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Why Covered Bridges ?My Cave is located a long way from Stonehenge in Central Ohio. There are close to 150 covered bridges within about 150 mile drive. I like finding and photographing old covered bridges as they tend to be located in some interesting places, and are almost always very photogenic. They give me a reason to venture out from my cave out into the sticks every once and a while. If you are interested in covered bridges check out this site:"
Then Why Stonehenge ?If you have to ask why, then you have never been there, and have never seriously pondered the many questions surrounding Stonehenge yourself. I started a new StonehengeCollectors Blog about my Stonehenge collection, but like most of my projects of late, It has not matured very far.
It is a life goal to photograph Stonehenge from the air, Someday perhaps I will, until then I will enjoy and help celebrate the flights and images of others luckier than I. StonehengeCollectable.com and StonehengePostcards.com will give you some idea of the wide range of Stonehenge cards and Collectables I have accumulated over the years and have begun to document. Duplicates from my collection along with some original Stonehenge PostalArt can be found on ebay from time to time.
Current Projects ....September 2008: Kentucky Covered Bridge Tour A quiet weekend in Cow and Tobacco country was a pleasant break from the background noise of world affairs. I have cropped and edited 86 PostalViews, but have not created the backs, nor schedualed a printing yet.
June 2008: My latest programming project has been the development of a traffic camera viewer for Columbus Ohio. CMHcams.com provides the ability to select a set of your favorite cameras and view them quickly and easily from a single link or bookmark on any internet enabled device including smartphones.
February 2008: Collecting related activities were put on hold this month while I worked on YGAM.COM The YGAMS Game system is now playable. The scoring system is still under construction and the simple test scoring system is currently in place. Over on GAMYS.INFO I have generated a suitemap and opened up a hundred or so GAMYS list to public view as examples. Both these sites have been moved over to the new (well new to me) IBM e-server running Apache. The old Website Pro running on old Compaq1 will be soon retired by a second IBM e-server, a quad xeon this time with a lot of disk drives, mostly thanks to IBMcollectables.com's continued success.
January 2008: The holidays are over and I have begun moving this website along with many of my other web efforts over to a new, well new to me, IBM xseries @Server. As the galleries are moved I will be upgradeing them to the Gallery 2 Software and will be adding more new content along the way as the archeological dig here in my cave continues.
On Sept 28 2007 I attended the rehearsal of the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends at Rickenbacker Intl Airport in Columbus Ohio.
A general rework of the various web sites I have created in the last few years is under way again. Over the last few year, we (yes I had help) have listed several thousand postcards from my late fathers postcard collection along with overflow from my Cave. I am proud to report over 1,234 happy ebay campers have helped to build mt eBay feedback score.
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I have set up a personal Blog Mutterings from the Cave over on BlogSpot.com. Check it out!
Mutterings: The same old New AT&T, little has changed
Older pre-blog links ...
In celebration of the summer solstice, I put several sets of
Stonehenge 2005 postcards on ebay. This cards were created using some wonderful images taken by photographer and croppie
Peter Sorensen, the lucky stiff who endured both crowd and litter
to capture these images. I produced a small number of these cards as both Handmade GicleePostcards and as Laser Cards and proofs. A small number of them are available on ebay from time to time.
Stonehenge collectors please note, this is a once in a lifetime chance to add this set of PostalArt to your Stonehenge or Crop Circle collection. Enter - Stonehenge 2005 Gallery - Here
Winter and Spring 2005 was spent working on more scientific endeavors and the subject of my postalArt clearly reflected it. Working with Bill Kramer at Eclipse-Chasers.com I produced a series of solar/lunar eclipse cards in addition to a series of cards for the Perkins Observatory gift shop. I have begun exploring the use of the moon as both a light source and as a background subject. Moonscapes by Alister Ling was published as a thank you for Alister's assistance in making some enhancements for me in his Lunar Calculator program.
The PostcardBob Covered Bridges is a set of 200+ Covered Bridge views and collages, representing close to half the total covered bridges in Ohio. My Fall 2003, Winter 2004, and Fall 2004 sets along with the Michigan 2005 sets have been combined to form one comprehensive collection. All of my Covered Bridge images are available in the form of signed prints and Postal Art by request.
"Michigan Summer 2005" a 60 card set was the results of a 4 day and 3 nights, 1450 miles road trip from the bottom of the state of Michigan entering just above Toledo and exiting down through Fort Wayne on the way back here to Columbus Ohio. Included are 36 cards documenting six covered bridges including one of the longest covered bridges in the world. The Mackanac Fort, Bridge and Lighthouse along with some nice Shipping views taken at the Soo Locks at the northern most point of this adventure help to fill out this collection."New Jersey trip May 2006" It is with great pleasure that my family and I were able to attended the
I am still working on the We-Got-Cows 2006 Roadtrip Postcard. I will post a link as soon as they are ready.
The obligatory privacy statement, can be found HERE!

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VideoThru Lab
This is a lab exercise that is being offered at ICASSP 2011 in Prague. In this lab you will inspect, compile and run code that uses Video 4 Linux 2 (v4l2) to input live video from a web cam and displays it on the Display SubSystem (DSS).
Compiling the code
Here are the steps to take:
- Open a terminal window. Application:Accessories:Terminal
- In the terminal:
# cd VideoThru # ls
The VideoThru directory contains labs I've used to teach video on the Beagle.
- osd_setup shows how to write to a frame buffer.
- video_record shows how to capture video and store it in a file.
- video_playback takes raw video from a file and play it.
- video_loopthru has the students combine the first two labs to do real-time video io.
We only have time for one lab, so do the last one.
# cd lab07d_video_loopthru/app # ls
main.c gets everything going, but video_thread.c is where the action is. It calls the routines that open the video input and sets up the frame buffer. Take a look at it.
# gedit *.c showOSD
You need to run showODS before running the video apps. This makes the video frame buffer visible and sets the transparency. Take a look at it before running it. You can reset the screen by running resetOSD.
Be sure to have a web cam plugged in.
# ./showOSD # ./videoThru_DEBUG.Beagle # ./resetOSD
It will run until you hit ctrl-C. Once you are sure it is working, try building everything from scratch.
# make clean # make
By default make creates a 'DEBUG' version of the app.
Experiment with the code
Now that you have something working, play around a bit. git is installed so you can preserve the present contents of the files with:
# git init # git add Makefile *.c *.h showOSD resetOSD # git commit -m "Initial commit"
If needed you can use git to retrieve the original version of the files.
Here are some things to try:
- There is some code commented out that draws to the frame buffer. Uncomment out the code and try running it. Try changing the color or shape.
- Modify showOSD to change the location of the video on the screen. Change the transparency. Change the size and aspect ratio.
- Here's an extra challenge, using the overlay managers, get the video to appear in two locations on the screen.
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I will make an first time attempt tomorrow to do a webcast for ODTUG in the US about how to start with XML in the Oracle database kind of topics. The subject was initially inspired by Cary Millsap's great whitepaper, "Thinking Clearly About Performance", that is, my attempt of doing an OakTalk during UKOUG 2011. This OakTalk was called "Thinking Clearly about Garbage" which was all about performance and design (in 10 minutes), but I guessed that nobody would get it in this setting for a webcast/ODTUG event.
So I changed it in something more clearly stating my intentions.
The webcast will deal with typical "newbie" kind of topics seen from a relational database point of view: where to start, how to start, how do I get this stupid XML stuff into my database. Nothing more, nothing less, but "Oh…" so essential if you get it wrong (and a lot of people get it wrong if I use the OTN XMLDB Forum as a reference).
For more information and registration follow this LINK.
The webcast will be at 9 PM CET or 3 PM Eastern time, tomorrow, the 19th of January. For other timezones see the "Show in my timezone" link on the mentioned ODTUG webcast information/registration page.


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Excuse me but the download link does not work........... even if i right click and save asCan you help me THE GREAT SEPHIROTH
This mod is looking good ice cold and Borde. For a while I thought you two gave up after about a month of no posts in the other thread. By the way, is it me or Cloud in the purple outfit looks a bit off? Shouldn't he be wearing a dress, not a purple dress pants.
Sorry Kini, there are no guides available yet. I want to make one, but I'm too busy to do it now. But I promise you, befor the end of january I'll release a tutorial. Hope it will be of some use...
ah, this works really welli havent noticed till now, but are some animations supposed to not work after this or the reunion patch?http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b140/d15c0d4v3/problem.jpgin that picture, as you may be able to see, cloud and jessie seem to be sticking around on the bottom left corner even after the reactor explodesim not really asking for a solution because it doesnt really bug me, but is this supposed to happen?
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Q: My 13-year-old son began playing Call of Duty at home beginning in January of this year. We monitor his gaming and have him turn it off after a certain amount of time. He is now asking to "stream" with one of his favorite online players who does this on YouTube regularly. I am concerned with him participating in a real-time game visible over the internet (which includes running commentary from the players), but truthfully don't fully understand what negative consequences might occur in doing this if he does not disclose name, address, etc. What is your take on this?
~Sensitive about streaming, Huntington Beach, CA
A: Dear Sensitive,
Live streaming video games allows gamers to broadcast themselves (via audio or video) and their gameplay to a public audience, and also allows them to interact with their audience via a chat interface. To understand the impact that live streaming may have, let's first discuss the potential effects of the content of the game in general.
Any interactive media, particularly games, create an environment complete with a set of rules by which users must behave. Just like in our own culture, virtual environments reward certain behaviors and punish others. The more a user practices behaviors that are rewarded (in what psychologists call 'behavioral scripts'), the more successful they will be in the virtual environment. Therefore, if your child is playing a sports game, puzzle game, or war game, he will be learning the skills required for mastery in each of those categories.
There is evidence that exposure to any media violence, such as playing or watching others play Call of Duty, desensitizes children (as well as teens and adults) to that violence. There is also research showing that for many, especially younger kids, exposure to violent media can increase a child's view of the world as a mean and dangerous place and can increase their own aggressive thoughts and behaviors.
When kids play Call of Duty against others online, these effects move into an interactive space: Playing with others can provide an opportunity for collaborative problem solving, story creation, and social connection. However, there is also an opportunity for increased aggression: Players are no longer trying to survive by killing avatars generated by the game, but instead by killing avatars of other players (whom they may or may not know) in the most skillful ways possible. With streaming and the ability to communicate with others through running text commentary or through headphones, there is an added risk of mob mentality, where individuals' collective excitement (coupled with the relative anonymity of the Internet) can cloud their judgment, empathy, and personal convictions, all of which are fluid and still being formed during childhood and adolescence. Just as a child can think more quickly and creatively when collaborating with peers on a streaming logic game, the effects of playing a violent game (anxiety, desensitization, change in world view, aggression) can be amplified when players compete in their ability to kill others, encouraged by the praise of their peers, in the game's virtual environment.
Allowing your son to play a game tacitly condones it or says that you 'agree' with the content and the way it affects him. Subsequently, make sure that you do agree with your son's gaming, including his choice of game, how long he plays, where he plays, how he plays, and with whom he plays. If you choose to let him stream, have him do so in an area of your home where you can monitor his actions and his language (which, unchecked, can "go commando"). Also, set ground rules around streaming, such as letting him know not to use his real name, address, and other contact information in his profile, and to only video-communicate with those users he knows (try using a service that allows private streaming). Let him know that you'll be supervising and asking questions about the other people with whom he is playing—and then do actually supervise his game play. Monitoring his gaming in this way will allow you continue to parent him even in the streaming digital domain, while reassuring him that you are there should he need you.
Enjoy your media and use them wisely,


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Sofia didn't bother to wait. "So Livia's let you at her has she? One off your bucket list then! Lovey-dovey Livy! That must mean she expects you to do something really nasty for her. So what's brought on the change Paolo? You should be on Cloud 9... or didn't she live up to your overblown expectations?.... or is she treating you like shit now?"
Paolo didn't bother to answer any of this, but said. "Livia is not a nice person. In fact I think she's evil!"
"That's pretty rich coming from Mr Fingersnipper!" laughed Sofia. "But pretty accurate too!
"Well I think she's up to something!" announced Paolo. "Something I can't quite put my finger on."
"O...K...," replied Sofia slowly and cautiously, "so is it something I should be worried about too? Might it affect me?"
"I don't know." replied Paolo with a small shake of the head.
Sofia was interested, but cool. "But you've always fancied your chances with Livia, haven't you? What's changed?"
"Well..." Paolo wasn't denying anything, so Sofia decided to put him straight.
"Paolo, forget Livia... she will never let you near her!"
Paolo gave a look that gave lie to Sofia's assertion. Sofia noticed.
"It's Livia." started Paolo.
"What's Livia? What about Livia? I thought you were sweet on her Paolo... and that might be an understatement!"
"You said you saw her the other day. What was that about?" Paolo should have known he was really pushing his luck with Sofia.
"What kind of question is that Paolo?" Sofia said, anger clear in her voice. "Who says my meeting with her is any of your business?" She might have got up and left right there and then, but Sofia was keen to know what was bugging Paolo. She was always suspicious of Livia. "Well?"
"Actually Paolo, I haven't worn it out before because you were so bothered. I chose this restaurant because it's the last place either me or the ring would look out of place. Just you and your silly paranoid ideas... they're out of place! I wanted to wear it to say thank you to you... somewhere safe. It's a lovely stone and it was really nice of you to let me have it. But now I'm not so sure."
"So sorry Sofia, of course you're right. And it does look lovely. You too!"
"OK, so once again, why the urgency Paolo?"
Paolo couldn't miss Sofia's ring. The ring that could spell a lot of trouble for them both. Why was she wearing it here, not just in public view, but clearly flaunting it outrageously?
"Why are you wearing that Sofia?" Paolo, whispering, moved his right hand, covering the ring. "I told you how dangerous it could be for us both didn't I? Are you mad?"
"So mad that you won't get lucky tonight after all Paolo! Who on earth knows you here and who thinks my diamond is anything out of the ordinary in a place like this? Who's mad exactly?"
Few diners can have missed Sofia, because the way she looked, the way she walked and the huge diamond weighing on her right hand said 'here's someone special'. They might have thought 'who's the sheepish lad on her tail?' Paolo was embarrassed by the way Sofia was drawing attention to herself, and it showed.
He was relieved when the waiter helped her into her seat at the far side of their table. She had a view of the other diners. He sat opposite.
"So what's with the urgency Paolo?" Sofia touched his left hand with her right.
"What the fuck?"
Were he not preoccupied by the fluidity of Sofia's bottom, Paolo might have noticed the electric blue clutch bag in her right hand swinging by her side. But even if he had, he wouldn't have seen what she was determined that everyone else in the restaurant would, the enormous sparkler on her finger. But clutching the bag ensured that it was hidden from Paolo's view.
As she reached the upstairs room, her hand and bag moved up in front of her, just beneath her breasts, for the sashay to their table.
Everyone there was going to see that diamond ring.
Sofia moved away to speak to the nearby waiter, who asked her to follow him. Paolo followed them without a word. He watched ahead as Sofia's bottom moved from side to side in a smooth, wavelike motion. As natural as the swing of a pendulum as she was led to the stairs. Had she turned round, she might have noticed the stares of many of the other diners, men in undisguised admiration and women too, albeit tinged with some envy.
At the stairs the waiter beckoned them up. Sofia led the way, keeping two steps ahead of Paolo. Lucky Paolo!
Paolo struggled to hide his relief as Sofia entered the door of the restaurant. She looked stunning and Paolo couldn't stop himself mouthing 'Wow!' as she came up to him. He went to kiss her lips but connected with her left cheek as she skilfully turned her head right, then quickly left. There was no way that in such a public and classy place she was going to commit any faux pas... and besides, when she'd taken such care to fix her lipstick, however cute Paolo might be, he wasn't going to spoil it.
Paolo had straightway lost the initiative.
Paolo arrived 10 minutes early at Langan's. He'd known Sofia would be dressed to the nines, so he'd taken a bit of trouble to smarten himself up. He looked awkward; it wasn't his kind of scene. He stood in the restaurant foyer and when Sofia didn't arrive on the dot of 8pm a look which was a combination of irritation and anxiety came over his face.
Sofia, of course, arrived late, ten minutes late. After all, she couldn't seem too keen by arriving on time. Maybe Paolo should have waited outside, to watch as she sashayed spectacularly along Albemarle Street.
Maybe she got lucky or, more likely, it was Sofia's powers of persuasiveness, but a table for two was available that night, upstairs... not ideal, but at that stage beggars could not be choosers.
Sofia cancelled whatever else she was doing that evening to meet Paolo at 8pm, after she'd had a chance to go home and get changed into something dressy, befitting the restaurant or more particularly the other diners.
Sofia looked fabulous. She'd made the very best of herself, with tight-fitting dress that presented her figure superbly. It wouldn't be just Paolo who appreciated her that night.
Paolo's response was hardly enthusiastic. "Er, er, I was thinking of a takeaway maybe, but..."
"Well you don't want me that much then, do you Paolo?"
"I do, I do, it's just..." Paolo had stuff on his mind which wasn't 100% romantic. "But OK...."
"Go on... I'll pay, you bloody skinflint!" interjected Sofia, aware that in a way, Paolo had already paid, handsomely... and she didn't really mind, she wanted to see him anyway. "I'll see if they have a table at such short notice... and if I'm lucky, then you might get lucky too! If not, take some bromide!"
Sofia's soft spot for Paolo was still there. 'Wow,' she thought, 'he wants me. Maybe, just maybe...' But such thoughts weren't going to prompt Sofia to go running over to Paolo's place. He was going to have to earn whatever he was really after, even if it was just her.
"Tell you what Paolo, why don't you take me out to dinner because that's what I want in return! I'm free tomorrow or if you're really desperate, I could cancel the gym and make it tonight. Gives me an excuse to dress up. How about Langan's, that would be nice?"
"Hi Sofe, I need to see you." announced Paolo on the phone.
"Need, Paolo," she replied suspiciously, "not like you to be needy, is it?"
"I want to see you. Want, need, what's the difference anyway?"
"Well the level of urgency, for one and also the implication that maybe you don't actually want to see me but interrogate or dump something on me. That's the difference as I see it Paolo!"
"I want to see you. It's been a while and I like you, being with you... oh you know what I mean. The urgency is because I want you!"
Paolo hadn't seen Livia for days now and absence wasn't making his heart grow fonder. Rather the reverse as he at last saw her for what she was, and what he was to her - nothing, absolutely nothing.
He knew from his call to Sofia earlier that she'd had lunch with Livia a few days ago. He needed to know what that was about, but that was only part of it.
After a number of evenings of careful reflection, he really wanted to see Sofia again, not only to find out what Livia had been after.
He was falling for Sofia.
Naturally, Livia had no intention to share the top job with anyone, particularly not Marcia. However, it seemed a good way to end the conversation on the one hand and to keep Marcia sweet on the other.
"We must do this again soon... after all, we're only a few miles away from each other." Livia ended the lunch, firstly by beckoning for the bill, which she insisted on paying and offering Marcia a lift home, which the latter declined. "And next time maybe we'll really talk business. Keep your eye on Tony though, he's nuts!"
"You're telling me!" agreed Marcia.
Livia's lunch with Marcia didn't get much further than considering everyone in Tony's organisation who could conceivably take on the top job if Tony somehow became 'indisposed'. They didn't discuss how Tony might become indisposed.... or disposed of... at this stage.
To bring the discussion to an end Livia made a suggestion.
"Why not a job-share then... and we can name ourselves Monelli Widows. Many organisations have twin bosses, so why not twins' widow bosses? We'll divvy up the role according to what sort of things we like best or are best at."
"I'll drink to that!" agreed Marcia.
One of Paolo's great attributes was that of looking forward, not back. He didn't dwell on might-have-beens. He was a pragmatist and a realist.
Realistically, Livia was out of his league. For one thing, she was quite a bit older than him - too much! He rationalised that anything lasting between them was not to be... but he was able to sweeten the pill a bit by remembering that she had already given him the prize of her body... and she couldn't take that away. But sex with Sofia was better...
But he wouldn't rock the boat... for now.
Paolo didn't like being pushed around, bossed about, treated disrespectfully. Tony had the right to give orders; he was the boss after all, even if Paolo had plans to change that. But Livia's capriciousness was becoming a bit too much to bear. True, she was beautiful... everything he could and did dream of, on the outside. But she simply wasn't nice within.
Paolo compared Livia to Sofia, from whom, despite her blackmail, he had experienced considerable warmth. Only when compared to Livia's external features did Sofia come second. Nonetheless, she was beautiful too and sex with her was really exciting.
Livia may have thought Paolo was under her spell and would do whatever she asked for her favours and the carrot of the top job in due course. Indeed, Paolo had been completely enraptured by her. However, he might have been young but he was nonetheless a bright boy... and one who'd already shown himself as cold hearted and ruthless. Whilst he may have ridden the moods and verbal blows from Tony's tongue, what Paolo really hated was being made a fool of.
Reflecting on recent events he realised that Livia was manipulating him shamelessly. Making a fool of him.


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Sept. 7, 2011 -- The number of Americans struggling to put adequate food on the table remains at an all-time high, a new government report shows.
The report, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), finds that 49 million Americans, or one in six, lacked the resources to eat sufficient, regular meals in 2010.
That number was essentially unchanged since its peak in 2009.
The report is based on an annual survey of 45,000 U.S. households conducted by the U.S. Census.
"This report underscores what we already know: household food insecurity remains a serious problem in the United States," said Kevin Concannon, USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, in a news conference.
But Concannon also noted that it could have been worse.
The report found that the number of people living in the most difficult circumstances, those in households with very low food security, declined slightly from 5.7% to 5.4% of all households in the survey.
Concannon credits federal food assistance programs like Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) with preventing a deeper slide into poverty and hunger. "These programs keep millions of Americans out of poverty."
Experts said that given high unemployment and the pinch of rising housing costs they were surprised the number had not climbed.
"The economy is really affecting the basic needs of households," says Barbara Laraia, PhD, associate professor in the Center for Health & Community at the University of California, San Francisco. "If people are struggling to get enough food, that means they're really constrained."
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People who are food insecure often forgo healthy foods like whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean cuts of meat. That's because those foods are more expensive than processed and fast foods, which often contain high amounts of fat, sodium, and added sugar.
"Households that are both food insecure and poor have higher rates of obesity among kids and women, especially," Laraia says.
And studies have shown that people with diabetes who are also food insecure have higher levels of hemoglobin A1c, or poor long-term blood sugar control.
Pregnant women who are food insecure are more likely to get gestational diabetes, Laraia says.
About 20% of households with children faced food insecurity last year, the report shows. In many of those families, adults sacrifice to make sure their kids are getting enough to eat, but sometimes even that isn't enough. In about 10% of households with children, the kids can't count on their next meal.
Food Insecurity Highest in the South
The report also found marked differences in food security between states.
Most of the states with households without adequate food were in the south. Those included Mississippi, where 19.4% of households are considered food insecure, Texas (18.8%), Arkansas (18.6%), Alabama (17.3%), and Georgia (16.9%).
At the other end of the spectrum, North Dakota had the lowest rates of food insecurity in the U.S., with just 7.1% of households falling into that category. It was followed by Delaware (9.7%), New Hampshire and Virginia (9.6%), Minnesota (10.3%), and Massachusetts (10.8%).
While big-picture solutions, like increased funding for federal food programs, will continue to be vital stopgap measures in the fight against hunger, experts said individuals could also do a lot to make a difference within their own communities.
"One of the most effective strategies, I think, is for each of us to ask our neighbor if they are hungry," says David H. Holben, PhD, professor of nutrition at Ohio University, in Athens, and an expert on food insecurity.
"Providing transportation to the grocery store, sharing some food with them, inviting them over to share a meal, teaching them gardening skills, and many other things can be done to help a neighbor in need."


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Mary, sweet and tender maiden, learned she was to have a Son.
From the angel came the promise she would bear the Holy One.
Mary laid Him in a manger. Joseph beamed in humble awe.
Angels sang His holy advent. Wise men sought Him from afar.
Mary found Him in the temple as He taught the learned men.
Just a boy, but filled with power, grace, and wisdom even then.
Mary saw Him grow to manhood, preaching, healing by the way.
Bringing forth His holy kingdom—dawning of a glorious day.
Mary wept when on the cross they raised her first begotten Son.
In her pain the tears fell freely for the evil they had done.
Soon disciples ran to tell her they had found His empty tomb.
Joyous hope of resurrection now replaced her awful gloom.
In a quiet, upper chamber, Mary knelt and offered prayer.
Her beloved Son gone homeward, how she longed to join Him there.
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METS: Lucas Duda, Ike Davis homer in tie with Cardinals
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mike Pelfrey made a change in his mechanics, and he's hoping the results will follow.
Pelfrey allowed eight hits and five runs -- the fourth consecutive spring start in which he's given up at least four runs -- and the New York Mets tied the St. Louis Cardinals 6-6 in 10 innings Saturday.
Pelfrey's ERA in four Grapefruit League games is 11.49.
"I was actually pretty pleased with today," Pelfrey said. "The ball obviously came out even better than it did last time. I threw a lot of strikes. I know I made a couple pitches that I left up and didn't execute and they hit it.
"But I thought I was aggressive throwing strikes and I thought the ball came out of my hand pretty good," Pelfrey said.
Earlier this week, Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen suggested that Pelfrey bring his hands up over his head during his windup. For the past three seasons, Pelfrey kept his hands at his belt during his entire windup.
Pelfrey said the change allowed him to stay on top of the ball and said numerous times that he felt "free and easy."
Pelfrey retired the first six batters he faced, but the Cardinals sent nine batters to the plate in the third inning.
"I thought he was much, much better," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "I thought his ball had great life to it. Obviously when it's up, he doesn't have the sink, but when it's down .. He made a couple mistakes up in the strike zone, but otherwise he threw was great.
Cardinals starter Lance Lynn made his first start since it was announced that Chris Carpenter would be out indefinitely due to a nerve issue that has caused discomfort and weakness in his pitching shoulder.
Lynn, who is expected to take Carpenter's spot in the rotation, pitched 4 2-3 innings, allowed four runs on three hits and walked two. He also had one strikeout.
Lynn gave up two home runs, including a three-run shot by Mets first baseman Ike Davis in the first inning.
"A little cutter that didn't cut," Lynn said. "You tip your cap to him, he made a pretty good swing on it. As you look at the day, I gave up three hits and four runs; I've got to keep the ball down a little bit more. That's something to look forward going into the next outing, to make sure I keep working on the pitches I'm doing and make sure I'm using the pitches I need to do."
Lynn said he's been approaching the entire spring as if he would be a starter. He appeared in 18 games for the Cardinals last season -- 16 as a reliever.
"I was committed to it, but you were hoping for the best for Carp," he said. "For us to be as good as we can be, we need Carp to be back as healthy as he can be and doing what he's capable of. While he's out I'm going to do the best I can to pick up the slack."
Davis went 2 for 3 and walked once. Mets right fielder Lucas Duda also had two hits, including a long home run which bounced off the top of the blue tarp above the center field wall.
Cardinals center fielder John Jay and third baseman Daniel Descalso each had two-run hits off Pelfrey in the third inning. Jay finished 2 for 3 with a double and a run scored.
NOTES: Mets third baseman David Wright (torn rib cage muscle) took batting practice for the third straight day Saturday, but said it was "doubtful" that he would make his Grapefruit League debut on Sunday when the Mets travel to Viera to play the Nationals. Collins said he hoped to have Wright back in the lineup by Tuesday. . Mets outfielder Scott Hairston (oblique) will take batting practice for the first time in more than three weeks Sunday. . Cardinals second baseman Tyler Green made a costly error in the first inning when he failed to make a catch on a likely double-play ball with one out. The misplay extended the inning for Davis, who hit the home run to left field.


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In Minjur, a town in Thiruvallur district of Chennai in India, will soon be able to overcome a hurdle facing many growing urban areas: an adequate supply of drinking water. Grundfos dosing pumps help solve this problem by contributing to one of the world's largest sea-water desalination plants. This 100-million litres per day (MLD) desalination plant is being built by Chennai Metrowater and technology partner Befesa Construcciion y Tecnologia Ambiental of Spain. It treats seawater through reverse osmosis (RO) to make it potable.
Spread out across a 60-acre site, the plant contains five modules of 20 MLD each. Among impressive details are an intake tower that draws sea water from 10 metres below sea level, and separate pipelines to draw raw water and discharge wastewater.
An important part of the entire process is chemical adjustment both before and after the removal of salts. Befesa turned to Grundfos for custom-made dosing solutions to fit the bill.
The situation
The sea water desalination plant in Minjur will draw over 230 million litres of seawater each day in order to produce 100 million litres of potable water each day. This is equal to 100,000 m3/day. The RO process can be divided in 3 main processes:
- Pre-treatment: Seawater is filtered and chemically adjusted before proceeding.
- Reverse Osmosis: Seawater passes across the membranes for salt removal
- Post-treatment: The treated water is chemically adjusted in order to make it drinkable.
For the pre and post-treatment steps, several chemicals need to be dosed. Flow rates can vary from very low to very high, depending on the number of RO trains that are running at a time.
The customer, Chennai municipality also wished for a turnkey solution that would fit perfectly into the rest of the plant.
The Grundfos solution
Grundfos DME dosing pumps, with its unique digital dosing system, were selected as the absolute best solution to satisfy their needs. A complete dosing skid, equipped with three or four dosing pumps (depending upon needs) was therefore designed by Grundfos. The dosing team at Bombas GRUNDFOS España S.A. included the pumps, a pulsation dampener, a flow meter, and a counter pressure valve.
A total of 28 Grundfos DME dosing pumps went into the total package including the customised skids. All design, construction, and delivery work was done by Bombas GRUNDFOS España S.A..
The outcome
Since being delivered, Befesa, the company building the system has been very satisfied. According to Jose María Centeno, Befesa International Operations Manager, the technical characteristics and capabilities of the Grundfos DME dosing pumps have proven to be excellent.
"We are also very pleased that the design of the skids was made suitable for requirements of the project. We worked well with Grundfos, who asked very important questions when creating dosing skids. Furthermore, we feel very confident in installing these pumps, thanks to the qualified staff from Grundfos India, who can provide local service support. We will operate the plant for the next 25 years, so this is an important factor for us," he states.
Over 100 million litres of drinking water a day will soon be flowing to the residents of Minjur, thanks to Grundfos dosing pumps.
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