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Ange-Freddy Plumain
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Lasse Vigen Christensen
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Ange-Freddy Plumain Card was given for a foul
Jack Dunn
Rafael Paez Card was given for a foul
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Fulham leapfrogged Liverpool to return to the top of the Barclays Under-21 Premier League with a 2-1 win over the Reds at Craven Cottage on Tuesday afternoon.
With First Team boss Felix Magath watching on from the stands, Liverpool started brightly in the behind-closed-doors encounter, Kris Peterson going close in the third minute. Allowed time and space on the edge of the area, his effort from 20 yards was tipped over the bar by Max Oberschmidt.
Five minutes later, Oberschmidt stood up to parry an angled drive away from Joao Teixeira at his near post after the Liverpool man had been teed up by Seyi Ojo.
Fulham were struggling to find a way in the final third, but Chris David curled one over from the edge of the box in the 17th minute after good work on the wing by Buomesca Tue Na Bangna.
Then on 21 minutes, a slip in the middle of the park by Cameron Brannagan was seized on by David who released Ange-Freddy Plumain. The youngster burst forward but sliced his shot wide from just outside the area.
Fulham were growing into the game. A ball over the top by Mananga Jonathan Buautu on 25 minutes was missed by Rafael Paez Cordona, allowing Plumain to cut inside. However, his shot was saved by the outstretched leg of Lawrence Vigouroux.
Derek Boating then freed Josh Passley down the right in the 27th minute and his cross found Lyle Della Verde whose half-volley was tipped over the bar.
Just 60 seconds later, David spread the play out wide to Passley who burst inside his marker but dragged his shot across the face of the goal.
Fulham's dominance was rewarded with a goal in the 33rd minute. A quickly-taken free-kick by David found Plumain who jinked inside and fired in a shot that flew under Vigouroux and in.
Plumain went into the book in the 35th minute for catching Ojo and Lasse Vigen Christensen shot well wide towards the end of the half before proceedings came to a close.
Christensen should have made it 2-0 in the early stages of the second half. A cross from the left by Della Verde was dummied by Plumain to run into the path of Christensen who saw his shot from eight yards well saved by Vigouroux.
Liverpool then enjoyed a good spell of pressure and they almost drew level when substitute Connor Randall's cross was met at the far post by Reds skipper Lloyd Jones who saw his header saved by Oberschmidt.
In something of a scrappy second period, Liverpool centre-back Cordona was booked for chopping down Plumain in Fulham's half in the 74th minute.
Fulham made the game safe with seven minutes remaining. David ran into a wall of red shirts on the edge of the box but kept possession and found Christensen who rolled the ball onto his left foot and sidefooted a shot beyond Vigouroux.
The old adage that you're at your most vulnerable immediately after scoring almost came true moments later as both Peterson and Cordona went close for Liverpool in an almighty goalmouth scramble in the box. Jack Dunn then went down under a heavy challenge from Buatu but referee Derek Eaton waved play on.
With four minutes to go, Oberschmidt breathed a huge sigh of relief after his kick was charged down by Dunn but rolled inches wide.
Oberschmidt redeemed himself in the first minute of injury time, saving Dunn's volley from point-blank range but he was finally beaten by the same player in the dying seconds. Jordan Rossiter was fouled by Buatu in the box and Eaton pointed to the penalty spot, with Dunn sending Oberschmidt the wrong way from 12 yards.
There was barley time for the game to restart, though, as Fulham took the points.
Under-21s boss Kit Symons said afterwards: "We had a game plan and the players carried it out well. We were a bit nervy paying it out at the back to start with and caused ourselves a few problems but we settled down and did okay in the end.
"Liverpool threw everything at it late on. They had a big penalty shout turned down and then got a penalty that was nowhere near one. So maybe that evened itself out but overall on chances I thought we deserved to win. We were down to the bare bones. We had two Under-16s boys on the bench but the ones who played put in a real shift."
He added: "We've got West Bromwich Albion away at The Hawthorns on Sunday in our final league game. Hopefully we'll finish in the top four as that keeps the season going in the Play-Offs. If we can keep our season alive it will be good for the boys."
Fulham U21s: Oberschmidt, Passley, Buatu, Pritchard, Banya, Mesca, Christensen, Boateng, David, Della Verde, Plumain.
Competition: Barclays U21 Premier League
Date: Tuesday 1 April 2014
Kick-off: 2:00pm
Venue: Craven Cottage, London
Referee: Derek Eaton
Line-up: Oberschmidt; Passley, Buatu-Mananga, Pritchard, Banya; Mesca, Derek Boateng, Christensen, Della Verde; David; Plumain
Unused substitutes: Brennan, O'Reilly, Islamovic, Nabay, Adebayo
Manager: Kit Symons
Line-up: Vigouroux; Williams, Paez, Jones, Smith; Peterson (Randall 53'), Brannagan, Rossiter, Ojo (Maguire 45' (Kent 81')); João Teixeira; Dunn
Unused substitutes: Fulton, Baio


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The UK is facing a significant retirement challenge. A recent report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the number of people eligible for the State Pension will increase by over 30 per cent by 2039, to 16.5 million. Insufficient preparation will place a huge strain on public resources, and risk millions of people suffering a lifestyle decline in their retirement.
To avoid this, it's critical that we encourage people to start saving now ready for later life. The problem is there are now a number of factors impacting the way we engage with our pensions, that mean this is easier said than done.
1. Legislative change
Changes to tax relief, the increasing real cost of pension advice and auto-enrolment have all muddied the waters around pensions. People are being given more autonomy and flexibility than ever, but many are not being equipped to make important decisions for their future.
2. Business change
The shift to auto-enrolment has triggered the demise of Occupational Pension Schemes and the rise of Contract Based DC Schemes & Master Trusts, transferring the onus for pensions planning from employer to employee. This, combined with changes in the shape of the UK workforce – with a rise in zero hour contracts and more frequent job moves – is placing pressure on employees to secure their own retirement outcomes.
3. Social change
There is no longer a job for life mentality in the UK – it's likely that people will have six or seven employers across their working lives; by the time they reach retirement, they'll have several pension pots to manage.
4. Technological change
Technology is driving change in the way people interact with their pension schemes. It's facilitating flexibility and visibility, so that we're likely to see pensions become more like bank accounts, which we can access whenever we want. Employers need to acknowledge and make the most of this.
Employers struggle to deal with these changes
Employers and employees are struggling to deal with these changes; and some more than others. While baby boomers are relatively well-prepared for retirement, Generation X have more financial pressures – sending retirement planning down their list of priorities.
For Generation Y, retirement is a difficult concept. In 40 years' time retirement as we know it will have completely changed, meaning that this generation is almost solely focused on solving short-term financial challenges. And these are numerous. Household debt in the UK is spiralling out of control, while savings are at a record low. The result is an increase in financial stress among employees, with knock-on implications for businesses.
How can a retirement strategy help?
Employers should look beyond how they're helping employees prepare for retirement to how they're helping them meet day-to-day financial challenges. The priority should be placed on developing financial wellness across the workforce.
If you're looking for where to start, segmenting your workforce is a good first step. Baby boomers, Generation Y and Generation X all have very different requirements and aspirations, and these need to be considered. Technology can play a key role here. Technology has been developed that enables employees to pick from a menu of options, from corporate ISAs to financial advice, enabling them to select the ones that best meets their needs
So what now?
Reviewing your financial strategy can be a daunting process, so it can be helpful to take a two-fold approach:
1. Tackle the short-term challenge
Consider what options you provide; how you measure success and what the alternatives are if engagement is a problem – how can this be improved?
2. Evaluate the longer-term view
Take the time to really understand your people and the risks that their poor financial health could pose to your business; will people leave or costs increase? Identifying these factors is an integral step in mitigating them.
To sum up
Fundamentally, broadening out into a financial outcome approach will benefit businesses and employees – and the sooner we're all on board with this, the more likely that we can achieve improved financial wellness.
If you wish to understand more about this topic you may wish to watch the webinar: Is everything you know about retirement wrong? which looks at the future for UK pensions, and the impact of the market shift towards wider financial wellbeing, with practical examples of the latest innovations to ensure you stay at the forefront of your industry.

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Yes, ants appear to solve a calculus of variations problem despite having little brains. Here is the "why and how":
embedded in the ants' tiny brains is not an evolutionary algorithm for solving the Steiner problem, but a simple rule combined with a fact of chemistry: ants follow their own pheromone trails, and those pheromones are volatile. As Wild explains, ants start out making circuitous paths, but more pheromone evaporates from the longer ones because ants take longer to traverse them while laying down their own scent. The result is that the shortest paths wind up marked with the most pheromone, and ants follow the strongest scents.
Wild shows a nice simulation video on his site, demonstrating how, given these simple assumptions, ants wind up taking the shortest trails.
Before we say that evolution can't explain a behavior, it behooves us to learn as much as we can about that behavior.
From the website cited (and sighted) by Professor Coyne:
Ants find the shortest route because of three simple facts:
1. Ants follow pheromone trails
2. Pheromone trails degrade over time
3. Short paths take less time to traverse
When two points (say, two nests, or a nest and a food source) need to be connected, ants may start out tracing several winding pheromone paths among them. As ants zing back and forth down trails, pheromone levels build up. Long trails take more time to travel, so long-trail ants makes fewer overall circuits, more pheromone dissipates between passes, and the trails end up poorly marked. Short trails enable ants to make more trips, less time elapses between passes, so these trails end up marked more strongly. The shortest trail emerges.
Here's a simulation showing digital ants selecting the shortest of 4 possible routes. Note how and where pheromone concentration builds:
They solved the geodesic problem and haven't even had my numerical analysis class! 🙂


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Jason Bartell is a man of many layers, proving difficult to dissect. So let's rewind all the way back to art school where it all started, of course. While studying at RISD in 2005, Bartell joined a band that originally existed as a class project – Fang Island. Describing their energetic, math-rock sound as "everyone high-fiving everyone," they knew how to have fun with their music. And right then and there they were met with a variety of successes as Fang Island began to gain traction from Pitchfork, SXSW, and Billboard.
Nowadays, it seems Fang Island has hit the pause button. However, Bartell is finding other mediums to cultivate his art right here in Brooklyn. You'll find him building his portfolio with hyper-realistic charcoal drawings of grills (the Nelly kind, not George Foreman) as well as playing guitar for a handful of shows, both solo and with local bands.
Wins is one of Bartell's latest projects, a collaboration with folky singer-songwriter, Cassandra Jenkins (who he also met at RISD). Jenkins, who just played her stellar and well-received CMJ show earlier this month, offers her haunting vocals on top of Bartell's dynamic, Fang Island-esque guitar melodies. Just recently did these old time chums decide to make music together and amazedly, we ask, "why'd it take so long?" Listen to their only song out right now, "Arrow," below and see for yourself. You'll find your mind getting lost in Jenkins' vocals and your body swaying to Bartell's guitar licks.
Wins will be opening along with Steven A. Clark for Sinkane's show at LPR on 11/11! Come early, because you don't want to miss some awesome local/fresh/organic/farm-raised NYC talent.


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Ceramic/Porcelain: Porcelain TileVersatile and sophisticated, porcelain flooring tiles is a state-of-the-art product that is gaining approval among homeowners, builders, and interior designers. Produced from super-fine porcelain clay and fired at a higher temperature than ordinary ceramic tile, porcelain flooring tiles are dense and strong and made for today's demanding commercial and residential applications both indoors and out. Available in glazed and unglazed, high-gloss and refined or textured to resemble natural stone.
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Daltile is the country's leading manufacturer and distributor of ceramic, porcelain tile & natural stone. Built on a tradition of outstanding design, quality, and service, we set the standard for the entire industry. For over 70 years and counting, we answer the question WHY TILE? with trustworthy tile for floor, wall, and countertop that is proudly made in the USA.
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Styles and designs for the American home, Mannington porcelain tile flooring is certified 100% porcelain tile*. It is fired at higher temperatures than regular ceramic tile, so it's more dense, less porous, and shows better wear characteristics. 30% stronger than granite and resistant to staining, porcelain is also easy to clean, and offers superior wear resistance.
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Florida Tile products are one of the greatest values in the industry. Our reputation is built on providing reasonably priced, design rich products to the tile market. Florida Tile products come directly from the earth. Because of this, we are particularly aware of our responsibility to help preserve the beauty and health of our planet and all its natural resources.


text: Taronga Western Plains Zoo has welcomed the arrival of another spring baby – a Bison calf born in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday 10 November 2009. The male calf named Shilah meaning brother in native American was discovered when Zoo keepers arrived for work on the Tuesday morning. The calf went out on the exhibit with the Bison herd that very same day, to the delight of visitors. "Experienced mother Shashone was not letting Shilah wander too far from her protection, yet he still attracted plenty of attention," said Zoo keeper, Nick Bourke. Shilah is Shashone's third calf, she is a very protective mother especially at the early stages of the calf's life. As Shilah grows he will start to get more independent and begin to explore the exhibit and bond with the other animals in the herd. "Shashone is an important breeding female who has successfully reared three calves at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. This breeding success has contributed greatly to the regional population of the species," said Nick. "At present Shilah looks similar to a domestic calf, but as he develops he will end up at a similar size to his father, Cherokee-Bob who weighs around 1500kgs." "Both mum and calf have been bonding well, the calf looks very healthy and has been suckling from Shashone regularly which is great to see." Bison: the Bison is the largest mammal of the American continents weighing up to 1600kg. The frontal part of the body is overdeveloped giving the Bison its characteristic profile. Bison once roamed from Alaska along the east slopes of the Rocky Mountains southward to north-east Mexico and across almost to the Atlantic. Now they are found in protected areas of Canada and the USA and in Zoos. Taronga Western Plains Zoo is located at Dubbo in Central Western NSW. The Zoo is open everyday from 9am – 4pm. For more information about Zoo visit www.taronga.org.au or contact 6881 1400.


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My name is Starr Waddell (yes, Starr is my real name, and no, my parents weren't hippies). I'm the proud owner of Quiethouse Editing, which was founded in May 2014. I do the editing around here and manage the Quiethouse Beta Reader Network. They are pretty awesome; you should follow that link, then check out all the testimonials from authors.
I was thrown into editing at the company I worked for several years ago, and after rigorous study and practice, I fell gloriously in love with it. A couple of years later, I realized I did not want to edit boring documents forever. I wanted to edit stories that pulled me in; stories that made me laugh, cry, and feel scared to turn the page; stories that authors had labored to give birth to and loved with all their heart and soul. I wanted to help people with something they were passionate about; I wanted to feel the same passion for my work too.
Taking a leap of faith, I stepped out on my own and started freelance editing in 2014. Quiethouse was born. It is an absolute dream to edit books for a living. My love of the written word drives me to help authors present their best work to readers. My eye for detail and logical way of thinking help me root out problems in a manuscript that others have missed.
I am a voracious learner by nature and learn something new every day. All editors must—there are too many guidelines, too many subjects, too many tidbits of knowledge that one must know to properly edit. I keep up with current editing practices by completing continuing education, networking with other editors, and reading (books for pleasure, books for work—they all contribute to the process of editing).
I have been wonderfully fulfilled since starting Quiethouse. This work has brought great clients into my life, and many of them have become close friends. I am honored and humbled to have been given the great privilege of doing this work.
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Psychological thriller and fantasy are my favorite genres to read. My favorite books include George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, and The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. The works of Henry David Thoreau are inspirational to me. I'm outdoorsy (or at least I was before all these kids came along), and I think the sun on my face is one of the best feelings in the world. My favorite outdoor activities are camping, kayaking, and driving aimlessly. As a hope-filled youth, I attended Lee University in Cleveland, TN, to become a missionary, but life happened and as a slightly older disillusioned youth, I decided to study anthropology instead.
If there's anything else you'd like to know, feel free to email me. I love making new friends.


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Meet the Founder – Hycube, the future of clean energy storage
12th February 2020 by Michaela Salomon
Among the many forward-thinking companies looking to make the world a cleaner and greener place, Hycube is at the forefront of energy innovation. Enabling its users to store energy from solar panels for later use in their homes and businesses, Hycube is successfully tackling one of the greatest hurdles facing renewable energy technology – and they've got global expansion plans.
We sat down with Founder Rainer Appold to get the details.
What is Hycube's vision?
Our vision is to become the leading provider of intelligent renewable power storage, management and distribution systems for businesses and consumers, globally.
What encouraged you to build the company?
I was already involved in solar projects for many years and began to see the subsidies that governments pay for solar energy reducing. I realised that soon, people would start to switch to using their own produced energy rather than selling it, and would need somewhere to store it for use at the time they need it.
What makes you personally passionate about the Hycube vision?
I love building businesses and seeing them grow, but when you can combine this with something that really helps contribute towards solving the biggest challenge of our time, then it really becomes meaningful and worthwhile for a number of reasons.
Was this the career path you had always envisioned taking and if not, why?
I started my first company in the restaurant industry at the age of 23. Over the years, I developed unique gastronomy concepts worldwide and made them successful. It has always been my passion to design and build something and then watch it grow. With the sale of the entire restaurant chain to a large British brewer, I invested into a solar company and my journey into the renewable energy business began.
Where do you see the most growth potential in the near future within your industry?
I see a gradual move away from the current system of energy providers to a more "decentralised" system where consumers start to produce more of their own energy and can even sell it to others when they don't need it. This will require energy storage in most households but I believe that will become the norm in the next five to ten years.
What was one of the business' most exciting successes so far?
We seem to be on track to get 1000 investors or more on Seedrs. This has been amazing and gives us a new group of people we can interact with and harness for the next stage of our growth.
What will be the greatest challenge going forward?
We see a huge amount of demand coming to us from many places. Staying focused and sticking to the plan will require discipline and detailed planning. We need to ensure we are not tempted by attractive projects which do not yield good returns at the expense of our core business.
What's the most important thing you have learned from your customers/users?
Listen to all feedback and use it to constantly evolve and adapt to changes in the market and customer demand.
How would you describe your company culture?
Fun, ambitious, diverse, client centric, innovative.
What will the proceeds from this round allow you to achieve?
We have a mature, proven product that we now need to get into new markets. The money will allow us to grow our revenues by expanding into these new areas and also allow us to continue to innovate and create exciting new functionality. We can also buy components in bigger amounts and therefore reduce our costs.
Why are you excited to bring investors along on the journey?
New investors bring new ideas and new connections and opportunities. Some of our bigger investors have already made useful introductions and given valuable advice which we will take on board.
What gets you up in the morning?
My dog, Sam, who sits at the end of the bed every morning.
What's one thing you're still learning
That life and business are ongoing. You solve one issue and the next is around the corner, so have stamina and patience and enjoy the ride.
What's the most valuable life hack you've learned so far?
Pinot Noir
To find out more, visit Hycube's pitch now.


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Is it useful? Brands should do a simple test when developing marketing solutions
Rohan Lightfoot, Global Client Partner and APAC MD of Isobar, recently shared his view that some of the best performing work from this year's WARC Prize for Asian Strategy had one thing in common: utility.
The WARC Prize for Asian Strategy showcases Asia's smartest marketing thinking, and highlights breakthrough ideas from across the region. Focusing on strategic thinking and 'clarity of thought', the Prize has an eminent judging panel of client- and agency-side experts, including Isobar's Rohan Lightfoot.
This focus on brands creating products which were useful for their target audiences was at the heart of the most interesting work that the WARC judges reviewed this year. Rohan commented, "Utility and experience design go hand in hand, because you can't design great experiences unless you know what your audience needs. This points towards a very simple test for a nascent idea; is it useful?".
In an article for WARC's Asian Strategy Report, which examines how strategic ideas are growing brands in Asia, Rohan explored further four examples for Manulife, Tata, HP Lubricants and Elevit.
Read a summary of the report, along with Rohan's full article here.


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That would be a interesting question to use for a poll. I look at it as I want to use all my resources(dogs). They all hunt a little different based on the situation we are in. They all compliment each other if I run a group as well. The most I had on the ground at once this year was 5.
Our ruffled grouse population at home in WI was terrible this year. SD gives dogs volume of contact which normally can make a huge difference in their development. I run pups as young as six months if they can handle it. I am a firm believer that the earlier the exposure the better it is. Also the young pups pick up so much from the older dogs. I know running young with old is a divided conversation with guys but I believe in it.


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Liatris Spicata
Oh ... how did that happen?"I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost." Winnie the Pooh0
Valley Gardener Posts: 1,700It did similarly to me,except it wouldn't post,so I wrote it out again,then they both posted!.....gremlins at work!
Your disappearing Liatris reminded me of my very first garden, I lovingly planted marigolds in a long soldier like row,only to find the next morning there was not a sign of them! I didn't know about slugs and snails then........just babies and nappies!The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.0
I remember those days ... when WonkyWomble and her brother were small.
All I can think is that my LS were a victim of last year's long hot spell (June?) as I'd broken my foot that bed didn't get watered so maybe, as they'd only been planted that spring, they just gave up. Wimps!"I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost." Winnie the Pooh0
Hostafan1 Posts: 24,602I've had them " go to ground" for a season and then come back.Devon.0
Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,644So there is hope for your LS yet Dove according to Hostafan, don't write them off just yet.I tried to grow some from seed, approx. half of them germinated but then some fizzled out when a couple of inches tall. The corms were more reliable.0
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Wedding rehearsal day… Have to make sure it's not done wrong.
Today Bud and Rachel (known as Will and Rachel to their friends… his mother and I seem to be stuck on Buddy) will rehearse tomorrow's wedding, then we will have the Rehearsal Dinner which we will be paying for.
We had breakfast here at the Hilton with my daughter Cassandra and her husband, Matthew. I understand my other daughter, Penny, and her kids are now in the hotel somewhere as are my mother and my sister. These Hiltons are making a lot of money off this one family!
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At 6:45 on Tuesday night in Merrill Gymnasium, students flex their muscles, train their bodies, and exercise parts of their minds untapped by academics.
"It's really just a puzzle," says Sam Onion '20 of Wayne, Maine, a geology major, as he takes on the climbing wall, where the only equipment you need is climbing shoes. "You get to look at the wall and try to figure out how to position your body so that you can make it to the top."
The wall is at the far end of the Merrill field house, which on this night is otherwise filled with track and field athletes running, jumping, and throwing under the guidance of their coaches.
Onion says he "loves being able to climb every day. Having this space is wonderful for being able to be active during the winter."
The wall is the "perfect place to hang out while getting better at climbing," adds Matt Glasgow '21 of Salt Lake City, a sociology major.
Climbing is often thought of as a solitary endeavor. Not entirely, says sociology major Whitney Hadden '19 of Manchester Village, Vt., "Climbing in general is a great way to meet people."
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Anyone who takes a young girl abroad for the operation faces prosecution in the Scottish courts.
Westminster made it illegal in 2003 to aid and abet genital mutilation, even if it is carried out overseas.
The law only applies to the children of UK citizens, but the Scottish bill would extend that to children of asylum seekers and other non-UK citizens.
The move, which is known as extra-territorial jurisdiction, is extremely rare.
Vulnerable girls
Deputy Justice Minister Hugh Henry has accepted an amendment moved by Labour MSP Elaine Smith.
He said he was glad Scotland was now offering protection to vulnerable girls whatever their nationality.
Female circumcision was outlawed in Britain in 1985, but is still common in some parts of Africa.
The Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill is currently passing through Holyrood.
Last year the equal opportunities committee heard claims that girls from Scotland were being sent abroad to undergo genital mutilation.


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Washington initiative promoter Tim Eyman lashes out at fellow Republican
Longtime initiative promoter Tim Eyman is showing an increasingly short fuse, lashing out in a series of emails at a fellow Republican, State Sen. Hans Zeiger.
Zeiger is "playing patty cake with liberals" and seeking to get "crumbs" from the Democrats, Eyman charged in the first of three attacks on Zeiger.
"Turncoat Republicans made a calculation the crumbs they might get from the Democrats are worth more than the backlash they'll get from the people who supported their campaigns and their party," Eyman wrote.
Usually, Eyman goes after Democrats, having once labeled Gov. Jay Inslee a "lying whore" and charging that Attorney General Bob Ferguson has driven him to a bankruptcy filing.
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Zeiger's sin? He was one of three Republicans voting to advance out of committee a bill to abolish the largely meaningless "advisory" votes on the ballot.
Created by a 2007 Eyman initiative, voters are asked to express an opinion on measures passed by the Legislature. The multiple votes are non-binding and cost money to put on the ballot.
"We call them push polls because they are intended to influence public opinion," said Andrew Villeneuve, a longtime Eyman critic who heads the Northwest Progressive Institute.
Zeiger was joined by fellow Republican Sens. Barbara Bailey and Brad Hawkins, but has borne the brunt of three Eyman email blasts.
"Zeiger thinks that you won't care that he sold you out or you won't find out," Eyman wrote.
Eyman has done this once before, excoriating King County Council member Kathy Lambert when she voted for taxes to preserve Metro bus service.
Eyman was not able to generate any backlash against Lambert. He's not likely to damage Zeiger, a youthful and popular voice in the GOP Senate caucus.
Eyman and allies face a $2.2 million civil suit be AG Ferguson over alleged kickbacks, diversion of initiative donations to private use, and taking donations to one campaign and putting them in another.
Ferguson has relentlessly sought Eyman's financial records, and the recent bankruptcy filing has given Eyman no legal protection.
Eyman is hoping for a comeback with another $30 car tabs initiative, but his nonstop emails and money appeals bear signs of desperation


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IFPI, the body that represents the recording industry worldwide, today welcomed the announcement by Nigeria's music copyright collecting society, COSON, that it will pursue the licensing of sound recording rights exploited by users in all commercial and public settings in Nigeria.
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Introducing Our CSA Farm
Section 1: Becoming a Part of Our Farm
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a relationship between our farm and you. Rather than simply purchasing food, our customers become "members" of this CSA farm who receive a portion of the farm's harvest.
Our harvest season includes 14-15 CSA deliveries.
Each weekly vegetable/fruit box contains an average of 8-10 lbs. of different items. Fruit-only boxes will contain 2-3 different items per week. Weekly deliveries typically begin mid-July and run through mid-October. Complete details of our program are listed on the "Membership Details" section of our sign-up process.
Detailed information regarding pick-up is discussed below in Section 3. Variety and quantity may vary as described below in Section 2.
Our Growing Practices
At Austin Family Farm, we have always grown to standards "beyond organic". We were certified organic in the state of Colorado before the federal certification process was in place. We grow relatively small amounts of a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. The federal organic certification requires a separate process and fee for each fruit or vegetable variety. The fees and administration of the federal organic certification process would be astronomical for an artisan farmer like Austin Family Farm. You can be assured that every thing we use in our growing process is on the approved list for organics but there are many materials on the approved list that we will not use (thus the term "beyond organic"). The "organic" standards were established with input from some of the biggest growers in the industry assuring they would be able to continue to mass produce and still be certified "organic". It is our opinion that the compounds and chemicals approved by "organic" standards are still too harsh to be used in production of our food supply.
Austin Family Farm is a multi-generational farm owned by Glenn and Tony Austin (life-long growers from many generations past). Glenn has a degree in agriculture and has seen the industry move through the evolution of chemicals/pesticides and back. He is sought in the industry for his experience, knowledge and willingness to help anyone wanting to learn more about successful, sustainable growing practices. He is available to discuss any particulars of our growing programs and welcomes the opportunity to give educational tours of the farm. We often host special tours for new growers and culinary art students along with our tours for school groups and individuals.
C. The Products We Expect to provide
The CSA boxes will include a variety of the following items (depending on the growing season): cherries, apricots, peaches, pears, nectarines, plums, apples, berries, grapes, tomatoes, potatoes, a variety of hot and bell peppers, summer and winter squashes, green beans, peas, onions, beets, kohlrabi, chard, cucumbers, corn, eggplant, leeks, and garlic. This list is not comprehensive but is intended to give you an idea of our variety. The assortment increases as we move into the peak of the growing season with less variety at the beginning and end of the growing season.
Section 2. Our Shared Commitments
Sharing in the Risk of Crop Failure
We promise to do our best to provide you with a bountiful share each week. The quantity of produce, however, may vary from week-to-week due to extreme weather, insects, or other production factors despite our best efforts. By joining our CSA, you are agreeing to share the risk of crop failure with us and other members. In all the years of offering a CSA program we have never encountered a scenario where we have not been able to fulfill our commitment to our CSA members. We have reduced the risk of crop failures by growing many varieties that mature at different times and cooperating with a small number of other artisan growers located in different areas of our valley. This reduces the likelihood of loss to late freezes, localized hail damage, wind damage, water shortage or other risks. We have a long-standing relationship with each of these growers and only co-op with other growers that adhere to our gentle growing standards. In the unlikely event of a crop failure, our procedure is as follows:
If only a small portion of our crops fail, we compensate for the loss by filling your share with other items grown on the farm that are ready for harvest at that time. If a large portion of our crop fails, we have the option of bringing in produce from other local farms who adhere to the same growing practices as Austin Family Farm. This may not be a feasible option in the unlikely event that there is widespread crop failure in the entire region. This is very unlikely and has never happened but is theoretically possible.
Section 3. Picking Up Shares
Please pick up your share each week from your drop site. Here are some guidelines regarding our drop-sites:
1. At the outset of the season we will set a window of time that shares will be dropped at each drop site. This will give you an idea of when to pick up your share. We will make every attempt to adhere to this time frame but please be aware that weather, traffic and load size can impact our driver's ability to maintain that schedule. We ask for your patience as it takes a few weeks of deliveries to adjust the schedule based on number of drops and quantities at each drop. We will do our best to inform you of any schedule adjustments in a timely manner. We typically build a little cushion into our delivery schedule so that these adjustments are rare.
2. Pick up your share in a timely manner. Although we deliver high-quality produce to the site, it's always best to pick it up quickly to ensure freshness. Some of our sites store the boxes in refrigeration while others do not.
3. Be respectful of our drop site hosts' property. Each site will have its own hours and procedures.
4. In our effort to respect our natural resources, reduce waste and keep costs low, we recycle boxes that are in reusable condition. Most of our sites allow for empty boxes to be left for pick-up the following week.
If you cannot pick-up your share, please arrange for someone else to pick it up for you. Please inform your substitute of the pickup procedures and location.
Vacation holds and site drop changes can be made by you from this website. Please make the change or notify us before Tuesday of the week you are affected, so that we can make adjustments on our end in a timely manner. We are very busy preparing the CSAs for delivery and sometimes we miss last-minute requests for changes!
If you wish to change your drop site, you may make that change on this site the week before the change.
Shares that are not retrieved within a timely manner will be donated to the drop site host, after the host has made every effort to contact you. Please help your host our by adhering to their schedule.
We take the safety of your food seriously. For your added protection, please wash all produce before eating.
Section 4. Member Fees
By selling membership in advance of the growing season, CSA reduces the burden of up-front costs for the farmer. Your membership fees provide us with money to purchase seed and equipment before the season starts, and we appreciate your commitment. We will do our best to accommodate changes to your needs such as changes in size of share, drop-off location and vacation schedules. You can request changes to your share through this site. At your request we will double up your delivery on weeks of your choosing to compensate for weeks you will miss due to travel.


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Khulna: Sylhet Royals continued their fantastic form in this year's Bangladesh Premier League as they won their fourth match in a row to lead the points table. They defeated Dhaka Gladiators by seven wickets in Khulna on Friday. Dhaka were also unbeaten before this match but now are second following the loss.
Chasing 153 to win, Mushfiqur Rahim scored an unbeaten 75 from 50 balls to help Sylhet Royals reach the target with 8 balls to spare. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his entertaining knock.
Royals lost Hamilton Masakadza in the very first over but Mushfiqur and Mominul Haque shared a 79-run stand in 61 balls to put them in a commanding position. Haque scored 37 in 35 balls. Nazmul Hossain Milon, who made 25 off 17 balls, added 55 for an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand with Mushfiqur to take the team past Dhaka total.
Earlier for Dhaka, Mohammad Ashraful and Anamul Haque scored thirties, but neither could push the tempo at the top of the order. Mohammad Nabi and Dirk Nannes were pick of the bowlers as they took two wickets each.
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Arizona Bill Would Remove Legal Protections For Child Sex Abusers
A bill approved by Arizona Senate committee would remove the statute of limitations on bringing a civil lawsuit against an organization that covered up the sexual abuse of a child.
Under current Arizona law, a victim has two years to name an organization liable for financial damages. Forty-one states have longer statutes of limitations than Arizona Rep. Paul Boyer, the sponsor of House Bill 2157, said he proposed the bill so there would be no statute of limitations on criminal or civil charges.
However, some members of the Senate Judiciary committee, who debated the bill Thursday, worried it would negatively impact organizations like the Boy Scouts or The Catholic Church.
"Moving from two years to everything retroactive, and there's no limit after, is putting good organizations that may not have had good procedures in place in the past, putting them at tremendous financial risk," said state Senator Bob Worsley.
In response Boyer said an organization should have to answer for its past failures and victims deserve financial compensation if an organization protected abusers.
A number of survivors of sexual abuse spoke in favor of the bill, including Annette Schuster, who now works with churches to prevent abuse.
"You really cannot put a time limit on how long it's going to take a victim to be in the emotional place to be able to handle the legal aspect," Schuster said.
The bill barely passed committee, four in favor and three against. All members agreed that two years wasn't enough time, but those voting against the bill expressed concerns that the bill was introduced at the last minute and didn't include stakeholder meetings.


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There's an important point about ego that came up in correspondence. In many spiritual circles, people demonize the ego. Even if the teacher doesn't, the tendency is still there. Seekers tend to feel bad about being identified with it and try to resist its machinations. However, this effort actually keeps one enslaved. The intellect does the right/wrong, yes/no part but it's just an innocent decider. It's the ego that makes things wrong to make itself right. That blame tendency is the giveaway that the self-protecting ego is at work.
When we're identified with the ego, any effort we make to overcome it is the ego as well. As the ego can enjoy conflict (a way of making itself right), it's happy to fight with itself. It's often one of the doh! moments on the journey when we realize we've been trying to overcome the ego with the ego. It will use everything to play its "safety" game, even using memories of spiritual experiences to pretend to be spirit. Again, the giveaway is that spirit doesn't blame or make wrong.
If we want to let go of something, the first thing we have to do is to stop fighting it. Let it be.
We need to understand that ego development is a natural part of human development. Our perspective evolves as the brain physiology develops. The principle is simple: we identify with our dominant edge of development. With a newborn, sense perception dominates. Then as desires come more on-line, they come to dominate (the terrible 2's). Then progressively mind, intellect, feelings, and the ego unfold. You can see these stages illustrated in children and teens. Note that at each stage, the identification shifts further within to the latest development edge. We are our thoughts, then our choices, our feelings and then Me-ness. Piaget (Cognitive stages), Loevinger (Ego), Kohlberg (Moral), Fowler (Faith), and others have mapped the consequences in different areas of life.
We can also note that as the identification shifts, our experience becomes inclusive of the prior stages. While identified with the mind, for example, it contains our desires and perceptions but we no longer are them. (although we can have normal setbacks – this is an organic process)
Thus, ego development is a natural part of our development. What Maslow called self-actualization is a natural step in evolution. In that sense, a healthy self-concept is good. But the trick is then knowing how to transcend the ego and continue our development. Otherwise our evolution gets stuck there. Then ego can become unhealthy and develop a protectionist attitude. Our quality of life suffers.
As we experience pure consciousness or samadhi, our edge of identification begins to shift to our new edge of development. If the ego has stagnated and become protectionist, it sees this as a threat to its well-being and can play the trickster. We may spend a little time in conceptual loops, attempting to outwit ourselves and succeeding. (laughs)
But with continued practice, at a certain point our identification shifts from the ego me into the cosmic Self or Atman. We surrender our association with the ego. This shift of identification is generally known as Self Realization or Cosmic Consciousness.
But that shift does not end the ego at all, although we can experience a sense of "ego death." As the poem below illustrates, the stories (of the ego) continue. They just come to dominate less and less. There is a tendency for the ego to try to retake control after what Adyashanti calls the "honeymoon." But eventually it surrenders its dominance completely just as we eventually learn not to be overshadowed by our desires. Well, mostly at least. 😉
The easiest and smoothest way for this transition to happen is if the bliss of flowing consciousness is prominent in awareness. How quickly that takes place is more a function of sattva or purity than Self awareness, hence the value of good diet and routine. (unforced) Joseph Campbell's famous advice to "follow your bliss" is excellent on so many levels.
Your very life is born of happiness. That serves as one of the best clues to what deserves your attention.
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Samford University Theatre's next show, "Feliciana Feydra LeRoux," is based on two books by Cajun writer Tynia Thomassie. The Theatre for Young Audiences production runs Oct. 26-29.
In a musical visit to the colorful and unique culture of southern Louisiana, the production follows the adventures of Feliciana as she learns the importance of family and forgiveness.
Thomassie's books, Feliciana Meets D'Loup Garow: A Cajun Tall Tale, and Feliciana Feydra LeRoux: A Cajun Tall Tale, were adapted for the stage by Samford Theatre department chair Don Sandley, with permission from Pelican Publishing Company. The books are targeted for children ages 4-8.
Jamie Ruppert of Snellville, Ga., is cast in the title role. Daniel Mills of Evansville, Ind., performs the male lead role of Grampa Baby.
The musical score, to be performed by a live band, was written by Samford junior theatre major Matt Godfrey of Hoover.
Performances are Oct. 26-28 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 29 at 2:30 p.m. in Bolding Studio, located in Swearingen Hall. Tickets are $5 student/child, $7 senior citizen and $8 adult. For reservations, call the Samford Theatre box office at (205) 726-2853 weekdays between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at: www.samfordartstickets.com.


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May 2008
Mother Maxim
A Maori saying:
He aha te mea nui o te Ao! Maku e ki atu, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! It is people! It is people!
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Practice Hospitality
Let's visit and get to know each other. Do we really need to wait for the gilt-edged invitation to come? Our family is known to pop in, saying "Do you want visitors now?" Very rarely have we been turned away. We might have had just very short visits but we parted having been blessed for seeing each other. It is easier with fewer children but do make the effort to blend in a visit with another family "on the way" to somewhere.
Of course, you could get all organised (I don't achieve that status very often) and arrange a visit.
I've come to appreciate that the "real stuff of life" happens in homes. That's why the kettle is only a couple of minutes off the boil – and I love the opportunity to sit down, take time off the boring cleaning stuff, and have a yakker – to build relationships and friendships.
- Make it your goal to have at least one neat room in your house most of the time – preferably the one family members and visitors see first when they come in the door, or where they go to relax.
- Take the television out of the main lounge.
- Don't underestimate the calming effects of soothing music on the whole family. Start a collection of pleasant (word-free) music that can be played softly to lift your spirits and calm frazzled nerves.
- Decorate your house with things that represent happiness and good memories: family pictures, special Bible verses, or awards that family members have received. These are constant reminders of what's most important to the family.
- Lighting also affect the way the eye and the brain interprets what it sees. Consider the relaxing effect of candles on the dinner table set for two! Be careful about burning candles if you have small children.
- Cushions are a cheap and easy-to-replace way to experiment with colour. Fuchsia, lime, and orange (and probably all together) are popular colours to add a bold 'zing' to your room. Change according to season or mood!
- Flowers collected from your garden (or someone else's) and placed in a vase in the entranceway or on the table brings a visual symphony of colour, scent, and texture into your home. This is a mini-celebration of the wonder of God's creativeness.
– Johanna W, 2008
Mother's Heart
Lord, may my home be available for people – primarily for me and my husband, my children, and then also for friends (theirs and mine). Putting people first.


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Space void of air.
Atmospheric pressure will always seek to fill this space with air.
Valve Face:
This is the angled area on the valve head, which forms the gas-tight seal with the cylinder head. It is normally cut at an angle slightly different to that of the valve seat. For example, if the land is cut at an angle of 450, then the valve seat would be cut at an angle of, say, 45.50. This ensures narrow valve seats.
Valve Land:
This is the vertical part of the valve head, immediately below the angled part of the valve that forms the gas-tight seal with the valve seat when the valve is closed.
During valve overhaul and repair, it may become necessary to re-grind the valve face in order to produce a surface suitable for lapping and subsequently producing a gas-tight seal with the valve seat.
You must be careful not to remove too much metal from the valve face, as this reduces the amount of metal in the valve land. There is a danger that the small amount of remaining metal can become incandescent in the combustion chamber and cause pre-ignition, which can cause catastrophic damage to the engine.
Valve Seat:
The valve seat is in the cylinder head of a four stroke engine. There are at least two seats (often, there are more), one for the inlet valve, and one for the exhaust valve. The inlet valve and seat tend to be the bigger of the two. It is vital that the valve face and the valve seat form a gas-tight seal.
Valve Timing:
The process whereby the camshaft is timed to the crankshaft, so that the inlet and exhaust valves open at the right times. Camshafts are driven by the crankshaft by means of a belt, chain or gears. With each of these systems, there is some sort of marking system on the gears, pulleys or sprockets to assist you in correctly timing the two shafts.
As a general rule of thumb, in a four cylinder engine, you can get the crankshaft at tdc by having the keyway pointing directly upwards, at the '12 o'clock' position. With the crankshaft at this position, if you get number 4 cylinder rocking, that means number 1 cylinder is firing. With both shafts in these positions, they are timed relative to each other.
Note: This is only a general rule of thumb. Many modern engines use specific methods and specific markings both on gears, sprockets and pulleys, as well as on the engine block, to set up valve timing. Always consult the manufacturers specifications, because if you get it wrong, it can result in serious, expensive, damage to the engine.
Once you time an engine, always turn it over two full turns by hand. This is to ensure that pistons and valves are not colliding due to incorrect timing. Doing this will not prove your valve timing is correct, but it will prove the engine can turn over freely. The reason why we turn it twice is that, in a four stroke engine, each stroke and each opening of a valve is going to happen at some stage during those two turns.
Electronics supplier of components and instruments such as the PPS10 and HPS10 hand held oscilloscopes.
In physics, velocity is defined as the rate of change of position. In order to properly define it, both speed (the rate at which a body undergoes displacement) and direction are required.
A fitting or device that consists of a tube constricted in the middle. A fluid's velocity will increase and a fluid's pressure will decrease while passing through the constriction. See Bernouli's Principle for more on this.
Giovanni Battista Venturi discovered the venturi effect - when air is made to flow through a pipe, if a restriction is placed in that pipe, the air must speed up to get through the restriction.
This increase in air speed produces a corresponding reduction in air pressure.
This is the effect used in carburettors to get petrol into the air flow going into an engine.
This refers to the restriction put into the choke tube of a carburettor.
The reason why this restriction or venturi is put in a carburettor is to cause the incoming air to speed up as it passes through this restriction.
When the air speeds up, there is a corresponding drop in pressure. This localised drop in pressure is in the middle of the venturi.
If we have a float chamber full of fuel, and we allow atmospheric pressure to act on the surface of the fuel, then the relatively low pressure in the venturi will draw fuel from the float chamber.
As we draw this fuel into the air flow, we can pass it through a small hole or holes. This will cause the fuel to break up into tiny particles (to atomise). This greatly aids the combustion process, because the only part of any fuel that burns is its vapour. The amount of vapour we can get off any fuel depends on the surface area of that fuel. If the fuel is broken up into many tiny particles, then the surface area of the fuel and the amount of vapour we get from it is hugely increased. This leads to very efficient combustion.


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United States Ranks 27th For Global R&D Tax Incentives
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) recently released a report that found the United States has dropped five places to 27th in regard to providing tax incentives to companies to encourage R&D. The report reviewed the tax policies in 42 nations using the B-index, which measures the generosity of R&D tax incentives. The United States pioneered the use of the R&D credit in the early 1980s. The U.S. Congress is reviewing options for renewing and expanding the R&D credit, which expired at the end of last year. The ITIF reported in 2010 that increasing this Alternative Simplified Credit from 14 percent to 20 percent would increase annual GDP growth by $66 billion and create at least 162,000 jobs. "While U.S. firms would still conduct some R&D without incentives, they wouldn't conduct as much overall and certainly not as much in the United States," says Rob Atkinson, president, ITIF. "That is why Congress should make the R&D tax credit more generous and permanent." To learn more, visit www.itif.org.


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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Lower Moreland 3-11-2014 by Ord. No. 677[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Alarm systems — See Ch. 68.
Building construction — See Ch. 82.
Numbering of buildings — See Ch. 86.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 105.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 136.
Plumbing — See Ch. 144.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 194.
Fees — See Ch. A214.
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 150, Property Maintenance, adopted 7-16-2003 by Ord. No. 548.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Township of Lower Moreland, being marked and designated as the "2012 International Property Maintenance Code" as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Township of Lower Moreland, Montgomery County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to regulate and govern the condition and maintenance of all property, buildings, and structures as herein provided; to establish minimum standards for basic equipment, lighting, ventilation, space heating, and sanitation; and to provide for the condemnation and demolition of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use. Each of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions, and terms of said Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes, if any, prescribed in § 150-2 of this chapter.
Section 101 General, Subsection 101.1 Title, shall be amended by replacing "[NAME OF JURISDICTION]" with "Township of Lower Moreland."
Section 102 Applicability, Subsection 102.3 Application of other codes, shall be amended to read as follows:
102.3 Application of other codes. Repairs, additions, or alteration to a structure, or changes of occupancy, shall be done in accordance with the procedures and provisions of the International Building Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Fire Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Mechanical Code, International Residential Code, International Plumbing Code, and NFPA 70. Nothing in this code shall be construed to cancel, modify, or set aside any provision of the Lower Moreland Township Zoning Ordinance.[1]
Section 103 Department of Property Maintenance Inspection, Subsection 103.5 Fees, shall be amended to read as follows:
103.5 Fee Schedule. The fees for activities and services required under this code shall be as set forth in the fee schedule established in Chapter A214, Fees.
Section 104 Duties and Powers of the Code Official, Subsection 104.3 Right of entry, shall be amended to read as follows:
104.3 Right of entry. Where it is necessary to make an inspection to enforce the provisions of this code, or whenever the Code Official has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in a structure or upon a premises a condition in violation of this code, the Code Official is authorized to enter the structure or premises at reasonable times to inspect or perform the duties imposed by this code, provided that if such structure or premises is occupied the Code Official shall present credentials to the occupant and request entry. If such structure or premises is unoccupied, the Code Official shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the structure or premises and request entry. If entry is refused, the Code Official is authorized to seek an administrative warrant to secure entry.
Section 106 Violations, Subsection 106.3 Prosecution of violation, shall be amended to read as follows:
106.3 Prosecution of violation. Any person failing to comply with a notice of violation or order served in accordance with Section 107 shall be deemed in violation of this code, and this violation shall be deemed a strict liability offense. If the notice or order is not complied with, the Code Official may institute the appropriate proceeding at law or in equity to restrain, correct, or abate such violation; to impose fines and penalties for such violation; and/or to require the removal or termination of unlawful occupancy of the structure or property in violation of the provisions of this code or of the order or direction made pursuant thereto. Any action taken by the Township shall be charged against the real estate upon which the violation is located and shall be a lien upon such real estate.
Section 106 Violations, Subsection 106.4 Violation penalties, shall be amended to read as follows:
106.4 Violation penalties. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements hereof, shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Justice, shall pay a penalty of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for each and every offense. Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section 107 Notices and Orders, Subsection 107.1 Notice to person responsible, shall be amended to read as follows:
107.1 Notice to persons. Whenever the Code Official determines that there has been a violation of this code or has grounds to believe that a violation has occurred, notice shall be given in the manner prescribed in Sections 107.2 and 107.3 to the person responsible for the violation and the owner of the premises upon which the violation has occurred as specified in the code. Notices for condemnation procedures shall also comply with Section 108.3.
Section 109 Emergency Measures, Subsection 109.5 Costs of emergency repairs, shall be amended to read as follows:
109.5 Costs of emergency repairs. Costs incurred in the performance of emergency work are the responsibility of the owner of the premises where the unsafe structure is or was located. Such costs, however, shall be initially paid by the Township. The Township Solicitor may institute the appropriate proceeding at law or in equity against the owner of the premises where the unsafe structure is or was located for the recovery of such costs and all such costs shall be a lien on the premises.
Section 111 Means of Appeal shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Section 111
Means of Appeal
111.1 Appeals. An appeal from any decision of the Code Official may be taken to the Board of Commissioners pursuant to the Local Agency Law.[2] Such appeal shall be made in writing within 20 calendar days from receipt of notification and shall state the decision of the Code Official and the reasons for the exception taken thereto and be filed with the Township Secretary. The Board of Commissioners or its designee, within 30 days from the date of filing, shall fix a date, time, and location to consider the appeal and to allow the appellant to be heard if he states his desire to do so in the written appeal. A prompt decision shall be rendered by the Board of Commissioners or its designee with such decision being final.
111.2 Court review. Any person aggrieved by a Board decision may appeal this decision to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Such an appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the decision. Within 30 days of the filing of an appeal, the Township and the owner and/or tenant of the premises directly involved in the appeal may intervene in the appeal as of course by filing a notice of intervention, accompanied by proof of service of the same upon each appellant or each appellant's counsel of record. All other intervention shall be governed by the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.
Editor's Note: See 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 105.
Section 112 Stop Work Order, Subsection 112.4 Failure to comply, shall be amended to read as follows:
112.4 Failure to comply. Any person, who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $300 or more than $1,000.
Section 202 General Definitions shall be amended by adding the following definitions:
IMPROVED SURFACE. A portion of a lot graded for proper drainage and improved with a durable and dustless surface, such as concrete, bituminous concrete, or other approved alternative material; or designed as part of an approved stormwater BMP. These improvements shall be designed and constructed for activities such as vehicle drives, parking, loading, stacking, display, and storage; other similar improvements associated with motor vehicles; and other similar surface improvements, including, but not limited to, pedestrian pathways, refuse collection stations, outside display, outside storage, and outside dining.
NOXIOUS WEEDS. Any noxious vegetation covered under and prohibited by the Noxious Weed Control Law (3 P.S. § 255.1 et seq.), as amended, or by regulations of the Pennsylvania or United States Department of Agriculture, including but not limited to the following:
Cannabis sativa, commonly known as "marijuana"
Cirsium arvense, commonly known as "Canadian thistle"
Rosa multiflora, commonly known as "multiflora rose"
Sorghum halepense, commonly known as "Johnson grass"
Polygonum perfoliatum, commonly known as "mile-a-minute"
Pueraria lobata, commonly known as "kudzu vine"
Cirsium vulgare, commonly known as "bull thistle" or "spear thistle"
Carduus nutans, commonly known as "musk" or "nodding thistle"
Sorghum bicolor, commonly known as "shattercane"
Datura stramonium, commonly known as "jimson weed"
Lythrum salicaria, commonly known as "purple loosestrife" (all cultivars)
Heracleum mantegazzianum, commonly known as "giant hogweed"
Galega officinalis, commonly known as "goat's rue"
Chicory, succory, or blue daisy
Section 302 Exterior Property Areas, Subsection 302.4 Weeds, shall be amended to read as follows:
302.4 Weeds. All premises and exterior property within 100 feet of any habitable structure or building shall be maintained free from weeds in excess of 12 inches and all noxious weeds of any height. This height restriction, however, does not apply to naturalized areas, riparian buffers, managed meadows, pasture or grazing land, and other no-mow zones, as determined by the Township. "Weeds" shall be defined as all grasses, annual plants, and vegetation, other than trees or shrubs; provided, however, this term shall not include cultivated flowers and gardens.
Upon failure of the owner or agent having charge of a property to cut, mow and control weeds after service of a notice of violation, they shall be subject to prosecution in accordance with Section 106.3 and as prescribed by the authority having jurisdiction. Upon failure to comply with the notice of violation, any duly authorized employee of the jurisdiction or contractor hired by the jurisdiction shall be authorized to enter upon the property in violation and perform corrective work thereon, and the costs of such corrective work shall be paid by the owner or agent responsible for the property.
Section 302 Exterior Property Areas, Subsection 302.8 Motor vehicles, shall be amended to read as follows:
302.8 Motor vehicles. Except as provided for in other regulations, no inoperative motor vehicle shall be parked, kept or stored on any premises, and no vehicle shall at any time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the process of being stripped or dismantled. Painting of vehicles is prohibited unless conducted inside an approved spray booth.
Exception. A vehicle of any type is permitted to undergo major overhaul, including body work, provided that such work is performed inside a structure or similarly enclosed area designed and approved for such purposes.
302.8.1 Outdoor parking and storage in residential areas. A maximum of one operable motor or other vehicle without bearing current registration, licensure, or inspection, as applicable, may be permitted to be stored or parked on a lot outside of a completely enclosed building, as long as the vehicle is stored or parked on an improved surface and is completely covered by an acceptable opaque "car cover." Tarps, bed sheets, plastic sheeting, or similar materials shall not be considered an acceptable opaque "car cover."
Section 304 Exterior Structure, Section 304.14 Insect screens, shall be amended by inserting:
304.14 Insect screens. During the period from April 1 to November 1, every door, window and other outside opening required for ventilation of habitable rooms, food preparation areas, food service areas or any areas where products to be included or utilized in food for human consumption are processed, manufactured, packaged, or stored shall be supplied with approved tightly fitting screens of minimum 16 mesh per inch, and every screen door used for insect control shall have a self-closing device in good working condition.
Exception: Screen doors shall not be required for out-swinging doors or other types of openings which make screening impractical, provided other approved means, such as air curtains or insect-repellent fans, are employed.
Section 602 Heating Facilities, Subsection 602.3 Heat supply, shall be amended by reading as follows:
602.3 Heat supply. Every owner and operator of any building who rents, leases, or lets one or more dwelling units or sleeping units on terms, either expressed or implied, to furnish heat to the occupants thereof shall supply heat so as to maintain a temperature of not less than 68° F. (20° C.) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and toilet rooms. All heat shall be supplied exclusively by a central-type heating system or systems and shall not be augmented by any portable-type heaters or cooking devices. The temperature shall be measured at a point three feet above the floor and three feet from any exterior wall.
When the outdoor temperature is below the winter outdoor design temperature for the locality, maintenance of the minimum room temperature shall not be required, provided that the heating system is operating at its full design capacity. The winter outdoor design temperature for the locality shall be as indicated in Appendix D of the International Plumbing Code.
In areas where the average monthly temperature is above 30° F. (-1° C.) a minimum temperature of 65° F. (18° C.) shall be maintained.
Section 602 Heating Facilities, Subsection 602.4 Occupiable work spaces, shall be amended to read as follows:
602.4 Occupiable work spaces. Indoor occupied work spaces shall be supplied with sufficient heat so as to maintain a room temperature of not less than 60° F. (18.33° C.) during all working hours. All heat shall be supplied exclusively by a central-type heating system or systems and shall not be augmented by any portable-type heaters. The temperature shall be measured at a point of three feet above the floor and three feet from any exterior wall.
Processing, storage, and operation areas that require cooling or special temperature conditions.
Areas in which persons are primarily engaged in vigorous physical activities.


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IN WIN Dragon Rider Full Tower Chassis (Page 1)
IN WIN is a company of which I have seen many cases from its lineup, and up to now, really none of them have been a case that would find a permanent home on my desk. It isn't that the cases were lacking in any department. IN WIN tends to think out internal designs and feature sets that rival some of the top tiered chassis' that require quite a bit more money to attain said features. My real issue with most of the previous cases was based purely on aesthetics. With this chassis we are about to have a look at, a new leaf has been turned in IN WIN designing, and I hope it's a trend that continues.
This chassis is not only a real looker in my book, but it offers all the things we are used to in an IN WIN chassis. Things like a tool-less assembly to hold in the expansion cards, an almost endless supply of slides for the various drives to be placed inside the chassis, and it even carries a flood of blue LED lighting that we have seen from them before. Two major things have changed. One, I finally got a full tower chassis worth its salt, and secondly, the theme of the chassis may be a bit mythological, but translates into a stellar looking chassis with everything you would want to see in a full tower chassis.
The full tower chassis we are going to be looking at is the Dragon Rider. Keeping the name in mind, the case doesn't look like a dragon. Rather, it takes styling cues from things like riveted steel, and chainmail armor. At this point I suggest you saddle up and prepare to fly as I bring you the details of the Dragon Rider. At that point we can dig into the belly of the beast and see just what this new chassis has to offer.
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Today 5 Shevat is the Yortzeit of the Sfas Emes. Rashbi teaches us that when we say something in the name of the deceased, their lips move with us in the grave (Bechoros 31b)
"דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיָשֻׁבוּ ויחנו לפני פי החירות/Speak to the children of Israel and they will return and encamp before the mouth of Chiros (lit. Freedom)" (Shmos 14:2) The children of
Israel had left Egypt three days earlier. God commands Moshe Rabbeinu to instruct the nation to turn around and head back towards the Egyptians. Pharaoh will think that the
nation has lost its way in the desert and will be goaded into pursuing
them. When he confronts the nation of Israel, God
will destroy him and the Egyptians. The obvious
question as we read these p'sukim is, "Why?"
What was to be gained by returning?
If God wanted to destroy the Egyptian army, He certainly had ample
opportunity to do so before.
"דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיָשֻׁבוּ ויחנו לפני פי החירות/Speak to the children of Israel and they will return and encamp before the mouth of Chiros (lit. Freedom)" (Shmos 14:2) The children of
The Sfas Emes answers that God wanted us in a situation that would require His direct intervention to save us so that we would then sing praise to God. The Exodus was not enough for this. The Exodus was the fulfillment of God's promise to our forefathers. While we, of course, would be thankful, we would not feel the need to burst out in spontaneous song upon our leaving in
Egypt and in fact, we did not do
so. The splitting of the sea and the
destruction of the Egypt
army before our very eyes in what can only be described as a clear miracle was
something else. This was totally
However, this begs the question. Why did God want us in a situation in which we would sing His praise? To answer this question we need to understand what was accomplished through the Exodus and what was accomplished through the splitting of the sea. The primary purpose of the Exodus, the Sfas Emes teaches, was to rectify a flaw in the Creation. The physical world hides God. At least once in the history of mankind, God needed to reveal Himself so that mankind would know that He created the world. This He did at the Exodus through a direct and unambiguous intervention in history and events.
This is the reason the first commandment of the Ten Commandments describes God as the One who took us out of Egypt and not as the One who created the world. His direct intervention in the events leading up to our leaving
Egypt, events that our
entire nation as well as the entire nation of Egypt
experienced, is the proof that He created the world.[1]
What then was the purpose of the splitting of the sea? The splitting of the sea teaches us that we can live on a level that is not bound by nature. God split the sea in response to our prayers to teach us that as a result of our good deeds, God will relate to us in a way that is not constricted by the laws of nature. Conventionally, we view miracles as a suspension of the natural order that happen in an unpredictable manner. However, the Maharal[2] establishes that just as there is an order and laws in nature, there is an order and laws in miracles[3]. The splitting of the sea teaches us that we have the ability to conduct our lives in a way that is bound by an order that is beyond nature.
God commanded us to return to the sea. Essentially, He was asking us to return to our spiritual roots that are outside of nature. Significantly, the specific place that He commanded us to return to was called the Mouth of Freedom. True freedom, the Zohar teaches us is attained at our spiritual roots where we are free from the constrictions of nature.[4] May we merit it!
[1] Viz. Ramban at the end of Parshas Bo, on the pasuk ולטוטפות בין עיניך. He discusses this idea at length. Also see Ramban in Parshas Yisro on the pasuk, אנכי ה' א-להיך.
[2] Maharal, Gevuros Hashem, Second Introduction
[3] Viz Ramban end of Bo – There is no integral difference between outright miracles and nature.
[4] Zohar 2:45b