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Power-Gen 2011 has invited Hydro's own Bob Jennings and Alex Manchenkov to teach a course on December 11th, 2011, covering pump fundamentals, typical failure modes, inspection and rebuilding techniques, and successful upgrades that can be applied to your pumps. The course, titled "Basic Hydraulics & Optimizing Pump Performance and Reliability" will be held in Room N107 from 8:00 am-5:00 pm. For details and information on how to register for this course or to get your free exhibit hall pass to the Power-Gen conference, please call Angie Vruno at 562-618-7719. The conference is being held in the Las Vegas Convention Center from December 13th through the 15th. Visit Hydro's Booth 2123 to enter the raffle!
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Hydro Appoints a Vice President of Petroleum & Pipeline Division
Hydro is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Johnson as Vice President of Hydro's Petroleum & Pipeline Division.
Hydro East Service Center Moves to Larger Facility
To better assist its customers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, Hydro East Inc. (a division of Hydro Inc., a Chicago-based corporation), announced its move to a new facility in Aston, Pennsylvania, on October 1, 2007. This modern 27,000 square-foot plant is located in a nearby suburb of Philadelphia, convenient to major transportation facilities.
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Another attack and another opportunity to demagogically exploit emotions of the public and catalyse the rising far-right by presenting an authoritarian like, machoistic "strength". Theresa May has explicitly expressed her intention to "rip up human rights laws" that impede new terror legislation dealing with suspects. In other words, those that have not committed any crimes will be targeted at the expense of human rights. She stated,
"I mean doing more to restrict the freedom and movements of terrorist suspects when we have enough evidence to know they are a threat, but not enough evidence to prosecute them in full in court."
There are a number problems with this statement. If the burden of proof is not satisfied then per the rule of law nothing illegal has been committed. If there is evidence that a suspect is a "threat", then they should be prosecuted or dealt with under the "pursue" strand of Britain's counter-terrorism strategy. Principles like the rule of law and legislation like the Human Rights Act are there to safeguard citizens from arbitrary power and arrests. It is precisely this type of bombastic, fascist rhetoric which it guards against. It is a very short slippery slope for the state to target those it does not like. Right-wing papers are hell-bent on labelling the opposition leadership "terror-apologists". If a law is brought in which violates human rights and requires little to no evidence to action, will measures be placed against the opposition leadership too?
I have long argued on this blog that the neoconservative threat festering in Parliament has its sights set on fomenting a docile closed society. The Human Rights Act is a particular obstacle for neocons because it inhibits their ability to do "wrong" in particular circumstances – illegal wars, extraordinary rendition, torture, detention without trial, internment…
As the political squabble over the definition of "extremism" shows, human rights also present a barrier to thought-policing, repressive proposals such as the Counter-Extremism Bill. The enshrinement of counter extremism measures into law coupled with the proposals of a thought-policing commission would grant extraordinarily broad powers to the state, allowing it to effectively shut down dissenting voices and interfere with the private sphere of religion. Take for example Richard Kemp. Kemp is a former member of Cobra and a former head of the international terrorism team at the Joint Intelligence Committee. He is said to have "huge influence at the highest level of government". He is also whitewasher of Israeli aggression and a student of the IDF and Mossad. Kemp believes "devout" Muslims are "waging a war of religion against us" citing anti-Islam activist Melanie Phillips' article titled "Terror will continue until Islam is reformed". Phillips herself was cited by white supremacist terrorist Anders Breivik's web of hate. Kemp called for "zero tolerance on extremism" and added that this should start by shutting down the due process and rule of law advocacy organisation CAGE. His call does not exactly scream freedom.
Privacy is also a big problem for a government which seems ever hungrier for snooping powers. Despite this excessive intrusion on liberties, repeated attacks show that the issue is not human rights or encryption, but rather the ability to effectively wield existing powers to protect the country. These attacks clearly show that hurling draconian legislation and Stasi-esque policies at political violence to stop it will not work.
By any reasonable yardstick not embedded in a fascist, totalitarian metaphysics, May's announcement is extreme. Amnesty International took May to task too, declaring her comments "reckless and misinformed".
May's "extremism" is nothing new here, of course. I have compared her actions against the PREVENT definition of "extremism" in the past; they ride a horse and cart through the definition. PREVENT defines "extremism" in an ideological, nationalistic fashion as "vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs".
Theresa May has quite vocally and actively opposed individual liberty and rule of law. Now, the question remains, will PREVENT officers take any action against the prime minister and demonstrate that PREVENT tackles "all forms of extremism"? Or will there be inaction laced in hypocrisy, reinforcing the reality that the counter-extremism frameworks are a tool for repressing dissident voices?
These are questions for PREVENT lobbyists; good luck getting convincing answers.

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I'm ecstatic. We recently hosted the second annual Kalypso Innovation Competition (KIC) sponsored by Women in Technology!
It's so exciting to get inside the heads of extraordinary women who are interested in technology and leadership. For the contest, participants were asked to submit an essay and podcast on innovation, leadership and being a woman in Information Technology (IT).
This year, we doubled our amount of applicants and were pleased to recognize four talented young women.
A panel of Kalypso judges reviewed the applications and deliverables, and the winners were awarded a cash prize and a summer internship at our Monterrey Technical Center (MTC).
Below, our four recipients share their perspective on being women in IT.
Junior Prizes:
Ana Karen Reyna | Opportunity for women in IT is endless. I think we are indispensable.
Paloma Chavez | My mother, who also has a degree in computer science, proved that women can do anything they want to do.
Senior Prizes:
Estela Acevedo | In IT there is always something new to learn. It is exciting because you keep preparing yourself and defying limitations.
Laura Tobias | I love to hack life.
The Kalypso MTC family is excited to provide these women with an exciting and developmental summer internship experience. We want Kalypso to be their top choice when they join the workforce. Through the annual Kalypso Innovation Competition, we help brilliant students achieve their goals, and get closer to gender equality in the IT profession.
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Yet another scorcher in the offing at the Castle this morn, still haven't "done" the garden, or washed the windows, but I have cleared the kitchen of broken thingy's for the Easter weekend.
As promised, the sad tale of the Rover and the Honda.
Last Tuesday I drove down the town and parked in the "open air" car park, paid my ransom to the council and did a bit of shopping.
About an hour later I returned to the Rover to find that some kind person had hit both nearside doors and driven off without leaving a note.
I rang my "Insurance Company" who told me that they wouldn't pay up because I didn't have anyone to blame and I could go away and procreate with myself.
That's the bad news, the good news is that whilst on holiday at my sister's place in Welsh Wales I mentioned that I was looking for a "new" car and it turns out that a Honda Civic was up for sale just down the road.
I had a look and the result is below, the thing that clinched it was the last bit of the number plate-very apt for a Dei.
That's the good news.
Despite all the hardship, terrible living conditions and being married to Phil the Greek for all those years, her Maj has managed to make it to 85.
Click on the link above to see lillibet in pictures.
Bet Charlie is not a happy bunny this morn.
Here are some of the things we are paying for-
The nine tenths of the EU's budget in 2009 that was "materially affected" by irregularities, projects that included the spending of more than £350,000 "improving the lifestyle and living standard of dogs" in Hungary.
The annual cost of paying pensions to Eurocrats by 2040, British taxpayers will end up paying £350million of the total.
The amount British taxpayers paid for EU pensions in 2010, giving the average retired Eurocrat an income of almost £60,000.
You can see the rest by clicking on the link at the top, if your heart can stand the strain.
The entire workforce of a British-owned factory in France is taking strike action because managers only speak English.
Around 184 French staff at the insulation firm are staging walk-outs because it is impossible to discuss wage rises and working conditions.
Shop steward Thierry Juvin said bosses could only say "bonjour" before talks broke down.
Staff has been downing tools three times a day since the English management took over.
France's CGT union representative Pierrick Dumont said: "I don't think it's up to us to make the effort to speak English. We're French workers based in France. Every meeting is an ordeal.
"We have to have someone who translates everything into English and then anything our boss says has to be translated into French. This makes dialogue extremely slow, if not impossible."
The former director left Thermal Ceramics, which makes ceramic fibre insulation at Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez near Lyon, in January and an English acting chief who can't speak French was appointed.
France has a notoriously nationalistic workforce, with staff frequently complaining about the growing Anglicisation of working practices – from English being used as the exclusive language of business to reduced lunch breaks.
Thermal Ceramics is part of the British Morgan Crucible Company and has four factories in France.
Well Baise-moi.
Thieves hit a new low when they pinched the lead roof from a building in a model village.
The gang scaled a 9ft wall, cut through barbed wire and dodged security cameras to break into Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth.
But despite their efforts, it's estimated they'll only make about £30 from the stolen slate.
Times are hard…..
Buster has finally come down from a 150-foot pine tree in northwestern South Carolina after nine days, but the cat's owners aren't happy with local officials.
Linda Megretto told the Anderson Independent-Mail she expected to find the cat dead Monday, but her husband climbed a 40-foot ladder and coaxed the cat down.
Megretto says Buster stayed in the tree through two storms after becoming afraid when a neighbor chased the cat from his barking dog.
She says she called the Humane Society, fire department, police and animal control and got no help.
Sheriff's spokesman Chad McBride says there's no record she called.
Fire Chief Billy Gibson says firefighters no longer respond to such calls because of liability issues. Gibson says putting food at the base of a tree usually works.
Ah-the old Elfandsafety ploy….
And finally:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will make do with child actors wearing masks instead when it runs at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in December, to keep costs down.
Theatre-goers said they felt cheated by the austerity measure while one dwarf actor, who was originally billed to perform, was said to be "devastated".
The pantomime, starring former glamour model Linda Lusardi as the Wicked Queen, is now looking to recruit child actors to fill the seven slots vacated by dwarfs.
Jonathan Kiley, the executive producer of the show staged by QDos Entertainment, said: "Shows have become incredibly expensive.
"Audiences expect amazing effects and the sound quality they would get from the stereo in their homes.
"We want the shows to be as fantastic as possible and we spend a lot of money on effects.
"It costs hundreds of thousands of pounds to put the show on but we have to balance that.
"Money isn't limitless and dwarfs are very, very expensive."
Bet Dopey is a bit Grumpy.
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Hollywood superstar Will Smith is extra hyped about the Bad Boys 3 filming. The high-profile entertainer has shared footage of himself turning up on-set.
On Tuesday, Big Willy released a hilarious clip of himself getting turned up on co-star Martin Lawrence's desk.
A couple nights ago, Smith shared a pic presumably of the BAD BOYS FOR LIF3 script.
In mid-December, castings reports emerged about Will and Martin's co-stars.
Alexander Ludwig, Vanessa Hudgens, and Charles Melton are on board to join Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Sony's "Bad Boys 4 Life," sources tell Variety. Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are on hand to direct the sequel from a script by Peter Craig ("The Hunger Games: Mockingjay," "Transformers") with Joe Carnahan also doing a rewrite. Chris Bremmer is the current writer. (Variety)
In November, Will Smith confirmed hype about a Bad Boys 3 movie going into production.
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Down To Earth traveller Jemima Rohekar's stunning photos of the Silent Valley National Park opens up before us a diversity of life rarely experienced
This 200-year-old jackfruit tree inside the forest still produces fruits for elephants, birds and Lion Tailed Macaques Credit: Jemima Rohekar
Our traveller spotted this wild variety of bean in all its glory. The species diversity of Silent Valley is similar to that of the tropical rainforest of the Barro Colorado island in the Panama canal, considered worldwide as a prototype for measuring plant and animal diversity. The Botanical Survey of India noted that the Silent Valley plateau was home to wild relatives of domesticated plants, including cardamom, pepper, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and beans Credit: Jemima Rohekar
A bumblebee busily sucking nectar from a flower. The forest is home to 1,000 species of flowering plants Credit: Jemima Rohekar
A Lion Tailed Macaque perches on the branch of a tree. It is a primate classified as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The animal had become the mascot of the Save Silent Valley movement in the 1970s and 80s, with protestors arguing that a hydropower project would destroy its habitat and severely diminish the primate's numbers Credit: Jemima Rohekar
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area Credit: Jemima Rohekar
Ferns jostle for space along with other tree species. There are about 100 ferns and fern allies in the forest Credit: Jemima Rohekar
The misty beauty of Silent Valley when seen from the forest watch tower. The forest is so dense that wildlife sightings are rare Credit: Jemima Rohekar
A worm is one of Silent Valley's smaller inhabitants, not usually noticeable Credit: Jemima Rohekar
Bright yellow-coloured orchids cling to the branch of a tree. In total, 107 species of orchids are found in the forest. The Silent Valley forest, with an evolutionary age of more than 50 million years, is home to thousands of exciting species Credit: Jemima Rohekar
More orchids spotted on the way. This time a reddish one greets our traveller Credit: Jemima Rohekar
The Kunthipuzha river flows through a dense foliage of trees. The river is named after Kunti, the mother of Pandavas. The hydopower project planned on this river in the 80s never saw the light of day, thanks to the environmental movement opposing the disaster. Silent Valley has remained untouched since then Credit: Jemima Rohekar
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No Filipinos were hurt after a magnitude 4 earthquake rattled a southern Italian island on Monday night, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported.
A report from the Philippine Embassy in Rome stated that the quake in the island of Ischia, a popular tourist destination off the Tyrrhenian Sea, left at least two dead and dozens other injured, the DFA said in statement on Tuesday night.
"The Embassy is continuously monitoring the situation in coordination with the Philippine honorary consul in Naples," Ambassador to Rome Domingo Nolasco said in a report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano.
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Finally. We set something life-giving in motion – three international transfers of funding made possible by the sacrificial generosity of many people, most of whom will never meet – people who pooled their resources together to joyfully partner with God as he answers the prayers of our displaced brothers and sisters on the other side of the world.
Finally. IAFR sent the funding to our partner agency in Kenya (National Council of Churches Kenya – NCCK) so that…
The KISOM building project can now enter phase one!
The IDP Water Project can get under way!
We also wired the first monthly contribution to our partner refugee agency (URHC) so that they can begin offering ministry support to the Kenyan missionary – Nicholas Gagai – leading their Interdenominational School of Mission and their refugee youth ministry.
Many refugee lives will soon change.
Pastors, evangelists, missionaries and church leaders will have a dedicated safe space in which they can gather for training and equipping for their calling.
Thousands of women, children and men – an entire village of internally displaced people – will have a local supply of clean water! This will greatly improve their health. It will also improve their security as the present 6-7 mile round trip through semi desert bush to fetch dirty water entails many risks. It will also increase their capacity to hope, as God demonstrates that he hears their cries and provides for their needs.
And our faithful brother, Nicholas, serving full-time with our refugee partner organisation, will finally have some regular support to enable him to more fully invest himself in equipping refugee church leaders for ministry and in mentoring refugee youth, encouraging them to live faithful lives serving Jesus. He has been serving for nearly 10 years without any source of regular income. This has taken a toll on his health over the years.
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TIPP CITY — The vote on the first Tipp City Education Association contract has failed after more than six months of bargaining.
Members of the newly formed TCEA voted last month on their first contract with the Tipp City Board of Education, which reportedly failed over a disagreement on binding arbitration and fair share dues.
"I've been told disagreements about salary and benefits may defeat a contract. This wasn't the case with Tipp teachers." TCEA president Heather Yunker said in a statement. "TCEA members are looking for respect and a secure working environment through binding arbitration and fair share."
With 88 percent of TCEA members participating, the vote was 90 percent against and 10 percent in favor of the tentative agreement, according to a statement from the association.
The TCEA reports that exit polling indicated that salary and benefits were not the primary reasons for the defeat. TCEA members had the opportunity to attend three question and answer sessions and received a copy of the draft contract six days before voting.
The majority of questions asked by members during these meetings had little to do with salary or benefits, the statement said.
"By creating a fair contract comparable to other county schools, Tipp will continue to attract and retain quality educators," Yunker said. "Teachers searching for quality positions are not just looking at salary. Tipp City Schools lost over 60 teachers in the last four years. I fear that this trend may continue without a contract resolution."
Having voted down the first contract, the TCEA and the board will need to work out a new agreement and take another vote.


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About: A regular columnist in the Sunday Telegraph, the first editor of Private Eye, a Spectator contributor and a prolific author who has published more than ten books. Has made a life's work of challenging the scientific consensus on a broad range of issues, in particular global warming.[1] His specialities are Politics and Society (esp. British officialdom and EU institutions and issues), Environment (esp. countryside & farming)
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Viewpoints/Insight: *Speech to the Bruges Group: Hamlet Without The Prince: The Anglosphere Minus One, 25th April 2006
- Conservative Party Fringe Meeting with Douglas Carswell MP: The EU: Options for Britain (podcast & text), 2007
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- George Monbiot: The patron saint of charlatans is again spreading dangerous misinformation, The Guardian, 23rd September 2008
- "The Great Moonbat is the one who's spreading 'misinformation' about asbestos" Christopher Booker defends himself against an 'extraordinary tirade' by George Monbiot
- Fabricated quote used to discredit climate scientist - Sir John Houghton explains to Steve Connor how global warming sceptics have misrepresented his views, The Independent, 10th February 2010
- The Neophiliacs: Revolution in English Life in the Fifties and Sixties (1970) OCLC 79984
- Goodbye London: an illustrated guide to threatened buildings (1973) OCLC 829026
- The seventies: portrait of a decade (1980) OCLC 6717579
- The games war: a Moscow journal (1981) OCLC 7423278
- The mad officials: How The Bureaucrats Are Strangling Britain (1994) OCLC 31219170
- The castle of lies : why Britain must get out of Europe (1996) OCLC 36618450
- A looking-glass tragedy: the controversy over the repatriations from Austria in 1945 (1997) OCLC 38447353
- The Great Deception (2003) OCLC 54471199
- The Seven Basic Plots: why we tell stories (2004) OCLC 57131450
- Scared To Death: From BSE To Global Warming, Why Scares Are Costing Us The Earth (2007) OCLC 488225422 ISBN: 0826486142
- The real global warming disaster: is the obsession with 'climate change' turning out to be the most costly scientific blunder in history? (2009) OCLC 320495333
- Climategate to Cancun: the real global warming disaster continues (2010) OCLC 648934404
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Happy Hallloween: ADHD Ghosts, Vampires and Spiders
I have Halloween on my mind – scary ghosts, wicked vampires and long legged creepy spiders! This is the time of year when many of us look forward to being scared and spooked! That is the fun kind of scared. The kind that gets your heart pumping and then laughing when you realize the giant rat sitting on your kitchen floor is plastic.
But what about those other fears? The ones we usually don't talk about that keep us up at night? Or keep us from living the life that we want? Or drain our energy? Fears about the future, our jobs, our relationships? Fears that lurk in those dark, lonely places of our mind that haunt us about our ADHD. Fears like…
Ghostly ADHD fears – no, not actual ghosts. I mean the thinly veiled always lurking, lives in the shadows fear that has made you work incredibly hard to hide your ADHD. The fears you keep hidden behind the daily façade you put up, just waiting to come out and reveal the "truth". Fear that people will see through your intelligence, creativity, good job or successes to the unorganized, forgetful, easily distracted ADHD person underneath. The fear that once these things are known, all we have will disappear and we will be seen as someone less than, incompetent, or irresponsible.
Reality behind the fear? These fears, like ghosts, have no substance. And like ghosts they live in the past and we keep them alive only by believing in them. The truth is we live now, in the present. And today, in the now, it's likely everyone around you already knows these things about you…and guess what? The ones that matter, love you anyway.
Vampire fears – the ones that drain you. These ADHD fears exhaust you because they keep you up at night and suck the energy from you during the day. The 'What ifs'…what if my ADHD keeps me from getting that promotion? What if my spouse gets fed up with my forgetting things? What if my son has ADHD? These ADHD fears never stop, they feed on your life, leave you feeling empty.
Reality behind the fear? This worrying is not going to change anything and often results in bringing to life your worst fears coming true. Instead, notice the fear, ask yourself is this something you can change and begin to channel your worry into action – shining a light on our fears helps us see them for what they are – much smaller once the dark shadows are gone.
Creeping spider fears – these are the worst. That creeping sensation that something is wrong with you because you have ADHD. These fears crawl along your skin and settle there quietly, waiting for just the right moment when success or even possibility is within reach. It's then they show themselves and we are caught helpless in the 'I don't deserve this' or 'I can't do that' web.
Reality behind the fear? You can do anything! ADHD is not an excuse or a reason that you can't do or have the life you want. These fears have no hold over you if you stop struggling and learn how to maximize your ADHD strengths.
We all have those fears…the ones that creep into our minds at the worst moment (usually right before a big presentation or an important life change). Thoughts that hold us back and prevent us from success. But as long as you learn the tricks to deal with your ADHD, you can enjoy all the treats along the way!
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USPSTF Recommends Against Getting Kicked in the Balls Repeatedly
BOSTON, MA – In an update of their 2006 recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends against getting kicked, smacked, slapped, whacked, or punched in the balls repeatedly, regardless of age. This is a grade D recommendation ("D" as in "descended" testicles) and applies to men in the general U.S. population.
"Such measures neutralize a male, causing them to drop to the ground, cry, and question whether or not life is worth living," said USPSTF member Nadia Cremasteric. "It took several years, but the evidence finally shows that there is really no benefit to males getting hit right in the junk."
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Rev. David Plank was my great grandfather's older brother. He was a leader in the Mennonite church in Western Ohio and much information on him is available from Mennonite sources. This biography appeared on page 794 of the History of Logan County, published in 1880 by O. L. Baskin, Chicago. It is one of several biographies of persons living in Union Township, and provides information on several of our Plank ancestors:
REV. DAVID PLANK, farmer and minister; P. O., Bellefontaine; was born May 15, 1833, in Mifflin Co., Penn. To give anything like a correct sketch of the Plank family in this country would necessitate reference to documents and dates which are now beyond our reach in the irretrievable past. However, in about the year 1700, or shortly thereafter, one Melcher Plank1 (the name originally was Blank; by the variation of the English pronunciation the orthography was changed to Plank), with his four sons and two daughters -- Christian, John, Jacob, Peter, Rebecca and Barbara -- emigrated from Germany to this continent, and settled about Berks Co., Penn.
His son, Christian,2 married and settled himself in that section, and had a family of six sons and two daughters -- John, Christian, Isaac, Joseph, Jacob, Samuel, Martha and Barbara.
Samuel,3 the youngest son, was born in Lancaster Co. in 1808; he married Juliana Hartzler, a native of his own county, who was born in 1819.4 They are the parents of the present generation of that name in Logan Co. They came here with six of their children -- Joseph C., David, Leah, Elizabeth, Martha and Barbara -- in October, 1845, and settled on the same farm where David resides. After they came here the family was increased by three -- Juliana, Samuel W.5 and Mary. Only two of Christian's family survive -- Martha, in Champaign Co., and Barbara, who lives near by her nephew David; they are both well advanced in years.
David's father died here, after a life of quiet usefulness, Dec. 11, 1878, and his mother April 11, 1879. David's early life was spent on the farm and attending to the various duties of the same; his marriage was celebrated with Martha Hartzler6 Feb. 14, 1856. She was born in Pennsylvania, June 9, 1836, and came to Champaign Co. with a sister in 1853. They have eight children living -- Samuel H., Salome M., Levi L., Mary E., Lydia, Juliana, Katie and David.7 Mr. Plank was ordained a minister of the Ormish Mennonite Church in this township, Oct. 19, 1859. They are now known as the "Walnut Grove" congregation. Mr. Plank is now the longest officiating minister connected with said congregation.
The following description of an innovation of Rev. Plank's was found in the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO):
The first permanent Mennonite (MC) Sunday school in America was started by the South Union congregation near West Liberty, Ohio, by David Plank in May 1863. The record book of this Sunday school contains this statement for May 31, 1863 (translated): "J. C. Kanagy and D. Plank, ministers of the Church of God in this vicinity, have decided with the council of the church to organize a Sunday school in the name of God, for we believe quite confidently that as the fathers and mothers give us their support, much good will arise out of it." In a few years Sunday schools were established in widely scattered sections of the church and gradually became accepted as a part of the ministry of the church to its young people.
The growth of the Sunday school, however, was slow and not without serious opposition. Some of the reasons for opposing it were that it was patterned after that of other churches, was "worldly" and fostered pride, placed teaching responsibility into the hands of the laity, and was unsupported by the Bible. It is an interesting fact that through the Amish churches, which were generally not yet bound together by district conferences, the Sunday-school movement spread among the Mennonites.
GAMEO also includes the following biography of Rev. David Plank:
Plank, David (1833-1912)
David Plank (1833-1912), bishop of the South Union and Walnut Grove Amish Mennonite congregations in Logan County, Ohio, from 1895 to 1912, was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel (later, deacon) and Juliana Hertzler Plank. With his parents he moved to Union Township, Logan County, Ohio, in 1845. In 1856 he was married to Mary Hertzler. After his ordination in 1859 he sided with the more progresssive neighboring Champaign County bishop, John Warye, in his controversy with the Logan County leaders. Always alert for new ideas and plans for Christian work, he attended a Brethren Sunday school near his home and in 1863 with the consent of his bishop and the unanimous vote of the congregation he organized in Logan County the first Amish Sunday school in America, held in an Amish meetinghouse. The next year he organized a similar school in the Hooley Amish meetinghouse in Champaign County (later known as the Oak Grove Church). He served as both superintendent and teacher for a number of years. Following the complete break between the two districts in the late 1860's he and his father had charge of the seceding Logan County group, which alternated services with the Champaign congregation and in 1875 erected the Walnut Grove Amish Mennonite Church in Union Township near Plank's home. Plank was successful in his small farming operations and had special talent in drawing, carpentry, and cabinet-making. After the bishop at South Union moved to Kansas, the congregation at that place was left without a bishop. Following the organization of the Ohio Amish Mennonite Conference in 1893 earnest efforts to reconcile differences between South Union and Walnut Grove resulted in a decision to place the Walnut Grove and South Union ministers in the lot for bishop and to ordain for both congregations whoever was chosen. David Plank was chosen and ordained in 1895 and served until his death in 1912, when A. I. Yoder, as son of the South Union minister, was installed as Plank's successor. Plank did much to heal the breach between the two factions.
Bibliography: Umble, John. "Early Sunday Schools at West Liberty, Ohio," Mennonite Quarterly Review (1930): 6-50, passim.
A lengthy biography of Rev. Plank appeared in Historical Review of Logan County, Ohio, Gen. Robert P. Kennedy, 1903, pp. 498-500. Much of its information is duplicated in other articles in these pages, but we'll reproduce it here in its entirety for historical purposes, with the only change being that we're displaying the two families' children as numbered lists:
Only the history of the good and great comes down to us through the ages. The true religion has been the strongest influence known to man through all time, while many false doctrines have flourished only for a day and then vanished. More potent at the present than at any period in the world's history are the work and influence of Christianity, and among those who are devoting their lives to its inculcation among men is Rev. David Plank of the Amish Mennonite church, who is pastor of the churches at Walnut Grove, Union township, and South Union on the West Liberty and Bellefontaine road.
Mr. Plank was born in Miffiin county, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1833, and is a son of Samuel3 and Juliana (Hartzler) Plank. The name has undergone two changes since the family was founded in America, it being originally spelled Blanck by our subject's great-grandfather, Melcher Blanck,1 but the grandfather changed it to Planck and the father to Plank, dropping the c. The father was born in either Lancaster or Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1808, a son of Christian2 and Barbara (Yoder) Planck. Christian Planck was a native of Berks county and a son of Melchior Blanck. The birthplace of the latter was either Germany or Switzerland and there he grew to manhood and was married. Accompanying some friends on board a vessel bound for the new world, he was persuaded by the captain to remain on board over night, being told that the vessel would not start until the next day, but in the morning he found that they were far from land and then realized that they had been kidnapped. On reaching Pennsylvania, he was sold to a Mr. Morgan, living either in Lancaster or Berks county, to pay his passage. He was a farmer by occupation and a member of the Mennonite church.
Samuel Plank, our subject's father, engaged in agricultural pursuits in the Keystone state until the fall of 1845, when he came by wagon to Ohio, bringing with him his wife and six children. Before starting he had sent on a four-horse team and wagon in charge of a man and his eldest son, Joseph C., now a resident of Bellefontaine, but they were overtaken when the family reached Washington. Pennsylvania, and David remained with the wagon while the family proceeded on their journey. They arrived at their destination a few days before the wagon, which was eighteen days upon the road. Previous to this time the father had visited Logan county and purchased a farm supposed to consist of one hundred and four acres, but it was afterward found to contain almost one hundred and nine acres. Here he spent the remainder of his life.
After coming to Ohio the family circle was increased by the birth of three more children, making nine in all. They were as follows:
- Joseph C., now a resident of Bellefontaine, married Eliza Kerr and was engaged in farming in early life and later in carpentering;
- David is the next of the family.
- Leah married David M. Yoder and died in Champaign county, Ohio;
- Elizabeth married Joel Zook and died in Logan county;
- Martha married J. S. Yoder and lives in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania;
- Barbara became the wife of John Detweiler and resides in Union township, Logan county;
- Juliana is the wife of C. H. Yoder and makes her home in Ada, Ohio;
- Samuel W.5 married Elizabeth Wilhelm and was engaged in carpentering and butchering in West Liberty, where he died;
- and Mary wedded John C. Allgyer and makes her home in Union township.
During his boyhood Rev. Plank received a limited education. He remained with his parents upon the home farm until his marriage, which was celebrated in Union township, February 14, 1856, Miss Mary Hartzler, of Champaign county, becoming his wife. She, too, was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1836, a daughter of Adam and Mary (Hooley) Hartzler, and was seventeen years of age when she came with her sisters to Ohio, her parents having previously died in Pennsylvania. They began their domestic life on a farm of ninety acres owned by Mr. Plank's father, and after operating that tract for six years they removed to the home farm. The father had added a ten-acre tract to the original purchase. He died on the 11th of December, 1878, and the mother passed away April 11, 1879. Our subject then purchased the interests of the other heirs and became the owner of the old homestead. There he resided until 1893, when he sold the place and removed to the ten-acre tract previously referred to, this being his present home.
Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Plank, eight reached manhood and womanhood, namely:
- Samuel H., born in Union township, married Hannah Byler and as a tenant is living on the old homestead;
- Salome M. is the wife of S. B. Plank, of Union township;
- Levi married Amanda D. Yoder and lives with our subject;
- Mary Elsie married Amos Y. Hartzler and died in Union township;
- Lydia is the wife of Eli Krabill and lives near Bellefontaine;
- Anna is at home with her parents;
- Katharine is the wife of Simon H. King, of Union township;
- and David L. is at home.
For almost half a century Mr. Plank has been preaching the gospel, being one of two who were chosen as ministers in 1859, and was at once ordained by Bishop Solomon Byler, at that time of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. He was ordained an elder in 1895. His son, Levi L., was chosen a minister in 1901 and ordained by Elder Jonas C. Yoder, of Huntsville, and his son-in-law, Simon H. King, was ordained a deacon in the same year. Mr. Plank was a minister for several years before he ever had the pleasure of attending a Sunday-school, but at length he and a brother visited a union Sunday-school conducted at the school house No. 1. He was so favorably impressed that he at once favored the establishment of Sunday schools in the Amish church and through his instrumentality one was organized in Liberty township in June, 1863, by Bishop J. C. Kenagy, it being the first Sunday school formed in the Amish Mennonite church. Mr. Plank is an untiring worker in the interests of his church and has labored long and faithfully in the Master's vineyard. He is widely known throughout the county where he has made his home for sixty years, and is held in the highest respect and esteem by all classes of citizens.
The archives of the Ohio Mennonite Conference list David Plank as the Moderator, or as delivering the principal sermon, at several annual sessions of the Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference during the early 1900s. Rev. David Plank's obituary appeared in the Gospel Herald, 31 Oct 1912, pp 494-496:
Plank. - David, son of Samuel and Julia Plank, was born in Mifflin Co., Pa., May 15, 1833. In 1845, he with his father's family moved to Union Twp., Logan Co., O. Here he lived until the final summons came Oct. 4, 1912, and he passed away at the advanced age of 79 y. 4 m. 19 d. On Feb, 14, 1856, he was united in marriage to Mary6 Hertzler. To them were born 10 children, 7 of whom, with their mother, are left to mourn the departure of a loving father and husband. Besides his immediate family he leaves 1 brother, 4 sisters, 16 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. He united with the Amish Mennonite Church in early manhood. In 1859 he was called to the ministry, and in 1895 was ordained bishop of the Church of his choice.
Father Plank, as a man, was inclined to look on the bright side of life, rather than brood over ills that were beyond his control. He loved flowers and the beautiful in nature. He loved children and frequently had correspondence with young people of his acquaintance. Through his interest in young people he won their respect, confidence and obedience. As a citizen he endeavored to have peace with all men and was eminently successful. To learn to know and converse with him meant to have higher ideals of life and character. All classes of people seemed ready to say, "He is a fine man." His faith in God and His Word was an inspiration for him to labor earnestly in His calling as a minister. To hear him preach meant to remember some truth he presented. Much of his success as a minister and church leader may be ascribed to his devoted prayer life, he many times resorting to the closet for the solution of some difficult problem.
He had great respect for the opinion of others but had convictions of his own from which he was not easily moved. He was firm yet kind, had "charity for all, with malice toward none." "Swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath." On a certain occasion in referring to a co-laborer he said, "We labored together for many years we differed on some things but we never quarreled." He helped organize the first permanent Sunday school in the Mennonite Church of America in 1863 and had been an active worker in the school ever since it was organized. He read and appreciated good literature and often recommended a good book to a friend. Among his last acts in this life was to send a copy of "Our Blessed Dead" to a widowed mother. He sometimes expressed himself as not being weary of life yet ready to go at the Master's call. Thus "he came to his grave in a full age like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.""I am not weary of Thy work,
From earth I would not flee;
But while I walk and while I serve,
Oh, lift me up to Thee."
--From one of his favorite hymns.
Funeral services were held at Walnut Grove Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Amos I. Yoder, assisted by S. E. Allgyer and John M. Shenk.
Mary (Hartzler) Plank's obituary appeared on pg 687 of the Gospel Herald for 27 Nov 1924:
Plank, Mary, daughter of Adam and Mary (Hooley) Hartzler, was born June 9, 1836, in Mifflin Co., Pa. She was the youngest of a family of 6 children, all of whom preceded her in death. Her mother died when she was 15 months old, and she was reared by her grandmother and older sisters. At the age of 17 she came to this community, near West Liberty, Ohio, and lived here for the remainder of her years.
On Feb. 14, 1856, she united in marriage with David Plank and shared this sacred fellowship for over 56 years. Her faithful husband, Bishop David Plank, entered into his eternal reward Oct. 4, 1912. To this union were born 10 children. Two died in infancy and 8 grew up to manhood and womanhood: Samuel H., Salome M. (Mrs. S. B. Plank), Levi, Mary Elsie (Mrs. A. Y. Hartzler), Lydia (Mrs. Eli Krabill), Julia Anna, Katie A. (Mrs. Simon King), and David L.
Her motherly heart received the sorrow of the death of her beloved husband and four dear children with Christian submission. She fell peacefully asleep Nov. 10, 1924 (aged 88 y. 5 m. 1 d.) leaving 6 children, 15 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. In her youth she accepted Jesus as her personal Savior and was received into the fellowship of the Amish Mennonite Church, in which faith she was found faithful unto death. She was of a quiet, retiring, peaceable disposition, always manifesting a deep concern for the well-being of her children in home and Church, for 56 years a devoted companion with her husband in the duties and responsibilities of the home, 53 years faithfully supporting him in his Christian ministry, and 63 years exercising and manifesting her mother interest, truly a noble Christian woman and mother.
Scripture lesson. Eph. 5, chosen by the departed sister, was read by A. I. Yoder. Sermons by I. W. Royer (Text, Jno. 16:33) and J. D. Mininger (Text Rev. 14:13). Remarks and closing prayer by S. E. Allgyer.
The Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church USA has a collection of Rev. David Plank's papers and provides a brief inventory of them, as well as a biographical sketch which lists his wife's name as Martha.


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Galaxy S10 launch date will reportedly be in January 2019
A new report claims that the Galaxy S10 launch date will be set for January 2019. It's not unusual to hear reports suggesting that Samsung might launch its next flagship smartphone ahead of schedule. That's actually what it did this year for the Galaxy S9 which was unveiled about a month before the Galaxy S8 was last year.
However, this isn't the average early launch rumor. Samsung might have to unveil the Galaxy S10 in January next year because one of its most anticipated smartphones might finally be launched in early 2019.
Galaxy S10 launch date
South Korean news outlet The Bell reported today that Samsung has asked its parts suppliers to start supplying components for its much-rumored foldable smartphone this November. The report adds that this handset is going to be launched early next year, possibly at the Mobile World Congress 2019.
The Galaxy S9 was launched on the eve of MWC 2018 and one would have expected the company to stick with the same timeframe for its 10th anniversary flagship. That might not be the case next year if the foldable smartphone is to be launched in Barcelona. Samsung wouldn't want one handset stealing the spotlight from the other so it would make sense to launch the Galaxy S10 and the foldable smartphone a month apart.
The company is reportedly going to start sourcing parts for its 10th anniversary flagship which is expected to bring many new features by this October. So when might the Galaxy S10 launch date be in January 2019? The report claims that Samsung is likely going to launch the Galaxy S10 at the Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest tech trade show in the world. CES 2019 will be held in Las Vegas from January 8-11.
Samsung hasn't used the CES stage to launch new flagship smartphones in recent years. It does make an appearance at the trade show but largely focuses on other consumer electronics products like home appliances.
Launching the two hotly anticipated handsets a month apart does make sense on paper but take this information with a grain of salt for now. It's still far too early to be sure of Samsung's Galaxy S10 launch plans.
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Could happen given they shelved the design changes in the s9 and did a very lazy job of it. They must have kept back a lot of the fancy tricks for the anniversary model.
Though highly doubt it would happen. It will be announced bin Feb but could be made available earlier after announcement
We hear this every. single. year. It won't happen. The S10 will come at MWC as usual. The S9 was launched exactly on the same period as the S7, and the S8 would have been as well if it wasn't for the Note 7 debacle. The foldable smartphone, if I had to bet, won't come out next year. And and if it comes, I think Samsung would show it at CES instead. That phone will be a prototype, an experiment that won't sell massively. This types of devices are normally shown at CES, which is a smaller fair more focused… Read more »
very unlikely
Same false report every year…
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longtime passion for riding a motorcycle took a twenty year
hiatus until taking up residency in Oaxaca. I ignored the
foreshadowing and warnings. While my story pales compared
to the epic journey of Ché Guevara popularized in the
film Motorcycle Diaries, there is a tale to be told,
with observations and advice for those with such suicidal
For Oaxacans, its part economic necessity and part climactic
permissiveness, with street logjams and a parking crisis factored
in, as well as, dare I opine, a somewhat different attitude
towards life and living amongst those at and below a certain
socio-economic level
fatalistic. Whats striking
is the paucity of helmeted riders, and prevalence of entire
families (the record number of family members seen on one
bike is currently five) who take to negotiating the jammed
streets on a single motorbike often mechanically unfit, each
member including young children bare-headed and unsafely dressed
(no gloves, leathers, jeans, etc.). A helmet law and mandatory
education might help. Educators must remember to teach that
the helmet is to be worn on the head, not simply slung over
an arm. Additionally, owners of deliver services such as and
by example, Chuchos Tortas y Mas, should watch their couriers
leaving the premises to ensure helmets are worn and not carried.
For my part, Ive been accused of having yet another
mid-life crisis at 55, having recently purchased a 150 cc.
Honda Bros, off road moto for use on
the streets, complementing our car and pick-up. Perhaps each
above-noted reason applies to me, despite leading a middle
class existence.
I sold my Suzuki 550 in the mid 1980s when my wife became
pregnant. But now, in quasi-retirement, family grown, life
insurance policies kept current, I was only minimally fazed
when Canadian Consul Frances May warned that shes lost
three friends to motorcycle accidents. And compadre
Pancho was in three accidents within about 2 years. He once
took me on a trip with some of his motorcycle buddies through
the mountains to the town of Sola de Vega. It was the first
time in 15 years that Id been on a bike. I forgot a
cardinal rule: never brake while negotiating a turn on gravel.
I recall regaining consciousness, covered in blood, with severe
knee pain, in the back room of some pharmacy, to teary-eyed
Pancho, shaking me with hands on my shoulders while screaming
¡compadre, compadre!
But by adopting and adhering to a number of simple riding
guidelines, some of which are admittedly difficult to follow,
Ill hopefully stay out of the hospital and my 20-year-old
daughter will never benefit from my being over-insured.
My less-impetuous and more level-headed wife surprisingly
enough enjoys riding with me despite serious reservations.
For those unattached and in their 20s and 30s, Ill indicate
which of the following rules Ive set for myself youll
likely want to break and how to minimize the adverse implications
of so doing:
1) Dont ride at night unless absolutely necessary. Alcohol-related
and other driving deaths increase when road conditions are
less than perfect. Lighting and highway markings are often
2) If you know that its likely the weather will become
inclement (i.e. during the rainy season) consider another
means of transportation, or at minimum dress appropriately
and check your tires.
3) Try to follow the rules of the road to the extent
you can discern them, and when in doubt fall back on the highway
traffic laws with which you grew up.
4) Try to resist the temptation to weave, as difficult
as it will be. Once youre in your fifties youve
likely lost much of your neck range-of-motion, so if you must
weave, rely on your peripheral vision and mirrors.
5) Always use full-face helmets, appropriate footwear and
leathers, gloves and jacket at minimum. Its better to
be hot and uncomfortable than require jaw surgery and extensive
skin grafting. Leather provides that first layer of defence
and it gives
cotton, wool and polyester each will simply
rip, along with your skin.
6) Never permit an unhelmeted passenger to ride with you.
7) If youre a tourist and have an opportunity to rent
a motorcycle, unless itll be used strictly for cross-country,
or you have a great deal of experience driving in third world
congested cities and are certain of the condition of
the bike, resist the temptation. As my father often said,
dont be an idiot. Its not worth the
8) When buying, make it a new cycle, and keep it in
top condition.
9) Dont buy a small scooter or anything under 125
150 cc. You may need power to extricate yourself from danger
caused by other drivers. The most popular bike in Oaxaca is
the Honda 125, used by a plethora of businesses. If you can
afford a Japanese make, or better, go for it. Many Oaxacan
friends have cautioned against, for example, the Chinese models.
My off-road Honda 150 was carefully selected, even though
its smaller than those that Id been accustomed
to riding in my former life. Its an off-road model given
the numerous topes and state of disrepair of the streets.
Motor size is 150 because its the smallest engine I
feel comfortable gets my wife and I up the steep hill to our
home, is light and has sufficient power for defensive maneuvers.
Its small enough so that it helps me resist the temptation
to do highway touring.
10) Think twice before opting for a larger bike that you may
use on the carreteras. Theres nothing like open
highway touring, but the danger increases exponentially the
higher the speed of vehicles. By contrast, while living in
Toronto I always felt safer riding on the highways than in
more control, drivers more vigilant and experienced,
and easier to avoid potential dangers. By contrast, in Oaxaca
the highways arent as good, many motorists drive under
the influence, and vehicle mechanical condition is generally
questionable, leading to less control by drivers. If you are
set on touring, make it at least a 550 cc. model, the minimum
power with which I felt comfortable and safe on the open roads
with a passenger.
Apart from organized cycling groups that meet periodically
for generally weekend off-road challenges, there is at least
one traditional motorcycle club in Oaxaca, Los Caballeros
Templarios. These riders are the exception to most of what
Ive indicated. The individuals, at least when touring
outside of the city, follow virtually all of the rules Ive
set out. The group is comprised of mainly shopkeepers, tradesmen,
restauranteurs, and professionals such as doctors and accountants,
average age being 40 something. Their bikes are kept in excellent
condition, they dress appropriately, complete with leathers
embossed with club and rider name and logo, and they host
and attend national conferences as well as enjoy frequent
local get-togethers and regional excursions of one to several
days. The camaraderie is strong, warm and welcoming. And thus
with my little Honda 150, I continue to resist invitations
to fulfill the initiation requirement and join
the purchase of a larger bike, and with that a divorce..
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Eat. Drink. Science: On 15 October 2015, Hamburg will premiere a new concept of bringing science to the people, with 30 pubs and bars opening their premises to local scientists. For one hour, they will be presenting the latest ideas in science and technology in a friendly, informal setting.
Initiated by the German Electron Synchrotron DESY and the University of Hamburg, the Hamburg Minister of Eduction and Research, Katharina Fegebank, is the patron of the event. Entry is free.
Lectures and Questions
Accelerators, lasers and black holes, strings and nanoparticles, proteins, dark matter, higgs and quark: for 30 minutes, scientists will talk clear and intelligible talk about their research area and infect guests with their passion for their field of study. After the lecture, questions can be asked. What is the role of science in our daily lives? Why do we need basic research? What's life like as a researcher or scientist?
"Hamburg has fantastic researchers who work with great passion on their subjects," says Katharina Fegebank. "At Science on Tap, knowledge is presented where you would not really expect it, and thus connects the citizens of Hamburg to science."
Science at Reach
Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of the University of Hamburg, adds: "The idea of our scientists to let the Hamburg citizens directly participate in our research and developments is excellent. I am very pleased and grateful to the colleagues for this effort and wish the event every success! "
Also DESY Director Professor Helmut Dosch, who will be holding his lecture in a bar in St. Pauli, is looking forward to the event: "Our scientists are very excited about being able to work closer to the people. At Science on tap, glowing enthusiasm will be meeting refreshing cold drinks in a cozy atmosphere. This is an excellent thing! "
Idea Imported from Israel
The idea of "Science on Tap" was brought from Israel to Hamburg by Prof. Jan Louis from the II. Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Hamburg. At the Weizmann Institute of Science in Tel Aviv, "Science on Tap" has already been firmly established and a great success. "With this event, we want to inspire people for science in an unconventional, informal atmosphere and show how fascinating, but also important research is today", says Jan Louis. "Science is part of our culture, just like a night at the theatre or the social exchange in a bar", Louis continued. "Science on tap" will reach people where they live. Thus, also people with yet no contact, but interested in science can explore it. In future, the event will take place once a year in Hamburg.
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Für alle, die gerne noch mehr Hamburger Wissenschaft erleben möchten, findet am 7. November 2015 die Nacht des Wissens statt: http://nachtdeswissens.hamburg.de


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|Sadie on One of Her Strolls
In honor of my doggie friend, I had a great time at the park today and made lots of people smile along the way. Right before we left, I was surrounded with lots of little kids who were getting ready to play soccer but took time to pet me all up. I wish I could share pictures with you, but my mom did not bring the camera along today. She is not as good about sharing my walks as Sharla was about taking pictures of Sadie's strolls. I will really miss Sadie's funny jokes too and her lovely Ha-roo-roo laugh! Although I am not as big as Sadie, I think I look very much like her and will try to follow in her footsteps of being a great wolfie to my cat sisfurs and also enjoying every day with a big smile.
Our sincere condolences go out to Sadie's parents and grandparents as well as to Angel and Isabella who all will miss Sadie very, very much. Have a great romp on the other side of the the Rainbow Bridge, Sadie. Woof! Woof!
Here's the link to Sadie's Saying Goodbye post if you haven't seen it yet. Sadie had many friends in the Blogosphere and will be greatly missed. We all feel like we know her!
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How To Choose The Best Assisted Living Facility
It is very important that you consider providing the needs of the elderly in your family above anything else. Because of their weak emotional and physical state, these old people should be provide with their particular number of needs. These issues will have an impact on the way of living in a lot of ways. If the place that you are living in does not provide the familiarity and safety that the old members of the family are needing, then you should consider having a change of residence. Even if there are a lot of places that you can actually choose from, the best option that is available for you is the assisted living facility. You should be aware that there are a lot of homes that you can choose and in various places, there are a lot of available assisted living facilities. You should never choose an assisted living facility right away and get contented with it because of the many available places there is out there. You should always consider having a good plan and carefully think of it if you are looking for an assisted living facility where your family will be living in. That is why you should always keep in mind to do a research before you select one.
A lot of people are planning to make the old members of their family live in an assisted living place for a short span of time or even temporarily, for the longer period. So you should consider choosing an assisted living place that would really provide the needs of your old family members. Always take note on the number of different conditions that the old members of your family have and you should base your choice of an assisted living facility for them on it.
It is important that you always consider what type of rooms do these assisted living facility provide to the old members of your family as well as taking note on how these places would actually look like. You can do this by getting in contact with the staff of the assisted living facility that you are interested in and have a tour on the place. You should always make sure that the people responsible for the care of the old members of your family are the right people. You will know how the people in these assisted living facilities would provide their assistance to the old members of your family by actually getting in contact with them. You should always consider providing the old members of your family the care and assistance that they greatly deserve because they are the most valuable people in your life.
When you have a tour on the assisted living facility that you are interested in, you need to make sure that the place is safe for your old family members.
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