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Well everybody, my cup runneth over with frustration at the table top tempering machines on the market today.
I am tired of replacing motor after motor, and control board after control board on the tempering machines that are currently on the market today.
Pavoni Mini-Temper = FAIL (service, every control board, every motor, and control board logic)
ACMC = FAIL (all motors and all plastic parts, and the chocolate volume is too small)
Rev 2 = FAIL (control board logic and fan and heater, and the chocolate volume is WAY too small)
...and WTF is with lightbulbs as heating elements??? Don't these companies know that incandescent lightbulbs are a thing of the past?
Note that the failure is not on just one machine. I own SIX of each!!!
I pulled the trigger and started the design of my own table top tempering machine. It will have the following features:
These machines will be designed to withstand the amost abusive staff, will be designed to run 24/7, and will be made from parts that can be ordered off the shelf from pretty much any motor supply place or hardware supplier.
The cool thing will be how the programs work. There will be 3 set points (similar to the Pavoni). However unlike with the Pavoni you can do what you want with them. For example, The tempering cycle may be set like 43c to 27c to 31.5c. As the day progresses and the chocolate begins to thicken, you switch to program 2 which increase the temperature 1 degree. The 3 set points would then be 32.5 to 32.5 to 32.5. Maybe your chocolate continues to thicken. You could program the machine to do 33.5 to 33.5 to 33.5, to make the chocolate more fluid.
Maybe you work with 5 different types of chocolate, and each has a specific tempering cycle. You could program the machine to operate 5 different cycles automatically depending on which chocolate you are using that day.
In our shop, we will reserve program 5 as our heating and holding program. At the end of the day, our staff will set the machine to program 5 (43c to 43c to 43c), turn the motor off and go home. The machine will take the chocolate to that, and hold it until the next day when my staff arrive, set the machine to program 1 and start the bowl turning again. At that time it runs through it's cycle, and in an hour it's automatically back in temper, and ready to use.
I will offer a 3 year unconditional warranty on the failure of all parts due to manufacturer defect (not user defect), and the machines will hopefully be priced around the $1500 dollar mark.
No more cheap plastic parts, and failing motors.
Who's interested?
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i ll try one ASAP if they are any good will def get a few more.
Sounds great. There certainly is a demand for the machine you are describing. I wish you all the best with this endeavor!
Hi Brad, it sounds interesting.
What is going to be the machine's volume capacity?
Is going to have a wheel/scraper attachment?
It's going to have a baffle inside similar to the others I've mentioned, except that the baffle will be offset from center a bit more so that there is more room in the working area of the bowl.
What about its volume capacity?
It will be able to run with as little as 2lbs, but should hold around 10 just fine - about the same as a pavoni
Sounds interesting Brad.
If you need upfront funding you may want to use Kickstarter (kickstarter.com) to get people to signup for the machine up-front.
Now, I can't help but wonder if v.1 of your temperer can beat the more established/mature machines on something as tricky as tempering.
I'd definitely love to see that.
Thanks for the advice on Kickstarter.
With regard to tempering, it's not tricky if the thermocouple is accurate.
While I appreciate your offer to the members, I make the money to support TheChocolateLife community by offering advertising and sponsorship programs to companies that want to sell products and services to members.
By making your offer without contacting me first you have undermined some of the relationships I have with advertisers and sponsors. I am closing down comments to this post for that reason.
Your advertising your product in this way is the same - from my perspective - as if I owned a chocolate store and you walked into that store and started selling your products. I can only assume that if I walked into your storefront in Calgary and started selling someone else's chocolate that you'd have a problem with that. We have had this discussion before - in private and in public. TheChocolateLife is my place of business and I ask that you respect that and consider that fact when making posts.
If you want to offer your product commercially to ChocolateLife members you can ... through the proper channels. One of the things I look for is a pricing structure that provides a discount to ChocolateLife members PLUS a commission to me for referring any business.
:: Clay
PS. Classifieds is for USED equipment so if you want to sell off your old machines you can.
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- Katz DL, Friedman RSC (2008). Food allergy and intolerance. In Nutrition in Clinical Practice, pp. 275–280. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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Purchasing a used A8L.. Help me out!
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First of all, welcome. The D2 is a very well built car, but of course it has its quirks.
Definitely plan on a transmission rebuild at some point and plan on spending at least $4k. Will it happen at 140k miles or 180k miles? No one knows. Search for any evidence of a fluid change in its past. Most will suggest doing that every 30k-60k miles. I did my first trans oil change at 72k thereabouts.
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Hello, the '03 is a good choice. Check for evidence of timing belt service. As for the transmission I replaced mine at 120k miles. If you are planing on keeping the car a replacement of the tranny should be budgeted.
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Not to hijack this thread, but
"Plan on a trans rebuild"?
Are they that bad?
I put on about 40k miles a year. All highway of course. Looking at a 99 with 162KM on it (I'm in Canada) . The major service (timing belt), brakes, tie rod ends, control arms all replaced at about 148km with rec'ts from the Audi dealer.
I need the car to last me 120k more miles, then it can explode all it wants. I cannot justify a $4000 job on a car this old with this many miles considering its only a $4000 car.
I think you just talked me out of an A8. (Well, Audi all together. Was looking at allroad as well and transmission horror stories and crazy maintenance turned me off those too)
What are the failure points on these trannies? Other than changing fluid frequently, any other tips to increasing the service life?
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I know what you mean with regards to a point of diminished return - you'll have to make that call, but IMHO if your prospective A8 is pretty clean and in otherwise good condition it may still be worth it.
I can't speak for the tranny - I did my own fair amount of research, read a lot of gripes about most everything on the car, but I really think those are the exceptions and not the norm. With the mileage the one you are considering has (~100K miles), provided it has been taken care of, it should last a long time. FWIW, I hope to take mine to over 200K (over 300K kilometers) if possible - it such a great car.
Sure, I've fixed a number if minor things on mine, which I would not consider abnormal given it's age. One thing I don't read much about is the motor, they seem to be pretty solid (although I'm thinking I'll have to replace my cam chain adjusters at some point in the future). When I hit 100K I plan on servicing the tranny along with the timing belt, so we'll see how the fluid it then (it was done when I bought it at 70K miles).
One last thought - I can't think of a much better ride to put a lot of miles on than an A8 - it's the king of the highway.
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Mine's been pretty trouble free for the 5 years I've owned it. I'll trade a rebuild at some point in the future to never have a car payment. Nothing drives quite like an 8 series Audi.
It's not guaranteed the transmission will go bad either, but it's likely on a higher mileage one (possibly more likely if never serviced). I believe my DIY savings to date will more than cover the cost of a fresh transmission. That's the way I see it.
With a rebuild in mind, what are the superior options for $8k? Toyota Camry??? No offense meant whatsoever, but I'm just wondering what could have more bang for the buck. My S8 was $78.5k new (and Audi lost $ on every S8 built) and still drives like it cost that.
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For $8k there is actually a lot available that would suit my needs. I have owned a little of everything over the years and nothing has made me as nervous as audi. (Ok well maybe the 750il. Sold that quick after I heard of major failures and expensive maintenance. It was an unbelievable deal though.)
Alternates in this $4k (awd luxury) budget would be lesser cars, but more likely to not need $5000 in maintenance over 2 years would be things like:
Mercedes ml / e class. I haven't seen awd s class in that price range yet.
Infiniti qx4
I have an ml now for the wife. I see them for sale with 500,000 km on then still running. I don't see many audi over 300 km.
The Infiniti drive train is good forever however the truck rusts to pieces long before that.
I have never had an audi and the a8 hits all the points except maintenance/repair costs.
If I can get 3 years and bring the car to 300 km without spending more than about $1500 in maintenance/repairs I would be happy. (Not including oil changes, tires )
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I try not to worry about what could happen. I've spent less maintaining my S8 than I have keeping my old Bronco running. Of course there will be extremes on both ends, and if I didn't do the majority of my own work, I wouldn't own a D2. $500/year? Perhaps, but that sure is cheap isn't it? Keep in mind you're still maintaining a +$50,000 car. Just because it cost 1/10 of that to buy it these days, doesn't mean it requires less $ to run it.
I'll agree with the older MB options (as far as a quality product), if you go the non air/hydraulic suspension routes. Comparing the D2 to two SUVs is hardly a comparison. Drive what you like, like what you drive. To each their own my friend.
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I agree the SUV's are in a different category, but EVERYTHING is a different category to the A8. An S8 would have a little more reason to fix up a trans, but I would hope that by the time this A8 needs a $4000 trans job, I can pick up another (newer / D3) one for $4K again.
There just isnt much in a luxury brand that is a large sedan or wagon with AWD for that price. 7 series AWD? S Class AWD? Not on my current budget.
Sure lots of Subaru Legacy's but that's not quite in that Lux category. I only spend about $500 a year right now on the ML and on my Alpina when I was driving it daily. (Tires, Fluids not included)
But I do a lot of my own stuff too. I just wouldnt be doing a transmission R&R nor am I interested in that timing belt job. I like jobs that I can do in under 2 hours or that are not critical to vehicle operation. (The ML's all have door lock motor problems. Although its a bit of a pain, I don't "have" to fix a lock motor.
I just got a maintenance invoice from the PO.
$5K for a ton of stuff. Granted one item was a windshield which I dont count as maintenance. That was in 2012 and the car has only gone about 15,000km since all that work.
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Like everyone says it take some big ***** to own one of these cars! That's why you mainly see a bunch of dentists and old farts driving them $$$$$$ - you gotta have a good private mechanic, money for a tranny rebuilt and know its quirks or don't come to the party! But if you do you'll see why we love these cars. This was a $70k car so multiply the maintenance by 4x compared to a 20k Camry. You can also be lucky and get one that will just run ....
Just know what you are getting into I looked at the receipts for my car in 2006 when I got it for $12k - probably $10k's worth on a car with 130k on the clock .... yikes but she's been not too bad and yes I had to put in a tranny but insurance paid for that If they didn't she'd be in knackers yard in 2009.
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OpenProcessing Collection Side seems to transmute to a dump!
It's a great idea to build collections in any case!
But in the meantime there are so much rubbish collections that disfigure that page.
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That would regenerate the collection side to what is was builded for - a side that provides a helpfull overview to interesting sketches!
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Additional I suggest to delete collection with only one link after one week, because one sketch is no collection!
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Education leaders are raising questions about how a proposed plan to give Arizona parents the power to shut down or change a failing school would work — or if it would even make a difference.
Modeled somewhat after California's "parent empowerment" bill that was approved in 2010, Sen. Lori Klein's bill — SB 1204 — has passed the Arizona Senate and is on its way to the state House.
The bill would allow parents unhappy with the failing status of their schools to force districts to turn that school over to a charter school organization, fire the principal or shut it down if 51 percent of the parents sign a petition.
But it would also allow students in schools labeled as D or F by the state to participate in an existing voucher-like program that could give them funds to attend a private school.
Klein told Capitol Media Services that the bill would help students who may feel trapped in failing schools.
"This legislation allows for parents to take control of their child's education and demand reform when a school is persistently failing," Klein said. "This legislation puts political power into the hands of the parents, the people with the strongest incentive to help their children."
But it's counterproductive to what lawmakers and educators are doing now to give schools more local control and improve academics, said Mike Hughes, president of the Arizona School Boards Association and longtime member of the Mesa Unified School District governing board.
"It really takes away from local control and that's inconsistent with what so many legislators promote. I think we're putting so much in order — (Common Core) standards, open enrollment," he said. "It's an unnecessary mandate … Put resources into schools. Let the school board work with the needs we have. We're already doing that."
Similar bills have already passed in Texas and Mississippi and are being considered in more than two dozen other states. California's "parent empowerment" law — backed by the group Parent Revolution — has been tested twice since it passed in late 2010. So far, no school has been shut down or changed.
In the first filing by parents, according to news reports, a Compton, Calif., school would have been given over to a charter school operator. But after the petitions were filed, some parents claimed they were lied to or harassed to sign and the district board threw out the petitions based on a typo. The situation is now being legally challenged.
In the second filing, also under dispute, parents of an Adelanto, Calif., school turned in two sets of petitions — one to keep the school in the district but turn decision-making over to a parent group, and one to turn it into a charter school. The school board ultimately rejected the petitions, partly because some parents rescinded their signatures. Parents who support changes are still fighting to get something done.
One California newspaper is now calling the law "flawed."
With what's happening in California, many here are asking how it could be any different in Arizona.
For one, Arizona has much wider open enrollment laws than California. An Arizona student can attend any public school he or she chooses, even if it's out of district, as long as there is space available. California lawmakers passed a law just two years ago that lists only 1,000 "open enrollment schools" — schools with poor academic achievement from which students can transfer.
Arizona law allows parents to make a choice to leave a school already, but it also creates situations where dozens of students from out-of-district may be at one school.
"Think about this: What if there is a school where there is a large out-of-district enrollment? Parents would be voting to close down a school in a neighborhood they don't even live in," said Arizona School Boards Association spokeswoman Tracey Benson.
Transparency of the process is also a concern, said Rochelle Wells, president of the Arizona PTA and a member of the Tempe Elementary School District governing board. After speaking to her counterparts at California State PTA, she said that — should the Arizona bill pass and take effect — parents would need to know who is gathering the signatures, whether or not those gatherers are being paid, and what choices are available for leaving or changing a poorly performing school.
"We are concerned when children are in a school that is labeled D or F, however, we have to have some other aspects here. One of them is transparency. Parents must be fully informed by the circulator of the petition they're signing. They need to know what they're signing and they need to know what their options are, because at the end of the day, the school and parent work together. Just signing a petition does not ensure parent involvement or parent input," Wells said.
The focus by lawmakers to pull kids out of public schools or shut down public schools worries Andrew Morrill, president of the Arizona Education Association, which lobbies on behalf of teachers.
"I've not seen any examples of where it really works at the operational level," Morrill said of the "parent empowerment" or "parent trigger" law. "I think it feeds on people's very real concerns about our schools, but there's no evidence that suggests uprooting a school from its surrounding community and making it a charter school with a distant governing structure running it, there's no evidence it performs anything … I think this plays on very understandable concerns by parents, but I think it offers a false solution."
Morrill said a solution to poorly performing schools needs to come by "getting the resources in our schools that they need, frontloading teacher quality with high standards for who comes into the classroom. We can take a lesson from Finland and others with how much they put into their teachers before they even come into the front of classrooms."
Morrill said lawmakers aren't really hearing what parents are saying.
"I think legislators ought to be listening to the conversations. Parents aren't saying, 'close my school, turn over ownership of local schools.' They're saying, 'I want my school to be successful. I want my children to be successful.'"
A study released late last year by the RAND Corporation showed that students moved from poorly performing schools that were closed don't necessarily do any better at their new schools. According to the study, many do worse. Test scores only stayed the same — but did not rise — if the student was moved into a school with a much higher academic performance level. The study was authored by John Engberg, a senior economist at the RAND Corp. RAND is a nonprofit group that looks at decision-making and policy changes through research and analysis, according to its website.
Education leaders in Arizona's school districts also said that, though there are some very good charter schools, they aren't the answer to everything.
"We're not trying to fight with charter schools, but the data shows it's not a foregone conclusion they're doing any better," Hughes said.
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Michael Fitzgibbons talks about his return to school to earn a degree in respiratory therapy in this article in the Scarborough, ME, Leader.
Kelly Friedley comments on the lung tests she offered at a recent health fair in this article in the Marion, OH, Star.
Nick Kuhnley highlights ventilation issues during a pandemic in this article on CIDRAP.com.
AARC Director of Government Affairs Cheryl West joins June Schultz and Phil Porte in explaining how proposed pulmonary rehab regulations would adversely impact patients in this article in the Nashua, NH, Telegraph.
Greg Morrison is profiled in this article in the Valley Star of Los Angeles Valley College. The student publication not only talks about the RT program director but also gives a lot of great information about the profession.
Gina Penrice explains how CPAP can help people with sleep apnea in this article in the Ann Arbor, MI, News.
Joseph McDonald is noted for speaking on COPD in this article in the Syracuse, NY, Post-Standard.
Meghan Hunter is featured for her new role on the Life Star transport team in this article in the Connecticut Post. "What greater job is there, to go out and help people like we do?" she was quoted as saying. "You pick up somebody who is in really bad straits and they make a full recovery. It's just phenomenal."
Lissette Jones offers support for a casino smoking ban in this article in the Press of Atlantic City out of Atlantic City, NJ. "I don't like smoking," she was quoted as saying. "When you walk through a smoking area and smell it, it's very irritating."
Dr. Tom Petty joins Allen Wentworth in this article about the recent Moving Mountains COPD Conference. The AARC and Colorado Society for Respiratory Care are noted for their role in supporting COPD as well. The story appeared in the University of Colorado Hospital Insider.
Dr. Petty also comments about a recent study he conducted on screening for lung cancer in this articleon HealthDay.com.
Jason Smith's bid for mayor of Hurricane, UT, is covered in this article in the St. George, UT, Daily Spectrum. If elected, Jason says he'll focus on bringing more new businesses to the area.
Mary Buckley-Davis is quoted in this article in the New York Times on pandemic planning. Mary's letter to officials in 2007 warned of the dire consequences that will face hospitals if shortages mean they are forced to disconnect people from ventilators.
Jason A. Bordelon is noted for his new job as director of respiratory care in this article in the Alexandria, LA, Town Talk.
AARC COO Tom Kallstrom explains how to tell the difference between H1N1 and the common cold in this article in the State Journal-Register out of Springfield, IL. "It's important to try to differentiate as much as you can between a cold, a flu or even an allergy," he was quoted as saying.
Mohamed Saeed comments on student loans in this article in the Rochester, MN, Post-Bulletin on a visit made to his college campus by U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
Marilee Sage is noted for receiving a Wind Beneath Our Wings award in this article in the Rapid City, SD, Journal.
Douglas Masini is listed as the contact person for a respiratory program being hosted by his students in this article in the Savannah, GA, Morning News.
Anne Cygan is noted for her new position as director of respiratory therapy in this article on ValpoLife.com out of Valparaiso, IN.
Gregory Paulauskis talks about job opportunities in the health care professions in this article in the Great Falls, MT, Tribune.
James Maguire is noted for speaking at a respiratory conference in this articlein the Sioux City, IA, Journal.
Phil Rogone is featured for helping his wife Sharon start a company aimed at marketing products designed especially for the neonatal patient in this article on MedicalDeviceLink.com.
Deborah Gilbert Barreto is noted for her military service in this article in the Hilton Head Island, SC, Packet.
Noble Waidelich is featured for helping to rescue two people involved in a traffic accident in this article in the Ukiah, CA, Daily Journal.
And we have several members who've gotten great coverage for RC Week—
Becky Young joins AARC President Tim Myers in this article in the Citrus County News out of Florida.
Michael Suchy is the author of this article on the week in the Florence, SC, Star and Enterprise.
Ronald Jacobs is noted for receiving an RC Week proclamation from his local government in this article in The Batavian out of Batavia, NY.
Carrie Tracy and her colleagues take advantage of the week to highlight pulmonary rehab patient Carol Blum in this article in the Beloit, WI, Daily News. "Carol is such an inspiration to others with breathing conditions," Carrie was quoted as saying. "She has really excelled and overcome so much to get where she is today."
Brian Cayko is featured in print and video on MontanasNewsStation.com, telling everyone about the great opportunities available to people who pursue the profession.
Teresa Martens outlines the week's activities at her hospital in this article in the Fort Morgan, CO, Times. The facility was planning educational lectures and free alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency testing for the public.


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Celtic's midweek goalscoring hero Victor Wanyama says nothing compares to the feeling of scoring against Barcelona.
The Kenyan opened the scoring against the Catalan giants to help Celtic earn a remarkable 2-1 Champions League victory on Tuesday, the day after the club celebrated its 125th anniversary.
And Wanyama admitted he had never experienced anything like it.
"The feeling I got after the goal against Barcelona was just unbelievable," the 21-year-old told Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. "I've never felt anything like that in my life. It was better than sex."
Despite the well-deserved plaudits for Celtic's performance, Wanyama insists the players kept their feet on the ground in the aftermath of the famous Parkhead win."We didn't celebrate the win in any particular way," Wanyama said. "I drank an orange juice, that was quite enough."
The Kenyan international has earned rave reviews since his £900,000 move from Germinal Beerschot last summer, with Manchester United rumoured to be planning a move for the midfielder.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon responded to exit talk by slapping a £25million price-tag on Wanyama's head.
And Wanyama himself has said that opting to move to Celtic, rather than go straight into the Premier League, has aided his growth.
"Celtic have been better for my development," he said. "Now I've got great players around me, it's easier to play football."


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Did someone have ...
HI i yust thing Did someone have ... some script for
ISPConfig to generate automaci files *.reg for user who have mailbox
for example to create:
for Outlook Express create reg:
with keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Softwa-re\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts
for Microsoft Outlook create reg:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\ OMI Account Manager\Accounts
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles
Someone :rolleyes: thinking about this ?
What's the purpose of these files?
If I understood it correctly it's in order for to download and execute a file which will configure automatically Outlook/Outlook Express. So the user will not have to deal with Mail Client configuration.
But I am maybe wrong.
yes it is for configure automatically MSOutlook/Outlook Express
if you guys figure out how to do this, let me know. some of my users wont give up on outlook no matter how many holes or big a security risk it is on their computer.
it would be realy handy.
I isint a big risk of scecurity becaus ISPConfig send this rego for user mail ...
It can be risk if that user send someone this reg
but i thinking how to do it :)
i meant that outlook is a gaping hole in the customers computer
DirectAdmin control panel already has this useful function.
You can download a .reg file and configure Outlook Express with it.
After importing/clicking it, all You have to do to use the mailbox is to enter the account's password by hand.
Simple and usefull.
Here's a real live example:
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Who: Rachel DeSchepper, Country Living's senior web editor
What: An oilcloth insect bag from the Country Living General Store, a silver 'hot dog' tray and atlas map of the Midwest from Findings, an "R" 1920s hotel uniform button necklace from Grandmothers Buttons, water tower S&P shakers from Wholly Craft, cheeky cards from Igloo Letterpress, and Oui/Non earrings from Bel Monili.
Where: Country Living Fair in Columbus, Ohio
How much: About $130 for everything.
Why: I'm lucky enough to attend nearly every CL Fair, but this time I was in pure shopping mode! This is my biggest and most successful haul so far. I've already stashed business cards in my 'hot dog' tray and am wearing my button necklace. The Midwest map (representing my home state of Kansas!) will be framed ASAP. (Psst: See my past hauls from Atlanta and Rhinebeck.)
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The year's record-dry drought has resulted in Arkansas and Kansas becoming the latest states to waive some trucking regulations for hay haulers.
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About Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America
Matthew Christopher has had an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child, but started documenting them a decade ago while researching the decline of the state hospital system. While he originally had no formal education in photography, Matthew has recently completed his MFA in Fine Art Photography. He has had gallery shows across the US, been featured on NBC Nightly News, lectured on abandoned spaces and mental health history for the Pennsylvania State Museum, Preservation Pennsylvania, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and others, and his work has been in several publications/media outlets including Photographer's Forum, the Weather Channel, The Huffington Post, the International Journal of Arts and Humanities and the United Nations Chronicle. His website, abandonedamerica.us, has gained international attention and is considered one of the leading collections of images of abandoned spaces on the internet.
Matthew Christopher is also a commercial event, portrait, and architectural photographer, teaches and tutors in photography and photo editing. His commercial website is here and you may contact him to inquire about hiring, ordering prints, or projects at firstname.lastname@example.com
Unless you are communicating regarding business (in which case responses are given priority), please allow time for a response. Possibly a lot of time. Any emails may be included (without identifying details) in future "Mailbag" posts.
Please do NOT ask about site locations. If the location is not divulged in the site description, it is not public information and will not be given out nor will these emails be replied to. Abandoned America is also unable to reply to requests for information on how to find/access/gain permission to buildings, what cameras to buy, feedback on photographs, or how to start a paying career as a photographer. The volume of email sent to this site makes it impossible to devote the individual attention to these requests that they require.
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Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America was started to capture the mesmerizing beauty and lost history of the various derelict buildings dotting our country's landscape. First and foremost, this site is an attempt to retain the history and essence of neglected sites before (and after) they are gone forever. As our industrial sector sags and many of the social institutions that once were the pride of our country now lie in ruins, it is vital that we remember our heritage and our achievements. Abandoned America is committed to partnering with historical preservation organizations, site owners, and communities to ensure that even when it is impossible to retain an historic structure, its unique characteristics, stories, and social impact are not forgotten and can be shared with the world at large. While sites are still intact Abandoned America advocates for rehabilitation and reuse by emphasizing the cultural importance of preservation. Through gallery showings, public presentations, and published articles it is my hope to reach out to those who might originally have seen an abandoned site as an eyesore and encourage them to rethink their estimations and strive to foster civic pride and partnership in these vestiges of bygone eras - thus looking forward to a future where we can build on our past rather than erasing it.
We live in a time where every spare plot of land is being developed and redeveloped, a time when cookie-cutter, prefabricated homes and businesses are the general rule. The failures of the past are being ignored and repeated, and many valuable pieces of our common past are falling to the wrecking ball every year. This process may be considered inevitable but it speaks of a certain carelessness and wastefulness on our part not to acknowledge and explore these fragments together while we still can. There is also a responsibility we all share to confront the horrors some of these sites are witness to. While we teach and reteach certain historical atrocities like the holocaust (and rightfully so), most people are completely ignorant that asylums and institutions on our own soil came close to being as horrific and lethal to those inside. Likewise, every factory complex that is demolished erases a valuable part of the heritage of the community it helped create, and an opportunity to understand the sometimes brutal working conditions, class struggles, and the economic devastation created by its closing is gone forever. While I love archaeology, I am dismayed at the prevailing blindness in scholastic circles that prizes a handful of nails or pottery fragments from an early colonial settlement but ignores sites that are still above ground and critical to preserving the accounts of accomplishments and missteps over the last century.
Beyond that, there is an undeniably artistic element to decayed sites, and an immense number of social, theological, and philosophical questions they pose. Abandoned America's aim encompasses not only the historical and photographic cataloging of such sites, but also on a larger scale a eulogy for the lost ways of life they represent, a statement of their emotional, spiritual, and metaphoric relevance to our everyday lives, and a sense of the visceral experience of entering a parallel universe of silence, rust, and peeling paint. As such, you will find quotes, poetry, prose, and bits of the sites' past among the photographs. It is my sincerest wish that as you browse through the site you will gain a greater understanding for why I treasure such places above almost everything else, and why I have chosen to spend such an enormous amount of time creating this website. I do not intend to lead you along a clear path from start to finish, instead I hope you will do as I have and chart your own way and draw your own conclusions from the debris I have scattered. Who knows, maybe you'll even find yourself moved to contribute in some way to continuing the cause. I hope you enjoy your time on my site and come back frequently. As with the buildings themselves, there is always more to discover. You have only to look.


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Thu, Jul 09, 2009
This summer Alaska Airlines began testing next-generation flight
procedures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) that
will allow the airline and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, to
reduce their environmental impact during airport approaches. Dubbed
"Greener Skies," the project in cooperation with the Port of
Seattle, The Boeing Company and the FAA is focused on using
satellite-based flight guidance technology pioneered by Alaska
Airlines to descend more efficiently and reduce aircraft fuel
consumption, emissions and noise in the Puget Sound region. The
airline is seeking FAA approval for the procedures, which could
ultimately be used by all properly equipped carriers at
Testing began June 16 on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-700
aircraft during a noncommercial flight. Using satellite guidance
technology called Required Navigation Performance (RNP), the plane
flew a consistent and controlled approach to Sea-Tac with pinpoint
accuracy, reducing flight-path length, ground noise and
greenhouse-gas emissions, and saving time and fuel.
The efficient, continuous descent approaches at Sea-Tac enabled
by this next-generation technology will benefit Seattle in several
ways. Alaska Airlines estimates the procedures will cut fuel
consumption by 2.1 million gallons annually and reduce carbon
emissions by 22,000 metric tons, the equivalent of taking 4,100
cars off the road every year. In addition, they will reduce
overflight noise exposure for an estimated 750,000 people living
within the affected flight corridor.
"These improved flight procedures at Sea-Tac will help Alaska
Airlines and Horizon Air minimize the environmental impact of our
flying on the communities we serve," said Gary Beck, Alaska's vice
president of flight operations. "With FAA approval, we hope the
procedures will be available to all carriers and gradually
integrated into the Seattle air traffic system. This project could
also become a blueprint for expanded use of next-generation
technology at more U.S. airports."
Typically, commercial aircraft approach follow a lengthy
approach pattern and series of stair-step descents before landing.
Using RNP technology and a continuous descent, also called an
optimized profile descent (OPD), aircraft can descend from cruise
altitude to an airport runway along a shorter, more direct flight
path at low power.
"This effort aligns with the Port of Seattle's commitment to
operate the greenest airport in the nation," said Mark Reis,
managing director of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. "With
Alaska and Horizon representing nearly half of the daily operations
at Sea-Tac, this program not only benefits our regional environment
but also helps the airlines to operate more efficiently at Sea-Tac.
We are working closely with Alaska, Boeing and the FAA to ensure
these benefits are realized by our community as quickly as
Alaska Airlines pioneered RNP precision flight-guidance
technology during the mid-1990s to help its planes land at some of
the world's most remote and geographically challenging airports in
the state of Alaska. RNP provides computer-plotted landing paths
with pinpoint accuracy by using a combination of onboard navigation
technology and GPS satellites. It improves safety and reliability
in all weather, and reduces reliance on ground-based navigation
aids. Alaska Airlines currently uses FAA-approved RNP procedures at
23 U.S. airports.
Alaska Airlines is the only major U.S. air carrier with a
completely RNP-equipped fleet and fully trained crews. Alaska is
also the first airline approved by the FAA to conduct its own RNP
flight validation. Horizon Air's fleet soon will be fully
RNP-equipped as well.
Planning and testing of the procedures will continue through the
remainder of the year. They will be integrated into Alaska Airlines
and Horizon Air's commercial operations at Sea-Tac pending FAA
approval, which the airlines hope to obtain in 2010.
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The IUSB Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student chapter is quickly becoming a visible, active student organization with over 50 members joining in just the first six weeks of the 2013 Fall semester, and a total of 20 active, paying members as of the 2014 Spring Semester.
The club holds meetings twice a month where we conduct career management activities, host guest speakers, raise funds, and provide knowledge-sharing opportunities, which compliment what our student members are learning in the classroom.
In the Fall semester we hosted Meagan Thornburg (IUSB Career Services), Becky Ragsdale (Fiserv), Peggy Cronin (Smoker Craft), and Brenda Kaiser (Smoker Craft).
We also conducted two different fundraisers with a goal of raising $1,000, which we exceeded thanks to all our wonderful members, who worked hard and raised over $1,300, an amount which then the Judd Leighton School of Business matched at 100%!
This Spring semester, we hosted Meagan Thornburg (Career Services), Tom Searcy (Through Eagles Eyes, Inc.), Steve Eller (Beacon Health Systems), and Lisa Kindred (Indiana Tech).
A number of club members also had the great pleasure of attending the 2014 Regional SHRM Conference due to the amount of funds raised in the Fall semester. Furthermore, with these funds, the IUSB Society for Human Resource Management was able to donate a portion of their profits to the local Michiana SHRM.
In the coming school year, stay tuned for more guest speakers, learning opportunities, conferences, field trips, and many more exciting activities!


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The Best Just Got Better!
Diamonds Sports Training Academy has now opened the doors to their new training facility. The new facility is almost 40,000 sq. feet. It is showcased by a 150 X 100 Field with the new state of the art "field turf" with the rubber infill. Diamonds also has 7 batting cages, 5 pitching lanes, a 60 yard dash runway, a weight room, a pro shop and a spacious parent seating area(Wi-Fi, Flat Screen). Diamonds is the largest facility in Michigan devoted specifically to training baseball and softball players.
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Diamonds Sports Training Academy, the Best Training West Michigan has to offer!
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Skirving Drafted by Pittsburgh Pirates
LaMarre Forgoes Senior Season to Join Cincinnati Reds
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Hernandez Signs with the Blue Jays
Jesse Hernandez awared MAC Pitcher of the Year
Tyler Baker Signs with Spring Arbor University
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Diamonds Sports Training has 6 Players/Students taken in 2011 MLB Draft...
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Ohio Dominican University sophomore infielder and former Diamonds player,
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GLIAC Baseball 'Player of the Week'
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Michigan State
junior third baseman
Torsten Boss
has been named a
Louisville Slugger All-American as selected by Collegiate Baseball.
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The following�Diamonds Students/Players are 2007 Graduates now�playing college ball in 2008:�� 48 players, including 11 Division 1 players.�� In the last 3 years alone, we have had over 125 players go on to play at the Collegiate level.
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Kyle Clark- Portage Central HS/ U of M
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Kyle Bobolts- Middleville HS/ Oakland University
Joey Larson- Ludington HS/ Oakland University
Stephen Claypool- Divine Child HS/ Ball State University
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Tim MacDonald - Midland Dow/WMU
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Greg Welke - ���� Portage Central/Oakland Univ.
Sam Russell - Grandville/CMU
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Cory Radamacher - Dewitt/GVSU
Zach Laupp - Mattawan/GVSU
Drew Carmody - Grandville/Hope
Steve Lewis - Forest Hills Cent./Hope
Blake Thornton - Olivet HS/Olivet
Lisa Mulder - Northview/Aquinas
Kennan Less - Rockford/Aquinas
Chad Bowhuis - Jenison/Aquinas
Aaron Englebert - Caledonia/Aquinas
Brady Nemetz - Ionia/Lansing CC
Matt Bultman - Rogers/GRCC
Matt Malewitz - East GR/GRCC
Chris Waha - Charlevoix/GRCC
Brett Johnson - Grandville/GRCC
Tyler Morgan - Grandville/GRCC
Josh Shaeffer - Mt. Pleasant/Kellogg CC
Paul Jorgenson - Chippewa Hills/Kellogg CC
Devin Deboer - Caledonia/GRCC
Kirk Weiss - Caledonia/Kellogg CC
Kaleb Speck - Gull Lake/Kellogg CC
Joe Krugh - Berrien Springs/Lake Mich. CC
Rob Frost - Gull Lake/LMC
Zach Snoeyink - Hudsonville/GRCC
Drew Beck - Fruitport/Muskegon CC
Kevin Schultz - Fruitport/Muskegon CC
Nick Vanhemert - Cedar Springs/GRCC
Dan Taylor - Kingsley/GRCC
Logan Burrows -�Caledonia/GRCC
Tom Okke - GR Union/GRCC
Josh Loy - Flint/Mott CC
Jeff Krebs -Tri County/GRCC
Jake Ward - Grand Ledge/Lansing CC
Kevin Rutkowski - Hartland/Jackson CC
Kristi Kuiphof - South Christian HS/GRCC
Nichole Laakso - Northview/SVSU
Tyler Meppelink-Lowell HS/Muskegon CC
Congratulations to all of these players!