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I sat on top of the train for a while, staring out into the great fields of Iowa, like a night watchman on a metal perch. Glancing up at the sky and breathing in the brisk. Converting cold air into warmth for my already numbed fingers. Fingerless gloves have their functionality—especially for a man of the rails like myself, but in this kind of cold, functionality be damned! The burning in the back of my throat being inflamed with each inhale. My nose red. It was hard not being resentful of these long, hard shifts. I could have joined the others at the end of the yard by the fire. But I had this defunct urge to be alone with my thoughts. So there I was. Hours wasted. Trying to clutch onto each and every moment. Reexamining my life, like we all do from time to time. Hoping to inspire myself to seize the day, or night, as it was freezing cold.
At the same time, my mind traveled far and away. Miles away from here. Like the world-weary traveler I once was, always going through the same cycle of regret.
My father.
The road.
The confliction.
Her eyes forever lost in the sky.
Since the beginning of time, seafarers and tramps found direction thanks to these stars, but with each glance up I felt lost.
Her lips never to be touched again. My hand never to be held. Her books to never be read. My dreams never to be realized.
Sometimes it's too much.
The time between summer and winter has a way of making one self-reflective. The leaves of autumn fall and decay into a kind of darkened sentimentality. The bereavement of the earth is in full view for a season and the nature that once hid the decomposing and remorse recedes. The sins of all us men on display. It's a beautiful time.
I'd stare out at that sky forever, transfixed by the glittering luminescence above. Every star twinkled with truth, knowing that it was my destiny to be amongst them. Just wanting to be in the presence of something that connected me to every great traveller out there. Feeling small in the scope of something so big.
But some Jimmie-yard-boy was yelling in the distance and broke my train of thought.
I leapt from my metal perch to see the commotion. Found that as usual, there was more work to be done.
"Time to lean, Time to clean," that's what old guy Johnson said. Slave driver of a boss, the dick was.
He was a numbers man. Believed in the American dream. Brought up to believe in Capitalism and that if you worked hard enough you can be a millionaire, just like Steinbeck said. He didn't believe in the frivolities or "fru-fru" as he called it. He had one simple rule; when you were at work, you worked. If you didn't feel like working, he'd find somebody who did, and you could find yourself a new job. And you couldn't ever use the excuse that "there was no work to be done," because in the train-yards, there's always work to be done.
I told him once that we were allotted a certain number of breaks. Told him it was union policy. He called me a pinko and threw a push-mop in my general direction.
I didn't take this personally, mind you. I rather enjoyed the tension. It reminded me of my father. It reminded me of life before I became a statistic.
That jimmie-yard-boy ran up to me as I joined the other grunts. Said we had to do a rail switch for an oncoming freighter. I obliged and headed to it.
It's amazing how quickly one is conditioned to oblige and mindlessly go about tasks. Like we were preordained monkeys on a mission. We could make iPhones, design digital realities, and brew pumpkin spiced lattes, but we can't fight the system. Only wars in far away lands. The reality of it all made me sick, but that's why I did this. Why I took this job. Why I never returned home after Lynn. When you find out your life is a "matrix", who can return home to the hustle and bustle? I certainly couldn't ever face my father again, recognizing the white-collar slave he was. Besides, he'd never forgive me for leaving school.
I latched onto the ground-throw and pulled it in time for the giant freighter to switch tracks right before my eyes. It was like a behemoth, it was so big. And the ground trembled beneath it. Industry would live another day.
I sat beside the tracks at the ground-throw and waited for the miles-long-train to pass so that I may switch the rails again, lest we have an incident right out of some crappy Ayn Rand novel.
It was moments like these that made me love this job. I was technically working, but I had time for my thoughts. I sometimes wondered what the other guys did with themselves during these long bouts of inert silence. But it was an exercise in futility and I always returned inward. Sometimes I'd gaze at the stars. Sometimes I'd jot down my thoughts on an aged legal pad. Tonite, I thought about the night I left home.
Lynn pushed us to go on the road. Black city river, she called it. She had the same feeling of wanderlust that we had. But she had a certain amount of follow-through that we lacked.
I still remember the feeling of excitement I had when I sat with Lynn and Staultz in that diner, as we itinerized our trip. We would follow in the footsteps of the great travelers and writers before us. We would be pioneers.
I still remember telling my father that I was leaving. It wasn't meant to be a permanent thing. I just honestly had no idea when we would return. So I just said I was leaving. He wasn't happy. I could never have foreseen that my lack of return date would be so foreshadowing.
I remember telling him that I felt lost in the world, that my privileged and sheltered life could never bring me any future. I had seen life through frosted glass and televisions. But I wanted to live it. Walled off in some gated community prevented me from growing and there was no other sensible remedy but to wander until I had found myself.
"You're just running away," he said, "being a man means not running away."
He couldn't understand. He came from Belarus. He lived on the other side of the wall. Literally, he was a part of the USSR. He didn't have the privilege that smothered me so. I envied him that. But he couldn't connect my need to be on the road with anything but escaping from responsibility.
"Radley, we came to this country so you can learn and go to a good college," he yammered on, "You repay us by becoming a bum?"
I'll never forget the conflicted feeling of shame and anticipation I had that night when I left. I knew that he would feel this way, because what reasonable parent doesn't? He was much more like the American parents than he would ever want to admit. Obsessed with college and the status quo. He wanted me so earnestly to follow the rules of society.
I didn't know how to convince him that this is what I wanted to do with my life.
So I just left. Convinced that one day my happiness and fulfillment in this life would prove him wrong.
Screeching, and clanking echoed through in the distance and brought me back to the train yard. Seems like I'm always the only one affected by these cumbersome sounds. Then again I'm always the only one lost in myself.
The final cars of the freighter passed before me and I flipped the ground-throw to switch the rails. The hairs on my face may have grown a little longer in the time I spent waiting. But these days all I have is time to wait.
Jimmie-yard-boy was yattering at me to come hang by the fire, but I couldn't really hear him since I was doing my best to dredge back to my metal perch without any other interruption. I'm sure he said more, but I couldn't really care.
I climbed the frosty ladder, my fingerless gloves damning me to the exposure again, and sat atop the train's roof. Residing myself to the brisk air and my thoughts again.
I thought of the beat travellers who took to the road, back when the road still meant something. How I so badly had wanted to be one of them.
Days spent fantasizing about toiling the earth and being an explorer. I recall the hunger to see new things. I was starving for more. The romantic notion that life could be nothing more than a knapsack and the horizon as my home. But even then, I was conflicted. I was afraid of the unknown. Scared of what life would be like if I couldn't predict it. But the person I had become, scared me more. I remember once frolicking in fields. Sipping on coffee every time, like it was the first time. Crying because I realized that it was beautiful to stand in the rain. Joyful, at the thought of the future.
And then one morning I woke up and was on an express train to death. Sun rose always in the same place. Alarm always went off at the same time. Went to work at the same meaningless job, everyday. I'd put on a uniform that was meant to strip me of my individuality. All for money. So that I could pay for college. So that I could get a better job. So I could provide for a wife and 2.5 children. And pay for their college. And die.
I couldn't rationalize that lifestyle. I wanted more. I sought a way of life that wouldn't rob me of my soul. You never know when one may come in handy.
Larkin would fuss about her soul all the time and it seeped into my consciousness like inception. She would insist that others were ripping hers to shreds. But it was really society. So much use that worrying did her. She was dead now. And her soul damned.
But before she came into my life, I was afraid. Afraid of the day when I would have to choose between what is and what could be. A job or a knapsack. She guided me. But there I was, alone. Paying the penance for a life less ordinary.
I knew I didn't want be in this train yard. Some faceless grunt. My hunger was still not satisfied. But my resources were exhausted. And I, at the time, beat. But as I stared at Larkin in the constellations, I finally I found direction.
I could see myself months later. I could see myself with a knapsack. I could see myself on the road again with the stars as my only friends to guide me.
I sat there pondering my future and continued to stare out. Out upon the unending wheat of Iowa.
Out upon the now rising sun.
Out upon stars that were no longer visible, but were always there beside me.
Upon the road in the distance, beyond the train yard. Lustful and black.
Upon my brothers in labor, tired but wasted.
Once more, I leapt down from my metal perch and walked through the train yard. My eyes towards the horizon, towards the road. Towards the passing men readying the train. Thinking of autumn and the leaves. And how telling they truly are.
They would die like everything does. But not without showing their many colors and beauty. They would dry up and become compost for harvest. The leaves would feed men. And the passing men would one day become leaves. It all seemed so beautiful.
I walked on, beyond the yard and watched the others dredge on, knowing they would never appreciate the beauty of the leaves… I could hear the work of industry, grinding and gnawing at the earth. Taking everything. But giving nothing back. Miles laid out before me. I stared out into the distance and I walked. I walked and left this yard. I walked and left this yard to walk along the black city river to be amongst the leaves and toil the earth. Never to be free, never to be chained. But never to be alone, always amongst the stars.
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Vittal, Aug 24,2016: In an incident reported from Vittal, a youth assaulted his mother and sister with a crowbar at Kadumatha near Salethur. Parvathi (60) and Geetha (32) suffered injuries and are undergoing treatment at Community Health Centre at Vittal.
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Researchers from Russian and Danish universities have released a dataset of Russian tweets and comments posted on online news articles to help develop automated methods for identifying fake news. The tweets are responses to controversial claims made on Twitter, such as that the United States military helped terrorist group ISIL in Syria, and the comments were posted in response to stories published on the websites of RT, a television network funded by the Russian government, and Meduza, a Latvian news website. One way to identify fake news is to determine how others are reacting to the claims, and the dataset labels the tweets and comments as supporting, denying, asking for further evidence, and commenting in response to claims being made in the tweets or news articles.
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What kinds of pet products are today's pet specialty retailers looking for? That is the question of a lifetime.
The short answer: the kind that will sell.
At the core of the discussion, we all have a basic understanding of what pet stores are looking for: products with low risk, high turnover, and high margins. But, what does that actually mean once you break it down into actionable steps?
The key to designing pet products that pet retailers can't say no to is to make them stand out, have high quality, are at the right price point, and fit with their current selection of products.
Saying No to "Me Too"
One of the easiest ways to get into pet product manufacturing is to follow these steps:
- Research what categories are the most successful at the time and where they're trending
- Find out which manufacturers are already making products that do well
- Research suppliers and factories that can make it cheaper
- Knock off the products and sell them at a lower price
But is that really the best way to make products people have to have?
We've all seen it before - the aisles of look-alike products at major trade shows such as Global Pet Expo and SuperZoo. While it works on occasion, there's only so many times a product can be knocked off before it loses its value.
Instead, use this as an opportunity to see what you can do different or better than the competition. Of course, this is often easier said than done, and takes a bit of creativity.
For example, perhaps you notice that a few manufacturers are missing the mark when it comes to the packaging of their products. You know that retailers prefer a certain type of packaging, and that's just not what they're getting.
Related Article: 2018 Pet Containment Trend Forecast
This is an opportunity for you to stand out from the crowd by showing up with a product that truly adds value to those potentially bringing it into their stores and, ultimately, the end consumer.
Quality Over Quantity
Today's pet owners are pickier than ever about the quality of the products they buy for their pets. In fact, many are willing to splurge on their furry friends. After all, they've become a part of the family, haven't they?
Depending on whose doors you're vying to get into, quality may be the key difference between a "let's give it a try" and a firm "no, don't call me again." This is especially true if the retailers' customers primarily consist of millennial and generation Z pet owners.
In an age when nearly everything is digital, quality means more than ever. In the past, manufacturers could get away with producing low quality products and overcharging them because it would take a long time before word got around. Now, within just days of the end consumer purchasing your product, even one or two bad reviews will negatively impact sales for both you and your retailers.
Related Article: Beyond the Label - Identifying Key Trends in High Quality Pet Food
In order to ensure your products are of the highest quality possible, pay special attention to detail and perform quality assurance practices every step of the way. Even something such as a loose buckle or splitting wood is a cause for concern and should be looked into and solved before ending up at a consumer's doorstep.
Setting The Margin
You may have seen this before: a retail buyer looks at your product, ohhh's and ahhh's, and asks how much. You pass them a pricing sheet with your cost and the MSRPs (and MAP, if you have it) outlined, and suddenly they are no longer interested.
A product may be one-of-a-kind and of the highest quality possible, but if it's not at the right price point that makes sense to a retailer, you're going to get an immediate "no."
Do your research and do what you can to price your product at the ideal price point. Of course, you want to preserve plenty of margin for yourself as well, but if you can't even sell it to a retail buyer, how are you going to make that margin?
Related Article: How do MAP Policies Affect the Pet Industry?
Pricing your product is a careful balancing act. It must be at just the right price to:
- Make you money
- Make your retailer money
- Make the end consumer willing to buy
- Bonus: It's always good to have some wiggle room for negotiations and promotions.
If you're new to pricing pet products, consider taking the following steps to get as close as you can to the right price:
- Sit down with a spreadsheet and calculate your costs. Figure out the lowest you're willing to take as well as your ideal number.
- Ask close friends and your contacts (retail buyers are even better!) how much they'd pay for the product both as a consumer and as a retail buyer looking to make a profit
- Look at your competitors' MSRP and determine, based on your ideal margin, how much you could afford to keep in order to compete
This is not a strictly scientific on how to price your products, but should help give you a good idea on where to get started.
Related Article: The Key to Enforcing MAP Policies in the Pet Industry
Fitting In With Their Brand
The last thing you need to do is make sure you're selling your product to the right retailers. Believe it or not, not all retailers are made the same, and different stores have different goals and strategies in mind.
For example, if you're trying to sell a high tech pet product at the early adopter stage of the product lifecycle, then selling to a single-store natural pet store in Nebraska is not likely to be your best bet.
Conversely, if you're thinking of selling all-natural insect-protein pet food to a big box store, they may not bite until there are enough sales to prove its value.
Related Article: Forecasting the Next Big Trend in Pet Nutrition
Before you peddle your product to just any pet store, it's a good idea to go in with a strategy and an outline of which stores are an ideal fit. This way, you will have a higher success rate when selling to these stores and increasing your market share.
Are you a retailer who has specific criteria for pet products you accept in your store? Leave a comment below and let us know. We'd be happy to include it!


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Ireland's first food Économusée has opened at The Connemara Smokehouse in Aillebrack, Ballyconneely, Co. Galway.
Ireland's first food Économusée has opened at The Connemara Smokehouse in Aillebrack, Ballyconneely, Co. Galway.
An Économusée is an artisan business that opens its doors to the public to provide a learning and interpretive experience for visitors.
Owned and operated by Graham and Saoirse Roberts, the Économusée at The Connemara Smokehouse, which employs eight people, develops the educational aspect of the fish smoking expertise that has been handed down through the Roberts' family since 1979.
Speaking at the opening, Teagasc Regional Advisory Manager Brendan Heneghan said the Économusée concept originated 20 years ago in Quebec, Canada, where there are now over 50 Économusées contributing to employment and the maintenance of local skills and knowledge in traditional rural businesses ranging from artisan food to boat building.
The Connemara Smokehouse is only the second Économusée in Ireland, with the first located at the Celtic Roots Studio in Ballinahown, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, and the medium term aim is to have at least four Économusées in Ireland.
"The Économusée concept is an innovative model of rural enterprise support which helps artisan producers diversify their businesses into the cultural tourism market by providing them with a six step template to help them structure the visitor experience," said Dr Kevin Heanue, who is leading the project for Teagasc.
For further details on the Connemara Smokehouse Économusée visit www.smokehouse.ie, phone 095-23739 or email [email protected]
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Manufactured by Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin, the first Aston-Martins (the hyphen is correct for the period) rapidly established a reputation for high performance and sporting prowess in the years immediately following The Great War.
Unfortunately, the management's concentration on motor sport, while accruing invaluable publicity, distracted it from the business of manufacturing cars for sale, the result being just 50 or so sold by 1925 when the company underwent the first of what would be many changes of ownership.
The foundations were laid for the commencement of proper series production with the formation of Aston Martin Motors Ltd. in 1926 under the stewardship of Augustus "Bert" Bertelli and William Renwick. Bertelli was an experienced automobile engineer, having designed cars for Enfield-Allday, and an engine of his design — an overhead-camshaft 4-cylinder of 1,492 cc — powered the new 11.9-hp Aston. Built at the firm's new Feltham works, the first new-generation 1½-liter Aston Martins were displayed at the 1927 London Motor Show at Olympia. These new Astons were available on long and short chassis, the former being reserved for saloons and tourers and the latter for the sports models.
The early 1930s was a period of economic recession, and with sales of expensive quality cars falling off, some serious rethinking had to be done at Feltham. The prudent decision was taken to redesign the International chassis using proprietary components to reduce cost.
A Laycock gearbox was adopted, mounted in-unit with the engine, while the worm rear axle, which had never been completely satisfactory, was replaced by an ENV spiral bevel. There was a redesigned chassis frame and many other modifications resulting in what was virtually a new car, although it carried the same coachwork and was sold as the New International.
The original line-up of what would become known as the 2nd Series did not last long. The New International and 2-seater Le Mans disappeared from the range before the end of 1932. That year's Motor Show had ushered in the more familiar Le Mans 2/4-seater, which was also available on the long chassis as the Le Mans Special 4-seater.
By this time, the chassis numbers were being suffixed "S" or "L" depending on wheelbase length (8 feet, 7 inches and 10 feet respectively).
Introduced in 1934, the replacement Mark II model sported a new, stronger chassis and a revised engine with counterbalanced crankshaft. Short- and long-wheelbase versions were built, the latter available with stylish 4-seater sports saloon coachwork by Enrico Bertelli.
The car offered here is on the highly desirable short chassis shared with the Ulster competition model. Both the chassis and engine are numbered E4438S.
Bertelli-era Aston Martins were never common, even when new, since annual production at that time was counted in tens rather than hundreds. Robust and durable thoroughbreds, they are highly sought-after today, and this example warrants the closest inspection.


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I just updated my list of non-partisan reasons to dis-elect Rick Scott, since I've reached 150 of them now. #149 had to do with his delay in picking a lieutenant governor – though to be fair, given the last one he had, Rick Scott may be doing us a favor by not picking a new one.
The 150th reason (which ends up being #144 in my numbering) is the subject of this posting. Here it is:
144) Rick Scott has tried to impress voters with a shallow citation of how many regulations he has deleted.
Scott and his campaign say that they deleted 2800 regulations from the books. This is a big number used in an attempt to impress voters, but it lacks the most important considerations: Why was it a good thing to get rid of each of these 2800 regulations? Were they all bad? (Are lawmakers that incompetent?) Did Scott delete any useful or good regulations? Are any of them just out of date (and if so, why should Scott tout this as a serious accomplishment)? The big number is nothing but a gimmick as it stands.
I'm sure most of you have seen lists of "stupid laws." You know what I mean: Stuff like, "In New Brunswick it's illegal to spit on an emu." We have a good laugh at these, but have you ever asked yourself why anyone would pass such a law?
Well, it may have been a joke, but it's also possible that someone passed it for what seemed like a good reason. Someone may have actually spit on an emu, which then turned and kicked that someone in the jaw. A law probably wasn't needed, of course, but laws and regulations that seem silly may have had a perfectly legitimate concern behind them.
As I said in the description, Rick Scott flashes that big number ("2800 regulations, whoa! He must really care about our freedoms!"), but unless and until he explains why each and every one of those 2800 regulations deserved deletion, it's nothing but show.
Sure, some may have been bad. But how many were good, or served some good purpose, and should not have been deleted? Given Scott's haywire attitude towards so many other issues, you might want to ask if he deleted some things that were meant to stop harm or even death.
Maybe a few were outdated. ("You can't park your velocipede in a school zone.") That's fair game for deletion, but Rick Scott deserves no credit for getting rid of things like that. It doesn't serve any purpose other than to save an inch of column space somewhere.
If I can, I'd like to find a list of those 2800 regulations, and see what they were. You can be sure Scott himself didn't carefully read or consider all 2800 before he swiped them with his pen. All he was after was that big number. In the meantime, be sure and tell people not to fall for Scott's 2800-pound dog and pony show.


text: Fantasy Relevant Information from Saber Seminar by Jeff Zimmerman August 6, 2018 This past weekend, I attended the always incredible SaberSeminar in Boston. It was great time catching up with friends (Dave Cameron sighting) but also to take in some innovative ideas. I decided to share some fantasy applicable topics which were discussed. Pitch Tunneling Experimentally determining the "Commit Point" – Evaluating the time it takes a hitter to check his swing by William Clark and Joe Petrich Pitch Tunneling, Pitch Calling and Expected Outcome: A Former Pitcher's Perspective by Dan Blewett Pitching tunneling was brought up several times by several speakers but these two came to the same conclusion. The reaction time for a batter to determine the pitch type may be less than previously calculated. It was thought that a hitter had around 225 ms to 275 ms to decide to swing. It's possible that the time may be under 200 ms and the batter may be keying off the release point. Also, if a pitcher is struggling, it might be worth looking over at his release point charts (example with Jon Gray). Make sure all the pitches are clustered together and haven't been recent moving around. Japanese pitcher velocity Why Japanese (NPB) pitchers rely heavily on breaking and off-speed pitches, compared to their stateside counterparts (MLB) by Yusuke Okada, Yoshiki Masaki, and Kazuto Yamazaki Just one single data point stood out in this talk, the average fastball in Japan was 84 mph. This velocity is quite a bit less than the average for major Division-1 schools, let alone the majors. I talked to someone else who closely tracks NPB and he said the low velocity might be from there being many submariner pitchers. Later, I talked to one of the actual presenters, and he could think of just two or three knuckle-scrapers. Either way, the velocity quite a bit slower. With it being down, I'd expect hitters to come over to MLB and possibly struggle with fastballs averaging 10 mph faster. Or they may not struggle but it is an item to consider. League and park factors The Most Likely Batter Contribution: Introducing Deserved Runs Created by Jonathan Judge Within the next few weeks, Baseball Prospectus will be rolling out their latest all-encompassing stat, DRC+. It puts a hitter's production on a 100 scale (like OPS+ or wRC+) and its results seem promising. The one factor stated which improves its accuracy is a continuous in-season calculation of league and park factors. The timely park and league adjustments are important to consider when looking at projections and fantasy owner need to know when they are updated. At FanGraphs, we are not going to any constantly updated park factors yet. The powers above my pay grade will make that decision. Pitching Nuggets Q&A with Red Sox Pitching Guru Brian Bannister The amount of wrist snap has no effect on the spin rate. An arm's velocity increases the downward torque on the ball and this torque and the resulting friction off the hand creates spin. Spin is almost always directly related to pitch velocity. Healthy pitchers (Verlander and Scherzer) slowly slow their arm down after releasing the ball. He believes this leads to better pitcher health. Single-A ball is an audition for Double-A and Triple-A ball. The hitters who can make it to Double-A can hit high-velocity pitches. Pitchers who just have a fast fastball will likely struggle in the high minors. When a pitcher makes a change, it usually takes two to three games to take effect. Complete Games = Injuries Identifying and Managing Extrinsic Risk Factors of Shoulder and Elbow Injury in Baseball Pitchers by Lizzie Hibberd The presenter noted that a pitcher's DL chances increase after a complete game, especially if they don't normally throw that many innings or pitches. I could see a team giving a pitcher the chance at a complete game shutout and the additional pitches lead to an injury. It's something I'd like to dive into at a later date. Shrinking minor league strike zone Exploring Minor League Strike Zones by Nate Freiman Using minor league Trackman data, he was able to determine the strike zone's sides gets squeezed in by 10% from High-A to Double-A. The smaller zone a major factor for hitters and pitcher as both need to adjust. Hitters should see their plate discipline improve while pitcher may struggle with this advancement. Pitcher Injury finder Rescaling the 20-80 scale with Rap Score by Rohan Gupta and Seth Daniels By using differences in pitch movement, release point, and velocity, they hoped they could find when pitchers struggled because of an injury. While in the past, I've used differences in each pitch, this approach creates a polygram for each factors, finds the distance around it, and then looks for differences. It's a unique approach to getting the same answer. More speed factors A Deep Dive on Speed with Statcast Data by Travis Petersen, Eddie Elliott, Tom Tango, and Mike Petriello The StatCast crew introduced a couple new speed components, Key Steps and Burst Speed. It's the speed values when a batter first start accelerating out of the batter's box. While it'll likely help predict stolen base success or injury detection, the data is new. For a full explanation, scroll through the description at Baseball Savant. Hitter variance Is an all-or-nothing hitter the most valuable offensive asset? By Cameron Rogers While it was not the focus of his presentation, I found one section on output variance useful. High power, high strikeout hitters have a high amount of output variance. While high contact, high walk hitters have much less of an output variance. Overall though, their output evens out as the sample size increases. Owners may want to target hitters based on their needs or desires. Does the owner want to know their batter will give them production near their cost? Or do they want to take a chance on a batter with more upside (and downside) potential. We hoped you liked reading Fantasy Relevant Information from Saber Seminar by Jeff Zimmerman! Please support FanGraphs by becoming a member. We publish thousands of articles a year, host multiple podcasts, and have an ever growing database of baseball stats. FanGraphs does not have a paywall. With your membership, we can continue to offer the content you've come to rely on and add to our unique baseball coverage. 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U.S. – Professional tennis player Martina Navratilova recently declared that she is cancer free. As reported by People.com, Navratilova shared the news with PEOPLE months after revealing her breast cancer diagnosis.
Navratilova, 53, is quoted in the report as stating of her health, "Technically I was cancer free after the lumpectomy in March… But then I had radiation to make sure that it killed any cancer cells that were still hovering about."
Navratilova, who is now an AARP health and fitness ambassador and recently spoke about breast cancer at an event for the organization, is further quoted as stating, "I really didn't talk much about breast cancer before I had it… Now, I'm approached by women and we share our stories. It's encouraging to see that there's life after cancer."
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Over the years, ARLA was able to offer help and training to landlords and their staff, both online and in our Educational Seminars. We helped connect landlords to information, services, and potential clients. We monitored legislation and other government activities so that we could inform members about possible changes to relevant regulations.
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The National Beer Wholesalers Association recently concluded at Caesars Palace Conference Center and LVF&B Pro was fortunate to meet once again with a leader in the beer dispensing technology, Michael Ferguson, Aalberts Dispense Technologies Director of International Marketing. Our meeting included LVF&B Pro's Editorial Director Bob Barnes and Sr. Editor Mike Fryer.
Chef's Night Out hosted at the Red Rock Country Club drew in several dozen chefs from throughout Las Vegas and proved to organizers this is an event worth putting on quarterly, and we agree! The Night Out was organized by Sysco Foods and featured a number of their suppliers, including Santa Monica Seafood, Newport Meat of Nevada, European Imports and was supported by Rodney Strong Wine Estates. The event was covered by LVF&B Pro's very own Creative Director Juanita Aiello and Sr. Editor Mike Fryer.
Last month we attended a media dinner hosted by Lucky Dragon at Phoenix, its contemporary fine dining concept, to introduce its updated menu. Pictured here are servers preparing tea service to go along with the decadent feast that included basil crab cake, cucumber-wrapped abalone, espresso ribs & lemon zest chicken wings, wok-seared tenderloin with mushrooms, kimchi fried rice with pork belly and fried egg, herb crusted lamb with garlic truffle gratin and sugar egg puff with berries and chocolate sauce.


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Charles Cousins powers to single sculls victory over Alan Campbell
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Charles Cousins pulled off a shock single sculls victory over Olympic bronze medallist Alan Campbell at the GB rowing team senior trials on Sunday.
Campbell, 29, led early on and looked set to take a record ninth successive men's singles title before Cousins eased past him in the final 250m.
"Let's not get carried away, it's only one race," said Cousins, a quadruple sculls rower at the London Olympics.
"I'm really happy with the win but it's a bit of a surprise really."
Helen Glover, an Olympic women's pairs champion with Heather Stanning, was also a surprise winner in the unfamiliar discipline of single sculling.
The 26-year-old held onto an early lead despite a strong challenge in the final 250m from twice Olympic quadruple scull silver medallist Frances Houghton.
"In that final 100m I just shut my eyes and went for it as I knew that Fran has a good sprint finish," said Glover, whose margin of victory was the narrowest of the day.
By contrast, Olympic men's four champion Andrew Triggs Hodge and Moe Sbihi, from last year's Olympic bronze medal eight, were emphatic winners of the men's pair ahead of Peter Reed and Alex Gregory.
Imogen Walsh justified her status as the favourite in the lightweight women's single scull, having already moved out to a strong lead before halfway.
"At that point the ego kicks in and you feel like winning by as much as you can but I kept telling myself not to be silly, no heroics, let's just complete the job," said the Inverness rower.
Coleraine's Peter Chambers took the lightweight men's single title ahead of last year's champion Adam Freeman-Pask and his older brother Richard Chambers, who came home third.
The results will provide interesting material for the coaching team in the coming weeks as seat-racing and crew formation takes place.
"We have had some great racing today and it is very healthy to see some new blood challenging for top places in the finals," said Sir David Tanner, GB rowing team's performance director.


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Bedwetting Alarm Reviews:Many children who have nocturnal enuresis feel a sense of shame and isolation, thinking they're the only ones who wet the bed. Far from it: as many as 15 percent of children wet the bed after age 5. Seven to 10 percent wet the bed after age 7, 3 percent of boys and 2 percent of girls wet the bed after age 10, and 1 percent of boys and a few girls wet the bed at age 18. While 15, 7, 3, and 1 percent may not sound like a lot, it translates into millions of children, and families, throughout the country. Experts don't know exactly what causes bedwetting in every case, and parents don't know how to help in many cases. Most children will outgrow enuresis, but for some, treatment may be necessary. One of the most effective is using a bedwetting alarm. How do these work? Do they address the bedwetting in a way that is healthy and safe for your child's emotional wellbeing? Which bedwetting alarms are the most trusted? This guide will answer your questions: a bedwetting alarm can be the solution you've been looking for.
How Do Bedwetting Alarms Work? - The mechanics of a bedwetting alarm are pretty simple: your child wears a sensor that attaches to your child's pajamas. A speaker is also attached to your child's shoulder. When the moisture sensor detects the first drop of urine, an alarm sounds. It sounds very similar to a fire alarm: the loud, piercing sound is designed to wake the child so he can get up and go to the bathroom. What happens, though, is that the blaring alarm wakes the child's parents. For the first 4 to 6 weeks, the child is likely the only one who doesn't wake up to the alarm - which can make for some long nights. One of the reasons that doctors believe children wet the bed is that they are simply very deep sleepers. By the end of that period, though, your child should be waking up on his own to the alarm. Experts maintain that by 12 weeks, the majority of children do not need to use the alarm anymore. Does your child need a bedwetting alarm? It is very possible that, no, your child does not, and it is not beneficial to jump the gun, so to speak. For instance, if your child is 3 and has just been potty-trained, you might expect a few (or several) nights with wet sheets. This is perfectly normal for children going from the convenience of a diaper to having to get up to use the bathroom. A bedwetting alarm is typically used for children between the ages of 5 and 7, who have a very strong motivation for staying dry at night. But if he'll outgrow bedwetting in all likelihood, why get an alarm? About 15 percent of children outgrow bedwetting on their own each year. Yours could be one, or he could be one of the 85 percent who has another year or two to go. Are bedwetting alarms safe? The last thing you want to do is shame or scare your child. These alarms will not do that. They are perfectly safe for his emotional well-being, though they may result in a few sleep interruptions for parents initially. And for children requiring further treatment for enuresis, an alarm is much preferable to medication, which can have side effects or result in relapses. These are safe, effective treatments for nocturnal enuresis. Before you invest in a bedwetting alarm for your child, it is a great idea to check with his pediatrician to rule out physical conditions causing bedwetting and/or to get his opinion. Browse the best selling bedwetting alarms online here.


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Research by Rebecca Ratner
What makes you happy now? And what will make you happy in the future? These are often the questions that determine who you date, how you spend your time and what you purchase. But so often we make choices that don't seem to truly reflect what makes us happy—information that we should have gained from past experiences. We live and don't learn, in other words.
Rebecca Ratner, associate professor of marketing, thinks part of the problem may be that we just don't remember correctly. Her expertise is in the field of affective forecasting, which looks at how we predict our emotions, and whether our predictions match the way we actually feel.
Ratner conducted a study that asked people to predict how they would feel about an experience, and then, after some time had passed, asked people to remember their predictions. A surprising number remembered a different prediction than the one they'd actually made. "We're not saying that people can't remember their previous predictions and experiences," says Ratner. "But they often seem to remember them inaccurately."
This inability to remember how we really felt during an experience—and how we predicted we would feel—may be part of what keeps us from learning how to more accurately predict our future feelings, and what causes us to make future choices that don't truly satisfy. This tendency to imperfectly predict future feelings isn't such a big deal if you're choosing what car to buy or an entrée at a restaurant, but it can have a disastrous effect on your life if you are choosing a retirement community or a life partner.
The good news is, these biased memories of past experiences are eliminated when we focus on our enjoyment during an experience. So pay attention to how much fun you are actually having at the time you are having it, and whether this fits with what you had expected. That should help you make better choices in the future. Because people who don't learn from history—especially their own!—seemed doomed to repeat it.
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I showed these photos to brother Richard recently, and he wondered about the "Taylor-Tot" name on the stroller. I thought, "Ha! There's a blog post in that...." So here we are.
The Francis F. Taylor Company was founded in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area in 1921, and seems to have been incorporated in that state in December 1924. The firm moved to Frankfurt, Kentucky, in 1964; I have so far been unable to determine what happened after that date.
In addition to strollers, the company made tricycles, doll carriages, wagons and bicycles. A stroller patent was granted in 1931. The Smithsonian Museum of American History has a catalog and price list in its collection. Based on comments here, the stroller was apparently very popular. Several can be found for sale on eBay, Etsy, etc.
And now we have evidence of an early 1950's sighting in Alabama.
Here's another photo of a Taylor-Tot in the early 1950's.
The house mom and dad were renting in Gadsden when the above photos were taken looked like this in 2012.


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By Reuters Sport
Last Updated: 18/06/19 2:50pm
Veteran quarterback Josh McCown has announced his retirement from the NFL and will join ESPN as an analyst.
McCown, whose 17-year career (including one year in the United Football League) spanned 10 teams, announced his retirement on Monday.
His longest tenure with any franchise was four seasons, with the Arizona Cardinals, who drafted McCown in the third round of the 2002 draft. He also started 22 games for the Cards, the most he had with any team.
In an article on The Players' Tribune, McCown said: "Looking back, I'm proud of how my career has gone. I don't shy away from the journeyman label. I embrace it, full force.
"Because it's been one heck of a journey."
McCown played in 99 games (76 starts) across 16 seasons, completing 1,581 of 2,628 passes for 17,707 yards, with 98 touchdowns and 82 interceptions.
The veteran, who turns 40 in July, spent the past two seasons with the New York Jets, serving as the starter in 2017. He appeared in four games (three starts) last season, serving as a backup to rookie Sam Darnold.
McCown also played for the Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Cleveland Browns.
"At the end of the day, no matter what team I was on, I tried to serve it to the best of my ability, and I tried to influence my team in a positive manner. I hope I did that," McCown wrote.
"And I made sure that when my number was called, I was prepared, and I gave it everything I had, every time. I may not have turned out to be the franchise quarterback I set out to be back at Cardinals rookie camp, but I'm extremely proud of the career I had."


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Description View of Ness of Burgi blockhouse with Sumburgh Head in the background.
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When we were little girls, my sister and I would float on the "Chenal du Moine" in Quebec where our family cabin stood on a small hill of dirt, protected against the yearly spring floods.
Two little girls forgotten for a few hours could find the freedom to daydream in the dark waters of this gentle river.
Those delicious summer days flowed into one another while we followed the warm currents that led us to Saint-Pierre Lake. The water surrounded us with its love and patience and we reciprocated fully. Trusting in its arms, we stood witness to its infinite creations, savouring the smells, the sounds and the landscape. Our skins drank the sun, the water and the wind, an infinite wealth that still lives with me today.
At night, I would dream. I would dream of water, trees and sky. I would find myself floating again, this time among the clouds. Sitting on my life jacket, I would weightlessly travel the sky. It was the ultimate expression of the freedom that lives within us. Protected from the watchful eyes of adults, my visual and emotional world was taking shape, strongly rooted in the water and in the forest.
Today, I revisits these experiences through my creative process. I provoke encounters with nature and expresses visually the powerful emotions that result. My work is a visual expression of the freedom and communion generated by my encounters with the natural world. I make the conscious decision to plunge back into those lazy summer days and share the magnitude of their hold on my being.
In my public art practice, I strives to create a sense of entanglement with others, with nature and with the community through environmental and social awareness. I encourages people to pay attention and to be present for a moment, in a place and with each other. I accomplishes this by offering artistic experiences that naturally and effortlessly generate presence and privileged relationship.
Radio Canada published a lovely 5 minute video about my work. You can view it by following this link. Note that it is in French. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/atelier-culturel/performances-eclair/performances-eclair/document/nouvelles/article/1504465/atelier-culturel-patricia-lortie-peintre-performance-eclair-arts-visuels


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From Telematics Talk
Groupe Michelin has entered into an agreement to purchase Masternaut, one of Europe's largest telematics providers.
"Michelin is consolidating its expertise in telematics, enabling us to optimize customer mobility and respond to the needs of a changing market. Masternaut represents a further step in the expansion of our Services & Solutions business, especially in Europe and for light vehicle fleets," said Florent Menegaux, managing general partner.
The acquisition will allow Michelin to speed up the development of its Service & Solutions for light vehicles and support the booming fleet market; enable Masternaut to roll out its offering across the whole of Europe; and increase the volume of data captured.
Masternaut operates primarily in France and the United Kingdom. It provides a technical platform equipped with the latest technology and offers on-board telematics solutions to optimize vehicle fleet management and monitoring.
Masternaut manages more than 220,000 mostly light utility vehicles under contract. The transaction has been made on the basis of eight times 2018 EBITA before synergies.


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Niavaran Cultural Center will showcase 30 chairs, designed by contemporary Iranian architects in an exhibition organized by the Objet Art Center.
Curated by Elnaz Tehrani, the show includes items created in the past 18 months, portraying the modern perspective on chairs by 30 architects, Honaronline reported.
Chairs have always been a common object in different fields of architecture and designing. Material selected, engineering and production design are all illustrated in the final work of chair art.
As symbolic designs, chairs hold valuable historical information for aestheticians and art critics. The background, including the designer, the artistic school influencing the production process and the final user, speak a lot about the product.
A large number of acclaimed designers have tried designing a chair at least once during their professional activities. Architects like German-American Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Finnish-American Eero Saarinen, American Frank Lloyd Wright and British Norman Foster are among artists whose chair designs are the most outstanding works of art in their time.
Between the start of modern art movement (1870) and the beginning of WW II (1939), designing and art progressed along a fully creative track. The first models of the couch are the result of the revolutionary era.
"History of art and society has always been interwoven and affected by political, cultural and technologic issues. So it can be seen that the geographical and social environment of artists affect their final style of design," Tehrani said.
Designers today have a valuable and rich source of information. Such events provide opportunities for artists to a unique record in Iranian designing.
The art center aims to identify the past, oversee the present and seek the future path in chair architecture through observation and documentation of historical background of Iranian contemporary designs.
It is also making efforts to introduce another dimension of professional characteristics of architects to the art society. "The event provides an opportunity for artists to present their unique art in chairs, a change from routine complexities of construction projects," she said.
Pante'a Eslami, Rambod Ilkhani, Maryam Pousti, Alireza Taghaboni, Amir Qasempour, Alireza Mashhadi Mirza and Reza Najafian are among the architects attending the event.
The opening ceremony on September 25 saw the participation of university professors, students, artisans, architects and designers.
The chair design show will run through October 9.


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Tips on How to Identify a Good Air Conditioning System Today
When one thinks about the commercial heating then one of the best things about this equipment is that one should always make sure that it is in good shape and also it is running up well and also uses less power when it is being operated on, the other thing is that it always has less chances of breaking down. One of the things that one should always make sure that they do is that they should make sure that its performance is very efficient and also one should make sure that the maintenance is always done on time and also it should be done well. By having a commercial heating one is very sure that the staffs and also the clients are always happy. With the commercial heating then one is always sure of the improved indoor air quality and one is also sure that the premises itself is very healthy which is very good even to the tenants.
One of the good things with the commercial air conditioning is that one is able to keep their own customers and also the staffs very much comfortable all year round and thus the work is able to be done well. One is also able to save a lot of money since the air conditioning is working well and also there are no repairs which are being done. When it comes to the comfort then one is very sure that there will be improved comfort to everyone who is working there and thus improved results. With the commercial air conditioning then one should always make sure that the equipment is always reliable and with this one should make sure that the maintenance is always done so that to avoid any breakdown and also any discomfort of any kind.
There is always some improvement at the job area and also the performance is always improved when one has an air conditioner. Insects and parasites don't like low temperatures and thus when one has an air conditioner then one is sure that they will be reduced drastically. When one wants to reduce the risk of dehydration then one can always make sure that they use an air conditioner and with this one is also sure that they will not be sweating much. One of the best things, when one is using an air conditioner, is that when it has been installed well and also when the maintenance is done well too then the quality of the air is always good and quality and thus it is always renewed. An air conditioning will always improve the comfort level at your place of work and also when it comes to leisure then one is very much comfortable and this is the main reason why you should choose a reliable one.
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Where can I find a DPA (data processing agreement) for the use of TrueKey. Since I store customers passwords on your servers I need this kind of agreement.Couldn't find anything through the privacy policy.
One week on, and a deafening silence.
I don't think anyone monitoring this section is qualified to say anything about GDPR.
I don't think anyone working for McAfee who knows about GDPR visits this place.
The Privacy Policies for both Consumer and Business customers have been updated, both on May 24th. That cannot be a coincidence. Neither one mentions anything that answers your question.
In the previous version of the Consumer Privacy Policy there was reference to an email address - firstname.lastname@example.com - that is missing from the revised version. It might still be active, and if so it might be worth sending an enquiry there. If it is now dead, there seems no way to get the information you need short of writing to or phoning either McAfee HQ or one of the regional offices. For Western Europe that office is in Ireland (Cork) according to the Privacy Policy. Good luck with that.
In passing I note that McAfee is one of a very small number of companies holding my details which has spared me the trouble of replying to an email on the subject of GDPR. I assume the company knows that the regulations have now come into force, but ...
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I am waiting to hear back from internal teams regarding the question you had, as soon as I hear back, I will let you know.
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public class DefaultOpenFileCallback extends AbstractDialogCallback implements OpenFileCallback
OpenFileCallback implementation that shows a file chooser dialog when the
engine requests to open a file.
OpenFileCallback.Action, OpenFileCallback.Params
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DefaultOpenFileCallback(javafx.scene.Node parent)
Creates a new callback instance.
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on(OpenFileCallback.Params params,
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Invoked when the callback needs a response for the given callback parameters.
public DefaultOpenFileCallback(javafx.scene.Node parent)
parent - the parent
Node that is used to determine the
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the dialog is displayed. If null, or if the parent has no Window, a default
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public void on(OpenFileCallback.Params params, OpenFileCallback.Action tell)
on in interface
params - the object that represents the callback parameters
tell - the object that can be used to provide the callback response. One of its
methods must be invoked to provide the response. Once the response has been
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Home › Power Tools › Planers Biscuit Jointers & Routers › HiKOKI › HiKOKI M12VE 1/2in Variable Speed Router 2000W 240V
1 x HiKOKI M12VE 1/2in Variable Speed Router 240V version.
The HiKOKI M12VE 1/2in Variable Speed Router has a compact, lightweight design and a powerful, variable speed motor with constant speed control. Fitted with a convenient variable speed dial and adjustable handles that can be set for optimum user comfort.
Supplied with: 1 x 1/2in Collet Chuck, 1 x 1/4in Collet Chuck, 1 x Straight Guide, 1 x 30mm Template Guide, 1 x Wrench, 1 x Carrying Case.
Input Power: 240V: 2,000W, 110V: 1,570W
No Load Speed: 8,000-22,000/min.
Collet: 1/2in & 1/4in
Plunge Depth: 65mm
Weight: 5.3kg
The Milwaukee multibay 6 dock battery charger is brand new out. It can charge the M18 Milwaukee batteries 1.5Ah, 2.0Ah, 3.0Ah and 4.0Ah. This battery charger also features a by-pass mode to choose the battery bay that gets charged first. It also has a carry handle so that it can be easily transported. 240v. No Box.
Can be used to charge 6 M18 batteries.
No Box.
Carry handle.
Charges M18 1.5Ah batteries in 30 minutes, 2.0Ah batteries in 40 minutes, 3.0Ah batteries in 60 minutes and 4.0Ah batteries in 80 minutes.
Features a by-pass mode to choose the battery bay that gets charged first.
We aim to supply all products marked "in Stock" over £25 on a one to two working day basis provided the order is placed by 3.00pm. Free Two Day Delivery on orders over £75.00 including vat to UK Mainland. Under £75.00, a carriage charge of £5.95 will be charged dependent on weight.
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Hopefully you won't need to return an item of your order, if you do, we're here to help. Firstly let us know. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, Telephone 01623 622439, Fax 01623 420134. Please have your invoice number to hand so we can deal with your request.


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On Thursday May 23rd, a tornado touched down in Columbia around 3:30pm. The neighborhoods of MacGill's Common in Kings Contrivance and Clemens Crossing in Hickory Ridge were among those most directly hit. Fortunately there were no known serious injuries, but there was some property damage, power loss (now restored), and downed trees and branches throughout the area. More information about the storm can be found here: Baltimore Sun
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I'm so happy I'm able to finish this challenge.
I couldn't do it last year.
Linda you now have me hooked on black and gold!
That was my inspiration.
Even the deer are black and gold.
Here is the finished tag.
Here is a close up of the texture, little pearls, snowflakes and the ribbon.
Thanks so much for stopping by!


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Attarintlo Akka Chellellu 11 September 2019 Written Update: Shravani Sees Dharani
Earlier, in Attaritlo Akka Chellellu, Vayuputra sneaks into Vikram's phone and shares Shravani's text with Vedavati. Meanwhile, Shravani wonders why he had not replied to her text after reading it. Aditya and Dharani go back home from the hospital. On the way, Aditya befriends the auto driver called F2. Saiydamma prepares a feast and serves it to Mallesh and Yadagiri. She also has a few things for funeral kept ready in another corner of her house. Godawari sees Shravani dressing up and asks where she was headed. But Shravani does not reply properly.
Watch the latest episode here:
In today's episode, Saiydamma eats her rice and tells Mallesh and Yadagiri that she has a younger brother whom she looked after like a son. But a decade ago, when he asked her to stop drinking alcohol, they had a verbal spat and he left home. She tells them that he is the only one who can find Shankarayya and Dharani. Saiydamma asks Mallesh and Yadagiri to call her brother when she dies and inform him about the whole fiasco.
As Saiydamma demands that Dharani be brought home and married to Shankarayya, she falls on the bed. She tells the boys that Dharani must only bear a child who would take her family ahead. Saidyamma also reveals that she had mixed poison in her food, not oil. Mallesh and Yadagiri are conflicted about what should be done next. They promise Saiydamma to fulfill her wish and decide to take her to the hospital. Hamsa calls Shivudu and tells him to come soon, instead of using up the money for drinking or buying liquor.
Shivudu agrees and hangs up the call. He sees Vedavati and Vayuputra getting into their car and calls out to them. He greets them and they reciprocate his gesture. Shivudu asks why they hadn't been coming to see their property (the place where Shivudu stays). Vayuputra tells Shivudu happily that when someone like him is looking after the property, they needn't worry about it. Shivudu also informs that it was quiet and lonely before but now they have another newlywed couple to give them company.
Shravani and Vikram come to a restaurant far from the city centre to avoid any disturbance on their date. Dharani, Aditya and F2, too, take a halt at the same restaurant to grab a cup of tea. Vikram tries to talk to her about their relationship but Shravani acts as if she has no clue about what he was talking. At a point, Vikram decides to satisfy her ego and proposes marriage to her by asking if the ring he bought would fit her. Shravani takes her time as Vikram tries to talk as much as he could. Finally, she says yes!
As the newly-engaged couple enjoys their moment, the waiter drops tea on Shravani forearm. Surprisingly, she apologises to the waiter and asks for the restroom to clean up. There Shravani sees that Dharani was sitting opposite them the whole time. She wonders why Dharani has been lurking around her like bad luck. Vikram calls out and Shravani returns to their table. He asks if they should leave to meet his family. But Shravani fears that he would look at Dharani and asks him to sit for some more time since its peaceful.
In the meantime, Aditya and F2 discuss the possible business ideas that they can venture into. They think of driving, tea stall, fashion boutique and more. Dharani is annoyed to hear their unending discussion and asks them to stop it. She too sees Sharavani and insists Aditya and F2 leave for home now.
Read the full written update for the previous episodes here. Watch more episodes of Attarintlo Akka Chellellu on ZEE5, before TV.


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Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers
or t n ttt for short (tnttt.com)
agpage wrote:Is it possible to fit the 1740 LB Harbor Freight trailer with electric breaks? I would like to tow with a Subaru Forester, and it requires breaks for anything over 1000 LBS.
I tried searching, but every post with the words Harbor Freight Breaks was about tool quality not stopping power.
Andrew Page
Kevin A wrote:I'm not one for criticizing other people's spelling skills, but in this particular case your search efforts might bring better results with the word "brakes" rather then "breaks". Just a thought
Alphacarina wrote:Pretty sure this kit will fit the HF 1740 - It uses 1 1/16th bearings for both the inner and outer. You will probably have to have brackets welded on to be able to bolt the brake backing plates to the axles though, so even with a complete kit, it's not a simple install . . . . unless you want to buy an entire new axle complete with brakes . . . . .
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/ ... _200338670
Yes, I did mention that he would need to have the brackets for the backing plates welded on - It might be simpler (and cheaper) to just buy another axle . . . . complete with brakesbg wrote:that will only work if the HF axle has a brake flange welded to the axle i.e. http://www.etrailer.com/pc-tpbamf~4-34.htm
Alphacarina wrote:...What's the difference (to the Suburu) in stopping a 1,000 pound trailer and/or stopping a carful of 200 pound adults with all their luggage in the back?
Alphacarina wrote:True - Those are both 'differences' . . . . though they have little to do with the extra effort required by the Suburu to stop an extra 1,000 pounds . . . .
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ACT NOW! has accused the government of lying to the nation over the SABL land grab and says people across the country will be angry and disappointed.
The SABL land grab, affecting over 50,000 square kilometres of customary land, was one of the biggest national issues over the lifetime of the last Parliament and in the lead-up to the National election both the Prime Minister and Lands Minister made clear statements that gave the impression all the SABL leases were deemed illegal and had been cancelled.
Those statements have now been contradicted by the new Lands Minister, Justin Tkatchenko. Yesterday, he told the media he was setting up a special committee to look at the leases and decide which ones were illegal and which should be cancelled.
Government lied to get re-elected?
It now looks as if this government lied to us all on the issue of the SABL land grab in order to get re-elected. How can the then Lands Minister say in April that he is 'announcing to the country and the people that the Government has taken a blanket cancellation of all special agriculture business leases and as we speak, they are all illegal' and then four months later his successor say the leases have NOT been cancelled and the government has NOT yet decided which are illegal?
We even had the Prime Minister in March, tell the nation, on camera 'I have made the decisions that I can make, what is legally required of me and the NEC; that is that we have cancelled all the licences. All the SABL licences are illegal in this country'.
If it is true the leases have not been cancelled, then the people of PNG, indeed the whole world, have been deceived.
ACT NOW! is now demanding the government:
- Confirm all logging operations in SABL areas have been stopped and ensure the logging companies withdraw;
- Ensure all oil palm operations in SABL areas are stopped until a final decision is made on the leases;
- Ensure all police and army personnel are removed from SABL areas;
- Publish a list of all SABLs and their current status; and
- Tell the nation which leases they believe are 'legitimate'.
It is now four years since the Commission of Inquiry reported, since then all we have had are lies and false promises.
Numerous committees and decisions have been announced but on the ground nothing has changed and the illegal occupation of customary land and illegal logging continues with the full connivance of the government.


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When my children were young, we planned and took "The Trip of a Lifetime". We actually called it that because we never anticipated being able to do it again. In preparation for this trip, which would include a snorkeling opportunity, I bought my kids snorkeling gear and took them to a local pool to practice. I wanted them to get the most from their adventure in the ocean, without being hampered by not being familiar with the equipment. They practiced going along the surface; they practiced diving down and following it with a mighty burst of air to clear the water from their snorkel tube. They were ready. What followed was one of the most humbling experiences of my life.
Drifting along casually, enjoying the sun on my back, I was startled by something sparkling in the sun. Wait a minute. What IS that? Hovering at the surface of the water, I eventually determined that a golden ripple in the sea grass was indeed REAL gold. I was able to make out a claw hook and realized it was a gold necklace, left behind some other day by some other snorkeler.
Now is the time to use that practiced skill of diving to the bottom and claiming my treasure. And yet? I WAS PARALYZED WITH FEAR. I couldn't bear the thought of filling that tube with sea water. I couldn't bear the thought of sucking in a mouthful of salt. In hindsight, apparently my brain was paralyzed too. It never occurred to me to rip the snorkel out of my mouth and just hold my breath.
Did I claim the prize and come home the snorkeling champion? No. After looking for any kind of landmarks, of which there were none, I surfaced to look for one of my expert children to dive for me. In doing so, and treading water with my fins, I churned up all kinds of sand and sea grass and was never able to find the necklace again.
Life brings all kinds of lessons, doesn't it? This painful one has always remained in the back of my mind, never to be forgotten. I think of it whenever an opportunity comes along that, for one reason or another, fills me with fear. I think of it whenever I read scriptures that speak of fear like: "but you feared and the time is past"(D&C 9:11), or "there were fears in your heart, and verily this is the reason that ye did not receive" (D&C 67:3), or "But with some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide the talent which I have given unto them, because of the fear of man" (D&C 60:2).
I hope you are not living with regrets due to fear. They may be the most painful kind.