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And who makes that call ? Nine times out of Ten it's usually myself. But do I always get it right ? No - I don't, even now.
The Alicante-based Spanish / German Filipino-sourced watch-botching outfit SpeedTimerKollektion have a LOT to answer for.
Five years ago, I was still very much an innocent 7A38 'Newbie' and blissfully unaware of the existence of such things as Frankens.
I certainly hadn't done very much (if any) research into all the different legitimate permutations, and none into their reputation as a known purveyor of cobbled together junk, so I hadn't a clue that the 'RARE' watch I was intially so pleased with was a complete and utter Franken - to this day, the only one I've ever seen on eBay with a 'split dial'. It was a few months later (when the two dial plates started slipping apart) that I realized I'd been sold a pup.
I felt like a complete fool in having been duped. That started me off on a one-man crusade - flagging all and any 7Axx's listed on eBay (and elsewhere) that I saw, in my informed opinion, as 'Wrong Un's. I started a thread on the RLT forum in April 2010:
http://www.thewatchforum.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=53526 entitled: Heads Up On Yet Another 7A38 Franken
As indeed you may have read, in this sticky thread at the top of our eBay section, which I wrote at the end of January 2012:
http://www.seiko7a38.com/apps/forums/topics/show/7156720-the-purpose-of-this-section-is- and to quote myself from there:
Many of you will, at some time or other, have read the seemingly never-ending thread which I started in the Japanese section of the UK RLT watch forum, back in April 2010, entitled 'Heads Up On Yet Another 7A38 Franken'. Some 200+ posts and 21,400 views later, it still appears to be attracting readers, even though it hasn't been updated in the three weeks since I left RLT on 7th January ....
I just checked on it this morning and that thread has now received 35,500 views !!
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You'll note that the first paragaph in my first post of that thread in the eBay section goes on to state:
I will say right now, that I have absolutely NO intention of picking up where I left off. If somebody else wants to start and maintain such a thread, and has sufficient knowledge to do so, then please - be my guest.
O.K. So that New Forum / New Year's Resolution didn't last very long.
Because now we have multiple threads in the eBay section (as indeed there were other such threads on RLT):
Topic # 7172454 - Heads Up on yet another 7A38 Franken(s) - Part 2 !!
Topic # 7451104 - Latest mis-matched hotch-potch 7Axx spotted on eBay / Yahoo.jp
Topic # 7488840 - Yet another 7Axx on an undisclosed non-original bracelet ....
Topic # 7741323 - Original bezel? I think not! Caveat Emptor!
.... to name but a few.
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How do I make that judgement call when I see what I believe is a 7Axx Franken, you may ask ?
There's a few factors:
1) I now have over 5 years experience of obsessively studying these watches.
2) I have almost 25,000 images of 7Axx's (and derivatives) stored in my PC folders - I right click and save every photo I see.
3) I've built (for my own enjoyment) nearly a dozen Franken 7A38's, including a couple using the 'split dial' technique.
4) 'The Bible' - Seiko Oceania's database: http://service.seiko.com.au/ Catalogue Search: Caliber / Case No / Model / Part Number
After I've studied and compared photos of known 'good' examples, I'll regularly check Seiko Oz's database, when I see any watch that doesn't look quite right to my eyes. I have an enquiring mind - and from a previous career (17 years with intel) a background in spare parts, which gave me more than adequate grounding in interrogating complex multi-level Bills of Materials, so Seiko Oz's simple single level Parts Lists will often yield an answer, with very little effort.
The issue with basing judgements on Seiko's database is that it's unfortunately not quite complete. Apart from quite a sizeable chunk of 7A28 data, there are also certain (well-known) 7A38 model codes, like the 7A38-6010, 7A38-710A, 7A38-7050 and the two-tone 7A38-7190 that are completely missing. If you know the watch that you're looking at, it's not difficult to interpolate any missing data.
The problem arises when you encounter an unusual variation of watch (particularly a variant with an 'unknown' dial) for the first time.
If it doesn't exist, as such, on Seiko's database, it's all too easy to dismiss it as a Franken.
Which is what I very nearly did a couple of years ago when I first encountered the Italian market 7A38-706A/B variations.
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Again I've got history. To get an idea of where this thread is heading, may I refer readers to another old thread on the RLT forum:
http://www.thewatchforum.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71380 entitled: Sometimes These Things Just Gotta Be Done.
Subtitled: A somewhat belated Heads-up on a 7A38 Franken
If you read through it, you'll see that a number of amendments were made to my second post - I'd called it wrong (in the first place).
This was my own very first sighting of the Italian market version of the (gold-tone) 7A38-706A with the Arabic numbered 727O dial.
For further background reading, we now have two model specific topics on these rare (and genuine) Italian market 7A38 variations:
Topic # 9135213 7A38-706A (Seiko SAAxxxJ sales codes unknown) - Gold plated (includes Arabic and Roman dial variants).
Topic # 9100797 7A38-706B SAA084J Two-Tone White (Roman & Arabic) dials (I now suspect that sales model code is wrong).
The problem with the (4) sub-variants in those two threads is that none of them (per se) are documented on Seiko Oz's database ....
and apart from the two-tone 7A38-706B with the hitherto unseen 720L dial (which is), I now believe other variations may exist besides.
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Again, to help explain that I sometimes have self-doubts, I'll need to refer you to another thread (on this forum for a change):
It happened again recently on page 3 of the Latest mis-matched hotch-potch 7Axx spotted on eBay / Yahoo.jp thread.
The first line of my first post on the first page of that thread is hopefully self-explanatory:
And yet another thread - a category for watches that aren't exactly blatant Frankens .... just not quite as they should be.
To save readers flicking to the other thread, I'll copy and paste the relevant posts over to this one:
Originally posted (by myself) February 10, 2014 at 10:30 PM
O.K. It's Quiz Time. Anybody else like to have a go at saying what's wrong with this 7A38-7060 listed by an Italian eBay seller ?
Raro cronografo Seiko modello " Chronograph 7A38-7060 " 1 /10S
movimento quarzo - perfettamente funzionante in tutte le funzioni - revisionato recentemente
Bracciale in acciaio autentico dell'epoca
Vetro minerale privo da graffi
Diametro cassa escluso corona : 36 mm
Buona asta
Originally posted by Donwatch February 10, 2014 at 11:38 PM
I'm not sure----The bezel does not belong for sure---and maybe the back belongs to the two-tone version ?
Originally posted (by myself) February 11, 2014 at 12:22 AM
You're on the right track, Don. The clue is on the case-back - or should I say; in something that isn't on the case-back.
Originally posted by Donwatch February 11, 2014 at 12:46 AM
Stainless steel---so everything ok except bezel ?
Originally posted (by myself) February 11, 2014 at 1:10 AM
Far from it Don. Try again !
PS - There's another clue in the (unrelated) email I just sent you.
Originally posted by Donwatch February 11, 2014 at 2:58 AM
Case back dates May 1984 and that dial is from '86-'88 ????
Originally posted by fmc000 February 11, 2014 at 8:21 AM
The case back doesn't mention the gold plating on the bezel, maybe?
Originally posted (by myself) February 11, 2014 at 9:09 AM
Exactly, Fabio - but as I hinted to Don, I suspect there's rather more to it than that.
At first glance, the casual observer might think that they were looking at a two-tone 7A38-7060.
To start with, there's the gold plated bezel and the light silvery grey metallic coloured dial. But then look closely at the case-back, which is stamped 7A38-7060, you'll see it just says 'STAINLESS STEEL' not 'ST.STEEL SGP BEZEL' as you'd expect to find on the two-tone.
The bracelet is a p/n G1105, but it's the all stainless 'S' version rather than the two-tone 'C' version, with the thin strips of gold plating on the inner links. The pushers and crown are not plated - all of which ties in with the 'STAINLESS' 7A38-7060 case-back. So parts of the watch are 'correct'.
I believe the dial is not from a two-tone 7A38-7060, but a US market 7A38-7069. Although these two dials (Seiko p/n's 708LXN14 and 708LXN28) look very similar, there is a subtle difference between them: the 7A38-7069 dial has thin black lines painted on the batons. It's also fitted with black painted hour and minute hands, whereas the (European export model) two-tone 7A38-7060 has gold-plated batons and matching hour and minute hands.
Where this seller has slipped up, in my book - and what made their subterfuge more obvious, is that for reasons best known to them, they've used the silvery-white Tachymeter ring from the stainless 7A38-7060, rather than the silvery-grey one from the 7A38-7069. Sandwiched between that gold-plated bezel (presumably off the 7A38-7069) and the silvery-grey dial, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Note also that the day wheel shows DOM in the seller's photos - the Spanish abbreviation for Sunday. 7A38-7069's are invariably fitted with English / Spanish day wheels. Of course, it may just be the the way the seller's photos are lit. I may be completely wrong.
In case you're unfamiliar with the three variations of 7A38-706x I've cited above, here's links to photos I've posted in the WRUW thread:
7A38-7060 SAA015J Stainless: http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa373/Seiko7A38/7A38-706x/P1090949.jpg
7A38-7060 SAA016J Two-Tone: http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa373/Seiko7A38/7A38-706x/P1100928.jpg
7A38-7069 SAA028J Two-Tone: http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa373/Seiko7A38/7A38-706x/P1090699.jpg
Originally posted by fmc000 February 11, 2014 at 10:54 AM
How were we supposed to guess all of that? You're clearly the only one in the world that would have. My only thought is the usual one: why in the world does anyone have to spend so much time and efforts to build up a mess like that? They clearly mixed up two different watches creating one that will probably sell for a tenner more or less...
Originally posted by Donwatch February 12, 2014 at 3:24 AM
Because it CAN be done AND be rare "The only one in the world " lol
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Don may have had 'the last word' in that string of posts - and he's certainly not wrong: these Franken 7Axx combinations are often 'the only one in the World', and they're invariably described by eBay sellers as 'RARE' - as indeed was that Italian 7A38-7060.
But the last word really should have belonged to Fabio - and there's some irony to this, because he's Italian.
He should have pulled me up on my little faux pas, where in trying to prove my assumption about the dial, I'd written:
Note also that the day wheel shows DOM in the seller's photos - the Spanish abbreviation for Sunday.
Because, as I remembered afterwards, DOM is also the Italian abbreviation for Sunday.
After we'd had that little discussion, I went back a few times and studied the seller's photos. Although there's no denying the watch was definitely a 'Wrong Un' in one respect, because of the discrepancy of a gold plated bezel on an otherwise ostensibly all-stainless watch (as shown by the case-back stampings), I couldn't convince myself that my assumptions about the dial had been entirely correct.
Perhaps it was just simply down to poor lighting, but that dial certainly looked a lot darker than the silvery-white 708L dial you'd find in an unmolested stainless 7A38-7060.
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So you can imagine my initial reaction, when I saw this listed on eBay Italy at the end of last month, with an identical title.
Raro cronografo Seiko modello " Chronograph 7A38-7060 " 1 /10S movimento quarzo - perfettamente funzionante in tutte le funzioni - revisionato recentemente
Bracciale in acciaio autentico dell'epoca
Vetro minerale privo da graffi.
Diametro cassa escluso corona : 36 mm
cinturino pelle non originale
The red description (also copied almost verbatim from the previous Italian seller's listing) ought to have been enough to put me off !
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My apologies for the time it's taken me to write up this thread today (and for keeping it locked while doing so), but I'm nearly there.
Although the seller's listing title is identical to the earlier 'Wrong Un' on eBay Italy in Februrary, which we previously discussed:
The important difference with this one, is that if you look closely at the seller's case-back photo, it's actually stamped 7A38-706B.
Not only that, but it's also stamped: BASE METAL ST. STEEL BACK - which would be correct for this particular watch case.
Strange, because both the gold-tone Italian market Arabic / Roman numeral dialed variants that I already own are 7A38-706A's.
Note that in the seller's photos the day abbreviation shown is GIO - Italian for Thursday - so no confusion on my part this time.
In the higher resolution version of the first photo, the dial part number appears (like the previous 'Wrong Un') to be 708L.
But again, like the previous one, I can't quite make out whether the batons and centres of the hour and minute hands are gold -
as you'd expect them to be on a two-tone or gold-plated variant. I can't believe that Seiko would have deviated from that 'norm'.
Anyway, I had to know this time. As you can see from the screen shot of the listing, the seller wasn't offering postage outside Italy.
Payment was by Bank Transfer, with no PayPal option either, so once again I enlisted Fabio's kind assistance to bid on it for me.
There was a slight hiccup, in that the seller didn't want to sell it after he won the auction (because of an undisclosed chrono' fault) ....
The upshot being that we were fortunate to be able to buy it rather cheaper.
The answer to the $64K question remains, for now, though .... Have I deliberately bought myself another 'Wrong Un' this time ?
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I did ask Fabio please not to bother to take any Q&D photos, this time, before he posted the watch on to me, but he did regardless.
So here's one of them.
One thing I'd been pondering: was this watch fitted (incorrectly) with the silvery white 708L(XS17) dial normally used in the stainless 7A38-7060 - which would have made it a 'Wrong Un' in my book. The dial certainly looked that same colour in Fabio's Q&D photo.
Fabio's package arrived in the post this lunchtime. The dial is more or less exactly that colour, and indeed is printed 708L ....
Underneath their black-painted tops the dial batons at first appeared to be gold-plated - rather than silver. But were they actually ?
This is how they appeared in an (artificially lit) photo with the dial / movement removed from the watch case:
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I haven't forgotten about this thread and will post updates in due course (once I've got the movement running properly ....)
But in the interim, here's something slightly off-topic, but also very much connected with something I wrote earlier, regarding:
The issue with basing judgements on Seiko's database is that it's unfortunately not quite complete. Apart from quite a sizeable chunk of 7A28 data, there are also certain (well-known) 7A38 model codes, like the 7A38-6010, 7A38-710A, 7A38-7050 and the two-tone 7A38-7190 that are completely missing. If you know the watch that you're looking at, it's not difficult to interpolate any missing data.
I have a pretty good idea of the reason behind the missing data. Around that time, in the early 1980's, many large companies would have been switching from keeping Bills of Materials and other product-related records on microfiche to mainframe computers. I know, because I was working for intel as a spare parts specialist at the time, and even they had kept older parts data stored on microfiche.
Needless to say, with the rapid rate of change of intel's technology products, a lot of this older stuff, like this, never made it across.
Guess what came up on eBay in the States overnight ?
Check out the seller's last photo. Note what is printed on the right hand side of the Seiko microfiche handling tabs: Japan 83-5.
Perhaps these microfiche may even include the case parts data for these missing Italian 7A38-706A / B variants. But I doubt it.
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But underneath their black-painted tops the batons at first appeared to be gold-plated - rather than silver ....
Here's a Q&D wrist shot I posted in the WRUW thread this afternoon, showing that effect - in hindsight, probably caused by reflection.
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But is it a genuinely rare previously unseen Italian market model variation ? T.B.H., I'm still not 100% certain in my own mind.
More for devilment, than in hope of getting any kind of sensible response, I've just posted that same wrist shot photo on the Italian O&P forum's Censimento 7A28/38/48 thread, with the caption: 7A38-706B - una variante del modello raro per il mercato italiano.
One thing is perfectly clear though and that is (unlike the previous 7A38-7060 'Wrong Un' on eBay Italy, which I serially dissed), the case-back stampings on this watch: 7A38-706B BASE METAL ST. STEEL BACK are correct for the watch case materials used.
Like my two previously acquired gold-tone 7A38-706A's, documented in the model specific thread, this also has a 8Dxxxx prefix serial number, giving a late-ish date of manfacture of December 1988. Perhaps this was a last-gasp production run for the Italian market.
Although the case-back has a couple of watch-botcher's slipped tool marks and the centre seconds finger tension spring was best described as mangled, the watch, as a whole, shows little sign of having been 'messed with'. There is certainly no evidence of the bezel having ever been levered off the watch case: the area around the top left hand lug, where the removal notch is, is pristine.
Which means that the silvery-white Tachymeter ring fitted must be original - the same one used in my two Italian market 7A38-706A's:
Like my two undocumented Italian market gold-tone 7A38-706A's, the -706B's movement is fitted with an English / Italian day wheel.
But that proves absolutely nothing. We all know how easy it is to release the crown stem and swap a dial / movement beween cases.
Perhaps instead of that silvery-white 708L(XS17) dial, which is normally found in a stainless 7A38-7060 ....
.... it should really be fitted with the same hitherto unseen 720L(XS19) dial used in the documented two-tone version of the 7A38-706B:
Who's to know ? Does anyone, besides a 7A38 'anorak' like me really care ?
I'd told Fabio, before the watch had even arrived, that if I subsequently determined it was a 'Wrong Un', I planned to break it up for parts - to use the watch case to improve one of my gold-tone 7A38-706A's. As it stands, I'm going to hold fire, for the time being at least, in the hope that another, exactly the same may show up somewhere. But then two wrong un's don't necessarily make it right.
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I probably also owe Don and Fabio something of a belated apology, in regard to my possibly over-enthusiastic critique of that mostly stainless 7A38-7060 listed on eBay Italy in February, which resulted in Fabio's: How were we supposed to guess all of that?
In hindsight, particularly taking into account what I've since learned from this gold-tone 7A38-706B - you weren't.
In retrospect, it was the eBay seller's poorly lit first photo, which initially confused me and prompted me to write:
I believe the dial is not from a two-tone 7A38-7060, but a US market 7A38-7069. Although these two dials (Seiko p/n's 708LXN14 and 708LXN28) look very similar, there is a subtle difference between them: the 7A38-7069 dial has thin black lines painted on the batons. It's also fitted with black painted hour and minute hands, whereas the (European export model) two-tone 7A38-7060 has gold-plated batons and matching hour and minute hands.
Looking again at their third or fourth listing photo, the dial colour looks a lot lighter - almost silvery white, as opposed to silvery grey.
On the stainless 7A38-7060's 708L dial, the tops of the batons are also painted black, in the same manner as the 7A38-7069's dial.
Particularly when you compare it to this (previously rejected) photo of my 7A38-706B's 708L dial which I recovered from my Trash Bin:
So perhaps it was just as Don implied originally: simply a stainless 7A38-7060 someone had fitted with an incorrect gold-plated bezel.
Having said that, it was still definitely a 'Wrong Un' in that respect.
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I'd told Fabio, before the watch had even arrived, that if I subsequently determined it was a 'Wrong Un', I planned to break it up for parts - to use the watch case to improve one of my gold-tone 7A38-706A's. As it stands, I'm going to hold fire, for the time being at least, in the hope that another, exactly the same may show up somewhere. But then two wrong un's don't necessarily make it right.
Well, confirmation of the existence of a gold-tone 7A38-706B fitted with the silvery-white 708L dial, as an italian market model variation wasn't long in coming, was it ? Except this one isn't quite 'exactly the same' as the one I'd bought myself a couple of weeks ago.
Here's a copy and paste of the post I've just made in the Bad examples of re-finishing seen on eBay thread in the eBay section.
Originally posted (by myself) on June 3, 2014 at 12:25 AM
Be very careful of this one listed on eBay Italy earlier this evening - it's not quite what it seems.
To the uninitiated, it may, at first glance, look like a stainless 7A38-7060 (on an incorrect bracelet), but it's not - look closer ....
Dalla mia collezione privata vendo:
Cronografo Seiko 7A38, 15 rubini, cassa e bracciale in acciaio (non dell'epoca), con quadrante intatto silver.
Il diametro è di 39mm, esclusa corona e pulsanti. Giorno della settimana in italiano e inglese.
Funziona perfettamente. Le foto sono dell'orologio in vendita e sono parte integrante dell'inserzione.
The first clue that something's not quite right is in the apparent colour of the edges of the dial batons and centres of the main hands.
Notice the (wrong) direction of the brushing on the bottom right hand lug in the above photo.
The damning evidence is in the seller's last photo, showing the case-back stampings: 7A38-706B BASE METAL ST. STEEL BACK.
It was once a gold-tone 7A38-706B, like this:
Except it's been almost completely stripped of its gold plating. Look closely and you can still see a couple of tiny traces they missed.
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Like my two previously acquired gold-tone 7A38-706A's, documented in the model specific thread, this also has a 8Dxxxx prefix serial number, giving a late-ish date of manfacture of December 1988. Perhaps this was a last-gasp production run for the Italian market.
Not exactly a surprise that this almost completely stripped example of a gold-tone 7A38-706B also has an 8Dxxxx serial number.
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In fact, the Italian eBay seller Calleval (Valentino Callegari) is actually a member of this forum - under the same username.
My apologies to Valentino for not recognising him initially (but then he's never posted anything in the two years since he registered).
However, he does post rather more regularly on the Italian Orologi & Passioni forum - as CalVa.
Here's a thread he started about this particular 7A38, back in May 2012: http://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=61744220
Un 7A38 anche per me
Per colpa vostra ( ) mi sono innamorato di questo cronografo al quarzo.... e oggi finalmente ne ho uno anche io:
Dial bianco/silver, anse scoperte da 20mm, data italiano/inglese... devo dire che è un oggetto davvero molto affascinante!
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If you right-click on Valentino's above photo, you'll see that I'd captioned his saved image erroniously using my normal nomenclature:
Possibly an easy mistake to make, as Valentino didn't include a photo of the case-back, nor mentioned the case number in his post.
My confusion was futher compounded by these other two photos of the same watch, which he later posted in other threads on O&P:
Possibly understandable - particularly looking again at the latter.
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However, in hindsight, some two years later, I find it inexcusable that I didn't make the connection to where Valentino bought the watch.
Particularly as this was only my second post in the Latest mis-matched hotch-potch 7Axx spotted on eBay thread.
Originally posted by myself on May 14, 2012 at 4:52 PM
The next one didn't pop up on my radar, quite as quickly as it otherwise should have. But I suspect that might have something to do with the number of revisions this would-be Italian seller has made to his auction listing, over the last few days.
Seiko 7A38 vintage
vendo raro seiko 7a38 perfettamente funzionante appena revisionato. posso valutare proposte.
n.b. il prezzo di spedizione è giusto , motivi: le tariffe esorbitanti di ebay.
On the face of it, it looks like a common-or-garden stainless white-faced 7A38-7060, fitted with a non-original leather strap.
But look closely at the top right-hand corner of the 'collage' listing photo and you'll see the case-back stamping 7A38-706B ....
I don't believe Valentino bought it against that listing, but (likely in good faith) on a subsequent re-listing.
However, it was also listed on eBay Italy Classifieds for most of May 2012, with three rather larger photos:
Note the traces of the original SGP gold-plated finish on and around the pusher housing.
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Speaking of Seiko parts list records on microfiche (as I was a couple of months ago):
I have a pretty good idea of the reason behind the missing data. Around that time, in the early 1980's, many large companies would have been switching from keeping Bills of Materials and other product-related records on microfiche to mainframe computers. I know, because I was working for intel as a spare parts specialist at the time, and even they had kept older parts data stored on microfiche.
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One of Western New York's greatest assets is its proximity to Lake Erie. The Great Lakes are a unique national treasure with global significance, containing 20% of the world's supply and 95% of America's supply of surface freshwater. They are also a vital engine of economic activity – supporting 1.5 million jobs, $62 billion in wages, a $7 billion fishery, and providing clean, affordable hydroelectricity. As a member of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, protecting the health of the Great Lakes is one of Brian's most important priorities. Brian is one of the most vocal supporters of efforts to protect and preserve the Great Lakes, including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and other programs. Brian has also introduced H.R. 600, the Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act, which would provide funding to update wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal technology to keep nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen, which can lead to harmful algal blooms, out of the Great Lakes.
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Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representatives Paul Tonko and Brian Higgins today announced that the Omnibus Appropriations package, which is set to pass Congress, raises the lifetime funding cap for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to $12 million. Designated as a National Heritage Area in 2000 (NHA), the federal investment is $2 million more than the previously authorized level.
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper event engages OVER 2,000 volunteers with more than 15 tons of litter removed from local shorelines and parks
BUFFALO, NY – April 22, 2016, Spring cleaning was in full-effect. Over 2,000 Western New Yorkers participated in tidying up the shorelines across Erie and Niagara County for Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper's annual Spring Shoreline Sweep.
The event targeted 40 shoreline sites in need of stewardship and litter removal throughout Erie and
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) said the White House Budget Blueprint, released Thursday, March 16, delivers a devastating blow to Western New York families and the local economy.
As Congress begins to Consider the 2018 Budget, Congressman Higgins & Local Leaders Head to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Great Lakes Investments
Over 100 people from throughout the Great Lakes region, including several from Western New York are headed to Washington, DC this week for Great Lakes Day, a coming together of regional organizations and federal policy members to discuss Great Lakes progress and needs moving forward.
As the President Prepares to Address the Nation, Congressman Higgins Defends Programs Critical to Western New York
As the House of Representatives Appropriation Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies prepares budgetary decisions for Fiscal Year 2018, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) testified before the panel to make Western New York priorities heard. The subcommittee's jurisdiction includes funding for the arts, historic preservation and environmental protection.
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) says Western New York and the Country would have a great deal to lose if actions are taken to dismantle or eliminate the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Gill Creek, Niagara Falls – Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, Congressman Brian Higgins and Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster announced today that new life is coming to Gill Creek: 120 new trees and understory vegetation will be planted along the shorelines of Gill Creek, as the beginning of a larger creek-wide restoration effort. The trees and shrubs will absorb stormwater run-off before it flows into the creek, providing a critical riparian buffer along the banks and protecting water quality both locally and downstream.
Higgins Announces House Approval of Water Resources Development Act with $300 Million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announces approval of H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act, which authorizes the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) providing $300 million in funding for Great Lakes projects.
"Cleanup of the Great Lakes is providing long-term environmental benefits and immediate economic returns," said Congressman Higgins. "Continued funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is critical to keeping momentum going in Western New York and throughout the region sharing the largest supply of fresh water in the world."
Congressman Higgins Announces NY Sea Grant for Buffalo State Great Lakes Center Water Study at Gallagher Pier on Buffalo's Outer Harbor
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) was joined by researchers from the Buffalo State Great Lakes Center to announce funding from New York Sea Grant to support an innovative study intended to identify the source impacting water quality in the area around Gallagher Pier on Buffalo's Outer Harbor.


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You Can Help Win the Fight
to Stop the Cemex mega-mine
in Soledad Canyon
What is Cemex?
Cemex refers to the the Cemex Corporation, a global producer of cement and ready-mix concrete products. The Cemex Corporation plans on sitting a 56-million ton mining project within a five mile radius of 10,000 homes and a handful of schools and parks right here in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Environmental and traffic studies tell us that the regional impact of this project would be severe. The mining project, which would span 20 years, would result in adding over 1,000 truck trips daily on Soledad Canyon Rd and SR-14, doubling the State standard for PM10 (a form of air pollution), and diminishing one of our scenic mountain ranges.
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How to Make this Project Less Damaging
The City of Santa Clarita, joined by numerous public, private, and non-profit organizations, has actively fought to protect the health and safety of the greater Santa Clarita Valley. In addition to extensive legal efforts, the following mitigations have been proposed to make the project less damaging:
To find out how you can help in these efforts, please visit our What You Can Do page.


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What To Wear To A Summer Wedding + A Giveaway!Monday, May 8, 2017
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I am 41 years old, have had typeĀ1 diabetes since age three, and I have a rise in blood sugars during menstruation. Is this an indication of possible blood sugar problems during menopause when the time comes? If yes, what treatment options might there be (hormonal supplements, controlling blood sugars)?
The rise in blood sugars you may be experiencing may be the result of natural changes in your level of hormones during the menstrual cycle. For instance, progesterone rises during the latter portion of the cycle, and you may be experiencing increased insulin resistance from this rise.
This may also be seen with progesterone in a hormone replacement regimen, but I do not necessarily look upon this problem as a reason not to use hormone replacement. Rather, you need to utilize a change in your insulin therapy that allows for the hormonal change.
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It's been a few months since I broke up with my ex, and I finally wanted to share (and remind myself) of the important lessons I learnt. Sit tightly, and put yourself in the shoes of a 20 year old girl whose most recent mistake in love is wearing her heart on her sleeve...for the wrong person.
I met him on Tinder, as you do. He was everything I was looking for; smart, charming, good looking and our conversations always flowed. I instantly liked him but most importantly, he felt way too good to be true. Surely I hadn't discovered an ACTUAL gentleman on a dating app like Tinder? We had similar likes and dislikes, and I was brave enough to share that I made videos on YouTube. The day he watched them, he phoned me for the first time and said "it's only fair that if I got to hear your voice today, you should get to hear mine." Kinda cute. I guess.
One ♡ Long Distance Will Make Or Break You.
I've heard of so many stories of people falling in love and living far apart, but knew if it's meant to be, no distance will be an issue. Although this guy went to University near me, it was June and he was working in London, living in Surrey and not due to return to Bournemouth until the end of September. We therefore had two hours between us. At first, I looked at all the positives to this; when we did spend time together we actually looked forward it, and when we were apart, we got the opportunity to actually miss each other too. Flip side? The driving was long and hard, the time we had together ran out way too quickly and I spent my life working around him. Lesson one, relationships aren't meant to be too difficult...if you can't find ways to meet in the middle to make it work, it's obviously not meant to be, no matter how hard you try.
Two ♡ Don't Revolve Life Around Him.
Naturally, I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible, but I didn't see The Line. You know, the one you cross when you start revolving your life completely around him? I'd purposefully not make plans with other people, in case he mentioned about seeing each other (tragic), and I would sit and mentally work out when I was finishing work, how long it would take me to drive, and if I could get there in time for when his train got to the station. Cute, but TOO FAR. Lesson two, make him a priority but not always number one. I was so blinded and living on a cloud nine love bubble, that I didn't realise what I was doing to my own life and it wasn't healthy.
Three ♡ Take Things Slower.
Four ♡ You're MORE Than Good Enough.
This is probably the most important lesson I took away from our relationship. Why, when he was always complimenting me and telling me I was his 'dream girl', did I not feel good enough? I still ask myself this question to this day, because I genuinely don't know why. I never have in previous relationships and it drove me insane. I was so insecure. He never did or said anything specifically but I felt like he needed someone who was thinner, smarter and had more friends. I then tried to change for him (*SCREAMS* NOOO!) but lesson four, never ever be with someone if you don't feel good enough for them.
Five ♡ Never Change, EVER.
I wasn't interested in changing him, because I'd learnt from a previous relationship that you definitely can't change a person into someone they're not. However, I hit a low point of realisation that I was in fact trying to change myself when I packed my running trainers and gym clothes into my suitcase for our summer holiday to Lanzarote. I hate exercise, I hate the gym and I certainly wouldn't suddenly like it on our relaxing beach break. Just one example of me trying to change, for him. I would also say yes to plans with friends that I didn't really want to see. I was happy with the friends I saw before him, so why did I feel like I suddenly needed more friends now I had him? I never want to feel like I'm not worthy enough again. Lesson five, you are perfect just the way you are, and you don't need to change for a man, EVER.
Six ♡ No Trust, No Point.
Seven ♡ Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
He seriously knew all the right things to say. His text messages and words were beautiful and when he screwed up, he promised he'd be the 'man I deserve' and would 'make it up to me'. Did he mean that? and did he REALLY make it up to me? Of course he didn't. He was so good at telling me things I wanted to hear, but lesson number seven, actions speak much louder than words. It doesn't take much either, small gestures like surprising that person, spontaneous calling to see how they are, or sending some flowers just shows that you still care or that you're sorry.
Eight ♡ If He Loves You, He'll Prove It.
I think this leads nicely from lesson seven, but I really had to keep reminding myself that lesson eight, if he loved and cared about me as much as he said he did, he'd prove it. At the end of the day, he'd come knocking on my door or call to see how I am. I knew I wasn't worth the fight to him. Maybe he was just too proud but I honestly felt like too much effort. When you love someone, you'll do everything in your power to be with them. Simple.
Nine ♡ If It's Meant To Be, It Will Be.
This lesson pretty much speaks for itself. It was actually me who ended our short, emotional, roller coaster of a relationship. I explained how I was feeling and he didn't respond in the way I'd hoped. I'm a strong believer that everything happens for a reason, people come into your life to teach you lessons and if it's meant to be, it'll be. Finding closure and learning to let go after he'd broken my heart was really hard, but it was all for the right reasons.
Ten ♡ You'll Love Again & It'll Be Amazing.
It's okay to accept that it didn't work and you weren't right for each other, as much as you believed you were. I'm almost looking forward to the day I'll meet someone new again. For now, I'm happier, finally lost that weight, focussing on my career and spending quality time with friends. All these lessons are super important and help you realise what you want in your next relationship. Nothing was ever a waste of time and therefore lesson ten, you'll love again!


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I teach a graduate level course every spring semester on survey and experiment methods in economics and the social sciences. In this election season, I thought it might be worthwhile to share a few of the things I discuss in the course so that you might more intelligibly interpret some of survey research results being continuously reported in the newspapers and on the nightly news.
You've been hiding under a rock if you haven't by now seen reports of polls on the likelihood of Trump or Clinton winning the presidential election. Almost all these polls will report (often in small font) something like "the margin of error is plus or minus 3 percent".
What does this mean?
In technical lingo it means the "sampling error" is +/- 3% with 95% confidence. This is the error that comes about from the fact that the polling company doesn't survey every single voter in the U.S. Because not every single voter is sampled, there will be some error, and this is the error you see reported alongside the polls. Let's say the projected percent vote for Trump is 45% with a "margin of error" of 3%. The interpretation would be that if we were to repeatedly sample potential voters, 95% of the time we would expect to find a voting percentage for Trump that is between 42% and 48%.
The thought experiment goes like this: imagine you had a large basket full of a million black and white balls. You want to know the percentage of balls in the basket that are black. How many balls would you have to pull out and inspect before you could be confident of the proportion of balls that are black? We can construct many such baskets where we know the truth about the proportion of black balls and try different experiments to see how accurate we are in many repeated attempts where we, say, pull out 100, 1,000, or 10,000 balls. The good news is that we don't have to manually do these experiments because statisticians have produced precise mathematical formulas that give us the answers we want.
As it turns out, you need to sample about 1,000 to 1,500 people (the answer is 1,067 to be precise) out of the U.S. population to get a sampling error of 3%, and thus most polls use this sample size. Why not a 1% sampling error you might ask? Well, you'd need to survey almost 10,000 respondents to achieve a 1% sample error and the 10x increase in cost is probably not worth a measly two percentage point increase in accuracy.
Here is a key point: the 3% "margin of error" you see reported on the nightly news is only one kind of error. The true error rate is likely something much larger because there are many additional types of error besides just sampling error. However, these other types of errors are more difficult to quantify, and thus, are not reported.
For example, a prominent kind of error is "selection bias" or "non-response error" that comes about because the people who choose to answer the survey or poll may be systematically different than the people who choose not to answer the survey or poll. Alas, response rates to surveys have been falling quite dramatically over time, even for "gold standard" government surveys (see this paper or listen to this podcast). Curiously, those nightly news polls don't tell you the response rate, but my guess is that it is typically far less than 10% - meaning that less than 10% of the people they tried to contact actually told them whether they intend to vote for Trump or Clinton or someone else. That means more than 90% of the people they contacted wouldn't talk to them. Is there something special about the ~10% willing to talk to the pollsters that is different than the ~90% of non-respondents? Probably. Respondents are probably much more interested and passionate about their candidate and politics and general. And yet, we - the consumer of polling information - are rarely told anything about this potential error.
One way pollsters try to partially "correct" for non-response error is through weighting. To give a sense for how this works, consider a simple example. Let's say I surveyed 1,000 Americans and asked whether they prefer vanilla or chocolate ice cream. When I get my data back, I find that there are 650 males and 350 females. Apparently males were more likely to take my survey. Knowing that males might have different ice cream preferences than females, I know that my answer of the most popular ice cream flavor will likely be biased if I don't do something. So, I can create a weight. I know that the true proportion of the US population is roughly 50% male and 50% female (in actuality, there are slightly more females than males but lets put that to the side). So, what I need to do is make the female respondents "count" more in the final answer than the males. When we typically take an average, each person has a weight of one (we add up all the answers - implicitly multiplied by a weight of one - and divide by the total). A simple correction in our ice cream example would be to make a females have a weight of 0.5/0.35=1.43 and males have a weight of 0.5/0.65=0.7. Females will count more than one and males will count less. And, I report a weighted average: add up all the female answers (and multiply by a weight of 1.43) and add to them all the male answers (multiplied by 0.7), and divide by the total.
Problem solved right? Hardly. For one, gender is not a perfect predictor of ice cream preference. And the reason someone chooses to respond to my survey almost certainly has something to do with more than gender. Moreover, weights can only be constructed using variables for which we know the "truth" - or have census bureau data which reveals the characteristics of the whole population. But, in the case of political polling, we aren't trying to match up with the universe of U.S. citizens but the universe of U.S. voters. Determine the characteristics of voters is a major challenge that is in constant flux.
I addition, when we create weights, we could end up with a few people having a disproportionate effect on the final outcome - dramatically increasing the possible error rate. Yesterday, the New York Times ran a fantastic story by Nate Cohn illustrating exactly how this can happen. Here are the first few paragraphs:
Here's a figure they produced showing how this sort of "extreme" weighting affects the polling result reported:
The problem here is that when one individual in the sample counts 30 times more than the typical respondent, the effective sample size is actually something much smaller than actual sample size, and the "margin of error" is something much higher than +/- 3%.
There are many additional types of biases and errors that can influence survey results (e.g., How was the survey question asked? Is there an interviewer bias? Is the sample drawn from a list of all likely voters?). This doesn't make polling useless. But, it does mean that one needs to be a savvy consumer of polling results. It's also why it's often useful to look at aggregations across lots of polls or, my favorite, betting markets.


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The following is a consumer checklist of important services, amenities and accommodations in Assisted Living communities. Every community is unique. We recommend making several visits, at various times of day, to each community you are considering. As you start your search, it is important to assess your needs as they are now and ask each provider how they might accommodate any changes over time.
Consider the following as you assess an Assisted Living community:
- As you arrive at the residence, do you like its location and outward appearance?
- As you enter the lobby and tour the residence, is the decor attractive and homelike?
- Does the administrator/staff call residents by name and interact warmly with them as you tour the residence?
- Do residents socialize with each other and appear happy and comfortable?
- Are you able to talk with residents about how they like the residence and staff?
- Do the residents seem to be appropriate housemates for you or your loved one?
Physical Features
- Is the floor plan easy to follow?
- Does the residence have good natural and artificial lighting?
- Is the residence clean, free of odors and appropriately heated/cooled?
- Does the residence meet local and/or state licensing requirements?
- Does the residence have sprinklers and clearly marked exits?
- If the residence provides dementia care, does it have a means of security if a resident wanders?
- Are residents able to bring their own furnishings for their unit and what may they bring? What is provided?
- Do all units have a telephone and cable TV and how is billing handled?
- Is a kitchen area/unit provided with a refrigerator, sink and cooking element?
- May residents keep food in their units?
- May residents smoke in their units? In public spaces?
Medication & Health Care
- What is the policy regarding storage of medication, assistance with administration of medications, training and supervision of staff and record keeping?
- Is self-administration of medication allowed?
- Are staff available to assist residents who experience memory, orientation, of judgment losses?
- What is the procedure for responding to a resident's medical emergency?
- To what extent are medical services available, and how are these services provided?
- Obtain a list of services available.
- What is the community's process for assessing a potential resident's need for services?
- Are additional services available if the resident's needs change?
- Are there special programs for memory impaired residents and those with dementia?
- Are there fees to provide transportation to doctors' offices, the hairdresser, shopping and other activities desired by residents?
- Can residents arrange for transportation on fairly short notice?
- What training and qualifications do the staff have?
- Observe staff and resident interactions. Are they positive?
- Did you receive a warm greeting from staff welcoming you to the residence?
- Do the staff members treat each other in a professional manner?
- Are the staff members that you pass during your tour friendly to you?
Social & Recreational Activities
- What is the activities program?
- Do residents participate in activities outside of the residence in the neighboring community?
- Do volunteers, including family members, come into the residence to help with or conduct programs?
- Are residents' pets allowed in the residence? Who is responsible for their care?
- Does the residence have its own pets?
Food Service
- Does the residence provide three nutritionally balanced meals a day, seven days a week?
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You are now a sad and homeless bear. Bring the quirky Flash game BearBound to mobile with loads more content!
You are now a sad and homeless bear. Bring the quirky Flash game BearBound to mobile with loads more content!
If you are not familiar with BearBound please go here before you go any farther and play the original game:
In BearBound you are a bear whose den was blown away by a winter storm and you must wander the landscape to find a way to survive.
The game is a humorous exploration game where you must run from den to den to avoid the oncoming winter storms. Get caught in the open and you lose a life.
Its quirky, simple gameplay, wonderful artwork, and healthy dose of oddball humor made it an instant hit with hundreds of thousands of players. And with your help it is coming to Mobile with a pretty hefty upgrade in the content department.
The original game was made in 72 hours during the second Newgrounds Game Jam. It was one of the most popular games released that month and was even honored by being included in the yearly history recap that Newgrounds puts out.
I finally have the ability to bring this game to mobile devices and give it the upgrade it deserves, but I need your help. Making a game takes time and money. While I have time I don't have the money needed to make ends meet while I work to complete the game.
I need your help to get the equipment I need to make the game and test it on a plethora of devices. iPad, iPod, iPhone, Android phones, Android tablets, Nook, Kindle Fire, and more... the list is a long one.
I have an engine working and I have tons of ideas for the game, but why should I have all the fun? Since the game was such a hit with fans I thought I would give YOU the opportunity to be a part of the game and follow along with its development. I will give you updates and you can give me feedback and input along the way.
The original game stays in the winter environment mainly because the game was made so quickly and the game jam theme was "A World Frozen Over". The new game has an over-world map that allows the world to be much larger and go to many different environments.
I hope that you will try BearBound and see the potential that it has and help me by pre-ordering the game through this Kickstarter campaign.
This project is proudly participating in the "Kicking it Forward" program, whereby 5% of the profit from this project will be used as pledges for other Kickstarter projects, in support of the KickStarter community.
Risks and challenges
The biggest challenge I face is finding the time to work on the project. Funding through your support will help to keep the production of the game moving along and help remove the stoppages that happen when I have to take a client in my web design business to make ends meet. (No offense if you are one of my web design clients, games are more fun to make. XOXO)Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Experts' dos & don'ts: Maximizing Windows performance, part 2
Performance tuning experts Chris Amaris and Kenton Gardinier can help you transform your Windows systems into speed demons. In part two of this series, they discuss network monitoring and Exchange and Active Directory storage.
Editor's note: Ready to set speed records and scale the highest peaks in Windows? In this three-part series, Chris Amaris and Kenton Gardinier -- authors of "Windows 2000: Performance Tuning and Optimization" -- offer the dos and don'ts of fine-tuning software performance. In this article, Amaris and Gardinier discuss switching to native mode, network monitoring, and Exchange and Active Directory storage. In part one, they covered planning and testing, tune replication, and schema management. In part three, they tackle Group Policy and traffic analysis.
Don't rule out switching to native mode.
Many are still unsure of the reasons to switch to native mode and have misperceptions on how it will affect down-level clients. Making the switch requires you to upgrade all of your NT 4 BDCs prior to going to native mode. Otherwise the BDCs will no longer be a part of the AD domain. Contrary to popular belief, native mode affects how well down-level clients can interact with the AD domain but it won?t prevent clients from authenticating to the domain.
The advantage of switching to native mode from mixed mode is that you remove all the NT 4 scalability limitations and enhances your ability to control the domain through GPOs. From a non-performance point of view, native mode also and gives you universal groups and group nesting capabilities.
Do proactively monitor the network.
Want to know how much disk space you'll need in six months or want to know when you'll need to upgrade a system's processing capability? These are just a few of the questions that you'll be able to answer once you begin to continuously monitor and catalog system performance. Proactively monitoring gives you insight into numerous system performance aspects including usage scenarios, potential problems and bottlenecks, workload characterizations, and much more. Many tools exist to assist in monitoring performance. Many tools are immediately at your disposal including the System Monitor and Task Manager. Microsoft also develops separate monitoring applications such as Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) and Application Center that help to automate monitoring tasks. Also, there are a number of third-party tools that also provide additional functionality such as reporting.
Do separate out Exchange and AD storage components into separate drives and channels, such as OS, logs and database.
Microsoft application transactional databases that are based on the Jet engine technology use a combination of database files and logs to deliver both performance and reliability. They use a lazy write approach to the database files, while spooling transactions to the logs files quickly and committing the transactions once the database has been written to. This allows the complex and slow process of writing to the database to happen over time for increased performance while transactions are protected by the logs files.
However, this combination can be ruined by incorrect placement of the database and log files. To get the performance advantages of this, you need to have the databases be written to one drive subsystem and the log files written to another.
To get the optimal performance, place the database files on a RAID 0+1 or a RAID5 partition, the operating system page file on a RAID1 partition and the log files on a RAID1 partition. These should all be on separate channels or even separate controllers.
One large real estate conglomerate with a centralized messaging environment was finding that they could only scale their Exchange messaging servers to a maximum of 500 users before the users would start to see greater than 1 second response times from the messaging client. They had an average 1 second response time service level agreement, so they would deploy an additional server every time the response time would reach that threshold.
After doing a performance analysis of the Exchange server configuration, it was found that page files, database and log files were located on a single RAID5 drive. This was causing a bottleneck in the disk subsystem. The subsystem configuration was changed to take advantage of the multiple disk channels that the platform supported by creating separate partitions for the page file, the databases and the logs. No additional hardware or software was required. This configuration change resulted in a 4-fold increase in performance, allowing the same servers to host over 2000 users with a better response time.
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I wanted to write a little bit about the concept of shelter; our inherent need for protection and what finding personal space has meant to me as the leader of this journey. The nature of time has changed dramatically as each day contains a new destination and we rarely stay in one place for more than a night. I am always in movement, living primarily in the present and ever conscious of each day's agenda and our need for food and shelter. Road trips are funny…always an opportunity for adventure, seeking new trails, learning about culture and communities and the exploration of self. I find that I am constantly alert, my sences are keenly aware of the vast beauty of this country and I feel protective of my crew. As much as I planned ahead, making reservations at motels and campgrounds, I was not prepared for how critical the need for shelter becomes.
We all need a sense of personal space- the dimensions of that space become somewhat meaningless, yet having a space to rest and occupy matters most. We have spent hours setting up campsites, shuffling our belongings back and forth, erecting tents,creating kitchens in the back of the van and carving out small personal spaces every night to close our eyes and feel safe. So often I know that our shelters are tenous at best; we have recently experineced all that South Dakota summers have to offer with 40 mph winds, rain, and thunder, yet in the moment we determine we will be safe.
It is in these moments of living so clearly, that I see the resiliency of every woman we have met in the shelters. They have left everything behind and often just with their children, have fled to the safety of a community that understands what they are going through. I have learned that it is almost a herculean task to leave an abusing partner in large part because most women do not have the resources, confidence or support from their own families and communities to leave. At our workshop in Casper, Wyoming, some women had just arrived to a safe house where maybe they have slept for the first time in years. Their eyes showed that same clarity, that same need for personal safetey that I recognize from my own experinces on the road. When we are safe, we are given space to dream, reflect on our pasts and create our futures. It is a luxury and a need so strong that when we have it, we often forget how critical it is to our survival and overlook that there are so many who go without.
I have been seeking shelter along the road. Two nights ago, I sat up high in a little bed space atop our van and looked out onto the hills of the Badlands. Lightening spread across the sky and I was surrounded by a community of trailers, tents, kids hulahooping, dogs, and groups of families on vacation. Ninety- one of us shared this space,this campground- all coming together for one night of shelter and rest.


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As I wash dishes and stare at the rice I burnt on the bottom of my silver pot, I hear sniffles. I look over and see my first grader with a deep frown on his face as he watches the IMAX movie, Born to be Wild. This movie is narrated by Morgan Freeman and is about orphaned elephants and orangutans in Kenya and Borneo, respectively. I started to watch it with him at the beginning, but then got up to make dinner.
He senses me.
He turns away and buries his face in the pillow.
He's crying. And hiding it.
He dries his tears, regains his composure and tries to watch the show again hoping I don't notice.
I say nothing.
Not yet.
I know he's not ready to talk.
Bawling. Quietly.
Not wanting to be found.
Hiding the fact that his heart had been stomped on by a movie.
The monsters were sad Max had to leave.
My son was even sadder.
E.T. was the same thing. He could barely stand to see Elliott send E.T. away. The pain Elliot felt and the pain E.T. felt were magnified within my son's chest many times over. After the movie, I couldn't find him.
But then I did.
Sobbing. Silently.
Not wanting to be found.
It was real to him. His emotions were intense but he felt like he needed to shield them from me. This isn't always the case with him. I have, of course, seen him laugh and cry many, many times. I have seen him cry over injustices he feels he has received or physical pain or being sad about something he loves breaking to pieces.
I guess the broken heart cry is different. It's more raw. It's a deeper pain.
The cry that happens when your heart breaks for someone else is different.
When I see that his demeanor has changed, I feel like it is the right time to ask him about his feelings. It may not be that way with all children, or all people, but it's that way with my little dude. So, I asked him, "Did something sad happen in that movie Born to be Wild?"
I thought an orangutan had died.
He begins to tell me about the "orangu-" but he chokes up and tells me I need to watch it for myself later. "The whole thing."
Wanting to be comforted, however, he tries again and is able to get out the words, "they had to drop him off in the jungle all by himself." No tears flowed out of his eyes, but his lips quivered. Quivered and stopped. At the tender age of 7, he is trying to be strong, though no one has said he couldn't let the tears flow. No one has told him crying was bad. No one in our family has said, "Boys don't cry."
In each movie, E.T., Born To Be Wild and Where The Whild Things Are, a character is leaving a place where they are loved and cared about for another place. A place the other characters know nothing about. Maybe this is where his tears come from- the fear of leaving people he loves and setting off all by himself.
The fear of being alone in a big world.
For as long as I possibly can, I will wrap my arms around him to remind him that he is not.


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A sea of orange flocked to Port City Community Church Thursday night to welcome a national champion coach with a spiritual message.
Dabo Swinney, head coach of the Clemson Tigers, was the guest speaker at the 2017 Southeast N.C. Fellowship of Christian Athletes' (FCA) Banquet Thursday. Swinney spoke to approximately 565 spectators about his life in FCA and the impact the organization can have on athletes across a variety of ages.
"I'm thankful that I can have the platform that I have," Swinney said in some opening remarks. "My story has never changed, but I just have a bigger platform now."
Swinney estimated it was his first time in Wilmington, but he is a well-seasoned veteran when it comes to speaking at FCA events.
This event came to life in October when Swinney agreed to come speak. Swinney tries to attend at least two events like this one every year at various locations across the country.
The coach, who's Tigers defeated Alabama 35-31 in January to clinch Clemson's first national championship since 1981, considers him a "poster-child' of FCA and joined the organization as a sophomore at Pelham (Ala.) High School.
Since then, Swinney has seen it all with FCA. As a senior at Pelham he was the school's FCA president, and he was named the FCA Coach of the Year in 2014.
While Swinney did tell some stories of the Tigers' national title run this season, he continuously stressed to the crowd in attendance that he wasn't in Wilmington as the Clemson coach, but rather as a spiritual messenger.
His message centered on the benefits of FCA and the important role coaches within the community have in young athletes' lives. Swinney got the opportunity to talk with a handful of local football coaches privately before Thursday's main event.
He reiterated some of the challenges he bestowed upon those coaches in front of the larger audience, such as exhausting every moment spent with their players for the betterment of their lives both socially and spiritually.
"I challenged the coaches, don't miss out on the opportunity you have," he said. "If there is a young person that needs you, I hope you're there for them."


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- Everything begins with a sit down between the client and David Iezzi. "Wish lists", home site and driveway preferences are discussed. Design and budget parameters are talked about before proceeding with any architectural sketches. Rough timeframes are discussed and established. Through the use of pre-architectural sketches with specific specification inclusion assumptions, we are able to provide preliminary pricing ranges for your approval. This can be done before any monetary commitment on your part towards the architectural design. Preliminary architectural plans are then developed and a finalization of the pricing and specification assumptions is agreed upon. This approach enables both of us to design a home that fits the budget and lifestyle desires and avoids any surprises of an unrealistic design.
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- Following our decorative selection schedule, you will be scheduling appointments with our other suppliers as well. These may include, amongst others, meeting with our plumber for fixture selections and locations, and our ceramic tile, carpeting, and lighting fixture suppliers. Many selections for exterior colors, roofing, siding, shutters, brick/stone, etc. can be made with us directly
- We encourage you to visit other new homes under progress to see what color and style combinations appeal to you. Although you are free to visit the construction site at most any time, we ask that you contact us prior to showing up so we can ensure it will be an overly safe time for your visit. The one time it is critical for you to be at the site is for the rough electrical and security walkthrough. We prepare you well in advance for this meeting by giving you a list of considerations to think about ahead of time... These include potential furniture placements, preferences of recessed lighting vs. decorative fixtures, telephone and TV placements, home office networking, etc...
- As the home nears completion, a pre-closing walkthrough is set up. Our work during this final week focuses on completing any outstanding items and fine-tuning the house for your possession. Items that cannot be completed prior to closing (these are typically weather related exterior items) are put on an escrow list that accompanies the closing paperwork.
- Upon closing we present you a binder service manual that covers the warranty process and includes all the specific warranties for your home (appliances, furnace, hot water heater, etc). Also included are helpful cleaning and maintenance tips on how to care for your new home. We will schedule with you near the end of the first year a walkthrough and prepare a formal list to attend to any repairs or adjustments needed in your home. These are then attended to at your convenience.


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We live in a world full of darkness and confusion. People getting shot. Just this morning there was a police officer shot and killed. Someone that was trying to protect his community is now gone.
Bully's in schools. I see it first hand on Jacob's soccer team. I read the players only group chat and see how they are mean to each other.
Bad stuff happens that makes this world seem dark. People get sick. Little kids watch their parents do drugs. Lots of things happen that we just don't understand.
We have to keep our eyes up. We have to continually refocus outselves. Jesus said in John 8:12 "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
We live in a world of darkness. But we can have hope. There is light no matter how dark life seems. That person that smiled at you when you were having a bad day—there is light. That person that said they were praying for you–there is light.
All of the darkness in this world is temporary. Jesus is light. Jesus is hope. One day soon He is coming back to bring His children home. A home with no darkness, no pain, no sickness, and no death. No hunger & no bills.
Jesus is the only light in the darkness. His light is bright if you will just open your eyes to see it. Let Him be your light. Behold the beauty of His light peeking through the darkness to guide your every step.


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Italy has a strong contingent of KTM riders with Thomas Oldrati, second behind Aubert in E1 standings, Simone Albergoni and Alessandro Belometti, respectively fourth and fifth in the E3 overalls. They trail France by some 7.5 minutes at this stage of the race. The battle for the minor places between Italy and third placed Finland is still far from decided with just 18 seconds separating the two teams in the aggregate times.
KTM's Eero Remes is riding well in E1 and is currently second in the standings, an effort that has helped Finland stay in third overall. Remes is also just 24 seconds behind class leader Antoine Meo, drawing tight battle lines for the remaining two days. Finland also has a second KTM rider in Oskari Kantoninen, while KTM's Kurt Caselli and Mike Brown are driving Team USA forward in fourth place. Caselli is currently fourth in E1 and Brown is seventh, followed by teammate Ian Blythe in eighth.
Spain continues to dominate the Junior Trophy team competition, with KTM's Lorenzo Santolino and Mario Roman making a major contribution that has put them ahead by five minutes overall. Meanwhile USA and Sweden are locked in battle for the minor places.
Heat and dust have been tough opponents for all riders at the Mexican event and eventually managed to win over Team USA competitor Cory Buttrick who earlier in the week hit a tree stump in bad visibility and had to return with bruises and abrasions. On Day 4 riders tackled the same route as the previous day, being forced to weave their way through a rock strewn track. In another test of endurance, the cloud cover of the previous day that brought some respite from the heat dissipated leaving them to face another scorcher.
Results Day 4 ISDE Morelia Mexico
World Trophy
1, France - including KTM's Johnny Aubert
2, Italy - including KTM's Thomas Oldrati, Simone Albergoni and Alessandro Belometti
3, Finland - including KTM's Eero Remes
4, USA - Including KTM's Kurt Caselli and Mike Brown
5, Poland
Junior Trophy
1, Spain - with KTM's Mario Roman and Lorenzo Santolino
2, Sweden
4, France
Manufacturer's Trophy
1, KTM 1 - with Aubert, Remes and Caselli
2, Husqvarna CH Racing
3, KTM 2 - with Belometti, Oldrati and Albergoni
4, Husaberg 1
5, KTM Intersports - with Kantolinen, Roman and Santolino
Other KTM
7, KTM Italia
10, KTM Mexico
12, KTM 3 (Mike Brown, Ian Blythe, Cory Buttrick - note Cory no longer riding after a fall that left him with bruises and abrasions
Progressive Individual Class Results
1, Antoine Mo, France, Husqvarna
2, Eero Remes, Finland, KTM
3, Alex Salvini, Italy, Husqvarna
4, Kurt Caselli, USA KTM
5, Jari Mattila, Finland, Honda
Other KTM
6, Antii Helsen, Finland, KTM
7. Mike Brown, USA, KTM
8, Ian Blythe, USA, KTM
11, Mario Roman, Spain, KTM
1, Johnny Aubert, France, KTM (Aubert has won E2 for all of the 4 days of the competition so far)
2, Thomas Oldrati, Italy, KTM
3, Juha Salminen Finland, Husqvarna
4, Manual Monni, Italy, Yamaha
5, Rodrig Thain, France, TM
1, Sebastien Guillaume, France, Husqvarna
2, Oriol Mena, Spain, Husaberg
3, Christoph Nambotin Gas-Gas
4, Simone Albergoni, Italy, KTM
5, Alessandro Belometti, Italy, KTM
6, Homero Diaz, Mexico, KTM
KTM Factory ISDE Report Day 4
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TreeHugger: "When Constable Remo Romano hit her with his F150 pickup truck he was going 115 (71MPH) in a 60 km/hr (37 MPH) zone. According to one article, her body was thrown 80 meters."The "system" (auto-sprawl) is not blamed because too many powerful people are profiting from it. And the individuals can't go to jail -- the labor force would be unstable. So the fault is placed on the victim.
Cars are literally killing us. There is a mild sort of fight back, you know, "complete streets" and such. What we need is a real fight back.
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Completed FTPs - RIC Americas
Path Planner Optimization and Planning Request Adapter
Champion: IDEXX Laboratories
Additional Sponsor: SwRI Internal Research Program
Completion Date: May 2014 (Completed)
Abstract: Optimizing industrial pick-and-place applications often involves minimizing the cycle time required for each move. While the ROS motion planning framework, MoveIt!, is quick to find collision-free paths to a goal point, the default configuration does not provide a minimum cycle-time solution. The objectives of this Focused Technical Project included:
- Create a path planning capability which provides paths useful for industrial robot tasks
- Generate paths that are asymptotically optimal (more computation time will yield an increasingly optimal solution)
- Make tuning parameters accessible and explicit
- Document these improvements so they can benefit the ROS community
- Create an example planning request adapter that smooths planner output trajectories (also to improve cycle time) and more generally to enable anyone to compose a planning request adapter for MoveIt!
- Generate a tutorial for planning request adapters
- Video (above, click to play)
- Slides (includes instructions for installation from source)
- Tutorial on Developing a Planning Request Adapter
Ongoing FTPs - RIC Americas
Robotic Blending, Milestone 1
Scheduled Completion Date: July 2014
Abstract: CNC mills often leave tool marks or surface discontinuities in metal parts that must be blended out by hand during post-processing. The blending operation is ergonomically hazardous for humans. A robotic blending solution is under development that will:
- Use a robot-mounted course 3D-scanner to identify flat, reachable, blendable surfaces on each unique work piece
- Plan blending process paths to sand the surfaces
- Develop a GUI to make the workflow accessible to a non-programmer on the factory floor
- Demonstrate the ability to scan and plan for a real aerospace work piece. Note that robot motion is limited to scanning for milestone 1.
Future / Available FTPs to Join - RIC Americas
Robotic Routing
Duration: Four months, December 4, 2014, delivery
Abstract: Consortium members may access details through the Member Portal
Robotic Blending, Milestone 2
Duration: Four months
Abstract: This is a continuation of the milestone 1 project. It will add the following capabilities:
- Automatically generate collision free robot joint trajectories to collect high resolution laser line scanner data from the user-designated regions on the work piece
- Automatically analyze the high resolution scan data and colorize and display the surface data according to the quality metric
- Test and improve the software to work with work piece submissions from three sponsors
- Demonstrate the end-to-end robotic scanning and blending process with real hardware
Robotic CNC, Milestone 1
Champion: Siemens
Sponsors: Still available to join! Deadline for joining has been extended to October 31, 2014.
- Milestone 1: Six months
- Milestone 2 (follow-on): Three additional months
Abstract: Robots offer a potential low-cost alternative to large-platform CNC machines. By using ROS-Industrial to integrate a Robot with a Siemens 840D controller, and a high-bandwidth 6 DOF position feedback system, a robot could be used to perform accurate CNC milling, trimming, or routing while retaining its native capabilities to perform other value-added tasks like material handling and inspection. The objective of Milestone 1 is to demonstrate collision-free path planning and execution through the Siemens controller. This milestone will demonstrate that the robot can follow (open-loop) off-line generated paths from ROS-I via the Siemens controller. Motion planning and execution will occur both in 3D simulation and in real life. Cartesian path geometry will be provided by each FTP member, one per participant. Geometry will be limited to that which can run in two minutes or less, for the sake of demonstration brevity. The software will be driven through the Siemens controller HMI. Position data will be collected using an enhanced PhaseSpace motion capture system, but only used for measurement. The outcome of Milestone 1 is:
- Physical demonstration of open-loop milling for multiple Cartesian path geometries (one per participant)
FTP Topics that are Brewing - RIC Americas
Easy Button: Non-programming interface for collision-free return-robot-to-maintenance position
GPU-Accelerated Collision Checking: Plan collision-free paths in real time with hardware-accelerated collision checking.
Heavy Helper: Create a human-robot collaboration demo for teleoperated material handling where parts exceed weight limit for one-man-lift. Application: CNC machine tending.
Robotic CNC Milestone 2: A continuation from Milestone 1. It will close the loop to achieve a target accuracy of +/- 0.05" for path following for light machining.
Multipass Robotic Welding: Scan-N-Plan for multipass welding in heavy industries.
For more information about any of these topics, please contact Paul Hvass