text: HKSS.com | Community > Discussion Forum > View topic - Fearless Home Community Superstars Music | What's New | Help HKSS | Search* Discussions | HKE Chat | Reflections of Life | Virtual Cards | Member Galleries Please excuse our mess. HKSS is currently under re-construction and some links/sections don't work yet. What's New: Latest updates | Member Galleries | Music | HKE Chat | About HKSS.com Community Discussions HKE Chat Reflections of Life Member Galleries Virtual Cards* Play Music Superstars Profiles* Galleries* Reviews Gossip & News Other Privacy Policy Terms of Use Link to HKSS* HKSS.com What's New About Contact* Advertise* Help HKSS Links YesAsia yuenStudios Do you like HKSS? My Watched Topics | My Favorites | My Profile Private IMs Register Log in Help | Stats | Members | Groups Search Forum Fearless HKSS.com Forum Index -> Reflections of Life View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message mb_rockstarSpecial GuestJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 531Location: Southern California Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject: Fearless I've learned a lot about overcoming my fears this year. It wasn't easy, but the more I pushed myself, the more it got easier. I can't say that I'm completely over my fears because there will always be that anticipation, but I have become more daring. It's good to take risk sometimes to see what you are capable of doing. Today, I got into an elavator with this HUGE roach! Yes, I'm terrified of roaches, but I told myself, just do it...it's not going to harm you. LOL* yea sounds silly. I use to be so afraid of them. I've actually cried once because it got too close to me. hahaha* It startled me! I was minding my own business on my friend's computer and when I went to reach for the mouse, I noticed that something big was moving. I thought the mouse was running away from me, but it was this huge ugly brown roach. Anyway, there are a lot more stuff I've overcomed this year, but let's hear about everyone elses. Are there any fears you would like to overcome or have overcomed recently?_________________"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." Back to top Mikey_Life is good. Be inspired.Joined: 04 Oct 2003Posts: 1322Location: Fountain Valley, California (USA) Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: Good going in taking your first step against roaches Back to top LexiLunaticJoined: 25 Jul 2004Posts: 185 Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: Too funny! I think cockroaches are frightening looking creatures, too. Let's see, my fears... for as long as I can remember, I've always had a paralyzing fear of wigs. Yuck! I totally hate wigs!! Back to top Mikey_Life is good. Be inspired.Joined: 04 Oct 2003Posts: 1322Location: Fountain Valley, California (USA) Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: Oh yeah? You should wait till the day you meet us! My wig looks almost natural! Back to top LexiLunaticJoined: 25 Jul 2004Posts: 185 Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: HA! You crack me up! Don't even say that! I tell you, people wearing wigs scare the heck out me. Back to top Mikey_Life is good. Be inspired.Joined: 04 Oct 2003Posts: 1322Location: Fountain Valley, California (USA) Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:31 am Post subject: Wigs... mm... they are beautiful. I've noticed that after the years, one of my fears I picked up from my dad has creeped back: the fear of going to the bank and returning things to stores. Can't let that fear hold you back! Sometimes, you've just got to remind yourself what your fear is, acknowledge it, and do something about/overcome it. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First HKSS.com Forum Index -> Reflections of Life All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Entertainment----------------All EntertainmentReviewsGossip and NewsIdol DiscussionsMusicMoviesTV Shows Non-Entertainment----------------General DiscussionsNew MembersFun and GamesReflections of LifeHobbies, TravelFood and CookingHelp!Websites HKSS.com----------------Announcements/ What's New?Help HKSS.comFeedback/ Contact HKSS.comWishlist You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Back to top Copyright © 1996-2014 HKSS.com™. All Rights Reserved. About | Link to HKSS.com | Advertise | Contact | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use Information and images accessed from this site are protected by international copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. You may infringe these rights if you download, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, or exploit such content without the explicit consent of HKSS.com. > Site design by yuenStudios.com (2006)


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Does it feel like the Tennessee Titans' upset win over the Pittsburgh Steelers was 10,000 years ago or what?
Tennessee's out-of-nowhere win last Thursday really set the tone for Week 6, when nothing made sense:
» The San Diego Chargers blowing a 24-0 halftime lead once the Denver Broncos stopped tackling themselves.
» The Miami Dolphins hemorrhaging yards on the ground after giving up nada all season (... but still managing a big win).
» The Buffalo Bills playing defense.
» The Houston Texans forgetting how to play defense.
» Jim Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers doing the one thing they don't do: Beat themselves.
What does all this constitute in the broad (football) scheme of things? That after six weeks, if you've got two wins, you still have hope.
Hell, if Ike Redman can put up over a 100 yards receiving, anything is possible. It also means doing the Power Rankings this week was analogous to explaining our health care system to Simple Jack ...
@harrison_nfl So glad I don't have to do the power rankings this week.â Josh Hunt (@j_hunt91) October 14, 2012
Me too, Josh. Oh, wait.
Well, after a wild week in pro football, here is the power stack. Feel free to bring it to @Harrison_NFL.
Let the dissension commence ...
(Note: Arrows reflect change in standings from last week's Power Rankings.)
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The Atlanta Falcons barely have pulled out wins in three consecutive weeks against teams with a combined record of 5-11, but because they have indeed closed those games out, they deserve not only the sterling "6-0" in the standings column, but top billing in our Power Rankings. Despite not having his best day against the Oakland Raiders, Matt Ryan drove the club down the field when he needed to, connecting with Tony Gonzalez, who has been the most reliable tight end in football this season at the ripe age of 36. (Yes, more valuable than Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski.)
When is the last time a really good football team shot itself in the foot as many times as the evidently hapless Houston Texans did Sunday night? Two huge penalties on special teams that led to touchdowns instead of field goals, a dumb personal foul call (although poor Danieal Manning's knee was trapped when he hit a Packer on the helmet), poor blocking in the run game, several slips by Arian Foster and Ben Tate ... and on and on. Haven't seen a few hours look that ugly since "Terminator Salvation" came out.
For a change, it wasn't Eli Manning delivering the clutch plays to guide his team to a win. How about the defense (which had been mostly disappointing since the Super Bowl run)? Perry Fewell's unit really came to life at The 'Stick on Sunday. Antrel Rolle picked off two Alex Smith passes, with the second leading to a commanding 23-3 lead. It was also a big-league read by Rolle, who didn't fall for Smith's look off, and stepped in front of the skinny post to put his team in instant Lawrence Tynes range. If the Big Blue defense steps up to the plate like it did out west, the Giants might be spending February down south.
The Baltimore Ravens survived a late Dallas Cowboys rally in one of Week 6's more entertaining affairs, but this team stays in the cleanup spot in the rankings because of injuries. Baltimore's biggest on-field issue remains: the leaky rush defense let Dallas run wild (227 yards) one week after the Kansas City Chiefs put up two bills on the ground. Defensive coordinator Dean Pees has to turn it around or every opponent will pound the run over ... and over ... and over again. In an unrelated note, Anquan Boldin is having a clutch year for John Harbaugh's group. #impressed
It was bye week in Chicago, giving the Bears an extra week of preparation for the Detroit Lions' visit on Monday night. The last time these two clubs met, Matt Stafford gave away more than Lindsay Lohan in an unplanned photo shoot.
You have to catch that interception, Carlos Rogers. It's alarming how often defensive backs drop easy interceptions in the league these days, but Rogers' miscue -- in a 17-3 game with the whole field in front of him -- was as egregious as it gets. That single play could've been a difference maker. It wasn't. Alex Smith failed to locate the Giants safety Antrel Rolle on Sunday. His passes didn't.
The Seattle Seahawks came into 2012 with an arduous home sked in the early weeks: Dallas, Green Bay and New England. Result: Three and oh. Pete Carroll's team is for real, especially with a formidable secondary that can go toe-to-toe with any team's receiving corps. Richard Sherman, take a cue from Earl and Kam, and just play ball. Act like you've been there before.
Remember in "Rocky III" when Mr. T "Hey Woman!"-bombed the press conference for the unveiling of Rocky's statue? That's what it felt like the Green Bay Packers did to Gary Kubiak's group at Reliant on Sunday Night. Aaron Rodgers disseminated, dissected and destroyed the Houston Texans' secondary, particularly Kareem Jackson and Glover Quin. And bear in mind that the 2012 MVP narrowly missed James Jones on a first-quarter deep ball. As it were, six touchdowns and a 40-burger in fantasy was enough. The Packers get another defensive test this week in the St. Louis Rams, who play well at home.
Like it or not, Pats fans, your team is 3-3, and rightfully so. Tavon Wilson and Nate Ebner are rookies (and usually backups, for that reason), and it showed on the Seattle Seahawks' go-ahead touchdown from Sidney Rice. Rice was several yards behind the Patriots' secondary on the 46-yard score. This was a game you thought Tom Brady would pull out in the end, but playing Seattle's defense on the road is a tough assignment.
Just when you give a team a healthy boost, talk it up on NFL Network and predict big things in your picks column ... you get a loss in Washington. I didn't see Enron coming, either.
If you didn't think the second half of Monday's game was absolutely amaze-balls, you don't have a pulse. The Denver Broncos' comeback win was almost as impressive as Peyton Manning's 21-point comeback in the final five minutes against the Bucs in 2003 -- also on Monday Night Football. Denver's secondary was lights out in the second half. What a turnaround for the Johns.
The St. Louis Rams produced a season-high 462 yards of offense, but didn't get a "W" to show for it. The game in Miami was there for the taking, much like the season-opening loss to Detroit. These two defeats could come back to haunt a team that seems destined to finish 8-8.
Terrible outings for the Arizona Cardinals in back-to-back weeks. First the debacle in St. Louis, where the offensive line didn't allow quarterback Kevin Kolb to breathe. Then the awful ending to an eight-game home win streak, losing to a Buffalo Bills club that usually can't stop anybody. Quarterback is still a problem for this team.
So defensive coordinator Juan Castillo loses his job, which is essentially a "The defense is why we've been .500 for the better of two years" move. Or it's a knee-jerk, "Your defense blew back-to-back late-game leads and we're 3-3" move. Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha was clandestinely critical of a change in tactics late in the Detroit loss. And everyone knows that the Castillo hiring was never a popular move -- due to his former role on the other side of the ball as an offensive line coach. OK, that's all real cool stuff, but this just in: That defense ranks 13th in the NFL in points allowed, while the offense is 31st ( 31st!) in points scored. Not quite the discrepancy you were anticipating, huh? Does Michael Vick (13 turnovers) lose his job, too? Oh, and who hired Castillo in the first place?
No, it's not panic time in Pittsburgh, and this ranking is due to the organization hanging in there with all of the walking wounded on the Steelers roster. When healthy, this is a team in the range of 8-10 wins. A win in Paul Brown Stadium and the Steelers are right back in the thick of the playoff race. Remember, they have two games remaining with the Ravens, who despite the better record, just had their share of struggles vs. Kansas City and Dallas in back-to-back weeks.
Gut check for the Detroit Lions. And they passed. At 2-3, they might not be in great shape, but it beats the heck out of 1-4. With Dallas, Minnesota, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco and Arizona all losing, Detroit gained serious ground in the broader playoff picture. The offense got a quietly effective game from Mikel Leshoure, who had 94 yards from scrimmage, averaging over five yards per touch. Next up: the Bears at Soldier Field on Monday night.
Shonn Greene with some serious authority this past weekend. Many teams go running back-by-committee these days, but the Jets were more running back-by-hibernation. Greene changed all that with a hard-nosed, 32-carry, 161-yard performance. Three touchdowns, too -- the second of which featured a sick spin move. Next up: the rival Patriots.
This week's Brass Cajones Award has to go to Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin, who called for a fake punt on fourth down ... from his own 40 ... with 4:05 left ... in a 17-14 game. The successful conversion extended the drive long enough to burn over two minutes of game clock, also forcing the Rams to burn a valuable timeout. By the way, what the heck happened to the top-ranked run defense, which entered the game allowing 67.3 yards per contest? The Rams eclipsed that mark by nearly 100 yards with 162 on the ground.
Andy Dalton (381 yards, three TD, three INT) continues to rack up fantasy points, but Air Dalton wasn't supposed to be the formula for success for these Cincinnati Bengals. Mike Zimmer's defense and a balanced offense featuring BenJarvus Green-Ellis was the ticket entering the season, and neither has performed consistently. BGE hasn't averaged four yards per carry since Week 1, while the defense has been depleted by injury. Next up: hosting the Steelers, who've lost their fair share of players to injury, as well. That matchup = big game in the AFC North.
Heckuva comeback win for the Washington Redskins after losing a tight one to the Falcons in Week 5. Robert Griffin III is so awesome to watch tee it up, but are any of you Redskin fans leery of him running so much? His 13 rushing attempts were only three short of Alfred Morris' total. Would love to hear what you guys think @Harrison_NFL. Simply put, Washington cannot afford to lose this guy for any extended amount of time.
Jason Garrett discovered a new facet of NFL football on Sunday. A very intricate, little-known thing called "the run." Not to mention -- but we're mentioning it -- terrible clock management at the end of the game in Baltimore. Dez Bryant was tackled with 11 seconds to go. The Dallas Cowboys wasted five seconds before calling a timeout to attempt a 51-yard field goal. The kick was very close -- but no good. Be decisive, and try to give your kicker a couple extra yards.
Consecutive losses to the lowly Saints and a Broncos team that overcame a 24-0 halftime deficit calls for a big drop. The best thing Norv Turner's players can do is put the Denver game behind them and move on. It is what is. At 3-3, the Chargers are more than in the hunt. San Diego has a bye this week, but then the schedule offers winnable games at Cleveland and home vs. Kansas City.
You can only play the teams on your schedule. So let's not belittle the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' blowout win over a reeling Chiefs team rolling out Brady Quinn at quarterback. Some encouraging signs from the now 2-3 Bucs, most notably Josh Freeman's play: 15-for-26, 328 yards, three TD and an INT.
Does anyone know where that came from? "That" being a road win against a team that had won eight straight in its home stadium and boasts one of their better defenses in the league. Safety Jairus Byrd produced two big takeaways late in the game, the second coming in overtime and being the type of play that can change a culture of stagnant defensive play. Reading John Skelton's eyes, Byrd stole the pass and the game, getting the Buffalo Bills to 3-3. For this team to get a bigger boost, we need to see more -- and against the Titans, we just might.
The Indianapolis Colts were straight up embarrassed by the New York Jets. Just one week after a stirring upset of the Packers, this team lost to the Jets by 26 points -- almost four freaking touchdowns -- logging just 99 yards passing. How is that even possible? Seriously?
The Carolina Panthers spent Week 6 on a bye, likely taking part in some serious soul-searching. The best solution for this 1-4 team is to play within itself; which is also great personal advice for Cam Newton. Everyone I've talked to in the biz about Newton believes the quarterback is pressing, trying to do too much. Cam, be a second-year guy, not a 10th-year guy. Play your game, and let the supporting cast contribute theirs. (Although Steve Smith, DeAngelo Williams and the O-line haven't been carrying their weight, either.)
Huge win from Tennessee, with nothing fluky about it. That said, the win did come at home over an injury-riddled football team. The Titans' holes are still present, although some encouraging signs were on display last Thursday night, like CJ2K's 100 plus yards from scrimmage. Covering the game from the set of NFL.com Live, my sense was that was more the product of lanes provided by the offensive line than Chris Johnson running hard. In fact, the key to the win was the time afforded to Matt Hasselbeck to pick the secondary apart when it mattered most.
The New Orleans Saints were off last week. Hopefully, offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. figured out a way to get Mark Ingram going during the bye. The quicker this team can get some production from the former first-round draft pick, the faster the Saints get back to respectability. The year New Orleans won the Super Bowl, one of the more underreported stories was the extra punch the ground attack gave Drew Brees all season. The entire operation cannot be on the Saints quarterback all the time.
If ever a head coach needed a win, it was Pat Shurmur last week. The Cleveland Browns got it done with some kids doing their part. Brandon Weeden didn't have huge numbers, but he was efficient in throwing two touchdown passes and averaging eight yards per attempt. Fellow rookie Josh Gordon scored a 71-yard touchdown with a brilliant, one-handed grab, and finished just three feet shy of a 100-yard game. And while the defense gave up a ton of yards, it prevailed in the all-important category of turnovers. Four takeaways will win almost 100 percent of the time in the NFL.
With the bye week in Jacksonville, head coach Mike Mularkey must have pored over 15 miles of game tape to figure out a way to get something from Laurent Robinson and Justin Blackmon outside. The latter has been targeted 33 times, and only caught 13 balls, for a paltry 119 yards. Of the wideouts who've been targeted that number of times, the closest guy to Blackmon has nearly twice as many yards ( Michael Jenkins, 202).
We're not dropping the Jaguars more than one spot, as they were on a bye. So despite the valiant effort by Carson Palmer and Co. on Sunday in Atlanta -- they almost did it -- we can't move up Oakland much. Exactly when the much-maligned secondary needed to compete at the end of the game, they predicable laid an egg, letting Matt Ryan complete two big passes to Tony Gonzalez with 18 ticks on the clock and setting up Matt Bryant for the game-winner. The Raiders have a winnable game on the sked next, with those struggling Jags coming to town. At 1-4, this team needs the Jags to come to town.
This is getting ugly very, very fast. Brady Quinn continued the underwhelming quarterback play, which isn't surprising. What is surprising is how the defense has been getting torched this season. Tampa Bay produced 463 yards of offense despite only having the ball for 26 minutes. That speaks to lots of big plays or "chunk" yardage, like Mike Williams' 62-yard touchdown catch. Or another 62-yard grab by Tiquan Underwood ( Tiquan Underwood?!). Or Doug Martin's 42-yard catch-and-run. Take your pick. Oh, and on the subject of picks, the Chiefs aren't getting enough of those, either -- at least not enough to make up for all the yards allowed.
Elliot Harrison is an analyst on NFL Network's NFL Fantasy Live show, weekdays at 1 p.m. ET and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. ET. Follow him on Twitter @Harrison_NFL

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Bob got a chicken emergency call the other night, and it wasn't a disease issue with a flock. It was one pet chicken. He explained the cost to the owner up front and she readily agreed.
This hen, named Louise, was three years old and perfectly tame. It stood or sat on the exam table without a squawk or flapping of wings. The owner, a young woman who owned a small backyard flock, smoothed the hen's feathers and talked to it.
The problem was an infected rear end. The cause was unknown and I will spare you the details, but it was gross. Bob wasn't sure he could save the hen, but he cleaned the wound, flushed it with saline, and gave antibiotics. He also put a mixture of honey and iodine in the cavity. Honey has antimicrobial benefits.
The hen recovered and her wound is healing nicely. She stayed overnight in the clinic and went home the next day.
A few days after I wrote the post above, I got this photo from the vet clinic:


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- Olga Ziemska SculptureThere are many artists who build sculptures out of organic materials, but few works are as impressive as those produced by Olga Ziemska. The Ohio-based sculptor uses natural materials, like reclaimed willow branches, salvaged birch logs, clay and plaster to create wonderful installations that comment on humanity's interaction with the natural world. As Ziemska explains on her website, she uses art as a tool to better understand the world.1
- Olga Ziemska SculptureIn Stillness In Motion, one of Ziemska's most impressive sculptures, Ziemska uses only cut willow branches and wire to depict the silhouette of a woman,2
- Olga Ziemska SculptureFlowing willow branches extend behind the shape of a woman.3
- Olga Ziemska SculptureZiemska's Heartwood Rabbit was part of a public art campaign celebrating the Chinese Lunar Year in Cleveland.4
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- Olga Ziemska Sculpture"Art allows us to question values, morals, philosophies, religions, science, physics, and our selves," explains Ziemska in her artist's statement, "giving us the tools to help understand and see further into the nature of the world that is above, below and in-between."7


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By using various modes of operation, engine gen-sets serve emergency needs while offering energy cost-cutting features.
Can you design an alternate power source to power an emergency system and an equipment system at a health facility while reducing electrical demand? The answer is a resounding "Yes." A recent renovation at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange, Ga. provides us a good example of such a design.
Early in the conceptual phase of the project, the hospital's representative involved the architect, consulting engineers, general contractor and subcontractors, and power company officials in the planning. The results speak for themselves; a project that fits the owner's needs, built on schedule, and on budget. The hospital's engineer, Richard Hutcheson, may have started a trend in the hospital industry in Georgia. As more hospitals face obsolete, inefficient, and difficult to maintain capital equipment, the West Georgia Medical Center's plant may become the envy of the industry. Lower energy bills, better dependability, and lower maintenance costs are powerful incentives. When the pay back measures a few years followed by decades of savings, the decision may already be made.
Code compliance issues. While renovating its essential electrical systems, the medical center had to meet the requirements of electrical construction and installation criteria of NFPA-70, Art. 517 (Health Care Facilities). It also had to comply with performance, maintenance, and testing criteria noted in NFPA-99 (Standard for Health Care Facilities). Both standards include a requirement for an alternate power source for serving essential electrical systems.
These systems included two separate networks: the emergency system and the equipment system. The former is for circuits essential to life safety and critical patient care (designated life safety branch and critical branch). The latter supplies power to major equipment (such as for areas with key HVAC needs) necessary for major patient care and basic hospital operation.
Humid summer days with temperatures above 95 DegrF are not infrequent in Georgia. And, a hospital suffering an extended power outage could get uncomfortable quickly. High indoor temperatures would cause patient discomfort and hamper infection control in operating rooms. Art. 517-34, (Equipment System Connection to Alternate Power Source) of NFPA-70 requires the control of temperature for heating in patient care areas. This usually means a control system, air handlers, and pumps.
The medical center's new environmental concerns for controlling temperature and humidity for cooling substantially increased its electrical load. This was in the form of large chiller motors and pump motors for the cooling tower. The facility needed an upgrade of its electrical system to handle the add itional loads. The upgrade resulted in additional engine gen-sets.
Two 1500kW gen-sets specified. At the beginning of our design process, we calculated the hospital's existing loads and estimated the future loads. The finding: The medical center needed at least 2000kW of generating capacity. We selected two engine generator manufacturers to secure price estimates and analyzed this pricing. We looked at two gen-sets at 1000kW each and compared that to two gen-sets at 1500kW each. We also looked at a third option: using three 1000kW units. The analysis (based on price per kW prime power and payback in years) showed the two 1500kW gen-set option as the most attractive.
Plans called for selling the existing engine gen-sets for salvage value. The new building (still under construction) had space available for a future (third) gen-set. This would allow for future growth and any possible rate structure changes benefiting the hospital. The manufactures of the gen-sets and intelligent switchgear specified had a good history of providing similar packages. They had to meet the delivery dates, or we would lose the first opportunity for installation during a planned curtailment of service. All the equipment fit together. The building and equipment were in place and ready to go when the time came.
Alternate power source details. The gen-sets each have an 1800-rpm, 12-cylinder diesel engine that powers a generator rated at 1500kW prime power at 480V.
We had the existing six automatic transfer switches (ATSs) (not shown in the figure because of space limitations) modified to meet new conditions. We installed a new ATS (ATS - EECP) for emergency equipment loads.
Personnel can remedy a single failed utility feeder at either the main building switchboards or the central energy plant switchboards by closing (after opening the failed utility breaker) the tie breaker located at the two ends of the two-part bus. Here, the facility may not need the gen-sets.
If both utility mains fail, then the voltage sensing equipment at the ATSs will signal the gen-sets to start. The mode of operation upon loss of utility power at both main building utility breakers (MUA and MUB) or at the central emergency plant breakers (CUC and CUD) follows:
Step 1: The two utility main breakers open, the tie breaker MTI (or CTI) closes, and the emergency main tie GMM (or GMC) closes to allow generator power to go to all the loads connected to the main building switchboard (or the central energy plant). All ATSs lock into emergency mode to provide power from the generator(s).
Step 2: The two gen-sets start upon signal. Both sets automatically and independently start, accelerate to rated frequency, and build up to rated voltage. The First Start sensing unit monitors this process. On finding a gen-set at 90% of rated voltage and frequency, they first disable the other unit from closing to the two-part emergency generator bus on emergency switchboard ES. Then the monitors close the gen-set to the ES bus.
There are priority one loads connected to each of the two sections of the ES bus. The 3000A emergency tie breaker (ETI) stays closed, keeping the two-part bus connected. Step 3: The priority controls prevent overloading of the emergency system's two-part bus by inhibiting operation of selected loads until each of the two gen-sets close to its own section of the two-part bus, or until actuation of a priority override switch.
Step 4: After the first gen-set closes to its side of the emergency bus, the control of the second gen-set switches to the synchronizer of the paralleling control system. This generator then synchronizes with the emergency bus and, at that time, connects to it. When the second generator is providing power to the two-part emergency bus, the priority control unit then allows the system to add further emergency loads to the bus. Each gen-set then assumes its proportional share of the total load on the two-part bus.
If one of the gen-sets fails to start, the system initiates another mode of operation. The overcrank time delay in the gen-set's control unit times out, and the unit shuts down. Also, an audible alarm activates. The priority control system prevents the lowest priority loads from being added to the two-part emergency bus (this being done without manual intervention).
If there's a failure of the synchronizing unit of a gen-set after a preset time delay, an alarm sounds but the unit will continue to attempt to synchronize until signaled to stop by manual intervention.
If there's failure of a gen-set, or if the two-part bus becomes overloaded, various modes of action take place. First, both the alarm lamp and horn activate. If the failure causes a bus overload, a load shed signal initiates load shedding of the emergency system, beginning with the lowest priority loads. If the closed two-part emergency bus does not return to proper frequency within a predetermined time, additional load shed signals generate.
Operation under load demand mode. There's also a load demand mode of operation to conserve fuel and extend the life of the gen-sets. With them running in a load demand mode to reduce energy charges (not emergency mode), the control microprocessor continually monitors the total load on the bus. If one gen-set can safely carry this load on the bus, the controller automatically shuts down one of the sets in an operator-established sequence. This allows the remaining unit on the closed two-part bus to operate closer at the gen-set's rated capacity. This mode reduces fuel consumption, injector fouling, and wear on the system.
Upon sensing the reaching of reserve capacity on the closed two-part bus, or on failure of the operating gen-set, the idle unit automatically starts, parallels, and assumes system load.
For the load demand mode of operation, the system has a locked back-panel-mounted Enable-Disable switch. Currently, this switch is in the OFF position. Should the utility have a need for power, both generators will start and run at prime power rating to allow export of power to the utility lines. However, emergency power requirements are always prioritized.
Return of utility power at both mains. With restoration of power to both utility main breakers (for either the main building or the central energy plant), there is a time delay for retransfer of power at the ATS to ensure the utility source is stable. After the time delay, the emergency generator bus synchronizes and connects to switchboards MSBA, MSBB, MSBC, and MSBD. Separate tie breakers connect the buses of the first two switchboards and those of the last two switchboards. In turn, these buses connect to the closed double bus of the emergency switchboard via the power feeder breakers GMM and GMC.
After a few minutes of power provided by the utility, the ATS "all start signals" are removed from the Master Totalizer Controller. The ATS then transfers the emergency load back to the normal source. The generator paralleling breakers (which connect the generators to either end of the two-part emergency bus) open, and the involved emergency main breaker (GMM or GMC), also opens, leaving the utility source to supply power to all the connected loads.
The gen-sets run unloaded for a cool down period. When the this time delay expires, the units shut down, and the system is again ready for operation.
Return to utility power at either main. When utility power returns to one of the two main building utility switchboards (MSBA or MSBB and MSBC or MSBC), there is a time delay for retransfer from generator power to utility power to ensure the utility source is stable. At this time the tie breaker connecting the two switchboards is still closed and the two utility breakers (MUA and MUB or CUC and CUD) are still open. After the time delay, the emergency generator bus synchronizes and connects to the live utility source through the live utility breaker (either MUA or MUB for the main building; CUC or CUD for the central energy plant), whichever is energized. The tie breaker connecting the two switchboards remains closed.
During closed transition of power, the load on the generators decreases automatically using generator loading controls. The paralleling breakers (which connect them to the two-part emergency bus) and the emergency main breaker (GMM or GMC) open, leaving the utility to supply power to all the connected loads.
The gen-sets then shut down after a short cool down period. Should the utility source fail during this period, the sequence of operation is as described under loss of utility power failure.
Peak shaving mode. To take advantage of the new utility rate, we developed a special peak shaving mode of operation. For this special mode, we made sure such operation would in no way interfere with the emergency mode of operation per NEC Sec. 517-30(b)(5) and Sec. 700-5(b).
The gen-sets receive a remote signal when placed in the peak shave mode, and both automatically and independently start. The units accelerate to rated frequency and build up to rated voltage. After the two gen-sets connect to both sides of the generator bus, this bus synchronizes and connects to the utility source bus through the emergency main breaker serving the central energy plant (GMC).
By using the VAR power factor controller and the engine governors, the load gradually ramps from the utility source to the gen-sets to a preset utility power import level or a maximum gen-set power level. The system continues to operate in this mode until the peak shave signal is removed or an alarm condition is experienced. Should the system lose utility power, the gen-sets automatically go into an emergency mode of operation.
Emergency mode is prioritized. To manually remove the gen-sets from peak shaving mode, personnel return the generator system test switch to the NORMAL position. With the peak shaving signal removed, the system initiates gradual unloading of the gen-sets to a sufficient load level. The emergency main breaker (GMC) and the gen-set paralleling breakers open. It then goes through a cool down period.
System NO LOAD test mode. With the system test switch placed in the NO LOAD position, both generators start and synchronize to the emergency bus, but both emergency bus breakers (GMM and GMC) stay open. Also, the ATS stays connected to the utility. This action results in no load being connected to the emergency bus. Returning the system test switch to NORMAL causes the gen-sets to open their breakers and go into cool down as described previously.
System ISOLATED test mode (closed transition). The purpose of this mode of operation is to carry out a full test of the emergency system via transferring the critical loads to the generators, isolating these loads from utility power. With the system test switch in the LOAD mode and the transfer mode switch (located in a control console adjacent to emergency switchboard ES) in the CLOSED position, the gen-sets automatically and independently start and accelerate to rated frequency and build up to rated voltage.
After both gen-sets connect to the generator bus, the bus synchronizes and connects to the utility source bus through the emergency main breaker (GMC) serving the central energy plant. Load then gradually ramps from the utility source to the gen-sets. When the utility's load reduces sufficiently, the system signals the utility breaker to open, leaving the generator system supplying power to the central energy plant loads. Returning the test switch to NORMAL causes the system to perform as described above in the system NO LOAD test mode.
Manual operation. Personnel can start the two units, adjust their frequency, and place them in parallel operation. The load transfer circuit breakers are also capable of manual control, when the selector switch is in the MANUAL position. Electrical interlocks ensure the utility and generator system sources can't be manually paralleled.
We coordinated and planned to develop the design and specifications. We had to modify the existing automatic transfer switches for use in the load shedding process, should one generator fail to run. Also, the interrupting capacities of the breakers had to include the fault current available from both sources, since operation is effectively closed-transition. Electronic metering allows the hospital engineer to meter all facets of the system from his desk-mounted computer, as well as at the main switchboards and emergency switchboard locations. In addition, we included some conventional meters on the emergency switchboard for running and testing the gen-sets.


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The always exciting BRC Late Model stock cars will be featured in their biggest event of the season at Grandview Speedway, the Firecracker 40, rewarding the winner with $2,000 plus bonus bucks from T.P. Trailers of Limerick. In addition, fans turning out for the popular 4th of July Weekend show on Saturday will see the NASCAR 358 Modifieds and Sportsman stock car racers in action. And topping the night will be the always impressive Holiday Fireworks show. In addition Late Model racer Kory Fleming and his Sleepy Hollow team will be giving away bicycles to four lucky youngsters.
Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m. and at the same time the fan favorite Low Down & Dirty Meet and Greet featuring Modified racer, a former champion, Terry Meitzler, Sportsman driver Brett Gilmore and Late Model talent Kory Fleming will take place giving fans a chance to meet the drivers, take photos and collect autographs and get an up close look at their race cars.
Coming off a string of impressive second place finishes young Dan Green has to be considered a strong threat to win the Firecracker 40, earning his first career victory in high style. However Randy Stoudt, looking to break the record for career Late Model feature wins, will be looking to add this big win to his impressive record. Multi-feature winner Sean Merkel and Wayne Pfeil will be in action, along with last week's winner, defending champion Jason Miller, six time Late Model titleholder Chuck Schutz, Rick Todorow, John Giesler and a host of others.
NASCAR Whelen Modified point leader Jeff Strunk will be looking to make it two wins in a row in the 358 Modified feature as he works toward his 10th track title. Duane Howard, Meme DeSantis, Craig VonDohren, Doug Manmiller, Mike Gular and a host of others will be looking to keep Strunk out of victory lane in the 30-lap main event.
And topping the racing action will be the Sportsman with tough to beat Jared Umbenhauer looking to get his seventh win of the season. Multi feature winner Brett Kressley will be challenging point leader Umbenhauer as will Craig Whitmoyer, Kenny Gilmore, Brian Hirthler and others.
At least 12 events of racing will be presented topped by the 40-lapper for Late Models, 30-lapper for Modifieds and a 25-lap main event for Sportsman.
Adult admission is $25 for this very popular fan favorite event while youngsters 6 thru 12 pay just $5 and kids under 6 are admitted free.
•••Racing returns to Big Diamond Speedway Friday with one of the biggest events of the year, the 34th running of the Georgie Stevenson Memorial. This year's version will see the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic DIRTcar Modifieds go 34 laps for $3,400 to win. There will also be a cash dash for the Modifieds, sponsored by Marks Service Center in Pottsville, that pays $300 to the winner. The cash dash is run in memory of Fran Pursell Sr. and Eddie Dee, two long-time competitors at the track. Along with the Modifieds will be the USS Achey Sportsman and Roadrunners, each competing in a full slate of qualifying and 20-lap feature events.
Last year's winner, Meme Desantis, will be looking to make it two in a row in this prestigious event, but as is the case each and every week at Big Diamond, the competition will make it very tough to repeat. Billy Pauch Jr., the 2011 winner of this race and winner three times this year at Big Diamond, will surely be one of the favorites, along with Jeff Strunk, Frank Cozze, Duane Howard and a host of others. Expect some invaders to show up and try to take home the cash, as American Racer tires will be legal for this event along with the Hoosier track tires.
This event is run annually in memory of Georgie Stevenson. Diagnosed with spinal cancer at age six, Stevenson was a young race fan who made quite an impact on many, many people before passing away much too soon following a six-year battle with the dreaded disease. Despite his own health issues, Stevenson helped raise money for ill children and adults and accomplished more in his 12 short years than most of us will in a lifetime. For information on Georgie Stevenson and the Georgie Stevenson Memorial Fund, visit www.georgiestevensonmemorial.webs.com.
Also included on this special evening will be the first ever 'Fan Fest' at Big Diamond Speedway. Held in the grandstand area of the track from 5:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., 'Fan Fest' will include complimentary hamburgers, hot dogs, and water to the fans while supplies last. There will be face painting and cotton candy for the kids, popular Roadrunner driver 'TJ the DJ' will be providing music for your listening pleasure, and lots of prizes will be given away to the fans. Many drivers will have their cars on display and will be available for an autograph session.
Adult general admission for this event will be $22.00 for adults. Students ages 13 to 17, seniors, and active military will be $20.00 (all with valid ID). Kids 12 and under, as always, are free.
•••There is no Friday night racing at Bridgeport, N.J., Speedway this week but there is Sunday night action. Included will be Poker Series #2 - 600cc & 270 cc Micro Sprints, 4 Cylinders, Sling Shots & Delaware Super Trucks. Gates open at 3 p.m. and racing starts at 5:30 p.m. in this special Sunday, July 6th event.
•••This Saturday, New Egypt Speedway will be celebrating 4th of July in a big way. For the second year in a row the annual Military Heroes 30 will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project with $2 from ticket sold being donated to the charity. Racing on Saturday night will be the 358 Modifieds, Crate Modifieds, and the NERS Sprints. Following the final feature of the night the Speedway will have its annual 4th of July fireworks display. There will be a silent auction set up in the picnic area featuring great items including a signed Brad Paisley CD; signed t-shirts from the World of Outlaw Sprint and USAC events at New Egypt; a signed Hoosier Tire banner from the Dirty Jersey event; signed sheet metal from drivers Neal Williams, Ryan Simmons, and Matt Budd; NASCAR collectables and much more. All proceeds from the silent auction will also go to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
The Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders Corrine and Michelle will be in attendance to meet and greet with the fans in the picnic area from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Fans will be able to get autographs and pictures with Corrine and Michelle who will be dressed in their game day gear. Also set up in the picnic area will be RC2U for the kids to take a spin behind the wheel on their RC car track. Sam's Club will be set up on the fan concourse offering military members a $20 welcome package when they sign up for a new club membership.
The first 50 children through the front gates will receive a goodie bag courtesy of Neal Williams and everyone in attendance will receive an American Flag. Pit gates will open at 3 pm, front gates will open at 4 pm, hot laps will begin at 5:15 pm, and the first green flag will wave at 6 pm. Adults are $20, seniors 65 and older are $18, teens 12-15 and active military and their spouses are $10, and children 11 and under are free.


text: As an undergraduate at the University of London's Institute of Archaeology, I was taught that archaeology was ultimately about "the mind behind the artifact." It was about the person who made the ancient object I happened to be studying. That perspective seemed easy enough when I contemplated the simple chipped stones that represent most of human prehistory. The minds responsible for those artifacts, I naively thought, must have been pretty simple. But when my studies advanced to the explosion of cave art, burial relics and complex tools that signaled the appearance of modern humans more than 30,000 years ago, I just could not understand how that new mind had come to be. What could account for the radical cognitive bloom? So I asked an instructor. His cheerful, rhetorical response was quintessentially British: "They became very smart?"


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By Deborah Howell
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts.
My assistant, Jean Hwang, and I have been examining Post coverage since Nov. 11 of last year on issues, voters, fundraising, the candidates' backgrounds and horse-race stories on tactics, strategy and consultants. We also have looked at photos and Page 1 stories since Obama captured the nomination June 4.
The count was lopsided, with 1,295 horse-race stories and 594 issues stories. The Post was deficient in stories that reported more than the two candidates trading jabs; readers needed articles, going back to the primaries, comparing their positions with outside experts' views. There were no broad stories on energy or science policy, and there were few on religion issues.
Bill Hamilton, assistant managing editor for politics, said, "There are a lot of things I wish we'd been able to do in covering this campaign, but we had to make choices about what we felt we were uniquely able to provide our audiences both in Washington and on the Web. I don't at all discount the importance of issues, but we had a larger purpose, to convey and explain a campaign that our own David Broder described as the most exciting he has ever covered, a narrative that unfolded until the very end. I think our staff rose to the occasion."
The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces about McCain, 58, than there were about Obama, 32, and Obama got the editorial board's endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain.
Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Reporters, photographers and editors found the candidacy of Obama, the first African American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic. Journalists love the new; McCain, 25 years older than Obama, was already well known and had more scars from his longer career in politics.
The number of Obama stories since Nov. 11 was 946, compared with McCain's 786. Both had hard-fought primary campaigns, but Obama's battle with Hillary Rodham Clinton was longer, and the numbers reflect that.
McCain clinched the GOP nomination on March 4, three months before Obama won his. From June 4 to Election Day, the tally was Obama, 626 stories, and McCain, 584. Obama was on the front page 176 times, McCain, 144 times; 41 stories featured both.
Our survey results are comparable to figures for the national news media from a study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism. It found that from June 9, when Clinton dropped out of the race, until Nov. 2, 66 percent of the campaign stories were about Obama compared with 53 percent for McCain; some stories featured both. The project also calculated that in that time, 57 percent of the stories were about the horse race and 13 percent were about issues.
Counting from June 4, Obama was in 311 Post photos and McCain in 282. Obama led in most categories. Obama led 133 to 121 in pictures more than three columns wide, 178 to 161 in smaller pictures, and 164 to 133 in color photos. In black and white photos, the nominees were about even, with McCain at 149 and Obama at 147. On Page 1, they were even at 26 each. Post photo and news editors were surprised by my first count on Aug. 3, which showed a much wider disparity, and made a more conscious effort at balance afterward.
Some readers complain that coverage is too poll-driven. They're right, but it's not going to change. The Post's polling was on the mark, and in some cases ahead of the curve, in focusing on independent voters, racial attitudes, low-wage voters, the shift of African Americans' support from Clinton to Obama and the rising importance of economic issues. The Post and its polling partner ABC News include 50 to 60 issues questions in every survey instead of just horse-race questions, so public attitudes were plumbed as well.
The Post had a hard-working team on the campaign. Special praise goes to Dan Balz, the best, most level-headed, incisive political reporter and analyst in newspapers. His stories and "Dan Balz's Take" on washingtonpost.com were fair, penetrating and on the mark. His mentor, David S. Broder, was as sharp as ever.
Michael Dobbs, the Fact Checker, also deserves praise for parsing campaign rhetoric for the overblown or just flat wrong. Howard Kurtz's Ad Watch was a sharp reality check.
The Post's biographical pieces, especially the first ones -- McCain by Michael Leahy and Obama by David Maraniss -- were compelling. Maraniss demystified Obama's growing-up years; the piece on his mother and grandparents was a great read. Leahy's first piece on McCain's father and grandfather, both admirals, told me where McCain got his maverick ways as a kid -- right from the two old men.
But Obama deserved tougher scrutiny than he got, especially of his undergraduate years, his start in Chicago and his relationship with Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who was convicted this year of influence-peddling in Chicago. The Post did nothing on Obama's acknowledged drug use as a teenager.
The Post had good coverage of voters, mainly by Krissah Williams Thompson and Kevin Merida. Anne Hull's stories from Florida, Michigan and Liberty University, and Wil Haygood's story from central Montana brought readers into voters' lives. Jose Antonio Vargas's pieces about campaigns and the Internet were standouts.
One gaping hole in coverage involved Joe Biden, Obama's running mate. When Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated for vice president, reporters were booking the next flight to Alaska. Some readers thought The Post went over Palin with a fine-tooth comb and neglected Biden. They are right; it was a serious omission. However, I do not agree with those readers who thought The Post did only hatchet jobs on her. There were several good stories on her, the best on page 1 by Sally Jenkins on how Palin grew up in Alaska.
In early coverage, I wasn't a big fan of the long-running series called "The Gurus" on consultants and important people in the campaigns. The Post has always prided itself on its political coverage, and profiles of the top dogs were probably well read by political junkies. But I thought the series was of no practical use to readers. While there were some interesting pieces in The Frontrunners series, none of them told me anything about where the candidates stood on any issue.
Deborah Howell can be reached at 202-334-7582 or email@example.com.
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The most dominant engine of that era is arguably the BMW M12/M13 motor. What makes this engine special is not just the insane horsepower or championships it is that it was based on a production M10 four-cylinder iron block. This block first entered production in 1962 and would continue to be produced until the late 80's. Even after turbo motors were banned from F1 in 1989 the M10 block would still be used by various teams in various Motorsports to great success. That is what you call a legendary engine design and one of the many reasons BMW has earned the reputation as one of the world's best engine builders.
The M12/M13 is the most powerful four-cylinder ever produced by BMW. How much peak power it actually hit we will never know as there was no accurate way to measure the output. Not to mention boost was pushed to whatever level teams thought they could get away with in qualifying so rumors of 1800+ horsepower in qualifying trim are not far from the truth. Whatever the power output actually was this little 1.5 liter saw outputs ranging from 740 horsepower to 1500+ throughout its years in Formula 1.
The rpm achieved was 11,500. The new F1 motors for the 2014 season rev to 15,000 rpm. They also offer up a similar displacement at 1.6 liters although from six cylinders instead of four. They also are direct injected versus the port fuel injection of the 80's. Boost is limited to about 3.5 bar (50.7 psi) by the fuel flow rate for 2014 although there is not an official boost cap. The 80's M12/M13 saw over 5.5 BAR (79.7 psi) in qualifying and boost had to be capped at 4 BAR (58 psi) in 1987 due to fears power was getting out of control.
How much horsepower the new Formula 1 motors put out will have to be seen but it is safe to say with regulations limiting boost, fuel amounts, and fuel flow rates the new engines will not even approach the power levels seen in the 80's. When BMW was allowed to run wild they made so much power the motors ended up being banned from Formula 1 competition. That is perhaps the greatest compliment to the M12/M13 engine's prowess as any.


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FRIDAY, Sept. 21, 2012 (HealthDay News) -- When people sign their name at the top of a form, they are more likely to fill it out honestly than if they sign at the bottom after it's complete, new research shows.
This suggests that when people sign their name and vouch for the accuracy of the information, their sense of morals is activated, the researchers from the University of Toronto explained. As a result, it is more difficult for them to cheat.
"Based on our previous research we knew that an honor code is useful, but we were wondering how much the location mattered," Nina Mazar, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, said in a university news release.
To investigate this issue, the study authors conducted an analysis of more than 13,000 car insurance policy forms involving 20,000 cars. They found customers who signed the form at the top reported nearly 2,500 miles more usage than those who signed at the bottom. This amounts to a discrepancy of at least $48 per car in annual insurance premiums.
Signing a form at the top first triggers people's self-awareness, making it harder for them to avoid facing their own dishonest behavior, the researchers explained. They noted, however, that people who already know they are going to be honest will be unaffected by when or where they sign their name.
"There are so many temptations around us," Mazar noted. "Sometimes we do give in."
The paper was published online and in the Sept. 18 print issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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The new Macan S joins the new Macan as the latest addition to the Porsche range. The new Macan range introduces a refreshed style to the overall exterior design, greater interior comfort and increased connectivity.
The Macan S is equipped with a newly-developed 3.0-litre V6 turbo engine, which produces 354 PS (260 kW) and has a maximum torque of 480 Nm, representing an increase of 14 PS (10 kW) and 20 Nm compared with the previous model.
The driving dynamics of the Macan remain the primary focus and the revised chassis intends to further optimise the responsiveness and comfort levels. As is typical for a sports car, it comes with mixed-size tyres front: rear, enabling the driver to take full advantage of the handling benefits of the intelligent all-wheel drive Porsche Traction Management (PTM) system which in turn has also been further revised.
Naturally, the new Macan S shares all the product innovations of the latest generation Macan. These include the distinctive LED light-bar across the rear and the new, fully networked Porsche Communication Management system with a 10.9-inch touchscreen.
Please contact our Centre to discover more about the new Macan S.
Official fuel economy figures for the new Porsche Macan S in mpg: Urban 25.0, Extra Urban 37.7, Combined 31.7. CO2 emissions: 204 g/km.
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I really enjoy this tea. I like black Darjeeling, but I find it can be a bit temperamental. I also don't drink much black tea. I like my tea a bit lighter and subtle. That being said, I've really found Darjeeling to have this great fruity character. I enjoy that naturally sweet taste in my tea, especially when there isn't actually fruit involved. So, I was really interested to try Adagio's Darjeeling Oolong.
It really is a mix between Black Darjeeling and an Oriental Beauty. It has the strong, rewarding taste of a Black Darjeeling but more balanced like oolongs. Similar to Oriental Beauty, I think it's best brew in quick, small steeps with lots of tea. I put about 2 tbsp of tea in a small glass Yixing style pot that holds no more than 4 oz. I steep for a very short time, maybe 20-30 seconds. Otherwise the taste can become bitter.
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Medal of Merit. Has performed an act of service of a rare or exceptional character that reflects an uncommon degree of concern for the well-being of others.
National Certificate of Merit. Has performed a significant act of service that is deserving of national recognition. Note: If the action is deserving of merit but does not qualify for a national award, the Scout may be eligible for the Local Council Certificate of Merit.
Local Council Certificate of Merit. The situation does not meet the criteria for a National Court of Honor award but the act is deserving of recognition. The case is not extraordinary, did not call for unusual skill and was not exceptional in nature but was of outstanding service and did reflect the high ideals of Scouting.
Skill is defined as the ability to use one's knowledge effectively in execution or performance.
Special attention is given to skills earned in Scouting.
Nomination for Lifesaving or Meritorious Award http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/LifesavingAward.pdf


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Goji Berry and Coconut Oatmeal Bake
I have an abundance of goji berries right now. I accidently grabbed the goji berry bag at the grocery store, instead of the mulberries. I didn't notice until I came home and found the exact same bag in my pantry. So, here's a Goji Berry and Coconut Oatmeal recipe. If you don't have goji berries, substitute any other dried fruit — cranberries, blueberries, diced apricots, or even raisins.
This healthy baked oatmeal smells divine as it bakes up — a perfect comfort food breakfast for a wintry morning. It's great for brunch or a crowd of people too, just double the recipe. Bake it up the night before; then just reheat in the morning. Or, use it throughout the week, reheating portions as needed. It's also great for on-the-go, since they slice easily into squares.


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Well, here's a bit of irony. Check out the logo used by Fox News during a recent interview with Texas Governer Rick Perry about immigration. It sure looks similar to the BioShock Infinite logo, right?
BioShock Infinite, as you might know, features racist zealots who live on a floating city called Columbia. They worship the founding fathers, and they're not so big on immigration. Kind of sounds familiar, no?
Last year, the Tea Party used an image from BioShock Infinite meant to satirise conservative groups like the Tea Party, and this more recent thing by Fox News kind of falls under the same trap.
Even BioShock creator Ken Levine seems to think the Fox logo looks similar.
"Glad to help, Fox," Levine, tweeted yesterday. "Glad to help."
RT @John_Locke_N7: @IGLevine So fox &friends is using bioshock infinite logo. Isn't that copyright? http://t.co/5PR8BRX6B0 —It's irony.
— Ken Levine (@IGLevine) July 2, 2014
Here's the original BioShock Infinite logo, for comparison's sake:


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Guest poem submitted by Anustup Datta
(Poem #269) How do I love thee?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
This poem was recently chosen the greatest love poem of all time in a large readers' poll - not surprisingly, it has found place in nearly all large anthologies. It formed part of the Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese", written in her Italian days at the Casa Guidi. It is addressed to her husband, who used to call her 'My little Portuguese" as she was dark. I was recently reminded of this poem while watching a re-run of 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' with Lawrence Olivier and Greer Garson in the lead - marvellous performances in a marvellous play. I think this is the epitome of the love poem - the heart pours out its emotions in every word. I love the way in which the simple words echo when one reads it aloud, and lines 9-12 are simply sublime. Also, I feel that the conventional sonnet form has an intrinsic power that lends itself to intense outbursts of emotion - for instance, Shakespeare's "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" or Keats' "On first looking into Chapman's Homer". But notice how here the form is subservient to the emotion - one is actually surprised to note how effortlessly the scansion moves. All in all, a simply marvellous poem. Anustup. [Minstrels Links] Both the othe sonnets mentioned have been covered on this list. 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer' is at poem #12, while 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day' (Sonnet XVIII) is at poem #71. [Biography] Elizabeth Barrett, an English poet of the Romantic Movement, was born in 1806 at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, England. The oldest of twelve children, Elizabeth was the first in her family born in England in over two hundred years. For centuries, the Barrett family, who were part Creole, had lived in Jamaica, where they owned sugar plantations and relied on slave labor. Elizabeth's father, Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett, chose to raise his family in England, while his fortune grew in Jamaica. Educated at home, Elizabeth apparently had read passages from Paradise Lost and a number of Shakespearean plays, among other great works, before the age of ten. By her twelfth year she had written her first "epic" poem, which consisted of four books of rhyming couplets. Two years later, Elizabeth developed a lung ailment that plagued her for the rest of her life. Doctors began treating her with morphine, which she would take until her death. While saddling a pony when she was fifteen, Elizabeth also suffered a spinal injury. Despite her ailments, her education continued to flourish. Throughout her teenage years, Elizabeth taught herself Hebrew so that she could read the Old Testament; her interests later turned to Greek studies. Accompanying her appetite for the classics was a passionate enthusiasm for her Christian faith. She became active in the Bible and Missionary Societies of her church. In 1826 Elizabeth anonymously published her collection An Essay on Mind and Other Poems. Two years later, her mother passed away. The slow abolition of slavery in England and mismanagement of the plantations depleted the Barrett's income, and in 1832, Elizabeth's father sold his rural estate at a public auction. He moved his family to a coastal town and rented cottages for the next three years, before settling permanently in London. While living on the sea coast, Elizabeth published her translation of Prometheus Bound (1833), by the Greek dramatist Aeschylus. Gaining notoriety for her work in the 1830's, Elizabeth continued to live in her father's London house under his tyrannical rule. He began sending Elizabeth's younger siblings to Jamaica to help with the family's estates. Elizabeth bitterly opposed slavery and did not want her siblings sent away. During this time, she wrote The Seraphim and Other Poems (1838), expressing Christian sentiments in the form of classical Greek tragedy. Due to her weakening disposition she was forced to spend a year at the sea of Torquay accompanied by her brother Edward, whom she referred to as "Bro." He drowned later that year while sailing at Torquay and Elizabeth returned home emotionally broken, becoming an invalid and a recluse. She spent the next five years in her bedroom at her father's home. She continued writing, however, and in 1844 produced a collection entitled simply Poems. This volume gained the attention of poet Robert Browning, whose work Elizabeth had praised in one of her poems, and he wrote her a letter. Elizabeth and Robert, who was six years her junior, exchanged 574 letters over the next twenty months. Immortalized in 1930 in the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street, by Rudolf Besier (1878-1942), their romance was bitterly opposed by her father, who did not want any of his children to marry. In 1846, the couple eloped and settled in Florence, Italy, where Elizabeth's health improved and she bore a son, Robert Wideman Browning. Her father never spoke to her again. Elizabeth's Sonnets from the Portuguese, dedicated to her husband and written in secret before her marriage, was published in 1850. Critics generally consider the Sonnets--one of the most widely known collections of love lyrics in English--to be her best work. Admirers have compared her imagery to Shakespeare and her use of the Italian form to Petrarch. Political and social themes embody Elizabeth's later work. She expressed her intense sympathy for the struggle for the unification of Italy in Casa Guidi Windows (1848-51) and Poems Before Congress (1860). In 1857 Browning published her verse novel Aurora Leigh, which portrays male domination of a woman. In her poetry she also addressed the oppression of the Italians by the Austrians, the child labor mines and mills of England, and slavery, among other social injustices. Although this decreased her popularity, Elizabeth was heard and recognized around Europe. Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in Florence on June 29, 1861.


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