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As the Oldest family funeral home in McDowell County, with our on-site crematory, we are proud to be able to assure the families we serve that that their loved one is not transported to some unknown facility in a far-off place. So, unlike many area crematories, we are not interested in how many cremations we can do but, rather, how well we can serve the families who entrust us with this choice of final arrangements.
Westmoreland Funeral Home & Crematory will also be there for you if you choose to plan your funeral or cremation or service in advance. Planning ahead is a caring and sensible act that can remove much of the burden on the ones you love. It's plain to see that making decisions now about your final arrangements can assure the family you leave behind that the choices you made in life are honored at your passing.
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| October 11, 2012, 10:42 am
When my wife and I first moved into our house, we had great water pressure. I always looked forward to my morning shower and sometimes even had trouble getting out of it to start the rest of the day.
But, we've been in our house for more than 15 years now. And while I haven't aged a bit (wink), our shower started showing its age a few years ago.
To unclog the showerhead and recapture our beloved water pressure, I used baking soda, vinegar and a plastic bag.


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Once a week, I have a meeting with the forecasting group. We look at shipments, orders, and new products to make decisions on units to build for each bike model. 95% of the time, everyone agrees on the decision. However, once in a while there is a disagreement. One of the disagreements this year is the Transport Plus. A new, super-cool, utility cargo bike that can carry 150 pounds of cargo in the back and 25 pounds in the rack up front. It also features an electric assist. Perfect for getting around town, going shopping, or replacing your car! It is AWESOME. Unfortunately, Jennifer Garner, who is in charge of forecasting for this product category, does not share my enthusiasm. Jennifer and I have placed a bet for a case of beer. Winner's choice with an over/under number. If you think this is a cool product, would you please send Jennifer an email and let her know? I want to make sure that we are producing enough of these bikes!!!
Thanks! Jb.
P.S. I received this e-mail from one of our top engineers today.
From: "L, Chad"
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:19:51 -0500
To: "L, Michael", "Burke, J"
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I just rode the ride plus Transport with Keith Von Huben on the back. All I am gonna say is holy sh*t and hallelujah that bike is F'n awesome!!!!!!!!
Now I know these are on back order. Can we start an employee purchase back order list? Seriously this is my next family bike...my farmers market bike...my take my son to the Monona pool bike...my next bike that my wife fights me to ride to the Y.


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Two states that hired the same lead contractor to build their online marketplaces for health insurance under President Obama's Affordable Care Act have experienced so many problems and delays that they are threatening to withhold millions of dollars in payments to the company and even seek refunds.
Massachusetts health officials said they will meet in early January to decide whether to suspend payments to the company, CGI Federal, which has also been criticized — and questioned during a congressional hearing — for its central role in building the problem-plagued federal health insurance exchange. The state may also seek a refund from the firm, which is an American subsidiary of the Canadian-based CGI Group.
Already, Vermont has refused to pay $5.1 million of its contract with the company and is trying to get hundreds of thousands of dollars refunded. The two states' problems with CGI were reported by The Boston Globe.
Under the Affordable Care Act, eligible Americans who do not have health insurance through their workplace or another source can sign up for coverage through a health care exchange that will provide a menu of options and information on subsidies. Open enrollment runs through March; those who have not signed up by then could face penalties.
Fourteen states, including Massachusetts and Vermont, created their own online marketplaces, and the rest depend on the exchange operated by the federal government.
While the federal site had a rocky rollout on Oct. 1, several of the state exchanges also stumbled. In Hawaii, the site created by CGI performed so poorly that the head of the exchange stepped down this month. Other exchanges — including Kentucky's and California's, on which CGI worked as a subcontractor — have performed relatively well.
"Right now, our current focus is ensuring there are no gaps or delays in coverage for our members," said Jason Lefferts, a spokesman for Massachusetts Health Connector, the state's insurance exchange. "We will be coming back to the board in January to discuss further accountability for the I.T. vendor, and also talk about the path forward."
Massachusetts has already paid CGI $11 million under a $69 million contract.
Mr. Lefferts said that the exchange continued to perform slowly and that people had "recurring problems" creating accounts and logging in. "We still don't have the automated ability to process an application and determine someone's eligibility," he said. "We also don't have the ability to send enrollment information directly to the insurance carrier."
Lorne Gorber, senior vice president for global communications and investor relations at the CGI Group, said: "The goal of the clients and the goal of ourselves is the same: that's to get everything right and not be wasting a lot of time and effort in the clauses of the contracts when we're doing that."
Noting that CGI is involved in nine state exchanges, he said, "It's expected that some of them are not the best performing ones."
"It's important to note that we're not at the bottom of the worst performing ones," he added, "and we're at the top of the list of the best performing ones."
The exchange's performance has been especially nettlesome in Massachusetts, which had its own online health insurance system before the Affordable Care Act. Because the federal law required so many extra features, the state decided to build a new website — which is now malfunctioning.
In Vermont, Gov. Peter Shumlin has frequently expressed frustration with his state's insurance exchange, complaining of repeated delays since its unveiling.
"I won't tolerate a situation where Vermonters go into the holiday season worried and confused by their health care options come January 1st," the governor said in late October, when problems with the state website forced him to delay some enrollment deadlines.
Continued trouble, though, has prompted Vermont to hold back a $5.1 million payment and threaten to withhold more if the problems are not fixed. So far, the state has paid only $19 million of its $83 million contract with CGI.
Mark Larson, Vermont's commissioner of health access, sent CGI two letters last month contending that the company had failed to deliver on its contract by missing critical deadlines and charging for services never performed, among other things.
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After leading the Canisius College hockey team in its first-ever appearance at the NCAA Tournament, junior Patrick Sullivan (Derby, N.Y.) and freshman Ralph Cuddemi (Concord, Ontario) were honored by Atlantic Hockey on Monday. Sullivan collected the league's Player of the Week accolades, while Cuddemi was honored as the Rookie of the Week.
Sullivan led the Griffs with two points in the NCAA East Regional Semifinal against top-ranked Quinnipiac, scoring a goal and adding an assist. The junior gave the Griffs a second-period lead by deflecting the puck into the back of the net. He then added an assist on a third-period tally.
The Derby, N.Y. native finished his junior season ranked third on the team with 22 points, scoring eight goals to go along with 14 assists. In 110 career contests, Sullivan has totaled 41 points, 17 goals and 24 assists.
Cuddemi collected Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week honors for the second-straight week. The freshman recorded an assist on the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament goal, setting up sophomore defender Stephen Farrell in the second period.
The Concord, Ontario native totaled 10 points, four goals and six assists in 37 games during his rookie campaign.
The duo helped the Griffs to one of their most successful seasons in the program's history. Canisius, currently ranked 20th in the national poll, won its first Atlantic Hockey Championship in 2013 and made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament.


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One of these days, I won't feel the need to add disclaimers. For now, I'm trying to stay out of trouble. This is not my mother or father. It is fiction. But "Cully Jean" is a very real woman. I love her dearly.
Red and White
Julie Buffaloe-Yoder
My sister is graduating today. I sit on a sweaty, metal folding chair at
the community center and wait to hear them call her name. Cully Jean sits
on a folding chair across the room beside ten other GED graduates. Nobody
wears a cap and gown. The air conditioner's not working well, and the small
room smells strongly of felt tipped pens and hot bodies that are too close
together. Babies cry and little kids squirm on the floor. An administrator in
a cheap green suit stands up and looks at his watch. He wipes his forehead
with a handkerchief and reads a speech called It's A Brand New Day.
Cully rolls her eyes and looks like she really wants a cigarette. She is
dark and beautiful like her Cherokee mama. Cully is thirty four, but she
already has stripes of white in her long black hair and dark half moons
under her eyes. Her breasts are large. She has one good arm and one
stubby arm. Her stubby arm ends where her elbow should be and has three
small, working fingers on it.
My legs are sticking to the metal chair, and I wish I had worn pants
instead of a skirt. Cully is wearing black jeans and the cute new top we
picked out at Wal-Mart today. It is dark red with short puffy sleeves and is
covered with tiny white dots. Cully points to her top and mouths the word
RED. Then she flips me off with her good hand and grins.
The women at social services nicknamed us Red and White. We were
born on the same day, but we're not twins. We have the same white father.
He was almost fifty and already had a bunch of abused and abandoned kids
by the time he got our mothers pregnant.
My mother was white. She turned fourteen on the day I was born.
Cully's mother was full-blooded Cherokee and a little older, maybe sixteen
or seventeen. Our father wanted to look noble for once in his life, so he
allowed both of his pregnant girlfriends to move in with him. He lived in a
dumpy little house on the outskirts of town. That's where Cully and I were
Social Services took us away when we were eight. I was small for my
age. Once my blond, curly hair was deloused and combed, I became a hot
commodity. I was placed with an older couple who live in a large Victorian
house on the good side of town. Eventually, they adopted me. Cully got
bounced around to different foster homes on the bad side of town.
When we were kids, our town was relatively small, and Cully could ride
her bike to my house. She showed up once or twice a week after midnight
and threw rocks at my window until I climbed down the trellis from my
second story room. The last time I snuck out with Cully Jean, we were
eleven. I didn't really want to go anywhere. I was in a comfortable bed. I
liked my life and didn't want to mess it up. But she kept throwing rocks, and
I was afraid she'd break the window. So, down I went.
Once my feet hit the ground, I turned around and saw Cully leaning
against a maple tree, smoking a cigarette. The rows of lights that framed the
lawn cast weird shadows on Cully's face, and it made her look like she
had no eyes. What the frig took you so long? she asked. Little puffs of
smoke came out with her words.
We rode our bikes down Oak Street with its respectable rows of ivy
covered houses. We passed the Episcopal church and the new Elmwood
Elementary building where I went to school. After a while, we came to a
twin set of railroad tracks. We rode over the tracks and through the housing
projects and trailer courts. We passed the shabby little Ridgerock
Elementary school, where Cully may or may not be the next morning. We
passed the non-denominational church with Good News! spray painted in
neon yellow across its gray, windowless building.
We finally came to an abandoned gas station that was next to a row of
empty buildings. This was Cully's favorite spot to hang, especially when her
foster father was in town. The street lights were still intact. We saw bullets
and needles on the ground. Sometimes, there were stray cats who would
let us pet them. When we got tired of sitting out front, we could slip inside
the gas station through a broken door in the back. There was an old, dust
covered cash register still on the counter. One time, we found a box full
of comic books.
Instead of going inside the gas station, we decided to sit down on a
rickety bench in front of the building. Cully pulled a joint out of her pocket
and lit it. We took little puffs and coughed until we gagged. The weed made
our heads feel big and put us in a silly mood. Broken glass sparkled on the
asphalt. We started doing hand clap games and laughing at how hard it was
to keep a rhythm, because we were stoned.
All of a sudden, a car pulled up. I didn't hear it coming. I was laughing
too hard. Cully's eyes got real big, and I laughed some more. Oh, shit, she
said. The car was a banged up piece of junk, and it squeaked and rattled to a
stop. A big man with a pot belly got out of the car. You little bitch! he
screamed. The state don't pay us enough to put up with your crap!
Cully jumped up and started to run, but the man caught her by the hair
and flung her on the ground. He pulled off his belt and swung it high in the
air behind his head. Cully sat up and tried to get away. The belt came down
across her face with a snap. Cully screamed and fell back on the ground,
holding her face with her good hand. I jumped up and ran behind a pile of
wooden pallets while the man continued to beat Cully Jean.
I peeped around the pallets. I was so afraid the man would kill her. He
grabbed Cully by the hair and dragged her behind the gas station. I could
hear the sickening sound of his belt on Cully Jean's skin. She screamed a
few more times. Then I heard nothing, except for the sound of my own
loud heart.
I waited for what seemed like forever. When I couldn't stand waiting
any longer, I snuck to the side of the building and looked around back. The
man was sitting down on something. Cully Jean was on her knees in front of
the man. He was holding Cully's head between his legs. Her shirt was off.
I was too terrified to run. I walked backward until I couldn't see the
man or Cully anymore. I found a huge cardboard box on the side of the
building. I hid under the box. My pulse was beating loudly in my ears.
Something skittered by my arm, and I clapped my hand over my mouth so
I wouldn't scream.
Eventually, I heard his heavy footsteps go past. The car door creaked
open. Then the car gurgled to a start and sped away. A few minutes later, I
crept out, and Cully's bike was still there. I found her behind the gas station
on her hands and knees. She was crying and throwing up. Cully struggled to
her feet, still crying, and I helped her put on her shirt. Cully's cheek was
bleeding. One of her eyes was closed shut. I didn't know what to do, so I
reached out and tried to brush her hair away from her eyes. Cully Jean
spat in my face. Get away from me, bitch. I hate you, she hissed. Then she
got on her bike and slowly rode away.
I didn't see Cully Jean for a long time after that. The next time we met,
we were thirteen. I was standing in front of the 7-11 store, and Cully came
whizzing up on a brand new skateboard and slammed into me. She told me
her mother had bought it for her. It still had the price tag on it. I doubted
what she said, but I tried to act impressed for her sake.
Then high school came along. People said I was a hottie. I got invited
to dances and had a lot of friends. Cully dropped out of her school midway
through freshman year. She was already addicted to crack. Once I saw her
when some friends and I went to a bar where underage kids could drink
without question. The place was a pit, and it reeked of underarms and
hot beer. Cully was working as a bar maid. She wore a short skirt and fish
net stockings. Old men slapped her on the ass and made mean remarks
about her stumpy arm. We pretended not to know each other.
I joined the debate team and the chess club. I graduated with honors.
Then I went to college and started drinking for real. Somehow, I managed
to get a degree in business. I put on a fairy tale wedding gown and married
a good looking bastard named Jim. He and I partied and fought our way
through our twenties. We cashed in my trust fund and bought a
condominium in Fort Lauderdale.
I moved back home when I was twenty nine and went into my adopted
father's business. Now my ex is suing me for alimony. I make a lot of money
in real estate. My teeth are capped and bright white, and my face is on
billboards all over town, smiling like a fool. Cully won't take a dime of my
money. If I mail her a check, she mails it back to me with cram it up your
ass written in big red letters across the front of the check.
Cully and I reconnected four years ago. She had just finished her last
session of rehab. Our reunion wasn't a tearful one. We just saw each other
at the mall and started hanging out. Now we're together most of the time.
If I don't come around for a day, Cully calls and demands to know where the
hell I am.
But we don't have long, meaningful conversations. We reveal ourselves
to each other cautiously and quickly, bit by bit. I told Cully about my
nervous breakdown while we were watching a sit com on television. When
we were waiting in line at the frozen yogurt stand, Cully told me she had
spent two years in jail.
Now Cully lives in public housing with her three youngest kids–two
girls and a boy. The apartment walls are thin, and we can hear people
arguing or having sex next door. Teenagers sell crack in front of the
apartments, and Cully yells at them until they leave.
Cully's three kids are all under the age of five and have different fathers
they have never met. Cully has never gotten any child support. Two of the
fathers are dead, and she doesn't know where the other one is. The kids are
sweet, but they're a handful. They scream a lot and run around the
apartment, banging into walls. They leap on the kitchen counters like cats
and pour cereal all over the floor.
Five mornings a week, the kids take a little purple bus to daycare. Then
Cully takes the city bus to Wal-Mart, where she works all day. She goes to
school after work. At night, they all come home and run around the
apartment like crazy. Cully sings while she stirs spaghetti in a big, black
pot. She taught the kids how to write their names. She frames all of their
work and hangs it on the apartment wall.
In just a few minutes, Cully will have a high school diploma to hang on
her wall. The man in the green suit has finished reading his speech. The
folding chair hurts my ass. It feels like the air conditioner is completely
broken now. Cully is standing up with the other graduates, and I lean
forward to take her picture. The man in green has visible beads of sweat
running down the side of his face. He calls out the names quickly. Cully is
the last name on the list–Culletta Jean Whittaker.
Cully walks the few steps with her head held up. The man reaches out
and holds Cully's good hand to shake it. There is an awkward moment when
he looks at her arm and is not sure where to put her diploma. Cully takes
the diploma with the three fingers on her stumpy arm and holds it up as
high as she can. Somebody behind me snickers.
I clap loudly for my dark sister. Tonight, we will go to Chuckie Cheese
to celebrate. She will show her kids how to spit wads of paper through their
straws. She will talk loudly and call me a dork. She won't let me pay the bill.
We will go back to her apartment, and the kids will be high on
Mountain Dew. They will run and jump and break things until Cully
screams. Then they will put on their footie pajamas and settle down on her
bed, sucking their thumbs.
Cully will read a pile of books to them. The kids will fall asleep, but
Cully won't stop reading until she finishes the last page of Good Night
Moon. When I wake up in the morning, I will be on the couch, covered with
Cully's soft blanket. She will already be up, dressed in her Wal-Mart
uniform, ready for a brand new day.


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In the 1960s, when some were exploring the mysteries of outer space and quantum mechanics, one engineer noticed an extraordinary unexplained phenomenon in shampoo. The sudden, energetic, and seemingly spontaneous bursts of liquid that seemed to randomly squirt out from ordinary shampoo were a mystery for forty years. Here's why your shampoo, while being poured, sometimes leaps up and tries to get you.
Liquid soap has been around for a long time, and fluid dynamics has been very well studied. It's rare that new phenomena come up. So in 1963, physicists all must have gone running to their bathrooms to get hold of some shampoo. A new physical phenomenon was in town, and it was discovered by one Arthur Kaye. He was an engineer who happened, one day, to notice a weird physical phenomenon that no one had remarked on before. Pour shampoo, or liquid soap out onto a surface, and for a while it just coils up into a pile and then slowly oozes downward. Nothing special yet. But sometimes, seemingly at random, the falling soap seems to just hop right off the pile and squirt right up again. The squirt went in random directions, but it was incredibly energetic, as if that section of the falling soap gained the elasticity of a rubber ball. When he poured the soap onto a surface that was at an angle, he found could get a steady stream of soap rising up again.
Kaye noticed that this was a phenomenon common to all shear-thinning liquids. These are liquids that, when flowing or stressed, get more thin and less viscous. Soaps and shampoos were the most common of these that people had to hand. They were also used in industrial work, to lubricate machinery. Kaye believed that no one had remarked on it before because generally the spontaneous squirts were minor and quick. He didn't offer explanation for the odd phenomenon. He just put it forward, called it the Kaye Effect, and waited for people to figure out how it worked. It was only shampoo, right? How long could it take?
Forty years later, in 2006, people finally figured out how the Kaye Effect worked. There's a reason why it only works with shear-thinning liquids, and why it works most steadily on an angled surface. To begin with, on a flat surface, the liquid just piles up into a little hill. It's not flowing, so it gets a little thicker. Meanwhile, more liquid is coming down. When that liquid hits the pile at a certain angle, it's going to start to flow downwards. This creates a layer of liquid that is moving, and is a different thickness and texture from the liquid in the pile. This is kind of like greasing a runway, or the side of a hill. Anything that gets put on top of that layer will slide down quickly.
As the continuing stream of liquid hits this greased runway it moves fast. If it hits the bottom, or an indent in the pile, it gets hurled right back up into the air again. The squirt of liquid usually doesn't last long because the underlying pile changes shape. This is why pouring the soap onto an angled surface creates a more stable effect. You've already got the runway, all you need is enough grease sliding down it. In the video, there are several points when the stream of liquid actually bounces a couple of times, like a stone skipping across the water. As long as there is a layer of sliding liquid, acting as a lubricant, and a couple of divots in angled surface, the stream can jet up into the air again and again.
And for those of you wondering, yes, you can do this in your kitchen.
Image: Brocken In A Glory
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Latest update, June 6th: All four committees that have voted so far have recommended the European Parliament should reject ACTA. This is good news, but the final 'plenary' vote in July is the big final decision. So it's still useful to find your MEP and explain why you think they should vote to reject the treaty.
We're supporting another day of demonstrations on Saturday, 9th June. We'll be at the London demonstration, which is going to be outside Europe House, 32 Smith Square. There's a Facebook page with more information.
Update, 29th May 2012: See our latest blog post on a crucial week for ACTA. Find out how you can help by getting in touch with your MEPs.
What is it?
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is an international agreement, negotiated in secret. It is supposed to tackle large-scale counterfeiting. But its overly broad definitions, harsh punitive measures and lack of democratic validity make it a danger to how our Internet is governed and to freedom of expression and privacy online.
The Agreement is now finally facing some democratic scrutiny, as the European Parliament decides whether to give it's consent. That means we have a chance to influence what happens.
We have posted a briefing paper that sets out some of the key reasons why we believe ACTA should be rejected.
You can help.
Contact your MEP. Tell them why the European Parliament should reject ACTA.
Find out who your MEP, and get in touch with them to explain why you care and why you think they should reject ACTA. Remember that the MEPs are considering the agreement, rather than responsible for it! You can contact your MEP using our tool.
Subscribe to the public-mailing list for discussion of the Stop ACTA campaign.
ACTA is in trouble - support is ebbing away. So your help could make the difference.
Why you should care?
Where to learn more: We have a short briefing that gives a little more detail about why we think ACTA should be rejected.
For more, read this pamphlet from EDRi, Access and TACD. La Quadrature du Net also have a detailed analysis. And EDRi have some ACTA fact sheets.
Wired have an outline of ACTA and it's implications, and over at Ars Technica there is an excellent article sorting the fact from the fiction regarding what's wrong with ACTA.
What else can I do?
ACTA is currently being considered by a number of committees in the European Parliament. These committees will produce opinions that will help determine whether MEPs vote to accept or reject ACTA. You can also help by contacting the MEPs on these committees and explaining to them why you are concerned.
Find out which MEPs are on these committees and how to contact them at the LQDN wiki.


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When you think of steel construction, commercial buildings may come to mind. But one Aylmer couple has taken a chance on a new sustainable steel technology that reduces residential construction waste and increases their home's durability, all while keeping their budget intact.
Brian Allemekinders and Deirdre Yukich have been living in Wychwood, a quaint residential pocket of Aylmer just a stone's throw from the Ottawa River, since 2002. They owned a cute bungalow and were planning to tackle a green renovation, but instead took the opportunity to purchase a treed lot down the road to build a sustainable modern home from the ground up to house their growing family, now numbering four children between five and 18 years old.
However, their plans were delayed when they moved their family to Vietnam for four years through their work with the Canadian International Development Agency. While the transfer threw a wrench in the building, they continued to work on plans with their Toronto architect, Maria Denegri (dbstudio.ca), a member of their extended family, while they were away.
They were admittedly not wellversed in green home building. While in Vietnam, Yukich, in particular, took the time to immerse herself in stacks of books on energy-efficient construction techniques. Out of that research, which included having Yukich make a couple of trips back to Canada during their time away, the family put together a laundry list of green building staples, like passive solar design, bamboo flooring and geothermal heating.
But building with steel? That didn't occur to them until their research led them to local green builders The Healthiest Home (thehealthiesthome.com), who suggested they try a steel-panel technology new to Canada called K-tect (k-tect.com). Made with steel and expanded polystyrene, the panels are joined together with screws and adhesive spray foam to create the structural shell of the house.
Meant to surpass the structural strength and insulation qualities of traditional wood-frame construction, the K-tect system provides for an airtight building envelope with no thermal bridges from the exterior to interior.
Denegri considered the orientation of the home as an important factor in sustainable living, with the biggest factor being the location of the sun. To incorporate passive solar heating, she designed the home's biggest windows to face south. And to cool the house passively in the summer, she designed overhangs that protect the home from direct sunlight.
"The overhangs have been calibrated and designed in such a way that in the summer the sun does not go in at all," says Denegri. "And in the winter, the sun goes right through those windows and hits the concrete floor and warms it up."
The home, which took a year to complete, looks much like any other contemporary build - clean lines, copious windows, new energy-efficient appliances and lighting. What makes it special is what's hidden in the walls.
Speaking by phone from Las Vegas, Alaina Miller - who has owned K-test with her husband, Ken, since its inception in 2006 - explains the benefits of their structural, thermal panels. Miller says it's a step beyond anything that's out on the market today because it eliminates the need for wood when building the frame of the home - and their expanded polystyrene is not like the Styrofoam used in packaging or food containers. It's a proprietary blend and contains no chemicals, so it doesn't off-gas, Miller says.
"It's resistant to fire, mould and mildew and if there were to be a fire, it would just resist the flame. If it was hot enough, (the polystyrene) would simply just melt. But the steel, which is the structure, would still stand."
Building a sustainable home was a priority for the couple, but they were also adamant about sticking to a strict budget.
Miller says the cost of K-tect panels should be on par with traditional wood-framed homes. In Allemekinders and Yukich's case, the cost was around five-per-cent more, but they also had them shipped from Las Vegas. Soon, the panels will be manufactured in Canada, which will cut the cost and the environmental impact of shipping the panels.
While Allemekinders and Yukich had found an architect, they still needed builders who shared the same sustainable philosophy. After holding an informal design competition, they decided in 2009 on The Healthiest Home (THH). Using the K-tect technology suggested by THH was an attractive option given the potential long-term savings on heating and cooling costs, but also the fact The Healthiest Home is the first company in the city to use the panels.
Now the couple refers to the house as hyper-efficient, with bills that are half the price of their old home, despite being double the size.
K-tect installed the panels, then THH took over the rest of the construction and sourced all the sustainable materials, like 100-per-cent recycled rubber roof shingles and no-VOC paints. Some of the products were sourced from their new store, a 4,000-square-foot shop on Laperriere Avenue, near Carling and Kirkwood avenues, where they carry an array of green building supplies.
THH owners and business partners Rebecca Best and Tosh Serafini, who basically act as green building consultants, are always searching for the best green products. Serafini says they were researching other styles of panels, but knew they had the product they wanted to work with when they discovered K-test at a building show in Toronto. They chose it because of better pricing and because it's easy to work with.
"The way that the insulation is integrated into the (steel) structural members (means it) can be formed to almost any shape, vertical shape, so round walls, curved walls what have you, without compromising the structure, or the R value (thermal quality)," says Serafini. "It's a simple (method) that allows you to do whatever you want to it without increasing costs."
He believes steel-panel systems are the future of building, so much so that he and Best have secured the Canadian rights to K-tect. They plan on manufacturing the panels in Ottawa by fall or early winter.
They are sold on it because it creates little to no waste and increases productivity.
"The building goes up much much quicker with the vapour barrier already built in and ready for windows. The house in Aylmer, we had the thing up in nine days," says Serafini, who estimates it would have taken six weeks to build the wood frame.
He says the overall benefit of green building in general is excellent indoor air quality. The couple's heat recovery ventilation system, for instance, reduces condensation and provides fresh air and improved climate control.
"I swear, everyone is healthy and my son Riel has sinus problems ... and he hasn't had a problem this winter. We are so happy just in terms of our health," says Yukich, standing beside the beautiful open staircase with glass railings and a spectacular custom designed base created by Denegri's architect husband, Tom Bessai, who worked in Frank Gehry's firm in Los Angeles for a few years. The organic curves - made from 150 individually cut pieces of plywood - show his work is inspired by his former mentor.
"In many residential projects, people don't really recognize opportunities for people to do something special or unique, so we are always looking for a way to produce something extraordinary and Deirdre and Brian were certainly game," says Bessai, who left the rest of the home's design to his wife. "We tried many variations for the base of the stairs ... when we went with the most radical thing, they loved it."
While the couple subscribes to the theory of building small spaces, they also had to acknowledge the fact six people would be living in the home. Still, Denegri managed to keep the square footage at 2,505 with a layout that maximizes the openness of the main living area while still providing defined and separate kitchen, dining and living areas. The second floor has four bedrooms, all with 14-foot vaulted ceilings to add to the sense of space. The master bedroom is equipped with a luxurious ensuite that includes a double custom glass shower along with a large walk-in closet space. It also boasts a balcony hideaway for warm summer nights.
"The key is in making people realize that you don't actually have to live in a huge house to feel like you have space," says Denegri. "It feels incredibly spacious. It has to do with the ceiling heights; it has to do with the volumes; it has to do with how you introduce light - (and) the way you flow from one activity into the next."
Given the final cost of building their new home ended up being $237 a square foot, they want others who are thinking about building to know that designing a sustainable, energy-efficient home does not need to be expensive, boring, traditional or leave the occupants esthetically wanting.
"Our hope is that our project (will) motivate other people to try new, alternative approaches to building residential homes in Canada," Allemekinders says. "We believe strongly that there is no reason to have not evolved past the traditional residential building methods and materials that have been in constant use for the past 100 years."
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I've been toying around with unbiased composition in higher categorical structures on and off for a while now. In particular, I've been playing around with unbiased monoidal 2-categories. One motivation for this, as I discussed in my last question on the matter, is that unbiased tensor products and compositions often seem to be better descriptions of what goes on "in nature" than biased ones.
Another motivation was the hope that such gadgets would provide a cleaner notion of nerve than what one gets in the biased setting, where higher associators are floating around everywhere. However, directly transcribing the ordinary notion of nerve seems to work poorly, even for unbiased monoidal categories, for two reasons. First, in each dimension, one is forced to consider products of fixed numbers of objects, which is antithetical to the unbiased philosophy. Secondly, degeneracies are difficult to write down because one has, in place of a unit object, a zero-fold tensor product, which requires a bit of care to handle. A more natural "nerve" for an unbiased monoidal categories might involve having simplicies of dimension $n$ correspond to nested tensor products of depth $n$. I can't quite get such a definition to work, although I'm pretty sure that something like it should be possible.
Is there a construction of the nerve of an unbiased monoidal category that is natural to write down? (The definition of unbiased monoidal category can be found in section 3.1 of Leinster's Higher Operads, Higher Categories.) It strikes me that the problem might be simplicial sets themselves; are there some more exotic combinatorial objects that are better suited to capturing unbiased compositions? I'm aware of the existence of things like opetopes, but I have no idea if they're relevant to this particular issue.
I'd like to clarify why I'm interested in nerves (and consequently, why I'd really prefer that my nerve be a simplicial set instead of something more exotic, unless I can be convinced that more exotic objects can be easily adapted to my needs).
My poking around in all of this was inspired by the preprint by Etingof, Nikshych, and Ostrik, "Fusion categories and homotopy theory." The main results of this paper are proved by formulating their questions in terms of classical obstruction theory on the nerves of certain 3-groupoids. The obstruction theory itself can be justified using elementary fiddling with simplicial sets, as the reference Gregory Arone provided to my earlier question on obstrucion theory reveals. However, I wanted to understand the category theory side of the equation better, which led me to try to formulate things in terms of unbiased monoidal 2-categories.
So ultimately, the goal is to have a definition of the nerve to which I can apply my favorite classical obstruction theory techniques. While some people appear to have studied obstruction theory in more general settings, it's not clear to me how to squeeze out the appropriate concrete computational gadgets (e.g., the cohomology groups $H^n(X; \pi_{n - 1}(Y))$) from the relevant abstract nonsense. Of course, if somebody could elucidate how that works, that would be wonderful, although perhaps that should be the subject of another question...


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The Large List of Pests New Jerseyans Will Encounter in 2013.
"Death and taxes are predictable, but Nature is predictable as well in the form of the many insect and rodent species that attack property and spread disease," says Leonard Douglen, Executive Director of the New Jersey Pest Management Association. "The Handbook of Pest Control by Arnold Mallis is an encyclopedic collection of information about pests that exceeds 1,100 pages."
"When people think about pest control for their homes, apartments, offices and other facilities, they often begin with cockroaches," says Douglen, "and there are a number of cockroach species common to the tri-state area. They are famed for spreading many diseases associated with food poisoning such as salmonella, but they also are known to transmit pneumonia and typhoid, are a cause for allergies, and afflict those with asthma."
Cockroaches have been around for millions of years, reproduce at amazing rates, and pose particular problems for food establishments, hospitals, hotels and similar enterprises. "In recent years bed bugs have risen to the top of the list of people's concerns," says Douglen, "and the pest control profession has rapidly developed a number of techniques to find and exterminate them wherever they occur."
"By far, the most costly among the insect species that afflict people are termites," says Douglen, "costing millions every year for the damage they do to homes and other structures. Coming in a close second are carpenter ants because an entire colony numbering several thousand can move into a home overnight and begin to destroy parts of it. Both species are often at work for several years before their presence is noted." Lessor known species of beetles cause damage as well.
"Though they don't make headlines," says Douglen, "various species of moths damage clothes, carpets, and other textiles, as well as invade pantries. Some beetle species rival moths for the damage they do. "Spiders loom large in people's imaginations and there are some 35,000 species of spiders worldwide, but other than being scary, they do not pose much of a threat to humans."
In New Jersey, home to many deer, the spread of Lyme Disease has been caused by a common parasite, ticks, but they are also known vectors of encephalitis, tularemia, and typhus.
There are many tick species and pet owners are familiar with dog ticks. Often mistaken for ticks are mites and gnats. Stinging insects such as wasps and Yellow Jackets pose a well-known problem, especially when their nests are disturbed. "People should call on pest control professionals to remove their nests because a do-it-yourself approach can result in multiple painful stings."
"New Jerseyans share their suburbs with a wide variety of vertebrate pest species that include mice, rats, and voles. Squirrels can pose problems for homeowners, as do raccoons and opossum that can get into chimneys unless they have a protective device," says Douglen. "Bats, too, have been known to invade attics and require particular care to remove as their guano can cause respiratory problems."
While acknowledging that pest control professionals do not address the problems of larger animal species, Douglen noted that, "In recent years there has been a greater awareness of the state's growing population of coyotes that will attack pets. Bears, too, require homeowners in more rural areas to take care to install tamper-proof garbage containers. Businesses that use dumpsters need comparable protection, The deer population poses problems in the form of auto accidents, eating ornamental foliage, and the ecological damage they do as in the case of the South Mountain reservation where culling has been necessary to ensure new tree growth."
"Pest control professionals are on the front lines of defense against the many insect, rodent, bird and animal species that represent problems of property damage and disease," says Douglen, "and the public should know that they are licensed and certified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. They undergo continued training throughout each year?'
The New Jersey Pest Management Association was founded in 1941 and is affiliated with the National Pest Management Association. It provides its members with seminars on a variety of pest issues and it maintains an Internet website at www.njpma.com that provides a list of its member firms throughout the state.


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Going to Anaheim? Head over to the Angels game; it's a better bet than any of the Disneyland rides. Los Angeles / Anaheim / California is 41-17 at home, the best record in the majors, plus no annoying Alyssa Milano to complain about the starting lineup. Then there's rookie Ryan Budde, whose double in the 10th brought home the winning run in the Angels' 7-6 win over the Yankees. Rally Monkey approves.
It was Budde's first RBI and first extra-base hit in the majors. Should we now play taps for the Yankees, who are five games behind the front-running Red Sox in the East? The Angels, meanwhile, are two games head of second-place Seattle in the West. Alex Rodriguez hit his 40th home run, so there's that, Yankees fans.
• This Record Is Jenksed. It's not known whether Jim Barr was in attendance on Monday as Chicago's Bobby Jenks attempted to break the record for consecutive batters retired. No matter, the White Sox reliever entered the game in the ninth and gave up a single to Kansas City's Joey Gathright, as Jenks had to settle for sharing the record of 41 straight outs with the former Giants pitcher. He then went on to save Chicago's 4-3 win.
• The Great Race. Rick Ankiel delivers again in a big way as St. Louis beats Chicago 6-4 to draw within three games of first ... the Cubs and Brewers are tied at the top. Ankiel threw out Ryan Theriot from left field trying for a triple in the first, and also hit his fourth home run. (Ed. Note: That throw was amazing ... and kind of made us a little sad. We'll get over it.)
• Atlanta Agrees with Him. Mark Teixeira hit a pair of homers for the second consecutive game, leading the Braves over the Reds 14-4. Tim Hudson (15-5) kept his two-month unbeaten streak going.


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There's a press drive going on this week for Subaru at the Isle of Man for the Subaru BRZ. We couldn't make it, unfortunately, which means we weren't there to confirm whether or not these were journalists beating the bacon grease out of half a dozen of the new Toyobaruion sports car.
You'll notice the Subaru WRX drivers all take a conservative line through the jump, not wanting to abuse their cars unnecessarily in what doesn't appear to be a competitive lap. And then come the BRZ drivers.
We have no proof that there are journalists in there (we emailed Subaru PR to check), but our own history with press cars and the people who drive them makes us think they might be. Maybe that explains the panel gaps for the FR-S?
UPDATE: Indications are that yes, these are journalists.
UPDATE 2: Tiff Needell just raised his hand on Twitter as one of the Subie-launching journos. He is, indeed, one fast journo.
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Well, the kids were pretty good last night.
Carlos Marmol, he's one of the best relievers in baseball right now. How about striking out Prince Fielder with guys on 1st and 3rd?
And young Matty Murton came through with the big go-ahead homer.
I'll only mention his error because if you were listening to Pat and Ron on WGN…you heard Ron Santo's hilarious and amazing animal-moans of disaster.
The day before, I found the Cubs game on some station up here (I'm waay up in Wisconsin), so I figure that's the station.
Now I've got the grill going, an icy cooler-Bud, the kids are playing, the wind is gone and the lake is a mirror.
I've been waiting all day for this perfect moment to tune in the game and…no Cubs.
It's a Packer pre-season game.
In fact, there's the Packer pre-season game on every freaking FM station except the one playing disco-polka.
I almost beat the dog.
Then, and I don't know what is up with AM radio, but before the sun went down there were no stations to be heard.
After the sun went down I fournd the Score, ESPN, and finally the game on WGN.
So I got to sit in front of a camp fire by the cabin and listen to the game.
Dee. Luxe.
The only hitch was when D. Lee flipped into the stands and I almost hurled.
Otherwise, this game was as perfect as son Wyatt's s'mores.
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American family values are under siege again, this time in Maryland.
Two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience are at the mercy of the state's Court of Appeals. The decision of the seven-judge panel may corrupt one of the most fundamental institutions of civilization: divorce. First some courts let kids divorce their parents. Now Maryland's appellate court has to decide if the state should sanctify the separation of a married same-sex couple.
Gay marriage isn't currently legal in Maryland — legislation allowing it was recently signed by Gov.Martin O'Malley, but it doesn't take effect until next year. In the meantime, the court is being forced to decide whether it can dissolve a marriage that the state doesn't recognize. By hearing the case, Maryland's judiciary assumed a power that threatens the historic concept of divorce.
Authorizing divorce for gays and children abolishes that institution as we know it. Were Jerry Falwell still with us, he would surely declare: "We need to protect the sacred Biblical definition of divorce from the reach of unelected judges."
Court approval of homosexual divorce starts us down an irreversible slippery slope, opening the door to sibling and polygamous divorce, making a mockery of traditional separation. With divorce cheapened by opening it to gays, straights won't file for it. In the Biblical view, honored in cultures around the world, divorce is between one man and one woman, sanctioned in Heaven, blessed by God and esteemed by religions worldwide.
As proof, nearly half the marriages in this nation, founded on Judeo-Christian principles, end in dissolution. The other half end with death of a spouse before divorce can be consummated.
Now same-sex divorce threaten the very social fabric of American life, changing the institution's definition. WhatGeorge W. Bushsaid about marriage applies equally well here: "[Divorce] cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening all of society."
Fortunately, Florida's judicial system got something right. Its appellate court ruled that people undergoing sex change operations can't divorce since their marriage was illegal in the first place.
Alas, Florida stands alone in protecting the sanctity of divorce. Voters in several other states have enacted constitutional amendments to ban homosexual marriage but ignored divorce. Despite the Republican commitment to family values and the protection of marriage, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has failed to enact legislation protecting divorce from frivolous and demeaning legal efforts at same-sex separation.
Only an act of Congress defining divorce in its traditional context can save it. Now is the time for that champion of social conservatism, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, to add one more plank to his platform. In addition to his anti-contraception, anti-abortion, anti-same-sex marriage views, Mr. Santorum should now urge congressional adoption of SODA, the "Sanctity of Divorce Act." His previous statement in defense of marriage would need only slight tweaking: "The states are powerless on this issue, and the courts have shown that they are all over the map regarding traditional divorce."
We need SODA now, allowing states to nullify same-sex splits legalized by other states. As a sop to gays who wish to divorce, let's enact "Civil Disunion" laws that stop short of divorce but allow separating same-sex couples to sever insurance, medical, community property and other ties acquired through "marriage."
But don't count on politicians. Although divorce is nonpartisan, enjoyed by Democrats (John Kerry) and Republicans (Rudy Giuliani), spineless elected officials quake in fear of the same-sex juggernaut despite overwhelming public support for traditional divorce.
Most religious leaders are afraid to speak out on this issue.
We can only hope that some brave clerics will deny communion to elected officials who support gay divorce, applying that same rule to voters who cast ballots for them. The pews, not the pulpits, truly represent American opinion on this issue.
The politically correct may plead the inevitability of universal, same-sex divorce. But in America the people rule, not politicians, clergy or judges.
So, Rick Santorum, are you ready to nudge John Boehner and his Republican House into passage of the "Sanctity of Divorce Act?"
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Aether Research
In Greek, 'Aithen' means to burn or shine
The word 'aethere' was used by Romans and Greeks to mean the upper air which they regarded as pure and connected to a Sun that was driven through this aethere across the sky during the day, hence the relation to shining and burning (thus luminiferous
Aether is nothing more than a distributed physical medium permeating the entire universe, endowing it [space] with measurable physical qualities
H. A. Lorentz formulated an aether based version of special relativity, known as Lorentz Ether Theory
" The material Universe is solely made out of Aether "
The Greek derived word Aether is defined in the
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Veterans and public invited to USO dance
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[November 07, 2012]
A USO dance in Lincoln on
Thursday will feature big-band-era entertainment from 6 to 8 p.m. at
the American Legion.
Supporting America's troops was the first mission of the USO. In
1941, as it became clear that the nation was heading into World War
II, several organizations mobilized and joined to form the United
Service Organizations to support the growing U.S. military. These
included The Salvation Army, Young Men's Christian Association,
Young Women's Christian Association, National Catholic Community
Services, National Travelers Aid Association and the National Jewish
Welfare Board.
Decades later, thousands of USO workers and volunteers coordinate
to provide a home away from home for U.S. troops, including bringing
celebrities to entertain soldiers on the front line and keeping them
connected to their families during deployments.
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Seniors and veterans of all ages will receive free admission to
the USO dance. Community members are also welcome to attend for $3
per person or $5 per couple.
The Healthy Communities Partnership is a collaborative
organization comprised of dozens of community agencies. It is
supported in part by the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation. For
updates, like Healthy Communities Partnership on Facebook.
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Communities Partnership news release received from
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital]
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A characteristic seen in people with learning disabilities such as Dysgraphia or Non-verbal LD, it can result in missing subtle differences in shapes or printed letters, losing place frequently, struggles with cutting, holding pencil too tightly, or poor eye/hand coordination.
Excerpted from the LDA of California and UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute "Q.U.I.L.T.S." Calendar 2001-2002


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PATROL BASE DETROIT, Afghanistan – The Marines are down but not out. The late afternoon sun beats on them, and one Marine wipes sweat from his eyes. Across from them, their opponents smile, seemingly sensing the outcome. With the Olympics fresh in their minds, this is not simply a volleyball game. This is a matter of national pride. Then it happens: a questionable call. Is it a point for the Afghan soldiers on one side of the net, or is it the Marines' serve? Hand gestures and facial expressions are not enough to explain the concerns of both teams.
Then a Marine steps in, turns to the Afghan soldier and begins pleading the Marines' case. The only catch is that unlike the others, he is not speaking English and using over dramatic hand gestures. He is speaking Pashtu, the Afghan soldiers' native language.
For Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Pontious, a rifleman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, the ability to speak Pashtu helps to build relationships with Afghan soldiers and local residents.
"It really helps when we are patrolling and we run into a family," Pontious said. "When they see I can speak their language, it usually puts them at ease. We have that common ground, and we can build off it."
Pontious' platoon has two interpreters, but has three squads. This means when the entire platoon patrols, one squad usually is left without an interpreter.
"It's huge having someone like Pontious, who's a Marine but can also speak Pashtu," said Marine Corps Sgt. Jason Lomeli, Pontious' squad leader. "The other day we had to roll out, and the [platoon commander] asked if I was good without an [interpreter]. I responded, 'Of course I'm good -- I have Pontious.'"
Pontious' skills often help to mitigate potentially damaging relations with local Afghans. He explains to the head of the household what the Marines are doing and why they are there, and he reassures the family.
But Pontious said what he really enjoys is the part of speaking Pashtu that isn't work-related.
"I love talking to the children," the Effingham, Ill., native said. "They are really funny, and I love giving them water or candy and watching their smiles."
Even when his squad returns from patrols, Pontious' ability to bridge the language barrier is put to good use. His platoon works closely with Afghan soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps.
Pontious often talks to the Afghan soldiers, trading with them and planning volleyball games.
"We work together like brothers," said Capt. Aziz Mohammad, commander of the Afghan army's 3rd Tolai, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps.
Pontious attended a three-month language school to learn Pashtu before deploying to Afghanistan, attending grammar classes in the morning and cultural classes in the afternoon. He graduated third in a class of more than 200 students and the highest of any Marine in his battalion.
Before going to the school, Pontious said, he had developed a reputation as a troublemaker and couldn't seem to shake the misconceptions about him.
"When I first arrived, some of the other leaders warned me about Pontious, saying he might cause issues," explained Lomeli, from Riverdale, Ill. "I think Pontious was misunderstood. He does everything I ask of him and more, and he's a great asset to the squad."
Pontious used his poor reputation as motivation during language school. He volunteered to attend the class, he said, because he learned French easily in high school.
"Honestly, I had some doubters when I left for the course," Pontious said. "I wanted to prove them wrong, and I ended up getting an A in the course."
He also keeps his language skills sharp, practicing with a textbook he brought to Afghanistan and asking the interpreters questions. He also uses a Pashtu-to-English dictionary he received from an Afghan soldier. "That helped a lot," Pontious said. "I take it with me every time we go out."
Back on the volleyball court, Pontious finishes pleading his case. His explanation seems to satisfy his Afghan counterparts, at least for this point, and within moments the Marines and Afghans are playing again.
"I really think I'm helping to change the perception of Marines [for] the people of Afghanistan," Pontious said. "I think they see the effort I've put in to learn their language and their culture, and I think they appreciate it."


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Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland is home to around 500,000 people.
This view is from Salisbury Crags which are in Holyrood Park and in the shadow of Arthur's Seat, an ancient volcano.
From this spot, on the horizon you can see Edinburgh Castle on Castle Hill, The Balmoral Hotel with its clock tower and Calton Hill with it's monuments. At the foot of the Crags are The Scotsman, Our Dynamic Earth, The Scottish Pariament and The Palace of Holyroodhouse.


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Warm-weather safety for pets requires a little planning, as well as common sense and vigilance while companion animals are outside. And keep in mind that dogs and other pets can become stressed by commotion and loud noises around the July Fourth holiday.
Warm-weather safety for pets requires a little planning, as well as common sense and vigilance while companion animals are outside.
While participating in warm-weather activities, dogs can push themselves to overheating. Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) Veterinary Services Branch Chief Capt. Meghan Fincher said pet owners should be aware of their pets' activity levels and whether they're getting enough rest.
"If you're doing a long hike and they are off lead, that's fine, but put them on (the leash occasionally) to cool them down. Always ensure that they do not go more than about an hour in hot weather without access to cold water and shade."
Offer cool water to drink, and douse pets with cool water for evaporative cooling. Fincher said getting pets damp or allowing them a supervised swim will help keep their bodies at a safe temperature.
Certain pets are at even greater risk for overheating.
"Very young, pregnant and nursing animals do not regulate body temperature as effectively as normal healthy adult animals," Fincher said. "Brachycephalic (short-nose) breeds — such as boxer, bulldog, Shih Tzu, Boston terrier, pit bull breeds — do not pass air as effectively and are more prone to overheating than those dogs, and cats, with longer faces."
Excessive panting, drooling and sluggish behavior are signs that an animal is too hot. Fincher said an animal showing signs of distress should be removed from the situation causing the overheating, and veterinary aid should be sought immediately.
Signs of distress leading to heat stroke include:
- Excessive panting
- Excessive drooling
- Lethargy, reluctance to move
- Shaking/tremors
- Purple gums
- Unresponsive when called
- Seizure
- Collapse
Scorching hot summer days are not the only time to be concerned.
"Just because it is still considered spring by the calendar doesn't mean it won't be hot enough to risk heat stroke," Fincher said.
Crystal Blackdeer, president of the Leavenworth County Humane Society board of directors, said that if someone witnesses an animal in distress, she asks that they try to help the animal right away, if possible, and contact the proper authorities.
"If people can do so safely, I would encourage them first to provide what the animal needs — a bowl of water, some shade, etc. If they can talk with the animal's owner, that may help. Some people may just need a reminder, or to know that someone else is paying attention," Blackdeer said. "Here's the thing — animal neglect, abuse and cruelty are crimes. These are not pet issues; they are law enforcement issues. Anyone who sees or suspects animal neglect, abuse or cruelty, including animal fighting, should immediately contact the law enforcement agency that has authority in their area."
While a doghouse may appear to provide some shade, Fincher said it offers no protection from the heat.
"When it gets really hot, like 80-90 degrees, dogs really shouldn't spend the day outside," she said. "But, if they are going to, they should have adequate access to shade and good shade — plentiful — and not just a doghouse. A manufactured doghouse should not be the only option for shade. On very hot, sunny days, (the doghouse) can get very hot inside, and the dog will not be able to use it for relief from the elements."
Cars can heat up to well over 100 degrees within minutes and are no place to leave pets, not even for a short time.
"Never leave an animal in a car, even with the windows cracked," Fincher said. "Temperatures rise to levels incompatible with life quickly."
Blackdeer agreed with the reminder, for several reasons.
"One thing that people sometimes fail to think about when leaving pets in cars is that not only can the heat overtake them more quickly than we'd think, but they are vulnerable to so many things when left in a vehicle," she said. "Pets can be stolen, poisoned or harmed when left alone in a vehicle. They can also present a risk to passers-by, as many pets will become protective of the vehicle when left there alone. The safest place for any pet is with its owner, or safely at home, not unaccompanied in a car or the bed of a truck."
July Fourth precautions
Dogs and other pets can become stressed by commotion and loud noises around the July Fourth holiday.
"The safest place for pets during storms and fireworks is indoors," Blackdeer said. "Natural phenomena like storms and celebrations with fireworks are no party for pets."
Fincher's own dog used to be unfazed by fireworks and storms, but after a frightening Independence Day experience, he now hides when he hears loud noises like fireworks, gunfire or thunderstorms.
"Do not leave a dog outside while fireworks are being set off nearby," Fincher said. "Even a dog that hasn't previously been frightened by such noises can become afraid if he is outside and can't find a 'safe' place; this can result in injury or escape."
Animal shelters often take in more strays around the holiday.
"(Pets) are subject to escaping and becoming lost or disoriented," Blackdeer said. "Every pet should always wear (identification), either on an embroidered collar or on an engraved pet tag that identifies the pet and its owner. Pets with microchips have a great chance of being returned to their owners when lost, if the owner keeps the registration information up to date with a current phone number."
Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Fort Leavenworth, Kan.)


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Create a Shopping campaign
Shopping campaigns help you promote your products by giving users detailed information about what you're selling before they even click your ad. Using retail-centric reporting tools, you'll then be able to track the performance of your products over time.
In this article, we'll walk you through how to set up a Shopping campaign in Google Ads.
Before you begin
If you're not familiar with Shopping campaigns, learn more About Shopping campaigns and Shopping ads.
Before you create your Shopping campaign, make sure you meet the requirements.
The new Google Ads experience is now the exclusive way for most users to manage their accounts. If you're still using the previous AdWords experience, choose "previous" below. Learn more
Guided tour: Create a Shopping campaign
Here are step-by-step instructions for creating a Shopping campaign:
- Sign in to your AdWords account.
- Click the Campaigns tab. Then, click + Campaign and select Shopping.
- On the "Select campaign settings" page, give your campaign a name. If you want to use the same campaign settings as another Shopping campaign, go to "or load settings from" and select the campaign from the "Existing campaigns" drop-down menu.
- Provide a merchant identifier by clicking the Select account drop-down menu and choosing the Merchant ID. The ID should be the Google Merchant Center account associated with the products being advertised in this Shopping campaign.
- From the drop-down menu next to "Country of Sale" select the country where the products in this campaign are sold. This setting defines which products from your Merchant Center inventory are advertised in this campaign. It filters products based on the target country associated with the products.
- If you want to use the optional "campaign priority" and "inventory filter" settings or advertise local products, click Shopping settings (advanced).
- Use the optional "campaign priority" setting when you have multiple Shopping campaigns advertising the same product and you want to determine which campaign (and its associated bid) will be used when ads for these products show. By default, all Shopping campaigns are set to "Low" campaign priority. To change, select "Medium" or "High," depending upon how you choose to prioritize this campaign over other Shopping campaigns with the same products. Learn more about the campaign priority setting.
- Use the optional "inventory filter" to limit the products you want to advertise in your Shopping campaign based on the Merchant Center product attributes you choose. By default, the inventory filter is set to "None – Use all products in country of sale (recommended)." To change, select Create custom filter.
- In the two drop-down menus under "Matches all of the following," select the attribute and corresponding value of the products you want to include in your Shopping campaign.
- To add an additional filter, click + and make your selections as above. You are limited to 7 attribute filters.
- By default, Shopping campaigns show products sold on an online website. If you want your Shopping campaign to include products sold in local stores, you should consider participating in Local Inventory Ads. Once you have submitted a verified Local Products feed to Google Merchant Center, you can promote products from your local stores in your Shopping campaign by checking "Enable local inventory ads" box. With the checkbox checked, you'll be able to filter or subdivide your inventory by channel and channel exclusivity. Learn more about using Local Inventory Ads.
- Next to "Locations," choose the geographical areas where you want the Shopping ads in this campaign to appear. You can choose to include or exclude specific locations.
- By default, Shopping campaigns show ads on the Google Search Network and on Google search partner websites. The Google Search Network includes Google.com and Google.com/shopping. Search partners include third-party websites that display and link to products for sale. Including search partners can help you reach more shoppers, increase your visibility, and improve traffic to your products. You can deselect the "Include search partners" check box if you don't want to include them in your campaign.
Your "bid strategy" defaults to "I'll manually set my bids for clicks," which means you'll set your own maximum cost-per-click bid (max. CPC). You'll do this in the next step.
If you use conversion tracking, "Enable Enhanced CPC" is automatically selected. Enhanced cost-per-click (Enhanced CPC) automatically adjusts your manual bids to try to maximize conversions you receive while keeping your total cost the same. Learn more about using Enhanced CPC bidding with your Shopping campaign.
- Enter your max. CPC bid next to "Default bid." This bid will apply to the first ad group and product group you create in your campaign. You can adjust your bids later from the "Product groups" tab.
- Next to "Budget," select if you would like to use an "individual budget" for this campaign or apply a budget from a shared library. For an individual budget, enter the amount you would like to spend per day for this campaign (keep in mind, the actual amount may vary). Learn more about shared budgets.
- Select any additional advanced options for your campaign, including delivery method, ad scheduling, and dynamic tracking URL.
- Click Save and continue.
- You'll arrive on the Create ad groups page. In the "Ad group creation" section you'll need to make some decisions about how to organize your campaign. How you organize your settings depends on your goals for your campaign. Remember that you can always change the organization of your campaign later if you need to. Learn how to use ad groups in your Shopping campaign.
Best practices
Read the Google Best Practices guide to learn how to win over today's constantly connected consumers by optimizing your Shopping campaigns.
Create and Optimize Effective Shopping Campaigns: Google Best Practices
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After thinking over what happened to my tire, I've concluded it was my fault! There's no way a rock could cause these slashes and I haven't had any sticks caught in my tire. I do recall though opening a door at work and the door bottom with its sharp edge rubbing the tire, maybe on two occasions.
Slice. Tire cords can withstand enormous pressure, but they're delicate strands when it comes to sharp edges. That's not to say a rock can't break cords, or a stick.
A few weeks ago, riding on Highland Way–not the smoothest road in the Santa Cruz Mountains–Charlie Kempner hit a rock (I heard it "ping!") and it not only cut the cords on his fancy new 23mm tire, it gouged the rim! The best minds in cycling have debated what causes these cuts on Rec.bike, including Sheldon Brown and Jobst Brandt.
While I may be at fault, I think the Michelin sidewalls are less durable than others, but some say that supple style gives a better ride. The Continentals seem to have the best sidewalls.


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Some members of the Bahraini royal family beating & torturing political prisoners
Swedish Citizen tortured by Nasser Alkhalifa, son of King Hamad
16 August 2011
The BCHR expresses grave concern and is alarmed to learn that members of the Alkhalifa family have personally been involved in beating and torturing pro-democracy protesters. After the crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain the Center has been receiving reports from victims that they were subjected to severe beatings and torture by people they identified as members of the Bahraini royal family. Five members of Alkhalifa have been specifically mentioned by victims, they are: Noura Bint Ebrahim Alkhalifa, Khalifa Bin Ahmed Alkhalifa, Khalifa Bin Abdulla Alkhalifa and sons of the King, Khaled Bin Hamad Alkhalifa and Nasser Bin Hamad Alkhalifa. One of the victims subjected to torture by Nasser Bin Hamad Alkhalifa is Swedish citizen, Mohammed Habeeb Al-Muqdad, currently imprisoned at Al-Gurain military prison.
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The first victim to speak out was poet Ms Ayat Al-Qurmuzi, who was imprisoned for reading a couple of anti-government poems during the pearl roundabout peaceful protest. Ayat was arrested by masked civilians and blindfolded, after her release she spoke of being tortured by men and women. One of the women she claims tortured her was Noura Bint Ebrahim Alkhalifa. Ayat gave a detailed account of what she was subjected to on the hands of Noura. Among other things Ayat said Noura cursed her, spat on her, and slapped her many times across the face. Noura threatened Ayat that her tongue would be cut off, when Ayat refused to open her mouth, Noura hit her with a broom on her mouth. Noura also spat into Ayats mouth and used electric shocks on Ayats face. As Noura Alkhaifa tortured Ayat she repeated slurs against shias and said "the people you criticize are your masters, and they will remain in power forever, whether you like it or not".
Another victim is doctor Fatima Hajji. On the 17th of April Noura Alkhalifa and 25 masked men attacked Dr. Fatimas flat in the village of Bani Jamra and arrested her. During interrogations Noora demanded that Fatima confess, when Fatima said she had done nothing but treat patients Noura replied "If you do not confess I will have to torture you the way I tortured Doctor Ali Al-Ekri." She added that detainees Roula Al-Saffar and Ghassan Dhaif had already confessed.
Noura started slapping and cursing Fatima continuously for about 25 minutes. Then she used a hose to beat her on her feet. When Noura Alkhalifa looked through Dr. Fatimas blackberry and saw two emails, one to Human Rights Watch about her suspension and the other about Martyr Ahmed Shams she shouted at Dr. Fatima "How dare you ruin the image of our government", then electrocuted her on her face. Fatima was told to confess that she had pretended to cry in front of foreign media, and that she had stolen 100 bags of blood from the blood bank and given it out to protesters to spill on themselves and pretend to be injured. She was forced to sign a confession after being threatened with rape. Fatima was also sexually harassed by men under the supervision of Noura. She was forced to stand on one leg, make animal noises, sing and dance.
Fatima Al-Bagali who is a student at the teaching college in University of Bahrain was arrested on the 9th of May 2011. She was blindfolded and taken to West Riffa detention center. Where Khalifa Bin Ahmed Alkhalifa The center director interrogated her about a speech she had given on Pearl Square, and about antigovernment comments she had made on facebook. Khalifa beat Fatima, slapping and kicking her as he said "You shia are ungrateful to your masters the Al-Khalifa". In addition, some of the police officers threatened to rape Fatima if she dared to speak about what she had been subjected to.
Another victim also testified that he was interrogated by Khalifa Bin Ahmed AlKhalifa, who had a picture of the victim in a peaceful protest by the Ministry of Information. The victim says he was asked repeatedly about his participation in that protest, then was blindfolded, beaten and electrocuted on his genitals.
In another case, three of the activists arrested and sentenced for attempting to overthrow the regime also reported that they had been beaten by members of the royal family. The first, Abdulla Isa Al-Mahroos, said he was beaten by Nasser Bin hamad Alkhalifa, and that Nassar forced him to open his mouth then spat in his mouth. Al-Mahroos was also beaten by Head of the Security Apparatus Khalifa Bin Abdulla Alkhalifa. Who kicked him repeatedly in the stomach and ordered the prison guards to walk over his stomach which caused internal bleeding in the abdomen. Afterwhich Al-Mahroos was transferred to the military hospital where he had two surgeries.
The second is Swedish citizen Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad, who was detained in an underground prison in the National Security Apparatus in the Fort. Al-Muqdad recalls that while being tortured suddenly everybody was silent. He heard his torturers say "your majesty" someone asked him "do you know who I am?" When Al-Muqdad said no, his blindfold was removed and the man infront of him said "I'm Prince Nasser Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa. When you protested outside our castle in Safriya, only a wall separated us". Then Nasser asked Al-Muqdad what chants he had said that day at the protest. When Almuqdad said "Down Down Hamad" Nasser slapped Al-Muqdad who fell to the ground, then with the help of torturers beat him severely.
There is a wealth of evidence confirming that, at the very least, the government and the ruling establishment had knowledge and condoned the actions of the security forces. The most notable example of this is the actions and speeches of Nasser Al Khalifa , the son of the reigning monarch. In a public forum, on state television, Nasser Al Khalifa threatened retribution to all those involved in the protests regardless of their position in society and their profession. In a telling final statement, Nasser Al Khalifa noted that, as an island state, those involved in the protests in Bahrain had "nowhere to escape too". If any doubt could be attributed to his unequivocal assertions, such doubt would be obliterated by the actions of the government and the personal actions of Nasser Al Khalifa. Within a few hours of this statement, the systematic targeting of athletes involved in the protests commenced. To compound this, Nasser himself became personally involved in the torture.
Mohammed Hassan Jawad (64 yrs old) was blindfolded and handcuffed when Nasser Bin Hamad asked him "do you know who I am, its Nasser with you" Then the son of the king started interrogating Mr. Jawad about the Safriya protest and accusing him of organizing the protest. To force him to confess, Nasser beat Mr. Jawad with a hose on his head until he fell to the ground. Then Nasser started kicking him mostly on his back, while swearing at shia clerics and imams.
Al-Safriya checkpoint
Different victims beaten at tha Al-Safriya checkpoint (close to the palace of the king) gave their testimonies but asked we do not share their names out of fear for their safety. The first is a bus driver who was driving high school students when he was stopped under gun point by the Bahraini army at the checkpoint. He was shocked when Nasser Bin Hamad, son of the King, came wearing a military uniform and started beating him. The victim says Nasser never used his hands but kicked him, in sensitive areas, in his head and chest, and mostly on his face until he started bleeding. When soldiers told Nasser that they would beat him, Nasser replied "No leave him to me". After severe beating the victim was arrested for two weeks until the marks on his body faded.
The second victim was stopped at the same checkpoint, where Khaled Bin Hamad, son of King Hamad, ordered him to get out of his car and lie down on the ground. Khaled ordered that the victims car and phone get searched. When an anti government message was found on his phone, Khaled started kicking the victim. The beating continued for two hours and a half, by Khaled and other soldiers with him, until the victims nose and mouth bled. The victim was then forced to kiss Khaleds shoes. While beating the victim Khaled asked him how many times he had been to Pearl Square and swore at shia, and their leaders. This victim was detained for 2 months with no charges or trial.
In the third case at Al-Safriya checkpoint, an older man with two sons were stopped. The older man was told to put his head down in respect to the "Sheikh" (member of royal family), his sons were dragged out of the car and thrown on the ground infront of Khaled Bin Hamad Alkhalifa. Khaled was wearing a military uniform, and started beating the two boys using his gun. Khaled asked the boys about a sticker on their car which read "Sunni and Shia are brothers" he made them read it out loud then said "We are not brothers, all shia are homosexuals." The boys said they were beaten severely by Khaled and Saudi soldiers. When a Saudi soldier called the victims "dogs", Khaled said "These are not dogs, they're pigs. At least our dogs are loyal".
These are a few of the reports brought to the BCHR about torture and mistreatment by members of the royal family. Many other victims came forward but were afraid they would be targeted if they spoke out and asked us not to include their accounts in our report. Putting members of the royal family in the positions of torturers and interrogators will only lead to more mistrust and anger towards the monarchy. The BCHR also observes that most of the victims tortured or beaten by members of the royal family, were subjected to insults directed towards one sect of the population.
The BCHR demands an investigation into the crimes of the five members of the the royal family mentioned in this report and that all those responsible for mistreating and torturing prisoners be brought to justice.


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