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State slams BP for 2008 explosion
Anchorage Daily News
February 25, 2009
CORROSION: Rupture of gas line hurled dangerous chunks of pipe.
By WESLEY LOY
Published: February 24th, 2009 10:27 PM
Last Modified: February 24th, 2009 10:45 PM
Photos: The Prudhoe Bay pipeline explosion
A new state report is sharply critical of BP for neglecting a natural gas pipeline that ruptured last fall in the Prudhoe Bay oil field, hurling big hunks of mangled steel pipe across the tundra.
"All parties agree this was a very serious incident — had the high pressure gas pipeline failure occurred under slightly different circumstances, the results would have been catastrophic, potentially with loss of life," the report says.
No one was injured, but photographs show the violence with which the pipe blew apart on Sept. 29 near a Prudhoe drill site called Y Pad.
When the above-ground pipe burst, releasing pressurized gas, the broken ends of the line — about 9 inches in diameter — whipped around like a garden hose going full-bore.
One end wrapped itself around a metal post.
Pieces of pipe went sailing onto the open tundra, plowing up ground when they landed.
Twelve workers were tending nearby wells and other equipment at the time. One of them, the well pad operator, "heard a loud gas release and felt a vibration," a BP document says.
But no one was close enough to be hit with the flying metal, and the workers were able to complete an emergency equipment shutdown.
The rupture was the result of what has become a painfully persistent problem for BP — corrosion that can eat holes in Prudhoe Bay's vast and aging pipeline network.
The company's corrosion crisis began in 2006 when a leaky pipe let loose the North Slope's largest oil spill ever, more than 200,000 gallons.
The spill drew rebukes from Congress and regulators, and ultimately BP Alaska pleaded guilty to a federal pollution misdemeanor. A judge put the company on probation for three years and imposed $20 million in penalties.
BP executives acknowledged lapses in pipeline maintenance, and the company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to replace miles of bad pipelines and improve upkeep.
Yet corrosion-related accidents continue. Last week, nearly 2,000 gallons of water and oil was found to have leaked from a corroded pipe on Prudhoe's east side. A cleanup is under way.
A new watchdog agency created in the wake of the 2006 spill, the state Petroleum Systems Integrity Office, began an investigation after last fall's gas line rupture.
In a three-page "status report" released Friday, agency coordinator Allison Iversen notes the extreme safety hazard the rupture posed, and also raises questions about BP's pipeline inspections.
The corrosion, and the rupture, occurred at a point along the Y Pad pipe where a piece of insulation was peeled off in 1998 so workers could look at some welds. The insulation never was replaced, allowing corrosion-causing moisture to get at the steel for 10 years.
Although the pipeline was examined for corrosion in 2003, the place with the missing insulation was passed over because it was buried under a snow drift at the time, the agency report says.
BP lacked procedures for replacing insulation on pipes, and for flagging and revisiting lines where scheduled inspections were missed due to snow cover or some other reason, Iversen wrote.
Among her other criticisms:
• It's not clear whether a list of "corrective actions" are assigned to managers at a high enough level at BP to assure the fixes are carried out.
• BP took too long to complete a "root cause investigation" into the pipeline rupture.
Iversen's agency has no authority to impose fines or other penalties. Rather, its job is to monitor the condition of Alaska's critical oil and gas systems, which on the North Slope date to the 1970s.
In a Dec. 4 letter to Iversen, BP senior vice president Tony Brock said the company knew of two similar incidents of pipelines coming apart due to corrosion, one in 1986 and the other in 1999.
BP spokesman Steve Rinehart said his company began an immediate investigation into the pipeline rupture, and has kept regulators informed.
One of the first actions, he said, was to check other high-pressure gas lines similar to the one that burst.
Workers visited all 71 spots where insulation had been removed, and all were up to date on inspections, Rinehart said. But not all have been reinsulated.
"That's a big piece of work, for which we are drawing up plans," he said.
Rinehart acknowledged BP lacked "a formal to-do list" for revisiting pipe locations where inspections were skipped due to snow cover. That's been corrected, he said.
He also acknowledged the pipeline rupture could have injured or killed workers.
"We acknowledged at the very beginning that that could have been a much more serious event," Rinehart said. "And we have responded to it as a serious event."
BP runs Prudhoe on behalf of itself and the other owners: Conoco Phillips, Exxon Mobil and Chevron.
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- Only 10% of sexually experienced students have ever been tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).*
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Sunday, June 29, 2014
In Retrospect
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It's a shame what is happening to our great outdoors. You were lucky to experience it while it was ignored---once the miners get in there, it will be lost forever....ReplyDelete
Yes, those wre the days. I'm so glad I got in my share of canoeing in Northern Ontario.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the follow-up. Very interesting.ReplyDelete
time marches on... changes for the territory and humans alike.ReplyDelete
Yes, I agree that times have changed our wilderness, and not for the better. So many more people today, and homes being built where they are at risk as well, just to accommodate a larger population. I'm glad you got to enjoy it when you did, and that you were able to share it here. :-)ReplyDelete
Your memories are giving us a good first time adventure. I haven't been to Yellowstone since the early 60's. Why haven't I returned? Life happens and it just isn't happening. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
This post was an informative and meaningful wrap-up of the adventures you shared with a nod to the present and future. Well done!ReplyDelete
My hometown was 9,000 people when I graduated HS in '64, a sleepy, bucolic central oregon town. It's 80,000 now, and the only place it remains is in my memories.ReplyDelete
I find thinking about fishing trips past is good enough.
I am so sorry that you lost the companionship of your brother. I am sure you are really glad that you took the trip with him.ReplyDelete
Oh we are all getting older, but there must be some other adventures for the ageing:)
I loved this. :)ReplyDelete
The trip with your brother was one of a lifetime. You were lucky, indeed, to be able to go on similar trips with your sons.ReplyDelete
We'll be going to Yellowstone in mid-July. Steve plans to check on cuttthroat populations and maybe catch a few...
I once went canoeing in Algonquin Park. We didn't do anything like what you did: basically paddled in and camped for a few days. It was good but would certainly be beyond me now.ReplyDelete
All the gold and glitter of city life pales when it encounters a clean stream, a thicket of pines, a big sky...One reason we moved out west.ReplyDelete
Oh yes, those were the days. Nice reflective post.ReplyDelete
Sadly things have changed too much but how fortunate that you got to have that delightful adventure with your brother while the area was still pristine. A solid memory.ReplyDelete
The experiences you had can never be taken away. Not very many people can make it happen so that they have a direct experience with the outdoors.ReplyDelete
Time waits for no one. You have some bittersweet memories.ReplyDelete
I like Montanagirl's comment--Your adventure was just that---yours. It will never be repeated. While that is sad on some level, it was yours and yours alone. And you have your memories to enjoy.ReplyDelete
I agree with you. Things change the wild we enjoyed as young adults. We can still find a few spots that some people do not know about, but it is getting harder to do.ReplyDelete
I enjoyed this post.
The ravages of time! At least it was all good when you wanted it to be. Thank goodness for memories.ReplyDelete
Completing these treks often made us feel more invincible, perhaps I still feel this way. I enjoy being out on the water and remember feeling I was perhaps the first to explore a few areas.ReplyDelete
Many things have changed... I think that is one of the things I love about revisiting trails, it is never exactly the same. The changes might be small or they might be on level of floods and fires, but the trail is always a little bit different.ReplyDelete
Yes, TB, those were the days. I must go back and read your earlier posts on this subject. I've been away from blogland due to much family activity.ReplyDelete
From what I read here, it reminded me of the 70's when my former husband, his brother, and father did a lot of 'running rivers' in areas not frequented by others. We ladies would go along to camp. There were some threatening adventures where the boat became more important than the rock it was mired upon. I think their reflections of those days would be very similar to yours. I miss those days.
Hi There, We are home from a trip to the gorgeous West VA mountains –where we celebrated our anniversary… I'll be blogging about this time for awhile –since it was so special.ReplyDelete
Amazing how times change as we AGE. I used to do many more things (without thinking of the consequences) than I would EVER do now.
BUT--the good news for you was getting to take that Steel River trip when you were young. GREAT memories for sure!
You made some great memories that will always be with you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFri Jul 04, 05:02:00 AM
That was fun. The trip, your reflections from this vantage point, and your - the readers - comments and various perspectives on change. Thanks from a new reader.ReplyDelete
Well, you had a great adventure. One would think the remote wilderness would not change, but sadly it has.ReplyDelete
The loop hasn't changed much since you have done it. I've paddled it a dozen times, most recently, solo, a few years ago. Imagine my surprise to actually see some of my pictures from that trip report in your account! The wonders of the internet!ReplyDelete


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ENCWX.com/ENCWeather.com is a website I started a long time ago as a way for me to have mobile access to commonly used weather tools whenever I'm away from my computer. For a long time the information was not published publicly as I did not intend this site to become what it is today. I came to the decision to make this site public after family, friends, and co-workers close to me were always asking me about the weather forecast for the week or what my opinion was on the forecast of major weather events. Over time I decided that I would make a site designed specifically for weather in eastern North Carolina.
I also provide personalized forecast for several companies in different fields across the country.
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While this site does contain quite a bit of "original content" some of the content used on this site comes from outside sources through public domain or courtesy. Any content on this site that does not come directly from me I do not claim credit for. Some of the information on this site can be found elsewhere but the intention of this site is to collect as much information and display it in an easy to access format. I never pull information from websites that charge for their content.
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I am not a professional meteorologist. I received my education from East Carolina University and Penn State University and have over 10 years of forecasting experience for eastern North Carolina. I have been ranked #1 twice on WxChallenge but ended up with an overall finish in the top 200 in the country and #1 in my class. I am in no way affiliated with NOAA, NWS, or other public office and my forecast will always be unofficial and classified as my opinion. I always urge you to consult the NWS or other officials with regard to official forecasts. While I do make every attempt to post a forecast daily, there are times when I will be unable to do so. In the event of a severe weather event (severe thunderstorms, winter storms, tropical storms, etc) I will likely post more than one post per day with my forecast analysis.
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The goal of this talk is to discuss a result of Liedtke (2014) that supersingular K3 surfaces over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p \geq 5$ are unirational. We define what a supersingular K3 is and the formal Brauer group. We show that the Kummer construction applied to a product of supersingular elliptic curves is unirational. Finally, we sketch how the general case follows from this by induction on the Artin invariant.


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Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
October 11, 2012
On my first trip to Tokyo since I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance 3 yeara ago. I was worried that finding gluten free options was going to be a big problem. I've heard both sides of the story: "the Japanese diet is healthy, eating fish and vegetables", and "the awareness of gluten intolerance is very low as soy sauce (containing wheat) is in everything".
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I did have a wonderful dinner at a sushi bar in Roppongi, Itamae Sushi, www.itamae.co.jp.
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SOI Qualified Field Director - Arizona
Archaeological Field Director – Arizona
Harris Environmental Group
Tucson, AZ 85705
Harris Environmental Group (HEG) is looking for on-call (temporary) Secretary of the Interior (SOI) qualified Archaeological Field Director for cultural resources survey projects in the east-central Arizona. The Field Director will primarily support large block and linear survey projects in central Arizona but, may also support other survey, monitoring, and data recovery projects throughout the Southwest as needed.
This position will be based out of our headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. A significant amount of travel is required, mostly throughout Arizona and New Mexico. Current field efforts are located in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.
The Field Director will be responsible for supervising a crew of three to ten archaeological technicians while conducting survey and site recording efforts in central Arizona. This includes identifying and documenting all types of regional artifacts and features, thoroughly filling out appropriate site forms, site/artifact photography, navigating survey transects with Garmin GPS, and mapping sites using Trimble GPS. Additionally, the Field Director will be responsible for ensuring thorough and detailed completion of all field forms and coordinating with the Project Director to plan a weekly survey schedule. Some report writing will also be required.
Required Qualifications (unless otherwise noted):
· Master's Degree in archaeology, anthropology, or related field
· At least 5 years of experience in CRM, including at least 2 years in a supervisory position
· At least 2 years of experience in CRM in eastern Arizona or western New Mexico
· Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to CRM
· Ability to work in hot conditions, inclement weather, rugged terrain, and remote locations
· Ability to hike up to 10 miles a day in rugged terrain while carrying sufficient gear and water, typically in excess of 20 lbs
· Experience identifying and documenting regional ceramic typologies of the Mogollon Highlands and Colorado Plateau
· Demonstrated technical report writing and preparation experience
· Proficiency with basic Garmin GPS devices and familiarity with Trimble GPS (using Terrasync) (preferred)
· Planning and executing large surveys
· Coordinating multiple field crews
· Training and mentoring field technicians
· Ensuring accurate and organized data collection
· Completing forms to agency standards
· Delegating tasks to field staff
· Working to keep projects on schedule
· Assisting in the preparation of reports
· Working closely with our Project Directors and Principal Investigators
· Writing methodology and findings for technical reports
Please indicate in your application if you have previously been a listed on any federal or state permits in AZ, NM, UT, or CO.
For non-SCA projects, pay is dependent on experience and education. Current projects fall under SCA wage rates. Per Diem is offered (for days worked) and varies between projects. Current work schedule is 8-on/6-off, Thursday to Thursday. Lodging is typically provided; however, sometimes car camping is required.
HEG is an award-winning cultural and natural resources consulting firm specializing in the American Southwest. Our team includes archaeologists, architectural historians, wildlife biologists, environmental scientists, plant ecologists, and administrative personnel. We have a long history of working with federal, state, and local agencies throughout the Southwest, and our clients benefit from the collective experience of our diverse group of specialists. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.
Please send cover letter (including date of availability) and CV/resume to Kent Mead at email@example.com.
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Sana Sana: healthy healthy. This healthy café is a lovely, green escape from the hustle and bustle of the city of San José. I did a photoshoot here with 3 different models to build a small archive of pictures. The place feels like a little outdoor garden which mainly meant: lots of natural light. Which is always the best thing to work with in my experience.
The quirky interior design combined with the variety of the meals made Sana Sana an ideal location for a photoshoot. Unfortunately the owner couldn't be there, which is always a pity. I can deliver much more value to the set if I can talk to the owner and get a real good understanding of the brand. The shoot went very well nonetheless and I'm happy to show you an impression of what we achieved underneath.
Sana Sana started in September 2016 and is a vegetarian 'street food' restaurant and flower shop in 1. It is located in San José, Costa Rica. The food served in this small, tranquil café is fresh and full of flavor. All ingredients are sourced from Costa Rican producers and of the highest quality.


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Building Activity Management System (BAMS)
Learn the basics of BAMS
We have developed an online learning module to help building surveyors and their administration staff learn the basics of BAMS.
Take the short course now to learn how to use BAMS.
We've also prepared a BAMS user guide for building surveyors (PDF, 5189.38 KB). It's a valuable how-to manual for using the new online system.
Building permit number, levy and reporting changes
Important changes were introduced to Victoria's building permit and levy laws on 1 July 2019. These changes affect the Building Act 1993 (the Act) and the Building Regulations 2018 (the Regulations).
As of 1 July:
- the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) must issue a building permit number before a relevant building surveyor can issue a building permit
- owners have a new duty to notify the VBA of revised final costs of work
- the VBA will have new powers to re-assess a levy after issuance of a building permit; and
- revised mandatory monthly reporting duties will apply under regulation 47 of the Regulations and repeal of regulation 46 (monthly levy reporting) of the Regulations.
To assist in the implementation of these reforms, the VBA developed an online platform, known as the Building Activity Management System (BAMS).
This platform:
- accepts applications for building permit numbers (BPNs)
- processes levy payments
- issues BPNs
- accepts mandatory monthly reports from relevant building surveyors; and
- accepts amendments to BPN records and building permit details.
Set up a BAMS account
To set up a BAMS account and receive your login details, download the relevant form below.
- Private Building Surveyors (PDF, 2036.71 KB)
- Body Corporate Building Surveyors (PDF, 2042.34 KB)
- Municipal Councils (PDF, 2044.6 KB)
- Private Lodging Organisations (PDF, 2042.62 KB)
Email the completed form to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Requesting a building permit number
Under section 18AA of the Act, a RBS must give the VBA the information needed to start the BPN application process. Once the VBA has received all information and payment of the levy, the VBA has five days to issue or refuse to issue a BPN.
Building surveyors will need all required information before applying for a BPN. There are 34 required fields and, depending on your answers to the required fields, you may need to provide up to 19 'conditionally required' fields. For example, if you have advised us that someone else will pay the levy, details about the nominated payer are considered 'conditionally required'.
Individual BPN applications will be submitted through BAMS via a single online portal, while multiple applications will be made in bulk through a CSV file upload. After the levy payment has been made (via credit card, debit card or BPAY), the RBS will be notified of all issued BPNs via email. The RBS can then issue the building permit to the applicant.
Management of staged building permits within BAMS
For staged building permits, you will be required to apply for a BPN for each stage. BAMS allows building surveyors to input their own Project ID/ Name during the BPN application process. This Project ID/Name field will be used for all stages for the one project and acts as the identifier to group the staged permits.
Updating information after the building permit has been issued
Building surveyors are required to ensure the building permit is up to date by providing the VBA with information following the issuance of the building permit. This information has been categorised into prescribed events and amendments.
Updating the building permit number record and notification of amendments to a building permit's details
Building surveyors are required to ensure the BPN record is up to date by providing the VBA with information following the issuance of a building permit.
The BPN record should be updated whenever there are new details that relate to a BPN application, corrections to existing data are supplied, or when there have been amendments to a building permit's details.
Updates can be done at any time, and will be done through the online portal or an uploaded CSV file. An example of this is where there has been a change of builder or owner.
If you submit updates via the bulk upload process, you will use the same CSV file template as the BPN application.
Reporting prescribed events relating to building work (regulation 47)
Over the course of construction, an RBS is required to report to the VBA 'prescribed events' under regulation 47 of the Building Regulations 2018.
A RBS will need to report up to 22 prescribed events, depending on the type of building work. Examples of a prescribed event include:
- issuance of a building permit
- final inspection; and
- mandatory notifications, such as completion of framework.
These must be reported to the VBA by the seventh of the following month after the event occurred. If you submit prescribed events via the bulk upload process, this is done using a different CSV file template to BPN applications/updates.
The first prescribed event that is reportable to the VBA is the issuance of a building permit. At this stage of the process, the RBS is expected to complete two activities:
- Notify the VBA of the issuance of a building permit.
- Update the BPN record by providing any outstanding optional and/or conditional fields that were not provided with the BPN application. This information will be provided using the update/amend process.
Information to be provided to the VBA
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Request a BPN
Request single or multiple BPNs
34 required fields
19 conditionally required
CSV file (BPN data file)
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13 required fields
6 fields conditionally required
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4 required fields
8 conditionally required
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Advising the VBA of the final cost of work (205KA)
Variations to the building work during the life of a permit are likely to result in the cost of work increasing or decreasing from the amount initially estimated, which may increase the amount of levy the VBA is entitled to collect.
- Once a building permit is issued, the owner must monitor the cost of work and maintain records of the cost of work.
- This duty will fall to the owner or the applicant for the building permit (if the variation related to an amendment of a building permit).
- Notification is required within 28 days of becoming aware of the revised final cost.
- Where the owner or applicant fails to notify the VBA of a variation to building work, or where false or misleading information relating to the cost of building works has been provided, a penalty levy may apply.
Things to consider when using BAMS
- BAMS works best in Chrome or Firefox. Please consider installing either of these browsers in advance.
- Consider which application method will suit your business - single portal or bulk uploads.
- If you decide to use the bulk upload method, determine how frequently your team will need to upload the BPN application CSV file (e.g. daily, twice a day, once a week).
- Consider whether you will be requesting the applicant to pay the levy and whether any internal processes need updating.
- If you will pay the levy on behalf of the applicant, ensure you have one of the payment methods available – BPAY or credit card.
How BAMS impacts you
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|High-level impacts relating to BAMS
Working with the industry
From 1 July, BAMS will enable building surveyors to apply, amend and report on building permit information using two methods:
- CSV file upload – BAMS will only import CSV files with the correct formatting prescribed. Using this method, you can apply for one or more building permit numbers.
- Online Portal Application – BAMS enables online applications to apply for one building permit number at a time.
Building surveyors need to determine the method they will be using from 1 July 2019. For building surveyors planning on uploading CSV files, it is suggested that you either have a third-party software provider or an in-house provider who can ensure the CSV file is correctly formatted, so that it validates with BAMS. It is also suggested that, if you are using a third-party software provider or an in-house provider, you get in contact with them to ensure they are engaged with the VBA and that you and the provider are ready for 1 July.
For building surveyors who use a manual form of levy return (e.g. Excel template, handwritten document, etc.) you will need to consider if you will use the online portal (applying for a single BPN at a time) or use a CSV file upload with a software provider or in-house provider (applying for single or multiple BPNs at a time).
To ensure that BAMS is fit for purpose, the project team has been engaging with building surveyor software vendors and selected municipal and private building surveyors to understand system requirements and incorporate feedback into the design where possible.
The BAMS project team have commenced development of the system and will be ready to undertake internal testing by late March. Once internal testing is complete, further development will be completed and end-to-end testing with software vendors and a reference group of building surveyors will occur to ensure that BAMS is ready to launch on 1 July 2019.
More information
The VBA is committed to communicating regularly with building surveyors, software providers and industry partners over the coming months to ensure that the industry is ready to comply with the new legislative requirements commencing on 1 July 2019. As the design of BAMS is finalised, the VBA will provide industry with more detailed information on the system and application process.
Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions for general information about the Building Activity Management System.
- For general BAMS enquiries, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
- BPN Industry Support Line – 1300 241 104
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Overview of the Building Activity Management System (PDF, 2705.32 KB)
- BAMS Technical Specifications Spreadsheet (XLSX, 90.21 KB)
- Sample Application and Amendments CSV file (CSV, 3.14 KB)
- Sample Prescribed Events CSV file (CSV, 0.43 KB)
- BAMS template – CSV generator (XLS, 926 KB)
Fact sheets
- Transitioning to BAMS (PDF, 888.52 KB)
- Applying for a building permit number (PDF, 487.29 KB)
- Amending and updating a building permit record (PDF, 390.01 KB)
- Reporting prescribed events (PDF, 432.49 KB)
- Information for councils – How the VBA will advise BPN information from 1 July 2019 (PDF, 300.95 KB)
- Information for homeowners and applicants (PDF, 313.5 KB)


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Has it been more than a year since you last scheduled HVAC maintenance? If so, then your unit is overdue for this type of service. The following are a few more signs that mean that your heating and air conditioning in Portland require service:
Your HVAC unit makes loud or strange noises.
Although you shouldn't expect your heating and air conditioning to turn on and run in silence, some sounds can indicate a need for maintenance. If you hear clanking, banging, squealing, or grinding noises when your HVAC system starts up or while it's running, this means that something inside of the unit isn't working properly. To address the problem and prevent further damage, contact an HVAC technician right away if you hear loud or strange sounds coming from the system.
You see moisture where it shouldn't be.
If you can spot puddles or other signs of moisture when looking at the area around the external part of your heating and air conditioning unit, then this could be a symptom of a leak. If the moisture is caused by water, then the unit's drain tube, which is designed to remove the air conditioner condensation from the system, could be either damaged or blocked. In more serious cases, moisture around the unit could be due to a refrigerant leak. This type of problem can cause issues for the system and pose a health hazard for people and animals. For these reasons, schedule HVAC maintenance if you notice moisture around the unit.
You smell weird odors when your HVAC is running.
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Reminding people of how its backing was the making of Linux, IBM, to no one's surprise, has thrown its support behind cloud computing, that delicious nexus of every chi-chi buzzword technology currently in vogue: Web 2.0, rich Internet applications, software-as-a-service, SOA, grid computing, Web Services, virtualization and utility computing.
IBM calls its initiative Blue Cloud - like it could have another name - and claims it's a "game-changing model for Internet-scale computing," providing customer with just the right size computer power while at one and the same time being "green" as well as "self-healing and self-managing" based on open standards and Linux.
Lordy, if this thing was a cute guy with money, it would be every mother's dream.
Anyway, IBM says it's got 200 researchers around the world developing Blue Cloud technology and it's collaborating with some companies, universities and government agencies like - brace yourself - the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology.
Blue Cloud, when realized, is supposed to break businesses out of the old-fashioned "single server mind set," silly old local machines and remote server farms, IBM says, and transport them to the delights of a large pool of globally accessible systems where the Cloud breaks up data-intensive requests for videos, 3D images and online commerce and parcels the data into little chunks to be processed simultaneously by many computers linked to run without human intervention.
At this point IBM figures to have fully preloaded x86 and Power Clouds - BladeCenters and then dense rack clusters, it appears - bundled with software that can be grown on-demand available by the spring. There'll be a zSeries mainframe cloud available sometime next year too armed with a very large number of virtual machines.
IBM says its "secret sauce" is the virtualization software that automates, self-manages and -heals the cloud, to wit, open source Xen and PowerVM as well as its Hadoop parallel workload scheduling. Naturally IBM is using Tivoli to manage the things and is guaranteeing instant provisioning across multiple servers.
The promise is the possibly of reducing the cost and complexity of the huge scale-out infrastructures required by the growing legions of connected devices and real-time data streams, search, social networking and mobile commerce.
IBM and Google are already busily establishing cloud computing in the academe.
Blue Cloud grew out of an internal IBM portal called the Technology Adoption Program used by IBM programmers for testing.
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1 cup creamy or crunchy(your choice) peanut butter
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
My procedure: Heat oven to 350 degrees.
In med to large mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, brown sugar, baking soda, vanilla and egg. Mix well with probably spoon or fork. Next, spoon into 1 to 1 and ½ inch balls while placing them two inches apart on a prepared (non-stick) baking sheet. Use a fork to flatten slightly and apply desired pattern.
Bake ten to twelve minutes. Let cool before eating.
This makes about 12 de…licious peanut butter cookies.
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Kodiak Avenue have established themselves as one of the top acoustic duos in South Wales, travelling extensively to perform at hotels, restaurants and holiday resorts. They are based in Aberdare, South Wales, and provide bespoke entertainment for weddings and events, offering packages to suit individual taste and budget.
The music used at your wedding is one of the most important aspects of the day. Kodiak Avenue will help to create the perfect atmosphere with live acoustic music for your wedding, and can perform a set over your ceremony, drinks reception, or wedding breakfast.
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muralist/street artist
I am TakerOne from Hungary. I've been painting for about years now, trying to take photo-realism to the next level. My goal is to avoid that plastic look many photo-realistic paintings have, and go for a more natural, really photo-like result. However, I'm also looking into taking my art, in general, to a next level in a visual sense as well. I'm very lucky to say that I've painted at a couple of very cool places around the world including London UK, New York, Los Angeles USA, Auckland NZ, Ukraine, Israel, also in Spain multiple times, and even in Sri Lanka. I got to take part in a few group exhibitions, although I'm not a big fan of those, as street art belongs to the streets, and every now and then my works have been recognized by the mainstream media. I really enjoy transforming our built environment to a more livable, colorful, exciting place, and I'm happy to say that basically all of the feedback from the people on my works are positive.


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Polendina by Christopher Lewis (Inform)
So EXAMINE and SEARCH mean different things? Damn, I hate games that do that to me. You EXAMINE every item, find a few things, then later on realise you have to go back through the game and SEARCH every item. +1 on the Considering Quitting Table.
Another +1 on the CQT: I've been playing the game for ten minutes and don't have a clue what it's about. Most of the actions I'm carrying out I'm doing not because I see any point to them, but purely because there's nothing else to do, so it's a case of me going into the playground then the pet shop because they're there instead of me seeing any purpose in performing these actions.
There's an oddity uncovered while I was walking through the sewers* and the ring I was wearing mysteriously appeared before me on the ground without me ever removing it. I never did discover if this was purposeful or a bug. According to the walkthrough (which I followed because it seemed better clued into the game than I was), there ought to be my dad's ID card here** but it wasn't here at all. Just the ring I had on my finger. Quite why my dad's ID card would be down in the sewers isn't mentioned in the walkthrough, although glancing further on indicates I need it to enter my dad's workshop. Only, of course, as the ID card wasn't there, I can't do that.
* Why was I in the sewers? Er… dunno. Because it's there?
** Is there a reason for my dad's ID card to be down in the sewers? Particularly as I found it at home and left it there?
Well… uninspired game, no clue what I was doing, bugged me with SEARCH and EXAMINE being different things, and a distinct lack of direction. All in all, not one of the better IFComp entries.
3 out of 10


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Paul Flint and David Costley-Wood from KPMG's Restructuring practice in Manchester are appointed as Joint Administrators of S.G. Aluminium Limited
Paul Flint and David Costley-Wood from KPMG's Restructuring practice in Manchester have been appointed as Joint Administrators of S.G. Aluminium Limited, a fabricator and installer of architectural aluminium windows, doors, curtain walling and shop fronts.
The business, which employs approximately 33 staff, operates from leasehold premises in Blackburn. The business has suffered from falling sales and cash flow pressures arising from an onerous contract, which detrimentally impacted upon its ability to meet its working capital requirements. Consequently, the company had been considering its restructuring options.
The directors were unable to find a solvent solution and made the decision to place the company into administration on 15 March 2018.
The employees have been informed and unfortunately the majority were made redundant with immediate effect. One member of staff has been retained for a short period to assist the joint administrators in carrying out their duties.
Paul Flint, associate partner in KPMG and joint administrator, commented: "As a result of mounting cash flow pressures, the directors felt they had no alternative but to place the company into administration. Our focus now will be on finding a buyer for the business and realising assets for the benefit of the company's creditors, together with providing support to those staff who have been made redundant."
Any party with an interest in acquiring the business and its assets, are advised to contact John Noon (email@example.com) or Ryan Manuel (email@example.com) at the earliest opportunity.
Notes to Editors:
For media enquiries, please contact:
Katy Broomhead, Senior PR Manager
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About KPMG in the UK:
KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, operates from 22 offices across the UK with approximately 14,500 partners and staff. The UK firm recorded a revenue of £2.2 billion in the year ended 30 September 2017. KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. It operates in 152 countries and has 189,000 professionals working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.
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text: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks had a mixed opening Friday, following an adverse initial market reaction to news that gross domestic product grew at a 3.4% pace in the second quarter. Some economists had set predictions that second-quarter GDP would rise by as much as 4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.22% was down 3.18 points at 10,702, the S&P 500 SPX, +0.91% up 6.93 points at 1,243 and and the Nasdaq composite $compx was down 0.16 at 2,198.


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When swimming season is over or when a beach's water quality data has not been updated frequently enough (weekly) it goes into historical status. This means that rather than displaying current data it displays the beach's average water quality for that year.
We may manually set the status for a specific beach if we have concerns about the sampling protocol, if there is an emergency, if monitoring practices don't exist or have recently changed, or other reasons that render this site "special."
This site is a popular swimming, fishing and boating site along Magnolia River in Magnolia Springs, AL.
is sampled mensualmente from 1 Octubre to 31 Marzo
This beach information comes from tests conducted by Mobile Baykeeper. Samples are collected once per week during the swimming season (April - September) and once per month during the cooler months (October - March). Samples are collected on Thursday's of every week and results are posted on Friday.
Water samples are analyzed for the indicator bacteria Enterococci via the IDEXX sampling methodology. Beaches will be marked as unsafe (red) for swimming when sample results show more than 104 Enterococci colonies per 100 ml of water and will be marked as safe (green) when Enterococci colonies are below 104 colonies per 100 ml of water. A grey status indicates a lack of current or reliable data for a particular site.
Learn more about Mobile Baykeeper at http://mobilebaykeeper.org/swim


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India's emergency medical response system has long been criticized for being slow and unresponsive. While the public sector has not openly supported change within the system, the private sector is now yielding new technologies, such as AMBER Health - which has set out to change how Indians deal with emergency medical situation in an Uber-like fashion.
The country's total GDP expenditure on healthcare is about 1.2%, indicating that emergency medical transport is not on the priority list for many hospitals – especially those under government funding.
This level of public under-funding coupled with disorganized and congested roads, has meant that the wait for an ambulance can be long. Furthermore, time ticks on when upon reaching a hospital, emergency medical staff have no idea about the patient's medical history and have to figure that out before attending to the problem in hand.
It's a problem that a set of entrepreneurs decided that they would try to solve through creating an aggregation system, stumbling upon the idea almost by accident.
Knowing that they wanted to embark on a socially viable project that tied healthcare with digital means, the trio sat down in front of a whiteboard. When someone doodled an ambulance and a map, the concept of AMBER Health – an app that enables patients to call for a way to reach the hospital efficiently - was sparked.
"We said if you can do this for cabs, why not for ambulances," says one of AMBER Health's co-founders, Vinayak Dalmia.
With fellow founders Dr. Bharat Aggarwal, Max Healthcare's radiology department head, and Kavi Sharma, who is also currently COO at President Electronics USA, Dalmia says they were conscious of the fact that the healthcare segment in India has such urgent needs to accommodate such a large population.
"We've all faced a need – when you need an ambulance and there isn't one available," says Dalmia.
The supply of ambulances in India comes from hospitals – both government and private.
"We're attempting to aggregate ambulances from these sources," says Dalmia, "we've also aggregated the emergency room of the hospitals; patients are able to reach the emergency room in a smarter way."
Through the AMBER Health app hospitals are able to send an ambulance, notify their emergency rooms and track the patient's incoming progress in real-time. The ambulance calling service is not just relegated to emergencies, a patient can use it to get to scheduled appointments, check-ups, for inter-hospital transfer, or even just simply to get home after being discharged from the hospital.
The app also functions as a healthcare management system – users can maintain their medical profile on the app, as well as use it to monitor their own vitals and set reminders to take pills. Only emergency staff at the inbound hospital and ambulance paramedics can access this information once the user grants them access
Along with ambulances, hospitals and pharmacies can be called directly through the app. And another feature the team are proud of is their AMBER Proxy function, which enables an emergency to be triggered on behalf of a patient in India by one of their listed emergency contacts, from anywhere in the world. "Instantly the patient's location and medical data gets pushed to the concerned ambulance and hospital," says Dalmia.
He says this function was particularly important because it enables the elderly, less smartphone savvy population to also take advantage of the service through caretakers or family members who could be anywhere in the world.
"Anyone can download and use the app," says Dalmia; charges are levied by service providers (the ambulance and hospital), but AMBER Health won't step in to take a commission for the first year at least, he says.
They've signed agreements with certain private hospitals to start with, and are aiming for a pan-India rollout after they've ensured the technology functions glitch-free in its hub, New Delhi.
Finding an appetite for the app has not been difficult says Dalmia. Through holding residential welfare associate camps to train people and getting corporates to offer it to their employees, they're scaling the noise about the app up slowly.
"We've seen an appetite for a product of this nature outside India," says Dalmia, "in developing countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia there is more of a need."
He reiterates that the technology and logistics required somewhere like India or Brazil is very different from the developed standards of a "911 country".
"We want to do our first market right," he says.
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Legion A: South Black wins state championship
Posted by Van Williams, ALB Media Director | Aug 5, 2018
Oliver Brown pitched a 2-hit complete-game shutout as South Black beat South Gold 9-0 in a battle between Post 4 Legion A squads in the title game of the Alaska Airlines Junior Legion State Tournament at Bartlett High School.
Brown retired eight of the first nine batters he faced to get off to a good start he carried through to the end. He struck out four of the final five hitters.
He struck out nine and walked just one.
South Black won all three tournaments during the Alliance's Legion A tournament tour, beating South Gold in all three title games.
Kellen Curtis went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored. Hayden Bragg drove in a run and scored twice.
Other South Black players to drive in a run included Brown, Maddux Soland, AJ Sawicki and Reece Ivanoff.
South Gold's Blair Coomer and Luke Wilkins each banged out base hits. Pitchers Josh McGovern and Payden Subitch combined to leave 10 baserunners stranded on base.
South Black 131 001 3 - 9 9 1
South Gold 000 000 0 - 0 2 3
Black - Brown and Maltby. Gold - McGovern, Subitch (5) and Lyzowski. 2B - None. 3B - None. HR - None.


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Submission Date: 22 October 2012
One Stop Production Company's Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary of the Case 3 Statement of the Problem 4 Core Problem 4 Satellite Problems 6 Recommendations……………………………….........................................................16 Reasonable Assumptions...............................................................................................19 Bibliography………………………………..................................................................20
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One Stop Production is a garment manufacturer specializing in the production of school uniforms. Ms. Susan Holford shared the management of the business with her father Mr. …show more content…
* No Clear Goals / Targets
The goals of the organization have not been clearly defined and relayed to the workers. The levels of production and sales which are being sought have not been laid out to the workers.
RECOMMENDATIONS * Management and Leadership training for Ms. Susan Holford. This is very important so as to develop within her the skills which are necessary for her to manage the organization as well the workers. Leadership & Learning are indispensible to each other. It is known that effective Leaders are not always born but can be trained.
* Hire a Human Resources Manager - Human resource managers have a key role to play to help a company achieve its objectives and run effectively. HR managers assist employees with matters relating to their employment and also help employees with questions regarding health insurance and other benefits. Hiring and firing employees are both important functions performed by the human resources department because there are certain procedures to be followed. However, a crucial role of human resources is to work closely with upper management as well as the staff to ensure positive company relations at all times. (To assist with the hiring of the Human Resources Manager, we have attached the following document. Please see Exhibit 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4) *


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Clara @ 18 Monthsposted by Andrea | 03/25/2019
Yes, you read the title of this post correctly… my sweet "baby" is 18 months old today!
It's her half birthday, and you know how much we love half birthdays around our house!
Really though, she's not much of a baby anymore. She's walking, talking, singing, laughing, and showing us a little bit more of her own individual personality every single day.
Clara's new "big thing" is to sit in James' chair (instead of her high chair) for breakfast. Since she often sleeps in longer than the boys, they are almost always finished with breakfast before she eats — so his chair is open and she thinks she is REALLY cool.
In all honesty, I don't care all that much where she sits — I'm just thrilled with how well she eats, and the fact that she is fairly self-sufficient at feeding herself!
Also, she LOVES roasted beets, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes!
After a long winter inside, Clara was excited to get outside for the first time since she started walking.
She had SO much fun walking up and down our driveway, pushing her "bebe" in the stroller.
Speaking of "bebes", that's one of the words she says clearly — that and, Mama, Dada, uh-oh, wawa (water), and yes!
She can do several animal sounds, point to most body parts, and is a big fan of "singing". Obviously she doesn't sing actual words, but she knows when to get louder and softer, when to clap or stomp, when to shout, and when to start and stop singing during our pre-bedtime songs with the older kids.
Her favorites are:
- Skidamarinky-dinky-do
- If You're Happy And You Know It
- Joshua Fought The Battle of Jericho
It's SO cute! I wish I could get a video, but if I take my phone out to video tape, she stops singing… naturally!
Clara is still one of the sweetest, happiest, smiliest, most easy-going babies around (at least compared to all my other babies)… I feel spoiled every day!
Dave and I feel so content with the fact that she will be our last baby.
Last week, I took the obligatory photo of her in the pink cowgirl hat my parents saved from when I was a baby. 🙂
The pictures below were taken when I was just over a year old, and when Nora and Clara were 18 months old. Definitely related, but all with our own individual looks.
This girl has her siblings wrapped around her finger… they do anything and everything for her! It is becoming very obvious why youngest children are often spoiled!
Here's a look back to when she was only 6 months…
And now, a whole year later!
Happy Half Birthday Sweets!
- Labels:: Clara Jo
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Wow! She looks like you when you were a baby yourself. Happy Birthday Clara!
She is adorable.
Clara is adorable! I enjoy reading about your sweet children. Thanks for sharing them with us 🙂
Oh my goodness, she is adorable! Happy Half Birthday Clara!
Martha Lawson03/25/2019
Wow! She is really growing up! Precious!
Happy 18 Months to Clara!!! Her joy radiates in the pics!!! What a fun group of kiddos!!!
It is SO hard to believe that Clara is 18 months old already! I did a double take in reading that today, it was so unbelievable! She is sure a sweetie though. Hope she has a wonderfully fun 'half birthday'!!
Lynn Arnsdorf03/25/2019
I could scoop her up and lick her
JoAnn C.03/25/2019
She is so precious. i love the Spider/Super Girl picture; can she be any cuter? Happy half birthday, Clara. Thanks, Andrea for sharing. This post made my day!
Happy half-birthday!! I'm so glad she is so happy all the time. That is a blessing. I just have to say I love her "dish" full of vegetables, looks like something I would do. LOL
Andrea Reply:
March 25th, 2019 at 1:10 pm
haha — that dish full of veggies was actually my storage container for all our roasted vegetables. She insisted I put it ON her tray and was gobbling them up!
Chris Reply:
March 25th, 2019 at 5:16 pm
I thought that's what it was! LOL
Margaret Reply:
March 25th, 2019 at 6:21 pm
A kid that swipes veggies? What a wonderful "problem"!
Linda Tenhage03/25/2019
This post could have been written about my little girl! She is also spunky, happy go lucky, adored by her siblings, and also our last baby! I love your idea for half birthdays – but I'll have to start that next year – I've already missed three of them!
My favorite pic is the superman costume. Makes me giggle.:)


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Here's an old post that I wrote back in November of 2013. It was probably one of my first posts too! In this oldie, I cover why it is important to be patient when starting a new blog.Patience and blogging go hand-in-hand. Click To Tweet
I say this all the time, it's not like the movie A Field of Dreams. If you build it they will not necessarily come. It takes work and dedication and hard work to build a profitable blog.
I pulled this old post out from the archives because I ran across a post from Rick Johnson @rlj0228. He wrote a post on Veruca Salt too. So I had to dust off this oldie and share it with you.
Don't Turn into a Bad Egg
More on that is just a minute.
You started a new project and have worked diligently day after day, writing this and tweaking that. You know what I mean. Then when you are 'finished" you set your new project off into the world but the results don't turn out like you expected…
1 hit.
5 hits.
8 hits, you get excited but maybe that was just a few bots checking out the site.
0 hits
1 hit… and it goes on.
I wrote a couple weeks ago about determination. I think today's topic goes hand in hand with it and that is patience.
Do you remember Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Do you remember the girl named Veruca Salt? Do you remember what happened to her? She wanted it all, wanted it all now and got just what she deserved. If you don't remember, check out this link on YouTube.
The reason I'm writing about this today is that I'm just about at five weeks of blogging (depending on when this is posted). I see my hits every day and I sometimes wonder, "Where is everyone?" Don't get me wrong, I am seeing hits to this blog but where are the thousands of people? That's the impatience coming out.
Here are a couple tips on how to work on patience (or just try to be a little better at it). I won't fill it full of clichés, just a couple tips to ponder.
1. Take a breath. Take a breath and remember what you are doing and why you are doing it.
2. Set clear goals. Keep them where you can see them every day.
3. Rome wasn't built in a day. Sorry, I had to put that ONE on the list. Stop and look at the big picture and remember that each thing you are doing is a step in the right direction. You can't run a marathon in one step, or five steps, or even 100 steps. It takes many steps and time, and so will creating that blog, writing that book, or getting that business off the ground. As long as you are heading in the right direction, that is positive progress.
4. If you find you are getting a little impatient, stop what you are doing and take a walk. I take Elvis out for a walk almost every day, if not twice a day. That one routine clears my head and gets me ready for the next task.
5. Keep thinking positive thoughts. I honestly believe that positive thoughts bring positive results.
I hope you enjoyed this post. It is an oldie but it has some great points to remember, creating a successful blog is a marathon, not a sprint. Keep striving to reach your goals and you will get there!!
I had the honor of being featured on Small Business Trends in two of their articles.
Looking for Tips and Resources for Small Business? 10 Experts Share it All and 10 Tips for Saving Time and Getting Better Results with Your Content Marketing. Quite an honor!!!
Is monetizing your website on your list of things to do? The check out my free book, How to Monetize Your Website.
Until next time everybody,
Peace, Love, and Happiness


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Fiddlin' Pete's Upcoming Gigs!
The Second Thursday of Every Month! ( with a few exceptions )
2:00 PM Bishop Care Center Skilled Nursing,Bishop, CA
3:30 PM Sterling Heights Assisted Living Bishop, CA
July 2019
4 Independence Day, Mono County Courthouse Lawn, 5:00-8:00PM, Bridgeport, CA
6 Private Wedding Party, Genoa, NV
9-12 Woody Guthrie Festival, Okemah, OK With Larry Long
17 Road Scholar, East Fork Rock Creek, Wilderness Campfire Show
August 2019
1 Community Market, Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center, Bishop, CA 5-7:00PM
8 Private Wedding Party, Convict Lake, CA,
9 Twin Lakes Gallery, Mammoth Lakes, CA
31 Founder's Day, Bridgeport, CA
September 2019
1 Founder's Day, Bridgeport, CA
5 Community Market, Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center, Bishop, CA 5-7:00PM
20-22 Millpond Music Festival, Bishop, CA
25 Road Scholar, Green Lake in the Hoover Wilderness, Campfire Show with Larry Long
27-29 Curley Fletcher Birthday Poetry Rendezvous, Benefiting Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site


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Lao king deposed
20 October 1945. After its repeated calls on King Sisavangvong to abdicate are ignored, the Lao Issara national assembly formally deposes the king. However, with Luang Prabang in Chinese hands and disarmed French personnel also in the city, the king and his son, Crown Prince Savangvatthana, remain defiant.
Unanimous vote for independence in Outer Mongolia
20 October 1945. After a month of meetings across the length and breadth of the Mongolian People's Republic, a national referendum on independence is held monitored by Chinese officials. According to official results, all voters opt for independence. The result is accepted by the Chinese government, which recognizes the MPR's independence in January 1946.
British expand into Central Java
20 October 1945. Two days after British forces take control of Bandung and the same day they are confronted with the carnage in Semarang, a detachment of Gurkha troops is despatched to Ambarawa and Magelang in the interior of Central Java (see map p. 283). Their goal is to secure the besieged women's and children's camps there and bring the internees to safety. However, trouble flares almost immediately between locals and Dutch RAPWI staff attached to the force.