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How to Use a Ruler
A ruler is one of the most common measuring instruments. It comes in many sizes and shapes, depending on what it is needed for. The yardstick is a long ruler(3 feet long), and a measuring tape is yet another type of ruler, made of flexible cloth or metal tape. Each may look different, but are used essentially the same way.
1Understand what a ruler is [1]. Simply put, it is a measuring stick made of plastic, cardboard, metal, or fabric, marked units for measuring length along its edge. Here are some examples of different rulers, rules, and measuring tapes.
- Student's Rule (Or 12 inch ruler). In the U.S. and the UK, a student's rule is 12 inches, or one foot long. It has a numbered mark for each inch, and lines between the inch numbers for fractions of an inch. Usually, the fraction marks are each 1/8 inch, and the larger the fraction represented (1/2 is large than 1/4) the larger the line, to help distinguish the mark. These are used for making simple measurements and drawing straight lines.
- Sewing or Seamstress Tape. This is a soft fabric tape, also marked with numbers representing inches or centimeters, which can be wrapped around a person's torso, to measure chest, waste, neck, and other sizes for sewing clothing, and may be used for measuring length, such as inseams and sleeves of garments.
- Carpenter's folding rules. These are also called "stick rules", and are 6 feet long, fashioned from 8 inch segments of wood, that when folded can fit into a tool pouch or pants pocket. They are scaled in metric units and foot and inch measures, and fractions are marked to 1/16 inch.
- Tape measures. Also called measuring tapes, these are flexible metal or fiberglass tapes scaled in feet and inch or metric units, commonly with a spring to rewind them into a case, but also rolled on a spool in lengths of 100 meters (or 330 feet) and longer.
- Architects and Engineer's scales. These are "scale" rules, with special marks representing a size ration, such as "1 inch equals 1 foot", used for drawing precisely scaled blueprints and building plans.
2Measure with a ruler or tape measure. Find an object or distance between two points you want to measure. This can be a length of wood, string, or cloth, or a line on a sheet of paper.
3Place the Zero end of your rule at the end of your object, usually on the left side. Make sure the end of the ruler is flush with your object, and use your left hand to hold it in place.
4Move to the opposite side of the object you are measuring, and read the last number on your rule that is alongside the object. This will indicate the "whole unit" length of the object, example: 8 inches. Count the number of fraction marks (dashes) the object you are measuring goes beyond the last whole number. If your ruler is marked in 1/8 inch increments, and you are 5 marks past the last whole unit number, you will be 5/8 inches beyond the 8, and your length will be read "8 and 5/8 inches'. Simplify fractions if you are able.
5Use a metric or decimal rule by reading the intermediate marks as tenths of the unit the rule is marked in, or in case of a metric rule marked in centimeters (cm), read the intermediate marks as millimeters (mm).
6Use a tape measure (in this case, a retractable steel tape works best) to measure between objects, for instance, walls. Slide the zero end of the tape against one wall, or have a helper hold it, then pull out enough tape to reach the opposite wall. Here, you should have two sizes of numbers, the larger for feet (or meters), the smaller, for inches (or centimeters). Read the feet (m) first, inches (cm), then fractions thereof. Example, a distance may read "12 feet, 5 and 1/2 inches".
7Use your 12 inch rule (or similar instrument, like a yardstick) to draw a straight line. Lay it down on the surface you are drawing on, and lay your pencil point along the edge of the rule, using it to guide you pencil as you make your line.Ad
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Colombia's government says it has proof that Marxist fighters are hiding out in neighbouring Venezuela, a claim Venezuela strongly denied.
Colombian officials have long suspected that members of guerrilla armies like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are based in the jungles on Venezuela's side of the border.
Colombia's announcement on Thursday marked the first public assertion of proof for Colombia's long held belief and is sure to heighten political tensions that have chocked off more than $7bn in cross-border trade in recent months.
Venezuela rejected the charges in a statement released on Friday.
Colombia says that Ivan Marquez, a member of FARCs seven member secretariat, is among the rebels hiding in Venezuela.
"The government has evidence showing the presence in Venezuela of leaders of the FARC ... and the terrorist group ELN," a statement from the Colombian government said.
When Colombia issued the statement on Thursday, it claimed proof would be forthcoming. But on Friday, the Colombian government had not provided any evidence.
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Venezuela's foreign ministry called the Colombia accusations a "desperate attempt to undermine the ground for an eventual normailsation of bilateral relations" and called Colombia's announcement a "pathetic spectacle".
Two years ago, Colombian forces attacked a Farc camp in neighbouring Ecuador, killing a rebel leader and prompting Ecuador and Venezuela to break off ties with Colombia.
Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, believes Colombia of plotting with the US to attack his country.
Venezuela accused the US embassy in Bogota, Colombia's capital, of "intrigue" for alleged involvement in the statement Colombia released on Thursday.
Juan Manuel Santos recently won presidential elections in Colombia and some analysts hoped his victory would ease tensions with Venezuela.
Prior to the new allegations, Santos invited Chavez to his swearing in ceremony and Chavez said he was considering the invitation.
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For most of our lives, we've been pretty sure we know how to peel a banana. It's a relatively simple task that goes OK about 90% of the time.
Why then are there nearly 500 videos on YouTube right now roughly titled "How to Peel a Banana?" We've been doing it wrong, apparently.
Those 500 videos account for 4 million views and this clip, which got some attention over the weekend, is one of the 5,000 that show up when you search "How to Peel a Banana" on YouTube.
The most popular such tutorial is this video that first went viral in 2009 and has since been over 2.5 million times. Earlier this summer, the clip was even featured in a Google Voice spot. Interesting how-to videos like these often have a long shelf-life.
Of course, some banana peeling videos are of a different variety altogether.
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A pair of area boys varsity high school basketball teams will play road games tonight.
Local Sports 12/1/14
Most of the Thanksgiving basketball tournaments are over, with the exception of Williamsfield, where there will be three more boys games tonight.
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The Galesburg Silver Streaks Basketball Teams had another easy day at their own Thanksgiving Tournament Saturday.
Western Illinois Outguns D-III Greenville
MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Garret Covington scored 22 points and Tate Stensgaard and Jamie Batish added 12 each as Western Illinois beat Division III Greenville 91-56 on Saturday night.
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The members of the 2014 class of the Galesburg High School Athletic Hall of Fame were inducted Saturday afternoon.
The class includes: Robb Long from the class of 1980; Jeremy Pickrel from the class of 2001; Kyle Hunter from the class of 2008; and Greg Whittle from the class of 2009. This year's "veterans class" includes: Jack Whitman from 1949; Duane White from 1958; and Roland McDougald from 1968. The "friend of GHS athletics" inductee will be former WGIL Station Manager Roger Coleman of Galesburg.
Plus, the Hall of Fame committee voted to have a one-time induction for all the remaining GHS teams that have earned state trophies, including: the 1912 and 1931 boys basketball teams; the 1971 boys golf team; the 2000 and 2001 girls basketball teams; and the 1971 boys golf team.
The induction ceremony took place in the GHS Auditorium. You can listen to the ceremony in its entirety here:
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The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team made pretty easy work of two opponents at their own Thanksgiving tournament Friday, defeating Limestone in the afternoon game 73-46, and then East Peoria at night 68-28.


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Breastfeeding: Should weaning be cold turkey or gradual?
My grandchild is seven months old and her mom is ready to return to work. She wants to wean. She called her doctor who told her the only thing to do is go "cold turkey." I thought there was a medication that could be used to help dry up her milk. Is "cold turkey" really the way to go when weaning?Question:
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Weaning abruptly is not recommended. If your daughter is ready to wean, it is best to wean gradually.
She should eliminate no more than one feeding every three days to keep her breasts comfortable and also to help her little one adjust to the change. If her breasts are full between feeds, she can express just enough milk for comfort.
She should not bind her breasts. Though this is sometimes still recommended, this is an outdated practice and could lead to a plugged duct or breast infection. Instead, she should wear a bra that will give her good support but will not restrict circulation.
Ice can be used in between feeds, for about 20 minutes at a time, to help reduce swelling.
Cold cabbage compresses will help to further reduce her milk supply. She could tuck a cold leaf of cabbage inside her bra, covering the entire breast, and leave it in place about two hours or until it wilts. Cabbage leaves help to suppress lactation. Often there is relief in as little as two hours (Ruth Lawrence, MD, 1994). She can continue this treatment as needed while weaning. Using the cabbage compresses while she gradually decreases the stimulation to her breasts will help her to stay comfortable.
Many moms have success with breastfeeding only when their child asks -- don't offer and don't refuse. Suggest that she change her routine a little. Have an activity like reading or an outing planned for the time she usually nurses.
Since your daughter's baby is only seven months old she will need to substitute formula for breastmilk. Between 6 and 12 months of age breastmilk (or formula) should make up 75 percent of a baby's diet.
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Athens Bancshares Cor. is the parent holding company of Athens Federal Community Bank. Athens Federal Community Bank, a federally chartered, FDIC-insured savings bank, was organized in 1934. The Bank is headquartered in Athens, Tenn., and provides financial services to individuals, families and businesses through its seven banking offices located in southeast Tennessee.


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What is the seat height from the floor?
Villa Faux Leather Brown Dining Chairs (Set of 2)
Perfect for traditional decor, these gorgeous dining chairs are simple, sophisticated and elegant. Comfortable and stylish, these dining chairs add the warmth and style that traditional themes call for.
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ITEM#: 13521592The Villa dining chairs are a great transitional style that will enhance your decor. These beautiful chairs are featured in dark brown faux leather with pine legs in a dark walnut finish. The dark walnut finish on the legs of these faux leather chairs make them the ideal complement to a dark-colored wood dining table, and the armless design makes it easy to fit them snugly around that table. Their faux-leather upholstery is easy to spot clean, so they're good choices for parties or family meals.
- Set includes: Two chairs
- Materials: Faux leather, pine wood
- Finish: Dark walnut
- Upholstery materials: Faux leather
- Upholstery color: Dark brown
- Seat dimensions: 20 inches high
- Dimensions: 39 inches high x 22 inches wide x 18 inches deep
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Awesome chairs
I bought my first set to make sure the color and quality of the chairs would be what i was looking for. When the chairs arrived i was impressed and even more satisfied with the quick assembly. I needed four more chairs and was lucky enough to get the last two sets before the sold out. The chairs are sturdy have a great look and sit comfortably. Great buy, thanks for all the reviews above I read most of them before selecting this brand to purchase.Read More
Love these chairs
Love the look of these chairs. They are a deep rich brown color and look fabulous next to the table. I would recommend this product to anyone looking for simple design chair that looks like a high priced chair!Read More
Great chairs and easy assembly
Easy to put together if you follow the instructions. They look great with my dining table. I would love it if they had matching bar stools to go in my kitchen.Read More
Excellent Value
The chairs were easily assembled. After the first chair they took about fifteen minutes each. I used the leveling instructions in the package as I assembled and only one of six purchased wobbles a little. I will either install and adjustable leg cap at little cost or simply cut a small spacer out of wood to go above the original cap. I found no combination of price versus quality anywhere else. The low shipping costs of Overstock.com really puts the value over the top. If you did not know better you wold think they were leather, and they are most comfortable to sit in.Read More
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I have an oak dining table that I need chairs for and I love the way that these look with the wood tones of the oak, the construction is great and the price for 2 chairs is a steal.Read More
Nice chairs, easy to assemble
I ordered 2 sets of the chocolate chairs, they came in black put in the wrong box. At first I though maybe I was color blind or it was the lighting making my brown chairs appear black...Nope they are black. I was sent the wrong color. Decided to keep them because it's a pain to send back and my three year old decided to make the boxes into forts. Anyhow, one set had the correct hardware, the other did not. I had to contact overstock and they kindly sent me the correct hardware. Anyhow, the chairs are pretty and put together without the worry of them coming apart. I seem to have crappy luck so I expected things not to go smoothly although I hoped they would. Anyhow, I would recommend the chairs and fingers crossed you have a smoother transaction and the correct color and hardware to boot!Read More
Great look
Looked better in person than on the computer. The chairs were very easy to assemble. It makes our dinette area look fresh & modern. The height is perfect.Read More
Nice chairs for the money
Can't beat the price. Darker than I was wanting. Can be wiped down with a damp cloth.Read More
Love these chairs!
These chairs are beautiful, comfortable, and well made. Easy to assemble and very easy to clean.Read More
Looks good, likely legs will be uneven though
Legs were not even, but got some of those felt tips to put under the short leg. Instructions aren't the best (i.e. which screws to use where) but I had someone else assemble who figured it out. Bank on needed padding under one leg to make steady. Overall they look good once assembled though.Read More
Questions & Answers
Seat dimensions: 20 inches high
The seat height was 18 inches and not 20.
Are the back legs and back piece of the chair all one piece, or are the 4 legs all attached indivually? Thank you.
Hello alundie30, each leg is attached individually. Thanks for shopping with us!
Back came in one piece
The back legs and the back of the chair came in one piece.
The back is one piece with the back legs. The chair comes in a total of four pieces.
what material does this chair fill the seat area? Are they strong enough to used in restaurants?
Hello kaye, the chairs upholstery fill is California fire retardant foam covered with faux leather. They were not made for commercial use, so we have no way of knowing how they would hold up with that use. I hope this helps. Shelia B
I'm not sure of the material but no, I would not use them in a restaurant. I'm sure they will be fine in my home under normal use.
I don't think they would be good for restaurants. Not sturdy enough for that kind of wear and tear
Is there any way to know whether these chairs would stand up to a 300-pound person sitting on them?
have had 250 lb people with no problem seems very sturdy so probably would hold 300lbs as well
I wouldn't do it! I weight about 240 and one of mine failed withing a year. The problem is not actually the legs, it's the very weak cross-bracing that holds them in place. Would a small piece of hardwood have wrecked their budget? So now I have three, and they are being set in basement for overflow use.
I think they would. I purchased several of them for the lobby of our building and all shapes and sizes of people sit on them all the time. They still look good and have held up to the wear and tear for over 5 years.
well unfortunately I am about 260lbs and my chairs are doing pretty good holding up! No cracks, sqeaks, wobble, wear or tear as of yet. The chairs are pretty sturdy and holds well if put together as instructed!
For a while. My chairs held me fine-- about 250- but kept needing to be tightened and finally the crossbracing that holds the legs on just deteriorated on one and I threw it out. Now it's happening to a second one, so I expect the wood they use for the structure on these is not very good. It splintered like old, dried-out and rotted spruce-- not a good choice for structure
Chairs are smaller than some. I wouldnt purchase for a 300lb person.
I weight 164 lb. and have had no issues with them. The chairs are well made though.
since ours came with WRONG parts, that will affect the integrity, i would say be careful
I am very close to 300lbs and so far so good
will these chairs fit a 2ft 1inch high table
Hello mspatp5, Thank you for inquiring about the Villa Faux Leather Brown Dining Chairs (Set of 2). If you are saying your table top is 25 inches high, the chair seat height is 20 inches, that isn't going to leave enough room to sit comfortably. Thank you for shopping with us.
Nice chairs!
Hello mspatp5, my table has a bottom lip that measures 27 inches from the floor. When I sit on the chair the top of my lap is 2 inches from the table lip. I am 190 lbs and 5'11" tall. I think you will be OK with it if you are not super tall.
Possibly! If the sitter has thin thighs! There would only be about 6 (six) inches of clearance. So, you definitely cannot cross your legs. The bottom apron on my table is 26 inches and it looks to me like the chair seat from floor to seat is approximately 18.5 inches.
You state 2 chairs in a box with a shipping weight of 34 lbs, but answer a following question stating 34 lbs for 1 chair. What is the correct answer for the weight of ONE chair?
Hello yepo, I'm sorry about that. Each chair would be around 17 pounds. Thank you for shopping with us!
I find them lighter. The box, wrapping and cardboard accounts for some of the weight. I love mine.
Chairs were packed very well, nothing was damaged after the prompt delivery.
I recently bought 8 of theses chairs and 4 of them have completely broken and fallen apart, do you have any sort of reimbursment or warranty on these?
Thanks for your inquiry, I will have some one from our customer care team contact you.
Same here I bought six less then a year ago and they need to be thrown out legs breaking and spliting. I just wrote a review as well.
This must be a common theme. I brought two to add to my four dining chairs. I have to rotate them to make sure no one sits in them. At this point they are only for decoration!!!
3 out of 8 of mine have broken as well.
I bought two at Thanksgiving to accomodate extra guests. One is fine, but the other never went together correctly and is unsafe to sit in.
I purchased 4 chairs and not one of them went together successfully. Some screws were not threaded properly, holes in back and seat did not line up and holes were covered with material and even a staple was inside the seat for a screw. Had to do a lot of re-engineering to get them together although not properly.
I bought 6 chairs and 2 have broken and another one is on it's way out. I wrote a good review but I cannot take it back now. These chairs are terrible and I would not recommend them to anyone. I also have to rotate these chairs so my 5 year old sits on them because anyone over 75 pounds is too heavy. I don't think it's fair that overstock doesn't let us go back and change our reviews to give someone else a chance to save their money.
Is the faux leather absorbent? What would happen if, for example, coffee is spilled on them?
The faux leather is not absorbent - coffee would easily roll off/wipe off.
Not at all; in reality it is vinyl.
We've had these chairs for over a year and they seem to resist all spills. Very happy with these chairs.
Are u able to delivery 8 of these chairs to Brazil? Is the freight door to door?
Thank you for your interest. Yes, we can deliver these to Brazil. Delivery time is 5 to 9 days and the freight will be delivered to your door. Please let us know if you have any additional questions, or you check International Help which is located under Customer Service at the bottom of the product page.
What is the weight capacity for these chairs
Up to 250 pounds.
I'd say for folks of normal weight. My husband weighs about 200 and I wouldn't want to go much higher.
who pays shipping if I return them?
Here is the link to our return policy: https://help.overstock.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1387
What are the dimensions of the box that the chairs come in when it is shipped? And is it one box per chair or is it two chairs per box?
The box dimensions are 12 H X 17 W X 39 inches L. They are probably sent in two boxes based on these dimensions and the total shipping weight is 34 lbs.
Mine were shipped in one box.
Looking at the chair's measurements...I believe there is an error online...a mix up in the width and depth dimensions....is the chair really 22 inches wide and only 18 inches deep...or i actuality is the chair 18" wide and 22" deep? The later dimensions are more in tune with regular Parson Chairs...check out the dimensions of Parson Chair #14058668 17" wide and 21.5 inches deep.....please confirm correct measurements of the first item n question...thank you
The measurements listed are correct. This item is 22 inches wide and 18 inches deep.
You are wrong. The chairs arrived today and the measurements are as I stated 18' wide and 21.5" deep....there is a MIX up online...but if customer care refuses to fix this error online...so be it...as a courtesy I am just alerting you about this online error.
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What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The very first NaNoWriMo took place in July, 1999, in the San Francisco Bay Area. That first year there were 21 novelists that participated. NaNoWriMo has grown exponentially over the years and in 2010 had 200,500 participants.
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1. Hello, Sarah, thank you so much for agreeing to interview with us today. I'm not sure if our readers know much about NaNoWriMo, I know there is a full explanation on your website, but would you mind sharing a brief summary about it here?
National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is the answer to "One day, I'm going to write a novel." You say that, and we say, "Great! How's November 1st? Because that's when you're going to start." It's giving you the friendly kick in the behind you need to just sit down and write the thing. No excuses, no delays - just the motivation to finally do it. We define a novel, for the purposes of the event, as 50,000 words, and in order to be a NaNoWrimo winner, you have to write those 50,000 words in the 30 days of November.
2. What advice would you give to first time NaNo authors? First of all, your novel is going to suck. Often. But in among the sucking are these flashes of brilliance that make you feel like an absolute genius. That feeling is worth all the agony that goes along with the sucking.
Second of all, get involved in the community. That's what makes NaNoWriMo so successful, I think - it takes what's usually a solitary endeavour and turns it into a literary block party. Post in the forums, join in the @NaNoWordSprints on Twitter, or go out to a write-in in your community. The moral support and friendly peer pressure is incredibly effective, and it's almost always incredibly productive.
3. You were a NaNo participant for several years, can you tell us about one of the novels you worked on during that time?
I've been participating in NaNoWriMo since 2002, and I've won every year. Probably my easiest novel to write (and, not surprisingly, the only one that has a real ending!) was my 2005 novel. I'd just gotten married, so I figured I'd write about a wedding. The novel took place over the 24 hours of the wedding day, each chapter was an hour of the day, and it alternated perspectives between the bride, the groom, the best man, and the maid of honour. I really liked being able to switch characters when I was a little stuck, and the really firm structure made it very easy to pace the story. Pacing is not my strong suit!
4. Last year there were over 30,000 NaNo authors that completed writing 50k words of a novel during the month of November, do you have any clue how many of those authors went on to do something with their novels?
I don't know about last year's winners specifically - I suspect a lot of those winners are still in the revising process! But we do have a nearly-complete list of all the traditionally published NaNoWriMo participants here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/publishedwrimos, and that's only a small snapshot of what folks have done with their novels. It doesn't include the self-published books, the ebooks, or even the short stories that folks ended up carving out of their novels. But we definitely hear from a lot of participants and winners who are in the process of working on the edits to previous years' novels.
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National Novel Writing Month is our largest event, but we actually run three programs: NaNoWriMo, the Young Writers Program, and Script Frenzy. Script Frenzy runs in April each year, and the challenge there is to write a 100 page script in 30 days. Participants write stage plays, screenplays, television show scripts, even graphic novels - there's a huge variety in Script Frenzy that's really fascinating to watch.
The Young Writers Program takes our two writing programs and adapts and tailors them to young writers. We've got resources for teachers, including full workbooks based on the Language Arts Curriculum, customized for different grade levels. Writers set their own word count goals in the YWP, and they work towards their personal goals while getting the chance to interact with other writers their age all over the world. We offer everything from virtual classrooms to stickers and pencils for participating students, and it's absolutely inspiring to see them really engage with creative writing.
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In addition to complimentary wireless Internet access, Hotel Des Nations St Germain provides dry cleaning/laundry services, laundry facilities, and a computer station.
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Ethiopia, China sign infrastructure, economic deals
Addis Ababa, 5 May 2014 (WIC) – Ethiopia and China signed multiple agreements in infrastructure and economic cooperation during the Chinese premier's first Africa tour.
The deals include a Comprehensive Framework Agreement for the years 2015-2024 and a loan release for the Addis Ababa – Djibouti Railway project, whose construction is over 37 percent complete. China agreed to extend 1.4 billion dollars in loan for the railway project in December 2012
China also agreed to provide financial assistance to a new Dire Dawa – Dewalle (Djibouti) highway as well as for Welkait Sugar Development Project in Tigray region.
In the manufacturing sector, four Chinese companies including China Communications Corporation Company (CCCC), China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), CGC Overseas Construction (CGCOC) and China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC), have agreed to set up industrial parks in Ethiopia.
At a press conference held after the signing of the deals, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn described the Sino-Ethiopia relations as "a long term strategic partnership based on mutual benefit."
Thanking the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for choosing Ethiopia as his first destination in his four-nation Africa tour, Hailemariam said the comprehensive cooperation between Ethiopia and China has promoted Ethiopia's economic growth and transformation.
Hailemariam said the China's high level visit to Ethiopia will take the relationship of the two countries to a higher level.
"China is the largest developing country and Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The two countries share a "common destiny" and should work together to achieve common development," Hailemariam said.
The Chinese premier, on his part, said Ethiopia, as seat of the African Union, is a major player in the continent adding that his country's relation with Ethiopia has shown a tremendous growth over the years with bright prospect for the future.
The deals signed between the two countries were not limited to infrastructure developments and economic cooperation however; it also included extradition and diplomatic visa exemption agreements which was signed by the foreign ministers of both countries.
The Chinese PM is expected to inaugurate the Addis-Adama Expressway, the first of its kind toll road in the nation, later today. The 84.6 kilometers long and 31 meters wide expressway is built by CCCC with financial assistance from the EXIM bank of China.
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My Trip to Disney
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I was gone this past week celebrating my birthday at Walt Disney World. It was the yearly Food and Wine Festival at Epcot, so that was an extra bit of fun, wandering around the World Showcase snacking on samples from various countries. This isn't a full account of everything we did, just some picture high points.
We stayed at the Wilderness Lodge, where every night we returned to find a cute creature made from washclothes. There's a penguin, a ghost (the parks were celebrating the upcoming Halloween holiday with decorations), and a bear.
Since we were staying at one of the hotels on the Seven Seas Lagoon, we also got to see the nightly Electrical Water Pageant, where they'd bring lighted barges around to electronic tunes.
The high point of the trip was our Segway tour of World Showcase one morning, but I don't have pictures of that, unfortunately. It was great fun zipping around the countries on the Segway, though, after the training class. Another morning, we made it to the Magic Kingdom in time for opening, where characters rode out on the train and waved hello.
Particularly exciting about that visit was that they were holding a "dress rehearsal" (sneak peek) at the upcoming expansion of New Fantasyland.
On the left is standing on the bridge to Belle's castle, with its odd square turret. On the right is the framework for the coming-in-2014 Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster.
The high point was getting a chance to ride the Under the Sea ride. It's a continuous-loading dark ride, like Peter Pan's Flight, but it tells the story of Ariel, the Little Mermaid, through animatronics (robot fish).
Here's a view of one of my favorite rides, the Haunted Mansion, from the Riverboat.
We rode this one twice, because there's so much to look at. Both Under the Sea and the Haunted Mansion have enhanced queues. They've added games and things to do while you wait in line for the ride (although we were there at a slow time, so we walked right on). In the Mansion, they've built a cemetery section with ghostly instruments and a haunted bookcase. With Under the Sea, there are animated little crabs that carry objects; if you point at them, they take them away. They're so much fun to play with that I wished there was more of a wait.
We also stopped off at the Contemporary just so I could visit the Mary Blair murals. She's one of my favorite artists and why we rode It's a Small World twice, just to view her designs. Here are two of the multiple panels.
Can you find the five-legged goat?
We also spent a day at the Hollywood Studios, where I rode Tower of Terror again after vowing not to, just because I like the theming so much, and one at the Animal Kingdom. It was a wonderful trip, although I'm glad to be back home as well.
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The minute I read Nalini Singh's Slave of Sensation, I knew we had something special in our hands. In the intervening six, short years, Nalini has published fifteen stories in her thought-provoking Psy/Changeling series, each of them gritty, passionate, and loads of fun.
With this month's release of Tangle of Need, we took the opportunity to ask Nalini a few questions, and she's coming along with some free books in tow. Five lucky readers will have their pick of any one book from the previous 10 books in the Psy/Changeling series (not including Tangle of Need – sorry), and all you have to do to enter is comment on this post by Friday, June 8, 11:59 p.m. EST. We will notify winners by email on Saturday morning, and they will have 24 hours to respond. If we don't hear from a winner within that time, a new winner will be selected. If you review for another Web site or blog, please don't enter. Unfortunately, only residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible to enter.
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Peggy Karpfinger
The co-owner of Centro Cafe is helping lead a Riverwest renaissance.
The opening of Riverwest's Centro Cafe, on June 18, 2009, could hardly have been more dramatic. As the last patrons exited, the skies were ablaze with lightning, as thunder rolled and rain poured. The lightning hit the bell tower of St. Casimir's and the bell rang for a full two hours.
"When I was growing up," Centro's co-owner Peggy Karpfinger recalls, "we were told how our dad had been born in a thunder storm. I was with my dad Barney when he died during a 2006 thunder storm, so I guess he was with us somehow the night we opened."
We're sitting in the cafe, at 808 N. Center Street. Co-owned by Margaret Mary (though everyone calls her Peggy or Peg) Karpfinger and her husband Patrick Moore. Their restaurant's target-like logo suggests, it's become the center of this neighborhood, which it has, a lovely place to head when you're seeking Italian food served in simple white bowls.
We ordered gnudi, and keeping it in the family, it was prepped by Peggy's nephew, Kory Karpfinger, a feast brought to perfection by Chef Josh, who knows his homemade ricotta dumplings smothered in pancetta, wild and domesticated mushrooms, spinach and truffle oil.
Then we sat back to enjoy the 1,000 square-foot space and a Kinnickinnic Whiskey, made in Walker's Point by Great Lakes Distillery. Centro's main dining area, where we sit, was added to extend the space of a former Schlitz tavern, where blue collars once wet their whistles. The original storefront was built in 1925 and it's been home to a number of bars or restaurants over the decades: Curt & Jean's French Quarter, East End Pub, Finale, Buzdom's on Center and T.R.A.M.P.S. In 1986, there was a fire there, and the couple found charred joists when they began rehabbing the boarded-up ruin after purchasing it in 2003.
The newlyweds labored side by side. Patrick managed, maintained and rehabbed their other properties, including the first building to the west which currently houses People's Books. Peggy ran her landscape business from that property while making plans for the restaurant.
Only the terrazzo floor and brick chimney remain from the old Schlitz tavern. But many elements were repurposed: old doors became bases for a marble countertop, glass tiles were cut from old windows, a banquette was made from old church pews, and the waitress station was purchased from Craig's List for $200, delivered. While her spouse and a carpenter friend hammered and updated, Peggy worked on securing permits, plumbing and electrical bids, and hiring employees. She set up the kitchen, lined up vendors, and worked on the menu. Her husband always says, "without Peggy, it would just be a nice room."
Karpfinger's paternal grandparents immigrated to Milwaukee from Austria where they met while hiking the Alps. Her parents built Edgerton Contractors, Inc., into one of the region's leading excavating and grading businesses. "They worked on all the major buildings in downtown Milwaukee," she says, "including the stadium, convention center, and the Marquette Interchange." Her dad was the wrestling coach at Marquette University for over 30 years, and her mom (100 percent Irish) was a Communications instructor at MATC.
"My parents taught us so much about how to be good people and care for those around us," Peggy says. Of the 18 Centro employees, 10 live in Riverwest. The restaurant has also created some spillover business for others: On nights when the wait for tables is so long, customers decamp to nearby bars and wait to get called on their cell phone when a table is ready.
Even with all of her rehab experience, the six years spent shaping Centro was a leap of faith, but it was aided by advice from Peggy's realtor brother, Chuck Karpfinger, who saw possibilities for a more vibrant business atmosphere on Center Street.
"One of my brothers, Joe, is a former banker," she says. "He thought we were crazy because there are so many horror stories from failed restaurants. We pinch ourselves when we see how we beat the odds."
And the future? Peggy and Pat have purchased the building on the corner of Fratney and Center, and are rehabbing it into a restaurant with landscaped space for exterior seating. The building has flat roofs, perfect for growing microgreens and herbs for Centro.
If you can believe it, by the end of 2013 she has plans to move into yet another rehabbed home, this time with geothermal heating and cooling, and solar for heating water. It's located just a few blocks from Centro Café, with a backyard adjoining the woods that runs straight down to the Milwaukee River.
It's part of her Milwaukee life plan.
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A terrific all-round athlete, Chuck Howley was a rare five-sport WVU letterwinner who went on to an all-pro career with the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL.
Competing in track, swimming, gymnastics, wrestling and football, Howley was the first, and most likely last, Mountaineer athlete to win letters in five sports.
His greatest accomplishments, however, were on the gridiron where he excelled at guard and center. During his three years playing with the varsity, WVU compiled a 21-8-1 mark including a 21-7 victory over Penn State in 1955 - the last time West Virginia defeated the Nittany Lions until 1984.
Considered one of the fastest linemen of his era, the two-way starter would use that blazing speed as an outside linebacker on the Dallas Cowboys famed "Doomsday Defense."
Although hampered by injuries throughout his career as a Mountaineer, he still managed to rate third-team All-America recognition by the Williamson Rating Service as a senior.
Howley played in three college all-star games -- the East-West Shrine Game, the College Football All-Star Game and the Senior Bowl and gained notice by the Chicago Bears.
The Bears selected Howley in the first round of the 1958 draft (No. 11 overall pick), making him the third Mountaineer football player to be selected in the first round by an NFL organization.
He played a year and a half for the Bears, but a serious knee injury seemingly ended his career as an NFL football player. He spent most of the next two years on the inactive list while recuperating from the injury.
He spent that time pumping gasoline in his hometown of Wheeling.
In 1961, however, the newly formed Dallas Cowboys, under Tom Landry, decided to take a chance on Chuck. That gamble paid off in a big way with Howley becoming the Cowboys' regular outside linebacker for the next 12 years.
He was named to the league's all-pro team six times during his career and he teamed up with LeRoy Jordan and Bob Lilley to give the Cowboys an immediate NFL contender.
His greatest moment, though, was in Super Bowl V in 1971, playing against the Baltimore Colts. Although Dallas lost the game to Baltimore 16-13, Howley still won game MVP honors.
That marked the first time in Super Bowl history a player on a losing team won MVP honors. Howley is also one of only three defensive players to ever win the Super Bowl award.
In 1972 the Cowboys again reached the Super Bowl, winning this time over the Miami Dolphins. Howley had another outstanding game with a 41-yard interception return, but quarterback Roger Staubach won the MVP award.
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Playing sports are an important part of having fun and living your life. Having ITP should interfere as little as possible. Just keep in mind smart play such as wearing helmets, elbow pads, wrist guards and knee pads or any other protective equipment that is recommended for the sports you wish to play and try to avoid injury. The following is a list of sports you can play or should avoid based on your platelet count. Just remember to have fun and be safe.
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As of now there is a great and grand debate going on about the Niqab in the UK.
You see there are two stories.
First we see Birminham Met.
Birmingham Met banned the Niqab on Campus. I disagreed with opinions spoken by a certain atheist whose ideas I don't like for a variety of reasons that TLDR boil down to "Espouses right wing bigotry and fears about Islam". A lot of people think this is acceptable. I don't think so.
The Niqab is enforced on women who often have very little freedom. Education is vital to fighting this and therefore educational access should be increased. You cannot stamp out an evil like the Niqab or the Burkha by banning it's wearing in public places. You aren't banning the outfit, you are banning the wearers. You want to make these women public, and you want to give them the tools to break their own cages. You don't want to dump their cages at home and then assume there is no problem.
I am severely anti-Niqab. If banning it would make Muslim women who wear it free I would be in favour of it. But it doesn't. All it does is forces Muslim Women to be even more segregated from society.
Which is what it's purpose has always been.
Secondly? The "alleged" enforcement of Burkha and Niqab in a free school in Derby in Northern England. The Madinah high school is one of the many "free" schools "empowered by Religion". Something I am completely against since it is the utilisation of tax payer money without any oversight to provide a segregative and nonsensical education. I don't think the bloody Church of England should get this benefit, what makes you think Islam should too?
Teachers and non-Muslims students are being forced to adhere to a dress code that they don't believe in. Now these two cases are actually rather similar.
I don't think you should be forced to wear the Niqab. Nor do I think banning the Niqab is a solution. You see the problem is change is slow.
I am a Manchester City fan. Our greatest "Rival" are the lovely folk at Manchester United. The Citizens vs. The Devils if you will. In the early 90s being a blue around Trafford was risky business as was being a red around Longsight. Now you could say that these colour differences were arbitrary and you are absolutely right. Manchester had a single club that was split into United and City and the colours are just "Red on Blue"". But just that rivalry over a few short years caused so much violence. Now there is nothing stopping a Muslim lady from tearing off her Niqab except "social pressure". In the same way that there is nothing stopping a young United fan wearing sky blue.
Except to the young Uniited fan in the early 90s such a gesture would have been unthinkable to himself. And to his peers and surrounding people who would have shown disapproval even if they stayed in contact with him. And worse is the possibility of personal attacks.
That is the Niqab. That is the Burkha. There may be no rule in Islam suggesting you MUST absolutely wear the outfit but the social and peer network encourages you to do so and punishes you if you don't. Just as there is no way of actually standing up and insisting you can wear Blue around the Reds (in the 90s, today's Red vs. Blue rivalry is a lot more genteel) despite being perfectly right.
To fight the Niqab or the Burkha we cannot ban it lest it turn into a symbol of defiance and rebellion.
Why do I oppose it in the second but not the first? Because forcing someone to NOT wear the Burkha is just as bad as forcing someone to wear it. You see we don't have to wear the damn thing. We see it as the equivalent of hats or track suits. It's not. It's something intrinsic to the identity of many Muslim cultures and even if historically it was never the case.
In the first case, the Birmingham Met was effectively forcing Muslim women to dress in anything but a Niqab. Considering the sort of women in Niqabs and the men who dominate their lives, Birmingham Met in effect was ensuring that this group of women stays at home and doesn't get education. There is no bluff to call. The argument was "it's a security risk" to which my response is "what security risk"?
Muslim women are not likely to rob you. They are unlikely to pull off a heist. You may say that the Niqab is empowering to some but that's fine. To most it's a device used to remove agency. To those it is empowerment it is because they are for want of a better word. Ninjas.
They utilise the anonymity of the Niqab to their benefit. It is a costume or a disguise. To those who the Niqab harms? It is a paper bag to hide the features and individuality of the woman underneath.
No. When People Say Security around Muslims they mean "Stop Terrorists". Because no one is suggesting we ban crucifixes lest the IRA show up..
Do you think the Niqab survives education? Do you think it survives the empowerment of women through education? Do you know why Islamic Fundies fear education? Because it breaks the hold they have over their women. An abusive partner controls the agency, they make it hard for the other to have friends, to have a social life, to work. This isn't quick, this is slow and steady. The Niqab has to be forced on kids to normalise it or else it is just ridiculous. You have to tell women that they will be sluts if they don't wear it. You have to make the Niqab a superior choice to get women to wear it. You have to make ignorance a better choice than education. Islam has made people stupid by stagnation. It is not a living faith for many of it's adherents but a dead one. Of tired old commandments that do not fit modern life. So it's adherents must remain in the past.
You may say that high heels are oppressive to women. I quite like a woman in heels to be fair, but there is a difference. You see no one is saying that you MUST wear heels or you must dress in this manner. If we lived in a truly free society then the Niqab would not matter. You are free to dress like a North African Berber/Bedouin if you so choose.
But we are not in such a society. The mistreatment of women in Islamic Culture is rather a problem and the total lack of agency of women in Islam is well known enough. Thus the Niqab is a problem because it is a symbol of what's wrong. It must be broken and to break it we must turn into the symbol of oppression that it really is and enlighten and uplift rather than ban and effectively turn the Niqab into a symbol of rebellion. We must divorce Islamic Identity from the Niqab.
The words that come to me at this point are from Terry Pratchett's Thud. It's about how the new and non–traditional dwarf priest doesn't need an actual axe because he thinks about axes and so has an axe of the mind. And how an old prejudice and hate was broken down through a shared love of something.
Old words can take on new meanings and we must do that to the Burkha and the Niqab and the Hijab.
Do you think simply banning these will help? Or does it just make an easy cause to get behind. Say not to Niqabs! It's nice to shout that out loud but really it means nothing apart from distrust and anger aimed at women who already are told they should not go outside. We are in effect giving them a reason and enforcing the rules of their cultural oppression.
It's what I have said for ages. You don't make change by thinking about it in extremes. You make it by the middle ground. The KKK and the Black Panthers were symptoms of the problem. And they were made irrelevant by the middle path. A slow path but one that doesn't waver from progress.
Women in Islam may not throw out these outfits of oppression in this decade or even the next but there are changes. There are noises and eventually these women will realise that the lies they are told to keep them quiet are just that. Lies.
And to do so we must not eschew these women from society but welcome them in and break down the defences of the Niqab rather than simply ban it all together. We must make these real barriers to women into the ideas they are supposed to be rather than the physical barriers that they really are.


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