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About Ground Source Heat Pumps
Geothermal heat pumps are one of the three technologies offered through HeatSmart CCL. Learn more about how they work and get your questions answered.
Don't see your question answered below? Reach out to us or Achieve and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
- What is a ground source (geothermal) heat pump and how does it work?
- What types of geothermal heat pumps and configurations are available?
- What are the benefits of using geothermal heat pumps?
- Are there other drawbacks to geothermal heat pumps?
- Is a geothermal heat pump right for me?
- Why are geothermal heat pumps considered "clean heating and cooling" technologies?
- Can geothermal heat pumps provide hot water?
- How do the annual maintenance costs of an geothermal heat pump compare to other heating systems?
- How long do geothermal heat pumps last?
- How complicated is installing a geothermal heat pump and how much time will it take?
- What if I don't have a lot of yard space or don't want to excavate?
- How much does a geothermal system cost?
|What is a geothermal heat pump and how does it work?
Heat pumps do not create heat like electric resistance heating or like fossil fuel-fired heating systems; instead, they transfer heat from one place to another--much the same way that a refrigerator or air conditioner works except that it can move heat in both directions to provide both heating and cooling.
Ground source (or geothermal) heat pumps use the ground as a source of heat, while air source heat pumps use the outdoor air. Achieve's geothermal heat pumps accomplish this by running an anti-freeze solution through piping ("ground loop") buried in the ground and using an indoor heat pump unit to extract heat from this water. The indoor heat pump unit will then circulate this heat through your building like a traditional heating system. In the summer, this process is reversed and heat from your home is transferred into the ground.
|What types of geothermal heat pumps and configurations are available?
There are different "types" of geothermal heat pumps based on variations in the type of ground loop and indoor unit configuration.
Ground loop. The ground loop is the heat exchange surface for your heat pump. A home will typically need several hundred to thousand feet of piping in the ground loop to provide enough heat in the coldest part of the year. Ground loops are divided into "closed" and "open" loops:
The indoor heat pump unit configuration will also vary depending on whether you use ductwork (forced hot air) or a hot water (hydronic) distribution system:
|What are the benefits of using geothermal heat pumps?
There are numerous benefits to using geothermal heat pumps:
|Are there drawbacks to geothermal heat pumps?
While GSHPs can be a great fit for many Carlisle, Concord, and Lincoln homes and businesses, they are not without a few drawbacks:
|Is a geothermal heat pump right for me?
GSHP retrofits can work in most homes. If you answer "Yes" to any of the questions below, a geothermal system may be a good fit for you:
|Why are geothermal heat pumps considered "clean heating and cooling" technologies?
Geothermal heat pumps are considered to be "clean" heating and cooling systems because they do not create heat, but rather they transfer renewable heat from the ground into your building. This process is powered by electricity, which can also be sourced from renewable sources like solar, wind, or hydro.
Even though our grid is only about 12% renewable today (and getting greener every year), a GSHP system powered by grid electricity will reduce your greenhouse gas emissions from heating by 30-75+%!
|Can geothermal heat pumps provide domestic hot water?
Yes. Geothermal systems can be installed with desuperheaters that can provide you with about half of your home's annual hot water needs. A geothermal system operating in cooling mode will typically store unwanted heat in the ground. A desuperheater will use that waste heat to pre-heat your hot water before it enters your hot water tank. A desuperheater add-on will cost around $1,800 but will cost nothing extra to operate!
|How do the annual maintenance costs of geothermal heat pumps compare to other heating systems?
|Geothermal systems require relatively little maintenance. The ground loop is designed to last for up to 50 years or more (you can even purchase an extended warranty against any leakage for 55 years!), and no other components are exposed to the elements. Periodic checkups and filter changes are the most common maintenance requirements. Other adjustments to your system performance can be done remotely through the Symphony monitoring system without Achieve needing to come out to your home.
|How long do geothermal heat pumps last?
|The ground loop piping is designed to last for up to 50 years or more. The indoor heat pump unit has a life expectancy of around 20 years, similar to conventional heating and cooling systems. Some pumps, controllers, or other components may require replacement sooner than the indoor unit.
|How complicated is installing a geothermal heat pump and how much time will it take?
Our installer Achieve will visit your home within 2 weeks of you signing up for a site visit. If geothermal is suitable for your home, Achieve will present you with a customer proposal within a week of your site visit. A geothermal installation will typically take 2-3 months to complete from when you sign a contract. This includes:
|What if I don't have a lot of yard space?
You only need a lot of space for a horizontal ground loop installation. A vertical closed-loop system will require only a few boreholes and can take up as little space as your driveway.
|How much will an geothermal heat pump cost?
|The cost of a geothermal heat pump system will range due to the customization needed for your home and the difference in incentives available (learn more here). Typically geothermal systems will start at $20,000 after incentives. Consult Achieve's HeatSmart CCL Pricing sheet here. If you have questions about pricing, consider discussing your various needs and options with Achieve during your free site visit. A more detailed version is available here.


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Ever Have a Joyous, Childhood Feeling of Expectancy?
I'm a huge fan of the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books. If you read these brilliant stories as a child, you should re-read them now; so much of the humor is pitched at grown-ups — marriage, friendship, theories of child-rearing.
After I'd re-read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle for the fiftieth time, I decided to try Betty MacDonald's adult work. In her memoir, Onions in the Stew, she remarked, "Going down to the beach after a storm is the only time in my adult life when I experience that wonderful, joyous, childhood feeling of expectancy."
This observation struck me, because I've noticed that I too rarely experience a "sense of expectancy." The fact is, I don't have a very joyful spirit. I rarely look forward even to fun events or activities.
Also, I dislike errands, logistical details, or any kind of hassle, and even when those hurdles are fairly minor, they can overshadow my sense of anticipation.
But to go through the days and weeks and months of life, looking forward to nothing, struck me as a sour way to live.
One of my aims for my happiness project, therefore, has been to boost my feelings of pleasant expectancy. First, I've made a real effort to add items to my schedule that I actually anticipate, to make time for activities that I really enjoy — to go to a bookstore (one of my favorite things to do) or on a smell adventure with a friend (which I'm doing today).
Thinking along the same lines, a friend told me, "I looked at my seven-year-old nephew's weekly schedule, and he had all sorts of fun activities, with art, music, baseball, library. I thought, I like to do those things, too! I wish my schedule had art, music, baseball, and library. Now I make a big effort to do more fun things."
At the same time, I've also pushed myself to revel in anticipation, to devote mental energy and time to looking forward to activities I enjoy. In what's known as "rosy prospection," anticipation of an event is sometimes greater than the happiness actually experienced. All the more reason to revel in anticipation.
I've found that I can often re-frame activities to help myself anticipate them more. Do I view decorating the apartment for Halloween as a chore or as a pleasure? Do I think it's tiresome or fun to shop for school supplies? I've been surprised by how readily I can steer my attitude.
One of my rules of happiness is that to eke out the most happiness from an experience, I must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory. By making an effort mindfully to look forward to pleasant experiences, I deepen my experience of happiness.
Are you a person who often feels happy anticipation? Or, like me, do you find that you have to work to have a "childhood feeling of expectancy"? How do you help yourself to do that?
A reader sent me a link to the fabulous Television Tunes. It lists theme songs for thousands of television shows. So fun! For your listening pleasure, I will choose one appropriate to a happiness project (I've noticed that it's often used as an intro song when I give a radio interview): listen here.
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Rubin, G. (2018). Ever Have a Joyous, Childhood Feeling of Expectancy?. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 28, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/ever-have-a-joyous-childhood-feeling-of-expectancy/
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Top Pulling Others Down Quotes
Browse top 21 famous quotes and sayings about Pulling Others Down by most favorite authors.
Favorite Pulling Others Down Quotes
1. "Even in my time, we knew that men were not incharge. Oh, they might bluster as if they were. But when it came down to it, we women bore much of the influence. Often, my father would make some grand pronouncement in the evening. And the next morning, he had changed his mind. After a while, I realized that it was my mother who had changed it, quietly, in the night."
Author: Alex Flinn
Author: Alex Flinn
2. "If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."
Author: Barack Obama
Author: Barack Obama
3. "What do you know? This is where it all began," he said."Began?""This is exactly where I was when I wanted to kiss you," he whispered, his lips brushing along my neck causing me to melt under his touch. "So bad.""Except this time there's no drunk netballer squawking at us," I teased."I wouldn't care if the seven horseman of the Apocalypse charged through the garden right now, nothing's gonna stop me from doing this." He leaned down and captured my lips with tenderness, a completely perfect kiss, like it always was."
Author: C.J. Duggan
Author: C.J. Duggan
4. "Despite the heat in her face, it felt as if cold needles of ice were running up and down her veins. "What are you doing here?"He drew back slightly, looking disappointed. "That isn't really an answer to my question, you know. I was expecting more of a "Hallelujah Chorus.' I mean, it's not every day your boyfriend comes back from the dead.""I already knew you weren't dead." She spoke through numb lips. "I saw you in the library. With--""Colonel Mustard?""Sebastian."
Author: Cassandra Clare
Author: Cassandra Clare
5. "My feet walked me down the aisle of the Greyhound bus, all the way to the back. My butt sat me in a seat.My butt's accomplished a lot since then.My butt's a movie star."
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
6. "The task is not to turn the world upside down but in a given place to do what, from the perspecive of reality, is necessary objectively and to really carry it out."
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
7. "After a fairly shaky start to the day, Arthur's mind was beginning to reassemble itself from the shell-shocked fragments the previous day had left him with.He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.The way it functioned was very interesting. When the Drink button was pressed it made an instant but highly detailed examination of the subject's taste buds, a spectroscopic analysis of the subject's metabolism and then sent tiny experimental signals down the neural pathways to the taste centers of the subject's brain to see what was likely to go down well. However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."
Author: Douglas Adams
Author: Douglas Adams
8. "I think that knowledge enslaves us, that at the base of all knowledge there is a servility, the acceptation of a way of life wherein each moment has meaning only in relation to another or others that will follow it."
Author: Georges Bataille
Author: Georges Bataille
9. "If you lived the doubles, as I did, which was very stressful, you are sitting down in a chair experiencing a match without being able to hold a racquet in your hands."
Author: Guy Forget
Author: Guy Forget
10. "Which is why I am writing this book. To think. To understand. It just happens to be the way I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."
Author: Haruki Murakami
Author: Haruki Murakami
11. "Who am I? What am I doing here? I fall between the cold walls of human malevolence, a white figure fluttering, sinking down through the cold lake, a mountain of skulls above me. I settle down to the cold latitudes, the chalk steps washed with indigo. The earth in its dark corridors knows my step, feels a foot abroad, a wing stirring, a gasp and a shudder."
Author: Henry Miller
Author: Henry Miller
12. "A poor man is not disposed to quick and high resentment when he is among the rich: he is apt to yield to others, for he knows others are above him: he is not stiff and self-willed; he is patient with hard fare; he expects no other than to be despised, and takes it patiently; he does not take it heinously that he overlooked and but little regarded; he is prepared to be in a lowly place; he readily honours his superiors; he takes reproofs quietly; he readily honours others as above him; he easily yields to be taught, and does not claim much to his understanding and judgment; he is not over nice or humoursome, and has his spirit subdued to hard things; he is not assuming, nor apt to take much upon him, but it is natural for him to be subject to others. Thus it is with the humble Christian."
Author: Jonathan Edwards
Author: Jonathan Edwards
13. "There Comes the Strangest MomentThere comes the strangest moment in your life,when everything you thought before breaks free--what you relied upon, as ground-rule and as ritelooks upside down from how it used to be.Skin's gone pale, your brain is shedding cells;you question every tenet you set down;obedient thoughts have turned to infidelsand every verb desires to be a noun.I want--my want. I love--my love. I'll staywith you. I thought transitions were the best,but I want what's here to never go away.I'll make my peace, my bed, and kiss this breast…Your heart's in retrograde. You simply have no choice.Things people told you turn out to be true.You have to hold that body, hear that voice.You'd have sworn no one knew you more than you.How many people thought you'd never change?But here you have. It's beautiful. It's strange."
Author: Kate Light
Author: Kate Light
14. "Lovingly setting clear, healthy boundariesmakes it possible to live side-by-side with others while navigating our own course according to Love's unfailing compass - self-knowledge, humility, stillness and spiritual integrity"
Author: Kate Mullane Robertson
Author: Kate Mullane Robertson
15. "A God's strength lay in persuading others that they are weak."
Author: Lionel Suggs
Author: Lionel Suggs
16. "And he wondered, suddenly, what sort of divide it created between them, that he knew pieces of her that she had never shared with him - facts and stories and moments and memories to which she had no idea he was privy. He had collected them for so long, denying to himself that this acquisition was anything more than casual amusement, when in fact it was zealous, and jelaous besides; diwowning as accidental the fact that he never forgot a single remark she made, or that others made about her, and that he approved of these other people, or disdained them, according to their treatment of her. Such a lopsided intimacy existed between him and her. Inevitably, it created a chasm whose depth neither of them could know until they tried to chart it. Would this chasm prove impossible to bridge?"
Author: Meredith Duran
Author: Meredith Duran
17. "While an impulse toward wholeness is natural and exists in everyone, each of us heals in our own way. Some people heal because they have work to do. Others heal because they have been released from their work and the pressures and expectations that others place on them. Some people need music, others need silence, some need people around them, others heal alone. Many different things can activate and strengthen the life force in us. For each of us there are conditions of healing that are as unique as a fingerprint. Sometimes people ask me what I do in my sessions with patients. Often I just remind people of the possibility of healing and study their own way of dealing with them."
Author: Rachel Naomi Remen
Author: Rachel Naomi Remen
18. "Only the last two planes, I think, had any shot of being intercepted and taken down on 9/11."
Author: Richard Ben Veniste
Author: Richard Ben Veniste
19. "I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny."
Author: Rick Riordan
Author: Rick Riordan
20. "A wandering knightwambling in an endless roadThinking to himselfWhere the others are?Taking care of what?Who am I?but a fading footprinton a dark empty landunder a starless skyseized by roaring shadowsand delusive hopes"
Author: Rixa White
Author: Rixa White
21. "Om rubed his head. This wasn't god-like thinking. It seemed simpler when you were up here. It was all a game. You forgot that it wasn't a game down there. People died. Bits got chopped off. We're like eagles up here, he thought. Sometimes we show tortoise how to fly. Then we let go."
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author: Terry Pratchett
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The 2014 Worldwide Wave of Action (and here) begins ~April 4 on the anniversary of Martin King's assassination by the US government (civil court trial verdict), with this operation completing ~July 4.
Purpose of this operation:
- Expose 1% oligarchs in the US and elsewhere as OBVIOUS criminals centering in war, money, and media (also in ~100 other crucial areas).
- Cause their surrender through arrests or Truth & Reconciliation.
- Initiate true freedom for all Earth's inhabitants to explore ready breakthroughs in economics (links here) and technology, and discover what it is to be human without psychopathic criminals who joke about killing millions, harming billions, and looting trillions.
We've covered a list of potential actions, and an activist with 37 years' experience advice for effectiveness and fun.
But what if our actions seemingly cause nothing to change? Then what?!
Key facts to consider seeming "failure" relative to stated purpose (ongoing) and/or objectives (specific measurable goals):
- Actions don't "fail;" they always produce tangible effects; often in unpredictable and uncontrollable pathways.
- Your life experience shows you abundant evidence that human beings have limited power to cause intended outcomes; that is, Life almost always moves forward in ways that we didn't exactly "want."
- Life experience also shows abundant evidence that humans have tremendous power over our own thoughts, words, and actions; that is, we're extraordinarily creative.
Apparent conclusions from these facts:
- Our actions will produce effects; part of the Life's adventure is discovery what will be unleashed from unpredictable and unimaginable creativity.
- Although human beings are free to act for outcomes, we can/should also surrender/relax in conclusion humanity seems far from management for this beautiful planet: we seem to be some kind of guest. Therefore, relax: Earth outcomes aren't our job to manage.
- Our personal creative power to act as we choose opens enticing opportunity to enjoy our unique, beautiful, and powerful self-expressions both as individuals and coming together in various teams. Ponder that, and have some fun
Importantly, take confidence that informed people will support our success. For just the one emergency issue of US unlawful and lie-begat wars, when people know and feel the truth, the sacrifices of all our families through two world wars will produce powerful and motivated allies among our family, friends, and neighbors:
- Current US wars are not even close to lawful. Two US treaties require that military armed attack is only lawful when another nation's government attacks your nation first (or is an imminent threat). These treaties are crystal-clear in letter and intent.
- The US has a history of lying to begin unlawful Wars of Aggression. In fact, this is business as usual when the history is comprehensively and objectively examined.
- US "leaders" lie about the above easily-verified facts, then joke about killing millions. Their behavior is therefore best describes as "psychopathic" threat to world peace.


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Why are the presidential candidates spending so much time raising so much money? To buy TV ads. In Ad Watch, we review the results of their heroic efforts as they come out. Today: A pro-Obama super PAC uses Mitt Romney's "47 percent" footage, Romney attacks President Obama over using coal miners, Todd Akin shows women love him, and Tim Kaine shows he's bipartisan.
The Ad: Priorities USA Action, "Doors"
The Issues: Romney's "47 percent" comments.
The Message: Romney said behind the doors of a donor's fancy home that the he'll never convince the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income tax to take personal responsibility. Behind regular American doors, regular Americans are washing babies and doing other wholesome things. "Mitt Romney will never convince us he's on our side."
Who'll See It: The pro-Obama super PAC says it'll run in six swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Who It's For: People who are upset about the economy but not convinced by Romney.
What Everyone Else Thinks: It was an "inarticulate" way to say too many people get government benefits, as Paul Ryan said of Romney's comment.
The Effect: The quickly-produced video is basically your average attack ad cut with some clips of the private fundraiser video. It's not a very creative use of the footage, but it is notable the ad already exists. C
The Ad: Mitt Romney, "Way of Life"
The Issues: The coal industry.
The Message: A coal worker says Obama promised to "bankrupt the coal industry" and that the president is keeping his promise.
Who'll See It: "Expect to see them on the airwaves in Ohio and Virginia," the National Review says.
Who It's For: Several polls have shown Obama has an advantage over Romney when voters are asked who's more likely to look out for people like them. Republicans have been increasingly worried about Obama's widening lead in Ohio. Some polls have shown a significant lead for Obama in Virginia as well.
What Everyone Else Thinks: In 2008, Obama did say he wanted environmental regulations to make building a coal plant tougher. He told the San Francisco Chronicle, "If somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can, it's just that it will bankrupt them, because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all the greenhouse gas that's being emitted."
The Effect: It's a real person telling a compelling story. A
The Ad: Tod Akin, "Missouri Women Standing with Todd Akin"
The Issues: Women like Akin even though he said that thing about "legitimate rape."
The Message: Akin cares about issues women care about. Women who work in health care say they're frustrated with all the bureaucracy they have to deal with instead of dealing with patients. Others say they care about the economy. A Russian who was adopted -- and is obviously too young to remember the Soviet Union -- talks about the scarcity and rations. A woman says she wishes she hadn't gotten an abortion. "Having had an abortion, I realize that Todd is advocating for women… so that in the future, women don't have to do what I've had to do, which is grieve every year." There's soft lighting and violins.
Who'll See It: It's a web video meant to be shown on Akin's new Women for Akin page, which was posted Tuesday but taken down because one of the women in the photo was a Democratic tracker paid to follow him around and catch him saying dumb stuff. (Screengrab at left -- the tracker is third from left.)
Who It's For: Women turned off by his rape comments but open to Republicans. Missouri is a red state, and his victory against Sen. Claire McCaskill was considered a sure bet before he said that stuff.
What Everyone Else Thinks: Whether Akin is nice to women isn't the issue, his policies are.
The Effect: There are some compelling stories, but it's way too long at 7 minutes and 47 seconds. A ton of time is taken up just talking to these women about who they are -- things that have nothing to do with the election. C-
The Ad: Senate candidate Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
The Issues: Kaine works with both parties.
The Message: The ad shows Kaine working with George W. Bush and Obama on stuff for his state. "As your senator, I'll partner with whoever's president of the United States to do what's right for Virginia."
Who'll See It: TV viewers in Virginia.
Who It's For: People in the middle who aren't sure about Obama.
What Everyone Else Thinks: Obama is averaging a 3-point lead in Virginia. Kaine is averaging a 2.2-point lead. It's interesting he sees the way to win over more voters is by showing his independence from Obama, even though Obama has a slightly wider edge in the state.
The Effect: It's a warm and fuzzy message. Photos of Kaine with both presidents make him seem important as well as bipartisan, but there's nothing that really stands out about this ad. B-
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THE topping-up ceremony for M101's maiden project, the M101 Dang Wangi is proof of the developer's capabilities, says chief executive officer Datuk Seth Yap.
He added with the timely delivery of its first project, it had lived up to its brand promise.
At the same time, Yap also assured buyers of M101 Bukit Bintang, the developer's second project, of timely delivery in the second quarter of 2018.
"Work has also started on our third and flagship project, the iconic 78-storey M101 Skywheel designed by Studio F. A Porsche," he said.
M101 Dang Wangi is an integrated freehold development with commercial and retail products that has an estimated gross development value of RM130mil.
Situated in the heritage precinct of Kuala Lumpur and some 5km from KLCC, the neighbourhood is a combination of pre-war shophouses and modern office buildings.
It is spread across 1068.39sq m and comprises 12 storeys of SOFOs (small offices/ flexible offices) as well as four storeys of retail units.
The development offers a balance of luxurious living with an affluent, urban backdrop, with colonial-style facade retail components at ground level transforming to modern living as the building rises upward.
"Because of its strategic location at Heritage Row, we are confident that with the right tenant mix, the development will drive traffic into the area, thus reviving the locality's charm," said Yap.
Upon completion, M101 Dang Wangi will be managed by Best Western Hotels.
It includes a five-star lobby concierge area leading up to the units that feature a keyless access card system.
Other features include a skybar on the rooftop, infinity pool, rooftop gym with an unblocked view of KLCC, as well as a car park lift system that requires less building volume and less ground area than the conventional facility of the same capacity.
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The Dixie Mafia is said to have been founded by Mike Gillich in the 1960's in Biloxi Mississippi. The mafia had a reputation existing in most southern states like Mississippi, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Unlike traditional mafias, the members of the Dixie Mafia were not necessarily related by blood. Some assume the group was loosely connected from diverse backgrounds bound by the idea of controlling illegal money making operations. Digging a little deeper it was is easy to see that the Dixie Mafia was much more than a petty gang with no true organization.
In fact, in 1983 the FBI classified the entire Harrison County Sheriff's Office as a criminal enterprise. Although every single officer in the department wasn't mixed up in criminal behavior, Sheriff Leroy Hobbs was involved. Hobbs was convicted in a case involving bribery, extortion, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine. Most mainstream media sources say the Dixie Mafia is defunct. However, not everybody believes it. In 2009, Tennessee Judge Carlton Vines had his voter fraud charges dropped in exchange for stepping down as judge and promising to never seek a judicial office again. Among message boards and underground blogs, there is speculation that the mafia was involved. Conspiracy theorists have even linked Bill Clinton to the Dixie Mafia.
I had never even heard of the Dixie Mafia before now, and I was shocked when community members of Dothan, Alabama told me that they believe the Dixie Mafia is still thriving in the deep south. They believe members of the police department and other city officials are responsible for much of the corruption going on in their town. They also believe that people in high places are operating in formation as the Dixie Mafia.
Let me be clear: I wasn't able to find a concrete link between the Dixie Mafia and these officials, but that doesn't mean this link doesn't exist. One thing I am sure of is the citizens of Dothan deserve to have their complaints and concerns looked into by someone with more power than the local police department.
There was a Black police captain, Ivan "Keith" Gray. He was fired for "conduct unbecoming of an officer" because of his social ties to a couple of biker clubs. The captain himself had never involved in any trouble. Gray's termination was upheld, but his discrimination claim was settled out of court. Once this happened, members of the community wanted to see Police Chief Steven L. Parrish removed from his post. Kevin Saffold, one of those citizens, says the chief is a founding chapter member of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. These are men who are blood relatives of Confederate veterans.
It has been reported that Kevin Saffold has been in trouble with the law in the past, but this shouldn't matter; his claims about Police Chief Parrish being a member of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans (SCV) are true. The SCV claims it isn't the same as the KKK, but it doesn't have to be to be dangerous. The Southern Poverty Law Center has deemed in their reporting that they are loosely connected to hate groups and noted in 2006 that they were moving in a more radical direction. By the standards applied to Captain Gray, shouldn't this too be unbecoming conduct for an officer of the law?
In late 2015, a blog post went viral using redacted documents as proof of the Dothan police department's misconduct. The blog Jon Caroll posted started out being very popular among journalists; however, several respected journalists began to discredit the evidence presented and that caused other organizations to pull their support and delete their retweets. There were a lot of "think pieces" written about the blog post, but at the end of the day, it did not yield an investigation. While the national buzz about the possibility of police corruption in Dothan died down, the citizens of Dothan continue to feel like they are under the thumb of white supremacy. Without a fair investigation, it is impossible to know the truth.
According to the Dothan Eagle, Alabama's NAACP President Benard Simelton's office took 13 cases and several additional complaints to the U.S. Attorney's office sometime in February. I reached out to him today to see if any progress had been made with these cases. "I have received 40 more cases, and the FBI has contacted me," President Simelton stated. He also confirmed that although the cases and the complaints are diverse, there are definite concerns about racial discrimination and planting evidence by the Dothan Police Department.
The community members continue to gather to tell their stories and seek justice. They maintain this isn't just about Chief Parrish; they have their suspicions about District Attorney Douglas A. Valeska and other appointed officials as well. These are serious allegations. I am impressed to see the community come together to protect and help one another.
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The practice of combining disparate musical genres has been around for many years: A hybrid of rock and jazz, fusion developed in the late 1960s. But the idea of combining classical music and hip-hop remained largely unexplored until a pair of Florida musicians formed Black Violin in the mid-1990s. Black Violin brings its unique sound to the Diana Wortham Theatre on Saturday, March 25.
Violinists Wilner "Wil B" Baptiste and Kevin "Kev Marcus" Sylvester met each other in their South Florida high school, where both performed in the orchestra. Baptiste told a story during an interview with MPEG 4 about how he wanted to play saxophone and was enrolled in the wrong class, but the connection to the violin was instant and eventually led to a full college scholarship.
Sylvester's back story is a bit more straightforward: "My mom made me start playing the violin when I was in the fifth grade," he says. "She felt that I had idle hands, that I would find my way into trouble." He excelled and was soon accepted into a performing arts middle school.
"From sixth grade until I graduated high school, every day, second period, I had orchestra class. For seven years!"
When the two musicians became friends, though their focus was on classical music, hip-hop was what they listened to outside of school. In fact, Sylvester credits the germ of the Black Violin concept to his Sony Ericsson cellphone. Programmable ringtones had just been developed. "There was this popular song on the radio," Sylvester says. "Busta Rhymes' 'Gimme Some More' had this eerie violin line in it. So I learned that line, and programmed it into my phone."
What he forgot to do was turn off his ringer when he went to orchestra class. He says that when his phone rang, his classmates were all asking, "How did you get Busta Rhymes on your phone?" Before he could explain, his cellphone was confiscated by the teacher.
But Sylvester got the phone back at the end of class, and he gathered with some of his classmates. "I showed the first violinist the notes, and the violas came up with the middle line. The cello took the bass line, and all of a sudden the whole orchestra was playing 'Gimme Some More,' just out of nowhere!"
Sylvester didn't act on that inspiration until shortly before his graduation from Florida International University, where he had been studying music on a full scholarship. "Wil studied at Florida State University," Sylvester says, "and we got together, deciding we would try to be big hip-hop producers. We wanted to be like Pharrell, like Timbaland; they were our heroes. So we made beats in the studio." But they used their classical training to give themselves an upper hand, he says.
Whenever rappers would listen to the beats Wil B and Kev had developed, Sylvester says the duo would go into an adjacent room, pick up their classical instruments and play along. "You could see it on their faces," Sylvester recalls. "They were like, 'I've never heard anything like that!' And we thought, 'Maybe we should do this more.'"
Sylvester says that building on the hybrid form has been effortless. "I tell kids all the time," he says, "the hard part isn't that we put the classical and the hip-hop together. The hard part was noticing that people thought it was something interesting and different."
It certainly was different, so much so, in fact, that gigs in Miami weren't easy to come by. "We would go to clubs, and our manager would go inside and talk to the club owner or the manager. He'd say, 'Hey man, I've got these two black guys; they play violins with hip-hop. It's cool. You should see it.' And they would laugh us out the door!"
But the duo would not be deterred. They'd back their manager's Ford Expedition up close to the club, open the trunk and crank up "whatever was on the radio," Sylvester says. "We'd turn it on full blast, and we'd play along right there on the sidewalk." They'd quickly draw a crowd. "Then a club manager would come out and say, 'Wait a minute, is this what you're talking about? Come in tonight, and we'll see what's up.'"
Black Violin's exciting combination of classical music (and originals in that style) mixed with hip-hop beats proved a huge success. The duo released Stereotypes, its third album (and first on a major label, Universal Music Classics) in 2015. Black Violin tours around the world, and in most cities Wil B and Kev schedule additional daytime performances for students.
"Our goal for our kids' show is the same as the adult shows," Sylvester says. "It's to entertain, educate and inspire, simultaneously. You're teaching them something, but they don't even know that they're learning."
WHO: Black Violin
WHERE: Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square, dwtheatre.com
WHEN: Saturday, March 25, 8 p.m. $30 adult/$25 student/$20 child


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How to Make Moist Scones
Claire Robinson's Secret to Moist Scones
At the Taste in Los Angeles, Food Network host Claire Robinson shared her ingredient for making moist, fluffy scones. Robinson also revealed foods that are most versatile for her cooking show, 5 Ingredient Fix, as well as cooking tools that every aspiring chef needs to have in a home kitchen. Also, find out her secret for looking cute while cooking for guests, and why those scratches you've got on your nonstick pans are surprisingly scary.


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What's New
- Paladin balance adjustment
- Boss balance adjustment
- Tutorial adjustment
- Bug fixes
App Description
Tavern Guardians is a Hack-and-Slash action game played in the style of a match-three. You can experience high pace action battles in this game which is totally different from former Puzzle-RPGs.
Awards & Reviews:
• "Satisfying strategic depth and a diverse array of foes makes Tavern Guardians an excellent addition to the genre" - PocketGamer (9/10)
• "Tavern Guardians is a refreshing new mashup of the match-three and action game." - AppAdvice (9/10)
• "Every once in a while a match-three does enough stuff differently to stand out." -148Apps (4/5 star)
• PAX East: Indie Showcase Selection
• Taipei Game Show: Indie Game Award Nominee
• Taipei Game Show: Indie House Selection
Key Features:
• Hack-and-Slash Meets Puzzle!
It's not another Puzzle RPG clone! In this game, plenty of monsters advance THROUGH tiles on the board to attack the tavern. You can slash them by simply tile-matching at the high pace of an action game.
• Strategic Battle!
You can choose one of four different heroes, then use and combine all kinds hero skills like stunning, knocking back and direct damage so that you can control the enemies' position and defeat them easier.
• Replayability!
We've prepared 20 hero skills, over 60 unique items and nearly 50 monsters for the game. The abundant random combinations will greatly increase the replayability. Try all the combinations between items and heroes to challenge for the top rank!
App Changes
- February 23, 2017 Initial release
- June 15, 2019 New version 1.2
- June 15, 2019 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
- June 16, 2019 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99


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Escape to the Island of Jamaica and listen to the soft reggae and calypso music stimulating that carefree Jamaican vibe. See the various images and expressions of Jamaica. See an array of arts and crafts, clothing and other items that will be available for purchase.
- Jerk chicken with rice and salad
- Curry goat
- Jamaican patty
- Jamaican soda
- Smoothies
Also available for purchase will be Jamaican Jerk Sauce and Jamaican ethnic bakes.


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Semiautomátic Kit
Premium Semiautomatic Kit Button makes up to 300 buttons per hour
All of them comes with a suitcase
The semiautomatic is the ideal solution for those who need to be faster and make more buttons: it's faster and much more active!
The suitcase with the Kit comes with one matrice and:
01 Plastic Suitcase with foam.
01 Special Manual Machine used to make 300 buttons per hour
01 adjustable roud cutter: cuts drawings and images of all button sizes.
01 Semiautomatic Button Matrice: used to cap buttons
1000 Sets of buttons containing all the parts needed to make 1000 buttons (tom and bottom parts, pin, pastic and plastic cover)
01 CD with all the explanations and size templates for all buttons: used to place the image in the right place with the right size to print it, plus some images ready to print. And videos with instructions to use your manual machine and manufacture your buttons.
01 rubber sheet to protect your table when using the cutter
01 Software to transform regular images in round images to make your buttons avaliable in our website (also avaliable in english):
- Use the portuguese version of the site. Go to Produtos > Buttons > make your account
After making many different tests, we concluded that the fixador is not the best solution to the Semiautomatic Manual Machine. Our suggestion, based on tests, is to make holes on the center of your table to fasten your machine better.


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Liveblogging Day 8: Plenty of Polenta — Liveblogging the January Cure
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When you are out in the wild, you can only dispose of a few tools in order to survive. For that reason, it is incredibly important to choose the right tool for every job. This means one that will not only get the job done but also will not break or fail in any other way. Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe offers just that.
It is a straightforward, high-quality tool that's lightweight enough to be portable. At the same time, it is versatile enough to be used in a multitude of ways, making any adventure in the wild easier and more enjoyable.
To inform you about these and other benefits of this axe, the present guide will go over its features, pros, and cons.
Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe's Quality Features
1: Axe Sizes
There is no doubt that Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe is a versatile tool that aims at being as useful as possible. One of the biggest ways in which this versatility is reflected in the variety of sizes the axe comes in. The product has four different sizes: 10 inches, 13 inches, 16 inches, and 20 inches.
Even though the axe head varies between these four models, the most important variation comes in terms of handle length. Without a doubt, the 20-inch model is the most outstanding. Its difference in length allows you to achieve a higher amount of striking power without increasing overall weight in any considerable manner.
2: Weight
Even in the larger model, the Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe is incredibly lightweight. This characteristic makes it amazingly portable and perfect for backpacking.
3: Axe Head
Unlike most hunting axes, Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe does not have a steelhead. Instead, it combines silicon, manganese, and vanadium into an alloy that results in durability, potency, and incredible sharpness.
4: Sharpening
Like most of the best hunting axes in the market, Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe allows for 58-59 degrees of sharpening, enabling serious axe-wielders to accomplish their axing goals without a problem. Apart from being made of a strong alloy, the head of this axe has been tempered in a way that allows for its edges to be sharpened with incredible precision.
Axe enthusiasts will immediately admit that most axes do not allow for their edges to be sharpened to a razor-like level. However, Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe can be sharpened to the point that rivals that of most knives.
5: Uses
Without a doubt, one of the most remarkable things about this axe is its versatility. Apart from cutting wood, it allows you to perform diverse tasks such as quartering up animals, carving, splitting, kindling, brushing, and even hammering.
For that reason, survival enthusiasts and professionals alike recommend carrying a tool like the Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe.
6: Handle
Comprised of pure hickory wood, Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe's handle is amazingly resilient and durable. Using only the center of each hickory log, manufacturers made sure each handle is practically unbreakable. In addition to being resilient, the handle boasts a design that allows for a strong grip and a powerful strike.
On top of that, every Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe handle is constructed and assembled in a way that does not allow for the head to fly off the handle. This, in addition to the previously mentioned attributes, makes for an axe that is easily manageable despite its striking power.
Pros of Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe
1: Portability
As was previously mentioned, Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe's lightweight makes it easy to carry around. As a matter of fact, it's so portable that you can easily put it in your backpack and forget all about it until you need it.
2: Ergonomic
One of the things that stand out the most about Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe is its amazing design. Without sacrificing the traditional, rugged looks of a classic hunting axe, it implements a curved, ergonomic handle.
Due to its inward curving, the handle provides a perfect grip and allow for comfortable and yet powerful axing action. This aspect is not something surprising because all Wetterlings axes are made in such a way that they provide comfort and a good grip for whoever is using them.
3: All-Around Efficiency
You may have noticed that this review does not mention any particular uses or abilities this axe has. That is because it was made to serve a multitude of purposes in an efficient manner.
Of course, it may not be the best axe in the market for splitting logs or brushing. However, it is capable of serving both these purposes and many others in a satisfactory way.
Cons of Wetterlings Classic Hunting Axe
1: Low-Quality Sheath
Using an unreliable snaps system and made from flimsy materials, Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe's sheet is definitely not among the best in the market.
Is Wetterlings Classic Hunting Axe Worth Buying?
If nothing else, the portability and versatility of the Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe make it a product that is worth buying. This is particularly true for trekking enthusiasts, survivalists, and people who love camping and need a single tool to perform a variety of related tasks.
As if that was not enough, its high-quality materials and expert handcrafting ensure this is an axe that will last a long time without causing any problems whatsoever.
Summing It Up
After going through this tool's features as well as its pros and cons, it can be concluded that Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe well-balanced and versatile enough to be taken into serious consideration. Without being the best at any particular task, it is an all-around axe that is perfect for backpacking.
Its ability to perform a great variety of tasks make it even more valuable, in many cases eliminating the need to get any other axe. Have you given the Wetterlings Large Hunting Axe a try? Let us know all about it in the comment section!


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30 Day Photo Challenge | Day Twenty Six
The 30 Day Photo Challenge is hosted by Angie @ Blessed Beyond Words!
How It Works: (From Angie's Blog) "For 30 days – each day in April – I will post a subject. You take the photo, upload it to your blog, and leave a link to your post/photo in that day's linky here on Blessed Beyond Words."
Today's Challenge: Looking Up
If you would like to participate, link up your photo or blog post HERE.


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You were beautiful to me. Your hands,
especially. I would run my finger
over your veins to watch for myself
how the blood ran through you.
I could see your bones, your skin soft
and translucent. You drifted through me
like that, invisible as air. I went to my room
to play alone on the blue carpet
while you wept somewhere in the house
behind a shut door.


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Understated doesn't have to mean boring or so proves this appealing, contemporary pendant light.
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Far too often "low key" equals "low interest." Not so with this pendant light, a master course in keeping a modern, minimalist design interesting. With its brushed steel finish, opal glass, and stylistic brackets, this is one exciting light.


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Ted Ray and Eric Weakley
Ted Ray and Eric Weakley
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Pillar A. Allen / Pillar T. Augustine
Founding Pillars
About Epsilon Xi Gamma, Inc.
In September 2010, two old friends happened to reunite while at St. John's Bread of Life kitchen feeding the homeless. During their service, they discussed what they felt was missing for professional lesbians like themselves, who wanted to give back and make a lasting impact on LGBT society. This conversation sparked an idea in both of them and they agreed to create something EXcellent and different. At their next meeting, October 27, 2010, the two put their ideas to paper and created Gamma's first drawn shield, symbols, colors, ideals, and Epsilon Xi Gamma, Inc. was born. Epsilon Xi Gamma, Inc. is a legal 501c(10) non-profit organization in the United States.
Our Mission
Provide an opportunity for community conscious collegiate and accomplished lesbians and allies to utilize our unique, valuable, and relevant skills to make a positive and lasting impact on our society.
Our Purpose
Epsilon Xi Gamma, Inc. exists to uplift an underrepresented and misunderstood LGBT community, by eliminating injustice through educating its members and allies; thereby enabling them to eradicate present and future marginalization of all LGBT citizens.
5 Pillars of EXcellence
Our 5 Pillars of EXcellence are our guiding posts in the service we do, the partnerships we create, and the impact we make in our community. We seek to always remember these Five Pillars.
EXceed EXpectations for every task.
Eradicate injustice everywhere it EXists.
Educate yourself and then pass that knowledge unto others.
Evoke political power.
Edify community cohesiveness.
Nation's 1st and ONLY collegiate Greek Order for lesbian and allied women
1st Greek Order to speak at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Conference
1st Greek Order to establish a partnership with the Lesbian Health Initiative
Membership on 5 college/university campuses within our first 5 years
1st and ONLY Greek Order to establish membership guideline for non-traditional students, community college students, military professionals, and graduates
1st Greek Order to establish an ALL LGBT service platform
Established federal non-profit 501c(10)
Establishment of service initiatives for LGBT youth, seniors, families, and same-sex domestic violence


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Memories of My First Communion Day
Then all present, who have made or are making their First Communion, have fasted for at least one hour before, and are in a state of Grace (that is free from mortal sin), may receive the Eucharist in Holy Communion with the Church in communion dresses.
As Communion is distributed, they proclaim to each person, The Body of Christ, and The Blood of Christ. The person receiving the Body and Blood responds, Amen. That means "so be it" or "I believe."
Communion Hymn
The choir and congregation sing a song during Communion. This tells God how very happy we are to be able to receive Him.
Prayer After Communion
Alter a period of silence, during which we should be thanking God for His generosity and this wonderful opportunity, the priest reads an after communion prayer.
After the announcements are read, the priest blesses the congregation and all make the Sign of the Cross together.
The priest tells everyone, Go in peace to love and serve the Lord and one another. Remember, these are the two most important commandments that Jesus gave His disciples!
Closing Hymn
The closing hymn provides a sung prayer of thanksgiving and lets us leave the church with joy in our hearts.


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FAIRVIEW, N.J., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey alternative energy supplier Systrum Energy is sponsoring the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk that will be held in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, on Sunday, October 21. Making Strides, organized nationally by the American Cancer Society, is held in cities around the country each October to raise awareness about breast cancer, raise money to benefit the American Cancer Society, and honor breast cancer survivors.
Aside from sponsoring the event, Systrum Energy is also participating in the walk and has raised close to $24,000 in donations to date. In addition to its participation in the event, the New Jersey company has agreed to make a $10 donation for each electric enrollment the company receives on the day of the event and the week following the walk.
"Because many of our loved ones have been affected by breast cancer, we decided to participate in walks, runs, and raise donations to find a cure for breast cancer," Denise Tussi, leader of the Systrum Energy Powering the Cure team, said. "Our boss Dominick Tullo was extremely supportive of the idea of forming a team and sponsoring the event. I'm very proud of all the support Systrum employees and family members have given. They have gone above and beyond their goals and as their team leader, I am very proud."
The Ridgefield Park Making Strides event will begin at 10 a.m. on October 21 with on-site registration starting at 9 a.m. Systrum Energy will also have a tent at the event for additional information and giveaways. For more information on Making Strides of Ridgefield, visit their website.
About Making Strides
Since 1993, more than 8 million people have participated in Making Strides events, raising more than $460 million to help the cause to fight breast cancer. In 2011, supporters raised more than $60 million nationwide to benefit the American Cancer Society.
About Systrum Energy
Systrum Energy is a family-owned and operated New Jersey energy supplier. Systrum Energy works with your local utility company to provide savings to those needing residential, commercial, or industrial energy in New Jersey. On average, our affordable energy services can save customers up to 20 percent on their energy costs.
Media Contact:
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A WARNING against complacency was made by International Development Minister Clare Short during a low-key stopover in Wirral.
The politician, who is famous for speaking her own mind, visited the Wirral West constituency of defending Labour candidate Stephen Hesford yesterday.
The seat is one of the key targets for the Tories after they lost it to Labour in the last general election, and Ms Short was there to mobilise the Labour vote in the last few days of the campaign.
During her tour of the Woodchurch estate, Ms Short spoke to residents along New Hey Road, and also handed out Labour Party flags and stickers to children - even though they would not be eligible to vote for many years to come.
"Remind your parents on Thursday to go and vote!" she told them.
Both Ms Short and Mr Hesford received a generally positive response from voters they met along the way.
She said: "Everybody's saying we've got it in the bag but it's a tight race here and we're not taking anything for granted.
"The danger with all this talk of a landslide is that nobody bothers to vote, but it is seats like this that determine the future of the country."
Ms Short said that health, education and crime were the issues that people most wanted to talk about.
"They know we've made a start but some are more impatient than others," she said.
"There is still a lot more to do."
Earlier in the day, Ms Short was in Formby, north Merseyside with defending Crosby MP Claire Curtis-Thomas.


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Smaller Food Packaging Formats to Gain Momentum, Says Euromonitor in Its Report Available at MarketPublishers.com
08 Jul 2016 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – Global food packaging sales amounted to 2 trillion units in 2015, leading to a surge in market saturation in developed countries as well. By 2020-end, brand owners that are operating in North America and Western Europe are increasingly likely to require to right-size their packaging. With snacking on-the-go being on the rise and portion sizing helping in controlling calorie intake, smaller food packaging formats are poised to claim momentum moving forward; giving a boost to flexible plastic in confectionery and biscuits and pouches in dairy produce. Thin wall containers will call for convenience at home.
Comprehensive market research report "Sizing Strategies in Global Food Packaging: Smaller Packs for Higher Value" elaborated by Euromonitor International offers a detailed, unbiased analysis of the worldwide packaging market, focusing on the food packaging segment.
The study presents an analysis of the size and shape of the market; casts light on the impact of emerging geographic regions, categories and consumers' trends on the packaging universe. It highlights the leading types of packs, offers a strategic analysis of key factors having an effect on the packaging marketplace such as product innovations, an upsurge in consumption, category switching, lifestyle and economic influences, legislation issues and environmental problems. An analysis of the growth sectors and factors boosting change is included. The report also scrutinises the competitive scenario, profiles the top players and identifies the key brands. Additionally, forecasts illustrating how the sector is likely to change are provided, as are criteria for success.
For more comprehensive research reports by the publisher, please, visit the Euromonitor page.
The Market Publishers, Ltd.
Natalie Aster
Tel: +44 208 144 6009
Fax: +44 207 900 3970
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Luxury and wine go hand in hand and everyone in Mendoza knows that, specially the people from La Morada de los Andes. This residential community, set amongst the vines of Los Arbolitos vineyard and sheltered by the beautiful views of the Andes Mountains in Valle del Uco, is inaugurating their clubhouse and accomodations in March 2013. For the occasion, they have created a special contest that consists in suggesting names on their Facebook page for their new road. The winner will get the chance to spend a one of a kind luxury weekend, with the company of his or her choice, at this gorgeous location which features great views, an all season swimming pool, tennis courts, fine dining and of course fantastic wine. The contest deadline is on the 9th of December via Facebook.
Those traveling to Mendoza might also be interested in signing up for their La Morada´s 3rd Gourmet Horseback Crossing of the Andes which will be taking place in February, a great month to visit the area due to the harvest festival.


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If you are using Rennes as your base of operations, but plan to travel to other nearby cities, the train is the best option for your travels. Bus, metro, taxis and rental cars are all readily available for your journeys within town, but the best way to get around is by bicycle. Le Velo Star, with over 80 stations throughout the city, allows you to rent a bicycle, use it for as long as you need it, and turn it in at any of the convenient locations throughout town.
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See July 26, 2014 for a full discussion. This is a summary as of July 28.
The news that I was "banned" from Offwiki was out and widely known before I was aware of it myself. I am informed that the block was seen and reported by Tarantino, in a hidden thread on Wikipediocracy.com. Tarantino is a well-known "internet researcher," i.e, he outs people, doxxing them. There is also (controversial) evidence that he is Timothy Usher, known for the same, and who was active on Offwiki, much of it a blatant attempt to intimidate by threatening to out and doxx me. The timing here shows that Tarantino was highly interested in Offwiki. To the point:
Wil Sinclair announced Offwiki, July 3, 2014, as a new project with:
(wllm.com/2014/07/03/offwiki-org-is-now-on/) (bold in quotes is my emphasis)
- Let me be the first to point out that Obi-Wan gave them more credit than I have in the quote above. I'm not paraphrasing Obi-Wan, as much as using the assertion that the doxxing and negativity mask the insight of their ideas as a jumping point for a ridiculously inflammatory stunt designed to taunt any dedicated Wikipediocrat within sight.
- [...]
- There is a vast dialectical no man's land that neither Wikipedia nor Wikipediocracy can fill. In fact, they have created it through mutual hostilities. This is what I can contribute! A neutral zone in Wiki War II. It clearly needs to be demilitarized. Sharp tongues should be checked at the door. And it needed to be a safe place: no bullying, doxxing, talking shit, or ganging up on other members.
- [...]
- Any body can participate on offwiki.org as long as they follow a few simple rules. It's an experiment in wiki governance. It welcomes content that has been created with alternative methods to Wikipedia's, but it isn't a fork, and it doesn't aspire to be a Wikipedia alternative. It's just a place to talk about stuff and try out some of it. If you'd like to join the party, we're (right now that's the royal we) holding a constitutional convention to define a fair and just system of governance to add to a Constitution. We call these people "flounders". Are you interested in being a flounder, too?
Sinclair got some immediate signups. His aptly named initial "Flounders" were, in sequence of signing up, the first day (July 3):[1]
- Wllm
- Justin Credible (became very active, third non-Wllm sysop)
- Abd (became very active, first non-Wllm sysop)
- Carrite (no activity after July 10)
Wllm is taking action to cover up the history of Offwiki. He's deleted pages already that show what actually happened. In particular, he will "archive Offwiki 1.0" which will break all incoming links.
On July 26, and without any violated warning or notice or explanation, he blocked three users. Me (Abd), Justin Credible, and Just Anyone. He did this while a ban discussion (for me), he had started, was underway, and that discussion was not going the way he wanted. The majority position was to not ban. Very strong majority: not ban anyone.
Ignoring a community consensus, he banned co-founders 2 and 3.
He hid the block log, and cleared Recent Changes so that the ban discussion would be obscure (most site traffic would have been to that page at that point).
He had cited the ban discussion, the day before, in glowing terms:[2]
- I'm elated to say that the community is now taking responsibility for making decisions about how best to resolve this conflict as we speak: Remedies.
There was no conflict under way; however, Sinclair had demanded that I blank this, and avoid conflict, and I had both blanked the page and had voluntarily restricted myself to my user space. That I edited the ban discussion, later, was at his explicit invitation. So the only remaining conflict was whether or not I should be banned anyway. And that was not a "conflict," but a disagreement.
Less than 24 hours before the blocks, he re-affirmed his decision to leave the matter of a ban to the community, in this and many other comments.
He could not have been clearer:[3]
- This is not my decision, and I will not be overriding the consensus of the community under any circumstances. [...] -wʃʃʍ- 20:59, 24 July 2014
Sinclair has no integrity, he does not honor his word, he violates his promises on a whim, and then attempts to cover it up.
Why was Justin Credible blocked? Justin had also disagreed with Sinclair, on the issue of site responsibility. The position Justin expressed was legally sound. However, I also pointed out that there was no legal emergency, that Sinclair would know if one arose.
Sinclair shot the messengers, blocking two out of three of the first two "co-flounders." And then hid the blocks.
He was busted.[4]. The Wikipediocracy community is quick. Beyondpolitics.org had been dormant for a long time.
So, his hand forced, Sinclair acknowledged the "bans." His explanation reveals much about his plans.
- He does not explain the ban of Justin Credible and Just Anyone, whom he had previously assiduously courted as positive contributors. He calls Just Anyone a "sock" of Justin Credible, which means, to me, that he either lied to me weeks earlier, in email or by phone, or he is lying now.
- He is the decider of who is invited to "Offwiki 2.0." It is no longer a unifying site, a neutral place.
- He made this decision based on advice from unspecified "experienced admins." He relates a tale of woe based on a tempest in a teapot from the first few days of Offwiki. That conflict had been resolved, no thanks to Sinclair. I resolved it, by how I responded.
- He is inviting Timothy Usher, who had grossly violated more than one provision of the Articles of Confederation that were the only site rules, and who did not do what Sinclair describes. Sinclair wouldn't see outing and doxxing if it bit him in the nose, which it did. Obviously, Sinclair never read with understanding the page he'd demanded I blank.
- He makes decisions based on his own desire to feel good.
- He has not been willing to trust any other person with real administrative responsibility. Neither was he willing to trust the community to advise him, but only selected, unnamed individuals, ignoring the community he invited.
- Since he is obviously controlling the setup of "2.0," and since he's doing this based on hidden advice, Offwiki 2.0 is unlikely to address the difficulties exposed by 1.0. His advice is coming from those who created the "Wikipedia problem," and who continue to maintain it, all the while blaming everyone else for it.
Wil Sinclair on himself:[5]
- It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure out that this site has an admin problem. It's called Wil.
Sinclair is fond of self-deprecating humor. I know the trait well. It enables us to avoid what we really do.
Beyondpolitics.org will open up to general participation, but I'm not announcing exactly how it will do this because I don't know -- though I certainly have ideas. I do not' declare, in advance, how a community will advise me. I consider that face-palm stupid.
Today I will welcome the second user, who is highly experienced with wikis and with wiki administration, School of Hard Knocks. (I will also be going back to find prior users of beyondpolitics.org, and inviting them.)
August 27
Offwiki terminally ill
Offwiki essentially died. Recent changes showed almost no edits between August 6 to August 21. one of these was a "null edit" by Sertraline,[6] who is Zoloft, a moderator at Wikipediocracy, and another was a sarcastic goodbye.[7]. Yesterday, Wil started a flurry of activity, possibly spurred by mention of Offwiki by me on his blog, see a comment on that on my Wikiversity user page.[8]. Among that:
- 07:26, 25 August 2014. Wil asked a user to email him before creating a project.
- 01:27, 26 August 2014
Wil had practically no wiki experience, but heavily judged those who did. He presented a face of conciliatory neutrality, but, in fact, when faced with criticism, he was more demanding and controlling than the run-of-the-mill Wikipedian and Wikipedian administrator, not to mention WMF Staff (who mostly stay out of details).
Here, he takes a delay of less than 24 hours in responding to an email as some kind of negative sign. On-line process, any experienced Wikimedian would know, takes time. AfD standard time is 10 days. That fits with people who have weekly schedule.
Of course, here, as elsewhere, he is asserting strong control. He is the judge of what is legitimate to consider on OffWiki, not the community, thus betraying the original purpose of the site. By abruptly announcing that he will be launching OffWiki 2.0, and that the present content will be "archived," he strongly discouraged any further participation, and the momentum that he had enjoyed, early on, was completely demolished. --Abd (talk) 18:11, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
massive overcontrol on the Dutch Wikiversity
There is an analogy with what very recently happened on beta.wikiversity. Wikiversity is the most inclusive, non-deletionist of the WMF projects. It allows original research, resources on non-notable topics, and en.wikiversity is highly developed. En.wv has many educational resources that have been begun and that are not complete, and it has become traditional to keep such as possible seeds for further growth, and, over time, this actually occurs. Someone finds an incomplete resource and starts working on it. Others see incomplete resources and thing that en.wikiversity is a pile of junk.
Resourceful inventors and other self-motivated learners love junkpiles. We use the material in them. But I just hit Random page on en.wv and found Diabetic History (OSCE). Is that complete? Of course not! A complete course on the subject would be book length. That's an outline, which can then be fleshed out, usually with subpages, if any participant wants to learn about the topic. Wikiversity is for "learning by doing," and researching and writing about a topic like that, as one is inclined, is how one learns, and, indeed, how one can learn very well.
The Dutch WikiMedia community wanted to use the Dutch project on Beta Wikiversity (designed as a language incubator for Wikiversities) for educational resources, formal ones, perhaps for actual usage in schools. They saw that Beta Wikiversity was full of pages with little content, poorly organized, with many problems. (Much worse than en.wikiversity, which does have pages like that, but not so many and we are continually working on organizing the site, cleaning it up. It takes time. Anyone can do this work. It is not necessary to be a sysop. Routinely, I tag pages there for speedy deletion and they are generally gone within minutes or hours.)
How had it happened that Dutch Beta was largely a mess? A Dutch user had, for three years, been working with an undisciplined and inexperienced understanding of the Wikiversity mission. Because the Beta project is language-balkanized, regular Wikiversity users with other-wikiversity experience did not see what he was doing. In three years, there were two comments on his talk page hinting at problems. He responded, and the commenting user did not follow up. So he very readily assumed that what he was doing was fine.
A Dutch user with high Wikipedia experience (over 500,000 edits!), and many advanced privileges cross-wiki, applied to be a Wikiversity sysop. The original Dutch user was overjoyed! Once he was approved, the new sysop organized a massive deletion effort. With only the tiniest exception, the entire content of the Dutch Wikiversity was deleted, over 5000 pages. It was claimed that there was consensus for this, but, in fact, most pages were deleted merely based on some proposal and then the sysop acting. And not all the pages were problematic, and not all the pages were authored by the naive user. Pages that were subpages of other pages were deleted for "no educational content," but those pages may have been critical for the improvement of the page supra.
For example, this was created by another user, and the only problem with it appears to be that it's not polished and not fully complete. The opinion of the Dutch users has been expressed that something should be a complete resource, ready-to-use in a class or the like, before being allowed in mainspace. However, they did not allow the pages nominated for deletion to be moved to user space, which is what we do with pages problematic in this way on en.wikiversity.
That page is under a proposed deletion notice, the link above is to a copy I made, see here the original. The deletion templates are accompanied by a listing on a Dutch deletion page, this is the listing.
The Dutch users demanded control, bypassing the normal Wikiversity sysop community, and a moved page was moved back and deleted, anyway,[9][10] and then a copy of the page content, minus the category that made it "Dutch Wikiversity" material, was also deleted by the same custodian without a discussion.[11] (And the original deletion had not been discussed. There was clearly no consensus for deletion.) That content was harmless at worst, and the only thing wrong with it was that it didn't belong in mainspace, it could have been in project space or user space. [12] is that page. Notice that it mentions the custodian deleting. Very positively, showing the user's attitude toward the new Dutch users, who then proceeded to totally ignore his understandings, learning goals, and content creation, wiping out three years of work in a bit over two weeks, using a highly defective process and violating sysop recusal requirements.
This is severe over-control. See the Beta Request Custodian Action page where sysop action was requested. Total mess.
If a small community of Dutch users persists, however, they can indeed generate enough user traffic that a new Dutch Wikiversity project will be allowed. What I worry about is that this will not be what is known as Wikiversity, it will be something else, something highly restricted. Anal, to use a word. Further, the active users have settled to three, the same three who supported my block, at a point where I had one nondisruptive edit to the Dutch Wikiversity (but they seemed to think that Beta was the Dutch Wikiversity). The same three also have voted on the WMF metawiki to close Beta Wikiversity. I.e., they want to use it to get Dutch Wikiversity running, then shut it down so nobody else can do the same.
There is another multlingual site, Incubator, which is designed mostly for Wikipedia sites. However, it can also be used for Wikiversity site creation (The WMF Language Committee at one point suggested that). They could have done that, bypassing Beta. But so strong is the impulse to Delete! among encyclopedists that, I'm sure, it never occurred to them. They will now have some opposition if they try to create a Dutch Wikipedia, which they created. It was not necessary at all.
Since the Dutch sysop, in Dutch comments on pages -- he seemed to imagine that English users cannot read Dutch! -- called the rest of the Beta community, including the sysops, "rodents," I had the perfect occasion to develop my user page there.[] I describe on my home page here how to email or contact me, and, a reminder: registration on beyondpolitics.org is currently be approval, but that is only so that we are not overwhelmed with traffic, spammers, and vandals -- and, since I'm involved, vandalism could definitely be expected -- until we have a substantial sysop community. In other words, we are not repeating the OffWiki mistake. I'm in no rush. --Abd (talk) 18:11, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
WikiMedia Foundation overcontrol
And at the same time, the WikiMedia Foundation pulled a trick similar to what Jimbo Wales tried several years back. Apparently they forgot. The wiki community detests being ignored, it will agree on that, massively, when it disagrees on nearly everything else. When Jimbo descended from the heavens and started blocking uses, on en.wikiversity, desysopping a local 'crat who unblocked (per local policy!), and deleting pages, an RfC was started on meta to remove his Founder tools. It was mostly ignored, Wikiversity is a small community and most users didn't understand what was happening and stayed out of it, the proposal was losing by about 2:1. Then Jimbo went to Commons and started deleting pornography. It started a firestorm, and the ratio fliped in the RfC, running about 3:1 for removal when Jimbo, smelling the coffee, caved and had the Founder toolset redefined to allow him, for the most part, to observe things but not to have a special privilege to change them.
The WMF did not learn from this. So, recently, the German Wikipedia voted to have the MediaViewer be opt-in rather than opt-out. Was that important? I don't know and I don't care, I've seen arguments both ways, but the vote was clearly supermajority to change it. The WMF apparently ignored this, so a de.wikipedia sysop put a script in the MediaWiki control page common.js, that disabled the MediaViewer. As an emergency measure, the WMF developers created a new "superprotect" tool that allows them to protect any page such that only Staff can edit it. Since the de.wiki sysop was subject to community oversight, and since any de.wiki sysop could undo that change without creating an "international incident," it was very clear that this was an assertion of overriding WMF control.
There was a poll on de.wiki, with over 600 users supporting the removal of superprotection, about a 90% vote, and an RfC on meta, running heavily the same way, and now a letter to the WMF strongly recommending removal of this overcontrolling tool, with over 500 signatures and counting.
Demanding control over the users is not the way to build a wiki project. It fails. Yes, the WMF has legal control and responsibility, but it will also, by hybrid Free Association/Traditional Corporation principles (as will be described elsewhere on this wiki, it should never run away from or try to control the community, except as legally required.
The good news is that all this may lead to a much clearer relationship between the WMF and the user community. --Abd (talk) 18:11, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
September 17, 2014
Offwiki is closed for editing. Wil's Main Page comment:
- Offwiki is going offline.
- Offwiki will remain in read-only mode until I get around to pushing some critical updates to this site that will better serve compelling discussions about onwiki issues. I doubt anyone will care, since no one edits anything here anymore anyways. While you're waiting for 2.0, feel free to gloat, crack wise, and/or chortle with glee at my expense. After all, the ideals behind this site may have only been illusions, and sometimes even I have to laugh at my latest windmill tilting exploits. Let's face it; despite society's rhetoric to the contrary, there are great reasons to simply not bother. Watching other people try something and fail miserably is really funny, and most of us don't like getting laughed at. Unfortunately for those who would rather see Offwiki go away, I'm almost always down for a good laugh at myself.
- I can't promise that I will ever update this site, much less within a timeline, but I can tip you off to this: unless circumstances change, as time wears on it won't become any less likely, because lots of people found something they wanted here. I've kept the best stuff they left here for others to consider until Offwiki 2.0 can bring them back to life. Feel free to look around.
- As Hitler once said, a army that refuses to surrender can never be defeated. Finishing his Wikipedia biography is on my todo list right below updating this site, but so far everything's been coming up Adolf.
- With all sincerity, best wishes to everyone who contributed to Offwiki 1.0, and while we're waiting for me to get back on task, let's take a moment to remember to treat each other with kindness. See you on the other side of 2.0.
- -wʃʃʍ- 06:21, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Last edit was by Jim-Siduri, with [13], 09:00, 12 September 2014. The last activity in Recent Changes, retrieved today:
- 17 September 2014
- 06:21 Main Page (diff | hist) . . (+1,210) . . Wllm (Talk | contribs) (Signs off for the time being.)
- 12 September 2014
- 20:01 (Deletion log) . . Wllm (Talk | contribs) deleted page Wikiproject-OpStopSuicide (While I support suicide prevention in every way possible, it isn't best addressed on this site, as it is completely off-topic.)
- 19:59 (Block log) . . Wllm (Talk | contribs) blocked Jim-Siduri (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of indefinite (account creation disabled, email disabled) (Repeated offenses of off-topic content)
- 19:58 User talk:Jim-Siduri (diff | hist) . . (+332) . . Wllm (Talk | contribs) (Notification that Jim will be blocked until he discusses content with Wil)
- 09:00 User:Jim-Siduri (diff | hist) . . (+227) . . Jim-Siduri (Talk | contribs) (→Siduri Project Provisional Plan: WikiProject-OpStopASuicide)
My analysis: Wil was essentially clueless as to how to run a wiki. His user page still says:
- I happen to be the person who set up the site here, but I immediately gave it away to the users. Please, help us make your site better. -wʃʃʍ- 12:38, 5 July 2014 (PDT)
As soon as Wil did not understand what was happening, he took the wiki back. Had he actually given it away, and even if he remained as a trustee, he'd have consulted the users before making any of a whole series of blunders. Further, he then attempted to hide what he was doing. In Wil's behavior there were a series of red flags, if he ever cares to actually take responsibility, instead of just saying that he does. Hiding behavior is never a good sign.
He set it up so that he could not learn. He rejected those who actually might have helped him, and befriended those who were actually enemies of his project. In this last incident, Jim-Siduri is definitely a "difficult user." He's started to work on Wikiversity, and he's not blocked yet, but Wikiversity is far more tolerant than Wil Sinclair. On Wikiversity, the page that Wil deleted would have been moved to user space (unless it actually violated policy instead of being merely off-topic).
Further, if an admin warns a user, they do it on the User talk page. I showed that to Wil. He considered it harassment of the user. Instead, he warned users somewhere else, with no evidence that they actually read the warning, then blocked when they violated it. Very-clueless-Wikipedian of him. Or he blocked, in my case, without warning, suppressing the block log.
I find it hilarious that he wants to work on the biography of Adolf Hitler, and quotes what he quotes.
More seriously, however, his partner made somewhat similar mistakes dealing with the Wikipedia community: the entire WMF depends on trusting the community, and she demonstrated that the community was not trusted. She thought she was running a software company. Her idea of Bold Leadership was to force the customers to use a new product. And she thought of the customers as the readers of Wikipedia, whereas the mission statement of the WMF is to empower the community to create the projects.
I haven't followed the most recent developments with the Superprotect affair. I still hope that Lila will recognize the fundamental conceptual gaffe. --Abd (talk) 14:03, 17 September 2014 (UTC)


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