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Tasks play an important role in any project management activity. Project and its progress revolve around Task activities and its progress. A project is said to be complete only if all its tasks are properly managed.
Tasks section is divided into two sub-sections:
- Tasks Details
- Tasks Summary
Steps to add new tasks
I. Create a Task List
Task List: Similar tasks grouped together to form a Task list. A Task list is a collection of tasks with common objective/functionality.
To enhance task management and hence project management activity, ViduPM offers users to group together tasks with similar functionalities.
Note: Similarity is a matter of right of user and not ViduPM. A user can group tasks based on their own requirement and reasoning.
In order to manage the task, the user needs to manage and create a Task list. Add tasks to them based on their own requirements.
Steps to create Task list
- Click on 'Add Task List' on top right margin
- Enter task list name in 'Add New Tasklist' window
- Default privacy 'Everyone'
- To change default privacy settings
(a) Click on drop down of Privacy tab
(b) Select the user by ticking the box in front of Username and subsequently clicking on 'Done'
Note 1
Privacy- Visibility of task list to a particular user
Everyone- Visible to everyone
Myself- Visible to only me
Note 2
Site/Company Owner, Company Admin, Project Admin has default rights to see a task list and hence are not visible in Privacy list
- You can set a task list to the particular template
(a) Click on Template tab
(b) Click on the drop down and select one of the existing template (existing Tasklist Template)
- The user can also attach particular Milestone to a tasklist
- Click on Milestone tab and select from drop down
Note: Milestones will be visible in the drop-down only if they are already created.
- Click on create Task List
II. Once Tasklist is created, you can add tasks to them
- Click on 'Add Task List' corresponding to tasklist in which you want to add tasks
- Enter Task Name and other details in 'Add New Task' window
- Who and When will have Start and End Date along with Responsibility tab
This section requires you to set the responsibilities and schedule Start and End date of a task.
(a) By default, user responsibility is Unassigned
(b) To change default responsibility, select the dropdown, tick the box corresponding to the user(s) you want them to be responsible for the tasks
Privacy- Visibility of task to a particular user
(a) By default, task privacy is set to everyone
(b) To change default Privacy, select the dropdown, tick the box corresponding to the user(s)
Everyone- Visible to everyone
Myself- Visible to only me
Note 1: A normal user can see the particular task only if that user is included in the Privacy list of that Task
Note 2: Site Owner, Company Admin, Project Admin has default rights to see a task and hence are not visible in Privacy list
- Progress- Set Progress of the task
- Priority- Set Priority of the tasks
- Repeat- If a particular task needs to be repeatedly executed after a fixed period of time
Set the Repeat status or select 'Do Not Repeat' if a task is a one-time activity
Files- ViduPM allows the user to upload a file which can be attached and act as a testimonial or record for that task. Click on the select file and upload from your local system.
Click on 'Save' to create a new task. Task created message will be displayed.
New created Task is displayed under tasklist.
Note: Normal users are visible in privacy and ownership only if they are in either ownership or Privacy list of the corresponding Tasklist.
Site Owner, Company Admin, Project Admin have by default rights of tasks visibility.
Manage Tasklists
This section of ViduPM provides user to manage Tasklist and Task on task detail page.
Task detail page comprises of following details:
- Tasklist and Task name
- Tasklist tools
- Hidden tools-tasks/subtasks
- Tasks and subtasks estimated time
- Task and Subtasks progress
- Logged time against tasks/subtasks
I) Tasklist and Task name- Displays name of the task list, task name, subtask name
II)Tasklist tools- The image below is self-explanatory
- Edit
- Move
- Save as a Template
- Delete
- Copy
- Add Task
Hover or click the downward arrow link and the user can select the function they need to perform.
Edit- Click on 'Edit' and update the details and click on 'Update Tasklist' to save the changes
Move- Allows Users to move tasklist from one Project to other Project.
1) Click on Move and select 'New Destination' Project from the list of task lists and select 'Yes' in confirmation message (Do you want to move tasklist)
2) Click on 'Move Tasklist' and the corresponding Tasklist will be moved permanently to the destination Project.
Note: Tasklist once moved, would no longer exist in source Project!
Task and subtasks associated with that Tasklist would also move to destination Project.
Irrespective of Privacy and Ownership settings of tasklist, Task and Subtask in Source Project, the default Ownership and Privacy of task list and task/subtask associated with it will change to 'Everyone'.
Save as a Template
ViduPM provides User with the feature to save a particular Tasklist structure to a template.
In a case of recurring template requirement, 'Save As Template' feature comes handy and effective.
- Click on 'Save As Template' option
- Enter Template Name and select the checkbox if you want completed task under Tasklist to be part of Template
- Click on 'Save and Verify' the Template in the list of templates available while creating new Tasklist
Click on 'Delete' to remove Tasklist completely from the project
Note: All task and subtask associated with Tasklist will also be removed permanently if Tasklist is deleted.
Allows User to 'Copy' Tasklist from one Project to other Project
- Click on Copy and select the new destination of Project
- If all Tasks are to be copied to new Project that has been selected, all tasks and subtask associated with the Project will be copied otherwise the only tasklist is copied
- Click 'Copy Tasklist' and select 'Yes' when confirmation message pops up (Do you want to copy tasklist?), Tasklist will be copied to the destination folder
Note: Tasklist copied would remain in both source and destination folder
Irrespective of Privacy and Ownership settings of Tasklist, Task and Subtask in source Project, the default Ownership and Privacy of Tasklist and Task/Subtask associated with it will change to everyone.
Add Task
To add a task in the corresponding task list
III. Hidden Tools- Manage Tasks and Subtasks
ViduPM offers the wide range of features to manage both Tasks and Subtasks and that's where Hidden Tools are accountable.
Note: These tools are not visible unless the user mouse hovers over these tools. These tools are located right next to Task and Subtask.
- Edit Task/Subtask
- Set Task Time
- Set Task Progress
- Deleted Task/Subtask
- Add Subtask (only in case of task tools)
- Task/Subtask Comments
Edit Task/Subtask
This tool enables User to update Task/Subtask details
Steps to edit Task/Subtask:
1) Click on Edit tool, update task detail
2) Click on 'Save' to update changes in Task/Subtask details
Set Task Time
Enables Users to add estimated time for completing a particular Task/Subtask
1) Click on Add Estimated Time, enter hours and minutes, click on Save Time
Note 1: Both Task and Subtask can be given Estimated Time
Note 2: Sum of Estimated Time of Subtask (if any) form Estimated Time of Tasks (if Task Estimated Time is not provided)
Note 3: Sum of Estimated Time of Tasks form Estimated Time of Tasklist
Set Task/Subtask Progress
Let user set Task/Subtask Progress
- Click on Task Progress icon
- Set the Task Progress slider
- Click on Save
Deleted Task/Subtask
This tool allows you to delete a certain Task/Subtask.
Click on Delete tool and select Yes from the pop-up window to confirm delete operation.
Note: On deleting a Task, Subtask (if any) associated with it also gets deleted.
Add Subtask
Tasks can be further subdivided into micro-tasks called subtasks based on requirement. Below is an example which explains the workflow and structure of Project management.
To run a car, you need to start first, which involves various subtasks like pressing clutch, accelerator, change of gears, etc.
Running a car is analogous to project while starting a car to Task. Pressing Starkey is one of the subtasks without which starting task of a car and hence running a car is impossible.
Steps to add Subtask:
- Click on task tool icon corresponding (image) to the task
- Enter Subtask Name and other details in Add New Subtask window
- Who and When will have Start and End Date along with Responsibility tab
(a) By default, users are responsible for everyone
(b) To change default responsibility, select the drop-down, tick the box corresponding to the user(s) you want them to be responsible for the tasks
- Privacy- Visibility of Subtask to a particular user
(a) By default Subtask, Privacy is set to everyone
(b) To change default Privacy, select the drop-down, tick the checkbox corresponding to the user(s)
Everyone- Visible to everyone
Myself- Visible to me only
Note 1: A normal user can see the particular Subtask only if that user is included in the Privacy list of that SubTask.
Note 2: SiteOwner, Company Admin, Project Admin has default visibility rights of a Subtask and hence are not visible in Privacy list.


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From his body language while playing to his unique, free flowing improvisations, there is nobody like Keith Jarrett.
This is from AllMusic:
Pianist, composer, and bandleader Keith Jarrett is one of the most prolific, innovative, and iconoclastic musicians to emerge from the late 20th century. As a pianist (though that is by no means the only instrument he plays) he literally changed the conversation in jazz by introducing an entirely new aesthetic regarding solo improvisation in concert. Though capable of playing in a wide variety of styles, Jarrett is deeply grounded in the jazz tradition. He has recorded nearly 80 albums as a leader in jazz and classical music. And he has won the Down Beat Critics Poll as a pianist numerous times — including consecutively between 2001 and 2008. (Continue Reading…)
Jarrett has played for years with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock. NPR also offers a profile of the pianist:
Whether playing solo or in an ensemble, Jarrett has always taken improvisation to its highest degree. When playing solo, he often begins with no music or preconceived notions. His top selling 1975 album, The Koln Concerts provides ample testament to Jarrett's prowess on the piano. Incidentally, when Jarrett improvises, he really doesn't hear the piano. (Continue Reading…)
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- For a Person who has received Christ, the Bible is a complete and without error guide to how to live a God honoring life.
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This time of year I've felt myself harking back to my trip to the Greek Islands to visit a client on Kastellorizo (Castellorizo) last year. The scene for the 1991 Oscar winning movie Mediterraneo, Kastellorizo is renowned for being low key and less commercialised than many of its sister islands. The perfect place to indulge in some uninterrupted R&R, the island is rugged, mountainous with steep cliff coastlines dropping into crystal blue waters, and there is only one town, which is characterized by its slender houses with wooden balconies and Anatolian windows.
One of the easternmost islands in the Greek archipelago, Kastellorizo less than half an hour from Turkey so can catch a boat to the mainland and shop for Turkish wares. Deserted after World War II, it's regained popularity in recent years because of its non-commercialised, untrammeled, environs.
We were there working last year, and the weather was cold, so I didn't get to enjoy all the sights and experiences the island has to offer, but in the port you can swim with the Caretta Caretta sea turtles, but that's definitely on my to do list when I return.
What we did get to do was enjoy plenty of the local fare as it was so chilly that we spent a lot of time holed up in a little restaurant with a cozy open fire called Alexandra's Restaurant. The grandmother made fresh dolmades each day from vine leaves picked straight from the vine and they were the most delicious thing. If you do happen to visit, make sure you mention the crazy ladies from Australia who sat in their restaurant keeping warm for hours on end. They'll know who you are talking about!
If you're looking for a party holiday, Kastellorizo isn't for you, but if you're looking for somewhere to indulge in a big chill out, enjoy breathtaking natural beauty, and do some island hopping, it's definitely a must-visit.


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RVH commits to providing French Language Services in designated areas
In order to enhance the patient- and family-centred care experience offered to its francophone clients, Renfrew Victoria Hospital is the taking the necessary steps to meet the requirements of the French Language Services Act (FLSA).
RVH operates three regional programs in a geographical area of Renfrew County designated to comply with the Act:
The City of Pembroke (along with the Townships of Whitewater Region and Laurentian Valley) fall under the FLSA legislation.
RVH's Board of Directors recently supported the request for partial designation and approved the plan to implement changes to these identified programs to meet requirements of the Act.
Receiving health care services in French for Francophone patients can lead to increased patient comfort, feeling of control and better outcomes.
"We recognize how essential it is to recovery and well-being that French-speaking victims of abuse are able to access health services in their preferred language," notes Jennifer Valiquette, RN, BScN, SANE(A), Clinical Nursing Manager, Regional Assault Care Program.
Julia Boudreau, Vice President of RVH Corporate Services says improvements are now underway to fulfil the obligations of the Act, and at first contact departments have begun the journey of providing service in the official language of the patient's choice.Some of the other work completed includes: all public documents relating to these three programs have been sent for translation, the three program's website content is available in both official languages and employees in those three programs have self-identified as being able to offer services in both official languages.
Ongoing improvements will be made to provide bilingual signage, conducting French language testing for staff that have self-identified and updating their hospital identification badges, French language training and updating telephone answering machine systems.
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The F.B.I.'s investigation of Wen Ho Lee, the nuclear weapons scientist who was suspected of spying for China, was ''deeply and fundamentally flawed,'' a Justice Department report released today found.
The report, two chapters of which had been previously released, said the F.B.I.'s national security division and its Albuquerque office failed to give the investigation a high priority.
''The investigation was never accorded the resources which the underlying allegations warranted and should have dictated,'' the report said. ''Frequent, unnecessary and inappropriate delays characterized the Wen Ho Lee investigation.''
Dr. Lee, a Taiwan-born naturalized citizen, was fired from his job at the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in March 1999 as a result of the espionage investigation.
Mr. Lee was never charged with spying. Instead, he was arrested in December 1999 on 59 counts of mishandling classified nuclear data. He pleaded guilty last year to one count of downloading nuclear weapons design secrets to a nonsecure computer, and the government dropped all remaining charges.
While the case was pending, Dr. Lee was held in solitary confinement.
The report released today was completed in May 2000, and its general findings, sharply critical of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to a lesser extent of the Justice and Energy Departments, were made known at the time.
In one of two chapters that were released in August, the report rejected accusations that Dr. Lee had been singled out for investigation because of his race.
In 1999, Attorney General Janet Reno named a federal prosecutor, Randy Bellows, to lead an internal review into whether mistakes were made in the Lee case starting in 1982, when his name surfaced in a separate espionage case at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
In that earlier investigation, the F.B.I. failed to formally notify the Energy Department of specific information about Dr. Lee that might have led to the revocation of his security clearance, the report said.
In the investigation in the late 1990's, the bureau's national security division initially showed an ''unreasonable reluctance'' to get involved.


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- Start with the tough jobs. (Oven, Stove) and work progressively (Showers, Tubs) toward easier jobs. (closets)
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Yay, I made it!! I survived the first aid course last weekend and it was quite good, if I might say so myself. 😉
Despite the fact that Murphy's law took a swing at me…(and believe me I went down), I must say that the weekend turned out quite alright.
Everything was fine and I wasn't really all that nervous when I started my first aid course Saturday morning (for your information this was my second first aid course since I became an instructor 2 years ago) but on Sunday, soon after starting the second day of the course my period, which will be over by tomorrow *knock on wood*, hit me real bad and while my body coped alright my mind went blabla.
That is bad as it is but even worse when a superior training colleague watches your mental capacity in a low. Yes, Torsten was there, he is my superior training colleague and there was nothing I could do but feel embarrassed and bewildered about myself. There was nothing I could do. I mean I didn't teach anything wrong but my structure was gone and I forgot to mention tiny things…
I really felt bad about the blankness of my mind and was quite glad when it suddenly disappeared Sunday afternoon. Really, as if a veil of darkness – I know this sounds exaggerated – was taken from my mind.
WHOSH and I could think clearly again.
Apart from my lacking concentration, one participant fell asleep repetitively in my course. I am sure though that he wanted to send a message and wasn't really sleeping. He used to be a first aid instructor himself but failed to renew his license some ten years ago.
By the way that is also his first aid knowledge, the one from ten years ago.
Ah well, sorry, I am being mean. Well, I am allowed to, he tried to disturb my course by interrupting other participants and by trying to steer me off topic and get me involved in off-topic discussions. For instance by saying that this or that is stated different in the teaching materials. The thing is I knew better and managed to stop him from further attempts to disturb the course. Of course he wasn't happy.
I later heard, that during the breaks, he would go to the other participants and complain about the course.
I was really happy when I discovered that everyone else really liked my course and that some of the people even confronted him about his negativity and told him to shut up.
Anyway, 11 people showed up for the course and I really liked it. So did they, I managed to hit the right amount of fun and seriousness. 😉
My desk, where I would have liked to sit – yet I am more of a standing / walking instructor.
Yes there is half a car on the wall and some halves of first aid puppets for that matter 😉
Sunday's last topic. Remove the helmet or leave it on??
Next month I will teach courses more regularly and …tadaaaaa, I will be teaching life-saving measures courses in English.
Gee, I am nervous about this though.
Okay people, I am off to the weekly Red Cross meeting…and I am feeling so much better, thanks for all the support and comments, you rock!!
All is well…


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Wild Love is created by hand in New Zealand by Naturopath and Medical Herbalist Louise Garland.
It all started when I made a jar of Kawakawa healing balm for a medicine making class at Naturopathic College. I gave it to a friend who said it really helped her eczema and asked if I could make some more, so I did and the word spread. To this day the balm continues to sell itself through a reputation it has gained for being no less than magic in a jar. It is absolutely amazing for pretty much all skin complaints, but also it's a beautiful product to use day to day as your skin requires. Through this balm I have learned the incredible art of Rongoa Maori (traditional Maori medicine) and I have the uttermost respect for our native Kawakawa.
I love that through my products people learn about herbal medicine and the amazing way it impacts their body.
My tea range started with Damiana, a beautiful herb that is grown and used throughout Mexico and Central and South America, with early documented use by the Mayan people. When researching this fascinating plant I found that it had been traditionally used as an aphrodisiac, but also as a general tonic for the nervous system, particularly of benefit when people are tired or depressed. Love Tea is a blend of Damiana, Hibiscus petals and green tea. It has a beautiful rose hue created from the hibiscus, which has traditionally been used to regulate fluid balance, improve skin conditions, support healthy circulation, improve digestive issues and promote overall health. Green tea is loaded with antioxidants and nutrients that have powerful positive effects on the body.
Next I thought it would be fun to create a tea that supported brain function, again using a herb that isn't seen a lot in herbal teas, Ginkgo Biloba. Ginkgo has long been known to stimulate brain cells to increase mental sharpness. The tea also incorporates Lemon Balm and green tea into the blend. Lemon Balm brings a delicious lemony flavour to the tea and is known to improve attention, cognition and memory, and promote relaxation of the nervous system; and antioxidant rich green tea supports overall brain health.
The third edition to the Wild Love tea family is Native Tea. I have a long-standing love affair with our native Kawakawa and so it was only natural to create a tea using my all-time favourite herb. Kawakawa is an incredibly powerful plant that we are very lucky to have here in NZ. A tea made from the leaves has been used by Rongoa practitioners for many ailments including digestive and circulatory complaints, and also as a blood purifier. The addition of green tea adds some depth to the brew, which is warming and perfect for any time of the day.
I have since added to the collection;
Sleep Tea, made from the sleep supporting herbs Passionflower, Chamomile, Skullcap and Liquorice.
Nurture Tea and Nourish Tea, therapeutic blends to support during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Baby Balm, a gentle Kawakawa balm with the addition of Calendula.
Wild Love teas are all 100% organic, made in small batches by hand by me.


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Do you think oil companies should continue to get huge tax breaks?
Why does Mccain want to continue giving the richest companies in the world more of our money?
Mccain wants to give oil companies 4 billion dollars.a year for ripping us off.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
Let's be serious here. ALL the people in congress want to keep the taxes low on "big oil". The oil companies are a major pipeline of dollars flowing into their campaigns. They certainly won't bite the hand that feeds them.
- The TaxpayerLv 71 decade ago
Yes I do.
If you want to encourage something...subsidize it.
If you want to discourage something ... tax it.
The oil companies are doing well, but mostly because of consumption. The government receives more money per gallon in taxes than the oil companies do. In fact the government gets over 24 cents/gallon v. oil companies less than 8 cents.
Listen...it's not that I love oil companies or even care about them. There are thousands of refinery jobs, distribution jobs and exploration/drilling jobs at stake. We're going to use the oil & gas anyway, even while other technologies are being developed. I'd rather pay go to US workers..
- 1 decade ago
Ok, really, you liberals need to go back and study percentages. Oil companies have about an 8% profit margin. What is the profit margin for, oh, say, a University?
Oil companies pay billions in taxes, they also make billions in profits, but that's because they are the largest businesses in the world. Instead of spending your life being jealous that other people have money, why not improve yourself, go to college (well, first, you might want to review some simple math principles like percentages) and get a great job and make some yourself?
You could be the one who finds some great, cheap, renewable energy that will get us off oil forever. Get to work on that one, will you, smarty pants?
- Reagan '12Lv 61 decade ago
Sorry you are misinformed. Oil companies aren't the ones "ripping you off." What good does it show the oil companies when our government says no to expanding the number of refineries, locations to drill, and the ability to prolong the event of a major energy crisis? That's what Congress did when they said no to the drill here and drill now proposal. Luckily, conservatives stayed in session and worked it out so we could have the lower gas prices that we are seeing now (about $70 a barrel now compared to $150 a barrel that we had mid-summer). It's obvious that if you try to tax them more, they will just put the cost onto the consumers. Giving them the tax breaks are the only thing alowing them to expand and grow as a company since government as a whole is not giving them the opportunity for it. Would you rather spend 4 billion more on foreign oil when we have the oil here in our own country? Just like oil is a huge industry in the middle east, it could be a huge industry here and it could help get rid of both the economic crisis, create more jobs, but even further, it could get us closer to oil independence and alternative energy.
It could fix our economy simply by fixing the transportation industry. trucking companies are pushing a fuel surcharge onto the companies they are hauling for, and those companies just raise the cost of their goods to make up for the fuel surcharge. Making it cheaper to move goods across our nation will help boost the economy. Taxing oil companies will make it cost more. It's about time we give breaks to companies who are trying to work for us but the government keeps saying no.
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- 1 decade ago
Please give me an example of this huge tax break.
This is what I found.....
Both candidates are referring to H.R. 6, the 2005 energy bill that contained $14.3 billion in subsidies for energy companies. However, as we've reported numerous times, a vast majority of those subsidies (all but $2.8 billion) were for nuclear power, energy-efficient cars and buildings, and renewable fuels research. In addition, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, the tax changes in the 2005 energy bill produced a net tax increase for the oil and gas companies, as we've reported time and time and time again. They did get some breaks, but they had more taken away.
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- che_obamaLv 41 decade ago
If you are looking for a classic example of why I will not vote Dem, this is number one.
Oil companies receive tax incentives for the purpose of driving growth. In return they pay a TREMENDOUS amount of taxes.
In addition, how many MILLIONS of high paying jobs with outstanding benefits are CREATED by big oil for AVERAGE Americans like you and I. (Hint...Those jobs also pay taxes).
The freakin oil companies are the best thing to EVER happen to you, I, the American economy, and our envied way of life. You better learn to love them, and you better learn to protect them.
- robert cLv 71 decade ago
Those oil company's are probably backing both candidates to the hilt!So it goes without saying they want something in return!Tax breaks!
- 1 decade ago
Yes-I do think oil companies should get tax breaks because if Obama gets elected and raises their taxes who do you think really pays for it? WE DO! At the pump, at the grocery store, at the retail shops, everywhere.
And how is it your money? Don't they make the money-you're talking about 1% of the population?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Taxing oil companies simply hit us at the pump...so its a no win situation overall
we need a new fuel source.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Businesses never pay taxes. They just pass the cost off to the consumer of their product or cut costs by not hiring, not giving raises, not paying for healthcare, etc.


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ArtSpace partners with local schools to offer select team sports. The Hospitality League is co-ed and offered to grades 6-8. Team sports include flag-football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and soccer in the spring. Intramural sports fosters team-building skills in addition to inspire students to remain active and fit as part of the NC Healthy Child Initiative.
2019 Flag Football Game Schedule
All games begin at 4:15 unless otherwise noted
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Wavelet Leader and Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis of Market Efficiency: Evidence from the WAEMU Market Index Evidence From WAEMU Market Index
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Efficient markets hypothesis (EMH) has been a hot topic since its introduction in the 1960s. This problematic is a current topic and has been the subject of many studies with different methods. This paper examines the weak-form efficiency of the WAEMU stock exchange from 11/04/2008 to 23/08/2016. We combined the wavelets approaches and multifractal detrended uctuation analysis (MF-DFA) to analyse the efficient market hypothesis of the BRVM10 index of the WAEMU regional stock change. Our ndings show that the log return of BRVM10 index exhibits a persistent and multifractal process.
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Nine senators introduced a resolution early this month that would amend the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's decisions in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) and Buckley v. Valeo (1976). These two cases had restricted Congress's power to limit contributions to political campaigns and independent political expenditures, by both individuals and corporations. Under the amendment, Congress and the states would have the power to limit both contributions and independent expenditures.
"By limiting the influence of big money in politics," said one of the senators, Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, "elections can be more about the voters and their voices, not big money donors and their deep pockets. We need to have a campaign finance structure that limits the influence of the special interests and restores confidence in our democracy."
This proposal is just the latest verse in a very tired song. Once again, the answer to the problem of campaign finance is to "just say no." Limit contributions. Limit independent expenditures. Limit soft money donations. No, no, no.
But at some point, Congress has got to muster the courage to say what every sane reformer recognizes: that we won't solve the problem of "big money donors" until Congress begins to say yes. Not just finance limits, but also finance support. Not just ways to restrict, but also ways to enable.
The framers of our Constitution gave us a republic. They meant by that a "representative democracy." Or as Federalist No. 52 put it, a Congress "dependent upon the People alone."
Despite the founders' intentions, however, Congress has evolved from a dependency "upon the people," to an increasing dependency upon the funders. Members spend 30 percent to 70 percent of their time raising money to stay in Congress, or to get their party back in power. Less than 1 percent of Americans give more than $200 in a political campaign. No more than .05 percent give the maximum in any Congressional campaign. A career focused on the 1 percent — or, worse, the .05 percent — will never earn them the confidence of the 99 percent. Indeed, according to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, so far it hasn't earned them the confidence of any more than 9 percent.
So long as elections cost money, we won't end Congress's dependence on its funders. But we can change it. We can make "the funders" "the people." Following Arizona, Maine and Connecticut, we could adopt a system of small-dollar public funding for Congress.
Here's just one way: almost every voter pays at least $50 in some form of federal taxes. So imagine a system that gave a rebate of that first $50 in the form of a "democracy voucher." That voucher could then be given to any candidate for Congress who agreed to one simple condition: the only money that candidate would accept to finance his or her campaign would be either "democracy vouchers" or contributions from citizens capped at $100. No PAC money. No $2,500 checks. Small contributions only. And if the voter didn't use the voucher? The money would pass to his or her party, or, if an independent, back to this public funding system.
Fifty dollars a voter is real money: more than $6 billion an election cycle. (The total raised in 2010: $1.86 billion.) It's also my money, or your money, used to support the speech that we believe: this is not a public financing system that forces some to subsidize the speech of others. And because a campaign would have to raise its funds from the very many, it could weaken the power of the very few to demand costly kickbacks for their contributions — what the Cato Institute calls "corporate welfare," like subsidies to ethanol manufacturers, or tariffs protecting the domestic sugar industry. Cato estimates that in 2009, the cost of such corporate welfare was $90 billion. If cutting the link to special interest funders could shrink that amount by just 10 percent, the investment would, across a two-year election cycle, pay for itself three times over.
"Just say no" reforms alone have failed. They will always fail in a world where campaigns cost money, and the bulk of that money is raised from less than 1 percent of us. We need these senators to explain this to America, and to take the lead in pushing it — much more than we need yet another reform, like the proposed amendment, designed to just say no.
And if not senators, then here is a version of the Occupy Wall Street slogan that 99 percent of Americans could actually agree upon: campaigns financed by the 1 percent will never earn the confidence of the 99 percent, or appear to any of us as anything other than corrupt. We, all of us, must demand an end to that corruption.


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Category: Children
The school photo
12th October 2007
There is nothing quite like a note telling you it's time for the school photo to send mothers into a tizzy. Planning for this event started several days ago with negotiations to get Olivia to agree to wear a brown and white dress. There are two reasons …
Something missing….
3rd October 2007
Bea is ill. She has a "baddie tummy" and I mean really bad. Poor little love has been writhing around in agony, her temperature soaring. But the most astounding effect of her illness has been on those around her. Her best friend and soul-mate Manon spe …
How scary am I?
27th September 2007
Here follows a conversation between my husband and my son as they lay in bed this morning chatting: "You've got very big arms and you're very strong. Are you scared of anything?" "Mummy." "Mummy's not scary. She's not a witch." "What about her cloak an …
The homecoming (parental truths number seven)
25th September 2007
We got back yesterday evening from a perfect press trip. I did write and tell you all about it but the blog seems to have vanished. I can only assume the tourist board of the Var, keen to avoid yet more visitors to the magical islands of Porquerolles a …
Move over Jose
20th September 2007
I am back from a two-day whirlwind trip to London. The launch party for Ciao Bella was much more fun than Hell's Kitchen, although that wouldn't be too difficult. It even made it into the Peter Kay column of the Daily Mail, albeit a tiny story, right a …
Hands off the cuddly toy
14th September 2007
So the police in Portugal are now making the contents of Kate McCann's diary public. In it she says she is struggling to cope with three young children and that her husband leaves most of the housework to her. They are citing this as a possible motive …
Parental truths number six
12th September 2007
I have always prided myself on the fact that Rupert and I have never had an argument in front of the children. I think after almost 10 years of marriage this is incredibly good going. But, I'm sorry to report, parental truth number six is that you will …
A question of character
9th September 2007
"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds; and until we know what has been or will be the peculiar combination of outward with inward facts, which constitute a man's critical actions, it will be better not to think ourselves wise about …
Has the world gone mad?
7th September 2007
"She did it," a friend of mine living in Surrey just told me on the phone. "Kate McCann is guilty. You should take that Madeleine thing off your blog. No one around here believes she is innocent." Kate McCann has been hurled into a Kafkaesque nightmare …
An ideal to die for
30th August 2007
Olivia and I have been listening to a CD of African music. One of the songs begins with a quote from Nelson Mandela. "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities …
Helena Frith Powell was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Italian father, but grew up mainly in England. She is the author of eleven books, translated into several languages including Chinese and Russian. She wrote the French Mistress column The Sunday Times about life in France for several years. She is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Tatler Magazine and Harper's Bazaar.
Helena has been the editor of four magazines, including M Magazine, a supplement for the Abu Dhabi based National Newspaper and FIVE, a high-end fashion glossy, also published in Abu Dhabi. Helena was also editor in chief of 360 Life, a quarterly glossy magazine published with the Sports 360 Newspaper in Dubai, part of the Chalhoub Group. She writes a beauty blog www.beautyorbeast.uk.
Her third novel, The Arnolfini Marriage, based on a romance that evolves around a van Eyck masterpiece came out in 2016. As well as contributing regularly for newspapers and magazines, writing short stories and studying for a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge, Helena is also working on a thriller called Welcome to Smullö that will be published in spring 2020.
Her latest non-fiction work Smart Women Don't Get Wrinkles came out in hardback in 2016 and came out in paperback in April 2018.
Helena was educated at Durham University and lived in the Languedoc region of France for eight years, where the family still have a home. She lives between there and London with her husband Rupert and their three children.


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Note the parenthesis quote as if there could be any doubt or question about this Hijrah to Europe ?
In discussions no body reminds anyone e about Muslim Brotherhood's long known stand that Muslims must indeed demographically take over Europe
The Cardinal has accurately used the term 'many'.
Arent there no evidence already that 'many muslims' are indeed declaring their intent to take over Europe quite openly?
Note how this fact recognized by a Church head is described as 'Unchristian' by Ramadan foundation spin doctor.
Now Christianity too must be authenticated from Islamic apologists! Besides he calls the Left leaning social democrat rival in debate as 'Right Wing Propagandists' !!
RT was so insanely insincere that while cheer-leading Palestinian knife attacks on Israeli jews that its TV Camera crew had to be barricaded and protected by Israeli forces from the very same Palestinian mobs.
So too, we can be sure smug RT would report that indeed this Cardinal event has begun happening to Russia itself soon- that muslims indeed want to take over Russia.RT forgets the Dagestan and chechenya have higher birth rates and Migration into Russia in search of better lives and Hijrah for Islam is already happening.


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My small Christmas gifts
Arlie posted a topic in Member CollectionsSo my family and I have been spending time about 2-3 hours away from were we live and have found a neat store that sells art, minerals and fossils. I pointed out a few fossils I liked (pretty much all of them) not thinking anything about it and to my surprise I got some for Christmas! I know 2 aren't fossils but it's the biggest sand dollar I've ever seen and a neat shell of some kind. Next time I go I'll have to get the information about where they were found and all of that. But I'm happy to add to my small collection!
Holy Rollers
Uncle Siphuncle posted a topic in Fossil Hunting TripsI sneaked one more trip under the wire for 2018. Last minute finds include 5 whole and 2 half Flexicalamene trilobites, Ordovician, St. Leon, Indiana. This popular site was hit hard recently as evidenced by the stampede of foot and knee pad prints. Last night's rain wasn't enough to really shuffle the deck, but a couple diligent hours allowed me to scratch out ample paydirt. No complaints.
Christmas Dipleura!
Calico Jack posted a topic in Fossil Hunting TripsAfter Christmas morning everyone was preoccupied with their new gifts, so I slipped out of the house for a couple of hours to visit the Cole Hill Road site in hopes of finding a nice Christmas dipleura. The site was covered in snow and I had to hack away a large amount of frozen overburden. Overall, the rock was fairly barren until the last slab I turned over. Underneath that slab was a complete, prone D. dekayi! Unfortunately it turned into a bit of a jigsaw puzzle upon extraction despite my best efforts and I believe a couple fragments of the pygidium were lost in the slush and mud. L --> R In situ, fossil with scale, the fossil in full view, Cole Hill Rd. site covered with snow- I was digging on the shelf between the two cliffs I'll post more pictures once the jigsaw puzzle is reassembled and the fossil is prepped.
Merry Christmas from Santa Drotops
GerryK posted a topic in General Fossil DiscussionMay Santa bring that fossil you always wish for.
Tidgy's Dad posted a topic in General Fossil DiscussionIt's now Christmas Day here in Morocco. So I just want to wish a happy Christmas to the family and friends of everyone on this most excellent forum. Merry Christmas to all those members I've come to know and love in the last year or so. Merry Christmas to those newcomers whom i'm already beginning to love and respect. Merry Christmas to our mod and admin team who do such a wonderful job. And a jolly merry Christmas to everyone else! Bless you each and every one.
Show your Xmas fossils!
Max-fossils posted a topic in Member CollectionsMerry Xmas everyone!!! To celebrate this long-awaited holiday, how about we showcase some fossils linked to it? It can be anything: a fossil that you got for Xmas, found on Xmas day, or a fossil that reminds you of something "Xmassy". Explain why! I'll start off: Orthosphinctes desmoides (?) Gräfenberg, Germany Grafenburg Formation, Kimmeridgian, Jurassic I got this gorgeous double-ammonite piece from my parents for Xmas yesterday! Also, although you can't see it very well on the picture, the ammonites have a nice dark green color thanks to the glauconite that they are made of (similar color to a Xmas tree)!
The Nerdiest Christmas Cards Ever May Be These Microscope Slides Composed of Shells The unusual holiday exchange, which lasted decades during the early 20th-century, hints at the drama between the two colleagues Smithsonian By Allison C. Meier, December 17, 2018 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/two-scientists-exchanged-christmas-greetings-microscope-slides-180971049/ A century ago, two scientists exchanged fantastic microscope slides as Christmas cards https://boingboing.net/2018/12/17/a-century-ago-two-scientists.html Yours, Paul H.
The Nerdiest Christmas Cards Ever May Be These Microscope Slides Composed of Shells The unusual holiday exchange, which lasted decades during the early 20th-century, hints at the drama between the two colleagues Smithsonian By Allison C. Meier, December 17, 2018 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/two-scientists-exchanged-christmas-greetings-microscope-slides-180971049/ A century ago, two scientists exchanged fantastic microscope slides as Christmas cards https://boingboing.net/2018/12/17/a-century-ago-two-scientists.html Merry Christmas everybody, Paul H.
2018 Secret Santa Spectacular!!!
caldigger posted a topic in Member Fossil Trades Bulletin BoardWelcome to the sign up portion of this year's Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2018! Each year this event gets bigger and better with more players. OK, let's get down to it. The Secret Santa is a gift exchange in which you enter your name into a pool and get matched with another player to exchange gifts. We try to keep the gifts to around the $30 range so no one is sending an overly extravagant gift like a complete Sabortooth skull or too skimpy of a gift like a single broken clam shell. When making your selection for what to send, ask yourself " Would I want to receive this?" It is a Secret gift exchange. The catch of this gift exchange is you won't know who that person sending you the gift will be until you receive your package. Your name will in turn be picked for someone else to receive a package from you. No two players will be matched the same. It is crucial that the identity of who it is coming from be kept totally unknown. Sign up for entering this fun event will start today October 8th and run until the cut off for entry on Sunday, November 4th. Midnight Pacific Time. You will then be matched with your exchange partner and the names and addresses will be sent out November 6th. Please PM me with your full name and mailing address and whether you would like to trade with an international destination or keep it within the U.S. only. European players can indicate if they want to stay within the European region as well. *For packages going to an international destination, please send off your package within the week following your receiving the name and address information. We have found some packages take many weeks to arrive during this busy time of year, especially where customs offices are coming into play. It has been requested by many members that since this is a Secret Santa exchange, that everybody hold off on opening your packages and posting the contents on the Forum until Christmas to keep with the seasonal spirit of the event. A few handy tips learned from past exchanges that may help the shipping transaction run more smoothly and avoid unnecessary holdup. * -Make sure your items are cleaned of dirt and dust the best you can. Most customs officials frown upon letting foreign dirt come into the receiving country. * - Check the box on your customs form with "Gift". This portrays a better indication to the customs officials that the contents are not going to be for commercial resale. * - In the past when writing your contents description in customs forms it has been found to write something that is very simple is best. Such as: "Geological specimens for educational studies" or " Study grade fossils for educational purposes- No commercial value" *- For the contents value on the forms make sure you write a low price value ( I personally put $10). Many customs departments will charge the reciever an additional charge based on the declared value on the form when entering that country. It is a gift, we don't want the reciever to have to pay to get it released from customs. Please don't write a value of zero (0) on the form either. That automatically raises a red flag to customs. Nobody is going to spend money sending a package that is worth nothing! *- Please, please, please, package your items well with lots of packing material. The package may seem well packed on your dining room table, but they get bounced around, buried under other heavy packages, etc. when moving through different postal systems. Nobody likes being exited to open a package only to find everything broken from lack of padding. Just please pack them well. I think that should about do it. Remember to PM me your name and address information and whether you want international, domestic, or either one. For those international packages, kindly get them sent out within the next week of getting the shipping information for your exchange partner. Some of those destinations take a long time to arrive, so the sooner the better! Please refrain from opening your gifts until Christmas to keep it in the holiday spirit. Kindly post pictures of your recieved goodies when you do, others love to share in your joy. One last thing. This exchange is supposed to be secret so let's keep it that way. You might know who sent you the items when you get them, but don't "spill the beans" for the rest of us. Thank you for your cooperation. Now let's have some fun!
Need advice for Fossil hunt around Austin Texas in December
OwlEyes posted a topic in Fossil Hunting TripsI am visiting family in Austin, Texas for Christmas. I plan a fossil hunt trip around Austin or a few hours away. After googling, I plan to visit Mineral Well Fossil Park, Waco mammoth national monument, Dinosaur Valley State Park and maybe few road cut on the way. I am debating on Ladonia Fossil Park. It is a little further away and I am worry that it is too cold to be in the river bed. I love Ladonia Fossil Park because of the possibility of finding mammal bones and arrowhead. I would like to ask local people if it is a good idea to fossil hunt at Ladonia Fossil Park in December? Also if there is any other places I should consider? I love to find some ammonites, shark teeth, mammal bones and arrowhead. Thanks.
Merry Christmas to all you fossil'ers!
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Christmas Coprolite
bmitchell887 posted a topic in General Fossil DiscussionSo what do you do with unwanted/beaten up coprolites? Be like my fiancée and make these! Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
My carb Christmas tree
nala posted a topic in Fossil Hunting TripsHappy Christmas!
Secret Santa Part 2?
caldigger posted a topic in Member Fossil Trades Bulletin BoardAre we going to have another "Secret Santa" trade exchange again this year? I can't remember who the instrumental members were that created this last year to inquire.


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My Work with the Algebra Project
In 2005, I accepted an invitation to join the core curriculum development team of the Algebra Project, which is led by Robert Moses. My work with the Algebra Project has been supported by Cornell (Associate Provost, Dean, Department) and the National Science Foundation. I am working with teachers, educators, and other mathematicians to produce materials for a high school geometry curriculum. The goal of the Algebra Project is work with underserved students to "raise the floor" so that all students learn the mathematics they need to enter college and not be required to take remedial courses.
Starting September 2008, the Algebra Project was awarded a 5-year $4 million "Discovery Research K-12" grant from the National Science Foundation for our "Cohort Project". I am one of the co-PIs on the grant and part of the team which is developing special experiencial-based high school curricular materials. In particular, I am leading the efforts on the geometry aspects of the curriculum. This work is continuing throguh various avenues of support.
11 Units for the Algebra Project Geometry Curriculum, published online http://www.algebra.org/curriculum, starting in 2011-2012; and used in classrooms in NY, CA, OH, MI, IL, MD, SC, FL, VA, GA, and MS.
In 2016, I joined a research project "Function Learning Progressions" funded by an NSF Discovery Research K-12 grant to Educational Testing Service and the Algebra Project, Inc.
My Work with K-5 School Project
In 2011, I accepted an invitation to join Professor Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt Peabody
College of Education and Human Development, in an ongoing project to develop and research coherent curricula for K-5 mathematics and science. I am currently writing geometry curriculum for this project.
Currently, there are 12 units of K-5 geometry curricular materials that will be available on-line soon. Write to me if you want to see some now.


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What started out looking like a small amberjack on the line quickly turned serious after half the 80# line on a 6/0 penn commenced to dissapering!
It was at that moment we realized that a different species had taken the large live bluefish and was off and making one heck of a big run to show the angler and the crew who was boss!
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The Handmaid's Tale is unsettling television, not just for its bleak plot, but for the detached, dispassionate universe it transports us to. It's enough to make you want to run and scream, just to remember you're alive.
Based on the book by Margaret Atwood (and previously a 1990 film) this Hulu-produced drama is set in the near future following a 2015 plague which has decimated female fertility across the globe. America has returned to "traditional values" and embraced a kind of Pilgrim / Amish community and religious doctrine. But civil war edges closer and there are guards with machine guns on every corner of this dystopian society.
Offred (Elisabeth Moss) remembers a time when things were far different. She had a young family, freedom and civil liberties and a spirit of life. But now she finds herself suppressed as a handmaid to Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) and his wife Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski).
"I had another name but it's forbidden now. So many things are forbidden now," she recalls.
What she will have to do as their servant is one of the premiere's most chilling scenes.
There are flashbacks not just to her former life, but to her initial recruitment when instructor Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) instills discipline and a new order. Any who disobey are in for cruel punishment.
"This may not seem ordinary, but after a time it will. This will become ordinary" Lydia vows.
Offred meets former college friend Moira (Orange is the New Black's Samira Wiley) but both are shocked by the fate that awaits a rebellious handmaid, Janine (Madeline Brewer). Under their white hoods and with eyes lowered, the handmaids whisper pious "Peace Be With You's" whilst discreetly shopping for fruit in supermarkets. It's all very surreal.
"I don't need oranges. I need to scream. I need to grab the nearest machine gun," Offred reveals.
If this is the future at the end of terrorism, Trump, climate change and extreme politics (the novel was written in 1985) then we should all be very scared – at least we have basic freedoms now, right?
Director Reed Morano uses hand-held cameras, pastel hues and minimalism to create his other world. Despite its largely colonial setting, Reed brilliantly subverts a chilling society. But like the future worlds of Logan's Run, Soylent Green or Stepford Wives a perfect society comes at a price.
Elisabeth Moss is again outstanding as Offred, demonstrating subtext and quiet rage. Ann Dowd is tyrannical as a ruthless handmaid's instructor while the dashing Joseph Fiennes clearly has more in store as the man on the end of Offred's leash.
The themes of oppression, individuality, faith have much room to manoeuvre in a script by Bruce Miller. And while this is undoubtedly one of 2017's best new dramas, the only reassurance it brings is in Offred's fighting spirit and knowing that when the credits roll it's all been a horrible nightmare.
But then, there is that wall going up near Mexico.
The Handmaid's Tale premieres Thursday at SBS On Demand.


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This Sunday, Nov. 29, at the 10 a.m. service, St. Patrick's Episcopal Church will celebrate the Feast of St. Andrew with the kirking of the tartans.
"Kirking" is a Scottish word for "blessing." In Scotland, families bring their family tartans to the church on St. Andrew's Day to receive a special blessing by the priest, symbolizing a blessing of the family clan.
St. Patrick's invites all with Scottish ties to bring their family tartans to church on Sunday to be blessed at the altar. The service will include guest piper Laurie Robison from Durango, who will lead the procession into the church. Special prayers from the "Scottish Book of Common Prayer" will be used, as well.
The Episcopal Church owes a special debt to Scotland and holds the Scottish Episcopal Church in very high regard. At the time of the American Revolution, the Anglican Church was in danger of disintegrating. Many of those who worshipped as Anglicans were Tories, loyal to the British throne. Many Anglican priests, torn between their loyalty to the British throne, sworn to before God at their ordination and their new country's independence from England, chose to renounce their priesthood altogether or flee back to England or Canada rather than to break their vows.
There were notable exceptions, religious patriots who preached support of the war against the tyrannies of England. Among them was John Witherspoon, who represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Gen. George Washington was a devout Christian and member of the Church of England who led the Revolutionary troops against England and became our first president. Many other signers of the Declaration of Independence were members of the Anglican Church.
Once the war was won, there became a significant dilemma. Due to the separation from English rule and the loss of many of its priests, the Anglican Church in America was in desperate need of new American priests in order to survive. England refused to consecrate a bishop to serve the American church unless he swore loyalty to the throne, unacceptable to the Episcopal Church in America.
Without an American bishop, loyal to the independence of the USA, new priests could not easily be ordained and England would still have a religious hold on the states. Those called to the priesthood would be forced to return to England to study and be ordained, a process that took years to accomplish. The church was suffering from the lack of leadership and its commitment to loosen ties with England. It needed a solution.
The Church of Scotland came to the rescue. It agreed to ordain the first American Episcopal bishop, Samuel Seabury. With a newly ordained bishop and the consequent ordination of new priests in the United States, the Episcopal Church of the United States of America was formed and the church was revived from near extinction.
St. Patrick's and other Episcopal churches in the United States celebrate the patron saint of Scotland, St. Anthony, in honor of their appreciation and thanksgiving to the Church of Scotland for keeping the Episcopal Church of the United States of America alive.


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That looks like mixed coolant, HOAT with Ethylene glycol, flush it soon.
1999 Toyota Corolla 1.3 G6
Already beat you to it man, just not posted up yet. Not a chance in hell I was driving it round making cream cheese.
Strangely (or as I'm rather hoping) the coolant that was in was fine with the coolant that was put in to top it up - just rusty. They weren't mixed types and were fine for a week and about 300 miles, then suddenly in one journey maximum cream cheese.
Tbh it looks a lot more edible than some of those American cheeses…
As a 'Murican, I can confirm
We'll be having none of them advisories here:
Admittedly it's original rear brake discs finally had to be changed but no matter, can't really complain. Also done a few hundred miles now sans any cream cheese in the radiator, I am pleased to report.
Sodding car.
I have no luck with this thing, belts in particular seemingly. June 2017, 21000 miles ago, had a new Gates timing belt kit fitted. Recently the usual whine it does has developed a rattly noise and like a rubbing/grinding when the car warms up.
Of course it couldn't be an ancillary I could just change cheaply and easily when I get one, no no, the timing belt tensioner bearing is having a bad time and dying, joy of joys.
I hope the boat is quick with the Blade on it.
As that whine had been such a slow developer I hadn't really noticed how bad it had gotten, it was only when the rattling/rubbing sounds started I had an oh shit moment, and discovered the above. When I first started it up after fitting a new cambelt kit I thought something wasn't right because it was suddenly so quiet.
Turns out it was actually the idler pulley as opposed to the tensioner, and it got marginally quieter before it was changed. Somehow the tension on it was keeping it in a better state than off the car, where it was fairly obviously totally shagged when just trying to spin it by hand and seemed to be just waiting for the right second to drop to bits.
Anyway, not to worry, sorted now. Still have a dodgy 2nd gear but not entirely sure there's a lot I can do there without spending a fortune trying to find or get parts for a rare as hell gearbox.
Forgot to post bonus spammery here, mileage peaked a few days ago and won't be as good again for a while.
And no, it wasn't me taking the photo before anyone asks.
Turns out it wouldn't actually be that good again. 126520 or so seems to be about as far as this thing wanted to go.
I always had a funny feeling this wouldn't last after the head gasket was done when I got it. It's never sounded quite perfect since but it's always pulled well enough, passed emissions, did well on fuel etc, but tonight as I was coming into my estate I had very little power and a huge misfire. I parked up at home thinking I'd lost a plug lead or something as they have been iffy for a little while, but the engine is full of it's own coolant and hydrolocked and there's sparkly bits on the plug tips.
It still always got me home, it still hasn't left me stranded anywhere. It's run with a shagged timing belt, it drove me home with a ruined head gasket, it's rescued people from the snow, and it survived being whacked by a Fiesta, but the body is starting to go in places, the clutch is sticking, and now the engine seems to be done. It had a shitty life before I got it, this has always been evident, and I've saved it a few times now, but I think this time it's actually run out of lives.
Aw, sucks to hear that.
RIP Corolla, 1999-2019
Curiosity got the better of me.
It's like bloody Deja Vu this - 2016:
And then today:
If anything, this one looks even worse. I think the point of failure is here, would certainly make the most sense.
Need to have everything checked again now to make sure it was all level, and work out if the reason it's only lasted 30k miles is bad surfaces or a shitty gasket the last time it was done (as a wise man once said, it wasn't me).
Fortunately just looking, bores all appear OK and it didn't tell me it was overheating this time, but suspect there may have been some localised around that first cylinder. It only ran for 2-3 minutes max after the misfire started so hopefully it's fine, and it didn't run itself dry of coolant - just came very close. Maybe it has got another life in it, maybe I did call it a little too soon.
This car is like a bloody cat, you know that?
Yeah, if the cat was an evil sod that chucks stuff back at you and then decides it doesn't want to live.
That's a typical cat then.
Sit rep - took the head to a machine shop today, between all cylinders has damage from where it was blowing, and there were low points around some of the coolant passages. Apparently, it was otherwise OK and enough meat was left on it for a skim, so it's now lovely and shiny.
As far as I can tell, the rest looks OK and the block face is fine. Strangely, the head coolant channels themselves are all extremely clean, expected far far more buildup than there is.
I've had a couple of people look at it that know far more about this sort of thing than me and the general consensus is that something went wrong with the head torquing - this I would agree with as even with being different lengths, the head bolts on the exhaust side were a good bit looser than the intake side (4E heads and blocks are like chamfered, hence differing lengths). How this has happened, be it reused bolts or the skimming not allowing the front edge to tighten properly, don't know but doesn't matter because it has. The cams also hadn't been installed properly which explains some of the intermittent top end rattles on a cold start.
But, looks like I'm down the road of seeing if it'll be saved anyway. The head is apparently OK, and I'm still fairly nervous because of how quickly and dramatically it popped, but everyone that's looked at it didn't believe it had been just fine before it went massively. All bits ordered now, and I'm replacing the lot, new head bolts included. All Victor Reinz stuff which I'm sure BMW owners will tell me is bad but it seems to get a great rep elsewhere, and is less than 1/3rd the price of Toyota's gasket kit.
Onwards goes the work. I've been a bit iffy recently so hoping to god I'm not making any mistakes.
Ehh this appears incorrect, this is a clear container and it's what came out of the cooling system.
This looks good to me, or as good as it's gonna get anyway.
Gave in there for tonight, but nearly there - I'll soon know if it was just the gasket or if it is actually properly knackered. I couldn't be doing with just getting rid without trying and never knowing.
Oh, and ignore that bit on piston 4 that looks like the valves have hit, that was me catching the carbon with something else.
Nearly there, another couple of hours squeezed in tonight. Manifolds, fuel system, electrics, vacuum lines, belt pulleys etc all reinstalled.
Came across a problem earlier though, gasket kit didn't include a new one for the throttle body to intake manifold and I didn't want to have to hang around waiting, the previous one having been mullered in favour of some sort of sealant that resembled Bovril that had gone off. The only place offering it with fast postage was £10 which seemed a little steep for a bit of paper.
After scouring what felt like the entire country for gasket paper sheet at not ridiculous prices, managed to find some 10 minutes up the road for the princely sum of 75p. Set about making a template from what I could, as the intake and throttle body mating faces are not exactly the same.
Now, got myself a template and went at it with a stanley knife but it was a little bit, rough and ready, didn't quite line up, and it wouldn't be me if I didn't go overboard with pointless ideas somewhere along the line, so I finally found the first practical use for something I put together a couple of months back:
2 minutes in Inkscape and some frickin' laser beams in my kitchen (always wear your eye protection kids, no photos because I look even worse than usual) and we have this stupidly overdone yet perfectly made and fitting paper gasket:
Anyway yes, that's today's wall of rubbish, although getting quite close now so will be back soon with the inevitable failure of the entire job.
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Jaden, a waiter at Olive Garden, is dressed in all black, apron included, with a green button pinned onto his shirt with his name labeled on it. He is in the back of Olive Garden finishing up a cup of coffee before starting his 2nd shift today.
Summer just ended and he spent it bartending in Okoboji, traveling to Miami, New York, and Chicago, and singing in the music building on campus to relax. With school just starting up, he doesn't normally work weeknights, but he had Thursday off and decided that he can pick up a double shift. Not working at Olive Garden over the summer, he's not completely on top of his Olive Garden serving game.
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The 12 top table leaves happy and a $40 tip. The other table leaves content with their tip on the table and compliments his service as they leave. Jaden is relieved for a good night and his shift at Olive Garden is coming to an end and a new day of school awaits him.