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I still remember the first time I purchased a carpet in a specialized rug store. Up until that point, I had heard of such a thing as rug padding, but I admit I didn't know the first thing about it, including how it looks or what it's for. So, there I was, checking out the bottom of my carpet and asking the retailers "Is this what they refer to as carpet padding?" After a while of laughing, they managed to explain to me that rug padding is something completely different. I learned that a rug pad is a type of standalone padding placed between the rug and the floor with many benefits in mind. They didn't go too deep into telling me more about carpet pads but they did offer a free rug pad to go with the carpet, which I found a pretty sweet deal. However, when I later did some research of my own, I realized that the deal wasn't nearly as sweet as I thought, since these free rug pads are of horrible quality and can actually ruin the carpet. I quickly threw it away as I kept looking into the various types of rug padding. Since my rug was going to be stationed in the living room beneath a fairly sizeable table, I wanted to know if it was possible to prevent furniture indentations occurring after some time of being crushed by the table. I was very pleased to realize that, in fact, this was one of the more common reasons why people seek out a rug pad. All I needed was to make sure the rug pad in question was dense and rigid enough, of the appropriate material to go with my carpet. I was also hoping that the padding might help block cold temperatures from the floor making their way above the rug. Apparently, a flat rubber rug pad often comes in as the best choice for this. I was very surprised by the many various functions a rug pad can perform just by lying on the floor inert, such as preventing the sliding of those smaller area rugs. There were also rug pads that could, much like the free rug pad given to me by the vendor, damage the rug, often in the form of stains. I can't imagine buying a rug pad expecting benefits and having your carpet stained by it as a result feels that pleasant. Because I only have one rug that's not even a full room one, I was able to afford appropriate rug padding without too much dent in my pocket, but if you have a house full of rugs and are looking to outfit each with a quality rug pad, you might want to consider your budget before deciding to shop. Rug pads are fairly abundant and the best place to get them is often through ordering online, as it requires the least hassle and ensures you will get a rug pad of the exact size you require. Also, recently I discovered RugPads.Net, a great website if you want to order premium rug pads.
Maintenance of the rug and its pad
The care and cleaning of rugs is always a hot topic. With each rug we add to our homes, there's a lot of potential cleaning difficulties lurking. The infamous drink spills as well as animals marking their territory can cause horrible stains if not dealt with properly, and will assuredly add a lot more cleaning troubles should an accident ever occur. And yet, this does little to dissuade any potential rug owner from purchase. We like to think that the reason for this, aside from carpets being awesome, is that rug care, and with it, rug pad care, are not all that difficult once the owner has familiarized themselves with dos and don'ts of carpet cleaning. Every type of rug has a specific way you're supposed to care for it. When you got that fancy rug pad to keep your area rug firmly in place, or maybe to add cushioness under the rug in your children's room, you probably weren't taking into consideration that it, too, requires some care and cleaning, just like the rug. If you have furniture over your carpets, you probably got a dense and sturdy rug pad to prevent furniture marks on the rug, but this alone is not enough. You must look to frequently rotate the carpet pad whenever it faces constant pressure in certain spots. Even people always standing on, or passing across the same spot, can, over time, deform the rug pad. A primary aspect of rug pad care is occasionally rotating your pads to prevent permanent deformities. The cleaning is another issue. Many rug pads, depending on their material, will absorb moisture to a point where the rug pad starts giving off a foul smell because of rot inside it. Often, this moisture comes in the form of liquid spilling onto the carpet. The carpet owners clean the carpet but forget about the rug pad, and pay the cost when they are forced to throw away their rotting rug pad. Another source of the moisture could be the carpet itself, where the carpet owner places a wet or partially wet carpet over the rug pad. The carpet, being thinner than the rug pad and being out in the open, will eventually dry, but not before the rug pad absorbs a ton of moisture that has nowhere else to go. The moisture can even come from cleaning the floor and then placing the rug pad back before it has dried. Not all issues are moisture related, however. Sometimes, the rug pad will get dusty just like the carpet can, and it might even hold dirt and debris. In this case, you'll want to start things off by carrying the rug pad outside and trying to shake down the dirt lodged in. If this doesn't work, you will have to go to the trouble of vacuuming the rug pad on its own before you place it back under the carpet. Not following these steps can cause the rug pad to return much of the dust back to a freshly cleaned carpet, meaning you have to clean both all over again.
The relationship between rugs and their pads
A rug pad is often a rug's best friend and companion. It complements the rug in many ways, adding functionality and prolonging its life greatly. Yet the rug pad can also be the carpet's detriment. Improper choice of rug padding can wear down your rug, stain or even destroy it completely, as well as damaging the floor upon which it lies. But even if you take all the steps to ensure the rug pad type is in accordance with the type of your rug, lack of appropriate rug pad care can often bring the carpet down. You must understand that choosing which rug to buy and choosing where it will be located is far from everything you need to do for your carpet. Yes, picking the right rug padding is a step in the right direction, but just because you know you picked a material that won't stain your carpet doesn't mean you are ready to place the rug pad underneath the rug and forget all about it. Choosing the right functionality is most important, but once you have gotten and placed your rug pad, it's your turn to ensure you can experience its benefits long into the future, and you won't be able to do that without proper rug pad care. A rug pad is its own object and as such requires its own dedicated care, however small it might be, or smaller compared to rug care. Rug pads are often made from fiber, rendering them, in a sense, not unlike a carpet. So in a way, it's like having one or two more carpets underneath your main one. If a liquid pours through one carpet, would you clean that one and ignore the others? Of course not. But many people don't think like this when it comes to rug pads, and are then stuck buying new ones after a while because the old ones were ruined by lack of care. If liquid is to spill onto the carpet, you must immediately think of the rug pad as well. More likely than not, you have a fiber rug pad that immediately started soaking that liquid in. If you leave it unattended, extra cushioning and sound insulation aren't the only things your rug pad will provide you with – there will be a repugnant smell as the rotting inside of the pad becomes gradually worse. So the next time your carpet gets soaked in liquid, consider how exactly you will dry the rug pad so that there isn't any humidity left. Depending on the type of liquid, you might need to first wash the entire rug pad with water and detergent and only then see about drying it thoroughly. While you can offset some of the risks related to humidity compromising the rug pad by opting for a more industrial material, such as flat rubber, this does not mean you can let your guard down as you will still need to dust or even vacuum the rug pads regularly to maintain their cleanliness in the face of constant traffic.
How to Take Care of Rug Pads
Rug pads could last for a longer period of time only if one remembers to take precautions while it is being used. The most common types of damage to rug pads include sun damage, moth damage, dog chews, cat scratches, water damage, chemical damage, vacuum cleaner damage, pet stains and uneven wear.
In order to keep the rug pads for hardwood floors or any other surface safe and durable, you must keep an eye on your pets. Dogs tend to chew them when their teeth are growing. The best way to prevent them from chewing is to sprinkle a few moth flakes near the rug so that they wouldn't go near it. Similarly, with cats you could squirt them whenever they use the rugs or rug pads to sharpen their claws.
It is always better to place legged stools under the flowering pots and planters because if you place them directly over the rugs, there could be chances of leakage after you water them. This could cause damage to the rug pads as they'll absorb moisture and soften. They'll become more prone to breakage and the strength will weaken gradually if not monitored properly or dried completely before using them again.
Insects like moths can also damage rug pads for hardwood floors. You should clean the rugs regularly vacuum the areas even the ones lying under furniture to prevent the rug pads getting damaged from insects. There are different forms of insects that damage the rug pads. Flying moths usually don't eat the rugs but the female moths lay eggs that hatch in four to ten days and the larva that comes out of it eats the rug pads.
The larvae camouflage the color of their cocoons to the color of the rugs and if not cleaned properly, they could cause a lot of damage to the rug pad. The taste of wool and other fibers varies from color to color so they tend to eat more of it. You could find the spots and holes in the rug pads but not the insects as they could be of the same color. All kinds of insecticides even don't work on such insects so it is better to monitor and clean the rug pads thoroughly in order to prevent from such insect attacks.
Chemicals being used on the floors for cleaning could damage the rug pads if they are not removed. They could cause the fabric to tear away. The ultraviolet rays coming directly from the sun can also cause the colors to fade away easily.
It is better to use rug pads made of polyester as rubber pads tend to crack and crumble from the edges over the years. They also tend to stick to the surface after a period of time. They could stick to the hardwood floors and are difficult to clean up.
It is important to take these precautions and help to prolong the life of rug pads rather than getting a new one every time it is damaged.
Features of Best Rug Pads
It is very important to protect your hardwood floors by having a rug pad. However, one should be careful in what kind of rug pad is suitable for the hardwood floor that you have in your house. While there are many rug pads, most of the time they can be of very low quality. They are made from plasticizers which have very low quality. As a result, they stick on the floor leaving permanent stains or scraping off to your hard floor.
Types of Rug Pads
It is essential to know more information about the types of hard floor you possess. Most of the time, they are finished off with polyurethane. In recent times, however, factories have started to replace them with acrylic and vinyl. Sometimes, lacquered is also used. If the hard floor you have has properties as mentioned, then make sure that you do not use a PVC or a plastic rug pad. This is because PVC has a tendency to react to floors that are not made of polyurethane.
There are different materials available in rug pads so that the customer has a range of choices to choose from. They consist of polymer, reused jute, PVC, felt and rubber, natural rubber amongst others.
Best Rug Pads
One of the best qualities of rug pads are of felt. They have an incredibly soft cushioning. It also lends a support for areas which are comparatively larger. These are generally the most popular rug pads in the market. They have thicker and tighter attributes which act as a solid buffer between the rug and the floor. They are devoid of rubber or PVC which make them perfect and safe for all kinds of floors. On the other hand, smaller rugs will not have enough of a grip so that felt rug pads are more appropriate for larger rugs.
Another benefit of felt and natural rug pads is that it is eco friendly. In addition to this, it is very much safe on all the floors and finishes. It is recommended that you use felt and natural rug pads even though the syntax latex are not as durable as one would like. Though are they cheaper, they tend to crumble after a particular period of time.
If you are looking for non-slip padding, then look no further than natural rubber rug pad. It is best used on wooden floors. Similar to felt rug pads, natural rug pads also have a very tight hold so that there is less chance of slipping. They have longer life duration and are user friendly in all kinds of floors and finishes. They are especially useful in places where the climate is hot and humid all around the year.
A setback with vinyl rug pads is that they hold on to moisture and may cause the finishing of the floor to turn yellow.
Hence, you should use the best rug pads to protect your hard wood floor.


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But according to a review of primary education, English children could be a case of too much too soon when it comes to learning.
Top school searches:
- Primary education
- School curriculum
- Educational games
- Nursery school
- Primary teaching
- Child development
- Primary school
- Help with study
- Home schooling
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The review suggests that formal schooling should be delayed until the age of six and the play-based learning common in nurseries continue until that time.
Known as "Early Years Foundation Stage", this play-based curriculum includes some literacy and numeracy goals and extending this kind of learning would bring England in line with much of Europe, where school begins at six or seven years old.
The review, based on six years of academic study, says: "This would give sufficient time for children to establish positive attitudes to learning and begin to develop the language and study skills which are essential to their later progress".
The review also calls for the numeracy and literacy-focused national assessment tests (Sats) to be scrapped.
Schools minister Vernon Coaker disagreed. He told the BBC: "A school starting age of six would be completely counter-productive – we want to make sure children are playing and learning from an early age and to give parents the choice for their child to start in the September following their fourth birthday.
"Our expert group on assessment said it would be a backward step to scrap English and maths tests at 11 and we are piloting a School Report Card, which will give parents a far broader picture of how schools are doing."
Let us know what you think? Is it a case of too much too soon for young children?

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Discussion in 'Camping at Disney World' started by dalovett, Dec 20, 2012.
Thank you all my Disboards friends for stopping by to say hello.
Sure hate we missed you - had to leave bright and early the 7th. Since you have added so much since the youtube video in 2010, do you know if anyone is going to post the *new* version on youtube? Sure would love to see it
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Cyber security: Protecting the nation's digital highways
Computer networks control the nation's power grid, air traffic control system, stock markets, e-commerce and more. It's why President Barack Obama identified a cyber attack on the country's network infrastructure as one of the most significant threats facing the United States.
Engineering researchers at the University of Rhode Island agree. Projects here aim to prevent a devastating virtual attack.
"Imagine there is no Internet. Imagine a massive blackout caused by hackers from a foreign country. Imagine at the same time the cell phone network didn't work," Associate Professor Yan Sun says. "People would panic and there would be serious consequences."
The chances of such an attack increase every day as we wirelessly connect all sorts of devices – smart phones, alarm systems, cars and even refrigerators – to the Internet. In the battlefield, soldiers carry equipment that beams back video, troop movements and other information to command centers miles away. It's a field day for hackers.
To foil hackers, Sun and her colleagues focus on developing better secure network protocols that route packets of digital information to their destinations. Some algorithms ensure the packets take the correct path and are not intercepted or delayed by hackers. Other algorithms strengthen secure synchronization protocols that use a common time on trusted computers to ensure data are delivered correctly and in time.
To protect the domestic power grid, Associate Professor Haibo He is building computer models of the grid to help utilities identify and eliminate weak points. With the click of a mouse, his team can see the nationwide effects of a major transmission line or power plant going offline.
Elsewhere, researchers want to ensure the credibility of online information. Internet shoppers turn to online reviews to decide whether to purchase a toy, a book, a hotel stay or entrust their child to a particular day care. Software under development by Sun and her team promises to warn consumers about sham reviews.
The research builds on the college's strengths in signal processing. The analysis of patterns in signals lends itself directly to developing methods to identify patterns in online reviews. Looking for errors – or lack thereof – in prescribed patterns can help researchers spot false reviews.
To maximize their research, engineering faculty and students team up with the University's Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Center, a cross-disciplinary effort to address network security in its totality.
"Cyber security is a relatively new field and not too many solutions exist yet," Professor He says. "But our work promises to find them."
Yan Sun
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4 East Alumni Ave.
Kingston, RI 02881 USA
Haibo He
Associate Professor, electrical engineering
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Our job in life is to help others.
If we are an electrician, we help people live better lives by having functioning electricity in their homes.
A magician, we bring joy and happiness to children of all ages.
If we are a nurse, we serve others by helping them recuperate, restore and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Most occupations involve helping others – in small or big ways.
Our intention is so very important in this regard.
If we trudge along, clock in and clock out, and do the bare minimum at work, we will have an unfulfilling work day.
But if instead, we view our role as a helper, a facilitator, an ally and a fellow sufferer, our job can be transformed to one of meaning.
Some may view an immigration lawyer as one who completes forms.
But that is not it at all.
We help change people's' lives.
Bringing spouses together, helping families begin a new life together in America, keeping families intact – this is what we do.
We often liken it to helping people into a big boat – a big boat called America.
Our job is to patrol the waters and help as many people into the boat as possible.
This metaphor works for whatever type of people you serve.
Uncle Seth would call it building a tribe.
We liken it to staying connected to everyone we had on the boat and got safely to shore.
For today, let us frame the work that we perform in the spirit of helpfulness.
Ease the suffering of another or simply make their life a little better today.
There are certainly worse ways to spend the day.


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Meetings & Weddings
You've decided to have a Newburyport wedding or event! Maybe it's because you live or work here. Perhaps you summered here as a child, or spent winter vacations cross-country skiing in one of our parks. Or possibly you've never been to Newburyport, but were intrigued by the beauty, history and charm. Whatever your inspiration, we are glad to have you and are honored to introduce our area's event professionals.
The following is an enhanced listing of participants in the chamber's Marketing Program. For a complete list and contact information for meeting & wedding professionals, click here to view our membership directory.
Detailed Engagements
18 Center Street, Newburyport, MA 01950
Detailed Engagements offers a wide range of services to meet your specific needs. From full-service planning to hourly consultations and everything in between, we are able to customize each experience to best fit your individual event. Our team is dedicated, caring and always there! We specialize in taking the stress out of your planning, so that you can enjoy every minute of your engagement!.


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German Dance No. 6 WoO 13 in B-flat Major, a composition by the classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The piano score of this piece was first published in 1800 and is part of Miscellaneous pieces by Beethoven.


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UH Manoa Campus Events Calendar
Introduction To SucculentsJuly 22, 9:30am - 11:30am
Manoa Campus, Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Rd Honolulu HI 96822
Instructor: Mark Daranciang, from Once Again Nurseries
Description: Are you a "succer" for succulents? Just wondering what all the fuss is about for these very popular plants? If so, sign up for our Intro to Succulents class. Participants will learn the basics about caring for and growing succulents. Staff from Once Again Nurseries in Waimanalo will be sharing their love and knowledge about these very cool plants and will also have some for purchase during the class. Another class may be offered on a later date if this one fills up.
Date, Time, and Cost:
SAT. July 22 9:30a-11:30a $10
Location: Lyon Arboretum Visitor's Center Upstairs Classroom
Supplies: None
Registration required. Please call (808) 988-0456 to register.
Ticket Information
Pre-registration required. Please call 988-0456 to register.
Event Sponsor
Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Campus
More Information
(808) 988-0456, http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum
|Saturday, July 22
Introduction To Succulents
Manoa Campus, Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Rd Honolulu HI 96822
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Wettest Week 20/08/2016Posted by zoidion in agriculture, Climate, Event, forecast, herbalism, homesteading, Long Emergency, Photography, urban agriculture.
Tags: astrology, astrometeorology, flood, forecasting, garden, hand-pollination, herbalism, Louisiana, lunation, Minnesota, seed-saving, tincture
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Twin Cities ephemera: This morning, for the first time since probably May, I put on jeans and a long-sleeve shirt before going outside to check the rain gauge. Going past the hardy kiwi vines, I noted the many yellow leaves as those perennials respond to the shorter days: two hours of daylight less than at the summer solstice (Cancer solar ingress) two months ago. And the hops are approaching their fullness.
Yes, the seasonal shift is apparent, and the first hint of autumn comes right on astro-meteorological schedule.
Another round of rain showers has begun, leading me to total the numbers for the month so far: over six inches, with the awareness that many other locations across Minnesota have recorded much more.
It may not make much difference in my yard — though I'm concerned that the cherry and pear trees may be damaged by excess moisture — but the persistent wet conditions may spell trouble for large-scale harvest operations, dependent as they are on field access by heavy machinery. I wonder if a significant portion of commodity crops will end up rotting.
With plenty of heat and moisture, and enough sun, it's been a good season for tomatoes. We put together a quart of salsa — using homegrown onion, chives and basil — and put up a half-dozen bottles of tomato juice. I dug up a patch of volunteer yellow dock (Rumex crispus), washed the soil off the roots, and spent an evening trimming and slicing them to fill a half-pint jar that I topped off with certified organic Prairie brand vodka (distilled in the region from corn grown in the region) to start a tincture: good (usually in combination with another herb) for treating skin disorders and general detoxification.
As I mosey about the back yard, squeezing through the narrowed paths resulting from the extravagant growth, I feel a bit impatient for autumn, when I can move several clumps of perennials that have become much bigger than anticipated. Even as I marvel at the eight-foot-tall sunflower plant that volunteered itself nearby, I look forward to pulling out the vast tangle of stems that have reached out from one mound of spaghetti squash. And I ponder if there's enough season left to hand-pollinate a blossom on the huge butternut squash plant that has grown voluntarily on one of compost piles; it's probably not a purebred plant anyway, so its seed would not grow out true to type next season.
I already did that, however — hand-pollinate, that is — with one of the spaghetti squash blossoms, and it's been a marvel to watch it grow so rapidly.
one day after pollination
seven days after pollination
Yes, as the turn of the season comes into view, I find myself recalling the barrenness of this landscape only four months ago. It's an annual astonishment.
It was the first-quarter Moon — at local noon (Sun at the upper meridian) on the tenth — that marked the following week as likely the wettest of the summer. It's a cardinal rule of astro-meteorology that when a lunation (New or Full Moon, first or last quarter) aligns with either the meridian or horizon of the season (ingress) chart, the most notable weather event of the season quickly follows.
In this case, the first-quarter Moon in water-zoidion Scorpio aligned with the eastern horizon of the Cancer ingress chart. For further emphasis on rainfall, Venus was coming into alignment with deluge-and-flood-potential Neptune, the latter potently located at the lower meridian (opposite the circle-with-vertical-line) of the ingress chart.
Within a few hours of the first-quarter Moon, the rain began falling, and within a few hours the gauge held two point six-three inches. Not too far west of here, the area around Willmar was inundated with nearly ten inches of rain.
But even that was less than half of what fell on southern Louisiana in what is now being recognized as the greatest weather disaster in the country since Superstorm Sandy struck New Jersey / New York in 2012. Some 40,000 homes have been inundated. Some rivers there recorded their highest crests ever — greater than from any hurricane, and this from a storm without a name: just one aspect of the complex of abnormalities that now comprises "the new normal."
The same two charts, recast for Denham Springs, Louisiana, have the same zoidia on the axes of horizon and meridian. The main difference is in the first-quarter Moon chart: Moon very closely aligned with eastern horizon. (Note the crescent-Moon symbol close to the degree indicated by the circle-with-horizontal-line.)
Bingo! Instances such as this afford astro-meteorologists the capacity to anticipate the approximate timing and location of crucial — even catastrophic — events far in advance: as far ahead as the astro-meteorologist is motivated to look. Something that techno-meteorologists can't hope to do.
Far away, however, during Full Moon week, the equivalent of a Category Two hurricane was spinning in the central Arctic Ocean — again, the strongest such event since 2012. In a way, that's not surprising: considering that the recent weather pattern has had heat surging north from the Asian land mass, across Siberia, and over the Arctic Ocean. This and other storms have been breaking up and churning what remains of Arctic ice at its seasonal ebb.
What was formerly normal for the Arctic region is greatly disturbed: The Northwest Passage is open to shipping, villages along the shore are being abandoned, Greenland's vast icecap is melting and collapsing.
And in the months immediately ahead, what cold(er) air masses remain, have to go somewhere. The North American continent appears to be the likely outlet. That, plus a key indicator in the autumn season (Libra solar ingress) chart, points toward a series of cold shocks that are likely to also affect harvests in gardens and industrial fields across much of fly-over land.
More later.
Rain Bombs Away 04/08/2016Posted by zoidion in Climate, Event, herbalism, homesteading, Long Emergency, Photography.
Tags: astrometeorology, Ellicott City, flood, meridian, Moon, Neptune, Pisces, rain bomb
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Twin City ephemera: The first rumbles of distant thunder, as darkness yielded to gray, stirred me from an uneasy muggy night.
Another day — actually, another hour or so — another two inches plus of rain. Frankly, I was amazed — it didn't seem to be coming down quite that hard and fast. And I didn't notice any ponding along the border between lawn-land next door and garden-land over here, as I did during and after the bigger 5 July storm.
But more and more often, rainfalls — at least in this part of the world, and even more in this country's northeast quadrant — happen as deluges.
Anyway, relief is already in the air: relief from tropical-style dew points.
Yesterday, first thing, I was smart enough to get going on this year's batch of immunity-boosting tonic. It's elderberry season just now, and the first related project was drying a quart of berries in the dehydrator, for tea through the rest of the year. (I'm still using last year's.)
Making the tonic is a bit more involving: shopping for the other ingredients at an herb shop, simmering everything for an hour-and-a-half (what I recall from the workshop I went to), letting it sit for a while through an extended chat with my astro-buddy, straining out the liquid and decanting into several quart-size jars, adding just a bit of honey.
The ingredients: twelve cups water, three cups elderberries, one cup astragalus, one-quarter cup ginger, one cup echinacea, one cup lycii (goji) berries. (This time, I omitted the half-cup of burdock root.)
I would have preferred to do that cooking outside, on the rocket stove, but I couldn't get it going. No doubt it didn't help that there was a little pile of wet ashes in the firing chamber, left over from last time I used it. Guess I better find a way to keep it better covered.
Through much of the process of picking the elderberries, a medium-sized gray bird — species unknown — served as overseer. It would perch on one of the inner branches, keeping quite still as I clipped the sagging, deep-purple clusters of berries. Often it would repeatedly open and close its beak, making a slight exhalation sound. Sometimes it would be on the ground, hopping along, endangered by the cat that occasionally prowls here.
Was it sick? During one of those very muggy days, I found it in the half-full water can, seemingly fully bathed but unable to get out. A bit later and it would have been exhausted and drowned. I poured the bird out onto the ground.
One more backyard drama — less entertaining, no doubt, than the sight and sound of me discovering, squeezing and pounding the Japanese beetles. They seem to find the leaves of the raspberry and fireweed plants, and one of the hazelnut bushes, especially tasty and nutritious.
When I checked the transits — the positions of Sun, Moon and planets — for the time (just about seven a.m.) that this latest downpour arrived, in relation to the chart for the season, well, it's a classic. It doesn't always happen quite so neatly, but it does illustrate a basic rule of astrometeorology: When the Moon crosses the horizon or meridian of the season chart, a significant change in the weather is indicated.
In this case, the Moon at that moment was exactly crossing the upper meridian, moving through the zodiac in counter-clockwise direction.
See the crescent-Moon symbol in the outer ring: the transit ring? It's in exactly the same degree as the circle-with-the-vertical-line symbol, indicating the upper meridian, in the inner ring: the season chart.
The Moon's having passed Venus in the previous hours showed plenty of moisture available as the frontal boundary of a different air mass passed this way.
The lower meridian of the season chart is the prime indicator for relative moisture: With the zoidion Pisces and planet Neptune there, an overall wet summer marked by likely deluges was the expectation.
The season chart for Ellicott City, Maryland — sixteen degrees of longitude to the east — also shows Pisces and Neptune at the lower meridian, but with Saturn (indicating greater storminess) close to the Ascendant.
There, less than a week ago, a small, historic valley town was devastated by a "rain bomb" storm: a "thousand-year" flood for the second time in this decade.
Meteorologists these days refer to "training": intense rain-producing storms that form one after another and move, analogous to a series of railroad cars, across the same small area, in a timeframe of several or more hours. They produce impressive rainfall totals and often catastrophic flash floods.
Here's one scene of the aftermath in Ellicott City.
(Photo from Washington Post.)
Robert Scribbler has one story. And the Baltimore Sun has another.
One distinction to make re: astrometeorology: At the time of the storm, the Moon was not crossing horizon or meridian in Ellicott City's season chart, reflecting the fact that the meteorological situation was not that of a front separating air masses passing through.
It was an atmospheric situation fed by summer heat and vast amounts of moisture coming off super-heated offshore waters.
Still, there was a combination of clear warning signs for that region in the lunation chart cast for the fourth-quarter Moon: the Moon (a tide of atmospheric moisture) one degree from the lower meridian, and Pluto (catastrophic destruction) on the horizon.
Ellicott City, pretty and historic as it is, is in a vulnerable location, in an era when rain bombs are becoming more frequent. There is discussion about making valley buildings more flood-resilient, some of them with basements retrofitted to allow flood waters to flow through them rather than accumulate. Another idea: parking-ramp-size tanks to capture flood waters for gradual release later.
It will be interesting and revealing to follow the course of Ellicott City's adaptation in the years to come. How much can be preserved? How much must be abandoned?


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Owned since new?
Owned for how long?
4.5 year(s)
Buy this make again?
Price and equipment8.0/10
At the time was a good deal. $20 000 for a Euro car. Decent street cred. ABS, nice alloys, 4 air bags, steering wheel music controls etc.
Under the bonnet4.0/10
Was great on the open road. A bit too screamy around town. Slow through the gears.
How it drives8.0/10
Gripped the road like a cat. Always felt safe in regards to handling and braking. This is a big plus. Suspension a tad firm tho.
Comfort and practicality6.0/10
Seats firm and driver had lumbar support. Back seat legroom tiny. Hard for adults to get into. Often knocking heads on roof line. Ouch! But boot great size for such a little car. Perfect for 1 or 2.
Aesthetics and styling10.0/10
Cute little car.
Safety and security10.0/10
Central locking worked fautlessly. And had an auto lock option, (you drive off and car locks automatically once you exceed 8kph). Very handy. With ABS brakes, decent tyres and great road holding, I always felt safe.
Quality and reliability8.0/10
Car was great overall. Steering pin/rod failed early. Replaced under warranty. BUT timing belt must be changed at 4 years, or else it fails...and damages the engine in the process! Costly to fix. I learned the hard way.


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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Odds & Ends
Yes, backsplash. From the kitchen reno in March of--gulp--2009. I had miscut a piece of backsplash and bought a new piece way back then...and it's been on the back seat of the Toaster ever since. Which means that there was, until yesterday, a big chunk of kitchen wall behind the stove with no backsplash.
Scotty shamed me into action. Yesterday--hey, he shamed me into action but didn't cure me of procrastination!--I dragged all the junk out of the Toaster with the help of my (now-retired) Wingman Randy. Then I measured, cut, and hung the new piece of backsplash. We dug further and found more house-related things in the back seat of the Toaster: the last four cabinet pulls for the kitchen cabinets, my wrecker bar that I'd long thought to be left behind on the roof of the house, the paint chip from when I matched paint to front parlor wallpaper, and two boxes of Keurig K-cups.
The cabinet pulls are now on the cabinet doors. The wrecker bar is in the bottom of the EMS box that I snagged from work in a surplus property giveaway, and my other tools and nails and sandpaper and the like are all neatly organized in the EMS-box-turned-toolbox. (I should mention that it's been sitting empty in my spare bedroom for four years.) The paint chip was taken to Wal-Mart and I brought a gallon of Dutch Boy paint home. Only the K-cups are still not in their proper place, but today I am going to clean out the kitchen pantry. Oh yes, I am.
It feels good to have all those little odds and ends taken care of...not to mention that the Brave Little Toaster is now also the Clean Little Toaster, at least on the inside.
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Hahaha. that's great. I'm impressed at how much you've done in the past day.ReplyDelete
I am so glad to hear someone else has house odds and ends hanging around in their car. For a length of time. And the prybar/crowbar that you thought was on your roof being in your car. I will now look in the back of my car for my crowbar since I was assuming it fell through the floor during the remodel to the basement. It makes so much more sense for it to be in my car. Thanks for the share.ReplyDelete
Every toaster needs the crumbs shaken out of it from time to time . . .ReplyDelete
I love Kate's comment! I saw the mention in there of "retired" and thought I would mention that as of March 18th I will be retired. BIG step -- but I can't wait to not set the alarm to get up. :-) I have 23 years of "I'll look at that later, I'll get to that later" in my house!ReplyDelete


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The magic combination Maveron looks to invest in
by Anarghya Vardhana
In the last 15 years, technology has become deeply woven into the fabric of consumers' lives. It started with early game changers like eBay (market cap $28B), which took in-person swapping and trading and made it digital. America Online changed communication paradigms forever with early adoption of email (current, global email adoption is nearing 40%). More recently, innovation and technology has penetrated every single industry, from healthcare to art, from entertainment to transportation.
As a consumer-only venture fund, Maveron is deeply interested in finding, investing in, and growing the next, big, consumer-tech brands of tomorrow. We're struck by how interconnected the world has become. In a short period of time, consumer technology in the social networking space has completely changed how people interact with each other. We now "Facebook" one another to find, cultivate, and maintain friendships. Birthdays and relationships are validated by their existence on Facebook. To provide a sense of the pace, in a mere 12 years Facebook has grown to a multi billion-dollar business with more than 20% of the world's population using it monthly.
We also note how industries with notoriously poor consumer satisfaction are particularly ripe for disruption. No consumer ever says says "I love my bank". By contrast, Earnest is a portfolio company that allows for easy, transparently priced digital lending in an industry that has historically been mired with painful, lengthy processes. We believe every industry marked by a poor customer experience will have a consumer-friendly brand emerge with which millennials can relate. In fact, this is the premise behind our investments in businesses like Common (residential real estate), Booster Fuel (gas), Dolly (large goods delivery), Arivale (heathy and wellness), and Instamotor (used car buying and selling). As consumer investors, we challenge ourselves with finding founders and teams who can create an emotional layer and stickiness on top of technology, thereby building a brand. Visionaries who can turn products into passions.
As an investor at Maveron, I often find myself answering the question, "what do you mean by consumer-only?" from other investors and entrepreneurs alike. Before I address what qualifies as a consumer, tech brand, let's quickly familiarize ourselves with what b2c companies are versus b2b companies.
A b2c company is one in which a business sells products or services directly to a customer, and where the product or service completely integrates into a consumer's life. Examples of b2c companies are Netflix and Uber or Google and Snapchat. These companies are all providing different types of services or products to the consumer, and have different ways of monetizing. But ultimately, all resonate deeply with the consumer and are integral to the end user's life. In contrast, a b2b company sells products or services to a business or company. And b2b company examples include Salesforce and Oracle, or Workday and Tableau — companies that are oriented around products designed for use within the enterprise.
As a venture capital firm interested in consumer technology, we are looking to form relationships and partner with entrepreneurs that are building technology companies which provide products or services directly to a customer. More importantly, we are looking to be inspired – to partner with entrepreneurs who want to fundamentally change industries and delight consumers.
In the past, Maveron has invested in non-technology consumer companies, such as Potbelly and Pinkberry. However, over the past few funds, we have refocused our entire effort on technology-based consumer companies as we believe digital leverage significantly increases the chance of a venture-scale outcome in three important ways:
- The path to forming a technology startup is more unhindered and frictionless than ever with the infrastructural support of ubiquitous internet and accessible cloud services. Technology companies can, and do, start from homes and garages as entrepreneurs quickly spin up servers in the cloud and build their website or app. Infrastructure costs that could be well past six figures a couple decades ago, are minimal now. Barriers to entry are low, appetite for technology is high, and a culture of entrepreneurship is burgeoning.
- Technology-based companies have the innate advantage of benefiting from economies of scale. Software scales quickly, and is well-suited to provide venture returns. You can serve more users without having costly additions to the company, unlike traditional brick and mortar businesses where more customers means more employees, bigger storefronts, and higher inventory costs. And it's becoming more apparent daily that these technology-based brands can far outrun their legacy counterparts. From 2014 to 2015, online and mobile consumer spending grew by nearly 17% while brick and mortar sales grew by a mere 3.2%. Mobile only commerce is expected to grow by a whopping 30% in 2016. Consumers want brands to meet them where they are, on their phones, and the brands that are responding, are winning.
- Technology is uniquely positioned to solve big problems through massive improvements in current processes. For example, internet based map technology allows us to not only easily navigate the world, but provides real-time information on traffic and other critical information — a huge step up from the legacy practice of consulting a static map. And the consumers have responded accordingly, with map based apps (Google Maps and Apple Maps) appearing in the top 10 used apps of 2015, and accounting for a large percentage of mobile mindshare.
Technology companies have proven time and time again that they have the ability to scale. In fact, nearly 50% of billion-dollar valuation companies in the CB Insights Tech IPO Pipeline Report are consumer facing. The most successful technology-enabled consumer businesses over the past decade have created almost a trillion dollars in equity value while massively disrupting incumbents across a variety of sectors. Consumer companies have also shown immense promise to change the way people live, think, and interact. We, at Maveron, are excited to combine the magic of both.
So what are we looking for? We are looking for founders and teams that understand and deeply care about consumer delight, and those who can build a big business using that knowledge. We're looking for founders building consumer tech companies that have the ability to acquire and retain customers in a cost effective way over a long period of time. We are looking for entrepreneurs who have the audacity to change painful, existing consumer experiences. These companies will span sectors, from healthtech and fintech to digital marketplaces and ecommerce. The team will understand their user base intimately, and will know how to delight them repeatedly. These companies may leverage frontier technology such as virtual reality or artificial intelligence to create an entirely new category of consumer experience. Or they may shake up existing consumer experiences by utilizing basic internet and mobile technologies. These founders will be diverse in nature and the companies will cover a wide variety of consumer needs. But in their essence, our founders will be hyper focused on building a consumer brand, one that people recognize, and will be motivated by what their users want and need.
Over the years we have developed an expertise and a network that specializes in consumer technology. We've seen repeatedly that every authentic consumer brand comes from a distinct past, the first one we ever saw being Starbucks in 1991, which has now grown into one of the most recognized and respected consumer brands in the world. From the challenge of user acquisition to the nitty gritty details of sign-up flows. If you are excited about long-lasting consumer, tech brands … if you are building something that changes the way people work, think, and interact … if you are excited to be the next, big, breakout consumer-tech company of tomorrow, hit us up, we'd love to be involved.


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Hey, welcome back to Villains of the MCU. This time we'll be discussing the villains from Phase 2, where we had some good villains, some bad villains, wtf villains.
Now let's begin:
Iron Man 3
Villain: The Mandarin
First Appearance in the Comics: Tales of Suspense #50
Memorable Quote: "Some people call me a terrorist. I consider myself a teacher. America, ready for another lesson?"
Status: Alive
Ok so I'm gonna go ahead and say that this is my least favorite of all the Marvel movies. I like it, but what ruined it for me were the villains. As I'm sure you all know, the Mandarin wasn't even the Mandarin! It was an actor named Trevor Slatery, who was paid by Aldrich Killian to cover up the blunders of AIM and the Exremis. And before we found this out, I bet we were all stoked to see Ben Kingsley, an amazing actor, portray such an iconic Iron Man villain. Even if the rings didn't have alien technology, I was so excited to see the Mandarin be the leader of a terrorist organization, a real threat, in the the real world but we just got a joke.
Thankfully Marvel retconned the fact that the REAL Mandarin exist, and is the head of the terrorist organization Ten Rings.
Grade: F (Sorry Trevor)
Chances we'll see him in the future: Hopefully we'll see the REAL Mandarin on screen soon. And we might as well see Trevor. Who knows.
Now let's move on to I guess the real villain of Iron Man 3:
Villain: Aldrich Killian
First Appearance in the Comics: Iron Man Vol. 4 #1
Memorable Quote: "I am the Mandarin!" (No your not! Just because you have a tattoo of a Chinese dragon on your body does not make you the Mandarin)
Status: Deceased
What can I say about this character. Well let's start with the few things I liked about him and that he is the founder of AIM and creator of Extremis. I thought the Extremis soldiers were well done and very enjoyable to watch, but no offense to Guy Pierce, I didn't like him so much. Mainly because Aldrich Killian is a bland character. They tried to add more flair to the comics because in his first appearance in the comics he killed himself.
Now I don't mind them adding more dimension to the character but honestly, I found Aldrich Killian really boring to watch on screen in my opinion, and though he honestly isn't the worst villain (my opinion) he isn't the most memorable.
Grade: D
Chances we'll see him in the future: NOPE!
Thor: The Dark World
Villain: Malekith the Accursed
First Appearance in the Comics: Thor #344
Memorable Quote: "Ask yourself: what would you sacrifice, for what you believe?"
Status: Deceased
Ok now like Iron Man 3, I really enjoyed this film but my problem was the villain. I was so excited to see Malekith on screen because aside from Loki, he's my favorite Thor villain from the comics. An evil sorcerer who's sorcery could probably match up with Loki, he poses a threat as he wishes to rule his world Svartalfheim, and will even murder his own people, his own race, killing women and children to accomplish it. A pretty dark and serious villain. Now of course the film will change that, but I was a bit "eh" when the Dark Elves were "extinct"
Malekith wished to plunge all the 9 realms into eternal darkness using the Aether, an Infinity Stone (Reality) that takes a form of liquid or mist, it turns matter into dark matter and it needs host to draw there strengths. Only Malekith knew how to control and wield it's power.
The idea seems cool and everything the problem was that Malekith wasn't fully developed. He wasn't on screen a lot, and all you really see is him just trying to rule the world. Supposedly there was to be more backstory and more dimension to the character but we sadly didn't see it, if we did he could've been a villain we would remember. And Alan Taylor had the good idea of killing him off.
The one thing I loved about the Dark Elves however, were the Kursed. They were bad-ass and they turned that concept beautifully on film. But what bothered me was that in the beginning you see Malekith kill a couple of trained Asgardian soldiers, swiftly and easily, but when Malekith goes against Friga, he get's his ass handed to him by her, it was Algrim who comes to save him and it was Algrim who killed her and it was Algrim who "killed" Loki. If Malekith were to do it, I'm sure it would've been more meaningful and more personnel to Thor and maybe add more dimension to the character.
This was one villain I was disappointed in and would've wished for the antagonist to be better. Maybe next the Thor film.
Grade: D
Chances we'll see him in the future: Never
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Villain: Bucky Barnes A.K.A. The Winter Soldier
First Appearance in the Comics: Captain America Comics #1 (Bucky) Captain America Vol. 5 #1
Memorable Quote: "Who the hell is Bucky?"
Status: Alive
Ok so let me just say that The Winter Soldier is the best film adaptation of a comic. Ed Brubaker's run on Captain America is one of the best and if you read the arc and saw the movie, you will see that there are MANY similar elements. The most noticeable is when Steve see's the Winter Soldier without his mask and he says, "Bucky?" And the response was, "Who the hell is Bucky?" That was amazing, exactly like the comics it was wonderful. This was the film that restored lost faith in Phase 2.
Let's rewind a bit where we remember Bucky as Steve's childhood friend, you can see the bond that these 2 have, almost like brothers. Now in the First Avenger Bucky falls of a train where we assume he dies. But in the comic book world, no one really dies, he comes back as The Winter Soldier. THE Assassin. Found by Russians they revived Bucky, erased all of his past memories, where they taught him to be a killing machine and built a cybernetic arm with a red star. (Mother Russia) And after a mission is complete, they freeze his body in a cryogenic chamber until they need to use him again, which could be years in the future. The Winter Soldier was Russia's top assassin. And at some point Hydra took him and used him as their own assassin.
One thing that is amazing about this villain was that he was literally ripped off the pages of the comics I mean look...
Grade: A-
Chances we'll see him in the future: Hahaha did you see the after credits?
The best villain to transition from comic to film. And we should all know by now, hopefully, (potential spoiler) that Bucky becomes Captain America so his status as a villain doesn't really last long. And as amazing as he was, The Winter Soldier is a henchman. The real Villain behind this was...
Villain: Alexander Pierce
First Appearance in the Comics: Nick Fury vs Shield #3
Memorable Quote: "Your work has been a gift to mankind. You shaped the century. And I need you to do it one more time."
Status: Deceased
In the comics Alexander Pierce was a well known Shield agent, they changed him a bit in the film. Alexander Pierce is supposed to be Alexander Lukin from the Winter Soldier story line. But regardless, Robert Redford did justice to this character, making him a surprisingly menacing villain. He honestly believed he was doing justice, which was fascinating. And the whole Shield being compromised by Hydra since the very beginning of the organization was incredibly brilliant. One thing I was really hoping was that he was the Red Skull in disguise, it has happened in the comics in the past. I would've love to see that but it sadly didn't happen. Pierce was a normal man, which actually kinda makes him more threatening.
Grade A-
Chances we'll see him in the future: Hail No
Guardians of the Galaxy
Villain: Ronan the Accuser
First Appearance in the comics: Fantastic Four #65
Memorable Quotes: "You call me boy, but I will unleash a thousand years of Kree justice upon Xandar and burn it to the core And then Thanos, I'm coming for you!"
- "Xandar, you stand accused. Your wretched peace treaty is the very tinder for which you burn!"
- "I don't remember killing your family. I doubt I'll remember killing you either."
- "They call me terrorist. Radical. Zealot. All because I follow the ancient law of my people the Kree."
Status: Deceased
As you can probably tell Ronan is my favorite villain in all the MCU (aside from Loki) you can obviously see the crazed zealot of the old ways in Ronan. A true "psychopath."
I was always a fan of Ronan in the comics and Lee Pace portrayed him magnificently, he truly captured a hellbent fanatic of the Kree Empire. Unlike Malekith from the Dark World, who isn't really fleshed out as much. And if you really think about it, Ronan is very similar to Malekith but with more screen time. Malekith had the potential to be bad-ass but we sadly have gotten another forgettable villain. It's a shame, however that Ronan had to pass, I would've liked to see more of him on screen because in the comics he jumps around from being good to bad and bad to good.
The costume change is the best ever done in the MCU. Better than the original. I mean WOW. I loved Ronan. Some people say they didn't like him, that he was another forgettable villain but I'm a fan of Lee Pace and I thought he was astounding in this role. Now obviously he could've been developed more, but he was just as menacing as Loki in my opinion. Only difference Loki has been in 3 movies.
But one thing I think that makes Ronan a bit better than Loki is that Ronan had the audacity to turn against Thanos. Loki failed his mission. Ronan defied Thanos and would've killed him if he had succeeded. So that is why I love Ronan
Grade: A
Chances we'll see him in the future: Sadly No /:
That about raps it up for me. I'll make another post on future villains and possible villains we could see in the future.


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Bull Valley P.D. has identified the three drivers involved in the crash on Greenwood Road on Wednesday of this week.
The drivers were Theresa M. Alcazar of Woodstock, Lida Zelaya of Woodstock, and Kyle W. Oligney.
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Ted Allen worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. In 2007, he hosted a six-part PBS documentary, "Uncorked: Wine Made Simple." In 1997, he joined "Esquire" magazine as a contributing editor, where he contributed to the food series and co-authored the magazine's popular "Things a Man Should Know" series. He left grad school to take a job as a copy editor at the Lafayette, Indiana Journal and Courier. Allen worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including"Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2003" (ABC, 2003-04), "Good Morning, Miami" (NBC, 2002-04) and "TV Revolution" (Bravo, 2003-04). He also contributed to "Totally Gayer" (VH1, 2003-04) and "What's That Sound: The Making of the Queer Eye Music Video" (Bravo, 2003-04). In the early 2000s, Allen devoted his time to various credits, such as "Food Network Star" (Food Network, 2004-2015), "Top Chef" (Bravo, 2005-) and "Top Chef: 4-Star All-Stars" (Bravo, 2006-07). He also worked on "Chopped" (Food Network, 2008-2015). Allen continued to exercise his talent in the early 2000s and the 2010s, taking on a mix of projects like "Dear Food Network: Thanksgiving" (Food Network, 2008-2010), "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" (Food Network, 2008-09) and "Good Eats 10th Anniversary" (Food Network, 2009-2010). His credits also expanded to "All-Star Academy" (Food Network, 2014-15). Allen most recently worked on "Chopped Junior" (Food Network, 2015-).


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(WAKEFIELD, N.H.) — A motorist has died after his car collided Tuesday evening with another vehicle carrying four Secret Service agents in Wakefield, New Hampshire, according to the Wakefield Police Department.
Officers found a Ford Taurus that had been traveling southbound on Route 16, carrying the on-duty agents. All four were transferred to Frisbie Memorial Hospital for treatment, Wakefield Police Chief Kenneth Fifield said in a statement. Their names have not been released.
"At this time, our personnel have sustained what is described as serious, but non-life-threatening injuries," Secret Service officials said in a statement Wednesday. "Please join us as we keep all the victims of this accident and their families in our thoughts and prayers."
Police investigators found the other car, a Mercury Sable with three people inside, which had been traveling northbound. It had crossed over a double-yellow solid line and collided head-on into the Taurus, police said.
The driver of the Sable, Bruce Danforth, 45, died at the scene, police said. His two passengers — Kristina Buswell, 21 and Natasha Meroski, 35 — were taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
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A short but fun class-4 section on Kinesava's East Face route. This section can be avoided by following a class-3 section to the east (behind the photographer). Photo taken 10 December 2005.
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3 Tbls. Orange Juice Concentrate
2 Tbls. sugar
2 Tbls. cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. chopped onion
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1 1/2 Tbls. Poppy seeds
1 pkg. (10 oz) fresh baby spinach
1 can (15 oz.) drained mandarin oranges
3/4 c. mozzarella cheese
2/3 c. sliced almonds
In a blender, combine the orange juice concentrate, sugar, vinegar, onion and salt. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Stir in poppy seeds. Transfer to a small pitcher or bowl. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until chilled.
On salad plates arrange the spinach, mandarin oranges, cheese and almonds. Drizzle with the dressing. Enjoy!
I love salads! What more can I say? I have never tried this dressing before, but I can tell you it WILL be in my favorite file!
You can add grilled chicken to the salad to make it a more filling meal.


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Exit Mad Men: The enduring impact of iconic TV drama
As the last-ever seven episodes of the iconic TV drama are about to be screened, Emily Hourican reflects on the enduring impact of Mad Men
And so forever farewell to Mad Men, the most stylish TV show around (yes Gossip Girl and Downton Abbey had their moments, but for the overall effect, not just of clothes and accessories, but sets, lighting, colour palettes and mood, it's got to be Mad Men). The final episodes are about to begin, crescendo of eight years of excellent television.
Man Men was an early outrider in the current revival of quality TV drama. From the iconic graphic title sequence of a man falling from a tall building (reference to Don Draper's emotional emptiness), through to the influence of the clothes worn by Joan, Betty, Megan and Peggy on catwalks, collections and fashion shoots - not to mention the astounding impact of Christina Hendricks' character Joan, on expectations around women's appearance and the whole, boring size zero debate - Mad Men showed again the potential for television in an era that had begun to believe the publicity of its demise. It began so small that Janie Bryant, the costume designer who created the show's look, carefully moving the characters through the 1960s and into the 70s, cleverly hinting at their emotional and psychological state of mind through what they wore, initially found it difficult to get clothes. But as word of mouth gathered pace, designers who were at first reluctant, began to fall all over themselves to lend outfits.
Perhaps the best tactical decision made by the show's creator Matthew Weiner and his team of writers, was not to make Mad Men plot-driven. So instead of falling into the traps that even the best dramas (The Killing, Breaking Bad) find it hard to avoid - creeping absurdity, inconsistency, inevitable shark-jumping, Mad Men moves at its own pace, driven by character development. Rather than the pressure of a who-done-it or what-next type set-up, it works as a series of short stories; a merger here, a new office there, played out against the major episodes of the 1960s, such as the Kennedy/ Nixon election or the first men onto the moon, in subtle reference to some of the most iconic ad campaigns of the time, all of which are folded skilfully into the drama.
Relationships between men and women and the changing social expectations of the time, are the real plot drivers, but these are subtle enough to allow the characters to be, first and foremost, themselves. Joan's progress from receptionist to the boardroom, Peggy's development from secretary to copy-writer, these things are microcosms of an entire nation's shift in attitude, but, more importantly, they are believable expressions of personality. One side-effect is that Don, despite dominating each episode, often gets to do almost nothing at all. Long, silent close-ups - not unlike Mark Rylance's turn in Wolf Hall - are indicative of a complex state of mind and so subtly delivered that, despite his terrible behaviour, he effortlessly retains our sympathy.
That said, every episode has its quotable lines. Many of them belong to Draper - "I'm living like there's no tomorrow, because there isn't one", "I have a life and it only goes in one direction. Forward" - but the rest get a look-in too. "Why is it that whenever a man takes you to lunch around here, you're the dessert?" asks Peggy Olsen, while Roger Sterling recently pointed out, oh-so presciently, "Every time an old man starts talking about Napoleon, you know they're going to die."
Every inch of screen time is perfectly imagined - it's not just the smoking, drinking and flirting, it's also the clack-clack of typewriters, sound of phones ringing in the background and kids eating popsicles. The heat and light of 1960s and 70s Manhattan. And, as much as anything, it's the clothes. Joan's emerald green dress, Peggy's pill-box hats, Megan's print wrap dresses, the beehives, gauntlet gloves and headscarves. We will miss it all.
Mad Men series seven part II begins on Sky Atlantic, April 9th
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I can't say enough about this lovely family that runs Parsifal. They are very welcoming and friendly you feel you are at someone's home instead of a hotel. My husband and I booked the large room with the huge terrace overlooking the Minori, Maori and the sea. We were very pleased with the cleanliness of our room, it was spotless. Our room was also quiet. The night we arrived we were really tired from being in the sun all day so we ate at the hotel. The food was really good with fresh ingredients and wonderful wines to choose from. The hotel also provides breakfast which is an added benefit not to have to spend extra euros on that every morning. The only thing that I did not like about our room was that we did not have a stand up shower. We had a hand held shower which is a little bit of a pain. That being said, that did not bother me too much, it really wasn't a big deal. It gave me an excuse to take a nice hot bath every night which I never do. That's what vacations are for anyway! Keep in mind this hotel is budget so if you want lots of fancy toiletries you need to bring your own. They really don't keep things stocked in your room but if you ask they will provide you what you need. When I come back to Ravello I would stay here without hesitation- this is a lovely, charming place with a wonderful accommodating staff.
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- Hotel Parsifal - Ancient convent built back in 1288 by the Augustinian friars and converted into Hotel Parsifal around 1948. 17 rooms with private bath and a central cloister with delightful terraces and gardens overlooking the superb panorama of the Amalfi coastline. Rafael's restaurant and Cloister Bar overlooking the Amalfi coast, offering classical and Mediterranean cuisine with a little touch of creativity. Traditional specialties from the region. Optimal indoor or outdoor seating 60 guest. A three star hotel run by the Mansi family from Ravello. Special winter packages with lodge, board and excursions from November to March. Open all year round. ... more less
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yeah after 4 posts i'm gonna send a stranger money via paypal.
so how many posts does it take to make forum users your lover
I will be rich soon, what with all those
Zagg seem to think they're still available: ZAGG | invisibleSHIELD | HTC Desire Cases, Screen Protectors, Covers, Shields, Skins, Invisible Shield
either way they are absolute shit - got mine off play.com and after half an hour of trying to install it I threw it in the bin - waste of time
Not exactly sure what you were doing with yours but mine and the OPs (I assume) went on fine
Yeah, I only installed the back and side and it went on ok.
I got one for my old phone - a Nokia 5800 - and installed it easily enough. Problem was, it kept getting bubbles under the surface, it had a deep gash when I tested it with my nail (but was fine being scratched with keys and a butter knife ), it looked like crap in sunlight and it really made the LCD on the phone look dull.
The foolproof method, I found, was to make sure that the shield, and your fingers, are completely wet. Then slide it on, and squeeze out the liquid.
I have to say, though, that despite their claims that it is indestructible, mine does have a lot of marks on it.
Yes, I agree. Just to make sure, I applied mine with the phone submerged in the bath. Excellent job. No bubbles at all. You wouldnt know it was on. However for some reason the phone has stopped working?
You just need to insert a straw through the headphone jack and suck hard. I found that improved the reception significantly.
I had one & hated it, I replaced it with an HTC screen protector.


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Math (Urbanski):
Social Studies:
- Read, highlight, annotate chapters 15-17 by tomorrow.
- Newsela article: Rosa Parks due Friday, Oct 7. Read and complete questions and quiz
Math (Urbanski):
- Q-8 and Q-9 due on Friday Oct. 7
- Quick Tables due date will be pushed back to the end of the semester. (Jan. 12)
- The available portion of your Aleks pie should be completed by the end of the first quarter.
Social Studies:
- Rosa Parks Newsela article timeline due Friday, Oct. 7 (Document is shared in social studies Google Classroom)
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LA Opera to Present West Coast Premiere of THUMBPRINT About Human Rights Activist Mukhtar Mai
LA Opera's 2016/17 season will conclude with the West Coast premiere of Thumbprint, an opera by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Susan Yankowitz about Pakistani human rights activist Mukhtar Mai.
Part of LA Opera's innovative Off Grand series, Thumbprint is the latest offering in a multi-season collaboration between LA Opera and Beth Morrison Projects to present cutting-edge contemporary works.
Thumbprint will be presented at REDCAT (located at 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, 90012) from June 15 through 18.
With its drawn-from-the-headlines subject matter and a dynamic score featuring both Hindustani and European opera influences, Thumbprint depicts the extraordinary true-life transformation of Mukhtar Mai, a young woman whose world is shattered by an act of brutality that could have destroyed her. Instead, she discovers a weapon-her voice-and, to the astonishment of her country and herself, she seeks justice and finds it. Her journey resonates beyond borders in its implicit belief that even in the darkest times, one person can change life for thousands through a single act of courage.
The 2014 world premiere of Thumbprint in New York was acclaimed by New York Classical Journal as "a streamlined and powerful music drama." The Wall Street Journal observed that "Ms. Sankaram's music, inflected with the rhythms and melismas of Indian ragas, has a driving percussive energy and a distinctive sound...the action shifted seamlessly from realistic action to stylized choreography, taking the story into the realm of myth."
The 2016/17 tour of Thumbprint is produced by Beth Morrison Projects.
Thumbprint comes to the stage with an all-female creative team: composer Kamala Sankaram, librettist Susan Yankowitz and stage director Rachel Dickstein.
Kamara Sankaram, who was raised outside San Diego, has received commissions from Beth Morrison Projects, HERE Arts Center, Opera on Tap, and Anthony Braxton's Tri-Centric Orchestra, among others. "As an Indian-American, it is very exciting for me to be able to bring together the different elements of my cultural heritage in the service of telling Mukhtar's story," she says. "Much of the writing for the piece, particularly the vocal ornamentation, is inspired by Pakistani and Indian traditions including Qawwali music, kirtan and tabla bol. In this way, the music is a true fusion of East and West."
The libretto of Thumbprint, written by Susan Yankowitz, originated from a series of interviews with Mukhtar Mai. A poet and playwright, Ms. Yankowitz's best known stage works include Night Sky, which received the 2016 Massachusetts Critics Circle Award for Best Play.
Thumbprint is directed by Rachel Dickstein, the artistic director of Ripe Time, an Obie-winning theater company founded in 2000.
The design team for Thumbprint includes set designer Susan Zeeman Rogers, costume designer Kate Fry and lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew. Video design is by Lauren Petty and Shaun Irons.
The composer of Thumbprint, Kamala Sankaram, is also a soprano, and she performs the central role of Mukhtar Mai. Mezzo-soprano Phyllis Pancella portrays Mukhtar's mother as well as a minister of justice. Tenor Steve Gokool is seen as Mukhtar's father and as the judge. Soprano Leela Subramaniam is Mukhtar's sister Annu and tenor Kannan Vasudevan portrays Mukhtar's brother Shakur. Tenor Manu Narayan appears as one of Mukhtar's assailants, Faiz, as well as the police chief. The five supporting cast members are additionally seen as journalists, villagers, elders and other roles. Thumbprint is conducted by Samuel McCoy.
There will be four performances of Thumbprint presented by LA Opera at REDCAT (631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, 90012): Thursday, June 15, 2017, at 8pm; Friday, June 16, 2017, at 8pm; Saturday, June 17, 2017, at 8pm; and Sunday, June 18, 2017, at 2pm.
Tickets are on sale now. Tickets cost $69 and can be purchased online at LAOpera.org, by phone at 213.972.8001, or in person at the LA Opera box office at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90012). For disability access, call 213.972.0777 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thumbprint is presented under LA Opera's Off Grand banner, which complements the company's mainstage programming through a wide variety of artistic explorations in a range of venues throughout Los Angeles. Off Grand offerings in the 2017/18 season will include presentations at four different venues: REDCAT, the Theatre at Ace Hotel, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and The Broad Stage. To learn more, visit LAOpera.org/OffGrand.
Thumbprint is the fifth new work presented as part of LA Opera's multi-season partnership with Beth Morrison Projects. This collaboration, which supports today's most creative talents working in the fields of opera and music-theater, will continue next season with the West Coast premiere of Keeril Makan's Persona, based on Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film, and the West Coast premiere of Paola Prestina's The Hubble Cantata, co-presented with the Ford Theatres.
To date, BMP has commissioned, developed and produced more than 40 opera and music-theater works that have been presented around the globe. The Los Angeles Times has hailed Ms. Morrison as a "contemporary opera mastermind" and The New York Times has described BMP as "bracingly innovative." Learn more at BethMorrisonProjects.org.
REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) is a contemporary arts center for innovative visual, performing and media arts located inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. REDCAT has its own street entrance at 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, at the corner of West 2nd and Hope Streets. For more information about REDCAT, please click here.
Thumbprint was commissioned and developed by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, and premiered at the 2014 PROTOTYPE Festival. Thumbprint began as a song-cycle comissioned by Beth Morrison Projects for the 2009 21c Liederabend.
LA Opera is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the greater Los Angeles community.


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A pair of early 20th century glasses in case.The glasses have tortoise shell looking frames and silver coloured metal legs with the hoops that goes around your ears. The hard case is cover in a green covering to look like snake skin with a light coloured material to the inside. I can find no makers name or marks on them so I don't know who made them. The glasses and case is in very good order considering it's age with no damage that I see but there is a name lable stuck to the inside of the case, some discolouration to the lining of the case, general all over wear and in need of a good clean up. This would be a great addition to your glasses collection. Please study the photos. Postage and packing - £1.95. Good luck.


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Yep I am back with my second Sal Design review. I am wearing the Kimono abaya in the colour red, though as you can see from the below picture it is actually more of a raspberry colour - simply gorgeous.
This abaya is made of a thick fabric but still has enough flexibility to ensure a nice flow. Its design is clearly Asian inspired (hence the name) with a obi style band around the waist and a cute criss-cross neckline.
I love this abaya because you can get away with wearing something thin underneath it without feeling awkward. When I wore this gorgeous abaya, I felt so light and springy! The colour was a definite mood booster as I usually wear black so the change was lovely!
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CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Keep or cause to be kept an accurate record for all minutes and transactions of the Board of Directors, Committees and other chapter meetings. 2. Develop, implement, evaluate and provide oversight of TCEP annual budget. Present to the Board annually in February for the next year's business efforts. Update the Board on deviations from the budget. 3. Implement, monitor and update TCEP policies as adopted by the Board.
4. Maintain contacts and relationships with the national ACEP as determined by the Board. Open lines of communication and collaboration with the Texas Medical Association, Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and with other Texas physician specialties.
5. Oversee TCEP publications with respect to development and distribution.
6. Supervise TCEP website development, revision, and maintenance.
7. Develop position descriptions for all other TCEP staff; supervise, monitor and evaluate all TCEP staff. Provide semi-annual reports to the Board regarding TCEP staff evaluations.
8. Plan and direct the development of TCEP's strategic plan.
9. Implement, evaluate and provide oversight of TCEP meetings and conferences. 10. Oversee TCEP's advocacy efforts. Identify, contract, supervise TCEP's public relations and governmental relations efforts, as well as the lobbying team. 11. Oversee communications platforms through development of tools to help TCEP with essential communications (Staff, Board of Directors, Executive Director and individual members.)
12. Facilitate TCEP sponsored medical school and residency program visits. 13. Facilitate platforms that enhance member access to TCEP activities, and establish active efforts to grow and maintain membership
14. Oversee the financial affairs of TCEP including oversight of accounts, deposits, withdrawals from any and all accounts of the College. Making sure the tax returns are timely filed and yearly budget is given to the Board. 15. Participate on the Board of Directors of EMPACT (or any successor) as its Executive Director.
16. Manage and maintain the TCEP office condominium, including oversight of proper maintenance, repairs and leasing of extra space. 17. Collaborate relationships with the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and other leaders of the Chapter. 18. Perform other duties as assigned by the Board of Directors, acting through the Executive Committee from time to time.
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text: In this project, we will collect water column samples from two cruises - the annual hypoxia cruise in the Texas-Louisiana shelf on board R/V Pelican and the oil spill site survey cruise on board R/V Cape Hatteras. These samples will be analyzed for dissolved oxygen, total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon (both concentration and stable isotopes) and pH. The results of this research effort will be used to assess whether the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has sustained effect on the Gulf hypoxia and water column chemistry in above mentioned two areas, respectively.


text: I just got a factory refurbished G1 off of ebay. It looks brand new so I have no question that it was in fact a refurbished phone. Problem is the physical keypad light seems very dim. It is the white version with the silver keypad. My old G1 was black and didnt have a problem with the keypad backlight. Could it be the color of the keypad that makes the problem or are my lights just lame? Is there a way to make them brighter or just stay off all together?


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Parenting has never been easy. Right from the beginning when you first welcomed your child into the world, you have faced numerous challenges, most of which you never imagined that you'd be able to overcome. As your child is growing up, you now face an entirely brand new challenge and that involves disciplining your child effectively. Remember, proper disciple is not instilling fear in your child, rather nurturing sense of responsibility and respect as well as strengthening parent and child relationship. To help you on this matter, here are some strategies that you would want to consider.
Use Age-Appropriate Discipline Techniques
As the child grows, it's not only his/her physical aspects that change and develop but also her mental and emotional maturity. With that said, it's crucial to apply discipline methods that are suitable for your child. For example, for babies younger than 18 months, concept of discipline will not yet be understood. Also, what works for your three-year-old toddler son will probably not work for your teenage daughter.
Ignore Annoying Behavior As Much As Possible
Behavior that does not pose harm or danger to your child such as tantrums and whining should be ignored. Usually, these habits are brought about by his/her desire for attention. If you scold your kid about it, it will only reinforce the behavior because the desired attention was achieved by it. Ignore completely but be sure to pay attention when the child has stopped whining and talks to you in a nice manner. This technique only works if you praise the good behavior.
Use Appropriate Facial Expressions And Body Languages
Facial expressions as well as body languages can be powerful communications to inform the child about your feelings regarding what he/she has done. For example, crossed arms express disapproval and hostility, and thus shouldn't be used when you compliment your child.
Let Consequences Follow Your Child's Actions
A child should learn that his/her actions bring consequences. If he/she does something that's not nice, the consequence will also not be nice. For example, if your child refuses to put away his/her toys after playing and one of his/her favorite play items gets lost, don't be too quick in helping your kid find that missing toy. Instead, point out to your child that it was the consequence of his/her inappropriate behavior. Intervene only if the consequence of his/her action will pose danger or harm.
Reward Good Behavior
Reward system is always more effective than punishment. Establish the rules clearly and reward your child with praises and treats when he/she follows the rules. Just be careful about choosing treats to give your child. See to it that these are healthy and beneficial for your little one. Don't use food particularly chocolates and candies as this would instill unhealthy eating habits.