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Episode 154
Chrome Took My Memory! | CR 154
May 22nd, 2015
1 hr 18 mins 42 secs
About this Episode
Mike shares his recent experience developing Chrome apps & we debate if Chrome platform tax is costing users a decent browser. Is Chrome becoming the next Windows?
Plus what we'd like to see announced next for Android and iOS & the big problems those features would solve for developers.


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Actor Andrew Scott and director Robert Icke have claimed that theatre must attract the Netflix generation and tap into box-set culture if it is to be a relevant art form.
Speaking ahead of the opening of his production of Hamlet – starring Scott – in the West End, Icke said theatre needs to sit alongside Netflix shows as part of the cultural conversation in order to thrive.
"I would and do find it utterly pointless to play to an established theatre audience. For me it's all about trying to say, if you like Stranger Things or you've been watching 13 Reasons Why, I want the event we make to be part of the conversation with all the other actual cultural events rather than the events people know about theatre," he told The Stage.
He added that theatre had developed a reputation for being something that you should do, rather than something that you want to do.
"The worst cultural events are when you are bored and we are telling you it's good for you. It's like eating vegetables.
"People say things like, 'I'm off for an evening of culture', and I think that sounds so fucking terrible, like it's a thing you're going to go through in order to be able to come out the other side better. But of course it doesn't make you better, it just makes you bored."
During its run at the Almeida, the production was credited with attracting a younger audience by having Sherlock star Scott in the title role, and through the Hamlet for Free initiative, in which under-25s could see the show for free.
Scott said theatre today needs to be "as compulsive and gripping as a box set", but that it should not shy away from long performances.
"We all live in this box-set generation where you watch four hours of some series and you go on and watch another one, and you watch it because it is gripping and you want to.
"You don't want to watch three and a half hours of a play if it's boring but you do if it's brilliant, so our only responsibility is to make it completely gripping."
Scott added that he "abhorred" the idea that theatre was for a certain fraction of society, and was committed to making it as affordable as possible.
For Hamlet, 300 tickets per performance are available for less than £30, something Scott and Icke insisted be written into their contracts.
"It is the responsibility of us theatremakers, because with ticket prices being so astronomical, as much as a 24-year-old would want to come and see something, they can't pay £90 to see a show. They just can't do it, so of course they can't go, no matter how edgy or relevant the production is."
Hamlet runs at the Harold Pinter Theatre until September 2.

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The impetus for this informal Eucharist service is twofold: the first is feedback from the parish survey expressing a desire for an occasional service with a more informal liturgy and music, and the second is to offer an informal service and a potluck supper for families who might be busy on Sunday mornings. The service includes an informal liturgy, contemporary music, a discussion instead of a formal sermon and Holy Communion. The service is about 45 minutes long. The service is aimed at both young and old. All are welcome.
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Ashley tells Fred their plans to go to Scotland straight after Joshua's birthday party. Fred tries to reason with him but Ashley's adamant it's the only way to keep Joshua away from Matt and Sylvia. Penny calls to see Mike. Danny and Leanne take the opportunity to nip out leaving Penny in charge of Mike. Matt phones the Peacocks but Ashley refuses to take the call. Maria asks Tyrone for her half of the wedding fund money as she hopes to put it towards buying the salon. Molly's furious and gives Maria 50p, telling her she doesn't deserve any more as she hardly put anything in. Penny's upset when Mike throws her out of the flat saying he doesn't know who she is. He then finds a photo of her in an album which confuses him even more. Mike turns up at the Barlows' house. Ken's concerned by Mike's mental state. Joshua's birthday party is in full swing when to Claire and Ashley's horror, Matt and Sylvia turn up. Matt demands to see his son. Kevin and Deirdre are perplexed as Ashley ushers all the guests out. Fred can't bare to see his family torn apart by Matt Ramsden and gives him a piece of his mind telling him to stay away for all their sakes. Distraught Matt leaves the house, declaring he'll never give up on Joshua.
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- Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
- Claire Peacock - Julia Haworth
- Fred Elliott - John Savident
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
- Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles
- Penny King - Pauline Fleming
- Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
- Maria Sutherland - Samia Smith
- Nathan Cooper - Ray Fearon
- Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
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- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
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- TV Times synopsis: Claire books a B&B in Scotland for the Peacock family, but before they can leave Weatherfield, Matt angers Ashley by turning up at Josh's party; Mike fails to recognise Penny when she comes round to look after him; and Maria asks Tyrone for half the wedding fund.
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A gun is not a religion. It is not a family member. It cannot vote. It is made, by humans, for humans, to kill (sometimes humans).
Yesterday, cloaked in the delusion that their special deity had his tender feelings bruised by a cartoon, three gunmen (sorry NRA, they are gunmen) slaughtered 12 other human beings for having the audacity to write and draw; for expressing an opinion with humor. A gun is not a religion.
Ceci n'est pas une religion.
This is not a religion.
And yet, twelve people are now dead because they drew cartoons, poked fun at people (all people) and made people stop, think and laugh. Think about that.
And before you think, well, that's militant European Islamic extremism for you! Remember that 282 people are shot every day in America in murders, assaults, suicides, suicide attempts, accidents and police actions. Eighty six die, including 8 children and teens. Every day. If you're curious what a typical day looks like, you can read about it here. Twelve were gunned down in Paris yesterday in a terrorist attack at a magazine and the world stopped. Here in America, whether it is due to religion, domestic violence, depression, suicide, economic pressure or any other pressure, easy access to a firearm causes twelve deaths every 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Four years ago today, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others were shot in Tucson, AZ when a gunman opened fire. Six people were killed, including nine year old Christina Taylor Green, who had been born on September 11, 2001; a precious life bookended by tragedy.
A gun is not a family member.
"But we must have guns because that socialist emperor Obummer is coming for our guns and we must be able to fight back a tyrannical government." Yes, in the six years, Obama has been President, he has confiscated exactly zero guns while the paranoia machine that is the NRA, mouthpiece of the gun manufacturers has conjured up explosive gun sales growth based of this mythology. Who's the sucker? And yet, there are still those, especially in the Texas open carry "movement" who, because they are "true patriots" and "love this country so much" are determined to overthrow their beloved country because democracy moves too slowly. I kid you not.
A gun cannot vote.
So, keep your gun, in fact, keep your religion. Give me my family and friends; leave me to my paper and pens.


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«International Herald Tribune», Wednesday, October 27, 2010. - The KazEnergy Eurasian Forum included a talk on lessons learned from the world financial crisis and the energy sector's role in recovery. Participants stressed that sufficient energy supply and continuous research and innovation are essential for global economic recovery and long-term growth.
During his presentation on Kazakhstan's efforts to modernize industry and the power sector, Asset Issekeshev, deputy prime minister and minister of industry and new technologies, listed three main tasks for the power industry: to prevent energy shortages, to give guarantees for investors in energy and to create a fair and objective pricing mechanism for the electricity market.
Issekeshev reviewed the country's program for development of industrial innovation for 2010-14, saying the world was watching to see how Kazakhstan would reach its potential and create high-value-added industry.
He specified 144 projects under way under its accelerated-development program and said that over the next five years, 320 would be launched.
Issekeshev then talked specifically about the development program for the electrical-energy sector for 2010-14, saying that the most vital task is to expand and modernize present generation units and construct new ones. He emphasized that Kazakhstan relies on support from investors and business associations to achieve these goals.
He concluded with a review of the future potential of renewable energy. Because of specific incentives in place, he said, Kazakhstan will produce 1billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually by 2014.
John Howard, former prime minister of Australia, expressed pleasure at making his first trip to Kazakhstan and hailed its remarkable growth, which he said was ''exemplary in this part of the world.''
He noted that Kazakhstan and Australia are similar in having a large land mass and small population as well as a ''natural resource endowment.''
He said that the world had escaped the economic crisis relatively unscathed thanks to Asian economic growth, especially in China. He expressed the opinion that a sense of perspective should be kept when considering the downturn's full impact, as well as another vital issue —climate change and the role that renewable and other alternate energy sources will likely play in the future.
Renewables offer promise, he noted, but are unlikely to replace fossil fuels in the near future, adding that we should recognize the increasing role nuclear power will play —which also means opportunity for Kazakhstan to continue to build its world leadership.
Other speakers reviewed the future of alternative and renewable energy and investments. Kairat Kelimbetov, chief executive of the national welfare fund Samruk-Kazyna, commented that Kazakhstan is benefiting from an ongoing active investment policy on the part of international development institutes, especially related to the oil and gas and energy sectors.
Uzakbai Karabalin—general director of the Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas and chairman of the KazEnergy Association's Coordination Council for the Support of Entrepreneurship and the Development of Kazakhstani Content —said that the state of science in a country is a sign of a its overall development as well as a guarantee of technical progress and the foundation of the economy.
Kazakhstan's priority sectors are now production and processing of hydrocarbons, ore mining and smelting, and industrial agriculture, he said. He noted that world oil reserves have risen 20percentwith discoveries in technologically difficult fields and said that Kazakhstan's research and development is now geared toward extracting problematic reserves and creating alternative energy.
Karabalin said that innovation will provide long-term competitive advantage amid dramatic market changes, adding that the Gulf of Mexico disaster shows a need for big investments into safe, ecologically friendly technology that lowers exploration and development expenses, enhances operational efficiency and increases oil-conversion rates and output.
International experience, he said, shows that leading companies as well as state companies in fast-emerging economiestend to institutionalize strong research and development processes.
He said that conventional oil and gas companies are being transformed into vertically integrated energy enterprises with al research and design consolidated under self-owned scientific institutes, which have become amain source of demand for research and thus form a major driver of innovation.
He added that governments can follow Kazakhstan's example to support domestic science and engineering by setting up special economic zones for priority sectors and adopting tax and legal incentives to make research economically attractive.
Randall Gossen, president of the World Petroleum Council, cited the International Energy Agency's prediction that, as energy demand increases over the next 20 years, production would be dominated by coal, oil, gas nuclear, hydro, biomass and renewables, with the latter two continuing to take a lesser role.
He noted that cumulative investment needed to supply energy infrastructure is $26.3 trillion for 2007-30, but added the credit squeeze could delay spending —especially in the power sector.
He discussed recent innovations such as enhanced oil recovery, citing gas reinjection to boost extraction under challenging conditions and depths as an example.
He concluded by stressing the need for both companies and nations to attract and keep the best talent to stimulate innovation.
Michael Crews, lead country manager for ExxonMobil Kazakhstan, emphasized that the oil and gas industry's mission is now threefold: to increase efficiency, mitigate emissions and expand supply. Substantia conventional recoverable resources remain he said, but geological and man-made barriers can impede the industry's ability to access some reserves.
He said strategies to address climate change should consider the central importance of energy to world economies, and policies with the lowest overall societal cost are needed. He said governments should encourage international trade and free markets, promote diversity of supply and maintain stable regulatory and fiscal environments for the long term.
He reiterated previous comments that human factors like creativity and skill are key to long-term success. He added that diversity delivers the widest talent pool and continuous training is of the utmost importance.
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The cover that I commissioned
Over the years when I imagined artwork for the cover, I knew it had to be in the tradition of "women's art." A friend had a wall hanging made of fabric with three generations of women, their arms entwined, which I often envisioned on the cover. But after finalizing the title, I realized the cover art had to convey the three women using imagery rather than actual figures. What to do?
Then I thought of Mimi – Mimi Babe Harris, a friend from high school in Rochester, New York, an accomplished artist whose work over the last five decades has encompassed a wide variety of media and who has taught art at the college level. I loved her work – because it was all about women and because it was skillfully executed, vibrantly colorful, ever so witty. So I picked up the phone. When Mimi told me about the quilts she was making, I knew that's was the concept. And I loved the examples of the work she emailed.
After Mimi read a couple of chapters and we agreed on contract terms, I asked her to create some quilt patterns using three colors: purple for Mary Louise, blue for Carole, and pink-red for Christy. Meanwhile, I emailed Mimi's examples to another artist-friend from high school, Johanne Chandler Renbeck. Jo's response to the floor-quilt with the huge daisy was practically a command: "Go with the flower." Indeed, all three characters flower, each in her own way, in the course of the novel, and the flower became a recurring theme throughout the book. So Mimi agreed to incorporate that into her design, with the suggestion that small hearts could burst out of the center of the flower. Her mock-ups blew me away. Yes, yes, yes. But when I unrolled the actual artwork so I could have it photographed, I gasped. The hearts in the center of the flower popped out so vibrantly, as though they were in 3-D. I cried I was so thrilled. Mimi hadn't just succeeded at conveying the concept, she had exceeded it — by executing the artwork so beautifully, so powerfully.
No wonder everyone who sees the book responds so positively to the cover. It makes people want to buy the book. What more could an author want – especially for a book about a controversial topic!
My words of advice for anyone who plans to self-publish a novel: Don't settle for just any cover art. It pays to have an image truly reflect the essence of your book. And if you're lucky enough to have a friend who's a talented artist, the process of collaboration will not just deepen your friendship, it will also enrich the artistic value of the image.
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It is not only US financial institutions that are in jeopardy from the credit crunch. American International Group, rescued by the US government in September 2008, wrote between $300 and $450 billion of credit insurance for European banks, which enabled the the stolid Europeans to maintain leverage ratios way beyond prudent lending standards. How much of this is impaired? AIG extended those guarantees, as it explained in its last annual report, "for the purpose of providing them with regulatory capital relief rather than risk mitigation in exchange for a minimum guaranteed fee." In effect, as Paul Kedrosky comments, "AIG thus helped to organize regulatory arbitrage on a gigantic scale." The impending liquidation of AIG forces these banks to "find other ways of obtaining the 'regulatory capital relief' they appear to need urgently." Hence the massive rescue programs mounted by European governments.
Source: Paul Kedrosky. More here.
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Achieving Your Potential Coaching
This article from @BreneBrown is a thought provoking on highlighting how much of the time we can be 'making up stories' about what is going on. This rarely helps us – but it is hard to resist hardwiring within most of us to tell a story. Shall I give a few examples:
- that presentation went terribly. I always make terrible presentations
- my boss didn't smile at me this morning. They are really angry at me
- I messed up that spreadsheet. I'm never going to make it
Brene's advice (which works for me) is to slow down and pause. Get really interested in what is going on. Ask yourself: What are you thinking and feeling? Why? What other explanations are there?


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Portable jump starter packs powered by a Lithium battery
Lots of companies now make a portable jump starter pack using a lithium battery. Beware! Most are just overpriced cell phone battery packs with alligator clips attached. They don't have the protective circuitry needed to handle jump starting a car.
Here are the issues. There are basically four Lithium-ion chemistries. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Some will recharge faster, but overhead when discharged rapidly (like when jump starting a car). Others will handle a fast deep discharge but require a slow recharge. All are sensitive to high voltages when charging. And all are VERY sensitive to reverse polarity.
Here's what that means to you. The second you attach the cables to the disabled car, the lithium battery begins to discharge as it charges up the dead battery. Then you get in the car and turn the key. The current draw of 100-amps puts the battery at full discharge rate. Some of the cell phone battery packs have burst into flames at this point.
Then, if the car starts and the alternator kicks in, the jumper pack can receive almost 16-volts, far above it's threshold of 14 volts. So once again, the pack is at risk of overheating.
The worst scenario however, is hooking up the clamps in reverse polarity. That'll short out the pack and start a fire pronto.
Clore Automotive has made jumper packs for decades. Their professional packs are made with specially designed lead acid batteries. Clore has been very cautious about getting into the lithium jumper pack market until they were sure they had the right lithium chemistry and the right circuitry protection. Now they're introduced the CHARGE IT! PP15 15000mAh Lithium Micro Jump Starter
Here are the safety features:
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The CHARGE IT! PP15 can be used to jump start vehicles from motorsports equipment, personal watercraft and ATVs to cars, trucks and SUVs. Delivering 400 Peak Amps and 270 Cranking Amps of starting power, it is powerful enough to start most 4 and 6-cylinder passenger vehicles.
The CHARGE IT! PP15 pack is small and lightweight (3.3-lbs) and stays charged much longer than a traditional lead-acid style pack. It comes with charging adapters and a USB port to charge your phone or tablet. Or, you can buy the optional PPA17 19V laptop charging kit and use the pack to charge your computer.
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About PHONETIX
PHONETIX was founded at 1991 in Prague, Czech republic. We released 10 albums, the last one is "Uprostred noci" (2012). Now we play simply DARK POP. PHONETIX
One of the oldest continuously existing synthypop bands in Czech republic.
PHONETIX was formed in 1991 on the initiative of vocalist, songwriter and lyricist Hynek Holubec, songwriter Marek Minarik and keyboard player Marek Zajac.
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Are you concerned that the other parent may abduct your child to another country? The first step to prevention is to read the United States Department of State's website ( http://travel.state.gov) where you can find a wealth of information about passport applications and abductions to and from the United States.
Since February 1, 2008, a passport will not be issued for a child under age 16 without both parents' execution of the application, unless the parent submitting the application provides a Statement of Special Circumstances explaining in detail the non-applying parent's unavailability and recent efforts to contact the non-applying parent.
If your child does not yet have a passport, you may submit a written request for your child's name to be entered into the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (CPIAP). This will allow the Department of State to notify you before your child's passport is issued.
The CPIAP system does not track the usage of passports. It is a system to notify a parent when an application for a child's passport has been submitted. The Department of State does not track passport usage once the passport has been issued. If the other parent has possession of your child's passport and you have concerns that the child may be abducted to another country, a court order may be issued requiring that the passport be handed over to you, your attorney, the court, or some other person to insure that your child does not leave the country without your consent.


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It's BabyD's birthday tomorrow, and one of the presents we've bought for him is Willy the Dreamer by Anthony Browne. It's a gorgeous book, really quirky with loads of hidden detail. The drawings are, I think, inspired by various famous works of art, or by the style of the artist. There's a Dali pastiche, with melting bananas in place of clocks, and a burning banana casting a shadow in the background. Another page looks very like Henri Rousseau's jungle scenes, and the last is reminiscent of Rene Magritte. I also see characters I recognise from films and from Alice in Wonderland. The book is a fascinating artwork in itself, taking various styles and reproducing them with a witty and idiosyncratic twist.
What has really interested me, though, is that I really like this book. Not so long ago, I would have found this sort of thing very frustrating. I like to feel like I'm a clever person. When reading Jilly Cooper (ok, admittedly not usually the actions of a clever person, but bear with me), I love it when I recognise one of the literary allusions – spotting the odd line of Wordsworth or Catullus dropped nonchalantly into the dialogue gives me a satisfying sense of being 'one of the gang', in on some little joke that those who aren't as well-read wouldn't get. However, this is a double-edged sword. Because, of course, for every in-joke that I get, every smug nod of recognition, there are several that pass me by. When I read a quote from a poet that I didn't recognise, I'd be really pissed off, mostly with myself for not having read enough and not knowing enough. "I don't know whether this is Shelley or Byron – ugh, I'm so pathetic and thick." I couldn't bear the idea that there are people out there who've read gallons and gallons of poetry and literature, and who know things that I'm never likely to know.
I would have expected that Willy the Dreamer would evoke the same feelings. There are several pictures in there that look vaguely familiar, and that I'm pretty sure would have me chuckling with recognition if I was an expert in modern art. But for some reason, knowing that there are jokes I'm not getting and things I don't know isn't winding me up so much today. Either this is because Anthony Browne is somewhat more talented than Jilly Cooper, and his books are rich and beautiful regardless of whether you can spot every artistic reference and inspiration. Or possibly it could be because I'm becoming a little more comfortable with myself, more confident in the things I know, and in my ability to find out the things I don't know. I do still feel like I have a lot to learn, and that I've a long way to go before I really understand 'being in the world', but perhaps part of the way there is becoming relaxed about the ideas that I can never know everything, and that there will always be people out there who know a hell of a lot more than me.


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Montgomery ward t555
It happend again.
I REALLY didnt need another project but cl seems to be catering to my problem well.
Always wanted a trike like these. And been keepin a eye out for a heald trike to ride around an hang with my bronc but this is close enough.
I just could not resist grabbing it up as it looked to be in pretty decent condtion in the pics and the price was rite and even better after he excepted my first low ball offer.
I couldnt find any id on it anywhere so im just guessing its a t555.
Is there any id marks on these anywhere? I would like to know what year it was made.
I pulled and thought i thoughly cleaned the tank and walbro carb but once i got it fired up the 8 hp flattie was runnin rich and wouldn't idle at all.
It also revs up if i try too open the choke at all its acting sorta like the throttle.
Thinkin it has a intake air leak(gaskets) and possibly a blocked passage in the carb somewhere still.
Its missing the driver, belt and im guessing the guard.
Thinkin it has a 40 series symmetrical driven still on it.
I would like to order the belt and driver at the same time.
Anybody know which belt works best on these?
My short online search didnt find much info on these.
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Love them trikes
Pretty cool. That thing can't weigh much, bet it zips along good with that 8hp Briggs.
I think genuine Comet is the best belt brand.
Some good info here.
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Figured i would check back in on here and give a update.
Throttle, cables,levers and new brake bands ready and waiting.
New bearings in the neck, and a pieced together from parts headlight.
Wheels an tires tore down for blasting, new tubes and front bearings waiting for install after blast & paint.
Rear axle out and tore down for refreshing. It all looks good except the diff bushings are just slightly wore. Not sure what to do about them yet.
I stole the toyed with governorless 11 hp ohv briggs from my ez rider build to power this tricycle.
I set up the jackshaft with new bearings and im gonna try out the 30 series tav2 before i jump to a 40 set up.
Oe 12x21-8 tires with 9 t gears from the tav to the jack shaft then a 10 t too the oe 54 t diff sprocket.
All new 420 chains waiting for sizing.
I failed math in all 12 grades an still graduated anybody give me a idea of calculated speeds im looking at?
How about any ideas on getting new bushings for the peerless 150 diff?
Are replacements available? or should i just have someone make me some if they are not available anywhere.
Few pics for kicks
According to Alex's (itsid) kart calculator, at the moment with the 30 series TC you have a high end of 4.86:1. With that you are going to burn up your belt. If I did your ratio properly. You said 9 to 9 to 10 to 54 correct? Anyway your top speed at the moment is 46mph. If you swap the ratio to 9-12-10-54 you'll have better torque, your ratio will be 7.2:1 and your top speed will be at 34mph.
I assumed a combined weight of 300lbs (150lb for driver and 150lb for the trike). Also assuming a 5hp engine with the governor intact so 3600 rpm and 21" tires.
Here's the calculator link, it only works on mobile devices so either a phone or tablet.
In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.
Destroyed belts for sure with this ratio and tyre size. You are going to have to swap that 54T with something like a 72T
Kartorbust your correct with your calc many thank you's.
Im sure its irrelevant but i am gonna run a governerless 11 hp ohv briggs, other than that i guess im finding the correct gears to make thing work right.
Good thing is the set up i have now is just the stuff i already have laying around.
Would the 12t or a 72t be the better way to get where i need to be?
My opinion, it may be easier to get the 12 tooth. If that differential has a similar bolt pattern for the sprocket as the Peerless 100, those type are not the easiest to get a hold of. Not to say you couldn't make one fit by drilling new bolt holes in that pattern.
However with the new information about the engine being 11hp and ungoverned, your top speed with the 12 tooth is 50mph. Assuming a 5200 when the valves start to float (valve springs not strong enough to return them fast enough).
In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.
If you go to a 40 series cvt set up you can leave your gear ratio alone. With that 11 hp you may find that a 30 series just won't hold the torque and you fry belts.
Since i been peiceing this together with what i already have i keep thinking on how much im pushing the 30 series with 11hp. And that it wont support anymore mods.
So yet another change coming to a 40 series.
Oh and from what i can tell the diff looks the same a a peerless 100 idk what the difference is between the peerless 100 and 150.
I finall got the wheel flange/brake drum sleeves off.
It still wasnt easy but haveing the axle out and clamped in the vise helped tremendously. It still took a hour an 20 mins to get one side off and 45 min for the side i didnt previously lube...go figure.
I did manage to bang up a brake drum when i didnt notice it bottoming out on the bench.
Im gonna try straightening it out we'll see how that goes but
I wouldnt have the slightest idea where to get a new hub like such besides making a new one.
Diff is all cleaned up now.
Still need info on getting new bushings for it and i havent searched for the bentonite grease anywhere local yet.
With our first snow im getting anxious to ride this.
Thank you fellas for all your awesome help so far.
First ride after the rebuild with the 11hp briggs and 40 series on.
All was going great until it felt like i couldnt twist the throttle open anymore.
Thats when i saw that the brand new chrome throttle housing broke.
I never could get it tight enough to where it wouldnt turn on the bars.
I will say on the road this thing operates very smoothly.
i did have a bit too much psi in the tires for offroading, but the dang throttle broke before i made it to the feilds anyway.
Still a buncha work i would like to do but that first ever ride was still exciting.
So ive been able to put a few miles on the trike since ive got it together.
About a year ago i made a nice stepped manifold for the exhaust port.
I wasnt exactly sure what frame i was actually gonna use this engine on to be able too build and fit a exhaust for it.....until i found this trike.
After a few loud crackling rides i slipped the curved open pipe off and started making a exhaust with a homemade glass pack to quite it up a bit.
Now its sounds way better.
Still gotta make a frame mount for the muffler and finish welding it up.
I am really surprised how well the dual band brakes work. Even though they take a bit of squeezing they are quick ,smooth, very adjustable and stop on a dime.
Super stoked about that since i did bang up the one drum removing the hubs from the axle. I was a lil' a nil getting it true again though.
I do wish this briggs was a electric start, i would certainly have the electrical finished up if it was.
Never realized the po made the seat with real leather.
Thought it was just nice heavy vinyl.
So now I have it off too treat the leather really good.
I pulled my favorite neighborhood little buddy out of his warm house to go for a ride... and even after warming up he still had that petrified frozen smile.
I'll bet the belt is holding up just fine.
Sure is so far, with the reputation these belts have i keep a eye on it. I dont see any wear on it yet. Perhaps thats cause the trike is reasonable light weight.
That reminds me too get the #'s off it so i can find a comet replacement before its too late.
So i finished up the exhaust and started making a wire harnes for it. Then i can fine tune the cable routing too run along with the harness.
I havent trimmed up the 100" long throttle cable yet till i do the harness, an i guess im gonna need another twist throttle since this one broke already. I have two other older 1" throttle housings i was hoping the tube would work in but there is minor differences.....thats usually my luck.
What did you end up using for clutches and ratios for this? I have a t-555 (and two trisports in various states of disrepair).
My T-555 had the 3 bolt flange welded together for some reason. it is supposed to be disassemblable to fit in a car trunk I think. Anyway, also interested int eh muffler setup you used.
My 3 bolt flange isnt welded at all but i think the bolts have been replaced as they are grade 8.
Dismantling the flange too try too stuff it into a car sounds like a royal pita, i would surely kink cables or pull wires.
I load mine into the truck myself since its not that heavy.
No clutch, i put a 40 series cvt on it.
Gearing is all the original stuff, a 9t sproket off the jack shaft too the 54t axle sprocket .
The exhaust is 1 3/8" scrap pipe.
Its entirly open all the way through, a very short section of straight has about 100 cross drilled holes through it and wrapped in fiberglass mat then a peice of 2 1/4 pipe slid over and each end capped off and a short turn down for a tail pipe.
I also made a mount for the muffler that bolts too one of the unused engine slots.
I ran the trike for a while with just a short header on it and i can tell no difference except the noise.
I couldnt be happer with the performance of the exhaust its quite when your not on it and loud if you are, and it sounds great.
one day ill finish it. I have a shiny sheet too wrap the muffler with and exhaust wrap too install.
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I suppose we all look back on the year that has been as the final hours of that year wind down. You won't be surprised that when I look back on 2012, the Manse looms very, very large. It was in late January that Raymond and I became the owners, and since then we have spent a lot of time there, and even more time thinking about and planning our renovation project. All of which has been fun, though not without its setbacks and challenges. But what sticks with me more about this past year is how much pleasure we have had getting to know central Hastings County and the people who live and do interesting things there. It is a quiet and beautiful part of the world.
These past few days in Montreal and area have been grey and cold and very, very snowy. (Why is it always grey and gloomy at New Year's, anyway?) But it cheered me up immensely when, flipping back through my photos of the year, I found this pretty shot of Queensborough, summer 2012.
A good – and happy – image with which to close a very memorable year.


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Imagine … you are the master of how to get high without drugs … sitting in your room, enjoying the kind of brilliant, cosmic high that other people pay good money for – but it costs you nothing, you can turn it off at any time, and not only is it harmless – it actually strengthens and improves your health!
Sound like bullshit?
Well it's not; it's truth, and you can make it a part of your reality today!
Here's How To Get High Without Drugs
Confession: I Am a Complete Tripper
I get high without drugs on a regular basis – like, I am talking "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" here – except with two major differences:
- No paranoia or other negative side-effects
- I don't actually take any kind of drug or substance to induce my highs
So how can you get right-out-there high without taking drugs?
Introducing … Psychedelic Meditation
Like some weird kind of hippy scientist, I have spent the last ten years refining a system of meditation designed – amongst other benefits – to induce a wonderful, clear, clean and blissful Cosmic High. Here's how it happened …
I used to be big into drugs and alcohol – I was a musician with all the usual crazy ideas about what constituted a good idea and a fun time. My values have changed a bit now, but more so my physical ability to punish myself like that anymore. (At 35 – and after really going for party-gold for many years – the old system just doesn't dig that crazy shit anymore.)
I used to pride myself on my ability to party on without much in the way of negative side-effects, I would go straight from a late night club to work in the morning and think nothing of it. But by the time my mid-late twenties rolled around I found myself getting more and more depressed. I turned to meditation to alleviate these feelings and pretty soon I was back on track and feeling better, but something else kept happening…
Something unexpected…
Although it was not why I had taken up meditation, sometimes I would notice a very pleasant side effect that came over me when I was meditating…
Meditating Was Getting Me As High As A kite – And I Loved it!
I had learned how to get high without drugs and, honestly, it was amazing – . I remember once a friend of mine knocked on my apartment door when I was in the middle of a particularly wonderful meditation induced high and when I answered the door he said something like "Man! You are totally glowing with some kind of supernatural light!" (I kid you not!)
I hugged him and then started enthusiastically describing how I was feeling: how I felt like my body was swimming in warm, sticky honey and how I was just so incredibly happy and how everything looked so trippy and how everything in the world just made so much sense … and he said "Dude! You're on acid, right?"
But I wasn't – not at all – and anyway it felt better than acid (I would know).
I was hooked – well, not literally because it's not a destructive addictive substance – but I definitely wanted to feel this incredible Bliss as often as possible.
It didn't happen every time. Sometimes I would sit and it just wouldn't happen. I had figured out how to get high without drugs … sometimes…
But I kept at it and after ten years practice I can honestly say that I have got it down to a pretty fine art. What I am saying is – I totally know how to get high without drugs – like a boss.
I'd like to share this with you so I have written an e-book about it:
Click Here for "Psychedelic Meditation: How to Get an Awesome High Without Drugs"
Clicking the link above will take you to a page that has some more information about it and from there you can download the book for a very low price.
I do hope you decide to give it a go; I reckon you'll get heaps out of it.
Just in case you need a little more convincing here's a list of what's in the book:
|A Foundation Course To Prepare Your For Your Cosmic Trip – Meditation Basics For Those New To the Art
|The One and Only Breathing Skill You Will Ever Need To Meditate Effectively
|A Detailed Explanation of the Two Body Skills of Psychedelic Meditation
|A Detailed Explanation of the Four Mind Skills of Psychedelic Meditation
|A Dynamic Investigation That Smashes Some of The Biggest Myths Surrounding Meditation
|Hints and Tips To Help You Get Through Common Roadblocks to Effective Meditation
|Rebel Zen's Patented "Tri-Focal Meditation Technique™" – a way to meditate that makes it so easy that even those with the busiest minds find they can finally break through and meditate properly
|The One Negative Side Effect of Meditation that the Gurus Don't Want You to Know … And What To Do About It.
|The Single Greatest Secret to Happiness in this Life – you'll see how this relates to how to get high without drugs when you read it.
|Several Colourful Descriptions of Trippy Psychedelic Meditation Sessions of My Own (to encourage you to "break on through to the other side")
|A Guided Meditation For Those Who Need a Bit of Extra Help
PRICE: Only $10 – ten measly bucks! And there's a 100% money back guarantee so there's absolutely no risk to you. Considering what you probably spend on drugs, I think you should do it. And so does your Mom.
Click Here to Download "Psychedelic Meditation: How to Get an Awesome High Without Drugs"
Happy tripping!


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Probius coming to the Nexus
Probius warps into Heroes of the Storm! Blizzard Entertainment revealed the next specialist hero during the HGC 2017 Katowice Western Clash livestream. It is not phase-smith Karax as I predicted, nor any known StarCraft hero. Instead, it is a wildcard (like ETC, Brightwing, or Murky who didn't exist in-game or in written media before).
Probius is a StarCraft protoss probe which builds pylons and warps cannons onto the battlefield. The hero should be in the PTR on Tuesday.
The official trailer played at the end of the Fnatic vs Gale Force match 2.


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Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony Showed That Vulnerability Is Actually a Superpower
Erin Hanafy・September 27, 2018
If you're familiar with Brené Brown, you've heard the phrase "vulnerability is strength." The University of Houston professor became a TED Talk sensation in 2010 by talking about the power of vulnerability and the role shame plays in toxic relationships, self-destructive behavior, and more.
Full disclosure: I'm a Brené super fan. But the psychological theory that vulnerability can actually be a superpower never really sat right with me. When you're vulnerable, you reveal information that can be used against you later. The more you let people in, the more they can hurt you. The way I saw it, vulnerability is a side of yourself you show to those you're intimate with: the people you love, the people you trust deeply. And even then, there's risk.
But as I watched Christine Blasey Ford, PhD, testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I got it. At least, I started to.
"Helpful." That's the word that pierced my heart every time Dr. Ford uttered it, with eyes around the world focused intently on her.
"Helpful." That's the word that pierced my heart every time Dr. Ford uttered it, with eyes around the world focused intently on her. As she recounted the story of her encounter with Judge Brett Kavanaugh at a high school party in the early '80s—during which she alleges he sexually assaulted her, an accusation he tearfully denied during his testimony later in the day—she had every right to be full of rage. But she wasn't. (If she couldn't be angry, the rest of us could, though: There was an army of rage-crying women and men who became Dr. Ford's personal Anger Translator, a la Luther from Key & Peele.) She was calm—humble, really.
Because vulnerability is mostly still a despised word in our culture—or something that signals weakness or stereotypically fragile femininity—"humble" and "helpful" may actually sound like insults. Or worse, they may sound like a "compliment" given because she "knows her place." (Talking to you, pundits who praised Dr. Ford while throwing shade at Anita Hill, 27 years later, for supposedly being too strong.)
Just about every woman I know is weeping right now, if my group texts are any indication. https://t.co/UJluUaIcE8
— Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) September 27, 2018
Let's talk about likability
Yes, Dr. Ford was inoffensive, almost to a fault—if you wanted to find any with a performance that even President Trump reportedly found sympathetic. Thursday's testimony sparked a lot of conversations about the lengths women have to go to be seen as "credible" to an audience of men—and Dr. Ford's solicitousness with the senators, viewed from that lens, felt very good-girl.
As feminist author Jessica Valenti said in a tweet, "I hate this, but I do think Dr. Blasey Ford's sort of traditionally feminine deference and politeness will make her more believable to sexist men."
But that icky feeling may also have sprung from the fact that likability and success are negatively correlated for women, studies show—so being likable actually makes it more challenging for a woman to convey competence. (For men, by the way, likability and success go hand in hand.) Our discomfort with her smiling, friendly manner may have been because, in some deep dark recess of our lizard brains, we feared it would make her seem less credible.
But the thing is, Dr. Ford was likable and successful today. She was vulnerable but was not weak. She was, simply, undeniable. When you're truly vulnerable, you show your cards—you have no more moves, no more tactics, no more illusions. You stop trying to outsmart a system that wasn't built for you, and you free yourself of the worries and anxieties that keep you small. "There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt her life," comedian Hannah Gadsby said in her hit Netflix special Nanette. Finally, Brené, I get it.
Dr. Ford's story has sparked a cultural conversation about sexual consent as well—and according to new research it's long overdue.
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People Need To Stop Criticising Pink For This Breastfeeding Photo
It's 2016, yet some people are actually repulsed at the sight of a mother feeding her child. Mad, isn't it?
This week marks National Breasfeeding Week and in support of it, Pink shared a picture of herself breastfeeding her baby daughter on Instagram.
Here's the picture:
The picture had the following caption:
In honor of #nationalbreastfeedingweek2016 I proudly post this photo of a very HEALTHY, NATURAL act between mother and child. Taken in Helsinki by a very supportive and proud Papa.
Nothing wrong with that, is there?
Hundreds of people commented, with a lot of them saying that the 36-year-old is an inspiration.
However, countless others have taken the time out of their day to comment negative things on the picture.
One comment read:
It's not that it's my business how long people want to breastfeed… but it's just oversharing in my opinion at this point
Another person commented:
Jumping on the celebrity breastfeeding bandwagon.
If Pink wants to upload a picture that she's proud of then just let her do it. If you don't like it, don't look and just get on with your life. It's that simple really.
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"Thanks To You"
Take a listen!
Overcoming Adversity
At 19 weeks into her pregnancy, Anne Marie realized she had a big problem. She had ruptured and was losing the life-sustaining fluid in her body required for her twin boys to survive.
After much suffering, medical intervention, and loads of bedrest, The boys were born at 33 weeks. Almost 2 months early. In her words, "It was a miracle birth". Treyden, the hero of our song was one of the twins He landed particularly hard in this world.
For the first 6 weeks of his life, he was in the hospital with a chest tube
At 13 weeks he required hip surgery and was in a full-body cast for the next 3 months and required extensive physical therapy.
Bedrest Made Time For Reading
Now let's go back to the pregnancy.
Anne Marie is a kindergartner teacher and is not one to waste time even while confined to bedrest so she spent her time reading to the boys while they struggled to survive in her compromised body. Hour after hour, story after story day after day she read to her boys as though they were lying with her on the bed.
From Challenge To Genius
Even with all his medical issues, Treyden began to reveal some amazing aspects about himself. At 15 months he knew the alphabet and at 24 months could read.
One evening he was particularly interested in his placemat at dinner. It had the names of all the presidents of the United States on it. The next morning Treyden was reciting all of the names in order. Then it was the planets in our solar system. Treyden has a photographic memory and remembers everything he reads that he is interested in.
Music Bring Physicians, Nurses, and Patient Together
Dr. Viral Jain is an award-winning Doctor and researcher at Children's Hospital Cincinnati. He is doing research on the positive effects of reading to newborn babies through his program NICU Bookworms.
Studies have shown that shared book reading starting as early as at birth or even while in the womb can help parents promote brain development and reading achievement in their children, and can help overcome deficits due to prematurity or their illness at birth.
It also helps parents bond with their babies. Treyden is an example of how reading to the fetus and the infant once they arrive can increase the mental and physical health of the baby.
Joining Dr. Jain is John Gennet, a nurse at Cincinnati Children's NICU who loves reading and singing to his tinniest of patients.
Treyden is an example of how reading to the fetus and the infant once they arrive can increase the mental and physical health of the baby.
To purchase for $5.00, click the button:
All proceeds go to HearTheHope.org – Through songs of hope, we make dreams come true!
This video was a collaboration between Children's Hospital Cincinnati and HearTheHope.org
Please enjoy the video of "Thanks To You" > Click the image to start the video
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Level 1238: save 12 pets
Remove blocks above the bombs til you charge booster Paint brush. You will get up to 3 pets on the board while doing that. Paint the blocks below the bombs and the bombs will explode one by one and 3 out of 12 pets will be saved. You will get more bombs, balloons and Line Blast on the board and as far as I got and you can see in our video 2 by 2 pets can show up. Use combinations with boosters on the board and Paint brush you will charge during the game to get the pets faster at the bottom.


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More than a third of all those employed in Switzerland work part-time, mainly so they can raise their children, fulfil family obligations or pursue continuing education. Very few of them think about their future provisions, with potentially serious consequences for their old age. If they look after a couple of details, however, even part-timers can look to their financial future with confidence.
n Switzerland, 59% of women and 18% of men work part-time (source: FSO 2017) of a total of 1.7 million part-time workers. The reasons for working part-time differ by gender. For women, childcare is most common (26.5%), followed by family obligations (21.8%), while men name education and studies as their main reason (17.5%). There are, however, increasingly more men who have decided to work part-time because of childcare (6.1%) and family obligations (6.3%).
Solid arguments for working part-time
The advantages of part-time employment are clear: more time for yourself and your family, without missing the boat professionally. If you want to return to full-time work later on, it's significantly easier to do so from a part-time position than after not working at all for several years. What is more, part-time employment means that money continues to flow into provisions, creating only a small coverage gap – as long as you work at least 60%.
This is a good option for mothers in particular, who thus enjoy a professional challenge in addition to their family – which bolsters their self-confidence and keeps their career opportunities open. They also do not become dependent on their partner, since both contribute to family income. More and more couples are now sharing responsibility for childrearing with both reducing their working hours, so that both benefit from more family time.
Implications for future provisions
Nevertheless, before deciding to work part-time there are a few things that should be considered. Reduced working hours, for instance, mean less paid into AHV and a pension fund, and consequently lower benefits in old age or in the event of disability.
If your salary is below CHF 21,330, in fact, pension fund contributions are not made at all (as at 2018), with the result that, in old age, you will receive just the minimum AHV pension, CHF 1175, not even subsistence level. In order to reach the minimum income for the pension fund, you should work at least 60 percent.
Unmarried couples have the additional disadvantage that their pension fund contributions are not shared in the event of separation, and thus the partner without an income or with a low income receives only a low pension. In such cases a common-law partnership contract is useful, to establish income relations in the event of separation.
With a few tips, you too can enjoy a secure old age even after working part-time:
Tips on provisions
- Do not reduce your working hours below 60%
- Plan a fixed monthly amount for your old age provisions
- Order an AHV statement – if it shows a gap, you can close it up to five years retroactively
- Consider making a pension fund purchase
- Make regular payments to your third pillar
- Seek advice on your future provisions
Particularly for unmarried couples
- Sign a common-law partnership contract
- Let the pension fund know that you are living in a fixed partnership
- Provide for your partner's financial security with life insurance
Part-time employment poses many risks when it comes to future provisions. Remain aware of them and address your provisions with self-determination, however, and you need have no fears for your financial future.


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CY9A130LB Series 32-Bit Arm® Cortex® - M3 FM3 Microcontroller | Cypress Semiconductor
CY9A130LB Series 32-Bit Arm® Cortex® - M3 FM3 Microcontroller
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Jun 04, 2020
This Datasheet decribes about CY9A130LB Series, Which are highly integrated 32-bit microcontrollers that dedicated for embedded controllers with low-power consumption mode and competitive cost. The CY9A130LB Series are based on the Arm® Cortex®-M3 Processor with on-chip Flash memory and SRAM, and has peripheral functions such as Motor Control Timers, ADCs and Communication Interfaces (UART, CSIO, I2C).
Translated documents are for reference only. We recommend that you refer to the English-language version of a document if you are engaged in development of a design.


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Sticks + Stones Indra Collar
$ 80.00
designed + handmade in india by sticks+stonese
restyled with new gemstones this season, the indra adds a layer of embellishment goodness to any look. an understated yet bold collar that can be worn solo or stacked.
-indra: supreme god
-silver-plated brass + green turquoise or rose quartz!
-9 x 7" collar, adjustable chain 12-18"


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We follow DiCaprio and his team of dream thieves as they plunge into people's dreams to extract secrets from their subconscious. The movie picks up steam when DiCaprio is presented with a new assignment: implant an idea in the subject's mind or, as the movie calls it, attempt "inception." This task is much harder; some even say it's impossible. In order to achieve their goal, team members must travel deeper and deeper into a dreamer's subconscious at the risk of getting stuck in dream limbo.
The movie is visually stunning. The use of M.C. Escher's infinite staircase translates to film effectively. Watching a city fold in on itself is awkward, but it works. The zero-gravity battles are believable. However, a movie can't sustain itself on effects alone. (If you saw any of the new Star Wars movies you know what I mean.) Writer/director Christopher Nolan is a talented artist and while it may not have been the movie I was hoping he'd make, it has a solid story.
There are a few problems with the movie. For one, the villains are not very well developed. This lack of development serves a purpose but it lowers the stakes for action scenes. The biggest problem I have with the movie is the ending. To avoid spoiling it, I'll just say that it's enough to make you want to throw your popcorn, keys, cell phone, or your own arm at the screen…Really, anything to help vent your frustration.
These are minor frustrations, though, and you should definitely go see this movie. Despite its 148-minute runtime, it's impressive enough that it would require a really strong sedative to make you fall asleep and have your own dreams stolen.
Rating: 4.5/5


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Our BBTB2 challenge this week is butterflies. I used the beautiful butterflies on the Graphically Speaking cartridge for my layout. The title, swirl, and heart are also from Graphically Speaking….it has more than just words! The sweet print papers are leftovers from the Echo Park Everyday Eclectic collection-I only have a tiny bit of it left, since I've been paper-hoarding it for just the right project.
Graphically Speaking-all cuts
Paper-Echo Park Everyday Eclectic collection prints, Echo Park Capture Life blue solid, CTMH other solids
brown chalk ink
Fly over to BBTB2 to see all the gorgeous butterfly projects!


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BBQ ideas for kids
You might think a BBQ would be the last place kids could help cook, but we've found ours still want to be involved so have found a few bits and pieces they can do. We've got lots of BBQ ideas for kids, as there is a lot of preparation kids can get involved in from making hamburgers, dips and sauces to preparing vegetables or buttering rolls.
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20 minutes plus cooking
Serves: 4
bbq ideas for kids
BBQ Sweetcorn
You'll need:
4 corn on the cob
Knob of butter
Tin foil
This is the easiest thing kids can do and the sweetcorn tastes sooo good – we do this every time we have a BBQ. Simply place a cob on a piece of tin foil, add a piece of butter and wrap it up tightly.
When your BBQ is ready place them on the grill and leave it for around half an hour.
BBQ tomatoes
You'll need:
A handful of tomatoes
Salt and pepper
Tin foil
Again, this is really easy to do and can be prepared in advance. Get your kids to help cut the tomatoes in half and place them in a large piece of tin foil. Drizzle them with oil and season with salt and pepper. Wrap up the tin foil tightly.
When your BBQ is ready, place the foil wrapped tomatoes on the grill and leave for around half an hour. They're ready when they tomatoes are soft and juicy.
You'll need:
350g beef mince
½ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp black pepper
Add the mince to a bowl, then get your toddler to help you measure the seasoning: ½ tsp garlic powder, ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper.
Using your hands, mix everything together then form 4 patties of equal size. We've got a burger press so the kids enjoyed using that. If you don't have one just press them together and form a burger shape using your hands.
Keep them separated with a bit of baking paper while you make the rest.
When your BBQ coals are ready add the burgers to your grill and cook for around 15+ minutes (depending on the heat of your BBQ). They're ready when the middle is no longer pink.
Burger sauce
You'll need
5 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp sweet pickle relish
1 tbsp, finely chopped shallot
Get your child to help you measure the mayonnaise, ketchup, and relish into a bowl. Add the shallot and mix together. Set aside for later.


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Classical Buteyko Method
The Buteyko Breathing Method is an extraordinary, effective and drug free approach to reversing a diverse range of chronic diseases and health problems. The Classical Buteyko Method is a series of breathing exercises developed by Dr K P Buteyko to develop healthy breathing patterns, which help to maintain the correct ratio of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the bloodstream.
~ Are you living with chronic disease?
~ Are your symptoms are getting you down and the drugs aren't really helping?
~ Do you feel like your health is slipping?
~ Or maybe you'd just like to feel more rested; sleep better and have more energy?
Many diseases are linked to poor breathing: asthma, allergies and emphysema are just a few. The Buteyko method has successfully been used for the treatment of;
Chronic Fatigue
Collapsed Lung
Multiple Sclerosis
Stress-related breathing disorders
Winter Depression (SAD)
To ensure the best possible results, it is highly recommended that one trains under the supervision of a practitioner that has been credentialed by Professor Buteyko.
All practitioners and facilitators that work with the IAOBP are supervised by practitioners and consultants that have received authentic credentials from Professor Buteyko.
Kostas is a member of the International Association of the Buteyko Practitioners (IAOBP).


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Phone: 609-652-1372, ext. 5420
Degrees and Certifications:
Mr. Michael DeCicco
Hi all! My name is Mr. DeCicco and I am in my fourth full year here at Absegami. This year I will be teaching Contemporary Literature, Academic Foundations 12 & one American Literature course.
Along with being a teacher, I am also the head baseball coach. If you ever need to find me, I will most likely be in room 209, 410, or the Coaches Office!
I am looking forward to having a great year and meeting all of you!
Welcome back, Braves!
The easiest way to reach me is through email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
I look forward to hearing from you!


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For those who care, the drama "quarterlife" (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) was originally created by producers Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for the Internet. So some of you may have seen it by now.
For those who care, the drama "quarterlife" (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) was originally created by producers Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for the Internet. So some of you may have seen it by now.
The show's Internet origins accentuated its central narrative hook, the torrents of narcissistic blogs filed by Dylan (Bitsie Tulloch), a brittle, self-absorbed assistant editor at a women's magazine she neither reads nor respects. Her roommates include Lisa (Maite Schwartz), an insecure actress who drinks and sleeps around a lot. Debra (Michelle Lombardo) is Dylan's best friend. I'm not sure what Debra does except look long, lean and confident when not seeming geeky and eccentric in front of brooding filmmakers Jed (Scott Michael Foster) and Danny (David Walton). One of them is her boyfriend, and the other is merely in love with her. Jed and Danny have recently condescended to lend their cinematic genius to a local car company's advertising efforts.
Not to give too much away here, but "quarterlife" consists of Dylan gazing into her computer's camera and talking about herself and revealing inappropriate things about people, such as Lisa's besotted ways. Lisa auditions for parts in plays and engages in long arguments about acting. Jed and Danny bicker constantly about the purity of their craft. Almost every scene involves characters saying far more than they should about things that may not interest anybody outside their small, incestuous circle of so-called friends. Nearly every uttered word — rings false.
In short, practically every moment of "quarterlife" is exquisitely excruciating. However, it's hard not to take a perverse pleasure in watching something this dreadful.
With credits including "My So-Called Life," "Thirtysomething" and "Once and Again," the producers have a reputation for touchstone series that mine the anxieties of the upper-middle class. And with "quarterlife," they are clearly trying to make the essential series about young adults whose entire lives have been shaped by instant messaging and blogs. I'm sure I'm not the only viewer who finds it a tad odd — let's call it galling — that the people who created "Thirtysomething" two decades ago think they can speak for 20-somethings today. But I'll leave that battle to others.
I must admit that "quarterlife" made me think. While watching it, I realized that there are shows you love and shows you hate. And there is the very special category of the shows you love to hate. And I haven't enjoyed hating a show this much since the dying days of "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." So watch "quarterlife." And prepare to cringe.
Feeling blue? DVDs available today include the first season of "Smurfs."
The top-10 men compete on "American Idol" (8 p.m., Fox). Sock can't get enough of the DMV on "Reaper" (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14). Mike prepares food on "Dirty Jobs" (9 p.m., Discovery). Alex gets a little too close on "In Treatment" (9:30 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). A plague breaks out on "Jericho" (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14, V). People confront everyday emergencies on "Primetime" (10 p.m., ABC). The 2005 film "The Gates" (10 p.m., HBO) documents a public arts project that millions enjoyed much more than I did.
An admiral's murder on "NCIS" (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG,V) ... Vegans in Vegas on "The Biggest Loser" (8 p.m., NBC) ... Pranks on "Just for Laughs" (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) ... Julie Chen hosts "Big Brother" (9 p.m., CBS) ... Hostile acts of charity on "According to Jim" (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) ... Locked in the stacks on "One Tree Hill" (9 p.m., CW, TV-14, D, L) ... Kelly loses her composure at a colleague's funeral on "Back to You" (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14, D, L) ... Funding and feuding on "Carpoolers" (9:30 p.m., TV-PG).
Courteney Cox, Thomas Friedman and Chingy with Ludacris appear on "Late Show With David Letterman" (11:35 p.m., CBS) ... Dennis Quaid and Lupe Fiasco are on "The Tonight Show" (11:35 p.m., NBC) ... Nate Berkus and Mary J. Blige appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (12:05 a.m., ABC) ... Will Ferrell, Rashida Jones and Fred Simmons are booked on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" (12:35 a.m., NBC) ... Regis Philbin, Jennifer Beals and Alice Smith are on "The Late Late Show" (12:37 a.m., CBS).
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Riverside Park
Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Plaza
For more than half a century this circular plaza at the southern end of the promenade at 83rd Street in Riverside Park has served as a place of contemplation and remembrance of the victims of Nazi brutality. The plaza takes its name from the modest granite plaque at its center. One of the first Holocaust monuments in the United States, the plaque and its surroundings were dedicated on October 19, 1947 by Mayor William O'Dwyer. A crowd of 15,000 attended, including 100 survivors of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. Each year on April 19, people gather here in memory of the inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto, who rose up against their Nazi captors, and the six million other Jews martyred during World War II.
Buried beneath the plaque are two boxes containing soil from Terezin and Sered, two concentration camps in Czechoslovakia, and a scroll describing the defense of the Warsaw Ghetto, in both Hebrew and English, composed by the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. In November 1940, the Nazis confined the Jews of Warsaw within an 840-acre neighborhood (home to more than 400,000 Jews at its peak) and kept them in a state of near-starvation and rampant disease. The Ghetto was sealed off from the rest of the city by a ten foot high wall. The conditions were horrific: the mortality rate in the Ghetto reached over 6,000 per month.
In the summer of 1942, 300,000 Jews were deported by train to the Treblinka concentration camp. The Ghetto was now poised to be liquidated. In the spring of 1943, after news of an impending round of deportations, the remaining Jews vowed to fight rather than submit, and with smuggled weapons they rose up despite the dismal odds. Superbly organized into roughly 50 combat groups, the Jews managed to hold off the S.S. (elite Nazi troops), from April 19 to May 16. The Germans regained control by burning the Ghetto to near ruin. Some 15,000 of the 56,000 Jews who fought were killed and another 40,000 deported to concentration camps. Historians estimate that 300 Nazis were killed and another 1,000 wounded in the uprising.
The plaque was originally intended to serve as a cornerstone for a larger memorial. Over several decades sculpture proposals for this location were submitted by Jo Davidson, Percival Goodman, Ivan Mestrovic, and Erich Mendelsohn and Nathan Rapoport, among others, but none received funding. Over the years, the plaque itself has become the monument.
The 12,000-square-foot plaza, enclosed by garden planters, crabapple and locust trees, and a polychromed granite wall, was part of the West Side Improvement. The massive Riverside Park expansion directed by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, and designed by Gilmore D. Clarke and Clinton Loyd, was completed in 1937, and built largely with federal funds. In 1990, the perimeter gardens were designed and planted by David T. Goldstick.
In 2001, the plaza was restored and improved through a partnership between the Riverside Park Conservancy and the City of New York, part of a requirements contract funded by Mayor Giuliani. Major support was provided by the Deedy and David Goldstick Foundation, and in-kind contributions were received from the International Masonry Institute of the Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. Landscape architect Gail E. Wittwer-Laird designed the restoration, utilizing stone patterns and details indicated, but not implemented, in the original 1930s plan. New bluestone curbing, lighting, and benches were installed, the perimeter gardens were extended and replanted, and the fencing was replaced. Today, the landscaped plaza provides a dignified memorial within this historic park.
Directions to Riverside Park
Know Before You Go
There are currently 3 service interruptions affecting access within this park.
Riverside Skate Park
Riverside Skate Park is closed to reconstruct the existing skate park with new skate elements, fencing, benches, picnic tables, and landscaping. Please visit the Capital Project Tracker page for updates on the project.
Anticipated Completion: Spring 2020
West 79th Street Boat Basin
There are service changes at this facility. Transient and seasonal moorings will not be available for the 2020 season
West 79th Street Boat Basin
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are service changes at this marina.
Marinas, boatyards, and boat launches are open for personal use of vessels only. Group activities, social gatherings, vessel charters, and rentals are prohibited. Vessel servicing, fueling, and pumpout stations are open. Please maintain strict social distancing of at least six feet and clean and sanitize your vessels after each use.
Also, transient and seasonal moorings will not be available for the 2020 season.
- RIVERSIDE PARK TO RECEIVE $11.5 MILLION IN MAYORAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS 1930s ERA DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
- NYC PARKS' CITYWIDE MONUMENTS CONSERVATION PROGRAM KICKS OFF ITS 21st YEAR
- NYC Parks To Temporarily Close Riverside Park South Bike Path—59-70 Streets—Due To Planned Construction


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Rolling Ridge Round-up:
The Round-up is our annual fundraiser which includes dinner and fixings for the cost of a donation, silent auction, live auction for surprise item, raffle drawing (we sell these tickets throughout the year), live music, and the most special of all – awards presentation for all our riders, including stories from kids and parents themselves.
Place: Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Date/Time: August 24th, 2019 4 to 7pm
Quilt Raffle Tickets:
As mentioned above, we sell raffle tickets throughout the year for $1 each. We will then draw a winner at the Rolling Ridge Round-up. As you sell tickets, turn the ticket stubs and money into Mark Davis at the rides. All tickets and money should be turned in no later than 1 week before the Round-up. Winners do not need to be present, but believe us when we say, you won't want to miss the Round-up!
SOMETHING NEW! in 2019, we will also raffle off a VACATION at a 5 star resort which has been donated anonymously. The raffle tickets will be color coded and handed out at the training class on Feb 23- additional tickets can be obtained from Kathryn at the rides.
Parents/Guardians/Volunteers are encouraged to fundraise by asking for tax-free monetary donations, or feel free to organize your own event. You will need to contact the Exec Director, Kathryn Davis, PT, at Rolling Ridge Riding with your idea. We always want to help get the word out to get as many people to attend/participate as possible. We also must be sure that an event representing the program is appropriate.
Donation ideas:
Tax-free money donations – be sure we receive the name/address of the donators, so we can mail them a tax receipt by 1/31. (visit the Contact Us page of where/how to send the information)
Water: Bottled water is a major necessity for all of our volunteers and riders, so the more bottled water available, the healthier everyone can be to continue to participate- this is an excellent way to contribute to your riding program. Check with Kathryn (contact us)
Your time: We have a place and purpose for all volunteers. Even if you aren't comfortable with horses, we need help checking in our children, pinning on their name tags, equipping them with their helmet and cowboy/cowgirl belts. We also need help at the activity/barrels to engage the children while on horse-back. There are also volunteer positions outside the riding ring and many, many more volunteer possibilities!
Items for the Silent Auction are needed- they can be delivered to Bethlehem United Methodist Church on the Friday evening before the Round Up- or on the day of the Round Up (times TBA)
(No clothing or yard sale items please)- Silent Auction items can include new items as well as baked goods.


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Traditionally all big ships (battlestars, assaultstars, gunstars etc.) have names but have you given your personal ship a name? My Viper, number 15396UK, has the name "Raining Fury" proudly painted on the left side of the nose. I changed this slightly from "Reigning Fury", an opera showing in Leonis City at the time of the Cylon attack.
Ens. NAT Hallam has named her Viper "Maelstrom".
So has any other Colonial Warrior named their Viper or Raptor?
Aeneas, SC Perseus Sqdn.
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i will call mine "Excaliber" it speak's for its self Tail number 15399UK


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The Upper Valley Running Club is a running club for all levels of runners serving the Western New Hampshire/Eastern Vermont area. We are centered on the Hanover/Lebanon/White River Junction triangle.
Here's the initial email proposal of our club:
Hi all,
Several of us have been talking about starting a local running club of some form for quite a while now. We would like to build on that start and get a small group together. The agenda would be to discuss what options we have and, perhaps more importantly, what energy there is behind actually getting some kind of club going. If there is enough interest, then we can try to recruit a larger crowd to get things going.
To get the ball rolling, some of the ideas we have been discussing so far include:
– A general striders club with regular training runs (e.g., track), clinics, newsletter, discussion board, etc.
– A smaller, competitive track club to compete in either the NH Grand Prix or USATF-NE series, and/or other races. Too many local runners are competing for clubs as far away as Massachusetts.
– Both of those, either in one club or as two separate groups.
– Some local races, preferably with certified courses.
– Access to a local track during the winter for club members.
But more ideas are welcome!
There is a big hole in terms of running clubs in the area, with clubs in the Montpelier area to the west and Conway to the east, and a lot to the south around Concord and further. An Upper Valley club could potentially gather a fair number or runners.
On the other side, the president of the GMAA suggested we might be better served by joining the GMAA (or some other club, like the WMM or GSRT) and using their existing resources to get what we need. So a big question is how much this needs to be a local organization.
Anyway, as you can see there is a lot to talk about, and (keeping in mind the way the OAC folded) we need to get a sense of how realistic it is to push this.
We propose meeting on Wednesday, October 13th, at Lou's in Hanover for breakfast, if enough people can be there. Please let us know if you are interested, and if you can make this meeting.
Dave Aman
Steven Andrews
Geoff Dunbar
Kim Sheffield
We would like to thank:
- Hanover High School for their support and the use of their track.
- Dartmouth College and the Dartmouth College Athletics department for their support and the use of their track.
And the legal stuff:
- Our Board and Committees
- Our Communication Policy
- Our bylaws: uvrc_bylaws-2015_01_06


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Jesus Wore A Hood?
Yes, the Trayvon Martin thing is a tragedy.
This is just a response to media like
This is just wrong.
Consequently, where do "they" get that Jesus wore a hood anyway?
Maybe He did, maybe He didn't.
But I'm pretty sure He never got suspended for Marijuana.
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Phil Kidd Is The Man!
If you never hear another preacher, you NEED to hear or should I say, "experience" Phil Kidd!
Some of my favorite messages by him include…
Be My Guest to the Depths of Hell
A Glimpse of Glory
Conviction or Confusion
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There's little doubt now that Rovio's Angry Birds franchise has convinced Hollywood that they're an immortal brand name as Transformers steps up to the plate. Angry Birds Transformers, the next line of games and toys is called, a combination of Autobirds and Deceptihogs for the next film's release.
The game-makers will be pushing the full line of mobile games, possible console games, and toys to run along with this release. This will include Angry Birds Transformers, the game – for iOS and Android. It'll include Angry Birds Transformers Telepods (with codes to enter in to the mobile game.) It'll also likely include new mini-episodes of the Angry Birds animated series.
If this game turns out anything like the Star Wars Angry Birds game releases, we're all for it. We'll expect the toys to do similarly well – though we'd guess the brand will be a bit more cautious about releasing so very MANY toys at once, as they did with Star Wars – now on a super-sale end cap near you.
Release for the whole lot of Angry Birds Transformers set of games and toys is yet unknown. Have a peek above at the newest Transformers: Age of Extinction trailer and see how much you think of the Angry Birds while you peek. And remember: this action comes on June 27th.
Aboe you're also seeing a collection of Angry Birds / Transformers combinations straight from Rovio. They're totally natural, right?


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Doctors Struggle to Treat Mysterious and Unbearable Pain – New York Times
Hadn't heard about this before:
[…] she felt a sudden pop in her hamstring. "It felt like a guitar string had been plucked and it had broken," said Ms. Toussaint, who is now 45.
An intense burning sensation followed; it felt as if her leg had been doused in gasoline and set on fire, she said. The next day, the college athletics trainer determined that she had pulled her hamstring. But even years later, the pain would not subside. It migrated to her other leg, leaving her bedridden for nearly a decade, and overtook her vocal cords, leaving her temporarily mute.
All the while, doctors puzzled over and even doubted her mysterious condition.
Ms. Toussaint now knows that she is among an estimated one million Americans living with complex regional pain syndrome, a nerve disorder formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. For patients with the disorder, a trauma as mild as a fractured wrist or a twisted ankle can cause the nerves to misfire, so much so that intense pain messages are constantly sent to the brain.
Interestingly, neural stimulation only provides a short-term benefit with eventual adaptation. In some cases, ketamine administration (enough to put the patients in a temporary coma) has completely stopped the pain. Ketamine is an anesthetic (although it has been known to actually stimulate circulation at certain doses) with well-known psychedelic properties. It is also a non-competitive NMDA antagonist that is often used in conjunction with traditional opiods for an analgesic effect.
I wonder if this effect is simply due to the interaction with the NMDA receptor or is something more complex. (For example, the analgesic effects of ketamine when combined with a opiods seem unrelated.)
Here's a link to the original paper in the journal Pain, which suggests that CRPS patients have suffered damage to small-diameter PNS nociceptive fibers.


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ISLAMABAD - All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Chief Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has stepped up his efforts to bring splinter groups of Muttahida Qaumi Movement under his wings, while also trying to win over the support of the nationalist and other Sindh-centric parties to form a formidable force to challenge status quo in the province.
Sources aware of the developments taking place on this front informed The Nation that Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf and his close political aides and emissaries were meeting key political figures who matter in Karachi and rural Sindh with the proposal of a political alliance to turn the tables on the parties of status quo.
The leadership of both the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan and Pak Ser Zameen Party leaders were overtly denying any linkage with Pervez Musharraf.
But, these parties along with some splinter groups of the MQM are still clinging with Altaf Hussain and taking direction from London were considering the proposal to have some adjustment with the APML if not merger into the APML or some other nomenclature to confront Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Sindh.
Political observers closely watching these developments said that actually the APML chief was now focusing on Sindh, particularly Karachi, and that was the reason instead of paying attention on other provinces his party has focused all its energies in the southern province.
In the given political situation, the province seems a relatively easy target.
They further said that in case the APML chief managed to land the nationalist parties of Sindh on one platform and bring the MQM groups under his wings, he would really transform it into a very powerful force.
Sources in the APML said that the party leadership was quite optimistic about entering into an alliance with Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) as the contact of Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf with the PML-F chief had concluded on a positive note.
Similarly, though the PML-Q was not having any stronghold in Sindh they would likely join any alliance formed by these parties for the next general elections.
The Sindh nationalist parties and smaller groups having strongholds in inner Sindh districts like Zulfiqar Mirza and Sheerazi group of Thatta would likely be part of the future alliance formed to dent the Pakistan People's Party in Sindh.
The party sources further informed that Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf would be back in the country before the next general elections and decision in this connection would be made by the party leadership in the coming days.
A senior party leader of the APML said that the return plan of Musharraf would greatly depend on the formation of the alliance and if the party leadership managed to bring the nationalist parties and the MQM splinter groups on the same page regarding some future political strategy then Gen (retd) Musharraf would return in the next couple of months.
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