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text: LAKE FOREST PARK WATER DISTRICTBOARD MEETING MINUTESJULY 19, 2010Commissioners present: Timothy Davis and William Currie Others present: Alan Kerley, District Water Manager; Jackee Zweekhorst, Office Administrator; Dan Mundall, Engineer; Mr. Bill Donahue, Eli Zehner and James Apsitis, Residents.Mr. Davis called the meeting to order at 9:04 am.The Commissioners approved the agendaMr. Currie moved and Mr. Davis seconded adopting the minutes of the June 21, 2010, Board meeting as written. Motion passed.Ms. Zweekhorst reported that after payment of vouchers the funds had the following balances: Maintenance Fund at $104,246.70, Capital Improvement Fund at $259,765.39, PWTF at $257,773.34, Market Rate Account at $500.00 and New Well Fund $1,587,532.24 Revenue for the month of June totaled $23,861.04 with $16,088.24 from water sales, $3,878.25 in Capital Improvement Fees, $889.04 in Washington State Excise tax, City of Lake Forest Park Franchise Fee $1,006.13 and $1,699.38 in interest payments. Vouchers No.111584 through No.111655 in the amount of $84,043.96 were authorized for payment.Mr. Kerley reported the following:The new back steps and the front railing have been stained and look great.On Friday, July 9th, the crew and Mr. Kerley repaired two leaks on the watermain replaced by the 182nd street project. The Water Use Efficiency report for 2009 has been filed with the State.Meter reading and billing went out on time. The staff has been doing an excellent job of vegetation control around fire hydrants, meter boxes and the WHPA. The piping inside the pump house will be getting a coat of paint this summer. The prep work of removing all of the loose paint chips has been done. The staff and Mr. Kerley have been doing everything to facilitate the speed and ease of the watermain replacement project on Ne 182nd Street. All of the new watermain is now in the ground and the stretch of new watermain from 30th Ave NE has been flushed and purity tested. New service line installation will begin on Monday the 19th. Staff will also be flushing and taking purity tests on the stretch of watermain from 40th Ave. NE to NE 178th Street. Mr. Kerley reported that he did not purchase the 1 ton pickup truck that he had been interested in purchasing previously due to high anticipated maintenance costs. Mr. Kerley reported that there were no new changes on the WHPA security. Mr. Kerley left the meeting at 9:15 am. Ms. Zweekhorst reported the following: Ms. Zweekhorst mentioned as a reminder to the board that there is a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 21st at 9:00 am at the District offices between the District and the City of Lake Forest Park to discuss the City of Lake Forest Park 100-year proposed legacy trail project. Ms. Zweekhorst and Mr. Mundall are currently researching funding options for the Ballinger Way watermain replacement project and are hopeful they will be able to propose options to the board at the next regular meeting. The District staff is awaiting a response from the Seattle Public Utilities regarding the SPU wholesale water renegotiation draft that the District had received. Staff edited and resubmitted the draft back to SPU with a counter on fire flow specifics not being listed within the contract.The backup wells and triangle property purchase has been pushed back to approximately October 2010 according to Pree Carpenter of Seattle Public Utilities. Mr. Mundall arrived at 9:15 am. And reported the following;The standpipe refurbishment project is almost closed out, follow up soil samples were taken as a project protocol. A discussion was held. The Ballinger Way watermain replacement project plans are in the process of being produced. A discussion was held. The Brightwater back up well development project geotechnical design to widen the trail is now complete. The Approximate size is 283 feet. Mr. Mundall is currently completing the pre-design for the entire backup well system. A discussion was held. Status of the Brightwater Intertie is that the direction drill portion of pipe construction has just begun. The District will need to purchase a PRV to be located in the WHPA to insure that water will be transferred from the high zone to the low zone. The main purpose of the PRV will be to provide fire flow to the low zone. The Northshore Fire Department Marshall notified the District that the fire pressure that must be kept in the pipes during a fire is 20 psi. A discussion was held. The City of lake Forest Park 100-year proposed legacy trail project was discussed. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:04 am


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- 4 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
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Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms. Hibernation refers to a season of heterothermy that is characterized by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate. Although traditionally reserved for "deep" hibernators such as rodents, the term has been redefined to include animals such as bears and is now applied based on active metabolic suppression [1] rather than based on absolute body temperature decline. Many experts believe that the processes of daily torpor and hibernation form a continuum and utilize similar mechanisms.[2] Hibernation during the summer months is known as aestivation. Some reptile species (ectotherms) are said to brumate, or undergo brumation, but any possible similarities between brumation and hibernation are not firmly established.
Often associated with cold temperatures, the function of hibernation is to conserve energy during a period when sufficient food is scarce. To achieve this energy savings, an endotherm will first decrease its metabolic rate, which then results in a decreased body temperature.[2] Hibernation may last several days, weeks, or months depending on the species, ambient temperature, time of year, and individual animal's body condition.
Before entering hibernation, animals need to store enough energy to last the entire winter. Larger species become hyperphagic and eat a large amount of food and store the energy in fat deposits. In many small species, food caching replaces eating and becoming fat.[3] Some species of mammals hibernate while gestating young, which are either born while the mother hibernates or shortly afterwards.[4]
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Hibernation among rodents has been extensively studied for decades. Species of ground squirrel, marmot, prairie dog, dormouse, and hamster have all been shown to demonstrate hibernation. These animals all exhibit the classic hibernation pattern where body temperature remains at ambient temperature for days to weeks, followed by a brief (<24hr) return to high body temperature.
While hibernation has long been studied in rodents, namely ground squirrels, no primate or tropical mammal was known to hibernate prior to animal physiologist Kathrin Dausmann of Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, and coworkers presenting evidence that the Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur of Madagascar hibernates in tree holes for seven months of the year.[5] Malagasy winter temperatures sometimes rise to over 30 °C (86 °F), so hibernation is not exclusively an adaptation to low ambient temperatures. The hibernation of this lemur is strongly dependent on the thermal behaviour of its tree hole: if the hole is poorly insulated, the lemur's body temperature fluctuates widely, passively following the ambient temperature; if well insulated, the body temperature stays fairly constant and the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal.[citation needed] Dausmann found that hypometabolism in hibernating animals is not necessarily coupled to a low body temperature.[6][citation needed]
Bears do not hibernate very differently than either rodents or primates. They rely on active metabolic suppression, rather than a decreased body temperature to save energy over winter. Despite their lack of body temperature change, bears have an impressive hibernation physiology. They are able to recycle their proteins and urine, allowing them to stop urinating for months.[7][8]
Obligate hibernators[edit]
Obligate hibernators are defined as animals that spontaneously, and annually, enter hibernation regardless of ambient temperature and access to food. Obligate hibernators include many species of ground squirrels, other rodents, mouse lemurs, the European Hedgehog and other insectivores, monotremes and marsupials. These undergo what has been traditionally called "hibernation": the physiological state where the body temperature drops to near ambient (environmental) temperature, and heart and respiration rates slow drastically. The typical winter season for these hibernators is characterized by periods of torpor interrupted by periodic, euthermic arousals, wherein body temperatures and heart rates are restored to euthermic (more typical) levels. The cause and purpose of these arousals is still not clear.
The question of why hibernators may experience the periodic arousals (returns to high body temperature) has plagued researchers for decades, and while there is still no clear cut explanation, there are a myriad of hypotheses on the topic. One favored hypothesis is that hibernators build a 'sleep debt' during hibernation, and so must occasionally warm up in order to sleep. This has been supported by evidence in the arctic ground squirrel.[9] Another theory states that the brief periods of high body temperature during hibernation are used by the animal to restore its available energy sources.[10] Yet another theory states that the frequent returns to high body temperature allow mammals to initiate an immune response.[11]
Hibernation of arctic ground squirrels may exhibit abdominal temperatures as low as -2.9 °C, maintaining sub-zero abdominal temperatures for more than three weeks at a time, although the temperatures at the head and neck remain at 0 ˚C or above.[12]
Historically, there was a question of whether or not bears truly hibernate. Since they experience only a modest decline in body temperature (3-5°C) compared to what other hibernators undergo (32°C+), many researchers thought that their deep sleep was not comparable to true, deep hibernation. This theory has recently been refuted by recent research in captive black bears.[13]
Facultative hibernation[edit]
Unlike obligate hibernators, facultative hibernators only enter hibernation when either cold stressed or food deprived, or both. A good example of the differences between the two types of hibernation can be seen among the prairie dogs; where the white-tailed prairie Mexican is an obligate hibernator and the closely related black-tailed prairie dog is a facultative hibernator.[14]
Hibernating birds[edit]
Historically, Pliny the Elder believed swallows hibernated, and ornithologist Gilbert White pointed to anecdotal evidence in The Natural History of Selborne that indicated as much. Birds typically do not hibernate, instead utilizing torpor. One known exception is the Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii), first documented by Edmund Jaeger.[15][16]
Dormancy in fish[edit]
Fish are ectothermic, and so, by definition, cannot hibernate because they cannot actively down-regulate their body temperature or their metabolic rate. However, they can experience decreased metabolic rates associated with colder environments and/or low oxygen availability (hypoxia) and can experience dormancy. For a couple of generations[vague] during the 20th century it was thought that basking sharks settled to the floor of the North Sea and became dormant. Research by Dr David Sims in 2003 dispelled this hypothesis,[17] showing that the sharks actively traveled huge distances throughout the seasons, tracking the areas with the highest quantity of plankton. The epaulette sharks have been documented to be able to survive for long periods of time without oxygen, even being left high and dry, and at temperatures of up to 26 °C (79 °F).[18] Other animals able to survive long periods without oxygen include the goldfish, the red-eared slider turtle, the wood frog, and the bar-headed goose.[19] However, the ability to survive hypoxic or anoxic conditions is not the same, nor closely related, to endotherm hibernation.
Hibernation induction trigger[edit]
Hibernation induction trigger (HIT) is a bit of misnomer. Although research in the 1990s hinted at the ability to induce torpor in animals by injection of blood taken from a hibernating animal, further research has been unable to reproduce this phenomenon. Despite the inability to induce torpor, there are substances in hibernator blood that can lend protection to organs for possible transplant. Researchers were able to prolong the life of an isolated pig's heart with a HIT.[20] This may have potentially important implications for organ transplant, as it could allow organs to survive for up to 18 or more hours, outside the human body. This would be a great improvement from the current 6 hours.
This supposed HIT is a mixture derived from serum, including at least one opioid-like substance. DADLE is an opioid that in some experiments has been shown to have similar functional properties.[21]
Artificial hibernation[edit]
There are many research projects currently investigating how to achieve "induced hibernation" in humans.[22] The ability for humans to hibernate would be useful for a number of reasons, such as saving the lives of seriously ill or injured people by temporarily putting them in a state of hibernation until treatment can be given (compare induced coma). In addition, hibernation would be useful for humans during various proposed plans for interstellar travel in the future. Similar to human hibernation, suspended animation deals with the slowing of life processes in general, by external means and without termination.
Hibernation research and human health[edit]
Hibernation, and the species that are able to utilize it, have become fantastic models for many different human diseases. Hibernators make natural models for stroke, ischemia-reperfusion injury, diabetes, obesity, and depression.[23][24][25][26]
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- ^ Harlow, H.J.; Frank, C.L. (2001). "The role of dietary fatty acids in the evolution of spontaneous and facultative hibernation patterns in prairie dogs". J. Comp. Physiol. B. 171: 77–84.
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- ^ McKechnie, Andrew W.; Ashdown, Robert A. M., Christian, Murray B. & Brigham, R. Mark. "Torpor in an African caprimulgid, the freckled nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma". Journal of Avian Biology 38 (3): 261–266. doi:10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04116.x.
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- ^ Breathless: A shark with an amazing party trick is teaching doctors how to protect the brains of stroke patients. Douglas Fox, New Scientist vol 177 issue 2385 - 8 March 2003, page 46. Last accessed November 9, 2006.
- ^ Bolling, S.F.; Tramontini, N.L., Kilgore, K.S., Su, T-P., Oeltgen, P.R., Harlow, H.H. (1997). "Use of "Natural" Hibernation Induction Triggers for Myocardial Protection". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 64 (3): 623–627.
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Further reading[edit]
- Carey, H.V., M.T. Andrews and S.L. Martin. 2003. Mammalian hibernation: cellular and molecular responses to depressed metabolism and low temperature. Physiological Reviews 83: 1153-1181.
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Its been a crazy week here with getting the two oldest back in school and trying to find my "back to school" groove. I've also been crazy busy with some new clients and my posting may be a little more sporadic over the next few weeks. But I promise it will all be worth it once I am finished and have pics to share.
This past week I was out shopping for a client and of course couldnt help but find some fun things I wanted. I had to keep telling myself to focus....and walk away....just walk away...
Like this gorgeous wooden sunburst mirror. Its huge- over 60" wide. Im kinda loving those green glass floats on the console as well. Green has really been catching my eye lately.
Or this ornate craved wood mirror... oh my...
Then there's this one from a little shop in Laguna Beach that I found while we were on vacation (more from this beautiful shop soon). This mirror was massive! and it came with an $8,000 price tag- and I can't imagine what shipping would cost!
Speaking of wood- saw these fun wooden wingbacks at Restoration Hardware the other day- how cool is that?
And this drum shade chandelier is seriously wanting to come home with me- I have seen it three different times in three different showrooms- its a sign- It wants me- I know it does!
Along with this mirrored coffee table (it has storage!!)
Beautiful gray sofa with gold pillows:
So after all that wonderful eye candy- the only new thing I have purchased for myself is this red bubble necklace- and Im not a red fan I have to admit- but Im kinda digging this necklace.
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August 25, 2011 11:33 AM | Tagged as American Physical Therapy Association, back pain, back to school, backpacks, neck pain, physical therapist, Premiere Physical Therapy, rehabilitation, shoulder pain, spine As another school year starts, kids are eager to get back to class. There are many great things about the start of school. There is the excitement about a new teacher, learning new things, seeing old friends and meeting new classmates. By now, most parents have finished back to school shopping and purchased all the necessary supplies. There are #2 pencils, ink pens, lined notebook paper and pocket folders, but the most important decision of the year is buying the proper backpack for your young students. Let's see if your purchase makes the grade! Backpacks come in all sizes, colors, fabrics and shapes and help kids of all ages express their own personal sense of style. Many packs feature multiple compartments that help students stay organized while they tote their books and papers from home to school and back again. Almost every child seems to carry one in some form or another. While backpacks are one of the most convenient ways to carry books and school supplies, an overloaded and/or improperly worn backpack gets a failing grade, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Recent studies have reported that up to 64% of school aged children suffer from back pain. Although many factors can lead to back pain, some kids have backaches because they are lugging around their entire locker's worth of books, school supplies and assorted personal items all day long. To help understand how heavy backpacks can affect a child's body, it helps to understand how the back works. The spine is made up of 33 bones called vertebrae, and between the vertebrae are discs that act as natural shock absorbers. When a heavy weight, such as a backpack filled with books, is incorrectly placed on the shoulders, the weight's force can pull a child backward. To compensate, a child may bend forward at the hips or arch the back, which can cause the spine to compress unnaturally. The heavy weight causes a lot of children to develop shoulder, neck and back pain. "The extra stress placed on the spine and shoulders from heavy loads is causing children to develop adult-like back problems," said Dr. Christine Ho, a pediatric orthopedic specialist at Children's Medical Center and assistant professor of Orthopedic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. "The most common injuries are muscle strains and, in extreme cases, slipped discs. Some injuries could lead to long term conditions if not avoided." There have been increasing reports of childhood back pain for the last several years. The Consumer Product Commission has found that every year, more than 10,000 children ages 5 to 14 see their doctors with backpack-related complaints. By the end of their teen years, more than 50% of youths experience at least one low back pain episode, and research indicates that this increase may be due to improper backpack use. While these numbers may be alarming, what matters most is that your child may be one suffering from pain caused by improper backpack use. Premiere Physical Therapy can help your child feel better through our "Spine Rehabilitation Program." Ask their doctor for a referral to Premiere Physical Therapy. It is your choice where you want to go for treatment! As always, our therapists will give you one on one attention with one goal, when we're done, "LIFE FEELS BETTER!" Next week we will give you some useful tips on how to keep your child safe while using a backpack... Posted in Recent News | 0 Replies |
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Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:40:53 -0700 The Associated Press reports Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach Jeff Andrews and first base coach Lou Frazier were fired.
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:03:40 -0800 Rob Biertempfel, of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reports Pittsburgh Pirates SP Tom Gorzelanny (shoulder) did not start the team's spring training game Thursday, Feb. 28, because of a sore shoulder. Pitching coach Jeff Andrews said Gorzelanny could have pitched, but the team wanted to be cautious. P Phil Dumatrait took Gorzelanny's spot in the starting lineup.
Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:15:17 -0800 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Dejan Kovacevic reports Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach Jeff Andrews plans on instilling a new mental work ethic among his starters this spring, in an effort to reduce the toll of repeated losses. "After we lose a game, we need to have our starters - all of them - approach the next one with a sense of urgency," Andrews said. "If you take any of our starters and look at the top 10 percent of their starts, they match up with anyone in the league. Well, that's the level you need to find when your team needs it the most. You can't go long stretches of losing, and the only people who can stop those are the starting pitchers."
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:30:29 -0800 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Paul Meyer reports new Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach Jeff Andrews intends to work closely with SP Zach Duke to restore the form he had before the 2006 season. "Mechanics isn't a real fun issue to talk about," Andrews said, "but we need him to become consistent. I think it's going to work. I think he's going to believe in it. It's pretty basic stuff -- but he's a pretty basic pitcher."
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:47:23 -0800 USAToday.com reports the Pittsburgh Pirates have named Jeff Andrews the team's new pitching coach.
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We are just a few days away from Christmas and the to-do list is so long. The shopping list seems to be growing too as I remember people who need to be added. Each year the kids and I work on some homemade gifts for teachers, neighbors, and friends. This year my littlest one and I made M&M's Gift Jar Cookie Mix from the M&M site. The process was fun and best of all I had almost all of the ingredients on hand; we just needed to buy M&M's.
This is a great project to get the kids involved. Depending on their age they can measure and/or pour ingredients and, of course, sneak a couple candies during the process. (Great for working on fine-motor skills.)
Quart size Mason or canning jar with tight-fitting lid
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup M&M'S® MINIS® or regular size Milk Chocolate Candies
1/2 cup raisins
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/4 cups uncooked quick oats
In a small bowl gently blend flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In your clean-and-dry jar, layer flour mixture, walnuts, M&M'S®, raisins, brown sugar (don't pack), and oats. Make sure each layer reaches the outer edge so it can be seen. Seal jar. DONE
We added a festive gift tag that included the mixing and baking directions and simply decorated the jar with rustic twine. This is a perfect gift for any family. Who doesn't like cookies? Have you made gifts in a jar?


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Novak Djokovic made swift progress through to the fourth round of the Sony Open in Miami after dispatching Somdev Devvarman for the loss of six games.
Djokovic, who started the year by retaining his Australian Open crown in Melbourne, was too strong for the Indian, who did not possess the tools to trouble the world number one.
Djokovic broke in the opening game and again for 5-2 before claiming the opening set.
Easy work: Novak Djokovic lost just six games on the way to beating Somdey Devvarman
Just hours after cruising past the Indian Devvarman on Sunday, Djokovic swapped centre court for a basketball court as he watched the Miami Heat in NBA action.
The world No 1 made the short trip from the Crandon Park Tennis Center to the American Airlines Arena and sat courtside to watch Lebron James and Co take on the Charlotte Bobcats.
The Heat despatched the lowly Bobcats 109-77 to extend their amazing winning streak to 26 matches, the second longest in NBA history.
Miami are just seven short of equalling the record 33-game winning streak set by the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1971-72 season.
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Devvarman refused to throw in the towel but he was powerless to prevent Djokovic from claiming a further break in the second on his way to a 6-2 6-4 win in 69 minutes.
The Serbian has lost just one match in 2013, to Juan Martin Del Potro in Indian Wells, and he will look to maintain that impressive statistic against Tommy Haas in the last 16.
Veteran German Haas, seeded 15, today edged out Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 6-2.
David Ferrer had few alarms in advancing, beating Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1 7-5, and the third seed will next meet Japanese Kei Nishikori.
Nishikori took advantage of opponent Xavier Malisse struggling with his string tension as he moved through 6-2 7-5.
Seventh seed Janko Tipsarevic progressed after gutsing out a three-set win over big-serving South African Kevin Anderson.
Anderson claimed the opener but the match drifted firmly in Tipsarevic's direction when he won the second on a tie-break and he ran through the decider to go through 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-0.
Not like you need the help, Novak! Djokovic put on a show at half-time of the Miami Heat match
On top: The World No 1 took just 69 minutes to take care of the Indian Devvarman
In the other completed third-round clash, 11th-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon beat Grega Zemlja 6-4 6-4. He will play Tipsarevic next.
On the women's side, third seed Maria Sharapova ousted fellow Russian Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-2 despite facing nine break points.
Sharapova will meet Klara Zakopalova in the fourth round following her 6-2 7-6 (7/4) win over Maria Kirilenko.
Sixth seed Angelique Kerber and 11th seed Nadia Petrova went out, however.
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Four years studying political science and communication at Samford University. Then law school. Then back to Jacksonville to practice law. Then enter the political arena.
Good thing the Jacksonville High grad earned a full scholarship. It's worth more than $120,000 to the private Baptist school in Birmingham.
"He knew that unless he had a full scholarship he would not be going there," said mom Val Morris. "… And so he went after it and he got it."
The Beeson Exceptional Scholars Scholarship covers tuition, housing, fees and also a semester in London, where Bo plans to be in 2012 when the Olympics come to town.
The Samford panel interviewed 250 candidates for the scholarship, cutting it down to 140 and then 25.
All the interviews made it a nerve-racking process, he said. But it was worth it when he ripped open the letter.
"And he opened it up and said, 'I got it,'" his mother said. "And we were totally shocked but not surprised. Because he wanted it so bad.
"And he usually gets everything he wants because he works very hard and he goes after things," she added. "He is amazing."
The school awarded eight scholarships. Bo, who turns 18 Wednesday, said he likes Samford because of the people, the positive environment.
"Pretty much everyone is really happy," he said.
And that's important, considering it's his first time away from home.
Bo has to maintain a 3.3 GPA to keep the scholarship. It's doable, he said. After all, he held a 4.0 GPA in high school and graduated fifth in his class.
Maybe he'll join a few clubs in college. At Jacksonville High, he watched his grades soar the more extracurricular activities he participated in. He led the school as senior president and student council vice president and also was the Key club president.
Since age 15, he also worked at the YMCA, as camp counselor during the summer, and after-school counselor throughout the year at Kitty Stone Elementary, helping students with their homework. One of the kids even came to his graduation.
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As a result of PCR activities, in August 2008 the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of the RA initiated an administrative case against ArmenTel CJSC and as a result consumers did not have to pay unjust fees.
On August 26th, 2008, PCR received a written complaint from an ArmenTel CJSC subscriber of the ArmenТel GPRS service regarding contradictory information. The problem was that ArmenTel CJSC presented misleading information on its website. There was information on the GPRS service page saying that sending and receiving 1 MB of information costs 90 AMD, while on the roaming GPRS-internet information page it was stated that GPRS internet costs 60 AMD. The below note on the page said that the price is for sending/receiving 0.01 MB of information. However, mathematical calculations show that 1MB of information will cost 6,000 AMD.
According to the website, in one case 1 MB of information costs 90 AMD, while in another case consumers had to make the calculations themselves. As a result of this misleading information on the website, a certain consumer was supposed to be charged 1,207,302,62 AMD for sending/receiving about 200 MB over a nine day period using GPRS roaming internet in Georgia.
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PCR held a press conference to inform consumers about the misleading information and suggested that consumers have a maximum amount of information before using a given service.
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- TAFE Queensland participated in its first National Skills Week, raising the status of practical and vocational learning.
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- TAFE teacher Andrew McMahon won a Rotary Club of Rockhampton Pride of Workmanship Award for his decades of training the state's future auto mechanics.
- TAFE teacher Murray Holm won two awards at the Road Safety Awards.
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Is there a way to get a perfect centering of the cooldown number on the action button? thanks!
A World of Warcraft add-on that displays numeric cooldown counters on buttons and other icons with cooldowns.
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Before posting a problem report, please make sure you are using the most recent release and try resetting all Cooldowns settings using the Defaults button in the Interface Configuration window. If your settings got messed up somehow during the recent updates, setting them to defaults may solve the problem. If that doesn't help, and you still don't see cooldown text, try adjusting the pixel width setting to a smaller number (default should be 27). If that doesn't help, post a problem report and make sure to include which other addons you run and any special configuration changes you make so I can try to replicate the problem. Also, if you run an older version because newer ones are not working for you, let me know. Otherwise, until scientists invent the teleporter and I can port to your computer, there isn't much else I can do for you. ;)
- Users can now set the minimum pixel width for cooldown text display. Cooldown counters will not appear on buttons or other cooldown icons that have a width smaller than the number chosen (except for the quest watch buttons which always show cooldown text). The default is 27 which is between the size of the standard player buff icon and the standard unit frame debuff icon. The standard action button width is 36 pixels. Scaling a cooldown icon using another addon until it is smaller than the selected minimum width will cause the cooldown text to stop displaying on that icon.
- Now checks higher up the frame hierarchy for a named frame for filtering. Should allow filtering for addons with buttons that had nameless immediate parent frames.
Too many cooldown texts all over the place now? What happened? I made Cooldowns work with any visible cooldown in any addon (bigger than width of 27 pixels). But now there is also… Filtering! Check out the Filtering tab in the Cooldowns configuration panel. You will see a list of all the UI frames that Cooldowns is aware of and you can uncheck the ones that you don't want to see cooldown text on. Don't want to see cooldown text on Bartender4 bar 6? Uncheck BT4Bar6. Don't want to see text on WeakAuras icons? Uncheck WeakAurasFrame.
- Can now configure the minimum cooldown time for cooldown text to appear. Used to be hard-coded to 1.5 seconds. (thanks OptimusSupernova)
- Better support for other addons including TellMeWhen.
- Can now select whether cooldown numbers flash the alternate color or display it as solid as the cooldown nears zero.
- Can now select fonts in the addon options panel from a dropdown list containing all known in-game font names.
- Text file in the addon folder contains list of known in-game fonts.
- Cooldown counters now displayed on the spell button flyout frame (e.g. priest chakra).
Configure colors, fonts, and other options through the Cooldowns interface options panel.
Please see the readme.txt file for a tutorial on how to configure fonts in Cooldowns.
* 4.2.3
- Fixed problem caused when rebooting computer while long cooldown is running
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4.2.3 | Release | 5.2.0 | 63,924 | 04/21/2013 |
4.2.2 | Release | 5.2.0 | 55,350 | 04/04/2013 |
4.2.1 | Release | 5.2.0 | 45,093 | 03/26/2013 |
4.2 | Release | 5.2.0 | 30,664 | 03/18/2013 |
4.1.1 | Release | 5.2.0 | 187 | 03/13/2013 |
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4.0 (beta 2) | Release | 5.2.0 | 4,344 | 03/08/2013 |
4.0 (beta) | Release | 5.2.0 | 5,891 | 03/08/2013 |
3.0.2 | Release | 5.1.0 | 85,837 | 01/26/2013 |
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Is there a way to get a perfect centering of the cooldown number on the action button? thanks!
For us Mistweaver Monks it would be nice to have something that tells you that your Jade Statue is about to expire. Overall great addon.
my cooldown addon is working on all my characters but on my druid i already set seetings to default and it aint working! can yuo pls help me?
When I qued for a BG it bugged out and wouldn't let me until i reloaded the UI without Cooldowns.
Reading through your "Having problems?" section, I've tried making the cooldown text font larger - 38 - (that fixed the minor issue last time I had this problem with the older versions), Then I set the pixel width to a lower number - 20 - and used a small cooldown in-game, like my healing stream totem (30 sec. cooldown) and the cooldown timer still won't display anywhere on my bars. I've had this problem for the last 3 versions of your lovely addon (I'm not being sarcastic, I really do like this addon, it helps tremendously with my poor vision).
Although, reading through a few posts from other folks, I set my pixel width to 17, and timer font to 20 and went from there. Numbers suddenly poofed, but they were real tiny. Seems to work after derping around with the settings a bit if you have bartender bars scaled real small for pvp.
I have it working just as I did before now. :) I've set the font larger one size at a time starting from 20 and kept going until I could clearly see them. It actually seems to be better now, though. I think I have the outline enabled to give me a bold black outline so I can very easily see what abilities are up, and which are unavailable. Especially on an Enhancement shaman with cooldowns everywhere. @.@
As it turns out, the missing cooldown timer numbers were a combination of Cooldowns and Bartender4. Like I said before, I've scaled my bars down real small since I'm a mass keybinder and click almost nothing anyway, The fact that my bars are real small, Cooldowns, I guess, was confused in a way.
Still a great addon to use, I'd reccomend it. :D
Hello I literally just downloaded this addon and played around with a couple of the options to see what I like and how I like it. I just have 1 little issue with the mod. The option to change "show cooldown text only when cooldown longer than" won't work. It stays at 1.5 seconds no matter what I try. I wanted to set it to 30 seconds so I tried that a couple times, then tried 30.0 thinking maybe it needed a decimal. Still didn't work. Tried 60 seconds, same thing. Tried 10, then 2.5, same deal. Is this a bug? Is there a specific way to change it outside of the interface option? Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: I just tried putting "thirty" into the field and that didn't work either. Didnt really expect it to but then again I don't make addons so I have no idea how they work. :)
I don't know if this is a bug, a glitch caused by other addons running at the same time, or just my setup, but when i click on the mounts/pets icon on my action bar, the game freezes completely and i have to reboot the game. After i disable cooldowns, i don't have any problems. This was for the last update tho, maybe it's been fixed
Hi Yarko,
Great addon, thanks for all the work on it. I have a question similar to some other folks.
I use bartender and I find that long CDs (such as stampede or army of the dead) show a timer but shorter CDs (like Tiger's Fury or Horn of winter) don't show a CD timer. Even 3 minute CDs like Berserk don't show a timer. Is there something I am doing wrong because all of my CDs used to show timers until a week or two ago.
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Meier and Stella met in the late 1950s, sharing a studio at times and collaborating on a number of projects. As their professional statures grew rapidly through the 1960s, they remained both personally and professionally close to each other.
"Our friendship has lasted a long time, and I don't think it can end," said Stella. "You can work together and have a friendship, and it's … the friendship [that's most important]."
With an easy rapport on stage, Meier and Stella took turns presenting examples of each other's projects, commenting on the relationship between art and architecture. About Meier's seminal Douglas House overlooking the shores of Lake Michigan, Stella — clearly moved and inspired by the work — commented that it had "overwhelming pictorial value," and about the Smith House in Darien, Conn., he said that it resembled "a brush stroke in the landscape."
"I learned from Frank that art excludes anything that is not necessary," said Meier. And, recalling a time Stella asked him to move out of one of his studios, Meier joked: "I learned that I was not necessary." And referencing the Harran II painting of Stella's Protractor series, Meier further joked that Stella "really wants to be an architect."
During his remarks, Kleinman said that the evening's festivities were further evidence of the ascendancy of the arts at Cornell.
"Without a doubt, it is an exhilarating time to be a student of the arts," said Kleinman. "The academic units are embracing the arts as important areas of knowledge as students seek to become adept at working with, and on, ideas that are increasingly native to vision and space rather than text and symbol."
Kleinman also noted the substantial investment in arts-related buildings on campus, such as the addition to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and the recently opened Milstein Hall.
Eli Broad, whose name the lecture bears, is a noted art collector, friend and client of Meier. Broad cofounded KB Home in 1957 and established the philanthropic Broad Foundations with his wife, Edythe.
By Aaron Goldweber


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