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Hid H4 Conversion Kit
steve mac posted a topic in Ford Ranger ClubHas anyone installed a HID bulb kit on the Ranger and if so are they any good?
steve mac started following 2007 Model Ranger Cd, Hid H4 Conversion Kit, Ford Warranty - Gearbox Towing Upgrade and and 5 others
Hi Thanks for the response. Things have improved considerably since Ford replaced the LSD in the rear, I can actually get drive to 3 wheels when off road now.
Ford Warranty - Gearbox Towing Upgrade
steve mac posted a topic in Ford Ranger ClubHas anyone else had the clutch, gearbox warranty fix done by Ford, vehicle had excessive clutch judder and Ford fitted new flywheel, clutch and rebuilt the gearbox with revised 1st and 2nd gear ratios (as per the Mk3 facelift) and if so have you had any ongoing gearbox issues? The gearbox in my 2009 Wildtrak has been removed 5 times by Ford in the last 6 months!!! Regards
Thanks for that. Ford are advising me that the Ranger front diff is neither an LSD or locker therefore when in 4x4 mode with a conventional open diff you will only ever get drive to one of the front wheels (as per a conventional rwd car with an open diff - only one wheel spins) This is how Ford are explaining it to me.
4 X 4 Function
steve mac posted a topic in Ford Ranger ClubCan anyone confirm what type of diff is fitted in the front axle of the Mk3 Ranger. The reason for asking is that when I engage 4x4 on loose surface only the front n/s wheel is spinning with no drive to the o/s front. My Ford dealer informs me this is normal as it is only fitted with an open diff on the front so acts as a normal differential. Would welcome any advice. Steve
I've Got Play In Steering
steve mac replied to Black.thunder.Wayne's topic in Ford Ranger ClubHad mine replaced under warranty and asked the Ford dealer if the box can be adjusted. They advised that the lock nut and adjuster is for initial set up of the steering box and not really for adjustment. Despite this another forum member has adjusted the box himself and has reported a good result, see other posting relating to steering play.
# 30 PSI front/rear (increase the rear by 4 PSI when fully loaded)
2009 Ranger Wildtrak
steve mac replied to steve mac's topic in Ford Ranger ClubHi Update: Ford have confirmed that my LSD isn't working and are replacing it under warranty.
Alloy Wheels
steve mac replied to Bosun's topic in Ford Ranger ClubTry here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15-LEAGUE-ZODIAC-ALLOY-WHEELS-FORD-RANGER-ALL-MODELS-/280644929920?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item4157bdc980
2009 Ranger Wildtrak
steve mac posted a topic in Ford Ranger ClubHi Has anyone else experienced problems with the Limited Slip Diff? I tried to to drive on wet grass recently and discovered that o/s rear wheel was spinning and no drive was being transmitted to the N/S wheel. I have jacked the rear end off the ground and when I spin one wheel the other dosen't move. My understanding is that when you turn one wheel the other should turn in the same direction. Would appreciate any advice. Steve
2007 Model Ranger Cd
steve mac replied to Ken B's topic in Ford Ranger ClubHi Ken Can confirm that the Ranger radio isn't code protected. Don't know what the issue might be with your CD player but if you need to replace it check on eBay as they are always coming up. Regards Steve
Hi - decided to stick with the original Bridgestone Dueller as I obtained a really good price of £370.00 for four tyres fitted and including tracking.
steve mac posted a topic in Ford Ranger ClubThe tyres on my Wildtrak will need replacing in the next few weeks and I would welcome any feedback from any other forum users regarding suitable replacements for the standard Bridgestone 245 x 70 x 16. I am looking for a tyre which is primarily suitable for road use and am currently considering the Avon Ranger TSE tyre.
Clutch Judder
steve mac posted a topic in Ford Ranger ClubMy 2009 Wildtrak has developed very bad clutch judder when pulling away, especially when hill starting. Has anyone else experienced this problem and if so what was the cause? I understand that Ford have had considerable problems with the dual mass flywheels wearing prematurely.
Uk Spec Ranger - Service Manual
steve mac posted a topic in Ford Ranger ClubDoes a service manual exist for my 2009 Wildtrak - I assume Haynes haven't produced one?


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SO I am helping Cary Pharmaceuticals in their research to develop a urine test that may help diagnose colorectal cancer earlier. How awesome would it have been if 5 to 10 years ago I did a urine test at my obgyn and it alerted my doctor that I might have early stages of colorectal cancer??? No instead I have had this grow unknown to me for 10 years!!! I had no symptoms until this past April when I noticed some blood. It still boggles my mind.
Basically they are looking for people who have not had surgery yet. I will take a morning and evening urine sample now and freeze it. I am sending it to them this weekend. Then after my surgery I will send then samples. I am happy to help and really hope they can develop this because I don't want my kids or anyone else going through what I am.
If you think you can help send me a direct message with your name and email and I will then send an introduction email to Mr. Cary so he knows who you are. After that it will just be between you and Mr. Cary.
Thanks everyone, Rene ( Maryland Maniac is my fantasy football team name )

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FUBU Story Pt. 3 "Now We Own Coogi"
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Bull Shot After Dodging Rush Hour Traffic
WOODBURY, (AP) - A runaway bull managed to dodge rush hour traffic in the Twin Cities, but was fatally shot by law enforcement officers concerned about public safety risk.
Authorities say the 1,600-pound bull ran in and out of traffic just south of Interstate 94 about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. Thomas Stafford says authorities talked about tranquilizing the wayward bull, but decided to shoot it because of the safety risk it posed.
The bull was probably more dangerous than a bear in this situation because a bear's objective is to get away from humans, but that's not the case with a domestic bull.
Stafford says the bull's owner gave permission to have it shot and collected the animal after officers "dispatched" it.


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Mary, have those gas pumps removed from the lobby. I guess they weren't my best idea. We'll also have to stop selling ziploc bags full of premium unleaded to the patients.
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Great. NOW how am I going to get Medicare to pay when I fill up my Escalade?
ALL fuel? No more selling coffee and girl scout cookies!
As long as they don't put a fee on Diet Coke, you'll be OK.
Little Calf Creamery. Delicious homemade ice cream and food in Thousand Oaks!


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For those of you who have had the pleasure of meeting me and talking with me for a bit, you know I am a big mixed martial arts fan. I watch a lot of Fight Network programming for the various MMA companies' shows. I have been to three UFC pay per views and MMA shows in Winnipeg and Calgary. If I were 10 years younger I would be trying to crack the top tiers of MMA. I simply love the competition.
This year's "most anticipated" fight is this Saturday for UFC 91 in the Randy Couture versus Brock Lesnar. I cannot wait for this fight. To me, Randy is the epitome of a gentleman fighter. Well spoken, intelligent and incredibly good at what he does, he conjures up images of the days gone by when fights and boxing were "gentlemen" sports; the bare knuckle fights of the turn of the century where fights would last 30-100 rounds. Randy is what every fighter, in my opinion, should strive to be -- a true ambassador of the sport.
Brock, on the other hand, has done an AWESOME job of using his pro wrestling past experience to create one of the true "bad guys" of MMA. Absolutely huge, talented and happy to let people know he knows it, Brock has become what wrestling pundits would call the "top heel" of MMA. A giant goon with little "experience" and a chip on his shoulder, the audience would love nothing more than to see the well-spoken Couture put this punk in his place! And UFC honcho Dana White loves it!
Truly a match made in wrestling heaven, White, the new age Vince McMahon Jr., is seeing dollar signs from the PPV buys. Heavily hyped and heatedly debated, this fight promises to be one for the ages. Such a contrast of styles and attitudes is rarely seen in MMA. It�s almost too perfect. I can almost see the strings of the puppet masters pulling and swinging, creating tension and speculation. But to be honest, it shouldn�t be any other way. In whatever sport or performance, at the top levels things need to be orchestrated to achieve maximum return on the investments. There�s nothing wrong with it as it can help what could be a mediocre fight or performance mean everything to everyone. Now that the expectations are so high the bar gets raised for everyone in the business. Other fighters who aspire to main event pay per views must now step up their game to be able to offer the same kind of excitement and emotional involvement. This will only serve to increase the interest in other fighters as they work to create viable "characters" of their own.
I look forward to the continued evolution of guys like Josh Koschek, or Diego Sanchez, Rashad Evans, Chris Leben, Urijah Faber, Kimbo Slice, BJ Penn, GSP, Forrest Griffin and Anderson Silva. Hell I look forward to every fighter�s evolution from no name generic ass kicker to recognizable household names.
Great job by everyone involved in Sunday�s TNA Turning Point PPV. It was one of the best wrestling PPV offerings of the year in my opinion. Big shoutout to Eric Young becoming number one contender and giving us a great promo afterwards. I am glad he�s not "nervous or scared" anymore as he is a great talent and can truly shine if allowed to.
It was also good to see Tanahashi, Volador Jr. and Doug Williams adding international flavor to the X Division. Variety is the spice of life. With the number of huge egos involved in the Main Event Mafia, how long till it implodes? God, I miss looking at the Knockouts in person!
On the WWE front, it�s sad to see Evan Bourne go down with an injury so soon as he was really on a roll and gaining momentum in becoming a huge deal in the WWE. I am sure he will be back good as new and impressing again in no time. What�s with Jeff Hardy losing his mind recently? I can�t say I have ever seen Hardy being the type to have a "dark side." Maybe it�s what he needs to take that last step up to the top tier. Chris Jericho is so entertaining it�s sick. I love watching the guy work. And I have got to say I am really enjoying the HHH/Koslov feud. It�s refreshing and different. I hope Teddy Long�s new talent initiative continues on ECW as I love seeing new faces there.
As always questions, concerns, comments and queries can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com, along with any booking inquiries or information on the Can Am wrestling school. For those of you in the Ontario or Detroit area check my schedule at www.myspace.com/canadiandevine for some upcoming shows. And definitely check out BCW�s 15-year anniversary show December 13th in Windsor at Assumption high school.
In the mean time and in between time, that�s it. Another edition of the Devine Intervention. Bye now.
Johnny Devine
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Hotshot" Johnny Devine's column will run whenever he delivers on SLAM! Wrestling (his last being nearly a year ago). Be sure to visit every day to see if he's come through! For more on Devine's career, see his biography in our Canadian Hall of Fame.


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Wabash Featured in U.S. News & World Best Colleges• August 17, 2010 Share:
Wabash College is one of four Indiana institutions featured in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges publication.
Reporter Alex Kingsbury visited campus this spring along with three other Indiana colleges. Kingsbury talked to President Patrick White, faculty, and students.
"Once, the vast majority of colleges and universities in the country were exclusively male," Kingsbury wrote. "But while there are still many that cater exclusively to women, the number of all-male colleges has shrunk to just four. Wabash College in Crawfordsville is proud of its single-sex traditions and the educational climate it provides, says President Patrick White, who speaks with passion about the advantages."
Read the full story here.
Wabash continued to score very high nationally in the category of "Commitment to Teaching," receiving a 17th in the nation ranking from U.S News. The publication also put Wabash at 22nd in the Best Colleges, Best Buys category. Wabash was again on the list of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges.


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'Twas much, that man was made like God before,
But that God should be made like man, much more.
John Donne, Holy Sonnet 1
Var. I. In Canone all'Ottava, a 2 Clav. e Ped.
Each of the five variations combines the Advent melody as cantus firmus with canonic elaboration of figures within that melody. Although the canonic treatment is strict, the music is energized by the canon and does not come off as academic. The first variation features the cantus firmus in the pedal with a canon at the octave entwined between the top two voices.
Var. II. Alio modo in Canone alla Quinta, a 2 Clav. e Ped.
Like the one before it, the second variation retains the cantus firmus in the pedals with canonic voices above. But in this variation the canon follower imitates the leader at the fifth rather than the octave. The studied counterpoint is reminiscent of what would have been considered, in Bach's day, to have been an old-fashioned style like that of the northman Samuel Scheidt.
Var III. L'altra sorte del Canone al roverscio: 1) alla Sesta, 2) alla Terza, 3) alla Seconda, e 4) alla Nona. (a 2 Clav. e Ped.)
Variation III consists of four canonic statements of the Advent melody--each statement in contrary motion and each employing a different pitch interval between canon leader and follower: alla Sesta (at the sixth), alla Terza (at the third), alla Seconda (at the second) and alla Nona (at the ninth). The first two statements, like Vars. 1 & 2, are for three voices. In the first statement the follower begins a minor sixth lower than the leader: alla Sesta.
In the second statement the follower begins a Major third lower than the leader: alla Terza. This M3 is the inversion of the m6 we encountered in the first section. The interval inversion is indicative of a grander process in which the concept of opposition (from heaven to earth?) operates at two musical levels: of registers (L'altra sorte) and of melodic directions (al roverscio). In other words, the second statement is not only the contrapuntal inversion of the first (soprano and alto swap registers), but also the melodic inversion (both soprano and alto move their intervals in the opposite direction).
So far Variation III has stated the Himmel hoch melody twice. Like the two variations which preceded them, these first two statements of Variation III have been in three voices--a symbol of the Himmel hoch (heaven above). Notice, too, that whereas the first two variations employed imitation at consonant (heavenly) intervals of the 8va and 5th, the first two statements of variation III involve imitation at consonant intervals of the 6th & 3rd. The conclusion of the second statement represents a turning point in the cycle--the point where heaven comes down to earth and the divine takes human form.
Like the two variations which will follow it, the last two statements of Variation III shall be in four voices. Since ancient times four has stood for things earthly--four winds, four directions, four elements, four seasons, etc.--and the transition to four voices may be seen in such a light as a symbol of the incarnation: da komm' ich her (I come down here). In contrast to the prior heavenly imitation at the 6th & 3rd, the second half of Variation III shall employ imitation at dissonant (earthly) intervals of the 2nd & 9th. So, the centermost variation is itself divided into heavenly and earthly halves.
The fourth statement's follower imitates its leader at the interval of a ninth. The mutating intervals of Variation III are reminiscent of Bach's use of canon in the Credo of his Mass in B Minor (see YouTube instructions) to represent Jesus Christ as "God of God," and "Light of Light" who was "begotten not created." Only there the emphasis is upon Christ's Deity and the follower never imitates at a dissonant interval. Here the emphasis is upon the incarnation of God as represented by the assumption of dissonant intervals of the 2nd, 7th and 9th.
After repeating the cantus firmus four times--in canon at the 6th, 3rd, 2nd and 9th--Bach appends a coda consisting of one more iteration of the fourth phrase. Then, at the end of the coda he contrives to state all four phrases of the melody simultaneously, terminating this grand finale with the musical equivalent of his name (B-flat, A, C, B-natural). Click colored portions of the following score to hear each of the phrases rendered first in a four-part setting then as in the grand finale.
Var. IV. In Canone alla Settima, a 2 Clav. e Ped.
In Variation 4 the canon is assigned to the pedal while the cantus firmus is given to the soprano. Between the two extremes, in the alto, Bach weaves a freely devised counterpoint. Significant in the intervallic symbols demarcating heaven and earth, Variation IV employs yet another dissonant (earthly) interval--the 7th--between canon leader and follower. At this point Bach abandons the idealized, but somewhat self-conscious, north-German counterpoint of the preceding variations for the more decorative--dare we say humanistic--manier of the French Rococo.
Var. V. In Canone all'Ottava per augmentationem, a 2 Clav. e Ped.
The final variation contains a canon in augmentation between the soprano and tenor voices, while the cantus firmus is returned to the pedal. The alto voice partakes neither of the canon nor the cantus firmus. Notice that the interval separating leader and follower has returned, full circle, to a Perfect octave with time proportions doubled between leader and follower. This expression of the 1:2 ratio in intervallic and rhythmic proportions may have been intended to represent the fullness of the Godhead dwelling in Christ (Colossians 2:9) who, according to Lutheran dialectics, was the exact representation of God (Hebrews 1:3).
In bar 20 of the fifth variation Bach spells his name (transposed) in the leader part. Nineteen bars later the BACH figure is reiterated in the follower and harmonized (untransposed) in a manner that makes it aurally recognizable as Bach's signature motive.
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Real Housewives of Alanta's NeNe Leakes isn't one to shy away from a challenge. She's played fashion police for E! at the Emmys and even lashed out at Michael Lohan on The Insider for being a "toxic parent." Now NeNe, 42, has to decided to tackle her weight and get into shape. She tells OK! how she dropped 10 pounds in two weeks and how she plans to keep it off.
NeNe started by hiring West Coast Workout trainer Tammy Stokes, whose Live Your Healthiest Life regime consists of eating sensible meals and burning fat through intense exercises.
"My trainer has taught me to eat breakfast, NeNe told OK!. "She said, 'NeNe, you have to bite something in the morning to get your metabolism going.' So I've learned to do that, and it works."
"Then I eat my lunch: lots of salads with chicken," she added. "I love to go out to eat for dinner, [but] I never order an entrée. The portion sizes today are very large. So I'll order an appetizer."
NeNe hasn't been working with Tammy for that long, but has already seen big results.
"About 14 days. If she comes to my house, we walk through the neighborhood with weights, she explained to OK! "If I go to her studio, I take a group class or do one-on-one training."
While NeNe has been better about eating healthier food she still has a hard time giving up old habits.
The hardest thing for NeNe to cut out are the carbs. "I cut back, but I'm not giving up my potato chips," she explained.
As for all the cocktails we see the girls drinking on the show, they are still gonna be there…just not as much.
"I like my sweet cocktails, but I know they have a lot of calories," NeNe told OK!. "I can still treat myself — I just can't drink every day."
NeNe has taken the steps to get healthy and is very happy with her results so far.
"I feel good. To be honest, I like my size. I'm a 10, and I don't think that's fat," NeNe explained. "I'm almost 6 feet. If I were a size 4, I would look anorexic, and I don't want to look like that. It's more about getting healthy."
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With the threat of an explosion still hanging over the Elgin platform, Dani Garavelli discovers growing concern over a hi-tech industry pushing the boundaries of what is achievable
THOUGHTS of Piper Alpha, the North Sea's biggest ever disaster, must have preyed on the minds of the workers on Total's Elgin platform as they were told to lift their passports and grab bags and head for the helicopters which would take them to safety.
As fears about the gas leak at the "well from hell", 240km off the coast of Aberdeen, grew last Sunday, the men understood only too clearly the destruction that would be caused if the vapour cloud forming on the water around the platform ignited.
Thankfully, it was textbook evacuation; by 3.30am the following day, all the 238 men on the Processing Utilities and Quarters platform and the nearby Rowan Viking Drill were back onshore, leaving the Elgin a ghost rig sitting in a bubbling pool of gas condensate (a light hydrocarbon liquid from gas). But the power-down didn't go without a hitch. In the rush to get away, a flare meant to burn off excess gas was left on, meaning that, although all electrical equipment had been switched off, there was still a real danger of an explosion.
The news, which filtered out last week, sent shockwaves rippling through the industry. Though clearly the immediate threat to life had been removed, the spectre of a blast on the scale of Piper Alpha, which killed 167 men in 1989, still loomed large.
A two-mile exclusion zone for ships and a three-mile exclusion zone for planes was set up and fire ships were drafted in near the scene. As panic mounted, all but a handful of workers were removed from Elgin's sister wellhead platform, the Franklin (which is connected to Elgin by a sub-sea pipe) and from Shell's nearby platform, the Shearwater. Insisting this wasn't enough, Unite union regional industrial officer Willie Wallace called for every worker operating within a five-mile radius to be evacuated. As the oil and gas industry's safety record was again being challenged, Total's share prices fell and oil and gas prices rose.
Seven days on from the start of the incident, the sense of panic has diminished. Total says it believes the leak is coming from a disused well in a rock formation 4,000 metres below the seabed, not from a well that is currently producing gas. It is free of toxic hydrogen sulphide and consists mainly of methane, which disperses more easily. The fact it is gas rather than heavy crude oil which is spewing out at an estimated rate of 2kg a second means there was never really a threat of an ecological disaster on the scale of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, and the lack of hydrogen sulphide further reduces the risk to sealife in the surrounding area. Total says Elgin's other four wells appear unaffected and that the procedure to shut down the valves has been successful.
Crucially, it was confirmed yesterday that the flare – which is around 100 metres from the leak – had "extinguished itself". Fortunately, wind direction in the past seven days had blown the gas vapour cloud in the opposite direction, away from the flame.
Nonetheless, the gas is still leaking, and although Total have drafted in dozens of global experts there is still confusion and how and when this crisis is going to end.
"It's not anywhere near as bad as it could be, but it's not good," says Dr Simon Boxall, oceanographer and marine pollution expert at Southampton University. "The main problem is there are four other well-heads going into that same rig. Even if the valves are shut, it's like having a tap. It may be off, but if you pull the sink from the wall, you get a lot of pipework, and if the pipework fractures, then there's water everywhere."
Those keeping a close eye on the crisis say it is only by good fortune that, with the flare no longer providing a naked flame near the gas leak, the threat of an explosion appears to have been averted. Jake Molloy, of the Offshore Industry Liasion Committee (OILC) union. "I have spent 17 years offshore and I know the wind direction can change in a heartbeat," he said. "You can literally see the flare spin round on the flare stack when that happens.
Credit Agency Fitch said the cost of the "utter devastation" caused by an explosion could have been as high as $10 billion not including environmental fines.
Total is currently working on two possible options for tackling the problem. If the gas leaks stops of its own accord, workers could board the platform and perform a "kill" operation, pumping heavy mud into the affected well to reduce pressure and stop any potential for further gas escaping.
Or they could drill one or two relief wells, which would intersect with the leak then pump the heavy mud down through them – an operation that could cost the company up to £3bn and take up to six months to carry out.
In the meantime, the company has questions to answer. Why was the flare (used to burn off the dregs of the gas forced up the working wells) not extinguished before the platform was abandoned? Did Total, as the RMT claims, repeatedly tell workers there was no risk from the time the pressure problems began right up until a few hours before the leak was discovered? And, since experts have repeatedly warned of increasing instability as fields such as Elgin/Franklin – which extract gas at higher temperatures and greater pressures than ever before – are depleted, could more have been done to prevent it?
There are broader questions for the industry too. With North Sea resources dwindling, companies are drilling in ever more inaccessible areas. Does this leak suggest oil companies are now operating at the limits of their technological capabilities? Does the continued dash for gas, driven by a UK government which wants to be less reliant on exports from other countries, mean unacceptable risks are being taken?
The British government has been keen to encourage companies to drill in high-temperature, high-pressure fields, and is currently considering extended tax allowances as an incentive to companies to get involved.
When the Elgin/Franklin field was being developed, Total described it as "an unprecedented technical challenge" because of temperatures of up to 190C and reservoir pressures up to four times higher than the North Sea average.
But there are dangers inherent in operating in such extreme conditions. In 2005, a report for the Health and Safety Executive warned that, despite industry successes in overcoming the technical challenges, "there remains a general concern that not all high- pressure/high-temperature hazards have been identified yet."
Total is well aware of these dangers. According to the Wall Street Journal, last year a report written by Jean-Louis Bergerot, a manager in Total's drilling division for the Society of Petroleum Engineers, suggested the risks were growing.
"In fields such as Elgin/Franklin, wells are exposed to multiple threats resulting from the large amount of depletion," he wrote. "As gas is pumped out of the reservoir, its pressure drops relative to the surrounding rock, unleashing powerful stresses. The steel casing that lines a well can be buckled or deformed by movements in the rock. Eventually, the liner may become sheared off completely."
In his report, Bergerot says faults in the rock could reactivate with little warning and allow oil and gas to move into unexpected places within the rock formation.
The recent problems on the Elgin platform began four weeks ago when the company noticed pressure changes in the disused well. Attempts to plug it permanently failed when the company lost control of the pressure, and flammable gas and condensate started to leak. Total has said the gas is probably entering the well through a leak in its casing.
David Hainsworth, health, safety and environment manager at Total UK, said: "What we've been doing over the past two or three years is plugging and abandoning those old wells [which have had their casings compromised]." The well that is now leaking was shut down more than 12 months ago. "There is nothing to suggest this job was done inadequately prior to the leak," Hainsworth said.
The number of fields with challenges similar to those faced in Elgin/Franklin is growing fast. In 2009, the Department of Energy and Climate Change released figures suggesting 12-15 per cent of the total number of UK offshore oil and gas discoveries and prospects were of the high-pressure, high-temperature type.
"Many people talk about peak oil. I think there are a lot of hydrocarbons; that's not the problem – or rather that is the problem, depending on how you look at it," said Frederic Hauge, president of environmental group Bellona. "I think easy peak oil is over. Companies are having to go deeper, hotter, and higher pressure and move to more dangerous areas – and the costs of this could be huge.
"I think this incident will lead to a discussion of how long you can empty the reservoirs. It seems these complicated wells are more problematic than the oil industry had expected."
After the immediate danger at Total Elgin has been averted, attention is likely to shift towards tightening industry-wide guidelines.
The EU's spokeswoman for energy issues, Marlene Holzner said it would still be possible to tweak a proposal for stricter safety rules on offshore drilling, taking into account lessons learned from Total Elgin.
In the meantime, the Elgin field which, together with Franklin produces 280,000 barrels of oil equivalent, 175,000 barrels of condensate and 15.5 million cubic metres of gas a day, is expected to be shut for most of the year.
"This incident underlines the risks of the offshore oil industry and reinforces our concerns about the even riskier deepwater drilling which has just started at the North Uist well and plans for Arctic drilling," Dr Richard Dixon, director of the WWF Scotland, said.
Hauge agrees. "What we have seen from wells from hell like this is that companies are now operating on the limits, perhaps over the limits, of what's an acceptable risk," he said. «


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- Conference on World Affairs: Lying, cheating and stealing at the top
- Robert Egger: Conference on World Affairs Q&A
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- 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' dissected during CWA's Ebert Interruptus
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- Conference on World Affairs: Learning to live with the hotter 'new normal'
- CU-Boulder's Conference on World Affairs opens with procession into 'Ebert Hall'
- #cwa2013: CU-Boulder's Conference on World Affairs as seen through social media
- Conference on World Affairs starting off with timely immigration panel
- Vivian Siegel: Conference on World Affairs Q&A
- Conference on World Affairs: CU-Boulder prepares again its yearly feast for the mind
- CU-Boulder's Conference on World Affairs announces series of Roger Ebert tributes
- Roger Ebert left indelible mark on CU-Boulder's Conference on World Affairs
What: "Gays, immigrants and women in the military"
When: 3:30-4:50 p.m. Thursday
Where: University Memorial Center, center ballroom
More info: Colorado.edu/cwa
For Conference on World Affairs participants, there are two types of panels to land on -- the expected ones that are clear matches for their expertise, and wild cards.
The latter describes Sarah Holewinski's placement on Thursday's panel discussing the topic, "Gays, immigrants and women in the military."
Through her career, Holewinski has worked with civilians who have been traumatized by wars.
The goal of her organization, Center for Civilians in Conflict, is to make warring parties more responsible to civilians before, during and after armed conflict. The founder of the organization, Marla Ruzicka, was killed by a suicide bomber in 2005 while advocating for Iraqi families.
Holewinski says the military is a lens that much of the world sees the United States through, and so it should represent the diversity of the nation.
Q. What kind of meaning do you find in your job as executive director of the Center for Civilians in Conflict?
What really gets me going in the morning is knowing I get to have an impact on how wars are fought. It sounds arrogant, and it's not meant to be. But I might be able to, through my career, change the mind of a three-star general about civilians in conflict or get government assistance for war victims.
Q. You've traveled to Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Lebanon and Israel to lobby for smarter, more compassionate policies for war victims. What takeaway lessons from these trips are you able to share with your audiences?
I've sat in the living rooms of war victims and heard their stories and thought, 'What are we going to do about this? How can we convince the United States to do something for this person?' I got to Afghanistan about twice a year. There's every category of tragedy and horror that war victims are going through there -- death, injury, property loss, displacement, incredible depression and fear. They're concerned about what the future of their country is going to look like, which makes it difficult to have hope or optimism.
Q. How -- if at all -- do you think the military will change with women being allowed in combat?
I don't necessarily know that it will. The more diverse, the better. The military is a very hierarchical organization. You're broken down and you're taught to think a certain way. I'm not sure women will respond to that any differently than men.
Q. The panel topic centers on gays, women and immigrants in the military. What changes in the military do you hope to see in the next decade that would affect these populations?
Greater acceptance. I think it will be unfortunate if they keep having to prove their worth instead of the military welcoming them with open arms and saying, 'We need you.' The diversity of the military needs to reflect that of our country. So much of the world sees the United States through its military.


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One of the most basic human rights is for somewhere safe and stable to live, yet homelessness continues to be one of the worst social problems in Britain today.
Homelessness services
Barnardo's works with homeless families as well as young people who are homeless or living in insecure accommodation. We help young people to access the right accommodation and support them in their tenancies, and for some young people, such as young care leavers, we actually provide supported accommodation. Our outreach teams on the streets actively look for homeless young people and provide a friendly ear as well as referring them to relevant agencies.
We work with families to help them secure the benefits and grants they are legally entitled to, sorting out accommodation problems and helping families to get re-housed in the area so as to not to disrupt children's education.
Care leavers and housing issues facts
Housing has been shown to be one of the most critical components of leaving care services for achieving positive outcomes for care leavers.
- According to the Who Cares? Trust, 30% of those who are homeless had been in care at some point in their lives.
- According to the DfE, 11% of care leavers in England live in 'unsuitable accommodation' upon leaving care.
- According to social services staff in Northern Ireland, 95% of care leavers aged 19 with whom they had contact were living in suitable accommodation, 3 percentage points higher than in 2009/10.
- In 2011/12, 2332 homeless applicants in Scotland had a household member who had been looked after.
We believe that care leavers in England need support for longer and are calling for the age of support to be raised from 21 to 25 for all care leavers. Currently care leavers are supported by local authority appointed personal advisers until they are 21 unless they are in education or training where they can seek advice relating specifically to education or training until they are 25.
This seems paradoxical as it is those who are not in education or training who potentially are more in need of support. Outcomes for care leavers are significantly lower than other groups of young people – they are much more likely to go to prison, to be homeless, to commit suicide and to suffer from physical and mental problems. As the 'corporate parents', the state must take responsible for these young people and support them to become independent and productive members of society.
This is why Barnardo's is part of a care leavers coalition, alongside six other leading leaving care charities, who have come together to call on the Government to change the law and reform the system to help support care leavers better and for longer.


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The pharmacy is a critical department whose work directly impacts patient care at Memorial's main campus as well as Memorial's Family of Services. Memorial's pharmacy is among the most sophisticated and progressive in the Northwest.
Every day, all day (and night) Memorial Hospital's pharmacy team works to fulfill their mission: to provide optimum drug therapy for Memorial's patients. And, as the only hospital pharmacy in Yakima County with 24/7 service, the pace never slows. The Memorial Pharmacy Team of more than 20 pharmacists and 26 pharmacy technicians is the expert resource for drug information.
More than filling prescriptions
Pharmacy professionals do more than distribute drugs. They work closely with physicians, nurses and patients to ensure that safe and appropriate drug therapy is rendered as well as educating and informing patients. The pharmacy provides services to a wide spectrum of Memorial's Family of Services including: all acute care hospital services, Hospice, North Star Lodge, the anti-coagulation clinic, Infusion Care and the discharge pharmacy.
Memorial's pharmacy is also actively engaged in several educational programs. The pharmacy's practice residency program provides a one-year post-graduate training experience. Washington State University's College of Pharmacy maintains a joint venture with Memorial as a major training site for pharmacy students. Two full-time faculty members are based at the hospital. In addition, Memorial offers a board of pharmacy-approved pharmacy technician training program.
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Why Choose us as Your Cape Coral Mortgage Lender?
Inlanta Mortgage has been a banker specializing in mortgage loans since we first opened our doors in 1993 in Brookfield, WI. With licensed offices in 16 states we have the staff and the experience to meet any home loan need.
Scotsman Guide named Inlanta Mortgage as a Top mortgage Lender for the year 2013 and Milwaukee Journal listed us as one of the Top Workplace for the years 2014 and 2015. For three years straight, from 2011 to 2013 Mortgage Executive Magazine listed Inlanta as part of the Top 100 Mortgage Companies in America as well as part of the 50 Best Companies to Work For. Besides these accolades we are proud that Scotsman Guide's #1 USDA Rural Development Loan Originator works for Inlanta and that this individual has reached the status of Platinum Million Dollar USDA Lender as noted by the USDA Rural Housing association.
How to Buy a Home in Cape Coral with Little or No Money Down
Of course you want to buy a home in Cape Coral with no down payment. Who doesn't?
Here's how you do it:
Many people never buy the home of their dreams simply because they don't think they have enough money for the down payment. They have been told through the years that they need 10% or 20% of the purchase price in order to buy a home. Well, this is true for the conventional/conforming loan programs but not for Cape Coral Government loans.
So why have so many Lenders told them this?
It's because selling homes to people with 10% or 20% down is easier than selling homes to people who have little or no money for a down payment. Most mortgage loan officers would rather go after the "easy sale" than try to help people who would rather save the down payment money for a rainy day or for current and future repairs/upgrades.


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The long, dark winter has officially arrived with the re-introduction of Club-Mate's Winter Edition blend. This special flavor is only made in Germany once a year and it's generally only sold during the winter months. Our shipment just arrived and we think it got here just in time.
Club-Mate Winter Edition is spiced with cinnamon, star anise, and cardamom. As the Germans describe it, "it tastes like warming up your hands in front of a fireplace after a merry snowball fight. Its unique ingredients create a taste that smoothly combines with the mate. Thus new sensory interpretations become possible."
We don't have a lot of the stuff so we're only making it available in 12-packs. You can order yours here.


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John Cena has heard the boos. But boos or cheers, he really doesn't care.
"It's great," says WWE champion Cena, who will face Triple H in the main event of next Sunday's Wrestlemania in Chicago. "It's better than hearing nothing. From the moment I got to express my personality, I've never cared about what anybody thinks.
"If they want to tell me to go to hell ... if that doesn't fire me up, nothing will.
"But I still want to work hard for those kids who say, 'Yo, that's my guy.' I'm just being me."
Don't get him wrong, Cena likes his current role.
"I was raised on the concept of hustle and hard work," he says. "And if people attach themselves to that, that's great. I am what I am, straight up.
"Triple H is quote, unquote a heel. He's himself. There are points when he speaks where you laugh and like him. But when he's in the ring, you don't like him."
Cena, who won the WWE back from Edge earlier this year, has enjoyed the rivalry.
"I don't think you've seen the last of Cena vs. Edge," he says. "Something must have bitten him in the ass in 2006 because he's really stepped up his game."
Cena is looking forward to facing Triple H.
"This is the biggest match of my career," says Cena, who in his first Wrestlemania appearance faced The Big Show at Wrestlemania 20. It's a lot harder to be champion and defend. Wrestlemania is usually not a good outcome for champions. Those who walk in (as champs), often don't walk out (as champs)."
- WWE will cut its Canadian schedule down this year. Smackdown! live events go to B.C. -- Kelowna on May 27 and Kamloops on May 28. In the only Ontario summer date, London gets a RAW live event on July 8, with a Smackdown! live event also July 8 in Winnipeg. Toronto gets the Unforgiven pay-per-view on Sept. 17. Ottawa could get skipped, but there's big news for Montreal. Stay tuned.
- Great to see Stone Cold Steve Austin return to chug a few beers at Saturday Night's Main Event. It would be a mistake for WWE not to involve him in Wrestlemania. Give Shane McMahon credit for one helluva brawl in his street fight against Shawn Michaels. Vince McMahon pulled off another version of the Survivor Series screwjob by signalling for the bell as soon as Shane locked Michaels in a Sharpshooter.
- The Blackjacks (Lanza and Mulligan) will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Tony Atlas and William "The Refrigerator" Perry will go in. I get the local connection (Chicago), but putting The Fridge in really trivializes the importance of a Hall of Fame induction.
- Destiny's Child's Michelle Williams will sing America the Beautiful at Wrestlemania. P.O.D. will perform Rey Mysterio's theme song.
- WWE has released Rosey (Matt Anoai and will bring back Test (Andrew Martin).
- Raven should be back in action with TNA soon. Speculation has him facing Larry Zbyszko at the Lockdown.
- The First Lady of Hardcore LuFisto was on hand to beat Portia Perez at CPW's March 19 show in Hull. In the main event, Tray Hugh Mongus and MVP Michael Von Payton fought to a draw. Also, Player Uno beat Kid Supreme; Frank "The Beast" Bradley beat Pistola; The Twin Terrors vs. Zack Storm and Ryan Rush was a No Contest; Velvet Jones and "The Prince of Persia" Rahim Ali beat The Freak" Zakk Manson and Stupified. The next event is April 8, at 7 p.m., with Aftershock facing The Twin Terrors in the main event. Tray Hugh Mongus will face an opponent selected by Von Payton; Player Uno vs. Alex Moore vs. Stupified vs. Kid Supreme; and Pierre Khoury vs. Roy Stevens. There will also be a contract signing of Wild Dangerous Dan vs. Guy Sauriol in a Steel Cage match for Night of Champions II on May 6 at the Sabourin Arena in Hull
- The Honkytonk Man will face Beautiful Bobby Jay in the main event of the IWM show April 1, at 8 p.m., at Winnipeg's Doubles Fun Club, in the Travelodge on Fermor. Among the other matches: Zack Mercury vs. Hotshot Johnny Devine; Showtime Robby Royce vs. Plum Loco. Champion Rob Stardom will also defend his title.


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Three Bridges U9's Football Club are on the hunt for a new goal keeper.
On Saturday 19th March Crawley Happy Times sent Shelley down to Furnace Green Playing Fields to meet Paul Williams, Assistant Manager who gave us more information.
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Malted Tastykake Ice Cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 cups whole milk
- 4 Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes®, roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ice cream stabilizer
- 1 1/3 cup malted milk powder
- 11 large egg yolks
- 3 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
- 1 ounce dark chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- Combine cream, milk, chopped cake, and dry milk and thoroughly blend with an immersion blender. Allow to infuse, chilled, overnight.
- Strain the mixture through a chinois or fine mesh sieve into a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat.
- Meanwhile, combine sugar, stabilizer, and malt powder and whisk into egg yolks.
- Temper hot cream into yolk mixture. Return to low heat and cook, stirring, to 85°C/185°F.
- Remove from heat and whisk in chocolates until completely melted. Add rum. Chill in an ice water bath. Allow mixture to mature a minimum of 12 hours.
- Process in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
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Pizza Hut Shift Manager job in Holly Springs, NC
- Company
- Pizza Hut
- Job Title
- Shift Manager
- Job Type
- Full-time, Part-time
- Pay Type
- Hourly
- Est. Wages
- $19.67 to $31.58 per hour (Snag Est. )
- Location
- 321 N Main St
Holly Springs, NC 27540
- Last Active
- +30 days
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Gather round the good stuff with a career at Pizza Hut; because this is a place where great people are in great company. We have fun, and we offer personal challenges and growth.
The Shift Supervisor is an entry level, hourly, management position. Shift Managers help to manage the daily operations of the restaurants including customer service, employee development and food production.
If you want to build a great career while providing fast, fun and friendly service to our customers, Pizza Hut is the perfect place to learn, grow and succeed!
Additional Info
- Minimum Age
- 18+ years old
Job Requirements Include:
- Maintain fast, accurate service and positive guest relations
- Ensure that only quality products, made of quality ingredients are prepared and served to guests
- Motivate, train, and discipline team members
- Recognize and reward team members
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment, both inside and outside the building
- Unload, stock, and maintain required inventory level
- Assist in preparing weekly labor schedule
- Prepare and transport deposits using personal vehicle
- Comply with all cash control/security procedures
- Ensure accuracy of timekeeping and payroll
Additional requirements:
- At least 18 years of age
- Enthusiastic team player with a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn
- At least one year of supervisory experience within the food service industry
- Pleasant and helpful when interacting with guests and other team members
- Ability to resolve guest problems in a professional, efficient, and friendly manner
- Acceptable results of credit and criminal background checks and motor vehicle report (MVR) prior to hiring
- Ability to work a minimum of 25 hours per week
- Ability to work flexible schedules, including nights and weekends with emphasis on Thursdays through Sundays
- NEW! Tuition discount of over 45% to on line college for you AND your family! This is done through Excelsior College, who also offers credit for your computer training at the restaurant of over 50 hours towards your Masters Degree (most programs require around 125 hours, so you will be on your way!)
- Health, Dental, and Eye Care Insurance and/or Discounts
- Paid Vacations for Full Timers
- Meal Discounts
- Opportunities to Advance from within (most of our RGMs and District Managers come from within!)
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- Comprehensive training and career development
- Weekly paycheck
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Monday was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I already talked about it at Between Birthdays so I won't dwell further on the details here. If there's anything to The Secret and its premise that thoughts become things, well, I guess I'd better be thinking happy thoughts.
Ironically, I just had a conversation with my two younger children a couple of days ago, in which they asked, "Mom, if you were to win the lottery, what would you change about your life? Would you stop teaching piano lessons? Would you buy a different house? Would you drive a different car? Would you see the world?"
And I replied, honestly, "I would keep the majority of my piano students until they were ready to leave me. I have always wanted a gourmet kitchen, and I would love to have room for a grand piano, so I might move into a different house, provided I could find something in this general area. But I would definitely keep my little red Honda, although I might splurge on a little pick-up truck, too. And I would love to travel. The first thing I would do is that southern Caribbean cruise on Carnival."
To which my 20yo replied, "Geez, Mom, you would book an eight-day Carnival cruise when you could afford to spend six months on a cruise ship?"
I thought about it a minute and said, probably a bit defensively, "Well, that particular itinerary really speaks to me. And it's a real bargain, especially off-season."
The boys looked at each other, rolled their eyes and said, "So if you won the lottery you would basically keep your life the way it is except that you would have more money?"
And the answer was, "Yes."
And no. Yes, I am happy with my life. I love teaching and playing music and beading and knitting and writing and blogging. But I hate being at the mercy of my ex's employment situation, worrying about medical bills and home repairs and the kids and I doing without things we need. Monday night I shed real tears, wondering how at the dichotomy between my gifts and talents and my financial situation. So I decided to participate in Danielle LaPorte's exercise and spend a few minutes thinking about how I really want it all to feel, whether or not I hit the jackpot. Here goes.
I want my day to feel like warm sunshine on my back.
I want kissing to feel hot biscuits dripping with butter and honey.
I want my next success to feel like winning an Academy Award.
I want my body to feel like a slinky.
I want smiling to feel like the first daffodils of spring.
I want my friendships to feel like yellow cake with chocolate frosting from my grandmother's kitchen.
I want my nervous system to feel like stars on a summer night.
I want my gigs to feel like Michael Stipe showing up out of nowhere at a Coldplay concert and singing Night Swimming while Chris Martin plays the piano.
I want my neighborhood to feel like a symphony.
I want my integrity to feel like fresh fallen snow.
I want my money-making to feel like falling out of an airplane.
I want my word to feel like the look out of my dog's eyes.
I want my laughter to feel like silver glitter.
I want the end of the day to feel like blue velvet.
I want being of service to feel like painting a room.
I want philanthropy to feel like opening a Christmas present.
I want my challenges to feel like walking out onstage in front of a thousand people.
I want my love to feel like a meteor, like a five-course gourmet meal, like a handmade quilt that wraps around me.
I want my writing to feel like Anne Lamott and Elizabeth Berg with a side of Amy Sedaris.
I want my ideas to feel like the incoming tide.
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Bernstein reveals Cole apology
Football Association chairman David Bernstein has revealed that Ashley Cole apologised to him personally on Monday night over his offensive Twitter message.
Bernstein stressed that England manager Roy Hodgson will decide whether the full-back plays against San Marino in Friday's World Cup qualifier. Cole was charged with misconduct by the FA over his Twitter outburst on Friday in response to the independent regulatory commission's damning judgement on his evidence in the John Terry racial abuse verdict.
Bernstein, speaking to Radio 5 Live ahead of the official opening of the National Football Centre at St George's Park in Burton, revealed that Cole had followed up his apology to the FA on Friday with a personal apology. Bernstein said: "He apologised immediately on Friday and he came to see me last night and apologised to me personally."
The FA chairman continued: "He showed real contrition. He said he was really sorry. He is free to play for England over the coming matches. It is up to the manager to decide whether he plays or not."
Bernstein was convinced Cole's apology was heart-felt. He told Sky Sports News: "It was a serious apology. He expressed a degree of remorse for what he had done, wished it hadn't happened. I looked him in the eye and really felt that he meant it."
Bernstein admitted, though, that the Chelsea full-back's actions meant he was unlikely to captain England for what could be his 100th cap against Poland next Tuesday.
Asked about the possibility of Cole being given the armband to mark the occasion, Bernstein said: "To be absolutely honest I doubt it. We've expressed a view on what we need with regard to a captain and I doubt it, but we'll see.
"We've had issues and we've stated publicly many times that we have a very high level of behaviour and so on and so forth required from an English captain."
Bernstein also revealed the FA will not appeal the punishment handed to Terry by the independent regulatory commission.
"The FA, I believe, will not be appealing it," he said. "But the thing is still under possible appeal therefore I do not want to talk about the John Terry thing at all. It's not over yet and John Terry has a right of appeal himself."


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Integrated Circuit Image Gallery
Picture-In-Picture Integrated Circuit
Whether screening the latest DVD cinematic release without missing the final minutes of the big game on the large-screen color television, or the members of the family are disputing which channel to switch to during those frequent commercials, the picture-in-picture function has become a mainstay for many hardcore television fanatics. Also referred to as a dual channel platform, picture-in-picture (PIP) integrated circuit technology simplifies so-called channel surfing and may offer applications in medical care, commercial video production, security monitoring, and other fields in which simultaneous monitoring of two different video signals provides an advantage to the viewer.
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In 1989, the Siemens Semiconductor Group designed the PIP chip for television applications as the first electronic device produced with integrated dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) embedded within the circuitry. The Siemens SDA 9188-3X video processor integrated circuit is a picture-in-picture processor with on-chip phased-loop logic. It was designed to combine two asynchronous video sources so that a small image (the inset picture) can be superimposed in a moving picture of normal size (the parent picture).
Techwell, another semiconductor manufacturer, created the TW3800 as an advanced picture-in-picture chip that is designed for medium to large screen television and monitor applications. Applying mixed-signal 3.3-volt complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication techniques, the TW3800 design provides a low-cost, low-power, and high performance integrated module for consumer electronic devices. Integrated triple-channel digital-to-analog converters, 10-bit analog-to-digital converters, embedded static RAM, and front-end video clamping are all incorporated into this miniaturized electronic device. Utilizing relatively new digital processing technology, an internal image compressor provides filtered scaling of the output picture for sub-picture insertion. The inset image can be up to 10 percent of the main picture area, and for a projection television having a 70-inch screen, an advanced single tuner picture-in-picture can translate into an inset image measuring over 7 inches diagonally.
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It was just over a year ago that the iPhone became the undisputed champion of cell phone cameras on Flickr. Without a doubt, the modern day cell phone camera has become a serious photographic tool and thanks to the release of iPhone 3GS, the iPhone has stepped into 1st place in upload popularity of all cameras just ahead of Cannon's Digital Rebel XTi.
Now we all are aware that the three megapixel camera on the iPhone 3GS is not the best out there but it does it's job fairly well. The main reason for it's popularity on Flickr is convenience. Not only do you carry your iPhone everywhere you go, unlike a regular camera, you also have the ability to upload directly from the device. Convenience reigns supreme.
It was only a matter of time before iPhone was crowned the undisputed overall champion of the Flickr world.
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Social workers have a responsibility to challenge discrimination and promote social and economic justice. To fulfill this responsibility, it must be understood how discrimination exists and the detrimental affect it has on the relationship between individuals who are disenfranchised (targeted groups) and individuals who have privilege, resources, and power (advantaged groups) (Hardiman & Jackson, 2007). This entry will present an overview of discrimination, define the various forms of discrimination, present public policy and legislation regarding discrimination, and discuss implications for social workers and the profession.
Ecological Framework
Alex Gitterman, Carel B. Germain, and Carolyn Knight
Ecological concepts and principles enable social workers to keep a simultaneous focus on people and their environments and their reciprocal relationships, not only in direct practice with individuals, families and groups, but also in influencing organizations and communities and in policy practice. Ecological concepts emphasize the reciprocity of person:environment exchanges, in which each shapes and influences the other over time. Ecological concepts are reviewed.
Feminist Social Work Practice
Cheryl A. Hyde
Feminist social work practice is based on principles derived from the political and social analyses of the women's movement. As a practice approach, feminism emphasizes gendered analyses and solutions, democratized structures and processes, diversity and inclusivity, linking personal situations with political solutions, and transformation at all levels of intervention. Feminist practice is in concert with a multisystemic approach; it complements and extends strength-based social work. It requires of the practitioner, regardless of method, to be relational and open to other ways of knowing and understanding.
Gay Men: Overview
James I. Martin
This entry explains who gay men are, how gay identity constructions have evolved since their inception, and how they continue to evolve. It also describes the health and mental health problems that gay men may present to social work practitioners. In addition, it identifies several social policies that are relevant to gay men. The entry argues that a systemic perspective that takes into account the social, political, and cultural influences on gay men is necessary for understanding the problems that such men commonly experience.
Gay Men: Practice Interventions
Robert L. Miller Jr.
This chapter explores salient concepts of social work practice with gay men. These concepts are described within a life cycle context. The illuminated concepts have been identified based on the biopsychosocial and spiritual developments in the social work literature related to this population since the printing of the 19th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work.
Human Sexuality
Laina Y. Bay-Cheng
This entry defines sexuality and identifies dominant explanatory models. In doing so, the entry outlines the central debate regarding the relative contributions of biology and social context. In addition, it highlights current key issues in the field of sexuality: the connection between sexuality and social inequality, the growing emphasis on the promotion of sexual health and well-being rather than just the prevention of sexual risk, the salience of sexuality across the life course, and the debate regarding sexuality education policy. Finally, it identifies parallels between these trends and social work, including the relation of sexuality to social work roles and practice.
Incarcerated Women
Patricia O'Brien
This article summarizes the incidence of women in the United States who have been sentenced to prison as a consequence of a felony conviction for violation of state or federal laws. It also describes their characteristics and co-occurring health conditions; issues that contribute to women's experiences after release from prison, including those that lead to success and failure during re-entry; and gendered practices and policies that provide alternatives to incarceration.
Islam and Social Work
Altaf Husain
During the 21st century, professional organizations such as the National Association of Social Workers have sanctioned standards for religious competence in social work practice and education. Social work practitioners and students are expected to receive training and education in spirituality. While content on Islam and Muslims is emerging in the professional literature, this is the first article in the Encyclopedia to explore the relatedness between the teachings of the Islamic faith and the social work profession. The Muslim population in the world, and in the United States specifically, is described briefly, along with an overview of intra-faith diversity. Social work practice with Muslims can be enhanced substantially when practitioners are aware of the worldview of Muslims and core Islamic values. In addition, practitioners should be familiar with Islamic teachings within a historical and professional context. Micro and macro level practice strategies and approaches are presented with a special emphasis on social work values and ethics. Lastly, practice principles for religion-sensitive practice with clients who self-identify as Muslims are delineated.
Lesbians: Practice Interventions
Deana F. Morrow
This entry will provide an overview of psychosocial issues and social work intervention relevant to working with lesbians. Practice issues related to the impact of heterosexism, coming out, lesbian identity development, and lesbian couple and family formation will be discussed. Assessment and intervention methods appropriate for social work practice with lesbians will be addressed.
Men: Overview
Jordan I. Kosberg and James P. "Ike" Adams Jr.
Growing up a male comes with challenges that can influence the quality and length of one's life. Attention is directed to gender role socialization that can result in gender-related physical, social, and mental health problems that can be exacerbated by poverty, ethnicity, advanced age, and minority group background. Understanding how men can cope with their problems, as well as reasons for their failure to utilize community resources, should be of concern to social workers. A balanced approach in the portrayal of men, and the creation of effective interventions that reach and assist men, seem consistent with social work values.
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jhawkins needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 306 designs submitted by 59 freelance designers.
The Heart Center
The Heart Center will primarily be an American Heart Association CPR and Advanced Life Support training company. Our tag line is: Critical Response Training and Consulting.
We will deliver high quality training programs at the location of the clients choosing.
The client base is diverse and ranges from mothers desiring peace of mind to Doctors demanding high level training and consulting.
The logo needs to be fresh and welcoming yet professional. Most of our clients and business will come from CPR training but that should not be the focus of the logo.
Let your imagination run wild. No color schemes have been set but please do not let the logo appear feminine due to the likely desire to include a heart in the design.
The high level training we provide is the "code blue" type knowledge and skills Doctors, nurses, paramedics need when trying to resucitate a patient.
Please Help! this is a start-up one person operation that will attract a large portion of its clientel through our website. Your design could lead to web design and other design work in the coming weeks.
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Taste of History "Surgery and Soda Pop" Dr. Philip Syng Physick is considered the father of American Surgery. His string of innovations include using cat gut for sutures and inventing the tool still used today for performing tonsillectomies! But Dr. Physick also came up with the idea of flavoring carbonated water, something we now call soda pop! In this episode, we tour Physick House, and Chef Staib prepares Smoked Brook Trout on Potato Pancakes, Coq au Vin Chicken , and Brussel Sprouts in honor of the Doctor. D
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Simply Ming "Jody Adams & Pan Roasting" Pan roasting is a technique used all the time in restaurants-you start searing something on the stove, and finish it off in the oven. On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming shows you a favorite technique that all home chefs should add to their repertoire. It's easy, saves time in the kitchen, and guarantees great flavor. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Crepes and Croissants" Host Christopher Kimball takes a trip to Paris in search of the best croissants. Next, test cook Julia Collin Davison shows Chris how to make foolproof Croissants right at home. And finally, test cook Becky Hays reveals the secrets to flawless Crepes. D
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Around The House with Matt and Shari "Adding Embellishments" Embellishing items around your home is an inexpensive and fun way to make "one of a kind" decorative accents. Matt and Shari start out having fun making a ribbon tassel. Then, Matt works in the garage at a gift wrapping station. D
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Austin City Limits "The Head and the Heart/Gomez" From Seattle, Washington, the Head and the Heart indie rock group performs tunes from its self-titled debut album. Then British veterans Gomez follow with eclectic modern rock.G
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Sesame Street "The Rainbow Show" Elmo is drawing when he looks up in the sky and sees a rainbow! Wow! Elmo rushes to show everybody, but when Rosita arrives, the rainbow has disappeared. Elmo asks Leela if there is something he can do to bring the rainbow back. Leela offers to draw a picture of a rainbow. D
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Dinosaur Train "Dinos A to Z, Part 1, The Big Idea/Dinos A to Z, Part 2, Spread The Word" While riding the Dinosaur Train with Buddy and Mom, Tiny gets the idea to gather all the dinosaurs in the `Dinosaurs A to Z' song for a picnic at Troodon Town. The Conductor agrees, and the Train starts picking up dinosaurs, as Tiny and Buddy help keep track of how many of the different species have come on board, and where they are on the dinosaur A to Z list. The Dinosaur Train continues traveling around the Mesozoic picking up more and more dinosaurs that are in the `Dinosaurs A to Z' song, on the way to a picnic at Troodon Town. D
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Super Why! "Little Bo Peep" Where's Mister Lizard? Whyatt is searching and searching and doesn't know where to find him! Once again, it's the Super Readers to the rescue when they meet Little Bo Peep, who is hot on the trail of her missing sheep. The Super Readers aren't satisfied with leaving them alone until they come home, and spring into action! Educational Objectives: To learn about solving a mystery! Fun, interactive activities show preschoolers how to build the alphabet, rhyme with OG words and use the power to read to change the story. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Pick Your Friends/ Finola's Farm" Pick Your Friends - It's Valentine's Day and Nick and Sally disagree hotly on how to decorate the card they're making for the Cat. Does this mean they aren't really best friends? The Cat takes them to meet Sheldon, a tortoise who knows all about friendship. They learn that Sheldon's best friend is completely different from him and that being best friends doesn't mean you always have to agree. D
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Wild Kratts "Cheetah Racer" Chris and Martin announce that no creature or vehicle can travel as fast over the rough and tumble African savannah as the cheetah. Aviva takes the challenge and declares she will build a ground racer that can run even faster than a cheetah. Of course Zach wants to prove that he is a better inventor than Aviva and joins the race. D
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Sara's Weeknight Meals "Holiday Food Gifts" A thoughtful gift you make yourself speaks volumes, and food is the present everyone loves! Sara releases your creative spirit by teaching how to make Homemade Marshmallows with a Hot Chocolate Mix. For the wine enthusiast, her Homemade Cheese Crackers pair beautifully with some cheese and wine. Peppermint Bark looks very expensive but couldn't be easier to make. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Italy's Great Hill Towns" Rick finds Italy's quintessential charms in the classic hill towns. He travels from San Gimignano's medieval towers to Cortona's charming lanes, to Orvieto's history of papal intrigue and Civita di Bagnoregio's cliff-hanging vistas.G
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Song of the Mountains Lewis Tradition; Steve & Ruth Smith. D
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My Hero "Taking The Credit" Not understanding credit cards, George goes on a spending spree, which can only be paid for by predicting the lottery numbers.G
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Are You Being Served? "Club" Young Mr. Graces invites his employees to form a social club in a dismal celler in need of decorating.G
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As Time Goes By "Too Old. . . Or Too Nosy" Jean's brother Steven and his wife, Penny, arrive separately to announce they are having a tiff.G
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Ladies of Letters Vera's house is on the verge of demolition and she will be left with little from the compensation. Irene wins a camper van in a raffle and determines she and Vera should set off in it to see the world.G
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The Red Green Show "Lunar Eclipse" The men try to recapture their youth by watching a lunar eclipse together, just like they did 35 years before.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "How to Go Onholiday Withoutreally Trying" Hyacinth, seeking a hobby for Richard, hands him a video camera and tells him to go off and "be artistic."G
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Mr. Bean "Do It Yourself Mr. Bean" Securing a bargain, Bean is driven to extremes to get his purchase home on the roofrack.G
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Outnumbered Pete and Sue attempt to ban television and have an old-fashioned Sunday, with traditional parlor games. Grandad has come to stay while recovering from an accident, and Pete grapples with sex education.G
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My Family "Susan of Troy" Susan's mother, Grace, arrives to show off her holiday pictures - and reveal a secret. Meanwhile Michael has entered the whole family for a cut-throat television quiz show, The Weakest Link. Revelations of secrets on-air lead to battles both onstage and off.G
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My Hero "Taking The Credit" Not understanding credit cards, George goes on a spending spree, which can only be paid for by predicting the lottery numbers.G
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Are You Being Served? "Club" Young Mr. Graces invites his employees to form a social club in a dismal celler in need of decorating.G
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As Time Goes By "Too Old. . . Or Too Nosy" Jean's brother Steven and his wife, Penny, arrive separately to announce they are having a tiff.G


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Bay Area teams triumphed so often in 2012 that it was tricky just to keep track of the celebrations. For the record: The Giants sprayed champagne, the A's threw pies, Stanford players chomped on roses, and at San Jose State, the Spartans high-fived fellow students in the hallways of a football-crazed campus.
Such success made it challenging to whittle the Bay Area's Biggest Sports Stories of the Year to a Top 10 list. But we managed:
1. Giants win World Series again
After making fans wait more than a half-century for a victory parade, these modern Giants seem intent on making up for lost time. Mirroring the wacky champs of 2010, this year's formula included Tim Lincecum as a middle reliever, Hunter Pence as a motivational speaker and Pablo Sandoval as Mr. October.
The straight man for the antics was Buster Posey, the stoic, slugging catcher who followed his MVP regular season with some of the biggest blasts of the playoffs. (Witness his grand slam that all but finished off Cincinnati in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.)
The Giants spent much of early October teetering on the brink of elimination. In fact, they trailed St. Louis 3-1 in the NLCS — and never lost again.
They buzzed through the Detroit Tigers as clutch hitting by Marco Scutaro and Sandoval helped deliver only the fifth World Series sweep by an N.L. team over the past 90 years.
"Detroit probably didn't know what it was in for," Giants general manager Brian Sabean said after Game 4. "Our guys had a date with destiny."
Sandoval was the World Series MVP. That's partly because of his three-homer onslaught in Game 1 and partly because they would have to fracture the trophy into too many pieces to give it to a pitching staff that combined for a 1.46 ERA.
2. Stanford goes to Rose Bowl
So much fretting went into how to replace Andrew Luck. As it turns out, the Cardinal really should have been looking for a good florist.
Because after securing the Pac-12 title with a fittingly resilient 27-24 victory over UCLA, players could finally hoist those red roses to the sky. Stanford earned its first trip to the Rose Bowl since the 1999 season behind an understated head coach and a redshirt freshman quarterback.
"You've got to be tough, you've got to be smart, and you've to finish what you start," coach David Shaw said on the victory podium after toppling UCLA.
Picking up where Luck and coach Jim Harbaugh left off — which is saying something — Shaw and passer Kevin Hogan led Stanford (No. 6 in the BCS) to an 11-2 finish and its New Year's Day showdown against Wisconsin.
Luck never got to the Rose Bowl. Neither did John Elway, for that matter. But Hogan fueled this trip by knocking off four consecutive AP top-25 opponents in his first four college starts.
"Boy," Shaw marveled, "when we need a play, he makes it."
3. A's win A.L. West
The A's spent only one day all season in first place. But it was the only day that mattered. They surged ahead of the Texas Rangers with a victory in Game 162 of the regular season.
Hard to believe? Try figuring out how they got there. With Oakland's goofiest cast of characters since the days of Charlie Finley's mule, the A's celebrated their 14 walkoff victories with whip-cream pies to the hero's face and commemorated other big moments by dancing "The Bernie." Along the way, outfielder Josh Reddick dressed up as Spider-Man and Australian-born closer Grant Balfour screamed obscenities into his glove.
One other thing: They could play. The A's became only the fifth team in major league history to win a division or pennant after trailing by 13 or more games (1914 Braves, 1951 Giants, 1978 Yankees and 1995 Mariners.)
4. 49ers continue to roll, change QBs
Jim Harbaugh continues to push the 49ers toward the look of their glory days — right down to a quarterback controversy. And while it lacks the combustible star power of Joe Montana vs. Steve Young, 2012 has proved enough to light up the phone lines of sports-talk radio
Alex Smith vs. Colin Kaepernick began when the loyal, efficient — and cautious — veteran Smith sustained a concussion. That opened the door to the high-risk, high-reward Kaepernick, who provided just enough wow moments to keep the job for good.
Kaepernick's early highlights included a 50-yard touchdown run — the longest ever by a 49ers QB — and a four-touchdown night against Tom Brady and New England. His early lowlights included a botched option read that might have cost a victory against St. Louis and a stinker against Seattle on Sunday.
How will it finish? It will be tough to top the drama of how the 49ers' calendar year started: On Jan. 14, 2012, Smith engineered two late-game comebacks to beat New Orleans 36-32 in an NFC division-round playoff game.
Smith ran 28 yards for a touchdown with 2:11 left and threw a 14-yard scoring pass to Vernon Davis with nine seconds left.
"It shows (Smith) is becoming an elite quarterback," Patrick Willis said that day.
5. Tedford reign ends at Cal
Because his golden touch wore off, the Golden Bears said goodbye to coach Jeff Tedford.
Cal fired its all-time leader in victories despite owing him $6.9 million over the final three years of his contract. Two final defeats sealed his fate: a 59-17 home loss to Oregon and a 62-14 loss at Oregon State.
Such scores would have been unthinkable shortly after Tedford's arrival in 2001. He promptly engineered two 10-win seasons over his first five seasons and would go on to finish with a school-record 82 victories.
On the day he was fired, he released a statement saying: "All involved can feel a great sense of pride with their sacrifice, contributions and commitment that have made it possible to have the winningest tenure in Cal football history."
Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Dykes was tabbed as Tedford's successor Dec. 5.
6. San Jose State reaches a bowl game
During coach Mike MacIntyre's first season of 2010, the Spartans went 1-12. By the time he closed his office door behind him for the final time this month, SJSU was 10-2, ranked 24th in the BCS and en route to its first bowl game since 2006.
The legacy might best be measured with a walk around school.
"The way it is on campus right now, I never thought it would be like that," linebacker Vince Buhagiar told Bay Area News Group columnist Mark Purdy this month. "Guys will be walking down halls and getting high-fives. People you don't know will stop you and congratulate you on a game or the team's ranking."
MacIntyre scored one last victory — a five-year, $10 million contract as the new coach at Colorado, a deal that more than quadrupled his SJSU salary.
Ron Caragher, who had a successful six-year run at the University of San Diego, will take over for MacIntyre.
7. Matt Cain's perfect game
Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history on June 13 — a performance that reached dizzying heights even within that exclusive club. The only other pitcher to strike out 14 in a perfect game? Some guy named Sandy Koufax in 1965.
Cain's gem, though, might best be remembered by what happened when Houston's Jordan Schafer made contact. That's when right fielder Gregor Blanco raced toward the right-center field warning track for a catch that ranks among the most spine-tingling in Giants history.
"I didn't think I was going to make it," Blanco said, "but I did."
It was the first perfect game for a Giants franchise that dates back 129 years.
8. Earthquakes rattle, roll
Earthquakes fans learned two keys lesson in 2012: Never give up. And never leave early.
The Bay Area's ultimate comeback club pulled off 13 game-tying or winning goals in the 82nd minute or later. They became known as the Goonies, a reference to the 1980 movie with the line "Goonies never say die!"
Much of the drama was supplied by Danville's Chris Wondolowski, who tied the Major League Soccer single-season record with 27 goals en route to his second Golden Boot award in three years and his first MVP trophy.
With Wondolowski leading the way, San Jose racked up a club-record 72 goals and went 19-6-9 to win the regular-season title. Alas, the magic ran out in an MLS Cup playoff defeat to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
But surrender? Never.
"We're going to be here and we're going to be together for a long time," veteran striker Alan Gordon said on the night the Quakes were eliminated. "This is not the end for us."
9. Stanford women reach Final Four
The reliable greatness of the Stanford women's basketball program should not be taken for granted. As Nneka Ogwumike said after leading the Cardinal to a fifth consecutive Final Four last March: "This never gets old."
Stanford's latest March Madness run ended when Baylor bounced it in the NCAA semifinals. But the Cardinal bounced right back and — surprise! — is back in the national title chase. Stanford sent that message last month by toppling then-No. 1 Baylor on Nov. 16, ending the Lady Bears' 42-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Stanford won at Tennessee for the first time since 1996. Is a sixth consecutive Final Four in the offing?
"We've got great leadership and great chemistry,' " Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer said after beating Tennessee. "I'm hoping that we'll be playing better in March and April."
10. Warriors on the rise
The Warriors close the year with the look of something special. By mid-December, they finished off their first six-win trip in franchise history — a journey that included an upset of reigning NBA champion Miami.
"I think it does wonders for our confidence," guard Jarrett Jack said.
Nine months before that trip, owner Joe Lacob was booed mercilessly during Chris Mullin's halftime ceremony. Fans were ticked about a multiplayer trade that sent Monta Ellis to Milwaukee for center Andrew Bogut.
Bogut (ankle injury) hasn't done much. But the rest of the Warriors are off to a flying start. They're playing so well, Lacob can shrug off those eardrum-rattling boos.
"I'm not in it to be loved. We're not in it to be loved," Lacob recently told Bay Area News Group columnist Tim Kawakami. "We're in it to achieve something, which is to turn this franchise around, make it a winner."
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By Lou Mancinelli
The hand-colored photography of former professional dancer- turned photographer and New York Times-reviewed children's book author, Barbara Hirsch Lember, who still teaches dance as well as Pilates at age 70, is now on exhibition at Gravers Lane Gallery through Sept. 30.
Featured artwork includes selections of hand-painted photographs from her three published books, "A Book of Fruit" (1994) and "The Shell Book" (1997), both children's books from Houghton Mifflin, and "If You Find a Rock" (Harcourt, 2000). Lember's photographs illustrated the third book, authored by Peggy Christian and published by Harcourt Brace. A book signing is scheduled for Sept. 30 from noon to 3 p.m. at the gallery, located at 8405 Germantown Ave.
One can be sure Lember's photos have a motion, like the whoosh of the bottom of a swinging dress. And why not? As a dancer she'd moved in historic modern dance performances in the late 1960s. One might imagine the mind that once controlled the finesse of her dancer's body's lithe, rhythmic movements now controls the finesse with which Lember frames her shots and the way she flirts with tonality. Perhaps the sense of form in space and the beauty expressed by the dancer's place on the stage is the sense Lember strives to show (or maybe suggest) with her photos. "There's a lot to think about before you press the button," said Lember. "My years as a performer, teacher and choreographer have enhanced and enriched my photography. Use of space, form, texture and energy and emotion are all components of both art forms."
In the two books she authored, Lember uses infrared black and white film, and after developing the film turns it into prints that she hand-paints with transparent oil colors. For the third book, she used traditional black and white film.
Infrared film is used to block the passage of blue wavelengths, thus allowing a clear channel for infrared to pass through, according to Wikipedia. The result is the creation of an image that resonates with a dreamy, hazy and phosphorescent halo-like ambience, almost like a brush pastel painting.
Raised in West Oak Lane, Lember graduated from Olney High School in 1959. She went on to study photography at the then-one-building Philadelphia Museum College of Art at Broad and Pine Streets, now called the University of the Arts.
But photography came later. First came dance. "I figured I'd be able to shoot a lot longer than I'd be able to dance," said Lember about putting off a photography career until after dancing and until her children were old enough to care of themselves. Then Lember was able to submerge herself in her dark room for eight hours a day.
In 1968 Lember joined the now-renowned Group Motion company and danced in the group's historic 1968 Judson Church performances in New York and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 1969. She also studied with legendary choreographer Martha Graham.
While with Group Motion, Lember taught dance at Bryn Mawr College and worked as a part-time commercial photographer. She married her husband Steven, who worked in marketing, in 1966. The couple lived in Bryn Mawr until the mid-'70s, when they relocated to their current Elkins Park Victorian home.
Sometime in the late '80s, she felt ready for the camera. She took a trip to the Abington Arts Center to refresh her memory. Then "it was off to the ball." Beginning in 1987 she took photography classes at the Tyler School of Art and other locations. That same year she exhibited her work at Abington Arts Center.
Since then, Lember has exhibited her work in Turkey and at various shows and invitationals like Woodmere Art Museum, The Works Gallery in Philadelphia and the 80 Washington Square East Galleries in New York. In 2001 she was awarded The Charlotte Zolotow Award by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for her project "Portraits of People," in which she captured images of her mother's apartment the day before she died.
Lember never intended to become a children's book author. She considered herself a fine art photographer. It happened by chance when a New York City editor at Houghton Mifflin happened upon her work and called Lember in 1992 to see if she wanted to be involved in creating children's books. Lember obliged. She chose fruit as a subject because she'd photographed numerous still lifes of various fruits for years.
These days Lember teaches a few Pilates classes a week in addition to her own regimen, which she has practiced for two decades and taught for one. She also teaches modern dance to senior citizens at The Performance Garage near 15th and Brandywine Streets in Center City. She and her husband have two married daughters, Jessica and Amanda, and two grandchildren.
For more information, visit www.graverslanegallery.net. Lember's books are available online through Amazon.com.