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What's cooking tonight?
I just laid out pork chops. If the weather allows, I'll grill them in Caribbean Jerk marinade. A sleet line found it's way into our forecast. Yuck. I don't grill in sleet. If it's sleeting I'll toss them in olive oil and pan saute them. I have fresh broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. I plan on tossing those in olive oil with garlic salt and roasting them in the oven. Add brown rice. Now I'm hungry.
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I got a tuna salad sandwich there once and it was an onion sandwich with a little bit of tuna. I about died. Never went back: even to order something else. It's gross here so I baked the pork chops and made the veggies on the stovetop. It was really good. I minced up fresh garlic, sautéed it in olive oil, then added broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower and sea salt to the skillet. Covered and cooked 5 minutes on low. Awesome.
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veggie soup, in the crockpot. I use stew meat( beef, )lima beans, corn, cubed pots, and then I put in 2 cups V-8 juice and 2 cups water. Add several beef bouliion cubes, several shakes of Worchester sauce and a few drops of chili powder. Cook in crock pot...yummy
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Hello Shari! Your veggie soup sounds a lot like mine, except I usually use equal parts tomato juice and beef broth for my base.
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I'm not 90 yet. I did make it about a quarter of the way to 88. I'll be 90 by end of day Friday, and then I'll get back to my regularly scheduled programming. (Pre raid gear lists, shot priorities, etc.)
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Oh man, we're getting down to the nitty gritty. Raid testing starts tonight in MoP beta. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to participate because of this other thing I'm going to be watching. Continue Reading…
I spent some time this weekend with MoP beta, and quested through the remainder of the Valley of the Four Winds, some of the Krasarang Wilds, and started the Kul-Lai Summit. I've completed all of the quests in the Valley of the Four Winds, but did not get into any of the cooking specializations. I have the quests, just haven't done them yet.
I did make a point to go tame a Porcupine over the weekend, since they're tameable now. They get really small when you tame them, which makes for a funny image of this small spiked creature emerging from a pile of bodies.
Morynne on beta is now level 88, and has had some opportunity to test out Stampede and Call Beast — both of which are supremely helpful in soloing. As tenacious and brawny as Snuggles the Porcupine is, he'd die every now and then, which is the perfect opportunity to pop Stampede (it really does make things die quickly), and use Call Beast to keep the mob off of me long enough to make it dead. For soloing, Stampede is a survival cooldown, and easily during an instance or raid, will be useful as a DPS cooldown with Rapid Fire, trinkets, etc.
I am incredibly spoiled with no minimum range.
Pet battles are still not working correctly, though I think Blizzard has gotten closer to a true deployment. Every time I attempt to get into a pet battle, the camera view shifts, and my character gets frozen, but the battle interface doesn't launch. I have to re-log to get my character to release so I can move again. So closer, but not nearly ready for public consumption yet.
How's your beta experience going?
I've had beta for a little over a week, but the tough thing to remember is that I was on vacation, and away from my computers for a few days — so the extent of my testing has been pretty slim. I did get a chance to level a Pandaren Monk to 12 on Alliance side, and ran through the majority of the quests in the Jade Forest with my Hunter, and completed the Temple of the Jade Serpent (the first dungeon). Continue Reading…
There's all kinds of information to sift through, and frankly, I'm not sure how long it's going to take me to go through it all, so I'll highlight what caught my eye for now, and dive more deeply into it over the next few days.
I love the female Pandaren model. She's cute, curvy, and has a mischievous look to her. I can't tell you how pleased this model makes me. I'll get into all my thoughts on this in an upcoming article. It might be Morynne the Pandaren come MoP, I haven't decided yet.
Every single screenshot that has come out of Press week has been breathtaking. I can't link nearly enough of them, I encourage you to check out everything that MMO-Champion, and Wowhead have.
Monk information is coming out like crazy. I love the fact that it's entirely possible to deal legitimate damage as a healer, while still having the flexibility to tank or do straight damage in alternate specs. I am glad they gave the Monks back their auto-attack, as it will likely make their damage a little more intuitive to work with. I'm very interested in playing through all 3 specs during beta when it comes around.
**SPOILER** The last raid instance of MoP will be a siege on Orgrimmar, removing Garrosh from his position of Warchief. It's been awhile since the Horde and Alliance have been fighting directly with each other, then have a really horrifying turn of events to band together for the same goal. Clearly Garrosh is going to do something that is so horrifying that both the Horde and Alliance agree that he can no longer function as Warchief. I'm very much looking forward to learning all of this story.
I like the premise that this expansion is going to be largely a return to exploration of a new world. We don't immediately have a big-bad to take down, or anyone to hate. Looking through some of the screenshots, how can you hate on some of these critters?
Oh, and did you hear? They're talking about making Stampede a reality! It will likely be a level 87 ability for Beastmastery Hunters that calls all of the hunter's pets out to do 80% more damage for a short time, and on a long cooldown. I love this.
What do you think about the information so far? Are you as excited as I'm getting?
MoP is getting its official press tour this week, but because of a week long NDA, we have to wait until next week to hear more. Blizzard did tease us with this little gem. We're getting to see female Pandarens well before we ever saw female Worgen — in fact, we're getting to see them next Monday, March 19th.
What do I think is going to come out of the press week?
First off, I really like the silhouette of the female Pandaren. I think they have loads of potential, and am really looking forward to seeing her.
Here's what I think is likely to come out of the press event:
- More detail regarding new zones.
- Final display of the Pandaren mount. Yaks were brought up, but were never said if they were the racial mount or not.
- A smattering of information regarding new raids and dungeons, but nothing specific to encounter.
- Lore. This new expansion will open tons of doors for new stories. I look forward to hearing more of this.
- More information on pet battle system.
- New cinematic.
- Expected beta timeline.
Here's what I don't think we'll hear:
- We won't see the Diablo III release date. (Duh, it's the MoP press event)
- We won't see an exact beta date, or a release date of the expansion.
What do you think we'll see? What are you hoping we get out of this press event?
Last night some gems about Mists of Panderia were dropped on a Dev Watercooler, and there was some pretty interesting Hunter specific things there.
The first big topic they discussed was Hit and Expertise.
- We still think having stats that can be capped is a good game design. Rather than focusing solely on stacking your best stat, you have to decide how valuable it is to hit your target before you go back to stacking your best stat. However, we are making some changes.
- Hit and spell hit will no longer be separate stats. The hit stat negates melee miss and spell miss.
- Expertise will negate dodge and spell miss, then parry.
- Expertise will be listed as a percentage, just like hit, instead of having an intermediary stat.
- We are normalizing hit with expertise, so that 1% of each stat will require the same amount of rating.
- We are normalizing melee and spell hit, so that spell hit is equal to miss plus dodge.
- Against an equal level creature: 6% spell miss, 3% melee miss, 3% dodge, 3% parry (from the front only), 3% block (from the front only).
- Against a +1 level creature: 9% spell miss, 4.5% melee miss, 4.5% dodge, 4.5% parry (from the front only), 4.5% Block (from the front only).
- Against a +2 level creature: 12% spell miss, 6% melee miss, 6% dodge, 6% parry (from the front only), 6% Block (from the front only).
- Against a +3/boss level creature: 15% spell miss, 7.5% melee miss, 7.5% dodge, 7.5% parry (from the front only), 7.5% block (from the front only).
- Ranged attacks will be able to be dodged. Hunters will benefit from expertise and will have it on their gear, which will also allow hunters and Enhancement shaman to share gear more easily.
So here's the way I see things working — given the fact that our minimum range is being taken away, and we're going to be able to shoot things from within melee range, we're effectively melee characters with a much bigger range — making it necessary for us to have Expertise on our gear, as well as normal Hit — just like most melee.
The bonus to this is it's going to be much more important to weigh out stats to determine which one is more important for your character. Hunters have largely had it too easy to hit 8% hit and just forget about it, unlike other melee classes that care about Expertise, or even casters that have to get a ridiculous amount of hit. Now we'll also have to worry about Expertise and how that will impact our ability to hit the target — to me this is incredibly fair and balanced.
This does pose an interesting situation though… the itemization for Hunters will be shared directly with Enhancement Shaman for armor, and with Rogues, Enhancement Shaman, and some DPS warriors for trinkets and rings. Not so different than we have now, but there will be no clear "this is best for hunters because they don't need Expertise." Gear will have more competition.
They also got into how Criticals are handled…
- All spells and abilities will crit for double damage, baseline. There are a few exceptions where crits can get larger, but the default is x 2.0 for everyone.
- This means that Enhancement shaman spells and rogue poisons will crit for double damage. Rogue poisons will also use the melee hit chance.
This sounds a lot like Enhancement Shaman are going to be a serious force to be reckoned with. I also like that there's a standard for a crit going forward. Much of a Hunter's damage in the past has been reliant on luck — for how big those crits are. Now there's a baseline, which should result in more consistent numbers.
What do you think of these adjustments?
I can't hide it, I'm disappointed that there's no Blizzcon this year.
Blizzard announced today that they're holding their championships in Asia, and the next Blizzcon won't be until 2013.
Now I'm all for Blizzard publishing more games. That is the upside here. They're taking the time to get Mists of Panderia on shelves, Heart of the Swarm launched, and Diablo III to customers. Because well, let's face it. Blizzard doesn't want to give people Diablo III for the WoW Annual Pass and not have them locked in for a few more months.
Conquest typically would get together at Blizzcon to hang out, catch up. Drink. Heavily. Make Matt regret ALL THE THINGS. This would have been the year I could participate with this guild, but alas — that doesn't look like it's going to happen, unless we plan a different guild get together. (Which I'm all for)
What are you going to miss most about no Blizzcon this year?
Now that I'm back from my time off, over a massive cold, and have a few more raids under my belt I feel like I can talk about what's going on with Hunter DPS.
We had a great run in Firelands.
Hunters seemed to be made for that tier of content. The encounters were largely hunter friendly with very few stack up mechanics, and there were many range friendly fights. Hunters were topping meters, and leading the pack on DPS until some legendary weapons were completed. As legendaries were completed, you started to see Hunters fall down the DPS meters a bit, but not out of competition.
Punching Deathwing in the Face
The state of Hunter DPS in Dragon Soul is pretty unique. Melee classes were buffed pretty significantly through AP, and casters have their legendary — making Hunters one of the only classes that didn't see any real boost to DPS from Firelands to Dragon Soul. This caused Hunters to fall further and further down the meters, not to say that we're not seeing impressive performance from Hunter players — there are some exceptional players out there. I know that my DPS has gone from in Firelands, top 7-8 DPS after legendaries were created, to scraping the bottom above the tanks in Dragon Soul in our 25-man raids. Did I change anything? The only thing that's changed is gear.
Now, let's be clear here. This is not a cry for a buff to Hunter DPS. Blizzard is up against a very difficult challenge for balancing lots of classes with legendary weapons in range, and melee not only getting the AP boost, but also Rogues getting their legendary. Blizzard needs to be able to balance Hunter DPS with the DPS of those range that do not have a legendary weapon. Does that require a huge boost to Hunters? Probably not.
Blizzard did just announce in the 4.3.2 patch notes that a small buff is coming.
- Aspect of the Hawk now grants roughly 35% more attack power.
- Deterrence now also reduces damage taken by 30% while active.
- Black Arrow now ticks every 2 seconds for 20 seconds, as opposed to every 3 seconds for 15 seconds. The total damage dealt by the ability is unchanged.
- Lock and Load no longer benefits Arcane Shot, nor is it consumed by Arcane Shot.
Do I think this is going to be enough to help us out?
I think so. The ~700 AP buff that Hawk is getting will increase our DPS enough to mimic the melee buff that was granted. Black Arrow lasting longer will give us an extra 5 seconds to proc, which should increase our Lock n' Load procs, and with Lock n' Load not being consumed by Arcane Shot, we'll be sure to get the maximum bonus available.
Now this is all speculation on my part, but I do think Hunters will regularly appear higher on the damage meters than they had been, and I have a feeling that it's going to continue to be Survival on top of the three specs for Tier 13 raid content, not to say that Marksman and Beastmastery will be far behind, if at all.
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When yet another overcrowded eatery opens in New York, a diner must ask: "Should I bother jockeying for space?" In the case of Gottino, the answer is, "Absolutely." Though the latest from co-owners Michael Bull and chef Jody Williams (Morandi) is not a restaurant per se—with its long marble bar, piddling five tables and menu of choice Italian nibbles to go with the all-Italian wine list, this narrow spot is indeed an enoteca. So what makes queueing up worthwhile, especially when the vino is somewhat pricey? (The least expensive glass goes for $9, and there are too few bottles under $40.) Choose a prosecco cocktail instead—we prefered the passion fruit and freshly squeezed blood-orange juices topped off with bubbly—which kicks off the night with a burst of fizzy color. Then attack the menu. Divided into salumi and cheese on one side, and prepared bites on the other, it provides multiple opportunities for memorable bites. Thick-cut cacciatorini (cured pork sausage) luxuriates in a shallow pool of olive oil infused with oregano and garlic, while in another wee dish, eye-poppingly tangy white anchovies keep company with celery, parsley and preserved lemon. On the mellower side was the fabulously saline cod whipped smooth with olive oil, as well as fragrant lady apples stuffed with meaty cotechino sausage—one of few available hot plates. Much of the food appears, almost magically, from behind the busy bar, where servers in civilized costumes of white shirts, ties and aprons whiz about, making sure everyone is well watered and fed. As tempting as it is to continue grazing on savories, reserve room for the astoundingly creamy fior di latte gelato, served with orange rinds candied in-house. It's delicious—and definitely worth the wait.
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Smoke Free Multi-Unit Housing Ordinance. The Berkeley City Council adopted Ordinance No. 7,321-N.S regulating second hand smoke in ALL multi-unit residences and common areas. As of May 1, 2014, smoking will be prohibited in 100% of multi-unit housing with two or more units (i.e. apartments, co-ops, condominiums, common interest developments, etc). This also includes common areas such as private decks, balconies, and porches of units. For more information, visit the City's Smoke Free Multi-Unit Housing Law webpage.
Tenant Screening Fees Law. Before collecting a fee from prospective tenants to run a credit check or process a rental application, landlords must now furnish a "Tenant Screening Fee Rights" statement and disclose the maxiumum fee allowed under state law (Civil Code section 1950.6 (b). Tenants are entitled to a copy of the credit report, a receipt, and any unused portion of the fee. The current cap on screening fees is $44.51. More information regarding visit the Rent Board's Tenant Screening Fees page.
New Alameda County Mandatory Recycling Requirements. Effective July 1, 2014 all multi-unit dwellings with five (5) or more residential units will be required to provide recycling as well as compost collection for their tenants' food scraps, food-soiled papers, and any plant debris generated at the property. This requirement is part of the County's Phase 2 of the Mandatory Recycling Ordinance. For more information, click on the following links:
To establish recycling service at your property please call the City's Customer Service Call Center at 311 (510-981-7270). The City of Berkeley provides free assistance, collection containers, and instructional posters to all refuse accounts. Visit the City of Berkeley Recycling Website for more info at: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/recycling/
California Smoking Law. As of January 2013, Civil Code section 1947.5, allows landlords to ban smoking in residential dwellings, even if previously allowed. However, this law does not pre-empt local ordinances such as Berkeley's Rent Ordinance, which prohibits tenants from being evicted for not agreeing to a unilateral change in the terms of a tenancy. Thus, although a landlord and a tenant may mutually agree to a smoking prohibition on the premise, the tenant is not required to accept such a ban where non existed before. Tenants may voluntarily sign amended leases or addendums to their lease prohibiting smoking. More info and sample lease addendums are available on the Smoking Prohibition Addendum page.
New California State Law Requires Carbon Monoxide Device(s). Effective July 1, 2011 all single family dwellings must have carbon monoxide devices installed. And all multi-unit dwellings as of January 1, 2013.
For questions pertaining to existing housing or rental housing contact the Housing and Community Services Department, Rental Housing Safety Program (RHSP) office at (510) 981-5445
For questions pertaining to permitted new construction contact the Planning Department at (510) 981‑7440.
Regulation 509 - This regulation makes clear that the Board will only consider a legal unit to qualify as new construction if it has received a Certificate of Occupancy issued after February 1, 1995. This standard is consistent with Costa Hawkins. Regulation 509 also makes clear that all units that were previously exempt before the passage of Costa Hawkins shall remain exempt. All units constructed as the result of rehabilitation, conversion, or partial demolition of existing units where a Certificate of Occupancy has not been issued shall not qualify as new construction. Adopted November 17, 2014.
Regulation 1266 - Added 2010 through 2014 rates to Section (A) table. (Administrative update on June 19, 2014.)
Regulation 701 - The Board amended Section (C) and added Section (D) to Regulation 701 which includes a chart with the yearly rates of interest to be paid to tenants as required by Regulation 702. Amended April 22, 2014.
Regulation 702 - The Board adopted amendments to Regulation 702 due to a lack of data published by the Federal Reserve Board. Following the enactment of Measure P, the Rent Board amended Regulation 702 to implement the language of section 13.76.070 by requiring the Board to calculate the average of the six-month CD rates published in the Federal Reserve Board's Statistical Release H.15 on the first business day of each month. The Federal Reserve Board issued a statement in December of 2013 that it would cease publication of the H.15 rate. The current amendment makes clear that the Board will now use the 12-month average of the average rates of interest (APY) paid on the first business day of each month for six-month certificates of deposits ($5,000 minimum deposit) by insured commercial banks doing business in the City of Berkeley unless and until the Federal Reserve Board publishes an H.15 or comparable rate. Amended April 22, 2014.
Regulation 1004 - Amended Regulation 1004 eliminating the requirement that a landlord allege compliance with the warranty of habitability in order to obtain a Certificate of Permissible Rent Level. Amended December 16, 2013.
Regulation 1269 - Amended to add Section (B) Paragraph 2 to codify long-standing and unchallenged Board policy to reject petitions filed by landlords who seek a rent reduction due to the unilateral removal of base level services or space without the express written consent of the tenant. This change will not affect the way the Board currently processes landlord petitions for decrease in space/services. Amended November 18, 2013.
Regulation 702 - Amended due to lack of data published by the Federal Reserve Board. Following the enactment of Measure P, the Rent Board amended Regulation 702 to implement the language of section 13.76.070 by requiring the Board to calculate the average of the six-month CD rates published in the Federal Reserve Board's Statistical Release H.15 on the first business day of each month. The Federal Reserve Board's Statistical Release H.15 contains daily interest rates for selected U.S. Treasury and private money market and capital market instruments, including rates for one-, three- and six-month CDs. The current amendment makes clear that the Board will use the most recent published 12-month average as the monthly rate for each month when the Federal Reserve Board does not publish an H.15 rate. Amended October 21, 2013.
Regulation 1136 - 2014 Annual General Adjustment Order. Adopted October 21, 2013.Regulation 807 - Exemption from Registration for units with tenants receiving monthly assistance through the Section 8 Program or the Shelter Plus Care Program or equivalent rent subsidy program. Adopted July 9, 2013.
Regulation 503 - amended Regulation 503 [Definition of Principal Residence] by adding sections (A) and (B) to clarify the definition of a "person" for the purposes of identifying which entities can claim principal residence in a unit. Amended June 17, 2013.
The full text of all Rent Board Regulations may be viewed at www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/ or in the Board's Public Information Unit at 2125 Milvia Street weekdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. except for Wednesdays when the hours are noon to 6:30 p.m. If you do not see the Regulation change you are looking for here, visit the Rent Board Regulation Changes Archive page.


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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Here's a good overview, from Grahamt's annotation on 4 Feb. 1660 (http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/02/04/#c1318 ):
The basic units were l.s.d or pounds, shillings and pence, but named coins of other denominations were common, e.g. a groat (until 1662)
4 farthings = 1d (penny)
4d = 1 groat
12d = 3 groats = 1s (shilling)
5s = 1 crown (half-a-crown = 2s 6d)
20s = 4 crowns = 1l or
More on Money
Taken from PHE's annotation of 6 Feb 1660 (http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/02/06/#c1437 ):
In about 1970, the pound was decimilised so that one pound is now 100 pence. The shilling became extinct. One
money slang:
tuppence = 2d;
tenner = 10l;
tanner = 6d , 1/2 s;
thrupence= 3d;
dollar = 5s, based at a time when the pound = 4 dollars;
1/2 dollar mate; haffa crown;
A little more money trivia:
1.5d is always pronounced three- ha'pence, and was 1/8th of a shilling; 1.25d would be said penny-farthing; 1.75d penny-three-farthing.
a 240d pound is actually very useful for traders. It has factors of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24... whereas the 100p pound only has:
1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25...
This makes it easier to divide into smaller units and matches well with imperial units of measure like 12" = 1', 16oz = 1lb, 8pts = 1 gal. For example, if silk is 3s per yard, than 4'4" is 4s4d. With a 100p pound the buyer would need to buy either 4' (=20p) or 4'6" (22.5p) to get a reasonable match between whole inches and monetary units. This is a little contrived, but illustrates the point. Naturally, with a metric measuring system, then a metric monetary system makes more sense.
[Annotation by Language Hat for 14 March, 1659/60. For example sentences (including the day's Pepys entry!), see here at:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/03/14/#c3091 ]
half a piece
means half a sovereign or guinea; OED:
Popularly applied to an English gold coin; orig. to the unite of James I, and afterwards to the sovereign, and guinea, as the one or other was the current coin. Hence
More coin data Charles I mint,.. mark etc.
In 1654 Gold bullion is recorded in London as having a value of
"Guinea " The gold "Guineas" according to Liza Picard ( Restoration London P144) The name came about because the gold was imported from Guinea by Africa Company. At this time Coins were milled to last longer. But I do beleive it was stop people getting their percentage with a penknife.
Same source. Tokens were Issued due shortage. ( my thought:- due to growth of the economy and inflation and bad Harvests, riots and the general troubles of the times.) any way interesting reading.
Bills of Exchange J. Evelyn mention his transactions of Bills of Exchange(13 times) going thru Merchants setting up accounts taking cash for local transactions. On His Grand tour of the Continent,He has this contact at Leghorn(Ligorne,Liverno) for providing large Sums on His Making a Bill of Exchange and the settling of same.
Ducket(t), Ducat
Per L&M: Spanish gold or silver coin worth 9s. 4d. and 3s. 6d. respectively
Gilder, Guilder: Dutch Money of account worth about 2s.
Per L&M
Duccaton [, Ducatoon]: large silver coin of the Netherlands worth 5s 9d.
per L&M
But it's not as simple as all that!
Only joking, but the story is about to get yet more complicated.
For many decades and through much of Pepys' life there was a severe shortage of small change in England - it wasn't worth the government's efforts to make these low-value coins in sufficient quantities. As a result, many of the taverns and coffee houses made their own tokens which they handed out in small change (usually worth a 1/4 penny (a farthing) or a 1/2 penny). Technically this was illegal but successive governments let it go.
The tokens could be used in the places where they were made, and usually in the shops in the immediate neighbourhood because they could take them back to the tavern; but the farther away you were, the less likely they were to be accepted as being good money.
On the back of the coins are usually a combination of the value (e.g. 1/2 penny), the street the tavern is in, perhaps the landlords name, and the date.
But most people still couldn't read, so on the front was usually a depiction of the symbol on the pub sign - so illiterate people could find the pub that made that particular token.
From this, for example, we know that The Three Cranes depicted the stork-like birds not machinery.
But I find the tokens from the "Salutation" tavern more interesting. M. Stolzenbach has pointed out that this must originally have been a Roman Catholic symbol (an Angel greets the Virgin Mary). However, by Pepys' time, its tokens (and so its signboard) merely showed 2 men greeting each other on the road. So showing how things can be sanitized.
I understand Pepys never mentioned these little almost worthless tokens in his diaries although he probably had some in his pocket on most days: it makes you wonder what things that are obvious to us in our own time will be mysterious to people 300 years from now.
A long story on enlish money
Another version of exchange rate:
[Foreign coins were in frequent use at this time. A Proclamation, January 29th, 1660-61, declared certain foreign gold and silver coins to be current at certain rates. The rate of the ducatoon was at 5s. 9d.]
Irish farthings: [ + a pic of the precursor to American cent; size that is]Charles II granted a patent to strike farthings for Ireland to Sir Thomas Armstrong in 1660. This issue was similar to the farthings of James I and Charles I from before the English Civil War. The issue was prohibited by the Governor of Ireland in 1661 and it does not appear to have been issued in large number nor to have circulated widely before this prohibition.
The period beween 1657 and 1674 (just before and after the restoration of the monarchy in England) is characterised by the issuing of numerous small penny and twopenny tokens. There are over 800 different issues and they include examples from every city, almost every town and a few villages in Ireland. The tokens of this period will be covered in Irish Tokens (1200 to 1858).
charles 2 coin the frances stewart
milled coinage and other coins
A coronation coin of CII
and his nemesis's coin - OC -
Oliver cromwell coin 1658
The Coronation of Charles II, April 23rd 1661 coin april 23 [ Oak day.]
Not sure if this is the right place or a relevant article to put here? but thought it interesting enough to post to the group, "Dollars from hell" BBC History magazine p.33 http://www.bbchistorymagazine.com/content/issue...
Angel from Glyn on Mon 17 May 2004,A gold coin: there were three
avoirdupois weight : 16 oz per pound or 7,000 grains or
16 drams [16 ounces]
14.58 troy ounces equals one pound
for conversions etc: see http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight-conver...
12 troy = 13.16571 ounces
12 troy = 373.2417 grams
ounces (troy) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound pennyweights A measure of Troy weight equalling 24 grains or the twentieth part of a Troy ounce (there are 12 ounces in a pound Troy). Pennyweight is usually abbreviated dwt.
40 troy ozs= 2.742857 lbs at 2.5L per oz
40 troy ozs = 1244139 grams
This is the weight and description of the raw scrap received by Jensen from the customer. It is in troy ounces. (16 avoir-du-pois ounces equals one pound. 14.58 troy ounces equals one pound). The balance the company uses to weigh incoming lots is calibrated every six months to ensure accuracy and the log in process is videotaped as a trained technician describes the contents of the package.
LSD : 3 good sytes and clarification.
Before 1971 Britain had an unusual non-decimal money system.
Old Sterling Currency,
guye ffalkes on Mon 22 Nov 2004, 8:42 pm | Link
More on Guineas...
"The Guinea coin of 1663 was the first British machine-struck gold coin. The first one was produced on 6 February 1663 (1662 Old Style), and was made legal currency by a Proclamation of 27 March 1663. 44 and one half guineas would be made from one Troy pound of 11/12 fineness gold, each weighing 129.4 grains. The denomination was originally worth one pound, or twenty shillings, but an increase in the price of gold during Charles II's reign led to it being traded at a premium. In 1670 the weight of the coin was reduced from 8.4
from:Michael Robinson on Mon 2 May 2005, 6:13 am | Link
Norfolk slang for coins 1950s and 60s
1d Clod
3d Joey (normaly for old silver )but
remained the same for the brass
2/6 Halfcrown =Half Oxford (Oxford
Schoolar ) = Dollar
Coinage and Money in Later Stuart England
A Brief History of British Regal Copper Production during the Late Seventeenth Century
1662 Charles II Silver Crown
"Some ninepences were current [in late 1662] (Irish shillings of James I), but they were rare." L&M, iii.266.n.2
Here are images of the Irish shillings of James I, but they are denominated sixpences http://www.irishcoinage.com/JAMES1.HTM
from Dave Bell on Fri 25 Nov 2005,
There are more details on early English (and Scottish) milled coinage here http://www.kenelks.co.uk/coins/earlymilled/earl... (Second half of the page for Blondeau).
It appears that Peter Blondeau himself had very little direct involvement in the post-Restoration coinage.
better understanding of the evolving cerated coin.
According to Large Glossary: Mark , be Token, or as money 13s.4d or 2/3rds of a pound sterling [easterling]
According to the historical currency calculator on http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/trol/scol/calcoluh...
1 pound in 1675 was worth about 62 pounds today or about 108 dollars US.
ref JWB query about guianois 15 Mar 2005. This has no connection with guineas but refers to an issue of coins for Aquitaine, France (also known as Guyenne) by Edward III in 1361. The reference could be to gold or silver coins.
A Silver Crown of Charles II from 1662 weighs 29.7 grams so 1£ (4 Crowns) weighs 0.1176 kg.
A Gold Double-Crown (10 shillings) from 1660 weighs 4.43 grams so 1£ (2 Double-Crowns) weighs 0.00866 kg. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/...
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Here at DSI we are absolutely thrilled to be able to provide all the dresses for the show - and thought you might enjoy knowing a little more about us.
So let's start with the real creative genius, the name behind the design of every single one of those amazing creations seen on Saturday evening, Costume Designer Vicky Gill.
What first captured your interest in costume design?
My mum is a very talented lady who used to make me feel extra special as a child by making me some wonderful clothes. We used to go and buy fabric on a Friday and by the Saturday I had a new frock. I've loved dance and performance for as long as I can remember so combining the two is my idea of heaven!
Who did you design your first Strictly dress for?I remember it clearly! It was a waltz dress for Erin. DSI's first frock on national TV.
The best and worst aspects of designing for Strictly? I really can't think of any downside, it's all good fun even when the clock tells you that you really should be curled up in bed sleeping! As you can imagine there are so many wonderful moments that it's impossible to pick out just one.
What's the favourite dress you've designed and why?Again there have been so many, Kara in last year's series was the most consistent in terms of both looks and performance so she probably has quite a few of my favourite frocks. In 2009, when Darcey Bussell appeared on the show it was a real privilege to design for her.


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The next two blog posts will study
the relationship between gospel and culture. In this post, I make some general
observations on gospel and culture. The next post will focus more on the nature
of the gospel and the challenges of relating it to any given culture.
Nominal Christianity is a
problem in certain cultures. This is because, generally speaking, religion is often
seen as something that meets a need in their lives. Christianity cannot be presented
in a culture as just something that meets a need (you need Jesus, therefore
receive Jesus into your life and everything will be fine). The impact of taking
Christianity simply as meeting a need is huge in some cultural contexts
(particularly in the African Traditional Religion context [ATR]). It is no
surprise that for many people, Christianity is a good thing as long as it meets
their needs. For these people it is not so important what Christianity demands now. What matters is what it promises now (wealth, good health) as
well as after death (eternal life). In that case, people are willing to perform
what is required to be a Christian (in hopes that it will benefit them now) so
that at death, life will be their portion.
There is a sincere human need
for answers about how religion relates to our present life and what happens
after death. African Traditional Religion, for example, has its own answers.
Life is lived now under the watchful eye of the spirits and ancestors. Certain
rules must be followed, otherwise judgment will be swift. As to what happens
when one dies, ATR is mostly silent since not everyone gets the opportunity to
become an ancestor. Christianity comes into the picture and offers answers to
life now, and better yet, to life after death. Since ATR does not forbid
different religious views, adherents to ATR find no contradiction in holding to
the Christian faith, while at the same time holding to the practices of
ATR. There is a real danger in
presenting Christianity simply as a need-meeting religion, since it is taken
simply as that. The result is syncretism and nominal Christianity.
The gospel does not simply meet
a need. It calls people to respond to the revelation of God as seen in Christ
and presented in the gospel. As such, the gospel calls for a response
(conversion) that permeates the whole of life (culture). The gospel calls for
people to respond to God's revelation, a response that includes a change of
view in all areas of life (including cultural values).
The fact is that culture, and
life in general is religious, in the sense that each culture seeks to make
sense of the creator and the created. So first, Christianity should not be
presented as just one more need of man that is met in Christ, but rather as the
only answer to the real life
questions about God, man, and the relationship between God and man. When the
gospel comes to people "in culture" and not "outside of culture" they begin to
change their worldview (culture) rather than add Christianity to their worldview,
which remains unchanged. The gospel, therefore, transforms culture from inside
out. It does not add to culture as if the two were independent. So in a real
sense, no culture, no gospel, in the sense that culture is a vehicle for the
The gospel calls for a change
in worldview (how one sees the world, God, and mankind). A change in worldview
necessarily involves a change in cultural practices and values. There should
therefore be a Christian culture within the culture of a people, in that when people
turn to God, they necessarily reevaluate their culture and at the same time
begin to form a new culture that is consistent with the gospel they have
received. Thus, a Christian culture emerges within the culture.
In the area I worked in
Cameroon, it was sad to notice that some young people feel that being a
Christian means rejecting some of their cultural practices (even those that are
not harmful in any way). They need to be helped to embrace the gospel within
their culture and see that the gospel, rather than calling them out of their
culture, is instead calling them to honor God in their culture. It is not
uncommon to hear a person say, "I will not do this because I am a Christian."
This is a good statement, but problematic when they say it in rejection of an
innocent cultural practice. Rather than this promoting Christianity, this
attitude tells people that to be a Christian necessarily means divorcing
oneself from culture.
I am not saying that
believers should not be critics of their own culture. I am saying that where
the culture is not inconsistent with the gospel, let us be a part of the
culture (being truly cultural Christians without compromising the gospel). In
some cases, there are certain practices that are inconsistent with the gospel. Even
in these cases, an outright rejection of the cultural practice becomes a
hindrance to the gospel. While pointing out the wrong aspects of the practice,
we can seek to change it by explaining why we differ and showing how it can be
done differently. For example, in 2001 I returned from U.S.A. to my village in
Kom, Cameroon. I was told that while I was gone, one of my cousins died, and it
was required that I provide a chicken to appease the ancestors. I was with a
couple of students from the seminary who were quick to remind me that as a
Christian, not to mention as a visiting teacher in the seminary, I was not
allowed to do such a thing. To their amazement, I told them that I was going to
do it. Instead of taking one chicken, I took three. At the event, those deemed
to be the most respected elders in the village were gathered. I was instructed
to take the chicken to the chief elder and present it to him and he would take
things from there. I knew that after giving the chicken to him, he was going to
take it to the grave (which in this context is right in front of the house) and
address the ancestors by saying appeasing words on my behalf.
So I took the chicken to the
chief elder and instead of handing it to him, I expressed my thanks for their
labor in burying my cousin and mourning with the family. As a token of my
appreciation, I said I had brought with me three chickens. When he asked me to
give him the chicken I was holding, I declined, saying instead that I had
brought a few friends who were waiting outside ready to kill the chickens so
that we could all eat together. At that point those present realized that I was
not going to perform the required ritual. So I was told to hand the chicken
over so that the rightful rituals could be carried out. At that point I said
that because I am a Christian (which they all knew) and do not subscribe to the
rituals, I wanted things done my way since my interest was to feed those
present as a way of saying "thank you." It didn't take long for the elders to
ask my friends to kill the chickens so the people could eat.
What is the point of telling
this story? Simply put, the whole point behind such a practice is for people to
fellowship over a meal. Every member of the family plays his or her role to
show community solidarity. Culturally, to make sure that no one ever refuses to
provide the required birds or animals, the culture built into place protective
measures such as the gods, ancestors and spirits who are constantly watching to
make sure you fulfill your duties or else face consequences. When they accepted my offer, I realized
that for them, the whole point was about eating and not so much about the well-being
of the ancestors and spirits. As a Christian, I tried to change a cultural
practice rather than outrightly rejecting it. At the same time, it was clear
that I am a believer in Jesus Christ. Can we be all things to all people in
different cultures without compromising the gospel we preach (1 Cor. 9:19-23)?
An example of a Christian
culture within the culture would be how Christians carry out the activities or
shared patterns that identify and distinguish their people groups, in such a
way that these practices are all transformed by the gospel. When gospel comes
into a culture, there is then a conversion not just of souls, but a conversion
from the culture of men to the culture of the gospel; from a culture informed
by the values of men without God to a culture informed by the values of the
To the extent that there is
no difference between the cultural practices of believers and unbelievers,
there has not been true conversion. In this case, the gospel has not
transformed culture. It has simply been added to it. When you put the gospel
and culture together, things must change. One of the two must change, and it
cannot be the gospel. The gospel is the same in all cultures and cannot change.
Culture must change to conform to the gospel. The gospel will never change to
conform to culture. The truth is that culture contains in it truth about God as
well as errors about who God is and how man must relate to God. The gospel
exposes these errors. An example is the foolishness of idol worship (Ps.
115:4-8; Is. 44:9-20).
In answer to the question of
how culture and gospel relate, I have argued that Christianity cannot be
present in culture as something that simply meets a need. Rather, the gospel
calls for a conversion, not just of souls, but of a worldview. The gospel
commends Jesus to people in any given culture. The gospel calls people to the
reality of the kingdom of God now in their midst and the need for them to
accept the will of God as their rule for life. Before the coming of the gospel,
culture or tradition determines how people should live. This no longer is the
case for those who receive Jesus through the preaching of the gospel. For them,
the values of the gospel determine how they conduct their lives in their own


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Apr 2, 2014 12:13 AM by Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Houston's new additions sure made this team look better than last year's Astros in the season opener.
Jesus Guzman and L.J. Hoes homered off CC Sabathia to help the Astros roll to a 6-2 win Tuesday night in the first game of Derek Jeter's farewell tour with the New York Yankees.
Jeter's final big league season began by being plunked on the left arm by Scott Feldman and ended 1 for 3 with a single. The 13-time All-Star who helped New York to five World Series titles announced in February his 20th season would be his last.
The Astros added Dexter Fowler, Feldman and Guzman to improve a team coming off three straight 100-loss seasons and that dropped the last 15 games of 2013 to finish with a franchise-worst 111 losses. On the first day, it worked.
"All those guys contributed," manager Bo Porter said of the first-year Astros. "Dexter Fowler started it off with the deep ball to center field, Guzie with the big two-run homer, and again Scott Feldman was tremendous tonight."
Fowler had two doubles as Houston jumped on Sabathia for six runs in the first two innings. Feldman allowed two hits in 6 2-3 innings in his Houston debut after signing a three-year, $30 million contract.
"It was great," Feldman said of his Houston debut. "I think that the guys came off right from the get-go and put up all those runs and I was able to settle in a little bit and I just tried to throw strikes."
Sabathia led the majors last season with 122 runs allowed and finished with a career-worst 4.78 ERA. Things went bad for him from the start on Monday night in a matchup of the league's youngest vs. oldest rosters.
Fowler, traded from Colorado this offseason, hit a leadoff double and scored on a one-out single by Jose Altuve that rolled just out of reach of a diving Jeter and into the outfield. Altuve made it 2-0 when he scored on a fielder's choice by Jason Castro later in the inning.
Things got worse for Sabathia when Guzman launched the first pitch he saw with the Astros into left-center field for a two-run homer to push the lead to 4-0.
Hoes - making his opening day debut - opened the second inning with a home run to the Crawford Boxes in left field. Fowler's second double came with one out and he scored on a two-out single by Altuve to push the lead to 6-0.
"This entire spring leading up to opening day we built that vibe up where these guys are confident, they're playing with a lot of energy, focus," Porter said. "The attention to detail is outstanding. Everybody wants to get out to a good start."
Sabathia allowed eight hits and six runs in six innings.
The Yankees couldn't do much offensively until the eighth inning when Brian McCann and Mark Teixeira hit consecutive RBI singles off Chad Qualls to make it 6-2. Qualls got out of the inning when Alfonso Soriano grounded into a double play. Matt Albers, signed to reinforce a bullpen which was dreadful last season, threw a scoreless ninth.
Feldman sailed through the first three innings against the new Bronx Bombers and New York's first hit didn't come until Carlos Beltran singled with one out in the fourth. Mark Teixeira walked with two outs, but Feldman struck out Alfonso Soriano to end the threat. He didn't allow another baserunner until Teixeira singled with one out in the seventh. He loaded the bases with a hit batter and a walk and was replaced by Kevin Chapman with two outs.
Kelly Johnson grounded into a forceout that left Teixeira out at home to end the inning.
NOTES: Former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara watched the game from front row seats behind the dugout. ... Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, who returned to the Astros as an executive advisor in February, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Craig Biggio. The pitch was terrible, flying far out of Biggio's reach. "I tell you, my catcher didn't try," Ryan joked. "That ball wasn't that far outside and he just didn't get over."
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LONDON -- BP and its partners Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron are proceeding with a two-year appraisal program to evaluate the possibility of developing a third phase of the giant Clair field, west of the Shetland Islands.
BP and its partners have already committed around $10 billion to the Clair development so far, and will spend a further more than $500 million for the first five appraisal wells in this two-year appraisal program, BP said.
The west of Shetland area is important as it has the greatest potential to expand UK offshore oil and gas production, which is a vital contributor to the U.K. economy in terms of tax receipts and jobs. Over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of reserves are currently in development in the west of Shetland area and will come into production over the next one to five years, making it the UK' s second largest producing region, according to industry body Oil & Gas.
The Clair development, which is located 75 km west of Shetland, is proceeding because of the companies' growing confidence it can access the resource in the technologically challenging field, BP said.
"This is a major milestone and a further big commitment to the west of Shetland by BP and its co-venturers. If successful, the appraisal program could pave the way for a third phase of development at Clair--this is now a real possibility," said Trevor Garlick, Regional President for BP North Sea.
The initial commitment involves a two-year program to drill five appraisal wells. This could increase to between eight and twelve wells, depending on results from these first wells. Drilling of the first well has already started, BP said.
The appraisal program aims to provide greater certainty on overall reservoir volumes, including their distribution and characteristics, to evaluate technologies to improve recovery from Greater Clair and to test the possibility of new standalone developments and linkages to Clair Ridge, BP said.
Production from the Clair field commenced in 2005 from the first phase facilities and has so far produced around 90 million barrels. The first phase facilities are designed to continue producing until 2028. Production from the second phase is expected to start in 2016. Peak production is expected to be up to 120,000 barrels a day.
Last month, Oil & Gas UK said companies were planning investments totaling around GBP100 billion on the U.K. Continental Shelf. Investment is expected to rise to a record $21.2 billion in 2013, up from $17.26 billion in 2012.
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Just ordered 3 pros and another 3 normal. This will take us up to 18 APs covering the whole school which is great considering it's replacing 32 ruckus AP's
Have one site running standard UAPs and one with Pros for over a year now. Been faultless at both. Pro site has 12 coveting the whole site with over a 120 clients.
Just ordered 3 pros and another 3 normal. This will take us up to 18 APs covering the whole school which is great considering it's replacing 32 ruckus AP's
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We've been using a mix of pros and standards for over a year and we are very happy with them.
Just the other day one Pro unit had 116 clients connected to it without any issues.
Also, the Pros operating off normal POE is a win and makes deploying them much neater.
I just wish they'd hurry up and realise a non-beta version of the 3.0 software and that they'd have the UniFi controller software show the logged in user's Radius username for easier tracking.
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We've been running 32 standard APs and 2 external APs for about 18 months now and only had one minor blip earlier last week which was sorted out within an hour.
I'm really chuffed with with them!
Running 27 on site now, all pros apart from the initial setup they are great - much better than the netgear we had all apart from one particular AP which randomly disconnects just so happens this particular AP is on an injector not a toughswitch so I have to reset it manually.
Can't beat them for the price and they look really nice too.
Another 3 yr site is 22 APs, ave 56 users with regular private network use and public access of over 500 users on many days average 20GB per day 100% uptime.
We are in the process of upgrading the highest use points to UAP-Outdoor AC as the demand in these areas will likely double next year.
We've just finished our installation of 24 points for light staff use and heavier guest use, all standard APs. Really pleased with them. Had a primary install of 11 AP's (and a spare) recently which was also fantastic, easy to set up, perfect reliability and uptime and heavier general use than secondary (more mobile devices). Very, very happy.
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Between deployments and transfer relocations, many military families will not be spending the holidays together or in a place they are used to calling home. Today, more than 3 million men and women are active members of the U.S. Armed Forces and over 2 million children have a parent currently serving our country. Recognizing the many sacrifices they make, we've focused our JCPenney Cares efforts this holiday season on helping our military families.
During the month of December, customers will be invited to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar in store or online, or make an individual donation at the register to JCPenney Cares. Contributions to JCPenney Cares will fund programs through the USO (United Services Organization) and Boys and Girls Clubs of America's Military Youth Programs, providing families of the U.S. Armed Forces the vital support they need in handling the unique obstacles that come from being a family in the military.
Committed to lifting the spirits of America's troops and their families, the USO boasts more than 160 locations in 27 states and 14 countries, which provide a home away from home for our troops along with programs and services that keep them connected to the families they've left behind. Through its partnership with the U.S. Armed Forces, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America provide children of military personnel with critical youth development programs and activities. With nearly 500 BGCA-affiliated youth centers on U.S. military installations worldwide, children of active military personnel always have a place to call home.
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We have a cradle for the first few months and then the crib upstairs.
For downstairs sleep I will use her PnP.
I don't want to haul her up and down the stairs and want to be on the same floor as her whenever possible so we're having something for her on both floors.
We have the crib in the baby's room, bassinet in our room, and a PNP downstairs in the living room - I was in the same predicament until we got the bassinet for Christmas
I have two bassinets (one in my room and the other in baby's room) and pnp for down stairs (my DS1 will be 2 so i am fearful to keep baby in basinet down stairs with him running around..pnp seems more sturdy than bassinet.) I have to have a c/s so i will be limited on how many trips i can go up and down stairs for the first 6 weeks which is why i will have pnp down stairs. I also found it helpful with DS1 to have him nap down stairs he got used to the everyday noise so he did not wake sudden to a noise/noise change (which made it easier i think to put him on a schedule b/c he could sleep through just about anything.)
On the first floor of our home we have the PnP with a newborn napper in the living room (where we spend 90% of our time). We'll probably also change diapers in the changing part.
Upstairs we have the FP Rock and Play sleeper in our room and the crib in the nursery.
On the first floor of our home we have the PnP with a newborn napper in the living room (where we spend 90% of our time). We'll probably also change diapers in the changing part.
Upstairs we have the FP Rock and Play sleeper in our room and the crib in the nursery.
This is our setup. The PnP would take up a lot of space in our bedroom so it's best for us to have it downstairs in our living room where we spend lots of time.
If I were you, I'd wait until you actually saw the need. I understand where your MIL is coming from but you may be able to do without it so why waste the money and space until you know for sure that you could put the extra one to use.
We actually have an open floor plan upstairs whereas most homes have the open floor plan downstairs. So aside from having dinner in the dining room, or cooking in the kitchen, we pretty much spend most of our time upstairs. I plan to either bring LO downstairs with us or just use the monitor for the short time we spend downstairs. This would work the opposite way as well if we spent most of our time downstairs.
Since we spend more time upstairs we did make the 2nd floor easier for us as far as LO is concerned. We have a PnP in our room and a crib in the nursery. That's it. Our family/media room is upstairs and we also have a large bar area which we made some space in for LO's bottle warmer as well as room in the upstairs fridge for her milk. We hope this helps with the late night feedings. We also got a humidifier large enough to cover the entire 2nd floor so we dont have to lug it from room to room.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- With just over three weeks remaining until the debut of the Gen-6 race car, NASCAR is convinced its product will be better this season.
Much of the effort last year was spent on developing the car, which will hit the track Feb. 15 at Daytona International Speedway for the first practice of Speedweeks. The car was a collaborative effort between NASCAR, manufacturers and teams with a goal of improving stale racing.
The car was the centerpiece of NASCAR's stop Tuesday on the annual Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway.
It was NASCAR chairman Brian France who demanded a new car in a desire to tighten up the racing. He says that so far he is "quite satisfied" with what he's seen in testing sessions the last two months.
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Manila actress back to fight for rights
Wilson, best known for appearing in the original production of "Miss Saigon" in London's West End, has been working at the UK capital for the past 13 years.
But now that she is back in the Philippines, the actress admitted that she asked herself what she is doing living in London.
Wilson was last seen on the Manila stage in "The King and I".
"What am doing in London? So many activities to attend to here in the Philippines," she mused.
"I made a very big decision to stop teaching in theater school in London because I want to serve," she added.
Wilson clarified that she won't totally turn her back from acting but appealed to producers to make more meaningful projects.
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This is an old psychiatric hospital with a beautiful park area. I attended a seminar there and decided to give my brand new Horizon a shot. Great camera!This photo was shot on film. Taken by moodification with a Horizon Perfekt loaded with Paradies DIA 100 film in Winnenden, Germany. These tags describe this photo: horizon, test roll, paradies dia, x-pro, and cross. Date: 2011-11-29. Time: Noon. This photo can also be found in the album Horizon Perfekt: First Test Roll.


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"Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 8 - (1940 Studies)"
Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship design.
This plan, dated 15 March 1940, is for a ship of 70,000 tons standard displacement and 82,000 ton trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16"/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5"/54 guns and a 320,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 33 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 1050'; waterline beam 120'; draft 35'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32" = 1'.
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