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COLORADO RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. The Colorado River Municipal Water District, established in 1949, was authorized to impound the storm and flood water and the unappropriated flow of the Colorado River and its tributaries, and also to distribute it to cities and other agencies for municipal, domestic, and industrial purposes. The enacting legislation was the first of its kind after World War II and was used as the blueprint for subsequent municipal water districts. The district was originally brought into being and organized to furnish water to the member cities of Odessa, Big Spring, and Snyder. The board of directors governs the district and is composed of four representatives from each member city, appointed by the governing body of each city. The administration has a general manager, assisted by an administrative assistant and a staff of eighty-two employees. Although the cities own the district, it operates independently, subject to terms covered originally by a trust indenture. The district's charter was amended in 1961 and 1963 to permit use for mining (secondary recovery of oil), pollution prevention, and water-quality enhancement. In 1981 the service area was expanded to include the home counties of the original three member cities as well as thirty-one other cities in the vicinity. The principal office of the district is in Big Spring, Texas. By September 1952 the new district had developed a water-well field to provide water for Odessa and Big Spring. This well field was enlarged and for a short time artificially recharged during winter months with water from Lake J. B. Thomas. Surface water was injected into the de-watered aquifer and recovered in summer months to furnish water for peaking purposes. Upon completion of Lake J. B. Thomas the city of Snyder received its first water from this source on July 1, 1953. The district later contracted to furnish water-flood projects for oil companies; recovery of oil was doubled or tripled by this means. These contracts are subject to cancellation if water is needed for municipal use.
Initially the district installed 115 miles of pipeline, varying from twenty-one to thirty-three inches in diameter. A series of pump stations capable of delivering a total of 44 million gallons a day was developed. In 1994 the district operated twenty-one pump stations and pumped water through some 560 miles of pipeline. Pump capacity in 1994 was 150 million gallons a day. The district originally issued $11,750,000 in revenue bonds, then added $4,600,000 in 1958 for pipeline and terminal-storage construction and $2,750,000 in 1963 for additional pipeline. Bond funds, without assistance from the state or federal government, purchased land and financed the cost of a dam and channel for a lake, pipelines, and rights-of-way, a pair of eighty-million-gallon storage reservoirs, three fifteen-million-gallon reservoirs, twenty-one pump stations with microwave equipment for automatic operation of the system, basic equipment and supplies, and several houses for key employees at pump-station locations. The organization it has also invested several hundred thousand dollars in dam improvement, recreation facilities, and extensive studies for a new lake and other improvements. Since the district's inception in 1951, an aggregate of over 576 billion gallons of water has been supplied to cities and oilfield consumers; the district grossed over $263 million in revenue. As of January 1995 the face value of all original bond issues was $247,015,000, of which $198,355,000 was outstanding.
A permit was granted on September 1, 1965, by the Texas Water Rights Commission authorizing the district to build a reservoir near Robert Lee in Coke County, which was scheduled to impound a maximum of 488,760 acre-feet of water on the Colorado River, and to divert 40,000 acre-feet per annum from this source. This permit, along with existing rights for Lake J. B. Thomas, authorizes the district to divert a total of 73,000 acre-feet annually from the Colorado River. Construction of the dam began in 1966 and was completed by 1970. The reservoir, E. V. Spence Reservoir, along with its related pipelines and other facilities, was financed through the sale of $30 million in revenue bonds. It supplied approximately 70 percent of Midland's water requirements in accordance with a sixty-year water-sales agreement.
Hardly had the system become operative in 1952 than the district made a presentation to the Board of Water Engineers to divert Deep Creek (Scurry County) into Lake Thomas to increase reserves. Though nothing came of this, the district continued seeking more supplies. A permit for a second reservoir on the Colorado River was granted June 11, 1959, but when the original site was changed from southern Mitchell County to Robert Lee in Coke County, the Lower Colorado River Authority protested. Finally, the permit was granted on September 1, 1965, for 488,760 acre-feet (40,000 acre-feet annual diversion) at Lake E. V. Spence, costing $34,500,000. Completion was early in 1969 and dedication on June 15, 1969. Simultaneously, a 57.4-mile, forty-two-inch pipeline was laid to Moss Creek Lake and on to Big Spring, where the water was mixed with Lake Thomas water for that city and for Midland-Odessa. (Midland contracted for water from the district in 1966 and received first deliveries in 1970.)
By 1975 CRMWD began looking seriously at the USGS "Stacy" site on the Colorado River below Ballinger. It filed an application on October 11, 1977. After six months of hearings (the longest and costliest to that date) the Texas Water Commission overrode protests by LCRA and others and issued a permit on April 10, 1979. This was tied up in courts for five years until the Texas Supreme Court overruled lower courts in November 1984 and denied the permit. On rehearing, the case was remanded to TWC; in the meantime, Gov. Mark White insisted that the parties agree, and a permit for 554,340-acre-foot Lake O. H. Ivie (named for the CRMWD general manager) was issued on May 14, 1985. Construction began in May 1987, and the reservoir was completed in March 1990. Unprecedented rains in December 1991 filled the lake to capacity in two years instead of the projected eight. This brought to 1,247,000 acre-feet the total impoundment permitted to CRMWD for its three supply reservoirs. Growing municipal demands, plus a brimming but unused lake, led CRMWD in 1991 to issue $115 million in bonds (supplemented with $9 million more in 1994) to finance a 157-mile pipeline from Lake Ivie via San Angelo to Odessa-Midland. At the time it was the longest and most expensive water-supply line in Texas under a single contract. All CRMWD water has to be pumped uphill, but this one required six pump stations to lift water 1,400 feet over the distance. Earlier, Midland, San Angelo, and the West Central Texas Municipal Water District (Abilene) had contracted for one-sixth of the water in place in Lake Ivie, and now San Angelo and Midland shared in pipeline costs for twenty-five million gallons a day to San Angelo and twenty million for Midland. The Big Spring junction was staked for ten million later to Big Spring. The first joint of pipe was laid on August 20, 1992, and the last on September 27, 1994. The system was activated in January 1995. A spin-off of the project was a half-million dollar communications control center at headquarters in Big Spring to enable a single operator to control twenty-one pump stations.
CRMWD pioneered in water-quality protection and enhancement, starting in 1951 by moving the Lake Thomas site upstream to avoid salty tributaries, then recovering lost watershed by plugging Bull Creek and diverting it through an 8,500-foot canal to Lake Thomas. District efforts also led to a Railroad Commission ban on salt-water disposal pits. Other efforts led to a diversion works on the Colorado River above Colorado City and Beals Creek below Big Spring. Poor-quality normal low-flow water was diverted to side reservoirs and sold to oil companies for repressuring. Later, a 9,000 acre-foot detention reservoir was installed above the notoriously salty (4,500 ppm chloride or better) Natural Dam Lake, ten miles west of Big Spring. Previously, salty playas west of Big Spring had been pumped behind Natural Dam, on Sulphur Draw, which becomes Beals Creek and empties into the Colorado River. Finally, a 28,000-acre-foot disposal lake for evaporation of surplus bad water was built in western Mitchell County. Altogether, the district had 93,860 acre-feet capacity in quality-control lakes. In all, CRMWD spent over $20 million in quality control, which by January 1, 1995, had prevented 645,000 tons of chlorides from entering Lake Spence.
Because Lake Spence ran into a critical drought before it could catch appreciable water, CRMWD planned, financed, and completed a forty-mile pipeline from Odessa to a well field it developed in Ward County, where it got water on May 26, 1971. In another rush job, the district laid a 51.89-mile pipeline from Lake Thomas to Sun Oil in Coke County in 1963, and later this line was used to pump water from Lake Spence to critically low Lake Colorado City and keep a Texas Utilities generating plant operative. The drought induced CRMWD in 1971 to institute a precipitation-enhancement program that, except for one year, operated continuously (as of 1995), making it the oldest in the nation. Drought also led on several occasions to "pump back" operations at Lake Thomas when levels dipped below the intake of the pump station. Pumps on barges at lower elevations boosted water by canals to a pumping pool formed by mounds around the intake. Thus CRMWD recovered 33.835 billion gallons of its best water for upgrading general quality. Because of the paucity of water in semiarid West Texas, the district provides aquatic recreational services, which by 1995 called for a $275,000 annual budget. The district was among the first to set up its own pension and health benefit plans.
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Today's post is focused on one of my favourite tops of the season and colour combinations. I can't get enough of the colour blueright now, especially when paired with white. If there is one combination I could easily fill my entire wardrobe with, it's blue and white. The mix of colours work year round, with the warmer months being my favourite time to wear it. Aside from my one too many navy and white striped tees, I have quite a few separates that easily create an outfit that I want to wear on repeat. Since this shade of blue is such a sweet color, I added a pair of white ankle grazer jeans to edge it up a little. I love how the mix came out.
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Arriving in Scotland on a very sunny Friday (17 May 2019) seemed like a good omen for the whole hillwalking trip. But it was not to be so easy. The Saturday, on which we had planned to do the Tarmachan Ridge was a rather dreich and windy affair.We were content with driving from Lochearnhead to Fort William to buy our provisions for the week. There we visited the Costa on Fort William's High Street, took advantage of the Wi-Fi there and then found no further excuse for not driving back a few miles to Glencoe Village.
We reached our coveted Laraichean Cottage about an hour too early so the housekeeping was still under way. Soon however we could move into the cottage and settled in quite comfortably. The plans for the next day were of course very much dependent on the weather which promised moderate winds, temperatures of a few degrees Celsius above freezing at Munro level and clouds. Fair enough we thought.
The next morning saw us heading for Glen Etive to saviour its rough and beautiful wilderness which will soon be destroyed by hydro developments on half a dozen of River Etive's northern tributary burns. Shame, shame, shame!
We arrived at the small layby where the hike starts to find one or two other cars parked there already. A group of three just left for the bridge crossing the river when we booted up. Soon we were on our way followed the path around the perimeter fence of the small Coileitir cottage by the river and crossed the Allt Mheuran to reach the start of Starav's steep and soaring north ridge. After a few minutes on the ridge we caught up with the threesome we had met at the cars. From then on our group of three English and two German baggers climbed the ridge together in a loose line of gasping hikers: It was the first Scottish hill for all of us this year. I had only climbed one mountain two weeks before on Crete – the 2000+ hill … [Read More]


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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
This one is a little more poop/BM-centric than I would've preferred initially. But really the gist is that the confusing, math-head marketing schemes behind paper towel and toilet paper sales is total B.S. (bullshit) and I'm sick of it! Also, this one features a brief discussion about the two types of people in this world. Bidet folk and non-bidet folk; guess which one your humble host is among?
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The Art Of Pizza-Making
Pizza has its origins in Naples, Italy, as typical street food made of flatbread with olive oil and tomatoes. Three varieties of pizza have led the charge in capturing the imagination and taste buds of the world: marinara, Margherita and alla Napoletana.
Pizza marinara is made from tomatoes, oregano, garlic and olive oil, and is said to get its name from "la marinara" the wife of a seaman, who would make this for her husband on his return from fishing in the Bay of Naples.
A visit to Naples by Queen Margherita of Savoy in June 1189 inspired one enterprising Neapolitan pizza maker, Raffaele Esposito, to create pizza Margherita with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. Meanwhile, it is in Pellegrino Artusi's early 20th-century cookbook La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well) that the first published recipe for pizza alla Napoletana — mozzarella, tomatoes and anchovies — is found.
Marinara, Margherita, and alla Napoletana spread through Italy and with the addition of a variety of other toppings, this pizza trinity has become popular throughout, thanks to Italian immigrants, who opened small pizzerias wherever they settled.
Pizza made in Naples is thicker and softer with an abundant "cornicione" or border, while in Rome, pizza is made thinner and crisper. Nowadays, the Roman-style pizza is preferred.
Here at the Grog Shoppe, we thought that there was a need in Jamaica for a thin crust Roman style pizza, reproducing authentic Italian flavours even while incorporating some of the best-loved Jamaican flavours. Thus, we created La Pizzeria, bringing into the island the most advanced brick oven and other essential machinery and ingredients from Italy. Through his constant work on developing a dough that is perfect for this climate, both classic Italian and traditional Jamaican flavours, and by experimenting with new shapes and forms, master pizzaiolo Massimiliano "Max" Proner has created some of the best pizza on the planet, including the now-famous "Yard Pizza."
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This very issue and some of the ideas that are talked about in the video above, were debated on this morning's Democracy Now! newscast between Frank Ackerman and Larry Lohmann. You can read and watch the debate in full here, but here is a snippet:
FRANK ACKERMAN: I'm not exactly for it. I don't think either Hansen or Krugman got it right. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. It's certainly not the only thing that we need. There's undoubtedly a role for having a price on carbon, which can be done either through a tax or through cap and trade.
The big mistake in this debate, I think, is to pretend that a price on carbon is all that we need. Any time a price incentive like this has worked, it has needed many, many other things to be working with it. The image of a level playing field that economists sometimes suggest is exactly wrong. We need to be doing everything we can to tilt the playing field in the direction we want it to go.
LARRY LOHMANN: What we need is massive reinvestment away from fossil fuels, putting subsidies—instead of putting subsidies into fossil fuels, putting them into renewable energy. We need to overcome our addiction to fossil fuels in industrialized societies.
And the problem with cap and trade is, is that it stands in the way of doing that, in many ways. It's a way of providing pollution rights to some of the worst polluters, so that they can delay the kind of structural change that's necessary.


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This week's edition of Newsweek (May 4, 2009) includes an article called: "Is That a Bible in Your Pocket?" Lisa Miller, Newsweek's religion editor, comments on the growing popularity of holy writ iPhone apps. Apparently, some of the most popular apps for the iPhone are versions of the Bible, the Qur'an, and so on.
Miller asks if it's a good thing to read one's Scripture on a cell phone, for if this is an intrusion of the technological into the spiritual realm. It seems that, in the end, Miller see advantages to having a copy of the Bible "next to your calorie counter and your Global Positioning System," since this helps to "integrate religious practice with the rest of your life." She continues:
In the modern West, "sacredness has become this 'other'," says Anne Foerst, professor of theology and computer science at St. Bonaventure University. "I find that problematic. Sacredness touches our lives constantly in the here and now. It enters what we call trivial and transcends it." Religious apps may seem to represent modernity run amok, in other words, but they can bring holiness back into our lives where it belongs.
I agree with Miller's conclusion here, though with some reservations. In fact, I have five Bible versions on my iPhone (NRSV, ESV, NLT, Greek NT, Hebrew OT). I love being able to carry around these texts in my pocket. In fact, my Bible app (published by Olive Tree), offers a split screen version, so I can have an English translation and an original language version showing at the same time.
My reservations about having the Bible on my iPhone have to do with temptations that come with using an iPhone in church. If I'm checking a biblical passage during a sermon, I just might sneak a peek at the news, especially if the sermon's boring. I won't admit in such a public place whether I've actually done that or not. But, suffice it to say that I'd be better off putting my phone in Airplane Mode while in a worship service. (For those of you who are not iPhone users, Airplane Mode allows me to have my iPhone on, but without any phone or Internet service.)
Nevertheless, I do like the idea that my Bible lives in the same world as my calendar, my daily news sources, and my to-do list. This fact helps to dismantle the sacred-secular distinction that keeps so many Christians from living as disciples of Jesus every moment of every day.


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Thank you for choosing the Montessori School of Sudbury
Children must be 18 months of age by their enrollment date to be accepted into the Toddler program.
Children must be 31 months old by their enrollment date to be accepted into the Pre-Casa/Casa programs. It is preferable that your child be toilet-trained.
The Montessori School of Sudbury reserves the right to accept or reject any applications and also to request withdrawal of any child if it is, in the opinion of the teacher and administrator, that the program is not suitable for the student in question. This action is for the benefit of the child or the benefit of the class as a whole.
As a condition of acceptance at the Montessori School of Sudbury, it is understood that the rules and regulations of the school be adhered to. Any student who fails to adhere to the discipline policy of the school may be suspended or expelled. Tuition fees will not be refunded in this situation.
There is no reduction in monthly fees due to absenteeism, professional activity days, March break, Christmas holidays or school closure due to extreme weather. We strongly suggest that parents make alternate care arrangements well in advance for their child so that they are prepared for their child's illness, PA days, and possible school closures.
Enrollment may be cancelled in writing by the parents or guardians 14 days prior to an early withdrawal. After January 1st of the school year no refunds will be given except for relocation, medical reasons, or as deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.
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- Please contact the City of Greater Sudbury at 705-311 and have your child's name added to the Centralized Waitlist/Registry.
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- All payments of tuition must be by post-dated cheque, cash or certified money order. A one time administration fee of $75.00 along with a non-refundable deposit for the first two month's tuition (see Fee Schedule) for each new child must be paid at the time of enrollment. All registration paperwork must be completed before enrollment can be confirmed.
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I bought some Knitpicks tonal fingering weight yarn for my birthday. In 2014. It was supposed to grow up to be a cardigan. While I love the look of pullovers and the knitting of them, it's just too hot here even for a fingering weight wool pullover (learned that lesson on the much loved Olive pattern, which I'd still like to re-knit, I just love that collar).
I first tried to knit an Impromptu. But that wasn't working. So I tried a Decimal. No dice. Then I picked Grace. That hummed along for a bit but I couldn't quite make it with the mesh.
I really wanted a new cardi to wear to BlogHer16 in August.
But it may not be in the cards. This yarn may simply want to be broken up into multiple little projects instead of one lovely cardigan. It makes me so sad. I'm not sure whether to push through or to give up. Right now it's in time out. Again.


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(UPM Raflatac, Tampere, April 3, 2008) - UPM Raflatac celebrates the opening of its new North American pressure sensitive labelstock manufacturing facility in Dixon, Illinois, approximately 100 miles west of Chicago. The new USD 100 million (EUR 70 million) facility will offer UPM Raflatac's full product range of paper and film label products and features the company's latest proprietary technical solutions in both the coating and finishing areas.
"Our mission is to continuously develop our product offerings and service concepts and provide substantial value to our label printer customers. The Dixon factory is one of the key strategic investments we have made to increase our capabilities and build capacity in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region," says Heikki Pikkarainen, President of UPM Raflatac. "With the new facility we're further enhancing our service capabilities to remain our partners' number one choice in the important North American market."
With its end-to-end automation, the Dixon factory will be the most innovative labelstock production and distribution facility in the industry.
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UPM Raflatac has been present in North America since the company began sales and slitting operations in Fletcher, North Carolina in 1985 – until 2001, when the company began production operations at its first North American manufacturing facility in Fletcher, North Carolina. The company further strengthened its North American product and service network by opening slitting and distribution terminals in Ontario, California and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 2001 and 2004 respectively. In 2005, UPM Raflatac opened its first U.S. RFID tag and inlay production facility in Fletcher.
UPM has invested significantly in the global expansion of its self-adhesive label materials business in the past years. This new factory is an essential part of a nearly USD 270 million (EUR 200 million) worldwide investment program.
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UPM Raflatac, the Label Division of UPM, is a world-leading supplier of self-adhesive label materials for a wide variety of needs in product and information labeling. In addition, UPM Raflatac is at the global forefront in the development and high-volume production of HF and UHF radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and inlays. UPM Raflatac has around 2,700 employees and made sales of approximately EUR 1 billion (USD 1.4 billion) in 2007. UPM Raflatac has a global service network consisting of 12 factories on five continents and a broad network of distribution and slitting terminals and sales offices worldwide. Further information is available at www.upmraflatac.com.


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Happy end of June, everyone!
I am really showing my country roots and age with the heading of this blog! For those of you unfamiliar with this lyric, it was a song recorded by Johnny Cash and June Carter back in the sixties. I was a mere child (I really was!) and my dad loved Johnny Cash so I was exposed to this genre of music from a very early age. It somehow came flooding (no pun intended!) to the front of my mind due to the extreme weather conditions lately.
Summer is here and I believe the monsoon season is upon us. Rain, rain, and more rain. In our area, we are 5″ above the 'normal' (whatever that is!) rainfall for June. So, I have been remiss in stitching and in posting. Having a finished lower level (read: basement) and having suffered from water backup three times previously, my time has been spent running up and down the steps to make sure that the water is staying outside. If nothing else, my legs are getting a good workout. The good news is, NO WATER! YET!
So, in between trips to check on the water level, I did manage to complete a small finish. This chart was posted by me a while back as a freebie from The Primitive Hare. She had suggested completing it in either dark reds or navy blues. The reds go better with my decor.
I found a little metal tag with the word 'Love' imprinted on it and sewed it above the words. I think the tab was supposed to be used in a scrapbooking project, something I gave up LONG ago. I have placed this little pillow tuck in my window and love it. It you want to look for the pattern, scroll back through the archives of my blogs, and the pattern will be there. 🙂
I have one-third of my 'Mystery Sampler' completed. What fun it is! I mentioned in my last blog, that if you haven't participated in one of these yet, I really do encourage you to give it a shot!
With the Fourth of July upon us, I thought it would be appropriate to offer a couple patriotic freebies. I've included a nautical themed one for our coastal stitching friends or 'just because'. Now, remember, I blogged about adding some pizzazz in the form of beading to your work? These small projects may be just the right sized projects for you to give it a try. In the Liberty chart below, I would suggest adding some beading to the 'dot' in the i. Just a little. See how you like it.
Remember to right click on the charts, click on copy, then paste into another window where you can resize the chart to meet your needs.
Have a safe Fourth of July, and, remember, if you love your freedom, thank a veteran. Until next time.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a new trailer for SuperFly, a modern take on the 1972 blaxploitation action classic. Director X's 2018 version, arriving this summer, moves the action from Harlem to Atlanta to reflect changes in culture from the 1970s to today. But as the new full trailer shows, the SuperFly team will also be crossing international borders and introducing everything from cartels to cryptocurrency. This really is a contemporary spin on the story.
Director X's SuperFly, written by Watchmen screenwriter Alex Tse, stars Trevor Jackson (Grown-ish) in the role of Priest Youngblood, as played previously by Ron O'Neal in Gordon Parks Jr.'s original film. The new trailer also does a solid job of introducing the team that surrounds priest and the roles they play, including co-stars Jason Mitchell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Lex Scott Davis, Jacob Ming-Trent, and Jennifer Morrison. The film arrives in theaters on June 15th.
Check out the new trailer below:
In a chat with EW, Director X spoke more about the changes from the original Super Fly to his modern take:
"Atlanta today is kind of what Harlem was back then in the '70s. The music of the city is the music of the world. The culture of the city is the culture of the world. Trends that happen in Atlanta reverberate around the planet. So when we were looking for a place to set this movie again, Atlanta made a lot of sense. I mean, there's a Whole Foods on 125th St. [in Harlem]. It's just not the same. Times have changed. We've had to move with the times."
Jackson also spoke about performing many of his own stunts, something that's quite new to him, despite his background in martial arts:
"Every fight scene and every running through areas [scene], it was all me. I gotta say that because I'm still sore from it. I definitely learned that this is not a joke. I definitely got beat up, but it was amazing to be on the other side of it and see how the stuff works."
Jackson also spoke about the sparring scene with co-star Williams, which was glimpsed in the trailer:
"That was awesome. That was treacherous. We were there all day. Michael is super-funny. When you gotta work long hours, it's always best when you get to work with awesome, genuinely cool and kind people. We were just laughing the whole time [and] having a good time. It was great."
Keep an eye out for SuperFly in theaters on June 15th.


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#HecklersHangout 25 – Ellen Bremen and a 3 Day Social Media Fast
Could you do it? Could you step away from social media for 3 days? Could you abstain and then take an honest assessment about how it made you feel – and how it impacted your ability to communicate?
Ellen Bremen (@ChattyProf) will be our guest on this week's Hecklers' Hangout. Some of you may know Ellen as the most-excellent author of Say This Not That To Your Professor (#STNT). However, Ellen also has a day job as a college professor ensuring her students are best equipped as communicators when they enter the workforce. Nearly 100 students have stepped up to take Ellen's 3-Day Social Media Fast challenge – and to write papers about their findings. Ellen will summarize those findings on Hecklers' Hangout. She will also discuss recent articles highlighting employers' frustrations with recent college graduates' skill sets. As the Forbes piece states: "We don't have a jobs crisis in the world, we have a skills crisis." But does the fault lie with the students or the educators – or the businesses' unrealistic expectations without offering any additional training? Ellen also plans to reference survey results from this recent post via The Chronicle of Higher Education: A College Degree Sorts Job Applicants, but Employers Wish It Meant More.
Ellen's undergraduate degree is in Post-Secondary/Workforce Education, so she is uniquely qualified to discuss the transitions college students face as they enter the professional workforce. And as an employer, I'm looking forward to her views on this subject as well as her Social Media Fast results! I'm sure our hecklers can squeeze in some questions about #STNT, too – we have kids wrapping up college courses, and that book provides a wealth of information to make their life easier when it comes to proactively and effectively communicating with their professors!
Hecklers' Hangout Essentials
- Date: March 14, 2013
- Time: 7p EST / 6p CST / 5p MST / 4p PST
- Guest: Ellen Bremen
- Topic: Social Media Fasting Results and College Student Workforce Prep
- Tips:
- Circle Brian Vickery and send a note on Google+ or Twitter for me to add you to the Hecklers' Hangout circle. Circle my co-host Margie Clayman, too.
- Make sure you have a good webcam, microphone, and lighting
- Join the Hangout 15 minutes early for the camaraderie and to resolve any technical issues.
- If you cannot attend the live Hecklers' Hangout, then you can watch the LiveStream on my YouTube channel or Google+ page. You can continue to tweet your heckles to #HecklersHangout. The recorded hangout will be available on my YouTube channel shortly after the conclusion of the live event.
See you this Thursday at 7p EST – bring those heckles!!


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When: Sunday– Late Afternoon- 4/22/2018
Weather: Mid-60's with a light breeze
The walks are starting to all sound the same. The day may be different, but the music is still the same. I won't stop walking. I am struggling with continuing the exercise of writing it down. When nothing extreme happens, it is really difficult to generate interest in something I am no longer interested in. I see profiles of the same people. I see the "dog walker". I am nearly taken out by the bicyclist. After doing this for so many days, I just don't see anything that reaches outside of what I have come to accept as normal. I need to introduce new segments like, "Andy's Walking Guest". I need something or I am going to become to bored to continue writing it.


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Managing Cravings During Diet
We probably all know that cravings during a diet are the number one thing that makes us give up our diet program. But there are some ways to avoid cravings and make sure that you control all your culinary desires.
There are different types of people and therefore different types of cravings: some people crave for fatty foods, others crave for extremely sweet things and the third type craves for salty foods.
If you are more of the salty craving type you probably want to eat a lot of chips, soya sauce, black olives, popcorn, etc. The problem with this type of craving is the fact that besides a lot of calories contained by most of the salty foods, the salt itself is unhealthy. A good tip would be to use different aromas in your food like oregano, pepper, lemon, basil, mint, etc. These would improve the taste of your food and you won't need to add too much salt. Some other alternatives would be eating unsalted crackers, mustard, or homemade potatoes chips. You can make homemade chips by slicing a potato very thin and baking those stripes in the oven. If you don't add too much salt it can be a great snack.
A lot of people prefer sweet things like chocolate, soda, candies, cake, etc. This is probably one of the most common cravings but that's because studies show that most people sense sweetness at a lower value. The problem with sweets during a diet is not only the fact that they have a lot of calories but also because you don't get enough energy. You should try eating fruits, diet jelly, pudding and more sweet foods that will satisfy your sweet tooth but without the calories.
Besides desiring sweets and salty foods some people really want some fatty food items, especially those who follow a low fat diet. Fat is an essential part of our diet but craving for pizza, fried potatoes or fried meat is not the best thing for your weight loss program. Make sure that you eat enough of the essential fats like olive oil, fish and nuts and try to eat less fat and more fibers whenever you get a craving. Fibers help eliminate fats from your body so they are a good option if you ate too much one day. Also, extreme diets will also make you crave for fatty foods so be aware of that.


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|Review by Treverk
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- Lie-Nielsen Low angle smoother
- Brand: Lie-Nielsen | Category: Hand Planes
I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post this, but I thought it might do… I have had the Low angle smoother since Christmas (love my wife) and have been quite pleased with it. The other day while taking it apart to sharpen, one of the retaining screws hit the shop floor never to be seen again. A quick and painlessly menu free call to Lie-Nielsen and the replacement screw was sent first class and arrived yesterday free of charge. Before this happened, I was seriously considering picking up one of the new Stanley Sweethearts low angle jack planes, but I started wondering who I would call when I lose a screw. I understand the tension between saving money and buying good tools, but as for a new jack plane, I'm gonna save a little more and by the Lie-Nielsen.
-- Matt
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#1 posted 06-04-2009 05:44 PM
You are indeed a wise man. You'll love using it – and likely take better care of it….we tend to be rougher on cheap tools because the "didn't really cost that much"
-- "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain
#2 posted 06-04-2009 06:42 PM
In Latin american countries, there is an old proverb that says: "Lo barato, sale caro", somethin like "cheap things turn out very expensive"....
-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright
#3 posted 06-04-2009 11:16 PM
Thanks for the report. Better customer service is usually an extra benefit of buying high quality stuff, and it sounds like this is indeed the case with LN.
#4 posted 06-05-2009 12:15 AM
#5 posted 06-05-2009 02:04 AM
I intend on purchasing a low angle #5 and actually waiting on the new Stanley but I am think I will stay with the Lie Nielsen or Lee Valley due to their service track records. You get what you pay for!
-- Marc
#6 posted 06-05-2009 02:36 AM
My experience with Lie Nielsen is they offer unparrelled quality. Their customer service is outstanding. When they are at tool shows they take time to instruct. And above all, their tools are made right here in America so I will ALWAYS by Lie Nielsen tools even if it means I have to buy them slower due to the higher prices. Their higher prices are completey worth it.
#7 posted 06-05-2009 02:54 AM
Over the year I have the pleasure of owning planes and meeting vary member of the Lie Nielson Group, and it is without saying they are one of the most unpretentious and welcoming company I've every hand the pleasure of doing business with. From the owner to instructors and customer services you'll be hard press to find more nicer, down to earth people to work with….Blkcherry
#8 posted 06-05-2009 03:32 AM
I too can sing the praise of Lie Nielsen's customer service. They stand behind their product in every way. That plus the benefit of the best tools antwhere. But why do the screws fall out? That is the same problem I had. Oh well, they are still the best in my book
-- you may only live once, but if you do it right that's all you need katanadesign.com
#9 posted 06-05-2009 05:21 AM
LOL Jim!!! yes.. we know!! if i find the loose screw rolling around the shop..I will mail it back to you..LOL
-- Randall Child http://www.racfurniture.com/
#10 posted 06-05-2009 10:23 PM
This goes to show that it's rather pointless to have a high quality product, if you don't have the support to back it up. I'm glad to see that they were so accommodating, I had a similar experience with Penn State Industries, I had ordered a pen kit, it came with a wrong part, called them up and in less then five minutes I had a replacement part in the mail.
-- "At its best, life is completely unpredictable." - Christopher Walken
#11 posted 06-07-2009 02:14 AM
I collect ….......and use their tools everyday,...........whats really nice about their tools is that
I've never had to call them!
-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal"…..Picasso
#12 posted 06-07-2009 02:52 AM
If you ever have the chance to go by the Lie-Nielsen factory/showroom, do it. I think some of the lumber jocks here have a bigger shop than that outfit is operating out of. And they are all real down home folks. I'm not surprised that you get good customer service from them. It's like a family business for everyone that works there. I use to love to stop by there when I lived in Maine. And yes, I have a couple of their planes and other accessories. Quality tools and quality people.
#13 posted 08-24-2009 12:33 AM
they truley are something you can hand down to your grandkids.
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Inspired by vintage military attire, the Monkton coat is constructed in a smart double-breasted silhouette with structured shoulders and a classic eyelet belt. This piece is crafted from herringbone-patterned Loro Piana Storm System® wool in deep navy. The specialist fabric is insulating and water repellent.
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Style ID: MO3694
Model: MONKTON GM-1006F AAH04/3H03
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If you are not happy with your purchase you can return it to us within 14 days for a refund.


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Hello, happy 2017!
A new year, a new start. As a busy part-time working mum of four, I'm sick of trying to juggle daily life and healthy eating for my darling offspring, compounded and made oh-so-much harder by a super-fussy seven year old. I'm tired of teatime battles and dishing up variations of pasta and baked beans (usually in the same dish!) 2016 is no more: 2017 calls for change.
To increase the pressure on myself and my already infexible busy regime I thought it would be more 'fun' to turn this into a challenge. I am attempting to increase the amount of acceptable meals in our house, find new favourites and expand the variety. I am going to attempt to cook a different meal every day this year and blog about it (no squirming out of it that way!) – hence 365 meals.
I appreciate there may be pit-falls and meals out and hurdles along the way but I have set myself rules: no repetition, however permeations are allowed as long as it isn't an exact replica; I am aiming for a home-cooked evening meal but if this isn't possible I will cook lunch; holidays I haven't quite worked out yet – self-catering?
So instead of looking for reasons for my self-inflicted experiment to fail please just wish me well – hopefully at the end of it I will have broadened the palate of all my youngsters and had a fun and tasty journey along the way! 😖
Love, Bev x


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The five posts to follow this one will address what I observed most recently at the Weekender Conference at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, and their extension ministry, Nine Marks. I found the time spent in D.C. to be well worth the 11 hour drive from Louisville. There were numerous things that served to encourage my heart and influence my thinking about the local church and the pastoral ministry in general. Out of this variety, I will take five gleanings over the next few days in no particular order:
Accountability Structures
Congregational Singing
Expository Preaching (Word-Centered Ministry)
The Shepherding Emphasis
The Purity of the Church (Regenerate Membership and Church Discipline)
I hope that these will be helpful reminders to you, issues that you must and will think through. Thus, I will offer some humble paragraphs on each of these matters. May the Lord strike a match in the hay stack of your mind, even as he did in mine during this trip.
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Earlier tonight I had the opportunity to go down to the Brooklyn Bridge and witness the November 17th protest (#N17) of Occupy Wall Street (#OWS). Needless to say it was inspiring. Here's hoping the movement can spark policy and cultural transformations.
Images by Tara L. Conley. Do not redistribute without my permission and/or without acknowledging that I am the owner/author of these images. For permissions, email: mediamakechange [at] gmail [dot] com.
Tea light candle on the Brooklyn Bridge.
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To view Livestream updates from the scene, visit Media Make Change


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Welcome to the Lyons Township Historical Society web-site. Your interest in our history brought you to this site.
The Lyons Township Historical Society was established in 1986 to save the Historic Town Hall from demolition and restore the building to a usable building for the community.
Most of the stories on this blog have been copied from the Lyons Pictorial History complied in 2008 by Linda Skiles. Contact Skiles if you'd like to purchase a copy of the coffee table style publication.
If you are willing to contribute content or photos to this site, please contact Linda Skiles at firstname.lastname@example.com


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On this trip I was dropped off at Bald River Falls and went into the Bald River wilderness in Tennessee. Later my 15 year old dog Shunka had a stroke and I spent several days at one campsite 10 miles in nursing him thru his struggle. These photos are about the trip. (Trip 110--May 7-15 2010).
On the first day I enter the wilderness and pose above the mighty Bald River. My load is for a long trip and so it's big. Here I'm wearing a Cabelas sheer silk baselayer under a nice Icebreaker merino t-shirt.
Shunka and I make it to our first tentsite of the trip, Big Pine Camp, and Bald River is to our left about 25 feet.
The next day we hoof it up river and take a break by the Cascade waterfalls in a little canyon of big rocks.
After several miles we get on the Brookshire trail and cross the mighty Upper Bald and tie into the trail junction with the Benton MacKaye trail. Here the trail either goes left across Brookshire Creek(behind me)and north, or right up a sidetrail and south. We decide to head south.
FERN CAMP: This is a campsite I found on the Brookshire trail and is in a big shady field of green ferns. It's here that old Shunka dog gets real sick and so we have to sit put for 4 days while I try to nurse him back to health. He can't eat or drink or walk and so we wait.
Shunka sits in Fern Camp mostly immobile and weak. My ride wasn't scheduled to come back to the Bald River trailhead for 7 more days, so I had to hang out and try to get Shunka thru his struggle.
This shot makes Shunka look like a black bear. He spends 4 days sitting in one spot and can't get up without falling over.
CARRYING SHUNKA OUT: I didn't know how far I could do this(since he weighs 50lbs)but I wanted to cover half of the 10 miles out so we'd be closer to the trailhead when our ride came. We made it back to a closer camp and called it a day.
Shunka improves enough to eat grass at the Brookshire trailhead reststop. His sense of balance is gone but he improves enough so I can get him to walk very slowly with a guiding hand on the fur behind his head.
We make it back into the Bald River wilderness and I set up a much needed camp(by the Cascades) after a rough 5 mile day. Shunka is slowly starting to eat pieces of bread and drinks water, a dang good sign.
We leave the Cascade camp and go downriver on the Bald River trail and run right into this pretty banded water snake. A copperhead-wannabe, it sobered me up for a minute or two. Shunka weaves and wobbles around it and we're on our way.
We make it to the sweet relief of Rock Ledge Camp(see the rock?)in the Bald River valley. By this time Shunka is able to be led by a leash and can walk on his own, though lopsided.
We leave the rock ledge and make it to our last camp of the trip, a place I call the Black Cave. We stay put for two days and wait for our evac ride, about a mile from camp. You can see the river in the back.
Here's a shot of my Hilleberg tent in the Black Cave Camps.
A simple view of the mighty Bald.
On the last day I take down the 3 poled dome tent and it's a quick process. We're ready to head thru the gorge section and pass the falls.
We make it to the falls and hang out before heading to the trailhead for a 12 noon pickup.
Shunka surveys the falls and waits for the final moveout. It was, all in all, a stressful trip.
POST REPORT: After I got back from this trip I took old Shunki dog to the veterinarian and during a check-up it was determined he had a misfire with his cranial vestibular nerve. It caused stroke-like symptoms and temporary collapse. He's improved considerably since Day 5 and now he's a little lopsided but eats and drinks and gets around okay.


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3/14: Yente/Yenta TBE
The March 14th lecture sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood featured an eye-opening discussion by Congregant Jan Lisa Huttner who presented an examination of the character Yente- the-Matchmaker, from the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Jan explored how the name Yente (or Yenta) has evolved from being a person's name to a noun meaning a person who meddles or is a gossip.
Jan took us on a journey of the origins of the Fiddler character tracing her roots from Sholom Aleichem's Tevye stories (where she does not appear) to the starring role of a character Yente in Sholem Aleichem's short story Dos Tepl (The Little Pot).


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Speak to our advisers on Ormeau Road to make an enquiry or book an appointment. Contact details are below or click here for directions.
Franchisee, Mortgage and Protection Adviser, Lifetime Mortgage Specialist
Rosaleen opened The Mortgage Shop, Ormeau Rd office in 2005, having previously worked for many years as an Independent Financial Adviser. Married with one daughter Nichola, who also joined the business in 2006 so it's a real family affair. With three full time advisers, their main emphasis is on great service and customer satisfaction. Since 2008 Rosaleen has been specialising in the growing market of Equity Release Lifetime Mortgages for those aged over 55.
"I was looking down a dark tunnel with no way out. I was given to ring Rosaleen at the mortgage shop on the Mortgage Shop, Ormeau Road re Equity Release. I tried to fix the problem myself but on talking to Rosaleen I was shown that the fix was possible without signing my home away.
HER HELP WAS SO DIFFERENT TO THE AGENT we'd previously spoken to about Equity Release, with all our options being fully explained by Rosaleen. I've had a burden that was crushing me lifted and with her help, my wife and I can live again.
There are not enough stars in these review sections to truly represent how we feel.
From our first phone call and through the whole process we were treated as if we'd known Rosaleen for years. HIGHLY RECOMMEND A VISIT FOR EQUITY RELEASE advice and a helpful solution, all explained in words that are easy to understand."
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Nichola joined The Mortgage Shop in 2006 from Nationwide where she had 6yrs service as a mortgage underwriter then a financial adviser.
"Nicola at the Mortgage Shop was very helpful and got me the best Mortgage deal after comparing lots of providers myself! Would highly recommend using them as you get that personal touch, knowing you are in good hands and help to save those pounds!! 🙂 She also helped me with Income protection getting me a very competitive price and excellent package. The whole set up process was fast and easy and I'll definitely be using them again in the future!!"
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Martha has been in the Mortgage Industry since 2004, joining The Mortgage Shop in 2014 as an adviser. She aims to provide quality advice on Mortgages and Protection with customer satisfaction at the heart of her services.
"We would highly recommend the mortgage shop for any first time or existing buyers. They take out a lot of the stress from an otherwise stressful transaction. The representative we used, Martha, was very friendly and knowledgeable. As first time buyers we were unsure of the processes. She helped with the mortgage application, documentation, insurances, solicitors and much more. She just made the process so easy. We have gone back to Martha to review our mortgage when it was up and she always finds us the best deals. 5 star service".
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over 12 hours still no credits
i have waited 12 hours so far and still aint got my credits. i have wrote yall 2 times and no responds no nothing..3 votes
Give my credits back you thief
you stollend my credits! i have sent 173.000 credits from micaelamaciel to you and dont recieve money or credits back!! i want my credits back!!1 vote
Earn credits 20% off on holidays
Earn credits 20% off the holidays if a family member would like to purchase some credits for less or for a birthday or even Christmas :D1 vote
login using ssnapswap personal aaccount rather than a facebook
Please let us loging using snapswap account without facebook8 votes
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Can I add multi avatars all in one account?
I have signed up new account on here, but I do have another IMVU accounts (3 avatars) How do i add another avatar to my account in here? I don't want to sign up separate accounts in here. So what do you think?4 votes
Thank you for your suggestions. We are working on making multiple avatars possible on one account.
Gift Cr easily to another member of game
Make it easy for us to buy credits and gift it directly to another account. Since IMVU have a limit of transferring to another IMVU account.5 votes
Order Mumber and IMVU inbox message
You should automatically sent a message in our imvu inbox when an order is executed. And for this purpose you should start giving order number.30 votesstarted · AdminDmitry (Admin, SnapSwap) responded
Thanks for your feedback. The feature will be available in one of our coming releases. Stay tuned.
Happy trading!
Referral system
create a banner that developers and consumers can post on their product descriptions and profiles to advertise. when their friends buy credits for the first time the referrer gets say 100 credits?3 votes
More accurately detailed charts
I think the charts should be more detailed and accurate. we should be able to zoom and change time and price range on the charts.0 votes
I need 15K Cr .. tell me how to earn free credits
this is my wish1 vote
Considering the implementation of an offerwall
paypal alternatives please like moneybookers or payza thanks
paypal alternatives please like moneybookers or payza thanks7 votes
Thanks for your suggestion. We are working hard to improve our services.
i think imvu need all vip
this is my idea1 vote
Please explain what you mean by IMVU ned all vip? How we can help?
earn cash
i think you guys should have like surveys ppl can do and earn cash and they can spend it on imvu credits1 vote
It is good but little
YOU NEEEEED TOOOO EXXXPAAAAND1 vote
give some rewards to pioneers
Seems like you launched recently and are is no that much stuff on the site. I liked the design though. Actually are there any discounts or promotions for the first users? I definitely want to have somthing for finding you :) Let's put half-price off for the first month! And let's give 10k credits for each referral~ What do you say?39 votes
should send email notifications!
When I create an offer how do I know it is executed? I can't watch it like every now and than. Can I get a text-message or just email? I really need this stuff21 votes
Go Social
I wanna see who is online on your site, how many people and what they are up to. Probably I will convince them to give me a discount. Gimme a chat or something.8 votes
trade game currencies for game currencies
All trades for real money include paypal, cards and stuff... Can I just sell IMVU and get something for a new cool game? Can't be bothered with cards and payments..1 vote
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Beckton Gasworks was a major London gasworks built to manufacture coal gas and other products including coke from coal. It has been variously described as 'the largest such plant in the world' and 'the largest gas works in Europe'. It operated from 1870 to 1969, with an associated by-products works that operated from 1879 to 1970. The works were located on East Ham Level, on the north bank of the Thames at Gallions Reach, to the west of Barking Creek.
The plant was opened in 1870 by the Gas Light and Coke Company (GLCC). The name Beckton was given to the plant and the surrounding area of east London in honour of the company's governor Simon Adams Beck. It came eventually to manufacture gas for most of London north of the Thames, with numerous smaller works being closed. Its counterpart south of the river was the South Metropolitan Gas Co's East Greenwich Gas Works on the Greenwich Peninsula.
After the Second World War a major reconstruction project was undertaken by the civil engineer T. P. O'Sullivan of Brian Colquhoun and Partners. Following nationalisation in 1949 the plant was owned by the North Thames Gas Board. After closure the residual site passed to British Gas and Transco.
The discovery of natural gas in the North Sea meant that manufactured gas became uncompetitive. The Beckton works closed between 1969 and 1970, when the last trainload left the associated chemical works.
The works lay within the London Docklands area and parts were redeveloped by the London Docklands Development Corporation.
The works covered a 550 acres (220 ha) site to the south of the Northern Outfall Sewer, between Woolwich Manor Way and the Thames. The company had considered several sites for the works. The site to the west of Barking Creek was selected as it was possible to build deep water piers in the Thames, enabling direct unloading from steam colliers bringing coal from mines in the North-East of England. There were two piers, for importing coal and exporting by-products. In the 1930s an annual average of a million tons of coal mainly from Durham was unloaded at the main pier, with a further 750,000 tons transhipped to barges for other works. The GLCC had a fleet of seventeen coastal colliers ranging from 1,200 to 2,841 gross register tons, and also chartered larger ships as needed. At this time the plant had a coal storage capacity of 250,000 tons.
The plant had an extensive internal railway system of between 42 and 70 miles (between 68 and 113 km) and featured some unusual elevated sidings that also ran out on a number piers into the Thames. The Beckton Railway provided a link to the national network at Custom House, used for passenger traffic to the works and for transport of by-products such as coal tar. This was leased and operated by the Great Eastern Railway from 1874. There were no intermediate stations between Custom House station and Beckton railway station, which was at the entrance to the works. The line closed to passengers following bomb damage in 1940, the freight line finally closing in February 1971.
Following the invention of coal gas early in the 19th century, it was discovered that numerous organic and inorganic chemicals could be obtained when purifying the gas. Processes began to be developed to recover these, and a major branch of the British chemical industry – the coal tar and ammonia by-products industry – came into existence. By 1876 a nearby company, Burt, Boulton and Haywood of Silvertown, was distilling each year 12 million imperial gallons (55,000 m3) of coal tar to manufacture ingredients for disinfectants, insecticides and dyes. Sulphur from the gas works was the raw material for local manufacturers of sulphuric acid needed by other nearby companies producing products such as fertilizers. Subsequently the GLCC decided that it would carry out the processing of by-products itself, rather than sell them to independent chemical companies. A purpose-built chemical works, Beckton Products Works, was constructed in 1879. It was the largest tar and ammonia by-products works in the UK, possibly in the world. Besides millions of gallons of road tar, products included phenol, the cresols and xylenols, naphthalene, pyridine bases, creosote, benzene, toluene, xylene, solvent naphtha, ammonium sulphate and ammonia solution, sulphuric acid, picolines, quinoline, quinaldine, acenaphthene, anthracene and dicyclopentadiene. Since the Products works was dependent on by-products of gas manufacture it could not long survive the introduction of natural gas. The last train carrying chemical products, a load of pitch, left the works on 1 June 1970.
The toxic spoil heaps from the works are known ironically as Beckton Alps. Originally covering an extensive area to the west of the works, they have been landscaped and much reduced in size. From 1989 to 2001 a dry ski slope, opened by Diana, Princess of Wales, was operated on the small remaining section (grid reference TQ431820), though the nickname pre-dates this. The site is the highest point in Newham, and a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II. It is said to be the highest artificial hill in London.
A proposed £35m replacement the SnowWorld indoor centre to be built on the site has run into financial problems. It has since been acquired for development as a hotel.
The A13/A117 road junction is also named Beckton Alps.
During 2013 the sheets of corrugated iron situated on top of the former dry sky slope were painted in the colour of the Lithuanian national flag (the site is adjacent to London's largest Lithuanian supermarket) but later covered up with the St George Cross in retaliation.
The Gasworks, Products Works and Alps were used as a location for TV and cinema filming on a number of occasions. In the 1960s comedy films and TV programmes, such as Michael Bentine's It's a Square World were shot here. The mounds of chemical waste were used to portray mountaineering scenes. In 1975 the film Brannigan starring John Wayne used the location. The opening sequence of the 1981 James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only was filmed here. The scenes involved Roger Moore as James Bond attempting to regain control of a helicopter operated by remote control by his nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The gasworks buildings were also used in a number of scenes representing a dystopian 1984 London in the 1984 film version of the George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. In 1986, the film Biggles: Adventures in Time used the gasworks as a location for a weapon testing ground.
Patrick Keiller's 1997 film Robinson in Space visits Beckton, including 'East Ham Churchyard' ("the largest in England" noted the narrator Paul Scofield) opposite Beckton Alps. Asylum, a 2000 film of Iain Sinclair and Chris Petit for Channel 4, was partially shot at Beckton Alps while it was still a dry-ski slope.
In the final hour or so of Full Metal Jacket, Stanley Kubrick's 1987 movie portraying the Vietnam War, Matthew Modine (Private Joker), Adam Baldwin (Animal Mother) and their platoon go into Huế, a Vietnamese city, to clear it of Viet Cong and snipers. Kubrick had the whole gasworks selectively demolished and the art department then dressed the 'set' with latticework and appropriate advertising hoardings to make it believable. At one point the soldiers enter a building to flush out a sniper. This building was one of several located between the central buildings of the old gasworks and about 200 yards from the river Thames. The final scene sees the soldiers marching off into the (London) sunset against the silhouettes of the burning gasworks' chimneys and buildings, singing the Mickey Mouse March from the US children's TV show. In the film a period of several days takes place in the protagonist's lives as they travel through the industrial quarters of Huế city; in reality the action took place within just one square mile.
British pop/rock trio The Outfield filmed multiple sequences for the video to the band's 1987 hit 'Since You've Been Gone', from their album Bangin', at Beckton Gasworks.
The video for Loop's 1990 single 'Arc-lite' was filmed on the set of Full Metal Jacket. The gasworks was used as the main background scene for the Oasis video 'D'You Know What I Mean?', as it shows the band members playing on a concrete slab within the gasworks. The videoclip for Marcella Detroit's 1994 single 'I Believe' was shot in this location. Also, the 1995 TV series Bugs episode 'Out Of The Hive' shows the entire works in a scene where a car drives off an unfinished bridge in flames.
Derek Jarman's 1986 promotional video for The Smiths 'The Queen is Dead' single was partly shot at Beckton Gasworks.
Part of the 1985 Max Headroom TV Movie 20 Minutes into the future was shot at Beckton Gasworks.
Virtually no trace of the old gasworks now exists. Bisected by many roads, including the A1020 Royal Docks Road, a small area of the waste tip and some gas holders remain, separated by a mile or so of redevelopment. Parts of the site are occupied by an industrial estate, the Beckton Retail Park and Gallions Reach Shopping Park.
Part of the extensive industrial railway route has since been used for the Docklands Light Railway between Beckton DLR station and the Royal Docks Road. The site also houses the Beckton DLR depot.


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the ability to do nothing really is an art. Many of my friends have small kids, or even babies. I still see myself as the woman who has small children most of the time too. When I envision my life, the life of Wendi, I see my kids at various ages and development, so there… Continue reading The Art of Doing Nothing
Month: October 2017
Party of One
I talk a big game, but some days are harder than others. Some days people and places can fly by me and not even cause a ripple. Other days, places, people, memories, dates can really send me into a full-blown pity-party. Today was one of those days. For a number of reasons I shan't go… Continue reading Party of One
Cleaning Therapy?
Have you ever gone to YouTube and searched "Clean with me" or "Cleaning motivation"? If not, go to YouTube right now and do it. I mean it, try it.....we'll wait. Crazy right? There are hundreds, or maybe even thousands of videos of just people cleaning. Cleaning! I have used cleaning and organizing as a way… Continue reading Cleaning Therapy?
A little something….
Well, would you lookie here....I got a little something in the mail the other day and can't stop looking at it! My brand on a Tumbler! I want to thank my friends over at LC Custom Coatings for their generosity. Because I've liked their page, and follow their blog I was entered into a contest… Continue reading A little something….
Tattoobies & Other Ramblings
The first year of divorced life is legit like living in a bipolar fever dream of mood swings and emotional roller coaster rides. Die hard readers will remember when I wrote in a previous blog that when the writing bug hits me, it goes something like this.... The first sentence of a blog or article… Continue reading Tattoobies & Other Ramblings
October is breast cancer awareness month, and I'm proud to say I'm an 11 year survivor. So as a survivor, you might be surprised to learn that I hate the pink ribbon. I have grown to despise the pink ribbon, in fact. The entire month of October has me doing whatever I can to stay out… Continue reading Pinktober


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Quick one here. Such a simple idea and just as simple to execute. Saw this good originally on Stop It Right Now and it's on huge trend on Instagram. A simple message, shown in the form of a jersey style with designer's name and birth year and decided I needed one.
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9 Creative and Cool Creations Made Of Chopsticks.
Canoe Made From Chopsticks: A former city employee in the Fukushima prefecture town of Koriyama spent the last two years of his career collecting used chopsticks from the cafeteria and spent over 3 months gluing 7,382 chopsticks together to form a 4-meter (13-ft) long canoe.
Chopstick Artwork: Artist Donna Keiko Ozawa uses chopsticks in her Waribashi project; she fashions washed and dried chopsticks into primitive, abstract installations.
Chopstick Mural: It's made from more than 20,000 painted chopsticks that were fixed into styrofoam tiles.
Chopstick Furniture: Traditional bamboo steamers, thousands of chopsticks and simple cushioning material form this piece of furniture.
Chopstick Placemat: A simple but elegant idea.
Chopstick Dress:
Chopstick Lamps: These come in three styles; Fong lamp has a square shape and tapers slightly at the top. Bey lamp has bamboo chopsticks that are slightly bent that make a nice curved shape. And Sahn lamp is handmade with about 55 chopsticks; its a beautiful triangle lamp and is lined with paper.
Folding Baskets: "These folding baskets are amazing! They are strong so you can load them up, and the superior air circulation keeps fruits and veggies fresh. They are also perfect for holding nuts, serving bread or just as a display piece."
Chopstick Vase: Stained chopsticks are wrapped with twine and placed around water bottles.
Other Posts:
27 Cool and Creative Weigh scales.
25 Creative and Cool Plate Designs.
21 Creative and Cool Fridge Magnets.
25 Creative and Cool T-Shirt Designs.
25 More Cool And Unusual Bus Stops.
20 Cool and Creative Motorcycle Helmet Designs.


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Fiction Friday is here again, and here is what I have been up to, fiction-wise. (Note: I'm still reading Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312. It's somewhat slow-going for me at the moment.)
Aurum (short story)
In "Aurum," by Genevieve Valentine, steampunk and fantasy mix in a world of airships and dragons. In the world of this story, dragons and humans co-exist in a truce of sorts, with dragons lending out money from their hoards if they feel like it, but rarely adventuring out into the greater world. Brandon, a human and the architect of a new type of airship, needs to borrow some hoard money to complete his project, but is surprised when Regia, the dragon who lends it, also demands passage on the ship as part of her terms. Like other short stories I have read and enjoyed lately (Ken Liu's Nebula Award-winning "The Paper Menagerie," and Brent Knowles' "Stone Eater," for instance), it is the emotional content of this story that most intrigued me. What I thought would be an adventure tale turns out to be more of a story about internal motivations, and this ended up being a much more powerful basis for the story. Give "Aurum" a read in Issue 42 of Abyss & Apex.
Very Near Mint (graphic novel)
Very Near Mint, by Justin Peterson, is a comic book about two guys running a comic book store, which I discovered through the Kickstarter for its second volume. In Volume One, Colin and Sam, proprietors of The Splash Page, have to deal with their shipment of new comics being destroyed in a car crash, teaching a new employee the ropes of running a comic book store, and the return of Colin's ex-girlfriend, Mackenzie. Worse than all that, though, is the opening of a mega-store across the street from The Splash Page. The aptly-named Across the Street Comics promises to put Colin and Sam out of business. The comedy and drama continue to unfold in Volume Two, as the identity of Colin and Sam's nemesis is revealed.
There is a lot of humor in here, especially if you are a comic-book fan who can laugh at yourself, because Very Near Mint pokes endless fun of that world (the fans, the stores, the Cons, and the comics themselves). The comic convention in Volume Two especially had me nodding my head at how right-on the depiction is, even down to the smell of a Con. I definitely recommend these volumes if you're a comic-book fan or know someone who is. They are available in manga-sized softcovers and in digital form at the Very Near Mint Store.
Delilah Dirk and the Seeds of Good Fortune (comic book)
Tony Cliff's Delilah Dirk and the Seeds of Good Fortune is the comic book sequel to the webcomic Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant. Let me stop here and say if you have not read The Turkish Lieutenant, get thee hence. It marries amazing artwork, lush, beautiful scenery, fantastic characters, and a rollicking good story, and I can't wait until there is an English-language graphic novel version available.
Unlike the full-color Turkish Lieutenant, Seeds of Good Fortune is in black-and-white and is only available as a physical comic book. Given the chance to read more Delilah Dirk adventures, however, I will pretty much go wherever Tony leads me. Plus this way I got a sketch and personalized dedication, which is nice. In Seeds, both world-traveler Delilah and former lieutenant Selim are back, although Selim is present only on either end of the main story (the part he plays is integral, though). You see, Selim sends Delilah off on her adventure with some fresh-picked apples. Thoughtful, but it turns out they don't taste all that great. Selim's simple kindness ends up playing a pivotal role in Delilah's ensuing (mis)adventures. The art is, as expected, superb, from facial expressions to action sequences to the architecture and scenery, to the Family Circus-esque two-page spread in the middle of the book. The characters and story are likewise great, especially the scenes between Delilah and the rope merchant. (I think it's fair to say this story hinges on apples and rope. How often do you get to say that?) Unless you catch Tony at a convention, the only way to pick up a copy of Seeds is through his online store. With shipping it is a bit pricey for a 32-page comic, but as an investment in convincing Tony to produce more tales Delilah and Selim? Priceless.
The Case of the Misplaced Hero (serial)
Since I started writing my own serial adventure not that long ago, I have been on the lookout for other serials to read, and one I am enjoying right now is Camille LaGuire's The Case of the Misplaced Hero. It is the story of Alex, whose mysterious and wealthy parents died when he was young, leaving him in the care of his eccentric great-aunt Flavia. Now Alex is in college, a perpetual student who fails classes in order to stay in school.
The story doesn't take long in hinting that Alex will end up on an adventure in an alternate reality. Heck, it's hinted at in the first episode and alluded to in the title of the series, so I don't think I'm spoiling anything by mentioning it. I am a big fan of alternate reality stories, whether it is in TV shows like Fringe, comic books like Excalibur, or books such as Charles Stross' Merchant Princes series, so Misplaced Hero seemed like a natural fit for me. Given its premise, I admit that the first few episodes had me a little concerned about how long into the story it would be before Alex stops messing around in college and got to adventuring in the world next door. Luckily, by Episode 5, the story takes a turn for the speculative once again, and at two episodes a week, it wasn't all that long to get there after all. The story is still in its early days, so now is a good time to get on board and follow Alex through the looking glass.
Up Next on Lithicbee
Sunday: Part 16 of The Only City Left, my own SF/F serial action-adventure story. In Part 16, Allin's flashback to the time of his parents' death continues. Want an easy way to catch up on the story? Check out my The Only City Left Readlist where you can read the parts in order and even send them as an ebook to the device of your choice.
Webcomics Wednesday: Each Wednesday I review some of the wonderful long-form webcomics that are out there. Not familiar with webcomics? Think comic books by passionate independent creators, released for free on the web. Have a look at my Links page for a list of the ones I am currently reading.
Photo Credits: Header photo of books (cropped), courtesy of Stewart on Flickr.


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Description of problem:
Problem machine is a Dell Inspiron 8600 running on Fedora Core 3. The
wireless card is an Intel 2100. I was running ipw2100-0.54 (I shared my recipe
here) in kernel 2.6.9 with
no problems as a separate download/install. Recently I made a routine update, which bumped me up to kernel "2.6.10-1.766_FC3". I noticed that Fedora
now bundles the ipw2100 driver, so I didn't repeat the separate driver install.
Now, however, I am seeing a known problem ( http://www.bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245 ) with this driver. Specifically every 10 minutes or so the driver flakes out and my network connection dies until I restart it. Sometimes I get
the dreaded device message "ipw2100: ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart." Signal strength to the AP is fine. When the connection dies one of the suggested workarounds, "iwlist eth0 scan" doesn't seem to restore the network. I have to do "ifdown eth0; ifup eth0".
I see that kernel-2.6.10-1.766_FC3 includes version 1.0.0 of ipw2100. The project is up to version 1.0.5, and 1.0.4 incluides a workaround for this bug, thought there is not yet a proper fix. Could you please upgrade the ipfw2100 version that comes with FC3 kernels? I notice that others have made the same request in order to address other bugs ( e.g. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=144926 ).
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install ipw2100 card
2. Wait for network to die
3. Restart network
4. Wait for it to die again
Actual Results: Network died, and kept dying.
Expected Results: Netowrk should work fine.
Additional info:
An update has been released for Fedora Core 3 (kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) which
may contain a fix for your problem. Please update to this new kernel, and
report whether or not it fixes your problem.
If you have updated to Fedora Core 4 since this bug was opened, and the problem
still occurs with the latest updates for that release, please change the version
field of this bug to 'fc4'.
Thank you.
Yes, I upgraded to FC4 (of course :-) ), and the problem persists, although with
much lower frequency (every few days now, which is tolerable). The big
improvement came when I replaced my access point, however, rather than the
upgrade to FC4. I do believe that the former frequency of the problem was the
result ogf a bug in the AP triggering a bug in the kernel. Anyway, my updated
kernel version is 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4. I see that 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 is now out.
I shall try that and report back, though it may take a few days because I have
to see that it stays alive long enough. Thanks.
2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 has been released as an update for FC4.
Please retest with this update, as a large amount of code has been changed in
this release, which may have fixed your problem.
Thank you.
I have just tested with both kernels 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 and 2.6.14-1.1644_FC4,
and the problem still exists. I just upgraded the kernel now to check if it
helped, but no such luck.
My environment:
I'm sitting in an office building where the laptop can "see" 3 different AP's on
the same network/SSID - one is quite strong (signal 70/100), and the other two
are quite weak (signal 10-25/100).
The connection dies very quickly if I utilise it, say by rsyncing a lot of data
across the wireless net, and then the error message "ipw2100: fatal interrupt,
scheduling firmware restart" starts cluttering my dmesg-buffer.
The Fedora-netdev kernels are available here:
Please give those a try to see if any later patches help this issue, and post
the results here...thanks!
BTW, please also make sure you are using the latest firmware from the
sourceforge project's page:
Closed due to lack of response. Please reopen when the requested information
becomes available...thanks!
I'm seeing similar symptoms with a "Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B
Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)" Thinkpad T-41 on Fedora Core 4. Around the time of
the crash ("fixable" per the original comment in this issue with ifup/ifdown iff
I'm right next to my access point), I get the following in /var/log/messages:
Apr 12 08:59:55 localhost kernel: ipw2100: ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling
firmware restart.
I've tried the following kernels, all of which exhibit this problem:
I've got the ipw2100 1.3 firmware installed.
FWIW, most of the packages on my Fedora Core 4 installed have been updated to
the latest stable release available (via yum).
I believe I've provided a response to the last question by Dave Jones. I
request that this bug be REOPENED. Note that the corresponding upstream ipw2100
bug remains ASSIGNED (open) as well:
I don't particularly relish the idea of installed a netdev kernel on this
machine (suggested by John Linville), as I use it for the day job. Is there
anything else I can do to help?
Thanks, Dan
At a superficial level, upstream bug
<http://www.bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=329> appears related, too.
(It's also documented as a known issue by Intel in their ipw2100 driver release


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