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A military judge ruled Friday that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl would receive a dishonorable discharge but no prison time for deserting his post in Afghanistan and endangering the lives of his comrades.
Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance made the sentence after Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy last month, charges that stemmed from the sergeant's abandonment of his post in Afghanistan in 2009 before he was held captive by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network for five years.
These charges carried the potential for life imprisonment as a punishment.
The sentence complied with requests from Berdgahl's defense team during closing arguments, but also demotes Berdahl from Sergeant to E1. Focusing on the abuse he suffered at the hands of the Taliban, harsh criticism by President Trump, and diagnosed mental disorders, the defense argued that these factors should mitigate the severity of Bergdahl's punishment.
The judge ultimately agreed.
Prosecutors argued that Berdahl should receive a 14-year sentence.
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Electricity normally has to be used as soon as it has been generated. This is why grid control and electricity dispatching systems are important; they have to balance the demand for electricity with the supply. Once one fails to match the other, problems occur. It would seem obvious, given this situation, that some reservoir of saved electricity would be a major boon to grid operation. Yet storing electricity has proved difficult to master.
Storing electricity in its dynamic form, amperes and volts, is almost impossible. The nearest one can get is a superconducting magnetic energy storage ring which will store a circulating DC current indefinitely provided it is kept cold. A capacitor storage system stores electricity in the form of electric charge. All other types of energy storage convert the electricity into some other form of energy. This means that the energy must then be converted back into electricity when it is needed.
A rechargeable battery may appear to store electricity but in fact it stores the energy in chemical form. A pumped storage hydropower plant stores potential energy; a flywheel stores kinetic energy while a compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant stores energy in the form of compressed air, another type of potential energy. Alternatively one might use electrolysis to turn electricity into hydrogen, yet another chemical form of energy.
All these, and one or two others, represent viable ways of storing electricity. Several are commercially available, others in the development stage. And each has its advantages and disadvantages.
For large-scale utility energy storage there are three possible technologies to chose between, pumped storage hydropower, CAES and, at the low end of the capacity range, large batteries. Batteries can also be used for small- to medium-sized distributed energy storage facilities,1 along with flywheels and capacitor storage systems. Superconducting magnetic energy storage is being used for small storage facilities and would be suitable for large facilities but is prodigiously expensive.
Some of these systems can deliver power extremely rapidly. A capacitor can provide power almost instantaneously, as can a superconducting energy storage system. Flywheels are very fast too, and batteries should respond in tens of milliseconds. A CAES plant probably takes 2-3 min to provide full power. Response times of pumped storage hydropower plants can vary between around 10 s and 15 min.
The length of time the energy must be stored will also affect the technology choice. For very long-term storage of days or weeks, a mechanical storage system is the best and pumped storage hydropower is the most effective provided water loss is managed carefully. For daily cycling of energy, both pumped storage and CAES are suitable while batteries can be used to store energy for periods of hours. Capacitors, flywheels and superconducting magnetic energy storage are generally suited to short-term energy storage, though flywheels can be used for more extended energy storage too.
Table 10.1 Round trip energy efficiencies for storage technologies
Efficiency (%)
Capacitors 90
Superconducting energy storage 90
Flow batteries 90
Flywheels 80
Pumped storage hydropower 75-80
Another important consideration is the efficiency of the energy conversion process. An energy storage system utilises two complementary processes, storing the electricity and then retrieving it. Each will involve some loss. The round trip efficiency is the percentage of the electricity sent for storage which actually reappears as electricity again. Typical figures for different types of system are shown in Table 10.1.
Electronic storage systems such as capacitors can be very efficient, as can batteries. However the efficiencies of both will fall with time due to energy leakage. Flow batteries, where the chemical reactants are separated, perform better in this respect and will maintain their round trip efficiency better over time. Mechanical storage systems such as flywheels, CAES and pumped storage hydropower are relatively less efficient. However the latter two, in particular, can store their energy for long periods if necessary without significant loss.
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Susan Frances LOWREY1,7,2,3,8
also known as Susa LOWRY5
also known as Susie F MCSWAIN3
also known as Susie L MCSWAIN4
Life History
4th May 1885
Resident in Chester, Arkansas, Arkansas.5
27th Nov 1902
Married Wiley Carew MCSWAIN in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas, by Rev Cannon.1,2
17th Sep 1905
Birth of son Louis Wirt MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.4,9,3,10,2,11,12
1st Jul 1908
Birth of daughter Gladys Lucille MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.13,4,2,3,14,15
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25th Oct 1910
Birth of son Carew Oliver MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.2,9,16,6,17,1,18,3
2nd Apr 1914
Birth of son Logan Morris MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.3,2,10,16,9,1
10th Dec 1916
Birth of son Roger Fulton MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.3,2
7th Jun 1919
Birth of daughter Bernice June MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,19,20,2,3,9,12,21
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Death of son Roger Fulton MCSWAIN in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.2
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Died in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.6,7
- Different public and family sources have the name spelled differently. In her formal listing of family information, Bertie Lois DumondMcSwain spelled the name Lowrey. But in her letters and in spellingit orally in a family discussion, she spelled it Lowry.
In the Essex Funeral Home registry, there is a listing for a T WLowrey (Book VI, 85). This is Susie's brother Tilley Wirt Lowrey. Wefind the family name spelled that way in Wirt's usage and that of hisson, Tilley Wirt Lowrey, Jr.
Susie Frances Lowry's grandson Roger Louis McSwain, son of Louis WirtMcSwain, found that Susie's family name was spelled Lowrey on hisfather's birth certificate.
1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 29 June, ChesterTownship, District 1, page 11A, Hse #369, Fam #375
Lowry, John F Head W M Dec 1839 60 Married 28 yrs IN PennsylvaniaMaryland Physician
Lowry, Sallie F Wife W F Dec 1855 44 Married 28 yrs Bore 11children, 6 living AR TN AR
Lowry, Susie Dau W F May 1885 15 Ind Terr IN AR
1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 20 April, PrairieTownship, District 13, page 3A, Hse/Fam #37
McSwain, Carew Head M W 31 Married (no years) AR NC NC Farm Laborer,working out
McSwain, Susie L Wife F W 24 Married 7yrs OK IN AR
The L initial appears to be for her maiden name Lowry/Lowrey/Lowery.We know from family sources that her middle name was Frances. Notethat the 1920 census is consistent with this as it reports her asSusie F.
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 6 February, PrairieTownship, District 16, page 8A, Hse #142, Fam #149
McSwain, Wiley C Head M W 42 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Susie F Wife F W 34 OK IN AR
Susie Frances Lowry died of the measles which would never "break out."
-- Edith Marie McSwain Jenkins
Ceremony performed by Rev. Cannon of DeWitt, Arkansas.
-- Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain Family Information 27 Feb 1979
- 1. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 2. Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, Family Information, handwritten 27February 1979
- 3. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 6 February, Prairie Township, St Charles Road, District 16, page 8A,
- 4. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 20 April, Prairie Township, District 13, page 3A, Hse/Fam #37
- 5. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 29 June, Chester Township, District 1, page 11A, Hse #369, Fam #375
- 6. Edith Marie McSwain Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
- 7. Lowrey-Wirt Genealogy, by Octavia Lowery
- 8. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 9. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 23 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7B, Ethel and Chute Rd,
- 10. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6
- 11. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 5 April, St Charles, District 1-23, page 5B, Main St, Hse #96, Own
- 12. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 13. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 22 April, Prairie Township, Ethel & Chute Rd, District 7, page 7B, Hse
- 14. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 15. Gravestone of Linnie O and Gladys McSwain Dempsey, Mt PleasantCemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 16. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6A, Belleview Rd, Hse #89, Owns
- 17. Gravestone of Carew Oliver McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel,Arkansas
- 18. Social Security Death Index
- Carew McSwain
- 19. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 6A, Belleview Rd, Hse #91, Rents
- 20. Gravestone of Floyd Glenn and Bernice McSwain James, Mt PleasantCemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
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High-class hurdler Coeur De Lion can make a successful return to the Flat in the Betway Handicap at Southwell tomorrow.
Alan King's charge has a rating pushing 140 over jumps but is a more than useful operator on the level as well, winning once and placing four times from just seven starts.
He has struggled to make an impact over hurdles so far this season, so it is perhaps no surprise King has decided to switch codes.
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He has been raised another 4lb to a perch of 73, but he clearly likes the track and there could still be some mileage in his mark. A step up to seven furlongs for the first time could also help him.
Conditions promise to be extremely testing at Lingfield but that should not worry Burgess Dream too much.
The nine-year-old's two victories both came at this venue and on both occasions the ground was heavy.
It is almost a year since he last struck gold but his third-placed finish last time here over fences was a big step in the right direction.
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The result of the MBFCards "Got 5 LCD TV" promo June winners
As I am still in the process of reinstalling Windows XP on my laptop because of me getting BSOD frequently, probably some driver problem. I am unable to post much of Keith as I am yet to install my frequent used programs.
Well as I have posted before in my previous post for my chance of winning a 37" LCD TV and Elaine managed to collect another chance for herself by the 19th.
The result was announced today on their website and sadly Elaine's name was not there but mine is :D Some might say the same name thingy again like in another previous post. As in the result, my credit card ends with 8985.
Elaine was the one whom told me to snap it down and post it up, in case they take that page down wor
Elaine was very disappointed that her name didn't appear on the list. She is so greedy la, but anyway she still got the opportunity to win it as the promo runs until the end of Sept (there is another 300 more LCD TVs to win)


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I was talking to someone who had a device that he claimed could heal diseases (including cancer).
Mid-way through, he said to me: "you know, we're all going to die some day, so that might help you to face what you've got."
I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry.
Yes, we're all going to die someday, but mate, you're not the one with cancer, and not the one with one foot (metaphorically) in the grave. And cancer is not a walk in the park.
I felt his good intentions, but it wasn't a level playing field, and until someone has experienced and gone through a life-threatening diagnosis, there's no way they can say something like "we're all going to die someday" without sounding patronising and a twat.
Philosophy is all very well when you don't have to live it. Death is not an abstraction to those who face it!
He's not the only person to trot out that platitude. A homeopath I consulted the same thing. I felt my blood turn cold and I lost trust in this man who was supposed to be a professional. I felt like someone about to experience a long drop on a roller coaster, while listening to a commentary given by someone who had seen a movie and read a book on the ride and thought it made him the expert.
Words can, and do harm people. And words can, and do heal people. Fear and ignorance, impulsive words, perhaps poor attempts to cheer the cancer patient up, are delivered unthinkingly and are deeply damaging.
Which brings me to the subject of this post, two books I've read on what to say, and what not to say, to people who have cancer.
The books are: "Cancer Etiquette" by Rosanne Kalick and "The Etiquette of Illness" by Susan P. Halpern.
Cancer Etiquette by Rosanne Kalick
The author herself went through two bouts of cancer. This book is based on her own experiences of behavioural boo-boos, as well as interviews with patients and caregivers. The more she investigated, she more she realised that most people do not know what to say or do when someone they know have cancer.
Some of her own personal experiences are painful: for example, when first diagnosed, she went into a library and the librarian there who knew she had cancer came up to her and told her how wonderful being in a hospice was. The author hadn't even started treatment!
Another friend came up to her and said: "Don't you know you're ruining everyone's Thanksgiving?". Perhaps it was an inept effort to be funny, or cheer the author up. But it failed dismally.
Other faux pas experienced by other patients:
– a newly-diagnosed woman hears her friends say: "I know how you must be feeling. My sisters had cancer. Neither of them made it."
– a woman who sent her daughter (who had breast cancer) a sympathy card with the word "Goodbye" in it.
– a young woman who got the response: "Oh my, what's your husband going to do without you?"
– or the 12-year-old boy who had a photo taken with Andre Agassi, his mother showed the photo around and got the comment from a friend: "It almost makes it worth getting leukaemia, doesn't it?" Really?
The number of examples is endless and horrifying in their insensitivity.
If you are going to a job interview, don't you prepare for what might be asked, and what you are going to say?
Yet when it comes to cancer, people just open their mouths and say the most thoughtless and outrageous things.
So what should you say (or not say) to someone who has cancer?
… tune in to Part 2 for some tips.
Thank you to everyone who has read this post. This topic is something very close to my heart. I have opened the comments section for this post.
Have you any experiences to share?
Or comments to add?
Have you any humorous and diplomatic ways of dealing with awkward comments?
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In our collective imagery, Greece remains a land of mythology, architecture and splendid white marbles. However, Greece and its Saronic islands are far more than the average ancient history lesson.
While staying in Athens I accidentally stumbled across a day cruise exploring Poros, Hydra and Aegina. I wanted to discover the beauty of these three islands and everything they had to offer, but of course my time was limited.
It was an early and chaotic trip to the harbour. Our transport was late and a group of noisy tourists insisted on spending the entire ride watching videos on full volume. Annoying to say the least, the day got distinctly better once we boarded our ship, where we were given a debriefing for the day.
Our Canadian guide informed us that our journey would begin on the smallest of the three islands. Her eyes gleamed as she told us that she got married on Hydra and that she still nurtured a personal love for the island.
Poros, composed of two islands, Sphairia and Kalavria, is entirely volcanic and carpeted in flourishing pine trees. Its picturesque streets are an absolute marvel - small and winding, all the lanes lead to one central point on the island, making it virtually impossible to get lost. The town streets were empty because the locals were at their family restaurants in the ports around the town, while the shops were old fashioned.
As I walked around the island, I felt transported to times gone by. One of the main attractions is a clock tower built in 1972 and it is perched on the highest point of the island. The view from the clock tower, reached after climbing up a steep trail, is breathtaking. The spectacle was the coming together of land, water and sky. The sandy beach of Kanali, which we visited during our brief stay, is one of four on the island and connects Sphairia and Kalavria. It is the largest beach on the island and the most popular.
As our boat left Poros and as sailed into the next port I was captivated by the colourful houses dotting the horizon, piggy-backing on top of one other's tinted stucco facades. Shaped like an ancient amphitheatre, Hydra is truly charming. Our first stop was the legendary Cool Mule, a highly recommended and crowded ice cream parlour with the best pistachio ice cream I've ever tasted.
According to the guide there were 300 churches and six monasteries dotted around the island. The heart of the town is the waterfront. There we found canons, monuments, restaurants and shops, including an old gunpowder shop. Like the first island, it was an old-fashioned town, unsullied by concrete and the ubiquitous apartment blocks so common on our little island.
On Hydra, the use of motor vehicles is prohibited by law. Instead, the preferred mode of transport is the mule
It was a breath of fresh air, away from the hustle and bustle of Athens' smog and traffic. On Hydra, the use of motor vehicles is prohibited by law. Instead, the preferred mode of transport is the mule, of which there are about 500 on the island. Even the postal service operates via cart.
As we walked through the winding cobblestoned streets we found traditional stone mansions as well as beautiful secluded squares. Some traditional house mansions were turned into museums, among which is National Historical Museum owned by Lazaros Kountouriotis. Focusing on several aspects of Greek history, the museum hosts a section on battleship history as well as abstract art with very profound and deeply touching messages.
As the boat was leaving Hydra, I felt a surge of sadness... I had fallen in love with its authenticity and rugged, unspoilt beauty. No wonder our guide had fallen madly in love with this gem of the Sardonic Gulf.
Before we arrived to our last island, we were entertained with traditional Greek music and dance. The dancers danced the zorba and sang different folk songs playing the bouzouki, a national instrument. We witnessed Greece's culture and their lore, subtly changing as we hopped from island to island. Throughout the trip we saw beautiful islets with little houses, conglomerations of them making up small, sleepy villages.
Aegina's port finally greeted us with a line of neo-classical buildings that ran across its waterfront. The largest of the three island, Aegina is covered with pistachio trees, offering their divine fruits to the island and its visitors. The island hosts the Fistiki Fest each summer, which has been running for the past seven years.
Aegina's newly-built church is marvellous in its beauty. This massive shrine sits on a hill next to the monastery of the Greek Orthodox saint, Agios Nektarios. St Agios Nektarios, canonised in 1967, was the island's bishop and the church erected in his name still houses his tomb.
Churches proved to be a recurring theme on Aegina. The medieval village of Paleachora is rumoured to have contained 365 churches, one for every day of the year. So far, only 70 of these churches have been confirmed, 33 of them still stand in ruins save for a few which have been dutifully and beautifully restored.
Our final stop was the Temple of Aphaia dating to the year 480BC. It was a sight to behold – ancient pillars married the surrounding pine trees. One can only begin to imagine its magnificence in olden times. The guide informed us that the Doric temple is the most preserved temple in all the Greek islands. It is dedicated to the Cretan nymph Aphaia. Next to the temple, the omnipresent pistachio was once again peddled in tourist friendly packages and ice cream cups.
Hard to resist, we savoured the ice cream perched on a lone rock, admiring the green valleys below and the blue Mediterranean Sea beyond. Back at the waterfront, we quite naturally bought more of the island's green gold. The many stalls selling pistachios offered the best tasting nuts I have ever had the pleasure of munching. Hydra's pistachio ice cream, however, remains undoubtedly superior.
Sailing back to Athens proved bittersweet. Our glorious stay in these tranquil islands had come to an end, leaving us with dear memories of the magnificent sights we had visited. It was a welcome escape from the hectic, technological and unnatural world to a quiet, yet intense way of life.
The nature and beauty of the Saronic islands will remain with me for a long time. I left a part of myself on their unspoilt coasts and ancient monasteries.


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Ahmadi's have been brainwashed to purposely mi-interpret the Quran, hadith and the classic Tafsir's. Hence, they have went through lots of hadith, classical commentary and cherry-picked and refuse to give a context, and refuse to properly reference as refuse to be academically honest. We have caught them lying and mis-representing the writings of Ibn Kathir, Suyuti and a specific hadith given by Aisha (ra)and many other topics.
The quote
لَوْ كَانَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى حَيَّينِ لَمَا وَسِعَهُما إلا اتِّباعِي
""""Holy Prophet saw, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him has said:- If Moses
and Jesus were alive, they would have no alternative but to follow me."""
(Ibn Kathir: Tafseer ul Quran vol 1 page 378)
Other online sources for this quote
1- This quote can be found in "Beacon of Truth", see pages 85-86
2- Life of Ahmad, (1948,but see the 2008, online edition, page 308.
3- "Second Coming of Jesus" by Maulvi Muhammad Ali (1917, but this is from the online english edition of 2002, see page 93.
These Ahmadi's purposely ignore the superfluous statements from Ibn Kathir on how Esa (As) hasn't died yet
Ibn Kathir was commenting on 3:81
See also, 33:7 and Ibn Kathir's comments
Why do Ahmadi's lie as such?
A large percentage of Ahmadees (at least those in India and Pakistan) are descended from someone who converted to the Ahmadiyya Movement during Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's life. These early converts are very much respected in the Ahmadiyya Movement and are generally considered pious and saintly. Their descendants are usually very proud of them and the Ahmadiyya Movement makes sure (by various means) that the families of these early converts take pride in them. It would be very difficult for an Ahmadee to believe that such a pious
and respected ancestor was wrong in his judgment of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Therefore, even if an Ahmadee is presented with proofs of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's falsehood, he/she does not open his/her mind to this possibility because that would mean believing that his/her early convert ancestor was befooled.
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From 17 to 21 July 2013, the 11th City Summer Cinema took place in Gera at the Hofwiesenpark. The doors opened every day at 8 p.m. and smooth music, cool cocktails, and delicious food made waiting for the film to begin easy. The films started at nightfall, usually around 10 p.m. BIG cinema did not only supply the entire cinema and projection equipment as in the years before, but was also a competent adviser for the organisers in the run-up to the event.


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Geoffrey Moore's book, Crossing the Chasm, speaks to the moment when disruptive technologies make the leap from early adopter to early majority customers, signaling the maturity of a technology and its acceptance as a mainstream solution. This, I think, is where we stand today in the public transit arena with the rising rate of adoption of battery electric buses as signaled by King County Metro (WA)'s decision to purchase 120 vehicles by 2020, in which the County's Executive, Dow Constantine, explains, "We are convinced that this technology has crossed the threshold from promising to practical."
Equally interesting, was the recent decision of the private real estate investment company that owns Chicago's Prudential Plaza and Aon Center, to transition its tenant shuttle service—with 82 daily routes between Prudential Plaza and Aon Center in the East Loop, and the major Metra railway terminals at Ogilvie Transportation Center, Union Station, and LaSalle Street Station—from diesel to battery electric buses. The shuttles will provide approximately 35,000 rides monthly to individuals who work in the two buildings.
While these, along with the bulk of other battery-electric transit systems rely on subsidies to make such transitions economically feasible, the gap between the power systems is shrinking rapidly, heralding a day when electrics will be able to stand on their tires.
With this as backdrop, allow me to tell a story of a battery electric transit program in which I participated as a board member more than a quarter century ago.
In 1990, Gary Gleason, General Manager of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (SBMTD), proposed to his Board of Directors the idea of developing a fleet of battery-powered electric shuttles to service the downtown and waterfront areas of the city…but not before Ferenc Pavlic—leader of Santa Barbara-based General Motors Defense Research Laboratories' Lunar Rover program had agreed to do the design work. At the same time, Gleason worked out a power agreement with Southern California Edison to provide charging stations and a low rate for overnight recharging, all with no assurance that the project would ever get off the ground.
It did, and by 1992, seven 22-passenger battery-electric Moon Buggy shuttles were ferrying residents and vacationers from downtown Santa Barbara and the Santa Fe train station, past the harbor and beachfront strand, to nearby Montecito with its upscale shopping area.
In 1995, SBMTD was approached by the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) for assistance in fielding its own fleet of electric shuttles, and in 1996 both SBMTD and CARTA provided battery electric shuttles for moving athletes to different venues at the Atlanta Olympics.
Over the years, SBMTD, through its Electric Transit Institute, developed increasingly efficient motor controllers, tested several different batteries, and even hosted the incorporation of a fuel cell (H Power's reformer system) that left room for the driver station and a severely limited passenger section. If memory serves me right, this bus went to SMUD for further study.NOTHING FOUND
Amazingly, many of the original shuttles are still in service after nearly 25 years of daily operation, the result of Ferenc Pavlic's wonderful design and the simplicity of maintaining the batteries and motors. No longer a cute little PR experiment, 14 battery electric shuttles are a mainstay in Santa Barbara's downtown waterfront transit route structure, enduring as many as 11 hours of operation on their lead-acid batteries, and this past fall the decision was made to begin to replace the legacy fleet with modern buses.
While the dream of a crosstown feeder network with electric shuttles operating in conjunction with their hybrid electric trunk line cousins is still a dream, SBMTD's 1990 experiment has paid off handsomely to date, and seems destined to do well into the future.


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Justice, Leadership, and Mission
I design seminars and workshops to meet the specific needs of those who ask for my help. In doing so I draw on my experience of working as a missionary and community trainer for several years in different African countries, and more briefly in Latin America. I can also draw on the results of the extensive research I did on the theory and practice of development economics and cultural and religious diversity, during the years when I was the holder of a Research Fellowship in the Theology of Development. Typical one-day or two-day seminars might look like these:
- An exploration of the issues and challenges currently facing the missionaries and development workers of a Congregation or organisation.
- Globalisation and its effects, with reflections on ways of challenging the present unjust type of globalisation.
- Input and sharing on the relationship between evangelisation, liberation, and development in concrete situations facing the organisation.
- Input on the relationship between mission and work for justice, with special emphasis on the message of Jesus.
I have written a book entitled MISSION IN TODAY'S WORLD. If you would like to read a chapter of that book, entitled 'New Models, New Images, New Attitudes', you can download it in Word format by clicking on the following link:
I have a particular interest in the topic of ecology. To download a copy of my contribution to a book entitled 'Laudato Si': An Irish Contribution published in 2017 by Veritas, Dublin click here: http://www.donaldorr.com/LAUDATO.doc
For those interested in getting a Role-Play/Simulation which I designed in order to help groups to work for consensus on reconciling development with traditional values, see: http://www.donaldorr.com/RolePlay.doc
- Many Religions, One Spirit
- Prophetic Inspiration and Prophetic Movements
- Diverse Modes of the Work of the Spirit
- How the Spirit gets through to us
- Evangelisation Today: Spirit and Word: we need both
- Re-evangelisation where the Church has less credibility.
If you would like to read a chapter about Inspiration from the Spirit from my book DIVINE ENERGY, you can download it by clicking on the following link:
Leadership in Scripture and in our present experience
The basis for changes in our recent approaches to Leadership
- Different kinds of leader
- Various ways of exercising leadership
- Vision and Call
- Discernment and Intuition
If you would like to read a chapter from my book SPIRITUALITY OF LEADERSHIP, you can download it by clicking on the following link:
The picture shows Bishop Willy Walsh at the launch of Donal's book Spirituality of Leadership, with Columba Press publisher Sean O'Boyle, as well as Donal and Donal's sister, Ben Kimmerling
For many years I have been involved in running training programmes and workshops in various parts of Africa on leadership and development - and linking development with spirituality. The picture below was taken during the residential 'Training of Transformation' (advanced level) course in the Grail Centre, Kleinmond, South Africa.
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High Voltage Transmission Line Route Survey; Puget Sound Energy
White Shield provided PSE with a survey of the high voltage transmission line route located in the Sammamish-Clyde Hill, Berrydale-Lea Hill, and Sammamish-Novelty Hill areas of King County, Washington. The route's length was approximately 82,507 linear feet, or about 15.7 miles. To maximize efficiency White Shield utilized GPS surveying techniques whenever possible and also used RTK GPS for mapping. In areas where GPS was not the best tool, robotic and reflectorless total stations were used to increase the efficiency of data collection. White Shield surveyed the aerial tops of all poles, insulators, distribution cross-arms, and anchors within or crossing the road template, located the trees encumbering the lines within the public ROW, and verified edge of pavement, sidewalks, driveways and ingress/egress to any businesses located along the route. Ground elevations were provided at all existing power line structures along the right of way as well. White Shield located the hi/low point of the lines throughout the route to determine the sag, and recorded the date, time, and temperature to monitor line tension and facilitate design.


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The Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge (HZMB) Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) IslandAs part of the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge (HZMB), the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) will be located on a 150-hectare artificial island (about 130 hectares for HKBCF and about 20 hectares for Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) Southern Landfall). The HKBCF Island will provide clearance facilities for passengers and goods using the HZMB. Reclamation and infrastructure works of the HKBCF project are currently under construction. The facilities on the HKBCF Island include cargo and passenger clearing and vehicle inspection facilities, offices for law enforcement agencies (such as Immigration Department, Customs & Excise Department, etc.), roads, car parks, public transport interchange and associated civil works, traffic control and surveillance system and landscaping works, etc.
Surrounding Development ContextIn addition to the planned boundary-crossing facilities, the HKBCF Island has the potential to develop other uses to optimise the utilisation of valuable land resources. As part of the regional multi-modal transport hub in North Lantau, which includes HZMB, the Hong Kong International Airport, MTR Airport Express and MTR Tung Chung Line, the HKBCF Island will benefit from the synergy effect and become a key gateway of Hong Kong. Moreover, with the completion of the HZMB and related local projects, the HKBCF Island would be located at a crossroads connecting to both the Eastern and Western Pearl River Delta (PRD) regions. There is great potential to capitalise on the locational advantage of the HKBCF Island to enhance Hong Kong's economic position in the wider PRD region.


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Last year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the century-long Delta Plan 2100. The government has planned at least 80 projects and decided to spend about USD 37 billion by 2031 for the implementation of the scheme. Dr Nazrul Islam, an eminent economist and founder of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the various problems of the Delta Plan and shares some of the major recommendations BAPA and BEN, in association with other environment organisations, have made recently for this plan to be most effective.
Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 is aimed at ensuring food and water security and coping with disasters through water resource management. Could you please elaborate on how this mega scheme is going to achieve those goals? If this plan is implemented, will our rivers get back their natural flow?
Actually, it is not clear how the Delta Plan is going to achieve its goals. The Plan does not emerge with a work plan of its own. Instead, at the end of the exercise, it asks various implementing agencies to submit project proposals, and out of 123 such proposals received, it selects 80, based on a scrutiny by economists and experts from the World Bank. The second volume of the Delta Plan contains the list and description of these projects. However, it is not yet public. Hence, we don't know what the Delta Plan's "mega scheme" is.
Meanwhile, the first volume of the Delta Plan presents a list of 14 projects. An analysis of this list shows that it is riddled with problems. It contains projects that are yet to be substantiated, can go in opposite directions, are at cross-purposes with each other, and are so obvious that they could be proposed without a Delta Plan. On the other hand, important projects that seem to emerge from the plan's analysis are missing. We are therefore worried and anxious to see the list of 80 projects, because these projects may suffer from similar problems too.
Also, we find it inappropriate on the part of the Planning Commission to finalise the list of Delta Plan's projects, without giving the public a chance to know and comment about them. This is more so, because these are likely to be mega projects, involving huge sums of public money and having effects going beyond a century.
As I said, the final list of 80 projects is yet to be made public. However, based on the philosophy espoused and the list of 14 projects available in the Plan's first volume, we doubt that it will be able to restore the free flow of rivers. There are two reasons for this. First, the Delta Plan does not offer any promising strategy to counter the diversion of transboundary river flows by upstream countries, in particular India. Yet, as you know, upstream diversions are the major reason for the decline of our river flows. That's the external factor. Second, internally, the Delta Plan seems to promote further obstructions to river flows. For example, the first project in its above-mentioned list of 14 projects is the Ganges Barrage. The third in the list is the Brahmaputra Barrage. Both of these are highly problematic project proposals. They are certain to create huge obstruction to the free flow of these major rivers inside Bangladesh. Also, in putting forward these barrage projects, the Delta Plan ignores completely the experience of the Farakka and Teesta Barrages. We know how much damage Farakka has caused to downstream Bangladesh. Farakka has caused damage to upstream also. It led to upstream siltation, flooding, and river bank erosion. As a result, there is now a growing protest in India demanding the demolition of Farakka. On the other hand, Bangladesh's Teesta Barrage mostly sits on a dry river due to upstream diversion in India.
These experiences show that the proposed Ganges and Brahmaputra Barrages inside Bangladesh are also likely to cause upstream siltation, flood and bank erosion. Downstream, they are likely to reduce flow of water and sediment, allowing salinity intrusion to move further north, and create other adverse effects. Also, in view of India's River Linking Project, it is uncertain how much water will be left in these rivers to make these barrage projects viable. Unfortunately, the Delta Plan does not offer satisfactory technical and economic analyses to justify these projects. The Delta Plan is likely to hamper free flow of rivers further by constructing more barrages, embankments and, so-called regulators, instead of restoring their natural flow.
Is this plan then just a continuation of successive governments' flood action plans or water resource management plans (like those taken during the '60s, '80s and later) which, as many believe, have been the major causes of death of many of our rivers? As we know that the polders and sluice gates built in the past had miserably failed to create any positive results.
That's what it looks like. In its current version, the Delta Plan, by and large, continues to advocate the Cordon or the Polder approach to rivers that was imposed on Bangladesh by the Master Plan prepared by the San Francisco-based International Engineering Company (IECO) in 1964. As you rightly observed, this approach led to the death of many rivers, did not solve the flood problems, and brought in the new problem of waterlogging. An important reason for the Delta Plan's failure to abandon this approach and adopt the correct, Open approach is that it does not try hard enough to learn from Bangladesh's past experience with so-called water development projects.
First, it does not gather data and conduct analyses of its own. Second, it does not pay adequate attention to critical evaluations of many of these projects that are available. Third, in its review of past water development projects, the Delta Plan relies mostly on the rosy evaluations of the implementing agencies. Hence it chooses to follow, by and large, the past approach and remains fixated on polders and sluice gates that, as you note, have failed in the past.
What are some of your recommendations to make this mega scheme a success and people-centric?
As you know, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), in association with universities and other pro-environment organisations of the country, held a two-day conference on the Delta Plan on January 11-12 this year. About 70 papers were presented at this conference. Based on these papers and discussions, the conference adopted a 40-point Resolution. In that resolution and in the book, Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100: A Review that I wrote for the conference, a set of recommendations has been offered. First, we called for a reworking of the Delta Plan on the basis of the open approach to rivers. Second, we recommended a bottom-up "people-centric" process, instead of relying on foreign consultants and proposals from implementing agencies. Third, we called for signing the 1997 UN Convention on international rivers and using it to restore the natural flows of transboundary rivers. Finally, we called for attention to genuine solutions, rather than fascination for mega projects, which can create a bonanza for many government agencies and contractors and consultants but may only aggravate the problems.
Unless the above is done, the Delta Plan, in its current version, may turn out to be a plan for damaging further what remains of the deltaic character of Bangladesh rather than saving it.


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Omron Automation Controller with support for two industrial safety networks
The NX-series safety controller supports the CIP Safety networking protocol as well as Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE). The controller is optimized to support applications in such industries as automotive manufacturing and food factories where a variety of products are produced and production lines frequently are modified. It offers an integrated development environment—Sysmac Studio—for accelerated safety programming. Sysmac Studio offers functions such as automatic programming, safety data logging, online functional test and third-party CIP Safety device connectivity that includes industrial robots. As the largest safety networking protocol, CIP Safety enables communication between nodes such as PLCs, I/O blocks, light curtains and interlock switches.


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Travel soccer is a full one year commitment, except at the high school level because they only participate in the Spring. Boilers FC has a no refund policy, with the exception of injuries. Requests for refunds due to injuries will be reviewed on a case by case basis. The initial payment will always be non-refundable, even for injuries. The fees below allow the teams to enroll in 1 tournament up to a certain amount. Refer to next section for more information.
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If a team is selected as a Great Lakes Conference team, additional fees of $150 per player may be required. The fees above allow each team to enter 1 tournament per season at no cost up to a certain amount. Maximum amount allowed:
High School = $900.
Any additional costs beyond these maximums or for a 2nd/3rd tournament will be at the team's own expense and shared equally among all players on the team.
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Financial Assistance Eligibility Criteria:
• Any member family currently receiving government assistance such as welfare, housing assistance, or free or reduced school lunch, may apply for scholarship support.• Any member family with financial hardship as determined by the Boilers FC Board
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by Karol Svoboda This is the time to fine tune the values we want to develop in our child. This is the most impressionable age to teach, model and impart values into our child. In their first six years of life many of those values came through different forms of discipline and external controls. The … Continue reading
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An Interview with Tim Svoboda
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Raising Healthy Daughters
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Ellie has been working in the mental health field since 2014 and graduated with a MSW from the Smith School for Social Work in 2018. Ellie is passionate about deconstructing ideas of "normalcy" and systems of oppression, and is influenced by psychodynamic theories, queer theory, critical race studies, and holistic approaches to health and wellness. In addition to working at Windhorse, Ellie provides therapy services to erotically marginalized children, families, and adults at Translate Gender Inc, part of the Center for Psychotherapy and Social Justice. Ellie enjoys exploring the outdoors, crafting, and following international women's soccer.
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Dental Implants
Dental implants, if you are a candidate, are a safe and medically proven method for replacing missing teeth. It is the standard of care. Dental Implants are titanium posts that are surgically placed into the jawbone where teeth are missing. They are designed to act and function as natural teeth.
If you have missing teeth or don't like wearing dentures, dental implants are a great solution.
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Riding History
After 30+ years off, we started riding in 2001 on a pair of Yamahas – a '99 VStar 1100 and a '97 V Star 650. A couple of years later, Roy switched to a '00 Roadstar and we modified the VStar 1100 for Catherine. We put about 35,000 miles on the bikes on local rides, trips to the Sierra Mountains, the Pacific Coast, and a 16 day trip to Yellowstone National Park and points in between.
The Bikes
In April 2008, we purchased new '07 Yamahas. What a Great Change!!!
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STORY FROM: Talcum Powder Litigation Report
Missouri Appellate Court Denies Plaintiff Efforts to Revisit Order Tossing $55 Million Talc Verdict
August 24, 2018
ST. LOUIS –– A Missouri intermediate appellate court has denied an effort by plantiffs to have the court re-visit its earlier order tossing a $55 million talcum powder verdict on jurisdiction grounds.
According to the court's online docket, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District on Aug. 7 denied the plaintiffs' motion to rehear or, in the alternative, transfer the case to the state's highest court for review.
The plaintiff filed an application for transfer to the Missouri Supreme Court in the state high court on Aug. 17.
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I have to share something that happened to me yesterday with you here today because – in my opinion – it is the essence of Quality Customer Service.
I have been ordering a quantity of BookPals Polo Shirts over recent times because they make a really nice "touch" when we are out promoting BookPals at events, training sessions and the like.
I get the polo shirts designed and shipped by Vistaprint because I have used this company for our business cards and the like in the past and have been very happy with the quality of their product and their speed of service.
Anyway, the other day I put in an order for another polo shirt and when I received it, it was the wrong size.
Long story, but I had ordered an Extra Large shirt the very first time I ordered one from them only to find out that it was too big for me (good to see the gym training is paying off!!! LOL) – so on subsequent orders I had been ordering size Large which is a perfect fit for me.
Where the problem occurred was that Vistaprint have a "Quick Re-order" option on their website and I had chosen the quick re-order of the Extra Large shirt instead of the Large shirt and even though I had changed the size to Large before finalising the order, their quick re-order option retains the original size and this is why I got the bigger shirt.
So, I jump on the phone yesterday all ready for an argument and guess what happened?
I tell them what happened – they apologise for inconveniencing me – and they immediately arrange for a size Large shirt to be shipped to me for no extra cost!!!
It Gets Better!!!
I asked them for a return address for the shirt that was the wrong size so that I could send it back to them and their reply is
"Don't bother sending it back – you keep it as a Christmas present from us and thank you for your patronage."
Now, on the face of it this might not sound like much, but put it in the context of the last time you dealt with a business that mucked up –
Did they make excuses for their mistake?
Did they make it extremely difficult for you to be compensated?
Did they try everything in their power to NOT fix the problem?
I reckon there's a fair chance you have just said "Yes", "Yes" and "Yes" to each point because this seems to be the default tactic for most businesses these days, so for this to happen to me, it was like a breath of fresh air.
The moral to the story – SURPRISE YOUR CUSTOMERS – most of the time it takes very little to do so but the consequences of doing this can be far – FAR – reaching.
Oh – and as an aside – buy your marketing products from Vistaprint – they're great!!!


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Top 5 ECommerce Trends For The Upcoming Year 2019
In upcoming 2019, there is a lot of impact in artificial intelligence, influencer marketing, virtual reality and any number of other marketing and advertising possibilities.
According to many statistics, 46% of the total Asian internet users are bought products or goods from the mobile, and the number is surely going to increase in the upcoming years.
So do you want to know what the future holds for an eCommerce website and the future trends likely to decide the success of e-commerce business?
And so we request you to read this article. Here we mentioned some of e-commerce marketing trends that you should consider on your business in the coming year.
Just a little bit more practical and get your e-commerce business into a new level.
[1] Mobile Advertising
The potential is so massive now that in 2019, everyone should be investing a greater percentage of pay-per-click marketing into mobile.
Mobile advertising is not new now. It's like the trend by which marketers advertise their business through mobile apps. Mobile site optimization, responsive design, mobile apps are their main working priority of all.
It is estimated that there are more than 1.2 billion mobile users worldwide. And more than half of all PPC (pay-per-click) conversions reportedly come from mobile devices.
[2] Voice Search
CEO of Baidu(largest search engine in China), Andrew Ng, predicted that "in five years time at least 50 percent of all searches are going to be either through images or speech."
His comment published in a Fast Company article, "Inside Baidu's Plan To Beat Google By Taking Search Out Of The Text Era."
The time was 2014. And at this time, he noticed that 10 percent of all queries come in via voice search.
In a 2017 presentation, senior director of emerging products for comScore, Susan Engleson explained that voice technology is poised to permeate all aspects of our lives — at home, at work, and on the go. Engleson had three key takeaways, explaining how smartphones, the internet of things, and smart speakers are driving voice search.
If a greater percentage of search queries are voice rather than text, marketers need to optimize not just for text, but also for voice, too.
[3] Site Performance
Nowadays, advertisers have for some time been engaged with web composition and improvement. Consider it. The showcasing division regularly controls site content, oversees site improvement, and characterizes format and route.
Marketing drives decisions such a working procedure, type of work etc. in many businesses.
In the upcoming 2019, site performance like monitoring of website pages will be a crucial showcasing task as an augmentation of SEO and client experience.
"As indicated by Google, the normal time it takes for a portable point of arrival to load is presently 22 seconds," composed Edwin Toonen in an April 2017 article for Yoast. "Contrast that and the three seconds guests need to choose on the off chance that they need to remain for your page to stack. Individuals are fretful. They need something, and they need it now. While page speed is significant for your SEO, it is considerably increasingly significant for your UX, change, and general client bliss."
Google has already given us that option to make our page at a high speed. Without a high-performance website, a customer will not be interested in your business.
[4] Content Marketing
Content marketing is increasingly helping us in our e-commerce businesses with the better engagement of customers. Of late, content marketing and SEO have become very closely connected. SEO broken-link building is emerging as a popular content marketing strategy.
This content marketing will become more and more important part of e-commerce marketing which will definitely continue to grow in future. As it is still on the rise, content may not seem like a new marketing trend. But you can say, it is really really important for our e-commerce business.
[5] Reddit Ads
Reddit ads are super underutilized and with the ability to target specific subreddits you can highly niche your offering and reach the perfect audience.
"If you're not on Reddit and you're not trying to get traffic from it, you're missing out," said entrepreneur and marketing authority Neil Patel. To be fair Patel's comments were about social media marketing and content marketing on Reddit rather than advertising on it.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Little Red Caddy
I love that branch handle and the little pickets on the ends. Someone lovingly made this.
There is no hole for the bird because the whole caddy is open thus making the perfect planter box.
It did have a perch on both ends.
This will be great for my fall decor too. Thanks for taking a peak.
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Mondays Le Chateau des Fleurs The Graphics Fairy
Between Naps on the Porch Metamorphosis Monday
Tuesdays Knick of Time Tutus and Tea Parties Coastal Charm
Boogie Board Cottage A Stroll Thru Life
Cozy Little House Tweak it Tuesday
Wednesdays Savvy Southern Style Ivy and Elephants
Faded Charm Cottage Fine Craft Guild
Thursdays Embracing Change The Shabby Creek Cottage No Minimalist Here
Between Naps on the Porch Tablescape Thursday Fishtail Cottage
Rustic Restorations Homespun Happenings
Fridays French Country Cottage My Romantic Home Miss Mustard Seed
At the Picket Fence Potpourri Friday Common Ground
The Charm of Home Decorating Insanity Rooted in Thyme
Saturdays Funky Junk Interiors
Sundays My 1928 Charmer Sunday's Best
7 comments:
- Brenda Kula said...
It's adorable! And so versatile you can do anything with it. And red to boot!
- August 3, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- blhitchcock901 said...
This is sweet! Yes, so much you can do with this! I'm crazy about a bird house!
- August 3, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- Debbie@Debbie-Dabble and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...
What a great little piece and yes, I can envision it decorated for fall....maybe with sun flowers and apples??
- August 3, 2012 at 10:32 PM
- miss flibbertigibbet said...
That is so cute and cottagey or barney...I can't decide.
- August 4, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- karen@somewhatquirky said...
very cute! perfect in red. can't even imagine it lavender.
- August 4, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- craftyles said...
That is a really cute planter, and I love that you painted it red! Looks great.
- August 7, 2012 at 1:25 PM
- Rose, the Happy Home Decorator said...
What an incredibly neat blog here. I know that you are not 'crafting' anything, but I sure dig the style / look you are creating on your blog. Very nifty indeed!
btw thank you for your contributions to Fine Craft Guild's linky party. We so enjoy your company, and thank you too for linking back to us (as it should, but so nice when you do)
Have a good one!
- August 9, 2012 at 1:10 PM