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The USA WBC Logo is Awesome
The World Baseball Classic is underway. Every four years, we see nations from all across the globe gather together to enjoy America's favorite pastime. Speaking of America, the United States has put together one impressive roster for the WBC.
Chris Archer, Sonny Gray, J.A. Happ, Andrew Miller and Marcus Stroman highlight the pitchers that are representing the red, white and blue. Giancarlo Stanton, Andrew McCutchen, Ian Kinsler and Nolan Arenado are a few of the key position players on Team USA. With names like this, the United States appears poised to be able to take home the Championship.
Of course, here at Awesome Logos, we would be remiss to not mention the Team USA logo. In comparison to the other countries participating in the WBC, America clearly has the best look. Maybe we're a little biased, but the truth is the truth! Let's take a look at what the United States brings to the table, as far as their logo is concerned.
Logo courtesy of sportslogos.net
Beautiful and simple. Two outstanding qualities for a sports logo. And the US has both! This logo has been in place for Team USA since 2006. The interlocking "US" lettering breaks the monotony of traditional side-by-side lettering. It is similar to the interlocking lettering found in the logos of the San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox.
At the background of the logo, we see a silver star. The star has been an important image in American history. As our current flag contains 50 stars, for each of the 50 states, the Team USA logo has just one star. It represents the unity and solidarity of the team, as players from 50 states can come together as one. The star is trimmed in red, the same red representing valor and hardiness in the American flag.
All in all, this Team USA logo is AWESOME! And the lineup the team has put together is just as impressive. Be sure to watch Team USA take on other countries from around the world, and bring the Championship back to the land of the free and the home of the brave!
What better way to show off your love for the game of baseball, and your respect for the soldiers who make this country the land of the free and the home of the brave, than with our Dallas Doughboys tee!
A Doughboy is a term used to describe an American soldier. This term dates all the way back to the Mexican American War that focused around Texas. Some say it originated because many noticed that U.S. forces were constantly covered with chalky dust from marching through the dry terrain of Northern Mexico making the men look like unbaked dough. There are many other theories on the nickname, including how the infantry baked with rice and dough during war rations.
Either way, these guys were much tougher than the popular biscuit maker seen on commercials. There are some real cool features about this logo including a rifle that is actually a bat. We love the history and the look of this awesome Dallas sports t-shirt!
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What is a Mother? A mother has soft hands and smells good; she likes new clothes, music and a clean house and above all loves the hugs and kisses of her children. She does not like to see her children sick, with muddy feet, temper tantrums, loud voices and bad report cards. She can bake good cakes and pies but likes to see her children eat vegetables. She is someone who is underpaid, works long hours and gets very little rest. She worries a lot about her children, no matter how old her children are, she does not seem to mind at all.
A mother is the Guardian Angel of the family, the queen, the untiring supplier of unconditional love; she will always be our best friend forever and the only one who can make our households-our homes!
In big ways and small, mothers always seem to know exactly what to do to help and guide us through our lives. Call it wisdom, call it unconditional love - whatever it is, mothers really do have a special gift. The incredible effort that they make in raising children without complaint is in itself quite unbelievable.
When it comes to my own memories about my mother, I recall her innocence, her loving nature, her childlike curiosity and appreciation of new experiences and sensations. It was as if the child within her had never been lost! She was just a pure, beautiful and loving soul who was dedicated to making everyone around her feel good.
When I was a child, my mother seemed to have a quick cure for all my ailments, tiny scratches and even big bruises. I missed that, once I had to be away from her to get on with the business of adulthood.
I missed her most when I suffered my first heart attack. Although she would have been beside herself if she had witnessed this event, nonetheless, I wished and thought about no one else except my mother. Modern society deems it unnatural and unmanly to openly express the love for our mothers. I dare to suggest quite to the contrary, it takes a real man to be sincere in his love for that one person who introduced him to the world! Who could be more important?
After returning home after the hospital stay, I wanted to re-evaluate my blessings, and focus on all the positive things in my life. There was a small piece of paper that became a gentle foundation for this goal, a handwritten entry from my late mother's diary. A couple of years after my mother had passed away, my two sisters were looking through her possessions deciding what to give away and what to keep. In the closet, they came across a small diary, through which, out of curiosity, they began to browse, flipping the pages, pausing to read here and there. One page caught their eye--it was an entry about me. She had written about how much happiness I had brought into her life, how I had never talked back or raised my voice to her. Essentially, she was honoring me by reciting the little things that I had done to give her joy. The page ended with prayers and blessings for me now and in the afterlife.
Immediately, my sisters made a photocopy and sent it to me. As I read it, I felt the simplicity and sincerity of her words. The journal entry was not a reaction to having received a nice gift, card, or phone call from me. It was not intended to impress anyone or to ask a favor. It was just a note jotted down during her quiet moments as she mused privately over our relationship as mother and son. It was merely an evanescent acknowledgement passing through her heart, penned onto the pages of her private diary. I folded it carefully and tucked it away in a special spot so that I could retrieve it during difficult and discouraging times in my life when I might need some uplifting. I now cherish this little document as the very best Letter of Recommendation I have ever received among a file folder of accolades from high-level management over the years.
No matter what unwise decisions I had made, my mom had supported me every single time, with no questions asked. She trusted me more than I trusted myself. I believe in unconditional love and living in the moment-this I learned from my Mom. I honor your memories Mom, every day and on this Mother's Day with love in my heart and with never ending gratitude in my soul.

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"The art of positive thinking is to replace the hopeless and negative expectations of fear with the intentional thoughts of the greatness of God which are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy. To expect good always in the midst of the world which is full of evil means we are hoping only for the best possible result in our own circumstances and others because of believing that God is working both the good and the bad together in to something which is only for our good. Even when all the things that happen might not be inline with our hope, to think in faith at present and hope for the future through faith in God's power is to make a impact of positive lifestyle which will always make us to let go of our past and make heaven to move on our behalf to release its fragrance of joy in us and through us in to all the world in the present, and finally let the destiny of God unfold magnificently in our future. You can make a difference in this world if you trust the Lord and keep thinking positive!" — Abraham Israel
"Dare to dream big and believe it to come to pass when the God who gives the dream has promised to fulfill it in His time if only you keep believing in it. Great achievers first started their journey with big dreams and saw it come to pass when they persevered to believe in it when all others around them gave up. The difference between losers and winners is, one gives up while the other simply chooses not to give up until all circumstances give in to God's dream in their heart. Those who hang in the most will win at the end. Today think about the dream God has given you and say, 'My God will bring it soon to pass,' and then say to God, 'Dear God, Please give me the strength to hang in and believe it and not give out.' I promise you, you are already on your way to your destiny!" — Abraham Israel
"THE LIVING GOD IS ALWAYS SPEAKING IN YOUR SPIRIT, but you can only hear Him clearly when you hush the voice of the self, the world and the voice of the devils within your soul. When you have transferred all your soulish worries and cares, then in exchange received the peace of heaven that surpasses all understanding in to your soul, you are still and ready to hear God's voice within and know THE LORD as YOUR GOD who IS IN PERFECT CONTROL OF ALL YOUR SITUATIONS. Hearing God's voice soothes your soul and heals you of all your fears within. When you allow the Lord to speak to you consistently, He will speak through you to others easily. Are you hearing today of what the Lord is speaking regarding you and your situations? LET GOD SPEAK AND YOU STAY STILL HEARING HIM! This is the only way to let God work for you and keep you in His heavenly rest till you see all His destiny for you get fulfilled." — Abraham Israel
"The race of faith to seek the Lord is set for every humans alike with an equal opportunity to find God, but the nearness of God to their heart for eternity ahead is based on how desperately they have used the lifetime of opportunity to call on Him. A man can waste all his life without ever caring for God or His things, and can end up for eternity without God which is the real hell which cannot be revoked. The dead person do not have the ability to call on God to save them or to seek Him. Only as long as we live in the physical body of humanity we have the choice of our own, then after death we are in God's domain to receive the result or reward for the choice we have made, we can either be rewarded for our wisdom in seeking the Lord wholeheartedly or be tormented or regret if we have foolishly spent our lives for ourselves. The ability to seek the Lord and find Him and His salvation from sin is available only now, now that God is near to all humans through Jesus, you are one call away from finding God if you choose to call on His name through His only begotten Son Jesus. When a person dies without finding the true living God, he will never ever find God near to him anymore for eternity ahead. The opportunity of a lifetime must be appropriated within the life time of our opportunity. It is never late until you are late, so make use of your best time now to seek the Lord with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength! It is now or never." — Abraham Israel
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Juelz Santana reportedly pleads not guilty.
It appears Juelz Santana is trying to claim his innocence. According to a report from Page Six, the Dipset rapper has pleaded not guilty to drug and gun charges stemming from his incident at Newark Liberty International Airport last week. If you forgot, Santana fled the scene of Newark airport last Friday after TSA found a gun in one of his bags. Authorities say security personnel also found some oxycodone pills he didn't have a prescription for in a carry-on bag containing his identification as well. So with that he was slapped with a felony charge of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
On Wednesday, Juelz Santana, whose real name is LaRon James, reportedly showed up to New Jersey's Essex County Superior Court, where he entered his plea to two state weapons charges and a drug possession charge. His next court hearing is scheduled for April 9.
Currently behind bars, Juelz will reportedly be forced to stay there pending a preliminary hearing on a federal weapons charge, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft. The hearing is scheduled for March 26.
We'll continue to keep you posted on the latest with Juelz moving forward. Stay tuned.


text: Arseniy Melnyk was born on September 5, 1997 in Kamen-Kashirsky town, Volyn region. He spent his childhood in the city of Bohuslav, Kyiv region. After graduation he continued his studies at the Boguslav Humanitarian College of I.S. Nechuy-Levytskyi, specialty artist, teacher. In 2016 he joins the Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design named after Mikhail Boychuk at the DAA Faculty and continues his studies in the field of easel painting. The artist works in oil painting technology and experiments with materials to create a recognizable and lively image.


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In January 2010, I heard the words no one ever wants to hear from her doctor. I'd been diagnosed with a rare form of cervical cancer called adenocarcinoma.
I had no symptoms, no previous abnormal test results and no family history of cancer. By all accounts, I was a healthy and extremely active 32-year-old….surfer, kiteboarder, cycling instructor, and scientist.
Now… I am a young adult cancer survivor.
My OB/GYN detected the abnormal cells on a regular check-up, which was then diagnosed further through biopsies. I was extremely lucky that I'd been diagnosed while the cancer was in its early stages. My team of oncologists at Johns Hopkins University was able to perform surgery to immediately remove the cancer.
The treatment and follow-ups didn't end there. My health is closely monitored due to the aggressive nature of this type of disease. I've had some reoccurrence of abnormal cells in the past couple years, but I've been able to keep a positive outlook on the course of treatment and what lies ahead for me.
Two years ago, I decided that I wanted to get involved in an endurance event. Through my local running store, Charm City Run, I learned about Team Fight, a training team that raises money for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.
I began training with the team, along with volunteering with the Cancer to 5k program, which is an amazing program that helps individuals with cancer train and run in a road race. I can't begin to describe how wonderful the experience has been with the entire Ulman Cancer Fund organization. I feel so lucky to have connected with such amazing people and resources. Over the past two years, I have not only been able to run my first races ever, but bring continued awareness, such as running in the coveted New York City Marathon, participating in many more triathlons, coaching the Baltimore Cancer to 5k program and even running across America with Rev3 Triathlon benefiting UCF.
Prior to joining Team Fight, I was not able to talk easily about my cancer. Meeting other people like me has given me the strength to fight this disease and speak out and share my story. In addition, it has given me the strength to swim, bike and run like I never have before.
The support, coaching and friendships are truly amazing. Being a part of the Ulman Cancer Fund has helped me to face adversity with a smile. It has given me the support I needed and allowed me to help spread awareness about young adults fighting cancer. It's about living life half full… The way I have always lived my life, cancer or not.


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Suspension Modifications
A standard Land Rover Defender 110 Station Wagon has a gross weight of 2950 kg rising to 3500 kg for heavy duty models. Knowing that we would be carrying a lot of extra weight from extra equipment, items and personal effects (a visit to a weight bridge in the UK prior to departure revealed a weight of 3250 kg and still not fully loaded!) with much of the time spent off-road, we decided to upgrade the suspension.
Terrafirma heavy load front coil springs, with castor correction, and heavy load rear coil springs were fitted with 50 mm extra height, along with single shock absorbers front and twin shocks at the rear.
The suspension will take a pounding, especially on corrugated roads and twin shock absorbers reduce the heat build-up in each one. This set up survived remarkably well considering the African miles we did, with only the following problems: rear nearside twin shock mount bracket to axle bracket ripped off; rear offside lower link trailing arm bracket worn; broken front nearside coil & leaking shock absorber.
The shock absorber bracket was repaired by welding and the front coil springs and shock absorbers were replaced, but with standard load components as non-standard ones were difficult to source. This survived the remaining 9,500 miles of the trip until eventually replaced back in the UK
With hindsight I would have undertaken the following work:
Have the rear axle shock absorber brackets strengthen.
Take a couple of spare lower link trailing arm brackets & shock absorber brackets that can be welded on as replacements in the event of failure.
Fit cranked lower link trailing arms to reduce the stresses caused by the body lift (fitted on return to UK).
Fit twin shock absorbers to the front (fitted on return to UK – but seriously reduces turning circle so second absorber removed for now).
As the front and rear coil springs and the front and rear shock absorbers are different, carrying spares probably would be sensible but is a question of feasibility due to space. Having twin shocks all round does mean you still have one serviceable absorber in the event of failure of the other.
The additional height from the springs meant the front prop shaft had to be replaced with one giving increased angle. A Discovery double cardan one was fitted and that required a replacement UJ, but a long way into the trip – these UJs are not greasable and are not intended to be repaired. I've had problems since returning to the UK. For future trips I would look into this aspect in greater detail and would probably fit a wide-angle prop shaft or seriously consider sticking with the standard set-up. Get the set up right before venturing into the wilderness.


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Australian Open
Australian Open won't be played this year due to coronavirus
Golf Australia has announced that the Australian Open, which was due to be played in Melbourne in November, will not be held in 2020.
US Masters
Late Masters an issue for Australian Open, says Day
Jason Day says he would love to face off against Adam Scott at the Australian Open but the late-season Masters could keep Australia's top male golfers from returning this year.
US Masters
Baker Finch's hope for all four of golf's majors to be held at end of 2020
Golf fans would ordinarily be eagerly anticipating a spectacular start to the majors season next week.
- by Evin Priest
With three-shot lead in Australian Open, Park has no time for rivals
South Korea's golfing megastar Inbee Park isn't being rude. It's just that she doesn't care who is her main rival for the Women's Australian Open.
- by Steve Larkin
Korean star Park leads at Australian Open
South Korean golfing icon Inbee Park will have to hold off her country's new guard to capture the Women's Australian Open.
Green chases golf great at Women's Australian Open
Local fancy Hannah Green is relishing chasing one of golf's greats in her pursuit of a coveted Women's Australian Open title.
Green in the hunt at Women's Australian Open
Local hope Hannah Green believes she's perfectly placed to chase a veteran English golfer who set a stunning first-round pace at the Women's Australian Open.
Karrie Webb
Webb hit by virus at Australian Open
A vicious virus has wrecked golfing great Karrie Webb's preparations for what could be her last Women's Australian Open.
Premier Golf League targets Australian Open
The World Golf Group, which wants to create a big-money, 18-event world tour featuring 48 of the world's best players, want Australia's flagship tournament to figure.
- by Evin Priest
Tiger Woods
Decade in review: Tiger and the Shark, Scott's Masters and Hawaii hell
The golfing world looks nothing like it was when we started the decade. But there has been one constant: Tiger Woods.
- by Adam Pengilly
Presidents Cup
Chip shots: Backing for Aussie 'tour'
Support for a bigger swing of Australian tournaments comes from Europe
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Declan Donnelly has dismissed claims he's going solo as "nonsense".
The TV star was believed to be rebranding as "Declan" without his long-time telly partner Ant McPartlin, according to reports.
But Ant and Dec fans will be relieved to hear there is no truth in the rumours after Dec told friends it was completely false.
Read more: Ant and Dec's website crashes as news on Ant's TV future released
Suspicions that the 43-year-old would be going it alone were sparked with a curiously worded advert for Britain's Got Talent audience tickets.
There is no rebrand of Dec as a solo act, he is very much looking forward to working with Ant again in 2019.
A page on fan website Applausestore, promoting BGT arena dates for its 13th series filming in January, said: "Join Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Declan at the spectacular 2019 Nationwide Auditions!"
Not only was there no mention of Ant, who is continuing to take a break from TV to focus on personal issues after a drink-drive conviction, but it appeared to suggest Dec would rebrand simply as "Declan".
But sources close to the pair told the Mirror Online that the idea of them splitting up permanently was "total nonsense".
They said: "There is no rebrand of Dec as a solo act, he is very much looking forward to working with Ant again in 2019."
Read more: Why Dec Donnelly chose Holly Willoughby for I'm A Celebrity
Echoing those sentiments, an ITV source confirmed the thought of Dec going solo was "nonsense".
Holly Willoughby is currently filling in for Ant hosting I'm A Celebrity alongside Dec in Australia.
Dec presented a TV show without Ant for the first time earlier this year on Saturday Night Takeaway, as his best friend started his extended break to recover.
* I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here begins tonight at 9pm on ITV.
Are you looking forward to Dec reuniting with Ant? Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know what you think!


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Ahh, a crisp Thursday morning, and the tentacles are out. Tentacles everywhere, hailing from the corners of buildings, flying like high flags, crackling in the crystalline mist. Tentacles from under the sidewalk, jutting up through the tectonic rended chiclet-like squares, tickling the calves of satchel-toting randoms as they walk right into the warm embrace of their betentacled elevators. Small tentacles like flagellae, whispering on currents deep in the ductwork, in the still water of an abandoned tire lying afield, in your left shoe. Can you hear the thrum? Empty, they flap spasmodically, but when they are near enough to gain purchase, they tug at you, wanting you close, to hold you as long as they might, as tentacles will. The rest of this day I dedicate, then, to the tentacle.
One thought on "Tentacles"
feel the tentacles tugging at you now? they's snee huggin you!


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University research will be at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution, Imperial's President Alice Gast has told the World Economic Forum.
As the World Economic Forum (WEF) begins in Davos, Professor Gast has written a blog showing how the fourth industrial revolution – the idea that almost anyone can invent new products and services quickly and cheaply, thanks to technological advances – is underpinned by blue skies academic research.
"As the boundaries blur between the cyber and physical worlds, we have the potential for greater economic growth, new innovations and a better way of life. This 'fourth industrial revolution' could transform our lives, but only if fundamental research is embedded at its core."
"While the integration of big data, interconnected sensors and machines with additive manufacturing processes may be driving this revolution, private sector R&D cannot do this alone. Businesses are inevitably geared towards short and medium-term applications. Underpinning this fourth industrial revolution is fundamental research led by universities."
She said that: "Universities provide the crucible for completely new areas of science and technology to emerge, like biomedical engineering, data science and synthetic biology; and the business opportunities will follow."
The full blog, which cites the work of Imperial researchers including John Pendry, Guang-Zhong Yang and Neil Alford can be viewed on the World Economic Forum Agenda website.


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A video from Hoyt features Sarah Bowmar as she talks about going from being a vegetarian to a bowhunter.
From Hoyt:
"Sarah Bowmar ditched a vegetarian lifestyle 3 years ago, picking up a bow and fueling with meat instead. In spite of the threats and negativity that followed the change, she has never looked back. Check out Bowmar Bowhunting on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/bowmarbowhunting."
To check out more from Hoyt, click here.


text: Daily Question, January 14 What can I appreciate today? 38 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Malag7 months agoMalagThere's a beach near where I'll be today. I will walk on it with bare feet feeling the coolness of the sand and water, smelling the salt air, grounding my body to mother earth 3 Reply Cathy6 months agoCathyReading your words gave me such a moment of peace and freedom. Thank you! 0 Reply Malag6 months agoMalagYou're welcome 0 Reply Drew Blanton7 months agoDrew BlantonI appreciated my dental appointment. 3 Reply Rose Ose7 months agoRose OseEverything. It is not possible to leave something out. Even where I feel hurt, appreciation can be the door to understand deeper if I allow myself to stay open. Not easy, at least not for me. Still, it is a choice to appreciate and be grateful for everything and everyone I encounter. Life all inclusive, so to say. 6 Reply Cathy6 months agoCathySo true, Ose. I needed to read what you wrote. I am having massive shoulder pain that makes it impossible to sleep much or find a comfortable position to sit. You are right, if I appreciate even that pain (as opposed to fighting against it), I will be open for deeper understanding. And YES, this is a choice! Thank you for writing this. 0 Reply Lioness7 months agoLionessThe birth of niece No.5. You would think I would be used to the arrival of nieces but when this one is the first on my baby sister's, no way. So emotional, so proud. This was different. Such an experience, love it. Sometimes I really do not like that I live so far away but I will always respond and be there above my own life. Niece No.5 is stunning, joining 4 other stunning nieces. 3 Reply Cathy6 months agoCathyCongratulations, Lioness. Another new life to celebrate! 0 Reply Amor fati7 months agoAmor fatiAll manifestations if I am awake enough to see them in their present moment glory. All depends on my mindfulness 4 Reply Journey7 months agoJourneyI appreciate freedom which is something I usually take for granted. Freedom of choice, freedom of speech. 9 Reply Cailinrua7 months agoCailinruaI appreciate all of these posts, and a couple in particular which really spoke to me. 4 Reply 7 months agoThe brand spankin' new free books I just got delivered. They aren't like low quality either. Rare even. Anyways I can use them to nurture goodness inside me because as this quote suggest I need to work on decreasing the bad juju which I have unskillfully let accumulate through my selfishness! "Exert yourself ceaselessly in decreasing evil and accumulating good." 4 Reply 7 months ago*suggests to me. The more I try the more I fail but I can't stop now? 1 Reply Cailinrua7 months agoCailinruaTrevor: This reminds me of Samuel Becket's "fail, fail again and fail better.!" Pema Chodron reflects on this in one of her books. 3 Reply Mica7 months agoMicaThe beautiful new red and copper colored spinner on my balcony. Having a laundry room down the hall on my floor of the condo – those are the first 2 things that came to mind 3 Reply Debra7 months agoDebraHaving another breath to savor this galactically gorgeous morning! 7 Reply 7 months agoNice vernacular 2 Reply Cato7 months agoCatoI can appreciate what I have. Notice that I have a healthy body and mind and with it I can go anywhere, try anything and be anything. I can notice that I have unlimited food and which I am nourished by. I can notice I am surrounded by love and support from my friends and family. I can take time to appreciate how fortunate I am to be able to have a chance to get an education, and to be in a space that I have an opportunity to give to others. 6 Reply Katrina7 months agoKatrinaWhat can I appreciate today? Like books I appreciate the internet – Everyday it takes me places I could never go physically. I learn about our world, I have met you all and to some degree are in community with you. Sure, it has its dark side, but I appreciate this tool for what it can do and is able to do to enrich us and our lives together. And I appreciate the people who discovered and designed the accessory tools that make all this available to us. What a world we live in. 9 Reply Debra7 months agoDebraKathy: Yes so true. 'What a world we live in!' Blessings to you for your insightful 'share'. 0 Reply Ed7 months agoEdHow about appreciating my ability to appreciate so many things in my world? My wife upstairs singing…holly berries at my window…our lovely little harpsichord…Uncle Carl's painting…the woodpecker on the tree…wet stones…going to tune a piano this morning…work waiting in my shop…how lucky I am to love my work… 10 Reply pkr7 months agopkrI can appreciate Me. ❤ 7 Reply Susan C.7 months agoSusan C.I appreciate having the desire and willingness to help my partner, even when my energy level is low. Mindfulness can often overcome tiredness. 5 Reply sunnypatti7 months agosunnypattiI appreciate waking up! My good health. My soulmate. My cat. My parents. Where I live. Abundance. It's a really good life! 5 Reply Michele7 months agoMicheleI appreciate the delicious homemade pumpkin bread my step mother made for me. I appreciate the lasting tastes of fall and look forward to it again next year. I appreciate and am grateful for this website. I love that it has become my morning routine for over a year now. Lastly, I appreciate an Irish proverb "Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege". 13 Reply Rebekah H.7 months agoRebekah H.Like Cathy, I begin with a definition. This helps me to focus my thoughts and reflection.: to grasp the nature, worth, quality… of something. b : to value or admire highly. c : to judge with heightened perception or understanding. In the eyes of the Creator, I have great worth. Today I appreciate myself and treat myself with deep compassion that I may appreciate others and do likewise. 4 Reply Mark Piper7 months agoMark PiperI can appreciate the ease and freedom I have to move about; commute to work, walk around at lunch, get from point a-to-b. And I can appreciate it even if there's a delay on the train too. 5 Reply Trish7 months agoTrishI can appreciate the resilient families I work with everyday. Their struggles with depression & other mental illness, addiction and poverty impacts their vision of the world. The obstacles they face can lead to "the system" saying they aren't trying hard enough or focusing on their "bad" qualities, which is counterproductive in the long run. I can appreciate their strengths, their willingness to get out of bed & take care of their children one more day & I can love them. 6 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://i1.wp.com/gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png?fit=1600%2C1172&ssl=1 Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2020, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb


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Last Hurrah
Aug 4, 2017
|Well, we just landed on US soil a couple hours ago. Waiting for our final flight back to VA. After Koh Samet we went back to Bangkok for a third time and were there just long enough to...get tattoos! We got traditional Thai bamboo hand poked tattoos, both incorporating elephants and Thai text.
We've had a wonderful trip but are very happy to be heading home... it's been real! Thanks everyone for keeping up with us along the way!


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Caines-Best Appointed To Airport Authority
Kimberley Caines-Best has been appointed to serve on the Bermuda Airport Authority's Board.
The announcement said, "Minister of Tourism and Transport Zane DeSilva has appointed Barrister and Attorney Kimberley D. Caines-Best to serve on the Bermuda Airport Authority's Board. She has also been appointed to the Board's Governance and Strategic Initiatives Committee.
"Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2010 and the Bermuda Bar in 2011, Mrs. Caines-Best is a member of the Bermuda Bar Association and the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. She is a Notary Public and a Blackstone Fellow.
"Mrs. Caines-Best began her legal career in civil litigation with a local firm where she worked for seven years before transitioning to a financial institution as Legal Counsel. She has been in her present position for approximately two years.
"Mrs. Caines-Best completed her education at the University of Western Ontario, where she obtained a B.A. [Hons] in Women's Studies and Spanish Language and Literature. She obtained her LL.B. [Hons] and completed the Bar Vocational Course at the City Law School.
"A former chairperson of the Devonshire Parish Council, and a former member of the Bermuda Road Safety Council, Mrs. Caines-Best presently serves as a Board Member on the Bermuda High School for Girls Board of Trustees.
"She serves on the school's Governance Committee and chairs the Inclusion Committee. Mrs. Caines-Best is also the co-founder of the Women's Legal Network and a member of the Bermuda Toastmasters Club."
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hope she knows more about Bermuda Airport than DeSilva does.
Seems like a very intelligent young woman from her credentials I should see why not.
But instead of giving credit to the young lady, you want to be an @$$#0£€ and insult her.
OBA trolls are PATHETIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He insulted Desilva, not her you moron. Typical idiotic zealot.
Wow are you that dumb that you cannot tell who is being ridiculed?
Very strange. Hundreds of people are appointed to government boards. Why does this particular one merit publication?
There was also an article a few weeks ago about her distributing school supplies with her church – again the type of ordinary charity activity hundreds of people engage in.
Is she planning on running for parliament in the near future?


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With the private school sector finally facing the music from parents on account of the government's negligence in their regulation and monitoring, an overlooked aspect that has finally surfaced during the past couple of weeks is the utter lack of reliable evidence on the performance of the country's private schools.
The controversy runs deeper because of the irony that parents of at least 39 percent school-going children in the country pay thousands of rupees for their education even though it is a basic right enshrined in the Constitution under Article 25-A.
The blatant violation of citizens' rights, its acceptance, and subsequent resignation from implementing stringent checks by the authorities is beyond alarming, especially because the state still remains the largest provider, by obligation or by default, of education for the remaining 61 percent of school-going children in the province.
According to Alif Ailaan, a campaign for education, there are an estimated 225,771 schools in Pakistan of which, 66,089 (29 percent) are owned by private individuals or institutions.
The highest proportion of private schools is in Punjab with 43 percent, followed by Sindh with 42 percent.
In recent years, the rural areas of Sindh too have witnessed a rapid mushroom growth of private schools.
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, 28 and 21 percent of schools are private respectively.
Most of them are low-cost primary schools not registered with the government and are set up in small bungalows and buildings.
However, the most interesting aspect which the figures show is that most rich households send their children to private schools.
The disparity in affordability is evident in the fact that 61 percent children from "rich" households attend private schools while only 13 percent children from the "poorest" households are able to afford this privilege.
Around 24 percent children from "poor" households attend
private schools, 31 percent from the "middle-income" ones and 42 percent of students from the "upper-middle class".
Considering the fact that the parents of children who study in "status-symbol" schools - an inept choice of words by Khalid Shah, the chairman of All Pakistan Private Schools' Management Association - took to the streets in protest, the disparity in education systems and their subsequent shadow economies need to be seriously addressed.
Questionable performance
Parents enrol their children in private schools - be they elite or low-cost - there because they believe that the environment for learning is more conducive and satisfactory than in those operated by the government.
Rizwan Ali, who began the protest in Karachi against a well-reputed school, said he had enrolled his daughter there because of its self-proclaimed inculcation of Islamic values in children.
"But what the school has been doing, especially after the 17 percent hike in tuition fees, is anything but Islamic," he added.
"I am not a money bank. The schools increase tuition fees every year by more than the five percent allowed under the government's regulations. This time it was too much. I refuse to pay!"
Another parent, Safia Salman, whose son studies in another reputed school, remarked that she and her husband were considering switching schools after the sudden fees hike.
"We have been paying the money but the truth is that the studies aren't that effective or that high a standard. My son's performance in academics doesn't justify the amount we pay every month."
The bigger question that arose after the protests which erupted simultaneously in several cities of Pakistan, even prompting the prime minister to take notice, is that are private schools really contributing much to the academic and professional futures of millions of children enrolled in their various branches whose exact numbers are also unknown.
According to the study by Alif Ailaan, given that private schools have better infrastructure in terms of availability of washrooms and electricity, it does not guarantee the necessary qualification of teachers.
The study finds that an average teacher in a private school is between 21 and 30 years old, holds a bachelors degree and has less than five years of teaching experience.
Ono the other hand, a "notorious" government school teacher is between 41 and 50 years old, has a masters degree and some kind of professional training in the past five years.
Moreover, the reason why 69 percent of Pakistani parents would prefer to enrol their child in a private school - contemporary education especially in English language - is also a false notion. On the basis of Aptis tests designed to measure the basic knowledge of the English language conducted in 2013, it was found that most private school teachers are not qualified enough to teach in English. Around 62 percent of private school teachers who took the test attained the lowest possible score in comparison with 56 percent government school teachers.
The Alif Ailaan data also reveals that only five percent private school teachers in Pakistan use English as a medium of instruction against a meagre one percent of government school teachers. Considering the self-proclaimed and much advertised success of the private sector in filling the vacuum left by the government in providing "quality education" to children and charging exorbitant amount of tuition fees from parents, the data reveals the fallacy of these tall claims.
The shroud of mystery
On one hand, there is no tangible evidence to suggest that private schools provide a better learning environment for children, while on the other, the exact number of students enrolled in them are also unknown because the major schools chains do not share the numbers.
In fact, they do not even allow government officials to enter their premises. An official of the Sindh directorate of private education shared with The News that once he had went to inspect the campus of a renowned school chain, he was not even allowed inside the building.
Sajid Ali, an academic researcher associated with the Institute of Education Development of the Aga Khan University, also shared a similar experience. "I tried to conduct a study on the fees structure of and the performance of students in private schools but the major chains don't share information unless you go to them on the pretext that you want to enrol your child there. If they see you as a prospective parent, only then do they share the fees structure," he said.
A university professor, on the condition of anonymity, said smaller establishments were so tired of being bullied by government officials that they felt the need to set up a private schools' union to safeguard their interests. "The big school chains aren't part of the private schools' union anyway," the professor added.
The Sindh private schools directorate has more than 12,000 registered schools in the province, but there is no data on how many unregistered ones are operating.
5 percent or 10 percent increase?
The federal government and the Punjab High Court prohibited private schools' fees hike this year, but the Sindh government recently allowed an increase of 10 percent, citing the Sindh Private Educational Institutions (Regulation & Control) Ordinance 2001.
However, the rules of the ordinance were amended in 2005 and they clearly state that only five percent increase in school tuition fees is allowed, that too according to the amount collected the previous academic year.
The managements of private schools had filed a case against the five percent increase and the pending legal matter was an obstacle in implementing the rules which specified tuition fees, said Mansoob Ahmed Siddiqui, the Sindh director of private institutions and inspections.
Another problem, he added, was that the directorate was acutely short of staff and qualified officers.
After the parents' protest outside the Karachi Press Club, a meeting was held at the Sindh Assembly building wherein it was decided with the participation of schools' managements and government officials that a 10 percent increase in fees would be acceptable.
It was also decided that the managements of schools, which had raised their tuition fees, would be issued with show-cause notices for making the decision on their own of increasing tuition fees by more than the 10 percent allowed in a single academic year.
An authorised committee will decide if the current increase in fees will be allowed this year or not.
"In other words, the matter was swept under the carpet with the setting up of yet another committee," said Rizwan Ali.
"How can the government violate its own rules and accept a 10 percent fees increase in a meeting with the schools' managements without even listening to what the parents have to say? This is ridiculous!"
Education secretary Dr Fazlullah Pechuho said the government planned a registration drive after Eid-ul-Azha and a crackdown on schools that were not following government regulations.
He added that the government would ensure stringent monitoring of all private schools whose managements would not be allowed to make decisions independently.
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Children are not small adults. This is a phrase we say in
pediatrics on a regular basis. The reason for such an absurd comment is that we
are constantly faced with medical decisions that force us to rely on adult data
to inform our practice. Pediatric patients face unique diseases and metabolize
medications differently from adults. Their ability to recover from injury is
often superior to their adult counterparts and thus the Quality Adjusted Life
Years can be substantially different. I
argue that we have an ethical imperative to conduct pediatric research because 1.
research brings forth generalizable knowledge for the good of the pediatric
population and 2. because research guides clinical practice and the physician
has a duty to provide the best possible care to the patient.
Research in human subjects is justifiable if it satisfies the
following conditions: 1. A goal of valuable knowledge, 2. A reasonable prospect
that the research will generate the knowledge that is sought, 3. The necessity
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of the subjects, 5. Fair selection of subjects and 6. Measures to protect
privacy and confidentiality. This list does not suggest any condition that
could not be applied to pediatric research subjects as they all promote
fairness, beneficence and non-maleficence. Typically, we do not consider
clinical research as something that provides significant benefit to the individual
subject. Generally, a clinical trial is initiated with equipoise on the
efficacy for if not met with equipoise, there would be no need for the study as
the outcome would already be known. Thus, if a clinical trial were to test the
efficacy of a given medication, the human subject could benefit from being in
the trial if the medication works OR could suffer from side effects and receive
no benefit from participation. So, although there is potential for individual
benefit after participating in the study, the main purpose is to benefit future
patients and add to the general knowledge of the topic. A utilitarian approach would
look at the potential consequences of pediatric research and determine it to be
right or wrong based upon the balance of good or bad. Pediatric research must
go through the same pathways as adult research with all human subjects' trials
needing to have a careful justification that the benefits outweigh the risks.
Utilitarian theory is focused on value and thus the best action is the one who promotes
the most good for all involved. This is precisely the goal of research.
Research is conducted to affect change and improve care across a larger
population. Through clinical practice, a physician may help hundreds to
thousands of patients over the course of a career. However, through research,
that same physician could affect the lives of thousands to millions of patients
over the course of her life and far beyond. Therefore, in a carefully planned
and executed pediatric clinical trial where the potential benefits outweigh the
risks, the outcomes could be exponentially beneficial to the pediatric
population, thus supported by a Utilitarian approach.
The physician takes an oath to promote the patient's best
interest and to avoid harm. Currently, the majority of treatments we provide to
pediatric patients are not evidenced based because no clinical trials have been
conducted to test that hypothesis. Therefore, each day we care for pediatric
patients without evidence of treatment safety nor effectiveness, we are
potentially causing harm. Pediatric researchers support a Kantian theory where
morality is judged by their motives. Thus, if a researcher wants to conduct a
clinical trial only for the fame from discovering the essential element and not
because of a desire to promote good, this would not be a moral-worthy endeavor.
Therefore, if we examine the physician's obligation to her pediatric patient, a
duty-based ethical theory would tell us to treat each of them with the best
possible practice available. Research guides our clinical practice and help to
ensure that we are minimizing harms and maximizing benefits. If we support a
Kantian approach, in order to satisfy our obligations, we must utilize the
available data to make the best possible decisions, and thus, the available
data must come from clinical trials on pediatric patients to ensure scientific
One objection to pediatric research is that these patients are
considered a vulnerable population, incapable of independent informed consent
and at risk of exploitation. Due to this fear, special protections have been
placed on pediatric research leaving an even more limited pool of subjects in
which to study. This is justified by some stating that we should proceed with
caution and only permit research when the potential for benefit is extremely
likely. However, if the criteria are too narrowed, we risk excluding potential
participants from research and unjustly diffusing the risks to a non-uniform
population. Rights Theorists would protect the pediatric patient against oppression,
unequal treatment, etc. Therefore, upholding the decision to conduct pediatric
research allows for the rights of all patients to be upheld and for providers
to contribute to the overall body of science, thus practice safer and more
effective medicine to the benefit of all patients. When we practice medicine on
children without data, we are unnecessarily exposing them to the same risks we
fear and are doing so without the oversight and protection imbedded in clinical
conclusion, I support that pediatric research is both essential and ethical as
it 1. generates a generalizable body of knowledge to the benefit of the
pediatric patient of the future and 2. clinical practice is best guided by
empirical data conducted through research. Clinical ethics outlines our
responsibilities as physicians to our patients including veracity, privacy,
confidentiality, and fidelity while upholding our role as a clinician. In
contrast, research ethics contributes to the greater good by promoting
generalizable knowledge for all future patients.
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Why he lost control during asymmetric flights is the real mystery here.
Not really. It is self evident – he got too slow.
If you fly an aircraft like that you owe it to yourself and your passengrrs to know your fuel system.
With any significant pitch angle – and a 310 with just two POB can easily achieve that – there is a high risk of exposing the tank drain and feeding the engine with air instead of fuel,
How the hell can that get certified? Was it ever certified under Part 23?
The method of certification relates to the amount of useable fuel certified. My Twin Comanche has three pairs of tanks. The tip tanks and auxiliary tanks have (a) their full capacity declared as useable, and (b) a "level flight only" limitation in the AFM.
Part of the checklist for landing – and a critical part – is "main tanks selected". The construction of the main tanks is the same as the above mentioned aux tanks, except that 3USG is declared unusable. The main tanks with 3USG in the bottom would mean no venting within certain credible pitch attitudes.
(As an aside, the twincom is also placarded with an alert to the risk of venting when there is the combination of low fuel in the main tanks and abrupt ground manoeuvring. You could end up with a big slug of air in the fuel lines that would make itself known at some point after applying full power – and probably on one engine only)
I only have a few hours on a 310, but recall the same item on the checklist for landing. I have not read the accident report, or know the construction of the 310 aux tanks, but it is possible that the failure in this case occurred due to pitch down on the approach. Perhaps someone might be able to comment?
The failure mode is – running down one's auxiliary tanks in the cruise (good airmanship) – forgetting to select the main tanks for approach and landing (bad) – and then having to go around.
The twincom was certified under Part 3. I suspect the 310 as well – and have no idea whether the journey to Part 23 has any influence on the topic of this discussion.
…but don't go around on one engine!"
As part of a LPC your circuit detail would include an EFATO with an asymmetric circuit with a low approach and go around, with a further asymmetric circuit to land.
The asymmetric circuit would include nominating an ACA (Asymmetric Committal Altitude), and you would be expected to countdown to this altitude and go-around asymmetric if not stable, runway not clear, not cleared to land – in the LPC you would announce a go around to demonstrate the ability to manage a go around asymmetric – while not descending below ACA. Once you descend below ACA you are committed to land. Some ATOs use 250' AGL for ACA, I prefer 400' AGL. In the USA MEP ACA is usually 500' AGL.
Despite lots of briefing, a significant minority of students 'lose it' on their first asymmetric go around, which is a strong incentive for the MEP instructor to ensure good instruction on this element of the course. He is along for the ride, low level in a forty year piston twin with only some fibreglass for crash protection.
This accident is interesting as the pilot may not have been aware that he was asymmetric due to fuel issues (but pre landing checks should have covered the fuel status), and therefore did not apparently brief himself for an ACA. His decision to go around was below a typical ACA, so if he had briefed his brain should have been pre-set to continue and land on the grass.
As he only had 6 litres in the starboard main tank, this is somewhat moot, so even if he was current on an asymmetric go around he would have experienced a double engine failure on the go around. A further reason on this occasion to brief for a landing with no go around, in effect an emergency condition.
I believe Fedex take the ACA philosophy one step further – in addition to three gates on the approach (in effect red-blues and greens, approach stable calls for jets) – they brief all approaches as a go around as the default action, the landing decision being taken only when their approach checks/gates work out – which is good behavioral psychology.
The AAIB report might have given some helpful comment on the implications of this accident for renewed emphasis on systems knowledge, ACA and asymmetric circuits and explored whether the very recent LPC had covered these.
Statistics aside, I would suggest the current standards for an MEP rating remain quite minimal, and only adequate as a licence which provides a foundation for training to gain a Multi/IR where the old 50 hour course did raise the standard on drills.
Robert, that is a very astute point. Even if he had gone around successfully, he would have ran dry very quickly.
I come back, a bit regardless of the certification process of MEP fuel systems, in that please put adequate fuel in your aircraft. I ALWAYS fill mine up, to the tabs, after every trip. Wherever I go, I fuel plan accordingly.
I still get guys at FBO, other pilots, speaking with me about duty drawback, go there to save 10p per litre, plan your trip to drop into Ireland to gain duty free fuel etc, etc, I say thank you for the advice, but fill her up please.
Those that fly for pleasure, and as a hobby, fly 200 miles for a coffee and a burger in a bun. It would be irony personified to die in the process, due to putting 10 liters a side in our planes, to save £2.00…
As I said earlier, I don't get the desire to save a bit of money when you apparently burn more doing the landing and the climb back up. Or is there really an advantage? I don't know the fuel burn of this aircraft.
In June I did a trip to Elba, and filled up to the top with Europe's most expensive avgas while there. The flight was from Bergerac and back to Bergerac and the TB20 could have made those two legs without a refuel
and with about 2hrs' reserve on the 2nd leg, but why cut off all your options in case of bad wx, etc? The saving is the fuel price difference multiplied by 3hrs of fuel burn – about €100. Or one could have taken on half of the empty space (reducing the cost of the "insurance" to €50).
Fortunately I have only had one engine failure for real in a twin. Having set the aircraft up for the remaining engine, I recall, perhaps strangely, the one thing playing on my mind was what to do if the other engine quit. Part of the problem was understanding why the first engine had quit, and maybe, in most circumstances, you will never be quite certain.
I would entirely agree with the above post that the emphasis during recurrent training is entirely on deciding on a point of committing to the landing. Above that point you will go around and it would not concern me to do so unless there was some real reason to doubt the second engine would keep turning. I guess that means at least having arrived at a reasonable conclusion as to why it stopped in the first place. If fuel exhaustion is a likely explanation then I can understand why you might committ to a landing at "any cost". Clearly a second engine failure on the go around is going to be incredibly dangerous and in the case of fuel exhaustion more than likely to occur as you bring the power and pitch up or shortly after. You will also have at the back of your mind how the aircraft is configured. If the carriage is down and the flaps are deployed you have already eaten into your performance and you will be thinking about whether you have a pump left to deal with the draggy bits, or the pump has gone with the failed engine.
So I think much depends on the twin, and the circumstances. As we know the "trouble" with so many lights twins is that there single engine performance is marginal at best so inevitably there is going to be a debate between the hazards of completing the landing even if there are some elements of the approach that are not perfect, contrasted with the risks of another circuit.
Rightly or wrongly, if I have options, that is another good reason for selecting the very longest runway available so everything is going your way on ensuring the approach is as stable and solid as possible.
As I said earlier, I don't get the desire to save a bit of money when you apparently burn more doing the landing and the climb back up. Or is there really an advantage? I don't know the fuel burn of this aircraft.
No, there is no advantage at all. The only reason for that would be issues with take-off-mass which forbid to fill the tanks for the whole trip. But with only two POB, they could have filled all tanks easily. Fuel burn is in the region of 150-180 lb/hr in the cruise and maybe 300 lb/hr for take-off and climb.
How the hell can that get certified? Was it ever certified under Part 23?
Most certified aeroplanes have limitations that, when not observed, lead to dangerous or deadly situations. The Cessna twins were and still are part 23 certified all over the world. They have plenty of safety built into them to prevent this kind of accident from happening. The AFM explains the fuel system in detail, the checklist mentions the required fuel selector settings, there are placards on the intrument panel and there are even two bright orange lights next to the fuel gauges that light up when the aux. tanks are selected. What more can you ask for?
but how does the tank return get handled in totalisers on such engines?
The fuel metering on the Cessna twins works very simply by measuring the fuel pressure at the injector nozzles. From this pressure, the mass flow is then calculated. This way, no attention has to be paid to the return flow. Using flow meters, both the forward and return flows would need to be measured. (In the 1980ies I installed an aftermarket "onboard computer" – the latest in gadgetry then… in my car that I had gotten cheap on an electronics fair. This actually came with two flow meters – only that my very simple carburetted engine did not have a return line at all).
Performance is marginal in some light twins…Seneca 1 is a shocker, for example…but is perfectly adequate in most light twins, certainly in the later Senecas, Baron, Aztec, PA 31 series and in the 300 and 400 series Cessnas.
This should have been a non-event, whether he opted for a go-around or land, but I agree that a go-around would be a bad idea, not because of performance, but because the other engine might have failed.
I have had quite a few engine failure in twins, and, of those, most have been fuel related. The trouble with a fuel related failure is that the engine surges, just as described in the report, meaning that it is impossible to identify from Dead Leg-Dead Engine. However, there is no doubt looking at the gauges, as one of the RPM needles will be all over the place, while the other is static.
On a wider front, with all the real engine failures I have had in twins, Dead Leg-Dead Engine has never helped once. I consider it merely as a technique for making life easier for test candidates and actually to be really dangerous if it's the only weapon in the armoury when reality bites. It is far, far safer to make the judgement from the gauges.
The trouble is that there is no "engine fail" gauge on a piston engine, as there are circumstances which will allow any one of the gauges (ie MP, RPM, FF, EGT, CHT, TIT) to remain at pre failure levels, but there is no failure which will result in all the parameters remaining correct. I can assure you, after a lifetime of experience, that a quick glance will immediately reveal the failure, in one way or another.
So, I would beg people, once they have passed their MEP tests using the otherwise useless dead leg method, to only rely on gauges when the chips are down.
Would the EGTs not give it away instantly?
I happen to know that any fuel flow issue shows up immediately.
It's one reason I moved the EDM700 right under my nose, rather than far right where Socata originally put them.
Thank you for that advise Timothy, I must admit to being in he dead leg dead engine club, but will now change my ways. From your experience in real life, how much time do you have to identify and feather, also have you found it more or less to have total engine failure or a problem that causes you to shut the engine down.


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Inge Morath was not a fashion photographer. But Ms. Morath, a Magnum Photos photographer, captured — and demonstrated — a rich sense of style. Her poetic and somewhat theatrical depiction of elegance is the centerpiece of a new book, "Inge Morath: On Style," with an introduction by Justine Picardie (Abrams).
Ms. Morath, one of the two first female photographers with Magnum, had an eye for style — on the street and on film sets, at galas and on runways.
Her foundation spent five years scanning her archive to build a rich collection of images that fall into this category. For the most part, the book features photographs she took in the early years of her career, in England, France and the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
Rather than clothing, the book concerns itself with "demeanor and expression of self," John P. Jacob, the book's editor, wrote in the afterword. "More precisely, it is concerned with the social relations of appearance."
Ms. Morath, who died in 2002 at age 78, was living in Berlin when World War II broke out. Her experiences during the war influenced her own way of life.
"I do think that the attitude toward beautiful things in her really came from having had nothing for a period of time," said her daughter, the director and writer Rebecca Miller. "It's a certain kind of appreciation of lovely things that she had that was particular to her time."
Lovely things abound in this collection: rich and exuberant scenes from a ball in Vienna; a sophisticated "French" Sunday morning; models posing with well-coiffed canine companions. In Ms. Morath's portraiture, there is drama and depth. But there are candid moments, too.
"The feeling of sensual joy — just being alive — is really in those pictures," Ms. Miller said.
Ms. Morath worked as a researcher for Henri Cartier-Bresson before she joined Magnum. She traveled widely throughout her career, and worked on books with her husband, the playwright Arthur Miller. She was a poetic photographer, but she had a way with language, too: She spoke seven languages in addition to her native German.
Ms. Miller suspects that her mother's humanistic approach to her subjects gave her an advantage when photographing certain people. "She would just make people feel at home and soft inside, and so they were able to kind of let go," she said.
One of those people was the designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. Ms. Morath began wearing Balenciaga after the Magnum photographer Robert Capa suggested that she begin dressing "like a lady." A decade later, she photographed the fiercely private couturier at his home near Paris. In 1965, The New York Times Magazine reported that "the most enthusiastic of Balenciaga's recent clients is Inge Morath (Mrs. Arthur Miller)."
Along with her Balenciaga collection, Ms. Morath owned dozens of silk shirts in different hues, gifts from "a Spanish count," Ms. Miller said. The shirts were lost in a fire, but some of the Balenciaga pieces went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a 1973 retrospective on the designer.
Despite her mother's own fashion sense — and her years spent photographing those in the limelight — Ms. Morath didn't live a notably lavish lifestyle, her daughter said. When it came to fashion, she purchased pieces that would last. "Even to the end of her life, she would buy one or two really nice things," Ms. Miller said. "She bought Jil Sander suits in the last year."
And as a photographer, Ms. Miller said, her mother could "go on any mission that she was sent on and exist on a couple of apples and sleep on the floor. That wasn't hard for her, as much as she was a very elegant woman."
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While we reported in March (here) that Hugh Jackman's next solo outing as Wolverine would be his last time with the claws, sadly… and now the actor has talked about why he's stepping away from the X-Men.
"This will be my last one," the actor confirmed on the Dr Oz show, "It just felt like it was the right time to do it. And let's be honest, 17 years. I never thought in a million years it would last, so I'm so grateful to the fans for the opportunity of playing it. I kind of have in my head what we're going to do in this last one. It just feels like this is the perfect way to go out."
Although there's still some question over him appearing in X-Men: Apocalypse, we're pretty sure he will be in there before he films Wolverine 3.
Fair play to Jackman, he's become one of cinema's most iconic come characters and it's hard not to love the guy… and Wolverine.
Now we have to wonder, will they recast or let the character go? And if they recast, who could fit the claws?
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The Winter Wolf, also known as the Frost Wolf, is an enemy in the original Final Fantasy. Winter Wolves are the toughest of the wolf family, but they are very weak due to having zero Defense, making physical attacks extra powerful; not to mention having an elemental weakness to Fire. Given that they appear with other Ice-type monsters, a single Fira spell will finish them off.
They have a special attack, called Icestorm, which deals Ice damage to all the party. However, this attack is weaker, compared to the White Dragon's, because of its low Intelligence.
They appear as random encounters in the Ice Cave, attacking in large packs or along with a lone Ice Gigas. It also appears in the second floor of the Chaos Shrine, and around the cities of Lufenia and Onrac, which is strange, considering that those are not snowy regions, Lufenia being next to a big desert, and Onrac next to a tropical river.
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In what must be a massive win for pedant grammar twats everywhere an economist is probably right that inequality is less of a problem than unfairness. Semantics aside inequality is the net result of unfair conditions in the market that affect individuals and society across all sectors. The traditional political… read more →
Robert Reich will be known to many readers of this blog as the author of "Inequality for All". That documentary came out in 2013 and while it focusses on the U.S story it examines the implications of widening inequality in a way that is cogent and relevant to many countries… read more →
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Attention all the nature lovers!! Go to well-known lakes, rivers, and waterfalls in Slovenia: Lake Bled, Lake Bohinj, the River Soča, Lake Cerknica, the Seven Lakes of Triglav, Savica Waterfall. Please ensure your policy consists of medical emergency helicopter evacuation in the occasion of illness or injury and covers the complete duration of your holiday.
After round 20 minutes stroll uphill you will attain the road where the Voje mountain hut is and the start of the Voje valley. The South Lakes Quick Break begins on the shores of Windermere and walks above Rydal Water, pretty Blea Tarn and Little Langdale Tarn as well as Coniston Water and Tarn Hows, earlier than returning to Windermere.
The Hotel Plitvice is the most cost effective of the three however was absolutely good, the interiors are all wonderful (original) mid-century fashionable and the views are just to die for. Austria's legendary hiking trails present plenty of alternative to encounter pure waters along the way, from tranquil rivers and lakes to captivating gorges, canyons and waterfalls.
For these with an curiosity in flora, parks and gardens this range of holidays will lead you, in a small professional-led group, to those locations which either are synonymous with flora, famous for his or her National Parks or which go to stunning personal and public gardens.
With no large settlements on the shores, apart from Buttermere village between the two lakes (no shops however two resorts), you come right here for walking, either low-stage circuits of the lakeshores – perhaps taking in a waterfall – or up onto fells reminiscent of Red Pike, Excessive Stile and Haystacks, the final of which was the favorite (and closing resting place) of the nice, and gruff, fell-walker, Alfred Wainwright.


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Salvable or Salvageable?
Don Ranville from Cedar asked if the word salvable is on equal footing with, or perhaps even preferable to, salvageable. Both involve rescuing and recycling, and each can be used to define the other. It turns out that while there is equivalency, salvageable is more popular today. A Google search yields 85,800 hits for salvable, and 1,600,000 hits for salvageable.
Salvable started out as a 17th century theological term. It meant "admitting of salvation." By the late 18th century, it had become secularized. It referred to a ship or a ship's cargo that could be salvaged. The last time that it was in predominant use was at the very beginning of the 20th century.
Salvageable is a late arrival. The first written citation in The Oxford English Dictionary is from 1976. Ultimately, it tracks back to the Latin salvare, to save. In fact, so does salvable, so they are simply different forms of the same word.
Another related word coming from the same Latin verb is savable/saveable. A word that shows up in 1450, it at first shared the theological sense of "conducive to salvation." Other words derive from salvare. They include
- insalvabilty: incapability of being saved
- salvage: the saving of property
- salvatella: obsolete name for a vein on the back of the hand
- salvation: the act of saving
- salvative: healing
- salvator: one who saves
- salvatory: a place of preservation
- salvatrice: a female savior
- savior: one who rescues from peril.
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By The Daily News
Douglas Allen Alsteen, a repeat sex offender, has done his time. Now he's back in a Cowlitz County courtroom, facing the possibility of indefinite confinement at Washington's Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island.
The violent sexual predator law state prosecutors are hoping will keep Alsteen locked away continues to stir controversy 17 years after its enactment. Critics say the law smacks of double jeopardy and fails to accomplish its expressed purpose, which is to treat violent sex offenders until they no longer pose a threat to society.
According to a recent New York Times report on costs at McNeil Island and civil-commitment facilities at the 18 other states that enacted laws modeled on Washington's, this state pays an average of $127,632 anually for each person committed under the law. That compares to $29,055 annually for each prison inmate. Washington's civil commitment program now has 266 residents. It's budget for fiscal 2007 totals $45 million. Full Story
Committing sex offenders is costly, not very effective
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Please could you add support to find functions currently being used through out the project. This should be implemented in the context menu so that when I bring it up on the function name and select "Find Usage", it will scan the entire project or folder and return a list of file names along with the line number on which the current function is being used. I'm not sure where this list will be displayed, perhaps we can reuse the Find Results page as it already has the functionality to display the path and a snippet of the code with the function highlighted already.
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ENGLEWOOD – As the closing seconds ticked off the clock, Dennis Veilleux was just as much a fan as anyone else watching the Greeley West girls soccer team win a state championship.
It wasn't always that way.
Veilleux started the West program 20 years ago and stepped down two years ago. But he was in the stands, proudly wearing a Greeley West shirt, as the Spartans downed Mullen 2-1 in the Class 4A state championship game at Englewood High School.
"We knocked on the door a couple times in the '90s, both West and Central did," Veilleux said. "I hate the word validates, but this finally shows people the strength of Greeley and northern Colorado soccer."
Veilleux echoed what current coach Mike Lordemann said before Tuesday's game.
"This is for all the West girls over the past couple of decades," Veilleux said. "They were the pioneers of this. I'm thrilled."
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Lordemann had said the same thing during the team's last practice at West on Monday. He said a victory Tuesday wasn't only for the players, fans and parents, but for the current and past students.
After all, it was West's first girls team championship in any sport; it was Greeley's first soccer championship in boys or girls action; and it was just the second state championship for a Greeley girls team. The first was Greeley Central's 2001 girls cross country win.
Watching soccer grow the past 20 years in Greeley is a point of pride and excitement for Veilleux. Plus, a state championship has a way of building upon itself.
"Just look at the parks department," Veilleux said. "Every year they're scrambling to find space and keep the fields in shape to play on. Over the past 10 years it's gotten bigger. The Bootlegger program needs to be recognized for that, too.
"Most of these girls cut their teeth with the Bootleggers in competitive soccer."
West junior Taryn Hemmings scored the first goal to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead. She also was instrumental in West's game-winning goal in the second half.
"All the little girls out there see us play and are our ball girls," Hemmings said. "I went to a preschool, and all they talked about was how they play soccer or how they want to play soccer. It's a great sport."
Of course, Veilleux can't help but feel a little responsible.
"At this point I kind of feel like a distant grandfather," Veilleux said. "But Mike's a former player of mine. It's nice to feel a little ownership."
Of course, he wouldn't say it was all him.
"I'm thrilled for Mike," Veilleux said. "He's done a great job."
As evidenced by the first soccer state championship in Greeley's history.
Ross Maak is a sportswriter for the Tribune. He can be reached at 352-0211, Ext. 222 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com