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Climbing Drum Peel Fixture to ASTM D1781 for Flexible Facing
S4680A | Climbing Drum Peel Fixture to ASTM D1781 - for Flexible Facing
Climbing drum fitted with eccentric drum clamp for flexible facing
Includes upper double eccentric roller clamp
Max. Static Load: 3.2 kN (300 kgf, 7,000 lbf)
Specimen Width: 25 to 75 mm. (1 to 3 inch)
Upper & Lower Fittings: Type Dm (1.25 in connection with 1/2 in clevis pin)
Temperature rating: -30 to +120 °C (-22 to +248 °F)
Includes storage case
|Accessory Height
|240 plus specimen length mm (9.5 plus specimen length in)
|Accessory Weight
|3.5 kg (7 lb)
|Accessory Width
|134 mm (5.3 in)
|3.2 kN (700 lbf)
|Lower Fitting
|0.5 in clevis pin (Type Dm)
|Temperature Rating
|-75 to +250°C (-103 to +482°F)
|Testing Standards
|Upper Fitting
|0.5 in clevis pin (Type Dm)
Composites Test Fixtures Climbing Drum Peel Fixtures ASTMD1781
ASTM D 1781 describes a method of measuring the strength of the adhesive bond between the core and the facing of a honeycombcore panel. The Instron® climbing drum peel fixtures meet the requirements of ASTM D 1781. Designed with a standard fitting, they can be used on any standard Instron machine. The fixtures are robust and durable, and can be used inside an environmental chamber over a wide temperature range.
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- 6/15/2011

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Fashion conscious British swimmer, Rebecca Adlington, won two gold medals at the Beijing Olympics and famously treated herself to a new pair of Louboutins right afterwards. This year, she's reportedly announced that she will be rewarding all of her hard work at the London games with a new Chanel handbag. A girl after our own heart!
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After watching their cousin Princess Zara take part in the eventing team jumping final and scoop a silver medal, Princes William and Harry, accompanied by Kate Middleton, descended upon the Olympic village to congratulate team GB for their hard work. Rather than discuss her new bronze medal with the Royals, Rebecca Adlington was too distracted by the Duchess' shoes, and felt compelled to ask who designed them. Kate was, in fact, wearing a pair of blue cork wedges by Stuart Weitzman for Russell and Bromley, which retail at £245.
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Clearwater River Watershed District
Board of Managers Meeting
December 12th, 2012 - 7:00PM
Annandale Middle School, Annandale, MN
Chair Schiefelbein called the regular meeting to order at 7:00pm. Managers Jerry Risberg, Mark Kampa, Mary Ellen Wells and Bob Schiefelbein were present. Others in attendance were Meeker County Commissioner Wally Strand, Jeff Golden, Rebecca Kluckhohn, Assistant Administrator Dennis Loewen, Cole Loewen and Administrator Merle Anderson.
Motion #12-12-1: Kampa seconded by Wells, made a motion to adopt the Agenda. All Managers voted aye.
Chair Schiefelbein called a Public Hearing to order to consider a proposed change to Amendment #2 of the CRWD rules. The Public Hearing was not held due to lack of comment period.
Manager Wells reported on her attendance at the New Manager Orientation at the MN Association of Watershed Districts Conference. Her comments included gaining an understanding of the role of Watershed District Manager, Board of Water & Soil Resources role, conflict of interest, open meeting law, Watershed Management Plan Review, emphasizing ground water protection in the future.
Motion #12-12-2: Kampa, seconded by Risberg, made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. All Managers voted aye.
Motion #12-12-3: Kampa, seconded by Risberg, made a motion to pay bills of $31,313.08 in 24 payments. All Managers voted aye.
Engineer Kluckhohn indicated that the Environmental Assessment Work Sheet for the Kingston Wetland Renovation has been completed. CRWD staff met with the Department of Natural Resources staff on December 7, 2012, and a permit from that department is expected within a week. Meeker County Board of Commissioners will meet December 18, 2012 to consider the need for an environmental impact statement for the Kingston Wetland Renovation.
Motion #12-12-4: Kampa, seconded by Wells, made a motion to authorize CRWD Chair and staff to proceed with construction documents and call for bids to construct the Kingston Wetland Renovation after the Meeker County Commissioners meet regarding the need for an environmental impact statement and permit confirmation from the Department of Natural Resources. All Managers voted aye.
Assistant Administrator Loewen reminded the Board that the Kimball School Board will meet December 19, 2012 to consider conditions for the Kimball Storm Water Phase II project.
Engineer Kluckhohn informed the Board that the Meierhofer Notch Weir has been constructed.
Assistant Administrator Loewen anticipates notification from the Board of Water and Soil Resources that the CRWD grant application for water quality improvement on Swartout Lake and above Cedar Lake near the Old Hwy 55 soon. The projected grant is $277,900.00 with a local match of $70,000.00.
Motion #12-12-5: Wells, seconded by Risberg, made a motion to authorize Elk River Watershed Association Work Order #C12/01/12-1 in the amount of $240. All Managers voted aye.
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Cole Loewen suggested that the Board conduct a Strategic Planning Meeting in 2013 and review the insurance liability cost allocations at the next Work Session.
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We've all heard the noise about how this or that study showing fat is really not a big deal isn't "a license to eat whatever you want." And as most of us know, you don't need a license to eat whatever you want (unless what you want is Jack Daniels and you're 12, or whatever). You get to eat whatever you want simply by virtue of it being nobody else's business.
That said, it's not easy to give yourself permission to stop judging your food choices, to stop breaking food down into "good" and "bad" moral categories, to stop basing your self-worth on what you do and don't put in your mouth. Permission to ease the hell up, as it were. And even if you're far along in the process, maybe you have a friend who needs a little encouragement.
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Picture-perfect? Belly dancing around the issues
The Background
For anyone who questions the power of personal ads, Belinda's story may prove inspirational. Thirteen years ago she met a man through the personals of a local weekly, and he soon became her husband. They were happily married for 10 years and had two children, but in 2002 her husband died.
As a young widow, Belinda, 42, who works as a graphic designer, says the idea of getting back into the dating scene is intimidating. "I'm an interesting and warm person," she says, "but it seems to me the field for over-40's with kids is slim!"
Matchmaker felt certain finding a date for Belinda wouldn't be too hard, and sure enough, a man who seemed suitable soon appeared in 39- year-old Mark, a divorced photographer with two kids of his own.
It all seemed picture-perfect, but, to put a twist on an old adage, a Blind Date Challenge speaks a thousand words
The Date
Belinda and Mark met at Bashir's at the east end of the Downtown Mall for Middle Eastern fare and some unusual entertainment.
How did you get ready for the date?
Mark: I cleaned my car (inside and out). And I found an inspirational quote and laminated it to bring as a little gift.
Belinda: I talked with some friends about it. A male friend gave me a great pep talk, and a female friend came over and helped me pick out my clothes. Another pal called just as I was headed out the door to wish me a fun time.
Who got there first?
Mark: I was first. I wanted to check out the place and get a good table.
Belinda: I arrived second, though I don't think I was late. The restaurant put us at a nice private table for two that was well-located so our conversation would not be overheard, and that was great.
Were you nervous?
Mark: Yes, a little. The last time I went on a blind date it was really bad. I was realizing how very little I knew about my date.
Belinda: A little, but not very. I figured I could have a pleasant time getting to know a new person. I had gone and looked up his website, seen some of his photos, seen his picture. That was helpful. His photos were good, and his picture showed him to be a nice-looking man.
First impression?
Mark: She seemed very down-to-earth and comfortable with herself.
Belinda: Good eye contact, handsome face, warm demeanor. He seemed a little nervous, and that was heartening.
At Bashir's
Mark: I had scanned the menu and asked if she was open to sharing. She agreed. So we ordered the chicken dish and a vegetarian medley (Hummus, rice, a lentil mixture, sautéed peppers.) Everything was delicious, perfectly spiced, flavorful, and very fresh.
Belinda: We ordered wine with the meal. They had two kinds of Moroccan red and let us try each. We both preferred the fruitier one– it was very nice.
Mark: The server was attentive and friendly. Bashir came over a few times as well to check on us and be sure that everything was okay.
Belinda: For dessert, we had the most sumptuous baklava with a rose-water flavored syrup that made me a little ecstatic. I spent five years of my childhood in Istanbul, so this was all like a homecoming to me.
How about the unusual entertainment?
Mark: A belly dancer came out just as our food did. We wanted to eat and enjoy the food, but we were captivated and interested in watching the belly dancer. She was really experienced. Belinda told me she had taken some belly dancing lessons. At one point the belly dancer came over and invited Belinda to get up and dance with her. It was fun to see her get up and join in. I was impressed.
Belinda: I know just a little bit about belly dancing, both because I once took a few lessons and because one of my friends has been taking classes for a few years now. It's a real art form, and yes, very sexy, but involves a lot of athleticism and technique– most of which is hidden when it's done really well and someone makes it look almost easy. The belly dancer was terrific– very skilled. I loved watching. It was quite mesmerizing.
And the conversation?
Mark: We talked about lots of things– our jobs, our children, the community where she lives, our extended families, where we grew up.... There was one moment when she said something that reminded me of the laminated quote I had in my pocket– it was a perfect opportunity to present it to her. [That quote was by Howard Thurman and said: "Don't worry what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive."]
Belinda: It seemed like a good give and take– and a good balance of asking and answering questions. We had some things in common, especially our focus on our children, and interests in spiritual practices, movie going, theater, alternative lifestyle choices, secret interest in the banjo! He's maybe a little low on the sarcasm, teasing, cynicism plane. I'm a romantic who also enjoys a good shot of cynicism from time to time.
Anything particularly interesting?
Mark: Her dad's job had her visit many countries as she grew up. She even could say a few words in foreign languages. (Bashir had told us that the belly dancer was from Turkey so when she came over to say hello to us Belinda said something to her in Turkish.)
Belinda: I liked that he's learning to play the banjo.
How did it end?
Mark: We got back to the parking garage and said "good night." A quick hug goodbye before we parted.
Belinda: He gave me a hug. I liked that he kind of announced it so I knew what was happening. He didn't ask for my number, though.
Did you have fun and would you go out again?
Mark: It was enjoyable to meet– and fun to be on a blind date– but I did not feel a connection for another date. While I think she's a pretty woman, she's simply not my type.
Belinda: Yes and yes.
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the date?
Mark: 6
Belinda: 7
Both Mark and Belinda say that though a second date is unlikely, each is willing to give the old BDC a second try.


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Computer Assisted Design for a complex Hi-Tech Gold Pan.
Anti-clockwise pattern for waste ejection
Additional Sidewall Riffles
Green color to see gold more clearly
Well built for rugged field use.
Turbopan was designed by Kim Hillier, an Australian geologist and prospector
with over 20 years experience in mineral exploration and gold prospecting. His
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
Laws of Pesah 5771
Essential Laws of Pesah by Rabbi J. Maroof
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איסור החמץ - The Prohibition of Hametz
1. On Pesah we are not permitted to eat or to possess any hametz. This includes any food product that contains one of the five grains (wheat, barley, oats, rye or spelt) or one of their many derivatives, unless it has been properly supervised for Pesah use.
2. In addition to the prohibition of eating and possessing hametz, the Torah prohibits us to benefit from it in any way. Therefore, we may not sell it, present it as a gift or feed it to any animals on Pesah.
3. Containers of condiments and spreads like butter, cream cheese and fruit preserves that have been opened and used with hametz should be thrown out and new ones purchased for Pesah.
4. Since spices, oils and other additives are sometimes poured directly into a pot over the fire and may have absorbed hametz from its steam, one should purchase new, unopened ones for Pesah. However, the old ones do not need to be thrown out or sold, just put away.
5. The prohibition of hametz also requires us to treat all of the pots, pans, utensils and other cookware that have been used with hametz as non-Kosher for Pesah use.
6. In addition to the restriction on eating actual hametz, Ashkenazim also refrain from eating kitniyot ('legumes', such as rice, corn, and beans) during Pesah. However, they are permitted to possess kitniyot and may utilize pots, pans, dishes and utensils that have been used with kitniyot.
7. The restriction on kitniyot only applies to foods that are primarily made up of kitniyot. Food products that contain less than fifty percent kitniyot AND in which the kitniyot are not recognizable, like soft drinks that contain corn syrup, are permitted even for Ashkenazim on Pesah.
8. Sephardim who are accustomed not to eat kitniyot during Pesah may discontinue their custom if they want to. Ideally, they should 'annul' the custom before a Jewish court (bet din).
9. Nowadays, Sephardim who eat kitniyot such as rice that are packaged commercially are not obligated to check them for traces of hametz because the companies that prepare these products have already purified them. However, if one happens to find a grain of hametz mixed in with rice, it must be removed. If one has already cooked the rice, consult a Rabbi about how to proceed (many factors are involved).
10. Sephardim are permitted to eat 'egg matza' on Pesah, provided that it is prepared under proper supervision. Ashkenazim only allow egg matza for the sick and elderly who cannot digest regular matza.
11. Some authorities permit both kitniyot and egg matza even for Ashkenazim on Erev Pesah.
12. Items that are not edible, such as shoe polish, aluminum foil, glue, cosmetics, toiletries, shampoos and medicines do not need to be kosher for Pesah (or in general), because they are not foods. Pet food, however, must be kosher for Pesah, because it is considered an edible item.
13. The prohibition of eating hametz will begin on the eve of Pesah – Monday, April 18th - in Rockville, Maryland at 10:54 AM this year. The prohibition to possess, sell or otherwise benefit from hametz will begin at 12:00 PM.
בדיקת חמץ- The Search for Hametz
1. On the night before Pesah begins – this year, Sunday, April 17th - every Jew is required to search their property for any hametz. The search should be a genuine, serious inspection for hametz, not a ritualistic walk through the house with a feather and a candle.
2. The search for hametz should begin twenty minutes after sunset or as soon as possible thereafter.
3. Before the search, we recite the appropriate beracha (found either in the Haggada or Pesah prayerbook) and proceed to inspect all areas that we may have brought hametz into during the year. This includes our homes, cars, offices, coat pockets, etc.
4. A flashlight should be used during the search so that one can inspect all of the necessary areas with sufficient lighting.
5. There is no need for 'spring cleaning' during the search for hametz. One should concentrate on finding substantial pieces of hametz (like a cookie or pretzel) rather than sweeping up crumbs. If there is extra time, removing even smaller bits of hametz is an enhancement of the mitzvah.
6. After the search for hametz, one should gather all the hametz one intends to save for dinner or breakfast and keep it in one place.
7. When the search for hametz is concluded, one must say the nullification of hametz ('bittul hametz') formula found in the Haggada or Mahazor. The nullification statement is repeated in a slightly different form in the morning, right after one destroys or eats the last of one's hametz.
8. If one is going away for the holiday before the night of the search but is leaving less than a month before Pesah one must conduct a proper search for hametz without a beracha on the last night that one is still home. One should recite the nighttime 'bittul hametz' formula immediately after the search, but should wait until erev Pesah to make the daytime "bittul" statement.
- ערב פסח The Eve of Pesah
1. On the eve of Pesah – this year, Monday, April 18th - it is prohibited to eat matza, so that the matza eaten at the seder will be special. Egg matza is permitted for Sephardim as well as for those Ashkenazim who are lenient in this matter on Erev Pesah.
2. It is customary that every firstborn male fasts on the eve of Pesah. The fast may be broken if one attends a 'Siyum Masechet', a celebration held when somebody completes the study of an entire tractate of the Talmud.
3. Where possible, first born females should attend the Siyum as well, since many authorities maintain that they are also obligated to fast.
4. One is not permitted to begin work projects that are very involved after midday on Erev Pesah so that one can fully devote one's energy to preparing for the seder.
5. Beginning about two and a half hours before sunset on Erev Pesah, one is not permitted to eat the equivalent of a meal (even of egg matza), so that he/she will be hungry enough to enjoy dining at the seder. Snacks of fruits and vegetables are permitted.
- ערוב תבשילין Eruv Tavshilin
1. On Yom Tov, it is prohibited to make preparations for any other day. Therefore, When Yom Tov falls on a Friday we are required to create an Eruv Tavshilin in order to permit us to prepare for Shabbat. The Eruv must be prepared before the holiday begins.
2. The Eruv Tavshilin is made by taking a cooked dish (like a hard boiled egg) and a piece of matza and then reciting the beracha and declaration written in the machzor or haggada.
3. It is preferable to recite the Eruv declaration in a language that one understands.
4. When Yom Tov falls out on a Thursday and Friday, preparations for Shabbat may only be made on Friday, despite the fact that the Eruv was created on Wednesday.
5. When preparing for Shabbat on Yom Tov, one should complete one's preparations early in the afternoon so that it is not obvious that one is using Yom Tov to prepare for Shabbat.
6. It is customary to eat the Eruv Tavshilin at Seudah Shelishit on Shabbat.
הכשר כלים - Kashering Vessels
1. Many people keep separate sets of cookware and utensils for Pesah use. If, however, one wishes to use one's year-round kitchenware for Pesah, it must first undergo a process of 'kashering'. In order to avoid complications, it is best to complete this process before hametz becomes prohibited (i.e., before 10:54 AM on April 18th this year).
2. Only metal, stone, wood and plastic vessels can be kashered. Items made from earthenware, such as china, cannot be kashered.
3. Sephardim do not require any kashering for glass and Pyrex vessels and are permitted to use them after a thorough cleaning. Ashkenazim treat these items like earthenware and prohibit their use for Pesah unless they have been used exclusively with cold food.
4. The method used to kasher an item is always based on the way in which the item is used. A vessel that is used for cooking liquidy substances, such as a pot, should be kashered by boiling water in it and then dropping a hot rock or hot piece of metal into it so that it boils over on all sides. Utensils such as soup ladles and carving knives that are placed directly into hot pots are kashered by completely submerging them in a pot filled with boiling water. Serving platters and strainers that have food poured onto them from hot pots are generally kashered in this way as well.
5. After kashering a vessel with boiling water, it is customary to rinse the item off with cold water.
6. Customs differ with regard to kashering vessels that are used for eating hot food but have no direct contact with hot cookware (for example, forks, spoons, knives, etc.) Sephardim may kasher these utensils by cleaning them thoroughly and then running them through a regular cycle in a kosher-for-Pesah dishwasher. Ashkenazim require all vessels that come into contact with hot food to be kashered through placement in a pot of boiling hot water.
7. According to Ashkenazic practice, a vessel must be left unused for 24 hours before being purged with boiling water for Pesah use. Sephardim are only required to observe this stringency in two cases: (1) when kashering a microwave and (2) when kashering meat and dairy vessels together in the same vat. However, it is meritorious for Sephardim to follow the stringent practice in all cases if possible.
8. Before a vessel can be kashered with boiling water, it must be totally clean. When cleaning a vessel to prepare it for kashering, one may come across food substances that adhere to it and cannot be removed. In such cases, simply apply a caustic cleaner such as bleach or detergent to the substance in order to render it inedible.
9. A vessel upon which dry food is directly placed to cook, like a grill or baking pan, should be kashered by cleaning it carefully and then heating it until it is red hot (libun). This is the most intense form of kashering, and vessels kashered in this way do not need to be left unused for 24 hours beforehand.
10. Vessels used for cold food only, such as goblets for Kiddush or cups used for cold drinks, need only to be rinsed with water and are permitted for Pesah use.
11. According to Sephardim, if a vessel is used in different ways at different times, the method of kashering that is applied will follow the primary usage. For example, if a pot normally used for cooking liquidy foods were used for dry cooking once or twice, it would still be kashered by boiling water inside. Similarly, if a fork normally used for eating was used to stir a pot over the fire a couple of times, it could still be kashered by a run through the dishwasher. However, if the vessel was used in a more intense way than usual during the past 24 hours, the more intense method of kashering must be applied.
12. Ashkenazim always kasher based on the most intense way that the vessel has been used with food, even if it has been used that way only once. Therefore, in the two cases mentioned in Law #11, the pot would need to be heated until red hot and the fork would need to be placed in a pot of boiling water.
13. If one carefully cleans one's oven racks and covers all food placed in the oven with single sheets of tin foil, there is no need to kasher the oven because there is no way for food cooked in the oven to absorb hametz from it.
14. If one does decide to kasher an oven, self-cleaning is perfectly acceptable. If one's oven does not have a self-cleaning option, one should carefully clean the racks and walls of the oven and then - after leaving it unused for 24 hours - place the oven on its highest temperature setting for one hour.
15. For Sephardim, the grates on which pots are placed on a gas or electric stovetop need only to be spotlessly cleaned to be kosher for Pesah. As an added measure of stringency, some Sephardim also place them into a pot of boiling hot water.
16. After cleaning the grates, Ashkenazim are required to heat them to the temperature at which a tissue that touched them would ignite.
17. Sephardim may kasher dishwashers, regardless of the material they are made of, by leaving them unused for 24 hours and then running them (without dishes inside) through at least one complete cycle with detergent. Ideally, for Ashkenazim, three complete dishwasher cycles should be run (only one needs to include detergent). The racks do not need to be changed.
18. For Sephardim, sinks, countertops and tabletops require nothing more than a careful cleaning to be kosher for Pesah (however, please be sure to consult Law #20.) Some Sephardim are stringent with sinks and, in addition to cleaning them, pour boiling hot water over them
19. Ashkenazim are advised not to use their sinks, countertops or tabletops without kashering them first. They should either (1) not use these items with anything hot for 24 hours and then pour boiling water over them OR (2) simply clean and then cover them.
20. If a sink, countertop, tabletop or stove grate is known to have had contact with hot hametz during the past 24 hours, then Sephardim are required to kasher them according to the same standards as Ashkenazim.
21. Dish sponges and toothbrushes should be cleaned thoroughly with hot water or replaced for the holiday.
22. A microwave can be kashered by leaving it over for 24 hours, cleaning the inside thoroughly and then heating a dish of water in the microwave until it is filled with steam.
23. Refrigerators and cabinets need only to be wiped down with water to be kosher for Pesah. Dish strainers on which clean dishes are placed to dry do not require any kashering at all.
24. If one is not planning on using a particular vessel or appliance for Pesah, it does not require any kashering. Non-Pesah vessels should be cleaned and put away, preferably in a cabinet that is taped up or locked.
ליל הסדרThe Seder Night
1. One may not begin the Pesah Seder until at least 45 minutes after sunset.
2. Men, women and children are obligated to fulfill all the mitzvot of the night. It is especially important for children to have the Haggada explained to them.
3. The custom of Sephardim is to use red wine for the Four Cups, even if superior white wine is available. The custom of Ashkenazim is to use red wine unless a superior white wine is available.
4. The minimum amount of wine that must be contained in each of the four cups is approximately 3 fluid ounces. One must drink more than half of each cup (about 1.6 fl. oz.) to fulfill the mitzvah.
5. Almost any vegetable may be used for karpas, provided that its blessing is bore peri ha-adama. One should make sure that any vegetables eaten at the Seder (and all year round) have been carefully inspected for bugs.
6. It is preferable to use handmade matza shemura for the Seder. However, machine-made shemura is also acceptable.
7. It is ideal to use Romaine lettuce for Maror.
8. Everyone participating in the Seder is required to lean to the left when drinking any of the four cups or eating the matza, korech, or the afikoman. If a man forgot to lean while performing one of the mitzvot he must go back and redo it. Women may be lenient and need not repeat the mitzvah.
9. Sephardim recite the beracha of Borei Pri Hagefen only on the first and third cups. Ashkenazim say a beracha on all four cups.
10. The most essential part of the Haggada is "Rabban Gamliel Haya Omer", in which the special mitzvot of the night are explained.
11. The minimum amount of matza that must be eaten for each mitzva is a little more than one third of a medium size handmade matza. However, for motzi matza on the first night, one should eat at least half of a handmade matza. The minimum amount of maror one must eat for each mitzvah is approximately 28 grams.
12. One should make every effort to complete the entire Seder, including Hallel, before "midnight" (in Rockville this year, 1:08 AM). If this is not possible, one should at least eat the afikoman before this time.
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lrrowe wrote:I have a 10 gal tank which I use for projetcs which need propane and where I do not want to lug a big one around.
I have two places near me where one charges by the gas required to fill the tank and the other a flat rate. You can guess which one I use.
For the water heater, keep in mind that the tank will not run all the time. I recall one poster, Bruce I think, that says the pilot really maintains a very good level of heat which would extend the usage time.
And as I plan on doing with my 6 gal. Suburban Heater, is to add even more insulation around it. Every little bit has to help.
I've owned RVs for over 50yrs. We learned very quickly that a water heater is usually a 'propane hog' if you use it to maintain 'hot' water normally. I discovered that once I set up camp & turn on/light the water heater, when it finishes the first heat cycle. turn the control down to 'pilot only'. The pilot will maintain a hot temperature for days unless you empty the hot water tank, or nearly so. For normal morning face wash, doing dishes, & such the pilot light alone has kept us in hot water for days, even when temps fall into the mid-40s at night. This has worked well in smaller, 18' trailers & large cabover campers. If you use the water heater for showers'n such, dunno how it'd work but I expect it wouldn't 'keep up' with demand...


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I saw a van with Batteries Delivered written in big blue letters on the outside. It's, apparently, a car battery delivery service and not a goon squad, though if I ever form a goon squad (which would be the least intimidating goon squad since Riff's), we're going to go by Batteries Delivered, copyright infringement be damned. Our squad will have no problem gooning intellectual property. That'll be the only thing our squad will have no problem gooning.
Legs just weren't happy going home either. However, I've deluded myself into thinking that it's not a leg problem, but a perception problem. You see, I've gotten so used to the vehicular cycling mindset that I am just shocked- shocked!- that I'm not traveling at the speed of the speeding cars that speed past. That's the only reasonably explanation. If you believe that, I've got a square-wheeled Czechoslovakian bike to sell you...
I hate having to half-yell at drivers who just don't follow the damn rules of the road and "obligingly" half-stop at four-way intersections to let me ride though. Just go! Go! Please, if you're there first, just f'ing go! It's worse for me when you wait and I have to wave you through because the driver hovering inches off my rear wheel thinks it's my fault and likely to run into me thanks to your largesse.
No traffic on 34th means the following: I'll get to M only slightly before the driver who starts at R at the same time. That's with both of us stopping at stop signs.
There's a new bike/ped counter on the Key Bridge. I was tempted to ride past like 50 times (grade inflation 4-eva), but I didn't know exactly where it was. I only saw it out of the corner of my eye when I biked by, so there goes that plan. It sort of looks like a smoker's pole. Please do not ash on the counter.
I took the Custis to Quincy. Pretty quiet on the trail. I passed a cyclists and she might have said "oops" for a reason I don't fully understand. Maybe she was saying "Proops" for a reason I equally don't understand. Girl with some sort of weird creeper (the vine) tattoo under (below?) her shoulder blade. Two bicyclists off their bikes and on phones at the sharp corner before the Lee Highway trail bridge. I didn't stop to ask if I could help because they looked occupied with the whole talking on the phones thing. No one looked injured and the bikes seemed fine. Rode behind a guy struggling on his Mongoose. You know the best thing about commuting on a Mongoose? Me neither.
No drivers yielded to me in the crosswalk on Quincy. Time to write a letter to the editor about it demanding that drivers should be licensed and carry insurance. Because that'll get them to follow the law.
Finally switched back to index from friction, while stopped at the light at Henderson and George Mason. Maybe that's been my problem.
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Ha! As I left my building's parking garage this afternoon I was behind two cars. The first went along...and the second went after a few moments. By the time I got to the top of the exit ramp a walker stood in the sidewalk and waved me on. I was attempting to stay balanced on the uphill slope of the garage so I nodded her along since I wasn't ready to burst into the street without looking. She then more firmly waved me forward at which point I lost my balance and had to put my foot down. I looked pathetic so she finally went.ReplyDelete
It's often nice to let bikers go but yeah, if we wave you on that means you're free to go. :)
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CMS has proposed a new timeline for implementation of meaningful use for its Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs, but family physicians still need to stay on task with meaningful use (MU) stage two preparations, according to Jason Mitchell, M.D., the AAFP's director of health information technology.
According to information posted on the CMS website(www.cms.gov) on Dec. 6, the revised timeline would extend stage two through 2016 and, for physicians who have completed at least two years in MU stage two, push the beginning of stage three to 2017.
"This doesn't affect the implementation of stage two at all," Mitchell told AAFP News Now. "It delays stage three by a year, but all of the things that are required to make family physicians compliant with stage two of meaningful use remain exactly the same."
According to CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the changes would
- allow more analysis of feedback from stakeholders on MU stage two progress and outcomes,
- provide additional data on stage two adoption and measure calculations,
- give stakeholders more time to consider potential stage three requirements, and
- ensure that developers have ample time to create and distribute certified EHR technology that incorporates lessons learned about usability and customization before stage three begins.
"The phased approach to program participation helps providers move from creating information in stage one to exchanging health information in stage two to focusing on improved outcomes in stage three," said Robert Tagalicod, director of CMS' Office of E-Health Standards and Services, and Jacob Reider, M.D., acting national coordinator for Health Information Technology.
"This new proposed timeline tracks ongoing conversations we at CMS and ONC have had with providers, consumers, health care associations, EHR developers and other stakeholders in the health care industry."
But Mitchell cautioned physicians against reading too much into the proposed new timeline. He acknowledged that pushing MU stage three back at least another year would allow physicians, hospitals, and EHR vendors to better focus on being successful with MU stage two.
However, he added, "Stage two is turning out to be a tremendous amount of work for all stakeholders, and there is still a significant risk that some physicians will choose to jump off the figurative meaningful use escalator."
Mitchell pointed to the AAFP's ongoing concerns with MU stage two that center on issues such as quality measures; clinical decision support; secure messaging; care transitions and care summaries; and requirements that users, including patients, can view and download all of that information.
"The Academy will continue to push CMS to make adjustments to stage two that will move health care forward but that will allow some flexibility and breathing room for family physicians as they work to meet the requirements," Mitchell added.
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Drug abusers are exploiting Medicare prescription's benefit to score large quantities of painkillers, and taxpayers have to foot most of the bill, according to a new report by congressional investigators.
About 170,000 Medicare recipients received prescriptions from multiple doctors for 14 frequently abused medications in 2008, the Government Accountability Office found in an investigation for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Medicare officials say they're limited in what they can do to stop the abuse.
A Medicare recipient in Georgia got prescriptions for 3,655 oxycodone pills — more than a four-year supply of the painkiller — from 58 different prescribers. Another, in California, got prescriptions for a nearly five-year supply of fentanyl patches and pills from 21 different prescribers. Fentanyl is a very strong narcotic used to treat relentless cancer pain.
The cost of the questionable prescriptions amounted to $148 million in 2008. Overall, taxpayers pay three-fourths of the cost of the Medicare prescription drug program, which covers some 28 million seniors and disabled people for about $55 billion a year.
Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem for all types of insurance plans. Narcotics obtained with a prescription from unwitting doctors can feed a personal addiction, or be resold in a lucrative underground market. The doctors who write the scripts often don't realize their patients are visiting other physicians to get the same medications.
The scam is known as "doctor shopping." And Medicare appears to be hamstrung in confronting it, the report concluded.
Many private insurance plans and state Medicaid programs restrict patients who appear to be abusing drugs so they can only get narcotics from specific doctors and pharmacies. But Medicare officials told investigators that federal law does not allow the prescription program to limit the access of beneficiaries who appear to be abusing drugs.
That leaves "little recourse for preventing known doctor shoppers from obtaining hydrocodone, oxycodone and other highly abused drugs," the report said.
Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Scott Brown, R-Mass., are seeking ways to tighten Medicare rules. Carper chairs a subcommittee holding a hearing on the problem.
Using claim records, investigators illustrated how doctor shopping works: One unnamed Medicare beneficiary visited four doctors over 27 days to obtain a 150-day stock of oxycodone. The first doctor wrote a prescription for a 15-day supply, the second doctor for 20 days, and so on. The beneficiary made repeat visits to three of the four doctors.
The investigation, first reported by The New York Times, found the worst abuse among 600 Medicare beneficiaries, each getting prescriptions from more than 20 doctors. Painkillers hydrocodone and oxycodone were involved in more than 8 out of 10 cases of doctor shopping identified by investigators, who referred several cases to Medicare fraud investigators.
In the context of the program as a whole, the number of drug abusers is small. The 170,000 whose prescription-use patterns aroused suspicion accounted for less than 2 percent of all the Medicare recipients who received prescriptions for the 14 frequently abused drugs.
Investigators attributed most of the cases of questionable behavior to younger beneficiaries, eligible for Medicare because of a disability and not their age. Nearly three-fourths of them also had low incomes.
In its response to the investigators' findings, Medicare said it recognizes the need to prevent abuse of the prescription program and is looking for ways to best accomplish that.


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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) The NCAA's probe of Miami's athletic compliance practices is ramping up again.
Only this time, the Hurricanes aren't exactly the subject of the inquiry.
In a bizarre twist, the college sports' governing body is being investigated after NCAA President Mark Emmert acknowledged on Wednesday ``a very severe issue of improper conduct'' by former investigators working the long, complex Miami case.
The NCAA said its investigation was based, at least in part, on information that it should not have had access to, the testimony of those who appeared under subpoena to be deposed in the bankruptcy case involving former Miami booster Nevin Shapiro, one of the most notorious Ponzi scheme architects in history.
The NCAA does not have subpoena power. Shapiro's attorney did, and used it - and apparently entered into some sort of contractual agreement with the NCAA, one that apparently either was not or should never have been approved.
``We cannot have the NCAA bringing forward an allegation ... that was collected by processes none of us could stand for,'' Emmert said. ``We're going to move it as fast as possible, but we have to get this right.''
Speaking Thursday from Providence, R.I. in a telephone interview, Shapiro's attorney, Maria Elena Perez, told The Associated Press that she has done nothing wrong.
``The dubious party is not me. What I have done is 150 percent above board,'' Perez said.
Perez said she could not divulge the nature of whatever her contract status with the NCAA, though said she is planning to release a statement in the coming days after meeting with her own attorney.
``I am a victim of the enforcement staff,'' said Perez, who is a Miami graduate. ``Me.''
The revelations Wednesday mean the notice of allegations against Miami - the NCAA's findings of wrongdoing, a document that was nearly completed and was expected to be released by the end of this week - will be delayed for at least a few more weeks, if not longer. The long-term ramifications could be more damning for the NCAA, especially if the outside investigator they have commissioned to look into the mess finds more problems.
``As we have done since the beginning, we will continue to work with the NCAA and now with their outside investigator hoping for a swift resolution of the investigation and our case,'' Miami President Donna Shalala said.
Emmert said two depositions are involved in this allegation of improper conduct by former enforcement-office staffers. One of those two depositions was given Dec. 19, 2011, by former Miami equipment-room staffer Sean Allen - who has been linked to Shapiro and many of the allegations that he made against the university.
Among the questions Allen was asked in that deposition:
- ``Did you ever witness Mr. Shapiro paying any money to any University of Miami football or basketball players?''
- ``Would it be fair to say that Mr. Shapiro did, in fact, confer various financial benefits on the University of Miami Athletic Program and its players?''
- ``Did you ever overhear any of the coaches or any other staff for the University of Miami providing Mr. Shapiro with inside information regarding, you know, the condition of any particular athlete for the purposes of Mr. Shapiro's gambling?''
It's unknown which of Allen's answers caught the NCAA investigators' attention.
What is known publicly now, and has been suspected by some for months, is that those investigators never should have known those questions were asked.
``How in the world can you get this far without it being recognized that this was an inappropriate way to proceed?'' Emmert asked.
That's the question that the NCAA wants answered, and fast.
Emmert spoke angrily at times during a half-hour conference call to discuss the findings, in which he revealed that he briefed the NCAA's executive committee and the Division I board presidents with some information about the Miami matter. He said he developed a better understanding of what went on in the days that followed, which led to the hiring of Kenneth L. Wainstein of the firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP to conduct the external review of what happened.
Wainstein, Emmert said, will begin his probe on Thursday, with the NCAA hoping that he can finish within two weeks.
``We want to make sure that any evidence that's brought forward is appropriately collected and it has the integrity that we expect and demand,'' Emmert said.
It was part of a stunning day for Hurricane athletics: The 25th-ranked men's basketball team routed No. 1 Duke later Wednesday, 90-63.
Emmert said the NCAA was trying to find out why part of the investigation was based on depositions specific to the bankruptcy case against Shapiro, who will have to repay $82.7 million to his victims as part of his sentence. And the timing of this also is curious. Several people who were to be named in the NCAA's notice of allegations against Miami have been told that the document was in the final stages of preparation - and one person who spoke with the AP said at least one person who was to face a charge of wrongdoing was told the letter was scheduled for delivery to Miami on Tuesday.
Now it's anyone's guess when that will happen.
Emmert said the NCAA learned of the alleged misconduct, in part, through legal bills presented by Shapiro's attorney for work that was not properly approved by the organization's general counsel's office.
``One of the questions that has to be answered, unequivocally, is what was the nature of that contractual arrangement and what was all the activity that that individual was involved with,'' Emmert said. ``There is some uncertainty about all of that and it's one of the first orders of business for the firm that we've hired to investigate.''
The Hurricanes' athletic compliance practices have been probed by the NCAA for nearly two years. Allegations of wrongdoing involving Miami's football and men's basketball programs became widely known in August 2011 when Yahoo Sports published accusations brought by Shapiro, who is serving a 20-year term in federal prison for masterminding a $930 million Ponzi scheme.
Miami has self-imposed two football postseason bans in response to the investigation. The Hurricanes also would have played in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game this past season, meaning they could have qualified for the Orange Bowl.
``In my two-and-a-half years I've certainly never seen anything like this, and don't want to see it again,'' Emmert said.


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By Caroline McGraw [1] May 15, 2014 0 [2]
Letters from Home
When my husband hands me the envelope, I smile as soon as I see it. My brother Willie's printing is distinctive; I know it at a glance, and I'm not surprised. Willie's latest IEP includes a goal to write letters to faraway family members, and as such, my envelope includes two notes. The letters are much the same, with few variations. The composite text reads as follows:
Dear Caroline,
I had a good day at [my day program]. I did x-rays, math word search, and word scrambler. I ate lunch with all of my friends.
Love, Willie
PS—Caroline, it's time to go to California next week, in San Diego for my birthday and [two family friends'] wedding.
On the surface, his letters are simple and straightforward. Yet I'm sure that my fellow family members and siblings know exactly which line brings sudden tears to my eyes: I ate lunch with all my friends.
It's hard to explain exactly why this sentence moves me to tears, but it had something to do with the profound ordinariness of the words. I ate lunch with all my friends is a typical statement for most young adults, one that many families hear and take for granted. But for those of us with "leaving normal" lives, it strikes straight to the heart.
Willie has friends with whom to eat lunch. To me, that constitutes a miracle. After more than a decade of behavioral struggles, Willie has found some degree of stability and equilibrium. He participates in his day program on weekdays, and on nights and weekends he has a busier social calendar than I do, complete with bowling, weightlifting, piano lessons, and Special Olympics. Yes, he still has meltdowns. No, we don't know exactly what the future holds. Even so, reading my brother's matter-of-fact words is deeply reassuring. I ate lunch with all my friends. I've never heard that from my brother before.
Willie's friendships may not look the same as mine, but that doesn't mean that they're less real or less valuable. My brother has his own way of making connections; that is, by engaging in activities side-by-side. If I want to connect with my brother, I won't start by asking him a dozen questions. Instead, I'll sit down and watch a video with him, ski down a mountain by his side, or accompany him on a walk with the family dog, Chevy. Conversations with Willie don't last long—he'll run off to play piano or watch videos once you've gone beyond a few sentences—and that's tough for someone who relies on verbal language as much as I do. So while I enjoy spending quality time with Willie, it can be difficult for me to "translate" that into a sense of connectedness. So when I opened his letters, I couldn't help but feel amazed; my brother was speaking to me in "my language" at last.
What can I say? I'm a writer. The quickest way to my heart is through words. In fact, my favorite dreams are what I call "reading dreams." In these dreams, I am reading an entire book, one that doesn't exist in the waking world. The process is almost indescribably joyful; I never want to stop, and as my eyes scan the pages, I keep thinking: This is amazing! This book is so great! Reading a dream-book is like reading all of my real-life favorites at once. Upon waking, however, I can't remember a thing about the content, only how the book made me feel: blessed beyond measure.
On one hand, Willie's letters are nothing like the dream-books I adore. They aren't detailed or complex; they aren't literary masterpieces. Yet on the other hand, Willie's words leave me feeling just like I feel in those dreams: full to overflowing, reluctant to wake.
With that in mind, I pick up a pen to write my brother back. I choose a greeting card with a bevy of starfish on the front. It's perfect for Willie, who's probably exploring Sea World with our parents as I scribble. My sentences are simple; my syntax is basic. Nevertheless, it feels like the most important work I could possibly do.


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I posted the photo on my blog banner and I have received many, many requests for the pattern which I didn't write down at the time I made the original hat. I have now re-knit the hat in Malabrigo Worsted and I have written out the pattern.
Here are a few more shots of the handspun version of the hat:
Above is the beautiful Miss Molly modeling the Malabrigo Worsted version of the Lost Banner Hat. The Malabrigo Worsted is the perfect yarn for this hat. Really, any worsted weight yarn in wool, any wool blends, superwash wool or cotton will work great for this project. You only need one skein or about 200 yards of worsted weight yarn to make the hat!
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The photo above is the top of the Malabrigo Worsted version of the hat. Doesn't almost everyone have a skein of Malabrigo sitting on their shelf? Here is the perfect project for that languishing skein!
The hat above is made in my worsted weight handspun. The roving was from Dyeabolical Yarns and Fiber. The yarn turned out great and I love the finished hat. If you are a spinner with a skein of worsted handspun with around 200 yards, this pattern could be for you.
The pattern for the Lost Banner Hat is available in my Ravelry pattern shop. You don't have to belong to Ravelry to purchase patterns on Ravelry, it is open to everyone.
I hope you enjoy the new hat pattern. It is a simple unisex hat that is for children, women, men, teens, everyone! It is the perfect quick gift knit and can be worn many ways.
Click here for the Ravelry project page for the Lost Banner Hat!
Click on the button below to purchase the hat pattern for the Lost Banner Hat!
Wow! What a week it has been. I found out that Itty-Bitty Hats, my first book, is going into its 7th printing, which is amazing news. I won this fantastic award. And best of all, I get to come on this blog every few days and share time with all of you! Thanks for the support and fun. I love being here with you.
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A recent bike theft in Fishtown, Pennsylvania, has one owner scratching his head.
The bike's owner told NBC10 he usually locks his bike up at the tree across the street from his house on Frankford Avenue near Susqehanna.
Thursday morning, he woke up to find it had been stolen – and the tree was chopped and thrown to the sidewalk.
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"It's pretty standard for bikes to be stolen," he said. "This is the first time I've heard of a tree getting cut down to steal a bike."
The bike's owner, who preferred to remain anonymous, shared surveillance video with NBC10, showing the two thieves snapping the tree's trunk early Thursday morning to steal his bike. [[389926312, C]]
The timestamp on the video indicates the men stole the bike between 4:58 a.m. and 5:05 a.m. Thursday morning.
"I woke up and the tree was laying on the sidewalk," he said.
To him, the tree damage was more disturbing than a stolen bike, which he uses as his primary means of transportation.
"It's definitely a destruction of public property."
The owner tells NBC10 while he usually locks both the bike frame and a wheel to the tree, he only locked the bike's frame Wednesday night. [[389947131, C]]
He remained optimistic that those responsible would be found, citing identifiable features from the thieves in the video, like a tattoo on one man's leg.
"The odds of them being found are pretty good," he said.
A police report was filed and the owner was joining Fishtown community Facebook groups to get the word out.
"I'm not too torn up about it because it is a bike," he said. "For the community, to be aware is my main goal at this point."
NBC10 reached out the city's Parks and Recreation Department, the agency responsible for the tree. They said the tree is a city tree, but may be part of the business improvement district because it is enclosed in pavement.
If it is a city tree, they said, the thieves would be subject to vandalism and destruction of public property violations. The department would then need to remove the remaining stump and determine whether a new tree can be added.
Anyone with information about the stolen bike should call police.


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Lazar Berson was born in 1882 in the village of Skopichky, Russia (now Lithuania). Little is known about his early life, though he probably spoke Yiddish at home and received a traditional Jewish religious education. At the turn of the century, he studied painting in St Petersburg, where he was influenced by the Jewish cultural renaissance, and the renewed interest in Russian and Jewish folk art and craft.
Circular Design for Ben Uri Art Society c. 1915
Berson took these ideas to Paris, where he continued his studies, probably as a student under Professor Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts. Later, Berson recalled that he studied 'together with a prayer quorum of Jewish children', referring to the large number of mostly Eastern-European Jewish artists then working in Paris.
He exhibited at the Salon d'automne alongside Chagall, Bakst, Kisling and Pascin in 1911 and 1912, and lived at the same address as Lipchitz. In contrast to other École de Paris artists who embraced modernist styles, Berson maintained the decorative approach of traditional folk art and sought to develop a specifically Jewish type of art.
Following the outbreak of the First World War Berson moved to London, where he set up a portrait studio and wrote articles for Jewish newspapers, espousing his uncompromising Jewish nationalist, Zionist and fierce anti-assimilationist views.
In 1915, he realised his long-held ambition of forming a society for Jewish art when he founded 'The Jewish-National Decorative Art Association (London) "Ben Ouri"', at Gradel's Restaurant in Whitechapel. In 'the Ben Uri studio' he brought together a number of East End artisans, who together with the jeweller Mosheh Oved worked on a series of decorative 'Jewish' designs on wooden plates and bowls.
In addition, Berson produced the Ben Uri Album, 'one of the worlds' first Yiddish art albums', published in 1916 by the Ukrainian-born Hebraist Israel Narodiczky. By 1916, the Society had over 100 members and had organised many events and classes, but in September of that year, Berson without warning left for America, only resurfacing late in life in Nice, where he continued to work as a painter, and died in 1954.


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Posts Tagged 'land grants'
The Civil War as Revolution – Part III
[Note: This post is part of a series on The Civil War as Revolution which is available at the following links: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, The Revolutionaries of the American Civil War, and Cogitating on Abraham Lincoln as Revolutionary.]
Barrington Moore "sees the revolutionary dimension of the American Civil War not simply as a triumph of freedom over slavery, or industrialism over agriculture, or the bourgeoisie over the plantation gentry – but as a combination of all these things." He saw it as"a violent breakthrough against an older social structure."[i] In this Moore is in agreement with James McPherson that the American Civil War qualifies as an upheaval of the period's status quo by intense domestic violence. As historians have pointed out on numerous occasions, the Civil War is unsurpassed in its degree of violence in the American experience. As to the overthrow of the "existing social and political order," a survey of the changes driven by the war makes the point for the Civil War as revolutionary. External Changes Driven by the Civil War McPherson categorizes the transformations resulting from the Civil War as revolution in an external and internal sense.[ii] He considers external revolution to be "the sweeping transformation in the balance of economic and political power between North and South."[iii] Sweeping political change occurred at the point of "withdrawal of southern representatives and senators from Congress when their states seceded."[iv] It made possible the passage of Republican-sponsored legislation that promoted economic development in line with the Republican agenda, legislation that had been continually blocked by the southern-dominated Democratic Party. During the war, Congress "enacted:
- land grants and government loans to build the first transcontinental railroad
- higher tariffs to foster industrial development
- national banking acts to restore part of the centralized banking system destroyed in the 1830s by Jacksonian Democrats
- a homestead act to grant 160 acres of government land to settlers, and
- the land-grant college act of 1862, which turned over federal land to the states to provide income for the establishment of state agricultural and vocational colleges, which became the basis of the modern land-grant universities."[v]
These changes were made possible because the war had changed the long-term sectional balance of power.[vi] It broke the domination of the country's leadership by members of the slave-holding elite of the South.
In 1861 the United States had lived under the Constitution for seventy-two years. During forty-nine of those years the president had been a southerner-and a slave-holder. After the Civil War a century passed before another resident of the South was elected president. In congress, twenty-three of the thirty-six speakers of the House down to 1861, and twenty-four of the thirty-six presidents pro tem of the Senate, were from the South. For half a century after the war, none of the speakers or presidents pro tem was from the South. From 1789 to 1861, twenty of the thirty-five Supreme Court justices had been southerners. At all times during those years the South had a majority on the Court. But only five of the twenty-six justices appointed during the next half-century were southerners.[vii]
In the next post, I'll take a look at internal changes driven by the American Civil War.
Copyright © 2007 Rene Tyree
[i] James McPherson, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 9
[ii] Ibid., 13, [iii] Ibid., [iv] Ibid., 12., [v] Ibid., [vi] Ibid., [vii] Ibid., 12-13.


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If you have Linux installed (I have not tested on Solaris) and want to get familiar with MySQL Cluster, or setup a development environment all on your localhost, then MySQL Cluster Sandbox is for you!
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This article was difficult to transcribe. It's a parent's worst nightmare. The newspaper clipping was in a scrapbook that was passed on to me by my mother-in-law and had been passed on to her by her mother-in-law. There is not indication of the newspaper it was published in although it would have most likely been the Green Bay Press-Gazette or nearby newspaper. The date hand-written in is most likely the date of death rather than the publication date.
Rest in peace little Tammy.
"Struck by Car in Driveway, Child Dies
LUXEMBURG - A 22-month old child, Tamara Laurent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Laurent, Town of Luxemburg, died about 4:30 a.m. Sunday of injuries suffered about noon Friday when she was accidentally struck by a car being backed out of the family garage by the mother. The mishap occurred in the Laurent driveway.
The child - Tammy to her family - died at St. Vincent's hospital, Green Bay.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the McMahon funeral home, Luxemburg, and burial was in the Evergreens at Algoma.
The Laurents live on a town road which forms the Brown-Kewaunee county line. Their home is in the Tonet area.
Mrs. Laurent told Kewaunee county authorities that she had instructed Tammy and another daughter, Sandy, 3, to stay on the porch while she backed the car out of the garage. She said she started out and felt a bump and then heard sandy call out Tammy's name. She looked out the car door and found Tammy under the vehicle.
The mother is the former Ruth Ann Villers.
Tammy was born at Algoma Memorial hospital Aug. 9, 1968.
Survivors are her parents; two sisters, Carol Jean, 6, and Sandra, 3; two brothers, Paul, 4, and Daniel, four months; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Villers, R2, Algoma; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Laurent, R3, Luxemburg, and great-grandfather, Fred Villers, R1, Algoma."
[Date hand-written, June 28, 1970]


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Help save the world's largest turtle from extinction.
Dr. Scott Eckert has spent almost three decades as a researcher and conservationist, focusing largely on the health, wellness and conservation of sea turtles.
Dr. Eckert is world-renowned for his expertise on the leatherback turtle. As he told National Geographic, these wide-ranging creatures were "on the beaches when T-Rex was the primary predator." And although they look ungainly on land, in the water "they are the most graceful creatures you've ever seen. This is one of the finest hydro-dynamically designed animals on the planet."
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Browsing Departments by Author "Kühn Pedersen, Mogens"
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Enterprise Achitecture versus Total Cost of OwnershipHolm Larsen, Michael; Holck, Jesper; Kühn Pedersen, Mogens (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Abstract: The paper presents an explorative study of Open Source Software (OSS) focusing on the managerial decisions for acquisition of OSS. Based on three case studies we argue that whereas small organizations often may chose adoption of OSS expecting significant cost savings, a major barrier for larger organizations' adoption of OSS lies in the organizations' consolidation of the enterprise architectures, in addition to that OSS will not be adopted before satisfactory delivery and procurement models for OSS are established. Keywords: Open Source Software, OSS, Enterprise Architecture, Total Cost of Ownership, Delivery and Procurement Model. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6490
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the case of decision support in health care administrationKühn Pedersen, Mogens; Holm Larsen, Michael (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6458
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Open Standards and Their Early AdoptionKühn Pedersen, Mogens; Fomin, Vladislav V. (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Standards have proven themselves indispensable to the industrial revolution. How are standards developed today? What does the economics of standards tell about the impact of standards upon economic growth and productivity? Do standards influence industry innovation? How are the standardization processes in the field of ICT taking place? How and why do open standards differ from other types of standards? How may open standards influence ICT government policy and the reverse: How will government need to take action in the face of the international trend toward open standards in ICT? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6498
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Indstilling af 23. marts 2011Kühn Pedersen, Mogens (, 2011)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8386
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Holck, Jesper; Holm Larsen, Michael; Kühn Pedersen, Mogens (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The main research interest in Open Source Software (OSS) has been in answering the questions of why individuals and organizations without economic compensation contribute to OSS projects and how these projects are organized. In this paper we instead focus on managerial decisions for acquisition of OSS and discuss potential barriers for widespread use of OSS. Based on existing literature and a small case study, we develop and discuss the hypothesis that a major barrier may be the "customer" organizations' uncertainty and unfamiliarity with the relationships with OSS "vendors". To develop viable models for these relationships is an important challenge, which we will deal with in a research project, of which this paper should be seen as a first step. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6511
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Beyond the Business CaseHolck, Jesper; Kühn Pedersen, Mogens; Holm Larsen, Michael (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Lately we have seen a growing interest from both public and private organisations to adopt Open Source Software (OSS), not only for a few, specific applications but also on a more general level throughout the organisation. As a consequence, the organisations' decisions on adoption of OSS are becoming increasingly more important and complex. We present three perspectives organisations can employ in their decisions: seeing OSS acquisition as a business case, as COTS acquisition, and as architectural change within a governance framework. We present case studies of decisions on OSS adoption, and categorise the decision criteria we have found. Our results indicate that for large-scale adoption of OSS, focus will be on architectural considerations: enterprise-wide architectures will at first be a barrier, but in the long term OSS's support of open standards can be a major enabler for OSS adoption. In contrast, in smaller organisations and in small-scale adoption of OSS, the cheap price of OSS is a major enabler, as it provides a good opportunity for experiments and short-term economic benefits. For small organisations these experiments can lead to development of a common IT-architecture, and in larger organisations OSS can be adopted in niche-areas, without significantly violating an existing IT-architecture. Keywords: open source, COTS, IT architecture, governance URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6471
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Implications for the Government PolicyKühn Pedersen, Mogens; Fomin, Vladislav V. (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Literature review URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6489
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Kühn Pedersen, Mogens; Holm Larsen, Michael (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In globalizing competitive markets knowledge exchange between business organizations requires incentive mechanisms to ensure tactical purposes while strategic purposes are subject to joint organization and other forms of contractual obligations. Where property of knowledge (e.g. patents and copyrights) and contractbased knowledge exchange do not obtain network effectiveness because of prohibitive transaction costs in reducing uncertainty, we suggest a robust model for peer produced knowledge within a distributed setting. The peer produced knowledge exchange model relies upon a double loop knowledge conversion with symmetric incentives in a network since the production of actor specific knowledge makes any knowledge appropriation by use of property rights by the actors irrelevant. Without property rights in knowledge the actor network generates opportunity for incentive symmetry over a period of time. The model merges specific knowledge with knowledge from other actors into a decision support system specific for each actor in the network in recognition of actor role differences. The article suggests a set of 9 static and 5 dynamic propositions for the model to maintain symmetric incentives between different actor networks. The model is proposed for business networks. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6487
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