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Morrisey, Capito critical of EPA plan
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Columbia Garage Doors and Openers, LLC
Of Columbia, Tennessee
Questions and Answers
Door Springs
All sectional and one-piece (overhead) type garage doors have a counterbalance system to aid in the opening and closing of the door. This counterbalance system will have either extension (Stretch) or torsion springs.
Extension springs on a sectional door stretch horizontally away from the front of the garage. They run parallel and above the overhead track on each side of the door, or for a one-piece door, they stretch vertically near the sides of the door opening. If these springs break they can cause damage to property, or injury and death. These springs should have safety cables through them to contain the spring if it breaks. If your door does not have these safety cables, call a qualified door technician to install them.
Torsion Springs are used only on sectional doors. These springs run through a steel tube that runs along the header (front wall above the doorway), and at each end of this tube are drums, and lift cables are attached to them, which in turn are attached to the bottom of the door. Tension for this type of spring is gained by winding it on this tube. When a torsion spring breaks, it safely remains on the steel tube.
Spring Life. Garage door springs have a life expectancy of about 10,000 cycles. One cycle is when the door is opened and then closed. So if you open the door once in the morning and close it when you leave, and then open it and close it again when you come home in the evening, that is two cycles a day. At that rate the spring should last about 13.7 years. If the door is double wide, two car garage, with both cars leaving and returning at different times, this would shorten the spring life to about 6.8 years. Also, when people are at home, weekends, holidays, vacations, the doors may be opened and closed more often.
If you have a broken spring, it is always best to replace both springs on doors that have two springs. In time it would be cheaper. If only one spring is replaced today, next week the other may break and thus be charged with a second service call. When a spring or cable breaks, call a professional door technician to replace the broken part. A loaded or charged spring can be as dangerous as a loaded gun, or comparable to a fully swung baseball bat.


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Our Catholic heritage is full of beauty, goodness, and truth. In encounters between Catholicism and the culture, it is the inherent "beauty" of our faith that should overcome the "beast" of the culture, as Michael Voris points out in this episode of the Vortex.
No where is that beauty is shown more clearly than in the music of the Church, and in a recent "America's Got Talent", Catholic music stole the day.
For a history, description, and translation of Pie Jesu, the piece sung on the show, go here.


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Pinot Gris Wine Variety Wineries in Herne Hill
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Wineries in Herne Hill
Windy Creek Estate Winery & Cellar Door
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- (08) 9296 1057
- https://www.windycreekestate.com.au/news.html
Windy Creek Estate is a family owned and operated winery located in the Swan Valley in the shadows of the Darling Range. The best kept secret in wine.
- Open Days/times:11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday and most Monday public holidays.
- Wine Region:Swan District
- Wine Variety:Cabernet Merlot,Chenin Blanc,Classic Dry White,Grenache,Pinot Gris,Ruby Port,Sauvignon Blanc,Semillon,Verdelho,Vermentino,Cabernet Sauvignon,Chardonnay,Shiraz,Fortified,Rose
- Brands:Windy Creek Estate
- Established:1937
- Wheelchair Access:Yes. Fully accessible parking, cellar door, gardens and toilet facilities
- Winemaker:Tony Cobanov
- Facilities:Cellar Door,Dogs Welcome,Light Food,Picnic Facilities,Wheelchair Access
- Size & Year:Established 1901 - 1950
- Cellar Door Open:Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday,Sunday,Holidays
The History
Windy Creek Estate, formally Cobanov Wines, was first established in 1937 by Ante Cobanov.
He had left Croatia in 1924 and spent 13 years cutting sleepers in the south-west to enable him to put a deposit on this Swan Valley property that he purchased in 1937. They grew grapes for dried fruit production but made a small amount of wine for the Perth immigrant community.
The family has continued to produce wines for more than 80 years and we have been selling fruit to other wineries for approximately 40 years. The Windy Creek Estate label was first released in 1980.
Tony Cobanov, the current winemaker, entered the industry as a third generation winemaker and is very passionate about the Swan Valley and its lifestyle. He has 3 sons Joshua, Callum and Rohan so it is a distinct possibility that this will become a 4th generation business.
The Wines
The winery employs modern and traditional wine making techniques producing white styles that are crisp and friendly showing big tropical fruit and finishing with a nice mouth feel.
The reds are full bodied and have an earthy, savoury aroma with full fruit and well-balanced tannin.
Their fortified wines are old, rich and luscious with good oak.
The Cellar Door
Windy Creek has recently upgraded its Cellar Door and now has ample lawn areas that are perfect for a lazy afternoon with friends and family with the Darling Range and vineyard as a backdrop.
Opening times
Open 11am to 5pm - Tuesday - Sunday and most Monday public holidays
Ph: 9296 1057
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US Agency for International Development, Coca‑Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Armenia and UNDP's Global Environment Facility's Small Grants Program joined their efforts to reconstruct Hayanist community's irrigation system, rehabilitating more than 40 hectares of agricultural land.
Head of Hayanist community Balabek Sarkisyan notes with great pleasure that thanks to the project, the flow of emigration from the community has dropped by 50-60%, and the life of the Hayanist community dweller has improved.
"Farmer's life depends on agriculture. If he doesn't cultivate his land and does not have irrigation water, he starts thinking about emigration. Thanks to this irrigation system, the resident of Hayanist is finally able to cultivate the lands that have been idle for two decades for the first time and earn his daily bread," mentions the head of the community.
Armenia feeds on the Ararat Valley harvest, he says and adds that it is a crime to leave even a small piece of land without cultivation and irrigation water.
In fact, decreasing groundwater reserves and the uncontrolled use of the artesian water by fish farms has left some 30 communities in the Ararat and Armavir provinces without reliable access to drinking or irrigation water. But it seems that the solution has been found: Hayanist is the first community, where the irrigation of the community lands is carried out by using the return water of nearby fish farms.
"The project helped us to partially resist the challenges of the saline and degrading lands in the valley," says Sarkisyan.
According to him, the water of a number of fish farms is wasted, spilling into Araks and reaching Turkey, whereas we can irrigate dozens of hectares by these waters.
This year, the villagers that are the beneficiaries of the irrigation system have successfully sold their crops, mainly in the Malatia-Sebastia administrative district and Hovtashat village.
"There were cases when villagers immediately sold the harvest on the village road without spending extra money on transportation," says head of Hayanist village.
The community has more than 300 hectares of land and currently only 150 hectares is being cultivated. Balabek Sarkisyan hopes that the program will be continuous and there will be no area in the community left idle.


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World premiere Opel Corsa fourth-generation took place in London, on the British international motor show by a summer 2006 In accordance with the same philosophy that was realized Opel in the models of Astra and Astra GTC, three- and the five doors variants of Corsa distinctly differentiate inter se - they are specially created for the different target groups of potential customers. A car is built on a platform, worked out GM in collaboration with FIAT, on the same platform FIAT Grande Punto is built. New Opel Corsa is produced on plants in Eisenach, Germany, and in Saragossa, Spain.
The sporting basket of three-door Opel Corsa " covers" his perfect construction, like a t-shirt covers the relief muscles of body-builder. A car has athletic contours, muscular " shoulders" and line of roof, defiant association with a compartment. Five doors a variant, opposite, demonstrates aimed at domestic life: the line of roof is considerably prolonged back, and through large windows it is possible to see back seats - a fullsize, in spite of compact overall sizes of car. Large headlights prevail in the design of forehand of Opel Corsa, underlining power and sporting character of car. The smooth forms of front bumper draw a friendly smile on " face" of Corsa.Back glass at three-door Opel Corsa is inclined under a considerably large corner, and the extensive line of roof gives him likeness with a compartment. To be completed a machine while will be three petrol motors by volume of 1,0, 1,2 and a 1,4 litre by power to 90 h.p., and also a few by a turbo diesel volume a from 1,3 to 1,7 litre and power from 75 to 100 h.p.
The feature of Corsa is double half luggage separations " of DualFloor", that is included in the underlying hardware of versions of Edition, Sport and Cosmo. He creates the even surface of sex of luggage separation on height of doorsill, facilitating loading-unloading of heavy or bulky objects : them it is possible simply to push or pull out from a luggage rack.When half luggage separation set in overhead position, under him an extra appears for placing of luggage. At a build back seat " DualFloor" creates the absolutely even surface of sex. In addition, " DualFloor" can be put on the bottom of luggage rack.


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We are very pleased to announce that our distributor Arabic Union was a sponsor of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Chapter of the International Association of Surgeons Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO) in collaboration with the Egyptian Society of Surgeons (ESS).
This event was held on May 11th-12th, 2017 at Semiramis International Hotel in Cairo, with the participation of many local, Arab & international professionals.
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Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict
[ Palestinian info and lies ] [ Palestinian refugees don't want to return to Israel ]
Edward Said's demand for statehood and the right of return for Palestinian "refugees" implies a double standard for Israelis and Palestinians. The Palestinians can choose between an ethnically homogenous Arab state without Jewish settlements or living in economically attractive Israel. Edward Said, however, does not demand that Israelis be authorized to resettle peacefully in, say, Iraq and Arabs restitute them for property their ancestors abandoned. Many reject the concept of Israel as a purely Jewish state, but the Palestinians do not want Jews in their midst. The same perverse logic is applied to the Jewish settlements: Jewish towns may not exist in the Palestinian territories, even in the religiously sensitive areas for Jews, but the Arabs administer Muslim shrines in Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount, central to Judaism.
The Palestinians want an ethnically homogenous state, no Jews. Edward Said objects to the small Jewish settlement in Hebron whose 450 people "must be made to leave." But Hebron is significant for religious Jews and has been for three thousand years, not just for the last thirty years that Palestinian Arabs have found Jerusalem important.
Edward Said says Israel must apologize for the grief Palestinians suffer, though he does not expect Arabs to regret what they did to Jews for years before the Israeli state was formed in 1948. Professor Said laments the Palestinians who died but excuses the Jews killed by Palestinians before 1948, during the Israeli War of Independence, in the Arab-Israel War of Attrition, in Israeli border shelling, and in Palestinian terrorist attacks. If, on the balance, anyone deserves reparations for lives and property, it is Israel.
Edward Said wants Israel not only to give away the Palestinian territories to Arabs but also to do so "in humility and reconciliation." Imagine Mexico asking this much of the United States. Edward Said can concede to "recognizing Israel in our [Arab] midst," provided Israel resolves certain issues to Said's "minimum satisfaction." That is nonsensical bravado coming from a defeated Arab enemy. The defeated Palestinians hope to appeal to Israeli Jewish morality after failing with other means.


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Buffalo mozzarella
The original and unique MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA, directly from the slopes of Vesuvius.
Campania. Handmade dairy products, even without lactose. Campania, land of Mozzarella vaccina and of Bufala but not only.
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Whole artisan caciocavallo, aged 90 days. From the manufacturer directly to your home.
Caciocavallo with White Truffle. Contains over 25% of the famous caciocavallo produced by Podoliche cows with the addition of truffles that enhances the flavor.
Capocollo (Coppa Dolce), gluten free. Capocollo is a piece of seasoned Italian pork .... Unit weight of sale: about 500g.
Fillet, gluten free..
The fillet is a piece of seasoned Italian pork. it is prepared with artisanal methods.
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Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro or Petrobras (PBR) emphasized financial recovery Tuesday in revealing a 25% reduction in its five-year spending plan.
The new five-year plan calls for spending of $74.1 billion from 2017 through 2021, less than the $83 billion some analysts expected and 25% lower than the previous plan of $98.4 billion, according to AFP. Petrobras also said it could more than double its planned $15 billion in asset sales, with another $19.5 billion it hopes to raise, Reuters adds. That may prove difficult, and will only put a small dent in its nearly $125 billion in debt obligations. Petrobras vowed to slash debt to 2.5 times its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) in 2018 from 5.3 times in 2015, the FT reports.
Petrobras shares were up 1.6% today, even though the international Brent oil-price benchmark was flat on the day at $45.97 per barrel. The Brazilian real was stronger by 0.6% against the dollar in trading Tuesday. The iShares MSCI Brazil Capped exchange-traded fund (EWZ) was up 1.3% headed into the close.
Earlier this month, nearly 12,000 Petrobras workers signed up for a voluntary layoff plan that could cost the company 4 billion reais ($1.2 billion.) Norway's biggest oil producer, Statoil (STO), plans to invest in an offshore Petrobras oilfield. Pursuing safety while watching spending was a direct message Tuesday to Petrobras unions, with which the company is negotiating wages and benefits. As for the safety of investors, the jury is out. From the Petrobras press release:
"Over the next two years, we will be concentrating on restoring Petrobras' financial solidity, as an integrated energy company focused on oil and gas. Across this plan's whole five-year horizon, our goal is to fix the company and establish unquestionable governance and ethical standards in order to sustain growing but realistic production, enabling it to invest and position itself in the transitional processes that the global energy market is going through," said the company's CEO, Pedro Parente. ... Improving accident indicators will demand a cultural change and a focus on security measures. To this end, Petrobras will launch a new program, called 'Commitment to Life ... ' "
Also announced Tuesday: Petrobras said it is exiting the biofuels business, Reuters reports. Petrobras stock is up 144% this year, despite naysayers.
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The Knot
Before i get into it , i should tell you that 2013 is a year of "Minimalism" with an edge ( your personality). There are 2 versions to this trend ... the "top knot" which is like a high knotted bun and the lower version ( which i think is more elegant).It can be simple ... or edgy.
The type im making reference to are what we call "plaits" in Jamaica. These are a single braid that can vary in size . This can be "clean" or more "messy" for a Bohemian . These are a great way to "show off your face" or a really nice low back dress . Check out how this Fashionista below rocked her single braid . I'm predicting we'll be seeing lots of girls rocking this look in Jamaica.
Low Pony
The Ponytail is always a timeless "classy" look and no it is not just for librarians ..lol
Slicked Back
Simple , Simple , Simple ! Get water + Gel ( or anything that holds the hair together ) and you are set - literally . Think James Dean or Scott Disick :-)))
Head Gear
It is all about Hair / Head accessories . Headbands , Scarfs , Head chains .. you name it . Try to find the ones that are bold statement pieces.
I really hope my predictions are right . These predictions are actually based on what I've been seeing on stores online as well as Magazines .
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text: Jonathan Wong runs the mobile team at Tealium building data collection libraries and is a member of the video team at raywenderlich.com. He's a software engineer in sunny San Diego where he's worked on everything from mobile apps, to front-end Javascript, to server-side development. When he's not taking care of his two kids, three cats, or five chickens, he's usually trying to steal away time for a good run or a good cup of coffee.


text: When I was a teenager I knew that masturbating was not a good thing. I mean it does show I'm growing up healthy by having these desires, but watching pornography and touching myself I don't know I put a lot of guilt on my shoulders. I became very sexually frustrated and curious. When I turned 19 or 18 I decided that how I've been going about it is silly and I should embrace it and become comfortable. Stop kidding myself and be honest I like listening and watching porn, like anyone I enjoyed how it felt to satisfy those desires. I guess when I was single I had a better excuse to indulge. But I am a married woman now. I have a good husband who loves me and cares about me very much. We've only been married for a few years and I took this habit with me into this marriage. It was always when he wasn't around and I felt the urge. So I thought it was very personal taking care of business I did what I always did. But I noticed that it wouldn't just stay with me during those times. When we were together I was remembering my favorite porn scenes, I'd act like those girls, because this is what I thought sex was. Because of this I think I didn't enjoy our intimacy as much because I wasn't 100% there. I also didn't feel honest because sometimes he'd call in the middle of it or I'd quickly have to clean up and pretend nothing happened. In an indirect way it felt like I wasn't being faithful to the man that I love. I did my best to change by educating myself on the porn industry, how masturbating effects negatively. It wasn't successful I finally opened up to my husband asking for his help and he responded so beautifully. Yes he was disappointed, but he promised that wed get through this together. With his help I was clean for six months. Until one day I let myself relapse one time and ever since then its become even more difficult, the thoughts are more intense, I dream of it. I was too ashamed to let him that I was struggling again. He did find out though, he had a strong feeling. Later that night I read a whole bunch of articles on how this addiction destroyed marriages and cried my eyes out. I knew I had to find a way to prevent myself to getting to porn so that he can feel like he can trust me. I subscribed to Spin web browser and it makes it so that is the only browser I can use. It blocks everything related to pornography. Which was a relief for both of us I thought that would be enough. But I haven't cleaned out my mind entirely and it's become harder when I discovered that I could watch sexy things on youtube. My phone won't let me delete the app so what am I going to do?I can't run away from the dirtiness and just depend on that to avoid my habit I guess. I'll find it somewhere, some way, some how. So maybe this website and community is the way to go. I want live my day clean and guilt-free. I want to feel proud and happy to receive him when he comes home because all day I've been busy with things that make us happy. Instead of spending a few minutes doing something I regret, spend so much time trying to make things look like nothing happened, juggling the guilt and anxiety I feel, then quickly try to make up for lost time by half-assing dinner, tidying, and being extremely cheerful and loving when he comes home so there's absolutely no suspicion. Even though that probably makes me look even more suspect. I've always been terrible at hiding things. If I can't do this on my own, then I'm grateful for this community already. I need help. Excited to get to know all of you


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Erik Juul-Mortensen, president of leading duty free and travel retail trade body Tax Free World Association, discusses the importance of technology within the travel retail sector
When the two sectors of 'travel' and 'retail' come together, the combination is a powerful one. And it's big business. As the duty free and travel retail market's current value is set at over $62 billion USD, and is due to rise to $120 billion USD by 2025, this is a market that presents a wealth of opportunity.
As in many aspects of our day to day lives, the changes within both travel and retail in recent years have been dramatic. The number of people travelling is growing at a blistering pace. And again, technology is playing an ever-larger part in the way we travel. In our increasingly technological age, everything from staying connected during a trip, through to booking travel for leisure or business, is increasingly being done online.
At the same time, new technology is revolutionising the way consumers shop, with more people than ever before making purchases online, whether on their laptops, tablets or smartphones.
We at Tax Free World Association recently commissioned travel retail specialist research company m1nd-set to examine technology and its place in the duty free and travel retail market. The study showed that people are more engaged in technology when they travel, with the majority of travellers booking their flights online, nearly all passengers travelling with their smartphones and a vast majority taking laptops and tablets with them on their trips.
Despite these figures, travel retail brands aren't utilising widely the opportunity to engage with this captive audience of duty free shoppers via online platforms. And yet, 60% would be more likely to visit the duty free and travel retail shops and 50% would be motivated to make a purchase, if offers and coupons appeared on their smartphones whilst they were at the airport.
There is therefore little doubt that to maximise those opportunities we, as an industry, need to do all that we can to give our customers the support of technologies they enjoy and have come to expect. At present, there is much more that can be done.
To help close this gap, TFWA is launching a new digital exhibition space at the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes in October 2017, the all new TFWA DIGITAL VILLAGE.
This exhibition will provide brands and retailers who are already in the travel retail arena, or those interested in learning more about the sector, with the chance to see the very best creative digital solutions and services. They will be able to learn more about the differences that can be made to customer experiences via the use of digital platforms and find out about technology in loyalty, innovative software and state-of-the-art hardware.
TFWA DIGITAL VILLAGE will also give a broad range of technology companies access to the untapped travel retail market.
All exhibitors at TFWA DIGITAL VILLAGE, whether from the travel retail or technology sectors, will also benefit from the TFWA ONE2ONE meeting service, which allows companies to secure private, pre-scheduled meetings with key industry players.
TFWA DIGITAL VILLAGE will occupy a space of 840m2 and will play host to 30 exhibitors. It will be open to the 12,000 plus delegates, exhibitors and visitors from TFWA World Exhibition & Conference which will take place from the 1st through to the 6th October. The TFWA DIGITAL VILLAGE event will run from Wednesday 4th October until Friday 6th October. It will begin with an opening cocktail at Cannes' Majestic Hotel on the evening of Tuesday 3rd October. A digital workshop will also be held between 8am and 9am on Tuesday 3rd October at the Majestic Hotel.
We at TFWA believe that it's our role to promote best practice in the digital arena, identify new potential opportunities and inspire new practices. This event is the first step to building stronger bridges between the duty free and travel retail industry and technology sector to secure an even more prosperous future for the industry.
For more information or for companies interested in exhibiting, please visit http://www.tfwa.com/digitalvillage.
* "The impact of e-commerce, online and mobile technology in duty free & travel retail" conducted by m1nd-set for TFWA, published in September 2016. The full study is available free of charge to TFWA members via www.tfwa.com.


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McDaniels Looks Forward
Ryan Klassen | Writer
RASHAD McDaniels, fresh off announcement of attendance for UA's Top Rank Showcase, hopes to receive multiple Division I offers by summer's end.
In a recent interview, Rashad McDaniels humbly spoke on his goals for this summer's circuit. Among receiving at least three Division I offers, he aims top ranking in his class. The Nike Peach Jam in Atlanta this summer is an event that McDaniels has resolved to win as well.
McDaniels says he maintains a similar mindset for every event that will help him prepare for the Top Rank Showcase in the fall. "I go into every camp with that killer mode … I'm going in their camp with a chip on my shoulder. It's my time."
Rashad plays for MoKan Elite 15u and believes in the coaches and his teammates. He credits his loyalty to MoKan from when, "they took me in." A talented prospect, look for Rashad McDaniels to begin being recruited by some of the biggest programs in college basketball.
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Carl Koch, Gewurztraminer Dienheim-Tafel
A fragrant and smooth expression of Gewürztraminer, with a tropical, peachy aroma. This opens up to a grippy palate of white tree fruit, making this a delightful off-dry German white.
Origin: Rheinhessen, Germany
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Maverick Black Dial SS Chrono Quartz Men's Watch
Maverick Black Dial SS Chrono Quartz Men's Watch
Want the look of a metal bracelet but the comfort and flexibility of a rubber strap? Look no further. This new Swiss Army Maverick GS features a black rubber strap molded to look like a link bracelet. . . . . Swiss made quartz chronograph movement . . Stainless steel case and bracelet . . Black dial with silver tone hands and applied numerals . . Luminous Hands and bezel indicator . . Date window at the 6 o'clock position . . Triple coated anti-reflective sapphire glass crystal . . Unidirectional rotating bezel . . Water resistant to 100 meters . . Tachymeter scale on inner bezel . . Rubber strap features a tang clasp . . 43mm case width (approximately 1 3/4 inches)
Maverick Mens' Quartz Chronograph 43mm$695
Maverick Mens' Quartz Chronograph 43mm$695
Elegant Watch with Swiss-made quartz movement
The perfect blend of elegance and function – that's one of many features you'll find in the Maverick Chronograph Watch that does it all. Its Swiss-made quartz movement makes it a reliable daily companion. Its stainless steel case and triple-coated anti-reflective sapphire crystal make it incredibly tough. But what stands out most is the way the Maverick remains so effortlessly elegant in every situation. Just like those who wear it.


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Seasons have shifted and there any many changes to report on at Ynys-hir since the last blog. Firstly, August saw the welcoming of 3 interns for their 9 month posting; Darran, Philippa and Naomi. All will be working on site creating homes for nature and improving the experience for visitors.
Our recent conservation work has focussed on clearing large areas of bramble, holly, and rhododendron from our broadleaf woodland on the green trail to open up the scrub layer for specialist woodland species like the pied flycatcher and wood warbler. Both species are on the conservation red list, meaning their numbers nationwide have dropped significantly. Fortunately our part of Wales has the perfect habitat for these birds and it's our job to keep it in the best condition. Another part of the management will see our Welsh mountain ponies grazing in the wood over the coming weeks; their hooves churn up the ground and reduce the amount of unwanted vegetation regrowth in the spring.
Elsewhere on the green trail, we've created a new Insectacropolis for our minibeast Wildlife Challenge. Rotting log piles, leaf litter and muddy stumps are great places for finding the smaller inhabitants of our reserve like worms, earwigs, and ground beetles which are essential food for hedgehogs, blackbirds and many more species. Sign up for Wild Challenge free on our website and explore the micro-world on the reserve!
We have made some changes to the red route due to the closing of the path at farm corner as we coppice an area of woodland. Our aim is to create pockets of woody regeneration throughout the woodland to generate a more dynamic habitat with trees of different ages. Beforehand we had to conduct a dormouse survey to ensure no disturbance occurred, and it was certainly an experience surveying for nests in head-high brambles!! We didn't find any nest evidence, however stay tuned for an update of murine management work in the coming months.
As this part of the red trail is now closed, with the help of our brilliant volunteers and warden Russell, we opened up a new route into Covert Du further down the track to access Ynys Eidiol viewing screen and the reed bed.
We spend 90% of net income on conservation, public education and advocacy
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Daily Archives: May 16, 2012
The family that lies together, stays sane together!
I'm often quite oblivious to what's going on around me. Perhaps it's because I spend so much time in my own imagination. So it should come as no surprise that when my family lies to me— in the name of protecting my sensitive sensibilities— I'm totally oblivious to their deceit.
One Saturday evening, my man and I splurged on a couple of mega-size chocolate bars, and with our treats in hand, sat down to watch TV. My man finished his bar, but I only ate half of mine, so I wrapped up the remains and set it on the end table beside my chair.
On the following Monday, I returned home from the day job, ravenous with hunger. While supper cooked, I decided to alleviate my hunger by scarfing down the rest of my bar. But the bar was gone.
I searched the floor, under the table, under my chair. Nothing, nada, zilch. Not even a piece of the wrapper in the garbage. The only explanation was that my man or boy had found it, consumed it, then hidden the evidence of their crime, which was in truth, odd behaviour for them both. Although I've been known to raid their stashes, they never touch mine. But I digress…
The inquisition was on. When my man and boy arrived home from work, they both denied eating the bar. My man suggested I'd woken in the middle of the night, done the deed myself, then forgotten it by morning.
Huh? I've never sleepwalked in my life.
The next night after work, too hungry to wait for supper to cook—yes, there's a pattern here—I widened my search and again found nothing. Perplexed, I emailed our oldest son. Had he dropped in while we were all at work? His answer…a definite no.
Over the next few nights, still fixated on the missing chocolate bar, I searched the house and quizzed my family. But they stuck to the sleepwalking story.
The following Thursday, I headed downstairs for potatoes and opened the cold room door. A mousetrap, along with a poor dead mouse, was on the floor between me and the potatoes.
I closed the door and went back upstairs to cook rice.
Later, my man and boy confessed they'd conspired to keep silent to protect me from myself. They knew me well enough to know that a mouse in the house would bring out my latent crazy gene. If I'd known about the mouse, I'd have had them tearing apart the house until they found the poor frightened creature.
Instead, they quietly resolved the issue, setting traps and determining how the mouse gained access to the house so they could prevent it from happening again.
Has your family ever lied to you to protect you from a similar truth? Or do they man-up, tell you the facts, then live with your craziness?


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You asked me to comment on "The Logic Problems That Will Eventually Pop the Bitcoin Bubble," as published by Vanity Fair on 31 March 2013.
My critique is that it is VERY old news. 2013. I was just getting into Bitcoins by then, and loosing my ability to walk. Can I counter the piece? No, not really. The writer has the same problem everyone else has. They think Bitcoin is supposed to ACT like money. Then they go on a tirade of comparisons to other Monetary events. Bitcoin is not a Monetary event. No one, I repeat, NO ONE, save for space aliens, has seen anything like this on this planet as far as we know. EVER! Bitcoin is just the first Killer App out of the Blockchain.
It's not about making Money on an investment. It's about protecting Assets. Were the Greek's Monetary Assets protected recently?
Were the depositors in MF Global, were their Assets protected? WHO has the control over the Dollar, and the Assets that are supposed to be on deposit? Jannet Yellen?
The distributed ledger, acting as a Trusted Third Party "Auditor," now protects my assets from any number of issues that are bound to happen to the US Dollar system. The distributed ledger now allows me to convert, out of Fiat, any amount I have access to. As of right now, my NET worth, less than $5 thousand dollars, is on the Blockchain.
Sad as that may sound, I would rather be penniless in the Dawn of a new era in Anarchist Capitalism. The horrific reality behind the Current Monetary system is that it is backed ONLY by Debt. The blood of children yet to be born as Stephan Molyneux likes to say. The exciting reality of the coming VALUE Exchange system is that it will organically follow the principles of Natural Capital and real cost economics now that enough eyeballs are on it.
Remember gentlemen, the current banking system in the world is an invention of Jeckel Island from 100 years ago. Just because it is adopted and used widely doesn't mean that it properly evolved to that. It was Violently and Coercively CRAMMED down the throats of this world. Modern Fiat Debt Banking is an anathema. It WILL die a horrible and prolonged death. 30 or so Banker suicides tell me all I need to know about that. As the old system falls away, more people wake up to realize that we are borrowing money from our future selves to keep the current ponzi scheme going…aka the Federal Reserve.
Once you see the error, you can correct it. Blockchain just obsoleted The Fed, the World Bank, the IMF and the BIS. The poorest 5 billion on the planet now have peer to peer access to cashless banking, through SMS. BLOG THAT! ; )
ROBERT STEELE: I have also discussed with Ty and Neal Rauhauser the concept of "mining" the blockchain that some consider a form of exploitation, a negative. They both assure me that the term "mining" is inappropriate, that the term "auditing" should be used instead so that conventional mind-sets can see the role being played by those who are investing processing power in the maintenance of the blockchain, and while doing so, protecting, validating, and enabling the larger process to retain its integrity.


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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, Ivan Kramskoi, Russia, 75.5cm × 99cm, Tretyakov Gallery
This portraits may not be a portrait of a specific person, but the artist's ideal creation.
The Unknown Woman in the painting is proud and self-esteem. She wore luxury Russian high fashion clothing, sitting in a luxurious cabriolet, the background is St. Petersburg, the famous Alexander Theater. She sat in a luxury convertible and looked at the audience proudly. Unusual style and self-esteem, give a resolute, decisive, full of thoughts, exudes a deep impression of youthful vitality. The picture is in the background of the winter city, snow covered with roofs, hazy sky, it is a chill season.
The woman's fur cages, bracelets, white feathers on the hat, blue bow tie, are extremely refined performance. The most amazing details is that the character's temperament presented by artist's exquisite artistry. The painter creates a new style of expression on portraits, portraying portraits in thematic plots. Showing a resolute, decisive, full of thoughts, exudes the vitality of the Russian intellectual image of women. It really deserves to be a masterpiece of outstanding portraiture.
After all, who is the woman that in the " Portrait of an Unknown Woman " is still a mystery. Portrait of this beautiful girl. Some said that it is Anna Karenina in Lev Tolstoy's novels by and some said an actress in the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. However, no matter who she is, she is really able to impress the audience with her spirit.


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SLM & DMLS: what is the difference?
Selective Laser Melting (SLM) and Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) are two metal additive manufacturing processes that belong to the powder bed fusion 3D printing family. The two technologies have a lot of similarities: both use a laser to scan and selectively fuse (or melt) the metal powder particles, bonding them together and building a part layer-by-layer. Also, the materials used in both processes are metals that come in a granular form.
The differences between SLM and DMLS come down to the fundamentals of the particle bonding process (and also patents): SLM uses metal powders with a single melting temperature and fully melts the particles, while in DMLS the powder is composed of materials with variable melting points that fuse on a molecular level at elevated temperatures.
SLM produces parts from a single metal, while DMLS produces parts from metal alloys.
Both SLM and DMLS are used in industrial applications to create end-use engineering products. In this article, we use the term metal 3D Printing to refer to both processes in general and we describe the basic mechanisms of the fabrication process that are necessary for engineers and designers to understand the benefits and limitations of the technology.
There are other additive manufacturing processes that can be used to produce dense metal parts, such as Electron Beam Melting (EBM) and Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM). Their availability and applications are limited though, so they won't be presented here.
How does Metal 3D Printing work?
The basic fabrication process for SLM and DMLS are very similar. Here is how it works:
- The build chamber is first filled with inert gas (for example argon) to minimize the oxidation of the metal powder and then it is heated to the optimal build temperature.
- A thin layer of metal powder is spread over the build platform and a high power laser scans the cross-section of the component, melting (or fusing) the metal particles together and creating the next layer. The entire area of the model is scanned, so the part is built fully solid.
- When the scanning process is complete, the build platform moves downwards by one layer thickness and the recoater spreads another thin layer of metal powder. The process is repeated until the whole part is complete.
When the build process is finished, the parts are fully encapsulated in the metal powder. Unlike polymer powder bed fusion process (such as SLS), the parts are attached to the build platform through support structures. Support in metal 3D printing is built using the same material as the part and is always required to mitigate the warping and distortion that may occur due to the high processing temperatures.
When the bin cools to room temperature, the excess powder is manually removed and the parts are typically heat treated while still attached to the build platform to relieve any residual stresses. Then the components are detached from the build plate via cutting, machining or wire EDM and are ready for use or further post-processing.
Characteristics of SLM & DMLS
Printer Parameters
In SLM and DMLS almost all process parameters are set by the machine manufacturer. The layer height used in metal 3D printing varies between 20 to 50 microns and depends on the properties of the metal powder (flowability, particle size distribution, shape etc).
The typical build size of a metal 3D printing system is 250 x 150 x 150 mm, but larger machines are also available (up to 500 x 280 x 360 mm). The dimensionally accuracy that a metal 3D printer can achieve is approximately ± 0.1 mm.
Metal printers can be used of small batch manufacturing, but the capabilities of metal 3D printing systems resemble more the batch manufacturing capabilities of FDM or SLA machines than that of SLS printers: they are restricted by the available print area (XY-direction), as the parts have to be attached to the build platform.
The metal powder in SLM and DMLS is highly recyclable: typically less than 5% is wasted. After each print, the unused powder is collected, sieved and then topped up with fresh material to the level required for the next built.
Waste in metal printing though comes in the form of support structure, which are crucial for the successful completion of a build but can increase the amount of the required material (and the cost) drastically.
Post Processing
Various post-processing techniques are used to improve the mechanical properties, accuracy, and appearance of the metal printed parts.
Compulsory post-processing steps include the removal of the loose powder and the support structures, while heat treatment (thermal annealing) is commonly used to relieve the residual stresses and improve the mechanical properties of the part.
CNC machining can be employed for dimensionally crucial features (such as holes or threads). Media blasting, metal plating, polishing, and micro-machining can improve the surface quality and fatigue strength of a metal printed part.
Benefits & Limitations of Metal 3D Printing
Here are the key advantages and disadvantages of metal 3D printing processes:
- Metal 3D printing processes can be used to manufacture complex, bespoke parts with geometries that traditional manufacturing methods are unable to produce.
- Metal 3D printed parts can be topologically optimized to maximize their performance while minimizing their weight and the total number of components in an assembly.
- Metal 3D printed parts have excellent physical properties and the available material range includes difficult to process otherwise materials, such as metal superalloys.
- The material and manufacturing costs connected with metal 3D printing is high, so these technologies are not suitable for parts that can be easily manufactured with traditional methods.
- The build size of the metal 3D printing systems is limited, as precise manufacturing conditions and process control are required.
- Already existing designs may not be suitable for metal 3D printing and may need to be altered.