiles, and Tubes
This specification covers extruded bars, rods, wires, profiles, and tubes made from aluminum and aluminum alloys. All the products should be produced by hot extrusion or similar methods. The chemical composition of each material is determined in accordance with the specified suitable chemical and spectrochemical test methods. Samples for chemical analysis should be taken when the ingots are poured or from the finished or semi-finished products by drilling, sawing, milling, turning, or clipping. Tensile properties, elongation, and yield strengths of each product should conform to the requirements listed herein. Elongation requirements are not applicable for materials with sizes smaller than the specified limits.
B244 - Standard Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum and of Other Nonconductive Coatings on Nonmagnetic Basis Metals with Eddy-Current Instruments
The thickness of a coating is often critical to its performance. This eddy-current method is nondestructive and is suitable for measuring the thickness of anodic coatings on aluminum, as well as the thickness of most nonconductive coatings on nonmagnetic basis metals. This test method requires that the conductivity of the substrate be the same in the reference standard used for calibration adjustment and in the coated article to be measured.
C1047 - Standard Specification for Accessories for Gypsum Wallboard and Gypsum Veneer Base
This specification covers accessories used in conjunction with assemblies of gypsum wallboard and gypsum veneer base to protect edges and corners and to provide architectural features. Steel accessories and steel components of accessories manufactured from steel and paper in combination shall be manufactured from zinc-coated cold-roll sheet steel before application of coating. Phosphatizing or other surface treatments may be used to ensure compatibility and bond. Paper components of accessories manufactured from steel and paper in combination shall comply with requirements for thickness, tensile strength, dimensional stability, and bond of joint tape to joint compound. Accessories shall be free of twist or camber of a degree that will prevent their use in the assembly for which they are intended. Edges of accessories shall be free of burrs and sharp edges.
C1063 - Standard Specification for Installation of Lathing and Furring to Receive Interior and Exterior Portland Cement-Based Plaster
This specification covers the installation of lathing and furring to receive interior and exterior Portland cement-based plaster. The following materials shall be used: metal plaster bases—expanded metal lath and wire laths; accessories—steel, PVC plastic, zinc alloy, and cornerite; channels—external corner reinforcement and foundation weep screed; wire; rod and strap hangers; clips; fasteners—nails and screws. Hangers and cold-rolled channel main runner shall conform to the allowable spacing and spans, respectively. The following methods are discussed: installation of hangers for suspended ceilings under wood constructions, attachment of hangers to main runners, installation of main runners, installation of cross furring, metal furring for walls, lapping of metal plaster bases, spacing of attachments for metal plaster bases, application of metal plaster bases, and application of accessories.
C645 - Standard Specification for Nonstructural Steel Framing Members
This specification covers nonstructural steel framing members in interior construction assemblies. Members shall be manufactured from steel and shall have a protective coating. Studs and rigid furring channels shall have a configuration and steel thickness such that the system in which they are used will carry the design transverse loads without exceeding either the allowable stress of the steel or the allowable design deflection. Members shall be manufactured in such a fashion as to minimize burrs and sharp edges. Penetration test shall be done for performance requirements, where members shall be capable of pulling the head of the screw below the surface of the gypsum board without spin out. Apparatus and materials shall satisfy the testing requirements of the specification.
C841 - Standard Specification for Installation of Interior Lathing and Furring
This specification covers the minimum requirements for, and the methods of application of, interior lathing and furring to receive gypsum plaster applied. Other materials are not prohibited from being used provided that their physical characteristics and durability under conditions of usage are at least equal in performance to those described. All materials shall be kept dry, preferably by being stored inside. Where necessary to be stored outside, materials shall be stacked off the ground, supported on a level platform, and protected from the weather and surface contamination. Materials shall be neatly stacked flat with care taken to avoid damage to edges, ends, or surfaces. The materials to be used are the following: tie wire and hanger wire, gypsum lath, expanded metal lath, welded wire lath, woven wire lath, nails, screws, staples, paper, and accessories such as control joints, cornerite, channels, rod and flat hangers, clips, and striplath. In general, during installation, the following shall be required: application of gypsum lath to supports, application of gypsum lath to wood supports, application of gypsum lath to metal supports, studless solid partitions (gypsum lath and plaster), application of metal plaster bases to framing members, studless solid partitions (metal lath and plaster), suspended and furred ceilings (metal lath and gypsum lath construction), main runners, cross furring, and metal furring for walls.
D4214 - Standard Test Methods for Evaluating the Degree of Chalking of Exterior Paint Films (Withdrawn 2007)
These test methods cover the evaluation of the degree of chalking on white or tinted exterior paint films. These test methods describe the procedures recommended for transferring the chalk to a fabric or fingertip, which is then compared to photographic reference standards, or in the case of adhesive tapes, compared to a reflectance table or photographic reference standards, to determine the degree of chalking. Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications, this test method was withdrawn in March 2007 in accordance with section 10.5.3.1 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.
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Due to our 9-day company shutdown, I made a spontaneous decision to organize a 3days-2nights trip to Palaui. Together with 5 of my kaladkarin travel buddies, we booked a flight to Tuguegarao for this year-end getaway. Thanks to Cebu Pacific's last minute P188 promo, we got Manila-Tuguegarao roundtrip tickets for only P1,175.
Actually it was really my travel buddy Sol who created our Callao Cave-Palaui itinerary. She knows better, she's born and raised in Cagayan.
Since we're 6 in the group, we decided to hire a van for 2 days. This made our trip very convenient. Okay, so from Tuguegarao airport, we took the van and proceeded to an old restaurant that serves Pancit Batil-Patong, the famous local delicacy in Tuguegarao. batil = mixing ; patung = piled on top
Maybe because of the Cara Beef, this tastes different compared to our pancit here. What's more memorable are the Cara Beef Tapa and the Carabao Chicharon! Ang sarap. How I wish I bought a lot of these as pasalubong for my family.
Moving on, we went back to the van and started the 45-minute travel to Callao Cave. The weather was not really fair that day. Nevertheless, it wont be a big factor as we're only going to explore a cave. We arrived in the location and paid the minimal entrance fee. Two kids were assigned to us which will serve as our tour guides.
Beside this area is a body of water, they say it is a part of Cagayan river.
The guides lead us to this 180-step staircase. And before we burn calories, one of the guides volunteered to take our group shot.
Meet my travel buddies: all of them are solo joiners. We just introduced ourselves to each other on the day we arrived in Tuguegarao. =)
thank you for joining!
After the not-so-challenging 180-step climb, we had a glimpse of Callao Cave. It is made up of seven chambers and formations: the Column, Chapel, Skeleton, Elephant's Head, Praying Angel, Rocket, Lion's Head and Dog's Head Formations.
Exploring different chambers inside this cave could have been easier only if the flooring is dry. Due to rain showers, we ended up walking in a slippery and muddy cave. At first it was all fun, specially after seeing the Chapel.
To be fair, it was the guides who taught us where to take nice shots.
We proceeded to the next chamber. The way became more slippery and steep. And because most of the time our slippers got stuck in the thick mud - we ended up walking barefooted.
Reaching this next chamber is still fun. It was really nice to see the rock formations despite not having enough source of light.
What's a visit without having a photo op?
It got harder as we reached the next chambers. The floor became even more slippery. As for the young guides, well what can we expect - they were just kids and they cant even manage to assist us. They dont even have a flashlight to start with. We struggled by using our cellphones to light the path.
Callao Cave is really a spectacular tourist spot but it is best visited in the morning, or as long as there's enough sunlight. Tourism authorities should train their guides (kids or young adults) about the safety of each guest. For sure everyone will agree to pay a little more to have a guide that's well skilled, informed, and ready as well.
Thank goodness all of us got out of the cave unbruised and unharmed.
Originally, we plan to travel to Sta.Ana right after we visited Callao Cave. But Sol advised us it could not be safe to travel anymore. Safety comes first. We all agreed to spend the night in Tuguegarao City instead.
For the accommodation, Sol recommended Hotel Roma. Room rate is affordable, we got a super spacious a/c room with 8 single beds and it only costs P4,000. This room has 2 shower rooms, tv, fridge, dining area, and veranda. Nice.
We ended the night by exchanging crazy stories to each other. Like "Anong mga kalokohan ang ginawa mo nung bata ka pa?" Example - drugs, shoplifting, etc. LOL
That way, we became more at ease with each other. ^_^
○ Thank you Carla and Peng for providing these awesome pictures. Sorry kasi ang tamad ko na magpicture. ^_^


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