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A new Peugeot PCP promotion has just been launched, offering customers the opportunity to benefit from 9.9% APR Representative on any Peugeot Metropolis 400 using Personal Contract Purchase (PCP). PCP offers you affordable monthly repayments***, which could mean you could ride the Peugeot you've always dreamed about. With no deposit required as well, what's stopping you? 9.9% APR Representative is also available on standard Hire Purchase - see how much a new Peugeot Metropolis could cost you below:
All of the additional finance examples above also have a £10 Purchase Fee, payable with the Final Repayment/Final Monthly Repayment.
***With a PCP product a significant proportion of the total amount payable is payable at the end of the contract by one large final repayment, so your regular monthly repayments are low. Credit is subject to status and is only available to UK residents aged 18 and over. Peugeot Motorcycle Finance is a trading style of Black Horse Ltd, St William House, Tresillian Terrace, Cardiff, CF10 5BH. Finance offers and examples correct at time of publishing but may be subject to change.
The special edition RXR shares all of the technical updates found on the ABS version of Peugeot's Metropolis three-wheel scooter, plus CNC machined wheel rims, dual-texture sport seat (highlighted with red stitching), adjustable low-profile smoked sport windscreen and aluminium foot plates. This A2 category motorcycle can be ridden on a car licence by drivers who passed their test before 19 January 2013 and is packed with innovations - Dual Tilting front wheels, Tyre Pressure Management System, smart-key ignition, electronic parking brake and adjustable screen. Updates include a new low-friction PowerMotion engine, larger front wheels, re-engineered chassis and suspension, Traction Control, ABS and an emergency braking warning system. Developed to meet tough Euro 4 emission standards, the 400cc LFE PowerMotion engine delivers class-leading performance, extra torque at low revs and improved fuel economy.
Lightweight 13" front wheels with Michelin Citygrip tyres, redesigned suspension settings and a 50% stiffer frame give enhanced road-holding with lighter and more responsive steering. Stopping power and control is enhanced with a Continental ABS unit and Nissin callipers, reducing braking distances by 23% compared to the previous model. Riders can also activate SBC combined braking with the foot pedal, distributing braking effort evenly between front and rear brakes.
For additional safety, the hazard warning lights are automatically triggered during emergency braking. At speeds over 50 km/h [31 mph], the system activates the hazard lights if the vehicle slows by more than 6 m/s [13 mph], and turns itself off when the deceleration is less than 2.5 m/s [5.5 mph].
Switchable TCS (Traction Control System) allows riders to choose the optimum setting for the conditions, with three settings to choose from; Urban, Sport and off. For everyday comfort & convenience, there's a USB socket in the glove box and an enlarged boot that can hold a full-face helmet. The Peugeot Metropolis also comes with two smart keys, that are electronically recognised within a radius of 1.5 metres.
A key player in urban mobility in Europe for 113 years, Peugeot Scooters holds the title as the oldest two-wheels motor vehicle manufacturer in the world. With its history of 110 years, Peugeot Scooters is resolutely geared towards the future. The adventure with mobility began in 1898 in the production plant in Beaulieu, Franche Comté. From the first cycle produced to the latest 100% electric scooter, our perpetually moving Brand never ceases to amaze with its ability to innovate and with its expertise.
Peugeot Scooters highest priority. Although riding a scooter has great advantages, the rider is constantly exposed to the dangers of the road. This is why we will never compromise on the safety on-board of each of our vehicles. Innovation, quality and testing. Your safety is our priority.
When you buy a Peugeot Scooter you are buying into a national scooter dealer network and the support that it brings. The kind of support that you cannot get from 'grey' imports and internet only outlets. If you buy your Peugeot Scooter in Edinburgh and move to Southampton, you can take your Peugeot Scooter into the local Southampton dealer for it's service or repairs. Dealers in our national scooter network are in turn supported by our technical support and our 40 plus years experience.
A high level of build quality means we are able to offer our 2 years, unlimited mileage warranty on every model in our range of scooters. That's not all.Your warranty is on the scooter and not limited to you, so if you sell your scooter, the warranty is passed on to the new owner meaning you have higher resale value. Also your Peugeot Scooter warranty covers both parts and labour, giving you peace of mind in the unlikely event of a problem. Some 'warranties' provided by other manufacturers only cover parts.
Availabilty of scooter parts is a crucial factor in keeping your scooter on the road and in safe, working order. With 'grey' imports you never know how long you will be able to get parts and at what expense. With a Peugeot Scooter you can rest assured that your scooter will be supported for years to come, and when your scooter parts are purchased, they can be fitted by your local approved Peugeot Scooter Technician.
We have teamed up with Black Horse Finance to bring you great finance deals. To see some approximate examples of finance on any model in the Peugeot Scooter range please go to finance section.
PEUGEOT METROPOLIS FAQs
1. What is it? In layman's terms, the Peugeot Metropolis is a 3-wheel scooter. The DVLA classify it as a "tricycle (not over 450kg unladen)". Annual VED (road tax) is £80.00.
2. What are the UK driving licence requirements? The Peugeot Metropolis is classed as a Category A2 motorbike under European law. However, in the UK you can drive a motor tricycle of any power rating if you're over 21 and have a full car driving licence issued before 19th January 2013. Otherwise you'll need a category A2 motorbike licence to ride the Peugeot Metropolis.
3. Why does it have three wheels? With two front wheels that tilt when cornering and one rear wheel, the triangulated design of the Peugeot Metropolis offers a level of balance, grip and road-holding that is in a different leage to traditional two-wheel scooters and motorcycles. This is especially noticeable at low speeds and in adverse weather conditions.
4. What is Synchro Braking? Peugeot's SBC links the two front and single rear disc brakes for controlled and balanced stopping power. It effectively eliminates front end 'dive' and encourages the vehicle to remain stable, even under hard braking. Peugeot were the first motorcycle manufacturer to introduce ABS, but found SBC was a lighter and less expensive alternative that offered similar advantages in everyday use. The right hand brake lever operates the two front disc brakes, while the left hand lever operates all the vehicle brakes simultaneously, as does the brake pedal on the floor pan.
5. How does the price of the Peugeot Metropolis compare to similar vehicles? The only other manufacturer to offer a 3-wheel scooter is Piaggio. At £6999- the Peugeot Metropolis 400i is priced between the Piaggio MP3 Yourban 300ie (£6034) and MP3 500IE SPORT ABS (£7634). Most large capacity 2-wheel executive scooters sell for >£8500 (e.g. Yamaha T-Max 500, BMW C600 Sport and Suzuki Burgman 650).
6. Are technological features included as standard? Yes. Tyre pressure monitors with a real time display in the dashboard, electric parking brake and keyless ignition operated by a smart fob are all standard.


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Scientists reveal battery behavior at the nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- As industries and consumers increasingly seek improved battery power sources, cutting-edge microscopy performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing an unprecedented perspective on how lithium-ion batteries function.
A research team led by ORNL's Nina Balke, Stephen Jesse and Sergei Kalinin has developed a new type of scanning probe microscopy called electrochemical strain microscopy (ESM) to examine the movement of lithium ions through a battery's cathode material. The research, "Nanoscale mapping of ion diffusion in a lithium-ion battery cathode" (Balke et al.), is published in Nature Nanotechnology.
"We can provide a detailed picture of ionic motion in nanometer volumes, which exceeds state-of-the-art electrochemical techniques by six to seven orders of magnitude," Kalinin said. Researchers achieved the results by applying voltage with an ESM probe to the surface of the battery's layered cathode. By measuring the corresponding electrochemical strain, or volume change, the team was able to visualize how lithium ions flowed through the material. Conventional electrochemical techniques, which analyze electric current instead of strain, do not work on a nanoscale level because the electrochemical currents are too small to measure, Kalinin explained.
"These are the first measurements, to our knowledge, of lithium ion flow at this spatial resolution," Kalinin said.
Lithium-ion batteries, which power electronic devices from cell phones to electric cars, are valued for their low weight, high energy density and recharging ability. Researchers hope to extend the batteries' performance by lending engineers a finely tuned knowledge of battery components and dynamics.
"We want to understand - from a nanoscale perspective - what makes one battery work and one battery fail. This can be done by examining its functionality at the level of a single grain or an extended defect," Balke said.
The team's ESM imaging can display features such as individual grains, grain clusters and defects within the cathode material. The high-resolution mapping showed, for example, that the lithium ion flow can concentrate along grain boundaries, which could lead to cracking and battery failure. Researchers say these types of nanoscale phenomena need to be examined and correlated to overall battery functionality.
"Very small changes at the nanometer level could have a huge impact at the device level," Balke said. "Understanding the batteries at this length scale could help make suggestions for materials engineering."
Although the research focused on lithium-ion batteries, the team expects that its technique could be used to measure other electrochemical solid-state systems, including other battery types, fuel cells and similar electronic devices that use nanoscale ionic motion for information storage.
"We see this method as an example of the kinds of higher dimensional scanning probe techniques that we are developing at CNMS that enable us to see the inner workings of complex materials at the nanoscale," Jesse said. "Such capabilities are particularly relevant to the increasingly important area of energy research."
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While the Atlanta Falcons hustled their way through a drill Tuesday, Tony Gonzalez grabbed a clipboard from an assistant coach, a bit perplexed about what was going on.
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — While the Atlanta Falcons hustled their way through a drill Tuesday, Tony Gonzalez grabbed a clipboard from an assistant coach, a bit perplexed about what was going on.
Yep, even after 17 seasons in the NFL, he needed a bit of a refresher.
Not surprising, though, given he hasn't been around a whole lot during the preseason.
"Of course I'm a little rusty," Gonzalez conceded after a more than two-hour practice. "There's nothing like playing the games to get you ready."
The 37-year-old tight end finally will play in his first preseason game Saturday night, when the Falcons (0-2) visit Tennessee to take on the Titans (0-2). He was excused for three full weeks to spend extra time with his family and watch his 12-year-old son, Nikko, get started on his football career.
It was all part of a deal Gonzalez struck with team officials in exchange for putting off retirement for one more year.
"Everybody is busting his chops a little bit," quarterback Matt Ryan said. "That's the nature of the locker room. But it's all in good humor."
Coach Mike Smith always has been willing to let players — especially the veterans — skip practices if they need to address personal issues. But he's never come close to allowing a three-week break in the middle of training camp.
For a player of Gonzalez's stature, however, the coach was willing to make an exception.
"I don't think it's an issue," Smith said. "I don't think it will ever become an issue."
Gonzalez returned to the Falcons last weekend, and Tuesday's workout was only the fourth day of practice he's taken part in since camp began on July 25.
He insisted it's not a big deal. Gonzalez always has been passionate about his fitness, so there was no chance of him not reporting back in top condition.
To stay in some semblance of football shape, he worked out with a local high school team. To keep up with what the offense was doing, he watched videos of practice each night on his iPad.
"It's the same verbiage. The offense hasn't changed. It's the same thing I've been doing for five years," said Gonzalez, referring to his time with the Falcons. "Sure, there's a few little tweaks, some new things here and there. ... But when you come back, it's like riding a bike."
Gonzalez never intended to come back for a 17th season, saying throughout 2012 he was "95 percent" sure it would be his final year.
Even after the Falcons came up 10 yards short of the Super Bowl, losing to San Francisco in a thrilling NFC championship game, the future Hall of Famer sounded like his career was over.
But, after spending a few weeks reflecting on how close he came to a title, and knowing the high-powered Falcons had a chance to make another deep run in the playoffs, Gonzalez began to reconsider. When Nikko gave his blessing for dad to play another season, Gonzalez couldn't resist the chance to take one more shot at his first championship.
The Falcons made it easy, basically allowing a very grateful Gonzalez to set his own terms for how much time he would spend at training camp.
"That means everything to me," he said.
Gonzalez said he was concerned "a little bit" about the reaction of his teammates, how they would feel about him being excused for such a lengthy period while they all had to go through the grind of training camp.
Ryan quickly put those fears to rest by giving his blessing.
"He's the leader of this football team," Gonzalez said. "When Matt was OK with it, that was good enough for me for me right there."
Ryan, who completed a $104 million contract extension just as camp was beginning, expects to quickly recapture the rhythm he's had with his tight end throughout their time together in Atlanta. Last season, they hooked up for 93 receptions — the most by Gonzalez since his final year with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008 — plus a huge catch that helped the Falcons rally for a victory over Seattle in the divisional playoffs after they squandered a big lead.
"He's a guy who works extremely hard and takes care of himself extremely well," Ryan said. "He's only been back for two days, and we're already doing the same things we've been doing the last four or five years."


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I have been struggling with what to do with Emma's new room in the new house. As you recall, her nursery (that she's lived in for an entire 8 months...) was a really soft blue, ivory and grey. I still love the room... when everything is put away including all of the various colored toys, stuffed animals, books, blankets, etc. that she has received as gifts- which is rare. With all of those other colors in the room, it can easily become a hodge-podge, rather than a creamy soothing soft nursery.
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The vibrant colors of Le Creuset brighten up tea time. Complement your Le Creuset cookware collection with this classic whistling kettle and two stoneware mugs. The matched set makes an excellent gift.
- Available colors: Dune, Flame, Red, Caribbean and Marseille Blue.
- Sturdy carbon-steel kettle is coated with durable porcelain enamel and will not corrode.
- Conducts heat efficiently and evenly to reach the boiling point quickly.
- Locking handle for easy pouring.
- Whistles when the water reaches a rolling boil.
- High-fired stoneware mugs are extremely strong, with a durable porcelain enamel glaze that resists chips, scratches and stains.
- Mugs feature signature Le Creuset embossed lettering around base.
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- Kettle: 8 1/2" diam., 10" high; 1 3/4-qt. cap.
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- Made in China.
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- The kettle is ideal for use on any type of cooktop, including induction.
- Do not fill the kettle above the inner spout opening.
- Do not heat the kettle empty or allow pot to boil dry.
- To prevent mineral buildup, empty contents of the kettle after each use.
- Do not slide the kettle on stovetop.
- Enamel can chip or crack on both the kettle and mugs if dropped or banged on hard surfaces.
- The mugs are microwavable.
- Dishwasher safe.
- Avoid using steel wool, steel scouring pads, harsh detergents or abrasive cleansers.
- Stubborn residue and stains can be removed with a nylon scrubbing pad or sponge.
More about Le Creuset
The first Le Creuset foundry opened in 1925 in Fresnoy-le-Grand, France, and specialized in cast-iron cookware. The cast-iron pieces are still made at the original factory, using the traditional techniques of hand forging and casting in individual sand molds. The brightly pigmented porcelain-enamel glaze that first set Le Creuset cookware apart from other cast-iron cookware now comes in a wide range of traditional and contemporary colors. In 2013, Le Creuset began producing innovative stainless-steel cookware in Portugal with lids that incorporate the same signature three-ring design as the company's classic cast-iron pieces. This stainless-steel collection was awarded the prestigious 2014 Red Dot Award for product design.
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System of National Accounts, 1993
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System of National Accounts 1993
- I. Introduction
- II. Overview
- III. Flows, stocks and accounting rules
- IV. Institutional units and sectors
- V. Establishments and industries
- VI. The production account
- VII. The primary distribution of income account
- VIII. The secondary distribution of income account
- IX. The use of income account
- X. The capital account
- XI. The financial account
- XII. Other changes in assets account
- XIII. The balance sheet
- XIV. The rest of the world account (external transactions account)
- XV. Supply and use tables and input-output
- XVI. Price and volume measures
- XVII. Population and labour inputs
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Memory Monday: My First Job
What did my first job experience have to do with The Exorcist?
Thanks to Barbara of Life from the Roots for the inspiration for this subject.
The first job I ever had was in my freshman year of college as a Russian major at Georgetown. We were poor, so I had a scholarship, a federal loan, and a work-study job. I was almost as excited about having my first job as I was about being at Georgetown and starting Russian studies.
I worked in the language lab. It was used by students of the School of Languages and Linguistics (which, to my eternal irritation, no longer exists, though the individual language departments do) to practice and perfect pronunciation and grammar skills. Language students were required to spend a certain number of hours a week studying in the language lab, depending on the language and the level of the class. For instance, as a student of Intensive Basic Russian, in addition to five hours of grammar class and five hours of drill class each week, I was supposed to spend six hours practicing in the language lab. Added to the 15 hours I worked there each week, this meant that I spent nearly an entire day each week there.
So I got to know the ins and outs of the language lab pretty well. This was back in the Stone Age of Technology, so the tapes we used were reel-to-reel, which meant that they broke easily (my husband still refers to them as "splice-to-splice"), the machines they ran on broke easily, and the tempers of the people who had to use them or repair them broke easily. On a bad day, as many as a third of the machines would be on the fritz. When the number of serviceable tapes got low, we had to wait for a "qualified technician" to make new copies from the master tape. And students had the habit of putting in most of their required hours at the very latest time possible (Thursday, since the signed time cards, when required, were usually due on Friday). The language lab closed at 10:00 p.m. weeknights, so 9:00 on a Thursday night when many of the machines had decided to die could be an ugly time, indeed.
Some professors were very strict about lab time requirements; others were more lax. The Chinese and Arabic professors may not have checked cards, but any student of those languages who did not keep up in the lab hadn't a chance of keeping up in class, so those students were pretty faithful. Russian students were also regular attendees, but an additional incentive was that Dr. L., of whom everyone was terrified (more about that in a separate Memory Monday … or several), kept track. Likewise, Professor M. (French) was extremely particular about perfect pronunciation and was known to hand out horrible grades for minor imperfections, so most of the French students could be counted on to show up. German and Spanish students were a spottier bunch.
I learned a lot about the differences among students that year. Some of the American and international students who came from wealthy families had never had to work, never had to clean up after themselves, and never had to learn to "be polite to the help." Being a scholarship/work-study recipient with an accent that identified me as a "hick" might have put me at a disadvantage, but it was one of the times when my shyness disappeared and I found a backbone, as did several of my fellow language-lab workers from similar backgrounds. We got fed up with the "I'm entitled" crowd pretty early on and learned how to deal with them.
Then there were students who didn't want to put in the time but wanted us to sign off on it. I didn't keep track of what each person did in his cubicle – study, listen to tapes and repeat the material, read a book, sleep, or whatever – but I could read a clock, and I was not going to sign my name to a lie.
One guy spent about as much time trying to get us to sign off on false times as he did actually working on his language. "Aw, come on, I spent 20 minutes, and I already know this stuff inside out. There's no point in me doing 40 more minutes."
"If you have 40 more minutes, then here's the next tape in the series – you can get a head start on the next lesson," I replied. A sigh, a shrug, and then resignation. He took the tape and put in his time.
Work at the language lab was not the most stimulating way to pass one's time. Occasionally there was the excitement of a "machine gone wild" – miles and miles of ribbon spinning out of control.
The best entertainment, however, was for those of us workers who were Russian students. For, on the inside of the lids of a few scattered Russian tape boxes – perhaps eight in all – were the stories of Zaklyuchennyy, aka "The Prisoner." My introduction to these literary works (they were short, but they were brilliant) clued me in that life as a student of Russian at Georgetown was going to be a Big Adventure and a Wild Ride. Although a few other Russian Department faculty members appeared as minor characters, these stories were largely inspired by Dr. L., who taught Intensive Basic Russian and was the head of the Russian Department at that time.
I don't want to give too much away before I actually write the My Life as a Russian Student memories, but let's just say Dr. L. was awfully strict. The Prisoner wrote from the point of view of a poor, put-upon student of Dr. L's. The most famous tape-box epic was Pero, or "The Pen." It was an account in purple prose of a terrified student's horrified realization that he has not brought the required pencil to Dr. L's class, but has only a pen. And there was a Gorey-esque illustration of the hapless student, perishing from fright. We could identify.
One especially vivid memory I have of working late at night at the language lab, which was located on the fourth floor of Walsh building and had a view onto 36th Street, was watching the filming of the movie The Exorcist. Just half a block away, on the cross street (N?M?), they were filming the dramatic scene in which Max Von Sydow arrives, gets out of the car, and takes that immortal pose. The fog machines were going full blast, and they shot the scene over and over and over again. But we (the students who were supposed to be studying and I) remained glued to the window in fascination until it was time to close the lab. It was spooky, and some of us walked back to our dorms together because it felt strange and a little unsafe to walk by ourselves.
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Greta, had no idea it was Russian. Man had a year of that at the Naval Base, DC. Loved today's post, the stories about the other students. Felt like I was right there with ya!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Carol! It's funny, sometimes college seems like a long time ago, and sometimes it seems like yesterday! I could feel the crisp autumn air when I remembered watching the filming.ReplyDelete
Greta, I loved this post. I agree with Carol when she says she felt like she was right there with you! You tell a great story!ReplyDelete
Greta, thanks for the mention. I enjoyed your story also. My friend's (the one who gave me the gift at the DAR) sister and husb. bought that house!!! Amazing.ReplyDelete
Greta, I didn't know you went to Georgetown! I'm a 2008 grad, and I was an Italian major (History too - surprised?). The language lab currently is in the ICC (second floor, I believe), and mostly used, at least by the Italian students, for watching foreign-language DVDs.ReplyDelete
When I was doing college interviews my senior year of HS, the Georgetown interviewer asked me why, if I wanted to study Italian, I was applying to the College instead of the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics. I looked at her blankly, because I was applying to BOTH - the FLL was part of the College! She didn't realize it had changed. I didn't realize it had ever been different.
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What a great time you must have had, Greta. I love that I've learned something else about you - however, there's not a connection with us on this one! Russian - Wow! I can't imagine. I had enough trouble with 3 years of Latin!ReplyDelete
Michelle - Thank you; I am glad you enjoyed it. Barbara - That's amazing; that house is one of my strongest memories of Georgetown. Katie - that's awesome that you went to Georgetown! Yes, the language faculty was SLL for a while; I believe before that it may have been the Institute of Languages and Linguistics. Judy - yes, I've always been a language geek, but I know they're not everyone's cup of tea!ReplyDelete


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The idea to buy and restore a houseboat was an idea my wife
Judy and I had for many years. In the fall of 2009 we started looking for a
36-foot to 40-foot houseboat. "No bigger," we said. The only thing we needed
was a solid start as stringer; rot repair would be too much to handle. Our day
trip to Minnesota
to look at nine boats did not find one that both the transom and stringers were
not rotted and needing major work.
A month later we decided to look at boats in the $30K or
less range as the under $20K just did not fit the project. Back to the Internet
starting with eBay I searched the "House Boat" listings and found a 1974 Boatel
47-foot Islander listed. I quickly recognize this boat as I knew the owner back
in 2003. It was a beautiful boat and it was the houseboat that started us thinking
we wanted one in the future.
The size was an issue as this is 25 percent bigger than our
plan, but such a beautiful boat, it never hurts to look so I called Spring Brook
Marina in Illinois
as they now owned the boat. Inspection proved that the boat needs major work.
100 percent of the windows leaked and all the paneling was ruined. One engine
and transmission was out. All the wood needed refinishing. The price was right:
listed on eBay at $10K this comes to 40 cents per pound and we could not think
of anything else that cheap. We sealed the deal and rented a slip for the 2010
season at Starved Rock Marina in Illinois.
Now the work started. We stayed till dark on the day we
bought it measuring and making lists of a thousand things to do.
Sunday morning off to Home Depot to buy the Ryobi cordless
tools as the power is far from the boat. Then Menards for supplies and about
$1,000 is spent.
Week one: remove all windows and reseal them, While Judy
cleans the window lip I cut the new paneling and fit it. The windows are
reinstalled, but the paneling is not, as the weather is too cold for the
adhesive. The pieces are stored in the living room.
The head was a manual pump style which used river water in
the bowl that could not stay. Off to eBay to collect the parts for a Vacuflush
system. The cabinet and floor were removed and the wall required total
replacement. The teak cleaned up and was refinished, the cabinets got new
hardware and cleats for handles. The cabinet top got 20 coats of varnish with
sanding every three coats. New sink and faucet, all trim and walls redone, new
lights and a room was complete!
Spring Brook Marina rebuilt the transmission and put the
engine/transmission back in and tested the system in mid-December as the winter
was working for us as the day time temperature was in the 40's. They
re-winterized and place the boat next to a power pole to allow us to plug it in
when we worked.
The stained glass windows and frames were removed and brought
home for repair. The plastic sheet was old and too thin as 1/4-inch of sealer
was used to make them fit. Adding 3/8-inch Lexan fixed this and refinishing the
wood sealed that nicely. All we needed was weather in the 60's-just not going
to happen in January. Next we removed the rear door and took that home. The
basement is getting very full as much of the boat has come home one piece at a
We removed the old name and tried to buff the transom. That failed
quickly as we buffed through before we removed the shadow of the old name. We
removed the swim platform and worked to get the transom ready for paint, we
replaced all the fittings and added Samson posts for that big boat look and to
aide docking the boat. During this process we discovered the one Gimbal ring
was cracked and we were back to eBay. The part was found and the other engine
pulled for install. Since we did not have the equipment to do this Spring Brook
did the work.
Finally it was March and the weather started to allow
assembly. The living room was completed quickly. The kitchen was the next day
as Judy had refinished all the doors and drawers. She painted the one wall and
the cabinet frames.
The transom was painted over two weekends with two coats of Bright
side and the name was applied on the third weekend along with the swim platform.
It was put back on and the rear door was
remounted. We named the boat Thirsty
Turtle since the speed will be at eight miles per hour at maybe one mile
per gallon if we are lucky.
New canvas was ordered from Cantu in town-a full enclosure
for the upper helm. All the refinished wood and carpet was installed on the
upper helm and Cantu went to work as we launched the boat.
The sea trial was an all-day process as one oil cooler
leaked and needed to be repaired and the port motor would not start unless we
jumped it. New batteries did not fix this problem but the correct wiring and
new starting leads did. We added fuel and started out quickly. The port motor
would run hot and the starboard would stall at idle speed. During the next two
weeks Spring brook would track this problem down and correct the issues. We
continue to work on the boat, fixing all the odds and ends: lights, horn, plumbing,
and custom light panel with color changing lights under the rear arch.
Sea trial number two, port motor will not start, just a
loose connection. We went out and all worked well. Kevin was very helpful
teaching us how to dock the boat as our last boat was a 34-foot sport fisher
quick to respond to any change at the helm. At 30,000 pounds nothing happens quickly.
The boat stays moving forward after both props are in reverse and it does not
turn well, Kevin explains that we need to point and shoot with this boat and
that process works best. He lets me dock several times and I think we can do
The trip to our home port, canvas half finished and the look
of rain in the air, we start out early. Call the lock to time our arrival with
the cycle to avoid a wait. We pull up to the lock and stop on the wall-looks
like we know what we are doing. Down we go to the Starved Rock pool. The
weather quickly changes and Judy closes the canvas and the rain starts. The
radio alert says to take shelter as 70-80 mile per hour winds are coming. I am
more comfortable running from the upper helm so we stay up top and think about
docking at a marina to wait it out, but it hits hard before we are there so we
drive though the storm. The cross winds make staying on course a challenge. The
weather clears and the wind dies down as we get to Starved Rock Marina and we drive
into the slip without incident.
We ordered new rear windows from Motion Glass to replace the
small octagon windows. This turned out to be the biggest part of the project. These
new windows arrived in late July, allowing us to finish the back room before
the end of August. Cutting and finishing the walls turned out to be a big
project, but the results are excellent. We built a new countertop for the desk
and then trimmed it in teak. We removed the upper bunk bed to make room for the
windows and open the room up.
There are still more details to do, but are we ever done
working on our boats?
Happily we sit at anchor enjoying the days we have left in
2010 before the winter hits. The 2011 year is sure to be more relaxing on our
one-of-a-kind Boatel Islander 47 with arches.
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Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book "From the Family Kitchen." In this guest blog post Gena writes about a resource beloved by genealogists, the local library—and how thousands were built thanks to the generosity of businessman, steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Many genealogists are thankful for a resource that helps them immensely with their family history research: the local library. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, communities throughout the English-speaking world owed their local libraries to the generosity of one man: businessman, steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Between the years 1883 and 1929, more than 2,500 libraries were built with donated Carnegie money, including a staggering 1,689 in the United States alone!
A recent History Channel mini-series, "The Men Who Built America," told the story of those late 19th century tycoons who helped industrialize and bring innovation to the United States, including Andrew Carnegie. While the wealth that Carnegie amassed building his steel empire later benefitted the public, he was not without controversy. Along with his business success, Carnegie was also known for his indirect roles in the tragedies of the 1889 Johnstown Flood and the deadly Homestead Strike in 1892. Carnegie, no matter how benevolent, was not a universally-liked man during his time.
While he spent his working years building Carnegie Steel, his later years were devoted to philanthropy including establishing thousands of libraries in the United States, the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries. Carnegie wrote that the rich had a moral obligation to distribute their wealth, and that is what he did—and continues to do long after his death in 1919, thanks to endowments set up during his lifetime.*
Was your town granted money for a Carnegie library? To secure a new library, communities had to write a letter requesting funding. They were then provided a form to fill out with questions about the community's present library and finances. Funding for a Carnegie library was not an outright gift. Those seeking funding were required to provide the land and funding for the continued operation and maintenance of the library each year, about 10% of the initial funding amount.**
Though these conditions made some communities angry, who saw them as a drain on taxpayer money, others understood the educational opportunity made possible by the offer of a Carnegie library. The first Carnegie library in the United States was opened in 1902 in New York City.
Here is an example of an announcement in an old newspaper for the approval of a library in the California town of Nevada City.
This library building still stands and now houses the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research, a research facility for Nevada County history.
While some of those Carnegie-funded libraries still exist and function as active libraries, including the one pictured below in the Southern California town of Beaumont, there are many that have not stood the test of time or were converted to other uses.
In some cases a city's growing population meant that a bigger library was eventually needed. This happened in San Diego, whose booming population outgrew its cramped library (opened in 1902) over the decades. That San Diego library was the first Carnegie library in California.
Interested in learning more about Carnegie libraries? Here are some websites for Carnegie libraries and images:
- Carnegie Libraries of California
- Nebraska Carnegie Libraries
- Iowa Carnegie Libraries
- The Carnegie Legacy in Kansas
- Library Postcards: Civic Pride in a Lost America
- The National Park Service has a chart with the number of libraries Carnegie funded in each state and the state's population in 1920
- Wikipedia also has a list of Carnegie libraries in the United States
Want to know even more about Carnegie libraries? The Andrew Carnegie Collection housed at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries includes documents regarding Carnegie libraries.
* History Channel. Andrew Carnegie. http://www.history.com/topics/andrew-carnegie. Accessed 31 March 2013.
** Determining the Facts. Reading 2: Obtaining a Carnegie Library http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/50carnegie/50facts3.htm. Accessed 31 March 2013.


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The Seminary community on the steps of Sampson Hall, 1923. From the Austin Seminary Archives.
The Austin Seminary Archives at Stitt Library serves as the repository for the documentation of the Seminary's administrative activities and educational programs, including its publications, memorabilia, photographic records, and the occasional memoirs and personal papers of the Seminary's faculty. In addition, the Archives collects materials on the activities of the Presbyterian Church in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, encompassing all forms of the Presbyterian and Reformed traditions. The Archives supports the faculty, staff, students, and other researchers by providing physical and intellectual access to the collections. This is achieved through appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, preservation, cataloging, and reference service.
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(Reuters) - For the first time in decades, the United States is making steady gains in the number of high school students earning diplomas, putting it on pace to reach a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020, according to a new analysis released Monday.
But the good news comes with a big asterisk: students with learning disabilities and limited fluency in English face long odds to finish high school, with graduation rates for those groups as low as 25 percent in some states, the analysis found. Minority students also continue to fall well behind their white peers, with about one-third of African-American students and 29 percent of Hispanic students dropping out before graduation.
The "Building a Grad Nation" report - which was co-authored by Robert Balfanz, a leading scholar of dropout rates at Johns Hopkins University - found strong improvements in graduation rates in a diverse collection of states including Tennessee, Louisiana, Alaska, California, Texas and New York. The national graduation rate jumped from 71.7 percent in 2001 to 78.2 percent in 2010, with the pace of improvement accelerating in the past few years.
"For the first time in 40 years, we have seen significant, sustained improvement," said John Bridgeland, a co-author of the study and the chief executive of Civic Enterprises, a public policy group in Washington, D.C.
Iowa, Vermont and Wisconsin lead the nation with graduation rates close to 90 percent, according to the report, which used data from 2010 and 2011. At the bottom of the heap: Nevada and New Mexico, where barely six in 10 high school freshmen can expect to earn a diploma within four years. Idaho, Kentucky and Oklahoma didn't use the same formula for calculating rates as other states and thus were not included in the report.
Those who have been successful in raising graduation rates credit a range of tactics:
* Launching new schools designed to train kids for booming career fields, so they can see a direct connection between math class and future earnings
* Offering flexible academic schedules and well-supervised online courses so students with jobs or babies can earn credits as their time permits
* Hiring counselors to review every student's transcript, identify missing credits and get as many as possible back on track
* Improving reading instruction and requiring kids who struggle with comprehension to give up some electives for intensive tutoring
* Sending emissaries door-to-door to hound chronic truants into returning to class
"Increasing the graduation rate has to be a purposeful exercise, something you're driven to do every day," said Terry Grier, superintendent of public schools in Houston, Texas, where the graduation rate has jumped from 64.3 percent to 78.5 percent since 2007. "More and more, you're seeing people across the country get it."
Yet the report's authors warn that the momentum could still stall.
Nearly every state will soon be rolling out curricula tied to the Common Core standards, which aim to bring more rigor to math and language arts instruction. Many will require students to pass exams tied to those higher standards to graduate, which could push lead to more failures and higher drop-out rates, the report suggests.
The authors also warn that some states, such as Kentucky, New Mexico and Florida, plan to grade high schools in large measure by student test scores and participation in advanced courses, with the graduation rate accounting for less than 20 percent of the school's grade. That could give principals an incentive to push out failing students and focus on high-achievers, rather than helping the stragglers work toward their diplomas.
Another concern: some states, such as Texas, do not count students as dropouts if they say they are leaving to be home-schooled or to transfer to a private school. The report notes that thousands of those students are significantly behind in credits and suggests that many may be dropping out without admitting it.
Perhaps the biggest threat to momentum, however, is the lagging performance of disadvantaged students, the report's authors said.
In Nevada, for instance, just 23 percent of students with disabilities, 29 percent of those with limited English skills and 43 percent of African-American students earned their diplomas in 2011.
Even generally high-performing states such Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Connecticut have strikingly poor records with some minority students. Minnesota has the biggest gaps: The graduation rate for African-American and Hispanic students hovered around 50 percent in 2011, compared to 84 percent for white students.
"We need to look at these disparities head on," said Brenda Cassellius, Minnesota's Education Commissioner.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, a Democrat, has proposed $640 million in new education funding, including an effort to better integrate schools in hopes of boosting performance for minority students, Cassellius said.
Elsewhere, state officials plan to bring down the dropout rate by fundamentally rethinking the way school works.
In Oregon, where the graduation rate was 68 percent in 2011, Chief Education Officer Rudy Crew aims to stop measuring student progress by credit hours and start focusing on how kids can demonstrate mastery of key concepts - whether or not they've sat through a full year of classes.
The state's graduation rate - and the poor performance of minority students - "is untenable, unsustainable, and frankly highly dangerous," weakening the economy by leaving so many students unprepared for college or career, Crew said.
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The typical family caregiver is a college-educated, married and employed 49-year-old woman who juggles several important duties. She is likely caring for her widowed 69-year-old mother who lives nearby, and there is a 37 percent chance that her children or grandchildren are living with her. And as a consequence of these selfless efforts to care for others, she is compromising her own health.
Approximately 66 percent of family caregivers are women, according to a 2009 study conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) in collaboration with AARP.
Working middle-aged women are not the only ones facing health challenges as a result of caregiving: A 2010 MetLife study of working caregivers demonstrates a clear impact of caregiving on the health of employees ages 18 to 39, as well as those ages 50 and older. With older relatives living longer, but with chronic illnesses, this may be a continuing trend.
According to the MetLife study, employed caregivers were more likely to report their own health as fair or poor in general, and significantly more likely to report major health conditions like diabetes, hypertension or pulmonary disease regardless of age or gender. Twenty percent of employed female caregivers over 50 years old report symptoms of depression, and younger female caregivers say they experience stress at home.
Employed caregivers also find it more difficult to take time to care for their own health. Women are more likely to defer mammograms and other preventive health screenings.
The close emotional relationship between the caregiver and the care recipient can place a caregiver at higher risk for psychological and physical illness. Laurel Kennedy, author of "The Daughter Trap," says, "Most women love their parents and they want to take care of them and see them happy until it impacts their family and health."
An 18-month NAC research study released in November 2011 specific to caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease is even more alarming, in that the caregivers in the study self-reported a steady and significant health decline for themselves just during the time of the study. More than 1,200 family caregivers across the United States participated; they were ethnically diverse, but not surprisingly, they were mostly women (83 percent) averaging 61 years of age.
Primary care doctors should be sensitive to middle-aged and older adults, especially women, who may be someone's primary caregiver. Doctors can make sure these caregivers are aware of the physical and mental stress of the job they are undertaking. Most will make specific suggestions to their patients, including:
• Check out helpful resources. There are various services available to help caregivers in San Diego including in-home care, housing, case management, support groups and more.
• Be an informed caregiver. Learn about the disease process of your loved one, including prognosis, course of the disease and treatment options so that you understand what is happening.
• Ask for help when you need it.
• Find balance between caring for parents and children.
• Celebrate and congratulate your successes as a caregiver.
• Take care of yourself.
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Recently, Richard Schwartz, a terrific person, my friend, and a friend to the IPPF, passed away. Richard had a very bad case of pemphigus when we first talked many years ago. But no matter how difficult a time he was having, he always was hopeful and positive.
For several years, Richard led the Houston Support Group. Several years ago, I visited with Richard and Karen during a support group meeting. They were so gracious and offered me a room in their home, to stay while I was in Houston. On a day off, he showed me around Houston and the NASA Space Center. We had a terrific day. Even after the group disbanded, Richard was always there to help others.
For many years he was in remission – had no disease, and was on no drugs. Unfortunately, he developed bladder cancer. When the IPPF started the Health Management Program, Richard called me and said he wanted to be a part of it even though he was still in remission from his pemphigus. I was so happy to hear from him, but in his always upbeat, matter-of-fact manner he told me about his cancer. I was very sad to hear about it, but he assured me that he was okay and that they had gotten it all.
Karen, Richard's wife, contacted me in October 2009 and told me that Richard had passed away. I cannot say how sad I was to hear that news. He was such a vibrant personality and just a great, real guy. I asked her if I could write a memorial to him for the IPPF Community. Karen wrote this to me:
"He really cared so much about the IPPF. When he was first diagnosed we felt so alone. It seems that so many of the wound care treatments were basically trial and error. We were very lucky to be in Houston at this time and under the wonderful care of Dr. (Robert) Jordon, but as far as at home care we pretty much on our own.
It was a terrible few months and we so wished that there were more people out there to talk with. Richard wanted so much to be a help to anyone who was diagnosed and needed questions answered…not medical, but everyday questions on living with the disease. He often went to people's homes and visited with them and also talked on the phone or by e-mail to people all over the world. I know it would mean a lot to him, as it does to me, for you to write a Memorial to him. He always was a supporter of the Foundation, as I will continue to be."
I, as I know many of you do also, send Karen and her family our sincerest condolences. Richard helped me and many others. His family can find comfort in knowing how many people truly admired Richard.
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Old-school deliveries becoming prevalent again
When baseball lifers of a certain age sit and talk about the state of the game, a popular topic is the dramatic change in pitching mechanics.
You have to dig into the video archives to find the old-time theatrics displayed by the likes of Satchel Paige, Bob Gibson, Luis Tiant and Juan Marichal. Their artistic form and expression have given way in the modern game to a uniformly compact mound style snipping away movements, including those of a uniquely personal nature.
When baseball lifers of a certain age sit and talk about the state of the game, a popular topic is the dramatic change in pitching mechanics.
You have to dig into the video archives to find the old-time theatrics displayed by the likes of Satchel Paige, Bob Gibson, Luis Tiant and Juan Marichal. Their artistic form and expression have given way in the modern game to a uniformly compact mound style snipping away movements, including those of a uniquely personal nature.
Stylish Johnny Cueto figuratively tips his cap to Tiant in his delivery, but the truth is there is no El Tiante in the game now, no wind-milling Paige.
The Nationals' Ross Ohlendorf created a stir last season when he revived the full windup, swinging his arms behind his back, with some success. But Ohlendorf is on the 60-day disabled list with a lower back strain and hasn't pitched since March 19.
The fundamental motive now is to keep it simple in the name of command -- and it often starts long before a kid is viewed as a prospect.
"I think it's a function of trying to simplify a young pitcher's mechanics -- and I'm talking at 7, 8 years old," said Padres manager Bud Black, a fine lefty in his time who grew up emulating Steve Carlton. "They start young with it. Most Major League deliveries are pretty simple now. I do miss those old deliveries."
David Price is the embodiment of the modern no-frills style. Yu Darvish takes it to the extreme of throwing from the stretch as a norm, an increasingly popular model.
Yet there remains a group of individuals willing to break the mold. Most staffs have one or two, identified primarily by raising their arms above their head in their windup or by a distinct leg kick or an uncommon release point.
This old-school approach is paying dividends for Max Scherzer, Detroit's 2013 American League Cy Young Award winner, and has served Adam Wainwright, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Bruce Chen, Francisco Liriano and Scott Kazmir well.
During his current 25-inning scoreless streak, Wainwright has been masterful is varying his delivery -- going above the head with one pitch, dropping to the waist on the next -- along with his repertoire. It is all part of the St. Louis ace's grand design of upsetting the timing of hitters.
Colby Lewis, Mike Pelfrey, Kevin Correia, Josh Collmenter, Nathan Eovaldi, Collin McHugh, Tim Stauffer, Carlos Carrasco, Hector Rondon and Preston Claiborne are all on the old-school train. Matt Moore, Price's Tampa Bay teammate, presumably will climb back aboard and resume his trip to stardom after recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Young operators on the rise such as Tyler Skaggs, Michael Pineda and Dallas Keuchel are making it work, and a recent convert has emerged in Zack Wheeler. The 23-year-old right-hander is paired with Matt Harvey in the Mets' master plans as a rotation tandem to rival any in the game.
Wheeler, 6-foot-4 and blessed with a big arm, was 7-5 with a 3.42 ERA in 100 innings for the Mets last season. After two disappointing starts to open the season, he experimented with the over-the-head delivery in a bullpen session at Angel Stadium.
A discussion with pitching coach Dan Warthen led to the decision to take it to the mound in game conditions, and the early returns have been promising.
Asked about his thought process, Wheeler said: "Hey, I'm just going to throw my arms over my head, see if that works. I threw like 10 pitches like that, and they were literally all dotting up. I was like, 'Hmm,' so I threw my whole bullpen [session] like that. My offspeed [stuff] was going like crazy, and I was like, 'Good bullpen [session].'
"So me and Dan were like, 'Let's try it next game. Let's try it in the bullpen. If you still feel comfortable with it in the bullpen before the game, take it into the game.' So after the bullpen [session], we were walking back to the dugout and he was like, 'You want to do it?' I was like, 'I guess.' So I went out and did it."
Wheeler has given up just six earned runs in 18 1/3 innings of three starts, shaving his ERA from 5.79 to 3.99 with the new delivery. He beat the D-backs in Arizona and has notched a Scherzer-like 16 strikeouts (against six walks) in 12 innings of no-decisions against the Braves and Marlins at home.
"With me, it helps me stay back, that's the biggest thing," Wheeler said. "Everybody's different. Everybody does it for different reasons. It allows me to get downhill with my pitches. Instead of staying up in the zone, it allows me to get down, because I'm staying back.
"Some guys may do it for comfort. Some guys may do it because that's the way they were taught. Who knows?"
Royals pitching coach Dave Eiland sees economy of movement motivating the move toward more conservative mechanics.
"It's not so much that it's old-fashioned [going over the head], it's that guys are simplifying their deliveries now," Eiland said. "And it's all about getting to your balance point. It doesn't matter how you get there -- whether you go over your head or come to your chest -- it's all about getting to your balance point. It's getting there and getting your hand out on time.
"I don't think it's anything that people are not teaching or trying to get them away from. It's just that guys are trying to simplify it, with less moving parts."
Wheeler, drafted sixth overall by San Francisco in 2009 out of East Paulding High School in the Atlanta area, was dealt to the Mets for Carlos Beltran at the 2011 non-waiver Trade Deadline as the Giants sought an offensive jolt in defense of their 2010 World Series title. Wheeler had just reverted to his high school style, with a higher leg kick, and felt he was getting better command of his pitches.
"If you saw me when I came up, I was all over the place," he said. "My ball took off every pitch. So the Giants really slowed me down to where I couldn't pitch anymore. I was terrible. So like two outings before I got traded, I was like, 'I can't do it anymore. I'm going to do whatever I want, and you're going to have to deal with it, because it's my career.' They compromised with me and I got traded shortly after."
Wheeler laughed.
"It's how you're taught when you're growing up," he said. "Everybody's their own person. Everybody just has their own thing that they do. Whatever works for you."
What works for Kazmir, like Wainwright, is variety. The lefty switches from over the head to a more compact delivery as he sees fit. An All-Star and strikeout king for the Rays who flamed out with the Angels, Kazmir is flourishing with the A's in the second phase of his remarkable comeback after a solid 2013 season in Cleveland.
Kazmir worked on improving his flexibility and regaining a leg kick that is critical to his success. No pitcher in the game today has a more unique leg kick than Bronson Arroyo, who has taken his experience, durability and quality work to Arizona.
"We have some modern pitchers doing interesting things -- guys emulating [Tim] Lincecum, Arroyo with his leg kick," Black said. "It's good to see some personality out there."
The Indians' Justin Masterson and the Giants' Madison Bumgarner sling it from the right and left sides, respectively, in unconventional but effective styles.
"There was one time back in high school," Masterson said, "I went to a Reds tryout or something, and they said, 'Oh, it's great, but you're a tall guy, you should try to use your leverage and try to get over the top.' So I did that. The ball straightened out and people started hitting me.
"I said, 'No, we're good here.' Because even before I had a sinker, I had natural movement. Even now, I have natural movement on the four-seamer. That was always the benefit."
Ohlendorf carved a 3.20 ERA in 60 innings last year, striking out 45 with only 14 walks while showing that windup out of the 1950s was no gimmick.
"It gives me rhythm ... helps me stay loose," he said. "And the ball has been coming out well pitching that way."
Paul Byrd, who retired with 109 wins in 2009 after 14 seasons, was the last Major League pitcher to be successful over a long haul swinging both arms behind his back, old-time style, while rocking into his motion.
He was a rare Byrd, indeed.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com.