text:
- Trying fresh sea urchins from the sparkling waters of Puglia's romantic coastline
- Learning the art of pasta-making at a traditional masseria
- The ancient stone-walled Thermarium Spa in the basement of Corte Altavilla
- This holiday is ATOL protected (ATOL 6084)
Puglia foodie break
Corte Altavilla, Bari
Three, four or five-night Bari escape with a local cooking class, horse-and-carriage tour, spa treatment and all travel
A peaceful nook of Italy with Medieval streets, picturesque harbours and some of the best food on the continent, the southern coast knows how to charm. Fashionable as it may be - the region's capital city of Bari retains much of its old-world character and laissez-faire appeal. Pitch up at a chic, cobbly restaurant by the piazza and sip a crisp glass of wine from a vaulted cellar for a taste of Pugliese life.
Depending on which offer you choose, you'll spend three, four or five nights in an elegant Junior Suite at Corte Altavilla, an ancient property overlooking a Romanesque cathedral. Tucked away in the Old Town's labyrinth of narrow streets, this sweet residence offers softly-decorated accommodation with exposed white stone, beamed ceilings and a beautifully higgledy-piggledy layout.
Your first experience of the local fare will be on your first night, with a welcome aperetivo and dinner at Goffredo restaurant up on the roof terrace. The next day, you'll have the morning free to stroll the winding alleys of the old town, with its Romanesque cathedral, baroque church and (hand-made) gelato shops. Then after lunch, you'll be driven to the traditional Masseria San Pietro, where you'll learn how to make fresh pasta, focaccia and other local specialities, before dining on your dishes with regional wines.
On day three, you'll take a tour of the countryside in a horse-drawn carriage. Later on, back at the hotel, you'll be treated to a little Salus per Acquam (water therapy) in the basement Thermarium Spa - a real Roman bath.
Our offers include return flights from London and transfers, plus daily breakfast at the hotel. If you go for the four ro five-night option, you'll gain an extra day or two at leisure to head out and explore the region (or wile the hours away in the spa). Please note: drinks are excluded from the welcome dinner on the first evening of your stay.
We like
Second opinion
- To find out more about Corte Altavilla, please visit their website
- Read guest reviews on Tripadvisor.co.uk
- Compare our rates with those available elsewhere online, starting with Booking.com
- Read up on Puglia with Condé Nast Traveller


text:
Born: Established: 1959 ;
Debra Oswald has written for film, television, stage, radio and has also written children's novels. Her first play, Two-Way Mirror (1976), was written when she was 17, and was workshopped at the 1977 Australian National Playwrights Conference and broadcast on ABC Radio. She studied at the Australian National University and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Her play Gary's House has been included on the New South Wales secondary school drama syllabus as well as being shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Awards.
Oswald is also a prolific writer of Australian television series. These include the mini series Palace of Dreams (1985) as well as Dancing Daze (1986), Police Rescue (1991), Bananas in Pyjamas (1992), Wildside (1997), The Secret Life of Us (2001), and Outriders (2001). Her Police Rescue scripts have been nominated for AFI, AWGIE, and State Library awards. She also wrote the screenplay for the film Police Rescue (1994).
'Born out of the telemovie of the same name, Offspring is a contemporary drama series about Nina Proudman, a thirtysomething obstetrician and her fabulously messy family. Following the Proudman family's adventures searching for love, fulfillment and balance in the chaos of modern life, Offspring is about the life forces that drive us all: love, sex, babies, food and music. Stylistically fresh and visually exciting, Offspring mixes conventional narrative drama with flashbacks, graphic animation and fantasy sequences, showcasing the vibrant world of Fitzroy, Melbourne, where Nina and the extended Proudman family go about their unpredictable daily lives.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The fourth annual George Safford Memorial Shoot will be held on Sunday at the Yellowstone Bowmen's archery range.
All proceeds benefit the Safford family.
Registration will run from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The cost is $15 for adults 18 and older, $25 for families and and $12 for youngsters ages 15-17. Children under age 15 shoot for free.
The course will feature a minimum of 20 targets with two rounds planned. Range finders are allowed. A 3-D long-range shoot will feature a whitetail decoy as a prize.
For information call Bill Holland at 780-0353 or Flo Milliron at 628-4727.


text:
Ben White, Third Way
Western Christians have often expressed ambivalence about the language, assumptions, and practical outworking of 'human rights' and the extent to which it threatens to be a rival creed: God-centred ethics replaced by well-meaning but shakily-grounded humanism.
Emerging after the horrors of World War II in the form of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1, the modern human rights movement has been characterised by the law professor John Witte Jr as an attempt to find a world faith to fill a spiritual void – 'to harvest from the traditions of Christianity and the Enlightenment the rudimentary elements of a new faith and a new law that would unite a badly broken world order'.2
Interestingly though, the idea of human rights even for those of an agnostic disposition, is connected to faith. In an interview with the Observer in September, the playwright Tom Stoppard remarked that 'unless there is, for want of a better term, a spiritual universe, I don't see what is so important about anything including human rights. What I really think is that everybody who believes in human rights is unspokenly, possibly unconsciously, accepting some form of immaterial reality'. 3
For Christians this is both encouraging and humbling. It requires us to have a generous enough understanding of the Kingdom that we celebrate and value what is good where we find it. John Kinahan of Forum 18 News Service, a Christian initiative providing original reporting and analyses on violations of freedom of religion or belief, puts it like this: 'Do we defend human rights because they are in the UDHR, or because they stand for values which existed before the UDHR and are expressed in it?'4 It is a good question.
Read more here


text:
Berry inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Mike Royer.
Comics ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company. Inside front cover.
Jerry Serpe coloring credit from letter column in this issue.
One of the letters mentions the coloring of issue 154, the answer is that "the coloring is handled by crack DC coloring freelancers under the supervision of Jack Adler. In particular, The Losers is handled by Jerry Serpe, who also colors Jack Kirby on Kamandi, Omac and Justice Inc."


text:
Recent Comments:
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 12: PNY 128GB SSD harddrive {WoW}
Jan 2nd 2011 1:52PM Me
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 12: SteelSeries prize pack {WoW}
Jan 2nd 2011 1:50PM Me
Engadget wins the People's Voice Webby in Consumer Electronics, and you can win a Droid Incredible! {Engadget}
May 4th 2010 4:25PM Not gonna lie, used to be a gizmodo fan but you guys have won me over with your legit reporting of tech stuff!
Engadget's 6th birthday giveaway: 'Gadget of the Year' edition {Engadget}
Mar 6th 2010 4:16AM me?
15 Minutes of Fame: Wasting no time gaming {WoW}
Jan 26th 2010 5:32PM Much respect. good column
WRUP: Dungeon finding edition {WoW}
Dec 19th 2009 1:05PM Leveling my warrior through random dungeons and finishing borean tundra and hopefully dragonblight. Maybe jumping on my DK and redeeming my trophy I got on tuesday via random heroics. Also running ICC and Ony 10/25
WoW Moviewatch: Ulduar: In the Mountains {WoW}
Dec 8th 2009 1:14PM I really enjoyed Ulduar. It was my first experience with a true progression based guild. I remember the first time I cleared each one of those bosses. It was a special momeny in my WoW history.
WRUP: Top secret edition {WoW}
Dec 5th 2009 11:55AM Hopefully leveling my 69 warrior close to 80 for patch day. At least after that I can just queue for cross server groups to level.
Phat Loot Phriday: Sharpened Obsidian Edged Blade {WoW}
Dec 4th 2009 6:16PM This is definitely the best DK weapon Pre ToGC. The stam on this baby is just beautiful! While it isn't as good for warriors as something like Justicebring/Dual-Blade Butcher it is still one hell of a weapon. Many of them have been "ninja'd" on my server.
Good weapon and easy to get.
WoW 5th Anniversary Giveaway: 3 Tiny mount loot codes {WoW}
Nov 25th 2009 2:40PM pleaaase


text:
Detroit Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
Located in the suburb of Romulus, 16 miles (26km) southwest of downtown Detroit, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is the busiest airport in Michigan and a major Midwestern air traffic hub.
The airport's two terminals are huge, with 150 boarding gates between them, and passengers should allow for plenty of time when transferring between terminals. Despite this, the facility is well-signed and easy to navigate, and offers many diversions in the form of restaurants and shops, and even a colourful multimedia light tunnel in the McNamara Terminal.
A hub for both Delta and Spirit Airlines, flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport are available to a number of destinations including Atlanta, New York, Paris, Toronto, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
The airport is located 20 miles (32km) southwest of downtown Detroit.
Getting to the city
SMART public buses connect to central Detroit from the lower level near the Ground Transportation offices at the North Terminal, the fare for a regular route trip is $2. Taxis and sedan services are also available, a 4-passenger sedan to downtown Detroit costs $56. There are car hire companies represented at the airport. It takes approximately 20-30 minutes to the city centre by car/taxi and about 45 minutes by bus.
GMT -5 (GMT -4 from March to November).
Tel: +1 734 147 7678.
Car rental
Car hire companies represented at the airport include Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz and National.
Airport Taxis
Metro Airport Taxis are available from the airport and cost about $41 to the city centre, which should take approximately 20-30 minutes.
Transfer between terminals
White 'Terminal-to-Terminal' vans provide a free shuttle service between the three terminals.
The main concentration of restaurants, bars, cafes, and fast food outlets are in the McNamara Terminal, although the other two terminals also have bars and eateries. There are numerous shops located throughout the airport, including duty-free. ATMs, wireless Internet and bureaux de change are available in all terminals. The two on-site hotels offer conference and business facilities. Disabled facilities are good; those with special needs should inform their airline in advance.
There is plenty of parking at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, starting at $3 per half hour. Daily rates are available for $8 in the Green Lot, the cheapest long-term option. Red vans provide a free shuttle service from the parking lots to the terminal buildings.
Departure Tax
Flights to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport are available on Air Canada, Spirit Airlines, US Airways, United, AirTran, American Airways, Delta, Continental, Southwest, Frontier, Royal Jordanian and Lufthansa.
Advanced Wireless Group provides free wifi throughout the airport.
Business Lounges
The Westin Hotel (located in the McNamara Terminal) provides conference facilities with catering service and audio-visual equipment, and business lounges in the airport provide internet-ready workstations, copy and fax services, and phones.
Detroit Airport Taxis: the taxi fares above are intended as a guideline only.


text:
Graphics Card Overclocking
Thanks to motherboard and VGA manufactures, overclocking has become such an effortless task, giving literally anyone the chance to overclock their components with very little risk.
When it comes to overclocking graphics card we use and recommend two program - for ATI cards you can't go past ATI Tool and if you're on the other side of the fence and using an nVidia card the Coolbits 2 registry hack is it. Both programs offer an Auto Overclock feature which is what we use.
The standard clock on the HIS X800GTO is 400MHz on the core and 490MHz on the memory but with the iTurbo function HIS guarantee speeds of 500MHz on the core and 500MHz on the memory. Fortunately it didn't want to stop there and we managed to achieve an astronomical 577MHz on the core and 623MHz on the memory.
With our VGA clocked massively above stock we can see the performance increase is huge.
Doom 3 also sees a very healthy performance increase moving from under 90FPS to almost 105FPS.
Far Cry sees no performance difference at the lower resolution with the graphics card overclocked.


text:
SEND US YOUR OPINION: Letters to the editor should be no more than 300 words. The Post-Tribune reserves the right to edit or reject any letter. All letters must be signed and include your name, address and telephone number for verification. To send us your letter to the editor, mail to: 350 N. Orleans St., Chicago, IL 60654; or e-mail to email@example.com. If you have questions,
call John O'Neill, editor, at (312) 321-2028.
Updated: October 7, 2013 12:22PM
Obama, government out to take all our guns
I had high hopes for this president; going in he certainly talked a good game. But as it turns out he's just another silver tongued politician!
He's talking air striking Syria without UN approval. China, Russia and Iran warned there will be serious consequences if this happens. What purpose does the UN serve if we don't adhere to their recommendations? The Brits backed off. I'm not callous, the chemical attack is heartbreaking but we are not the world police! We've still got a chaotic mess hanging around in Pakistan that's ripping off billions of U.S. dollars and going nowhere!
Our troops are being spread around the planet, is there enough left to defend the home front? John Doe citizen won't be able to if the government takes our guns! Yeah I know they say "they only want to take assault rifles and clips with lots of bullets." We all know how the government works they would never stop 'til they had all the guns!
I'm pretty sure if a foreign entity showed up on U.S. soil to wage a conflict my weapon of choice would be an assault rifle with hundred-round clips. Our founding fathers were very intelligent people. That why it says "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." What is not to understand? Infringed = Don't touch, leave it alone, no addendums attached! Any attempt to change the 2nd Am. is unconstitutional!
Tommy Neil Whitak


text:
Thanks in advance for any help. I have a 4 y/o Montmorency sour cherry tree which this spring has developed a large vertical split in the bark. It is on the SW side, so at first I suspected sun scald (the trunk of the tree is fairly protected from sun by nearby growth, but the crown gets sun about all day), but I am not sure as it appears there may be some borer at work, too, judging from some apparent frass on the injury site. A photo is available here: http://henbogle.blogspot.com/2007/06/yikes-what-is-this-on-my-cherry-tree.html
I've looked around online and have called my cooperative extension with no definitive answer yet. What caused the injury(ies) and can it be treated, and if so, how? THANKS!! This is the first year the tree has set fruit and it is killing me to think of losing it now. I've also posted this question in Garden Pests. Mabel |
Follow-Up Postings:
Mabel: I looked at the photo of your cherry tree trunk, and it is indeed horrible. In fact, it looks like disaster on a 4-year old tree, since I don't see how a cherry tree would ever heal from such an injury in that location. This looks more like freeze damage to me than anything else. I have seen bark splits from freeze/thaw cycles in early spring, but the way your bark has peeled back is beyond anything I have seen before. If there is minor insect activity, it is opportunistic, and I don't believe it caused the split, nor do I think sunscald could have done this. I think I would be planting a new tree about now, since the prognosis for this one is not good. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA |
- Posted by mabeldingeldine z5 ME mid-coast (My Page) on Fri, Jun 15, 07 at 11:51
Hi Don, Thanks for sharing your wisdom, I appreciate your help even if it is bad news. I think we are going to take the tree down this weekend. Now I'm debating about replacing it with a peach tree, as the Jan and Joel bush cherries I planted this year are doing really well. Mabel |
"What caused the injury(ies)" Mabel, Montmorency is said to be good to -40F but not under every circumstance. There are so many things that have to be just right for your tree to be healthy enough to survive that limit. For example a tree that has begun to become stressed can become infected easier with bacteria P.S. short for "Psuedomonas syringae", which is an opportunistic disease. Once stressed and established these bacterias then try to kill plant cells in the way diseases do and the P.S. bacterias do "ice nucleate" adjacent plant cells. This means that the cells that are otherwise prepared to survive much colder than below freezing temperatures are less able to because the cells get injected with compounds that favor ice crystallization at closer temperatures to the normal freezing of water, when then the cells will freeze and burst. I would say most extension services are really not prepared to advise all the things you must do (tree health) because this can become a rather involved project in some weather locals and even soil types. You can't always rely on spraying to prevent initial infection sites because many of them have got specialized and resist the chemicals. I would be prepared to tell you to burn the tree after you've eaten the cherries, or at least surgically torch all the open diseased area. And if it is the disease I truly think it is (it happened in the same way to my cherry in Alaska) planting a peach (lower 48 peach experiences) will give you the same maintenance requirements because they are just as susceptible or more, to the same disease as cherries. But if you DO plant peach I've heard about a new peach rootstock bred in N.J. called 'Guardian' that has in trials shown to keep the host tree scaffold in good enough condition to prevent these bacterial infections, for the most part. |
- Posted by Linda Retallic(email@example.com) onSat, Apr 30, 11 at 17:35
Help. We have had an unusually snowy winter here in Southcoast Massachusetts. Our japanese cherry tree's bark is split down one side of the tree. The branches have buds on them, but we're concerned that there is something seriously wrong with the tree. Is there anything we can do to save the tree or will we have to discard it? p.s. we've had this tree for close to ten years. |
- Posted by brian mills(firstname.lastname@example.com) onThu, Jul 21, 11 at 21:54
I too have had this happen only the leaves have black spots and are turning yellow. Also hardened sap os evident. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Fruit & Orchards Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
Nike Blazer Hi – FC Barcelona
After FC Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League final, Nike created this special colorway of the classic Nike Blazer Hi. The shoe features a mostly white base with the "football" club's crest on the heel and tongue, alongside a matching jersey material/color scheme.
If you want to cop it, the sneaker is available now at Mentalkicks.com.


text:
Connecting Web Site to Contribute CS5
This tutorial shows how to connect a website to Contribute CS5.
1. Website Connections
After opening Contribute CS5, select Website Connection from the opening window.
This can also be done by going to Edit > My Connections > Create
2. Create Connection
Skip this step unless you've received a connection key from another person.
Click Next
3. Choosing a Connection
For this, you will be connecting to a website.
Type in the web address of your website. It should start with http://
Click next
4. Website Connection Information
You can choose to connect your website via SFTP or Local/Network which is often a mapped drive on your computer. (See Step 6 for Local/Network connections)
Click Secure FTP (SFTP)
5. Website Connection Information
Type webdev.msu.montana.edu into the SFTP Server name box.
Type your username.
Type your password. If you do not know your password contact ITC help desk (994–1777) with your username
to have your password reset.
Click next
Skip Step 6.
6. Website Connection Information
You can also use a local/network to connect to your website. Click Choose... to select your drive that contains your network website.
Click next
7. User Information
Type your full name and e-mail.
Your information is used to identify you when you check out web pages.
7. Role Information (Optional)
Some sites will use Roles to partition permissions to their websites. If there are roles, choose the one that best suits your needs. If you need assistance, contact the administrator listed in the purple box.


text:
One Year Ago: January Bullpen Additions
In December 2009 the Pittsburgh Pirates non-tendered Matt Capps, following a season where the closer put up a 5.80 ERA in 54.1 innings. At the time of the move, the Pirates didn't have much to work with in their bullpen. Joel Hanrahan and Evan Meek were the only bullpen options that were locks to make the team, and they weren't viewed as strong late inning relievers at this time last year. The Pirates said they would...
Defending the Chan Ho Park addition
Over the past couple weeks, the Pirates unloaded four veteran relievers who had helped contribute to a solid bullpen in 2010. Yesterday, in an attempt to solidify the disrupted pen, the Bucs claimed Chris Resop and Chan Ho Park off waivers. The Resop addition was applauded, but critics have scoffed at the decision to bring in Park. I have spent parts of the morning wondering why.
Donnelly departure not a surprise
We have seen many shocked reactions from players, media and fans since the Pirates designated Brendan Donnelly for assignment following yesterday's loss to the Padres. Apparently, he was very well liked in the clubhouse, particularly among his peers in the bullpen. I understand that it is tough to lose a teammate, especially a strong leader such as Donnelly. But is anyone actually surprised by this move?
Lincoln to Indianapolis; Donnelly DFA'd
The Pirates demoted rookie pitcher Brad Lincoln to Triple-A Indianapolis after his poor start this afternoon. They also designated veteran reliever Brendan Donnelly for assignment. The team is expected to announce corresponding roster moves before Tuesday's game in Colorado.
Pirates option Lincoln, DFA Donnelly
The Pittsburgh Pirates have optioned starting pitcher Brad Lincoln to AAA after today's start, and have designated Brendan Donnelly for assignment. Lincoln was called up in the middle of June, but struggled in his debut. Lincoln posted a 6.29 ERA in 44.1 innings heading in to today's outing, with an 18:12 K/BB ratio. Four of his eight starts prior to today were quality starts, although three of those were the three runs...


text:
Kelly High School students and others participated in the Youth for Life rally outside Whole Women's Health Clinic on 18th Street in Beaumont over the weekend.
The group prayed while displaying pro-life posters and signs.
It says it wants to reach out to women considering abortions and connect them to pregnancy crisis centers.
The rally was in coordination with the 40 Days for Life campaign. Sunday was the last day of the event.Pro-life rally
Related Stories
- More Texas News
- National News
- International News
- Self-styled 'seer' faces murder trial for death he foretold
- State looking at salmonella cases in Texas Panhandle
- Texas botanist named head of NC Botanical Garden
- Man sleeping in trash container gets dumped into truck
- On-tap at Texas Legislature: Campus carry, House committees
- 15-story office building near downtown Dallas imploded
- FBI names man shot after driving through Border Patrol check
- Texas judge lets convicted sex offender live on his own
- Suspect arrested after 3 wounded in gunfire at Dallas club
- Survivors of deadly Texas complex fire retrieve some items
- Self-styled 'seer' faces murder trial for death he foretold
- Prison school's defenders say cuts would hurt mission
- Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun
- Midwest and New England brace for more snow
- Chicago charity sending 5,000 pizzas to troops in Afghanistan
- Obama's choice as ambassador to Mexico withdraws her name
- 2 injured hikers airlifted off Mount Hood
- Obama condemns slaying of Japanese journalist by IS
- Scientist considered father of birth control pill dies
- 3 men shot in Afghanistan worked for North Carolina firm
- Spain: 400 migrants repelled after storming border fence
- Flash floods hit Greece, Albania, force evacuations
- Arabic news channel backed by Saudi prince goes on air
- Rights group: Egypt 'covering up' protester deaths
- Romanian mountain Ice Church draws all types of Christians
- Thai luxury train locomotive catches fire, no one hurt
- Iran's Ahmadinejad launches website ahead of vote
- 6 missing Bulgarians working for UN in Sudan 'released'
- Thousands of Hong Kongers march for democracy
- US defense contractor says staff targeted in Saudi shooting
Coats and Kettles
Bring your good, clean used coat or cash donation to any Munro's location and help keep Southeast Texans warm this winter!
Community Calendar
Auto Matters
Health and Beauty
Find valuable information about buying your next car, including price quotes and your latest automotive news.
We Know Why You're Awake
We Know Why You're Awake. We can help.
Wedding Central
The greatest Southeast Texas story ever told. Share your wedding and engagement news!
Lost and Found Pets
These are pets that have been lost or found in the KFDM News Channel 6 viewing area.
No Text Zone
Texting While Driving Kills Thousands of People Each Year. Many More are Seriously Injured. You Can Help Make Our Roads a NO TEXT ZONE
Texas Lottery
Texas Lottery
Baby Talk
Baby Talk with Nicole Murray.
KFDM Channel 6 Top Stories
Business News
US economy slows to 2.6 percent growth in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy slowed in the final three months of 2014 as a big burst in consumer spending was offset by weakness in other areas.
Consumer News
WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 03/21/14 --
Companies that pride themselves on being eco-friendly may have conflicted
ideas between marketing with ad specialties and maintaining their green
reputation. ...
Entertainment News
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) -- There are a lot of conflicting accounts about what happened yesterday when Suge (SHUG) Knight was behind the wheel of a vehicle that hit two men, killing one of them.
Get This
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) -- Patriots quarterback Tom Brady isn't losing any sleep -- at least not when the fire alarm goes off.
Science/Tech News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Justice Department official is disputing claims by a former CBS News correspondent that the Feds secretly monitored her personal computer.


text:
Browse by Journal
Group by: Date | Creators Jump to: Z Number of items: 2.
ZZinellu, Angelo and Pinna, Antonio <1963- > and Zinellu, Elisabetta and Sotgia, Salvatore and Deiana, Luca and Carru, Ciriaco (2008) High-throughput capillary electrophoresis method for plasma cysteinylglycine measurement: evidences for a clinical application. Amino Acids, Vol. 34 (1), p. 69-74. eISSN 1438-2199. Article. Zinellu, Angelo and Sotgia, Salvatore and Loriga, Giacomina and Deiana, Luca and Satta, Andrea Ercole and Carru, Ciriaco (2012) Oxidative stress improvement is associated with increased levels of taurine in CKD patients undergoing lipid-lowering therapy. Amino acids, Vol. 43 (4), p. 1499-1507. eISSN 1438-2199. Article. |


text:
Album review
Earl Scruggs - Classic Bluegrass Live
Alongside Bill Monroe, for whom he began serving apprenticeship as a Bluegrass Boy in 1944, Scruggs' pioneering three-finger banjo style, and subsequent career with Lester Flatt, guaranteed him immortality within the genre. Dylan, Baez and The Byrds all borrowed a snifter of DNA, ensuring him cult status with Newport disciples. These recordings—partly with Hylo Brown's Timber-liners, partly reunited with Flatt—make for classic hee-haw hootenanny, not least hoary old Beverly Hillbillies theme, "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett".
Rating: 3 / 10


text:
Favstar gets even better if you sign in.
Sign In with Twitter
Here's why signing in is good for you.
Sorry, there are no tweets to show.
life is tough, but you are strong. don't give up, i love you.
Stats can't be shown as @dontletgodarlin has never signed in to Favstar.


text:
Admission Requirements
Contact Us
Office of Admissions
524 West 59th St.
Room L.64.00NB
New York, NY 10019
Office Hours
Mon: 9AM - 5PM
Tues: 9AM – 5PM
Wed: 9AM - 5:45PM
Thur: 9AM - 5PM
Fri: 9AM - 5PM
Questions or comments with respect to the information presented on this webpage should be directed to Christopher Laudando or Graduate Admissions. |
With your completed application, the following items must be submitted:
- A non-refundable application fee of $125 (U.S.), check or money order, made payable to John Jay College.
- Official transcripts of all graduate and undergraduate work sent directly from the institution(s) of record to John Jay College. If you graduated with a bachelor's degree from John Jay College, you are not required to submit a transcript with your application. To apply for any of the graduate programs, you should have a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale).
- Three academic references or letters of recommendation. If you graduated more than two years ago, professional references are acceptable.
- For those applying to MPA programs: Please describe, in a well-developed essay of between 300 and 500 words, how your undergraduate studies; your volunteer, public, and military service, and your employment prepare you for study and future employment in fields of public service.
- For all other applicants: an essay of approximately 200-350 words indicating the reasons for pursuing graduate study with reference to career objectives.
- The Aptitude Test of the Graduate Record Examination is required for admission to the Forensic Science, Forensic Psychology, Forensic Mental Health Counseling and Forensic Computing Programs. A minimum score of 1000+ is acceptable.
The GRE is also required for Criminal Justice and International Crime and Justice. A combined score has not been determined as yet; however, applicants should strive for a combined score of 750+ with a score of 3 and higher on the analytical writing section.


text:
About Westerville Automotive
We service and repair all makes and all models both foreign and domestic.
12 month / 12,000 mile worry free warranty.
Factory OEM diagnostic equipment.
6 ASE Technicians.
FREE Shuttle Service
We believe our success is because of the view we have that excellent customer service is our top priority. There are a lot of automotive shops that repair vehicles. To be successful, we think of the customer first and cater our business to their needs. We provide free shuttle service, a comfortable waiting room with free coffee, free wifi and discounts on rental cars. When we service your vehicle, you are provided with accurate to the penny estimates, same day service and your car is ready when promised and fixed right the first time. We are able to provide this type of service because our staff is honest, well trained and above all, we believe that customer satisfaction is a must! We treat you and your family like our friends and family. By doing this, we have received the super service award from Angies List, we are AAA approved service provided and have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau.
The ever changing automotive industry and the fight for information and quality parts. We view this challenge as an opportunity for advancement. Technology changes quickly and requires constant training to stay ahead. All of our technicians as ASE certified and work hard to continue their education. We are regularly involved in the latest training provided by NAPA and other manufacturers so that we can provide professional service.
We have been in the automotive service business since February of 1985. We started as a three bay Gulf service station on the north end of Columbus. As circumstances changed and our business grew, we purchased our current location in February of 1995. This was a five bay facility that quickly grew to seven bays with our expansion in 1997 that included other updates as well as a customer waiting room. In 1997, we also added a second location in uptown Westerville. In doing so, we were able to provide quality automotive service to more of our neighbors and continue to expand our business.
Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We can prove this by always providing quality service and personal attention. By accomplishing this, we will give our customers a reason to keep coming back for all their automotive service and tell others to visit us too. We truly believe there is no right way to do the wrong thing.
Westerville Automotive with two locations: 31 East Main | 614-890-6700 and 5591 Westerville Road | 614-890-0707 in Westerville Ohio for more than 20 years. Trust your automotive repair, service, or maintenance to Master Technicians who are ASE certified. We are a Preferred Jasper Engines & Transmissions Owner Installer with NAPA Auto Parts backed by exceptional customer services. Call today or make your appointment online.


text:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 26, 2011
SECRETARY OF STATE ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO HONOR VETERANS Initiative to remember those who protect our freedom marks 143rd Anniversary of Memorial Day
COLUMBUS – In an effort to recognize the service of Ohio's brave veterans, Secretary of State Jon Husted today encouraged Ohioans to participate in the Secretary of State's Vote in Honor of a Veteran program. The program gives Ohioans an opportunity to publicly share their appreciation for the service of military veterans while participating in our democratic system preserved by the sacrifice of these individuals. "The men and women in our armed forces have made great sacrifices to protect our freedom and democracy," Secretary Husted said. "By participating in the Vote in Honor of a Veteran program, Ohioans can help raise awareness about the importance of voting and highlight the inextricable bond between our veterans and democracy."
The Vote in Honor of a Veteran program allows registered Ohio voters to recognize the service of a family member, friend or neighbor who has served our country in the military on Election Day. Individuals wishing to honor a veteran simply need to complete a request card and return it to the Secretary of State's office. Request cards may be obtained by calling Avi Zaffini at (614) 995-1697 or online at http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/about/VIHOV.aspx.
Once a request card is completed and returned, a Vote in Honor of a Veteran lapel pin to wear on Election Day will be sent and a tribute to the individual veteran for whom a person is voting in honor of may be posted in the testimonial section of the Secretary of State's website.
Individuals and organizations can help spread the word about this initiative by downloading materials from the Secretary of State's website at http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/about/VIHOV.aspx , or by calling Avi Zaffini at (614) 995-1697 to request materials.
For more information, contact Matt McClellan at 614-995-2168 or email@example.com.
Jon Husted & the Office
Contact Us Biography Duties & Responsibilities Media Center Publications Employment
Ohio Military Votes Ohio Business Profile Reshape Ohio Vote in Honor of a Veteran Founding Fathers Shielding Our Protectors Be a P.E.O. in Ohio
Legislation & Ballot Issues
Putting an Issue on the Ballot Ohio Ballot Board Bill Effective Dates
Register to Vote / Update Your Address Voting Absentee FAQs About Voting About This Election Voters With Disabilities Uniformed & Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters (UOCAVA) Rights & Responsibilities
Elections Results & Data
Elections Officials
County Board Directory Directives, Advisories, Memos & Tie Votes Forms & Petitions Resources Precinct Election Officials County Voting Equipment
Election Calendar Candidate Requirement Guide Forms & Petitions District Maps
Campaign Finance
Search Candidates & Committees File Online Handbook Resources
Business Services
Ohio Business Central Business Name Search Guide to Name Availability Filing Forms & Fee Schedule Business Filing Notification System Ohio Business Profile
Uniform Commercial Code
File Online Search Filings UCC Forms & Fees
Business Information
Starting a Business Expedite Your Filing FAQs Business Identity Theft Certificates of Good Standing Prepayment Accounts Request a Report Glossary of Business Entities
Apostilles & Certifications Notary Public Search Notaries Minister License Search Ministers Forms & Fees Non-Resident Alien Land Debarred Contractors
Historical Documents


text:
Select () or exclude () categories to narrow your recipe search.
As you select categories, the number of matching recipes will update.
Find exactly what you're looking for with the web's most powerful recipe filtering tool.
i am vegan. i do a lot of intuition cooking, so mostly i forget what exactly i threw together. i like to browse recipes for ideas on what ratios work when i'm flailing through my kitchen, and also if i have to cook for a large group and i know whatever i make has to actually turn out "right". : )
kale and sweet potatoes. guacamole (do NOT skimp on the cliantro!). thai and indian.


text:
© Copyright, 2014, R. Fleischer
article #19
Purpose of this modification:
After this modification, the Bosch BMW Airhead motorcycle alternator will produce electricity even if the GEN lamp burns out ... or; if the GEN lamp printed circuit
material (it is common for it to crack at the lamps area) does not connect to the lamp properly. This modification can be adapted for use where there is no normal BMW instrument pod. This modification, while referencing the 'instrument pod', applies to all types of the instrument pods BMW used, as well as the /5 bikes, where the GEN lamp is mounted on the headlight bucket, and there is no pod.
NOTE!...This modification has been done by many in past decades...and the 'accepted value' has generally been 470 ohms. I
will expand upon the that resistor value determination. I will
show that a slightly lower value is slightly better and makes an
improvement in the rpm at which charging begins. I will also show why a much lower value is appropriate if you do not have a GEN lamp.
General comments about 'modifications': As a general rule, the 'factory knows best' is a fairly accurate statement. However, few of us own UNmodified motorcycles. Our bikes are a reflection of our personal
desires. I am NOT in favor of many of
the modifications that we all see or hear about. Some of these modifications, which I have
done myself, are not very economical; or, do less than is often
believed; or, are not good ideas in general; especially for the average rider/owner. I try to be
honest, describe all sides of any controversy or what can happen
with any modification.
What about this alternator GEN LAMP modification? If done INcorrectly, it will reduce reliability. You could damage the
instrument 'printed' wiring connection board or produce a short circuit under the gas tank...etc. Note that these lamps
seldom fail. Unfortunately, most folks never inspect them for sagging filaments, a sign of impending lamp failure; I don't recommend that for the function lamps anyway, due to the possibility of damaging the flexible printed board material.
Most folks will never take a cover off the instrument pod until one or more
lamps fail, or there is some other maintenance reason. Note what i said about the flexible printed board, as even careful folks have damaged the printed circuit board in the pod, CAUSING lamps' problems. When the lamps do fail, they fail at rather inopportune times. I am not necessarily recommending this modification; but I HAVE done it to my own BMW Airhead bikes.
Theory: If the GEN lamp fails, you will
USUALLY not have any charging. At key turn-on to the RUN position, the battery positive
(+) connects to the ignition switch, then from that switch electricity goes through the GEN lamp, and then through the voltage regulator,
to the Df rotor brush. A small current flows, due to the internal resistance
of the lamp, and some effective resistance in the voltage regulator, and that
small current travels through the Df rotor
brush and associated slip ring, into and through the rotor windings, back out the D- slip ring and brush, and then to
chassis ground, making a complete circuit and temporarily lightly magnetizing the rotor. That magnetization will completely or almost completely disappear when the key is turned off. Sometimes a bit of residual magnetism remains, which is why the alternator will sometimes produce electricity if the lamp is burned-out, often this takes initialization by rather high rpm. Once the alternator produces electricity, it will continue to produce electricity until the rpm falls to some value well below 2,000, at which time the alternator may continue to produce electricity as the rpm rises, depending on small details and also how long the rpm was, for instance, near idle; and thus the process can be, or might be, repeated.
The rotor must FIRST either have some residual magnetism....or....be slightly magnetized by the lamp and rest of above described circuit,
until such rpm is reached that the alternator
self-energizes. With an intact lamp and connections, this occurs at some rpm below 2000 rpm; the exact rpm depends on the rotor, etc., in the particular motorcycle.
It is true that increasing rpm to, PERHAPS as much as 5000 rpm
will possibly allow charging due to some residual magnetism that MIGHT BE in the rotor. You can not depend on this.
While you COULD do some temporary jumper wiring, such as jumpering the battery + terminal to the Df terminal (or, better, using a lamp in a series circuit, from battery + to Df), to get the alternator
operating in the case of a burned out lamp, it is a hassle, compared to what is
proposed below; which is permanent. The modification described below allows the lamp or lamp contacting area at the foil printed material to fail and you
still get charging...and you can replace the lamp elsewhere's...at
your leisure....rather than by the side of the road during a downpour. The charging with the higher ohms resistor modification, and a burned-out lamp, will not begin at as low an rpm as with an operating lamp, but you do NOT have to spin the engine to quite high rpm either. If the low ohm resistor modification is done, you do not need the lamp at all, as performance will remain just about the same as if the lamp and instrument pod did exist.
NOTE that if you should have a wiring failure in the lamp circuit, this
resistor modification may not help; depending on where and how you install
the resistor. Most wiring failures in the lamp area are at the lamp's
actual contacting via its socket, to the printed circuit flexible material in the instrument
pod....usually due to poor technique in removing replacing lamps. Much more rarely, but has happened, the failure is inside the rubber plug that pushes into the rear of the instrument pod, or, a cracked solder joint at the mating male connection to that plug, inside the pod (fixable by careful cleaning and soldering). If the proposed modification resistor is mounted with good workmanship under the fuel tank, there are no such problems. For the /5 bikes, there is no flexible foil material, so the lamp R/R is not any problem in this regard.
Theory, in more depth: The actual circuit routing is a bit more complex than
earlier described. One side of the GEN lamp is fed by the battery (after the ignition switch), and the other side of
the lamp not only connects to the voltage regulator input (D+), but that side of the lamp also connects to the alternator positive (+) output of three SMALL diodes on the diode board. When the alternator is not spinning, or spinning
slowly, let us say always under 1200 rpm or somewhat higher, the alternator output is very tiny, if any at all. The GEN lamp will be lighted, as the battery
current flows through it and then through the regulator and rotor, to engine case ground (battery negative). Once the alternator
stator output increases enough, the three SMALL diodes rectify the stator output
(rectify means to change A.C. to D.C.) and the voltage on BOTH sides of the lamp is now approximately the same,
AND of the SAME polarity (+) ....and the lamp has so little voltage drop across
it, that it appears to be, and is, NOT lighted.
The lamp will NEVER supply
enough current to come anywhere's close to fully energizing the rotor; when large outputs from the
alternator are required..., that function is done by those small diodes, supplying the several amperes needed. As rpm rises, the small diodes pass far more current into the voltage regulator, which supplies the current needed to fully magnetize the rotor, which causes output of the alternator to greatly increase. As the output voltage from the diode board diodes begins to approach the desired amount, the regulator begins to reduce the current flowing into the rotor from the small diodes.
For the NERDY: The voltage (well, current flow) being regulated is that of the small diodes output, and not directly the big diodes output, which goes to the battery and rest of the bike's electrical system. It is the LAMP that separates the main output of the big diodes from the small diodes output, as far as 'sampling' the voltage is concerned. There are some more complex reasons why the small diodes are there, and why this seemingly strange sampling method was done. I will not get into these reasons, they will only complicate things here.
SOME FURTHER INFORMATION: A dim lamp at relatively modest to high rpm usually means some sort of corrosion at connectors, or a bad rotor or overly-worn brushes. A bad battery can also cause the alternator to produce a very large output & the lamp might glow dimly. If you want an explanation of how that works, ask me on the Airheads LIST. A bright lamp at riding rpm USUALLY means an open or shorted rotor or bad regulator, or a bad diode board, and likely there is no charging (no alternator output) at all.
When one or both brushes is worn enough (they tend to both NOT wear evenly), the snail spring that
supplies pressure onto the brush may begin to contact the plastic brush holder,
and that reduces pressure on the brush. This is a very common complaint and shows up as the brush
nears the end of its life as noticeable
GEN lamp lighting (usually dimly) ...but with increase in brightness, as rpm
rises. The reason for this is the SLIGHT wobble (called run-out) of the
rotor...which moves the brushes in and out ever so slightly, and the snail spring
is also slightly bottoming and cannot fully follow the brush
movement. You can think of all this simply as the brushes are not making consistent or high enough pressure in contacting the rotor slip rings. It usually happens on one brush first.
Brushes are 16.5 mm long when new, measured from square end to middle of concave end, and
are worthless (but, read on...) once the spring contacts the holder. Brush life
depends on riding conditions....dust, dirt....and how much output the alternator
is called upon to produce, over time/miles. Generally, 60-80,000
miles is a typical brush life. I have seen the outer (forward-most) brush wear down to unusable,
in 20,000 miles, under very dusty conditions. If one or both brushes have worn to the partial contacting point, and you are on a tour, you can put a tiny piece of thick paper between snail spring end and the brush outer end; this will keep the snail spring from contacting the brush holder, and you can ride on, and likely for a very considerable distance, even 5000 miles would not be unheard of with a thick piece of paper. REPLACING the brushes is a bit of a bother, much easier to do it at home, than on a long tour, so, while I do recommend inspecting the brushes maybe once a year for length, the added piece of paper will work well, and is not difficult to do, if a bit fiddly if the inner brush is the problem one.
For those that are interested in the energizing current value into the rotor, with the engine off, ignition switch on, GEN lamp lit, it is on most models ~ 0.2 ampere. The added resistor of The Modification itself passes little, typically around
.040 ampere or so, and you can see that the vast majority is passed by the lamp. If the lamp burns out, the much smaller
resistor-allowed current will initially adequately energize the rotor, although alternator output becomes first available at a somewhat elevated rpm. The resistor modification does not make the system perform EXACTLY as when the lamp is intact and lamp properly operating in the circuit. Maximum output, and output at any reasonable riding rpm is NOT affected; only the lower rpm area is affected. The reason is that the resistor's purpose is to ALLOW the alternator to produce something, should the lamp fail, and once the alternator IS producing usable electricity, it SELF-ENERGIZES. NOTE again, that the maximum output of the alternator is NOT diminished (and the rpm at which maximum is reached is NOT changed either).
The modification:
This consists of installing one common and quite INexpensive standard electronic part called a resistor. I will, later here, also describe using an LED in place of the stock lamp. I ran actual tests for the optimum value for the resistor modification for the GEN (alternator, really) lamp circuit.
Any incandescent lamp has a
fairly low resistance when cold (not lit) and that resistance increases a fair amount when the lamp lights up. Whilst a nerdy point, this WAS taken into
account in this article.
The resistor, which substitutes for the lamp if the lamp or lamp
connection fails, is connected across the GEN lamp electrically,
but not necessarily mechanically at the lamp itself (or its
socket), although that is a nice place for it, if you use the higher resistor values in this article.
There are TWO methods for The Modification, that I approve of:
Method #1. Neatly clean the area and solder the resistor across the GEN lamp socket wiring itself. The resistor can be made more secure from vibration by cementing it with a
small amount of silicone RTV or similar, although not absolutely needed,...that is because I suggest quite short resistor lead lengths as you do not need leads vibrating nor shorting
to anything. The resistor will produce a small amount of heat during the rpm/time the bulb is normally lit, but this is seldom over
a minute in duration at a stop sign, and in any event, the heat amount is small...especially with a 470 ohm value. Those installing the resistor inside the instrument pod and across the printed circuit material might well use the 470 ohm
value, considering the heat, but I have successfully used a lower resistance
value there. I clean the area by starting
with a sharp Xacto knife on a very flat angle, scraping away the coating over the copper, very carefully. I may use a small piece of slightly abrasive sandpaper afterwards, perhaps 320 grit. I have also used both pencil and typewriter erasers after the initial knife or sandpaper. For the /5, there is no
flexible printed material, and almost any way you want to install
the lamp NEATLY in the headlight bucket is OK. For soldering to the flexible material in the pods, you really want the exposed copper to be clean and shiny prior to soldering. Soldering must be done with a small soldering iron, with a reasonably decent sized tip, with rosin-core solder (60/40 common type is best), and quickly.
Method #2. Install the resistor from the terminal of the ignition coil that connects to the battery circuit. This is the terminal that has the green/blue wire. There is often an unused male spade connector available there. Connect the other side of the resistor to either of the blue wires coming out of the voltage regulator plug [this is D+]. You need to do this neatly, with no chance of bare wires, nor vibration breaking them. Insulate the resistor and wiring with shrink tubing, and use proper all-plastic wire-ties, as required. For SOME, this may be a preferred point of attachment, to avoid damaging the flexible circuit at the lamp (if you have a later bike with the instrument pod, not a /5). Mounting the resistor as in this method #2 creates less chance for ham-fisted folks to damage that thin flexible printed circuit board. The drawback of Method #2 is that there are probably more chances for messy workmanship, and vibration problems. This method #2 is the way to go if you are going to use the low ohm resistor, say 50 ohms or so, as described later in this article, as that resistor can get much hotter than the higher ohms resistor that I recommend if soldering the resistor onto the pod flexible material.
This modification can be done to a stock /5, which is somewhat different, no pod, no flexible pod circuit board material, but the same situation applies to the GEN lamp. ...and the modification can be
done at the voltage regulator in the same sort of manner....or in
the bucket.
Resistor discussion: Nearly any type of resistor may be used. It can be the old-fashioned type called 'carbon composition', or any modern type of 'film' or 'deposited carbon' type....or even a 'wire wound' type. The resistor value for installation into the pod or /5 bucket CAN be 470 ohms, but my tests indicate that 330 ohms performs slightly better.
All BMW alternators from all years on our Airheads can use the same value resistor, even though
different rotor resistance's were used over the years, because the resistor value is
vastly higher than
any rotor's resistance.
Resistors NORMALLY come in certain 'standard' values, you could use 270; 300; 330; 360; 390; 470 in the instrument pod...but I prefer the 330 value, as a
good compromise between charging characteristics and heat produced. Too much heat MIGHT (not WILL) injure the instrument
pod parts...if that is where you mount it, over the long term. Never seen
it happen with 330 ohms, ...remember that the resistor is only energized at ANY heat
producing level ...at the same time the lamp would normally be brightly lit...that
is.....when the alternator is not spinning and the ignition is on (pre-starting)...OR; when the alternator is at a low
rpm, idle or somewhat above. Under the very worst conditions I can think of, a 330 ohm resistor would produce about 0.6 watt. If
you want to be ultra sure of not damaging the printed material, and you will be mounting the resistor at the printed circuit socket, then use a
470 ohm resistor, which will produce only about 0.4 watt under the worst
The resistor should be rated at 1 watt or more. However, most modifications have used the smaller physical size of a 1/2 watt resistor, and I have NEVER heard of any failing. Do not use anything smaller than 1/2 watt rated resistor. If you try to use a too large resistor size you may have problems fitting it into your instrument area or neatly installing it under your gas tank. Do NOT mount the ~50 ohm resistor mentioned in the next section, in the pod.
Low ohm resistor information, Cafe bikes, use of LED lamp instead of the incandescent lamp... ETC:
If you are building a Cafe
Racer Airhead, and eliminating the stock instrument pod, or want to use an LED anyway....you may be interested in this.
The GEN lamp is rated at 12 volts and 3 watts. Ohms law says the lamp resistance is 48 ohms when energized by 12 volts. NOTE AGAIN that is the resistance when the lamp is fully lighted-up. That is very considerably less resistance than the value of lamp bypass resistance used earlier in this article. Keep in mind that once the alternator produces enough electricity, the lamp is, for practical purposes, not involved...it is extinguished automatically, as charging begins.
It is a property of incandescent lamps
that the LIGHTED resistance is MUCH HIGHER than the UNLIGHTED resistance.
The unlighted resistance of the stock lamp is about 5 ohms. So, the lamp is around 48 ohms lighted
fully, and around 5 ohms not lighted. A lamp is nearly ideal for the purpose of both indication and providing initial rotor magnetization.
If you wanted almost exactly the same
charging versus rpm as when the lamp was operational and in the circuit, say, beginning at a typical 1500-2000 rpm... and wanted the same charging curve at the lower rpm area,... then, if NOT having a lamp, you
would want to install a standard 47 or 50 ohm resistor, rated at 5 or 10 watts. That resistor SHOULD NOT be installed in the pod...because if you are at idle rpm, the resistor will dissipate 3 watts of heat, and heat up to pretty hot within a minute.
If you had no instrument pod, you could install such a resistor elsewhere's. I HAVE installed such a resistor inside a pod, quite successfully, but the resistor was mounted on a small metal plate (for heat dissipation) I made-up, the plate being mounted to the pod housing. Two folks who I chatted with long ago had mounted the low ohms resistor on the back side of the instrument pod or the underside, with wires leading to the inside.
OTHERWISE: The resistor
could be mounted/soldered onto brass eyelets you put into a small piece of fiberglass type printed circuit material, and mount the
tiny board someplace convenient....perhaps along the frame
backbone. You could even use a screw-mountable metal-cased power resistor and mount it on the copper side of a piece of printed circuit board. You do not need a lamp at all with the low resistance modification. For the Cafe Racer conversion, with no pod; a clean and neat mounting of the low ohm (say, 50) resistor someplace convenient and yet protected, is all that is necessary; with some consideration to the heat produced.
Nerdy point: While there ARE special RESISTORS (which may not be their name) available that have characteristics similar to lamps, and some other electronic devices also have such characteristics, these items are NOT part of any modification YOU should be doing....they are not easily found, and usage is possibly more complicated.
HOW-TO-DO-IT, step-by-step, for a 470 or 330 ohm 1/2 or 1 watt rated resistor, inside the /6 and later instrument pod:
1. Go to Radio Shack and get a nice bright LED that is rated at 12 volts. A 12 volt LED already contains internal components and you will avoid having to do a more complex installation. Be sure to get the proper color!
2. Solder the above LED onto the cleaned copper traces. You can do this to traces with the coating on them if you first clean off the coating with a very sharp Xacto knife on quite an angle, scraping the coating off. Make sure the copper is shiny. If not, scrape a bit more, again, quite an angle for the knife....and maybe afterwards use a pencil eraser on the copper too. You can also use 320 or other very fine grit sandpaper.
3. You will need a 25 to 35 watt soldering iron with a reasonable sized tip which has a bit of mass, so you can solder quickly. In general do not use a soldering gun or pistol, they are too difficult for to use.
Use 60/40 solder, the most common rosin core type, or the also common 37/63 which may be marked 63/37. Use solder of about 1/16" diameter (.032" is common) which will have plenty of hidden flux in the center of the solder. I suggest NOT using ultra-thin solder, as that has too little flux, and is harder to use for amateurs, takes a bit longer to do the soldering job, and you don't want lengthy heating. You could also coat the bright shiny soldering area with a wee dab of rosin flux. The soldering iron tip should be cleaned less than a minute before the soldering, and the tip well-tinned with solder after the tip cleaning. Apply some solder to the tip, then put the tip on the wire/trace to be soldered, add a bit more solder and finish the job. Hold the wire in place if you have to, to avoid any movement until the solder cools a few seconds. Do the complete soldering in a 2 to 3 seconds.
DO NOT use acid core solder.
5. IF using an LED, they are polarity sensitive, so you must install the LED in the correct direction. If you install it in the wrong direction, it will not light up with the ignition ON, and engine not yet started. LED's polarities will be on their package, but it is hard for laypeople, sometimes, to determine which side of the pod socket the + and – sides of the LED connect to. Since there are differences between instrument pods and /5 bucket, etc., I have not given specifics here on how to determine which lead of the LED goes where; but a voltmeter will show, ignition on, the polarity.
Since 12 volt LED's are unlikely to be damaged by installing them backwards, if your LED does not light up, reverse its leads.
6. LED's do not draw much current, so you still need a resistor, as in the incandescent lamp situation. You need to solder the resistor wires across the same connections. You MIGHT find it easier to do THAT first. I carefully mechanically wrap the LED bare wires a turn or turn or bit more around the resistor leads, and cut and shape the leads, etc., so when the soldering is finally accomplished, the LED is in correct position.
Values of 330 to 470 ohms are OK.
04/11/2003: add .htm title; edit for clarity, add information on snail
spring bottoming, etc.
02/06/2004: clarifications on wording, nothing at all substantial
11/22/2009: more clarifications.
01/10/2011: Add 'A bit of Nerdy Information"
06/03/2011: Clean up a bit
09/29/2012: Add QR code; add language button; update Google ad-sense code; edit article for clarity
and brevity. Later, the troublesome language button script coding was removed.
12/05/2013: Add more details and re-write article for clarity.
02/02/2014: Add some emphasis, clarify details between /5 and later and how charging circuitry works,
more on the LED installation, etc.
© Copyright, 2014, R. Fleischer
Return to Technical Articles LIST Page


text:
World Trade Organization (WTO)
WTO Doha Round Bulletin
February 2009
This bulletin, summarising key WTO Doha Round-related activities, is issued by the Office of Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Key Issues
- Overview
- WTO's response to the global financial crisis
- Agriculture
- Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA)
- Services
- Intellectual Property
- Trade and Environment
- Trade Facilitation
- Rules
- WTO Meetings in Geneva
- Contact us
The Minister for Trade, Mr Simon Crean,
met with many trade Ministers, and the WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy,
during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (29-31 January).
Ministers took the early opportunity to discuss a way forward for the
Doha Round negotiations in 2009. In a statement issued after the meeting, Ministers agreed
to continue to attach the highest priority to achieving a successful
conclusion to the Doha Round and to refrain from raising new barriers
to trade in goods and services. Mr Crean said that the important
thing coming from the meeting was "the
very strong view is that trade is not part of the problem, trade is
part of the solution."
In addition to Ministerial engagement,
the Chairs of the negotiating groups and officials in Geneva are continuing
with the technical work necessary to advance the Doha Round.
WTO's response to the global financial crisis
Australia has welcomed the WTO's
response to the global financial crisis which has included establishing
a Secretariat Task Force to consider, and provide a better sense of,
the financial and economic consequences of the crisis. The Task Force
will provide regular updates to Members on the measures taken in response
to the crisis. The WTO is also closely examining the issue of
availability of trade finance.
On 9 February, Director-General Lamy
presented his first report on trade developments associated with the financial crisis to the Trade
Policy Review Body. The report provides a valuable tool in efforts
to maintain transparent and coordinated policy responses to developments.
It offers a timely reminder of the risks of protection, particularly
in light of significant scope for WTO Members to raise barriers within
their existing entitlements – and another fundamental reason for completing
the Doha Round as soon as possible. Further written reports will
be provided to Members periodically, with discussion in the Trade Policy
Review Body.
On trade finance issues, Mr Lamy has
expressed concern regarding the direct impact of the financial crisis
on developing country access to financing of imports and exports.
He is holding series of meetings at the WTO, with both multilateral
institutions and private banks, to check the availability of trade financing
at affordable rates.
Agriculture Chair Crawford Falconer
has been consulting with various groups on the next steps in the agriculture
negotiations. He met with the Cairns Group in late January.
Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA)
At an open ended meeting in late January, a number of WTO Members supported further work on the basis of the fourth revised negotiating text released in December. NAMA Chair Luzius Wasescha identified four categories of technical issues that could be progressed pending political developments: sectoral initiatives; non-tariff barriers; scheduling; and country specific flexibilities. Sectorals remain the key contentious issue and the Chair proposed that the bilateral discussions commenced in December continue with a view to clarifying the detail of proposals and to addressing the concerns of some Members. The Chair has undertaken to develop a work plan after further consultation with Members.
Members continue to consider the shape
of services negotiations and the services forward work program for 2009.
Services Chair Fernando de Mateo recently convened Heads of Delegation
in Geneva to discuss suggestions for the future work of the services
negotiations. He said the services text agreed by WTO Members
in July 2008 – at the time of the ministerial signalling conference
on services – provided a "road map" which would form the basis
for Members' ongoing work. Australia stressed that it was necessary
to engage in services in as positive and productive a way as possible
at this juncture, and agreed that the road map provided a sound basis
on which to proceed.
Separately, the Chair of the Services
Council has undertaken consultations to determine a work program for
regular sessions of the Council in parallel to Doha Round market access
negotiations. Australia supports proposals for the WTO Secretariat
to update sectoral papers – which date from the late 1990s – and
a reinvigorated notification process in accordance with GATS disciplines
(eg Article III Transparency). We also recognise that subsidiary
bodies can engage constructively to find common ground in relation to
domestic regulation disciplines and rules on services safeguards.
Intellectual Property
No new developments.
Trade and
No new developments.
Trade Facilitation
No new developments.
Rules -
Anti-Dumping, Subsidies and Fisheries Subsidies
On 19 December 2008, Rules Chair Valles-Galmes
tabled revised draft texts on anti-dumping and horizontal subsidies
(WTO document TN/RL/W/236). The draft texts relate to issues where
the Chair believes there appears to be some degree of emerging consensus,
reflecting a new 'bottom-up' approach to the negotiations.
Consistent with this approach, the Chair has identified a number of
difficult issues where Members' positions remain far apart but has
not proposed either draft text or compromise solutions.
At the same time, he released a conceptual
roadmap on fisheries subsidies. The Chair indicated that the differences
between Members are fundamental ones relating to both the structure
and the concepts of any future disciplines. Further discussion
on these crucial issues will be essential input to a new draft text.
The roadmap identifies the key issues which will need to be addressed
in order to progress negotiations.
Meetings were held in the first week
of February to discuss WTO Members' initial reactions to the revised
texts and fisheries roadmap. Further meetings have been scheduled
for the last week of March.
WTO Meetings in Geneva
2–6 Rules Negotiating Session
3-4 General Council Meeting
9 Informal meeting of Trade Policy Review Body
23-27 Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation
30 March- 3 April Rules Negotiating
Full schedule of upcoming WTO meetings
Contact Us:
Trade Policy Sectionz
Office of Trade Negotiations
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
BARTON ACT 0221Fax: (02) 6261 1858
or email email@example.com


text:
Specifications & Dimensions
Product Overview: | |
Type: | Filters |
Fits Manufacturer: | Kenmore |
Ratings & Reviews
Overall, others give this:
Bayville, NJ
via sears.com
easy to use and much cleaner than the non bag type vacuum
The reviewer indicated they are affiliated with this product. The reviewer indicated they received a sample of this product.
Martinsburg, WV
via sears.com
and, with a discount coupon, an excellent buy.
- Free shipping! Orders $59 or more Offer ends 31-Dec-2015 See details.
- Get Quarter ct tw Diamond Earrings for $24.99 with a purchase of $19.99 or more! Limit 1 per order Offer ends 31-Jan-2015 See details.


text:
Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 9:01
I am thankful for the community we have on the Hoya Forum. Blessings to all! ~ Mary |
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by ohmybloomers 7a (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 20:15
Thanks, Mary! I'm also grateful to have discovered this forum and the wonderful world of hoyas. May all your tables be laden with delicious things and all your hoyas be healthy and happy! --Lesley |
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I am thankful for the friends I have made from here on the Hoya forum (and other GW forums as well) and for all of my plants, indoor and outdoor. We'll be enjoying our meal on Saturday, so to everyone else, I say enjoy your food and your company :-). Brad AKA Moonwolf |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Hoya Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
Select () or exclude () categories to narrow your recipe search.
As you select categories, the number of matching recipes will update.
Find exactly what you're looking for with the web's most powerful recipe filtering tool.
Sort by: Date | Rating | Most Helpful
"I have made this many times since it is just like my grandmother's recipe. It is wonderful! I serve mine on wide noodles."


text:
since you have no prices posted....I will come pick it up from Ohio for $150
Prices? I'm a little out of the way but very interested.
Price on conical willing to ship?
Kegged: Oranges Revolt - Orange Lager Kegged: Hibiscus Tripel Kegged: Bedtime Wheat Fermenting: Basic Bock, Kolsch, Mango Kolsch, Black Lager
Ill get back to you this evening
I'm interested in the kegs! How much for 2 of them? Thanks!!!
Interested in therminator. Need price and ship to 18034.
Pm sent about kegs


text:
Newport Past
Search Website
20th Century
19th Century
Early History
Enter the Gallery... Old photos, postcards, prints, paintings &, maps of Newport.
Medieval Newport and before.
Newport in the 1800s told through news-paper reports of the time.
A waffle-free history of the City of Newport. A thousand years in a thousand words.
A year by year chronicle covering the years 1900 to 2004.
Links to Birth Marriage and Death records for Newport.
A Toast for Lord Tredegar
Articles by Jim Dyer
GIs in Newport
Newport's bridge that never was
The Haunted Holy Ground - St Woolos Cemetery
Hillforts In And Around Newport
Newport Street Directories - 1848, 1876, 1897, 1914 & 1938


text:
Mardel Price $14.99
Worship music is one of the most powerful avenues for inviting the Lord's presence into our daily lives. Featuring the words from both timeless, classic hymns and updated, modern anthems, the Lyrics for Life collection from Dayspring reminds us to maintain an attitude of worship through all of life's circumstances. Choose your favorite piece for a personal reminder of God's goodness, or display several items together for a powerful statement of praise.
The meaningful, true message of this wall plaque, which are lyrics taken from the song "You Never Let Go," brings to mind the faithful care and love of our Heavenly Father. It's a wonderful way to effectively share your faith with all who enter your home. "There are times when everything in life seems to be breaking and shaking apart," says songwriter Matt Redman. "It's in seasons like those where we need to find something firm to stand on. For as real as these struggles are, there's an even greater reality we can connect with, the wisdom, power, and love of our amazing God. In our darkest moments He's as kind, caring, and in control as He ever was." Made in the U.S.A.


text:
Even the media doesn't consider us "nurses"?! - page 2
:mad:Just read a headline for a local news station regarding an on going strike at a few LTC facilities here in CT. The first two words of the first line of the article just made me see red and want... Read More
0Jun 21, '10 by rn/writer GuideIt may be that the reporter/writer said, "Registered nurses, LPNs . . ." and someone edited out the first word (thinking it wasn't necessary) in the interest of streamlining the copy.
Let the station know you are unhappy with the omission. Explain that the "N" in LPN stands for nurse. But do keep in mind that a courteous, explanatory letter will probably be taken more seriously (and be more likely to receive a response) than a tirade.
Many people are misinformed. So, inform them. But do it decently and without malice. Going at them loaded for bear is only going to invite defensive attitudes and extinguish any sympathy they might have had.
I suggest something like this--
In the interest of helping your station keep its news accurate, I want to call your attention to an error that was made in this story (give identifying info). Your reporter spoke of nurses and LPNs as if they were separate groups. They are not.
LPN stands for Licensed Practical Nurse. If the reporter had said "registered nurses" and LPNs, that would have been fine. As stated, it only adds to the confusion that many people have about LPNs.
I know this is not a big blip on your radar, but to those of us in the healthcare field (a sizable percentage of your audience), it's a noticeable mistake.
In the future, if you have reason to refer to LPNs, please do so with the awareness that even though they are not RNs, they most certainly are nurses.
Thank you. -
1Jun 22, '10 by DraweivetsI have always been amused with advertisement that group LPNs with "Allied Health", "Ancillary", or "Support Staff" - its always a good indication or warning not to apply as a LPN for these facilitiescaliotter3 likes this.
0Jun 23, '10 by DaneluvinLPNThe truths is that ,in most cases, LPN's are not treated with any respect for thier knowledge or skills. LPN's are looked at as a step above STNA 's in the respect that we are only thier to be a work horse. ( I personally believe STNA's get abosolutely no credit for the part they contribute to pt. care and how important they are) We are treated as though we have no more knowledge base than how to pop pills out of packages and hand them out, and this line of thinking is DEFINITELY perpetuated from RN education right thru to managment and other RN's. I can't tell you how many new RN grads come on the scene with such and air of superiority and try from the first to tell me what's what. They haven't a CLUE but because they have RN next to thier name LPN's have to tiptoe around because we know when push comes to shove we will loose our jobs over the most minor of things while the RN can screw up BIG TIME and never have to worry for a second !!!!
Most of the time I'm treated like a mindless med pusher whose only purpose is to get the meds out on time. I wish I would have known what I know now when I was in school I wouldn;t have tried so hard to get straight A's. What was the point of all that studying and learning if was never going to be taken seriously or given the chance to use my skills. I could have been a LOT less stressed and still passed the NCLEX


text:
[1889] Viral Insertion Site Discovery Using Next Generation Sequencing of Formalin Fixed Tissue
EJ Duncavage, JR Armstrong, VJ Magrini, N Becker, R Demeter, ER Marids, JD Pfeifer. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Background: Many techniques exist for mapping viral integration sites. However, these methods require large intact stretches of DNA and none is ideally suited for DNA extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. We present data mapping Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) genome integration sites from FFPE tissue using a novel method that combines hybrid capture, Illumina sequencing, and bioinformatics.
Design: First, viral capture probes covering the entire 5.3kb MCPyV genome were constructed by designing 23 overlapping, 275 bp long, PCR products; biotin-labeled dCTP was incorporated into the amplicons during the PCR amplification (the PCR products were sequence verified and biotin incorporation was confirmed). Second, we identified four cases of MCC that harbored MCPyV as confirmed by PCR, and extracted genomic DNA from cores of FFPE tumor tissue; the DNA was analyzed for quality/quantity and modified for Illumina sequencing. Third, the genomic DNA was hybridized with the biotinylated capture probes at 71°C for 48 hours in the presence of Cot-1 DNA; streptavidan-labeled paramagnetic beads were then added to the hybridization mixture and the hybridized DNA 'pulled-down' by a magnet. Fourth, the captured tumor DNA was melted away from the bead-bound amplicons and sequenced on an Illumina GAII analyzer using 50bp, or 75bp paired-end reads. The resulting data were aligned to the MCPyV viral genome, and chimeric viral/human sequences representing viral integration sites identified.
Results: Viral integration sites were correctly identified in 3 of 3 cases sequenced with 75bp reads. A definitive insertion site could not be identified in cases sequenced with shorter non-paired reads. Coverage of the viral genome ranged from 4,000x to 36,000x, with a minimum viral sequence enrichment of 30,000 fold.
Conclusions: Viral integration sites can be identified from FFPE tissue even if the viral insertion sequence is unknown. However, 75bp or longer reads are required to produce chimeric sequences informative enough to identify integration sites. This methodology could easily be applied to elucidate other chimeric DNA sequences from FFPE, such as identification of translocations where one partner gene is unknown.
Category: Pan-genomic/Pan-proteomic Approaches to Diseases
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:15 AM
Platform Session: Section H 1, Tuesday Morning


text:
Calendar of events for Highland Park and Deerfield
Fun things to do in Highland Park and Deerfield for the weekend of May 9.
Nine artists, six studios
"The Artists at 3150" can be described as a community of artists working in the same place on various art forms. Beginning at 3 p.m. on May 9, nine artists in six studios will showcase their creations in an exhibit, art sale and open house. An array of paintings, sculptures, mixed media and photography will be displayed in a courtyard setting equipped with refreshments. This event is free to the public. The Artists at 3150 is located at 3150 Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park. For more information, call (847) 840-0527.
Support the cause
The time of year approaches for the annual Family Service fundraiser, "A Show of Support." Family Service, a provider of senior and caregiver services, teen counseling and Latino education, will hold its event starting at 7 p.m. on May 10 at the Gorton Community Center. The night kicks off with a silent auction, wine and hors d'oeuvres before master illusionist Jason Bishop takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. Family Service works in 62 communities including Highland Park, Deerfield and Highwood. Tickets are $125. The Gorton Community Center is located at 400 E. Illinois Road at McKinley in Lake Forest. For more information, call (847) 234-4282.
Vietnamese journey
There's no need to travel to Southeast Asia to catch a glimpse of the historic Vietnamese landscape. Artist David E. Dallison spent five months traveling the countryside, creating watercolor paintings of his surroundings and its local population. The Art Center Highland Park will display Dallison's work starting at 8 a.m. on May 12 through 5 p.m. July 12. The Art Center is located at 1957 Sheridan Road. For details, call (847) 432-1888.
A Norton's homecoming
There was a time when Norton's Restaurant in Highland Park served its signature food and drinks sans live music. But owners will soon welcome back one of their first live acts, The Usual Suspects, at 9:30 p.m. on May 10. Once the band plugs in, they'll be playing covers from The Beatles, The Who, Bruce Springsteen and many more. Norton's Restaurant is located at 1905 Sheridan Road in Highland Park. For more information, call (847) 432-3287.
Copyright © 2015, Chicago Tribune


text:
Use Urgent Detective to find out the TRUTH about ANYONE! The most complete investigative tool on the Internet.
Investing your time into investigating Marriage License Clayton County IA Iowa is a great idea if your need to gain essentially important information on a person you are going to deal with. But many people don't know where to look for such records and other available public information. We recommend you the service that is on the market back from 1995!
Visit Urgent Detective's own web site for Complete Info
Iowa Counties Birth Certificate, Death Record, Marriage License .Iowa prefers you get all Vital Records from the State Office in Des Moines,. Elkader, IA 52043 (563) 245-2204, Clayton County Genealogical Society.
Iowa Birth Certificate, Death Record, Marriage license and other .Iowa Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Licenses and more. Index to Iowa County Vital Records Offices. Iowa prefers you get all Vital Records.