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He's moved on: I just read your commentary [Jim Nesbitt, "Move On," September 11] and could not agree more with your observations related to the ridiculous hype and hysteria surrounding the anniversary of 9/11. True "watershed events" or "turning points" in our nation's history such as Pearl Harbor, World War II or the Depression had and will continue to have an infinitely greater impact. I offer my sincere thanks and admiration to Mr. [Russell] Dunham and the courageous men and women who served and sacrificed in World War II. These individuals certainly know a great deal more about dangers that threatened all of humanity if not for their brave actions. To those who lost loved ones or were directly affected by the 9/11 attacks, I offer my sympathy. But for the rest of us, it is time to move on. I know I have.
Rick Stemler
via the Internet
Hooker Hook
A telling admission: I found your story on the city-court prostitution program [Geri L. Dreiling, "New City Trick," September 11] excellent. As a criminal-defense lawyer, I was floored by Warren Thomas' quote: "Sometimes the police will arrest women they know as regulars even though they aren't doing anything." This is the sort of thing that defense lawyers know and argue to juries all the time. The fact that a court official admits this shows you how it really does occur. So much for the Constitution! Mr. Warren's quote is a cover story in and of itself!
Kenneth R. Schwartz
via the Internet
Paddle Up
Studs R Us: I found the story about table tennis [Mike Seely, "The Battle of the Paddle," September 4] entertaining. I thought it might be nice to add a few bits of information. At 100 members, the St. Louis Table Tennis Club is not big -- by almost any standard. Several U.S. cities have clubs that are open 24 hours a day, with resident full-time coaches. In Europe, our club might be typical for a town of about 20,000 people. In addition to the very old men, there are plenty of young'uns (male and female) who also play here. Maybe the "Pizza Hut manager" doesn't look like a "stud athlete" because he isn't one. He's good by Missouri standards, but he'd struggle to win single points against world-class players (who, incidentally, generally do look like "stud athletes"). George Hendry's "clay-court tennis" game is attractive but outdated. The modern game is more similar to tennis players facing each other at the net but taking full swinging volleys and adding spin that nears 10,000 rpm.
Kagin Lee
St. Louis
Do you have to use the dirty words? I was curious why Mike thought his good article on pingpong (table tennis) had to contain the words "shit," "fuck" and "piss." I am not a prude, but it seemed as if ... he could have used different words to convey his thoughts. Furthermore, that one of the editors did not make mention of this to him appears as though writing of this kind in a publication like yours is encouraged. Considering that the article describes a preteen player who would probably want to read and keep the article and that the two centers in St. Louis would post it on their bulletin boards makes the use of these words even stranger.
Eric Finch
via the Internet
Full Count
Grab your Webster, bud: I would like to respond to Todd Swope of St. Charles ["Letters," September 4]. It's obvious he knows nothing about baseball, or he wouldn't have made the idiotic statement about Mark McGwire. He should have looked up the phrase "flash in the pan" before he tried using it in a sentence. Someone [who] has hit over 550 [home runs] doesn't qualify for that phrase. [McGwire] didn't live in St. Louis but donated $1 million to abused children. While he wants a street named after a player (Marshall Faulk) who grew up poor, don't the Rams have another player who used to bag groceries in Iowa? Do research before you write a letter.
William Barrett
O'Fallon, Missouri
Maybe not: Don't you think that [Mike] Guzy's column would be an asset to the RFT [D.J. Wilson, "Big Boot," September 4]?
Charles A. Lane
St. Louis
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Yukon Territory, Mount Logan
At 1530 on May 21, 1992, the Kluane National Park Warden Service received word from a local pilot that a group of four Italian climbers on the Hummingbird Ridge of Mount Logan (6050 meters) had broadcast a "mayday" and were requesting helicopter assistance.
Pilot Doug Makkonen from Trans North Turbo Air used a Bell 206 Jet Ranger to reach the mountain by 1945. The rescuers met two climbers at their 1800 meter base camp who were in radio contact with two stranded on the ridge. The two on the ridge claimed to have lost most of their snow protection, broken one crampon, and severely dulled their ice climbing tools in getting to where they were now. The climbing was severe enough that they felt they could neither downclimb nor continue ascending safely, but they could be reached by helicopter.
The rescue team decided to fly up to their location and assess the situation. The altimeter in the helicopter read 4740 meters when the climbers were spotted on a small corniced platform on the steep ridge, 1200 meters below the summit. They had their packs on and told the helicopter party over the radio that they would like to be picked up and taken down. However, a Bell 206 can barely maintain a slow fly-by at that altitude, let alone a landing and subsequent take-off. The helicopter descended to the base camp to discuss the rescue options, and it was decided best to allow each climber to attach himself to the end of a long fixed line while the machine hovered above.
The helicopter was stripped of all unnecessary weight, including back seat, headsets, and tools. The pilot then took it up alone to the climbers while the wardens explained to them by radio that they must leave their equipment behind, be sure they were not tied in to the mountain, and clip in to the sling line one at a time. Each climber in turn was then slung down to their camp. Neither one was injured.
The two climbers were fortunate in that they had radio communication with their base camp, and to the outside, to request help when they needed it, that the helicopter was available, that the weather was ideal at the time, and that they were at an elevation that was within the limits for any sort of helicopter rescue. Since they had ascended 3000 meters in just two days, it's quite possible that they were already experiencing symptoms of altitude sickness. If they had had to wait any length of time for assistance, they might have been forced to either downclimb with inadequate equipment or succumb to the effects of altitude.
To climb in the St. Elias Mountains, where the closest aircraft assistance is, at best, an hour's flight away through mountainous terrain, where week-long storms are rather common, and where one can quickly ascend to an altitude where helicopter rescue may not be possible in even the best of conditions, one must be prepared for, and fully capable of, selfrescue. (Source: Andrew Lawrence, Kluane National Park Warden Service)

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I colored her with copics and then cut her out. Isn't she lovely. Thanks Lilli she was soooooooo much to color and create with.
Go HERE and check out all her lovely digi's she has for sale.
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, stunning.
that hair is gorgeous also the picture at self and offcourse your card angela.
greetings karin
This is goegeous! I kind of want to be her. lol :) You did an amazing coloring job.
-Annie Rose
Wow, what a spectacular card. Her hair really glows.
Awwww ! Love it ! Love your colouring, love your card ! A beauty !
WOW!!! She take my breath away! In my next life- I would like to look like her:)
Ohhh wooow, Angela sweetie you rock my world with your fabulous creations !!! Wonderful choise in colors and your coloring, hun is out of this world :))) I LOOOOOVE IT !!!
I mail you soon, sweetie.
Great BIG HUGS Lilli <3
LOVE the colors and the image is amazingly stunning!!! you do beautiful work!!! am also a new follower ;)
Yet another gorgeous creation Angela, I love your amazing colouring (and your eye for colour too) thanks for the link to the fab digis Donna ☺


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Soy, Ginger and Lime Pork Tenderloin – My faith in my ability to cook a pork tenderloin well had been fledgling, at best, lately. It just never turned out. It was either too dry, too raw or too flavorless. Ugh.
But I tried again. And I am SO glad that I did…this was delicious!!! It was moist, flavorful and so easy. It left us wanting more, which is always a good sign.
I used the marinade from an Everyday Food recipe, but I didn't really go with their directions for cooking. I started it on the stove top, with a sear, and then moved it to the oven to finish cooking. Yuuuuum, so good.
Soy, Ginger and Lime Pork Tenderloin
Inspiration: Everyday Food
- 1/4 cup soy sauce, plus more for sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, such as safflower, plus more for grates
- 1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 pork tenderloin (about 1 pound), excess fat and silver skin removed
- 1/2 c. Hoisin sauce
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1/4 c. chicken stock
- 1/4 c. red onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
1. In a large zip top bag, combine soy, vinegar, lime juice, ginger and pork tenderloin. Allow to marinade for 30 minutes or up to overnight.
2. When ready to cook, remove from bag and discard marinade. Heat a pan over medium high heat and add oil.
3. When pan is hot, add pork and sear on all side. 2-3 minutes per side.
4. Meanwhile, heat oven to 400 degrees.
5. Remove pork tenderloin to a baking side and bake for another 15-20 minutes, until digital thermometer reads 140 degrees.
6. In the stove top pan, add more oil if necessary. Then add onions and allow to cook for 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
7. Add Hoisin sauce, soy sauce to tasted and chicken stock to reach desired consistency. Let cook to thicken and reduce, about 5 minutes.
8. Remove pork from oven and let rest 10 minutes. Slice, pour sauce over top and serve with scallions. Enjoy!
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Yesterday I was interrupted by dinner and didn't have the chance to keep on writing.
Ok, so yesterday our first task was to rebuilt the tents at different positions. Due to the fact that we only had a 4 hour sleep, we had the rest of the morning free.
In the afternoon (after some more free time which we spent playing poker) we had a harder task. We had to move huge tree trunks through the forest to use in theconstructions we would build tomorrow. This was trickier than I had expected. We carried them on our shoulders, but this was hardly imposible, as we all had different heights. Also, they were heavier than I had imagined.
After we had brought 4 of them to our campsite and were eager to shower, a man appeared to talk to us. It turned out that he was the one who had cut those trees and their owner. He asked us to return them to the place wher we found them.
After breakfast we decided to go swimming in a river which is near to our campsite. Sadly, I've got my period, so I can't join them. Almost everybody is in the water now, and I've discovered that taking photos of people while they jump is kind of fun. And it's not going to be the last time we come here, so I will have another chance to swim.
Ops! I forgot something! Yesterday we were told that apart of cows and bats, there is another animal walking around which we should know about: Vipers.
Poisonous snakes. Although they are not deadly for humans, their bites are dangerous and victims need to go to the hospital inmediatly. We are supposed to be checking our stuff with sticks before taking it, because they are small and could be hiding under those objects. I haven't seen anybody do it, yet.
When they told us, I thought it would be really excitng to see one. On our way to the river we found a dead viper. I thought it was pretty cute, actually, except for the fact that it was dead. It was dark green and black, quite long, but rather thin. Although I know they are dangerous I can't help but wish to see one alive in the next couple of days.


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After enabling Azure Search on cloud databases, Microsoft is now turning its attention to unstructured data.
Due to customer demand, Microsoft released a preview version of its Search indexer for Azure Blob Storage, the company's cloud-based unstructured data storage service, Eugene Shvets, a Microsoft Azure Search senior software engineer announced on Feb. 9. "Our indexers for Azure SQL Database and DocumentDB have been a hit with customers, and many of them have asked us to build similar magic for Azure Blob Storage."
The indexer is intended to spare customers the challenges of extracting text from "blobs," added Shvets. "Formats like PDF and DOC/XLS are binary and difficult to parse; content type detection and metadata extraction can be non-trivial tasks. Good tools exist, but integrating them into an indexing workflow still takes considerable effort and saddles customers with a bunch of code and infrastructure to maintain," he stated.
Azure Search blob indexer can extract text and metadata from PDF files, along with several Office document file formats (DOCX/DOC, XLSX/XLS, PPTX/PPT and MSG). The indexer also works on HTML, XML, ZIP, EML and, of course, plain text files. Instructions on setting up blob indexing are available in this company blog post.
Further reading
For administrators seeking more information about their Azure virtual machines (VMs), Microsoft also announced a new Log Analytics capability this week. "Log Analytics (OMS) brings the power of Microsoft's new cloud-based management solution, Operations Management Suite [OMS], right into the Azure portal allowing you to provision a brand new OMS workspace, link workspaces to Azure subscriptions, and on-board Azure VMs directly to the OMS service," blogged Anurag Gupta, a Microsoft Open Source Technology Center program manager.
Microsoft also issued two new Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Gupta said. "These templates allow you to quickly deploy a brand-new Windows or Linux VM that instantly on-boards to the OMS service."
Finally, Microsoft published new documentation and a code sample on GitHub for developers kicking off Azure-powered Internet of things projects that involve pulling data in from public data feeds.
"There are a number of documentation articles and code samples on pushing data from devices you control to Azure and for analyzing in combination with other streaming or static data," said Spyros Sakellariadis, principal program manager at Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, in a Feb. 11 announcement. "What's not as well documented is how to pull data from a public Website you don't control, then push that data into an Azure Event Hub," Microsoft's telemetry-ingestion service.
"A recent article and code sample I produced with Dinar Gainitdinov shows how building a simple application with a few lines of C#, does this," continued Sakellariadis. A modified version of the code combines "real-time motor vehicle data with maintenance records in Microsoft Dynamics and another version to analyze how traffic in the Seattle region was affected by the weather," he said.


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IMVU hair textures with GIMP by omgitzkaneWatch
©2007-2019 omgitzkane
this is my 1st tutorial. i figured a way to do hair textures for IMVU with GIMP. all the other tuts i tried to do this didnt work one way or the other. so i thought i'd share
i'm quixotickane at imvu
i'm quixotickane at imvu
very cool. hope this helped
I have been looking for something like this thanks so much
so glad this tut is still helping folks. please feel free to add me on IMVU - quixotickane
thx good wotk
Thank you. I'll test this out most definatly. I love making hair on IMVU but never tried this way.
This looks a lot more simpler then the other tutorial I found. I'm going to try this soon.
This helped alot! now my hair doesn't look horrible! This was so easy to understand!
This was very helpful. (:
Thank you for making it.
Thank you for making it.
Thank you so much!
thanks ^^ I'll remember this -faves-
Awesome! This tutorial was easy reading and easy to understand! (I have IMVU and I am supposed to be a developer...lol)
Which soft brush do you use? Can't figure it out :S But I love this tutorial!
i just used one of the circle brushes that looks a little fuzzy that comes with GIMP.
sorry for the late response, i havent been checking my feedback in a long time
sorry for the late response, i havent been checking my feedback in a long time
i'm pretty sure u didnt make it. wasnt that taken off of a fourm?
Thanks!!! You're a great help!
not sure how to do that, you need a different kind of tutorial. this one is for those that do developing on IMVU
no prob, glad you liked
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The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard requires chemical manufacturers, distributors or importers to provide Material Safety Data Sheets or MSDSs to communicate the hazards of hazardous chemical products. The new GHS rule includes modifications to MSDSs, which are now called Safety Data Sheets or SDSs. As of June 1, 2015, MSDSs will have to be replaced by new SDSs. And by June 1, 2016, MSDSs will have to be phased out completely. In addition, all workers exposed to hazardous chemicals must receive safety information and training, including on new SDS requirements and how to read SDSs, by Dec. 1, 2013—yes, that's 2 years before full implementation of the SDS requirements.
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The following Quickcard, which comes from OSHA, outlines the format, section numbers, headings and information required to be listed in the SDS in Spanish. Distribute the Quickcard to Spanish-speaking workers as part of their initial GHS training to educate them about SDS requirements. Instruct workers to keep the Quickcard in their wallet and post it in or near your MSDS/SDS binder so Spanish-speaking workers accessing SDSs can use it as an aid in reading the SDS and absorbing the important information it contains.


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With reigning champions Westfield A enjoying a commanding lead at the halfway stage in the Premier Division of the Kettering and District Table Tennis League, attention this week switched to the battle for positions 2nd through to 5th.
Burton Baptist A, currently sit in the runners-up position and fielded a full strength team in their match with 5th placed Higham. This included a return after illness for the unbeaten Dawid Przybysz. After a hard fought match, it was Burton that claimed the spoils with an 8-2 victory. Chris Ross was Burton's hat-trick hero which was fully deserved and included an 11-8 fifth end win over the otherwise unbeaten Richard Elliott. Richard Bashford came even closer to defeating Ross when leading 2-1 in ends and then creating three match points when 10-7 ahead in the fourth end. Ross fought back to win that one at deuce to take it to a decider. Bashford again had match points with a 10-6 advantage but incredibly Ross saved all of these as well to eventually claim victory from the jaws of defeat having saved a total of seven match points!
As for Przybysz, he lost his seasonal unbeaten record to Elliott but did win his other two matches, albeit 11-9 in the fifth against Bashford and Andy Harrison respectively. Dariusz Gulbicki further aided Burton's cause with wins over Bashford and Harrison as Burton made a strong claim to take the runners-up spot.
In the other big match of the week, 4th placed Kettering Town A played host to 3rd placed Corby Town A. These two very evenly matched sides played out a fascinating, although very predictable 5-5 draw. The outstanding individual performance in this encounter came from Kettering's John Fuller with a hat-trick plus a doubles win in tandem with Nigel Metcalfe. Corby's Chris Haynes came closest to defeating Fuller but ultimately lost out in five ends. Haynes was to have a very active evening with all of his matches going to a deciding end. After losing to Fuller, he found himself 2-0 down to Mike Hawes before winning in five ends but only after saving two match points in the fourth.
When Haynes faced Metcalfe, he again fell 2-0 behind but showed his determination to again come back and claim a 3-2 victory. Metcalfe was also to lose to Lee O'Boyle but did taste success against Henry Arthur before teaming up with Fuller to add the doubles to confirm the draw. Arthur gained his solitary point with a win over Mike Hawes who failed to add to Kettering's points tally.
Corby Town B, despite having a larger squad than most, continues to rely on club colleagues from their other teams in the league to ensure that they can put a full team out each week. Their latest match against Westfield C saw 16 year old Dan Bottrill, a player who made his league debut last season, make the leap up from Division Two to join Corby B's captain, 18 year old Kyle Murie. Henry Arthur also subbed into the team to add some much needed experience.
Murie got his team off to a perfect start with a 3-0 win against Sam Wildman and came close to gaining a second win of the evening before eventually succumbing 11-9 in the decider to Matt Horrocks. Bottrill performed admirably, taking ends off Dan Smalley and Horrocks as he gained valuable experience at the higher level. Horrocks and Smalley both won twice for Westfield with Wildman recording a single win but it was Arthur who showed his younger Corby team-mates as he scored a hat-trick of wins but only after dispatching both Wildman and Smalley in five ends. Westfield finally secured their third win of the season when Smalley and Horrocks teamed up to defeat the two young Corby players in the doubles and claim a 6-4 win for their team.
Burton Baptist B find themselves nine points from safety at the half way stage of the season but they did gain a vital three points in their 7-3 defeat at Arthingworth. Jacek Koltuniuk picked up two wins and Gerry Crasto gained an impressive win over Ray Kingston but nobody could lower the colours of Arthingworth's Chris Gibbons who recorded a hat-trick, although Koltuniuk did take him to a deciding end. For Arthingworth, Gerald Henson won twice and Kingston once with a Henson/Gibbons doubles win seeing them sit in sixth position as the calendar year draws to a close.
In the two remaining matches of the week, runaway leaders travelled to Harborough to face Athletic and recorded yet another 10-0 win and have now picked up 101 from points from the 110 available to them. At the other end of the table, bottom markers Thrapston Eagles lost 9-1 to Westfield B to leave without a win so far and with just 16 points gained from the 110 available.
Burton Baptist A 8 (Ross 3, Przybysz 2, Gulbicki 2, Ross/Przybysz) Higham 2 (Elliott 2)
Kettering Town A 5 (Fuller 3, Metcalfe, Fuller/Metcalfe) Corby Town A 5 (Haynes 2, O'Boyle 2, Arthur)
Westfield C 6 (Smalley 2, Horrocks 2, Wildman, Smalley/Horrocks) Corby Town B 4 (Arthur , Murie)
Arthingworth 7 (Gibbons 3, Henson 2, Kingston, Gibbons/Henson) Burton Baptist B 3 (Koltuniuk 2, Crasto)
Harborough Athletic 0 Westfield A 10 (no card received)
Thrapston Eagles 1 Westfield B 9 (no card received)
Player of the week:
Chris Ross
Division one
In the last week before the mid season break the top four teams in the table all played each other making these matches crucial for all four whilst also giving fifth placed Westfield D the opportunity to gain some ground on them. There were several interesting and surprising scorelines, some of which were due to player unavailability and some not, which have shaken up the league table and brought the top five teams closer together.
Leaders Harborough Rangers travelled to fourth placed Thrapston Falcons hoping to continue their recent run of impressive wins. However they found that the Falcons were on much better form than their recent opponents including Thrapston Kites the week before. Ian Baldock earned the man of the match award with a treble. Antony Marray also did well beating both Sam Burgess and Mike Brocklebank in four ends and only narrowly missed out on a treble losing to Liam Burnham by the narrowest margin,12-10 in the fifth end. Nigel Payne got the other win making it six by beating Sam Burgess 11-6 in the fifth end. Burgess has been a fine addition to the Rangers team and prior to this match had won an impressive 11 out of 12 for them but this dropped to 11 out of 15 which is still good. The closeness between the two teams on the night was shown by five of the sets requiring five ends and the other five requiring four and the rarity of no 3-0's.
When they have their usual three players, Rothborough Arrows are arguably the strongest team in the division but when either Julian Marlow or Helen Watts are missing they are considerably weaker and when both are absent they are one of the weakest. This was the case against Third placed Thrapston Kites who they didn't really have much of a chance against. Replacing Helen Watts and Marlow were brother Martin Watts and Luke Saywood. These are two of the strongest players in Division 2 with Watts on 92% and Saywood on 83%, but due to there being a big difference in standard between the divisions they were likely to struggle against players with nearly as good an average in division 1, namely Peter Briggs on 83% and Stewart Williams on 80% although Watts did well winning two ends against Williams and one against Briggs. They were probably also slight underdogs against 50% Geoff Judd who beat Saywood in five close ends and Watts in four close ends. Ivor Jones seemed to miss his team mates and just won one end which was against Williams. The final score of 10-0 to Kites moves them up to second place in the table and Arrows down to fourth. Rangers are now seven points ahead of Kites at the top which is a healthy lead at the halfway stage but it only takes a couple of poor matches by Rangers and big wins by Kites for that lead to disappear.
Westfield has a number of very promising juniors, one of which Bhavika Mistry impressed on her Kettering league debut with a treble against Harborough Rovers. Some people may be surprised to see the youngster do so well in her first match but she is not that inexperienced having competed for a few years mainly in junior competitions and the occasional Grand Prix. Her England ranking of 10 in the Cadet Girls out of 192 ranked as well as those unranked suggests that she ought to do well in division one and beat some players in the premier division. Therefore Sam Burgess did well to take her to a deciding end with Jamie Burgess and Mark Pearson winning a single end against her. Paul Malpass scored an easier treble for the loss of just one end to Sam Burgess and Sam avoided the whitewash by beating Scott Dixon. The 9-1 win keeps Westfield in fifth place but now only two points behind Rothborough Arrows and nine behind Thrapston Kites in second. It is yet to be seen whether Mistry will play more matches for Westfield but if she does they can be expected to be better in the second half of the season and maybe make a challenge for promotion.
With only one point separating Corby C and Burton C there was nothing to choose them on paper. It can be argued that Corby were weakened without Rob Warrender however as he had only played in four of their previous nine matches this limits his influence of their league position. Burton C had a good night though equaling their previous best score of the season of 9-1, the other time being
against bottom placed Thrapston Harriers. David Simmons and Chris Agg both got trebles and for Corby Stephen Woolston avoided the whitewash by beating Darryl Sutcliffe in five ends. Woolston continued his habit of going to five ends and now has the extraodinary statistic of going to five ends in every set for two matches (or six consecutive sets) running in the league.
Thrapston Falcons 6 (Baldock 3,Marray 2, Payne) Harborough Rangers 4 (Burnham 2, Brocklebank, Burnham/Brocklebank
Thrapston Kites 10 (Briggs 3, Williams 3, Judd 3, Briggs/Judd) Rothborough Arrows 0
Westfield D 9 (Malpass 3, Mistry 3, Dixon 2, Dixon/Malpass) Harborough Rovers 1 (S. Burgess)
Corby C 1 (Woolston) Burton C 9 (Simmonds 3, Agg 3, Sutcliffe 2, Simmons/Agg)
Player of the week: Ian Baldock/Bhavika Mistry
Division 2
Having a third player helped Corby to reverse the result against Burton Baptist E, as Dan Bottrill avenged a defeat to Jon Sanders on the way to his treble, John Hunt got a treble in his first match since week 2 and they then paired up to secure the 7 points. It was also notable for Bryan Lade's first win, his son Harry and Jon Sanders also got a point and both pushed Hunt all the way before losing out. Corby have reinforced their position in mid-table.
After being whitewashed by Comets before, Kettering B were out to make amends and after 7 games were 4-3 up. A strong finish by Comets forced the victory in their favour and the main reason was Alan Brisley's straight ends hat-trick and doubles. Team mates Pete Sturges and Kelvin Linnett chipped in with one apiece but both Jim Chatburn and Pete Scrivener upset the rankings by beating them for Town B
Although Exocets failed to trouble the scorers they all managed to get at least one end against Buccaneers, and Helmut Salander got an end of each of his opponents but was not to triumph any further. Ray Harrison, Tom Ravenscroft and Gareth Lewis each hit maximums and Harrison and Ravenscroft teamed up for a straightforward doubles to extend their lead at the top, which is gradually increasing over Comets.
Burton Baptist's young guns beat Harborough Imps 6-4 and in doing so outdid their senior counterpart's previous draw. They were never behind, but it was nip and tuck all the way. Harry Lade won his first ever hat-trick in leading the charge for the home team, setting the scene in the first game when he won 12-10 in the final end versus Ron Palfrey. Ben Freeman took up the baton finishing the last three ends of the next game 12-10, 12-10, 11-8 in the first of his brace, and Jacob Tattersall nearly got in on the act when he forced Palfrey the full distance. John Carpenter got off the mark when he scored his first point for Imps in his sixth match. The doubles which ensured the victory for Burton was very tight with Tattersall and Lade holding their nerve better in winning 15-13, 9-11, 13-11, 12-10. It moves them to within touching distance of Exocets but they will do well to make their move next week against Comets.
There were no changes from the Corby team who lost 9-1 to Dakotas previously, and only one change for Dakotas but the Corby team forced a draw this time with improved performances from Dan Bottrill but particularly Ken Murie who scored his first treble in his second outing this season, beating seasoned players above him in the rankings without being extended to five ends. He couldn't quite make the victory losing the final end in the doubles to Cathy Fleming and Pete Rowbotham who had earlier defeated Nathan Brown, but they were outshone for Dakotas by Lauren Ainsworth's double, the first time this season she has outscored both her fellow team mates.
Burton Baptist E 6 (H Lade 3, Freeman 2, H Lade/Tattersall) Harborough Imps 4 (Palfrey 2, Carpenter, Patmore)
Corby D 7 (Bottrill 3, Hunt 3, Bottrill/Hunt) Burton Baptist E 3 (B Lade, H Lade, Sanders)
Kettering Town B 4 (Chatburn 2, Scrivener 2) Rothborough Comets 6 (Brisley 3, Linnett, Sturges, Brisley/Sturges)
Rothborough Dakotas 5 (L Ainsworth 2, Fleming, Rowbotham, Fleming/Rowbotham) Corby D 5 (Murie 3, Bottrill 2)
Rothborough Exocets 0 Rothborough Buccaneers 10 (Harrison 3, Lewis 3, Ravenscroft 3, Harrison/Ravenscroft)
Player of the week
Ken Murie
Team of the week
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
It's An Illustration Show
The artists of Sketch Motel are having an illustration show! Sept. 6-21, 2012 at the Hashtag Gallery. To join us for the opening reception RSVP on the facebook event page
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Adobe How-To Interview
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Book 48 Galatians 001:001 Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead), 001:002 and all the brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia: 001:003 Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, 001:004 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father— 001:005 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 001:006 I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different "good news"; 001:007 and there isn't another "good news." Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ. 001:008 But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any "good news" other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. 001:009 As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any "good news" other than that which you received, let him be cursed. 001:010 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ. 001:011 But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man. 001:012 For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ. 001:013 For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it. 001:014 I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 001:015 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, 001:016 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood, 001:017 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus. 001:018 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. 001:019 But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord's brother. 001:020 Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying. 001:021 Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 001:022 I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ, 001:023 but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy." 001:024 And they glorified God in me. 002:001 Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me. 002:002 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain. 002:003 But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 002:004 This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; 002:005 to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you. 002:006 But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn't show partiality to man)—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me, 002:007 but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcision 002:008 (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles); 002:009 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision. 002:010 They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do. 002:011 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned. 002:012 For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 002:013 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. 002:014 But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do? 002:015 "We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners, 002:016 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law. 002:017 But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not! 002:018 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker. 002:019 For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God. 002:020 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. 002:021 I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!" 003:001 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified? 003:002 I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 003:003 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh? 003:004 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain? 003:005 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 003:006 Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." 003:007 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham. 003:008 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."{Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18} 003:009 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham. 003:010 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them."{Deuteronomy 27:26} 003:011 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."{Habakkuk 2:4} 003:012 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them."{Leviticus 18:5} 003:013 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"{Deuteronomy 21:23} 003:014 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 003:015 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it. 003:016 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed,"{Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7} which is Christ. 003:017 Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect. 003:018 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise. 003:019 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 003:020 Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one. 003:021 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law. 003:022 But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 003:023 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 003:024 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 003:025 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 003:026 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. 003:027 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 003:028 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 003:029 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise. 004:001 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; 004:002 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father. 004:003 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world. 004:004 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, 004:005 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children. 004:006 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba,{Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for "Father" or "Daddy" used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.} Father!" 004:007 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 004:008 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods. 004:009 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again? 004:010 You observe days, months, seasons, and years. 004:011 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you. 004:012 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong, 004:013 but you know that because of weakness of the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time. 004:014 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 004:015 What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. 004:016 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? 004:017 They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them. 004:018 But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you. 004:019 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you— 004:020 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you. 004:021 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law? 004:022 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman. 004:023 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise. 004:024 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar. 004:025 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children. 004:026 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 004:027 For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."{Isaiah 54:1} 004:028 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 004:029 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. 004:030 However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."{Genesis 21:10} 004:031 So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman. 005:001 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 005:002 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. 005:003 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 005:004 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. 005:005 For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 005:006 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. 005:007 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth? 005:008 This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 005:009 A little yeast grows through the whole lump. 005:010 I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. 005:011 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. 005:012 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. 005:013 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 005:014 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18} 005:015 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another. 005:016 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. 005:017 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. 005:018 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 005:019 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 005:020 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 005:021 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 005:022 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,{or, faithfulness} 005:023 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 005:024 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. 005:025 If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit. 005:026 Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another. 006:001 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted. 006:002 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 006:003 For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 006:004 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor. 006:005 For each man will bear his own burden. 006:006 But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches. 006:007 Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 006:008 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 006:009 Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. 006:010 So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith. 006:011 See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand. 006:012 As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 006:013 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh. 006:014 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 006:015 For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 006:016 As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel. 006:017 From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body. 006:018 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
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The goal here is to schedule the correct number of vehicles to minimize the number to be processed per technician per day, while at the same time, obtaining the desired amount of revenue off each vehicle. These combined efforts must result in accomplishing your daily sales goal without overselling or selling unneeded service.
Scheduling is difficult, and too high a car count results in service advisor(s) and technician(s) working inefficiently and unprofitably. Many repair shops schedule far too many vehicles for each technician available. I often refer to this type of facility as a "zoo."
The most common of this type is one that might be called a "breakdown shop," whereby a vehicle comes in for a problem that requires some minimal diagnosis and minimal repair and then is sent back out onto the road. The main goal, it seems, is to get vehicles in and out as fast as possible, usually the same day. In this type of shop, it's not uncommon for a technician to be assigned to work on six to ten vehicles per day. Generally, these vehicles will return to the shop-or to a competitor-for another problem within a very short time. Returning customers are often heard to say, "I just had it in the shop. Why didn't you catch this problem then?"
Hours-Per-Repair Order (HPRO)
If your focus is on getting as many vehicles as possible in and out of your shop in one day, you can't be expected to have a good HPRO number. While the HPRO benchmark for a profitable repair order is 3.0 to 4.0 hours or more, averages in the industry are running between 1.5 and 1.8 hours. The following example demonstrates the difference between a "zoo" and a shop that focuses on having a good HPRO:
Let's assume that a shop has three technicians served by one service advisor and an owner who assists the advisor. Let's further assume that each technician is to produce 9 hours of sold time per day, for a combined total of 27 sold hours. Below is a table that demonstrates the benefits of a higher HPRO for both the technicians and the advisor:
From a technician's standpoint, shops A and B require him to work on many vehicles in order to reach the sold hours goal. This is very difficult-if not impossible-to accomplish, especially on a continual basis. That's why many shops cannot get their billed hours per technician up to the benchmark levels of 9 hours or more. However, shops C and D afford technicians a much easier route to the sold hours goal by requiring them to work on fewer vehicles. When asked which shop they'd most like to be employed by, most techs, without hesitation, would choose shop C or D.
From a service advisor's standpoint, the likelihood of writing, estimating, quoting and up-selling the number of repair orders required to accomplish the desired sold hours goal in shops A and B is extremely small. Like technicians, most service advisors would prefer to work for shop C or D, because they'd have fewer repair orders to process on a daily basis. Realistically, a service advisor needs about 45 minutes to write, estimate, dispatch and document a repair order profitably.
You can readily see by the preceding example that a higher HPRO number leads to making both the advisor's and technician's jobs much easier. The question then becomes, How do you obtain 3.0 to 4.0 HPRO?
Vehicle Inspections. If each technician had only three to five vehicles to process per day, they'd each have more time to perform comprehensive vehicle inspections, which often leads to additional repairs and service. It also means that two service advisors (one advisor and one owner, as in the previous example), would have to process only nine to 15 repair orders (four to eight each) per day, meaning more time for estimating and contacting customers to make them aware of technicians' findings.
Presenting customers with these findings will increase the HPRO figure. And a very important byproduct of that is increased customer satisfaction. Inspection reports make customers aware of the overall condition of their vehicles. And if they purchase the additional service and repairs found to be needed, they'll have fewer breakdowns. That may translate into fewer trips to your shop for repairs, but if they're satisfied with the thoroughness of your work, you can bet they'll keep coming in for routine service! Which brings me to my next point.
Maintenance Services. Our audits of thousands of repair orders each year show that one of the most common disappointments at independent shops is poor selling of factory-required maintenance. Developing a marketing program and having advisors and technicians undergo sales training has proven to substantially increase the number of factory maintenance services repair shops sell. It can noticeably boost your HPRO, as well.
Diagnostic Labor Sales. In last December's Business Sense, I described how to sell diagnostic time profitably. Implementation of the techniques described in that article can also lead to substantial increases in your HPRO.
"Service Wraps." Menu services have existed in our industry for years. One technique that's rarely used by repair shops is the wrapping of several different kinds of services together to build more dollars per repair order, which translates into a higher HPRO figure. The goals in building a service wrap are to accumulate as many hours as possible by producing a package that's difficult for a customer to find elsewhere. Below is an example of a service wrap.
Most techs would find this service wrap highly desirable. It could be advertised as a "Vacation Special" for only $236.50 in labor or for $399.95, including parts. It should be noted that the customer should never be quoted rate and time-only dollars.
Gross Profit Percentage
Low gross profits means higher sales costs and leads to lower profitability. Gross profits on parts should yield 50%, while gross profits on labor should yield 70%. The overall gross profit for a repair order should be 60% or better.
To accomplish a consistent parts gross profit margin for your shop, you must begin with a parts matrix. This ensures that all parts are consistently marked up, based on their cost. Less expensive parts will have a higher markup and gross profit than expensive parts. Different shops have different levels of parts costs, of course, depending on their individual repair/ service mix.
I recommend that you begin with a parts matrix that demonstrates an overall average close to the benchmark of 50%, then adjust the matrix monthly to accomplish your individual parts gross profit goal.
The most common reason for a repair shop not attaining desired gross profits once a matrix has been implemented is that they won't use the matrix for dealer parts. Why? One typical reason given is that the service advisor is afraid of being "caught" by the customer charging more for the part than the dealer. Unfortunately, most repair shops fail to realize that they add substantial value to a part-dealer or otherwise-via warranties, after-sales support, etc.
Parts-to-Labor Ratio
A shop's parts-to-labor ratio should be .8 to 1, meaning that for every $1 in labor sold, there should be 80 cents in related parts sales. A higher parts-to-labor ratio usually means that there's not enough labor billed in relation to the parts installed. That could be the result of too low a labor rate or too little time being charged for the procedure-or both. A lower parts-to-labor ratio could indicate that there are too many labor-only procedures being performed, suggesting that the repair mix needs some review and modification, or that the parts markup may not be close to the benchmark of 50%-or both. When advertising, make sure your ads contain service and repairs that have the correct parts-to-labor ratio.
Shops that do not take the time to obtain the training and knowledge that will improve shop production will ultimately fall by the wayside. Thirty years ago, margins were wide and profits were abundant. There was also a large pool of competent techs from which to fill open positions. Today, margins are narrower and expenses are higher. Too many errors can cause severe hardship on staff, customers and profitability. Overworking a staff can lead to high turnover and cost a great deal of extra expense.
When all of the elements discussed here line up, you'll have a very profitable repair order. And given enough of these repair orders-provided your expenses are in line-you'll have a very profitable business.
Robert "Bob" O'Connor is President of R.L. O'Connor & Associates, Inc., a Seattle-based automotive operations and management training and consulting firm. He is best known in the U.S. and Canada for his automotive management training workshops and his continuous improvement Bottom-Line Impact Groups/. Bob is an AMI-approved instructor.


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This year in Poutokomanawa, we have changed the way children are using our "Must do and Can do system. We are hoping to instil more independence (agency) in our tamariki. This week we will start looking at what this system looks like and how it will work! Here is a copy of what the Must do's and Can do's look like! Kia Kaha ake - Give it a go!
Problem Solving:
Complete as many problems as you can in your Math book. Don't forget to write the date at the top of the page. You could print out the problems and glue them into your book if you think this would be helpful. Then you need to write the title of the problem before you write the answer. For example: Problem One, Problem Two etc... You also need to make a blog post using your post criteria!


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Again, I've been a lazy blogger, and lazy in terms of fashion, and the only thing I have to post on here anymore seems to be something from my ever-growing instagram feed.... summer is quite a dull time for outfits, at least for me, as I feel much more comfortable in sweaters and tights and wool skirts and capes and so on, and far less comfortable in anything sleeve-less or too short (the struggles of being six feet tall...). Thus, my favorite outfits are mostly nonexistent, and, with dwindling funds, I haven't made too many fantastic clothing-related purchases in the past couple of months.
But to me, summer means fresh fruit and late-morning breakfasts and lots and lots of flowers, so at least something has kept me clicking my camera (even if it is just a phone camera right now...)
I have some photo-shoots to post shortly as well, so stay tuned!
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers.
Thrift store finds.
Junk store finds!
Pretending to be Amelie for the day...


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- Guests can access to the park from 10am-9pm
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- Confirmation of the booking will be sent to your email once the payment is completed.
- Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your session.
- This ticket is valid for 10am-9pm and on the date selected only.
- Same price for adults and children 3 years old or above. Children below 3 years old have no charge. Any child aged 7 or below must be accompanied and supervised by a responsible paid adult (aged 15 or above) when entering SuperPark.
- Proof of birth date may be required upon check-in for children below 3 years old.
- Some activities have height and age limit*.
- SuperPark grip socks are required at all times while on the trampolines and socks must be worn, at all times, in other areas of the park. Ticket price excludes socks; HK$15 for one pair.
- We recommended booking in advance to ensure you can play when you want. Weekends and holidays might sell out in advance resulting in walk-ins not being able to play.
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Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) only managed a disappointing 2% boost in its sales volumes last year, thanks to a soda market that refused to grow. However, with near-record cash generation, the Dow giant's financial position is as strong as ever. And Coke flexed those financial muscles recently by boosting its quarterly dividend payout.
In the video below, Fool contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos gives his take on Coke's new dividend, noting that the 9% raise marks the 52nd consecutive annual boost and is in line with last year's increase. Coke has shown a preference for returning cash to shareholder through dividends, he says, and that trend should only continue as the company scales back its share repurchase plans in favor of more dividends in 2014.
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I graduated from college 16 years ago. I enrolled in law school the next fall. I have been practicing law as a large part of my career since that time. When I graduated from law school, I took upon myself the label of a "lawyer," without any real effort to evaluate the boundaries of that definition, or whether there were alternative definitions. Whether it is law, or business, or medicine, or any other profession, it amazes me that I encounter professional after professional who has subjected himself or herself unnecessarily to the idea that there are only two parts of life: (1) work, and (2) not work.
I can identify. I wrongly accepted this dichotomy for the first twelve years of my professional career. I sweated away for three years at law school and then five years at a corporate law firm struggling to finish my legal "work" so that I could turn to my other interests – my wife, my family, reading, running, fishing, cooking, and so on. As a lawyer at a corporate law firm, I routinely spent entire days and many weekends focused on demands from the office. I then left "BigLaw" and joined a small boutique practice, where the intellectual and emotional opportunities were more fulfilling, but which often required even greater demands on my time. When I was able to turn away from those demands, I viewed that as "free time." "Free time" meant time was time that I believed I could spend with my family or on myself. In other words, my entire worldview stood upon the belief that I was either "working" on office work, or "not working," by focusing on personal matters.
I dare say that the majority of people in today's world view their existence in the same way. Does anyone realize how ridiculous this is? This artificial dichotomy rests upon one very problematic presumption. It assumes that the endeavors in which you engage while away from the office are not part of your "work."
The meaning of "work" is admittedly the subject of a much deeper and more easily debated questions. That question implicates our economic system and the values that it advances. But there is a fundamental issue of worldview and perception in play here — specifically, the reading and writing you do away from your day profession is still your "work."
If you practice law, or are an executive, or manage a nonprofit, or are a freelance creative, or any other type of a thousand different professions, then exceptional performance in your work requires strategic thought. Reading books related to strategic thinking and planning are, therefore and naturally, work-related. If you read General W. T. Sherman's Memoirs, you will gain perspective and observations on critical thinking, mission planning, and strategic execution that will impact varied daily tasks and projects. If you read Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power, you will read of hundreds of historical incidences and characters that may be applicable to negotiations, deals, and encounters in your professional life. If you read Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, you will learn of one great creative mind's process and ideas about process. These are mere examples. Any book you pick up will likely provide some insight, anecdote, or lesson applicable to your professional life. And from that, your professional life will benefit.
It is too rare these days to find a professional injecting periods of reading into their daily creative or business life, but that is a tragedy. I will often break from case work during my day, to sit and read some text that I am working through. It is ALL work. It is all effort expended towards excellence and developing as complete a perspective and sharp an insight as possible.
Read. Read at home. Read at the office. Read at lunch. Keep your books near you. Carry a book with you. Do not fall into the false belief that reading is only leisure. It is all work.


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How a Dentist in Hamilton Can Improve Your Oral Health
A good oral hygiene program not only improves the health of your mouth but the rest of your body too. It is widely known that brushing at least twice a day, flossing once a day and visiting your dentist in Hamilton every three to six months are crucial in maintaining your oral health.
But did you know there are a number of things that could inhibit even the most well practiced oral hygiene habits?
How to Get Healthy Teeth
Below is a list of some lesser known oral maintenance tips that will help you take better care of your teeth and mouth.
- Mind when you brush. Brushing too soon after eating or drinking acidic foods can increase the risk of tooth abrasion. It is best to postpone brushing to at least 30 minutes after meals. Brushing two to three times a day is ideal, but beware of obsessive and hard brushing which can erode your tooth enamel.
- Brush your tongue too. Good oral hygiene involves cleaning your tongue too. The grooves and ridges on your tongue make a hospitable breeding ground for bacteria. A tongue cleaner is ideal for gently scraping bacterial film off your tongue. You can use your toothbrush, but bristles are not very effective at cleaning the tongue.
- Brush for the right amount of time. Many people brush, but not necessarily for the proper length of time. Brush for two to three minutes per session, spending about 30 seconds in each quadrant of your teeth. A timer helps! Brush up and down at a 45-degree angle using short, circular strokes. To clean the backs of your front teeth, use the tip of the brush and a gentle up and down motion.
- Wait to rinse. Most toothpastes contain fluoride, and that helps keep your teeth strong and reduces the risk of cavities. But if you rinse your mouth with water right after brushing most of the fluoride protection washes away. Try waiting about 30 minutes before rinsing. If you don't like the aftertaste of toothpaste, look for an SLS-free toothpaste. Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS) is responsible for making toothpaste foam up in your mouth. It is also what makes everything taste bad after you brush your teeth.
- Replace your toothbrush. Many people use their toothbrush much longer than its useful lifespan. It should be changed every three months or when it's becoming frayed. If your toothbrush frays quickly after getting a new one, you're likely brushing too hard. Your toothbrush should also be changed after recovering from a cold or flu virus.
Do you need a Dentist in Hamilton?


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As regular readers will know, one of my pet peeves is the arbitrary immigration procedures that some South American countries impose on US citizens and some other nationalities. Argentina, of course, requires the euphemistically named "reciprocity fee," while Brazil requires advance visas.
I am not suggesting, I will repeat, that these fees and procedures are unfair - the United States and other countries require them of Argentine and Brazilian nationals. I do consider them foolish, though, because they comprise one more obstacle to the free movement of visitors (for the record, I also believe my own country should also make the process easier).
I was recently encouraged, though, to hear that Brazil has decided to eliminate visa requirements for a three-month period to coincide with the 2016 Olympic Games there. No doubt this measure owes a great deal to recent economic troubles, and the government has decided they could use the extra foreign currency that additional visitors might bring (those visitors need not actually attend the Olympics).
I don't spend much time in Brazil but, from my point of view, this is a big advantage for visitors to the Argentine side of Iguazu Falls - they'll be able to make a day trip or more to the Brazilian side (pictured above) without wasting time and money getting a visa. The exact dates of the measure are undecided but, hopefully, it will be so successful that the government will end the visa requirement - and perhaps persuade Argentina's new government to abolish the reciprocity fee.
Chile's gotten most of the way there but, as my arrival photo above shows, Australia and Mexico are still on the hook. Australia has one of the most restrictive visa regimes among western democracies, while Mexico applies its US$15 fee to every foreigner except for US citizens within a certain distance of the border - roughly 60 miles, if I recall correctly.
BancoEstado Breaks Me…
Meanwhile, I've had one unpleasant surprise since my arrival in Santiago. For many years, the widespread state-run BancoEstado was the lone holdout among banks collecting a large service charge for use of their ATMs but, when I changed there on Saturday, I had to accept a 4000-peso (not quite US$6) fee for the convenience of it. Yesterday, when I used a private Banco de Chile ATM, the charge was only 3000 pesos (a shade more than US$4). BancoEstado may have lost my business, such as it is – except on Easter Island, pictured below, where it's the only choice.
I haven't tried any other ATMs yet but, in the past, charges have always varied slightly from bank to bank. When you do make a withdrawal, the machine tells you the fee, and you have the option to cancel the transaction.


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How did it suddenly become July?
This is my little Rainbow Cat.
I like her expression. I love that she is staring into the lens.
What makes this a really good photo however is the light. Photography, nearly always about the light. Take a pic in the first or last couple of hours of sunlight, and it will be a much better photo than in the middle of the day. Softer light. No harsh shadows.


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The Louisiana Rice Growers Board of Directors chose John Owen, of Rayville, president and Jeffrey Sylvester, of Whiteville, vice president at its March 6 meeting.
Owen, who replaces Christian Richard of Indian Bayou, was vice president for the past year, and Sylvester served as secretary-treasurer. Jim Watkins of Welsh was elected secretary-treasurer for the upcoming year.
Also, the board selected individuals to be considered for the LRGA recommendations to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for five seats on the Louisiana Rice Research Board and one seat on the Louisiana Rice Promotion Board.
The board heard a presentation from Greg Linscombe, a wetlands consultant and former Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries official, on the proposed comprehensive plan for Louisiana's coastline written by the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration.
Linscombe said the 418 proposed projects would total $50 billion if approved by the Legislature, and much of that would be paid with funds from the BP oil spill settlement and increased revenue from offshore mineral extraction.
"The question is, will the big bucks show up?" he said.
One of the projects proposed is a system to protect the Henry Hub natural gas facility in Vermilion Parish with a levee and water control structure. Another proposal, estimated to cost $380 million, is a set of locks at Calcasieu Pass to control the flow of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico into Calcasieu Lake.
A levee system and bank stabilization project along the Intracoastal Waterway from Freshwater Bayou in Vermilion Parish to Calcasieu Lake is being proposed with an estimated cost of $65 million.
"It looks like everything they are proposing would be beneficial to the rice industry," said Clarence Berken, of Lake Arthur.
But Linscombe said the draft plan is likely to be altered before it gets to the legislature.
Scott Edwards of the Natural Resources Conservation Service told the board about a proposal to continue the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative that would pay farmers for flooding fields. The program started in 2010 after the BP oil spill, but no funds were available for it last year.
Edwards said efforts are under way to obtain $3 million for Louisiana farmers who enroll in the program. Farmers would be required to pump water to an 8-inch depth on fields in the program, but no additional pumping would be required.
Randy Jemison of the USA Rice Federation told the board about a proposal by Ducks Unlimited to pay rice farmers for waterfowl habitat creation."They realize if they lose the rice industry, they'll lose all this habitat."
Michael Fruge reported to the board on the first meeting of the Central Louisiana Rice Growers Association for rice farmers in St. Landry, Rapides and Avoyelles parishes. He said Philip Lamartiniere, of Bunkie, was chosen as president, and Thomas St. Cyr was elected vice president.
Steve Linscombe, director of the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station, said a task force has been formed to study grain quality issues. He said rice mills are examining quality differences among rice lines. The station will participate in a study that will require growing major U.S. rice varieties that will be analyzed for milling quality. Chinese rice, unlike U.S. rice, is graded according to quality.
Owen reported to the board on a proposal that could narrow the gap between cash prices for rice and the futures prices paid at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Owen said since 2008, the price difference has been widening.One of the measures would expand the delivery region on the Mississippi River, attracting more companies to receive rice.


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Anyways as usual I didn't know what polish I wanted to wear the other night. That's when I saw that the Hannah Montana shirt had gold in it. So I thought this would be the perfect time to wear China Glaze's Mingle With Kringle. It is the third polish in the Dash of Dazzle trio sent to me from the people at Nail Polish Canada. Mingle is a gold foil with slightly larger, and darker gold pieces. I was a little 'eh' about the darker pieces, because I had seen photos of it already. But it turns out I love it. The darker its work well in real life, where the polish shimmers like crazy. Application was 2 easy coats.
If you would like to polish the Dash of Dazzle Trio you can get it over at Nail Polish Canada for $15.00CND. Or you can buy the polish on it's own for $6.95CND. And for a limited time all orders(no matter what the price) will be shipped for free within Canada!
What do you think of these polishes? Also what fun random music do you listen to?


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Skip to comments.Star Trek Actor Promises Trouble for Arizona If Gov. Signs What He Calls Turn Away the Gay Bill
Posted on 02/23/2014 12:54:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Many first became acquainted with George Takei as Sulu on the original Star Trek TV series, but for a number of years the actor has been an outspoken left-wing, and particularly gay-rights, activist.
On Friday Takei switched his phasers on stun and penned a pointed Raising Arizona letter in reaction to the state legislatures passage of a bill many view as anti-gay.
Calling it the turn away the gay bill, Takei promised a ground-shaking degree of trouble, including boycotts, if the measure is signed by Gov. Jan Brewer, The Raw Story noted.
Your taxi drivers can refuse to carry us. Your hotels can refuse to house us. And your restaurants can refuse to serve us, stated Takeis letter, which appears on his blog. Youre willing to ostracize and marginalize LGBT people to score political points with the extreme right of the Republican Party.
Proponents of the bill see it as a protection for businesses that dont want to serve LGBT people on religious grounds, but Takei writes that no one is fooled. When I was younger, people used Gods Will as a reason to keep the races separate, too. Make no mistake, this is the new segregation, yours is a Jim Crow law, and you are about to make yourself ground zero.
Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed similar legislation in 2013, but The New York Times reported that its not clear if she will support the latest bill.
If she does, Takei writes, make no mistake. We will not come. We will not spend. And we will urge everyone we knowfrom large corporations to small families on vacationto boycott. Because you dont deserve our dollars. Not one red cent.
Takei noted that after Arizona nixed celebrating the Martin Luther King, Jr.s holiday in 1989, the NFL moved a scheduled Super Bowl from Arizona to Pasedena, costing the state $500 million. Super Bowl XLIX is slated for the University of Phoenix in Glendale in 2015.
I'm sure that Governor Brewer is shaking in her boots.
This idiot has ZERO power. He couldn't organize a boycott of a dime store, let alone an entire state. Woe to Brewer if she vetoes this legislation.
Why don't businesses have the basic American freedom to conduct to serve whomever they want? Why do they have to submit to the politically correct dictates of the government?
Senator Barry Goldwater, before he turned into an aging loony tunes lefty, opposed the Civil Rights Act for a good reason. It would extend the raw of the government into every corner of the economy. It leads to quotas for hiring, and today to quotas for homosexuals.
I don't believe that the government has any role in regulating discrimination of any sort outside of the practices of the state itself.
Unfortunately it appears this guy spent what looks like one too many years circling Uranus looking for Klingons.
So this guy wants homosexuals and their proponents to boycott Arizona, and he thinks this is going to PUNISH Arizona?
Good grief - I can see the rest of America, that wonderful silent majority, booking their vacations now!
So Kirk and Spock really did get it on after all?
Better that AZ stick with fighting the good fight over the invasion of the US.
"..make no mistake. We will not come. We will not spend. And we will urge everyone we knowfrom large corporations to small families on vacationto boycott. Because you dont deserve our dollars. Not one red cent.
Who is "we"? Californians? In this economy, businesses cannot afford to "boycott" states for stupid reasons like this. The taxes on businesses in CA are already murderous.
Every day I have to "cleanse" my FB page of "Takei shares" placed there by conservative FB friends.
I do not understand why his crap is 'shared' by them.
I keep my page homo-free, even if what some homo posts is, indeed, amusing.
It's the principle.
For whatever reason, totally "blocking" any of Takei's crap never seems to stick.
Bite me, Sulu! Oh wait, you can't insult him with that....
Hey - sounds like quite a deal to me !
Maybe the [no doubt] libs at Facebook have instituted a homo-block-block.
We all liked you better when you were in a closet in another galaxy Sulu.
Yeah, can we get that in writing? Asks Arizona officials.
Ha ha!
Sure seems like it.
They are getting worse and worse. I grew up in LA and I have been politically doing battle with them for 15 years. I have seen it all, but there were three of them roughly nineteen years old or so carrying on at the front of a restaurant I was leaving Friday night waggling their limp-writs and swinging their hips that so disgusted me I wanted to go over and say something to them, but restrained myself. Last month it was two flight attendants on a layover flight walking up and down the aisles gossiping like little girls in sing-song voices with one hand on their hip who I know were just trying to get a reaction out of me. We've lost a lot of ground everywhere, but I know this can't go on indefinitely. People are going to start answering back more and more like they are doing in Arizona.
Sulu's mission: to explore... strange new worlds. His favorite planet is the seventh from our sun.
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Designating Flag, Chief Quartermaster, 3rd Army Corps
Designating Flag, Chief Quartermaster, 3rd Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting tapered swallowtail flag. Red field with two diagonally crossed blue stripes. Each stripe runs from either the top or bottom corner of the hoist to the opposite end of the fly; the stripes cross at the fork in the swallowtail. The number "3" is painted in white in the center of the flag, to the left of where the stripes cross. White hoist with no grommets. Inscription on hoist reads "Ch'f Q. M. 3rd Army Corps".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- ID Number
- catalog number
- accession number
- 64127
- subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
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- Military
- Civil War
- Flags
- Designating Flags
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History


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Most people expect normal room temperature to be about 22 degrees C. but very few know why this is the case. An interactive exhibition, staged by the DEMAND research centre as part of Campus in the City provides some clues.
22⁰C is neither natural, nor inevitable. But it is hugely important: around half the energy used in buildings is used to keep them at something like this temperature, all over the world and whatever the weather outside. So how come 22⁰C?
Ole Fanger's thermal comfort equation (1970) has a lot to answer for. Fanger, a Danish engineer, developed a method for working out how much heating and cooling would be required to keep people 'comfortable'. Amongst other things, this meant making assumptions about what people wear. Fanger invented a new unit, the 'Clo', especially for the purpose. The Clo represents the insulation value of clothing and the scale is set such a man's light weight business suit equals one Clo.
Standard room temperatures suppose standard clothing – and by default buildings are therefore designed for people wearing suits. Many other standards follow: for example electronic technologies are often designed to work best at 22⁰. Such devices are prone to fail if they overheat, and in the UK this is especially important in justifying the spread of air conditioning where none existed before.
As more and more buildings are designed to provide 22⁰ C, this becomes the norm. It becomes what people expect and when that happens, anything other than 22⁰C. begins to seem uncomfortable.
From an environmental point of view, and on a global scale, the massive energy demand that follows is unsustainable. Much less energy would be needed if room temperatures swung with the seasons and if people adjusted their clothing – and their daily routines – to suit.
To take Fanger's equation for granted, and to continue producing buildings and energy systems capable of delivering 'comfort' as we know it today is to lock societies into high levels of energy demand. So is there any alternative?
Can we imagine a future in which the waistcoat and the string vest are again normal office wear? Or in which children are sewn into their clothes for the winter, as used to be the case? And in hot climates, not change dress codes rather than cooling to counter the effect of wearing a suit and tie? These are not entirely fanciful questions.
In 2005, the Japanese government refused to heat or cool public buildings between 20 and 28⁰C. The Cool Biz programme, as it was called, was a success – reducing energy consumption and changing styles and conventions of office wear on a societal scale.
Understanding how indoor climates come to be as they are and recognising that meanings of comfort are in any case always changing is an important first step in working towards a lower energy future. As the Cool Biz initiative demonstrates, room temperature can be re-defined and, looking ahead, there is no reason to suppose that standards which are normal now will remain so forever.
In exploring these issues the interactive exhibition, 'Heating, cooling, lighting: what is energy for?' provides fascinating insight into some of the stories that lie behind everyday energy use and into the energy and environmental policy challenges that lie ahead.
What do you think? Share your comments with us below.
Professor Elizabeth Shove teaches on our MA Sociology programme.
- 'Heating, cooling, lighting: what is energy for?' can be seen at the Campus in the City, St Nicholas' Arcades, 8 Ashton Walk, Lancaster, from tomorrow(Friday) - 12-6pm.
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