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Come along and discover all there is to see and do at Litchfield National Park on a full day trip from Darwin. Renown for it's spectacular scenery, monsoonal rainforests, spring-fed streams and waterfalls, you'll visit the picturesque Florence and Tolmer Falls and enjoy a quick dip at the rock pool by Wangi Falls.
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Amongst its other natural treasures, Litchfield National Park features numerous waterfalls which cascade from a sandstone plateau called the Tabletop Range, intriguing magnetic termite mounds, historical sites, and the weathered sandstone pillars of the Lost City. Your day trip to Litchfield National Park, 60 miles (100 km) south of Darwin, will see you ascend the rocky Tabletop Range, where dry woodlands and forests dominate the huge sandstone plateau. You'll also enjoy a picnic lunch of cold meats and salads and the opportunity to swim in pristine rock pools.
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iPad 2: Best Tablet Display on the Market
For the current set of Tablets the iPad is the clear winner in every category, which is somewhat surprising considering it was the first Tablet to launch and the one that later competitors knew they had to beat – but as of yet none have succeeded.
The competition has shipped displays with smaller viewing angles, lower pixel density, smaller gamuts, higher reflectance and in the case of the Transformer a lower bit depth, rendering a dithered 18-bit image. The Xoom costs, at their lowest prices, $300 more than the iPad 2, and yet has ranked the worst of the three tablets reviewed.
How does this happen? How do you review a competitor's product and decide not to match them on quality or price? This is simply reinforcing my belief that there is no tablet market, merely an iPad market.
As an aside: the iPad's gamut is nothing to write home about, which has already caused us problems with the dark scenes in CreaVures. Why are mobile gamuts so damn narrow, anyway?
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In early July, the council approved a new policy that would have moved that date from the 15th to the 10th of each month, starting in October. However, soon after the decision, several residents came to the council with concerns that the policy would hurt residents struggling to pay their bills.
The council suspended the policy during a meeting last month, and on Tuesday, voted against the change.
"I don't want to cause a hardship on anyone," said Mayor Pro Tem Bill Baker, shortly before the council cast its vote.
The city of Piedmont purchases power in bulk, processes it at city-owned stations and resells it to residents.
City leaders had hoped moving the penalty date up by five days would reduce the number of outstanding power bills; earlier this year, there were about 230 customers who had not paid the city-operated utility what they owed, officials said.
That number has now been cut to 90, said Casey Ponder, who oversees the electrical department. Officials said the drop has been due to stricter enforcement of the rules designed to encourage adherence to the late-fee date, such as charging late fees and cutting off power to delinquent customers.
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GF Police Report Drop in Crime Over DecadeGRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - New statistics show that overall crime has dropped in Grand Forks over the past decade. Police released their annual crime numbers on Monday.
By: David Schwab, WDAZ
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - New statistics show that overall crime has dropped in Grand Forks over the past decade. Police released their annual crime numbers on Monday.
Law enforcement is not taking all the credit. They say community programs are preventing many of the crimes.
Calls for service to the Grand Forks Police department were up last year at just over 41,000 calls, but overall crime numbers were down in many categories.
The stats include 0 murders last year and 22 reporter rapes, down nine from the previous year. There were 293 DUI arrests, also a drop from last year. Alcohol-related calls, including complaints of loud parties, are less than half of what they were were a decade ago.
"We have had some ordinance changes and in addition to that, the Department of Transportation and the North Dakota Highway Patrol have identified grant funding to aid us in targeting those areas for reduction," Lt. Roger Pohlman said.
Pohlman credits the department's hard work and relationships with businesses and non-profit organizations in crime prevention. He says police have also been proactive with new refugees including 90 people who have moved here in the last year. Mayor Michael Brown's Immigration Integration Initiative allows police to meet with refugees soon after they arrive.
"I explain to them that we are not military, we do not torture, we are not aggressive unless we absolutely have to be," Cpl. Katie Hecht said.
Hecht meets the new refugees on a regular basis to talk about local laws. She says the refugees are used to living under very different laws, where bribery is legal, and even some kinds of domestic abuse is legal.
"We walk them through all of that. We also discuss the difference between child discipline and child abuse," Hecht said.
Police stress that refugees are a very small part of the population and say they also have lots of crime-reduction programs aimed at the general population. All of those programs aim to educate and build relationships in the community as it grows.
Not all of the crime numbers were down in the report. Last year there was a 22 percent bump in burglaries, 312 of them. But that number is still lower than it was a decade ago.
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I'm sure I'll work with him again in the near future and I highly recommend his services to anyone who wants to increase conversion rates and take their business to the next level.
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As usual Chris, another excellent job on the promo video you just created for me – even though you got it perfect the first time, thanks for making the quick change in the script.
I've had tons of positive comments on the first few you did and have probably sent a lot of business your way because of them ;-)
Also, love the new templates and will definitely be in contact in the very near future for some more video work.
Thanks again man,
-Justin Michie
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This is the best service I have ever received! Fast, Communicative, Professional. I couldn't ask for more. If you want the best, go with Killer Sales Video!
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-Barry J. Peterson
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Great Service! Within 24 hours Chris did deliver an awesome product. We immidiately received positive feedback on the Video's from our customers. What can I say more? Chris product rocks!
-Ted Nuyten
"As Fast As Lightning!"
Incredible!!! Chris Works as fast as lightning with an Amazing Quality and Sound for a fraction of the price my Movie producer friends will usually charge me.
Definitely worth every cent and more you can be sure that you will see me around frequently ;-)
-Freddie De La Cruz
"The Response Was Impressive"
Chris did a "movie trailer" like video for me that I used to promote a meeting of local businesspeople recently.
The response and the comments about the video was impressive. I'll definitely be doing more videos with Chris soon.
-Dale Gibbons
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When it comes to creating fast, quality killer sales video that hit harder then a Mafia Hit Man....Chris at Killer Sales Video is my guy.
Our original Barter Arbitrage squeeze page kicked ass in terms of opt ins and this kid is the real friggin' deal.
-Vegas Vince
"The Money I Spent On The Videos Have Already Been Made Back, Many Times Over"
Prior to finding out about Killer Sales Video, I was struggling to find a company that could produce a stunning video that would mesmerize my target audience.
I have to say, Chris is nothing less than phenomenal. Not only did he have my videos done within 24 hours, it was more like 9 hours! If only every company would operate this way.
I placed my video on a targeted website, and have secured contracts for Custom Blogs after the 4th day. The money I spent on the videos have already been made back, many times over. I've been so busy that I haven't had time to create the blogs I'm working on to load my site up with and actually 'launch' my business of pre-built Affiliate and CPA Blogs.
I'm so pleased with Chris' work, that I am using him elusively to produce videos for the blogs I am building.
If you don't use KillerSalesVideo.com, you are definitely missing out on converting more sales.
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- Arthur Prudent
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I ordered a brief intro video from Chris and am extremely pleased with the results!
Chris came up with a unique animation for the intro without any input from me, and was fast & flexible with the subsequent requests I made to tweak it to perfection.
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I was a little nervous about using the template, but I was surprised how quick and easy it actually was. What absolutely astounded me, though, was the kick ass video that I got back in a couple of hours. It far exceeded my expectations.
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Chris, what can I say? Your video rocked!!! Thanks for the speed and qualitiy to which you completed this exactly to design specs. I will absolutely be back for more!
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Never has there ever been, never will there ever be. The one, the only, James Dean.
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What happens to the change people throw in the fountains at City Hall and Ann Morrison?- Amanda Holloway
BOISE - Before we figure out where the coins have gone - 6pm news producer Haley Williams is pretty sure she knows where they don't go.
"They don't go to the wish fairy," she said matter-of-factly.
Years of throwing my pennies and nickels into the fountain - and you're telling me there isn't some mythic creature somewhere collecting the coinage and dolling out wishes?
While I get over my disappointment, let's get to the real answer. We contacted Adam Park with the City of Boise. He did some checking around on the fountain funds.
The most prominent water shooter is located on the corner of Capitol and Idaho Streets downtown. It was part of an early 1990s city hall plaza revamp. The fountain has been collecting change for years - nearly two decades. So you'd think the City of Boise would have a massive haul to donate to a worthy cause, pay for an improvement or maybe lower our taxes.
The simple answer... not so much.
"We collect about $20 a year from the fountain is all," Park said. "They've actually been storing that up. It's not a lot of money - so over the years they've saved it."
Twenty bucks a year? So how much is that altogether?
"It's up to about $190 is the total now."
Park says the coins were long stored in five gallon drums -- meaning years worth of wish-bound coins were sitting in storage. That quarter you flipped in 1994 wishing for fame and fortune was stored. But the city recently decided to put all the money into the bank.
So what's the plan for the funds?
"We'll wait until the amount rises to a higher level when something significant can be purchased with the money," Park said.
The Ann Morrison Park fountain - with its tall raised platforms - doesn't gather a significant amount of coins according to Park.


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Mobile phones are crucial and you definitely can't think of your life without them. This long-range, portable electronic device that we use for communication is easy to use and quite comfortable. Nowadays with a huge variety of mobile phones available in the market, almost everyone can afford them as per their budget and requirement. Besides helping us communicate with people who are away, they have smoothly replaced calculators, alarm clocks or wrist watches in many people's lives.
Snapdeal being an online shopping portal offers a wide variety of latest mobile phones on its website. The best thing about shopping from our website is that you can not only browse through endless options in mobile phones online but can also get the best phones at the lowest prices as per your requirement and necessity. The exhaustive range includes extremely affordable phones from brands like Apple iPhone, micromax, nokia, samsung, sony, karbonn, htc etc. You will get options in CDMA, GSM, Mutisim or Phablets which could be found in bar, flip, QWERTY, slider or touch forms.
All the mobile phones that we offer are well equipped with features like 3G, Bluetooth, FM radio, GPRS, music player and wi-fi. You can find mobiles under 10000 rupees with great features and camera with up to 8 MP. There are even options with no camera under this segment. Then there are mobiles under 15000 or 20000 rupees with high end features and advanced technology. These phones that we have work on android, BlackBerry, windows, IOS or other super smooth operating systems.


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Department: Registrar's Office Position: Full-time Wage: $10-11/hour, full benefit package Union Affiliation: Montana Public Employees Association Posting Date: November 2012
Description The Administrative Assistant for Registrar Services works in the Registrar and Institutional Research Office and reports to the registrar. This person provides support to the registrar and registrar related services and is responsible for providing direct customer service at the registrar service window; transcript and enrollment verification processing; and general clerical duties related to the office, including but not limited to: registrar mail distribution, managing the general registrar e-mail account, phones, record keeping and filing. During key seasons such as commencement and registration, this position may be required to work outside of normal office hours (including evenings and weekends).
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Dorothy Seymour The University of Montana Western 710 South Atlantic St. Dillon, Mont. 59725-3598
The University & Dillon Area The University of Montana Western, located in Dillon, Mont., is an innovative institution nestled in a scenic valley in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana. The current campus student headcount is 1,447 and the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) for student enrollment is approximately 1,392. Montana Western has over 60 FTE faculty members, features small classes for all students and has been recognized for excellence by U.S. News and World Report. Montana Western's small size and focus on education innovation have earned it the reputation of being a place where faculty and staff chose to collegially and creatively make a difference in the education of students. Montana Western is the first and only public four-year college in the nation to use block scheduling in which students take a single class at a time. This immersion learning program facilitates increased opportunities for experiential types of learning.
The mission of the University of Montana Western is to provide innovative interdisciplinary education through experiential learning that combines theory and practice. Montana Western services citizens of all ages with its academic, community service, and lifelong-learning programs. As part of the global community, Montana Western encourages diversity, international awareness, environmental responsibility, and mastery of technology as a gateway to the world.
Dillon, a community of 5,000 people, is known for outstanding public schools, safe environments, recreational opportunities and an excellent quality of life.
The University of Montana Western is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from qualified women, minorities, veterans and people with disabilities. Qualified candidates may request veterans' or disabilities preference in accordance with state law. Reasonable accommodations are provided in the hiring process for persons with disabilities. Finalists for this position will be subject to a criminal background investigation.


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One of the overlooked treasures in our music collection is our movie and television soundtracks. We have an excellent collection that represents some of the legendary composers (Philip Glass, John Barry, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Quincey Jones, Thomas Newman, Ennio Morricone) from the past, those who have been working for some time and the inventive scores being produced from contemporary musicians that straddle both the world of film scoring and their own personal works (Jonny Greenwood, Jon Brion, Danny Elfman, Yann Tiersen, Randy Newman). Here are some of my favorite albums from the collection.
Good Bye Lenin by Yann Tiersen
Midnight Cowboy by John Barry
Schindler's List by Itzhak Perlman and John Williams
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Jon Brion
The Hours by Philip Glass
Out of Africa by John Barry
Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti
Music for: Kids, Teens & Tweens
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In the autumn of 1971, Mike McKirnan guided the Marion Local Flyers' football team to a perfect record of 10-0. Within a couple of days of their season-ending victory over the Waynesfield-Goshen Tigers, McKirnan's troops packaged . . .
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• Man accused of threatening own grandfather with gun
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Nisswa Elementary School third-graders staged "Jack and the Beanstalk" in two showings Friday, Feb. 14, with two touring actors from Prairie Fire Children's Theatre.
Pequot Lakes High School's One-Act performance team took second place in subsection competition Saturday, Jan. 25, at Park Rapids.
The team performed "The Flying Doctor," a comedy by Moliere, a French playwright from the 17th century.
The Pequot Lakes Community Theater production of "Oliver!" opens on Friday, Nov. 15, with a performance at 7:30 p.m. on the stage of the Pequot Lakes High School Theater.
Visitors to the Hackensack Sculpture Park from June 1 through Labor Day cast their votes for their favorite sculptured piece, and of the five pieces displayed, "Tool Shed" by Albert Belleveau garnered the most votes.
The Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts (GLAPA) has been providing the lakes area with a variety of performing arts talent for 30 years after forming in the fall of 1983.
Deep Portage Learning Center is seeking black ink drawings of wild animals, fish, birds and insects that are native to the north-central Minnesota area.
The winning artist's drawing will be featured on Deep Portage's 2014 critter art mugs.
The following artists were People's Choice award-winners at the 29th annual Crosslake Art Club Show and Sale on Aug.
The Crossing Arts Alliance presents Tuesday Sampler, a literary and visual arts series of classes on Farmers Market Tuesdays at the Franklin Arts Center in Brainerd.
Browse the Farmers Market at the Franklin Arts Center parking lot, 1001 Kingwood St.
Northwoods Art, Book Festival
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The 18th annual Northwoods Art and Book Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, in downtown Hackensack.
In the first half of 2013, the Five Wings Arts Council awarded $228,715 for arts projects to serve 53,565 people in Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd and Wadena counties.
The Leech Lake Arts League, an organization of more than 30 local artists from communities in northern Minnesota, will host its annual show and sale of original fine art from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, and Saturday, Aug.
Backus artist Mary Lingen will be featured in the main gallery at the Great River Arts Center in Little Falls through Sept. 8 for her collection of oil paintings.
A reception for the art exhibit will be from 5-7 p.m.
If you learned to swear in Norwegian or shared a two-holer outhouse with your cousin, you'll enjoy the poetry and prose of these sisters, Candace Simar and Angela Foster.
Two couples residing on Man Lake east of Hackensack will open their gardens to the public for a free art and craft fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 13.
To reach the fair from Hackensack, take Cass County Road 5 east from Highway 371 8.2 miles.
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What is the Staff Council?
The Staff Council is a representative voice of the support staff to the President, Administration, and other entities of the college. The primary focus of the Staff Council is to:
- Promote a better understanding, cooperation and communication within the campus community.
- Keep constituents advised of issues, policies and activities affecting them.
- Be actively involved in and contribute to the governance of the institution.
- Work to improve morale of the staff.
- Emphasize and initiate opportunities for professional development.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who is eligible to serve on the Staff Council?
To be eligible for election to the Staff Council, a classified staff employee must have at least one year of continuous service to the college.
- How are council members chosen?
The election of representatives from each group shall be conducted during the first week in June. Each staff group will vote on its respective representative (Members may be nominated or appointed by the existing Council).
- How long would I serve on the Council?
Each member shall be elected for a term of 2 years. Representation shall be on a staggered term basis with one of the two members from each group being elected per year.
- How are officers selected?
The Staff Council Representatives shall elect the Chair, Vice Chair, and Recorder during the first meeting of the fiscal year. Each of the officer's term shall be for 1 year. The Vice Chair will serve as Chair during the second year of service and a new Vice Chair will be elected. In the event that any elected Council member shall be unable to complete his or her term of office, the chair shall initiate the election of a representative to complete the term. The mode of election shall be the same as the method observed in the election of the original member.
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"This new facility will allow us to improve and enhance our current operations with consolidated control activities and an updated office infrastructure," said Steve Packebush, president of Koch Nitrogen. "Most importantly, it will help us improve our level of responsiveness to our customers in this growing market."
In addition to housing the plant's control center, administrative and operations offices, the new facility will also feature a multilevel maintenance shop. The building is expected to be fully operational in early 2014 and will replace the current structure, which will be razed.
Koch Nitrogen is approximately 5 miles east of Fort Dodge and manufactures anhydrous ammonia and UAN fertilizers. The company currently employs about 70 people at the plant and is looking to hire additional staff.
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Koch Fertilizer refers to Koch Fertilizer, LLC, and its subsidiaries. Koch Fertilizer, LLC, and its subsidiaries own or have interests in nitrogen fertilizer plants in the United States, Canada, and Trinidad and Tobago. The companies cover global demand through terminals in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, France and the United Kingdom. Koch Fertilizer, LLC, and its affiliates; including Koch Nitrogen Co., LLC, and Koch Fertilizer Canada ULC; have the capability to market and distribute more than 12 million tons of fertilizer products annually. Koch Fertilizer, LLC, is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc., one of the largest private companies in America.


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This season it's tougher than ever to get a hit, especially in NL
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Pitchers are dominating hitters in 2012; major league batting average just .249
It's especially bad in the NL (.245), and the Nationals are poised to take advantage
Plus: Left-field power outage; memories from Fenway Park on its 100th birthday
That jewel of a baseball game played Wednesday night in San Francisco between the Giants and Phillies -- 0-0 for 10 innings, during which starting pitchers Matt Cain and Cliff Lee threw just 48 balls to 63 batters -- may well go down as the eponymous game of the 2012 season. Baseball these days, particularly in the National League, can be simplified in two words: pitchers rule.
Go ahead and tell yourself it's a small sample and the weather hasn't warmed. But the corner already was turned last year, when it was tougher to get a hit in the majors (the major league average was .255) than in any season since 1989 (.254). The major league average entering play Friday was .249. It won't stay quite that low, but brace yourself for more of the "market correction" we saw last year.
The National League (.245) is downright awful when it comes to hitting, and it's not just because Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder jumped leagues or that Marlins Park has continued a trend of pitcher-friendly ballpark construction. The Cubs, Pirates, Astros and Padres are poor offensive teams who won't get much better, and the Diamondbacks, Phillies and Reds are off to ugly starts. The Mets don't have a triple. The Phillies have more sac bunts than home runs. Get this: Neither team in any game this year involving the Pirates has scored more than five runs. The total of Pittsburgh and its opponents after 12 games? Just 61 runs, or about five runs combined each game.
Watching Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle run a game is like watching Gene Mauch in 1968. On Wednesday Hurdle pinch hit for his pitcher, James McDonald, after four innings of one-run ball. (His pinch hitter, Nate McLouth, had a worse batting average than McDonald.) In the sixth, down one run on the road, he bunted with his number two batter.
The duel between Cain and Lee was merely the extreme version of a brand of baseball happening all over the National League. And if there is one team best positioned to take advantage of the changed landscape, it is the Washington Nationals. Washington's rotation has the best pure stuff of any team in baseball -- yes, better than the Phillies' five and the Giants' five. The Nationals' starters have combined for an average fastball velocity of 93.4 mph, the highest of any rotation by a full tick on the gun since statistical services began tracking pitch velocity in 2002. (The 2010 Rays owned the previous high at 92.3.)
The Nationals don't have their leading power bat from last year (Mike Morse) nor their power-hitting phenom (Bryce Harper) and it matters not one bit because Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, Gio Gonzalez, Edwin Jackson and Ross Detwiler -- all between 23 and 28 years old -- have come together at the right time, a time when there simply isn't enough offense around the league to match up against their pure stuff. The Nationals look like a legitimate contender in the NL East.
One of the telltale signs of the lack of offense around baseball is the pathetic hitting that teams are getting out of left field. You remember left field, the power-laden position where guys like Greg Luzinski, George Bell, Jim Rice and the hairy-chested like used to bash baseballs?
Where have all the big-hitting outfielders gone? Left fielders have posted the worst batting average of any position (.240) and the second-worst slugging percentage (.380, only shortstop has less pop). One-third of all major league teams have zero home runs from their left fielders.
Your best hitting left fielders this month are Josh Willingham of the Twins, Nolan Reimold of the Orioles and J.D. Martinez of the Astros -- just as you figured, right? In fairness, Ryan Braun of Milwaukee, Carlos Gonzalez of Colorado and Matt Holliday of St. Louis are off to slow starts (three home runs combined; Reimold, alone, has outhomered them).
But still, this is very weird. Left field is one of the least valuable positions on the defensive spectrum, if not the least, so teams don't mind compromising glovework there -- and yet big hitters are still lacking.
The first time I saw Fenway it seemed something from a dream. It was not long after dawn of Opening Day 1985, and what remained from an overnight blanket of snow glistened in the morning light. Then a beat writer covering the New York Yankees (46-year-old Phil Niekro would be their Opening Day starter against the Sox), I delighted in the pristine calm of the empty ballpark. Though I had not planned it, I immediately was drawn to The Wall, which, like a famous actor, seemed so familiar from television but so new up close.
A golf ball. That's what The Wall brought to mind. It was dimpled. Thousands of dimples ran its length, the collateral damage of the legions of hitters who failed to scale it but succeeded in denting its tin skin. Fenway seemed baseball's Gettysburg at that wonderful moment. In the silence of the morn I could hear echoes of the shots.
Eleven years later, my two sons saw their first baseball game at Fenway, and, even as toddlers, seemed wedged into those ancient wooden-slatted seats behind the backstop. And it made me think how many other generations of fathers brought their sons to Fenway to see their first game. It simply was the luck of an assignment for me that Fenway should be their maiden trip, like drawing Carnegie Hall for a first school field trip. The synchronicity was all the more special because of what happened in the game. It was one of only two games in major league history in which a cycle and a triple play occurred. (The other was at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl in 1931.)
Fenway turns 100 today, and as I am back for the celebration, I think about how my memories are simply part of a catalog of millions over a century -- how personal a building can be to so many. Ballparks bind us in spirit like no other sporting venues -- so much so that they often are compared to cathedrals. But Fenway, friendly and familiar, is more public square than cathedral. There are no great spires or soaring heights. It is Fenway's humility that is so powerful.
You don't have to be a Red Sox fan to feel welcome at Fenway. It is reassuring to know that baseball has been played on these grounds for a hundred years. It is one of the last great American originals, made all the more rare because it remains in public use as originally intended. The magic of Fenway is that even with a century of history it does not awe nearly as much as it embraces. Happy birthday, Fenway.
Patrick Kane scores game-winner in OT to lead Blackhawks past Blues
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POW! BANG! KaBOOOOM!
|Family Program, Workshop or Trip
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|05/01/2014 - 6:30pm
Rainforest Adventure Grand Opening
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|04/26/2014 - 9:00am
Rainforest Science
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|07/07/2014 - 8:45am
Rockets, Robotics, and the Space Station
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Science Behind Homebrewing
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Science Cafe: Beneficial Tobacco?
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Science Cafe: Electric Cars
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Science Cafe: Explaining Health Disparities
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Science Cafe: Invasive Lionfish
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Science Cafe: The Skin We're In
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Science of Ick
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Science Saturday: African Monsoons & Atlantic Hurricanes
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Science Saturday: Astronomy on the Edge
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Science Thursday Hawk Watch
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Science Trivia!
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STEM to LEAF
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Survival of the Fittest
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The Golden Eagle Has Landed
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Seattle >Food & Dining > Il Bistro
93 Pike St, Seattle, WA | Directions 9810147.608581 -122.340216
Mon-Sun: 5pm-10pm
Neighborhoods: Pike Place Market, Downtown
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Join us at IL Bistro for happy hour! Daily 5-6:30pm and Late night Sunday through Thursday 10pm until Midnight, Friday and Saturday 11pm until 1am.
Always a great happy hour here, or just go for good ole dinner. And you can use the valet service that is just upstairs!
I love the intimate, moody little bar in this restaurant just around the corner from gum wall. The killer happy hour offers bites & wine starting at just 3 bucks every day 5:00 pm. - 6:30 p.m.
il bistro is a hidden gem! this a candle-lit cavern is one of my favorite romantic restaurants in the city, serving amazing italian dishes made from the freshest local products of the pike place market. the wine list is extensive, focusing on regional and italian wines. don't know which one to pair with your meal, ask. the servers won't dissapoint with their recommendation. i can't wait till the next time i'm there.
Strike 3 on Service ~ You're out – Attracted by the mood and romantic atmosphere, my girlfriend and I returned to Il Bistro three times within two weeks. Our first experience at the bar was excellent. When we returned on a quiet week night for the food happy hour, we were greeted by EXTREMELEY slow service, and an undeserved attitude from the manager who rushed us into picking out a desert. Though the kitchen was no where near closing, we ordered what the menu claimed was "gelato." It was unmistakably ice cream...not gelato. Strike three on service came when we chose a romantic booth in view of the bar--a place we had seen other couples sitting on our previous visits. After being obviously ignored for 15 minutes, the hostess rebuked us for sitting in the "dining room" which was closed, and said to be served we would have to walk TWO STEPS away. We sat there stunned for a few minutes and discussed what we were going to do, when the manager (our favorite person with the famous attitude) told us again that the dining room is closed. My girlfriend smiled warmly and said we were just finishing a discussion and would only be a moment. He condescendingly repeated that we were sitting in the dining room, it was closed, and to be served we better move immediately. So we did: straight out the door, with no intention of returning. There is absolutly no reason to speak to people like that, especially in the service industry. And so much for the relaxed Italian atmosphere; it is obvious no one on staff has ever been there. We estimate Il Bistro lost about $600 over the next three weeks from us alone. We will tell others to avoid it, and encourage you to do the same.
great food – We just finished a wonderful meal. One of the best meals I have had. The chicken was prefect -- an amazing preparation. I can't wait to go back. Happy hour looks amazing but I haven't tried it yet. Next time...
Hard to find but, Well worth it! – I have been to quite a few little places (and bigger known places as well) in Seattle and one night a friend and I had asked around for ideas on a nice little, quiet, lounge-like restaurant. Il Bistro was mentioned and so, we decided to check it out.
The service from the moment we walked in the door (including a coat-check) was outstanding and the waiter was very good on giving suggestions on what to try off of the menu.
The wine was tremendous and I definitely will be back to Il Bistro soon and plan to tell all coworkers and friends about it as well!
Congrats Il Bistro on making one of my top restaurants of Seattle!
So romantic! – After reading all of the reviews of this restaurant, it definetely lived up to my expectations. I did ask for the private table, but apparently it was already booked. We were seated in the back corner which was just as romantic.
The food was very delicious. We started off with an eggplant appetizer. Something I wouldn't have selected myself but the waiter suggested it. Great flavor. Went on to share a salad and off to dinner!
I had the lamb and my husband had the chicken rissotto. The lamb was truly amazing, probably the best I've ever had. My husband was very happy with his dish as well. We finished our meals with a chocolate cake for dessert.
The atmosphere of the restaurant was very romantic. Service was good, but the waiter never came back to re-fill our glasses of wine. I'm almost wondering he did that on purpose to leave us to our privacy. We honestly didn't mind at all. We loved not being hounded or interupted.
The prices for the meal are very reasonable and the ambiance is truly made the night! We will be back!
Lived up to high expectations – We had fantastic service and the food was phenomenal. We've been back a few times over the last year or so and it's always been very consistent. Great little cozy and romantic location. Intimate bar. Great wine list.
Nice Romantic Dining – A bit hard to find but well worth it. Tucked under the newstand at Pike Place Market. One of Seattle's best kept secrets. Food was outstanding, service quick but not pushy, Our server, Melanie, was cheerful, and knowledge about the wine list and specials of the day. Good value for the cost. Cozy spot for couples to dine.
Great all around – This was an excellent restaurant. The service was excellent and checked in just enough so that we got everything we needed but also took care of us. The food was some of the best I have ever had. The location is tucked right under Pike Place Market and feels cozy.
Wonderful Food and Atmosphere! – I recently experienced the most wonderful place! My friend and I went to dinner at Il Bistro last week and was amazed at the great food and service. The waiter was very attentive. I can't say enough about the food, it was absolutely fabulous! I will be returning in the very near future! Thank you Il Bistro.
Does not live up to the other reviews – Went to dinner because of other reviews. Must have been an OFF-night...bread was refrigerator cold. The appetizer was barely warm and both of our dishes (special and pasta was very bland). Our wine was the only decent part...Out of there at $125. We live within walking distance but will never try again. Too many great restaurants in the area.
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Aluminum or Zinc particles from degrading non-magnesium anodes can find their way into the cold water side ( ie. drinking water ) if any cross connections or faulty mixer catridges or re-circulation systems are present. This subject was raised elsewhere, but no satisfactory responses were posted, and the mfrs, as usual, remain silent on an issue that might possibly be causing harm to people.
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2013 saw Android continue to roll, BlackBerry stumble, and Apple remain steady. What were some of your favorite smartphone memories from 2013?
It seems everyone in business has a smartphone today to keep connected to the office and enjoy their time away from the office. Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile phones sporting iOS, Android, Wi
Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since.
2013 saw Android continue to roll, BlackBerry stumble, and Apple remain steady. What were some of your favorite smartphone memories from 2013?
We have seen some fantastic smartphones in 2013 and one phone remained clearly at the top of my list. Another one recently knocked it out of my pocket, but it still remains in my collection.
I get amazing Verizon LTE coverage and will soon be experiencing significantly faster speeds thanks to their increased capacity rollout.
HTC see that the times are changing here in the US with AT&T joining T-Mobile to break out phone subsidies from monthly fees. An unlocked flagship HTC One running KitKat is an attractive option for no money down.
T-Mobile started something with their no-contract offerings that charged you just for service and not for phone subsidies. AT&T is the first to join them by stopping the double dipping penalty.
STM Bags makes some great cases for the iPhone 5/5s and a couple newer ones add some unique features. The Harbour 2 props up your iPhone while the Catch lets you carry along ID and credit cards.
The Moto X is my current favorite smartphone. At $299 with service plans starting at just $5 per month, Republic Wireless has a compelling offer for consumers.
I was hoping Motorola might stand apart from others in the Android space when Google purchased them. With their custom Moto Maker service and quick OS updates I think they are showing me they want to as well.
Nokia's massive 6-inch Windows Phone is available this week and includes all the best specs allowed by Microsoft. However, AT&T made some design trade-offs that detract from the overall value.
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Cramer's a fan of pipeline master limited partnerships, or MLPs. Although he often talks about the big boys, here he takes a look at some niche players.
"Smaller pipeline master limited partnerships are levered to specific commodities, like oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids," Cramer said. "So, in the interest of giving you more options, following are three more names for your radar."
MarkWest Energy Partners
"If you want a pipeline operator that's specifically focused on natural gas, then in my view the most valuable player is MarkWest Energy Partners," Cramer said.
MarkWest provides natural gas gathering, transportation, processing and fractionation services.
"The company's gathering systems are basically small networks of pipelines that collect natural gas from the wells where it's produced so it can be taken to a larger pipeline. Nat gas processing and fractionation is where you remove contaminants and then separate the pipeline quality natural gas from the nat gas liquids, like ethane and propane. So, if you're a natural gas producer, you need somebody like MarkWest to actually bring your gas to market," Cramer explained.
Although this stock is an MLP, Cramer added that there's a very important distinction between MarkWest and a lot of the other pipeline MLP's that he regularly talks about.
"Unlike Kinder Morgan and Enterprise Products Partners, which I talk about often, MarkWest is not simply a toll road," Cramer said. "The company gets 40% of its cash flows from fee-based business and the rest, comes from a percentage of the gas it processes."
That means this stock has some exposure to fluctuating commodity prices. And the spot price of nat gas has been a source of pain for more than a few investors.
However, the exposure may decline in the years ahead.
"MarkWest is moving aggressively to become more fee-based. By 2015, nearly two-thirds of MarkWest's business is expected to be of the fee-based toll road variety," Cramer said.
Therefore, if you believe that nat gas is the energy of the future, this stock belongs on your radar.
Plains All American
If you're interested in pipelines that carry crude, Cramer thinks you should take a look, here.
"Plains All American has tremendous assets that connect North Dakota's Bakken shale, the largest oil discovery in a generation, with the refineries in the Midwest," Cramer explained.
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I remember waiting for H to come home from "work" or "the store" if we were supposed to do something together. Telling the kids that "daddy will be home as soon as he can" and always the "daddy didn't mean what he said, he loves you and is upset about something else." In MC one night when I related that he told me I was making it up to hurt him.
did sleep with them but figures he's different because he 'always came home to me?'
capri - Before I found out, I threw my H a 50th Bday bash. I got friends of his from grade school there. It was huge and expensive. I spent about a year puttint together a list of 50things I loved about him.... one of them was
"And you always come home to me." That was something HE always said when I'd get suspicious or "paranoid". He'd ask me when he had time to have an affair with working all day and being home with me all night. Yeah, that's kind of what I figured too...talk about your naive!
and this...
Arrogant? OHHHHH, yeah! Funny, because there's this incredible lack of self worth, and yet arrogance all at once. He could do no wrong.
I found this to be at the root of many of the Waywards issues, not just the multiple cheaters. My H actually admitted this to me that he felt like crap, especially when around me. He admits it's a defense mechanism... the arrogance, but doesn't do anything to change that. I hear him telling acquaintences all kinds of exaggerations about his life and none of them are true. When I get a chance, I always tell these people that he's delusional. H gets mad at that but I tell him it's no longer acceptable to be a liar to anyone.
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try. -- Yoda
I look back on that now and wonder how awful he must have felt knowing that his family loved him that way and he was such a lousy POS. I don't think he had any more defenses to "numb" himself at that point. The affairs had been over for about 8 months and he was firmly out of the fog and working at recovery.
And then there it was in front of his face... how much he was loved and needed and appreciated.
I kept telling myself, he loved me and he was a good, principled person and I was lucky to have him working so hard.
Weepy, fwh has said the same thing: "When would I have time??" He always told me he was taking a nap at the truck pull-over because he was so tired from working all night. Every now and again, he'd drop a story about how he almost fell asleep at the wheel, or jolted awake. He had me feeling guilty for ever questioning anything. I am painfully aware that the naps may have mostly happened and only covered up meeting for coffee, or that they could have covered up daily morning events at her house. There were plenty of hours supposedly taken up by naps each day.
I can't count how many times I defended him to his own family. How many times I understood, how much abuse I took, the kids took, how I didn't stand up for me or for them, yet I had HIS back.
Yeah, I get really pissed sometimes.
[This message edited by weepy at 2:45 PM, October 30th (Tuesday)]
That's where I am today.
Something didn't add up when I first discovered bills he'd paid under someone elses' name. He claimed he was just helping out a neighbor who'd fallen on hard times. Something made me file that in the back of my memory and KEEP the bills.
When things were going well for us (right before Dday in 2005), I shredded them finally. Thinking that it happened before we were married and we were happy, it wouldn't bother me any more.
Wish I hadn't done that... but he confessed he'd dated and slept with her a few times and when she started expecting more (like help with finances) he broke it off... after all he was getting married in 6 months.
The really weird part... she had the same first name as his LTAP. He didn't even remember that. But I did because I'd seen the bills just months prior to Dday.
I found myself always coming behind him and trying to soften the hurt he caused to the kids, saying stuff like "oh, Daddy just had a hard day, ect." I really beat myself up for letting it be that way for years.
It just began so gradually, even thought I knew something was wrong with the way he treated us, (friends would tell me so) I just kept excusing it.
Now he seems so remorseful and is going to counseling and bible study....he seems to be a changed man.
My biggest problem is I just don't trust the change......I am so afraid it is not real. How do you ever feel safe after so many betrayals and so many years of lying.
I don't know how to trust again after an entire relationship's worth of lying. I don't know if you ever do. My WH keeps saying how much he loves me and how he feels closer to me than ever before. I guess those days of blindly trusting are over. I can hope he'll make better choices in the future...but can never really know what he -- or anyone -- will actually do.
I used to think I could "guarantee" fidelity by asking for it. I never believed someone, let alone my husband, would be able to lie to my face. When he wanted us to start a family, I said to him that I would never bring a child into a relationship that hadn't cemented their love with the promise that they would never jeopardize it. I said to him -- and I quote -- "we will undoubtedly face temptation in our relationship. Of course, there will be people we'll be attracted to. But before either of us does anything, let's promise that we'll get counselling or whatever it takes to ensure our marriage stays on track. If it can't be saved, then we'll know we did what we could."
He thought that was a simply splendid plan. Little did I know he had already had any number of ONS. He says now that he hoped a child would change how he acted. Three kids later, nothing had changed except my abdomen now looks like I hide marbles in it.
When he wanted us to start a family, I said to him that I would never bring a child into a relationship that hadn't cemented their love with the promise that they would never jeopardize it.
EO, I did the same thing. We waited 6 years before deciding to have kids. My parents' marriage had broken up just prior to our getting engaged and I told him flat out that I would NOT do that to a child, that he better be 110% sure he wanted to be married and have that child.
At the time, he did. I don't think he ever entertained any idea of cheating on me once we were married. I do believe he was 100% faithful and happy for the first 14 years of our marriage. I believe year 15 did him in.
My H thought throwing himself into a new home and remodeling project would help him stay out of trouble and for him it did help... the money was tight and his time was constrained somewhat. But he didn't stop until after we'd actually moved into the house. And the "project" took months longer than it should have... his way of dragging his feet on ending the affairs.
the party i had in my house for his 50th- i had invited 2 of his OW with their husbands because we were friends with them as couples! i feel sick now thinking about it.
the compartmentalization is so real. it is sick - but real.
as i said before- my H hates the old him and wants to recreate himself, but it is soooooo hard for me. i also think of all the times i was abondonded with my kids when he went on his conventions to meet his slut, or to a meeting to meet another slut.
the hardest part is realizing that i was an ENABLER!!! i centered my life around him and allowed him to treat me like shit. NO MORE.
dr. phil says "we teach people how to treat us". wow- that hit me like a ton of bricks- in a good way. i will no longer stand for being treated with disrespect by my H.
last saturday night he wanted to watch a movie with me, and i noticed that he had nodded off- as he always has in the past. i woke him up and said that if he fell asleep one more time, i would not watch the movie with him. he DID fall asleep again, and i left the room. he begged me to come back, but i did NOT. i will no longer be an enabler! i am free.
now - the big question- i am 3 months out from d-day, and have no feelings of respect, or love for him, or any desire to hug or kiss him. i see his whole life with me and the kids as one big lie. what are you ladies doing about those feelings???
have no feelings of respect, or love for him, or any desire to hug or kiss him. i see his whole life with me and the kids as one big lie. what are you ladies doing about those feelings???
I don't have much in those feeling departments either. And at 3 mo. I could barely stand the sight of him. I'd often ask him how he could bear to be in the same room with me -- a constant reminder of the pain he'd brought me. He said he was staying, period.
The fact that he withstood almost a full year of rage and accusations and fits and me walking out. I really, really abused the guy... well, that proved to me he was committed and got him a little respect back. That he finally started to go to IC and make some changes in the way he handled situations, that earned him a little respect.
But as far as jugement, or making decisions or his opinions.... nah, he's still a complete idiot in my eyes.
Our MC told us last week that marriages have difficulties, all of them. But if they are based in love, mutual respect and trust, then anything can be fixed. Well, he trusts me and loves me, but I don't feel he even still, even now respects me. And I have barely love for him now. Not too solid a foundation.
But it IS better than it was at 3 mo, 6 mo, even 18 mo.
I look at what we're doing now as starting over. I just thought the other day that he has 2 years of being faithful to me under his belt. I've been with him for 32, but he's only getting credit for 2, now that's sad.
Man could this be WH. SO many of your stories are like mine.
I just found out more tonight, but he says it doesn't count that he bought condoms to sleep with a co worker, because it never happened. NOthing physical ever did. They shared after hours phone calls and a ONLY neck rubs at the office. A few lunches and shared rides for business trips, but it doesn't count, because he did nto use them.
I say the intent was there. I say he did not have the opportunity. I say I had to FIND OUT rather than him tell me.
IT all addas up to another AP of sorts?
If so, it makes 4.
I am not sure I can continue with R.
Wonder if there is one that fits for massive denial on my part?
You want to hear massive denial? I found a novel I started to write about three years ago...after my husband and his work AP had a fling, but before the full-blown affair started. In it, I wrote about a woman who had just discovered her husband was having an affair with his assistant. I just found the pages I'd written a few weeks ago. My blood ran cold, the hair on my neck stood up. All I could think was "I knew all along..."
Here's my questions- Do any of you get negative reactions from your WS, when you tell someone else about the adultery? I recently told my cousin who i hadnt seen since d-day, and my husband was upset and said "YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDNT TELL ANYONE". i became furious- telling me about promises when he had broken every promise he ever made to me. he was really only thinking about himself and his own embaressment - not my healing.
Also- now my cousins think that I am sicker than him for staying married to him!!!! they dont want him to come to their houses anymore, as they feel that now that they know, they are condoning his behavior. Any of have this kind of experience???
high school sweethearts - prom and all
he followed me to college. he did better than extremely well.
married 11/1994 veterans day, we studied for midterms
2/14/1996 had ultrasound of 1st baby
2/15/1996 1st D day with sst.(#1) Full blown relationship, P and E
7/4/96 1st child (mad the entire pregnancy)
5/early/1998 find out about A that happened in 7/1997(#3) and he was still corresponding with sst(#1)
5/1998 graduation
7/1998 I'm not relocating with you -Please come with me -OK
11/1998 I'm not "In Love with you anymore"OK, I'm gone
4/1999 Lets work it out - OK
3/2000 Baby #2
12/2001 Baby #3
5/2002 D-day with girl(#5)
6/2005 family relocates again
I'm pregnant with Baby#4
11/05 H dxed with BP and manic for 6 months
12/30/05 left me for another girl. this time, EVERYONE knew, he was too ill to hide the fact. Trust me, the details are ill. He brought this one in my house when I was visiting family. A with srb(#6)
1/05 Manic D-Day
On a sunday morn. H decided to tell me about all the affairs girl s(#2)fall 1997? , girl s (#4)fall/winter 1998-99 (in his mania he said he was in love with her ?)
2/06 2 ONS (I won't even count them)there is enough already
More A's-likely
Inbetween there is a lot of dysfunctin on both of our parts but the out side looks pretty nice, pretty people with picket fences, ya'know
5/2006 He began R for Alcohol and BP doing really well with that. Sex addiction is harder to wrap your mind around, iguess
I attend lots of 12-step and even COSA.
Today, well our 13th wedding ann and HE's really excited. Me well, whatever, one day at a time, right.
He even got gifts and made reservations. Big deal for him. I'm impressed. He's on his way home form work which is far away and we haven't seen him for a while. He calls to let me know how he's looking fwd to the evening and that he will be home shortly. OK His phe calls the house accidentially and I can hear, "Let's hear it for Tina -OHHH". Now what "Tina" would be getting handclaps at 3pm in the afternoon? I call the phone, he doesn't pick up, I tell him that I understand that he's too busy to take the call for I know where he is. He shows later with roses and a pitiful face. He said he understood if I did not want to be around him. I went anyway, I'm not going to let your stupid choices ruin a great night. Me going and looking beautiful was eating him up. He actually wanted to talk about it. I told him, not till you talk to your sponsor.
I know I deserve better. Am I a woman with a few plans in her sleve, yeah, this domestic goddess ain't as stupid as she looks. I don't know but I'm paying attention. People that have been married 50 + yrs have gone thru a lot but serial adultury is abusive. Thanks for listening. I hope you were able to follow along. Hell I'm confused now.


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What's the minimum size generator (surge watts/continuous watts) that I would need
to start and run a 1/2 hp, 240 volt, 4 amp (FLA) submersible pump ?
I'm looking at the Harbor Freight 4000 watt surge/3200 watt continuous model
and was wondering if it would do the job.
Well, I've tossed it back and forth a dozen times or more on 2 wire vs 3 wire and
after reading pros and cons till my eyes crossed, I'm leaning toward the 2 wire.
Can't really give a definitive reason why; there's good arguments on both sides.
The actual pump I've decided on is a Gould, 7gpm, 230v, 4amp, 2 wire, model # 7GS05422C.
I want to go as cheap as possible on the generator since it's main use will be to power the pump during power outages.
I'll just be running it only long enough to refill the pressure tank (about 15 gal. of water) and then off again til I've emptied the tank again.
And the Harbor Freight 4000/3200 watt model is on sale for $289.99.
Just want to make sure it will do the job for the pump.
( I already have an efficient Honda EU2000i to power other small 120 volt items.)
I have a Honda 3500 that I use to test wells with a 1.5 HP pump. It will start the three wire, with control box pump easily. I don't think it would start a 1 HP in 2 wire.
There is a company that makes controls that will start and stop a generator using the pressure switch on the pressure tank. Pretty cool. I will post the link tomorrow when I get to my office.
Also, if you use the longest length of the smallest wire recommended for the motor horsepower, it makes a soft start and is much easier on the generator.
You mentioned you already have a honda EU 2000...I know for a fact that you can run a Grundfos 1/2 hp 115 volt 3" SQ pump on the 2000 eu with no problems whatsoever. You can also run that same grunfos on a 1000 running / 2000 surge inverter with no problems at all. If you spend a little more on getting that pump, you won't have to buy what is sure to be a very poorly made Harbor Freight generator.
For some reason, I was thinking that I had to buy the wire locally (don't know why I didn't check online, brain lapse I guess) and the
largest available submersible pump wire locally is 12 ga.
And according to the Goulds specs for their 1/2 hp, 115 v, 2 wire pump, the FLA is 7.9 amps and the maximum wire run should not exceed 178'
which is just under my run of 180'. That is the reason that I thought that I needed to go with 240 volts.
But if I go with 10 ga. wire, it would be a different story.
Now, If I'm figuring this right, the total dynamic head that the pump would see for my desired 30 to 50 psi pressure
would be 173 feet (100' to pump + 4' uphill + 69'(30psi) to 219 feet (100' to pump + 4' uphill + 115'(50psi).
So, in order to keep this total dynamic head (173' to 219') within the performance curve of either a Goulds or Grundfos 1/2 hp, 115v, 2 wire pump:
The Goulds pump would be the 7gpm, mod#7GS05421C with a FLA rating of 7.9 amps and a locked rotor rating of 28 amps.
And the Grundfos pump would be the 5gpm, mod#5SQ05-180-115v with a FLA rating of 7.7 amps
and a overload (locked rotor ?) rating of 11 amps.
Now, as I mentioned, my wire run is 180'.
For the Goulds pump, their max recom. run for 12 ga. is 178', and for 10 ga. is 284'.
For the Grundfos pump, their max recom. run for 12 ga. is 220' and for 10 ga is 360'.
These figures seem a little odd, however,
since Grundfos is allowing for a longer wire run even though their pump FLA is practically the same as the Goulds.
Also, I'm confused by what Grundfos is calling the overload amps; surely this is not the locked rotor or start current,
or is it, since one of the features of the Grundos pump is stated as:
"Excellent starting capabilities
The integrated electronic unit of the motor features soft starting. Soft start reduces the starting current and thus gives the pump a smooth and steady acceleration.
The soft starter minimizes the risk of wear on the pump and prevents overloading of the mains during start-up.
The excellent starting capabilities are a result of the high locked-rotor torque of the permanent magnet motor together with the few pump stages. The high starting reliability also applies in case of low voltage supply."
At any rate, my main question is: is this model Grundfos the same one that you are referring to that you said that your Honda EU2000i
can start without any problems ?
And is their overload rating of 11 amps really the start current ?
If so, I can see how the Honda will start it with no problems.
I can't see the Honda, however, starting the Goulds pump with its 28 amp start current
(that's 3220 watts, Honda is only rated for 2000 watts surge)
One more question: Even though it appears that I might be able to use the 115v Grundfos pump successfully
and start it with the Honda, is there any major downside (besides not being able to use the Honda)
in my particular situation, for using a 115v pump rather than a 230v pump ?
You're thinking this thing to death.
Use a 230 volt pump, Goulds or Grundfos with #12 wire and be done with it. We install 2 and 3 wire pumps, they both seem to have the same reliability. Given the thunderstorms in Ar, I would probably go with a 3 wire and keep an extra control box handy.
And forget about a Harbour Freight generator, it will let you down when you need it the most.
Craig, it's in a home that is "off-grid" so I can see why he's interested in these numbers.
He said the generators main purpose is to power the pump during power outages.
He isn't going to save any money by using a 115v unit, in fact it may cost him more when you consider that #12 is good for about 160' before he would have to up his wire size to #10. In addition, the 230v unit will draw less current which in theory should run cooler and provide a longer life, plus he can run #12 up to 650,' or for more savings he could use #14 and run it 400'.
I'd go with a 230volt unit
Here is the link to that generator that will start and stop using the pressure switch for the pump.
You do not really need to spend a lot on a generator.
Any 8 HP with a briggs will work good.
That one at HF looks like 6.5 HP and you would be happier with a 8 horse.
Good Luck
It's probably best to do the math and make the best selection rather than buy on price or convenience.
Romeo and Atlanta, MI
What is your submersible? Brand/Horsepower?
The Champion 3500/4000W is a 6.5 HP gen.
The 8 HP Briggs with the cast iron flywheel will keep you operating at 60HZ.
A lot of the newer BS has a aluminum flywheel and depend on the flywheel affect to happen in the generator, When you really need the weight on both ends of the Crankshaft.
Inverter Generators can work good IF you have batteries connected.
Have Fun.