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Case Reports in Pathology
Volume 2014, Article ID 391947, 5 pages
Ovarian Basaloid Carcinoma with Shadow Cell Differentiation
1Medicyt, s. r. o., Department of Surgical Pathology, Laboratory Trencin, Legionarska 28, 91171 Trencin, Slovakia
2Agel, a. s., Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, 74101 Novy Jicin, Czech Republic
3Department of Radiology, Faculty Hospital, 91171 Trencin, Slovakia
4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty Hospital, 91171 Trencin, Slovakia
5Faculty of Health, Alexander Dubcek University, 91171 Trencin, Slovakia
Received 18 November 2013; Accepted 24 December 2013; Published 3 February 2014
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Copyright © 2014 Michal Zamecnik et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Michal Zamecnik, Daniel Jando, and Peter Kascak, "Ovarian Basaloid Carcinoma with Shadow Cell Differentiation," Case Reports in Pathology, vol. 2014, Article ID 391947, 5 pages, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/391947.


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Commodity: Tungsten welding electrodes, including tungsten bars and rods for welding electrodes, containing 94% or more by weight of tungsten, other than those obtained simply by sintering, whether or not cut to length, currently falling under CN codes ex 8101 99 10 and ex 8515 90 80 (TARIC codes 8101991010 and 8515908010).
Countries/Economies: The Chinese mainland.
Action: On 29 July 2019, Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/1267 was published in the Official Journal. The Regulation imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten electrodes originating in the Chinese mainland, following an expiry review. Anti-dumping measures have been force since March 2007. On 27 February 2018, two Union producers (Gesellschaft für Wolfram Industrie mbH and Plansee SE – 'the applicants'), said to be representing 100% of the total production of tungsten electrodes in the European Union, lodged a request for a review. The investigation showed that most of the injury indicators developed negatively and the economic and financial situation of the Union industry deteriorated during the period considered. The Commission concluded that, upon an overall assessment of the injury factors, the Union industry was still suffering material injury, since it has not improved its economic and financial situation and has not recovered from the material injury that the Commission found in the original investigation. On the basis of the conclusions reached by the Commission on the likelihood of continuation of dumping and injury, the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of tungsten electrodes originating in the Chinese mainland are being maintained.
Rates: The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty is set at 17%, 41% and 38.8% for named entities, and is 63.5% for all other companies.
Dates: The Regulation entered into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Commodity: Threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron, excluding bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread and malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid, currently falling under CN codes ex 7307 19 10 (TARIC code 7307 19 10 10) and ex 7307 19 90 (TARIC code 7307 19 90 10).
Countries/Economies: The Chinese mainland, Thailand.
Action: On 25 July 2019, the Official Journal published Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/1259 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron, originating in the Chinese mainland and Thailand, following an expiry review. By means of Council Implementing Regulation 430/2013, a definitive anti-dumping duty had already been imposed on the product concerned. The duty, based on the elimination of the dumping level, ranged between 14.9 % and 57.8%. Following the publication of a notice of impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures in force, the Commission received a request for a review. The Request was lodged on 13 February 2018 by the Defence Committee of Tube or Pipe Cast Fittings of Malleable Cast Iron of the European Union ('the applicant'). The applicant is said to represent more than 95% of the total Union production of the product concerned. The review investigation showed that, for mainland Chinese imports, they have continued to enter the Union market at dumped prices during the review investigation period. The Commission also concluded that it is highly likely that Chinese producers would export significant quantities of tube or pipe cast fittings to the Union at dumped prices, should the measures lapse. Thus, the Commission concluded that there was a strong likelihood of continuation of dumping should the measures lapse.
Rates: In the case of the Chinese mainland, the rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty ranges from 24.6% to 57.8% for named entities, with a rate of 57.8% for "all other companies". In the case of Thailand, the rates provided are 14.9% and 15.5% for two named entities, while the rate for "all other companies" is 15.5%.
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Greitens connects unrelated facts on Koster right-to-work claim
Missouri is the scene of the most expensive governor's race in the nation.
On Sept. 30, Democrat Chris Koster and Republican Eric Greitens faced off in a debate in Branson. Greitens challenged Koster on several of his policies and political history, claiming that Koster is a "career politician" who opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken "$8 million from union bosses."
This number seemed high, so we decided to check out the claim. We also wondered if Koster, as Greitens said, opposed right-to-work efforts because of union campaign donations.
Following the money
The Greitens campaign directed us to the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's "Money Trail" page. According to this page, as of Oct. 30, Koster had received $12.2 million from what the Chamber says falls under the "unions" category.
Koster's top three union contributors each gave his campaign more than $1 million. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a public services employees union, was Koster's top contributor, topping out at $1,250,000.
AFSCME was followed closely by the Eastern Missouri Laborers' Educational & Benevolent Fund at $1,091,739 and Jobs and Opportunity, a democratic leadership PAC, coming in at $1,001,432.
By far, Koster has received more contributions from unions over all other candidates running for any Missouri offices this year. The next highest total of union donations for any Missouri candidate is Democratic candidate for attorney general Teresa Hensley, with $692,849.00. Greitens doesn't even appear on the union donations list.
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Greitens also claimed Koster opposes right-to-work legislation.
Right-to-work has been a hot-button topic for Missouri. Right-to-work laws essentially make it illegal to require employees to pay annual dues to a union. The decision to pass right-to-work laws are made on a state-by-state basis. So far, 26 states have passed right-to-work legislation.
Missouri's Republican-majority legislature has passed right-to-work laws in the past, only to see them vetoed by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who leaves office in January. Greitens supports right-to-work legislation. His website states, "I believe we must have 'right-to-work' legislation to improve Missouri's job climate."
Opposing right-to-work legislation is an important part of Koster's campaign. Koster and other Democrats have used the term "right-to-work for less" to support their argument that a right-to-work law in Missouri would lead to lower pay for workers due to weakened collective bargaining efforts — efforts they say are made possible by those required fees.
On the other hand, it's Greitens' belief that "right to work laws help the economy as a whole and union workers." The Greitens campaign directed us toward some statistics from the Labor Bureau of Statistics and pointed us specifically to Indiana.
According to our email correspondence with the Greitens campaign, "Since Indiana passed Right to Work, it has gained 37,000 union jobs, while Missouri gained only 6,000."
Taking a look at this information alone would suggest a correlation between right-to-work and increased union employment. As of 2015, 10 percent of Indiana's employed workers were members of unions, and 11.3 percent of workers were represented by unions. In Missouri, those numbers were 8.8 percent and 9.8 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
However, statistics for the median income growth from 2014-2015 comparing Missouri versus right-to-work states suggests support for Koster's claim that right-to-work laws lead to lower salaries. According to the U.S. Census, growth in Missouri was 3.8 percent, while the average growth in right-to-work states was 3.2 percent.
Because jobless rates vary so much from state to state, the role of right-to-work legislation in these numbers is difficult to assess.
So Koster has received millions of dollars from unions, and he opposes right-to-work legislation. But Greitens' claim goes further and claims that Koster opposes that legislation because of the union donations.
So is there any evidence that the donations affected Koster's position on right-to-work?
When we reached out to the Koster campaign, we received this response from David Turner, his campaign's communications director:
"I reject the premise of the question and the assertion that the Attorney General's policy positions are at all influenced by campaign donations. Going back to the start of his career, Attorney General Koster has long record of advocating for working people, even when he was a Republican."
Turner provided us with examples of Koster's advocacy "for working people" dating back to 2004. Included was a link to a Springfield News-Leader story published after Koster broke with the GOP and became a Democrat. The story states: "The Republican Party's disregard of workers rights, Koster said, is one reason he left the party."
Our ruling
Greitens said Koster received $8 million from unions and opposes right-to-work legislation.
There is no doubt Koster opposes right-to-work laws. And Greitens actually understates the total amount of Koster's labor donations. He has received more than $12 million from unions, according to the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
But there is no evidence his position against right-to-work is influenced by these donations.
Greitens is taking two accurate talking points and putting them together in a misleading way.
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A NEW exhibition in Chippenham will take visitors back in time and revisit a series of events which helped inspire the town's population.
The Festival of Britain exhibition is being held at Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre until March 2017.
The idea of the festival, which was held in 1951, was to encourage towns and villages across Britain to hold events to inspire the country's population following the aftermath of the Second World War.
The Festival of Britain was meant as a national celebration of science, technology, art, architecture and design, and was a mix of innovation and tradition, promoting high points from the past, the best of current thinking and prophecies for the future.
Pictures and information will be displayed during the exhibition, which opened last week. Entry is free.
Alan Fuller, assistant curator at Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre, who created the exhibition, said: "It was quite amazing, they held a giant pageant in Monkton Park, an art exhibition, an exhibition of businesses and lots of sport events.
"It was an attempt to revive the country and bring the country together again. It did boost morale and did boost trade and industry."
Curator at Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre, Melissa Barnett, said: "Sixty-five years on, this exhibition explores some of the Festival of Britain events held in the town.
"We hope it will bring back memories of the day, start discussions now and spark celebrations to come. It's time to reignite the festival spirit."


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Thread: Taxing Robots?
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The information about Russia I have is spotty.
As long as you're willing to take the risk of complications up to & including the death of both mother & baby, that is.
The problem I have with PeteM's position is, it all too easily slides into the 'if <whatever at undefined cost> saves just one life, it's worth it'.
Well, no, IMO, that isn't necessarily true. I'm pretty ambivalent about suicides but basically, it's *their* life. Stopping them the first time, ok. After that, no.
I am a bit cornfused...
How did we segway from bots to jumps?
Maybe the bots were tossing anyone in 50's - 70's VW Bug's over the side doo to smog issues?
Anyhow, If this all goes down (I take it that this is a current issue?) it would be swell to see a 10 yr average suicide rate in neighboring counties - before and after.
I'm guessing that the $500,000,000 study had taken that into account from some nother bridge somewhere else?
I mean heck, we have plenty that take themselves out around here, and not even counting the smack users....
We are 300 smiles to the Straits of Mackinac, but there's a pretty good one over the Saginaw River, and that's maybe only 1/2 as far.
I haven't heard of any of our folks traveling to either for that porpoise?
I haven't even heard of anyone from here using the High Level Bridge in Toledo?
(I guess there's a big one over the Detroit River eh? That's maybe a little closer than Saginaw. )
Maybe just not selling Wild Turkey to anyone that appears to be having a bad day would yield better results?
Set them up with Miller High Life in stead?
Think Snow Eh!
Rather, I think we should figure out what a life is worth, probably adjusted for age, and use that same number in pretty much every public calculation of cost-benefit. And do those calculations as best and honestly as we can. That way what we spend (on health care, highway safety, workplace safety, etc.) is spent cost-effectively. Save the lives we can at $10,000 a head, then maybe move on to those we can save at $20,000 a head.
Also don't think the disabled kid or the genius gets things like unlimited funds for education, but that's a whole 'nuther discussion.
I'm apparently more sympathetic than many here to those with depression and suicidal thoughts -- especially minors who attempt suicide. Heck, we already know that teens pretty much haven't fully discovered their frontal lobes until their early 20's. So, I'd include their lives in that same cost-benefit calculation of saving lives.
Reason is, as stated earlier, is because depression is an illness and (IMO) should be treated as other illnesses. I've known two individuals who contemplated (and attempted) suicide and went on to exceptional lives -- contributing well beyond average to society. I'm grateful they weren't successful. Turns out people can recover from suicidal thoughts just as they can recover from motorcycle accidents or cancer.
Also knew one kid, amazingly bright and talented (top Juilliard student in his instrument) who committed suicide. He was part of a large family, where there where bits of genius in all the kids -- and mental illness in several. He (Greg) committed suicide -- and it shattered his many friends. His oldest brother was was a state gymnastics champ and 800 SAT type who went on to be an actual rocket scientist. Another has a PhD in electrical engineering. The only girl I knew in the family ended up (I think) a physician. Another (super talented and charismatic) went off his rocker and started a cult or something. No idea what happened to Ken -- but for better or worse he was probably pretty good at the cult thing.
Point is, if we can see a kid like Greg past depression and fully engaged in life -- I'm all for spending the same amount we might spend to keep a drunk driver from dying while veering off the road, a careless worker from being mangled in a stamping press, or a traveler from dying in a 737 Max.
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Next step - automated screening for depression & suicidal tendencies perhaps?
Yeah, a long bow to draw at this point.
Still this is a sort-of robot, should it also be taxed to protect doctors from something faster & more accurate in those fields?
I don't think PeteM's and my positions are all that far apart philosophically, it's just in the doing. And you're *never* going to get people to put a hard number on costs for things like this, they'll get howled down for being heartless regardless, even though it has to be done.
Field I still do some work in, we had a baby present with a treatable metabolic disorder, late, and it couldn't be saved. Investigation showed that there was a blood sample taken, that screening was performed, and the result for the marker was half the previously recorded lower limit. To detect that child would have meant doing followup testing on an extra 40,000 babies per year, at substantial cost in lab time, hospital time, human time for parents etc. There had never been another child (on record) with this disorder with that low a marker level, and we have 25 years of data on 99%+ of babies born to check against.
Upshot was, it came under the 'shit happens' category and no changes in procedures were done except to flag this as a case for research into different/better markers for diagnosis. Nobody liked that decision but it was the only practical one.
On taxing robots again, does auto-analyzers hooked up to computers linked to big databases count? Because, guess what - I'd say they do....
Just fer grins...
Did this $5 Billion bridge study break down to which side most jumped from?
Or did they not have enough funds to break it down that far?
B/c I'm kind'a wonderin' if most jumped on the west side?
Free to go accrost goin' north, but they git'cha double going back south...
Maybe some realized that they just didn't have the ching to go through the chicken coupes?
Still, $7.75 Cali funds for a round trip doesn't sound all that bad....
The buoys up at Mackinac ding me about $9 I think going both ways!
They git me for dual rear wheels and an aftermarket bed.
I have sleds on the back of a one ton truck, but they ding me like I had a 34K GVW refer loaded with fudge!
Think Snow Eh!
When Senator Danforth was in office, I went to one of his town meetings. He related seeing a crack baby that had already cost the taxpayers half a million and could never be normal. He asked the audience what the limit should be or should there be no limit? Total silence, not a single response.
Even my very religious physical therapist sister says there is a point where babies are so bad that we should let them go. An EEG operator I know says that we can keep lungs breathing and hearts pumping long after the person is for practical purposes, dead. Sometimes families require 3 days of flat line brain inactivity before they can unhook the patient. Sometimes their skin has deteriorated to the point that it is difficult to attach electrodes, but they keep breathing. Another price of the advance of technology.
Basically they think there's an infinite bucket of money.
Be an interesting exercise to get people to nominate what percentage of their taxes should go into which areas of Govt expenditure..... then correct it to split out the ones who actually *pay* tax, nett-nett, and those who don't.
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Sadly, the latter reaction is far more common.
Same with medical interventions and death panels. As you say, everyone will vote thumbs down at some point, just depends where on the cost spectrum that point is.
Easier to engage in polemics and refuse to think about resource allocation though, while blaming other people for the problem.
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Here is a pertinent case. Google "17 year old girl euthanized". My personal opinion is that a 17 year old is not equipped to make that decision, but that is my opinion and only that.
As to the overall issue, I see no reason to keep a terminally ill person in pain delaying the inevitable end. To me, the only issue to debate is whether the end is reached actively or passively.
Anyway, that is a long way from taxing robots.
My opinion on economic systems is that first we need to get rid of treating them almost as religions that we have faith in. Capitalism, socialism et al are useful mechanisms for the production and distribution of wealth. In their pure form, both are poor systems. Socialism is obviously poor because it removes the direct reward and forces the people in charge to find alternative incentives. When I was in East Germany, we were constantly bombarded by things like signs that read like political campaign posters. In the police waiting room where we had our papers checked, there was a picture of Comrade Schulz standing by his lathe wearing the medal he got for exceeding his quota. I suspect he would rather had a few extra marks.
The ideal system would be one that fairly evaluated every part we made and paid us appropriately, but that would take a string of supercomputers that would circle the earth at the equator, so we have to use an interactive one where prices, like water, seek their own level. Ethelred comes to market day with string beans a little nicer than Cuthbert's, so he can charge a little more for his. On that level it works very well. When it gets to today's corporation size, there are too many opportunities for abuse. We have multiple examples, the last half of the 1800s and early 1900s where workers had to form unions to survive, in the 1920s banks played the stock and commodities markets with depositor's money, partly responsible for the Great Depression. Congress passed Glass–Steagall preventing a repeat. Then President Clinton signed away what was left of it and the real estate market collapsed. Certainly there were other factors, but that was definitely in there. Still people are saying we have to get government out of business. Nonsense. There have to be controls.
Next, there has to be a safety net unless we are going to take a totally Darwinian position and let the people who have become unfit die. That has been the custom in some quarters, especially among nomads where the ones too old to travel are simply left. When Jacques-Yves Cousteau was here he sat through a boring presentation of yet another award for the chance to deliver his message about the future of humanity. A major issue is overpopulation. One of his points was that without the equivalent of Social Security, the strategy in undeveloped countries was to have as many children as possible in the hope that when you are old at 50, one of them will take care of you. Enough are never enough when they can be wiped out by an epidemic in days. His comment on birth control was that he was a serious Catholic and the Pope was a very nice guy, but things are things. His other big issue was availability of potable water so girl children were not assigned to carrying it and could go to school instead.
We also need the government to handle things like fire and police protection, road maintenance, and so on. Alissa Rosenberg, AKA Ayn Rand, wanted to privatize the roads, but she was so traumatized by the Bolshevic's confiscation of her father's Pharmacy that she was irrational.
If this sounds like I have described the free enterprise but semi socialistic system in Scandinavia, you got the message. Exactly how the taxes are collected is really a small point a long as it is reasonably equitable.
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Why do we want to find new places to tax?
We can't stand on our own and want help, free money or penalties against others?
Seems to be the new American way. Life is tough so I need to tax, tariff or fine my competition.
Not that I would ever want to step up and try to match them.
Robots are killing us .....add a tax.
The concept is foolish beyond belief.
Just for starters none of that tax money would go back to people that have lost jobs. That is an impossible task despite good intentions.Can't be done.
So who gets this money to play with and where would it go?
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Pizza Hut, the pizza restaurant that serves and delivers more pizzas and desserts than any other pizza company in the world, has taken everything there is to love about a summer picnic basket and made it even better. It plans to do so by putting pizzas, breadsticks, and a cookie inside.
Called the Triple Treat Box: Summer Edition, the picnic-themed, tri-level pizza box features two medium one-topping pizzas, an order of breadsticks, and The Ultimate Hershey's Chocolate Chip Cookie, all in one box for $19.99. The new offer is available now, just in time for National Picnic Day on June 18.
"Summer is the perfect time to bring people together to savor great weather, great friends, and great food," says Dave Timm, chief marketing officer at Pizza Hut. "Whether you are picnicking with friends or throwing a block party, the Triple Treat Box: Summer Edition makes meal time easy and fun, just like summer."
The "Summer Box" is a follow up to the popular Triple Treat Box introduced by Pizza Hut late last year. The Triple Treat Box was holiday-themed. The Triple Treat Box: Summer Edition comes complete with picnic graphics to tie to this popular summer activity.
Pizza lovers can top their one-topping Summer Box pizzas with any of the following ingredients: sweet pineapple, Peruvian cherry peppers, fresh mushrooms, fresh spinach, fresh red onions, fresh green bell peppers, sliced banana peppers, sliced jalapeño peppers, Mediterranean black olives and diced Roma tomatoes as well as pepperoni, Italian sausage, premium salami, classic meatballs, slow-roasted ham, hardwood smoked bacon, grilled chicken, beef, and seasoned pork. Also, all Pizza Hut pizzas can be complemented with a variety of crust flavors, including Hut Favorite, Toasted Parmesan, Salted Pretzel, Toasted Cheddar, and Garlic Buttery Blend.
The Ultimate Hershey's Chocolate Chip Cookie is loaded with Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips, offering a sweet treat as part of the new Pizza Hut Summer Box. To up the summer flavor factor, customers can add the new Hershey's Toasted S'mores Cookie, which is topped with toasted mini marshmallows, chunks of Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar, and graham cracker pieces, to their Triple Treat Box: Summer Edition for an additional charge.
Pizza Hut breadsticks, which are the company's most popular side item, are also included in the Summer Box. Customers can also opt for the brand's Flavor Sticks, which come in the following flavors: Hut Favorite, Fiery Red Pepper, Toasted Cheddar, Toasted Parmesan, Toasted Asiago, and Honey Sriracha.
The Summer Box is available for a limited time for dine-in, carryout, or delivery at participating Pizza Hut locations around the country.
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Abuse Ray of Judgment for some smiting love combined with a tank-ish player to ball up aggro and blow stuff up. Highly effective in areas with undead enemies.
Composition Edit
Smite AssistEdit
<pvxbig> [build prof=Mo/any smi=12+1+1 div=12+1][Ray of Judgment][Castigation Signet][Reversal of Damage][Smite Condition][Divine Healing][Optional][Smiter's Boon][optional][/build] </pvxbig> 1st Option
- Enfeebling Blood raise Curses to 6, decrease Divine to 11+1.
- Shadow of Fear
- Mark of Pain or Barbs if running physicals henchmen or teammates.
- Splinter Weapon raise Channeling to 10, decrease Divine to 8+1.
2nd Option
- Heaven's Delight
- Smite Hex
- Strength of Honor if running 2+ melee characters
- A resurrection skill
Smite ProtterEdit
<pvxbig> [build prof=Mo/E smi=12+1+1 div=9+1 prot=9+1][Ray of Judgment][Castigation Signet][Protective Spirit][Aegis][Smite Hex][Optional][Glyph of Lesser Energy][Optional][/build] </pvxbig> 1st Option
2nd Option
- Guardian
- Shield of Absorption
- A resurrection skill
Smite SnarerEdit
<pvxbig> [build prof=Mo/x smi=12+1+1 div=12+1][Ray of Judgment][Castigation Signet][Reversal of Damage][Smite Condition][Divine Healing][Optional][Smiter's Boon][optional][/build] </pvxbig> 1st Option
2nd Option
- Glyph of Lesser Energy
- Heaven's Delight
- Smite Hex
- A resurrection skill
- Set heroes to Guard and let them do the job.
- Optionally, disable RoJ and manual it.
- Aggro and tank the mob while your heroes blow it up.
Equipment Edit
- The best equipment for each hero would be a 40/40 smite set.
- Three of these can easily be crafted by Gertrud in Vasburg Armory or Telamon in Leviathan Pits.
- Droknar's Smiting Scepter and Droknar's Focus could also be used.
- Farrer will craft a 20/20 smiting offhand for 5 Azure Crests and many weaponcrafters can make adequate smiting rods; however, no crafter makes a perfect 20/20 smiting rod (you may have to settle for a HSR rod if you don't have enough money to craft one or buy the mods yourself)


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10 Ways to Choose the Yard Sale Right for You
This time of year there are actually almost too many yard sales, estate sales and other possible treasure troves to chose from, and only so many stops that make sense. Often I'm asked how do I decide where and when to go – and why. So I decided to share some of my answers here for finding the yard sale or estate sale most likely to yield finds you'll treasure.
- Read the ads carefully, especially if you are looking for items in specific categories. Shopping for unique, unusual items for your home? Start with looking for "home décor", "home furnishings", but add in "mid-century" (if that's a fave), "vintage", "antique", and maybe "eclectic" as well. No categories specified? Then the sale may turn out to be a hodge podge of items.
- An ad may also clearly state "no early birds", but you better still be in line first thing if you don't want to miss out. That's especially true if the sale is in a premier location (such as a well-known estate) or is at the home of a celebrity or semi-celebrity.
- Also look at the ad (most often found in local papers, but sometimes online as well) for other word clues. For example, does it say the owner is a "world traveler"? Then expect to find some rare items. Other key words or phrases include "decorative art", "for the discerning shopper", or "dealers welcome", for just three examples. Good copy also shows that this sale is important to the buyer. Accurate advertising is kay, and you'll learn to recognize the "fakes".
- Once you look at the ads for the upcoming weekend's sales (and really it's well worth it to take a close look), make sure to map out your itinerary. This can be crucial in hitting the "best" sales at the right times
- This may seem obvious but perhaps bears repeating. If a sale is Saturday and Sunday for the best items get there on Saturday. However, looking to negotiate? Then you may want to take your chances on Sunday
- Recognize that the best categories for "finds" vary by season. Looking for fine furniture and similar items such as higher-end artwork? This isn't the season for you since generally sellers do not like to bring these items outside. In the Hamptons, these sales occur after the Summer season and tend to align with a house being sold. However the season is great for discovering home décor treasures, glassware and other tabletop items, antique tools, antique toys, and so on.
- If looking for items in a particular category, do your homework when it comes to brands. Name brands obviously add a lot of value to an item.
- Sometimes more is most definitely more. That applies to opportunities to buy already existing collections or to start gathering items to create your own.
- Cash is still king when it comes to yard and estate sales. Some do take credit cards but checks are usually not accepted.
- Remember, buying at these sales is meant to be a friendly transaction, so treat the seller with respect and changes are he/she will do the same.
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Finally made it to the Good Eats "Coca Cola" Cafe! We've been meaning to head over there for a while, but reading about the 1st-place chili that they serve got us down there for lunch today.
Good Eats Coca-Cola Cafe…was both the judges' pick for best chili and People's Choice winner. As owner of Good Eats, John Williams has plenty of chili-cooking experience. He came up with a recipe last year that took second place in the competition and has served it in the restaurant ever since. He credits his success to a spice blend he declined to divulge.
We were not disappointed – the chili is great, and the breaded-n-baked "chuckwagon" burgers were delicious (I had two!). And the atmosphere and decor – well, see for yourself (click to see full-size pix):
One bit of irony: the fountain drinks are all Pepsi products! But they do sell bottled Coca-Cola by the register, so the karma is good.
Good Eats Coca-Cola Cafe; 801 2nd Avenue North; (406) 452-0773; open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm


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Metallic Marble | Lima, Ohio
Metallic Marble Stains from The Concrete Protector are a high-end decorative concrete coating that gives you the look of marble floors for a fraction of the price. Metallic Marble floors are a great fit for banks, office buildings, and high-end homes and are possible thanks to The Concrete Protector. With many color options, including using multiple colors on the same floor; Metallic Marble floors offer a durable and customizable floor that brings sophistication to any commercial or residential space.
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Monster High has a new blend of ghoulishly gorgeous students. Monster High Freaky Fusion Dolls are here. Get to know the Freaky Fusion crew, Clawvenus™, Cleolei™, Dracubecca™ and Lagoonafire™. This post is sponsored by Lunchbox, all opinions are my own.
The story behind these new ghouls starts with Frankie. While trying to learn more about her past and family scaritage, she accidentally travels back into the year 1814. There she meets Sparky, a misguided teen who's obsessed with the creation of life. He ends up following Frankie back to present day Monster High, causing a lab accident that fuses eight ghouls in to four new monsters. Visit Walmart.com to get all the latest Freaky Fusion™ ghouls.
Meet the Monster High Freaky Fusion Dolls
- Clawvenus™: Made up of Clawdeen Wolf® and Venus Mc Flytrap® – Clawvenus™ is fiercely "fusionable" and ferociously beautiful, but she may need to change her shampoo to a weed-and-feed formula.
- Cleolei™ (Pronounced "Cleo-Lie"): Fusing the Mummy heritage of Cleo de Nile® with the werecat ancestry of Toralei®, Cleolei™ has some ferocious issues, but it's nothing a quick little cat-nap won't fix.
- Dracubecca™: Mixing the Vampire heritage of Draculaura® with the Mad Scientist ancestry of Robecca Steam®, Dracubecca™ is scary sweet but still attached to rocket-powered boots.
- Lagoonafire™: Fusing the Sea Monster heritage of Lagoona Blue® with the Chinese Dragon ancestry of Jinafire Long™ Lagoonafire™ loves to surf and swim like she's on fire — literally!
Which Ghoul are You Most Like?
Take the dual ghoul personality test! Are you most like Cleo de Nile® or Toralei®? Draculaura® or Robecca Steam®? Lagoona Blue® or Jinafire Long™? Clawdeen Wolf ®or Venus Mc Flytrap®?
Find out by taking the fun quiz on the Monster High® Freaky Fusion™ page. By choosing between "this" or "that" picture, you and your little ghoul can find out your Freaky Fusion™ percentage.
Monster High® Freaky Fusion™ Catacombs
Explore the creepy cool and spooky surroundings of the Monster High® Catacombs! Fang out with all your fave ghouls in this monstrous 3' x 4' play set packed with clawesome transformative features and secret surprises.
Take the test and let me know which ghoul you get in the comments below!


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Katoomba Affordable Residential project has brought about the rebirth of a rundown and near derelict heritage guest house in the heart of Katoomba, Blue Mountains. The building has been transformed into vibrant residential accommodation of 16 one and two bedroom units over 3 levels for seniors living and affordable housing. The project has revitalised an important heritage landmark building and street corner of Katoomba and brings affordable accommodation to the area.
The redevelopment includes residential apartments with generous outdoor balconies and gardens as well as internal and external community spaces. An original Art Deco period curved brick facade has been preserved and integrated to the project to maintain an historic and distinctive street presence. A new light weight framed and clad building is integrated behind the brick facade and is in keeping with the Art Deco heritage of the site and surrounding suburb.
The need and opportunity for this type of housing in this area was recognised by Uniting Care Australia who developed the site and brought it successfully to completion. The building is fully occupied and a successful and integrated part of the Katoomba community.
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IT IRKS me that young people blog negatively about the Singapore Government. They live in an era where there is peace and harmony, they have a roof over their heads, plenty to eat and so much to enjoy. There is a need to realise that all these good things do not come naturally. Someone has to do the job and …Read More »
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This episode from series five of Kete Aronui, a documentary series featuring Aotearoa's artists that screened on Māori Television, follows the careers of iconic contemporary dancers Taane Mete and Taiaroa Royal. For both, training at Te Whaea propelled them into their art, teaching them not only technique but also a way of life. Featuring footage of Royal dancing in Douglas Wright's Forever (1993), the excerpt also includes a dance class with Michael Parmenter, another dance great, and discussion of dance companies Limbs and Black Grace.
This collection shines a spotlight on all things dance-related. On pointe are ballet gems from the 1960s, 80s and the 90s, and ballroom dancing from Dancing with the Stars and Top Dance. Hip hop busts out some moves in The Palace, led by choreography sensation Parris Goebel. Also featured are contemporary dancers Douglas Wright (who turns up in multiple titles), Black Grace, Mary Jane O'Reilly, Taiaroa Royal and Michael Parmenter. And on the not so serious front, Suzanne Paul gets funky doing the 'Blue Monkey'.
Future film producer Fiona Copland (The Price of Milk) is the reporter for this September 1984 piece on the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington. Flashdance (1983) is in the air and Lionel Ritchie hit 'Running with the Night' is the soundtrack, as the wannabes aim to impress the likes of Limbs director Mary Jane O'Reilly. The students include Taiaroa Royal and Fenella Bathfield. Bathfield would shortly find local fame as host of after school programmes 3:45 LIVE! and The Bugs Bunny Show. The report screened on long-running arts programme Kaleidoscope.
Aileen O'Sullivan's and Toby Mills' documentary follows Black Grace as they prepare for an appearance at premier dance festival Jacob's Pillow, in Massachusetts. The film also charts the personal journey of the dance group's founder, choreographer Neil Ieremia, from the community halls of Porirua to the global stage, powered by an unrelenting perfectionism that makes for some heated rehearsal footage. Shortly after the performances shown here, Ieremia fired the entire touring company, rebuilding his vision from scratch. Ken Sparks' editing won an NZ Screen Award.
In 1989 dancer Douglas Wright returned home to choreograph and form his own company. This half-hour TV documentary, marking the launch of his work Gloria, looks back on a blossoming career that began at 21 — when he took up ballet to overcome a heroin addiction. After becoming a star with Limbs, Wright joined prestigious troupes in London and New York. Now, as opening night looms, he is acutely aware of the danger of pushing his dancers too hard as he fights to get the best out of them on an ambitious, demanding piece. Douglas passed away in November 2018.
This impressionistic 1989 short film, directed by Mark Summerville, imagines gay tribal life on a fantasy South Pacific Island. Shot by Mairi Gunn, the film ripples with watery blues; a stormy Maggie Rankin soundtrack and whispered narration (from Ivan Davis) backgrounds images of marine sirens, coral crowns, apples, tapa, and entwined seaweed. In the middle of it all — a game of underwater hockey... The short film crossed the seas to gay film festivals in San Francisco, Vancouver and Hamburg, and toured with a British Film Institute selection of shorts.
In this film, late choreographer Douglas Wright's work Gloria is captured on camera by Alun Bollinger, in a rare directorial effort from the legendary Kiwi cinematographer. Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria RV589, a hymn praising the birth of Christ, plays behind a yellow and black flurry of limbs and gestures. The journey from gymnastic leaps to rest, marks the cycle of life. The work was shot soon after Wright returned from his dance OE and formed the Douglas Wright Dance Company. The screening attracted attention from morals groups worried about nudity on television.
The light-hearted but star-heavy I'll Make You Happy unapologetically showcases a group of Auckland prostitutes, united by girl power — and a general distaste for their pimp (Michael Hurst). Jodie Rimmer dons many wigs and personas as Siggy, the spunky young sex worker who fends off Hurst's pleading advances, while pulling a nerdy banker (Ian Hughes) into her plans for a game-changing heist. The eclectic soundtrack is heavy on electronica, while the cast includes Rena Owen, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, dancer Taiaroa Royal, and a one-minute cameo by Lucy Lawless.
Takatāpui was the world's first indigenous gay, lesbian and transgender series. This 2005 Takatāpui Gay Xmas Special was hosted by the show's presenters Taane Mete, Tania Simon and Ramon Te Wake. It included guest performances from transgender MP Georgina Beyer, dancer Taiaroa Royal, designer and singer Linda E, the late Māori diva Mahinaarangi Tocker, Dee Za Star and many more. The show was produced by Front of the Box Productions for Māori Television.
This award-winning National Film Unit production soars on thermals with the world's largest seabird, the toroa or royal albatross. Director Grant Foster captures the majesty of the flyer with a three metre-plus wingspan ("as wide as two volkswagen cars parked side by side"); laments historic slaughter; celebrates conservation efforts (hat tipping legendary toroa custodian Dr Lance Richdale); and surveys the albatross's life cycle at its only mainland breeding colony on Otago Peninsula, from courtship and nesting to taking off on an epic oceanic OE.


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438W F1A ProCharger, Holley Dominator, 160 lb/hr injectors, COP, cam sync, crank trigger. Dual WBO2 sensors. I had a base tune to start the car which wasn't an issue, but after letting the car warm up so I could check my fans and top off coolant, the plugs are black soot and I believe start to misfire. I've got my idle area in the Learn Table down to where it's not changing much +/- fuel. Should I turn down the Learn % down a bit it the idle area, or should I start with it running to pull some fuel out of idle area, then change the Learn?
The air/fuel ratio reading bounces around 13.8 at idle. I've sealed up my collectors and have added locking bolts to most my exhaust e.i. headers/collector. I'm pretty sure I have a good cam/crank signal after doing some System Logs.


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August 27, 2010
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Our corgi puppy Luca hurt her back somehow — the vet called it "cord shock" — and temporarily lost the use of her back legs this morning. She's all better now, but we had to get some precautionary x-rays done. We'll probably hang these on our walls, and they'll become the most expensive piece of art we own. Full size here.
August 23, 2010
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The Philosophical Impact of Contemporary Physics
The Philosophical Impact of Contemporary Physics
The present book has grown out of the conviction that no true understanding of contemporary physics and its philosophical implications is possible without first fully realizing in what sense and to what extent modern physical concepts differ from the concepts of classical physics. The classical concepts of space, time, matter, motion, energy, and causality have been radically transformed recently; although the words used by contemporary physicists are the same, their connotations are altogether different from those of their classical counterparts. There is hardly any similarity between the "matter" of modern physics and the traditional material substance of the classical period, and this is true in varying degrees of other concepts as well. The revolutionary character of modern concepts cannot be fully grasped as long as the contrasting background of classical physics is not kept constantly in sight. To bring into full focus an awareness of the contrast between the classical and the modern conceptual frameworks is one of the purposes of this book.
At first such a task may appear superfluous. Nearly everybody now claims to be aware of the contrast between Newtonian physics and the physics of the twentieth century. But the situation is not as simple as it superficially appears to be. The main part of the revolution in modern physics took part in the first three decades of this century. It was then that the theory of relativity, the theory of quanta, and, finally, wave mechanics came into being. It is true that the effect of these theories on the imagination of physicists, philosophers, and even laymen was truly shattering; the contrast between the new theories and the appealing clarity of classical concepts was sharp and shocking. But as the years went by, awareness of this contrast grew dimmer. The intensity of every astonishment gradually wears off; the human mind, by the sheer effect of repetition and habit, gradually becomes accustomed to even the strangest and least familiar ideas.


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"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." – Lewis Carroll (The White Queen in "Alice in Wonderland")
My favorite mornings are when I wake up while still in the middle of a dream. I'll lie there for a few moments and write my own ending to the story. Depending on the dream, I may fall back to sleep. Thank goodness for snooze alarms!


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God's Great, So Was Lunch, and Murphy Was An Optimist
That's CB & Karen Scott over there on the right. We had lunch with them at the Hunan Gardens in Hoover, Thursday. CB had come back from Brewton-Parker College in Georgia, where he is Dean of Academic Support, to meet with The Alabama Baptist Children's Home, the Alabama DHR, and for a Court hearing concerning their adoption of the foster children they've been caring for, over the last 7 years.
The two older children weren't there .. TJ is in the Marines, and Stephan is in his first year of Pre-Pharmacy at Samford University.
CB & Karen first rescued these 4 children about 7 years ago, when they first arrived in Birmingham, out of an indescribably bad home situation. It concerned the family of members of the church CB pastored, and having had experience as foster parents, CB & Karen couldn't not do anything about it, and arranged foster parent status through the Alabama Baptist Children's Home, who then made the arrangements with Alabama DHR.
I won't go into the details here, but note that the Children's Home and the DHR had to be involved in the whole thing, and then there was the fact that CB became Dean of Academic Support at a college in Georgia 10/1 (which is, of course, not in Alabama ... hellooooo ... ), and in all this there were numerous meetings and calls and emails with lots of different people with different memories and I think you can understand how many opportunities would arise for Murphy's Law to kick in. But CB had carefully planned everything, including his assumption of the new duties at Brewton-Parker, to allow plenty of time to to get everything done in an orderly manner.
Murphy's Law was much more optimistic than anyone thought.
I may have my head in the sand or something, but I don't think I know THAT many people who really pour themselves into something like this .. who really jeopardize themselves .. who pay the price, so to speak .. in such an effort. I don't think I ever have, personally, myself. But this much I do know: CB and Karen have. I know. I've seen it in his shoulders, on his face and his eyes. I've heard it in his voice and his words. He and Karen .. who has become a real sister to Peg, by the way ... they've been willing, and they have.
Did I mention Karen's wheelchair? Owing to MS?
But God is great. It has come right. And I think the kids will be a source of youth for CB & Karen, which may, in the long run, erase some of the toll Mr. Murphy and his law have taken over the past few years. Besides, CB & Karen are as much "pick up & carry on" people as I've ever known.
There are so many other things that happened, weaving this all together, that there's no doubt God was paying attention in all the details. Trust me .. it'd take another long blog post to describe it all.....
Oh yes ... if you want to know just how out-of-the-ordinary this whole thing has been, just 24 hours before the picture was snapped, CB was in New Orleans, defending his Doctoral Dissertation at NOBTS. Successfully, I might add.
On Halloween......
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Robert Tufts is like many other 4-year-old boys: He likes fishing, sticks and daycare. But he's different from his peers in at least one significant respect: He's the appointed leader of his town.
Tufts became mayor of tiny Dorset, Minn., when he was only 3.
Dorset, a community of between 20 and 30 people, is known for its annual Taste of Dorset festival, during which the new mayor is appointed.
According to Yahoo!'s Shine blog, the people pick their mayor by randomly pulling a name out of a hat. Anyone can enter the mayoral race, as long as he or she pays the $1 entrance fee. Robert's mom, Emma Tufts, told the blog that her son actually campaigned for the job by handing out pins to local businesses.
The key to his success was getting other resident to put his name into the hat, according to ABC News. And the strategy paid off.
"He was so excited and told everyone at daycare that he was going to be mayor forever," his mom told Yahoo! Shine.
Emma Tufts told ABC that her son's duties are casual, but that he is proud to represent his constituents.
"Mostly it's just going to daycare and schmoozing with the girls," she said. "But he did the Governor's Fishing Opener, and he loves meeting and greeting people at the restaurants. He greets everyone."
In an interview that aired last week on CBS affiliate WCCO in Minneapolis, the debonair little mayor even offered up a bit of advice to local fisherman, recommending leeches, worms or minnows as good bait. Later in the interview, he also revealed that he has a girlfriend.
Tufts is mayor until August, at which point the lucky winner of the next Taste of Dorset hat drawing will take over.


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Honda CR-V 2021 Redesign
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The Mayfair Set "Already Warm"/"Desert Fun"
Published Mar 03, 2009Seeing as I've already spent time this year raving about Dum Dum Girls and Blank Dogs, I felt it was appropriate to extend my feverish adulation to the Mayfair Set, which is a collaborative effort between the two hotly tipped one-person bands.
Joining forces for a seven-inch due for release on Captured Tracks, the press shy team of Dee and Mike S. don't throw any curve-balls - the Mayfair Set sound exactly as you'd expect them to: rackety lo-fi production, bare bones instrumentation, a whole lot of sharp, piercing jangle, bubbling synths and back and forth turns giving their signature vocals.
Of course, this release will be very limited, so interested collectors should start harassing the label at [email protected], just to be safe.
The Mayfair Set "Already Warm"
The Mayfair Set "Desert Fun"


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"We stand against the cuts, in solidarity with all the poor, elderly, disabled and working people affected. We are against all cuts and the marketisation of education. We are occupying the roof of Tory HQ to show we are against the Tory system of attacking the poor and helping the rich. This is only the beginning."
Text message from the top of Conservative Party HQ, forwarded around many demonstrators and read out on BBC News
"It's the terrified exhilaration of a generation that's finally waking up to its own frantic power…
"They spent their childhoods working hard and doing what they were told with the promise that one day, far in the future, if they wished very hard and followed their star, their dreams might come true. They spent their young lives being polite and articulate whilst the government lied and lied and lied to them again. They are not prepared to be polite and articulate any more. They just want to scream until something changes. Perhaps that's what it takes to be heard."
Laurie Penny in the New Statesman
Daily Telegraph The image that will linger from yesterday's protest is that of "a few hundred vicious hotheads" who "ransacked" the Tory HQ. Such "anarchic" and "infantile" behaviour is entirely "counter-productive" and demonstrates the consequence of "softly, softly approach" forced on police after G20.
Would people be interested in a class discussing the problems, immoralities and justifications of pacifism and violence. The role of civil disobedience in history and whether it is a valid tactic today?
In the light of the 2010 demo in Westminster, which ended with the breaking of windows and the occupation of Conservative HQ at Millbank, is this a violent action? Can you be violent against property. In the light of the Iraq War protests in 2003 (and the Suffragettes, the Civil-Rights Movement), is 'peaceful protest' a useful methods of dissent? Do politicians need to be afraid to change, was the stabbing of Stephen Timms a political act? What use is speech when people won't listen?
A while ago myself and a friend proposed a class on
- anti riot-police tactics,
- building occupation tactics,
- barricade-building classes.
What do we think?
"Some will inevitably try to paint imaginative, militant action as 'violent'. So let me say this about the 'violence' yesterday. I'm not frightened by the media's hysteria, or browbeaten by the servile centre-left that wants to keep opposition as timid as possible. When people ask why occupy a building, how that helps the cause, the answer is very simple: we want to disrupt the processes of power, and we want them be frightened to do what they're about to do to us. We want them to be afraid of us. They're about to dismantle our social safety net, shred higher education for millions of working class people, cut teaching in schools, raise the cost of living for everyone except the rich, throw hundreds of thousands of people on the dole, creating many more redundancies as a byproduct, and cheating a whole generation of the education and employment that they need for a decent life. That's war, and you can't do that to people and expect them to be polite about it. More occupations, protests, and strikes, would only be the moderate and sensible response to this government's social vandalism."
http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/nlpblog/fulltext/establishment_media_closes_ranks_against_student_yobbery/ – a very good run down on the media reactions to the occupation and violence, from a pro view.


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While in Utah last week, we visited the Timpanogos Cave and it was beautiful! The hike up was quite intense, but the beautiful view was quite worth it!
Inside, the cave was very cold and dark and confined. It was so cool!
It was tempting to touch and feel the texture, but we were not allowed to touch the walls of the cave.
It smelled like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.
We also drove up to Park City. It was neat little ski town. I stepped in a pile of dog poo and stank for awhile until I found a bathroom to wash off my shoe. Sick!! Pick up after your dogs!!
This car was so cute! My nephews got a kick out of it:


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LAFD Elite Combat Challenge Team Reaches High
It has been called "The Toughest Two Minutes in Sports" but to the five-man team from Los Alamos Fire Department that participates in the Firefighter Combat Challenge, it has the potential to be the difference between life and death in their regular day's work.
Firefighters David Apodaca, John Bialy, Kevin Kamplain, Driver-Engineer Gregg Hecathorn and Chief Troy Hughes have been competing since 2015 in the Challenge and have traveled to Colorado, Nebraska, Indiana and Carlsbad to participate in the grueling physical competition which encourages firefighter fitness and demonstrates the profession's rigors to the public.
Apodaca, Bialy, Hecathorn and Kamplain demonstrated the five elements of the Challenge Monday during a fire training demonstration at LAFD Station 2 on DP Road. The team also fired up the Department's burn car prop and showed how LAFD extinguishes vehicle fires much to the delight of those present.
The Firefighter Combat Challenge simulates the demands of a real life firefighting situation, so competitors compete against the clock and each other in climbing stairs, hoisting, chopping, dragging hoses and rescuing a life-sized 175-lb victim all while wearing full bunker gear. Amazingly, after only two years of competition, the team members are quickly heading towards their individual goals of qualifying for the "Lion's Den" which consist of firefighter athletes who post times that place them in the top layer of competition. Team members individually are only seconds away from meeting the criteria for joining the elite group.
In the first section of the relay event, which the team demonstrated Monday, Apodaca runs the steps to the top of the tower in full National Fire Protection Association gear while carrying a 42-lb high-rise pack which contains 4-inch hose. The handrails may be used in climbing the tower and multiple steps can be taken at a time on the way up. On reaching the top, Apodaca places the pack in a container and with leg muscles burning begins to use his upper-body to hoist a donut roll containing 42 lbs of hose and 7 lbs of rope to the railing at the top of the tower.
At this point, Bialy grabs the baton and races down the stairs, hitting every step as he goes. At the bottom, he takes a 9-lb mallet, jumps onto the Keiser forceable entry machine and drives a 160-lb sled five feet to the other side of the machine with the mallet, while all the time utilizing those upper-body muscles while bent over and putting strain on his legs. Then Bialy runs 100 feet slalom course through delineators and hands the baton off to Hecathorn.
Hecathorn then grabs 240-lb charged hose, runs it 75 feet and opens the hose bail to show water. He pushes through double doors and sprays down a target, then drops the hose and hands the baton off to Williams.
To finish, Williams lifts a 175-lb mannequin-victim and drags it backwards for 106 feet without falling. Carrying the mannequin is not allowed. In competition magnets are placed in the mannequin's heels and when the magnets cross the finish line, the time is recorded.
Apodaca said the Challenge is a great family event. He said the being on the team is all about camaraderie and physical fitness but that the members have taken it on as a passion.
"It's good public relations for the Department when people can see what we do physically in the course of our job," he said. "Being a firefighter is like being an industrial athlete. It's fun to compete and push yourself but we all encourage each other as well."
Apodaca said all firefighters are required to take a criterion task test (CTT) when they hire on with the Department and each year after that no matter how many years they have been with the Department. He said the CTT for LAPD Station 2 was designed to that it mirrors the Challenge competition. Dr. Paul Davis, an exercise physiologist and former firefighter himself, founded the Challenge in 1991. He researched and assisted with the LAPD's CTT. Apodaca said most professional fire departments have something similar.
Chief Hughes told the Daily Post that the Challenge is a great event that brings together firefighters from all over the world.
"The camaraderie is second to none. Recently, a firefighter from my former department in Nebraska had his house burn down and firefighters from all over the United States who knew him from the Challenge started a Go Fund Me page that raised money to help him and his family get back on their feet," he said.
Chief Hughes said the event teaches teamwork and great sportsmanship among the competitors while stressing competing against yourself.
"Personal best times mean more than first or second place. The Challenge tests our people doing tasks very similar to what they would use during an emergency response," he said.
Chief Hughes said he has not competed this year as he has been challenged with completing a Master's degree in Homeland Security through the Naval Postgraduate Program. He added that he is near the end and will graduate in December.
"I plan to get back into the mix and support the team in future events," he said.
Apodaca said the Department and International Association of Firefighters Local #3279 have sponsored the team by giving them money for entry fees, meals, and travel expenses to compete a couple of times a year.
"The guys that don't compete have been super supportive. They are glad we are representing LAFD out in the world in a positive way. We are also showing the importance of physical fitness for firefighters. Heart attacks are the leading cause of death for firefighters and physical fitness mitigates the risk of a firefighter dying on or after a call. We want everyone to come home safely every time," he said.
Apodaca also recognized the support given to the team by spouses, girlfriends and family members. He expressed his gratitude for the support of his wife, Hannah. The couple has a five-year old son and a three-year daughter.


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T is for...
for Wordless Wednesday
but of course I had to throw in some of my rhyme.
I just can't help myself! You know me!
T is for Tomato
and T is for treat
Cute pictures and matching rhymes...they say it all..it is always fun watching a tree :)ReplyDelete
This was brilliantly done! ♥ReplyDelete
T is for the talented artist in you. This was wonderful :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Shailaja. I enjoyed fooling around as you can see.Delete
You are SO creative. Love it. Especially the text!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Cristina, You Third Order Gal, you!Delete
So well done as always. I bet you make some great photo books +Cathy GrahamReplyDelete
Thanks, Carol. I do love making those photo books. I must make one for the blogging challenge. I said that last year, too, and have yet to make that one. Sigh.Delete
awwwww...such a patient pooch!ReplyDelete
Not really! haha!
Loved your Ts and the cute rhyme that went with each pic.ReplyDelete
Nicely done and what a beautiful dog! :)ReplyDelete
I like how you paired the poem with the pictures. Well done!ReplyDelete
Beautiful verses :) loved the quote and the end too.ReplyDelete


text: There is a new $2/1 Purina One Cat Food coupon available. This one is good on any brand and size, so you could get the 1 lb bags for very cheap or even possibly free. They sell at Walmart for $2.57. That would be a good try to try it for very cheap. OR it could be a good one to pick up and donate to your local shelter.


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God, the women in pretty much ALL of these aren't just attractive, but have the best reactins to the guys!
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