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Large-Scale Circulation Variability and Impacts on North Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones
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Analysis of the relationships between different phases of El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), and Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) with tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the North Indian Ocean (NIO) is conducted. The relationships between ENSO and IOD are compared. Statistical analysis reveals a relationship exists. Each oscillation was examined to measure its statistical significance to TC activity in the NIO. The statistical examination was performed on the phases of each oscillation singularly and then all possible phase combinations of the three oscillations occurring concurrently. Analysis through combining concurrent occurrences of climatic oscillations indicates an increased statistical significance to TC activity in the NIO.
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For all the women who are constantly judged for splurging on their designer clothing, there's hope for you yet!
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What explains the findings that the Birkin bag is a better investment? There are some factors to consider. Birkin bags, which can range from $60,000 to $200,000, are made in limited quantities. There is far less supply than demand which fuels price growth, Birking bags are only sold to select clients of Hermes and due to these factors, Birkin bags have become a status symbol. According to Baghunter, "As a status symbol for the elite and ultra-rich, the main factor affecting the secondary market for Birkins is desire. All signs point to that desire remaining as strong throughout 2016 as it has been since the bag was released in 1985, with media outlets fawning over celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Victoria Beckham who regularly sport their Birkin bags in paparazzi pictures. Beyond the media attention, the exclusivity of the bag along with the difficulty in purchasing one brand new from Hermes means 2016 begins with demand far outweighing supply on the secondary and investment market for Birkin bags."
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Happy birthday, love of my life. You heat the blood in my veins, move my body to dance, make my dreams come to life. The smile in my eyes, the laugh on my lips, the warmth in my heart - they exist for you. The gift I have for you is the gift you already have - all of me.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the company's Future Decoded event. Photograph:( Others )
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made a strong case for using digital technologies to empower the common man and launched a slew of India-centric initiatives, including a platform to connect semi-skilled workers with employers.
The technology giant also launched a lighter version of its video interaction platform Skype.
"If digital technology is only the purview of the large businesses and the startups, I think that is not sufficient for an economy to make progress," the India-born Nadella said speaking at a company event.
We've built Skype Lite for India, it's lightweight and has #Aadhar integration built in.@satyanadella #FutureDecoded— Microsoft India (@MicrosoftIndia) February 22, 2017
"We can celebrate technology, but if it doesn't truly empower every Indian and every Indian organisation to achieve more...We would have achieved nothing," he said.
Kaizala will be the best administrative app for any organization to use in real-time over the course of time. -N. Chandrababu Naidu pic.twitter.com/YYi1vU6Tmk— Microsoft India (@MicrosoftIndia) February 22, 2017
The global giant introduced the 'Sangam' platform, which is based on the world's largest professional networking site LinkedIn, also owned by the company, which will help the semi-skilled workers get job opportunities.
"We now need to extend this (LinkedIn) to middle skill and low-skill (workers), (provide) vocational training for job opportunities for everyone," he said, adding that sectors like hospitality can benefit from it.
The platform will also work on helping people to skill themselves for the jobs which are getting created, he said, adding that it is yet to go public and is at the "private preview" stage.
#MachineLearning, chatbots and digital onboarding @ZingHR are using the power of cloud computing. #FutureDecoded #DigitalTransformation pic.twitter.com/hnuKcPCdpi— Microsoft India (@MicrosoftIndia) February 22, 2017
He also announced a new service on LinkedIn called Placements, which will help Indian college graduates land job opportunities in a "democratic" manner as per their skill sets, while pointing out that finding the right job is a "challenge" for graduates in India.
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Computerised Vertical-Lifting-Span Railway Bridge
Movable Vertical-Lift-Span Bridges have a movable portion deck which remains horizontal as it is lifted vertically. The amount of headroom available is determined by the variations between water levels and the heights of the lift towers. Water traffic beneath these bridges are usually restricted to low-masted craft, barges and tugs.
Vertical-Lift-Span Railway Bridge with single Lane Service Road.
Movable Vertical Bridges are one of the oldest types of bridges known to humankind. The bascule or draw span was developed by Europeans during the Middle Ages. There was a resurgence of movable bridges during the late 19th century. Reliable electric motors and techniques for counterbalancing the massive weights of the bascule, lift or swing spans marked the beginning of modern movable-bridge construction. They are usually found in flat terrain, where the cost of approaches to gain high-level crossings is prohibitive, and their characteristics include rapidity of operation, the ability to vary the openings depending on the size of vessels, and the facility to build in congested areas adjacent to other bridges.
These types of Vertical-Lift-Span Bridges are very common throughout Australia on its navigable inland rivers. A large number of this type of bridge can be found along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Darling Rivers.
These bridges have always sparked close inspection on my many travels along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Darling Rivers especially. On several occasions I have been successfully halted in my travels by a Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge operating with its span up as watercraft sailed, paddled, or motored underneath.
Australian Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge History:
The period 1872 to 1884 was boom time for the economy in the Australian colonies around the Murray-Darling; the wool industry, with its partner the river trade, was part of that boom. But the rail network was spreading and would soon diminish the river-trade. Few people foresaw that change and in 1874 the Port of Echuca recorded its busiest year ever with 240 boats trading with the port.
In the same year the Victorian Government opened the final section of a railway line from Melbourne to Wodonga. Paddle-steamers previously carried freight to and from Albury and Wodonga via Echuca; now that commerce went by rail directly from Wodonga to Melbourne and the river trade lost business.
The New South Wales Government had watched the growing wool industry and river trade with concern. New South Wales sheep stations were producing more and more wool each year and it was going to build up ports and businesses in Victoria and South Australia.
Worse, many parts of the Riverina looked more to Melbourne than they did to Sydney because they conducted business with Melbourne via the river trade and Echuca. A programme of building railway lines to connect the sheep growing areas with Sydney was begun to provide competition to the river trade. Developments on the main southern line were incremental; from Goulburn the line went to Yass, then Cootamundra, then Junee, Wagga Wagga and Gerogery (reached in 1880) but not quite to Albury in case that encouraged trade between southern New South Wales with Victoria. A branch line from Junee went along the Murrumbidgee to Narrandera (in 1881) and then Hay, which was considered in Sydney to regard itself as virtually a Victorian town. The effects were immediately noticeable at Hay:
Prior to the railway in 1882 the swing bridge at Hay opened for as many as 6 paddle steamers per day. Conversely, in the whole of 1883 only six steamers passed through (Buxton 1967:217). River traffic was now rapidly on the decline and rail transport had taken over, or soon would.
A railway extension from Narrandera went to Jerilderie. To the west the train line from Bathurst was extended to Condobolin on the Lachlan River and from Orange, north to Dubbo on the Macquarie River and finally to Bourke in 1885. Now New South Wales could capture the pastoral trade previously carried along the Darling to Melbourne (via Echuca) and Adelaide (via Morgan) and divert it to Sydney. Paddle-steamers lost more business.
In South Australia a spur from the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line was laid to the wharf at Murray Bridge and the Port of Mobilong declared in 1886. A two level timber wharf 190 metres long was available for paddle-steamers. Murray Bridge as a working port meant the end for Goolwa and Mannum as river ports; trade through Goolwa had virtually ceased by 1890. About that time train lines were built to Loxton, Waikerie, Paringa, Berri and Renmark, Barmera and Glossop – all places which had relied on the river trade and now used the railway. Several of these South Australian places, and Mildura in Victoria, produced dried fruits which paddle-steamers carried to the nearest railhead. But the growth of irrigation was also seen as a threat to river-trade because irrigators continued pumping water out of the river during dry seasons reducing water depth further when it was already too low for safe navigation.
Swan Hill Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge
The boom time had faded by the 1890s. In one year the Port of Echuca recorded 74 boats leaving the port after recording 240 in 1874. The reduced wool clip during the 1880s drought and the 1890s national economic crisis made life difficult for everybody, but river trade was also badly affected by competition from the growing network of railway lines offering a lower-cost and more reliable service to pastoralists than was possible from paddle-steamers limited by water depth in rivers. Motor vehicles were also threatening the river-trade, though by 1895 the major roads had lost their former importance.
The railways of the Colony for the most part follow the direction of the main roads, and attract to themselves nearly all the through traffic. The tendency now is to make the roads act as feeders to the railway, by converging the traffic from the outlying districts towards convenient stations along the line.
But the river-trade was far from dead and paddle-steamers continued carrying freight and passengers, especially to places such as Mildura and the lower Murray River which did not have a railway connection with Melbourne until 1903. Tourist trips became more popular, often linking rail heads with paddle-steamers; one example was a tourist trip from Melbourne to Echuca by rail, paddle-steamer from Echuca to Morgan, train to Adelaide then return to Melbourne by coastal vessel.
A particularly prolonged drought from the late 1890s until 1902 so badly disrupted irrigation and river traffic that the states met to discuss 'drought proofing' the Murray. By 1915 they had agreed to build a series of weirs and locks to manage the flow of the river for navigation and irrigation. But river traffic was declining and in 1924 the agreement was amended to give higher priority to irrigation requirements than to navigation. In 1934 the agreement was further altered to provide for only 14 locks instead of the original 26. Paddle-streamers assisted in construction by carrying cement, crushed granite and other building material to the construction sites.
After Locks 1 to 11 were completed in the late 1930s the Murray was navigable in years of normal rainfall from the Mouth to 100 kilometres upstream of Mildura. But the river trade had dwindled to insignificance; the Port of Echuca had so few movements that record keeping ceased in 1910. The last profitable riverboat trading area to Echuca was on the Edward River and the Lower Murrumbidgee to Balranald. Railways from Victoria tapped this trade when lines were constructed to Moulamein in 1925, Balranald in 1926 and Stoney Crossing on the Wakool in 1928.
Paddle Steamer passing Balranald Bridge in the 1890s
The last commercial river-boat left Bourke in 1931. There was still some activity around Murray Bridge with bagged wheat carried in the 1920s and 1930s and local movement of milk from dairies along the river to the milk factory downstream of Murray Bridge wharf. Around Echuca there was some local logging-related river activity until the mid-1950s, but the river trade as a whole had ended decades before then.
In summary, the river trade grew from a very small beginning into a substantial enterprise because it provided better transport service, at lower cost, than bullock wagons. Pastoralists growing wool on properties along the Murray and Darling Rivers relied on paddle-steamers to move their wool clip and the paddle-steamers relied on the income from carrying wool to remain profitable. Despite problems with variable water levels in the rivers, and difficulties caused by competition between the three colonial governments concerned, the river trade thrived while paddle-steamers provided the best service available to pastoralists.
In the late 1850s, South Australia planned to funnel the Murray River trade down the Murray River and associated River systems to Goolwa from the Goldfields of Victoria. This was foiled by the entrepreneurs in Melbourne connected to the Black Ball shipping line, and the Bright family, who started to develop the "Melbourne Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway" to Bendigo, Echuca and beyond. They were unable to borrow capital, so the Victorian Government took over and built the railway to Bendigo and Echuca, establishing the major port of Echuca, turning the River trade around, so that the river boats sailed down the Darling and the Murrumbidgee to the Murray, then upstream to Echuca. This then set a pattern of funnelling the goods of inland Australia down to the Port of Melbourne.
NSW Government tried to retrieve the situation by building railways out to places like Wagga Wagga, in an attempt to capture the trade. The expanding rail network took business previously handled by river traffic and soon paddle-steamer operators were going out of business. However, once road transport took hold, the trade continued to funnel goods from inland NSW and southern Queensland down the Newell Highway, on to the Port of Melbourne. But the growing railway network offered a more reliable, faster service to pastoralists and to the general community. Paddle-steamers replaced bullock drays because of better service and the paddle-steamer was replaced by the railway because the train offered still better service.
Mulwala Bridge just after completion in 1924, with operator at the top of the tower.
As a postscript from the 1970s a new generation of tourist cruise-boats came into operation ensuring the continuation of the navigation tradition on the Murray River. These include completely new purpose-built vessels and restored paddle-steamers. The oldest paddle steamer still in regular use on the Murray River is the P.S. Adelaide which was built in 1866.
Description of Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge:
Vertical lift span bridges are movable bridges which rise vertically and remain horizontal throughout operation. The first generation of vertical lift span bridges in Australia are of particular interest as there is a fascinating evolution in designs, with a number of distinguished Australian engineers contributing to the body of knowledge of each subset.
Characteristic components of vertical lift bridges include towers supporting a sheave at each corner of the opening span, counterweights to minimise the force required for operation and subsequent ropes or chains which pass from the counterweight over the sheaves and attach onto the lift span.
There are a number of advantages for vertical lift bridges noted by Hovey (1926) and they include: — When the bridge deck is high above water level a low lift will allow the passage of vessels.
- There is the ability to partly raise the bridge for smaller vessels.
- If the bridge is built on an alluvial soil where the channel is likely to shift, an allowance for changing the movable span can be introduced by adding towers to adjacent spans and moving the mechanism when required.
- Parallel bridges can be readily added to cater for growing vehicular traffic.
- Minimal obstruction of the waterway.
The disadvantages of the vertical lift span bridge include the limited headway depending upon tower height and the difficulties encountered when there is a need to maintain, repair or renew components.
Vertical lift bridges are categorised by the arrangement of the span drive machinery and superstructure geometry. There are four representative sub-types of vertical lift bridges including the wire rope span drive, tower drive, connected tower drive and lastly the pit drive (table bridge).
Tower Drive Vertical-Lift-Span:
Span drive vertical lift bridges are typically a balanced vertical lift system. The lift span ends are attached to wire ropes that pass over the sheaves mounted at the tops of the towers. The ropes then attach to counterweights at the opposite end of the rope. The counterweights typically balance the weight of the lift span, however for large lift bridges the magnitude of the counterweight ropes create a significant weight differential, as the ropes pass from one side of the sheave to the other. This differential is often balanced by an auxiliary system to mitigate power requirements for the operation of the span. The principle types of span drive vertical bridges include wire rope span drive and rack and pinion span drive.
Wire Rope Drive& Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge
The defining feature of a span drive bridge is the wire rope drive mounted on the lift span that hauls the span upward or downward. The figure above shows the directions of rope travel for the lift span being lowered. The noteworthy advantage of this type of drive is the mitigation of longitudinal skewing, the continuous connection of haul ropes prevents one end of the lift span rising faster than the other, which would result in jamming the span. In the figure below, the hoist drum is located at mid-span, however span drive bridges exist for which the primary drive machinery is at mid-span and the secondary machinery and hoist drums are located at the ends of the span.
Rack and Pinion Vertical-Lift-Span Drive:
Rack and pinion span drive In place of haul ropes to operate the drive machinery, rack and pinions are another common drive system. These bridges are still balanced throughout operation. The primary driving mechanism is located at the centre of the lift span and the secondary machinery is located at each end of the span. Operation is achieved through pinions engaging racks that are mounted vertically on the towers, with rotation of the pinions raising or lowering the span. This type of drive has been known to result in significant longitudinal skewing of the lift span.
Tower Drive Vertical-Lift-Span:
Tower drive vertical lift bridges are balanced bridges which have drive machinery located at either the top or base of the towers. The two basic types include traction drive and winch drive bridges. The characteristic feature of tower drive vertical lifts is that the machinery in one tower is mechanically independent of that in the other tower.
This often results in differential rising of the span ends, thus requiring the implementation of mechanical or electrical controls to limit this differential. The principle types of tower drive vertical bridges include wire rope traction drive and winch drive.
Wire Rope Traction Drive:
The figure below presents a schematic of a tower drive vertical lift bridge with a traction drive. Drive machinery located at the top of each tower rotates the counterweight sheaves. The forces necessary to raise the span are then transmitted from the sheaves to the counterweight ropes by friction. It is noteworthy that the force necessary to raise the lift span at each end may differ due to unequal machinery friction, differential span loading and the temporary effects of rain or ice.
Tower Drive Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge
Winch drive Winch drives are another variant of tower drive bridges. The lift span is balanced in an identical fashion to previously noted bridges, however the power to operate the span is provided by winch drives that are commonly mounted in the base of the tower. Haul ropes are connected to either the lift span framing or to the counterweights, with the rotation of the winch recoiling the wire ropes thus raising the span. As with the traction drive variation, because the mechanical machinery on one side of the channel is independent of that on the other side, skewing has to be controlled (WisDOT, 2011).
Connected Tower Drive:
Connected tower drive vertical lift span bridges are those bridges with have longitudinal and lateral framing which connects the tops of the towers and also supports machinery and access walkways (Figure below). As with other vertical lift bridges the operation is balanced by counterweights. However, since this type of bridge is only suitable for short spans with a moderate lift, the counterweight ropes do not require an auxiliary counterweight system. Span drive machinery is mounted on the top connecting structure. Various machinery arrangements exist with different bridges positioning mechanisms at mid span or adjacent to a sheave. Driving power is provided by pinions that engage curved racks fastened to the counterweight sheaves.
Connected Tower Drive Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge
The force necessary to move or hold the lift span is transmitted between the sheaves and the counterweight ropes by friction. Alternate driving mechanisms with wire ropes connecting the sheaves, to transfer rotation to each end, of the bridge also exist.
As all the span drive machinery is directly connected skewing of the lift span in either the longitudinal or transverse direction is mitigated. However, minor skewing due to differential counterweight rope stretch, different sheave diameters, and rope slip in the counterweight sheave grooves may cause skewing over time.
Pit Dive Vertical-Lift-Span or Table Bridge:
Table bridges are those bridges which remain vertical during operation and are powered by hydraulic cylinders that are largely hidden from view when the bridge is in the closed position (Figure below). It is noteworthy that table bridges have also been referred to as pit drive vertical lift bridges due to the location of the driving mechanism (WisDOT, 2011). The defining feature of table bridges is the lack in visual presence of mechanical components and supporting superstructure. Select table bridges are still fitted with supporting counterweights and sheaves to reduce the effective weight that must be raised; however these features appear to be less frequent as this style of bridge evolved.
Table Bridge / Pit Drive Vertical-Lift-Span Bridge
Table bridges are constructed when the cost of the greater lifting capacity required, compared to a balanced bridge, is estimated to be less than the cost of counterweights or for aesthetic constraints. The hydraulic cylinder drives are most suitable for providing the power for operation because large actuating forces can be produced using smaller electric motors than would be required for mechanical drive. There is also less friction between the prime mover and the point of force application in a hydraulic system (WisDOT).
LEGO Mindstorms based 'Vertical-Lift-Span Railway Bridge':
My LEGO Mindstorms NXT controlled Connected Tower Drive, Vertical-Lift-Span Railway Bridge is built entirely from LEGO. The observant may notice the Railway Track Piece Ends which allow for a flush junction between the Lift-Span and the ends of non-moving Track. The LEGO Purist will shoot me down in flames for this approach, but it makes for a neater outcome, plus I recycled the Railway Track Piece Ends from some badly worn and useless Curved Railway Track Pieces.
Each end of the span is winched up on cables to a separate Winding Drum for each corner. The for Winding Drums are all driven from a very early edition of a PowerFunctions Medium Motor which wouldn't pull the skin off your custard, but thanks to the gearing arrangement with a final gear ratio is 1:40 or, the speed is decreased by a factor of 40 times, with an increase torque factor of 40 as well. The Winches will aslo quite happily run at a gear Ratio of 1:5, but the Bridge Span moves far too fast as to be almost comical.
[youtube]ar0Gsj1CnU4[/youtube] Vertical-Lift-Span Railway Bridge with single Lane Service Road.
At this stage I am using a LEGO Mindstorms NXT Brick to control the Vertical-Lift-Span Railway Bridge, along with three Touch Sensors. A standard NXT Touch Sensor to start the Winches moving, and two RCX Type Touch Sensors as Limit Switches. There is a lower Limit Switches to sense when the Bridge Span is in the down position, and a second Limit Switches to sense when the Bridge Span has been fully lifted up.
It is actually a waste of a LEGO Mindstorms NXT Brick for this purpose, so when I integrated the Vertical-Lift-Span Railway Bridge into my Railway Layout, I will use a $5 Arduino Microcontroller instead. Also when using an Arduino, I can simply add a $0.05, 940nm Infra-red LED to the circuit which will allow me to broadcast PowerFunctions Commands to the LEGO Trains. Not only will the Arduino control the Vertical-Lift-Span Railway Bridge, it will also Stop and Start the Trains when the reach the Bridge. Hopefully avoiding the Engine Driver from having a rough trip into the river as the Bridge Span has been, or is being lifted upwards.
#pragma config(Sensor, S1, startButton, sensorTouch)
#pragma config(Sensor, S2, upLimit, sensorTouch)
#pragma config(Sensor, S3, downLimit, sensorTouch)
#pragma config(Motor, motorA, liftMotor, tmotorNXT, openLoop, encoder)
//*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!*//
void liftBridge();
void lowerBridge();
task main()
eraseDisplay(); //Clears the entire NXT LCD Screen to blanks
displayCenteredTextLine(1, "Lego Mindstorms");
displayCenteredBigTextLine(3, "Lifting");
displayCenteredBigTextLine(5, "Bridge");
eraseDisplay(); //Clears the entire NXT LCD Screen to blanks
displayCenteredTextLine(1, "Lego Mindstorms");
displayCenteredTextLine(2, "Lifting Bridge");
displayCenteredTextLine(4, "'Press Button'");
displayCenteredTextLine(5, "to Lift and");
displayCenteredTextLine(6, "Lower Bridge");
while (true){ // Main Program Loop
if (SensorValue(startButton)) { // Check to see if 'START' Button Pressed
liftBridge(); // Lift the Bridge Up
sleep(10000); // Lower bridge Down
void liftBridge()
while (SensorValue(upLimit) == 0)// Check to see if the 'UP LIMIT' Switch is Pressed
motor[motorA] = 100;
motor[motorA] = 0;
void lowerBridge()
while (SensorValue(downLimit) == 0)// Check to see if the 'DOWN LIMIT' Switch is Pressed
motor[motorA] = -75;
motor[motorA] = 0;
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TODAY IN FLYERS HISTORY: February 4
Career-Best Offensive Game for McGillis: February 4, 1999by PhiladelphiaFlyers.com @NHLFlyers
When the Philadelphia Flyers acquired defenseman Dan McGillis from the Edmonton Oilers at the 1998 trade deadline in exchange for young offensive-minded defenseman Janne Niinimaa, the deal was widely panned. However, McGillis ended up holding his end of the bargain in an underrated Flyers career that spanned four full and two partial seasons.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound McGillis brought a physical but usually clean style of play and boasted a very heavy shot that enabled him to score 14 goals one season (2000-01) as well as unheralded first-pass ability. Twice as a Flyer, McGillis attained 45 points or more while playing generally solid defense. The only thing he lacked was speed.
McGillis was well-established in the Flyers' blueline top four by the time he set his single-game point high with three points (zero goals, three assists) in a 5-2 win at the First Union Center over the Montreal Canadiens. On that night, team captain Eric Lindros (one goal, two assists) and Legion of Doom linemate John LeClair (two goals, one assist) got most of the attention, however.
The Flyers pulled away in the third period, as goals by former Legion of Doom right wing Mikael Renberg (now in his second Flyers stint and playing on Rod Brind'Amour's line), linemate Valeri Zelepukin and LeClair turned a narrow lead into a comfortable one.
In an era in which ties were still part of the regular season in the NHL, the Flyers' win over the Habs was part of an eventual eight-game undefeated streak (6-0-2) and part of a stretch which saw Philadelphia lose only once in 24 games (16-1-7).
February 4: Through the Years
- 1968: The first-year expansion Flyers knock off the defending Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1, at the Spectrum. Doug Favell is stellar in net, stopping 43 of 44 shots. A pair of first-period goals by John Miszuk lead the way offensively, supplemented by a second-period goal by Claude Laforge and a third-period tally by Don Blackburn.
- 1971: The Flyers knock off the Chicago Blackhawks, 6-2, at the Spectrum. Rising young star Bobby Clarke enjoys a two-point game (one goal, one assist) and keeps the likes of Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull in check. Doug Favell stops 26 of 28 shots.
- 1979: In a relatively peaceful game - no penalties until the third period - the Flyers blow out the Atlanta Flames at the Spectrum, 7-4. Seven different Flyers light the lamp, with even enforcer Dave Hoyda joining the scoring parade. Bob Kelly, Behn Wilson, Don Saleski, T.J. Gorence, Reggie Leach and Dennis Ververgaert also score once apiece.
- 1995: Eric Lindros has a hand in all of the Flyers' scoring in a 4-2 win at the Spectrum against the Buffalo Sabres. Lindros scores once and assists on tallies by Mikael Renberg, Garry Galley, and Brent Fedyk. Dominic Roussel (29 saves on 31 shots) outduels aging Grant Fuhr (17 goals on 21 shots). The Sabres will later be the Flyers' first-round playoff opponent after a five-season absence from postseason play.
- 1997: In a brawl-filled game in Buffalo, the Flyers and Sabres skate to a 1-1 tie. Joel Otto ties the game with 1:55 remaining in the third period. Garth Snow stops 22 of 23 shots and is involved in a line brawl at 7:44 of the second period.
- 2001: The Flyers grind out a 3-1 road win over the Los Angeles Kings, posting a picket fence on the scoreboard: shorthanded first-period goal by Ruslan Fedotenko, second period even strength goal by defenseman Eric Weinrich and a third-period breakaway goal by Simon Gagne. Goaltender Roman Cechmanek stops 20 of 21 shots.
- 2004: The Flyers generate a 41-20 shot advantage over the Washington Capitals and eventually pull away with three unanswered goals in the third period to claim a 5-1 home win over the Washington Capitals. Simon Gagne, John LeClair, Kim Johnsson, Mark Recchi and Keith Primeau (empty net) provide the goal support for winning goaltender Antero Niittymaki.
February 4: Flyers Birthday
- Checking winger Joe Sacco was born on Feb. 4, 1969 in Medford, Massachusetts.


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Weekly Sales Calendar
Fall Sales… and a museum is back
- MoMA Reopens
The Bitch is back! And the reviews are awesome….
When: Saturday, November 20, 10-10pm (free all day)
Where: Can you remember? 11 West 53 Street (212.708.9400)
- Mike + Ally
Bath and home accessories 50% off.
When: 11/22–11/24 and 11/29–12/3 (11–6pm).
Where: 350 Seventh Ave. at 39th St. (212.563.5433)
- Qui New York
Sample Sale: high-end Italian home furnishings and accessories are at wholesale or below
When: 11/18 (3–8:30pm); 11/19 (12–6pm); 11/20 (12–5pm).
Where: 601 W. 26th St., Eleventh Ave. (212.691.2240)
- Metropolitan Design Group
40%-65% off home and fashion accessories from Mark Snider , Colette Malouf , and others
When: 11/16-11/18 (8-7pm).
Where: 80 W. 40th St., Sixth Ave. (212.944.6110)
- Our Name Is Mud
Funky ceramics up to 80 % off
When: 11/18, 11/20, 11/21 (10–6pm); 11/19 (10–8pm).
Where: 227 W. 29th St., Seventh Ave. (212.904.1171)
- Rugs as Art, Inc.
Store Closing: 40%-60% off hundreds of antique and new wool and silk rugs
When: now until the rugs are gone…
Where: 121 Madison Avenue (30th St.), (212.532.7677)
- Triple Pier Antique Show
600 exhibitors sell art, furniture, jewelry, and more from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries.
When: 11/13-11/14 and 11/20-11/21 (call for pier hours).
Where: Passenger Ship Terminal Piers, Twelfth Ave., at 55th St., (212-255-0020)
- Mobelex Going Out of Business Sale
All modern office furntiure at up to 75% off
When: now, now, now
Where: online and at store in Weschester (888.796.2158)
- Scalamandre Final Sale
Selling 8,000 yards of extravagant fabric and their looms too!
When: 11/29-12/10
Where: 37-19 23rd Street, LIC (800.508.0022)
- George Smith
Floor sample sale: 50% off retail on upholstered English furniture
When: 11/13-11/20
Where: 75 Spring Street (212.226.4747)
- Door Store
Vet's Day Sale: 10%-75% off storewide
When: through 11/30
Where: UES, UWS, Mid, Chelsea
- Domain
15% off sale prices on all home furnishings
When: through 11/21
Where: Broadway, Trump Palace, West End Avenue
- Classic Sofa
Thanksgiving Sale: 10% off all sofa frames – delivered in 2 weeks
When: through Thanksgiving…
Where: 5 West 22nd Street (212.620.0485)
- Tribeca Cabinetry Corp.
Throwing in a free Sub-Zero fridge or Wolf stove when you do a custom kitchen
When: through 12/31
Where: 1477 3rd Ave, (212.517.7020)
- Bloomingdale's Custom In-Home Decorating Sale
20%-40% off fabrics for reupholstery, drapery and window treatments
When: through 12/4
Where: in your home, call 718.978.8501
- ABC Antique Rug Sale
40-75% off on every carpet weaving area of the world from scatter to mansion size
Sale: 11/4 – 11/21
Where: 888 Broadway, at E. 19th St. (212.674.1144)
- New York Home Rugs Grand Opening
20%-50% off European furniture and Oriental rugs
When: until they say "uncle"
Where: 178 Amsterdam Ave (212.595.9888)
- Pompanoosuc Mills
Fall Sale: 10%-25% off furniture, storage, rugs & lighting
When: now until they say so
Where: 124 Hudson Street, Tribeca – 212.226.5960
Craigslist Weekend Garage Sale Round Up
- MOVING SALE this Saturday 11/20 (Park Slope)
- Moving Sale Saturday 2-4 PM (SoHo)
- Estate Sale! Moving after 30 Years in Brooklyn Brownstone (Prospect Heights)
- Huge Loft Sale!!! (Williamsburgh)
- STOOP SALE!!! Sat. Nov. 20th (218 E. 5th St)
Flea Markets
- Chelsea Flea Market
When: Saturday and Sunday, 6th Ave from 25th to 26th Street, sunrise to sunset (212.243.5343)
- Hell's Kitchen Flea Market
When: Saturday and Sunday, 39th Street, between 9th & 10th avenues, 10am – 6pm
Selected Art & Cultchah
- John Dolan
New Photographs
When: 11/10 – 12/20
Where: Robin Rice Gallery, 325 west 11th St. (212.366.6660)
- Pouran Jinchi
Alef: new paintings and works on canvas
When: though 12/4
Where: 511 Gallery, 511 West 25th St. (212.255.2885)
- Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor
When: through 1/16
Where: The Whitney Museum Of American Art , 945 Madison Ave. (800.whitney)
- Beatriz Milhazes
Paintings and collages of Beatriz Milhazes pit modernist restraint against baroque excess
When: through 12/24
Where: Cohan , 533 W. 26th St. (212-714-9510)
- Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living
The Albers – of Bauhaus and Black Mountain College fame – collected textiles and furniture pair off with one another
When: through 2/27
Where: Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
- JFK for President: Photographs by Cornell Capa
Shots of John F. Kennedy on the 1960 campaign trail by ICP's founder.
When: 9/17-11/28
Where: International Center of Photography, 1133 Sixth Ave. (212-857-0000)
- Giorgio Morandi
The late still lifes of Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964)
When: 9/24-12/4
Where: Lucas Schoormans , 508 W. 26th St. (212-243-3159)
- Design =/ Art: Functional Objects From Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread
The first museum exhibition of the virtually unknown design works by some of the most influential artists of the last half century.
When: 9/10-2/05
Where: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution , 2 E. 91st St.; 212-849-8300
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A virtual vintage travel trailer rally
What is a vintage travel trailer and who are these people anyway?
Vintage trailer folks are those who camp in vintage trailers. They forgo the obvious luxury of the newer trailers in favor of the warm wood tones and style that made trailer travel popular at the end of World War 1. The lure of the vintage trailer is unmistakable and once bitten by the bug, the search for the perfect trailer becomes paramount to anything else in life. Each vintage trailer owner has a story to tell and will pull out their album. If you don't want to listen, don't ask because once they have captured you, you are in for the long haul.
The current definition of vintage trailer is that it is older than 25 years old. For motorhome, they must be 20 years or older. Teardrops, new or old are considered vintage since they are all built on the original plans.
Taken in 2004, this is my husband and child at a rally at the Bluegrass Festival in Pioneer, AZ. The trailer is a bit messy and this was just before the boy decided to use my camera as a pull toy. You can see a little of the ice box on the left and the counter on the right. The trailer is a Dalton and was built in 1959.
Vintage Trailer Rallies
All over the country there are Vintage Trailer Rallies. The first International Teardrop Gathering was held in Minden, Neb. June 23rd through 26th 2005. Teardroppers traveled from all over the country to meet at the Pioneer Village Museum and campground. BTW, the museum is spectacular and a must see if you are in the area.
In October, there is the Spooktacular in Tucson, AZ. A mix or vintage trailers and teardrops, trailers are decorated for Halloween.
There are too many to list but type in vintage trailer rally and an incredible amount of rallies will pop-up.
This is my 1989 Homebuilt Teardrop named the "Snooze Box" at the 1st International Teardrop Gathering.
Come along with me as we visit a Vintage Travel Trailer Rally
Gail's "Big Red" Kenskill - 2004 Pioneer Rally
A must have movie for trailer folks
There are very few trailer movies and this one taught us all not to take rocks as souvenirs.
Wayne and Kathy's Arrow - Henry Cowell Redwood State Park
Mostly we sit around in the shade and and look at trailer pictures
My 1959 Dalton
A non-scientific poll - Just curious
Do you have a Vintage Trailer?
Craig and Jill's Travelo - 2005 Southwest Rally at Pioneer, Az
2005 Southwest Rally renamed the "Mud Fest" - Pioneer, AZ
This was three days of massive rain and spectacular lightening and thunder. Our group event on Sunday was to pull the 27 trailers out of the mud. This has become legendary.
Vintage Trailer Rally Rule
Vintage trailer folks love to show their trailers. If you attend a rally, you are more than welcome to enter any trailer that has the door open. Feel free to go in and look around. Ask questions, we love to talk about our trailers. If the door is closed, well.. you get it.
Bob and Cindy's ? - The Mud Fest
Not sure what this trailer is. I know it's vintage but it is a little hard to tell with all the tarps. Did I mention that many of the older trailers leak?
Books by Doug Keister
Some of the trailers pictured here are also in these books. Great coffee table books for those of us who, when not camping in our trailers, are looking a pictures.
It's not a vintage trailer event if eating in not part of the adventure - Arizona Roundup, Cottonwood, AZ
Isn't this a beauty. It's a Bowlus and one of the first trailers.
Gage and Tayna's '56 Dalton - Spamboree 2007
Yes, there is a "Spam" cookoff!
My favorite Dalton Trailer Picture - Brand new Dalton's right off the assembly line - Probably taken in around 1956 since they are still rounded
2005 Southwest Rally - Bud's teardrop and Bob and Mary's Boler
If you haven't seen enough, here is a link to other rallies and pictures
Many thanks to Gage and Tanya for the years of photo's and friendship.
- Gage's 56
Most of the pictures here are mine but if you haven't seen enough, there are years of pictures here. Best site of all for vintage trailer and teardrop pictures.
Yes, it has been confirmed that Vintage Trailer Folk are crazy and that if they have one, they probably have more. Care to join us?
Do you have a soft spot for Vintage Trailers? - Leave a comment
@anonymous: I have one from 1956 and have never been able to find any info about it.
awesome trails.. like to have one..
@Chey1997 LM: I have a 1968 Fleetwood 12'. It was modified years ago. Would eventually like to take it back to original.
I like vintage trailer and I love to travel so it's the perfect combination, I just need one that is light enough to pull long distances.
Have a tear-drop and a 62 Shasta Astroflyte, both towed by a 56 Ford.
Hello everyone out there ! Has anyone ever heard of a Gibson trailer made in North Hollywood ? I have purchased a 1955 Gibson that my wife and I want to restore. We have googled are stuff silly and still nothing :( Thanks, Curtis & Andrea
I love Vintage Trailers ~ guess I'm crazy. **smile**
I was wondering if anyone has heard of an Epco trailer. I just purchased a 10ft 1970s model. The title says Epco and I have not been able to find any info on them.
my name is brad i have a 1955 bubble airstream i am restoring love tha old ones
We have a 1977 13 foot Scamp My husband and boys have went many of hundreds of miles in it. We love it we have a motor home too but we love our Scamp more!!!!!
I do! Wish I had one.Blessings!
I get 'em so old I just fix 'em up my own way, usually with a woodstove & new floorplan...just finishing up a '56 (or '57 } Corvette trailer.Next I want to build a teardrop from (my own) plans. I built a teardrop (sort of) out of a Dodge colt...sawed off the front end & put in a mattress...lived in horsetrailers & campers all my life but now am lodged in a semi-trailer with stainedd glass windows, marble floors & (of course) a big woodstove
My dad is giving me a 62 Ford F100 to fix up this summer. Hope to get a small vintage trailer to go behind it so I can take my family on lots of camping trips. Very nicely done lens.
My dad is giving me a 62 Ford F100 to fix up this summer. Hope to get a small vintage trailer to go behind it so I can take my family on lots of camping trips. Very nicely done lens.
Excellent lens. And you know what? I dreamed about travel around North America with a travel trailer.
My father built Fleetwood travel trailers for many many years love them!
Looks like fun. Nice lens.
I love your vintage trailer lenses... you have a knack for including your readers as if we were right there with you!
I love how you include us all in your vintage trailer travels....I always end up smiling...blessed!
Love them! Just got our first canned ham! A 60s Arrow
Very awesome lens! We loved it!
Would LOVE to join you! If I ever find one in my price range, we will be there!
These are fantastic. Amazing collection.
These are awesome, I love anything that is vintage...We are actually looking for a trailer for next years camping season and after seeing this I think we should go vintage too...
Amazing collection. I love it.
I love the vintage trailors, but never owned one. My uncle had one that he restored and it looked great! Nice lens.
Teardrops are sure cute! I love all of your photos actually!
Love your site, and my 1963 Shasta Compact. Happy Camping!
Beautiful, great lens, thanks for sharing.
Lol...now this is a redneck type lens. Well done.
Great lens! If the standard for Vintage is 25 years, and I am 50, what does that make me? (just old?). Anyway, I don't own a trailer, but enjoyed the pics and lens. Thanks!
Thanks for this great insight into the wonderful world of vintage trailer rallies!
I used to be so jealous of people having a trailer because we always had to sleep on the floor in a tent and they had beds!
I had no idea!
This looks like so much fun. It reminded me of that old Lucille Ball movie where they are going on vacation and she's trying to cook in the back of the trailer.
What a fun group of people! So not my cup of tea, but I smile when I see one on the road.
This was so enjoyable to read. I really got the message that people with vintage trailers just love to talk about and show their trailers. Great photos!
Thanks so much for sharing this part of your life with us. This was very interesting.
There are some old trailers. Wonderful lens.
I remember seeing a lot of these trailers (before they were vintage) in my many years of camping. This article brought back some of those memories.
I love this page. Great photos and I really enjoyed reading your comments. I love the title of the first paragraph: Who are these people anyway....Made me smile.
Back home in New Zealand where I grew up - these trailers are called CARAVANS. We even used to have one when I was a kid. (This was in the early to mid 1970s). I can still remember lifting up the back of the couch to make a top bunk that I got to sleep in while my sister slept on the couch seat underneath. That was a lot of fun.
It does sound like fun, but I do enjoy my home comforts
I think I would love a vintage trailer,for a day or two! Sounds like fun!
What a unique and wonderful lens. ~Blessed
What fun! Don't know that I'll own a vntage trailer, but sure would enjoy visiting a vintage travel trailer rally.
My family traveled around the USA in '76 in a VW Bus - and loved it!. So, while we didn't have a trailer, I can certainly appreciate your love for them! Very cool lens - and great pix!
I think "cute" would describe those teardrop trailers. We point out vintage trailers when we are traveling, but don't think we would ever get one.


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I've been tagged by Through the Key Hole by Jo. I've been to Bolton Abbey – it was one of my favorite places to visit along with the very interesting town of York. I had ancestors who lived in Yorkshire and York so I was walking where they had walked. Here are my answers to your questions:
1. What is your earliest memory?
I remember being so angry that I ran away from home with my trusty dog, Sad Eyes; I was the tender age of 5. Sad Eyes was a hunting dog and could have dragged me along but he went along with me willingly. I am sure we didn't go very far because a block was a long ways to go with short legs.
|Large dog in front is Sad Eyes
My best memory from that age was being in a stage show and doing the hula. I was in seventh heaven because I always wanted to be a dancer. I had a real costume and I think I did a good job.
2. Who would you hate to be stuck in a lift with and why?
My older brother; he's extremely claustrophobic and he'd probably have a heart attack. This picture is of my brother and myself long because claustrophobic attacked us both. It was taken behind our parent's drive-in so it looks like shanty town but it is not – just an alleyway and a couple of sheds, although one looks like an outhouse. We had a new home with indoor plumbing.
3. What is your favourite food?
I have this horrible sweet tooth and I've always said that sugar is very addicting, but getting down to really eating, my favorite food is a filet mignon medium rare with a giant baked potato fully loaded.
4. What was the first record you bought?
That's a hard one because I don't have the records anymore in all my moving around from Idaho to Utah to Alaska. I remember the Sun label and it was probably Elvis because I developed a love for his music early.
5. What's the first thing you do when you get out of bed? I run to the bathroom and turn off fans.
6. What was your first job?
I worked in a movie theatre as the cashier. It was nice because I was inside the theatre and not stuck outside in a window cage.
7. Who is your favourite author?
Robin Cook writes the best medical mysteries ever. I also like Tony Hillerman who writes mysteries about the New Mexico and the Navaho Indian Reservations.
|Robin Cook
|Tony Hillerman
8. If you could go anywhere in the world on holiday, where would it be?
I have dreams of flying into Paris, getting on a train and traveling through Europe. Of course my dream of all dreams is going to Poland to Sztabin and to Klobuck where my ancestors lived.
9. Do you have a party trick?
No, not much of a partier.
10. Will you be watching the 2012 olympics?
I enjoy watching the opening and closing ceremonies and bits in between so yes I will watch 2012 olympics.
11. Do you have any bad habits?
Yes, I always seem to want a snack at 7:30 pm regardless if I've had a large evening meal or not. I need to break this habit but it's very hard since I live alone.
This is get to know you week so have some fun doing it.
Those who are being tagged:
Anne from Marmalade and Catmint
Shopgirl from Back of the Moon
Shopgirl from Back of the Moon
Paulette from Cheerful Thrifty Door
Marietta from Sweet Old Vintage
Heidi from The Polka Dot Petticoat
Marilyn from Our Victorian Cottage
From Daffodills and Snowdrops
Kathy from Postcards from P.P.
From Apron History
Liz from Shortbread and Ginger
Sandy from Quill Cottage
Heidi from The Polka Dot Petticoat
Marilyn from Our Victorian Cottage
From Daffodills and Snowdrops
Kathy from Postcards from P.P.
From Apron History
Liz from Shortbread and Ginger
Sandy from Quill Cottage
Questions I'd like you to answer are:
1. What is your most cherished memory of childhood?
2. Cats, dogs or horses?
3. Is your house too big or too small?
4. Where have you lived?
5. Would you rather see it rain or snow?
6. What is your favorite cheese?
7. What is at the top of your wish list?
8. What is your opinion of China?
9. If you could visit any place in the world, where would it be?
10. Have you ever been to a ghost town; if so where?
11. Who is your favorite author?


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Are you ready for a swatch-a-thon? I'm soooo excited to show you these polishes today!
Models Own are releasing yet another smasher of a collection, this is their Disco Pants collection, inspired by famous New York nightclubs.
There are five polishes in this collection, three metallic shades, and two shimmers.
Copacabana - gold metallic
Paradise Garage - green metallic
Roxy - shimmer purple
Studio 54 - pink metallic
Sound Factory - blue shimmer
Starting off with Copacabana. This is a rich gold metallic.
This applies perfectly and was pretty much opaque in one coat. This is two coats. I think this could be a great stamping polish.
Next we have Paradise Garage, a rich metallic green shade.
Again pretty much opaque in one coat, but I've applied two here. This is a really lovely shade of green, again, I think this would be great for stamping with, plus I can see this getting a lot of use around Christmas time!
Next we have Roxy - this is a shimmering purple.
My oh my! What an absolute beauty this polish is! Very, very pretty. The colours in this polish change to shades of pink and red when you tilt your nail in the light. This is two coats of Roxy.
Next we have Sound Factory, which is a blue filled with shimmer.
This is an absolute stunner! Again two coats and this has dried to a lovely smooth glass finish. Look at the glittery blue goodness! LOVE.
Finally we have Studio 54, which is a gorgeous hot metallic pink.
Again, like the other metallic shades in this collection this was pretty much opaque in one coat. This is two coats of Studio 54. A really pretty pink. You can't go wrong with a lovely bright pink.
So what do you think? Which one is your favourite? I'm loving all of these colours but I'd say Roxy is perhaps my favourite - so pretty.
So - fancy getting your Disco Pants on?
These will be available on the Models Own website from 17th October, Bottleshops from 18th October and Superdrug stores from 22nd October.
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NEW! Models Own Disco Pants Collection
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Scholar of the Week
Hector Hernandez
University of Oklahoma
Hector is a junior pursuing his degree in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He is the recipient of the Ann Seki Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by Chevron.
Hector's parents, immigrants from Mexico, are college graduates and very strong influences in his life to attend and complete college. Both Hector's mother and father worked tirelessly to complete college themselves despite tremendous challenges and skeptics who told them they were wasting both their time and money. They had the foresight to realize that completing college would provide a better life for their family and so they instilled in Hector at a very early age, the importance of hard work and determination to set and accomplish his goals. Always ready to provide support, his family worked closely with Hector and his teachers to ensure he was doing his best to be a successful student.
Hector grew up in a predominantly Hispanic area where students either accepted the lives they were living with no desire to improve their situation or students who wanted to excel and make something more of their lives. Being the latter, Hector joined a Collegiate Challenge group the summer after his junior year of high school. The program pair's students with an adult mentor tasked to help them achieve their goals of attending a four- year university, as well as securing various scholarships. Before the end of the first week of his senior year, Hector had completed all of his college applications.
As an active member of the College of Engineering program at the University of Oklahoma, Hector was selected to work as a summer intern with Corrpro Companies, Inc in Wyoming. He was one of very few freshman engineering students to have received an internship. Hector is also an active member of the OU Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and a President's Community Scholar. Hector is a dedicated student and has maintained an admirable GPA in the rigorous courses of the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy at The University of Oklahoma.
With strong leadership skills and focused motivation, Hector aspires to graduate from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Petroleum Engineering and enter the workforce in the petroleum industry. Hector then plans to attend law school someday and specialize in energy law.
Hector is an ambitious, driven and determined role model and a clear choice as a Class of 2015 HENAAC Scholar.
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Think Quidditch is a game just for Harry Potter fans? Think again. Quidditch is definitely not for couch potatoes. Or the faint of heart. It may be based on a fictional activity but it combines speed, strength, endurance (along with a bit of mischief) and a caliber of athleticism that rivals any mainstream sport.
This weekend, the fifth annual Quidditch World Cup, organized by the very real International Quidditch Association (IQA) sweeps into Randall's Island, New York.


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Afolake Awoyiga talks about her 2nd year
A day in the life
Afolake Awoyiga talks about her 2nd year
I will bring social justice into my future social work practice by asking the right questions to discover the root causes of problems, advocating on behalf of vulnerable populations and constantly engaging in a critical self-analysis.
A new, critical and collective approach to social work
Compared to her native Nigeria, social work student Afolake Awoyiga sees Canada as a very individualistic society. Where she grew up, you were expected to be a member of your community first.
"We are all kind of accountable for each other. That way, you know all your neighbours and if something is going on, you get involved. You don't even have to be asked. That's how it differs."
That's hard to do when you're a newcomer to Canada. With no friends or family nearby, settling in Canada can be a real culture shock. Not having people to relate to is a huge challenge for immigrants, she says.
As much as she loves Halifax, it took her years to make a home here. Afolake moved here in 2003 with her husband. She even started our program in 2008, but found it hard to manage a degree, two young kids and a full-time job.
Now that her kids are older and everyone feels settled, Afolake is finishing her degree. She wants to do social work with immigrants and marginalized groups, with a special focus on health care.
Afolake volunteers with the Diversity and Inclusion Unit of the Capital Health hospital system in Halifax. Immigrants face linguisitic and social barriers when they go to the doctor, she says.
Her experience with health care as an immigrant spurred her to start an independent study as part of her degree. She's researching access to health care for marginalized groups in the city.
"My experiences are just one example. There could be many more out there of immigrants who are not getting proper access to health care because there are language barriers."
Ultimately, Afolake's goal is to inject more community into Canada, and into the lives of newcomers to Canada. How she's going to do that has been informed by what she's learned in this program.
"I intend to bring a critical perspective to my practice by not individualizing my clients' problems, but by making personal issues political, through seeking out other people with the same problem and finding creative ways to resolve their problems collectively."


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It's going to be a boy and another boy for Charlie Sheen.
The Two and a Half Men star and his wife Brooke Mueller are expecting twin boys next spring, he told OK!.
"I'm truly blessed," Sheen said. "I'm already the proud father of three beautiful daughters, and I'm delighted that they'll now have two little brothers. Life doesn't get any better than this."
The two tykes will join Cassandra, the actor's 23-year-old daughter with Paula Profit, and Sam, 4, and Lola, 3, his daughters with estranged ex-wife Denise Richards.
Married since May 30, Sheen and Mueller, a real estate investor, announced their pregnancy in August — and weren't shy about their gender preference.
"Unless I bat 100 percent, perhaps a boy awaits us," Sheen said at the time.
What should the parents-to-be name their boys?
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Please allow me a moment to gush.
Southside Presbyterian Church has fast become one of my favorite locales in Tucson. My appreciation for Southside goes beyond my love for the hogan style architecture which delineates its campus from other structures in the surrounding neighborhood of South Tucson. While I love the rust colored adobe walls which ensconce the inner core of the church, I might just love the heavy splash of southwestern details which mark the church's interior even more than it's smoothly curved walls. For example, figures that look as though they could have been conjured up in the mind of a being from a much earlier time period appear to dance in the perforations which mark the light fixtures throughout the church. Even as the painstaking attention to detail which characterizes Southside's interior and exterior design allures my artsy side, I am most intrigued by the incredible outreach programs which mark the church's daily calendar.
The first thing that grabbed my attention when I visited Southside for the first time two weeks ago was the sign with an intense portrait of a dying Christ with the statement "Executions Have Always Been Wrong" emblazoned upon it. Pretty hardcore. In my meetings with the members of Southside over the past couple of weeks I have become increasingly impressed by the reality that Southside Presbyterian is far from an ordinary, run of the mill Christian church but rather puts into action the words of Christ found in the New Testament biblical book of Matthew in chapter 25 and verses 35 and 36 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me...'
I feel as though my experience at Southside has made and will continue to make an indelible mark on my notions of Christianity and furthermore the Christian experience.
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So where I live is easy to prove, I can send them proof of that.
Now my no claims bonus is made up of one year of Tesco and 3 years of Norwich Union. Norwich Union want proof of no claims discount from previous insurer seeing as they know I've got 3 years with them. So I've phoned Tesco who tell me that my year's no claims from 3 years ago is no longer valid. I asked why and they tell me that it's only ever valid for 2 years to which I point out that if this was true then you could never get more than 2 years no claims bonus.
Now I thought they were getting confused about me wanting to take advantage of a years no claims from a few years ago and I've not have insurance in the meantime. I made it clear to them that I have had insurance non-stop for the whole time, just I transferred to Norwich Union as when my renewal came up it was a better price. The manager told me that it's definately no longer valid as I haven't been using it for the past 3 years. I told him that I have been using it as it's been noted on my policy with Norwich Union that I have a years no claims with a previous insurer.
Tesco have insisted that it's not valid as I hadn't passed proof onto Norwich Union within 2 years. I never knew that you had to and Norwich Union haven't asked for it until this point.
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There is no life situation that can't be solved by an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not even social media! For those of you unfamiliar, Buffy is the greatest television show ever and now a pop culture phenom.
Possibly one of the best episodes is the fourth season's "Hush." Don't believe me? Ask the people who nominated it for an Emmy.
Basically, one night as the town of Sunnydale sleeps, the fairy-tale demons "The Gentlemen" come to town and steal everyone's voice, because it is the scream that can kill them. The Gentlemen then proceed to try and kill others. Oh no! Buffy and her new hunky college crush must try to stop them. But how? Once they figure out that Buffy needs to get her voice back to kill The Gentlemen, wackiness ensues, as does a plan. She battles The Gentlemen, finds the box where the stolen voices were kept, gets said hunky boyfriend to open the box, gets her voice back, screams, and The Gentlemen literally lose their heads over it.
The moral of the story here, little boys and girls, is that sometimes, there are things that can be said, even if there is silence.
"How is this remotely like social meda?" you ask. Let me 'splain. For traditional marketers, social media is like The Gentlemen, someone came and stole their marketing speak.
Suddenly, traditional marketers find that their traditional marketing pitches don't work in the new social media space. They must learn to communicate in a new way. Additionally, they must learn to participate without actually speaking at all. They have to learn to listen! (Gasp! I know!) Marketers aren't particularly good listeners. They'd rather you listen to them.
After the marketers have their marketing speak stripped away, and they're forced to listen to what their customers say, when they break the box and get their marketing speak back, they're better able to communicate with their customers!
So the moral of my story is, dear marketers, to embrace your marketing laryngitis. If you keep trying to communicate on social media with traditional marketing push messages, that's exactly what you're going to do – push your customers away. Social media is a "pull" medium. It requires you to listen and find out what your customers are asking of you. After you've developed a relationship with them, you can then customize your marketing message so that it's accepted.
Thank you Buffy, for teaching us another important life lesson. 🙂


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"Annyong," Bluths! Arrested Development is returning to Netflix for a fifth season in 2018.
Today, Netflix announced the entire Arrested Development gang is coming back to Balboa Towers for another (hopefully better) revival season. Jason Bateman (Michael), Michael Cera (George-Michael), Jeffrey Tambor (George Sr.), Jessica Walter (Lucille), Will Arnett (Gob), Tony Hale (Buster), Portia de Rossi (Lindsay), David Cross (Tobias) and Alia Shawkat (Maeby) will reprise their delightfully dysfunctional roles in the Bluth family comedy. The show's creator Mitchell Hurwitz will also return.
This surprise season comes with a mixed bag of emotions. The show originally aired on Fox from 2003 to 2006 but was unceremoniously canceled after decidedly weak ratings. Arrested Development amassed a cult following after its cancellation, and fans were elated when Netflix decided to revive the show for a fourth season in 2013. Unfortunately, most found the streaming service's reboot to be as misguided as Tobias's decision to "blue" himself, and are both surprised by and wary of the fifth season that materialized out of nowhere.
Netflix has yet to release further information about the plot, cameos or whether Ron Howard will continue to narrate the misadventures of the Bluths in season five.
At least we know "there's always money in the banana stand."
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Your surgical error case may have happened something like this: You went to the hospital to receive what you thought was a routine hernia surgery. Your surgeon said that everything went according to plan and you may feel a little bit of pain for a few days as you continued to heal.
Did you go home with a surgical souvenir?
Railroad accident victims deserve justice
Of all types of accidents, train accidents are among the most deadly and catastrophic. Victims of train accidents deserve to receive full compensation for their injuries and losses.
Who is responsible for my semitruck accident?
Let's say you are driving to the YMCA early on a Saturday, planning to get in your morning swim. However, as you are waiting at a red light a semitruck starts backing up in front of you. The next thing you know, the back of the truck jackknifes around and strikes your vehicle.


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Mga Awit 118 Magandang Balita Biblia (MBBTAG)
Awit ng Pagtatagumpay
118 Purihin si Yahweh sa kanyang kabutihan!
4 Lahat ng may takot
10 Sa aking paligid
15 Dinggin ang masayang
17 Aking sinasabing
19 Ang mga pintuan
20 Pasukan ni Yahweh
21 Aking pinupuri
22 Ang batong itinakwil
26 Pinagpala ang dumarating sa pangalan ni Yahweh;
28 Ikaw ay aking Diyos,
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sver. 21; Josh. 13:9, 17, 21; [Deut. 3:10]
ai[1 Sam. 4:13, 16; Nah. 2:1]
aj[1 Sam. 4:13, 16; Nah. 2:1]
brSee Isa. 15:4-6
Jeremiah 48
Judgment on Moab1 a Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Woe to b Nebo, for it is laid waste!
c Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame d and broken down;
2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In e Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
'Come, let us cut her off f from being a nation!'
You also, O g Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
3 "A voice! A cry from h Horonaim,
'Desolation and great destruction!'
4 Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
5 i For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping; ▼
▼ Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping
for k at the descent of Horonaim
they have heard the distressed cry ▼
▼ Septuagint (compare Isaiah 15:5) heard the cryof destruction.
6 Flee! Save yourselves!
You will be like m a juniper in the desert!
7 For n because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and o Chemosh p shall go into exile
with q his priests and his officials.
8 r The destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and s the plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.
9 "Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.
10 t "Cursed is he who does u the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed. 11 "Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has v settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
12 "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his ▼
▼ Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew theirjars in pieces. 13 Then x Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as y the house of Israel was ashamed of z Bethel, their confidence. 14 "How do you say, 'We are heroes
and mighty men of war'?
15 The destroyer of aa Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have ab gone down to slaughter,
declares ac the King ad whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17 ae Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say af 'How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.'
18 ag "Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of ah Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
19 ai Stand by the way aj and watch,
O inhabitant of ak Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, 'What has happened?'
20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
al wail and cry!
Tell it beside am the Arnon,
that an Moab is laid waste.
21 "Judgment has come upon ao the tableland, upon Holon, and ap Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22 and aq Dibon, and ar Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23 and as Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and at Beth-meon, 24 and au Kerioth, and av Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 aw The horn of Moab is cut off, and ax his arm is broken, declares the Lord. 26 ay "Make him drunk az because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall ba wallow in his vomit bb and he too shall be held in derision. 27 bc Was not Israel a derision to you? bd Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him be you wagged your head? 28 bf "Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be bg like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
29 bh We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
bi his boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
31 bj Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of bk Kir-hareseth I mourn.
32 More than for bl Jazer I weep for you,
bm O vine of bn Sibmah!
bo Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of bp Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
33 bq Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.
34 br "From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to bs Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35 And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in bt the high place and makes offerings to his god. 36 Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of bu Kir-hareseth. bv Therefore the riches they gained have perished. 37 bw "For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. bx On all the hands are gashes, and by around the waist is sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like bz a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. 39 How it is broken! How they wail! ca How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab cb has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him." 40 For thus says the Lord:
"Behold, cc one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
cd and spread his wings against Moab;
41 ce the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
cf The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of cg a woman in her birth pains;
42 Moab shall be ch destroyed and be no longer a people,
because ci he magnified himself against the Lord.
43 cj Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
44 He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
ck For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
45 "In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed cl the forehead of Moab,
the crown of cm the sons of tumult.
46 cn Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of co Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
47 cp Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, declares the Lord."
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
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This blog is dedicated to Exmoor Jane.
Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack
Dear Diary,
First of all here is the promised pic of our dear Finn, he is eleven now; no he is definitely not a labrador, he's always been a bit of an overweight lurcher, M feeds him rather too well but he still races round. (Finn that is).
Apart from eating, this is another of his favourite occupations, resting by the hearth.
It was World Book Day yesterday. A storyteller came to the library and she read to a group of young children whose ages ranged from one practically new baby, several toddlers from the Toddler Group up to a few of the younger primary school children. There was much interaction with the children using the senses; it went really well and all the children were given free book vouchers as they left.
We can't call the group Mothers and Toddlers any more as they get quite a few Dads with their pre-school children coming to the weekly meetings in the community hall. Very nice to see fathers sharing the daily hands-on parenting role.
Talking of books and children, I am reading a wonderful book at the moment. It is Blue Sky July by Nia Wynn and is the story of a mother (and a father) bringing up a child with severe cerebral palsy. I will say no more as I haven't finished reading it and hate revealing all, I much prefer people to discover the joy of a book for themselves. All I will say is if you are a parent of a disabled child you should read it, or even if you aren't as it is beautifully written.
I heard Blue Sky July on Radio 4, it was Book of the Week a few weeks ago read aloud by the author but I just had to read it for myself. One of my borrowers is a young teenager taking a year out before she trains as a children's nurse; she ordered this book as she had also heard about it. I was impressed as she is obviously already demonstrating signs of an honest dedication to her future profession.
I have been thinking a lot about language recently, about how writers mix up their words and paint a palette as it were. They can create a beautiful piece of art (or not), be it a poem or a piece of prose by using just the raw material that is after all just a random selection from all the words in existence.
Words can be 'arranged' in the lyrics of songs, in poems, diaries, letters, plays, novels, books of non-fiction, biographies, newspapers, magazines. Even graffiti. Even blogs! Words are therapy, often both for the writer and the reader and often simultaneously. How could we live without words? They soothe, they teach, they inform. I am an addict of course, I've always been a sauce bottle/cereal packet reader, I just can't get enough of the things.
The spoken word of course is everywhere, we cannot escape from it sometimes, though if you are like me you probably like to, occasionally. I may blog about silence at a future date and also about meditation but even in those two states words will lurk beneath the surface as they float around inside our heads. Well they do in my case, how about you? Have you ever reached a wordless state?
Alison Krauss, When you say nothing at all.
Time for blessings today methinks, it is Friday after all.
M is feeling better, he was a bit poorly in the night. His new Hotter shoes have arrived, ordered on the Internet yesterday afternoon, how's that for service? And they fit too! We've never ordered shoes online before but it was a risk that has paid off.
The sun is out although its appearance is deceptive, I took the dogs for a walk this morning and it was bitterly cold still and snow is forecast for these higher regions of Wales.
Rugby tomorrow, that is something to look forward to though I shall be pulled in two directions as Wales are playing Ireland. I have to support Ireland but I don't want Wales to be beaten. I wouldn't be happy with a draw either. How difficult is that? And mad? Don't answer that.
My dear friend and hairdresser who lives down the road. She has cut my hair into a proper bob again and coloured it for me so I feel much more like me, better somehow and 'lighter'. Funny how a hairdo or something new to wear can cheer one up isn't it?
Daydreaming will be my special blessing today. It is one of my favourite pastimes after all but it was my Angel Card that I drew this morning telling me I must do it if I am to be inspired. Never one to argue with the angels I did a bit while I was walking round the field but then I saw the delivery man arrive (with the shoes) and the dogs were racing off to check him out so my reverie was quickly brought to an end. Perhaps I will try again later.
Finally……those especially gifted artists that I love, those authors and their paintings of words. No need to enlarge on that one.
I'd better add a poem by one of my favourite poets and then I will leave you. I have another project on the go and it involves, you've guessed it,
much mixing up of WORDS.
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a colour slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
And feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
Billy Collins
Bye for now,


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Riyadh: Six men and four women reverted to Islam during the recent public lecture by Zakir Naik at the King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh.
Addressing the non-Muslim participants, Naik said: "The best decision of your life is choosing the right religion. Accepting Islam as a way of life is very simple. You have to pronounce the Shahada declaring 'There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger'."
Speaking to Arab News, some of the reverts spoke about the events that led to their decision of coming back into the fold of Islam.
Catherine Villahermosa, from the Philippines who has been in the Kingdom since 2010, said: "My Saudi employer presented a copy of the Holy Qur'an in my native language after noticing my interest in Islam. I started reading it and gradually began to understand the essence of the divine revelation. I listened to the call of my heart and decided to embrace Islam."
Hanadi Mohammed, the Saudi sponsor of Villahermosa, said: "I have waited here the whole day to be with Catherine in her life-changing moment when she pronounces the Shahada. I am very happy for her."
Another Saudi sponsor, Maha Al-Khatib, took along Jeneline Mimita, her non-Muslim domestic help, to listen to Naik's talk.
"Even though Jeneline maintains her Christian faith, we never know whom Allah chooses to guide toward the right path tomorrow."
Jeneline, who has been in the Kingdom for only three months, asked Naik, "How does the reference of Mary in the Bible and Miriam in Islam differ if both describe the same incidences."
"We, Muslims, believe in loving and respecting all Prophets of Allah, including Prophet Jesus, and the messages that were revealed to them by Allah."
Giovannie Bouzan, a nurse at King Saud Chest Hospital who preferred to pronounce her Shahada in the privacy of female volunteers from the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) said: "At my workplace, I was touched by the polite and respectful behavior of the patients, doctors and other Muslims. Initially, I read a lot of Islamic booklets and propagation literature available at the bookstands at hospitals and wanted to know more about Islam. Soon I found myself reading the Qur'an in English and also started to fast during Ramadan. I even bought the Qur'an in English as a gift for my family and friends in the Philippines. Alhamdulillah, I am very happy to pronounce that I am a Muslim by faith, today."
Fatima Mendoza, who reverted to Islam three years ago, enrolled herself with the Islamic Online University and has been continuously learning and knowing about Islam. Mendoza accompanied another sister from the Philippines, Nabe Muhi, to Naik's lecture.
Muhi, who was a Christian when she arrived in the Kingdom in May 2013, said that she developed an interest in Islam and, with the help of her Muslim friends, started reading the Qur'an and listening to Muslim scholars. "In Islam I have found many answers that have guided me toward the light," she said.
—Arab News