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Manners Matter
Posted September 10, 2012on:
Now that school has started, your children will be learning all kinds of things – how to read, do math, learn history and science. However, there are very important lessons that can only be taught at home. One of them is manners.
If you would like to give your child a very significant and lasting gift, consider giving them the information and practices they need to be considered mannerly. Now, I really don't mean which fork to use (though later in life this may be important! Who knows if they'll be invited to dine with the Queen?). Instead, the manners that matter are behaviors designed to take care of the feelings of others and to grease the wheels of sociability. Teaching good manners used to be a routine part of raising a child. However, beginning in the 60's with the rejection of formality and respect for authority, traditional manners were one of the casualties. Social expectations were relaxed and democratized. It became a mark of coolness to address everyone by their first name, regardless of status. Instead of greetings, it was much more hip to smile and mutter "peace". Speaking one's mind was considered preferable to discretion and caution. People were even "PRIMAL SCREAMING" (look this one up if you missed the craze.).
If you are raising children now, you are part of the first generation to be brought up on these more informal practices. For example, you are most likely accustomed to children addressing teachers and other parents by their first names – it's just your norm. I use this particular example because it goes to the heart of manners – which is respect for other people and their feelings. Now, using a first name instead of Mr. or Mrs. does not necessarily imply disrespect, but it became the top of the slippery slope of treating each other more casually. This casualness has crept into many of our social interactions and even become rudeness. You might be noticing that more and more people don't RSVP to invitations, whether it's for a 3- year- old's birthday party or for a wedding. When was the last time you wrote or received a thank you note for a present? When have someone called you to thank you for having them to dinner? When was the last time someone ahead of you allowed a door to close in your face instead of holding it? How many formal or religious events have you attended and seen people dressed as if they've just stopped in from a jog? And…DOES ALL THIS REALLY MATTER?
YES – actually, manners now make more of an impact on someone's impression of your child than ever before. When everyone was mannerly, it was taken for granted. Now when a child engages in considerate behavior, people notice and the child is seen as special! This specialness can translate into being more sought after for playdates, being viewed as a more active participant in the classroom, making the cut for a play or a team, enlisting extra consideration for special accommodations at school, making a good impression at an interview, etc., etc. It not only reflects well on your child, but on you as well as a good parent! You have the opportunity to take an unformed human being who is only aware of his/her needs and turn them out, 18 years later, as a civilized member of society who has the heart to relate to others and the skills to enlist these others in pleasant, cooperative and even loving relationships.
If not the difference between a fish fork and a soup spoon, what should you be focusing your efforts on? With young children, making eye contact and saying "please", "thank you" and "no, thank you" is a good start. Teaching children to respect authority by having them follow your rules and boundaries will serve them well in all sorts of settings. Teach them how to be social – how to start a conversation with a peer, how to stay on topic in that conversation, how to take turns speaking and not to interrupt the conversations others are having.
Teach them how to greet someone new by shaking hands and saying "nice to meet you". Let them know that some adults prefer to be called Mr. and Mrs. and that the adult is the one to give them permission to use their first name. Teach them telephone manners. Teach them to share, compromise, be inclusive and take turns. Teach them how good winners and good losers act. Use their own experiences to help them realize that making rude remarks or stating negative observations about others is hurtful and unacceptable. As children get older, holding the door for others, letting their elders pass through first and standing up to greet an adult guest are sure to make a big impression.
Show them that you respond to all invitations in a timely way and don't retract your acceptances because a "better offer" comes along. As casual as we've become in our dress, having them dress appropriately for special occasions is another way to convey respect for others. Make sure they know how to thank someone for having them over for a party or playdate and don't say it for them! Practice with them what to say when opening a present so that they take care of the feelings of the giver even if they hate the present or already have 27 of the same toy! Have them write thank you notes even if they can only sign their name. Let them experience the excitement of giving, as well as receiving, holiday or birthday gifts with others, especially within the family.
This may seem like a long list or an incomplete one. (I refer you to "Miss Manner's Guide to Rearing Perfect Children" by Judith Martin for more suggestions.) Feel free to add your own personal and cultural practices and, remember, your behavior is their most potent guide. Even though you have 18 years to get the job done, it's not too early to start giving your child the tools to be special!
Susan C. Stone is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Los Angeles for 33 years.She speaks widely to the parents and teachers of children of all ages. Ms. Stone appears regularly on both radio and television as a parenting expert and is the author of THE INDULGENCE TRAP – When too much is not Enough!
The Importance of Traditions
Posted March 26, 2012on:
With Easter and Passover around the corner, it seems like a good time to talk about the importance of tradition to children and to family life. If you ask an adult – or yourself – what positive memories you have from childhood, the answer will often be about things that the family did together on a regular basis – RITUALS and TRADITIONS. These might be ways of celebrating birthdays, vacations, the specific rituals followed on a holiday, Sunday dinners and much more. There are several reasons people remember traditions and rituals as such an important and memorable part of their childhood:
1. Children find security and comfort in repetition. It gives them something to count on in otherwise unpredictable world ( that's why we've all read Good Night Moon hundreds and hundreds of times!). Your traditions give children touchstones that the family returns to despite the continuing changes in your child's physical, social, emotional and cognitive world. Recreating a family activity over and over gives life a rhythm and markers on which children can rely. This creates a sense of stability.
2. A very basic need of children – and, indeed, even adults – is a sense of belonging. Doing things as a family, that are unique to your family, builds this sense in children. Children need the sense of security that no matter what issues they have to confront in the world, they have a family to which to turn.
3. Rituals and traditions are an important way of passing culture and values to the next generation. When parents do this, they often experience the richness of repeating their family's history. Realistically, there are parents who would rather forget how their parents did things! In this case, establishing new traditions with your own children is a way to break a best-forgotten chain and write your own family history.
4. Family traditions and rituals are important in helping children with the task of building an identity. They help create for your child a sense of who they are and who their family is. They become able to say, "We are a family that…". They also experience the roles and responsibilities of family members and are given their own role in that mosaic. This inclusion helps to establish their identity and a sense of purpose or usefulness in the family.
5. Traditions also bind children to you and to the family. Even during the adolescent years when their task is to establish their independence and claim in individual identity, children crave the traditions they have grown up with. The same teen who doesn't want to be seen in public with you will all of a sudden demand that "traditional" foods you prepare for holidays or expect that grandpa will tell his story about celebrating the holiday when he was a child. It 's been demonstrated that teens who are connected to their families are less likely to engage in dangerous behaviors.
6. Don't think that you have to create elaborate celebrations, birthday parties, outings or vacations in order to have traditions. This misses the point entirely! The activity you select to make a tradition isn't important – choose what you value and like:
- It can be a family dinner every Friday or Sunday night.
- You can choose to ride bikes together every weekend.
- It can be going to the mountains every summer or planting a garden in the spring.
- Have a game or movie night with popcorn or pizza
- Have a traditional way that you celebrate the particular achievements of anyone in the family
- Donate your time or items to needy families every Thanksgiving
- Have family dinners as often as possible where you take turns sharing something from your day and receive attention and support from the family
- Establish a special family tradition for saying good night or goodbye which your children can help to devise
Clearly, I could go on and on! What's important is that through RITUAL and TRADITION you and your children will reap the benefits of stability, security and closeness to the family.
What your child should be ready for at any age is a concern that worries and confuses parents of children of all ages.
- When should my child be walking?
- When should my child be using a bottle, binky diapers
- When should my child start preschool, kindergarten?
- When should my child go on a sleepover?
- When should my child go to the movies alone with a friend?
- When should my child have a cell phone?
- When should my child learn to drive?
As you can see, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of turning points parents need to consider, and most parents don't really know what to expect or decide. They operate from hopes, fears, and a lack of knowledge about development. Some parents worry too much about such issues and some not enough. Can I give you definite ages and expectations for readiness? NO! Much depends on who your child is and what you are comfortable with. However, I can give you ways to think about these issues.
In the early years and, again, as adolescence begins, children are developing quickly in all ways. There are norms that are predictable and sequential, and the best reading you can do to inform yourself about these are the books by Ilg and Ames -"Your One Year Old", "Your Two Year Old", etc. They describe, in every area of development – social, emotional, cognitive and behavioral – what is "normal". However, the books only provide a broad outline. You have to remember that your kids haven't read the books and may be a bit ahead or behind in any area of development. Also know that the areas develop independently of each other. So, a child may be cognitively advanced while being socially underdeveloped. This unevenness is confusing for parents who are always trying to assess whether their child is "normal".
To add to parental confusion, children develop or mature at very different rates. While development is predictable, it is also unique to each child. They can't be taught or pushed or, in the case of puberty, held back! Many of the answers to your questions about readiness are determined by "nature's timetable". When a child is going to walk, talk, enter puberty, etc. is pre-programmed by birth, and there can be as much as a two year difference in readiness – even between children in the same family There really are "late bloomers! Now, while the environment you create may help children shift from their natural pace and inclinations, you are not a bad parent if the shift is slight or not at all. Therefore, it's useless to compare your children to each other or to children outside the family. Doing so can only harm the self-esteem of the child unfavorably compared.
If you do try to hurry a child who is developmentally unready for a new step, you run the risk of sending them the message that they are failures and, thus, damage their self-esteem, giving them a sense of inferiority. This can happen to the most well-intentioned parent when you unintentionally – or deliberately – manifest frustration or disappointment with one of your children regarding their progress. You may not express this directly but may do so through your facial expression, tone of voice, or body language. Respecting developmental difference will prevent you from unwittingly doing this. It's also important to remember that rate of development is not a predictor of ultimate success!
Some children who are pushed too hard when they aren't ready for a task get frustrated and can "act out". Then they are at risk of being perceived as behavior problems or as having attentional issues which add extra layers to their feelings of inadequacy. This can, in turn, can become a permanent part of their identity. Other children react to overly high expectations by developing debilitating stress which is manifested physically, emotionally or behaviorally. The main consideration is that you be aware of who each of your children is and do your best to recognize and respect his/her readiness to take on new challenges.
On the other hand, if you allow a child to lag too far behind his/her peers in age-appropriate behavior, if you set your expectations too low, there is also a danger to their self-esteem. Children are usually observant of what their peers are doing – whether that's giving up diapers, going to sleepovers, or joining sports teams – and can feel bad about themselves for lagging behind even as they are reluctant to take the next step or to overcome their fears. In these instances, it's up to you to make a parental decision to become more insistent that you child move onto the next step in development. This may involve taking away diapers, cheer-leading firmly that your child learn to swim, or discussing with them why they are unwilling to learn to drive. Sometimes this will require some assistance from an outside resource such as a parenting coach or therapist.
On the third hand, there are times when children believe they're ready for a new challenge BUT YOU DON'T! As children edge towards adolescence, they may start to lobby for greater autonomy. It is within your rights, and also your responsibility, to decide if your child has the skills and maturity to move on. Just because other parents allow certain freedoms, such as going out alone with a friend, doesn't mean that your child is sufficiently mature to handle this situation. Just because a child turns sixteen doesn't mean you feel they are responsible or developed enough to get behind the wheel of a car. You are still responsible for their health and safety and your assessment has to prevail. However, if your child is going off to college and you still aren't comfortable with them going out without you, you may have to look at who has the problem!
Finally, a word about significant delays. Respecting readiness does not mean turning a blind eye or deaf ear to your own observations as well as the feedback you get from your child's school about your child's progress. Such input can allow you to pick up on an area that needs special attention. Then proactive parents can provide appropriate intervention which can make all the difference in children reaching their full potential.
Susan C. Stone is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Los Angeles for 33 years.She speaks widely to the parents and teachers of children of all ages. Ms. Stone appears regularly on both radio and television as a parenting expert and is the author of THE INDULGENCE TRAP – When too much is not Enough!
The relationship siblings have is an important one – it can impact on people's lives and identities as much as their relationships with their parents do. This can be a positive impact and enhance one's life or it can be negative and the source of continuing problems in other relationships – even into adulthood! Because of this, it's important for parents to help make their children's relationships as good as possible. By your behavior you have the ability to stoke the fire of the rivalry or to lessen it.The one thing you can't do is eliminate it! But that's not necessarily bad news. Children learn a lot from their relationships with their siblings – how to win, how to lose, how to negotiate, compromise and share, how to be angry with someone and still love them. Your job as a parent is to make sure that the sibling interaction isn't harmful – either psychologically, physically or emotionally.
One important step towards minimizing sibling rivalry and keeping it from being harmful is to NOT COMPARE your children – either out loud to them or even in your mind. No two children are alike – they have different strengths and weaknesses. Good parents respect this and teach their children to respect it. This should lead to having unique expectations and measures of success for each child. Comparisons are also often used to try to motivate desirable behavior by pointing out to a child how their sibling is doing a better job (at being mannerly, cleaning up their room, doing their homework, etc.). Now honestly, did it ever spur you on to greater heights when your parents said, "Why can't you keep your room neat the way your sister does?"?! All it did was make you angry – at your parent and at your sister! The rule of thumb is to speak to each of your children as if they were ONLY children. No comparisons allowed. However, even if you do follow this advice, you'll find your children comparing themselves – "I'm smarter than you are". This is an opportunity to have a discussion about respecting individual differences and your expectations for personal bests and best efforts.
Another way parents worsen sibling relationships is by, consciously or unconsciously, casting children in fixed roles. For example, the oldest child is treated as the caretaker, the youngest has less expected from them, a good listener becomes a confidante for the parent. Similarly, parents also stamp children with labels – "This is my athlete." " This is my scholar." "This is my wild one". These assigned labels and role – even positive ones – put limits on who a child might have the potential to become. Instead, try to think about who you would like the child to become and praise behaviors which manifest those possibilities. Also, be alert to negative roles that children may choose for themselves – the clown, the helpless one, the dictator – as a way to be unique within the family. In such cases, encourage them to get attention and rewards for more desirable roles and behaviors.
Having said all this, let's talk about the secret that many parents carry around and about which they feel guilty – favorites. Is it terrible or unnatural to have a favorite child? NO! Sometimes your personality or needs just mesh better with one child than another. You're human and can't deny these responses. However, what you can control is the expression of favoritism which feeds sibling rivalry more than any other parental behavior. Now I know you don't say things like "Susie is my favorite". Favoritism is expressed subtly – smiling more at one child, being more lenient, using more terms of endearment, etc. The cure for showing favoritism is to be aware of it and to look for the specialness to appreciate in your less favored child.
While you may not show favoritism, a common manifestation of sibling rivalry is children vying to occupy the top spot, or at least tie for it. When children try to make everything equal, this is what you're witnessing.. Does this sound familiar? "Johnny has 12 grapes on his plate and I only have 11!" Most parents rush to equalize the situation with the goal of not showing favoritism, often driving themselves crazy in the diplomacy of it all. I'll let you off the hook! It's not your job to make everything equal – time, love, items. It's your job to meet the unique needs of each child and to let them know that is your goal. DO NOT engage in arguments about giving or loving equally. And when asked the immortal question – "Who do you love the most?" – answer by listing the special things you love about that particular child.
Despite your following all this advice, your children are going to bug each other – about territory, property, because they are jealous of a sibling's birthday, because they had a disagreement at school with a friend, even because it's fun!. A sibling is a convenient place to dump negative feelings about many things. While this is inevitable, you need to set limits on how this is expressed. What is disallowed is emotional, psychological or physical harm. You can prevent some of this by not modeling name-calling, cruel remarks or physical reactions of your own in handling your anger. Other preventive measures which lessen negative sibling interaction: 1. Allow children to express their anger towards their siblings to you without judging or discounting it. Getting it off their chest lets them feel better about the sibling.
2.Don't reward tattling by acting on it.
3.Make sure to give children adequate time and space of their own.
4.Spend time alone with each of your child so they feel they "have" you for a time.
5.Set rules for sharing and encourage a sharing attitude between everyone in the family.
6.Teach conflict resolution skills.
7.Foresee trouble and act to avoid it – for example, ban high conflict games, arrange seating to lessen opportunities for conflict at meals, etc.
8.Hold family meetings in which the whole family addresses a grievance of each child and seeks a solution together.
9.Utilize "team" reward charts with which children can earn special activities if the team gets along for a period of time.
10.Plan fun family activities that promote goodwill among siblings.
11. Teach family loyalty as a value.
Finally, when the arguing and bickering start, give children a chance to solve it themselves, which they often will. If they try to drag you into it, NEVER choose a winner and a loser (since you don't now the full story and will never know "who started it"). If the incident escalates into a damaging emotional, psychological or physical interaction, separate your children for a cool down period., then let them try to be together again ( which they usually want). If this doesn't work, it may be a day they need to spend doing separate activities.
All of these measures will reduce sibling rivalry. However, be prepared for your children not to be compatible. Your goal should be mutual respect and some peace. The good news is that as siblings become older, they generally have a better relationship if the bad feelings haven't been cemented while they were growing up.
Susan C. Stone is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Los Angeles for 33 years.She speaks widely to the parents and teachers of children of all ages. Ms. Stone appears regularly on both radio and television as a parenting expert and is the author of THE INDULGENCE TRAP – When too much is not Enough!
As the holidays approach, most parents are scrambling to buy an abundance of the latest and hottest gift items their children have requested or would enjoy. As parents we get almost as much pleasure – or more – watching the delight our children experience as they open up their packages!
This is all great fun, but it misses some wonderful opportunities to parent well and to make the holidays meaningful and joyous for your children in other ways. It's important to recognize that what children treasure is time with you and the family in a festive mode. As well, some of the greatest excitement children experience around the holidays is the anticipation of GIVING and not just RECEIVING! Yet the majority of families don't focus on these important elements. Here are some ways to get your children involved in the holidays that will both excite and delight them:
1. To truly capture the spirit of the season, family time and traditions are a must. Begin traditions of special activities for the whole family that take place around the holidays. Anything you do together each year will count. It can be baking, decorating, playing special games, traveling or visiting with relatives and friends. In the end, special time with you engaging in holidays rituals is what children crave most of all and what they'll remember as adults.
2. Be judicious in how many presents you buy for your own children and how extravagant they are. Don't try to compete with other parents and remember that your children will receive presents from grandparents and friends as well.
3. Consider presents that avoid the materialism that often goes with the holidays. For example, give children coupon books for "a trip to the yogurt store", "an activity alone with you", "an extra bedtime story", "making cupcakes", etc. These are a real hit!
4. Very importantly, use this season to teach the values of reciprocity and generosity by including your children in gift-giving. And this does not mean spending your money on gifts so they can pass them on to others! One way is to have your children clean out the toys they've outgrown and donate the ones in good shape to needy children. Older children can spend a bit of their allowance to buy a new toy to donate to Toys for Tots. If there's any way they can visit a shelter and deliver toys directly to other children, they'll learn valuable perspectives about the blessings they have and the blessings they can bestow.
If you really want to see holiday excitement, have your children – no matter how young – make something to give as gifts to their family members. It can be a small pot which they paint and decorate and put a plant in, a bag of cookies you bake together, colorful felt covers that they glue on the front of inexpensive telephone books, a frame they decorate with macaroni and you spray with gold paint, etc. Believe it or not, your children will be more excited to give out these presents than they are to receive their own. Watch the joy they experience in not just receiving but in giving !
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL from Susan C. Stone!
Turkey, pumpkin pie, STUFFING (personal favorite) , family, football…all the trappings of a great Thanksgiving. But, are they? While Thanksgiving may be the least commercialized of our national holidays, the essential meaning can get lost amidst a sumptuous meal and an exciting 4th quarter. How many of us actually give thanks on this day – or any other day, for that matter? What happened to gratitude and what are we teaching our kids about it?
Now you may say you're teaching your children to say "thank you" for favors and presents. But, are you teaching them – and do you realize – the more subtle and bigger concept of gratitude ? This is the recognition and appreciation of all that you have. Too often we and our children take this for granted. Children are understandably blase about their life style because it"s the only reality they know. But gratitude is important because it's inextricably linked to happiness. If you're not appreciative and grateful and, therefore, not teaching your kids to be so, you are not promoting happiness in them in the deepest sense. Without this perspective, all they experience is a kind of "happiness" in the most shallow and momentary way. ("Oh boy, a new toy!")
So, how do you both feel and teach gratitude when you live, as we do, in a solution-oriented society which is focused on what is wrong and needs to be changed?
Begin with yourself – experiencing gratitude has to be an active mental discipline. Pick a time each day when you focus on the most basic blessings in your life – health, family, living quarters, food, faith, etc. You can add to that list according to your priorities – it might be friends, a job you love ( or these days, any job!), the ability to go to a ballgame or movie, to enjoy a starry night and so on. If you find yourself having trouble with this, try beginning your day by watching the news – you'll quickly see how much you take for granted.
Then, how do you pass this key to happiness on to your children? First, you can model gratitude by articulating out loud those positive things you've identified in your own life. Simple statements such as "Boy, I reallly feel healthy today!" or "I feel so fortunate to have a wonderful child like you!" or "Would you like eggs or cereal for breakfast – we ar so fortunate to have plenty of food and choices about what to eat". This may elicit some questions from your child such as "Why? Do other people not havve so much food?". This is a great teaching opportunity to let them know that, indeed, many people don't have eoungh to eat and that their own situation is a reason for them to be grateful.
Second, ask your child what they're grateful for. This is a great bedtime question, when they are more vulnerable and likely to open up. Be prepared however, they may still answer "My new action figure!". At that point you can ask them if they'd rather have that than a nice mom and dad. If they still prefer GI Joe to you, tell them that you think they'll change their mind some day (and hope that's so!).Third, there are the inevitable, and very important, food and toy drives around the holidays. Make sure you and your child participate in donating. Some older children even like to donate a bit of their allowance to provide Thanksgiving dinner to those without. As children are 8 and older, it becomes important that they see to whom they are actually giving their donations so they become aware of others' reality.
Last, establish a family tradition of each person saying what they are grateful for. You can do this on Thanksgiving – that's a natural. However, remember that, unlike mittens or swimsuits, gratitude is not a seasonal item! Ideally, it should be a way of thinking all year round. You can repeat the ritual of saying what each person is grateful for over Sunday morning pancakes, Friday night dinners, bedtime or any time you think your child will be receptive. It's the repetition of the focus on gratitude that eventually makes it a part of your child's thinking and creates real happiness.
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It's that bewitching time of year again – Halloween. It's become one of our most celebrated national events with a huge commercial buildup and awaited with great anticipation by kids of all ages. It's crazy, it's fun, it's harmless – or is it? It can be all of the good things as long as you prepare your children for it.
YOUNG CHILDREN: They are excited to pick out their costumes and to GET CANDY! However, there are a few things parents need to be aware of. First, while children may have a particular costume in mind, it's important that you deem it age-appropriate. Children are exposed to such a variety of characters through the media or through older siblings that they may want to make an inappropriate decision in their costume choice. It's your responsibility to steer them away from characters that are too scary or too mature. For example, it's not a good idea to have a young child wear a Freddie Krueger mask. It will scare their friends and send the wrong message about the fun of Halloween. Likewise, you would want to steer a young girl away from dressing like Lady Gaga in some of her more outrageous and MTV-appropriate attire. You may want to ask yourself how your child even has knowledge of such characters. Perhaps your screening of media input needs to be tightened a bit. You also need to be aware if your child is frightened by masks or clown attire – a common phobia. You may have to explain to them that these are only costumes, pick a Halloween activity that is controlled and benign or, if they are truly traumatized, set up a Halloween event with a few friends that takes place at home.
As to the candy, make sure you inspect it before it's eaten. All candies should be wrapped in their original wrappers. Then there's the question of quantity! Your child will likely end up with a cache of candy that's way too much for them to eat without getting a serious sugar high and a few cavities to go with that. Some parents decide to take away some of the candy and dole it out over a period of time. Others ask their children to pick an acceptable number of pieces and then donate the rest to children who may not have experienced Trick or Treating.
Which brings me to the subject of the actual activity of Trick or Treating. There are two issues to consider with young children. If you decide to go door to door, you need to explain to young children that you are aware of which houses and strangers are safe to approach for treats. You don't want to go against your year round teaching against approaching just any strangers. Secondly, some areas are known for their rowdy Trick or Treating behavior by older kids. One way to avoid this is to go early and be gone by the time the older kids arrive. Another option is to take advantage of the planned events found in most communities either at a mall, park or other publicly sponsored event.
OLDER CHILDREN: By the time your child is in middle school, they may (definitely) not want you to go to each house with them. While understandable, you need to set some parameters to keep them safe. Perhaps you'll be in a car nearby or set a very limited area for them to Trick or Treat – say, a few blocks close to your house, a gated community or a public event. They need to have a definite starting and stopping time and need to remain in a group. They need to be reminded that if someone invites them into their house for a treat, they are NOT allowed to enter. Middle schoolers and older kids also need to be reminded of your values – that they respect the property of others. The purpose of Halloween needs to remain having silly fun but not destructive "fun" – no shaving cream, toilet papering, or egg- throwing.
It's also a good idea to go over the candy with your older kids before they dig into it. You need to use your judgment about how much they should indulge. The idea of a donation is equally valid for older Trick or Treaters.
All this having been said, have a HAPPY (and safe) HALLOWEEN!!!
Susan C. Stone is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice. She speaks widely – on television, radio, and in Parent Education Seminars – on topics of interest to parents and teachers of children of all ages. She is also the author of the book THE INDULGENCE TRAP. Visit her on her website at http://www.susancstonemft.com or contact her at email@example.com.


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Setting Up A Home Network With Unifi
For the last 5 years I've been using an Apple TimeCapsule as my router and wifi base. The decision to use this was for:
- TimeCapsule backups.
- Extending wifi networks with Airport Express.
- It wasn't included with the broadband package I signed up for.
- The UI looked pretty and easy to use.
During this time, I upgraded the device (with the replaced devices being handed down to family members), I setup a home VPN to play FIFA on my Xbox One remotely and started to notice the wifi cutting out more often.
With the rise of internet connected devices within my house, serving everything from media, home security and someone to talk to whilst cooking (Alexa) I wanted to find a stable solution that was more modular. I liked the idea of being able to have devices with specific uses that could be managed and upgraded independently over time.
Solution - Ubnt / Unifi /
After looking at a couple off the shelve solutions, and Apple no longer producing what I was used to, I found Ubnt thanks to numerous tech bloggers talking about it.
Speaking with a few friends who deal with networks on a professional day to day basis, the overall response was to get it.
With help from one of the friends, I purchased the following devices:
- UniFi Security Gateway
- UniFi Switch 8
- UniFi AP AC Pro
- UniFi Hybrid Cloud
The cost element of these 4 devices was a concern. Would I see the benefit of it? Could I spend my money better elsewhere? Am I just going through a phase?
I've had an issue with the USG upgrading and having an issue with the config.gateway.json file.
The fix was to remove the config.gateway.json file, restart the USG and then setting the dhcp-client-identifier (due to the provider being Sky Fibre in the UK), and then creating a new config.gateway.json file by connecting to the USG via SSH and executing the following command:
mca-ctrl -t dump-cfg
The config.gateway.json is located on the controller.

subset: commoncrawl


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Your phone model is: Haier C6000
Version for your phone is: UC Browser 220.127.116.11
Updated date: 2010-11-03
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Canadian retailer Loblaw's continues the expansion of its Joe Fresh clothing Private Brand in the US with the opening of a summer store in East Hampton, N.Y. This follows the opening of the U.S. flagship Joe Fresh store in New York City opened at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street, near the New York Public Library and Bryant Park.
Joe Fresh, which debuted lines for men and women in early 2006, was conceived by Joe Mimran, who developed the line for Loblaw after the successful sale of his Canadian apparel and design powerhouse Club Monaco to Polo Ralph Lauren. In 2007, Joe Fresh added sleepwear, lingerie and children's clothing, and quickly became the top seller of kids' clothing in the country. In 2009, Joe Fresh branched into bath and cosmetics products.
The summer, pop-up location will be in operation until Labor Day, ahead of Joe Fresh opening four permanent locations in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and this fall.
The company announced on Tuesday that it will open four more stand-alone stores in Canada: one in Brossard, Que., in early September and three additional locations in the Toronto area.
"These four new locations will help us reach our goal to open 20 stand-alone stores in Canada over the next couple years," said Joseph Mimran of Joseph Mimran & Associates, creative director, apparel, home and entertainment for Loblaw Companies Limited.
The outlet at Golden Mile Shopping Centre in Toronto's east end is scheduled to open at the end of the month. The new downtown stores at Queen West and Portland streets and Carlton and Church streets are scheduled to open in the fall.


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I decided to defy sensibility by delaying my no-bake series for another week, because this past weekend was the hottest of the summer. Yes, instead, I cranked up the oven and started baking with fall in mind as evident by the pear tart you see in the picture.
See what I mean about defying sensibility? To take it step further, I decided to go gluten free with this one. Which of course really had Matt questioning, "What's going on here?"
Nothing other than just, you know, the regular switch up when I start to feel things getting stagnant around here. So don't worry, I'm not going gluten-free, I just happen to really love this recipe I developed for a girlfriend of mine who is gluten free.
And as for the two differently styled pictures—well, I was struggling, but that quickly ended when I dropped the tart. Nothing like a forced finish.
Gluten-Free Pear Tart
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar plus 3 tablespoons of sugar
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 3 pears halved and cored
- Sift almond meal, coconut flour and baking powder; set aside.
- Place oil, egg and 1/3 cup of sugar in a food processor and pulse until mixture is emulsified. Add greek yogurt and orange zest until well combined. With the food processor still running add in the almond meal mixture and pulse until combined. Pour and press mixture into a 4x14 tart pan. Toss pears in remaining sugar and press them into tart mixture.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted into tart mixture comes out clean. Cool completely in tin. Serve with some drizzled honey.
A few notes:
- For the Greek yogurt I used Chobani, the coconut flour is Bob's Red Mill and the almond flour is from Trader Joe's.
- If you don't have a food processor use a stand mixer, if you do not have a stand mixer, use a large whisk and make sure to emulsify the oil, eggs sugar for best results.


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Cotton Ch Momin visited several Govt. hospitals in East Garo Hills in Meghalaya and traditional practitioners to find relief for his ailing wife from severe allergy with high fever but could not succeed. Affording private hospital and treatment outside the state was beyond his capacity.
After being hassled and failed, he decided to treat his wife by giving home-made traditional medicines prepared from herbs and extracts. The results were slow but encouraging and within few months she recovered completely.
Momin started his traditional medicine practice from there and now he can heal disease like jaundice, epilepsy, broken or fractured bones, fever and dysentery through traditional herbal medicines. Basically, a farmer by occupation, he can treat many other diseases in Gitokgre village in East Garo Hill of Meghalaya through traditional medicines.
Initially, he was known to very few people in his village as he did not want many people to have known him as a traditional practitioner. But after the leadership training of awareness programmes of Farm Northeast-II, his mindset changed.
He is now active in agriculture, farming, organising meetings, programmes and much other work. He is also a president of the farmer club and a traditional practitioner to promote medicinal practitioners in the area. He has become the main resource person in the area for sharing his knowledge in terms of traditional medicines and is encouraging and motivating other practitioners in the area.
Apart from being a traditional practitioner and a farmer he has taken a loan from fisheries department and started fishery in a small pond. Though the return is less it adds to his profit. He motivates other farmers to take up fishery and earn their livelihood through various means.
"I do not charge for the treatment but when someone gives me forcibly, I had to respect their feeling", says Momin. Traditional healing has become one of the sources of his livelihood. He expressed his gratefulness to the FARM Northeast-II programme for changing his thinking and knowledge to boost his confidence. He is more than happy to share his knowledge with others who is willing to learn.
Ganga Barela, of village Sankota, practices farming on her family land. Earlier, due to high agricultural input cost of chemical fertilisers, her family was finding farming an inefficient vocation, thereby retracting from it. She brought the issues to the Jeevika programme team in her village, who with timely handholding, counselling and capacity building enabled her to take up vegetable-cultivation with cost effective agriculture practices. With a series of motivational discussions and required facilitation, Ganga decided to start mixed cropping cultivation and also adopt bio-fertiliser process. She sowed seed of ladies-finger and tomato in her land with support of her spouse and took good care of the field. Her hard work resulted in a handsome produce, which brings an additional income of rupees five hundred to her family. The amount varies from time to time and this has inspired other women members of the Self Help Group to resort to mixed cropping through Bio- fertilisation.
As an expansion of the initiative, Jeevika Haat, weekly market is organised on Fridays whereby the people from twenty five villages gather to sell and purchase goods. Jeevika Haat is a response to the difficulties faced by people in transportation to reach the nearest market place in Tiwni village in Umariya district. The process took almost a year, and now people have come up with around twenty shops connected with twenty five villages at a common nearby location, earning an average income of rupees two thousand a month.
The Nagas, both men and women farmers from the Peren district of Nagaland came together to cultivate a popular variety of pulse called Naga Dal. They practiced cultivation of Naga Dal in a selected plot near the village. The result was an astounding yield of 640 kilograms of Naga Dal on the 3 acres of land. The produce is sold in the market for Rs 80-90 per kilogram and the proceeds are shared between the members. This initiative has motivated the people to widen such collective cultivation.
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Ms. Runu Murmu, a woman farmer from the Jorhat district of Assam took to organic agriculture after receiving training from the facilitating partner organisation. She inspired other women in the village to practice organic agriculture, and formed a group of women farmers. This group is practicing collective as well as individual cultivation.
Ms. Runu Murmu, (35) has emerged as one of the women farmer leaders in Panjan village of Titabor Block under Jorhat district of Assam. Her husband, a private school teacher is the sole bread earner of the family. With four children, two sons and two daughters, Runu's early married life was confined to household chores with small kitchen gardening. In the initial stage of her kitchen gardening in a small piece of land of about a bigha, she used chemical fertilizer and pesticide expansively to yield high and rapid produce for the family's consumption.
However, after attending farmers' club meetings and a number of training programmes organized by Seva Kendra Dibrugarh (SKD) her interest in organic farming, integrated pest management and traditional knowledge increased. This knowledge enabled her to start farming on wider scale to earn additional income with which she could enrol her children in formal schooling. Runu discontinued using chemicals and pesticides in her garden since 2014, and instead switched to using compost and manure. She planted seasonal vegetables like jika, cucumber, ladies finger, ginger, rice gourd, bitter gourd, beans, pumpkin etc., while also practicing multiple and seasonal cropping. Through information provided in the trainings, Runu has networked with the local shopkeepers to sells off her surplus produce at a wholesale price and earns about INR. 10,000 per month. Promising agricultural production has motivated her to add another plot of land to her existing cultivable land. Today, she stands an inspiration to many women and men farmers in her village.
"Organic products saistho karone bhaal aru income barhe, aamak aji aidor e keti kora ussith-saistho aru poribhekh karone,"(meaning that the organic products are good for health, environment and income, and should be the way in which agriculture should be practiced) says Runu.
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PERHAPS you've always thought that money is off limits when it comes to dinner table talk.
But with more than a quarter of Australians now finding it difficult to talk about money for fear of judgment and embarrassment, I'm here to challenge that.
What if instead of keeping our experiences and concerns to ourselves we started talking more openly about money?
We might find we have more in common with others than we thought, or learn something from those who have been in a similar situation.
There are some easy ways you can start introducing these conversations at home, even around the dinner table.
Everyone loves a personality quiz, and there are some great resources online to help you understand how you spend and save.
Take a quiz as a family and have fun comparing your results.
If you're having dinner with your parents, ask them about how they navigated the cost of getting married, having children, buying their first home - or wherever you're at. They'll probably be happy to take a trip down memory lane and share their stories.
It also opens the way for you to share your concerns and ask their advice.
If you're in need of a dinner party conversation starter, ask everyone to share their very first job or what they spent their first pay cheque on.
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At dinner with friends? Ask what resources they're using.
Perhaps they have a successful strategy for managing finances with their partner, or they've found a budgeting app that works for them.
If you know them well, don't be afraid to ask whether you can pick their brains about how they were able to save their home deposit, or why they chose a particular investment.
A lot can be learned from the experiences of others, and it's always a great way to bond.
They may also be relieved to have someone they can discuss the challenges with.
If you have young children, make them part of your money discussions to help them understand the value of money and where is comes from.
Another good one is to talk about family goals, such as a coming holiday and how you will save as a family.
With older children, use dinner time to talk about their plans for the future.
Do they dream of travel, further education, a place of their own?
It's important they understand the costs involved and that every cent they save now will help them to reach a future goal.
Despite outdated etiquette rules, the dinner table, with its relaxed setting and time away from distractions, is the perfect place for money conversations worth having. Bon appetit!
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Custom guitar shop owner using chaos to help zoo
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 [1] by Susan Bryant email@example.com [2] in Local News [3]
An Upper Macungie Township resident is using his love of guitars to help raise funds for the animals at Lehigh Valley Zoo.
Dave Kite, owner of Chaos Guitars, is building an electric guitar with a giraffe print for the zoo's first "Conservation Celebration" gala Oct. 13 at Lehigh Valley Country Club.
"Shortly after my fiancee Rose Amici suggested I do an animal print guitar, I talked to Doreen Carl, vice president of development at the zoo, and it was suggested I build a guitar for the gala," Kite said.
Kite, who has been building custom guitars for about 10 years, said he may craft a series of animal print guitars.
A graduate of William Allen High School, Allentown, and a certified electrician technician from Lincoln Tech, Upper Macungie, Kite was 12 when he started playing guitar.
"I was 13 when I was able to purchase a real guitar from West End Music in Allentown," he said. "When I became a musician early in life and didn't have money to go buy one of the custom guitars, I bought what I could afford, then built it into something else.
"When I had my own band for 15 years, I never hired a guitar tech because I didn't want anybody touching my stuff, so I always did my own stuff."
Today, Kite builds electric guitars, electric base guitars or whatever a customer wants.
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He lives with his fiancée Rose and three children Zane, 17; Trinity, 14; and Evan, 12; in Fogelsville.
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Pet cafes are all the rage now in space limited Hong Kong – For my first day here I wanted to do something unique and quirky, so we decided to visit a Hong Kong Dog Cafe, specifically On Dog Dog Cafe for a unique Sunday Brunch Hong Kong style! With three Huskies, one Akita and one Shiba there was a lot of dogs, though really can you ever have too much dog!?
And the answer is clearly no, NO you cannot!…. So much fluffy I can barely handle. What more could you want for a Sunday Brunch in Hong Kong! [besides a hedgehog cafe in Tokyo…but that is another story.]
While cat cafes are nothing new (except for this Minsk Cafe that just opened..), the prospect of a unique cafe filled with gorgeous, fluffy dogs to hug appealed much more to us. On Dog Dog Cafe, in this case, did not disappoint! It can get a bit noisy — and smelly — at OnDogDog Cafe in Ho Man Tin but we didn't mind. Located a quick walk from the Mongkok MTR it's also very easy to reach.
We visited on a quiet Thursday evening before dinner and had the whole place to ourselves! It was a bit weird being on a first-floor walk up, it's just like entering someone's house and hanging out.
It was even complete with Chinese soap operas playing, but that only made me love it even more! (But really …what could there be NOT to love!)
Five adorable dogs are the main show here, however, they seemed quite tired after their walk when we arrived and just lay around which was perfect for cuddles and selfies.
$150 HKG will get you unlimited time with these gorgeous dogs, as well as free food and drink. The drinks were so-so and clearly not the highlight.
I didn't even dare try any food as the dogs were free to walk in and out of the kitchen!
The dogs, while free spirits, were obedient and I would say well looked after, seem to have regular time outdoors and are under no obligation to put up with customers. If they don't like what you are doing they will bark and move on. Best to let them come to you rather than force your way into their personal space…
But this is true for most animals right? This cute little bugger was the highlight – No drinks or food are going to take away from his spot light!
Take some respite for the frantic Hong Kong pace of life . You can sit and plan out your next adventure or they even have board games to play. I would probably recommend visiting on the weekend when is busier.
However, if you do have the dogs all to yourself during weekdays so its up to you. The surrounding district is a pet hub of sorts. The Hong Kong Dog Cafe's location on Victory Avenue is lined with pet stores so if you havn't got your fix already you can stop for more. Overall worth a hour or so if you have a longer stay in Hong Kong for its distinctive vibe…
The dogs do indeed listen, just not to me! The Dog Cafe HK owner/worker can get them all together for a photo before you leave though! Such cute little angels!
Make sure you check it out!
On Dog Dog Cafe Hong Kong Address: 1/F, 3 Soares Avenue, Ho Man Tin, tel: 9045 2766. Open: 2.30pm-10.30pm … Its on the second floor so when you are at the end of Soares Ave near the corner look up and you will see a sign in the window.
It is there trust me – Don't leave without finding the only dog cafe in Hong Kong (or if you live there a decent dog friendly cafe hong kong!). I know I will never forget my dogtastic Brunch in Hong Kong!
If you have longer in Hong Kong why not plan out your HKG itinerary now – or just check out more awesome things to do in Hong Kong! There is also plenty of things to do in Macau just across the water…
Now you're all set and prepared to explore our big wide world, why not sort out everything else out all in one go? If necessary for your travel plans make sure you have brought proper travel insurance, protected your privacy by getting a secure VPN, compared all the top hotel booking sites to find just what you're after, reserved an unbeatable rental car price and - of course - booked the best flight deals!
Or maybe just forget it all and go for a last-minute cruise or effortless tour instead?
Many budget travelers (including me) indulge in worldwide airport lounge access, so we can experience luxury while still slumming it in economy. Naturally, we would never leave home without a more general travel guide since we couldn't possibly cover everything here!
Just add an adventurous attitude and plenty of smiles - they go a long way - and that about covers it all! Now go out, find your own path and don't forget to share your best inspiration stories with me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram...I'd love to hear from you!


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Another cycle and some nice shots to highlight. Don't worry, I'm not going to start writing about every cycle I take, just where there are nice shots or a route to talk about.
This morning it was the all about the photos. I was taking a morning jaunt along the Water of Leith en route to my accountant so I could drop off some forms that far needed signing.
When I left the light wasn't great as it was just so think with har. It was so think in fact that you could look up and see the outline of the sun through the thick cloud.
However on the way back it had cleared up and was beaming down. On the way I could see my own breath, but on the way back it was getting hotter. Looked like it was going to be a glorious day, and it was.
It was in those early morning moments that I got some of the best shots.
Here's the route I took asking the Water of Leith. The best shots were taken on the way back from there, but I'll come to that.
Reflections of a Bridge: This is a spot that always catches my eye. Just as you turn to cross the metal footbridge from where the shot is taken from, the reflections in the water always make me glance across. It's particularly nice when the water is still and you see the perfect reflections. I also like how the shot is so busy with trees and branches, not just the bridge and the water. There's just a glimpse to be seen.
Misty Reflections on Water of Leith: From the other side of the same bridge the view was quite different. Some blue sky and sun on one side, but on the other the mist was still hanging. It made for a good shot though, although I hadn't noticed the dog walker was heading down the path.
I almost missed that shot and the next one as I was busy passing, and trying to race away, from another cyclist – they'd overtaken me as I sat in a queue and shot to the from of the traffic – challenge accepted. I just looked up and there was the light. The door had to be taken.
Sunlight through the Trees on Glenlockhart Road:
I thought if I could cycle a little closer I might just catch the light on the road that I could see from the right hand side of that last shot. As I got closer it got brighter and looked even better, but there was car after car, then a slow moving pedestrian, then more cars. I caught this shot just as a car passed me on the right. I think a fraction of a second longer and the car would have been in the middle of the shot. As it was it worked perfectly, apart from noticing that the sun was blooming through the trees there. Still, I love the sun rays and the mottled shapes of light on the floor.


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When using ODBC to query to a 'string' that matches the value of a field name, it translate to an incorrect 'same as' query that could returning the incorrect rows.
Steps to Reproduce
- Create an incident with short_description set as 'number' (string).
2. Now open iSQL and run query:
> select number from incident where short_description='number'.
The query does not return any result. This is caused by the way ODBC translate SQL commands into SOAP requests.
The actual encoded query section causing the problem is 'short_descriptionSAMEASnumber' instead of 'short_description=number'.
This issue can be resolved using the ODBC component version 1.0.14 which is native in the London release. However, once available, the ODBC 1.0.14 driver can be downloaded and installed on any instance.
As a workaround, modify the queries to not include the value of a field name, e.g.: select number from incident where short_description LIKE 'number';
Here is a more complex example query that fails:
// problematic
SELECT sys_dictionary.name,
FROM sys_dictionary a,
sys_documentation b
WHERE a.name=b.name
AND a.element=b.element // <== this fails because the data contains 'field' names on the table.
AND a.name='task'
Here is the optimised version:
// without the problem
SELECT a.name,
FROM (SELECT name+':'+element key1, name, element FROM sys_dictionary WHERE name='task') a,
(SELECT name+':'+element key2, name, element FROM sys_documentation WHERE name = 'task') b
WHERE a.key1 = b.key2
AND a.name='task'
Related Problem: PRB1162624


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The 1754 pattern was a good musket, but the French Infantry had their complaints, it was long and considered heavy and difficult to shoulder due to the deep butt stock, and the French did a study on the barrels wearing down due to loading and firing and cleaning. The barrels inner walls would loose about .0008 of metal per service year and would need to be redressed and the muzzle or cut down to carbine size, this of course was considered unacceptable by the French Armories. The 1754's locks were designed with heavier springs, which was very reliable for ignition however one issue, the springs were too strong for the swans neck cock which broke often. So with few wars going on, the French 1754 was more or less of an experimental design produced in much less numbers than its predecessors. Which gave birth to the 1763, in an effort to correct all of the 1754's the French redisgned their muskets ironically making them heavier but much more durable and reliable.How long were the 1754's used in the military, and do you know if they did anything for trappers, etc later on? And were the muskets made after the Seven Years War as good of quality as if they were made in a financial stable time?


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The system enable to generate steady state air flow with equivalent to real engine exhaust gas flow rate hence it is possible to test the exhaust system components.
It has both manual and automatic control to set the air flow rate and pressure. A programmable operation is also available to control the multiple those setpoints continuously.
System diagram
The system have 3 different ranges of laminar flowmeters then it provide accurate air flow measurement to select the appropriate flowmeter to meet an exhaust component to be tested.
- Stable air flow can be generated with wide flow range of 50 times
- Accurate flow measurement with reliable laminar flowmeters
- High discharged pressure in 100kPa can be obtained at the blower outlet
- Stable discharged air temperature can be obtained
- Easy-to-use interface
- Excellent graph creating software
- User programmable automatic sequence
- Long term reliability of air flow measurement
- Provide high efficiency tests without suffer from noise with unattended operation
- Excellent reliability of measurement since the traceability for flow rate and pressure have been established
- Simple structure and easy maintenance
|Flow measurement
Pressure tight laminar flowmeters
|Air flow range
|5 - 250 g/sec
|Pressure range
|1 - 85 kPa
|Flow/Pressure control
・ Inverter motor speed controller
|Air flow supply
|Water cooled displacement pump
|Air temerature to the test component
|Target air temperature 25 - 30C
Supply cooling water in 25C by combined with radiator and chiller unit
|3 phase 200VAC, 50Hz, 270A
Flow ranges of laminar flowmeters
An appropriate laminar flowmeter is automatically selected to get the best accuracy.
Ranges of pressure measurement
An appropriate pressure gauge is automatically selected to get the best accuracy.
User interface
Some of the interface screens
|Automatic control conditions
- Flow characteristic test of total exhaust system
- Flow characteristic test of exhaust system each component
System configuration
- Blower unit
- Main unit (flow control unit)
- Switchboard unit
- Inverter unit
- Control unit
- Computer system
- Chiller unit
- 2 set of valve lift actuator
Are there any restrictions to install the system?
Several pre-meetings will be required before installing the system
How long does it take the manufacturing time and onsite-installation?
It will take approx. 4 months for designing, manufacturing etc. and will also take a month for installation and several calibrations.
Relevant products
Steady state flow generator (for Engine intake components)


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Bigfoot Hunter: "Not Growing Pot"
It seems that at times, marijuana and the paranormal go hand in hand. Although most people might think I'm saying that those seeking Bigfoot or ghosts are smoking some really choice pot, Marijuana has blown it's smoke in the direction of the paranormal before.
Previously we reported on a pot stealing ghost but now comes a report of a Bigfoot hunter being accused of being a pot grower while searching for the beast just outside Toronto, Canada.
Three Men and a Baby Ghost: (Paranormal Cardboard)
This is an urban legend I once fell hook, line and sinker for.
I first heard of the 'ghost boy' who appeared in the film Three Men and a Baby when my dad told me about it after reading the story in a magazine. The story said that if you went to a certain part of the movie, a little boy could be seen in the background and that little boy had died in the apartment the film was shot in.
In short, the little boy in the background of the film…was a ghost.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8616?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Aaron T. Myers updated HADOOP-8616: ----------------------------------- Attachment: HADOOP-8616.patch Right after I initially committed the patch, I realized that the new test file was missing the Apache license header. Here's an updated patch which just adds that missing license. I've reverted my initial commit, and am going to commit this updated patch now, since it differs only in the comment. > ViewFS configuration requires a trailing slash > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-8616 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8616 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Components: viewfs > Affects Versions: 0.23.0, 2.0.0-alpha > Reporter: Eli Collins > Assignee: Sandy Ryza > Attachments: HADOOP-8616.patch, HADOOP-8616.patch, HADOOP-8616.patch > > > If the viewfs config doesn't have a trailing slash commands like the following fail: > {noformat} > bash-3.2$ hadoop fs -ls > -ls: Can not create a Path from an empty string > Usage: hadoop fs [generic options] -ls [-d] [-h] [-R] [<path> ...] > {noformat} > We hit this problem with the following configuration because "hdfs://ha-nn-uri" does not have a trailing "/". > {noformat} > <property> > <name>fs.viewfs.mounttable.foo.link./nameservices/ha-nn-uri</name> > <value>hdfs://ha-nn-uri</value> > </property> > {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Windsor Park (GNIS FID: 883274) is a populated place LOCATED WITHIN the Cherry Hill Mall CDP. In turn, the Cherry Hill Mall CDP is located within Camden County.
Windsor Park is located at latitude 39.928 and longitude -75.009. The elevation of Windsor Park is 59 feet above mean sea level.
Since Windsor Park is located within the Cherry Hill Mall CDP, all of the census and demographic data for residents of Windsor Park are included as part of the information reported for Cherry Hill Mall CDP in the "Profile" tab above.
(Note: CDP = Census Designated Place. A CDP is a statistical area delineated locally specifically for the tabulation of Census Bureau data. While CDPs have specified boundaries, these boundaries have no legal significance.)
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Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money; for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with.
Man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things, and society is so organized tha man must have money in order to become the possessor of things; therefore, the basis of all advancement for man must be the science of getting rich.
The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.
Man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment; or, in other words, his right to be rich.
In this book, I shall not speak of riches in a figurative way; to be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a little. No man ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable of using and enjoying more. The purpose of Nature is the advancement and unfoldment of life; and every man should have all that can contribute to the power, elegance, beauty, and richness of life; to be content with less is sinful.
~The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles
What does "rich" mean to you?
Have you been denying yourself the right to be rich?
Do you engage in the "sin" of settling for less?
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ROCKVILLE, MD—Choice Hotels International Inc., along with RREAF Holdings and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, broke ground on the Cambria Hotel in Charleston, SC.
The Cambria Charleston Riverview, a 126-room hotel, is located at 84 Ripley Point Dr. on the Ashley River, and is slated to open early in 2019. It will be built by Freese Johnson Contractors of Atlanta.
"The Charleston Riverview property is in a prime location right near downtown, making it the perfect fit for the modern traveler. We look forward to working with RREAF Holdings to build their first Cambria, and providing guests with an upscale lodging option where they can treat themselves while on the road," said Michael Lusick, VP, upscale operations at Choice Hotels. "With Charleston being one of the fastest growing cities in the country, we're excited to continue the Cambria brand's rapid expansion in this key market. The Cambria Charleston Riverview will be one of three Cambria Hotels in the area, including Mount Pleasant, which also recently broke ground, and North Charleston."
To commemorate the occasion, local artist Norma Ballentine presented an original painting of the city's iconic pineapple, a symbol of hospitality and welcome, to the developers, RREAF Holdings, a privately held commercial real estate firm, and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, a third-party hotel management firm.
"We traditionally focus our investments in Texas, Tennessee and the Florida panhandle, but we could not pass up the opportunity to enter a highly competitive market like Charleston, and reset the bar for a compelling growth brand like Cambria Hotels," said Kip Sowden, CEO of RREAF Holdings. "We have every confidence that our development and operating partners will deliver an outstanding return to our investors."
The Cambria Charleston Riverview will include 1,300 sq. ft. of multifunction meeting space, a full-service bar featuring local craft beer, and a fitness center. The property also has spacious rooms, along with spa-like bathrooms that offer contemporary fixtures, refined surfaces and abundant light.


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Africa still matters
Shifts are shaping up in the positions of global powers towards Africa, a region that is vital to the security of the Arab region.
The New York Times reports that the United States intends to cut its Special Operations forces by half in Africa in the next three years. The move comes after a jihadist attack in Niger in October 2017 that left four US soldiers dead. The proposed cuts would close "several outposts" and end the work of "seven of the eight American elite counterterrorism units" in Africa.
Numbering about 1,200 troops, this is not a huge expeditionary force but it could make a dent in many African countries' anti-terrorism efforts.
In normal circumstances, more security self-reliance and less outside interference would be a positive goal for African countries, including those on the continent's northern littoral. But the reduction of US military personnel and equipment may not be helpful at this time to poor sub-Saharan African countries because they need regional and international partnerships to combat terrorism.
Whatever the considerations of American planners, this sudden US disengagement from Africa comes at a time when the Islamic State (ISIS), al-Qaeda and their various offshoots are transferring operations there.
US Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the US House of Representatives, noted recently that "many of (ISIS) fighters have escaped and are regrouping in Africa."
"Today," he added, "it is estimated that 10,000 ISIS and al-Qaeda jihadists have already set up camp across the continent. This is in addition to Boko Haram, al-Shabab and other extremist groups that have been fomenting violence and spreading terror for many years."
This is also the view of NATO. Arndt von Loringhoven, NATO assistant secretary-general for intelligence and security, warned: "While (ISIS) has occupied the world's attention for the last four-five years, al-Qaeda has been quietly rebuilding its global networks and capabilities." He cited activity in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and North Africa.
Some experts are wary of the fallout of US withdrawal on the stability of sub-Saharan Africa. Alice Hunt Friend, a senior fellow at the Centre for International and Strategic Studies, said African countries cannot control vast swaths of territory without outside help and, therefore, "we should see some serious challenges in the wake of US reductions."
The change of US strategy, said unnamed US officials quoted by the New York Times, "could reverse progress that has been made against al-Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates, while diminishing alliances across Africa as both Russia and China move to increase their influence."
Moscow and Beijing are already backing their ambitions with actions.
Russia is projecting hard and soft power not only in the Middle East but also in Africa.
The Russian government and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during the BRICS Africa summit in Johannesburg in July.
Despite scepticism about its objectives, China is forging full steam ahead in Africa. Chinese President Xi Jinping said on September 3 that his country would allocate $60 billion for trade, development and infrastructure projects in the continent. This comes on top of additional billions pledged or loaned by China to African nations.
China's concerns in Africa also come with a security dimension. Xi said China would establish "a peace and security fund" and would provide "free military assistance" to the African Union.
Last year, China set up its first overseas military base in the African country of Djibouti, a move that projected Beijing's intention to be part of the competition for influence in the Horn of Africa and for vital Red Sea routes.
Africa matters to the Arab world and to its security, not just to that of superpowers.
In recent years, the trans-border flow of armed jihadists and illegal migrants between sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb has been a reminder that the Sahara is hardly the impenetrable barrier that some had thought.
Terrorism in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa constitutes a real threat to the Arab world and the Mediterranean region today.
That's not the only terrorist connection of concern to the Arab world. Yaya Fanusie, a former economic and counterterrorism analyst for the US Central Intelligence Agency, told a US congressional hearing on September 7 that radical Lebanese group Hezbollah, with massive Iranian support, has expanded operations across Africa and into South America, where it is involved in the international drug trade.
Paying attention to security issues in Africa will go a long way towards ensuring the peace and stability of the Arab region.


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Discussion in 'Temptation Cancun Forum' started by Skfunones, Jan 26, 2019.
Northwest Ontario. -33 today!
Damn I know! You ready for snowmegedon lol
Clarington Ontario.
Right? Just moved my mom west (london) it will be -28 today with snownthos afternoon
Soon to be located in Yellowknife from Grande Prairie. Moving on up....
and our politicians are talking about fighting Global Warming ..... or may be they already won in this fight?!
I feel for you as I work outside. Stay warm and embrace the canadian winter lol
Yes you can anytime
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