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The much-ancitipated third release from the lads at Blokesworld features all the best bits from Series 2 of the cult classic TV show.
This installment sees the fellas Ado and Wah and the gorgeous Miss Blokesworld hit the road in utes and caravans and begin an adventure across Australia, meeting the locals and creating their own brand of mayhem along the way.
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|Blues; Hymns; Jazz
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Charles Edward Smith; Frederic Ramsey, Jr.; Leadbelly; Oh Red.; Dock Reese; Sonny Terry; Brownie McGhee; Scrapper Blackwell; Bessie Tucker; J M Gates, Rev.; Champion Jack Dupree; Omer Simeon; Pops Foster; James P Johnson; Margaret Johnson, (Vocalist); Two Gospel Keys. (Musical group); Jim Jam Band.; Dallas String Band.; Black & Blue Trio.
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|Frederic Ramsey, Jr., series editor.
Recorded from "race records" of the early 1900's.
Program notes by Charles Edward Smith (8 p.)--inserted in container.
|1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in.
|Ol' Hannah (prison work song) (Doc Reese, vocal)--Juliana Johnson (axe-cutting song) (Lead Belly, guitar with vocal)--Harmonica breakdown (hoe down dance) (Sonny Terry, harmonica; "Oh" Red, washboard)--John Henry (work song) (Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, vocal)--Down south (blues) (Scrapper Blackwell, guitar with vocal)--Penitentiary blues (Bessie Tucker, piano with vocal)--Dry bones (Negro sermon) (Rev. J.M. Gates with congregation)--I can't feel at home (spiritual) (Two Gospel Keys, vocal with tambourine and guitar)--Slow boogie (Champian Jack Dupree, piano with vocal)--38 slug (Jim Jam Band, guitar, washboard, mandolin, kazoo, bones)--Blues for Lorenzo (Creole) (Omer Simeon, clarinet; Pops Foster, string bass; James P. Johnson, piano)--Dallas rag (Dallas String Band, jug, guitar, mandolin, banjo)--When a 'gator holler, folks say it's a sign of rain (Margaret Johnson with Black & Blue Trio).
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Cost-Optimal Planning using Weighted MaxSAT
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We consider the problem of computing optimal plans for propositional planning problems with action costs. In the spirit of leveraging advances in general-purpose automated reasoning for that setting, we develop an approach that operates by solving a sequence of partial weighted MaxSAT problems, each of which corresponds to a step-bounded variant of the problem at hand. Our approach is the first SAT-based system in which a proof of cost-optimality is obtained using a MaxSAT procedure. It is also the first system of this kind to incorporate an admissible planning heuristic. We perform a detailed empirical evaluation of our work using benchmarks from a number of International Planning Competitions.
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20th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling: COPLAS'10 Auxiliary Proceedings
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I posted about saving orange peels for orange zest a few days ago. I took some pictures tonight showing what I do to the orange peels to make them into dried orange zest.
First up, orange peels. Here is a picture of what Joel left behind.
From those peels, I cut them up into manageable pieces.
Then, with a paring knife (or a cheapass steak knife -- who me? LOL) I trim off the pith. Pith is the whitish stuff on the inside of the peel. If you left it on it would make your zest very bitter.
This is what you are left with and what the dried pieces will look like in a day or so.
This is what I dry them on and how I store them until there is enough to grind in my nut & spice grinder. I have a tray from my toaster oven that I rarely ever use. I put the tray on top of my fridge because it is warm and dry up there, plus, as an added bonus, you can't see the tray. It's where I dry bread for bread crumbs, too. However, anything would work. Paper towel, plate, tray, etc. Basically, anything that would let you lay them out without overlapping too much.
So, there you have it. What I used to toss into the garburator, is now being made into an absolutely lovely aromatic for cooking. Or, if you were one to burn candles & oils, you could toss the dried zest into the potpourri, too. This is what I end up with:
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The alumni branch of Kidz-4-Kidz, the theatrical arm of The Ashley Lauren Foundation – a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing hope and help to children throughout New Jersey who suffer from cancer through financial, material, and emotional support – will present the musical comedy, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. and April 18 at 3:00 and 7:30 p.m. at The Jersey Shore Arts Center, Main Avenue and Main Street, Ocean Grove, NJ.
This 1920s-era feel-good musical, complete with extravagant dance numbers, glittering costumes, and an unlikely love story between a wealthy playboy and a rough and tumble lady bootlegger, is set against the backdrop of classic Gershwin hits like "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "Someone to Watch Over Me," and "Fascinating Rhythm." NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT harkens back to the golden age of American musical comedy. This sparkling, madcap tale combines laughter, romance, and high-stepping Broadway magic bursting with song, glamour, and good old-fashioned musical entertainment.
You will truly enjoy a wonderful show while helping children that are suffering from cancer.
Tickets are reserved seating for $15 and up. For tickets, go to www.kidz-4-kidznj.com and click "Nice Work If You Can Get It" tickets. Special group rate for 10 or more people is also available. Call Gina at 732-255-9638.


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Super Beings in the T&T Universe
by 'Mad' Roy Cram
Professor Whenn and Yorrdamma Vrash are doing research on entities of the Troll World that possess unusual or extraordinary talents and/or abilities which make them superior to ordinary beings. If anyone has comments or questions they may trollmail Yorrdamma Vrash via Trollhalla, who will be happy to respond to any inquiries.
These creatures are the shape changers or form dancers. For simplicity's sake we will refer to them as 'Weres'. These are entities that can change their physical form either partly or wholly into some kind of animal. The authors are indebted to mega author Jim Butcher from whose noir detective novel Fool Moon much useful information was obtained. If the reader enjoys wizard and werewolf stories, this is one of the best.
The most common form of Werewolf is fortunately one of the less dangerous kinds. These beings are humans who can use magic (the only magic they can use) to change themselves into a wolf and back to human form again. The wolf will have the same body mass as the human who assumed the animal form. All adult Werewolves will have a Wiz rating of at least 14. Each use of this spell costs them seven Wiz points. Like other magic users they regain Wiz at the rate of one Wiz per turn if resting. They don't need to be naked to change to the wolf form, but most wear only the sort of clothing they can easily shuck off or wiggle out of because the spell that makes them a wolf does not affect what they are wearing. They will be naked when they change back to human again. The wolf gets three times its human Strength and Constitution and twice its Speed. I add these up to get a monster rating. I also give the Werewolf spite damage of one point for each five and each six they roll on combat dice. The wolf's furry pelt is the equivalent of leather armor and takes 5 hits per round. The wolf has a manual Dexterity of three. It cannot wield a weapon with paws. If a Werewolf is defending its mate or offspring it will get double combat adds. These wolves keep their human mind while in the wolf form, but have highly enhanced senses of smell and hearing. I give them +6 on dice rolls involving either sense. They cannot speak any language while wolven. They are not affected by the moon or the sun. And they are vulnerable to harm by ordinary weapons as well as silver. Fire and magic can also hurt or kill them. They do heal at twice the normal human rate, and may heal up to one D6 of hits each time they change form. When a Werewolf is killed it should be beheaded or burned. They have an annoying habit of coming back to life if not completely destroyed.
This condition is hereditary. You will not become a Werewolf if you are bitten by one of these creatures. Though most tend to be solitary and reclusive beings, they can also be found in families, usually on isolated farms far from cities or towns. The adults will hunt as a pack at night. The children usually do not start to change until they are teenagers. Rare members may never change, but still carry the genes. Werewolves usually don't bother people unless hunger drives them to prey on their neighbor's livestock. In outlying areas one can find small hamlets or villages where everyone is a Werewolf. They are usually not friendly to strangers
Sometimes one of these Werewolves will get a little crazy and start preying on people. This provides some good role playing situations where a party must try and figure out who the culprit is.
Higher level Werewolves of this type may join a party in the woods or above ground, but they hate tunnels and caves. Most of them are the original tree huggers, and they will use all their abilities to help a group track down a rogue Werewolf or other creature that is making trouble for them or doing harm to the forest and its creatures. Don't mess with their woods; they can be vindictive and very cross in these cases.
They also make good night watchmen and guards in a city setting. If you thought the junkyard dog was mean, wait til you meet the junkyard Werewolf!
A sad case of Werewolf is the poor fellow who made a high level wizard really mad and had a Urawolf spell cast on him (9th level, Intelligence and Dexterity of 54 required, 100 Wiz to cast). It turns the victim into a wolf just like the one described above. They are then stuck in the animal form until another Wizard or magic person can remove the curse or dispel the powerful magic.
This makes for some neat role playing too. If the character transformed is a player he must figure out how to make his predicament known to his comrades, and then they must try and figure out how to get him back into human form. Each week after the change, the victim must make a level one saving roll on his intelligence. Each time he fumbles or he misses one he loses one point of Intelligence. When his INT reaches 3 he becomes a wolf and remains that way forever. His human mind is gone.
Hexenwolf or Spell Wolfs are different in that they are created by an enchanted belt of wolf fur, or some sort of talisman. When they put it on, they turn into a werewolf like the type described above. They have the power to change back when they want to, but must take off the belt or talisman right away. These belts or items are given to them by magic users who usually mean no good, and always enchant them to make them do what the magician wants. Often, the one bestowing these 'gifts' on his pack will wear one too that makes him or her the alpha of the group. Wizards, however, can't cast other spells while in wolf form.
One of the main drawbacks of this kind of transformation is the tendency of the user to 'go wolf' and just run away to the woods and stay in the wolf form until his mind is gone and only the wolf mind remains. Players should have to make a level one saving roll on Intelligence each time they transform. Like the Urawolf fellow, they lose a point of Intelligence every time they fumble or miss a roll. When their INT hits three they are done and stay a real wolf for the rest of their lives.
In the cities Hexenwolves are sometimes used by criminal groups of various kinds, and can do great mischief. Regular Werewolves of the first type above hate these creatures and will gladly help the authorities to track them down and kill them.
Lycanthropes are the classic Wolfman or Wolfwoman (fortunately rare), a human being that develops wolf like characteristics, but stays in humanoid form. These folks come from a clan of people whose tribal totem is a Wolf, and they are carriers of an angry wolf spirit put in them at birth by the Shaman. Their bite will not make you a Wolfman. In battle they change into the Wolfman form (they look the Lon Chaney Wolfman). They get a three fold increase in Con and Strength, double their Speed, but keep their Dex. Their skin gets the five point armor bonus in addition to whatever other armor they are wearing, and they can use whatever weapons they use as a human. They prefer big axes. In the Wolfman form they grow fur, claws, fangs and wolf features. They heal at four times the normal rate, and are resistant to pain or sickness. Once killed, they should be burned or beheaded, or they come back really angry. They are questionable allies because, once they go Wolfman, they will keep on fighting, and, sometimes, even turn on their own kind. They will fight until all the foes are slain. Only then do they return to human form. They are not affected by the moon or sun. They like to eat the heart and flesh of their victims.
There are other groups of these kinds of creatures. In the deep woods one may encounter Bearmen or Boarmen, in the jungles, Tigermen, and in the savannas, Lionmen and their mortal enemies, the Hyenamen.
And now we come to the King of the Werewolves, the Loup Garou. This is a person who has been cursed by a powerful Wizard, Demon King, or Fairie Queen. It is very BAD juju! The victim is possessed by a terrible Wolf Demon. Only the most powerful of spells or exorcisms can free the Loup Garou of his dreadful burden. This Werewolf receives double damage from silver weapons. Magic weapons do him normal injury, but regular weapons do him no harm. He heals at the rate of 1D6 per combat round. The Loup Garou cannot control his changes. He becomes a Werewolf only on nights when the moon is full, and remains one, until the moon sets, or the sun rises. In Wolf form he gets four times Strength and Con, and triple Speed. His pelt is equivalent to plate armor taking 18 hits per round. He becomes a mindless killing machine that will attack any and all creatures it meets. He will instinctively flee though when he feels that he is about to change back into a human again. When he wakes up he will not remember what happened during his blackouts.
If you survive being bitten by this creature, you will be afflicted with Lycanthropy as described above, but few survive to suffer this problem. Loup Garou are relatively immortal. Unless their bodies are burned completely to ashes they will come back. Eventually these wretches will realize what mayhem they are guilty of, and will flee to the farthest places away from other people. They make wildernesses very dangerous on moonlit nights. Some may have a lover or family or friends lock them up on nights when the moon is full in a secure cell, and leave there to howl out their rage, until the sun has risen again. It is truly a terrible creature and potentially a real problem, even for strong characters.
The best time to try to kill a Loup Garou is while he is in his human form. However, his demon has a 50% chance, if he is in serious danger, to turn him into the Wolfman form of creature who will make a great effort to escape and run away.
Weres seldom get along with other Weres, unless related by blood. The ones who interact with people usually only do so out of necessity. Nearly all humans and other races find them pretty disturbing to interact with. One Were per party is a good rule. Weres do make for fun roleplaying. These not-quite-real people with issues can liven up a game as their problems begin to impact what is going on. Taking on a group of Weres can be an interesting challenge too.
A really interesting adventure would be to have two groups of players, one group running a small Werewolf community just minding its own business, and the other group a gang of low level bandits and 'monsters (See Monsters! Monsters! By Ken St. Andre) attack the village. Neither side should know what is expected. The bad guys would be expecting poor peasants and serfs. The Werewolves would, of course, do everything in their power to protect their homes and families.
Women who get pregnant with a Were (in his human form, hopefully) often have interesting offspring. These kids grow up to lead interesting lives after puberty.
Professor Whenn (channeled by Mad Roy Cram)
Additional Thoughts from 'Mad' Roy Cram on Weres
Here are some examples of Werewolves and some other Theriomorphs. I admit this is a tough one. (I cheated a little on the dice rolls) This one would be a Warden – a Werewolf who is chosen by his pack to police the riff raff and stop crazy Weres from stirring up the public against the community.
Def 0
CHR scary
Def 5
Loup Garou
CHR terrifying
Def 18
Wolfman, Bearman, Tigerman, Hyenaman etc.
STR 51 (bears and tigers get an extra D6)
CON 51 (bears and tigers get an extra D6)
DEX 9 or 3D6
CHR scary to terrifying
Def 5
To roll up Weres I use 3D6 and like dice (doubles or triples) add and roll over for STR, CON, and SPD. I allow no value for any attribute on any Were in human form to be less than a nine.
GM's may make allowances for lower numbers in young, inexperienced, or Hexenwolves.
Remember: A natural or common Werewolf must have a WIZ of 14 or more.
CHR values apply only to the human forms. Scary CHR means normal people will be at a disadvantage or penalty when confronting such a creature. GM's may make their own decision on what terror will do to heroes or player characters in these encounters. Some sort of Saving Roll might be needed to avoid a penalty.
One last note: Even in their human form Weres are very fast and agile. I give them a 1D6 roll as a talent for SPD.
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Much fun. I notice you chose "theriomorph" over "therianthrope"; I will have to think about that one.ReplyDelete
Why would any stat be limited? And why not just use multipliers like "x2" and "x3"?ReplyDelete
Sorry Roy, I misread, " I allow no value for any attribute on any Were in human form to be less than a nine." to say "to be MORE than a nine."ReplyDelete
Still why not just express in multipliers?
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w/Billie Dre and the Poor Boys, The Belle Comedians, The Novaks
Friday, October 19 at The Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street, 9:30pm
Deer Tick got labeled with the "alt-country" moniker early in its career, but the band's real sound, most would argue, is the rock and roll of its raucous, alcohol-fuelled live shows.
"It can be pretty chaotic," says keyboardist Robbie Crowell. "I think the Halifax show will be pretty nuts."
It'll be a special gig for Crowell in particular: the first time he's been able to bring Deer Tick to the city he's called home for most of the past decade. A staple of the Halifax scene---playing sax in the Mellotones, hosting Monday Night Jazz at the Shoe Shop, among countless other gigs---Crowell joined Deer Tick in 2010, flying out regularly to tour and record with the band. He finally relocated last month to Nashville, where lead singer John McCauley lives.
"I knew I had to move somewhere in the States, and that seemed like the best option: people I knew and a place I could potentially work," he says. "There's a lot going on there, too, beyond the stock country thing. Lots of good rock bands."
Deer Tick's most recent full-length, 2011's Divine Providence, perfectly captured the band's raw live sound, and Crowell expects to start working on a follow-up shortly. But right now, he's most excited about playing a favourite old haunt.
"I'm really looking forward to playing the Marquee," he says. "I haven't played there in years. I used to live around the corner when I first moved to Halifax, and I'd be up there every night for Hell's Kitchen pizza and watching whatever band was playing."
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Denis Tassé: Third candidate enters the mayoral race
Gatineau voters will see a third name on the mayoral ballot of this November's municipal elections. Independent candidate Denis Tassé, the current Municipal Councillor for the district of Tourraine, officially entered the race, registering his campaign with the City Clerk's office.
Mr Tassé was expected to announce his intention earlier this spring but indicated that the historic spring flooding experienced in Gatineau was partially the reason for the delay.
According to Mr Tassé, the citizens of Gatineau deserve a mayor who not only has the experience necessary to efficiently manage local services offered to citizens, but also someone who offers a long-term vision to make Gatineau a hub that can attract entrepreneurs to generate wealth while improving life for people here.
Mr Tassé hails from Hull, where he worked in his family's grocery store. He went on to become a member of l'Association des détaillants en alimentations du Québec; he's managed two grocery stores and was the President of Supermarché Tassé Ltée (Provigo).
After 45 years in the business community, he is currently retired and has dedicated his life to his family and the management of community affairs in the district of Tourraine for the past 11 years.
Mr Tassé's competition in the mayoral race are Independent candidate and current Municipal Councillor for Bellevue district Sylvie Goneau, as well as current Mayor of Gatineau Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin of the Action Gatineau party.


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Been working on a Artillery observer for my Bolt Action/K47 army.
I decided to base him hiding behind a wall made from 2mm plastic strips,
using the same techniques that I have used before
The wall was painted using a base coat of Vallejo Hull Red,
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Santorini Heights
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Luxury Boutique Hotel in Santorini
Closer to the Gods of ancient and modern times. Closer to the sky. Closer to the stars. Welcome to Santorini Heights in the picturesque village of Pyrgos. A luxurious complex of four suites recently completed in the highest spot on the island of Santorini with uninterrupted spectacular views and exquisite facilities!
A dreamy wedding hideaway in Santorini island. Santorini Heights provides all the means for a private wedding, a special plateau for your romantic atmosphere of your marriage ceremony.


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It had been one week since the exhausting four-day trek through the western and northern parts of Northrend. When people re-gathered in Crystalsong Forest, it was with a considerably greater enthusiasm. After all, there had been plenty of time for rest and recuperate.
Chepi was back with more explosives. Serendipity was still present and even with twenty percent more snark, but also with considerably fewer purple firebirds: namely none. Clara was missing, probably had her soul stolen by a gnome and was now working endlessly and tirelessly in that saronite mine in the middle of Icecrown. And Aroona so very uncharacteristically took up extreme treehugging and swearing like a sailor.
With such a positive outlook it was no wonder that everything went smoothly. Arthuron's Adventurers wandered down the stream which started from Icecrown walls. They enjoyed the fabulous sights of the river. Some skeletons on its shore (dead and immobile, not the kind to walk around, or try to hit people, or ask riddles). A wolf in the distance, who busied itself with walking endlessly in circles. There was a stag that Aroona flirted heavily with. Lilandris really needs to join these expeditions more often and keep an eye on her wife, otherwise Roo might end up running away with some random deer, panther, bear or eagle. Probably not with a walrus, but you never know...
There was also a small whirlpool in the middle of the river. This was different from all the other nearby whirlpools (of fish) because a flower started to grow out of it.
Expressions of "awwwwh, how cute" quickly turned into expressions of "what the fel is going on, aargh aargh aargh my flesh, my precious soft flesh!!!" when the flower grew bigger and bigger. And bigger. Until it was the size of a small tree. Then it started throwing its razor-sharp leaves at the nearby people, tried to wrap them into its roots, and was all-in-all a very unfriendly weed.
The general consensus was that this phiendish philodendron (as Serendipity so eloquently described it) was probably something created by spilloff from Dalaran which was hanging just overhead. Either that, or the curse of Adrenus. Adrenus was nowhere in sight, but his curse lingered...
Several group members tried their own methods of dealing with the dastardly dandelion. Serendipity, for example, poked it with her staff, which did not have much of an effect so she tried an arcane blast which also did not have much of an effect. Chepi tried an immolation spell. Thelarwen, of course, applied the edge of her trusty sword, as well as her necromantic magic which was supposed to make the rowdy rose wither but instead caused it to merely change colour. And, instead of the first stalk being horribly destroyed, another grew beside the first.
Serendipity then tore a page from Chepi's book (not literally, there was no actual book-defacement going on) and shot a rocket at the horrible hortensia. This had the effect of blowing up one of the two bloomin' blooms and enraging the other, which shot more of its very sharp and strong leaves at the group. Fortunately no one was injured. Except everyone's pride. They can't even kill a demented daisy?!
All of a sudden the remaining gargantuan gerbera began to wither and shrink, and in a few moments disappeared entirely underground. That was unnerving. More unnerving was the not-quite-dead piece of plantlife that remained from the clobbering clover that Serendipity had blown up with her rocket. It began to wriggle and tried to replant itself in the river bottom. Thelarwen would have none of that, thank you very much, so she waded into the water to pick the piece up. The lily became quite livid from that. It decided that since Thel stopped it from attaching itself to the ground, it would pick the next best place, which was the death knight's helmet. After some struggling it was quite firmly stuck and Thel probably looked quite odd with a big wriggling plant on top of her head.
At first the horrendous hyacinth seemed to settle down and not cause much trouble, but the bliss was quickly shattered by it starting to shoot its leaves at Chepi and others once again. Also, having Thel go through the rest of her unlife with an immense iris on top of her head was probably also somewhat inconvenient. So, "off it comes" was decided.
Thelarwen chilled. Which is to say, she began to freeze her body with her spells, growing colder and colder. This in turn began to slow the petulant petunia. Serendipity added a frost spell of her own, while Ajulae tried to detach the plant by prying with her sword.
Florence Silsbury apparently decided that having a tremendous tulip permanently attached to Thelarwen's head was not one of her favourite outlooks for the future. So she lit a small vial of oil on fire and tossed it at the dying plant. It screeched and burned. And that might have been that...
But, sadly, Aroona decided just then that it was time to truly start following the teachings of her druid mentors and take up militant high-powered industrial-strength treehugging. Working quite to the contrary to everyone else's efforts, she did her best to nourish the dying hostile hibiscus with her magic. No good deed goes unpunished, or so the saying goes, and Aroona was rewarded for her generosity by the flower swallowing her whole. Aroona responded with a hard and extremely uncharacteristic swearword.
The violent violet chewed and digested her a bit. Was Aroona destined to become fertilizer? The others did not want to find out and did their best to smash the stalk. Fortunately Aroona was spat out after a bit of withering from more of Thelarwen deadly spells of death and decay, drew an inelegant arc across the entire river, and landed on the other shore.
Because there was no need to hold back anymore, everyone went all-out with spells and explosives. Thelarwen was the next one to get swallowed by the nasty nightshade. Unlike Aroona, the death knight was most pleased with that turn of events because this allowed her to attack it it from the inside with all manner of nasty spells and abilities. To Aroona's immense sadness and anger the cranky camomile was obliterated with extreme prejudice.
(Aroona and Arthuron must surely have been somehow switched, stirred and mixed up. The usually-treehugging Arthuron was all for killing the plant. And Aroona who usually causes mayhem, death and destruction when her friends are in danger, this time wanted nothing more than to save and cuddle with the deadly thing. Even when it was trying to eat Thel's head.)
After a big wet boom (or rather a splorch) produced by the massive mad myrtle being mulched, the forest went quiet. A small scrap of paper floated down from where the splorch had thrown it. Apparently the parchment had been contained within the funky flower until the explosion. Serendipity inspected it with interest. It looked like a part of a spell that was aimed to empower live flowers to withstand any and all kind of external influences - burn it and it becomes fireproof, cut it and it develops a thick skin, that sort of thing. Why would the flower become hostile at that was anyone's guess.
The group took a deep breath. It was beginning to rain. They stomped a little bit on the remains of the plant (while Aroona was all "Oh noes! You terrible horrible people! You killed the sweet, nice flower that was only trying to gently and lovingly cut you into pieces and smash you into a pulp!") and then eventually moved on towards the crystalline trees in the distance, where they had originally been heading before encountering the obnoxious orchid.
To no one's great surprise, they encountered Joe the skeleton (and his ghoul gang)! He was being his usual friendly self and explained how he had wandered to this crystalised forest to do some sightseeing.
He also presented a riddle for old times' sake. No threats of "fail to answer and be killed" this time. Just a casual quiz. "What can you add and add and only make it stronger, it has no roots and is around us here? Plants marvel at it. Humans cherish it." There was a bit of discussion and the general agreement presented by Aroona was that the answer was "light". That turned out to be correct. Sadly no one won anything (other than Joe's approval).
Once Joe wandered away, the group gathered around a crystaline tree. Someone knocked on its trunk. The tree knocked back. Someone else tried knocking. The tree knocked back. And so on. But apparently because the time was late and the rain had become quite heavy, this strange knocking tree was not scrutinized for much longer. And so the group drifted apart for this week.


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From SeattleEVA
Local EV Resources, Businesses in Washington, Oregon, and BC Canada
It is NOT the intent of SEVA to speak for nor endorse any of the businesses below, but only to list them, much like a phone book would. You are urged to contact these folks, do business with them if you choose, and judge their performance on their own merits. A good place to start your research is locally - browse the SEVA Forum and see what others are saying about a particular company. It's also the best place to pose a question about company that may not be mentioned yet...
This is only an Attempt at a Complete List. If you know of others in this Pacific Northwest area, please add them now! Include their information, phone numbers, and Web Addresses.
[edit] Electric Rental and Services
[edit] Volta Verde Landscaping
Enjoy a professional manicured lawn without the guilt:
- According to the California Air Resources Board and the EPA, the pollution caused by an average gas mower is squal to that of 40 cars on an hour-for-hour basis, and operating a gas mower for one hour produces as much pollution as driving a new car 340 miles.
- Each weekend, about 54 million Americans mow their lawns, using 800 million gallons of gas per year and producing tons of air pollutants. Garden equipment engines, which have had unregulated emissions untill very recently, emit high levels of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides, producing up to 5% of the nation's air pollution and a good deal more in metropolitan areas.
- The EPA estimates that 17 million gallons of fuel are spilled each year while refueling lawn equiptment. That's more than all the oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez, in the Fulf of Alaska - every year!
- Call Hans Larson at 206-817-2829 or Larsonhr (at) gmail (dot) com
- 2008 04 17 - Cleaner and quieter landscape maintenance in Southern California by Whisper Landscape Maintenance.
[edit] The Electric Boat Company
The Electric Boat Company rental and sales of Duffy Electric Boats
- Contact: Jennifer Towne (Owner) (206)223-7476, jennifer(at)theelectricboatco.com
- 2046 Westlake Ave. N Suite 102, Seattle, WA 98109 (next to China Harbor Restaurant)
- http://www.theelectricboatco.com
[edit] EV Car Insurance
[edit] WHITFIELD INSURANCE
Business & Personal Insurance since 1948
- Phone: 425-258-2300
- e-fAX: 425-258-5621
- e-mail: Chuckw (at) whitfields (dot) com
[edit] FARMERS INSURANCE David A. Duncal
- 331 Andover Park East, Suite 100
- Seattle South Center
- 415 996 4128
- e-mail: dduncan1 (at) farmersagent (dot) com
[edit] EV dealers, converters and parts suppliers
[edit] Electric Vehicles of Washington
- Combustion Engine Vehicles Converted to Electric
- Electric Vehicle Repairs
- e-mail: info (at) electricvehicleswa (dot) com
Also: Mac & Mac Electric Motor Company
- Electric Motor & Controller and related parts, Sales Service & Repairs
- Office, Fax
- 1410 Iowa Street (Auto Rowe In Bellingham)
- Bellingham, WA 98229
- Contact: Eddie Pankow,
[edit] Bruce Sherry Designs
- Bruce Sherry: EE Engineer and Producer of EV Instruments
- Phone:
- e-mail: bruce (at) brucesherrydesigns (dot) com
- WEB site:
[edit] CasaDelGato Systems
- Battery Monitoring systems and some general EV parts
- John Lussmyer: BSCS and general computer design
- Phone:
- e-mail: cougar (at) CasaDelGato (dot) com
- WEB site:
[edit] Electric Vehicle Supply
- Carlo Zaskorski: Electric Car Technician and Conversion Business
- Custom Conversions
- Bellevue Wa. 1470 127th Place N.E.
- Phone:
- E-Mail:
- Web: http://www.ev-supply.com
[edit] Pacific EV
- Personal and fleet EV conversions -- full size, highway-capable, air conditioning and heating
- We specialize in conversions requiring no shifting!
- We also convert classic cars like this Sunbeam Alpine electric vehicle conversion
- Electric Vehicle Conversions in the Seattle Metro Area and across the Pacific Northwest
- WEB: http://www.pacificev.com/
[edit] VESPA & VECTRIX OF SEATTLE
Contact Rob Hodge
- 93 Denney Way
- Seattle, WA 98109
- Big Peoples Scooters
- 5951 Airport Way
- Seattle, WA 988108
- Phone:(206) 284 7634
- Web:
[edit] Truckcity EV conversions and Repair
Bill Rowling
- Tacoma Wa.
- e-mail: wrowling (at) nventure (dot) com
[edit] Power by DC
The Power by DC Conversion Shop is located in Olympia Wa.
- Specializing in high performance vehicle conversions,
- Powered by DC raises the bar for electric cars
- Our conversions emphasize safety, reliability, range, and utility.
Contact Information:
- Dave Kois, President
- e-mail: dave (at) poweredbydc (dot) com
- Phone:
- Gene Seymour, Lead Installer
- e-mail: gene (at) poweredbydc (dot) com
- Phone: 206 290 8325
- Web site: http://www.poweredbydc.com
[edit] The Green Car Company
The Green Car Company - Service and sales of various electric and high efficiency fuel vehicles. Sales include Neighborhood EVs, plug-in hybrid conversion kits, electric scooters and select freeway-accessible EVs. , Sales(at)greencarco.com
- 345 106th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98004
- EAA-PHEV:Green Car Company
[edit] MC Electric Vehicles
MC Machinery, now MC Electric Vehicles, Dealers for IT - Neighborhood EV from:
- [ Might-E Truck]
- [ GPRS freeway speed motorcycle]
- [ Tiger Electric Trucks]
- [ Columbia "Summit"]
- [ Several Electric Bicycles]
- [ ZENN - Zero Emissions No Noise]
- [ Miles Electric Vehicles]
- [ And Many New products.. Check us out at]
Contact: Jim Johnson (President)
- (206)328-1750 - 1-800-732-1108
- 1200 So. Deaborn Street, Seattle, Wa
[edit] Cloud Electric Racing
Cloud Electric Racing: World record holders, Car conversions, racing boats, Electrathons in Woodinville Wa.
- cloudvolt(at)hotmail.com
Phone: 425 788 9293
[edit] EV Parts Inc.
EV Parts Inc. High performance EVs and Parts. Check out these cutting edge vehicles conceived and created by the EV Parts team-
- Lectro Rover-
- Maniac Mazda-
- Lightning Rod II-
- Gone Postal-
- Contact- Roderick Wilde
- 160 Harrison Road, #7
- Sequim, WA 98382
- or Our Web Page at: http://www.evparts.com/
[edit] Manzanita Micro
Manzanita Micro- High Performance Battery Chargers and Charge Regulation Systems. Quickest and Most Efficient EV Chargers in the Business.
- From our own SEVA, Rich Rudman and Joe Smalley.
- Rich Rudman Cell- 360 620 6266
Or our Web Page at: http://www.manzanitamicro.com/
[edit] Synertech Machine
Synertech Machine and Specialty Fabrications. Our SEVA Member Nels C. Stranberg. Ready-Willing-and Able to machine most Anything necessary in the line of electric cars, such as motor-to-transmission adapter plates, etc.
- Contact: Nels Stranberg , nels65(at)attbi.com
- 12025 S.E. 196th, Renton, Wa. 98058
[edit] Gabriel Marine
E-Boats, E-Car Conversions, Parts
- Washington
[edit] E-Car Electrifying Performance
E-car "Electrifying Performance" Member and current president of the National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) Member of the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) Specializing in: Custom Conversions, Show Quality Metal Fabrication, Custom Sound Systems And HIGH PERFORMANCE EV's Dealer for: Optima, Auburn, Kilovac, and more.
- Contact: John Wayland , dat1200(at)europa.com
- 435 NE 114th. Ave. Portland, OR 97220
[edit] EcoMotion
(out of business as of June 2009)
Portland, Oregon car dealer that sold electric cars and scooters made by Zap!, Miles, Myers Motors, and others. Notable for being the nation's largest Zap! dealer. In addition to all-electric cars, EcoMotion also sold used hybrids and fuel-efficient gas cars. The dealership went out of business in 2009 when the economy crashed.
1625 NE Sandy Blvd.
- Portland, OR 97232
- 503-244-5658
[edit] Canadian Electric Vehicles Ltd.
Canadian Electric Vehicles Ltd. Canadian Electric Vehicles manufactures electric vehicles and electric vehicle parts.
- Might-E Truck,
- Might-E Tug
- Electric vehicle conversion parts.
- Dealers for: Zilla and Curtis controllers, ADC motors, Watermaster, Delta Q, CEV power steering kits and Ceramic heaters Canadian.
The ICE age is over!
- Contact Randy Holmquist , Fax:(250) 954-2235, randy(at)canev.com
- P.O. BOX. Middlegate Rr. Errington, B.C. VOR 1V0 Canada
[edit] RightHand Engineering, LLC
Source of battery state-of-charge gauges (E-Meters) and EV data logging software. From our own SEVA, Randy Richmond.
- Contact Randy Richmond , randy(at)righthandeng.com
- Woodinville, WA USA
[edit] EV Source LLC
EV Source LLC
- Toll free , , sales(at)evsource.com
- 430 E 1200 N Logan, Utah 84341 USA
- Contact: Ryan Bohm , ryan(at)evsource.com
[edit] Malloy Services & Advanced Auto Service & Repair
EV Conversion Installation, kits, parts, auto service
- Toll Free , , css.shop(at)verizon.net
- 20918-B 63rd Ave West Lynnwood Wash 98036
- Contact: Pat Mike
[edit] North West Electric Bike Network
[edit] Electric bike and scooter dealers and parts suppliers
Here are the WA state electric bike and scooter regs-
[edit] NWEbikeNetwork
A Great resource to get connected with E-Bikes at: ( http://home.comcast.net/~russ676/NWEbikeNetwork/index.html )
[edit] Zortch
Zortch of Bellingham, formerly Badsey Electric Scooter company out of Southern California. Now with an improved and expanded product line.
- Contact: Ken Trough (206)339-VOLT (8658)
- http://zortch.com
[edit] Sound Speed Scooters
Service and repairs for Vespa, Stella, Lambretta and Electric Scooter Sales. Authorized dealer of EVT electric scooters for the greater Seattle area. Stop by and test drive an electric scooter today!
- Contact: (206) 632-2699
- 129 n 35th Street, Seattle WA 98103
- http://soundspeedscooters.com
[edit] EVs North West
EVs North West "The leading hybrid electric bicycle dealer in the US,!!!" Multiple Brands, and Types. Excellent service staff. Years of experience.
[edit] Alliance Energy Group LLC
Alliance Energy Group offers four unique services to achieve a "GREEN BUSINESS" status, earn LEED points for you building, and demonstrate to the community that your company is a steward of the environment.
- Solar PV
- Solar Thermal
- Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment
- LED Lighting Services
- Design Services
- Installation
- http://www.allianceenergygroupllc.com
- 206-535-7601
[edit] SEATTLE ELECTRIC BIKE
206-510-0830 We like talking with you about electric bikes!
Please e-mail or call to get your questions answered, to order a bike by phone or e-mail, or to inquire about specials, packages, or other information.
Mailing address: PO Box 786 Clinton, WA 98236
WEB Sight: ( http://seattleelectricbike.net/index.html )
[edit] Glide
Segway human transportation rental center
- Contact Sara Powers (Manager) (206)523-1600, info(at)glideusa.com
- 321 North East 72nd Ave. ( just north of Greenlake )
- http://www.glideusa.com (this domain is no longer alive, is for sale for $350)
[edit] Organizations
[edit] Sierra Club - Electric Car Guide
[edit] Changing Climate Cange Portal
blogs.evergreen.edu/changingclimatechange a very Comprehensive web directory of Pacific Northwest organizations making a positive difference in global warming.
[edit] Electric-cars-are-for-girls
Electric-cars-are-for-girls.com is based in Bremerton, Washington, in the Northwest corner of the United States. Lynne Mason is the brawn behind electric-cars-are-for-girls.com which is a very fine website from the female perspective which we are sometimes lacking in SEVA for some reason.
[edit] Sustainable Ballard
Sustainable Ballard is a non-profit organization comprised of inventive, interesting neighbors who firmly believe that community self-reliance and sustainability is good foreign policy implemented locally.
- 2442 NW Market St, #541 : Seattle, WA 98107
- http://www.sustainableballard.org
[edit] Northern Olympic Peninsula Electric Car Club
Northern Olympic Peninsula Electric Car Club ( NOPEC )
- Contact Karl Schreiber (360)385-3532
- 11 Kanu Drive, Port Townsend, WA 98368
[edit] Panhandle Electric Vehicle Association PEVA
- Memebers of the EAA
- Meeting Locations at the Hot Rod Cafe, 1610 E Schneidmiller Ave
- Post Falls, ID 83854
- (208) 777-1712
- WEB: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PanhandleEVA
[edit] Tulatin Oregon EV Association
Tulatin Oregon EV Association
- Contact Lon Gillas (503) 434-4332
[edit] Plug-in Hybrids Electric Vehicles
See the PHEV Projects page for links to Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Projects and support organizations.
[edit] EAA Chapters
A complete list is available on the Chapters page, here are some nearby chapters.
[edit] VEVA Vashon Island Electric Vehicles
- A new chapter of the Electric Auto Association
- Their Web Sight at: http://veva.islandgreentech.org/
[edit] WEVA Wenatchee Electric Vehicle Association
- WEVA Michael Smith, WEVA President at: ( email@example.com )
- OR contact Aimee Pope at: ( email@example.com )
For Time and Place of our next meeting
[edit] OEVA Oregon Electric Vehicle Association
- WEB: http://www.oeva.org Members of the EAA
- Contact: Tim Kutscha <firstname.lastname@example.com>,
- Mailing: 2130 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR 97232
- Meetings: 7:00pm, 2nd Thursday of the month
- Location:PCG Building, Two World Trace Center, SW corner of 1st and Salmon, Portland
[edit] VEVA Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association
- Web Site: http://www.veva.bc.ca Members of the EAA
- Contact: Haakon MacCallum <email@example.com>, (604) 527-4288
- Mailing: 4053 West 32nd Avenue, Vancouver BC V65 1Z5
- Meetings: 7:30pm, 3rd Wednesday of the month (Please check web site for details)
- Location:BCIT Electrical SE1 Bldg. Cafeteria — see map on web site.
- All are welcome to join us beforehand
- (6pm - 6:30) at The White Spot Restaurant, 4129 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby
- BC (North-East corner of Lougheed Hwy & Gilmore
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Visions in the dark
Find the full article with photos and more at The Sacramento Bee!
Visions In The Dark
Stephen Kasner's art (call it 'creepy-mysterious') has lots of fans.
But it isn't for everyone.
By Rachel Leibrock - email@example.com
At the time, it stung. But Stephen Kasner now remembers the moment with a rueful laugh.
It was a summer evening in 2004, and Kasner was making his Second Saturday debut at the Exploding Head Gallery on 12th Street.
Hanging back in the shadows, the Cleveland expat watched as a 60-something couple examined his paintings – including one of a giant, macabre, dark-hued oil on canvas titled "Woman With Arm."
The female patron tilted her head one way, then another. She stepped up close to get a better view, then moved several feet back for a different perspective.
Finally, she declared: "No, I just don't like anything about it."
"It would have been a relief if she'd liked the colors or technique," Kasner says, retelling the story recently.
"But she couldn't find a thing. She just hated it. That was my trial by fire."
Welcome to Sacramento.
Of course, Kasner, 37, hasn't let such an inauspicious beginning stand in his way. Three years ago, he moved to Sacramento with his wife, Rebecca, and 11-year-old daughter, Madeleine, to be closer to Rebecca's family.
He even likes it here, he says. Even if the city doesn't quite get his bleakly enigmatic sensibilities, which he has showcased around the world.
His works are also famous among fans of underground heavy-metal music, with a new oversized coffee-table book, "Stephen Kasner WORKS: 1993-2006" (Scapegoat Publishing, $29.95, 160 pages), chronicling his oeuvre.
So, Kasner is confident that local art aficionados will, eventually, open up to his efforts.
"At least (the woman at the Exploding Head Gallery) tried," Kasner reasons. "I was just happy that she put forth some kind of effort. She wasn't blatantly disgusted; she didn't just walk away."
And that's a start.
(Not So) Dark Shadows
Kasner doesn't really like the term "dark," although even he stumbles when he tries to think of a more fitting term to describe his murky, surreal work: oversized oil paintings, ink illustrations and heavy-metal album covers.
"It is dark, but it's also something else," Kasner says. "It's ethereal – I think there's beauty in them, too."
Relaxing at home with Rebecca, a freelance Web designer, it's clear Kasner is finely attuned to the thin line between the beautiful and the grotesque.
The Kasners' Victorian flat, perched on the edge of downtown, is a rich, Gothic tapestry of overstuffed furniture, framed butterfly corpses and Kasner's looming works. The effect is intriguing, yet foreboding.
Kasner, however, is more of a study in contrasts. Although he cuts an imposing figure, with long, dark hair and a goatee, he is unfailingly polite, warm and approachable.
Certainly, if there are any gloomy personal subtexts to his work, Kasner keeps them private. It appears his is art for art's sake, with no unhappy childhood woes to spur on inspiration.
Indeed, Kasner's earliest memories place him, at age 3, beneath his seamstress mother's workshop table, scribbling away on an illustration.
Looking back, Kasner says, that untitled piece of crayon on wood depicting a ghostly figure with a gruesome smile represents art's purest intentions.
"That was this beautiful time," he says. "Just a period when I simply sensed the power that comes from within when drawing. There was no conception of commerce or money – that meant nothing to me."
Kasner got his first notion of turning his love into a career when an uncle tipped him off to the idea of art school.
"I remember thinking, 'Wait – you can go to school for this?' " Kasner says. "From that moment on, I didn't set my sights on anything else."
OK, wait, he admits, that's not quite true. There was a love of music, too, fueled by lessons and his first acoustic guitar, a present from his father.
After high school, Kasner studied at the Cleveland Art Institute, where he searched for a voice while trying to fight the intimidation of attending classes with kids who grew up on a steady diet of museums and art galleries.
Kasner slowly built up his confidence and, the summer before his final year, dived into his thesis, shaping the distinctive style that now personifies his work.
It paid off – big time – when, on graduation day, Kasner was approached at his senior art exhibit by the members of one of Cleveland's most popular metal bands, Craw. The band was searching for someone to do its new album cover – they had even held a contest – but one look at Kasner's work and, well, would he be interested?
He was. For Kasner, who just happened to be a Craw fan, it was a fortuitous moment. The album went on to do well in metal circles, and established Kasner as a go-to guy for eerily provocative album covers.
"It was just unbelievable," he says. "It was the crystallization of fine art and media."
It was also a timely boost after rejection from several commercial illustration companies.
"They told me I'd be better off on my own," Kasner says with a shrug.
So, following his experience with Craw, Kasner hunkered down, nabbing a few freelance gigs and setting about to perfect his images: beautiful birds frozen in near-death poses, ghostly dreamscapes populated with skeletal figures and demons, spooky portraits swathed in filmy light.
And, his work started to get noticed, netting reviews from such art and music magazines as Alternative Press, Vice and Obscura. There were exhibits in New York, Washington, D.C., and Australia.
Then, a few years ago, Baltimore-based Scapegoat Publishing approached Kasner about showcasing his work in a full-color art book.
"It had a darkness that fascinated me," says Kevin Slaughter, Scapegoat's co-publisher, on the phone from Baltimore. "It was kind of dreamlike, with a beautiful sensibility."
Slaughter's business partner, Chris X, admired Kasner's work as well, especially the way the artist rendered shadows and light into exquisite reveries.
"Some of the images are nightmarish, (but) some are peaceful," he says. "For some, 'dark' comes with connotations of evil or violence, and I don't think his work embodies that at all."
Artist, Rest & Motion
Today, Kasner crafts a comfortable living with commissioned projects, freelance illustrations and work as a tattoo artist. Small paintings sell for $2,000 to $3,000, while a 7-foot-high piece commands as much as $20,000.
Downtime is spent noodling around with his experimental noise band, Blood Fountains.
For now, work and play coexist in the space he shares with Rebecca and Madeleine, who – although very proud of her father's art (the fifth-grader included Kasner on a recent list of "favorite celebrities," right up there with the likes of Hannah Montana) – prefers Kelly Clarkson to Dad's experimental tastes.
He's consumed with upcoming projects, which will include exhibitions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, plus two new versions of his book.With all that, Kasner says, he's too busy to pursue local shows – at least for a while.
When he does, Jodie deVries, co-owner of the since-shuttered Exploding Head, thinks that Sacramento will take notice.
"His work is strong and definitely, for the lack of a better word, has a creepy edge to it," deVries says. "But it's not creepy-scary, it's creepy-mysterious."
His bird and figural images are just so intense, so enigmatic and dreamy. It's not work to be taken lightly – it's serious. You can't just walk by it and smile. It'll hit you over the head."
The way Rebecca Kasner sees it, people just have to respond to her husband's work. There is, she explains, a little bit of his aesthetic in all of us.
"Stephen's work is representative of something deeper that everyone knows something about," she says. "I watch people examine his art and ... inevitably they (talk about) how his work evokes memories they've forgotten or places they've only visited in dreams."
But, if, in the end, they decide that, well, there's just not anything to like about it?
Well, that's OK, too, Kasner says with a good-natured sigh.
"I have a good sense of humor about such things – I don't brood," he says. "I'm open-minded enough to know that my work isn't for everyone."
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Mother and Grandmother
my mother and my grandmother.
not bad for 58 and 85, respectively.
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What are the steps to successfully bring a biomedical product to market? Here, KMC Systems shares the benefits of experience and knowledge in biomedical instrumentation development and contract manufacturing services.
It all starts with rigid standards. To become an aproved supplier and partner with KMC, the following is taken into consideration:
An evaluation is made based on a completed Supplier Survey. Ideally, a supplier holds an ISO certification, or, as a minimum, has a documented Quality Management System (QMS). Quality and Procurement are responsible for the evaluation and approval of the supplier placed on the Approved Supplier List (ASL). However, there are occasions when KMC is directed to a particular supplier who may or may not have a QMS. KMC evaluates the types of products/processes used in the material provided to KMC to determine potential risk to either the device or KMC business.
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- Critical device or component used in instrument
- Service that affects quality such as calibration/testing
Note: Quarterly supplier scorecards are provided to those identified as key/critical. Many use the scorecards as performance indicators in management reviews.
Providing off-the-shelf items, or products that can be moved and manufactured by another supplier without impacting the program, are not considered key/critical suppliers.
Another critical step is supplier performance monitoring. Data is gathered for each quarter that a supplier provides product to show quality rating for the quarter and the last 12 months. The data gathered is based on quantity of parts received and quantity of parts accepted, including in-process rejections.
KMC uses this data to examine the lowest-performing suppliers based on a quality rating of 85% or below. A review of all the defects determines whether a supplier will be presented at the quarterly executive management performance meeting, where additional actions may be required or recommended to improve the rating. Continued poor performance can reduce their opportunity for future or further business, and, eventually the supplier may be disqualified and removed from the ASL.
Key examples of this include:
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- Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR) are reviewed and reported on.
During an on site audit, we share the Supplier Material Review Request (SMRR) form and the KMC sampling inspection plan utilized (ANSI/ASQC Z1.4). We reinforce the importance of two-way communication and not deviating from specified requirements prior to having it approved in writing.
Being aligned with suppliers who have knowledge of biomedical device requirements and having been involved with KMC Engineering early on during the design process allows smoother transition for production and a greater benefit for all parties. Paramount is having clearly defined, documented requirements and open communication. Suppliers should always feel comfortable to ask questions, seek additional input or make recommendations.
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On Wednesday, we traveled to school #91, where I teach part time, and met my 4th-8th grade string players as well as two middle school classes. The students absolutely loved him and were enthralled with his playing of Star Wars, Charlie Brown, Jaws and Fur Elise!
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The highlight of our week was our concert with Andrew. It was nothing short of magical! He was able to take the orchestra to the next level, and leave them with a sense of accomplishment that has sometimes not been felt in professional orchestras.
We were truly blessed to have been able to meet and spend time working with Andrew. He is a truly amazing musician.
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Attorneys trying to stop the execution of a condemned Ohio killer say the state's untried capital punishment method will cause him agony and terror.
The defense lawyers allege the two-drug combination won't properly sedate the death row inmate, Dennis McGuire, and he will experience a suffocation-like syndrome known as air hunger. More here:
The 53-year-old McGuire is scheduled to die Jan. 16 for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of Joy Stewart in Preble County in western Ohio.
Hey, lawyers, where was your concern when his victim was experiencing "terror?"
Answer? "Nowhere."
Hey lawyers, how are you getting paid for trying to stop the criminal murdering rapist from being executed?
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When I first came to Bangalore, I started reading the Times of India (TOI), mainly because I didn't like the way Deccan Herald looked and the couple of times I read it, I didn't enjoy it all that much. (Memo to newspapers: Looks do matter.) I also tried Asian Age a couple of times and I didn't like it.
Choosing to read TOI meant that I was reading the real news, like where Brad Pitt was at the moment, or how Brittany Spears was having marital problems, etc.
Finally, after getting having my fill of the tabloid-like news I decided to make a switch to Deccan Herald. They had redesigned the newspaper, though that had nothing to do with my decision. Maybe at a sub-conscious level it had, but I'll never know.
It was a shock change.
I used to be able to read TOI quite quickly, but with Deccan Herald, I was taking more time reading the newspaper. There was so much news to read and there were opinions, in the centre page. The worst part was the lack of entertainment news as compared to TOI. It took me a few days to adjust to the newspaper–one that actually delivers news instead of advertisements and entertainment.
I'm spending more time reading the newspaper now-a-days and maybe that's not such a good thing. Better to be entertained right? The other thing is that I don't miss the other paper, at all. Fact is, I didn't make the switch earlier.
I don't know what Deccan Herald's affiliations are (I can't make out any) but I enjoy reading this paper and I look forward to it every morning. Plus, it's got that nemma-Bengalooru feel to it.
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Upma or Uppuma or Upptittu is a very famous South Indian Breakfast dish made from dry roasted Semolina (Suji). In Upma Recipe you can add variety of vegetables and dry fruits as per your taste buds or availability of ingredients.
While going to Bangalore, I ate Upma at highway joint. The weather was cold and foggy and in such a wonderful weather, this hot Upma tasted very good with a cup of tea. This was the day I came to know that, my kids also like Upma a lot and then I decided to pack Upma for them in next School Tiffin or send it in lunch box to my husband. Upma is also served in South Indian weddings making it important wedding recipes.
Upma Recipe can be made in various variations but today I am going to tell you my mom's favorite method which is very fast cooking and easy cooking method. Bachelors can also make this upma at home quickly, as it requires very less cooking skills.
These are the Ingredients required for making Upma Recipe:
You will need Semolina (Suji), Curry Leaves, Mustard Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Urad Dal, Chana Dal, Onion, Cashew nuts and green chilies. For exact quantities, please refer to the recipe snippet below.
Roast Semolina (Suji) in a Pan on medium flame for few minutes and keep it aside.Heat oil little bit and Cumin and Mustard Seeds.Add finely chopped Green Chilies, Ginger, Chana Dal and Urad Dal.Add few Curry Leaves and saute altogether for a few seconds.Add Cashew nuts and finely chopped Onion. Saute them on medium flame till onions are pink or transparent.Add about 2 cups of water to saute mixture and mix it well.Add Roasted Semolina (Suji) and continue to stir it.Cook Semolina (Suji) on low flame for few minutes till it dried up.Break the lumps with spoon and finally garnish with some finely chopped Coriander Leaves. Your Upma Recipe is now ready. Enjoy it with tea or chutney.
How to make Upma Recipe:
Upma or Uppuma or Upptittu is a very famous South Indian Breakfast dish made from dry roasted Semolina (suji). Upma Recipe is very fast cooking recipe.
- 1 cup semolina (sooji / rava)
- 2 green chilies, finely chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds (rai)
- 1/2 tablespoon chana dal (split and skinned bengal gram)
- 1/2 tablespoon urad dal (split black lentils)
- Few curry leaves
- 6-7 cashew nuts
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 2 cups water
- Salt to taste
- Heat a kadai / pan and dry roast rava on medium flame for few minutes, until a roasted smell of rava wafts. Don't let it change color, hence keep roasting it. The rava will become non sticky and free flowing if roasted correctly. Set it aside.
- Now heat 2 teaspoon of oil in same pan and add mustard and cumin seeds. Allow the seeds to crackle and then add fried green chilies, 1/2 teaspoon chopped ginger, few spigs of curry leaves, 1 tablespoon chana dal and 1 tablespoon of urad dal.
- Saute for a few seconds on low flame, till the mixture starts to brown little bit and then add 6-7 cashew nuts.
- Keep mixing for few more seconds, as the cashew nuts will get browned, the dals would also get browned.
- Add 1 finely chopped onion and fry till onion is transparent without changing its colour.
- Add 2 cups of water and salt to taste. Bring it to a boil.
- When the water comes to a quick boiling, lower the flame and add the roasted semolina to it. Keep on stirring while you add the semolina.
- You can add semolina in 2-3 batches and simultaneously keep breaking the lumps of it.
- After 2-3 minutes, semolina will absorb water and and begin to cook. If the mixture looks too dry, then add some more water.
- Cook covered for 2-3 more minutes, bringing the flame to low.
- Keep stirring so that the upma does not stick to the pan.
- Garnish upma with freshly chopped coriander/cilantro leaves.
- Serve it immediately with a hot cup of tea, Coconut Chutney or even you can serve it with Lemon Pickle.
Serve it with tea / chai. Dry roast rava until it is hot to touch. If you have got ready made roasted rava, then you can skip this step. This is a very basic South Indian Recipe and you can add your own ingredients to make it in your version, such as vegetables like carrot, beans and green peas can be also added. The water quantity depends upon the texture you want the upma to be. I like my upma little fluffy and not too gooey, so sometimes I even add less water. If you want it more on a 'lumpy' side, then add as much as 3 cups of water. Its your choice. If you want to make your upma little tangy, then you can add chopped tomatoes or squeeze lemon towards the end. Little sugar can be also added in this. You can garnish this upma with some grated coconut as well.
You can read more about upma at wikipedia.


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Morel Mushrooms- Hunting and Preparation
2 inches wide by 3 inches long. Morels come in colors anywhere from Grey, to a Light Tan, to a Golden or Brandy color.
All mushrooms have some dirt, or critters attached and need cleaning. Cleaning with a damp cloth is not enough for Morels, you must brine to fully clean them.
Never eat Morels raw, they have a toxin that when cooked, gets nutralized. Check out our FB on Morel album for directions on storing and cleaning.
Brining Morels: 1 tsp. of salt to 2 cups of filtered water and leave for about 4 hours minimum or even overnight in the fridge is okay too.
After brining, wash each individual Morel thoroughly with cold water and put them on to paper towels and slightly pat them for cooking.
Sauted without a dredge with a little regular Olive Oil and butter and season with a little amount of salt.
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A ROW has erupted within Sefton Council over how to pay for Sefton's multi-million pound budget deficit, with the deputy leader branding the cabinet's solution as "insensitive and crass".
After it emerged that Sefton was over budget, a freeze on spending hit three Southport regeneration projects – leaving improvements to Hesketh Park, Botanic Park and Southport Commerce Park on ice.
Now Labour councillor Peter Dowd has hit out at Sefton cabinet's plans to use £2.3m of Government money earmarked for children and getting jobless people back to work to help fill the budget shortfall.
Slamming the decision to use Area Base Grant (ABG) cash to balance the books, rather than on regeneration, unemployment and children's projects, Cllr Dowd described the move as "incompetent".
He said: "In short, the Tories and Lib Dems have put £8m worth of additional Government support to the council at serious risk."
Cllr Dowd fears that Sefton could miss out on millions of pounds of reward grants from the government for achieving high standards of service now Sefton have decided to divert some of the ABG cash away from those services.
He said: "These £2.3m cuts will have a direct impact on the council's ability to reduce poverty, unemployment, environmental initiatives, street cleaning and economic regeneration.
"Moreover, children's services and older and disabled persons services are also likely to be under the cosh.
"The council should be dealing with the overblown bureaucracy in the authority and not stealing millions of pounds from people who can least afford it."
But Tory party cabinet member Cllr Paula Parry said that to think of the decision as a funding cut was misguided.
She said: "The grant is normally ring-fenced and it's come to us this time to decide what our own priorities are. With inflation going up and down and the credit crunch we have to make savings somewhere.
"The services affected are just not getting any increase in the amount of funding, they will get the same funding as last year."
Leader of the council, Liberal Democrat Cllr Tony Robertson agreed that Sefton has to tighten its belt.
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Rand Paul talks healthcare with Trump on the golf course
Senator Rand Paul, a vocal Republican critic of President Trump's healthcare push, said he was 'optimistic' of healthcare reform that would repeal Obamacare. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: A vocal Republican critic of President Trump's healthcare push, Senator Rand Paul, golfed with the president on Sunday and talked healthcare. "We had a great day with the President today," Senator Paul said. "I remain very optimistic that we will get Obamacare repealed." Paul and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney joined the president at Trump National Golf Club outside of Washington. The trio was "discussing a variety of topics, including healthcare,", the White House said. The outing came hours after Trump tweeted that talks to rework the nation's healthcare law were still under way. Republican-led efforts to replace Obama's healthcare law were thrown into disarray 10 days ago after Republican leaders in the House of Representative had to withdraw their own legislation ahead of a vote due to insufficient support from conservative and moderate members of their own party.


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I went out early this morning to check the sheep and found that one ewe had lambed. The ewe is a black-headed Dorper and we used a solid white Dorper ram this year. The baby is a red and white paint! I don't know where the red came from, but she'll surely be a keeper.
One of the adult ewes who lambed earlier this week is slated to be moved on when we sell our lambs this summer. She's a blaze-faced black head and produces very nice lambs, but she's hard on the dogs. I expect a little stomping and carrying on when they have lambs, but this ewe has killing on her mind. She runs Gel down which is dangerous for him and for me if he happens to be near me. I don't need a 100 pound ewe running into and possibly injuring me. Gel will bite her if she rams him, but that doesn't seem to matter. She has no respect for him. So she'll be moved on this year. We can risk injury like that. She came into the flock as a mature ewe and had probably never been worked by a dog before. It's best to keep ewes in our flock who have been brought up being moved by a dog. We have no need to add any mature ewes at this point anyway.
We now have several buyers waiting on any lambs, kids and adult sheep that we have available. That is a good thing.
Yesterday afternoon we worked on the goat shelter. What we are doing is a hoop house design. We bowed a wooden frame (supported by three four x fours) over the chain link and plan to put cattle panels over the wood and then put the tarp up. I expect this frame will be sturdier than the pipes were. I hope, hope, hope that it will hold up until the spring at which point we'll work on a permanent shelter. If the weather cooperates, we'll finish it this afternoon. We are supposed to get freezing rain Friday into Saturday so the goats will have to stay up in the barn until Sunday. We'll make a sheep shelter on Sunday and then haul it up to where the ElectroNet is set and then bring the sheep and Liath in the ElectroNet and bring the goats down.
Addie and Angel can't hold off much longer. I know they are not happy being left in that stall and Rose is on my shit list (yet again) because when I went up to feed them this morning, she was running the goats around the stall which I'm sure wasn't making them happy. Rose is going to get her furry butt put up in a dog run until I get the goats back down here.
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Network monitoring equipment has solved the mystery of why Wilson & Horton's network was falling over every week.
The Auckland-based publisher, which runs 2500 Windows PCs and 150 Windows servers, was plagued by its network inexplicably crashing every seven days.
It installed Network Associates' Sniffer Portable LAN and WAN tools, which located an unknown IP address on a Windows server. Sniffer identified the server and an unknown second network interface card. By disabling the card, the IT team rectified the problem and stopped the systems failure.
Wilson & Horton network engineer Rod Christie says without Sniffer the IT department would probably have never found the second card. "Resolving that problem pretty much immediately justified our investment."
The company found it was also able to avert a denial of service attack. Sniffer's port scan found that bandwidth on the network was being absorbed at a rapid rate and causing a serious loss of performance on an NT server. Using the monitoring and reporting tools, W&H was able to locate the server responsible and shut it down to prevent it from further jeopardising the corporate network.
The new tools not only help W&H keep its network in check, but also its ISPs. By monitoring its links it found it was being billed for bandwidth that it hadn't used. After sending the ISP a trace file of the fault the bill was dramatically reduced. The tools also keep tabs on the settings of all networking equipment so that if any equipment malfunctions IT staff can provide trace files to the supplier.
The company has spent about $100,000 over three years on a range of Sniffer products.
Wilson & Horton, which publishes nine daily newspapers, 32 free community papers, and the NZ Woman's Weekly and New Zealand Listener, runs an extensive network infrastructure comprising three ATM links, gigabit ethernet, 40 frame relay WAN sites, 100 ADSL connections, two ISPs on 100Mbit/s connections and VPN connections to Australia.
Sniffer Portable LAN builds a database of network objects from observed traffic to detect network anomalies. Sniffer Portable WAN helps to optimise WAN bandwidth utilisation by performing real-time monitoring of bridge/router-based leased lines, frame relay implementations and X.25 internetworks. It also troubleshoots legacy systems with SNA, X.25 and other terminal-to-host traffic analysis capabilities.