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It is not unusual for a country like Saudi Arabia to try to play a leading role in the region's politics, but for a tiny nation like Qatar – with a native population of no more than 200,000 people – it is remarkable.
Due mainly to its vast oil and gas wealth, the small Gulf peninsula is able to stand among the region's central powers. Qatar has been successful in leveraging its economic fortune and al-Jazeera media empire to bolster its reputation as a regional superpower.
In the years prior to the Arab uprising, Qatar adhered to a pragmatic diplomacy, building strong relationships with sworn enemies like the US and Iran or Hamas and Israel. In a sense, Doha preceded Turkey in successfully implementing a "zero problems" foreign policy.
Today, however, Qatar has moved more boldly, taking sides in the upheavals sweeping the Arab world and unleashing al-Jazeera against its enemies. It has effectively placed itself in the eye of the storm.
After its media support of the revolutionaries, Doha is getting cozy with Egypt and Tunisia's new Islamist rulers. In Libya, Qatar was at the forefront of Arab military and financial support for the NATO and Libyan rebel forces that unseated Muammar Gaddafi. In Syria, the emir is risking everything to bring down the Bashar al-Assad regime.
At the center of Qatar's strategy is its historic ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, who have become the main beneficiaries of the Arab uprisings. Betting on the Brotherhood, however, has its risks – particularly among the other Gulf states, who view them as a greater threat than Iran.
The Brotherhood in Qatar
The presence of the Muslim Brotherhood from a number of Arab countries in Qatar dates back to the 1950s, when many of its members were forced into exile, in particular from Gamal Abdul-Nasser's Egypt. In 1999, the Qatari branch of the Muslim Brotherhood dissolved itself, with it leader Jassem Sultan declaring in 2003 that the state was adequately fulfilling its religious obligations.
Similar attempts to reconcile the Brotherhood with the ruling family in the United Arab Emirates were not as successful. The UAE branch of the Brotherhood, called al-Islah, was allowed to operate as a charitable organization, but had to cease its political activities.
Over time, ties between Qatar and prominent Brotherhood members grew, most notably with Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and a long list of Islamist journalists and activists who flooded the ranks of al-Jazeera, including its former general manager Wadah Khanfar (Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood) and Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafiq Abdul-Salam, who headed up the channel's research center.
Qatar has wasted no time in coming to the support of the new Muslim Brotherhood regimes by filling their coffers. Contrary to other Gulf states, which reduced their investments in Egypt after Mubarak's fall, Doha has promised to raise its share to $18 billion in the coming years.
Qatar's lavish spending on the Islamists also succeeded in luring Palestinian Hamas away from Iran and Syria. In a recent trip to the Gaza Strip, the country's emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani launched investments and initiated projects that amounted to a quarter of a billion dollars.
Gulf Discontent
Qatar's embrace of the Muslim Brotherhood is a source of discontent among its Gulf neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This is not the first time Doha has ruffled feathers in the area, as it was once on the best of terms – primarily for economic reasons – with Iran.
But the remaining Gulf monarchies are growing increasingly wary of the rise of the Brotherhood in the region. Some view the Brotherhood as a greater threat than Iran. The UAE's recent arrest of dozens of Islah members for allegedly plotting to overthrow the regime is but one example.
Saudi media are becoming more open in their criticism of Qatar's relationship with the Brotherhood and the UAE is in the process of launching a television station directed against them. Kuwait has yet to send even a symbolic amount of aid to buffet Egypt's ailing economy.
This situation has made Qatar careful not to upset its Gulf neighbors, putting out any fires before they spread. When Qaradawi, for example, publicly criticized the UAE for deporting Syrians to Egypt in May 2012, al-Thani appeared in Abu Dhabi the next day for damage control.
Qatar's policy in the Gulf appears to be an extension of its earlier pragmatic approach of allying itself with bitter enemies, reconciling between its Gulf partners and its patronage of the Muslim Brotherhood. However, in other parts of the Arab world, like Syria, it is playing a new and potentially dangerous game of staking all in favor of one side against the other.
This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition.
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- The War within Hamas – Part 2
- The War within Hamas – Part 3
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Juror in Mattapan Massacre trial discharged for misconduct
Dwayne Moore is charged with killing three adults and a toddler
A Suffolk Superior Court judge has removed a juror in the Mattapan Massacre re-trial and appointed an alternate to take his place because of juror misconduct.
The juror admitted to having done ballistics research online and sharing it with other jurors.
"The juror went beyond the evidence in violation of my instructions," Judge Jeffrey Locke told the jurors.
Dwayne Moore is charged with killing three adults and a toddler in the city's Mattapan neighborhood in September 2010. His first trial ended in a hung jury. A co-defendant was acquitted.
The appointment of the alternate means that jury deliberations need to start again.
Moore's lawyer says the prosecution's star witness is a liar.
The prosecutor said the testimony of more than 40 witnesses proves Moore's guilt.
The jurors are from Worcester County because the defense said publicity made it hard to get an impartial Boston jury.

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When it comes to health reform, Republicans suffer from delusions of disaster. They know, just know, that the Affordable Care Act is doomed to utter failure, so failure is what they see, never mind the facts on the ground.
Thus, on Tuesday, Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader,dismissed the push for pay equity as an attempt to "change the subject from the nightmare of Obamacare"; on the same day, the nonpartisan RAND Corporation released a study estimating "a net gain of 9.3 million in the number of American adults with health insurance coverage from September 2013 to mid-March 2014." Some nightmare. And the overall gain, including children and those who signed up during the late-March enrollment surge, must be considerably larger.
But while Obamacare is looking like anything but a nightmare, there are indeed some nightmarish things happening on the health care front. For it turns out that there's a startling ugliness of spirit abroad in modern America — and health reform has brought that ugliness out into the open.
Let's start with the good news about reform, which keeps coming in. First, there was the amazing come-from-behind surge in enrollments. Then there were a series of surveys — from Gallup, the Urban Institute, and RAND — all suggesting large gains in coverage. Taken individually, any one of these indicators might be dismissed as an outlier, but taken together they paint an unmistakable picture of major progress.
But wait: What about all the people who lost their policies thanks to Obamacare? The answer is that this looks more than ever like a relatively small issue hyped by right-wing propaganda. RAND finds that fewer than a million people who previously had individual insurance became uninsured — and many of those transitions, one guesses, had nothing to do with Obamacare. It's worth noting that, so far, not one of the supposed horror stories touted in Koch-backed anti-reform advertisements has stood up to scrutiny, suggesting that real horror stories are rare.
It will be months before we have a full picture, but it's clear that the number of uninsured Americans has already dropped significantly — not least in Mr. McConnell's home state. It appears that around 40 percent of Kentucky's uninsured population has already gained coverage, and we can expect a lot more people to sign up next year.
Republicans clearly have no idea how to respond to these developments. They can't offer any real alternative to Obamacare, because you can't achieve the good stuff in the Affordable Care Act, like coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions, without also including the stuff they hate, the requirement that everyone buy insurance and the subsidies that make that requirement possible. Their political strategy has been to talk vaguely about replacing reform while waiting for its inevitable collapse. And what if reform doesn't collapse? They have no idea what to do.
At the state level, however, Republican governors and legislators are still in a position to block the act's expansion of Medicaid, denying health care to millions of vulnerable Americans. And they have seized that opportunity with gusto: Most Republican-controlled states, totaling half the nation, have rejected Medicaid expansion. And it shows. The number of uninsured Americans is dropping much faster in states accepting Medicaid expansion than in states rejecting it.
What's amazing about this wave of rejection is that it appears to be motivated by pure spite. The federal government is prepared to pay for Medicaid expansion, so it would cost the states nothing, and would, in fact, provide an inflow of dollars. The health economist Jonathan Gruber, one of the principal architects of health reform — and normally a very mild-mannered guy — recently summed it up: The Medicaid-rejection states "are willing to sacrifice billions of dollars of injections into their economy in order to punish poor people. It really is just almost awesome in its evilness." Indeed.
And while supposed Obamacare horror stories keep on turning out to be false, it's already quite easy to find examples of people who diedbecause their states refused to expand Medicaid. According to one recent study, the death toll from Medicaid rejection is likely to run between 7,000 and 17,000 Americans each year.
But nobody expects to see a lot of prominent Republicans declaring that rejecting Medicaid expansion is wrong, that caring for Americans in need is more important than scoring political points against the Obama administration. As I said, there's an extraordinary ugliness of spirit abroad in today's America, which health reform has brought out into the open.
And that revelation, not reform itself — which is going pretty well — is the real Obamacare nightmare.


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Two boys are playing football in Central Park when one is attacked by a rabid rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy rips a board off of a nearby fence, wedges it down the dog\'s collar and twists, breaking the dog\'s neck.
A reporter strolling by sees the incident, and rushes over to interview the boy.
"Young Giants Fan Saves Friend From Vicious Animal," he writes in his notebook.
"But I\'m not a Giants fan," the little hero replies.
"Sorry, since we are in New York, I just assumed you were," says the reporter.
"Little Jets Fan Rescues Friend From Horrific Attack," he writes in his notebook.
"I\'m not a Jets fan either," the boy says.
"I assumed everyone in New York was either for the Giants or Jets. What team do you root for?" the reporter asks.
"I\'m a Cowboys fan," the child says.
The reporter starts a new sheet in his notebook and writes, "Little Redneck Maniac Kills Beloved Family Pet".
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Birth Notices published in Mundelein Newspapers
The Mundelein Review, published by the Pioneer Press, and the Mundelein News, published by Lakeland Press are both weekly newspapers. For the purposes of this index, MR = Mundelein Review, and MN = Mundelein News. Birth notices were not printed every single issue; the index page will note if issues were missing.
The birth notices are listed by the last name of the child. Full birth notices give the names of the parents, date of birth, and the name of the hospital where the birth occured. Birth notices often give the names of the child's grandparents and siblings.
How do I get a copy of the complete birth notice?
The birth notices have been photocopied and filed by date in the library's local history collection. People may come in and make their own copies. People from outside our immediate area may request copies by mail; please include a stamped, self-addressed business sized envelope.
You must include the following information:
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- Date the birth notice was published
- Name of the newspaper
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20 Nev. lawmakers attend invitation-only NRA event
Nearly one-third of Nevada's 63 lawmakers attended an invitation-only event the National Rifle Association hosted Saturday at a Las Vegas shooting range, organizers said.
Some 20 lawmakers from southern Nevada learned about various firearms, including handguns, assault weapons and machine guns, before they were allowed to fire them at Battlefield Vegas, said Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas.
A similar event is planned for northern Nevada lawmakers, but details have not been announced.
More Democrats than Republicans showed up Saturday, Fiore said, and most of the lawmakers took advantage of the opportunity to fire all kinds of weapons. She declined to identify them, saying they asked for privacy.
"It was a fun, educational event. We taught for three hours and played for one," Fiore told The Associated Press. "I was excited about the questions that were asked and the openness of the dialogue."
The Legislature is expected to tackle a variety of firearm legislation this year. It convenes in a little more than two weeks amid a national debate about gun violence spurred by a gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Connecticut last month.
Saturday's event was designed to instruct lawmakers on the history and uses of different firearms as well as their differences, said Fiore, a lifetime NRA member.
"We have a great bond with lawmakers from both parties and are working together to make sure we pass legislation that's for our constituents," she said.
A group of protesters greeted lawmakers as they entered the shooting range. Some waved signs reading "More Schools, Less Guns" and "Not Gun Grabber, Just Common Sense."
Protesters were upset that the four-hour event was closed to the public and the news media, said protest organizer Brian Fadie of ProgressNow Nevada.
The protesters want legislation requiring universal background checks for gun buyers as well as a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
"We're trying to dispel the myth that NRA lobbyists are incredibly powerful and they (lawmakers) need to do whatever they say," Fadie said. "We're hoping lawmakers can stand up to the gun manufacture lobby and show them there are common-sense gun safety reforms we can make that most Americans can agree on."
Fadie said about 30 protesters turned out, while Fiore pegged the number at six.
The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada and the Culinary Union also sponsored the protest, Fadie said.
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"Star Wars" star Hayden Christensen - who portrayed future Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker in two of the three prequel films "Attack of the Clones," and "Revenge of the Sith" - had his lawsuit against the USA Network tossed out of court.
The suit, filed by Christensen and his brother Tove, alleges that USA stole their 2005 proposal for a television series about a doctor who makes house calls to the very rich (the working title was "Housecalls") and then developed their own version. The similarly-themed show "Royal Pains" debuted in 2009.
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A Manhattan federal judge, Colleen McMahon, ruled that the Christensens' case concerned "materials that were not copyrightable, such as ideas" and tossed the lawsuit out.
David Marek, lawyer to Hayden and Tove, is planning on filing an appeal.
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Cook the Book: Warm Spinach, Orzo, and Pistachio Salad
Todays Cook the Book recipe, excerpted from Serves One, is for Warm Spinach, Orzo, and Pistachio Salad. The hot orzo wilts the fresh spinach ever so slightly, while the pistachios and red onion add crunch. Feta cheese is the perfect finishing touch. But don't feel like you have to follow this recipe exactly—it's perfect for playing around with. For a heartier dish cut back on the spinach and add more orzo, substitute pecans for the pistachios, or gorgonzola for the feta.
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- 1/4 teaspoon salt, plus a large pinch
- 1/4 cup orzo
- 2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups baby spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
- 1 heaping tablespoon roasted pistachios
In a small saucepan, combine 2 cups of water with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the orzo and cook until al dente, about 7 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the feta, olive oil, vinegar, a large pinch of salt, and pepper to taste in a medium bowl.
Drain the orzo through a strainer (not a colander—some of the orzo may escape through the holes!) and add to the bowl. Gently stir to coat the orzo with the dressing. Add the spinach, onion, and pistachios, and toss once more.
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MUSKOGEE — U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn urged Oklahomans on Wednesday to join the movement for a national constitutional convention to cut down an oversized federal government and counter what he repeatedly referred to as a "lawless" Obama administration.
"I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions," Coburn told about 300 people at the Muskogee Convention Center. "I have a great fear now of not having one."
A national convention called by two-thirds of the state legislatures is one of two ways the U.S. Constitution can be amended. Such a convention has never been called, largely because the Constitution itself was the product of a convention authorized only to amend the existing Articles of Confederation, but which replaced it entirely.
Thus, political leaders and scholars have long held that such a convention could be dangerous and even destructive to the nation.
But as conservative frustration with the Obama administration has grown, some factions have begun advocating for such a convention.
Coburn's announcement that he had read what amounts to the national convention movement manifesto, Mark Levin's "Liberty Amendments," drew the loudest applause and reaction of the hour-long town hall meeting.
It might also have somewhat cooled the emotions of those in the crowd who were upset because Coburn has been so outspoken in his opposition to a proposal to "defund" the Affordable Care Act by holding the rest of the government's discretionary spending hostage when current authorization ends on Sept. 30.
"If you're going to do that, you'd be better off to do it through the debt ceiling," Coburn said.
Pressed by questioners, Coburn said the proposal championed by conservative special interest groups such as Freedomworks and the Heritage Foundation — and Levin — would be "childish" and "intellectually dishonest."
"I am 100 percent convinced it won't work," he said.
Later, Coburn laid out a scenario whereby the Affordable Care Act would be effectively defunded, he said, by ratcheting down the nation's debt ceiling.
As he has many times in the past, Coburn called Obama "a personal friend of mine," but that did not prevent him from calling the president's administration lawless and incompetent and "getting perilously close" to the Constitutional standard for impeachment.
Coburn pointed out that the discretionary spending has fallen each of the past two years by a total of $160 billion, "the first time that has happened since the Korean War," and said it was an indication that the much-despised sequestration — automatic, across-the-board federal spending cuts — is working.
"Sequestration is a hard way to do things, but it's better than nothing," he said, adding that "necessity is the mother of invention."
A public defender gently challenged Coburn on the issue, saying sequestration was actually costing the federal government because the Justice Department had laid off so many staff attorneys it had to hire private ones at an hourly rate.
Coburn disagreed.
"Your agency, Justice, is one of the most wasteful in Washington. It's not my fault if the money is not getting to you," Coburn said.
"There is no place in the federal government that is not rife with waste."
The following is from: http://washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-tom-coburn-we-need-a-constitutional-convention-to-take-back-our-country/article/2534671.
Sen. Tom Coburn: We need a constitutional convention to take back our country
There are a lot of concerns today in our country, not any of them unsolvable, but they are nevertheless big and problematic. If I were to assess where we are as a country today, I would say that the constitutional republic that we have is at risk for the very things that our founders and forefathers talked about: The abandonment of constitutional principles, especially the enumerated powers, has created situations in which we find ourselves leaving a legacy to our children that I certainly can't be proud of and I know most of you can't be proud of.
Our unfunded liabilities right now are $126 trillion when you add them all up. That includes the $17 trillion that we owe, plus the rest of the unfunded liabilities. The total net worth of the United States, all the assets that the whole country has together, is $84 trillion. So essentially the game is up. And the problem is we don't have any visionary leadership in our country, in either party, that will stand up and talk about what the real problems are.
We have undermined self-reliance in the name of being charitable. We have abdicated personal responsibility in the name of being fair. And we're following in the footsteps of what every historian has told us about every constitutional republic — they don't last and the reason they don't last is because we concentrate power in the central governance and end up giving away freedom and creating fiscal policies that undermine the very economy that supports the growth and the vibrancy of our country.
I think these problems are all solvable. The questions I ask privately and publicly are, with all these big problems, why are we not addressing them in the Congress? And I hear often from Oklahomans about the fact that "you all need to work together." I have an observation on that. We're going to have an $800 billion deficit this year. Congress approved that. I'd say we are working together way too well.
We have agencies that are rife with fraud and programs that are rife with fraud, and Congress has not done anything about it, they have agreed not to do anything about it. I think we're working too well together.
Our biggest problem in my estimation is not our country and not our people, it's the elitism that comes from the career politics that dominate our Congress and our country. And I was asked today and I am asked this a lot, well, by a very sincere individual, "Well, what do we do about it? Throw'em out?"
Well, "throw'em out" doesn't work unless you replace them with people that are different. Essentially, 70 percent of the Senate has never had a job outside of career politics. So they are wonderful people, I mean I get along great with Dick Durbin. I like him as an individual, but our philosophies are totally different. He means well, as well as many of the other people that promote policies that I would consider will undermine our future liberties.
The thing is, they lack a frame of reference from experience in the world like our farmer that is sitting over here that knows, like our insurance agents that are here, like our policemen that are here, like other people that are here who have actually done something with their lives outside of elective politics.
So, it doesn't do any good to throw them all out, and I've been convinced in the last few weeks, I've read a book called "The Liberty Amendments." And I would just say that I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions. I have a great fear now of not having one.
Three-quarters of the states would have to approve anything that was approved through that, so I don't think there's a lot of danger to our republic from us taking back control from Washington, honoring the 10th Amendment, enhancing federalism and recreating a sense of personal responsibility and accountability. Not only at the individual level but at the city level and at the state level.
I had a fire chief get upset with me today because I don't see any role in the Constitution for us to be buying fire engines for states and cities. The danger with that is you become addicted to the largess of the federal government that says its giving you something, but it's actually stealing it from your children and grandchildren.
Editor's note: The preceding were Coburn's opening remarks at an Aug. 23 town hall meeting in Oklahoma, as seen in the accompanying video.
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PORTSMOUTH — Subtlety? Pretty much abandoned this week.
As the Portsmouth High School football team practiced for today's Division III semifinal game at Milford, the scoreboard beyond the south end zone stayed lit. The numbers it posted — Home: 24, Guest: 6 — was a constant reminder that the team's visit to Milford two weeks ago was not a pleasant one.
The third-seeded Clippers (7-2, 6-2 Division III) have a tough task today if they want to reach a state championship game for a fifth straight year. They've got to flip a one-sided result that players and coaches agree was their poorest performance of the season.
And the scoreboard is a constant reminder.
"It just gives us a little extra drive," said linebacker Jake Becker. "If you lose your motivation running sprints, you just look up and see that and know what you have to do."
The Clippers are averaging 29.8 points, but their first meeting with the Spartans (7-3, 6-2 Division II) sticks out like a wart on a supermodel.
Down to fourth-string quarterback Connor DiCesare after starter Travis MacDonald was knocked out of the game in the first quarter, they had trouble moving the ball through the air as the Spartans loaded the box and focused on running back Dillon Crosby (16 carries, 25 yards).
"Everything," said Portsmouth coach Bill Murphy, asked what needs to improve. "That was a very poor performance on our part all the way around. Unfortunately, you had some injuries, but sometimes when you have these injuries, young kids take it as an excuse before you even play. We learned a lesson."
Defensively, the Spartans have been strong all season, allowing 16.0 points a game. Remove a 48-7 loss to Division II playoff team Bedford in the opener and a 24-21 win over Nashua North, a Division I program, and the number drops to 11.4 points against league foes.
"I think we've played pretty solid defense all year," said Milford coach Keith Jones. "The whole front seven has done an amazing job."
The Clippers have spent the week analyzing their offensive performance that game, one that amassed a season-low 137 yards and turned the ball over three times. The unit should get a boost with the return of quarterback Donovan Phanor, who's missed the last two games with a knee injury.
"We've done a lot of work on that," said Murphy. "Coaches have spent a lot of time looking at the film. I think we'll be better prepared."
Offensively, the Spartans got a big game from running back Connor Borne, who rushed for 109 yards. They also have a heady quarterback in Harrison Urda, strong runners in Mitchell Banuskevich, Joe Albina and Tyler Cooney, and will try to craft long, time-consuming drives to keep the Clippers' playmakers off the field.
"Just like the last game, we've got to limit big-play potential," said Jones. "We need to keep them off the field. They're at their most dangerous when you keep giving them the ball back. They can light it up fast."
Last year, in winning the program's first state title in 30 years, the Clippers had to go through a pair of programs — Goffstown and Bedford — that didn't exist 20 years ago. In Division III, only Portsmouth and Milford go back at least a generation; they've met three times in the semifinals since Portsmouth dropped down from Division II in 2006, with the Clippers winning each time.
"We've got a history with them," said Murphy. "We know that they're one of the best-prepared teams that we go up against. It's one of our better rivalries."
Now, the Clippers are hoping to play one of their better games. And the lit scoreboard this week is a continual reminder.
"We all want to play at Milford one more time and show them what we can do," said Becker.
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Fumie Sugiuchi lives so close to the beach that she can watch the moon rise over the Pacific Ocean from the second floor of her house, about eight hours by car southwest of Tokyo. But until a massive earthquake hit northern Japan on March 11, the retired elementary school teacher said she never took the threat of a tsunami seriously.
"We always thought we'd be fine here. After watching the footage from the north, I think that was a mistake," says Ms. Sugiuchi, holding up a neatly folded – and unused – emergency supply bag that the town government distributed, along with a list of what should go in it, nearly 20 years ago.
Japan has been widely praised for its thorough disaster preparedness and advanced earthquake prediction technology. One week ago, however, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami that has resulted in a nuclear crisis, far exceeding the hazard estimates that inform disaster management plans.
Now, as Japan struggles to help hundreds of thousands of displaced victims and prevent a nuclear meltdown at the same time, Japan is asking a new question: How can a nation prepare for the unimaginable?
"We're going to have to change almost everything [related to disaster planning]," says Manabu Hashimoto, an earthquake scientist at Kyoto University's Disaster Prevention Research Institute.
State of readiness
In the seaside town of Mihama, Mie Prefecture, where Ms. Sugiuchi lives, many disaster-response measures are already in place. Wireless announcement systems in each house, and in public places throughout town, issue a warning as soon as a coming earthquake is detected. Seconds later, the system automatically warns that a tsunami may follow.
The community of about 10,000 has 61 neighborhood-disaster response groups. Residents are advised to prepare three days' worth of emergency supplies, and the town hall stocks even more.
But town planning official Masanao Hashiji has started to doubt whether that's enough. "In the kind of disaster that just hit, the town hall itself is at risk of being washed away. The question is, just how much do we need to prepare for?"
Mr. Hashimoto, of Kyoto University, says last week's disaster also highlights fundamental problems with Japan's early-warning system. Because fault lines ruptured in four different places over a span of 300 miles, detection devices were unable to function accurately and initially underestimated the quake's strength by about 10 times, he says.
Tsunami warnings came quickly, he adds, but the height of the waves far exceeded what towns had prepared for. A government research council had forecast a 90 percent likelihood of a magnitude 8.0 earthquake shaking Sendai – near the epicenter of last week's temblor – in the next 30 years. Local disaster response plans were based on that estimate.
Tsunamis frequently batter the region, and in vulnerable inlets residents routinely flee to high ground as soon as an earthquake hits. This time, however, huge walls of water reached three miles inland.
History of disasters
Major natural disasters are not unusual in Japan. Just 16 years ago, the Great Hanshin Earthquake killed more than 5,000 people and destroyed vast swaths of wooden houses around the city of Kobe. In the aftermath, Japan rethought its approach to disaster management. National and local response plans were revised, improved information-sharing systems designed, and a new cabinet post – Minister of State for Disaster Management – created to coordinate action.
"It took four days for any Self-Defense Forces to come into [Kobe]. This time, instantaneous information has allowed emergency rescue squads to be there in a few hours. It's a textbook case of emergency preparedness," says David Edgington, a geographer and earthquake expert at the University of British Columbia.
"Of course we need plans based on what we can rationally expect to happen. But we also need to think about events that go beyond rational predictions," said Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki.
For Mihama resident Ms. Sugiuchi, the haunting images from northern Japan have shadowed a long-unquestioned sense of safety.
"Even in a civilization as technologically advanced as ours, in the end people can only rely on the most primitive of things, like candles and kerosene stoves.... When I look at that reality, I have deep doubts about how much we can protect ourselves from disasters," she said.


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The original Schnauzer has been known in Germany from at least the 14th Century. It is thought that the miniaturisation was brought about by the infusion of Affenpinscher blood. The miniature variety was first officially recorded in 1888. Despite the reduction of size, there is no reduction in spirit – and they are hugely popular as companion dogs.
This group consists of miscellaneous breeds of dog mainly of a non-sporting origin, including the Bulldog, Dalmatian, Akita and Poodle.
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Running Drupal 6 !
Somewhat in the heat of the moment I decided to move to Drupal6. I was not really planning on doing it until after a few months, but somehow the excitement took over to just make a copy of the database and test-run it on the copy.
I started over with the fresh Drupal6 codebase, copied over the relevant content from my settings.php and pointed it to the copy of the database. Without installing any module I just did an update and it simply worked.
My theme was gone ofcourse, putting my Burnt theme back (with my own CSS modifications) was simple. Some of the blocks were missing because I actually forgot to put the modules in place. So I looked for the ones that existed:
AutopathPathauto, Captcha, Event and Token. And was lucky enough that only these were necessary for all of the functionality. Sadly the Recent blocks module seems to be unmaintained, so I switched to the default Popular content block, not the same but good enough for me.
Then I did another update for the new modules. I got a problem with the Event module update, which looked as if a second run could cope with it and indeed, a second run reported no errors.
In the end, I was so excited of the result that I just switched the old Drupal5 with the new and shining Drupal6 one, et voilà...
No major problems for me. The site looks mostly identical :-)
Update: There is a minor issue with the included Update status module. Drupal tells me that my Burnt v6.x-1.6 theme is out-of-date and I should 'upgrade' to Burnt v6.x-1.5. I guess I have got a newer release than Drupal has in its database. A simple version comparison could prevent this.
Update 2: I noticed the Comment notify module is also missing for Drupal6. The upgrade-excitement is still justified. I am not listening to you. Lalala...
*cough* /Path/autho *cough*
Good to hear the update went smoothly.
It's the Pathauto module not "autopath" (nor "auto_path" nor "path_auto" as so many people like to say).
The update status issue may be temporary and related to new releases. Since the code that runs on drupal.org is very expensive the results are cached so newly released packages are not listed.
The code also allows maintainers to signal to users that they should downgrade, so I don't think the simple version check you propose would solve that problem. The better solution is proposed and in the issue queue (update the relevant bits of the cache for updated projects).
Damn my lousy brain !
Hi Greg,
Thanks for the correction. Funny how I had the URL right but the name wrong.
Regarding the Update status module, I didn't know the system allowed to proposed a downgrade on purpose. Although a simple work-around could be that the Drupal database specifically flags a release to be downgraded to. In that case Drupal itself can do a version comparison, unless the older release has been flagged.
Because now I am worried that I should not be using this version of my Burnt theme. I wouldn't know if the system is wrong or there is a security problem with the latest release.
Thanks for your insight !
Please open an issue about
Please open an issue about your upgrae problem with event.module.
If I go to
If I go to http://dag.wieers.com/blog/ the page is all messed up.. have tried only in Firefox 2.0.12 under linux, not sure if the problem is on your side
Caused by page compression
Yes, I got a similar report from a friend. I traced this to page compression being enabled and probably not working all too well with Apache or the browser.
Sadly I never experienced it because I guess compression was only used for static pages and not for users that are logged on (as myself).
Drupal 6.11
Can we expect a drupal6-6.11 package from your repo soon?
Done :-)
Done :-)
Oh, WTF - just finished one day before the next security update - 6.12 - has been released...
Thanks for the 6.12 update
Thank you dag for updating your drupal6 package to cover Drupal 6.12!
Drupal 6.13
Drupal 6.13 has been released today, with security fixes. Do you plan to provide the RPM soon?
I just did. Thanks!
I just did. Thanks!
Once again, a new D6 release, containing a security fix. And the first Drupal 6 running under PHP 5.3. Any plans to update your RPM, dag?
A little late, but here they
A little late, but here they come...
drupal6 updates
I'm looking at http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/drupal6/ which hasn't been updated in over 18 months.
Then I found this blog that asserts there are newer packages than I can see there.
ps, there's something strange about this comments textarea, I can't see stuff I type against the RHS of the area.
They can be found at:
They can be found at: http://packages.sw.be/drupal6/ for the time being...
Once again, a new securiry update of Drupal has been released: 6.15. Is there any chance to see your repository updated, too?
Thanks dag!


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Utility Self-Performs on Boiler Tube Replacement
Utility Self-Performs on Boiler Tube Replacement
Consolidated Edison's Power Generation Maintenance Department recently completed a major maintenance outage at their Astoria 50 boiler in Queens, N.Y. This boiler repair and repairs at their Ravenswood facilities were done using advanced technology orbital pipe welding equipment manufactured by Arc Machines, Inc., of Pacoima, California.
This investment of capital was part of a well-thought-out plan to save money on this job as well as on future outages.
Part of this plan involved the use of machine welding to improve weld quality and productivity. Improved weld quality would result in better welds, reduce the frequency of future repairs, and extend the operating life of the boiler.
Consolidated Edison operates 8 different power plants in the 5 boroughs of New York City. These are primary fossil fuel plants, but they also operate the Indian Point Nuclear Facility in Westchester County. The Astoria 50 boiler, on which the present repairs were done, is a 380 MW Combustion Engineering twin furnace, radiant reheat controlled circulation boiler. The boiler was designed as a pressurized unit, but was later converted to a balanced draft operation. Both furnaces are supplied with a tilting tangential firing system capable of burning oil or natural gas through four elevations of burners. The boilers produce 2.4 million pounds of steam per hour to run the generators to make electrical power. The repairs on Astoria 50 were done as part of a Major Maintenance Outage which are scheduled every 5-7 years. The boiler was placed in service in 1962 and had 202,566 operating hours at the time of this overhaul. This outage began in September of 1991, and the boiler was back in service in May, 1992. Con Edison made the decision to purchase the orbital welding equipment and to train their own maintenance personnel to operate the equipment. Alternatively, they could have hired an outside contractor that owned orbital welding equipment and paid them to do the tubing repairs and replacements. This would have avoided the initial investment in capital equipment for Con Edison, but would have been more expensive in the long run.
Con Edison purchased four Arc Machines, Inc. Model 215 pipe welding power supplies and leased another two during the summer of 1991. The welding systems included the power supplies and the smaller, Model 81 pipe welding heads.
Certified Welding Inspectors from Con Edison who had the responsibility for overseeing the field operations during the shutdown, came to Arc Machines, Inc. in California for initial training on the welding systems. They were trained by Arc Machines' Pipe Welder Product Manager. Additional training of their welding operators was done in August of 1991 by John Cushing, Arc Machines' Manager of Customer Service, who trained two groups of 8 welders each from Local 1 and 2 of Utility Workers Union, in two 5-day classes on-site at Con Edison's facility.
Training and Weld Procedure
Fig. 1. The AMI Model 81 Weld Head is shown mounted in position for welding the side wall tubes where they meet the upper rear header at Astoria Station. The welding operator makes fine adjustments to weld parameters with the Model 215 Program Operator Pendant shown in the foreground.
During the first part of the training, the welder/mechanics learned to set up the equipment and how to operate it. When they were comfortable handling the equipment, they were taught how to develop weld schedules or programs for the different size and type of tube. These schedules are the numbers for weld parameters such as welding current, travel speed, automatic arc voltage control (which maintains a constant arc gap), wire feed speed, torch oscillation, pulse times, etc. These values are entered into the microprocessor-based Model 215 power supply from a portable program operator pendant (POP) and stored in memory. Each weld program and each pass of a particular weld program can easily be recalled for immediate use. This permits the use of weld schedules which can be precisely repeated for each similar weld joint and provides a high degree of repeatability from weld to weld.
Before beginning the welding for the
replacement project, the weld procedure for each different type of weld had to
be qualified to ASME Section IX of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. This
requires three documents, the Weld Procedure Specification (WPS) and the
Procedure Qualification Record (PQR) which qualify the welding process and
welding equipment, and the Performance Qualification Record (PQR) which
qualifies the operator who performed the test weld. These tests require the
documentation of test conditions and weld parameters for the welding of test
coupons which are subjected to tensile tests to test the strength of the weld
and to bends of the root and face of the welds to assure that the welds are
The orbital pipe welding equipment was used on the terminal tube legs of the superheater intermediate pendents, the basket bottom replacement, and the front pendent loops of the Astoria 50 boiler.
Superheater Terminal Tube
Failure of the dissimilar metal welds (DMW) in the terminal tube legs of the superheater intermediate pendents made it necessary to replace them. Replacement of the DMWs required removal of the existing terminal tubes. In removing the terminal tubes, both the old bottom DMWs, and upper T-22 low alloy steel welds were removed. This was accomplished by making field cuts with a low clearance track saw 1/2 inch below the DMWs and 1/2 inch above the T22 bw alloy steel weld, completely removing the weld and its heat-affected zone (HAZ).
Both the existing tube ends and the replacement tube ends were prepped with standard 37-172 degree bevels. The replacement terminal tubes included DMWs which had been fabricated by Combustion Engineering in their facility.
Combustion Engineering used the EPRI (CS-, 4252)guide lines for this fabrication which had a 60 degree included bevel angle on the low steel side of the joint. The DMW roots were welded with automatic GTAW and completed with GMAW. The similar metal welds were made in the field by Con Edison on the T-22 and 321 stainless steel weld joints. The stainless tubing was 2.125" OD with a wall thickness of 0.480".
Fig. 2. Welding being performed on the upper rear drum at Astoria Station. The operator is observing the arc through a welding helmet and, if necessary, can make small corrections to the weld program via the Program Operalor Pendant.
Since an ID purge was not
feasible in this application, a backing ring was used on the stainless tubing
to minimize oxidation of the weld ID. The bottom stainless steel welds were
made using automatic orbital GTAW. A total of 395 welds out of 790 welds at
this location were done by machine as the remainder had only 1 inch radial
clearance while 1.75 inches of radial clearance is required for the Model 81.
The welds were of excellent quality as shown by the clarity of the X-rays.
Now that Con Edison has had experience with the orbital GTAW equipment, they plan to fabricate the DMWs in their own shop on their next outage.
The lower stainless steel welds were approximately 3 inches off the floor of the penthouse making it impractical to weld manually. With the orbital welding equipment, there was an improvement of approximately 50% in productivity for welding in this difficult location.
Weld sequencing is a critical part of planning for an outage such as this. The order in which the tubes were welded with orbital equipment was different from manual welding. For example, the terminal tubes are arranged in five rows of 79 elements from North to South. With the orbital head, they welded one row of 79 straight across the furnace to get the most favorable positioning of the weld head, while on a manual job they would have welded all 5 tubes from each row, and then done the next 5, etc.
Basket Bottom Replacement
Fig. 3. Typical completed welds on the upper rear drum where the side wall meets the header nipples at Astoria Station. Tight radial clearances make these weld joints difficult to access for manual welding, but present no problem for the M-81 weld head.
Also at Astoria, boiler water from the water wall leaks had caused cold-side (external) corrosion of the basket bottom tubing which mandated its replacement. This job consisted of 318 tubes on each front and rear wall, and 204 tubes on each side wall (Fig. 1). There were also 130 tube welds on the four intermediate side walls. This replacement required a total of 1,064 welds on the lower drum and 322 welds on the upper drum for a total of 1,386 welds (Figures 2-5).
When they were ready to weld the
tube bend configurations for the lower front drum and side wall drum
connections, Con Edison found that they had an axial clearance which was limited
to only 5.5 inches. Since this was less than the 6.325 inches axial clearance
required for the water-cooled M-81 weld head, they had to engineer a special
clamp to adapt the M-81 to fit the reduced clearance. They changed the rollers
and did what was necessary to make the head work on the reduced clearance
The clamp was developed under a research and development contract for the Ravenswood outage and was subsequently used for the basket bottom tubing at Astoria, since both boilers are identical in design. The new clamp design greatly increased the number of welds that could be done orbitally on the boilers.
The first welds coming off the drum were made between SA 192 carbon steel, Grade B, 1-1/2 to 1-5/8 inch OD, 0.185 wall tubing to SA 106 carbon steel, Grade C nipples, with a maximum carbon content of 0.025 wt%, and a wall thickness of 0.440". These small diameter welds were done in 3 or 4 passes with stringer beads.
Superheater/Reheat Pendent Welds
Replacement of the 78 front pendent elements, 39 elements in each furnace, was predicated by recent overheat failures. Nondestructive oxide film thickness evaluations coupled with sample tube analysis confirmed the need for replacement. The pendent loops consist of five inlet-outlet leg connections coupled to their respective headers. The pendent elements were upgraded to include stainless steel, and T-22 (2-1/4 Cr, 1 Mo) in place of T-11 sections. ER-9OS wire was used as filler.
For welding the pendent loops, the M81 weld head was mounted upside down on the tubes with the torch pointing downwards. The operators found it easier to handle the cables with the weld head in this position, and the torch was protected from falling objects. ER-9OS filler was used to make the weld after a 400-600 degree F preheat.
In spite of the admittedly rough environment inside the boiler, the welding equipment performed well. The welders had some basic maintenance training at AMI, they maintained an inventory of spare parts and were able to make most repairs themselves. They had some problems with electrical spikes in the supply voltage, so Con Edison purchased a power surge protection unit to electrically isolate the Model 215 Power Supply. For their next outage Con Edison plans to have additional training for their maintenance technicans in order to be completely self-sufficient. They feel that the 2 weeks that were allotted for the initial welder training & troubleshooting was not enough to fully develop the maintenance crew.
Fig. 4. The welding operators are shown using a mirror to observe the weld joint 4" from the floor being performed on the lower front drum nipples. The programming operator pendant is used to fine-tune steering of the torch during welding.
They intend to visit AMI to learn to disassemble and reassemble weld heads in order to become more proficient as periodic maintenance-and-repair welders/mechanics.
Results and Conclusions
Field welds were all subjected to radiography to test for porosity, lack of fusion, cracking, and other potential defects. Of the 2,500 field welds done with the orbital equipment which were tested by radiography, only 0.2% failed to pass the ASME PW-51 acceptance criteria and had to be repaired.
The use of the orbital equipment resulted in an improvement in efficiency which resulted in a higher level of productivity than could be achieved on a similar application done with manual welding technology. Production rates varied depending on location, tube OD and wall thickness. The terminal tubing and front pendent areas had peak production rates of 8 welds per 12 hour shift. The average production rate on the lower front drums was 10 welds per 8 hour shift with a peak of 16 welds per 8 hour shift. Production rates were somewhat higher on the upper drum with an average of 16 welds per 8 hour shift and a peak of 20 welds per shift. On two of the three jobs done by Con Edison with the orbital welding equipment, the jobs were completed in about half the time that a similar job manually would have taken.
Fig. 5. Model 81 We/d Head mounted on one of the lower front drum nipples where the axial clearance was only 5.5". The cables are prewrapped in preparation for welding. A special clamp, designed and built by Con Edison, permits the Model 81 to be mounted within this reduced axial clearance.
On the present outage, the overall
time for the outage was comparable to a similar job done with manual welding
technology. However, there was a saving in man-hours since, where amanual job
would require two welders, a similar orbital job could be done in the same time
frame with one welding power supply and weld head with a single operator. Con
Edison has a talented welding crew which is dedicated to producing a quality
job. They also give careful consideration to safety on the job.
On the Astoria 50 site they did a total of 6,000 welds. Of these about 2,500 were done with the orbital equipment. On the Ravenswood Number 10 boiler they did 6,000 boiler tube welds of which about 1,000 were done orbitally between October of 1991 and January of 1992. The welds that were not done with the orbital equipment were those where the radial clearance was less than 2 inches or otherwise consisted of tangent tubes.
Con Edison now owns their own equipment, they have a trained crew, and expect to do their own repairs during a planned outage at their Waterside, East River and Astoria 30 locations sometime next year. They are planning to purchase a larger, fullfunction, Model 15 weld head from AMI to extend their size capabilities for their next outage. This head will be used for welds on heavy-walled 8 inch, 12 inch, and 16 inch pipe.
The power industry has been slow to computerize their operations. Con Edison's Power Generation Maintenance Organization is leading the way in modernizing their welding operations with equipment which will save them money in the long run by making them self-sufficient in their maintenance operations. This attests to their efficiency, resulting in a longer service life of the boiler which will result in improved service to their customers, and is consistent with their cost-containment goals.
By Michael J. Jirinec, Technical Engineer,
Eugene V. Sanquini, Chief Certified Welding Inspector
and Richard Slote, Certified Welding Inspector,
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.,
Power Generation Maintenance Department, Bronx, New York
and B.K. Henon, Ph.D., Arc Machines, Inc.
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Treasurys Selloff Sends Shockwaves, and More
What's News: Global markets are roiled by fear of an end to stimulus; U.S. Treasury yields hit 14-month high. Booz Allen fires NSA leaker, Edward Snowden. Sony finally unveils new Play Station 4 gaming console. Joanne Po reports. Photo: AP
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Inspired by an article Barry Schwartz wrote that didn't say what I wanted to.
Today Google has a special logo on Google.com for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. They do for most truly
significant, and some not so significant, days.
Today would have been his 82nd birthday celebration. His legacy lives on with our black president, a somewhat integrated management structure in most major industries, and at least lip service to what his dream was about. At least in most parts of the country it is no longer fashionable to be openly racist. Now my prayer is that our hearts will all truly reflect what we are required to "look like" on the outside. Well America, as my late great friend would have said, FAKE IT TILL YA MAKE IT.
Technically, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15th, but the United States celebrates the first Monday after his birthday as a national holiday for his leadership during the African American civil rights movement. In 1964 he received the Nobel Peace Prize, at that time, he was the youngest person to ever receive the prize.
Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee and the free world will forever mourn his passing, and our loss.
Here is a larger version of the logo on Google's home page:


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Friday, Apr 21, 5pm
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About event
At Sipping n' Painting you will have a blast relaxing, creating and tapping into the right side of your brain while sipping on the beverage of your choice from our bar. No experience necessary! We will walk you through the featured painting with step-by-step instruction. You will leave with your own unique canvas art creation and memories to share. Parking for $5 is available behind our studio, just off of Boulder Street. We look forward to sipping n' painting with you soon!


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As the first weekend in January rolls around, we know it it time for one thing - Adam and Jim's Birthdays! Well, that is what it used to mean... now we also celebrate Brodd Christmas that weekend as well. To be honest, it works out OK as it splits up the Christmas time with the families, cuts down on travel, and maybe more importantly, allows for a couple more weeks for the ice the thicken up!
This year we wanted to try something new. Sylvia has been asking about getting a pair of ice skates "when she turns 5". She has been set on five as the magic age for skates. We figured she is close enough, so we stopped at Play It Again Sports and picked up a nice (cheap) pair of skates. While initially she wasn't so keen on the idea, when Dad and Grandpa finally let her do it ALONE, she was great! She won't be trying out for the hockey team anytime soon, but for her first real time on skates, she did a great job!
After skating, 4-wheeler rides on the lake, etc, we headed inside for presents. Like usual, there were way too many presents, but we somehow managed to all had a great time.
After presents, it is homemade ice cream time. Everyone gets a turn on the crank. Some of us just work a bit harder than others... However, we all enjoy the great taste of fresh, homemade ice cream
So that ends another year of Christmas celebrations. Looking forward to a couple quiet weekends around the house to catch up on the neglected work there. Happy new year everyone!


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Für das was man geboten bekommt sind 5 Euro definitiv zu viel. Da blättere ich lieber auf Seite 2 und habe auch alle Informationen. Garmin kann die Daten auch alle anzeigen.
Kevin Fitzmaurice
2018년 12월 31일 (월) | 버전 1.5.1
Nice data field. This will be my go to cycling data screen for a Fenix 5 plus. I can get all the key metrics I need on one screen. Just be careful on where you position each field. If your field has a long name it might not fit well in certain locations but with a bit of planning you can get everything to fit pretty well. The only thing missing for me would be the inclusion of some CIQ lap fields (lap power, power last lap, etc.) and TSS (work).
2018년 12월 12일 (수) | 버전 1.5.1
I like this screen which I am using for my hiking trips as I can customize the fields according to my own preferences and have all info on one locked screen (FR235). And I have to mention perfect support from the author, thanks again!
2018년 11월 20일 (화) | 버전 1.5-upd3
Brings all my PM data to my Edge 130. Now I can see my 10s and 30s averages that was not there out of the box. Requests for future updates: 1: 2 field screen (So I can just have my 30 sec power and average power on the screen) 2: Add a Auto lap where you can set the distance. Edge 130 has auto lap but forced to 5km/5miles.
Sharon Langford
2018년 10월 7일 (일) | 버전 1.5-upd3
Everything I need on the one screen, easily customised. Developer is quick to respond, highly recommended! Looking forward to more from r.485 A++++
Salerno Antonino
2018년 5월 13일 (일) | 버전 1.4-upd6
2018년 4월 23일 (월) | 버전 1.4-upd6
Everything you need on the one screen. Great layout. Fast and efficient communicating with developer. A+++
2017년 12월 24일 (일) | 버전 1.4-upd1
Most complete app for running I fond on the web. Surely a must have. A+++++.
John Merchant
2017년 11월 9일 (목) | 버전 1.4-upd1
Where have you been?? This is what has been missing from my watch. I love this app. As silly as it sounds with the default setups on the watch I managed but missed having the extra bits of information at a glance. Now I've created my own and it's perfect everything I need on one screen. People this is what is missing. Down load and try!!
2017년 10월 19일 (목) | 버전 1.4-upd
Works perfect! Get everything I need to know with one look at the watch instead of switching between multiple screens. Higly customizable. Also great and fast communication with the devoloper when buying. Just perfect.
Tim Jackoboice
2017년 10월 4일 (수) | 버전 1.4-upd
I don't write many reviews, but I do have to comment about how great this app is (and the two other r.485 apps I have) that I use on my Garmin Fenix 5X. I have even higher compliments for how responsive the company is to questions and comments. Very impressive ... I highly recommend these apps and this company!
Shane Thomas
2017년 10월 4일 (수) | 버전 1.4-upd
Yes! A data screen that does exactly what it says! This is exactly the app/data-screen that I needed. The developer is super fast too. Paid for the unlock and was contacted within seconds. You can't ask for me. Super result!
Joel Epstein
2017년 9월 26일 (화) | 버전 1.4-upd
Really good app and instant response from developer when I wanted to upgrade to the full version. Very configurable for as many or as few data labels as you want. (My eyes aren't so good so I just set to a few, I can now see ascent and descent on one screen. :)
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This Pikachu (nicknamed Puka) is an Electric-type Pokémon owned by Victor. He is voiced by Chika Sakamoto in both the original Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime.
Some twenty years prior to the episode, Puka was seen floating to Seafoam Island on a single wooden board when he was found by Victor, Instantly became his main Pokémon while also reigniting Victor's passion for surfing. For the next twenty years, Puka and Victor lived together side-by-side, conquering each wave.
After meeting Ash Ketchum and his friends, Puka used his powers to sense the wave, helping Victor ride the Humunga Dunga, a huge wave that only one surfer, Jan successfully conquered.
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As posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at Che Det on August 27, 2014
1. There was a time when Malaysia was unknown to the rest of the world.
2. When Malaysians went abroad and people ask where they came from, the reaction to their reply that they were from Malaysia, almost always evoke the comment, "Where is that?"
3. But today most foreign people would know where Malaysia is. They would even know that Malaysia succeeded in changing itself from an agricultural country to an industrial country. And today 24 million tourists visit Malaysia in one year.
4. All these did not just happen. The tourist industry has become a big contributor to the Malaysian economy because of action taken to make Malaysia well known.
5. When RM 280 million was spent to build the Sepang F1 race-track there was a lot of criticism. It seemed like a waste of money as the sport was not excelled by Malaysians.
6. One of the objectives was to promote Malaysia as a tourist destination and to showcase its attraction as a place to invest.
7. The race was watched by more than 100,000 people including almost 30,000 foreign spectators. But more importantly the race was broadcast live by more than 300 TV stations worldwide. It is estimated that more than 300 million people watch the F1 race all over the world. They not only see the car racing but also many aspects of Malaysia's development and facilities. For three days the TV audience saw beautiful Malaysia and a lot of Malaysia's development.
8. Advertising on Japanese TV is expensive, costing a million Ringgit for a three minute clip. But during F1 race Malaysia gets 2 hours a day for three days free TV coverage. Throughout the world 300 TV stations cover the race without our having to pay a single cent.
9. If we add up the advertising value for three days on 300 TV stations worldwide, the cost would be much more than the total cost of building the track. Multiply it with 15 years and the publicity value of that track will add up to billions.
10. If in addition we add the spending of some 30,000 tourists to see the race, the contribution to the national economy would justify the RM280 million we spent building the F1 race track.
11. These events, the F1 race, the Tour de Langkawi bicycle race, LIMA and a host of other events earn the nation a lot of money, far more than the cost of holding this events.
12. That is why I am saddened when the Government did not help out the organisers of the recently held Red Bull Air Race in Putrajaya. This race is held all over the world. Millions watch this race. The majority would be locals but many loyal followers travel to watch the race. The advertising value is very high, yet the cost of holding it is low.
13. The organisers cannot really make money from the event. But it is good advertising for the country.
14. The Government has contributed a small sum. But it should help more. And so should the big corporations.


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I made these egg muffins a couple of days back on a weekend when I was looking to make something that was a little different from our usual breakfast fare. I also wanted something that would be simple to prepare, quick and filling.
I came across this recipe on Lisa's blog and decided to try making eggs her way. I made a few changes to the original recipe.Ingredients:
5 large eggs
½ cup milk (I used 2%)
½ cup scallions, chopped (both green and white parts)
½ cup finely chopped red bell pepper
3-4 green chillies, chopped finely
1 cup shredded cheese (I used sharp cheddar)
A handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped
Salt and pepper
Butter to grease the muffin tray
3 tsp cornmeal to coat the insides of the muffin tray
This recipe yields 8 medium sized egg muffins.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Serve hot and wash it down with this smoothie.


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Carvin #1-MS Professional Double-Neck. Photo courtesy of Dave Isaac/Hollywood Vintage Room.
For the 1961 model year, Gretsch introduced one of the more unique multi-neck offerings ever to come from a major manufacturer. The Bikini was actually three units, a guitar (6023), a bass (6024), and a doubleneck bass and guitar (6025). The concept was that you could use one body and slide in either a bass or a guitar neck. To make things slightly more complex, the body also folded down the middle on a piano hinge, becoming known as a "butterfly." A player also had the option of combining separate butterfly back components to make a doubleneck. The guitar was 25-1/2" scale and the bass was 29-1/4" scale. Electronics, pickups, tone and volume controls were self-contained in each respective neck shaft. The guitar was a good idea in theory but not in practice, and was difficult both to produce and to operate.
Throughout the rest of the 1960s and 1970s, Gibson was the only major manufacturer to consistently offer an electric doubleneck. Mosrite kept the Joe Maphis doubleneck in its catalog up until the latter part of the decade, and Rickenbacker occasionally produced guitar and bass doubleneck combos. Other manufacturers produced doublenecks only as a custom order. By and large, the doubleneck moved into novelty status with only Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin using one to any effect. Rick Nielsen famously paired with Hamer on a number of extreme multi-neckers, and in the 1980s some metal bands made use of the shock factor of the instrument to add to their visual appeal. In the late 1990s and early parts of the 2000s, retro appeal brought back some doublenecks into the realm of "guitar geek" status.
Some of the most enlightening moments in guitar learning have come for me at the Museum of Making Music. Located at NAMM headquarters in Carlsbad, CA, the Museum not only preserves the history of the music instrument industry but teaches the history of music instruments to the public. I was lucky enough to work at the museum doing a number of things, none more gratifying than giving tours to youngsters. Once while giving a tour to a group of Brownies—girls between the ages of seven and nine—I walked up to a case holding an incredibly rare Bigsby doubleneck built for J.B. Thomas. It's a beautiful piece with a maple top and one regular-scale guitar neck and one mandolin neck. I asked the Brownies the question, "Now why would a guitar have two necks?" The girls were silent until one of them, in a whisper quiet voice, said, "So you can rock and roll?"
A great answer, and probably not too far from the truth.
Make sure to read the companion piece, "Those Daring Young Men and Their Doubleneck Guitars: A Brief History of Multi-Neck Players" in this issue!


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Gamblers Anonymous offers the following questions to anyone who may have a gambling problem. These questions are provided to help the individual decide if he or she is a compulsive gambler and wants to stop gambling.
- Did you ever lose time from work or school due to gambling?
- Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?
- Did gambling affect your reputation?
- Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?
- Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?
- Did gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
- After losing did you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?
- After a win did you have a strong urge to return and win more?
- Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone?
- Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling?
- Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling?
- Were you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?
- Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family?
- Did you ever gamble longer than you had planned?
- Have you ever gambled to escape worry, trouble, boredom or loneliness?
- Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling?
- Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
- Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?
- Did you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?
- Have you ever considered self-destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling?
Most compulsive gamblers will answer yes to at least seven of these questions.


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CEFCO Convenience Stores are looking for friendly Customer Service Representatives to join our team! We are looking for individuals who love customer service and strive to provide a positive interaction with each and every customer! You will operate the cash register, restock as needed, maintain the cleanliness of the store, and provide the best customer service to each and every customer! At The Fikes Companies, our Mission is to build a highly successful company which our employees are proud of, our customers value, and the communities we serve can count on. General Responsibilities: Customer Service: • Greets every guest with a smile and sincere "Hello" • Operates all assigned equipment safely and efficiently. • Suggests possible purchases to the customers and promote specials. • Maintains accurate register transactions. • Adheres to all company guidelines, policies, and procedures. Additional Duties: • Inventory: o Stocks shelves and refrigerated coolers. o Performs inventory on specific store items. o Receives vendor deliveries, as required. • Maintain cleanliness of the store: o Sweeps and mops, as needed. o Empties indoor and outdoor trash bins, as needed. o Cleans and maintains immaculate restroom facilities. o Maintains a clean environment inside and around the perimeter of the store
Requirements: 6 months – 1 year experience in a convenience store environment. Must have prior cash handling experience, and can perform basic math. Must be able to work a flexible shift, including nights, weekends, and holidays Ability to bend down, stoop low, and stand for at least 8 hours Ability to properly lift, pull, and/or push up to 50 lbs Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Must be able to pass a background investigation. Must be able to successfully complete the TABC Certification and Food Handlers Certificates.
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Blow your own Christmas Ornament
Guest Artists Wanted. With Christmas right around the corner learn how to make your own Christmas ornament. Make it for yourself or give as that perfect one of a kind gift. This class includes everything you'll need to design that one of a kind glass ornament. You get to choose your own colors and add them to the molten glass and then using your own breathe, inflate the glass to create a glass bubble. Made right before your eyes in a matter of seconds! Great for ages 6+. Each class is two hours long and has seats for 14 people so make it a family event. Closed toe shoes REQUIRED, NO SANDALS, light cotton clothing preferred. Light Refreshments will be provided.
All glass items that we make have to cool over night so they will need to be picked up at a later time.