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PRIMROSE Shipman says her husband is innocent and is gearing up for an appeal against his conviction for 15 murders.
The wife of former Hyde medic Harold Shipman spoke for the first time today (Friday) at the inquiry.
When asked did she believe her husband was innocent she replied 'Yes'. When asked was her husband preparing an appeal against his conviction for the murder of 15 patients in January last year, she answered 'Yes'.
Mrs Shipman appeared at the inquiry as witnesses in the cases of Irene Chapman and Joyce Woodhead said she was present at the patients' homes on the day of death.
A third - living - patient, Elaine Oswald, says Mrs Shipman was present on the day she suffered a blackout after Dr Shipman had injected her with medication.
Mrs Shipman often spoke of how she couldn't remember details from the past, while giving evidence to the inquiry.
When approached, London-based legal firm Bindman & Partners confirmed they now represent Harold Shipman, but refused to comment further.
Harold Shipman was imprisoned 'for life' at Preston Crown Court on January 31, 2000. The inquiry is reviewing the deaths of over 400 of his patients.
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Coincidentally enough, our SharkWater screening event happened to coincide with Discovery channel's "Shark Week".
In relation to this, the Washington Post held public discussion with biologist Andy Dehart that may interest some of you folks. The link to the discussion can be found here: http://live.washingtonpost.com/shark-week-with-andy-dehart-08-04-10.html
This link was passed on by one of the attendee of last friday's event (thanks to her..), if anyone comes across anything interesting that we can put up here, please email those over. Thanks!


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Dyscalculia: News from the web:
We have only seen the abstract so we don't have all the details but we are happy that there was a study to see if air quality and dyscalculia are connected. Well here is what the researchers conclude,
We report associations suggesting a potential link between air pollution exposure and hyperactivity/inattention scores, although these findings require replication.
So it does not sound that they found a valid correlation with dyscalculia.
Read all about it HERE
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On November 16, 2019 the Tiger Booster Club and La Grande High School will celebrate the La Grande Tiger Booster Hall of Fame Class of 2019. This will take place at Eastern Oregon University's Gilbert center from 6-8 pm, The Hall of Fame was created to recognize outstanding alumni, teams and community supporters that have " made La Grande proud". This year we are proud to induct Doug Trice as the Outstanding Male Athlete, Kaci Lyman Boylan as the Outstanding Female Athlete, Delmer Hanson as the Outstanding Alumni, MJ Goss Motors as the Outstanding Community Supporter, and the 1986 Boys State Track Team coached by Rich Hedges. Andrea Waldrop will be inducted into the Wall of Fame that recognizes LHS staff "for a lifetime of service and commitment to the Tiger Spirit!"
The La Grande High School Booster Hall of Fame was created in partnership between La Grande High School and the Tiger Booster club. The Hall of Fame is an annual event to celebrate great accomplishments of alumni and service within our community. If you would like to nominate an individual, team, or community supporter to the Hall of Fame, please contact Scott Carpenter at La Grande School District Office at (541)663-3203. If you would like to purchase tickets and support our inductees, please contact Patty O'Reilly at (541)663-3301. Tickets are $25 per person and are on sale now at the LHS main office. This evening will include a full dinner and an evening of memories and great stories. Everyone is welcome to attend.
We appreciate all who have contributed and donate to the Tiger Boosters to make this and other events possible. GO TIGERS!!!!!


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Amgen To Webcast Investor Meeting At 55th Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) will host a webcast investor meeting at ASCO 2019 on Monday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m. CT. David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen, along with members of Amgen's clinical development team and clinical investigators, will participate at the investor meeting to discuss Amgen's oncology program and data presented at ASCO 2019 including clinical data being presented for the Company's KRAS G12C inhibitor AMG 510 and BiTE® molecules AMG 420 and AMG 212.
Live audio of the investor meeting will be broadcast over the internet simultaneously and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public.
The webcast, as with other selected presentations regarding developments in Amgen's business given at certain investor and medical conferences, can be accessed on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. Information regarding presentation times, webcast availability and webcast links are noted on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen.
CONTACT: Amgen, Thousand Oaks
Kristen Davis, 805-447-3008 (media)
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Hard Chrome Plating on Plastics Tooling: Now More Than Ever
For years it was only used to salvage tools, now it can be used for more…
For many years, hard chrome plating on plastics tooling was only a means for salvaging mold components of intricate shape and usually used for increasing shut-off dimension (more or less a shimming approach by the mold maker).
Then, as the onslaught of high-performance tooling demanded tighter and tighter tolerances, such words as scoring and galling became more reason to take advantage of hard chrome's intrinsic properties: anti-galling and lowest coefficient of friction of all other engineering metals. Finally, with the advent of highly corrosive and highly erosive materials coupled with both optical and aesthetic quality requirements, the need for properties that only chrome could offer has made it the talk of not only the mold maker but the mold designer as well.
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The success of hard chrome in plastics tooling and industrial applications can probably be attributed to its unique combination of properties, which are not possessed by any other commercially available material. The most important of these being hardness.
The hardness alone would not be sufficient to secure widespread use in plastics tooling applications, because a number of other hard materials and other hardening processes are available. It is the combination of great hardness with extremely good corrosion resistance (equal or superior under most conditions to that of such noble metals as gold or platinum) and very low coefficient of friction that give such remarkable results in plastics tooling applications. To this should be added the ease of stripping and replating for repeated salvage when the plate wears beyond permissible limits.
The benefits of hard chrome deposits are not obtained unless the coating is deposited on a sufficiently hard basis metal and to a sufficient thickness. Even a relatively heavy deposit of hard chrome may be crushed or indented on a soft metal such as copper. The best possible adhesion is also important, particularly where the surface may be subjected to severe stress and shock. Both conditions being prevalent in the molding cycle.
The low coefficient of friction and desirable surface properties of chromium are realized for the most part only on relatively smooth surfaces. The deposits can be ground and lapped to size. The deposits are easily ground but are sensitive to heat and should be ground with very light cuts, soft wheels and plenty of coolant.
In most cases, bright deposits are obtained on highly polished molding surfaces with no further mechanical treatment required. By carefully controlling the plating operation, it is possible to plate to size within very close limits.
Overall, the mold designer, mold maker and molder have at their disposal a unique combination of physical properties, which for the most part offer some level solution for the most common of plastics tooling problems. How does one, then, determine when, where and how much?
Application Before the Problems
The mold designer is the one individual who must initially realize his creation. Although the most common concerns have a variety of "rule-of-thumb" solutions that are justified, the word "plating" seems to be somewhat blackballed in the plastics tooling vocabulary.
However, 0.0002 inch of hard chrome on a mirror-finished core (especially a large core) can save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in production just by preventing oxidation from forming on a sweating mold. It won't appreciably affect any dimensions. If maintenance forgets to oil it down before storage, it won't rust. With today's plating methods, adhesion quality (from qualified sources) is approaching perfection. Now why doesn't the mold designer know this? Because, to the average mold designer hard chrome means someone made a mistake (salvage).


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Professor Chris Newfield, Professor of Literature and American Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
Christopher Newfield is Professor of literature and American studies in the English department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His fields are U.S. literature before the Civil War and after World War II, Critical University Studies, critical theory, quantification studies, and the effects of the humanities.
He has written a trilogy of books on the university as an intellectual and social institution: Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980 (Duke University Press, 2003); Unmaking the Public University: The Forty Year Assault on the Middle Class (Harvard University Press, 2008); and The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), which has just appeared in paperback. His current research,
Limits of the Numerical, studies the effects of learning and research measurement on higher education and has been awarded a 2-year NEH Collaborative Research Grant.
He served as co-PI on an NSF grant that founded a Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB, where he studied renewal energy innovation and co-authored a film, What Happened to Solar Innovation? He also writes about American intellectual and social history (The Emerson Effect, University of Chicago Press), and has co-edited Mapping Multiculturalism (University of Minnesota Press) with Avery F. Gordon.
He blogs on higher education policy at Remaking the University, and has written for the Huffington Post, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, WonkHE (UK), The Guardian's Higher Education Network, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He teaches courses in Detective Fiction, Noir California, Contemporary U.S. Literature, Innovation Theory, and English Majoring After College.


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Building Surveyor in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Building Surveyor
A family run Private Practice of Chartered Surveyors and Building Consultants are seeking a Building Surveyor to join their North West London based office. Located within the London borough of Harrow and within a 20-minute commute of Central London, there is now a vacancy for a Building Surveyor ideally with strong technical knowledge to work with an array of Commercial and Residential properties around Central and Greater London.
The Company
A family run Private Practice who have been established for almost 50 years. Offering a broad range of both Private and Public Sector Commercial/Residential projects located throughout Central and Greater London, this practice have strong expansion plans over the next 3 years and have an extremely high level of retained business.
The company have a perfect balance of a hard working yet sociable and relaxed working environment and their staff are all extremely complimentary of the amount of freedom given to them to carry out their work.
The Role
The successful Building Surveyor will be responsibility in running their own workload whilst also being given the necessary support to take your career forward professionally. Your workload will include but not be limited to;
- Dilapidations
- Acting as a Party Wall Surveyor
- Building Surveys
- Contract Administration duties
- Delivering tenders
- Design work where necessary
The Successful Building Surveyor
This is a role ideal for a Building Surveyor with commercial experience seeking a North West London based position in a company where there are no ceilings to career potential.
- 1+ years Private Practice/ Consultancy Building Surveying experience
- MSc/BSc in Building Surveying
- Experience in running projects
- Committed to career progression
- Strong communication skills
- Be self-motivated, ambitious and organised
In Return
- Up to £35,000 pa
- Car allowance
- Discretionary bonus
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Private medical care
- Contributory pension
- Professional Fees
If you are a Building Surveyor with capped progression in your current role please contact Hadley Segal at Brandon James.
Building Surveyor/Private Practice/Building Consultancy/Harrow/ BS/ Consultancy/ MRICS/North West London
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Many homeowners choose to build glass block windows both for their durability and distinctiveness. The good thing about having glass block windows is that it gives your home a lot of light without the privacy. Although most people use this type of window in their bathrooms, cellars or garages, glass blocks are also now used for living room windows. You can make your own glass block windows. The glass-block windows are an alternative window style that has been popular since the early 20th century. Glass-block windows are usually used in modest doses like room dividers and bath windows.
Although some buildings use the blocks to make a whole wall. These thick glass cubes emit light, but outsiders see only distorted images. Make the most of the glass-block windows by decorating them. One, come up with a design for the glass blocks for windows. You can do something. There are hundreds of window movie prints to choose from. These can be solid colors or an actual pattern you like. You could also mix-and-match media on glass blocks. If there is a special glass block you wish to have, you can hand-paint it with glass shine.
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Two, measure the squares you will be covered with window film. Target blocks individually as they may not be the same. Use a grease cursor to mark the parameters you need for each glass block. Cut out the first window movie square. Just cut one route at a time. Three, use glass cleaner and lint-free cloths to make the glass block panels spotless. Some marks or leftovers will stuck under the window of the movie. Four, remove the window movie from the protective screen. Wrap masking tape around your finger to grab protective sheets if you have difficulty. Spray soapy water on the window as you use the film.
This helps the films slide around in a steady position. Use a rubber nail to smooth air bubbles and wrinkles from the film. Work from the top of the corner, down diagonally. Five, line up the ruler with the perimeter of the glass block as a straight edge. Use the tool knife to trim the excess window film. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for drying time. Six, add any other decor desired for other blocks. Rub-on tags work well when you do not try to color the window. Rub-ons only shows their design and appearance best on transparent surfaces. You can also make your own glossy design at this point. Light up the glass blocks and notice the images of the lining window with colored rope lights.


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Irish Shoppers Spend More Than Two Days Inside a Supermarket Every Year
While we may go to the supermarket to shop for particular items, this research shows we are very open to distraction while there, with 92% saying we have come home without the item we specifically went to pick up!
92% also admit to buying something different than they intended after they were exposed to in-store advertising. This isn't just a once off, as nearly half of us claim to do this on a fairly regular basis. We're also open to persuasion when shopping, with 79% saying they have bought food or drink items after receiving a free sample.
Irish shoppers are also quite thrifty! Nearly 8 out of 10 (78%) say that if they forget their reusable shopping bag, they have refused to purchase a plastic bag and instead tried to carry home all of their items by hand!
While many of us will go to the shops to shop, 71% say they have gone to a supermarket just to get out of the house for a while. This is especially common in those aged under 35, with 80% of them saying they have done this. Just over one third of us (36%) have also used a trip to the supermarket as an opportunity to catch up with friends and find out what is going on in the local community.
Some of our less than admirable habits as shoppers were also highlighted in the research by V360°:
Admit to ordering food at the deli, changing their minds and leaving the item on a shelf without purchasing
Of shoppers or their children have eaten something in store and not paid for this item when checking-out
Of shoppers who are parents admit that they have left their child in a shopping aisle to have a tantrum while they continued their shop
Stephen Rust, Joint Managing Director of V360°, says:
"Our recent research gives a real insight into some of the typical behaviours that people engage in when shopping. A better understanding of shopper needs and behaviour can lead to providing better retail and product solutions. This, in turn, will help ease the burden for shoppers while helping retailers and suppliers succeed and thrive in today's extremely competitive market."
Survey Methodology: 1,026 people were surveyed – 51% female, 49% male.


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Edonos the Charging Bull was a mercenary who operated on the Greek island of Krete during the Peloponnesian War.
Wielding an axe and a shield, Edonos was known for his antics of charging his adversaries when backed into a corner.[1]
Between 429 and 422 BCE, he was hunted down by the Spartan misthios Kassandra, who obtained his signature axe[2]
- The name Edonos (Ἠδωνός) is derived from the Edoni, an ancient tribe in Thracian. It is also the name of their alleged ancestor Edonus.[3]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Twitter
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- ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (2018, December 11). Edonus. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 01:43, January 9, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edonus&oldid=873127337
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Bounty on a Mercenary (Weekly)
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31.10.2002: Meldung: Stuart Energy Systems Corporation supplies California Fuel Cell
Wednesday October 30, 9:00 am ET
Station will be located in Richmond, California and will serve as a fueling hub for CaFCP vehicles
TORONTO, Oct. 30 - Stuart Energy Systems Corporation (TSX:HHO - News) announced today the unveiling of its latest "intelligent" hydrogen fueling station in California. The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) selected Stuart Energy to provide the first satellite hydrogen fueling station to supply hydrogen fuel to vehicles of the CaFCP, extending the driving range of these vehicles beyond their home base in Sacramento. The station will be located in the community of Richmond at the Richmond Operating Division of AC Transit, an associate member of the CaFCP.
This will be the first time the CaFCP will use water electrolysis to generate hydrogen fuel on-site for its vehicles. The advantages of these distributed hydrogen generation systems is that they are convenient, easy to install and available immediately. With the addition of this Stuart Energy satellite station located about 70 miles southwest of Sacramento, CaFCP vehicles will now have greater driving range and easy access to the San Francisco Bay Area - now the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a population of nearly seven million people.
Jon Slangerup, President and CEO of Stuart Energy said, "This station is important for us and for the future of hydrogen fuel. Lack of a hydrogen fueling infrastructure is commonly cited as a challenge to the introduction of fuel cell vehicles. Stations such as this are directly addressing this challenge. Stuart Energy"s hydrogen fueling products are cost-effective, clean, convenient and available today. This station is a critical first step that could ultimately form the foundation of a hydrogen-fueling infrastructure for emission-free hydrogen-powered vehicles."
AC Transit General Manager Rick Fernandez underscored the significance of the station to AC Transit"s hydrogen fuel cell bus development program, "AC Transit begins an exciting new chapter in its 42-year history with the opening of this hydrogen fueling station at our Richmond Operating Division. As an organization of 2,400 people, we have chosen to take a leading role in the development of a technology that has innumerable environmental benefits for the communities we serve and our planet"s fragile ecosystem. We are proud to be members of the California Fuel Cell Partnership and to join cooperatively with Stuart Energy and other members of the Partnership in a determined effort to prove to the world the value of hydrogen and fuel cells."
"This is a key achievement for the partnership this year - to be able to extend the test-drive range of our fuel cell vehicles beyond the Sacramento area, and to learn about potential fueling infrastructure technologies through real-world experience," said Don Huberts, CaFCP Chairman and CEO, Shell Hydrogen.
Ceremonies featured a demonstration of quick and easy fueling of four fuel cell cars manufactured by DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Hyundai, and Toyota, before a crowd of several hundred people from the Richmond community, public officials and CaFCP.
The station will employ Stuart"s patented "intelligent" fueling technology, which will greatly enhance ease of use by the Partnership members. The station"s 47 kg of hydrogen storage is capable of supplying the fueling needs of a small fleet of vehicles on a daily basis. The entire integrated station consists of a high-pressure, high-purity hydrogen generator, a storage unit, and a hydrogen fuel dispenser that resembles a common gasoline dispenser. To fuel a vehicle, the driver simply swipes a "smart" card to activate the dispenser, and attaches the nozzle to their vehicle"s tank. The computer controls the amount and pressure of hydrogen that is dispensed and automatically shuts off when the tank is full. The entire procedure closely resembles today"s consumer fueling procedure. The station is the eighth Stuart Energy hydrogen fueling station installed in North America, and the fourth in California.
About Stuart Energy
Stuart Energy Systems Corporation (TSX: HHO - News) is a world leading developer and supplier of integrated hydrogen solutions that use the Company"s proprietary hydrogen generation water electrolysis technology with products from corporate partners to serve existing and emerging markets for power generation, transportation and industry. The company"s website address is http://www.stuartenergy.com
About AC Transit
AC Transit is an associate partner in the California Fuel Cell Partnership, is one of the largest public transit operators in the United States, with a fleet of 817 buses and an annual ridership of over 70 million passengers. It operates 150 routes, including 36 transbay lines to San Francisco, serving over 1.3 million people living in 13 cities in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, including Richmond, Oakland, Berkeley, Newark, and Fremont. For more information see www.actransit.org
About California Fuel Cell Partnership
The California Fuel Cell Partnership is a voluntary effort to advance a new vehicle technology that could move the world toward practical and affordable environmental solutions. The Partnership will demonstrate fuel cell- powered electric vehicles under real day-to-day driving conditions; will demonstrate the viability of an alternative fuel infrastructure technology; explore the path to commercialization; and increase public awareness of fuel cell electric vehicles. The Partnership expects to place about 60 fuel cell passenger cars and fuel cell buses on the road by 2003. For more information, visit www.fuelcellpartnership.org.
For further information
Stuart Energy Media and Public Relations: Wanda Cutler, (905) 282.7769, firstname.lastname@example.com
Madelaine Duke, (604) 742.4258, firstname.lastname@example.com
Stuart Energy Investor Relations: Robert McGillivray, (905) 282.7727, email@example.com
Source: Stuart Energy Systems Corporation


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MY WEEKEND: Being possessive is no sign of love
What you need to know:
- If there is a man in your life who is using gifts and money to try and win your attention or love, run.
- If you have told him that you are not interested in him and yet he is still hanging around, hoping that you will change your mind, telling you that he will wait for you no matter how long it takes, don't be flattered.
Many years ago, I must have been in my first year in college, a classmate got a boyfriend.
He was in his thirties and had a job. He was what we called 'working class' in those days. He had a car too, and would regularly pick her up from college after classes. He showered her with expensive gifts, including a mobile phone at a time when one cost an arm and a leg.
He also seemed to be always calling her, wanting to know where she was and who she was with. I recall how he would throw a tantrum if she told him they could not meet because she was going somewhere with friends. We thought it was cute and wished we could find ourselves a boyfriend that loved us that much, one that wanted to spend his every waking moment with us, one that would get jealous if he saw us with another man. Our young and inexperienced selves equated this mental disorder, this possessiveness, with love. How wrong we were.
As time went by, this friend, a girl that had previously been happy-go-lucky, changed. She began to wear the look of a cornered rabbit, and each time her 'flip' phone rang, she would almost jump out of her skin. She also stopped hanging out with us, and when we asked why, her working class boyfriend's name would almost always come up.
We would learn much later that she was in a violent relationship when a cousin of hers informed us that she was admitted to hospital with a fractured jaw and broken ribs. Determined to end the abusive relationship, she had broken off her relationship with the deranged man, only for him to descend on her with kicks and blows, beating her black and blue.
This story came to mind when I read the unfortunate story of Ivy Wangechi, the Moi University medical student who was hacked to death by a man she had rejected. I would like to address any young woman reading this.
Possessiveness is not love. That boyfriend who wants to control who you socialise with, that one who insists on scrolling through your phone, constantly calls you just to say hi and wants to know where you are and who you are with all the time does not love you. Love is not controlling. Love is not possessive.
If there is a man in your life who is using gifts and money to try and win your attention or love, run, because he is a disaster waiting to happen to you.
If you have told him that you are not interested in him and yet he is still hanging around, hoping that you will change your mind, telling you that he will wait for you no matter how long it takes, don't be flattered. Be very afraid because there is something very wrong with him.
Normal behaviour, when one is rejected, is to walk away, not to stay put, begging the person that rejected you to change his or her mind. If you have someone like that in your life, do all you must to protect yourself, including sharing your fears with everyone that can shield and protect you. By all means go ahead and report him to the police and ensure that this tormentor knows it. My heart goes out to Ivy's family.
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We all know hoe cleanliness is important to each individual. No person would like to live in an unhygienic place where you can feel germs coming from every corner. It can be any place such as your car where you spend most of the time driving or your home where you live or your work place where from morning to evening you work. We all want cleanliness, in this regard we have professional cleaners.
Yes, these professional cleaners have become the most popular choice for every person and organization who can help you in making your place more livable or workable. Let's see some reasons on hiring professional cleaners.
1. The first thing to see here is the quality of professionalism that professional cleaners have. Yes, with the way they work you will be amazed how good they are at their jobs. You might even learn something from them if you want to clean something out. With the way they behave you will automatically recommend them to every person you know. Link here https://neatcleaning.com.au/ provide a professional cleaner that will make your space clean.
2. The thing about professional cleaners is that they will always be on time and always work with the schedule you provide them. For example you have some work at your office so these professional cleaners will come behind you and clean your house, meaning when you come you won't have to do anything and you will definitely see a huge improvement.
3. Nowadays many professional cleaners have this agreement between the client and employer that no matter what happens it will be the fault of employer who is liable. In this way you (the client) becomes trouble free from anything.
4. The best thing about hiring professional cleaners is that you get to spend more time with your friends and family. These cleaners will do a heck of a job that will make you peace at mind. You will have all the time in world to do anything you desire.
5. Another good thing is that we all know how the economy have become more expensive and inflation is at a high time. Even in this era with this economy you can afford to find some good and reliable professional cleaners who will give you the best service there is.
6. Another thing you can stop worrying about is buying the cleaning supplies and equipment. These professional cleaners come with their own supplies and advanced tools that will make sure that each and every part of your place is dust proof.
So what are you waiting for, reach us out at neatcleaning.com.au, where we provide multiple services at your demand including office cleaning, home cleaning, medical facility cleaning, strata cleaning Brisbane and also industrial cleaning. We are the most reputed firm in the business of cleanliness and our clients love us for our professionalism.


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Pandora Box
When a new Software Testing Project starts, it is common knowledge that planning and managing the project effectively is key to its success. What could ever go wrong? Don't you agree that Software Testing in all its flavours and forms is an investigation, conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the software product or service-under-test? Moreover, that Software Testing also can provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software implementation? No? In this presentation, Mieke takes you on a Performance Testing Project voyage with the most surreal experience ever faced. What happened? Is there a mystery to be solved? Alternatively, maybe a conspiracy? Join this presentation to find out what happened and to anticipate the unexpected, maybe in one of your future projects!
Mieke Gevers
Mieke Gevers has been in the IT industry for more than twenty-five years. She has developed a special interest in the techniques and processes relating to performance testing, test management and automated testing. Mieke has been a speaker at various conferences throughout the world including STAREAST, STARWEST, EuroSTAR, AsiaSTAR and Qsit (India) as well as Special Interest Groups in software testing in several countries. She served on the Program Committee for the EuroSTAR conference in 2007 and 2009 and was Program Chair of the Belgium Testing Days from 2011 to 2017. A co-founder of the Belgian Testers Organization, Mieke has been a board member of KVIV and the ISTQB-affiliate Belgian Software Testing Qualifications Board. Since 2018 she is a member of NBN (national institute of Standards Belgium) and participating in the ISO SW7 WG 27 on writing Performance Testing Standards.


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One Two Three - It's Pretty Simple
I don't care what country you are in or what language you speak, I think everyone knows that three fingers means the number 3. Kimberly Vlamnick is suing the tattoo artist who put 56 stars on her face when she says she only asked him for three. She says that because he is Romanian he didn't understand her. 'I think he didn't understand what I wanted. He spoke only fractured English and French. 'But I explicitly said in my native tongue, French, and also in a little bit of English when he looked confused, that I wanted three little stars only near my left eye.'
She is now suing the tattoo artist. Umm. I don't care who you are, I think we can all pretty much agree that the guy figured out she wanted stars in whatever language they were using to communicate, and if she wasn't sure about whether he got the number right, all she needed to do was fingers, fingers, fingers. She claims she fell asleep during the procedure. Uh huh. How many of you are willing to bet that when you are getting a needle in your face for a few hours that you will probably stay awake until the procedure is finished. Also, to do three probably wouldn't have taken long enough for her to fall asleep anyway.
The tattoo artist says the girl was awake the entire time and often looked in the mirror to see how everything was proceeding. I think the shocking thing here is that she only paid about $80 for all of the stars. That seems like a pretty good deal to me. I think what happened is the girl was drunk and thought that 56 seemed like a great number of stars. She then sobered up the next morning and freaked the hell out that she looked like Mike Tyson and now is suing so she doesn't look like an idiot for asking for them in the first place. To remove them is going to cost about $15,000.


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Breaux Mobile Home Park is located at latitude 29.842 and longitude -90.11. The elevation of Breaux Mobile Home Park is 3 feet above mean sea level.
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Writing Linux device drivers
I sent an email to John Williams at PetaLogix and asked him if they had some information about writing Linux device drivers. Here is his answer:.
"We don't document how to write device drivers as such, since that is a generic topic relevant across all Linux systems. There is the petalinux-new-module command which is used to create a template loadable module, which might be the first step of creating a custom driver. You might like to look at the UIO framework - userspace IO. We use ita lot and it is a nice way of making simple driver interfaces".
I am not a Linux kernel expert and know nothing about the internals of the Linux kernel. Let's try the two other methods.
Device drivers for custom hardware
For many types of devices, what is really needed is some way to handle an interrupt and provide access to the memory space of the device. The logic of controlling the device does not necessarily have to be within the kernel if the device does not need to take advantage of any of other resources that the kernel provides. In this tutorial, we will explore two ways of achieving direct access to the hardware from user space:
Writing a kernel driver is overkill for some devices, and the development process is more complicated because it requires writing kernel code. In this tutorial, we will create our first very simple UIO driver and learn how to load a module in Linux.
Userspace access via /dev/mem
"/dev/mem" is a virtual file representing the memory map of the whole system. To access the device from user space, we can open "/dev/mem", and then use mmap() to map the device to memory, and then we can access the device by using the pointer which points to the mapped memory. Here are some of the characteristics:
OK for prototyping � not recommended for production
Running an example
Run the following command to create an application called "gpio-dev-mem-test"
Here is the generated directory:
Replace the file gpio-dev-mem-test.c with the file that can be downloaded from here.
Enable the build and installation of the application from menuconfig by running:
--> petalinux-config-apps
Save the configuration.
Build a new image
Run make to compile the application and build it into the Linux image.
--> cd $PETALINUX/software/petalinux-dist
--> make
Boot the board
For instruction on how to boot the system see part 76. After logging in to the Linux, try the gpio-dev-mem-test command to directly access the GPIO devices.
This command will turn on all four LEDs on the board.
Creating an UIO driver
In this section we will create an UIO driver using the enhanced generic UIO framework. We will start by generating a new application called "gpio-uio-test".
Replace the file gpio-uio-test.c with the file that can be downloaded from here.
Configure user application
Run petalinux-config-apps and select the <gpio-uio-test> application.
Configure the kernel to support UIO
Although, we can implement the control logic of the devices totally in user space, we need to enable the UIO framework in the kernel. We will configure the UIO subsystem to be built as a loadable module. However, it is also possible to build it directly into the kernel if we prefer.
Run petalinux-config-kernel to open the kernel menuconfig
--> petalinux-config-kernel
Select Device Drivers
In the Device Drivers menu scroll down to the "Userspace I/O drivers". Select it as a <M>.
Because the kernel is configured to support loadable modules by default, for those loadable device drivers, we can select it as built-it or module. "<*>" means built-in and "<M>" means module. If a driver is selected as a module, it will not be loaded when booting Linux. We can load it after Linux boots by using the modprobe command (see below).
Go into the "Userspace I/O Drivers" menu and mark the "Userspace I/O platform driver with generic IRQ handling".
Exit the kernel menuconfig and save the configuration.
Identifying the device to be controlled by UIO
The "compatible" property on a device entry in the device tree (DTS) links the device to a kernel driver. We are going to mark the LEDs GPIO to be controlled as the UIO device, instead of the normal Xilinx GPIO device driver. The CTS file can be found here:
Edit the DTS file
We are going to use the UIO driver instead of the normal GPIO driver for our GPIO device (we have only one the 4bit LEDs). We will replace the compatible parameter line with: compatible="generic-uio"
Rebuilding and booting PetaLinux
Run make inside "petalinux-dist"
--> $PETALINUX/software/petalinux-dist
Reboot the system and login to the Linux system.
Load the UIO modules
Load the UIO modules using the following commands:
modprobe uio
modprobe uio_pdrv_genirq
List the active loaded modules with the lsmod command. We can find the information of the loaded modules from: /sys/class/uio
Run mdev -s to make sure the /dev/uio0 correctly represents the UIO device. This command automatically creates device files in /dev for the devices found in: /sys/class/*
Try the gpio-uio-test command to turn on/off the LEDs on the board.
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Picture #1 is a plaque that I helped my wife make. It was her first real woodworking project. It was made for a friend of her Dad. Picture #2 is the Keystone symbol (I live in Pennsylvania). I made it for my boss as a thank you for some shelving that he let me take from work. Picture #3 is a rustic looking plaque for my father in law. Picture #4 is the keyhole slot that I routed in the back for wall mounting. The first two plaques were made from red oak, and the third was made from a slab of rough cut pine.
-- Measure twice, cut once, then sand a whole bunch
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#1 posted 03-05-2012 04:55 PM
Nice look, I've made those before, but I like your idea of different shapes, very cool indeed!!
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#2 posted 05-20-2018 11:29 AM
This is so nice for mounting antlers bot also may be used for other projects, such as coat hangers, plaques, etc. Congratulations!
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Parents of Ohio State students react to campus attack
Parents concerns turned to relief after learning their kids were safe at Ohio State
Parents concerns turned to relief after learning their kids were safe at Ohio State
Parents concerns turned to relief after learning their kids were safe at Ohio State
Ohio State students weren't the only ones feeling panicked Monday. Cincinnati residents who have children at OSU said seeing the breaking-news alert is a parent's worst fear.
"The alert read, 'run, hide, fight,'" Lori Koehne said.
She said those words spoke to the seriousness of the situation. Her thoughts instantly turned to her son, Nick, who is a sophomore at Ohio State.
"It felt like an eternity, but it was probably only about three minutes or so, and I was able to reach Nick by phone," Koehne said. "His voice, you could tell he was scared. He was saying that he was worried about some of his friends, but he was safe and sheltering in place in his dorm."
Meanwhile, Garth Turner was busy working in the master control room at WLWT when the breaking-news alert popped up. His son, Nate, is an OSU freshman.
"I just asked him, do you know what's going on, he said, 'yeah, they've got us sheltered in place and everything's good, we're up on the fourth floor of a building,'" Turner said.
As Turner juggled WLWT's live coverage of the breaking news in Columbus, his son was never far off in his mind.
"Watching all of the coverage, I realized that he was about four buildings away from that so you kind of feel a little secure in that they're not opening up their coverage, so they should be safe," Turner said.
Back on the west side of town, Koehne's concern turned toward her son's friends, who he graduated with from Taylor High School and also attended Ohio State.
"Your heart goes to the place that you're so happy that your child is safe, but you're so worried about everybody else's kid," Koehne said.
Concern quickly turned to relief after Koehne learned they were all safe.


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Originally published on 1 February 2018.
If you could choose to live forever, would you?
It would be a big decision. I mean, forever is a long time.
So how about if you had the option to just double your life. What if you could choose to live to 200, would you take it then?
It may sound like fantasy, but by the time you finish reading today's piece, you'll see that fantasy may be a lot closer to reality than it first appears.
You'll also see that there is a lot of money flowing into this space, from some very heavy hitters.
$1 million if you can slow down ageing
Around two weeks ago Gizmodo reported:
Silicon Valley Is Ready to Spend Millions More on Its Anti-Ageing Obsession
This month, the famed Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator put out a call for companies working to "help people live healthier for longer." If you're a scientist or entrepreneur who wants to increase human longevity and "healthspan," Y Combinator will give you up to $1 million (£719,000) to do it.
"Think of this as treating diseases that get worse with age," Y Combinator president Sam Altman told Gizmodo. "I think this helps people a lot, obviously, and will lead to very valuable companies."
Articles like the above pop up all the time. They are interesting, but rarely do they provide details about how these anti-ageing treatments will work.
So today we're going to look at the three most likely routes to immortality. Or at least, back to youth.
There may be more to vampire mythology than meets the eye
Although they may seem modern, vampire tales have been around for thousands of years.
Vampires had a resurgence in the 1800s, with books like The Vampyre and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Then another one just a few years ago – Twilight, Blade, True Blood, etc.
But vampires are nothing new. Stories about them have pretty much always been around.
"The Vampire", lithograph by R. de Moraine (1864)
To quote Wikipedia:
Legends of vampires have existed for millennia; cultures such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, ancient Greeks, and Romans had tales of demonic entities and blood-drinking spirits which are considered precursors to modern vampires.
That's great. But what does it have to do with ageing?
Everything, it turns out. There may be more truth to the vampire legends than we previously thought.
"Whatever is in young blood is causing changes that appear to make the ageing process reverse"
In May last year New Scientist reported the findings of a study giving young people's blood to the ill and elderly.
Older people who received transfusions of young blood plasma have shown improvements in biomarkers related to cancer, Alzheimer's disease and heart disease, New Scientist has learned.
"I don't want to say the word panacea, but here's something about teenagers," Jesse Karmazin, founder of startup Ambrosia, told New Scientist. "Whatever is in young blood is causing changes that appear to make the ageing process reverse."
Instead of halting the ageing process, Karmazin says he thinks plasma transfusions actually reverse it. But if this is true, the effects don't last forever. "Some people have felt great since they had the treatment 9 months ago," he says. "Others have felt the effects wore off after a few months."
This study supports previous ones done into transfusions of "young bloods". In 2016, Alkahest discovered that blood plasma from young people could rejuvenate old mice. It improved their memory, cognition, and physical activity.
And there have been numerous others supporting the young blood theory. As time goes on, we can expect more and more treatments to come out that treat old age with young blood.
It seems there really is something to the vampire folklore. As weird as it sounds, human blood may prove to be a true fountain of youth.
But if you don't fancy going full vampire, there is still hope. In the last few years scientists think they may have identified the actual process that makes us age.
The key to long life is long telomeres
The Telomere Effect is a 2017 book, co-authored by Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn. She won her Nobel Prize in 2009 for her discovery of telomeres and their role in the ageing process.
Here's the blurb from the back, which sums up the ideas pretty well:
The Telomere Effect reveals the ground-breaking science at the heart of ageing – and what you can do to help reverse it.
While many factors contribute to ageing and illness, Elizabeth and Elissa's award-winning research has revealed that the length of our telomeres – the part of our chromosomes which determine how fast our cells age and die – can have a direct effect on how quickly or slowly we age.
There's a good explanation of the role telomeres play in ageing on the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center website:
Inside the nucleus of a cell, our genes are arranged along twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer.
Telomeres have been compared with the plastic tips on shoelaces, because they keep chromosome ends from fraying and sticking to each other, which would destroy or scramble an organism's genetic information.
Yet, each time a cell divides, the telomeres get shorter. When they get too short, the cell can no longer divide; it becomes inactive or "senescent" or it dies. This shortening process is associated with aging, cancer, and a higher risk of death. So telomeres also have been compared with a bomb fuse.
In her book, Blackburn argues that we can alter the rate our telomeres shorten with lifestyle changes, such as more exercise and eating better. You know, the usual.
But if all that sounds too difficult, I have good news. There are now companies offering gene therapy treatments that (allegedly) lengthen your telomeres.
A Seattle-based company called BioViva hit headlines in 2016 when its CEO, Elizabeth Parrish, underwent its experimental treatment to lengthen her telomeres.
That's true belief in your own product, right there.
According to BioViva, its gene therapy – performed in Colombia because it would be illegal in the US – lengthened Parrish's telomeres by 9%.
As covered in The Guardian:
BioViva claims that six months after treatment the telomeres in Parrish's white blood cells had lengthened by 9%.
It was an announcement met by a mixture of derision and incredulity by many scientists, who cited the lack of proper scientific procedure. "We used third-party testing for everything," asserts Parrish. "We used a standard telomere testing system that doctors sell and patients can buy over the internet. By that test, it said my telomeres in my [white blood cells] extended by the equivalent of 20 years."
I guess time will tell if she was very smart of very foolish.
The thing with vampire treatments and gene therapy though is, you wouldn't really be immortal. Even if your body was young again, you could still be killed in an accident.
The only real way to survive death is to transcend your body altogether. And Elon Musk is just the man to help.
For the ultimate in immortality, upload your brain
This is a sci-fi staple. It's in my old favourite, The 6th Day, it's in The Matrix, and it's in a number of other books and films too that I won't list for spoilers.
The idea of uploading your brain to a computer isn't all that new. But if you want true immortality, it's the only way to go.
If we could download and upload our consciousness at will, we could, in theory, live forever.
Just as in The 6th Day, we could have clones grown and waiting in stasis for when we decide to upload our brains to them.
Many "transhumanists" believe we will eventually leave our bodies behind altogether and simply upload our consciousness to the web.
It sounds like it may be a long way off, or even plain ridiculous. But there are some very smart and very rich people working on that idea right now.
Elon Musk is currently developing his Neuralink. This is a brain-computer interface, which Musk hopes will help us merge our brains with artificial intelligence (AI).
He believes that: "Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence."
The idea that all sufficiently advanced life ends up transcending biology is also a good solution to the Femri paradox.
The next question would be, if you upload your consciousness to a network and leave your body behind, are you still human?
And it leads us on to the bigger question of what makes us human in the first place. I think that's a bit too big in scope for today's issue, so we'll just leave it there.
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As noted in the tagline, I'm a kinky asexual with a fondness for words. To take apart this stated identity a bit, asexual-wise, I don't feel sexual attraction, I find sexuality one of the most fascinating topics in the world, I'm not at all repulsed and in fact am quite the opposite, but I seem to lack the kind of desire for sex most non-asexuals seem to have.
Kinky-wise, I'm a narrative voyeur (I hope to explain what this means at some point) and somewhat of a masochist. I've been making up stories involving torture, power dynamics, etc, since I was four, and enjoying them when I ran into them in sources I consumed since not too long after that. I've been examining this part of my life since I was about thirteen. At the moment, I'm still very much a practical newbie, but less of one than I was a month ago, which is nice.
Here, I hope to write thoughts, ideas, and analysis on various aspects of BDSM, and also about myself, whether that be things I've been thinking about, responses to prompts I find, or something else.
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As we announced on Facebook, Marian Iuga was the winner in our recent lottery. He won performance optimization service from Simtech Development. Now that we have analyzed the site kalenda.ro, we are ready to show you the results.
The aim was to detect if anything slows down the site and ensure it stays optimized. Please note that the server settings haven't been improved as we did not have the root SSH access.
What has been done:
- analyzed Average Page Load Time from January 1, 2017 to May 5, 2017 via Google Analytics;
- found the pages with load time more than 10 seconds;
- checked Site Speed Suggestions;
- optimized images for the home page.
Results and suggestions:
- we recommend optimizing images on the store pages – as an example, we optimized images on the home page and the google page speed score has increased from 54 (red zone) to 90 (green zone) (according to Google Analytics);
- total size of the home page has been reduced from 1.23MB to 1.02MB.
- we recommend using CDN for images in order to decrease the server loading.
Detailed report on the analysis:
1) Average Page Load Time from January 1, 2017 to May 5,2017 is 3-4 seconds with only one case of more than 20 seconds load. This check helps to find continuing problems with a page load. The site doesn't have such problems, as there was only issue. Most probably, it was a temporary server one.
2) Average Page Load Time from April 15 to May 5 is 3-4 seconds. We sorted pages by maximum Average Page Load Time in order to check the slowest pages.
We found several pages with load time more than 10 seconds. However, we noticed that it had occurred only once. It means that it could be some specific problem like server overload or bad internet connection on the user side.
3) We have checked Site Speed Suggestions. The important one is to optimize images on the store pages.
We have performed image optimization on the home page. The google page speed score has increased from 54 (red zone) to 90 (green zone). The score has been increased by 36%. Noticeable improvement, isn't it.
4) Unfortunately, we could not check the server settings without the root SSH access. However, our suggestion for the server is to use CDN for images. This step will help decrease the server loading considerably.
To sum it up, we can say that the site performance really matters! And if you have any doubts about your store, you are welcome to use our Performance Optimization Services.


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On 11 May 1998, then Prime Minister Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee convened a press meet at his residence in New Delhi and made the following short statement:
"Today, at 1545 hours, India conducted three underground nuclear tests in the Pokhran range. The tests conducted today were with a fission device, a low yield device and a thermonuclear device. The measured yields are in line with expected values. Measurements have also confirmed that there was no release of radioactivity into the atmosphere. These were contained explosions like the experiment conducted in May 1974. I warmly congratulate the scientists and engineers who have carried out these successful tests."
After these successful tests, the nuclear program (started by Indira Gandhi in 1974) was declared finished. In all five tests were carried out with name "Operation Shakti" in Pokhran in Rajasthan (INDIA) on 11th and 15th MAy 1998. A team of scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) were lead by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (scientific advisor to the prime minister and head of DRDO) and Dr. R. Chidambaram (Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, India). Since then, May 11 has been officially declared as National Technology Day in India. Same day, Prime minister added a phrase "Jai Vigyan" in to the slogan "Jai Jawan- Jai Kisan" earlier given by Former Indian Prime Minister Sri Lal Bahadur Shashtri.
Wish all the Indians, Happy Technology day. On this occasion let us have a look at the scientific fact sheet of these tests done by India. As described by Dr. R. Chidambaram (one of the chief project coordinators of the program) the first three detonations took place simultaneously on 11th May. Two tests (Shakti-I and Shakti-II) out of three, done on 11th, were having yield of 45 kt and 15 kt respectively. Whereas, the third one (Shakti-III) was a sub-kiloton device with a yield of 0.2 kt. Full description can be found here.
Shakti-I was for test purposes and that is why the yield was downgraded from theoretical value of 200 kt to 45 kt. The device tested in Shakti-II was an actual nuclear warhead that can be delivered by bombers or fighters. This was the actual test which was planned based on improvements in the 1974 devices. This test was canceled earlier in 1994 due to international pressure on India. At the end, the new design proved to be a successful one. Shakti-III used Plutonium for test purposes so that it can be used as alternative nuclear fuel for reactors for getting clean fuel. In my personal opinion, this research will get a setback after the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Shakti-IV and Shakti-V were carried out to get more data to study the performance of these devices. Shakti-V used U-233, which is an artificial isotope of Uranium. This isotope was produced in India itself from Thorium.
Successful experiments on May 11 were followed by two more on May 13 which also was successful and India became a nuclear weapon state and capable of carry out research on utilization of nuclear energy for fuel. With all pride, here is a word of caution! A lesson should be taken from Japan Nuclear meltdown and security measures should not be neglected for these weapons and reactors.


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Tuesday, 16 April 2019
A speed radar targeting boats on the waterways around Mandurah is being trialled to help keep the community safe.
The trial has been running for a couple of weeks under the Mary Street Bridge and has already shown some positive results, with boats slowing down significantly in the area.
The radar unit displays the speed of approaching boats and a 'green happy face' for those below the limit and a 'red unhappy face" for boats exceeding the speed limit.
The trial was initiated by the Port Mandurah Resident's Association in conjunction with the City of Mandurah and the Department of Transport after ongoing safety concerns about speeding boats and potential damage to the waterway walls from excess wash.
City of Mandurah Mayor Rhys Williams said this is a fantastic initiative to reduce speeding through the canals which is an ongoing issue with residents.
"This technology for use on the water is relatively new and I'm so pleased Mandurah is one of the first in the country to trial it.
"The trial will last around 6 months when the results will be assessed for future use," Mr Williams said.
The prototype speed radar unit was developed by a Queensland company, with the Mandurah trial being monitored by a number of potential customers around the country, including in New South Wales for use on Sydney Harbour.


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(SNO) – Parts of a derelict wooden house in Choiseul, that collapsed around 6 a.m. on Monday, July 16, 2018, is being demolished — finally, according to residents.
The house, which was located near the police station in Choiseul, posed a risk to passersby.
Though no one was injured when the abandoned structure collapsed over a week and a half ago, it came very close in claiming a victim. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL STORY
In an earlier report, a resident had said: "This morning a big part of the house fell in the road. It almost fell on a man that was going to put garbage by the road. When people hear the loud noise they went to see but no one got hurt."
Our newsroom was told that the presumed owner of the building had been told to break the structure down a long time ago, so that the structure won't collapse unexpectedly and hurt someone.
Many persons, including children, had to pass the "risky" derelict house to reach their homes, according to the resident.
However, relief came mid-week when the owner and his workers began to demolish the structure.
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Iran's President on the Downfall of Babylon
Jul 29, 2008
Iran's President speaks of "the big powers" as coming to the end of their power. To be completely accurate, he should have identified these "powers" as Mystery Babylon, which has enslaved the nations for many years. The nations themselves are not the problem, except that their lawlessness brought Mystery Babylon to them as divine judgment. If he understood the distinction between the nations and the Babylonian entity, he would be more accurate.
Even so, I think he speaks the truth in this case. . .
"The big powers are going down," Ahmadinejad told foreign ministers of the Nonaligned Movement meeting in Tehran. "They have come to the end of their power, and the world is on the verge of entering a new, promising era."


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SEVERE Karmic Booms Striking Apartheid, Morally Repugnant NZ!
Major Disasters Looming!
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The Final Destination:
About 5,000 foreigners—overseas visitors international students, foreign workers and new immigrants—have been killed/murdered and 30,000 others seriously injured in New Zealand since January 2000. At least 98 percent of the casualties would've been avoidable, if NZ gave a f*ck! [Updated October 31, 2018]
Identity of tourist violently killed in Canterbury road crash finally revealed
The Final Destination: World's Most Dangerous Tourist Deathtrap
Fatal crash, Islington – name release
Tuesday, 27 November 2018 – 2:42pm – Canterbury
The tourist who was violently killed in a crash between a car and a truck in Islington on November 5 has finally been identified.
"He was Jan Michel Veneman, 45, from the Netherlands," police said.
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Two people killed in workplace incidents within 24 hours
WorkUnsafe NZ
Fatal workplace accident, Paengaroa
Tuesday, 27 November 2018 – 1:43pm [Bay of Plenty of deaths]
A person was killed in a workplace incident in Paengaroa today. "Police were called to the scene about midday."
Fatal workplace incident at Fletcher Reinforcing near Levin
One person was killed in a workplace accident on the outskirts of Levin.
"A police spokeswoman said officers were called to Fletcher Reinforcing at 12.13pm. An ambulance and police car can be seen at the rear of the Main Road South property."
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Sink Holes in Seismic Nightmare City (SNC)
Sinkhole swallows rubbish truck's front tyres in central Christchurch
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Murdered in NZ
Man charged with murder of Ngakuru woman linked to truck crash
Ex-boyfriend guilty of 'cold-blooded killing'
Man [murdered by police] in Darfield shooting incident was a 'good bloke'
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ONLY in New Zealand
You'd know how desperate we are for recruiting more doctors!
Sex offender still a 'doctor' after 13 indecency convictions
Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Frigging Farish continued to refer to convicted sex criminal Indian Rakesh Kumar Chawdhry as "Dr Chawdhry" at his latest sentencing because even after 13 indecency convictions he has still not been struck off.
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NZ Health Warnings
Trampoline "Massacre"
Trampoline injuries exceed 1000 a month in New Zealand – ACC data
Trampolines cause more than 1,000 injuries a month, according to ACC data.
- "Seventy-eight per cent of the trampoline injury claims made to the Accident Compensation Corporation involve children aged 14 or younger.
- "The number of head injuries associated with trampolines increased by 289 per cent from 2013/14 to 2017/18.
- "In the same period, neck injuries rose by 33 per cent and lumbar and thoracic spinal injuries rose by 29 per cent."
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NZ Police Watch
Police ordered to keep road fatality reports near 2017 levels
How many actually killed on NZ roads this year so far?
- Actual road toll for 2018 so far: 1,010 [Based on the blog's advanced statistical models and backed by other resources – margin of error: ±3 per cent.]
- No. of fatalities reported by police: ONLY 672 [Includes unofficial data for two regions provided by a police insider.]
- Official No. of crash victims: ONLY 341 as of Nov. 27, 2018
Monitor the Ministry of Resurrection's road fatality updates and calculate the number of resurrection's daily at https://www.transport.govt.nz
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The dead on the run: Now you see them, now you don't!
NZ government (police and Ministry of Resurrection) under-report road fatalities in the same way Puerto Rican officials (US Govt) misled the world following Hurricane Maria. Death toll from the destructive storm was reported at only 64, instead of the scientifically researched total of 2,975.
In NZ, about two-thirds of road fatalities go unreported, or unrecorded by the authorities to protect the cutthroat tourism and banking! [See blog entries under Ministry of Resurrection.]
See also: Police censorship produces NZ's "lowest murder rate in decades"
Based on insider information, statistical models and local news, we believe about 900 people were killed and more than 18,000 others injured on NZ suicide roads in 2017; however, only 380 fatalities were reported by police last year. [See blog content.]
Medical Miracle, Malicious MENDACITY, or Govt Disinformation?
Of an estimated 3,000 people who received near-fatal, critical, or serious injuries on New Zealand roads in 2017, only a handful died from their injuries, according to NZ police reports, or lack thereof.
[Check your local hospital and see how many of the critically injured are hospitalized on any given day. But will they let you check the hospital morgue?]


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Gray Maynard Out of UFC 155, Will be Replaced by Jim Miller
It's only fitting that the year-end UFC event has suffered an injury, as the promotion has been hit hard by the injury bug this past year. Gray Maynard will be replaced by Jim Miller for a lightweight showdown at UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II.
UFC officials confirmed the change on Wednesday, as Maynard suffered an injury in training. The former contender was looking to build off a recent win over Clay Guida.
Miller (21-4) has won 10 of his 13 UFC bouts, but was stopped by Nate Diaz this past May. Diaz has since signed to compete for the UFC lightweight title against Benson Henderson.
Lauzon (22-7) is also coming off a victory, as he topped Jamie Varner most recently. Lauzon is 9-4 inside the Octagon and owns 11 fight-night bonuses.
UFC 155 takes place December 29 from Las Vegas. Lauzon-Miller is expected to remain on the main card.
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- Royce Gracie Makes Claims Against Shane Carwin Following Fight Withdrawl
- Shane Carwin Out With Knee Injury, UFC Seeking Opponent For Roy Nelson
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Funny story: the original cover art for EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE is missing. At this point we think Doctor Charm might have sent the minions to retrieve the files, but he's not admitting anything. Which means we're left with the awkward situation of not having cover art for the book. At least, not having cover art without the Breathless Press imprint marks on it.
The solution is to get a new cover. Victoria Miller was the artist for INTERNS and MOVIES and I love her work. She's doing the new EVFIL cover and the first draft should be in my inbox sometime next week. Exciting!
Print editions will follow, and eventually a print collection with the first three books in the series. Book 4 is still untitled and slated for release winter 2015/2016. I have to work the edits in around the release schedule of JANE'S SHADOW which comes out in November.
If you have any questions, hit me with them in the comments section. Otherwise, have a fantastic day and go enjoy a book!
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By emack76 (7 McR Points) on Oct 25, 2012
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Written DirectionsState HWY63 North from Columbia, Mo West (L) on State HWY124 East (L) on State HWY240 East (L) on State HWY40 (Exit) on I-70 East back to Columbia, Mo
SceneryState HWY63 North from Columbia, Mo to State HWY124 (~12mi): This super-slab divided 4-lane highway can be very fast, but quickly releases you into the famous lush rolling hills of Missouri. There's a gas-stop north of town, you should consider stopping if you're low on fuel, or need a bathroom. Next fuel is almost 20 miles (Fayette) further along this route. Just past the fuel, you'll find Finger Lakes State Park. You should explore that when you have time. This leg terminates at HWY 124 (W), very near Pinnacles Park. Huers Cafe is there as well...a great little greasy spoon. State HWY124 (W) from ST HWY63 to Harrisburg, Mo (~12mi): This leg is well-kept blacktop (fresh in 2012) that winds its way through heavily wooded areas. Careful of that pair of "S" turns. No biggie, but the inexperienced should obey the speed limit through there. This leg makes the whole ride for many people. While you can head back south on State Route E (more winding fun), I suggest going on into Harrisburg. You can always grab some BBQ there. Don't worry, you can't miss the spot. State HWY124 (W) from Harrisburg to Fayette, Mo (~13mi): This stretch of pavement is also fresh in 2012, and forest has given way to open fields and, not far out of town, you'll cross over the Moniteau River. It's not much of a river really, but marks your entry into Howard County. After another set of lovely "S" turns you'll have a chance to open it up on some straight open stretches. Enjoy the nice set of hills! Before you know it, you're just outside of Fayette. Go on into town - you'll find Emmet's there on the square. My hats off to the chef. State HWY240(E) & State HWY40 from Fayette to Columbia, Mo (~22mi): Take it easy on this high quality asphalt. Just follow the signs back to Columbia and relax. You'll see Agriculture along the way. Do be careful of our friends working in the field. Those tractors could be around any corner! There's a good mix of straight streches, hills, and corners along this route. Even a novice will not have to fall below the speed limit to negotiate this leg. Once on 40, you'll quickly cross back over the Moniteau River (now looking more like a river) into Boone County. A more dramatic bottom land only a few miles from the MIssouri River. You can always pop through Rocheport if you wish. Can you find the old train tunnel through the bluff on the south side of town? Enjoy, and be safe!
Drive EnjoymentThis entire ride is either super-slab in great condition, or roads freshly paved in 2011-2012. A real delight.
Tourism OpportunitiesThese items were covered in the scenery portion. There is pleny to explore along the way and it's easy to turn this ride into a whole day event.
Motorcycle Road Additional infoI ride this route every day to and from work in Columbia. I hope you like it as much as I do.
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Boris Konrad and Ilja Grzeskowitz are Certified Speaking Professionals
Two Germans, Memory Trainer Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad and Change Expert Ilja Grzeskowitz from the well-known Global Topspeakers Agency, have recently been honoured with the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation by the National Speakers Association of America - an award considered to be the highest level of international recognition for professional keynote speakers.
The "Certified Speaking Professional" certificate represents the ultimate quality standard for international speakers and documents their outstanding skills and professionalism on the international stage. In Germany, only 20 professional speakers are entitled to it and all over the world, no more than 7 per cent of the professional speakers do carry the coveted title. Applying for the CSP is a big challenge in itself: Not only are the applicants required to present their commercial records of the recent five years and to furnish proof of having delivered at least 250 paid presentations during this time, but they also have to provide a sizeable number of top evaluations from customers and principals.
Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad, the world champion in memorising names and frequent guest in German TV shows such as Germany's "Superhuman" ("Deutschlands Superhin") and "Wetten, dass …?) met all these requirements and naturally was very proud when he was accepted into the prestigious group of CSPs. "Not only does the CSP medal honour our work but it also lends more credibility to the speaker's profession itself", says Konrad.
Ilja Grzeskowitz, the author of seven books and renowned guest speaker at international events, could not contain his pleasure either when he received the letter by the National Speakers Association – he broke into cheers at once. However, it was important to the Change Expert to point out that the award is nothing that can be bought but can only be earned by years of hard work.
The official award ceremony for the two Global Topspeakers, Dr. Boris Nikolai Konrad and Ilja Grzeskowitz, took place in Phoenix, Arizona, at the end of July.


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Google And Rackspace To Develop OpenPower Server Design
Google and Rackspace co-develop open server architecture based on new IBM POWER9 hardware
Google is combining forces with Rackspace to co-develop an open server architecture design specification based on IBM's upcoming Power9 processors.
It was December 2013 when IBM open-sourced its Power chip architecture, and subsequently launched the OpenPower Foundation in attempt to wrestle away Intel's majority share in the data centre market with the power of open source.
OpenPower licenses IBM's server and chip designs.
Google and Rackspace made their announcement at the second annual OpenPower conference this week. Google, a founding member of the OpenPower Foundation, is already using IBM's Power8 chips in some server in its data centres, and revealed earlier this year that it is working with Facebook to design racks compatible with Open Compute Project specifications. The new servers will also be compatible with Facebook's 48V design.
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IBM's Power9 CPU is set to arrive in the second half of 2017, offering up 24 cores rather than that 12 currently in its Power8 chips.
"Rethinking data centre design is happening out in the open here at Google," wrote the company in a blog post.
"Today we're announcing that we're working with Rackspace to co-develop an open server architecture design specification based on IBM's new Power9 CPU."
The move is the latest evidence that OpenPower is serious about providing alternatives to Intel's x86-base reign.
At last year's inaugural OpenPower Summit, 130 members flaunted around 20 new OpenPower-based systems and products. This year, eWeek reported more than 200 members were present with around 60 products on offer.
"The growing rosters of OpenPower members and commercial solutions demonstrate that the Foundation is a stable, increasingly potent force in commercial data centres," said Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT.
"The new and upcoming solutions developed individually and collaboratively by Foundation members speak to the evolving value of IBM's POWER Architecture. But they also highlight the desire for new, alternative computing innovations among global data center vendors and the customers they serve."


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Christmas Eve is just a few hours away and most of us aren't thinking about survival at all. But a couple thousand years ago Mary and Joseph were faced with survival. In their sudden trek to Bethlehem and then their sudden fleeing trek to Egypt, they had to "bug out" both times. Here is a site that goes through their bug out and how we can plan our own bug out kits.
I tend to think I'm the bug out location so I don't need to have a bug out kit. But what if we had an economic collapse and that lead to war in our nation. So many places have had sudden unexpected war and the horrors that go with it. They never thought it would happen to them but it did. We should always be ready to leave with 10 minutes notice. Bugging out might come or it might never come but we should be prepared just in case.
Here is a short read you might enjoy just in time for Christmas. I hope you each have a blessed Christmas with your family this weekend!


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04 Feb DISABLED TRAVELLING IN SOUTH AFRICA
There is absolutely no reason to miss out on amazing holidays in South Africa just because you're differently abled. A growing awareness of the needs of people with disabilities is leading to more and more restaurants, lodges and places of interest upgrading their facilities to include this important market.
At Rhino Shuttles we definitely cater for the differently abled and are proud to be the shuttle service of choice for Wheelchair Tennis South Africa. Therefore, we thought it would be a great idea to feature some of the destinations that cater for our special guests and that we regularly visit.
Several lodges in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve are wheelchair friendly. These include Bakubung and Kwa Maritane, which offer wheelchair-friendly rooms, bathrooms and patios, as well as access to the lounge and dining room in the main building. Assistance is needed on the pathways, though, and cupboards don't have lowered hang rails.
There are parking bays for the disabled and access to the hotel from the parking area. A shuttle bus service with a wheelchair hoist is available within the resort. You have access to the bar, lounge and dining room, and also to the pool via a paved pathway. Assistance is available should you require it. You can also visit the Valley of the Waves. Rooms and bathrooms are wheelchair friendly and the cupboards have lowered hang rails.
Berg-en-Dal camp's Unit 30 is near the river and offers access along a pathway with a small ramp from the parking area. A sliding door gives access directly from the bedroom to the patio. There are no lowered hang rails but the bathroom is quite spacious. You have access to the camp's main dining areas and the Rhino trail in the camp. Berg-en-Dal No 83 and 84 are wheelchair-friendly family units.
Satara offers wheelchair-friendly camp sites and ablution blocks, as well as access to the restaurant, shop, patio, pool and day-visitor's area.
Other camps with disabled facilities include Lower Sabie and Skukuza.
Self-catering chalets No 38 and 39 at the Forever Resort will suit you to a tee with two bedrooms, two bathrooms (one with a shower, one with a bath) accessible kitchen facilities, and a private patio. The resort offers access to reception, swimming pools and several activities at the resort.
If you have your sights set on a Waterberg holiday, look no further than Lindani Game and Lodges. Access from the gravel parking area is via a concrete pathway to the main lodge with its spacious bedroom and bathroom (no lowered hang rails). Level access takes you to the lounge, dining room and patio, and concrete pathways take you to the lapa and swimming pool, which offers a ramp for a small wheelchair.
Call Rhino Shuttles for private shuttle transfers from the airport or your home in the greater Johannesburg area to any of these destinations.


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4 Reasons NOT To Pay PMI Insurance – Money Matters. – For example, government-backed loans, like VA and FHA loans, do not require private mortgage insurance. However, VA loans will likely require a VA funding fee, which ranges from 1.5% – 3.3% of the loan.
can i deduct interest on home equity loan Is Home Equity Loan Interest Tax Deductible? | LendingTree – The deduction amount includes the interest you pay on your mortgage, home equity loan, home equity line of credit (HELOC) or mortgage refinance. If you took on the debt before Dec. 15, 2017, you can deduct interest on $1 million worth of qualified loans for married couples and $500,000 for those filing separately for the 2018 tax year.
FHA & PMI Rules | Home Guides | SF Gate – FHA Insurance. To clear up the confusion, the FHA does not actually require borrowers to purchase PMI from a traditional, private PMI company. Instead, the PMI that a borrower pays actually goes directly to the FHA. The FHA is the insurance company. So, the PMI payments you make actually pay for the FHA insurance on your loan.
How to Get a Loan Without Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) – · Ordinarily, this would require you to make monthly PMI payments, at least until you pay down a good portion of the loan. However, if the lender offers the lender-paid mortgage insurance (lpmi) option, then the lender will include the amount of the insurance in the loan itself.
PMI: What Private Mortgage Insurance Is And How To Avoid It. – PMI can be canceled with enough equity. To put it another way: You can request cancellation of mortgage insurance when the loan-to-value ratio drops to 80 percent. The lender is required to cancel PMI when the loan-to-value ratio drops to 78 percent.
What is an FHA Loan? – Complete Guide to FHA Loans | Zillow – An FHA loan is a mortgage loan that's backed by the federal housing administration. borrowers are required to pay a mortgage insurance premium, which reduces the lender's risk if a borrower defaults.
HUD suspends FHA mortgage insurance rate cut an hour after Trump takes office – The FHA does not issue loans. The administration noted that the agency's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund's capital reserve ratio exceeded requirements for the second year in a row. "With sufficient.
FHA mortgage insurance changes coming – Starting June 3, the Federal Housing Administration will require most borrowers using its loan products to keep mortgage insurance for the life. or anyone considering buying via an FHA loans, the.
What Is An FHA Loan? | 2019 Complete Guide | Bankrate.com – Mortgage insurance is generally required when borrowers put down less than 20 percent. It insures the mortgage for the lender in case the borrower defaults. All FHA loans require the borrower to.
can i get an equity loan with bad credit what does harp do How an Accident Can Affect Your Credit Score – Bad weather. If you can, try opting for a credit card that has low interest, no annual fee, and a high credit limit. If your savings don't cover all of your costs, then a credit card can be a good.
Do FHA Loans Require PMI Insurance for Life of the Loan. – So, technically speaking, PMI is not required for an FHA loan. But you'll still have to pay a government -provided insurance premium, and it might be required for the full term, or life, of the mortgage obligation.
How Long Do You Pay Mortgage Insurance on an FHA Loan? | Home. – Mortgage insurance is required on all FHA loans unless 20 percent equity already exists in the home at the time of the loan funding. Otherwise, borrowers must wait for the loan balance to achieve.


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I don't wether I should laugh or cry...She kept the dead cat in her freezer for three months while she looked for the owner. When no one claimed the body, she made it into a purse.
This just doesn't feel right at all...
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as- ... -1.3776262
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Imagine getting paid to photograph these fantastic cats. Like the rest of us mere mortals I don't get paid to photograph them but I did get to see them everyday for the past week and could have sat and watched them all day.
The lion King of Beasts always looks regal when he decides to sit up and cast his eye over his land. Sadly this chap doesn't have much land to look over however I suppose he doesn't have to worry about predators with rifles hunting him down.
I pretty much had him to myself whenever I went to see him. Most days he would simply be sleeping in the hot sun as cats do.
I decided to sit with him and see if he'd pop his head up to see if I could get the money shot, face straight on with eyes locked on me.
Once he decided it was time to poke his head out from the grass his gaze followed me wherever I walked, too hot for him to walk out for a close up shop though.
Below is the money shot, my crack at the greatest photograph of a lion ever!
A photograph I'm pretty happy with. Originally I wasn't going to take a camera on this trip as it was going to be relaxing by the pool for a week. Thankfully I did or there would be no close up shots of these beautiful cats without my trusty old zoom lens.


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11 July 2011
The Day After...
(Pictured above: speeders crest the hill coming into Moscow as seen through the windshield; Don Somers, left, and Clyde Andrews take a break at Palouse. Note the cargo being towed by the John Henry!!)
July 9 marked the HPG's eighth speeder event, and as always, the day brought people from far and wide to ride the rails to either Princeton or Kennedy Ford, with a longer ride to Palouse as the grand finale. Stay tuned for a separate posting on the wrap-up on our Depot Days event.
Meanwhile, some of the stalwart volunteers got a grand finale of their own, riding to Moscow the day after on July 10. For me, your loyal blogger (Barb Coyner), the ride with Clyde Andrews in the John Henry, was the best speeder ride ever!!! Clyde and his son Kurt brought the larger speeder from Othello and we were glad to see the father-son team back after several years of not attending (We did miss seeing Clyde's wife Bonnie!). Don Somers and Jack Coyner also got to enjoy the ride to Moscow and back, as we departed from the Potlatch Depot at 8:30 am and returned at 3 pm. The weather could not have been better and the views riding through the wheat fields of the Palouse were grand. At one point, a cropduster dive-bombed a field next to the track, adding a bit of excitement. We also enjoyed some nice scenery along the Palouse River and an inspiring panorama as we scooted down the grade into Moscow.
It is rides such as these that refresh the weary crew, and allow the speeder operators to regroup after giving many rides the day before. Our thanks to these loyal operators will never be enough! At the conclusion of our ride, Shirley Somers had the margaritas waiting as Don, Jack and Barb recapped a very busy weekend!
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