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Ogazi A., "Slug Control with Large Valve Openings to Maximize Oil Production," SPE Journal, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2010, 15(3), 812–821.
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Alvarez C. J., "Using Gas Injection for Reducing Pressure Losses in Multiphase Pipelines," SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2003, 1-4.
Godhavn J. M., "New Slug Control Strategies, Tuning Rules and Experimental Results," Journal of Process Control, 2005, 15(5), 547-557.
Pedersen S., Durdevic P., and Yang Z., "Review of Slug Detection, Modeling and Control Techniques for Offshore Oil and Gas Production Processes," Supported by the Danish National AdPedersen, Ifac-papersonline, Elsevier, 2015, 48(6), 89-96.
Okereke N. U. and Omotara O. O. "Combining Self-lift and Gas-lift: A New Approach to Slug Mitigation in Deepwater Pipeline-riser Systems," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Elsevier, 2018, 59-71.
Kovalev K., Cruickshank A., and Purvis J., "The Slug Suppression System in Operation," Offshore Europe, 2003, 1-5.
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Burke N. E. and Kashou S. F., "Slug-Sizing/Slug-Volume Prediction: State of the Art Review and Simulation," Old Production & Facilities, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1996, 11(3), 166-172.
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The Timber Champ 7-Ton Kinetic Log Splitter is a revolutionary electric wood splitter, splitting logs up to seven times faster than traditional hydraulic splitters. This electric log splitter harnesses the inertia of two fly wheels connected by a rack and pinon system to create an astonishing two second cycle time.
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We bought one of these bad boys about a week ago and it was just delivered yesterday. I can't believe how much power this brute has! I first went to work on the logs that my 3 ton electric/hydraulic couldn't handle and to my surprise, wham bam it's done! Believe me, I was very surprised at the way this splitter handled these 14″ logs. Cherry can be a difficult wood to split. It's often "stringy" when not real dry. I'm not going to tell you it didn't struggle with some of these logs, but the point is it did split them. This is a damn nice little machine. You're not going to go wrong with it either!
First one stuttered and sounded like it was grinding gears against metal. Push road jammed in open position. Returned it to the store. Second one stutters and push rod needs to be manually returned – not something that feels safe to me. The clank of metal gears and the inconsistency of performance make me wonder how long the second one will last.
first log i tried it would grind and not engage and hurt my hand terrible…i been splitting wood for over 40 years and have had many splitters..the return quit working after the second split..i mean this thing is junk,..i called the number in the owners manual ( not wood splitters direct) and the guy was so helpful..he said keep the machine for parts and he is sending another so we will see…hopefully i just got a bad one..i will update this after i get the other one..it is fast and moves real easy around and is real quiet also but omg my hand kills from trying to get the fly wheel to engage. there is no way i could ever keep splitting with this thing..i found out it is made in china…lol
For some reason your site will not let me select 1 star….if I could select 0 stars I would. This thing is cheap chinese junk…. It lasted about 30 minutes. Sending it back to the manufacturer will cost me as much as the product itself. Avoid at all cost.
I have split american elm. Red oak black cherry.bitternut hickory.black locust.and many other soft woods with this tank.a great splitter for the price.
best tool for wood splitting , you can split wood up to the exact size of the opening and it will still split . You do have to work it tho . Best part too , it`s very quiet compared to hydraulic… The guide rails are the weakest point , so don`t go slamming logs down on it , and watch for slinters getting wedged in the track , that will shut you down . If you have tools it`s an easy fix !!


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OverviewIf you want to take a vacation for a week in an apartment rather than a hotel room, a good option to check out is renting a timeshare. Of course, people are always willing to sell you timeshares but that involves investing your money. Renting is a way to try out the timeshare with no further obligations and no further investments. There are plenty of people willing to rent out their timeshare for a week.
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Kelowna, B.C. After two years of calls to the province and federal government to help prevent invasive zebra and quagga mussels from being brought into Okanagan and B.C., the Okanagan Basin Water Board and its Okanagan WaterWise program are ramping up efforts.
As of this week the local government agency, responsible for providing leadership on water issue initiative, inviting Okanagan residents to go to www.DontMoveAMussel.ca and write to their MLA and their MP and urge action.
"We need the provincial and federal governments to step up to the plate. Zebra and quagga mussels are a triple threat to our well-being," explained OBWB Chair Doug Findlater. "They pose a significant environmental threat, a threat to our infrastructure which we'll all pay for with increased taxes, and an economic threat – to tourism and more."
Research conducted for the OBWB notes that an invasion of these mussels, originally from Europe, could cost the Okanagan more than $43 million a year to just manage. They are known to stimulate toxic algae blooms, litter beaches with sharp shells, clog boat motors, foul water intakes and outfalls, put fish and the ecology of our lakes at risk, and more. There is no proven method to eradicate the mussels once they arrive that doesn't also cause significant environmental impacts.
The agency launched the Don't Move a Mussel campaign last summer to inform residents of the threat these mussels pose, and to support efforts by water stewardship groups to encourage boaters and those with other watercrafts to "Clean, Drain, Dry." their equipment. At the same time, the OBWB has been calling on the federal government to pass pending legislation allowing Canada Border Services agents to stop and inspect boats coming into Canada, and urging the province to bring in inspection stations – similar to U.S. programs that have self-funded boater-pay sticker programs. The province has estimated an effective inspection program would be about $2.4 million per year (15 stations at a cost of $60,000-$160,000 each per year).
"We've done our research, boat inspections stations and the right legislation in place are key," Findlater noted. "It's impractical to be at each boat launch with so many private launch sites. But, there are only so many roads into the province and these can be monitored much more easily.
"This effort to encourage residents to join us in our call for action comes from valley citizens themselves who have been asking 'What can we do?'," added Findlater.
"We want residents to go to www.DontMoveAMussel.ca, to learn more, and send letters to their MLA and MP. This is urgent. We can win if we can get senior government to act now."
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The recent announcement that Al and Tipper Gore are splitting up after 40 years of marriage is making headlines. Why, people ask, would anyone call it quits this late in the game? After all these years of loving and living together, what event or problem could possibly be so big as to tear a couple apart? And isn't life rosier in the later years of marriage, when the stress and strain – not to mention financial burden – of parenting are behind you?
The breakup of the Gore's long-term, seemingly compatible relationship is surprising to just about all of us. I say, "just about," because guess who isn't the least bit shocked? You guessed it; divorce lawyers and marriage counselors. Both groups say in recent years they've been seeing more of what they've labeled, "late-stage" divorce among Baby Boomers.
Why? A divorce lawyer in Atlanta is quoted in USA Today as saying it stems from several things:
It's the whole phenomenon of living longer, of having sex longer, of being healthier, oftentimes of being wealthier and feeling that they can easily pursue a no-fault divorce. I think we're seeing persons in long marriages questioning whether in fact there's a better life out there…Baby Boomers are part of the 'Me Generation' — what's better for 'me.' I think we're going to see more late-stage divorce in this country."
So now boomers are responsible for a new trend. Story of our lives isn't it? It seems we can't go to the bathroom without it becoming big news: "This just in…Nielsen research indicates the baby boomer generation is heading to the john in record numbers…the exact cause is difficult to discern, but researchers note a sharp increase in sales of Charmin."
We digress. Let's get back to talking about this latest trend, or more specifically, what may be behind it. The Gores told friends they just "grew apart," and experts indicate that jibes with what they're hearing from other late-stage divorcing couples.
Now you might be inclined to suspect "grew apart," is more likely a case of a middle-aged husband wanting to trade in the wife of 30, 40 years on a new, younger model; hoping to spend the remainder of his days – and money – with a trophy on his arm. But here's another surprising trend – Robert Butler, a founding director of the National Institute on Aging, told USA Today it's women who are contemplating ending their long-term marriages:
They wanted out. They were tired of too much pressure or inadequate emotional support from the husband. He was too preoccupied with other things. He didn't carry his weight. He didn't help around the house. They didn't have the kind of support they wanted to have."
Hmmm. When this news gets out, we wonder if we'll see a another boomer trend in the making: "This just in…Nielsen reports a sudden and dramatic increase in the number of middle-aged men engaged in weekly vacuuming. Researchers also note a sharp spike in sales of the book, Housekeeping for Dummies."


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- 300 lives are lost every year in Northern Ireland to alcoholism, six times the number killed on the roads last year.
- There were 8,000 alcohol-related hospital admissions last year.
- The cost to the economy was estimated at £900 million.
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I'm excited to announce a series of five standalone writing workshops for Fall 2018 in Tallahassee. Each 3-hour workshop will be held in on a Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon during September, October, or early November. The $45 fee includes drinks, snacks, and materials to take home.
Class size is limited to 15 to allow a more interactive workshop. Please note some dates have changed due to Hurricane Michael.
- Understanding Story Structure: Just what is a story? How do you know where to start it, when it's over, and what goes in-between? In this workshop, We'll take a look at the basic components of stories, and how the overall conflict weaves the many scenes together. Saturday, Oct. 6, 9:00am-12:00pm Register for this class
- Plotting a Novel: Learn how to plot a novel quickly and efficiently as we go through the steps of plotting a full-length novel in a single morning. The Story Structure workshop is not a pre-requisite, but would be helpful to those taking this workshop. NEW DATE: Saturday, Oct. 27, 9:00am-12:00pm Register for this class
- Publishing with Amazon: A step-by-step guide to turning your story into an ebook and print novel using the Amazon publishing platform, plus suggestions on creating your Amazon author page. NEW DATE: Sunday, Oct. 28, 1:30-4:30pm Register for this class
- Building Your Author Platform: This tutorial will show you how to position yourself in the multimedia world for visibility and presence to showcase your unique brand voice. Participants are encouraged to bring their phones, tablets, or laptops to get started that day. Sunday, Nov. 4, 1:30-4:30pm Register for this class
- Creating Compelling Characters: Whether you've written a novel, or are just putting pen to page, this workshop will increase your character development skills. Learn how to create layered, authentic characters; understand the role of character arcs; and recognize which characters are needed and which can be cut. Saturday, Nov. 10, 9:00am-12:00pm Register for this class
Questions? Requests? Contact me here.
The workshops will be presented by Heather Whitaker, except Publishing with Amazon co-presented by author Laura Lascarso and Building Your Author Platform presented by author Dr. Donna Jennings (writing as Dr. J).
Ten years ago, Heather Whitaker combined her love of writing and her love of teaching into a service for authors. As an editor and writing coach, she uses authors' manuscripts as a tool to not only strengthen their novel, but more importantly, to increase their level of writing.
She's worked with writers across the spectrum, from budding novelists to award-winning and best-selling authors, including Julianna Baggott (PURE trilogy). She also conducts ongoing writers groups, teaches for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FSU, and gives lectures and workshops on a variety of topics to writers of all genres.
Laura Lascarso is an award-winning author who has been published both independently and traditionally. She wants readers to stay up way past their bedtime reading her stories. She aims to inspire more questions than answers in her fiction and believes in the power of storytelling to heal and transform a society. When not writing, Laura can be found screaming "finish" on the soccer fields, rewatching Veronica Mars, and trying to convince politicians that climate change is real. She lives in North Florida with her darling husband and two kids. She loves hearing from readers, and she'd be delighted to hear from you.
Dr. Donna Jennings (Dr. J.) is a retired sex therapist and college professor, who enjoys the island life in Florida. The publication of Forever Tattooed in 2016 launched her sexy writing career. Her stories are included in Bedtime Diaries, Bellesa Stories, Radish Fiction and in two Cleis Press Anthologies, Best Women's Erotica of the Year Vol 2, and Big Book of Submission Vol 3. Dr. J.'s latest work, Erotic Moves was accepted for publication in The Sexy Librarian's Dirty Thirty Vol 3. As a life-long educator, she works with other writers to make reader connections through social media. When not doing authorly things, you can see her on the pétanque court perfecting her competition moves while sipping something cold.


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The birth of a giant. (1983)
AnnotationThe building of an excavator-producing plant was another stage of opening up Siberia.
Reel №1
Reflections of trees in water.
Tourists on the beach.
He lit the fire.
Birch Grove.
Herd of horses in the field.
Residential houses.
Buses on the road.
Buses arrive at the Krasnoyarsk plant of heavy excavators.
The trunks of the birch trees.
The truck drives past the main plant building.
Snowfall over the construction site.
Workers at the site, construction of the plant.
The driver behind the wheel.
plant enclosures.
View of the site caravans.
Collection of department heads.
The meeting at the headquarters building.
Heavy machinery, construction.
The Commission inspects the plant.
Use of helicopter assembly work.
Discussion team contract, the signing of documents.
Chairman of the Board Vladimir Vysotsky foremen.
Brigadier V.Bekker.
Construction works.
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Brigade Vladimir Vysotsky and V.Bekkera on site.
Interview with Vladimir Vysotsky.
Construction works.
Interview with V.Bekkerom.
The meeting of the party committee. V.Vysotsky out of the office.
Colleagues congratulate Brigadier.
A meeting of young workers in Krasnoyarsk.
Deposit brigades Vladimir Vysotsky and V.Bekkera, tour of the plant for beginners.
Construction of the shop.
Assembling an excavator bucket.
The meeting at the construction site, the output of the new machinery.
Mining machinery is working in quarries.
View of the lake and the bat from the air.
Coal mining and loading.
View from the plane window.
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Author: Hope Collier
Published: October 11, 2011
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When tragedy strikes, seventeen year-old Ashton Blake sets out on a cross-country road trip, leaving the comforts of Malibu for the mountains of Kentucky. Along the way, she encounters Gabe Willoughby—the mysterious drifter with eyes like the sea and a knowing smile. Getting to know Gabe raises questions about her past. But no secret can be buried forever, and Ashton soon finds herself in a world where water is air and myth becomes reality.
Just as Ashton comes to accept her newfound heritage, she's summoned to fulfill a treaty laid down centuries before — a treaty that will divide her love and test her loyalty. In the end, her future isn't her biggest concern, her humanity is. To run may mean war, but is she strong enough to stay? {Goodreads}
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The Willows: Haven is very different. I have not read anything in this genre before...I won't tell you the genre of paranormal it is because well, it's a secret! You'll have to read it for yourself sorry haha! The beginning is great! I loved it! It was a mystery so you HAD to keep reading! Then she meets Gabe and it all goes greater! Like I said, loved the beginning definitely kept me interested! Then it started going off the bdeep end for awhile and then picked up speed then it PISSED ME OFF!!! Well, I was just hurt haha it's a good book pissed off haha
Sometimes Ashton could be whiny and annoying but this book was very good! It is a good I-don't-know-what-to-read read lol Gabe was pretty cool and honestly liked him alot then.......ya anyways I liked Kyle more...ALOT more! He is so cute and once again I fall for the best friend who has loved her for awhile character. What can I say? I mean they know you! The REAL you! They have seen you at your worst and are still there for you. They lone you their shoulder when you want to bawl your eyes out. They always have your back and will kick the ass of the dude that hurt you! do I need to keep going?
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Now, don't get me wrong I really liked this book it was very interesting and kept me reading. Why did I give it three stars then? The only reason it gets three stars is because of the ending.....The pick...if you know what I mean...UGH! Ashton PISSED ME OFF SO SO SO SO MUCH! I literally through my ipod on the couch, screaming and yelling "How could she be so stupid!!! What the hell is her flipping problem!! How in the world could she.....after.....and then how the other.....and did......and said......Come on!!! WTF!!!!!!!!" Ya, I through a lil hissy fit! But that's the only reason! :) If the situation would have happened differently then I would have given it 4 stars. I know, harsh but I was seriously mad! Can you tell hahaha
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When you have the time definitely pick this one up! It's so cool and diferent. Sometimes it was lacking plot and went a everywhere at times and you were confused but past that....great e-book read! Like I said when you have the time...you shouldn't regret it.
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3 cups cooked rice
1 8-1/4-ounce can pineapple chunks
2 cups diced cooked ham
1 1/2 cups grated Swiss cheese
1 green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Servings: Makes 6 servings
1. Measure rice into large mixing bowl. Drain pineapple; reserve juice. Cut chunks in half. Add pineapple, ham, cheese, green pepper and onion to rice.
2. Blend mayonnaise, mustard, salt, pepper and pineapple juice. Stir into rice mixture.* Turn into buttered shallow 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with paprika, if desired. Bake at 350 degrees 30 minutes
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text: Chad Mason - September 23, 2010 Color Matters One coat does not "fit all" when it comes to utility in the field or marsh. By Chad Mason A liver and white coat like the one worn by this Braque Francais can blend into snowy cover a little too well.The color of our hunting partners is a matter of some importance. Of course I am referring to our canine partners, but the color of other kinds of partners matters as well, and I shall discuss that briefly (and carefully) before I am finished.Whenever the subject of dog color comes up, visibility is usually the instigating factor in the conversation. Certainly, some dogs are harder to see in some kinds of terrain, and there probably is no dog that is perfectly visible in all kinds of terrain. The problem is worsened by the fact that many of us, especially among the male population, do not have acute powers of color discrimination. As evidence of this fact, my wife will quickly point out my relative ineptitude in matching shirts to pants. Moreover, we once argued for a week about whether a certain backpack of mine was gray or "light olive, kind of a 'sagey' color." I said gray, until her side was vindicated by a panel of friends. Of course, the panel was all female. However, there is more to this story than mere gender stereotypes; it is scientifically true that most women are optically better equipped than men to discern subtle differences in color. Chalk that up as one reason, among many, why women make excellent hunters. So maybe the color of a dog doesn't matter as much to ladies, at least from a practical hunting perspective.But few things distract this fellow more in the field than being unable to see the dog clearly. Most people will argue that a dog with a preponderance of white in its coat is the most highly visible. This, of course, is true only if the background is not white, as it often is where I live. In the patchy snow so common in Midwestern hunting, a white-and-brown dog can be virtually invisible for much of the season. In South Dakota one year, I lost a Brittany in plain view. He went on point 100 yards away, among scattered clumps of snow-matted cattails. He was not wearing a collar--my dogs seldom do--and I had been looking up at a passing flock of snow geese when I looked back down and suddenly sensed that the earth had swallowed my dog. I did find him eventually, and shot the wild rooster pheasant that he had pinned. The dog would have held his point until the Second Coming but it's pretty unusual for a pheasant to be that patient, even in South Dakota. If I lived where snow was rare, I would most certainly own a white dog, and not only for practical reasons. Is there anything more beautiful than a ghostly white dog flowing across a brown hillside? (That was a rhetorical question.)The coat colors of some breeds vary widely within the breed. German shorthairs and Small Munsterlanders especially come to mind, as well as the Braque Francais. These dogs can vary from nearly all white to heavily ticked and roan specimens. If these dogs work at some distance, as pointing dogs should, the ticked and roan dogs would be very difficult to spot against, say, an Idaho chukar mountain. In that case, white dogs would surely get the nod, until you want to hide one beside a duck pond. Black Labs are usually more visible in the uplands than their tawny counterparts, but the latter are easy to conceal in a variety of waterfowl hunting scenarios.Speaking of duck ponds, today's trend toward bleach-blonde Labrador and golden retrievers may be advantageous to pheasant hunters, but seems grossly impractical for waterfowl hunting. I once saw a picture in a magazine of a virtually white Labrador retriever in a camouflage neoprene vest. They weren't trying to be funny, but the dog looked like an albino elephant wearing a bowtie. There is nothing less conspicuous in the widest possible range of wetland (or grain field) scenarios than a tawny dog. Message to yellow Labrador and golden breeders: Give us darker coats.Regular readers of this column will, by now, have noted that both my dogs are solid black. However, one should not conclude that I have a definite preference for black dogs. I don't. These were the dogs I wanted, and they happened to be black.As it turns out, I've discovered many advantages in solid black dogs. Almost nothing in the outdoors is a deep, perfect, shiny black. For that reason, Rascal and Woody are highly visible to me when hunting upland birds in almost any setting, with or without snow.The only scenario where I've found a black dog to be dangerously inconspicuous is a field of standing corn, without snow, on a bright sunny day. Under those conditions, your eyes adjust to the bright world above, and the cornrows become inky dark regions where a black dog moves through your consciousness like a barely perceptible wraith. A bright orange collar is a good idea in a cornfield, but it should be a tight-fitting elasticized model that won't snag on broken cornstalks.When it comes time to hunt waterfowl, a black dog is easily hidden in shadows. In a goose field, the dog can actually be used to "flag" geese from a distance. Toss a white dummy for the dog and let him retrieve it when you see geese on the horizon. The motion gets their attention in a good way.Of course, none of these advantages occurred to me before I bought black dogs. Rather, they constitute the rationalization process by which I talk myself into being even more satisfied with my dogs. I've come to justify, after the fact, the "advantages" of black.Such justification is practiced very widely by us humans, in regard to nearly everything we acquire. But as a general rule, I think color should be far down the list of criteria for choosing a dog. Color does matter in the field, but it does not matter half as much as loving the dog you hunt with, regardless of its color.And that brings me to other kinds of hunting partners. A bird dog magazine may seem like a strange place to talk about race relations, but we've been talking about the color of our dogs and, since dogs are almost like people to me, it's hard for me to talk about dogs and not think about people. By no means can a bird hunter deign to solve America's ongoing de facto segregation. But humbly a bird hunter can raise questions that might cause a productive kind of discomfort. And so I shall attempt to raise a few.A quick perusal of this--or any other--hunting magazine will give you the impression, rightly or wrongly, that hunting in America is a quite monochromatic affair. One recent issue contains photographs of 49 persons--including advertisements--of whom 48 are white. To my own shame, conspicuously absent from my hunting album are any photos of other people who don't look pretty much like myself. We tend to hunt with our friends, and the lack of diversity in our hunting chums may betray a broader lack of friends who are not like ourselves. We may justify this lack as a side effect of economic phenomena, but that hardly removes the uncomfortable questions it raises. Far from settling the matter, such justification only begs further questions about our society in general, and how we in particular choose our friends.Once while hunting quail on a Southern plantation, it made me terribly uncomfortable that all the tasks of menial servitude were performed by an elderly black man, while all the white hunters lived in luxury. Without speaking much, he mixed our drinks, brought our horses, fed the dogs, cleaned our birds. His day began early and ended late.I was startled by the persistence of this basic similarity to slavery, so long after it has been "officially" eliminated. All through the hunt I wanted to trade with him. I wanted to let him do the shooting, and I wanted to clean his birds while he put his feet up. But I didn't know how even this could be anything more than condescending patronization to assuage white guilt, and thus an act of profound selfishness. In the inescapable awkwardness I perceived that both of us were wounded in ways we could not fix.Yet the possibility exists--through friendship. My paternal grandfather was a Kentucky coal-miner and a diehard hunter of rabbits and quail. His lifetime and his geography put him on the cusp of what is often called the "Pre-Civil Rights South." But Granddad was not well enough informed to know what prejudices were proper to his demographic, so one of his favorite hunting partners was a black man.I have no photos of them together, because Granddad was not a picture-taking sort of man. But I can picture them in my mind, laughing and cleaning rabbits together on the dark end of day at the outer edges of a porch light. Those two men loved the same kinds of dogs, and I think they also loved each other. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Treasury Department Withdraws Estate Tax Valuation RulesTuesday, October 24, 2017
(North American Meat Institute)
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) formally withdrew proposed regulations regarding valuation of family-controlled businesses for estate and gift tax purposes under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulation would have treated certain lapses of liquidation rights as transfers occurring at death.
The Treasury, earlier this month, stated the proposed regulations were both "unworkable" and "impractical," and could eliminate valuation discounts in situations where they properly should apply.
In comments filed last year, the Meat Institute stated the proposed changes to estate transfer tax rules would have "eliminated or greatly reduced valuation discounts for lack of control and lack of marketability for family businesses, discouraging families from continuing to operate and build their businesses."
Treasury's recommendations were issued as part of a final report published in accordance with Executive Order 13789, which required the Department to identify and reduce tax regulatory burdens that impose undue financial burdens on U.S. taxpayers or otherwise add undue complexity to federal tax laws.share on facebook share on twitter


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I've written before about a negative experience I had of someone praying for my sight and me not receiving it. There have been a few of those. Thankfully though, having been a Christian for 13 years, I can count them on one hand, but can you have positive experiences of healing when you've not been physically healed? Well, I would say yes, and today, on day 7 of the A-Z challenge, I'll tell you about one of them.
We had a visiting speaker at church who'd seen many miracles. Several of us went up for prayer and when it was my turn, he asked me: "What do you want the Lord to do for you?"
"Whatever He wants." The speaker's wife prayed with me for a bit and the meeting came to a close. On my way home, I realised I should have been specific. Like the man in the Bible when Jesus asked what he wanted, I should have said: "I want to see!"
The next week, it was another visiting speaker – the man who'd preached at my baptism. Again I went up for prayer, and amazingly, he asked exactly the same question! "What do you want the Lord to do for you?"
So I said it. "I want my sight."
He gently put a finger on each of my eyelids and turned to face the rest of the church. "Everybody pray," he said in a voice full of emotion, and everybody did. "Can you see?" he asked, so I told him no and we carried on praying. "Can you see?" he asked again.
"Well, what's happening? Your face is radiant!" I don't know whether he meant my face literally shone, like Moses' when he walked down the mountain after meeting with God. Maybe it did, but I felt radiant too. I cannot describe the feeling when you're there being prayed-for, knowing that in a moment God could completely change your life. It takes your breath away.
And afterwards, I wasn't made to feel like a second-class citizen. We were asked to go on praying for this throughout the week, and people came to me with their encouragement. One friend said she believed God would want me to see because He'd made such beauty on the earth; someone else had a word for me that I've always remembered … I really felt they were with me, not against me.
Is God awesome to you? Do you go to church with a glow in your cheeks, and an expectancy that today He might just change your life forever?


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My name is Walt F.J. Goodridge, the Passion Prophet! Turn Your Passion into Profit™ is a proven philosophy, formula and strategy that I (and my coaching clients) use to transform from frustrated employee to free passionpreneur (or simply earn some extra income), and it can help YOU do the same...IF you can answer YES to just one of these questions:
Are you...
• a home maker or retiree in need of extra money?
• a frustrated employee desperate to change careers?
• a talented, creative person with a gift to offer the world?
• a nomad wishing to make money while seeing the world?
• a college student deciding on a career?
• an entrepreneur seeking additional streams of income?
• soon-to-be retired and looking to do what you REALLY enjoy? or...
Do you ever find yourself thinking...
"I hate this job."
"I hate these people I work with!"
"I hate working for someone else."
"I wish I could be someplace else doing what I really want to do."
"I've got so much more potential that I'm just not using here.."
If that all sounds familiar, and if you're as frustrated with working for someone else as I was, think about the following....
Have you ever wondered?
Have you ever wondered what your life would be like now if your parents and teachers had encouraged you to follow your gift for sports, or your penchant for art, or your love of animals rather than push you to be an accountant or an engineer or a lawyer? It's an interesting thought to ponder.
However, it really doesn't matter. There's no such thing as a wrong decision. There are no mistakes. There are simply choices that offer opportunities to grow and learn from those choices. Every single decision you've made, or that was made for you, has contributed to you being here at this very moment reading this website, ready to make a change. Everything you've learned along the way--even the unhappiness and frustration--will help you to discover your passion and turn it into profit. In fact, by the time you've completed this book, you may want to thank your parents and teachers for giving you the opportunity to discover who you want to be by having successfully shown you who you are NOT. Sometimes your greatest growth comes after experiencing a situation that simply confirms for you the reality that you don't want.
So don't beat yourself up over the choices and decisions you've made. As a wise man once said,
"pity not the man or woman for the challenges they face, but for the lessons not learned in their responses."
In other words, the tragedy is not that in the past you were steered in a direction that was not towards your passion. The tragedy will be if you allow yourself to keep going in that direction once you recognize your passion and the power you have in the present to pursue it... [excerpt from
Turn Your Passion Into Profit
The formula is simple!
Take a passion--something you love to do, something you're good at, something you already have a certain amount of expertise in, something that interests you-- then find the hidden value it has for the public, and then use it as the basis of a way to make money. It's a simple strategy that could be your "Plan A" for your passion-centered lifestyle, or "plan B" during an economic downturn! Find your purpose. Discover your passion. Create a product. Market it for profit. I call it the Cycle of Success!
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That's the process I've created, developed and explain fully in
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, the first-of-its-kind book that spawned a host of imitators since I first published it in 1999! (updated every year since).
No matter what your passion!
What's your passion? Cooking? Music? Animals? Skiing? Singing? Not sure? Well, it doesn't matter what YOUR passion is, if you think you have too many, or even if you don't think you have one! Discovering that passion and then uncovering its hidden value is a process you can master regardless of what your specific passion is or turns out to be. You don't need to buy a book entitled "Turn Your
Passion into Profit." This ONE book covers ALL the possible combinations of purpose and passion and product so you can put yourself on the right path to make money doing what you love!
"FACT: You CAN make money doing what you love! Even in a down economy!"
The Number One Mistake Most People Make When Turning Their Passion(s) into Profit!
Let's say you have a passion for cooking. People have been telling you all your life that you ought to open your own restaurant! Sounds like a great idea, right? Well, it might not be! One of the valuable lessons you'll discover in the pages of
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is to first discover your purpose using the personality test, and then using that information to decide on the best passion for you.
I had a client who found herself in that very position. She loved cooking, and was considering starting her own restaurant based on friends' advice. However, I first had her determine she was a "guru" (you'll discover more about that personality/purpose type in the book), and then had her realize that, as a guru (someone whose life purpose is to teach others), that that purpose would be best served by harnessing her
for cooking and, instead of starting a restaurant, she should instead consider a product or service in which she
others what she knows (e.g. cooking school, cookbook, video series, etc.). This is the best way to make sure your business provides you with a higher level of personal fulfillment! You'll learn how to use your passion to help fulfill your purpose, so you don't make this number one mistake that most people make: neglecting to incorporate their
into the process.
Yes, it's true! I did it!
First of all, I'm a real, living person just like you! I hated working for someone else. I wanted desperately to be free, and I believed I could make it happen! Probably the only difference is that I've since made all the specific, gory and intimate details of my life public so others can benefit by hopefully seeing what's possible. Here's how I tell my story:
"Once upon a time, there was a Jamaican civil engineer living in New York who hated his job, followed his passion, started a sideline business publishing his own books, made enough money to quit his job, escaped the rat race, ran off to a tropical island in the Pacific, and started a tourism business so he could give tours of the island to pretty girls every day....and live a nomadpreneur's dream life."
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for anyone who wishes to investigate, validate, vet and confirm that :
• Yes, I did, in fact, attend and graduate from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering;
• Yes I did, in fact, work for 7 years at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey on the 73rd floor of the World Trade Center;
• Yes, I did place ads in Rappages and The Source magazines in the 90s to sell thousands of copies of my first book to other hip hop entrepreneurs;
• Yes, I did, in fact, walk away from my soul-draining, life-sapping, energy-depleting, freedom-robbing job to be a full-time passionpreneur (no offense to all the happy engineers!);
• Yes I did, in fact, escape from America to live my dream nomadpreneur lifestyle on the island of Saipan where you can now
find me
"giving tours to pretty girls every day" (of course, YOUR dream may differ!)
Me and the members of Chinese idol group, SNH48, on the beach on Saipan! Photo: Ferdinand Ramos
• Yes I did, in fact, do the "nomadpreneur" thing and
ran off to China
for six months and had the greatest time of my life!
It's all there. It's all in the public record....with photos, too! It's all researchable and there for you to confirm the reality of it! This is not conjecture. This is not speculation. This is not theory. My ability to help first myself
and now others
turn their passion into profit is a matter of reality. The simple point I want to make is that...
"...all of that adventure and my personal success at creating the free life of my dreams started with making the bold decision to turn my passion into profit."
I realized I had to find the courage and maintain the discipline because of what I'm about to share with you next....
"It is impossible to raise your standard of living working a job!"
The only way you will be able to satisfyingly change your present condition and move to the standard of living you're dreaming of, and make the sort of money you are ultimately capable of making is to turn your passion into profit.
You can only improve so much by working overtime, or waiting for a raise or promotion every year. And with each raise in pay, or each increase in responsibility come more demands and an overall decrease in the amount and quality of free time you have available to really enjoy your time here on the planet.
No, the only way to REALLY raise your standard of living while enjoying the life you were MEANT to live is to leverage your talents, your gifts, your interests and your hobbies to create a product or service that you can sell to increasing numbers of people and free yourself from the cycle of trading your time for money--as you might be doing now in a job.
Each one of us is given something that sets us apart from everyone else; something that we can do better than others, and that in an ideal system, we can use to not only survive but to thrive.
You owe it to your family, your parents, your children, your community, and most especially to yourself to discover that thing, share it with the world and--with apologies to no one--use it to improve your standard of living, your quality of life, and live a passion-centered lifestyle of your dreams!
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Simply put,
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can help you find your purpose, discover your passion, create a product, and sell it for profit! If you've ever dreamed of earning a living, or just some extra cash doing that one thing that you've always loved to do, then this book/audio is for you!"
Since its initial publication in the summer of 1999, and with each revision to incorporate new strategies and technology,
Turn Your Passion Into Profit
has been selling steadily "under the radar." And while others have come along and copied the title and concept, it continues to stand apart as the innovator, combining spiritual concepts, even health and wellness with practical business guidance to create a wholistic view and action plan for profitable, passion-centered living.
Whether you're an entrepreneur with an existing business, or a newbie with a great idea, you'll find a wealth of information, inspiration and concrete ideas in this easy to follow step-by-step guide." [end]
No matter what country you live in!
I've coached clients in the US, UK, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Canada, China, Australia and countries on most every continent! The philosophy, principles and formulas for determining a passion's profit potential are universal! It doesn't matter where in the world you are! Furthermore, thanks to the Internet, you can be in Canada and create a passion-centered product that's a hit in Europe! The possibilities are limitless!
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Usage example:
"I definitely want to quit my job and pursue my passion, but I want to get all my ducks in a row before I hand in my resignation."
Sure, we've all seen ducks in a row. The trouble is, watch them long enough and they eventually break formation.
I've never met a set of ducks who liked standing in a row for too long.
In other words, if you're waiting for things to be perfect and stay perfect before you act on your dreams in general, and if your success quitting your job and becoming an entrepreneur in particular is contingent on those ducks staying in line for the duration of your adventure in freedom, you might be in for a rude awakening.
It's not about the freakin' ducks!! It never was and never will be.
If you make it about the ducks, then you've got to keep herding ducks every day of your life. On the other hand, if you practice taking action regardless of what formation the ducks are in, you'll be better prepared for the realities of life and business!
It's about finding the courage to do something you need to do whether the ducks are arranged the way you want them to be or not! It's your dirty little secret--a convenient excuse. And I'm going to expose it. The truth is, there ARE no ducks!!!
I've already shared that I walked away from my soul-draining, life-sapping, energy-depleting, freedom-robbing job as a civil engineer, to become a passionpreneur and nomadpreneur. In this prequel to
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There was something in particular that gave me the courage to do it, and I'm going to share that with you in all its gory detail!
I'm hopeful that as you read this book, something will click for you.
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What if you had the freedom to travel the world and make money at the same time? What if your source of income did not depend on your actual physical location?
Well, nomadpreneurs have that freedom! A nomadpreneur is someone whose income strategy allows him or her the freedom to "travel and roam" while generating money "abroad or at home."
I know how it feels. I was a frustrated, corporate-cubicle-confined civil engineer in New York City until I engineered my escape from the rat race and ran off to a tropical island to live out my nomadpreneur dream. In this guide, I'll shares the motivation, methods and mindset as well as specific details of the income strategies I and others use to achieve and sustain what I call "the untethered lifestyle." You'll learn or discover:
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I met Michael Douglas one time when I was in Bermuda (March, 2006). He had a great white snowy beard and crazy hair. He almost looked homeless.
Michael Douglas Keeps Warm (9/2007)
Words and Pictures by Mike Ferraro
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But I've adjusted the size of my pictures now, as well as made thumbnails of the first few entries. If you'd like to see their actual size, just click on them. All should be good now for all browsers. Sorry for the inconvenience to the 36 people who actually read this.
Grab Yourself a Can of Chris Crocker… (9/2007)
It's bad enough when you notice you're starting to lose your hair. Or the doctor tells you your blood pressure is way too high for your age. Or when you spend your day with your chest on fire and you can't figure out if you're about to have a heart attack or panic attack. Today was such a day. You can't help but wonder if this train ride is going to end faster than you think.
The Day my Chest Burned… (9/2007)
I am not such a fan of High School Musical; or any of its sequels. Rich-looking, clean cut white kids, dancing and singing their way through high school? I once had a dream like that that ended in machine gun fire.
So when news broke that one of the film's precious stars took some nude photos, I had to laugh out loud (that's "lol" to the AIM obsessed). Through the amazing wonder of Google, I found said image in a matter of seconds. I gave it a once over and to be honest, I don't really understand what all the fuss is about. So some Disney Channel teen got naked in front of her boyfriend and took some pictures without thinking it'll end up on the internet. That stuff happens all the time. At least it wasn't a video of her taking one in the mouth while answering her cellphone. And is this the sort of girl that teen boys are crushing on? She really isn't all that exciting to look at. In fact, the most amazing thing about this picture is not of the girl herself, but of a glorious red curtain in the background. Click the curtain to view its full glory…
Vanessa and the Red Curtain (9/2007)
Seeing the real picture brought a quote from Tony Scott's The Last Boy Scout to mind. After Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) speaks with a detective, the detective says, "There's a new invention out, it's called the razor." Hallenbeck is quick to reply, "Too risky. I might start thinking of you and slash my wrist." I wonder if Vanessa knows of this invention.
I've watched a lot of films in my time but I've never seen a guy kill another guy with a carrot. Yes, the vegetable. Thankfully for me, and countless cinemagoers everywhere, Shoot 'Em Up fixes that problem. Click on the picture to view its full glory.
Shoot 'Em Up… with Carrots (9/2007)
Clive Owen stars as yet another badass who finds himself protecting a baby from a gang of reckless gunman. And the plot just gets more ridiculous from there. I haven't had this much fun in the theater since Crank (Neveldine/Taylor, 2006). If only that fourth McClane movie had the wherewithal to be so crafty, violent, and fun, like the others of that franchise were. Why didn't Fox hire the filmmaker of this film, Michael Davis, to make that movie?
When I was the Programming Coordinator of the 2007 Florida Film Festival, I worked with a girl named Betsy. I guess she likes owls because she has pictures of stitched owls all over her area. So I drew this owl for her with Illustrator (using a mouse). Click on the picture to see its full glory.
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Classic sushi boat with salmon roe.Very popular Japanese sushi with rice and salmon caviar.Very tasty appetizer!
- 1/3 quantity freshly cooked sushi rice (see recipe below)
- 2 sheets of toasted nori,each cut into 4 strips lengthwise
- wasabi paste
- 8 tablespoons salmon caviar
- soy sauce and pickled ginger,to serve
- For Sushi Rice:
- 10 oz (300 g) sushi rice
- 1½ cups (370 ml) water
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Step 1
Divide cooked rice into eight equal batches. Wet your hands to stop the rice sticking. Shape each batch of rice into oval.
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Wrap a strip of nori round each oval of rice and trim off any excess. Place a drop of vinegared water on the underside of the join to seal it. Dab a little wasabi on top of each sushi boat and top with 1 tablespoon of red caviar.
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Repeat with the rest of the ingredients. Serve classic sushi with soy sauce,pickled ginger and wasabi paste on the side.
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Sushi Rice: In a mixing bowl,combine rice vinegar,sugar and salt. Mix well and set aside.
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Place the rice in a strainer and rinse under cold water until water runs completely clear. Drain the rice and place in a pan with water.
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Cover tightly pan with a lid and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside for 15 minutes.
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Turn the cooked rice into a large,flat-bottomed,nonmetallic bowl. Pour the rice seasoning evenly over the surface of the rice,then mix it in with spatula (do not stir or you'll break the rice grains). Fan the rice with either a hand-held fan or an electric one set the lowest setting. Keep slicing and fanning until the rice has reached room temperature and looks shiny. Cover with a damp cloth and use the same day.


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In recent reflections on environmental impacts of buildings, medium to large scale sports stadiums have gained substantial attention. These stadiums of e.g. professional soccer teams are characterized by special system installations like grass heating systems serving the crucial commercial asset(s) and by event-driven usage patterns. Public buildings of this size imply situation-specific operational modes combined with high levels of safety and comfort requirements. In this paper we provide experimental verification of the energy savings potential of a professional soccer stadium's grass heating system during day-to-day operation. Our supervisory holistic control based on state of the art information and communication technology (ICT) is verified by seven experiments which we executed within the real operational setup of the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. Our experiments operated different control strategies of increasing complexity. In winter 2014/2015 we achieved weather normalized energy savings of more than 56% compared to the last heating season. In an average heating season this would amount to savings of approximately 780 MWh and 150 t CO2$. At the same time we violated minimum temperature targets less than 6% of the time. These results stress the feasibility and benefits of applying holistic context-aware control strategies to large scale legacy consumption systems using supervisory ICT platforms. We demonstrate significant efficiency improvements and establish a new energy baseline that future control strategy evolutions will have to benchmark against.
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Existing building stock's energy efficiency must improve due to its significant proportion of the global energy consumption mix. Predictive building control promises to increase the efficiency of buildings during their operational phase and thus lead to a reduction of the lion's share of buildings' lifetime energy consumption. Predictive control complements other means to increase performance, such as refurbishments as well as modernization of systems.
This thesis contributes EVOX-CPS, a holistic methodology to develop data-driven predictive control for (existing) buildings and deploy the control in day-to-day use. EVOX-CPS evolves buildings into Cyber-Physical Systems and addresses the development of data-driven predictive control using computational methods. The thesis' focus rests on accounting for the situation of existing buildings - which vary greatly regarding their physical characteristics, usage patterns, system installation, and instrumentation levels. The methodology addresses the aspect of building stock variety with its capability to flexibly adapt to different buildings' characteristics, e.g., by supporting the integration of varying levels of pre-existing building instrumentation. Furthermore, EVOX-CPS supports using different data mining, regression, or control techniques (i) to strengthen the support for a variety of buildings, and (ii) to cater to researchers' and practitioners' differing skills, experiences, or preferences concerning different data analysis techniques. Through its flexibility, the methodology addresses a vast potential installation base and lowers the barriers for adoption in day-to-day use, e.g., by being able to leverage prior investments in building instrumentation and supporting different data-analysis techniques. At the same time, EVOX-CPS provides researchers and practitioners with comprehensive guidance relevant to their daily work. Besides, EVOX-CPS supports addressing a building's known limitations in the daily operation, e.g., uncomfortable indoor conditions.
The experimentation in two real buildings validates the effectiveness of EVOX-CPS' data-driven control with high reliability due to prolonged experimentation periods combined with applying energy normalization and inferential statistics. The experiments during routine heating system operation establish high confidence in the recorded effect sizes: the improvements in operational efficiency are profound and statistically significant. More specifically, the experiments of controlling the grass heating system of the soccer stadium Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany, in two winters saved up to 66% (2014/2015) and 85% (2015/2016) of energy consumption. Extrapolation to an average heating season leads to expected savings of 775 MWh (148 t of CO2 emissions) and 1 GWh (197 t CO2), respectively. The experiments also show that EVOX-CPS allowed alleviating the known operational limitation of heating supply shortages which required nightly preheating in the stadium's standard operating procedures. In another set of experiments, we applied the methodology to control the heating system of the Sierra Elvira School in Granada, Spain. The experimentation occurred during the regular class hours of 43 school days in winter 2015/2016. A first experiment demonstrated the possibility to lower consumption by one-third while maintaining indoor comfort. Another experiment raised average indoor temperatures by 2K with 5% additional energy consumption. Again, that illustrates EVOX-CPS' capability to address a building's known operational issues.


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Climbing rose trees are special and you can't prune them like more conventional rose trees.
The pruning of a climbing rose tree must help the rose bush climb further on its support structure, while maximizing blooming.
Note, though, that such pruning should only be performed on specimens at least 3 years old.
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Pruning climbing rose trees
Repeat-blooming climbing rose trees, those that bloom several times a year, are pruned in February or March.
At the end of winter and when freezing is over, prune short sprigs along the main climbing branch, so that they form a shape like a fishbone.
- Begin with eliminating dead wood that has dried up.
- Remove the oldest branches, those are called "old wood".
Don't be afraid of removing these branches, because once they're gone, young stems become more vigorous and bear more flowers.
Keep 5 or 6 of the most vigorous branches and prune side shoots to more or less 3 buds.
This means each side shoot is pruned to around 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm) from their base on the main stem (the "fishbone").
Those main branches will form the structure of the bush.
As for once-blooming rose trees, which only flower a single time in the year, follow these same steps but only after the blooming.
Here is a video with advice on how to prune a climbing rose tree
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In summer, you can go on "cleaning up" your rose tree, removing twigs and other dead branches that are useless to the shrub's development.
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Joshua was very helpful from the beginning until closing. He answered any questions my wife and we I had professionally and was instrumental in assisting us obtaining our home. He also worked hand in hand with Cathy in making this a smooth process, and is an asset to Hawaii Mortgage Experts LLC.
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Places to buy themes, plugins, stock images, fonts, advertising material & heaps more!
Over the years I've used countless different places to source web & graphic design materials as well as other products for use both in my business and to promote my business. In terms of price and quality, I can't go passed the following 3 websites.
Envato Market is where I buy most of my website themes, plugins as well as a whole host of other awesome graphic design elements such as instagram flyers, product mock-ups, fonts and more. It's seriously awesome!
Creative Market is another place where I buy website themes, plugins as well as a whole host of other awesome graphic design elements such as instagram flyers, product mock-ups, fonts and more. It's seriously awesome too!
Adobe is where I get some of the programs I use for web and graphic design (on a handy monthly payment plan) as well as stock photography images which is also on a monthly payment plan. Price wise its very good value for what you get.
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Need help with the day to day running a wordpress site? These websites are invaluable resources and well worth checking out. I'm often a visitor to WPBeginner in particular as they are always providing new and updated information, be sure to add them to your favourites!
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You've got a new site: huzzah! Whether you're a WordPress beginner who wants to become a WordPress.com pro, or just need to learn the basics, you've come to the right place.
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Need help promoting your business? These guys are the bomb!
Blue Clay is a video + marketing full-service creative agency. They operate mainly in Canberra, the Riverina & Sunshine Coast but have clients all over Australia.
Thinking about Google Ads? Maple & Honey are results driven and have fantastic customer service. They offer no lock-in contracts and you have full access to your google ads account at all times.
Local Creatives (Wagga Wagga)
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Kiley Blatch Photography is a Wagga Wedding Photographer & portrait photographer with a perfect blend of posed & lifestyle images. Servicing Wagga, Riverina & beyond.
Jodie creates images that presents your photos in a natural, raw element to showcase them best. She specialises in wedding & lifestyle photography but provides corporate photography services also.
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Josh Patton describes the evening's route for the 603 Endurance running group from inside True Brew Barista in Concord on Wednesday. ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff
The 16th annual Galloping Gobbler 4-mile run took place at Bishop Brady High School on Thanksgiving Day. The race usually has between 350 to 500 runners, but after a major snow storm and power outages, only 187 people ran this year. ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor file
The 603 Endurance running group departs for their weekly run from True Brew Barista in Concord on Wednesday evening. ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff
Dylan Tuttle, 20, of Alton turns the last corner on his way to the finish line of the "When I'm 64 Four Mile Race" at Bishop Brady High School in Concord on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. The annual race, which has a different name each year, benefits a Habitat for Humanity student trip to West Virginia. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
It's common to see runners everywhere during the warmer months: on the sidewalks, on the beach or even in the woods.
During the winter? Maybe not so much. But some brave souls still venture out during the snowy season, and with the right preparation, warm-weather runners or first-time runners can, too.
It all starts with knowing what you're getting into. Eric Marsh, owner of the Fun Intelligent Training gym in Concord, said the first thing someone looking to run in the winter should know is that you're not going to perform at the same level you did running in warmer weather.
"You have to ease into it with the harsher climate," he said.
Marsh said the best way to introduce yourself to outdoor exercise is to start slow, say with a walk or a set of intervals. You can also push yourself by finding some hills to climb, or adding a weighted pack, which will help improve your postural muscles, he said.
Breathing in the cold air might irritate your lungs, but Marsh said as you continue to work outside, your body will adjust – and even if you continue to work at a slower pace than you're used to, you're still getting benefits of being outside.
"Fresh air and sunshine has a host of benefits, such as helping to boost your energy levels and mood," Marsh said. "People can get seasonal (affective) disorder in the winter because they get less light, and exercising outdoors can help with that."
You do have to be more mindful when running in the winter, Marsh said, because there are more environmental hazards to watch out for, such as plows, ice or sidewalks that are not fully plowed, forcing you to run in the street. If you chose to run while it's snowing, there's a visibility factor to consider, and you have to pay attention to curbs or tree roots that may be just below the snow or ice's surface.
When running over potentially unstable surfaces, Marsh recommended adopting an "old man shuffle" – a lower, softer gait that requires you to bend your knees and adopt a slightly wider foot stance than usual. You might feel kind of silly, but you'll be better equipped for running in winter weather.
For equipment, a big part of winter running is having the right gear, said Jeremiah Gould, a marketer for Runner's Alley in Concord. A critical piece is, oddly enough, not getting super bundled up.
"You want to dress like it's 10 to 15 degrees warmer than what the thermometer says," Gould said. "But you're going to want to be cold, at first, because once you get going, your body will heat up and you'll start sweating. If you feel like you could stand around and hang out for a while, then you're too warm."
The key, Gould said, is layers: start with a thin base layer with moisture-wicking properties that fits close to your body. The base layer should extend past the belt line to keep all of your core warm. This piece is important, Gould said, because sweat that stays close to your body will freeze in the cold air.
Next is a thicker, slightly heavier material that will leave a gap between itself and the base layer. While it might seem counterintuitive to create any space, Gould said that the space will trap the warmth you create while running, keeping you cozy throughout your workout. Layer a wind-blocking jacket, waterproof if possible, to stop icy gales from cooling your sweat.
A similar method should be followed to protect your legs, but Gould said you're generally going to layer less on your lower half, since it's always moving.
"When it's single digits with a wind chill, I might wear a tight," he said. "But if it's above freezing, and there's not a lot of wind? Then I'll just wear shorts."
Warmth levels really depend on the person, Gould noted, particularly when it comes to covering your head and hands. For those whose hands get chilly, he recommended a light liner glove paired with a mitten. And for the head, a headband or a hat works well, depending on how warm you want to be.
If you've got cold feet just at the idea of running outside, there's a fix for that: Gould said a wool sock will keep you warmer, even if you step in a puddle, than a synthetic sock, and a gaiter – a piece of wind-blocking fabric you can attach over your laces and the gap between your running tights and your sneakers and socks – will protect your ankles.
Now that you're suited up, it's time to get outside – and find a buddy, if you can. The running group 603 Endurance, for example, meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at True Brew Barista in Concord, rain or shine, or snow. The group has several chapters all over the state, and Josh and Laura Patton started the Concord faction a little over a year ago.
Despite starting during the chilly season, Josh Patton said the group immediately had a core membership of around five people, which continued to grow as the weather changed.
For them, running with others is about staying committed during the winter season. Laura Patton said she always signs up for a marathon in March, so running throughout the winter keeps her motivated.
For others, it's about the community.
"When we started this group, five strangers showed up," Josh Patton said. "And now we're all pretty close. It's a good family-oriented feeling."
And if the thought of being cold still scares you, Marsh said half the battle of exercising, whether it's inside or outdoors, is just getting there.
"I've never seen anyone say they regret working out," he said. "Once it's over, you'll feel so much better."
(Caitlin Andrews can be reached at 369-3309, firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter @ActualCAndrews.)
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It's easy to get mixed up the first time you look to rent a car. When scanning various advertisments, do you ever flip back and forth, 2 Month Car Rental Cost in Germiston completely unsure of whether or not you're getting the best deal? Not even sure if you can figure out which one is the best deal? Whether this is your first time renting or not, it is always important that you never enter a car rental arrangement without researching all of your options first.
Insurance is a classic example of this. The four most common types are: collision damage waiver (CDW)/loss damage waiver (LDW), supplemental liability insurance, personal accident insurance, and personal effects coverage. Most rental car companies will pitch the CDW really hard, Cheapest Place To Rent A Car For A Week as well as the theft insurance. What you should know is that usually you don't need either of them. Before you shell out $15 per day or more for these options, check your normal auto insurance already covers rentals. The other thing to look up is your credit card's policy on rentals. Almost every rental company requires a credit card for payment. That is because it makes it easy for the company to add charges for "damages" later. As a side note, because of this, DO NOT use a debit card, ever. You will have no opportunity to dispute the charges if you get cheated. Make sure you use a real credit card. Since you have to use a credit card, see if your credit card offers automatic insurance coverage as long as you charge the rental to that card. You would be surprised how many do.
The next major rip-off is the fuel purchase option. The idea is that you pay for a full tank of gas ahead of time so you can return the vehicle on empty. The catch: it's virtually impossible for you to use all of the gas in the car, so it's best to decline the offer and fill up the tank just before returning it. That way, you only pay for what you've used. Otherwise, the cost is usually far more than what you actually use.
Aside from hidden costs, most rental companies will only rent to someone who is at least 25 years old or even older. Some companies will rent cars to persons 21 years or older but often charge an additional ten to twenty dollars a day. Also, only the driver who is renting the car is covered under the insurance, so don't let a buddy drive because if he wrecks it, you're responsible.
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Do you have to have a credit check run when you rent a car? Under normal circumstances you do not have to have one run, but there are situations where one may be required. You can find out more about this in the rest of this article.Most car rental agencies require that you be at least 25 years old and have a valid credit card in order to rent a car. If you meet both of these qualifications then you shouldn't have any problem finding an agency that will rent you a car without a credit check. Don't hesitate to ask before giving them any information though if you are concerned about this. On the other hand, if don't have a credit card they may run one to make sure you are a decent credit risk.When you try to use cash to pay for a rental automobile there is little doubt that a credit check will be run if you can even find an agency that will rent you one for cash. Most agencies that do accept cash still require that you have a credit or debit card on file in order to protect them. This way you can rent an automobile and pay for it in cash when you return it.
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A delightful town to visit, Olbia has gradually grown to be one of the most important towns in Italy. Relaxing by nature and blessed with historical splendor, the charming nature of this town attracts many visitors annually. The roads are somewhat narrow and pedestrian-friendly; perfect for strolls and leisurely walks. However, to enjoy sightseeing at its best, you'll need a vehicle to get around. Car Hire enables you to rent a vehicle to travel to further places and visit many more historical sites. The benefits of car hire are plentiful. The last thing you need is to not know what you've missed out on the trip, because you only access the different places by foot.Car Hire provides means for you to travel safely and comfortably. These benefits of car hire are just some out of the many advantages of hiring a vehicle on your vacation.


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Next Thursday the 17th of May, 19:30-21:30, I will be giving a talk on Adventure and Travel photography for the Cardiff Camera Club. The scope of the talk will be mainly focused in so many stories behind the images taken over the last 10 years but I intend also to share some of the techniques used, camera angles, special equipment, off camera lighting and any other technical bits that the audience might want to discuss. Hope to see you there! 🙂 For any additional information please contact the Cardiff Camera Club on http://www.cardiffcameraclub.co.uk/
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