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A few months back I wrote "The Anatomy of a Great Pin" which touched on seven different aspects of a great pin. Trying to fit all seven aspects into one super pin might be a bit much to ask each and every time you pin, but it is certainly not impossible. I so enjoyed writing that article, that I've compiled six different points for your consideration when you set up your next Pinterest board.
Creating fun, inspiring, unique, searchable, educational and information-rich boards is what successful pinning is all about. First, let me share some quick and interesting data on boards & pins. There is a 350 board limit on each Pinterest account, allowing for 100,000 total pins. Pinterest suggests that if you need more boards (or more pins), you should create another account with another email address, as they can not change these limits for any reason (at this point). If you are ready to create some awesome, inspiring and searchable boards, consider these 6 aspects.
1. Name
Choose your board names carefully. Each time you create a new board, think of the keyword(s) you want to use in order for the board to be (easily) found in a Pinterest search. Consider how the board name can enhance your current SEO efforts by targeting the right keywords and how the keywords relate to your overall personal or business branding and strategy.
2. Category
Each board can (and should) be placed into a specific category. I urge you to not skip this step. Putting each board into a category makes them much more searchable. Right now, the categories available are somewhat limited (for business accounts), so if none fits well, choose 'other'.
3. Board Cover
Once you have several pins on a board, go ahead and choose the board cover. Something to consider here is your overall pinning and social media strategy. You can change a board cover whenever choose. Select something that represents your specific board and your branding! You might also consider incorporating your monthly theme when choosing the board cover, or go with a color or holiday theme and reset all board covers all at once to reflect that theme.
4. Pins
Adding pins to a board is oh so easy and there is no real limit to what you can pin – unless you need 100,000 pins on a board. Make sure to pin images and items with detailed descriptions. Matching the pin descriptions to the board's keywords will enhance search efforts, too.
5. Positioning
You can re-position your boards at any time. This means you can move your boards around, especially if you have quite a lot. Consider grouping boards that compliment each other, or, if you have a monthly theme, group boards that work with that theme to the top and middle of your account wall to highlight them and draw attention to them.
6. Board Type
There are several board types you can choose from when you first create it. Regular boards are made by you and only you can pin to them. Secret boards are only visible to you and those people you invite to share. You can make a secret board and then later make it a regular board – visible, but you can not change it back and make a regular board 'secret'. Shared boards are those boards to which you invite others to pin. They have a wider reach and (usually) more pins, but also have the potential to get spammy.
I would love to know if you think taking time to set up your boards correctly is important, or if you consider pinning great images and items enough.
Happy Pinning!


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The Best of The Second City features some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from The Second City's fifty-two year history. The Second City is truly a Chicago landmark and a national treasure.
America's famed comedy troupe, The Second City, is coming to town with The Best of The Second City. From the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more, comes the next generation of the comedy world's best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy and Second City's trademark improvisation.
The Second City celebrates over 50 years of cutting edge satiric revues and continues to deliver the leading voices in comedy while touring the globe. With scripted and improvisational elements, audiences always enjoy being part of the show and playing along with the next generation of comic legends.
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From biotech labs and bakeries to high-tech startups and multimillion-dollar food enterprises, more women than ever are launching and growing their own businesses. But despite their proven success rates and impact on the economy, women-led companies get fewer resources and opportunities than those led by men, especially in Wisconsin. Can Madison's exploding entrepreneurial ecosystem give women an edge?
By Brennan Nardi
THEY MEAN BUSINESS: Standing, left to right: Laura Strong, Saideh Jamshidi and Natasha Vora; seated, left to right: Kelda Roys, Liz Eversoll, Teresa Holmes and Alicia Navarrete.
"A massive public failure and humiliation" is how Kelda Roys wryly describes the 2012 end of her political career when we meet on a bitterly cold January day in a Monroe Street coffee shop. Not only had the former State Assemblywoman challenged a popular colleague in the Democratic primary for Tammy Baldwin's open seat in Congress, Roys went negative against her own kind, the affable Mark Pocan. Outspent two-to-one and finishing a distant second, Roys limped away.
The following spring, Roys, whose LinkedIn profile also lists attorney and licensed real estate broker, was searching for what would be next. So she signed up for Madison Startup Weekend, the local version of a global immersion event, where total strangers spend three days together: pitching business ideas, forming teams, creating business models and presenting them to local entrepreneurial leaders for feedback. Perhaps inevitably, Roys's idea came roaring out of the flames of her torched political aspirations: a technology startup that would level the playing field for candidates, like her, who eschew corporate contributions.
A year later, she showed up again at Startup Weekend, only this time as one of the two featured speakers and the poster child for what can happen when what's become known as the "entrepreneurial ecosystem" spreads out across industry sectors and sizes in a community, a region or a planet.
The surprise twist in Roys's story is this: her original startup idea was a hit, winning the popular vote during the pitch session. But she didn't get the right mix of people to form a team, and so Plan A—to totally disrupt what she considers a corrupt campaign financing system—was shelved. Simultaneously, Plan B emerged—she'd actually been pondering this idea, too—when that same weekend she met the person who would become the co-founder of the business OpenHomes. The two would soon launch an online hub offering new tools for home sellers for one-sixth of the cost of a traditional real estate agency. It turns out Roys might actually get to disrupt something after all.
"It is not credible to me when you look at how access to information and mobile have transformed other industries like travel and insurance and somehow real estate is going to be the one force left unchanged," says Roys, who picked up her real estate license in college at NYU to help pay tuition, selling high-end apartments in Manhattan. "Consumers deserve more options than just, do it all on your own and pay up front to a service, or pay tens of thousands of dollars for somebody that might do two hours of work on your property."
A startup like Roys's is what's known as a scaleable business—her growth and revenue projections are ambitious, if not risky, but first she must attract more funding. And that is where angel investing and venture capital come into play. That is also one of the places and spaces where female-led businesses falter—at that powerful, crowded and male-dominated intersection of money and access.
"The tech world and the entrepreneurial world I would say are even more male than the political one. Not as hostile, certainly, but the norm is always a male," says Roys. "And it's still remarkable to come across women, especially on the investor side."
Natasha Vora's new business, changing the landscape of eyewear, is also disruptive, scaleable and backed by angel investors. Launched in September of last year, Iristocracy is an e-commerce website selling fashionable glasses and accessories. In addition it presents a different, safer and more lucrative business opportunity for optometrists. Iristocracy won't fill a prescription like other e-commerce sites. Instead, consumers buy the product online and have the lenses filled by their own optometrists. But Vora's vision goes way beyond designer specs and bling. Eventually, Iristocracy will also go digital to bricks and mortar by providing eyewear kiosks equipped with their virtual 3-D try-on technology (Oprah's BFF Gayle King recently gave the e-version a whirl and a boost with a thumbs-up endorsement in the April issue of O magazine). Revenues will be split with the eye care provider. If the business-savvy Vora's instincts are right, this relationship will neutralize Internet-based prescription providers with the consumer health message that you shouldn't trust your eyes to just anyone. And she's got the industry research to prove it.
What she doesn't have—yet—is all of the venture capital she needs to build and grow the business. "We've raised over $500,000 to date from outside investors," says Vora of the good news. The catch is that a lot of it is from outside Wisconsin. Our state doesn't have much of a track record for attracting and growing venture capital firms just yet. And with a smaller pool of investors here, the competition for dollars is fierce. Add the simple fact that there aren't as many female-led companies vying for early-stage financing from established Wisconsin investment firms, and you start to see the lop-sided picture that emerges.
Both Roys and Vora have a store of anecdotes about gendered experiences while pitching to investors. During the gener8tor business accelerator program last summer, which offers instant credibility and access for promising high-return startups because of its rigorous application process (a lower acceptance rate than Harvard, they boast), Roys says her pregnancy gave at least one investor group pause—"too many moving parts" was the reason given to decline to invest in her business. In Vora's example, her male business partner reached out to angel investors that had hesitated with the exact same pitch, and secured the financing. "In a couple cases we felt like he had to go in and close the deal," she says.
THREE'S COMPANY: Left to right: Jackie Mortell, Smart Solutions; Coz Skaife, Rosie's Coffee Bar & Bakery; and Tera Johnson, Tera's Whey.
Tera Johnson had similar experiences in 2007 and 2008 when she needed to raise $14 million to scale her business all the way to the top of the natural foods market. Her signature product, an organic and hormone-free whey protein powder called Tera's Whey, is now a national brand. She successfully sold to a public company in 2013, and now mentors and coaches entrepreneurs and investors as founder of the Food and Finance Institute within University of Wisconsin–Extension, which has placed $3.2 million into the food and agricultural economies statewide. The Institute also provides services to worthwhile projects like the Slow Money Wisconsin Business and Investors Showcase, which connects potential investors to promising new local food and sustainable farm ventures. The companies that presented at last year's showcase went on to raise $600,000 with the Institute's technical assistance.
"When I was raising money for my own business, I only pitched once to a woman who was not there as a spouse but as an accredited investor," recalls Johnson. "Part of it is that the investor team is very clubby, at least in this part of the country. When I was pitching it was to a group of people who already knew each other. And gender has something to do with that. It's like it was a football team and I wasn't on it."
Whether it's raising venture capital or doling it out, says Johnson, "women are underrepresented in all the data on all the startups nationally. That means they're not selling companies and people who sell companies are the people who are more likely to invest in a company.
"There's a whole other level to the glass ceiling," she continues. "It's not intentional, at the level of investment, it's the result of not having as many women entrepreneurs."
It should be noted that any case to be made for successful women-owned businesses of any size or constitution, be they startups or national brands, is not simply a moral proposition on the question of women's rights and equality. Study after study now makes the business case for female-owned and female-led companies and investments.
"I can't believe the criteria people are using when they ultimately decide to invest in something—it's not analytical," says Johnson. "Anything we do to increase the quality of the due diligence will probably benefit women entrepreneurs. If we really are making decisions based on hardcore numbers and pragmatism, that would help women."
Lest you think Johnson is just being bossy, as women who speak up and promote themselves and their ideas are often labeled, consider this study: VC firms that fund both male and female-led businesses perform better than firms that fund only male-led businesses, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy. Then there's the fact that female-led startups launch with a third less capital, the Kauffman Foundation reports.
But here's where reality bites: Since 2007, the only businesses in the U.S. providing a net increase in employment are large, publicly traded corporations—and privately held, majority women-owned businesses. Yet, ninety percent of women-owned firms have no employees other than the business owner, compared to eighty-two percent of all firms, and just two percent of women-owned firms have ten or more employees. That's according to the 2013 State of Women-Owned Business Report by American Express OPEN.
There's even a new name for the problem of fewer women entrepreneurs on the high-growth, high-return track. While the "glass ceiling" identifies the challenges women face as they climb the corporate ladder, the "glass wall" describes the lateral gender gap in entrepreneurship. According to the Amex report, revenue growth for female-led firms has exceeded the national average in every business revenue size class until they reach the million-dollar/one-hundred employee mark, where only one in five companies is owned by a woman (one in thirteen in Wisconsin).
In other research, companies backed by venture capital with female senior executives on board are more likely to succeed than those with only men at the helm, according to an analysis by Dow Jones VentureSource called "Women at the Wheel." Yet, the same study found that only 1.3 percent of privately held companies have a woman founder, 6.5 percent have a woman CEO, and female corporate-level executives make up only twenty percent of that workforce.
The local upstream swim toward gender equity and women's wealth generation might seem daunting to some, but not to the no-nonsense Pam Christenson. Former bureau director of entrepreneurship and technology development at the state Department of Commerce and current economic development director for Madison Gas & Electric, Christenson serves as president of StartingBlock, the project to relocate the hackerspace Sector67 and the accelerator gener8tor, plus other resources and services for the startup community, into a highly anticipated new development hub that's beginning to take shape along East Washington Avenue. She's also part of the emerging dynamic around innovative ways to launch and grow women-owned businesses.
"The statistics show that women are very successful when they start up businesses," she says. "And so why aren't there more of them doing it?"


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I just listed this home for sale on Friday, July 26th and held my first open house on Saturday. In the four hours I held it open over 40 people came to see this beautiful home. More importantly I opened my e-mail on Monday morning to multiple offers! Needless to say my client is very happy that she followed my marketing, pricing, and presentation recommendations. She's looking forward to setting a new precedent for the highest price per sq. foot sold in the area!! Come see this home before it's gone. Showings available daily from 10:30am-8pm until 08/01. Deadline for offer submission will be 12pm on August 1, 2013. Please contact me if you'd like a private showing or would like to discuss how I can do the same for the sale and marketing of your home too!
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Talk about location, location, location! Convenient to I- 59, Hwy 6, First Colony Mall, and Sugar Land Town Center. This upgraded and well designed home is situated on a corner lot just across the street from the lake with bridges and green belts. Be wowed by the impressive great room adjacent to the spacious kitchen remodeled with Silestone countertops, redone cabinetry, walk-in pantry and stainless steel appliances. First floor master suite with spacious bath remodeled 9 mos and closets galore! 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths with a study that could be converted into a 6 bedroom. So many possibilities in an excellent, highly desirable neighborhood.


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text: HOSTOS' "THE ART OF GIVING GALA" A HUGE SUCCESS Giving our students the best chance to achieve their dreams has become somewhat of an art form at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College. It was with that spirit in mind that Hostos held the 2014 "Art of Giving Gala." This extraordinary event on May 2 was the perfect occasion to give thanks to the people who support the College's educational mission, while celebrating and showcasing our amazing students. Hostos President Félix V. Matos Rodríguez hosted the event with Mistress of Ceremonies, María Vasallo, an Hostos student and Barnes & Noble Scholarship recipient. "You, our donors, our sponsors, our friends – you change lives, you help to make Hostos the amazing college that it is," expressed President Matos Rodríguez. While the final numbers are still being tallied, so far this wonderful event has raised $465,000 for student scholarships and programs. The Art of Giving Gala celebrated several important civic leaders and members of the Hostos' extended family who have supported the College throughout the years: Marlene Cintrón, President of The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, was awarded the Community Empowerment Lifetime Achievement Award; Jay Hershenson, CUNY Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of CUNY, was awarded the Education Lifetime Achievement Award; Luis A. Ubiñas, Philanthropist and Policy Advocate, was awarded the President's Medal, the highest honor the College bestows to an individual; and Adam Weinstein, President and CEO of Phipps Houses Group, was recognized as Hostos' Person of the Year. One of the evening's highlights was Chancellor Emeritus Matthew Goldstein's introduction of "Jay," prior to him receiving the Education Lifetime Achievement Award. All honorees talked about the incredible impact Hostos has had in the South Bronx and how much the College has grown since its inception in 1968. Also to honor Senior Vice Chancellor Jay Hershenson, Goldstein announced he was starting the "Jay Fund." Chancellor Emeritus Goldstein pledged the first $10,000 to this new scholarship fund aimed at assisting Hostos students who are also "DREAMers." Students played a big role at this year's event, which featured live performances from the Hostos Repertory Company's production of "Welcome to Arroyo's" and readings of poems about Eugenio María de Hostos by students Nicolás Meza, Shaniqua Freeman and Abdel Salah from Professor Thelma Ithier-Sterling's Public Speaking class. Additional presentations included the short-film, "And Suddenly A Chora," a visual interpretation of the term, "chora," produced by Professor Sarah Sandman and created by her Hostos Design Lab students at the Arts, Letters & Numbers festival last summer in Averill Park, New York. The final video presentation was by 2012 New York State Professor of the Year Rees Shad, about his media students participating in this year's National Wildlife Federation's National Convention in Baltimore. Visual art students Amara Dioubate and Lee Jacob Hilado also played a prominent role at this year's Gala. They turned the welcoming entrance hall into an art studio as they made original paintings. Hostos' Office for Institutional Advancement also implemented new and innovative fundraising projects, including an online auction to complement the live auction, in addition to a text-to-pledge campaign for a NASA educational program that will allow Hostos students to study at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) at Columbia University and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. President Matos Rodríguez also thanked special guests including José Sánchez-Kinghorn, Chairperson of the Hostos Foundation Board and all the Board members. Several CUNY family members also lent their support, including Vice Chair Philip Alfonso Berry; Trustees Rita DiMartino and Hugo Morales, Vice Chancellor Ginger Waters, Associate Vice Chancellor Andrea Shapiro Davis, and Dean Carlos Flynn, among other University staff. Also in attendance was President Diane B. Call of Queensborough Community College and other members of the CUNY colleges. Hostos is not finished raising funds from this wonderful event, so if you want to be a part of The Art of Giving, please visit www.hostos.cuny.edu/gala. The 2014 Art of Giving Gala was made possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors: THANKS TO ALL OUR SPONSORS Presenting Sponsors College Sponsors Diamond Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors José Sánchez-Kinghorn & Jacqueline Henao Caiman Sponsors Triangle Equities M. Salomé Galib & Duane McLaughlin Dolly Martínez Michael Potack Ana M. Carrión-Silva & Jorge Silva-Puras Supporters


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Do you know that a clean and healthy liver leads to a smoother and stress-free perimenopause and menopause? Many experts claim that poor blood circulation and the build-up of estrogen can be responsible for many women's health problems including breast, ovarian and uterine cancer. Nowadays, estrogen is present in almost all food types and is even in the insecticides that are sprayed on vegetables and fruits. The liver removes these excess hormones, but if it is weak, the accumulation of estrogens will eventually trap in breast tissues, uterus and ovaries. This leads to growth of abnormal tissues such as fibroids, cysts and cancer in these organs. That is why it is recommended that women take good care of the liver before their menopausal period by detoxifying their liver. Using alternative forms of treatment such as herbal medicine may offer a huge help in cleansing the liver. Silymarin is popular for its hepatoprotective property and as such, taking milk thistle for menopause allows you to detoxify the liver to prevent unpleasant menopausal symptoms.
Milk thistle is considered a liver cleansing herb, taken by many women undergoing menopausal stage. The use of natural herbs like milk thistle for menopause may help women who are experiencing certain life changes. Although there other herbs that can alleviate menopausal symptoms, experts suggest taking milk thistle as it is safe and well-tolerated.
When a woman is nearing the end of her childbearing years, hormonal changes occur. As such, anxiety and depression may be experienced, not to mention the daily stresses that can be more overwhelming before the beginning of menopause. Milk thistle works as a mood stabilizer and antidepressant, thereby reducing signs of anxiety or depression.
During the menopausal stage, the liver is overworked as it tries to adapt to the transition that the body is experiencing as well as coping with the surge of hormones. Aside from being overworked, it is also overloaded with toxins. Thus, it cannot properly metabolize neurotransmitters and hormones. This is the reason why many women become very sensitive to certain food and chemicals. It is important to cleanse and detoxify the liver by eating nutritious food and taking herbal supplements like milk thistle to support liver function. If you are given prescription medications for your menopausal symptoms, talk to your doctor before taking milk thistle for menopause as it may be flushed out of your system too quickly.
During menopause, a woman may experience fatigue, constipation and even weight gain. The function of the liver is vital for menopausal women. If the liver works sluggishly, it may not properly make use of fat as fuel since it works harder to metabolize the abundance of hormones. With this, energy levels become low and the body stores fat. Using milk thistle prevents fat storage and uses it as fuel. Another effect of surging hormones during menopause is the reduction of bile production. Bile being the body's natural laxative, slow production of bile may cause constipation resulting to compromised digestive health.
Taking milk thistle for menopause is only one of the things that women should do in order to alleviate undesirable menopausal symptoms. Exercise, a balanced diet and stress reduction are essential components that should be maintained because menopause should be a smooth and healthy transition for women.
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posted by: jasonmendez2010 on 10.26.2013 at 03:18 pm in Growing from Seed Forum Hi, im jason from philippines too, im a beginner on zinnias too. i started 20 days ago but unfortunately, the same happens, it is too leggy and weak.
I was told that it lacks of direct sunlight, i already got a tip from a pro with zinnias, he said that in able to start zinnia successfully it will need at least 16 hours of light and 8 hours of darkness, to achieve that, you may use full spectrum t8 florescent light directed to the plant for four weeks before transplanting them outside. I will try to germinate another seeds tomorrow and use different method. NOTES: <none>
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The Art of Craft Beer in San Jose
General Info | Photo Gallery | Traveller FeedbackDid you get the memo? There's a beer revolution going down in Costa Rica! Craft beer is here in a big way, and this San Jose beer tour is out to prove that by showing you just how crazy locals are over their beer, and plying you with samples so you understand the phenomenon on a first-hand basis.
- Explore San Jose's Barrio Escalante and its collection of awesome local pubs
- Experience the Costa Rica craft beer revolution first-hand
- Sample some of San Jose's best local craft beers in the microbreweries where they're made
- Dive head first into local pub culture, discovering which watering holes are most beloved by locals
- Indulge in perfectly paired Costa Rican tapas dishes
Tour style:Historical Sites & History, Local Life,culture & food
Local English speaking guide, ten small beer samples (approx. 4 oz each), Costa Rican tapas pairings.
Transportation to and from the meeting point/end point, food and drink other than specified above, souvenirs and items of a personal nature, tips / gratuities for the guide.
Group size:Maximum 12
Schedule details:
- Duration:3 hours
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National Theatre, next to the Costa Rica Grand Hotel
- Starting time: 4.30 PM
- Ending point:
Stiefel Pub
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- Voucher exchange details:
Please present your voucher to the local guide at the beginning of the tour.
- Confirmation of booking:
If you have your voucher, your booking is confirmed. We'll see you at the start point.
Get in touch if you have any concerns or require more information via the email address or phone number (business hours only) on your voucher. - Additional information:
If you'd like to purchase things like souvenirs or a bottle of water, please bring some cash with you. Children are welcome in bars, so it's not an issue to bring them along (age six and over).
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Casual clothing.
- Child policy:
Children below the age of 12 are not permitted on this tour.
- Language: English
As locals have travelled and experienced craft beer abroad, Costa Rica has seen an increase in the popularity of craft beer and microbreweries. With new flavours, new beers, and a new beer culture to boot, now is the time to experience the beer revolution in Costa Rica.
Most of the microbreweries and craft beer-obsessed pubs are based in San Jose, which is pretty fortunate for us. Before we get into the beer, we'll make a quick stop at the Artesanos Market, which is hands-down the best place in town to grab authentic local souvenirs. After a quick market shop, our San Jose beer tour will kick into full gear as we head to the eastern part of the city: Barrio Escalanate.
Time to get into the heart of this San Jose beer tour! We'll pay a visit to a local spot that brews their own beer, so you'll get a full intro to craft beer, brief history of the craft beer movement in Costa Rica, and – of course – sample some of their fine brews! You'll get to try three small samples of their different beers, which is definitely a solid way to start any tour, isn't it?
From there our San Jose beer tour will continue through the neighbourhood, popping into some of the area's most popular pubs, rubbing elbows with locals and learning why these spots are so beloved. At each pub you'll get to sample either their own in-house beer or a local craft beer, and there will also be some Costa Rican tapas to indulge in (paired with the beer – fancy that!).
Your beer tour of San Jose will finish up in the most popular pub in San Jose, which is a great location to continue on into the evening. Our local guide will be more than happy to provide you with further recommendations and tips on where to keep sampling San Jose's best craft beers and where to grab a local bite to eat.
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Aiding the Alliance: The idle Varian Wrynn {WoW}
Dec 8th 2011 1:52PM I for one am a big fan of gilneas, instead of Jaina, why not have Genn be the one to slap the good king upside the head? Genn has mellowed since he lost his city, I say, have one of the trials be the liberation of gilneas, it would provide a good area to have a new lion of the alliance step in, adds to the horde v alliance tension, gives us something for theramore (even if we must rebuild) and gets varian out into the world.
Or just have him punt gnome players whenever they talk to him in game.
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Nov 15th 2011 2:07PM Honestly, like i've seen before, some dress blue's like what i'll be wearing in the AF, but I also wouldnt mind just a smart suit and a sonic screwdriver for my bank alt....I mean, cmon, I just wanna be a timelord D:
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Good News Translation (GNT) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots? | 1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? |
2 Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the Lord and against the king he chose. | 2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. |
3 "Let us free ourselves from their rule," they say; "let us throw off their control." | 3 "Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters." |
4 From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans. | 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. |
5 Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury. | 5 Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, |
6 "On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king." | 6 "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill." |
7 "I will announce," says the king, "what the Lord has declared. He said to me: "You are my son; today I have become your father. | 7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father. |
8 Ask, and I will give you all the nations; the whole earth will be yours. | 8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. |
9 You will break them with an iron rod; you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.' " | 9 You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery." |
10 Now listen to this warning, you kings; learn this lesson, you rulers of the world: | 10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. |
11 Serve the Lord with fear; tremble | 11 Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. |
12 and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection. | 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. |
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I have several fruit trees I planted last year. Plum, pear, apple, peach, and pomegranate. The deer from our woods like to eat their leaves. At first I thought there was an issue with the trees, but one night my husband opened the front door, and there they were eating my leaves! They have not touched my grapes or several berry bushes. What can I do to keep them from eating off my trees? I also have wormwood planted directly around my house. I know the "tea" made from wormwood is a natural pesticide, but I was told it will repel the deer, too. |
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I wish I had some good news for you, but here are the facts: deer will eventually get used to anything if they are hungry enough or like a plant enough. All the products saying they will keep deer away are going to be, at best, temporary. 'Jetting' sprinklers can be somewhat effective, but unless they are motion activated you can lose a lot of money. You can net the trees like many pros do - I believe the netting is available through many garden supply companies. You may anger some birders, though, as birds can get caught up in the netting. The most effective deterrent and the most expensive... a very high fence. We're talking twelve feet. Deer can jump quite high when determined. I always hated giving customers the 'low down' on deer because there's just no easy, inexpensive answer. The very callous response from some people is to hunt them and thin the population so that the native flora is enough to satisfy them. Unfortunately, it's a valid point. Best to you, Ging |
Motion activated 'Jetting' sprinklers work well for me in my 1/2 acre + garden. But you have to have enough to cover the area that you want to protect. I started with one and it worked well for a while. Then they started to approach from the other side and ate everything outside of the range of the sprinklers motion detector. I added another and they figured out that they can come from the sides. I have bought two more for this year one for each corner. You also have to check often and make sure that the batteries are good because they seem to test it every night or so. One night with a dead battery can mean losing everything. Also, sometimes a very small deer may be able to go undetected and do a lot of damage. But if you make the settings sensitive enough to set them off with a small deer the wind blowing leaves and stuff will set it off also and waste water. |
Found something fascinating. At West Virginia Botanical Gardens they have been using diluted milk to deter deer feeding on their plants with great success. The ratio is one to three (milk to water) but it's important to read the article because there can be danger from using too much. Really interesting, though; it would be worth trying in my opinion because this is about as close as you can come to an experiment from an expert with positive results. The link actually takes you to an article that has the info to get to the original article at Horticulture magazine's website. Maybe this would be an option. Ging |
Here is a link that might be useful: Milk as deer repellent
- Posted by trovesoftrilliums 5 (My Page) on Wed, May 22, 13 at 19:05
We put up (temporary) 6 ft fencing around the base of our cherry tree last year, just about one foot beyond the edge of the outer branches. We only need it up during spring as the tree is just leaving out, after that the deer don't seem to bother the tree. |
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Issue 6'Ask a scientist' websitesHalina Stanley from the American School in Grenoble, France, reviews some of her favourite 'ask a scientist' websites in English and French. Thanks to the help of many readers throughout Europe, we can also draw your attention to sites in Croat, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian and Serbian.
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Woman steals nursing home employee's wallet, goes on spending spree
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Zacahry, La — Zachary police are looking for a woman that used stolen credit cards to purchase $750 in merchandise.
a wallet from a nursing home employee's purse and went onspending spree.
On May 12, officers responded to Lane Regional Medical Center in regards to a theft. When they arrived, officers spoke to the victim who said that her purse was stolen from the nursing home there.
The victim's purse included several ID cards and credit cards that were later used at a Walgreens located in Zachary.
It was later discovered that an unidentified black female used the cards to purchase numerous gift cards totaling approximately $750.
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Hi folks, In regards to long term storage. I understand that the seeds need to be kept away from moisture. So I always use silica gel in my envelopes. But what else can be done? In other words, how critical is it to minimize the oxygen levels also, should I use an oxygen absorber? Am I right to assume that these things add to the seeds demise? 1. Light 2. Moisture 3. Heat 4. Oxygen Should ALL of these be considered or would eliminating any of these actually destroy the seeds? Thanks. |
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I think you are right. I would store them in the fridge with the silica in either or jar or ziploc bag. Some people freeze them. Not real keen on that. |
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Anyone else in the Milwaukee WI area having this problem? I have loads of big tomatoes but they're all as green as green can be. Even my cherry tomatoes are poking along with only a couple here and there getting red. I should've been canning them and enjoying BLTs long ago! Is there anything that can be done to speed things up a bit? Or do I just have to be a little more patient? |
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- Posted by dickiefickle 5B DousmanWi. (My Page) on Wed, Sep 14, 11 at 21:13
Did you plant them late ? Nothing but time ripens them naturaly ,With possible frost due in our area take precautions so your crops dont freeze . I dont have this problem as all my plants are done for by disease. |
I am in the area and everybody I know is having the same problem. This is due to our very cold spring and then when the plants started to bloom we had temps in the 90's so most flowers did not set fruit until the temps dropped. My plants had a few fruit at the bottom and then there was another 2-3 feet of growth before fruiting resumed. That gap was our heat wave. I am just now starting to eat some maters usually I begin August 1. |
Same problem here in North Colorado. It seems that every thing just stood still all the month of August with the heat. Now the plants look good with many green one, but because of the cool days they don.t ripen. My only hope is a very late frost. |
- Posted by forpityssake (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 22:21
Same here in NW Ohio. I keep lookin' at those big ol' greenies. I've only had to cover 'them once...frost scare. I sure hope I can have enough to enjoy! It gets pretty cool, at night. |
- Posted by lucilleclifton Zone 4 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 25, 11 at 15:03
I am in Baraboo, Wisconsin and I am having exactly the same issue. I did a Brandywine in a container and it produced rather prolifically, but only 3 of my tomatoes ripened in August. Now September is almost over and I am looking at all the many green tomatoes still on the plant as it rains and rains and the temperature sticks in the 50's. I don't hold much hope for any more ripening before the first frost. And from my experience Brandywine do not ripen well off the vine. Disappointing season. |
You can accelerate ripening on the vine by reducing watering, pinching off flowers, picking small fruit, pinching off yellowed leaves, and shifting roots. Here's a link that may help. |
Here is a link that might be useful: 10 ways to ripen tomatoes on the vine
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World Vegetarian Day
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Date | October 1 |
Next time | 1 October 2015 |
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World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on October 1. It is a day of celebration established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, "To promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism."[1] It brings awareness to the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.
World Vegetarian Day initiates the month of October as Vegetarian Awareness Month, which ends with November 1, World Vegan Day, as the end of that month of celebration. Vegetarian Awareness Month has been known variously as Reverence for Life month, Month of Vegetarian Food, and more.
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Several additional days of vegetarian significance are included in Vegetarian Awareness Month:
- September 27 - " Hug a Vegan/Vegetarian Day"
- October 1 – World Vegetarian Day
- October 2 – World Farm Animals Day (WFAD)[2] or World Day for Farm(ed) Animals
- October 4 – The Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi
- First full week + additional 'straggler' days (in order to include as many weekends as possible for church, mosque, and temple involvement – World Week of Prayer for Animals[3](always includes The Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi). This may have been initiated by the now-defunct INRA, International Network for Religion an Animals, founded in 1985 by the late Virginia Bouraquardez (aka Ginnie Bee).
- October 16 – United Nations World Food Day (often a time of global reckoning with issues of human food security) – the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945.
- November 1 – International Vegan Day aka World Vegan Day – a vegan holiday celebrated since 1994 on November 1 – the anniversary of the creation of The Vegan Society
Additional Global 'Vegetarian Days'[edit]
- March 20 – Great American Meatout[4] – developed and sponsored every year by FARM, aka Farm Animal Rights Movement [5]
- The last Friday of September- International 'Hug a Vegetarian' Day [6]
- October 4 – Hug a Non-Meat Eater Day
- November 1 – International Vegan Day aka World Vegan Day – a vegan holiday celebrated since 1994 on November 1 – the anniversary of the creation of The Vegan Society
- November 25 – International Vegetarian Day[7] aka SAK Meatless Day[8] – the birthday of Sadhu Vaswani]
[9] (largely celebrated in India and throughout the Asian Pacific Rim nations, but known in Western nations among many vegetarians of Indian and Southeast Asian descent)
US-based 'Vegetarian Days'[edit]
- Meatless Monday – Every Week, go totally meatless on Monday – an international campaign that encourages people to cut out meat on Mondays to improve their health and the health of the planet. Reducing meat consumption by 15% (the equivalent of one day a week) lessens the risk of chronic preventable illness and has a strong positive impact on the environment. Meatless Monday offers weekly meat-free recipes, articles, tips and news.[10] Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns Inc. in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The program follows the nutrition guidelines developed by the USDA.[11]
Meatless Monday is part of the Healthy Monday initiative.[12] Healthy Monday encourages Americans to make healthier decisions at the start of every week. Other Healthy Monday campaigns include: Do The Monday 2000, Quit and Stay Quit Monday, Move it Monday, Monday Mile and others.
Chinese society vegetarian days[edit]
There is a common practice for some Chinese people to be vegetarian twice a lunar month. The first day and the 15th day of each lunar month. (初一)﹑(十五). The 15th day of each lunar month is the day/night with full moon.
Local vegetarian restaurants are particularly busy on those 2 days.
The origin of such practice is related to religious beliefs.
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.navs-online.org/about/index.php
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- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=993&dat=20040929&id=DDkWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PBoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4064,2172425
- ^ http://www.meatout.org
- ^ http://www.FARMUSA.org
- ^ http://www.peta2.com/feat/hug/
- ^ http://www.meatlessday.com/
- ^ http://www.sakmeatlessday.com/
- ^ http://www.sadhuvaswani.org
- ^ http://www.meatlessmonday.com MeatlessMonday.com
- ^ http://www.mypyramid.gov/
- ^ http://www.healthymonday.org/


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Ready for the Bigger Picture? Become a Program Director at NSF!
June 3, 2013
Careers in the Math Sciences
Hans Kaper
This column is addressed not so much to students and junior faculty as to more experienced mathematical scientists who are looking for new challenges and wish to use their accumulated knowledge and experience to serve the community. That is how I saw myself, after a long career as a researcher (including a stint as division director) in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory.
In 2001, having served on a number of review panels and a Committee of Visitors for the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation, I was asked whether I would be interested in joining DMS as a program director. (Then, as now, several positions were about to open up.) At Argonne, working as an applied mathematician in a multidisciplinary research environment, I had become familiar with all sorts of mathematical and computational problems in physics, materials science, chemistry, and engineering, and found inspiration in diverse applications for my research, mainly in the area of differential equations. Becoming a program director would be an interesting opportunity to put this accumulated knowledge to work in a different environment, so I accepted the invitation and became a "rotator"---a temporary staff member, on assignment from my home institution. The idea was to give it a try for a year and see whether I would like it. As it turned out, I loved it; I stayed for three years and then signed on for another three.
In this column I describe some of my experiences as a program director in applied mathematics (I was one of four), and as a participant in some larger programs within DMS and in several NSF-wide multidisciplinary programs. I hope to convince you that serving the community as a rotator can be both challenging and exciting.
At the Micro-level---DMS Applied Mathematics Program
As program director in the DMS applied mathematics program, my primary responsibility was to manage a portfolio of research projects within a given budget. With four program directors and about 300 proposals submitted to the program each year, each of us handled between 75 and 90 proposals (the numbers increase as you become more experienced). During my tenure, I handled all proposals dealing with applications of dynamical systems and many proposals in various other areas of applied and computational mathematics (materials, inverse problems, and so on). By "handling" I mean making sure that the proposals are in compliance with the required format, that they are appropriate for the program, that they are reviewed fairly and expertly, and that the review process is thoroughly documented. If you think that a proposal may be of interest to other programs, within the division or in other divisions, you contact the program director and coordinate a joint review.
Putting review panels together is serious business, because you want to make sure not only that the panelists' expertise matches the proposals under review, but also that the panel has enough diversity (in more ways than one). Fortunately, our community takes its responsibilities seriously, and I found that, although not all panelists were equally adept at putting their thoughts in writing, the opinions were always informative and helpful. As program director, you learn to read between the lines. I certainly enjoyed this part of the job and admit that running a panel was one of my favorite activities. I also enjoyed taking a panel to dinner one evening at a local restaurant, as was the custom. My favorite restaurant was Taste of Morocco, where the food was different, the atmosphere relaxed, and the biggest surprise came at 8 o'clock, when the belly dancer made her entrée. Panelists who were unaware of this extra attraction reacted in various ways, but all remembered the occasion.
Sometimes we had to solicit extra reviews if a panel could not reach consensus on the merits of a particular proposal. But once the recommendations of the panel and the reviews were in, it was time for tough decisions: to consider each proposal and decide whether to recommend a declination (a "dec") or an award. Although the success rate is higher in DMS (about 30%) than in most other divisions, there are always more declinations than awards. When a proposal is declined, you need to be sensitive to the expectations of the principal investigator, or PI, who needs to be made aware of the reasons for the declination. These reasons can vary. Only the "best" projects can be funded (the standard expression is that a proposal needs to be "compelling"), but as program director you need to keep in mind that a portfolio needs to be balanced by topic area, by seniority of the PIs, by geographic distribution of the institutions, and so on. This is where experience and judgment come in.
Of course, it is always a pleasure to recommend an award, especially if the project is proposed by a junior researcher. The budget, which is part of a funding recommendation, requires something that is euphemistically called "negotiation." In most cases, the negotiation is one-way; considering the scope of the proposed project, you give a bottom-line figure to the PI, who must then figure out how to allocate the dollars to the various budget items.
If the division director concurs with your recommendation, it goes to the NSF Division of Grants and Agreements, which formalizes the award in a contract between NSF and the proposer's university. Details may be tweaked, but in the end it is your recommendation as program director that is decisive. I found this part of the work most satisfying; it seemed to strike a nice balance between autonomy and responsibility.
At the Meso-level---Division of Mathematical Sciences
DMS has a team of about 30 program directors. Some are permanent, some are rotators; the split, about 40–60 during my time at NSF, has shifted lately to about 50–50. There are good reasons for this arrangement; ideally, permanent program directors are the institutional memory, and rotators bring in the fresh ideas. In fact, it works pretty much as stated. In DMS, the permanent program directors and rotators worked very well together. Some of us were more outgoing than others, and some worked harder than others, but nobody considered DMS a sinecure. I appreciated the help I got from my permanent colleagues when I first came to DMS. They guided me through the labyrinth of data bases and helped me conquer the vagaries of Windows.
As a DMS program director, you are expected to participate in the management of various programs that have been developed to foster collaboration and communication among mathematical scientists. I was particularly interested in the Focused Research Groups (FRGs), a program that funds teams of researchers to address well-defined problems or problem areas in the mathematical sciences. Proposals submitted to this program go through a more extensive review process than proposals from individual researchers, and the eventual recommendation must be endorsed in a joint meeting of all the DMS program directors. The panel reviews and any supplementary ad hoc (mail) reviews must be strongly positive, and somehow you have to make the argument that "your" proposal is as compelling as strong proposals from other areas of mathematics. It is a bit like comparing apples and oranges, and your responsibility is to convince your colleagues that your shining apples are as deserving of support as their bright oranges. The colleagues are friendly, but the competition is stiff, and you have to know how to make your case.
Major programs in DMS are handled by a "Management Team," which consists of two to five program directors, depending on the size of the program. In my second term I became a member of the Institutes Management Team, which is responsible for overseeing the portfolio of Mathematical Sciences Institutes supported by DMS. This was a fascinating and most rewarding experience. The institutes are the "major facilities" of the mathematical sciences research community and the jewels in the crown of DMS. Each institute has its own character, and collectively they demonstrate the breadth and depth of current mathematics and statistics. I particularly enjoyed participating in site visits to review the organization of programs and the quality of governance. These visits were very illuminating, as well as exciting and---because of the high visibility of the institutes within the universities---a bit intimidating. Lots of good things happened, but nothing is perfect, and the challenge was always to make every visit a constructive experience for all involved.
At the Macro-level---National Science Foundation
Managing a portfolio of research projects in applied mathematics was only part of my job. I quickly became involved in several activities beyond DMS. This was probably natural, given my prior experience in a multidisciplinary research environment. In my first term I particularly enjoyed my involvement in the three ongoing NSF-wide initiatives: Nano-science and Technology, Information Technology Research (ITR), and Bio-complexity. My responsibilities included participating in the management of these programs, handling proposals, organizing reviews, and negotiating with colleagues in other disciplines about funding recommendations. These activities gave me first-hand experience in managing a broad portfolio of research proposals in areas in which I had only limited expertise.
Programs like Nano, ITR, and Bio-complexity reflect a national research agenda, which is set by the U.S. Congress and implemented at the level of NSF. As a program director, you don't have much influence over the goals of such programs, but you do have significant influence over how they are implemented and managed. Other NSF-wide programs emerge from the research community, and this is where I found that program directors can have a much more direct influence. As program director, you are in touch with the research community, you pick up ideas, and discuss these ideas internally with colleagues in NSF, usually in NSF working groups. The ideas are tested out in workshops with outside experts, worked out in white papers and reports, and, if all goes well, eventually endorsed and supported by upper-level management.
During my tenure at NSF I participated in several such working groups. A working group in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Directorate on cyberscience eventually led to the NSF-wide program Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI), another to the MPS-wide program Approaches to Combat Terrorism (ACT), the latter with significant support from the intelligence community. Both programs ran for several years and supported several interesting research projects in the mathematical sciences. One of my lasting legacies is a Dear Colleague Letter (still active but in need of updating) issued jointly with my colleague Eduardo Misawa in the Engineering Directorate soliciting proposals from mathematicians and engineers for collaborative research in complex systems.
The Global Perspective
After serving a little more than six years as program director, I asked myself whether I had made a difference. My answer was unambiguous: yes. I had been able to support good science that will eventually benefit society and help up-and-coming scientists who may become leaders in our discipline. At a personal level, I had become familiar with a broader range of mathematics. It was often hard work, but most of it had been rewarding. And I had really enjoyed interacting with my colleagues, who were smart, interesting, and focused on doing a good job for the research community. Without hesitation, I recommend that you give it a try. If your expectations are realistic, and you approach the job with curiosity and an open mind, you will find it an enriching experience.
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I think I know what to do here. Referencing the switch on the right 1) Take the TOP black wire from switch and wire it to the BLACK on the timer. 2) Take the BOTTOM black wire from switch and wire it to the RED on the timer. 3) Take the WHITE from the tie off and wire it to the WHITE on the timer. 4) Tie into the ground. Do I have that right based on the images below? |
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- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 9:24
You need to tell us what timer model you are using. But if you are dealing with one of the Intermatic timer, the black wire is the wire to the power feed, what you desribe as "black hub." The red wire goes to the load/fixture. That is the black wire from the "2-wire". White wire of the timer goes to the "white hub." Ground goes to grounds. |
Its a Woods 59018. I hooked it up the way I thought and had no power to this timer. What you explain makes sense as the intructions says if you have now power to switch the Red and black. In this case I thought the black from the right side wire was the power and the black from the black hub was the load. You're saying its the other way around correct? |
I switch it and still no power to the timer. Could you clarify one more time if you wouldn't mind? More specifically the 2 wire on the left vs. the ride side 2 wire. I'm assuming the fixture is the middle 3 wire? Thanks for your patience. |
Should have clarify that the switch to the left is for the inside garage lights and the switch to the right is for the outside garage lights. That right switch is the one I'm converting to a timer. |
You may have switches on a switch loop and do not have a neutral to run the timer. |
- Posted by yosemitebill (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 13:46
whaas, I believe Ron's advice on the wiring is correct. It took a bit to understand your diagram - "hubs" are wire nuts and "2 wire/3 wire" is the NM cables entering the box. It appears the left 2/wire NM cable is the line coming in, the middle 3/wire NM cable feeds the light inside the garage with the red switched for the light and the black maybe for an outlet in the ceiling for a garage door opener? The right 2/wire NM cable feeds the outside lights. Connect the wiring as Ron described, turn the breaker back on, make sure the switch under the little door at the bottom is in the "timer" position and not "off". Then using a straightened paper clip, press the reset button momentarily. Let us know. |
The GFI outlet and garage door outlets are on a different circuit breaker. I did what I suggested in the beggining and then did what Ron suggested and did not get power to the timer in either case. I left baffled and gave up. Brickeyee might be on to something as its strange that power wouldn't go to the timer. I re-read the intructions several times for troubleshooting and searched the timer for any type of reset. It was a digital timer. Appreciate all the advice. If you guys have any other suggetions I'd be interested. I might go to the photocells with a timer that screw into the socket base but they "might" not work. |
- Posted by yosemitebill (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 17:29
Do you own AC/DC multimeter for measuring voltages? If you reconnect the switch, do the lights turn on? |
You bet!...to the second question. Is it possible I just had a bad timer? |
- Posted by yosemitebill (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 20:29
Yes, it is possible you had a bad timer - or maybe the initial hook-up damaged something... but let's not tell anybody and just return it for a new one... :) By the way, I looked up the info again on your timer and found THREE different revisions with the exact same model number. While all three are wired the same, the operation and setup all appear different. Maybe try another brand? |
Without tracing out what the individual conductors are hooked to on their other end there is no way to tel just from the switch box how the wiring is installed. You could get some clues by seeing if you have an actual neutral in the box, or some hashed together setup. Just because the wire is white does not mean it is a neutral. |
I would have figured the white is neutral because the white wire from each of the tree wires coming into the junction box are all tied off into one wire nut. Is that not correct? Right now I'm testing photocells with a timer on it. Would be nice to still figure this out to have the hardwire timer in my back pocket. Thanks again for taking the time to troubleshoot! |
- Posted by yosemitebill (My Page) on Sun, Nov 11, 12 at 20:39
While I never assume anything, I think it's safe to say that three white conductors from three separate NM cables tied together are neutrals and not part of a switch loop. What you are trying to do is really pretty basic and I think the problem is probably is rather simple. Did you strip back the white lead on the timer longer than it normally comes so it could wrap around the neutral wires before replacing the wire nut? Did you remove the photocells from the fixtures and just install regular incandescent light bulbs to test it? Get another timer switch and try it again. I think you're just getting a little frustrated here. |
I connected the white wire from the right side direct to the timer. I didn't tie the white from the timer to all three white wires. Should I have done that? |
- Posted by yosemitebill (My Page) on Wed, Nov 14, 12 at 21:16
I think you found the problem! Yes, you need to tie the white neutral wire from the timer to the three white neutral wires that are tied together under the wire nut - don't separate them. Just take the wire nut off, add the neutral from the timer, and put the wire nut back on. The timer requires power from the line side hot and the neutral in order to operate. It then also switches the hot, from the line side to the load side, to power your lights. |
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