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Across town, Audrey Marnay, Joana Preiss, Marie-Josée Croze and Diane Kruger were among a flock of diamond-clad night owls who joined Karl Lagerfeld at the Chanel jewelry boutique on Place Vendôme to celebrate Mario Sorrenti's portraits for French Vogue's latest calendar. One had to wonder: Did Kruger's borrowed comet necklace give her ideas for her holiday gift wish list? "That's rather a loaded question," said Kruger's other half, Joshua Jackson. In fact, Kruger revealed she's looking forward to a set of gray Egyptian-cotton bed sheets from her mother. "It's for my new apartment in the 7th arrondissement," she said. Smoky-eyed Chanel muse Anna Mouglalis said she'll be sporting a set of fangs for her next movie role: a vampire. "The script is a love story that I wrote while I was expecting my child," said Mouglalis, who cast her real-life partner Samuel Benchetrit, as the male lead.
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Sardonyx is a "sard" (or "red") colored banded agate form of Chalcedony Quartz. Hard stone cameos are much more difficult to carve than shell which is a significantly softer material. Most shell cameos were carved in Naples, Italy while the hard stone cameos were cut primarily in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.
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I don't think it's a trend. I think it's always been this way, it's just not always been widely admitted.
I wonder if that is more than the general population?
It has probably always been the case, except that marriage was the end result. Now young people are waiting until they are "stable" to get married and it might seem to them that there's nothing wrong with premarital sex…just normal human behavior.
I work with college students. While many struggle in this area, I think statistics like these are alarmist and misleading. I wrote a response to Relevant a few weeks ago on the subject: http://www.grace-bible.org/mattsblog/?p=546 . The bottom line is that they are defining Christians quite loosely for their stats, I think.
Premarital sex and adultery–both. How can we help stop it? We could start by not allowing these to hold positions of authority in our churches (teaching, praise teams, etc). There must be consequences–even in the face of forgiveness–and one consequence is that they should not be in positions of public admiration. Our standards are so low that we can step over them and those who dabble in sexual sins come across with a sense of 'entitlement' about their 'ministry'. God help us.
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Understanding Global Terror
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This book explores global terror from a range of perspectives – from the impact of terrorism on the international system to the American 'War on Terror' and the individual motivations of the suicide bomber. Core themes such as the funding of terrorist groups and the roles of intelligence-gathering and international law in combating terrorism are fully explored. The volume also offers in-depth analyses of the relationship between globalization and terrorism as well as regional and country-based responses to the rise of terrorist networks in Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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|I have planted several lily of the valley about 3 years ago. The leaves come up, but never a flower. It is in the shade with just a little bit of morning sun. Also I have a bed of bearded Iris that is several years old. It doesn't seem to be overcrowed, and I have allowed the backs of the rhizomes to show throw the soil. They are in full sun. I fertilized early in spring with miracle grow granules slow release fertilizers throughout the entire garden. It bloomed very well the first two years, but last year and this year just a few. They do not seem diseased or have any insects. Any ideas? I am in coastal humid and hot, North carolina. Thanks everybody for your help. mudbug.
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|Your lily of the valley plants are sited reasonably well (shade w/ just a bit of morning sun), altho in our coastal heat, they seem to do best in day-long, heavily filtered shade. Re their failure to bloom, I suspect that 1) they aren't getting adequate moisture and/or 2) the soil needs to be amended to incorporate a LOT of organic material. They thrive in rich, constantly moist soil. If you have good drainage, it's almost impossible to overwater them. They're not the easiest of plants to grow around here, but with a bit of extra effort they give an acceptable showing each spring. And don't forget to water them during the winter if it's a dry one.
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It was quite hard to launch my own freelance business in the sector at the very start, having virtually no experience just after my modern linguistic studies.
Luckily, I was offered a stint as an in–house translator and verifier for one of the largest European translation agencies. This gave me the essential experience, a chance to learn professional techniques, as well as profound knowledge of the needs and requirements of clients from every corner of the world.
After two years of fruitful work there, well–equipped for my independent business mission, I finally started a full time freelance translator's career.
I must say it was one of the best decisions of my life.
How to choose clients for your translation business
First of all, beginners often try to compete with low rates only. A dead–end strategy.
Well, it is going to be difficult to leave this trap once you decide that the initial rate is no longer sufficient.
Secondly, I'd be very careful in terms of selecting my clients. It's impossible (not to say, counterproductive) to work for anyone and everyone in the market.
Therefore, you really must think hard who you are willing to provide with your services, and, on the other hand, who is willing to pay for them and ensure comfortable working conditions for both parties.
More often than not, it's enough to listen to the tone of voice (or email writing style, for that matter) and check if it reflects respect and eagerness to work with or reveals a vicious, bossy character and tendency to treat others like mere puppets to push about and around.
The most important traits to look for are: ability to clearly formulate their messages, instructions, intentions and wishes (both verbally and in writing), willingness to help, and openness in difficult situations.
Here are some tips to help you raise your rates and find your ideal client.
How to make an offer to a client
Having drafted the initial client base, I prepare a general offer, without going in too much detail concerning technicalities and even rates for particular kinds of projects.
Here is a template of an opening email I usually send to my prospects who I often meet during professional events all around the country.
Dear Mr./Ms. ___
It was great to meet you at ___ last week. I found our short conversation on current automotive solutions in Mazda a real food for thought!
(a reference to the actual topic is very useful to elicit a mental image of yourself in the mind of an ever–so–busy client)
You said you were interested in my translation services, so let me give you some more details. (here you can insert a short summary of your expertise areas, experience, major projects you did, etc.).
My usual rate for source word is between EUR 0.08 and 0.14, but I can send you a more detailed offer in this respect later on.
I hope we'll soon have a chance to work on some interesting project.
Best regards,
Piotr Rypalski
When the precious reply finally hits your inbox, it's time to discuss the details of your partnership and agree the payment conditions.
It is generally good practice to agree on an advance payment. I recommend 50% at the start of the project, and the other 50% on completion.
Additionally, the fact that a given project lies within your expertise field is not enough, since work must also be pleasant, efficient, and profitable.
I've quickly learned to refuse projects which do not offer a reasonable financial return on the time invested or poorly prepared documents.
Remember, you can always withdraw from cooperation with any client if you realize that your initial hunch has failed you.
Translation tips to remember
- Don't hesitate to ask questions if anything seems unclear in the source text. Well-put queries from a translator prove that you are a reasonable professional focused on quality and consider your clients' products as valuable as they do themselves.
- Deliver your text on time. If you must get an extension, then negotiate it in ample advance. Remember that there are projects for which time is of the essence. Sometimes even the most brilliant translation sent in a few hours after the deadline may be completely worthless if your client is struggling to win a lucrative tender.
- A few days after a project is completed, ask the client if they were satisfied with your job, and if so, offer your services for any future projects. Clients are often too busy to even think about returning some feedback and if you don't ask, you can rob yourself of valuable remarks and advice that could help you to provide the customer with service of even higher quality.
- Be open for your clients, even more than they would usually expect from a freelance provider, and you'll see that this gift will come back to you – sooner or later.
Interested in learning more?
Thanks so much to Piotr for his detailed answers!
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Boston Marathon Bombers Described As Chechens
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My motherhood by Liz
04 10 2013 • My Motherhood
My wedding day mantra was: Enjoy the moment. I repeated it throughout the day and primed my friends to whisper it in my ear at opportune moments.
What I didn't want to do was spend the time walking up the aisle thinking about saying my vows, or on the way to reception wondering whether the food would be Ok, or if the speeches would be good, I wanted to savour every second of the most expensive romantic day of my life.
As a new mother I have to remind myself of the same thing.
It is all too easy to wish away the first few weeks. Olive was born three weeks early. Her skinny little limbs that hadn't had the chance to plump up in the womb petrified me. I'd look at my chubby, 10 month old nephew, who seemed so indestructible in comparison, and long for Olive to beef up.
When Olive was four weeks old I was at a local market. She was strapped into her pram and I was eying up everyone in the vicinity with a Jason Bourne-like vigilance, ready to protect my child at the slightest provocation. She was bawling and the movement of the pram wasn't doing its normal trick of soothing her. I noticed a woman glancing repeatedly in my direction. I bristled. She approached and I readied myself to defend the ceaseless crying.
Her opening line threw me: "I'd forgotten what a wonderful sound a newborn's cry is. It gets worse, and louder."
A few days later my postman, delivering yet another pile of packages from friends, relatives, relatives of friends, friends of friends (proof that a birth turns all and sundry into a soppy mess) told me that it goes too quickly, and that his daughter is 27.
So I am embracing every moment, with a seven-week-old baby.
I am finding joy in the nappies that, for now, don't smell, even though it will be a while before I can eat either pesto or mustard again.
I'm trying not to wish away her first few weeks as I anticipate her first smile that can't be attributed to wind or a particularly exotic dream (seriously, what do babies dream about? She is far more expressive when asleep that anything I've seen in her waking hours).
I've resigned myself to swamping her in babygros that claim to be suitable for newborns but in reality overwhelm her, trying not to get frustrated as she gets through more outfits than an actress during the Oscars. (Although her changes tend to be a result of puking or pooing on herself – I'm not sure how true that is of most actresses.) I'm ignoring all her cute dresses that seem impossibly large as the moment, as she'll wear them in time.
As for breast-feeding, the pressure that my boobs are under to provide all her nutrients, without respite delivered by mashed sweet potato or broccoli, is intense. On the plus side, I remind myself, at least my boobs are eminently portable, don't require disinfecting, are a lot cheaper than formula and breastfeeding allows me to indulge – guilt free – in the glut of cakes and biscuits that every visitors feels obliged to bring with them. The downside is that my nipples are being gnawed raw by a hungry, gummy baby.
Olive was born after almost seven years of trying, after five rounds of IVF, and having miscarried twins last year. I have two more embryos on ice, which may one day provide a sibling for Olive, but there is no guarantee and they are my last hope. So this may well be my only opportunity to experience a newborn baby. All the more reason to stop myself wishing away these precious few days and enjoy the moment.
Something I have to remind myself, through gritted teeth, at two in the morning as I change a third nappy in a row.
Liz is mama to 8 -week old Olive and blogger at Womb For Improvement.
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Electronic Arts, to the point that at one time in the past, that very company attempted to buy them and bury their IPs like they had many others. Unlike EA, however, Ubisoft has no small degree of Creator Worship, especially after Rayman Origins. That's assuming that consoles are your platform of choice though. Ubisoft has done much to distance themselves from PC gamers with highly controversial consumer-unfriendly always-online DRM schemes. After a few years of constant anger coming from the PC fanbase, Ubisoft finally backed down from most of the DRM schemes and removed it from most, but sadly not all, of their games. Despite that, PC gamers today still tend to look askance at anything with the Ubisoft label out of bad memories and distrust. On consoles, however, Ubisoft has a pretty solid reputation, thanks to several big I Ps that have (generally) consistent high-quality. However, events during 2014 such as Assassin's Creed Unity and its horrific launch and Watch Dogs and the graphics scandal has made many fans bitter and skeptical of Ubisoft products.Since 2008, they have also owned visual effects company Hybride Technologies, and also had a hand in the films Avatar and Predators.
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Once upon a time, I was paid to come up with craft ideas. I figured since it is Halloween, I would share a peek at some of the projects I produced with stylist Karin Lidbeck-Brent for Good Housekeeping last year.
Friday, October 31, 2008
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I always wondered about this...
I lived in the West Village for years, and I always wondered about this funny little house on Charles Street. I'm glad The New York Times could shed some light on this mysterious dwelling. However, I'm also a bit surprised it took them this long to get around to it! There's also a slide show right here.
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Stuart & Wright
Stuart & Wright, the very chic and very expensive boutique down the street from me, has started a blog. If all their prices were cut in half, I would consider shopping there, but unfortunately, with the price points as they are, I'm just a window licker. If you want to take a peak at their stuff, click here.
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No. 7
My dear friend, C.'s boyfriend is one of the owners of a new restaurant in my neighborhood. No. 7 opened back in September, and it's been busy every time I have walked past since. I'd encourage everyone to stop in for a drink or a bite to eat, if you're ever in the neighborhood. As the New Yorker says, the menu is full of, "complicated dishes executed with an effortless air."I'd argue that the interior strikes a similar balance.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Salvage Resources in New York
I just came across this old post from Brownstoner. As Brownstoner notes, there aren't any "secrets or deals," bit it's a good list of shops. Also worth noting is that Olde Good Things seems to be at the Flea every weekend. I saw some good things there last weekend, including some great-looking black doorknobs.
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Denyse Schmidt: Yes We Can
I'm off to PA today to knock on some doors for Obama, so I thought I'd share a neat project from Crafts for Obama. This quilt is designed by famed quilter Denyse Schmidt, whom I have admired for many years. You can buy a $10 virtual raffle ticket to support Obama and possibly win the quilt right here.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Deep Thought
Having an architect as one of your co-owners/neighbors in a New York City co-op is really, really handy.
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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I was a little distracted/shaken after my apartment got robbed last week, but mostly I have just been terribly busy at work. I promise to get some new stuff up soon!
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I am sure many of you don't really need a push to attend affiliate conferences, and the really smart SEO will see the advantages straight away. However I wanted to highlight my top 5 reasons for SEOs should attend at least a couple of affiliate meet ups and conferences in any year.
1. Speaker Diversity
In my honest opinion, Affiliate conferences have a higher speaker diversity than you would find at an SEO conference. Take for example the upcoming A4Uexpo in London. The speakers range from well known SEOs such as Dave Naylor, Richard Baxter, Will Critchlow, Tom Critchlow, Sam Crocker, Patrick Altoft, to established self made fulltime affiliates such as Paul Madden, Kieron Donoghue, to Black hat geniuses like Fantomaster. These are traffic experts, all in one conference. But that's not all, you have conversion experts such as Dr Karl Blanks, Social Media Specialists such as Jonathan Stewart. And these are only a few of the names. I would say a large number of UK Online Marketers whose activities I follow either via their blogs, or twitter (or simply stalking them) are on this particular conference.
The diversity in the speaker panels means that there is diversity in the talks, presentations and around-the bar-drinks and entertainment. That means you will potentially find such events more entertaining than your normal search conference, which I think of late have started becoming massive sales pitches.
Check out the full speaker list.
2. Opportunities and Career Options
Seriously, if you are an SEO new or moderately new to the industry, EVERY opportunity to mingle with those who are industry leaders should be taken immediately. Mingling in pure SEO crowds may not necessarily give you that opportunity to move slightly out of the box – building contacts across the online world will give you the opportunity to start seeing jobs and clients that are outside the pure SEO field, but do rely on SEO as a channel. I often get work and opportunities by hobnobbing with the Affiliate industry.
Some of these guys have pretty big and profitable businesses, many of which are always recruiting. I get offers to work with many of them, and maybe one day I will. But this crowd is pretty savvy, and you are losing an opportunity to sell yourself in the future to a business model that maybe outside your radar. Suffice to say that from what I know of the industry, they don't recruit through normal channels…
3. Learn to Make Money
I really shouldn't need to preach this, but always learn a back up skill. And if you can't make money online, then are you really good at what you do? As an SEO, you should be able to drive traffic to any site of your choice, but do you think you can make that pay? Kieron for example has built up Sharemyplaylists.com, and in the last year managed to sell one of his sites for over £62,000. Paul managed to buy AND sell a flat purely on his adsense earnings.
Now I wish I was in their league, I am not to be honest – probably because haven't got the necessary dedication, I only make a about £300- £500 a month from my affiliate sites… But I now have a skill that is portable – and if I really wanted, could build up a complete lifestyle on affiliate income, with some help from my affiliate contacts.
4. Education Outside SEO
The other part of the equation is if you are a pure SEO, you may have limited knowledge of fields outside the realm – and PPC bloggers, affiliate bloggers are fewer than you would expect. Which means routes to learning anything outside SEO are slightly more difficult than normal. Personally, I have learnt more PPC tricks from affiliates than I have from anywhere else, and I say this with the confidence of a person who has run Multimillion Pound Paid Search campaigns.
My knowledge on Automation and Blackhat techniques also originate from this crowd. Kieron, Paul, Fantomaster and many others have taught me a lot over the last year that I really started investigating the potential behind Affiliate Marketing.
When I consult for Large Brands, I cannot just work with them with my knowledge of SEO, if I am armed with a good rounded knowledge of the online world as a whole I have a better chance of competing with others.
5. Because the After Parties Rock
I have been to many an affiliate party and event, from Poker Affiliate Events to A4U in Amsterdam. Seriously, if you thought that the SEO crowd rocks events, you need to attend an affiliate after party. And the after, after party.
These guys know how to party. Period.
In summary
So there you have it, there are plenty of other reasons, such as being able to pick up the phone when you have issues with a network or a vendor, many top vendors attend these. (Tust me, I have been kicked out of one of my affiliate programs for being silly, but due to my relationships in the industry I managed to explain what went wrong, accepted my slap on the wrist and got back in.) Tom did an Interview for State of Search as well and he highlights some of his reasons too. (Bas has also interviewed other A4U speakers, such as Kevin Gibbons (see interview), Magnus Nilsson (see interview here) and Sam Crocker (see interview here)
I was gutted I forgot to allow for the A4U London expo in my budgets this year, but luckily I managed to get a pass, which is awesome. So if you are there, give me a shout!
However if you cant afford to get the ticket, you may still have a chance – Kieron is giving away a free pass to the event and there is still time to enter.
If you do attend the conferences, dont forget two things:
- Make the Most of the Attendees, and learn how to approach them
- If there is free advice on the table, TAKE it!
Rishi Lakhani is an independent Online Marketing Consultant specialising in SEO, PPC, Affiliate Marketing and Social Media. Explicitly.Me is his Blog. Google Profile


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Click on an alumni listing from Deer Park, OH to find more information about the person.
|High School
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|Janet Beck
|Class of 1956
|Darelle Collins
|Class of 1955
|Brit Crowe
|Jeffry Davis
|Dorothy Hinton
|Class of 1945
|Robert Long
|Class of 1973
|Thomas Mohr
|Class of 1973
|Samantha Wood
|Donald Woods
|Class of 1947
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I picked up an xbox on Sunday. Not for gaming, though I guess it will be used a bit for that as well, but mostly the idea is to use it as a media player to play DVDs, dvix and xvid movies. By hooking it up to my local network it should be easy to configure it to stream straight from my file server. So I might get away without changing the harddrive but I still need to install the mod chip when I get it.
I've had it with computers and their crappy tv-out support and it requiring three reboots and a lot of cable switching to get a picture on my television. With an xbox all I'll ever have to do is to press the power button, and it's all there. That's the way it's supposed to be!


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Dosing PumpJuly 25, 2013 3:52 pm | GRI Pumps | Products
GRI's new Dosing Pumps are ideal for low flow, low pressure metering applications where a fixed flow rate is required. The Dosing Pumps are constructed entirely of plastic and use GRI's time-proven bellows technology to provide a durable and accurate chemically resistant metering pump. When pumping water in laboratory test conditions, pumps rate at +/- 1%, stroke to stroke. As with all of GRI pumps, the Dosing Pumps are highly OEM customizable. A variety of configurations are available to meet many different system requirements. Typical applications include: Soap Dispensing, Chemical Dispensing, Appliance Market, Warewashing, Water Purification Market, Laboratory Market, HVAC Market, and OEM Markets requiring metering pumpsLISTED UNDER: Bellows | Chemically Inert | Metering
Gear PumpsJuly 25, 2013 3:51 pm | GRI Pumps | Products
Gear pumps are designed primarily for metering and transfer applications. Their modular design allows a wide variation of flow ranges with a standard parts set. Gear pumps are self-priming and are "constant flow" pumps when RPM and differential pressure are constant. The materials of construction for bodies, gears and seals, provide a wide range of fluid compatibility.LISTED UNDER: Chemically Inert | Metering
Oscillating PumpsJuly 25, 2013 3:02 pm | GRI Pumps | Products
Oscillating pumps are self-priming, corrosion resistant, have no dynamic seals and are constructed from FDA accepted materials. Typical applications include film and microfilm processors; litho and graphic arts plate processors; detergent dispensing, chemical mixing, medical, scientific and laboratory equipment. These pumps are intended for replenishing, transfer and circulating installations.LISTED UNDER: Chemically Inert | Positive-Displacement
Piston Diaphragm PumpJuly 25, 2013 2:15 pm | GRI Pumps | Products
Piston diaphragm pumps are positive displacement pumps designed to economically transfer small volumes of fluid at low discharge pressures. The lightweight, compact pumps are self-priming, corrosion resistant and can handle viscous fluids. These features make the pumps ideal for high volume copy machines, scientific and laboratory instruments and other chemical dispensing applications.LISTED UNDER: Diaphragm Pump | Positive-Displacement
Hydrophobic & Hydrophilic FiltersJuly 25, 2013 9:12 am | Qosina | Products
Qosina is pleased to announce the addition of two new Hydrophobic Filters (#28246 & #28247) and one Hydrophilic Filter (#28245). Equipped with a polypropylene housing, all three filters have a female luer lock inlet, a male luer slip outlet, and a 0.2 micron pore size. The Hydrophobic Filters are offered with a PTFE membrane and are available in 25 mm and 15 mm diameters and the Hydrophilic filter is available with a PES membrane and in a 25 mm diameter.LISTED UNDER: Hydrophilic | Hydrophobic
HV-HTV Toggle & Stem Valve SeriesJuly 18, 2013 11:37 am | by MDT Staff | Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc. | Product Releases | Comments
Available in 3-way and 4-way configurations, Clippard's new HV-HTV valves feature the same benefits available with other Minimatic brass valves: proven reliability, compact size, economical pricing, precision machining, and more.LISTED UNDER: Other | Pressure/Vacuum
Miniature OEM Pumps for Medical Diagnostic InstrumentationJuly 12, 2013 5:23 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | Comments
Miniature, Stepper driven Valveless OEM Pumps from Fluid Metering, Inc. (FMI) are ideal for low and micro-volume fluid control in Medical Diagnostic and Clinical Chemistry Instrumentation. FMI OEM pumps integrate FMI's unique patented CeramPump valveless pumping principle with precision stepper control.LISTED UNDER: Other
Pumps Bring Reliability to Gas and Leak Detection Warning DevicesJuly 8, 2013 5:44 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | Comments
Designed for handheld gas and leak detection warning devices, the new 1010 Series diaphragm compressors and pumps from Thomas have been tested for 4,000 hours of nonstop operation providing the utmost in reliability and safety.LISTED UNDER: Compressor | Diaphragm Pump
Medical Grade Barbed Check Valve Line to Ease Assembly and Avoid RisksJuly 1, 2013 12:58 pm | by MDT Staff | Value Plastics, A Nordson Company | Product Releases | Comments
Value Plastics, a Nordson Company, has introduced a new line of barbed check valves as an extension to their SCV Series of check valves. Most medical grade check valves incorporate solvent bonded end fitments that require costly material handling and increase the risk of contamination and cracking due to chemical incompatibility introduced through solvents.LISTED UNDER: Check
One Way Respiratory ValvesJune 11, 2013 4:16 pm | Qosina | Products
Qosina is pleased to announce the addition of two One Way Respiratory Valves (#97351, #97352) to their line of respiratory kit components and circuit connectors. Made of polypropylene and medical grade silicone, the valves feature molded arrows to indicate the direction of flow. Designed to allow the flow of gases in only one direction, One Way Respiratory Valve #97351 offers flow from 22 mm ID Inlet to 22 mm OD Outlet (female to male), while #97352 provides flow from 22 mm OD Inlet to 22 mm ID Outlet (male to female). Both components are in stock and available for immediate delivery, with a low order minimum and short lead time.LISTED UNDER: Other
Pre-Assembled Hemostasis Valve with Sideport Tubing & 3-Way StopcockJune 11, 2013 4:07 pm | Qosina | Products
Qosina is pleased to introduce the addition of three new Hemostasis Valves with sideport tubing connection to a 3-way stopcock (Part #80451 (orange), #80452 (green) and #80453 (gray)). The Hemostasis valve features an automatic pre-slit seal, which eliminates the need for manual rotation, for items sized 0 FR - 8 FR (0 inch - 0.105 inch) (0 mm - 2.7 mm) in diameter. The valve also offers a rotating male luer lock with a vented female luer lock cap. The stopcock features 2 female luers, a tube connection and a male luer lock cap. Tubing 7.5 inches in length connects the valve and stopcock of these pre-assembled, non-sterile components.LISTED UNDER: Stopcocks | Connectors
New Cross ConnectorsJune 11, 2013 3:58 pm | Qosina | Products
Qosina now offers Cross Connectors (#97353 - #97358) in stock and ready for immediate delivery. They feature four barbed tubing ports and are made of radiation stable polypropylene formulated for biomedical and bioprocess applications. Barbed cross connectors come in sizes available to fit 1/16 inch (0.062 inch, 1.59 mm), 3/32 inch (0.093 inch, 2.38 mm), 1/8 inch (0.125 inch, 3.2 mm), 5/32 inch (0.156 inch, 3.97 mm), 3/16 inch (0.187 inch, 4.76 mm) or 1/4 inch (0.250 inch, 6.35 mm) ID tubing. Qosina carries a wide range of connectors including Y, T, straight, multi-port, funnel and elbow, along with a variety of tubing options to complete your project.LISTED UNDER: Connectors
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Colder Products Company has announced the addition of PVDF to the available material options throughout its FitQuik Connectors product line. This material addition creates more than 100 new FitQuik Connectors alongside the existing nylon, polypropylene and polycarbonate materials and configurations available.LISTED UNDER: Connectors | Polycarbonates
Sterilizing Grade Filter MembraneJune 7, 2013 8:00 am | Mott Corporation | Products
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Rocking Piston Pump or CompressorJune 6, 2013 9:53 am | All-Star Products | Products
The rocking piston pump is an oil-free compressor or vacuum pump that is a compact and reliable source of high pressure (to 115 psig) or vacuum (to 29.1 "Hg) at moderate flows of 0.035 to 6.3 CFM. They are available for use on AC or brushless DC power, and as standard or special designs. These pumps are very efficient compared to other types of pumps, such as a diaphragm pump. They are frequently used in medical and dental applications such as autoclaves, sterilizers, dental vacuums, oxygen concentrators, blood analysers, gas analyzers, dryers, water aspirators, electron microscopes, spectrometers, pneumatic beds,nebulizers and blood pressure instrumentation.LISTED UNDER: Air Pump | Compressor | Piston


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In 1955 the Davis family moved to Pocatello, where John became the chairman of the Idaho State University Department of Art. He served in that position for fifteen years. John Davis taught drawing, painting, sculpture, art education, and anatomy at Idaho State University. Two of his large murals are still displayed on campus, one in the Student Union Building, and another in Reed Gymnasium.
The ISU Fine Arts Building was completed in 1965 and the major art gallery was named the John B. Davis Gallery after his death in 1970. The John B. Davis Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building (No.11) on the lower level across from Goranson Hall. The Gallery Hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm, Monday through Friday. (The gallery is closed during the day of the opening reception.)
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- September 2 - 19, 2014: The Face of Hope Exhibition
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Opening Reception: Thursday, September 25, 2014.
- October 13 - 31, 2014: BFA/BA Senior Exhibition
Michael Burnham and Stephanie Johnson
Closing Reception: October 31, 2014.
- November 4 - 8, 2014: Veteran's Exhibition
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- November 24 - 28, 2014: Gallery Closed for Fall Break
- December 1 - 12, 2014: Mutable Dispositions Exhibition
The Art of Dr. Cornelis "Neels" Van der Schyf
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Is there a simple way to build off of the idea of WHIP to produce a another number that reflects a pitcher's level of performance?
My contention is that WHIP, while a nice measure of a pitcher's general level of success, could be augmented by a similar to figure metric which I believe might be more reflective of a pitchers ability to control the strike zone and therefore limit batters ability to get on base. Perhaps I should start by defining WHIP before I move on to the "new" option – and sorry if this seems like a review of how to add two plus two.
WHIP has become all the rage in the past decade or so – especially in fantasy baseball. You measure WHIP by adding walks and hits together and then dividing by innings pitched.
WHIP = (Walks + Hits) / Innings Pitched
WHIP is one of the many measures that can be used to address the success, or lack thereof, for a pitcher. I believe that the vagaries of hits allowed compromises the measure somewhat. Think about the type of factors that can effect whether or not a batted ball falls for a hit: a ball lost in the sun a wind gust, a misstep by a fielder or a coach positioning players in the wrong spot can often offer a "false" indicator of a pitcher's performance by charging a hit to his ledger. Should a pitcher be "punished" for situations like this that are completely out of his control?
If you think about it, the pitcher is directly in control of few things during the game. Two of those "events" that a pitcher is directly able to influence the outcome of deal with whether or not he throws strikes or balls (I'm not going to worry about the vagaries of umpires strike zones or batters willingness to swing at pitches that are out of the strike zone). About the only other events that the pitcher relies solely upon himself and not his fielders, coaches or terrain is the homer and the hit by pitch. Since WHIP does not count HBP, I won't consider it here either. To address the issue of the importance of keeping batters off base while limiting free passes I invented the idea of SWIP.
In PART I of this three-part series I will define what SWIP. In PART II, I will break down the SWIP leaders amongst starting pitchers from 2010. PART III I will deal with the men who pitch out of the bullpen.
Following the simple methodology of WHIP, I invented a new measure of a pitchers dominance called SWIP (it must be the mad scientist in me).
S- Strikeouts (abbreviated as K) W- Walks (abbreviated as BB) IP- Innings Pitched
Numerically speaking, the formula for SWIP works along the same lines as WHIP. Therefore SWIP is determined by the following equation:
Strikeouts minus Walks divided by Innings Pitched equals SWIP.
Another way to look at this is to say that for each positive result, the recording of an out in the form of a strikeout, the pitcher receives a (+1). For each negative encounter, in the form of a walk, he receives a (-1). Simple enough right? Here is an example of how you can figure out SWIP so you can see what I'm talking about (and yes, it really is as simple as it sounds).
Dan Haren had 216 Ks and 54 BBs in 235 IP in 2010.
Haren's SWIP for the 2010 season was therefore 0.69.
Though SWIP is recorded in the same manner as WHIP, the way to read the results is slightly different. Whereas the lower the WHIP the better one has performed, SWIP works in the opposite direction: the higher the SWIP the better.
Here is a rough estimate of what the results mean to help you to put things in perspective, a key if you will.
.90 and Up: Excellent season. Hall of Fame level. .70 to .89: An all-star performance. Worthy of Cy Young consideration. .50 to .69: Borderline all-star to decent starting pitcher. A guy you'd like to have on your staff. .35 to .50: A guy who should be nothing more than the 3rd or 4th starter with his club. .20 to .34: His major league days are likely numbered. Below .20: Minor leaguer in training.
Let's take a look at how all major league hurlers performed in 2010.
34,302 Strikeouts 15,778 Walks 43,304.2 IP
So in order to find out the major league average for SWIP during the 2010 season we simply plug the numbers into our simple equation.
Not surprisingly, last year's 0.43 mark mirrors the major league SWIP totals of the past few years though it is an 11-year high.
Now that I have enumerated what SWIP is and how it is figured, I will spend a brief moment detailing its major flaw.
As almost every metric out there that measures anything, SWIP is limited, in this case because of its simplicity. The major flaw of SWIP is that it favors pitchers with strikeout potential while often shortchanging those pitchers who might actually be "better" real world pitchers. We all know that this type of pitcher, the one who gets by more on guile than pure stuff (a guy like Jeremy Guthrie), but SWIP is concerned with "stuff" so it favors pitchers with power arms.
Starting pitchers have multiple innings to set up batters and vary pitch sequences, not to mention the time needed to work themselves out of trouble. This freedom allows starters to pitch with a variety of styles, all of which can be successful. At one end of the pitching spectrum there are "stuff" guys like Tim Lincecum who dominate hitters. However, you have hurlers like knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and soft-tossers like Dallas Braden who can be very successful as well. Obviously these pitchers do not record strikeouts at the same rate as their power pitching compatriots - their stuff simply isn't overpowering enough.
All pitching styles can be successful whether they rely upon the strikeout or the ground ball if the pitcher has enough time to work out of jams and if he knows how to pitch. However, the more often that a pitcher can limit a batters ability to put the ball in the field of play, the more often he has "control" over the at-bat. So everything being equal, a pitcher is better off by not allowing the batter to hit the ball – it's as simple as that. Again, that doesn't mean there is only is only one path a pitcher must follow for success. As a result, some of the pitchers that you will read about with a poor SWIP marks will have been successful in 2010 even if their path to success was slightly unconventional.
As far as relief pitchers, they operate under a different set of "rules." Relievers usually don't have multiple innings to set up batters and they often come into games with runners already on base. They don't have time to find their grove and work on touch pitches like change-ups and curve balls. Relievers need to come in and throw strikes – immediately. As a result it appears that SWIP might be a more useful tool to pass judgment on pitchers who rely mostly on "hard stuff" (fastballs, sliders and fork balls) than soft tossers. These hard throwing pitchers, as a general rule, tend to congregate more toward the bullpen than in the starting rotation since relievers can come in, throw gas, and not have to worry about pacing themselves to last multiple frames.
Therefore, SWIP can be termed a "dominance stat" in that it helps us to track which pitchers are best at limiting hitters ability to hit that ball. So in the analysis you are about to read don't take the results of SWIP to mean that I necessarily think that Brett Myers was a better pitcher than Chris Carpenter because he had a better SWIP mark in 2010. Take the analysis for what it is, and remember this simple axiom…
Everything being equal, the pitcher who limits hitters ability to hit the ball, as well as limiting the free passes he allows, is the pitcher more likely to be consistent from year-to-year.
In PART II, you can read about how SWIP is applied to starting pitchers.
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A thundering crack shakes me out of my bed. The black sky flashes with light, a rumble and another crack, so loud, my heart races. A cool breeze rushes in, the metal door frames and single paned glass designed for hotter climes. I curl up in my mosquito net, under my single blanket wishing for warmer clothes listening to the rain pounding down and waves splash on the shores of Lake Kivu.
I'm trying to sleep, but jet lag has the best of me and I watch the storm through the night.
Tomorrow is International Women's Day and I am invited to march with the women of HEAL Africa. After will be my first screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell to the female HEAL staff. I'm honored and inspired to be showing it on their day of celebration.
Goma, DRC, Day One
The border crossing is easier this time. The bureaucrat behind the wooden desk smiling and friendly as he examines my papers – last time he almost sent me back to Rwanda. The sun shines good luck on me, 8 days visa for only $35. This too changes with our bureaucrat's mood.
And I cross. Congo beams as strongly as the African sun: a guard with dapper, checkered loafers, women in bright colors, exuberant "bonjour and jambos," potholed roads, thick with volcanic rock, motos honking, white LandRovers in traffic, dust, chaos, the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country is not polished, it is not controlled, it is lawless in many senses, rife with heinous criminal acts and civil war; yet the Congo is alive. It is a living, breathing being that refuses to submit, refuses to be destroyed and is determined to survive. And for this I have returned to the Congo.
I have returned to bring a film. Abby Disney's brilliant film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, about the Liberian civil war. In 112 minutes, she tells of unknown heros. Of common women who are fed up with a civil war, with the rape, the murder, and the chaos. Fed up enough to act. They demonstrate. For four years, they demonstrate, growing in size, power and influence, they demand audience with warlords and with the former president himself and demand peace talks which lead to democratically held elections and the first female president in Africa.
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The Regional Transportation Authority announced the resignation of another one of its board members Tuesday and called into question a south suburban official Gov. Pat Quinn appointed to the CTA board.
In a letter to Quinn Tuesday, RTA Chairman John Gates stated that RTA board member Nabi Fakroddin was stepping down because he wanted to keep serving on the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and it was not permissible for him to hold both posts at the same time.
In the same letter, Gates questioned Quinn's appointment of south suburban Democratic powerhouse Frank Zuccarelli.
Gates said Zuccarelli's dual roles on the CTA board while serving as Thornton Township supervisor violate "the intent of Section 19" of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
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Gates urged Quinn to withdraw Zucarrelli's nomination.
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Fakroddin's departure follows the Rev. Tyrone Crider's resignation from the RTA board last week and a string of resignations from the Metra board.
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When the New York Knicks acquired Andrea Bargnani, most fans, media and observers panned the move. Some defended it. Others wanted to see how things played out. One of the main criticisms of the move (aside from the ransom the Knicks gave up, obviously) was that Bargnani didn't seem to fit with what the Knicks did well in 2012-13, and more specifically, with Carmelo Anthony. After Anthony's career-year led the Knicks to their best record in seemingly forever, why make a move that might marginalize the team's best player? Why throw a monkey wrench into a style that worked so effectively a year ago? These were the main concerns, and so far they've mostly rang true.
Anthony is a great midrange shooter. So far this season, according to NBA.com, Anthony is shooting 46.4% from 15-19 feet out, and 45.6% from 20-24 feet out. But the difference between Anthony's midrange shooting percentages when sharing the floor with Bargnani and when he doesn't is staggering. From 15-19 feet, Anthony shoots 41.3% with Bargnani on the floor, as opposed to 53.6% when Bargnani sits. From 20-24 feet, he's at 41.7% with Bargnani and 50.9% without.
While Bargnani isn't a natural big man, the Knicks' spacing is much better when Anthony is the unquestioned power forward and Iman Shumpert/J.R. Smith/Tim Hardaway, Jr is the clear small forward. And if Anthony operates well in the midrange, the Knicks should do their best to maximize that. As showcased in recent games against the Bobcats, Lakers, and Celtics*, Anthony is a near-impossible cover for most 4s; he's able to blow by bigger, plodding guys like Ryan Kelly, Anthony Tolliver and Brandon Bass, and he's able to bully smaller ones like Wesley Johnson. It hasn't just been this season that we've learned this. It happened all of last year.
*If you're here you probably know this already, but the Knicks are 3-0 since Bargnani got hurt
It's not rocket science as to why the Knicks struggle defensively when Anthony and Bargnani share the floor (as a pair, they allow 106.4 per 100 possessions). Both of them are actually better defenders than generally given credit for, and they're quite similar in where they're strong and where they struggle. Go one-on-one against either of them in the post, and you'd be surprised how much resistance both of them provide. It's when you get them moving and, particularly in Bargnani's case, engaged in the pick and roll where you start to see the shortcomings. Neither is adept at providing weak-side help in the paint. This season, teams have routinely gotten to the basket when the two share the floor; according to NBA.com, Knicks opponents have scored 904 points in the paint against the duo of Anthony and Bargnani. That's the most any Knicks duo has surrendered this year. Bad pick and roll play combined with poor rotations and rim protection leads to easy buckets.
Individually, according to 82games.com, Anthony is a more effective defender against opposing 4s than he is against opposing 3s. And Bargnani is a better at defending the center position than he is at defending 4s. Anthony having to share the court with Bargnani forces one of them to have to cover a much tougher opponent than they're equipped to. This is especially true when the two of them play alongside Tyson Chandler.
The trio of Anthony, Bargnani and Chandler has played 189 minutes this season. It's not a huge sample size, by any means, but it's the Knicks' 30th most-used trio this season out of 250 total. They've been a garbage fire defensively, allowing 114.3 points per 100 possessions; the New Orleans Pelicans' league-worst defense allows 109.6. That 114.3 defensive rating is the worst among any of the Knicks' top-30 trio combinations. For some context, the should-be terrible trio of Tim Hardaway, Jr., Amar'e Stoudemire and J.R. Smith allows 108.6, which is indeed terrible, but isn't as terrible as the terrible 114.3 put up by the terrible defensive trio of Anthony-Bargnani-Chandler. Terrible.
If Anthony and Bargnani are both better when they play the 4 and 5, respectively, there is zero reason that Bargnani should be in the starting lineup whenever Tyson Chandler is healthy. If the Knicks are all healthy, the starting lineup should be Raymond Felton-Pablo Prigioni-Iman Shumpert-Carmelo Anthony-Tyson Chandler (a lineup that has a Net-Rtg of 24.7 so far this season). Where does Bargnani fit, then, if at all?
It's unfortunate that the Knicks gave up so much for Bargnani, because if there is a niche on this team for him, it's probably as a reserve center/power forward. He should play about 15-18 minutes per game, only getting more time when the Knicks need some offense. He's been a terrible 3-point shooter, but is still pretty effective from midrange, especially on the left side of the court (which, in lockstep with this entire issue, is where Anthony likes to set up and is most effective as well).
It's not that Bargnani is a terrible basketball player. He does some things well, and could be a very useful role player if utilized correctly. Thus far in his Knicks career, he hasn't been. There's time for things to change but so far, the trade has been a bust in both theory and practice, and that's mainly because of how he's negatively effected the Knicks' best and most important player.


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Gerdes and Winger left VW's headquarters in Herndon, Virginia on Friday, June 7th, at 12:00 pm and arrived back on June 24th, having covered 8122 miles and visited all 48 states. Wayne Gerdes, founder of cleanmpg.com was the primary driver. Automotive journalist Gerdes has made a career out of hypermiling and has set mileage records in more than 100 vehicles, as well as achieving the record for lowest fuel consumption in the lower 48 U.S. states with a hybrid vehicle at 64.6 mpg.
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