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The Ridgid SeekTech ST-305 transmitter is designed for users needing additional portability while locating utility lines. The lightweight, compact transmitter is made to be used with the company's SeekTech SR-20 utility locator, which traces underground utility lines. The ST-305 has adjustable power output, transmits at up to 5W of power, and has four frequencies: 1 kHz, 8 kHz, 33 kHz, and 262 kHz. It is able to transmit two frequencies at the same time for diagnosing complex locates and comes with a shoulder strap.
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Stud boxes
This line of 22.5-cu-in. horizontal steel and wood stud boxes is designed for use with ½ in. or ⅝ in. wallboard, particularly in tight spaces. The boxes accept 11 No. 14, 10 No. 12, and nine No. 10 wires, and a bracket countersink allows for No. 8 wafer head or dry wall screws with minimal wallboard bow. Classified for 2-hr wall and ceiling fire resistance, they feature the company's Height Site alignment guide and box levelers to center the box and the device at a right angle with the stud, as well as one stabilizer leg and a side stabilizer to ensure device rigidity.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
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Nut drivers
This company's line of cushion-grip magnetic-tip nut drivers has expanded to include 11 magnetic nut drivers and two new seven-piece magnetic nut driver sets. The new magnetic nut drivers feature rare earth magnetic tips, chrome-plated shafts, and a full hollow shaft design, as well as color-coded handles with Tip-Ident for identification of hex size. The expanded product line now includes hex sizes from 3/16 in. to ½ in. and shaft lengths from 1 ½ in to 18 in.
Klein Tools
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Light almond devices
This company's wiring devices, lighting controls, and matching wallplates are now available in light almond. The new color is available on more than 250 devices, including: a variety of traditional toggle and Decora-rocker style switches; Decora Illumatech, SureSlide, and ToggleTouch dimmers; the company's Vizia Collection dimmers; straight-blade receptacles; combination devices; dimmers and fan speed controls; occupancy sensors; QuickPort Snap-In jacks and connectors; and traditional and designer-style wallplates including new midway-size screwless, snap-on wallplates, from one- to six- gang configurations.
Circle 253
Aluminum-to-copper connectors
The AlumiConn aluminum-to-copper lug is designed to improve safety in the area of aluminum-to-copper connections. The one-piece, tin-plated lug features three separate ports to eliminate intermixing of conductors. Designed for small compact spaces, it provides a mechanical connection of conductors, runs approximately 25°F cooler than the purple twist-on connectors (according to the manufacturer), and is UL listed.
King Innovation
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Crimping and cutting tools
The Color-Keyed 14-ton hydraulic crimping and cutting tools are designed to reduce operator stress and risk of injury. Available in manual and battery-powered models, the tools protect operator hands and facilitate use in tight spaces with a compact, ergonomic design. The hydraulic tools provide 14.6 tons of crimping or cutting force, and the crimp tools use standard Color-Keyed 15500 series crimp dies, whic are sold separately.
Thomas & Betts
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Cutting station
The Ultimate Cutting Station is a portable "docking" system that converts the company's hand-held X-Band STX-250 series cordless band saw (sold separately) into a compact, bench-top, stationary cutting station. The station allows users to cut materials up to 2 ½ in. in diameter without even picking up a tool. It is designed for easy transport between jobsites and workshops or from construction sites to lifts, allowing contractors to bring the station and the X-Band saw to the materials, instead of having to transport the materials to a stationary band saw.
Stout Tool
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Ladder workstation
The Old Blue Electrician's JobStation, based on a traditional ladder, is a comprehensive work center for commercial, residential, and industrial electricians. The top of the ladder/job station includes customized slots and bins to hold tools, a built-in scale for measuring and cutting conduit, and a Tool-Lasso bungee system to hang heavy tools, as well as an integrated conduit holder, hacksaw hook, and safety shield on the rails. Underneath these features is the company's Type IAA ladder, featuring double-riveted, slip-resistant steps.
Werner Ladder
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Work boot
The Pecos line of western work boots now features sole improvements with the water/grit/oil-resistant, full grain-leather of the Pathfinder. The improved line also features a Texon insole and a single-density ComfortForce footbed. Available in Pecos soft toe or steel toe and with an added distinct lacer style, this boot line meets the 2254, 2256: ASTM F 2413-05, M 1/75 C/75M ratings.
Red Wing Shoe
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Gas-driven fastening system
The GX 100 high-performance gas-driven fastening system is designed to make consistent, high-quality fastenings in concrete, steel, and block with no need to charge or change a battery. The system includes the GX 100 tool, a gas can, and a full line of fasteners, featuring a thicker shank for high holding value. It runs on the company's odorless gas, and collaged nail strips are available in six sizes from ½ in. to 1 ⅝ in.
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Underground duct spacers
The Snap-N-Stac combo underground duct spacers are designed to replace the conventional two-piece spacer system by combining the base and intermediate spacer into a single unit. Manufactured out of thermoplastic material, the spacers are made to withstand the rigors of concrete construction. They feature a horizontal and vertical locking system and can be used as either a base or intermediate spacer.
Circle 260
Overhead anchor
The Snake overhead anchor combines the holding power of the company's Wedge-Bolt anchor with the aesthetics of an internally threaded body. The anchor provides a flush-with-the-ceiling look and can be set into a drilled hole with an impact wrench or regular hand socket. It features the company's patented deep-cutting thread design and eliminates the steps of banging in a drop-in and setting the expansion mechanism with a special tool before installing the threaded rod.
Power Fasteners
Circle 261
Snap-on connectors
Speedlock connectors allow you to connect MC, AC, and flex cable to steel boxes by tilting in and snapping down to make the connection. Available in single-unit and duplex designs with captive clamp, these UL-listed connectors snap securely into ½-in. and ¾-in. knockouts without requiring a locknut. Built from zinc-electroplated steel, they can handle up to 50 cable sizes with just four fitting designs and feature dual-grip clamps to ensure ground continuity and holding power.
Circle 262
Cable tray splices
The redesigned Faslock splices feature built-in locking tabs, which can be bent with a pair of pliers. The Faslock "S" splice is designed for use with tray that is 100 mm to 200 mm wide, while the Faslock "XL' is designed for 300 mm to 600 mm tray. Both sizes are available in a variety of finishes including electrozinc (EZ), dacroment (DC), black (BL), custom painted (PE), and stainless steel (316L).
Circle 263
Outlet protective covers
ClearCovers are for use with a variety of electrical and communication outlets during construction and remodeling. Developed to save clean-up time and to avoid inspection delays, these covers protect outlets and wiring during application of drywall compounds, texturing, and painting. The disposable see-through covers snap into place, come in more than a dozen sizes, and are made of sturdy, thermal-formed 15mil clear PVC.
Circle 264
Hole saws
The Quick Change bi-metal hole saw system features a positive lock design to minimize wobble and provide more control for users. The hole saw system's hex shank is designed to snap easily into the mandrel, allowing the user to make changes quickly, while the hex shank pilot bit smoothly pushes out the plug. The saws feature the company's Progressor tooth geometry, which allows the teeth to cut through wood, plastic, and metal.
Vermont American
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Impact driver chuck adapter
This quick-connect impact driver chuck adapter allows users to attach bits up to ⅜ in. to impact drivers. Built using all-metal construction, the quick connect shank fits into the standard impact driver ¼ in. hex chuck, and the quick-change adapter itself accepts bits up to ⅜ in. The adapter is compatible with all of the company's heavy-duty cordless impact drivers, and accepts all drill bits with ⅜-in. shanks and below, including twist, paddle, masonry, ship auger, and unibits.
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This line of rodders is designed to be lightweight, compact, and flexible. The line features the Polykat high-glass content fiberglass rod that is constructed with a multiple-strand core and proprietary outer-filament winding, which makes the rod durable with a small bend radius to provide flexibility and compactness. The fiberglass rod has a smooth polypropylene coating that reduces friction and is resistant to abrasion. It also has threaded ends to allow cable grip, pulling eye, and guide head attachments. The smallest rodder in this family is the Kati-Blitz pulling device, available in rod lengths up to 150 ft.
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UBS publishes Annual Report 2011
UBS publishes its Annual Report for 2011, available at www.ubs.com/annualreporting
Zurich/Basel, 15 March 2012 – UBS's Annual Report for 2011 provides comprehensive information on the firm, its strategy, business, governance and financial performance. It contains both audited and unaudited information.
The Annual Report 2011 consists of five sections:
Operating environment and strategy: This section provides a description of UBS's strategy and business divisions, and the factors affecting UBS and its business model, including market climate, industry drivers, regulatory developments and risk factors. It also includes information about the regulatory structures applicable to UBS.
Financial and operating performance: This section outlines the performance of UBS Group and of each business division for the past two calendar years, as well as the performance of Corporate Center, which includes UBS's Group-wide shared services and control functions.
Risk, treasury and capital management: In addition to outlining the principles by which UBS manages and controls risk, this section covers developments during 2011 in the areas of credit risk, market risk, operational risk and treasury management including capital, liquidity and funding management. It also contains comprehensive quantitative and qualitative Basel 2.5 Pillar 3 annual disclosures, as well as information on UBS shares.
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensation: This section provides information about UBS's governance structure and sets out the guiding principles that govern compensation plans, as well as details of the compensation of senior management and the Board of Directors. It also discusses UBS's standards for corporate behavior and responsibility, outlines demographic trends in the firm's workforce and describes how personnel is managed and developed.
Financial information: This section comprises the audited consolidated financial statements of UBS Group for 2011 including comparative data for 2010 and 2009, prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It also contains the audited financial statements of UBS AG (the parent bank) for 2011 including comparative data for 2010, prepared according to Swiss Federal banking law. Additional disclosures required by Swiss and US regulations are included as appropriate.
Post-balance sheet events
After the publication of UBS's fourth quarter 2011 financial report on 7 February 2012, management adjusted the 2011 results to account for subsequent events. The net, after-tax effect of these adjustments was to reduce net profit attributable to UBS shareholders by CHF 74 million, which decreased basic and diluted earnings per share by CHF 0.02. The principal change relates to an agreement in principle that UBS entered into with a monoline insurer in March 2012, under which UBS agreed to the commutation of certain credit default swap contracts in exchange for a net cash payment. This had the effect of reducing the Investment Bank's 2011 net trading income by CHF 167 million. The settlement, if consummated, would also include the resolution of litigation and the mutual release of claims, as well as the removal of certain existing impediments to the restructuring or sale by UBS of legacy assets which account for aggregate Basel III risk-weighted assets of almost CHF 15 billion. The transaction is in keeping with UBS's strategy to reduce its Basel III risk-weighted assets in anticipation of future capital requirements. UBS cannot predict when or at what prices the underlying assets may be restructured or sold.
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UBS will also file its Annual Report for 2011 on Form 20-F today with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 20-F filing contains UBS's complete audited financial statements, in addition to other information, and will be available for viewing and downloading at www.ubs.com/sec-filings.
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By Laila Kearney
(Reuters) - Salmonella has been found in a health food
powder, spurring product recalls in the United States
and the launch of a multistate health investigation,
federal officials said on Friday.
Chia seed powder, commonly used in smoothies and snacks for its
nutritional value, has sickened at least 21 people across the United
"It is the first time that chia powder has been identified as a food
that transmits salmonella," said Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention investigator Dr. Laura Gieraltowski.
Salmonella, the most common foodborne illness usually found in meat
and egg products, sickens about 1.2 million people in the United
States and results in 450 deaths each year, according to the CDC.
The number of chia-linked salmonella outbreaks is extremely low
compared with illnesses caused by other foods. However, the powder's
long shelf life and small serving size could mean that more people
are getting ill but do not realize it, Gieraltowski said.
"People are just getting sick at a slower rate," Gieraltowski said.
Last month, state and federal officials began investigating 11
reports of salmonella outbreaks across the United States that were
eventually traced back to chia powder. Investigators identified two
new strains of salmonella in the powder, named Hartford and Newport.
Many of those sickened reported having vegan, vegetarian or largely
organic diets, Gieraltowski said. They had a median age of 49.
Chia powder, made from finely ground, sprouted chia seeds rich in
omega-3 fatty acids, has been made popular, in part, by a demand for
gluten-free and health food products.
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While it is unknown how salmonella is transmitted trough chia seeds,
sprouted seeds have been known to conduct salmonella and E. coli,
she said.
Some 34 additional infections tied to chia powder foods were
recently reported in Canada, the CDC said in a statement.
This month, Navitas Naturals brand expanded a voluntary recall,
started in late May, of multiple nutritional powder products
containing chia powder, the CDC said.
Brands Williams-Sonoma Inc, Green Smoothie Girl and Health Matters
America also launched recalls this month of chia products over
salmonella concerns.
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There is much that scientists have yet to discover about the effects of prescription drugs on the brain and body. Maybe you will make the next big discovery! Until then, follow me—Sara Bellum—in the other magazines in my series, as we explore how drugs affect the brain and nervous system.
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Peri has been a team leader throughout her career with the Tech cross country and track & field programs...after missing the 2012 track & field season, she returned to action a year ago with continuing success, pointing toward an outstanding season in 2014...a distance runner who can compete in several events...strong student.
AT TECH (In 2013-14): Peri was among the team's best runners throughout the cross country season, racing in all six meets and finishing second on the squad at both Vanderbilt and Evansville...posted a 20:20.60 at Vanderbilt and ran a time of 20:08.68 at Evansville...her season-best time of 19:45.43 was at Jacksonville State.
(In 2012-13): Ran is six of the team's seven cross country meets as a junior, missing the Vanderbilt event...season-best time of 20:08.4 came at the OVC Champipnships...ran her career-best 6K time of 24:51.3 at the NCAA Regionals...ran the 5,000m during the indoor track season with a season-best 20:49.74 at Virginia Tech...during the outdoor schedule, Peri ran the 3,000m at Austin Peay, and competed regularly in the 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m...posted career-best times in the steeplechase (12:00.61 at Western Kentucky) and 5,000m (18:45.61 at Vanderbilt).
(In 2011-12): Peri was once again a leader on the cross country team, competing in six meets and leading the team in three of those meets...posted a season-best 5K time of 19:53 at Evansville...was Tech's third finisher at the OVC Championships with a 20:19...did not compete during the 2012 track & field season.
(In 2010-11): Peri displayed consistency throughout her freshman season on the Tech squad...started out of the gate as the team leader on the course in cross country...placed first on the team at Sewanee and Western Kentucky...rolled out a trio of second-place finishes in the TTU Invitational and at Furman and Evansville...led the team again at the OVC Championship meet with a time of 20:01.62...achieved a career-best time of 19:30.40 at Evansville...competed in the 3,000m, 3,000m steeplechase and 5000m in track and field...posted the third-best time in school history in the 3,000m steeplechase with a 12:11.34, earning points at the OVC Outdoor Championship...ran a season-best time of 10:53 in the 3,000 at Vanderbilt and recorded a season-best 19:24 in the 5,000m at Jacksonville State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Peri lettered four seasons in cross country and track at Farragut High School for coach Chelsea Jacobs...proved to be a stand-out runner for a strong program...named to the all-conference team in her senior season and to the second team all-conference in her junior year...named second-team all-region during her senior year, when she placed 11th in the region...co-captain of the cross country squad in her junior and senior seasons...a four-time state qualifier in cross country and a three-time region qualifier in track...helped the team to second place finishes in the region in 2007 and 08, and to a third place finish in 2009...the squad also came in fifth at the state championships in 2007 and fourth in 2008...set a personal cross country record time of 19:50 at the Footlocker South Regionals...also competed in junior-varsity basketball in her freshman and sophomore years for coach Wes Edmonds...as a student, named to the National Honor Society and won scholar-athlete awards.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Steve and Joanie Winborne...full name is Peri Louise Winborne...birthdate is February 13, 1992...majoring in secondary education with an emphasis in history.


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It is ok to thank me
It is ok to thank me is an assignment found in the Aftermath Expansion Pack.
- Complete the Sticks and Stones Assignment
- Get 20 spot assists
- Designate 10 vehicles
- Get 1 designated assist
Completion Reward[edit]
- Unlocks Scan Bolt
20 spot assists are easy enough if you have a decent team. Spot an enemy player (back / select on the consoles) to mark them for your team. The entire team will only see the enemy player if the game mode is regular, not hardcore, but the challenge will work regardless. After the player is spotted, a teammate must kill them for you to earn one spot assist.
Designating vehicles is a bit harder than spotting. The SOFLAM must be used to designate all vehicles. Set down part of the equipment to designate vehicles, and the other part can be used to control the designator from far away. Unfortunately, a big red light will give off its position, making it a bit tough to get a designated assist. Once the SOFLAM marks a vehicle, a teammate must destroy that vehicle for you to get the designated assist. Luckily, you only need one assist with the ten designations. It's best to use the SOFLAM on Tank Superiority, if you happen to have the Armored Kill Expansion Pack.


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Sammi Giancola & Deena Cortese On 'Live!': Will There Be A 'Jersey Shore' Season 6?
Sammi 'Sweetheart' and Deena stopped by on 'Live! With Kelly,' to talk about their tans, boys, and plans for a season 6!
On Feb. 9 Jersey Shore stars Sammi Giancola and Deena Cortese chatted with Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Jerry O'Connell about their guidette lifestyle — starting with their tans.
"I'm actually pale right now!" screamed Deena, rolling up her sleeves to give the audience a peek of her "pasty" skin. Sammi chimed in saying, "This is bronzer, and my regular Greek and Italian skin."
As for the two oranginas' love lives, Sammi claimed that her on-and-off relationship with Ronnie Ortiz-Magro was (at least at that second) off. "I am single, but he's my best friend," she said adding, "I think we just matured; we watched the seasons and grew up."
But unlike Single Sam, Deena's a taken woman, now that she seeing her new beau, Chris Buckner. "I've been dating him for 6 months…and it's been awesome!" she said.
The roomies'
smushing love lives aside, what everyone really wants to know is: Will there be a Jersey Shore season 6?
"We haven't heard of anything," Deena said. "I want to do a season six! I love filming!"
"You get salary, you go out, and you party?" asked Kelly, (which seemed to us more like a judgment rather than a sincere question).
But Deena didn't notice either way. "Kids go down the Shore, and that's what we do!" she laughed.
"It's like vacation!" added Sammi.
With each cast member getting paid about $100,000 per episode, we'd love to be on that vacation, too!
More Jersey Shore News:
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Delve into the world of geek life, nerd culture and lazy living. Just because you're lazy doesn't mean you can't live life to the fullest.
Hi! I'm Lyn, and welcome to my blog Lazy Lady; a lifestyle blog that focuses on all things nerdy and pretending to be an adult.


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My mother's birthday was Saturday. Wait - maybe it was Wednesday. If it was Wednesday, then my little brother whom I don't talk to anymore had a birthday on Saturday, but I kind of feel like his was Wednesday. He'll be thir...*I'm39minusthreeyear*...tysix. He'll be thirty-six now. My mother? Christ. She was either 23 or 25 she had me and her mother was 18 when she had her and she married my dad when one of them was 18 and my dad was born in 49 so I think maybe she's 63ish?
This one time I tried to do Ancestry.com and I got stuck at "grandmothers' middle names." My family is *amazing* at secrets.
I used to get so mad at people when I was in school and they would, in all sincerity, ask me questions like, "If you don't celebrate your birthday, how do you know how old you are?" Because math, maybe? I couldn't understand how they couldn't understand that not having a party didn't equate not counting years. Of course, they had never not celebrated a birthday and I never had, so neither of us were going to understand. They never woke up on their 10th birthday to Tuesday. I'd never woken up on the day of my birth to anything other than whatever the hell day it was that day.
Until I turned 19.
On my 19th birthday, my father threw me a party. He threw me a first birthday party, because he'd waited 19 years to do it and he wasn't about to let either one of us miss out on the Pooh decorations or the 101 Dalmatians cake or the Perma Frost shots until I couldn't walk a straight line. What? Everyone gets their minor child completely shit-faced at her first birthday party, shut up. (If you don't know what Perma Frost is, I envy you your childhood.)
After that, I kind of got what those kids couldn't understand. I got how a birthday meant something completely different when someone else, anyone else, acknowledged it. 39 years into being my mother's daughter I have no idea what her birthday is, and only a vague guess as to her birth year. I don't know any of my siblings birthdays (except the one I still talk to, and I get his wrong by a day on either side every damn year) and I won't because they don't celebrate them so there's no reason for them to tell anyone, and less reason for anyone to remember.
I've been alive for 39 years, but I just had my 20th* birthday** a few weeks ago. That means next year? 40/21. Everything bad happens for a good reason, people. #vegas
My friend Ben the Blue Lobster tagged me in this Facebook meme where he picks an age and you talk about where you are now vs where you were then. Perfectly, albeit unwittingly, he picked 20 for me. I'm supposed to do this on Facebook but this is 20. We do what we want.
Where I lived then: I started my 20s living in Denver (well, in Arvada, which is just northwest of Denver and just southeast of Boulder and hasn't made pot legal yet, in case you were wondering) with my dad and step-mother. This was the year I moved into the one and only apartment I'd ever live in as a single woman. I loved that apartment. I loved the autonomy, the silence, the power that comes from being completely unhinged to any one or thing. I lived in the apartment on top of the office of a storage facility in Golden, CO, and every evening, so long as I looked up and out, and not down, I watched the Rocky Mountains devour every delicious ray of sunlight. I learned more about myself in those months than I think I have in all the years since. Aside: If you've never seen a sunset in Colorado, you've simply never lived.
What I drove: I'd just traded in the car my dad gave me when in my senior year, his 1983 Datsun Nissan Stanza red stick shift that I rode in with all six of my immediate brothers and sisters as a child, and all of my high school friends as a senior. We drove up to Boulder every Friday night - moonroof open wide, BADII blaring from the cassette player, our ironic berets nearly blowing away in the gusts of cold mountain night air, the car barely making it up the incline from Louisville to Boulder on I-36. My two little brothers vanished with their mother (for good reason) in the mid-eighties, and didn't resurface again until the mid 2000's (thank you MySpace) and that car was the last physical tie I had to them. When I traded it in for my Mitsubishi Eclipse in burgundy with a turbo-charged engine and an adaptor port for one of those compact disk players that year, I found one of my little brothers' army toys buried beneath the seats of the car and had one of the best cries of my life right there in front of the car dealer.
Who had my heart: I was right in the beginning of the end of a relationship with the one guy who'd ever been genuinely nice to me in my entire life. Even when we were in high school and I was fixated on the idea that he was the one, the answer, the beginning and the end - and he couldn't get far enough away from me fast enough - he had still been nice to me. We dated for years after high school and I pushed him away every way I could during that time. When I was 20, I met some guy at work. He wasn't nice to me. He pushed me away. Obviously, I had to have him. I didn't even try to get him for a long time after, and didn't success for even longer, but at 20 I knew he had me, and I think he knew it, too.
Where I live now: I grew up in the actual 'hood, and the road I've traveled so far has taken me from So. Philly/Northern Delaware way up & over to Colorado, then all the way up to Canada and all the way down to Texas and across to Arizona. All long, I've dreamed of living on a farm. If i had my way, I would own some land, grow my own food, keep a few animals. Nothing major, nothing profitable, just a life that includes simple, quiet contact with the earth. I didn't quite get my way, but I came pretty close. I ending up settling down for the long haul way in the very suburbanized end of a cozy little farming community on the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay area.
Yes, there is a farming community in the bay area. No, not even the people in the bay area know where it is. (It's that impossibly far away place where you have to drive your kids to play soccer in the summer.)
I don't live anywhere near the cable cars San Francisco is famous for, and there are no fog-lined bridges near my house. My neighbor lives in an old cottage and keeps goats, and the biggest town event of the year is the local corn festival (NorCal Corn Capital, representin'). You have to drive through either an enormous wind farm or 11,000 acres of active farmland to get to my house. It takes me as long to drive to the city in traffic as it would to drive to Lake Tahoe. We can pick our own fruit; hell, we could grow it if we weren't so lazy. I pretty much got exactly what I dreamed of and I have a nice basil and mint plant-thing growing in in my kitchen windowsill for happy hour to show for it.
What I drive: I had a five-passenger Jeep, and Jim has a five-very-skinny-passenger Volvo. We have five kids between us, so we needed something bigger, and there was no way we were going to live in the one place in Northern California where you can get away with owning a truck and not own one. So we bought this.
I'd like to tell you we bought it so that we could get everyone around town one car, but I'm really pretty sure that one of us bought it to play Toby Keith real loud and also this.
I'm 41. Also very much not @tonyhawk https://t.co/hVHk9PYj07— Jim Lin (@BusyDadBlog) January 26, 2014
Who has my heart: This is the year that I legally ended my relationship with that guy I met when I was 20 who wasn't very nice to me most of the time, but did end up giving me the three greatest gifts I ever could have asked for. He didn't have my heart for very long, mostly because once I realized what my heart was in for with him, I took it back and hid it in a deep, dark box inside of myself where no one would ever find it and fuck with it again. Except I underestimated this guy. He saw right through my heartless facade and over time, over years, he helped me remember what corner I tucked my heart away into. He helped me find the courage to go into that deep, dark place and re-examine what I'd hidden away. His faith in me was constant and pure, without condition or pretense. He offered me nothing but support, and he asked for nothing in return. He taught me to trust again, to open up to the possibility that my life could be different, even good. He showed me what I looked like through a lens not warped by co-dependence, but one bent for potential.
This thing that I have become, it is all because of him.
Who has my heart now? I do. I have it and I feel it and I follow it and I trust it and I'm grateful for every hole poked in it, because they are the spaces he was born to fill. Who guards it and nourishes it and heals it and drives the very beating of it? This amazing, wonderful, funny, beautiful, intelligent, creative, ridiculous, driven, inspiring, loving, passionate, protective, nurturing man. This guy that makes every single thing I had to get through to get to this point in time with him worth it. This guy that brings order to my chaos and reason to my insanity. This guy that is my perfect complement, and my exact counterbalance. This guy that takes my breath away every moment he is alive, either in awe or laughter. He also has my tackle box.
Today @BusyDadBlog asked me to share a tackle box for as long as we both shall live. pic.twitter.com/Gtu2svQsem— Mr Lady (@mrlady) March 23, 2014
This is a pretty big deal.
*I also recently had a 22nd birthday. I have 19 years of missed birthdays to catch up on. Judge not, friends.)
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A St. Patrick's Day round-up of stories on Washington wine from March 8th to 14th.
From around the world
The CBC talks with Charles Smith.
The Calgary Sun writes about Charles Smith.
From around the country
Wines & Vines writes about a new device from WSU to help wineries track cold weather threats.
Food & Wine writes about Kyle MacLachlan in Walla Walla.
The Calgary Herald writes about wine and the economy with a brief mention of wineries for sale with a mention of Washington (no names listed).
NJbiz.com writes about AmericanWinery.com's efforts to change New Jersey's wine shipping laws.
From the blogosphere
Through the Walla Walla Grapevine writes about journalist Alice Fering. She also writes about the upcoming Washington Merlot Twitter tasting.
Wine and Beer of Washington State writes about William Church's release party. They also write about Walter Dacon's use of social media and Dunham's 2005 Trutina.
Paul Gregutt writes about Rulo. He also writes about weather concerns for Washington wineries, and the lack of fire sales of Washignton wineries.
The Pour Fool writes about Pleasant Hill.
Second Glass names the Kiona 2006 Lemberger their wine of the week.
Drink Nectar writes about the rebirth of Spokane's Caterina Winery. He also writes about overcoming Twitter and Facebook anxiety and Spokane hosting wine bloggers for the 2010 Wine Blogger's Conference.
One Rich Wine Guy writes about Terra Blanca.
The Oregon Wine Blog writes about Portteus. They also write about Seattle Food & Wine Experience.
Food Trips for Roadies writes about Yakima Spring Barrel tasting.
WAWineman writes about Columbia Winery's 2008 Opal. He also writes about Arbor Crest's 2007 Four Vineyards Merlot.
Sacre Bleu writes about Seattle Wine Gal.
Woodinville Wine Update writes about Columbia's Taste of White. Shona also writes about the Twitter conference wine tweetup, Woodinville wineries that tweet, and experiments with the Centellino wine decanter.
Yak Yak Wine writes aobut Bunchgrass's 2006 Lewis Vineyard Syrah. Chris also writes about Windy Point's 2007 Gewurztraminer and blogging troubles.
WINO writes about the Portteus 2007 Bistro Red.
Wine and Dine Walla Walla writes about Dusted Valley being named winery of the year by Wine Press NW. The also write about Otis Kenyon expanding to Woodinville.
Terroirists write about Alice Feiring.
Wine Peeps gives tips for Taste Washington. They also taste two Washington Tempranillo with callouts to Pomum and Columbia Crest.
The Blog Wine Cellar writes about Saviah Cellars' 2006 Jack.
RJ's Wine Blog lists tasting notes from the last week with callouts to Giant Wine Company, Long Shadows, Charles Smith, and Quilceda Creek.
Beyond the Bottle writes about Dunham Cellars 2007 Lewis Riesling.
Seattle Tall Poppy gives a Taste Washington preview.
CraigSutton.net writes about Desert Wind's Greg Fries (follow a tweetchat with Greg 3/17).
Another Wine Blog writes about L'Ecole No. 41's 2008 Luminescence.
Northwest Cork and Fork writes about upcoming events.
Fast Forward Weekly writes about Charles Smith in Calgary.
Wine Economist writes about Hedges fortified wine.
From the locals
The Yakima Herald writes about expanding wine themed amenities in wine country.
Othello Outlook write about the recent Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers.
KIRO 7 talks with Walter Dacon about social media.
The Seattle PI writes about concerns about the Asian fruit fly.
The Tri-city Herald writes about Martin-Scott Winery.
One Rich Wine Guy writes about social media changing the way we drink wine.
Wawineman writes about Betz Family Winery's 2009 Petite Rousse. He also writes about Gifford Hirlinger's 2007 Stateline Red and Coyote Canyon's 2008 Albarino.
That's all folks!
Washington Wine Round-up: March 8th to 14th
A St. Patrick's Day round-up of stories on Washington wine from March 8th to 14th.
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Anonymous Says:
Sean - I'll say it again and I hope that people realize what a great resource this aggregation of news is! Do you have these as an easy to find category on here. Would be a great go to history lesson!
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Thanks Josh! Indeed, if you click on WA Wine News on the top banner or search for Washington Wine Round-up on the tags on the left hand side, you'll see the complete list (as well as some other news related items). Glad to hear you enjoy it.
Anonymous Says:
Seriously, it needs to be called out more and promoted. I'm not sure what kind of traffic you get - but it should be 10 times that.
cityroute16 Says:
Time to shine the apple here-I think you have the one of the best, (I'll say it's my favorite), wine sites in the ether. I'll second the post of drinknectar that that your roundup has me spending more time than I usually plan to. Looking forward to meeting you at Taste of WA at Qwest!
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Drinknectar and Cityroute16, you are too kind! Thanks!


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Mick Gieskes is in his 24th year coaching at the University of California San Diego between the track and field and cross country programs in 2020. A long-time member of the San Diego track and field community, Gieskes' athletes have rewritten the Triton record books in nearly every running event in his tenure as sprint coach at UC San Diego.
Kelly Fogarty became the first UCSD sprinter to earn All-America accolades at the Division II level after attaining the honor in both the 100 and 200 in Charlotte, N.C. and again in the 2011 NCAA meet in Turlock. Fogarty holds school records in both the 100 (11.52) and 200 (23.55). Jacqueline "Boo" Rose became the second individual All-American in 2012 in Pueblo, Colo. in the 400 meters, and holds the school record in that event (53.30).
In recent years, the UCSD sprints squad has established new school records in nearly every event, including both men's relays in 2006, as well as the 4x100 (45.81) and 4x400 (3:42.97) relays on the women's side in 2012. In the past six years, UCSD relay teams have earned All-America status on six occasions.
In total, Gieskes has coached 14 individual NCAA national qualifiers, 11 of which were at the D-II level, and two while UCSD was a member of Division III. In addition, nine relay teams have qualified for nationals under his watch.
Gieskes' many coaching honors include his selection as the 1999 Division III West Region Coach of the Year in cross country. In 1997, he coached the Triton women's squad to victory at the CCAA Championships (the first UCSD team in any sport to win a CCAA title). Along with his team accomplishments, Gieskes has coached three individual qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships and two Tritons achieved All-America status, including the 1999 individual runner-up.
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Due to a large building refurbishment, the Ethnographic Collection will be closed until 2022. We ask for your understanding, that no access to the objects will be possible during this time.The Ethnographic Collection of the University of Göttingen is one of the most significant Teaching and Research collections in the German-speaking sphere. Its beginnings reach back into the time of the Enlightenment.
Thanks is due to the Göttingen nature researcher J.F. Blumenbach, whose initiative in the second half of the 18th century led to the procurement of cultural artifacts from the South Seas (Cook/Forster collection) and the arctic polar region (Baron von Asch collection). These two unique old collections form the emphasis of Göttingen's Ethnological Collection and substantiate its international reputation.
The extensive collection of 17000 Ethnographica from the past, shown in their entirety, allow us to take a look at the cultural and artistic creations of a plethora of non-European ethnicities.
Above all, the Göttingen Collection serves as a valuable source for teaching and research. Beyond that it is even available to the public, insofar as the space and financial limitations allow, in the form of permanent and special exhibitions and also tours. Lectures and film presentations - in conjunction with the Göttingen Society for Ethnology (GGV) - complement the informational offerings.
The permanent exhibition has been newly renovated and, as of February 6th, 2000, once again completely accessible. Spanning two levels it now represents regions of America, Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Africa. A reversion to the old display cases from the collection's founding period, in conjunction with the application of modern museum-didactics and technology, results in a fascinating exhibition.
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The wooden dining tables are different from each other, which adds charm to the room. And I spot French cafe steel chairs painted in white.
Most of their paintings are of hunting animals and portraits of men.
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Their small country style kitchen is seen from the dining area.
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Every year, Knights of Columbus organizations from across the state conduct their annual Tootsie Roll Drives for the benefit of people with disabilities.
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After rookie fourth-round defensive tackle Alameda Ta'amu was arrested on a laundry list of charges last month, the team suspended him two games. Apparently, that was the extent of the punishment.
Apparently, it wasn't.
On Monday, the Steelers waived Ta'amu, creating a roster-spot for practice-squad receiver David Gilreath, who'll help replace injured receiver Antonio Brown for Monday night's game against the Chiefs
Ta'amu will be required to pass through waivers, and every team will have a crack at claiming the contract of the fourth-round pick. The fact that he already has been punished by the Steelers arguably means that he can't be fined or suspended by the league.
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Fifty Shades of Grey is a 'dark fairy tale' according to director
The director of racy movie Fifty Shades Of Grey said she tells her children it is "a love story they'll never see".
Filmmaker and artist Sam Taylor-Johnson described the erotic romance story as "a dark fairy tale".
The film, based on the book by EL James and expected to hit screens in time for Valentine's Day 2015, tells the story of billionaire Christian Grey who has a passionate relationship with student Anastasia Steele.
When asked what she tells her children about her current role, Taylor-Johnson told The Sunday Times Magazine: "I tell them it's a love story."
Adding: "A love story they'll never see."
The director said: "It's like the world of the Grimm Brothers.
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The movie was due to be unveiled in August, but was put back until 2015 having been dogged by difficulties with casting.
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Dakota Johnson has taken on the role of Steele.
Last month it was announced that James's trilogy has sold 100 million copies worldwide.
The series - dubbed ''mummy porn'' - is fast becoming one of the most widely read book series.
The trilogy has been translated into 51 different languages, including Russian, Hebrew, Thai, Serbian, Mongolian, Icelandic, Latvian, Korean, Lithuanian, and Slovak.
As well as selling 27 million copies in the UK and Commonwealth counties, Arrow Books has also sold one million copies or more in Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, and The Netherlands.
Vintage Books sold more than 45 million copies of the trilogy in the US in both print and eBook. Two copies were sold every two seconds during peak sales and it is the fastest selling book series in the history of Random House.
When compared to other series, the figures put the erotic classic on similar figures to Ian Fleming's James Bond series, which was first released in 1953.
But it still has a long way to hit the dizzy heights of JK Rowling's Harry Potter, which has sold a staggering 450 million copies, since the first book was written in 1997.
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My name is Lynette Ratzlaff, and I'm a small business owner and volunteer with President Obama's campaign in Reno, Nevada.
I'm originally from California, but my husband and I moved to Reno in 2002 so I could return to school for my bachelor's degree—I graduated from the University of Nevada-Reno when I was 50 years old—and put my two daughters and two step-sons through college.
Today, I am a neighborhood team leader for northwest Reno and am enjoying meeting like-minded people and growing our grassroots team. When I'm not working on the campaign, I run a small property management business with four employees—and when I'm not working on the campaign or working, I thoroughly enjoy my three grandchildren, who are all under 4 years old!
I first got involved with the campaign when I realized change had to start with me. I wanted to do something to help President Obama, so I walked into the local Democratic office and asked, "Where do I sign up and what do I need to do?" That was in early December of 2011, and since then I have not stopped working my hardest to grow our enthusiasm.
President Obama's accomplishments over the last three years have been simply amazing. I am so happy he was able to pass the Affordable Care Act, as that will certainly help me as a small business owner to offer health insurance to my employees. I stand behind him on his energy policy and his fight for equal rights for all people, and I applaud him for improving our education system and making college more affordable for the middle class. The President needs four more years in order to finish all the great things he has started!
My favorite part of organizing in Nevada is the challenge of working in a "battleground" state. Being from California, it was easy being a Democrat—but here in Nevada, I love the challenge of making our voices heard and talking to people about all the issues facing our state, like the economy, jobs, and the housing market. The challenge is to make sure the President wins here in Washoe County so we can win Nevada—that's why we're working hard to register voters and canvass our neighborhoods.
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As a volunteer, I'm so lucky to have the chance to listen to people in our area—everyone has a story to tell. I have talked to people who say they can't give a lot of their time for the campaign, but after a few short meetings or phone banks or voter registration shifts, they become involved and ask, "What else can I do to help?" It's all about connecting with people and listening to their stories. I tell them that they do make a difference in every little thing they do for the campaign, and that they hold the power to change our future.
My plan between now and November is to continue working on our volunteer base. I'm talking to all the people who said they would start helping once summer was here. I can't stress enough: Now is the time to get involved—not September or October! I'm going to grow my team beyond its limits so I can say I am doing everything in my power to get as many people involved in our grassroots movement as I can.


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I arrived at the Leach Pottery in late 1988 when Janet asked me for help with clay preparation, mixing glazes, and general assistance in her workshop.
At that time she was making very loosely-thrown stoneware pots with iron-enriched red or manganese-black clay, on low-tech Japanese momentum wheels. There were two; one for each type of clay she was using. She also slabbed pots in red stoneware or heavily grogged porcelain, sometimes raised on roughly-cut feet.
The finished surfaces were often left bare except for two very characteristic 'Janet Leach' black or white glaze pours, one on each face, with asymmetrical lugs or vestigial handles marking the sides. The porcelain was glazed in celadon or bone ash white, with black or white pours.
She used limestone and ash glazes on low open dishes and on thrown pots, which she sometimes smacked while still relatively soft, once on each side, with a roughly- broken piece of wood. This was something she saw used on Bizen pots and which she had used to decorate the pots she made in Tamba in 1969.
Janet was always respectful of Bernard's life work, but was known to say "I married Bernard Leach but I didn't study under him." While attending a seminar held by Bernard and Hamada in USA in 1952, it was Hamada who really impressed her by throwing a large pot having barely centred the clay with just a few soft punches.
Later in Mashiko she encountered his quick and lively glazing methods. Then in Tamba and Bizen she found potters who instead of applying glaze, fired their asymmetrical and roughly-finished pots, piled up anyhow, amongst pieces of wood and rice straw which made part-reduced, part-oxidized, cratered surfaces of various quiet colours with spots of naturally occurring ash glaze.
Back at the Leach Pottery in the late seventies, Janet was experimenting with similar firings, achieving a variety of surfaces with locally found materials on very small pots which I later recognized as remarkably true examples of Bizen shapes.
Janet said that when she first saw Hamada at work, she realized that her pots were too mechanical; and she grew to love the exorbitant looseness and deliberate asymmetry of some of the most 'extreme' traditional Japanese pottery. However, the results of her experiments weren't well received by some of the older Leach employees. Hurt by their scathing remarks, she put the pots away and stopped her experiments.
I didn't see these pots until Janet asked me to fetch another very large dusty old pot from a low cupboard in her workshop. It was only biscuit-fired, and was decorated with a 'tree of life' in oxides and scraffito. Both Bernard and Hamada had stamped the base. (This pot was later sold at Bonham's as the only existing example of a 'B.L'. pot in this stage of its production.) Behind it were these very same small, wonderfully wild pots, which I handled and studied with delight as Janet spoke about them and how she had hidden them away over ten years earlier.
The pots in Janet's living room were Hamada's, Bernard's, Lucie Rie's, Korean, Chinese and many others, but nevertheless I hadn't really felt as strongly about any pots before I found these. The fact of their incarceration, and the circumstances surrounding them, all added to their charm. They were completely unexpected. We talked about them for a long time sitting in her workshop. We brought them out into the light and checked them for firing cracks. Those that went into the showroom were greatly admired and quickly sold.
Much encouraged, Janet began her next batch of thrown 'Bizen' pots, glazing the insides with celadon or tenmoku, and leaving the outsides unglazed. They were fired inside saggars (which I made for her, from painfully large-grogged clay), amongst woodchips, charcoal, and driftwood for spots of salt-glaze, in a small gas kiln. These became exhibition pieces.
When I first arrived at the pottery I never used to comment on pots in the making, (partly traditional Leach Pottery etiquette, partly my inexperience), but after the rediscovery of Janet's 'Bizen' pots, she often asked for my opinion.
In the early nineties she began a series of tiny (6-8") black clay slab pots with white pours, some gently beaten to curve their bellies, some with extremely long necks formed around a pencil, some open boxes.
In the morning after a productive evening's work, she would greet me beaming, "See what you think!" I'd go into the workshop on my own, and look at what she had made, very carefully. These pots were unlike anything I had ever seen before. Most of the time I liked them very much indeed. Once I laughed and asked her whether one of them hadn't gone a bit too feral. I was actually quite concerned about it; but she enjoyed the idea greatly and obviously found this question encouraging.
Going back to work with enthusiasm, she was certainly ultimately vindicated by the interest in these pots. Several went to prestigious international collections.
In January 1997 Janet had her final exhibition, held by Austin Desmond Fine Art, in Bloomsbury Square, London. All her pots were specially made for the show, the culmination of a life's work; and all were sold.
They were the last pots she ever completed. Such productive energy in the last months of her life demonstrated her extraordinary and serious commitment to pots. During that year she became increasingly unwell, and in September she died.
Janet had been approached about writing an autobiography, but she didn't like the idea of spending her time reliving the past. Although understandable, this was our loss as she had led an extremely colourful life, and she was an engaging story-teller with natural style; as I discovered when she asked me to write out her letters for her, at the table surrounded by her own and Bernard's unique collection of pots from everywhere. Her dictation, quietly reeled off without notes, was always charming, meaningful and direct.
Janet was a Texan who still said 'railroad' and 'mail truck' after forty years in Cornwall. She was very comical talking about her earliest memories of Texas. She told me the townspeople of her home-town, Grand Saline, had looked down on the local small farmers, until they found oil. Then the farmers, anyone with a bit of land, suddenly got so rich that they were buying their daughters 'a piano each'.
She also spoke of her spinster aunt who had been kept at home to look after her parents when they got old, who had married the postman, the only man ever to cross her path. Janet's childhood was very strict too, but she told me that when she was a teenager, 'a guy' (who was later to become her first husband) had taken her flying in small planes while her mother thought she was at the library.
Janet was full of humour while describing events and encounters in her life, but I noticed that whenever we were discussing pots, although I often laughed, she never did.
Joanna Wason. My thanks to Joanna who so generously allowed us to use her article talking about her time with Janet Leach.
Born - 1918 Texas USA
Died - 1997
Janet Leach (nee Darnell) having enrolled in Sculpture lessons just before the second World War in 1938 when she was 20, then spent some years as a welder on Warships on Staten Island before discovering pottery in 1947. In 1948 she set up a pottery at the Steiner Institute at Spring Valley, near New York, USA
1952 - Meets Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach while they are on a study tour in North Carolina.
1954 -1956 Japan, studies with Hamada at Mashiko and Tamba. Joins Bernard Leach on his tour of Japan (see A Potter in Japan 1952-54 by Bernard Leach - Faber 1960 where he refers to Janet Darnell "..has come up with me to do the typing of my manuscript. She arrived recently from New York to work with Hamada. She was one of the pottery students at our seminar at Black Mountain College in South Carolina. .....she has character and sincerity of purpose.")
1956 - England to marry Bernard Leach and join him at The Leach pottery, which she managed for many years.


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In this episode of Dead Pilots Society, Andrew Reich interviews Will Gluck (Director of Easy A and Friends with Benefits, Co-creator of The Michael J. Fox Show) regarding his dead pilot, Angry Angel. You'll also listen to a never-before-heard live table read of Angry Angel performed by some of today's funniest comedic actors like:
Aubrey Plaza as Alison Pyke, Danielle Nicolet as Connie, Ed Weeks as Barker, Cedric Yarbrough as Leonard/Middle Aged Man, Craig Cackowski as Skater/Shaun White/Business Man/Wallstreeter #1/Taxi Driver, John Ross Bowie as Male Judge/Co-pilot/Driver/Jogger, Kerri Kenney-Silver as Female Judge/Old Woman, Josh Zuckerman as Stoned College Kid/Young Man, Chris Tallman as Pilot/Captain Sully/Wallstreeter #2/Older Voices/Conductor, Mark McConville as Air Traffic Control/Rescuer/Older Voices, Alison Rich as Teenage Girl, Janet Varney as Flight Attendant/Mother/Suspicious Mother, Gary Anthony Williams as Man in Uniform/Regular/Older Voices/Security Guard, Jamie Denbo as Woman, Humphrey Kerr as Patrick, and Andrew Reich with stage directions.
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I Only Hear What I Want to Hear – And So Do You
Do you know these people who always only hear what they want to hear? Who interpret everything in a way that fits their own views? Yes? Deal with them every day? Well, chances are, you're one of them. Biased information processing is a common phenomenon. It happens when the information we receive is out of sync with what we believe to be true, or want to be true, or when the information is inconvenient for us. This obviously has huge implications for communication campaigns in development.


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Intern Journal: Lessons from Suhad
In my art and storytelling class Tuesday I asked the children to draw a person important to them for the last 30 minutes of class. I figured this would be a simple way to learn a little more about them, since speaking in front of the group has been a tough sell. I learned, though, that there is a lot more to discover from "simple" drawings than I expected. As I walked around the room, asking each student, "meen had?" (Who is it?), I came upon a drawing that would cause uproar at a school in the States: a person with a gun. Two of the boys in my class had drawn people in their life that were killed. Saed told me that the person he drew was his friend who had been outside school when he fell down and died. The image didn't surprise me at a logical level—I knew that this is a common experience for these kids whose childhood is defined by the 2nd Intifada. Yet I froze, because I did not want to display my own emotions in a way that would make Saed upset. So I responded to his picture the same as any of the other images.
The next day I visited Suhad, our psychosocial specialist, to discuss what types of questions I could have asked of this child to allow him the chance to share and also validate his feelings. I learned from her that I could have asked more questions of all of the children's drawings, whether they depicted a soccer player, a dead friend, a friend or myself. Because I underestimated the depth of the activity, I had stuck to the simple question of "who," and neglected the highly important question of "why?"
As Suhad sifted through the drawings that I had collected, she pointed out many details I had not picked out before. For instance, from the fact that Ayasar drew buttons and an orderly outfit, Suhad guessed that he is one of the more mature students. Why, though, she asked, did he make one of the person's shoes a different color? Does his mom sometimes forget to wash his sock? Does he know someone whose leg has been amputated? Maybe it means something entirely different, but certainly I could have asked him why he drew it that way. Or I could have asked some of the kids why their drawings didn't have a mouth, or had blonde hair. Suhad advised me that for now, I need to concentrate on creating the space for the children to share with me as individuals. Later, they will be more comfortable sharing with the group.
One of my goals as an educator is to encourage children to analyze what they see and hear beyond the surface story. I, too, need to learn to find the multiple layers of meanings behind everything the children do. Language is never innocent, as critical literacy scholars say: it is laden with people's experiences and perspectives. The same goes for kids' drawings.
Kara is an intern at TYO Nablus and a participant in the Kalimatna Initiative.


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Business travellers to Russia might want to keep their laptops and iPhones well-concealed - not from muggers, necessarily, but from the country's recently formed regulatory super-agency, Rossvyazokhrankultura (short for the Russian Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service).
In the UK, Ofcom made deregulation one of its first priorities upon coming into existence, but the Russian equivalent is doing just the reverse, including an ominous-sounding policy of requiring registration for every Wi-Fi device and hotspot, according to a report this week from news agency Fontanka.
Rossvyazokhrankultura's interpretation of current law holds that users must register any electronics that use the frequency involved in Wi-Fi communications, said Vladimir Karpov, the deputy director of the agency's communications monitoring division, according to an English commentary provided by website The Other Russia.
Aside from public hotspots, the registration requirement also applies to home networks, laptops, smart phones and Wi-Fi-enabled PDAs, Karpov reportedly said. Registration only permits use by the owner.
His comments come as something of a surprise, since government decisions in 2004 and 2007 have tended to exempt Wi-Fi devices from any spectrum-related restrictions, according to the report.
On the other hand, Rossvyazokhrankultura is a new agency, formed last year by the merger of two separate agencies which formerly controlled media and telecommunications - not unlike Ofcom.
In this case, the merger appears to have created confusion and chaos, according to an anonymous IT expert cited in the report.
He noted that the head of the new body is a metallurgic engineer, and that the agency's remit now covers protecting cultural patrimony, registering mass-media outlets, control of legal compliance on personal data, monitoring communications and allocating radio frequencies, among other tasks.
"It is unlikely that he can simultaneously manage communications personnel, fine art experts, journalists and attorneys," the expert reportedly said.


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Swimming Pool Blog
Fiberglass Pools ~ Care and Conversion
by Myles McMorrow, July 29, 2009
Fiberglass pool care
Like plaster or vinyl pools, fiberglass pool surfaces can be affected by aggressive water conditions. Too much Chlorine or low pH over time can fade the fiberglass gelcoat on your pool. However, fiberglass pool surfaces typically do not erode like plaster, or develop holes like vinyl liners. A fiberglass pool, properly cared for, can last a lifetime. Here's some tips on keeping it clean and bright.
· The "bathtub" ring which forms on the pool wall or tile caused by body oils, suntan lotions and air borne contaminants can easily be removed with swimming pool tile cleaner or other non abrasive commercial tile or vinyl cleaners. Do not use abrasive cleaners, steel wool, metal scrapers, brushes or tools as these may cause permanent damage to the gel coat finish.
· Dulled gel coat above the water line may be restored with a heavy cut automotive polishing compound either power or hand applied, followed by a coat of wax. For the high luster look, we recommend Gel-Gloss. The gel-coat finish of your fiberglass pool can be scratched like any other gloss surface. The gel coat is seven to eight times thicker than a normal coat of paint so it is not likely that scratches will be more than superficial. Hair line cracks which may develop over a period of time are not uncommon. They only penetrate the gel coat and do not effect the pool's structure or result in leakage. Scratches and hair-line cracks are repairable with a gel coat repair kit.
· Most of the dirt and debris that sinks to the bottom of your pool can be brushed toward and into the main drain and will be trapped in the filter. Heavy amounts of dirt and debris should be vacuumed out.
· Heavy brown staining can be addressed with vitamin C (ascorbic acid) yes it sounds funny but works . You can buy it at most pool stores or in pill form at the health store (big bottle needed) just add the pills to the skimmer basket. It may cloud your pool for 2-3 days while it reacts with the stain. Once the stains are gone (about 48 hours) you will need to readjust the pH of your stain free pool.
Pool fiberglassing
Fiberglass gel coating is used a an alternative to pool replastering or converting a vinyl lined in ground pool to a more permanent stronger inground pool. Very popular for years in the south, especially Florida, Fiberglassing is now offered by more pool contractors nationwide.
Fiberglassing a pool will cost about as much as a replaster and most companies offer up to a ten year warranty on the gel coat. The fiberglass is a strong durable finish applied in coatings consisting of 3 parts and many colors are available.
The fiberglass is applied via a "chop gun" - a multipurpose spray gun that has 3 ports: one for catalyst that is the hardener , one for resin , and one for air that feeds fiberglass twine into a Chopper that cuts the strand into 1 inch pieces. The choppers is a wheel that has blades spaced out so the strands get cut evenly and is powered by the air. When in use all these components get mixed together in midair coating the pool.
Fiberglass conversion of inground vinyl liner pools
Fiberglass is a great self supporting material that does not need reinforcing by other building materials. That is why it can be used for converting a inground liner pool.
Here is how it is done:
- Cut and remove the liner and take off all return flanges and skimmer face plates.
- The next is the tape work all the coping, returns, drain, and pool deck are taped and covered to prevent overspray (watch out for plants too).
- Once the color is chosen, the color pigment is added to the resin part of the mix to create the color.
- Now it is time for the first coat using a mix of all 3 components called the "glass coat" (catalyst, resin, and fiberglass strands) after a quick spray of catalyst only to prep the surface of the pool shell frame.
- A mix of all 3 is applied up to 1 inch covering the pool. (usually in 6x6 foot sections at a time).
- After the section is sprayed it is rolled using a paint roller to flatten any of the strands that are sticking up , these can harden like nails or spikes if this is not done (ouch, you would not want that on the bottom of a pool) a paint brush is then used to "tuck " the fiberglass into grooves that were made under the tile and around the returns.
- The first coat is then allowed to dry for 24 hours when dry it will look rough because all the strand is exposed. After the first coat is dry a sanding is done using a coarse sand paper. This is to knock off and smooth any of the spikes and nails that may not have gotten matted down. At this time you cut the overspray at the tile and around the returns and drains. A sharp razor knife works best Try to stay as close to the skimmer and returns/ drains when cutting the overspray.
- The last coat is ready to be applied but only 2 parts are used in this coat. The pool is now sprayed using only catalyst and resin for a smooth finish this is called the "Gel Coat" (there is no rolling for this coat) The gel coat is left to dry for 48 hours the skimmer and returns/drains are scored with the knife and all tape is removed.
- Next put the skimmer frames and return flanges in place and with a knife you punch through the fiberglass to make room for the screws to mount them (you should always use new gaskets on all returns and skimmers to prevent leaks).
- The pool is now ready to fill and enjoy!
For more info on Fiberglass pools, including fiberglass pool installations, please see our FiberGlass Pools Page


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Do you have a question about the Grange White Hall Hotel? Our list of Frequently Asked Questions should help you find out what you need to know.
Our standard check-in time is from 14:00 Monday-Thursday and Sunday, from 15:00 Friday-Saturday. You may request an earlier check-in when making your reservation, but we cannot always guarantee that your room will be ready at this time-particularly if it has been booked from the previous night. You will however be able to leave your luggage with us at reception until your room becomes available.
Our normal check-out time is until 11.00, Monday-Sunday. Late check out is chargeable at £15.00 per extra hour. Guests wishing to check out later than 16:00 will be charged for a full night's accommodation.
Unfortunately online hotel bookings cannot be made unless a valid credit card can be provided to secure your reservation. Should you wish to book a room without a credit card, you can contact our Central Reservations department to make a provisional booking. Please note that provisional bookings will automatically be released by 14:00 on the date of arrival so you must check in ahead of this time.
We accept the following cards for payment and booking: Visa, MasterCard, JCB and American Express.
For individual bookings made at our Best Available Rates, rooms must be cancelled no later than 24 hours prior to arrival. For corporate bookings made using agreed Corporate Rates rooms must be cancelled by 14:00 on the day of arrival. Rooms booked at special rates may be subject to different cancellation terms, so please check your booking confirmation for details.
In the event that you do not arrive or cancel your room with appropriate notice, your credit card will be charged for the first night's accommodation plus 20% of that amount.
I have a lot of luggage, will someone be able to help me get it to my room?
Our team of porters and concierge are on hand 24 hours a day should guests require assistance with luggage, bulky equipment or large packages.
Our room types consist of Superior and Executive rooms. Superior rooms have an en-suite bathroom and queen-sized beds. Executive rooms also offer an en-suite bathroom, plus king or queen-sized beds and additional space. Selected Executive rooms feature period-style four-poster beds. For more information please refer to our Bedrooms page.
With the exception of guide dogs or helper dogs, pets are not allowed in any of our hotel rooms.
All our hotel rooms are non-smoking and smoking is not permitted in any part of the hotel building. Guests found smoking in their rooms will be subject to deep cleaning charges of no less than £100.00.
Do you offer any promotional rates on rooms?
Our room rates are not fixed and vary depending on availability, room type and terms of stay. Guests who are not booked on special rates will automatically be offered our Best Available Rate. Details of our current promotions and packages can be found on our Special Offers pages.
Children are classed as 2-12 years old and infants are under 2 years old.
Yes, cots are available, where space allows, free of charge for infants aged 2 years and under. (Note: guests need to request prior to arrival and it is subject to availability).
Professional babysitting services can be arranged via a certified agency upon request. Please note that pre-booking is required. Services are chargeable and subject to availability. Please contact our Reception for details of current babysitting charges.
Yes, our in-house English Garden restaurant can provide children's meals upon request.
We are pleased to offer complimentary Wi-Fi in all bedrooms and public areas within the hotel. To obtain our Wi-Fi network password, please contact the hotel reception desk.
We have a public PC located in the lobby, which our guests can use for printing, email and word-processing.
Yes, we have a number of private meeting rooms that may be used for business meetings or conferences. Please browse our Meetings and Events pages for more information.
Yes, our in-house restaurant is called the English Garden restaurant and looks out onto our private garden. You can also enjoy light snacks and drinks in the Elgin Lounge Bar located on the Ground Floor.
We are pleased to cater for a range of diets, including vegan, vegetarian, halal and kosher. If you have an allergy or very specific dietary needs we would strongly recommend that you notify the hotel of this in advance so the necessary arrangements can be made. To make a table booking please contact our Reception desk.
The dress code in our restaurants, bars and public areas is smart/casual.
Please refer to individual opening and closing times on our Bars and Restaurants page.
There is on-street parking available outside the hotel (parking meter charges apply) and two National Car Parks (NCPs) close by in Museum Street and Coram Street. For directions and parking tariffs, visit https://www.ncp.co.uk/parking-solutions/cities/london/
Our nearest underground stations are Russell Square (Piccadilly line), Holborn (Central and Piccadilly lines), and Goodge Street (Northern line).
The Grange White Hall is approximately 45 minutes from London Heathrow airport, 1 hour from London Gatwick, London Stanstead and Luton airports, and 30 minutes from London City airport.
Yes. If you wish to be collected from the airport upon arrival, please get in touch with us and provide your complete flight details, your name, and your phone number. We will then arrange a pick up via a local taxi company.
Taxi fares vary depending on the airport destination, the number of passengers and the proposed time of travel. Please contact the hotel with details to obtain a quote.
The Grange White Hall offers a limited number of accessible services for guests with impairments or disabilities. We have one disabled room on the Ground Floor and hard-of-hearing loops fitted in public areas. Guide dogs and helper dogs are welcome, and a wheelchair ramp can be provided for step-free access from the main hotel entrance. Being a restored period building unfortunately we do not offer any further accessible services.
Yes, we have a single lift that serves all floors in the hotel.
A limited number of disabled parking bays are available at the nearby Museum Street and Coram Street National Car Parks (NCPs). For locations and details of parking charges, visit http://www.ncp.co.uk/.
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I'm solving this question, but I don't know what it is.
Consider a plane $x - y + z = 0$, and a point $b = (1, 2, 0)^T$
a) Find a basis of this plane, and a basis of orthogonal subspace to this plane.
b) Find the closest point $\hat{b}$ on the plane to b.
c) What is the error between b and $\hat{b}$?
Is this a linear algebra problem? What's a basis of orthogonal subspace and closest point $\hat{b}$? What's the error between b and $\hat{b}$??


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I wanted to introduce you to Edie, my moose!
I was at Ikea getting some of those random things for my booth, and Edie and 6 of her little friends just jumped into my shopping cart!
There was nothing I could do. They had to come home with me. I named her Edie -- pronounced E.D. not Eddy -- because I wanted to name my last three girls that, but when they got here, they wanted other names. Now that I have named something Edie, my life is complete! Okay, not quite, but I am pleased.
My friend Machelle made the cute pillow that Edie is sitting on. She had two extra blocks from the Zip a Dee Do Dah quilt she made for my book that you can see hanging behind Edie. Being the resourceful person that she is, she made them into pillows.
I thought that was a fun idea, so I did the same thing with three other quilts. So in my booth were 4 pillows made from blocks of some of the quilts in my new book, Simply Charming Modern. I was going to post pictures, but I don't have any except as part of my booth. I will take some pictures so you can see them!


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"Oklahoma lost a large number of trees due to natural disasters and drought over the past few years, "said State Forester George Geissler. "We want to encourage Oklahomans to help reestablish this valuable renewable resource."
For those landowners needing help, OFS foresters assist landowners to plan for, plant and care for trees on their property - No matter how large or small the acreage.
The OFS nursery located south of Norman grows over thirty types of trees and shrubs from local seed sources. New species this year are chittamwood, black hickory and Indian currant. Millions of native trees and shrubs produced at the nursery are shipped to all corners of the state each year.
Seedlings are bare-root, one or two years old and 10 to 30 inches in height and sold in bundles of 50 per species. Hardwood "super cells" must be purchased in blocks of 25 per species with minimum order of 25 trees. "For the last several years we have sold out of the larger hardwood "super cells" that are well-suited for the landowner who wants to get a quick result by planting a larger more established seedling," said Geissler.
In addition to contacting OFS Foresters directly or purchasing seedlings through the online store, visitors to the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City can visit face to face with OFS personnel, pick up a free pine seedling and learn about a variety of subjects including tree care and wildfire preparedness.
Oklahoma Forestry Services is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. To get more information or to order your seedlings visit www.forestry.ok.gov/order-seedlings or call 800-517-3673.


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This is a make-or-break moment for middle-class Americans—and anyone who cares needs to watch the speech President Obama made in Cleveland today.
In this election, we face a choice between two fundamentally different visions of how to grow the economy. The path Mitt Romney and his Republican allies want to take us down is exactly the one that led us to the 2008 crisis. We have to reject those policies and embrace the President's vision of growing the economy, not from the top down, but from the middle class out.
Hear from President Obama in his own words, and sign on to the principles he laid out.
The choice couldn't be clearer on the issues most important to ordinary Americans:
Better Education: We need to invest in good teachers and help more students go to college and get job training—not pack kids into classrooms and slash scholarships.
More, Cleaner Energy: We need to invest in promising new sources of energy to create a market for innovation and good jobs of the future—not go back to relying on foreign oil.
Leading Through Innovation: We need to invest in our best scientists, researchers, and entrepreneurs so they innovate here—not cede new ideas to countries like China and India.
Job-Creating Infrastructure: We need roads, bridges, ports, and broadband technology that attract businesses that will create jobs here—not more pet projects and bridges to nowhere.
Fair, Simple Tax Reform: We need to reward businesses that create jobs here instead of rewarding outsourcing, and must ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share again—not sacrifice investments critical to the middle class.
This economic crisis didn't start in 2008. For more than a decade before, we knew things weren't working the way they should. We saw costs for everything from health care to education rising faster than wages. Good-paying, middle-class jobs were becoming harder to find, as more and more companies moved production overseas.
The other side's solution was the same then as it is now—massive tax cuts benefiting mainly the wealthy, rolling back regulations on risky behavior for Wall Street and banks, and slashes to services that the middle class depends on, like Medicare, education, and job training. A decade ago, Bill Clinton left a record surplus. But the last administration put two wars, two huge tax cuts, and the Medicare prescription program on a credit card, and handed President Obama a trillion dollar deficit and a raging economic crisis.
Incredibly, Romney and his allies want to go back to those same, disastrous policies: budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy and free rein for Wall Street to write its own rules. We tried Mitt Romney's failed formula for most of the last decade. It benefited a few, but exploded the deficit, crashed our economy, and devastated the middle class. It didn't grow our economy, create good jobs, or pay down our debt—it did the opposite. And it won't work this time around either: Independent economists confirm that Romney's plan wouldn't cut the deficit, or even create a single job now—in fact, it could slow growth and push us back into recession.
Today the President laid out a very different vision, one where everyone—no matter who you are, where you're from, or how big your bank account is—pitches in together to rebuild the foundations of our country and economy. Instead of another $250,000 tax cut for millionaires, Obama believes we should pay down our debt and invest in the things we know we need to grow the economy and strengthen the middle class. That means restoring and upgrading our crumbling infrastructure, investing in education, paying down our debt responsibly, and yes, asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more. This approach requires tough choices and shared sacrifice—exactly how we built the American economy in the first place.
As supporters, it's on us to get this message out there.
Watch the President's speech, and share it with your friends, family—heck, share it with everyone you know. There's even a helpful printout you can download and pass around.
Tell President Obama you support his plan for our economy—add your name today.


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TabletsIntroducing HP's range of tablet devices
HP recommends Windows.
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- Not all features are available in all editions or versions of Windows. Systems may require upgraded and/or separately purchased hardware, drivers, software or BIOS update to take full advantage of Windows functionality. Windows 10 is automatically updated, which is always enabled. ISP fees may apply and additional requirements may apply over time for updates. See http://www.microsoft.com.
Some apps sold separately; vary by market. Some features require Windows 8.1 Update. For Windows 8 devices, the update is available through Windows Store. For Windows 8.1 devices, the update is available through Windows Update. Internet access required; fees may apply. Power button available on select devices and may not be on device shown.
The following applies to HP systems with Intel 6th Gen and other future-generation processors on systems shipping with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Pro systems downgraded to Windows 7 Professional, Windows 8 Pro, or Windows 8.1: This version of Windows running with the processor or chipsets used in this system has limited support from Microsoft. For more information about Microsoft's support, please see Microsoft's Support Lifecycle FAQ at https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle.