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Safe Warm Up and Cool Down
To dance at your best and avoid injury it is essential to do a thorough, specific warm before every class or performance. Many people stretch before class, however, if you hold a static stretch for more than 20 seconds you can actually lose power and strength in that muscle which obviously not ideal before dancing! When we dance we use all parts of our body so it is essential to get everything moving in your warm up, not just your legs and feet. This warmup is more dynamic and focuses on mobilising your muscles, joints and most importantly your fascia. Fascial mobilising exercises aim at loosening the connections between layers of muscles and are often far more effective than normal stretches.
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Welcome to RUF at W&L! Reformed University Fellowship is a ministry to and for the university. We work hard to create a safe environment for asking questions about faith, life, work, relationships, and how the Gospel of Christ transforms everything we do. Please feel free to explore our website, come to one of our events, or contact us to see more of what RUF is all about.
Lewis Lovett is a native of Knoxville, TN and graduated from Wofford College and Covenant Theological Seminary. Before attending seminary, Lewis worked as a youth director in Charlottesville, VA for 4 years. Maggie was born in Madison, VA and graduated from Washington & Lee in 2007! Lewis and Maggie were married in Lee Chapel at W&L in 2008 and have three wonderful daughters, Ellie Kate (1/30/12), Ruthie (5/15/13), and Caroline (4/8/16). They are thrilled to be serving with RUF at a university and in a city that they love so much. In their free time, the Lovetts enjoy playing outside as a family and sharing good food with good friends. You'll find them on their back porch most nights.

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Snowy day lady bad ass realness. A rebellious printed t-shirt/tunic/ skanky dress looks hip paired with a Nike plus off center zip up hoodie in the oh so of the moment color- mauve. Maurice's leggings and Nike heeled sneakers ( I like this alternative) complete the look, while the almighty mini bun proclaims to the world…. "I have a snow day and I'm about to do whatever I want with it. Watch me, people, WATCH ME."
So I have learned a magical thing. When it snows in Portland, it's not just the schools that are cancelled. Offices shut down. Campuses close. The entire city comes to an eerie grinding halt. The white stuff really freaks people out.
Or does it? While taking these photos I definitely happened upon a woman running in cropped pants. CROPS. IN. THE. SNOW. That means bits of icy terror are splashing menace-fully against her leg as she runs. Portland is weird. This proves it.
Meanwhile, I am suffering. Because I was all like " I'm so cool… I don't need no coat. I'll tough it out." This is mostly because coats are bulky when packing and I hate having to lug more than I absolutely have to around the airport. But it turns out I was very wrong. I needed a coat. Heck, I needed a scarf, gloves, ninja warmth face mask, hand warmers, waterproofed moon boots, a portable heating pad, and maybe a sexy foreign lover to keep me warm.
Here I sit freezing cold in a world of snow. Regardless of how frigid I get, I will never turn down a good photo opp. Even if that means tackling mounds of snow, gross slush, and the harsh reality that I might lose my left arm to frostbite all for the sake of a good photo. And these photos are pretty darn rad. And thus I am content in my use of this snow day, because I look as cool today as Portland looks white.


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Nepal is adventurous Himalayan country without any doubt. It offers you number of sports opportunities adventurously whether it is the Bungee Jump in the deep George of 160 meters height and recently opened swing jump or strong rapids Water Rafting and Expedition. All in Nepal for your adventurous desire and we Agile Adventure Treks for your utmost satisfaction. Choose any of our menus of Adventurous sport.
Paragliding is another adventurous activities being carried out in Nepal to amuse the visitors. There are various places suitable for organizing paragliding but Sarangkot (1592m) in Pokhara is the best among all. We would go for at least 30 to 45 minute flight
Favoured by the geographical situation, the Ultimate Bungy at The Last Resort in Nepal may be the most spectacular Bungy Jump on the Planet. The outstanding 500ft (160m) drop into the Bhoti Kosi River gorge on the Nepal/Tibet border is the longest Free-fall
Ultra light aircraft was introduced in Nepal in 1996, and the operator has been offering sightseeing tours in the Pokhara Valley. The choice of the Pokhara for ultra-light aircraft is appropriate chiefly because of the proximity of the mountains, and the scenic lakes.
For the traveler who is unable to make a trekking trip to the mountains either because of lack of time or physical fitness, or due to sheer want of the adventure streak, there are mountain flights to simulate the experience.
Nepal offers some of the finest bike trails on Earth! There are virtually millions of tracks out there. Some people have even started calling Nepal a "Mecca for Mountain biking." Until few years back, visitors came to Nepal mostly to trek, climb , raft or to see the Tigers
Nepal is blessed with a vast array of exceptionally rich bird life with total of over 850 species recorded . A diverse topography and climate has resulted in a variety of habitats within the country, which are home to over 8% of the Worlds total bird population Nepal is a paradise
The adventure of a jet scooter ride can now be experienced in Nepal; it's truly a novel way of discovering one of the country's finest rivers, the Trishuli. The 6km ride starts near a riverside resort in Thimura, situated 8 km from Narayanghat and 28 km from Mungling.
Sport fishing in Nepal, like hunting, is little advertised and therefore little known. However, for the angler, Nepal's lakes and rivers are as good a fishing ground as any. There are approximately 118 verities of freshwater fish in these Himalayan waters,
The Himalayan country of Nepal is blessed with the most awe-inspiring gifts of nature. It needs no mention that Nepal is home to the mighty Himalayas, which means "abode of snows" in the Sanskrit language. These mountains are the root of thousands of years
Golfing in Nepal is best experience with stunning mountain views! Agile Adventure Treks and Expedition arrange package Golf tour in Nepal. The Gokarna Forest Golf Resort and Spa Nepal is set against the backdrop of snow capped Himalayas
Among adventure sports in Nepal Elephant Polo is distinct from all others. The World Elephant Polo Association (WEPA) organizes an annual Elephant polo tournament at the airfield of Meghauli Chitwan, south west of Kathmandu and north of the Indian border.


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The only thing left in setup is the image processing for down looking camera. Go to the camera setup page again. You have already set the video processing functions for homing mark recognition. (For a refresh on how to use the processing boxes, please see the Downlooking Camera Setup page.)
All the video processing functions except component recognition are looking for a white circle on a black background. The threshold function makes the image pure black and white, and should be the last in the chain. Add functions to the table and arrange and tune the parameters so, that you get reliable recognition with reasonable large threshold tolerance.
Fiducials are location marks that should be on your PCB. The industry standard fiducial (according to IPC-7351) is a 1mm diameter round dot. There should be a 2mm solder mask opening and no circuitry or markings within this feature.
The three tape function boxes are for the three commonly used tape types. As noted, the machine is looking for the tape holes.
Loose component pickup
For loose component pickup, the machine needs to see a single component. To set up for this, place a component to the pickup spot (set up already at Special Positions page, assuming you are following these instructions linearily). Jog the machine there, uncheck other "Find" boxes but set the "Find Components" box. You will (eventually) see something like this:
The orange lines show the outline of the component and the dark red lines show the center point and rotation of the part. Try to get the image as stable as possible, although with current software, it won't be rock solid. Note also, that some functions are processing-heavy: You'll notice the video frame rate dropping and image lagging real time. Avid using these if you can.
My Settings
For reference, here are my settings. As shown in some pictures, my table top is darkish grey:
- Zoom: 2
- Invert
- Threshold: 160
- Zoom: 3
- Threshold: 60
- Edge detection: 1
- Threshold: 200
Paper tape:
- Zoom: 3
- Invert
- Threshold: 90
Clear Plastic tape:
- Zoom: 3
- Invert
- Threshold: 140
Black Plastic Tape:
- Zoom: 3
- Threshold: 80
For the black tape, I extend the white ruler sticker under the holes; dark grey table top shadowed by the black tape doesn't give very much usable contrast.
When writing this I noticed that on most of the videos and accuracy description images, I haven't actually used the zoom functions(!). Doh. I might have in fact achieved even better results, but I am not re-shooting those. Lets just say that I am very convinced that the results shown will be generally achievable.
Congratulations! Your machine is now built and set up and ready for test runs. It is a very good idea to do what I did: Make some laser printed images of circuit boards and attach them to black pieces of PCB. Your office store will have Post-It glue or equivalent in a spray can: This is recommended, it makes easy to attach the printouts to the blanks and make the prints somewhat sticky, simulating the stickiness of real solder paste.
Do enough test runs to familiarize yourself to the functions and operations of the machine and the software. For instructions, please see the Using the Machine section.
Good luck and have fun!


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Sugar and Cavities...
Everyone knows eating too much sugar can lead to tooth decay, but few are aware of exactly how that happens. It's not the sugar itself that does the damage, but rather the chain of events that takes place after you eat that piece of cake. Your children may be more inclined to heed your warnings about the effects of sugar on teeth if they know about the continuous tug-of-war taking place inside their mouths. Here's how taking certain actions can prevent tooth decay from hijacking your family's oral health.
How Cavities Develop
The mouth is full of hundreds of bacteria, many of which are beneficial to the oral ecosystem. However, certain harmful oral bacteria actually feed on the sugars you eat to create acids that destroy the tooth enamel, which is the shiny, protective outer layer of the tooth. Cavities are a bacterial infection created by acids, that cause your teeth to experience a hole in them. Without treatment, cavities can progress past the enamel and into the deeper layers of the tooth, causing pain and possible tooth loss.
A Constant Battle in the Mouth
Your teeth are frequently under attack by acids, but the good news is this damage is constantly being reversed. Acids leech minerals from the enamel through a process called demineralization. Fortunately, the natural process of remineralization replaces those minerals and strengthens the teeth all over again – and your saliva is a key player. Saliva contains minerals such as calcium and phosphates to help repair the teeth. Fluoride is another mineral that helps repair weakened enamel. However, replacing lost minerals can only do so much to prevent the effects of sugar on teeth if you eat lots of sweets and starches throughout the day. Limiting your sugar intake is vital if you want to give your mouth a fighting chance to fix the damage.
Ways to Remineralize Tooth Enamel
Here are several tips for preventing cavities. In addition to cutting down on sugar, stimulating saliva flow is recommended to help bathe the teeth in minerals. Chewing sugarless gum and incorporating fibrous vegetables and fruits into your diet are good ways to salivate. Cheese, yogurt and other dairy products also contain calcium and phosphates to strengthen the teeth, and are much better choices for snack time than sugary or starchy treats. Additionally, green and black teas contain substances that help suppress harmful oral bacteria, so adding a few cups to your daily routine – without sugar, of course – can help maintain a healthy balance in the mouth.
Finally, fluoride is a mineral that not only prevents tooth decay, but also reverses it in its early stages, Dr. Johnson recommends professional fluoride treatments.
Constant vigilance is the key to preventing the negative effects of sugar on teeth. Encourage your kids to limit their sugar intake, brush away bacteria-filled plaque regularly and consume healthy foods that strengthen the teeth. Add regular dental visits and fluoride treatments to the mix, and you and your loved ones have the best shot at winning the battle against tooth decay.
Bleeding Gums
Bleeding gums
Bleeding gums can be a sign that you have or may develop gum disease. Ongoing gum bleeding may be due to plaque buildup on the teeth. It can also be a sign of a serious medical condition.
CausesThe main cause of bleeding gums is the buildup of plaque at the gum line. This will lead to a condition called gingivitis, or inflamed gums.
Plaque that is not removed will harden into tartar. This will lead to increased bleeding and a more advanced form of gum and jawbone disease known as periodontist.
Other causes of bleeding gums include:
Brush your teeth gently with a soft-bristle toothbrush at least twice a day. It is best if you can brush after every meal. Also, flossing teeth twice a day can prevent plaque from building up.
Your dentist may tell you to rinse with salt water or hydrogen peroxide and water. DO NOT use mouthwashes that contain alcohol, which can make the problem worse.
It can help to follow a balanced, healthy diet. Try to avoid snacking between meals and cut down on the carbohydrates you eat.
Other tips to help with bleeding gums:
Abscessed Tooth....
An abscessed tooth is a painful infection at the root or between the gum and the tooth. It's most commonly caused by severe tooth decay. Other causes of tooth abscess are trauma to the tooth , Such as when it is broken or chipped, gingivitis, and gum disease.
These problems can cause openings in the tooth enamel, which allows bacteria to infect the center of the tooth (called the pulp). The infection may also spread from the root of tooth to the bones supporting the tooth.
Dr. James L. Johnson
August 2017


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Download Smash the Dishes apk 1.0.5 free for Android smartphone
Posted by Talaween Media in Arcade | March 28, 2014 | 3 Comments
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TAL ABYAD (KDN) – Turkey-backed Islamic State terrorists with the help of Turkish army attacked the town of Tel Abyad controlled by Kurdish YPG forces at the Turkish border as well as the nearby town of Suluk on Saturday, YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters.
Kurdish security forces were able to "crush this attack and encircle the attackers," Xelil said. "The Turkey-backed terrorists were eliminated," Kurdish commander said.
The US-backed Kurdish forces captured Tel Abyad from IS last year.
Xelil said some of the attackers on Saturday infiltrated from the Turkish border to the north, reiterating accusations that Turkey was supporting the group.
Other attackers infiltrated from the south, Xelil said. He said dozens of Islamic State fighters had been killed.
The U.S.-led international coalition conducted a number of air strikes on Saturday to destroy Turkey-backed Islamic State terrorists who entered from Turkey into the town of Tel Abyad on the Turkish border, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.
It said at least 45 Islamic State militants and 20 Kurdish militia fighters had been killed in the ongoing attack.
In the meanwhile, a YPG commander told Kurdish ANHA News Agency that the clean-up operation continues around Tal Abyad and Suluk towns and promised that none of the terrorists will be able escape.
Around 4.30 pm local time YPG Media Center confirmed the total elimination of all terrorists entered from Turkey.


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Approaching Authenticity: Life presents many challenges and changes that can feel like barriers to our true selves. Whether struggling to cope with major life changes, difficulty managing mood, substance abuse issues, sense of self, relationships, or "feeling OK in my our own skin," we can all benefit from a therapeutic relationship. My role is to help people find perspective, empower people to take steps to make positive change, and provide a safe, supportive atmosphere that is free of judgment.
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April 13, 2016–If the nation's top spook can't see the storm clouds gathering you'd have to wonder if the spy agency is even doing its job. This week the CIA's director, John Brennan, showed his first sign of life in some time. Brennan gave an interview to NBC News which indicates the agency is at odds with both of the candidates leading on the Republican side in the race for this year's presidential election. On one level that is a great relief, on another it is disturbing.
Richard Engel of NBC asked Mr. Brennan if the CIA will resume waterboarding in the eventuality that Donald Trump–who has demanded aggressive torture–is elected president. (The other leading Republican, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, has declared that waterboarding is not torture.) Either one, in office, could be expected to order resumption of waterboarding. Director Brennan replied that he would not re-authorize the euphemistically known "enhanced interrogation techniques."
That should be a great relief to anyone who worries that America's behavior in this subterranean conflict is providing fodder to our enemies as they seek new recruits for terrorism.
On the other hand, look at Brennan's formulation: "I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure." Those are his words. There are a number of troubling thoughts that come from them.
First, Brennan's statement implies that he understands–as the director told the Senate intelligence committee–that waterboarding is torture. If so, why did he fight so hard to prevent the committee's report on the CIA torture program from coming to light? Brennan had also told the committee that he had read the portion of its report the CIA would finally declassify and would hasten to bring it to the public. Instead he continued to drag his feet for more than a year and a half.
Second, inside the agency Mr. Brennan went along with a CIA counterspy op that actually targeted Congress, and then he permitted a tainted agency lawyer to file a criminal referral to the Department of Justice in one last effort to suppress the torture report. And then Director Brennan went along with a sham process of enforcing "accountability" on CIA personnel who had engaged in this shabby activity. Every one of those actions was about escaping the consequences of CIA torture and indicates Brennan either spoke with a forked tongue at confirmation or switched sides once he arrived at Langley. Neither posture should evoke public confidence in the man.
Most troubling, there is a operative phrase in what Brennan told NBC: "this institution needs to endure." Translated: Director Brennan understands the CIA occupies shaky ground already, and its re-engagement with controversial and illegal activities can lead to overwhelming pressures to dismantle it. The agency needs to avoid torture for its own self-preservation. That's an accurate perception but it begs the question of why CIA did not understand this all along, and why did senior officials like Mr. Brennan permit the agency to dig its hole deeper through its stupid hacking of Congress. There will be more on this story. Stay tuned.


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Parker Publishing Co, Inc, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Taylorville, IL: Parker Publishing Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 191 pp. Very good, no jacket if issued. Slight bumping to board corners. Small stain to top edge of front board. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. Signed by author, Fannie Spaits Merwin, on front free endpaper. Only copy we find (09/2016). (Inventory #: 046952)


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You go on a first date with a rich man and you notice how he is funding the expensive things like overpriced restaurants with musicians playing there and pays for an expensive spiced wine and expensive gifts for you and other expensive services covered by him only for you.
He acts and plays all nice and basically without you knowing it (while you just "blindly" enjoy the time with him) he "tries to impress you by his wealth". If you ask him why he spends such a gigantic amount of money on you, he'd say "Oh, it's because I like you!" and if you ask him again about it, he'd say "Don't mind it, I like doing it just for you!".
And this date will also involve dancing, if possible kisses and maybe "things start to go somewhere more" from there.
What if his personalities and morals and inner values are average?
Guys: Imagine this exact date with a rich woman and vote accordingly to your reactions.
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- I would feel mixed about it: Partially enjoying it but partially suspicious. Not sure what I would do next.56%(23)50%(26)Vote27%(3)
- What am i, a purchasable (sex) object with a price tag? This is a red flag!29%(12)29%(15)Vote28%(3)
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I wouldn't allow it. I hate it when people A) Think I have a price and B) I don't like people spending money on me. I work for a reason, I can take care of myself, if you think that I'll like you more because you spend money on me you're barking up the wrong tree.
I get with guys who I feel a connection with, not guys who throw material shit at me thinking the panties will drop.20|20|0
Praise girls like you! If only more women were like you :(
Of course I would feel bad if I didn't make approximately the similar amount of money like my (non existent) girlfriend would, not meaning I want to make more than her but I don't know. It's not bothering me but I think a good girlfriend would listen to me and what I would say and she probably would say "Don't mind it. I do not think of any less of you.".
I'm however still competing to get a job while finishing my last year for my college degree. :S
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In reverse, I'd be suspicious about their intentions, especially if I don't know the rich lady personally beforehand. And because I already have trust issues within me for a very long time. I had been burned before where I thought everyone pays their fair share for what they ordered when we dine out at a restaurant and then I got fucked over when they ask me for the cash just after they paid by credit card and put in a Bigger Tip than necessary.
I would not feel comfortable with them paying for all these expensive overpriced restaurants with musicians playing there, the expensive spiced wine, expensive gifts, and other expensive services, because it just feel way too good to be true. Are they trying to bribe me or something? That's how I feel about the whole situation. No way they wound "invest" large sums of cash on me without expecting something in return, or it could simply be done to fuck me over and ask me to pay them back eventually after all the expenses and services had been used. besides I'm not interested in expensive wine or restaurants. The questions I really have for them is what is it exactly that they like about me, because I don't believe them. I feel they are lying to me as well as lying to themselves. What is it exactly they seek or want from me? What is it that she is after? Why me? What makes me so special? I'm never going to so "blindly" follow, especially if I don't know them beforehand. I'd be suspicious that they are up to something and after something from me.
I'll tell her that I'm not exactly materialistic person, and if I was going to experience all of those expensive things then I MUCH RATHER be able to pay for MY portion of it, because I don't trust anyone else with the bill. They pay for theirs I pay for whatever it is. Even if this was like a celebration for my birthday or something similar, I'd still be on guard and tell the server, restaurant or any other establishment beforehand that I am ONLY willing to pay for my portion, and won't allow the bill and check to be combined. Those will always be my terms before I am even willing to accept the invitation to go dine out with somebody or spend any money with someone all because I already had been burnt in the past. If they don't agree with my terms then we're done, I'm leaving or won't even accept the invite at all.
If her personality, morals and inner values are average then that would only mean that they are even less likely to be trustworthy to me.10|10|0
Wow, such a fascinating and truly well stated answer :)
As I see you put a lot of thought and experience into it.
Very good response!
It never hurts to be on guard and your raising suspicion are actually defense mechanisms.
I'm taking personal notes from that. Thank you man!
"Lesson one, trust no one." -John Connor, Terminator Genisys


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Large Number of Foreclosed Homes Are Abandoned by Owner
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Here's a recent article on people going into foreclosures and moving out of their homes. Not said in this article, is how often the homeowner demolished the home that they lived in. I've seen some horrible examples, wire being stripped, electrical breakers taken out, and in one case that I saw, they had cut all the wires and controls off of a well pump. An inspector told me of one home owner pouring concrete down toilets. Another took all the appliances out of the home, which seems to be quite common. Anyhow, here's the article:
"Is anyone home? Apparently not in a large share of foreclosed homes. Twenty percent of foreclosures nationwide are abandoned by their owners and left vacant, according to RealtyTrac.
It's important to move vacant foreclosures quickly so that they don't negatively impact surrounding real estate values, says Daren Blomquist, vice president of RealtyTrac. Bank of America, GMAC, Chase, Wells Fargo and Citi hold the highest number of vacant foreclosures.
Twenty-nine percent of the vacant foreclosed homes are priced below $50,000; 25 percent are between $50,000 to $100,000; and 12 percent are in the $1 million-plus range, according to RealtyTrac.
The states with some of the highest percentages of vacant foreclosures are:
- Indiana: 32%
- Oregon: 28%
- Nevada: 28%
- Washington: 27%
- Georgia: 27%
Still, "even if all these homes flooded the market simultaneously, they would likely not cause the once-feared double dip in prices given supply constraints from non-distressed sellers and stronger demand," Blomquist says."
Source: "RealtyTrac: 20% of Foreclosures Remain Vacant After Owner Departs," HousingWire (June 20, 2013)
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This article documents the use of pitch circularity and Shepard tones in Western art music, 1550–1990. My thesis is that composers have come to exploit the perceptual as well as musical aspects of pitch circularity. Jean-Claude Risset, whose orchestral work, Phases, I analyze in some detail, has been especially successful in both aspects. Additionally, I posit a theory correlating the presence or absence of pitch circularity in music with the aesthetic of formal closure.
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In the summer of 1923, there was a war on in the Motor City: Cadillac, Lincoln and Packard were battling to build America's most advanced luxury cars. Packard's contribution was the innovative 1924 Single Eight.
In this war among luxury carmakers, the engineering competition was fierce. And as the technology ratcheted upward, the mechanical foundations were laid for what we know today as the Classic era. The cars of this period, 1925-48, are remembered for their dramatic styling, but what inspired the great coachbuilding, in part, was the big leap forward in technical refinement.
The generals in this technology battle were industry legends. Lincoln had the Henrys: Henry Leland, then Henry Ford. The staff at Cadillac included E.W. Seaholm and Charles F. Kettering. Packard's vice-president of engineering was the dynamic Jesse Vincent, who co-designed the Liberty aircraft engine and piloted a Packard-powered speedboat to a Detroit Gold Cup victory in 1922.
Vincent fired the first shots of 1923 in June. Packard phased out its old V12 model, a prewar design called the Twin Six, and introduced the all-new Single Eight. This model set forth the basic requirements for a true luxury car in the Classic era: a powerful, glass-smooth engine with at least eight cylinders, and a strong, quiet-riding chassis—one with four-wheel brakes.
Although Duesenberg pioneered four-wheel brakes in 1921, the rest of the industry hung back, waiting to see what the leaders would do. Though it seems strange today, all-wheel braking was a radical step in 1923. The pages of the trade journals roared with heated debates much like those decades later over airbags and antilock brakes. Some manufacturers claimed that front-wheel brakes were unsafe. Studebaker for one launched a scare campaign with full-page ads, and Lincoln didn't offer them except on police cars until 1927. Packard stepped up, beating Cadillac to market by just three months.
The development of mechanical brakes on all four wheels was not a simple exercise. To apply the brake force evenly on each wheel without pulling, the linkage had to compensate exactly for all the motions of the suspension and steering. Also, front-wheel braking loaded forces into the chassis never encountered before. A chassis with brakes only at the rear is in some ways not much more than an ox cart. As automakers developed front-wheel brakes, frames became more rigid and suspension designs more robust, almost overnight.
1924 Packard Single Eight front brake
The Single Eight's engine, 358 CID and 85 horsepower, was more advanced than the aging V12 it replaced, and its modern layout, with nine main bearings and full pressure lubrication, would be the basis for all the big Packard straight eights until 1939. There were straight eights before Packard, but not as we know them. Early examples, including Bugatti and Miller, were in effect two inline fours joined end-to-end at the crankshaft. As the cylinders fired, the engine produced a lengthwise rocking couple—a seesaw motion, far too rough for a luxury car.
The new Packard's crankshaft had its center four throws on a common plane, but with two additional throws on either end disposed at opposite right angles, their forces cancelling each other out. Vincent likened the layout to a four in the middle with half a four at each end. (Today this is called a 2-4-2 crankshaft.) With eight firing impulses per cycle and ideal balance, it was as silky as any engine on the market, and smooth even by modern standards.
Packard straight eight crankshaft phasing
Cadillac and Lincoln had V8s before Packard brought out this straight eight, but again, these were not the V8s we know. They were relics, with three main bearings and fork-and-blade connecting rods. And they used flat cranks (the throws were 180 degrees apart, like a modern racing V8), which produced a second-order horizontal shake. To mask this vibration, Henry Leland gave his Lincoln V8 an asynchronous 60-degree bank angle. He likened its uneven beat to soldiers marching over a footbridge, deliberately breaking cadence to prevent the bridge from swaying. Wishful thinking: These engines were not smooth like modern V8s.
In September 1923, less than 90 days after the Packard's debut, Cadillac answered with its own startling innovation. The new Cadillac Model 63 V8 featured a new type of crankshaft with its throws phased 90 degrees apart, using counterweights to balance the lopsided reciprocating forces. It was extremely smooth, and exactly how V8s (except in racing and some exotic sports cars) are built today.
But the 1924 Packard Eight was still easily a match for the new 1924 Cadillac V8, and the top coachbuilders quickly lined up to build classic bodies for the new chassis. Although Cadillac had the crushing resources of General Motors behind it, Packard would hold its own in the technical battle for a few more years to come.
– Another version of this story by MCG appeared in the Oct. 18, 1999 issue of AutoWeek.


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We're The Three Best Friends..February 06, 2014
As I sat scrolling through my last 6 years of photos on facebook I realized how much I miss the ladies above who I call my best friends. We have so many great memories from high school and it's such a bittersweet thing to realize that our paths might never cross again. How can you go from spending every waking moment with your best friends to only seeing them when huge life events happen such as getting married or when that day comes when we're meeting each other's children. Luckily, I'll be seeing their pretty faces in less than 5 months to get in some girl time as well as celebrate the happiest + biggest moment in my life. Although we have all went in different directions I can't help but feel blessed to still have two of the greatest gals in my life after all these years. I can't wait to have you standing with me on our big day!
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xx Kelly
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Its so hard when you have to go your different paths but the memories and love you share between you all will always be there!!!ReplyDelete
I have been feeling the same way! I am getting ready to graduate college and it breaks my heart that I won't be seeing my best friends every dayReplyDelete
True girlfriends are the best! Where would we be without them?! :-)ReplyDelete


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by Margaret Kolb
Published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2016 | 86 pages
The Hatred of Poetry is not the first time Ben Lerner has explored the phenomenon of loathing verse. Lerner's first novel Leaving the Atocha Station (2011), for instance, contains a memorable scene where the poet narrator encounters a character who unabashedly hates poetry. According to this unsympathetic interlocutor, there are exactly two kinds of poetry, "bad and worse." Without skipping a beat, Lerner's protagonist declares, "I, too, dislike it." Ironically, this response is lifted verbatim from the first line of Marianne Moore's famous poem titled "Poetry" (this is the shortened 1967 version):
I, too, dislike it.Reading it, however, with a perfectcontempt for it, one discovers init, after all, a place for the genuine.
Lerner's new book, which is the writer's first major critical monograph, takes this embedded but provocative allusion from the novel and explicates it in depth. The slim but pithy volume opens with a discussion of the Moore poem, and develops, over its course, Moore's argument that poetic meaning always comes to us incompletely, and frequently in a state of tension over its status as poetry. In fact, despite its provocative title, The Hatred of Poetry explores the hatred of the form as but one extreme of a pendulum that swings between responses including discomfort and pleasure, confusion and understanding, hatred and love. Lerner's text also explores the messy, often embarrassing encounter between poet and reader, which is a special case of the more general relation between poet and public at large. For Lerner, awkward encounters between those who read and write poetry and those who may denigrate poetry are attended by "tremendous social stakes." Especially in the US, the ability to dismiss a poet or poem can signify no less than the question of who gets to speak for whom, and when, as well as of who gets to forge new possibilities for our language(s).
According to Lerner, poetry is, by its very nature, "an art hated from without and within." That's because it aspires to realize the ideal through language and metaphor, both decidedly human and imperfect tools bound to the real. "Poetry isn't hard, it's impossible," Lerner declares, in an essay that may be the most important twenty-first-century specimen of the poetry polemic, a genre with deep historical roots in the dialogues of Plato's Republic and, in English literature, Sir Philip Sidney's "Defense of Poesy." Specific poems can only approach the "genuine" asymptotically, as an approximation of the Poetry one imagines may be possible. Like Moore, or perhaps the Chilean poet and novelist Roberto Bolaño, who once wrote that poetry was "braver than anyone," Lerner offers an exceptionally candid account of poetry—limits, potential, and all—in our time. Hatred at once adamantly defends the genre and its skeptics, and does so by necessity: poetry has always been a hermetic, marginal, eccentric occupation, frustratingly ("hatefully"?) inaccessible to many.
For those who have been monitoring Lerner's work over the past decade-and-a-half, Hatred arrives as a welcome articulation of this writer's poetics, and source of insight into the trajectory of Lerner's career, in particular his apparent shift over the last few years from poetry to prose. A Brown MFA turned professor of English at Brooklyn College, Lerner began his literary career with three collections of poetry: The Lichtenberg Figures (2004), Angle of Yaw (2006), and Mean Free Path (2010). These were followed by two acclaimed semi-autobiographical novels, Leaving the Atocha Station (2011) and 10:04 (2014), which, along with a widely read short story published in The New Yorker ("The Golden Vanity," 2012), earned Lerner his first minor literary celebrity. That fiction would be the genre where Lerner would earn his fame is a somewhat ironic development, given that he has always adamantly emphasized the centrality of poetry to all of his writings. Indeed, his novels not only focus on poet-protagonists, abandoning urgent prose projects (a thesis, a commissioned novel) to write obscure poetry against their better judgment. Both novels, moreover, frequently include, meditate upon, and at times even become poetry. The second half of 10:04, for example, is structured around a long poem the narrator is writing. With Hatred, however, Lerner finally makes explicit the relation between his fictional frames and his poetics.
Hatred performs a sort of critical pscyho-analysis of Lerner's migration from poetry to fiction. It does so by showing how poetry differs from both pre-linguistic "reality" (provided such a thing exists) and other literary genres. For Lerner, the interplay between poetry and reality is always a negotiation. To take an experience from the world, and to transform it into a poem or a poetic image, will always involve compromise, and sometimes failure. By this logic, however, the slippage between poetry and prose fiction becomes not an insuperable genre boundary but a version of the original difficulty of successfully writing poetry—or anything, really—when one holds an impossible ideal as a standard. Poetry may be, after all, an imperfect abode for the genuine, but—as it exists on a continuum with prose—so, it follows, does prose. Which may explain why Lerner slips across the line between genres so easily. If poetry morphs into prose in his writings, or vice-versa, that is because both genres, as acts of representation, are equally distant from the ideals both poets and novelists alike imagine. With Hatred, the shape of Lerner's career thus becomes more continuous than it otherwise might seem. Writing novels about poetry, instead of writing poetry itself, is only "selling out" insofar as any attempt to create a finite work of art sells out the ideal forms we might imagine to exist—mistakenly. Lerner's explanation here thus resembles something like that of William Carlos Williams, another write who blurs the boundaries between poetry and prose, and who authorized himself to do so by arguing, "There is no confusion—only difficulties."
Lerner's primary argument begins with and builds upon a direct engagement with Plato's famous assault on poets in The Republic, the earliest and perhaps the most famous denunciation of poetry in Western literature. Plato identified poetry's inevitable departure from both its represented object(s) and the ideal, and was highly skeptical of it for this reason. Along with rhetoric, he considered poetry's ability to "deform" the public's sense of truth a threat to the Republic. A key post-Platonic touchstone for Lerner is Caedmon, the Anglo-Saxon poet. In a famous poem, Caedmon explains a time when, unable to provide a song for his companions by the fire, he goes to sleep and is visited in his dream by a divine presence who instructs him to sing. To the spirit in his dream, Caedmon finds it possible to issue wonderful verse. But when he awakens his song, however eloquent and pleasing to his audience, pales in comparison with that of his dream. This, for Lerner, is the perfect metaphor for the struggle all poets face: the problem of writing imperfect, specific poems, when the promise of the ideal Poem, though unattainable, looms nevertheless in the imagination.
Poetry for Lerner is impossible, and our discomfort with this fact is at the root of our experience—and, at times, our hatred—of the form. His next wager takes on a bigger risk: if bursting ideals are both the problem and domain of poetry, then could the lowest poetic specimens have something to teach us about how the genre works? Departing from Plato, Lerner takes on an experiment, attempting an exceptionally detailed explication of a poem he identifies as the worst in the language, "The Tay Bridge Disaster" (1883) by Scottish poet William Topaz McGonagall. This poem attempts to memorialize the collapse of a railway bridge in 1879, but whatever solemnity it aspired to is marred, in Lerner's reading, by its "horribleness," which is "evident even to those of us who don't read poetry." Lerner provides an astonishing—and humorous—reading of the poem's many and egregious failures: its meter is a "prosodic train wreck," its diction "embarrassing" and hardly serious enough to memorialize a disaster in which scores lost their lives, its rhymes an affair of "sheepishly hedging."
Admittedly, an aura of privilege looms over the basic gesture of The Hatred of Poetry. This is, for the record, the third book in which Lerner refers to his (or his fictional protagonist's) elite Brown University education through conspicious euphemism, as his time "in Providence." But just when it appears Lerner might prefer to dwell in the abstract debates of Plato's Republic, perhaps as temporary relief from the messy realities of our own troubled American Republic, Hatred pivots and embraces an unexpected political responsibility. This is an unprecedented move for Lerner, whose novels have largely dealt with characters who evade their historical and political obligations as Americans. Whitman has long been one of Lerner's self-declared masters, and Whitmanian rhetorical inclusivity, with its radical democracy and form-breaking irreverence, provides Lerner with a means to rethink the ethical stakes of his theory. The discussion occurs amid Lerner's compelling engagement of George Packer's skepticism, in the New Yorker blog, of President Obama's decision to reinstate a poetry reading as part of the 2009 inauguration ceremony, choosing Elizabeth Alexander to compose the verse. Parker essentially complains that inaugural poetry makes little sense in our time, due to the fact that modern American poets learn in their MFA programs to pursue hyper specialized yet simultaneously marketable voices rather than anything like Moore's broken poetic "genuine." To embrace such a poet as a unifying representative is, for Packer, impossible. Lerner strongly disagrees. He finds Packer's dismissal to be misguided on the basis that all poetic labor represents compromise, and any poetic speaker is always going to be subjective, and thus can only ever offer a limited perspective. The notion of a bygone Golden Age of poets who spoke for everyone is, for Lerner, pure fantasy. Lerner demonstrates this by showing the power of two Whitmanesque prose poems by Claudia Rankine. One of these portrays a black person misidentified as a thug because of race and later mistreated by a trauma counselor. The frank discomfort Lerner expresses upon inhabiting such a speaker's perspective as a privileged white male—discomfort because the very pronouns of the prose-poem force him into subject positions he cannot readily, or would not like to, imagine—illustrates exactly why the rhetorical limits of poetry should be embraced and make explicit, rather than condemned and concealed.
Because of the political turn that occurs midway through Hatred, Lerner's most profound observations may belong more to the realm of rhetoric, or public discourse, than they do to poetics. The book ends with two meditations on the real-life "poetry" he has experienced: a childhood visit to the consumerist cornucopia of the Topeka, Kansas Hypermart and the novelty of becoming distracted by a police helicopter in the distance while attending an outdoor play in Central Park. These are lovely, idiosyncratic moments, although on the heels of the Obama/Rankine discussion, it can seem as if attempting to end on the high note of a Whitmanian poetic pluralism risks inadvertently concluding on a poetics of mundane postmodern privilege. In a way, the anecdotes with which Lerner concludes feel plucked from another project; they are like miniature David Foster Wallace essays grafted onto an otherwise dense, largely historical polemic. But the genre confusion here may very well be deliberate, and taken as a whole, contribute to Hatred's project of outlining a poetics admirably attentive to voice, voicelessness, and representation both literary and political. Ultimately, Lerner's Hatred of Poetry successfully diagnoses the "hatred of poetry" as an instance of one of what literary critic Sianne Ngai has called literature's "ugly feelings"—that is to say an affective literary paradigm or mood, such as envy, or anxiety. Though we may prefer not to speak about such "ugly" matters, and may wish we could avoid them all together, it is all the more imperative for these very reasons.
Kevin C. Moore is a lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He earned his PhD in English from UCLA in 2013. His scholarly and creative work has appeared in journals including Arizona Quarterly, Composition Studies, Souciant, as well as several edited collections in literature and rhetoric. In addition to UCSB, he has taught writing, critical thinking, and literature at the University of Arizona, Loyola Marymount University, the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and the UCLA English Department. His research interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature, writing studies, and the rhetoric of creativity. He is currently at work on a novel about American privilege titled The Dog Massacres.
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The objective was to update a room on a budget of 100 dollars. And I'm excited to say, we've accomplished just that in our entryway stairway. Now it's fresh and clean with a touch of gatehouse inspiration, too boot!
Welcome to the final reveal week in our $100 Room Challenge. I'm going to show you how we got this space in shape for about $100 and there is a linkup at the bottom with all of the other reveals.
So to set the scene. The space I updated is the entry to our back door. It has become the main entry point for us and it looks right out onto the currently over-sized fire pit in our back yard.
As you walk in the door, the kitchen goes to the left, the laundry room to the right, and the stairs lead down to an unfinished basement.
In the near future, we will re-do the kitchen and there will be a bench and coat rack area along the entry wall in that room. In the future, this stairwell entryway will be used for overflow storage, catch-alls and coat rack space for all our bonfire attending guests.
As of now it's our main coat rack area.
Board and batten faux shutter for crawl space entry
The basement walls are cinder block. Which is the closest I'll get to a stone wall of any kind in the near future. But these cinder block walls always make me think of a dungeon, so I thought I'd have some fun with a gatehouse theme.
Some of the images that came to mind were of Gothic stone walls, candles, lanterns, keys, rusty locks and latches, and rustic wood. While I don't have all of those, I have made a few changes that give this space a hint at an old gate house. So I hope you enjoy.
There is a crawl space entry on one of the stairwell walls. And I'm hoping I never have to crawl through that little door but since it kind of looked like a window, I thought a set of rustic wood faux shutters would be ideal.
We used 1/8″ plywood and made dado cuts with a table saw to faux the slats. The slats could also be cut in using a scratch awl and metal ruler.
And after the shutters were put together, I stained the wood with Miniwax color: Early American
See more detailed directions of these plywood board and batten shutters, here.
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How to temporarily adhere decor items to cement basement walls
The Shutters were attached to the wall with Scotch 1″ x 1″ Extreme Fasteners.
These fasteners work on cement walls even with moisture. (I bought this 6pk count and they work great.)
Cost for fasteners $ 3.77 (at the time of purchase)
A black decorative hook and eye latch was attached to the doors. (I choose this Gothic style latch.)
Cost for latch $ 6.97
Cost $ 10.74
Stairway wall coat rack
Holy coat rack Batman!!
Do you think I over did it with the coat hooks? I just may have, but I don't doubt that at certain times, every hook will be in use.
Wood $ 15.30
Coat hooks $ 33.98 (at time of purchase)
I used single and double flat black robe hooks (like this one and this one.)
And a 3-1/2″ coat hook pack in black (like this one.)
Wall paint $20.86
Cost $70.14
Coat rack shelf update with a faux wood chalkboard
One of the coat rack shelves has a bicycle print that I wanted to cover up temporarily during colder seasons.
In week three I showed you what I salvaged to cover it up.
I painted the piece with a couple coats of chalkboard paint, then I brushed over that with a mix of dark brown/chalkboard paint and a few dabs of beige to get a faux wood grain look.
For more on this topic check out my DIY Woodgrain Chalkboards
I attached it with 3M command strips, so it can be removed at any time.
It still works as a chalkboard but in keeping with my rustic gatehouse feel, it's just a little more subtle than straight black paint.
I already had all supplies for this update.
Cost $0.00
Painted stair runner
I've always wanted to try painting a stair runner.
This was accomplished in week #2, see tips and details, here. I'm not a perfectionist but as you can see. The runner came out pretty straight with a little bit of concentration and a few touch ups.
I used some paint I already had, but purchased the dark gray floor paint.
Cost $13.99
Bottom of stairwell
I place a rug I already had at the bottom of the stairwell. Along with a basket of blankets for keeping warm around the fire pit.
I borrowed a few lanterns from several outdoor projects I did last summer.
The white and blue throw blanket were thrift store purchases.
Also purchased were several thrifted pillar candles and the black planter catch-all.
I shopped my home for everything else.
Cost $10.92
Entryway rug
While I wanted to get one of those industrial strength 3′ x 5′ rubber mats and cut it down to fit the entire square footage of the entryway floor.
I settled for this 2′ x 3′ rubber entry mat that was under $6.00 and kept me on budget.
When I look at the before and after of this entry floor alone, it makes me so glad this space is finally cleaned up.
Cost for mat $ 5.88
Total Cost for the entire room $ $111.67
Now this space if fresh and clean, rustic, welcoming and full of hanging vertical storage.
I've managed to keep the over-clutter down.
I've accomplished the goal of attaining full clearance at anytime by making the shutters and the coat rack shelves removable.
And I only went over budget by about $11.67
Full disclosure. I stared working on this space in the fall, right before the holidays. So this wasn't a one month makeover for me. I do think a space like this is doable in 4 weeks, but we all work at our own pace. Working with a group to stay on budget and get the job completed could not have been more helpful. Thank you, again, Erin for including me.
Stayed tuned for future $100 Room Challenges by following Erin at Lemons, Lavender and Laundry.
Thank you so much ~ Amy
Other basement projects:
How to paint an open basement ceiling
How to spray paint a plastic laundry tub
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Sometimes when I'm feeling masochistic I will shut off The Walking Dead and read Nietzsche; and I, being easily persuaded, begin questioning the knowability of absolute truth, of being sure reality exists. Yet I sit here: I know there's a chair, I know there is a book in my hands, I know there are words and language in front of me. Yet modern science bears out my skepticism; that is, if the chair is made up atoms, and most of the chair consists of empty space, then what am I sitting on – empty space? And does anyone really know what's in the atom? Or what's inside the quark? It appears to be infinitely reducible, and when that sinks in you can start to apply the same questions to everything else in life, such as Love (Does she really love me, or does she just enjoy it when I buy her dinner?), Politics (Do we live in a Democracy? No, of course not), Art (Is a framed, white canvas with no image Art?)1, and Writing.
Sam Pink will call into question your predisposed notions of what makes literature great (a discussion of the Canon is inappropriate here, but suffice it to say, if the Canon were a brick wall, Pink would piss all over it), what a story is supposed to consist of (Aristotle's three-act structure), what makes certain fiction literary (character-driven, not plot-driven), and why, exactly, do we have such demarcations anyway? One reason, of course, is taste. But tastes vary widely by person and culture, and the only absolute truths of which we can be certain regarding Taste is that it is intangible and mutable.
I suggest you listen to Black Flag or Minor Threat when you read Pink's short novel Witch Piss, published by Lazy Fascist Press in 2014. It won't take you very long, and you'll enjoy it, but you may also think to yourself – nay, you should definitely think to yourself – this breaks every convention I was taught in my workshop.
We need work like this, whether you, personally, like it (from an aesthetic perspective) or not, and whether you, personally, like it (desire such a need to exist) or not. Pink's work won't be put on the shelf next to David Foster Wallace, Faulkner, or Cormac McCarthy. But that's okay. In the day when critics lament the "MFA-ification" of American writing, it's important to read fresh voices who are brave enough to try new things.
So what is he doing here, in Witch Piss?
There really isn't much in the way of plot: We follow the meanderings and conversations of an unnamed narrator for a period of time as he hangs out and drinks with some homeless guys, drunks, and drug dealers on the streets of Chicago. He spends a lot of time with a unique character who goes by Spider-Man, and Spider-Man's obese, wheelchair-bound girlfriend Janet. There are both tender and abusive moments in their relationship, all reported by the objective, emotionally distant narrator, who, while not homeless, is himself going through a troubled (though unspecified) period in his mental health. That's probably all the plot summary you need.
The author does away with the traditional story engine, allowing other aspects of the narrative to take precedence. By delocating the narrator, he provides an unbiased entry point into a slice of life that rarely gets accurate representation: homelessness, poverty, addiction, all of the people thrown out of our broken mental-health system and left on the streets to fend for themselves.
Most people, I imagine, tend to either see homeless people as rubbish on the sidewalk that they wish would be eliminated or don't see them at all. Other people see them as vestibules for pity and opportunities for charity, or worse, just momentary chances to feel good about themselves. Pink doesn't do that here. At no point does he come across either sanctimonious or magnanimous; rather, he observes and reports. One reason the author is able to do this so effectively is because his ear for dialogue and dialect is so sharp (though, as with everything in the book, it will turn some people away):
"Wha's good, cous?" [Face] said, slapping my hand then pulling me in for a hug.
"Nothin, man."
"Shit, you wanna walk with me? I got some beers and a little bit of a fiff back at my mama crib. We can tip some with bitch-ass Troy if you wanna."
Troy lived in an alley near Face's mom's house, where Face stayed.
On the way there, we passed the library.
Larry was asleep.
"Hahhhh, he smack-drunk," Face said. "They threw his ass out after he ain have no money. Du at the bar didn't have to be so rough wit his ass but he ain have no money."
The narrator reports on the less-glamorous side of Chicago effectively – the anti-Magnificent Mile, the infamous part – but he never pretends to be joining the ranks of the people he hangs out with, nor does he assume their life and history. Rather, he receives their stories and, like a conduit, transcribes them to the reader:
[Face] described the layout of the different buildings in the projects where he grew up.
It was where the Bulls and Blackhawks played, a mile and a half outside of The Loop.
"See, they was fo buildings in my projects. Different gang in each building, cous. They was um, GDs, BDs, Foes, and Travs. I's hustling Travs, cous."
"Traveling Vicelords," I said.
"Yizzir. Fo buildings. GDs in this one" – he motioned with his hand, keeping his other hand at a different location – "BDs right here, and Foes up in there, and us Travs, we's in this building… We had a abandoned apartment at the bottom of my building." He pointed at the large freight door behind Troy's bed, where Troy was sleeping. "And in the middle, they was a big empty window. Talkin' bout, we use'a creep up along against the wall, then" – he turned sideways and held out an imaginary gun – "Blaow Blaow. Poppin BDs all day."
In a more poignant moment, the reader gets a rare peek at the loneliness and desperation of the narrator, and we can assume this is what drove him to hang out with the homeless people in the first place. He joins a crowd of guys, all wearing wigs, in a doorway:
"What's good, man?" I said, slapping hands with Danny.
He had a blanket over his legs, drinking fruit-flavored malt liquor.
"Shit, just drinking," he said. "Lissnina So game."
The Thox game.
Said they'd been celebrating earlier for some other guy's birthday.
Which meant he had more friends than me.
And a better social life.
This moment exemplifies one of the central tenets I believe pervades the book: though these people aren't wealthy, white, educated, clean, or stable; though they don't live in McMansions in the suburbs or wear trendy, expensive fashion, they are not miserable. They are constantly telling jokes and stories, helping each other out whenever possible, and making the best of their situations. In fact, the most unhappy person in the book is the narrator.
Some may say that I am reading into the book more than I should, providing authorial intention where it doesn't exist, adding critical acclaim to what is really deficiency in skill. These people are philistines. Can Sam Pink write a standard MFA-workshop-worthy story? Probably. But instead he chooses to represent nature with surreal language and discomfiting situations. The prose will be funny to some and appallingly filthy to others. The story will be interesting and unique to some and boring and lazy to others. The book is authentic Chicago, as authentic as riding the CTA in the middle of February, and to be honest, I don't think the author himself really cares what each individual reader feels; he writes the work he wants to write, whether you like it or not.
1See Yasmina Reza's play, Art (1994) is a poignant analysis of how conversations about art and taste can destroy friendships
Phillip Mandel is a fiction writer in the MFA program at Texas State University.


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When you buy goods and services, are you focused on quality? Industries and businesses are constantly trying to maintain and increase the level of quality in their products because people simply buy products of higher quality. Quality assurance managers are in charge of ensuring quality within their organization. They might analyze products and production facilities in any number of ways, collect data, and create reports. Although careers in the field can vary greatly, those working in the quality assurance management field strive to increase the quality of products, improve production methods, and create safe working environments for employees.
Quality Assurance Management Explained
As a quality assurance manager, you might inspect any kind of product, from clothing, to tractors, to paper production. Quality assurance managers might test food or drug samples, examine production machinery, work with personnel, or inspect the incoming raw materials that go into these products. You might work for a single company, or you might be employed by a private firm or insurance company. There is even the possibility of becoming a private contractor. The varied possibilities are why many people become attracted to the field.
Education in Quality Assurance Management
Typically, becoming a quality assurance manager requires a degree of one or two years. Many colleges have industrial engineering or quality control technology degree programs available. You also have the option of becoming certified in industrial engineering technology or a related field through certain programs, such as engineering associations.
Quality Assurance Management Requirements
The nature of the work requires the use of statistical and engineering methods, so you should be comfortable with your mathematical skills. Also, you should have strong communication and teamwork skills because you will be constantly working with other people. Quality assurance managers not only have to analyze production and product, but must also create reports and present them to a company.
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Restylane is a trade name for hyaluronic acid (HA), a substance that is used as a dermal filler, to correct fine lines and wrinkles. It smooths out creases in the skin and is also used to augment the lips, giving a fuller pout.
As with any cosmetic surgery procedure, there are associated risks with injecting Restylane and other types of HA fillers. There are two known reactions – the Tyndall Effect and lumps and bumps from overfilling the treated area with careless application of the injections.
The Tyndall Effect
The Tyndall Effect is an avoidable issue, and is due to the incorrect positioning of the Restylane, injected too close to the surface of the skin. This causes a prolonged blueish tinge which is unsightly, and is most obvious in the lower eye area around the tear duct.
Lumps and Bumps
Overfilling can cause the appearance of lumps and ridges. These can persist for 6 – 9 months until the Restylane is absorbed by the body, depending on the area where it was injected. In areas of the face where there is very little movement, HA tends to stay much longer.
How can Dermal Filler Mistakes be Corrected?
The most effective way to resolve the Tyndall effect and lumps from overfilling is through the injection of a substance called Hyaluronidase.
This is an enzyme which reacts with the hyaluronic acid, (Restylane) modifying its permeability, thereby allowing it to diffuse into the body. The result is instantaneous, allowing the surface of the skin to calm down quickly and the lumps to subside. It takes about a day or two for the full effect to come about.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hyaluronidase for helping disperse certain drugs throughout the body. It is not FDA approved for the correction of Restylane mistakes; however, it is being widely used off label for this purpose.
It is important that the Hyaluronidase is injected into the exact same area as the Restylane, so that its effects are optimized; otherwise, it may prove ineffective. Subjects should be aware that the results will completely reverse the effects of the initial dermal filler injections.
It is important to choose a reputable clinician, as the costs and effects of getting it wrong are significant.
Are there any side effects to Hyaluronidase?
There are some risks associated with the use of Hyaluronidase, although these are rare. Occasionally, some people have an allergic reaction, which can prompt itchy swelling of the area, dizziness and possibly trouble with breathing. In this instance, it is best to seek medical attention.
It is advisable, therefore, to carry out a test injection prior to carrying out the treatment to check for any possible reactions to the substance.
This treatment is not advised for pregnant or breast feeding ladies, or anyone suffering from cancer. Anyone who is allergic to other substances is at higher risk and should declare this during the medical checks prior to any treatment taking place.
Are there alternatives to the use of Hyaluronidase?
There are some doctors who are knowledgeable and quite comfortable with piercing the problem area with a needle and either expressing out or aspirating the unwanted Restylane. This procedure obviously requires the patience and skill of an experienced practitoner, as it usually takes more than one session to achieve the desired results.
It has also been documented that use of the Yag laser has been successful in eradicating the blue tinge of the Tyndall Effect. The Yag laser is used successfully in cosmetic surgery to relieve the symptoms of thread veins, helping break down the blood vessels or capillaries so that they dissipate throughout the body. In correcting the Tyndall Effect, the Yag laser operates in the same way, helping to break down the Restylane so it can disperse in the body. It should, however, only be conducted by a very experienced practitioner, as this is still an emerging technique.
Correcting Restylane & Dermal Fillers Mistakes
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As part of its work with partner organisations to address the importance of information about higher education, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) have committed to making it easier for students and the wider public to access the existing wider set of information that higher education institutions (HEIs) publish about their courses.
This information collectively is known as the 'wider information set', which aims to:
- inform the public about the quality of HE, and in particular, help provide potential students with information that will help them make a choice about what and where to study
- help provide evidence to contribute to quality assurance processes in institutions (specifically review by the QAA
- help provide information that institutions can use to enhance the quality of their HE provision.
Information on Institutional Context
- Mission Statement
Our mission: The University of Surrey is a research-led institution pursuing learning, scholarship and research, and advancing and disseminating knowledge. The University is committed to working closely with its students, business, government and civil society to transition knowledge to the benefit of humanity.
Our vision: The University of Surrey is committed to being a leading national and international university. Our high quality teaching, learning, research and enterprise, will be delivered in a financially and environmentally sustainable manner, within an academic community that values collegiality and professionalism, providing our students with skills that allow them to maximise their potential.
Taken from the 'University Strategy 2012-17' (p.5). Link: Corporate Documents web pages.
- Corporate plan or equivalent strategic statement on HE provision
'The University Strategy 2012-17', access via the Corporate Documents web pages.
- Statement of quality assurance policies and processes
Within the Directorate of Quality Enhancement & Standards web pages.
- Learning and teaching strategy
'Learning and teaching strategy, 2010-17'
- Information on partnerships
Associated Institutions web pages.
Global Partners (International Relations Office) web pages.
- Employability statements
Careers Service web pages.
Further information can be accessed via Unistats - University of Surrey
Information about aspects of courses and awards
- Prospectuses, programme guides, module descriptors or similar
Online Prospectus: Undergraduate Study · Postgraduate Taught Study
Postgraduate Research Study · Continuing Professional Development
- Programme specifications
- Programme specifications web pages.
Student surveys
The National Student Survey (NSS) is an annual survey for final-year students. With an overall satisfaction rating of 92% from our students, the University of Surrey was ranked 9th in the country in 2013.
Results can be accessed via:
- The government's website: Unistats - University of Surrey
- Internal reports: 2011, 2012, 2013
The I-graduate Student Barometer is an annual global survey for all students. Results are used internally for benchmarking purposes and to improve the student experience.
- Links with employers
Regarding placements these can be found on our Professional Training Year web pages.
For further information on links please review the Careers Service web pages or alternatively our Business web pages.
- Partnership agreements, links with awarding bodies/delivery partners
Associated Institutions web pages.
Global Partners (International Relations Office) web pages.
Information on the quality and standards of programmes
- Procedures and outcomes for programme approval, monitoring and review
Detailed information can be found within the Programme Life Cycle web pages within the Directorate of Quality Enhancement & Standards web pages.
- External examination procedures
Detailed information can be found within the External Examiners web pages within the Directorate of Quality Enhancement & Standards web pages.
- Policies for student complaints, appeals and representations.
All relevant policies can be found within the Office of Student Complaints, Appeals and Regulation (OSCAR) web pages.


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Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff to Speak at White House Event
Jan 29, 2016, 08:30 ET from Salesforce
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a girl with an extreme love for health...and sugar.
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- Yield
- 4 people
- Active Time
- 5 min
- Total Time
- 20 min
- 4 teaspoons olive oil, divided
- 4 (5-ounce) sea bass fillets (or other white fish)
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 cup canned low-sodium diced tomatoes, with juice
- 1/2 cup chopped pitted black olives
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper, optional
- 2 cups packed fresh baby spinach leaves
- Salt and pepper
- In a large nonstick skillet heat 2 teaspoons of oil over a medium-high heat. Add fish and cook until opaque in the center, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer the fish to a platter and tent with foil to keep the fish warm. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons of oil in the same skillet; add onion and saute for 2 minutes. Add the wine and cook until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, olives and capers and crushed red pepper, if using, and cook for 3 minutes more. Stir in the spinach and cook until it is wilted, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon the sauce over the fish and serve.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories233
- Carbohydrates6 g(2%)
- Fat9 g(14%)
- Protein28 g(55%)
- Saturated Fat2 g(8%)
- Sodium645 mg(27%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber3 g(10%)
- Monounsaturated Fat5 g
- Cholesterol58 mg(19%)


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George Sand The Search For Love
first edition
1927 · New York
by HOWE, Marie Jenny
New York: The John Day Company, 1927. First edition. Reading copy Hardcover has paint on cover, bumped and frayed corners and spine, smudged text edges,, hinge crack, writing inked on end page. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. (Inventory #: 113166)


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This Thai recipe for spicy tofu sums up Thai food. Simple, clean tasting and incredibly easy to prepare. The tofu although tasteless itself acts like a sponge soaking up all of the other flavours and providing a healthy alternative to red meats. If you'd prefer this recipe would work equally well if you substituted the tofu for chicken.
Spicy Tofu Ingredients
Tofu 200 grams
Red Thai Curry Paste 75 grams
A handful of fresh corriander
A few fresh basil leaves (thai basil if possible, if not regular italian basil is fine)
7 green chillies (finger chillies)
2/3 of a tin of coconut milk
1 large spoonful of peanut butter
Cut the tofu into cubes about 2-3cm squared and in each cube make a small slit and stuff with a small amount of peanut butter.
Chop and blend all of the other ingredients together to form a marinade, adding any left over peanut butter. Marinade the tofu in this mixture for at least 30 minutes.
Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan or ideally a griddle pan if you have one available.
Grill the tofu until a nice golden colour, turning regularly.
Serve with a nice fresh salad and some sweet chilli sauce to dip into.


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Another bright idea brought to you by: Pinterest 😼
I have been dying over this pin for ages so I finally made it to Ikea to make my own Hanging Herb Garden:
Great for a small spaces and now I have access to fresh herbs every day!
Here's what you need to make your own:
Fintorp Rail from Ikea
Fintorp Hooks ... also from Ikea
Fintorp Utensil Holder...from ... you guessed it - Ikea!
I bought the herbs from the grocery store - your store probably has them to you just have to keep an eye out for them. Usually in the fresh food area with the veggies. I picked: mint, thyme, rosemary, basil, parsley and going to add cilantro soon.
Pick a sunny area (close to the window) get your leveler out (or eyeball it like I did), screwdriver/drill and boom - in less than 10 minutes you have a quick and cute wall garden!


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Growing chilli from seeds
- When: Spring is the best time to plant your seeds. If you start too early the seeds wont germinate. You can start before spring, but then you'll have to start them inside on a heat mate and use growing lights when they have sprouted.
- Heat: All chillies love heat. The ideal way is to keep a constant soil temperature at 26-32 degrees Celsius. We use a heat mat, a mini green house and a soil thermometer. A heat mat and a soil thermometer can be purchased from Ebay. You can use a warm spot such as on top of the fridge or use your window sills.
- Different germination methods: We start our seeds in Jiffy Pellets , but you can use pots or multi-cell seed trays. It is our experience that seeds germinate faster if you plant 3-4 together. Make 3-4 holes in the Jiffy Pellet, put a seed in each hole. Please look at our "germination videos" on our YouTube Channel. Check out this Jiffy Pellet video and see how Neil plants seeds using a Jiffy Pellet. If you use pots or multi-cell seed trays lightly cover your seeds with a basic seed starting mix.
- Moisture: It is important to keep the seeds medium moist during the germination. A small mister is the best to use rather than pouring water over them. If you use pots the seeds should be covered with a clear plastic cover for example plastic wrap to retain moisture and humidity. Once the seedlings emerge, remove the cover. If you use Jiffy's, place them in a mini green house or plastic container.
- Germination time: Between 2-5 weeks. Some varieties take longer time to sprout.
- Transplant: When the seedlings have two sets of leaves, they can be transplanted into bigger pots. You can let them grow bigger though without any problems, before you transplant them. If you have 3-4 seedlings in one Jiffy Pellet, remove the thin mesh and separate them gently.
- Sun: Once they are transplanted keep them in the shade for some days. Chillies love heat, but not full sun. We use shade cloths to protect them.
- Fertilizer: Chillies need fertilizer about once a month (in pots once a fortnight). We use Rooster Booster, a slow releasing fertilizer or Seasol, but you can use a fertilizer labelled for fruits and vegetables. Too much fertilizer can burn plant roots. Don't use fertilizer, before you have transplanted your seedlings as it may burn them.
- Watering: Don't let your chillies dry out, give them a bit of water every day. If it's very hot twice a day.
- Video instruction: Check out The Hippy Seed Company's YouTube Channel. We have an instruction series containing different ways on how to germinate your chilli seeds, how to prune your plants and lots of other good videos.
- Important: If you aren't going to sow the seeds you bought from us within a month, it is a good idea to take them out of the plastic bag and put them in a little envelope. Store them in a cool dark place for example in a drawer.
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Officer O'Donnell with the Bike Safety Display
Officer Starner with the DUI Task Force Exhibit
Dunk tank participants wait patiently in line for their turn
Ed Glover with the Game Commission and its display
Det. Pat Hanrahan, Det. Sgt. Keith Bell, Officer O'Donnell, Det. Ciarlello & Officer Burdick
Kid's activity - hula hoops
Children's Game
Children's Game - Ring Toss
Hatfield Township Police Dept.'s LOCATE Program
Officer Richardson recovering from a dunk
Staying cool away from the crowd
Sgt. Diamond taking a break
A State Trooper on his bike
Township Manager Stephanie Shafkowitz with her turn in the dunk tank
Victim Services Center
Volunteer Medical Services Corp
Bill Forst enjoying the community festivities
Dalton Weitzel gearing up for a fast pitch at the Dunk Tank
Officer Geiger cooling his toes in the dunk tank
Chief Toomey ready to fight back in the dunk tank
Last but not least, Detective Hanrahan in the dunk tank
DUI Task Force Display
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The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper
A weed has started growing in the sidewalk of Dora Henry's husband's home. Even though they have been married more than two years, it is still his home, with everything in its place. She is his token wife, someone to care for the house and provide his meals. She also is a policeman, the only outside interest she has.
Dora looks at the weed and warns it that Jared will not allow it to stay. She is correct. When he arrives home from his job, he pulls the weed. It returns the next day. Jared and the weed declare war. Dora moves out, realizing her marriage is wrong for her. She doesn't realize the weed is the precursor of the forests. Within a few weeks the forests have taken over the suburbs, growing in all the extra spaces humans don't use or need – like car sales lots, fallow fields, side yards, empty houses…
She and her partner are investigating a series of unusual murders. Three scientists connected with a nearby gene research center have been found stabbed. One of the scientists had worked at Jared's firm. There is more going on, especially with the animals at the research area. Are these connected with the trees somehow? When Dora has some unusual visitors appear in the woods beside her house, things get stranger and her life falls into its proper place.
This is only half the story. There is also a fantasy component with a different set of characters. The back and forth between the stories is confusing at the beginning. I could not figure out if or how the stories might connect. When they do, I'll admit I was very surprised.
Tepper's imagination has attacked the human treatment of the environment in a new way. The trees take over in a logical fashion. The animals in the woods flourish. The sense of foreboding and of security both increase. Dora finds her strength and starts becoming a person to recon with. The first half of the book was hard to follow, especially with the fantasy characters. The second half tugged my attention in as the story pulled together. The pro-environment stance is blatant as Tepper uses it for her story line. I wonder about Dora's character, though. The policewoman and the subservient wife do not fit together to my thinking. The meek housekeeper for Jared doesn't match the person she becomes – the policewoman fits better.