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I was up at Wildcat / Pinkham Notch this past weekend. I haven't skied Tucks since I think 2002 but I remember getting on that forum way back then.
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I was up at Wildcat / Pinkham Notch this past weekend. I haven't skied Tucks since I think 2002 but I remember getting on that forum way back then.
Hi Guys,
After much deliberation I'm planning on moving Alpinezone to a new host in the next few days / maybe 1 - 2 weeks. So please bear with me if the site goes down for a bit.
We have been...
I'm working with the host, the flapping just started a few days ago. The host has had spotty service for a while (Jaguarpc) and i've been intending to swap hosts but it's been more complex than I...
Are you seeing $220 a day? it was working earlier. It should be cheaper than that. The price was for 2 nights + 2 days lift passes, per person. Let me ask Ethan.
Hey There AZ'ers!
Last minute here, but we actually have confirmed rates with Sugarloaf for a Summit 2019 weekend this year, April 5th - 7th. Discounted lodging + lift tickets. Price is up a bit...
I see them on the app. I'll check the site
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Ok the account has been temp disabled while I figure out what's going on.
I'm going to be checking this guys, not sure where it's feeding from yet. STay tuned. Been a crazy week but It's on my list.
I'm in this one. I don't think you should crockpot it up in there. A thermos or packable lunch is one thing. Don't hog the table.
I mean tbh i don't think a lodge is a fair comparison to a restaurant. A lodge is more like a cafeteria. It's not table service (unless you are in the restaurant ares, in which case I would get it)....
I went to MRG a few years ago and had a great time. Don't let the slogan fool you, the terrain is challenging, but certainly other resorts have challenging terrain also. As mentioned if you can ski...
I'm not a fan of the router / modem combos. I like having control over my network so I try to keep my modem separate. I've never had an issue with this.
I run the IG site. I'm using it to try and bring in some new members.
I actually wrote to Ember photo on this before posting it - It was originally posted by Vt Ski and Ride on their site and I...
I just saw Brackett on IG, looks insane.
oh good. Is https all working for you now? AZ was getting removed from indexing in google bc of it.
The next thing I need to figure out is if I want to migrate forum software entirely. The...
I'd actually like a kayak now down here in FL haha. i have some great places near me. That or a paddleboard. I just picked up a new Mt bike though so it might be a few months before I spring for the...
Ok the irony is in FL now there are NO mountains. But still, I picked up a Breezer Thunder Expert 29er from Nashbar on clearance (it's a 2015 bike) for $~600 and change, hardtail. Normal price is...
I ended up having to bail ... Family got sick. Same thing that happened to me last year [emoji849]
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I'll be skiing Killington on 11/20 with my wife & kids. If anyone is around LMK and say hi!
Hmm, not sure. I"ll check it. I haven't had that problem.
Hmm Google shows it clear now maybe it's historical fro sophos
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Bummer and speedy recovery!
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I use windy for paragliding wind condions and forecasts it's great!
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Strategy for a National EMS Culture of Safety
EMS has been identified as a high-risk industry and safety impacts more than just EMS personnel. Safety in EMS affects our patients, EMS responders, and the public and includes factors such as vehicle operations, medical errors, infectious diseases, scene safety and responder health and fitness, to name just a few.
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Published September 2012 in Groove Korea
News of two Korea-based English teachers who died while backpacking in Vietnam in late July and early August has shaken the local expat community. Friends Kari Bowerman, 27, of the U.S. and Cathy Huynh, 26, of Canada had just begun their week-long vacation when they suddenly fell ill and passed away due to unknown causes.
One month after their deaths, many questions are left unanswered about what happened to them. Groove Korea spoke with several friends of the girls, including one who was in contact with Cathy via Skype and phone in the hours before her death.
"We need to continue bringing attention, spreading awareness, and pushing for answers," said the friend, who has asked to not be named. "These lovely and special girls cannot and will not be forgotten. This could have happened to any of us, and we need to make sure it doesn't happen again."
It was 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning in Korea when a friend received a Skype message from Cathy Huynh, who was vacationing in Vietnam with her friend Kari Bowerman. "Are you on?" the message read. "It's an emergency."
Cathy was panicked and urgently needed to get in contact with Kari's family. Kari's health was in serious condition and a relative had to come to Vietnam as soon as possible, Cathy told her friend.
On Monday, July 30, the day after arriving in the small coastal town of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, some seven hours northeast of Ho Chi Minh, she and Kari had fallen ill and took a taxi to a nearby military hospital. Cathy, who could speak Vietnamese, suspected at the time they might have had food poisoning, according to the friend, and told doctors that both were tired and her friend had thrown up several times during the day. "The first hospital they were at, Kari was gasping for air. Something was up and she wasn't feeling well," her friend said of that conversation with Cathy. A doctor at the military hospital later told Vietnamese media that Kari had been writhing upon being admitted. The friend said that Cathy was given medication and fell asleep.
"They were in beds next to each other, and they got a little sleepy. And when she (Cathy) woke up, Kari was gone," the friend said.
News reports said that after some 10 minutes, Kari's condition had worsened enough that she was transferred to a general hospital.
Cathy was discharged the same evening and headed to Khanh Hoa Province General Hospital, to find her friend in grave condition.
"At that point, they (doctors) said that her condition had gotten really serious. She was unconscious, incubated, on a respirator," the friend said. She said Cathy described the hospital as "not a really good place to be around."
"Cathy told me … 'Man, this is a scary place. This is where people go to pass away,'" the friend said. "When she got to the hospital … it had gotten so serious that they told Cathy, 'Since you're a friend you can't do anything. You need to get a hold of a family member.'"
So Cathy returned to her hostel, where the two shared a room, to access the Internet, and that's when she got in touch with the friend in Korea.
Using contact info in Kari's smartphone, Cathy was able to get in touch with Kari's sisters, Ashley Bowerman and Jenny Jaques, who then tried to figure out how to come to Vietnam.
Cathy told the friend that she would go to the hospital first thing in the morning to relay the news and then call her back in eight or nine hours. They hung up.
But by the time Cathy returned to the hospital the next day, Kari had suffered acute respiratory failure as her blood pressure dropped to zero, and she passed away at 10:40 p.m., according to news reports.
Cathy called the friend back around 9:30 a.m. and told her the news.
"She was very calm. Both Kari and Cathy were very strong girls. The first time she called me she was very panicked, nobody knew what to do. But when she called me again, I knew as soon as she started talking. She had a very calm voice … I knew she didn't have anything good to say just by the tone of her voice," the friend said.
"I broke the news to a lot of people and everyone (was in) shock. Just complete shock and disbelief. I think everyone is still in shock."
Cathy called the family to deliver the news and spent the day talking to police and relaying as much information as she could, the friend said. Since she was told by the hospital that she couldn't do much as a non-family member, her usefulness was limited, but said she would try to contact the local U.S. Embassy to figure out what to do about Kari. She called the friend back at about 8:30 p.m. that night.
"She told me that she'd spent most of the day talking to the police and telling them what they did hour by hour, what they ate, where they went," the friend said.
Cathy's return flight was scheduled for Thursday, and having lost a friend, she was ready to go home, the friend said. But with many questions still unanswered in their investigation, the police did not allow Cathy to leave.
"At that point she was also very worried because the police did not want her to leave the city. She couldn't leave the city until they could find out more about what happened … and she was worried about that (because) she didn't have enough money."
Cathy's main concern at the time was not her own well-being, the friend said, but arranging for finances to stay a few days longer in Nha Trang. The friend agreed to wire enough money to Cathy and the two were figuring out how to perform the transfer.
"I do remember we talked for maybe about 10 minutes, and later on in the conversation she said she still felt sick," the friend said. "And when she was walking around on Tuesday … she said just walking felt like she had just run a marathon, that she was very winded. That struck me as very odd.
"Both of them were pretty healthy girls and they ran in races and were pretty athletic. So it was very strange that she was having respiratory issues just like Kari was. At that point she didn't make it a huge deal that she was sick. It (the conversation) was just to get her money to get her back to Korea."
As she was in the middle of a class, the friend promised to call Cathy back as soon as possible. Half an hour later, she tried to return the call, but there was no answer. She sent Cathy a message asking her to call back whenever she had time.
Time ticked by, and by 3 a.m., Cathy had not called or gone online.
"I was starting to get really worried. She was calling me in nine-hour intervals…So Wednesday night I had decided that in the morning if I haven't heard from Cathy, I need to contact the embassy or do something and figure out what was going on or where she is.
"In the meantime I was constantly checking their Facebook pages…Cathy was pretty active on Facebook and Instagram. At the beginning of her trip she was posting lots of photos and doing lots of stuff, but it reached a point where she wasn't posting anything."
In Canada, Jetty Ly, a close family friend, used to speak to Cathy every day, and spoke on Skype with her on July 27, when she had just arrived in Vietnam. "She spoke about how much fun she was having," she said. Their usually frequent contact had become sparse. "I had this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, an inkling that something was not right, because she did not email me as she did literally every day," she said. "My last message to her was, 'Are you alive?"
Then Ly posted on July 30, Ontario time, to Cathy's Facebook wall, asking for any information regarding Cathy's trip in Vietnam.
Meanwhile, the friend in Korea gave up and went to bed at 3, and woke up at 7 or 8. She logged in that morning to see Ly's and other friends' posts on Cathy's page.
"Some of her friends in Canada had found out and they were posting 'RIP Cathy,' so I found out about her death on Facebook. Absolute worst way to find out." On Wednesday, Aug. 1, Cathy had taken a taxi back to the hospital after she "complained of tiredness," the hostel owner told Vietnamese media. She was stable upon being admitted, but then suffered serious respiratory failure and blood pressure loss. Her body went into shock and she died early the next morning at 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 2, the media reported.
In Canada, Cathy's brother had first gotten news from the embassy around noon on Aug. 1 that Cathy had slipped into a coma. Hours later, Ly was with the family when they received the later call from the embassy with news of Cathy's passing. "I will never forget her mom's scream and falling to the ground in agony. I will never forget the cold and numb feeling I felt (when) we first found out. Till this day, it has been surreal and quite honestly, I still don't believe it," she said.
"A lot of people were calling me at that time," asking if the news was true, the friend in Korea said. "I came to find out later that … she didn't let her family know what was going on. I don't think she told anyone else about the situation other than me and Kari's sister."
The friend, who saw Ly's post, was able to contact Cathy's family in Canada.
"They had no idea about the situation that I knew about," the friend said. "At that point it was just initial shock. They were talking to the embassy, but that conversation was mostly me telling them everything I knew, and (about) getting a hold of her school and telling them the situation."
Kari's family did not travel to Vietnam but worked with U.S. officials to make arrangements. After an autopsy was performed, Kari's sister Jenny Jacques had the body cremated in Ho Chi Minh since transporting her body would have cost a weighty $12,000, she told U.S. media. Though the family changed their minds and tried to stop the cremation in order to have further tests performed, by that time it was too late. Afterward, the Vietnamese government delivered Kari's ashes on Aug. 22 and belongings some time before that to the family. Two friends here told Groove Korea that they collected Kari's belongings from her apartment in Seoul and shipped them to her family. A private funeral service was scheduled for Aug. 25 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
The family has told media that Kari's cell phone, which they thought could hold clues in pictures and messages as to what Kari was doing before her death, was not included in the belongings they received. The friend in Korea said that in later calls, Cathy admitted that the phone "got lost somehow during the chaos of everything. I really wish we could find it now," she added.
Huynh's mother, brother and uncle arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, Aug. 4, to arrange the repatriation of her daughter's body to Canada. Her mother, Huynh Thi Huong, refused to consent to an autopsy or blood test as the two travelers had apparently died from the same cause and one autopsy was already performed, as well as to keep the body intact for transport back to Canada, media said.
Vietnamese media reported speculation from various doctors at the hospitals that treated the girls about the cause of death, including one doctor who said Cathy may have died from drinking too much wine.
According to the reports, her mother refuted the idea, saying Cathy drank sometimes at parties but never heavily on vacation. She instead put the blame on the hospital that treated her, as Cathy died over 12 hours after being admitted.
Cathy's body, in a coffin, was placed in a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh and a traditional Vietnamese funeral service was held before the family accompanied Cathy's body back to her hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, on Aug. 10.
Looking for answers
"There are so many questions that need to be answered," the friend said. "When I talked to Cathy, she didn't even know what it was or what could have caused it. She was just as confused as the rest of us as far as what was happening."
A report by the province's health department said both girls died of blood circulation failure, though the cause of it remained unknown.
As of press time, the families were still waiting on Kari's autopsy results, which typically take two weeks to analyze, to be announced from Hanoi, in hopes to shed light on the cause of the girls' deaths.
Yet two weeks following her death, Kari's autopsy samples sat preserved in Khanh Hoa, where the girls died, with the Hanoi doctors saying that police there still hadn't paid the fees for transporting the samples. They were finally transported on Aug. 14 but it would take another two weeks for the results to be released. However, a forensic examiner told Vietnamese media that the extended time of preservation may affect the results, even if the samples were well preserved.
"The embassy has yet to give a firm date on when autopsy results will be released. They said 'two weeks' as of Aug. 1, but we have yet to receive the results," Jason Von Seth, Kari's high-school best friend who is in close contact with the family, said on Aug. 21.
Cathy's mother finally consented to an autopsy once Cathy's body arrived in Canada, but similarly, the coroner in Hamilton told Canadian media that conducting it was limited because of the embalming methods used to prepare her body for transport. The results, which could take up to 40 days to process, had yet to be released as of press time, Cathy's brother Michael confirmed to Groove Korea.
When asked if Cathy's family and friends seemed optimistic about the autopsy results, Ly said: "To be quite honest, no. There are a lot of factors working against us." Ly said Cathy's friends in Canada were still feeling scared, hurt and saddened. "Until we are able to figure out what exactly happened, we will not be able to move on."
Cathy's body was placed in a funeral home on Aug. 12 for viewing and on the following day about 200 friends and family members attended a funeral service in Hamilton as Cathy was laid to rest, Michael said.
The family has decided to freely share their story with the media "to help get answers in the mysterious death of both girls, and prevent it from happening to others," he said.
'Any one of us'
Friends here expressed concerns to Groove Korea that Vietnamese authorities seemed to be trying to play down the event, which they find important to publicize to raise awareness. "Now that both girls have gotten home, both of their bodies are back in North America, it's getting to the point where there are still a lot of questions; we still don't know what happened," the friend said. "It's almost like the Vietnamese government is trying to forget about it and sweep it under the rug, so it'd be great to bring awareness to this issue and somehow try and get answers from someone – from Vietnam, from embassies, from whoever.
"This easily could have been any one of us in Korea, or any expat."
Ly, who is close to Cathy's family but was not commenting on their behalf, says the Canadian government and embassy was very supportive from the beginning, helping Cathy's family with appropriate letters and paperwork and "smooth the transition" to repatriate Cathy's body. But as for the Vietnamese government, she said it has not provided them with much information.
"After leaving the hospital after Kari's death, Cathy was interviewed and explained hour for hour what they did, ate, drank etc. but these details have not been communicated through," she said. "The Vietnamese government has to do what they have to do, which is to protect their tourism so that foreigners are not scared to visit their beautiful country; I can appreciate their agenda.
"Our agenda, on the other hand, is to protect our future citizens, friends and family from ever meeting this fate and having to go through this."
Supporting the families
Friends in Canada and the U.S. have set up online fundraisers to help the girls' families with transport, funeral and related expenses. "Kari's Army," created Aug. 3, surpassed its $10,000 goal on Aug. 21. Kari's high-school best friend Jason Von Seth also collected $3,000 for the family through a PayPal account.
Cathy's high-school friend Jason Gallant set up "Bring Cathy Huynh home" to raise $40,000. Created Aug. 2, the project raised over $25,000 as of Aug. 22.
Meanwhile, friends in Korea plan to throw a party to raise funds on Friday, Sept. 14, at Sin Bin Sports Pub in Itaewon, Seoul. There will be a 50-50 raffle and beer pong tournament, and 50 percent of the sales of all Long Island Iced Teas purchased throughout the night will be sent to Kari and Cathy's families.
"Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend. Kari and Cathy were both very social and had so many friends, and would definitely say, 'the more, the merrier,'" said co-organizer Megan McAfee.
Friday Night Fundraiser for Cathy and Kari
Where: Sin Bin Sports Pub in Itaewon
When: Friday, September 14 from 8 pm
Featuring: 50-50 raffle, beer pong tournament, 50% of Long Island sales to go towards the families
For information, search the fundraiser's name on Facebook.
For the fundraiser dedicated to Kari Bowerman, visit
For the fundraiser dedicated to Cathy Huynh, visit


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Other Ways to Use a Storage Container
If you just use your imagination, storage containers are more than just what they seem. Below are some ideas to turn your boring storage container into something else entirely:
Container houses are fairly commonplace given the large surplus of storage containers, the ingenuity of modern architects and the call for a greener living through recycling. The fixed shape and dimensions of a cargo container is irrelevant given the fact that you can connect and stack containers in endless configurations. If you like the idea of sustainable living and the nostalgic fun of stacking Lego blocks together, then storage container architecture can fulfill both.
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Disasters happen all the time. We can never prevent disasters, but we can always prepare for it. Unlike tents, storage containers are durable enough to withstand aftershocks and prolonged usage. Deployment is a little bit more complicated, yes; but remember that containers are compatible with most modes of transportation such as trains, trucks, ships and aircraft. Helicopter deployment is also feasible for inaccessible and isolated areas.
Container architecture also extends to commercial buildings. For hotels, it has the advantage of easy construction and deployment (as well as re-deployment) without compromising durability. It is also a great way to advertise your business and offer something new and edgy to your customers.
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Unexpected events such as renovations or disasters can threaten school operations. Clearly, this is never an option for such institutions. Storage containers can be swiftly converted to fully functional classrooms or school offices that can save time and money. Container classrooms presented a brilliant solution of classroom shortages in third world countries in some parts of Africa.
Instead of constructing sheds and shacks, cargo containers can provide a cheaper and more secure alternative as a temporary or even a permanent garage. For ease of access, roll-up doors can be incorporated into the design. The steel body of containers provides added protection to the elements and weather effects with the advantage of being earthquake resistant.
Mobile, fully-furnished and self-sufficient clinics made from containers can provide a state with a quick means to react to medical emergencies from epidemics and disasters as well as for humanitarian purposes overseas. When the typhoon Haiyan struck the island of Leyte in the central Philippines, Clinic in a Can (exactly what is says in the tin), was instrumental in providing medical assistance.
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When a building can only be temporarily used, cargo containers shine in their ability to produce sturdy but mobile structures. Some military bodies use container buildings as training facilities and barracks for military trainees. Besides being reusable, deployment is simplified since all you need to do is to leave the container building in the site which eliminates lengthy set-up and pack-up. The protection its steel body and frame provides to the personnel cannot be underestimated.


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In the nineteenth century, the town residents decided that "Oceanville" sounded better than "Christian Hook": it was "Oceanville Oysters" that sold, and in 1864, the new name became official. However, there was already an Oceanville in New York, so "Ocean Side," as two words, was adopted as the town's name in 1890 (this despite it not actually fronting the Atlantic Ocean, which is located a few miles to the south. It is separated from the ocean by Reynolds Channel and other marsh islands, as well as the Long Beach Barrier Island).
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For those of you who have heard the name before, DS conjures images of a space-ship-like car from the 60's gliding along effortlessly even on the most rutted of country roads. You'll think of elegantly dressed ladies in posh frocks and men in their Black and Whites sipping cocktails and smoking cigarettes in long holders sitting in the back seat. And why not? The DS was a magnificent automobile. It broke ground with its floaty uppy-downy suspension and aircraft-like exterior. The interiors didn't miss out on the waving of the magic wands either. The cabin was strewn with acres of velour covering lounge chairs front and back. In latter years, a 5 speed manual was added as well as a 3 speed auto. It was a revelation, and it lasted for 20 years.
With a heightened sense of anticipation whirling about the nether regions, we landed at the Gold Coast airport. Our driver was standing to attention in the arrivals hall ready to whisk us to a hotel nearby. There, in the foyer, was a shiny new DS 3 Cabrio, and everyone was welcome to probe her crannies and fondle her nooks.
Clever as it is, the boot lid is a mere letterbox opening but hey ho.
2CV with canvas roof and the DS 3 with the new 3 layer canvas roof
It's as cute as a button, with and with the canvas roof slid back to just above the rear window, it reminded me of the 2CV. I was once forced to drive one between Brisvegas and the Gold Coast, on a rainy winters evening, with no heater, and with no wipers. Yes, even the wipers came over all French during the trip and so wasn't one I remembered with any degree of fondness.
The presentation promised much. Marketing man Manuel Tyras told us of the marvels secreted within the DS3. Everything about the DS's is mentioned in hushed tones as if you're being told an industrial secret. The tail lights consist of 31 LEDs which reflect off mirrors giving the effect on infinity, and the 3 layer canvas roof is hand stitched in a little factory in France. There are several variations, but the blue roof is woven from 3 different coloured threads, one of which is silver so as to make it shimmer. The roof folds back in 3 steps, the last of which folds the glass rear window down. Sadly the roof is Laundelette style meaning there is a big bunch of canvas resting on the back parcel shelf. You can't see rearward which is annoying but these things you get used to. Citroën seems keen to play down the quirks of their cars, but I think they should be playing up to them instead.
Let's ponder the brand for a moment. Some of us know Citroën, and some don't but those who do will undoubtedly remember the DS or CX models. Unlike many other brands in Australia who are branches of the parent, Citroën is imported by Sime Daby Motors, a group who also imports Peugeot, Citroën's sister brand. The previous importer had allowed Citroën to slowly decline both in sales and support. Advertising and product support disappeared and motoring reviews were few and far between. Citroën deserved better and with a 90 year history in Australia, the new importers promise sparkling campaigns backed up by capped price servicing to match their revamped image.
The DS:
Reviving the DS name can't discussed without touching on a few interesting facts. The original DS was affectionately known as the Goddess because (in English) we pronounce DS as Dee Ess, and goddess in French is Déesse. Also, "Pallas", the name used for the top DS model, was a Greek goddess.
I don't mean to skite, but one of the cars driven on the Gold Coast yesterday was the magnificent DS5. I'm not a religious man but I had a near religious experience in that gorgeous beast. The DS5 revives those early memories of the stunning Citroën SM (a modified DS coupe with an engine by Maserati) and the CX. The DS5 was quiet and quick and floated on its Hydropneumatic suspension. This is the very same system in those early DS models from the 50's. It's been modified since then of course. Even older versions were much coveted and was so good even Rolls Royce used the system. The DS5 had the "watch strap" leather option evoking images of 60's class, and the SM. There is even an analogue clock that looks as if it's been designed by Alessi. We'll be doing a few thousand kilometres in the DS5 very soon.
But, back to the C3 Cabrio: it is new to OZ builds on the DS range which in turn was created from the base of the C range (the C3/4/5).
Is the C3 Cab any good? In a word, yes. It's brilliant. For a start there is the cloud-like ride which is astounding. Sadly the small Citroëns are sans fancy uppy-downy suspension but the conventional setup has the feel of a big limo. As Hot Hatches go, the engine range would be found wanting. For me, the exterior screams "go quick" but the only engines available are an 88kw non turbo petrol and a 115kw turbo petrol. While they aren't slugs by any means, the performance feels leisurely. We should ring the blokes in France for a quiet word! They need to be convinced that shoving the 147kw turbo in would be a great idea. That idea was further enhanced by a long drive.
The morning was spent in and around the picturesque Gold Coast hinterland. I scored the auto 88kw for that run. With me was the GM of Citroën Australia, John Startari. John is a quietly spoken bloke who spoke honestly and openly about Citroën, its present, and its future. He asked me what I thought of the auto, and of course I told him it need more grunt. 88kw just isn't enough especially and that stunning 147kw turbo petrol seemed even more desirable. However, I loved the light steering which has just enough road feel to communicate what's going on underneath. The seating was comfy even on the "base" model, and the ride as I've already said, was superb. John smiled as he highlighted the built in air freshener, but it's hard to miss.
In a way the entire car is a work of art. And this feeling continues to the dealerships. The DS range is being promoted in Australia was the "bespoke" range, and so it is. Each Citroën dealership will have the DS lounge which has been inspired by an exclusive airline members club. There is a tastefully subdued interior design to make the potential buyer feel special. Leather sofas surround a "configurator" which the buyer can manipulate to build their vehicle. It displays the changes in the build waiting time as options are added and subtracted. Because the model range is bespoke, most will need to be ex-factory. However some "generic" specified DS's will be kept on hand to satisfy those buyers who will choose the popular options. Those cars would be available on a short lead time.
I wasn't able to make too many notes but 2 hours with the GM was enlightening. It's obvious that the DS, and the wider Citroën range, have a bright future with new management team. They are injecting both time and money with gay abandon. They are enthusiastic about their cars, just like Citroën owners of old.
The Gold Coast hinterland is full of hills, valleys, and narrow bridges, punctuated by breathtaking mountain views. I'm originally from Queensland and have spent much time on these roads. The Gold Coast was the weekend retreat and Mount Tamborine the place to go for on a Sunday afternoon drive. In many ways this felt like such a drive. It's the perfect place on the perfect day to experience a near perfect car. If only the roads had been closed so were could really let loose.
It must be said that the roads in this part of Queensland haven't seen the gentle touch of government care for many years. The tarmac is rutted and crumbling and many parts are single lane only. It was a good test for the handling but also to demonstrate what lifestyle an owner might expect from their funny little French car.
The DS was slightly bothered by rutted corners where she danced a little on the way through. After 2 hours we reached Songbirds Retreat where lunch was served. During this break we were give 25 minute loops in both the DS4 and DS5 to provide a tapas experience with each model getting just a little taste.
In a fit of generosity, John has offered us his own DS5 for a long distance drive which we will take him up on. It is being planned as we speak so he can't reneg now! In the meanwhile we'll drive the rest of the range including the cute DS3 Cabrio for a more in-depth inspection.
The afternoon drive was less leisurely as lunch had taken longer than expected and there was a need to complete the program and get back to the airport. The 115kw manual was considerably more engaging than the auto. There was far more power in reserve but the turbo did need a little time to spool up. The manual is beautifully light and easy to use. The clutch has plenty of feel and allows the engine time to do its thing. Changes are snappy with just the right increment between each cog. It allows a degree of flexibility for the lazy drivers in our ranks. Going down low means changing to first if you don't want to be left hanging when it comes time to speed up again.
If I had a crystal ball I'm sure it would reveal bright a future for Citroën. Expect around $37,000 for the top model.


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Teasing us...I have no idea but I do love the picture. I am gonna dig through your posts to see if you list all your camera gear and lenses. These pics are too good to be true.
How about Teton?
Island Rambles: I'll do a blog soon about photography and my gear.
Texican: Close but no cigar, further north.
I found it! Very neat.
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5:28pm: Mariners manager Scott Servais tells reporters that Segura's hamstring strain is mild, and the team expects him to return in the minimum 10 days (Twitter link via MLB.com's Greg Johns).
4:47pm: The Mariners announced that they've placed Jean Segura on the 10-day disabled list due to a strained hamstring. Infielder Mike Freeman's contract has been selected from Triple-A Tacoma, while left-hander Paul Fry has been designated for assignment to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.
[Related: Updated Seattle Mariners Depth Chart]
Segura sustained his injury yesterday against Houston, per the Mariners' release. The 27-year-old was acquired alongside right fielder Mitch Haniger in the trade that sent Taijuan Walker to the Diamondbacks this offseason and had gotten off to a strong start in his new environs. In eight games (35 plate appearances) as a Mariner, Segura has batted .313/.353/.406 with a homer and three stolen bases. With Segura sidelined for the near future, it seems likely that utilityman Taylor Motter will step up and play shortstop.
Freeman, 29, made his Major League debut in 2016 but received just 24 plate appearances between the D-backs and the Mariners, who claimed him off waivers from Arizona last summer. In 503 Triple-A plate appearances last year, the former 11th-round draft pick hit .314/.285/.419 with four homers, 23 doubles and six triples. Those numbers, tallied across 104 games, bear a striking resemblance to the second baseman/outfielder's career marks in 298 contests: .314/.376/.424. He was off to a 4-for-12 start to the 2017 season in Triple-A.
The 24-year-old Fry had made just one appearance with Triple-A Tacoma this season but is coming off a fine year with Seattle's top minor league affiliate. Last season, the former 17th-rounder logged 55 innings with a 2.78 ERA, 10.6 K/9 and 5.1 BB/9. Lofty strikeout numbers are nothing new for Fry, who has a career 11.0 K/9 rate in his minor league career. However, Fry has also struggled to some extent with control throughout his career (3.7 BB/9), especially against upper-level competition.


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"I'm okay," I said when a friend inquired how I am doing, because overall I am fine. I am all right.
I am in that stage of one door closing and another one opening. Some might call this a hallway or an in between.
To me it feels like a void — a total space of nothingness where everything is both possible and impossible. I have been here many times before.
Each time I arrive I show up differently: some times hopeful; sometimes mad; sometimes fearful, disappointed, or sad. I have had 17 years of practicing this.
For the last five years, including this one, I have been in a cycle of what feels like a toggle between relinquishing and surrendering. Most days I maintain a total commitment of allowing my life to be what it is.
Some days I feel let down by the belief that this is all there is. And other days I rejoice in being a DINK with the freedom of "dual income / no kids".
This year though I find myself more expectant than ever before. It is as if I am a child again, too innocent to be acting entitled and still young enough to be full of hope, with a total knowingness that the gift I have wished for is due to arrive very soon.
A recent meditation helped me understand this more. I was listening to a guided visualization that I had created for some of my virtual students. It begins with breath work and then progresses into deeper relaxation.
When I asked to receive a symbol or sign from my spiritual team, I saw a cluster of cicadas. (note: I knew they were not grasshoppers or locusts. They were clearly cicadas on my path.)
As I came up from trance, I was anxious to look up their animal totem meaning. It contained such magic and wisdom that for a moment I just stared in awe at my computer screen.
It is said cicadas choose a divine time to be born. Certain types known as "periodic cicadas" remain underground for over a decade. Some remain submerged for 17 years.
Imagine my surprise when I saw this number staring back at me.
Not only will it be 17 years of no children for my husband and me next month, it will also be 2017.
8 is my life path number
There are three types of cicadas that live as a nymph amongst the roots of the trees for 17 years. Their resurrection is perfectly, divinely timed.
After breaking out of their casing and digging their way up through the ground by way of a tree trunk, the cicada discards its old skin, preps its new wings for flight, and then finds a fertile partner so they can mate.
Thank you so much God-Source for sending me this vision of the 17 year cicadas. This totem has helped me understand why this time I feel more certain in the void.
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A new paper by George Mason University researchers shows that 'Climategate'—the unauthorized release in late 2009 of stolen e-mails between climate scientists in the U.S. and United Kingdom—undermined belief in global warming and possibly also trust in climate scientists among TV meteorologists in the United States, at least temporarily.
In the largest and most representative survey of television weathercasters to date, George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication and Center for Social Science Research asked these meteorologists early in 2010, when news stories about the climate e-mails were breaking, several questions about their awareness of the issue, attention to the story and impact of the story on their beliefs about climate change. A large majority (82 percent) of the respondents indicated they had heard of Climategate, and nearly all followed the story at least "a little."
Among the respondents who indicated that they had followed the story, 42 percent indicated the story made them somewhat or much more skeptical that global warming is occurring. These results stand in stark contrast to the findings of several independent investigations of the emails, conducted later, that concluded no scientific misconduct had occurred and nothing in the emails should cause doubts about the fact which show that global warming is occurring.
The results, which were published in the journal Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society, also showed that the doubts were most pronounced among politically conservative weathercasters and those who either do not believe in global warming or do not yet know. The study showed that age was not a factor nor was professional credentials, but men—independent of political ideology and belief in global warming—were more likely than their female counterparts to say that Climategate made them doubt that global warming was happening.
"Our study shows that TV weathercasters – like most people – are motivated consumers of information in that their beliefs influence what information they choose to see, how they evaluate information, and the conclusions they draw from it," says Ed Maibach, one of the researchers. "Although subsequent investigations showed that the climate scientists had done nothing wrong, the allegation of wrongdoing undermined many weathercasters' confidence in the conclusions of climate science, at least temporarily."
The poll of weathercasters was conducted as part of a larger study funded by the National Science Foundation on American television meteorologists. Maibach and others are now working with a team of TV meteorologists to test what audience members learn when weathercasters make efforts to educate their viewers about the relationship between the changing global climate and local weather conditions.
Ultimately, the team hopes to answer key research questions about how to help television meteorologists nationwide become an effective source of informal science education about climate change.
"Most members of the public consider television weather reporters to be a trusted source of information about global warming—only scientists are viewed as more trustworthy," says Maibach. "Our research here is based on the premise that weathercasters, if given the opportunity and resources, can become an important source of climate change education for a broad cross section of Americans."
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Basic Mustard Vinaigrette
(Mix all ingredients below and whisk thoroughly to combine)
1. In a large pot (or wok), add the rinsed millet and dry it out from the rinsing over a medium low heat; keep it moving in the pan so it does not burn.
2. After it is dry (about 2 minutes), add 1 Tbsp of olive oil and continue to stir to coat the millet for about 1 more millet; remove the pan from the heat.
3. In a second large pot with a heavy or a snug fitting lid, bring the 2 cups of water to a boil.
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7. After 25 minutes when the millet is done, shut the heat off, uncover the pot and set the timer for 10 minutes (do not touch or stir the millet). This will allow the millet to dry out a bit and fluff up nicely.
8. After the 10 minutes, use a fork with large tines and fluff by raking the fork through the millet.
9. Dump the millet into a large mixing bowl (big enough for the millet and vegetable mixture), add the vegetable mixture to the bowl along with the scallions and gently fold to combine.
10. Add all of the vinaigrette to the millet mixture with your desired amount of salt and pepper and again fold gently to combine.
11. Place millet salad in the fridge for about 20 minutes so the flavors have a chance to combine.
12. Take the millet out of the fridge after the 20 minutes and zap it in the microwave for about 30 seconds or so just to bring it back to a warm temperature (but not hot). Serve.
Note: I find that letting the millet sit for a while really allows all of the flavors to come together and to intensify. Of course, you can eat the millet right after you make it without refrigeration, but the full impact of the flavors will not be present without a little resting. In fact, you can let this chill in the fridge for quite a few hours if you want to make this beforehand for a party.
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Imagine if you lived in a world in which there was a single metric that defined the "truth" about the "good quality" of a car. Imagine if the career progression of car designers depended on how well they scored on this miraculous metric. It is hard to picture exactly what mode of transport we would all be using but it would, without doubt, be a worse world to live in.
This is not an attack on Which? or What Car? that regularly line up cars on various league tables of quality. They are very useful publications. It is an illustration of what was probably the most absurd part of Jeremy Hunt's statement in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
He promised us that "in the future the chief inspector will ensure that there is a single version of the truth about how their hospitals are performing, not just on finance and targets, but on a single assessment that fully reflects what matters to patients".
In itself, having a single official assessment of how well hospitals are performing is a perfectly sensible idea and should be welcomed. Indeed, most of what Hunt proposed was welcome and should, if executed effectively, go a long way to addressing the problems that occurred in Mid Staffordshire
But there was a problem in the way he presented this particular aspect of his plans – one that risks repeating the failures of the past, one that reeks of the old NHS culture: the culture that led to the tragedies at Mid Staffordshire.
A single assessment can be a useful tool. But not if you begin to believe it is the "truth" about quality or that you have made "an assessment that fully reflects what matters to patients". After all, there are roughly 50 million NHS patients in England, ranging from infants to old people with dementia. You might be able to fully reflect what matters to some of them; or partially reflect what matters to all of them. But, as Abraham Lincoln would have said, had he worked in the NHS, you are never going to assess all of what matters to all of them.
Hunt has identified quite rightly that we need more expert inspectors, more detailed information on quality, and regulators that exercise real judgments about where care is being provided to a good standard. But if quality in healthcare is not to be reduced once again to a tick-box exercise, we must avoid a world in which large central government agencies are tasked with identifying the "single version of the truth" when it comes to quality in healthcare.
In Hunt's statement, most of the proposed changes related to increasing accountability upwards to regulators and government. Relatively few – such as the duty of candour – related to accountability directly to patients. This is pragmatic, in that it will have the biggest immediate effect. But it ignores the essential longer-term goal of increasing accountability directly to patients.
Francis had some good ideas on how to achieve this. Unfortunately, they appear rather late in the report. That may be why they seem to have been ignored. It is a shame because they point towards a much more radical rebalancing of power and accountability in healthcare.
Recommendation 244 says: "Patients need to be granted user-friendly, real-time and retrospective access to read their records, and a facility to enter comments. They should be enabled to have a copy of records in a form usable by them, if they wish to have one." And: "Systems should be designed to include prompts and defaults where these will contribute to safe and effective care, and to accurate recording of information on first entry."
I want an NHS in which information about the standards of care I receive come to me first and regulators second. Currently we are building an NHS that does this the other way round. This needs to be reversed.


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The latest from The World Photo Tour is here with Romanian stuff, covering the walk from crossing into Romania from Hungary, then to Cenad, Arad, Timișoara, Caransebeș, Oțelu Roșu and Râu de Mori. Either look it up on the map or just imagine it's from plains to mountains. Or just look at the pictures. ;)
So, back in the country I was born in, having fiddled my way to a new beginning in the UK. Back here after just short of two years. Bună ziua, România! Mixed feelings here. Daydreaming about the glorious mountains already, but having to go through boring plains until. So I chose the country-side option first. An uncle, brother of my father, lives immediately after the border. Check-in arranged. Don't mind the poverty, mind the people. Pretty diverse, by the way, with Romanians, Serbians and Hungarians sharing villages and life together. So tune yourself in, feast yourself out, catch up with everything. Funny trying to reconnect and actually go through the process of finding out how your country really is after seeing quite a few.
The relatives were great! And upon leaving, Iad to cross Mureș River by some kind of rudimentary ferry-boat. The guy didn't even want my money. Later, arriving in Arad, I finally got the chance to buy a Romanian phone SIM card. And whadja know, Sorin, the Orange Shop guy, paid the 10 euros. Thank you guys! Thank you, karma! With that kind of boost it was then time for Timișoara, seeing a friend, filling in some blanks. You know, that kind of friend you could not see or even talk to for years but when you see each other again, you just jump into a conversation like you were picking it up from where you left it at the phone minutes earlier. Well, at least I wish. The ultimate bad-ass good guy. :) And meeting with Sile and seeing his way and a bit of his life made my longing after bits from different possible futures even worse. Shake it out or swallow it in, but keep walking then!
Leaving Timișoara for Caransebeș and from there on up to Retezat Mountains, with a stop in Oțelu Roșu. Other relatives here. :) Parents of Eduard and Amalia Popa. Nice folks, really nice. With their help I decided the route to choose so I could find myself atop the mountains. And I could not have chosen better, to be seen in the next episode. The reason why this was of great importance back then is the fact that I just entered Romania amidst intense debate on all media channels about the bears situation. A week prior to my arrival two people were killed in bear attacks. Even thinking the mountains I was about to enter were more wild and hoping the bears would not be that 'bold' as the ones that fear people no more, I still chose the safest route, going to enter Retezat National Park from Râu de Mori instead of choosing a direct route from Poiana Mărului onwards. But until then, rest time it was!
After such fine treatment it was time to loose some weight. Actually gained a couple of pounds in three days there! So back on the road with the very last bit until the mountains. Had my 'bear defence', including a secret guardian angel not shown here, had my spirit up, had my backpack on – I must say, when I stop for longer, as in days, I even have trouble walking without it and actually feel more in equilibrium having the 25 kilos with me. I don't know, I just step stronger like that. :)
So all that plus a wonderful day in Hațeg ensured for a fine walking experience. No more crazy heat, no more money problems (the family was beyond generosity!), everything should have been fine. And when finally in Sarmizegetusa, I drank as the Romanians should do around these places, paying my humble tribute both to the local name and my thirst. And it was there and then when fear came in big time. Not that I am not thinking about stopping every single day, but still go on regardless of what people think or say and even regardless of me at points, regardless physical pain gets intense or the one in the soul gets crazy, but something else, having to do with gaining a lot while loosing a lot. At points it feels like gaining the world and loosing my soul. Fragile equilibrium there, but strapping the backpack on again, after finishing that beer, gave me stone strong confidence. And the proud feeling of knowing that I walked so much, being supported by a handful of people at points, knowing I came so far with so little, that is goddamn amazing. Enjoy this ride. To the mountains, I say!


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When I'm not at the gym (quite rarely actually ;) ) I prefer using a non waterproof mascara. This gives me the idea of a less harsh product.
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Easy Peach Pie
Who wouldn't love a slice of this luscious-looking peach pie? It's so easy to make too – bake it this weekend!
500gm Pouch Fast & Fruity Peach
Sweet short pastry (23cm pie dish)
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup juice (can use pre-drained Fast & Fruit to reduce liquid)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line the bottom of a 23cm pie dish with pastry; trim even with edge.
2. In a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, gradually stir in juice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in lemon juice and butter. Gently blend into peaches. Pour peach mix onto crust.
3. Roll out remaining pastry; make a lattice crust. Trim, seal edges.
4. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until crust is starting to brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream…
Fast & Fruity are great tasting, pourable, 100% pure chunky fruit, with absolutely no added sugar.
They are perfect as a quick and easy breakfast topping or ingredient for anything from smoothies and baking to ice blocks and pancakes.


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You might ask what do I mean? Having first visited Brazil in 1975, I was struck by its vibrancy, its youthfulness and its raw resources and said that it felt like a country that was about to become a major economic player. I was told that people had been saying this for the last few decades and that Brazil never seemed to fulfil its promise. I do hope that the ARM processor world is not going to be like Brazil as it seems on the cusp of a take over of mainstream computing devices. There are good reasons why Brazil has not fulfilled its promise, but, to me, there is very little standing in the way of ARM ascendency, except for the ARM Community itself.
Why ARM?
For two very simple reasons.
1) ARM's licensing structure encourages experimentation whereas Intel's licensing structure discourages experimentation, at least, in my opinion.
2) Unless you enjoy heating your room with your computer, you can achieve the same processing power using a smaller CPU with much lower cooling requirements allowing for relatively tiny computers.
History of ARM
Our story probably starts in 1977 when 'Science of Cambridge' the forerunner of Sinclair Research, produced the Mk14 microcomputer kit using a National Semiconductor CPU and 256 bytes of RAM. This lead to the ZX81 and Spectrum and created a whole new market for personal computers. The Apple II, TRS-80 and Commodore PET were just too expensive for most enthusiasts but then Chris Curry left Sinclair and formed Acorn Computers, launching its first product in 1978. From this the BBC micro and Archimedes were produced. The Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) project started in 1983 and Acorn produced the first commercial RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) processor in 1985. With its simpler instruction set and subsequent lower transistor count it was able to runner faster than processors that had to cope with a huge library of machine code instructions. Apple joined Acorn to further the ARM processor work and the pair spun ARM Ltd off into a separate company in the early 1990s. Apart from its RISC core, the ARM processor model differs considerable from X86 processors in the licensing model.
Usage of ARM devices
Mainstream Developers began to exploit the freedoms that they had, utilising the small size and small power requirements to develop powerful smart phones and tablets. As a result, we saw a mushrooming in sales of Android and Apple iOS phones and tablets, rocking the established dominance of Intel's X86 based devices that generally used a version of Microsoft Windows.
New entrants There are many ARM devices on the market. For instance, the Debian based Armbian operating system supports the following. From Armbian.com
Supported boards
Beelink X2, Orange Pi PC plus, Orange Pi Plus 2E, Orange Pi Lite, Roseapple Pi, NanoPi M1, NanoPi M1+, NanoPi Neo, NanoPi Neo2, NanoPi Duo, Le Potato, Espressobin, Pine64, soPine64, Pinebook A64, pcDuino2, pcDuino3, Odroid C0/C1/C1+, Banana Pi M2+, Hummingboard 2, Odroid C2, Orange Pi 2, Orange Pi One, Orange Pi PC, Orange Pi PC2, Orange Pi Prime, Orange Pi Win, Orange Pi Plus 1 & 2, Clearfog, Lemaker Guitar, Odroid XU4, Odroid HC1, Udoo Neo, Banana Pi M2, Orange Pi A31S, Cubieboard 1, Cubieboard 2, Hummingboard, Lamobo R1, Banana Pi PRO, Orange Pi mini A20, Olimex Lime A10, Olimex Micro, Olimex Lime 2, pcDuino3 nano, Banana Pi Plus A20, Udoo quad, Orange Pi A20, Olimex Lime 1, Banana Pi, Cubox-i, Cubietruck, Tinkerboard, Miqi, Rock64.
Of these, probably the best known is the Raspberry Pi, with a well developed Debian based operating system which supports many Linux packages but not all. The Hardkernel Odroid XU4 is possibly the most powerful of the Single Board Computers (SBC) out there, again with a Debian Linux operating system available and its octo-core processor gives it amazing performance. The ASUS Tinker Board is less powerful but its Linux operating system is better matched to the hardware than that of the Odroid, so in some applications it out performs the more powerful XU4. I'm sure that there are good technical reasons why there cannot be one generic ARM based Linux operating system but it is time that there was one.
There are many who want to use phones or tablets who are unhappy with either the personal data mining approach of Android or the closed environment of Apple's iOS based devices. For those, a few developers are working on Linux based devices but seem to be working in isolated silos, at the moment. Surely that must change soon.
As Linus Torvold is quoted as saying in 2011 "Gaah Guys, the whole ARM thing is a f***ing pain in the ass" because different people in different "ARM Trees" were renaming devices in a seemingly random fashion. But we are a long way on from 2011.
In September Apple threw down the gauntlet when it launched its latest iPad.. The top tier Macbook has an Intel Core M7 processor while the iPad Pro has an ARM (RISC) chip. Which one performs better? According to GeekBench, the iPad Pro outperforms the Macbook.
Come on ARM community. Work together and produce a world beater. All the tools are at your finger tips. You just have to learn to talk to one another.


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The Scrap Twist is to fussy cut something...
Every challenge at SEM has a Scrap Twist that you need to use in your project.
Here is what I created.... I fussy cut the jar...
This is a picture of my daughter and my sister's daughter. My family lives back in California while we live in the North of Norway so they only get to see each other once or at the very most twice a year. When they are together they are sooo happy. God really blessed me with these two little girls... and their happiness is such a treasure!
The butterflies are from the Eyelet Outlet and are a new release! You can find them in the shop here.... http://www.eyeletoutlet.com/butterfly-brads.html and here http://www.eyeletoutlet.com/mini-butterfly-brads.html
If you would like to enter the challenge over at SEM you have until Jan.31st and you can win these awesome flair buttons from Paper Loves Glue
The second layout also features a lot of the Eyelet Outlet brads...
This was the first snowman that we built with my daughter. She was 9 months old and just so excited to sit and play in the snow. It was a wonderful new adventure for her.
I used the foloowing from the Eyelet Outlet Big Snowflake Brads, Small Snowflake Brads, and a Silver 8mm Stipple Jewel Brad.
I also used all three types of bling that you can find in the store Jewel Bling, Pearl Bling and Bling Strips.
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So, where has the time flown to lately?! Is it advancing years or just being busy that makes the days and weeks shoot past like sand barrelling down an hourglass at warp speed? Both, I guess. I prefer the latter explanation mind you - and to prove the point here are some of my recent creations.
A fab handbag card complete with charms, phone and a little bling in the form of a jewelled brad. Gorgeous pearlised card for the main body of the bag, and glossy card for the clasp, handle and charms.
Next, my first ever commission card - ok, it was commissioned by my big sis, but that's good enough for me! :-) I thought I was quite clever in fotoflexing text onto the cricket bat, and the sentiment. Howzat for diy toppers then?
I've become a bit of a fan of swap-bot.com. Click on the flag at top right of the page to see the swap I am currently hosting. This bookmark was one i sent off for a previous swap which had to use salvaged items. I used the tag from a pair of jeans i bought recently. Tags on clothes are so pretty sometimes, it seems a craft-crime to throw them away so i was real happy to use this on my bookmark, and i have since gained another tag from an item of clothing that is crying out for re-use, so watch this space :-)
Lastly, a simple anniversary card. I adore swans, and think they are a perfect symbol of enduring love. This photo didn't come out so well though - the card is much more a bronze colour and pearlised too.
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I asked you before if your battery bank was up for the job. You aswered yes but I assume you missunderstood the actual question. So rephrasing, is your battery bank up to the job of receiving 5kW of CONTINUOUS power? From the numbers you provide yourself the clear answer is absolutely NO!theropod2 wrote: I know all this and live with it daily. My battery bank, and large AC inverter, are housed in a separate steel structure and indeed the feed cables from my 3,500 amp hour bank to inverter are massive 00 gauge. They are only 1.5 meters long and are fed from huge solid copper buss bars connecting all the individual battery cabling. Each battery is fused at 35 amps. The alternating current from the inverter is then fed to the house and all loads as AC travels better than DC.
At the C/20 charging rate I can safely pump 175 amps into that bank, which divided between the 8 12V batteries is 21.9 amps each. My entire charging capacity (wind, solar and diesel) cannot attain this limit. Where this 4 amp charging rate comes from I have no idea. Good lead/acid batteries can live at the C/20 rate just fine and can take up to C/40 for short bursts.
417A divided on only 8 batteries will be 52A per battery, instantly blowing all your 35A fuses. And I have no idea what a 00 gauge cable is, but unless its speced way above your target charge current of 175 A continous, the 417A at 12V might burn all your cabling to a crisp as well. You would need to increase your batterybank from 8 to about 20 batteries as well as all the cabling to match to just retain the characteristics of your present setup.
So before continuously critisizing hightech 300V batteries, please sit down and think through exactly how much power 5kW continous output actually is. There are very valid reasons why 300V is needed, not the least being both carbon footprint as well as monetary cost for the copperwiring required at 12V vs 300V alone. Or do you mine and smelt copper locally via energy from your solar panels?
So then why do you demand of me to do something for you that you are not prepared to do yourself? Im not your little bitch you can order around, so please start acting a bit more grown up and civilized. My interest for this is for on-grid usage, so off-grid details are irrelevant to me. Thus people interested in off-grid details should probably ask the original source them selves instead of agressively demanding it from others. Logical wouldn't you say?Where's the longevity data for these batteries, and are they being used off grid?I really don't give a rats backside. I'm not the one defending this outfit and feel no burden or motivation to find out.I assume you can write them and ask? And please post the info back here as others might find the data interesting as well.
Well, the complete unit is specifically design as portable, providing high amounts of electricity, 2 times as efficient as a diesel generator, using non fossilized fuels, with 10-year maintainance intervals. So it's definitely interesting for off grid. However, to RELY on it off grid, it probably needs widespread fieldtesting for 5-10 years.If it isn't applicable for off grid use no biggie. Little is. There are bloody huge swathes of the world where my off grid situation is the norm rather than the exception. Of course those folks don't have a pile of money to invest in a system in hopes it will actually work.
Seriously? Ive never even heard of a friend or aquintance ever having a coil failure in their car generators. And that is a part normally receiving 0 maintainance during 15-20 years of using a modern car. Sure, freak things can always happen. The genious probably won't stand for a direct hit by a meteorite either, but neither will your current setup.Seriously? Generators lose function with a coil failure
Again, everthing can fail, but its not exactly going to be using MS Windows or similar crap., if this computer crashes the system dies and all the associated technology has inherent failure rates.
You can read yourself about their open source sturdy monitoring soft and hardware for the professional research field. Links on their webpage.
They are not claiming it will run forever, but they do claim 20k hours maintainance intervals. Its pretty darn high, but it doesn't break your logic of that everything eventually fails.No matter what is built it will eventually fail. I've yet to see anything to convince me otherwise.
[/quote]Yep, and if the grid is available it's cheaper, and more efficient, to use it to charge the batteries in such a car.
I have no idea about what the electric power costs in the USA, but here in Sweden it is by European standards low (~20c/kWh including all taxes and transfer fees etc), but that is still 6x more expensive per kWh than firewood. At anything better than 15-20% percentile output as electricity I can thus, by selling the electricity to the grid, actually earn money AND heat my house for free in the winter. Or, I can charge a future electric car for free, while I in any case heat my house and/or hot water, using 100% non fossil fuel.
As for efficiency, as much as 10-15% of electricity is lost during transfers on the grid, so local production is very much an advantage if possible. The matter is of course a bit different if one lives in warmer climates, but googling for "heat driven cooling" might be interesting for those living in far warmer areas than I do.


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Networking on the Go – Creating a trusted wireless network in a sea of untrusted wireless
by firestorm_v1 on Aug.18, 2018, under Hardware, Networking, Security
In this article, I'll be going over my setup for being able to join my camper's wireless network to a host wireless network (RV park wifi, state park wifi, etc..) with the purpose of maintaining security and convenience between switching wireless networks. Even though you're on-the-go, you shouldn't sacrifice security for convenience of park wifi, and at the same time, changing the wireless configuration on a slew of devices is inconvenient at best and maddening at worst. First I'll cover why you want to consider this method versus other methods, then I'll itemize a product list, then finally we'll jump right into configuration. When we're done, you'll have your trusted wireless network all set up and ready for your devices.
Networking: Installing and configuring pfSense Embedded
by firestorm_v1 on Nov.11, 2011, under Embedded devices, How-To's, Networking, Security, Software
After publishing the last post on networking and the security series, I felt it was necessary to go ahead and publish a piece on building a custom router. I have been a fan of pfSense for the past four years and swear by it. It has the ease of use of a commercial GUI-driven router and unrivaled flexibility limited only by the hardware it is installed on. In this howto article, we will cover installing pfSense on an embedded platform and initial configuration for getting your router up and running.
Building Snort and Nessus – Ubuntu IDS Part 3
by firestorm_v1 on May.20, 2011, under Hardware, How-To's, Linux, Security, Software
In this final article in the three part Ubuntu IDS series, we will go over installing, compiling and configuring Snort and Nessus on our new IDS device. We will use Snort to analyze traffic as seen by the IDS and we will use Nessus to perform vulnerability testing on the network. The process for installing Snort will also cover installing SnortReport provided by Symmetrix Technologies so we can translate Snort's cryptic messages into a more readable format that we can take action on. Read on as we wrap up the installation and finish our IDS device.
Setting up bonding networking -Ubuntu IDS Part 2
by firestorm_v1 on May.04, 2011, under Hardware, How-To's, Linux, Security, Software
In an earlier article, I demonstrated how you can build a passive monitoring device for an Ethernet network as the first part to a three part project to build a home IDS device. In this article, the second in the series, I will describe how to set up the networking for an IDS using the passive tap that I built earlier.This setup will involve using a technique called bonding to take two physical interfaces and bond them together, creating a logical interface that we can use for Snort. This article will also explain where is the best location to place the tap and what you can expect to see once the networking is set up using common Linux utilities like tcpdump.
Build a Passive Ethernet Tap – Ubuntu IDS Part 1
by firestorm_v1 on Apr.06, 2011, under Hardware, How-To's, Linux, Security, Software
One of the things that the GCIA study has taught me is that being able to monitor the network your computer is on is a critical necessity to maintaining a secure network. Corporate environments can set up IDS devices to monitor traffic however monitoring doesn't work unless you have proper connectivity to what you want to monitor. Unfortunately, most of us don't have central wiring in our house and expensive managed switches that can set up span sessions with which to monitor traffic in transit. In this HOWTO, I will cover how to build your own monitoring connection that you can use on your own network to monitor traffic without breaking the bank. This article is first in a three part series on how to build your own home IDS for monitoring your network traffic. Look for the other two sections soon!
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