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Turning Fear into Curiosity
My Facebook and Instagram have been filling up with former students posting about heading to their first year of college. I have strong memories of my emotional state that summer after high school graduation and during the first semester of college. A good measure of excitement, but mostly fear.
Of what?
Of everything.
Of not being smart enough. Of getting lost. Of looking like an idiot. Of not knowing how to behave in social situations like parties or class discussions. Of not making friends. Of learning how to live with a roommate. (Thankfully, Tina was the most accommodating and sweetest roommate I could have been paired with: you rock!) Of all the unfamiliar things a new phase of life brings.
What I wish I could have told the me from 20 (yikes!) years ago is this:
Be willing to take risks. The moments I regret are those where I did not attempt something because I was afraid. The capacity to be vulnerable, to expose oneself to failure or uncertainty, is one of the greatest traits we can cultivate in our lifetime. College is one of the safest places to do that, because you're surrounded by peers who are similarly vulnerable, and by staff and community members who have experience helping students grow in this transitional time.
I've heard that old supposedly edifying question: What would you attempt if you were not afraid?
And my response was always: But I am afraid. I cannot imagine what it would be like otherwise.
So this summer, inspired by Mary Elder's resolve to face many of her fears, I decided to face some of my fears. What would happen if I had the opportunity to do something that scared me, and did it anyway? Could I turn fear into curiosity, which is involves far less judgment and makes vulnerability an asset rather than a liability.
- I tried a new yoga class that my sister-in-law signed me up for. Fear: that I wouldn't be able to do it, that I would look foolish. Fact: It was not all that different from my regular yoga class; it just had a different name. Bonus: I now feel more confident about taking different yoga classes at my own studio.
- I went kayaking off the coast of Chatham with my cousin. Fear: great white sharks (obvs); that my arms would get tired and it would be hard to get back to shore. Fact: we didn't go far enough for sharks to be a worry; it was not a strenuous workout; and it was relaxing and awesome to be out on the water with Brittany.
- I signed up for karaoke with my cousin Kirsten. Fear: people would boo me because I'm not a very good singer. Fact: they didn't call us, but I think I have worked up enough courage to try "American Pie" in her honor the next time we have karaoke (though I do have a stipulation that the audience needs to be people I won't see again or very soon).
- I tried waterskiing. Fear: that I would look as awkward as I perceive myself to be as a snow skiier (not super physically coordinated); that face-planting into the water would really hurt. Fact: I never made it fully upright, but I also didn't hit the water as hard when I fell. I tried three consecutive times, then took a break. Maybe next time.
- I took all three kids shopping for a week's worth of groceries by myself. Fear: of meltdowns, of disobedience, of inconveniencing or disrupting other shoppers. Fact: I talked to the kids beforehand about what to expect, and our system of turns in the cart vs. helping put things in the cart worked well. Bonus: granola bars were close to the entrance, and they got to pick out a Clif bar to hold on to and eat in the car on the way home. Bribery? Maybe. I'll take whatever works.
Contrary to my anxiety around transitions, my kids started kindergarten Jump Start last week with enthusiasm and little apparent reservations. Today, though, one of my kids handed me a booklet my parents gave each kid as a back-to-school present: a journal of writing prompts with space to practice writing simple words and a space to draw a picture of the sentence.
This kiddo asked Alan to write the word. He declined, saying it was for the kid to practice. Then the kid asked me. Persistently. I finally found out why: the kid said, "I don't know how [to write or draw a picture] and I might mess it up."
Oh man. What has taken me decades to learn I want desperately to have my kids avoid if possible. Can this kid be resilient in the face of vulnerability? Can this kid learn to turn fear into curiosity? Or will this kid follow my heartachy path of perfectionism and anxiety?
In helping them, I will continue to help myself. Talking to them about doing what I'm afraid of. (Next step: going down big slides!) They–and anyone starting college, returning to college, or doing anything newish–will find their own path.
May we all continue to dare greatly.
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Love this post, definitely needed to hear ❤ – Addy


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The Economic Development Board and Threat of Policy Capture
The EDB should endeavour to become the government's arm of the public-private sector partnership – not a possible adjunct to the already powerful business lobbies
'Examining the nature of the political process and why obviously good ideas are not happening is the study of political economy, and that is what we should be doing."
— Tim Besley, Professor of economics – LSE
Has Rama Sithanen unwittingly let the cat out of the bag by speaking about the threat of "policy capture" or "State capture" (which may be more meaningful in the local context) by the private sector in the light of the composition of the Economic Development Board?
The setting up of the Economic Development Board has come under severe criticisms by no less than the former Minister of Finance and Economic Development, who in a scathing remark, has stated that the actual composition of the Board is tantamount to an "appropriation" of the Economic Development Board by the private sector. His criticisms revolve around essentially two nefarious consequences which may arise as a result of the presence of no less than six private operators among the board members.
First, there is the risk of potential conflict of interests arising from their membership of the board and their position as economic operators. By virtue of the very nature of the functions of the Board, these persons would at the very least be privy to information about future directions of government policy and would therefore benefit from what could be described as a sort of "information asymmetry" in relation to their competitors and other business operators generally.
In an age and time when "information" is considered to constitute a critical competitive advantage, such access to privileged information can make the difference between losers and winners in a fiercely competitive business environment.
The second issue which arises from the present composition of the Board is that of the very real threat of "policy capture." Whereas "conflict of interests" is a fairly common phenomenon which can arise in a variety of settings (board members of private companies, company personnel, civil servants in certain situations) and has been widely studied and written about in the relevant literature, the concept of "policy capture" is perhaps less well understood. The simplest definition provided by Wikipedia is to describe it as "the domination of policy making by private, often corporate power." This of course begs the question of the how and why of this domination?
To better understand the concept, it is necessary to understand how it has evolved from the debate about policy formation in plural and democratic societies. According to the pluralist theoretical framework, policy outcomes in a democratic setting generally results from pressure from a multiplicity of interest groups. Such supply of varying options prevents any particular group from being continually dominant and allows the public decision makers to "arbitrate" among the competing demands.
It has been noted however that from around the time of the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the USSR, the policy making environment has changed drastically. The notion of competing interest groups has quite rapidly given way to the rise of one dominant group in the form of business lobbies that have emerged as a power system in their own right. This phenomenon has been favoured by the reduction in the influence of trade unions and the inexorable rise of market fundamentalism.
Since the early 1980s, the dogma that markets are always right and government economic decision-making always wrong has gained so much ground that even leftist, let alone social-democratic parties in power have been forced to accommodate the new dominant ideology. Confronted with such a weakening opposition, the business organizations endowed with resources far beyond those of other social groups and institutions have easily positioned themselves as the privileged partners of government with a level of influence over policy making far beyond their fair share.
And this is why Rama Sithanen is right in stating that the composition of the Board, particularly in the present political and social context, will eventually prove to be a huge opportunity missed. Through the appointment of the present board, the government has signalled its attachment to a mode of policy making emphasizing the incorporation of peak private economic interests in policy formulation and implementation.
Given the foreboding real threat of "policy capture", it is being suggested that the EDB could instead be a distinctively government led institution. It has the potential to become an ideal platform for government to focus its policy making capacity to develop a holistic view of the desired socio-economic trajectory of the country based primarily on a coherent political vision.
The Economic Development Board would thus balance the more short-term market determined objectives of a private sector – which is legitimately motivated by the notion of making the fastest buck in the shortest time – with the longer term vision of a politically determined socio-economic model which serves the wider general interests of the population. The EDB in its role as an inclusive economic institution would foster economic productivity, growth and general economic prosperity.
This is not to suggest that there is an inevitable contradiction between the interests of the private sector and those of the public sector. Indeed the EDB could provide the platform for carrying the erstwhile public-private sector partnership so significant in our past successful economic development into a higher gear more appropriate to the new global economic environment. For that to happen, the Economic Development Board should endeavour to become the government's arm of the partnership – not a possible adjunct to the already powerful business lobbies.
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The Truth About The "G-spot": Why It's Time To Put This Sex Myth To Bed New research suggests that our ideas about orgasms are missing the mark By Anna Pulley
Take a collective sigh of relief, humanity. If you've been one of the countless people searching in vain for the elusive Gräfenburg spot (aka the G-spot) or wondering why you aren't gushing like Old Faithful each time someone makes a "come hither" motion in your vagina, then search and wonder no more. Once lauded as a "magic button" and the ultimate female pleasure enhancer, an Italian scientist's recent report claims once and for all that the controversial G-spot is nothing but a myth (with a really good PR campaign). The study — published in the journal Nature Reviews Urology by Emmanuele Jannini, Professor of Endocrinology and Medical Sexology at Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy — found that, essentially, the G-spot is just a sensitive area that's part of the larger pleasure center that includes the vagina, clitoris, and urethra, or as the study sexily put it, the "clitourethrovaginal (CUV) complex."
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Jannini's study is by no means the first to claim the G-spot's pleasure capabilities have been overblown. In 2012, a study by urology resident Dr. Amichai Kilchevsky published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found no conclusive evidence of the G-spot's existence. Kilchevsky looked at 96 published studies from the past 60 years, concluding that science couldn't definitively find the G. "Without a doubt, a discrete anatomic entity called the G-spot does not exist," Kilchevsky said. But he also notes that women who experience heightened pleasure around the G-spot area aren't crazy or making it up. Indeed, biopsies of vaginal wall tissue have shown that in some women, there are more nerve endings in the purported G-spot than in surrounding areas, but even those studies are inconclusive. "What they're likely experiencing is a continuation of the clitoris," he said, adding that nerve endings alone do not an orgasm make (otherwise far more people would be studying the virtues of the perineum, aka the loner at your body's prom).


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POPULAR ZiFM Stereo personality Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa has opened up about being canned from her current affairs programme – The Platform.
Ruvheneko was last heard presenting The Platform on May 16 – the day her interview with controversial Pastor Evan Mawarire of the #ThisFlag campaign and Zanu-PF activist-cum political analyst Tafadzwa Musarara spiralled out of control.
The two men went at each other on air and lost their cool. While they were at it, Twitter went into overdrive with people attacking Musarara for unprofessionalism and blaming Ruvheneko for failing to moderate the discussion.
Through her interview, Pastor Evan– who is viewed as an ally of the West bent on demonising the Government – was catapulted to fame – giving the station a headache as to how to manage the situation.
As a result of the interview, Ruvheneko had to be immediately taken off air, leaving her to focus on her job as programmes manager.
On Tuesday, as ZiFM Stereo employees celebrated the radio station's fourth anniversary, Ruvheneko used that platform to tell her followers on social media networks that she was no longer hosting The Platform.
"Wow. Four years ago, my journey on Zim radio began. How time flies and how things change. I've been taken off air so I'm no longer hosting The Platform on ZiFM but every minute that I did was always so worth it," posted Ruvheneko on her pages.
In an exclusive interview with Chronicle Showbiz, Ruvheneko said The Platform was still being aired on ZiFM Stereo – but with a new presenter.
"The Platform still exists but I no longer host it. My last day on air was on May 16 when I interviewed Pastor Evan and Tafadzwa Musarara. After that, there were complications and I was informed I'd been taken off air.
"Farai Mwakutuya who presents – Ask The MP and Enterprise Zimbabwe, now presents The Platform."
Ruvheneko, who was promoted to programmes manager last year, had been responsible for The Platform– a programme she took over from the station's founder – Supa Mandiwanzira in 2013 after he resigned to avoid conflict of interest when he was appointed Deputy Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services. Mandiwanzira had named the programme – Head On – before Ruvheneko rebranded it.
"I decided to rebrand the programme as I wanted to give it my personalised touch. The purpose of The Platform was to give people a platform to talk about the things they can't always talk about to the people they can't always talk to."
The Platform, which airs on Mondays and Wednesdays between 7:30PM and 8:30PM, saw most decision makers and government ministers including her father – David – the Minister of Health – being put on the spot.
Her memorable interviews included that of Zifa president – Philip Chiyangwa – who got emotional after a caller requested that he tells the nation what acronyms Zifa, Caf and Fifa meant; pompous Sir Wicknell Chivhayo who was reduced to size when he failed to state his net worth; Acie Lumumba who dug deeper and clashed with Ruvheneko in the process; Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa on the missing $15 billion diamond revenue saga and Primary and Secondary Education Minister – Lazarus Dokora when he was referred to as Dofora for his policies. Her other interviews were with a sex worker from Epworth and transgender – Tatelicious.
Through Ruvheneko's unapologetic character on air and nose for news, she popularised The Platform– making it one of the station's most sought after programmes. Her hard work saw her being recognised by various organisations who rewarded her and the radio station. She thanked followers for supporting her saying she had enjoyed each moment on the show describing the experience as rewarding.
"It took me a long time to talk about going off air but I'm now at peace. The show had become a part of me as my topics came naturally. I looked forward to it every week as I was passionate about it."
Followers of the vibrant personality can still watch her on ZBCtv where she hosts another current affairs programme – My Future.
"My Future airs every Wednesday at 6:30PM. I'm glad that the show is gaining momentum and I'm confident it'll change the game," said Ruvheneko.
Last night on My Future, Ruvheneko interviewed tycoon, Frank Buyanga.
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PC: Kourtney Marie Photography Dress: Forever 21 | Bag: Lily Jade c/o | Shoes: Target Ryker's Onesie: Bri Baby Couture c/o | Pacifer Clip: Madeline's Box c/o | Blanket: Max + Moose c/o As you can probably tell, these pictures are kind of old of me and baby boy. Ryker had just turned 3 months old when we took these and now he is over 6 months! Whoops! There's #momlife for ya Speaking of Mom Life - someone the other day said to me 'how do you wear heels and dresses every day?' I seriously laughed in their face. I said, 'please don't even for a second think that I am dressed up how I am on my blog everyday!' {For instance as I type this blog up I am on my couch covered in spit up blogging hastily during nap time wearing Mr. Smith's over … [Read more...]


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- 1 Top 10 Best Home Treadmill Of 2019 Reviews
- 1.1 1. The ProForm 505 CST Treadmill:
- 1.2 2. Gold's Gym Trainer 720 Treadmill:
- 1.3 3. Nordic Track c990 Treadmill
- 1.4 4. TECHNOGYM EXCITE Run
- 1.5 5.Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill
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- 1.12.1 1. Question: Is running a good way to lose belly fat?
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If you are looking for the best safest and more advanced treadmill for home use then check out our 10 best treadmill reviews, comparison, and buyer's guide.
Treadmills are the most popular running machines. And running and walking on a home treadmill is great fun and works well for weight loss.
"You can burn up to 900 calories per hour running on a treadmill. It works the same muscle units that running on a track or outdoors does."
You can easily develop your cardiovascular health and burn a lot of calories with this best running equipment.
But we know buying a perfect treadmill for your home gym is difficult.
So in order to help you find the best treadmill that suits your goals, budget, and home gym, we have regularly reviewed more than 50 brands of treadmills and selected the list of "Top 10 Best Treadmills For 2019".
Our Recommendation for the best home treadmill is ProForm 505 CST Treadmill.
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|Top 10 Treadmill
|Product Dimensions
|Weight Capacity
|Current Price
|1. The ProForm 505 CST Treadmill
|12 x 30 x 77 inches
|325 pounds
|2. Gold's Gym Trainer 720 Treadmill
|20" x 55" inches treadbelt
|300 pounds
|3. Nordic Track c990 Treadmill
|0 - 12%
|83 x 14 x 30 inches
|325 pounds
|4. TECHNOGYM EXCITE Run
|0% - 15%
|86 X 37 X 59 finches
|400 pounds
|5.Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill
|Manual Incline
|68 x 31 x 10 inches
|250 pounds
|6. LifeSpan TR3000i Folding Treadmill
|0% - 15%
|70.5 x 33.1 x 53.9 inches
|350 pounds
|7. LifeSpan TR1200i Treadmill
|0 – 15%
|70 x 33 x 54 inches
|300 pounds
|8. Sole Fitness F80 Folding Treadmill
|0 – 15%
|85.4 x 17.3 x 37 inches
|375 pounds
|9. ProForm Pro 2000 Treadmill
|0 – 15%
|80 x 40 x 63 inches
|350 pounds
|10. Merit Fitness 715T Plus Treadmill
|0 – 10%
|64 x 31 x 56 inches
|250 pounds
Top 10 Best Home Treadmill Of 2019 Reviews
Based on customer reviews, quality and budget, we have found these top 10 home treadmills as the best treadmill for most of the people.
1. The ProForm 505 CST Treadmill:
This best treadmill is least expensive but includes all the features that people need.
It is designed with an iPod- compatible sound system and 18 built-in workout apps.
The interface is simple to navigate. ProForm 505 CST treadmill has incline and speed features that are easily comparable to other treadmills twice the price.
This best home treadmill has 18 workout programs. Its belt is 55 inches long which is great.
Its display screen shows how many calories you have burned and how far you have walked.
The space saver fold-away designs of this running machine have revolutionized the treadmill industry. ProForm CST treadmill maintains the best quality and innovation even today.
2. Gold's Gym Trainer 720 Treadmill:
The Gold's Gym Trainer 720 treadmill is very comfortable and easy to use. It is made by the same company, Icon Fitness. Most of the feature of this best-rated treadmill is similar to our first choice ProForm 505 CST Treadmill.
It has the same incline specs and speed like Proform 505. The deck looks and feels also like our 1st choice. But the display of this treadmill is a little confusing. It has three small screens.
The graphical display of this treadmill is not available to show the changing of the inclines and speeds. You will have to wait for a few seconds if you want to see how far you have gone.
But the good thing is that the display is made of bright LEDs which will help you to do workouts in dim lighting. It has only one media shelf. And the warranty is the same as our first treadmill. It is designed with Multi-window LED display. This best-rated treadmill has AirStride cushioning, 18 workout apps, G-Force 2 Commercial motor.
It can accommodate 300 lbs. This best home treadmill also comes with
20″ x 55″ tread belt, SpaceSaver design, Cool Aire workout fan. The compatible music port is also available for Apple iPod.
You will get Lifetime frame warranty, 1-year labor and parts warranty, and 25-year motor warranty.
3. Nordic Track c990 Treadmill
Nordic Track c990 Treadmill is great for touchscreen lovers and taller people.
The 7-inch rare Touchscreen will help you to see information about your exercise at once, like incline over the course of an exercise and graph of your speed. It's the best treadmill for running at home.
You will also get the best overview of different interval programs. This great home gym equipment is ideal for people over 6 feet. It has more good features than our 1st treadmill but its cost is several hundred dollars more.
The incline and speed is also little higher about 12 percent and 12 mph respectively.
You will get 7-Inch web-enabled Rare touchscreen display, 3.0 chp drive System, 0 – 12% incline, 0 – 12 MPH SPEED, 20 x 60-inch tread belt, 60 inches longer belt and a table holder above the display.
You will also get a lifetime motor and frame warranty, three-year parts and 1-year labor warranty.
4. TECHNOGYM EXCITE Run
This compact running equipment won the prestigious Red Dot and iF awards for its small but beautifully shaped exterior.
An impressive amount of functionalities is contained in the Excite Run's svelte frame.
The integrated screen provides basic information, but things get really smart when you synchronize with a tablet through an integrated Bluetooth connection.
The MyRun machine is also the first to have a surface that adapts to its running shape and absorb impact to reduce the risk of injury without wasting energy.
Despite all this power, it is designed to be installed in a few minutes. Simply follow an incredible assembly process, do it yourself, connect it to the wall and start working.
5.Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill
This running machine is best for its price. You will get more results in less time with this best Treadmill brand of 2019.
This Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill is the perfect tool for losing weight or increasing performance.
Each workout of this treadmill is designed by a Certified Personal Trainer. So that you can maximize your time and get a great workout!
And with the addition of Comfort Cell Cushioning, you'll stay comfortable throughout each stride. The Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill is right and best for your killer cardio workouts.
6. LifeSpan TR3000i Folding Treadmill
This best treadmill is all in one professional-quality and the simplest treadmills.
For dedicated running or athletics, this power-packed and the compact machine will be the best home treadmill if you have a high budget.
Again this best home gym machine comes with a lot of options for in-depth effort sessions.
The performance of this home treadmill is impressive for all reasons. You will get twenty-one pre-set workout programs here.
The LifeSpan TR3000i Folding Treadmill has life Bluetooth adapter device that will help you to connect with Apple Health or Google Fit likewise.
The running extent is 20" x 56", that is really good for jogging exercise, running or walking. The LifeSpan TR3000i Treadmill is a folding treadmill. It has got two.75 H.P. Continuous Duty DC Motor. The weight capacity is 350 lbs. It also works very well with speed changes.
7. LifeSpan TR1200i Treadmill
If you have mid-budget then this treadmill would be the best treadmill for you to purchase straight away.
You will get constant support and quality for this best treadmill. Again it comes with all the best things that you will need.
For folding this treadmill uses EZ fold Technology which is great. It has dimensions of 70.25" x 33" x 55" after assembling that is good for jogging or running exercise.
To power the LifeSpan TR1200i Treadmill, there is a high quality 2.5HP nonstop Duty motor.
You will get stable twenty-one kinds of programs. The trailing and performance of this treadmill brands are awesome and its maximum speed is 11mph.
8. Sole Fitness F80 Folding Treadmill
If you need more advanced performance then go for this sole treadmill. You can save bounty of space in your home for its folding style.
Its assembled dimensions are 35" x 58" x 80". Sole Fitness F80 Folding Treadmill is the perks of premium build and you will also get some unique feature like cooling fans.
To easily track your workout progress, it has a massive 9'' LCD display and you can easily select from one of the 10 pre-set plans.
This best home treadmill of 2019 provides varied cardio workouts to keep you in shape when training indoors. The Solid steel frame and quality construction support and stabilizes while extending durability.
For quick and easy storage, you will get hydraulic folding deck. This top-rated treadmill also comes with Integrated cooling fans that aids in regulating body temperature.
For running and jogging Sole Fitness F80 Folding Treadmill, you will get a 3.5CHP DC sort Motor. This best-rated treadmill 2019 is customizable in steps with the workout intensity.
9. ProForm Pro 2000 Treadmill
This best treadmill brands for running retains the best position as it has some great features. It is also an expensive treadmill.
If you are looking for advanced workout options and ultra-high performance then this ProForm Pro 2000 Treadmill will be the best for you to buy instantly.
You will get the well-placed handles and Space saver design with the folding option.
This treadmill for home use has some great features and retains one of the best positions as this is an expensive product from ProForm. You should be going for if you are looking for an advanced workout option.
The maximum speed that you will be able to attain is 12 mph and you can also achieve 15% incline. This Treadmill is one of the exciting choices in terms of quality and performance.
It is quite an innovative treadmill. You can watch movies, video songs or anything with the screen even you can see a sensible route show through Google Maps.
10. Merit Fitness 715T Plus Treadmill
The Merit Fitness 715T Plus Treadmill is the most low priced running machine on our list but it comes with good quality and style.
It has a folding frame for space management. The Drive Motor is 1.5 CHP which is not that much powerful. The dimensions are 29" x 52" x 61" which is a bit lower space for running or jogging.
This home treadmill is very durable, foldable and comes with all-metal frame with a space-saving design. This treadmill is a great choice for both joggers and walkers. It will keep your stride smooth and steady at any pace.
Again, you will experience very low motor and belt noise. This best treadmill for home use will also help you to keep the TV at a very comfortable volume.
This Merit Fitness running equipment also has powerful Aerosoft Cushioning system for the comfortable cardiopulmonary exercise. It contains a 3-window LED show, that you'll be able to see time, distance, speed, calories etc.
Who should get a treadmill?
Those who are determined about losing their weight and improve cardiovascular health should buy a treadmill.
Before buying a 'best treadmill 2019' at first you have to establish a running or walking habit.
But if you haven't yet started running or walking regularly, then I will advise you as an expert, not to waste your valuable money on purchasing this several-hundred-dollar running machine.
At first, you should select your goal and workout preference to make sure you can actually stick to your new routine or not. Then take the decision of buying the best running machine (Treadmill).
If you can establish this habit then buying a treadmill you can make your workout a lot easier and more fun.
Again this best running machine can save you a lot of money and time by not going to the gym, and you will be able to get more control over your exercise environment.
FAQ ( Frequently Asking Question On Home Treadmill)
1. Question: Is running a good way to lose belly fat?
And it is also true that you may not lose fat from your belly area just by targeting your abs with crunches or other belly exercises. To lose stomach fat, you have to limit your overall body fat.
While running can help you lose fat, you will have a lot more success by combining it with a healthy, low-calorie diet.
2. Question: Can I lose belly bat by running on a Treadmill?
Although you can't spot-train certain areas for weight loss, you can burn fat all over your physique by way of walking on a treadmill.
A treadmill allows you to alter your exercising intensity; the tougher you work, the more calories you will burn and the faster you will lose stomach fat.
3. Question: What foods to eat to lose weight fast?
Different foods have different metabolic pathways in the body. They also have vastly different effects on hormones and hunger.
We must take food according to how many calories we burn.
So if you want to lose weight in your body then you should eat these 20 weight loss friendly foods.
4. Question: Can you lose weight on a treadmill?
Hitting the treadmill will burn calories, and that's the key to weight loss. If you want to lose a pound of fat then you have to burn 3,500 calories.
While your 30-minute treadmill exercise will not burn 3,500 calories at a time but of course they will assist you to chip away at the pounds if you execute them regularly.
5. What is the best speed to walk on a treadmill to lose weight?
Walking on the treadmill? An average individual walks at a velocity of about 2½ to three miles an hour (about 20 minutes a mile).
To lose weight and get in shape you need to aim to walk at 3½ to four miles an hour (15 minutes a mile). Increasing your pace from 3 mph to 4 mph means you may burn about one-third extra calories.
6. How can I lose weight just by using a treadmill?
The above exercises are examples of possible settings you can apply to your treadmill so that you follow the running weight loss formula.
If you do not like running fast, you can use higher incline. The degree of effort is the same and you still lose weight as long as you are in your fats burning zone.
7. What is the best treadmill to buy for home use?
The best treadmill to buy for home use is ProForm 505 CST. The home treadmill is good for all the people.
8. Is Working on the treadmill a good workout?
The muscles can be worked harder by increasing the speed, running or taking walks on hills, or varying the speed within the 30-minute workout.
Generally speaking, when walking on a treadmill with no incline, you may additionally burn fewer calories than you do walking outside since the moving tread does some of the work for you.
Final Verdict:
Having a treadmill at your home is the utmost practicality and conducive to staying fit and in shape.
We hope our rankings and reviews of best treadmill 2019 will help you find the perfect combination. Here we have provided only honest and unbiased reviews.
The technology and features of the best treadmill have come a long way, making it easy to get a club-like workout from home.
We have chosen the best treadmill brands in this category according to powerful engines and quality bridges, as well as incredible entertainment offers.
Buy the best treadmill today and get started.
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I made a coffee cup tree ages ago and was asked to re post it. It was old and out of date so I made another one thats better.
It's a little bit higher poly than most of my other stuff, but not much more than the original one I made. It's found in clutter and will override the older file if you have left the names the same. If you have changed the old one for any reason you will have to delete it.


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Special Lighting District Proposal
A project intended to account for and collect unpaid fees instead shifts costs to residential customers.
April 10, 2015
To the Editor:
I applaud the City's effort to research, account for, and simplify its special lighting districts in an attempt to properly assess and collect fees it is due. However, after reviewing the pending legislation and related documents for special lighting districts, I see a number of begging questions.
The new law proposes to charge all new districts (except Urban Core) 100% for the assets and energy cost of special lighting. Shouldn't the charge be for the difference between special lighting and normal lighting cost? The old 50% rate would be closer to fair.
Why is there a 10 fold difference among special lighting charges? My quick survey found no more than a 2 fold variation in asset costs. Also, amortization of assets are a minor part of special lighting costs; installation, maintenance, and energy use---roughly equal for all---are the majority costs. The special lighting fees National Grid charges the City seem high and erratic. I think the City should review and renegotiate them.
"Specialty Lighting" is not "special". It is lighting installed when and where utility lines are buried. Its cost is simply the cost of installing light poles where utility poles don't exist. Light poles don't cost that much.
Though the original project endeavor was to account for and collect unpaid/uncharged special lighting fees, the result includes shifting costs from the City to property owners (50% -> 100%) except downtown---mostly commercial---properties (100% -> 50%). Why the change?
It seems most municipalities charge residential districts 50%, and business districts 100%, of special lighting costs. I don't see why Syracuse should flip this policy. If the City pays 50%, it will have "skin in the game", and will have incentive to negotiate reasonable fees for the construction and maintenance of special lighting.
Carlo Moneti
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Kratom, a tropical evergreen tree located in Southeast Asia. Opioid like and stimulating in nature.
As most Kratom users know, every strain maintains different properties and invokes different responses for those who utilize them. It's also very important to realize that each and every strain uses different doses in order to get what may be similar desired effects. Some strains create a powerful effect with a very low dose while others may provide an effect of equal magnitude with a much more powerful dose.
In regards to Red Horn Kratom, the strain is known for its healing power rather than a hardcore stimulant. This is often why it maintains such a high market and medicinal value.
Although the typical results of Red Horn aren't necessarily euphoric, you can still achieve that euphoria by taking a massive dose. Nine grams or so. Please keep in mind that this large a dose is much higher than the standard dose for this strain.
Commonly reported symptoms or results include things like a boost in overall body energy, reduced anxiety, reduced depression, uplifted moods, and of course a lack of bodily pain.
As for dosage, if you're a newcomer and do not have much experience with any strain at all, do not take above a gram. For most people, a gram is definitely enough to experience the desired effect. Overall, it is recommended that you take no more than three grams, as too much may cause an undesired and distasteful effect.
For severe pain, it is recommended to take a dose closer to three grams rather than the typical one gram. Do make sure to work up to three grams rather than just take it off the line with no previous experience.
Interesting enough to note, many users who take upwards of three grams do not feel euphoria the same day as taking it. They often say the euphoric feelings reach them the next morning and last for the majority of the day.
In order to reach the euphoric level, which of course will reach you on the following morning, you will need to take anywhere from four to six grams. The majority of people find that that dosage is suitable when it comes to surpassing the pain killer effects to reach the pleasure sensations.
If you or a family member are considering starting Kratom, please discuss any and all ideas with your doctor or general practician before doing anything in regards to Kratom. As with anything that alters the regular functioning of your body, it is always important to be proactive and reduce the risk of harm rather than be reactive and try to deal with the harm provided by an impatient decision.


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Let's talk about Stress.
It is common to develop feelings of wanting to become female after long periods of not really having gender related thoughts, especially if you are in a stressful environment. Stress will knock your hormones WAY out of balance.
If you're enduring any long term stressors right now, you would benefit by taking a very good, plant based, Vitamin "B" Complex, and taking it at a slightly higher then recommended daily dosage. This alone will help to reduce some of the stress damage your body is experiencing.
Thinking about whether you should see a therapist prior to purchasing/ingesting something that could alter your body's chemistry? If your body was hungry, would you benefit more from eating appropriate food, or from talking to someone about your hunger?
I am not suggesting that you not to see your therapist for other issues, though. We do this business, we make these products available to help people who are serious about wanting to overcome specific physical and emotional issues in their lives.
People who would prefer to just talk to someone about being "hungry", are not going to use the products properly, anyway.


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Sep. 1, 2008 - Aug. 31, 2011Award Number
GEO2008-01553Funding Agency
USDA - CSREESAmount Awarded
Yen-Con Hung, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Frank, J., Hurst, W., and Bruhn, C.Summary
Recent outbreaks of foodborne illnesses have been linked to the consumption of contaminated fresh produce. Consumers are asking if there is anything they can do at home to ensure the safety of fresh produce. Simply washing produce before consumption is one critical process consumers can use to eliminate or minimize the risk of foodborne pathogen contamination. However, many consumers are unaware of some new simple sanitary technologies that can be easily adopted to help ensure produce safety at home. Studies have shown that both electrolyzed (EO) water and ozonated water can kill or remove foodborne pathogens from produce during washing. Currently, small home scale and low cost machines to generate EO and ozonated water are commercially available and could be purchased by consumers to use at home. However, properties and effectiveness of these washing solutions generated from these home scale devices have not been tested. Therefore, the first goal of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of various washing solutions (EO and ozonated water, FIT, bleach, and tap water) produced under various home use conditions for their efficacy in killing foodborne pathogens on lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cantaloupes, broccoli, and green onions. Consumers will be invited to evaluate these washing technologies to assess their opinion on acceptance and adoption of these technologies. Educational materials for consumers and training materials for extension and 4-H agents to help consumers increase their awareness of the importance of sanitary practices at home to improving fresh produce safety will be developed.


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This is the 2nd year of the Nashville Mega Shoot and I am plenty excited to hear that this year is going to be awesome. What is the Nashville Mega Shoot, well it's a time when aspiring and established models, photographers, hairstylists, make-up artists, and wardrobe stylists can come together to build their portfolios.
Basically, for $25 you can (as a model) get two looks styled and photographed to add to your portfolio. Photographers can bring props, backdrops, and even models to shoot in a large space. Make-up artists and stylists can register to be on hand to style the the models. I'm sure the energy in the place is going to be amazing!
So, log on to the website to register.


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BHS (BHS) Class of 1981 Alumni List
Help us Update the BHS 1981 Class List by adding any names missing from the list below:
Registered Alumni
1981 Class List
Know BHS Class of 1981 graduates that are NOT on this List? Help us Update the 1981 Class List by adding missing names.
1981 Brownsboro High School Yearbook
1981 Brownsboro High School Yearbook
Click here to view at Classmates.com®
Raiders of the Lost Ark was the top movie in theaters in 1981, with a lifetime gross of over $245,034,358. Among TV shows in 1981, Dallas was the most popular of the year.
Hit Songs From 1981
Angel Of The MorningJuice Newton
This Little GirlGary U.S. Bonds
The Best Of TimesStyx
ElviraOak Ridge Boys
De Do Do Do, De Da DaPolice
For Your Eyes OnlySheena Easton
Someone's Knockin'Terri Gibbs
Morning Train (Nine To Five)Sheena Easton
Hold On TightELO
I Made It Through The RainBarry Manilow
Hit Movies From 1981
Reunions and Brownsboro High School News
More 1981 alumni from Brownsboro HS have posted profiles on Classmates.com®. Click here to register for free at Classmates.com® and view other 1981 alumni.
If you are trying to find people that graduated in '81 at Brownsboro High in Brownsboro, TX, check the alumni list below that shows the class of 1981.
If you haven't already, we also encourage you to register for free on this site. You may also want to check out the latest news and school memories.


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Green Glass Oval Platter
Green Glass Oval Platter
Oval platter with pressed fish design in Jadeite green pressed glass and measuring 31 x 17cm.
This Fish & Fish collection is designed by Italian designer Paola Navone for Serax. Paola Navone was inspired by accessible products manufactured in the United Stated during the 1930s Great Depression.


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A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity—Proverbs 17:17
I've got this." It's a phrase used often by men, in one form or another. We say it to ourselves; we say it to others. And, most times, we have got whatever "this" happens to be. Every once in a while, though, we encounter something we cannot handle, something we haven't "got." Of course, that doesn't always diminish our willingness to make our "got this" claims still. You see, "I've got this" often originates from our need to project images of manliness and self-sufficiency. And so, "I've got this" can become a stubborn habit. Even when it becomes obvious to us (and maybe everyone else) that we, in fact, haven't "got this," we sometimes continue right on in our stubbornness, telling ourselves that—from now on—we simply must try harder.
The truth is, some things are too big for us. But, because truth isn't always welcome, we often cry out to God instead: "Why can't I get beyond this?" "Why won't you help me?" Well, brother, he has helped. He's given us what we need to overcome even seemingly intractable problems.
". . . though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken" (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12).
While some things are too big for us alone, none is too big for Holy Spirit-infused communities of men—standing together, praying together, holding each other accountable, keeping one another encouraged.
From WIRE www.gatherministries.com
So…who are you "walking through life with?"
Who's are your 2AM friends?….who has your back?…who have you given permission to speak into your life?
Even The Lone Ranger had Tonto!!
If I can help….contact me 561-707-2163 firstname.lastname@example.com
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The studio is available for hourly or daily rental.
The studio space is 1,000 sqft with concrete floors, 10 ft. open beam ceilings, bathroom and plenty of parking.
Located at 2544 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, #114. Call for directions!!
We create digital video for business presence on the web, local events, and sports.
We also do creative portraiture in the studio and on location.
Glamour, fashion, sports, dance, theater and performance are all passions of mine. Pinups are our specialty. Fun for all ages. I'm always open to new ideas and experiences.
If you would like to capture a special moment please contact me.
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Click here to go to my ModelMayhem site to view recent projects and links to many friends in the arts. AND look for me on Zivity.com. My alias is "NeoGeo". Photos posted here are for sale, and may be ordered from the gallery where they are posted.
Quality Bay Photo prints will be mailed directly to you. Prices are reasonable, and many are sold at my cost.
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The Best Pools and Parks to Combat This Heat
With our awesome summer temperatures, many are in desperate need of a pool. There are plenty of options, near and far, exciting and relaxing, at our disposal. Here's a list of a few around us!
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CBRC Pelican Bay -- Richland
Columbia Basin Racket Club right off the Bypass in Richland has its own outdoor waterpark! They have guest passes for the water park available. The park has a lazy river, slides, diving boards...this would be such a fun day for both kids and adults!
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Memorial Pool -- Pasco
Being local and inexpensive, Memorial Pool is a great choice for a hot afternoon. They have two giant slides, big pools, and a diving board.
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Hermiston Family Aquatic Center
Just south of Tri Cities, the Hermiston Pool also gives you quite the bang for you buck. The drive into Oregon gets you slides, a lazy river, and more.
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Surf 'n Slide Water Park -- Moses Lake
Moses Lake looks like a really fun day trip, this park sounds amazing! With everyone getting in for $10 or less, I think it'd be worth the drive. Surf simulator, slides, lazy river...sounds like a blast!
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Splash Down -- Spokane
A little further of a drive will get you a quite a bit bigger of a park. Splash down has serious rides and slides (the Fastball having a six story span) -- this would definitely be an awesome day trip with friends and family.
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Boulder Beach, Silverwood -- North of Couer d'Alene, ID
Everyone knows Silverwood Theme Park, but its water park is not to be overlooked. Regular admission gets you into both the theme park and water park. They have all the classics plus the new Riptide Racer. A trip to Silverwood is also an exciting time.


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Posts tagged award winning communities
Heron Bay Golf and Country Club Recieves 9 OBIE Awards
Heron Bay Golf and Country Club opened its doors to the public in 2004 and has quickly risen to become one of the top golf course communities in the metro Atlanta area. The Atlanta master planned community, received 9 OBIE awards at the 2009 Awards Gala held November 7 at the Cobb Galleria Centre. These recent awards bring the total OBIE Award count for the Heron Bay community to 15 including Community of the Year for 2005.
The OBIE awards are the highest honor given in the Atlanta housing industry and each year the best builders, remodelers and marketing gurus submit their nominations, each hoping to take home the coveted Gold OBIE at the (Continued…)


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The A-Team - Season 4 (1985)
Apr 20, 1985 45:14 min Watch Trailer
overview : The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series, running from 1983 to 1987, about a fictional group of ex United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". A feature film based on the series was released by 20th Century Fox on June 11, 2010. A comic book series, A-Team: Shotgun Wedding, began March 9, 2010.
Genres : Action & Adventure
Tags : framed, special forces, ex soldier, escaped prisoner, fighting crime
Networks : NBC
List Episode
Robert VaughnHunt Stockwell
Eddie VelezFrankie "Dishpan Man" Santana
George PeppardJohn 'Hannibal' Smith
Dwight Schultz'Howling Mad' Murdock
Mr. TB.A. Baracus
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This year's Chartres Pilgrimage boosted a hefty dose of star power:
CatholicHerald.com: "Chartres sonne, Chartres t'appelle! Gloire, honneur au Christ-Roi!" Under a radiant sky a stream of singing pilgrims stretches across the French countryside. It is Pentecost weekend and roughly 12,000 people are walking from Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris to Chartres, the cathedral town about 50 miles south of the capital.
The pilgrimage, which has taken place for the past 36 years, is organised by the traditionalist group Notre-Dame de Chrétienté (Our Lady of Christendom). This year the pilgrims are joined by Vatican liturgy chief Cardinal Robert Sarah.
But there is another star in the crowd: Marion Maréchal, niece of Front National leader Marine Le Pen. She is tackling the pilgrimage with a group of friends. At first, she keeps a low profile: she is just another pilgrim among pilgrims. But her anonymity does not last long. Other participants soon ask if they can be photographed with her. "Thank you for being here," says one pilgrim after another.
Marion Maréchal (middle) at a break on Pentecost Monday
Maréchal officially retired from politics last year after her aunt was heavily defeated by Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election. But this precocious figure, who became an MP in 2012 at the age of 22, already seems to be planning her return to front-line politics. Last autumn she helped to found L'Incorrect, a conservative magazine run by some of her followers and serving as a vehicle for her ideas. And last month she launched a private school in Lyon, the Institut de Sciences Sociales, Economiques et Politiques (Issep). Raheem Kassam, the former editor-in-chief of Breitbart London and chief adviser to Ukip leader Nigel Farage, is part of the teaching team.
...Her presence on the Chartres pilgrimage was significant. Maréchal is clearly counting on the Catholic Right to help her in her comeback.
REMNANT COMMENT: God's inscrutable ways are not ours, and exactly how and why He sometimes chooses even broken vessels to accomplish His Will is one of the great mysteries of history. But He does.
I don't know where this young lady will end up, but only the fool is not constantly scanning the horizon in France for any sign of the Divine Intervention that is absolutely inevitable where the Eldest Daughter of the Church is concerned.
France is far from a lost cause. And somehow I think it's more than significant that this young lady keeps showing up at the premier traditional Catholic restoration event in the world today.
Remember, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen is no stranger to the Traditional Latin Mass. She attended the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit's Institution Saint-Pie X in Paris, where she received her First Holy Communion and Confirmation in the old Rite and regularly attended the TLM.
Hope springs eternal, friends. Keep it alive, and be wary of those constantly trying to tear down and dismiss these little signs of God's grace at work, even in the prevailing darkness of modern-day France. Only the Devil has no hope.


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The Upper East Regional office of the Commission working in tandem with the Department of Gender organized a programme at Kolgo – Aguusi a suburb of Bolgatanga on the need to end Child Marriage in the Upper East Region .The programme was organized to commemorate the International Women Day on 9th of March, 2017.The theme for this year's celebration was "Economic Empowerment of the Rural Woman: A Tool for Sustainable Development in the Changing World of Work.
Delivering his speech, a Programmes Officer at the Regional Office Mr. Akolgo A. Samuel (SCEO) emphasized that ending Child Marriage in our communities will go a long way to ensure that all girls are well educated to acquire professional skills which will lead to better remuneration.
Expatiating further, he acknowledged women's contribution to the growth and economic development of every community in Ghana, but lamented that their efforts are often less appreciated in the communities, at the district level and in national development. Mr. Akolgo cited the World Bank statistics to buttress his point. For example the World Bank statistics from 2010 illustrated that of the active female population of Ghana, 84% are considered to be engaged in vulnerable employment-meaning unpaid family work or account work (NGP, 2015). Elaborating further he said women also perform about 66% of the communities' work, and produce 50% of the food, yet they earn only 10% of the income and own 1% of the property in our various homes.
Mr. Akolgo Samuel stressed that despite a lot of reforms and regulations including gender mainstreaming in all governing processes since the inception of Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the rural women's plights is compounded by climate change, unsecure and unhealthy working environment, lack of credit facilities to enhance women's economic empowerment.
He said women economic empowerment requires the creation of an environment for women where they can make decisions of their own for their personal benefits as well as for the society. Economic empowerment is building the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways which recognise the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of growth.
Mr. Akolgo Samuel implied that education provides women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence they need to seek out economic opportunities and a tool for empowering women. Removing school fees and providing financial incentives for girls to attend school have proven to be effective for increasing girls' enrolment and completion rates.
He amplified that the key measures include building schools close to remote communities, ensuring that schools have quality teachers – both female and male – and adequate sanitary facilities, and that they are safe places for girls. He added that well-designed vocational training leads to better paid work.
He calls for the application of the PNDC Law 111, Intestate Succession Law and change to cultural practices, norms and customs such as Child Marriage, teenage pregnancy etc. that impede women and children' education, health and development
Mr. Akolgo Samuel made it clear that women need access to more and better jobs, business climate that supports them in starting and doing business, financial sectors that give them access to financial services tailored to their needs and greater livelihood security in terms of food and violence to be economically empowered.


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Automated Feeding System With Dosage Control
Building an automated feeding system came second nature to me. It was a must. I used several scrap components that I had gathered from my workplace on clean up days to help with this project. I know that most of you will not have experience with the components I will be talking about but I will do my best to explain how I made this and how it works.
First I tried to understand the needs of my chickens. Using experimentation and data collection I determined that each of my chickens eat about 5/8 cup of grain every day. Using that information I determined how much grain I needed to provide them each day. 16 chickens * 5/8 cup = 10 cups / day (this included wasted feed). This was the minimal starting criteria for dosage controlled feeding.
Second I needed to understand my needs. I did not want something I needed to fill up every day or even every week. I also wanted it to be very maintenance free. It needed to be rodent proof.
With this all determined I had an old electrical enclosure that I found to be perfect for the job.
Now I needed to figure out how to dispense the grain. I had an old 90 degree rotary actuator (check Ebay) that is powered by 24V AC or DC. I decided to build a drum that would fit inside a 4" pipe "T" (Lowe's) and connect the drum to the rotary actuator. I made the drum from "Ash" wood that I turned on a lathe to fit perfectly inside the "T". Once I got the drum to fit I used JB Weld to secure a metal rod to one end of the drum which connected to the rotary actuator. Next I used a 1" bit and drilled a hole into the bottom of the "T" and 1/2 the distance into the side of the drum. This determined the dump position and the extended rotary position. Next I rotated the drum 90 degrees which closed the bottom hole in the "T". When the drum was in position I drilled a hole into the top if the drum from inside the hopper until it connected with the cross hole that I had previously drilled. Next I added a plug with the same size hole inside the hopper so when the drum starts to turn it will close off the hole into the drum and will deliver just the amount of grain that is stored in the drum each cycle. This amount came to about 3/4 cup . Excellent!
The last step in getting the feed to the dispenser was to build a director inside the hopper to keep the grain directed to the right place. I just used plywood to block all the existing holes in the hopper and added the angled boards to direct the flow. I also added a hole and lid on the top for filling and monitoring the levels.
The only thing remaining was for me to install the hopper, fill with feed, build a pan for the chickens to eat from, and write a program to dispense enough grain for all my chickens each day. After I installed it I determined the hopper would hold over 100 lbs of grain and I was extremely happy with this. I used a "PLC" (Programmable logic controller) (under $100 on the Internet) to setup the control system for my chicken coop and programed it to dispense 1 dose of grain every hour starting at 5:00 AM and the last at 8:00 PM. By metering the amount of grain they get every hour I have had very little wasted feed. They eat all they get and are very happy. I know the wiring is a mess and one of my next projects will be to put it all in an enclosure. I consider this project a total success!!
Here is a link to my you tube video so you can see it in action
Automated Feeding System With Dosage Control
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"Liberal Zionism" in The New York Times
Though malicious and duplicitous smear campaigns against Israel can be found daily in every media domain, one expects better in the pages of The New York Times' "The Stone," populated as they mostly are by professional philosophers. But Omri Boehm's recent essay, "Liberal Zionism in the Age of Trump," barely camouflages in philosophical garb what are in fact dishonest smears, both of Zionism as racism and of American Israel supporters as racists, and as such is an embarrassment to that forum.
Zionism, Boehm tells us baldly, is "a political agenda rooted in the denial of liberal politics." A quote from Hillary Clinton illustrates: "It is important for us as a policy not to say, as Donald has said, we're going to ban people based on religion. How do you do that? We are a country founded on religious freedom and liberty." This statement, says Boehm, "establishes a minimum standard of liberal decency"—and yet "liberal Zionists" don't merely deny this minimal standard of decency when it comes to Israel, he says, but "avow this denial as core to their innermost convictions." How so? Liberalism, he tells us, "depends on the idea that states must remain neutral on matters of religion and race, [while] Zionism consists in the idea that the State of Israel is not Israeli, but Jewish. As such, the country belongs first and foremost not to its citizens, but to the Jewish people—a group that's defined by ethnic affiliation or religious conversion."
The confusions and inconsistencies here are stunning, even apart from the unclarified notion of a state "belonging" to people. The "minimal standard of liberal decency" is first identified with "religious freedom," suggesting that nations lacking religious freedom must be "liberally indecent" (whatever that means). But then the item being defined suddenly switches from liberal "decency" to "being liberal," period, as the proffered definition itself switches from "religious freedom" to "state neutrality on matters of religion and race," which is not at all the same thing as religious freedom.
So what is going here?
Israel, of course, is in fact committed to religious freedom: it is home to individuals of many faiths who suffer no religious restrictions or persecution, it is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian population is growing, it is a safe haven for the oppressed Baha'i, and so on. So perhaps Boehm, realizing that he cannot condemn Israel for violating religious freedoms, switches the focus of his "minimal standard" to "state neutrality on religion and race" in order to condemn Israel for violating that.
Of course Boehm is free to define his "minimal standards" of being "liberal" any way he likes. Many others, however, would include as equally important to liberalism such items as these: commitments to democratic principles, preservation of minority rights, support for women's rights and for gay rights, the maintenance of fundamental freedoms of religion, of speech, of assembly, of press, and so on. These are not obscure, controversial components of liberalism, but obvious, widely accepted central tenets. So why does Boehm so blatantly leave them out of his idiosyncratic personal standard of liberalism?
Perhaps it's because including them would directly contradict his stark inflammatory claim that Zionism is rooted in the "denial of liberal politics": it is hard to accuse Israel of this when in fact Israel satisfies the overwhelming majority of criteria for liberalism. Indeed including these basic criteria might even entail that Israel is actually an extremely liberal country, relatively speaking, its many warts notwithstanding. I just read that The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, an international survey of democracy and minority rights, ranked Israel #34 out of 167 countries (where Norway is best at #1, North Korea worst at #167). No other Middle Eastern state is ranked better than #57, it seems, and most, in fact, are ranked worse than #110. There's room here for Israel to improve itself on these matters, to be sure, just as the United States has plenty of its own work to do on improving minority rights and confronting racism, as do most other countries in the world. But if one's concern is with liberalism, as Boehm's allegedly is, there are at least 133 countries in the "need to improve" queue ahead of Israel—including all the countries in Israel's neighborhood, all the countries hostile to Israel, and presumably too the Palestinian entity that Boehm likely wants to come into official nationhood. (Indeed Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid's recent report, "Confronting Human Rights Abuses in the Palestinian Authority," paints a grim picture indeed, and that doesn't even address Hamas-ruled Gaza.)
So maybe, despite its commitment to religious freedom and minority civil rights, Israel is not "neutral on matters of religion and race," according to Boehm. "Race" is a loaded word, of course, and Boehm's use of it is not entirely accurate here. Yes, Israel is a "Jewish" state in multiple senses, as the ancestral and now contemporary homeland for the Jewish people, but the complex notion of "peoplehood" is not identical to "race": the Jewish people comprise individuals of many different races, from lighter-skinned Europeans and Americans to darker-skinned Indians and Asians and Middle Easterners and Africans. Perhaps Boehm recognizes that, because he makes another quick switch from speaking of race to speaking of "ethnic affiliation." I would suggest that the Jewish people comprise many different ethnicities as well, but let's grant him the point that Israel is not "neutral" on matters of "religion" and (say) "ethnicity."
The proper response to this, I think, is simply: so what?
Boehm of course spins the non-neutrality to get his readers to think otherwise. "Good" liberal Jews like Louis Brandeis and Rabbi Heschel, he reminds us, were fierce advocates for civil rights, so by insidious twisted implication Israel's "non-neutrality" makes it akin to the American racists who opposed civil rights. The logic seems to be this: "I define liberalism hyper-narrowly to be x. Some people who were liberal by my narrow definition were anti-racist. Therefore those who are not liberal by my narrow definition are racist." The logical fallacy here is both significant and, it seems, intentional, as it is present pretty much throughout the entire essay—the main strategy of which is to smear Israel and Zionism by bizarre associations with all the racist accusations Boehm (rightly or wrongly) levies against Donald Trump, Stephen Bannon, Richard Spencer, and various Austrian right-wing politicians.
So—despite de facto working hard to maintain minority and religious rights and freedoms, doing so under security conditions faced by no other country, doing far better at it than any of its neighbors and enemies, and, according to the Democracy Index, even succeeding to a large degree—no, Israel de jure is not "neutral" on religion and ethnicity. It is indeed a "Jewish" state in various senses: it is by far the most densely Jewish country in the world (with about 75% of its population being Jewish), home to nearly half the world's Jews and center of positive attention and support for most of the other half, the Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people, the location of their ancient sovereign kingdoms, and the primary Jewish population center for the first millennium of their recorded existence, it is a place where Jews have lived continuously for three millennia, and it has been the central focus of the Jewish religion through those three millennia as well, including during the two millennia of dispersion. For these reasons and others the modern State of Israel was, and is, designed to be the homeland of and a safe haven for the Jewish people.
So what exactly is wrong with Zionism per se then, according to Boehm?
Is it that (despite Israel's religious freedoms) Judaism has a privileged position there? Yet many, many countries have official state or otherwise privileged religions, to various degrees, including European nations such as Denmark, England, Monaco, most or all of the many Muslim countries, and including both the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip and the future Palestinian state (whose leaders have declared that Islam will be its official religion).
Is it that (despite the affirmation of and endeavors toward minority civil rights) the Jewish people do have a privileged position there, as exemplified (among other ways) in the infamous "Law of Return" that allows all Jews to become citizens of Israel? Yet many, many countries have similar laws favoring or expediting citizenship for descendants of those who originally came from those places, including many European countries such as Germany, Hungary and Italy—and the future Palestinian state will be no different, as exemplified in its leaders' intransigent insistence on the equally infamous "Right of Return" for millions of descendants of the original and later refugees.
Is Zionism is to be faulted because it endorses the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their ancestral homeland? But how is that a fault, exactly, when a central tenet even of the contemporary American liberal agenda is the fight for the rights of oppressed peoples everywhere, by throwing off their imperialist oppressors and promoting their—right to self-determination in their ancestral homelands? Indeed that is precisely the language used by pro-Palestinian activists on the Palestinians' behalf as they advocate for a Palestinian state "belonging" to the Palestinian people. Zionism is to be faulted for endorsing this analogous right for Jews, then, only if Jews are to be uniquely deprived of that right. Another word for that double standard, of course, is antisemitism.
No, Israel is not the United States, which at least aims to be the truly maximally "liberal" nation that Boehm perhaps has in mind. But neither are the overwhelming majority of other countries in the world, including all of Israel's enemies and neighbors, including Hamas's Gaza and (almost surely) the future Palestinian state for which Boehm seems to advocate.
Boehm's attack on Israel therefore amounts to deliberately asking the wrong question and then skewering Israel for performing badly on his loaded question. The question Boehm asks is essentially, "Is Israel liberal in the way the United States aims to be, but specifically and only with respect to the one criterion of 'neutrality' on ethnicity and religion?" When the answer turns out to be "no," then Zionism and Israel are uniquely (and absurdly) condemned as "rooted in the denial of liberal politics," and therefore to be condemned by all good liberal people, including those who fight against racism. American liberal Jews are then accused of holding a "double standard" when it comes to supporting allegedly anti-liberal Israel, the supporting of which then amounts to being a racist by the faulty logic noted above.
The right questions, to the contrary, the ones that would be asked by any honest investigator of these matters, are these: "How does Israel stack up on the numerous criteria for being liberal that are endorsed by many Americans, and how does it compare to all the other countries in the world, including Europe and the United States, including Israel's enemies, and including the current Palestinian regimes and likely future Palestinian state?"
The answers here are the ones Boehm is choosing to obscure. Zionism, as a movement for self-determination that is simultaneously committed to maximizing the civil rights of its minorities, doesn't merely cohere with the liberal ideal of promoting the rights of all peoples, but Israel itself is in fact a bastion of liberal ideals in a region where those are minimally instantiated, and it manages to be this even under security conditions faced by no other nation. So if honest liberal Jews (and non-Jews) want to use liberalism as their criterion for which side to take in the thorny mess that is the Israeli-Palestinian-Jewish-Arab-Muslim Conflict, they pretty clearly ought to side with Israel—its many warts notwithstanding. The only "double standard" in play here is Boehm's, who asks dishonest questions of Israel and then skewers it while giving all the many far worse nations in the world (and corresponding nationalisms) a complete pass.
Boehm's intellectually and morally corrupt strategy is nowhere more evident than in his closing paragraphs. Here he aims to imply that Zionism is itself antisemitic, or at least "continuous with" antisemitism, and he goes all the way to the point of endorsing the ultimate inversion of reality, so favored by antisemites and anti-Israel activists alike, namely identifying Zionists and Israel (in this case by means of "guilt by association") with the Nazis.
First, he suggests, the Zionist idea that Israel is "the Jews' own ethnic state" implies that non-Israeli Jews are not living in their own country—which in turn enforces the common antisemitic trope of dual loyalty, that non-Israeli Jews are not genuine citizens of their country of residence.
Second, he notes the "close ties" between evangelical Christians and the State of Israel. But these Christians' messianic scheme is antisemitic: they support Israel only so that Jesus may return and convert all the Jews.
Third and most important, he cites the 1941 Avraham Stern letter that supported working with with the Nazis in order to allow the millions of Jews then under Nazi control to emigrate ultimately to Palestine. The letter, Boehm says, was written by a logic that "sanctifies Zionism to the point of tolerating antisemitism." So Zionism as manifest in Stern "tolerates" Nazi antisemitism.
That a philosopher could proceed in this fashion is nothing short of a scandal.
First, does Boehm also hold that the movement to establish a Palestinian state turns the many Palestinians in their own diaspora into untrustworthy dual citizens? Does he hold that Italian-Americans and Chinese-Americans are guilty of dual loyalty? One surely hopes not. But then the fact that antisemites maliciously taint Jews with charges of dual loyalty is a reflection only of their antisemitism, and in no way imparts antisemitism to Zionist affirmation of a Jewish homeland.
With respect to those sinister "close ties" between Israel and evangelicals, it is hard to unravel the twist of logic that now taints Zionism or Israelis with Christian antisemitism. Is Boehm seriously suggesting that Jews, who do not accept the Christian evangelical view, should give up their homeland because holding onto it might further the alleged Christian long-term antisemitic agenda? Is he suggesting that Israel, and Jews, should boycott and ban such Christians so as not to associate with them? (Wouldn't that violate even his narrow personal liberalism, endorsing religious freedom?) One hopes not—but then what in fact does he expect Israelis to do?
With the Stern letter Boehm's logic evaporates entirely into pure malice as he sinks into the obscene—for it surely is obscene to describe someone's desperate effort to save the lives of millions of Jews from the murderous Nazis, when the gates to every country in the world were closed to Jews, as a kind of inherent Zionist affinity with Nazism. In fact Stern was known to explicitly compare Hitler to Haman, the great symbol of anti-Jewish hatred from the book of Esther, but that's almost besides the point—for Boehm doesn't merely misrepresent Stern's behavior here, he also commits an even graver philosophical offense: he takes this single highly specific (misrepresented) case and generalizes it to Zionism as a whole. Stern, he tells us, is celebrated all over Israel, and even shares a Hebrew first name with the son of the current Prime Minister! So if Stern was willing to collaborate with the Nazis, apparently all Zionists were, and all of today's Israelis enthusiastically go along. It follows ineluctably: Israel is, and Israelis are, Nazi-collaborators! And since Nazis are the great antisemites, it turns out, ironically, that Zionism is antisemitism.
One gathers that Boehm's repeated use of the charged word "collaborate" is quite deliberate here. Indeed this whole absurd nest of fallacies could only be deliberate. Zionists from left to right were deeply opposed to the Nazi regime from early on, so much so that there was great controversy whenever the subject of "collaborating" with them, even to save Jews, came up. Nor does Boehm bother to mention the salient fact that Zionist Jews played an active role in fighting for the Allies against the Nazis, in both manpower and materiel, and did this while the Arab world, including the leader of the Palestinian national movement, Grand Mufti Amin Al-Husseini, didn't merely back the Nazis but actively—and really—"collaborated" with them, both militarily and with respect to the Holocaust. Yet in Boehm's mind it is somehow the Zionist Jews who were collaborators.
So Boehm misrepresents Stern's behavior as an endorsement of the Nazis, then uses this single (misrepresented) event to imply that Zionism and today's Israelis are Nazi collaborators—producing a complete inversion of the actual truth by means of a grievous act of philosophical abuse.
A professional philosopher doesn't reason this badly unless she or he has an agenda.
There is plenty of real material to discuss when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian-Jewish-Arab-Muslim Conflict. There is plenty to critique about Israel's behavior, including its contribution to the current status quo, including its policies and behavior in the 1967 territories. There is plenty to critique about Israel, and the behavior of Zionists, throughout the long nitty-gritty of historical contingencies. It surely is possible to critique all that, and to advocate for Palestinian rights, without being antisemitic. But you cannot begin to have a real and genuine discussion of these matters unless you begin with a basic level of honesty and integrity in the discourse. Boehm's profoundly dishonest smear job, his malicious effort to taint Israel and Zionists with guilt by association, his inverted characterization of Israel as fundamentally "anti-liberal," his effort to attack the very essence of Zionism, is an affront to that necessary condition for real and genuine philosophical discussion.
It should have no place in the pages of "The Stone," or anywhere.


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I hope that these posts will provide useful information to sellers new to either or both selling platforms, through objective facts and some of my own opinion and experiences too.
This first post includes a brief introduction to both sites and a run down of what you can sell on each one.
Note I have updated this post 18th September 2012!
etsy.com was launched in June 2005 by a group of three Americans. It now has 250 employees, hundreds of thousands of sellers (exact numbers are hard to come by now - this site suggests there were nearly 300,000 shops with items in stock as of February 2011) and millions of registered buyers (7 million in December 2010 according to the NY Times). Quantcast says that in 2011 Etsy got visits from about 7 million individual visitors every month, rising to 10 million per month in the run up to Christmas. You can check how many items there are for sale on Etsy at any one time here (at the time of typing this, it was 8.5 million, of which 6.4 million were handmade). Monthly "Weather Reports" on the Etsy blog give information about the number of sales and their dollar total (for example in August 2011, 2.3 million sales were made which totaled $45 million; in December 2011 3.4 million and $70 million). In 2011 the top Etsy shop made over 50000 sales!
folksy.com was built by two British blokes and launched in summer 2008. It is based in Sheffield and now employs 9 members of staff. According to this press information, as of November 2011 there were 7900 active shops, 139,000 items for sale, 2.4m unique visitors a year, and sales had an average value of £17.45. Visits to Folksy each month are of the order of 300,000 (from the site's monthly updates), increasing towards Christmas (423,000 in November 2011).
As you can see, the difference between the two sites in terms of size is huge - and it's worth bearing this in mind when comparing them in terms of their other characteristics. The much greater investment in Etsy, and much larger numbers of employees - including 90 "engineers" working on the nuts and bolts of the website - means that new tools and features "come to market" a lot quicker. On the other hand, the small size of Folksy makes it much more of a cohesive community in my opinion, and I find it more friendly, on the whole.
Accepted items
There are some important differences between Folksy and Etsy in terms of what is allowed to be sold on the sites. The list of acceptable items for sale on Etsy can be found here, and for Folksy here. Remember, you don't need to sell the same product range on each site. I've highlighted some of the key differences below:
Etsy - there's a thriving vintage section on Etsy (2m listings!), defined as anything 20 or more years old. I know, right?! My Popples could be vintage now, if only I'd kept them... hang on, this makes me vintage...
Folksy - vintage items cannot be sold on Folksy as-is. If you have significantly altered a vintage item, for example by reupholstering it, printing or painting it, or decoupaging it, that is acceptable. Will Folksy ever allow vintage items to be sold as they are? Personally I doubt it, they really seem to pride themselves on being a handmade site.
Etsy - yes
Folksy - no
Bath products and cosmetics
Etsy - yes
Folksy - yes to solids such as soaps and bath bars, no to liquids such as balms, lotions and oils, and no cosmetics.
Etsy - yes
Folksy - yes
As of summer 2012, Folksy is now quite a lot more supplies-friendly in my opinion, due to the Plus account which takes listing fees out of the equation. However, neither site offers the ability to add options (such as colour, size, quantity) to a listing. Still, if I was starting a supplies business, I would probably go to ebay first. Having said that, there are a lot of large supplies sellers on Etsy (although, most of them have ebay shops too).
"Handmade" vs "Hand Assembled"
Etsy - anything goes.
Folksy - they do not allow what they call "hand assembled" products.
This has been a controversial topic on Folksy and I don't want to cause any further arguments about it here. Broadly, to be sold on Folksy, an item must fall into at least one of these two criteria: majority handmade, or original design. Thus a hand knitted jumper from a pattern that you have permission to use falls under the first; a professionally produced print of one of your photographs falls under the second. Folksy's guidance can be found here, and more clarification here. If you are unsure whether your products are permitted, I strongly recommend that you contact Folksy before you list them, not afterwards, as there's no reason to think you'll get your listing fees back if you inadvertantly list something that isn't permitted. Essentially if your craft involves putting two mass produced things together (eg a chain and a pendant or charm, or a card and a premade decal), it's unlikely you'll be able to sell it on Folksy - but do ask.
Etsy is much more permissive, allowing "hand assembled" items, people to sell in collectives or groups, and even permitting a significant amount of the making process to be outsourced. As a result of this, along with the size of the site and difficulty policing it efficiently, the lines between what is and isn't acceptable are in my opinion more blurred than they are on Folksy.
A final word - note that on top of each site's policies, all applicable rules and regulations of the country you are selling from must be adhered to as well. These include but are not limited to legislation regarding: copyright, safety of toys and other products marketed for use by children, fire safety regulations for furniture and nightwear, cosmetics, and food safety and hygiene. These laws apply to single person businesses just as much as they do to huge manufacturers. A couple of starting points for UK sellers are these two pages from Folksy:
Copyright information on Folksy
Product safety information on Folksy
The next post in this series will be about listing and relisting items on the two sites.
All parts of this series:
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Listing
Part 3: Personalising your shop
Part 4: How items appear on the sites
Part 5: Sharing your shop and items
Part 6: The buying experience
Part 7: Everything else!!


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I was walking through Dupont Circle with some yoga friends last night and we noticed "Borf" painted on a stop sign. The conversation inevitably turned to this mysterious and ubiquitous graffiti artist. "You're the researcher, Zoe, why don't you look into it?" Karoline said. So I did.
Borf is an artist who used to have a gallery on the www.stencilrevolution.com website, but it no longer exists. I only found a few references in the Google cache of old webpages, but nothing that's maintained.
There is an interview with Borf on the Visual Resistance site where he expounds his political philosophy (How did they get his email address??):
This DCist article is full of rumors with no substantiation:
This article in the North Carolina Observer has more information about Borf's geographical proliferation, but as the Visual Resistance site complains, they don't actually seem to understand what stencil art is:
If you want to see a bunch of Borf pictures, check out:
But I really like the little robot going "Borf borf borf" here:
The definition of Borf:
Borf is also a villain in old arcade games.
My own theory: Borf is not just one person! He is a meme who lives in many hearts and souls. Perhaps there is a bit of Borf in all of us...
PS. Mary, wasn't able to find anything about your Russian story with
the poison, although this Russian definition seems to match the
English one:


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Apply the Pareto Principle to strategy selection. According to the principle, 80% of our actions are daily routines and tasks that we can't ignore, but they may not move us towards our goals. What matters is selecting the best activities for the 20% of our day that we reserve for strategic action; this 20% of our actions will lead to 80% of our results. As we strive to achieve ambitious annual goals, what is most likely to yield results? We can refer to research evidence and past performance to select amongst the many strategies available, but we will achieve more by selecting a small number of highly promising strategies, and committing 20% of our day to making them Must Haves®.
Source: Maximize Performance: Creating a Culture of Educational Excellence, Studer and Pilcher, Firestarter Publishing, 2015.


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Fire Breaks Out in Furnace Rebuild
Thursday, October 9, 2014 @ 02:10 PM gHale
A fire broke out while workers were rebuilding a plant production furnace at the Grace Davison plant in East Chicago, officials said.
The entire on-duty shift of East Chicago firefighters ended up called out to fight the blaze Saturday, said Assistant Chief Edmundo Muro.
Chemical-Fueled Fire Hits 3 Businesses
Fire Hits Seattle Manufacturing Firms
Neighborhood Clear after Chem Fire
Fire Hits CO Fertilizer Plant
The fire was in a hard-to-reach area where wooden and steel beams impeded firefighters' access, Muro said. Firefighters got the call at 9:12 a.m. and were not able to fully extinguish it until 1:09 p.m.
The contract workers performing the furnace work escaped unharmed. District Chief Thomas Boyle went to St. Catherine's hospital for treatment suffering from a pulled muscle, Muro said.
Contacted Saturday afternoon, plant manager James Hansen described the damage done as minor and said work on the furnace rebuild should resume that evening as would plant operations. About 50 people work at the plant, which produces industrial silicates.
The plant started up in 1889 and Grasselli Chemical Co. originally operated the plant, which used to employ as many as 1,000 people. DuPont Chemical later operated the plant and then Grace Davison.
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