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Powermatic 1791282 3 HP, 1 PH, 230 V OES9138 Oscillating Edge Sander
The 1791282 includes:
- Edge Sander
- (2) 4" dust ports
- Tilting main and end tables
- Platen with graphite pad
- 1x Powermatic 1791282 3 HP, 1 PH, 230 V OES9138 Oscillating Edge Sander
- 3HP motor with 9" x 138-3/4" abrasive belt handles large workpieces
- Oscillates 24 cycles per minute for better finish and longer belt life
- 9-1/2" x 48" platen with graphite pad offers largest work surface in its class
- Rugged bearing-assisted tensioning device for fast belt changes and quick adjust tracking
- Pedestal control switch for easy access
- Large 11-3/4" x 48" front worktable with 8" vertical travel tilts and 45° tilt, includes miter head for angle work
- Precision balanced 9" diameter drive drum and 4" diameter rubber coated idler pulley for positive drive and rigid tracking
- Large radius end table has 6" vertical travel and 45° tilt for any angle and working height needed
The large 11-3/4" x 48" table on the OES9138 oscillating edge sander travels a full 8" in vertical height to accommodate most woodworking pieces. It will also tilt negative 5° and out to positive 45°. The cast iron platen is a generous 48" x 9-1/2" and covered with graphite for production sanding, offering super support and cooler running to extend belt life. With 24 oscillations per minute you can use the entire belt face without burning. A 3HP motor powers the belt and runs a large gearbox to provide the oscillating action. The entire head pivots on a massive shaft with two sealed ball bearings for trouble-free performance. Dual dust collection ports keep the work area clean and extend the life of your abrasive belt.
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For all Powermatic warranty issues, please call 800-274-6848.Please take note of (if applicable) the voltage and phase of the machine you are ordering. If necessary, check with your electrician.
- Heavy-duty oscillating gearbox and shaft for long maintenance-free use
- Hinged guard opens for infinite length sanding
- Dual dust collection ports keep work area clean and extend abrasive belt life
Tech Specs:
- Brand: Powermatic
- Model: 1791282
- Type: Sander
- Belt Size (in.): 9 x 138-3/4
- Belt Speed (SFPM): 3542
- Table Size (in.): 48 x 11-3/4
- Drum Diameter (in.): 4 Outboard, 9 Drive
- Table Tilt (deg.): 5 in and 45 out
- Platen Size (in.): 9-1/2 x 48
- End Table Size (in.): 18 Radius
- End Table Tilt (deg.: 40 in and 45 out
- Table Working Height (in.): 34-1/2 to 40-3/4
- Dust Port Diameter (OD/in.): 4
- Dust Collection Minimum CFM Required: 1100
- Oscillations Per Minute: 24
- Motor HP: 3HP
- Motor Phase: 1Ph
- Motor Voltage: 230V
- Dimensions: 83 x 32 x 50
- Weight: 800 pounds
- Package Qty.: 1
This item is covered by WMH's 1 Year Warranty.
WMH Stands behind every product it sells with outstanding customer service and support. Their multitude of service repair centers offer quick turnarounds and most of the time they can authorize warranty repair, assist you in locating replacement parts, and perform routine maintenance and large repairs on your tools and machinery. To find a service center near you, please call 1-800-274-6848.


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No Scout should miss out on the fun and excitement of summer camp because they can't participate with their own troop. That is why the Denver Area Council is proud to offer Tahosa's Mountaineer Program; a provisional troop that provides Scouts unable to attend summer camp with their own troop or Scouts who want to attend an additional week an opportunity to not miss out on the fun. This unique program groups Scouts from various different troops into a single patrol, offering them a similar experience as Scouts who attend summer camp with their traditional troop. Fill out the Mountaineer Registration Form and submit it to the Camping Department.
Coming without your troop is easier then you think! You only need to provide the Scout's personal gear (clothing and equipment) and a way to get them to and from camp. We will provide the experienced adult leadership, patrol gear, and all the fun your Scout can have.
Over the course of the week, Scouts will take part in all the exciting programs Tahosa High Adventure Base has to offer. From earning merit badges to shooting rifles to attending an offsite adventure trek, participants will have the adventure of their lives! Participants will also learn more about essential scouting principals, working together as a team, challenge yourself on the Tahosa COPE Course, build a pioneering project and overcome challenges throughout the week as one cohesive unit.

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It mentions for today -15.
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FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon lifted the curfew for the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson on Monday and began deploying National Guard troops to help quell days of rioting and looting spurred by the fatal shooting of a black unarmed teenager by a white policeman.
Nixon, who had declared a state of emergency for the town on Saturday and ordered that the streets be cleared for a curfew that ran from midnight to 5 a.m., said the National Guard would fall under the supervision of the Missouri Highway Patrol.
The deployment of the National Guard is the latest in a series of steps taken by authorities to end the looting and burning of stores that have punctuated protests since the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, more than a week ago.
But retired local business owner Marshall Tucker said: "It ain't getting no better with the National Guard coming in. That'll be worse," he said. "Tonight it's going to get really sticky."
As daylight was coming to an end on Monday, police with plastic handcuffs took positions and tried to clear a main thoroughfare where protests have taken place at night, directing crowds into designated protest areas.
Video from the scene showed one journalist, with cameras slung around his neck and his hands bound behind him, being led off by police. He was identified by colleagues as Getty photographer Scott Olson.
President Barack Obama said he told the governor that the National Guard use should be limited and urged healing instead of violence. Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Ferguson on Wednesday, Obama added.
"While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos. It undermines rather than advancing justice," Obama told a news conference.
The president met with Holder on Monday to discuss the unrest. Holder said more than 40 FBI agents were canvassing Ferguson neighborhoods in an investigation that included federal and local officials.
"Moreover, at my direction, an additional medical examination is being performed on the body of Michael Brown," Holder said. Results of official autopsies by federal authorities and the county are pending.
An autopsy conducted on behalf of Brown's family showed he was shot at least six times, including twice in the head. The path of one bullet indicates the 18-year-old may have been lowering his head in surrender when the fatal shot hit, according to Brown family attorney Daryl Parks.
Parks told a news conference one bullet hit Brown in the very top of his head and another shattered his right eye.
"His head was in a downward position," Parks said. "Given those kind of facts, this officer should have been arrested," Parks said.
There were no signs of struggle with the officer and no gunshot residue on the body.
According to police, the officer involved in the shooting said he fired initially after Brown reached into his police car.
Darren Wilson, 28, the officer who shot Brown as the teenager was walking through a Ferguson residential neighborhood on Aug. 9 with a friend, was put on paid administrative leave and is in hiding.
Edward Magee, a spokesman for the St. Louis County prosecutor's office, said the case could be presented this week to a grand jury, which will decide whether Wilson will be indicted.
The National Bar Association, the country's largest network of black attorneys and judges, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the city of Ferguson and its police department over evidence related to Brown's shooting.
The suit asks the department to preserve all videos, photographs, police logs and investigative reports about the shooting, as well as arrest reports for protesters who were detained in the days and nights that followed.
The shooting set off protests in Ferguson, whose population of about 21,000 is mostly black. Thousands of demonstrators, angry that the police officer was not arrested, have filled the streets.
The protests have been marred by rioting and looting, leaving some stores badly damaged, as well as attacks against police with Molotov cocktails, officials said
Law enforcement officials have been widely criticized for using excessive force. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged U.S. authorities to protect protesters' rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
According to accounts by local police, Brown and a friend were walking down a road when Wilson asked them to move onto the sidewalk. Wilson reported that Brown reached into his patrol car and struggled for his service gun when the officer fired the initial shot.
Brown's friend Dorian Johnson, 22, said Wilson had reached out through his car window to grab at Brown and the teenager was trying to get away when he was shot. Johnson said Brown held up his hands to surrender but that Wilson got out of his patrol car and shot him several more times.
Additional reporting by Carey Gillam in Kansas City, Mo., Eric Beech in Washington, Curtis Skinner in New York and Lucas Jackson in Ferguson, Mo.; Writing by Carey Gillam and Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Peter Cooney


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A Glamorous, Botanical-Inspired Wedding at Hacienda Yturria in Yturria, Texas
Samantha Wolfe (26 and a leasing manager and graphic designer) and Erick Ptacnik (28 and business owner and agent at Farmers Insurance) crafted their "nature meets glamour" nuptials around a refined palette of gray, white and gold. "My wedding dress was actually the first dress I pinned," Samantha says. The trouble was the designer was based in Romania. After some digging, she found a store near Chicago that stocked her dream dress, so she and her mom booked a flight. "I tried it on, and it fit like a glove," she recalls. A low chignon allowed the intricate lace detail of Samantha's dress to shine. The couple incorporated a rosary lasso into the ceremony as a nod to Erick's Mexican heritage. Samantha's eight bridesmaids all wore the same dress, each in a different color. The resulting mix of neutrals, blush pink, sage green, charcoal and a touch of deep plum ended up inspiring the rest of the day's color scheme. The couple traveled from the ceremony to the reception in a white 1935 DeSoto. Lace-patterned chargers added a feminine touch to the tablescapes. "Our cake was elegant on the outside and party on the inside," Samantha says. Beneath the classic buttercream frosting and pretty pink blooms, the unassuming confection was filled with sprinkles. "Who doesn't love sprinkles?" she adds.


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Rebecca Nurse Homestead
Owned and operated by
Danvers Alarm List Company
149 Pine St., Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: (978) 774-8799
or mailing address:
PO Box 456, Hathorne MA 01937
Hours of Operation for 2019
(We are open May
through November)
May & June
Friday-Sunday 10AM-3PM
July & August
Wednesday-Sunday 10AM-3PM
Saturday & Sunday 10AM-3PM
Friday-Sunday 10AM-3PM
Saturday & Sunday 10AM-3PM
Closed on National Holidays
Also open by appointment
(with at least 1 week notice during regular seasonal hours)
Adults $8.00, Seniors (65 and older) $6.00, Children 16 and under $5.00, Children Under 6 FREE
Guided Tours begin at 10:30, 11:30, 1:00 and 2:00 and last 40 minutes to an hour.
Can't stay for a full guided tour? You can do a self-guided tour at your own pace and feel free to ask the tour guide about any questions you may have.
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August 29th
Due to a family medical emergency, we will not be open for tours today, August 29th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for understanding.
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Exclusive Postmortem: Chicago Fire Boss on Tuesday's Big Death and the "Fractured" Firehouse
Apr 9, 2014 2:02 AM EDT
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WTC Pro Membership Procedure
In order to obtain a Pro Membership license you would need to contact the WTC prior to registering for IRONMAN Wales. Please e-mail [email protected]. If you have a national elite license from your federation, this will automatically qualify you to register for a WTC Pro Membership license upon submission to the WTC.
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The Plan: 2014-2015
From UA Libraries Digital Services Planning and Documentation
Digital Services will support the University's call to pursue economies and efficiencies which will enable internal reallocation of resources and lead to quality improvements by...
- Continuing to regularly evaluate all workflows to seek methods of improvement.
- Measurement: At least one workflow improvement will be identified and implemented within the coming year.
- Progress:
- Assessing impact of Digital Services' efforts to increase awareness and knowledge of digital collections.
- Measurement: Outreach coordinator will use Google Analytics to track and compare results of efforts to use social media for publicity of content; she will iteratively report on findings, which will be used to guide future efforts.
- Progress:
- Identifying appropriate preservation metadata and determining and method for its collection.
- Measurement: Repository Manager and Outreach Coordinator will analyze and select metadata needed for preservation, and develop and test a method to implement its capture and storage.
- Progress: In June 2014, appropriate metadata fields to be collected were determined.
- Training someone in audio digitization, to serve as a backup for the Digitization Technologist.
- Measurement: Repository Manager will learn the workflow for audio digitization.
- Progress:
Digital Services will increase awareness and knowledge of its collections and e-resources among graduate students and faculty members by...
- Digitizing special collections materials for online delivery.
- Measurement: Monthly counts of progress will be collected.
- Progress:
- Reaching the milestone of 100,000 items in Acumen.
- Measurement: Goal will be met and publicized.
- Progress:
- Engaging with GIS and Special Collections to provide guidance on how use Acumen and how to provide instruction to faculty and students.
- Measurement: Digitization Outreach Coordinator will provide a training session to GIS and Special Collections personnel on searching Acumen, after changes have been made to the asset viewer and faceted search has been implemented.
- Progress:
- Posting informative, entertaining blog entries and engage with users via social media when appropriate.
- Measurement: At least two informative, entertaining blog entries will be posted monthly about new or existing content or DS initiatives/workflows. Social media accounts will be regularly updated.
- Progress:
- Developing faceted search capabilities for Acumen.
- Measurement: Unit Head will provide back-end support for incorporating a faceted search in Acumen's index.
- Progress:
- Publicizing results of the Innovation Grant.
- Measurement: Digitization Manager will give a public presentation on the new process, and he will write and submit an article for publication.
- Progress:
Digital Services will foster an environment of improved two-way communication and collaboration by...
- Providing monthly updates of content in Acumen to Curators, Metadata Unit, and others who request notifications.
- Measurement: Monthly updates will occur via email, in either XML or Excel form as requested.
- Progress:
- Sharing information of current policies, procedures and methods on our wiki.
- Measurement: All new and modified policies and procedures will be posted to the DS wiki.
- Progress:
- Participating in committees and meetings on the library and university level.
- Measurement: DS staff/faculty will attend University and library committee/other meetings as appropriate.
- Progress:
- Sharing information about what we do with others in the libraries.
- Measurement: DS will provide open house tours of its facilities and demonstrate its workflow.
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See Spot Run - Trail Communication
Proper spotter hand signals
If you have ever watched rollover videos on YouTube, you might have noticed some pretty spotty spotting. You know, where people outside the vehicle are waving their arms frantically and yelling at the driver. Have you ever found that to be helpful when you are wheeling? We haven't, so we put together some suggestions for spotting on the trail. Here is knowledge we have acquired through our combined years.
Use a Spotter You Trust
If you are in a situation that is challenging enough that you need help, it is best to use someone you trust. It is only natural that the more you work together the better you will understand each other.
Have One Spotter
Too many "suggestions," often differing, can make a tough situation worse instead of better. Designate one spotter and concentrate on only that person. If someone else can see something your spotter does not see, he should relay that information to the spotter, not to you.
Use Hand Signals
Visual commands are easier for the driver to process and follow than verbal commands. "Rights" and "lefts" can be confusing with the spotter and driver facing each other, but if verbal commands are required, then "driver" and "passenger" work better than "left" and "right." Note that hand signals don't betray when the spotter is excited or worried as verbal commands do (which can be a good thing or a bad thing!).
Who Controls the Winch?
There are two schools of thought regarding whether the driver of the vehicle being winched should control the winch, or it should be handled by someone outside the vehicle. Oftentimes this comes down to whether the winch being used is on the vehicle being recovered. If so, it is typically safer for the driver to also control the winch, but this can be overwhelming in technical situations. Using a winch from a dedicated recovery vehicle allows a second person to control the winch and frees up the driver to concentrate on steering the vehicle.


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Many of us played spin the bottle when we were kids, but now that we're adults, we can do a lot better than that.
That's where "Spin Me," a game by a company called Jimmyjane, comes in.
The elegantly-designed white bottles are the first sign that this isn't the same game you played as a kid -- and that the stakes are probably going to be much higher than giving and receiving your first French kiss.
The directions are simple: Spin, Read, Obey and Repeat. The game comes with strips of paper that contain instructions that range from mildly G-rated to much racier fare.
"We believe each person's sexuality is as intricate and individual as a fingerprint. Rather than dictate what is sexy to our customers, we leave room for exploration and interpretation. We create provocative possibility," said Ethan Imboden, Jimmyjane's founder .
Some of the messages on the strips include:
- Give your partner a butterfly kiss (by fluttering your eyelashes against their skin) where they are ticklish.
- Lie next to your partner without touching and whisper a secret into their ear. Share something about yourself that they don't know and wouldn't guess.
So what if you don't want to do what the message says? Well, according to Jimmyjane, "If you can't stand the heat ..."
The Spin Me costs $35. Click here for more information.


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A fast from the past.
There's a good reason why Sonic the Hedgehog is still around and Kid Chameleon is off in some video game mascot retirement home – character. Sonic captured an arrogant self-confidence in the wag of a finger. He sped across miles and miles when others were still lightly trotting. He was one helluva mascot, that's for sure.
And now everyone who yearns for the Sonic of yesteryear or those new to the
blue blur can find the past in one place, the Sonic Mega Collection.
This is essentially a compilation of almost all of his 16-bit adventures on
one disk. Sonic Mega Collection includes Sonic 1, 2, 3,
Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic Spinball, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean
Machine, and Sonic 3D Blast. That's a lot of hedgehog.
emulation of these Genesis classics is well done, matching the look, speed,
and even the processing faults of the original versions, point for point. Notably,
the Sonic games feel comfortable on the Gamecube controller, complete with the
giant jump button.
The gameplay, graphics, music, and atmosphere of the original Sonic the
Hedgehog are still unmatched within the series, though the second Sonic
does come very close. It was just such a different and special game in its time.
But with each following game, as more and more supporting characters and features
were being added, the simple and natural magic began to dull, eroded by clutter
and age.
Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles used a revised character sprite
and implemented special shields that granted Sonic new abilities. I didn't much
like these two games back in their time, and even now, I don't think they hold
up to the original two.
Sonic and Knuckles, in its original Genesis form, had an additional
cartridge slot that allowed any of the previous Sonic games to be plugged
in. This would open up combined versions of the games, such as being able to
run through Sonic 2 with Knuckles. When the original Sonic was
plugged into Sonic and Knuckles, a bonus game was accessible.
These "locked" versions of Sonic are included in the Mega Collection,
but are not available from the outset. Ironically enough, they must be "unlocked"
by playing the other games. Rounding out the list of unlockable games are Flicky
and Ristar, two non-Sonic games.
Sonic Spinball is a combination of the core Sonic gameplay ideas with
classic pinball playing fields. While I'm no pinball wizard, I can irrefutably
say that pinball is meant to be played with two hands, each controlling a flipper.
The major problem with Sonic Spinball was that it forced you to control
both flippers with one hand. The D-pad was used to veer Sonic towards bonuses
and switches, so the flippers were mapped to A and B. C would control both flippers
at once. Awkward!
Those poor Genesis controllers never had shoulder buttons. If you haven't
noticed, Sega, Gamecube controllers DO. So why didn't they have the common sense
to give Spinball the one tweak it was always dying for? Alas, there are
only 2 button mapping configurations, and neither of them do Spinball
Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is the Americanized version of the classic
puzzle game Puyo Puyo, utilizing enemy characters from the old Sonic
cartoons. Colored blobs drop into the playing field and must be arranged into
combinations of at least 4. The blobs gel together like amoebas when they touch
another blob of the same color. It's among the best chain-minded puzzle games
and holds up well.
Sonic 3D Blast is the Genesis version, not the slightly improved Saturn
edition. Regardless, it's still an unlovable game that misses the entire point
of a Sonic game: speed. In the name of completion, I'm glad it's in there, but
it's not as good as the classic 2D games.
Woefully missing from this canon of Sonic game is Sonic CD. While they
obviously couldn't really pack every single Sonic game ever into this
collection, who decided to leave out this one? Sonic CD ruled and beats the
pants off Sonic 3D Blast, but it's a no-show here. Bad move.
Sonic Mega Collection includes some light extras, but don't get excited.
The art section is very incomplete. While the comic book covers of some 100
Sonic the Hedgehog comics are included, where are the pencil sketches or character
concepts, the roots of Sonic? Instead, we get a few scans of post-Sonic
Adventure art with other images that you can easily find online.
Several video clips are also included, such as the opening and ending animations
of Sonic CD (which features a song almost bad enough to rival the DK
monkey rap). There's also a silly video biography of Sonic that plays more
like a commercial.
Where are the documentaries or interviews with developers? Where are the design
docs or early concepts? Pages of history behind Sonic? Info on the mysterious
Xtreme project? There just isn't much meat to the extras.
But you're probably not buying this for artwork or history. You're buying
it for the slew of old-school Sonic games, a couple of which still provide
some good fun. However, if you already have some of these games, I'd advise
just blowing the dust off the old Genesis, because there isn't enough good extra
stuff here.


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UnNews:Man found dead in theatre showing G-rated movie
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
27 June 2007
RALEIGH, North Carolina - Late on Tuesday night in a movie theater in Raleigh, North Carolina, after its 10:15 showing of Surf's Up, a man was found, in his seat, dead. This led to the belief that the man had been "caught dead in a G-Rated movie." After getting over what he described as "the initial hilarity" of this situation, the night janitor contacted the police, who, after a couple minutes of sharing a laugh, got right down to identifying who the deceased man was. After a couple of minutes of snooping through his wallet, and taking what money there was they found out who the man was. His name was not released to this reporter, and thus, cannot be released to the general public, but his story was released. He was a man, Caucasian, 53 years of age, roughly 5 foot, 8 inches, and probably a sex offender. The man was apparently "Pleasuring himself" when he died, his corpse was sticky below the waist, and his pants were off. Although it could have been butter from his popcorn. We tried to get a local hooker to lick him to find out what the sticky stuff was, but she said haughtly "I have my standards," besides we only offered her $20. The mother of the man stated that he had an unnatural animated penguin fetish, after she stopped laughing at the irony of the situation.
In an unrelated note, the mother, Caucasian, 92 years of age, roughly 5 foot 3 inches tall passed away shortly after the police contacted her. But in her Will she stated that she wanted to have inscribed on her gravestone "It's every parent's dream to outlive their children. I can check that off my list." But the message was too long and it simply stated "It's every pare".
A laugh track will be played at the wake for the man which will take place Saturday. The wake will be followed by his arrest for, well, if you've been paying any attention, you know what for, and doing IT in a public location (its illegal after all, just ask Pee Wee Herman). The judge, while laughing, described this case, as "Laughable," then scheduled the case for just after the wake. His corpse -- the man's, not the judge -- will be buried next to his mother, when he leaves jail, in 21 years (maybe 13 for good behavior.) The man is required to appear in court on Friday to have his case heard by the judge. It is believed he will exercise his right to remain silent.
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The text in the second lower part of the http://www.phoromatic.com/ is all blue - that's very misleading. Please, change its color to something neutral, as blue is the color of web links.
Also, I've got a question, will you create the appropriate bug reports in the Linux kernel bugzilla? Just showing the results to the community is kinda worthless.


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- Premier League
Wenger: Arsenal never in for Zaha
Arsene Wenger has denied that Arsenal are interested in Crystal Palace youngster Wilfried Zaha, as Manchester United look set to complete a deal for the player.
Zaha, 20, has attracted the attention of the top clubs in England and is viewed as one of the most talented midfielders of his generation.
However, while reports suggest that United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has opted out of a four-day training trip to Doha in order to tie up a deal worth £12 million, Wenger has claimed that he was never interested.
"If Zaha goes to Man Utd, good luck to him," Wenger told a press conference on Tuesday. "We were never in for him. Never."
Despite Wenger's words, ESPN understands that Arsenal did place a bid for Zaha last week but Palace's demands and the player's seeming desire to continue the next phase of his career at Old Trafford has ended their interest.
Arsenal are still looking to bring in two players in January, with French trio Yann M'Vila, Yoann Gourcuff and Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue all linked in recent weeks.
Wenger, though, refused to admit who he has been tracking, saying: "I will not give you any names. We are working very hard."
The French boss did talk up West Ham midfielder and possible target Mohamed Diame - who has a reported release clause of £3.5m in his contract. Wenger said: "He has a great presence in the games, I have seen him have a big impact."


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Don't be fooled by the powerful hop aroma of Field 41 Pale Ale. This perfectly sessionable, but generously dry-hopped, Pale Ale drinks easy with a smooth bitterness and is named for the hop field that is home to Bale Breaker Brewing Company. Light and refreshing, it's the perfect beer for a day on the river or afternoon on the slopes. - See more at: http://www.balebreaker.com/beer/detail.html?varietyid=2#sthash.SDKxmbbw.dpuf
This is your basic American-style Brown Ale; think of it as the neighbor down the street that you see every day in passing, but was just another dude until you discovered he was a badass extreme-sports junkie. Okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but this is a really approachable, mild-mannered beer that has a lot of complexity despite its pedestrian overcoat. Six different malts and two type of hops come together in this beer to create a sublime blend of roasty, creamy and hoppy flavors. Don't be afraid of the dark, sometimes really nice things happen there!
Finally, a beer that pays homage to the hard workers in our Valley. The trail crews and farmers, the lumberjacks and firefighters, we brew this for you! With these folk in mind, we've created an Amber Lager that features a smooth, medium body, with a rich toasted malt aroma. Dirtyface's initial malty sweetness finishes fresh and clean… unlike its name. No need to wash up, just wash down.
To The Wizard of Water, The Master of Mash, The Baron of Barley, and Kingpin of Craft. The Head of Hops, The Kettle's King, The Yoda of Yeast, and Guru of Grain. The Duke of Dunkels, The Leader of Lagers, The Ace of Ales, and Sultan of Sours: We raise our glass to you ingenious explorer and say, "Thank you Dean for the Priebe Porter!" So dark and so rich, robust and full flavored, the hops and aroma make it hard not to savor.
Created by the brewery's founder, Quilter's Irish Death is what we call a dark, smooth, ale. Any attempt at classifying it just ends up sending beer geeks into a style guidelines diatribe. So forget style guidelines. Is your pursuit of micro beer about tasting copies of a style that fit guidelines anyways? (Neither is ours) We lovingly refer to it as beer candy. While tempting to session this beer, the name is a necessary reminder that despite the surprising approachability, this beer weighs in at a hefty 7.8% ABV.
Pabst Blue Ribbon is a premium lager crafted with a hefty infusion of 6-row barley, a carefully balanced carbohydrate profile from corn syrup, and a unique combination of Pacific domestic hops, fermented with a pure culture of yeast and aged at high gravity. In simpler terms, it's a damn fine beer.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The most deadly type of malaria in humans and the one most prevalent in Africa is one that is very sensitive to climate. Previously published scientific studies put the optimal temperature for malaria transmission from mosquitos to humans at 31 degrees C (88 degrees F), but according to a new mathematical model, the temperature for peak transmission of the parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is much, much lower.
"Clarifying the response of malaria transmission to temperature helps us anticipate how climate change might affect disease risk," says U.S. Geological Survey parasite ecologist and senior author Kevin Lafferty.
"This study has discovered important new temperature thresholds that govern the relationship between humans and insect-borne parasites in the environment," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "With hundreds of millions of cases of malaria reported in the tropics and subtropics each year, each new scientific finding brings us closer to more effectively combating this deadly disease."
The new research shows that malaria transmission is predicted to peak at 25 degrees C (77 degrees F), and dramatically decrease above 28 degrees C (82 degrees F). The model, based on mosquito thermal physiology, incorporated published data from laboratory experiments on mosquitoes. Unlike previous models, the new model fits observations of malaria transmission in Africa very well.
Erin Mordecai, Lafferty's doctoral student at University of California, Santa Barbara, was the lead author of USGS –led study, published in the journal "Ecology Letters." Coauthors include other scientists from UCSB, Pennsylvania State University, University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles, and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
"We are really excited about the new findings, because they tell us temperatures as low as 82 degrees F may begin to slow malaria transmission," says Mordecai. "This study challenges the common assumption that hot temperatures simply speed up transmission."
Malaria parasites are transmitted to humans via certain mosquito species. The new mathematical model accounts for the fact that both mosquitoes and parasites suffer under high temperatures. Previously published models typically assumed that mosquito and malaria vitality continue to increase linearly with temperature.
To build their model, Mordecai and the research team reviewed laboratory studies that tracked the vitality and activity of malaria parasites and mosquitoes from low to high temperatures.
Lafferty, who holds joint appointments with UCSB and the USGS Western Ecological Research Center, hopes the findings will encourage more detailed studies on how malaria parasites and their mosquito vectors behave in the field.
"Predictive models are only as good as the data used to build them, and even ours has limitations," says coauthor Krijn Paaijmans of Penn State. "Oddly, there is little data on the response of mosquito species to temperature. Better laboratory studies and field ecology research will inform community health projects, and help them anticipate geographic shifts and seasonal shifts in malaria transmission risk."
Sadie Ryan of SUNY-ESF added, "Looking to the future, we are now using our model to build maps of the current and potential future spatial distribution of optimal conditions for malaria transmission."
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Weary San Francisco commuters faced gridlock for a third straight day on Wednesday as rail workers continued a strike that has caused chaotic commutes and, according to some estimates, millions of dollars in lost worker productivity.
Despite renewed talks, the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency and its two largest unions representing train workers failed to reach a labor agreement, setting the table for a third straight day of no train service on the nation's fifth largest rail system.
Talks resumed Tuesday after political pressure mounted for a settlement. The governor sent two of the state's top mediators – the chair of the public employment relations board and the chief of the state mediation and conciliation service – to facilitate further talks.
A letter from Democratic state officials said the strike has caused "widespread personal hardship and severe economic disruption", and it noted they were disappointed "about the lack of productive proposals and counterproposals in the days leading up to the strike".
Commutes in the region were thrown into chaos when the strike began early Monday after talks with management broke down. Bart carries passengers from the farthest reaches of San Francisco's densely populated eastern suburbs to San Francisco International Airport across the bay.
Freeways have choked to a standstill. Lines for ferry service tripled, boats were crammed to standing-room only and ridership on Caltrain increased.
Buses were stuffed with riders who felt fortunate to be on board as many commuters were left in the dust when buses zoomed by without as much as a honk or an explanation.
Bart, with 44 stations in four counties and 104 miles of lines, handles more than 40% of commuters coming from the East Bay to San Francisco, said John Goodwin, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Transit authorities have made accommodations to help during the strike, including longer carpool lane hours and additional ferries and buses. Bart doubled the number of buses serving West Oakland to 36 on Tuesday.
The striking unions and management reported being far apart on key issues including salary, pensions, health care and safety.
The unions, which represent nearly 2,400 train operators, station agents, mechanics, maintenance workers and professional staff, want a 5% raise each year over the next three years.
BART said union train operators and station agents average about $71,000 in base salary and $11,000 in overtime annually. The workers also pay a flat $92 monthly fee for health insurance.


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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday Mail Update
I'm beginning to think it might have been more restful to go to work today! Camden is feeling quite rambunctious after being cooped up in the house for several days. He is alternating between being a soldier, baseball player, police officer (complete with handcuffs and a walkie talkie), singing with his American Idol microphone (thanks again, mom), and being a firefighter. And he's walking around with a long beaded necklace on that I have no idea where it came from. It's pretty noisy around our house today.
Rough Morning
The good news is that Camden and Brian are feeling much better. Camden keeps saying, "I'm so sorry me and daddy made you sick." Camden told me that I better leave quick before my work called off school.
I remember reaching a certain point while we waited for Camden to come home where I just started to doubt it was ever really going to happen. The wait becomes so long and after a certain point, the ache just grows and grows and your child is never far from your thoughts. I am definitely at that point. I am struggling to stay positive and to not spend all my time in tears. At this point, nothing helps. Well, I take that back. If we could ever get the I600 in our hands, it would help momentarily.
I baked a chocolate chip pecan pie yesterday - my first ever. Camden kept saying, "mommy, this pie smells wonderfully." It was pretty good if I do say so myself. Definitely a comfort food.
I did scrap two pages yesterday, although even scrapping doesn't feel fun or therapeutic these days.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mail Update
My new Tuesday routine
There's not much else going on here. I did not scrap last night so there are no pictures or pages to share. At least by being home, I can check the mail early for our I600. I really thought that it would arrive yesterday, but no such luck!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Another Monday
Brian is still not feeling well at all. He has an awful cold. He even stayed home from church last night, and I'm pretty sure that's the first time he's ever "called in sick" for that! Camden threw a HORRIFIC two-hour (yes, seriously two hours) temper tantrum last night. Thank goodness he has outgrown that stage for the most part, because it was horrible. He can be so stubborn, but one of these days he'll learn that Mommy and Daddy are just as stubborn as he is and will always win.
This week is a pretty normal week for us. Brian has a faculty meeting after school today, but other than that, we're home every night, which will be nice.
I debated about putting this layout on my blog because of the picture, but decided it was too funny not to. We sent Camden in to get ready for his bath one evening, and when I came back to help him run water, I found him sitting on the toilet looking at a magazine. It was so funny, and I immediately ran for my camera. When I took this picture, he was so engrossed in the magazine that he didn't even realize that Brian and I were watching him.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
16 months
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Baby Andrew
We're keeping it pretty low key today. Brian is coughing up a lung every few seconds, and I've been battling the stomach flu since early Friday morning so hopefully a little rest will make us all feel better.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Posting early
Anyway, didn't really mean to ramble on about that! But that's where I'll be tomorrow. So say a prayer for Kathy and Jamie and baby Andrew tomorrow morning.
No I600 in the mail today, but I'm not worried. Two other Tennessee families using the same agencies received theirs this week and their approval came a day or two ahead of ours so I'm sure ours will follow in another day or two.I'm not sure if the quote of 3-4 weeks until travel starts when the I600 was approved (Jan. 23) or when it actually arrives in the mail. Who knows!
Today was Lunch Bunch day. We were reduced to 3 members this month. Jeff is on a cruise; Rachel just had a baby; Kathy is having a baby tomorrow, and Russell was sick so that left me, Jackie, and Tina. We ate at Red Robin, and it was amazing! I had a guacamole bacon burger with garlic parmesan steak fries. We also made plans to have a girl's night out in a couple of weeks before Rory arrives. I am sooooo going to miss being with my friends on a daily basis!
I've been scrapping like crazy trying to catch up on ALL my photos so that I'll be current when Miss Rory arrives. I'm pretty sure that I will not have nearly the time to scrap, and I don't want to fall behind. This picture is of Brian reading to William, Xavier, and Camden. They sat on his lap while he read book after book. Camden doesn't look too excited to be sharing his daddy, does he.
Almost there
Camden's behavior has been really off all week. For instance last night he got home from school about 4:00, threw a big hissy fit over something little, then fell asleep on the couch. We tried and tried to wake him up several times for supper, and finally succeeded about 6:30. He continued to throw fits until church time (was still crying when we walked over to church), but then perked up after he went to class with Gram. He did wake up in a happy (but very hyper) mood this morning.
I had a very busy day at work yesterday and expect to be busy again today. It actually helps keep my mind off the adoption and everything I still need to do before we travel to Korea so I'm glad for the extra work.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
No news
Our I600 did not come in the mail yesterday. I pretty much met the mailman at the mailbox to check! It actually made things a little easier to know by 9:00 that it wasn't there for the day instead of sitting at work all day wondering if it's sitting there in the mailbox. Here's hoping for today!
Steven Curtis Chapman's organization Shaohannah's Hope emailed us over the weekend asking us if we would be willing to volunteer at one of his concerts on March 14. That would be so amazing, but we don't know when Rory will be home, and even if she is home by then, I'm just not sure that a concert would be the best place to take her in the first few weeks! I told them that I hoped they would keep us on the list and ask again, though.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
A Bad Morning
I've decided to look at today as reason number 647 it's better to be a stay-at-home mom: you don't have to make decisions about whether or not your child is sick enough to warrant you missing work. I'm sure I'll also enjoy the scrap time. Oh, and I'll know by 9:00 this morning whether or not Rory's I600 arrived in the mail instead of having to wait until 5:00 tonight.
Someone mentioned that I forgot details about the best part of the weekend - the Cheesecake Factory cheesecake! Brian chose Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough cheesecake, and I had White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Caramel cheesecake. Seriously, a little slice of heaven!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Happy MLK Day
A few tidbits from Camden during his stay with Uncle Michael and Aunt Liz this weekend.
(1) When asked what kind of cars mommy and daddy drive: A Gran Dam (emphasis on the second word) and a Lifesaver (Brian drives a LeSabre).
(2) "I got into a fight with the stool, and it beat me up." (after he fell off the bathroom stool trying to wash his hands)
DWTS was quite entertaining. They were running low on stars - only 3 out of the 7 in the program were there. Monique Coleman from season 3; Wayne Newton (who sort of MC'd the event and did not dance; and Helio Castronoves was there, but only danced two times). Poor Wayne Newton needs to retire because he was just awful! There is nothing left to his voice at all. The older generation who were in attendance really enjoyed himk however. I thought it was a bit of a rip-off that Julianne and Helio (who won this season) only danced twice, but they were very fun to watch. I have a few pictures and none of them are very good. They are straight out of the camera with no editing, but I don't know that they'll get much better even after I edit. We had good seats, but the lights were flashing and VERY bright, plus the dancers move so fast, it's hard to snap a picture. It was a really fun evening all in all.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Tonight we're eating dinner at the Cheesecake Factory (using a Christmas gift card) and then going to see Dancing With the Stars Live Tour.I am so excited! My friend Kathy decided she didn't want to go into labor in the middle of that so she gave me both tickets and so Brian is my date tonight.
Camden thoroughly enjoyed the Veggie Tales Pirates Who Don't Do Anything movie. Brian and I were less than impressed, but I guess it wasn't about us! It didn't seem nearly as entertaining as their DVD movies and certainly not as entertaining as other full-length feature cartoons. But, like I said, Camden definitely enjoyed himself. Although I'm not sure if he enjoyed the tootsie pop, popcorn, Mr. Pibb, or the movie the most.
I've been telling myself since Wednesday when we received the email from immigration saying our paperwork was almost complete that I was not going to get my hopes up that we'll really receive it this week, but it's too late. My heart is definitely set on it. I'm feeling a sense of urgency to get things completed, our trip planned, books on attachment and toddler adoption read, etc. I'm starting to resign myself to the fact that the nursery may not be perfect. All of the basics are there, and it's cute, but I really wanted it to be extra special and I don't have the time (or money) at the moment to put the extra touches on it right away. And who am I kidding. Rory won't know the difference at all - it's mostly for me. I will try to post some pictures next week.
Enjoy your weekend.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Veggie Tales
Other than that, it's a regular domestic Friday for me - laundry, grocery shopping, etc.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
So, my big news is DWTS. Otherwise known as Dancing With the Stars – the Live Tour! My very pregnant friend Kathy managed to snag free tickets to the show on Saturday night and asked me if I would go with her. Of course I said yes since this is one of my very favorite shows to watch. It's so fun and entertaining, but not something we would ever spend money on to see live. I should mention that Kathy has been having contractions for days now so who knows if she'll make it there or not. With our luck, her water will break right in the middle of it!
Another piece of good news is that Kathy has asked me to be in the delivery room with her when baby Andrew is born, and I am so excited about that. So I'm attached at the hip to my cell phone, and my camera is now riding along with me everywhere I go so that I'll be prepared when they call!
My newest update in the roller coaster ride of adoption is that the immigration office is in the final stages of reviewing our paperwork and it should be issued next week. If this is true, then we're looking at about 4 weeks to travel (down significantly from last week's prediction of 9-10 weeks). I'm trying very hard not to get too invested in that news and to just keep planning for a longer wait. It's better to be surprised, right?
I think we're *this* close to being ready for Rory. The nursery is very close to being finished. The wall letters arrived Monday (see paragraph below for my review of them), and I'm pretty sure I know what I want to do to finish off the wall decorations. I'm ordering my diaper bag today (if any of you remember the diaper bag saga from Camden's adoption, you'll know that I had too many bags to count for him; I'm only allowed one this time LOL). I'm ordering a baby carrier this weekend (a Chunei for my fellow adoptive parents who might be interested). I'm buying our first pack of diapers when I shop this weekend (they are 2 for $16 at Target!). Yesterday at lunch I hit the jackpot at BabyGap and bought several pairs of girly p.j.'s for next to nothing, and I bought three outfits from Gymboree that have been on my "must-have" list since before Thanksgiving. (Yes, I think I should lock up the credit card for a while!)
So. My wall letters. You know, the ones I have been eagerly anticipating for over 2 months now. I am so disappointed in them! The paint is thin – you can still see the wood through them. On the letter that has little flowers, you can see the pencil marks where she drew the flowers and then didn't cover up the pencil marks. On another letter, she must have started painting with a darker color, because there's a splotch underneath the white paint. The good news is that when you look at them hanging up on the wall, you don't notice these mistakes – you would need to be pretty close to see them. It drives me crazy, though! I am certainly not going to be leaving her good feedback, and I'm really tempted to just paint over them.
Brian was so disappointed to wake up this morning to rain. It snowed a bit last night, and he was really hoping for a snow day. Walking home from church last night, Camden was ecstatic. He kept saying, "Oh, I'm so, so glad there is now." He and his Gramps even put together a few snowballs.
I think I mentioned a while ago that the first thing out of Camden's mouth each morning is, "mommy, daddy, look how much I growed." Seriously, every morning. Last night when I put him in the bathtub, he made me stop and look at him (n.a.k.e.d. of course) and said "wow, I really growed at school today." Then when I got him out of the bathtub, I was drying him off and he said, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I can't BELIEVE how much I growed in the bathtub!"
I scrapped this page over the weekend. This is Camden, Emily and Meredith (Kathy's girls) during their sleepover back in November. Aren't they cute in their p.j.'s!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I don't really have time to blog this morning. Somehow I thought that I could add making a batch of Spinach Parmesan dip I need for a shower tonight into my schedule this morning, and I'd still have plenty of time to get ready, but that was a bit ambitious so I'm running late. Camden just woke up and is C.R.A.N.K.Y. so I think I'll just cut the blog post short.
But stay tuned for exciting news tomorrow!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Real Bowling
Saturday night Brian was participating in a fundraiser for the college and was on a bowling team so we all tagged along with him. There was a lane for the kids to bowl, and Camden had a blast. He bowled for about an hour and then we spent the second hour watching Brian and his team bowl. Camden was the coach. He was so funny because every person who would come up to bowl, he would call them over and then whisper in their ear, "go straight down the middle really hard and you'll get a strike." Thank goodness they're our friends so they endured the "coaching" for every single frame! When it was all over, they gave Camden a prize of new tennis balls, and he immediately said, "we've got to buy me a tennis racket right now." And then when we got in the car, he said, "Real bowling is so much better than Wii bowling! I loved the balls, the Diet Coke, winning . . . "
Today marks 13 weeks we've been waiting for Rory.
I scrapped these pictures of Camden, Matt, and William on Saturday. The picture quality isn't the best, but they were so cute playing together that I really wanted to scrap them anyway. For those of you who scrap, I used Jessica Bolton's new kit Brighten Up Winter, and it's only $2.50 for Sunday and Monday.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Toe Fuzz
Me: (becoming frustrated) "Camden, hurry up. There's no more toe fuzz."
Camden: (now he's becoming frustrated) "But I have to get it. If I don't get it, where is it going to go?"
Me: "I'm not sure. Where do you think it might go?"
Camden: "I think God just takes care of it for me."
Friday, January 11, 2008
Finally Friday!
I woke up this morning at 9:04! Can you believe that? I seriously think it might have been college since I slept that late. Of course I was up until 2:00. With the exception of Tuesday night, the last 5 nights have been rough. I just cannot sleep. Maybe this week will be better.
I went to Old Navy this morning and had a blast shopping. Their annual fall/winter sale started today - extra 50% off all clearance, and I bought a ton of things. The most I spent for anything was $8 for a winter coat for Camden for next year. I bought him jeans for $3.49. The most expensive thing I bought for Rory was a dress for $4.24. Can you believe that? I came home with three shopping bags FULL. Retail therapy is always good (and I've had quite a bit this week).
My sugar-free week went well. There were definite moments of temptation, but not too bad. With the exception of one day that I had half sugar/half sweet-n-low in my coffee, I have had absolutely nothing sweet. I am having ice cream tonight, though. There's no way I can do sugar-free indefinitely, but I'm thinking if I know I've got a dessert coming on the weekends, I can make it through without anything for the other 5-6 days of the week. Next week's goal will be no snacks after supper.
Last night at supper Camden told us the story of Sampson and Delilah (he had a little trouble getting out Delilah). It was so funny. The servants in the story were "serpents" (he insisted!), and when it was over, we asked him what he learned from that story. He looked at us and said very matter of factly, "nothing." I never realized how ruthless Bible stories can be until you hear your 4 year old tell them.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Dr. Park
Poor Camden is having difficulty with all of the "Parks" in his life right now. He thinks they're all related. His teacher is Mrs. Parks (and he ADORES her). Rory's foster mother is Mrs. Park, and the speaker last night was Dr. Park. He can't figure out why they have the same name, but don't live together.
Yesterday was a very good day for Rory's closet. My friend brought me 2 brand new winter coats and a snowsuit for next winter (and they are so cute - think fur and suede). I went to Target on my lunch hour and bought several shirts for $1.75 and a pair of jeans (her first pair) for $4. I also bought FOUR pairs of shoes and a pair of boots (see below). Are they cute or what! Then when I got home, my Old Navy clearance order had arrived. I had bought several pairs of tights, a cute denim jumper, and a couple of shirts - all heavily on clearance. One of these days I'll have to start buying mundane things like p.j.'s, diapers, wipes, etc. But I'm holding off for now!
The Boots!
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Camden's K-4 teacher is clearly hitting the manners class hard as they returned to school this week because Camden has been constantly reminding us to mind our own manners. Last night he asked if he could put my plate away and throw away my napkin, and I told him yes (of course he can work!! LOL). As he was taking it, he said, "Aren't you forgetting to tell me something? Aren't you forgetting your manners?"
Brian and I watched The Biggest Loser last night. We've never watched it before, and I can't decide if it's inspiring or depressing. The fact that these people could spend 8 hours a day exercising with trained professionals and nutritionists and only lose 1-2 pounds doesn't bode well for us!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
I spent almost an hour on the phone with my friend Kim last night who is waiting for their daughter Emma to come home. They have been waiting for over 6 months and have had a paperwork nightmare. I'm so frustrated for them (and terrified it will happen to us!). The people who tell us (adoptive families) that we've got it easy because we don't have to go through labor and delivery are crazy! They have no idea the emotional anguish that accompanies the adoption process.
The wind is freakishly strong this morning. It sounds like the house is going to fall in on us! We're expecting severe weather to start (and I quote), "between twelve noon and twelve midnight." Seriously, the best the newscasters can give us is a 12 hour window as to what time the bad weather could start? We're having record high temps again today.
Okay, that about wraps up today's exciting news. Here is one more Christmas page I finished up over the weekend, and I've still got a ton of Christmas pictures to scrap. I think I'm just about tired of Christmas pages!
Monday, January 07, 2008
A new week
Camden spent a couple of hours with his Gram and Gramps on Friday so Brian and I ran some errands, got the car mirror fixed and went to see I Am Legend. It was in a word: SCARY. We both really enjoyed it, though. And since it's scary in an unrealistic, alien kind of way, I'm okay with it. I'm not okay with anything scary that is realistic.
Friday night we took
Saturday was pretty slow. Well, slow in the way of entertainment. Not really slow when I think about the SIX loads of laundry, I washed, folded, and put away.
Sunday Camden woke up sick. I'm still not really sure if he just had a touch of the stomach flu or what. He never threw up, but was very pale and shaky and pretty pitiful. He also had the chills for a while. The two of us stayed on the couch until almost 11:00, and then he ate a piece of toast and napped for 2 hours. By late afternoon/early evening he was feeling quite a bit better, but I kept him home from church and put him in bed early. He starts back to school today after more than 2 weeks off (as does Brian) so I wanted to make sure he was going to be feeling well. He was so funny because he kept telling me he was seasick!
Today's temperature is supposed to be in the low 70's - it hasn't been that warm on January 7 since 1888! Nashville weather is so completely unpredictable! I just want to have regular seasons - not all the seasons mixed up into one!
Today's temperature is supposed to be in the low 70's - it hasn't been that warm on January 7 since 1888! Nashville weather is so completely unpredictable! I just want to have regular seasons - not all the seasons mixed up into one!
That about wraps it up! Here's a page I finished using a picture from this year's church Christmas program.
Friday, January 04, 2008
The guy didn't fix our driver-side mirror yesterday so we're heading out to meet him in a few minutes. Hopefully, he'll really be able to fix it this time. We're hoping that it doesn't mess up our plans for a movie because Camden is spending the day at Gram's. Then we need to grocery shop, pick up a birthday present for the birthday party Camden is attending tonight, go to Gram and Gramp's house for supper, then off to the party. Sound exciting?
I'm feeling fairly discouraged today because late yesterday afternoon we got an email from our caseworker saying we should expect our I600 to take the full 10 weeks to process instead of the faster time we were hoping for. If it really takes 10 weeks, then we're looking at at least another 10 weeks before we travel, which puts us into mid-to-late March. I am so frustrated by this! I keep repeating to myself, "God is in control. God is in control." I know that He knows about this, but it doesn't really make me less frustrated! I just keep thinking about how each day we're apart from Rory makes it more difficult for her transition into our family and how we are missing so much. She is already 15 months old. We've missed her first birthday, first 2 Christmases, first steps, first words. The list can go on and on.
No layouts for me. I actually haven't scrapped all week (all this week's layouts were from the weekend). I'm wanting to slow down a bit of my scrapping so that it doesn't take up so much time in the evenings. I should be spending them doing more productive things like cleaning and laundry. Unfortunately, while I slowed down the scrapping this week, I didn't really pick up on the cleaning bit. Since we have no plans for tomorrow, I'll catch up then.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
ELEVEN degrees
Remember how I said that the car wash broke off my driver's side mirror? Well, I've been riding around with it duct taped to the car the last several days. Classy. Brian is taking to have it fixed today, though.
I don't have any layouts to share, so how about a picture from Christmas of Camden sledding. He had so much fun! We thought he would be scared, but he headed on down the hill over and over laughing the whole way.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Wednesday already?
Here is a picture from the Christmas parade we went to in early December. Camden kept watching for the parade to start. He couldn't believe he was allowed on the street!
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Happy New Year
Brian came home from the lock-in sick. His voice is almost totally gone. Well, not completely - he sounds like a mix of Alvin the Chipmunk and a girl. It's hilarious, and we've gotten quite a few laughs from it. I do hate that he's sick though. My own throat is sore this morning, and I was hoping it was just sympathy pains for him, but since it's not going away I may be coming down with something.
I wanted to share a cute Camden/Uncle Matt story. Uncle Matt was Camden's new favorite relative this trip, which was really sweet. Uncle Matt would arm curl him (which Brian discovered is much harder than it looks!), and the first couple of times he did it, Camden would just laugh and laugh, and at one point said, "Uncle Matt, you must eat alot of vegetables and drink lots of milk to be so strong."
Let's talk resolutions. I don't normally do these, but I am feeling the need to do so this year. These few things have been on my mind for a while, and I want to just put them out there (I just might even scrap them) to help keep me a bit more accountable. (1) The first and most important one to me - Try to be more patient and less of a perfectionist where Camden is concerned. For those of you who know me, that one is pretty self-explanatory. (2) Live a healthier lifestyle. Notice I didn't say "lose weight" (don't want to set myself up for failure!), but I do want to make better eating choices and make sure that I am exercising on a very regular basis. (3) Read through the Bible again. I have done a much better job this year of daily devotions, but I want to go ahead and just read the Bible through again - it's a good way to keep myself accountable, and I have a feeling that with the responsibilities and busyness of a new baby, I'll need the extra motivation. (4) Get back to regular piano practice. For those of you who don't know, I took piano lessons for 13 years and the piano is VERY meaningful to me, but ever since Camden arrived, it has most definitely taken a backseat, and I have lost some of my skill, so I want to try to focus on that a bit more. (5) Last, a frivolous resolution - to keep current on my scrapbook pages so I can keep them printed out and we can enjoy them rather than letting the pictures waste away on my computer.
Here are 3 layouts from yesterday.


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Hadley was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 21 March 1717 and he attained high office in the Society when he was elected Vice President on 12 February 1728. Although he had no need to earn a living, he did devote considerable time to looking after the family estates and also served the local community as governor of Barnet grammar school from 1720. His father died in 1729 and, as the eldest son, Hadley inherited the estate near East Barnet as well as other land owned by the family. This certainly put in in an exceptionally good financial position and enabled him to pursue his scientific interests. On 6 June 1734 he married Elizabeth Hodges who herself was wealthy. They had one child, a son John born in 1738.
We have indicated above that Hadley had a financial position which enabled him to devote both time and money to science. We must now look at his achievements in this area. He built, in collaboration with his brothers George and Henry, the first effective Newtonian reflecting telescope during the years 1719 to 1720. It had a 6 inch mirror and proved a very useful instrument. It was tested by Hadley and also by Halley, the astronomer royal, in 1721 and Halley reported to the Royal Society (see for example [2]) that the telescope:-
... shows the limbs of the planets with a greater degree of distinctness than other sort of telescopes do, in which particular ... it excels even the great telescope at Wanstead.Bradley also tested the telescope, comparing it with the refractor at Wanstead, and found it an excellent instrument which produced as good results as much larger refracting telescopes which, because of their size, were much more unwieldy to use. He built a Gregorian reflector in 1726. It was due to him that reflecting telescopes of sufficient accuracy and power to be useful in astronomy were developed.
At this time one of the major problems which many scientists attacked was that of determining longitude at sea. The shipwreck of the fleet under the command of Sir Cloudesley Shovell on the Scilly Islands in 1707 led to Parliament putting up a large amount of money for any method to find longitude at sea to within one degree. This motivated Hadley to tackle the problem and in 1730 he invented the reflecting octant which measured the altitude of the sun or of a star. The construction of the octant was, as his telescope had been, undertaken jointly by Hadley together with his brothers George and Henry. In 1731 Hadley showed his new quadrant to theRoyal Society and published a description in his paper Description of a new instrument for taking angles which appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Hadley wrote in the paper:-
The instrument is designed to be of use where the motion of the objects, or any circumstance occasioning an unsteadiness in the common Instruments renders the observations difficult or uncertain.In 1734 he showed a new version of the instrument, with an added bubble-level, to the Royal Society. It was used to determine position at sea. Edmund Stone wrote:-
Mr Hadley tells us, that upon trial of one of these instruments, three observations made at sea of the distance between two stars with a brass octant of this kind differed from Mr Flamsteed's at land, only about a minute.Hadley published A description of a new instrument for taking the latitude or other altitude at sea (1734). His design evolved into that of a sextant. A magnifying glass was added to read the scale, a telescopic sight was added with cross-wires to divide the field of view. The arc was extended from an octant to a sextant and a stout handle was added at the back of the instrument.
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Politics & Government
As military struggles with suicides, a push for seeking help
A Washington state social worker is circulating a petition urging federal lawmakers and the military to adopt a policy declaring that service members shouldn't be punished if they seek help for behavioral health issues, such as post-traumatic stress.
Patricia Bailey, 45, believes the lack of a firm policy on whether service members could be held back in their careers for seeking counseling is one of the main obstacles keeping people in the military from pursuing treatment.
"It will give reassurance to him that if he seeks mental health counseling nothing will be in jeopardy," said Bailey, whose 13-year marriage to a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier ended in 2008 as stress built during his deployments to Iraq.
She's targeting a gray area in the military's evolving suicide prevention and post-traumatic stress programs. Leaders at the Pentagon and at Lewis-McChord insist service members won't face professional repercussions for seeking counseling, but it's not clear how well that message reaches down the ranks.
An April study on military suicides released by the nonprofit RAND Corporation pointed out that the Defense Department hasn't taken concrete steps to reverse a perception that service members might be retired for medical reasons or lose out on a promotion if they ask for counseling. The study received funding from the Defense Department.
Bailey got a close view of Lewis-McChord's behavioral health services both as a part-time counselor between 2002 and 2004 and as someone who later reached out for help in keeping her marriage together. She'd like to see a greater emphasis on preventive programs instead of ones that kick in after an outburst, such as an arrest.
"When my husband and I were going through everything, I asked people for help," she said. "I wasn't shy. And they said 'We can't do anything for you.' You're frustrated because you can't do anything. I didn't want my marriage to end."
She's one of many people in the South Sound who are raising their voices to draw attention to the psychological toll 10 years of warfare have taken on military families. In the past year, service clubs have organized retreats for Army couples and the United Way of Pierce County put forward a proposal to deliver more resources to military families.
The military, likewise, is looking for new approaches. Madigan Army Medical Center increased its ranks of behavioral health specialists last year. Lewis-McChord recently hired a new suicide prevention officer.
Yet the Army and the base continue to struggle with how to reach distressed service members.
The Army reported that it was investigating 32 possible suicides in July, the most in any month over the past two years. Lewis-McChord officials told Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., that nine soldiers took their lives this year.
Bailey wants to give active-duty service members more opportunities to access care outside the military, such as by creating an anonymous website that would be run without Defense Department supervision. It could offer tips on anger management and stress control, she suggested.
"I think (the military is) attempting to deal with the issue but they need to listen to the spouses and the members to hear what they really need," she said.
Bailey has gathered signatures around Yelm, and presented her ideas to Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Vancouver. Bailey wants to get her pitch in front of more lawmakers who are paying attention to veterans' issues.
The congresswoman said Bailey's ideas were new to her, and she said she wanted to learn more.
"There are too many suicides, domestic violence situations and divorces happening among those returning from their tours of duty," Herrera Beutler said. "We should find ways to expand in-depth mental-behavioral health counseling among these folks."


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What Difference Has Implementing ECRR Made?
In 2008-2009, the Idaho Commission for Libraries piloted Every Child Ready to Read Family Workshops, a six week program that involves young children and their parents in learning about the six early literacy skills that help prepare children to be successful in school.
We did not have great luck with the ECRTR scripts provided through ALSC because most small, rural libraries in Idaho couldn't get enough families with children of different ages to attend those specific workshops. They also wanted to attend something with their children so we contracted with Saroj Ghoting to create specialized scripts for this program. Once a week, for six weeks, parents and their children attend an Every Child Ready to Read Workshop. One of the six early literacy skills is highlighted each week and parents have a chance to practice the skill with their child during the 45-minute workshop. They also get a book each week that goes with the skill to take home to keep and use with their child. Fun interactive activities, practical tips, and resources are shared during each session. At the end of the six-week session, each family will have received six books, letter magnets, a book bag, other materials and great information to help prepare their children for school.
The project was very successful during the pilot year and we are continuing to fund the materials and training for librarians. A summary of the evaluation from the pilot project can be found at [1]. We also created a chart that shows the results from the 2008-2009 First Book and Every Child Ready to Read (ECRTR) parent surveys at [[2]]. We have incorporated ECRTR info in our statewide First Book program and other outreach efforts too so the chart shows the difference between the two programs. Both were very effective at changing parent behavior. If you're really into evaluation, feel free to take a look at the lengthy Evaluation of Read to Me programs, 2009 Final Report by Dr. Roger Stewart, Ed.D., August, 2009 and Interim Report, January, 2009 located on our resource page, [[3]].
If you have any questions about the Idaho ECRTR family workshops, including the scripts, resources, or evaluation, please contact Stephanie Bailey-White, project coordinator at the Idaho Commission for Libraries, or visit [[4]].
vinobocale Doing the Every Child Ready to Read workshops made us more visible in the county's early childhood community. Because the workshops were research based, the public library became more respected in this community as well. --Sghoting 09:22, 8 November 2006 (CST)
We are starting a ECRR for parents and children in our library this fall. We experimented with a format over the spring and summer and would like suggestions on how to present the information to parents while keeping the children engaged. At this point we are planning on presenting the material to the parents in a storytime format with a short break out session on each skill afterwards. Our time frame is one and a half hours and our age groups is 3-5.
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New companies are stepping in to buy up the area plants owned by bankrupt auto parts and RV makers. And it seems in every case, the new owners are privately held and often new to the sector into which they're buying.
Private-equity firms have a bad name in some circles. The private investors often disclose little about themselves and seldom plan to operate a company for more than five years. They're suspected by critics of facilitating the flow of U.S. manufacturing jobs overseas, according to the Fort Wayne, Ind., Journal-Gazette.
But they can also identify the most valued parts of a troubled company and preserve jobs, said Kenneth Carow, a professor of finance at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
"They've been called 'vulture capital,' " Carow said. "They pick over the carcasses of bankrupt companies."
And just as vultures play an important role in nature, business experts say private-equity firms play an important – and growing – role in the U.S. economy.
"Clearly, you have a shift in the ownership structure of the U.S. industrial base," said Gary Moore, chairman of the University of Toledo's finance department.
The shift has been away from companies with shares traded on stock exchanges, Moore said.
Many of the private firms doing the buying these days are 10-year funds at the end of which wealthy investors expect a healthy return on their money.
An example is American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV LP. The fund raised $400 million late in 2008. It plans to make industrial investments, spend about six years improving their value and then spend the next four selling them at a profit, said Paul Bamatter, a partner in the fund.
In July, AIP bought the Decatur motorhome assets of bankrupt Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. The operation now employs about half the 1,300 who worked for Fleetwood in Decatur in 2007. But, Carow points out, Adams County kept 650 jobs because AIP stepped in.
"They didn't go to zero," he said.
But a Fleetwood plant in Edgerton, Ohio, has gone to zero, and one in Garrett, Ind., almost did when AIP didn't include them in its purchase. The Edgerton travel trailer plant shut down in March, when Fleetwood declared bankruptcy. Unless a buyer is found, its 175 employees will remain on the street.
Eighty workers at the Fleetwood manufactured-housing plant in Garrett might have faced a similar fate if a group of local investors hadn't stepped up and bought it this month.
Different take
Wally Comer, one of the local investors, said his group has a strategy different from private-equity funds.
He and two partners bought the Garrett plant for $1.75 million, plan to make it profitable and operate it long term. AIP, however, bought the motorhome operation for $53 million and plans to sell it within the decade.
"To them, they don't want to tie up $2 million to make $1 million in profit," Comer said. "They'd rather tie up $50 million to make $50 million in profit."
The difference in philosophies also is illustrated in how employees in Decatur and Garrett were treated, Comer said.
The motorhome workers lost their vacation time and took a 10% pay cut. The manufactured housing workers, now working for Adventure Homes LLC, kept their pay and vacation and got increased bonuses.
That's because Comer said he and his partners put a premium on maintaining the loyalty of their workforce.
Driving force
Private-equity owners act only after considering what's in the company's best interest, said Lawrence J. Lawson III, managing director of co-founder of Lincoln International LLC, a Chicago-based investment-banking firm.
"What's in the best interest of the company and what's in the best interest of the employees aren't always the same thing," said Lawson, whose firm advises companies on acquisitions and provides other services.
It's hard to find numbers showing private-equity's increasing control of American manufacturing, but there's broad agreement that's the case.
"Private equity raised a tremendous amount of capital between 2005 and 2007," Lawson said.
Not going back
He estimates that private-equity firms worldwide now have $1.5 trillion at their disposal. That means they're going to buy more businesses — including Midwestern manufacturers, Lawson said.
"There's more in private hands, and it's not going to go back down to where it was 20 years ago," Lawson said.
The slew of industrial bankruptcies in the past year also have created an opportunity for private-equity firms to buy manufacturers.
Investors in private-equity firms are more tolerant of risk than investors in publicly traded companies, said Carow, the IUPUI finance professor. Expecting greater returns, private-equity investors are much more likely to go along with the purchase of parts of a bankrupt company than those who are buying stocks, Carow said.
In fact, some private-equity firms such as AIP specialize in buying and turning around troubled companies. Some buyers specialize in other areas, such as adding market share or making a domestic company an international one, Lawson said.
And because most funds last only 10 years, firms look to buy, make changes and sell companies within five years, Lawson said. That frees private-equity firms from the obsession with quarterly profits faced by publicly traded firms but maintains pressure to produce results.
"There's a sense of urgency to private equity," Lawson said.


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The big problem your start-up faces is that your dreams are bigger than the capital needed to make them real. Not only that, but if your start-up gets to the point where it can persuade outsiders to write a check – taking money from the wrong person could mean a one way ticket out of your venture.
In short, taking money from a venture capitalist is the worst way to finance your start-up. So which sources of capital are better? Here are the seven rungs on the ladder of start-up financing – from the bottom to the top.
1. Customer profits
An obvious and frequently over-looked source of cash for start-ups is to sell your product at a price that's higher than the cost to make it. If the money left over is enough to pay for your rent and other fixed costs, you can maintain control over your venture and won't need to sell pieces of it to outsiders who might want to manage you out.
2. Suppliers
Another source of capital is your suppliers. More specifically, if you can convince your suppliers to wait, say, 60 days for you to pay them instead of the usual 30 days, your suppliers have just given you a 30-day loan at zero interest.
Amazon is a big player when it comes to such financing. In 2011, for example, Amazon (AMZN) was operating a $34 billion business with negative $3 billion in what Harvard Business School professor, Bill Sahlman, called operating capital (inventory minus accounts payable plus net plant and equipment). By contrast, Barnes & Noble (BN) used $1.3 billion in positive operating capital.
Such operating capital is a complicated form of supplier financing – and you might be able to use it for your venture as well.
3. Frugality
Another way to finance your operation is to keep your expenses low. Do you really need to rent office space or can people work from their homes? If you have offices, do you need to buy desks for everyone who shows up there or can you ape Amazon by scavenging doors and propping them up on bricks instead?
Hoarding scarce cash and using it only for things that create value for customers is another capital source for your start-up.
4. Founder's capital and sweat equity
If you've done all these things and you still don't have enough cash, then you need to dip into someone's reserves. If you want to maintain control of your venture, the next best source of capital is your own savings and the willingness of your team work for a piece of the company that is currently not going to help pay their bills.
Some of the people I interviewed for my new book, Hungry Start-up Strategy, have accumulated a significant amount of cash to pour into their new ventures. Consider John Xie – he financed Min.us – it lets people share files by dragging them onto a Web browser – through profits from Cirtex, a successful web hosting company he founded.
5. Friends & Family
If you've tried all of these things and still don't have enough cash to run your start-up, then it's time to tap your friends and family. Here you're going to have to be prepared to put your closest personal relationships on the line for your start-up.
You'll need to present a business plan that describes what the company does and how your friends and family will get a return on their investment. You'll have to give them an idea of how big a check you want them to write, what you will use the money for, and the share of your venture that they'll get in return.
Then you have to prepare them for the high odds that they will lose their money and keep them up to date on how your company is doing.
6. Angels
If you can raise money from friends and family and have used that money to build a product and persuade a few customers to use it, you are in a stronger position to go outside your personal network for more.
Angel investors are wealthy individuals with an appetite for working with start-ups as a way to get wealthier and to share their expertise with a venture that needs it. But with Angels, you are taking the chance that you will lose control of your venture or at a minimum invite a partner inside your tent who does not share your vision and could distract you from realizing it.
So if you go with Angel investors, make sure your due diligence is thorough on the ones whose money you take. Ask others who have taken their money how they contributed in a pinch and whether they disrupted their start-up's day-to-day operations.
7. Venture Capitalists
If you can use the Angel money to develop a viable business model – customers are paying for your product -- you are in a stronger position to deal with venture capitalists (VC). The key to working well with venture capitalists is to think about the process as hiring a boss.
That's because when you close the deal with the VC, the partner who worked with you will join your board. If that partner shares your vision, works well with you, and has a track record of helping companies in your industry succeed, then you have yourself a good boss.
If you don't conduct enough due diligence on that partner and all the surprises are unpleasant, you could find yourself tossed out on your start-up's pavement.
But if you can tap each of these seven capital sources in the right way, you'll boost your start-up's odds of success.


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