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Milkweed Seed Finder
Please use the drop-down menus below to search for seed sources by species and/or state. You can also review the map to ensure you aren't missing out on any vendors just across a state line from you! Below the search function, you can read more about finding and selecting the milkweed seed that is right for your area.
Before using the Milkweed Seed Finder, please note that:
- Milkweed seed is currently unavailable in several areas of the country. If you do not receive any results when you search by state, we have not learned of any milkweed vendors located there. Please search other states in your region for vendors who may carry local ecotype seed that is appropriate for planting in your area.
- A seed vendor's physical address does not always reflect the origin of the seed that they carry. Please always ask vendors for information about seed origin and try to plant seed that is as locally sourced as possible.
- Some of the vendors listed are wholesale only and require a minimum order amount.
- In most parts of the country, it is best to plant milkweed seed in the fall; however spring planting is possible in some areas. Please ask your regional seed vendor for planting recommendations.
Search For Native Milkweed Seed
Milkweed Availability and the Nursery IndustryAt present, nearly 40 milkweed species are available as seed to varying degrees, although availability varies widely by region. Through Project Milkweed, we have been working to change this in several states, but notable gaps in availability remain.
In addition to seed, several nurseries also sell milkweed transplants ("plugs"). Please ask your regional vendors about availability. For regional lists of native plant nurseries, visit our Pollinator Conservation Resource Center.
Species SelectionWe encourage you to only plant milkweed species that are native to your area. The Biota of North America Program's (BONAP) web-based North American Plant Atlas provides county-level distribution information for all Asclepias species in the lower 48 states (milkweeds are not native to Alaska and Hawaii). Please refer to BONAP's map color key for detailed information, and note that dark green indicates that the species is present within the state, while bright green shows that the species is documented to occur in that specific county. However, these maps do not convey the abundance of the species within each county.
For recommendations of which species to plant on a regional basis please download this fact sheet by the Monarch Joint Venture.
Three Asclepias species have been introduced to the United States: tropical milkweed (A. curassavica), African milkweed (A. fruticosa), and swan or balloon plant (A. physocarpa). Of these, tropical milkweed (also called blood flower or scarlet milkweed) is the most widely available from commercial sources. However, there is preliminary evidence that where tropical milkweed has been introduced, its presence may cause monarchs to reproduce outside of their regular breeding season, disrupt monarchs' migratory cycle, and increase transmission and virulence of the protozoan parasite (Ophryocystis elektroscirrha). Thus, some monarch scientists are concerned that the planting of tropical milkweed may lead to negative impacts on monarch health. For more information on this topic, please download this fact sheet by the Monarch Joint Venture or read this Q&A, also from the Monarch Joint Venture, about research related to tropical milkweed and monarch parasites.


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As the year is almost coming to an end, so is our competition season. And what better place to play the last tournament of the year than a warm island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea? That being said, we packed our bags once again and headed for Mallorca.
The tournament took place in the tourist resort of Can Picafort, from 15th to 22nd of November. The venue was the 3 star hotel Ferrer Concord, the "oldest" of the Ferrer Hotels group. Situated right across the beach, with pool, jacuzzi and sauna inside the hotel and access to the group's gym and spa in the Janeiro Ferrer Hotel, we can say that our hosts did everything they could to make our stay as pleasant as possible.
The organizers seem to have thought about everything, as most of the rounds started at 8 o'clock… in the evening! This gave us plenty of time to visit, take some sun and, of course, enjoy the gym and relaxing spa.… Read more "Open Can Picafort"
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Busting Out For Breast Cancer is a family friedly, non-competitive pledge based community fitness event that rasies money to support the Canadian Cancer Society; which helps raise valuable funds in support of Brest Cancer research. Busting Out For Cancer is an oppourtunity to participate in fun, physical activities such as, Zumba, Yoga, Cross Fit, Boot Camp & Cross Fit for Kids.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Educator Jerome Harste cautions teachers that a final presentation isn't where inquiry should truly end. Instead, he says, "Where inquiry ought to end is on reflection and thinking about what kinds of social action we might take -- that is, now that we have this understanding, what does that mean for how we position ourselves in the world? I don't want inquiry to just be sort of an academic study. I want it to actually interact and affect the world, and I want students who can do that too." Educators Richard Beach and Jamie Myers also see an inquiry's natural end as "transformation," or "revising meanings, changing action, constructing more desirable identities, relationships, and values."
Reflection on the inquiry, which should take place throughout the process as well as at the end, is an essential step in making an inquiry more than just an academic exercise. When students are taught to reflect frequently as a matter of course on the learning they are engaged in, they begin to have more control over their own learning processes. They begin to develop sophisticated thought patterns and are better able to apply what they have learned in new situations. Reflecting helps them see what they did in a particular inquiry not as an isolated event, but as a way of thinking that is helpful in any problem-solving or information-gathering situation.
One way to ensure that reflection happens regularly is to have students keep journals throughout the process. In these journals, they can reflect, perhaps at the end of each day, on what they have done, why they did it, what worked and what didn't, and what the experience was like for them in general. Harste calls this kind of journal an "auditor of how your thinking has evolved." It is a metacognitive step that is essential if students are to apply what they have learned elsewhere. Students should also be encouraged to share this kind of reflection with one another.
The hope is that reflection will help transform and empower students, and spur them to further action. Some students may decide to take an active stance for change in the outside world, initiating social action against or in favor of some proposed change in their community or school. For other students, the transformation may be more internal, perhaps resulting in a formerly quiet or passive student becoming an active, vital member of the class.
The act of reflection can lead to great self-discovery for students, but it is an aspect of the learning process that is often given short shrift by teachers pressed for time or pressured by standardized tests. While an inquiry can take weeks to complete, student engagement is often so deep and intense that although the teacher might not be able to cover a vast range of material, students are sill transformed by the experience. Many students, when doing inquiry learning for the first time, have enthusiastically reflected that "school has never been like this before." Many see, for the first time, how school might be relevant to their real lives.
Teachers considering embarking on an inquiry often wonder how the work of such a project addresses the demands of the ELA standards and standardized testing. One answer to this is that an inquiry can be so rich, and demand so much of students, that they naturally address every standard as they go through the process. They must read a great number and variety of texts; write in a variety of forms, often for a variety of audiences; practice speaking and listening in the context of peer- and large-group discussions that take place daily; and address standards of research and media literacy through Internet and other types of research. A glance at the standards included at the end of this section should reassure teachers how thoroughly a well-structured inquiry can address them.
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DIAMOND BAR >> Two of the largest car battery recycling facilities in the nation have been ordered to reduce their emissions of toxic air contaminants within the next several months or face production slowdowns or even shutdowns.
By a 10-0 vote, the governing board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District approved what is being called the strictest regulation for lead-acid battery recyclers and lead smelting plants in the world. The four-county anti-pollution district said the new regulation will reduce the risk of cancer for a large swath of residents living in an area from West Covina to Palos Verdes.
The measure affects Exide Technologies in Vernon and Quemetco Inc. in Industry just north of Hacienda Heights.
More than 325 people jammed the SCAQMD auditorium Friday, with dozens from the communities of Avocado Heights, Maywood, Bell, Cudahy and Boyle Heights speaking in favor of the new rule. Most were concerned about the emissions from the Exide plant. Many said the company should be shut down.
"We've heard your stories and they have touched our hearts. That's why we will make requirements for lead emissions more stringent," said SCAQMD board member Judith Mitchell, mayor of Rolling Hills Estates.
The board also set in motion additional regulations that address lead in the air and also in the dirt surrounding lead smelting plants. This comes on the heels of a December report from the state Department of Toxic and Substances Control of elevated lead levels in the surface dust and soil around the plant. The DTSC report called the finding "an immediate threat to human health."
Lead at certain levels can interfere with a host of organs, including the heart and the nervous system. In children, who are more susceptible, lead exposure through inhalation or ingestion can lead to cognitive disorders, cause immune problems, and prevent the proper development of bones and teeth.
The issue rose to the surface about a year ago when arsenic emissions from the Exide plant in Vernon spiked the cancer risk to about 110,000 residents of southeast Los Angeles County.
"Exide has the highest cancer burden of any of these plants, some 20 times higher than those regulated under Rule 1420 and the most cancer cases for any such facility (in the air basin)," said Susan Nakamura, SCAQMD director of strategic initiatives.
The air district's new measure was a result of the rise in the cancer risk due to Exide. Both Exide and Quemetco will have to reduce their emissions of arsenic, benzene and 1,3-butadiene in several increments over the next year, Atwood said.
John Hogarth, Exide plant manager, said the company believes it can meet the arsenic emission reductions, which the SCAQMD said would be about 95 percent. But it will need more time to reduce emissions of the other toxic compounds, he said.
"We feel we can meet that as well but it is the speed at which it is moving that we are concerned about," he said.
The company has applied for a permit to install extra scrubbers and other controls to collect toxic emissions before they slip through the smokestack and into the air, he said. That will cost the company about $11 million, Hogarth said. The SCAQMD estimates the new rule will cost about $1.83 million annually.
On Wednesday night, Exide received its third violation in 12 months for exceeding levels of lead emissions tested at an outdoor monitor, Atwood said. The company was forced to curtail production by 15 percent in order to ratchet down toxic air emissions, he said.
Exide's plant recycles 25,000 car batteries a day, about 8 million a year, according to data the company provided. Old batteries are recycled, the lead is smelted and new products are produced.
Hogarth said the company has cut back on lead smelting activities and is working on reducing its lead emissions. The company does not support the SCAQMD's plan to eventually require total lead emission rates lower than those set by the federal government, which is now 0.045 pounds her hour.
Quemetco asked the district to construct the new rule and lower the lead point source emission rate from 0.045 pounds per hour to 0.003 pounds per hour. The SCAQMD believes Quemetco currently meets the lower rate for lead.
But in a November source emissions test, Quemetco showed levels of arsenic, benzene and 1,3-butadiene emissions about three times higher than the rule limit, according to the SCAQMD. Quemetco was ordered to perform a health risk assessment on Dec. 10, which has not yet been completed.
However, the SCAQMD said due to more advanced pollution-control equipment, it believes Quemetco can meet the new limits for these chemical emissions.


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MALDEN, Mass. – Led by a seven inning two hit showing from righty Will Barrack (Lancaster, Va.) baseball (10-8) notched their second win of the week as they handed Framingham State University (11-9) a 9-3 non-conference loss Tuesday evening at Malden Catholic.
Barrack who earned his first win of the year in Tuesday's contest retired a total of eight batters to help the Beacons avenge their previous losses to the Rams. The 6'5" righty allowed just one walk and scattered two singles in his seven innings of work.
As a team the Beacons combined for 13 hits, with Mark McCormack (Shelton, Conn.) going 4-for-6 with a run scored. Sophomore Jamill Moquette (Boston, Mass.) wasted little time getting back into his groove as he crushed two doubles as well as accounting for three runs scored.
Charles LaPaglia (Marshfield, Mass.) also had a big game for UMass as he drove in two runs on three hits, while also touching home plate twice. On the base paths the Beacons were aggressive all night totaling five stolen bases.
For Framingham State their lone extra-base hit came in the bottom of the eighth which scored all three runs. Pedro Acevedo who was red-hot the last time the two squads met was held to just two hits on the night.
Looking to build some early momentum, the Beacons started the evening off with a single from McCormack and a double from Moquette. Matt Consiglio (Southbury, Conn.) would drive the first run of the night across home plate on a sacrifice fly. LaPaglia gave the Beacons their second run of the opening inning on his RBI single, which scored Moquette. After a Mike Mattei (Spencer, Mass.) singled to put runners on first and third, catcher Jack DeBiase (Prospect, Conn.) drove home the final run of the inning on a single to center field.
Barrack also had a strong first inning as he struck out his first batter, while getting the third to ground into a double play to make it a 1-2-3 inning.
After a scoreless top of the second, Barrack would return to the hill and continued to roll as he struck out three of the four batters he faced, while allowing his second and final hit of the night for the sophomore.
The strong showing by Barrack would allow the Beacons the window they needed as they put up two more runs in the third and fourth innings. Neither team would touch home plate over the next three frames, but in the top of the eighth UMass tacked on their final two runs of the evening in the form of a Mattei RBI single and a DeBiase hit that would score Kyle Thebado (Marlborough, Mass.).
Framingham State ended the Beacons shutout bid in the bottom of the eighth, but their late rally was too little too late as freshman Steve Roche (Worcester, Mass.) closed out the ninth with a pair of strikeouts to give UMass their 10th win of the season.
Baseball returns to action today when they travel to Western New England University for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference game. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Waltham but do to field availability issues the game was moved to Western New England.


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"A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon" (Song of Solomon 4:15).
There are eight verses in the Bible with the phrase "living water": four in the Old Testament, four in the New. All beautifully describe a spiritual truth under the figure of a flowing stream of refreshing water.
The first of these (in our text above) is a portion of the description of the lovely character of a bride as seen by her coming bridegroom, almost certainly symbolic of the Lord and His people. But then, through the prophet, God laments that "my people . . . have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water" (Jeremiah 2:13). "They have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters" (Jeremiah 17:13). One day they shall return, however, and Zechariah prophesies that "living waters shall go out from Jerusalem. . . . And the Lord shall be king over all the earth" (Zechariah 14:8-9).
In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus appropriated this metaphor to Himself as He spoke to a woman of Samaria: "If thou knewest the gift of God . . . He would have given thee living water" (John 4:10; see also v.11). "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14). Later in Jerusalem He cried out to all, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said |referring, no doubt, to the above Old Testament passages|, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:37-38). Then, in the last book of the Bible is found a special promise for those who die for the Lord's sake. "|He| shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes" (Revelation 7:17). HMM


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Lochinvar Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency boilers and water heaters, once again demonstrates its ongoing commitment to research and development with the introduction of the new SYNC Condensing Boiler with an advanced touchscreen control system (SMART TOUCH). SYNC combines stainless steel heat exchanger technology with modulating/condensing combustion to deliver thermal efficiency as high as 98 percent. With models producing 1.0, 1.3 and 1.5 million BTU/hr inputs, low NOx operation and 10:1 turndown, SYNC serves a wide range of commercial applications, offering cutting-edge green technology for today's building owners and facility managers.
The SYNC Boiler raises the bar with SMART TOUCH, touchscreen technology that puts total operational control at your fingertips. SMART TOUCH makes it easier than ever to set up a perfectly synchronized green system and allows access to a complete onboard database of real-time operations data and performance history. Equipped with a built-in cascading sequencer for up to eight boilers, the superior control system allows SYNC to deliver up to 12 million BTU/hr heating capacity.
In addition, SMART TOUCH provides full system integration with Modbus communication protocol, as well as the ability to connect with optional SYNC PC software to download and track historical data, including faults, trends and energy consumption. Other standard SMART TOUCH control features include outdoor reset, three pump control, night setback, hot water generator compatibility and password security.
To ensure easy handling on the jobsite, the new SYNC Condensing Boiler features a space-saving footprint and a direct-vent design with intake and exhaust runs up to 100 feet. At 58-inches tall and 31-inches wide, the compact SYNC Boiler easily fits through a standard doorway and offers zero clearance to combustibles. Featuring an ASME stainless steel heat exchanger, SYNC is remarkably lightweight compared to other boilers in its class. With lift-off front and top service panels, SYNC provides easy access to internal components and electrical connections for simplified maintenance.
The innovative design of the new SYNC Condensing Boiler, coupled with its state-of-the-art touchscreen technology, sets a new standard for excellence in the industry. As a testament to the company's dedication to quality products, Lochinvar offers an exclusive 10-year limited warranty on the SYNC Boiler.


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Survey shows Aucklanders don't think it's a good time to buy a home, but mood in regions remains buoyant.
Only 8 per cent of Aucklanders think it is a good time to buy a house, compared with 33 per cent of people in the rest of the North Island, says a nationwide housing confidence study.
Confidence has fallen steadily in the city this year - by 4 per cent in each of the past two quarters - while the rest of the country has been showing increased confidence.
But economists say a lack of housing and low interest rates could drive nationwide house prices up by another 4 per cent next year.
The ACNielsen survey of 2650 people throughout country, commissioned by the ASB Bank, showed confidence in earthquake-stricken Christchurch was even lower in the three months to October, with 1 per cent saying it was a good time to buy.
A third of people in the North Island, not including Auckland, said it was a good time to buy - the same figure as the previous period - while nationwide, housing confidence had crept up by one point to 23 per cent.
Real Estate Institute chief executive Helen O'Sullivan said rising property prices in Auckland and unemployment figures would be giving potential buyers cause for concern.
But buyers shouldn't be discouraged, O'Sullivan said.
"The time to buy a house is the time that works for you. Market conditions shouldn't be the big driver for you. Obviously market conditions are going to set what you can buy, when you're ready to buy but really the decision about buying a house has to be based on your own financial circumstances and the reasons why you're buying a house.
"I think it's really important not to get caught up in hype about the market, to just buy on the basis of the fundamentals - Why are you buying it? Can you afford it?"
ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley said the figures reflected the tight conditions in the Auckland market, where the average house price is $530,000.
"Levels of new listings and housing inventory have remained low in the region, and clearly that is making it difficult from a buyer's perspective.
"Housing demand is unlikely to drop off, with intensifying expectation that interest rates will remain at low levels."
More than 40 per cent of respondents said they expected interest rates to remain on hold over the next 12 months - the highest proportion since 1999.
"The broadening belief that interest rates will remain low could further fuel interest in entering the market," Tuffley said. He expected the state of the housing market to rule out interest rate cuts in the near future.
"Supply constraints and the low interest rate environment should drive further growth in house prices of around 4 per cent next year on a nationwide basis."
Price expectations were high throughout the country, with 61 per cent of people in Auckland believing house prices will increase over the next 12 months.
Fifty-six per cent of people nationwide expected them to increase.
"Price expectations remain highest in Auckland and Canterbury where supply is tightest," Tuffley said.
"However, housing confidence outside of the two main centres is climbing suggesting that market buoyancy is spreading throughout the regions."


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Why you'd want to live in Woodway
Woodway is a tranquil residential community just north of the King/Snohomish County line. Woodway is true to its town logo — "The Quiet Place" typified by an atmosphere of private, residential living. Trees are a community trademark with mature evergreen trees dominating the landscape. Thoughtful stewardship of natural surroundings is a priority among residents


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There's been rather a lot of ink spilled about indie music queen Amanda Palmer's show with her novelist husband, Neil Gaiman, Saturday at Bard College in New York. And deservedly so … I was there, and it was a terribly engaging three hours-odd, comprising an eclectic bevy of poems, songs, stories and adorable married-people banter.
But oddly, none of the stories that has emerged since has made note of Boston singer-songwriter Sarah Borrello, who opened the evening with a rousing piano performance. And that's kind of a shame, because she was both unexpected and fantastic. Her song "Stranglehold" is available online as a single, and frankly, it's an electrifying bit of rocking piano blues:
It's hard not to make comparisons to the great Fiona Apple — there's definitely a similar vibe, with the thunderous key-pounding and the defiantly scratchy wail that seems to want to claw its way out of the song — but this is clearly a musician who is on her way up, and I'm looking forward to hearing more.
Palmer also played a new song, tentatively titled "The Thing About Things," which she performed both at Bard and the night before in Northampton. It's a melancholy little number, but definitely worth a listen.
Elsewhere, indie darlings Vampire Weekend have a new video for their song "Diane Young," from their forthcoming album, "Modern Vampires of the City." Curiously, the video is solely footage of a Saab 900 burning in slow motion:
Not that the song needs more embellishment. This is really straight up rock 'n' roll, more reminiscent of Buddy Holly than anything else. The song has an upbeat kick, and moves along at a vigorous clip.
Also making the rounds is "My God Is the Sun," the latest offering from Queens of the Stone Age":
There's a great deal of propulsion going on here for such a heavy song. Everything weighs on the listener, even though the guitar zigzags manically, threading in and out of ominous bass and percussion. That's not really a complaint — the result is melodramatic and engaging.
Lastly, Facebook has been overrun today with just how horribly bad Brad Paisley's collaboration with LL Cool J, "Accidental Racist," is. After listening to the song … yeah. It really is that bad. As just about every aspect of the song is ill-advised and more than a little cringe-worthy, let's just pretend it never happened. (Victor D. Infante)


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Verizon FiOS, which can pipe the internet into your home at 50mbps, is something like bliss. It's also hideously expensive. Luckily, smaller ISPs are offering the same service for less. The exact same service.
Midsize ISP DSLExtreme has announced that it will be offering a 50mbps service in 17 states at an introductory rate of $100/mo. This will climb to $105 after the first year, but still undercuts Verizon's standard price (in most markets) of $145/mo. The weird thing? DSLExtreme is beating Verizon's prices on Verizon's own service. The ISP has become a FiOS wholesaler, meaning that DSLExtreme's service operates on their fiber, through their network.
That makes it all the more odd that they can undercut a giant like Verizon, but they're doing it anyway.
Voodoo! Economics! [Ars Technica]


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Month by Month: December
Girls Wouldn't Do That by Amanda Probst. Supplies Cardstock: Prism Papers; Patterned paper, foam letters and ribbon: American Crafts; Letter stickers: Heidi Swapp for Advantus; Font: Century Gothic; Adhesive: Scotch.
BE PRESENT. When I was growing up, winter was always a time for family. Given the seasonal nature of farm life, my dad was simply more available in the winter. When I married, I discovered that not all families have more time in December. In fact, it's often the other way around. Since I'm not ready to move back to farm life, these days I have to make more time in other ways. Often, I find that simply stepping back and appreciating the moment works the best. Rather than worry about the time I'm missing, I focus on what's in front of me.
This month's layout from my Month-by-Month Scrapbooking book is an example. These photos were taken one evening after a busy holiday season day. Instead of hiding away and trying to tackle my seemingly endless to-do list, I sat and watched my boys race toy dump trucks around the family room. I knew what I'd title this layout immediately! It's something I find myself telling my husband time and time again. I'm glad I took the time to capture this.
More Ideas for the Month
Here are three more ideas to consider this December:
1. Make hot cocoa. I'm not sure what it is, but making hot cocoa always seems to put everyone in a better mood. While you're at it, remember that some hot cocoa mix, packaged nicely with some peppermint stirrers, marshmallows and maybe a cool mug, makes a great little teacher/neighbor/hostess gift.
2. Document your nighttime routine. With the winter solstice just before Christmas, take advantage of the shortest day of the year to celebrate the longest night. If you don't have big plans, take a moment simply to record your "normal" nighttime routine.
3. Nix the excess packaging. Lately, I've had it with the unnecessary packaging manufacturers insist upon, especially for children's toys. Last year, I spent more time removing a single toy from its box than it took my boys to open all the rest of their packages. Since December is Safe Toys and Gifts Month, I intend to remove toys from their packaging before I wrap them. Not only will it make Christmas morning run smoother, but just think of how much better the photos will be.
Take the Challenge
Here's one last challenge: for December, I challenge you to take some time away from the holiday hustle and bustle to scrapbook a layout about something non-holiday related. I find that switching gears like that actually helps my holiday spirit. Join in the fun, and you'll have the opportunity to win a copy of my book, Month-by-Month Scrapbooking! Find out more at the Month-by-Month Scrapbooking group.
Free Sketches
Use these five sketches based on the layout above to help jump-start your creativity:
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I got these two punch cards from Doug Jones in Iowa, the world expert on the subject (http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/) while writing an article on the disappearance of punch cards. They're pretty basic plain vanilla cards, but the small AT&T/Ma Bell logo in the middle does kind of give of that large 1950s monolithic corporation trilateral-commission vibe! (which is why I like them)


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- enPR: rīz, IPA(key): /ɹaɪz/
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- Rhymes: -aɪz
- for the noun, in the US, also rarely IPA(key): /ɹaɪs/[1][2]
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan ("to rise, stand up, rise together, be fit, be fitting, be becoming, be proper"), from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ("to rise, move vertically up or down, go"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ("to rise, arise"). See also raise.
Cognate with West Frisian rize, Saterland Frisian riese ("to arise"), Dutch rijzen ("to rise, ascend, lift"), German Low German riesen ("to rise; arise"), German dialectal reisen ("to fall"), Norwegian Nynorsk risa ("to rise"), Icelandic rísa ("to rise"). Related also to German reisen ("to travel, fare"), Dutch reizen ("to travel"), Danish rejse ("to travel"), Swedish resa ("to travel"). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rris ("I raise, grow") and Russian рост (rost, "growth").
rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen)
- (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- To move upwards.
- We watched the balloon rise.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
- To slope upward.
- The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
- (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, Chapter 4,
- And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
- The sun was rising in the East.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, Chapter 4,
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- to rise from a chair or from a fall
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- Old proverb
- He that would thrive must rise by five.
- Old proverb
- (figuratively) To be resurrected.
- he rose from the grave; he is risen!
- (figuratively) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
- (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Macaulay
- It was near nine […] before the House rose.
- To move upwards.
- (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
- To attain a higher status.
- (Can we date this quote?) Augustus Hare
- among the rising theologians of Germany
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
- (Can we date this quote?) Augustus Hare
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- 2013 July 6, "The rise of smart beta", in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
- Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
- To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- to rise a tone or semitone
- To attain a higher status.
- To begin; to develop.
- To develop.
- 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, "Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'", in Guardian[1]:
- Professor Peter Crome, chair of the audit's steering group, said the report "provides further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up". While a few hospitals had risen to the challenge of improving patients' experiences, many have not, he said. The report recommends that all staff receive basic dementia awareness training, and staffing levels should be maintained to help such patients.
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- Has that dough risen yet?
- (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
- 1802 December 1, "Interesting description of the Montanna Real", in The Monthly magazine, or, British register, Number 94 (Number 5 of Volume 14), page 396:
- The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.
- 1802 December 1, "Interesting description of the Montanna Real", in The Monthly magazine, or, British register, Number 94 (Number 5 of Volume 14), page 396:
- To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
- a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- At our heels all hell should rise / With blackest insurrection.
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
- No more shall nation against nation rise.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- (Can we date this quote?) Spectator
- A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures.
- (Can we date this quote?) Spectator
- To develop.
- (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- to rise a hill
- (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
- to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water
- to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it
- (Can we date this quote?) W. C. Russell
- Until we rose the bark we could not pretend to call it a chase.
- (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
- (Can we date this quote?) Richard Knolles
- He, rising with small honour from Gunza, […] was gone.
- (Can we date this quote?) Richard Knolles
- To come; to offer itself.
- (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Spenser
- There chanced to the prince's hand to rise / An ancient book.
- (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Spenser
- (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
- (move upwards): climb, go up
- (leave one's bed): arise, get up; see also Thesaurus:wake
- (be resurrected): be resurrected, come back from the dead
- (of a quantity, etc: to increase): climb, increase, go up
- (move upwards): descend, drop, fall, sink
- (of a celestial body): set
- (of a quantity, etc: to increase): be reduced, decrease, drop, fall, go down
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Derived termsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
From the above verb.
rise (plural rises)
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The rise of the tide.
- There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.
- Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- The rise of the working class.
- The rise of the printing press.
- The rise of the feminists.
- (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
- The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
- (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII,
- I went along up the bank with one eye out for pap and t′other one out for what the rise might fetch along.
- 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII,
- (informal) An angry reaction.
- I knew that would get a rise out of him.
- (increase in pay): raise
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą ("twig; shoot"). More at rice.
rise (plural rises)
- Alternative form of rice ("twig")
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse risi. Cognate with German Riese ("giant")
rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural riser, definite plural risene)
Etymology 2Edit
From the noun ris ("spanking, whipping")
rise (present tense riser, past tense riste, past participle rist)
- to spank
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural risar, definite plural risane)
Etymology 2Edit
rise (present tense ris, past tense reis, past participle rise, present participle risande, imperative ris)
- Alternative form of risa
Etymology 3Edit
rise (present tense risar, past tense risa, past participle risa, passive infinitive risast, present participle risande, imperative ris/rise)
- Alternative form of risa
- "rise" in The Nynorsk Dictionary.


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Quietly, and during what (arrests permitting) is the lone real dormant period on the NFL calendar, the league is churning toward a first.
In early March, eight players were assigned the franchise tag by their respective teams. None have since signed long-term deals. And if none do so before Monday's 4 p.m. ET deadline, it will mark the first time since the rules changed in 2006 (to include this particular July 15 deadline) that no franchised player receives a multi-year contract.
Last year, 12 of 21 tagged players agreed on long-term deals, and even that was a decided drop from 2011, when 10 of 14 franchised players signed multi-year contracts.
"I think it's probably a perfect storm of factors here," said one NFC executive who serves as his club's chief negotiator. "In some cases, agents are asking for ridiculous deals. There were situations last year where I couldn't believe agents had players playing their deals out; with another year of a flat cap coming, there was no reason to expect a better market. And then there are teams that are notorious for franchising players to hold on to them for a year."
This year's group includes a safety (Jairus Byrd of the Buffalo Bills), two defensive tackles (Henry Melton of the Chicago Bears and Randy Starks of the Miami Dolphins), a defensive end (Michael Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals), a linebacker on his second tag (Anthony Spencer, who will convert to defensive end this season for the Dallas Cowboys), two offensive tackles (the Denver Broncos' Ryan Clady and the Kansas City Chiefs' Branden Albert) and a punter (Pat McAfee of the Indianapolis Colts).
Of the eight, the player most likely to get a long-term deal appears to be Clady, who has been offered more than $10 million per year. Alternatively, if he signs his tender, he'll be guaranteed $9.828 million for playing this fall.
Of course, it must be acknowledged that deadlines spur action, as we saw with the buzzer-beating deals inked by Ray Rice, Matt Forte and Josh Scobee last year. But with three days to go, there's at least a decent chance that the league will record its first O-fer under the current deadline.
Whereas executives like the one from the NFC see this scenario as resulting from a confluence of circumstances, some agents look at one element of a larger problem that has surfaced throughout this offseason.
"I'd love to know what the percentage of veterans playing on one-year deals is," said one agent who's had clients tagged. "(NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith) fought for injury protection, but that goes out the door in these cases, even the corner deals during free agency."
The agent continued to say, "For a team, with the tag, they can just say, 'We have this guy at this price,' and not take on any more risks, especially if it's a guy with injury history."
Indeed, there was an unusual number of one-year deals for free agents, particularly when it came to cornerbacks (like Aqib Talib, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Nnamdi Asomugha and Brent Grimes). And there was another flood of short-term deals awarded to high-profile names like Cliff Avril and Wes Welker, both of whom played on franchise tenders in 2012 before walking as free agents in March.
Last July, we delved deep into the intent behind the development of the franchise tag. Originally pushed by Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen as a way to keep players like John Elway, it's become more of a leverage point and method of tying up second-tier players at certain positions. That is especially true this time around. Just take a quick look at the list of players tagged in 2013; Clady might be the only one of the bunch who is viewed by his team as a cornerstone, while the respective standings of Johnson, Byrd, Spencer and Melton are arguable.
In the cases where it's arguable, things can get sticky. For Johnson, Spencer and Melton, earning between $8 million and $11 million on the tag in 2013, with another crack at free agency looming, could be more appealing than signing a long-term contract that has been discounted. With regard to Byrd, the relatively low cost of the $6.916 million tender could be a motivator for the team to hold firm in its position.
As we explained in our piece last year, big-ticket former bonus babies like Calvin Johnson have benefited big time from the franchise tag, as have some quarterbacks like Peyton Manning. Johnson and Manning reaped the rewards of leverage on back-loaded contracts. But there aren't many other players who are able to maximize their value through it.
"Those are the only players it really helps; that's it," the agent said. "That's not to say it's bad for everyone. Worst case for Albert and Clady, provided they're healthy and play just OK, is maybe someone gives them (Will) Beatty money next year, and they wind up with $20 million over two years."
That is to say, if the tag was originally conceived as a placeholder for long-term deals, then this year stands as a glaring example of its failure. As it's presently constituted, it probably hurts more guys than it helps, since so many teams have gotten into the practice of signing core players early and using the tag on players who are either on or outside the fringes of the core.
Of course, whether this three-year trend is a sign of the way the tag will be used going forward remains to be seen.
"I think it's an anomaly, not the way things are going," the NFC exec said. "The tags are higher than they have been in the past and, if you're a player who's willing to bet on himself, getting one year at $8 million or $9 million or $10 million isn't that bad. Four years ago, at too many positions, the number wasn't a burden for teams. Now, it's different. And say you're a receiver; you're still gonna make $10 million and be able to take care of generations of your family."
Is that the end of the world? Of course not.
But based on this year's evidence, the tag has become a money-saving mechanism. And the windfall isn't going to the players.
Follow Albert Breer on Twitter @AlbertBreer.


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ELIZABETHTOWN - Essex County supervisors' concerns over a bird study they saw as a hinderance to their public safety communication project have been alleviated.
The state Adirondack Park Agency had included in the December 2012 permit it gave the project, which would install 14 radio communication towers on peaks around the area, a condition that the county must hire an independent environmental specialist to study the mating habits of a rare bird species before being able to build on four of the peaks during the birds' mating season, May 15 to Aug. 1. The main peak of concern from previous studies was Little Whiteface in Wilmington.
If the county didn't do the study, it wasn't going to be able to perform loud construction activities on Little Whiteface during that time period because it could interrupt the mating activities of the Bicknell's thrush, a protected species that only mates above elevations of 2,800 feet.
The county wasn't allowed to start the work before the mating season because the APA, state Department of Environmental Conservation and Olympic Regional Development Authority were working on an amendment to the unit management plan for the Whiteface Mountain Intensive Use Area. The amendment is expected to go before the APA at its May meeting.
Supervisors at a recent meeting complained that the requirement would likely delay construction on the project.
But since then, things have changed significantly.
County Chairman Randy Douglas, of Jay, said county, APA and DEC officials, as well as representatives from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office, have had many meetings and conference calls since the county's Monday meeting.
"I cannot tell you how many phone calls and phone conferences I've been in ...," Douglas said. "It's been very time-consuming."
But it all paid off, and last week, the county came to an agreement with the various state entities.
The state is lifting the ban on construction until the UMP amendment is approved, and Douglas told county Manager Dan Palmer to give the go-ahead to contractors today.
"We do have permission to start work immediately," Douglas said. "Things are moving along very rapidly now."
County supervisors were also concerned about the cost of the study, but APA spokesman Keith McKeever said the DEC agreed to conduct the study and prepare the report for the county.
APA Executive Director Terry Martino sent a letter to Douglas assuring him that the project is clear to move ahead immediately.
"We understand that this is a critical component of the Essex County's emergency network," Martino wrote. "The State puts the safety of its people above all else."
Douglas said he is proud of how the APA, DEC and county worked together to work out the problem.
"I cannot say enough about the APA and DEC, how they took this and worked with us diligently," Douglas said.
Cuomo was in Jay after Tropical Storm Irene created problems with the county's emergency communications two years ago and assured Douglas then that radio communications in the county would be a top priority. Douglas said Cuomo's office reaffirmed that assurance this week.
"The governor has informed us that he will be playing a very, very active roll in the process if this goes further," Douglas said. "I can't say enough about Gov. Cuomo for his assistance."
Douglas said the project has to take priority so the county can be prepared for the next time disaster strikes, "because we tend to get them quite frequently in Essex County."
Meanwhile, Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava commented on the topic Thursday night on the Enterprise's Facebook page:
"Like a Hitchcock movie!" he wrote. "Forget that the towers are being built for emergency service communications and will save many lives......this bird goes to the top of mountains because it is the bully of the bird world, it can't get along with other birds! Lot of peaks in the Adirondacks with no development, I am sure that they will find a place to nest and do whatever."
Contact Jessica Collier at 891-2600 ext. 26 or


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Enfusion 20: Results!
Monday, 14 July 2014 | Carl
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Here are the Enfusion Live #20 results from Mallorca on July 12. Iman Barlow retained her Enfusion world title with a dominant performance using her non-stop pace and amazing cardio. Wendell Roche also won by TKO in the 2nd round by low kicks, pretty unbelievable considering he was TKO'd only 2 weeks ago, but hes on a mission to get his title back.
Full Results
Ruben Barnabe (Spain) Vs Thomas Alisier (France) 90Kg - Winner Thomas Alisier (France) KO 2nd round
Antonio Gomez (Spain) Vs Ricardo Luiz (Portugal) 70Kg - Winner Antonio Gomez (Spain) KO 1st round
Kike Bonnin (Spain) Vs Olli Koch ( Germany ) 75 Kg - Winner Kike Bonnin (Spain) Points
Christian Brorhilker (Germany) Vs Wendell Roche (Holland) 90Kg - Winner Wendell Roche (The Netherlands) TKO 2nd Round
Iman Ghablou (Morocco) Vs Iman Barlow (England) 54Kg - Winner Iman Barlow (England) Points Female Enfusion World Title
Damian Garcia (Spain) Vs Loren Jorge (Spain) 95Kg - Winner Loren Jorge (Spain) Points


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Other things to know I was a Tiger's fan before I could walk, and have never looked back.
1.Location- Rochester Hills, MI
2.Favorite Tigers player- Miggy/ A-jacks
3.Favorite former Tigers player- Pudge
4.What other sport teams do you root for?- Lions, Wolverines, Pistons, Oakland University Basketball
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1.Location- Born in Muskegon, raised in Grand Rapids until twelve and have lived in Myrtle Beach, SC for the past 25 years
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4.What other sport teams do you root for?-NBA(Pistons & Bulls): before the hate mail comes my way, I have rooted for both teams ever since Jordan played for the Bulls, NFL (Lions), NCAAF(Florida State Seminoles), NCAAM(North Carolina Tarheels), NHL(Redwings).
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1.Location - Suburb of Detroit, MI
2.Favorite Tigers players -Miggy and Fielder
3.Favorite former Tigers player - Don't really have one since I've only gotten into baseball just recently and have VERY little knowledge of the game overall...
4.What other sport teams do you root for? - Pistons, various other NBA teams, Lions.
5.Anything else you care to share? - What up? Been getting into baseball a lot more recently, not really bandwagon wise just because the Tigers are doing good...but just been getting into it by watching more games. I've been on the site for a long while (as my fellow Pistons fans on here know, lol), just looking to expand my sports fan palate. What better way to do it to get into baseball during the Tigers' hot streak? Definitely will try to watch as many games as my schedule will allow me to. Also will try to look in this forum more, getting to post in the GTs, and gaining some more knowledge as I go along. Go Tigers!
I think you'll enjoy the Tigers forum way more than the Pistons forum lol. Although, shy is gone so the animosity is at an all time low over there... but still, welcome to this side of PSD!
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Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban and made a miraculous recovery to become a global campaigner for education and women's rights, will meet some of the girls who escaped from the notorious Boko Haram in a bid to draw attention to their cause.
The 17-year-old, who arrived in Nigeria yesterday on her birthday, said she made the trip with her father Ziauddin in order to "honour the stories of these brave girls".
More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the militant Islamist group in April, and many are still being held captive.
Malala, who is from Pakistan but moved to Birmingham last year, gained worldwide attention after surviving the brutal assassination attempt in October 2012 and has continued to campaign for the right of girls across the globe to have an education ever since.
In a statement after her arrival in Nigeria, and ahead of what has become designated 'Malala Day' tomorrow, the schoolgirl said: "This Malala Day, I have come to Nigeria, to honour the stories of these brave girls who have sacrificed so much to get an education and achieve their dreams.
"Whether the schoolgirls still held in captivity by Boko Haram, to the school children caught in the crossfire of escalating violence in Gaza and Israel, to the 66 million girls today who can't get the education that is their human right, my birthday wish this year is that we all raise our voices so that those without a voice can be heard.
"We can be stronger than fear, hatred, violence and poverty. The road to education, peace and equality is long, but we will succeed if we walk it together."
During her trip Malala will meet some of the girls who escaped from the Boko Haram, as well as families of those who are still being held.
She will also meet Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, charities working for girls' education, and local organisers of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, which became famous when high-profile celebrities including Angelina Jolie and America's First Lady Michelle Obama posed for pictures for the campaign on Twitter.
Malala, who will make an address at lunchtime tomorrow, began her first trip to Africa earlier this month when she visited Kenya.
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- Introduction
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- Chapter 5. Terms-of-Trade Booms: Saving-Investment Patterns and a New Metric of Income Windfall
- Chapter 6. External Conditions and Debt Sustainability in Latin America
- Chapter 7. Has Fiscal Policy Become Less Procyclical in Latin America?
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- Chapter 10. Spillovers to Latin America from the Normalization of U.S. Monetary Policy
- Chapter 11. Housing Markets in Latin America: Do We Need to Worry About a Bubble?
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What does Bob Etheridge have to apologize for? He needs to acknowledge the obvious: You can't go around grabbing and slapping at people on the streets of Washington, even if you've been a member of Congress for 14 years.
Let's make that, especially if you've been a member of Congress for 14 years. Because the second thing Representative Etheridge (D) of North Carolina has to apologize for is forgetting the first rule of political behavior: In public, always behave as if you're on camera. Because you probably are.
Shall we recap the action to this point? On Monday, websites owned by conservative Web entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart posted several short videos depicting an altercation between Representative Etheridge and two young men. One video begins with Etheridge, who's trudging down a Washington street and obviously not paying much attention to his surroundings. Then one of the young men asks the lawmaker if he supports Barack Obama's agenda. Etheridge quickly blows up, grabs the camera, and starts wrestling the young man around, asking who he is and whom he represents. Another angle, taken from a camera held by the second youngster, shows Etheridge shaking the first by the collar of his Capitol Hill-issue blue blazer.
Etheridge has apologized for his actions already. He told reporters on Monday, "The truth is, I had a long day, it was the end of the day, almost sunset," he said. "But that's not the issue. The issue is I apologize for my actions ... and I apologize to these young men as well."
We'll leave to others the debate as to whether Etheridge was set up by conservative activists. As he acknowledged, his behavior was over the line. It's interesting, however, that the video makes a point of saying that Etheridge was coming from a fund-raiser hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, a constant target of the GOP.
Apparently Etheridge did not pay attention to the whole Helen Thomas thing of last week. The longtime journalist and former UPI stalwart quit journalism after a website put up her questionable comments about Israel – including a statement that Jews should go home to Germany and other countries of their ancestors.
Perhaps he wasn't paying attention in 2002, either, when then-Senate majority leader Trent Lott (R) of Mississippi made remarks that appeared sympathetic to the South's segregated past at a 100th birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond. Senator Lott resigned his leadership post shortly thereafter.
More recently, newly minted California GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina got in trouble when she was filmed criticizing the hairstyle of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D), the woman she hopes to defeat in the fall.
This is perhaps why many political figures always seem so guarded. They are watching their words carefully, in full knowledge that with a single misstep they can end their own careers, or at least damage them.
This was true in the days when the news cycle was 24 hours, and it is truer today, when the news cycle seems to be 24 minutes, on a slow day. In this era of video cellphones, everything a politician (or journalist) says can go viral, even if they say it at the end of a long day.
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MILAN (AP) - From day one, it is clear that Bermuda shorts are the essential piece for next summer.
MILAN (AP) � From day one, it is clear that Bermuda shorts are the essential piece for next summer.
The runways of Milan were packed with menswear looks built around Bermudas, baggy or tailored, but always above the knee. The shorts are proving versatile. They go with jackets, ample overcoats, or for the truly buff, nothing at all.
The bare leg offers resplendent choices for footwear, from sturdy sandals to buckskin or woven leather shoes. Designers have gravitated toward dark socks for summer � no longer taboo. The formula reverses with long pants: then it's no socks.
Men won't have to wait for casual Fridays to wear shorts to the office. These are highly tailored and completely suitable.
This edition of Milan Fashion week features 78 designers � more than in recent seasons � with a concerted effort to highlight young talent. Four young designers � two Italians, a German and a Chinese � are making their runway debuts this week.
Stefano Pilati's inaugural collection for Ermenegildo Zegna invites men to roll up their sleeves.
Pilati, who arrived at Zegna from Yves Saint Laurent, inventively fit contrasting scrunchy, crumpled cuffs, at times suggestive of armbands, on tailored jackets, coats and fine sweaters. In another twist, shirt cuffs were folded over elbow-length sleeves on finely knit sweaters, layered again with a longer scrunched-up sleeve.
But if there was a roll-up-your-sleeves ethic to the designs, the industry they suggest is without toil: The summer 2014 collection presented on the first day of Milan Fashion Week is for the man whose productivity is not at the expense of his composure.
The collection was full of rich detail. Voluminous overcoats were worn over suits, while more fitted coats were cinched at the waist.
Pilati tucked well-pressed silken scarves inside collars for some tie-less looks; in another flourish, a wrap or towel, held in the hand, might trail the floor. For more casual moments, there were shorts, some with the appearance of silk boxers peeking out.
Jil Sander's menswear collection for spring/summer 2014 has Bermudas so wide and loose they resemble culottes, while slim-cropped trousers accentuate the looseness of the ultra-light overcoats. Extra-wide cuffs on Bermudas and jackets lend an oversize effect to the entire collection.
In the shoe department, white buckskins worn with short black socks contribute to the yesteryear feel of the summer look.
Sander embraces what from the start of the week seems to be a strong summer trend on the Milan runway: the summer suit with a snug jacket paired with Bermuda shorts. Adding a little hot weather flare, she fashions her new suit in such daring colors �especially for the no-nonsense designer � as apricot, fuchsia and cranberry.
White as well as black and white floral prints play a strong role in the latest collection by the German designer, who last year reclaimed the reins of her eponymous fashion house, founded in 1968.
Against a soundtrack of romantic orchestral music and the backdrop of a twisted old olive tree, the Dolce&Gabbana collection presented Saturday referenced Sicily's architectural wonders, natural beauty and native fauna.
The designing duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana stamped their creations with images of ancient Greek temples and pastoral countryside scenes, imprinted across three-piece suits and loose top-and-shorts combinations. The renderings are in black-and-white and color, creating a tapestry effect.
Dolce&Gabbana's Sicily is both formal and restrained, requiring suits that can be bold in shimmering red or blue, or simply somber black, and casual and lusty, with roughly woven drawstring pants or Bermuda shorts worn with nothing at all.
Donatella Versace's latest menswear collection was based on athletic themes from boxing to swimming to colorful muscle patches like those worn by tennis players.
In fact the muscle patch was the leitmotif of the Versace spring/summer 2014 collection, with models wearing more than one in fluorescent shades on their arms and legs for a tattoo effect. The patch patterns were repeated on T-shirts, shorts, jackets, and pants.
The boxing theme came in a robe with a huge green fluorescent Medusa � the Versace trademark � on the back, and silk shorts. This summer, Versace swimwear is so brief it risks getting the wearer into real hot water.
Along with all the sporty stuff, the blonde designer showed a series of nearly classic suits, were it not for the gilded zip pockets and funky leather detail.
British designer Neil Barrett's look for next summer works with shape and color blocks. There's a clean simplicity to the looks that keep them cutting edge, somewhere between avant-garde and sci-fi.
The color palate is simple, black and white, a milky shade, and then reds, and muted monochrome grays, olives and khakis that he mixes and matches. Barrett uses prints, mostly blocks and oversized checks, and rounded panels, to give movement to the collection.
Suits come with Bermuda shorts and loose open jackets, or a more fitted look with a red checked coat over slim black pants. Shorts are worn with dark ankle socks paired with dark shoes. Pants go sockless.
Andrea Pompilio mixes Italian tailoring with American casual for his first Milan runway collection.
The 39-year-old Italian is one of four young designers showing runway shows in Milan for the first time, and Pompilio had the additional honor of being invited to use Giorgio Armani's theater for his show � the first time he has opened his runway to another designer.
"Mr. Armani started the same way: American sportswear meets Italian tailoring. I think this is something we have in common," Pompilio said.
The spring/summer 2014 collection contained a panoply of patterns � stripes, paisley, geometric blocks � that can be mixed and matched randomly.
Pompilio has designed the wardrobe for the city-hopping traveler, bold enough to wear a black and rust striped double breasted suit with slim-fitting trousers one day, and silk paisley Bermudas mismatched with a patterned jacket the next.


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Wabash Day 2010 - Indy, Gleanersby John Bridge '7 • October 11, 2010 Share:
For the past five WABASH Days, men of Wabash and their families have worked with Gleaners Food Bank in Indianapolis to help fight hunger in central Indiana. This is always worthwhile as much of the work done by Gleaners is done by volunteers. In the past, we have worked at regularly scheduled Gleaners food distributions, packed boxes of food to be delivered to shut-ins, and packed bags of food to be delivered to children at schools on Fridays to take home for the weekend.
This year our talented and experienced team packed both bags of food for children and boxes of food for shut-ins. Our Gleaner's Group consisted of the following folks, covering Wabash alumni from the class of 1957 to the class of 2010: David Orr '57 & Nancy; John Bridge '72; Rick Adams '74; Eric Cavanaugh '76; Fred Miller '76; Aaron Cook '06 & Audra; Evan Wagoner '06 & Shannon; Jon Miller '08; Teye Morton '08; Taylor Larimore '09; and Brad Jones '10.
At 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 9, we all gathered at the new Gleaners Food Bank warehouse at 3737 Waldemere Avenue on the southwest side of Indianapolis.
Our first assignment consisted of filling plastic bags with twelve different food items, including cartons of milk and juice, canned beans and spaghetti, apple sauce, dried fruit and nuts, and other simple but nutritious foods. We then tied the bags and packed them in corrugated containers for shipping to schools for distribution.
Our veteran team was able to complete the goal of 500 bags in one hour and fifteen minutes. With over an hour left, we were asked to help another team pack boxes of food for shut-ins. We enthusiastically blended in with that group. As one of our workers said, "We had to show them how it's done." Gleaners again was delighted by our work! And we were satisfied knowing that we had done something to help the hungry people of central Indiana.


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- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 pound bow tie pasta, cooked
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cups snow peas
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup crumbled Feta cheese
- Dressing:
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 green onions, finely sliced
- 2 teaspoons (or 2 cloves) minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon dill weed
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Garnish:
- 1/4 cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese
Rehydrate sun-dried tomatoes according to package directions, then chop tomatoes and place them in a large salad bowl. Add cooked pasta and sliced mushrooms; set aside. Fill a large saucepan half full with water and bring to a boil. Add snow peas and broccoli; boil 1 minute. Remove snow peas and broccoli with a slotted spoon and add to the pasta mixture. Sprinkle Feta cheese over pasta mixture; toss well; set aside.
Combine dressing ingredients in a jar, cover tightly, and shake well. Pour over pasta mixture and toss to coat. Chill at least 2 hours to allow flavors to blend. Toss well and garnish with shredded Parmesan cheese.
Note: If desired, add grilled chicken strips for a filling main dish.
Yield: 16 cups.
Serving size: 1 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 194 calories, Carbohydrates: 28 g, Protein: 7 g, Fat: 6 g, Saturated Fat: 2 g, Sodium: 251 mg, Fiber: 2 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 1/2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 fat. Carbohydrate choices: 2.
This recipe was developed by Tami Ross, a Diabetes Nutrition Specialist and Certified Diabetes Educator in Lexington, Kentucky.


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High-profile lawyers look to file civil lawsuits in Jameis Winston sexual assault case
The woman who alleged Jameis Winston raped her has hired two high-profile attorneys.
John Clune and one of his partners, Baine Kerr, confirmed to Fox Sports they are working with Patricia Carroll, the lawyer for the woman who accused Winston of rape in December 2012. The investigation was dormant for nine months until State Attorney Willie Meggs brought it back up last fall. He ultimately decided there was not enough evidence to file charges.
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Clune said they're working "to evaluate the conduct of a number of individuals and entities in this matter and assess their civil and criminal liability," according to Fox Sports.
That includes Winston and the conduct of Tallahassee State Police, who allege the woman did not want to go forward with charges and therefore did not investigate further. The long delay hurt the search for evidence and witnesses, such as footage at the bar where the woman was potentially drugged.
Clune and Kerr will also look into the conduct of Florida State officials, who are questioned to have not conducted the prompt investigation into the situation required, and could file a Title IX federal lawsuit.
Both attorneys have extensive experience with filing under Title IX, a key reason Carroll brought them in.
"After meeting with them," said Carroll, who in December was adamant about filing a civil lawsuit. "I am confident that anyone who has liability in this case will be held accountable and justice will be served for my client at the end of the day."
Clune has worked campus rape cases at Wake Forest, University of the Pacific, University of Colorado, Stanford and Harvard and also represented the woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape.
Kerr has found success in cases against the University of Colorado and Arizona State University. In the University of Colorado case, the school's president, chancellor and athletic director resigned. The college was required to pay the woman who accused the football team of gang-raping her $2.5 million to settle.


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2012 (Junior):
Collected a ground ball against Vermont (Feb. 25) ... Picked up a ground ball at Holy Cross (Feb. 28) ... Caused a turnover at Georgetown (March 10) ... Added a ground ball against Michigan (March 31) ... Won a faceoff and grabbed two ground balls against Quinnipiac (April 10).
2011 (Sophomore):
Played in two contests.
2010 (Freshman):
Saw action in seven games during rookie season ... Grabbed a ground ball in win at Holy Cross (March 6) ... Snared a ground ball at Penn (April 17) ... Caused two turnovers and grabbed a career-best three ground balls in win over No. 6 Princeton (April 24) ... Collected a ground ball and caused a turnover at Yale (May 1).
Before Harvard:
Lettered three years in lacrosse and two in football … Captained lacrosse team as a senior … Ranked No. 77 recruit in the nation … U.S. Lacrosse All-American as a senior … All-county and academic all-county as a junior and senior … Recipient of the Howdy Meyer Award for Nassau County Defenseman of the Year as a senior … Max Preps second-team All-Tri-State as a senior … Defensive Most Valuable Player of the Nassau County Class C Championship Game as a senior … Won a gold medal at the 2008 Empire State Games and captained Long Island team … Won State championship as a senior … Member of National, Italian and Math Honor Societies … AP National Scholar … National Merit Commended.


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Polynesians have been traditionally using noni to treat infectious disease due to its antibacterial power.3 Lab studies concur, finding that noni inhibited the activity of such bacteria as E coli and H pylori.4
Researchers at the University of Hawaii reported the antitumor activity of noni juice in terms of prolonging the life of animal subjects with lung cancer by up to 75%.5 Encouraged by these findings, these same researchers later performed another study, conclusively attributing tumor growth suppression to the immune-stimulating effects of noni.6
Pain Relief (Analgesic)
Researchers have found that noni has pain relieving and tranquilizing potential. 7 An extract of the fruit showed "significant, dose-related, central analgesic activity [which] validates the traditional analgesic properties of this plant." 7 Noni fruit was even found to be 75% as strong as morphine, while being non-addictive and side effect free.7
One study proved that the anti-inflammatory effects of noni juice surpassed the effect of Celebrex, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is taken for pain and particularly arthritis.8 The key is that noni juice has stronger results – without side effects.
Research has shown that noni fruit has anti-diabetic effects in that it lowered blood glucose levels, enhanced insulin sensitivity, and significantly decreased LDL (bad) cholesterol. 9 The conclusion was that noni "can be employed as a functional health food for type 2 diabetes management.9
Antioxidants fight free radicals that lead to aging and disease and noni juice has been proven to have significant antioxidant activity.10 Plus a 1oz serving of our noni juice has 20% of your RDA of vitamin C, an antioxidant that protects the immune system and helps to fight off infections.11
Customer Review
1 – "The geographic origin of the plants most commonly used for medicine by Hawaiians." Abbott IA. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1985.
2 – "Morinda citrifolia (Noni): a literature review and recent advances in Noni research." Wang, MY, Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, Dec. 2002.
3 – "Anti-microbiol activity and anti-complement activity of extract obtained from s elected Hawaiian medicinal plants." Locher, CP. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1995.
4 – "Inhibitory activity of gut bacteria against Es cherichia coli 0157 mediated by dietary plant metabolites." Duncan, SH. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 1998.
5 – "Anticancer activity of Morinda citrifolia (noni) on intraperitoneally implanted Lewis lung carcinoma in syngeneic mice." Hirazumi, A. Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society, 1994.
6 – "Immunomodulation contributes to the anticancer activity of Morinda citrifolia (noni) fruit juice." Hirazumi, A. Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society, 1996.
7 – "Analgesic and behavioural effects of Morinda citrifolia." Younos C. Planta Medica, 1990.
8 – Selective COX-2 inhibition of Morinda citrifolia (Noni) in vitro. The proceedings of the Eicosanoids and other bioactive lipids in cancer, inflammation and related disease." Su, C. The 7th Annual Conference, 2001 Oct 14-17. Loews Vanderbilt Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
9 – "Antidiabetic Effect of Morinda citrifolia (Noni) Fermented by Cheonggukjang in KK-A(y) Diabetic Mice." Lee, SY. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012.
10 – "Chemical constituents of the fruits of Morinda citrifolia (Noni) and their antioxidant activity." Su, BN. Journal of Natural Products, 2005.
11 – "Vitamin C in Disease Prevention and Cure: An Overview." Chambial, S. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2013.
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As America's Arsenal for Democracy shifted its Nazi-ass-kicking apparatus into high gear during WWII, the rivet reigned supreme as the fastener of choice for heavy manufacturing. Everything from buildings and bridges to planes, tanks, and automobiles were stuck together with rivets, fastened into place by air gun-wielding factory workers.
But by the time I was born in the late '70s, burly men and women pounding rivets into cars and trucks had more or less given way to robot arc welders gliding up and down sparsely populated assembly lines. Whenever I've seen a new building going up, I've seen people welding and guys installing high strength bolts, but no riveters. So both the significance of rivets and how they work has escaped me the three-plus decades I've been alive.
But rivets are outstanding heavy duty fasteners, and here's why.
Let's say you want to bolt a bracket to a steel beam. The bracket is going to hold a lot of weight and will be subject to jarring motion, like say, the spring mount on a truck frame would. So why wouldn't you just use a bolt to keep it in place? Simple. Sometimes, bolts don't completely fill the hole they're stuck through, so there's room for movement. They work, but there's still room for error.
Rivets are a different story. A rivet is merely a thin metal rod with one end deformed into a, uh, well, for lack of a better term, into a mushroom tip. The straight end is pushed through the hole drilled into the two pieces being fastened together. Then, with the deformed end of the rivet held in place by something big, heavy, and unmovable – what's called a dolly or bucking bar – the straight end of the rivet is struck repeatedly or squeezed until it forms into a mushroom tip, too.
Now, the two deformed ends of the rivet – which was once just a plain 'ol steel rod – pinch together the two pieces being fastened. But there's more to it, and this is the part I never realized. When the rivet is pounded/squeezed into itself, the whole rivet deforms, filling every nook and cranny in the hole in a way a bolt never could. That's why those suckers are so tight. Plus, you can choose the shape of the rivet's head by using different shaped dollies.
(It's poignant to mention here that their tightness, which usually can't be measured as well as a precisely-torqued bolt, can lead to failure during seismic events. That's why they're no longer used as structural fasteners in big buildings. Bolts are also easier for relatively unskilled laborers to install.)
Of course, small rivets can be placed and deformed cold, but the bigger rivets get, the more force it takes to deform them. It takes a lot of heat and pressure to form a big rivet, so it have to be heated up and squeezed into place by a huge pneumatic ram attached to a massive cast steel C-clamp jig. Smaller rivets, like those pop rivets you may have used or seen used on leather, canvas, or very thin sheet metal, can be placed with specialized hand tools.
Welded joints are stronger and lighter than riveted ones because you don't have to drill a bunch of holes in structural members and weight them down with myriad little globs of extra metal (rivets). Nearly all automotive frames are welded now, although not that long ago, crossmembers and spring hangers were mounted to frame rails with hot rivets. Sometimes, even engine components such as axle ring gears were riveted into place – not so great when the time came to replace the gear. Removing rivets is a messy job that requires drilling or cutting.
At a tech session hosted by the Early Ford V8 Club of Virginia this month, I learned that if you want to refinish an old car the right way, rivets are the only way to go on many structural parts. Much like the English wheel is losing practitioners, there are fewer and fewer people with the equipment and savvy to do big riveting jobs — for the most part, it's a skill relegated to the aluminum parts handled by the aircraft industry. But from what the Ford guys said, you can fashion some of your own tools for riveting. Just keep in mind that the bigger the rivet, the more time-consuming the setup will be.
But if you have the time and the inclination to learn how to set rivets, there are worse ways you could spend your time.
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ZWSTAT - Z-Wave Thermostat
Honeywell, the number one choice of homeowners and the world's leading brand for temperature control, continues their tradition of excellence and quality with the ZWSTAT Z-Wave(R) Thermostat. ZWSTAT communicates with the 5800ZBRIDInterlogix Z-Wave(R) Energy Management Module to enable automatic control with Honeywell's leading security systems, making it an ideal addition to any Z-Wave connected home or building. Precise temperature control enables ZWSTAT to provide better comfort, fewer temperature swings and conserve more energy. Users can create keypad lockouts in homes and businesses- an excellent way to save money and energy by curtailing children and unauthorized personnel from adjusting the thermostat. Other notable features include the ability to alternate between heating and cooling based on temperature settings, alerts to change air filters and pads, fan circulation and more.
Exclusive ZWSTAT Features
Adaptive Intelligent Recovery
Allows the thermostat to "learn" how long the furnace and air conditioner take to reach programmed settings, so the temperature is reached at the scheduled time.
Keypad Lockouts
Optional "range stops" can be created to keep temperature settings limited to a minimum/maximum setting-ideal for retail and residential applications where employees and children may attempt to adjust thermostats.
ZWSTAT can alert homeowners to clean and change air filters and humidifier/dehumidifier filters and pads-helping to maximize performance and efficiency while conserving energy. ZWSTAT Z-WAVE(R) THERMOSTAT
Auto Change Over
ZWSTAT can automatically change between heating and cooling based upon indoor temperature. As a result, the homeowner will not have to manually change the thermostat to turn on the heat during early morning cool periods and turn off the heat during warmer periods of the day. (User can also select Manual Change Over)
Fan Circulation
The fan circulation feature moves air when heating or cooling is not required-saving energy and helping to eliminate hot and cold spots.
Additional Features
- Seamlessly integrates with Z-Wave systems
- Universal application (see compatibility chart)
- Effortless, menu-driven programming
- Guides users through programming by responding to their choices
- Allows users to easily customize the thermostat for their own unique schedules
- Choose from a seven day programmable or non-programmable schedule
- Up to four daily periods
- Energy savings
- Program to save up to 33% on annual heating and cooling costs*
- Allows consumer to put thermostat into an energy savings mode separately from other Z-Wave devices
- Multiple HOLD options
- Fixed, temporary hold
- Adjustable temporary hold
- Vacation hold
- Real-time clock
- Keeps time during power failures
- Automatically updates for Daylight Savings Time
*When used as directed, Honeywell programmable thermostats can save homeowners up to 33%, or up to $200 a year, on annual heating and cooling costs. Numbers based on average annual utility costs of $1500 with 50% going to heating and cooling costs and 33% savings if used as directed. Savings may vary depending on geographic region and usage. See www.energystar.gov for more information.
5800ZBRIDInterlogix - Energy Management Module
With Honeywell's 5800ZBRIDInterlogix module, end-users no longer have to remember to adjust their thermostats or lights when they come and go.
It automatically sets back thermostats and turns lights on or off whenever security systems are armed away or disarmed- saving money and conserving resources every day.
Part of Honeywell's 5800 Series Wireless family, the easy-to-install 5800ZBRIDInterlogix lets security dealers offer intelligent, cost-effective energy management on every sale.
Compatible with all LYNX and select VISTA (with RF keypad) control panels.
- Automatically sets back Z-Wave(R) enabled thermostats when security system is armed away
- Sends run command to Z-Wave enabled thermostats when security system is disarmed
- Turns lights off when security system is armed away
- Turns lights on when security system is disarmed
- Optimizes convenience, efficiency and control
- Reduces energy usage
- Tri-color LED status indicator:
Green: Ready
Flashing Red: Armed Away
Solid Red: Armed Stay
Orange: Alarm
Z-Wave is a registered trademark of Zensys Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
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Additional Info
|Part Number
|What's in the box
|(1) Honeywell Z-Wave Thermostat Kit
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5800ZBRIDInterlogix - Energy Management Module
|4.5" H x 2.75" W x .25" D
|12VDC power supply
|Supports up to four Z-Wave certified thermostats and/or lights
All LYNX and VISTA (with 5883H, 6150RF or 6160RF with TM3) control panels
|Frequency from
|5800 Series Wireless TM Code receiver: 345 MHz
Z-Wave controller: 908.42 MHz
|Up to 100 feet from 5800 devices and up to 70 feet from Z-Wave device
ZWSTAT - Z-Wave Thermostat
|Temperature Ranges
|Heat: 40° F to 90° F (4.5° C to 32° C)
Cool: 50° F to 99° F (10° C to 37° C)
|Operating Ambient Temperature
|0° F to 120° F (-18° C to 48.9° C)
|Shipping Temperature
|-30° F to 150° F (-34° C to 66° C)
|Operating Relative Humidity
|5% to 90% (non-condensing)
|Physical Dimensions
|4.92" H x 6.4" W x 1.19" D
125 mm H x 166 mm W x 36 mm D
|Electrical Ratings
|Terminal Voltage (50/60 Hz) Running Current
W Heating 20-30 Vac 0.02-1.0 A
(Powerpile) 750 mV DC 100 mA DC
W2 Heating 20-30 Vac 0.02-0.6 A
Y Cooling 20-30 Vac 0.02-1.0 A
Y2 Cooling 20-30 Vac 0.02-0.6 A
Aux Auxiliary heat 20-30 Vac 0.02-1.0 A
O/B Changeover 20-30 Vac 0.02-0.6 A
E Emergency heat 20-30 Vac 0.02-1.0 A
L Heat pump reset 20-30 Vac 0.02-0.6 A


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