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More than 150 attended the recent Mayor's Breakfast to Honor Veterans held at Traditions at the Chesapeake Golf Club. The group was welcomed by Carl Dozier, Chairman of the Mayor's Commission on Veteran's Affairs.
The Colors were presented by the Oscar Smith High School ROTC. After the invocation by Angela Taylor, Mayor Alan Krasnoff addressed the group and expressed his appreciation for the outstanding services the veterans had rendered to the nation. Mayor Krasnoff authorized the Veterans Breakfast five years ago to honor the veterans in the city of Chesapeake.
The guest speaker was Scott Brown, Associate Director of Operations, Hampton VA Medical Center. A special presentation was made by Commissioner J. Staton to honor a distinguished, deceased, veteran of Chesapeake, Albert G. Horton, Jr. A state veteran's cemetery in Suffolk now bears his name.
There are currently more than 27,000 veterans and also some 6,000 active duty service members living in the city. This number comprises nearly 15% of our population. Veterans are a dynamic part of nearly every facet of our community's social fabric. You will find them participating in – and often leading - our business, government, civic, religious, arts and philanthropic activities in the city of Chesapeake.
A number of the city's elected officials attended the Veteran's Breakfast: Mayor Alan Krasnoff, Commonwealth Attorney Nancy Parr, City Council members Scott Matheson and Robert Ike and School Board Chairman Jay Leftwich.
The City of Chesapeake Mayor's Commission on Veteran Affairs will host a Veteran's Day Observance on November 11, 2013 at City Hall. For more information about this and other veteran activities call (757) 382-6151.


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Page of Coins and New Moon in Gemini!
Tarot Tuesday! The card for the week is the Page of Coins (Pentacles), representing: Birth, renewal, harmony, talents and gifts! A nice accompaniment to today's New Moon in Gemini!
Coins symbolize the realm of earth, the gift of life. Coins reflect the way we treasure ourselves and our surroundings, they also reveal the inherent gifts and talents we were born with!
In the Tarot, Pages carry a youthful energy. They are much like children: open to the adventure of life. Pages don't have the "baggage" of adults, allowing them to discover freely, without fear or judgment.
The Page of Coins encourages you to rediscover your talents, and consider how they can be applied in a practical way—in your work and career. Often our own talents may seem insignificant to us, and we may feel intimidated by other's with more experience or recognition/success. Yet we all have an individual dharma, a gift to share with the world. And the more we value our talents, the natural result is that, other's will too! Time to embrace an adventurous spirit, and explore new possibilities to share your gifts and grow.
New Moon in Gemini Tuesday, 7:05am PST: Like the Page of Coins, The New Moon in Gemini is a time of New Beginnings, a time to let go of the past and explore life anew! In the versatile sign of Gemini, this New Moon is an excellent moment to be open to new ideas and inspirations.
The caveat: Watch out for intellectual over-stimulation! This mercurial moon, can be a bit all-over the map, chasing ideas at random, without consideration of follow-through. Gemini, although delightfully curious, can be super impatient, wanting immediate results. Slow down, Sparky! Don't forget to take time to ground your new possibilities. In other words: Reach for the Stars, but keep your feet firmly planted on the ground!
Wishing you an adventurous week!

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How to care for a Robot Vacuum Cleaner: 9 rules that few people follow
"The battery quickly broke down," "can't detect the floor," "it pours the garbage back to the floor" – these complaints about the robot's performance are often heard from the users. But they simply forget that robot vacuum cleaners do not have an "automatic self-care" program. In this article, we'll tell you how to take care of robots so that they work longer.
At first charge the battery Fully in accordance with the instructions
The battery of the robot vacuum cleaner needs to charge correctly at its first time. It also requires proper storage if the vacuum cleaner is not used for a long time. For different types of batteries (nickel-metal hydride, lithium-ion), these rules are different. The duration of the first charge is also individual: it is calculated from the capacity of the battery and also depends on its type.
The correct parameters for your model are prescribed in the instructions. However, the general rule for each is that – the first charge should be complete. In case you want to test the robot more quickly and it seems to you that "half an hour has passed; the battery is half-charged; it should be enough for this?" you're literally taking wrong decision. Here is what the famous manufacturer of robotic vacuum cleaners iRobot recommends: "For the first time before using, you need to connect the robot cleaner to the charger or install it on the charging base and charge it for at least 16 hours. If the charge indicator turns green after 3-4 hours of charging, this will indicate that the battery is fully charged. However, it is necessary not to interrupt the charging process and to maintain the first charging cycle exactly 16 hours."
Full discharge of the battery
NiMH-batteries have a so-called memory effect. For example- it "gets accustomed" to the process of work capacity that it obtained during the last charging cycles. So, it's not safe to conduct short cleaning program by disconnecting the battery before it's fully discharged. What happens to the battery? It gets used to this half "give away" and loses the capacity.
If this happens, then you just need to fully charge and discharge the battery several times, gradually it will "recall" its capacity – so you can even get a very tempered battery. In other models, such a "course" is provided, and the robot periodically picks up a cycle of prolonged charging, usually by giving special signals – flashing of indicators, for example. In order to identify these actions and not to interfere with the robot, we also need to look into the instruction.
Lithium-ion batteries are less affected by the "memory effect", and still require full first charge and following the other rules prescribed in the manual.
Proper storage of the battery for a vacation or long break
Any batteries – both lithium-ion and nickel-metal-hydride batteries – must be removed from the robotic vacuum cleaner. Before storing separately in a dry and cool place, don't forget to charge it up to at least 40%. Concerning the advice to keep the battery in the refrigerator there are different opinions. On the one hand, low temperature in the refrigerator is ideal conditions; on the other hand, in many modern refrigerators, high humidity is maintained, so caution is needed.
Care for the "eyes" and "ears" of the robot vacuum cleaner
The robot is guided in the room with the help of sensors and cameras – which we call its "eyes". So, don't let them cover with dust or stained. To connect the robot with the floor, sensors are also used. Therefore, wipe the robot's body and the base a soft cloth, a microfiber cloth or a special napkin to keep them clean.
Care of brushes
Dirty brushes with coiled hair and animal hair not only impair the quality of cleaning, but also make the vacuum cleaner work at maximum power unnecessarily. Because it has to spend more energy on rotating the brushes "through force" then.
Recently, many models have appeared without a central brush-roller. Such robots simply suck garbage and dust through the hole and accumulate them on its "abdomen,". For sweeping and pushing debris, the side brushes, aka "helicopters" are very helpful. Perhaps, for those who don't want to be fooled by a turbo brush, this is the best option.
Timely cleaning the dust bag and replacing the filters
The volume of dust collectors of robotic vacuum cleaners is 600 ml on the average, and after almost every cleaning, it needs to be freed from debris, even if it did not fill completely. The container can take the load of only two cleaning. Constant ignorance to this fact will lead to a deterioration in the quality of cleaning. It may result in a faster discharge of the battery. With the passage of time, the structure starts losing its rigidity. consequently, the vacuum cleaner pours some of the garbage onto the floor.
Motor and exhaust filters need cleaning and replacement. However, the timing may vary depending on the model and intensity of operation. As a general rule, these small requires to clean within every 3-6 months on average.
Preliminary cleaning of things and wires from the floor
If this feature is not required for the time being, then isolate the messy area with a tape-limiter or a virtual wall. Constant entanglement in the wires may stop its functionality, and if, anyhow, it swallows socks, there's a sure chance that the motor will cease working.
The correct choice of location for the charging base
Choose a place that's far from heated batteries and equipment. When it is on the base, make sure that the sun does not fall on the robot.
Let it work!
The more often you use a robotic vacuum cleaner, the better a life it'll lead. Even a break in work for a week negatively affects the battery condition.


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Music has been an integral part of our lives as Pacific peoples. Before colonization arrived on our shores, music was a major form of communication. It served to maintain our history, genealogy, and cultural knowledge through different oral forms. Traditionally there was no accompaniment, only lyrics (which resembled chanting, more than the melodic form we understand in contemporary music).
I can see that the evolution of Pacific music has been engulfed in modernisation, but maintains some structures of the old forms. I dig the modern day Nifoloa and Te Vaka remixes of the classics because not only does it sound good, with its upbeat tempo and pop-music catchiness, but it also teaches us a thing or two about our heritage. These contemporary renditions of traditional songs do hold old meanings.We're in the age of hip-hop influenced Zipso (or another more updated reference), acoustic guitar covers with solo people going hard with their trills, islandery ukulele (which were brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants), summer jams, and basically an undefinable "Pacific music" genre (hey SOL3 MIO). However there is an existing fear that in these changes (for whatever reason it needed to be adapted) there could be a loss of conviction and truths that were once conveyed in traditional forms.
If you're an arts student (or just a human paying attention) you'll be familiar with the idea that culture is never static, change is inevitability, there is no single "authentic" culture to go back to etc. It's futile to go back to our very oral culture passing wisdom, genealogy, and histories through songs and chants. But as I bop my head to contemporary Pacific music—with its bass, rhythm, and melodic vocal line—I can't help but feel like I'm missing out on something, like something has fallen through the cracks, like my ancestors voices are getting more and more faint.


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Weekly Words To Live By
I've never seen a storm like this in the 30+ years I've lived in California.
Storms can be scary, so sorry to see the damage to the plant leaves!ReplyDelete
I'm glad the storm didn't completely destroy your garden. We had a severe storm two years ago that completely denuded our giant oak and elm trees. They are still recovering.
Beautiful photos of your paradise! I keep thinking I want to move to CA.
When I read your quote I had to laugh. So true! Then I read the rest and had to say that I do live in the Midwest--Oklahoma--and we have had SO many storms for the past 10 days. We have had over 40 tornadoes that touched down in the state, as well as a hail storm that moved over one hundred miles with hail from golf ball size to softball size. It completely devastated everything in its path (cars, homes, etc!). What a year this has been for unusual weather! Hope all your lovely garden recovers! Lori LReplyDelete
I'm so with you on the weather. Unbelievably cool temps. I think I'm ready for something a tad balmy to warm my soul! Good weather quote, BTW!ReplyDelete
That's a great quote, I completely agree!
What an amazing storm you had, I hope your garden recovers quickly.
How beautiful it is in your corner of the world.
LOVE that quote, if only, LOL! Sorry about your succulents, your garden still looks amazing :-)ReplyDelete
The storms continue although more gently than the other day! Thanks everyone for stopping by to visit the garden and for your lovely remarks. Stay safe out there and don't go out in a storm between 2Am and 5Am. LOL


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The modern conservative, JK Galbraith once observed, "is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy: the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness". If he were still with us, I am sure he would have relished the rationalisation of self-interest offered by Philip Hammond, the Conservative frontbencher, who will soon be in charge of slashing public spending.
When confronted with accusations that he was expecting his interns to live on the loose change in the office petty cash box, he was not remotely shamefaced. "I would regard it as an abuse of taxpayer funding to pay for something that is available for nothing and which other members are obtaining for nothing," he replied in an indignant email leaked to the admirably bolshie Interns Anonymous website. "I therefore have no intention of changing my present arrangements."
Now I accept that interns are both exploited and fortunate. Overwhelmingly, they receive the opportunities denied to poorer children because their parents can subsidise them. I agree too that journalists have no right to criticise politicians when the media have led the way in using the intern system to reinforce class privilege and to give the children of journalists and mangers unfair advantages.
Nevertheless, Hammond's patrician parting shot – "I therefore have no intention of changing my present arrangements" – encapsulates the complacency of a political class which is behaving as if we were still living in the bright, bubbly summer of 2007. If bankers still want million-pound bonuses, by all means pay them, even if they come at public expense. If unemployment explodes, there is no need for emergency measures.
You might argue that, overall, unemployment has still not exploded to emergency levels. But no one should be complacent about youth unemployment which is heading to unprecedented heights, as a blighted generation sees the door to a better future slammed in its face.
Hammond's miserliness ought to shock because graduates' chances of finding work too often depend on signing up for one, two – maybe more – internships. As for their less well-qualified contemporaries, the number of young people in England not in education, employment or training rose to 935,000 this month. It is already higher than in the recession of the early 1990s and within months will top the numbers reached in the early 1980s.
David Willetts, the Tories' thoughtful higher education spokesman, believes that Gordon Brown's raid on pension schemes and the ever-increasing costs of an ageing population are imposing an unintended penalty on the young. Companies, which would once reduce numbers by offering generous early-retirement packages, can no longer afford to buy off older workers. They are not only freezing the recruitment of (mainly young) job applicants, but also operating a last-in-first-out policy, which again hits the young disproportionately hard.
Older leftish readers should be stunned that the result could be Labour leaving power with higher youth unemployment than in the darkest days of Mrs Thatcher's administration. The under-25s will not share our surprise because they cannot remember the 1980s.
We are witnessing the eccentric spectacle of the young responding to a failure of financial capitalism by turning rightwards because most have only known a Labour government. Now that they have seen through its vain promise that security would be theirs if "they worked hard and played by the rules", they must watch on as it denies tens of thousands places at university.
The rejected will either go on the dole or take jobs that others who never thought of going to university might have had. The new unemployed ought to study the 1980s, for they will then learn what happens next. Danny Dorling of Sheffield University summarised the research in the British Medical Journal earlier this year. Whether they are 16, 18 or 21, unemployment hits the young harder than the old. The experience of rejection, the failure to pass from youth to adulthood, leaves them more likely to suffer from ill health, depression and premature death, as they stammer and stumble through life.
It is extraordinary that Labour acts as if it does not know this and sits back while university admissions tutors turn away able and in some cases exceptional candidates. Further education was the best means at its disposal of combating youth unemployment. All it had to do was stick to its target of getting half of 18-year-olds into further education and there would be no problems now.
To be as generous as I can in the circumstances, I should note that David Lammy and Peter Mandelson have found the money to subsidise 10,000 more students , but that still left 140,000 applicants chasing 22,000 places on Friday. Labour's main concern is to stop the former polytechnics piling working-class students high and selling them a cheap education. They are not thinking about how to pay for a radical adaptation of the system to meet the new demands of hard times.
Two sources of funding cry out for attention. When Gordon Brown came to power, he tried to distance himself from Tony Blair's unpopular but necessary policy of introducing student loans by increasing taxpayer support for middle-class students.
The civil service then compounded Brown's folly by messing up the maths and allowing far too many students to receive the new grants. Ministers ought to take the money back and use it to fund additional places. I suspect they won't because in an election year they do not want to hear "moral justifications for selfishness" from middle-class parents accusing government of cruelly adding to their children's burdens.
The alternative is to divert money from academic research to the maintenance of a larger student population until the crisis passes. When I suggested doing just that to a leading academic, she said that her colleagues would go "ballistic" and cry that the government was threatening the top universities whose expertise Britain needs if we are to build a new economy.
She had a fair point, but also a selfish one. For someone has to pay the price of economic failure. And she, like far too many others, was happy for state-financed bankers, middle-class students and research fellows to be spared and to leave our doomed youth to pick up the bill.


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May 2014
Rod Suderman, MCC representative of Northeast Asia, visited us in Korea. MCC has had a partnership with KAC (Chuncheon) and Korea/Northeast Asia Peace Education training center (Deokso) for a long time.
Here are some photos of his visit!
There are currently 3 MCC volunteers in Korea, all are part of the SALT program. And KAC also dispatched two IVEP volunteers to America and Canada.


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Africa's New Age of Combat Air Power
Nations on the continent gear up to fight insurgents and each other
Uncategorized October 1, 2015 Peter Dörrie 10
Combat aircraft — modern multi-role and light attack aircraft and helicopter gunships — are quickly becoming the favorite new toys of militaries across Africa. For strategists and governments alike, air power holds a lot promise, both in terms of fighting internal rebellions and projecting power abroad.
Historically, sophisticated aircraft have played a negligible role in most African conflicts. For most of the 20th century, Africa's post-colonial states lacked the funds and expertise to acquire, operate and service efficient air forces, which could influence the outcome of military campaigns.
There are some notable exceptions to this rule. During the Biafran War, the Nigerian air force used Soviet-supplied MiG-17s and Il-28s to indiscriminately bomb military and civilian targets in the secessionist region of Biafra. The Biafrans only had a rag-tag collection of civilian and military aircraft, most famously five Malmö MFI-9Bs, nicknamed "Biafra Babies."
Flown by foreign mercenaries as well as local Biafran pilots, these aircraft scored some impressive tactical victories, but were unable to influence the overall outcome of the war.
Other historical conflicts include the heavy use of the Libyan air force in successive interventions and wars in neighboring Chad during the 1970s and 1980s. During the Ethiopian-Eritrean War of 1998–2000, both sides deployed modern fighters such as MiG-29s and Su-27s. For the most part, though, Africa's many interstate and internal conflicts have used air power only in the most rudimentary sense or not at all.
That's changing.
More and more, African governments are splurging on advanced combat aircraft. This time around, the warplanes have local pilots schooled in modern doctrines by Western colleagues. While buying shiny hardware has been a favorite pastime of many African military rulers — only to result in underused and underserviced equipment — these new investments in modern air power are producing results.
There are a variety of reasons for this. First of all, sophisticated aircraft suitable for Africa's predominant form of conflict – insurgencies – are increasingly affordable. The posterchild for this type of hardware is the EMB 314 Super Tucano, manufactured by Brazilian company Embraer.
A turboprop design, the Super Tucano has quite a few things going for it. It is designed to withstand the tropical conditions found in Brazil, as well as many African countries. An all-in-one package, the same airframe can theoretically work for reconnaissance, attack missions, close air support and training, substantially reducing the complexity involved with supporting these different missions.
With a decent combat radius of 550 kilometers, modern avionics, five hardpoints and two internal machine guns, the plane packs plenty of punch to serve its primary role of combating rebels and insurgents in a low-threat environment. It can also carry sidewinder air-to-air missiles, making it at least in theory capable of interdiction missions against enemy air forces.
Another plus is the sticker price — at a unit cost of $9-$14 million and operating costs of $430 to $500 per hour, the Super Tucano is a bargain compared to the jet powered fighters developed for the needs of military superpowers.
In comparison, a Su-27/30, another recent favorite of African militaries, clocks in at upwards of $30 million per unit and thousands of dollars in operating costs per hour. All modern Western multi-role fighters have similarly high costs.
To be sure, these airframes are substantially more capable than the Super Tucano. The advanced Russian fighters feature sophisticated radars, the ability to network with each other and ground-based systems — and aerial refueling for increased combat range. However, none of these capabilities are in huge demand when it comes to dropping a few tons worth of explosives on a rebel camp, or taking out a high-profile target with moderate precision.
So far, seven African nations have ordered or already operate the Super Tucano. Others have expressed interest.
But for some countries, money is no object. This may either be because their respective governments are swimming in cash — shoveled into the country because of the world's never-ending addiction to petroleum and natural gas. Or these countries are ruled by military elites, who treat it as a point of pride to spend resources on top-of-the-line hardware to combat real or imagined threats to their domestic or regional dominance.
Often, it is a combination of these factors.
An outlier in the terms laid out above is South Africa. A stable democracy with a strong historical commitment to regional stability and understanding, it nonetheless bought 28 Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighters at a sticker price of a cool $65 million per unit.
The Gripen likely gives South Africa air superiority in southern Africa, even against advanced Su-30Ks such as those deployed by Angola's military. There is of course no real reason why South Africa would need this capability.
A shooting war in southern Africa is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future, and while South Africa's military has been involved in situations recently where some close air support would have been advantageous, these engagements took place thousands of kilometers away in Central Africa, far outside the operational range of the Gripen.
To the contrary, the Gripen drains South Africa's military budget, while the rest of the military verges on the cusp of obsolescence because of under-financing. The answer to why South Africa still had to buy the Gripen is simple — corruption. Saab allegedly handed over $1.58 billion in bribes to shady middlemen to secure the deal.
While South African politicians are still trying to defend the Gripen purchase, other African governments can spend their money with even greater freedom from scrutiny. As we mentioned, Angola recently invested in a number of Su-30s, an airframe that Uganda has already deployed since 2012.
Algeria is the largest operator of the Su-30, one of Russia's most modern multi-role fighter designs. It currently has 44 Su-30 MKAs in service and a further 14 on order.
It is conspicuous that every African country with Su-30s is ruled by a leadership with intimate ties to the military establishment. But this is not surprising. Keeping the military loyal is a means of regime survival — and one way to do that is giving those elites new expensive toys to play with.
But in addition to this, all three countries claim regional military superpower status. Uganda is currently the most prolific at exerting its military abroad, actively intervening in South Sudan and Somalia, as well as defining parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic within its sphere of influence due to the presence of the Lord's Resistance Army.
But Angola is equally interested in developments in the DRC. And Algeria defines its military priorities both in respect to its regional rival, Morocco, and the presence of jihadist groups and rampant insecurity in Mali and Libya.
But perhaps the uncrowned king of modern combat aircraft on the African continent is Egypt. Again a country run by military officers for decades, Egypt owes it excessive inventory of warplanes to its special historical relationship to the United States.
The country's aerial backbone relies on F-16s, of which Egypt has a total of 220 in service. It also sports some French Dassault Rafale fighters and is in talks to buy high-tech Su-35s from Russia.


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Aseel AlYaqoub & Lara Nasser
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The nature of information is altered once its availability becomes universal. It began with written language, evolving to letters, the printing press, Morse code, fax machines, cellphones, and finally the Internet. In order to examine the dissonance between physical shrouding of information and digital revelations, we've married the two in a performative video. The narrative is contemporary and situated at the heart of concealment/exposure: Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo.
Taking a section of the chat log in which Manning leaked classified military details to Lamo, we hand-painted the chat onto a cloth in lemon juice. Following the structure of the conversation we took turns as each party ironing out the sentences one by one. Documented as a stop-motion video, with the time running parallel on the left, the chat between Lamo and Manning became more and more absurd when extracted slowly and painstakingly.
We chose a passage of the chat that was particularly human. It is all too easy to think of global news as abstraction; things we hear about that might stir some vague moral associations. But reading the chat logs was uncomfortable. They are just people; people who use emoticons, make typos, flirt, panic, and enjoy the anonymity provided by an alienated chat box. Having access to the word-by-word account, we were able to examine timings between sentences and make assumptions about the political climate conducive to the interaction, as well as the psychological states of the two at the time of exchange.


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Professional plastic fabricators combine plastic resins with fiberglass because of the qualities of strength that it adds to the plastic. For example, the tensile strength of un-reinforced polyester resin is about 55 MPa, while the tensile strength of polyester combined with chopped strand mat laminate is close to 100 MPa. Other fiberglass-plastic composites can have tensile strengths as high as 2,300 MPa.
It is this quality of high tensile strength that makes fiberglass an attractive material for the construction of enclosures. In industrial and commercial contexts, fiberglass is used for the construction of tanks, pipes and other materials storage and transmission materials. Even some consumer products like tackle boxes and hand-operated spray pumps are often made of fiberglass.
Fiberglass is particularly well suited for use as an enclosure construction material because of its light weight, corrosion resistance and scratch resistance. The food industry, chemical plants, water treatment facilities and many other industrial and commercial operations make use of fiberglass enclosures for storage and shipping purposes.
Fiberglass enclosures are constructed of a mixture of glass fibers and resins. The small fibers are usually invisible without magnification. When saturated with polyester resin, the fibers harden into a very strong structure, which provides sturdy material for an enclosure. Fiberglass enclosures are resistant to extreme weather conditions, acid, bleach and some organic solvents. They also feature low friction, high dimensional stability and good mechanical strength.
Depending on the shape and size of the enclosure, a variety of processes can be used in the fabrication of fiberglass enclosures. Fiberglass fabricators have a range of tools at their disposal during fabrications processes. The most common fabrication method is molding, and there are a few different kinds of molding that are used for the creation of most fiberglass enclosures.
The process involves heating a thermoplastic resin beyond its melting point so it can be formed easily. The molten resin is then placed in a mold or on a mandrel and then sprayed with fiberglass and other additives. Once the materials have taken the appropriate shape, they are removed from the mold and prepared for shipment or additional processing if necessary.


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Reclaim your Life
Yes, there is a life outside trading, and being part of the OM Community goes beyond learning, coaching and trading, it can also be fun, enjoyable and in fact give life a purpose. This topic could be the umpteenth one in the forums, the "watercooler", however we truly believe it deserves its own prime 'real estate', its own place, where OM Members can share their life story, their aspirations, and basically talk about anything, from past trading mistakes to futures holidays or retirement. A balanced lifestyle is essential to reach not only success but sheer satisfaction in your life.
Hence we would like to dedicate this particular blog area to sharing your anecdotes, your relaxation tips, your after-hours hobbies, or whatever you do to make yourself happy outside trading hours. It is clear that self-realisation does not come from making money on the markets, but how you spend it, for your family and friends, or for a greener planet, or any greater good out there.
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24 March 2016
Freddy presented in Pearson's Author Webinar Series.
9 March 2016
To properly determine a comprehensive picture of a student's reading skills, schools need a sound silent reading fluency measure that is appropriate for the school setting. Join us as we invite famed literacy expert Dr. Freddy Hiebert to join Pearson's Dr. Mark Daniel to discuss the historical concept of this type of measure, and examine it in practice in the new aimswebPlus.
28 January 2016
Freddy presents at the National Title 1 conference in Houston, TX on January 28, 2016.
24 November 2015
Freddy presents a webinar for Pearson Education.
13 November 2015
Freddy presents at the A Conversation About Vocabulary with Colleagues conference.
12 November 2015
Freddy presents Learning Words and Learning How Words Work: The Foundation for Reading Complex Text at the 2015 Alabama Reading Association.
5 November 2015
Freddy presents a webinar for the Pearson Pre-K Webinar Series: Make Every Moment Count!
3 October 2015
Freddy presents at the 2015 St. Louis Symposium in St. Louis, MO.
23 July 2015
Freddy presents at the Illinois K-12 Literacy Symposium on July 23, 2015.
29 June 2015
Freddy presents at the 2015 Boston University Summer Literacy Institute.


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A new electronic art installation at the Science Museum in London endeavours to show just that.
Listening Post allows its audience to eavesdrop on the online world. Sampling text from thousands of chatrooms, message boards and forums, the artists have created a huge display that attempts to "hear the internet".
Artists Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen have forged a giant curved stand that is built out of 231 small electronic screens.
Those screens display text fragments, which are accompanied by the rhythm of computer-synthesized voices reading - or as some put it "singing" - the words that surge and flicker over the screens.
Those words are uncensored and unedited: they may be four letters but they are predominantly "clean ones", such as "skin" and "bone".
Then sound artist Ben Rubin has programmed a voice synthesizer to create tones and sound effects that respond to shifts in the data-streams, building up a musical score of online activity.
The artwork then plays out through a series of seven cycles, lasting 25 minutes in all.
The display has been funded by money from the Art Fund and the Science Museum.
Hannah Redler, head of arts at the Science Museum, said the artwork offered an insight into public chatter online.
"It is an awe-inspiring 'portrait of chat' that reveals people's most personal thoughts and most universal concerns."
And David Barrie, director of the Art Fund, said the installation saw art and technology meet.
"Its interest lies, not only in its almost mesmeric visual and auditory impact, but in the poetry it generates from the often banal traffic on the internet," he added.
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The Girl By The Lake
In this engrossing thriller that swept the 2008 David di Donatello Awards, an idyllic town in the Italian Dolomites is shocked by the murder of young and beautiful Anna; her body found naked at the edge of a lake with no signs of sexual assault or struggle. Inspector Giovanni Sanzio (Toni Servillo) is called in from the provincial capital to solve the crime, but the victim proves as mysterious as the crime itself. Suspicion first falls on village simpleton Mario, then transfers to Anna's lay-about boyfriend, Roberto, and even her father, Davide, whose home movies of his daughter pay more attention to her body than would seem appropriate. Indeed, the more Inspector Sanzio and local cop Siboldi (Fausto Sciarappa) dig, the more questions arise.
1hr 35mins long
M Contains offensive language.
Valeria Golino
Toni Servillo
Omero Antonutti
Nello Mascia
Giulia Michelini
Fausto Maria Sciarappa
Fabrizio Gifuni
Augusto Balliana
Anna Bonaiuto
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31 December 2012
End of 2012 Round-Up
I know that by this point of the year, I should probably be ready with a list of the best and worst of the year, but you can always come back tomorrow for that. Minor spoiler- none of these films are on either of those lists, so here goes with reviewing them...
Our protagonist, Eric Packer, played by Robert Pattinson, has a medical check-up every day, despite being young and fighting fit. This hypochondriac tendency also involves a prostate exam, which is particularly apt for a film that seems to be giving itself a prostate exam, and bringing its head precariously close to its own arse. What makes it watchable is that it somehow maintains that balance, of existentially staring into the abyss of its own bottom, without tipping over into tedium or nauseous self-reflection.
The highlight is indubitably Matthieu Amalric's cameo- if only his villain in Quantum of Solace had been so ingenious- but there's still other stuff to engage with, amongst the philosophy and hedonism that Cronenberg indulges in the character of Packer. Pattinson is actually better than you've ever seen him here, and seems to be headed in the right direction- although this isn't a classic, he's bound to strike gold soon if he keeps picking unorthodox roles like these. Cosmopolis is no Holy Motors, but then really, what is?
Cosmopolis is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Denied a release until star Josh Hutcherson's success in The Hunger Games granted it a limited release in the US, and a straight-to-DVD release in the UK, the film has lashings of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and two school-based TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Community- and when have the big studios ever known what to do with those? Kahn's film isn't as consistently on form as either of those, but there are a lot of laughs in this quickfire comedy- the nearest thing I can compare it to, in terms of scale and delivery, is those Friedberg and Seltzer movies, like Epic Movie, et al, except it actually works, and it's actually funny.
It's not going to trouble The Cabin in the Woods on anyone's best of the year lists, but Kahn also has something to say about his targets, and he's said it in the strangest, most engaging way that he can think of, regardless of commercial appeal. Detention is also quite a bit smarter than the hipsterism it derides, which is always a plus, and not even the presence of Dane Cook, the antithesis of all things funny, can bring down a film with a wickedly funny and complex script, and a cast of bright young things, which is worth seeking out.
Detention is now available on DVD.
Without having read the books, it seems to me that Cruise exudes the confidence required by the character. Neither Chris Hemsworth or Alexander Skarsgard, the closest physical matches to Reacher as described, can trump him for pure charisma, and he clearly relishes the opportunity to act, as well as just doing all of his own stunts. Christopher McQuarrie pulls triple duties as writer, director and editor, and succeeds in all three with his typical panache. He finds better uses for the character, and for the source material, than to simply have Cruise threaten people as he does in the trailer. That said, Cruise gets one of his best ever lines of dialogue in a scene just like that.
A strong supporting cast includes Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and David Oyelowo, with surprising and engaging turns from Robert Duvall, and Werner Herzog as the film's villain. Herzog's character is, in essence, a Bond villain, and McQuarrie clearly know that well enough to use him sparingly, with the greatest effect, while henchman Jai Courtney gets more screentime. Jack Reacher is an often intense, sometimes funny action thriller with an engaging mystery, that should well and truly put Tom Cruise back on the map as a leading man- in a year when the Bourne series seriously disappointed, this series might be ready to take its place.
Jack Reacher is now showing in cinemas nationwide.
There are shades of Doctor Who to the premise, and in general, there's a lot to like in this one. The burgeoning friendship between Darius and Kenneth, beautifully played by Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass, is hugely endearing, but I also loved the way that the journalist character, Jake Johnson's Jeff, played out. Jeff's trying to time travel his own way, by chasing after his high school crush. Perhaps the main problem with Safety Not Guaranteed is that I was more engaged in this storyline, than in the main one, in which the possibility of actual time travel looms large.
There are a few neat twists along the way, particularly towards the end, and the ambiguity that seems prized by modern low-budget movies doesn't go unresolved, which makes a nice change. The mystery of Kenneth's character is preserved long enough to be enjoyable, but by the time it gets to the end, which serves as a nice exhibition of director Colin Trevorrow's affection for 1980s blockbuster cinema, I didn't feel as engaged as I was earlier on. Safety Not Guaranteed is a good film, certainly, but I was unable to fall in love with it as so many others have.
Safety Not Guaranteed is now playing in selected cinemas nationwide, and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2013.
It's been an unfortunate tendency for films of this kind to go out with unqualified ambiguity, not so much leaving a film open for interpretation as simply providing reasonable doubt of one perception and then cutting to the credits. Sound Of My Voice is 85 minutes long, and it's difficult to shake the feeling that there wasn't enough in here to sustain a feature. It feels unfinished, which is a shame, because it has an intriguing premise and a couple of great performances from Marling, who also co-wrote the script, as Maggie, and Christopher Denham as Peter.
Marling and co-writer/director Zal Batmanglij said in an interview that the story could continue, but only sounded as certain as to say "we'd love to continue it as a trilogy, or on TV or whatever it is." That would explain the open ending to this one, but when that continuation may never come, Sound Of My Voice makes for frustrating and beguiling viewing.
Sound Of My Voice is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
There's still plenty of films I wanted to see and didn't get around to- Berberian Sound Studio, The Imposter, Amour, Your Sister's Sister, Trouble With The Curve- and perhaps these will be reviewed in the New Year. However, if you're not too hungover tomorrow, you can read about the best and worst of what I did see then.
I'm Mark the mad prophet, and between now and the end of the year, don't watch anything I wouldn't watch.
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Chicken Piccata with ArtichokesFrom jaeleepoms 12 years ago
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts - cut into thin strips (or use the thin sliced packaged raw chicken breast to save a step) shopping list
- 1 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- 1 egg, lightly beaten shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice shopping list
- 1/4 cup olive oil shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped shopping list
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced shopping list
- 1 small jar capers shopping list
- 1/4 cup lemon juice shopping list
- 3/4 cup chicken stock shopping list
- 1 can artichoke hearts, drained and coursely chopped shopping list
- 2 tablespoons dry white wine (optional) shopping list
- 1 lemon shopping list
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (garnish) shopping list
How to make it
- Flatten chicken to 1/4 inch thickness between plastic wrap or waxed paper, or cut breasts into thin strips or fillets (slicing chicken breasts while still partially frozen works best for this). In a small bowl, beat the egg together with 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice. Set aside. In a shallow bowl, mix together flour, paprika, and salt and pepper. Dip chicken into egg mixture and then dredge chicken pieces in the seasoned flour.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and sauté chicken until light golden brown (about 45 seconds each side). Remove chicken from skillet, and set aside.
- To skillet, add mushrooms, garlic, lemon juice, chicken stock and white wine (optional). Simmer until a smooth, light sauce develops. Return chicken to the skillet, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear, about 15 minutes. Stir in artichoke hearts and capers, and heat additional 10 minutes.
- Garnish with chopped fresh parsley and zest of lemon peel or thin slices of lemon and serve over thin linguini or your favorite pasta. Serves 4-6
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Looking for a good, simple and different chicken dish for a crowd and I found it. Love the idea of the artichokes.sas in Farmington loved it
Wonderful combination -- I'll try this on company; I always do something "new" when we have guests...let them be the judge!bonjody in Branson loved it


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Lemony Chickpea Curry
This is a go-to dish if ever there was one. It takes less than 10 minutes to get going and stores well. I make a huge batch (meaning double this recipe) in the morning while I'm cooking breakfast, then we have it for lunch or dinner, and again the next day!
2 15-oz cans chickpeas (washed well and drained)
1 large or 2 small lemons, juiced
2-3 T. curry powder
1 t. veggie boullion (we use "Better Than Bouillon")
1/8 c. water
1 t. coconut oil
cilantro (optional)
sliced avocado (optional)
In a small dish, stir the curry powder into the lemon juice until it dissolves (or just let it sit a few minutes and give it a quick stir). In a medium-sized pot or saucepan, heat the coconut oil on medium, then add the chickpeas and give them a stir to coat them with some of the oil. Cover and let simmer for 3-4 minutes, then stir in the curry/lemon juice mix and water. Cover again and turn heat to low-medium, then let simmer for about 20 minutes (until the chickpeas start to fall apart). Stir in bouillon and let simmer for another 5 minutes.
Give another stir and taste, adding more curry, lemon juice, or salt (the bouillon will have some salt) per your preference. Sprinkle with cilantro (we add liberal amounts, but know some people hate it--don't worry 'cause it's optional).
We serve over brown rice and usually add some broccoli and nooch to round it out (nutritional yeast). We also sometimes add some avocado if we need a boost of healthy fat. It ends up looking like this:


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Oh, goody. I see the Dallas school board has a "request for proposals" out, seeking a public relations firm to come in as a private contractor and help the public school system (meaning the school board) with its relationship with the public. That's a big idea. But they need to make sure they write that contract the right way.
The first thing, right at the top of the contract, should be a provision like this: "In exchange for several million dollars to be paid on a basis of fairly often, said contractor doth warrant, guarantee, affirm, resolve and promith that the public image of the school board in Dallas, instead of being bad all the time, will be good for a change."
Why not?
Why else would a public entity pay vast amounts of tax money to a private company to come in and manage its public image? They have an understandable and not inaccurate perception that their image sucks. They have an entirely human and forgivable wish for their image to not suck. They feel that they have tried everything else under the sun, and every day when they wake up and look in the papers or on TV they still look really, really bad. So they're ready to try magic.
It's a big move. Notice, if you will, that the Dallas City Council does not engage the services of a private public relations company to make it look better. Why? Because the council, whatever else bad we may say about it here, still has a little bit of pride. The City Council isn't ready to admit that it needs the political equivalent of plastic surgery. Plus, if the City Council hired a private p.r. company, people would laugh at the City Council.
Very few people laugh at the school board. Most people look at the school board, and it looks awful, and people feel awful. So most people think, "Go ahead, whatever, plastic surgery, trip to Neiman Marcus, medical marijuana, whatever will help ease the pain." I say most people. Yeah. With the exception of us. The damn media. The press. The problem.
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I shouldn't even admit this in public, but I will because I know that every other reporter in town will have the same reaction. See, for us it's one thing when people look honestly bad. It's just how they look. It's sort of not even their fault really. It falls under the category of what it is, it is. You snap a photo, slap it up on the web, your day is done.
But when a private PR person in a conical wizard hat trots the school board out on stage all got up in embarrassing makeup and beads, and when the PR person waves a wand at us and says, "Count slowly backwards from 100, and you will see that the school board is becoming better and better looking, slowly, 88, 87, 86, now they are becoming very very beautiful. ..." You know what that is to us?
A dare. In fact it's kind of a double-dare. Well, wait. It's really a double dog dare. Here's the thing. We in the news business are not what you would call intellectuals. Waving a magic wand and telling us that the school board looks really, really good? That's kind of like running a stick down a chain-link fence between you and a pit-bull. Better hope that fence is tall enough.
And here's another secret I'll let you in on. The pit bull loves it. As he or she backs up, half sits, looks up to gauge the height of the fence while loading piston-like hind legs for the explosion, the dog is thinking, "This, my students, is about to be a lesson in the law of unintended consequences."


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This question came up because I was wondering the following: If the digits of PI are placed in ascending order, what is the <insert-large-finite-number-here>th digit?
I believe that the answer is 0, but I am not sure. The reason why I'm not sure is dependent on the answer to whether an irrational number can have a finite number of a certain digit. If this is the case, then it is conceivable that there could be a finite number of zeros. Taking an example, let us say that we are going to encode every digit of PI through the function $$ f(x) = \left\{ \begin{array}{c} 10+x,\quad when \quad x≠0\\ 99,\quad when \quad x=0 \end{array} \right. $$ That is, for example if I am encoding the digits of $20$, then I'd replace the $2$ with $f(2)$ and the $0$ with $f(0)$ I'd get, as my end result, $1299$. This mapping function seems to totally eliminate zeros from the answer. By doing the same thing to PI, I can totally eliminate its zeros. It also seems conceivable that I can still generate a unique mapping if I apply the function to digits only after the first zero.
So: does my argument hold water? Is it possible to turn an irrational number into one with a finite number of a certain digit? Additionally, is it possible to prove whether an arbitrary irrational number has a finite number of a certain digit?


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Financial Tips for Recent College Graduates and Their Parents
If you are saving for your child's college education, you may need to save a little more for financial support after graduation.
According to a new study by American Express, 80% of graduates move in with their parents after graduation due to financial instability, and almost half of recent graduates are receiving financial assistance from their parents.
The average student loan debt is $24,000. Graduates may also have another $3,000 in credit card debt. These young adults are financially stressed before they enter the work force, and many have to turn to their parents for help. But these parents have just spent a lot of their money to pay for the college education and need to be saving for their own retirement. The parents may need their own financial help."
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2. Start saving immediately from every paycheck, even if it is only a small amount. Open a retirement account at work or your own IRA. Time and compounding interest will help your small amount grow into significant savings by retirement.
3. Open a separate savings account to save for an emergency fund. The goal should be three months of income. If you lose your job or have sudden, unexpected expenses, your emergency fund–not your credit card–should be your safety net. Using loans to pay for an emergency simply adds to the cost of the emergency.
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2. Don't sacrifice your retirement to pay for college. It may be tempting to tap your IRA for college, but there are costly consequences and it can leave you short for your retirement. Once the money is spent, it is difficult to rebuild a large balance. Early withdrawals from retirement accounts are expensive. You may have to pay income tax or a 10% early withdrawal penalty. Retirement account distributions also count as income.
3. Prepare a plan with your student to pay off college debt. Student loans may be necessary for many families to pay for college, but it is essential to have a plan to pay off this debt.
4. If your child must move home, establish rules. This should be a temporary move to help your child get financially established, not to avoid reality and responsibility. Charge a reasonable rent and an amount for utilities, groceries, etc.
5. Set deadlines and enforce them. Financial assistance is temporary help, not a trust.
6. If you are struggling to make your own ends meet, you may not be able to afford to give much help to your child. Do not go into debt or damage your own credit to give financial help.


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Introducing- the skillet frittata. EGGcellent. And super easy. High protein and fiber. I brought it for my lunch today with a little Sriracha (of course).
- 5 large Brussels sprouts, chopped
- 1 crown of broccoli, chopped
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 8 eggs (can use 16 egg whites)
- 1 cup milk of choice
- 1/4 cup mozzarela cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh rosemary to taste
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sauté Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and onion in cast iron skillet for 5 min on medium heat.
- Scramble eggs, milk, seasonings and cheese in a bowl.
- Pour egg mixture over veggies in cast iron skillet and stir.
- Place cast iron skillet with mixture in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
150 calories and $1.25 per serving!!!! Dang girl!


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The evolution of Kensington Mews houses
This second blog from Anthony Walker, Chair of Edwardes Square Scarsdale and Abingdon Association (ESSA) explores the history and current uses of Kensington mews houses as well as the redevelopment of Avon House in W8.
Many mews houses in London have their origins as stabling for the grand houses nearby. Unlike the older mews developments in Bloomsbury, groups of mews buildings in the ESSA area in Kensington were not related directly to larger houses. Some may have provided stabling for nearby residents but in the Survey of London it is stated that:
'Stabling built after 1880, like Adam and Eve Mews next to Kensington High Street, was commonly sited with an eye to industrial or commercial use. The new flat-dwellers who crowded into the district after 1885 had no need for their own stables. If road transport were required, hansom cabs, omnibuses or, on occasion, a private carriage hired from a livery stable, could supply their want. For daily purposes they travelled by train.'
Preserving the character of Kensington Mews houses
The groups of Kensington mews houses do therefore have a distinctive character, not least in their form, which makes use of often irregular, 'left-over' spaces. They are not part of the larger character area as in Bedford Square in Bloomsbury, but they do stand-alone as examples of a distinctive building type to be preserved.
It should be noted that the main mews houses in the ESSA area, Lexham, Radley and Adam and Eve, still contain a number of small business units at street level. We regard it as important that these uses be retained to bring life and vitality to the area as well as maintaining the unique character of the traditional mews. This has of course been particularly challenging during the recent period of rapidly rising residential values. The practice of moving the commercial space to below ground level, as in the case of a recent development in Lexham Mews, results in a loss of the desirable features of activity at ground level
Avon House Redevelopment in Kensington
While most of the ESSA area involves residential development of various sorts with ranges of shops both small and large, there are also other uses to be considered such as medical and social. An interesting case is Avon House which is situated between the grade II listed Kensington United Reform Church and the back of Abingdon Mansions. The present building is of no architectural significance and was most recently used as a care home. It has been empty for a year or more. The owners have been consulting local residents and will be running a wider consultation at the beginning of December. The scale of the proposed building, designed by John Simpson Architects fits in well with its surroundings and will provide accommodation for a Neurological Clinic with both short-term residential accommodation and outpatient facilities. We believe that this could provide a positive service to the community although it does need an additional basement. Do go to see the display and plans, which will be open to the public at Avon House on the 1st and 2nd December.
Anthony Walker – Chairman, ESSA
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The pace of government-backed loan modifications picked up in March, with both new trials and permanent modifications approved under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) up significantly.
The Treasury Department reports that 36,400 homeowners were approved for permanent HAMP loan modifications during the month, an increase of more than 10,000 from February. It was the most permanent HAMP modifications approved in a single month since last July.
New admissions to the the HAMP program rose to 36,400, up from 29,100 in February and the most trial modifications begun since December. Borrowers qualifying for HAMP must complete a three-month trial period before they can be approved for permanent modifications.
Homeowners qualifying for HAMP modifications lowered their monthly mortgage payments by a median 37 percent, or more than $500 a month.
New admissions and permanent modifications approved under HAMP are have slowed significantly from the first year of the program, since the government tightened requirements for trial modifications. However, the percentage of trial modifications approved for permanent status has improved significantly.
The Treasury Department reports that since income verification requirements were implemented last June, 68 percent of eligible trial modifications have been approved for permanent status, compared to 43 percent prior to that date. Another 23 percent are pending a decision; there are still 1 percent of pre-June 2010 trials that have yet to be resolved.
To date, the Treasury Department reports that there have been 670,000 permanent HAMP modifications approved since the program began in March 2009, of which 83,000 have been cancelled. A total of 1.56 million trial modifications have been initiated, of which 751,000 have been cancelled and 137,000 remain as active trials.
Treasury estimates there are currently another 1.34 million homeowners who are at least 60 days delinquent on their mortgages and who would qualify for the HAMP program. To qualify, borrowers must occupy the home as their primary residence, owe less than $730,000 on their mortgage, be facing a financial hardship and have the means to keep up with a modified payment structure.
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Its been so long since my last blog, I kinda forgot how to do this haha. Anyways hows everyone doing, Im still just plugging away here in Syracuse. It has been an up and down season so far and I mean I started off pretty slow and really had to work hard to get out of that funk I was in. Personally I have been working on my mechanics so that I could stay taller as I deliver the pitch and make the ball have more of a down ward angle on it, so that is the thing I have been working on and the last 5 or 6 starts it has been working out and I feel great doing it now. As for this team man I really cant say that I have had more fun with any other team, this group of guys here are a lot of fun and we have been winning so thats always a plus. other than that so far I am just focusing on baseball and the wedding this off season and having a blast doing both : ). Well I know that this isn't much since I haven't blogged in over 2 months but I will try to do a better job, i cant keep making the excuse that I'm super busy haha. Plus Its my birthday so Happy Birthday to me haha..


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The castle is an impressive Biltmore family domain, which is located near Asheville in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Many voted Biltmore as the most beloved family house of the Americans. This definition comes from a rating of the American Institute of Architects, which was made in 2007 in order to sort the list of favorite architectural structures in America.
Biltmore Castle was built in the years between 1889 and 1895 by George Washington Vanderbilt II. Biltmore is considered the largest private estate built in the U.S. It is situated on a total area of 16, 300 square meters, and throughout the building are 20 separated impressive rooms. As a tourist attraction Biltmore castle was open for public visits in March 1930 when Cornelia Stephenson (Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt) decided to tackle the difficult economic situation.
Vanderbilt II was a lover of beautiful scenery and mild climate in the region of North Carolina, so decided to build his own mansion here. He called mansion Biltmore "my little mountain getaway". During construction Biltmore emitted too little attention to family business and its own investments as a result of which he is accused to had scattered much of the family heritage of building their dream estate - Biltmore.
Built along the lines of a French chateau of the Loire valley, Biltmore is the work of architect Richard Morris Hunt, a layout of the park to it is the work of Frederick Law Olmstead, who is an author and designer of Central Park in New York. Today visitors can see from centuries ago the designed indoor swimming pool, bowling alley and historical library.
Some rooms are filled with artwork and fine furniture from the 19th century. When it was open for public visits Biltmore proposed new plans, such as elevators, air heating, centrally controlled clocks, fire alarm and intercom system.


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...why do they come in packs...like rabid dogs...or a colony...like rabid bats?
They always bum me out, especially when I get a couple at once. Prozac, anyone? No - not on that...yet.
So I'm rethinking one novel that is completed and have to finish editing another one. Oh, yeah - I'm also editing My Guy's novel - well, the latest one. He has seven or eight completed manuscripts. I've lost count. He's retired.
And that's what I'll be soon...retired except for writing full time.
And getting more rejections...unless...
Unless I go Indie (the boutique name for self-publishing).
In fact, one of my manuscripts has to be self-pubbed. It would be useless otherwise - it has a 2012-prophecy theme. That one was rejected. A short story also got the thumbs down.
But I have several other projects I'm working on.
And I did get an acceptance from Mill Park Publishing for an essay on my two wedding dresses.


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I reckon that every woman should have their own pair of sneakers. Not only they are comfortable to wear, sneakers are now very fashionable as well. Sneakers can be paired with jeans, skirt, and even dress for some adventurous fashionistas. In fact, sneakers have become staple shoes of every woman's closet now and i think they will forever be bought and used by women.
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On NewsMax TV, former U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North said U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was not a prisoner of war because he was actually being held hostage by the Haqqanis, a terrorist group separate from the Taliban and associated heavily with al-Qaeda.
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men, boys + drought
The drought continues, the reservoirs drop and we start to get nervous. Our lighter, easily worked sandy and chalky soils are the first to suffer as their water capacity (ability to hold water) is inherently low and quickly exhausted. These properties, leading to them being known as "boy's land", make these soils valuable for early crops because they are the first ones we can cultivate in the spring. Heavy clays ("man's land") have the ability to swell and absorb large amounts of water and then hang onto it, acting as a reservoir until roots prise it from them. This makes them harder and more expensive to work (they can be like putty in the morning and baked out like bricks by the afternoon) but potentially more productive, especially in a year like this when the boys are seriously suffering.
So far the only serious casualties have been a small number of bolting lettuce and some spring sown grass-clover reseeds which have failed to germinate. We moved our plantings from boy's to man's land earlier than intended and are now greatly relieved that we did. It's not all bad: with low humidity there will be no botrytis in the strawberries, blight in the potatoes, chocolate spot in the beans or mildew in the lettuce. Provided that the plants are not stressed by drought, the high light levels are giving us some great quality spinach, chard and lettuce. The first strawberries are not always the best in flavour, but after a week of picking and plenty of sun they are improving fast.
I have never seen the farm so free of weeds. In places, where we have the water, we are even irrigating to coax them into action and subsequently dispatch them before sowing our more weed-sensitive crops. This age old practice is known as getting a stale seed-bed. We work the soil into fine firm beds, ideal for germination of small seeds like our chick weeds, fat hen, cleavers, redshank and lamb's tongue. Using a simple machine we have developed known as the "cheese wire", we run a tensile wire an inch under the surface to kill the weeds without bringing more seeds to the surface. By repeating at weekly intervals before sowing the crop we can sometimes remove the need for weeding completely.
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17 Jan Born to be Kind
Happy Sunday everyone!
This was my all day Saturday outfit yesterday. Comfy and casual! I am obsessed with graphic/quote tops, so when I saw this "Born to be Kind" one at Runway Seven, I just had to have it. It's the perfect tunic length and could easily be dressed up or down. I'm sure you will see if make another appearance in the future with a different look. 😉
I have had this leather jacket from Express for a while, but the weather here in Dallas is so up and down that I haven't pulled it out very often. I love that any look can go from plain to rocker chic with just throwing on a leather jacket and the added fringe on it is just a bonus!
Although this look would be great with normal jeans, I wanted a pop of color and added these burgundy/mauve color pants from NY&CO. They have just enough stretch and are ripped in all the right places.
For jewelry, I grabbed this horn necklace form BaubleBar. If you haven't shopped their jewelry before, you definitely should! I get at least 80% of all my jewelry from them and love that they do buried baubles each day with items as low as $10!
To finish it off, I threw on these booties from Target. Target has been my go to this year for booties. I recently looked in my closet and have purchased 12 pairs this year alone from them, so it is definitely worth checking out the selection they have and most of them are on sale now, so you can't beat that!
What are some of your favorite quotes on graphic tees?
Have a fabulous rest of your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!
Stay Fancy! <3 Hollie
Shirt: Runway Seven Jeans: NY&CO
Jacket: Express (and on sale!)
Necklace: BaubleBar
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27 June 2017
Tokyo, Japan
One ear to a headpiece, we sat down with a group of formally dressed students with oversized ribbons pinned to our chests. It took a while for the translator to settle. But once it came online, the Japanese conversation was suddenly dubbed with an English voiceover.
Jury President: Prof. Takayuki Kishii ; Jury Panel: Prof. Ryue Nishizawa, Prof. Shunsaku Miyagi, Prof. Shunya Yoshimi, Mr. Tadao Kamei
So much of the mystery of Japan has been conjured up by our limited understanding of the Japanese language. It was almost surreal that sitting in Tokyo, the overlay of this British voice transported us to the all-too-familiar AA jury. Never having presented outside of our Georgian home in Bedford Square, we were challenged to present our work to a community that we admire but one that is also deeply-rooted in their traditions.
"It's a good project, but I think it's too different for the Japanese," whispered one of the contestants sitting next to us.
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We found out about this competition from a poster stuck outside the new intermediate studios, where the Soft Room used to be. Although it was mostly in Japanese, we were immediately attracted by the idea that it was a student competition that invites finalists for a jury in Tokyo. We thought this was a perfect opportunity as students in our final year to take part. It's interesting how we always talk about the AA as a protected bubble. Having completed our entire architectural education at the AA since First Year, this opportunity to present a project done at the AA was a fulcrum for our soul-searching.
Jury presentation and discussion in Tokyo
The competition brief asked us to propose a new urban public space, with no restriction on site, scale or country. All they required was for us to submit an A1 panel. Coming from an East Asian context ourselves, (I am from Hong Kong and NA is from South Korea), over the past two years we have witnessed how the notion of public space (or the lack of it) has toppled regimes.
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He did his High School education at Badden-a place 10 kms. away. He used to walk daily to go to the school. The sweep of the freedom movement, the Jallianwala Bagh incident, the inspiration from Lala Lajpat Rai and Bhagat Singh, -all had their natural impact on the young and sensitive Parvana. His instincts were pushing him away from routine studies and towards active public life.
The seed had been sown in him. Alongside, he took keen interest in literature. He was especially attracted to Urdu literature due to its realistic depiction of the commoner's plight and the naked exposure of the exploitation existing in the social set up. He began writing small Urdu couplets and adopted the pen-name Parvana. Though he completed Matriculation with very high marks, his family could not afford his further higher education. Com. Parvana, volunteered to seek a job to support the family suppressing his desire and urge to prosecute higher education.
This was the beginning of the era of sacrifice for Com. Parvana. At the age of 16, he started to hunt for a job and after lot of difficulties, through the introduction of a friend, he got a job in Punjab National Bank. But he was posted as a Daftary even though he was a first class matriculate. After about 3 months, he was put on probation as a clerk with a salary of Rs. 16 per month. After joining the job, he continued his studies in an evening College and passed B.A. with honours in Urdu from Punjab University. Every week end, Com. Parvana used to visit his elder brother who was employed in a textile mill.
His brother was a Trade Union worker of that Mill and Com. Parvana found that through the efforts of the Unions, the problems of the workers were being mitigated and resolved. Com. Parvana took no time to found a Union in Punjab National Bank at Lahore. But as a consequence of this "crime" he was dismissed by the Bank in 1944. Then Com. Parvana came to Delhi in search of job again. With the help of his friend, he got a job in Bharat Bank Limited as an unpaid apprentice. Due to his efficiency and hard work, he was soon promoted as a supervisor and again as Superintendent. Undeterred by the bitter experience of victimisation by the previous employer, Com. Parvana, as a result of his deep convictions, soon formed a Union in Bharat Bank, Delhi.
He organised strike actions in 1946, 1947 and 1948 and the Union made spectacular achievements including recognition of the Union by the Management. Later, he organised a day's strike on 8th March, 1949 in support of the Railway employees, setting example for fraternity and solidarity of workers. But the Management reacted sharply by getting 450 out of its 527 employees arrested by police. Com. Parvana fought back against these repressions and there was a strike for 21 days. Management terminated 35 activists of the Union including their leader Com. Parvana. Com. Parvana was again on the streets and underwent sufferings. When the Sen Tribunal was appointed, it also heard the dismissal of the 35 employees of Bharat Bank. Com. Parvana himself argued the case on behalf of the victimised employees. The Bank's side was represented by the eminent lawyer Setalvad. The Tribunal awarded reinstatement of all the 35 employees but the Bank went on appeal to Supreme Court and obtained a stay. But in the final hearing, the Supreme Court confirmed the reinstatement of these employees including Com. Parvana. But that was not the end of the tribulations. The Bharat Bank decided to purchase the Punjab National Bank but cunningly dissolved the Bharat Bank rendering the 1,300 employees jobless. It was March 1951.
Com. Parvana had organised a Union in Punjab National Bank with the help of Com. P. L. Syal (later Vice President of AIBEA). The Punjab National Bank Union went on strike against the Bharat Bank's decision to throw out its employees. Punjab National Bank Management dismissed 159 of its employees for this. The issue was referred to a Tribunal which ordered absorption of all the Bharat Bank employees in Punjab National Bank. But the Management went on appeal to the Supreme Court. After 12 years of legal battle, in 1963 the employees won the reinstatement of all the employees including Com. Parvana. By then, Com. Parvana had immersed in the movement so much that he decided not to accept the reinstatement and continued to work for the Trade Union whole-time. This was the ripening of Com. Parvana into a Leader of unparalleled dimensions. Com. Parvana had become the centre of activities of the Bank employees' movement in and around Delhi and was responsible in forming Trade Unions in different Banks during the 1950s. In 1951, he was elected as Vice-President of AIBEA and in 1954 as Assistant Secretary. In 1962, he was elected as Secretary of AIBEA which position he held till he died in 1975. Com. Parvana was always known for his hard work.
The more the AIBEA movement grew, the harder and longer he worked. Whether it was the fight before the Sastri and Desai Tribunals in 1950s and 60s, whether it was the fight to achieve Bipartite Settlement in 1965-66 or the sustained struggle for nationalisation of the Banks from 1960, Com. Parvana was straining every nerve to gear up the rank and file to back up the organisation's demands for their eventual accomplishment. This ever continuous and tremendous strain had a disastrous effect on his health and he suffered from heart attack in 1966. But much against the advice of the doctors, he freed himself from the hospital and resumed work in AIBEA Office. The hectic activities during the First Bipartite struggle and negotiations further affected his health. But he refused to take rest. He suffered a second attack in 1970. After a slight recovery, he plunged into his routine work again. He got a third attack in 1973. Doctors told him that his health had deteriorated and advised him to be very careful. But with some little improvement in his health, he was back to his normal work and frequent tours and meetings. His health had become so bad, that he could not climb the staircase of his house. So he shifted to the house of Com. Prabhat Kar who took care of him as his younger brother. Com. Parvana was managing to live with heavy doses of tablets daily. But this was not to be a permanent solution. On 13th April,1975, he took seriously ill and was admitted into a hospital. Despite best medical attention by eminent doctors, the precious life of this hero could not be prolonged any further. At about 10-45 a.m. on 18th April, 1975, Com. Parvana passed away.
Volumes can be written about Com. Parvana about his sterling qualities of leadership, about, his outstanding contribution to our movement at every point of time and about the multi-dimensional activities of this gentle colossus. In short, he personified AIBEA. There cannot be a better acknowledgement of his services than through the following words of Com. Prabhat Kar, the father of our movement who wrote in his General Secretary's report in the Amritsar Conference of AIBEA : " I am placing this report in a Conference where Com. Parvana is not present. For me, this situation is almost unbelievable. Days in and days out, throughout all these years he was a comrade who helped me in discharging my responsibilities. He was the life and soul of the AIBEA centre. His dedication to the cause and thoroughness of minutest details are unparalleled. In every dimension of work of AIBEA, he was indispensable. In movement, in agitation, in campaign, in negotiations, in settling differences and solving problems his unique contribution was visible. As an agitator, organiser, as a leader conversant with every sphere of Trade Union movement, his imprint was distinct. He was a comrade with clarity, with vision and a comrade who never knew tiredness. It is almost impossible to think of Central Office of AIBEA minus Com. Parvana.
His amiable disposition brought everybody near him and he became the closest friend, philosopher and guide of each and every bank employee. He was a man of the masses. He was a man of the Trade Union movement. He was a leader of the working class. He was a comrade who cannot be replaced. The movement is indebted to him which cannot be repaid. I only wish to put on record our great gratitude for his able, mature advice, dedicated service and unparalleled comradeship manifested all the years he lived." This was our great Com. Parvana LET US REMEMBER HIM