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A 145-year-old Indonesian man who was born on New Year's Eve, December 31 1870 and claimed to be the world's oldest person says he just wants to die.
To prove how ready he is to leave this earth, Mbah Gotho bought his own gravestone over two decades ago.
On Tuesday, August 24, the Sragen, Central Java resident told Liputan 6, he has "been through it all and would not mind passing on. What I want is to die. My grandchildren are all independent."
Suryanto, Mbah Gotho's grandson, said since his grandfather was 122, he had been preparing for his death, but he never seemed to die.
Suryanto stated, "The gravestone there was made in 1992. That was 24 years ago."
Indonesian official documents support Gotho's claims as he has outlived ten siblings, four wives – the last of whom died in 1988 – and all of his children.
Now, he is survived by his grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
Although his Indonesian ID card verifies his age, Gotho can only be listed in the world oldest person record if his records are independently verified.
Until he gets verified, Gotho will join the list of unverified world's oldest people such as 171-year-old James Olofintuyi from Nigeria and 163-year-old Dhaqabo Ebba from Ethiopia.
The Sun UK, reports that the world oldest person was the French woman Jeanne Calment who lived to be 122.
Gotho doesn't do anything these days besides listen to radio as his sights are too poor for TV. Due to how frail age has made him, he has to be spoon-fed and bathed by his grandchildren.
Mbah Gotho shared the secret to his longevity.
He said, "The recipe is just patience."
Henceforth, we'll be patient.
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A Mother is Born
I am the eldest of the three. I was an only child for 8 years before my sister was born, and to another sister a year after. They meant the world to me and I was very much hands-on in taking care of them, especially because my mom was a full-time working mom. I love being with children. I'd organize children's parties and even participated in the church children's ministry. As "equipped" as I was to handle children, being a mom was a whole new dimension. The moment I knew I was pregnant, something stirred in my heart. When she was born, my heart poured out love, strength, resilience and fears I never knew existed. It was the greatest thing that I was proud of, but at that point, it was also hard. The lists includes and is not limited to the following:
Being a person who was afraid to fail, and always looking to plan the next move, I felt that I was losing control. The 'should-have-happen' and 'I-should- know- this' had quickly dissolved into 'go with the flow or else you lose it'. In another words, I had to adapt quickly, let go and move on.
Fortunately, I could communicate with my supportive husband, sharing doubts and fears and he was responsive and helpful to reach out to respective professionals/ friends to learn more. My sisters were my cheerleaders, empathizing and encouraging me to move along. My best friend and neighbors were reaching out, providing me with positive advice and vibes. I was a strong woman, but with these people, they made me a strong mother. And because of that, I could provide a calmer and cheerful environment to my baby. Coupled with the exposure to mommies forums, circle of friends who were becoming/have become mothers and getting acquainted with professionals dealing with moms, one thing stands clear: moms need more support and encouragement. And to obtain that, people have to be aware. Without awareness, one is ignorant and as majority of the surrounding circle of family and friends conform to the expected behaviors and outcomes of a mom, the reality of how real moms are and the truth of families' ups and downs, diminishes. Moreover, social media has encouraged and condoned a competitiveness amongst women, to prove who has it better, flaunting bodies and lifestyles when really, that rose- tinted glasses is merely the small % of society and quite frankly, that few minutes amongst many hours when moms really got it looking good.
Since when is life represented by only a bed of roses? As a result, some moms withdraw, communicate less and think the less of themselves. What's more, the atmosphere of celebrations and gatherings amongst families and friends are mostly filled with the oohs and ahhs of a baby, gifts and questions of how the baby is doing. Concerns, encouragement and gifts for the mom? Not really. Hence the question: Do we really need an occasion to show a mom kindness, encouragement and love? No! Open up your heart to one and you will see how much it will be received and appreciated! Share with a mom the awareness of self care and they will realize that it's not selfish to love themselves. This is especially for moms, where women ought to come together and not criticize or compete with each other. Slowly but surely, my passion to share the awareness and encourage a mom, fires up. This task is not impossible. Every little step leads the way to create a change. As the minute ticks, as the passions builds, Fierce-Hearted is born.
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Poor Caster Semenya, magically transformed into a political football nearly a year ahead of the World Cup. Suddenly she finds herself a symbol of the injured womanhood of the nation, under attack by cynical and racist white people, both South African and Australian.
What's interesting is the repeated reference to Caster as "our little girl". That's what Julius Malema called her, when he wasn't saying she was a "well-relaxed" woman. (What is a "well-relaxed" woman anyway? One who has breakfast and asks for taxi fare the next morning?)
Several thoughts occurred to me at this juncture.
1. Caster is 18 years old. Legally, she's entitled to drink, vote and drive. So, not so little in the metaphorical sense.
2. Technically, she isn't little at all. She's quite a well-built woman. Quite tall, too.
3. Can you imagine referring to an 18-year-old male athlete as "our little boy"?
It's that last point that really got me thinking, because, in itself, referring to male athletes as "boys" is very common (common, too, as a term of endearment for soldiers. The link to war is obvious). Nobody minds, for instance, when we refer to the Springboks or even Bafana Bafana as "the boys", even if there's a possibility it might bring up awkward apartheid-era associations. No, when it comes to sport there's something back-slappingly, thigh-squeezingly chummy about "our boys". This brings to mind the work of the American anthropologist Michael Herzfeld who in his work on what he defines as "cultural intimacy" notes that the state
"lays claim to intimacy and familiarity in a series of rather obvious metaphors: the body politic, 'our boys and girls', mother country and Vaterland… and the tourist as a family guest."
Using references to "girls" and "boys" is a way for the state to disguise itself, sanctimoniously, as the idealised nation, and to personalise perceived threats against itself as threats against ourselves in our personal capacity. Nobody insults a member of our family. We'll moer you if you check us skeef.
There's a possessiveness, a protectiveness in the reference to "our little girl". But also a distinct element of the patronising. Girls are little. They need protecting. They can't stand up for themselves, which means you're not supposed to pick on them. Which is fair enough, but how does this accord with the ideals supposedly promoted by women's month?
Overall, the rhetoric surrounding Semenya is a repulsive admixture of sexism and nationalism of the sort which Hitler and his cohorts would have approved of. (True, Hitler was more concerned about strictly Aryan physical beauty, but the Nazis were not above having men compete while posing as women in order to advance their cause.)
Naturally, those who have picked on Caster are not South African — either literally (as in the case of the Australians) or figuratively (in the case of the whites who failed to show up at the airport to cheer her on). It's yet another instance of the worryingly regular display of the scapegoating of a minority — in this case the so-called "white media" — that seems to characterise politics these days. In their usual sardonic fashion, Hayibo.com offered a solution to the need for someone to blame for any and all future evils.
In this family, the one that is so defensive about insults to "our little girl", it's clear that only some of us get to belong to it.


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Hello my friends,
It's been a reeeeally long time since I've written anything in here. Life, and demanding toddlers kind of get in the way (ha) but I'm hoping to be back writing more in the blog because I do miss it lots.
I was chatting to a good friend of mine this week, who also happens to be a mum in Ayr. We were discussing what events are coming up in Ayrshire over the next little while to keep our small people entertained and so I've decided to pop a little round up of my findings. I have hand picked the ones that I think will be a good day out for families in Ayrshire.
So if anyone in my neck of the woods is looking for some inspiration over the bank holiday weekend and over the next couple of weeks for Families then I hope this will be of use to you!
For the FairyTale lovers
I spotted 2 good events this weekend…
Kelburn estate in Largs is running a fairy tail Forrest from 21-23rd September with lots of fun games for the kids and characters to interact with. There are various times available for the Never Never Forrest trail so make sure you book your time slot online.
Prices are-
Adults – £9.50 Children- £8.50
And for more fairytale fun, visit The Farm Park at heads of Ayr on the Saturday and take part in the fairy trail. You can also meet a unicorn and baby dragons which had me sold to be honest!
Prices are-
Adult – £12
Child/OAP/Concession/Carer – £10.50
Family Ticket – 5 people (max. 2 adults) – £49.50
Under 2's – free
A Pirate Life's for me!
My sis and I took a trip to Irvine to the Scottish Maritime museum recently and the lovely staff gave us a heads up to come back with the kids this weekend.
There's a full 2 days (Sat 21st and Sunday 22nd) of Pirate themed fun happening with dress ups, treasure hunts, face painting, bouncy castles and more.
Event is running on both days from 11am – 4pm.
Adults- £8.50
Children under 16 are free
For the kids and the big kids
The Citadel Leisure centre in Ayr are hosting the Model Railway Show this weekend on 21st/22nd September and I know for a fact that my "choo choo train" obsessed toddler would be in his element at this.
Details here-
A weekend of Food and Crafting in Newmilns
This weekend Newmilns will be buzzing with lots to offer the whole family, and I hear the weather is to be good in Ayrshire so it's a bonus for outdoor events.
The newmilns food festival is back for a forth year and I hear there's lots more traders coming along to make it bigger and better than previous years.
Times as above and free to attend!
A lightshow not to be missed
Yup, Illuminite (sponsored by Lidl) is back at Dean Park in Kilmarnock again for its 3rd year I believe from Wednesday 23 October to Sunday 17 November. We were there last year and were blown away. We were lucky with the weather mind you, but I honestly can't recommend this night enough. The kids will love the trail which didn't last too long and there's new things to see at every corner. This year I believe they have added a special intergalactic light experience and space show. Food trucks and mallow toasting too, so wrap up warm and enjoy a night for all the family.
Adults- £12.50
Children- £6.50
Saddle up partner
The guys who brought you the Singing Kettle are coming to Troon Concert Hall on Sunday 20th October for "Fun Box present The Wild West Show"
Show time is at 2pm and if you're heading along, make it more fun and bring the little ones dressed up !
Prices are all £14 or a family ticket for £50
Thanks for reading guys!
Kat x


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That's why Mouse fits him so well.
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The catch? Their town is falling apart.
A cesspool of crime and addiction, the Spartans face yet another challenge: confront crime lord Manuel Contreras and risk war, or worse, death. When Angel's kid sister rolls into town and takes a shine to the Spartan's mortal enemy, Moose is torn between doing what's best for his family…and what's best for his love life.
Will he be able to strike a balance, or lose everyone he cares about in the process?
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Certificate of Victimization, 1946 January 26
Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00002
Overview A certificate from Opfer des Faschismus.--Abteilung Opfer der Nürnberger Gesetzgebung, the City of Berlin Department of Social Welfare, certifying Max Loewenstein as a victim of the Nuremberg Laws. Includes Max's birth date and address. Stamped with the Department of Social Welfare seal and signed by the magistrate of Berlin.
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text: In the past week or so, I have turned in my master's dissertation, moved house, snuck into a conference session, read two books, watched five or so movies, and eaten lots of food. The rain fell continuously for nearly three days, resulting in a flooded river and several bewildered ducks, with reports of equally baffled sheep. It has been said that my vintage raincoat and new hat make me look like a cheerful Communist. I have also averted a potential crisis by shelving Good Omens with the P's instead of the G's on the higher shelf and unintentionally bought two books from the used book tables on Market Street. Could you pass up Don't Panic!: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by none other than Neil Gaiman and a large, illustrated Always Coming Home by the magnificent Ursula K. Le Guin for only £1 each? Of course, much else can be said for the fullness of the past week: much laughter has been had, as well as music shared and stories told over tea and fudge doughnuts in groups of six or four or two, but such anecdotes are kept in the minds of those who hold them. I have not had much opportunity to sit and ruminate, which is fine. Felicity leaves Monday, the figurative sense following directly the literal, and next week I shall have the few days at home I need to organize both thoughts and possessions. At the present the silence of a blog is a sign of a life away from the computer, and since it is my month off from work, this is as it should be.


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A bullish start to the year has seen Tron ("TRX") rally 39.3% through the first 8 days of 2019, Tron seeing its largest daily gain of the New Year on Tuesday 8th, jumping by 10.68% to keep pace with the other cryptomarket trailblazer Litecoin.
Following a 15.31% rally last week, Monday through Sunday, a bullish start to this week has seen Tron strike an early intraweek high $0.02749, breaking through the week's first major resistance level at $0.0255 to come up against the second major resistance level at $0.0275 before easing back to $0.02676 by the day's end on Tuesday.
With Tron having been in the green for 5 consecutive days going into this morning, a 3rd January fall the only day in the red in the New Year, moves through the middle part of the week will be key to Tron's direction going into the weekend.
In spite the bullish start to the year, the extended bearish trend, formed at an end of April swing hi $0.1004, remained intact following a late November swing lo $0.0111, with Tron continuing to fall well short of the 23.6% FIB Retracement Level of $0.0322.
At the time of writing, Tron was down 1.18% to $0.02644, with Tron falling to an early morning low $0.02612 before recovering to a morning high $0.02695, Tron struggling to break back through to $0.027 levels early in the day.
For the remainder of the week, holding onto $0.026 levels through the middle part of the week would support another move through the current week's high $0.02749 to bring the week's second major resistance level at $0.0275 and $0.030 levels into play before any pullback.
While we would expect Tron to come up short of the 23.6% FIB Retracement Level of $0.322 and third major resistance level at $0.0326, a break through the second major resistance level at $0.0275 ahead of the weekend could see $0.030 levels in play, though support would be needed from the broader market for a breakout going into the weekend.
Failure to hold onto $0.026 levels through the middle part of the week could see Tron pullback through the week's first major resistance level at $0.0255, with a fall through to $0.022 levels bringing the week's first major support level at $0.0204 into play before any recovery.
For the crypto bulls, momentum at the start of the year would need to be sustained for Tron to begin eyeing a bearish trend reversal, with a break out from the 23.6% FIB Retracement Level of $0.0322 to $0.040 levels needed to form a near-term bullish trend.
Major Support Level: $0.0204
Major Resistance Level: $0.0255
Fib 23.6% Retracement Level: $0.0322
Fib 38% Retracement Level: $0.0452
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Being a Dutiful Child
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) explains to us a higher standard of being a dutiful child. While everyone appreciates the first two of these four actions "..supplication for them, praying that they are forgiven, fulfillment of their wills .." the Prophet, mentions that the last two are not so easily appreciated "…being kind to their friends and maintaining good relations with those of your relatives with whom your kinship is established only through them"
Someone may say: what claim can my father's friends have on me when our ways hardly meet? I may have nothing to do with them. Their way of thinking may be very different from mine. The Prophet emphasizes this point as an evidence of good upbringing, good personality and dutifulness. We lose nothing by treating our parents' friends with respect and kindness. Indeed we gain a great deal as our reputation in our society is greatly enhanced. Abdullah Ibn `Umar, who is highly renowned as one of the best scholars among the Prophet's Companions, was traveling with a group of people when he met a Bedouin who had been a friend of his father. The Bedouin asked him: "Are you not `Umar's son?" He answered in the affirmative. Ibn `Umar then gave the Bedouin his own donkey and took his turban off his head and gave it to the man. Some of his companions remarked that a couple of Dirhams (the silver coin of that time) would have been adequate, since Bedouins did not expect much. Ibn `Umar told them that the Prophet said,
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Episode 2: Allison Iantosca
This week's episode of Women at WIRC, a podcast for and about the women of remodeling and construction, features Allison Iantosca, president of F.H. Perry Builder, sharing a variety of insights, including how she grows her business, networks inside and outside the industry, and decides how to structure her days.
All episodes of Women at WIRC can be found on our website, and on iTunes, Apple Music, or wherever else you get your pods.
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One of the things that drives the artisanal economy is scarcity. Those apple pies at the farmer's market. Once they're … More
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My First Children's Story Translated into Auslan
Ben the kangaroo is adapted into Auslan, by the wonderfully talented Jennie Kadiki. Auslan is such a beautiful and expressive language, it is a real honour to see my story unfold this way.
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An envelope containing an "unknown substance" was opened at a US base near Washington on Tuesday (Feb 27), leaving 11 people sick, including military personnel, officials said.
The envelope was received at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, leading to an evacuation of the building, the US Marine Corps said in a statement.
Base officials "are coordinating with local Hazmat teams and FBI. Several Marines are receiving medical care as a result of this incident," the statement read.
"No additional details are available at this time as the investigation is ongoing."
The Arlington Fire Department tweeted that "11 people started feeling ill after letter was opened in consolidated admin building".
CNN reported that a corporal, gunnery sergeant and a colonel complained of a "burning sensation" on their hands and face.
Marine spokesman Major Brian Block said it was too soon to say whether the incident was being considered a terror attack.
"It's way too early to start speculating on any of that, we have to wait and let the investigators do their jobs," Block told AFP.
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A while ago, I made home-made roasted fresh pumpkin purée. I had to use it up. The rest, I froze into Ziplock bags in my freezer, for later use. We can't buy pumpkin in a can. It doesn't exist in Belgium! Too bad, I say! 😦 and because we can't buy pumpkin spice over here, I made my own. This is also good for the people of Belgium so we can use this tasty mixed spice too!
It was the 1st time, I made vegan pancakes & it worked out really well.
I also made my own pumpkin pie spice!
So, here we go!
1. Vegan & Gluten-Free Pumpkin pie spice recipe ( my version )
4 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg, freshly grated
1 teaspoon of ground mace ( = foelie in Dutch )
1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
1. Take a clean smaller bowl & add all the spices. Like this picture:
2. Mix with a little whisk until it is all beautifully combined. Like this picture:
3. Use instantly or place into a lovely jam pot with fitting lid & place a lovely label with the date on it when you made it. Store in a dry cupboard. Enjoy! This would also make an ideal food gift!
2. For the Vegan pumpkin & pumpkin pie spiced pancakes! For 7 thicker pancakes!
1 cup of soy milk, not so sweet
1/2 cup of home-made pumpkin purée
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
1 cup + 1/4 cup of organic flour
1 tablespoon of coconut sugar
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of home-made pumpkin pie spice: ( recipe above! )
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt flakes, crushed
2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed
1. Take a medium bowl & add milk, flaxseed, pumpkin purée & sunflower oil. Combine well with a whisk.
2. In another larger bowl, sift together flour, salt, pumpkin pie spice, sugar & baking powder. Mix with a spoon.
3. Add wet ingredients to the dry mixture, stirring until just joined. A few lumps are okay.
4. Oil a non-stick pan with sunflower oil & heat up on high. Cook 1/3 cup of the pancake batter at once into your hot pan & spread it out a bit, with the back of a spoon & flip the pancake over when bubbles appear on the surface of the pancake. Cook the second side until golden brown. Re-oil your pan, if you need to. Do the same with the rest of the pancake-batter. Keep the pancakes warm, on a hot plate, covered with aluminium foil.
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Shocking Home Energy Audit Video - ProMaster Cincinnati
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Hi, it's Don Kennedy with ProMaster Home Repair and Handyman of Cincinnati. I'm so excited about today's video because I get a lot of questions from from viewers and folks who come to our website about energy efficiency and how to improve their home and make it more energy efficient. So today I've asked my friend Tim Courtier, who is the owner of ProEnergy Consultants, if we could tag along on a real home energy audit. So let me introduce you to my friend Tim and he's gonna tell you all about what we're gonna do. Hey Don. Thanks for having me, I appreciate you having us out here today First of all, tell me a little bit a lot of folks today are getting home energy audits so they can get a report to understand how they can improve their home and make it more energy efficient. So a lot of times, people will call the power company and the power company guy will come out Tell me how you're different and what you do. Well, we take a different approach than the power company does. When the power company comes out, their not gonna use the infrared camera, or put the house under a negative pressure to find where all the air leaks are as well. They're going to come out and tell you to buy energy star appliances and to put CFL light bulbs in and thats about it. We get a little bit deeper involved than that. Like I said, we do an infrared scan to where we can find any missing insulation or lack thereof. We do the negative pressure test to where we can see where there is any type of air infiltration in the home itself. We also test the duct work itself to make sure you're getting the proper amount of heat or air conditioning to those rooms. So we find out where you're losing energy and why and how you can make your home more comfortable. Well that makes a lot of sense because I get calls from folks all the time asking "should I spend this five or ten thousand dollars on new windows?". Or "this guy quoted me two grand for new insulation". Or "should I spend $12,000 on a new heating system?"/ So people are just throwing good money after bad in an attempt to make their home more efficient. You say they shouldn't do that without getting an energy audit first. Why is that? Get the energy audit first, our motto is "We don't guess". We find out where you're losing the energy and why. We also give you a detailed report of where you need to focus on investing your money to where you're going to get that return on investment. So then you could take that report and do that work yourself or hire a company like ours to come in and do that. Then we can actually focus their dollars towards where they're going to make the most impact. Okay, that makes sense. Now my next question is where are the tools? Let's talk about some of those. Maybe you can give us a tour of some of the equipment because we like tools in our business, we think that's cool. So show us some of the equipment you use and maybe we'll take a look at how you go about doing it. Okay Lets go! Alright, we're inside now where it's nice and warm. I've been watching Tim set-up and the first thing I noticed is this large, red contraption. Are we going camping, Tim? Well, what this is, is what we call a blower door. What we use this for is it puts the house under a negative pressure. Basically what that means is it's simulating a ten mph wind blowing constantly on all four walls of the home. That way we can see where there is any type of air leakage. Be it from the windows, the doors, basically the entire building itself. That tool that you're holding there is what's called a digital multimeter. What we use that for is once we're done doing our blower door test We can figure out the approximate size leakage that's in the home itself. We can tell you, in essence, how big of a hole is in your house. Cool. Very Cool! Let's crank it up! What we're doing now is using a thermal camera. This is actually showing us where you have that cold air coming in. The blue here is showing us the cold As I come forward here with my smoke pencil and shoot the smoke in here, you can see the smoke coming back at us. You can tell there is a lot of air from the outside coming in. Not only is it coming in through the flue itself as we come to the side here, you can see these gaps along the masonry and when I hit it with the smoke, you can see it shooting right back at us. Also, with our thermal camera you can see those temperature variations. They have 40 degree air coming in here, which is not a good thing. Another thing is, like this particular customer they just had new windows installed and a lot of times what you find is, people don't need new windows What I'm finding here is, They actually have a lot of air leakage around the windows themselves. When I shoot it with my infrared, I can see the cold air coming in. Then we use our smoke pencil to where you can see all that air is blowing that smoke away. This is a simple repair versus actually replacing the window itself. Just use a caulk to seal that on up and you're good to go. Tim is kind of like an investigator we've been watching him as he's been snooping around the house. He's using his infrared camera and found something really interesting with this window What's going on here? Again, this is a brand new window that they installed last year. What we found was air leakage underneath the window itself along the trim here. Again, all we need to do is lay a simple bead of caulk and it will take care of that air leak. So this is really an installation problem. All these times people spend so much money on new windows and they're not getting the performance of it Simply because a deficiency in the installation. Correct. When some companies install new windows, they neglect to seal around the window itself and around the trim here. Which more often than not is where you're going to get your air infiltration. So Tim, what about doors? Tell me what you're looking for here. Doors are a very important area to check for door leaks as well. As you can see on the thermal camera here. we have 33 degree air coming in underneath the door Then as I pan up, you can also see a lot of air coming in on the sides as well. Again, as I shoot it with my smoke pencil here you can see all the air coming in just blowing that smoke away here. Now, in this particular case, what we need to do is replace the weatherstripping around the door itself and also around the trim area, once again, just needs some simple caulk. Do that and you're good to go. That's a beautiful old hardwood door that we definitely don't want to replace Now we're in the basement, and one particular area that you really want to focus on is what's called the band joist or the rim joist. What we found here is, someone had insulated the band joist, but as I shoot with my camera here, there's actually low 30 degree temperature air coming in through that insulation. If you look up inside there, it's starting to actually blacken the insulation because it's basically acting like a filter at this point. So typically what we always recommend you have done instead of the insulation such as this, we recommend using the foam insulation where you're going to get an air barrier to stop that air leak as well as a thermal barrier at the same time. Here is a close up of what Tim is talking about. You can see the gaps that are between what's called the sill plate and the rim joist. Air is just flowing right in there. It doesn't matter if your home is new or old. In fact, when I moved into my place, new home about 3 or 4 years ago, I had to take some foam and seal up all of those gaps because the contractors aren't going to take time to do that. Now we are in the attic space which is a very important area and also a very neglected area. Which we can see here in this attic space. Now if you actually look down inside here you can see how the insulation itself is actually starting to blacken. Once again, they didn't install baffles so the insulation itself is covering up those soffit vents. Again, it's acting like a filter. So what we actually need to do here is install baffles to where it's going to open up to those soffit vents where it's going to get the proper air ventilation through here. We also need to add an additional amount of insulation in here. They've actually floored in here, so we a maximum of 6 inches of insulation in this attic space. In this area that we're in, you wanna be at around an R-49 value. We are going to need to add about 12-15 inches. Now as I'm scanning the ceiling here on the second story I'm finding a lot of areas of cold spots and it's getting down to the low 50's high 40 degree mark. Again, with that lack of insulation in the attic space, it's giving you all these cold spots Which again shows why we need to add that additional insulation to the attic space. Another thing we always want to check, especially on the second story with the attic space above, is any type of penetration that is going in to this attic space. We have a light here This one is good. It's sealed up. There is no air coming in through there. But that is a real common source for having that unfiltered cold air from the attic come in to the living space on the 2nd story in the bedroom. Again, we're on the second story, and as I'm scanning this closet space, I find there's a lot of cracks in the plaster here. As I shoot it with my thermal camera I'm getting some real cold temperatures now through there. We can actually feel this draft coming through this closet itself. What we need to do here is seal those cracks up to prevent all that air infiltration from coming into the living condition space. An added benefit of having a professional energy auditor conduct an energy audit versus maybe somebody from the power company, is that a gentleman like Tim has a lot more knowledge about appropriate residential construction techniques and can spot problems not only that effect the energy performance. but there could be other safety problems in your home. That actually happened while we were out at this home. We were down in the basement, Tim spotted something that could actually be a serious safety concern that could actually kill the occupants of the home. Tim, why dont you explain what you found? Well, what we found here Don while I was looking around the chimney for this gas water heater it obviously uses combustible gas. You have to vent those gases out of the home and like you said, this is a serious safety issue. It can cause serious illness or even death. As you can see here, this pipe is actually disconnected from the water heater itself. Now they have those harmful carbon monoxide gases actually inside the home itself. Now, this family did not have a carbon monoxide detector. I would hate to have seen, almost don't want to know but if you don't have a carbon monoxide detector, please go out and buy one. I have one on every floor of my house. It would tell you if something like this was occurring and spewing carbon monoxide into your air. Well, Tim, we started here at the front door, we are now done back at the front door. Give us an overview of what we did here today. Well, basically what we do from here is after I take all my findings withing a 48 hour period I actually build my customers a prioritized action plan. What that action plan is, is what we recommend to improve their home to make it more energy efficient and show where they're gonna save the most money. Like I was telling you with my mulitmeter, I can actually with the findings that I have, in essence tell you how big of a "hole" you have in your home. How much air infiltration is coming into your home and how we can improve that. That's all in the report for the customer. Any customer, if they need someone like you we make those recommendations. A lot of the things we find, as you've seen are simple things customers can do themselves to improve their home. Make it more energy efficient without having to spend that extra money to have that taken care of. Great, I look forward to the report! Thank you so much for letting us tag along. It was certainly a learning experience for me and I hope you at home enjoyed this and learned something from it. Thanks for watching! If you need to reach Tim to have a home energy audit done, call Tim at 513-474-0010 or [email protected] As always, if you need help with a home repair or remodeling project, reach us in the Cincinnati area at 513-724-0539 or at MasterMyList.com and as always we'd love to be your friend on facebook keyword "ProMaster Craftsmen". Happy Remodeling!
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Country: United States
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Producer: Mark Evans
Director: Mark Evans
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Posted by: handymancincy on Jan 14, 2011
A home energy efficiency audit is a great way to learn where your home is losing energy and what you can do about it.
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|Pursuing the wicked
Your continuous generosity continues to amaze me.
This month marks 17 years on the job for me. I'm lucky enough to finally be where I always wanted to be- Midnight shift Patrol Sergeant. We've had quite a shift in our department, with more than half having been hired in the last 4 years. There is only six of us with more than 15 on. It is quite refreshing to see these youngin's out there beating the bushes, stopping cars, and competing with each other for who has the most arrests.
As I sit here thinking about a story to tell, sadly most of the tragedy we deal with comes to mind.
But, I do have a good short one. One summer, about 2004 when I was brand new on my own, we had a 18 wheeler overturn on the Interstate. It was a refrigerated box trailer. There, across both lanes, were strewn what had to be several hundred boxes of various ice cream novelties. Fudgsicles, popsicles, and the like. The driver was a little banged up from the crash, with the worst part being he split his big toe down to the bone (which was visible). I never determined how. But we had about three tow services out there trying to clean up the mess. The driver said to take whatever we could. So, I filled the back of my Interceptor with several dozen boxes of novelties, and made deliveries to kids in my neighborhood. Felt a little like Christmas in July.
Most of those kids are in college now.......
Obviously not in either, but you continue to show you are an exemplary member of this community. Thank you.
"Ultima Ratio Regum"
Life Member NRA Washington Arms Collectors
The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them.'
|Fighting the good fight
I feel that.
I was a school resource officer in a junior high for several years in the late 2000s.
Now I'm running into my former junior high students at bars.
|Pursuing the wicked
Dude- You still got the energy to go to bars????
|Justice Forever
Please add me to your generous karma! I absolutely love the P228!
This month I will hit my 18 year mark.
A quick history on me: I worked the road on patrol for 13 years, six of which I was a field training officer. I was promoted six years ago to sergeant. I also served 14 years as a firearms instructor.
A quick story: A few years back I was working at a local church off-duty with one of my lieutenants. I was in a mentally low point in my career and was doing good to just make it through the day back then. I was walking around the large church and a woman approached me. She saw my last name on my uniform and gasped. She said, "I have someone who would like to speak with you." I wasn't very thrilled as my name is B. Justice. I hear many jokes a day in regard to Smokey and the Bandit.
A few minutes later she brings a man up to me and he stood there for a few seconds just staring at me. His eyes filled with tears and he reached out his hand to shake mine. He told me how he had attempted suicide a few years ago by starting his truck in his closed garage. He said that the last thing he remembered was a policeman with the name Justice on his uniform pull him from his garage and drag him outside. He stated that he was addicted to meth and decided to end his life that day. After the suicide attempted he spent some time in the hospital. He had turned his life around and had spoken in that church of his story and the policeman named Justice who had saved him. The woman, was his fiancé. To this day, he is married and doing just fine.
I had felt as if I had never made a difference and felt sorry for myself. Then, that happened. I had forgotten about that dispatched run to a suicidal subject. They all run together in my mind. I had to go back and look it up. I had completely placed it out of my mind. It was a nice reminder that what we all do out here is for the greater good and we do make a difference even if we don't see it.
I have several stories, like many in the same profession. Shootings, stabbings, fatal accidents, pursuits and countless other things both exciting and boring. Being a sheriff's deputy I have been in several operating rooms with prisoners having surgery. I have seen heart stents put in, bullet wounds, teeth extracted, etc.
I used to drink a lot and I mean A LOT. I stopped in April of 2019. One time I was sitting at my dining room table with my wife, brother and sister in law. After becoming drunk I remembered a fatal accident I had worked with small children. As I sat there and everyone was laughing and having a good time, I just completely broke down. I had never dealt with that and tucked it away. It came out that night and I was so embarrassed. But, my family who were present helped me through it and all was well.
Well, now that I have ranted on I will say thank again for your generosity and the chance to win such a nice pistol.
Wow! That is awesome! Thanks!! Please count me in.
Started my career in the Army MP Corps and bought my first gun, a Sig P220 9mm with heel mag release at the PX.
33 years later, retired from the Army and the State Police, I'm still working for the local District Attorney as a detective, carrying my latest Sig, a P365.
Please count me in and thanks so much for the generous karma!!! We've all got stories about stuff that happened during our careers (some good and some not so much), but since we're talking about karma, I'll provide a couple quick ones that seemed to show it DOES exist.
One night while working uniformed patrol, I received a call of a drunk guy that was threatening people with a knife in one of our local parks, known for having a large population of transients (aka: "Homeless"). As I entered the location, I saw a guy that matched the description and detained him. I don't recall if we found the victim or whether he/she wanted to prosecute, but as I questioned this guy he repeatedly denied having a knife or having threatened anyone with such a weapon. After a few minutes of this, he swore to God he was telling the truth (a good sign of lying in and of itself), when literally out of the sky, a knife fell to the ground between us!
Apparently, as I'd entered the park, he'd thrown the knife up into the fronds of a palm tree he was standing next to. As I questioned him, the knife slowly slipped out of the tree and fell to the point between us. I tried (successfully, I think) to be cool and just picked the thing up and looked at him. The expression on his face could only be described as incredulous.
Story #2: I was assigned to a multiagency taskforce that dealt with professional car thieves. One time, I served a search warrant on a residence occupied by some middle eastern folks that served as a "chop shop." Apparently my suspects liked to gamble, as I'd seen some cards and dice in a garage I was searching in the presence of one of my suspects. While he complained about his arrest, I asked if he felt "lucky" and told him that maybe a roll of the dice would suggest whether he'd ultimately prevail in court or we ("The People") would. I picked up the dice and said if I rolled "Snake-eyes", he was in deep shit. I tossed the dice in front of him and sure enough, two ones were the result. He started crying. I thought it was pretty cool though.
"I'm not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get around in places where it's spoken."
|I kneel for my God,
and I stand for my flag
I'll hit 32-years in April. I appreciate the thanks and the opportunity to enter.
I too, am not eligible, but I wanted to express my appreciation to all the LEO members! The running store where I work from time to time offers a discount to first responders in appreciation for their bravery and sacrifice.
You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you are capable of great violence. If you're not capable of great violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless.
NRA Benefactor/Patriot Member
|Fighting the good fight
Thank you for doing that. The local mom-and-pop running store around here was a major factor in me making it through the academy.
I've always had really wide and flat feet (like paddles, which is why I'm a significantly better swimmer than a runner). Custom orthotics from a podiatrist helped a lot, primarily with walking and standing, but there were still issues with pain during/after running for long distances.
Going to a local running store for advice led to them hooking me up with expensive (but totally worth it) pronation-control running shoes, which made all the difference during the significant amount of running training before and during the academy.
|I can't tell if I'm
tired, or just lazy
I've been retired for some 14 years, although it doesn't seem that long when I think about it.
This isn't a duty involved story and I'm not much on story telling, but when I was sent to the police academy I was assigned my dorm room and met my roommate. He was a nice enough guy but that night I was to find out he was a snorer from hell. He literally shook the walls with his snoring. After a week of this torture I had had enough. I went to our dorm supervisor and asked him if I could get another room because my roommate snored something awful. I felt bad about doing this but my sanity depended on it. He told me not to worry because just about every other person on that dorm wing had already complained to him about my roommates snoring.
The poor guy was relegated to some obscure part of the dorm for the duration. He was good about it because he was aware of his thunderous snoring.
Thank you for your generous Karma.
"The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
|Let's be careful
out there
I did 34 years . Two agencies, so I'll offer two stories.
My partner, Pat, and I got an unknown trouble call. Nobody likes those. I called the box, and was told no info, just that there was a lot of hollering, and something about a bat. We got there, figuring it was a domestic. Pat hammered on the door, i yelled POLICE. Guy opens the door, armed with a tennis racket. Whole family armed with badminton rackets, little brown bat swooping around, trying not to get smacked. I walk over, open a window, and within 20 secs, perp bat flees the scene. Guy is mortified that he didn't think of that. Pat says, with a straight face, "That's okay, sir. We're trained professionals." I just made it back to the cruiser without cracking up.
I was in court once on a vice arrest for procuring. Pimp was a real Mac Daddy, dressed and stylin'. Judge fines him $500.00. Pimp says "Sheeeitt, Judge, I got that much in my pocket!!". Judge says, "Then reach down in your other pocket and give me 90 days in County".
I'd love to be entered in this Karma. Thank you.
|semi-reformed sailor
Thanks for the chance.
I was a boarding officer in the Coast Guard and was on one ship when we seized 5,460lbs of cocaine...was the middle of the night and we got called out for an intermittent contact. We gear up and drop over the side in the small boat and the coxn proceeds to get us all soaking wet( they always do it even if it was flat ass calm). Anyway, the radio is directing us toward this contact and we literally run into the drug smugglers. I roll out of the small boat onto the top of the drug boat and starskey and hutch myself into standing and start yelling hands up in Spanish. So we seize the stuff and take it into Puerto Rico and I get to ride the drug boat.
It was like someone bought a cigar boat (like in Miami Vice) and painted it blue to match the ocean. Super stoked about our bust, grins, photos , the works. Some civilian guy walks up and flips out his creds, and he's from DEA and we interrupted his controlled delivery. Completely ruined a year of his work! Hahahaha we didn't care we were standing on five pallets of pure cocaine. Good times.
Years later when I was a city cop, I was sitting around roll call and someone was bragging bout his bust from the last night and how he had the biggest arrest on the team, etc just annoying everyone...sarge says quietly to me, Mike, what's your biggest bust? I just grinned, while popping this guys bubble.
I had 18 years as a city cop until I had to medically retire. Its only been three years since then, but I miss the work. Good times.
"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
|Prepared for the Worst, Providing the Best
Thank you for the awesome karma! Please count me in. I'll have 10 years on in December, if you count a few as a reserve.
My favorite story involves some cop humor, so fair warning, stop reading now if you don't appreciate scatalogical humor, or dead animals.
We got a call one night about a guy doing CPR on a cat in the middle of the main road through town. It was a slow night, and of course we all wanted to see what stupidity was in progress, so three of us went. I got there first and encountered a young pothead, obviously somewhat stoned, with a big marijuana leaf design on his shirt. The dude was choked up and had obviously been crying, so I asked him what happened. He told me he'd been walking down the street and found a cat lying in the road. He said he'd tried to save it, but it wouldn't wake up.
While I was talking to him, the other two units rolled up. They found the cat about half a block down, in the road, stone dead and stiff (the Lt. later told me the only reason he didn't go to the call was that he'd seen the cat dead there the day before, knew it was old, and wanted nothing to do with it!). The kid had indeed attempted CPR...we could tell because he'd pushed so hard that there was a big puddle of piss and a cat turd on the ground that he'd squeezed out of it.
I managed to convince the doper that there was nothing he could have done, and sent him on home. And then we laughed and laughed. I still wish I'd thought at the time to tell him that CPR only works on cats if you do mouth-to-mouth .
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I am not eligible. I've been an armed security guard working on Gov't contracts for over 10 years!
The LEOs here really deserve the chance to win this. They confront all kinds of uncertain individuals in their daily activities.
However, I have one interesting experience. One day, a person approaches me at work. I need to screen everyone before I provide them access to the office and hearing rooms. We get a few homeless people on occasion.
As I was inspecting this person's backpack, I noticed a cardboard box with a broken seal. I removed the box and opened it. Inside the box was another sealed box. The seal wasn't broken.
I asked the person "what is in this box?". He replied "I'm homeless and on the street. My Mom passed away recently and these are her ashes. I carry them around with me till I find the right area to bury her."
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I retired Sept. 1, 2018 and this story took place in Dec. 2017.
My wife runs our local contract post office and a 14-mile rural mail route. Often times I'd help her on a Saturday during the Christmas season due to the high volume of mail and packages. On this Saturday we had taken my red Ford Ranger to the county seat where she picks up her mail, got it sorted and were headed back to our small mountain town. I had my portable radio with me and heard a nearby local PD call out that he was starting a pursuit when a white ASUV refused to stop and took off.
Soon a deputy chimed in that the SUV was ripping through the countyseat at aound 85 in a 25 mph zone. He couldn't catch up due to traffic volume and asked dispatch to call for Command 4 (me) to get ready to set out stopsticks at my residence if he turned north when he hit the highway (this was a regular call when off-duty as we live on the main road and runners all came by us at all hours).
I responded that I was northbound in my POV on Red Hill Pass, and "be advised, your suspect just went by me at 100". There were no reds-and-blues anywhere behind us so I called that I'd try to keep him in sight until they caught up.
Even with nobody in active pursuit the SUV kept up speeds over 100 and I called "I'm at the 187 and he just went around the curve at the 190" Due to terrain I could keep him more or less in view as I rolled along with the wife and the load of mail in the back. Mrs john1 got a litttle bit exicted and said "You son of a bitch, you're doing 100 (an exaggeration), smoking a cigar and talking on the fucking radio-you're taking me to dinner!" All I could say was "Yes I am" (And later that night I did, too).
By and by, like around 16 miles later, a deputy finally caught up and I backed off, but we continued on for a bit. Eventually the runner was stopsticked but then turned up a dirt road and bailed. When the foot seach got close to the brush pile he was hiding under he took off again like a striped-ass ape and was doing good until he hit the barbed wire fence.
He had warrants out of two metro counties, a stolen SUV, meth and some pretty impressive rips and tears from the fence.
The best part was later that afternoon, one of the wife's elderly female postal customers came in and took Mrs. john1 aside and said "Honey, it's none of my business, but why were the police chasing you this morning?"
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Started my career in green as a park ranger, working a second job as a part-time officer in a small town to make up for being "paid in sunsets" at the first job. Eventually came to the Federal dark side, first as an immigration agent and now as a criminal investigator in an OIG. Almost 30 years total, and still having an absolute blast.
Ever have a situation where you think "This has GOT to be illegal, somehow" and then embark on a several-hour quest to figure out HOW? Turned out that while being highly suspicious behavior, there was nothing inherently illegal about driving around with a comparatively "fresh" severed hand-- not the suspect's own-- on the passenger seat. Surprisingly easy to print. For all I know, it's still in cold storage in a Florida ME's office, still unidentified and separated from its first owner.
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Thank you for the generous Karma, please count me in!!
I'm starting my 19th year with my current agency, currently working as a patrol sergeant. My wife has also been with the same agency for 22 years currently working as an investigator.
One day I was making small talk with a sketchy business owner, hoping he would offer up some information on burglary ring I was getting close to breaking. I knew my wife had been dealing with this guy on one of her cases recently, and as female cops tend to do with "tough guys," she'd ruffled his feathers a bit.
Eventually the guy gives me a bit of what I was looking for and says "But, hey, don't tell that red-headed lady cop I told you anything, she can fuck off. God, talk about a cranky bitch!"
Unbeknownst to me, he was in the small minority of the local population who had no clue we were married. I was super pissed for a split second, but somehow the words "Yeah, tell me about it" rolled out of my mouth with surprising ease.
Hater of fun since 2001!
I'm in for the karma. I will have to think of a story. I just hit 5 years so I don't have a ton of them (relatively speaking).
A couple of my favorites, not because they're funny but because they're just neat: when I was a new guy (like 2 months out of the academy) I stopped a Dodge Durango with Illinois plates for a busted headlight right before it got onto I-80 to leave town. Gal had her four kids (ages 9 months-4ish years) in the car, none of them properly secured. She was in the process of moving from Illinois to Colorado. Hit her with a boatload of tickets, photographed the kids just in case, and moved on.
A week later, I heard a reckless driver broadcasts on the state patrol frequency with her license plate. I couldn't figure out the location, and when I put it together, I realized it was way out in the western part of the state, 150* miles away. There was no reason for us to give gotten that transmission, although we occasionally got radio skip from this tower. In most cases, it was garbled and broken. In this case, it was as clear as our own radios.
The next day, this photo went viral.
I recognized the kid from my traffic stop. Turns out the idiot mother had been driving to CO when her tire blew and her Durango rolled. Ejected everyone, killed her boyfriend, seriously injured 3 of the kids. I reached out to the agency with my photos and they had already found the tickets. My documentation allowed for more serious charges to be filed against her. The totality of the circumstances in that case, particularly the clear-as-day radio skip, was weird.
Another one: had a noise complaint at my last agency for people hanging out in a garage being obnoxious. Went to handle it and ID'd everyone there to give them noise warnings. One guy's name did not come back on file. While we were trying to sort it out, i referred to him by name to his girlfriend. She had only been dating him for a month or so and did not know him by that name. I ran the name she gave me, and got no return. I called him on it, and he gave me a third name. No return.
Cuffed him up for the time being and then noticed he was wearing dog tags. They had the third name and his SSN on them. Figuring I had his real name, I uncuffed him and told him he could leave, but he stuck around. I started asking him questions about where he said he was from (Odessa, TX) but he couldn't answer them. Also couldn't explain why he had a California SSN prefix when he claimed he had never been there before.
While I was playing this game with him, girlfriend came stomping out of the house with his California birth certificate after going through his luggage. Turns out he was a wanted predatory sex offender out of Oregon. In my subsequent interview, we talked about guns and stuff and he told me all about the XD-S he had in the house that he loved. Bad news for him is I knew he was a convicted felon, but he forgot about it apparently. Got a search warrant for the house, got the gun, and it was stolen. He ended up going to prison over it, which I thought was a great outcome for what was going to be a noise warning.
May our caskets be made of hundred-year oak, and may we plant those trees tomorrow.
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- Gonzalo Pizarro (Spanish) is Francisco de Orellana's (the player) superior, and his base is in the east. At certain times of the gameplay, he would have conversations with Orellana, and at certain times the player's units are being transferred to Pizarro to prevent the player from using them. The player's initial units are initially possessed by Pizarro as well. He has a few Conquistadores in the northwest (northeast of La Culata) who would join the player once discovered.
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- Locals (Incas) has a small village in the northwest which would tribute 200 food once found, as well as three slingers in the southwest and three Kamayuks in the northeast of Quito, whom each group of them would offer to join the player if the player clicks on their yurt and give 100 food to the group.
- Quito (Incas) is located in the middle of the map, where Orellana is supposed to meet Pizarro and fulfill the tasks given by him.
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- Gonzalo Diaz de Pineda (Spanish) is Orellana's rival Conquistador, having several units and buildings in Quito. His stance towards the player is always 'ally', therefore would not resist even if attacked. Pizarro would instruct Orellana to kill all the four Sergeants of Pineda in Quito. However, if any other of Pineda's soldiers gets killed, he will turn against the player, and if Pineda himself gets killed, the player would lose the game.
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- Incan Ruins (Incas) has an abandoned village in the northeast which the player would take over to fight the Rebels, a dock in the southwest which the player may destroy to get 100 gold, as well as four monasteries which the player may destroy them to get 100 gold each. Their stance towards the player is always 'ally'.
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- There are a few buildings in Quito which are actually transferred from Gonzalo Pizarro, which explains the Western European architecture instead of the New World/Mesoamerican one.


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"I'm doing about as well as can be hoped for under the circumstances," Leonhard, 55, a New Orleans law professor, says during an interview over Skype.
Leonhard is one of more than 800 Americans who have been evacuated from the epicenter of the outbreak in China and put under two-week quarantines at U.S. military bases in the nation's first federal quarantine in a half-century.
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She's also have trouble sleeping.
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About 500 miles away at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Ningxi Xu, a financial analyst from Jersey City, N.J., passes most of her time by herself in her base hotel room.
"I'm still kind of in disbelief that all of this is happening," says Xu, 30, who is also about midway through her quarantine. "It's very, very surreal."
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Xu also spends most of her time online, trying to work, emailing with friends and keeping up with the news. She talks regularly with friends, family and her boyfriend in New Jersey.
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